HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Netos Miscellany. 



National Reciprocity Conference. 



On August 16 and it m\ hundred delega 

 assembled from all sections of the country, mei 

 at thp Illinois Theater, Chicago, tor the pur- 

 pose of discussing ways and means of protect- 

 ing American foreign trade by tariff legislation. 

 The Bast joined bands with the West, the North 

 wiili the South, ami all met on common ground 

 under the name of thp National Reciprocity Con 

 ference to inaugurate a reform in our foreign 

 policy. 



The program included the report "i the com 

 mittee on resolutions; discussion of the report 

 and adoption of plans for future action : general 

 discussion under Bye-minute rule; and appoint- 

 ment of permanent committee to prosecute reci- 

 procity campaign. 



Short five-minute talks gave delegates oj 

 tunlty to express their private opinions and 

 many earnest speeches were made by senators 

 and men of wide prominence in reciprocity af- 

 fairs. Among the speakers were : Osborn Howes 

 and Dr. Henry I'.. Blackwell of the Boston Cham- 

 ber of Commerce; State Senator W. 1'.. King of 

 St. Paul, Minn.: former 1'nited States Senator 

 Win. A. Harris of Kansas Governor Mickey of 

 Nebraska ; I.. E. Lincoln of the East Buffalo 

 Live Stock Association : .lames F. Parker of the 

 New York Produce Kxchange : former Governor 

 Stannard of Missouri: former Governor Larrabee 

 of Iowa ; F. J. Uagenbarth of Iowa, president of 

 the National Live Stock Association : United 

 States Senator Shelby M. Cullom, chairman of 

 the committee on foreign relations; Eugene N. 

 l""ss of Boston; Governor A. B. Cummins of 

 Iowa : Edward Rosewater of Omaha. Neb., and 

 A. B. Farquhar of Pennsylvania. 



Eugene N. Foss of Boston, president of the 

 committee on resolutions and an expert on reci- 

 procity of national renown, delivered an address 

 entitled "Reciprocity as u Political Issue.'* 



Senator Cullom's speech was short and to the 

 point and contained practical suggestions of 

 value. In concluding he said: 



"The question that confronts us now is. how- 

 are we to retain the markets we already have 

 and to extend our large export trade by securing 

 new markets? There are two courses which we 

 might pursue. The first is to adopt on an ex- 

 tensive scale the policy of reciprocity. But. if 

 we cannot secure the ratification of reciprocity 

 treaties, there is one other method that was 

 considered seriously by the committee on for- 

 eign relations more than two years ago. when h 

 became apparent that the reciprocity treaties 

 could not be ratified, and that is the adoption 

 of a max'mum and minimum tariff. 



"The adoption of liiis principle would not 

 accomplish for our foreign trade all that reci- 

 procity would accomplish. It would not open 

 any very extensive new markets for our prod- 

 ucts ; but it would prevent discrimination. A 

 maximum and minimuui tariff is more in the 

 nature of retaliation : hut something must he 

 done, and if we cannot secure reciprocity I 

 shall favor the enactment of an act of t'ongress 

 providing a maximum tariff applicable to every 

 nation that discriminates aga'nst our products." 



Governor A. B. Cummins of Iowa dominated 

 the convention from the moment of his an 

 Any lingering sentiment binding any delegate 

 to the rigid measures of the Dingley Law were 

 quickly dispelled by his storm of enthusiastic 

 eloquence. He was one of the few men who was 

 able to make change- after E: N. Foss, chair- 

 man of the resolutions committee, had reported 

 the resolutions to the conference. UN bui 

 tions were valuable and were accepted in every 

 case without serious objection. In his speech 

 be went into the subject of reciprocity exhaust- 

 ively, maintaining that "dual tariff is an 

 dient and reciprocity the cure" for the pre 

 strained situation: he practically turned the 



convention ovi ■ to his way of thinking. 



Tlie report from th tnlttee on resolutions 



as to permanent organization, which was adopted, 

 was as follows : 



"We iv. .in. a permanent Am 



organization be formed under the style ..: 

 American Recip League, and tl 



committee of fifteen be appointed by the chair t., 

 have full power iher prose- 



cute the work for which the convention has 

 ■ shall have powei 

 to increase lis i : ,„,1 t,, mi V ;o ai 



when necessary." 



Tin- committee on resolutions wi -<i of 



the following : 



E. N. Foss, Ma 



A. II. Sanders. Illinois. 



Edward D. Page, New 1'ork. 



A. B. Farquhar, Pennsylvania. 



W. A. Harris, Kansas. 



i rank .1. Hagenbarth, Idaho. 



William Larrabee, Iowa. 



Murdo MacKenzie, Colorado. 



Marion San-otn. Ten 



Charles 1'. Scoter. Missouri. 



