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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Annual Meeting Machinery IVEanufacturers 



Oq Apr. 14 the Ameiiciin Supply & Machinery Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion, tile National Supply & Jlacbinery Dealers' Association and the 

 Southern Supply and Machinery Dealers' Association held a joint conven- 

 tion at Indianapolis. The convention was succi'ssful in every way. 

 the attendance particularly being gratifying in view of the flooded condi- 

 tion which made access to Indianapolis particularly dilDcuIt. In all there 

 were 774 delegates present. 



The three associations met in joint sessions twice, and in addition 

 eac'a organization went into executive session on each da.v of the conven- 

 tion. These individual sessions were open only to members of the 

 individual organizations. 



Among the topics discussed were : "Banning and Currency Keform ;" 

 "Resale Prices and Price JIaiutenance ;" 'Trade Opportunities in the 

 Balkan States;" "Mor.' Ktficient Salesmcnsliip." and •■I'niform Working- 

 men's Compensation Laws." 



Spring Meeting Michigan Manufacturers 



As this issue of H.iTiDwcion Kicconn comes from the press, Apr. 25, the 

 Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association is convening in its regu- 

 lar quarterly meeting at the Pontchartiain bote!. Detroit The subjects 

 coming up for discussion and on which spocifie information of value to 

 every member will be presented are : Present market conditions in hard- 

 woods and hemlock : outlook for hemlock bark ; employers' liability insur- 

 ance and compensation : forest iire protective methods ; ri'ports of various 

 committees on the question of continued affiliation with the National 

 Lumber Manufacturers' .Association. No stock report will bi' presented, 

 but much information will be available regarding present and future out- 

 look for the marketing ot hemlock and liardwood. Deputy State Insur- 

 ance Commissioner Roliert K. Orr of Lansing will address the mei'ting 

 on Employers' Liability. 



Lumbermen's Cluh to Hold Annual Meeting 



The annual mei'ting of ibe Lumlermi'u's Club ot Cincinnati wi.l lake 

 •place on May 6 at the business Men's Club. A new set of o'Hcers will 

 be elected at this meeting and there is much speculation among the lum- 

 bermen as to just who the favored oucs will be. Two very strong tickets 

 have been nominated and the election is sure to he a hot contest. The 

 men responsible for the selection ot candidates to run on tlie "Regular" 

 ticket are S. \V. Richey, Ilarr.v R. Browne and lledley Card. This com- 

 mittee nominated for president, W. E. DeLaney of the Kentucky Lumber 

 Company and also president of Ibe Hardwood Manufax'turers' Association 

 of the I'nitcd Slates; for first vice-president, ,T. S. Zoller ot the Talliert- 

 Zoller Lumber Company; for second vice-president, H. A. Ilollowell of II. 

 A. Ilollowell & Company; for treasurer, Eniil Tiioman of Bennell & 

 Witte. and for secretary, .1. A. Kolser of tlie Blackburn & Holser Lum- 

 ber Company. 



Those who are responsible for the nomination of Ibe "Independents" 

 are Euiil Thoman, J. Watt Crabani and (ieo. Morgan. This enmmitlee 

 nominated for president. C. C. Ilagi'meyer <yC the H. L. Mi<kle Lumlier 

 Company and also of the Tennessei' Lumber & Coal Company ; for first 

 vice-president. Ralph .McCradcen of the Kentucky Lumber Company; for 

 second vice-president, .1. C. Rash of thi> Shawnee Lumber Company; tor 

 treasurer, (ieo. Hand of the Bayou Land Jfe LumbiT Company, and for 

 secretary, V. B. Kirkpatrick of Fagin & Kirkpatrick. 

 ■With the Chicago Club 



The board of managers of the Luniberuien's Club of Chicago, feeling 

 that the resident memlK-rsbip limit of tour hundred can easily be reached, 

 has just started a membership campaign which is already showing very 

 satisfactory returns. The board decided to eliminate Hie admission fee 

 for both resident and non-resident memberships up to ,Iune 1, I'JIS. It 

 authorized the president to appoint two committees to Ih' known as the 

 "red" and "blue" committees, for the purpose of recruiting new members. 

 President V. R. Gadd appointed O, H. Ilolloway as chairman of the 

 Red Committee, and A. H. Ruth as chairman of the Blue Committee. 

 Each ot these m<'n has selected ten co-workers, -all of whom will endeavor 

 to secure the co-operation ot other mi'nibers of the club. Red and blue 

 application blanks have lieen printed and are being carried constantly by 

 the committees, who are actively at work butfouluiling prospective new 

 members. By striking off the initiation fee, the cost for resident niem- 

 bershiii up to ^ept. 1, l!)i:i, will be ,$13.35 and for non-resident memlier- 

 ship up to Mar. 1, ]!>14, will be $12.50. 



The new administration has inaugurated what is known as club night. 

 This provides tiiat there shall be "something doing" every Saturday night 

 at thi' club to stimulate active Interest and attendance on those nights. 

 The second of the ladles' nights will take place on Saturday evening, 

 Apr, 2(;. Ou this occasion caill playing, dancing and music will Ih> 

 indulged in. The success with which a similar function was attiuided 

 several weeks ago morr' than warrants Ibe prc<dicllon thai the proposed 

 event will \f successful in every feature. 



The Alton Lumber Company Purchases Timber in 'West 'Virginia 



Sixti-rn hundreil acres of hardwood timber were recently purchased by 

 the Alton Luralwr I'ompauy of P.ucb,-inan, W. Va. In addition to tills 

 purchase, the band mill at Mill Creek, W. \a.. known as the Skull mill, 

 has been bought. 



