a} n * ^'^^t^ ^' .^^ ■'.«:■> •^"V ■-V -^v V ^--^ - '^'1^ ^^ •nJ*^/ > V4iV- ^kf^^- -^ • ^' ■ ^Mf'l^-K ^hf „/?^J fVOOD GUM AIND OTHER HARDWOODS Large stocks of well seasoned Lumber always carried at our yards and mills. General Offices: HOW. Chicago Ave., CHICAGO. Mills: Cairo, 111., Marked Tree, Ark., Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark., Blylheville , Ark. (gondb«!!»fL^ Cable Address: "Sonderco" Memphis. Codes Used: Lumberman's Telecode and ABC 5th Edition MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD, GUM, COTTONWOOD AND CYPRESS Main Office: Tennessee Trust Building, Memphis, Tenn. Offers the following specials: 50 Cars 1 inch No. 1 Common Cottonwood 10 Cars I 1,4 inch Is and 2s Cypress 50 Cars I 1/4 inch No. I Common Cottonwood 10 Cars 2 inch Is and 2s Cypress SO Cars I inch No. 2 Common Cottonwood 10 Cars I 1/4 inch No. I Common Ash 50 Cars 1 14 inch No. 2 Common Cottonwood 10 Cars I 1/2 inch No. 1 Common Ash Plain and Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak, Elm, Cottonwood, Poplar, Gum, White Ash and Cypress. Direct shipments from our own Mills of Lumber from our own Timber our Specialty. We manufacture and put in pile 300,000 ft. Hardwood every 24 hours. FENN BROS. COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF Oak Flooring C?uiai-te>re«cl \A/hit@ HoIIo^a/ BetcU^&d Quartered Rod End JWettcti&d l=»laJn \A/hite Polished Plain Red Bored Offices a.rkd PlBLnt : Kansas and Mallory Ave., New South Memphis. (Take South Memphis car (o Mallory Ave.) Anderson-TuIIy Company OFFERS STOCK FOR SALE Three cars 6/4x8 in. and up 1st & 2nd Cottonwood One " 7/8x8 " Two ■• 5/4x12 " Two "4/4 " " Plain Red Oak MEMPMIS, TEININESSEE HARDWOOD RECORD FULLERTON'POWELL Hardwood Lumber Co. n OFFERS THE FOLLOWING STOCK FOR IMMEDLA.TE SHIPMENT H 15 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Quartered White Oak 20 cars 1 in. No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak 10 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Plain Red Oak 2 cars 1^ in. Plain Red Oak Step Plank 1 car Ij in. Plain Oak Step Plank 4 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Plain Red Oak, 12 in. and wider BRANCH OFFICES: CHICAGO, 1104 Chamber of Commerce MEMPHIS, TEItM.,30S Tennessee Trust BIdg. MIMMEAPOLIS, MIMM., SOS Lumber Exchange 10 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Red Gum, 10 to 16 ft. 7 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Red Gum, 12 ft. 8 cars 2 in. 1st and 2nds Sap Gum 8 cars 2 in. No. 1 Common Sap Gum 5 cars 2 in. No. 2 Common Sap Gum 20 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Cottonwood,'6 in. and wider 4 cars 1 in. No. 1 Common Cottonwood MAIN OFFICES South "Bend, Ind. WEST VIRGINIA YELLOW POPLAR NORTH CAROLINA CORK WHITE PINE AND HARDWOOD DRY KILNS AND PLANING MILLS. ALL OUR MILLS RUN THE YEAR ROUND. SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES AND ORDERS. W. M. Hitter Lumber Co. COLUMBUS, OHIO Saw and Ship 100,000,000 Feet Yearly HARDIWOOD RECORD Phila. Veneer 4 Lum b er Co. 817 N PILED JRTH FIFTH STREET. FHILADELI >HW EE . PA. YARD ON OUR KNOXVILLE. TENNESb 20,000 ft. 4/4 Is and 2.s Plain White Oali 5,000 " 4/4 Clear Strips 54,000 " 4/4 No. 1 Common Plain White Oak 128,000 " 4/4 " 2 " " 42,000 " 8/4 " 2 16,000 "6/4 " 1 Common and Better 11,000 " 5/4 ' 1 " " 20,000 •8/4 " 1 . a 21,000 " 4/4 " 1 Common Quartered White Oak 67,000 '4/4 „ 2 5,000 • 6/4 „ 1 and Better Quartered White Oak 9.000 "4/4 „ 1 R ■d " Mdlvain's Lumber Notes We have 4,000,000 feet Chestnut — some of it 12 to 15 months' old — all grades and thicknesses. 2.250.000 feet Poplar— 5/8 to 16/4. all grades. 500.000 feet choice Gulf Cypress. We can make prompt shipments. Send in your inquiries. Did you say White Pine? We're fixed to give you satis- factory grades and prices. Ask for anything you want, special or regular, and see how well we can satisfy your demands. More than a million feet in various grades from Uppers and Selects to Culls. J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. 56th to 58th Sts. and Woodland Ave PHILADELPHIA, PA. WILLIAM WHITMER. ®» SONS, Inc. ALWAYS IN THE MARKET FOR STOCKS OF WELL MANUFACTURED HARDWOODS BRANCHES: NEW YORK, BOSTON, PITTSBURG MAIN OFFICES: GIRARD TRUST BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA THOMAS FORMAN CO. DETROIT, MICH. MANLF-VCTUREUS OF HIGH GRADE Maple and Oak Flooring We desire to move promptly a large quantity of 13-16xU" Clear Quarter Sawed White Oak Flooring. 13-16xU" Clear Plain Sawed White Oak Flooring. 13-16xU" Clear Plain Sawed Red Oak Flooring. 13-16xli" Clear Maple Flooring. Please write us for special delivered prices on the above lots. APRIL STOCK LIST HARD MAPLE 1 in. U In. liin. 3 in. 4 in. ,000,000 ft. 100,000 ft. 100,000 ft. 50.000 ft. 50,000 ft BEECH 100,000 ft. BIRCH 1 in. 500,000 ft. 100,000 ft. 100,000 ft. 50,000 ft. li in. 2 in. 2} in. BASSWOOD 1 in. 300,000 ft. GRAY ELM 1 in. 300,000 ft. li in. 200.000 ft. 3 In. 200.000 ft. Kelley Lumber & Shingle Co. TroLverse City, Mich. R.E. Wood Lumber Company ^ Manufacturers of Yellow Poplar, Oak, Chestnut, Hemlock and White Pine. ^\ We own our own stumpage and operate our own mills. ^ Correspondence solicited and inquiries promptly answered. GENERAL OFFICES: CONTINENTAL BUILDING. Baltimore, Maryland HARDWOOD RECORD 7 nr* i-i r~7 rr? A ^ TP lilt fcAdl BOSTON NEWYORK PHILADt-LFHlA 11 The West Florida Hardwood Co. Ash Hickory Mm. ON Apalachicola River MARYSVILLE, FLA. Red and WUte Oak Red Gum Yellow Cottonwood Tupelo Gum LET US HAVE YOUR INQUIRIES = B A LTIMO M AR YL A NO E. E. PRICE BUYER AND EXPORTER OP Hardwoods, Poplar and Logs I am always ic the market for nice lots of dry and well manufactured lumber. I inspect at point of shipment. Correspondence Bolicited. Pennsylvania Door & Sash Co. HARDWOOD DOORS AND INTERIOR FINISH NEW YORK PITTSBURG PHILADELPHIA WantCd-DimenSiOn nak Plam and Quartered. White and Red. Send for specifications. IndiaLiiaL QvidLrtered Oatk Co. 7 EaLSt 42nd Street. New York City James & Abbot Company Lumber and Timber No. J 65 MILK ST., BOSTON, MASS., and GULFPORT, MISS. JONES HARDWOOD CO. INCOB.PO HATED WANTS: Poplar, Plain Oak, Quartered Oalt and Cypress. 147 MILK STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Manufacturers please send stock lists and prices. Holloway Lumber Company WHOLESALE HARDWOODS In the market for all thicknesses of OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT. 312 Arcade Building, PHILADELPHIA, PA. WM. E. LITCHFIELD MASON BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS. Specialist in Hardwoods Manufacturers are requested to supply lists of stock for sale WE are long on 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut. Send us your in- quiries. Let us quote you on Plain or Quartered WKlte and Red Oak. Look us up. SCHOFIELD BROTHERS PENNA. BUILDING LUMBER PHILADELPHIA Sales Agents: Long Pole Lumber Co., Case-Fowler Lumber Co. Honaker.'Va. aUBLIi BROTHERS QuaftCT'ed White Birmington, Ala. — Oak, Poplar. WHOLESALE LUMBER Land Title Building " . Philadelphia, Pa. WISTAR, UNDERHILL & CO. PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE HARDWOOD LUMBER MICHIGAN WHITE PINE TENNESSEE WHITE PINE HEMLOCK HARDWOODS ALABAMA PINE H. H. MAUS & CO., INC. MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD and YELLOW PINE. Write us it you wish to buy or sell. 420 Walnut St.. . PHILADELPHIA. PA. W. M. GILLESPIE LUMBER HARDWOODS COMPANY Farmers Bank Bldg. Oak a Specialty PITTSBURGH, PA. ALBERT HAAS LUMBER CO. BAND SAWED OAK AND ASH YELLOW POPLAR ATLANTA - - - - GEORGIA JOHN L. ALCOCK & CO. BUYERS OF BLACK WALNUT LOGS BOARDS AND PLANKS sSfpClft" sp^cash: Baltimore, Md. li THE BUFFALO MAPLE FLOORING GO. MANUFACTURCRS OF MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE AND OAK FLOORING BUFFALO, NEW YORK HARDWOOD RECORD R. M. SMITH J H. P. SMITH R. M. SMITH (^ COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA WE CARRY IN STOCK FROM TEN TO FIFTEEN MILLION FEET OF ASH, BEECH, BASSWOOD, CHESTNUT, CHERRY, MAPLE, PLAIN & QTD. OAK, POPLAR, WALNUT, &C. OUR PLANING MILL FACILITIES ARE UNSURPASSED. Band Mill : Omdoff, Webster County, W. Va. EASTERN OFFICE: 1425-6 LAND TITLE BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA Planing Mill; Heaters, W. Va. Quartered Oak Flooring Manufactured for HIGHEST GLASS of trade only. Also Plain Oak, Maple and other Hardwood flooring. The name D WIGHT on flooring is a guarantee of its excellence. D WIGHT SPECIAL pattern of thin flooring is the only suitable thin flooring to lay. Write for Sample. DWIGHT LUMBER. COMPANY DETR.OIT, MICHIGAN R W. Mosby & Co. MANUFACTUEERS OP COTTONWOOD GUM ASH, ELM Large Stock on Hand HELENA, ARKANSAS W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co. Manufacturers of Band Sawed Yellow Poplar ASHLAND, KY, SWANN-DAY LUMBER COMPANY CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY OFFER POPLAR Bevel Siding. Drop Siding, as well as Wide Poplar Always a Large Stock on Hand Prices are Yours for the Asking HARDWOOD RECORD D. G. COURTNEY MANUFACTURER OF; Yellow Poplar Oak ^ Chestnut CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA Our Timber Holdings are located exclusively in the finest sections of West Virginia growth. Modern mills and perfect manufacture. Standard and uniform grades. We seek the trade of wood-working factories who want a dependable lumber supply and fair treatment. Just now we want to move 4/4 No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 Common Oak. Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA SPECIALS: 4 '4 While Oak. No. 1 Common 4/4 Cherry, U and 2s 4/4 Cherry, No. I Common 4 4 Maple, l9 and 29 4/4 Maple, No. 1 Common BAND MILLS: RICHWOOD, WEST VIB61NIA CAMDEN-ON-GAULEY, WEST VIRGINIA HOLCOMB. WEST VIRGINIA DAILY CAPACITY, • • 500.000 FEET "THE BEST LUMBER" lO HARDWOOD RECORD C H I c A a o THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD Chicago Car Lumber Co. PULLMAN BUILDING CHICAGO WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR Poplar, Oak, Ash and Car and R. R. Material Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co. IN MARKET FOR POPLAR 25 M ft. li" No. 1 Common, standard widths and lengths. 40 M ft. 2" No. 1 Common, standard widths and lengths. 25 M ft. 2i" No. 1 Common, standard widths and lengths. 60 M ft. 3" No. 1 Common, standard widths and lengths. ROCK ELM 200 M ft. 6/4 No. 1 Common and better 500 M ft. 8/4 No. 1 Common and better BLACK ASH 60 M ft. each 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4 No. 1 common and better OAK AND ASH 100 cars car oak framing 25 cars white ash from 1" to 4" green or dry Is and 2s 511 Railway Exchange, Chicago In the Market To Buy Ash, Hickory, Poplar and Oak Lumber. Also Wagon Stock. W anted == Hardwood Logs for Our Memphis Mill RYAN & McPARLAND CHICAGO....MEMPHIS John O'Brien Land & Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Hardwood Lumber Of All Kinds OFFICE AND YARDS : 873 to 881 So. Laflin Street MILL : PHILIPP, MISS. Chicago F. Slimmer ^ Company Hardwood Lumber OflSce and Yard : 65 W. Twenty-second St, CHICAGO PARK RICHMOND ®, CO. Wholesale Hardwood Lumbei p 410 Monadnock Block PHONE r^Ui/^orr/^ HARRISON 5165 V_^illCagO [Ir. a. wells lumber CO, I Manufacturers of AU Kinds of HARDWOOD LUMBER Fine Quartered Oak a Specialty 234 LA SALLE STREET Yards at Canal and 2Jst Sts. CHICAGO, I, ILL. White Lumber Company Dealers in Hardivood Lumber ALL KINDS Cherry Lumber a SpeciaLlty ALL GRADBS Laflin (& 22d Sts. Chicago HARDWOOD RECORD » 11 C H I C A Q O THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD McCauley- Saunders Lumber Co. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers BAND SAWED LOUISIANA GULF COAST RED CYPRESS Products Exclusively S::,Tsr493o ^703 Fisher BIdg., CHICAGO, ILL. CHAS. DARLING & CO. Southern Hardwoods 22nd Street and Center Avenue - CHICAGO ERNEST B. LOMBARD I ManufoLCturer and Wholesale Northern ak.nd Southern Hard^voods Railwa.y Exchange - CHICAGO I WANT TO BUY 4/ 4 K E D OAK ALL AND 4/4 SAP GUM. G R. A DES A. w. WYLIE, 1101 FISHER BVILDING CHICAGO, ILLS. Lesh- & Matthews Lumber Co. 1649-50 MARQUETTE BUII.D1NG Are now offering bone dry BIRCH. ROCK ELM. BLACK ASH. etc., Wis- consin stock. Also PLAIN AND QUARTERED OAK, POPLAR, etc., from our Memphis yard. We are constant buyers. R. A. HC FIRST r POPLAR >OTON LUMBER CO. NATIONAL BANK BUILDING AND CHESTNUT THAT'S ALL W. A. DAVIS SOUTHERN HARDWOODS i6i2 Marquette Bldg., CHICAGO Branch Offices : PADUCAH, KY., and MEMPHIS, TENN. CO=OPERATIVE MILL ^ LUMBER CO., (inc.) ROCKFORD, ILLS. Want Poplar, Oak, Gum, Hickory, Btrcb and Maple SEND STOCK LIST AND PRICES. CHAS. MIIXEB AilLLER BROS. UILTON UILLBB H/\RD\A/OOD LUTVIBER Main'Office: 208 WILLOUGHBY BLDG. 6 E. MADISON ST. 'Plione Central 1363 CHICAGO, ILL. Yards: Loomis St. S.of 22nd St., Chicago, III., Houston Miss., Macon. Miss, Estabrook - Skeele Lumber Company Manufacturers and Dealers in Oak, Ash, Gum, Cottonwood, Wagon Stock and Other Hardwoods In the market for round lots of Hardwood and Wagon Stock. Write us before selling. Fisher Building, CHICAGO The Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co. Wholesale and Retail Telephone NORTH 223 HARDWOOD LUMBER 47 Domlnicfc St. CHICAGO HARDWOOD RECORD Not only the ONLY HARDWOOD PAPER, but the BEST LUMBER PAPER published IS HARDWOOD RECORD "Michigan Maple Flooring Our model factory is equipped with the hig-hest class tools and appliances made for Flooring production. We produce our lumber from the best rock Ma- ple area in Michigan and have 20 years' supply. Our brand "Michigan" is a guaranty of qual- ity. Perfect mill work and excellent grades distinguish our Flooring and our prices are reasonable. WARD BROS., Big Rapids, Mich. OAK FLOORING Kiln Dried Bored Polisiied / HARDWOOD LUMBER x\ & MFC. CO. 5A RDIS - MISS- Hollow and Bundled (( Idear'a Rock Maple Flooring is the flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply the demand for the best. It is made by modern ma- chinery from carefully-selected stock and every pre- caution is taken throughout our entire system to make it fulfill in every particular its name— "IDEAL.'* Rough or Finished Lumber — All Kinds Send us Your Inquiries The I. Stephenson Company ■WEI.LS, MICHIGAN qThe HARDWOOD RECORD publishes a series of bulletins, showing the annual hardwood re- quirements of many thousands of wholesale consiraiers, by kind, grade and thickness. fl Indispensable to every lumber sales manager. fl Specimen bulletin for the asking. FIRE INSURANCE Specialists on Lumber and Lumber Working Plants Lumber Underwriters HOME OFFICE: 66 Broadway, Neiv York Just to Remind You That we are manufacturers of the celebrated Wolverine Brand Maple Flooring "There is none better." Bored, polished, end and edge matched, lays with every joint even. Largest sales in the history of maple flooring. May we have your order ? BLISS & VAN AUKEN SAGINAW W. S., MICH. WE ARE OFFERING TIMBER LAND 6% BONDS Secured by first mortgage on Southern timber lands at less than SO per cent of their present market value. Issued by large, well established, responsible lumber companies. Full particu- lars will be mailed on request. Cl-ARIC L^. F»OOLE & CO. SUCCESSORS TO H. C. BARROLL Si. CO., Bankers First National Bank Building CHICAGO THE "FINEST" MAPLE FLOORING W. D. YOUNG & CO. BAY CITY, MICHIGAN. Producers from TREE to TRADE of the high- est type of Michigan Forest Products. Large stock of Maple Flooring and 15,000,000 feet of Hardwoods — 1 to 4 inches thick — on band. Maple, Birch and Beech Lumber Published in the Interest of Hardwood Lumber, American Hardwood Forests, Wood Veneer Industry, Hardwood Flooring, Hardwood Interior Finish, Wood Chemicals, Saw Mill and Woodworhing Machinery. Vol. XXIV. CHICAGO. APRIL 25. 1907. No. 1. Published on the 10th and 25th of each month by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Henry H. Gibson. President OFFICES Sixth Floor, Ellsworth BIdg., 355 Dearborn St., Chicago, III.. U.S.A. Telephone Harrison 4960 TERMS OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION In the United States, Canada, Philippine Islands and Mexico . , $2.00 In all other countries in Universal Postal Union ..... 3.00 Subscriptions are payable in advance, and in default of written orders to the contrary are continued at our option. Entered at Chicago Postoffice as Second Class Matter. Advertising copy must be received five da^ys lr\ aLdv&rxce of publication dd>.te. Advertising rates on application. ASSOCIATION MEETINGS. National Hardwood Lumber Association. The tenth annual convention of this association will be held on Thursday and Friday, May 23 and 24, 1907, at Atlantic City, N. J. National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. This organization will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 28 and 29, at the Auditorium on the Jamestown Exposition gromids, Norfolk, Va. Editorial Announcement. On May 1 the offices of the Hardwood Record will be moved a step skyward, to the seventh floor of the Ellsworth Building, 355 Dear- born St., the modern, fire-proof structure in which they have been located for the past twenty-eight months. The greater portion of this floor has been leased for a term of years, where hereafter The Barrel and Box and Bock Products, now located at Louisville, Ky., will be published jointly with the Hardwood Eecord. This combina- ,. tion, which will be known as The Trade Press Alliance, has been Qsnder negotiation for some time, and plans have now been consum- ?iinated whereby the three publications, putting out five issues monthly, ^yill all be under one general management. This arrangement is by C^io means a consolidation of the financial affairs of the three papers, qBS the business of each one will be conducted separately; but, owing Qlo joint interests of the publishers, it has been decided that considera- LIBRy NEW ^ botan iile economy m cost can be effected and that the scope of all the papers can be much widened and their character improved by this plan. The Barrel and Box is in its twelfth year, and is the foremost publication of its kind in the country; it is devoted to boxes, shocks, cooperage, staves, heading, hoops, head liners, woodenware, baskets and wood specialties. Hereafter it will be printed on the 15th of the month. EocK Products is a semi-monthly publication with two distinct editions. The issue of the 5th of the month is known as its "stone edition" and is devoted to stone and products manufactured there- from. The issue of the 20th is devoted to manufactured rock products. This paper is four years old and has become the leading exponents of the interests it represents in the United States. The Hardwood Record will continue to be published on the 10th and 25th of each month. In addition to . the publication headquarters at Chicago, branch offices will be maintained at New York, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Memphis, Louisville and Barre, Vt. Readers of any of the papers will always be welcome callers at the Chicago office or at any of the others. It is intended that this new arrangement shall in no wise affect the policy or personnel of the several publications, but such a community of interests should prove of mutual advantage. General Market Conditions. There are no new features in the hardwood trade. The demand continues very strong, and stocks are bought well up to green lumber. Ash and hickory are well nigh out of the market, and there are insistent calls from all sources for more of these woods. Oak is in good call, but there is a large quantity being manufactured and the general trade is being fairly well supplied. Quartered white oak is doing about the same as during the past year, while the demand for red is increasing, with a corresponding accretion in value. Poplar, cottonwood and gum in all grades are in excellent demand. The good end of these three woods is being marketed as fast as it is fit for shipment, and box people are making insistent calls for the coarse end of every variety of hardwoods. In the north country stocks are well sold up. The average manufacturer has sold a goodly portion of his proposed season's cut. Rock elm and black ash are practically out of the market, and values are strengthening in birch and basswood. Thick maple, which was in oversupply a year ago, is now short, and the demand exceeds the supply. The hardwood flooring trade remains strong, and the factories are all busy. The capacity of veneer and panel plants is tested to the utmost, and some are running extra hours to keep up with demand. The call for mahogany seems to increase in quantity every month, and there is a gradual accretion in price. The call for cherry and black walnut is normal, but the limited quantity of these woods seems to be consumed about as fast as they are manufactured into lumber. Possibilities of Universal Hardwood Inspection. The working out of plans lookiug toward unification of all sys- tems of hardwood inspection and of a method of application in all parts of th'% United States, is a good deal more of a problem than u HARDWOOD RECORD it appears on the surface. This subject has been approached in many different ways for more than a decade, and thus far all etTorts have proven futile. In the specific text of rules governing hardwood in- spection there is a wide difference not only in various parts of the country but in the same sections. Every one who has the interests of the hardwood lumber business truly at heart has now come to recognize the permanent and valuable results that would accrue if there were one basis for hardwood inspection. This sentiment has been one of gradual growth, and it has now crystallized into an almost universal determination that it shall be accomplished. Active in this agitation is the president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, who less than eight months ago, while doubtless believing in the value of the work, deprecated any attempt to abrogate the well-known and historical ' ' Butf alo agreement ' ' of his association, which provided that no change in National rules should be made until December, 1908. Join- ing with him in this movement is the chairman of the Inspection Bules Committee of the same association, who up to within a short time ago has been strenuous in using his influence against the sus- pension of the alleged agreement governing a set of rules that are now confessedly archaic. The first genuine and wholesale expression of public opinion on this subject manifested itself at the annual meeting of the Hard- wood Manufacturers' Association of the United States, held at Mem- phis last January, when this desideratum was advocated by the presi- dents of both the national hardwood associations. Since that time conferences between inspection committees and meetings of several state and national organizations have been held, and while nothing has as yet been definitely accomplished, the spirit of conciliation and compromise from all sources is abroad in the land, and there is a possibility that this just work may soon become an accomplished fact. With regard to the difiBeulty of accomplishing universal hardwood inspection, it must be recalled that ten years ago the jobbing trade of Chicago, recognizing the chaotic condition of inspection affairs covering lumber reaching this market, decided that they needed a general overhauling, and that there was necessity for na- tional rather than numerous trade-center systems of inspection ; and through their influence the National Hardwood Lumber Association was organized. It was hoped that the power gained by cementing together even a few markets in a mutual agreement on inspection, would induce all other sections of the country to follow, and thst the rules might thus be made universal. This association put forth a set of rules to cover wholesale purchases of lumber — transactions between manufacturers ar.d jobbers. The movement was then strong- ly dominated by the jobbing element. This association has suc- ceeded in standardizing and generalizing its system of inspection to a considerable degree, but it has thus far signally failed to make it even approximately universal. Some five years ago a large element of the National Hardwood Lumber Association resigned from it and formed a second and purely manufacturers ' organization, known as the Hardwood Manu- facturers ' Association of the United States. Since that time both bodies have flourished, but their systems of inspection have always varied to a considerable extent. The method thus far employed by the national element has called for grading from the back or poorer face of the board, and in measurement has given the odd three- fourths inch and more to the seller, and less than three-fourths inch to the buyer. On the other hand the manufacturers have insisted that inasmuch as the greater portion of hardwood lumber in its finished state shows only ore face, both sides of a piece of lumber should be taken into, consideration in determining the grade, which prac- tically calls for inspection on the face or good side of the board. This association has also pursued the give-and-take half inch meas- urement irt determining the quantity. While these two sets of rules will show a difference in value on a thousand feet of lumber of from $1.50 to $3.00 under strict inter- pretation their general application as regulated by supply and de- mand and by custom will not show any vast difference in net results. It should be recalled that normally all men are selfish. It there- fore happens that every manufacturer of lumber naturally seeks to dispose of the lowest possible quality of a given grade at the highest possible price. On the contrary the jobber and wholesale consumer strenuously seek to secure the highest possible quality of a given grade at the lowest possible price. Here, thus far, has been the parting of the ways. The Hardwood Manufacturers' Association is entirely made up of manufacturers of lumber. The Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association is also exclusively a manu- facturers ' organization. In Wisconsin there are two hardwood asso- ciations, one composed of manufacturers only and the other of manu- facturers and jobbers. The Indiana association is also made up of both elements. The New York Lumber Trade Association, which makes some pretense of having a hardwood inspection system, is largely dominated by the jobbing element, as are the various other lumber exchanges in the great trade centers of the country. It is a singular fact that the lumber business is the only manu- facturing enterprise in which the manufacturer does not regulate to the last degree the grading of his own product. This comes about from the necessity that he make qualities suitable to the re- quirements of the consuming trade. Up to this time hardwood in- spection usages have been quite largely dictated by jobbers, because they took the initial steps in the formation of the parent organiza- tion and the local exchanges. Today, however, it is asserted that the majority of members of the National Hardwood Lumber Asso- ciation are either jobbers and manufacturers, or manufacturers ex- clusively. This being the case, it should not be a difficult matter for the hardwood lumber manufacturing element of the country, as represented by all the various lumber exchanges and associations, tc get together on a uniform system of hardwood inspection, and promulgate it by very preponderance of numbers. It has become an axiom that value cannot be legislated into a grade; if the grade is high a high price will follow; if the grade is low, a low price will obtain. Up to this time, through local asso- ciation pride, and through each association having had its own way about inspection matters, there has been altogether too much stress laid upon what should constitute a specific grade of lumber. It really does not make much difference what the grade is so long as it suits the trade for which it is intended. There is no doubt of the integrity of purpose of the president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association in attempting to perfeci. and make universal a logical system of hardwood inspection. In this movement he .should have the endorsement and assistance of every hardwood manufacturer, merchant and consumer in the land. The Hardwood Record bids him Godspeed in his mission, and if he suc- ceeds, as it is hoped he will, the hardwood trade of this country will owe him more than it does any other man who has ever attempted to better its conditions. The Michigan Meeting. The meeting of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa- tion, held at Grand Eapids April 17, was marked by the first logical action that has thus far transpired looking toward actual results in the establishment of universal hardwood inspection. This associn- tion appointed a committee to treat with other associations on the subject of a uniform set of grading rules, and beyond that, gave this committee full power to act in the premises. From time immemorial associations have appointed committees to treat with other associations, but never before has an association "got down to brass tacks" and delegated a coterie of members to act in its behalf. Much may be expected from the impetus the hardwood manufac- turers of Michigan are giving to the overhauling of inspection sys- tems. They are being ably seconded in their efforts by Wisconsin producers, who are equally anxious for up-to-date methods. If the other associations of the country will follow this example, universal hardwood inspection will soon be in sight. There are not years enough left in this century for a general body of association members, meeting at odd times in various parts of the United States, to get together on this proposition, but competent committees representing these bodies can do it, and do it to the satisfaction of all, within a week. HARDWOOD RECORD '5 Pert, Pertinent and Impertinent, sweetest of Words. If, of all words of tongue or pen The saddest are, "It might have been," Thank heaven language still affords The choice of many other words : And sweetest far of all I reck Are simply these : "Inclosed find check." Ah, with what joy your bosom tills When 'mongst the letters and the bills You spy a quick acknowledgment Of car of lumber that you"ve sent But hardly dared so soon expect To find these words : "Inclosed find check !" Let poets prate of passioned verse, Let theologians still asperse The love of gold — but as for me, I'm armed — accoutred instantly Kor rosy cheeks and Clicquot sec. When people write ; "Inclosed find check." HARDWOOD INSPECTION RULES CONGRESS. The spirt of concession that now obtains is the onJy way to Unify hardwood inspection. The Reason. Most of the good things in life come to those who wait on themselves. Preferable. Even the dignified man wo.uld rather bend than go broke. Far Easier. It is easier to say that j'ou do just as you please than it is to do it. Just So. A man seldom tries to belittle another man unless he feels that he is superior to himself. Quite Often. A full hand is very often accompanied by an empty heart. Even He. Strange as it may seem, even a lazy man kicks if compelled to do nothing. The Real Difficulty. It is not so difficult to know oneself as it is to confess to the knowledge. Expensive. Castles in the air cost a great deal to keep lip. Great but Rare. Truly great is the man who has become so without making any of the noise him- self. True. It is a good thing not to be a "good thing." What Follows. A man often says "How do you do?" and then proceeds to do you. Just a Little. A word to the wise may be sufficient — but a little depends on the word. Troublesome. After wealth has bought its way into so- ciety it has to be constantly showing its admission ticket. Honor and Honesty. "Honor is finer than honesty. A man may be honest, and yet grasping and small; but the man who has a delicate sense of honor adds to integrity the grace of unsel- fishness." Dispicable. The fellow whom pride or cowardice or lai;iness drives into a corner and who does nothing but sit there and growl is dispic- able; even the chronic kicker is preferable to him. Good Advice. Never sign a document until you have read it, nor drink wine — till you have seen it. it HARDWOOD RECORD AMERICAN FOREST TREES. Pignut. Hicorla glabra. — Britton. The pignut has an exceedingly extensive range of growth, being found from the southern sections of Maine and Ontario southward to the Indian river district of Florida, westward through lower Michigan to parts of Nebraska, Indian Territory, Eastern Kansas and Eastern Texas. The tree is known as pignut in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa- chusetts, Connecticut, Bhode Is- land, New York, New Jersey, Penn- sylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Lou- isiana, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Wiscon- sin, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Min- nesota, Ohio and Ontario; it is called bitternut in Arkansas, Ill- inois, Iowa and Wisconsin; black hickory in Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana and Iowa; broom hickory in Missouri; brown hickory in Delaware, Mis- sissippi, Texas, Tennessee and Minnesota; hard-shell in West Vir- ginia; red hickory in Delaware; switch-bud hickory in Alabama; white hickory in New Hampshire and Iowa. The bark of the pignut is light grey; it is coarse and rough, but very 'close, and is not given to scal- ing off or becoming shaggy, as do other species of this family. The leaves are alternate and compound; they grow from eight to twelve inches in length, and consist of from five to nine sessile leaflets, wedge-shaped and pointed at the apex, the lower pair smaller than the others; they are dark, greenish -yellow, smooth on top, and glabrous at maturity. The staminate flowers grow in axillary, catkins four to seven inches long, and are usually in groups of three; the pistillate form in terminal spikes containing from two to five flowers; their color is greenish-yellow. The time of bloom is April. The fruit is an oblong nut, witli smooth thin shell; the kernel is small and usually bitter. This nut is contained in a globose husk, red- dish brown, hairy, thick or thin, which is divided in four sections, opening partially to disclose the nut, which matures in Octo- ber and November. The wood is of slow growth, brown, tough, elastic, hard and heavy; the heartwood is variable in color, while the thick sapwood is nearlv white. It is very close-grained, and is difficult to distinguish from that of FlFXy-FIRST PAPEK siiell-bark hickory. In the making of tool handles, agricultural implements, etc., it is liighly valued and almost indispensable. A cubic foot of seasoned wood weighs fifty- six pounds. In general appearance the pignut is a stately tree, tall and slender, growing to a height of from fifty to more than a hun- dred feet, witn narrow, round head, and TYPICAL PIGNUT GROWTH, INDIANA. liendulous, irregular branches. The trunk is usually from two to four feet in diameter, and is often forked. The tree thrives best upon hillsides and along dry ridges, and reaches its maximum development in the basin of the lower Ohio river. It ranges southward farther than do the other hick- ories, extending down into Florida; and grows farther to the southwest than does any other variety except the pecan. It is most common in Missouri and Arkansas; the latter State is the home of all the twelve known species of the hickory fam- ily. These trees are distinctly North Amer- ican, and none are now native to any other section of the world. There is one Mex- ican species, and the remaining eleven are confined to that portion of the United States which lies east of the Rock- ies. Scientists have shown that many members of this family once inhabited parts of Europe and Greenland, as well as the western part of this continent, but that they were all destroyed during a certain geological era, and the only traces of them remaining today are in rocks belonging to the Tertiary period. So valuable and ornamental a tree as the pignut is unfortunate in being known commonly by so insignificant a name; one botanist has named this species porcina, hence pignut, because the nuts were a favorite food for pigs, which were often turned into the woods to graze in the old days, and be- cause they are distasteful to most persons, while those of the shag- bark are eagerly sought. The hickories possess as high physical qualities as any group of American trees; their wood is ex- ceedingly valuable, so much so that it is almost impossible to find sat- isfactory substitutes for it in cer- tain lines, while for fuel it is unex- celled in heat-giving and bright- ness of flame. Even the nut is commercially valuable. When the trees are cut and manufactured into lumber, the buyer rarely at- tempts to distinguish the particular variety, merely asking whether he is purchasing virgin or second growth. Second growth is pecu- liarly well adapted to the manu- facture of light vehicles. The spokes of carriage wheels, the bent rims, axles and bolsters, running gear, poles, shafts, foundation frame-work, etc., are made of the wood whenever possible. Ash and maple have often been substituted for inferior-grade work, but a very little rough handling or usage will show the deception. Rogers says: "With wood equal to the best in its genus, exceptional merits as a shade and ornamental tree, and promise of developing orchard varieties that will rival the shagbarks as nut trees (experiments are now in progress looking toward the im- provement of the fruit, by grafting), the pignut seems to be one of the 'coming WALTER D. YOUNC3 BAY CIXV, MICH. SUPPL£M£NT TO HAKDWOOD KEOORD APRIL 25, 1907 rLLUSTRATING BUILDERS OF LUMBER HISTORY HARDWOOD RECORD 17 LEAF AND FRUIT OF PIGNUT. trees' in the Eastern States. It is to be hoped that the popular name will be aban- doned and the more suitable one 'smooth hickory' substituted. This is the literal translation of its scientific name." The photograph of pignut, from whi<;h the halftone accompanying this article was made, is from the collection of AVilliam H. Free- man, secretary of the Indiana State Board of Forestry. 'Builders of Lumber History. NUMBER XLIII. Walter Dickson Young. (See Portrait Supplement.) Walter Dickson Young was born in Al- bany, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1855. His father was George Young, of Stewarton, Scotland; his mother was a resident of Albany. The boy attended the academy there until the family's removal to Bay City, more than thirty years ago, and he received his entire business training in the latter city. His first employment was as clerk in the Bay City Bank. He next entered the coal and ice business as a member of the firm of Young Brothers; and in 18S7 organized and managed the Michigan Log Towing Com- pany, which was engaged in towing logs from Georgian Bay to the Saginaw river. Mr. Young acted in this capacity for five years. In 1892 he entered the hardwood lumber and maple flooring business, establishing the house of W. D. Young & Co., of which he is the sole owner at the present time, and it is to the affairs of this concern that he devotes most of his energy and atten- tion, although largely interested in several other important enterprises. Among these is the Young Brothers ' Building Company, of which he is secretary; the Colonial Building Company, of Bay City, w-hieh he serves in like capacity; he is a director of the Bay City Bank and of the Colonial Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago; and is vice president of the German-American Sugar Company of Bay City, one of the largest producers of beet sugar in the state of Michigan. Mr. Young has a double band saw mill and an immense flooring plant at West Bay City. He does a general hardwood manu- facturing and wholesale business, but makes a decided specialty of maple flooring, and is recognized as one of the most important factors in the maple flooring trade of the United States, as well as in the foreign markets; his company exports a large quantity each year. Only recently the plant was improved and made up-to-date in every particular; it is equipped with the latest and best machinery to be had. The Young factory has long been noted for the excel- lence of its product, and it is one of Mr. Young's characteristics that he never does anything by halves. Mr. Young has been twice married — the first time to Miss Florence Blanchett, of Detroit, who died in 1887; the second to Miss Elizabeth Ambrose, daughter of George H. Ambrose, one of Chicago 's pioneer lumbermen. He has four children, Fanny May, Walter Dickson, Jr., Florence Ambrose and Francis Little. Although exceedingly domestic in his tastes, and caring little for politics, Mr. Young is very popular in a social way — as he is also with business associates. He is a member of the Bay City Club and of the Union League Club qf Chicago. It is a pleasure for the Hakdwood Eecoed to add the portrait of Mr. Young to its gal- lery of Builders of Lumber History, to which his enterprise, sagacity and success in lumber operations in Michigan fairly entith,' him. Record Mail Bag. fin this department it is proposed to reply to such inquiries as reach this oflQce from the IIaudwood Kecobo clientage as will be of enough general interest to warrant publication. Every patron of the paper is invited to use this de- partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt will be made tu answer queries pertaining to all matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in a succinct and intelligent manner] interested me. Was pleased to note the refer- ence you made to the coffee tree in one of our Boston parks, known as the Fens, Enclosed you will find a leaf of this tree, and also one from a red maple and balm of Gilead. My life has been spent in association with the trees. For years I have been trying to form a collection of the leaves of forest trees, but have difficulty in preserving them any length of time. Would be pleased to have you advise me of some for- mula to preserve them. Am sending you under separate cover a rem- nant of a tree that is very hard, and would like to have you classify it. This tree was located in north latitude 45 degrees, west longitude 53 degrees, on an ocean mountain known as the Grand Bank. It is not known how many trees there are to the acre in this ocean forest, as no cruiser has ever returned to make his report, but it has stood a mute witness to the dying wail of many a whole ship's crew. In walking through this forest one would find the whitened bones of thousands of men who went down to the sea in ships. When I first came into pos- session of this tree, some dozen years ago, it was about two feet high, but continual knocking around has broken off its trunk and branches so that today it would not break any records in using a Doyle scale. C. B. Rogers. I am unable to identify the little piece of wood or coral that the writer sends. Ee- f erring to the subject of the preservation of leaves in their natural form, I have never been able to accomplish this result satisfac- torily. My method of preserving an accurate record of leaf forms is to put freshly plucked leaves in an ordinary photographic printing frame between a piece of plain glass, to hold them flat and firm, and a sheet of sensitized paper — thus employing the leaf as a negative. This process will make an ab- solutely accurate leaf print, which can then be toned in the usual way, making a more permanent and satisfactory record than any other I know of. — Editor. Thanks The Record. ASBUBY I'ABK, N. J., April 0, — Editor Haed- wooD Record : We want to thank you very much for the help you have given us concerning the short pieces of hickory. In view of the in- formation we have gained we think we can cut our wood to much better advantage in the future, — Yours very truly, Caxx & Taylor, ■Wants Market for Hickory. Bcr-al Hall, N. C, April 13. — Editor Haed- wooD Record : We notice an article on page 20 of the March issue of the Record, containing a question you have been asked before, but the same interests us. We expect to be in the hickory business and want to get a market for dimension stock, short lengths, second growth hickory. You will please give this place in the next issue of your paper and oblige. We enclose $2 check for the Record. Company. The above letter is self-explanatory and persons interested in securing this stock may have the address of the writer on application to this ofiice. — Editor. Asks for Information. Chelsea, Mass., April 13. — Editor Hardwood Record ; The subject of "American Forest Trees" as published in the Record has greatly Wants Second-Haiid. Kails. Derm.a, Miss.^ April 17. — Editor Hardwood Kecoed : Will you please give me the name of parties who handle second-hand rails for tram roads? I want to buy or lease one and a half miles for immediate use. & Co. Anyone interested in this inquiry can have the writer's address by applying to this of- fice.— Editor. i8 HARDWOOD RECORD Ameiican Forest Trees. West Chester, Pa., April 20.— Editor Hard- wood Recoiid: Eeferi'ing to the articles under the title American Forest Trees, published in your paper, will you kindly advise us when these articles will be printed in book form? We should like to get a copy.— Yours truly, Hoopes Bugs. & Darlington, Inc. There are upwards of 300 varieties of com- mercial forest trees growing in the United States. Of this number the Hardwood Record has published articles covering only about sixty. It is our intention to eventu- ally edit this series of articles and put them into book form. The first volume will prob- ably be issued some time during 1908.— Editor. The Care of the Glue Tot. The glue pot has more to do with the suc- cess of the factory than the average wood- worker supposes. Some of the important points of this branch of the industry are too often neglected. The methods of heating glue for veneering and other work in many shops and mills would surprise the average artisan in the woodworking line. In some cases the glue pot is any old kind of ket- tle or pot that happens to be available. One sometimes sees glue pots in operation on masses of coal, coke and charcoal, the glue coming in direct contact with the interior of the kettle, resulting in its piling up, baking and gritting into a mass as illustrated at a, Fig. 1, which is a sectional sketch of the glue pot with partly burned and clogged glue adhering to the sides of the metal uten- sil. This is a most imperfect way to dis- solve it and it is invariably burned. Some of the utensils employed for work- ing the melted glue are not kept, in proper order. In many instances the melting pots have the appearance of not having been cleaned for ages. In one mill, where much veneering work was in process, the writer noticed that glue melting apparatus was quite submerged, together with burned and clogged matter, refuse and slime. The lids of the pots failed to close, due to hardened masses of glutinous matter on the hinges. No effort seems to be made in some estab- lishments to care for the gluemaking outfit, although tlie power plant may boast a pol- ished engine, a clean floor, machinery in per- fect running order, with shafting and belts in good condition. In these same factories may be found a careless boy or two making glue in crude utensils, rendered unsuitable because of neglect, and even the floor be- smeared with the gummy stuff. Just why this department shouhl be so often over- looked, it is difficult to understand. How- ever, some of the woodworking plants have in- stalled very desirable systems of glue-pre- paring apparatus and invested considerable money in them. Often old apparatus which is defective in some particular point is changed at slight expense into a suitable device. For example in Fig. 2 is shown one of the single pots altered so that there is a boiler inside, thus preventing the glue from coming into direct contact with the metal that is next to the fire. There is no chance for the glue to get burned in the inner kettle, providing that the proper amount of water is kept in the exterior kettle at all times. A melting pot of this description can be used to good advantage in dissolving common glue. The brushes and the mode of applying them are worthy of special note. There are instances of using crude brushes made of a rag tied on a stick, and instances in which worn and broken brushes are utilized, but the majority of users of glue depend upon common bristle brushes. The camel's hair brush cannot be used long before the fine strands become clogged and torn. The stubby bristle brush will not do, and the user of glue finally hits upon the common hog- bristle brush of the character exhibited in Fig. 3. Of course he often seeks to alter the original condition of the brush and sometimes ruins it this way. In one shop a glue worker had his brushes bridled with wire as at b. This shut off just that much action of the bristles. In other places, while the glueman did not put his brushes "on the bum" by Ijinding up the bristles with wire, he went at the work in such a way that he ruined his brushes early in the game, besides doing de- fective work in the meantime. Some glue- the work, without jamming the bristles as in the previous case. Many brushes are put out of working order prematurely because of their use in grooves of work to be joined, as at e. Fig. 6. Wide and full brushes are often squeezed into nar- row grooves. The best way is to have an assortment of glue brushes, and in this as- sortment there sliould be some small ones, the bristle combination of which should just fit the width of the grooves of the work in hand. Tliis will prevent tearing and wearing the bristles on the grooves. Then the brush is often worn down unevenly by constantly drag- ging it over the work at an angle, as shown in Fig. 7. While the inner side of the brush slides over the surface, the outer drags irregu- larly as at f, and the result is that the un- equal pressure makes the brush crooked in a short time. Much depends upon the manner of holding the brush. Of course all manner of schemes for heat- ing the pots are invented by ingenious glue- makers in the shops. In one the resourceful glueman introduced a complete Bunsen burner device. He got gas from the main by run- ning a rubber tube from a jet to the gas pipe, as shown in the diagram. Then he rigged up a little fan blower motor, attached a tube and secured an air blast therefrom, 'inen the air and the gas were combined in the Bunsen burner at g and intense heat was obtained from the flame. Fig. 9 shows another kind of glue pot. The object of this contrivance is to enclose ^gi men apply the glue to the work by grasping the brush as in Fig. 4, exerting more than necessary pressure in the direction of the arrow e, thereby reducing the bristles to a flattened condition. Many glue brushes are prematurely ruined by this method. A better way to operate is exhibited in Fig. -5. The brush handle is grasped with the forefinger, the thumb on the stem as shown. The fore- finger d is not brought down hard upon the brush head. This gives opportunity for a clean sweeping of the brush to and fro on the heating chamber. Coke, charcoal or other fuel is employed and ignited just beneath the pot, which is constructed with an inner boiler for the glue. There are many different kinds of glue melting and working devices in use in wood- working mills. The large veneer and fur- niture factories have special glue rooms, care- fully fitted up, where all ghiing is done, for this department of any shop of importance is worthy the best appliances and the atten- tion of an expert. HARDWOOD RECORD 19 Meeting Michigan HardWood Manufacturers' Ass'n. There was a rousing iiieetiug of the Michi- gan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, lield at Grand Rapids, Mich., Ajiril 17. Although the association was only organized in July last, this is the fourth meeting that it has held. The attendance at every meeting seems to be growing larger and is indicative of the interest that is being manifested in the association. Already the organization has systematised plans for gaining an accurate knowledge of stocks of lumber and logs on hand, both sold and unsold, and many details that put every hardwood manufacturer in Michigan in possession of facts essential to a thorough knowledge of the conditions of the business in the state. This information is collated by the association 's secretary at fre- quent intervals and distributed to every mem- ber. It is safe to say that there is no body of lumbermen in the country who are bet- WILLIAJI H. WHITE. PRESIDENT. ter posted on facts of such essential interest in assisting just values for their product as the members of this organization. Beyond the information collated and dis- seminated as above noted, the association has formulated a set of inspection rules and endorsed them, which it hopes to make the standard of the entire country on northern hardwoods. The membership has grown to about seventy in number, and represents about eighty-five per cent of the total hard- wood output of Michigan. The initial meet- ing of the organization was held at Ottawa Beach on July 13 and 14 last. The second meeting was called at Mackinaw Aug. 8. The third took place at Traverse City on Oct. 31. The Grand Rapids meeting was called in the auditorium of the Hotel Pantlind at 10 A. M., with President William H. White in the chair, and Secretary Bruce Odell at his desk. President White after calling the meet- ing to order, delivered the following address: President White's Address. Gentlemen : This is the fourth meeting of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa- tion and while our association has not made ver.v miicli stir or excitement, we feel that its woi-ii has been very effective. The last statistics which our secretary sent out were gotten up in splendid shape. They reached nearly every manufacturer and I think had their effect. The work of this meeting today, as I look at it, is to consider fullj' the rules that have been drafted by the different committees and if found to be satisfactory, adopt the same and put them into effect in say thirty or sixty days. T'his would give our committee a chance to confer witli the committee of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, as I understand it is the wish tif the National Association that our Grad- ing Committee meet their Grading Committee and go over the rules question. If their com- mittee approves of the rules which our com- mittees agree on, and agrees to recommend their adoption at their annual meeting to be held at Atlantic City in May, on maple, beech, birch, ash, elm and basswood, so that these prod- ucts could be shipped on one set of rules known to the trade, I feel that we would have accom- plished a great deal. We want a set of rules that cannot be manipulated and in order to have such a set of rules we will have to con- sider the board from both sides. I am very desirous of seeing the defects in boards placed according to the amount of feet in each board, instead of according to the width and length. I am also very desirous of seeing a tmifurm inspection — I mean one set of inspec- tion rules. Every member here should give this rules question serious thought because when it is decided upon now it should be left so for some time. The marketing committee has a very impor- tant task to perform, and I hope they have given their work sufllcient thought to enable them to slate to this meeting the market con- ditions as they are today, and the chance for maintaining the present prices for our stock or of advancing prices in the near future. We also want to discuss fully the amount of stock on hand, compared witti last year, and the amount of stock sold and unsold at the present time- We want to look Into it carefully and outline a policy for this association to pursue, taking into account the amount of money it will re(iuire to run it successfully, and make provision for raising the amount today or when it will be needed. I-'or the best interests of this association it is going to require lots of atten- tion and work in the future. Your secretary deserves a great deal of credit for what he has accomplished in the short time he has had to do it. Taking into consideration his own busi- ness interests I cannot see how he can continue this work and do either himself or the associa- tion justice after the close of our year, which will be in July, unless he or some one else gives the work their full time and attention. Every member of this association should have a list "of stock on hand every month : namely, each kind of hardwood lumber, as well as the thickness, also the market conditions and the price at which lumber is selling at the central points, so that every manufacturer will be posted on the true condition of the market and know whether the supply of material is increas- ing or decreasing the demand. Products in which members are interested should be consid- ered even if not controlled by the association, such as bark, seats and other forest products, and whatever information the secretary may have in his possession should go out to the members and he should keep in touch with them. If a member is not sure on any point on which he thinks the association might give in- formation, it is his duty to write the secretary and try to find out the true facts as they stand. We are all busy men, perhaps too busy to give this association work the time it needs. Every- body is willing to do what they can, but this is an important work and a work that is going to have its results if properly looked after. The matter is now in your hands and I hope we will have a good meeting. At the request of the chair Secretary Odell read a synopsis of the minutes of the last meeting, which was approved. Chas. A. Bigelow, chairman of the grading committee, stated that a conference had been held between his committee and the grading rules committee of the National Hardwood Lumber Association in Chicago some time ago, and that they had received courteous treatment at the hands of the National repre- sentatives and that a report of this conference would be furnished later. President White invited W. H. Russe, president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, to address the meeting on the subject of the National Association's joining the Michigan Association, or the Michigan 's joining the National. Mr. Russe responded as follows : W. H. Russe 's Speech. Ml. President and Michigan Millionaires : I think the request of your president is very em- barrassing when he asks if Michigan shall adopt the National rules or the National adopt the Michigan rides. At Puft'alo we made an agree- ment not to change the rules for three years, but I, for one, feel there are some changes which should be made. You will all bear in mind in making rules, when we hear from all sections of the countr.y, that Michigan will not get just what it wants, that Wisconsin will not get just what it wants, and Indiana will not get what it wants, because we do not all think alike, and that is true on any legislation on any subject. .\ny legislation you might carry out W, W. MITCHELL. VICE PRESIDENT. here in your organization will not meet the ap- proval of all your members. You must get to- gether for the general good. I was present at (Jttawa Beach when you were organizing this association. I am glad you have made such progress. Association work is a good thing. It is a good thing if you don't go any farther than to know each other, for then you have accom- plished good work. The market has been on our side of the fence for two years and I would like to see it con- tinue for five years longer. Whether it will or not I can not say. Hi Memphis just at present we are getting good prices. A man comes into an office and we add a cotiple of dollars and another man comes in and we add a couple more. Conditions have been such that stocks have been kept at a minimum. The demand has been greater than the supply and while these conditions exist you are going to get good prices for your lumber. Getting back to the rules, the National has always stood for and worked for uniform inspec- tion,' and by that we mean we hope some day to have one set of inspection rules governing the country. I believe the time is ripe now to get together on the proposition. The markets are with us for any changes. We are all manufac- turing lower classes of material. I have alwa.vs held our prices naturally will follow the quality of the goods we ship and if w'e make them too low we can not get as much money, but we should have universal inspection. They ought not to be Michigan rules, Wisconsin rules, or National rules, but we ought to have only one set of rules. In fact, the very existence of dif- ferent rules has brought into effect the National association. Originally we had a great many exchanges and systems of inspection. C'jicago, 20 HARDWOOD RECORD St. Louis, Buffalo, New York and other cities had rules. Wlien we made quotations on lum- ber tliey aslied us, "Wliat rules are you going to measure it liyV" Then we got together and n.ade a set of rules. We have made wonderful progress. The suc- cess of the National association proves that de- spite the fact that this year there has been more agitation in manufacturing centers in re- gard to changes in the rules the association has made a large increase in membership and the inspection force has measured more lumber than ever before. The National association never has been in better condition than it is to- day. Still we have not attained the idea we started out for — universal inspection. I be- lieve that with conservative action, and every man giving the other man credit for being hon- est in what he says, while we may not agree with you. bv giving and taking we can get to- gether and make a set of rules that will suit all of us. With the different interests at stake this will be the best thing that can be done. I am not familiar with your northern woods. I do not know just what changes you feel should be made, but I know there are a few changes we of the south want and fee! we should have. On the other hand, I do not be- lieve iu rescinding the Buffalo agreement — tak- ing it out and throwing it overboard. I believe we can suspend the Buffalo agreement and make the changes uecessary for the changed condi- tions and let the Buffalo agreement go right along until it has expired. I am glad your association has invited the inspection committee not only of our associa- tion but also of the Indiana and Wisconsin as- sociations, because I believe these committees BRUCE ODEI^L, SECRETARY. have given inspection rules so much thought that they can go over the entire list far better than a general convention. Naturally when you go in a general convention the different sections handle different woods and it is hard to reach an agreement. For instance, I would not give any consideration as to what changes Michigan needs, because I would not be in a position to give them any advice. I do give thought to the woods we handle personally. Your chair- man would not consider the woods you do not handle. There will come in differences of opin- ion again, but if we simply will wipe out senti- ment and merely bear in mind that we are there not only for our own good but for the general good, and whenever you help the gen- eral good you will find you are helping your- selves, you will remove the obstacles and you are bound to put money in your pocket when you help the general good of the lumber busi- ness. 1 feel that the movement here has been a wise one and I hope that when the committees get together one won't insist on having a cer- tain speck removed, but by giving and taking they will be able to get together and when they get there we will be satisfied and then let the matter rest under the Buffalo agreement until it has expired. The National Association has always had that one idea in view ; that is, universal inspection. You must bear in mind that with a membership of more than six hun- dred we have differences of opinion. We have differences of opinion in our club at Memphis, in which we have 116 members, but we try to get the best of the ideas advanced adopted. I find 1 am not infallible in my views and other people find out the same thing. Let us meet with a determination to get to- gether. If you conflict you will never get to- gether. Some of our members have felt that they do not get what they are entitled to.- If you will bear this in mind there is no reason under the sun why we should not get together, and I believe we will. General Discussion on Inspection. The chair next invited Frank F. Fish, sec- retary of the National Association, to speak. Mr. Fish stated that his time was given very largely to carrying out detail work and that he was not a practical lumberman and was not competent to pass an opinion on in- spection rules. He urged attendance at the forthcoming annual meeting at Atlantic City and hoped that every Michigan manufacturer would be present to further the interests of that section of the country. President White then gave Theodore Fath- auer, chairman of the Inspection Eules Com- mittee of the National Association, an op- portunity to speak. Mr. Fathauer said: The question of inspection always seems to be a prominent one in a meeting of lumbermen. When first the subject was broached, ten or eleven years ago, the National Hardwood Lum- ber Association took great pains to enlist the support and cooperation of hardwood lumber- men. At that time they extended a general in- vitation to attend a meeting held in Chicago. Michigan was approached by personal efforts and Mr. White was among the first to attend the meeting. He is as conversant with the im- portance of the achievement as any of us. The dealers and manufacturers of hardwood lumber should and must get together. In a measure the dealer reflects the necessities of the con- sumer. Manufacturers, on the other hand, know what a log will produce and it would be the height of folly were they to adopt inspection rules which would not be practicable in the manufacture of hardwood lumber. You who have followed the work of the National Hard- wood Lumber Association know that Michigan through its representative sawmill men has been represented on this committee. The in- spection rules necessarily must represent the custom of the trade, and the inspection rule through its grades must take care of the entire product of the log. You gentlemen can answer the question far better than anyone else whether or not the National rules would take care of the entire product of the log with the exception of slabs, sawdust and edgings. Personally I have always felt that to change the rules every time you have a meeting is a grave mistake. Not only are universal inspec- tion rules desirable but uniform application of the rules. You cannot change the rules and ex- pect the inspectors to apply them as well as if your inspectors had opportunity to apply them lor a year or two. We will fight for the rescinding of the Buffalo agreement if for no other reason than to show we acted in all sincerity. This is the position taken by the Chicago Hardwood Lumber Ex- change. We will send a strong representation to .