Andrew A. Martin, Republic Building, Chicago, Ill., is house attorney for the American Slicing Machine Company. A division of fees is asked. Merchants' Protective & Collection Agency of Akron, Ohio, is the collection agency of The Werner Company. A division of fees is asked. Mercantile Law & Collection Agency of Omaha, Neb., is the house agency for the Omaha Hotel Supply Company. National Collection Company, 185 Second St., Milwaukee, Wis., is the collection department of the Wilbur Stock Food Company and the Wilbur Seed Meal Company, same address. A division of fees is asked. National Collection Agency, Stock Yards Station, Chicago, Ill., is collection department of the Pioneer Fertilizer Company. The National Credit & Collection Association, East Liverpool, Ohio, is the collection department of the Harker Pottery Co., East Liverpool, Ohio. A division of fees is asked. National Security & Credit Co., of Baltimore, is the collection department of Schloss Bros. & Co. A division of fees is asked. The National Commercial Agency of East Liverpool, Ohio, is collection department of the Globe Pottery Company. A division of fees is asked. National Merchants & Manufacturers Co-Operative Credit Association of Savannah, Ga., is collection department of Savannah Wooden Ware Company. Newell Mercantile Agency, Buffalo, N. Y., is collection department for the Oxygenator Company. M. R. Osburn, 350 Franklin St., Chicago, Ill. This person gives his attention to the business of J. B. Clow & Sons, and is employed by and occupies an office with the said firm. A division of fees is asked. Phoenix Collection Agency of New York City, is the collection department of the Audel Company. Phoenix Collection Agency, New York City, house agency for Theo. Audel & Company. J. E. Price, Anderson, Indiana, house agency for the Anderson Tool Co. The Provisioners' Collection Agency, So. Omaha, Neb., is the collection department of the Cudahy Packing Company. A division of fees is asked. The Packers' Collection Agency, South Omaha, Neb., was the name formerly used by the Cudahy Packing Company, but has been discontinued, the Provisioners' Collection Agency having taken its place. Herbert W. Reeder, 234 Rush St., Alliance, Ohio, is the collection department of the McCaskey Register Company. A division of fees is asked. Reynolds Collection Agency, Detroit, Mich., house agency for R. L. Polk & Co. George H. Schneider, 11 E. 24th St., New York City, is collection department of George H. Powell Advertising Agency. Spiegel-May Stern Company of Chicago, Ill., use the names of Universal Mercantile Credit Reporting Company and the National Legal Service Company in getting reports and making collections. Standard Law & Collection Agency, Iowa City, Iowa. This agency name is sometimes used by W. F. Main & Company of Iowa City for the purpose of handling their collections. Trade Mercantile Agency, 303 Quincy St., Chicago, Ill., is the house agency of the International Tailoring Co. United Merchants' Collection Agency, P. O. Box 789, Chicago, Ill., is the collection department of the Chicago Daily News, Victor F. Lawson, publisher. A division of fees is asked. United States Collection Agency, Harvard, Ill., is the collection department of Hunt, Helm & Ferris. A division of fees is asked. Weil & Cochran, Tribune Building Chicago, is the collection department of A. Booth & Co. They ask a division of fees. Robert E. Walters, Second and Locust Sts., St. Louis, Mo., is the house agency for C. D. Gregg Coffee & Spice Company. Werner & Stine, Minneapolis, Minn., also Commercial Credit Collection Company, are collection department of the International Stock Food Company. Wholesalers Collection Agency, Newark, N. J., house agency for A. F. Bannister & Co. Wholesalers Mercantile Company, Minneapolis, Minn, house agency for the Grimsond Shoe Co The Queen City Collection Agency of Cincinnati, Ohio, is house agency for the Cincinnati Glass and China Company. A division of fees is asked. HOUSE AGENCY COMMITTEE. ALBERT J. WALKER, Chairman (Morris, Walker & Allen), Pittsburg, Pa.; JOHN B. EDWARDS (Abbott, Edwards & Wilson), St. Louis, Mo.; CURTIS N. ANDERSON, Atlanta, Ga.; HARRY KATZ, New York, N. Y.; WILLARD P. SMITH, San Francisco, Cal. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, Chairman (Credit Clearing House), New York, N. Y. COMMITTEE TO CONFER WITH THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCIAL LAW OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. W. O. HART, Chairman (Dinkelspiel, Hart & Davey), New Orleans, La.; W. M. CROOK (Crook, Lord, Lawhon & Ney), Beaumont, Texas; F. M. SIMONTON, Tampa, Fla.; T. M. MORDECAI (Mordecai & Gadsden, Rutledge & Hagood), Charleston, S. C.; JOSEPH MADDEN, Keen, N. H. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. A. V. CANNON, Chairman (White, Johnson & Cannon), Cleveland, O. FINANCE COMMITTEE. ALBERT N. EASTMAN, Chairman, (Eastman & White), Chicago, Ill.; A. C. FORDHAM (Howe & Fordham), Chicago, Ill.; FREDERICK A. BROWN (Brown & Ewen), Chicago, Ill. UNIFORM RATE COMMITTEE. THADDEUS O. BUNCH, Chairman (Hiner, Bunch & Latimer), Chicago, Ill.; E. J. THIL BARGER (Thilbarger & Duffey), New Orleans, La.; ISIDORE FEIBLEMAN (Bamberger & Feibleman), Indianapolis, Ind.; LOUIS B. HALL, Toledo, O.; ISAAC ADLER (Adler & Adler), Rochester, N. Y. MEMORIAL COMMITTEE. HENRY G. W. DINKELSPIEL, Chairman, San Francisco, Cal.; HARRY L. KECK, Greenville, Pa.; EDGAR B. STEWART, Morgantown, W. Va. PRESS COMMITTEE. E. C. FERGUSON, Chairman (Ferguson & Goodnow), Chicago, Ill.; GEORGE WENTWORTH CARR (Carr, Beggs & Steinmetz), Philadelphia, Pa.; CHARLES R. MILLER (Weed, Miller & Rothenberg), Cleveland, O. UNFAIR FORWARDERS COMMITTEE. WILLIAM G. BRYANT, Chairman (Clark, Lockwood, Bryant & Klein), Detroit, Mich.; C. HOWARD MILLIKEN (Johnson & Milliken), Baltimore, Md.; A. R. MEMHARD (James Schell & Elkus), New York City; W. B. PADDOCK, Fort Worth, Tex.; HARRY S. KNIGHT, Sunbury, Pa. ERNEST L. KREAMER, SECRETARY, 108 So. LA SALLE STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. THE BULLETIN OF THE COMMERCIAL LAW LEAGUE OF AMERICA Published Monthly by COMMERCIAL LAW LEAGUE OF AMERICA, 108 So. La Salle St., Chicago, III. Entered as second-class matter, September 12, 1910, at the post-office at Chicago, Illinois, Volume XVII. APRIL, 1912. Number 4 "SOME ABUSES IN BANKRUPTCY PRACTICE AND A SUGGESTION AS TO THEIR REMEDY." The February issue of the Bulletin contained an article by Julius Henry Cohen, Esq., the chairman of the committee to correct the abuses in bankruptcy practice, the title of his article being "The Growing Disrespect for Lawyers." There appears in this issue of the Bulletin an article by Hon. David W. Amram, also a member of this committee and one of the most prominent Referees in Bankruptcy, and following this article is a short rejoinder by Mr. Cohen. It is to be hoped that all of the members of the League who take any interest whatever in the subject under discussion will fully air their views through the medium of the Bulletin. This question is of such vital importance as to deserve most careful consideration by all of our members, so that when the committee presents its report at the coming Convention we will all be in a position to act intelligently on the same. J. HOWARD REBER, President. In an able and interesting article in the February number of the Bulletin, entitled "The Growing Disrespect for Lawyers," Julius Henry Cohen, Esq., referred to the fact that the League had appointed a committee to consider abuses in bankruptcy practice. A long experience as Referee in Bankruptcy in a city with large commercial interests justifies me in asserting that if there be a growing disrespect for lawyers it is not chargeable to the conduct of lawyers in bankruptcy proceedings. In the first place, I should take issue with my friend Mr. Cohen in the implication arising from the title of his article. I do not think there is a growing disrespect for lawyers. Our profession being one maintained exclusively by the use of the intellect, has always been misunderstood or feared by the man who toils with his hands. The |