. Canadian forest industries January-June 1917. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 21 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER May 15, 1917 Striking Addresses Upon Co-operation Retail Lumbermen at Southwestern Banquet Testify to Association Benefits and to Growth of the Movement The Southwestern Ontario Retail Lumber Dealers' Association held a dinner in the Board of Trade assembly room, Windsor, Ont., on May 3, at which there were present about thirty of their own members and a number of visitors from Toronto and Detroit. Mr. A. N. McLean, Wind
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1917. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 21 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER May 15, 1917 Striking Addresses Upon Co-operation Retail Lumbermen at Southwestern Banquet Testify to Association Benefits and to Growth of the Movement The Southwestern Ontario Retail Lumber Dealers' Association held a dinner in the Board of Trade assembly room, Windsor, Ont., on May 3, at which there were present about thirty of their own members and a number of visitors from Toronto and Detroit. Mr. A. N. McLean, Windsor, dean of the Windsor Retail Lumber Trade, opened the din- ner proceedings in a brief address, referring to the extent and import- ance of the Windsor retail trade and to the remarkable fact that there had never been a failure in the lumber business in Windsor. Mr. E. C. Russell, Walkerville, then took charge of the meeting and acted as toastmaster. He called, first of all, on the Mayor of Windsor, Mr. Charles R. Tuson, who referred to Windsor's remark- able growth and to the spread of the organization idea among import- ant industries and trades. The day had passed, Mr. Tuson said, when men looked upon organization as a means of taking advantage of the public. He believed that the organization which retail lumbermen in Ontario were developing would be a powerful influence in promoting the welfare, not only of the trade, but of the public. Mr. Tuson con- cluded with a warm welcome to the visitors on the part of Windsor. The next speaker was Mr. F. J. Robinson, Detroit, president of the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association of the United States, and also president of the retail lumber firm of Lowrie & Robinson, Detroit. Mr. Robinson stated that he had been a consistent worker in the ranks of lumber trade organizations. In Detroit the trade believed strongly in the association diea. Much of the success of all branches of the lumber business in recent years was due to
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