THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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to time tbe obtainable value of each item 



ln'odiK-ed and recommend same to tlieir 

 ussofiates', permitting each to use liis own 

 judgment aecurdingly. 



Tliere are natural laws wUieli should be 

 resi>t'cte<l, and the rights c,t' the eousiimer. 

 the retailer and the wholesaler must eaeh 

 always be borne in mind and regarded. It 

 is also the duty of every intelligent manu- 

 facturer to malie it a part of his business 

 to develop and preserve his natural rights. 

 Tlie trade fcihould be given grades tliat are 

 carefully made to suit its especial uses; 

 the retailer should be protected in all 

 wagon-load and retail trade; the wliojesaler 

 is the natural handler of individual prod- 

 ucts not large enough to maintain an or- 

 ganized sales department, and the surplus 

 stocks of all; but in consideration thereof 

 they .should agree to accept our olticial in- 

 spection and terms of settlement upon 

 sales'. 



The average saw mill man is very busy 

 and finds it difficult to spare time to attend 

 an association meeting. In this case it will 

 require only one meeting to organize and 

 meetings then once or twice a year to pre- 

 serve the organization, as the woa-k once 

 started will be done largely by a secretary 

 and an exectitive board. 



If the various benefits aggregate only 

 a dollar a thousand feet, the producer of 

 two million feet a year is benefited two 

 tliousand dollars per annum, and others 

 proportionately, besides being saved annoy- 

 ances that cannot be estimated in money 

 value. . 



Discussion and interchange of ideas 

 about timber, logging, machinery, methods 

 of manufacture, care of stock, selling, shii)- 

 ping, credits, organization, policy, etc., 

 among practical men always develop valu- 

 able ideas that can lie apiilied to one's own 

 busine^'S with profit, besides contact witli 

 thinking men broadens the mind and gets 

 us out of the rut tliat the very nature of 

 our business gets us into. 



•Come to the meeting at I^iiuisville .June 

 3 and get acquainted with the men whose 

 interests are identical with youi-s and whom 

 you have "known of" for years. It will 

 pay vou handsomely for tlie time and 

 money spent. I^et us each get a shoulder 

 to the wheel and make this as^'ociation 

 like that which the yellow pine manufac- 

 turers have. We need it badly, and are 

 suffering for the want of it. All that is 

 needed for a quick and efficient remedy for 

 our ills is prompt, interested and intelli- 

 gent action of every man in the business, 

 but he must come himself and not depend 

 on hifi neighbor to do it all. 



It is now "up to" tlie manufacturer to 

 decide if he will control the grading of his 

 own product or permit others to do so tor 

 the next ten years or more. 

 Yours very truly, 

 IjBWIS DOSTEK, Secretarj^ pro tern. 

 Columbus. Ohio. Schultz Bldg., M'ay 2<1, 

 1002. 



EXCURSIONS TO BOSTON VIA THE 

 WABASH LINE. 



The Wabash will sell tickets from Chi- 

 cago to Boston and return, June 12, 13 and 

 14, at very low rates. Tickets will be good 

 going via Niagara Falls and Hoosac Tunnel 

 Route, via Montreal, or via New York and 

 rail or boat lines. Final return limit July 

 31. For rates, time cards and full informa- 

 tion, write 



F A. P.\LMER. A. (!. P. A., 



97 Adams St., Chicago. 



The Chattanooga Wagon Company has 

 increased its capital stock from $100,000 

 to $200,000. 



THE HOUSE OF HOO-HOO. 



Tlie Concatenated Order of Hoo-IIoo is 

 going to have a building at the World's 

 Fair at St. Louis. It will be called the 

 House of Hoo-Hoo, and will be the head- 

 quarters for lumbermen from all over the 

 country. The building will be erected un- 

 der the auspices of Hoo-IIoo, though not 

 by the order officially. Membership is by 

 no means limited to the members of the 

 Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, the eligi- 

 bility laws in the constitution being broad 

 enougli to include all lumbermen and the 

 allied industries. The enterprise is 

 wortliy of support and from headquarters 

 we learn that the scheme is being received 

 with enthusiasm by prospective members. 

 Its field of usefulness is broad and well 

 described in a pamphlet which is being 

 issued from the secretary's office, as fol- 

 lows : 



The House of Hoo-Hoo is the corporate 

 name of an organization made up of luni- 

 liermen, railroad traffic officials, lumber 

 newspaper men and saw mill supply men. 

 Its existence is due to the fact that differ- 

 ent bodies of lumbermen in various por- 

 tions of the country almost simultaneously 

 took up the question of building a club- 

 house on the grounds of tlie Louisiana Pur- 

 i-liase Exposition, to be held in St. Louis 

 in T.mH. The House of Hoo-Hoo is the re- 

 suit, being a combination of the ideas and 

 plans of these iieople. 



PLAN AND SCOPE. 

 The iilan and scope are far-reaching. 

