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HARDWOOD RECORD 



le.tilin^ baidnood institutions not only adver- 

 tise in its columns but utilize to the utmost 

 the very complete information bulletin ser- 

 vice regul:irly maintained for the benefit of 

 patrons. The publishers are extremely grati- 

 fied at tlio manifold expressions of approval 

 of the work in which the paper is engaged, 

 and it is specially pleasing to know that now, 

 while many lumbermen are effecting every 

 possible economy, the Record's advertising 

 is not classed as something to be dispensed 

 with, but as a necessity to be retained. Can- 

 cellation and suspension of advertising con- 

 tracts are remarkably few, while the new 

 business being constantly added shows a 



gratifying increase issue by issue. Our read- 

 ers will find more than a dozen new patrons 

 represented in this number. 



If a little self -laudation is permissible in 

 this connection, the Hardwood Record will 

 state that an analysis of its commercial suc- 

 cess is based primarily on integrity of pur- 

 pose in editorial features, a compendium 

 of hardwood news larger than that printed in 

 all the other lumber trade press combined, 

 accurate and impartial statement, and that 

 be.yond selling its advertising patrons space 

 and circulation, it furnishes them gratu- 

 itousl.v a vast amount of information con- 

 tributivc to their success. 



The National Hickory Association, 



The National Hickory Association has com- 

 pleted its work for the fiscal year which 

 marks the first one and one-half years of 

 its existence. The work of this association 

 has not been generally noticed because its 

 operatiims have been conducted from head- 

 quarters at I'hieago without much publicity, 

 but it has accomplished much, and the ob- 

 jects which it seeks to maintain are of such 

 importance to the vehicle trade and the peoi)le 

 of the country generally that all should be 

 much interested in its movements. 



The National Hickory Association was or- 

 ganized at Niagara Falls in July, 1906, by 

 a number of re]>resentatives of various trades 

 throughout the t'nited States consuming hick- 

 orj', and the meeting there developed some 

 startling facts in connection with supply and 

 production of hickory, and it was determined 

 at the conference that in view of the rapidly 

 diminishing supply of hickory in the United 

 States it was absolutely necessary for some- 

 thing to be done to prolong it, economize in 

 its use, and if possible see to it that means 

 were provided to replenish the growth. 



The organization was completed and of- 

 ficers elected as follows: Jno. W. Herron, 

 Cincinnati, O., president; E. W. ilcCuUongh. 

 Chicago, vice-president; W. A. Snyder, Piqua, 

 O.. treasurer; Fred A. Curtis, Chicago, sec- 

 retary. 



The officers were selected from among those 

 who had been most active in bringing the 

 situation to the attention of the people chiefly 

 interested, and each member of the advisory 

 committee r?presents a line of business that 

 consumes large quantities of hickory. 



Since the organization of the association 

 the secretary, with the assistance of the other 

 officers, has been active in building up a mem- 

 bershi]> which now includes the names of the 

 most prominent vehicle manufacturers of the 

 country. The membership fee of the associa- 

 tion is nominal. $10 per year, the amount 

 being fi.\ed on this basis after it was made 

 plain tliat . active service would not be ex- 

 pected and that there would be very few meet- 

 ings to attend since there are alread.v a great 

 many associations that take the time of the 

 vehicle trade. This policy has met with some 

 success and the membership continues to 

 grow. 



The facts that have V)een developed by 

 the work of the association thus far are in- 

 teresting and show the great necessity of 

 the work being done by this association and 

 the amoiint accomplished thus far. Prior to 

 its organization little or nothing was known 

 of the actual conditions that existed in con- 

 nection with hickory supply and demand. In- 

 dividuals had opinions, but these were nec- 

 essarily based on limited experience and more 

 often prejudiced and unrelialde than other- 

 wise. At this period the Government had 

 no reliable information in regard to hickory, 

 and no statistics. The first work of the as- 

 sociation, compiling statistics and getting in- 

 formation from the most reliable sources, 

 indicated that the supply of hickory was very 

 limited; the consumption exceedingly hea^-y; 

 and it was evident that tlie present hickory 

 supply would not last to exceed fifteen or 

 twenty years at the present rate; also that 

 there is no substitute for hickory except 

 metal, and that the time necessary to re- 

 plenish the hickory supply and bring new 

 trees to a commercial size would at best leave 

 a gap covering a period of many years 

 when hickory , would be unavailable or ob- 

 tainable only at a price which would be 

 prohibitive. 



