THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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Spirit of Lumber Press. 



The Furniture Journal. 

 Reports from the furniture trade indicate that 

 everywhere this trade is proving very satisfac- 

 tory. The conditions were never better than at 

 the present time for renewed organized effort, 

 because there is reason to predict that dealers 

 will not be able to buy stock for less than dur- 

 ing the past year and they are likely to pay 

 slightly higher prices — a condition imposed 

 largely by the sustained cost of material. There 

 may be exceptions to this general statement. 

 Certainly if trade shows the volume which is 

 confidently expected, and business opens up 

 fairly well at the January expositions, there 

 will be no occasion for cutting prices on any- 

 thing. 



The creditors took action, and made such a 

 strong case that a proposition to settle was 

 made and the case settled out of court. "Mis- 

 repiesentations cannot be made to mercantile 

 agencies without incurring liability." 



New York Lumber Trade Journal. 

 A matter of considerable importance to lum- 

 ber dealers, and to the wholesale trade in gen- 

 eral, was prepared for adjudication in Connect- 

 icut, and before the question in the case could 

 be passed upon by the presiding judge, the con- 

 troversy was settled by the defendant to the 

 satisfaction of the plaintiff. It involved the 

 Harry H. Peck failure in Hartford, which oc- 

 curred in 1902. He tailed up with assets of 

 about $8,000 and liabilities of $32,000. Previous 

 to his failure he was rated in Bradstreet's and 

 Dun's as being worthy of a small line of credit. 

 This "rating" had been carried by the mercan- 

 tile associations for seven or eight years. A 

 committee of the creditors upon investigating, 

 found that during all the time that he was in 

 business and rated as above by the mercantile 

 associations, he owed his father such a large 

 amount of money as to be absolutely bankrupt. 



A Lumber Insurance Paper. 



Lumber Insurance is the name of a neat 

 little leaflet publication of vrhich No. 1, 

 Vol. 1, of the date of January, 1905, has 

 arrived at this office. It is issued by the 

 Lumber Insurers' General Agency, No. 66 

 Broadway, New York City, and it will be 

 issued monthly. It is of particular inter- 

 est to lumbermen as it covers information 

 concerning specialized insurance on lumber 

 and wood-working establishments. It is an- 

 nounced that the contents of its columns 

 will be by no means limited to the discus- 

 sion of the subject to which its title ap- 

 pears to confine it; but it will also contain 

 sundry articles of economic value. The 

 paper is issued at the home of the Lumber 

 Insurance Company of New York and of 

 the Lumber Underwriters, and it is to the 

 policy holders and friends of these com- 

 panies that the paper will go. It will also 

 be sent to persons who have business re- 

 lations with the Toledo Fire & Marine In- 

 surance Company, of Sandusky, Ohio, which 

 is an allied insurance company of the 

 agency above named. While the publishers 

 do not so state, it is probable that the 

 Lumber Insurers' General Agency will be 

 pleased to mail a specimen copy of its pub- 

 Ueation to any lumbermen who would be 

 interested in perusing its columns. 



signified their intention of attending both 

 functions. The inauguration will bring to 

 the meeting a number of members who have 

 not attended in several years. 



At a meeting of the executive board held 

 at the ofiice of the association December 

 13, a special committee on the annual meet- 

 ing was appointed, to make all necessary ar- 

 rangements regarding the banquet and en- 

 tertainment. The committee consists of 

 Eobert C. Lippincott, chairman; George F. 

 Craig and Henry C. Kiley, of Philadelphia; 

 and Lewis C. Slade, Saginaw; Lewis Dill, 

 Baltimore, and J. M. Hastings, Pittsburg. 



Invitations have been extended to the 

 retail associations, a number of which have 

 already replied stating that they would be 

 represented. 



The meeting this year promises to be one 

 of the most successful ever held. Many 

 subjects of considerable importance to 

 members will be presented for consideration. 



Association NeWs. 



Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 Annual. 



The annual meeting of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the United 

 States will be held at Nashville, Tenn., on 

 Tuesday and "Wednesday, January 24 and 

 25. The meeting promises to be one of the 

 best and most enthusiastic ever held by 

 this organization. Secretary Louis Doster 

 has arranged all the business details of the 

 affair and delegates may be assured that 

 every provision for their comfort has been 

 made. A good deal of business of the 

 greatest importance will come before the 

 meeting, and a large attendance is desired 

 and expected. Below will be found the pro- 

 gram covering the details of the two days' 

 session. 



