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I HE HARDWOOD RECORD 



of iiiK|M-<'tliiii not liiiiiitthiitfl.v and ilirt-i'lly 

 foriiitiliiitMl ill till- iiitt'i-i'iit if tlio piirtirs 

 tlionisolvi'S. Tor iiistiiiu'<>, sonii> will sii\ 

 Hint lht> •■Niitioiiiil" rules lire j:o<hI. but 

 lilt' otluTs ar«' Iti'ttor — "for the miiniifiu-- 

 turor." To a man up a trfc this vlow of 

 tlio niatti-r pri-sfuts a tllslincily luirtisan 

 as|KH't liy no nn-ans Iw'st for lli<> trade at 

 lar^o. tJlvt'u that uniform rules are k"'>'I 

 at all. any eoile that is liest for any hraneh 

 of the trade Is not liest for all. and any 

 eode that shall ever he (he only one ni\lst 

 of nwesslly lie by the .sjime token j;ood for 

 all. For that reason the existence of more 

 than one set must be regarded as distinctly 

 unfortunate for all, and the elimination of 

 one of them is jH-rforee the thins of all 

 thin(;s most to be desired. The first in the 

 field, best established and generally strong- 

 est fa<-tion in tlie |iresent instanee is. ver.v 

 fortinnitely. not a p.-irtisan body, but one 

 that is composed of botli manufacturers 

 and dealers, with a i>rei'onderance of the 

 former. The state of facts should malic 

 it a comparatively easy easy aud an alto- 

 Kether consistent matter for the exclu- 

 sively manufacturing faction to waive any 

 trifling differences, and if tliey really want 

 uniformity to swure it by the ri^iit sort 

 of co-oi>enition to tnat end. Or what 

 would be well for both parties and the 

 trade at iarfie. the parties now pursuin.s 

 lines of self-defeating rivalry might get 

 togetlier and agree upon concessions ojier- 

 ating to neutralize all existing differences, 

 and thus put matters upon a basis of 

 otherwise impossible uniformity. That is 

 all there is to it, and if nothing is done 

 in the direction of not absorption l)Ut 

 agreement, opposition to such a policy will 

 of necessity argue personal hostility to tlic 

 tmiform inspection idea on general prin- 

 ciples. 



The next issue of the Journal will eon- 

 tain a symposium reflecting facts and 

 opinions relating to this general sulyect. 

 th(e consensus of which should prove 

 highly interesting and very valuable to all 

 sincerely desirous of reaching a sound 

 conclusion in the premises. The Journal 

 disclaims an.v partiality in matter exccjil 

 for a solution that shall inevitably mean 

 the greatest good to tlie largest number. 

 No paper can plant itself short of that 

 position and be true to the general cause: 

 no paiier can espouse individual or minor- 

 ity interests and be true to the majority, 

 and the majority, unless mistakably 

 in the wrong, must say what may be done 

 and how. possible — by agreement. 



It is not competent for tiie two liodies 

 to be merged into one, because the manu- 

 facturers" interests in too many other re- 

 spects are properly and unavoidably exclu- 

 sive. Init tliere is no reason why the two 

 may not agree upon a uniform code of 

 Inspection, if that is what both want. If 

 either faction does not want uniform in- 

 spection, all that is necessary to defeat it 

 is to refuse to help secure uniformity in 

 the onlv way. 



MACHINERY MEN MEET. 

 The Southern Suiiply and Machinery 

 Dealers' Association held their second an- 

 nual convention at New Orleans. I-a.. April 

 8 and f). There was no special legislation 

 enacted, and the time was taken up in 

 promoting the objects of the association, 

 which, according to President Jenkins, was 

 the establishing of more friendly business 

 relations among its members and outlining 

 the regular channels of trade. Entertain- 

 ment was provided the visiting delegates 

 by the New Orleans contingency, and the 



eiuiventlon adjourned after ehvtUm of the 

 following otileers for the ensuing year: 



President, P. K. Hlow. Knoxvllle, Tenn. 



First vice-president, Thomas Sloo, New 

 Orleans. I,tl. 



Second vice-presidenl, C. II. Hriggs, Dal- 

 las, Tex. 



Secretary-treasurer, t'. It. l/arter, Knox- 

 vllle, Tenn. 



The next annual meeting will be held at 

 Old Point Comfort. 



FORESTRY BUREAU TO WORK IN 

 KANSAS. 



Western Kansas north of llic Arkansas 

 Kiver and west of a line drawn from Os- 

 borne through Utissell to Larned. will re- 

 ceive the particular attention of the Bu- 

 reau of Forestry this summer. A study of 

 the free growth of that region will begin 

 this month under the direction of K. S. 

 Kellogg of Russell, Kan., an agent for the 

 bureau, and will be continued until fall. 

 In this part of the state the timber pene- 

 trates the prairies by way of the river 

 bottoms, clinging closely to these moist 

 lands and advancing only occasionally to 

 the uplands. 



