San Francisco Entertains A. W. L. A.

San Francisco lumbermen gaye a splendid weleome to the'four keen officers of The American Wholesale Lumber Associatiou on September 14th who were their guests that day, as a part of their swing round the country calling on the wholesalers of lumber.

Thc entertainment was in the form of a luncheon in the Palace Ilotel, attended by representatives of most of the leading wholesale firms of the Bay City. Frederick Palmer arranged the luncheon for the Iocal wholsalers, and acted as very excellent chairman of the meeting.

The four honor guests were: Ben S. 'Woodhead, of The Beaumont Lumber Company, Beaumont. Texas, President of The A. W. Ir. A.; L,. R. Putman of Chicago, Directing Manager of the A. W. I-i. A.; Dwight L. Hinckley, of Cincinnati, Director of The A. W. Ir. A.; Jos. E. Davies, of Washington, D. C., General Attorney for the A. W. I/. A.

Mr. Palmer called on Mr. Putman first. He outlined in his easy and forceful way some of the work of the Association, and the fact that the little party was making the rounds of the country largely for the purpose of instilling some of the spirit of The A. W. L. A. into the wholesalers generally. He declared himself just the "hired man" of the crorvd, and that the rest of the gang were the free tongued. orators. He then explained who each of his three compauions were, referring to them in turn.

Ile was followed by Mr. Hinckley, one of the foremost wholesalers of the country, and recently President of the f-ellow Pine Wholesalers Association which merged itself with the A. W. L. A. ancl went out of business individually. 1\{r. Ilinckley talked interestingly and. happily of the Association activities and their great need for more work of the kind, told some very good. stories, and left an excellent impression.

Jos. E. Davies, of Washington, known to everyone in the Capitol city from'Warren down to the office boys in the halls of Congress as "Joe", was the next speaker, and he mad.e a tremendous impression on his audience. Beginning with a splendid tribute to San Francisco and its people, he went back to the war days and told of the time when the Govern- ment fixed. the priee of lumber, eliminating the wholesaler entirely, until the wholesalers rallied to Washington and plead their cause successfully. That was the start of the .A.. W. L. A. which has now attained magnificent proportions, and whose work b.e outlined in forceful and interesting fashion that much impressed his hearers. IIe finished a splendid address with a resume of conditions in the United States which are most alarming in charater, and plead for the coordinated. efforts of the wholesalers of lumber as a means to resist the tide of ruthlessness that is so apparent throughout the nation.

Ben S. 'Woodhead, President of the A. W. L. A. made a splendid talk on the vision of the A. W. L. A. of the something better and higher to work for that the Association has given the wholesalers; of the elimination of the undersirable wholesaler which the Association is bringing about; and of the enormous possibilities of the organization if broadly and. enthusiastically supported. 0lever dialect stories interspersed. his address, and he impressed his audience in rnost happy fashion.

Jack Dionne, Publisher of The California Lumber Merchant, closed the meeting with a little talk concerning the four guests of honor as he knew them, and of the work of their organization, paying his particular respect to Ben Woodhead. and Diek Putman, the former of Texas and. the latter from Arkansas, with some past history thrown in. He highly lauded the A. W. IJ. A. in closing.

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