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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



October 25, 1921 



LONG-KNIGHT 



LUMBER COMPANY 



WALNUT- HARDWOODS 



Veneers 



Mahogany, American Walnut, Quartered White Oak 

 Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



Indianapolis, Indiana 



You WILL not 

 appreciate the 

 Mengel grade and 

 the Mengel serv- 

 ice until you have 

 tried "something 

 just as good." But 

 will you not tal^e 

 our Word for it? 



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Hi FIlHGilL LOMRWY 



INCORPORATED 



Louisville. Ky. 



THE PAST AND PRESENT IN MAHOGANY 



Hawke Launches "National Furniture Association" 



A new association, which will live its life, whatever that may 

 be, under the resounding title of "The National Furniture Asso- 

 ciation," has been launched by George S. Hawke, of Cincinnati, 

 O., the attorney and counselor-at-law who but recently achieved 

 wide notoriety for a unique campaign against the misrepresenta- 

 tion of the woods used in the manufacture of furniture. 



The object of this new association, according to a statement on 

 the "Membership Application" blank, is: "Truth on the part of 

 manufacturer and retailer in the advertising and selling of furni- 

 ture; the enactment of good laws for said purpose; an educational 

 campaign to make good furniture popular, and to protect the 

 public from being defrauded through misrepresentation by un- 

 scrupulous dealers." 



On this same application blank a referendum is taken on the 

 following question: "Are you in favor of a Federal law requir- 

 ing every furniture manufacturer to place a label on each article 

 setting forth the material used, and providing a punishment for 

 the removal of such label before the final sale to the customer?" 



Further details of the plan of organization of the new associa- 

 tion are given in a letter, which Mr. Hawke addressed to furniture 

 manufacturers and others, urging them to take out memberships. 

 These details, with the exception of No. I, which has been quoted, 

 are: 



"2. We will incorporate under the laws of Ohio as a corporation 

 not for profit. 



"3. No executive or other officer connected with the 'Federa- 

 tion' will receive any salary for his services. 



"4. Money needed for the legitimate expenses connected w^ith 

 the propaganda and the activities will be sought by voluntary con- 

 tributions from the members. 



"5. If the plan is at all successful the good results which we 

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