\tlantic City for this purpose. I might say, however, that we will have op- position and if you gentlemen are interested, which you are — at least I think you are — it devolves upon you to attend the meeting in person. Proxies are not accepted. Whichever way you vote, for or against, goes and you must be there to voice your sentiments. The National Hardwood Lumber Association for at least ten years has endeavored to have its rules adopted in the eastern markets and about a month ago it was successful. I simply mention this tact to show you with what diligence the work is carried on. Also I wish to state to you that it any radical movement is on foot to change the rules for grading lumber you will lose the sup- port whicli we now have and frustrate the efforts of ten years. Carroll F. Sweet, a director of the Na- tional Association, spoke in substance as fol- lows : The subject of inspection rules your commit- tee is very much more capable of handling with the committee of the National and other asso- ciations than it is possible to do here, and far better results can be secured through committee action. One point that is essential is to have a large attendance at the .Atlantic City meet- ing. Last year Grand Rapids sent a big delega- tion to Memphis, which I got up, and I have been requested to repeat the program this year. Y'our secretary has had bouquets thrown at him, so I think he can stand a little criticism. I called Mr. Odell up on the 'phone and he said be did not see auy use in going. Now I want to tell vou one thing — anything we don't get doesn't do us any good. Anyone who is dead doesn't get any good out. of life. Mr. Sweet further said that he was the excursion manager of the Grand Eapids mem- bers of the National Association and pro- posed to charter a special car to take the local lumbermen to the Atlantic City meeting of the National Association, and invited all members of the Michigan Association who could make it convenient to join the party to go with them. Mr. Russe then cordially seconded the in- vitation given by Mr. Sweet. The chair invited Geo. H. Chapman, a dele- gate from the 'Wisconsin Hardwood Manu- facturers' Association, to address the con- vention. Mr. Chapman spoke as follows: I would like to touch upon one question which has been brought up, largely because of the remarks I made at the Traverse City meet- ing and because there has been some misunder- standing in regal d to the position which has CHAS. A. BIGELOW, CHAIRMAN GRADING COMMITTEE. been talten by the manufacturers of Wisconsin, especially those who have taken an active part in the "formation of our new association. A good many of the wholesalers and others have given it to me pretty hard because they think we want to make it as hard as possible for wholesalers to do business. There is no such intention. We do not want to do anything that would be detrimental to the business of our Iriends and we want them to understand that the formation of this new association is for the purpose of taking up questions that our friends are not interested in. We intend to maintain both associations over there. There are ques- tions which both can handle. There are ques- tions that either one or the other could not handle. We recognize that their branch of the business is necessary to us. We will not under any circumstances take any action that will be detrimental to their affairs and those in other lines of the hardwood lumber business. We have given this question of grading a great deal of thought. Mr. Fathauer said that the rules should be so written that they would cover the entire product of the log. This in- cludes the low grade stock which is being sold for scoots, crating and other purposes. If the logging is closely done and the sawing properly done some provision should be made for this low grade product. For this reason we are advocat- ing a grade which will take care of it. We think it should have a better name, however. We are heartily in favor of uniform rules. We do not care who gets the credit for them. We are willing to keep up the flght until we get what we want. So far as continually chang- ing the rules is concerned I do not favor too HARDWOOD RECORD 21 much o£ that, but it seems to us that the great trouble with the hardwood lumber business has been and is today because we are working on antiquated plans. The first hardwood rules ever written were written in Wisconsin. They were used as the foundation of the National rules. They were written fifteen or eighteen years ago in a great deal of haste. We all of us know that conditions in the lumber business have changed within the last ten or twenty years. I do not know of a single set of rules that have not been changed materially within the last ten years. Shop common and pine rules are as radically different from w'hat we had years ago as is possible. Changes were made in order to give sash and door factories what they wanted and then put on an adequate price. The rules were changed probably fifteen years ago. X'o make these changes there were conferences be- tween the bureau of grades and the sash and door concerns tributary to the Mississippi river territory. I don't see what objection there can be to making changes in the rules provided they are needed. I don't see that anything can be gained by changing gradually. Hardwood lum- ber as graded out is not as a rule satisfactory to the users of lumber. In a great many case.s it is necessary to make special grades. I think all of you can recognize where that comes in. I think the basis — that is, the ground work of the present National rules — is not right. We do not think they cover the wants of the users of hardwood lumber. We don't care what it does to the manufacturer, because you can make a grade and put the price on it. but there may be a hardship on the user because he may not be able to use our grade. You are not going to change the real value of your lumber by chang- ing the grade. We feel conditions are such that a radical change can be made. There are only slight differences which would enable us to give a man who is cutting up good lumber something that can be used to advantage. On invitation Chas. H. Barnaby, president of the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen 's As- sociation, spoke as follows: I came here to represent Indiana in the joint conference on rules and am greatly pleased to find the Michigan association in session. We had a conference several years ago and we went to Chicago and tried to get changes but did not get anything. The next year we went to St. Louis, fought good and hard and got what we wanted. If we are going to get anything now we must fight for it. We have met four times, our Indiana committee, and suggested such changes as we think are right. We are going to Atlantic City in a body and are going to fight hard to have the Buffalo agreement sus- pended and have adopted such rules as we can have recognized by the National inspection com- mittee. Now. gentlemen, the chairman of the inspec- tion committee cannot change these rules. It is the majority of the entire convention that will change them. If you want them changed you must go down there and fight for it. Now' you speak about the manipulator. He will manipulate some way if he is a smooth citizen regardless of rules. Why, there is a fellow in our town who makes good money by manipulat- ing and he will keep on just as long as he can do that. I hope Michigan will send a strong delegation and fight for the suspension of the BuflTalo resolution. W. C. Hull of Traverse ('ity responded to Mr. Chapman's address as follows: I do not know that I have anything to say until the discussion of the rules comes up. I was quite interested in the remarks of the gen- tleman in regard to grades. The gentleman who spoke at length says one cut of the log is not provided for. He advocates another grade and doesn't seem to like the name scoots. A No. 3 now is a very poor board. They only require 25 per cent sound cuttings and" a board that will cut less than 25 per cent sound certainly Is not entitled to a much better name. Should we change the name to No. 4 the result would be that one-half of the boards which the inspec- tors now put into No. 3 will go into No. 4. On motion of D. H. Day a vote of thanks ■U'as given to visiting members of other hard- ■wood associations for their attendance. The Hart Cedar & Lumber Company of Hart was admitted to membership, where- upon the grading committee and the dele- gates from the National, the Wisconsin and Indiana associations went into session, as well as the Market Conditions Committee; recess was then taken until 2:30 p. m. AFTERNOON SESSION. Secretary Odell submitted the following statement as a report of the Market Condi- tions Committee: Report of Market Conditions Committee. From the stock reports of January 1, 1907, and such other information as your committee is able to obtain, stocks of all kinds of northern hardwoods are very light, probably lighter than at any time in several years. In the opin- ion of your committee the following prices can lie obtained for northern hardwoods over rail or by vessels : BIBCH. 4, 4 red ?40 First and No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 second, common, common. Com. 4/4 $29 $21 $15 $13 5/4 and 6/4. 31 23 15 13 8/4 33 25 17 30/4 37 27 17 12/4 40 30 20 ie/4 45 35 25 MAPLE. 4/4 $25 $20 $15 $13 5/4 26 21 15 13 6/4 27 22 15 13 8/4 28 23 16 10/4 30 24 17 12/4 32 26 18 16/4 35 28 19 No. 3 common. Log run. Ash $15 $30 Basswood 16 26 Keech 13 16 Soft elm lo 26 Rock elm 15 25 Bruce Odell^ A. W. Newark, W. L. Martin, W. N. Kellev, S. G. McClellan, W. C. Hull. R. Hanson said that the prices recom- mended by the committee were already being secured in most cases and gave a very op- timistic ■view of trade conditions. The senti- ments expressed were confirmed by both W. W. Mitchell and F. A. Diggins. On mo- tion the report was accepted and adopted, and the meeting adjourned until 8 p. m. EVENING SESSION. Chas. A. Bigelow, chairman of the grading committee, submitted the following report: Report of Grading Conunittee. Your committee submits the following modi- fications and changes in the rules of inspection of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, as its report, which, if incorporated in their rules, will, we earnestly believe, result to the advantage of all concerned. We ask that a committee be appointed by you to meet the inspection rules committee of the National Hard- wood Lumber .\ssociation in Chicago, prior to the meeting of that association in Atlantic City the latter part of May. as we believe the pres- ent time most opportune in which to further our efforts for a uniform inspection of hard- wood lumber. No. 1. Reference paragraph 2, general in- structions : Both sides of the board shall be taken into consideration by the inspector, ex- cept as otherwise stated. No. 2. Reference paragraph 3, general in- structions : Instead of the words "and square ends" use the words "all ragged and bad ends" shall be trimmed off. Tapering lumber in stand- ard grades to be measured one-third the length of the piece from the narrow end. No. 3. Reference paragraph 4, general in- structions : In the measurement of lumber in miscellaneous widths, all fractions one-half foot or over, as shown by the board rule, shall be added to the next higher figure, and all frac- tions under one-half foot shall be dropped. No. 4. New paragraph, general instructions : All lumber grading firsts on the best side of the piece and No. 1 common on the reverse side shall be classed as seconds, and admitted into the grades of firsts and seconds. No. 5. Standard lengths : Fifteen per cent of odd lengths to be admitted and measured and classed as such : 25 per cent of 8 and 10 foot to be admitted in the grade of firsts and sec- onds, not exceeding 10 per cent under 10 feet. No. 6. Standard thicknesses of lumber are % inch, 1/2 inch, % inch, % inch, 1 inch, I14 inch, 114 inch, 2 inch, 2% inch, 3 inch, 3Vj inch, 4 inch, 4 li, inch, 5 inch, 5 14 inch and 6 inch. No. 7. Stain that will surface off in dressing to any standard thickness shall not be consid- ered a defect. No. 8. All lumber less than 1 inch in thick- ness shall be measured and counted the same as lumber 1 inch thick when sold as such. No. 9. Wane : Wane on edge of inch board not exceeding one-half Inch in width on face side of the piece, running not to exceed one- third in length, shall not be considered a de- fect. Inch and a quarter and thicker lumber will admit a proportionate amount of wane. No. 10. No. 1 common : Width, 3 inches and wider ; lengths, 6 feet and longer. This grade is a cutting up grade, and must work two-thirds clear face cutting in not exceeding three pieces. No. 11. No. 2 common : Width, 3 inches and wider ; lengths, 4 feet and longe'r. This grade is a cutting up grade and must work 50 per cent clear face, cutting in not exceeding four pieces. No. 12. No. 2 common in soft elm shall con- form to the general rules of all No. 2 common, except that the rules shall read "sound cutting" instead of "clear face cutting." Your committee recommends further that copies of this report be furnished the secre- taries of the Wisconsin Hardwood Manufac- tures' Association, the Indiana Hardwood Lum- bermen's Association ; and again we ask that a special committee be appointed to confer with members of the associations previously named. Respectfully, Charles A. Bigelow, F. A. DiGGINSj Henry Ballou, D. H. Day, R. J. Clark. On motion of F. A. Diggins the report as read was approved. R. Hanson then addressed the association as follows: I make a motion that the committee which had in charge the making of the specifications submitted be continued ; that it be instructed to attend the National convention which meets at Atlantic City in the near future for the purpose of having these inspection rules adopted. It is a well recognized fact that in order to make these inspection rules of any ben- efit to us it will be necessary for us to have them recognized by the National association. X do not mean by that to say we should join the National association, but in dealing with people in diflferent cities we become international, in a sense, and for that reason want rules recognized by the general trade as the standard inspection rules. We would have hard bumping to inaugu- rate our system in our part of the country. I do not mean to say that we cannot enforce our inspection rules in a measure, but it will be a great deal better to have them adopted by the National association. I cannot see that we would gain anything by joining the National association, but I know we will profit materially by having them recognized as the standard of inspection, or In other words that our inspec- tion rules agree with theirs. We are an associ- ation that does not come in contact with the other manufacturers' associations. We deal in lumber in which they do not deal. They should recognize our inspection as the standard inspec- tion. I would recommend instructing this com- mittee to attend the National association con- ference and. if possible, having it secure the incorpotation of our inspection in their rules. By having an organized association and taking a positive stand and adopting certain rules and regulations by which we want our lumber in- spected they will listen to us and modify their inspection of that grade of lumber to harmonize with ours. Indications are they want us to he part of their body, but this I do not favor, be- cause our interests are not common to that extent. If we were taken in as a body in that association they would have to supply us the same inspectors as are used in that body, and that I believe we can accomplish with a great deal more readiness than to attempt to fill the same positions they have to fill. Let us stand outside of the association and hold the same relative position to their organi- zation as the states hold to one another in the federal government. I am right, I believe. We should proceed along the line I have stated and appoint a committee with full power to act. I think we should send a committee down there with power to make reasonable concessions. If we do not give them that power then I do not think there is any use to send a committee. Secretary Fish was asked to name a con- venient time for the proposed conference with the Grading Rules Committee of his associa- tion, and suggested May 9. 22 HARDWOOD RECORD F. A. Diggins interposed an objection, stat- ing that he understood that the National committee was to meet with the Indiana Hard- wood Lumbermen's Association's committee on May 8, and stated that he would like to have the committees of all the associations meet together at one time. This suggestion was accepted by Mr. Fish, whereupon Mr. Hanson offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Be it moved tbat the president and the mem- bers of the Grading Committee of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association meet with the grading committees of the other hardwood associations in Chicago on May 8, or at any other time that would be agreeable to all, and attend the annual meeting of the National Hard- wood Lumber Association at Atlantic City on May 23 and 24, and that they have full author- ity to act in the matter of devising satisfactory and uniform inspection rules to govern the grad- ing of northern hardwoods. This committee consists of C. A. Bigelow, D. H. Day, F. A. Diggins, Henry Ballou, R. J. Clark and President White. Secretary Odell read a financial statement of the condition of the association's affairs, showing that the total receipts up to this time had been $1,18.5 and disbursements $1,106.77, leaving a balance of only $78.23 on hand. He stated that the organization would require some additional funds to pay existing in- debtedness and carry on the work, and re- ferred to the provisions of the constitution relating to dues, which provides that an as- sessment on shipments not in excess of 2 cents per thousand feet might be made. The secre- tary introduced the following resolution, which prevailed : Resolved, That the secretary be instructed to levy an assessment of 2 cents a thousand feet on all shipments of hardwood lumber shipped from January 1, 1907, the same to be paid quar- terly, each member to render a .statement promptly on blanks to be sent out by the secre- tary, which are to show the amounts of the different kinds of hardwood lumber shipped be- tween the dates of January 1, 1907, and March 31, 1907, that being the first quarter of the year. C. R. Duggan asked the secretary if it would be possible to compile a statement showing stocks on hand at more frequent in- tervals. In reply the secretary stated that he had encountered extreme difficulty in getting these reports as often as he had and did not think it would be possible to secure stock re- port statements from members oftener than quarterly, !;nd doubted if it would be possible to secure (hem oftener than semi-annually. The secretary was instructed to issue a cir- cular letter to all members noting the invi- tation to be present at the annual meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at Atlantic City, and urging that all attend. On motion it was decided to •hold the first annual meeting of the Michigan association at Cadillac some time in July, the date to be fixed by the president and secretary. The meeting then adjourned. The attendance was as follows: Henry Ballou, Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., Cadillac. Charles A. Bigelow, The Kneeland-Bigelow Co., Bay City. C. H. Barnaby, Greencastle, Ind. Frank Chickering, Grand Kapids. E. C. Groesbeck, Stearns Salt & Lumber Co., Ludington. George H. Chapman, Northwestern Lumber Co., Stanley, Wis. W. T. Christine, American Lumberman, Chi- cago. If. J. Clark, Peninsula Bark & Lumber Co., Sault Ste. Marie. C. E. Duggan, Tindle & Jackson, Pellston. F. A. Diggins, Murphy & Diggins, Cadillac. H. E. Davies, Ilackley-Phelps-Bonnell Co., Grand Kapids. H. I'. Dutton, Worcester Lumber Co., Ltd., Cliassell, C. E. Davis, Perkins Lumber Co., Grand Rap- ids. D. II. Day, Glen Haven. G. B. Dunton, Thos. MacBrlde Lumber Co., Buckle.v. Theodore Fathauer, Theodore Fathauer Co., Chicago. Frank F. Fish, National Hardwood Lumber Association, Chicago. M. J. Fox, G. von Platen, Boyne City. L. E. Fuller, Lumber World, Chicago. Henry H. Gibson, Hardwood Record, Chicago. William F. Gustine, A. F. Anderson, Cadillac. Bruce Green, Williams Bros. Co., Cadillac. W. C. Hull, The Oval Wood Dish Co., Tra- verse City. H. S. Hull, The Oval Wood Dish Co., Tra- verse City. E. S. Harris. Dalton Lumber Co., New Dalton. I!. Hanson, Sailing, Hanson & Co., Grayling. W. W. Johnson, Johnson & Crowl, Petoskey. Paul Johnson, North Shore Lumber Co., Thompson. E. L. Klise. A. B. Klise Lumber Co., Sturgeon Bay. A. B. Klise. A. B. Klise Lumber Co., Sturgeon Bay. W. N. Kelley, Kelley Lumber & Shingle Co., Traverse City. J. M. Longnecker, Oval Wood Dish Co., Tra- verse City. S. 0. McClellan, Earle Lumber Co.. Simmons. R. E. Morris, Lumber Mutual Insurance Co., Ypsilanti. W. W. Alitchell, Mitchell Bros. Co.. Cadillac. W. Ij. Martin, Embury-Martin Lumber Co., Cheboygan. A. W. Newark. Cadillac Handle Co., Cadillac. .lohn F. Ott, John F. Ott Lumber Co., Tra- verse City. Bruce Odell, Cummer, Diggins & Co., Cadillac. A. R. Owen, John S. Owen Lumber Co., Owen Wis. R. G. Peters, R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co., Manistee. W. P. Porter, East Jordan Lumber Co.. East Jordan. M. .T. Quinlan. Menominee Bay Shore Lumber Co.. Soperton. Wis. W. H. Russe, Russe & Burgess. Memphis, Tenn. C. F. Sweet, Merchants' Lumber Co., Strongs. J. Sullivan, Cedar. L. L. Skillman, Skillman Lumber Co., Grand Rapids. R. W. Smith, Louis Sands Salt & Lumber Co., Manistee. W. Tillotson. inspector National Hardwood Lumber Association, Grand Rapids. George S. Wilkinson. Van Keulen & Wilkinson Lumber Co.. Grand Ranids. W. IT. White, W. II. White Co., Bovue City, .Mich. George F. Williams. Williams Bros. Co.. Cadil- lac. II. Widdicomb. Jr.. Halladay Lumber Co., Grand Rapids. John S. Weidman, J. S. Weidman, Weidman. NeWs Miscellanp. Inspection Conference at Minneapolis. .Si.x ofhcers of the National Hardwood Lumber Association headed by President W. H. Russe on April 19 visited Minneapolis for the purpose of getting in touch with the hardwood wholesalers of the Twin Cities and ealisting enough of them as members of the National Association to justify locating a National inspector there. A meeting of the Northwesteru Hardwood Lumbermen's Association was called by President D. F. Clark for the purx^ose of talkiug things over with the visitors. It was held at the Commercial Club and was followed by a dinner, at which Mayor J. C. Hayues welcomed the guests to Minne- apolis. It was the sense of the meeting that the local hardwood men should Join forces with the Na- tional Association, whose inspection rules they have long been using, and that they should en- deavor to use all honorable means to have a imiversal inspection system adopted for the whole country. Seven new members were re- cefved into the National Association and three others promised to join if their colleagues were willing. President Clark called the meeting to order and stated its object, going on record himself in favor of hearty support of the National As- sociation and of securing a local National in- spector. W. C. Bailey said that as northern hardwoods were being cut out it was more neces- sary to have an inspector for the Twin Cities to give good service on southern stock. W. H. Russe explained the National inspec- tion service and said the association desired to locate inspectors wherever needed. The service is maintained as near uniform as possible, and is giving very general satisfaction. The buyer will like it better even if not always suited, because he will know what he is going to get. Mr. Clark explained that, while at Buffalo two years ago a resolution was adopted not to change the grading rules for three years, there is some talk now of change and it will come up at the an- nual meeting May 23 and 24. F. F. Fish, secretary of the association, said tlmt beginning five years ago with three in- spectors, they now had twenty-one. They are paid lfl,200 to $2,100 a year, and are under U. F. CLARK. PRESIDENT NORTHWEST- ERN HARDWOOD LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION. bond. If on a reinspection there is a difference of more than four per cent the association mails a check to the buyer or seller, as the case may be, and takes it out of the inspector's bond. There are now 580 members : there are only six in the Twin Cities and there .should be twenty. O. O. Agler said that National inspection had gained the confidence of buyers now so that they were satisfied to take it in nearly all cases without question. A. E. Peterson of St. Paul thought the owner or buyer should be allowed to have a man on the pile with the inspector. Mr. Fish said that nine times out of ten this man would try to influence the inspector. Theodore Fathauer of Chicago, chairman of the grading rules committee, said that in Micltigan no man thought of going on the pile, and the inspectors would be *'very im- polite" to a man who tried it. Michigan shipped 400,000,000 feet under National inspection, he stated, and as a buyer he had such con- fidence in it that he never reinspected. W. C. Stanton of St. Paul wanted to know whether parties not members of the association could call for a reinspection. The reply was that they could if the lumber had been sold subject to National inspection. J. V. Stim- son of Huntingburg. Ind., said he had formerly paid little attention to anything but the social HARDWOOD RECORD 23 side of the association, but now he was fully reliant on National inspection, and in the few cases that were reinspected for him the results were perfectly satisfactory. C. H. Barnaby of Indianapolis, president of the Indiana Associa- tion, spoke briefly and said he had learned some things from the discussion. F. H. Lewis of Minneapolis aslced whether a National inspector for the Twin Cities would instruct the local in- spectors. Mr. Fish said he would be directed to do so. Dinner was then served in one of the small club dining rooms. D. F. Clark presided. After dinner Mayor Haynes was introduced and ex- tended the visitors welcome to the city, speaking at some length. Messrs. Russe, Stimson, Fath- auer, Agler and Barnaby all responded briefly anil spoke in complimentary terms of the Twin Cities and of their meeting with the local hard- wood men. Those present included the following : W. H. Russe, Memphis, president N. H. L. A. F. F. Fish, Chicago, secretary N. H. L. A. 0. O. Agler, Chicago, first vice president N. H. L. A. Theo. Fathauer, Chicago, chairman rules com- mittee, N. H. L. A. Charles H. Barnaby, Indianapolis. .1. V. Stimson, Huntingburg, Ind. D. F. Clark, C. F. Osborne, Grant Osborne and H. E. Walker, Osborne & Clark, Minneapolis. A. H. Barnard, Minneapolis. W. H. Sill, P. R. Hamilton, Minneapolis Lum^ ber Company, Minneapolis. A. E. Peterson, Peterson-Moore Lumber Com- pany, St. Paul. S. H. Davis, Henry Levine, S. II. Davis Lum- ber Company, Minneapolis. R. H. Grinsted, Pacific Timber Company, Min- neapolis. F. H. Lewis, Minneapolis. 1. P. Lennan, I. P. Lennan & Co., Minneapolis. E. Payson Smith, A. S. Bliss, Payson Smith Lumber Company, Minneapolis. W. C. Stanton, George De Long, Stanton-De Long Lumber Company, St. Paul. G. W. Everts, C. A. Mayo, G. W. Everts Lum- ber Company, Minneapolis. H. M. Haisted, Ilalsted & Booraem, Minneapo lis. T. D. Jones, G. W. Jones Lumber Company, Appleton. Wis. W. C. Bailey, Minneapolis. E. H. Ilobe, Ilobe Lumber Company, Minne- apolis. A. A. Rotzien, W. C. Meader, Hawkins Lumbeir & Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis. F. W. Buswell, Buswell Lumber & Manufac- turing Company, Minneapolis. N. C. Bennett, N. C. Bennett Lumber Com- pany, Minneapolis. T. T. Bartelme, Minneapolis. J. F. Hayden, secretary Northwestern Hard- ■wood Lumbermen's Association, Minneapolis. Piatt B. Walker, Minneapolis. Mayor J. C. Haynes, Minneapolis. Indianapolis Machinery House. The patrons of the II.\rdw(iod Record are introduced in the advertising pages of this issue to the veteran sawmill and special machinery manufacturing house — the Sinker-Davis Com- pany of Indianapolis. This concern was founded in LSril by Edward T. Sinker and operated under various firm names until 1871, when the firm of Sinker, Davis & Co. was incorporated, and in 1S8S reincorporated under the style of the Sinker-Davis Company. Perhaps the company is best known through its line of "Hoosier" sawmill machinery, and its specialty in this line is its "Gold Dust" band sawmills, in 7 and 8 foot sizes, and its new "Hoosier" 6-foot band sawmill. It also makes a full line of circular sawmills, gang edgers, lumber trimmers, engines and boilers. One of the company's famous machines, which is illustrated in its ad. is the "Hoosier" self- feed rip saw. This machine is of special In- terest to manufacturers of furniture, flooring and cut-up material, and is one of the best types of feed-in and feed-out rip saws that has ever been made. Its value is attested by the numbers of these machines that already have been sold, and its popularity seems to be general with the trade. The officers of the Sinker-Davis Company are J. H. Hooker, president ; H. R. Bliss, secretary and treasurer, and John N. Steely, superintend- ent. These gentlemen are all very popular with the hardwood lumber manufacturing and remanu- facturing trade, with whom they particularly come in contact. The plant of the Sinker-Davis Company is very close to the downtown district of Indian- apolis. It consists of a machine shop and foun- dry, a millwright shop and pattern storage house, and is located at the intersection of Kentucky avenue and Missouri street and the Union Rail- way tracks, and the structures run through to West street. The shops are fitted with the most modern types of iron and steel working tools and the employees of the house have been brought up with it and are skilled machinists. The machinery of the Sinker-Davis Company is pretty well scattered over the entire United States, but particularly through the South and Southwest, and has achieved a splendid reputa- tion wherever it has been sold. Indian Territory Hardwoods. O. M. Eruner, president o£ the Owen M. Bruner Company, wholesale lumber dealer of Philadelphia, has recently returned from a trip to Indian Territory. Mr. Bruner supplies the Record with the accompanying picture of an A FINE COTTONWOOD LOG CUT IN INDIAN TERRITORY. Indian Territory Cottonwood log scaling 1,500 feet, cut by Burgoyne Brothers of Hugo. Mr. Bruner makes a very alluring report of the hard- woods he finds in that district, and thinks that that region will become an eventful source of supply for a considerable quantity. Annual National Hardwood Lumber A.ssociation. The eastern members of the National Hard- wood Lumber Association, represented by a com- mittee of arrangements consisting of C. E. Lloyd, K. A. Beckley and B. C. Currie, are out with a handsome little booklet containing valuable sug- gestions and requisite information for members and others who contemplate attending the annual meeting, which will be held at Atlantic City, May T.', and 24. Members and guests attending the convention will be entertained by the eastern contingent, which hospitably invites all hardwood lumber manufacturers and wholesale hardwood dealers to be present, and announces that special ar- rangements have been made for ladies, so that it is hoped a large number will attend. The com- mittee recommends that visitors arrive as early as Wednesday evening, if possible, that everyone may be on hand promptly the opening day of the convention. The headquarters and meetings will be on the Steel Pier, admission to which will be insured by showing the badge or button to the business meetings ; at other times by ticket. A repre- sentative of the committee will be at the entrance to the Pier during the entire convention, to give information, tickets, etc., and to register all mem- bers and guests. It is urged that ail register promptly, as soon as located at any hotel ; all tickets for meetings, smoker, ladies' entertain- ment, etc., will be presented at the time of regis- tration. Special railroad rates have been secured for this convention, on the certificate plan ; the method of procedure is to purchase a straight ticket to Atlantic City, over the route by which one intends to return home, and get with it a certificate from the agent which will entitle one to one-third fare returning ; the tickets will be on sale from the 19th to the 27th of May. For members wishing to stop at Philadelphia, New York, New England points, or the Jamestown Exposition on their return, stop-over privileges at Philadelphia have been arranged for, the side- trips to be taken from there. Whatever route Is decided upon, it should be borne in mind that tickets must be routed the same both going and coming, in order to insure securing the low rate. Atlantic City is noted tor its fine hotels, and the committee has selected eight of the very best for recommendation to prospective visitors ; they are the Chalfoute, the Dennis, Haddon Hall, the Marlborough-Blenheim, the Rudolph, the St. Charles, the Strand and the Traymore. In writ- ing for accommodations, which should be engaged in advance, mention the National Hardwood Lumber Association. The following programme of events has been decided upon : Wednesday, 22d : Committees will meet In the evening, time and place to be determined upon by their chairmen. Thursday, 23d : Morning and afternoon ses- sions of convention on the Steel Pier. Regular business and speeches on important and Interest- ing subjects will be heard. Thursday evening : Smoker and entertainment will be tendered the members and guests at the Rudolph Grotto, at 8 P. M. Lunch and "other good things" will be served. Entertainment for the ladies will be furnished on the Pier at 8 P. M. Music, special attractions, and a "cake walk." Friday, 24th : Morning and afternoon sessions on Pier. Morning excursion for the ladles along the bay and sound to Somers Point. In the even- ing there will be entertainment for all on the Pier, with music and a basketball contest. Building Operations for March. Building operations for March, as given in the report of the American Contractor of Chicago, while showing a gratifying and widely distributed building activity and a gain in thirty-one of the principal states of the United States as compared with the corresponding month of 1906, indicate a loss in twenty-one cities. This aggregate loss amounts to only three per cent, however. The greatest decrease reported is in the Manhattan and Bronx districts of New York, while Brooklyn shows an increase. Chicago shows a gain of thirty-three per cent. The total for March, 1906, was $56,072,037. as compared with $54,- 222,077 for March, 1907. New Chicago Hardwood House. The R. A. Hooton Lumber Company is the name of a new and desirable addition to the wholesale hardwood fraternity of Chicago. The company is under the management of R. A. Hooton. and has opened headquarters at 1052 First National Bank building. It will specialize in poplar and chestnut. Mr. Hooton has had long experience in the lumber trade, both in the retail and jobbing business, and made his head- quarters for many years at Danville, 111. He will be heartily welcomed by the wholesale con- tingent of Chicago. 24 HARDWOOD RECORD Lost, Strayed or Stolen? A further instance of slow delivei'y by rail- roads, which has of late become a serious menace to trade, has just come to hand, and as It is even more remarkable than any of the tales of woe yet told by lumbermen, It is worthy of repetition. A carload of lumber — the Southern Pacific railway's No. 17228 — arrived at Maiden, Mass., April 9, which has evidently been a wanderer over the face of the earth for nine years. It has been offered to one firm after another, but has been unable to find a home up to date, al- though it is now being temporarily sheltered by hospitable yard hands in Maiden. In identically the same box car in which it was first loaded, in 1898 at Bangor, X. Y., the lumber rests unmo- lested, with the original seal unbroken. It now bears the name of the Sw'eezey Lumber Company of Maiden, but that concern disclaims all knowl- edge of the shipment, and of course refuses to accept it, basing their contention that the car Is not for them on the ground that they were not in business nine years ago, and the bill of lading shows that it was consigned September 12, 1898. The following day it put in an appear- ance at Rouse Point, N. Y., bearing a tag ad- dressed to the J. A. Shepard Lumber Company — which no one there knew, or had ever heard of. So once more it started on its weary way. On October 5 of that year it appeared in Burling- ton, Vt., but nobody wanted it, so it "went right In and turned around and went right out again." From that day to this it has traveled hither and thither — nobody knows where — until its sudden appearance in Maiden. The value of a load of lumber of the size and quality contained in the mysterious car would have about doubled its value in nine years, in addition to the fact that it would have become thoroughly seasoned. At the same time the use of it for so long a time would doubtless run up a pretty bill with the railroad companies, so it is a question whether the original consignee, should he ever step in and claim his own, would have a diamond mine or a gold brick on his hands. Important Decision, The supreme court of Virginia, sitting at Richmond, handed down on April 6 an impor- tant decision in the case of J. A. Wilkinson of Bristol vs. Norfolk & Western Railway Com- pany and Old Dominion Steamship Company, deciding a hitherto unadjudicated point and establishing a Judicial precedent of incalculable benefit to shippers not only in Virginia but all over the country. Mr. Wilkinson shipped a considerable amount of high class hardwood lumber to New York over the Norfolk & Western and Old Dominion lines. The lumber was delayed and when it reached New York the prices had dropped so that Mr. Wilkinson sustained a heavy loss. He brought suit in the law and chancery court at Norfolk against the Norfolk & Western and Old Dominion Steamship Company for damages. The companies would neither disclose upon which line the delay occurred and on a well established principle of law which they have hitherto plead successfully called upon the plaintiff to prove his case and show which one of them had caused the delay. This he could not do, as he was without proof, and the power of discovering this did not He with him. He won the case in the lower court, being the first time that a state court had repudiated the doctrine that a defendant cannot generally be made to disclose facts to his own detriment. The case then attracted the attention of shippers everywhere. The defendants appealed to the supreme court and the decision afiirming the judgment of the .-•ourt below was rendered by Judge Cardwell April 6. and in commenting on the case he used these words : "It would be a denial of justice, as it seems to us, if the law wirhheld from ship- pers, in such a case as this, the right of recov- ery, where from the nature of the case he Is powerless to trace the negligence to the particu- lar carrier concerned, and where, perhaps, by agreement between them, or collusion, each de- clines to introduce evidence to establish Its own freedom from negligence, because the establish- ment of this freedom from negligence of the one would place the fault on the other." The court further held that where a plaintiff establishes by evidence that there was a delay, this Is a prima facie case against the initial carrier and it must show itself free from negli- gence. The holding of the appellate tribunal is a very important one to shippers everywhere and will be cited in other states in analogous cases as a precedent upon this point which has here- tofore been without the light of judicial con- struction. A Big White Ash. W. T. Schnaufer of the Crescent Lumber Com- pany, Marietta, O., supplied the photograph from which the halftone reproduced herewith was made. This white ash tree, which was 5 feet in diameter two and one-half feet from the ground, is a specimen of the timber growth on the Crescent Lumber Company's new timber holdings in West Virginia. The company pur- 1 ^ ■ \> ''^^ft^H ^-*- ' ft 1 '9^SH^ H R i^HB ft 1 3 1 A BIG WEST VIRGINIA 'WHITE ASH. chased a few months ago 8.000 acres of timber land In Clay county. West Virginia, the prepon- derance of growth on the property being poplar, oak and chestnut. The company is already planning to commence active milling operations. Incidentally, the Crescent Lumber Company is engaged in moving its otEces from Harmer street in Marietta to the First National Bank build- ing, in which it has secured a handsome suite on the fifth floor, consisting of five rooms. The Fischer Lumber Company. The I-'lscher Lumber Company has been Incor- porated at Kewanee, 111., to manufacture lumber and wholesale it from Its sawmill, to be located about twelve miles from Sikeston, Mo. The company will be thoroughly organized in the immediate future, and will first establish a large mill on property which it owns on the main line of the Frisco railroad, about a hundred miles south of St. Louis. Upon the land owned by this company cypress, oak, gum, ash, sycamore and other hardwoods grow in abundance. The demand Is such that the company already has offers for all the lumber it can make. A switch from the Frisco line will be Installed to facili- tate shipping. The Incorporators of the new company are John Fischer, W. E. Gould and F. H. Davis of Kewanee. Maple Sugar Production. When the early spring days come on, followed by the usual cold nights, the sap begins to flow In trees, and the maple sugar season Is "on." In olden times the farmers made thousands of "spiles'* of willow, mountain ash, alder or other wood with a pithy center. TTiese spiles were sticks about six inches In length, cut and shaped so one end could be driven Into a hole made in the tree, while the other end was cut so as to form an open spout. The farmers and their help worked at odd times all winter forming these tools and burning out the pith with hot irons. Then when the weather Indicated a run of sap men would go through the woods and tap the selected trees a few feet from the ground. A hole an inch or more In diameter was bored to receive the spile, and a bucket placed to receive the drippings. Ancient as is this method of tapping, some farmers still em- ploy It, although now there are galvanized iron spouts on the market which fit into the tree at one end and into a covered pail at the other. Every night and morning sleds drawn by heavy draft horses and containing large tubs or tanks pass around among the trees : the driv- ers take the pails and pour their accumulated contents into the tubs, which are returned to the boiling cabin. After gathering up the sap in the morning, the teams are usually kept busy hauling wood for the fires, which must be ke^t at a steady heat day and night during the whole process of making the sugar. For many years farmers boiled the maple sap in the open air, in kettles supported on rocks : later they adopted a cabin made of rough logs, or merely a sort of shed with bark thatch. At the present time throughout the maple for- ests in New England may be found well equipped sugar houses, containing huge kettles set in brick, over open furnaces or fireplaces, and con- nected by a conveyor pipe running across them. The sap is poured into a huge vat, also in the circuit, and the conveyor Is provided with valves which permit Its distribution into all or part of the kettles, as desired. Benches and tables are provided for the comfort of occu- pants, and the fires under the kettles keep the abode warm and pleasant. An expert sugar maker Is usually in charge of each boiling house, and never leaves it until the end of the season. Each vessel has to be carefully and continually watched: If the maker does not stir the boiling sap enough, or correctly, or if he stirs it too much, the result will be disastrous in that the sugar will be burned or otherwise ruined. It takes a trained and practiced eye to recognize the precise moment when the boiling mass should be run off into moulds and hardened for the sugar market, for if syrup be too thin It will not command a good price, and if too thick the unnecessary loss will be considerable. When the expert decides that the liquid is "right" — which he does by testing large spoon- fuls of it In pans of snow till the right consis- tency appears — he draws It off Into moulds, each of which holds just the amount to make the proper sized cake of sugar, or into tin cans with corks and screw tops to hold the liquid form. It is a well known fact that many manufac- turers make their actual maple product go twice as far as do others, by purchasing large quantities of brown sugar and boiling it up with the sap — thus often using only one-third or even less of the genuine product. Of course, their output Is very materially increased in this way, but the experienced buyer can detect the fraud, and they cannot command nearly so high a price for their goods as do manufacturers who put out "the real thing." The new pure food law should tend to curtail this practice to a great extent, as it will now be necessary for makers to label their product so that the exact percentage of adulterating material contained therein may be seen by a glance at the wrapper or can : it should also prevent retail buyers hav- ing to pay a fancy price for adulterated map'e. which the expert wholesale buyer has obtained at Its real value from the manufacturer. The maple sugar and syrup industry is much HARDWOOD RECORD 25 more extensive than is commonly l^nowc. Ver- mont produces the largest quantity — nearly 5,000.000 pounds a year. New Yorlc comes next, with an output of about 4,000,000 pounds. Penn- sylvania makes about 1,500,000 pounds; Michi- gan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and West Virginia come next, in the order given, each producing several hundred thousand pounds. For the year 1903 the maple sugar and syrup product of this country aggregated a market value of ?2,636,774. Removal Lumber Insurance Companies. sis years ago the organization of an insur- ance association to be devoted exclusively to the purpose of insuring lumber and woodworking risks, was commenced in a very modest way at 66 Broadway, New York. The idea took very rapidly with the lumber trade, with the result THE NEW ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDING, NEW YORK. HOME OF LUMBER INSURANCE COMPANIES. that an unprecedented support was accorded the new organization and very rapid growth ensued. From this small beginning there were subse- quently organized three stock insurance com- panies, two of them under the New York state laws and one under the laws of the state of Ohio. These are the Lumber Insurance Com- pany, capital and surplus $300,000 ; the Adiron- dack Fire Insurance Company, capital and sur- plus $300,000 ; and the Toledo Fire & Marine Insurance Company, capital $100,000. These companies are under the management of the Lumber Insurers' General Agency. Through the support of the lumber trade throughout the United States and Canada the companies have developed to such an extent that they now have aggregate assets in excess of $1,000,000, and stand responsible to the lumber trade for over $20,000,000 insurance liability on lumber and woodworking risks. During this period of development the com- panies have extended their ofSce space until a large part of the twelfth floor of the Manhattan Life building at 66 Broadway has been taken for their offices. Over a year ago, however, it appeared that the companies would unquestion- ably outgrow the available space in the Man- hattan Life building, and it being considered desirable to locate in the insurance district, a floor in the Royal Insurance building, then in process of construction, was leased. The new Royal Insurance building has now been com- pleted and it is worthy of mention that having been constructed by one of the greatest Are in- surance companies in the world, it is quite natural that every feature of construction look- ing toward Are prevention has been Installed in the building. It is a flne modern fireproof build- ing, sixteen stories high. The twelfth floor has been finished with special reference to the re- quirements of the Lumber Insurance Company of New York and the Adirondack Fire Insurance Company, and these companies will take posses- sion of their new quarters April 20. It is quite fitting that these two specializing companies, organized on a financial basis on a par with many of the general insurance companies, should have for their permanent home the finest lum- ber insurance office in the world. With 5,000 feet of floor space, private offices for all oflicers and heads of departments, large, light rooms for clerical work and stenography, the new quarters of the lumber insurance com- panies have been laid out with a view to per- manency and to accommodating a business which will ultimately attain very large proportions. America has been foremost in the movement for specializing insurance, and it is a credit to the lumber trade that no single trade or indus- try supports insurance companies of its own equal in size and strength to those maintained by the lumber trade. Utilization of Electric Power. Everyone has heard about the utilization of the vast electric power now being developed thiMuyh the aid of Niagara Falls, and that the street car system and nearly all other immediate users of power at Buffalo employ this wonderful force. Among others who have recently installed electric power for driving their plant is the E. & I!. Holmes Machinery Company, the demand for its line of tools having outgrown the steam power formerly employed. The company has in- stalled a full equipment of electric motors and April 8 turned on the new power to run its plant. The company figures that this new equipment will enable it to increase its facilities to such an extent that in future it will be able to make even more prompt delivery than formerly. In this issue of the Record the E. & B. Holmes Machinery Company advertises one of its best known appliances, its gang ripping and straight- ening machine, which is of especial interest to hardwood users. Removal of Page Lumber Company. The R. G. Page Lumber Company of South Bend, Ind., manufacturer and wholesaler of all varieties of hardwoods and of dimension stock, has moved its main offices and extensive yards to Ashland, Ky. RoUo G. Page, head of the house, will move to the new location, as will also C. E. Wilson, traffic manager. This move was considered necessary on account of the company's big timber interests in Kentucky and West Virginia and in view of the fact that for more than a year it has been operating yards and office at Ashland. It is thought that the entire business can be handled with greater dis- patch and advantage from a point in close proximity to these interests. Mr. Page located in South Bend about eight years ago, and was a member of the firm of Martin & Page. A little over two years ago the firm dissolved and Mr. Page operated under the name of the R. G. Page Lumber Company. Yards were maintained on South Main street and offices in the American Trust building. The former will be closed out, but a sales office In charge of John Martin will be continued in the same location. An Endorsement. A concern which is constantly receiving the most flattering testimonials from well known lumbermen regarding the excellence and utility of its product is the Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Company of Greenville, Mich. Recently the J. B. Galloway Company of Clarendon, Ark., In- stalled a set of their grates, which they have thoroughly tested, and unhesitatingly say la especially well adapted to burning all sorta of refuse, thus saving their wood, and effecting a saving of from $1,000 to $1,500 a year ; they also find that it is an easy matter to keep ample steam with "any old thing in the shape of fuel" and explain that their two boilers run five engines, the capacity of the boilers being just equal to that of the engines, without any sur- plus whatever. To say that they are highly pleased with their investment in the Gordon grate is to put it mildly, and they unhesitatingly recommend it. Removal of Headquarters. The American Woodworking Machinery Com- pany, whose general offices have been at 136 Lib- erty street, New York, for several years, has removed to a permanent location at 596 Lyell avenue, Rochester, N. Y. The company's new and principal manufacturing plant recently com- pleted at Rochester is the largest woodworking machinery plant in the world, and covers ten acres. The company operates six other Important factories. Atkins Sa'ws for Alaska. E. C. Atkins & Co., the Silver Steel saw peo- ple, have just secured a very interesting order through their Seattle branch. This consists of the complete saw equipment for five sawmills which will be constructed and placed at diCfer- ent points along the line of the Alaska Pacific Railway & Terminal Company, in southeastern Alaska. The saws were shipped from Seattle on the steamer Yucatan and will be taken into the country over snow and ice. Many large trestles will be necessary in the building of the road and piles and pile drivers will be used extensively. Piers are now in the course of construction at Cataila and other points. The road opens valuable territory from the Marten islands through the Copper river country to the Yukon river, a distance of 500 miles. Miscellaneous Notes. The Ford Lumber & Manufacturing Company of Ford, Ky., filed suit recently against the L. iS: N. railroad for nearly $12,000 as damages. When the first tide in the Kentucky river came last fall the run of logs was one of the largest In the history of the river. At that time the railroad company was building a new bridge across the river at Ford. The false work supporting the bridge caught the floating logs and caused an immense jam of nearly 100,000 logs. The lumber company alleges that its booms were crowded out of the river by this jam and that it lost thousands of logs in consequence. The Swarthmore Lumber Company of Parsons, W. Va., has purchased the interests of J. Scott Bell, including three tracts and a lumber plant on the Dry Fork railroad, in Tucker county, for $162,831. The purchasing company, which was formed last February, will operate the plant on an extensive scale. Summerfield Baldwin, a prominent capitalist of Baltimore, is at the head of the company. The exceedingly high prices of standing timber at the present time have induced farmers and land owners to sell their holdings, and little mills have been busy this season cutting on 26 HARDWOOD lECORD small lots ot trees throughout the north country. This has been quite a feature of the lumber in- dustry in the vicinity of Saginaw, Mich., where a great number of small mills were in operation on farms and wood lots. The Standard Parlor Frame Company of Chi- cago has filed an amendment to its charter in- creasing its capital stock from $9,000 to $26,000. Leonard L.. Shertzer has recently engaged in business at Mobile, Ala., where he will market a fine line of hardwoods which are manufactured at his mill at Merrill. Miss. The Timpson Handle Company ot Timpson. Texas., has been incorporated with $10,000 capital stock to manufacture handles and wagon timbers. The company started opera- tions March 1 in a new and thoroughly equipped factory. H. H. Fory is manager. The Boice-Grogan Lumber Company, whose plant at Lexington, Ky., was destroyed by flre recently, plans the erection of a new saw- mill and veneer factory on which will be ex- pended $30,000. The plant will have a daily capacity of 20,000 feet. Fire destroyed the plant of the W. E. Will- lams Company, large manufacturers of maple flooring at Traverse City, Mich., recently. The loss is estimated at $60,000. with $29,000 insurance. The property destroyed included the manufacturing plant proper, a consider- able amount of valuable ^machinery, four dry kilns, and large quantities of maple lumber. It is announced that the plant wmU be rebuilt and will be ready for operation in about three months. The Peabody Lumber Company of Colum- bia City. Ind.. has bought of Henry Smith a 232-acre farm in De Kalb county, paying for it $18,200. The land is heavily wooded with black walnut. The United Walnut Company of Ft. Smith is shipping two car loads of walnut logs a day tor export to Germany, where they are made up into furniture. Black w.ilnut is more highly prized abroad for this purpose than in the United States, especially the wood which shows a curly grain; only about one stump in two hundred supplies this variety, however. The Southwestern Lumber Company ot Lake Charles. La., lately purchased 32,000 acres of fine hardwood timber land in Calcasieu and Avoyelles parishes, the consideration being something over $300,000. The property is said to contain some of the finest hardwood timber in that section of the country. Hardwood NeWs. (By HARDWOOD BECOBD Special Corrsspondents.) Chicago. W. E. Douglass of the Crosby & Beckley Company, Columbus, 0., was an agreeable caller at the Record office on the 24th inst. O. B, Law. who has been engaged in the sale of timber lands for several years at Detroit, Mich., and is one of the well known and successful operators in this line, has con- cluded to widen his opportunities by a re- moval to Chicago, and has opened an otBce at 85 Dearborn Street. Mr. LaWa specialty is handling going yellow' pine and hardwood operations. L. P. Arthur ot the .\rthur Hardwood Floor- ing Company of Memphis, well known pro- ducers of oak flooring, has been spending the last ten days in Chicago, organizing plans for the distribution of his product in this market. Paul Johnson of the North Shore Lumber Company, of Thompson, and S. G. MeClellan of the Earle Lumber Company of Simmons. Mich., two Northern Peninsula operators, were welcome callers at the RECoitD office this week. Both these gentlemen are specialists in birch production and are much pleased over the advancing prices this variety of lumber is commanding. Charles H. Barnaby, the hardwood lumber- man of Greencastle and president of the Indi- ana Hardwood Lumbermen's Association, was a Chicago visitor last week. W. H. Russe. president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, spent some time at the association's headquarters in this city last week. R. J. Clark of the Peninsula Bark & Lumber Company, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., was in town last week. He reports that the largest part of his hardwood and hemlock stock on hand has been sold. Among recent Chicago visitors from Wis- consin were A. R. Owen of Owen, George H. Chapman of Stanley, and M. J. Quinlan of Soperton. Theo. Schneider, northern purchasing agent for the Brunswick-Balke^Coliender Company, ."pent several days in Chicago last week. Joel B. Ettinger, manager of the Chicago branch of the S. A. Woods Machine Company, spent several days in Michigan last week, and met with his usual success in making sales of the high-class machines manufactured by his house. Charles F. Braftcit. vice-president of the Simonds Manufacturing Company and man- ager of its Chicago saw factory, is absent on a southern trip for business and pleasure. George Greer, purchasing agent for the Joyce-Watliins Company of Chicago, is south on a buying trip. Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States, has just issued a revised edition of the inspection rules of his association, wliicli for the first time includes the new rules of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa- tion covei'ing northern hardwoods. These books are supplied free on application to the association headquarters— First National Bank Building. Chicago. Jerome G. Leavitt. vice-president of the Leavitt Lumber Company, returned last week from an extended southern trip. The Record is in receipt of a letter from John H. Lank, secretary of the Lumbermen's Excliange of Philadelphia, announcing that a vote of thanks was extended to the Hardwood Record for copies of the paper furnished the Exchange during the past year. Ryan & McParland have removed their yards from the corner of Blue Island Avenue and Robey Street, where they have been located ever since they started in business, to Twenty- second and Laflin Streets, the site of the John O'Brien Land & Lumber Company's old yard. The John O'Brien Land & Lumber Company is now nicely situated in commodious ofllces at 185 Dearborn Street. Owing to the illness of his brother. Ben W. Davis, who superintends operation of the John R. Davis Lumber Company at Phillips, Wis.. John R. Davis of this city has been spending most of his time at Phillips per- sonally overseeing work at the big plant. Irvine McCauley of the MeCauley-Saunders Lumber Company. Fisher Building, this city, has left for a fortnight's visit to the cypress mills of Louisiana. Clarence Boyle, an expert hardwood lumber- man who has long been connected with tlie trade of this city, has recently resigned his position with the Chicago Car Lumber Com- pany and has obtained an interest in the Heath-Witbeck Company of the Willoughby Building. As vice-president and manager of the company Mr. Boyle will have sufficient opportunity to display his energy and ability. His connection with the concern is thought especially advantageous at this time owing to the prolonged illness of Mr. Wolfe, secre- tary of the company, and to the inability of Mr. Heath, president, to give his attention to the details of business because of his long absences from the eity. Mr. Wolfe is steadily improving in health, and although he is able to be out. he is not yet strong enough to supei-intend the sales department, which is his special duty. The steamer Louis Pahlow and consort Delta, belonging to the Edward Hines Lumber Company of Chicago, were driven ashore at Clay Banks, near Sturgeon Bay, Wi.s., April 15, during a snowstorm. An alarm was sent to the life-saving station at the latter place, and the crew went out overland tor the wreck. They succeeded in saving the entire crew without loss of life, although the steamer is totally wrecked. The Delta escaped serious injury. A new concern in Chicago is the Chicago Wood Turning Company, recently incorporated with $10,000 capital stock. Secretary Fish of the National Hardwood Lumber Association is figuring on arranging for a special train to run from Chicago to Atlantic City over the Pennsylvania lines, to carry those who wish to attend the annual meeting May 23 and 24. The plan is to have visitors from northern Indiana, 'W'isconsin and Michi- gan join with the local contingent and go to the eastern meeting in a body. On the basis of the plans now contemplated the special train will leave Chicago at noon. May 23. John N. Penrod, the black walnut king of Kansas City, was a Chicago visitor on April 23. Oscar H. Babcock of E. V. Babcock & Co.. Pittsburg, was in Chicago last Tuesday. John N. Bonnell, treasurer of the Hackley- Phelps-Bonnell Company of Grand Rapids. Mich., spent last Tuesday in the city on his way home from a Pacific coast trip that has oc- cupied several months. Dm-ing his absence Mi". Bonnell has cruised a good many thousand acres of timber in Oregon, and is figuring on timber deals of considerable magnitude in that state. Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hardwooil Manufacturers' Association of the United States, is in the South on association work. Upham & Agler, the well known Chicago jobbing house, of the American Trust Build- ing, has practically concluded purchases of its season's stock. Between its northern and southern lumber holdings the company has secured an aggregate of nearly 40,000,000 feet, which puts it in a very enviable position in the market. F. E. Creelmun, who was recently defend- ant in a suit in which he was charged with assisting in the wrecking of the Bank of America, has been declared by the jury not guilty. The president. vice-president and cashier of the bank were declared guilty, and the first two will receive a penitentiary sen- tence, while the cashier will escape with a fine. Boston. Boston wholesalers state that several large consumers of hardwoods are carrying such small stocks that their • purchasing agents have visited Boston personally which, in sev- eral instances, is unusual. Among the buyers were those from the Heywood Bros, and John A. Dunn Sons. Gardiner. The purchasing agent for the latter concern stopped in Boston en route for New York. The hardwood division of the Metropolitan Exchange of Boston held its meeting in the rooms of the exchange, Tuesday, April 23. Frederick B. Cole, treasurer of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, vis- ited Boston last week. HARDVvOOD RECORD 27 Charles W. Leatherbee of the C. W. Leather- bee Lumber Company, Boston, has returned from a southern trip. The firm of H. A. Grimwood & Co. ot Providence, met with a fire recently, wliich destroyed their stocli of sash, doors and blinds. Messrs. Grimwood, senior and junior, liave been in the West buying to replace this stock. The plant of the Greenwich Sash & Blind Company, Greenwich, Conn., which was re- cently destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt. F. W. Henry has been appointed manager of the Pittsfield branch of the Blakeslee Lumber Company of Albany. This company has recently decided to open a brancli in Pittsfield. New York. The Wayne Lumber Company, wholesaler in hardwoods at Manhattan, has removed to more commodious quarters in the Importers and Traders' Building, 24-2G Stone street, city, where it has much better facilities for taking care of its increasing business. J. W. Hussey, well known hardwood lumber and log exporter, who for years has been located at 1 Broadway, Manhattan, has removed to 59 Pearl street. The forthcoming second annual golf tourna- ment to be held by the Lumbermen's Golf Asso- ciation at the Baltimore Country Club, June 12 and 13, is going to be a fine affair, and Secretary Henry Cape of 1 Madison avenue. New York, urgently requests all lumbermen throughout the country who are enthusiasts of this sport to enter the contest this year by sending in their applications to him. W. D. Gill, the prominent Baltimore lumberman, is president of the asso- ciation and has been made a committee of one for the entire arrangements for the approaching contest. A large number of handsome prizes will he played for and handicaps arranged on such a basis as will give every one an excellent oppor- uuuty of winning. Prancis E. Southard, well known lumljerman of this city, on April 0 committed suicide at bis residence in the Ehinelander Apartment. Ho has been in ill health for several years. Brooklyn is the banner borough of Greater New York in the matter of building activities for this year. For the first three months ot 1007 .the gain over 1906 was about $4,500,000. Hamilton V. Meeks, head of the Gardner & Meeks Company, Weehawkeu, N. .L, accompanied by his wife and daughter, arrived on April 10 after an extended European trip. Hugh McLean of the Hugh McLean Lumber Company, Buffalo, X. Y.. has been spending sev- eral days in town during the fortnight in the interest of business and visiting with his local representative, C. B. Cox. F. J. Cronin, eastern representative ot the Y'ellow Poplar Lumber Company of Coal Grove, O., has been in town on one of his regular sell- ing trips. He reports the jjoplar market as very active, with prices stiff. Gilbert H. Shepard, cypress wholesaler of 29 Broadway, announces his removal to the Bruns- wick Building, Twenty-sixth street and Fifth avenue, John Bossert, Louis Bossert & Son, big Brook- lyn house, has just returned from a pleasure trip to the popular Florida winter resorts, J, C. Turner of the J. C. Turner Cypress Lum- ber Company, 1123 Broadway, has just returned from an extended tour of the south in the inter- est of business. Thomas A. Murphey of the Murphey-Hardy Lumber Company, Newark. N. J., arrived in port last week after a two months' Mediterranean tour, accompanied by Mrs. Murphey. S. F. Alinter. hardwoods, 1 Broadway, is main- taining a branch wholesale hardwood distributing yard at Asheville, N. C, which is a convenience greatly appreciated by his customers. The New Jersey State Senate passed a new railroad demurrage bill on April 11, providing that when owners or consignees of freight re- fuse to accept the same and pay charges the railroads may after three days impose a charge of not more than §1 per day for detention of each car or for the use of the track occupied. Sunday is not included in the demurrage limita- lions and the companies are allowed one hour a day for the moving ot cars for train operation purposes. The railroads are also to have the right of lien of property where demurrage charges are not paid, although in disputes the property may be removed by the filing of a bond. The regular annual meeting of the New York Lumber Trade Association was held at the asso- ciation rooms. IS Broadway, on April 10 and was largely attended. The Hoban & Curtis Lumber Company, 1 Madison avenue, was elected to mem- bership, and the membership of the Hull Lum- ber Company was transferred to G. H. Perley & Co. New committees were appointed by the president and were confirmed by the board of trustees. A fitting resolution of condolence was I>assed concerning the death of the late Russell Johnson of Johnson Bros.. Brooklyn, who was for many years a respected member of the organiza- tion and of the board of trustees. A committee was also appointed to nominate officers for elec- tion at the annual meeting in October next. John Woyka of John Woyka & Co., Limited, extensive mahogany timber and veneer mer- chants, Glasgow, Scotland, arrived in New York last week to visit the principal manufacturing points in the United States and Canada, buying poplar, walnut and oak. Philadelphia. The auutuil meeting of the Lumbermen's Ex- change was held on April 11. The attendance was large and the usual zest was manifested in all the i)roceedings. Edwin B. Malone of Watson Malone & Sons was elected chairman of the meeting and John H. Lank secretary. Busi- ness reports were read by the different commit- tees, after which the secretary, John H. Lank, read an exhaustive history of the association during the two decades of its existence. A most interesting report of the year's doings then followed by George F. Craig, the retiring presi- dent. The officers elected for the coming year are William L. Rice of T. B. Rice & Sons Com- pany, president ; Frederick S. Underbill ot Wis- tar. Underbill & Co., vice president ; Charles P. Maule, treasurer, and John H. Lank, secretary. The annual banquet of the Lumbermen's Ex- change, an exceptionally brilliant affair, was held at the Union League on April 11, with 139 guests present. The banquet was followed by an address by the ex-president, George F. Craig, who then introduced William L, Rice, the new president, who responded with an interesting talk, interspersed with humorous anecdotes. Mar- tin G. Brumbaugh, superintendent of public schools, was orator of the evening. His address was particularly Interesting, as he had spent his youth in a lumber camp and was thus able to discourse eloquently on the secrets of the lum- ber trade. Justin Peters, manager of the Penn- sylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Company, followed with an interesting and in- structive speech. E. F. Perry, secretary of the Xatioual Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Associa- tion, spoke next, after whom Frederick S. Under- hill, the newiy elected vice president, wound up with a humorous address. A synopsis of the history of the I^umbermen's Exchange taken from the interesting report of the secretary, John H. Lank, shows the first meeting to have been held on Feb. 13, 1886, and a charter was granted under the present style on April IT, 1886. Laws were adopted May 20, 1880. These were revised in 1888, 1898 and 1906. The first election of oflicers was on May 27, 1886, and resulted as follows: For president, William M. Lloyd ; first vice president, Charles W. Henry ; second vice president, Charles M. Betts ; treasurer, Edwin H. Coane. The total number of members at this time was 49 ; since then 193 have been added, but 106 have with- drawn, leaving the present membership 136, the largest in its history. Of the original members, 27 are still associated with the exchange, 25 as active and 2 as honorary members. John W. Coles has recently been on a stock bunt in the South, where he made some con- / nections for North Carolina pine, also contracted for some good hardwoods in Bristol, Tenn. He is receiving considerable of his goods by water and is expecting some barges of lumber from North Carolina in a few days. Wistar, Underbill & Co., always in the front row of hustlers, have no fault to find with trade conditions. R. W. Nixon of this firm is on a selling trip in New York City and H. E. Bates has just returned from New York state, bringing in a good bunch of orders. This firm recently made a deal to handle the entire output of the Pigeon River Lumber Company near Newport, Cocke county, Tenn., which will run about 25,- 000,000 feet of poplar, oak, chestnut, spruce and hemlock per annum. Among the recent visitors to the city are George A. Mitchell of White, Gratwick & Mitch- ell, Incorporated, of North Tonawanda, N. Y., and George B. Breon and John Coleman ot Williamsport, Pa. The many friends of George Nass of George Nass & Son will be sorry to learn that he is confined to his home with typhoid fever. A speedy recovery is hoped for. E. B. Hayman of W. H. Fritz & Co. has been confined to his home for some time, it is re- ported, threatened with typhoid fever. As he is possessed of a strong constitution it is hoped that he will throw off the trouble. li. M. Smith & Co. do not seem inclined to push for orders. They are confining themselves mainly to clearing up back orders as fast as railroad facilities will allow. Their mills are actively preparing stock. B. C. Currie, Jr., Philadelphia manager ot this concern, reports things moving along a little quietly at this time ; he is watching developments as the spring opens. A large quantity of timber was recently de- stroyed by forest fires near Pottsville, Pa., and through the lower section of Schuylkill county. The loss will be heavy. Fire in the plant of the Keystone Cabinet Works' at Chester, Pa., on April 13, caused a loss estimated at $15,000. A report comes from Reading, Pa., that the 480 acres of timber land owned by A. Thal- heimer. which is being cut at the rate of 30,000 feet daily, will be converted into cigar boxes. Two hundred acres of timber land were re- cently destroyed by fire on the Nescopec Moun- tain near Bloomsburg, Pa. The Sbamokin Wagon Works, an adjoining planing mill and some dwellings at Sbamokin, Pa., were recently destroyed by fire, causing a loss estimated at $75,000. Fire destroyed the woodwork manufactory of William Russell of this city on April 17, com- pletely gutting the plant ; the loss is placed at $20,000, The Bruce-Bock Lumber Company was incor- porated under Pennsylvania laws on April 11 with authorized capital $10,000. Principal office Conway, Pa. Incorporators are C. R. Bruce, II. J. Bock of Conway, Pa., J. A. Davis, W. A. Reader of Baden, Pa., and J. A. McNutt of Freedom, Pa. Owen M. Bruner of Owen M. Bruner Com- pany, a very busy concern, has no complaint to make in the way of business complications. The company has engaged J. A. Finley as salesman to look after the Metropolitan and Baltimore terri- tory. Mr. Finley was formerly with Henson & Pearson. He will handle specially maple floor- ing and yellow pine timber. Mr. Bruner and' 28 HARDWOOD RECORD Mr. Flnley have recently returned from an ex- tended tour in the South and Northwest, visit- ing their various connections and familiarizing themselves with stocks and conditions. Mr. Bruner reports the mills all active and that he is looking forward to good summer trading. The Paul W. Fleck Lumber Company has re- moved its office from 704 Real Estate Trust building to 322 North American building. The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Com- pany recently issued a notice that on account of the proposed elevating of its road through the upper section of the city the freight yards at Huntingdon and Broad streets, and Tenth and Berks, will be abandoned on June 1. They have since announced that it is probable a yard will be opened at Seventeenth street and Indiana avenue. At the railroad company's office they assert that it has not been decided as yet as to whether the same privileges at the old yards will be allowed at the new one ; but nothing definite can be ascertained for a week or two. The National Hardwood Lumber Association is looking forward to a big time at its tenth annual convention to be held at Atlantic City, N. J., on May 23 and 24. The committees have ■been hard at it under the able leadership of C. E. Lloyd, Jr.. and B. C. Currie. Jr., of the committee of arrangements which has issued a neat booklet containing programme, excellent views of Atlantic City scenery, board walk, hotels, etc., together with full information as to railroad tickets, hours of departure from New York and Philadelphia, rates per day at all the leading hotels, etc., supplemented with a con- cise history of the National Hardwood Lumber Association. Baltimore. In compliance with action taken at the last annual meeting of the National Lumber Export- ers' Association in Norfolk, Secretary E. M. Terry has sent to members the draft of a letter which they are asked to use as a model in com- municating with their correspondents abroad relative to the shipping of lumber on consign- ment. The letter asks that members request their European representatives to desist, and use their best efforts to influence others to de- sist from soliciting consignments from mills and wholesale merchants in this country ; also that they stop the promiscuous circulation in the United States of brokers' circulars. It was the opinion of those present that sending out this letter as a copy for exporters to follow in com- municating with foreign brokers would be more effective as a means of combatting the practice of shipping on consignment than any other that might be attempted. A meeting of the special committee on Liverpool measurement is to be held on April 26 in the rooms of Secretary Terry. The committee includes George D. Bur- gess of Russe & Burgess, Memphis, Tenn. ; Har- vey M. Dixon of the Dixon Lumber Company, Norfolk, Va., and George M. Spiegle of George M. Spiegle & Co. of Philadelphia. Michael S. Baer of the hardwood firm of Rich- ard P. Baer ,& Co., in the Keyset building, this city, is away on a trip to the mill operated by the firm at Mobile, Ala. He will return by way of Cincinnati and other cities, paying close at- tention to the business situation in each place visited. The mill at Mobile is now running full time, and lumber is being turned out to the limit of its capacity, there being orders in hand for all the stocks that can be obtained. William M. Burgan is at Eddy Lake, S. C, looking after the operations of the Eddy Lake Cypress Company, in which he is largely inter- ested. He may also stop in North Carolina, where he has extensive interests in connection with the Pigeon River Lumber Company. In consideration of his services rendered to the Retail Lumber Dealers' Association Mr. Burgan has been presented with a handsome mahogany desk and office chair. Mr. Burgan, though a wholesaler, took a deep interest in the work of bringing the retailers together and largely through his efforts the organization was ef- fected. William B. Tllghman, one of the most exten- sive lumber and sawmill operators in Maryland and head of the William B. Tllghman Company of Salisbury, Md., died there on April 13, after an illness of several years. He had been active in business until his last sickness, but continued to take a great interest in the affairs of the company, which conducts a sawmill at Salisbury and operates other enterprises. Mr. Tilghman was twice married and leaves seven children, William B., Jr., being the only son. The deceased organized the Salisbury National bank and otherwise worked hard to build up the town. On April 14 fire in the chair factory of James McDonough & Co., 744-746 East Lombard street, this city, caused a loss of $15,000, and for a time placed the National Casket Company's big plant, just across the street. In danger. The loss is fully covered by insurance. PittsTsurg. The Pittsburg Hardwood Door Company, which was organized three months ago from the busi- ness of the Paine Lumber Company, Ltd., and A. G. Breitwiser & Co., is carrying a stock of 10,000 hardwood veneer doors in its quarters in the big Terminal warehouse on the South Side. The company occupies seven floors, 20x155 feet each, and in addition to its stock of doors has a large stock of rails, balusters, molding, etc. The Clay-Schoppe Lumber Company is in its new offices at 1015 House building, where it has much better quarters than in its former loca- tion. The W. E. Terhune Lumber Company has moved to the ninth floor of the same building and J. E. Mcllvain & Co. occupy a handsome suite of offices alongside of the Terhune quarters. J. W. Selvey of Grafton, W. Va., and J. T. Caveney of the same place are at the head of a company which has purchased 2,000 acres of timber land in Randolph, Barbour, Preston and Tucker counties. West Virginia. A big sawmill will be established at once. George W. Nicola, president of the Nicola Lumber Company, has bought one of the finest sites in the Schenley Farms allotment in the Oakland district and will erect on it a $20,000 residence. The Crescent Lumber Company has moved from the Whitfield building in the East End to the fifth floor of the Machesney building in Fourth avenue below Wood street. Its president is R. A. Wolf, and W. A. Kessler is secretary and treasurer. The Flint, Erving & Stoner Lumber Company reports business active. The company now has over 10,000,000 feet of lumber on sticks and can't get enough cars ot permit of loading as fast as it is cut. The A. M. Turner Lumber Company will move into its big suite of offices in the 20-story Union Bank building May 1. Mr. Turner has just re- turned from an extended trip through the South. The Kendall Lumber Company has sold nearly all its hemlock bark and at much better figure than was realized last year. The Ohiopyle Com- pany, in which the Kendalls are largely inter- ested, is cutting a fine lot of oak, and the Out- crop, Pa., mill near by Is making 35,000 feet of hardwood lumber every day. J. L. Kendall Is still in Roseburg, Ore., where he is picking up some more choice timber land in preparation for the big operation which the Kendalls will start there in the fall. At last the Carter timber lands on West Hick- ory creek near Tionesta, Pa., will be brought close to market by reason of a new railroad for which surveys are now being made. This will run up West Hickory creek, near the mouth of which a big sawmill will be built. There are about 15,000,000 feet of lumber on the tract, which will require fully two years to cut off. Oak, birch, chestnut and hemlock predominate. The Stewarton Lumber Company has been or- ganized by Otto and August Stickel of Mills Run, Pa., and J. A. Guiler of Connellsville, Pa. It will develop a large tract of hardwood and hem- lock near Stewarton, Pa. The Linehan Lumber Company is pushing out "strong" in the hardwood floor business in which it took a hand only recently. J. J. Linehan has been south again and finds stocks of hard- woods only fair in most places. The Herman H. Hettler Lumber Company is having a rushing trade in hardwoods at its Pitts- burg office. Manager C. W. Cantrell got hold of some mighty nice business while on a recent trip to Cleveland and only wishes that everything in lumber was as good as hardwoods at present. The Interior Lumber Company, whose plant at Oneida, Tenn., was burned recently, will open a sorting and distributing yard there and an- other in Georgia and will make a specialty of rough lumber for a time. J. G. Criste will be Pittsburg manager as formerly and President J. R. Edgett will look after the buying in the south. The Nicola Building Company has received a contract from the Pennsylvania Lumber Com- pany for the erection of a reinforced concrete sawmill near Kane, Pa., in Warren county. It will cost $50,000 when complete and will have spans on the sides of 60 feet. This will be the first mill of its kind in Pennsylvania and is caus- ing no little interest locally. The Pittsburg-Kanawha Lumber Company of Buckhannon, Pa., has been incorporated with a capital of $10,000. Its incorporators are : Charles Campbell, H. B. Cooper, C. W. Heavner, H. W. Jackson and J. M. N. Downes, prominent capitalists of Buckhannon. I. F. Balsley of the Willson Bros. Lumber Company, who is looking after the Pittsburg end of the finances for the National Hardwood Lum- ber Association's convention to be held in At- lantic City May 23 and 24, is enthusiastic over the outlook. He believes there will be a large attendance from this end of the state and says that many subjects of great interest to hardwood men are going to be fully and fairly discussed. Wholesalers in northern Ohio are devoting much time this month to getting out piling for use at the Lake Erie docks at Collinwood, O., where are located the big shops and yards of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Com- pany. Most of the stock is used by this com- pany in improvements, although the government has been a liberal buyer also. The Cheat River Lumber Company has bought 700,000 feet of gum, and is selling it off rap- idly for boxing. The American Lumber & Manufacturing Com- pany is pushing its hardwood department for all that it will stand. President W. D. Johnston is anxious that this shall be the best hardwood year in the American's history and General Man- ager J. N. Woollett is enthusiastically aiding him in iM-inging about this desired result. Charles Cruikshank of the hardwood force is touring New England ; Samuel Dunseith is looking after business in Canada ; A. T. Ash Is buying stock in West Virginia ; T. C. Clark is selling hardwood out west ; W. T. Robertson has been perma- nently stationed to look after southwestern hard- wood purchases in Arkansas. Buffalo. Buffalo lumbermen are anxious to get their new clubrooms in the Chamber of Commerce ready for occupation, as the move will solve the problem of a permanent home for them. The new building was formally opened April 18, but it will be some weeks before the lumbermen's clubrooms will be finished. There is some improvement in the car situa- tion locally, but the complaints of shortage in HARDWOOD RECORD 33 this time of the year, but manufacturers are encouraged over the more favorable conditions recently experienced. There is some improvement noted in the car situation. There are more cars available for lumber interests and this means larger ship- ments out of this city as well as increased receipts of both timber and lumber from interior points. Lumber firms engaged in manufacturing are better supplied with timber now, taken as a whole, than they have been for some months. New Orleans. The sensation caused here last week by the announcement that a receiver had been ap- pointed for the big lumber exporting firm known as the "W. A. Powell Lumber Com- pany, Ltd., had hardly subsided when William A. Powell, head of the company, was arrested and charged with embezzling a large amount of staves and lumber belonging to two New Orleans banks. The first charge of embezzle- ment was preferred by the German-American National Bank, which charged that Powell had embezzled 22,000 pieces of French claret staves intended for export and on wiiich the bank had advanced something over $1,000. The value of the staves was set at $1.S25. The Hibernia Bank & Trust Company then preferred charges against Powell, alleging that he had embezzled 400.000 feet of lumber, valued at $12,000, on which this bank had also advanced money. It was alleged in both instances that the bank had paid the money advanced on the staves and lumber to Powell expecting to secure the receipts and bills of lading when the lumber was delivered on ship- board. These bills of lading were never received and the charges were consequently preferred. Powell was arraigned in one of the Inferior criminal courts and his bond was fixed at $10,000 on the two charges. The Whitney-Central National Bank. Canal-Louis- iana Bank & Trust Company and the Cosmo- politan Bank & Trust Company are also said to have been victimized by Powell. His oper- ations in this particular line, it is stated, represent between $200,000 and $300,000. The receiver for the Powell Lumber Com- pany was appointed on the application of Stahl & Son. lumbermen of Rotterdam, who alleged that the company's affairs were being mismanaged. It was set forth in their peti- tion that the company's liabilities would exceed $450,000, while its assets were less than $350,000. In accoi-dance with the repre- senta,tions of the petitioners Judge E. D. Saunders in the United States Circuit Coirrt named the Coramercial-Germania Savings Bank & Trust Company as the receiver. This institution is now in charge of the affairs of the company. Several interventions have since been filed in the suits. A good deal of interest is being manifested in the vigorous campaign which lumber ex- porters of this territory are making to secure better car service from the railroad com- panies. Several conferences of exporters have taken place recently and briefs have been prepared setting forth cases where the rail- roads are charged with having made discrimi- nations against certain shippers. The lum- bermen will ask the railroad officials to remedy certain conditions and if nothing is done the matter will be taken to the Inter- state Commerce Commission. The statement that some of the lumber exporters are forced to pay a bribe of from $2 to $5 per car to secure a supply has created something of a sensation. It is said by a number of lum- bermen that bribing the officials is the only way to secure cars from some of the raijroad companies. The largest timber deal that has been con- summated this year in the Calcasieu district was closed the other day at Lake Charles when 32.000 acres of hardwood timber belong- ing to the Orange Land Company and J. B. Watkins wore transferred to the Southwestern Lumber Company of New Jersey, which was represented by Pi-esident Sam Parks of the Industrial Lumber Company. The price paid was $271,580. The tract lies adjacent to the proposed route of the Louisiana extension of the Santa Fe railroad, several stockholders of which are identified with the Southwestern Lumber Company. This concern has made several other big purchases in this vicinity and will erect a big hardwood mill there. The Sabine River Lumber Company, a new hardwood company, has been formally organ- ized at Lake Charles with an authorized capital of $200,000. All of the stockholders in the company are Illinois people, and all but one reside in Illinois. The exception is W. Scott Matthews, president of the Matthews Hardwood Lumber Company of Ouachit". The A. B. CHASE CO., Norwalli, Ohio. WANTED. Walnut logs 11" and U|) in diameter, Oali logs 24" and up and Hiclcory logs 14" and up — all good quality. Address IL V. HARTZELI., Greenville, Obio. 1 1x3 111. WANTED. QU.\RTEnED RED OK WHITE 0.\K. x4xll, 10J~.. 1!) & 20. lx3V-.xll. 16ii & 19, xl4, lx2Uil4 — tor delivery at Mound City, Qf.iETEREn Oak chair racks. ;io to G" wide, 15 and 17" long, for delivery Port Wasliington, Wis. THE WISCONSIN CHAIR CO.. I'ort Washington. Wis. WANTED— DRY CYPRESS. 2x5" and wider, 8 or 16', Ists and 2nds, selects or sound common. AMER. LBK. & Mi'G. CO., Pittsburg, Pa. YELLOW PINE CAR MATERIAL. Long Leaf Car Sills, Switch Timbers and Decking wanted, rough or dressed. Also Long or Short Leaf Car Siding, 1x4 6"-9 or 18', also 16' Isiin dried and worked to pattern. Quote cash price f. o. b. mill. AMEIt. LBK. & MEG. CO., Pittsburg, Pa. WANTED. 1" dry log run Blacli Walnut; 2", 2i4", 2%" and 3" green White and Red Oak; 11/2x2-26" clear Oak or Hickory and IV'" to 4" White Ash. McCLURE LUMBER CO., Detroit, Mich. BASSWOOD WANTED. A few carloads 4/4 and S/4 Northern White Fasswood dressed two sides. Quote price de- livered on New York rate of freight. H. J. ROSEVELT, 66 Broad St., New York, N. Y. YELLOW PINE POLE STOCK Wanted — From reliable mills who under- stand how to manufacture No. 1 I'oie stock, clear and straight grain quality, free from ail defects excepting sap. AMER. LBR. & MFG. CO., Pittsburg, Pa. WANTED— HARDWOOD LOGS. 200,000 ft, 28" and up White Oak logs, 200,000 ft. 12" and up Walnut logs. 50,000 ft. 12" and up Cherry logs. C. L. WILLEY, 1235 S. Robey St., Chicago. DRY SOFT YELLOW POPLAR. Ail grades and thicknesses, rough or dressed, wanted. Prompt cash. Willing to contract. AMER. LBR. & MFG. CO.. Pittsburg, Pa. ASH DIMENSION STOCK. One inch stock wanted, in carloads, from 2% to 10" in width and from 10 to 48" In length. Can use large quantities If properly gotten out. Stock must be clear and free from defects. Write us for list. BELDINGIIALL MFG. CO., Belding, Mich. OAK. We are In the market for plain sawed oak, all grades and thicknesses. P. G. DODGE & CO., 2116 Lumber St., Chicago. OAK WANTED. 3 and 4 inch White Oak : also Mixed Oak ; also 12x12 Timbers and Piling of all kinds. CONTINENTAL LUMBER CO., 1213 Monadnock Bldg., Chicago, III. LUMBER FOR SALE. FOR SALE. One car 8. 4 common and iietter Hickory, good widths and lengths in shipping condition. W. A. NOBLE UMBER CO., Altoona, Pa. HICKORY AXLES FOE SALE. Five cars 4x."i -'i' No. 1 Hickory Axles ready for shipment. W. A. NOBLE LBR. CO., .Mtoona, Pa. FOR SALE. 7."iii M feet Hemlock boards 4"-12" (can be worked if desired I. 125 M feet 4,4 White Pine log run. 50 M feet 5/4 White Pine log run. 125 M feet 4 4 Chestnut sound wormy. 100 M feet 6 8 and 8/4 Chestnut log run. 75 M feet 4 4 Poplar log run. This stock is near Bristol. Tennessee. Pre- fer selling entire lot to one purchaser. EMIL GUENTHEI!. 302 Pennsylvania Rld.a.. Whol. I.br. Dealer, Philadelphia, Pa. SOFT^OEK WHITE PINE^ High grade Michigan stock for sale, all thicknesses up to 4". bone dry, suitable for making patterns and fine cabinet work. AMER. LBR. & MFG. CO., Pittsburg, Pa. OAK FOR SALE. We offer to the trade the following items of band-sawed, equalized Oak, eight months and longer on sticks ; White Oak. 123,000 feet 5/4 common plain. 5,000 feet 6, 4 common plain. 24.0011 feet 8/4 firsts and seconds plain. 22.00t» feet .s/4 common plain. 3,600 feet 12/4 firsts and seconds plain. 14,000 feet 16/4 firsts and seconds plain. 24,000 feet 4/4 firsts and seconds quar- tered. 35,000 feet 20,000 feet tered. 18,000 feet tered strips. 24,000 feet 8,000 feet tered. 27,000 feet tered, 6.000 feet 190.000 feet 103,000 feet 23.1100 feet 33.1100 feet 240.000 feet 47,000 feet 14,000 feet tered strips. 40.000 feet Ified. 15,000 feet 12.000 feet 4/4 common quartered. 4/4 common and better quar- 5/4 firsts and seconds quar- 5/4 common quartered oak. 6/4 firsts and seconds quar- 8/4 firsts and seconds quar- 8/4 common quartered. Red Oak. 5/4 firsts and seconds plain. 5/4 common plain. 6/4 firsts and seconds plain. 6 '4 common plain. S 4 firsts and seconds plain. 4/4 common quartered. 4/4 common and better quar- 6/4 firsts and seconds quar- 6/4 common quartered. 6-1 — 12" and wider firsts and cconds niain Red and \\'hite Oak. CIIAS. F. LUEHRMANN HDWD. I.. CO.. St. Louis. Mo. TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE FOR SALE. Timber laud and mill pnipertv in Vermont. About r.0.oOo.ooo feet standing "timber, about 40 per cent of which is hardwood, hulk being Kirch, balance Spruce and Hemlock. 2.500.000 feet manufactured lumber. aOO.OOO feet logs. This is a running business and can be bought at an attractive figure. V. J. SNOW CO., Greenfield, Mass. FOR SALE. SOO acres of bardwiiud timber, five miles from the Chesapeake & Ohio Kailroad in Green- brier county. West Virginia. Timber only $12.50 per acre. Estimated to cut 7.500 feet per acre, fine qualitv. EMOKV H. SMITH, Newburg, W. Va. r BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IVtAPLE FLOORING MILL For sale. Located in Michigan and now in ac- tive operation. This plant is modern in every respect and making money. Will sell or take stock in new company. Owners have large in- terests elsewhere demanding personal attention. Address . -MAPLK FLOORING." rarp IlAiitiwooD Record. MACHINERY FOR SALE FOR SALE. One complete 7-foot Band mill, together with filing machinery, shotgun feed, boilers and en- gine : all in good repair. Will sell on good terms, or exchange for lumber. Price, $2,500. .\lso one locomotive and logging cars. Address D. G. COTTiTXKV. Charleston, W. Va. FOR SALE. Second-hand circular saws, all sizes, 10" to 68" diameter, rip and cut oft saws. Repaired in first class condition. Cheap prices. How manv and what sizes do tou need? P..\R<'Tii^ SAW WORKS. Muskegon. Mich. SAW MliiL AND STAVE MILL. Machinerv clieap. Write for list and prices. E. E. HE.MINGWAY, Mattoon, Wis. 40 HARDWOOD RECORD jidVertisers* Directory [ NORTHERN HARDWOODS. Alcock, John L.. & Co 7 American Lumber & Mfg. Company.. 50 Arpin Hardwood Lumber Company.... 52 Bnbcock Lumber Company 50 Beyer. Knux & Co 59 Bliss & Van Auken 12 Boyuc City Lumber Company 54 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company.. 59 Cadillac Handle Company 3 Carter, Frank, Company 53 Cheat River Lumber Company 50 Cherry River Boom & Lumber Co 9 Chicago Car Lumber Company 10 Chirvls. \\. II 49 Cincinnati Hardwood Lbr. Company.. 56 Cobbs & Mitcbell. Inc 3 Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company 11 Connor, R. , Company 53 Co-Op Mill and Lbr. Co 11 Crescent Lumber Company 50 Crosby & Beckley Company, The Crosby, C. P 52 Cunimer, Digging & Co 3 Darling, Chas., & Co 11 Davis, John R., Lumber Company 52 Davis, W. A U Dennis Bros 5?-, Dennis & Smith Lumber Company... 55 D'Heur & Swain Lumber Company... 58 Dixon & Dewey DuLlmcier Eros 57 Dwight Lumber Company 8 Earle Lumber Company 54 Elias, G., & Bro 59 Empire Lumber Company 59 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Company... 11 Evans & Retting Lumber Company... 55 Fall. E. H Forn^an Company, Thomas 6 Freiberg Lumber Company, The 57 Fullertoii-rowell Hardwood Lumber ','ompariy 5 General Lumber Company, The 37 Gillespie. W. M.. Lumber Company.. 7 Goldie, J. S 54 Haak Lumber Company 41 Hackley-rhelps-Bonnell Company 55 Hayden & Westcott Lumber Company 10 Holloway Lumber Company 7 Hoyt. C. I.. & Co .].'..'. 58 Indiana Quartered Oak Company 7 Ingram Lumber Company 52 James & Abbot Company 7 Jenks, Robert H., Lumber Company.. 51 Jones, G. W.. Lumber Company 2 Jones Hardwoud Company 7 Kampf , Albert R 2 Kelley Lumber & Shingle Company. . 6 Kneeland-Bigelow Company 4s Lesb & Matthews Lumber Company.. 11 Linehan Lumber Company 50 Litchfield, William E \\\\ 7 Lombard. E. B H Long-Knight Lumber Company 58 Maley, Thompson & Mofifett Company 57 Martin-Barriss Company 51 Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company... 52 Maus, H. H., & Co., Inc 7 Mcllvain. J. Gibson. & Co 6 McLean. Hugh. Lumber Company 59 Miller, Anthony 59 Miller Bros H Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Mowbray & Robinson 57 Murphy & Digging 3 Nichols & Cox Lumber Company 55 Nicola Lumber Company, The 50 Northern Lumber Company 54 North Shore Lumber Company 54 North Vernon Lumber Company 2 North Western Lumber Company 53 O'Brien, John, Land & Lumber Co. . . 10 Osburn. Norval 41 Perriue-Aimstrong Company 58 Price, E. E 7 Radina, L. W., & Co 57 Richmond Park & Co 10 Ross Lumber Company 1 Rumbarger Lumber Company Ryan & McParland 10 Sailing Hanson Company 55 Sawyer-Goodman Company 52 Scatcherd & Son 59 Schofield Bros 7 Slimmer, F., & Co 10 Soble Bros 7 Standard Hardwood Lumber Company 59 -Stearns Company, The 56 Stephenson, The I., Company 32 Stewart. I. N., & Bro 59 Stewart-Roy Lumber Company 50 Stimson, J. V 58 Stone, T. B., Lumber Company 50 Sullivan, T., & Co 59 Tegge Lumber Company Turner. A. M., Lumber Company 50 Vollmar & Below Company 52 Walnut Lumber Company, The 58 Wells, R. A.. Lumber Company 10 While Luml)er Company 10 White. W. H.. Company 54 Whitmer. Wm., & Sons, Inc 6 Wiborg & Ilanna Company 57 Wilison Bros. Lumber Company 50 Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company. 55 Wistar. Underbill & Co 7 Wylie, A. W 11 Yeager, Orson E 59 Young, W. D., & Co 12 Young & Cutsinger 58 SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. Advance Lumber Company 51 Alcock. John L.. & Co 7 American Ildwd. Lumber Company... 49 American Lumber & Mfg. Company.. 50 Anderson-Tully Company 4 Atlantic Lumber Company 1 Beyer, Knox & Co 59 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 4S Brown. W. P.. & Sons, Lumber Co... 2 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company.. 59 Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Company 12 Cherry River Boom t& Lumber Co 9 Chicago Car Lumber Company 10 Chivvis. W. R 49 Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co 50 Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company 11 Co-op. Mill & Lumber Company 11 Courtney, D. G 9 Crane. C, & Co 56 Crescent Lumber Company 56 Crosby & Beckley Co., The Cude, W. J.. Land & Lbr. Company.. Cypress Lumber Company 56 Darling. Chas., & Co H Davidson-Benedict Company 1 Davis, W. A H Dennis & Smith Lumber Company... 55 D'Heur & Swain Lumber Company... 58 Dixon & Dewey Duhlmeler Bros 57 Ellas. G.. & Bro 59 Empire Lumber Company, Buffalo.... 59 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Company... 11 Evans & Retting Lumber Company... 55 Fan. E. H Farrin-Korn Lumber Company 57 Freiberg Lumber Company, The 57 Fuller ton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Company 5 Garetson-Greason Lumber Company. . 49 Gayoso Lumber Company General Lumber Company, The 37 Gillespie, W. M.. Lumber Company.. 7 Haas, Albert. Lumber Company 7 Hacklcy-Plielps-Bonnell Company .... 55 Hay ward, M. A 37 HImmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co... 1 Hooton, R. A., Lulnber Company.... 11 Hoyt. C. I., & Co 58 Indiana Lumber Company 48 Indiana Quartered Oak Company 7 International Felloe Mfg. Company.. 49 James & Abbot Company 7 Jenks, Robert H., Lumber Company.. 51 Jones, G. W.. Lumber Company 2 Jones Hardwood Company 7 Kampf. Albert R 2 Kentucky Lumber Company 67 Lamb-Fish Lumber Company 60 Lesh & Matthews Lumber Company.. 11 Linehan Lumber Company 50 Litchfield. William E 7 Ix>mbard, E. B 11 Long-Knight Lumber Company 58 Love, Boyd & Co 48 LuehrmanTi, Chas. F., Hardwood Lum- ber Company 49 Maley, Thompson & MofTett Company 57 Martin-Barriss Company 51 Massengale Lumber Company 49 Maus, H. H., & Co., Inc 7 McCauley-Saunders Lumber Company. 11 Mcllvain, J. Gibson. & Co 6 McLean-Davis Lumber Company 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Company. ... 69 Miller, Anthony 59 Miller Eros 11 Mosby. H. W.. & Co 8 Nicola Lumber Company, The 50 O'Brien, John. Land & Lumber Co... 10 Paepcke-Lelcht Lumber Company 4 Phila. Veneer & Lumber Company.... 6 Plummer Lumber Company 49 Price, E. E 7 Radina, L. W., & Co 57 Ransom. J. B.. & Co Rhubesky, E. W 2 Richmond Park & Co 10 Ritter, W. M., Lumber Company 5 Rumbarger Lumber Company Ryan & McParland 10 Scatcherd & Son 59 Schofield Bros 7 Slimmer, F., & Co 10 Smith, R. M., & Co 8 Sondheimer, E., Company 4 Southern Lumber Company 2 Standard Hardwood Lumber Company 59 Stearns Company, The 56 Steele & Hibbard 49 Stewart, I. N., & Bro 59 Stimson, J. V 58 Stone, T. B.. Lumber Company 56 Sullivan. T.. & Co 59 Swann-Day Lumber Company 8 Three States Lumber Company 60 Turner, A. M.. Lumber Company 50 Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Company 49 Walnut Lumber Company, The 58 Wells, R. A.. Lumber Company 10 West Florida Hardwood Company 7 White Lumber Company 10 Whitmer. Wm., & Sons, Inc 6 Wiborg iS: Hanna Company 57 Wilison Bros. Lumber Company 50 Wood, R. E.. Lumber Company 6 Wylie, A. W H Yeager, Orson E 59 Young tSi Cutsinger 58 Advance Lumber Company 51 Atlantic Lumber Company 1 Brown, W. P.. & Sons, Lumber Co... 2 Cheat River Lumber Company 50 Courtney, D. G 9 Crane. C, & Co 56 Cude. W. J., Land & Lbr. Company.. Davidson-Benedict Company 1 Dawkins, W. H., Lumber Company.. 8 Haas, Albert, Lumber Company 7 Hayden & Westcott Lumber Company 10 Hay ward. M. A 37 Hooton. R. A., Lumber Company 11 Kentucky Lumber Company 57 •KeyesFanniu Lumber Company 41 Massengale Lumber Company 49 McLean-Davis Lumber Company 2 Rhubesky. E. W 2 Ritter, W. M., Lumber Company 5 Smith. R. M., & Co S Southern Lumber Company 2 Stewart-Roy Lumber Company... 56 Swann-Day i^umber Company 8 Vansant. Kitchen & Co 60 Wood, k. E., Lumber Company 6 Yellow Poplar Lumber Company 60 COTTONWOOD AND GUM. Anderson-Tully Company 4 T^arrin-Korn Lrmber Company 57 Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co. . . 1 Lamb-Fish Lumber Company 60 Luehrmann, C. P., Hardwood Lumber Company 49 Mosby. H. W., & Co 8 Paepcke-Lelcht Lumber Company 4 Sondheimer, E., Company 4 Three States Lumber Company 60 CYPRESS. Cypress Lumber Company 56 Plummer Lumber Company 49 VENEERS. Grand Rapids Veneer Works 48 Phila. Veneer & Lumber Company.... 6 Wisconsin Veneer Company 53 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Advance Lumber Company 51 Arpin Hardwood Lumber Company... 52 Bliss & Van Auken 12 Buffalo Maple Flooring Company, The 7 Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Company 12 Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc 3 Cummer, Diggins & Co 3 Dwight Lumber Company 8 Eastman, S. L., Flooring Company... 54 Fenn Bros. Company 4 Forman, Thos., Company 6 Haak Lumber Company 41 International Hardwood Company.... 56 Kerry & Hanson Flooring Company... 55 Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Nashville Hardwonil Flooring Company Nichols & Cos Lumber Company 65 Stephenson, The I., Company 12 Ward Bros 12 Wilce, The T., Company 58 Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company.. 55 Wood Mosaic Flouring Company 2 Young, W. D., & Co 12 SAW MILL MACHINERY. Garland, M. , Company Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Company. 42 Mershon. W. B.. & Co 45 Phoenix Manufacturing Company 53 WOODWORKING MACHINERY. American Wo^xl Working Machinery Company 47 Berlin Machine Works, The Covel Manufacturing Company Crown Iron Works Defiance Machine Works, The 42 Holmes, E. & B., Machinery Company 45 Matteson Manufacturing Company 41 Ober Manufacturing Company, The... 51 Sinker-Davis Company 46 Smith, H. B., Machine Company Woods, S. A., Machine Company 46 LOGGING MACHINERY. Clyde Iron Works 44 Lidgerwood Manufacturing Company. 45 Overpack, S. C -^^ Russel Wheel & Foundry Company... 48 DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. Gordon Hullnw Blast Grate Company. 42 Grand Rapids Veneer Works 48 Morton Dry Kiln Oimpany 53 New York Blower Company 42 SAWS, KNIVES AND SUPPLIES. Atkins, E. C, & Co 44 Covel Manufacturing Company Crown Iron Works Gillette Roller Bearing Company 42 Hanchett Swage Works 43 Marshall, Francis 41 Matteson Manufacturing Company 41 LUMBER INSURANCE. Adirondack Fire Insurance Company.. Lumber Insurance Company of New York I Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Com- Iiany, Boston 1 Lumber Underwriters 12 Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Company Rankin, Harry, & Co 3S MISCEXLANEOU&. Chllds, S. D., & Co 41 Gillette Roller Bearing Company 42 International Felloe Mfg. Company.., 49 Lacey. James D.. & Co 43 Lumbermen's Credit Association 41 Martin & Co 51 Pennsylvania Door & Sash Company.. 7 Poole. Clark L., & Co 12 Schenck, C. A., & Co 2 HARDWOOD RECORD 41 CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED When you have anything to Hell, or wish to purt;huse anything in the way of HARDWOOD LUMBER CROSS TIES OK PILING Norval Osburn, Seaman, Ohio Keys=Fannin Lumber Company Manufacturers of Band and Circular sawn SOFT YELLOW POPLAR Plain and quartered red and white Oak, Hemlock, Bass and Chest- nut. Give us a trial. Herndon, Wyoming Co., W. Va. COUNTERFEIT CHECKS are frequent except where our Two Piece Geometrical Barter Coin Is in w^e, then Imitation isn't possihie. Sample IC you ask lor It. S. D. CHILDS 4 CO. Chicago We also make Time Checks, Stencils and Log ilammers. Send Us Your Orders We Have on Hand Ready for Shipment a Nice Stock of 2'/4 Clear Maple Flooring ALSO OTHER SIZES AND GRADES Our fine timber, modern plant and skilled workmanship combine to make a flooring that cannot be ex- celled. You will be pleased with it. HAAK LUMBER CO. HAAKWOOD, MICH. Save Your Money By Using the RED BOOK Published Semi-Annually in January and July It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyers of lumber in car lots, both among ihe dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their financial stand- ing and manner of meeting obligations. Covers the UNITED STATES and MANI- TOBA. The trade recognizes this book as the au- thority on the lines it covers. A well organized Coileciion Department is also operated and the same is open to you. WRITE FOR TERMS. Lumbermen's Credit Association Established 1878 1405 Greal Northern Building, CHICAGO 18 Broadway. : NEW YORK CITY MENTION THIS PAPER A machine that declares saw mill dividends ftjr-cife- :-^it. .fc.-.i,^ .|jx AUTOMATIC SWING SAW flAUGE. ^ An inexpensive little device that sai'es a dollar a day and upwards. ^ Stops one of the biggest profit leaks at the mill. Pays for itself several times over during a year. ^ Isn't it worth investigating? FRANCIS MARSHALL, - - Grand Rapids, Mich. Improved Automatic Band Saw Sharpener All Machines Fully Guaranteed CThis machine excels all others for single cutting Band Saws from 8 to 14 inches. Its construction is mechanically correct, simple and durable, and does not possess any of the intricate complicated parts that confuse the oper- ator. The head is adjustable so that straight wheels can be used with the same results as concave. C This represents just one type of machine. Wo make in addition a com- plete line of modern tools for the care of saws. For particulars address Matteson Mfg. Co. 120-128 S. CLINTON STREET, CHICAGO, ILLS. 42 HARDWOOD RECORD "DEFIANCE" WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF HIGH GRADE TOOLS ^ FOR MAKING ^ Hubs, Spokes, Wheels, Singl.: Trees, Hoops, Wagons, Carriages, Handles, Bobbins, Spools, Rims, Shalts, Poles, Insulator Pins and Neck-Yokes, Oval Wood Dishes. INVENTED AND BUILT BY The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS DEFIANCE, OHIO. NO. 1 AUTOMATIC HUB LATHE. Send for 500 Page Catalogue 32 " AUTOMATIC SPOKE LATHE. Works BUCYRUS, OHIO ESPECIALLY Adapted for Handling Shavings, Saw° dust and Stringy Material of All Kinds i-piECE FAN WHEEL. "** Catalogue ^q obstructions. 58=G We Also Make Lumber Dryers. New York Blower Company Main Office : 25tb Place and Stewart Avenue CHICAGO Do you lack steam ? We can help you. The Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Co. GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN MANUFACTUHERS OF THE CELEBRATED GORDON HOLLOW BLAST GRATE ("Arv Ervormovis Bla^cksmUh's Forge") AND THE ECiU.\LI.Y Famous "Tower" Line of Edgers and Trimmers CO-MrUISlXG Forty Different Sizes and Styles Forming by far the largest and most complete line of edgers and trimmers on tlie market. We make a specialty of the "TOWER" 32" EDGEH, NEW MODEL (.see cut), which is especially designed for mills cutting not to exceed 20,000 feet in ten hours, and wliich makes a small mill A LARGE MILL IN MINIATURE. We Lead; Others Follow. This Truck— The Gillette Truck— with its Roller Bearing Axle — Unbreakable Malleable Iron Caster-Fork, Improved Stake Pockets and general Superioritv of Construction is the Easiest Running Truck niaile. Strongest where other trucks are weakest. Best Truck to buy. Cheapest Truck to use. Invest money in these trucks. Do nut waste it on others. GILLETTE ROLLER BEARING COMPANY Grand Rapids, Michigan HARDWOOD RECORD 43 ESTABLISHED SINCE 1880 TIMBER WE OFFER TRACTS OF VIRGIN TIMBER IN LOUISI- ANA, MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA, ALABAMA AND ALSO ON PACIFIC COAST We employ a larger force of expert timber cruisers than any other firm in the wor.d. We have furnished banks and trust companies with reports on timber tracts upon which millions of dollars of timber certifi- cates or bonds have been issued. We furnish detailed estimates which enables the buyer to verify our reports at very little expense and without loss of valuable time. Correspondence with bona fide investors solicited. JAHES D. LACEY & CO. JAMES D. LACEY, WOOD BEAL, VICTOR THRANE. 608 Hennen BIdg., NEW ORLEANS 1200 Old Colony Bldg., CHICAGO LARGEST TIMBER DEALERS IN THE WORLD 507 Lumber Exchange, SEATTLE 829 Chamber of Com., PORTLAND Veneered Columns and SKafts We have unequaleci facilities for perfect Veneering in all kinds of hani woods. Our Veneering on Columns and Shafts for Bar Fixtures, Dining Room Tables and all kinds of Furniture will not warp, split, come off or lose its color. Our stock of Veneers represents the choicest cuttings from the finest logs. Each piece is handled with the greatest care. The strips are clipped, worked to size and finished by the most skilled and painstaking workmen. You cannot get more durable or more beautiful Ve- neering than is done in our factory. r % THEY CAN NOT COME APART KoH's Patent Lock Joint Colvimns Are made in all hard woods. Veneered or Solid Stave. Tfiey are perfect architecturally and can not come apart. We make a hobby of executing all orders with unfail- ing promptness. Write today for our beautiful illustrated catalog. It's free. HENRY SANDERS COMPANY 900 Elston Avenue, Chica.go ^ Manchett - Hanchett ■ Hanchett ^ Hanchett Saw Sw^age Every one made Perfect The Sivage with a Name ^ A poor Swage Kuins a Good Saw, and for that reason the manufacturers of the HANCHETT ADJUSTABLE SWAGE employ only the Best Mechanics and use only the Best Material in their construction. It Pays Us to make The Best Send for Catalog No. 10 It tells you all about them It Pays You to use The Best MANU'^ACTURED BY Hanchett Swage Works Big Rapids, Michigan ^ Hanchett - Hanchett - Hanchett ^ 44 HARD^VOOD RECORD cost more than other Saws, because they are BETTER. The First cost of a Saw does not count for much. What you want is your Money's Worth. Isn't it better to pay a fair price and get the best rather than a low price and get poor goods? Try an ATKINS SAW. They're better. E. C. ATKINS & CO., Inc. The Silver Steel Saw People. Home Office and Factory, Indianapolis. Branches: Atlanta, Chicago, New York City, Portland, Memphis, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Seattle, New Orleans, Toronto. HARDWOOD RECORD 45 A Gang Ripping Macliine That Rips Straight IMPROVED VARIABLE FEED GANG RIPPING AND STRAIGHTENING MACHINE The IdeaLl Ma.chine for Flooring Ma.n\ifa.cturers, Furniture Fa-ctories, Dimension Stock Producers, etc. LET us TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT E. 4 B. Holmes Machinery Co.,%' BUFFALO. Y. Catalogs of our full lines of Wood Working, Cooperatie ami Ilanie Machinery for the asking LIDGERWOOD MACHINES WILL STOCK YOUR MILL SKIDDERS SNAKERS YARDERS LOADERS PULL BOATS CABLEWAYS LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO, .M 96 Liberty St., New York. NEW ORLEANS ATLANTA SEATTLE '«, — - I- — ^^> Standard 54 Inch Band Re-Saw MERSHON BAND-RESAW SPECIALISTS 25 MODELS ADAPTED TO EVERY REQUIREMENT Wm. B. Mcrshon & Co., Saginaw, Mich.. D.S.A. 46 HARDWOOD RECORD No. 24 C FLOORING MACHINE A heavy, powerful, eight roll matcher particularly suited to producing, in quantity, Hard= wood Flooring of High Finish. SPECIAL PATENTED Appliances and Attachments. Write us and we'll tell you how we can double your output and improve the quality. :::::: S. A. Woods Machine Co., Boston CHICAGO SPECIALISTS IN FLOORERS, PLANERS AND MOULDERS SEATTLE THE "HOOSIER" SELF-FEED RIP SAW The cut shows a front view of our Hoosier Self Feed Rip Sawing Machine; it has a square raising table, easily operated by a crank in front of the machine and is always firmly locked, at any point, thus preventing any jarring or falling down and doing away with all clamp bolts and screws. The machine has our patent feeding device, with two feed shafts, one in front of the saw with a thin star feed wheel and one in the rear with a corrugated roll, the advantage of which can be readily seen. This machine will rip stock 6 inches thick and by using the saw on the outer end of the mandril will take in stock 17i inches between guide and saw. It can be used with a gang of saws by the use of spacing collars on the mandril. It has no equal in the rapid production of slats, cleats and dimension material of all kinds. Price S175.00. We also build the machine with a movable saw, at a slightly higher price. Write for Full Description. Sinker-Davis Co. Manufacturers of SAW MILL MACHINERY Indianapolis, Ind. HARDWOOD RECORD 47 0) :3 o a; o So u B 48 HARDWOOD RECORD The KNEELAND BIGELOW CO. MANUrACTURER.S OF LUMBER Annual Output: 20,000,000 ft. Hardwoods. 20,000,000 ft. Hemlock. 4,000,000 pes. Hardwood Lath. 9,000,000 pes. Hemlock Lath. Mills R-vin the Yea.r Arovind. Bay City. Mich. INDIANA LUMBER CO. Manufacturers Lumber DIMENSION STOCK A SPECIALTY. Office and Mills: Corner Oldham TVT A CXJX/TT T t? T'CXTKT Street and Cumberland River IN Aatl V ILLt, 1 ClNiN. GEO. C. BROWN & CO. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Hardwood Lumber Tennessee Red Cedar l,umber a Specialty. Nash\-ille. Tennessee DRY HARDWOODS 1.50,000 ft. Tennessee Red Cedar Boards (Aromatic) 150,000 ft. 4-4 Is and 2s Plain Red Oak. .50,000 ft. 5-4 Is and 2s Plain Red Oak. 200,000 ft. 8-4 No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak, 44,000 ft. 10-4 No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak. 80,000 ft. 8-4 No. 1 Common Quartered Red Oak. .300,000 ft. 4-4 Shipping Cull Plain Oak. Also fair stock of Poplar and Hickory. LOVE, BOYD & CO. NASHVILLE, TENN. RUSSEL WHEEL AND FOUNDRY CO. WE BUILD Lo^^ing Cars AND Logging Machinery Your Correspondence Solicited DETROIT. MICHIGAN .\LLOW US TO POINT OUT THE ADVANTAGES OF OUR EQUIPMENT Wf- TELL US YOUR WANTS AND GET OUR PRICES Hardwoods Dried in a Week ! Dept. D. ^Our method can be attached to .your old Kiln. ^If it does not do all we claim after being installed, we will take it out without expense to you. Grand Rapids Veneer Works Grand Rapids, Mich. HARDWOOD RECORD 49 c* nn • OF 1 /'^ f T T ^ ^ 1 Lr O LJ 1 ^ LARGEST ALL HARDWOOD MARKETS CHAS. I LDEHRMAi HARDWOOD LUMBER COMPANY Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are constantly in the market to purchase large blocks of stock for cash. Are also the largest manufacturers of the famous St. Francis Basin Red Gum. General Offices: 148 Carroll Street Garetson=Greason Lumber Co. J2J2-J3-I4 Times Building ST. LOUIS MANUFACTURERS Shipments of Plain and Quartered Oak, Ash, Cypress and Gum Lumber direct from our own mills in straight or mixed carloads. STEELE & HIBBARD LUMBER CO. North BrosLtlway and Dock Streets Wholesale Manufacturers, Dealers and Shippers ASH, CYPRESS. MAHOGANY. OAK, POPLAR, &c Mills: Yazoo City. Miss.; McGregor, Arlj.; England, Arlt.; Dermott, Ark. O'Hara, La.; De.xter. Mo. MASSENGALE LUMBER CO., ST. LOUIS Manufacturers and dealers in HARDWOODS In the market to buy and sell OAK, POPLAR, ASH, CYPRESS Large stock dry lumber alwayson hand Wantcd-to Boy or Contract (or future Delivery 500,000 to 1,000,000 ft. Poplar, all grades 600,000 to 1,000,000 ft. Cypress, all grades 500,000 to 1,000,000 ft. Ash, all grades SsteTt^^'J PLUMMER LUMBER CO. ITs^g^M W. R. CHI WIS. Lesperance Street and Iron Mountain Railroad. WHOLESALE HARDWOODS BLACK WALNUT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Always in the market to buy Walnut and Cherry Lumber. Pay spot cash and take up at shipping point when amounts justify. Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Co. Manufacturers and Wliolesalers of all kinds of HARDWOODS BEVELED SIDING A SPECIALTY. UNSURPASSED FACILITIES FOR DELIVERING. Knoxvillc Tennessee American Hardwood Lumber Co* 14,000,000 ft. Hardwood Lumber YARDS AT BENTON, ARK., NEW ORLEANS, LA.. ST. LOUIS, MO., DICKSON. TENN. TVSu?" "Want and For Sale" Columns others are Securing Results Why Not You? Hardwood Record ;ORPORATED MANUFACTURERS OF STANDARD SIZE WAGON FELLOES AND WAGON STOCK Send your requirements and receive price. COLUJVloUb, JVII0&. so HARDWOOD RECORD D I nn T* c: T~> f T i~y i'^m 1^11 l^UUrcvJ HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA , ■■ '' A. M. Turner Lumber Company Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods as well as sell them. If you have anything to offer, please tubmit same to ui. t t Willson Bros* Lumber Co* MANUFACTURERS WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS FARMERS BANK BLDG. k PITTSBURG, PA. sxock: list The following list covers the hardwoods we now have on hand. Special price f. 0. b. cars mill for all one ^ade. We would be pleased to have you favor us with your inquiries and orders. 4 4 Maple, No. I Common 2 Cars S/4 '' " " 2 Cars 5/4 " " " and Better 59,000 Feet 6/4 " " •' I Car 6/4 " Firsts and Seconds 2 Cars 8/4 " No. 2 Common 2,500 Feet 10/4 " Firsts and Seconds 1 Car 10 4 " No. 2 Common and Better 7 1, 000 Feet 12 4 " No. 1 " 1,500 Feet 12/4 " "2 " 1,000 Feet 4/4 Bassweod, Log Runm.c. o 1 car 8/4 " 1 car DRY STOCK Favorable Freight Rates to the East. BABCOCK LUMBER CO.. Ashtola, Pa. FOR SALE POPLAB 128,000' 4/4 lsand2s 40,000' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 325,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com. 228,000' 4/4 No, 3 Com. 150,000'4/4Mill Cull CHESTNUT 200,000' 4 4 Sound Wormy 80,000' 5/4 Sound Wormy 100,000' 6/4 Sound Wormy 48,000' 8, 4 Sound Wormy PLAIN OAI 60,000' 4/4 No, i Com. 18,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com. QUABTEHED OAI 2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. 1 car 4 4 No. 2 Com. OAK TIMBERS SAWBD TO ORDER. WRITE FOR PRICES. CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg, Pcnna. American Lumber ^ Mfg. Co. PITTSBURG, PA. Hardwoods a Specialty COTTONWOOD WANTED We want to buy one to five million feet of log run Cottonwood. We will send our in- spector to take the stock up at the mill and pay cash for it as shipped. ASH WANTED 300M feet 6-4, 8-4, 14-4 and 16-4 No. 1 Common and 1st and 2nds for immediate shipment, or to be cut and shipped when dry. The Nicola Lumber Company One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar. Can be shipped log run, or sold on grade. Bone dry) band sawed. Send your inquiries. Oak Flooring Maple Flooring Best that Care and Skill can Produce Can Ship Oak Flooring in Mixed Cars with other HARDWOODS Right Grades Right Prices Prompt Shipments LINEHAN LUMBER CO. 2423 Farmers Bank Bldg., PITTSBURG, PA. HARDWOOD RECORD 51 CLEVELAND HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTE.R OF NORTHERN OHIO The Robert H. Jenks Lumber Company 44 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, O. OFFER.S: 5 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd Poplar— 7" to 17" 4 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd Poplar— 18" to 23" 3 Cars 4/4 Poplar Box Boards— 7" to 12" 10 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Poplar (Selects in ) 10 Cars 4/4 No. 2 Common Poplar 3 Cars 4/4 No. 3 Common Poplar 2 Cars 5/4 No. 1 Common Poplar (Selects in) 8 Cars 8/4 No. 1 (Common Poplar (Selects in) 10 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd White Oak 15 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd Red Oak 15 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Red Oak 10 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common White Oak 10 Cars 4/4 No. 2 Common White Oak 20 Cars 4/4 Mill Cull Oak 3 Cars 4/4 Common and Better Chestnut 1 Car 6/4 Ojmmon and Better Chestnut 4 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Chestnut 5 Cars 5/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut 5 Cars 6/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut 10 Cars 4/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut 10 Cars 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut The Martin-Barriss Company Importers SLnd iMsLnufacturers MAHOGANY &nd Fine H&rdw^ood SYMBOLS FOR GRADE MARKS Adopted by the Hardwood Manufacturers Association of United States A Q Panel and Wide No. 1 ZA Selects /\ Wide No. 2 Ql^ No. 1 Common B Box Boards Q2^ No. 2 Common /f FAS or Firsts and ^" Seconds ^ Saps (3^ No. 3 Common (^ No. 4 Common Every Manufacturer should stamp the grade on his Lumber. Set of 10 Rubber Stamps, V4"xll{" in size, Pad, Pint of Ink. and Spreader, packed for shipment $3.50. AT/\RTIN i-inch stock, for immediate shipment. =CLARK STREET AND DALTON AVENUE^ PLAIN OAK—BASSWOOD Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices. DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0. THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY CINCINNATI. OHIO PLAIN AND QUARTER SAWED White and Red Oak I CHESTNUT POPLAR GUM AND CYPRESS Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads. THE MALEY, THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO. Always in the Market for BLACK WALNUT LOGS. SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS, LUMBER OF ALL KINDS. CINCINNATI, OHIO THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO. Manufacturers ot Tabasco Mahogany Walnut, OaK Poplar, McLean and Findlay Ats. CINCINNATI. O. "BUY GUM" We ore in the market to buy Dry Gum Lumber in any quantity, from a single car load to a million feet. Will take all grades and thlcl£- nesses. We receive lumber at shipping point, pay cash and are Jiberal in inspection. THE FARRIN-KORN LUMBER COMPANY General Office, Tarda, Planing MiUb, Dry Kilns, Cincinnati, Ohio Furchasing Office. Randolph Building, Memphis, Tenn. Cypr«s9 Red Gum Oak WANTED POPLAR and GUM SEND LIST OF DRY STOCK. WILL CONTR.-^CT FOR MILL CTTS. KENTUCKY LUMBER COMPANY CINCINN.'^TI, OHIO Hardwood Board Rules FOP HARDWOOD LUMBERMEN Best Goods, Prompt Shipment Send your orders to the HARDWOOD RECORD, 355 Dearborn Street 58 HARDWOOD RECORD INDIANA WHERE THE BEST HARDWOODS GROW J, V. Stimson ALL KLNDS OF HARDWOOD LUMBER MANUFACTURED HUNTINGBURG, IND. D'Heur 4 Swain Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OUR SPECIALTY Quartered Oak and Sycamore SEYMOUR, IND. April Stock: List 25,000 ft. 1 in. No. 2 Common Walnut 50,000 " 2 " Common and Better Plain White Oak 50,000 " 6-4 Red 50,000 " 5-4 100,000 " 4=4 " " " 15,000 '■ 6=4 and 8=4 Cherry Culls 100,000 " 4-4 No. 2 Common and Better Red Ouni 10,000 " 4»4 1st and 2nd Plain Red Oak 10,000 " 4-4 1st and 2nd Ash Long:=Knight Lumber Co. INUL\NAPOLI8. INU. Three Mills in Indiana FORT WAYNE INDIANAPOLIS LAFAYETTE Biggest Band Mill in the State Long Timbers up to Sixty Feet HARDWOOD SPECIALTIES Everything from Toothpicks to Timbtrs Perrine=Armstrong Co. -Uirr WAYNE INDIANA Young 4 Cutsinger MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OUH SPECIALTY Fine Figured Quartered Oak E VA N S Y I L L E, INDIANA ALWAYS IN THE MARKET For choice lots of hardwoods. Wahuit our specialty. Inspection at Mill Points. The Walnut Lumber Company Indianapolis, Indiana C. I. Hoyt 4 Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Quartered and Plain Oak, Poplar, Ash and Chestnut Offer a few cars 4 4 and 6 4 Plain Oak to move quick PEKIN, INDIANA A floor to adore For thirty-three years Wilce's Hardwood Floor- ing has heen among the foremost on the market and because it stands today "unequaled" is the I 'est evidence that its manufacturer has kept ahreast of modern methods and the advanced de- mands of the trade. To convince yourself of the above .statements, try our poHshed surface floor- ing, totigued and grooved, hollow backed, with matche KINDS OF HARDWOODS 95,'j TO 1015 ELK STREET HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY Specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK 940 ELK STREiJT ANTHONY MILLER HARDWOODS OP ALL KINDS 893 EAGLE STREET SCATCHERD & SON HARDWOODS ONLY Yard, 1555 SENECA STREET Office, 886 ELLICOTT SQUARE STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO, OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT 1075 CLINTON STREET L N. STEWART & BROTHER specialties: CHERRY AND OAK 892 ELK .STREET T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY Specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE 50 ARTHUR STREET ORSON E, YEAGER Specialtiei: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR 932 ELK STREET BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS Office and Yards, 69 LEROY AVENUE BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO, We want to buy for cash : Oak, Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses. Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point. P. O. Box 312. MEMPHIS. TENN. 940 SENECA STREET Vansant, 5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK. SPECIALTY Kitchen £1 MANUFACTURERS OLD-FASHIONED SOFT YELLOW POPLAR Ashland* Kentucky Company Three States Lumber Co. OFFERS 1 00,000 feet 5-4 Fir^s and Seconds Cottonwood 1 00,000 feet 1 3" to 1 7" Box Boards Cottonwood Prompt Shipment Memphis, Tennessee Lamb -Fish Lumber Co. SUCCESSORS TO LAMB HARDWOOD LUMBER COMPANY, BACON-NOLAN-HARDWOOD COMPANY GUIRL-STOVER LUMBER COMPANY MaLnufa.c- furers OAK, ASH, COTTONWOOD, GUM AND CYPRESS MAIN OFFICE: 720 MEMPHIS TRUST BVILDING, MEMPHIS. TENN. <-., Tk « ««•«« i Memphis, Tenrv. i\ €> * 1^* ( Well MsLnufa Three Band Mills j 1.'^--:^!^^!'' 0"^ Specialties { ^-^ «i^tpr Memphis, Tenrv. g\ £» i_lA* [ Well Ma.nufactured Stock es ipments YELLOW POPLilR MANUFACTURERS BAND SAWED POPLAR LUMBER DRY ALL GRADES 5-8, 4-4, 5-4,6-4, 8 4, 10-4, 12-4,16 4 Bevel Siding, Lath & Squares SPECIALTY, WIDE STOCK Coal Crove, Ohio, U, S. A. HoMwoM RocoM Twelfth Year. * Semi-monthly, f ^ CHICAGO. MAY 10, 1907. (Subscription $2 (Single" Copies, 10 Cents. 1 ROSS LUMBER COMPANY The Cherry People ANYTHING IN CHERRY? Write Us. JAMESTOWN, N. Y. ferfy tnatjutactared and treated tot pri accordance with methods iev Venty-five years' experience. || HIMfMEL Throw Away Your Money BY STICKING TO OLD LINE COMPANIES PENNA. LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. 943 Drexel Building. PhilatdelpKiaL. Pa. Rumbarger Lumber Company Main Office: 808 Harrison Bldg., IStli and Market Sts., Pliiladelphia, Pa. New York Office: 8018 Metropolitan Bldg., 1 Madison Avenue. Pittsburg Office: 701 Keystone Building 40 Cars 4-4 Birch Log Run. 10 Cars 4-4 Quartered Red Oak, No. 1 Common. 10 Cars 4-4 Chestnut, No. 2 Common. 10 Cars 4-4 Oak, No. 2 Common. A stock of Southern White Pine, I", IJ", 1|" and 2", mostly No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 barn. We are operating a tract of timber land containing considerable HoUy and Persimmon. We can ship W. Virginia spruce sizes and boards, either rough or dressed, via any railroad. Lumber I n s u r a n c e C o m p a n y of New York Adirondack Fire Insurance Company Toledo Fire 4 Marine Insurance Company Combined Assets Over $1.000.000 Specialists in Lumber Insurance FOR LINES AND RATES ADDRESS Lumber Insurers' General Agency, 84-88 Williams St., New York City ADVERTISERS' CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY FOLLOWS WANT AND FOR SALE ADVERTISING SECTION. HARDWOOD RECORD I /^ iTic^/^ii I r~? JUCJUI^VlLrLIV HANUFACTDRING AND DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF KENTUCKY Dry Stock w. P. BrowR & SoHS Lumber Co. Louisville, Ky. PLAIN BED OAK. 65,000' 1" 1st & 2nd. 25.000' IVt" 1st & 2a. 49,000' Hi" Ut & 24. 