Conrad Kohrs. Montana. 



W. II. Hattou, Wisconsin. 



The resolutions adopted bj the conference at 

 the last session were as follows : 



•'The national reciprocity convention, repre- 

 senting more than two hundred agricultural, 

 commercial and industrial associations of the 

 United States, by dt ssembled at Chi- 



cago, Aug. Hi and IT, 1905, hereby makes the 

 following declaration of principles: 



"Whereas. The agriculture, manufactures and 

 other industries of this country have expanded 

 to such an extent that they can no longer de- 

 pend upon the home market for the consumption 

 of their entire product : and. 



"Whereas. The export trade has become a 

 vital support to many of our industries; and, 



"Whereas, 'the present commercial altitude of 

 the United States, largely owing to our failure 

 to carry into effect the reciprocal trade pro- 

 visions of Section 4 of the Dingley law. is 

 antagonizing foreign nations, whose good will 

 we desire and on whom we have hitherto de- 

 pended as purchasers of our surplus products; 

 therefore, be it 



"Resolved: 1. That this convention, recogniz- 

 ing the principle of protection as the established 

 policy of our country, advocates Immediat 

 ciprocal concessions by means of .i dual or 



maximum and minimum tariff as tl nly prac 



tical method of relieving at this time the strained 

 situation with which we are confronted. 



"L'. That eventually the question of i he soiled 

 tiles and i Idered in rei 1| 



concessions be suggested by a permanent tariff 

 commission, to !„• created b I tragress and ap 

 pointed by the president, which shall eoi 

 of nomic, Industrial and commercial experts. 



■ ::. That it is the sense of this convention 

 Cords abundant oppor- 

 tunity for such concessions without injury to 

 industry, trade or the wages of labor, 



"4. That we urge action upon Congress at 

 the earliest time 



With this declaration advocating Immediate 

 ,.,., i|» sslon by in. "maximum 



i in).' the ere 

 ,,f a permanent tariff commission of economic, 

 industrial and commercial experts, the national 

 reciprocity confen 



A permanent organization, to be known 



the Reciprocal rarlll League, is tl utgrowth of 



the movement Inaugurated by the agricultural, 

 manufacturing and trad.' Interests of the roun- 



: 

 live work will I orward by a nal 



nittee "i flft -"" ""•' 



Packard ' "- 



that th- head of tie ■ win 



of i blow 



will 

 i the nomll '. milted by 



mo 



Finishing of Hardwood Floors, 

 matter ho 



Hot hardwood 



u " ,: : 'hat when 



It is laid , sg [ g 



initiate the Irregularities of the 

 surface. : , may be abso- 



ther. but a 

 slight ii. the allgnmt 



dc i Ii ah 



top lloor, will 

 throw the sun igh to 



r< Ddt »ry that it shall 



This re-dressing of floors 



band 

 scrapers operated by one or two men I 



and laborious work and withal lia- 

 been quite expent 

 Soi- jo a Philadelphia machine manu- 



tcted an electrically d 

 taty cuiting device which did a fairly accep 



oothlng, but titis apparatn 

 tk-ienl In that it could not he utilized in the 

 is of rooms or close ap to the basil. card. 

 I hi- iiciessity of some appliance to mechanic 

 ,-uly smooth the surface of iloors has seem 



manifest that quite a number of | 



recently made attempts to supply It. Henry 

 Kratsch of Madison, instructor in machine pra< 

 tice at the University of Wisconsin, has dt 



I'd a machine for planing large 

 wooden cb as bowling alleys, the 



- of ships. Boors, etc., and it Is alleged that 

 his machine will produce a perfectly smooth 

 surface. Mr. Kratsch has made application for 

 a patent on his machine, and it is anticipated 

 that it will soon he placed upon the market. It 



is mad.- 0] 



by winds, with two guide bars in front: an 

 arm pivoted on lie- rear axle moved to and fro 



by the Op i lie ina. bine by mi 



"i an automatic feed. The planing is done |,\ 

 a circular cutter, driven by a vertical spindle 

 ami connected by beveled gears directly with a 

 engine. Experiments with the ap 

 paratus have been made on bowling alleys, which 

 frequently have sin a 



u.,,,,1 . ling alleys rennlshed bj 



hand, become hollow in lie d lose their 



ing the vail I 



alley from a sportsman's viewpoint, while when 

 . -. i 1 1 1 this new device, it Is claimed 



tin, mil level III all 



parts. 



The roledo Blade t anothei 



chine which lias been Invented for smoothing 

 and sandpapering hardwood floors. This d 



II .1. Spieker Company, hut the 

 machine Itself is the Inven 



tated by electricity In appi 



rides around iln- room on the machine, * 



llj revolving 

 papei . whit b t. u - 



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