Advertising Clubs to Hold Important Convention 



There has been consldMrabb' agilallon of hiie wiih a vi.w of <'liiiiluallng 

 from advertising copy of all kinds statements wblch are Intended to mis- 



lead those reading the advertisements and buying ou the strength of them. 

 Such copy has done a great deal to prevent a feeling of complete confi- 

 dence in the public mind in advertising as a means of merchandising. 

 Probably no other class of men is actuated Vi.v more sincere and intelligent 

 motives than the professional advertisers of the country. They are banded 

 together in an association of enormous numerical and intellectual strength 

 and are making every effort to place advertising on such a basis that it 

 will be accepted as an absolutely reliable source of information as to the 

 lines of goods advertised. The advertisers' a-ssociation. known as the Asso- 

 ciated Advertising Clubs, is planning to hold a large convention at Balti- 

 more, Md., in the second week of June. It is expected that there will be 

 fully 10,000 advertising and Imsiness men in attendance. At a series of 

 open meetings, covering nearl.v a week, the great problem of advertis- 

 ing and selling will be discussed by the most successful and progressive 

 business men in America. All the marketing and merchandising problems 

 which manufacturers have to meet will be discussed by men who have met 

 and solved them. Delegates and members from one hundred and thirty-five 

 advertising clubs in every part of the United States and Canada will be 

 present, and it is full.v expected that ever.v business interest and every 

 phase of industrial activity will be represented. No matter how little or 

 how much advertising any business man does, this convention unqui'Stion- 

 ably will be an immense business help, for, as before stated, ever.v line of 

 business and the jiroblems confronting each will he discussed by "men who 

 know," 



Chicago Bo'wlers Hold Banquet 

 The members of the Lunibermi-us Bowling League of Chicago and their 

 guests assembled for their annual banquet in the Lumbermen's Club 

 rooms last Monday night, Apr. 21. In all there were about seventy in 

 attendance, representing members of the eiglit teams w'bicli make up the 

 league. A pleasant dinner was served and the occasion was made more 

 enjoyable by the rendition of a number of songs adapted to the affair. 

 Pleasing talks were given by Douglas Malloch and by l'^ K. Gadd. presi- 

 d<'nt of Ibe Lunilwruien's Club. 



Memphis Club Favors Federal Levee Control 



The Lumbermen's Club of Mi>ui|ihis. at the ri'gular meeting held at the 

 Hotel Oayoso April 12, adopted a strong nii'inorial to Congress asking 

 that the I'niled States governuuMit take over the construction and repair 

 of the levee system In the Mississippi valley and that it assume resp<uisi- 

 bility for flood control throughout this area. It was pointed out that 

 the expense would be very heavy, t>ut that it was comparatively small 

 for so important a power as the federal government to assume. It was 

 further emphasized that the task was so gigantic that nothing short of 

 the federal government could handle it properly. The secretary was 

 ordered to communicate this action to the proper authorities at Wash- 

 ington. 



There have been no furllir>r developments In the insurance situation 

 liere. At a special meeting of the club a few days ago a vote of thanks 

 was extended .Iam<'s E. Stark and the other members of the law and 

 insurance committee for the splendid manner in wliich they had handled 

 the insurance subject. .Mr. Stark said that he and bis associati's ap- 

 preciated this expression of thanks very much and declared Ibat t)icy 

 would do ever.vthlng they could for the best interests of the club. 

 He reported that the delegation from this (Shelby) county to the Ten- 

 nessee legislature was opposed to the bill which had been introduced pro- 

 viding for the payment of an additional tliree per cent on, and a fee of 

 one dollar for recording, all jtolicles written witli insurance companies 

 not authorized to do business in Tennessee, Mr. Slark also said that the 

 Nasbville lumbermen had objected to the bill wbidi had already been 

 introduciMl into tlie legisbiture providing for the creation of a separate 

 forestry department and that no further action would be taken by the 

 Lumbermen's Club until more communication iiad been had with the 

 lumbermen of Nashville. It would seem that the latter bavi' drawn up a 

 bill which Is to lie substituted for the other. 



H. B. Anderson, president of the Business Men's Club, addressed the 

 Lumbermen's Club. He said tliat the former felt very highly lioni>rr'd 

 that the latter had allowed it to affiliate Ihennvlth. He further said that 

 the feeling of friendliness and good fellowship existing in the Lumber- 

 men's Club was the ideal toward which the Business Men's Club and all 

 of its affiliated organizations were working. He asserted that he had 

 never seen anywhere an organization in which there was such keen com- 

 lietition and still keener friendship than prevailed in the Lumbermen's 

 Club. He also congratulated the lumbermen upon the fact that they 

 looked so very cheerful in the fac(^ of the flood damage from the Mis- 

 sissippi and the proposed placing of lumber on the free list by the Demo- 

 cratic parly. 



(). I'. Coppock of the S. P. Copiiock & Sons' Lumber Company, Fort 

 Wayne, Ind.,,was elected to active membership. Mr. Coppock is located at 

 Memphis as the representative of his firm. 



There were about sixty members and guests present and the meeting 

 was a most enjo.vablc one. 



Weight Hearing at Washington 



The general weighing Investigation before the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission was held at Washington, I). C, on Apr. Hi. The weight of 

 testimony was unquestionably proof of the fact that the system of 

 track scales, weights and weighing as employed by various railroad 

 systems of tlic country Is s<'rlousl.\' inideqiiate and inelflcieut. Reprc- 



