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the increase of prices so that hickorj- would be 

 made prohibitory to other users. 



Mr. Ilerron .sai-'J that there were consumers 

 who were cutting their tracts over year after 

 year, so there was mure than one side to the 

 (jiiestion. 



It. D. Hartley of the Windsor Turned Goods 

 I irupany, Windsor, Ont., introduced the ques- 

 tion of saving hickory by reinforcing various 

 manufactures by steel. 



E. S. Darlington, Hoopes Uros. d; Darlington, 

 West Chester, I'a., and II. J. Wildermuth, 

 Wildermuth Dending Co., Columbus, O., took up 

 the matter of supply from various standpoints, 

 and Geo. H. Maxwell of the National Irrigation 

 Association, Chicago, urged prompt action in 

 timber raising. 



Krnest A. Sterling and K. S. Kellogg of the 

 Forest Service, on invitation, took up the future 

 of the hickory industry. Mr. Sterling said that 

 this growth was propagated both by sprouts and 

 seedlings. His plan was to select lands already 

 producing hickory timber, clear off the brush, 

 cut out other timber, take care of the sprouts 

 and fill in gaps with seedlings. Sprouts grow 

 quite rapidly and ought to make usable timber 

 in 30 to 40 years. In the meantime husband 

 the available timber and use substitutes where 

 possible in certain parts of vehicles. He said 

 that while it would not be possible to do much 

 yet on government lands, for none had been 

 selected suitable to hickory culture, and while 

 hickory had not been studied as soft-woods had, 

 there was sufficient general knowledge to enable 

 the forestry men to assist greatly in the work. 



Mr. Kellogg spoke of the prodigal use of lum- 

 ber in this country. Too much wood often- 

 times was put into manufactures. A system of 

 tests was to be instituted soon, he said, that 

 would point out where too much material is 

 put In, so that no part of a wheel or wagon 

 need be made too heavy. 



As to the size of a tract needed Mr. Sterling 

 said that 10,000 acres would be small enough, 

 as both timber and e.xperiment work would come 

 from it. He advised taking up several tracts, 

 so that the best natural conditions could be se- 

 cured, with timber already growing on them. 



Fred A. Curtis of the Vehicle Woodstock Com- 

 pany, Chicago, brought up the question of grad- 

 ing hickory. He said that there was much 

 waste on account of the lack of a good grading 

 .system, that the plan had apparently been to 

 reject everything that could be rejected, instead 

 of accepting everything that could be accepted. 

 After this interesting discussion the remaining 

 time was given over to organization. 



A general committee was appointed of fifteen 

 members, one from each of the fourteen divi- 

 sions of the hickory consumers and two from 

 the western wheel interests, as follows : 



Western Wheel — J. W. Herron, Cincinnati ; 

 O. B. Bannister, Muncie. Ind. 



Eastern Wheel — E. Stinson, Baltimore. 



Rim — Fred A. Curtis, Chicago. 



Spoke — I'eter Lesh, Memphis, Tenn. 



(lear — D. V, Cooper, Struthers, O. 



Shaft and Pole — W. A. Snyder, PIqua. O. 



Wagon — E. W. McCullough, Wilmette, 111. 



Carriage — E. Louis Kuhns, South Bend, Ind. 



Singletree and Neckyoke— C. S. Hartwell, 

 Chicago Heights, 111. 



Hammer Handles (not represented) — R. F. 

 lieuther, Nashville, Tenn. 



Agricultural Implements and Vehicles — J. A. 

 Sanford, Chicago. 



Sucker Kods — George Kile, Akron, O. 



Dimension Stock — Lewis Doster. Chicago. 



Shafts, Bars and Gears— C. F. CovIUe, Mt. 

 Vernon, O. 



On final adjournment such members of the 

 committee as were present met and elected the 

 following officers : 



President, John W. Herron, Cincinnati. 



First vice-president, C. F. Iluhnlein, Louis- 

 ville, Ky. 



Second vice-president, B. F. Von Behreu, 

 Evansvllle, Ind. 



