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will fail, and in-so far as the labor unions 



endeavor to make all n equal, they will 



fail. For men are no1 equal, an. I nnct- 



ii i .• 1 1 1 legal hi' otherwise, ran make them so. 

 'I'll.' world belongs to the strong, and they 

 will have their own. by hook or by crook. 

 Occasionally a strong man arises who is 

 impressed by the fact that all men are 

 equal, and he labors sincerely to remove the 

 handicap under which many labor. Such a 



man does not usually pursue his course very 



far. 11.' finds thai his motives air being 

 questioned, even by those whom In 1 seeks 

 I.. benefit. I te learns the " [.lam people ' ' 

 have n.. rewards to distribute. They are 



liable I., lie led astray and turn against him. 

 So he join-: i he si nmy men in their merrj 

 work of making the rule of the strong 



strongei . 



For that is the rule of the world,— it was 

 made for the plaything of the mighty. 



Charles C Strode. 



HardWood Record ftLail Bag, 



[In this department it is proposed to reply 

 to such inquiries as reach this office from the 

 Hardwood Record clientage as will be of enough 

 general interest to warrant publication. Every 

 patron of the paper is invited to use this de- 

 partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt 

 will be made to answer queries pertaining to all 

 matters of interest to the hardwood trade, tn 

 a succinct and intelligent manner. 1 



tail Association to pass resolutions of ap- 

 proval and acceptance of such rules and 

 recommend that buyers specify them in their 

 orders. - IIaiihwood Jobber. 



Stands With the Record Policy. 

 Cincinnati, May 16. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record: Your cartoon on page 11 of the issue 



nt May 10 is all right. While we appreciate 

 that it might make some of your narrow-minded 

 constituents a little peevish, we think it is a 

 very practical way of bringing before the lum- 

 ber world the true situation. After it is all 

 over they will want to build a monument to 

 yen for aiding in bringing about what is a 

 must sane and businesslike up-to-date basis for 

 conducting one of t lie largest industries of the 

 country. 



There is no sane reason why universal in- 

 spection should not be put into effect by com- 

 petent lumbermen and maintained by the 

 American Hardwood Lumber Association 

 i yet to be formed) and based on a fair con- 

 struction of the fact that there is a buyer 

 and a seller in the ease of every carload of 

 lumber that moves over the mail, and that 

 each fellow's interests ought to be properly 

 guarded and respected. Such an association 

 would enable any lumberman to take a bill 

 of lading, accompanied by its inspector's 

 signed certificate, to a bank and secure at 

 least ninety cents on the dollar of the mill 

 value of his shipment. 



Were universal inspection rules put into ef- 

 fect, backed by an association of honorable 

 lumbermen. I will venture the statement that 

 I could within thirty days get the Ohio Re- 



Commends the Hardwood Record. 



Detroit, Mien.. May 12.— Editor Hardwood 

 Record: We wish to thank you for the very 

 effective display given our announcement on 

 first page of the RECORD in your issue of May in. 

 We have also read witli much interest your re- 

 marks on page 14. under the head of "< : I 



Advertising." You certainly have the correct 

 theory, and so far as your advertisers are will- 

 ing to co-operate with you. are using the correct 

 practice in your columns. In the matter of 

 effective typographical arrangement of advertis- 

 ing the Writer believes the Hardwood Record 

 stands very close to the top of the list among 

 trade papers. Brownlee & Company. 



The foregoing is a specimen of scores of 

 letters that are reaching the office of this 

 paper, commendatory of not only the adver- 

 tising display and methods employed by the 

 publication, but of nearly every feature 

 embraced within it. It is not ordinarily 

 the policy of ths Hardwood Record to print 

 the kind and laudatory things said of it 

 by ifV patrons, but it. wishes to thank them 

 for their encouragement in the attempt 

 b.ing made to make the paper the most 

 valuable publication that exists to the lum- 

 ber trade, and it will be the earnest attempt 

 of the management to improve the quality 

 of the paper in every way as time pro- 

 gresses, and eventually to make it an in- 

 valuable adjunct to every manufacturer, 

 jobber and consumer of hardwoods. — Editor. 



'Builders of Lumber History. 



NUMBER X. 

 Oliver O. Agler. 



In its regular series the Hardwood 

 RECORD presents a portrait supplement in 

 this issue of the round, fresh physiognomy 

 of Oliver O. Agler of the wholesale hard- 

 \ 1 firm of Upham & Agler, Chicago. 



