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HARDWOOD RECORD 



for some j-ears, is herewith illustratccl for 

 the first time. 



The use of this machine contemplates first 

 the cutting of all defects out of the flooring 

 stock after it is ripped into strips. The 

 flooring strips, by the use of a modification 

 of No. 129, are surfaced, two at a time, on 

 both sides. The strips are then end-matched. 

 The pieces are next run. through the edge- 

 matcher herewith illustrated. The wood be- 

 ing free from knots and having a double 

 planed surface, it is possible to invariably 

 work the best side of the stock to the face 

 of the flooring. The machine mills kiln 

 dried hard majile at the rate of 130 feet 

 a minute, with perfect tongue and groove. 

 It simultaneously hollow-backs and bores for 

 blind nailing. It is very powerful, is 

 mounted on an exceedingly heavy frame, and 

 has eight geared drive rolls which feed the 

 stock in and out. The cutter heads, figured, 

 from the cutting surface of the six knives, 

 have a diameter of eleven and a half inches. 

 The machine is also equipped with the lock- 

 nut expansion head. The users of this ma- 

 chine have nothing but encomiums to offer 

 concerning it, and in many factories it has 

 become the favorite tool. 



Accompanying this article is a half-tone 

 illustration showing a corner of the great 

 Aurora plant of the American Woodworking 

 Machinery Company, a picture looking along 

 the great erecting floor, and one showing a 

 line of hardwood tools ready for shipment. 

 The increasing demand for specific tools for 

 handling hardwdods has taxed the capacity 



of this j)laut to an extent which has neces- 

 sitated materially increasing its size. The 

 foundation for a two-story addition, 65x100 

 feet, is already in place. It will extend along 



IKVING J. BTTDLONG, MANAGER HOYT & 

 liltOTIIER COMrANY I'.ItAXC'II, AMERI- 

 CAN WOODWORKING MACHINERY COM 

 PANY, AURORA. ILL. 



the Fox river, directly back of the oflice 

 building depicted in the illustration. This 

 addition, which equals in size the present 

 main building of the plant, will enable the 

 company to nearly double its present output. 

 Heney H. Gibson. 



Interstate Commerce LaW Con= 



Vention. 



In this city on Oct. 26 and 27 were held 

 two rival railwaj' rate conferences, and as a 

 result of the deliberations of the two bodies, 

 they crystallized their intents and desires 

 into resolutions. 



The following resolutions were adopted by 

 the Interstate Commerce Law Convention: 



Resoi.vkI), 1, We the delegates assembled in 

 convention iit Chicaao under a tall issued to 

 those commercial, producing and manufactur- 

 ing organizations that sustain the president of 

 the United Slates In his publicly expressed 

 views as to Interstate commerce law amend- 

 ment, congratulate the country that Theodore 

 Uoosevcit, as president of the United States, 

 has shown his wisdom and patriotism in recom- 

 mending to congress constitutional, efTective and 

 just measures for the regulation of luterstati' 

 commerce that shall provide for the people a 

 national tribunal with power to substitute a 

 leasonable and Just rate or classification for 

 one proven to be unreasonable and unjust, and 

 yet that shall preserve to the railroads Just and 

 reasonable control over their properties and 

 revenues. 



We also commend the house of representa- 

 tlvifs for having shown a spirit of earnest co- 

 operation with the president In his elTorts to 

 thus rnmedv existing transportation evils. 



i;. We speclllcally agi-'^e with Ihr president 

 that the only constitutional and elTi'cilve methml 

 for the supervision of rates, cinssllications and 

 practices Is by amending the Interstate com- 

 merce art so as to provide that*. 



"The Interslat*! Commerce Commission should 

 l.o vesli'd with the power, where a given rate 

 has been challenged, and after full hearing 

 found to tie unreasonable, lo decide, subjeel to 

 judicial review, what shiill be a reasonable rale 

 to lake Its place; tlie ruling of the roniniisslfiu 

 10 take effeit Immediately and to obtain unless 

 and until It Is leveised by Ih • court of review." 



o. Tile aiiieiiduieiit uf the interstate com- 

 iiierce act should he sullicieutly broad to cover 

 all interstate transportation service, including 

 all charges, regulations and exactions in con- 

 nection therewith, whether provided liy railroads 

 themselves or through arningenieni with otli- 

 ers. 



The so-callcil I''eilcr:il Kate K'egulation As- 

 sociation, which w;is made up of dissenters 

 from the regular Interstate Commerce Liiw 

 Convention, adopted the following: 



Wb pkclakb as a fiuidaniental basis of our 

 (ieliberiit ions and of our piirjeisc an untiuestioii- 

 Ing faith in tiie wisdom, integrity and high pur- 

 Iioses of I'resident Tlicoclore Koosevelt. our ap- 

 preciation of his inliuence wliicli pcriueales 

 every branch of government, every industry and 

 all development: of llie entire nation, audi our 

 cont:dence in his leadership. 



