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HARDWOOD RECORD 



NeWs Miscellany 



Handle Men Organize 



To secure more fratei-nal feeling amoDg handle 

 manufacturers throughout the United States, rep- 

 resentatives of about twenty leading handle con- 

 cerns from Kentucky. Tennessee, Missouri, Kan- 

 sas, Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas met at 

 Little Rock, Ark., on March 18 and formed an 

 organization to he known as the Hickory Handle 

 Manufacturers' Association. 



Turner R. Clendinen, president of the Missouri 

 Handle & Manufacturing Company of Atchison, 

 Kan., one of the prime movers in the effort to 

 bring the handle men into a national organizd- 

 tion, was elected president of the organization. 

 H. R. Fory of Timpson, Tex., president of the 

 Tlmpson Handle Company, was elected vice- 

 president, and J. E. Duffield, president of J. E. 

 Duffield & Co.. St. Louis, was chosen secretary 

 and treasurer. 



G. A. Trinler, general manager of the American 

 Handle Company, Jonesboro, Ark., and W. B. 

 Bruuor. president of the National Handle Com- 

 pany, Almyra, Ark., with the above ofBcers con- 

 stitute the Executive Committee. 



The handle men in attendance at this meeting 



T. K. CLKN'DINEN, ATCHISON, KAS., PRESI- 

 DENT NEW HANDLE ASSOCIATION 



represent companies with a combined output of 

 10,000 dozen handles dailyr and valued at from 

 .f7,000,000 to $8,000,000 annually. The next 

 meeting is to be held in Memphis, and by that 

 date (not later than June 10) it is expected to 

 have all handle manufacturers in the organiza- 

 tion. 



More economic grading and closer cutting of 

 the supply to curtail waste were discussed at 

 length. An effort will be made to educate do- 

 mestic consumers to the fact that a handle may 

 be better than it looks, and that often a hickory 

 handle as serviceable as anything on the market 

 can be. secured at a cost far below that of the 

 stock selected merely for its appearance. Meas- 

 ures of this sort arc contemplated in order to get 

 more stock out of the tree in the initial cutting. 



There was much discussion also on trade eth- 

 ics, and it was brought out that certain differ- 

 ences exist between the large and the small 

 companies as to facilities for supplying the 

 trade that cannot be overcome by reckless cutting 

 of prices by the small mills. 



The adoption of a new price list was another 

 important step. This is an attempt to arrive at 

 something standard in order to eliminate the 

 contusion incident to multiplicity of lists. There 

 is an advance in the new list over that of some 

 mills heretofore olitaining, but it was argued that 



the conditions in every way justify the increase. 



It was brought out at the meeting that the 

 ensuing year will undoubtedly be from twenty- 

 five to thirty per cent better than last year on 

 domestic trade, with all the export business that 

 the manufacturers can handle. Even now many 

 of the exporters are well supplied with orders 

 and are buying everything that is loose in the 

 market for the foreign trade. 



Those in attendance at the meeting were : 



J. T. Miller. Eldon Handle Co., Dardanelle. 

 Ark. 



W. E. Redwine, Success Handle Co., Success, 

 Ark. 



G. I, Dill, G. I. Dill Handle Co., Harrisburg, 

 Ark. 



Charles D. Gates. Turner, Day & Woolworth 

 Handle Co., Louisville, Ky. 



I. R. Hartzell, Hartzell Handle Co.. Memphis, 

 Tenn. 



W. E. Bruner, National Handle Co., Almyra, 

 Ark. 



A. E. Loy, Frankfort Handle Manufacturing 

 Co., Beebe, Ark. 



Turner R. Clendinen, Missouri Handle & Manu- 

 facturing Co., Atchison, Kan. 



J. E. Duffield, J. E. Duffield &. Co., St. Louis, 

 Mo. 



K. VV. Walker, Little Rock Handle Co.. Little 

 Rock, Ark. 



W. B. Grant, Grant Manufacturing Co., Bates- 

 ville. Ark. 



C. H. Amos, Amos Bros. Handle Co., Poteau, 

 Okla. 



R. Kind, Ivory Handle Co., Hope, Ark. 

 R. Fory. Timpson Handle Co., Timpson, 



T. 



H. 

 Tex. 



G. A. Trinler, 

 boro, Ark. 



Robert V. Sallee, Cotton Plant Manufacturing 

 Co.. Cotton Plant, Ark. 



