34 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



great industry, rather than an organization solely seeking profit. 



"We have had twenty years of continual growth and prosperity 

 without even a suggestion of conflict, or the creation of a clique, 

 a result that I have never before known in any body of so vast 

 importance. I am proud of my afliliation, and have been inspired 

 by the high moral plane upon which the work has been conducted, 

 and from it I have gathered many lessons of great value. 



"Fair dealing is the surest guarantee to continued respect; but 

 beyond the point of fairness no man is bound to go, for beyond 

 that point he has no right to go unless he deals with that which 

 is wholly his own. Generosity is a fine impulse, but not in him 

 who gives away that which belongs to another. 



"A better understanding would knock most grievances in the 

 head. In this world no one "s heels are on anyone 's neck. The 

 Pates are against no one, but always favor those who look to the 

 morning rather than those who long for the night. A battle is not 

 over until the night of the last day, and until then the loser has 

 not lost his chance to win. Fortune may sometimes neglect the 

 brave, and may, when her sight is blurred, temporarily crown some 

 malefactor, but never in a thousand years will she leave him 

 crowned for long. 



"If we did not make mistakes, one of the greatest pleasures in 

 life would be denied us. One of the greatest mistakes we make is 

 being too noisy about our rights. I have no message that is not 

 conveyed by every rising sun, but if I could reach all the people 

 of the United States, I would say, stop the constant noising of 

 your wrongs, and adopt as national beatitudes: 



" 'Blessed are those who are willing to shoulder a part of the 

 blame for their own failures, and those who realize that to disagree 

 is not to be dishonest. 



" 'Blessed are they who know that cheating in labor is as bad 

 as cheating in money; that a thirty-minute hour is as dishonest 

 as a fifty cent dollar. 



" 'Blessed are they whose vision is clear enough to tell a real 

 from a fancied wrong, and who dwell upon the blessings that they 

 see rather than upon the hardships they imagine.' 



"If these changes in humankind should come about, the business 

 of our country would spring to its feet; our troubles would shrink 

 and <lisappear; a tremendous tide of confidence would start us 

 towards national prosperity and universal peace." 



HAD TIME TO TAKE A REAL BATH 



The many friends in JEemphis, Chicago and elsewhere, of Leland 

 P. Arthur, vice-president of the Payson Smith Lumber Company, 

 Minneapolis, Minn., and in full charge of its Chicago office, are laugh- 

 ing at the plight in which "Lee" found himself some time ago wlien 

 on a trip west of the Mississippi river: 



He desired his suit pressed and it happened that there was no 

 bath room connected with the hotel and he was compelled to 

 patronize one immediately across the street. Arrangements were 

 made with the tailor located in the hotel building, to press the 

 suit and Mr. Arthur then proceeded to discard it and enter the 

 bath. The boy attendant was sent to the tailor shop, with the suit, 

 with orders to have it pressed and returned at once. 



Mr. Arthur entered the bath at half past four and at five o'clock 

 rang for the boy, who informeil him that the suit would not be 

 ready until six. 



"Lee" claims that he splashed around occasionally so that 

 occupants of the other bath rooms would not think that he had 

 drowned. 



Mr. Arthur is somewhat tender on this subject, po.ssibly on 

 account of the long soak that he had. 



A MAN OF BARE JUDGMENT AND QUICK DECISION 



"One of the (juickest men to arrive at a business decision, th;it 

 I have ever known," remarked an acquaintance, "was the late 

 John B. Ransom, organizer and president, until his ileath, of .John 

 B. Ransom & Co., of Nashville, Tenn." 



While at one time visiting a neighboring plant in his native 

 city, he was shown an inventory list of staves, hoops and all stock 

 connected with a red cedar churn and bucket plant, ami asked 



to give an estimate of the value. Turning over the sheets rapidly, 

 he mentioned a sum which, to the surprise of the manager, was 

 within a few hundred dollars of the actual inventory value, which 

 ran up into the thousands. 



