The regular business of the meeting being at an end, and miscellaneous business being in order, Mr. Rosenthal presented a resolution requesting the Executive Committee to lay before the next regular meeting of the Club, nominations for delegates to the National Convention to be held in Detroit, with such suggestions as may appear necessary at the time. Carried.

Secretary Person read the following resolution, which had been handed to him;

Whereas, A great change has taken place in the white lead industry caused by the consolidation of private firms into the National White Lead Trust, which has had the effect of placing the manufacture of white lead upon a more profitable basis; be it

Resolved, That it is the sense of this Club that the rebate now being allowed to the jobbing trade is inadequate and unsatisfactory, and we respectfully ask the National White Lead Trust, when formulating their plans for the coming year, to arrange for a more liberal rebate to jobbers, and also take into consideration the claims of paint grinders for an equitable price on dry lead.

So ordered. On motion of Mr. Coffin, a committee of three, consisting of Messrs. Weare, Cutler and Person, was appointed to present this resolution to the National Wholesale Druggists' convention to be held at Indianapolis on the 22nd instant.

On motion of Mr. Coffin, the Secretary was instructed to send a copy of the above resolution [to each of the different paint clubs of] the United States, and to ask for their cooperation.

Secretary Person presented the following resolution, handed to him:

Whereas, The jobbing trade of linseed oil at the prevailing rates is unprofitable and opposed to good business, and believing that the manufacturers are desirous of establishing, and having maintained, a schedule of prices which will place this article on a proper basis, be it therefore

Resolved, That this Club urge upon the manufacturers of linseed oil the importance of making a range of prices for quantities which shall be equitable and afford a margin of profit to the dealers handling this product.

Resolved, That this Club and its members will heartily cooperate in such action and maintain the prices so established.

On motion of Mr. Pettet the Chair was authorized to appoint a committee to present this to the National Linseed Oil Co.

Mr. Hall, being called upon for an expression of opinion respecting the resolution just passed, readily responded as follows:

Mr. President and Gentlemen: - Of course, all the gentlemen present understand that the linseed oil manufacturers as the interruption by several voices, which said "Yes sir, every time" (on page 242) and Mr. Hall's answer "Well, I doubt it," those words being omitted as irrelevant and unnecessary.

The sentences commencing with fourth paragraph on page 242 and ending with next to last paragraph on same page. have been condensed into four lines here, the next verbatim work printed in this trade newspaper report being the speech of the president, in regard to his election, commencing with the words "Gentlemen, as this is my prst appearance " etc- This is will only be too happy to arrange a schedule of prices whereby the jobbers can make a profit on linseed oil. It should be done, but will the jobber - I know you are laughing - will the jobbers take the profit in case the chance is allowed them to make a profit? We are perfectly willing as an association-I talk advisedly - to allow jobbers a schedule of prices. We will be only too glad to co-operate and make all prices to correspond with what any of the committee you may appoint may recommend. We will give a schedule of prices making a single barrel price of at least two cents a gallon more than the carload prices. It seems to me that if the committee that the chair appoints will first get the jobbing trade of Chicago to agree to hold to a schedule of prices and then present them to us, I can assure the gentlemen present now that we will see to it that their schedule of prices shall be met. (Applause.)

On motion of Mr. Pettet, the By-Laws were, by unanimous consent, amended to read that the regular monthly meeting be held on the third Thursday instead of the second Thursday of each month.

This concluding the business of the meeting, President Vrooman arose and said:

Gentlemen: - As this is my first appearance in the chair, some of you may perhaps expect from me an inaugural address of two or three hours, but I met a friend on the street, who, in congratulating me on my election to the presidency of this club, gave me a little advice. He said, "you must be serious; you must not talk too much." And, as he is a gentleman in whom I have a great deal of confidence, I think I will follow his advice. At the same time, as I am talking, I will say that, being called upon to preside over a representative body of business men, such as I see before me to-night-men whose intelligence, industry and perseverance has placed our city in the front rank of our line of business - is no mean honor. I thank you for this expression of your confidence and esteem, and yet I beg to assure you, that I accept, with much hesitancy, this chair which has been filled for the past two years so ably and well by my esteemed predecessor - John Alston. His rulings were just, his conduct kind and generous, his stories,, from my standpoint, good - his jokes, sometimes at our expense, agreeable. His quaint Scotch ways have endeared him to all of us, and though we have lost him as our president, against our wishes, we hope to see him frequently at our meetings. He will always be welcome.

I desire, at the same time., to remind you that without your cordial support and assistance, your officers can accomplish nothing. We hope with your co-operation to make the coming year a prosperous one in the history of this Club. We hope to make a record that will encourage the formation of other clubs in competing cities of the West, to enable us to given in full, in both these reports, the newspaper report interpolated with the three lines right here not shown in the verbatim report, these three lines being descriptive and commencing with an expression respect ing the applause which followed the speech, preceding the introduction of Judge Gresham.