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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



when Sam Buikholder and Henry Maley and 

 less than half a dozen lumbermen and an equal 

 number of newspiaper men assembled in this 

 very room, we have made footprints. It is 

 conceded that Charlie Barnaby made the big- 

 gest footprints. I don't know about being a 

 gre-'it man, but Charlie makes good big "tracks." 

 It is a well-known fact that the reason he has 

 never reached his full development physically — 

 the reason he didn't grow tall — was because 

 so much of him is turned up ou the ground. 

 Footprints on the sands of time. 



There has not been a single measure of im- 

 portance whether in stat^. national or trade leg- 

 iirlation. -on which the Indiana Association has 

 not left its mark. We couldn't sign our names 

 at all times, maybe : we were not in condition 

 lo do it. but we have made our mark, and 

 a deep, wide mark it has been. On the making 

 of inspection rules, in the state forestry legis- 

 lation, and in the national legislation on rail- 

 roads and forestry the Indiana Association has 

 left an indelible mark. 



From the first meeting, when Sam Burkholder 

 bribed the bellboy — paid him a quarter — to let 

 on that there was no meeting being held, to 

 the present time, at this great meeting, the 

 Indiana Association has made me proud that 

 I was born in Indiana. The cost has been more 

 of a joke than anything else. How in the 

 world the association has been run on $2 a 

 year and done all the good it has. besides giv- 

 ing a banquet such as the one we have had 

 tonight, and all on $2 a year, we must leave 

 for an Indiana man to figure out. There is no 

 danger of any graft, eitlier on the part oi 

 the secretary or treasurer, and they always 

 have just enough in the treasury" so that 

 Charlie Barnaby can buy a few oak trees. ■ Not 

 enough that he can corner the market — but 

 all of tliis is introductory. You will believe 

 directly that my paper is all introduction, but 

 the more I can take up in this way, the less 

 I will liave to say about m,v subject, because 

 I don't know very much about it. The subject 

 assigned to me was "the relation of the lumber 

 press to the lumber trade." I should say that 

 they ought to be first cousins, to say the least. 

 It is difficult to turn down a near relative. 



I will say. however, that my experience has 

 been that the lumber press has usually ad- 

 vocated that which Is right. I have in " mind 

 a certain lumber dealer ctf Chicago wbt» does 

 not advertise, that one time, in response to 

 an earnest solicitation and while he was think- 

 ing of something else, was induced to place 

 an" advertising contract in a certain paper. The 

 day after its first insertion, he called at the 

 office and wanted thi' contract canceled. He 

 sai<l, "By granny," — he didn't say "By gran- 

 ny" really, he used a stronger tiTin. whi<-li 

 I* will not shock you by repealing he said 

 "By granny, that advertisement appeared and 

 by ' means of it a man came in from Inrliana 

 that I thought I had lost, and I had to settle 

 with him, and it cost me $3(X). I'll never 

 advertise again." 



You may believe that at times the newspaper 

 man is a bore. Y'ou may believe at times 

 that yini could get along better wltlnuit the 

 papers, but iu> man who iloes a fair and legiti- 

 mate business need fear publicity. For the 

 other kiiifi of men, for Ihose who are working 

 a scheme to defraud the shipper and keep 

 him from his best customers, the newspapers 

 in the lumber trade are a terror. 



But T have sonu> fault to find with you 

 Inml)ermen : you don't always tell us unsophis- 

 ticated i:ewspaper men the truth. I am of a 

 gentle unsuspicious nature, and I believed what 

 was tolil me. all of it, up to a year ago. A 

 .year ago I would have delled any lumberman 

 to tell me anvtiling I wouldn't believe, but 

 of late I have ccpme to the conclusion that 

 since Oeorge Washington cut down his cherry 

 tree, nearly '.'Oil years ago, the truth has not 

 been told about the hardwood limber c\it in 

 this country. And it is sad to .see a young 

 and tender man get knocked silly. It is sad 

 to see ;i trusting faith in humanltv shaken. 

