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A. Acetylene generators, Banner, Jan 25, p 47* Advertising: Advertising methods, Mar 1, p 74 Announcing special sales, Mar 1, p 64 Battleship, Float, Apr 5, p 45* Casey, C. H., Methods, Feb 1, p 47* Damon & Gould Company, Mar 2y, p 38* Doxsee, C. M., Mar 29, p 39*; Apr 26, p 43 Fence signs, Feb 1, p 49* Gordinier, H. W., Apr 26, p 43* Grant & Crowell, Methods, Mar 29, p 38* King of Hearts, Float, Apr 12, p 42* Matthews, A. M., & Co.’s methods, Feb 1, p 47* Methods of advertising, Feb 15, p 45 Model kitchen exhibit, Feb 1, p 49 Persistent advertising, Jan 18, p 42 Surmounting trade barriers, Feb 1, p 47 Trade carnival, Apr 5, p 45 Varick, John B., Company, p 42* Ware’s methods, May 24, p 46 Wasting printers’ ink, May 24, p 44 Window advertising, Feb 15, p 44g (See also Window display.) Advertising cuts for retail merchants, Apr 19, p 49*; June 14, p 56* Aermotor Company, May 17, p 10 Alaska, Trade in, May 10, p 40 Allen, H. B., Portrait, Mar 1, p 51* Apr 12, Alling, John, Biographical sketch, Apr 12, p 41* Aluminum as a competitor of copper, June 14, p 26g Aluminum coated sheets, Apr 26, p 21 Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, May 17, p 9; 24, p 19, 22; June 7, …
A. Acetylene generators, Banner, Jan 25, p 47* Advertising: Advertising methods, Mar 1, p 74 Announcing special sales, Mar 1, p 64 Battleship, Float, Apr 5, p 45* Casey, C. H., Methods, Feb 1, p 47* Damon & Gould Company, Mar 2y, p 38* Doxsee, C. M., Mar 29, p 39*; Apr 26, p 43 Fence signs, Feb 1, p 49* Gordinier, H. W., Apr 26, p 43* Grant & Crowell, Methods, Mar 29, p 38* King of Hearts, Float, Apr 12, p 42* Matthews, A. M., & Co.’s methods, Feb 1, p 47* Methods of advertising, Feb 15, p 45 Model kitchen exhibit, Feb 1, p 49 Persistent advertising, Jan 18, p 42 Surmounting trade barriers, Feb 1, p 47 Trade carnival, Apr 5, p 45 Varick, John B., Company, p 42* Ware’s methods, May 24, p 46 Wasting printers’ ink, May 24, p 44 Window advertising, Feb 15, p 44g (See also Window display.) Advertising cuts for retail merchants, Apr 19, p 49*; June 14, p 56* Aermotor Company, May 17, p 10 Alaska, Trade in, May 10, p 40 Allen, H. B., Portrait, Mar 1, p 51* Apr 12, Alling, John, Biographical sketch, Apr 12, p 41* Aluminum as a competitor of copper, June 14, p 26g Aluminum coated sheets, Apr 26, p 21 Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, May 17, p 9; 24, p 19, 22; June 7, p 26; 28, p 19 American and English comparisons, May 24, p 23 American Appraisal Company, Apr 12, p 46 American Axe & Tool Company, May May 17, p 47 American Bridge Company, May 17, p 39; 24, p 25 American Car & Foundry Apr 5, p 17 American Casting Machine Company, Apr 12, p 10 American Foundrymen’s Association, Convention, June 7, p 23; 14, p5 American Machinery Company, Apr 5, Company, American Ordnance Company, ment, May 24, p 19 American Radiator Company, Mar 8, p 3 American Rolling Mill Company, Mar 29, p 3; June 28, p 4 American Sheet Steel Company, Mar 29, p 32; Apr 5, p 32; 12, p 36; May 3, p 40; 17, p 38; June 28, p 19 American Smelting & Refining Com- pany, Jan 4, p 41 American Society of Mechanical En- gineers, Apr 26, p 30; May 17, p 37; 24, p 14 American Steel & Wire Company: Annual meeting, Feb 22, p 29 Board of Directors, May 17, p 10 Circular issued by Executive Commit- tee, Feb 8, p 33 Officers, Mar 1, p 5 Rod mill strike, Jan 18, p 17 American Steel Hoop Company, Mar 15, p 4; May 24, p 34; June 28, p7 State- INDEX. Illustrated articles indicated by *. American Steel Tank Company, Apr 19, p 2 American Tin Plate Company: — meeting, Jan 18, p 23; Feb 1, p 31 Engineering department, Feb 1, p 5 American Tool Works Company: Crank shaper, May 17, p 1 Inspection records, Mar 1, p 16 Annealing malleable cast iron, Mar 8, p 20; May 3, p 25 Anvil, Jewelers’; Jan 4, p 78* Arbitration agreement in the machinery trade, May 24, p 24; 31, p 21; June 14, p 28 Arbor press, Star, May 31, p 11* Argentine Republic as a market, Apr 5, p 9 Arkansas Retail Hardware Dealers’ As- sociation, June 21, p 46 Armor plate: British armor plate prices, May 10, p 12 Experiments with soft capped projec- tiles, May 17, p 17 Government plant, Apr 12, p 8; 26, p 3; May 17, p 21; June 21, p 20 Armstrong planer tool, Jan 25, p 13* Arnold magnetic clutch, Feb 1, p 8* Artesian well at Paris, Jan 25, p 14 Asbury, C. W., Address, June 21, p 54 Associations of hardware merchants, State, List of, May 3, p 50a Atherton Machine Works, Sale of, May 24, p 19 Atkinson, Col. B. F., Address, June 21, p 52 Auger, Bonney hollow, Jan 11, p 48* Aultman rock crusher, Mar 1, p 15* Austin dam failure, Apr 12, p 16 Australian letters, Jan 18, p 43; Feb 8, p 55; Mar 15, p 48; 29, p 2; Apr 12. p 16, 48; 26, p 42; June 21, p » Australian tariff conference, Jan 11, p 9 Automobile forgings, B. & S8., Feb 22, p 64* Automobiles: Greater than the automobile, Mar 1, p 3) New York Cycle show, Jan 25, p 19 Record of Columbia vehicle, Jan 4, p 15 Auto-sparker for gas engines, Mar 8, p 5* Axle, Porter dust proof, Mar 15, p 51* B. Baby jumper and rocking chair, June 14, p 54* Baker, J. F., Portrait, Mar 8, p 50 Baker tapping machine, with special screw feed for the spindle, Feb. 22, p 5* Baldwin-Westinghouse electric locomo- tive, June 14, p 1* Ball bearing wheels, Jan 4, p 77* Bank circulation, Increasing, Mar 22, p17 Bank circulation and the surplus, Apr 19, p 18 Bankruptcy law, Jan 18, p 4; Feb 8, p 3; 22 p 8, 40 Banquets of the trade, Jan 4, p 59; 11, p 42 Bard adjustable bushing for die stocks, Apr 5, p 9* Barker, O. B., Address, June 21, p 55 Barker & Chard lathe turret attach- ment, June 28, p 13* Barnes, C. N.: Address, Feb 22, p 50 Portrait, Mar 1, p 50* Barnes upright drill, Tune 28, p 7* Barnett, Henry, Death, May 31, p 40* Barnett, S., Market wire and steel spe- cialties, June 14, p 50 Barrow tray, Champion, Mar 15, p 50* Bauer, F. W., Silicon in ferrosilicon, Mar 22, p 3; May 31, p 11 Baush & Harris drill, Feb 22, p 12* Bayley automatic steam trap, Feb 15, p 14* Bearings, Railway, May 31, p 6* Beaudry power hammer, Feb 22, p 9* Becker-Brainard vertical spindle mill- ing machine, May 3, p 10* Beef shaver, Enterprise improved, May 24, p 52* Belgium, Introduction of American fuel in, June 14, p 15 Belt conveyor, Jeffrey Century, Jan 25, p 14* Bement, Miles & Co.’s machines, Feb 8, p 1*; 15 p 1* Bench hook and vise, Feb 8, p 56* Bench