The Saint Paul globe., 1898-01-20
RIGHT OF"p "p0ACHIHe"
LUMBERMEN WARMLY DEBATE A
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
THEIR CONSTITUTION.
THREATS OF WITHDRAWAL.
THE RIGHT OF THE ASSOCIATION
TO BE OVER PARTICULAR
DENIED.
SECURED THREE-FoURTHs VOTE
Change Made In Spite of the Protests
Of the MinOrity-Minneapo
Matters.

The annual meeting Of the North
western Lumbermen's association was
heId yesterday in the Lumber EX-
change, following the meeting of the
Retail Lumbermen's Insurance asso-
citation. The meeting was called to
order by President Frudden and the
morning session was devoted to a dis
cussion of topics of interest to the
trade.
Discussion of the "poacher clause"
was the feature of the afternoon meet
Ing, and caused much spirited debate
IN which threats to leave the associa-
ton and assertions that the association
would be killed, mingled. The debate
arose over the report of the committee
on constitution and bylaws, which rec
commended that the present section 8
in article 8, of the constitution, which
defines poacher as "any person or
persons, whether carrying a stock of
lumber or not, making a practice of
quoting prices, selling or shipping Ito
other than regular dealers) lumber,
sash, doors, etc, into territory under
the protection of the association, where
said person or persons have no yards"
be eliminated and the following
amendment substituted
1t shall be contrary to the principle of the
association, for any manufacturer jobber or
retailer to ship lumber upon the order of any
person or persons, whether carrying a stock
OF lumber or not, who make practice of
quoting prices selling or shipping Ito other
than regular dealers) lumber sash, door, etc.
Tor delivery at any points where they have
quoting prices or selling lumber in territory
other than that in which they have a yard
snail be known as poachers. But it shall be
understood that nothing in this section shall
prohlplt the shipment of lumber, SASH DOORS
elc-' upon the order of any dealer who has
ioI oeen hrst designated as poacher, and
uue hollce OF the fact given to the trade
through the usual channels of information.
IL IS also to be understood that it shall not
De competent for the board of directors of this
aSHsoclation or any officer of this association to
Paa1e at .he name OF any person, firm or corpo-
latIoh OF on the list of said poachers until
hoii houn Ciine as 1t shall appear that the party
@ oellesed s TO De poacher has been shown to be
an oHender against this section 1.-TWO or more
shipments within a period of six months he
ing accepted as evidence of a disposition to
maze SUCH shipments practice
y. n. Ewing, of Des Moines. To-. was
the leader of the opposition against
eIild ueCIdT6Q tnat the
association had no right to distate so
ciosely. He said that for the past
eIsht years he had been a member of
the association and had contended for
.ne principles of the association. but
the amendment was substituted he
could no longer be a member.
"A Z. Smith sided with Mr.. Ewine
ana declared that in adopting the
poacher's clause" last year the asso-
cation was only beginning to rean
some of the fruits they had labored
for, and he did not believe in the elm
1nation of the clause.
President Frudden had an objection
Whlie believing in the amendment as
Whole, had an objection to that part
OF the paragraph which permitted two,
oIenses to be committed before the
man man offender was listed as a poaeher
1T is like letting thief rob YOU twice
pefore calling him a thief said Mr.
Frudden. -N -ii'
The debate continued for an hour
during which time calls for the rea ding
OF the amendment over again and for
the question were frequent. When tbe
question was put to a vote, it was car
rled by a three-fourths vote.
Before closing the session the CON-
Vention listened to short speeches from,
+. f. Ahrens, secretary of the Illinois
Lum bermen's association; J. Simpson.
OF chicago; A. E. Moore, Marshalltown
TO-; j. w. Berry, Chicago; D. r. Ew-
ing, Des Moines, To-, and D. E. Baker.
Of Minneapolis.