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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Jul.r 



American Black Walnut 



Our Specialty 



I ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES 



I 3 8" to 16 4" 



T T T l\/r 1-i ^^^ R ^^ have a goodly supply on hand at all times. 

 J^ U iVl JD i:. JX \ Q^j. gg^^ ^jjj jg ^^ jgjjy operation cutting Black 



/ Walnut exclusively. Let us figure on your re- 

 \ quirements. straight or mixed cars 



Prompt, Efficient and Courteous Service 



I 1 28" SLICED WALNUT VENEER 

 VENEERS i Our flitches are especially selected for obtaining 



quality wood — Special attention to color. 



The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co. 



Home Ofbce: Lock Box No. 18, St. Bernard 



CINCINNATI, OHIO 



AGENTS IN ALL FURNITURE CENTERS 



Ofbces: Baltimore. Md.: Jamestown. N. Y., and 

 Grand Rapids. Mich. 



Represented in Chicago, Rockford. III., Detroit, Kitchener, Ont., Can., 

 New York City and San Francisco 



Walnut Manufacturers Select Day to Succeed 



Kosse 



At a siieeiiil elec- 

 tion of the Amer- 

 ican Walnut Manu- 

 facturers' Associa- 

 tion, held in Chi- 

 cago, .luly 21, W. H. 

 Day of the Wood- 

 Mosaic Company, 

 Louisville, Ky., was 

 elected president of 

 the association to 

 succeed the late 

 Max Kosse of the 

 Kosse, Shoe & 

 Schleyer Company, 

 Cincinnati, who died 

 after a very brief 

 illness a few weeks 

 ago. Mr. Day was 

 elevated to the post 

 of president from 

 that of vice-presi- 

 dent. 



George S. Shank- 

 lin of the Frank 

 Purcell Walnut Lumber Company, Kansas City, Kan., was elected 

 to fill the office of vice-president. 



The association considered and approved a new schedule of adver- 

 tising for the fall. 



A report on the recent furniture markets in Chicago and Grand 

 Eapids showed that the popularity of walnut has been maintained 

 and increased in the furniture industry, some eighty-five per cent 



W. H. Day, New President 



"f the furniture bought on these markets being walnut. Indica- 

 tions were that the walnut furniture sold will require the use of 

 more walnut in the legs and rails than heretofore; in other words, 

 that in walnut furniture the tendency will be less to substitute 

 other woods for the turned parts. 



Walnut business in general was reported good and the e.xport 

 l)usiness very good. Production is proceeding at a satisfactory 

 rate. Prospects for fall business are fine, unless the coal and rail- 

 road strikes interfere. 



In a golf tourn;ancnt held by the walnut manufacturers at the 

 f.inious Skokie links on July 20, victory went to W. W. Knight of 

 tlir Long-Knight Company, Indianapolis, Ind., and V. L. Clark of 

 the Des Moines Sawmill Company, Dcs Moines, Iowa. George N. 

 Lamb, secretary of the association, reports that the records estab- 

 lislied at Skokie in the recent National Open Championship contest 

 were not seriously threatened l)y the scores of the walnut men. 



Resolutions, expressing the deepest regret at the untimely death 

 of Mr. Kosse, and praising him in the highest terms, were adopted 

 by the association, as was also a tribute read by Secretary Lamb. 

 iSecrptary Lamb's tribute follows: 



Max Kosse 



Max Kosse has gone and we cannot yet realize the enormity of our loss. 

 It seems that we might still sit down am] write for his counsel and advice. 

 v:< still have to check the impulse to lay aside an important matter for 

 eiiilj discussion with him. 



I'ut down in the prime of life, he left n vacant place that surprises even 

 his rlr.sest friends. Always quiet, almost supersensitive to the wishes and 

 feelinKs of his associates, he never sought the limelight, nor monopolized 

 conversation. His words were few but always to the point. He was a 

 thinker and a doer rather than a talker. .Although an outstanding figure, 

 of eominanding presence in any assembly, he was as bashful as a boy. 



Max Kosse was a leader of men and developed the qualities of leader- 

 ship through work and knowledge in his line of business. A hard worker 

 biniself, he inspired the same measure of industry in his associates. He 

 never shirked his full duty and his full responsibility, nor did he pass along 

 the (litTloult situations to someone else. Procrastination was a procedure 