stop, Wilcox steel, Feb 22, p 63* Benjamin, C. H., Friction of steam packings, Mar 22, p 8* Berghauser, W. E., Portrait, Mar 1, »p 6OS* Berlin Iron Bridge Company, plant, Apr 19, p 2 Berthier method of coal calorimetry, Apr 19, p 14* Bertrand-Thiel process, Mar 22, p 6 Besly band grinder, Feb 22, p 14* Bessemer Coke Company, Mar 22, p 12 Bicycle brake, New Departure, May 24, p 50* Bicycle mud guard, Feb 15, p 69* Bicycle bells: Bevin automobile, Feb 8, p 57* Mossberg bells, Mar 15, p 52* Bicycle lamps: Banner acetylene gas, Feb 8, p 58* Bridgeport acetylene, Feb 22, p 63* Bundy lamp, Jan 18, p 51* Dietz, May 10, p 46* Eclipse acetylene, Jan 4, p 78* Funke acetylene gas, Apr 26, p 49* 1900 Solar acetylene, Mar 8, p 63* Bicycle pedal, Velox, Mar 22, p 53* Bicycle pumps. (See Tire pumps.) Bigelow, 8. A., Address, Mar 22, p 43 Bindley, John, Address, Mar 22, p 40 Bischoff clinched pipe, Jan 25, p 11* Bit, Grand Rapids triple, Jan 11, p 48* Bittel, William, Local organization, Mar 8, p 58 Blast furnace gas in the blowing engine, May 24, p 20* Blast furnace stoves, Kennedy valves, Feb 1, p 16* Blast furnaces: Brown automatic charging machine, Apr 12, p 1* Brown hoist, Apr 12, p 1* List of German furnaces, June 14, p 13; 21, p 15 New Columbus furnaces, May 3, p 16” Record at Granite City, Mar 22, p 16; Apr 26, p 12 Stewart gas, Jan 11, p 13* Blind slat holder, May 17, p 52* Bliss, E. W., & Co.: Double crank press, Apr 19, p 3* Double geared press, Jan 25, p 9 New type of press, Apr 5, p 13* Slitting shear, June 7, p 13* Straight sided wiring press, May 3, p 9* Block Star pattern malleable iron, Feb 1, p 52* Blowing engines: Buckeye, June 7, p 10* Engine worked by blast furnace gas, May 24, p 20* New A. Acetylene generators, Banner, Jan 25, p 47* Advertising: Advertising methods, Mar 1, p 74 Announcing special sales, Mar 1, p 64 Battleship, Float, Apr 5, p 45* Casey, C. H., Methods, Feb 1, p 47* Damon & Gould Company, Mar 2y, p 38* Doxsee, C. M., Mar 29, p 39*; Apr 26, p 43 Fence signs, Feb 1, p 49* Gordinier, H. W., Apr 26, p 43* Grant & Crowell, Methods, Mar 29, p 38* King of Hearts, Float, Apr 12, p 42* Matthews, A. M., & Co.’s methods, Feb 1, p 47* Methods of advertising, Feb 15, p 45 Model kitchen exhibit, Feb 1, p 49 Persistent advertising, Jan 18, p 42 Surmounting trade barriers, Feb 1, p 47 Trade carnival, Apr 5, p 45 Varick, John B., Company, p 42* Ware’s methods, May 24, p 46 Wasting printers’ ink, May 24, p 44 Window advertising, Feb 15, p 44g (See also Window display.) Advertising cuts for retail merchants, Apr 19, p 49*; June 14, p 56* Aermotor Company, May 17, p 10 Alaska, Trade in, May 10, p 40 Allen, H. B., Portrait, Mar 1, p 51* Apr 12, Alling, John, Biographical sketch, Apr 12, p 41* Aluminum as a competitor of copper, June 14, p 26g Aluminum coated sheets, Apr 26, p 21 Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, May 17, p 9; 24, p 19, 22; June 7, p 26; 28, p 19 American and English comparisons, May 24, p 23 American Appraisal Company, Apr 12, p 46 American Axe & Tool Company, May May 17, p 47 American Bridge Company, May 17, p 39; 24, p 25 American Car & Foundry Apr 5, p 17 American Casting Machine Company, Apr 12, p 10 American Foundrymen’s Association, Convention, June 7, p 23; 14, p5 American Machinery Company, Apr 5, Company, American Ordnance Company, ment, May 24, p 19 American Radiator Company, Mar 8, p 3 American Rolling Mill Company, Mar 29, p 3; June 28, p 4 American Sheet Steel Company, Mar 29, p 32; Apr 5, p 32; 12, p 36; May 3, p 40; 17, p 38; June 28, p 19 American Smelting & Refining Com- pany, Jan 4, p 41 American Society of Mechanical En- gineers, Apr 26, p 30; May 17, p 37; 24, p 14 American Steel & Wire Company: Annual meeting, Feb 22, p 29 Board of Directors, May 17, p 10 Circular issued by Executive Commit- tee, Feb 8, p 33 Officers, Mar 1, p 5 Rod mill strike, Jan 18, p 17 American Steel Hoop Company, Mar 15, p 4; May 24, p 34; June 28, p7 State- INDEX. Illustrated articles indicated by *. American Steel Tank Company, Apr 19, p 2 American Tin Plate Company: — meeting, Jan 18, p 23; Feb 1, p 31 Engineering department, Feb 1, p 5 American Tool Works Company: Crank shaper, May 17, p 1 Inspection records, Mar 1, p 16 Annealing malleable cast iron, Mar 8, p 20; May 3, p 25 Anvil, Jewelers’; Jan 4, p 78* Arbitration agreement in the machinery trade, May 24, p 24; 31, p 21; June 14, p 28 Arbor press, Star, May 31, p 11* Argentine Republic as a market, Apr 5, p 9 Arkansas Retail Hardware Dealers’ As- sociation, June 21, p 46 Armor plate: British armor plate prices, May 10, p 12 Experiments with soft capped projec- tiles, May 17, p 17 Government plant, Apr 12, p 8; 26, p 3; May 17, p 21; June 21, p 20 Armstrong planer tool, Jan 25, p 13* Arnold magnetic clutch, Feb 1, p 8* Artesian well at Paris, Jan 25, p 14 Asbury, C. W., Address, June 21, p 54 Associations of hardware merchants, State, List of, May 3, p 50a Atherton Machine Works, Sale of, May 24, p 19 Atkinson, Col. B. F., Address, June 21, p 52 Auger, Bonney hollow, Jan 11, p 48* Aultman rock crusher, Mar 1, p 15* Austin dam failure, Apr 12, p 16 Australian letters, Jan 18, p 43; Feb 8, p 55; Mar 15, p 48; 29, p 2; Apr 12. p 16, 48; 26, p 42; June 21, p » Australian tariff conference, Jan 11, p 9 Automobile forgings, B. & S8., Feb 22, p 64* Automobiles: Greater than the automobile, Mar 1, p 3) New York Cycle show, Jan 25, p 19 Record of Columbia vehicle, Jan 4, p 15 Auto-sparker for gas engines, Mar 8, p 5* Axle, Porter dust proof, Mar 15, p 51* B. Baby jumper and rocking chair, June 14, p 54* Baker, J. F., Portrait, Mar 8, p 50 Baker tapping machine, with special screw feed for the spindle, Feb. 22, p 5* Baldwin-Westinghouse electric locomo- tive, June 14, p 1* Ball bearing wheels, Jan 4, p 77* Bank circulation, Increasing, Mar 22, p17 Bank circulation and the surplus, Apr 19, p 18 Bankruptcy law, Jan 18, p 4; Feb 8, p 3; 22 p 8, 40 Banquets of the trade, Jan 4, p 59; 11, p 42 Bard adjustable bushing for die stocks, Apr 5, p 9* Barker, O. B., Address, June 21, p 55 Barker & Chard lathe turret attach- ment, June 28, p 13* Barnes, C. N.: Address, Feb 22, p 50 Portrait, Mar 1, p 50* Barnes upright drill, Tune 28, p 7* Barnett, Henry, Death, May 31, p 40* Barnett, S., Market wire and steel spe- cialties, June 14, p 50 Barrow tray, Champion, Mar 15, p 50* Bauer, F. W., Silicon in ferrosilicon, Mar 22, p 3; May 