These facts indicated that the price of 

 hickory would advance from year to year 

 and by leaps and bounds. All this should 

 be of great interest to manufacturers of 

 carriages and wagons, particularly the for- 

 mer, for the hickory necessary for the con- 

 struction of a light vehicle is such that if 

 the supply is in this condition long it will 

 necessarily revolutionize the carriage busi- 

 ness within the next few years. Consequent- 

 ly the carriage and wagon manufacturers, as 



well as the actual manufacturers of hickory 

 products, should be particularly interested 

 in the work of the National Hickory Associa- 

 tion. After developing these facts the as- 

 sociation set to work to interest the Forest 

 Service and were successful to the extent that 

 the Forest Service has taken up the hickory 

 question in a vigorous manner, and the com- 

 mercial study of hickory has been launched 

 under the able direction of Raphael Zon and 

 others of that department, including Mr. Kel- 

 logg, Mr. Holroyd and Mr. Betts. It is the 

 purpose of the association and Forest Service 

 to secure facts, figures and conditions that 

 will enable them to give the exact situation 

 on this important subject. 



Hickory is being studied at different loca- 

 tions throughout the North and South, by 

 members of the Forest Service who first make 

 a study of the conditions under which trees 

 grow. Then the trees are cut under the 

 directions of these experts and are used in 

 tests to determine the strength of the various 

 kinds of hickory, and the length of time it 

 takes for the wood to grow under various 

 conditions. The work of the association in- 

 cludes statistics of the amount used annually 

 for export and domestic purposes and the 

 amount still remaining in the country. 



The scope of this work can be increased 

 and extended during the next year according 

 to the financial support it receives from con- 

 sumers of hickory. The Forest Service will 

 extend their operations just as far as the 

 people interested in hickory indicate that 

 interest b.y active live work. The National 

 Hickory Association in bringing the situation 

 to its present point has accomplished wonders 

 considering the short time it has been in 

 existence. 



The annual meeting of the association wUl 

 be held in the near future for election of 

 officers, and all members will be called upon 

 to attend. It is not expected that general 

 meetings of this association will take place 

 oftener than once a year and during the 

 year the active work will be done by the of- 

 ficers. During the last year the National 

 Hickory Association on various occasions 

 placed the conditions pertaining to hickory 

 before each concern and individual in the fol- 

 lowing lines: Carriages, spokes, wagons, 

 wheels, rims, shafts and poles, singletrees, 

 neckyokes, gear wood, sucker rods, handles 

 and every line consuming hickory. It is to 

 be hoped that those in these lines who have 

 not already sent in their membership fee as 

 members of this association will do so without 

 delav. 



JamestoWn Ter=Centennial. 



Although somewhat late to elaborate upon 

 the beauty of construction and other out-of- 

 the-ordjnary features at the .Jamestown Ex- 

 position, a brief review of certain exhibits 

 may still be interesting to many readers. 



The Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition is 

 commemorative of the first permanent settle- 

 ment made in this country, established l).v 

 a band of adventurers who sailed from Eng- 



land in December, 1(506, landing at what is 

 now called .Jamestown, in May of the follow- 

 ing year. Their greatest incentive for thus 

 encountering the perils of an unknown land 

 was the establishment of homes where free- 

 dom of tliought, religion and politics, un- 

 hampered by the absolute power vested at 

 that time in the monarchs of England and 

 other countries, might have full swav. This 



