THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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I said, it was a scheme to malce the inspec- 

 tion at the shipper's yai-d or doelc final. 

 In fact, 1 said, it was an attempt to ex- 

 tend to the whole country the l>eneHts of 

 snch a system as the .Michigan people had 

 established for their own use. The in- 

 spection bureau of the National association 

 had not been organized as yet. and what 

 was aslved was that the JNIiehigan people 

 assist in organizing it. It was a business 

 proposition wliich it was their duty, as 

 business men. to investigate. If the bu- 

 reau ould be organized as it was hoped" 

 it might be, their inspection, while remain- 

 ing as it was', would receive the baclving 

 and protection of the National association 

 all over the countiy. 



1 could feel that m.v argument made an 

 impression, and then the question of in- 

 spection rules came up. Several of the 

 members stated that tlie i-ules were unfair 

 as at that time in force, and that in some 

 instances were so severe that inspect- 

 ors were not permitted to live up to them; 

 and that before they could agi'ee to furnish 

 a guaranteed insi>ection according to the 

 rules, the rules would need to be changed. 

 I was traveling at that time as an accred- 

 ited representative of the inspection bu- 

 reau, in which capacity I had traveled all 

 over the countiT included in a triangle 

 formed by New York, New Orleans and 

 Minneapolis, and spoke with Some author- 

 ity in regard to matters pertaining to the 

 inspection bureau, but as reg'ards the mak- 

 ing, of rales I did not, so the best I could 

 do when the rules question came up was to 

 state that, although I could only express 

 an opinion, I was ceilaiu that if the Michi- 

 gan association would formulate a set of 

 rules on their product, and present them 

 at Cincinnati, they would be adopted. 



Such a committee was apixiinted, the 

 rules were formulated and presented to the 

 Cincinnati meeting by Messi-s. H. B. Lewis, 

 Wm. H. White and G. Von Platen, and 

 were, I believe, adopted without change. 

 Ml'. Von Platen was made a member of 

 the committee on rales, a position he still 

 holds. 



The committee also attended the delib- 

 erations of the inspection bureau commit- 

 tee, and after having the matter explained 

 to them, expressed themselves as satisfied, 

 and Mr, H. B. Lewis was made a member 

 of the committee, a position he still holds. 

 The ofBee of tliird vice-president was 

 created for Mr. White, from which lie has 

 since been advanced to second vice-presi- 

 dent. 



When the Michigan delegates got home 

 they had to face the accusation of having 

 been "jollied along," but there was nothing 

 of the kind, for the elections and appoint- 

 ments came the last thing and were sim- 

 ply an evidence that the association de- 

 sired the co-operation of the Michigan peo- 

 ple and sought to get it by giving them 

 representation on the board of managers 

 and the principal committees. 

 • * * 

 Through their wise action in coming into 



the National association when the.v did. 

 and taking full advantage of what it of- 

 fered, the Michigan people have been en- 

 abled to make the rules on Michigan hard- 

 ■n'ood.s for the v\'hole countr.y and control 

 their application and have their shipments 

 protected in all markets. Moreover, they 

 are to-day the most influential section of 

 the association and will continue to control 

 their inspection through the National asso- 



ciation and derive other benefits as long as 

 there are hardwoods in Michigan. 



Tliat is a true history of how Michigan' 

 came into the National association and how 

 it turned out; and it's a pretty good an- 

 swer to the lame plea of certain people that 

 the National association is a dealers' asso- 

 ciation in which the manufacturer gets no 

 proper consideration. 



(To be continued.) 



Gossip of the Trade. 



CHICAGO COMMENT. 



The Lesh & Matthews Lumber Company, 

 formerly located on Twenty-second street, 

 in tlie Chicago lumber district, where they 

 have been conducting a hardwood lumber 

 yard for a number of years, have closed 

 out their yard at that point and removed 

 their offices to 1005 M'arquette building, 

 where they will conduct a wholesale 

 hardwood lumber business. They will 

 have yards in Memphis and other points 

 in the Soutli. 