57.000' 2" 1st & 2d. 18,000' 2%" 1st & 2d. 18,000' 3" l8t & 2d. 131,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 84,000' 114" No. 1 Com. 44,000' Hi" No. 1 Com. 47.000' 2" No. 1 Com. 8.000' 2W No. 1 Com. 15,000' 3- No. 1 Com. QITARIEBED RED OAK. lO.OOO' 1' 1st & 2d. 14,000' 1%" 1st & 2d. 5,000' 2" 1st & 2d. 15,000' 1- No. 1 Com. 7,000' H4" No. 1 Com. 13,000' 2" No. 1 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK, 80,000' 1" let & 2d. 28,000' 114" 1st & 2d. 12,000' IH" Ist & 2d. 42,000' 2" let & 2d. 23,800' 214- 1st & 2d. 16,000' 3" 1st & 2d. 227,000' 1- No. 1 Com. 60,000' 114" No. 1 Com. 80.000' ly,' No. 1 Com. 50,000' 2" No. 1 Com. 17,000' 2^4" No. 1 Com. 22,000' 3" No. 1 Com. QUAKTEEED WHITE OAK. 50.000' 1" 1st & 2d. 28,000' 1>4" 1st & 2d. 45,000' IMi" 1st & 2d. 49,000' 2" 1st & 2d. 19,000' 2%" 1st & 2d. 18.000' 1" No. 1 Com. 30.000' IVi" No. 1 Com. 40,000' 1%" No. 1 Com. 22,000' 2" No. 1 Com. 10,000' 3" No. 1 Com. ASH. 0,000' 1" iBt & 2d. 65.000' m" l8t & 2d. 16,000' 1%" 1st & 2d. 10,000' 2- 1st & 2d. 8,000' 2H" iBt & 2d. 14,000' 3" 1st & 2d. 6.000' 4" l3t & 2d. 4.000' IVt' No. 1 Com. 16.000' IMi" No. 1 Com. 8.000' 2" No. 1 Com. POPLAB. 12,000' 1" lat & 2d. All thicknesses In cull poplar, ash, chestnut. Your inquiries will be appreciated. 12,000' 114" 1st & 2d. 11.000' 1%" 1st & 2d. 12,000' 2" 1st & 2d. 10,000' 2%" 1st & 2d. 10,000' 3" Ist & 2d. 50,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 28,000' 1%" No. 1 Com. 10,000' IVi" No. 1 Com. 10.000' 2" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 1" 18" & up 1st & 2d. 8,000' 2" 18' & up 1st & 2d. 6,000' 2" 24" & up 1st & 2d. 4,000' 1%" 18" & up 1st & 2d. 3.000' 1%" 24" & up Ist & 2d. Prompt delivery guaranteed Wood-Mosaic Flooring and Lumber Co. ALL KINDS OF Hardwood Lumber and Sawn Veneers NEW ALBANY, INDIANA Rochester, N. Y. ) Louisville, Ky. r Factories. New Albany, Ind. ) Good Grades Prompt Shipments Inquiries Solicited McLean -Davis Lumber Co. Successors to Hugh McLean Lumber Co., Highland Park, Ky. Edward L. Davis Lumber Co., Louisville, Ky. Berry - Davis Saw Mill Co., Louisville, Ky. Manufacturers and Dealers in Hardwood Lumber Daily Capacity: 80,000 feet. Sales Offices: Louisville, Ky. 50 CARS. ONE INCH M LOG A p L ON RUN grade: E G. W. Jon les Lii imber Co. APPLETON, WIS. Albert R. Kampf Manufacturer Hardwood L,uml)er and Timber Dimension Stock Board ol Trade BIdg.. Louisville. Ky. E. W. Rhubesky Wholesale Poplar. Rough and Dressed. Oak, Chestnut and Other Hardwoods North Vernon Lumber Co. Band Sawed Plain and Quartered Oak and Poplar. North Vernon, Ind.. and Louisville, Ky. Southern Lumber Co. Oak, Poplar and Chestnut. I^ouisville, Ky. 1 All Lumbermen, Attention! We do what you can't do. We measure your stumpag:e correctly. We make your maps correctly. Bank references: Asheville, N. C. C. A. Schenck ^ Co. XlX'l^^^. HARDWOOD RECORD c A ATED FOR D UIGB . 1 L STANDARD OF L QUALITY A AND MILL c CELEBS WORK _ ■Mitchell's Make— ^ CHOICE WHITE BASSWOOD ALL CLEAR ALL WHITE BONE DR.Y End stuck in shed and just what you want if you use sucli stocli. It is 1 inch thick and we have one large car. PLEASE SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES Mitchell Brothers Company CADILLAC, MICH. The Cadillac Handle Co. Band Sawn Michigan Hardwoods SPECIAL OFFER^INGS: 5 Cars 4 4 Hard Maple, 1st and 2nds. 3 Cars 5 4 Hard Maple 1st and 2nds. 6 Cars 5 4 Hani Mai)le, No. 1 and 2 Common 1 Car 6/4 Hard Maple, 10 in. and wider. No. 1 Common and Better. 2 Cars 4/4 Birch, No. 2 Common and Better. MURPHY & DIQQINS Offtr all grades of the following special dry stock MAPLE— 5/4. 6/4, 8, 4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4, 16/4 CRAY ELM-4/4, 12/4 BASSWOOD— 4/4. BIRCH-4/4, 6/4 Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades. LET US nOURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS. Cummer, Diggins & Go. =MANUFACTURERS= "CUMMER" MAPLE AND BEECH FLOORING MICHIGAN HARDWOODS Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech, Birch, Soft Elm and Cherry. SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS. DRY ST OCK J Northern Michigan Soft Gray Elm what our old cork pine was to the regular white pine — such is our Soft Gray Elm to ordinary soft elm. Buyers who gladly discrim- inate in favor of something better than the or- dinary, will be interested. We have 2 cars 10-4 firsts and seconds. 4 cars 12-4 firsts and seconds. Wide, choice stock, our own product, seasoned right, bone dry. VTBITE US ABOUT IT. COBBS&HirGHELL (INCORPORATED) CAPILUG. MICHIGAN HARDWOOD RECORD PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF COTTONNVOOD GUM AIND OTHBR HARDWOODS Large stocks of well seasoned Lumber always carried at our yards and mills. General Offices: HOW, Chicago Ave., CHICAGO. Mills: Cairo, III., Marked Tree, Ark., Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark., Blylheville, Ark. (im^ ^ Cable Address: "Sonderco" Memphis. Codes Used: Lumberman's Telecode and ABC 5th Edition MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD, GUM, COTTONWOOD AND CYPRESS Main Office: Tennessee Trust Building, Memphis, Tenn. Offers the following specials: 50 Cars I inch No. 1 Common Cottonwood 10 Cars I 1/4 inch Is and 2s Cypress 50 Cars I 1/4 inch No. 1 Common Cottonwood 10 Cars 2 inch Is and 2s Cypress 50 Cars 1 inch No. 2 Common Cottonwood 10 Cars 1 1 /4 inch No. I Common Ash 50 Cars 1 1/4 inch No. 2 Common Cottonwood 10 Cars 1 1/2 inch No. 1 Common Ash Plain and Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak, Elm, Cottonwood, Poplar, Gum, White Ash and Cypress. Direct shipments from our own Mills of Lumber from our own Timber our Specialty. We manufacture and put in pile 300,000 ft. Hardwood every 24 hours. Anderson-Tully Company OFFERS STOCK FOR SALE Three cars 6/4x8 in. and up 1st & 2nd Cottonwood One " 7/8x8 " Two " 5/4x12 " Two "4/4 " " Plain Red Oak MEMPHIS, TEININESSEE FENN BROS. COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF Oak Flooring Quarterod \A/hi!t^ HoIIoia/ BacRe^d Quartei-ed Rod End /Watched F»lain lA/hit» Polished F»laJn Re>d Bored Offices si-rvd PlSLrvt : Kansas and Mallory Ave., New South Memphis. (Take Soulb Memphis car (o Mallory Ave.) HARDWOOD RECORD WEST VIRGINIA YELLOW POPLAR NORTH CAROLINA CORK WHITE PINE AND HARDWOOD DRY KILNS AND PLANING MILLS. ALL OUR MILLS RUN THE YEAR ROUND. SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES AND ORDERS. W.M.Ritter Lumber Co. COLUMBUS. OHIO Saw and Ship 100,000,000 Feet Yearly FULLERTON-POWELL Hardwood Lumber Co. OFFERS THE FOLLOWING STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 15 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Quartered White Oak 10 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Red Gum, 10 to IG ft. 20 cars 1 in. No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak 7 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Red Gum, 12 ft. 10 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Plain Red Oak S cars 2 in. 1st and 2nds Sap Gum 2 cars IJ in. Plain Red Oak Step Plank 8 cars 2 in. No. 1 Common Sap Gum 1 car 1\ in. Plain Oak Step Plank 5 cars 2 in. No. 2 Common Sap Gum 4 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Plain Red Oak, 12 in. and 20 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Cottonwood, 6 in. and wider wider -1 cars 1 in. No. 1 Common Cottonwood BRANCH OFFICES: / (Quotations \ MAIN OFFICES OHIOAGO, 1104 Chamber of Commerce | cheerfully I MEMPHIS, TEMH.,305 Tennessee Trust BIdg. \ t ij / . C/^fl/A *f\^TIi1 T tl H mmMEAP0US.MmH.,30B Lumber E^oHanuo \ f"™^'^^'^ / k3 OlZf/? 1^6710, ITIU, HARDWOOD RECORD WILLIAM WHITMER. (Si> SONS, Inc. ALWAYS IN THE MARKET FOR STOCKS OF WELL MANUFACTURED HARDWOODS BRANCHES: NEW YORK, BOSTON, PITTSBURG MAIN OFFICES: GIRARD TRUST BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA THOMAS FORMAN CO. DETROIT, MICH. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE Maple and Oak Flooring We desire to move promptly a large quantity of 13-16x1 i" Clear Quarter Sawed White Oak Flooring. 13-16xli" Clear Plain Sawed White Oak Flooring. 13-16xli" Clear Plain Sawed Red Oak Flooring. 13-16xl|" Clear Maple Flooring. Please w-rite us for special delivered prices on the above lots. The Crosby & Beckley Company HARDWOODS We are In the Market for Choice Stock WRITE US No. 1 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. New Haven. Connecticut. JOHN T. DIXON HARRY S. DEWEY We are not Wizards in making new grades to fit a price. No tricks in our methods of making shipments. The straight grades are good enough for us. If you will give us a trial order for POPLAR., OAK, ASH, CHESTNUT or OAK, MAPLE and YELLOW PINE FLOORJNG, we believe we can demonstrate our ability to please j'ou. DIXON & DEWEY 716 and 716 A, Flatiron Building, NEW YORK Phila. Veneer 4 Lumber Co. 817 NORTH FIFTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. PILED ON OUR KNOXVILI.E. TENNESSEE YARD 1 car 4.4 Is and ?.s Plain Wliite Oak 6 cars 4'4 No. 1 Common Plain Wliite Oak 18 cars 4/4 No. 2 Common Plain White Oak 2 cars 8/4 No. 1 Common and Bt-tl. r Wlutn ():ik 1 car 6, 4 Common and Hi-tttr Wliiti- Oak 1 car 5, '4 Common and Bt-ttpr White Oak i car 8 4 Common and Better White Oak 2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common (Quartered White Oak J car 4/4 Is and 2s Quaitereil White Oak i car 4 4 No. 1 Common and Better Qnartered Red Oak We also manufacture Sawed and Sliced Quartered Oak Veneers. Can make prompt shipments. McUvain's Lumber Notes We have 4,000,000 feet Chestnut— some of it 12 to 15 months' old — all grades and thicknesses. 2.250.000 feet Poplar— 5/8 to 16/4, all grades. 500.000 feet choice Gulf Cypress. We can make prompt shipments. Send in your inquiries. Did you say White Pine? We're fixed to give you satis- factory grades and prices. Ask for anything you waut, special or regular, and see how well we can satisfy your demands. More than a million feet in various grades from Uppers and Selects to Culls. J. Gibson McIIvain & Co. 56th (o 58th Sts. and Woodland Ave PHILADELPHIA, PA. HARDWOOD RECORD 7 nr* i.-i r~T r~? A c nr* lllfc tiA^l BOSTON NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA 1 JOHN L, ALCOCK & CO. BUYERS OF BLACK WALNUT LOGS BOARDS AND PLANKS Baltimore, Md. Inspection at point of shipment. Spot cash. THE BUFFALO MAPLE FLOORING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE AND OAK FLOORING BUFFALO, NEW YORK The West Florida Hardwood Co. MnJ- ON Apai.achicola River MARYSVILLE, FLA. Ash Red and White Oak Red Gum Hickory Yellow Cottonwood Tupelo Gum = LET US HAVE YOUR INQUIRIES = BALTIMORE M A R Y L A N^o E. E. PRICE L^ U YE R AND XPORTER OF Hardwoods, Poplar and Logs I am always in the market for nice lots of dry and %veil manufactured lumber. I inspect at point of shipment. Correspondence solicited. Pennsylvania Door & Sash Co. HARDWOOD DOORS AND INTERIOR FINISH NEW YORK PITTSBURG PHILADELPHIA Wantcd-Dimension Oak,Sj£SS White and Red. Send for specifications. IndieLiiaL Q\ia.rtered OaLk Co. 7 Eevst 42nd Street, New York City James & Abbot Company Lumber and Timber No. J 65 MILK ST„ BOSTON, MASS., and GULFPORT, MISS. JONES HARDWOOD CO. INCORPORATED WANTS: Poplar, Plain Oak, Quartered Oak and Cypress. 147 MILK STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Manufacturers please send slock lists and prices. Holloway Lumber Company WHOLESALE HARDWOODS In the marSet for all thicknesses of OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT. 312 Arcade Building, PHILADELPHIA, PA. WM. E. LITCHFIELD MASON BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS. Specialist in Hardwoods Manufacturers are requested to supply lists of stock for sale VV/E are long on S, 4 Sound Wormy Chestnut. Send us your in- *• quiries. Let us quote you on Plain or Quartered Whvlte and Red Oak. Look us up. SCHOFIELD BROTHERS PENNA. BUILDING LUMBER PHILADELPHIA Sales Agents: Long Pole Lumber Co., Case-Fowler Lumber Co. Mills: Honaker. Va. Birmington, Ala. SOBLE BROTHERS Q^t^i^^Lne 3=i::zzrnr^^^:z:irrz^:z^^ Oak, Poplar. WHOLESALE LUMBER Land Title Building = ■ Philadelphia. Pa. WISTAR. UNDERBILL & CO. PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE HARDWOOD LUMBER MICHIGAN WHITE PINE TENNESSEE WHITE PINE HEMLOCK HARDWOODS ALABAMA PINE H. H . MAUS & CO., MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD and YELLOW PINE. Write us if you wish to buy or sell. INC. 420 Walnut St., . - PHILADELPHIA. PA. W. M, GILLESPIE LUMBER HARDWOODS COMPANY Farmers Bank BIdg. Oak a Specialty PITTSBURQH, PA. ALBERT HAAS LUMBER CO. BAND SAWED OAK AND ASH YELLOW POPLAR ATLANTA ... - GEORGIA HARDWOOD RECORD SWANN-DAY LUMBER COMPANY CLAY CITY. KENTUCKY OFFER POPLAR Bevel Siding. Drop Siding, as vv^ell as Wide Poplar Always a Large Stock on Hand Prices are Yours for the Asking MAY STOCK LIST HARD MAPLE 1 in. 1.000,000 ft. U in. 100,000 ft. - ■ ■ 100.000 ft. 50.000 ft. 50,000 ft li in 3 in 4 in 1 in. 1 in. H in. 2 in. 2i in. BEECH 100,000 ft. BIRCH 500,000 ft. 100,000 ft. 100,000 ft. 50,000 ft. BASSWOOD 1 in. 300,000 ft. GRAY ELM 1 in. 300.000 ft. li in. 200.000 ft. 3 in. 200,000 ft. Kelley Lumber & Shingle Co. TraLverse City, Mich. The Tegge Lumber Co. MILWAUKEE WI SCONSIN BUYERS OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOOD LUMBER Quartered Oak Flooring Manufactured for HIGHEST GLASS of trade only. Also Plain Oak, Maple and other Hardwood flooring. The name D WIGHT on flooring- is a guarantee of its excellence. DWIGHT SPECIAL pattern of thin flooring is the only suitable thin flooring to lay. Write for Sample. DWIGHT LUMBER. COMPANY DETR-CIT. MICHIGAN R W. Mosby & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF COTTONWOOD GUM ASH, ELM Large Stock on Hand HELENA, ARKANSAS R. M. SMITH J H. P. SMITH R. M. SMITH (^ COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA WE CARRY IN STOCK FROM TEN TO FIFTEEN MILLION FEET OF ASH, BEECH, BASSWOOD, CHESTNUT, CHERRY, MAPLE, PLAIN & QTD. OAK, POPLAR, WALNUT, &C. OUR PLANING MILL FACILITIES ARE UNSURPASSED. Band Mill: Orndoff, Webster County, W. Va. EASTERN OFFICE: 1425-6 LAND TITLE BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA PlaninK Mill; Heaters, W. Va. HARDWOOD RECORD Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA SPECIALS: 4 4 While Oak, No. 1 CommoD 4/4 Cherry, Is and 2s 4 4 Cherry. No. 1 CommoD 4,4 Maple, Is and 2s 4/4 Maple, No. 1 Common BAND MILLS: RICHWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA CAMDEN-ON-GAULEY, WEST VIRGINIA HOLCOMB. WEST VIRGINIA DAILY CAPACITY, ■ ■ 500,000 FEET "THE BEST LUMBER" D. G. COURTNEY MANUFACTURER OF Yellow Poplar Oak ^ Chestnut CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA Our Timber Holdings are located exclusively in the finest sections of West Virginia growth. Modern mills and perfect manufacture. Standard and uniform grades. We seek the trade of wood-working factories who want a dependable lumber supply and fair treatment. Just now we want to move 4/4 No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 Common Oak. 10 HARDWOOD RECORD CHICAGO THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD In the Market To Buy Ash, Hickory, Poplar and Oak Lumber. Also Wagon Stock. W anted =^ Hardwood Logs for Our Memphis Mill RYAN & McPARLAND CHICAGO....MEMPHIS Chicagfo Car Lumber Co. PULLMAN BUILDING CHICAGO WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR Poplar, Oak, Ash and Car and R. R. Material Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co. IN MARKET FOR POPLAR 25 M ft. 3/4" Is and 2s, standard widths and lengths 30 M ft. 1-1 4" Is and 2s. stamlard widths and lengths 30 M ft. 1-1 2" Is and 2s. siaiiihud widths and lengths 30 M ft. each 2-1/2 and 4" standard widths and lengths ROCK ELM 200 M ft. 5 4 No. 1 Common and better SCO M ft. 8/4 Mo. 1 Common and better BLACK ASH 50 M ft. each 4 4, 5 4 and 6,4 No. 1 common and better OAK AND ASH 100 cars car oak framing 25 cars white ash from 1" to 4" green or dry Is and 23 511 Railway Exchange, Chicago White Lumber Company Dealers in Hardwood Lumber ALL KINDS Cherry Lumber a Speciatlty ALL GRADES Laflin .ys in ab.dvaLnce of publication da^te. Advertising rates on application. ASSOCIATION MEETINGS. National Hardwood Lumber Association. The tenth annual convention of this association will be held on Thursday and Friday, May 23 and 24, 1907, at Atlantic City, N. J. National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. This organization will hold it.s amiual meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 28 and 29, at the Auditorium on the Jamestown Exposition grounds, Norfolk, Va. General Market Conditions. Eeportu from the chief lumber cousiimiiig centers of the United States, as reflected in the market reports in this issue of the Hard- wood Eecord, indicate that there is a slight diminution in demand for hardwoods in nearly all parts of the country. It is not of euougli importance to warrant shading prices in the least and they are still very firm on all varieties of woods. This condition is no exception in the great consuming district of Chicago. Weather conditions prevailing in the South are again very bad. There has been a continuous fall of rain for more than a week, and a large portion of the southern hardwood producing section is afloat. This militates against active log supply, and it is estimated that the average saw- mill is at least thirty days behind the output of a year ago, which was small enough. There seems to be no disposition on the part of either manufac- turers or jobbers to worry in the least over trade slackening a bit, and they feel as though they would like to have an opportunity to catch up with business a little and get the order books fairly well cleaned up, w'hich they have been unable to do for a long time. In the Chicago district the furniture trade constitutes a large per- centage of hardwood buyers and manufacturers have not had as large a trade as they expected, hence are holding off on placing lumber orders. This is one feature that contributes to the lessening of the local trade. The situation is the same in Grand Eapids and Roekford, other large furniture manufacturing centers. In the wagon trade several associations are advising their members to sus- pend buying, in hopes that the market will be broken and that they will soon succeed in placing orders for less money. As a general proposition the hardwood situation is very strong and will remain so, even if buying falls off to a considerable extent, as stocks in every producing section are remarkably short and there seems no likelihood of an accumulation of a normal amount for months to come. Buyers can bank on the prophecy of the Hardwood , Record that general hardwood values will not be less than they are at the present time for a good while. . '. Northern hardwoods are in just about as short supply as, are southern, and there is very little dry stock of anji variety offered. Basswood, thick maple, black ash and rock elm are exceptionally short. There seems to be an increased call for mahogany, and (he trade in cherry and black walnut is even better than usual. The veneer people are as busy as ever and many orders have to be re- turned because of inability to execute them. This is true of sawn, sliced and rotary-cut stock, as well as of panels and other built-up stock. Flooring manufacturers are all remarkably busy, and these insti- tutions are up against considerably increasing values of rough lum- ber without a compensating increase in the price of their flooring product. Those engaged in this line of production who are not stumpage owners are having their margins whittled down to an un- satisfactory basis. A marked example of this condition is oak floor- ing, which does not command a price commensurate with the high price of oak limiber. Timber Supply of the United States. The United States as a whole consumes each year between three and four times as much wood as all its forests can produce in the same inten'al. The average acre of forest in this country grows about ten cubic feet annually instead of the thirty or more which it should in order to keep pace with the drain upon it. Since the year 1880 more than 700,000,000,000 feet of timber have been cut for hunber alone, including SO. 000,000, 000 feet of coniferous timber more than was estimated to be standing in the entire eoiuitry by the census of 1880. The Forest Service, which has just issued a circular dealing W'ith the timber supply and with stumpage estimates as furnished by important authorities, is sponsor for the startling statements made in the above paragraph. A study of the document will lead to the usual conclusion that forest products of the United States are being consumed far too lavishly, and that the inevitable result will be a timber famine unless the government lays a heavy hand upon such depredations. With regard to hardwoods, the amount of stumpage is very in- definitely known, and is determinable only with difficulty, owing to the scattered and uneven stands. It was estimated at some 435,- 000,000,000 feet in 1880 and at about 300,000,000,000 in 1900; although as late as 190.5 other than government authorities placed it at 400,000,000,000. Whatever it may be, that which is fit for the saw is rapidly decreasing. In 1900 the hardwood cut was 8,634,000,- 000 feet; in 1904, 6,781,000,000 feet. The present annual cut of hardwoods is estimated at about 5,000,000,000 and consists of ap- proximately forty-three per cent oak, twelve per cent poplar, nine per cent nmple and lesser amounts of numerous other timbers in this class. 14 HARDWOOD RECORD Lest it be assumed that the rapid depletion of forest resources is siif5ScieTitly accounted for by the increase in population, it should be, noted that statistics show the increase in population since 1880 to be half the increase in lumber cut during the same period. At present but one-fifth the total forest area of the United States is embraced in National Bcserves, the rest remaining in private hands. The average age of trees felled for lumber this season is not less than one hundred and fifty years, so that it is obvious the stumpage owner must wait at least a hundred years for his land to produce another such crop, but Americans are too strongly addicted to the get-rich-quick habit to have patience with such investments, so that the nation and the states individually must look toward the pro- tection of coming generations and future industries. Railroads and the Freight Problem. One of the most pleasing signs of the times is the fact that the leaders in thought and management of railroad affairs are at last falling into line, and now seem to be willing to cooperate with the public in correcting transportation abuses. A notable exhibition of this spirit was manifested by Melville E. Ingalls, chairman of the Big Four System 's board of directors, in a speech made before the Pittsburg Traffic Club, in which he de- clared that President Roosevelt is about the only and probably the best friend the railroads have. He emphasized the fact that they might as well quit fighting and submit to regulation, and said, ' ' Any man who is not prepared to manage his railroad as a public institu- tion in accordance with the law should resign and seek some other business." More than three hundred prominent railroad men and a large gathering of manufacturers and shippers listened to Mr. Ingall's speech. This sort of spirit on the part of even a few as prominent in railroad affairs as is Mr. Ingalls will very soon bring about more satisfactory and certainly much more amicable relations between the railroads and the shipping public. Another striking evidence of this spirit of conciliation, and one that promises to be a foremost movement in the history of trans- portation, is the recent organization by Secretary W. G. Hollis of a car service department for the Northwestern Lumliermen 's Associa- tion. At a conference between members of this organization and the railroads the former agreed to submit to the association all its claims and complaints against the roads, which the new department will investigate, passing over to the railroads at interest only such claims as it deems worthy. The railroads on their part agree that such cases, with attached evidence, shall be accepted in good faith as the basis of adjudication. This agreement has been entered into by all the roads centering at Minneapolis and St. Paul. The Hardwood Buying Situation. The struggle between jobbers and manutacturers nt hardwood lumber goes on. The jobbers are making strenuous attempts to buy round lots of desirable stock at a price that will leave them a margin of profit, but manufacturers, even down to the owner of the small ground mill, are very independent. A feature of lumber trading that is jiarticularly in evidence at this time is the unwillingness of manufacturers in the South and Southwest to sell lumber on the basis of the rules of the National Hardwood Lumber Association. Prominent St. Louis hardwood men state to the Eecokd that the best grades of half-dry and green stock they can secure today from manufacturers are fully 10 per cent below National standards and that when the depreciation of re- handling and seasoning is taken into account the grades stand fully '20 per cent lower. As a matter of fact, in the purchase of round lots and mill stocks it has come about that trades are consummated on the basis of a mutual agreement on joint inspection. If the buyer's inspector can ' ' keep house ' ' with the seller 's inspector, the shipments are made. On the contrary, if there is a disagreement between them the trade is off. After making one of these trades a buyer is entirely at sea as to whether he will get the stock or not. This same condition concerning the jiurchase of southern and southwestern stocks is reported by jobbers at Chicago, Memphis and Cincinnati, and doubtless prevails to a considerable extent over the entire south country. In Michigan and Wisconsin these conditions obtain to a very lim- ited extent, as the greater portion of lumber sold in those sections is shipped strictly on National As.sociation grades, or their exact equiv- alent— those of the Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen 's Association. This divergence in conditions in the North and South is perhaps ex- plainable from the fact that the grading rules of the Hardwood Man- ufacturers' Association are a good deal in evidence in the latter sec- tion, and manufacturers have learned that these grades are satis- factory to a considerable portion of the consuming trade. There never has been any quantity of northern lumber sold under the rules of the Manufacturers' Association. These varying conditions are a further argument for the unification of all hardwood inspection rules, so that they may be made universal throughout the country. The Time for Cutting Hickory. As is known to the trade at large, hickory stumpage, throughout its entire range of growth in the United States, is becoming ex- tremely scarce. Hickory is a wood tor which thus far there has not been found a satisfactory substitute. Its rapid diminution is an absolute menace to the very important industry of vehicle pro- duction, and the situation is looked upon with concern by everyone interested in this great branch of American commerce. The Hardwood Eecoed is in receipt of a communication from a prominent wheel manufacturing concern of central Ohio, which sug- gests that it would be a good idea to ask all manufacturers of hard- wood lumber to make it a rule to saw hickory only betweeii Sep- tember 1 and January 15. This is the best and only logical time for the felling and sawing of this valuable timber. The writer contends that well toward twenty per cent of the hickory now pro- duced in the country is going to waste on account of its being sawed too late in the spring, when the atmosphere causes checking and dis- coloration of the wood. The above is certainly a pertinent piece of advice, for too great care cannot be taken in order to make the modicum of hickory stumpage remaining last as long as possible. States' Increasing Interest in Forestry. It is encouraging to see that legislators of several states are wak- ing up to the woeful forest conditions prevailing within their boundaries, and are passing laws that will contribute materially to the advancement of the interests of forestry. At least nine states are now endeavoring to make the most of their timber resources and are availing themselves of the information furnished by the Forest Service, which has been gained by the national government through years of experiment and investigation. These states are New York, New Hampshire, Maryland, Wisconsin, Missouri, California, Kentucky, Ehode Island, Delaware and to a ccmsiderable extent Pennsylvania, Indiana and Michigan. Maine has discovered that its chief forestry problem is the protection of cut- over lands from fire, and a law has been enacted with the result that the fire damage in 1906 was only about $21,000, which is less than one-third of what it has been in former years. This state is under- taking the utilization of the national Forest Service plans. The states of Delaware, Kentucky and Rhode Island are of late interest- ing themselves in forestry, and the Kentucky legislature has recently provided for a forestry commissioner and made a small appropria- tion for the study of the work. Outside of its timber reserves the government can accomplish little for individual states in forestry work save giving them the benefit of its exhaustive experiments covering the protection of existing forests and the regrowing of abandoned lands and depleted forest areas to timber. The individual states must do other work very largely for themselves, but such legislation can be passed as will make it possible and even profitable for both states and individuals to engage in forestry pursuits on varying scales. HARDWOOD RECORD 15 Pert, Pertinent and Impertinent. The man who wins in the fight for fame, Who wins in the war tor gold. The welliin rings with his lauded name Wherever his deeds are told. Not mine to jeer when I hear him hailed ; I'm proud of his heart so stout — i;\it what of the fellow who tried and failed. The fellow that's "down and out" '.' Down and Out. Shall naught be said for the man who tried The goal of his hopes to gain ; Who faced the battle with patient pride And fought though the fight was vain : Whose spirit in one weak moment quailed, Who fell at the last redoubt? Ah. man.v a hero heart has failed — So here's to the "down and out" ! 'i'he man who wins, oh, honor him well. And give him the praise that's due, I!ut don't forget the other who (ell Ere ever his dreams came true ; Ves, honor the man whose will prevailed. Who baffled despair and doubt — lUit give one thought to the man who failed, Tht' fellow that's "down and out" ! — Denis A. McCarthy. WELCOME TO THE BOARD WALK ! Scene at Atlantic City: Tenth Annual Meeting National Hardwood Lumber Association, May 23 and 24, 1907. •What's the Use? Doubtless early to bed And early to rise Will do very well For sicli folks and guys : But it makes a man miss All the fun till he dies And joins other stiffs Who have gone to the skies, tio to bed when you like, And lie at your ease — You'll die, just the same, 1)1 some Latin disease ! Bare. Hail to the graduating girl I She's sweeter far than some : For she's allowed to use no slang And chew no chewing gum. Canceled. If you lend money here and there To friends both far and wide. When you pay nature's last great debt They'll all be glad you've died. — Houston Post. No Pass. The editor Sat in a train And murmured in A tone of pain : "Of all sad words In times like these, The very worst Are 'tickets, please !' " ■Virtue. "Virtue is not known by its exemption from trial, but by its victory in trial." A Bad Bep. Many a man has been ruined by acci- dentally getting a reputation for being a good fellove and trying to live up to it. Life. The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, but in- variably writes a far different one. To Be Old. Drink from when You start to walk. Chew from when You start to talk. Eat whatever Strikes you right. Frolic and Stay out all night. Be one of The careless throng. Wine and woman. Rout and song. These hundred- Y'ear-old duffers say That they all Spent life that-a-way. — HonsTOx Post. The Little Hindoo. Here's to the little Hindoo, Who does all that he kin do ; Away off there with naught to wear. He makes his little skin do. i6 HARDWOOD RECORD AMERICAN FOREST TREES. Pin Oak. Quercus palustris. — Mueuch. Pin oak ranges from certain sections of Masaschusetts, notably the Connecticut river valley, and near Amherst, westward as far as tlie southeastern part of Missouri; on the south it is found along the lower Potomac liver in Virginia, through Kentucky, north- ern Arkansas and southeastern Indian Ter- ritory. Ir is known by the above name in the states of Massachusetts, Connec- ticut, Ehode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, Mai-yland, Arkansas, Missouri, Il- linois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas; in Arkansas and Kansas it is called swamp Spanish oak; in Ehode Is- land and Illinois it is often known as water oak; in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kansas as swamp oak; in Ar- kansas as water Spanish oak. The term pin oak is one of the names which are used interchange- ably for so many species of the genus Quercus, but the subject of this sketch, (Quercus palustris, is the only variety to which it rightly be- longs. The name palustyis, which is the Latin for swampy, has been given to the tree because of the fact that its preferred habitat is the bor- ders of swamps and river bottoms where the soil is deep, rich, and moist; while the term' "pin" is ap- plied to it because of the appear- ance of the tiny twigs set in its trunk and limbs, which are so crowd- ed together that they never develop into anything larger. Pin oak reaches its maximum development and is most abundant along the rich bottom lands of the lower Ohio and tributary streams, while in New England it is much less plentiful, and is of small size. The bark of a mature tree is dark gray or brownish-green; it is rough, being full of small furrows, ami frequently cracks open and shows the reddish inner layer of bark; on small branches and young trunks, it is smoother, lighter, and more lus- trous. The staminate flowers grow in hairy aments two to three inches long; the pistillate on short pedun- cles, and have bright red stigmas. The fruit of pin oak is a small acorn which grows either sessile or on a very short stem; sometimes in clusters, and sometimes singly. In shape the acorns are nearly hemispherical, and measure about a half inch in diameter; they are enclosed only at the base, in a thin, saucer-shaped cup, dark brown, and scaly. The leaves are three to five inches long; tlicy are simple, and alternate. They are FIFTT-SECOXD PAPER liroad, and have from five to nine lobes which .■ire toothed, and bristle-tipped on the ends. The sinuses are broad and rounded, and ex- tend well toward the midrib, which is stout, and from which the veins branch off con- spicuously. In color the leaves are bright green above and lighter below when young, becoming thin, tirm and darker green at ma- turity; late in autumn they turn a rich, deep attained an average height of thirty feet, although they were planted only about twen- ty-five years ago. They now measure about twelve inches in diameter, but when planted were only an inch and a half. Frequently the ]iin oak, though tapering and symmetrical in form when young, becomes irregular and un- couth when old. The branches are pendulous and are a ijrominent distinguishing mark of the species. Pin oak is often cultivated as an ornamental tree in the eastern part of the United States and in some countries of Europe. In the city of Washington one may see a fine ave- nue of pin oaks on the way from the capitol to the navy yard, which, though very young, are already ex- cellent shade trees. In Flushing, Long Island, the pin oak is a favor- ite ornamental and shade tree, and many are the handsome specimens to be seen there. The wood of this tree is heavy, hard, strong, coarse-grained, and tuugh. The heartwood is light brown and the sapwood nearly white ; the medullary rays are nu- merous and plainly marked. The wootl is apt to cheek and warp badly in seasoning, but is used extensively for shingles, clapboards, cooperage, interior finish and construction. A cubic foot of seasoned wood weighs about forty-three pounds. Oak-apples are the round excres- cences formed on the limbs by gall- flies and their eggs. They seem par- ticularly fond of this species and specimens are often seen which are literally covered "with them; the worms which live inside seem to flourish particularly well on the food they imbibe from pin oak. The photograph from which the accomj)anying illustration was made is among the collection of William H. l''reeman, secretary of the Indi- ana State Board of Forestry. TYI'ICAL FOltEST GROWTH TIN OAK, IXDI AXA. scarlet. They are coated below with pubes- cense, and have large tufts of pale hairs in the axils of the veins. Pin oak reaches a height of from seventy or eighty feet ordinarily, although in thick forests it sometimes becomes 120 feet high. In Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, there is an avenue of handsome pin oaks which are re- markable for their symmetry, and which have Yate Wood. Hecent tests of the hardwoods of western Australia have revealed the extraordinary properties of yate. Its average tensile strength is 24,000 pounds to the square inch, equaling that of cast iron. Many specimens are much stronger, and one was tested which showed a resistance of seventeen and one-half tons to the square inch, which is equal to the tensile strength of wrought iron. The sawn timber of yate is probably the strongest in the world. The tree grows to a maximum height of one hundred feet, and occasional specimens have been found which had a diameter of two and a half or even three feet. JOHN WHEATLEY l_OVl N ASM VI 1_1_E, TEN M. SUPPLEMENT TO HARDWOOD RECORD MAY 10, 1907 ILLUSTRATING BUILDERS OF LUMBER HISTO) HARDWOOD RECORD 17 'Builders of Lumber History. John Wheatley Love. (See Portrait ISiipitlcincnt.) The city of Nashville, Tenii., numbers ;iniong its industries some of the most im- portant in the country today. The greatest lit these is its hardwood lumber trade, which is of such magnitude as to make the city one of the foremost hardwood markets in the United States. Its location in the heart of the timber district of Tennessee, upon the Cumberland river, which taps the magnificent forests of that state and contiguous terri- tory, makes it naturally a great operating ;nid distributing point for lumber products, hut in addition to this the prowess, public spirit and energy of its lumbermen-citizens liave largely contributed to making Nashville tlie important factor it now is in the lumber business. Notable among these ' ' captains of iudus- try" is John Wheatley Love, whose portrait his many associates and admirers in the trade will be glad to receive at the hands of the Hardwood Eecord. Mr. Love was born in Nashville, April 30, 1866, of Virginia and Kentucky ancestry, being a lineal descendant of Col. James Love, of Revolutionary fame. He was reared in that city and received his education iu the public schools there. His first acquaintance with the lumber business came when he en- tered the employ of his kinsman, Theodore Plummer, who then operated at Nashville un- der the style of Sutherland & Co. This first position was a very humble one — that of otKce boy. In 1886 Mr. Plummer organized the Nash- ville Lumber Company, and gave young Love a position with the new house under another prominent Nashville man, M. F. Greene, of the Davidson-Benedict Company, who was then associated with this concern, as general bookkeeper. Shortly after making this change Mr. Love entered the office of the Edgefield & Nashville Manufacturing Com- pajiy, manufacturers of lumber and furni- ture, as bookkeeper, but was obliged to give up his work in 1888 on account of failing health, which necessitated a change of cli- n;ate. A year's sojourn in San Diego, Cal., proved of great benefit to him, and in 1889 he returned to act as manager for the Edge- field & Nashville concern. In 1890 Mr. Love decided to enter the lumber trade on his own account, and ac- cordingly organized the firm of J. W. Love & Co., to do a general lumber jobbing busi- ness. His next step was to buy out the Sootts- ville Lumber Company, located at Scotts- \illc, Ky., a concern which manufactured large quantities of oak and poplar, and op- erated several small mills. These interests demanded that he move to Scottsville, where he lived for five years, or until 1895, return- ing at that time to Nashville, which he made headquarters for the management of the operations and the job- NUMBEB XLIV. Scottsville district bing business. In 1899 the house of Love, Boyd & Co. was organized, with J. W. Love, his brother, Ham- ilton Love, and John W. Boyd as principals; some years later James D. Read was ad- mitted to membership in the firm; all four gentlemen are still connected with it, acting as general manager, sales manager, timber expert, and sawmill superintendent, respect- ively. The company maintains a general of- fice at Nashville, but operates largely in Kentuck.y, having yards at Scottsville, Ky., Westmoreland, Hartsville, Bon Aqua and LEAF AXD FKUIT OF TIN OAK. Nashville, and producing about 100,000 feet of hardwood lumber every day. This output consists of poplar, oak, chestnut, hickory, ash, sycamore and red cedar, with quartered oak the specialty. The main yards are lo- cated at Scottsville, where the company car- ries from .5,000,000 to 10,000,000 feet of lumber in stock at all times, and a like quan- tity distributed among the various mill yards. Mr. Love is president of the Nashville Tie & Cedar Company, large handlers of red ce- dar poles, posts, piling and railroad ties. As- sociated with him in this enterprise are the other members of the firm of Love, Boyd & Co., John B. Ransom & Co., and Walter Keith ; the two first-named concerns handle out about 3,000 cars annually. Mr. Love is also president and principal owner of the Green River Coal & Coke Company of Island, Ky., which concern produces seven to eight hundred tons of coal daily; he is interested in other lumber enterprises, but the indus- tries above named require most of his atten- tion and energy. A concern entirely outside the lumber field, of which Mr. Love is president, is the Mark- land Company, Limited, of Markland, Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia, which owns some very valuable property in that section, which it in- tends to develop into a seaside resort that will be second to none. A handsome hotel or ' ' Summer Home ' ' will be maintained, and the company operates a safe line of steam- ers between Yarmouth and Markland; many other advantages are offered for building cot- tages on the property. The promoters in- tend to beautify the laud until, with its nat- ural scenery, it shall be the garden spot of Nova Scotia. Mr. Love was married in 1891 to Miss W^ade of Kentucky; they have three chil- dren— Jack, Eleanor and Mary Hamilton. He is exceedingly domestic in his tastes, and to quote his own words, "can be found at home most of the time," when business does not absolutely demand his attention. On meeting Mr. Love one is impressed with his bright and pleasing personality, and on better acquaintance invariably finds him to be the embodiment of energy and integrity. These characteristics have justly brought him to the high position he now occupies in the affairs of his native city, and in the confi- dence of his fellow lumbermen the country The Hoo-Hoo Annual. Cliaiimau .Terome 11. Sheip of Philadelphia, exofflcio head o£ the various committees of east- ern Hoo-Hoo, having in charge the reception and entertainment ot the order at Atlantic City in September next, has notllied all committees to start active work in the matter o£ arrangements for the annual, which will occur Sept. 9, 10 and 11. The time intervening between the Phil- adelphia meeting in February, at which these committees were appointed, has been spent by Mr. Sheip and the various committee members in formulating general plans so that all arrange- ments can start off right foot. Mr. Sheip has just concluded a week's visit at Atlantic City and reports with much pleasure that he has secured the use of the Steel Pier at that famous watering resort for $150. This is a big concession. The Bureau of Publicity & In- formation will also furnish Mr. Sheip with 5,000 booklets descriptive of Atlantic City — its various hotels and places of inter- est — which he will immediately distrib- ute among the members of each Hoo-Hoo jurisdiction. Of course, Atlantic City requires no formal introduction in any section of the country, as its fame is world-wide and the an- nual will afford them an opportunity to spend a week or two at this popular resort. In the next thirty days the Committee on Ac- commodations and Entertainment will meet and pass on the Steel Pier proposition, but it prac- tically goes without saying that the convention will be held there. The finance and the other general committees will proceed with their work at once in order that plans may be pretty well matured before the summer vacation time. Chairman Sheip will hold another big concate- nation in Philadelphia about the middle of May. The enthusiasm of the eastern members of the order for the success of the forthcoming annual is active and it is hoped that in view of the opportunities afforded for a good time through both the meeting and the resort at which it will be held there will be a large attendance of mem- bers of the order from all sections of the coun- try. i8 HARDWOOD RECORD How Things HaVe Changed. By VAN B. PERRINE Out here in Indiana, sa> some thirty years ago, When you had cut your logs all up, to Chicago p'raps you'd go, And there you'd sell your lumber to a jobber on the spot, Who'd clean you up — buy everything^ — ^no matter what you'd got! He didn't care about the wood, or how the boards were made; He had the money every time — the cash, spot down, he paid. Of course, they had inspection rules to measure lumber by, You read them up, you read them down; you'd try and try and try To figure out how you were "done"^ — the more that you reflected The plainer the solution seemed — 'twas "how it was inspected." Next time you'd send your lumber East, most any place that way, But soon you'd get a kick, in which commission men would say That yard men found it graded low, but that, without a doubt, They'd sent a bigger payment if you'd left the common out. Next car you'd send the same old place, encouraged by such talk. And mark the feet on every board, real plain, with nice, white chalk. *Twas cherry lumber, clear and wide, that is, 'twas clear of knots. But in New York they'd cull it down just for a few gum spots. You'd ponder long on what was sent, and why it was rejected, The sole idea your thinking brought^'twas "how it was inspected." Next, to old Philadelphia, to Quakers good and square, You'd send your lumber — but alas, they had inspectors there! The man -who put his rule across your boards, so clear and wide. Could always find a knot or two, when turned the other side; And then a little split, you know, would sometimes longer get; However perfect stuff you sent, they'd find a flaw, you bet. No matter where you shipped your boards — to this town or to that — Though measured by a Quaker man, who wore a broad=brimmed hat, Or by a Yankee, long and lean! Of course, there's no reflection Meant on any town or rules — 'twas "diff'rence in inspection." INSPICCTION A'l I)K8TINATION. INSPECTION AS SHIPPED. Next time, you shipped to Boston town, where Yankees are so smart. But didn't find it paid you more than any other mart, iTho' let me say right here and now, for fear I might forget, That Boston is a d good place to send your lumber yet.) You shipped your product here and there, and shifted all around,^ In hopes that finally, perhaps, some market could be found Where rules were not in use that made your meagre profit flit By grading down a board each time for tiny knot or split; Where worm hole merel> visible was worse than "standard knot," And boards that showed a little stain would "soon begin to rot." Of course, all this I'm talking of was many years ago— The mill man was an "easy mark," and also somewhat "slow." Of the last attribute, 1 grant, sometimes he's still accused. But for his "easy" traits, I'm sure he's rarely now abused. He used to book some special bills, so mighty hard to get, That if compelled to fill them out, he'd been a-sawing yet. They called for lumber wide and long, the sawing quite correct. And ended with the usual phrase — "Stock free from all defect." For this, of course, was years ago, before the man reflected. But now he turns them down, >ou know — he's seen a few inspected. Of late, things have been changed a lot-— associations made — The mill man and the dealer, too, can sell on National grade, And ship his lumber anywhere, to North or South or West, The question's not locality, but where the price is best. 'Tis so in case he sends it East, as every place, you know- In old New York or down in Maine -the National grades will go. They only want (heir money's worth — they know what grades will be> Inspection hasn't changed so much, as any one can see, Now, read the next line very slow, and say it with inflection. The National grade that goes to-day's old Indiana inspection! HARDWOOD RECORD 19 Hardwood Record Mail 'Bag. [ In this department it is proposed to reply to such inquiries as reacli tliis otfice from the HAKDWfMH) liEcoKD clientage as will bo of enough general interest to warrant publication. Kvery patron of the paper is invited to use this de- pai'tment to the fullest extent, and an attempt will be made to answer queries pertaining to all matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in a succinct and intelligent manner.] Infonnation Atout Hotels. GnAND Rapids, Mich., April 19. — Editor Haed- wu(iD Record : Will you suggest to me the name of a desirable hotel at Atlantic City to patronize during the annual meeting of the National Hai'dwood Lumber Association? I shall be ac- companied by my wife. . Jly wife and myself have spent a part of each summer at Atlantic City for many years, and have lived at many of the leading hotels. In my opinion the Hotel Strand, located at the end of Pennsylvania avenue, and within one block of the Steel Pier, where the con- vention will be held, is the best hotel for the money in Atlantic City. It is a modern struc- ture, the table is bountifully supplied with well-cooked food, and the service is faultless. The rooms, though not large, are well-fur- nislied and immaculately clean. The rates in tlii.s hotel for one person are from $3 to $4 per day; double rooms, $6 to $8 per day; rooms with bath, $2 a day extra. These rates include both rooms and meals. There is no bar connected with this hostelry and hence ladies are not subjected to any possible of- fense by reason of this usual hotel append- age.— Editor. P. ti. There is a very good ' ' coaling sta- tion" within a square of the Strand. I know tlie distance because when before dinner my wife goes to her room to primp, with the ob- servation that she will be back in ten min- utes, I am always able to meet her in the ladies' parlor on time. I know I can walk a liloek and return in six minutes, and I don 't spend all the time walking. I '11 show you the place, but if you can 't find me, ask Clem Lloyd. P. P. S. Another good feature about the Hotel Strand is H. L. Fairbairn, its manager. He is the easiest boniface in Atlantic City to coax money away from, and any man who goes to Atlantic City and don't have to get a check cashed before he gets away is a freak. — Editor. Piling Wagon Stock. Shenandoah, 1a., Hay 3. — Editor IIaiidwuuu ItKCOHD : There has been some question in the minds of some of our yard men as to the better way of piling green wagon stock, wagon axles in particular — some insisting that it is best to pile the axles all one way, with thin crossbars between ; others insisting that they can be piled crosswise on each other with equally good re- sults. Our method of piling Is to pile them crosswise, but to elevate the outside axles about a quarter of an inch at each end, so that the weight of the pile is carried on the extreme corners at all times and there is a complete circulation of air around the axles except at the ends where they cross the elevated ones. I'lease give us some information through the medium of your publication relative to your opinion of the matter. We would also like to know where we can dispose of short hlcliory squares, as In our work we are able to furnish (luilp a lot of 2-Inch stuff in squares up to 6 feci in length. ■ Company. It is essential that wagon stock be made ready for use with a minimum of checking, and hence it must be seasoned slowly. There i,s no particular choice in the way axles are piled, between being cross-piled and put up cm stickers. However, it is almost essential to paint the ends of axles with heavy red ochre or some equally good material, and that the piles are carefully roofed and the sides ( nclosed to protect them from the sun, at the same time leaving suflScient air space for ven- tilation. Again, it is best to have the stock piled well off the ground, with plenty of air underneath the piles. If a manufacturer has an operation for which he has a timber supply sufficient to last a number of years, the cheapest way to provide for seasoning the stock is to build sheds for the purpose. A¥e have supplied above correspondent with names of a few hickory buyers, and any oth- ers who can use the above described mate- rial should 'send in their names. — Editou. center of the chief stand of this wood is in northern West Virginia. Of course, locust never grows in a pure stand, but is always intermingled with the oaks, chestnut, poplar, etc. Anyone interested in the above inquiry, or able to furnish the required stock, may have the address of the writer on application to til is office. — Editor. Wants Glued-Up Stock and Dowels. Wa.shini'.ton. X. .1.. May '\. — Editor H.\rd- wouD Record : Please give us information of lirms who make a specialty of making glued-up stock, as we wish to get into correspondence with them. & Co. London, England, April 20. — Editor Hard- wood Record : We have Inquiries for consider- able quantities of built-up panel (3-ply) stock in various woods, also for white birch, maple and beech dowels, both for London and Liver- pool, and we should feel much obliged it you could put us into communication with likel.v suppliers of such. If you print our inquiry In your "mail bag" do not mention our name, but kindly refer any inquirers to us. Yours truly, COJIPANY. We have supplied the above correspondents with the names of several reliable houses manufacturing both panel stock and dowels. Any others wishing to communicate with them may have the addresses on application to this office. — Editor. Wants to Buy Locust. Helena, Mont., Ajpril 29. — Editor Hardwood Record : Can you advise me of a location where locust wood abounds in such quantity as to admit of the purchase of 1,500 to 5,000 cords at reasonable figures? Company. The original center of growth of black locust was in southern Ohio, but today, the Wants Ash Oars. AXTWERT, UEi.GirM. April 18. — Editor Hard- wood Record : We should be thankful to you If you could give us the address of some firms making boat oars out of a.sh. & Co. The writer has been supplied with a list of ash oar manufacturers, but any further ad- dresses sent in will be forwarded. — Editor. The Financial Aspect of Forest Management. Dr. C. A. Sehenck of Biltmore, N. C, has recently issued an interesting booklet on Forest Management. Used in a limited sense this terra deals with forest working plans only, or the determination and regulation of the sustained yield of timberlands. The author believes that American forest man- agement should be considered along broader lines. It should determine upon the ways and means by which the desire of the owner relative to the use of his forest (for revenue, timber supply, shelter, pasture, ornament, water protection, game preserves) can best be accomplished. In the majority of cases the owner desires to draw from the forest the largest possible revenue. As a conse- quence American forest management will have to deal usually with the various means by which given forestal investments can be developed in a manner producing the highest dividends in the long run. The rapidity of development depends upon the owner's finauciaJ ability to make desir- able moves at proper times. In many instances development is possi- ble only with the help of money borrowed by the owner. Borrowed money frequently proves a curse to the owner of forests after the lapse of a few years. His policy of de- velopment is handcuffed by the necessity of meeting the indebtedness, year in and year out, irrespective of market and labor con- ditions. Forestry, in such oases, must be destructive. It must pay the bonds as they mature out of the substance of the forest. Dr. Sehenck has covered the many phases of the subject of forest management in his usual masterly and comprehensive manner; and, because of his thoroughly practical demonstrations of the theories which he pro- nuilgates, has come to be regarded as the Solon of forestry affairs in this country. Parts of two chapters— those on Financial Considerations and Forestal Investments- are herewith presented: FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS. Three kinds of increment compose the latent siross revenue obtained from any wood which Is left to itself or which is placed under forestal care : , , 1. The quantity increment, depending solely on the amount of wood fibre formed. 2. Tlie quality Increment, depending solely on the difference of price shown in the same year 20 HARDWOOD RECORD by logs of ditEerent diameters, per unit o£ con- tents. 3. The price increment, depending solely on the difference o£ value which the same log will exhibit in different years. This latter increment is influenced by increase of population and wealth, cheapened facilities of transportation, exhaustion of the virgin woods and declining purchasing power of gold. As an illustration of price increment, the fol- lowing figures may be of interest : Wholesale I'rices of Yellow Poplar, 4/4 Lumber, at Biltmorc, N. C. Qualitv. In 180U. In 1907. I?as • .$21.00 ?:43.00 to $52.00 Saps 16.00 33.00 (^1 12.00 28.00 c' 2 6.50 10.00 The expense of production, with modern mills and improved transportation, is as high in 1907 as it was in 1S96, viz. : $0 per 1.000 feet b. m. Assuming that certain trees have turned out 2."i per cent of fas, 25 per cent saps, 25 per cent L'. 1 and 25 per cent C. 2. the stumpage values in such trees was per J, 000 feet b. m., in 1896 ? 300 in 1007 ^2.00 and has increased, consequently, at the rate of .'iO per cent (simple interest, equalling 14 per cent of compound interest) per annum. The increase in the value of many other for- est products has been similarly phenomenal ; and the question arises ; Why is the owner of forests unwise enough to reduce this stumpage as long as the rise continues to be pheno.menal — in excess of any dividend deri\ able from other investments? The answer frequently lies in three svords : poverty, impatience, ignorance. The enormous increase of gold production during the last twenty years promises to con- tinue and to become more phenomenal. The director of the United States Mint reports (in 1904, p. 41) that the rise of wages does not act as an automatic check to gold production, and that the tendency of the expense of gold pro- duction continues to be downward. The effect of increasing gold supplies on commodity prices, wages, land values, mortgages, bonds, etc., is easily perceived. The owner of bonds and mort- gage's sinks to a lower level of revenue, whilst the owner of forests and farms remains (at least) equally wealthy. The question will be asked, naturally : Does it pav to strive towards the establishment of an ■■ideal forest" . . ■ towards the establish- ment of an impossibility ■; European foresters are iipt to answer the question by an emphatic ■■Yes." The American forester might consider, before answering, four points : (1) The great variety of conditions existing in the various sections of the various states from which the financial prospects of conservative forestry depend. (2) The fact that conservatism in the forest cannot lie expected, in the long run, to be as remunerative in this country as it is abroad unless the forest is rendered as safe as the German forests from fire, taxes and whimsical legislation. (3) The fact that an ideal forest represents a large investment yielding a small fate of sur- plus revenue. (4) The possibility that a forest now consid- ered ■■ideal" as to rotation, composition, species, roads and so on, is apt to be considered deficient when the lapse of years has caused a change of the economical conditions surrounding the for- As long as our country develops by leaps and bounds, as long as the immediate future of our forests is dark, as long as other investments seem safer, simpler, better than forestal investments, the time has not arrived to strive toward ■'ideal forests." The American forester can consider the forest only as '■so much money invested." That forest is ideal which can be expected to yield, for a long time and perhaps forever, a safe, steady and" high dividend on every dollar invested. In such a forest the various items of value (as trees, soil, roads, sawmills) appear as proper shares of the aggregate value. The following may serve as an illustration : Per acre. Value of stumpage $ 7.75, or 77 M; per cent Value of soil 1.00, or 10 percent Value of roads 50, or 5 per cent Value of sawmills 75, or 71/0 per cent Total investment .... $10.00, or 100 per cent The form of the ideal revenue depends on the owner's wish. The owner may or may not prefer an annual revenue of 40 cents per acre, obtained without decreasing the value of the stumpage, to a revenue of $2, exhausting the forest in a dozen years. The owner alone can decide whether a dividend is safe enough, steady enough and high enough ; his decision is based, naturally, on a comparison between forest reve- nue and revenues obtainable from other invest- ments. J.-, ^ 1. The investor stakes his money on that enter- prise in which he has the greatest confidence ; and it is usual that the farmer puts his money in farms- the miner in mines: the railroad man in railroad stock ; and the lumberman in for- The American lumberman is apt to consider investments in forestry (be it destructive or con- servative) as ideal investments ; outsiders are not prone to share this view. As long as this country abounds in merchant- able woods, the lumberman has an easy chance, after exhausting the stumpage on a given tract completely, to shift his capital to another tract, purchasing the stumpage thereon out of the moneys obtained by his operations conducted on the preceding tract. Usually he prefers, for obvious reasons, the purchase of timbfr to the purchase of the forest in fee simple. Under such conditions, the lumberman cannot be inter- ested in the production of a second growth, nor in operations merely withdrawing trees working at a small rate of revenue. The owners of the fee simple— farmers, towns- folk aliens — do not command any knowledge of forest investments; having paid the taxes on the land for a number of years without any re- turns they embrace readily the first chance at obtaining ''big returns." These big returns usu- ally exceed the price by far at which the land was bought. Nevertheless, and .iust as usually, such ■■big returns" are a mere pittance. The I'-orest Service of the United States has before it an enormous task ; the task of proving to the owners of woodlands, who are ignorant of present and of prospective value of timber, the advisability of conservative lumbering. Unfortunately, there do not exist anywhere associations of forest owners through which the members might be enlightened. FOKESTAL INVKSTMENTS. In the United States, no private actlvtty hav- inf the forest for its object (id est. any forestry in a broad sense), is conceivable which does not mean to result in good financial returns. Fores- try is business, and in business there is no room for sentiment. That forestry must be considered best which pays best. . Compared with other investments in realties (e g, farms, mines, houses), forest invest- ments show several undesirable features. They are difficult to control ; they fail continuously to vield annual cash dividends : they are endan- gered bv fires and cannot be insured against de- struction ; their products are not as absolutely Indispensable to mankind as farm products, mine products or the shelter of a house : subdi- vision, joint ownership, sale in fee are difficult to arrange ; mortgages or bonds on forests are hard to secure, and theft of timber is hard to prevent. , „ . There are. on the other hand, many factors speaking in favor of forest investments : Nota- bly the phenomenal increase in the value of timber brought about by an increase in popula- tion and continuous prosperity ; the certamty of wood production, year in and year out, with which tires only can Interfere ; the strong possi- bility of more extended use of wood products in the manufacture of paper, packages, yarns, alco- hol, sugar and food stuffs ; the tact that the for- est stores its own products away, free of charge, until it mav please the owner to place them on the market ; the rapid advance in the value of soil, etc. „ ^ , . According to the location of the forest and in a higher degree, according to species of trees and age of trees, the disadvantages connected with forest investments vary from case to case Thev seem to weigh heavily on a second growth which yields no dividend whatever, is seriously endangered hv fire, contains assets of prospec- tive value only and offers no chance at extraordi- nary results. There exist in the United States enormous areas covered with second growth for- ests • What sense can there be, consequently, in investments tending to produce still more second ^' It is obvious that (he chances of first growth to be remunerative are, generally speaking, very good. This first growth does not increase in volume, the death rate of timber offsetting the birth rate ; its increase in value, however, is certain : heavy logs are getting scarce, and they alone furnish lumber commanding the highest price : the degree to which the trees are utilized without waste increases from year to year ; the difficulties of transportation are declining con- tinuously. Is it to be wondered at. then, that many investors— and notably all lumbermen- are 'eager to invest in first growth whilst ut- terly unwilling to stake their money on second ^"^Tlie^ question might be asked: Why are the owners reluctant to practice "conservative lum- bering," a modus of logging which tends to se- cure the maximum smu total formed of net present returns and pn.specUve values lef t '; To take an illustration from the South: Why does the owner insist on cutting every pine making a log of over 0 inches at the small end .' Why does he refuse to leave all trees having a diam- eter under 20 inches and yielding over seven per cent of latent annual interest? , . The explanation lies in the following points : 1 No seer can actually foretell the latei* annual interest which trees of various diameters will yield in the immediate and in the more dis- tant "future. The forest dividend consists largely of price increment ; the price increment of big trees is (veneer business!) particularly good. There is little financial advantage in the utili- zation of big trees (if they are sound), as long as an annual price increment of ten per cent and more can be counted upon. A big tree hav- ing a stumpage value of 5il2 per 1,000 feet b. m is not mature per sc. The fine poplars, oaks and chestnuts of the Southland must be considered immature, since their value is absolutely sure to increase at an annual rate of over ten per cent. .... The assumption of the principle is wrong, it seems that conservative lumbering should leave the smaller trees and remove the big trees ; or that maturity can be determined by diameter The owner of woodlands (and the forester) can only venture a forecast, guessing at the future condition of the lumber market ; big trees have to say the least — the same chance with small trees to be money makers. And it is nat- ural that the owner is inclined to either remove or to leave ull of his trees. '' Let us suppose that the owner leaves in the course of lumbering all trees having under 18 inches diameter representing a stumpage of 1 500 feet per acre. The reduction of the cut by 1500 feet per acre has increased the logging expense per 1,000 feet of stumpage removed— •m increase which can he considered only as a new investment added to the value of 1,500 feet per acre left. For a number of years to come the small trees are non-removable, since it cannot pay in the near future to remove a handful of inferior lumber from an acre of ground. In the mean- time, the property must be watched and taxes must be paid. The owner leaving small trees embarks in a new venture which cannot be countermanded nor altered, for years to come, without serious loss ; and which is subject to more serious dangers than the old venture. . Small trees form, prior to the removal of tne big trees mixed with them, a tangible, mer- chantable asset. After the removal of the big trees, however, thev can be considered only as an intangible asset, an asset of merely prospec- tive value, an asset impossible to realize on. 3 After lumbering, small trees left are much more endangered by fire, windfall, insects, fungi than liefore lumbering. Where fires cannot be controlled at a reasonable expense, conservative lumbering is. under almost any circumstances, absolutely absurd. , ,^ ■ 4 The soil on which small trees are left — in order to grow into better dimensions and in order to act as seed trees for a third growth — cannot be used for pasture without interference with the object at stake. 