The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-12
SAWMILL men
TO INCORPORATE
CHARTER WILL BE ASKED FOR.
SYSTEM FOR FINANCING THE assn
CITATION ADOPTED.

Committee Was Appointed to Confer
with a Committee from the New
York Lumber Traders Association
Seeking an Adjustment of the Diff
ferences Between WHOLESALER
and Manufacturers on the 1904
Inspection RuIes-Visiting Lum-
bermen Were Banqueted at tho
Casino at the Conclusion of tho
Days Work.
At the October meeting of the In
terstate Sawmill Association. at the
De Soto yesterday. many matters of
Importance We're brought up. princi-
pal among which was the proposition
TO incorporate the association under
the laws of Georgia, and to form a
definite policy for financing the asso-
citation.
In point of attendance the meeting
was the most successful yet held in
Savannah. and was most encouraging
to those interested in the welfare of
the association.
President H. H. Tiff of Triton. pre-
sided. The first matter taken UP was
that Of Incorporation and finance.
The original committee on freight
rates was continued, and was instruct
ed to spare no effort to secure a re-
duction of freight rates on lumber to
an equitable and fair basis.
Plan of Finance.
In response to a resolution, which was
unanimously adopted, q committee was
appointed to plan for financing the as
ISOLATION. The committee was appoint
ed as follows: President, H. H. Tiff;
chairman, ]. w. Oglesby, H. NJ. Ora
ham, j. B. Conrad and F. E. Way
mer. The committee met and made a
report, which was unanimously adopt-
ed, providing for every required neces-
sity for carrying forward the work de-
signed for strengthening the associa-
ton, and provided, at the same time,
for a healthy surplus in the treasury,
President Tiff was authorized to an
point a committee to confer with a
similar committee from the New York
Lumber Traders Association for a con-
ference between the wholesalers and
manufacturers in Savannah on a date
to be agreed upon later. The object
of this conference is to eliminate what
ever friction may exist in relation to
inspection rules, which were opposed,
in part, by some of the wholesalers.
After Florida Railroads.
The Florida Committee on Transpor-
tation was instructed to employ coun-
sci and take whatever action necessary
to force the railroads of that state
TO comply with the law regarding car
equipment, as passed by the last Legis-
lature.
The Georgia Committee on Transpor-
tation was likewise instructed to take
steps at once looking to the securing
of the passage of a similar law to that
now in force in Florida at the next
meeting of the General Assembly of
Georgia.
Messrs. H. H. Tiff and w. B. Stniwen
were elected delegates to the Interstate
Commerce Law Commission which
meets in st. Louis this month.
A motion was passed making the
time for the holding of the association
meetings every sixty days instead of
once a month, and Valdosta was Sc
lected as the place for holding the next
meeting, which will take place on Dec
Prominent Lumbermen Present.
Among those present were President
William Godfrey of Cheraw, S. c., of
the South Carolina Lumbermen's AS
ISOLATION; r. ]. Camp of Franklin,
Va, both Of whom made highly inter-
esting speeches on plans of general
advancement for the association; H.
H. Tiff of Triton, president Mr.. E. c.
HarrOll of Triton, secretary; Mr.. Will
liam B. Stillwell of the Southern Pine
Lumber Company, Savannah; Thomas
Bowling of Live Oak, Fla; G. T. Belts
Of the J. S. Belts Company. Ashburn;
H. NJ. Graham of the Stewart Lum-