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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



they make it go. Everybody takes off his 

 hat to such men, but the fact remains that 

 merely because a man has made much 

 money in his business is not necessarily 

 an indication that he will make a success 

 of an association. 



The fact that a steer takes on a lot of 

 fat isn't necessarily a sign the steer is 

 smart. 



THE HOO-HOO ANNUAL. 



Arrangements for the business session 

 and entertainment at Milwaukee for the 

 Hoo-Hoo Annual, beginning September 9, 

 are practically completed. They will oc- 

 cupy three full days and in order are as 

 follows : 



TUESDAY MORNING. 



Roll call. 



Reports of officers. 



Appointment of committees. 



TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 



A short business session will be held at 

 ■which any new matters will be taken up. 

 Immediately after adjournment the dele- 

 gates with their ladies' will be given a 

 lake trip— a special steamer having been 

 chartered for the purpose. 



TUESDAY EVENING. 



The annual concatenation will take 

 place at the Masonic Temple. During this 

 session the ladies will be given a theater 

 party. 



WEDNESDAY MORNING. 



Reports of committees and general busi- 

 ness. The ladies will enjoy a tally-ho ride, 

 ■winding up at one of Milwaukee's famous 

 breweri&s, where they will be met by the 

 men and afterward proceed to Whitefish 

 Bay for luncheon. 



WEDNESDAY EVENING. 



All the guests, including the ladies, will 

 convene at Hotel Pfister, where will be ex- 

 tended an entirely informal reception and 

 a Dutch lunch. 



THURSDAY MORNING. 



Pinal reports. 



Unfinished business. 



Location of next annual. 



Election of officers. 



During this session the ladies will be 

 entertained in visiting the Layton Art Gal- 

 lery, the ijublic library and museum. 

 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 



Special chartered cars will take the en- 

 tire party for a visit to the Allis-Chalmers 

 and Fller-Stowell plants, and a ride to 

 the National Soldiers' Home. 



Altogether this will prove to be one of 

 the most interesting meetings ever held, 

 both in point of business of the order and 

 in its entertainment features. Usually the 

 climate in this latitude is delightful at this 

 time of the year and it will not only af- 

 ford the visitor's a pleasant outing, but will 

 also be the occasion of many profitable 

 meetings among the delegates. 



From all reports the attendance will sur- 

 pass that of any previous meeting. 



CHAMPIONING THE MANUFACTUR- 

 ERS' ASSOCIATION. 



Evansville, lud., Aug. IS, lOtC. 

 Your correspondent often wonders why 

 the buyers of lumber — yard and commis- 

 sion men— 'Were so long and often allowed 

 to make the prices of lumber. The manu- 

 facturers of steel and steel products, the 

 manufacturers of furniture, tobacco, sugar, 

 flour and a hundred other articles, set their 

 own prices and maintain them. Why 

 should not the manufacturers of lumber do 

 the same thing? 



Why should the men who buy lumber 

 to retail or sell in carlots be allowed to 

 have a voice in the making of lumber rules 

 to buy the other fellows' lumber by? The 

 buyers of steel do not dictate to the Ameri- 

 can Steel Cnmpany. The wholesale grocer 

 does not dictate to the Sugar Ttust or the 

 American Tobacco Company. So it is not 

 strange that the manufacturers of hard- 

 wood lumber took the bit in their teeth 

 and established rules for the grading of 

 the lumber they manufacture. 



The dealer in lumber and the manufac- 

 turer could never get along well in the 

 same bed together. Their ideas and pur- 

 poses are naturally antagonistic. The 

 dealer is interested in keeping grades up 

 and prices down, while the manufacturer 

 is interested in keeping grades down and 

 prices up. 



The reason that there has been so much 

 friction in the National association is • 

 traceable to this antagonism. The interest 

 of so many of its members lie, so often, 

 in opposite directions. The hardwood 

 manufacturers broke loos'e from the Na- 

 tional association last May and on June 2, 

 at Louisville, formed an association of their 

 own. They recognized this antagonism 

 when they decided that no one was elig- 

 ible who was not a manufacturer of hard- 

 wood lumber— and by this proviso alone 

 prevented that friction which they knew 

 ■was sure to come if they left the bars 

 down. 



The manufacturers broke away from the 

 National association because they could 

 not obtain redress for what they consid- 

 ered were their grievances. The yard men 

 and commission men were present in 

 larger numbers than were the manufac- 

 turers and thus were able to outvote them 

 on any proposition. What crumbs of com- 

 fort they received were thrown to them 

 ■svlth a hope of stilling their protests, but 

 it was done grudgingly. The new associa- 

 tion has come to stay and the .sooner the 

 trade generally awake to the fact, the bet- 

 ter for all concerned. 



It has started out right— with a spirit of 

 absolute fairness. If one of its members 

 is -nrong in his inspection or measurement 

 he will have to pay for that error. But if 

 the buyer is giiilty of an intentional wrong 

 he will be punished in the long run. This 

 buyer won't catch the same fellow twice, 

 nor will he catch the usual number in the 

 course of a year. Buyers of lumber can 



buy on manufacturers' grades and they 

 will be protected against the unscrupulous 

 manufacturer and the manufacturer will 

 be protected against the unscnipulous 

 buyer. Prices will adjust themselves. 

 A MANUFACTURER. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



There have been a number of break- 

 downs among prominent business men dur- 

 ing the past few months. Men work them- 

 selves to death; not as the slave used to 

 work himself to death — under the whip 

 of a master — but freely, voluntarily and 

 under no compulsion they work themselves 

 into a condition where they cannot eat 

 or sleep or rest, and frequently blow their 

 brains out to escape the torment. That 

 a man will pursue such a policy is an evi- 

 dence that he is a degenerate. Nothing is 

 more foolish, more utterly senseless than to 

 destroy the health to accumulate that 

 which, with the health gone, is only a 

 burden. The wise man, be he the head of 

 a big business or a small one, will protect 

 his health above all things and work as 

 he can stand it. 



It is, we are informed, the intention to 

 broaden the scope of the Traffic Depart- 

 ment of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association to admit lumbermen of all 

 classes to membership. This appears an 

 excellent suggestion. There is no reason 

 in the world why the benefits of the traffic 

 department should be confined to the hard- 

 wood trade, and no reason why it should 

 be an adjunct to the National association. 

 It should, it. seems to us, be an entirely 

 distinct organization, governed entirely by 

 those who pay their money for member- 

 ship. 



The Lumbermen's Exchange of Philadel- 

 phia announce that a picked nine from 

 among their members will play a match 

 game of baseball from a like selection 

 from the Master Builders' Association of 

 the same city. The game is scheduled to 

 (■(ime off at 2:30 p. m., August 27, and no 

 doubt, as the circular states, it will be 

 one of the most exciting events of the sea- 

 son. The net proceeds will be applied to 

 charitable institutions. 



G. Von Platen of Boyne City, Jlich., 

 has wihat should by rights be a patentable 

 contrivance in his mill. It is nothing more 

 n- r less than a mirror shielded by wire 

 so placed as to give the sawyer a look at 

 the other or lower end of the log. 



HALF RATE TO TORONTO EXPOSI- 

 TION ANB FAIR. 



Route: Wabash and Canadian Pacific. 

 Rate from Chicago: ?12.40 for the round 

 trip. Dates of sale: August 30 to Sep- 

 tember 2, inclusive. Return limit: Sep- 

 tember 15, inclusive. Write for maps and 

 tlmecards. F. A. Palmer, A. G. P. A., 97 

 Adams street, Chicago. 



