THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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Hardwood J\lanufacturers' Association J\leeting. 



At 11 o'clock on Jau. 24 there oeeurred 

 at the City of X^ashville the largest gather- 

 ing of hardwood manufacturers of the coun- 

 try that were ever before grouped in one 

 body. It was the meeting of members of 

 the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 of the United States, and contained leading 

 representatives of the hardwood manufactur- 

 ing industry from all sections. 



The meeting was called to order promptly 

 at 11 a. m. by the president of the associn- 

 tion, R. H. Van Sant of Ashland, Ohio. The 

 roll of members was called by the secretary 

 and it was found that a very large propor- 

 tion of the membership was in attendance. 



Eoster of Those Present. 



B. P. Andrews, Columbia. Tenn. 



Brent Arnold, Jr., Cincinnati Northern E. K., 

 Cincinnati. O. 



Stuart A. Allen, G. A. C. H. & D.. West Shore 

 Dispatch. Cincinnati. O. 



J. n. Baird, Southern Lumberman, Nashville, 

 Tenn. 



P. W. Blair. Chattanooga. Tenn. 



Percy Brown. Spring Hill, Tenn. 



Chas. H. Barnab.v. Greencastle, Ind. 



L. M. Borgess, Lumbermen's Exchange, St. 

 Louis. Mo. 



J. H. Barlipr. Logan & Moffett Lumber Co., 

 Kuoxville. Tenn. 



W. F. Biederman. Credit Eating Dept, Na- 

 tional Lumber Mfg. Asso.. St. Louis. Mo. 



Leonard Bronson. American Lumberman, Chi- 

 cago. 111. 



J. H. Brantley, Burroughs Lumber Co.. Mc- 

 Minnville, Tenn. 



C. B. Benedict. Davidson-Benedict & Co., 

 Nashville. Tenn. 



W. L Barr. Greenfield. O. 



H. Baker. Henderson, Baker & Co., Nash- 

 ville, Tenn. 



R. M. Carrier. C. M. Carrier & Son, Sardis. 

 Miss. 



W. M. Crossfleld. Crossfleld & Co., Nashville, 

 Tenn. 



W. J. Cude. W, J. Cude & Co.. Kimmins. 

 Tenn. 



C. Crane. C. Crane & Co.. Cincinnati. O. 



C. M. Crawford, Yellow Poplar Lumber Co., 

 Coal Grove. Ohio. 



E. K. Carter. Sparta, Tenn. 



B. M. Carv, T. F. A.. C. H. & D. Ey., Cincin- 

 nati, O. 



A. H. Card. Southern Hardwood Co., Nash- 

 ville, Tenn. 



S. P. Coppoch. S. P. Coppoch & Co.. Fort 

 Wayne. Ind. 



I. K. Colley. Colley & Son. Centerville, Tenn. 



F. M. Cutsinger. Young & Cutsinger, Evans- 

 ville. Ind. 



Lewis Doster, Sec. Hardwood Mfrs. Asso., Co- 

 lumbus O. 



W. n. Dawkins. W. H. Dawkins Lbr. Co., 

 Ashland Ky. 



O. Dircks. Askins & Direks. Union Cit.y, Tenn. 



Jas. E. Davidson, Cincinnati Northern E. E.. 

 Cincinnati, O. 



J. B. De Lawter. C. S. De Field. East Prairie. 

 Mo. 



J. N. Day, St. Louis Lumberman, St. Louis, 

 Mo. 



G. E. Deneke. D. B. Hubbard Co., Winchester. 

 Tenn. 



Edmund F. Dodge. P. G. Dodge Co., Chicago. 



EJ. L. Davis. J. E. Davis. E. L. Davis & Co.. 

 Lonisville. Ky. 



W. E. Delaney. Kentucky Lumber Co., Burn- 

 side and Williamsburg. Ky. 



J. S Denton. Southern Lumber & Box Co.. 

 Nashville. Tenn. 



W. \'. Davidson. Davidson-Benedict & Co.. 

 Nashville. Tenn. 



L. B. Elswick. Wilson Lumber Co., Toronto. 

 Can. 



W. M. Fowler. Case Lumber Co.. Chattanooga. 

 Tenn. 



E. L. French, Eob't H. Jenks Lumber Co., 

 Cleveland. O. 



Frank F. Fee, Newark. O. 



Thos. W. Fry. Sec. Indiana & Arkansas Lum- 

 ber & Mfg. Co.. Marianna. Ark. 