We recommend ilelinite action by this con- 

 vention looking to tlie establishment of a per- 

 manent organization which shall be representa- 

 tive of every slate and terrltnry of the Union 

 and shall he the nucleus for all future work 

 that shall become necessary hereafter to carr.v 

 (/Ut tlie exjires.sed will of tliis association. To 

 that end we suggest the sekction of a general 

 {■oninilttee which shall be chargi'd with the 

 duty of transmitting lo congressional committees 

 on Interstate and. foreign commerce during the 

 next session of congress the action of this con- 

 vention. 



\\'( are unalterably opposed to conferring 

 upon the Intersinte CoinmiM'ct Commission, or 

 an.v other iippoinlivi- iigency. the power to pre- 

 scribe rates for transportation, believing Iliat 

 such action would prove a dangerous experi- 

 ment Inimical to tlie best Interests of coni- 

 incrce and the continued develo|)ment of this 

 critinlry. 



Reroinl'/.Ing existing evils conuecled with the 

 Iraiisportatloii Interests of (be connlry — viz., all 

 tortus of rebate or favoritism exiended to one 

 itidivldoal oi* locality to llie disadvanlage and 



detriment of others, or effected through private 

 (ar linet., iudustrial. terminal or switching lines, 

 nuiiiipulatioii of freight classification, unfair 

 iiiid unequal distribution of freight eiiuipmeut. 

 or by any other or different means — we demanil 

 the most rigid enfcu'cement of the laws, whiih, 

 if found to he inadequate, should be so anieudeci 

 as to provide speedy, ethcient and permanent 

 relief. 



We recognize the great and almost universal 

 dissatisfaction with the linterstate commerce 

 ;!iw as now administered or enforced is due to 

 tlic delay in reaching a detei minatioii of ques- 

 tions demanding early and final settlement, and 

 we urge upon congress the imperative necessity 

 for providing llie necessarv machinery for re- 

 lief. 



Jn iiuintiors and intluence the two associa- 

 t ions were about equal, and while ordinarily 

 lumbermen stand together very closely on 

 any proposition affecting the interests of the 

 trade, in this case they were about equally 

 divided between the parent organization 

 :uid the so-called "rump" convention. 



A thorough and complete understanding of 

 tills great railway freight problem is a wise 

 thing, and as a result of these two rival con- 

 ventions, each striving for justice, it is very 

 iikcly that the desideratum will be 

 :icliieved. 



The H.utDWOOD Record has its misgivings 

 when it is suggested that any Ave, seven or 

 dozen men, no matter how well equipped 

 with brains and integrity, will be competent 

 to outer into all the intricacies of freight 

 rate making, and deal out justice to both 

 railroad and shipper. On the contrary, it 

 knows that discrimination and injustice are 

 going on in freight rates by nearly every. 

 railway in the United States, and that there 

 should be some corrective, and, if necessary, 

 coercive measures taken whereby rates that 

 are out of line, may be adjudicated and cor- 

 rected. The great work in its recommenda- 

 tions at least, is "up to" these two associa- 

 tions, and it is to be hoped that Congress at 

 its next session, will act wisely on the sub- 

 ject. 



New Lumber Insurance Company. 



The National Lumber Insurance Comiiany Is 

 the name of a new corporation at HulTalo which 

 will maintain an exclusive lumber tire Insurance 

 business. Tlie capital of the company is $200.- 

 (MUl with a surplus of .foO.OOO. Maurice S. Tre- 

 maiiie. the well-known Ituffalo wholesaler, who 

 has lieen identified witli both lumber mutual and 

 stock insurance companies for several years and 

 who has made Insurance a special study, is per- 

 sonally responsible for launching tills new eom- 

 Iian.v. Associated with him as stockholdei's are; 

 Carlton M. Smith of Smith, Fasset & Co., North 

 Tonawnnda. N. Y. ; Erauk C. Rice of the Rice & 

 Lockwood Company, Springfield, Mass. ; Walter 

 (!. White of White, Rider & Erost, North Tona- 

 wanda, N. Y. ; George H. Montgomery of Mont- 

 gomery Urothers & Co.. liufl'aio ; Maurice E. 

 i*relsch of the Haines Lumber Company, HutTalo : 

 (ieorge S. Dalley of the Eastern Lumber Com- 

 iiany, North Tonawnnda, N. Y. ; Rlchnrd S. 

 While of John C. Orr & Co., New York City: 

 Walter C. Laldlaw of the R. Lnldlnw Lumber 

 Company, Buffalo; Horace E. Taylor of Taylor 

 *: Crate, RnfTaio, and .lames E. Middledilh. 



The principal office of the new company will 

 be In the Eldellty Trust building. ItufTaio. As 

 all the incorporators are students of lumber In- 

 surance, they will undoubtedly be the recipients 

 of a very handsome business from the start, yir. 

 Tremalnc Is to he congraUilated on the success 

 hi' has already achieved In lumber Arc Insurance 

 work. 