5. Conditions may arise, before a second growth of small trees becomes merchantable, ren- dering the soil occupied by them valuable for farming purposes. In that case the small trees must he removed without any benefits accruing to the owner from such removal. I! The taxes on land completely stripped are lower than the taxes on land conservatively lum- bered. When a long number of years is required to convert a second growth left into a mer- chantable stand, the taxes annually paid -'ad lalui-cm" and increasing at a compound ratio, form a countercharge against the slowly in- creasing value of the second growth ditticult to countenance. . . ., ^ Considering these various points, the financier cannot be called unwise when he prefers invest- ments in first growth forest to those possible in second growth. .^ ■, cj. ^ j • Many a man in the United States and in Canada has made a fortune by clever invest- ments in first growth, whilst no one, prac- tically has had a chance to show dividends ob- tained from second growth forest ( exceptions : farm wood lots : second growth pine in ^ ir- gin la ) . , , J ' Under what conditions, it may be asked, can or does conservative lumbering pay in primeval w'oods? ^ , . . ^„^ The conditions are those under which any business proves to be remunerative . . . be it a liverv business, a hotel, a railroad or a music store : that business alone can be remu- nerative in which the parts composing the busi- ness investments are at hand in proper propor- ■ tions ■ that business alone can he remunerative which is established in an economically proper site ■ that business alone can be remunerative whicli is safe from overtaxation and — by insur- ance or otlierwise — safe from accidental destruc- tion of its assets. Properly arranged within, properly arranged without ■ 'properly insured against accidents a business must be remunerative. Applying this logic to conservative lumbering as a business it HARDWOOD RECORD 21 is safe to state that it must be remunerative wliere its components are properly Ijalanced and wliere an economic site is obtainable for its conduct. The components of a business investment in conservative forestry are partly derived from nature (natural gifts, natural powers) and partly made by man. The natural components are usually at hand in primeval forests — which does not mean to say that they are at hand in proper amounts. The components made by man are added to those made by nature and consist, above all, in investments permanently employed for forest utilization. In the case of well-stocked virgin woods, the aggregate final investment is likely to be lower than the original purchase price of the forest, when the virgin forest contains a surplus of mature timber exceeding in value the expense required for the establishment of the essential artificial components. In the American forests, after the usual lum- bering operations, very little is left of the nat- ural components ; as a conser|uence, relatively heavy additional investments are required (as a rule without a chance of deriving immediate revenue) in order to make the aggregate, in time to come, a permanent source of revenue. The conclusion is simple : Unless the owner, before he begins to operate primeval woods, de- cides to embark in conservative forestry, the chances are slim that he will ever embark in it. In German working plans the necessity of ascertaining the most opportune amount of capi- tal to be invested in forestr.v is invariably over- looked. The explahation lies in the following: 1. The value of the growing timber and of the soil comprises, say, ninety-five per cent of the investment. 2. The means of transportation are already at hand, developed at a time at which financial con- siderations were not made in forestry. The "period of installation" should cover as many years as are required to obtain the proper total and the proper composition of the forestal investment. It is unfortunate that the period of installa- tion in conservative forestry must comprise a number of years ; whilst other investments can be fully installed in the course of a few weeks or a few months. Whosoever has traveled in recent years through Germany with an eye to the forest cannot be in doubt that every state and every county offers innumerable sites at which conservative forestry can be conducted as a remunerative business. Indeed, economic sites are at hand in Germany wheresoever the trees do not happen to occupy farming soil. Such was not the case in Germany two hundred years ago : and such is not the case in Russia, Canada and the United States today. Economic sites are those where stumpage values range high ; where natural reproduction is easy ; where the danger of fires is small : where the land is unfit for agriculture ; where forest taxes are low. These conditions prevail, particularly, in the pineries of the coastal plains and in the hardwood forests of the higher Appalachian region. It must be clearly understood that these con- ditions did not — or did not all — prevail some twenty years ago; further, that the absence of such conditions in the West annn 1907 does not render conservative forestry in the West for all times impossible. It is unfortunate, indeed, that the majority of these conditions ari.s(es only at a very late hour, to-wit, invariably after the gen- eral disappearance of the primeval woods. No man in the United States has had, so far. suffi- cient confidence in conservative lumbering to postpone the tapping of his primeval woods until the "economic site" for conservative lumbering bad locally arisen. The man who does will never live to regret his confidence. NetOs Miscellany. Pending Mercantile Tax Bill in Pennsylvania .\bout two mouths ago twenty-tour of the representative mercantile bodies of Philadelphia met in the Lumbermen's Exchange rooms and inaugurated a movement looking to the abolish- ment of the mercantile license tax, which they consider an objectionable one for several reasons. An allied association was accordingly formed b.v the various committees, with W. C. MacBride of Ilaney-White Company as chairman and Robert G. Kay. secretary, since which meetings have been held at various periods, which have been well attended by representatives of every trade organization in the city, and the result of which has been submitted to the committee of ways and means in Harrisburg, impressing upon this committee the universal opinion of the mercan- tile bodies in Philadelphia and throughout the state that the bill is a most obnoxious one, and for these reasons : It requires every business man to make public his private affairs ; it returns to the state a too small proportion of the amount collected : and it was instituted at a time when the state needed the money, which condition does not now exist. The bill has passed a second reading before the House, and it is believed will pass the third ; it will then go before the Senate, where it is surmised it will meet with some opposition. A well attended meeting of the Allied associa- tion was held in the rooms of the Lumbermen's Exchange on April ."iO. at 1 :30 p. m., William C. MacBride in the chair and Robert G. Kay, acting secretary. It was unanimously agreed to send representatives to appear before the senate com- mittee having charge of this bill, and that the chairman and secretary be authorized, in event of the bill passing the House, to make arrange- ments for a day to be set aside when the repre- sentatives of this allied association could appear and be heard on this matter. that the cost of furniture production is greatly increased. Not only Is this true of the lumber, however, but of other supplies entering into fur- niture manufacture — iron, copper, varnish, tur- pentine, glass and glue. Oak, walnut and ma- hogany have increased from thirty to forty per cent, according to kind and quality, and manu- facturers, with a few exceptions, are without stocks on hand. Thus it is that with the in- creased prices necessarily demanded for the fur- niture itself, retail dealers are going very slow- on purchases, with the result that many smaller manufacturers will be obliged to close down their factories for lack of orders, and this in turn will mean that nearly 3,00U workmen will be thrown out of employment. New Oklahoma Hardwood House. Announcement is made of the formation of the .Turden-Akin Lumber Company of Muskogee, Okla., with general offices in suite .j, Colo- rado building.- The company is composed of R. L. Jurden, recently with the I'enrod Walnut & Veneer Company of Kansas City, and Benja- min Akin, late with the K & P Lumber Com- pany of Cincinnati. The company will manu- facture and deal exclusively in hardwoods, mak- ing a specialty of oak, ash and Cottonwood. It controls considerable stumpage and a number of mills, and announces that it will be able to give customers prompt shipments and honest grades. Belgian Furniture Business, The most important industry in Belgium is the manufacture of furniture as carried on at Malines, writes Consul Atwell from Ghent, but its future seems to be dubious owing to the fact that large quantities of American lumber are imported annually for use in this business and prices are now reaching such a high altitude The Grading Bules Conference, According to plans announced in the last issue of the RecokDj a protracted conference between the inspection committees of the National Hard- wood Lumber Association, the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's Association, the Michigan Hard- wood Manufacturers' Association and the Wis- consin Hardwood Manufacturers' Association took place in the rooms of the National Hard- wood Lumber Association this week. The ses- sions are still in progress as the Hardwood Record goes to press. However, it is under- stood that before adjournment on Wednesday evening an agreement was reached which con- templated recommending for adoption at the annual meeting of the National association. May 23 and 24, rules lUnt w-ill take into consideration both sides of a piece of lumber in its inspection ; the injection of a new grade between firsts and seconds and No. 1 common, to be known as selects ; a give-and-take system of measurement on the half-inch basis, and the admission of 15 per cent of odd lengths in all grades. The only matter remaining unsettled for Thursday morn- ing's session was speciflcations covering the poorer side of Nos. 1 and 2 common. It is re- garded as certain that the representatives of the various associations will come to an amicable agreement and will go to Atlantic City fully pledged to attempt to secure the adoption of these recommendations. Representing the National Hardwood Lumber Association at the conference are Theodore Fathauer of Chicago, H. C. Humphrey of Apple- ton. Wis., and D. F, Clark of Minneapolis. Rep- resenting Michigan are C. A. Bigelow of Bay City, F. A. Diggins of Cadillac, D. H, Day of Glen Haven and R. J. Clark of Sault Ste. Marie. Representing the Wisconsin manufacturers arc M. J. Quinlan of Soperton, A. R. Owen of Owen, G. E. Foster of Mellen, B. W. Davis of Phillips, F. H. Pardee of Wausau, B. F. McMillan of Mc- Millan, E. J. Young of Madison, J. T. Barber of Eau Claire and Daniel Arpin of Grand Rapids. Representing the Indiana association are C. H. Barnaby of Greencastle and J. M. Pritchard of Indianapolis, respectively president and secre- tary of the organization. Program N. H. L. A. Meeting at Atlantic City. Secretary Fish of the National Hardwood Lumber .Association has made public a most interesting program which will be carried out at the forthcoming annual meeting of his organiza tion at Atlantic City, May 23 and 24. It is as follows : THUIISD.IY, MAY 23. 11 a. m. — Reception of members and guests in convention hall at Steel Pier. 12 noon — Opening session. Address of w-elcome by ^layor Stoy of Atlantic City. Reports of officers. 1 p. m. — Intermission for luncheon. 'J :3(} p. m. — Reports of standing committees by respective chairmen. Address on ".Associate Obligations." by Earl Palmer: on "A School of Inspection." b.v B. C. Currie, .Tr. ; on "Cherry Inspection," by W. L. Sikes. .S p. m. — Smoker and entertainment for members at Rudolph Grotto. .S p. m. — Entertainment for ladies at Steel Pier. FRIDAY, iJtAY 24. it a. m. — Members will reassemble. 10 a. m. — Call to order : report of committee on officers' reports : address on "The Wholesaler ; Why He Is Necessary," by Robert W. Higbie : on "Forestry." William L. Hall : on "Rivers and Harbors," Jolin A. Fox ; introduction of new business. 1 p. m. — Intermission for luncheon. 2 :30 p. m. — Unfinished business. 4 ;30 p. m. — Election of officers and directors. 5 :30 p. m. — Adjcuirnment. *> p. m. — Meeting board of directors. .S p. m. — Entertainment on Steel Pier for all. Meeting National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. It should not be forgotten that the annual meeting of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association will be held in the .Auditorium of the .Jamestow-n Exposition grounds near Norfolk. Va., on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 2S and 20. The hotel headquarters of the delegates will be the Hotel Chamberlin, at Fortress Mon- roe, from which point they will be transported to the exposition grounds by steamer. Delegates to this convention from the Hardwood Manu- facturers' Association of the United States are H. II. Vansant, Ashland, Ky. : John W. Love. Xashville. Tenn. : W. M. McCormick, Phila- delphia, Pa. : .1. W. Oakford, Scranton, Pa. ; 22 HARDWOOD RECORD Wm. Wilms, Chicago, 111. ; W. A. Giltbi-ist, Mem- phis, Tenn. ; John B. Ransom, Nashville. Tenn., and Lewis Doster, secretary, Chicago, 111. Those from the Wisconsin Hardwood Lum- bermen's Association are F. H. Pardoe, Wausau, Wis. ; Edw. J. Young, Madison, Wis. ; M. J. Quinlan, Soperton, Wis. ; Geo. E. Foster, Mellen, Wis., and A. E. Beebee, secretary, McMillan, Wis. All the other manufacturing lumber associa- tions of the country affiliated with this organiza- tion will be represented by delegates. Building Operations for April. isuikiing statistics from fifty-four leading cit- ies throughout the country, officially reported to fhe American Contractor, Chicago, and tabu- lated show a gradual increase as the season progresses over similar reports for the same month in 1906, showing a widely distributed building activity for April. In the aggregate the gain, as compared with April, 190G, is a trifle over 5 per cent. Twenty-six cities show gains ranging from 6 to 199 per cent, and twenty-eight show a loss varying from 2 to 77 per cent. .\pril. .Vpril. I'er I'or 1SK)7. lUOU. <'ent cent Cit.v — cost. cost. i.'alii. loss. .\tlanta $ 395.306 .$ nOU.OT" ... :!0 BaltitQOrc 846,544 795.000 II Bu-mingh:im 126.29G 173,200 ... 27 Bridgeport 302,910 152,300 00 Buffalo 1,086,700 l,42fl,30.-i ... 23 Chicago 5,336.950 12,139,875 ... .16 Chattauooga 05,835 103,37.". ... 7 Davenport 60,430 30.2on 12s very firm. Receipts of mahogany during ilie month of April were far below the average, sum ' countries not being represented at all in tli-' month's receipts. This fact, together wilh a very fair demand, has kept all available s orks absorbed and there are but small holdings in hand. In cedar the receipts of Cuban stock wi r. heavy during April, which together with the it ceipts from other ports considerably Incrfasnl stoclcs in first hands, but the demand of the mar ket is such that arrivals keep sufficiently alj- sorbed to maintain prices on a good level. The range of prices at this writing run from 7 to 12 cents per foot on mahogany, according to qualit.v. with an average of about 10 cents. Cedar valu-'-- range from 8 to 12 cents, with an average clos' to 11. Philadelphia. The Lumbermen's Exchange held its first meet- ing under the newly elected officers on May 2. with President W. L. Rice in the chair. It was preceded by a luncheon In Griffith Hall. The attendance was unusually large, which was of course very gratifying to the new president. It was moved and adopted at this meeting that the Lumbermen's Exchange of Philadelphia en- dorse the wharf owners' bill now before the legislature. The Hindle Lumber Company and Paul W. Fleck Lumber Company were elected members to the exchange. Committees were appointed for the year and a great deal of busi- ness of a private nature was disposed of at this meeting. Sheip & Vandegrift have increased their capacity from 10,000 to 15,000 cigar boxes a day. They have also installed several new Whitney planers and one of Falls Machine Com- pany's automatic jointers. Their mills are working full force and the outlook for future trading Is very good. They report prices on cigar boxes as stiff, with trend upward, on account of the scarcity and high price of cigar- box lumber. The Cooling Carriage Company of Wilmington, Del., obtained a charter under Delaware laws on April 30, capitalized at $100,000. The incor- porators are : Severson B. Cooling, Charles E. Dubell and George T. Brown, Wilmington. The Philadelphia Hardwood Lumber Company reports business, except for handicap of inade- quate railroad service, moving smoothly, that good orders are coming in right along and that they are in the market for good hardwoods. Jos. P. Dunwoody & Co. are complacent over satisfactory conditions. They have engaged P. M. Nevin, who was formerly with the Cypress Selling Corporation as salesman, to look after the eastern Pennsylvania district. Jos. P. Dun- woody, senior member of this firm, is traveling through southwestern Virginia and eastern Ten- nessee, looking for stocks. He reports that the mill of the Norva Land and Lumber Company near Walleston, Va., in which they are inter- ested, has started, and by May 15 will be run- ning full force, with lots of orders on hand. S. Y. Warner of the Dunwoody firm states that they are making a specialty of tupelo and poplar. The Philadelphia Veneer and Lumber Com- , pany. Inc.. reports busy in all departments, their mills working day and night. Francis Goodhue, Jr., of this concern states that they are cutting 60,000 feet of cedar and 25,000 feet of oak daily, besides the sawed veneer, and over 64,000" feet per day of cigar-box lumber. By the last tides they received a large quantity of poplar and oak logs. The company is operating on two tracts of timber, one in Tennessee and one In Kentucky, where it has ten circular mills run- ning, besides the band mill at Kuoxville. HARDWOOD RECORD 27 The J. W. Ditenderfer Lunibei' Company is as ever among the busiest. A. E. Magargal of this concern reports many inquiries being made and orders coming in rapidly. They have a fair stock on hand, but, as usual, no ears in sight. .7. H. and K. W. Schofleid of Schoflekl Bros., with their salesman, Jos. Lance, Jr., are looking after their interests in South Carolina. The Rumbarger Lumber Company is benefitting by the reaction in trading and is looking for- ward to a good summer business. Frank T. Rumbarger was in Baltimore, Md., recently, where he closed a contract for the output of a South Carolina hardwood mill. O. II. Rectanus, secretary of the A. M. Turner Lumber Company of I'ittsburg, Pa., called on John J. Rumbarger recently, in connection with the Hoo-I-Ioo annual. Wm. Bond of DuBois & Bond Bros, DuBois, Pa. ; Bond, Md., and Thomas, W. Va., was an interesting visitor to the local trade recently. He called on John J. Rumbarger of the Rum- barger Lumber Company, and also looked up his old schoolmate Robert Whitmer, with whom he attended Lafayette College. The Kirby & Hawkins Company are much pleased with the future business outlook. They are large handlers of ties and report the rail- roads preparing (or steady work throughout the coming season. W. M. McCormlck reports business moving in easy grooves. Tlie mills are all working steadily, but orders are taken only for what stock they may have ready for delivery. Horace G. Hazard & Co. have no serious complaints to make, have good share of orders. They are now receiving most of their goods by .water, which arrangement suits them better than the delinquent car service. The Philadelphia Textile Machinery Company la a busy concern. It has just issued a book copiously illustrated, called Veneer Dryers, which will be mailed to any veneer concern or other parties interested in the subject on request. T. W. Howlett, manager for twenty-two years of the St. Louis Basket and Box Company and now representative of the Philadelphia Textile Machinery Company, is traveling through all the veneer making districts in the United States and will call upon any veneer house so desiring to exploit the merits of the dryer, which machine he considers has no superior. The Union City Chair Company of Union City, Pa., was visited by a disastrous fire on April 28. The loss, including several houses, is estimated at $300,000. Ephraim E. Bertolet, a carriage builder in Pottstown, Pa., died recently of cerebral apop- lexy. He was sixty-four years of age. The firm of W. S. Haller & Co., cigar-box manufacturer, was declared a voluntary bank- rupt on April 24. Liabilities are given at $2,823. .13 and assets. $1,500. The ground and buildings of the old Lybrand and McDowell Stove Works at liast Girard avenue and Aramingo street were purchased at auction on April 30 by Wilson H. Lear, the extensive lumber dealer. The price paid was $74,500, which is regarded very low, as the property is assessed at $100,000. The plant covers an area of D5S feet on Girard avenue, 2G4 feet on Fletcher street and 300 feet on Aramingo street. The Twentieth Century Lumber Company was incorporated under Pennsylvania laws April 20. capitalized at $10,000. The incorporators are W. S. Snyder and G. il. Whitney of Harrisburg, Pa., and David Wiener, Carlisle, Pa. The planing mill and lumber yard of J. A. Hoilinger of Chambersburg, Pa., were destroyed by fire on May 1. The loss is estimated at $100,000. Insurance, $40,000. William T. Hoffman, deputy county treasurer, and L. O. Lambert, both of Somerset, Pa., recently purchased the Gastelger timber tract near Ligonier on the Pittsburg, Westmoreland & Somerset Railroad. The tract is said to con- tain 1,000 acres and will cut some 8,000,000 feet of lumber. There is a mill on the tract, which the purchasers will operate to its full capacity. It is announced that the state of Pennsyl- vania will this year take over 26,000 acres of land at the headwaters of Eishing Creek, which will be converted into a forest reserve. The land lies in Columbia, Sullivan and Lycoming counties and will be purchased from the Pente- cost Lumber Company. A fire along the Standard Oil Company's pipeline at Plowville, Berks County, Pennsyl- vania, spread over fifty acres of land, destroying considerable valuable timber belonging to Gideon Delcomp and others. The Hoo-Hoo Annual is becoming the all- consuming topic of conversation among lumbermen throughout the country. The various committees appointed some months ago have worked faithfully, plans have been formulated and other necessary work brought so near consummation that it will be easy sailing during the summer to carry out all arrangements comfortably and satisfactorily. Chairman Jerome H. Sheip of Philadelphia, aided by the various committees, is neglecting no opportunity to render this annual a star of the first magnitude in the galaxy of Hoo-Hoo. He recently spent a week at Atlantic City arranging for rates at the best hotels. It is a settled matter that the fine steel pier at this famous summer resort will be secured for the Hoo-Hoo headquarters. Five thousand booklets will be issued by the middle of May and distributed in all Hoo-Hoo centers, containing any information desired concerning matters pertaining to the annual, including a program of the daily doings and entertainments arranged for guests. Baltimore. The National Lumber Exporters' Association and the various committees of that body are working energetically to bring about the elimina- tion of some of the abuses that have troubled the export trade for a long time. One of the questions agitated is the so-called Liverpool measurement. The special committee named to bring about a change met at the office of E. M. Terry, secretary, on April 23, and adopted a plan of campaign. It was decided to draft a circular letter to members and newspapers' and talk to representative exporters and buyers, pointing out the injustice of the Liverpool measurement and explaining that under the system every cargo of lumber is subject to a dockage of from two to ten per cent for alleged faults. It is also urged in the letter that members write to buyers and brokers, informing them that it is impossible to do business in Liverpool under the present system aud that the exporters are prepared to sell hiniber only on the basis of a measurement of the actual con- tents, no allowance for defects of any kind to be made. Secretary Terry was directed to draft another letter to the National Hardwood Lumber Association, the Plardwood Manufac- turers' Association, the National Wholesale Lum- ber Dealers' Association and the New Orleans Lumber Exporters' Association urging that, they co-operate with the National Lumber Exporters' .\ssociation in this matter. It was further decided to send letters to the Timber I'rades Federation of Liverpool and the hardwood sec- tion of the Timber Trades Federation of London on the subject. The claims committee of the National Lumber E.'iporters' Association also had a session ten days ago and disposed of various matters that had accumulated since the previous meeting. The difficulty which this committee encounters is to be found in the numerous loopholes left by careless consignees, and which enable the transportation companies to get out of paying claims for damage or shortage. Often the receiver of a shipment will neglect to file a claim or give proper notice of a shortage, and this is taken advantage of to reject claims. With the idea of overcoming the difficulty the committee has had sent to members of the association a letter covering this difficulty. In order to correct these drawbacks and secure a basis for future claims, the committee had formulated recommendations and it suggested that shippers notify their consignees of these recommendations and endeavor to have them adopted wherever necessary. Secretary Terry of the National association has lately received advices from England which justify the expectation that an agreement upon .'I new form of contract satisfactory to both the exporters and the brokers and buyers on the other side of the Atlantic will shortly be reached. When the question first came up the exporters drafted a form of contract which was rejected by the brokers and buyers as not acceptable to them. The latter then drew up one that met their views but which the ex- porters did not find it possible to accept. Another draft was submitted, and this has been .somewhat amended. With a few additional changes it may meet the wishes of both sides, and will then be adopted. An accident which cost a dozen lives a few days ago will be a matter of much concern to the lumber export business of this city, inas- much as it means an indefinite delay in the completion of facilities for the unloading of lumber and logs that would greatly facilitate the trade. This accident was the collapse of the new pier, known as No. 8, being erected at Locust Point by the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. The work had progressed so far that the finish- ing touches were being put on, when the great weight of sand, concrete and the superstructure of steel — the latter being some 2,000 tons — caused the piles to bulge and let down the whole pier. A large number of men were caught in the wreckage and twelve have since been miss- ing. The pier was designed to relieve the freight congestion at Locust Point and the lumber exporters had the promise of the railroad that they would get room for the prompt un- loading on it of the lumber and logs reaching here for shipment abroad. This meant that such consignments would have been put aboard steamers without delay, as the intention was to divert the Liverpool and Glasgow vessels to the pier. The latter was one of the largest in the United States, two stories in height and rested on about 10,000 piles, sixty feet long. What caused the piles to shift has not yet been ascertained. Work on the Swayne county (N. C.) mill of the R. E. Wood Lumber Company of this city has been resumed, and the plant may be put in operation this summer. Pittsburg. Tlie Nicola Lumber Company has been hav- ing its full share of hardwood trade all the spring. It is covering the Pennsylvania and Ohio field very thoroughly this year and is making some fine contracts with large manu- facturers and for building lumber. A new company, promoted by J. T. Caveney and J. W. Selvey of Grafton, W. Va., has bought 2,000 acres of timber land in Randolph. Barbour, Preston and Tucker counties. West Virginia. A large sawmill will be erected at once. H. E. Clark and Kreger & Bradley of Abing- don, W. Va., have bought 7,300 acres of tim- ber land in Johnston county. Tennessee, for about $60,000. They will erect a large band sawmill and market most of tire product in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The Linehan Lumber Company made a very fortunate hit when it arranged to take over the entire output of the International Hard- wood Company of Catlettsburg, Ky. This con- cern makes a specialty of fine oak flooring, and Linehan Bros, are getting orders for the 28 HARDWOOD RECORD stock which keeps them hustling. Hardwood stocks in general are reported by the Line- hans to be scarce, and the demand outside of the city is fully up to expectations. Two hardwood men of prominence who re- cently paid Pittsburg- wholesalers friendly calls were J. P. Shirk of the Garrett Lumber Company of Maryland and L. J. Pischel of the Farmers' Lumber Company of Kentucky. Both men have been taking some good Pittsburg business this spring and say that hardwood stocks in their respective states are down pretty close to the saw. The Willson Bros. Lumber Company an- nounces a fine call for sound wormy chestnut. Most of this is coming from West Virginia, where the company placed some big orders under contract last year. I. F. Balsley of tills company is working hard to raise a good per- centage of the cash required at the National Hardwood Lumber Association's annual at Atlantic City, May 23 and 2-1, and predicts a large attendance from Pittsburg. R. C. Patterson, hardwood man for the Wil- liam H. Schuette Company, says that oak, hickory and ash are all in splendid demand. The latter two woods are going to the imple- ment people in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan in large quantities. The Schuette company is getting most of its hardwood from West Vir- ginia and Kentucky and reports a tendency among mill owners there to submit lists of broken stocks of late at a little better prices than formerly. Straight stocks, however, are as firm as ever. . The Kendall Lumber Company has resumed operations in full at its plant at Crellin, Md., where its mill was shut down for four weeks for repairs. Manager G. W. Cantrell of the Herman H. Hettler Lumber Company has been stirring up the Cleveland trade this week. His work at the Pittsburg office shows up mighty well on the company's books, for it makes an aver- age of 1,500,000 feet a month. W. P. Craig of the firm of William Whit- mer & Sons, Inc., has been taking a long trip through the South. The Edgewood Improvement Company of Charleston, W. Va., has been chartered with a capital of $25,000 for the purpose of dealing in lumber and building material. Its in- corporators are: John A. Thayer. H. L. Wehrle, A. S. Guthrie, Steele A. Hawkins and • Henry Fry, all of Charleston. General Manager J. N. Woollett of the American Lumber and Manufacturing Com- pany is off again on a two weeks' selling tour, which is likely from his reports to result in some mighty fine hardwood orders being placed. J. E. Mellvain & Co. are making some very nice advances in the tie business as well as in securing orders for bridge and river tim- bers. They note a scarcity of stocks in West Virginia, where they get most of their lum ber. "and see no reason for a belief that prices will be any lower for a year at least. The C. P. Caughey Lumber Company has recently taken an order for 190,000 feet of oak timber to be used in a liig coal shaft at Uniontown. Pa. This is one of several -similar orders which this company has secured this spring, and it is busy cutting the oak at its five mills in western Pennsylvania. It also reports a fine demand for railroad ties, SxSxS, and for bridge timbers. The big plant of J. Hollinger of Chambers- burg, Pa., was burned May 1. The plant em- ployed seventy-five men, and every building was destroyed. The total loss is estimated at about $100,000 and insurance at $40,000. Some splendid oak timber has been cut the past month in the vicinity of Washington, Pa., for ship building concerns. One of the best logs that has come to the notice of Pitts- burg lumbermen was shipped last week and measured 43 feet long. It squared 20 inches at one end and 19 at the other. The planing mill and lumber yards of E. R. Dowler at Braddock, Pa., burned last week. It is estimated that his loss will be $80,000. The plant was an old one and employed a large force of men. The Crescent Lumber Company is now in its new quarters in the Machesney skyscraper and has much larger offices than in its old place in the Whitfield building. East End, Telephone companies have contributed largely to the business of this concern lately in the way of good orders for poles and they have also received some good business from tiie new traction lines that are being built in western Pennsylvania. The officers note a slight falling off in the call for piling. H. F. Domhoff of the Cheat River Lumber Company came back from a trip through West Virginia and Kentucky last week. He bought 500.000 feet of chestnut and other hardwood lumber while there and is market- ing it rapidly in the Pittsburg field. The Reitz & Martin Lumber Company of Parkersburg, "\V. Va., has been organized with a capital of $24,000. It will have a large plant at Kermit, Mingo county, W. Va. The in- corporators are: T. G. Reitz, T, G. Martin, Ralph B. Martin, G. L. Dudley and W. D. Camden of Parkersburg. The McDowell & Torrence Lumber Company of Xenia. C, has been incorporated with a capital of $18,000. Those interested are: T. D. Torrence. A. M. Patterson, D. McD. Pat- terson, W. C. Conan and T. B. Clark. An interesting example of how well the tim- ber bridges have stood the strain of years is seen in the razing of the old Union bridge at the intersection of the Ohio and Allegheny rivers in Pittsburg, which has been ordered down by the government engineers to make navigation better on the three Pittsburg rivers. The bridge is thirty-five years old, but the timbers are coming out of it with hardly a wormhole visible and very little rot except where the nails and bolts were in- serted. Engineers who have examined the structure say that it was good for at least ten years more and maintain that a timber bridge of this sort is much more durable than the new style steel structures, which are liable to rust out rapidly. The Parkersburg Tie and Timber Company has been formed to take over 3,700 acres of timber land in Clay county. Kentucky. The timber is twelve miles back from the Ken- tucky river and to bring it down to a point where it can he rafted down to the Ohio river a narrow-gauge railroad has been built and equipped with a twelve-ton engine. Over 20,000 logs are already cut. The members of the company are: John W. Dudley, Jr., Lysander Dudley, G. W. Carney and G. W. Brown of Ritchie county. W. G. Stout, who was for years in the employ of the Standard Oil Company in that territory, has been en- gaged as general superintendent of the operation. Buffalo. Vicegerent Snark Blumenstein will hold a Hoo-Hoo concatenation May 11. The attend- ance at the last meeting, April IS, gives promise of a very large turnout next time. There is still much complaint of car shortage • in the West and South, although the situa- tion is easier here. Shortage has not been the real difficulty here — it was easier to get the car than it was to get it to destination after it was loaded. H. S. Janes, manager of the Empire Lumber Company, toured through the South very ex- tensively on his late visit there. He looked up the Arkansas mills and then went to the Gulf states, returning through Georgia and North r'arolina. J. N. Scatcherd has returned from his late visit to his Memphis mills, where he found conditions much improved, though it would be very pleasant if oak logs were more plentiful than they are. T. Sullivan & Co. are now getting some cars of Washington fir and hope that the long em- bargo is raised for good, though it is not likely that the movement will be very active right away. The lumber sells well. Beyer, Knox & Co, again hear that there is going to be grade crossing work on their street this year, but will not worry till they are notified to move. Business is too good to be dropped for side issues. F. W. Vetter is filling up his yard with good hardwood lumber and will go to North Carolina as soon as he can be spared. His son, George Vetter. is still in North Carolina buying oak and other hardwoods for him. A. Miller is off on a trip to Pennsylvania and will no doubt return with a further addi- tion to his hardwood stock, which is moving out fast enougli to keep the office force busy. A. J. Ellas is still the watchdog of the Buf- falo river improvement project and does not mean to give it up till the work is done. He lately helped block a scheme to build station- ary bridges on the river. Angus McLean has so far recovered from his late severe illness that he has gone to the sanitarium at St. Catherines, beyond Niagara Falls, to complete his convalescence. O. E. Yeager keeps his Buffalo yard very full of lumber and is constantly receiving more from southern points, especially oak. poplar and chestnut from his headquarters in Kentucky. M. M. Wall, as president of the Manufac- turers' Club, took charge of a meeting of that body on May 2, assembled to listen to an address of W. T. Stead, the London journalist and diplomat. The cherry stock of 1. N. Miller & Bro. goes out in bunches at times and is always the very best stock to handle, for it is never thrust aside when a fine material is wanted. A. W. Kreinheder came back from the mills of the Standard Hardwood Lumber Company in Kentucky and Tennessee very well pleased with the lot of oak, poplar and chestnut that he got started this way. Detroit. An important move which was interesting to the car manufacturers and hardwood men of Detroit was told in a dispatch from St. Louis last week to the effect that W. J. Mc- Bride, fir-st vice-president of the American Car & Foundry Company, had resigned and accepted the position of general manager and president of the Haskell -Barker Car Company of Michigan City, Ind., at the princely salary of $50,000 per year. Mr. McBride was originally a Detroit man. He began at the bottom with the old Peninsular Car Company of Detroit and is now at the height of his career, though only 46 years old. After winning a lawsuit against W. E. D. Stokes in three New York courts, one being in the highest court in the state, and getting judgments that now amount to $89,000, the Vinton Company of Detroit was called on early this week to fight before Supreme Court Jus- tice Thomas in New York Stokes' efforts to get a new trial of the case. The Vinton Com- pany did the hardwood interior finish a few years ago in Stokes' large Ansonia apartment house in New York, over which the trouble arose. The Detroit Board of Review, composed of a committee of aldermen and the three city assessors, have made several startling boosts in the valuation of the local lumber com- panies. The Detroit Lumber Company's as- sessment was raised from ,$123,000 to $150,000, It was planned at first to fix the assessment of f HARDWOOD RECORD 29 the McClui-e Lumber Company at $160,000, but a representative of that concern appeared before the board and declared that nearly all the prop- L'l'ty enumerated in the valuation was located in the South, and so the matter was referred to the corporation counsel for investigation. The assessment of the C. W. Restrick Lumber Company was apportioned at $100,000, although the company kicks on this figure, saying that is about $.30,000 too high. Arthur N. Perry, a well-known wholesale and retail lumber dealer of Detroit, has filed a petitio!! of bankruptcy in the United States district court. He gave his assets as $1,814.85 and his liabilities as $12,259.18. The Austin Automobile Company of Grand Rapids will remove to Detroit at an early date. They employ about 200 men. Detroit hardwood dealers like to see these companies coming, as that means larger demand for hardwood in the manufacture of auto bodies. Tliomas Merrill of Saginaw, w'ho has just completed his ninety-second year, has been connected with the lumber industry over fifty years. He was fonnerly associated with ex- Senator Thomas Palmer of Detroit for many years. Saginaw Valley. Il.trdwood lumbermen in the valley are taking; every possible opportunity to strengthen their position in the matter of obtaining stock for the future. The KneelandBigelow-Buell interests have a stock of hardwood sufflclent to stock their two mills at 23,000,000 feet a year for flfteeu years if they do not buy another stick, and they are picking up every tree they can get an option on. They are stocking the Bliss & Van Auken mill with 10,000,000 feet annually for ten years, and the latter firm also has some timber of its own. The Wylie & Buell Company is furnishing a large quantity of hardwood logs for J. T. Wylie & Co. and one or two other firms. A deal is now being negotiated which will bring the timber from 30,000 acres of land to Bay City to be manufactured. W. D. Young & Co. and people with whom they are associated control 200,000,000 feet of hardwood timber which comes to Bay City ; S. G. M. Gates is cut- ting 7,000,000 feet annually at his mill anil owns the timber which it cuts. The .Johan- nesburg Manufacturing Company, Sailing, Han- son & Co. and the Michaelson & Hanson Com- pany have very large holdings of hardwood, and the Stephens Lumber Company is cutting mixed timber which embraces considerable hardwood. At Au Sable the H. M. Loud's Sons Company not only owns a large quantity of hardwood timber tributary to the plant, but also a number of thousands of acres in Presque Isle county as yet unprofaned by the axe and saw. The White Brothers plants at Boyno City have thousands of acres of hardwood timber liehind them, as have the Gilchrist and Churchill com- panies at Alpena. The Richardson Lumber Com- pany, which is erecting a hardwood plant at Bay City, has a twenty-year stock for the new mill, located in Montmorency county, and the Lewis- ton branch of the Mackinaw division of the Michigan Central is to be extended twelve miles to reach the Richardson timber ; it will be cut and hauled by rail to Bay City. There are also numberless smaller tracts of timber available and which will be gradually picked up, though the larger tracts are now in comparatively few hands. Stumpage is appreciating and some hold- ers have put prices out of sight. Lumbermen regard $4.50 and $3.50 as about the stumpage prices that will enable cutting, hauling to the mill by rail and manufacturing at a profit at existing prices for the manufactured product, but some stumpage owners are asking as high as $8. The Ottawa Hardwood Company which has operated a sawmill plant, cutting about 5,000,000 feet annually the last few years, has been suc- ceeded by Gardner & Richards, who have ac- quired the property and will operate the mill. It has a stock 'of over 4,000,000 feet for the season. Wages paid men in the woods continue high, as all of the large manufacturers who operate jilauts the year through run about the same number of camps in summer as in winter, and ihc small mills and the portable mills in opera- tion give employment to a large number of men in the aggregate. The H. M. Loud's Sons Company shipped a large cargo of hardwood limber last week to Port Arthur, Ont., on contract to furnish timber for harbor purposes for the Canadian govern- ment. The company shipped a cargo of maple to Lake Erie ports. This company has some heavy contracts for timber to fill during the year. The maple flooring business is in excellent condition, both as regards prices and volume of business. The S. L. Eastman Flooring Company has made extensive improvements to its plant and reports a good trade. The Strable plant at Saginaw is already full of orders, and the Bliss & Van Anken and the W. D. Young & Co. plants ai-e running day and night. The new Richardson plant at Bay City will give the valley five large plants, and still another is being projected at Bay City. .1. E. Wright has taken a contract to cut l.(JOO,(IO0 feet of hardwood lumber at Ocqueoc Lake lor the Embury-Martin Lumber Company (if Cheboygan. The Cook, Curtis & Miller hardwood plant at (Jrand Marais will ship its cut by lake this sea- son. I). B. I'inkerton has his hardwood plant at Onaway ready to begin operations and has enough logs to stock the plant for the season. The Metz Manufacturing Company's sawmill at Metz after being thoroughly overhauled and receiving a new boiler and steam feed has re- sumed operations. At West Branch the P.atchclor Timber' Com- pany is installing a finely equipped heading plant to be operated in connection with its saw- mill plant. Brick kilns will be erected in con- nection and the entire plant is equipped wllh electric lighting. Scarcity of cars is the only serious obstacle that confronts the hardwood operators, but it is a serious problem. It is almost impossible to got box cars at all. Where ten are wanted the shipper is thankful to get one. It is a source of no little vexation that lumber cannot be shipped after being sold, and when loaded the delay in gc'tling it forward is exceedingly exasperating. Grand Baplds. M. F. Butters of Ludington was in the city May 5. C. A. Phelps. "W. A. Phelps and J. H. Bon- ncll of the Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company; Clay H. HoUister. Edward Lowe, Dudley E. Waters. H. S. Jordan and T. F. Garratt of the Michigan Chair Company, and W. A. Gunn of the Gunn Furniture Company are included in the list of stockholders in the National Bank of Commerce, recently organized in Detroit. A belt line steam road, connecting all the roads entering Grand Rapids, will be con- structed this year, which it is expected will be of great advantage to shippers and at the same time will open up excellent factory sites just outside the city. The Grand Rapids-Muskegon Power Company will stretch one of its big feeder wires around this loop, supported on steel towers 100 feet high, to supply the new industries with power. L. L. Skillman, B. D. Hazard and C. S. Travis, a committee of creditors appointed to straighten out the affairs of A. L. Utter of Grandville. have secured a bill of sale of the lumber yard and other property, which will be disposed of to the advantage of creditors. John E. Barnes, until recently president of the Spencer-Barnes Furniture Company, Ben- ton Harbor, has organized a new company there, known as the John E. Barnes Furni- ture Company, and will manufacture dining- room furniture and specialties. Mr. Barnes has an interest in a large tract of southern timber and has options also on some scatter- ing pieces in the southwestern part of Michigan. The Northern Michigan Press Association met recently at Traverse City and forestry matters, including the state's policy in deal- ing with its lands, were discussed. Perry F. Powers of Cadillac, former auditor gener£Ll, favored a continuance of the present policy rather than turning over the lands to the Forestry Commission. He said that the turn- ing over of lands to the commission would in- jure the value of adjoining property for years, or until the crop of trees had been grown. The association evinced its interest in forestry, however, by asking E. L. Sprague, a news- paper man of Traverse City, to prepare an article on growing locust trees for ties and posts, with cuts showing the growth of such trees in one, five, ten and sixteen years. In discussing the above objection to re- forestation Charles W. Garfield, president of the State Forestry Commission, said: "It is unworthy of consideration as an argument. In any plan of timber growing on a large scale somebody will be injured for a time. This is true in the development of a street or a drain or .T. thousand other public utilities. The state must look out for all its people in adopting its land and forest policy. The question of growing timber enough for its woodworking industries is alone of tremendous importance." Cleveland. F. M. Kinderman of Columbus, O., repre- senting the Collins Lumber Company, of Elk- hurst, W. Va., called on the hardwood trade here last week. John D. Mershon of Mershon, Schuette, I'arker & Co., Saginaw, Mich., was a caller among the dealers here this week. James Miller of Pittsburg, representing Wm. Whitmer & Sons, Inc., called on the trade this week. W. D. Steinmetz of Bergholz, O., an exten- si\-e hardwood manufacturer, was a visitor in this market recently. He reports business good and the outlook very promising. W. P. Hilton of the Advance Lumber Com- pany has just returned from a two months' absence at their mill at Baskin, La. He re- ports they are cutting a very fine lot of oak. This stock will find a ready market in New Orleans territory. W. A. Cool of W. A. Cool & Son is at their mills in West Virginia looking after securing car.s for shipments of stock. White oak has been moving freely of late. I'oplar continues firm and dry stock is exceed- ingly scarce. Jobbers fight shy of taking orders for this stock unless they know where they can put their hands on it. Large quantities of beech and maple are being shipped into this market, and iu some cases this stock is being substituted for other hardwoods which consum- ers have not been able to buy owing to the scarcity of dry stock. A cargo of hardwood recently arrived from Michigan, being the first stock to come in by boat this season. Indianapolis. The Turner, Day & Woolworth Haudle Com- pany is preparing to build a large plant at Bluffton. Bids have been asked and work will be started within a short time with a probability that tlie new factory will be occupied early in the Fall. G. II. Palmer of Sheridan suffered a loss of considerable lumber stored in a barn. Boys and cigarettes were responsible for the burning of the building. The Advance Veneer & Lumber Company at 30 HARDWOOD RECORD .MassiU-linsetts avenue and Arlams sti-eet, is en- .ioyinK 111!' largest business in its liistoi'.v. in I he veneer plant unusual business is reiiniring 111,' r.iree to put in mueli iivertinie, while in the yarils (here is a steady demiuul for hardwoods lor building and manutacturing piiipnses. Th • eoMipany lias a praetieally new plani in lirighl- wood, one of the city's largest suburbs. .T. D. Tennant and J. E. Orant o( Sidney, O., have iiiirchased the manufacturing plant at La- p,,rle ..wned by William E. Crichton. Fanning mills, lawn furniture, chairs, step ladders and Ihe like have been manufactured in the factory for several years and it is one of the leading industries in I.aporte. It has been announced that the recenlly or- ganized Jlcllvalue Lumber Company of Vin- cennes will take over the lumber yard and plan- ing mills of D. It. Mcllvaine in that city. The company has a capital stock of $-tO,OnO and ex- pects to make considerable improvement in (he old plant and extend the business. The Indiana Realty Company of this cily bas sold to K. M. Smith & Co.. hardwood lumber manufacturers of I'arkersburg. W. A"ii., extensive lioliliugs of hardwood timber lands in Franklin parish, Louisiana. There are about 2(1.000 acres ill the tract and it is understood the price paid was If:i.j0,000, the local company clearing about $.-,(1,(1(1(1 on the deal. J. H. P. Smith, senior member of the West Virginia firm who came to Indianapolis to consummate the deal, said lie li,.Ueved the tract would net 100,000,000 feet of hardwood Uimber and that it would be deareil at the rate of about 1,000 acres a year. As soon as clearcMl Ihe ground will be used for growing collon, which will produce, according lo an esti- mate, about .$.jO worth of cotton to the acre per yi-ar. W. B. Cooley is president of the Indiana itealty Company, which was organized about three' months ago for the purpose of investing In southern timber lands. I'urdne University at Lafayette will inaugu- rale a course in forestry, beginning with the fall semester. Students will have the advanlage of hardwood experiments to be conducted at the institution under the auspices of the State Hoard of Forestry and the course will be designed lo meet the needs of farmers, lumbermi'n and manu facturers who handle lumber in large quantities. A timely word of warning relative to the rap- idly disappearing supply of hardwood lumber in Indiana has been issued by the State Board of Forestry to the farmers of the state. The board advocates the planting of forestry lots on each farm to be given the same attention as other crops. While the supply of timber fo^ manufacturing purposes would ultimately be in- lueased from this plant, farmers are urged lo plant trees especially for use on their farms to meet their own demands for fence posts, tele- phone poles and building purposes as well as to furnish lumber yards in their respective locali- ties with timber. From one-tenth to one-eighth of the whole farm should be given over to the exclusive growing of timber, according to the board. From an investigation made in different parts of the state it is found that farmers, with few exceptions, take little interest in forestry on the theory that when the present supply of tim- ber is exhau.sted something will be found to take its place. This, the board says, will never be possible. Milwaukee. chair and furniture center of Wisconsin. In nearly all instances the leading chair factories own tlielr own sawmills, in wliich tlii'y get out Iheir rough stock. .Tulius G. Ingram, tlie well known iiiiUioimirc liiiiilicriniin of Eau Claire, Wis,, has offered ,f4ii,iiii(l to Ihe trustees of the Congregational Cliiirili of the I'ilgrims, Washington, II. C. with which to erect an institutional church, (o lie a memorial to Jlr. Ingram's son, who diiMl about a year ago. The Long-Bell Lumber Company of I.iidingto'i. La., has bought the entire southern interests of Isaac Stephenson, .Jr.. for .i;3„")00,000. As the result of a 'conference between repre- scntalives of the Milwaukee, the Xorth-Western and the Wisconsin Central roads and members of the legislative committee of Ihe ilerchants' & Manufacturers' Association, the rate on lum- bci- shipped from the South lo Milwaukee has been reduced so as to he in conformity with that shipped from the north to Chicago. The new tariff became effective May 7. This rate puts Milwaukee manufacturers using southern lumber in a position to compete with Chicago manufacturers in the same line. The Milwaukee road is turning oul twenty- eight complete freight cars a day iu i(s shops at West Milwaukee. It expects to add at least ,S,000 freight cars to its rolling slock this year. Heavy wooden beams for the body work of these cars is being discarded, steel being sulntil iited. owing to the scarcity of lumber of a high cpiality demanded in car construclion. The company is also building a large number of mail and ex- press cars. It is not putting out any passenger coaches at this time, though it has beiu build iug many sleepers. The Milwaukee market continues steady, though business on the whole is light. Prices remain firm. The outlook is considered highly favorable by local dealers. lain City is preparing to install mills and begin cutting on a big tract of limber which it recently purchased iu .lohnsou county. Tennessee. M. X. iiffiitt of the Tyg Kiver Lumber Coin jiaiiy lias gone on a business trip iu \'irginia. Milwaukee has been a furniture manufactur- ing city since as early as ISoo, when the Arm of A. Meinecke & Son was established, which still continues in business, though in another line. The first chair manufactory was started in 18oT, among the first concerns in this line being the Milwaukee Chair Company and the Mayliew Manufacturing Company, which sti'.I exist. The city's output last year was more than it;?.,riOO,OllO. In recent years it has been distanced by Sheboygan, which has become the Bristol, 'Va.-Tenn. The first I-Ioo-IIoo concatenation of Ihe year was held here May 3. The attendance of lum- bermen from all over this section was large and twenty-four kittens were initiated inli, the mysteries of Iloo-IIoo. Vicegerents Irving Whaley of Tennessee and T. W. Fugati' of Virginia conducted the ceremonial session. The guests repaired to Hotel Tip Top. where a sumptuous banquet was served. C. D. Clark of .\bingdon acted as toastmaster and toasts were responded to by W. A. Ilassinger. .1. .\. Wilkin- son. A. D. Reynolds. .Tr.. and others. C. II. Smith, .Tr., of Nashville, Teun., was in the city last week buying hardwood. .Tohn T. Xagle and O. C. Ilathway. managers of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company's eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina opera- tions, were iu the city last week. ilr. Nagle heads the Linville River Lumber Company, the new concern that is preparing to begin cutting near I'ineola, X. C, on a large scale. The com- pany is building a railroad to its timber lands near Saginaw and will use the big band mill of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company near that place. Natlian Bradley and D. D. Anderson of the Itradley Lumber Company of Elizabethton, Teun., were in the city last week. 1'. V. Widener, manager of .T. A. Wilkinson's Hluefield. W. Va., ofBce, came to the ity last week and will spend several days at Mr. Wil- kinson's offices in this city. Chas. A. Baker, manager of the T. \\'. Tliay<'r Lumber Company, at Damascus. A'a.. was in the city on business last week. The II. M. Hoskins Lumber Company of this city has received articles of incorporatiim under the laws of Virginia, with a capital stock of .t;2.3,000. A. M. Scutt of the .T. Walter Wright Lumber t^ompany of Mountain City. Tenn.. was in l!rist,,l last week. 'i'he T. K. Cailand Lumber Company of Mouu- Cincitmati. AVilliam A. Bennett, president of the Cham- ber of Commerce of Cincinnati, has been ap- jiointed receiver "with honds of $25, Otto for the Pease Company. This action wa.s taken upon the petition of C. H. Pease, president of the Pease Company, dealers in sash, doors, build- ing: material and general millwork, with plant located at Avondale. a suburb of Cincinnati. The company is capitalized at $50,000 and bas assets of over $30,000, with liabilities of .f200.- OOO. President Pease avers iu his petition that he is, in addition to being a heavy stock- holder and the president of the company, a creditor in the sum of $90,000 as security on the company's paper for money liorrowed with which to meet current obligations in conduct- ing the business. He is not. he says, secured, and while the concern is perfectly solvent, he asks the court to take the business in charge and conduct it through, not sacrificing to jiressui-e of creditors, as there are others than hi» and some are pressing for collection. Lengtb.v and expensive litigation with forced sales, he says, would sacrifice the business, while if free will is preserved and time given in which to wind up or straighten out the affairs of the company, all creditors will be Itaid in full and there will be a substantial balance for distribution among stockholders. The Receivers and Shippers' Association re- cently made public a reply to the statement of Vice-President Murphy of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, in which he called atten- tion to the necessity for an increase in freight charges in order to keep pace with increased cost of materials and labor used by trans- portation companies. The statement is a very warm one and took up more than 2.000 words. A conference of shippers will be held in the association I'ooms to arrange to bring the case of the Southern's rates before the Inter- state Commerce Commission. Cliester F. Korn of the Farrin-Korn Lumber Company has gone to New York to meet M. R. Farrin and wife, who are returning from a pleasure trip to the Orient. He will also look after business affairs while in the East. 'J'he Dornstreet Lumber Company of Toledo, ()., has been incorporated with a capital sto"'.