St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-05
HARDWOOD LUMBERMEN,s AsSO-
CATION OF THE NORTHWEST
IS COVER SEVEN.1
BUSINESS AND A BANQUET
FILL IN A DAY OF CONSIDERABLE
MOMENT TO IT'S MANY MEN,
BEERS.
Likelihood That the Minnesota As
ISOLATION Will Adopt the Rules
in Vogue in Badgerdom.

The seventh annual meeting of the
Northwestern Hardwood Lumbermen's
association was held at the Commerce
lal c!up rooms yesterday. About fifty
members were present and the meet
ing was in all particulars successful
and enjoyable. The business session
was called together at 8 o'clock in the
afternoon in the club parlors and after
the disposition of considerable routine
business, the annual election of officers
was held resulting as follows:
President, c. Bailey. MINNEAPOLIS.
vice president, A. E. Peterson, st. Paul;
treasurer, c. B. Brooks, Minneapolis;
secretary, j. Newton Mind, Minneapo-
lis. The attention of the meeting was
then turned to the question of re-
vising the rules relative to inspection
and arbitration.
The adoption of the same rules as
are used by the Wisconsin associa ton
was considered. These are conceded
by most lumbermen to be more practi-
cal than any other code in use and the
probable outcome will be that all as
SoclationS will adopt them. there being
general tendency toward that end.
No definite action was taken however,
the final decision being to send a COM
m1ttee to the next meeting of the
Chicago association and a definite de-
cision will probably then be made.
c. Bailey presiding. In his Introduce
DRY speech he thanked the association
for the honor conferred on him by his
election to the presidency. He spoke
of the fiourishing condition of the or
ganization and of the good it had ac-
complished to the business. He
believed that the immediate outlook
was hopeful and the hardwood lumber
men, not only those of the Northwest
but generally, were entering a long
period of prosperity.
On behalf of the st. Paul CONNER
cial club. Secretary D. r. McGinniS bid
the members hearty welcome. He
said that the club could well afford to
welcome such an organization and do
whatever possible to further its inter-
ests. The business was doing a great
deal for the North and the West, and
he wished for it the prosperity in the
future that it had enjoyed in the past
It's possibilities were unlimited.
w. c. Gregg spoke briefly of his eX-
perience as a lumberman.
o. S, Whitmore, editor of the Hard
wood, of Chicago, spoke of the ques-
ton before the afternoon meeting rel
alive to the adoption of the Wisconsin
rules. He had been lumberman many
years, and WIS a member Of the COM
mittee which formulated the first code.
He we'll remembered the time when
rules for inspection were not thought
of, but they had come as matter Of
necessity as the business broadened.
He believed the time would come when
there would be universal code, and
he would gladly welcome such a time
He extended the greetings of the Chica-
go association.
S. c. Robinson, of Minneapolis, stated
that he had been in the lumber bust
ness of Minnesota since it's beginning.
One of the best things for it had been
the formation of the Northwestern
association. 1t had done good to lum-
bermen in that it acted as a regulator
and arbitrator for all interested and
increased the confidence of all.
F. w. Upham, of the Chicago associa-
ton, spoke of the pleasure he eXpe-
rienced in attending the Northwestern
association meeting, and extended a
hearty welcome to all to come to the
convention of his association.
C. w. Horn, of ST. Paul was intro
duced as the great municipal reform
er." He stated that, as a suggestion,
he would call the attention of the as
ISOLATION to the fact that they should
not only see that trees were cut down.
but that others were planted. and thus
keep up the supply.
NJ. o. Nelson, of Minneapolis, read a
very clever original poem in dialect,
entitled "Holdin' Down a Claim"
J. N. Mind spoke of the gratifying
growth of the association, and called
the attention of the members to the
fact that the first formal meeting was
to be held in the ST. Paul Commercial
club rooms.
Gerhard Bohn, of st. Paul, closed
the programme by stating the growth
of the trade A few years ago no houses
of less value than $4,000 were fin
ished in hard wood, but now a house
of $1,000 is finished with 80 per cent
hard wood.