Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-08

| exclusive points. or points where there is
western The Union Psc,ae 4ay 5S ir,,,-
dlately taken action through their proper
/ authorities to make the agreement cover
| all points on their line.
We at once took the matter up with the
Burlington and after considerable CORE
spondeuce the terms OF the agreement. with
slight modification, were put into effect
also followed suit later. but not Until the
al mees Of Rs af UTd Of 2f SSs
| held October 3. 1905. At this meeting were
| present the representatives OF the car serv-
Ice association. and after full discussion
| of the important terms of the agreement
rs 10 its intentions and meanings we
| derstand them. Since that time each case
which has been reported has been amicably
| settled.
We recommend that this convention elect
| a man TO be known the "demurrage rep
| resentative," who shall act with like rep
! association in the settlement OF all disputed
| claims as provided in the last paragra pin
of the agreement previously referred to.
Flinches at Criticism.
Concerning the attitude of the public
toward the association, Mr.. Critchheld
said:
Much OF the criticism which has been
| flung at the Grain Dealers association by
the public press, we think, has been I'M
fairly cast at the door of other associations
| OF the state, ana our organization has
received an unjust share OF these attacks.
| We firmly believe that with an invest
lnent OF over s10,0O0,ooo in taxable property
in the state OF Nebraska, by the retail
| lumber men, and the employment of some
of the best business citizens of the state,
the public Iress of our state owes us better
treatment. Our retail dealers are In this
| OF ganization, not only for their own pro-
lection. but for that OF their customers.
| The coping with the demurrage question.
the protection from imposition of the
| ms nufacturers in shipping of grade lum-
Der. discounts. mutual Insurance. keeping
| upon the statute books proper lien laws,
railroad rates, etc, are all indirectly in
the interest of the customer.
Other points covered by Secretary Critch-
fields address may be summed UP as fol-
lows: The year 1905 was one of largely in
creased business and higher values. dur
ing which lumber to the value of 81, 500, O0D
was shipped into the state. The volume
OF orders booked ahead exceeds any year
In the history of the country, and building
prospects are far better than a year ago.
Though lumber prices are high. they but
keep pace with the general increase.
Notification has been received from the
bureau of information of the national
association that all agreements with manu-
facturers associations have been abro-
gated. Forty-eight new members were
added TO the association at the last an
nual meeting, forty-five since then, and
the present membership is 664 The Ne.
braska lumbermen made a decidedly pleas
ant and profitable trip to the northwest
coast last summer
Finances and Committees.
The treasurers report showed a balance
on hand of s325.15.
A committee was appointed on resolu.
tons. consisting Of A. II. Weir of Lincoln
s. D. Ayers of Central City, and NJ l.
Fries OF Arcadia: one on auditing. con.
sisting of Howard Miller of Battle Greek
E. c. Huston of Tekamah, and Mr.. Has.
sett of Tecumseh; one on constitution con,
sisting Of t. ]. Tucker of Howe. j. c
Newcomb of Friend. and S. d. Lighton OF
, Lynch.
, A Barrett of Bertrand and j. r. Bir
mingham OF ONeil were appointed to ge
the needed names to bring the member
ship of the mutual insurance company VI
to Soe
Mr. Barrett asked for the appointment
i OF two committees one to work in tn
: legislation for laws reciprocal demur
, rage. and one to work for legislation com
polling the railroads to weigh coal oil
scales nearest the place where II Is un
, loaded At present he said. It is no
weighed after 1t comes into the state. Mr.
Barrett asserted that the railroads haC
broken all their agreements on these sub
! jects, and he thought the only way to Ee
satisfaction frou them was through tn
r legislature The convention authorized tn
: | president to appoint the committees sug
) gested gan.
Wednesday afternoon the convention wa
, addressed on technical subjects by repre-
! sentatives of a number of mills The rel
= -.
: fir were discussed along with other sub
= jects of the same nature.
Black Cats the Roof.
The Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo hell
. a meeting at the o'Bren cafe beginning a
e $50 o'clock last night. Forty-eight new
members were initiated into the organiza
\ ton, requiring nearly four hours. Durin
= the evening many of the Hoo-Hoos haI
! been at the theater. the entire main floor o
a the Orpheum having been reserved by tn
i lumbermen and at the close of the shoy
a these went to the cafe. thoroughly film
z the hall. The officers having charge o
I the evenings ceremonies were: Shark. Lev
d Wentworth; senior Hoo-Hoo, F. w. Hend
e erson; junior Hoo-Tfoo, Joseph Lansing
bojum, j. Pierson; scrivenoter, S. Steven
: son: jabberwock ]. NJ. Mullen; custocatior
r p. r. Cook: arcanoper, w. NJ. Beebee, an
n gurdon, w. Liggett,
n A light lunch was served after the con
: clusion of the secret work. Several toast
were responded TO- Stymest Stevenson act
A ing as POSTMASTER. Music was furnishe
: by Dimcks orchestra.
In order TO give everyone an opportunit
. to view the exhibit at the Auditorium tn
e public is invited 10 be present this evenin
I and inspect the contents of the large roor
3 | at leisure.
;, Musicians concert and ball. 200 musician
4 in orchestra. next Monday at Auditorium
| cents