New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-18
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
LEATHER DEALERS IN SESSION.
INTERESTING PAPERS RFAD.

Increased attendance and lively interest
favored the second days session of the Natoha niue
ami Leather Dealers Association yesterday at the Union
League Theatre. The first paper was - On the o'l1'
ton OF Animal Substances" by Peter Cooper, who sad
that although not tanner by trade, he had performed
one NORTON OF the work Of manufacturing buckSkn
leather as II was made in oldcu times The best method
of nresaryin what was called the waste Of the annery
was daily 10 put the trimmings Of leather INTO hme
water OF sufficient strength urevent them from spoil
ing Mr. Cooper closed by advising strick adherence
10 the Constitution and eulogiznr the rreenhaek
T. W. Upton OF Peabody Mass. said that one OF the
most important improvements Of the past forty years
was the utilization OF old tanhark as fnel. james r.
Mclean OF Shippensburg Penn, followed with paper
on "what viii it Cost TO Tan Pound Of LeatheT" About
ten pounds Of bark required though Spanish leather
demanded about twelve aud o half pounds. certain
aunery the State had set ~ books running over SIX
years that showed an average OF one ana oneehh
e 3 Esry n Ithaca then read long paper, "on The
PeelnG and Burning NJ Bark and lis Merchantahle De-
livery" lie said that hemlock bark becoming
scarce Through the careessnes the eathcrcrs
bark yearly wasted than was used III al me tanner
les 81 the United States Nh Esty then submitted three
resolutions which adopted AT the afternoon session
with an ndnent suggesting that was better 10 my
bark b. the pound than by measure The resolutions DC
clare thai care should We taken utilize all the bark
available from the territory annually cut over thar ts
tanners Will for as practicable see that inc bH 1 th
is secured II good condition and gnsny; 16a 1"a a
was'e Of al kinds IS srorred mar tne u re
weight Tor y ri OF either ,ak OF nenocN nHlh
a ron Of 900 pounds but 60 constitute merchantaDle
delivery the bark must be OF prime qnany aS wen ~
in urine condition. 49, -,
Lewis J. Grfiths Of Prospect. y. Y; George W Allen
OF Milwaukee. Wis and W. H. Mooney, Of Chicago, ais
cd the hest method 81 obtaining and CURING bark
tho 0ucning Of the afternoon session ComlnlS-oner
Isaac IL Barley behalf OF himself and the Mayor ~
vted The convention TO excursion down the DAY on
Friday at noon. .
payer then read hy J. l. Hotclkins,of Matertown
NY, TIE Amount or Bark qnred and me Iosi o.
Tanning calf skins" y. Spencer ThOmas ~ Elniro,
sroke ON Cumul tive Economy in the Use NJ BARR ana
Bark Extract I'm Tanning"
J. L. Hotohkins. on behalf Of the HIDE and Tanners
Il ffstff tDfl Z
JsckSon : schultz with q cane made Of sol eatbor. Mr.
Scutz took frequent p9rt hc discussions as did J. H.
Walker of Worcester W H. OSforhOut. of Eagle valley,
Penn; Elrzab linton Of S,lorn. Mars James T. Mooney.
OF Louisville and ". H. Mooney, Of Chicago.
The prOsrarnTne To-day Is rs fO1oWs:
The meetinc will b. nv John FisNback ~
Indiana oils d. Tanning and Fnis hing ot Call 'a ~
fflprcd nv Phine. % Waveriv y. y, on The care
ana Cord OF rs - Fos ign and bones c; GeaT.r W
Auer of N-iiwaukee Wis The pr sent National Bank
Iupt Law" y. oncy. Louisville, Ky on " rnmer ~
Creff~ lcNit,v o. Philadelphia. Pouu, aid ISNHrve
Iosf0n IN fm1rovc eft Tanning" and JACKSON :.
Schultz on Reciprocal TRADE in Leather"