.\merican Handle Co., Jones- 



Meeting Gulf Coast Exporters' Associaticn 



On March 11 at the Grunewald hotel. New 

 Orleans, there was a meeting of the Gulf Coast 

 Lumber Exporters' Association, which was largely 

 .:.i\en over to a discussion of inspection rules 

 matters. The treasurer reported a balance of 

 nearly $000 after all February bills had been 

 paid, which shows the healthy condition in which 

 this organization now finds itself. 



The first subject brought up for discussion 

 was some minor changes in the official classifica- 

 tion suggested by R. S. Somerville, chief in- 

 spector. The suggestion that there should be a 

 list of definitions of defects published at the 

 beginning of the classifications was referred to 

 the Committee on Classification. Merchantable 

 ' in boards, planks and deals was changed to show 

 two-thirds heart on the face side and one-half 

 heart surface on the opposite side. In the grade 

 of kiln or air dried saps, usual South American 

 or standard river Platte, an addition to the rules 

 was made providing that the maximum knot al- 

 lowed should not exceed one-half the width of 

 the board. The sawn timber rule was changed 

 by the addition of the word "some," so that the 

 rule now reads "all sawn timber shall show some 

 heart on all four sides, etc." 



Two matters were referred to the Classification 

 Committee — to define a grade of dimension for 

 the South African trade between the grades of 

 prime and merchantable, and the revision of the 

 grade second class Cuban, as the present grade 

 does not seem to cover the requirements of the 

 market. 



The plan to maintain foreign representation 

 for the association, which was considered at the 

 last annual meeting, was dropped. On motion 

 of E. B. Holmes, the president was requested to 

 appoint a new committee to report another plan. 



Hans Forchheimer made a motion to create a 

 grievance committee, which was adopted, and 



the president requested to name such a com- 

 mittee. 



The gathering was one of the most representa- 

 tive ever held by the association, and It was 

 sliown that the influence of the body is spread- 

 ing rapidly and that its standard grades are 

 l)»'-;inninii to be recognized in Europe and in 

 other countries. 



Officers for Reorganized Nashville Club 

 Elected 



John W. Love of the well-known lumber firm 

 of Love, Boyd & Co. at the spirited election held 

 Saturday afternoon, March 19, at the rooms 

 of the Board of Trade, was chosen president 

 of the Nashville Lumbermen's Club, the re- 

 organized association of Nashville lumbermen. 

 Two full tickets were run in this election, and 

 the "Selects," headed by Mr. Love, were vic- 

 torious. The complete list of oflicers elected 

 is as follows : President, John W, Love ; vice- 

 president, A. H. Card : secretary, F. G. Petzer ; 

 treasurer, W. J. Cude ; directors, Henderson 

 Baker, A. B. Ransom. Hamilton Love, W. J. 

 Wallace and J. H. Baird. 



One hundred and thirty-five ballots were cast 

 iu the election, and from the time the polls 

 w ere open at 4 :30 o'clock until they closed two 



JOHN \V. LOVE, PRESIDENT REORGANIZED 

 NASHVILLE CLUB 



hours later there were busy times. Badges and 

 streamers were everywhere in evidence and the 

 lumbermen held full sway in the Board of Trade 

 building. 



Following the election the voters and candi- 

 dates repaired to the rooms of the Builders' 

 Exchange across the street in the Noel build- 

 ing, where a delightful spread prepared by Mrs. 

 Anna Conger awaited their attention. It was 

 here, while the spirit of good fellowship was 

 at high tide, that the canvassing committee 

 announced the winners. Of course, all the win- 

 ners were immediately called upon for samples 

 of eloquence and forensic vonture, and everyone 

 gave the crowd the best he had "in stock," 

 Those present at the banquet were ; 



W. C. Smith. 

 W, A, Binkley. 

 Olive White. 



B. M, UnderhlU. 

 J, R. McIIwaine. 

 L. Frank. 



F. C. Guthrie, 

 J. S. Denton. 

 M. H. Holland. 

 P, M. Hamilton. 



C. T. Dews. 

 Marvin M. Ransom. 

 E. A. Arnett. 



E. N. Ralston, 

 Charles M. Morford. 

 J. H. Whorley. 

 J. B. Jasper. 



T. H. Bstes. 

 II. K. Wharton. 

 H. M. Greene. 

 John Eckstein. 

 William Dunlap. 

 T. H. Dunlap. 



A. N. Trice. 

 Al. C. Farris, 



B. Carmichael. 

 W. M. Farris Jr. 

 G, II, Cheeley. 



A. B. Ransom. 

 J. W. Brltton. 

 E. W. Pearson. 

 T. E. Crittenden. 

 Harold Patterson. 

 Fred Roth. 