* * * 



Mr. George W. Stoneman is getting his 

 veneer department in good running order 

 and is' said to have the longest sign of any 

 hardwood lumberman in the business. The 

 building he occupies for the purpose of 

 carrying a stock of veneers and fancy 

 woods is half a block long and two stories 

 high, and his new sign cdvers the full 

 length of the building. Hopkins s'ays a 

 man can't read the sign all at once and 

 the only way he can get the full benefit is 

 to walk the length of the building on the 

 opposite side of the street. 



• • * 



Mr. A. J. McOausland, of the A. J. Me- 

 Causland Lumber Company, returned from 

 the South last week, where he had been 

 making arrangements for the purchase of 

 a tract of timOjer, the erection of a sa\V 

 mill and the opening of a hardwood yard 

 for the A. J. MeCausland Lumber Company 

 at Memphis, Tenn. The A. ,T. McCaui'- 

 laud Lumber Company is another of Chi- 

 cago's wholesale firms who have found it 

 advisable to engage in the manufacturing 



business. 



• • • 



Mr, Ed. Heath, of Heath, Witbeek &. 

 Co., has gone to Amsterdam, N. Y., his' 

 old home, to si^end a couple of weeks' 

 vacation. 



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Mr. Leland P. Arthur, of the Arthur 

 Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., was 

 iu Chicago Monday making the acquaint- 

 ance of the Chicago lumbermen. This was 

 Mr. -Vrthur's first appearance in Chicago as 

 a hardwood lumberman and he made a 

 good impression. 



• • * 



Mr. John E. Williams, the scholarly 

 editor of the New Orleans Lumber Trade 

 Journal, is spending a few weeks among 

 his old friends in Chicago. Mr. Williams 

 is one of the a'blest men in the field of 



lumber journalism and ii? a gentleman 

 from the ground up. He is making the 

 New Orleans lumber paper one of the 

 strongest, best and most influential of the 

 lumber trade papers. 



* • • 



The T. Wilce Company have finished a 

 very fine office at their great flooring plant 

 on Twenty-second street. 

 « * * 



Mr. Neely, of McDonald Bros., Helena, 

 Ark., was in Chicago this week calling 

 upon the trade and visiting his many 

 friends' in this market. Both Mr. Neel.y 

 and the firm he represents stand very high 

 among Chicago lumbermen. 



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Mr. C. L. Willey has moved his* hard- 

 wood yards from Thirty-fifth and Iron 

 strees to his new location at Blue Island 



avenue and Rol>ey street. 



* * * 



We hope our readers are making cal- 

 culations upon attending the eleventh an- 

 nual meeting of the Hoo-Hoo to be held 

 in Milwaukee on September 9, 1902. This 

 will undoubtedly be the greate.?'t meeting 

 of Hoo-Hoo ever held. Milwaukee being 

 very centrally located and one of the best 

 convention cities in the United States. 



• • * 

 Mr. Sam Burkhoider, of the J. P. Walter 

 Lumber Company, Crawfordsville, Ind., 

 was in the city Thursday. Mr. Burk- 

 hoider was the victim of a mistake, or 

 rather his friends were the victims. 

 When the report reached Chicago that his 

 partner, Mr. J. P. Walter had died, it be- 

 came twisted in some "n-ay so that the 

 news went the rounds that it was Mr. 

 Burkhoider who had died. From what 

 we can learn of Mr. Walter he was a very 

 fine man, but he was unknown to the lum- 

 ber trade of Chicago, and it iff without 

 meaning the slightest disrespect for M'r. 

 Walter that we announce that the Chicago 

 lumbermen were very glad to learn of 

 their mistake. There is no man in the 

 hardwood trade who has more friends 

 among the Chicago lumbermen than has 

 Mr. Burkhoider. 



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 The Foster Lumber Jlercantile Agency 

 have issued their mid-year reference book. 

 No better recommendation can be given it 

 than to say it is fully up to the high stand- 

 ard of previous issues. The records have 

 all been thoroughly revised and the book 