31, p 11 Baush & Harris drill, Feb 22, p 12* Bayley automatic steam trap, Feb 15, p 14* Bearings, Railway, May 31, p 6* Beaudry power hammer, Feb 22, p 9* Becker-Brainard vertical spindle mill- ing machine, May 3, p 10* Beef shaver, Enterprise improved, May 24, p 52* Belgium, Introduction of American fuel in, June 14, p 15 Belt conveyor, Jeffrey Century, Jan 25, p 14* Bement, Miles & Co.’s machines, Feb 8, p 1*; 15 p 1* Bench hook and vise, Feb 8, p 56* Bench stop, Wilcox steel, Feb 22, p 63* Benjamin, C. H., Friction of steam packings, Mar 22, p 8* Berghauser, W. E., Portrait, Mar 1, »p 6OS* Berlin Iron Bridge Company, plant, Apr 19, p 2 Berthier method of coal calorimetry, Apr 19, p 14* Bertrand-Thiel process, Mar 22, p 6 Besly band grinder, Feb 22, p 14* Bessemer Coke Company, Mar 22, p 12 Bicycle brake, New Departure, May 24, p 50* Bicycle mud guard, Feb 15, p 69* Bicycle bells: Bevin automobile, Feb 8, p 57* Mossberg bells, Mar 15, p 52* Bicycle lamps: Banner acetylene gas, Feb 8, p 58* Bridgeport acetylene, Feb 22, p 63* Bundy lamp, Jan 18, p 51* Dietz, May 10, p 46* Eclipse acetylene, Jan 4, p 78* Funke acetylene gas, Apr 26, p 49* 1900 Solar acetylene, Mar 8, p 63* Bicycle pedal, Velox, Mar 22, p 53* Bicycle pumps. (See Tire pumps.) Bigelow, 8. A., Address, Mar 22, p 43 Bindley, John, Address, Mar 22, p 40 Bischoff clinched pipe, Jan 25, p 11* Bit, Grand Rapids triple, Jan 11, p 48* Bittel, William, Local organization, Mar 8, p 58 Blast furnace gas in the blowing engine, May 24, p 20* Blast furnace stoves, Kennedy valves, Feb 1, p 16* Blast furnaces: Brown automatic charging machine, Apr 12, p 1* Brown hoist, Apr 12, p 1* List of German furnaces, June 14, p 13; 21, p 15 New Columbus furnaces, May 3, p 16” Record at Granite City, Mar 22, p 16; Apr 26, p 12 Stewart gas, Jan 11, p 13* Blind slat holder, May 17, p 52* Bliss, E. W., & Co.: Double crank press, Apr 19, p 3* Double geared press, Jan 25, p 9 New type of press, Apr 5, p 13* Slitting shear, June 7, p 13* Straight sided wiring press, May 3, p 9* Block Star pattern malleable iron, Feb 1, p 52* Blowing engines: Buckeye, June 7, p 10* Engine worked by blast furnace gas, May 24, p 20* New @ a) SS THE IRON AGE. iii Blue print machine, Curved glass, Jan 18, p 15* Boat, Viking folding canvas, June 7, p 48* Bogardus, W. P.: Address, Mar 8, p 42 Portrait, Mar 8, p 48 Boiler rooms, Removal of dust from, Mar 15, p 17* or a radial water tube, Feb 11* Bolt pas shield, Diamond expansion, Apr 12, p 48* Bolts, Revised lists, Jan 4, p 57 Bommer Brothers, Brooklyn, Model fac- tory, Mar 1, p 6* Bonney, F. E., Do mercantile interests demand a change in our monetary system? Mar 1, p 45 Book reviews: Benner’s Prophecies, Jan 18, p 36 Copper Manual, Jan 18, p 36 Fire Proofing of Steel Buildings, J. K. Freitag, Jan 18, p 36 Flame, Electricity and the Camera, George Lles, June 14, p 39 Kelly’s Directory, June 14, p 39 Report on the Mines of Quebec, June 14, p 39 Seeger & Guernsey’s Cyclopedia, Jan 18, p 36 Boring and turning mill, General Blec- tric Company, Jan 18, p 3*; 25, p 1* Boring machines: Hoefer multiple, Jan 4, p 31* Lucas & Gliem horizontal, Apr 12, p Q* Vuston Gear Works, Feb 1, p 10 Bo, 1, R. W., Portrait, Feb 1, p 43* or ckets: radley steel, Apr 19, p 46* Folding, May 17, p 50* . trnddock Machine & Mfg. Company, Feb 22, p 33 Brainard gear cutter, June 28, p 8* Grass industry in the Naugatuck Valley, Feb 15, p 20 Brelsford, C. W.: 'uying of unfriendly jobbers, Feb. 15, p 44f Portrait, Feb 22, p 41* By handler, Little Giant, May 10, p “* Peicce Puilding, Rapid work in Eng- nd, Feb 1, p 18 rid; +s: New East River, Specifications for steel and masonry approaches, May 3, p 28 Lawrence River, at Quebec, May 3, p 41 Bridgeport Brass Company, May 10, p 12 Bristol round recording gauge, Jan 4, p . 13* British Iron and Steel Institute, May 3, p 9 British loan, America subscribing to, Mar 15, p 1% Broiler, Ideal, Jan 4, p 76* Brooklyn Navy Yard: Lathes arranged tandem fashion, Feb Loi Machine tool bids, Jan 4, p 47 Broom, Japanese fiber, May 3, p 51* Brown, Archer, Pig iron in 1899 and 1900, Jan 4, p 34 Brown automatic furnace charging ma- chine, Apr 12, p 1* Brush holder, Palmtag, June 28, p 47* Bucket, Peerless foundry, May 31, p 47 Buckeye blowing engine, June 7, p 10* Buffalo Exposition, May 24, p 13 Buffalo Forge Company, Mar 1, p 14 Builders’ hardware, Sale of, Jan 25, p 40 Building trade, Chicago dispute, Jan 4, p 45; Feb 1, p 4; Mar 15, p 19 Buildings, Rust protection of, Jan 18, p2 ue ry and sizer, Ideal, Apr p 48* Bull war Thlectric Mfg. Company, June -i 0 p 7 Bung et Bs Twin, Feb 8, p 58* Bunting, C. H., Death of, Mar 29, p 37 Burditt & Williams’ anniversary, Apr 5, p 46; May 10, p 43 Burnham drills, Jan 11, p 14*; Feb 1, p 13* Burr, S. D. V., The most perfect ma- "chine shop, Jan 4, p 1*; 11, p 1°; 18, p 3*; 25, os Feb 1, p 3°; 8, p 1°; is > Bushing, Bard <A Be Apr 5, p 9* Business methods: Buying of novelties, Feb 22, p 52 Buying of unfriendly sopbers, Feb 15, p 44d, 44€ Cash business, Feb 8, p 46 Cash or credit system, Mar 1, p 62 Changed business conditions, Feb 22, p 47 Competition in trade, Feb 22, p 57 Co-operative buying, Feb 15, p 44f; Mar 8, p 59 Credits in the retail business, Jan 18, p 41 Developing employees, June 14, p 49 Biemonts of success in business, Feb 22, p 54 How to increase business, Feb 15, p 64 Manufacturers’ costs, Mar 29, p 36 Manufacturers’ methods, Apr 12, p 44 Practical suggestions, Feb 22, p 41 Relation of expenses to profits, Mar 8, p 42; 29, p 35 Retailers’ point of view, June 28, p 44 Starting in business, June 14, p 51 Stock taking and dead stock, Mar 8, p 44 Business situation: Changed business conditions, Apr 12, p 19 Failures, 1875-99, Jan 11, p 27 The new year, Jan 4, p 38 War, The waste of, Apr 12, p 20 (See also Finance.) Buying of novelties, Feb 22, p 52 C. Caldwell, H. W., & Son Company, Jan 25. p 11 Camp, J. M., Laboratory notes, Mar 1, pi7 Can opener, Cyclone, Mar 15, p 50* Canada: Fire at Ottawa, May 3, p 25 Iron and steel developments, Apr 12, p 20 Mineral production in 1899, Mar 22, p 15 Canadian hardware business, Growth of, May 31, p 44. Canadian news: Algoma Central Railway, Concession to, May 10, p 7 British Columbia mineral production, June 21, p 2 Commodity rates restored, Mar 8, p 4 Cramp Ontario Steel Company, May 31, p 13 Export duty on nickel, Feb 1, p 16 Furnace by-laws in Fort William, Jan 