The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-14


organizations, whose limits should be co,,
Hneu 10 those whose interests are w.th,u n
certain locality, leaving to the present n, .
eahi1atioh thosc questions that ara of
sencrai interest TO us all MS lunlbcrmen M
.ne southwest. 1t is to the interest OF he
Ilahuiacturer 10 assist the dealer. 10 foster
ann uppuiiu nus trade, to belp him TO de-
yelop MS territory; to the dealer 10 serve
the manufacturer, 10 work with ana s. |.
sist MIN Tor IL Is all for the best interests
OF our common trade; but when n comes
70 local Questions. TO the settlement 81 ,iif
ierences that arc confined 10 certain 10.
caiitles or to a particular branch Of the
! .iaee, then we cease, from our very size
| and local diversity, To BE- AZ spryic,ss thpn
| comes In the smaller associations, with the
dealers as we'll as thu manufacturers, 10
| ADJUST those local differences III a limited
| time, and within a limited scopc
AS the IsumOermens association OF
| ieAas u Is our work TO 10 larmoni1a the
diiferent branches or our trade that we
may mutually prosper as lumhermen, 10
| look after ard encourage such legislation
us may be or benefit to lis ard the inter-
ests we represent TO foster and upbuild our
INDUSTRY and, ais an organized body, rep
rcsenting Immense manufacturing aud
commercial interests. 10 share The burden,
and do our part of the work OF upbuIlding
and developing the Southwest aud her iu-
uustriai growth with our sister organiza-
irons, butwe believe that 1t is wise TO let
iocai issues be continued TO local associa-
lions, whose duties snail be purely local
These add to the value OF our work and
materially assist Ms in carrying out the
objects for which we were formed.
Durlns The entlre existence OF this asso
cation there has never been but one e.
ecutiVe session tnat we Know OF, TINS was
helu AT Dallas several years since; but as
me- s,tlt, p- W. ,rax -s,n tipna hat
should be detinitely settled by us at TINS
meeting we shall ask for such session
not that our acts VIII be such that the
world might not know them, but as they
pertain particularly to the association aud
its members we can see no reason Why
our actions should be hampered on our
work criticised by those who have no d.
rect interests IN common WIN us
From year to year new conditions arise
that make our work particularly ditfi-
cult one, and only from circumstances that
have arisen heretofore, whiic the dlrect
causes were similar, put the methpds OF
treatment were entirely different. are we
able to cope with the new issues. Twelve
years ago your secretary thousn' lpat he
Know just now iaiioe'ilen assuu'hVloh
in Texas should be run, and, without ego
tism, he thought that he was creatcd Win
the peculiar faculty. under proper dlrec-
ton, to manage an organization OF inns
character But each year has developed Its
lndiNiduai eNlls ana Drought iofth ne"
problems; and. at the end OF nearly aa
eighth of century he finds himself sun
novice inc giant monarchs OF Ine lor ,,
es,s are still being feled, the logger still
sends by water or ran, his products 10 tno
mill; in turn, the saw nuns on. inc tree
is made to oiier up its very NE lot tus
benefit of civilization, the mldole man ana
retailer still pursue the even tenor OF lheir
way, and one would naturally say ihat the
work of twelve years ago was me Salnu 10
the WORK OF toany' nv, NC som ~, In,
miller or retailer, stop LOT moment aue
consider the conditions that sufrounusu
you then and those OF today ihe CRUDE
methods that were sufficient 10 'neh saIe
fly all reasonable demands lave, OWING 10
our progress, compeutioh anu au, aneea
ideas. forced us TO give up Tue Wv Mass
and adopt ne" anu h'oie ~ ISL w -,
anu SO WIN oui ,,, ;,s,anoos ,he ola
had TO discard In many instances wy Nv
and take up the new TO Keep up win VIZ
march of progress w e nave .au W p ioa..
en- our field OF work, ana "niie' as WIN
yo,i. the same principles govern new ap-
plications are necessary. me itaH NJ nv,
twenty years ago cohsiueieu hiiiSe.' -.
amongst iumperH'eh' uniee' ~ ,,,.o@e,,t
up win me aaNdheeu ansas ~ ,, crit
us! 10 ,fohe't ~ ~. - ,o.a,.oid whether
cism that we have trlel 10 aVoia. "hetnsi
you have been benefited OF NOT ID q"ee
ton for you to decide.
Probably the weakest feature ol our WE Ws
is that OF the stanulhs coiii,''i 80 ,,
presume mat the hiel,iuurs y, anod n,d
mittees must have adopted me goon 81"
rule of what is eyerybodys enS ,,0s on ~
nobody's" We haze now , eoln" rsi,road Il"
membership WIN SIN nv,,.pu.s' six mem.
with five members; insurance sia ~
bers; statistics. four memnefs' iesls'a..pn'
seven members; arbitration, craven ,,.o mn, ~
bers; finance, four members Lmmper ne
view four members. NV, mhg in%vis dual mem
bers neglect their duty or Whether ivy
are so small that they need the service aou Or
Others | know not; but. SO far as your
president and secretary Know ro no 20 sus ~ 10
anidc MS in our work during the past year |
save from the insurance aud arpitratl on
committees We have, however, asked al
chairmen, as wen as iie .,n,aro - for your