A. F. Gahagan. Doomis & Hart Mfg. Co., 

 Chattanooga. Tenn. 



N. W. Gennet. Gennet Lumber Co., Madison, 

 S. C. 



H. H. Gibson. Editor Hardwood Eecord, Chi- 

 cago, III. 



W. .J. Griffith, The Griffith Lumber Co., Oliver 

 Springs, Tenn. 



E. L. Lee, Kieth-Simmons & Co.. Nashville, 

 Tenn. 



Bnlfe Gerhardt. C. L. Enter Lumber Co., Clay, 

 W. \a. 



W. F. Green, Davidson-Benedict & Co., Nash- 

 ville, Tenn. 



George Guild, Lumber Trade Journal, Ts'ew 

 Orleans. La. 



G. S. Hill, Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Co., Knos- 

 viile, Tenn. 



H. V. Hartzell. Greenville. O. 



J. V. Hill, Chief Inspector. Columbus, O. 



T. M. Harper. Bellsburg, Tenn. 



F. M. Hamilton. Indiana Lumber Co., Nash- 

 VHlIe, Tenn. 



A. Z. Haas. Williams-Haas Lumber Co., Fay- 

 etteville. Tenn. 



V. L. Heaton. Hardwood Mfrs. Association. 

 Columbus. O. 



W. B. Judson, American Lumberman. Chicago. 

 111. 



H. C. Jacoby. Hamilton. O. 



F. J. Kunv. Williamsson-Kuny Mining & Lum- 

 ber Co., Mound City, HI. 



Jos. .T. Linehan, Lineban Lumber Co.. Pitts- 

 burg. Pa. 



Simon Lieberman, Lieberrann, Loveman & 

 O'Brien. Nashville. Tenn. 



A. I>oveman. Lieberman, Loveman & O'Brien. 

 Nashville. Tenn. 



P. P.. Little, Little Lumber Co.. St. Louis, Mo. 



E. .\. Lang. Paepke-Liecht Lumber Co., Chi- 

 cago. 111. 



Geo. W. Leuhrmann. C. F. Luehrmannn Hard- 

 wood Lumber Co., St. Louis, Mo. 



Hamilton Love. Love, Boyd & Co., Nashville, 

 Tenn. 



E. T. Largent. Bement & Largent Lumber Co., 

 Buckeye. Mo. 



Edw. Maphet. Ixjgan & Maphet Lumber Co., 

 ivuosville. Tenn. 



Ilenrv W. Magoon. Grand Eapids. Mich. 



J. W. Mayhew. Asst. to Pres., W. M. Bitter 

 Lumber Co., Columbus, O. 



Edw. Morgan, T. F. A. B. & O. S. W. Ewy., 

 Louisville, Ky. 



J. H. McFall, McLean Lumber Co.. Nashville, 

 Tenn. 



D. C. Mitchell, Springfield Planing Mill Co., 

 Springfield. Tenn. 



Claude Malev, Maley & Wertz, Evansville, 

 lEd. 



W. C. Mills. Jacoby & Mills Lumber Co.. Win- 

 chester. Tenn. 



W. H, Nigh, Nigh Lumber Co.. Ironton. O. 



W. N. Offent and wife. Tug Elver Lumber 

 Co.. Bristol. Tenn. 



A. M. Oehnien. Oehmen Bros.. Esthridge, Tenn. 



Edgar Pearson. Sparta. Tenn. 



J. E. Pace. A. J. Pace & Son. Kimmins. Tenn. 



P. r. Prensnitzer, Keith-Simmons & Co., 

 Nashville. Tenn. 



Eufus W. Powell. Crossville, Tenn. 



G. A. Eov. Eov Lumber Co.. Nlcholasville. Ky. 



C. M. Eawlings. E. X. Wyssbrod & Co., Po- 

 mola. Ky. 



Tyree Rodes. Nashville. Tenn. 



A. B. Ransom. J. B. Ransom & Co., Nashville, 

 Tenn. 



John B. Ransom. J. B. Ransom & Co., Nash- 

 ville. Tenn. 



E. O. Eobinson. Mowbray-Robinson. Cincin- 

 nati, O. 



John Eahh. J. Holmes Lumber Co., St. Louis. 

 .Mo. 



D. W. Roas, Leesburg, O. 



T>. M. Rose. Kuoxville. Tenn. 



Dr. C. A. Schenck. Phd.. Forester, Biltmore 

 Estate. Biltmore. N. C. 