 Tlie main idea is to construct a building 

 on tlie grounds of the Lonisiaii,-i Purcliase 

 K.vposition, \\'hich will lie a haven of rest 

 for the Innilicrmen. the railroad men. the 

 newspaper men and the supply men. and 

 it will be so fitted up with comforts and 

 conveniences that this idea will lie thor- 

 oughly carried out. 



THE BUILDING. 



To go into the matter more thoroughly, 

 this building, now in the hands of the 

 architects, is to be large, roomy and to 

 have .spacious balconies and a garden. Tlie 

 grouiKl floor plan is to be in the form of 

 tlie letter "H," as that letter is symbolical 

 and it thoroughly utilizes the space. The 

 construction will be entirely of wood and 

 staff and will serve as an object lesson 

 to all visitors to the great fair, in show- 

 ing them the architectural utility of wood 

 construction. No expense will be spared 

 in its construction or furnishing, it being 

 the intention to adopt any features or in- 

 novations which will be desiraiile. 

 THE FINISH. 



In the finishing of this building the.vari- 

 <ius lumber associations will be asked to 

 take a part. For instance, the manufac- 

 turers of red gum have already applied for 

 the use of a room in wliicli they can 

 demonstrate to the public that this most 

 despised of woods is wonderfully 

 beautiful and has not, when properly 

 treated, the undesirable traits usually at- 

 tributed to it. It is the idea to put in 

 gum flooring, to wainscot the walls, panel 

 the ceiling, luiild a inarttel— all of gum— 

 and ecen have in place a few pieces of 

 gum furniture to show what can be done 

 with tlie wood. It is expected that the 

 yellow pine, poplar, red wood, cypress and 

 other lumber associations will each take 

 a room and so finish it with their various 

 commodities as to show the highest art 

 yet attained in the treatment of wood tor 



interior finish. There can be uo competi- 

 tion for awards in this building, but it 

 will be a school at which even a lumber- 

 man can learn a great deal concerning the 

 finishing and treatment of woods with 

 whicli he is not familiar. All of this will 

 give a greater variety of finisli than lias 

 ever before been placed in any one build- 

 ing, and it will show with splendid effecc 

 what can be done with wood, as it is pre- 

 sumed that the manufacturers of the vari- 

 ous lumber commodities will know best 

 how lo bring out every desirable feature 

 of wliich these woods are capable. Sui-h 

 a building will teach more to the palilic 

 and be of more lasting benefit than all the 

 forestry buildings ever constructwl. 



THE SOCIAL S.DE. 



As a strictly business proposition woull 

 not be so successful as one having otlier 

 attractions, it is the intention to bring the 

 social side most prominently to the front. 

 To attain this end the Imilding will be 

 used as a clubhouse, and will be luxuri- 

 ously furnished with that in view. Be- 

 sides the usual reeeiition rooms an<l par- 

 lors, there will be a cafe, reading and cor- 

 responding rooms, billiard and pool room 

 and postoffice. It will be possible for a 

 member to receive his mail at the club, 

 dictate his replies and sign his letters when 

 he conies in to lunch. He can always meet 

 friends and be thoroughly comfortable at- 

 ter wandering around the thousand acres, 

 or so of buildings and exhibits which will 

 make up the great fair. He will be mad' so 

 much at home that he will stay longer than 

 was his first intentinn. As it is altogether 

 proli.ible that a numlK'r of lumber conven- 

 tions will be held in St. Louis during the 

 existence of the fair, there will be a large 

 room provided in wliich these or similar 

 functions can be held. Even banquets can 

 lie taken care of and it is reasonably cer- 

 tain th.at a great many social affairs will 

 take ]ilace at this club. 



THE LADIES. 

 A special department, in charge of 

 maids, will be set apart for the ladies. In 

 this the wives and daughters of the mem- 

 bers can rest, order their meals and lie en- 

 tirely secluded. A man and his wife are 

 usually interested in entirely different ex- 

 hiliits at a fair of this kind and this can 

 be their meeting place. A man may have 

 business down town part of the time dur- 

 ing his stay in St. Louis. His proprietaiT 

 interest in the club will assure him that 

 his wife will have a place to rest should 

 she become tired, and he would know 

 where to meet her at lunch time. 



THE PROBLEM. 



To attain all of this is the problem now 

 before the board of governors. .-Ml told 

 it will take something like .$100.0110. and 

 it has been decided to have a member- 

 .ship of n.909 and to place the membership 

 fee at $9.99. The membership fee will 

 cover the entire liability of a member, as 

 there will be no dues. 



ELIGIBILITY. 



A man need not be a member of the 

 Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo to join 

 this club, but it is necessary that all mem- 

 bers come within tlie eligibility clause of 

 that order. This will mean that all mem- 

 liers will be lumbermen, railroad traffic 

 oflicials, lumber newspaper men and saw 

 mill supply men. It is expected that many 

 members will take out more than one 

 membership and the privilege will be 

 given, at about the time the doors are 

 opened, to in some way transfer the sur- 

 plus memberships to other people, pro- 

 vided, however, that these other people 

 are eligible for membership. As an in- 