\ of $20,000 by C. P. Brigham, William M. Ha.n- ilton, F. M. Dotson, G. McKay and J. M. ■Weaver. E. M. Schantz of North Fairmount is adding another one of his patented dimension ma- chines to his mills. The new dry kilns are now in full operation. Frank F. Fish, secretar.v of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, was in town recentl.v to look after the affairs of the oi-ganization. The Wiborg-Hanna Company has added ad- ditional land to its yards at North Fairmount liy filling' up the bottoms in the rear of the plant. The yards have been increased sev- eral hundred feet. The company has been doing a better business this season than ever before and was pressed for .a bigger yard accommodation. The Cincinnati lumbermen are figuring on sending a large delegation to the National Hardwood Lumber Association's con\'ention, to be held at Atlantic City the middle of May. A special car will probably be chartered and several of the married men are contemplating taking their wives with them and spending se\'eral days on the seashore after the convention. William E. Delaney, general manager of the local offices of the Kentucky Lumber Company, lias gone South on a business trip. HARDWOOD RECORD 30A visiting tlie comijany's three mills. During his trip he will complete a deal that involves several thousand feet of lumber. During liis absence R. MeCracken assumes charge of affairs in this cit>'. The large stock of veneers stored by the iVlaley, Thompson & Moffett Company, which were i)artl>- destroyed b>- the recent fire, were put on the "bargain" counter and sold at low prices. The veneers were burnt on the ends, but not sufficiently to keep furniture manufacturers from using them. L. H. Gage of the Gage-Possell Lumber Company has returned from a successful busi- ness trip through the South. Mr. Gage stated that the car shortage still hampers trading in the South, but aside from that business is brisk. W. Quick and L. D. Halstead, of Richey. Halstead & Quick, have returned from business trips. At the annual election of the Cincinnati Lum- bermen's Club, held May G, Thomas J. Moffett of the Maley. Thomp.son & Moffett Company was again elected president ; George Littlcford, first vice president; J. W. Darling, second vice presi- dent ; B. Bramlage, treasurer, and E. J. Thomas, secretary. President Moffett stated that the ilnli has had one of the most successful years of its career, also each individual himlier dealer re- ports that business has been very brisk. He also said that he looks for a record breaker this year. The C. & O. road was selected as the route to the annual convention in Atlantic City, May 23 and 24. The plans of the I'ark Commission were unanimously and enthusiasticall.v indorsed, and the club will use its best efforts to further the scheme. The Parlor Table Manufacturers' Associa- tion of the United States, makers of parlor furniture, met at the Sinton hotel and dis- cussed a new tariff sheet. Indications are that an advance will be made in flnislied goods because of the higher prices of wood and other materials. Work of cutting down the walnut timber on the old Todhunter farm, recently purchased by D. F. Frazee of Lexington, Ky., will be superintended by L. L. Vandegrift of this city. The lumber is the finest in Fayette county, it is said, and will be sent to Cin- cinnati to be sawed and sold for furniture use. The receipts of lumber during the month of April exceeded those of the past few months, amounting to 7,561 cars as compared with 6.S75 the same month last year, The ship- ments for the month also show an increase, amounting to 5, -157, against 5,39S last year. Besides showing an increase in business these figures show that railroad accommodations have been materially better than for some time. The two large sawmills of the Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Company at Huntsville. Tenn., will be in operation within the next ten days. A complete new line of machiner.v has been purchased and the company expects to do business on an increased scale. The first cut will be shipped directly to Cincinnati. William A. Bennett, president of the Cin- cinnati Chamber of Commerce, hopes to have General Kuroki. the Japanese warrior, speak before the members of the Chamber of Com- merce. Business men are anxious to induce him to visit the Queen City. St. Iiouis. The O'Reilly Lumber Company has recently been incorporated with a capilal stock of .$r)0,- 000. It is the successor of tlie Mosberger- O'Reilly Lumber Company, and will maintain heartrjuarters and yards at llie same location, Jlain and Chambers streel«. It assumes all liabilities of the latter concern and will collect all iiutshindinij indebtedness. A general whole- sale liMi-dwood business will be carried on. and a gijod stock of lumber will be maintained at southern points as well as in St. Louis. The personnel of the force will be practically the same, with Richard ,1. O'Reilly at its head, George B. Osgood, representing the I'aepcke- I.eicbt Lumber Company of Chicas;o, was a recent visitor to this market. l-'rank F. Fish and F. P. Southgate. secretary and chief inspector of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, made a business trip to St. Louis a fortniKbt ago. G. II. Barnes has been succeeded by the G. H. Barnes Hardwood Lumber Company, with a capital stock of $45,000, G. II. Barnes, M. D. Barnes and M. H. Stiles are the incorporaty I lie railroad men was "less hostility on the part "f the people and their representatives in llu! va rious legislatures." The car situation now shows marlced iiu- provemcnt. For a time after the congestion first began to disappear it was almost impossible t > secure box cars for lumber shipments. In fact lumbermen had to use flat cars and everything elese they could get placed on their sidings. Now they are obtaining a better supi>I.v of box cars than for some time, thus relieving to some extent the rather serious complaints from buyers regarding the use of flat cars and the damage to lumber thereon while in transit. The cotton movement is running much lighter and this of itself is in some measure responsible for the bet- ter ear situation. Heavy rains are reported for the entire Mem- phis hardwood lumber producing area, and this has interfered with both logging and milliiTg operations, thus restricting the output of hard- wood lumber below the recent average. Condi- tions surrounding production had begun to get rather favorable, but it is intimated that it may take some days, even with fair weather, to get production back up to the average reached prior to the previous fortnight. There will be- a very large delegation of lum- bermen from the Memphis club at the annual of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at Atlantic City, May 23-24. At the last meeting a committee was appointed to look after trans- portation arrangements, of which James E. Stark is chairman. The Memphis delegation will wear the same button which was worn during tlie Memphis convention last year, bearing the em- blem of the association and the word Memph's in addition thereto. The publicity committee of the club, of which George C. Ehemann is chairman, is now making arrangements to secure a permanent gold lapr'l button to he worn exclusively by members of the Lumbermen's Club at home and abroad. The idea is to advertise the city and give every mem- ber of the organization some insignia of mem- bership. The button is described by Mr. Ehe- mann as an axe sunk into a stump. The initials '"L. C." will be written across the axe and tlie word "Memphis" will appear below. The mem- bership of the club is now at the highest point in the history of the organization, four new members having been received at the last meet- ing : W. C. Barneth. Ileth, Ark. ; Philip A. Ryan, C. B. Willey and Frank B. O'Leary, all of Mem- phis. The announcement of the Southern railway that it will aliandon the proposed extension of the Delta Southern, wliieh was intended to con- nect Mempliis and Jackson. Miss., is regretted by lumber interests of this section because it was felt that this road would be an important factor in the development of timber resources in tlie section between Memphis and Jackson. The Moljile & Ohio has declared its intention of abandoning the construction of the branch linr^s for tlic inirpose of developing the virgin forests Iribntary to the road. Officials of llie Pine Bluff North & South railroad, which plans to build a line from Memphis to Shreveport, La., announc that the contract has already been awarded for the building of a 4i;-miie secthm from Pine Bluff to Lonoke. Ark., where connection will be made into Jlemphis over the Rock Island. On the completion of this, which will reijuire about six months, work will begin on tlie line from Pine Bluff south to Shreveport. The Memphis divi- sion will be the last constructed. The road is backed altogether by Pine Bluff capitalists and it is lieing built for the purpose of competing with the St. Louis Soutliwestern (Cotton Belt I and the St. Louis, Iron Mo\nitain & Southern, which now handle all the traffic from Pine HlulT and the surrounding territory. Hugh McLean of the Hugh .McLean Lumlpcr Coiupnny, which operates a large liand mill in tills city, has Ijciui here during llie past few days looking after interests of the firm. His lii'adciuarters arc at Buffalo. H(n-ace F. Taylor, another Buffalo lumberman, member of the firm of Taylor & Crate, has been circulating among local lumber interests during the past few days. The Robert.son-Fo. A. Ritchie, D. E. Cogbill, C. J. Argyle and W. L. Clements, have organized the Broad River Lumber Company. He now alleges failure to pay interest and other breaches of contract in consequence of which he has advertised the lands for sale on May 18. The Broad River Company, acting through Governor Swanson, has for this reason agreed to ask for an injunction. Tile lands In question extend through four coun- ties and are the most valuable lumber and mineral lands in North Carolina. They were purchased for $l.jn.()00. .$10,000 being paid in casii and a mortgage being given for the re- mainder. When the first note for $15,000 fell due in February it was paid, but no interest was Included. The company answered Mr. Middleby when he made complaint at first that they wovild pay no interest until a re-estimate of the lumber on the lands was made, alleging a short- age in the first estimate of 100,000,000 feet, asking that this allowance be made in favor of them. This led to the foreclosure proceedings. Manimolh operations are in progress between Waynesville and Clyde. X. C. where the Waynes- vllle Transportation Company is constructing a twelve-mile flume which will serve seven saw- mills. S. Montgomery Smith, who Is at the head of the enterprise, means to make North Waynesville an important manufacturing center of the state. His company is building a large planing mill, through which some (50,000 feet of lumber will pass daily. The flume will serve a section producing lo0.O(f:i,UO0 feet of lumber and 200.0110 cords of cord and acid wood. Mr. Smith owns a tr.act at the head of the flume which contains 2r).000.000 feet of hemlock, spruce and balsam and 12,000.000 feet of hard- wood. The big sawmill which will be operated is the first "gang" sawmill ever built in this section of the state. Great things are held In view by the company, and with the capital behind It anil the erticient men who are pushing it, tile Waynesville sectlim will doubtless become one of the most important hardwood centers in the lumbering district of North Carolina. The plant of the J. W. Watts Lumber Com- pany at Stony Point, N. C. was damaged by fire a few days ago. A large amount of fine lundier was destroyed in addition to machinery and equipment. The loss is estimated at ,$2,000. .T. W. Crowell of Lexington, N. C, has estab- lished a new hardwood business in Salisbury. The> capital stock of his company at the begin- ning of business is named at $30,000 with privi- lege of increase. The plant of the Kings Mountain Lumber Company, manufacturers of sash, doors and blinds and woodwork of every description. Is nearing completion. The officers of the company are : W. A. Ridenhour, president : T. C. Mauney. secretary, and H. F. Petter.son, general manager. A carload of new machinery will be installeil in the new factory. The plant of Asbury & Finger of this city recently destroyed by fire will he completed at an early date. Already work has commenced, and within a few weeks the plant will be in operation. The loss the firm sustained amounted to aljont $22,000, large quantities of fine hard- wood being burned as well as the entire ma- chinery equipment. C. W. Jones, formerly of this city, has decided to operate a hardwood plant In New Mexico. He recently made purchases of timber in that state and expects to begin operating a plant within a few weeks. He reports fine qualities of hardwood, and exceedingly liigh prices in tlie West. The High Point Planing Mills Company has been charteied with a capital of $2.'i,000. M. B. Smith and others are the incorporators. President Hotchkiss of the Dare Lumber Com- pany of Binghamton, N. Y.. has announced that he will soon begin the erection of mills at Elizabeth City, N. C. The company owns 1(>7,000 acres of fine timber lands lying between Croatan sound and the Alligator river in Dare county. This property has been in litigation for a num- ber of years, which has held back the building of the mills which have long been contemplated. These encumbrances have been cleared away and plans are about matured for the erection of mills for the development of the property. The daily output of the mills will be 150.000 feet. .\hout 300 hands will be employed. U. Gilpin Smith is now in the North buying machinery for the new mills. Active work is expected to begin within a few days. Kramer Bros. & Co.'s establishment at Eliza- beth City, the oldest plant in that section of tlie state, is being extensively improved. These additions are being made with the hope of being able to handle the large orders which are being hooked daily from all over the country. This large concern shipped the first load of dressed lumber from the eastern part of the state to rhiladelphia. This was the beginning of a repu- tation which lias constantly broadened since the establishment of the business and wliich was never more evident than just at present. A certificate has been issued by the secretary of state for the dissolution of the Waccamaw Land and Lumber (Company of Wilmington. This is one of the largest lumber companies in (he state, being capitalized at $1,000,000 and backed by prominent .Micliigan hardwood men. The company owns about 200, 000 acres of timber land in Columbus and Brunswick counties. The gi-antiug of tlu^ privilege of dissolution does not mean that the company is going out of busi- ness, however. The Waccamaw Lumber Com- pany, backed by practically the same capital, will own and operate the establishment here- after. Extensive improvements are looked for. The Tyrrell Manufacturing Company will soon begin operating Its new circular sawmill on the Scuppernong i-iver near Columbia. X. C. Tiie lilant will manufacture all kinds of lumber, the daily output lieiug about 30,000 feet, which will he increased as logging and shipping facilities are improved. B, F. Duncan is the principal spirit in the movement. The McEwen Lumber Company of .\zalea, N. ('., Is installing an up-to-date planing mill, a much-needed addition to its large plant. The company expects to begin operating within sixty days, manufacturing hardwoods. W. B. JlcEwen is president : I'. R. Moale, vice-president ; Her- man Meader. treasurer, and A. H. Cobb, secre- tary. The Whiteville Lnmher Company has filed an amendment to its charier increasing its capital stock to $250,000. The plant is situated at (joldsboro. X. C. The Hope River Lumber Company lias been chartered at Durham, N. C, with a capital of $50,000. The Cochrane Show Case Company of Cliar- lotte recently filled an order for Secretary Pruner of the State Agricultural Department for cases to be used at the Jamestown Exposition to . l.anbitm. fnrmi'riy of Lelianun. Ky.. and others have organized the Lanham Lumber Com- pany, to manufacture parquetry flooring. The company is equipping a plant at 12th and Magnolia streets. ' Down-town offices have been established in the Columbia building. Mr. Lan- ham has already had some experience in this work at Lebanon, where be developed quite a business in pariiuetry tlo<»riug, shii^ping to the eastern trade. The new venture simply means going into the same business on a larger scale. A. E. Xorman reports that his company is putting in two or three new mills down in its Kentucky timber territory which will increase manufacturing facilities considerably. Speaking of the liardwood situation generall.v, he says that it has improved materially in point of supply. The company now gets stock more freel.v over country roads and is also getting a better supply of railway cars, so that tlie out- look for a busy summer is rosy. The A. P. Turner Lumber Company is making better progress in tbe woods now than for some weeks, but not enough to be entirely satisfac- tory. It hopes to continue improving the work in the woods and expects pretty busy times all summer. Albert R. Kampf says there is larger demand for hardwoods than can be cared for, and while he keeps booking orders from time to time to cover his accumulations, he has to turn away considerably more orders than he is able to accept because he hasn't the stock with W'hich to fill them. He thinks the situation in oak is pretty strong and it is only a matter of time until oak prices go up. In fact, he is a firm believer in all hardwood prices being firmly fixed and inclining upwards. Minneapolis. The local consumption of liardwoud promises to he fully up to last year. Building opera- tions are under way with assurance that they will not be interrupted. The carpenters com- promised their demand on the contractors for an increase in wages, the strike was called oft and all the building trades are ciuiet and satisfied. The building permits for April reached a total estimated cost of $1,147,960. compared with $893,090 for April last year. St. Paul's were valued at $623,119. The sash and door factories have a big line of special work calling for oak, birch, maple and bass- wood, and while not buying heavily now they will be in the market right along. The fur- niture factories have been having rather a liglit business. Notices have been sent to the trade of the new table of estimated weights adopted hy tiie Northwestern Hardwood Lumbermen's Asso- ciation, which makes a nimiber of increases on account of the tendency to ship so much nardwood dry or half dry. The new table of standard weights per thousand feet, which means some increase in price, reads thus: Pounds. Birch 4.000 Hard maple 4,000 Soft maiile 3,500 Rock elm ; 4.00(1 Soft elm '. 3.000 Brown ash 3,250 White oak 4,000 Red oak 3,800 Butternut 2,500 Bas.swood 2.400 Basswood ceiling. % in 1,500 Ba-sswood siding and ceiling. -Ki in 800 -Oak flooring. 13-16 2,100 Maple ftooring, 13-16 2.100 Birch flooring, 13-16 2.inii In this connection it is of interest to Minne- sotLL producers of luirdwood that lumber rates within tlie state have been reduced by the legislature about 10 per cent and that a law has been passed giving the state railroad com- mission jurisdiction over the question of rail- road track scales. An inspector will be de- tailed to test the scales and also to check up on the present careless methods of weighing. John E. Glover, the New Richmond, Wis., lumberman, was in the twin cities last week looking up the hemlock and hardwood situa- tion. He has sawed about 7.000,000 feet of hardwood for the summer and fall trade, now in pile, most of it birch. He expects to cut about 20.000.000 feet of hemlock during the season. E. Pa.vson Smith of the Payson Smith Lum- ber Company has been away on a sliort trip to Milwaukee and Chicago. He reports their business good and enough now on the books to give them a good volume of shipments for three montlis. George S. Agnew, who has been in the South looking after shipments of oak for them, will be home this week. Tlie Transfer Warehouse Lumber Company, a new concern which expects to asseml>le lum- ber and look after mixed ear business, w'ith shipping facilities at Minnesota Transfer, has been organized witli $50,000 capital stock by C. W. Dewey. A. J. Si^e and C. T. Dewey, all of Minneapolis. W. O. Barndt of tlie W. O. Barndt Lumber Company is back from a business trip in Wis- consin territory looking after the condition of stoclc. Ashland, Ky. F. G. Kberhart of Misbawaka, Ind., a member of the Page Lumber Compan.v, has returned from a business trip through West Virginia in his company's interests. E. C. .Means and C. M. Crawford of tbe Yellow Poplar Lumber Company are among the incorporators of the Kiissell Fork Railroad Com- pany. The road will lie a standard gauge and will run through Dickinson and Buchanan coun- ties, Virginia, to the Kentucky border, and will promote tlie development of the rich timber and mineral lands in that section. This begins tbe railroad development in the brakes of Big Sandy, in which the people of this sec- tion are interested, and foreshadows the devel- opment of great riches in that portion of the rich Big Sandy country. O. F. L. Beckette and wife are in Caliluruia. where they will s]iend several weeks in travel after taking in the Shriners' meeting at Los Angeles. W. 11. Dawkius has returned from a trip east, where he looked after business interests and visited his daugliter, Miss Hazel, who is attending Fairmont College, Washington. D. C. .lohn Hartman. head sawyer for tbe Dimen- sion Lumber Company at Xorth Catlettsburg. was friglitfnU'y mangled by one of the rapidly revolving saws, a few days ago. and was thought to be fatally wounded, but tbe attending physi- cians say there is a slight chance for his life. He fell on fop of the saw, which severed every rib in the left side from the backbone and cut the end off of one lung. So great was the wound that the liver protruded, while ills lungs could be seen moving. Hartman recently came from Cincinnati, where he worked for C. Crane & Co. lie has a wife and four cliildreu. Ironton, (Jhio. lias Inst one of its best-informed and nidst prominent luinlii'rmen in tlie death oi .Tames W. Pierce, president and manager of the Pierce Lumber Company, who died at his home of pneumonia after a week's illness. He is survived by his wife and a young son. Mrs. pierce was made executrix of her husband's estate and will carry on his business without any change. Giles Wright has purchased of C. C. C'hirk a fine tract of poplar on Rockcastle, in Martin County, Kentucky. There are 3,(100 trees ttf tlie finest quality and extra large. Mr. Wright lias just made a business trip through Michigan. He reports business brisk, witli all the orders be can comfortably handle. Iievelopment of the vast and unexcelled timber along the lines of the Deepwater Railroad in Raleigli and Wyo- ming counties. West ^'irgiuia, is being pnslieil with unusual vigor at a number of points along the route. Capitalists seeing the possibilities of this region are attracted to it almost daily. ■Wausau, Wis. The Cisco Lake Lumber Company of Wausau has been organized with a caiiital stock of $200,000. The incorporators are Walter Alex- ander, Cyrus C. Yawkey and Benjamin Ileine- mann. The firm has lately purchased lands in (jogebic County, Michigan, on wbicb tliere is 100,000,000 feet of hardwood and beiiilock, whicli will be shipped by rail to Wausau iind manufactured. The I'pbam Manufacturing Coniiiany of Marsli- field recently paid ^'inrcnt Milkowski. an em- ployee, .f3.200 for the loss of both feet while in the company's employ. It was a volnutiuy act. The lumber barge Arcadia, whicli recently left Manistee, Mich., for Two Rivers. Wis.. Inadeil with a cargo of hardwood, was lost willi lier crew. The Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Compauy of Wau- sau, a liardwood concern, has increased its capi- tal stock from .^lo.ooo to .$23,000. W. D. Connor, head of the R. Connor Com pany of Marshtield, and lieutenant governor. li:i>^ been acting governor during Governor Davidson's recent absence from the state. The Roddis Lumber & Veneer Company of Marsbfieid, which is rebuilding its plant de- stroyed by fire last winter, w'iil have a roller drier with a cafjacity for drying 120,000 feet of thin veneer every ten hours. Tbe lOngllsb Manufacturing Company of Mer- rill is adding machinery to its plant which will greatly increase its capacity. It is engaged largely in the manufacture of paint pails and has one order which will take five years to fill. C'. P. (^rosby, a lihinelander hardwood man, and family are visiting in the Sonrli and in Cuba. A carload of birch lumber containing 20,22'. feet was recently shipped out of Hundy to tbe Lesh-Matthews Lumber Company of Chicago. This is one of the largest amounts of that grade of lumber ever put on a car in northern Wis- consin. The hub factory recently built by businesn men of Athens has been put in operation. The concern has 100,000 feet of timber on hand, sufficient to turn out 14,500 sets of hubs. The I'ayne Lumber Company of Oshkosli is enlarging its sawmill plant at a cost of ,$100, Odd. which will make it one of the largest in the world. What is claimed to be the largest tree in Wis- consin is (m the farm of Matthew JIallon near Reedshurg. It is an elm and it requires a string thirty feet long to reach around the trunk. It is about eighty feet high and tbe body holds its si/.i' remarkably well for about forty feel, when several large branches are thrown out. making a symmetrical anj;;i'rs LnmUer Company nf XashviUe, Wis., recently found \ii»on Iool" Plain Red Oak, Step Plank. 4 cars 1" 1st and 2nds Plain Red Oak, 12" and wider. 2 cars 1" 1st and 2nds Qtd. Red Oak, 10" and wider. 5 cars lli" No. 1 Common Plain White Oak. 1 car 1" No. 1 Common Qtd. White Oak. 2 cars 2" 1st and 2nds Qtd. White Oak. 2 cars 2" No. 1 Common Qtd. White Oak. 3 cars 1V>" 1st and 2nds Qtd. White Oak. 2 ears Hi" No. 1 Common Qtd. White Oak. 10 cars 1" 1st and 2nds Red Gum, 10' to 16'. 7 cars 1" 1st and 2nds Red Gum, 12'. 8 cars 2" 1st and 2nds Sap Gum. 8 cars 2" No. 1 Common Sap Gum. 1 car 2" No. 2 Common Sap Gum. IS cars 1" 1st and 2nds Cottonwood, 6" and wider. 3 cars 1" No. 1 Common Cottonwood. FULLBRTON-POWBLL HARDWOOD LBR. CO.. South Bend. Ind. TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE FOR SALE. 800 acres of hardwood timber, five' miles from the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in Green- brier county, West Virginia. Timber only *12.50 per acre. Estimated to cut 7.500 feet per acre, fine quality. EMORY H. SMITH, Newburg, W. Va. MACHINERY FOR SALE FOE SALE. Power 12-inch Hand Jointer. Practically new. Will sell cheap. SHEIP & VANDEGRIFT. INC.. 814 N. Lawrence St., Philadelphia, Pa. MACHINERY WANTED AT ONCE. If you are In need of machinery — new or second hand — a few lines in this column will place your wants before those who have such goods for sale. For particulars address Hardwood Record, Chicago, 111. RAILWAY EQUIPMENT RAILS AND LOCOMOTIVES. All inquiries for industrial railway equip- ment listed before Record readers will find ready response. Hardwood Record, Chicago, 111. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WANTED— MANAGER. The advertiser, a large corporation, contem- plates starting a first-class Box and Veneer plant in the South, and desires to as-sociate with a first-class, practical man to take full local charge. Man must have had successful experience in similar work, be of unquestioned character, and be able to invest from ten to twenty-five thousand dollars in the business. The business will require a capital of one hundred to one hundred and fifty thousand dol- lars. The advertiser has ample capital to finance it, but desires investment indicated on part of manager for business reasons, which will be apparent to the right man. Give in confidence full information in replying. Ad- dress "E. W. C," care Hardwood Record. A SAWMILL OPERATOR With at least 25 to 50 M capital can obtain timber from an Eastern Tennessee hardwood tract 6.000 acres and stumpage b.ised per thou- sand feet, pay when dry and shipped. Write for further particulars. A good chance for good timber and will warrant investigation. Address "D.," care Hardwood Record. MAPLE FLOORING MILL For sale. Located in Michigan and now in ac- tive operation. This plant is modern in every respect and making money. Will sell or take stock in new company. Owners have large in- terests elsewhere demanding personal attention. Address "MAPLE FLOORING," care Hardwood Record. MISCELLANEOUS FACTS FROM PRACTICAL MEN. The Hardwood Record is always In the mar- ket for articles on any and every feature of the hardwood Industry. It wants practical statements of tact from practical men who know how certain things can be done In the best way. Literary quality not essential. Lib- eral pay tor acceptable articles. Address Editor Hardwood Recced. 36 HARDWOOD RECORD jidVertisers' T>trectori; NORTHERN HARDWOODS. 7 Phila. Veneer & Lumber Company. 50 10 Standard Hardwood Lumber Company 59 Mans. H. H.. & Co.. Inc . ^ wlseonsin Vereer Comoanv 53 Stearns Company, The 56 .McCauley-Saunders Lumber Company. 11 Wisconsin \ eneer company »J Alcook John L., & Co 7 Stephenson, The L. Company 12 McIIvain. J. Gibson, & Co 6 wARnwnnn TTOORTNR ISan Lumber & Mfg. Company.. 50 s.ewart. L N.. & Bro 59 McI^an-DavIs Lumber Company. 2 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Arpin Hardwood Lumber Company.... 52 stewart-Eoy Lumber Company 5b McLean, Hugh, Lumber Company.... 69 ^^^^^^^ j^^^^^^ Company 51 Babcock Lumber Company 50 stlmson, J. V 58 Mjller, Anthony Arpin Hardwood Lumber Company... 52 Beyer, Knoi; & Co 59 .stone, T. B., Lumber Company 50 Miller Bros. 11 g,,^^ ^ Van Auken 12 Bliss & Van Auken 12 Sullivan. T., & Co 69 Mosby, H. W.. & Co Boyne City Lumber Company 54 Tegge Lumber Company S Nicola Lumber Company The. . ... Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company.. 59 Turner. A. M., Lumber Company 50 O'Brien, .Tohn, Land & Lumber Co ^ ^ ^^ ^ _ Cadillac Handle Company 3 Vollmar & Below Company 52 Paepcke-Lelcht Lumber Company 4 c„„^„ nigglns Carter Frank. Company 53 Walnut Lumber Company, The -oS Phila. Veneer & Lumber Company.... 6 ^^ j_^_^,^^^ , Cheat River Lumber Company 50 Wells, R. A.. Lumber Company 10 Plummer Lumber Company 49 . _ Cherry River Boom & Lumber Co.... 9 White Lumber Company 10 Price, E E .. 7 Chicago Car Lumber Company 10 White, W. H.. Company 64 Radina, L W., & Oo u, Chivvis W R •*" Whitmer, Wm., & Sons, Inc 6 Ransom, J. B., & Co 4S Cincinnati Hardwood Lbr, Company.. 56 Wiborg & Hanna Company 57 Rhubesky E. W. 2 Cobbs & Mitchell Inc 3 Willson Bros. Lumber Company. 50 Richmond Park & Co 10 Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company 11 Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company. 53 Ritter. W. M.. Lumber Company 5 Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Connor R Company 53 Wistar, Underbill & Co 7 Rumbarger Lumber Company 1 Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company 4S Co-op 'Mili'& Lumber Company 46 Wylle. A. W 11 Ryan & McParland Crescent Lumber Company 56 Yeager. Orson E. 59 Scatcherd & Son Crosby & Beckley Co.. The 6 Young, W. D.. & Co 12 Schofleld Bros Crosby, C. P 52 Young & Cutsinger 58 Slimmer^ F.^ & Co Cummer, Diggins & Co SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Smith. R. M.. & Co. Buffalo Maple Flooring Company, The 7 Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Company 12 Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc 3 & Co 3 Company 8 Eastman, S, L., Flooring Company... 54 Fenn Bros. Company 4 Forman. Tbos., Company 6 Haak Lumber Company 37 International Hardwood Company.... 54 Kerry & Hanson Flooring Company... 55 Nichols & Cox Lumber Company 65 5^ Stephenson. The I.. Company 12 ■^ Ward Bros 12 1? Wilce, The T., Company 58 Wisconsin Lar^d & Lumber Company.. 66 Darling, Chas., & Co 11 Davis, John R., Lumber Company 52 Davis, W. A 31 Dennis Bros Dennis & Smith Lumber Company. D'Heur & Swain Lumber Company. Dixon & Dewey Duhlmeier Bros, .Southern Lumber Company 2 Standard Hardwood Lumber Company 59 Advance Lumber Company 51 Stearns Comnany, The 66 Sondheimer. E., Company 4 wood Mosaic Flooring Company 2 Young, W, D., & Co 12 SAW MILL MACHINERY, Company. 55 Alcock, John L.. & Co 7 Steele & Hibbard 49 58 American Hdwd. Lumber Company... 49 Stewart, I. N., & Bro 69 Garland, M., 6 American Lumber & Mfg. Company.. 50 Stimson. J. V 68 Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Company. 3.S _ 67 Anderson-Tully Company 4 Stone, T. B., Lumber Company 56 Mershon, W. B., & Co Dwicht lumber Company 8 Atlantic Lumber Company Sullivan. T., & Co 59 Phoenix Manufacturing Company 53 Farle Lumber Company 54 Beyer, Knox & Co 69 Swann-Day Lumber Company 8 Ellas G & Bro 59 Brown, Geo. C. & Co 46 Three States Lumber Company 60 WOODWORKING MACHINERY. Empire Lumber Company!. 59 Brown, W. P., & Sons. Lumber Co, . . 2 Turner, A, M.. Lumber Company 50 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Company Evans & Retting Lumber Compan) Fall. E. H 11 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company.. 59 Vesta! Lumber & Mfg. Company 49 American Wood Working Machinery 55 Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Company 12 Walnut Lumber Company. The 68 Company 51 Cherry River Boom & Lumber Co 9 Wells. R. A., Lumber Company 10 Berlin Machine Works, The. Forir'an Company, Thomas 6 Chicago Car Lumber Company 10 West Florida Hardwood Company Covel Manufacturing Company. Freiberg Lumber Company, The 57 Chivvis, W. R FuUerton-rowell Hardwood Lumber Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. 49 White Lumber Company 10 Crown Iron Works. 56 Whitmer, Wm., & Sons, Inc.. 6 Defiance Machine Works, The. 3S ;i,s 39 Company 5 Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company 11 Wiborg & Hanna Company 57 Holmes, E. & B., Machinery Company 39 GeneS^Lumber Company,' The. 56 Co-Op. Mill and Lumber Comiiany 46 Willson Bros. Lumber Company 50 Matteson Manufacturing Company 47 nllesnie W M Lumber Company.. 7 Courtney, D. G 9 Wood, R. E.. Lumber Company 47 Nash, J. M -'3 "'iJ./ J o' ' ■ 54 Crane, C, & Co 66 Wylie, A. W 11 Olier Manufacturing Company, The... Goldie J. S 54 Crane, Haak Lumber' Company 37 Crescent Lumber Company 56 Yeager. Orson E 59 Suiker-Davia Company Hackley-rbelps-Bonnell Company 55 Crosby & Beckley Company, The 6 Hayden & Westcctt Lumber Company 10 Cude, W. J., Land & Lbr. Company.. 48 HoUoway Lumber Company 7 Cypress Lumber Company 56 Hoyt C. I., & Co 58 Darling. Chas., & Co 11 Indiana Quartered Oak Company 7 Davidsoc-Beuedlct Company 44 Young & Cutsinger 58 Smith, H. B., Machine Company 41 Woods. S. A., Machine Company 44 POPLAR. Advance Lumber Company 51 LOGGING MACHINERY. Lumber Company 52. Davis. W. A 11 .^tlantic Lumber Comp.any Ingram James & Abbot Company Jenks, Robert H., Lumber Company Dennis & Smith Lumber Company... 53 Brown. W. P.. & Sons. Lumber Co.. 51 D'Heur & Swain Lumber Company... 58 Cheat River Lumber Company 50 overpack. Clyde Iron Works 42 Lidgerwood Mauufacturing Company. 4:', D. G. Jones Hardwood Company Kampf, Albert R Kelley Lumber & Shiugle Company Russel Wheel & Foundry Company . . DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. .Tones. G. W.. Lumber Company 2 Dixon & Dewey 0 '-;«"t'.e5% 7 Duhlmeier Bros 5j Crane, C, & Co 2 Ellas G. & Bro 59 C'ude, W. J.. Land & Lbr. Company. 8 Empire Lumber Company, Buffalo 59 Davidson-Benedict Company Kneeland Bi"eiow^ Company ..."...... 47 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Company... 11 Dawkins. W. H.. Lumber Company.. 57 Gordon Hollow Blast C^ate Compan, . ^,s ^esh & Mat'thews Lumber Company . . 11 Evans & Retting Lumber Company... 65 Haas. Albert. Lumber Company 7 Grand Rapids Veneer Works 48 Lesh & Matthcns i^umoer i.ompa , i, Hayden & Westcott Lumber Company 10 Morton Dry Kiln Company 3, Ut:m:mwml°T .::'.:'.:: ? F^rmkorn- Lumber •company....... 57 Hayward, M. A 37 New York Blower Company 3. llmbard F B "....:.:.:.... H Freiberg Lumber Company, The 57 Hooton, R. A., Lumber Company.... 11 Knight' Lumber' Company 58 PuUerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Kentucky Lumber Company ,'i7 Long-] SAWS, KNIVES AND SUPPLIES. Keyes-Fannin Lumber Company. Mafey, Thompson & Moffett Company 58 C°"//°^ --'-^j,-'-^-^^^ ^l Massengale Lumber Company. 49 Atkins, E. C, & Co. Martln-Barriss Company ■--•■•;"■" ^f/*'°°L^Xr Company '^"P^"'^- ^S McLean Davis Lumber Company 2 Covel Manufacturing Company. Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company... 52 Ga.voso Lumber company..... -ta ,, w o rvown Iriin Works Mans H. H., & Co., Inc 7 General Lumber Company, The 56 Rhubesky, E W 2 tro^^n Hon works.. Mcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co 6 Gillespie, W. M., Lumber Company.. 7 ' " Ritter, ^iv, M., Lumber Company 5 Gillette Roller Bearing Company. McLean, Hugh, Lumber Company. . 59 Haas. Albert. Lumber Company.....'.' 7 Smith. R. M., & Co S Hanchett Swage Works. 42 3.S 3S 37 3S Southern Lumber Company 2 Marshall. Francis Stewart-Roy Lumber Company 56 Matteson Manufacturing Company. COTTONWOOD AND GUM. 60 Miller, Anthony 59 Uackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company 55 ATillpr' Bros 11 Hayward, M. A 33 Mitchell Br'os: Company 3 Heath. Wbitbeck & Co ^.... U Swann-Day i^umber Company Mowbray & Robinson 57 Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co. . . 1 Vansant Kitchen & Co Mu7phy & Dlgglns 3 Hooton. R. A., Lumber Company.... 11 Wood. R E., Lumber Company 4, mchols & Cox Lumber Company 55 Hoyt, C. L, & Co 68 bellow Poplar Lumber Company 60 Nicola Lumber Company, The 50 Indiana Lumber Company 48 Northern Lumber Company 54 Indiana Quartered Oak Company .__ < North Shore Lumber Company International Felloe Mfg. Company.. 49 North Vernon Lumber Company 2 James & Abbot Company 7 North Western Lumber Company 53 Jenks, Robert H.. Lumber Company.. 51 O'Brien. John. Land & Lumber Co... 10 Jones, G. W., Lumber Company 2 Osburii,' Norval 37 Jones Hardwood Company 7 Perrinc-.\i'mstrong Company 68 Kampf. Albert R 2 Price E E "! Kentucky Lumber Company 07 Lamb-Fish Lumber Company 60 Lesh & Matthews Lumber Company.. 11 Linehan Lumber Company 50 7 E. B 11 Long-Knight Lumber Company 58 Love. Boyd & Co 46 Luehrmann, Chas. F., Hardwood Lum- ber Company 49 Maley, Thompson & Jloffett Company 56 LUMBER INSURANCE, .\dirondack Fire Insurance C.>mpany.. Lumber Insurance Company of New York Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany, Boston Kadina, L. W.. & Co 57 Richmond Park & Co W Ross Lumber Company 1 ^.^^ ,„,„„^„ E. Rumbarger Lumber Company i j^^j;,,^^ v n Ryan & McParland 10 r„„„V.„;, Sailing-Hanson Company 55 Sawyer-Goodman Company 62 Scatcherd & .Son 59 Schofleld Bros. .\nderson-Tully Company 4 Fan-in-Korn Lrmber Company 57 Lumber Underwriters Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co... 1 Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Lamb-Fish Lumber Company CO Luehrmann, C. F., Hardwood Lumber Company 49 Mosby, H. W., & Co 8 Paepcke-Lelcht Lumber Company 4 Sondheimer. E., Company 12 Mutual Fire Insurance Company 1 Rai.kiii. Harry. & Co 34 MISCELLANEOUS. * Oiilds. S. D., & Co. Slimmer, F., & Co 10 Martln-Barriss Company 51 Soble Bros 7 Massengale Lumber Company 49 Three States Lumber Company 60 (jjnette Roller Bearing Company .37 International Felloe Mfg. Company.. 49 CYPRESS. Lacey. James D.. & Co 46 Lumbermen's Credit Association .'17 Cypress Lumber Company 56 jjartin & Co 51 Plummer Lumber Company 49 penr.syiyania Door & Sash Company.. 7 Poole, Clark L.. & Co 12 Sanders. Henry, Company 4i: Grand Itapids Veneer Works 47 Schenck. C. A.. & Co 2 VENEERS. HARDWOOD RECORD 37 CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED When you have anything to sell, or wish to purchase anything in the way of HARDWOOD LUMBER CROSS TIES OR PILING Norval Osburn, Seaman, Ohio Keys=Fannin Lumber Company Manufacturers of Band and Circular sawn SOFT YELLOW POPLAR Plain and quartered red and white Oak, Hemlock, Bass and Chest- nut. Give us a trial. Herndon, Wyoming Co., W. Va. Send Us Your Orders We Have on Hand Ready foh Shipment a Nice Stock of 2'4 Clear Maple Flooring .\LSO OTHER SIZES AND GRADES Our fine timber, modern plant and skilled workmanship combine to make a flooring that cannot be ex- celled. You will be pleased with it. HAAK LUMBER CO. HAAKWOOD, MICH. COUNTERFEIT CHECKS | are frequent except where our .^^^^^ Two Piece Geometrical Barter Coio ^^^^^^ is in uie, then i Imitation isn't / possible. / Sample if yon t ask tor It. f ^Co^B S. D. CBILDS V < CO. W Chicago V ^^^-?r;^^H We also make * Time Checks, Stencils and Log Hammers. ^^^r Save Your Money By Using the RED BOOK Published Semi-Annually in January and July It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyers of lumber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their financial stand- ing and manner of meeting obligations. Covers the UNITED STATES and MANI- TOBA. The trade recognizes this book as the au- thority on the lines it covers. A well organized Collection Department is also operated and the same is open to you. WRITE FOR TERMS. Lumbermen's Credit AssociatioD Established 1878 1405 Great Norlhern Building, CBICA09 18 BrMdw.y. NEW YOHK CITY MENTION THIS PAPER This Truck — The Gillette Truck — with its Roller Bearing Axle Unbreakable Malleable Iron Caster-Fork, Improved Stake Pockets and t^eneral Superiority of Construction is the Easiest Running Truck made. Strongest where other trucks are weakest. Best Truck to buy. Cheapest Truck to use. Invest money in these trucks. Do not waste it on others. GILLETTE ROLLER BEARING COMPANY Grand Rapids, Michigan ■ UJ The Morton Dry Kiln MOIST AIR SYSTEM Recording Ther- mometers. Transfer Cars. Trucks. Canvas Doors. HOW TO DRY LUMBER. As exemplified in our Catalog D. Free on application. MORTON DRY KILN CO., Chicago, Ills. FRAMES FOR HARDWOOD RECORD SUPPLEMENTS Complete with backing, but without the glass, made from Flemish Oak, are lo be had delivered by ex- press, charges prepaid to any point east of the Missouri river, at 50 cents each ; or at the Hard- wood Record office, at 30 cents each. Prepay orders with two-cent stamps or postal notes, addressed Hardwood Record, 355 Dearborn St.eet, Chicago 38 HARDWOOD RECORD THE NEW 1907 CATALOG is ready, ask for one. Itdescribes the most com- plete line of fil- ing room ma- chinery manu- factured, includ- ing our New No. 99 Automatic Sharpener, a s shown by cut, also our New No. 109 Stretcher with automatic Re-toother. Covel Manufacturing Co. Chicago, U. S. A. THE MARKET IS DEMANDING, more and more LUM- BER OF STANDARD LENGTHS, WITH SQUARE ENDS As well as straight and parallel edges. The straight and par- allel edges you can obtain with a "Tower" Edger, while THE "TOWER" ONE-MAN 2-SAW TRIMIVIER will give you the standard lengths and square ends with a minimum of time, labor and waste. In all other trimmers the manner of shifting the saws is such that every time the position of the saws is changed the operator has to go clear to the end of the machine. In the "Tower" One-man 2-saw Trim- mer he never has to go beyond the end of the board. Especially with short boards, this means a great sav- ing in time and labor. It also greatly reduces the amount of waste, as it is much easier to see how to trim lumber to the best advantage from the end of the board than from the end of the machine. In all of these trimmers there are two feeds, which may be instant- ly started, stopped or changed, without stopping the saws. liSoth are controlled by the same lever, which is lo- cated in the most convenient possible position. The Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Co. GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN The LareesI Hanufaclurers of Grales, Edgers and Trimmers in the World. ^ Manchett - Hanchett ■ Hanchett ^ Hanchett Saw Swage Every one made Perfect The Swage with a Name ^ A poor Swage Ktiins a Good Saw, and for that reason the manufacturers of the HANCHETT ADJUSTABLE SWAGE employ only the Best Mechanics and use only the Best Material in their construction. It Pays Us to make The Best Send tor Catalog No. 10 It tells you all about them It Pays You to use The Best MANU^^ACTURED BY Hanchett Swage Works Big Rapids, Michigan ^ Hanchett -Hanchett- Hanchett <^ HARDWOOD RECORD 39 "DEFIANCE" WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF HIGH GRADE TOOLS ^ FOR MAKING ^ Hubs, Spokes, Wheels, Single Trees, Hoops, Wagons, Carriages, Rims, Shalts, Poles, Neck-Yokes, Handles, Bobbins, Spools, Insulator Pms and Oval Wood Dishes. TBIPLE HOOP AND TBUNK SLAT PLANEB. INVENTED AND BUILT BY The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS DEFIANCE, OHIO. Send for 500 Page Catalogue : HAMMER AND HATCHET HANDLE LATH Holmes No. 46 Variable Feed Planer Feed can instantly be changed from 20 to 100 feet per minute. Will do the finest and smoothest work on hardwoods. Planes from 1-16 to 8 inches in thickness and 24 inches in width. Let us tell you all about it. £. ^ B. Holmes Machinery Company Buffalo, N. Y. Works BUCYRVS, OHIO ESPECIALLY Adapted for Handling Shavings, Saw= dust and Stringy Material of All Kinds l-PIECE FAN WHEEL. Get Catalogue 58=G NO OBSTRUCTIONS. We Also Make Lumber Dryers. New York Blower Company Mair\ Office : 25th Place and Stewart Avenue CHICAGO 40 HARDWOOD RECORD GARLAND Special Hardwood 74U Band Mill There are many good features about this mill that we will be glad to tell about. Write for catalogue and descriptive circulars. Simplicity, Capacity, Economy on Saws. We manufacture a full line of Sawmill and Conveying Machinery. A fe^v hardwood saLwmill maLchirvery installaLtiorvs ; Kneeland-Bigelow Co Bay City, Mich. Kneeland-Buell Co Bay City, Midi. W. D. Young & Co Bay City, Mich. E. C. Hargrave Bay City, Mich. Bliss & Van Auken Saginaw, Mich. Sailing, Hanson & Co Grayling, Mich. Johannesburg Mfg. Co Johannesburg, Mich. Michelson & Hanson Co Lewiston, Mich. Harbor Spi ings Lumber Co Harbor Springs, Mich. W. H. White Co Boyne City, Mich. Mud Lake Lumber Co Raber, Mich. Engel Lumber Co Englewood, La. Hardgrove Limiber Co Hardgrove, Mich. Churchill Lumber Co Alpena, Mich. Waccamaw Land & Lumber Co Wilmington, N. C. Embury-Martin Lumber Co Cheboygan, Mich. The M. Garland Co, BAY CITY. MICHIGAN HARDWOOD RECORD 41 SMITH of SMITHVILLE I The Profit Builder NO.105-A, EXTRft HEAVY t2-INCH MOULDER T HAS been our purpose during the last half century to develop »| a line of wood working machines containing the best work- manship and material that American skill and wisdom can afford. This fact we are proud to say is well established in the minds of our many patrons. We have, however, now exceeded ourselves by the development of a remarkable Moulder, the excellence of which is due to our obtaining written suggestions from more than a thousand operators throughout America. This machine stands alone as being the composite idea of the thinking operators of this country. One year's test of its work has convinced us that it is impossible for you to compete successfully against the Smith Moulder with any other machine. Can't we send you prices and literature i Branches : New York, Chicago. Boston, Atlanta H. B. SMITH MACHINE CO. SMITHVILLE, N. J., U. S. A. 42 HARDWOOD RECORD "GIFFERT LOG LOADER will be in full operation al the JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION This is your chance to combine business with pleasure. Go and enjoy yourself and at the same time see what a really wonderful machine the McGIFFERT is. Watch it switch and spot its own cars, skid its own logs, and especially load those logs faster, easier and cheaper than you've ever seen it done before. We'll have a good man in charge to proi'f what you've only read before. Seeing is believing, you know. so go if you possibly can. CLYDE IRON WORKS Duluth. Minnesota U'K%- -CJ.3. Silver ATKINS S SAWS cost more than other Saws, because they are BETTER. Tlie First cost of a Saw does not count for much. What you want is your Money's Worth. Isn't it better to pay a fair price and get the best rather than a low price and get poor goods? Try an ATKINS SAW. They're better. E. C. ATKINS & CO., Inc. The Silver Steel Saw People. Home Office and Factory, Indianapolis. Branches: Atlanta, Chicago, Memphis, Minneapolis, New York City, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, New Orleans, Toronto. HARDWOOD RECORD Lidgerwood Combination Hardwood Logger (Patented) EspeciaUy Designed to Log the Hardwood Flats Bordering on the Mississippi River. A Machine that Can *^ ' be Used Twelve Months in the year. RIGGED AS A CABI-EWAY SKIDDER- To be used in sloughs, sivampyplaces and during the^uet season, especially where ,he timber runs ligh-to the acre per thousand feet, or where the timber is thick and small with lots of underbrush. Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co 96 Liberty Street, New York New Orleans Representatives: Woodward, Wight & Co. Empire Building, Atlanta, Ga. 44 HARD.^VOOD RECORD THE "HOOSIER" SELF-FEED RIP SAW The cut shows a front view of our Hoosier Self Feed Rip Sawing Machine; it has a square raising table, easily operated by a crank in front of the machine and is always firnily locked, at any point, thus preventing any jarring or falling down and doing away with all clamp bolts and screws. The machine has our patent feeding device, with two teed shafts, one in front of the saw with a thin star feed wheel and one in the rear with a corrugated roll, the advantage of which can be readily seen. This machine will rip stock 6 inches thick and by using the saw on the outer end of the mandril will take in stock 17i inches between guide and saw. It can be used with a gang of saws by the use of spacing collars on the mandril. It has no equal in the rapid production of slats, cleats and dimen.sion material of all kinds. Price S175.00. We also build the machine with a movable saw, at a slightly higher price. Write for Full Description, The Sinker-Davis Co. Manufacturers of SAW MILL MACHINERY Indianapolis, Ind. No. 24 C FLOORING MACHINE A heavy, powerful, eight roll matcher particularly suited to producing, in quantity', Hard= wood Flooring of High Finish. SPECIAL PATENTED Appliances and Attachments. Write us and we'll tell you how we can double your output and improve the quality. :::::: S. A. Woods Machine Co., Boston CHICAGO SPECIALISTS IN FLOORERS, PLANERS AND MOULDERS SEATTLE HARDWOOD RECORD 45 o 0) C/5 u o a CO CO >^ 0 •0 cd a id :S ■8 (J o OS n u >> >. e u a; • >< e • z •pn es pCi bd H u z o CS S © o W y 2 > ^ 05 K ^OJD 0 f u s H a 9 I l^ • w^ :^^ ■^ S as 0 o OB ^ b O mi ns < o U Z o ^ e CO OS 2 u • pl^ ;^ iji 0) :3 a! o <5 46 HARDWOOD RECORD ROLL'S PATENT LOCK JOINT COLUMNS I_IERK are four of them in the new Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad depot in Chicago. They are mahogany, 36 inches in diameter. Note their proportions. They are ab- solutely perfect. We make veneered or solid stave columns in all hard woods and for every conceivable use. They are beautiful, durable, true in classic proportions and cannot come apart. CAN NOT ^1 COME US k. APAPT .Jfii0 Write today for our illustrated catalog. It will interest you. Henry Sanders Company 900 ELSTON AVENUE, CHICAGO GEO. C. BROWN & CO. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Hardwood Lumber Tennessee Red Cedar Lumber a Specialty. Nashville, Tennessee CO=OPERATIVE MILL 4 LUMBER CO.. (inc.) ROCKFORD, ILLS. Want Poplar, Oak, Gum, Hickory, Blrcb and Maple SEND STOCK LIST AND PRICES. DRY HARDWOODS 150,000 ft. Tennessee Red Cedar Boards (Aromatic) 150,000 ft. 4-4 Is and 2s Plain Red Oak. 50,000 ft. 5-4 Is and 2s Plain Red Oak. 200,000 ft. 8-4 No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak. 44,000 ft. 10-4 No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak. 80,000 ft. 8-4 No. 1 Common Quartered Red Oak. 300,000 ft. 4-4 Shipping Cull Plain Oak. Also fair stock of Poplar and Hickory. LOVE, BOYD & CO. NASHVILLE, TENN. ESTABLISHED SINCE 1880 TIMBER WE OFFER TRACTS OF VIRGIN TIMBER IN LOUISI- ANA, MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA, ALABAMA AND ALSO ON PACIFIC COAST We employ a larger force of expert timber cruisers than any otlier firm in tlie wor^d. We have furnished banks and trust companies with reports on timber tracts upon wliieh millions of dollars of timber certifi- cates or bonds have been issued. We furnish detailed estimates which enables the buyer to verify our reports at very little expense and without loss of valuable time. Correspondence with bona fide investors solicited. JAHES D. LACEY & CO. J.\MES D. LACEY. WOOD BEAL. VICTOR THRANE. 608 Hennen BIdg., NEW ORLEANS 1200 Old Colony BIdg., CHICAGO LARGEST TIMBER DEALERS IN THE WORLD 507 Lumber Exchange, SEATTLE 829 Chamber of Com., PORTLAND HARDWOOD RECORD 47 Hardwoods Dried in a Week ! ^Our method can be attached to your old Kiln. ^If it does not do all we claim after being installed, we will take it out without expense to you. Dept. D. Grand Rapids Veneer Works Grand Rapids, Mich. The KNEELAND BIGELO W CO. MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER Annual Output: 20,000,000 ft. Hardwoods. 20,000,000 ft. Hemlock. 4,000,000 pes. Hardwood Lath. 9,000,000 pes. Hemloek Lath. Mills R.\jn the Yea.r Around. Bay City. Mich, R.E. Wood Lumber Company ^ Manufacturers of Yellow Poplar, Oak, Chestnut, Hemlock and White Pine. ^ We own our own stumpage and operate our own mills. ^\ Correspondence solicited and inquiries promptly answered. GENERAL OFFICES: CONTINENTAL BUILDING. Baltimore, Maryland Improved Automatic Band Saw Sharpener ^ This machine excels all others for sinple cuttiDg Band Saws from 8 to 14 ^^inches. Its construction is mechanically correct, simple and durable, and does not possess any of the intricate complicated parts that confuse the oper- ator. The head is adjustable so that straight wheels can be used with the same results as concave. C This represents just one type of machine. We make in addition a com- plete line of modern tools for the care of saws. [For particulars address Matteson Mfg. Co. All Machines Fully Guaranteed 120-128 S. CLINTON STREET, = CHICAGO, ILLS. 48 HARDWOOD RECORD W. J. CUDE. Pres. J. B. RANSOM, Vice-Pres. A. B. RANSOM, Sec'y. W. J. Cude Land 4 Lumber Company 1013-1014 Stahlman Building NASHVILLE MANUFACTURERS OF Poplar, Oak, Chestnut and Gum Lumber Mills and Yards at Kimmins, Tenn., Colesburg, Tenn., and Cude, Miss. J. B. RANSOM, President. A. B. RANSOM, Secy, and Treas. JOHN B. RANSOM & COMPANY Oak, Ash, Poplar, Hickory, Gum, Syca- more, Walnut, Cherry, Elm, Cedar Posts. NASHVILLE, TENN, Hardwoods Poplar, Gum^ and Lynn Siding. Turned Pop- lar Columns. Dressed Stock, etc. Lninbcr of all kinds is being cut every flay at our city and country For material difficult to secure, write us, Wi^ can supply you, if any- inills and with stock constantly coming in from many other points, wi- one can. Write for specimen copy of our monthly Stock and Price are iiUfly to have supplies nieetintr yoiu" want^. List, Can we place your name on our niailint; INt ? J. B. Ransom, Pres. A. B. Ransom, Secy. R. J. Wilson, Treas. NASHVILLE HARDWOOD FLOORING CO. -M A N U FA C TURK R S O F MARKET PRICE ON CAR LOTS. Less than car lot orders shipped promptly. "ACORN BRAND 99 OAK AND BEECH FLOORING We especially invite in- quiries for Flooring, Oak and Poplar lumber and other Hardwoods in nuxeo cars. 'The Product de Luxe* DELIVERED ANYWHERE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE J. B. RANSOM, Pres. A. B. RANSOM. V. Pies. W. A. RANSOM, Seo. arvd Mgr. C. R., RANSOM, Treas. GAYOSO LUMBER COMPANY MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Hardwood Lumber and Wagon Stock MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE HARDWOOD RECORD 49 ST. LOUIS LARGEST OF ALU HARDWOOD MARKETS Vestal Lumber & Mfg^Co. Manufacturers and Wholesalers of all kinds ot HARDWOODS BEVELED SIDING A SPECIALTY. UNSURPASSED FACILITIES FOR DELIVERING. Knoxville Tennessee Garetson=Greason Lumber Co. J2t2-J3-I4 Times Building ST. LOUIS MANUFACTURERS -Shipments of Pliio and Quartered Oak, Ash, Cypress and Gum Lumber direct from our own mills in straight or mixed carloads. STEELE & HIBBARD LUMBER CO. NortK BrodLdway and Dock Streets Wholesale Manufacturers, Dealers and Shippers ASH, CYPRESS, MAHOGANY, OAK, POPLAR, 6,c Mills: Yazoo City. Miss.; McGreKor. Ark.; England, Ark. ; Dermott. Arl;. O'Hara, La.; Dexter, Mo. Wanted-to Buy or Contract for future Delivery SOO.OOO to 1.000,000 ft. Poplar, all grades SOO.OOO to 1,000,000 ft. Cypress, all grades 500,000 to 1,000,000 ft. Ash, all grades Fn^teTt'^'n' PLUMMER LUMBER CO. ITs^Sfel! American Hardwood Lumber Co. 14,000,000 ft. Hardwood Lumber YARDS AT BENTON, ARK,, NEW ORLEANS, LA., ST, LOUIS, MO,, DICKSON, TENN. MASSENGALE LUMBER CO., ST. LOUIS Manufacturers and dealers in HARDWOODS in the market to buy and sell OAK, POPLAR, ASH, CYPRESS Large stock dry lumber always on hand CHAS. I Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are constantly in the market to purchase large blocks of stock for cash. Are also the largest manufacturers of the famous St. Francis Basin Red Gum. General Offices: 148 Carroll Street W. R. CHIVVIS. Lesperance Street and Iron Mountain Railroad. WHOLESALE HARDWOODS BLACK WALNUT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Always in the market to buy Walnut and Cherry Lumber. Pay spot cash and take up at shipping point when amounts justify. rry an Ad it in Our Want and For Sale" Columns others are Securing Results Why Not You? Hardwood Record W^^^/, MANUFACTURERS OF STANDARD SIZE WAGON FELLOES AND WAGON STOCK Send your requirements and receive price. COLUJVlljUb, JVllob. so HARDWOOD RECORD F^ I 'T^ T* c r^ f T r> 4'^ t-'ll l^|-^UKO HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA The Nicola Lumber Company One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar. Can be shipped log run, or sold on grade. Bone dry ; band sawed. Send your inquiries. OAK FLOORING PLAIN AND QUARTERED RED AND WHITE Ample stock, insuring quick service. Mixed cars with hardwoods or worked poplar. Can't we have your inquiries? Linehan Lumber Co. •2423 Farmer's Bank Bldg. PITTSBURG, PENN. A* M* Turner Lumber Company Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods as well as sell them. If you have anything to offer, please submit same to us. s • Hardwoods a Specialty FOR SALE POPLAR 12S.000'4,4 Is and 2s 40,000' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 325,000' 4, 4 No. 2 Com. 228,000' 4/4 No. 3Com. 150,000'4/4 Mill Cull CHESTNUT 300,000' 4 4 Sound Wormy 80.000' 5/4 Sound Wormy 100,000' 6/4 Sound Wormy 48,000' 8, 4 Sound Wormy PLAIN OAK 60,000' 4 4 No. \ Com. 18,000' 4/'4 No. P. Com. QUARTERED OAK 2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. 1 car 4 4 No. 2 Com. OAK TIMBERS SAWED TO ORDER. WRITE FOR PRICES. CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg, Pcnna. Willson Bros. Lumber Co* MANUFACTURERS WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS FARMERS BANK BLDG. :: PITTSBURG, PA. stock: list The following list covers the hardwoods we now have on hand. Special price f. o. b. cars mill for all one grade. We would be pleased to have you favor us with your inquiries and orders. 4 4 JHaple, No. 1 Common 2 Cars 54 " " " 2 Cars S4 " " '• and Better 59,000 Feet 6 4 " •' " I Car 6/4 " Firsts and Seconds 2 Cars 8 4 " No. 2 Common 2,500 Feet 10/4 " Firsts and Seconds I Car 104 " No. 2 Common and Better 71,000 Feet 12 4 " No. I " 1 ,500 Feet 12 4 " "2 " l.OOOFeet 4/4 Bassweod. Log Run m. c. o I car 8,4 " " " " I car DRY STOCK Favorable Freight Rates to the East. BABCOCK LUMBER CO., Ashtola, Pa. COTTONWOOD WANTED We want to buy one to five million feet of log run Cottonwood. We will send our in- spector to take the stock up at the mill and pay cash for it as shipped. ASH WANTED 300M feet 6-4, 8-4, 14-4 and 16-4 No. 1 Common and 1st and 2nds for immediate shipment, or to be cut and shipped when dry. American Lumber 4 Mfg. Co. PITTSBURG. PA. HARDWOOD RECORD 51 t^ ¥ xr:! ^ 7 r^ i A ivt f^ OLLJ^V L^Lr/VrNU HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTE.R OF NORTHERN OHIO The Robert H. Jenks Lumber Company 44 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, O. OFFER.S: 5 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd Poplar— 7" to 17" 4 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd Poplar— 18" to 23" 3 Cars 4/4 Poplar Box Boards— 7" to 12" 10 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Poplar (Selects in ) 10 Cars 4/4 No. 2 Common Poplar 3 Cars 4/4 No. 3 Common Poplar 2 Cars 5/4 No. 1 Common Poplar (Selects in) 8 Cars 8/4 No. 1 Common Poplar (Selects in) 10 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd White Oak 15 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd Red Oak 15 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Red Oak 10 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common White Oak 10 Cars 4/4 No. 2 Common White Oak 20 Cars 4/4 Mill Cull Oak 3 Cars 4/4 Common and Better Chestnut 1 Car 6/4 Common and Better Chestnut 4 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Chestnut 5 Cars 5/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut 5 Cars 6/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut 10 Cars 4/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut 10 Cars 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut SYMBOLS FOR GRADE MARKS Adopted by the Hardwood Manufacturers Association of United States o A B Panel and Wide No. I Wide No. 2 Box Boards FAS or Firsts and Seconds Saps L.\ Selects (^ No. 1 Common \2^ No. 2 Common rS No. 3 Common \A No. 4 Common Every Manufacturer should stamp the grade on his Lumber. Set of 10 Rubber Stamps, \V\"yAM" in size. Pad, Pint of Ink, and Spreader, packed for shipment $3.50. 7VV/\RXIIN & CO. LEWIS DOSTER, Sec'y 191 S. Clark Si., CHICAGO, or 1535 First Nal. Bank lld£. CHICAGO H . FALL EXPORTER . . . OF . . . WALNUT, POPLAR =^^^=^^^ AND =:=== BIRDSEYE MAPLE LOGS Cash paid for Black Walnut Log3 at point oE shipment. If you have any walnut lo^s to offer, write me. I have some Sycamore, Red OaU. Ash and other hardwood logs which I am prepared lo saw to order. Correspondence solicited. Can also supply Black Walnut lumber, sawed to any specification required. PORT CLINTON OHIO The Martin-Barriss Company Importers a.nd iMaLiwifacturers MAHOGANY a^nd F i n e ' H a.r d wo o ds HARDWOODS Dry Stock is Scarce Mill Shipments are Slow in Coming Forward We therefore call attention to stock of upwards of SIX MILLION FEET seasoned HARD- WOODS we offer for quick shipment from Cleveland. WANT TO CLEAN IT OUT Are you interested ? The Advance Lumber Company 13th Floor, Rockefeller Bldg., CLEVELAND, O. Manufacturers and Dealers In White Pine, Yellow Pine, Hemlock and Hardwoods Hardwood Board Rules FOR HARDWOOD LUMBERMEN Best Goods, Prompt Shipment Send your orders to the HARDWOOD RECORD, 355 Dearborn Street 52 HARDWOOD RECORD "* 1L ^ t C> ^'"^ ^^^^ 1X.T O ¥ IV. T w i^oorsi^irN WHERE THE FINEST NORTHERN HARDWOODS GROW C. p. CROSBY RHINELANDER : : WISCONSIN Wholesale Hardwood Lumber I wart to sell biich, in No. J common & belter. I have 4-4, 5-4, 8-4, and 12-4, good ary stock. Mixed Cirs easily filled. DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY Vollmar & Below Company MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN Basswood, Birch and Other Wisconsin Hardwoods LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR WR.ITE US FOR QUOTATIONS ON THE FOLLOWING: RED BIRCH f 300,000 ft. 1 in. No. 1 Common and Better ' 150,000 ft. H in. No. 1 Common and Better '1 125,000 ft. U in. No. 1 Common and Better I 100,000 ft. 2 in. No. 1 Common and Better PLAIN BIF^CH. 100,000 ft. 1 in. 1st and 2nd Clear. HEMLOCK. 200,000 ft. 2 in. No. 3 Hemlock. 100,000 ft. 2x6 and wider No. 3 Hemlock. Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company Inquiries answered promptl> and orders filled without delay. RHINELANDER, WIS. John R. Davis Lumber Company PHILLIPS, WISCONSIN The Leading Manufacturers Wisconsin Hardwoods "SHAKELESS" HEMLOCK and WHITE CEDAR PRODUCTS ■WK H.WIC THK FINEST IILOCC OF 4-4 UNSELECTED BIRCH ON THE M.^RKET Write for our Price Lists and Stock Shcett Mixed Cars, Even Grades Prompt Shipments ^ We have to offer the following stock in pile at Ingram, Wis. r^m mmoM WAUSAV. WIS. 20,000 ft. 2 in. No. 2 Common Plain Bircli. L 24,000 ft. 1 in. First and Second Red Bircli. \ll,460 ft. IJ in. First and Second Red Birch. 4,700 ft. 2 in. First and Second Red Birch. I Vour 2,144 ft. 1 in. Curly Birch. \ orders 2,350 ft. IJ. U and 2 inch Curlv Birch. > and 122.000 ft. 1 in. End Dried White Birch. i Inquiries 1 44.000 ft. 1 in. Select Pine. I solicited 7.000 ft. U in. No. 3 Shop and Better Pine. I lii.uoo ft. 1* in. Select Pine. 1 ^20,000 ft. li in. No. 1. No. 2 and No 3 Shop. / Write us for prices on hemlock. We are prepared to furnish mixed carloads And solicit your inquiries and orders. At present we are offering Red Birch in thicknesses, I" to 2*" common and better, also Maple, Birch and one quarter sawed RED o/\k: f^looring Basswood Ceiling and Siding and Finish, also Molding Our hardwood flooring "A. H. L." Brand, is the highest grade as to workmanship and quality. ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, WISCONSIN Saw Mill, Planing Mill and V ard at Atlanta, near Bruce, Wis. on "Soo" Line, SAWYER GOODMAN CO. MARINETTE, WIS. Mixed Cars of Hardwood, Bass- wood, White Pine and Hemlock, Cedar Shingles and Posts. We make a specialty of White Pine Beveled Siding and White Pine Finish and Shop and Pattern Lumber HARDWOOD RECORD 53 "V1L ^ W O ^'"^ ^'■^ l^T O 1 T^ T w i&c^orN^irsi WHERE THE FINEST NORTHERN HARDWOODS GROW R. CONNOR CO. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS Wisconsin Hardwood PINE AND HEM- LOCK LUMBER Auburndale.Wis..onW.C. K.R. M^irChFipid WlC itratfoiaSn MILWAUKEE, WIS. Broom, Hoe, Rake, Fork and Shovel Handles, Chair Stock, Dowel Rods, Curtain Poles, Shade Rollers, WhipStocks, Canes, Veneered Columns, Ten Pins, &c. 54 HARDWOOD RECORD M I C H I Q A N FAMOUS FOR HARD MAPLE AND GRE,Y E, L M You can't go astray when in the market IF YOU WRITE THE Northern Lumber Company RUSH CULVER, Pres. BIRCH, MICHIGAN C We manufacture from our own forests, the finest line of Northern Hardwoods on the market. C. We have the woods, the machinery, the experience, enabhng us to fill your orders right. J. S. GOLDIE. Cadillac, :: Michigan. Low Price on five cars 2f" Clear Maple Squares, 17" to 27" long. Correspondence Solicited on Michigan Lumber, especially White Maple. BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY BOYNE CITY MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS LARGE CAPACITY PROMPT SHIPMENTS RAIL OR CARGO S. L. EASTMAN FLOORING CO. SAQINAW BRAND MAPLE FLOORING SAGINAW, MICH. You read this==others will, too. They would read your ad. Try it. W. H. WHITE. Pres. JAS. A. WHITE, Vice-Pres. W. L. MARTIN, Secy. THOS. WHITE, Treas. W. H. WHITE COMPANY BOYNE CITY. MICHIGAN Manufacturers of Hardwood and HemlocK Lumber, Cedar Shingles, White RocK Maple Flooring. OAK FLOORING Thoroughly Kiln Dried. Perfectly Manufactured. We are located in the best Oak Timber section in the United States; have new and modern machinery and experienced operators. Why should we not be able to furnish the best Oak Flooring? Write us and we will convince you that we can. The INTERNATIONAL HARDWOOD COMPANY Catlettsburg, Kentucky BIRCH WE WANT YOUR ORDERS FOR 4/4 AND 5 4 COMMON AND BETTER A No. I STOCK The Earle Lumber Company SIMMONS, MICHIGAN HARDWOOD RECORD 55 M I JS C H I FOR RED BIRCH G AND A BASS N F AMOl WOOD DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO. Wholesale Hardwood Lumber Office and Yards, FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES. DETROIT, MICH. MILLS AT: Orndorlf, W. Va., Healers W. Va., and Parkersburg, W. Va. SAILING, HANSON CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Michigan Hardwoods GRAYLING, MICHIGAN "Chief Brand" Maple Flooring Will commend ilselt to you and your trade on its merits Lilone. ■[ Comprises ail the features desirable in Kood flooring. ^ Madeby the latest, most approved machinery methods and best skilled labor. •] We believe we can make it to your interest to handle our "Chief Brand" and will appreciate your inquiries. Kerry ^ Hanson Flooring Co. GRAYLING. MICHIGAN DENNIS BROS. GliAXU KAPIUS, MICHIGAX Manufacturers of National Maple AND Birch Flooring and all kinds of Micliieau liaidwood lumber WRITE FOR SPECIAL PRICES ON 80m feet S 4 TAMARACK AND 20.M FEET 4 4 TAMARACK. MAIN OFFICE : 205-209 MICHIGAN TRUST BUILDING. Evans & Retting Lumber Co. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers Hardwood Lumber RAILROAD TIMBERS, TIES AND SWITCH TIES Michigan Trust Building Grand Rapids, Mich. Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Northern and Southern Hardwood Lumber Main Olfice, Michigaa Truil Campanr Building GRAND RAPIDS : . . . MICHIGAN OUR SLOW METHOD «',*>£,?-s??lJIg I X L POLISHED ROCK MAPLE FLOORING Enables us to offer you an e.xcellent and superior piuducl — One which has stood the test 20 years. WRITE TODAY FOR PRICES AND BOOKLET Wisconsin Land ^ Lumber Co. Hermansville, Michigan 56 HARDWOOD RECORD i"^* ¥ IV T /'"* ¥ 1X.T 1X.T A 'TT* ¥ wIINCIININA 1 1 THE. GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH The Stearns Company MANUFACTURERS OP Northern and Southern HARDWOODS Grand Rapids, Mich. Cincinnati, 0. Cash buyers for stock in our line. Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. GKST AND SUMMER STREETS Wholesalers Mahogany, Thin Lumber, Veneers Finely tigiired quarter sawed oak veneers- a specialty. THE HOUSE OF STOINE The One of Good Grades Poplar, Oak, Chestnut Cottonwood, Ash, Basswood and Gum T. B. STOINE UUiVlBER CO. CINCINNATI. OHIO The Stewart=Roy Lumber Co. Selling Agents for Product of ROY LUMBER CO. CINCINNATI V,ocs Will Buy OAK, ASH, POPLAR, CHESTNUT, BASSWOOD All Grades and Thicknesses CYPRESS LUMBER CO, Manufacturer of Hardwoods and Cypress S'lain and Quartered White and Red Oak, Yellow Poplar, Yellow Pine, Walnut, etc. Mills in Teun., Ala. and Va. OFriCE AND YARDS. GEST AND DALTON AVE.. CINCINNATI, OHIO» THE GENERAL LUMBER COMPANY HARDWOODS HEMLOCK YELLOW PINE COLUMBUS, OHIO C. CRANE & COMPANY MANUFACTURERS Poplar, Oak, Ash, Chestnut, Sycamore, W. Va. Spruce, Pine and Elm YEARLY CAPACITY 100,000,000 FEET LONG BILL STUFF A SPECIALTY Mills and Yards: CINCINNATI, OHIO CRESCENT LUMBER CO. Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber MARIETTA. O. THE MALEY, THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO. Always in the Market for BLACK WALNUT LOGS, SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS, LUMBER OF ALL KINDS. CINCINNATI, OHIO HARDWOOD RECORD 57 •-^ ¥ IK. T d"^ ¥ T^ T IX. T A ^1"^ ¥ c^irNOirNiNA 1 I THE. GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH WANTED POPLAR and GUM SEND LIST OF DRY STOCK. WILL CONTRACT FOR MILL CUTS. KENTUCKY LUMBER. COMPANY CINCINNATI, OHIO «< BUY GUM" We are in the market to buy- Dry Qiim Lumber in any quantity, from a single car load to a million feet. Will take all grades and thick- nesses. VVe receive lumber at shipping point, pay cash and are liberal in im^pection. THE FARRIN.KORN LUMBER COMPANY General Office, Yards. Planing MiUa, Dry Kilns, Cincinnati, Ohio Purchasing Office, Randolph Building. Memphis, Tenn. Cypress Red Gum Oak THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO. Manufacturers ol Tabasco Mahogany- Walnut, Oak Poplar, McLean and Findlay Ats. CINCINNATI, O. IN THE MARKET FOR OAK-ASH-POPLAR ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES MOWBRAY & ROBINSON Offices 1219 West Sixth Street Yards: Sixth Street, below Harriet L. W. RADINA & COMPANY Correspondence Solicited with Buyers and Sellers of All Kinds of Wanted for cash — desirable blocks of 1 inch to 4 inch Poplar, all grades, Especially IJ^-inch stock, for immediate shipment. =CLARK STREET AND OALTON AVENUE= PLAIN OAK—BASSWOOD Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices. DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0. THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY CINCINNATI, OHIO PLAIN AND QUARTER SAWED CHESTNUT ! POPLAR ! GUM AND J CYPRESS ! Fiooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads. W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co. Manufacturers of Band Sawed Yellow Poplar ASHLAND, KY. HARDWOOD RECORD J ¥ N O I ERE THE, BEST 1 A ^ T A I ANA WH iARDWOODS GROW Three Mills in Indiana FORT WAYNE INDIANAPOLIS LAFAYETTE Biggest Band Mill in the State Long Timbers up to Sixty Feet HARDWOOD SPECIALTIES Everything from Toothpicks to Timbers Perrine=Armstrong Co. FOIIT WAYNE INDIANA J. V. Stimson ALL KINDS OF HARDWOOD LUMBER MANUFACTORED HUNTINGBURG, IND. C. I. Hoyt 4 Co. MANUFACTURERS OP Quartered and Plain Oak^ Poplar^ Ash and Chestnut Offer a few cars 4 4 and 6 4 Plain Oak to move quick PEKIN, INDIANA Young 4 Cutsinger MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OUR SPECIALTY Fine Figured Quartered Oak E VA N S V I L L E, INDIANA D'Heur 4 Swain Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OUR SPECIALTY Quartered Oak and Sycamore SEYMOUR, IND. ALWAYS IN THE MARKET For choice lots of hardwoods. Walnut our specialty. Inspection at Mill Points. The Walnut Lumber Company Indianapolis, Indiana Alay Stock: List 12,000 f(. 1 in. No. 2 Common Walnut 50,000 " 2 " Common and Better Plain White Oak 50,000 " 6=4 " " " " Red 50,000 " 5=4 100,000 " 4=4 15,000 " 6=4 and 8=4 Cherry Culls 100,000 •• 4=4 No. 2 Common and Better Red Gum 10,000 " 4=4 1st and 2nd Plalh Red Oak 10,000 " 4=4 1st and 2nd Ash 100,000 " 5=4 to 2 in. Shop and Better Cypress Long=Knight Lumber Co. INDIANAPOLIS. IND. A floor to adore For thirty-three years Wilce's Hardwood Floor- int,' has hecn among the foremost on the market ant] Ik.'( aiise it stands today "unequaled" is the ttfsl evidence that its manufacturer has kept abreast of modern methods and the advanced de- iniuids ot the trade. To convince yourself of the aliove statements, try our polished surface floor- inj,'. tonuued and Erooved, hollow backed, with niaiched ends and holes for blind nailing — you'll htul it reduces the expense of laying and polishing. Our Bookld (eUs alt about Hardwood Fiooritiff and //(■?(/ to ill) I' for it — aho prices—and isfrrc. The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop Sts. CHICAGO, ILL, HARDWOOD RECORD 5^ BUFFALO THE GREAT WHOLESALE LUNrBE,R CENTER OF THE EAST Manufacturers and Dealers m Ash White and Brown Basswood Birch Red and White Butternut Cherry Chestnut Cottonwood Cypress Elm Soft and Rock Gum Red and Tupelo Hickory Maple Hard and Soft Red Oak Plain and Quartered White Oak Plain and Quartered Black Walnut White Wood Poplar BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO, We want to buy for cash : Oak. Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses. Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point. P. O. Box 312. MEMPHIS. TENN. 940 SENECA STREET. EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY Our specialties are PLAIN »nd QUARTERED OAK and ASH. 1142 SENECA STREET. G, ELIAS & BROTHER BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS ^^^^_^^_^^^^^ 955 TO 1015 ELK STREET HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY Specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK 940 ELK STREET ANTHONY MILLER HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS 893 EAGLE STREET SCATCHERD & SON HARDWOODS ONLY Yard, 1555 SENECA STREET Office. 886 ELLICOTT SQUARE STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO, OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT 1075 CLINTON STREET L N. STEWART & BROTHER Specialties: CHERRY AND OAK 892 ELK STREET T, SULLIVAN & COMPANY Specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE 50 ARTHUR STREET ORSON E. YEAGER Specialtie*: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR 932 ELK STREET BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS office and Yards, 69 LEROY AVENUE W T A MANUFACTURERS OLD-FASHIONED Vsinssinty soft yellow POPLAR Kitchen cw 5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK. SPECIALTY Ashland* Kentucky Company Three States Lumber Co. • OFFERS 1 00,000 feet 5-4 Fir^s and Seconds Cottonwood 1 00,000 feet 1 3" to 1 7" Box Boards Cottonwood Prompt Shipment Memphis, Tennessee Lamb -Fish Lumber Co. SUCCESSORS TO LAMB HARDWOOD LUMBER COMPANY, BACON-NOLAN-HARDWOOD COMPANY GUIRL-STOVER LUMBER COMPANY MaLnufa.c- turers OAK, ASH, COTTONWOOD, GUM AND CYPRESS MAIN OFFICE: 720 MEMPHIS TRUST BUILDING. MEMPHIS. TENN. _.- _. « ««.«« i Memphis, Tervn. /\ rs • 1j* ( Well MsLnufactureJ Stock Three Band Mills ch^-cy m^ Our Specialties Good Grades * *■* ^^ «*••»•*• » »asw I siover. M'ss. "^ ( Prompt Shipments YELLOW POPLAR iWANUFACTURERS BAND SAWED POPLAR LUMBER DRY ALL GRADES 5.8, 4-4, 5 4,6 4, 8 4, 10-4, 12-4,16 4 Bevel Siding, Lath & Squares SPECIALTY, WIDE STOCK Coal Crove, Ohio, U, S. A. floMwoi RooJM Twelfth Year. I SemlTDonthly. f •^ CHICAGO. MAY 25, 1907. f Subscription C2 ISIngle " " Copies, 10 Cents. 1 ROSS LUMBER COMPANY The Cherry People ANYTHING IN CHERRY? Write Us. JAMESTOWN, N. Y. ufactnred and treated forev tccjSrdaoce with methods devel| HIMMEII "A GOOD THING" The Policy Holders say so and they ought to know. ' Perhaps the CASH DIVIDEND of 35% they now receive has something to do with it. Don't guess. Get in touch with — The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company 141 MILK STREET. OF BOSTON. MASS. The Davidson-Benedict Company NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Everything in Southern Hardwoods POPLAR, CHESTNUT, ASH, OAK (PUinand Quartered.) Straight or Mixed Cars. DRESSED POPLAR ANY YOU GET WHAT YOU BUY FROM ZTf-,, .Z.,, ^r^J^,-^ US. ASK FOR OUR DELIVERED WAY YOU WANT IT. prices, any railroad point. THE ATLANTIC LUMBER CO. 2 Kilby St., BOSTONS Would like to talk to you about their large stock of Plain and Quartered \A/HITE OAK TENNESSEE RED CEDAR. THIN POPLAR AND POPLAR SIDING ASK US WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU. Lu m b e r I n s u ra n c e C 0 m p a n y of New York Adirondack Fire Insurance Company Toledo Fire ^ Marine Insurance Company Combined Assets Over $1.000,000 Specialists in Lumber Insurance FOR LINES AND R.\TES ADDRESS Lumber Insurers' General Agency, 84-88 Williams St., New Yorl< City ADVERTISERS' CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY FOLLOWS WANT AND FOR SALE ADVERTISING SECTION. HARDWOOD RECORD I #^^ iTic^x/ii I rr LUUI&VIL^L^Lj!* " ■ MANUFACTURING AND DISTKIBUTINO CENTER OF KENTUCKY Dry Stock w. P. BrowR & SoRS Lumber Co. PLAIN RED OAK. 85,000' 1" l8t & 2na. 25.000' Hi" 1st & 2d. •49,000' I%- l«t 4 2d. 67.000' 2" 1st & 2d. 18,000' 2%' 1st & 2d. 16.000' 3" 1st & 2d. 131,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 84,000' 114" No. 1 Com. 44,000' IV," No. 1 Com. 47,000' 2" No. 1 Coni. 8.000' 2W' No. 1 Com. 18,000' 3' No. 1 Com. QUAETXHED RED OAK. ID.OOO' 1" Ist & 2d. 14,000' 1%" Ist & 2d. 5.000' 2" l8t & 2d. 15,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 7,000' 1%- No. 1 Com. 13,000' 2- No. 1 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK. 80,000' 1" 1st & 2a. 28,000' IVi" Ist & 2d. 12,000' 1%" Ist & 2d. 42,000' 2" Ist & 2d. 23,800' 2W" 1st & 2d. 18,000' 3" Ist & 2d, 227,000' 1" No, 1 Com. 00,000' IVi" No, 1 Com. 80.000' 1V4" No. 1 Com. 50.000' 2- No. I Com. 17.000' 2%" No. 1 Com. 22,000' 3" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED WHITE OAK. 60.000' 1" 1st & 2d. 28,000' 1 14" 1st & 2d. 45,000' IVi" l8t & 2d. 49,000' 2" 1st & 2d. 19,000' 2%" Ist & 2d. 18,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 30,000' IVi" No. 1 Com. 40,000' 1%" No. 1 Com. 22.000' 2" No. 1 Com. 10.000' 3" No. 1 Com. ASH. 9,000' 1" 1st & 2d. 65.000' 1%- Ist & 2d. 16.000' 1%- 1st & 2d. 10.000' 2" Ist & 2d. 8.000' 2%" 1st & 2d. 14,000' 3" Ist & 2d. 6,000' 4" 1st & 2d. 4.000' H4" No. 1 Com. 16,000' 114- No. 1 Com. 8,000' 2" No. 1 Com. POPLAR. 12,000' 1- 1st & 2d. • 1 ^©••^•nJsviUcKy. 12.000' IVt" Ist A 2d. 11.000' IV," 1st & 2d. 12,000' 2" 1st A 2d. 10,000' 2V," 1st A 2d. 10,000' 3" 1st A 2d. 80,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 28,000" IVi" No. 1 Com. 10,000' IV," No. 1 Com. 10,000' 2- No. 1 Com. 15,000' 1- 18" & up 1st A 2d. 8,000' 2" 18- & up 1st A 2d. 6,000' 2" 24" & up Ist & 2d. 4,000' IH" 18' A up 1st A 2d. 3.000' IV," 24" A up Ist 4 2d. All thlckaesses in cull poplar, ash, chestnut. Your Inquiries will be appreciated. Prompt delivery guaranteed McLean -Davis Lumber Co. Successors to Hugh McLean Lumber Co., Highland Park, Ky. Edward L. Davis Lumber Co., Louisville, Ky. Berry -Davis Saw Mill Co., Louisville, Ky. Manufacturers and Dealers in Hardwood Lumber Daily Capadty: 80,000 feet. Sales Offices: Louisville, Ky. Wood-Mosaic Flooring and Lumber Co. ALL KINDS OF Hardwood Lumber and Sawn Veneers NEW ALBANY, INDIANA Rochester, N. Y. i Louisville. Ky. J- Factories. New Albany, Ind. ) Good Grades Prompt Shipments Inquiries Solicited OAK AND GUM SALE 150M oOOiM 2oo:\i 20M 50M lOOM •iOM .50M feet 4-4 in, feet 4-4 in. feet 4-4 in. feet 5-4 in feet 6-4 in feet 4-4 in, feet 5-4 in feet 4-4 in feet 4-4 in Gum Box Boards, 13 ft. to 17 ft. 1 st and 2nd Sap Gum. . No. 1 com. vSap Gum. No. 1 com. and better Sap Gum. No. 1 com. and better Sap Gum. No. 1 com. and better Red Gum. No. 1 com. Rod Gum. 1st and 2nd White Oak. No. 1 com. White Oak. Are you READY to place your con- tract tor H.\RDWOODS, Northern and Southern, summer and fall delivery? G. W. JONES LUMBER CO. APPLETON, WIS. MI LLS — Wisconsin Arkansas All Lumbermen, Attention! We do what you can't do. We measure your stumpage correctly. We make your maps correctly. Bank references: Asheville, N. C. L* A. oCnCnCk ^ LO. Nonh CardltnsL OAK FLOORING Thoroughly Kiln Dried. Perfectly Manufactured. We are located in the best Oak Timber section in the United States; have new and modern machinery and experienced operators. Why should we not be able to furnish the best Oak Flooring? Write us and we will convince you that we can. The INTERNATIONAL HARDWOOD COMPANY Catlettsburg, Kentucky J I HARDWOOD RECORD CADILLAC CELEBRATED FOR BlOa STANDARD OF QUALITY AND HILL WORK ■Mitchell's Make— ^ DRY vSTOCK LIvST OF Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac, Mich., May, igoy 4/4 Birch, No. 2 Common and Better 4/4 Cherry, No. 2 Common and Better 4/4 Cherry, No. .3 Common 4/4 Hard Maple, Lst and 2nds 10/4 Hard Maple, 1st and 2nds 4/4 Red Oak, No. 2 Common and Better 4/4 No. 3 Common Maple and Beech 13M feet 4M oM 20M 3M 40M 60M MAPLE SPECIALTIES We can furnish limited quantities of inch l.sts and 2nds or Clear Maple lumber selected to widths or lengths or both. The lumber is our own manufac- ture and air seasoned. PLEASE SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES Mitchell Brothers Co. CADILLAC, MICH. The Cadillac Handle Co. CADILLAC. MICHIGAN Band Sawn Michigan Hardwoods We solicit Inquiries for : 4/4 Hard Maple, 1st and 2nds, 10% or less No. 1 Common in it. Cut 12 months 5/4 Maple 1st and 2nds 5/4 Maple No. 1 and 2 Common 6/4 Maple 10 in. and over wide, 1st and 2nd with small per cent No. 1 Common MURPHY & DIQQINS Offer all grades of the following special dry stock MAPLE— 6/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4, 18/4 ORAY ELM— 4/4, 12/4 BASSWOOD— 4/4: BIRCH-4/4, e/4 Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades. LET US nCURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS, Cummer, Digglns & Co. =MANUFACTURERS= "CUMMER" MAPLE AND BEECH FLOORING MICHIGAN HARDWOODS Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech, Birch, Soft Elm and Cherry. SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS. DRY STOCK Northern Michigan Soft Gray Elm What our old cork pine was to the regular white pine — such is our Hollov(\/ BacR^d Quiai-tei-eci Red End TWatched F»Ieiin \A/hite F»oUsh»cl Plain Red Bored Offices a.r\d Plai.rvt : Kansas and Mallory Ave., New South Memphis. (Take South Memphis car to Mallory Ave.) Goodlander Robertson Lumber Co. Hardwood Lumber Memphis, jTennessee IF IT'S HARD TO GET, WRITE US PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF COTTONWOOD GUm AIND OTHER HARDWOODS Large stocks of well scatoned Lumber always carried at our yards and mills. General Offices: MOV. Chicago Ave., CHICAGO. Mills: Cairo, 111., Marked Tree, Ark., Greenville, Miss., Arkansas City, Ark., Blytheville, Ark. HARDWOOD RECORD FULLERTON-POWELL Hardwood Lumber Co. a OFFERS THE FOLLOWING STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT i 10 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Plain Red Oak 2 cars U in. Plain Red Oak Step Plank 4 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Plain Red Oak, 12 in. and wider 2 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Quartered Red Oak, 10 in. 5 cars 1 \ in. No. 1 Common Plain White Oak 1 car 1 in. No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak 2 cars 2 in. 1st and 2nds Quartered White Oak 2 cars 2 in. No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak BRANCH OFFICES: CHICAGO, 1104 Chamber of Commerce MEMPHIS. TeMM.,30S Tennessee Trust BIdg. MIMHEAPOLIS. MIHH., 30S Lumber Exchange 3 cars U in. 1st and 2nds Quartered White Oak 2 cars \h in. No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak 10 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Red Gum, 10 to 16 ft. 7 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Red Gum, 12 ft. S cars 2 in. 1st and 2nds Sap Gum S cars 2 in. No. 1 Common Sap Gum 1 car 2 in. No. 2 Common Sap Gum IS cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Cottonwood, 6 in. and wider 3 cars 1 in. No. 1 Conmion Cottonwood MAIN OFFICES South 'Bend, Ind. WEST VIRGINIA YELLOW POPLAR NORTH CAROLINA CORK WHITE PINE AND HARDWOOD DRY KILNS AND PLANING MILLS. ALL OUR MILLS RUN THE YEAR ROUND. SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES AND ORDERS. W.M.Ritter Lumber Co. COLUMBUS. OHIO Saw and Ship 100,000,000 Feet Yearly HARDWOOD RECORD R.E. Wood Lumber Company 41^ Manufacturers of Yellow Poplar, Oak, Chestnut, Hemlock and White Pine. ^ We own our own stumpage and operate our own mills. ^\ Correspondence solicited and inquiries promptly answered. GENERAL OFFICES: CONTINENTAL BUILDING. Baltimore, Maryland Phila. Veneer ^ Lumber Co. 817 NORTH FIFFH STREET. PHILADELPHIA, PA. PILED ON OUR KNOXVILLE. TENNESSEE Y.A.RD 1 car 4/4 l.s and ?s Plain White Oak 6 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Plain White Oak 18 oars 4/4 No. 2 Common Plain White Oak 2 cars 8/4 No. 1 Common and Better White Oak 1 car 6/4 Common ai.d Better White Oak 1 car 5/4 Common -ind Better White Oalv i car 8 4 Common and Better White Oak 2 cars 4 4 No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak ^ car 4/4 Is and 2s Quartered White Oak 1 car 4/4 No. 1 Common and Better Quartered Red Oak We also manufacture Sawed and Sliced Quartered Oak Veneers. Can make prompt shipments. Mcllvain's Lumber Notes We have 200.000 feel 4-4 (■hoiee dry Guif Cypress, p-aiJy to ship. Mostly select and shop jrrades. What do yoii want to-day ? (.)ak— Red and Whit*— Phun and Qiiartcicd— 3.000.000 leet in stock. Iwo millions ot this oak of all kinds is dry stock. Balance is part dry. Thicknesses. 3 to Ginclies. All grades. Bill sizes cut to order. .Send in your retiuisilions. White Pine — Dry — a miliion feet — from Uppers and Se- lects to Barn Boards and Fencing. We can give you anything you want in this lumber. Grades and prices satisfactory. Prompt and careful attention given to all inquiries and orders. J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. 56th (o SSth Sts. and W oodland Ave. PHILADELPHIA. PA. WILLIAM WHITMER (Si> SONS, Inc. ALWAYS IN THE MARKET FOR STOCKS OF WELL MANUFACTURED HARDWOODS BRANCHES: NEW YORK, BOSTON, PITTSBURG MAIN OFFICES: GIRARD TRUST BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA THOMAS FORMAN CO. DETROIT, MICH. M.\NUFACTURERS OF HIGH GR.\DE Maple and Oak Flooring We desire to move promptly a large quantity of 13-16.\1A" Clear Quarter Sawed White Oak Flooring. 13-16x1 i" Clear Plain Sawed White Oak Flooring. 13-]6.\U" Clear Plain Sawed Red Oak Flooring. 13-16xli" Clear Maple Flooring. Please write us for special delivered prices on the above lots. MAY STOCK LIST HARD MAPLE 1 in. 1,000.000 ft. l}in. 100,000 ft. li in. 100,000 ft. 3 in. 50,000 ft. 4 in. 50,000 ft BEECH 1 in. 100,000 ft. BIRCH 500,000 ft. 1 in. li in. 2 in. 2J in. 100.000 ft. 100.000 ft. 50,000 ft. BASS WOOD 1 in. 300,000 ft. GRAY ELM 1 in. 300,000 ft. li in. 200,000 ft. 3 in. 200,000 ft. KeUey Lumber & Shingle Co. Tra. verse City, Mich. HARDWOOD RECORD T^ 1.-1 ■"^ r^ A c> nr* lilt tA&l BOSTON NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA W, M. GILLESPIE LUMBER HARDWOODS COMPAN I Farmers Bank Bldg. Oak a Speciilty PITTSBURGH, PA. ALBERT HAAS LUMBER CO. BAND SAWED OAK AND ASH YELLOW POPLAR ATLANTA - - - - GEORGIA JOHN L. ALCOCK & CO. BUYERS OF BLACK WALNUT LOGS BOARDS AND PLANKS Inspection at point of shipment. Spot cash. Baltimore, Md. (I THE BUFFALO MAPLE FLOORING CO. . MANUFACTURERS OF MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE AND OAK FLOORING BUFFALO, NEW YORK The West Florida Hardwood Co. MlLi. ON Apalachicola River MARYSVILLE, FLA. Ash Red and White Oak Red Gum Hickory Yellow Cottonwood Tupelo Gum LET US HAVE YOUR INQUIRIES = BALTIMORE M AR Y L A KE T? 17 DDTr'ir BUYER AND ND H,. [_,. ri\lV>lli EXPORTER OF Hardwoods, Poplar and Logs I am always in the market for nice lots of dry and well maaufaclured lumber. X Inspect at point of shipment. Correspondence solicited. Pennsylvania Door & Sash Co. HARDWOOD DOORS AND INTERIOR FINISH NEW YORK PITTSBURG PHILADELPHIA WantCd-DimenSiOn n^k Pla-n and Quartered. White and Red. Send for specifications. IndiaLiiaL Qxia-rtered Oa^k Co. 7 Ea.st 42nd Street. New York City James & Abbot Company Lumber and Timber No. 165 MILK ST., BOSTON, MASS., and GULFPORT, MISS. JONES HARDWOOD CO. INCORPORATED WANTS: Poplar, Plain Oak. 147 MILK STREET Quartered Oak and Cypress. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Manufacturers please send slock lists and prices. HoUoway Lumber Company WHOLESALE HARDWOODS In the marlcet for all thicknesses of OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT. 312 Arcade Building, PHILADELPHIA, PA. WM. E. LITCHFIELD MASON BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS. Specialist in Hardwoods Manufacturers are requested to supply lists of stock for sale VY/E are long on 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut. Send us your in- *» quiries. Let us quote you on plain or Quarteied White and Red Oak. Look us up. SCHOFIELD BROTHERS PENNA. BUILDING LUMBER PHILADELPHIA Sales Agents: Long Pole Lumber Co., Case-Fowler Lunaber Co. SOBLE BROTHERS Qimne'redHviite =:^:z3::^i^i:;:;:zi:iz:^^z^^^ Oak, Poplar. MiUs: Honaker, Va. Birmington, Ala. WHOLESALE LUMBER Land Title Building = = Philadelphia, Pa. WISTAR, UNDERHILL & CO PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE HARDWOOD LUMBER MICHIGAN WHITE PINE TENNESSEE WHITE PINE HEMLOCK HARDWOODS ALABAMA PINE H. H . MAUS & CO., MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD and YELLOW PINE. Write us it you wish to buy or sell. INC. 420 Walnut St.. - PHILADELPHIA. PA. HARDWOOD RECORD ■a/li^e\ aen^el ^^Mt^mel ^. .^A (Tis ^7, c€^3C'Cc£- -t e^-ii J- f^ >«. e; ( M OAHNELL. PREST. e. E. TAENZER, 1ST VICE- Pn EST (Cyit:-/t-€^t'C *5c;^EST- W S DARNELL. 1reaS' & GeN MCR. /. ^ t'^e^.i G-^j^ ^^-C -t^x^cJ-C -^ri^t^ CL^.t^^.'l. R. M. SMITH J H. P. SMITH R. M. SMITH m COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA WE CARRY IN STOCK FROM TEN TO FIFTEEN MILLION FEET OF ASH, BEECH, BASSWOOD, CHESTNUT, CHERRY, MAPLE, PLAIN & QTD. OAK, POPLAR, WALNUT, &C. OUR PLANING MILL FACILITIES ARE UNSURPASSED. EASTERN OFFICE; Band Mill: Orndoff, Webster County, W. Va. 1425-6 LAND TITLE BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA Planing Mill; Heaters, W. Va. Quartered Oak Flooring Manufactured for HIGHEST GLASS of trade only. Also Plain Oak, Maple and other Hardwood flooring:. The name D WIGHT on flooring is a guarantee of its excellence. O WIGHT SPECIAL pattern of thin flooring is the only suitable thin flooring to lay. Write for Sample. DWIGHT LUMBER. COMPANY DETR.OIT, MICHIGAN H. W. Mosby & Co. MANUFACTURERS OP COTTONWOOD GUM ASH, ELM Large Stock on Hand HELENA, ARKANSAS SWANN-DAY LUMBER COMPANY CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY OFFER POPLAR Bevel Siding. Drop Siding, as well as Wide Poplar Always a Large Stock on Hand Prices are Yours for the Asking HARDWOOD RECORD D. G. COURTNEY MANUFACTURER OF Yellow Poplar Oak ^ Chestnut CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA Our Timber Holdings are located exclusively in the finest sections of West Virginia growth. Modern mills and perfect manufacture. Standard and uniform grades. We seek the trade of wood-working factories who want a dependable lumber supply and fair treatment. Just now we want to move 4/4 No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 Common Oak. Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. SCRANTON, PENNSY LVA N I A SPECIALS: 4/4 While Oak. No. 1 Common 4/4 Cherry, Is and 2s 4/4 Cherry. No. 1 Common 4 4 Maple, Is and 2s 4/4 Maple, No. 1 Common BAND MILLS: RICHWOOD. WEST VIR6IMA CAMDEN-ON-OAULEY, WEST VIRGINIA HOLCOMB. WEST VIRGINIA DAILY CAPACITY. - - 500,000 FEET "THE BEST LUMBER" lO HARDWOOD RECORD C H I c A a o THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD PARK RICHMOND (& CO. Wholesale Hardwood Lumbei ■ 926 Monadnock Block HARRISON 5165 V^illCagO In the Market To Buy Ash, Hickory, Poplar and Oak Lumber. Also Wagon Stock. Wanted^ Hardwood Logs for Our Memphis Mill RYAN & McPARLAND CHICAGO....MEMPHIS Chicago Car Lumber Co. PULLMAN BUILDING CHICAGO WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR Poplar, Oak, Ash and Car and R. R. Material Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co. IN MARKET FOR POPLAR 25 M ft. 3 4" Is and 2s, staiidanl wiiltlis aTirl lengths 30 M It. 1-1,4" Is and 2s, standard widths and length.s 30 M tt. 1-1/2" Is and 2s. standard widths and lengths 30 M ft. each 2-1/2 and 4" standard widths and letigths ROCK ELM 200 M ft. 5/4 No. 1 Common and better 500 M ft. 8/4 No. 1 Common and better BLACK ASH 50 M ft. each 4/4. 5/4 and 6/4 No. 1 common and better OAK AND ASH 100 cars car oak framing 25 cars white ash from 1" to 4" green or dry Is and 2s 511 Railway Exchange, Chicago R. A. WELLS LUMBER CO. I Manufacturers of All Kinds of HARDWOOD LUMBER Fine Quartered Oak a Specialty 234 LA SALLE STREET Yards at Canal and 2 1st Sts. CHICAGO, , ILL. White Lumber Company Dealers in Hardwood Lumber ALL p:inds Cherry Lumber a SpeciaLtty ALL GRADES Laftin ®. 22d Sts. Chicago John O'Brien Land & Lumber MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IX Hardwood Lumber Of All Kinds Co. OFFICE AND YARDS : ^.^ ^ 873 to 88 1 So. Laflin Street 1 K i /- a rr r» MILL PHiLipp MISS ^^ n 1 c a g o F. Slimmer ^ Company Hardwood Lumber Office and Yard : 65 W. Twenty-second St. CHICAGO HARDWOOD RECORD II CHICAGO THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD CHAS. DARLING & CO. Southern Hardwoods 22nd Street and Center Avenue - CHICAGO CHAS. MILLER yVVlLLER BROS. MILTON MILLEB H/\RD\A/OOD LUAIBER Main'Offlce: 20S WILLOUGHBY BLDG. 6 E. MADISON ST. 'Phone Central 1363 CHICAGO, ILL. Yards: Loomis St. S.of 22nd St.. Chicago, 111., Houston Miss., Macon. Misa W. A. DAVIS SOUTHERN HARDWOODS i6i2 Marquette Bldg., CHICAGO • Branch Offices : PADUCAH. KY., and MEMPHIS, TENN. I ERNEST B. LOMBARD " Manvifa-cturer ar\d Wholesale Northern a.nd Southern. Hardwoods Railwa.y Exchange - CHICAGO Heath Wit beck Co. CHICAGO HALLEY, ARK. THEBES. ILL. McEWEN, TENN. WE OFFER FOR. QUICK SHIPMENT: 1 car 1 inch No. 1 Common and Better Soft Elm. 1 car I inch No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak. 1 car I inch No. 1 Common Plain White Oak. 4 cars 6-4 inch 1st and 2nds Quarter Sawed Red Oak. Write ns for delivered quotations. NUMBER. 6 MADISON STREET Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Company Manufacturers and Dealers in Oak, Ash, Gum, Cottonwood, Wagon Stock and Otlier Hardwoods In the market for round lots of Hardwood and Wagon Stock. Write us before selling. Fisher Building, CHICAGO R. A. HOOTON LUMBER CO. FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING | POPLAR. OAK . CHESTNUT PRICES ARE YOURS FOR THE ASKING. I WANT TO BUY 1 4/ 4 R. E D OAK ALL AND 4/4 SAP GUM. G R. A DE S A. w. WYLIE. 1101 FISHER BUILDING CHICAGO. ILLS. McCauley- Saunders Lumber Co* Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers BAND SAWED DpTi (^VPRTh^^ LOUISIANA GULF COAST •IvJ-'-L-' V-i X r JXJJiOkJ Products Exclusively 5i:rir'493o 1703 Fisher Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL. The Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co. Wholesale and Retail Telephone NORTH 223 HARDWOOD LUMBER 47 Dominick St. CHICAGO Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co. 1649-50 MARQUETTE BUII,D1NG Are now offering bone dry BIRCH, ROCK ELM. BLACK ASH, etc., Wis- consin stock. Also PLAIN AND QU.A^RTERED OAK, POPLAR, etc., from our Memphis yard. We are constant buyers. HARDWOOD RECORD Just to Remind You That we are manufacturers of the celebrated Wolverine Brand Maple Flooring "There Is none better." Bored, polished, end and edge matched, lays with every joint even. Largest sales in the history of maple flooring. May we have your order ? BLISS & VAN AUKEN SAGINAW W. S., MICH. "Ideal" SSRocK Maple Flooring is the flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply the demand for the best. It is made by modern ma- chinery from carefully-selected stock and every pre- caution is taken throughout our entire system to make it fulfill in every particular its name— "IDEAL" Rough or Finished Lumber — All Kinds Send us Your Inquiries The I. Stephenson Company WELLS, MICHIGAN "Michigan Maple Flooring Our model factory is equipped with the highest class tools and appliances made for Flooring production. We produce oar lumber from the best rock Ma- ple area in Michigan and have 20 years' supply. Our brand "Michigan" is a guaranty of qual- ity. Perfect mill work and excellent grades distinguish our Flooring and our prices are reasonable. WARD BROS., Big Rapids, Mich. OAK FLOORING Kiln Dried Polisiied & MFC. CO. SA RDIS MISS- Hollow .-^\ Backed and Bundled WE ARE OFFERING TIMBER LAND 6% BONDS Secured by first mortgage on Southern timber lands at less than 50 per cent of their present market value. Issued by large, well established, responsible lumber companies. Full particu- lars will be mailed on request. CLARK L. F»OOLE & CO. SDCCESSOR3 TO H. C. BARROLL ISL CO., Bankers First National Bank Building CHICAGO THE "FINEST" MAPLE FLOORING W. D. YOUNG & CO. BAY CITY, MICHIGAN. Producers from TREE to TRADE of the high- est type of Michigan Forest Products. Large stock of Maple Flooring and 15,000,000 feet of Hardwoods — 1 to 4 inches thick — on hand. Maple, Birch and Beech Lumber FIRE INSURANCE Specialists on Lumber and Lumber Working Plants Lumber Undcrivritcrs HOME OFFICE: 66 Broadway, New York x\ H Neal. I',«t Ireas J. L. Stricklan.l. vi e-Prest. W. A. Dolpli, Secv V Gen. N(i;r, NEAL = DOLPH LUMBER CO. Manufacturers Hardwood Lumber RANDOLPH BLILDINQ MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE || WE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU ^ For items of Hardwood Stock or Hardwood Machinery, you will find it advantageous to write our advertisers. Get in touch ! Publtahed In the Interest of Hardw^ood Lumber. American Hardwood Forests, Wood Veneer Industry, Hardwood Flooring, Hardwood Interior Finish, Wood Chemicals* Saw Mill and Woodw^orKing Machinery. Vol. XXIV. CHICAGO. May 25. 1907. No. 3. Published on the 10th and 25th of each month by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Henry H. Gibson. President OFFICES 7th Floor, Ellsworth Bldg., 355 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111., U.S.A- Telephone Harrison 4960 TERMS OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION In the United States, Canada, Philippine Islands and Mexico . . $2.00 In all other countries in Universal Postal Union ..... 3.00 Subscriptions are payable in advance, and in default of written orders to the contrary are continued at our option. Entered at Chicago PostoRice as Second Class Matter. Advertisir\g copy must be received five da.vs ir\ a,.dvaLnce of publication d&te. Advertlsirvg rates on application. General Market Conditions. There were no particularly new features in the hardwood situation during the last fortnight. While prices are being well maintained, there is a slackening of demand in nearly all the trade centers. It is thought that speculative building is over for some time, and the business of the furniture manufacturers is not as active as it has been. These two causes are primarily responsible for a slight let-up in the insistent demand for many varieties of woods. Oak and poplar, especially wide stock, are still in active call, with the good end of Cottonwood a close second. The demand for nearly ,^ll kinds of hardwoods used in boxes and crates is still heavy, as is the call for ash, hickory and all varieties of wagon material. Maple, beech and birch are in fair demand. Current market conditions are entirely satisfactory owing to the fact that there is a manifest shortage in practically every hard- wood producing section of the country. The southern and south- western districts, owing to bad weather conditions, are fully sixty days behind a year ago, and the average stocks north show very light assortments at milling points. The season's cut among north- ern producers is already entirely sold. This apparent settling up and levelling of prices is going to be a good thing for the trade. It will not only give it time to catch up with business but for thorough adjustment of prices on a basis of relative values. On the whole, the situation is decidedly favorable and the season will undeniably be a very satisfactory one. Flooring factories report a good volume of trade with their plants all busy. There seems to be an increasing demand for veneers and panels, and the many plants producing this line have their facilities fully occupied. There is a heavy call for mahogany and there seems to be an increasing home demand for walnut and cherry, owing to the immense development in the use of these woods in electrical ap- pliances. The call for dimension stock of nearly every variety is far in excess of tlie capacity of manufacturers to supply. At least ten times as much of this material as is now produced could be sold. The Lesson and Its Warning. ^LIBRARY N8W YOR Luckily, perhaps, the business man, in common with all humanity, is prone to forget his past troubles, but surely the wise lumbermaii '*^'^^''' will profit by the car shortage experiences he has encountered at regular intervals during the last few years, especially during the fail and winter of 1906. There is every evidence that there will be a manifest shortage in hardwood lumber of all varieties during the remainder of 1907, and there is equally good evidence that the extremely severe ear famine of last season will be eclipsed during the coming fall. Railroad companies cannot begin to keep up their freight equipment. Old cars which are about worn out, and those already being abandoned, are in excess of the number they are able to buy and build at the present time. There will surely be less cars to carry lumber and kindred products next fall than there were last. The sensible buyer of lumber should not fail to anticipate his wants and attempt to .secure his lumber supplies for the coming season at a very early date. It requires no element of prophecy to see that the men who expect to fill lumber requirements from a distance after September 1 are going to get their cars at rare intervals for some months following that date. Right now, and perhaps for a month or two to come, cars can be secured in limited numbers. If lumber can be found today, now is the time to buy it and get it shipped. Annual National Hardwood Lumber Association. As the Hakdwood Record goes to press the annual meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at Atlantic City is about to close. A telegraphic abstract of the proceedings will De found in the news columns of this issue, but rather than delay the publication it has been deemed wise to defer the detailed report of this meeting until the issue of June 10, at which time a complete account will be published, including the portraits of many distinguished members of the organization. Business Honor and Commercial Failures. A review- of the commercial failures that occurred in the L^nited States and Canada last year shows that ten per cent of them were directly traceable to fraudulent intent on the part of the persons, tirms or corporations involved. Directly due to fraud there were 938 failures, involving losses of more than $21,000,000. Such are Bradsfr^i't's figures for 1906, drawn from the great total of 10,624 failures and an aggregate loss of $137,000,000. The ten other general causes for failure, any one of which may have had the elements of dishonesty involved, bring home to the reader a realization of how widespread is the crime of crookedness in present time busi- ness methods. In spite of these facts it should be remembered that the last fifteen years have witnessed great improvement in the systems of the business Vforld and in the conduct of commercial pursuits of all kinds. Bookkeeping long ago became an exact science; the economies of admiuistration are no longer left to guesswork or re- garded as a matter of chance; fixed charges, ratio of depreciation, etc., may now be anticipated with almost absolute certainty. The modern business man, who is entitled to that name, has ceased to guess at cost. He knows it. The one chance element above all 14 HARDWOODRECORD others — the one the business man is perforce still obliged to esti- prime cause of disastrous failures. It is these conditions which point mate — is crookedness. These records of failures for one year are significantly to the fact that merely lack of capital furnished nearly something to set students of men and affairs to thinking. The pos- one-third of the failures of the year. The disposition of so many sible assets represented in last year's failures, which involved $137,- men in business to resort to crooked schemes naturally makes hard- 000,000, were $68,000,000. In the light of these figures it is not ships for any concern which, liowever honestly struggling, often to be wondered at that "honesty is the best policy" has come to finds itself pushed for capital. It is plain that inexperience and be regarded as a platitude rather than a worthy axiom. even sharp competition as threatening factors in business are in the Noting the eleven ascribed causes for failures in America and con- minority, both as to numbers and aggregate possibility of loss. Only sidering only those which have brought loss to innocent investors a little more than five per cent of the year 's failures are due to and creditors, students of business methods may make their own de- these causes. Against the average loss from these two causes of ductions as to the possible degree of criminality involved. The $2,762 we have the average from all failures standing at $6,510. compilation is as follows: A. further analysis will show that of all firms failing ninety-one and a half per cent had an alleged capital of $5,000 and under; six I-MTED STATES. p^^. ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ capital of between $5,000 and $20,000, and only Causes op Failures. failures. Assets. Liabilities. one and seven-tenths per cent employed capital of between $20,000 Incompetence 2,091 $9,743,680 .$19,057,908 and $50,000. Inexperience 457 1,520,516 2,760,234 n jg perhaps something of which to be proud that of the 1,401,085 Lack of capital 3,370 19,577,813 39,342,384 . ,. ■ i i I j ^- • • i • i u • Unwise credits 244 1,381.690 2.652,590 individuals, firms and corporations m recognized commercial busi- Failures of others 190 7,068,226 11,196,193 ness in the United States only 9,385 "proved their inability or in- Ne^ecT^*""^" "06 955947 l,'855;4sl disposition to pay their debts ' ' in 1906, in the language of Brad- Competition 101 253.662 537,470 street's. At the same time it cannot be disputed that among the Speciflc conditions 1,623 11,674.844 22,923.002 hundreds of thousands of surviving business enterprises there are Speculation 70 1,166,633 4,5(6,(34 ° pj,au(j 938 9,389,192 20,574,560 possibly uncounted thousands which are "making good through keener manipulations of crooked methods. CANADA. In view of the foregoing analysis of commercial failures can one iTe^erieTcV ............... ■ '*1 2oo!233 '527^620 be at all positive that " honesty is the best (and accepted) policy " Lack of capital 626 2,266,775 5.080.214 in the modern business world? FriTu^esTf" itle'rs •:::;::::;:: II lllitt lllill Happily it may be stated that this record does not apply specif- Extravagance 9 52,175 29,285 ically to the lumber industry. The small record of business failures Neglect 41 Jo'U?^ """ii'?!!,'. during 1906 makes an enviable showing for this great commercial Competition 9 12,213 27,420 ? ,^ . , . „ , ,.,,,. „, . Specific conditions 168 392,766 934,261 pursuit. However, this analysis of general results m all lines of busi- Speculation 7 26.600 77,254 ^ess is well worth study by every lumberman that it may prove a Fraud 108 182.760 620,334 .^ ^ , • ■ 1 ^i. 4.u 4. i i j guide-stone and a warning against the causes that have produced so Granting that in almost any of these specific causes for failures many failures in other lines. this element of crookedness may have entered, it will be seen that the fraud and speculation have been- especially costly, while failures ^^^ QuestiOD of Continued Prosperity. attributable to competition and inexperience are particularly light; , . , . . . , , „ 1 ■ .»! i li • 1 ! 1 i.1 1 rinancial experts are discussing the question, ' ' Is prosperity and the inference is thereiore plain that "irregular ' methods are ^ " ^ _, . ,. , , .■,...■.■ ■ . waning?" and they are unable to agree. Jacob H. Schift predicts much more dangerous to creditors than is even mcompentence. ^ ■' ° t, , ■■ , , . 1 . J! ii ii -1, i J I,- t, 1. , . „ an era of great suffering among the poor. August Belmont told the An analysis of. the attributed causes which are most suggestive ot " ..... ,. , , ,,,.,. „ ., , , ., . ... capitalists and workmgmen at Mr. Carnegie s industrial peace con- dishonest methods m business failures makes a striking showing in ^ , , , , . . , , . , ^ TT .1 1 c^ 1 • i- 1 T i.1 ■ 1 1,1 ference that we are about to have a halt in industry, which, he averages for the United States m particular. In this double „ , , , ,, ,, , . ,, ^ t Vr.,, , . ,, ^ Li .L T ^ ii 1- 1 -i-i- ii • • alleged, may not be altogether undesirable. James J. Hill, often analysis the assets are subtracted from the liabilities, thus arriving , „ , . . r , , . , , , , -,. , , „ accused of being a pessimist, denies that he has predicted a collapse at the net average loss: „ . -, , , ^ ,, . , x, •„ ^ , , . m. 1 Net losses Aveiage n(?t "^ industry, but thinks there will be a slackening. The general Xo. of ivom all loss from yjg^ jjjat trade has been going ahead too fast prevails, and that it Causes of Failures. tailures. tailures. each cause. . . , ^, . „ „„, .„ .^, . „„„ „. ^., w'lU have to slow down to give capital a chance to catch up: Chair- Incompetence 2,091 $9,914,228 $4,741 j. .., tt •. j cf ^ 0! , r, t- 1 f • Inexperience 457 1,240,718 2,715 man Gary of the United States Steel Corporation and many foreign Lacit of capital 3,370 19,764,571 5.865 observers have the same view. Unwise credits 244 1,270,900 5,209 t, :, ^^. ^, ^ • t 1 .c • i ■ .ir i- i t Failures of others 190 4,127,967 21,668 Based on the theory of periodical financial crises the time has not Extravagance 95 387,605 4,080 yet arrived for a great industrial depression. Such disasters over- Competition ■ ■. ■. ■. ■. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 101 283;S08 2;810 ^°°^ ^^^ country in 1819, in 1837, in 1857, in 1873 and in 1893. Speciflc conditions 1,623 11,250,158 6,932 The average interval between them was twenty years. Hitherto the Speculation 70 3,410,101 47,716 shortest has been sixteen years— that between 1857 and 1873, and the 1' land 938 ll,18o,192 11,925 effects of the Civil War furnished ample explanation of the ex- lu proportionate net loss it will be seen that speculation, failures ception. On the basis of financial history a long, severe crisis cannot of others, and fraud are the three greatest agencies. In "failures naturally be expected until some time between 1909 and 1913. A of others" professional men, farmers, stock brokers, real estate mild reaction from prevailing prosperity midway between two great dealers, bucket shops, old bankruptcies in process of court settle- panics has usually prevailed. One occurred in 1884, and a correspond- ment, etc., have not been considered by Bradstreet's in any way. ing break in the present period of prosperity came in 1903. There- in like manner mere failures to succeed, which have not involved fore, according to precedent, "good times" ought to last for some loss to others, have no place in these statistics. Here, then, is the years longer. clue to the enormous average of $47,716 for the seventy concerns Prosperity in the United States is largely dependent upon the which went down through speculation, and of $21,668 for each of the yield of the crops. The Baring panic of 1890 would have brought 190 failures through failures of others. In each of these cases the the calamitous times of 1893 two years earlier if the disaster had not stock broker, the race track, the real estate dealer and the bucket been stayed by the magnificent harvests of 1891. Of vast impor- shop pointed the way to that form of crookedness which leaves dis- tance, therefore, in estimating the commercial prospects of the near tinctly ' ' fraudulent ' ' failures in inconsiderable quantity. future are the crop prospects. At the present time this outlook is Beyond question these figures point to one form of crookedness or decidedly encouraging. The winter wheat acreage is greater than another, on the part of those directly or indirectly concerned, as the ever and fine crops are anticipated. HARDWOOD RECORD 15 Pert, Pertinent and Impertinent. I dreamed that I dwelt in the Isle of Cracked Ice In the midst of a lake of champagne; Where bloomed the mint julep in meadows green Amid showers of lithia rain. I reclined on a divan of lager beer foam With a pillow of froth at my head. While the spray from a fountain of spark ■ ling gin fizz Descended like dew on my bed. From faraway mountains of crystalline ice. A zephyr, refreshing and cool, Reminiscences of Atlantic City. Came wafting the incense of sweet muscatel That sparkled in many a pool; My senses were soothed by the soft, purling song Of a brooklet of pousse cafe. That rippled along over pebbles of snow. To a river of absinthe frappe. Then, lulled by the music of tinkling glass. From the schooners that danced on the deep, I dreamily sipped a high ball or two And languidly floated to sleep. And then I awoke in a bed full of rocks, With a bolster as hard as a brick; A wrench in my neck, a rack in my head And a stomach detestably sick. With sand in my eyes and grit in my throat Where the taste of last evening still clung. And felt a bath towel stuffed into my mouth Which I afterwards found was my tongue; And I groped for the thread of the evening before In a mystified maze of a brain Until a great light burst upon me at last "I'm off of the wagon again!" Why? Few liquors im- prove with age — they don't get a chance. Conversely. Don't judge a woman 's brain by the size of her hat or her pompadour! JUST A SUGGESTION. Sad, but True. Most men appreci- ate the nonsense of a pretty woman far more than they do the good sense of a . homely one. Stay Up. "Early to bed and early to rise — and you'll meet no prom- inent people," says Frank Daniels Impossible. It is safe to say that the French artist who claims to have painted President Eoosevelt "in a rest- ful pose" has never been at the White House. The Loafer. If a man is a loaf- er he has little to live for. Every Time. Find fault with your employes and it will make them faultier. To Women. Though we scorn and flout 'em, We can live with but not without 'era! In view of the ever-recurring inundation of the timber area of the lower Mississippi Valley and the consequent interruption of logging enterprises, the Hardwood Record sub- mits this drawing as illustrative of a possible way to carry on woods worli the yeeu- through. Capacity. Some pint bottles can hold more than a peck o' trouble! Making the Best of It. Many women who appear to be content- ed are merely re- signed. Waiting. Now that the won- derful Spanish heir has really arrived, we may soon expect a cablegram that he has said "Goo! " Ciuming. A man often wins out by asking man}- questions and an- swering nime. Suspicious. Lots of men are suspicious of others because they know themselves so well. The Pace. The faster a man travels the harder it is for him to pay as he goes. Surely the Worst. The worst failure of all is not to try. Logical. Some of us expect to find rest in heav- en because we feel sleepy in church. Elusive. The slipperiest thing in the world is the nian who never says no. Later Advices. But Winter wouldn't stay put out— The stubborn, tough old chap. He ousted Summer, and resumed His seat in Spring's soft lap. Springless Poetry. If you should send a poem To the editors on Spring, Send evidence to show 'em The existence of the thing. Helps Some. Little spots of powder, Little dabs of paint. Make a thing look pretty When it really ain't. i6 HARDWOOD RECORD AMERICAN FOREST TREES. Chinquapin Oak. Qucicus uciimiiKila — Sai-g. This tree has a range of growth from north- ern New York, along Lake Champlai° =>"'^ the Hudson river westward through southern Ontario, and southward into parts of Ne- braska and Kansas; on its eastern boundary it extends as far south as the JJistriot of Co- hnnbia and along the upper Potomac; the growth west of the Allegheny moun- tains reaches into central Alabama and Mississippi, through Arkansas and the northern portion of Louisi- ana to the eastern part of Indian Territory and parts of Texas even to the canyons of the Guadaloupe mountains, in the extreme western part of that state. It is known as the chinquapin oiik in Massachusetts, Ehode Islaml. Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Caro- lina, South Carolina, Alabama, Ar- kansas, Mississippi, Texas, Missouri. Indiana, Nebraska and Kansas; it is called chestnut oak in Connecticut. Delaware, Alabama, North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Kansas and Ne- braska; pin oak in Kansas and Ar- kansas; yellow oak in Illinois, Kan- sas, Nebraska and Michigan; scrub jak in New York; dwarf chestnut aak in Massachusetts, North Cani- Jina and Tenessee; shrub oak in Ne- braska; white oak in Tennessee; rock oak in Arkansas; and yellow chestnut oak in several of tliese lo- calities. This variety should not be con- fused with Qiwrcus primis, or the true chestnut oak, although it is commonly known in so many sections of the country by the latter name; the names yellow oak, pin oak and scrub oak are likewise applied to many varieties, so that the only way to accurately designate members of this great family is to employ their botanical name. However, this spe cies should always be known as tlie chinquapin oak, which is a distinct- ive term, and not applied to any other variety; it is so designated m Indiana, where the tree reaches its maximum development. The bark of this tree is light gray and is broken into thin flakes, sil- very-white, sometimes slightly tinted with brown; rarely becomes half an incli thick. The branclilets are marked with pale lentieels. The leaves of the chinquapin oak are from five to seven inches long, simple and alter- nate; they have a taper-pointed apex and blunt, wedge-shaped or pointed base; are sharply serrate. When unfolding they show a bright bronze-green above, tinged with pur- FIFTT-TUIKD PAPER. pie and are covered underneath with light silvery ilow n ; at maturity they become thick and firm, showing greenish-yellow on the upper surface and silvery-white below, the pubescence remaining. The midrib is conspic- uous and the veins extending outward to the ]ioints of the teeth are well-defined. In autumn the leaves turn orange and scarlet and are very sluiwy. The leaves are narrow. TYI'ICAL KOUKST GltdWTlI ClIINQUAl'IX n.\K. INIlIAXA liarilly two inches wide, and more nesirly re- semble those of the chestnut than do any other oak leaves. In their broadest forms they are also similar to those of the true chestnut oak, although the difference in the quality and color of the bark, and of the leaves en masse, would prevent either tree from being mistaken for the other. They are crowded at the ends of the branches and hang in such a manner as to show their under sur- faces with every touch of breeze. This char- acteristic gives the chinquapin oak a peculiar effect of constantly shifting color whicli is one of its most attractive features and which puts the observer in mind of the trembling aspen, although the shading and coloring of the oak is nuich more striking. The staminate-flowers grow in catkins from three to four inches long, having a light yellow calyx; the pistillate are sessile, or grow in short spikes, cov- ered with thick white tomentum, and have bright red stigmas. In speak- ing of these flowers, Lounsljerry says: "Those that have paid little or no attention to the trees, except- ing perhaps to regard them as af- fording a gracious and wholesome shade, are invariably surprised when tlieir interest in them is quickened, to see how exquisite are many of tlie blossoms with which they are hung in the spring. Then it is a revelation that the long yellow clus- ters, looking like bits of string, wliich dangle from this great oak are in reality its staminate flowers. In this way many of them grow .snugly together. The pistillate blos- soms are congregated in more com- pact clusters and, as in many mo- noecious trees, they are located near the tips of the lower boughs. From the topmost branches the staminate ones sway. That their respective po- sitions are such is another illustra- tion of Nature's theory that noth- ing is insignificant. When the lu-eezes bend the tree-tops the pollen is shaken out, and its natural fall is then downward upon the pistillate ones wdiich eagerly arrest its flight. " The fruit of this tree is a small, sessile acorn ; its cup is broad, round and thin, with close scales; the nut is light brown, and is alxmt one-third hidden bj^ the cup ; it is sweet and sometimes edible. The wood of chinquapin oak is lieavy, exceedingly hard, strong and close-grained; it is very durable, and is largely used in cooperage, for wheels, railway ties, fencing, etc. The sapwood is thin and light-col- ored ; the heartwood much darker. In general appearance this tree is tall and straight, with narrow head, reaching a height of from forty to 160 feet. It is rare and comparatively local through the Atlantic states, being usually found on limestone soil. In the Mississippi basin, along stony ridges and dry hills, and the rocky banks of rivers, it is very abundant, as it is also in the rich bottom-lauds. It reaches its finest development along the lower Wabash river and its tributaries, in the south- MAURICE M. WAI BURRAI_0, N. Y. SUPPLEMENT TO HARDWOOD KKOORD MAY 25, 1907 ILLUSTRATING BUILDERS OF LUMBER HISTORY^ HARDWOOD RECORD 17 LEAF AND FKUIT OF CIII.NyUAl'lN <.)AK. ern parts of Illinois and Indiana. The ehin- <|iuipin oak is a magnificent tree, its hardy uprightness and beautiful, ever-shifting foli- age making it an ornament to any landscape. The large halftone accompanying this sketch was made from a picture loaned by William H. Freeman, secretary of the Indiana State Board of Forestry. 'Builders of Lumber History. NUMBEB XLV. Maurice Martin Wall. I .Sec portrait sttpplcment.) The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company of Buifalo, N. Y., occupies a position among the wholesale hardwood contingent of the United States which is second to none — not in point of enormity of its plant, size of output, etc., but as to its exalted' reputation for correct business methods and general high character--, in commercial transactions. In the building up of this enviable record, Maurice M. Wall, secretary and treasurer of the company, has been most instrumental. Mr. Wall was born at Avon, N. Y., in 1864, and is of Irish descent. He received his early education in the common schools, and with only this equipment, supplemented by his own intelligence and what knowledge he acquired through reading and observation, he entered the business world at the early age of eighteen, becoming a bookkeeper for a lumber concern in his native town. In addition to his work in the office, the young man was re- quired to spend about half his time in the lumber yard, giving attention to receipts and outgoing shipments of lumber. This gave him excellent training in the line "which he elected to follow as his life work. Mr. Wall remained with the firm for about three years, or until the business was sold out, when the owner removed to Painted Post, taking his employee with him. Two years later, in 1887, he was taken into the new firm as a partner, and it was then called Stanton, Crandall & Co. When native timber began to grow scarce in that locality, which had previously been of considerable importance as a lumber manufac- turing center, attention was directed toward Buffalo, which was fast becoming a great market. The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Com- pany was a small concern which had suffered financial reverses, and which was at that time ill charge of two eastern banks who were anx- ious to unload, its affairs upon a competent manager. Mr. Wall was offered the position and took hold of the business with a vim and ability which soon brought it to the front rank of the city's industries. In a year he and his brother, James B., purchased the busi- ness and operated it as a firm until March, 1S98, when it was incorporated and organized with James B. Wall as president, Thomas H. Wall vice president, and M. M. Wall secre- tary and treasurer, w-hich are the offices still occupied by the three brothers. The old institution made a specialty of cherry before Mr. Wall took hold of it, and he continued along the same line, although adding some other varieties of hardwoods to the stocks carried. However, his policy has always been to confine efforts to a few lines, believing that such concentration is better business and brings better results. Today the company's specialty is oak in all its varieties, and it has a sawmill located in Woodruff county, Arkansas, which is in the center of a fine oak district; it also has a yard in Mem- phis, where it carries a large stock of all kinds of southern hardwoods. The principal yard is at Buffalo, through which many mill- ion feet of lumber coming from the South are handled; also stock from Michigan, Wiscon- sin, Pennsylvania, Canada and other points from which hardwoods are obtained. The company has just established a new and separate department in the shape of a large plant. in that city for manufacturing glued-up veneer stock. The factory is equipped with the most modern machinery and appliances known for getting out this class of work, and jjlaces the company in position to furnish goods of superior quality with promptness. The principal output is veneered tops, fronts and panels of all woods. The company is par- ticularly well equipped for furnishing quar- tered oak, mahogany, figured birch and other fancy woods, cut to length, jointed and taped to required widths, ready for the glue room. The quality of glued-up veneered stock that this house is now making puts it in the mar- ket as one of the large buyers of rotary cut, sawn and sliced veneers, wormy chestnut and other hardwood lumber. In addition to his chief interest — the Buf- falo Hardwood Lumber Company — Mr. Wall is prominently identified with several other business enterprises, among them the Buffalo Desk & Table Company, of which he is secre- tary and treasurer; the Cutting Furniture Company, which he serves in like capacity; the Eureka Hardwood Lumber Company, of which he is president; he is also a director of the Buffalo Maple Flooring Company and sec- retary and treasurer of the Plus & Minus Desk Company. Mr. Wall is prominent in the social as W"ell as the business life of the city and is presi- dent of the Manufacturers' Club of Buffalo, which has a membership of over five hundred men — all leading spirits in pushing their city forward to its rightful place in the industrial ^\orld. He has been very prominent in the affairs of the National Hardwood Lumber As- sociation and was the first inspector general of that organization. For two years he spent a large portion of his time in organizing the Inspection Bureau and it was largely through his influence that salaried inspectors were placed in charge of inspection and reinspec- tion affairs of the association. Personally Mr. Wall is the embodiment of good nature; he makes friends easily and holds them for all time; his sincerity and up- rightness and other sterling qualities give him universal popularity. He is married and has three daughters. It is with no ordinary de- gree of pleasure that the Hardwood Record takes this opportunity to pay its respects tii a man so distinguished both at home and abroad. Hickory Wheels for J\Iotor Trucks, Since the introduction of heavy motor ve- hicles for the transportation of freight, there has been considerable activity in the manufacture of wheels for these carriers. The hickory wheel for motor wagons is not built like the ordinary wheel. It has to be designed for the special service to which it is put. The wheel must be small in diameter, and quite powerfully constructed, as is known. Different woods are used for dif- ferent parts of the modern motor wheel by some manufacturers, while others employ a single wood for all parts. In the English- made wheel ash is used for the felloes, elm for the hub and oak for the rim. The French wheels, on the other hand, are made entirely of locust, and a good wheel results. Manufacturers in this country use quite a i8 HARDWOOD RECORD ■wide variety of timbers, but find that hick- ory serves as well or better than any other. Hence, while we find model motor vehicle wheels exhibited as samples in all of the shops which are composed of various woods, when it comes down to utility strictly hick- ory predominates. This article refers briefly to the manufacture of the hickory wheel for heavy transportation vehicles which are now propelled by steam, gasoline, gas or elec- trical power. The selection of the wood is made from that part of the tree below the branches, so as to avoid knots and make sure of even grain. This valuable portion of the tree is then barked and the hickory butts are made. These butts are usually about thirty inches long, this size being convenient for working. They are out down to a size about the shape shown in Fig. 1; then comes the riving process, which calls for the insertion and driving of wood or iron splitting wedges. This work is done before the stock passes to the manufacturers of the wheels in some cases, while in others the stock is obtained in the butts, which are halved, quartered and split to the sizes required for wheel spokes. Or if hubs are to be made, the pieces are reduced only to the size required for that part of the work. For felloes, still another size is needed. After the splitting operation is finished, the sticks have to be thoroughly aired be- fore anything is done with them. They are piled in the open air for seasoning. After a complete exposure in this way, the pieces are piled in a heating chamber, where hot, dry air is admitted. A summer-heat ex- posure of thirty or more days in a chamber like that shown in Fig. 2 thoroughly dries the stock. The dryer illustrated is built with brick sides and back. The top, bottom and door are of sheet metal, coated with concrete. One of the splits is shown in Fig. 3. The turning process, to get the spokes to the form shown in Fig. 4, follows. The lathe is called into service for this work. Machine model turning is employed in some shops, while in others the modeling is accomplished by hand. The rough sawed and split hickory stick is quickly rounded off into proper shape in the hands of the experienced turner. Then comes the opera- tion of buffing, which is done by various methods. The sheet metal pattern of boxed belt buffer is now used to considerable ex- tent. This consists of a belt running in a casing, as in Fig. 6. The operator simply holds the stick to be treated on the mov- ing surface of the speeding belt. The re- volving belt, with the usual distribution of adamas powder, will fill the pores of the wood quite thoroughly. This powdered, flint-like stuff gives the wood a smooth finish. Further seasoning is required, however, and once more the sticks go to the drying chamber, after which the fine work is put in on the spokes. The mortiser shapes the keystone base and throats out the neck. He trues up the ends and puts on the shoul- der, as in Fig. 5. He must shape the bulky spoke so that it will look trim in the wheel, and at the same time possess the necessary strength. It will not do to shave down too closely to make the spokes look well at the expense of strength, since they are not for the light wheels of speedy automobiles, but for the slower, heavier, freight-loaded ma- chines. Revolving discs are used to make the ends true, and insure a uniform fit. The manufacture of hubs and felloes forms almost another story, so important are the details of their construction. The work of setting up the wheel begins at the hub, be- cause it is necessary that the adjustments /- / Zg5 1 / ^ ^>g^6 be absolutely exact in every part, although the dies may have stamped out everything in an apparently uniform manner. There are machine-made wheels for heavy automo- biles in which the setting-up work is done on the'plan of putting it through with speed and cheapness. But the best firms do the adjusting through trained men who fit each identical part in place with care and judg- ment. Slight turning off is done here and there, while in other places a little building up is done in order to get a perfect com- bination of fit and balance. Nothing is left to chance. Each part of each wheel is han- dled and carefully adjusted by an expert. The spokes are perfectly fitted into the hub of the motor wheel. Numbered spokes are used and pressure is applied to force each into the place created for it. A hub thus fitted is shown in Fig. 7. A band of iron is then applied to hold the spokes in place while the setting bolts are put through and fastened. Another delicate piece of work is the fit- ting of the felloes to the tongues of the spokes. It must be done with great care and accuracy and in a manner to avoid any future looseness. The parts are forced together to avoid play. After the felloes are on, the whole wheel has to be trued. A skilled workman is given charge of this, and when he gets the rim right, the metal tire is placed, as in Fig. 8, being first ex- panded by heat, and in this condition slipped over the rim. When cooling, the rim of course contracts, and a proper fit results. In Fig. 9 is shown an end view of the fin- ished wheel, and in Fig. 10 a side view. The usual varnishing and striping puts the wheel in order for the market. The interiors of the hubs are usually fitted in other shops, where the metal sleeves are adjusted, the ball-bearing devices introduced, or the hub keyed or set-screwed direct to the shaft, which is arranged to revolve in journals of its own below the bodv of the vehicle. Modern HardWood and Cement Combinations. All workers in hardwoods have noticed the increased demand for unique styles of deco- ration for the interior of houses. The so- called art iwuveau decoration is becoming very popular, and the illustrations will give an idea of the character of some of this class of work. The list of hardwoods selected in- cludes nearly all in the category. The deco- ration devices include panels, grilles, arches, cornices, and all kinds of household furnish- ings; and the scope of the work is exceed- ingly wide. On a recent visit to a well-known manufac- turer the writer saw samples of hardwood decorative material which had been purposely charred for the sake of giving the desired burned effect; also some pieces coated with emery and others decorated with serial rows of tacks. Oddity and originality are con- stantlj' sought. Some of the panels are out- lined with floral decorations; there are roses and lilies and painted figures of Indians and of animals; there are imitations of checker boards and patterns that seem suitable for the dime museum only. Yet these oddities are constantly called for and sell at good prices, so that manufacturers will continue to make them while the demand lasts. Many varieties of interior and exterior dec- orations and fixtures are made along the lines stated to be used in connection with concrete, for there is a cement age at hand, as is well known. Cement block buildings are going up all over the world in considerable numbers. Ingenious men combine woodwork for inside and outside ornamentation with cement blocks. The design shown in Fig. 1 is a demonstration of this idea. The wood bracket lines the interior surface of the concrete wall and ceiling at intervals; on top of the cement layer is wood again. Furthermore, there are combinations in- cluding metal, as in Fig. 2. Cement is placed in the tier shown, while the hardwood is next to it, below. Then the iron brace is placed in position. The object is to show the crude concrete and the finished wood and iron within the room. Just as the advent of fin- ished hardwood beams became an important factor in interior building some years ago. HARDWOOD RECORD 19 the combination of rough cement and smooth finished surfaces of hardwood form a feature at present. Some of the patterns are exceed- ingly rich, the fine finish of the wood serving to make the design very pleasing to the eye. At the same time the presence of metal, con- crete or brick work increases the strength. One is surprised at the numerous patterns in hardwood, cement, stone aud metal which may be found in modern building designs. In Fig. 3 is shown another type in which hardwood is employed. The black represents roon coloring matter. The cement in the crevices between the stones, combined with panels of finished hardwood, made an unusu- ally handsome window for the interior of a library or music room. Manufacturers and designers of this line of work say they are receiving liberal orders to create novelties in the finishing of artwork for studios, arbors, dens, etc. In the latter much hardwood grille work is used ; and the prevailing style calls for a half door, so that the swinging blind is now very popular. I . I , I , I . I . I . I . I. ' . 