11, p 12 Hamilton and the nickel industry, Mar 8, p 4 Iron and steel works in North Sydney, Feb 22, p 15 New iron and steel projects, Feb 15, p 18 Niagara power franchise, Apr 19, p 16 Nova Scotia Iron & Steel Company, Mar 15, p 9; 22, p 22; May 24, p 9 Ontario mineral output, May 17, p 8 Ontario mineral tax, May 3, p 26 Ontario mines bill, Apr 26, p 5 Orford Copper Company’s process, Mar 22, p 22 Sault Ste. Marie, New works at, Apr 12, p 10 Steel shipbuilding, May 10, p 7 Sudbury mines, Jan 25, p 12 Tariff changes, Apr 5, p 11 Works at the Sault, Jan 11, p 12 Canners and the tin plate tariff, Feb 22, p 14 Canons support for bed, Feb 8, p 57* Car building in 1899, Jan 4, p 29 Carnegie Company: New charter, Mar 29, p 17. i” companies organized, Apr 5, p New plant at Duquesne, Pa., Apr 12, ps Ore transportation interests, Apr 12, p7 Carnegie-Frick disagreement, Feb 15, p 23; 22, p 17, 20; Mar 1, p 21; 15, p 14; 29, p 16, 17 Carnegie Steel Company, lMechanical ore unloaders, Feh 1, p 22 Carolinas, Hardware association in the, May 10, p 43 Carrier, Ney’s merchandise, June 21, p 64* Carson iron mine changes, Jan 11, p 8 Carulla, F. J. R., Ingots for gun tubes and propeller shafts, June 21, p 37 Cary, A. A., Removal of dust from boil- er rooms, Mar 15, p 17* Casey, C. H., Advertising methods, Feb 1, p 47* Cash business methods, Feb 8, p 46 Cash or credit system, Mar 1, p 62 Cash registers: Monitor, Feb 1, p 53* Multiple compartment, May 31, p 47* Cast iron: Annealing malleable cast iron, Mar 8, p 20; May 3, p 25 Diffusion of sulphur in malleable cast- ings, May 3, p 25; 10, p 20. Mixing and melting of. iron for hy- draulic work, June 7, p 23 page, of malleable iron, Apr 12, pli Standardizing the testing of cast iron, June 14, p 6 Casting, large, made in Greater New York, Mar 15, p 1* nn machine, Hartman, June 28, p 0 Caswell, E. A., Lead market in 1899, Jan 4, p 29 amen house competition, May 31, p 44 Catalogues, Baker system of keeping, June 14, p 47* Cattaraugus Cutlery Company, Feb 1, p 50; May 3, p 47* Ceiling, Test of fireproof, London, Jan 4,p 19 Cement construction, May 3, p 28 Central American notes, May 31, p 5; June 7, p 12 Chalk line, Jansen automatic, Apr 26, p 48* Chamberlain, P. M., A curved glass blue print machine, Jan 18, p 15* Chamberlin, W. E., Address, Feb 22, p 57 Champion Iron & Steel Works, Mar 8, p 21 Champlin, J. B. F., May 3, p 49* Chapin, H. C., Portrait, Feb 15, p 44c* Charcoal bar crop ends, Duty on, Mar 8, pd Charcoal pig iron regaining favor, Mar 1,p19 Chareoal tin plates, Classification of, Apr 12, p 10 Cherry seeder, Peck, Stow & Wilcox, May 10, p 49* Chicago building trade: Prospects for settlement of difficul- ties, Feb 1, p 4 Right to work, Mar 15, p 19 Text of agreement, Jan 4, p 45 Chicago drainage canal, Jan 11, p 17; 25, p 18. Chicago Flexible Shaft Company, Jan 11, p13 Chicago machinists’ strike, Mar 1, p 5; 8, p 17, 33; 22, p 20; 29, p 31; Apr 5, p 15 Chicago Malleable Castings Company, June 14, p 29 Chicago Retail Hardware Dealers’ As- gociatic , Feb 8, p 41 China, American enterprise, May 31, p 22 Chinese as iron and steel manufactur- ers, June 14, p 2 iv THE IRON AGE. Chisholm & Moore Mfg. Company, Apr | Corporate rights, Interstate, Mar 29, p | Door holders: 12, pill 16 Little Giant, Mar 29, p 45* Chucks, Split, for holding step cone, Mar 8, p 1* Churn, Aspinwall, Mar 8, p 63* Cincinnati Hardware Association, May 17, p 44 Cincinnati Milling Company, Special methods and appliances, Apr 26, p 1*; Sup* Cincinnati molders, Apr 19, p 33 Cincinnati triple geared rack June 28, p 10* Cincinnati upright drill, Feb 8, p 12* Clamps: Graphic ball socket camera, May 31, p 47* Ideal ball bearing, June 7, p 16* Saw clamp, Disston, June 21, p 62 Clark, J. L.., Death, Mar 15, p 44* Cleveland, H. 8., Elements of success in business, Feb 22, p 54 Cleveland labor situation, Apr 19, p 33; 26, p 18; May 3, p 41 shaper, Cleveland’s manufacturing interests, Mar 8, p 52 C'utches: Arnold magnetic, Feb 1, p 8* Bb. & C. friction, Apr 19, p 6* Coal: American coal in Germany, Mar 15, p2 Coal statistics; “The empty coal cel- lar,’ May 10, p 19 Production of U. S. and Gt. 1870-98, Mar 1, p 20 Production of U. S. in 1899, Apr 26, p9 Coal calorimetry, Berthier method, Apr 19, p 14* Coal mine wages, Feb 8, p 20; Mar 29, p 15 Coal picks, Howard, Jan 11, p 46* Coaling station, New London, Jan 18, p 1* Coaster and brake, Universal, May 10, p 49* Loring, Eighty-eighth Apr 26, p 40* Coffee mill, X-ray, Mar 15, p 51* Coffee pot, Peerless steam, May 24, p 50* Coin machinery, Mar 8, p 11* Coke, Phosphorus in, Mar 1, p 17 Coke consolidation, May 31, p 34 Coke trade in 1899, Jan 18, p 7 Coking process, Hemingway, Jan 18, p 13* Cole, H. A.: Address, Feb 15, p 44 Portrait, Mar 15, p 46 Columbia & Electrical pany, Jan 4, p 15 Columbus blast furnaces, May 3, p 16* Competition in trade Feb 22, p 57 Compressor, Stallman ammonia, Jan 11, p v* Consolidation (See Trusts) Consular service of the United States, May 3, p 24 Continuous system as applied to the rolling of merchant steel, Jan 18, p 9* Contracts, Standing to, June 21, p 22 Controllers, Dinkey, Mar 22, p 13*; June 28, p 5* Cook, A. E., Portrait, Mar 1, p 53* Cooper, E. L., Death, June 7, p 45* Co-operative buying, Feb 15, p 44f; Mar 8, p 59 Co-operative insurance, Mar 1, p 74 Cope, G. W., Chicago iron trade in 1899, Jan 4, p 16 Copper: Aluminum as a competitor, June 14, p 26g Developments in 1899 and the outlook, Jan 4, p 36 Increased production of world, 12, p 19 Lake Superior news, Mar 15, p 33 Russian industry, June 28, p 12 Copper rolling mill consolidation, Feb i, p21 Corey, M. L., Address, Feb 15, p 56 Cork pull, Showel, Mar 15, p 50* Corn shock compressor, Apr 5, p 52* Britain, Conn., Coes, birthday, Vehicle Com- Apr Cosgrove, J. R. S., Portrait, Feb 15, p 49* Coshocton Rolling Mill Company, Jan 4, p 15; Feb 15, p 16 Costello, W. B., Memorial address, Mar 8, p 55 Costs, Manufacturers’, Mar 29, p 36 Cottey, I. D., Portrait, Mar 1, p 68* Coxey Steel Casting Company, Apr 26, p 5 Cramps purchase Hillman shipbiluing plant, Mar 29, p 15 Cranes: Gantry crane for General Company, Mar 15, p 12* General Electric Company, Jan. 4, p9 Pawling & Harnischfeger, May 3, p 1* Crank shaper, Back geared, American Tool Works Company, May 17, p 1* Creamery Package Mfg. Company, Jan 11, p9 Credits in the retail business, How to control them, Jan 18, p 41 Crimper