Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-09
HEAR THE PRESIDENT
LUMBER DEALERS PAY VISIT TO
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Congratulatory Address Follows
Reelection of President Dill
y Banquet Last Night.

Election of officers. a call on the President
and n banquet at the New Willard at night
wound up the business of the National AS
sociatfOn of Wholesale Lumber Dealers yes
terday 1t was quite a busy day. but the
delegates managed to mix good deal of
fun with their hard work. They were very
cordially received at the White House. ana
listened to a longer speech than the Presi-
dent often makes to a visiting Delegation
Their banquet at the hotel at night was at
tended by Senator Carter of Montana
Speaker Cannon and John Sharp Williams
the minority leader who exchanged banter
Kood-naturedly with his hottest political OPP
ponert, the Speaker and promised to come
10 the Sixtieth Congress as Speaker himself
and run the House as it ought to be run.
The election of officers resulted in the re-
tentlon of Lewis Dill president of the
association There were chosen In addition
the following trustees: j. Nj. Hastings Oh
Pittsburg Gordon C.. Edwards of Ottawa,
F. w Cole of New York r. II. Dowina OF
New Orleans. r. II. Conn of Norfolk, r. r,
Parker of Saginaw. and r. w. Higble OF
New York The other officers are j. Nj.
Hastings, Pittsburg. first vice president; S.
c. Prescott, jr., Cleveland, second vice pres
ident: Fred w Cole New York, treasurer,
and Eugene Perry, New York. secretary.
President Roosevelt's Address
The reception at the White House yes
terday was in the east room The Presi-
dent after greeting each of the callers per-
sonally, said:
II wish to state what a very real pleas
ure st is to have the chance of greeting
this body here on this occasion. hope
need not express the very deep interest
take in not only your business Itself, but
In the way in which you are carrying II on.
want to congratulate you with all my
heart and | congratulate the country upon
the way in which the exceptionally intelli-
gent and energetic men who have been en-
gagged in numbering have met and are meet
ing the changed condition of their business;
the way I'm which they are now seeking to
put II upon footing not of exploiting a
given area of forest and leaving nothing
behind. but of so handling the forest that
In using IL II is yet left as an asset for
their children and ChilGven'S children. The
great desire ! have In connection with the
government forest service is that you lum-
bermen should make the fullest use of that
service; and l think l need not say that
IL is absolutely at your disposition. and
that the more you use II, the more you
work in conjunction with those engaged
IN managing It, the better it will be for
the service. and l think for you. | am
pleased TO learn that you are to help in
establishing a chair on numbering al Yale.
There is no business in the United
States which there Is greater need of hav-
ing carried on with a combination Of scien-
tific understanding and practical horse
sense. And, after all. that is the way In
which every successful business. including
The business OF governing. mas got to be
carried on"
The Banquet.
Speaker Cannon and Senator Carter OF
Montana and John Sharp Williams were
present at the banquet President Lewis
Dill was POSTMASTER To. Senator Carter
was assigned the subject OF THE Timber
Thieves of Montana and he responded In
n light vein addressing the gathering as
"brothers of the profession"
Speaker Cannon said that the rate lesIs-
latiOu matter was tie first upon which the
parties had agreed in thirty years. and he
defined the measure passed by the House
ms the breathing Of the breath Of lie into
the findings OF the Interstate commerce
commission. The Speaker styled the rules
OF the Senate as Eonured rather IN tie