 In all hut Indiana: I still believe all that is 

 told me In Indiana. I believe it is all Indiana 

 oak. 



And that's enough about the "relation of 

 the lumber press to the lumber trade." 



I want to sav how glad I am to be with 

 vou : how I have looked forward to this meet- 

 ing and how I have enioyed it. A man has 

 to get bis feet in the soil sometimes to restore 

 hl« hihinre. And von people with your feet 

 In the soil .Mil th" time you ballast the coun- 

 try. And such feet 1 You can't shake it. 



I thank you. 



Chicago Hard-wood Lumber Exchange Meet- 

 ing. 

 At 1 o'clock on Saturday. Jan. 14, thefe was 

 held at the Grand raclflc hotel th? regtilar 

 monthly luncheon of the Chicago Hardwood 

 Exchange. AV. O. King, the president, called the 

 meeting together for a business session Imme- 

 diately following the repast. Thirty-nine Chi- 



cago hardwood lumbermen and guests were pres- 

 ent, as follows : 



W. O. King. W. O. King & Co. 



J. S. Trainer, Trainer Brothers. 



F. S. Ulendrickson. F. S. Ilendrickson Lumber 

 Company. 



.lohn D. Spaulding, Upham & Agler. 



K. 1-1. LonU)ard. Ilayden & Ixtmbard. 



.Milton .Miller. Miller Brothers. 



Matthew I. Miller, Miller Brothers. 



,1. P. Mcl'arland, Ryan & McParland. 



r. A. R'yan, Ryan & McParland. 



Charles Darling. 



A. J. Howard. 



II. S. Hayden, Hayden & Lombard. 



S. ,1. Vinuedge, S. J. Vinnedge & Co. 



S. It. Vinnedge, S. J. Vinnedge & Co. 



1". K. Richardson. Crandall & Richardson. 



Edward P. Petleys. 



W. M. Hopkins, Theodore Fathauer Company, 



Theodore Fathauer. Theodore Fathauer Com- 

 pany. 



(irant Harrison. Charlevoix, Mich. 



L. Lesh. Lesh & Matthews Lumber Company. 



W. E. Clegg. Fink-Heidler Company. 



.1. J. Fink, Fink-Heidler Company. 



A. H. Ruth. G, W. .Tones Lumber Company. 



C. D. Strode, Hardwood Record. 



H. H. Gilison. Hardwood Record. 



(Jeo. R. Thamer. Empire Lumber Company. 



F. B. MacMullen. MacMullen Brothers. 



Frank B Stone, Frank B. Stone & Co. 



A. H. Schoen. Columbia Hardwood Lumber 

 i'iuni>any. 



ICdward Schoen, Columbia Hardwood Lumber 

 Company. 



C. L. Wallace. W. & B. Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



Park Richmond. Richmond. Slimmer & Co. 



.Tohn S. Benedict. John S. Benedict & Co. 



Charles Wescott. buyer tor International Har- 

 vester Company. 



W. W. Lufkin. buyer for Kimball Piano Com- 

 pany. 



W. C. Schreiber, Francis Beidler & Co. 



.\. R. Vinnedge. A. R. Vinnedge Lumber Cora- 

 l>anv. 



Jesse Thompson. J. W. Thompson Lumber C'Un- 

 panv. Memphis. Tenn. 



I'"'. F. Fish of Chiiago. 



I'nder the discussion of general business, the 

 principal topics of debate were the threatened 

 teamsters' strike and the financial relation of 

 the exchange with the Woodworkers' Association. 

 W. C. Schreiber, Frank Stone, Theodore Fat- 

 hauer and George H, Thamer took principal 

 part iu the debate. ■«'. C. Schreiber called at- 

 tention to the fact that in the council of the 

 Woodworker!;' Association the committee, con- 

 sisting of W. <). King. Fd Heath and himself, 

 were not represented. Theodore Fathauer move<l 

 that the old committee be discharged and a new 

 committee consisting of \V, O, King, W. C. 

 Sihrelber and George R. Thamer be appointed. 