Mr. Ransom formed aii oijinion quickly and stood by it, and his 

 success as a business man, proved his good judgment. 



AT HOME WITH THE NORWEGIANS 



Fred T. Peitch of the F. T. Peitch Company of Cleveland, O., at- 

 tended the Shriners' convention, which was held in the Twin 

 Cities several years ago. He is the proud possessor of a good supply 

 of curly light hair and has always considered it quite an asset, 

 but when in "Little Norway" (as Minnesota is some times 

 designated) "Fred" was called "Ole" so many times that he has 

 since made an oath never to attend the Northwest again, under any 

 circumstances, without becoming a brunette. 



QUICK, BUT UNSATISFACTORY SPECIAL DELIVERY 

 SERVICE 



A number of years ago, W. D. Johnston, president of the Ameri- 

 can Lumber & Manufacturing Companj-, Pittsburgh, Pa., had 

 occasion to send a special delivery letter to a customer in his city, 

 concerning an exceedingly important matter. Ringing for one of 

 his office boys, he handed him the letter and told him to send it at 

 once. 



In about fifteen minutes a special delivery messenger from the 

 post office department rushed into Mr. Johnston's office with a 

 letter addressed to him and upon opening it, he found that it was 

 the same letter he had sent out a short time before. Things were 

 doing for a few minutes and the particular office boy who com- 

 mitted the crime was summoned. Fixing his eagle eye upon the 

 offender, Mr. Johnston questioned: "What is your name?" The 

 boy replied: "Holihan. " "What is the name of the other office 

 boy in your department?" "Hoolihan," was the reply. "No, I 

 mean the boy that sent out this message. "Dugan," came quick 

 as a flash. Speechless, Mr. Johnston glared at the ofEending lad 

 and without further scolding, dismissed him from his presence, 

 but for the balance of the day, Ireland was not popular in the 

 office of the American Lumber & Manufacturing Company. 



UNSATISFACTORY TOOTH POWDER 



Hendrick Booraem of the Booraem-Powell Lunilier Company of 

 Minneapolis, recently had an unusual surprise. A relative was 

 visiting at his house and while Mr. Booraem was reading the 

 evening paper, she rushed from the bath room, exclaiming in 

 horror; "I believe I am going mad" and as she was frothing at 

 the mouth, some excitement was created. It developed, however, 

 that instead of using tooth powder, she had inadvertantly used Mr. 

 Booraem 's box of shaving powder. The latter states that from 

 that time on, he has used shaving soap in cakes, with the name 

 engraved on both sides of it. 



A BOYHOOD ESCAPADE 



A life-long friend of C. Ji. lioniMlict, prcsidrnt of flie Conasauga 

 Lumber Com])any and the newly fornu^d Cumlierland Valley Lumber 

 Company, both of Cincinnati, reports that many years ago when 

 "Chan" was a boy, there was located in a vacant lot near his 

 home a large stack of refuse hay, which was a continual tempta- 

 tion to him, and at last, yielding to the "Mr. Hyde" side of his 

 nature, he, in company with several of his mates, set fire to the 

 stack and in the excitement of the chase, Mr. Benedict overlooked 

 the fact that a barb wire fence lay in his path, and running into 

 same, tore his trousers into shreds and quite badly lacerated one 

 of his legs. His father, Mr. C. H. Benedict, on learning of the 

 accident, merely said: "Did it pay Channie?" And the latter, after 

 due consideration, came to the conclusion that it did not. 



This story would not be told had Mr. Benedict a family of boys, 

 for it is hard to believe that his only child, a daughter, will follow 

 in ln'r father's footsteps in ni;ittcrs of this kind. 



BUFFALO'S NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER 

 The many friends of James B. Wall, vice-president of the Buffalo 

 Hardwood Lutnber Company, are well aware of the large vein of 