and seamer, Rudolphi & Krum- mel, Apr 26, p 13* Crissey, 8S. A., Portrait, Mar 8, p 58 Crowe mechanical stoker, Mar 1, p 18 Crozing, chamfering and equalizing ma- chine, Gerlach, May 10, p 4* Crucibles, Graphite, May 10, p 9; 24, p 5; June 14, p 26e Crushing rolls, Edison three-high, Jan 4, p 28* Crystallization of metals, June 14, p 16* Cuban tariff, New, May 17, p 18 Cullen Brothers & Lewis Steel Com- pany, Feb 8, p 24 Cunningham, R. P., The mixing and melting of iron for hydraulic work, June 7, p 23 Cupola practice in Bessemer works, June 21, p 19* Currency (See Finance) Curry, Henry M., Death, May 10, p 21* Cutting off machine, Newton combina- tion cold saw, Apr 12, p 12* D. Dalion ditch digging machine, Jan 4, p 14* Dame, Stoddard & Co., Jan 4, p 69 Damon & Gould Company, Advertising methods, Mar 29, p 38* Daniell, H., Address, Apr 5, p 43 Davidson, H. P., Portrait, Mar 8, p 51 Davis, G. C., Annealing malleable cast iron, Mar 8, p 20 Dean steam pumps, May 3, p 15* Defiance mortising machine, May 17, p 9* Delaware Forge & Steel Company, June 28, p 5 Demeter, E. A., Portrait, Mar 1, p 69* Department of Commerce and Indus- tries, Jan 25, p 9; Feb 1, p 9 Department stores, C. T. Miller’s ad- dress, Mar 1, p 43 Die, Adjustable round, May 24, p 52* Die stock, Forbes, Apr 26, p 11* Dill, J. B., Dangerous tendencies in re- cent consolidations, Jan 11, p 5 Dillon-Griswold Wire Company, May 10, p 4 Dinkey controllers, Mar 22, p 13*; June 28, p 5* Discount sheet, Convenient form, Apr 26, p 44* Disk grinder, Ransom, Jan 18, p 11* Disk slotter, Hubbell, Apr 26, p 9* Display stand, Revolving, Jan 25, p 47* Disston, H. C., June 21, p 44* Ditch digging machine, Jan 4, p 14* Dock, Ore, Eastern Minnesota, June 21, p 11* Dock thread cutting lathe tool, Mar 22, p 1* Donahue ball bearing sheave, June 7, p 15* Donnan, John, Address, June 21, p 59d Door hangers: Atlas, Feb 15, p 69* Freeport, Mar 22, p 51* Myers’ Stayon flexible, May 24, p 51* Wilcox swivel bearing, Jan 4, p 75* Electric steel Winn’s ball bearing, June 14, p 54 Doten, H. L., Address, Mar 22, p 39 Downs, W. F., The occurrence, treat- ment and application of graphite, Apr 19, p 8; May 3, p 3; 10, p 9; 24, p 5; June 14, p 26e Doxsee, C. M., Advertising, Feb 15, p 44g; Mar 29, p 39*; Apr 26, p43 Draw hook, Molders’, May 31, p 48* Drill grinders: Eames electric driven, Jan 4, p 35* Worcester Universal, June 7, p 9* Yankee, Feb 1, p 14* Driil rods, Duty on, Feb 1, p 7 Drilling machines: Barnes upright drill, June 28, p 7* Bausch & Harris 24-spindle drill, Feb 22, p 12* Cincinnati upright drill, Feb 8, p 12* Hoefer 25-inch drill, Apr 19, p 1* Newton, Feb 15, p 1* Drills: Burnham drills, Jan 11, p 14*; Feb 1, p 13* Millers Falls breast drill, May 24, p 49* Duff gas producer, Mar 8, p 18 Dust, Removal from boiler rooms, Mar 15, p 17* Duties. (See Tariff.) Duval Metallic Packing Company, Feb 15, p 11 E. Eagle, Cutlery, Mar 8, p 37* Eames drill grinder, Jan 4, p 35* Earll, William, Portrait, Feb 1, p 42* East Tennessee Retail Hardware and Implement Dealers’ Association, Jan 25, p 43; Mar 15, p 42 Eastern New York and Vermont Hard- ware and Iron Association, May 24, p 45 Eastern Shipbuilding Company, Mar 22, pds Eberhardt sand mixer and sifter, June 1, 0 1° Edison three-high rolls, Jan 4, p 28* Education of mechanical engineers, Jan 4, p 40 Egg boiler, Peerless, May 17, p 51* Kight-hour labor bill, Mar 1, p 8; 15, p 35; 22, p 14; 29, p 10; Apr 5, p 15; 19, p 4; May 3, p 18; 24, p 38; June 28, p 16 Electric charging machines, Wellman, May 31, p 23 Electric controllers: C. &. H. reversible, Feb 15, p 11* Dinkey ventilated, June 28, p 5* Electric emery grinder, June 28, p 11* Electric fan with direct connected in- closed motor, Feb 1, p 12* Electric motors, Bullock, June 21, p 7* Electric railways, Manchester, England, Jan 4, p9 Electric transmission in factories and mills, May 17, p 38 Electricity: Advance in the use of, Jan 4, p 18 Is it dutiable? Jan 4, p 41 Elevated railroad, Rapid erection, Chi- cago, Jan 4, p 45 Ely, S. P., Death, June 21, p 26* Emery grinder, Multispeed electric, June 28, p 11* Emery wheel, Schofield, Mar 22, p 54* Employee envelope, Lane & Bodley, Company, Feb 22, p 10 Employees: Developing employees, June 14, p 49 Employers collecting union dues, May 24, p 22 Engelhardt, G. A.: Co-operative buying, Mar 8, p 59 Portrait, Mar 8, p 57 Engine Builders’ Association of the United States, May 24, p 23 Engine governor, Monarch, May 31, Pp 13* ingineers, Education of mechanical, Jan 4, p 40 Engines: Blowing engine worked by blast fur- nace gas, May 24, p 20* THE IRON AGE. Vv ——— Engines (continued): Buckeye blowing engine, June 7, p 10* Mietz & Weiss pumping and power en- gine, June 7, p 14* Reheaters in multiple cylinder en- gines, May 4, p 14 (See also Gas engines.) England’s imports of iron and metals, Jan 25, p 29 English letters, Jan 11, p 39; 18, p 47; Feb 22, p 61 Evans, H. O., Shrinkage of malleable iron castings, Apr 12, p 17 Exhaust steam heating, Thermostatic valve, Apr 19, p 11* Expenses and profits, The relation of, Mar 8, p 42; 29, p 35 Export trade: American manufacturers and foreign trade, Jan 18, p 46, 47; Feb 1, p 17, 18, 19; 15, p 22 Asiatic and Oceanic trade, May 24, p 37 England’s exports of iron and metals, Jan 25, p 29 Export news, Apr 26, p 12 Foreign trade of United States dur- ing March, Apr 19, p 17 Industrial consolidations and the ex- port trade, Mar 8, p 3 International balance of trade, May 10, p 18 Our relations with Apr 5, p 19 Trade and currency, June 21, p 33 Where co-operation is needed, Jan 25, p 16 Wind mill exports, Apr 12, p 14 Wire exports, May 10, p 44 Wire nails; Mar 22, p 3 Export trade literature, Apr 5, p 18 Latin America, F. Factory, Model, Bommer Brooklyn, Mar 1, p 6* Failing, Edward, Death, Feb 15, p 43* Brothers, Failures, Commercial, 1875-1899, Jan 12. p 2 Fans: Buffalo, electrically driven, Mar 1, p 14* Sturtevant ventilating, June 14, p 18* Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Co., Jan. 4, p 59 Fawcett, Waldon: Competitive conditions in steel ship- building, Jan 18, p 18 Hulett automatic ore unloader, Apr 5, p 1* Newest practice in American shipyard appliances, Feb 22, p 10 Retrospect and outlook in marine en- gineering, Mar 29, p 12 Steam shovels in iron ore operations, May 10, p 1* Federal Industrial Commission, Feb 15, p 4; Mar 1, p 20; 8, p 12; June 14, p 28 Federal Steel