Januiiry '2o, 1918 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Hardwood Manufacturers' Prepare for Big Annual 



The Hardwood Manutacturers ' Association of tlie United States 

 will hold its sixteenth annual convention at the Hotel Sinton, 

 Cincinnati, on February 5 and 6. Not only does the enthusiasm 

 within the membership, covering membership in the open price 

 plan, augur well for a successful meeting, but the spirit and con- 

 ■ditions of the times will have an equal bearing in securing a full 

 attendance and enthusiastic and attentive sessions. 



Not in years have the activities of the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association assumed such important aspects, the open price plan 

 having met with groat success during the past year and fully 

 justifying its adoption. This has not been accomplished though 

 without strenuous work on the part of the ofiScials in charge of the 

 association, and the three gentlemen pictured on this page have 

 put in Herculean effort which has borne proper fruit. 



In spite of threatened disorganization of transportation, the 

 association is practically assured of an attendance of at least 700 

 delegates. The program and general condition of business would 

 make it certain that this will be one of the most important gather- 

 ings in the history of the association. 



At a meeting of the board of governors and of eastern territory 

 members of the open competition plan, held at Cincinnati recently, 

 trade conditions were discussed. The consensus of opinion was 

 that the business condition is good except for transportation dif- 

 ficulties, it being stated that not enough cars can be secured for 

 the delivery of lumber and material needed at shipyards as fast 

 as it can be produced. 



Thus it will be seen that the association will have before it many 

 questions of excessive importance and gravity. 



The program has just been completed and issued by Mr. Gadd. 

 It is given herewith as follows: 



TrESDAYj February 5 

 10 :.30 A. M. 



Convention callcil tn orrter by President B. B. Burns. 



.Address by C. A. Hinsch. Cincinnati. O., president, .\niorioan Bankers' 

 Association, on "Co-operation." 



Address by Mr. A. C. MacMahon, Chicago, sales manager, the National 

 Casl» Kegis,ter Company, on "Science of Selling and Solving Knotty I'rob- 

 lems." 



.\ppointnient of committees. 



(Recess for Luncheon) 



TliESOAV .Vfikk.noo.n Ses.sion 

 2:00 P. M. 



.Vddress by .ludgc L. C. Boyle, Kansas City, .Mo., on "Co-operatlon 

 Within tile Law." 



Address by Mr. C. H. Scovel], C. P. A., Boston, Mass., on "Accounting 

 Essentials for I^umber Industry." 



Report of Mr. M. \V. Stark, chairman, committee on "Open Competition." 



Discussion ot business conditions, led by Mr. M. W. Stark, St. Albans, 

 W. Va. 



TlESDAY fEVENMNG 



Smoker and vaudeville entertainment at 8 o'clock In banquet hall on the 

 ninth floor, as a compliment ot the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 to its guests. 



Wednesday, February 6 



11 :00 A. M. 



Iteport of committee on officers reports. 



.Vddress by Mr. William (ianson Rose, Cleveland, O., on "Enthusiasm." 



.Vddress by Mr. Gilbert U. Montague. New York City, on "Trade .Asso- 

 ciations and the War." 



Report of Mr. W. K. DoLaney, chairman, executive grading committee. 



Report of Mr. B. F. Dulweber, chairman, committee on transportation. 



Report of other committees. 



Election of officers. 



.-Vdjournment. 



The present governing body is one of the most effective and 

 enthusiastic that has ever carried on the affairs of the association. 

 The officers are: 



B. B. Burns, Huntington, W. Va., president; F. K. Gadd, Cincin- 

 nati, assistant to the president; K. O. Bobinson, Cincinnati, second 

 vice-president and M. W. Stark, treasurer. 



It is a pretty generally accepted idea that the higher priced 

 machines are superior. The idea has good logic to support it, but we 

 must remember that there are always exceptions. Sometimes a ma- 

 chine that seems abnormally cheap may also be superior, because of 

 new methods of construction that have eliminated a lot of cost. 



It is the element of doubt in business that serves to whet our wits, 

 and when we reach the point, generally via the ego route, where we 

 have no element of doubt about our being able to do things better 

 than anybody else, the wits soon begin to dull and we fall below 

 our right standard of acconiiilisliniont. 



Bl'RNS, HUNTINGTON, \V. V.\., 

 PRESIDENT 



M. W. STAItK. ST. ALBANS. W. VA.. 

 CHAIR.M.\N OPEN PRICE COMMITTEE 



K. R. GAUU. I. i.N> INNAl'I. 

 ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT 