Third vice-president. 1 1. 1'. Cooper, Struth- 

 ers, O. 



Treasurer, W. A. Snyder. I'lqua, O. 



Secretary, O. B. Bannister, Muncie, Ind. 



As there were so few members of the general 

 committee present it was agreed to submit all 

 organization work done at this meeting to the 

 full committee when assembled, some changes In 

 the make-up of the committee being probable, as 

 one or two members had consented to act only 

 temporarily. On this account also there was no 

 talk of the work before the committee and all 

 suggestion of finance was ignored. 



After some discussion, it was agreed to name 

 the new organization the National Association 

 of Hickory Consumers, and every man on the 

 list is prepared to make it an association of 

 hickory producers just as soon as possible. The 

 meeting adjourned subject to the call of the 

 president, who will bring the committee together 

 just as soon as the minutes of this meeting, 

 which are to be published, are in their hands, 

 so that they can proceed intelligently from the 

 point at which the first meeting stopped. 



AVhile it cannot be said that the cultivation 

 of hickory timber was determined upon, it was 

 made very plain that such a course was the only 

 one that promised any relief from the present 

 dilemma, and it Is expected that the general 

 committee will grapple with that side of the 

 problem just as soon as it Is assembled. It is 

 hoped that a full committee meeting can be had 

 Inside of a month. 



Those present were : 



Joseph W. Downing, New York, Wilmington 

 Wheel Manufacturing Company. , 



John W. Ilerron, Cincinnati, O., Royer Wheel 

 Company. 



Walter E. Buckley, John Buckley Hub, Spoke 

 A: Wheel Company. 



H. C. LIndermuth, Wilmington, Del., Wilming- 

 ton Wheel Manufacturing Company. 



Fred A. Curtis, Chicago, Vehicle Woodstock 

 Company and Cleveland Union Bow Company. 



K. S. Kellogg, Washington, D. C, Forest Ser- 

 vice. 



D. E. Allen, Wilmette, 111., National Wagon 

 Manufacturers' Association. 



George H. Maxwell, Chicago, National Irriga- 

 tion Association. 



Ernest A. Sterling, Washington, D. C., Forest 

 Extension. 



R. W. Jessup, Newark, N. T., Wayne Wheel 

 Company. 



E. C. Witwer. South Bend, Ind., Studebakcr 

 Bros. Manufacturing Company. 



C. B. Hayes, Flint, Mich., Imperial Wheel 

 Company. 



W. A. Snyder, Piqua O., Pioneer Pole & 

 Shaft Company. 



W^. W. Wood and W. P. Nolan, New York, 

 Wagon Builder. 



J. J. W'iesner. Miamlsburg, O., Bookwalter 

 Wheel Company. 



C. P. Ferguson, Defiance, O., Turnbull 

 Wagon Company. 



J. W. Heyes. Terre Haute, Ind.. Standard 

 WTieel Company. 



E. S. Darlington, West Chester. Pa.. Hoopes 

 Bros. & Darlington. 



W. J. Golden. Laf.ayette, Ind.. professor 

 Practical Mechanics. Purdue University. 



J. A. Sanford, Chicago, National Association 

 Agricultural Implement & Vehicle Manufac- 

 turers. 



C. F. Colville, Mount Vernon. O., Metropolis 

 Building Company. 



D. P. Cooper. Struthers, O., J. A. & D. P. 

 Cooper Company. 



William L. Hall, Washington. D. C. For- 

 est Service. 



H. J. Wildermuth, Columbus. O., Wildermuth 

 Bending Company. 



G. A. Farrall. Batavia, N. T., Johnston Har- 

 vester Company. 



H. D. Hartley. Windsor. Ont.. Windsor 

 Turned Wood Company. 



Carl D. Fisher, Wapakoneta, O., Wapa- 

 koneta Wheel Company. 



F. L. Schneider, York, Pa., Wilbur A. Eberly 

 Wheel Works. 



O. B. Bannister, Muncie, Ind., Muncie Wheel 

 Company. 



John Chamberlain, Hardwood Record. Buf- 

 falo, N. Y. 