Program. 



FIRST DAT TUE.SDAY. JAN. 24. HORNING SESSION. 



9 :30 to 10 :30 — Registration of delegates. 

 11 :00 — Meeting called to order. 



Annual address of President. 



Report of Treasurer. 



Report of Secretary. 



Report of Chief Inspector. 



Recess. 



AFTERNOON SESSION, 2 O'CLOCK. 



Paper on "Hardwood Producing Centers." 

 Paper on "Forestry and Forest Products." 

 Paper on "Development of Hardwood Produc- 

 tion in the Southwest." 



Paper on "Future Prospects." 

 General discussion. 

 Appointment of committees. 



WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25, MORNING SESSION. 



10:30 — Meeting called to order. 



Report of standing committees. 

 General discussion. 



Reports of committees appointed pre- 

 ceding day. 

 General business. 

 Recess. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 2 O'CLOCK. 



Reports of committees. 

 General business. 

 Election of officers. 

 Adjournment. 



\ meeting of the directors will be held imme- 

 diately after adjournment for election of the 

 executive board. 



A meeting of executive board will follow im- 

 mediately after the directors' meeting. 



Additional Information. 



The meeting will be held in the hall of 

 the Chamber of Commerce, which is in the 

 center of the city. 



The prominent hotel, which will be head- 

 quarters, is the Maxwell House. 



The address of welcome to the visiting 

 lumbermen will be made by S. Lieberman, 

 of Lieberman, Loveman & O'Brien, Nash- 

 ville, Tenn. 



Visiting delegates should engage their 

 rooms in advance, and the following hotels 

 are near the center of the city: Maxwell 

 House, European plan; The Duncan, Ameri- 

 can; The Tulane, American; Utopia, Euro- 

 pean. 



Annual of National Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association. 



The thirteenth annual meeting of the 

 National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held at the Bellevue-Strat- 

 ford hotel, Philadelphia, Wednesday and 

 Thursday, March 1 and 2. Special arrange- 

 ments, have been made with the hotel, and 

 a reduction in railroad fare has been se- 

 cured on the certificate plan, whereby mem- 

 bers go and return at the rate of a fare and 

 a third. Philadelphia has been selected be- 

 cause it is believed that city will best serve 

 the interests of the members. The inaugu- 

 ration of President Eoosevelt following so 

 closely after the adjournment of the con- 

 vention, a large number of members have 



National Lumber Exporters' Association, 



In accordance with a resolution adopted 

 at the last annual meeting, the board of 

 directors has selected St. Louis as the place 

 for holding the next annual meeting of the 

 National Lumber Exporters' Association. 

 The meeting will convene at the Southern 

 Hotel on Wednesday, Jan. 25. The manage- 

 ment of this hotel has given the association 

 the use of a room suitable for its meeting, 

 and has also named a comparatively low 

 rate for the entertainment of the visitors. 

 Members can arrange for accommodations 

 either through L. Methudy, Lincoln Trust 

 building, St. Louis, or by writing directly 

 to the hotel, ^ 



The docket covering the discussions that 

 will be held at this meeting is now in 

 course of preparation, but will not be an- 

 nounced until Jan. 15. . 



It is anticipated that the coming meeting 

 will be one of the most important in the 

 history of the association, as certain mat- 

 ters which in the past have been sub- 

 jects of negotiation have now taken such 

 shape that definite conclusions can be 

 reached. It is felt that members will be 

 amply repaid by attending and the officers 

 urge the desirability of the presence of aU 

 interested in the work of the association. 



The present officers of the association are 

 W. H. Eusse, Memphis, president; John L. 

 Alcock, Baltimore, first vice president; 

 George M. Spiegle, Philadelphia, second vice 

 president; Eiehard W. Price, Baltimore, 

 treasurer; Elliott Lang, Memphis, traffic 

 manager and secretary. 



Indiana Association Meeting. 



The Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's As- 

 sociation holds its annual meeting at the 

 Grand Hotel, Indianapolis, Ind., on Jan. 

 19. An invitation is extended to all lum- 

 bermen, and especially to those of Indiana, 

 to attend. A good program is arranged, and 

 a banquet will be given at the Grand Hotel. 



