HARDWOOD RECORD 



Of Interest to the Handle Trade, 



[Under (he above heading the Hardwood 

 Record will undeitake to publish items of inter- 

 est to manufacturers of handles in every issue, 

 and will be glad to have readers of the paper 

 contribute comments on market conditions, 

 queries, or news pertaining to this trade, which 

 may come under the observation from time to 

 time.l 



The Semi-Annual. 



The HauOle Manufacturers' Association 

 of America will hold its regular semi-annual 

 meeting at the Louisville Hotel, Louisville, 

 Ky., on Wednesday, May 20, at which time 

 the entire association will be the guests of 

 the Turner, Day & Woolworth HaD'He Com- 

 pany of that city and the I. F. 

 Force Handle Company of New 

 Albany, Ind. Both of these con- 

 cerns are prominent members of 

 the Hickory Division, but their 

 generous invitation is extended 

 not only to members of that 

 branch of the association but to 

 all connected with the maple and 

 ash and oak departments as well. 

 They request that all who con- 

 template attending the meeting 

 notify the secretary as far. in ad- 

 vance of May 20 as possible, that 

 they may know how many to 

 prepare accommodations for. 



An interesting program has 

 been prepared which includes 

 papers on "A Brief History of 

 the Handle Business ' ' by Charles 

 D. Gates; "The Niceties of Han- 

 dle Manufacture" by C. L. Hart- 

 well; "My Experience With 

 Saws" by T. R. King; "The 

 Low Grade Problem in the Small 

 Factory ' ' by F. W. Peters — and 

 others, covering different and 

 varied phases of the handle busi- 

 ness, by men of long experience 

 in the trade. 



Hickory Division. 

 The importance of the coming 

 meeting can scarcely be over- 

 estimated. To the Hickory Divi- 

 sion of the association it is a 

 necessary and important one, for 

 there is no denying that prices 

 on hickory handles have become 

 somewhat demoralized within the 

 past couple of mouths. As usual it 

 is principall}' the smaller manu- 

 facturers who are causing the 

 trouble, or at least those who ar 



other manufacturers in so doing; on the 

 contrary the moment they do withdraw their 

 support of a just schedule of values, the 

 result cannot but be disastrous to the small- 

 er dealer, for not only will he cease to 

 make money on his product but in the ma- 

 jority of cases he will actually be unable 

 to continue business for any great length 

 of time, while the larger manufacturer 

 naturally will feel his losses much less 

 keenly and can hold out indefinitely. 



Thus it will be seen that the coming 

 meeting has to deal with very important 

 questions now before the trade, and that it 



Two Kinds of Handles 



^ivrtilliinu has Iwo haiidkx — nnc bji which it may be borne; an- 

 i,j which ilcniuwl.—EPICTETVS. 



HERE are innumerable cups on the table of 

 life. Some are gilded and beautiful. Some 

 Lcintain bitter mixtures. Others are sweet to 

 the taste. Every man must take such of the 

 cups as are given him. What happens? The 

 most beautiful cup often becomes bitter. The 

 most bitter cup often grows sweet. See how this is! 



\ ou can take the morning by the handle of a frown and 

 the whole day will frown on you. Take the stormiest 

 day with a smile and it will grow pleasant. 



Take your work by the handle of reluctance and it will 

 grow intolerable; you, the same man, take the same work 

 by the handle of willingness and it becomes easy. Try it! 

 Take your pleasure by the handle of self=indulgence and 

 the pleasure is spoiled ; take it by the handle of generosity, 

 share it, and it will last. 



Take wealth by one handle and it loads you with cares; 

 take It b\ the oihcr handle and see what will happen. 



Take >ciur busincNS as a means of getting a living and 

 it becomes \ uigar drudgery ; take it as a means of social 

 service and it will be a noble religion. 



Take marriage by the handle of your self-will and it 

 turns out a failure: take It by the handle of love and you 

 will be more happy every day. 



Handle men with distrust and you will never get on 

 with them ; handle them by good w ill and the same men 

 will be your friends. 



Take your.self by the handle of egotism and you waste 

 your power. Use the handle of modesty and the world is 

 with you. 



Take pain by the handle of fear and you will always 

 have something to suffer. Take pain by the handle of 

 courage and nothing can hurt you. 



Take sorrow with self-pity «ind you will become too 

 lonely to live. Take it by the handle of your sympathy 

 and your .sorrow shall be translated into new power to help 

 all others who suffer. 



Take the world by the handle of doubt and the day 

 grows dark. Take it as God's world and the sun atid stars 

 will always be shining. 



Take death with dread and you lessen the tide of life. 

 Take death with hope and life broadens into an infinite 

 meaning.— CHARLES F. DOLE. 



not edu- 

 cated up to a proper realization of the cost 

 of this product and its consequent value. 

 There are those in the trade, possibly even 

 in the association, who cannot or will not 

 understand that the large manufacturers 

 are not their enemies, but on the other 

 hand are their very bulwarks. They will 

 hold up the value of their product to the 

 Inst degree, which insures protection to 



is a matter of more than passing intorost. 

 Every hickory handle manufacturer who 

 can possibly arrange his affairs to attend 

 should do so without fail, and a large num- 

 ber have already signified their intention 

 of so doing. 



Broom and Mop Handles. 



To the Majilo Division of the association 



the matter is an equally important one, 



but not for exactly the same reasons. This 



department bid fair at one time to be as 

 thrifty and to accomplish as much for its 

 members as has the Hickory Division, but 

 for sundry reasons it has not been thor- 

 oughly organized up to date, and it would 

 seem that if these people are ever to -get to- 

 gether they should do so very promptly. 

 While the officers of the general association 

 have done and shall continue to do all in 

 their power to aid the broom handle cause, 

 yet they cannot but feel that unless there is 

 strong cooperation and interest on the part 

 of manufacturers at the forthcoming semi- 

 annual meeting in Louisville, they will be 

 pardoned for feeling just a 

 little bit discouraged in this re- 

 gard. On account of personal 

 reasons H. B. Alexander, the 

 head of this division, resigned 

 office some weeks ago and at 

 Louisville a new head will be 

 chosen, so that it is to be sin- 

 cerely hoped a good representa- 

 tive number of broom and mop 

 handle people will be on hand to 

 place some one in charge of their 

 association affairs who will be 

 able to devote considerable time 

 and attention to getting them 

 into logical shape, in which he is 

 promised the active support and 

 cooperation of the officers. 



Perhaps the following letter 

 from the president of a well- 

 known broom and mop handle 

 concern best illustrates the pres- 

 ent situation in this division: 

 "Replying to your notice of the 

 Louisville meeting and what you 

 have to say about the Broom 

 Handle Division, will say that we 

 have been very much interested 

 in the association, and have done 

 our best to get it to go. Have 

 attended all the meetings — even 

 went to Cleveland, because of not 

 receiving notice of postponement 

 in time. This meeting at Cleve- 

 land being called off gave our di- 

 vision a pretty black eye, as all of 

 the broom handle manufacturers 

 in our section seemed ready to at- 

 tend; but I am afraid they have 

 now rather lost faith, .for which 

 ^^^^^^ I am very sorry, as I know great 

 work could be accomplished if we 

 could get together. As it is now I am afraid 

 we will have to start all over again with the 

 work. Have noticed the progress the Hickory 

 division is making and wish them all kinds 

 of success, for they are accomplishing re- 

 sults that could not be obtained in any other 

 way. ' ' 



In view of the above facts, it behooves 

 the Maple and Minor Woods Division to go 

 to Louisville in full force and "get busy." 



