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they certainly sbould have a voice in the matter 

 of inspection. It is then "up" to you gentle- 

 men and to the manufacturers to name the price. 



The Wisconsin Hardwuod Lumbermen's Asso- 

 ciation is going: t-j send a large delegation to 

 the Buffalo meeting: Michigan has promised a 

 large one : and it now looks as though there 

 would be a great number of delegates from 

 Memphis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville and 

 many other manufacturing and distributing 

 points. I trust that you Chicago hardwood lum- 

 bermen will go there in a body and that you 

 will give especial attention to the interests of 

 northern hardwoods, which enter so largely into 

 the consuming demand o£ Chicago and vicinity, 

 and see that a just representation ol this in- 

 terest is placed on the board of trustees of 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association. 



Furthermore. I trust that you will go to that 

 meeting in a spirit of conciliation and attempt 

 to broaden out the lines of the National asso- 

 ciation so that all parties in interest may have 

 just and conservative treatment. Let the olive 

 branch be held out in all directions. Give what 

 you must and take what you can: do not be in- 

 sisteat upon any personal or selfish hobby in 

 connection with hardwood inspection, but im- 

 press upon your minds the fact that whatever 

 good you can contribute to the general welfare 

 of the industry will surely i*edound to your 

 benefit as individuals. 



Even at the risk of boring you on personal 

 matters I would like to say a word about the 

 Hardwood Record. The publishers are making 

 an earnest attempt to produce a paper that 

 shall be just and Intelligent. They are attempt- 

 ing to cover the news of the entire hardwood 

 tield fully, to reflect market conditions intelli- 

 gently and honestly, and to collate and publish 

 the mature opinions of the best people in the 

 trade, with the idea of educating every man up 

 to a higher standard — to the highest standards 

 possessed by the best element : with the idea in 

 view of eliminating as far as possible that men- 

 ace to any industry — unintelligent competition. 

 The history of the publication during the tirst 

 three months, under the present management, 

 has been extremely flattering to its owners. The 

 paid circulation has been more than doubled, 

 and compliments are reaching them from many 

 sources : the subscription list is being added to 

 at a rate never before known in the history of 

 a lumber trade paper. Of course all this is 

 costing money and the paper is not yet on a 

 paying basis, but eventually it is hoped that 

 the property will show a fair margin of profit. 



I want to thank you gentlemen here particu- 

 larly for the very generous support, indicative 

 of "your confidence, that you have given the 

 Hardwood Record : for I do not want to be 

 the publisher of a newspaper that "is not with- 

 out honor save in its own country." If the 

 Hardwood Record cannot make good in Chi- 

 cago it cannot make good anywhere. If you 

 do not and cannot speak kindly of it. I cannot 

 expect that it will carry much influence outside 

 of Chicago, and I therefore bespeak for it not 

 your charity : not your support on the ground 

 of local pride : not your support for it on the 



ground of good fellowship, but such support as 

 you can consistently give it on the ground that 

 it is a justly conducted busines-s proposition, 

 whose support means that its expense to you 

 will result in adding profit to your business, 

 rather than being an item to be charged to 

 profit and loss. 



A vote of thanks was tendered the Hard- 

 wood Record for the Itinch, following which 

 it was decided to hold a special meeting of 

 the exchange on Tuesday, April 11, to per- 

 fect the details of arrangements to attend 

 the convention of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association at Buffalo, May 18 

 and 19. 



The following were present: 



Clarence Boyle of the Clarence Boyle Lumber 

 Company. 



John S. Benedict. 



C. A. Barker. Petoskey, Mich. 



James F. Cleland, Clarence Boyle Lumber 

 Company. 



W. A. Davis. 



J. J. Fink, Fink-Heidler Company. 



J. S. Trainer, Trainer Brothers Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



H. M. Gardiner, Parker. Aleshire & Gardiner. 



AL Glauber, E. Sondheimer Company. 



H. H. Gibson, editor Hardwood Record. 



Harvey T. Hayden. Hayden & Lombard. 



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



C. V. Kimball, A. R. Vinnedge Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



E. B. Lombard, Hayden & Lombard. 



Milton Miller, Miller Brothers. 



W. F. Morris. E. Sondheimer Company. 



A. J. McCausland, W. E. Kelley & Co. 

 E. J. Pettey. Crandall & Richardson. 



B. F. Richardson, Crandall & Richardson. 

 Frank B. Stone. 



J. D. Spauiing, Southern Oak Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



G. W. Stoneman, Stoneman & Zearing Lum- 

 ber Company. 



John Schoen, Columbia Hardwood Lumber 

 Company. 



C. D. Strode, Hardwood Record. 



A. J. Shutts, Messinger Hardwood Lumber 

 C'ompany. 



G. R. Thamer, Empire Lumber Company. 

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



Hardwood Record JMail 'Bag. 



[In this department it is proposed to reply 

 to such inquiries as reach this office from the 

 Hardwood Record clientage as will be of enough 

 general interest to warrant publication. Every 

 patron of the paper is invited to use this de- 

 partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt 

 will be made to answer queries pertaining to all 

 matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in 

 a succinct and intelligent manner.] 



Small Articles in Hardwood. 