The bureau will study the tendency of 

 the trees and shrubs along the water 

 courses to increase and spread, especially 

 when iirotected from fire and stock, and 

 will determine what species are best 

 a<lai)ted to planting on tlioso uplands Tliat 

 contain no natural growth. 



DEATH OF A PIONEER 

 The news of the death of James ( rate, 

 president of the firm of Taylor & Crate. 

 Huffalo. N. Y.. Avholesalers of hardwoods, 

 which occurred on April 4. was received by 

 the trade all over the country with groat 

 sorrow and regret. It was a sudden end- 

 ing, due to heart trouble, of an active, hon- 

 oraI)le and successful life. Mr. Crate was 

 born in Detroit. Mich., in 1S:W. In ISdCi 

 he entered into partnership with F. W. 

 Taylor, whose death occurred in 180U. un- 

 <lcr the !irm name of Taylor & Crate. Soon 

 after Mr. Taylor's death the business was 

 turned over to tiie corporation of Taylor 

 vV Crate, and Mr. Crate was elected presi- 

 dent, which position he has held ever since, 

 thougii of late years the active manage- 

 ment of the business has been in the hands 

 of Messrs. Horace F. Taylor as secretar.v 

 and Horace C. Mills as treasurer. The 

 lirm lias occupied a commanding position 

 in the trade for many years, and has al- 

 wa.vs been considered one of the heaviest 

 handlers of hardwoods in the business. 



At a called meeting of the Huffalo Lum- 

 ber Kxchange. the following resolutions 

 upon the death of Mr. Crate were adopted, 

 and wuich. we may add, are concurred in 

 by the trade at large: 



Huffalo. N. Y.. April C. 1903. 

 It is with gi-eat sorrow and regret that 

 the members of the HulTaio Lumber Ex- 

 change have learned of the sudden death 

 of James Crate, one of its oldest members. 

 In this loss the members of tliis Exchange 

 feel most deepl.v this dispensation. He 

 was a true friend, one whom we have al- 



ways value<l for his wise eouiiHels nnd 

 good judgment, ready to re<'ognl/.e the 

 right and deprei-ate the wrong, 



Therefore, b(> It resolved that a copy of 

 the expression of our sorrow, embudied in 

 the above, be sent to his family, and that 

 we extenil to them our heartfelt sympa- 

 thies In their bere;ivenieiit. 



JOHN S. .VOYES, 

 <•. K VK.VCKU. 



t'oniiiilttee. 



A GOOD MAN GONE. 



Wiii'ii :\ mail dies, iln' ililllculty expe- 

 rienced In Hlliiig his place is a good test 

 of his usefulness in life. 



Isaac Mondschoen. editor of the Furni- 

 ture Worker, of Cincinnati, has died and 

 his i)laco will be hard to fill. It will be 

 hard to till his place as olitor of the Fur- 

 niture Worker, and as an organizer and 

 promoter of the Interests of the furniture 

 trade; and impossible to fill his place In 

 the hearts of his hundreds of friends. 



What is that quality in a man's writ- 

 ings which causes his readers to hunt for 

 them wherever there is a prospect of find- 

 ing them, and to read them to the last 

 line, whether they have a per.sonal Interest 

 in the subject discussed or not, or whether 

 they agree with the sentiments expressed? 

 That is a question which has been much 

 discussed, and many different answers 

 given; and that is the kind of an editorial 

 writer that Mr. Mondschoen was. 



Among the dozens of exch.'inges which 

 came to this office there was one. at least, 

 sure of perusal, and that was the Furni- 

 ture Worker. We did not care especially 

 for the news of the furniture trade, or 

 reports of convention proceedings. We 

 would skip all that, but would hunt 

 through the entire paper for anything 

 Mondschoen iiad written. 



It was not that his reasoning was so 

 sound, because frequently we disagreed 

 with him. It was not that his style was 

 brilliant, for there were many more 

 Iiolislied writers in the trade press, whose 

 ! product ions interested us not at all. The 

 charm, we believe, lay in the fact that it 

 was evident in every line that the hand 

 that penned it was guided by a warm and 

 kindly heart. He was lenient in his judg- 

 ments, courageous as a lion in defense of 

 what he conceived to he right, and so 

 simple, straightforward and unaffected 

 that his nature shone tlirougli everything 

 he wrote. You could look through his 

 writings as through a clear glass and see 

 his soul; and it was . a kindly, generous, 

 charitable soul and good to see. 



He was known to but few of our read- 

 ers, and we publish this, not as a matter 

 of interest, but as a tribute to a good man 

 who is gone, and who leaves the world 

 better for his having lived. 



The Boyiii' City Lumber Company, 

 Eoyne City, Mich., whose big .saw mill 

 plant has been in the course of erection 

 for the past six months, began sawing on 

 the first of the month. 