Company, Apr 5, p 22 Feed rod operation on Cincinnati lathe, Mar 29, p 9* Fence builder, Barb wire, Apr 12, p 49* Fence tool, Combination, Feb 22, p 64* Fencing: Experiments with May 3, p 50b Griswold wire fencing, Apr 26, p 47* Manufacture of wire fencing, Mar 8, Dp Re: Sup* Wire fencing vs. barbed wire, Mar 22, p 38 lenner gas engine, Jan 4, p 20* Ferracute presses, May 24, p 6*; June 14, p 14* Ferrochrome, Duty on, Feb 15, p 5 File, Lord saw, June 21, p 62* Finance: Bank circulation, Increasing, Mar 22, p 17. Bank circulation and the surplus, Apr 19, p 18 Bankruptcy law. Jan 18, p 4; Feb 8, p 3; 22, p 8, 40 British loan, America’s subscription to, Mar 15, p 19 railroad fencing, Finance (continued): e Change in the money market, Jan 25, p17 Consolidations and the money market, Jan 4, p 14 Currency movements, May 17, p 21 Do mercantile interests demand a change in our monetary system? Mar 1, p 45 Gold standard bill, Feb 22, p 16 Refunding and the banks, Mar 8, p by Oe Revenue and the currency, June 7, p Surplus and the bank circulation, Apr 19, p 18 Trade and currency, June 21, p 22 Fire at Ottawa and Hull, Canada, May 3, Dp 25 Fire extinguisher, Mar 29, p 46* Fire insurance, Mutual, Feb. 15, p 51 Fire sprinkler, International automatic, Jan 18, p 16* Fireproof construction tests, Jan 4, p 19 Flag staff holder, June 21, p 64* Flasks, Foundry, June 7, p 24 Flies, Suggestions concerning the study of, May 3, p 50 Fly and mosquito killers, May 10, p 46*; June 28, p 48* Fly wheel, Repairing a broken, Mar 15, 3* Foot, J. D., A manufacturer among job- bers, June 21, p 57 Forbes die stock, Apr 6, p 11* Foundry chemists: Should he be a practical melter? 12, p 16 Training of, June 14, p 7 Foundry flasks, June 7, p 24 Foundry management, June 14, p 26b Foundries: Fuel ratio, the real, June 7, p 25 Mixing and melting of iron, June 7, p 23 Foundrymen in convention at Chicago, June 7, p 23; 14, p 5 Fouts, C. C., Portrait, Mar 8, p 53 Frankfurth, William, Hardware. Com- pany, Jan 11, p 42 Freight rate changes, Apr 5, p 6; May 3, p 22; June 21, p 5 Frick, H. C., Coke Company, Jan 11, p 27 Tulane automatic, London, Apr Friction clutch, B. & C., Apr. 19, p 6* Friction of. steam packings, Mar 22, p R* Frier, Taylor, Portrait, Mar 1, p 67* Frost Wire Fence Company, Jan 11, p 42; May 3, p 50b Fuel, American, in Belgium, June 14, p 15 Fuel ratio in foundries, June 7, p 25 Fuller Mfg. Company, Feb. 1, p 14; May 31, p 2 Furnace hoists, Electric, June 28, p 34* G. Gaff hook, Marble automatic, Mar 22, p 53* Gardner, H. B., Portrait, Feb 15, p 49* yarry Iron & Steel Roofing Co* pany, New plant, Mar 15, p 11* companies, Consolidations of, 26, p 20 Gas engine hot tube as an ignition ing device, May 24, p 15* Gas engines: Auto sparker, Mar 8, p 5* Fenner engine, Jan 4, p 20* Weber hoisting engine, Mar 22, p 5* Gas producer, Duff, Mar 8, p 18 Gate, Monarch farm and railway, 29, p 45* Gauge, Bristol recording, Jan 4, p 13* .Gay, H. M., Experience of a commercial traveler, Feb 15, p 60 Gear cutter, Brainard, June 28, p 8* Gear testing machine, Dreses, Mueller & Co., Apr 5, p 10* Gears, Boston compensating bevel, Feb 1, p 10 General Electric Company: Annual report, Apr 26, p 31 Perfect machine shop, Jan 4, p 1*; 11, Gas Apr tim- Mar General Electric Company (continued): p 1*; 18, p 3*; 25. p 1*; Feb 1, p 3*; 8, p 1%; 15 yp 1* Gerlach bilge saw and stave crozing machine, May 10, p 4* Germany: Iron industries of, May 31, p 3; June qT, p 2; 14, p 19; 21, p 14 Shipping trade, Jan 4, p 39 Gilmour, E. B., Crystallization of metals, June 14, p 16* Gladding, N. A., Courage, confidence and consistency, June 21, p 58 stlobe-Wernicke Company, May 31, p 40 Goettsche, Ehler, Death, Jan 11, p 42*; Mar 8, p 55 Gold production, 1896-99, Jan 25, p 12 Gold standard bill, Feb 22, p 16 Goldsmith, N. O., Water softening plant of Lorain Steel Company, June 14, p 2* Goodman Mfg. Company, May 10, p7 Gordinier, H. W., Advertising methods, Apr 26, p 43* Gould & Eberhardt, Newark, worm and spiral gearings, May 17, p 11* Gouverneur rotary rock crusher, May 10, p 38* Governor, Engine, Monarch, May 31, p 13* Graduates, Technical, Employment of, Mar 29, p 16 Grand Crossing Tack Company, New plant, Mar 22, p 11* Grant & Crowell, Advertising methods, Mar 29, p 38* Graphite, The occurrence, treatment and application of, Apr 19, p 8; May 3, p 3; 10, p 9; 24, p 5; June 14, p 26e Gray, G. M., Portrait, Mar 8, p 48 Gray & Dudley Hardware Company, Jan 4, p 59 Great Lakes, Raising the levels of, Mar 22, p 7 Great Northern Railroad, Employees’ stock benefit, May 17, p 39 Green, J. A.: Outlook in the iron trade, Jan 4, p 32 The past and future of pig iron, May 17, p 2 Greiner, A., Blowing engine worked by blast furnace gas, May 24, p 20* Grinder, Knife and tool, Jan 25, p 45* May 10, p 48*; June 14, p 54* Grinding machines: Besly band grinder, Feb 22, p 14* Drill grinders, Jan 4, p 35; Feb 1, p 14*; June 7, p 9* Multispeed electric emery grinder, June 28, p 11* Ransom disk grinder, Jan 18, p 11* Springfield surface grinder, Feb 1, p 1h* Grindstone, E. Prentiss, Hardware broker, May 17, p 45; 24, p 43; 31, p 41; June 7, p 44; 14, p 49; 21, p 43; 28, p 45 Grindstones, Ball bearing, Apr 26, p 47* Guatemala, Mining concessions, June 28, p 7 Gun tubes, Ingots for, June 21, p 37 Guns: Harrington & Richardson, May 3, p 52* I. J. top snap single gun, June 21, p 63* Winchester model 1900, May 10, p 48* Gurney wood pulley, May 3, p 14* Gutman, G. A., Portrait, Feb 1, p 43* H. Halverson, Nick, Portrait, Mar 1, p 53* Hammers: Beaudry power hammer, Feb 22, p 9* Hilbert-Freiberg power post hammer, May 31, p 13* Rudolphi & Krummel horning ham- mers, June 7, p 8* Hammocks, Palmer, and accessories, Jan 25, p 48* Hand jointer, Oliver, 20-inch, May 3, p 13* Hangers, Clothes, Apr 19, p 4#** May 3, p 53* vi Hangers, Door. (See Door hangers.) Hanging Rock Iron Company, Apr 12, p 33 Harbster, Matthau, May 24, p 42* Hardware Association of the City of New York, Jan 4, p 69 Hardware associations: Local organization and its benefits, Mar 8, p 57 Work of retail associations, Feb 1, p 40 Hardware exhibits at National Export Exposition, Jan 11, p 40*; 18, p 44*; 25, p 388*; Feb 15, p 53* Hardware invoice, Old, May 31, p 43 Hardwaremen, Trials of, June 21, p 44 Hardware trade: American hardware in Europe, Jan 18, p 47; 25, p 40; Feb 22, p 61; Mar 29, p 41 Competition, Mar 1, p 59 Country retailer’s