New York City, March 27. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : Can you give us the addresses 

 of concerns who make a specialty of turning 

 small articles in hardwood, such as maple, birch, 

 etc;? — Henry Haas & Son. 



We think you Mill find among the follow- 

 ing concerns, the one you are looking for, 

 as they all turn out small articles in hard- 

 woods, manufactured from maple, birch and 

 other woods: South Bend Wood Turning 

 Company, Attica, Ind. ; Piqua Handle & Man- 

 ufacturing Company, Piqua, 0.; L. Pros- 

 ser & Sons, Scottsburg, Ind.— Editor. 



Shuttle Blocks and Hickory Billets. 



Beech Hill, Ga.. March 24.— Editor Hard- 

 wood R-ecord: Will you please give me the ad- 

 dresses of several of the largest dealers in 

 shuttle blocks and hickory billets, who are re- 

 liable, both in this country and in Hamburg 

 and London E. C— H. J. I. 



Will anyone interested in this line of man- 

 ufacture communicate with the Hardwood 

 Kecokd, that we may supply our correspond- 

 ent with the information he seeks? — Editor. 



More About Maple Inspection. 



WiLL^AMSPORT, Pa., March 4. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : In your issue of March 10 last 

 I noted particularly the article on thick maple 

 inspection, by Herman Kunert. At that time I 

 came to the conclusion that the writer of the 

 article knew what he was talking about, and 

 since reading what his employer, Mr. White, 

 has to say in a subsequent number of your 

 paper, I am doubly convinced. The gentleman 

 in question is certainly blessed with a whole 

 lot of "good common sense." 



In this connection I might add that some 

 years ago I was in the manufacturing business 

 exclusively. Some of the points raised by Mr. 

 Kunert frequently came up. It still looks to 

 me, as it did then, that in sawing thick stock 

 the mill man gets the "short end of the stick" 

 nine times out of ten. It seems to me that the 

 rules of inspection on thick lumber are too arbi- 

 trary. It is a very easy matter tor a lot of 

 ofiace men to get together and lay down rules, 

 but it is a very different proposition for the 

 mill man to make the goods fit the rule. Why 



would it not be fair to give the inspector some 

 leeway — such as suggested by Mr. Kunert? 



In my trade I find a great disposition to 

 "kick" on sap stain. That stain on lumber of 

 any kind is, in the main, a serious defect, I do 

 not dispute. There should, however, be reason 

 in all things. A little discolored sap that will 

 work off when dressed should not be sufiicient 

 to drop a piece that would otherwise be a first 

 or second clear, down to a No. 2 common. 



At the present time I am not in the manufac- 

 turing business, further than to see that the 

 stocks that I contract for are put up acccording 

 to specification. Would, however, be very much 

 pleased if the mill man and wholesaler could 

 get together on the matters referred to. Would 

 like to hear further from Mr. Kunert and others 

 along this line. — Charles Boos. 



Undeniably there are two siiies to the 

 question of the correct method of manufac- 

 ture and of inspecting clear maple. While 

 the Hardwood Eecord is in entire sympathy 

 with Mr. Kunert 's belief in what is right 

 in these particulars, and also with Mr. Eoos 

 in his commendation of them, yet the editor 

 believes that the bars should not be let down 

 too far in the manufacturing and inspection 

 of thick hardwoods. While it may best 

 serve the purpose of the manufacturer to 

 leave a proportion of his extremely thick 

 stock essentially one side plank and show 

 wane on one or two corners in the interest 

 of economy of raw material, yet the con- 

 sumer of this class of lumber must needs 

 be taken into account, and his requirements 

 justly considered, that his waste may not 

 amount to more than the manufacturer's 

 saving. — Editor. 



Seeks Lumber Literature. 



The Hardwood Eecord has received the fol- 

 lowing letter from a young man employed by 

 a leading Indiana hardwood manufacturing 

 house: 



Edinburg, Ind., March 30. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Will you kindly inform me as to 

 whether or not there are any books that take 

 up the hardwood lumber subject, and, if so, what 

 they are and where I would be able to purchase 

 same? I am a beginner in the business and 

 want to get some matter of this kind. — K. C. 



The literature of this country is absolutely 

 barren of any ^vl0^ks in botuid form pertain- 

 ing to the hardwood Itunber industry per se. 

 I can suggest, if you so desire, a series of 

 volumes on the subject of the botany of woods, 

 physical characteristics, range of growth, etc., 

 but the essential features of these works are 

 now being published under the title of Amer- 

 ican Forest Trees, in regular order, in the 

 Hardwood Eecord, and beyond the matter 

 contained in them is other and more complete 

 matter with which I am amplifying them. 



To assist a beginner in the hardwood lum- 

 ber business, about the only advice I can 

 offer is to stick to the school of experience) 

 with a competent concern like the one with 

 which you are at present identified. The hard- 

 wood lumber business is not one that can be 

 learned out of books. Keep up with the edi- 

 torial matter, the news notes, markets and 

 technique of the trade that you find in the 

 Hardwood Eecord, and supplement it with 

 the practical experience which you will en- 

 counter every day with men who know the 

 trade, and you will get on. — Editor. 