NeWs Miscellany. 



Atlantic City Concatenation a Success. 



An enjoyable time was had at Atlantic City, N. 

 J., on July 14, when Jerome Sheip, vicegerent 

 snark of the Penn-Eastern District, led a crowd 

 of Hoo-Hoo down to the seashore to disport them- 

 selves at a concatenation. The occasion was a 

 very symbolic one, ninety-nine cats being present 

 and nine candidate kittens. The ceremonies be- 

 gan at nine minutes past three and at nine min- 

 utes past seven a banquet was held at which 

 there were nine speeches. The kittens Initiated 

 were the following : Chester B. Foster, American 

 Woodworking Machinery Co. ; Charles I*. Dyer, 

 Geo. W. Stoker & Son ; Charles Mayo Hamlin ; 

 Charles August Auchter of Kolb Bros. ; Edward 

 Eugene Kuehnle of J. A. Fay & Egan Company, 

 Cincinnati ; Charles "Transmission" Bond ; Wil- 

 liam Niles Lawton of Kolb Bros. ; Samuel Hecker 

 Magargal of Geissel & Richardson and F. J. 

 Byrne of the Hardwood Record. 



Almost the entire colony of Hoo-Hoo estab- 

 lished at Atlantic City for the summer lent the 

 occasion the charm of their presence and con- 

 tributed to the merry making. E. Stringer 

 Bogges, Jabberwock of the Supreme Nine, compli- 

 mented Snark Sheip on the showing and the 

 quality of his candidates. Ex-Snark Frank Rum- 

 barger made a speech In which he advocated the 

 bringing of the next annual meeting to Atlantic 

 City. Ex-Snark John J. Kumbarger, who acted 

 as toastmaster, paid a splendid tribute to Snark 

 Sheip. and In a review of his work drew atten- 

 tion to the fact that he had held four concatena- 

 tions and had brought into the order sixty-four 

 men, all of splendid reputation In the trade. 

 John J. Canavan, exsnark of New York state, 

 who acted as scrivenoter. also drew great ap- 

 plause when he announced himself In favor of 

 I'hlladelphla as the next meeting place. Snark 

 Sheip made a speech In which he outlined a pol- 



icy for a regular campaign to be waged to secure 

 the 1907 annual for I'hlladelphla. 



The "on the roof" features of the gathering 

 were furnished by the members themselves, who 

 sang and told stories. After the gathering had 

 left the Royal Palace Hotel they visited the 

 various gardens for which Atlantic City Is noted 

 and made the night enjoyable by the discharge 

 of fire crackers and explosive matches supplied 

 by William B. Allen of the Colonial Lumber 

 Company. The outing was unanimously declared 

 the best ever held in the district. 



The Okeeta Planing Mill Co. 



A new concern the success of which can be 

 predicted from the splendid business acumen of 

 Its organizers and officers Is the Okeeta Planing 

 Mill Company, recently chartered to manufacture 

 poplar bevel siding and a full line of planing 

 mill work at Okeeta. Va. The plant of the con- 

 cern is located on the Clinch Valley Railroad, 

 about one mile from Ilonaker, Va. ; the main 

 building is 50x150 feet in dimensions. It Is 

 equipped with modern machinery throughout and 

 will employ at the outset about forty men, In- 

 creasing the number as the factory gets Into 

 smoother running order. The officers are ; W. J. 

 Newenham. president ; G. D. Fletcher, vice presi- 

 dent, and H. I. Soble, secretary and treasurer. 



Mr. Newenham Is president of the Long Pole 

 Lumber Company and Is widely and favorably 

 known to the trade. G. D. Fletcher occupied a 

 responsible position In the planing mill of the 

 Pullman Company at St. Louis and also ran a 

 planing mill at Honaker. Va., where he has a 

 splendid reputation as a successful manager. 

 II. I. Soble is of the firm of Soble Bros, of Phila- 

 delphia and one of the best known lumbermen In 

 the Quaker City. During the time he has been 

 in business in that city he has acquired an en- 