superior advantages in trade, Mar 1, p 58 Courage, confidence and consistency, June 21, p 58 Effect of advance in prices on retail trade, Mar 1, p 70 English methods, May 17, p 46 Europe, Jan 11, p 39 Manufacturer among jobbers, June 21, p 57 Manufacturers’ point of view, Apr 19, p 43 Manufacturers’ statistics, Apr 19, p S Observations about expansion, Mar 1, p 56 Percentage of profit on different lines, May 17, p 46 Prices cut by jobbers, Apr 12, p 40 Quantity discounts, June 21, p 59¢ Reports from retail hardware mer- chants in different parts of the country, Apr 19, p 39; 26, p 41; May 10, p 41 Review of market in 1899, Jan 4, p 54e, 60 Road conditions, June 21, p 59a Scrapping for trade, June 21, p 59b Short sighted policy of manufactur- ers, Jan 18, p 48 Some wrongs which Mar 1, p 55 Terms of sale from a manufacturer's standpoint, June 21, p 59 Harney, P. E., Portrait, May 1, p 66* Harris, E. L., Portrait, Mar 8, p 50* Harris, J. F. W., Strength of steel balis, Jan 18, p 19 Harrison, Frank, Mar 8, p 51 Hart, G. O., & Son, Apr 12, p 42* Hartman casting machine, June 28, p 20 Hartshorne, Joseph, Notes on the Ber- trand-Thiel process, Mar 22, p 6 Hatch, A. C., Mutual fire insurance, Feb 15, p 51 Hawaiian Islands, Domestic prices to, June 28, p 39 Hay-Budden Mfg. Company, Mar 8, p 62 need righting, Heating, Hot water heating from a cen- tral station, May 17, p 4*, 37 Heins, Arthur, Portrait, Feb 8, p 49* Helgesen, H. T., Portrait, Mar 1, p 50* Hemingway coking process, Jan 18, p 13* Hering, Louis, Jr., Portrait, Mar 1, p . 69* Hessel, John, Portrait, Feb 22, p 36* Heymann Sucesores hardware store, Mexico, Jan 4, p 71* EFilbert-Freiberg power post hammer, May 31, p 13* Hinges: Easy spring hinge, Jan 4, p 78* Floor spring hinge, June 28, p 47* New Idea double acting spring hinge, Apr 5, p 49* Hirst, William, The design of passes for wire rods, May 10, p 14* Hobson, Thomas, The Philadelphia iron trade in 1899, Jan 4, p 10 Hoe, Jenkins, Jan 11, p 46* Hoefer Mfg. Company, Jan 4, p 31; Feb 1, p 6*; Apr 19, p 1* THE IRON AGE. Hoepfner Refining Company, Hamilton, Canada, Feb 1, p 16 : Hoisting engine, Weber gasoline, Mar 22, p 5* Hoists: Electrie furnace, June 28, p 34* Moore pneumatic motor and chain and geared hoists, Apr 12, p 11* Horseshoe stud, Neuss, Jan 11, p 47* Hot boxes, Causes of, May 31, p 6* Hubbell disk slotter, Apr 26, p 9* Hughes, John, Address, Feb 18, p 60 Hulett automatic ore unloader, Apr 5, 1* Hull, G. H., Three systems of selling pig iron, Feb 8, p 17; 22, p17; Apr 19, p 9 Husking pins, Clark, June 7, p 50* Hussey-Truxall Steel Company, Feb 1, pi Hydraulic ram, Deming, Mar 15, p 50* I. Ice cream freezers, Ideal, Jan 25, p 46* Ice saw, Jennings, June 7, p 50* Ideal ball bearing clamp, June 7, p 16* Illinois anti-trust law void, Feb 1, p 23 Illinois Retail Hardware Association, Jan 25, p 48; Feb 22, p 37; Mar 1, p 41; 8, p 55 Index Supplement to The Iron Age, Apr 12, p 40; 19, p 48; 26, p 50; May 8, p 23, 54 Indian Territory Hardware Association, June 28, p 39 Indiana natural gas field, Jan 4, p 41; Apr 19, p 21 Indiana Retail Hardware Association, Jan 25, p 42; Feb 8, p 51; 15, p 55 Individuality and organization, Mar 29, p 17; Apr 12, p 21 Industrial consolidations. (See Trusts.) Industrial development and paternal- ism, June 28, p 17 Ingots for gun tubes and propeller shafts, June 21, p 37 Injector, Niagara, Apr 5, p 14* Inspection records of the American Tool Works Company, Mar 1, p 16 Insurance, Co-operative, Mar 1, p 74 International Association for Testing Materials, May 10, p 20; 17, p 12 International Association of Machinists, May 24, p 24; 31, p 21; June 14, p 28 International balance of trade, May 10, p18 International Steam Pump Company, Annual report, May 17, p 35 Interstate corporate rights, Mar 29, p 16 Interstate Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association, Feb 22, p 36; Mar 1, p 48; 8, p 36, 47; 15, p 45; 22, p 45 Inventors: Grievances of, Apr 26, p 20 Passing of the “all ’round inventor,” Mar 22, p 17 Invoice, Old, May 31, p 48 Iowa Retail Hardware Dealers’ Asso- ciation, Jan 18, p 40; 25, p 42; Feb 8, p 41; 15, p 44; 22, p 38 Iron: Annealing malleable cast iron, Mar 8, p 20; May 8, p 25 Charcoal iron regaining favor, Mar 1, p19 Diffusion of sulphur in malleable castings, May 3, p 25; 10, p 20 Mixing and melting of iron for hy- draulic work, June 7, p 23 Past and future of pig iron, May 17, p2 Shrinkage of malleable iron, Apr 12, 17 p 17 Southern Utah fields, Jan 11, p8 Specifications for wrought iron, May 24, p 12 Standardizing the testing of cast iron, June 14, p 6 Tron Age: Index Supplement, Apr 12, p 40; 19, p 48; 26, p 50; May 3, p 23, 54 Library at Paris Exposition, Jan 4, p 38; 11, p 16; 25, p 16; Feb 22,.p 1*; Apr 19, p 17; June 14, p 26a Iron production: Decline in pig iron production, Mar 8, p 22; Apr 12, p 23 Duquesne records, Apr 19, p 19 Germany’s progress, May 31, p 3; June 7, p 2; 14, p 19; 21, p14 - Great Britain, 1899, Mar 15, p 4 Increasing pig iron production, Feb 8, p 23; May 10, p 22; June 14, p 30 Lake Erie docks, Ore stocks on May 1, May 17, p 8 Lake iron ore matters, Feb 1, p 22; 8, p 11; 15, p 12; 22, p 6; Mar 8, p 15; 22, p 12; 29, p 14; Apr 5, p 8; 12, p 17; 19, p 19; 26, p 18; May 10, p 5; 17, p 8, 16; 31, p 14; June 7, p 14; 14, p 26f; 21, p 3; 28, p 6 Lake iron ore, Views of leading men, Jan 4, p 42 Marquette range in 1899, 1900, Jan 11, 34 Menominee range in 1900, Jan 25, p 2 Mesaba range in 1900, Jan 18, p 10 Minette District of Lorraine, Luxem- burg and France, June 28, p 1* Past and future of pig iron, May 17, 9 p 2 Pig iron production in 1899, Jan 4, p 34; 25, p 33 Swank’s statistics, May 31, p 36; June 1. D a0 Temporary decrease in pig iron, Jan 11, p19 Iron trade: American manufacturers and foreign trade, Jan 18, p 46 Chicago trade in 1899, Jan 4, p 16 Competitors for the world’s tron mar- kets in 1899, Mar 29, p 5 Consumer’s point of view, Mar 15, p 20; 22, p 19 Discussion by W. 8S. Mattox, Jan 11, p 15 Exports of iron and steel, 1896-99, Feb 15, p 22 Foreign trade, Condition of, May 24, p 38 German trade, May 17, p 20 German trade syndicates, Apr 19, p 12 High tide in the iron trade, June 7, p 21 James Bowron on the outlook, Mar 1, p 34 New enterprises and present profits, Feb 8, p 22 Next 60 days in the iron trade, By W. S. Mattox, Feb 15, p 37 Outlook in the trade, Jan 4, p 32 Pennsylvania news, Jan 4, p 