Joseph Strand. Standard Dry Kiln Co.. In- 

 dianapolis. Ird. 



R. M. Scobee, Scobee Lumber Co.. Winches- 

 ter. Ky. 



A. ,T. Sims. Sparta. Tenn. 



J. E. Smith. Barlierton. O. 



R. L. Stearns. Stearns Lumber Co.. Stearns. 

 Ky. 



M. W. Thomas. M. W. Thomas Lumber Co.. 

 Ashland. Kv. 



M. J. Todd. Lake Shore-Lehigh Valley Fast 

 Freight Line, Cincinnati. O. 



Gen. Gates P. Thruston, Prewitt-Spurr Mfg. 

 Co.. Nashville. Tenn. 



Howard Taylor. Staunton. Tenn. : Taylor & 

 Baskervill. Staunton Depot. Tenn. 



J. C. Rea. Columbia. Tenn. 



J. F. McLean, McLean Lumber Co., Nash- 

 ville. Tenn, 



L. L. Mather. H. M. Disston Sons. Philadel- 

 phia. Pa. 



W. W. Dings, Garet.son-Greason Lumber Co.. 

 St. Louis, Mo. 



R. H. Van Sant. Van Sant-Kitchen & Co.. 

 Ashland, Ky. 



Robt. Vestal. Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Co., 

 Kuoxville, Tenn. 



II. Win Schrenck, Missouri Botanical Gardens, 

 St. Louis, Mo. 



W. W. Wilms, Paepcke-Liecht Lumber Co., 

 Chicaso, III, 



S. A. Williams. Williams & Voris Lumber Co., 

 Chattanooga. Tenn. 



H. E. Wentz, W. M. Ruter Lumber Co., Co- 

 lumbus, O. 



J. h. Waggoner. Fayetteville, Tenn. 



A. M. Williamson. Williamson-Kuny Mill & 

 Lumber Co., Mound City. III. 



John M. Welch, Standard Lumber & Box Co., 

 Nashville. Tenn. 



J. K. Williams. Williams-Haas Lumber Co., 

 Fayetteville, Tenn. 



A. T. Williams, Williams-Haas Lumber Co.. 

 Fa.vetteville, Tenn. 



John B. Ransom of J. B. Ransom & Co. 

 and of the Jsashville Hardwood Flooring 

 Company of Nashville, introduced to the 

 convention the pioneer lumberman of Nash- 

 ville, Simon Lieberman of Lieberman, Love- 

 man & 'Brien. 



Mr. Lieberman 'Welcomes ■\7isitors. 

 Mr. Lieberman in a particularly happy vein 

 welcomed the visitors to the city. He re- 

 ferred to the diffidence of Mr. Ransom iu 

 not personally delivering the address of 

 welcome and said that he also had the mis- 

 fortune to be bashful, which infirmity he 

 had striven for years to overcome. He 

 averred that he was so bashful that under 

 no circumstances could he say "No." He 

 refused to say no when asked to join this 

 association, but did so with reluctance; when 

 he was asked to advance prices, he was un- 

 able to say no; when he vras asked to amend 

 his grading rules, he was unable to say no; 

 when he was asked to boost his prices very 

 high, he was unable to say no. He alleged 

 that he accepted the advice of his fellows in 

 the association in all instances and that gen- 

 erally a good balance to the right side of 

 his profit and loss account had been the re- 

 sult. All the foregoing had meant more or 

 less trouble to bim, and he was especially 

 troubled when the association bad aske.l 

 him to reduce prices; but his trouble of all 

 troubles was when he •was called upon to 

 welcome distinguished guests to Nashvills. 

 and he had consented to perform that pleas- 

 urable duty only when John B. Ransom had 

 insisted that it was beyond his power t> 

 do so. 



Mr. Lieberman incidentally referred to 

 the meeting of last year, and of the treat- 

 ment that the joint conference committee 

 on grading rules of the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association and of the National 

 Hardwood Lumbermen's Association had re- 

 ceived at the hands of the National Asso- 

 ciation. 



He referred to the dark clouds that hung 

 over 1904 at the opening of the year, with 

 dull business, predicted strikes, every indi- 

 cation of continued apathy in trade, the 

 presidential campaign and doubts as to the 

 future, and how all had been dissipated by 

 returning confidence and renewed business 

 activity. 



Mr. Lieberman referred circumstantially to 

 the benefits that had been conferred upon 

 the hardwood manufacturers of the country 