.Mr. Agler was born on a farm near 

 Plymouth, Tn.l., .Inly 1.1. 1869. At the age 

 of fifteen he engaged in teaching school, 

 which occupation he followed for several 

 years. In 1888 he secured employment at 

 Marshfield, Wis., as stenographer for the 



Upham Manufacturing Company, a icern 



which at that time was engaged largely in 

 the production of white pine, but which 



soon afterward drifted into the hardwood 

 business. Of this company Ex-Governor W. 

 H. Upham was president, and Fred \Y. 

 Upham, the present business associate of 

 Mr. Agler. vice president. 



Mr. Agler graduated from the position of 

 stenographer to that of traveling salesman 

 for the company, and when Fred W. Upham 

 came to Chicago on Dec. 1, 1893, and en- 

 tered the hardwood business on his own 

 account, Ml'. Agler came with him as an 

 employee. In 1896 the Fred W. Upham 

 Lumber Company took over the business of 

 Fred W. Upham and of this corporation, Mr. 

 Agl t became secretary and treasurer. On 



• Ian. 1. 19 impany was reorgai 



int.. tin' [..-.it ncrship of Upham & Igli r, 

 ami has e i adua ll\ grovi n to be oni 



most impoi I., nt in. rl hel a an.! --..it har.l- 



« I lumbei j.iiii in tl try. 



handling inn alb from 10, .mho to 50, 



000 feet, 'fli mpany maintains a distri- 

 buting j a i ■ l in i ii Is at I 'aim, I II., 



and carries te iini.lw Is at 



various milling p. ants in Wisconsin. 



Mr. Agler is very much interested in asso- 

 i nil ion w.u k. jint is first \ ice president 



of the National llanlw I Lumber Associ- 

 ation, a member of the National Wholesale 

 Lumber Dealers' Association, a membei of 

 the Wisconsin llar.hv I Lumbermen's As- 

 sociation, a member of the Illinois Manu- 

 facturers' Association and of the Chicago 

 llanlw I Exchange, of which latter or- 

 ganization he was president t.a two years. 

 lie is also prominent in Masonic affairs, 

 being a Knight Templar, and is allied with 

 several leading clubs, including the Union 

 League, Athletic and Mid Day clubs of 

 Chicago and the Minneapolis Club of Mm 

 neapolis, Minn- He is married and occupies 

 a pleasant home in Chicago, and has a 

 daughter eight years old. 



The foregoing is a brief sketch of a man 

 who lues won his spurs in the hardwood in- 

 dustry at a very early age, and it is with 

 undisguised pleasure that tic Hardwood 

 RECORD presents this brief resume and his 

 portrait, that such of the trade that is not 

 already acquainted with Oliver < I. Agler 

 may know more of him. 



As a man, Mr. Agler is the personification 

 of indefatigable industry, fair dealing and 

 upright character, with personal attributes 

 of good fellowship. He is one of whom 

 everyone speaks kindly and approvingly. 

 His modesty is proverbial and his advance 

 in commercial life and in connection with 

 the various business and social organiza- 

 tions with which he is allied has le to 



him entirely without his own seeking. In 

 every ease tin- place fas s. nielli the man. 

 With the marked sue. -ess that already has 

 been achieved by him much more in the 

 future can confidently lie expected. The 

 Indiana farm boy. who starts out at fifteen 

 to earn his own living, and at the age of 

 thirty six has achieved the distinction of 

 being one of the Ion st hardwood lumber- 

 men in the country, is certainly a man 

 worth while. 



Swift ,y Althauser of Greenbrier, Tenn., have 

 recently purchased 1.600 a. -res of hardwood tim- 

 ber consisting largely of white and red oak. 

 vvlii.ii it is estimated will ml 7,000.000 feet. 

 They have bought a hand mill and will have a 



sawmill plain in operation within a few n kg. 



They will make a specialty of both plain and 

 quartered oak. The timber tract is about twenty- 

 elghl miles north of Gallaway, Tenn.. on the 

 I.. ,v X. railroad and is in the vicinity of Mem 

 phis. 



Parker & Morris of Silas. Tex., who arc using 

 several Tower Edgers, manufactured by the Gor- 

 don Hollow blast Grate Company, Greenville, 

 Mich., are verj enthusiastic in their praises of 



, , in. i. Iiiues. 