35; 11, p 14; 18, p 16; 25, p 8; Feb 1, p 12; 8, p 24; 15, p 14; 22, p 15; Mar 1, p 14; 15, p 18; 22, p 10; 29, p 7; Apr 5, p 14; 12, p 15; 19, p 5; 26, p 10; May 38, p 41; 10, p 11; 17, p 10; 31, p 17; June 7, p 16; 14, p 26c; 21, p 9; 28, p 11 Philadelphia trade in 1899, Jan 4, p 10 Pittsburgh trade in 1899, Jan 4, p 21 Shenango Valley notes, Mar 22, p 5; Apr 12, p 9; 26, p 18; May 17, p 16 Standing to contracts, June 21, p 22 Three systems of selling pig iron, Feb 8, p 17; 22, p 17; Apr 19, p 9 Italy, Iron and steel industry of, Mar 15, p 7 Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Company, Mar 15, p 47 » * Jack, Myers pumping, Jan 18, p 51* James, D. E., Portrait, Feb 8, p 48 Jeans, J. S., Competitors for the world’s iron markets in 1899, Mar 29, p 5 Jeffrey Century belt conveyor, Jan 25, * p 14 Jigs: Boring lathe head stocks, Mar 8, p 2* Holding lathe tool post screws for milling, Mar 8, p 2* Supremacy of the jig, Feb 15, p 23 Job, Robert, Railway bearings, May 31, p 6* Jobbing trade: Buying of unfriendly jobbers, Feb 15, p 44d, 44f, 66 jut tees Ge bed THE IRON AGE. se. Vil Jobbing trade (continued): Classified list of jobbers, May 17, p 44 How to be ranked as a jobbing house, Jan 18, p 48; 25, p 37 Jobbers and manufacturers, June 21, p 59d Jones, Benjamin Franklin, Biographical sketch, May 10, p 13* Jones, W. A., June 14, p 12* Jones & Laughlins, Limited, June 7, p 26 Joy, Hi. &.: Portrait, Mar 1, p 50* Some wrongs which need righting, Mar 1, p 55 K. Kansas Retail Hardware Dealers’ Asso- ciation, Jan 4, p 58; 18, p 41 Kelley, C. W., Portrait, Mar 1, p 51* Kennedy valves for stoves, Feb 1, p 16* Kenyon, J. M., Portrait, Mar 1, p 68* Kerr, C. V., The Berthier method of coal calorimetry, Apr 19, p 14* Kirk, Edward, Should a foundry chem- ist be a practical melter as well ? Apr 12, p 16 Knight of the Grip, May 3, p 54; 24, p 45 Knives: Beet topping knives, May 17, p 49 Clyde topping and butcher knives, Feb 1, p 54* Making of pocket knives, May 3, p 47* Steel edge table knives, June 7, p 50*; 21, p 63* Warrant on pocket knives, Feb 1, p 46 Koenig, H. G., Portrait, Mar 1, p 67* Kornely, J., Portrait, Feb 8, p 48 Krueger, Theodore, Memorial address, Mar 8, p 55 Krueger, W. J., Local organization, Mar 8, p 57 Krupp, Business profits of, May 10, p 20 Kupper, Mrs. Henrietta, Feb 15, p 44b*; 22, p 38 z Labor: American vs. British workmen, Mar 1, p 19 British labor market in 1899, Mar 15, p 10 Kight-hour labor bill, Mar 1, p 8; 15, p 35; 22, p 14; 29, p 10; Apr 5, p 15; 19, p 4; May 3, p13; 24, p 38; June 28, p 16 Increasing productiveness of labor, a result of invention, Feb 15, p 15 Labor situation, Feb 1, p 20 Legislation in Victoria and New Zealand, June 21, p 23; 28, p 19 (See also Strikes; Wages.) Laboratory notes, Mar 1, p 17; 8, p 18; 22, p 19; Apr 5, p 20; 19, p 18 Ladder, Boyer’s Climax step, Jan 25, p 44* Lake Erie, Raising the level of, Mar 22, p7 Lake navigation interests, Apr 5, p 19° Lake ore production, Views of leading men, Jan 4, p 42 Lake Superior, Harnessing, May 3, p 40 Lalance & Grosjean Mfg. Company, New factory, Feb 15, p 10* Lamps: Beacon student gas portable, Mar 22, 53* Brilliant gas lamp, May 3, p 52* Bundy acetylene student, Jan 11, p 46* Hydro-carbon lamp, Apr 5, p 51* (See also Bicycle lamps.) Lane & Bodley Company, Employee en- velope, Feb 22, p 10 Lantern, Metropolitan Search Light, Feb 15, p 70* Lathe turret attachment, Barker & Chard, June 28, p 13* Lathes: American 52-inch electrically driven, May 31, p 1* Cincinnati, Feed rod operation, Mar 29, p 9* Large lathes arranged tandem fash- ion, Feb 1, p 1* Schumacher & Boye, Feb 8, p 8* Latin America, Our relations with, Apr Laundry bucket,. Peerless, May 31, p 47* Lawn mower grinder, Ricardo, Apr 5, p 50* Lawn mowers: Dewey, Jan 25, p 45* Eagle, Mar 8, p 63* Toy mower, June 7, p 49* X X high wheel, Feb 8, p 57* Lead market in 1899, Jan 4, p 29 Legg, G. A., Portrait, Feb 1, p 43* Legislative restrictions on trade, Jan 11, p 12, 16 Lemon squeezer, Champion, May 3, p 50d* Leroux Hardware Company’s window . display, Feb 22, p 47* Letters and figures, Detachable, Jan 11, p 45 Level, Toledo gravity, May 31, p 47* Lifting jack and wire stretcher, Winner, Feb 1, p 52* Lifting magnets, Wellman, Feb 22, p 4* Linich & Karlson pipe joint and connec- tion, Feb 8, p 9* Link and pin, The passing of the, Jan 25, p 18 Local organization and its benefits, Mar 8, p 57 Locker, Standard 98, May 38, p 51* Locks: American springless, Feb 8, p 56* Fairfield store door, Apr 12, p 50* Rapid mortise, Mar 1, p 78* Sash locks, I"eb 1, p 53*; June 1, p 52* Stable sliding door, Mar 22, p 52* Steel horizontal rim, Jan 11, p 47* Locomotives: Baldwin-Westinghouse electric, June 14, p 1* Hardware advertising, May 24, p 46* Lodge & Shipley Machine Tool Com- pany, Special appliances at the works of, Mar 8, p 1* Logan-Gregg Hardware Company, Jan 4, p 59 Lomas, T. J., Cash or credit system, Mar 1, p 62 Lorain Steel Company, Water softening piant, June .4, p 2* Loss, Henrick V., The flow of steel, Feb 15, p 6* Loyhed, EK. H., Buying of novelties, Feb 22, p 52 Lozier Motor Company, Apr 26, p 4 Lucas & Gliem boring machine, Apr 12, p 9* Lupton, Henry B., Addresses, Feb 1, p 45; Mar 22, p 42; June 21, p 54 M. M’Bride, James, Repairing a broken fly wheel, Mar 15, p 3* Maccoun, A. E., Advantages of electric furnace hoists, June 28, p 34* McCracken, Thomas, Portrait, Feb 15, p 48* Machine foundations, June 7, p 22 Machine shop, The most perfect, Jan 4, ps*: Th pds T& p Sts 2p I; Feb 1, p 3*; 8, p 1*; 15, p 1* Machine tools: British demand for American goods, June 28, p 18 Foundations for tools, June 7, p 22 Machine tools for navy, Jan 4, p 47; June 7, p19; 21, p 25 Machinery market, Jan 4, p 54; 11, p 30; 18, p 32; 25, p 28, 31; Feb 1, p 33; 8, p 35; 15, p 34; 22, p 31; Mar 1, p 31; 8, p 32, 34; 15, p 33; 22, p 32; 29, p 30; Apr 5, p 34; 12, p 34; 19, p 30; 26, p 338; May 3, p 38; 10, p 32; 17, p 33; 24, p 36; 31, p 31; June 7, p 36; 14, p 40; 21, p 36; 28, p 30 Machinists’ arbitration, May 24, p 24; 31, p 21; June 14, p 28 : Machinists’ hours and wages, Jan 11, p McIntire, W. A., Portrait, Feb 22, p 41* McIntosh-Huntington Company, Feb 22, p 46 McNamara, H. L., Relation of traveling men to the retailer, Feb 8, p 46 Magnetic clutch, Arnold, Feb 1, p 8* Magnets, Wellman lifting, Feb 22, p 4* Malleable iron castings: Diffusion of sulphur in, May 8, p 25; 10,