After considerable fencing W. O. King put the 

 motion, which was carried, George Thamer 

 made a characteristic speech in which he urged 

 all the lumbermen to stand together for an open 

 shop. The committee was so Instructed. W. C. 

 Schreiber raised the point that the exchange bad 

 never paid Its assessments to the Chicago Wood- 

 worker' Association. It seemed It had been 

 left optional with the members whether they 

 should pay. and some of them had refused to 

 pay anything. It was explained that all of the 

 team-owners had paid, but some who hired teams 

 by the day had refused payment on the ground 

 that they were not Interested. Mr. Schreiber 

 explained that one of the principal points at 

 issue with the teamsters was the proposition lo 

 raise the days wages of the hired teamsters. 

 Frank P.. Stone moved that the secretary of the 

 exchange be Instructed to communicate with the 

 secretary of tlie Woodworkers' Association, and 

 report at the next meeting Just how the ex- 

 change stood, the disposition being manifest that 

 if the exchange owed anything, it wished to pay. 

 After scune other and very Mgorous discussions 

 the meeting adjourned. 



Elects Annual Ofacers. 



The annual meeting of the Lumbermen's As- 

 sociation of Grand Rapids. Mich., was held Jan. 

 1(1. at 7 :.3n p. m. at the Pantlind hotel. A large 

 number of the members were present, out of a 

 total membership of 30. Matters of vital im- 

 portance to luml^ermen were discussed, after 

 which a board of nine directors was elected. 

 Those elected were : W. O. Hughart, Jr., C. F. 



Sweet. C. A. Phelps. H. C. Angell, L. L. Skill- 

 man. C. F. Perkins, W. E. Cox. A. L. Dennis, J. 

 W Ferdou. 



The directors then elected the following offi- 

 cers : 



President — W. O. Hughart, Jr. 



Vice-President — C. F. Perkins. 



Secretary — L. L. Skillman. 



Treasurer — H. C. Angell. 



The newly elected president. W. O. Hughart, 

 Jr.. is one of the prominent wholesale hardwood 

 dealers of Grand Rapids. 



L. L. Skillman, the secretary, is also promi- 

 nent in hardwood circles, and is secretary-treas- 



L. L. SKILLMAN. 

 urer of the Longfellow & Skillman Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



The directors feel that great good has been 

 accomplished during the past year: they also 

 feel that there are numy things that should be 

 taken uji dining the coming year, and they have 

 arranged lo take luncheon together every Mon- 

 da.v noon at the Morton house. The members 

 of the association take luncheon together once a 

 month, usually the last Saturday In the nnmth. 



Coe Machinery A Winner, 



The Coe Manufacturing Company of I'aines- 

 ville. O., maker of veneer nuichlnery, has been 

 awarded the grand i>rlze at the St. I.<iuis World's 

 Exposition. This Is the second time in four 

 years that It has secured grand prizes at inter- 

 national exhibitions. This concern has been mak- 

 ing veneer machinery for thirtv-flve .years, and 

 at present a large percentage of the veneer made 

 In the I'nited States and Canada Is cut on Its 

 nmchlnes. It has also built up a large ftueign 

 tiade which is cimstantly growing. 



The Coe Company built a new plant three 

 years ago. whidi It has already outgrown. In 

 Ihe spring it will add another large building, 

 which will be devoted exclusively to the manu- 

 facture of its automatic roller veneer dryer, a 

 comparatively new device. 



In addition to complete outfits for veneer 

 mills It alS!i manufactures several specialties 

 along kindred lines, such as butter dlsli ma- 

 chinery, grinders, automatic sewing machines. 

 etc. The Coe Company is prepari'd to furnish 

 complete veneer mill plants and will, if desired, 

 build the mill and Install Ihe machinery. 



In about two months its I'.IO.-) catalog will be 

 ready for distribution. This book will he the 

 mtst comprehensive treatise on Ihe veneer In- 

 dustry ever Issued, and anyone interested In the 

 lumber, veneer, package, basket or furniture 

 business should have a copy. Address Coe Manu- 

 facturing Company, Palnesvllle, O. 