1.1 .1 , '^ I'M: ,!a ' ' [ ' I ' I ' I ' I ' I ' I I I ' I '1 I a zig-zag form of hardwood which is set into the masonry at the time of building, just as plain cement bricks are used. The hardwood bricks, so to speak, are stained to the tint required. In the selection of the material for making this line of work, thoroughly dried stock is used, so as to avoid its warping, shrinking or expanding. A design in the form shown in Fig. 4 is what the workman called a ' ' blind window. ' ' Instead of glass in the frame there are panels of hardwood. The effect is unique. The frame supporting the wood panels is of ash and around this were cemented cobblestones. They were im- pregnated with green and other colors, just enough to make an attractive contrast with the cement which had been treated with ma- Considerable work like that shown in Fig. 5 is also used. The spaces between the short posts are filled with concrete. In Fig. 6, rubble stones are used in the panels. They can be found on the beaches in various colors and are carefully assorted before being placed. When the cement dries and hardens the stones become fast. Cement work is usually done by concrete w-orkers, although some of the hardwood arti- sans do it themselves. The wooden portion of the combination shown in Fig. 7 is repre- sented by the jiieces forming the squares. At the upper left-hand corner of each square a wood block is fitted in. The other portions of the squares are packed with small stones imbedded in cement. The entire frame is fitted into a brick wall. Firewood Consumption in France. France, particularly the citj' of Paris, consumes immense quantities of timber every year for fuel. Eegardless of modern heating methods, the Parisians still cling to the use of wood for cooking and heating. Coal is very scarce and high in price, and not of the best quality; moreover the French people have an eye to the beauti- ful, and are loth to give up the glo-sying log in the fireplace, which appeals to them as much more cheerful and attractive than the radiator or register. However, consumption has decreased ma- terially during the last twenty-five years, as statistics show; the average annual burn- ing for the first four years of the present century for heating purposes alone was nearly 9,000,000 cubic feet, which required the stumpage on nearly 125,000 acres of woodland. The trees cut range in age from 24 to 25 years, and extensive forests in sev- eral parts of France are reserved to meet this drain. Some of the provinces are fa- mous for their picturesque beauty, of which the great forests of beech, oak, chestnut and elm form the most attractive feature. The trees are never allowed to reach a very great age, however, for they are felled as soon as large enough for good fuel. In the autumn the superintendents go through the sections selected for the winter's operations and mark the available trees. Cutting be- gins in December. The woodsmen build rough huts, which they occupy during the season. As the trees are cut down they are sawed into logs perhaps five feet long and piled on carts, wrhich take them to the nearest stream, where they are built up into great cross-wise piles to await the arrival of bu3'ers, who usually come in October, after the wood has lain in the heat and sun- shine all summer. A firewood fair is held at Chateau Chinon the first Monday in each November, each buyer sending his axmen to brand his spe- cial mark on every log which he has pur- chased, that he may identify them when they arrive at destination after their long journe3' down stream. The water courses are usually swollen by the fall rains, although if not, water is turned into them from ponds and reservoirs which are maintained for this purpose. One of these ponds, at Set- tons, can, if necessary, release about 700,- 000,000 cubic feet of water into the river Cure. When such an operation takes place, the banks are lined with men who see that the logs start oif with a clean sweep. The logs on the Cure are stopped at Clamency by a dam, and then it is that men, women and children commence work on them, hand- ing them from the water, identifying them by the owners' marks previously placed upon them, and sorting them out for the rivermen to form into huge rafts, which are then sent forward again, to Paris. Many of these rafts contain 7,000 to 8,000 cubic feet of lumber. Under good conditions, they reach Paris, more than 150 miles away, in about twelve days. Pine from the shores of the Bay of Bis- cay also reaches that city by water, since railroad transportation is much too expen- sive for the purpose. This lumber, however, is loaded upon small vessels, which slowly make their way along the coast to the mouth of the Seine, and thence up that stream to Paris. The bakers and restaurant keepers con- sume enormous amounts of wood since they will not, as a rule, employ coal. It is esti- mated that they use 10,500,000 cubic feet of pine alone. The public officers of the gov- ernment consume immense quantities also; the Department of .Justice uses approxi- mately 2,000 cubic feet every winter; the Department of Instruction 6,000, of the In- terior 5,200, of War 10,000, of Finance 10,- 000. The government's supply is piled in great yards along the shores of the river Seine. Sawing is done there for both pub- lic and private consumers of the wood, the government doing its own in the courtyards of the public offices each summer, to insure a ready winter supply. 20 HARDWOOD RECORD Annual National HardWood Lumber Association, The tenth annual convention of the Na- tional Hardwood Lumber Association opened under the most favorable auspices on Thurs- day, May 23. at Atlantic City, N. J. The weather was bright and clear, though crisp for the season; nearly 300 delegates were present, representing nearly all the hai'dwood manufacturing and consuming sections of the United States; and the steel pier proved an ideal place for holding such a gathering. On Thui'sday at 11 a. m. a reception for members and guests was held in the con- vention hall at the Pier, and at noon the first session was opened with an address of wel- come by Mayor Stoy of Atlantic City. Fol- lowing it the officers presented reports for the past year, which were comprehensive and showed the association to be flourishing in every department. The secretary reported that the membership is now nearly 600, and that the finances are in good shape. W. II. KUSSB, RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT. During the day reports of standing commit- tees were heard, and several exceedingly in- teresting addresses were given. Earl Palmer spoke on "Association Obligations" ; B. C. Currie, Jr., on "A School of Inspection"; Eobt. W. Higbie on "The Wholesaler; Why He is Necessary," and John A. Fox on "Rivers and Harbors." The Inspection Rules Committee in their report recommended the suspensio!i of the now famous "Buffalo agreement" and a modi- fied set of inspection rules. Action on this report was deferred until Friday's session. Considerable friendly "electioneering" went on among members, the most favored can- didates for the oflSce of president being Maurice M. Wall of BufEalo and W. H. Russe of Memphis, now holding that office. In the evening a smoker and entertainment for members was held at the Rudolph Grotto, while the many ladies who accompanied dele- gates were agreeably entertained on the Steel Pier. The work of the Committee on Arrange- ments was admirably systematized and the minutest details for the welfare and amuse- ment of guests carried out. SECOND DAY'S SESSION. The convention reconvened on Friday morning, and nearly the entire session was occupied by Interesting and earnest discussion of inspection matters. By resolution the "Buffalo agreement" providing that no cliange in inspection rules be made until December, 1908, was suspended. The Inspection Rules Committee presented numerous amendments to the rules as they now stand, and recommended their adoption, to take effect Dec. 1 next. At the afternoon meeting the report of the committee was adopted after three hours' discussion, and the presentation of many argu- ments for and against it. Its adoption was se- cured by a ratio of ninety-three to forty-five votes. By resolution provision was made for taking up the subject of the establishment of an inspec- tion school, as suggested in a valuable paper presented by B. C. Currie, Jr., the preceding day. John M. Woods presented a resolution con- demning the daily press for its false allegations that the National Hardwood Lumber and other associations were fostering a lumber trust ; he stated concisely the prime objects of his associa- tion, and that its aim was the establishment of O. O. AGLER, RE-ELECTED FIRST VICE PRESIDENT. uniform hardwood inspection ; that it formu- lated no price agreements and did not attempt to curtail the lumber supply. A resolution was adopted endorsing the survey of the proposed Appalachian forest reserves and urging congressional appropriations for their establishment ; also for support in the timber census work. A vote of thanks was tendered the Inspection Rules Committee for the strenuous work accom- plished, and for the painstaking services it has rendered the association. Another expression of appreciation was extended to the Entortiiinment Committee, which so generously and capably pro- vided for the entertainment of delegates and vis- itors. M. M. Wall spoke in behalf of the Yale school for practical lumbering, setting forth its line of work and accomplishments, and asked for con- tributions. John J. Rumbarger urged members to attend the coming big Hoo-Hoo convention, and promised them a royal good time. Some minor business was transacted, after which the election of officers was held, resulting in the following choice : President, W. H. Russe, Memphis, Tenn. First 'N'ice President, O. O. Agler, Chicago. Second Vice President, C. E. Lloyd, Jr., Phila- delphia. Third Vice President, Sam E. Barr, New York. Treasurer, Claude Maley, Evansville, Ind. New Directors, Theo. Fathauer, Chicago ; Geo. W. Stoneman, De Vails Bluff, Ark. ; F. A. Dig- gins, Cadillac, Mich. ; G. J. Landeck, Milwaukee, Wis. ; J. II. I". Smith, Parkersburg, W. Va. The next annual meeting will be held at Mil- waukee, Wis. Tree Planting in Illinois. During :t recent field season an extensive study of Illinois forest plantations was carried on by the forest service. This work covered nearly two-thirds of the state, or in all ap- proximately 50,000 square miles. The region considered was principally north of a line drawn through the central part of the state. South of this the prairie gives way to natural forest land, and though much of it is cleared, there has been little tree planting. The re- sults of the study are equally applicable to the soutliern part of the state, however, as well as to pai'ts of Indiana, Missouri and Iowa. All variations of soil occur in Illinois from deep black prairie loam to pure sand and these clianges are frequent and often abrupt. On the whole botii climate and soil conditions are favorable to tree growth, as is well illus- trated by the fact that there are over a hun- dred native tree species in the state and a number of foreign species which have been introduced are thriving. European larch is adapted to the well-drained prairie soils and in such situations grows well. It will produce posts and poles in a short time if closely spaced; it is intolerant of many other species, liowever, and will not endure mixing with trees which grow as fast or faster than it does. A plantation set with larch, catalpa and white ash showed at the end of twenty-two years, but fourteen per cent of survi"^ng larch, al- though seventy-one per cent of the aslr trees survived and fifty-two of catalpa. Silver ma- ple has been more extensively planted in Illinois tiian any other species, although its rapid growth is about the only point in its favor. It is a quick-growing shelter-belt tree and good for fuel. Ash usually does well on up- land prairie soil, thougli moister situations are preferable. It is also principally used as a shelter-belt tree, close planted, the necessary thinnings furnishnig good poles for farm use. The Osage orange grows well everywhere ex- cept in the extreme northern part, and will succeed where neither catalpa nor larch thrive. Burr oak will readily adapt itself to the prairie soils throughout the state, but its rate of growtli is slow, and there is no particular in- ducement to plant it on agricultural land un- less for wind-breaks or ornament. Black locust was planted extensively in the early days, and for a time it thrived; the bor- ers appeared, however, and most of the plan- tations were cut. The durability of posts made of this wood is well understood in Illi- nois, where they sell for a high price. It is not uncommon to find posts sound after twenty years' use, while they have been known to last for fortj". Black locust should be planted on sandy soil, such as occurs along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. Its growth is rapid, and if the situation be right and proper treatment given, post size will be reached before the damage from borers is serious. The tree is as hardy as Osage orange, and will not winter- kill; when forest planting on poor land is con- templated this species should be considered. Cottonwood thrives throughout the state, and makes a good shelter-belt. It is planted large- ly in towns because of its rapid growth, but its habits are not such as should recommend it for a street tree. Sugar maple is one of the finest shade and ornamental species; it grows slowly but reaches great size, presents a fine appearance, and lives to an old age. It is probably the most popular tree in Illinois where these points have to be considered. The white elm is also desirable as protection and for ornament; it flourishes, as do also hem- lock, arbor vitae and bald cypress, slippery elm, sycamore and white birch. HARDWOOD RECORD 21 NeWs Miscellany. Meeting Executive Board Hardwood Man- ufacturers' Association. A meetinfr of tlip cxi'ciuivf board of the Hard- wood Maniifacturei-s' Association of the I'nited States was lield at tlie Grand Hotel, Cincinnati. Saturdaj'. May 11. Present at the meeting were : J. B. Ransom, president : W. M. Ritter. K. M. Carrier, C. M. Crawford. Clinton Crane. R. IT. Vansant. Frank F. Fee and Secretary Lewis Dostcr. Page proofs of the new bool; covering grad- ing rules, with the changes authorized at the last annual meeting, were submitted. The sec- retary supplied information covering the changes in the matter of lengths and uniformity of wording. On motion it was decided that the revised proofs should be submitted to the com- mittee before tinal approval. The secretary made a report covering the loca- tion and work of the inspectors since the last meeting, which report was carefully gone over and approved. It was decided that a permanent inspector should be located in Philadelphia to take care of the work in the eastern section of the country. This decision was reached after the secretary had explained that all sections of the country were covered by traveling inspec- tors, but those who did the work in the East had their headquarters in the central West. The location of an inspector at Philadelphia was decided upon to enable the association to give prompt service to members located in Atlan- tic coast cities. Tlie secretary suggested the publication of a new report on market conditions and changes in values on wide poplar, poplar saps, wide cotton- wood and ash. A reduction was recommended on No. 3 common white oak and on Xo. 2 com- mon red oak. The secretary was instructed to issue a new list within the next few weeks, if conditions warranted The report ot the secretary showed that the hardwood buyers' guide authorized at the last annual meeting would be received from the printers in from two to three weeks. He sub- mitted specimen pages showing final corrections, which were approved. A telegram was received from A. F. Specht. secretary of the Lumber Manufacturers' Joint Committee of Seattle. Wash., asking the associa- tion to join the lumber associations of the Pacific Northwest in filing a complaint before the Interstate Commerce Commission to deter- mine the reasonableness of the proposed advance in the lumber tarift from Chicago to points in the trunk line territory, effective .Tune 1 next, and in a Federal Court injunction to stay the proposed changes until the reasonableness of the tariff was legally determined : and to bear the proportionate expense with the other asso- ciations. Owing to the fact that the territory involved was not covered by the association, the execu- tive Ixiard did not deem it wise to join in the movement, although expressing entire sympathy with it. A letter from T. Jas. Fernly, secTretary of the Affiliated Presidents & Secretaries' Association, was read, asking that the president and secre- tary of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa- tion join that organization to assist in further- ing the advancement of a one-cent postage propaganda throughout the United States. This letter was referred to the president and secre- tary for action. A further portion of the secretary's report showed that the membership of the association during the first lour months ot its fiscal year showed an increase of twenty-nine manufactur- ing members, and that he had received many applications for membership under the consum- ers' list, as authorized at the last annual meet- ing, and that he was making arrangements to take care of that division of the organization. On invitation ot President Ransom, the mem- bers of the board adjourned for lunch as his guests, at which time representatives of the city of Nashville were introduced and urged that the secretary's office be moved to that city. The secretary reported that reservations had been made for some of the delegates and others had arranged for their own accommodations at the Norfolk meeting of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. He advised that S. B. Anderson had been substituted for W. A. Gilchrist as Memphis delegate. Resolutions were adopted authorizing the as- sistance in the work of unifying methods of measurement both in this country and in for- eign markets in harmony with the work of the New Orleans Lumber Exporters' Association and the National Lumber Exporters' Association. The secretary was authorized to notify the National Association of Box Manufacturers that the association was entirely in sympathy with it in the movement to work with the Census Bureau of the government for the purpose of obtaining statistics as to the annual timber supply. After careful consideration it was decided to move the association's headquarters to Nashville at such time as the secretary could arrange to do so. The Exploiter of Memphis. Tliere are newspaper correspondents and news- paper correspondents. There are some men who write for the press that have "a nose for news. " and there are others who fail to recognize news value in very important happenings. There are some correspondents who depend on rewriting the usually somewhat unreliable information of the daily press for technical trade journals, and others who go and dig out the facts accurately GEORGE W. FOOSHE, MEMPHIS, TENN. and state them succinctly for the papers they represent. There are some correspondents who impress the public with the get-up-and-get quali- ties of the city they represent, while other writers leave the impression that their town is more dead than alive. Probably as thoroughly alive a correspondent as there is in the country is George W. Fooshe of Memphis, whose portrait adorns this page. Mr. Fooshe represents not only the Record, but many other trade newspapers throughout the country. If one is in Boston he finds Memphis exploited : if in New York, there arc columns about Memphis in the leading commercial news- paper ; the trade press is pregnant with infor- mation supplied by George W. Fooshe. Perhaps his chief value as a newspaper correspondent lies not only in his accuracy of statement hut in his ability to know what to keep out of a newspaper. He never forwards scandal or hard- luck stories ; his news is always clean, forceful and convincing. Mr. Fooshe represents the leading lumber papers, as well as the cotton trade press of the country at Memphis. lie has recently become allied with the new Robertson-Fooshe Lumber Company of that city, and while he will take no active part in this enterprise at present, he will come in closer touch with the hardwood trade and be able to cover the news of the lum- ber interests of Memphis with still greater ac- curacy. The city ot Memphis owes Mr. Fooshe more than a debt of gratitude lor the splendid work he has accomplished for years in exploiting the business interests of that energetic and great commercial center, and if the business public ot .Memphis did its entire duty by him it would acknowledge his services in a substantial way. A Novel Sawmill. A novelty in the sawmill line ma.v be seen at Oshkosh, Wis., on the property ot Buck- staft-Edwards Company; it is an electric saw- mill, the second of the kind to be put in op- ei-ation in that city. The other is used by the Oshkosh Logging Tool Company, and both mills have been proven successful. The former company is a manufacturer of caskets, chairs, etc., and during the two weeks or more that the mill has been operated, it has "eaten up" a good-sized pile of hardwood logs, and has fulfilled expectations in its rapid disposal of timber, and in its ease of operation. Many outside millmen have visited the plant, as it is unique to see a mill running in which not a particle of steam power is employed, and where the familiar sounds of the ordinary saw- mill are missing. The birch, maple and elm used by the Buok- staff-Edwards Company are brought from the northern part of the state by rail, unloaded from the switch track in the mill yard and piled up to a height ot perhaps twenty feet by t'ne aid of electric power applied through a windlass. A car holding three or four logs is pulled up the slip, which is graded at about forty-five degrees, to a platform. The power for the car comes from an electric winch. From the platform the logs are rolled oft to an- other platform next the carriage, on which. one at a time they are carried back and forth past the big band saw. which takes oft a plank or long slab at every trip. The rolls and the conveyor, as well as the slasher and other mechanical appliances about the mill are run l>y a 75-horsepower electric motor. Eight men are required to operate the plant. Its capa- city is 15.000 feet of lumber daily. The power is generated in the boiler engine room of tile factory, whei'e a steam engine runs the neces- sary dynamo. At the mill no attention is re- (;uired by the motor except to start and stop it. Two men handle the logs on the slip, two I'ide the carriage, one acts as head sawyer, one takes the boards away from the saw. one runs the slasher and one takes the boards from the conveyor. The outfit cost about $7,000. and is expected to effect considerable economy to the users. New Memphis Hardwood House. There has just been organized at Memphis, Tenu.. the Neal-Dolph Lumber Company, with a paid-up capital of $75,000. The principals of this new house are : W. H. Neal. formerly of Greenville, Miss., now residing at Memphis, president and treasurer ; J. T. Strickland. Greenville, Miss., vice-president and manager Greenville plant : Wm. A. Dolpb of Memphis, 22 HARDWOOD RECORD general manager and secretary. The company's offices are located in the Randolph building. The corporation takes over the sawmill plant formerly owned by the Planters Lumber Com- pany at Greenville. Miss., and at an early date WILLIAM A. DOLPH, NEAL-DOLPH LUMBER COMPANY, MEMPHIS, TENN. will commence the manufacture of hardwood lumber at that point. This mil! is a modern single band hardwood mill, and an ample sup- ply of logs for it is assured. The company will also be large buyers of hardwood lumber in the open market. Mr. Neal of this company was formerly president of the Planters Lumber Company. J. T. Strickland has been local man- ager and sawmill operator for the Chicago- Mississippi Land & Lumber Company the past year, and formerly was associated with the Planters Lumber Company. \V. A. Dolph for Collins Company Purchase. The Collins Company, wholesaler of lumber at Pennsboro, W. Va., has just purchased from the Decker Lumber Company a large tract of Virginia Umber near Sturgisson, between Mor- gantown and Kingwood. The tract comprises from 2,500 to 3.000 acres o£ virgin timber and is one of the finest in the state. The trans- action includes several miles of railroad, two sawmills, a hotel, store, and other property. Although the exact amount of money involved has not been announced, report places it at at least $100,000. The company has taken posses- sion of operations, with E. M. Bonner as general manager and Frank Smith as superintendent. The sales department will be conducted through the general offices of the Collins Company at Pennsboro, W. Va. Creed Collins, C. W. Sprinkle and E. M. Bonner are the principals of this well-known hardwood house. J. L. STRICKLAND. XEAL-DOLPII LUMBER COMl'ANY, GREENVILLE, MISS. the past seventeen years has been associated with I. M. Darnell & Son Company in a confi- dential capacity, and has had a very wide expe- rience in hardwood affairs. All the members of the house are particularly popular in both the producing and consuming ends of the market, and the success of the new enterprise is assured in advance. Peruvian Hardwoods. A recent report of the development of various industries in Peru states that that country contains a large amount of valuable hardwoods. Many years ago the government, looking toward the development of its rich lands along the Amazon river, maintained several steamers which plied between Para and Iquitos, and which brought down lumber to a planing mill which was established in the latter city. The plan was not successful, however, until 1894, when business generally became better, and it was placed on a paying basis. It is at present man- aged remarkably well, considering its size and the kind of machinery in use. The operator has a ten-year contract with the government at £13 per month rental, and in return is given charge of the mill ; he assumes all liabilities and receives all profits. This contract will expire in inOS. The machinery is very ancient, and con- sists of two vertical saws, one band saw, tw^o circular saws and an eighty horsepower engine. The mill when pushed to the utmost can turn out 1,800 feet of lumber a day, but the usual output is about 900 feet. It is run less than half the time, because of poor labor and the difficulty in obtaining it, as well as the primitive methods used in logging. The desirable timber within easy access of Iquitos has been cut and the remaining timbers must be floated down the river. Laborers will work at lumbering only during the dry season, and then cut a very meager supply of trees growing near the water's edge : when the river rises the logs are allowed to float down the stream. The best grades of Peruvian lumber are very heavy and will not float, so immense rafts are made from the poorer kinds, and used for car- rying the better stock down to the mill. No fine work is turned out, owing to the fact that there are only limited facilities and that the demand for rough and dimension stock is in excess of supply, so that the entire output is sold at prices which would average about $180 per thousand feet. United States money. The greater part of the timber is a kind of cedar, which is not at all durable, and which splits badly ; it is not even desirable for the shooks and rough boxes into which it is made as casing for the rubber output of that section. It is a peculiar fact that the United States, with its rapidly decreasing supply of timber, furnishes to the countries of the Amazon valley many thousand feet of lumber annually, although the latter is remarkably rich in virgin forests. It is the opinion of Consul Eberhardt of Iquitos that there is now no industry in Peru where better profits could be made than on a modern hardwood saw mill in charge of a practical lumberman, providefl the problem of securing labor could be solved satisfactorily. The river for 400 miles above Iquitos is navigable the year round for vessels drawing fourteen feet of water, so that it would seem possible lo bring some of the handsome Peruvian hardwoods into the inited States from the Amazon countries. Annual National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. On Tuesday, May 28, at 11 a. m., the fifth an- nual convention of the National Lumber Manu- facturers' Association will be called to order in the Auditorium on the .lamestown Exposition Grounds at Norfolk, Va. Following is the pro- gramme wbicli will be presented : First Day's Session. Roll call of delegates from affiliated associa- tions. Enrollment of visiting manufacturers. Address of welcome by Harry St. George Tucker, president of Exposition. President's address, William Irvine. Secretary's report, George K. Smith. Treasurer's report, J. A. Freeman. Appointment of committee on credentials. Paper, "The Growing Need of Accurate Knowl- edge as to the Standing Timber in the United States Available for the Slanufacture of Lum* her," J. B. White, Kansas City, Mo. Paper, "The Lumber Cut of the United States in 1900," R, S. Kellogg, Forest Service, Wash- ington, D. C. Paper, "Yale Forest School," Henry S, Graves, director, New Haven, Conn. Paper, "Adjustment of Lumber Fire Losses," James M. Hamill. Columbus, O. ■~ Appointment of committees. Cargo conference at 8 p. m. Second Day's Skssiox. Report of Committee on Credentials. Reports of standing committees — Transporta- tion, C. I. Millard, chairman. Report of Committee on Credit Indemnity, Drew Musser, chairman. Report of Committee on Endowment of Chair of Applied Forestry and Practical Lumbering in Tale Forest School, F. £. Weyerhaeuser, chairman. Report of new committees appointed. New business. Election of officers. Appointment of standing committees. Adjournment of convention. Meeting of the Board of Governors. New East-Bound Freight Rates. The proportion of the new schedule of lumber freight rates from Chicago east, on tonnage originating in the Pacific Northwest and West, has been definitely determined upon by freight officials. The Hardwood Record is indebted to R. L. Clark, general western freight agent of the L. S. & M. S. railway, tor the following table showing the present and the new rates : Chicago to — Present rate. New rate. Toledo 9 cents 9 cents Detroit 9 cents 9 cents Cleveland 10 cents 10 cents Pittsburg 12V> cents 15 cents Buffalo 12% cents 15 cents Cincinnati 10 cents 10 cents I'biladelphia 18 cents 23 cents Baltimore 17 cents 22 cents New Y'ork 20 cents 25 cents Boston 22 cents 27 cents A Doubtful Remedy. In an oak log which was sawed up at Webb's Sawmill at Greenfield, Ind., a walnut peg, a foot long and one inch in diameter, was found, where it had been driven into the heart of the log about seventy-five years ago. At the end of the peg was wound a long coil of dark brown, silky hair, and after investigation a peculiar legend was unfolded which, in these days of easy divorces, is quite interesting. It seems that one of the customs of pioneer times, when a man and his wife could not get along happily together, was to cut a lock of hair from the head of each and wind around a walnut pin, which was then driven Into a hole bored in some thrifty oak tree. Tradition does not state whether the remedy was always effec- tive or not. HARDWOOD RECORD 23 New Self-Feed Eip Saw. The well-known machinery manufacturing house of Cliagrin Falls. Ohio — the Ober Manu- facturing Company — has put out a new type of self-feed rip saw for ripping boards and plank and preparing squares for lathes and other work that is usually done on saws of this class. The machine is very rigid and is en- tirely of iron and steel, except the table, which is made of strips of quartersawn hardwood which are glued and dowelled togeth- er. The table is hinged at one end. The saw is covered in such a manner as to fully protect the operator against injury from sliv- ers or pieces which may fly from the saw. This saw guard is raised and lowered when ripping plank of different thick- nesses by means of a hand wheel and crank. The guide is hinged to a hand lever within easy reach of the operator. A scale provides for va- rying widths of stock which it is desired to cut. The machine rips up to 12 inches iu width. The entire machine is an admirable specimen of the product of the Ober Manufacturing Company and while it is illustrated herewith, a complete description and price can be obtained from the manufacturers. Iron Company, and a director in the United States Leather Company. In 1902 Mr. Good- year and his associates commenced accumu- lating longleaf yellow pine in Louisiana and MissLssippi, and their holdings in those states now aggregate fiOO.OOO acres. An extensive Frank Henry Goodyear. On May 13, at the family home in Buffalo, N. T., occurred the death of Frank H. Good- year, caused by an attack of Bright's disease. Kot only was Mr. Goodyear a man of fine character and one of the first citizens of Buffalo, but he was one of the most promin- ent factors in lumber and railroad circles in the country. Mr. Goodyear was born at Groton, N. T.. March 17, 1849. He took up his residence at Buffalo in 1871. and although he began operations on a small scale, they have multi- plied and grown to mammoth proportions. He early commenced to purchase hemlock and hardwood timber land in northwestern Pennsylvania, and organized one corporation after another, until he controlled directly or indirectly nearly all the available timber in that section. In 1887, with his brother, Charles W., Mi\ Goodyear organized the firm of F. H. & C. W. Goodyear, which in 1902 was made the Goodyear Lumber Company. Their holdings In Pennsylvania produce an annual output of more than 200,000,000 feet of hemlock and a large quantity of hardwoods. Aside from directing lumber interests Mr. Goodyear was the promoter of the Buffalo & Susquehanna railroad and was interested in several minor ones; was president of the Buf- falo & Susquehanna Coal & Coke Company, vice president of the Buffalo & Susquehanna and modern plant is being constructed at NEW SELF-FEED RIP SAW MANUFACTURED BY OBER MFG. CO., CHAGRIN FALLS, O. Bogalusa, La., which will cost $2,500,000. The enterprise is called the Great Southern Lum- ber Company; Mr. Goodyear was its president. The funeral was held on Wednesday, May 15, at the family home in Buffalo. The ofiices of the many Goodyear interests were closed during the day; the trains on his railroads ceased running, and work was suspended at the lumber camps, saw mills and iron plant during the hour of the funeral. Interment w-as at Forest Lawn. Stephenson Captures Toga. Lumbermen are mucli pleased over the se- lection of Isaac Stephenson, Marinette, Wis., to succeed John C. Spooner in the L'nited St.ates senate, thus ending the deadlock which began nearly five weeks ago. Mr. Stephen- son's victory is due to some extent to another prominent Wisconsin lumberman. Lieutenant Governor R. Connor, of Marshfteld, who turned to Mr. Stephenson the votes of two assemblymen who had been counted upon to support an opposing candidate. Wlien this change of front took place the opposition moved to make his nomination unanimous. Mr. Stephenson is an intimate friend of Senator La Follette, who has Deen his warm supporter during the campaign, which has been made on a platform which is exceeding- ly progressive, not to say radical. It has declared for thorough revision of tariff sched- ules, reducing duties where possible without reducing the wages of labor; giving Inter- state Commerce Commission power to regu- late rates and service and to ascertain the true value of railway property, the cost of operation and the amount paid therefor: legislation compelling the adoption of the best known safety appliances and strict regulation as to operation of trains; strengthening the Sherman anti-trust law and imposing neces- sary penalties for control of corporations; constitutional amendment for election of United States senators by popular vote; fed- eral tax on incomes and inheritances; an effective child-labor law; legislation prohibit- ing sale of public lands containing coal, oil, or gas. would lease them; opposition to ship subsidy and all forms of government bounty. Mr. Stephenson is reputed to be the wealth- iest man in Wisconsin, and has made his for- tune through prudent investments in timber lands. He is interested in several large lum- ber operations in Wisconsin and in the I. Stephenson Company of Wells, Mich., an im- mense proposition. He is seventy-eight years old; from 1S66 to- 1SG8 he was a member of the Wisconsin legislature and from 1883 to 1889 a member of Congress. Increase in Memphis Lumber Companies. It has become almost an axiom in Memphis that it is a cold week that does not see the organization of one or more new hardwood lum- ber concerns. There are well toward one hun- dred hardwood houses of various caliber in that city at the present time. The IIAKDWOOD Record does not want to be- tray any unwise advance information, but from a memorandum card picked up by a representa- live in the foyer of the Gayoso Hotel a few days ago. it is probable that official announce- ment will soon be made of still another new corporation. The card reads : THREE OWL LUMBER COMPANY, Dealers in Quartered Cocoanut in the Round and Airy Persiflage. Specialties : Cocoanut Fur and Milk. C. M. Kellogg, Pres. ; Geo. C. Ehemann, V.-Pres. ; H. L. Stern, Secy. & Treas. The present ostensible occupation of the offi- cers of the Three Owl Lumber Company must needs be explained for the enlightenment of those unfortunate enough not to be acquainted with them. Mr. Kellogg is the active man in the hardwood house of Barksdale & Kellogg ; Mr. Ehemann is the junior partner of Bennett & Witte, while Mr. Stern makes a bluff as south- ern buyer for the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company of Chicago. The out-of-work head- quarters of the bunch is the Gayoso. New Hardwood Eules for London. It is proposed by the hardwood section of the Timber Trades Federation of the United King- dom to substitute a set of new rules governing hardwoods for those made effective in July, 1902. The proposal contemplates the measurement of lumber by the American board rule in accord- ance with the present rules of the National Hard- wood Lumber Association : all lumber should be tallied face measure, and all fractions of ?i of a foot or more counted to the next higher figure ; all fractions less than % of a foot to be counted back to the next lower figure. Standard lengths are specified as 6, S, 10, 12, 14 and 16 feet, except as otherwise specified, and all lengths such as 9, 11 and 13 feet are to be measured back to the next even length, except in walnut, which shall be measured odd and even feet ; no allowance to be made for defects : the width of tapering boards to be made at the narrow end. In view of the prevailing tendency toward the modification of hardwood rules and measure- ment, the H.VRDwooD Record has its suspicions lliat the Timber Trades Federation of the United Kingdom will have difficulty in buying American hardwoods on the basis of the proposed meas- ure. •24 HARDWOOD RECORD Changes in Grading Hules. At a meeting of the SouUiern Cypress Manu- facturers' Association, held in New Orleans May 16 changes were made in the grading rules as given below. The revised rules are now being printed and copies will be sent to all members as soon as possible. In the fifth paragraph, under the head of "General Instructions." the word "shall" is changed to "should" in the clause "liut the re- verse side should, in no case, etc." Under the head of "Standard Defects" sea- son checks are now described as follows: "Or- dinary season checics. meaning such as occur in lumber properly covered, shall not be con- sidered a defect in any grade." Add to standard lengths of mouldings "not exceeding five per cent of eight feet." Under the head of "Standard Thicknesses" "all lumber shipped in the rough shall be of sufBcient thickness to S2S to standard thick- ness as follows:" After the worked thicknesses of ceiling add the thicknesses of panel stock, as follows; Inch. Inch. 3-8 panel stock S2S shall be 7-33 1-2 panel stock S2S shall be 5-16 5-8 panel stock S2S shall be 7-16 3-4 panel stock S2S shall be 9-16 The thickness of flat pickets is changed to 3-4 inch. In the grade of first and second clear briglit sap is not a defect in pieces 13 inches and wider. In the grade of selects 4-inch stock is made a standard thickness. In the grade of shop both No. 1 and No. 2 4-inch stock is made a standard thickness and the words "cuts and rips" are changed in all instances to "cuttings and rippings." In the grade of selected common tank the words "wane edge" are eliminated. In the grade of No. 2 common the wording is changed to read "This grade may be either random or specified widths 3 -inch and wider, 1-inch and thicker, etc." The grade of "C" finisli now reads as fol- lows: "All widths in this grade shall admit small sound knots, stained sap, pin worms and other defects, except shake; but none that will prevent the use of same in its full width and length as a paint grade." "D" (or selected common) finish is changed so that 12-inch stock will be furnished and the closing words "for common finishing purposes" are changed to read "as a common paint grade." In "C" siding the waste of 12-inch length is changed to ten per cent of the length. The grade of "A" flooring and ceiling is changed to read as follows: "May have bright sap on one edge one-fourth of its width, oth- erwise must be clear." In the grade of "C" flooring and ceiling the words "ten per cent of the length" are inserted in lieu of "twelve inches in length" both as regards waste and end split. Miscellaneous Notes. It has recently been reported through vari- ous channels that the Seaman. Kent Company, Ltd.. a large manufacturer of kiln-dried hard- wood flooring and sheeting, with factory at Meaford. Ontario, and offices at 160 Bay street. Toronto, would build a sash, door and blind factory. The company announces that it has no such intention, but that it will erect a large flooring plant at the head of the Lakes in the near future. The first large raft of logs to be brought down the Arkansas river by the United Wal- nut Company passed Fort Smith recently and were watched by crowds as they passed the wharf. Three of them were several hundred feet long and were the largest hardwood rafts that have floated down the Arkansas river for many years. Each contained many hundred logs which were being brought downstream from the large timber possessions of the com- pany in the Canadian valley and other up- river points. Charles R. Little, for sixteen years superin- tendent of the Merrill & Ring sawmill at West Duluth, Minn., committed suicide May 14, at the home of his parents, with wliom he re- sided, by firing a bullet through his brain. Failing health is said to be the cause of his act. Mr. Little was 48 years old and had been in the lumber business at Saginaw and Duluth since a boy. An authority writing from Santo Domingo in regard to cedar suitable for the manufacture of pencils says that there are considerable quantities of the timber tliere, but no success- ful exploration has been made except by a Vir- ginia lumber company which owns several tracts of land yielding cedar, and has done a good deal in getting out the cedar and other -woods. The Fort Lumber Company ot Little Rock, Ark., has filed a certificate with the secretary of state showing a change in name; it is now known as the Brinkley Hardwood Manufactur- ing Company. An interesting dispatch from Tresbein. O., states that an old tramp wandered through that village recently planting nut trees, so that the youth of the land in years to come will not be deprived of shellbarks and walnuts. Not many years ago there was hardly a farm in the East that did not have at least one walnut tree, and all the streams had hundreds of shellbark hickories along their banks. The demand for black walnut and hickory for man- ufacturing have made these varieties so scarce that it will not be long before the joy of gath- ering tlie nuts will be lost to the children, so that during the last three years the old tramp has been engaged in his work of planting. He seeks out-of-the-way spots, so that the trees will have a chance to grow unmolested and untrampled. The rocky sides of hills and the edges of creeks ai'e preferred, and he hopes that when he h^s become but a memory, chil- dren of other generations will thank him for his foresight and kindness. Efforts are being made to form a combine of German top manufacturers, including those in other woodworking lines also, to regtilate selling conditions, prices and other matters pertaining to that line of trade. The Kaukauna (Wis.) Lumber Company has purchased some black walnut logs of William Tuttle which were grown on his father's farm near that town from seed planted by his mother over fifty years ago. They had reached a diameter of from eight to ten inches and were converted into valuable lumber; such wood is now high in price and easily stands stcond to rosewood and mahogany. The Bird & Wells Lumber Company ot Wau- saukee. Wis., has purchased another tract of standing timber in Forest county, having closed a deal with C. A. Hutchins of Beloit for a section of land heavily timbered with hem- lock and hardwoods. A dispatch from Stockholm. Sweden, says that Hernosand was the scene of a riot on the 13th inst. as a result of the strike of several hundred laborers in. the Sando sawmills. Twenty nonunionists and a sheriff were seri- ously hurt. The owner of the mills. Dr. Kemphe, who is one of the most prominent men in this line of business in Sweden, had imported laborers, and this was the cause ot the clash. Order was finally restored by the Westernorrland regiment. The Diamond Match Company has purchased a. large tract of limber land in California from the Sierra Lumber Company, for $1,000,000, which will be paid in four quarterly install- ments during 190S. Two sawmills are being installed in Ran- dolph county. West Virginia, by the Roaring Creek Lumber Company, a new concern wliose principals are all of Clearfield, Fa. The Tyrell Manufacturing Company of Co- lumbus, S. C, will soon complete and put into operation its new circular sawmill on the Scup- pernong ri\'er. All varieties of lumber will be manufactured and the daily capacity will be from 20,000 to 30,000 feet. About 20,000 acres of timber land in Thomas county. Georgia, have been purchased by the J. L. Phillips Company of Thomasville, tlie consideration being about $127,000. A mill and tram road will be built, and the capacity of the mill when in active operation will be 50,0'00 feet. The company recently increased its capital stock from $500,000 to $1,000,000. According to official returns the capital stock of lumber companies organized in Mississippi from Oct. 1. 1905, to April 15, 1907, aggregated $3,800,000. The total increase in capital stock of railroads, banks, land companies, etc.. is given as $39,638,500. Reports from Scranton, Miss., say that the loading of steamships direct from the sawmills of Moss Point is causing a rapid increase in the maritime commerce of that port. Cargoes of 3,400,000 feet of square timber, 2,000,000 feet of hewn lumber and 1,500.000 superficial feet of timber have been loaded within the last few days by the L. N. Dantzler Lumber Com- pany, consigned to European markets. Barges are being loaded at Morgan City, La., sawmills to carry cross-ties to Galveston. The scarcity of railroad cars has forced mills to secure water transportation. Fire at I.,incoln. N. H., last week very nearly wiped that town out of existence. It is prac- tically owned by J. E. Henry & Sons, known as New Hampshire's lumber kings, who have suffered great losses; 120 men, women and chil- dren were left homeless. J. Beecher has started a sawmill at Lake- wood. Wash. The output will be about 100.000 feet of cedar per day. There is said to be suf- ficient timber in that vicinity to keep a mill running for years, the settlers selling the cedar as they clear the land. There is a great shortage of stovewood and hardwood for building in Oakland and San Francisco. The hard winter has made the mountain roads practically impassable and the railroads have been so loaded with freight that they have neglected or refused to haul cord- wood when the cars could be loaded with any other material. San Francisco and vicinity have drained the state of hundreds of able- bodied woodchoppers who find they can get more money doing lighter work in the metropo- lis than they can in the woods. Charles M. White, a veteran lumberman of Old Town, Me., died May 14. He operated along the Penobscot for many years. John E. Wilcombe. a lumber merchant of Hammond. La., filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States District Court May 14. He gives his liabilities as $1,298.57 with no assets. Charles V. Higgins ot Paris. Ky., has sold his interest in the lumber yards and manufac- turing plants of the Paris Manufacturing Com- pany to William P. Ardery and Ossian Ed- wards and will locate in Florida. The large sawmill of Rose & Fisher at Bethel. O., was destroyed by fire on the 15th inst. The loss was only partially covered by insurance. The Case-Fowler Lumber Company, which operates a hardwood mill at North Birming- ham. Ala., and has valuable timber lands on the Tombigbee river, has disposed of its hold- ings to the Hugh McLean Lumber Company of Buffalo, a large hardwood manufacturer. The Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company is carry- HARDWOOD RECORD 25 ing on considerable experiments in northern Michigan, with a view to bringing about tlie leforestation of the pine barrens of that sec- tion Ijy raising tlie trees from seed. An at- tempt is also being made to grow soutliern Cottonwood on northern Mieliigan lands. It is believed this timber would be ideal for pulp- wood, of which commodity the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company is a heavy consumer. A consid- erable quantity of Cottonwood cuttings will be planted on lowlands in the vicinity of Coal- wood. All these experiments are in charge of expert foresters. The company's holdings com- prise nearly 1,500.000 acres, and much of the land is covered with hardwood, which the company uses in the manufacture of charcoal to supply its various furnace plants. The Elmira Interior Hardwood Company, a new concern at Elmira. N. Y. , has been in- corporated with a capital stock of $100,000. A new company witli a capital of $10,000 has been incorporated at Ripley, Tippah county, Virginia, by J. W. Paulk. William Ruff and I. M. Paulk. It is to be known as the Missis- sippi Sawmill Company. The Crosby- Bonds Lumber Company of Bookhaven, Lincoln county. Virginia, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $30,000. W. P. Bond? Jr.. L. O. Crosby and others are the incorporators. R. C. Oliver, A. C. Jones and others have in- corporated the Hurricane Creek Lumber Com- pany at Columbia, Marion county, Virginia, with a capital of $50,000. The Cisco Lumber Company, recently organ- ized in Wausau, Wis., by Wausau capitalists, has closed a deal for the purchase of a large tract of timber land in Gogebic county, Mich., in the vicinity of Cisco Lake, whereon is over 100,000,000 feet of standing timber. While it is not definitely stated, the probabilities are that this timber will be hauled to Wausau and sawed there. The Richwood Lumber Company of Hatties- burg. Perry county, Virginia, has been incor- porated with a capital stock of $25,000 by A. E. Causey, O. B. Perry and others. A new stock concern, under the name of the Harris Lumber Company, has recently been or- ganized at Junction City, Ark., with a capital stock of $6,000. divided into sixty shares of $100 each. The general business of the com- pany is the manufacturing, buying and selling of lumber and the buying and selling of land and timber. The Ohio Handle and Manufacturing Com- pany of Jonesboro, Ark., has been organized with a capital stock of $25,000 for the purpose of manufacturing handles, etc. The company will erect a frame building 60x100 feet. All necessary machinery has been purchased and the plant will be installed and ready for op- eration by June 1. N. Hetherington has been elected president and E. S. Hetherington sec- retary. The Beaumont Iron Works Company of Beaumont, Tex., has begun building a large logging car factory, which will be developed into a general car factory. It is planned to install a carwheel foundry later. The Hilton Lumber Company of New Ha- ven, Conn., has filed a certificate of incorpora- tion in the office of the secretary of state. The capital stock is $20,000 and the incorporators are C. H. Hilton, J. W. Palmatier, William Aufort and E. C. Sloan. Hardwood NeWs. (B7 HABOWOOD BECOBD Special Corraspondents.) Chicago. In\'itations have been received in this city for the marriage of Stephanie Suzanne Bens- dorf and Rudolph Sondheimer, which will occur at the Hotel Gayoso in Memphis on the evening of Tuesday, June 11. Registered at Chicago hotels May 16 were John Catheart of New York, A. F. Anderson of Cadillac and C. B. Dudley of Grand Rapids, Mich. Harry P. Coe of the Coe Manufacturing Company, well-known manufacturers of veneer machinery at Painesville, O., was in town May 16. James Cowen of Schultz Brothers & Cowen. left town on May 15 for a trip through the hardwood producing sections of the South- east. Before returning home he will attend the annual meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at Atlantic City. L. L. Harris of Harris & Cole Brothers, Inc.. Cedar Falls. la., was a Chicago visitor May 15. Secretary Doster has had another lemon handed him; the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association has decided to remove its head- quarters to Nashville. These constant changes of the official headquai-ters of this organiza- tion are getting to be a very serious matter for the young bachelor secretary. Just about the time he gets properly introduced into so- ciety and has a girl lined up to the courting stage, he is steered off to some far distant spot on the niap. The fair and marriageable femininity at Nashville is liereby notified that Doster is not only an eligible but a very sus- ceptible bachelor, and if they want him it's wise to get busy early. The forces of J. D. Lacey & Co.. leading timber dealers, are reassembling at the Chi- cago office, 1200 Old Colony building. Mr. Lacey and a corps of clerks have already ar- rived, but Victor Thrane is now in the East and Wood Beale is at the New Orleans office. Botli will be in town soon. The Morton Dry Kiln Company of this city has just issued a handsome little catalogue profusely illustrated, setting forth the many advantages of its product and an explanation of its method of seasoning lumber, which is universally conceded to be among the very best. Gilbert Y. Tickle of Tickle, Bell & Co., 5 St. Albans Rd., Liverpool, has been making an extended trip through the chief lumber markets of the United States, and dropped into the REcoiiti office May 14. Mr. Tickle is a prominent factor in the mahogany trade of the United Kingdom, and also a large buyer of American hardwoods. He will .sail for liome the middle of June. G. von Platen, the well known lumber manu- facturer of Boyne City, was a recent caller at the Recokd office. Mr. von Platen was en route home after an eight months' trip to the Pacific Coast. Wagstaff-Lumber-Oshkosh is back from an extended southern trip which included the in- spection of timijer properties with a view to purchasing, and a little vacation sojourn at French Lick. The Record acknowledges receiirt of a very elaborate and attractive "ad" from the In- terior Hardwood Company of Indianapolis, which consists of a wall hanger displaying to excellent advantage types of the floors which they make a specialty. W. F. Biederman. superintendent of the Na- tional Lumber Manufacturers' Credit Corpora- tion, with executive office in the Victoria building, St. Louis, is out with his seventh credit rating book, dated April, 1907. It con- tains the usual classified list with capital and pay ratings, of all manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers in lumber, and factories which buy lumber in carload lots. It is an- nounced that the utmost care has been taken to make the new list as complete and accurate as possible. The information on which the capital and rating are based has been obtained from sources deemed reliable, and conserva- tism consistent with the facts in each case, has been exercised. Corrections, business changes, new firms, failures, etc., are taken care of by weekly correction sheets, and a trade report is issued each week which is a source of further important information to members. The book is published semi-annu- ally and is of great value to lumbermen in their commercial transactions. John N. Penrod of the Penrod Walnut Cor- poration, Kansas Citj', Mo., was a recent Chi- cago visitor. The American Wood Working Machinery Company lias removed its general offices to Rochester, N. Y., where all remittances and correspondence regal-ding collections and ac- counts should be directed in future. For prices or information regarding machinery, the near- est salesrooms should be addressed; they are at Cedar and West streets, New York; Hen- nen building. New Orleans; Fisher building, Chicago, and 591 Lyell avenue. Rochester. The IlAKDWooD Record acknowledges re- ceipt from the Lidgerw,ood Manufacturing Company, New York, of a set of six fine photographs illustrating Lidgerwood logging systems, contained in a handsome frame 21x 2S inches in size. J. J. Linehan of the Linehan Lumber Com- pany, Pittsburg, was in town on May 11. The Michigan Maple Company of Grand Rapids has removed its offices from the Mich- igan Trust building to 414 Houseman block, that city. R. J. Clark, president of the Peninsula Bark and Lumber Company of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., was a welcome caller at this office on May 11. The Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Company of South Bend, Ind., announces that Wm. P. Schmuhl, for the last twelve years buyer and inspector for the Ford & Johnson Company of Michigan City, Ind., has resigned his position witli the latter concern and ac- cepted one with the former, to take effect July 1. The American Central Lumber Company, formerly of Anderson, Ind.. has moved its office from that city to Central City. W. Va. The company manufactures and wholesales oak and hickory wagon stock in the rough and lias about twenty mills in various parts of the country in opei'ation. It is under the management of G. A. Lambert. The Rotary File and Machine Company, Inc., 5S9 Kent avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.. is out with a neat little booklet about its band saw machines, sharpeners, setters, blades, guides and brazers, which gives in concise form considerable information about its tools, and a number of useful pointers for hard- wood manufacturers. E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc., of Indianapolis, whose Chicago branch at 38 S. Canal street was recently destroyed by fire, are noted for their ability to get to the front and surmount all sorts of obstacles with the utmost dis- patch. Another instance of this is shown in the following communication, dated May 11: "We write to announce the fact that we have opened new headquarters in Chicago at 75-77 Market street, and while we are not doing business at the same old stand, still we are doing business right along, and lots of it." J. W. Embree, vice president of the Ritten- house & Embree Company, has returned home from a week's trip to the company's mill at Warren, Ark. William Wilms of the Paepcke-Leicht Lum- 26 HARDWOOD EECORD ber Company is making an extended southern trip; he will visit Cairo, Memphis and other mill points at which his concern has interests. Fred W. Blaclt of the Fred W. Blaclt Lum- ber Company has gone to Memphis on busi- ness for his house; from there he will visit other Tennessee and Mississippi points. Boston. The Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Company of Gardiner, Mass.. is contemplating the erec- tion of an addition to its plant at Gardiner. The addition will be 440x75 feet and will be four stories and basement. Another build- ing will be erected for the office. Collier & Keyworth, manufacturers of go- carts, Gardiner, Mass., will build another story on their plant. C. F. Schurster, who for over twenty years has been connected with the Connecticut Val- ley Lumber Company, has resigned and will give his entire time to the affairs of the Green Mountain Lumber Company, The Hilton Lumber Company has been in- corporated in New Haven, Conn., with a cap- ital of $20,000. The incorporators are C. H. Hilton, J. W. Palmatier, William Aufort, E. C. Sloan. Mr. Hilton has recently returned from Bellevue, Fla., where the mills of the company will be located. He secured an option on a large tract of land there con- taining oak, baywood and other hardwoods. The cofiln manufacturing plant of -Miller & Burnham, Hartford, Conn., was recently destroyed by fire, causing a loss of about $10,000. Lawrence & Wiggin are making ciuite a specialty of mahogany veneers. Fred W. Kirch, formerly of New York, who has been in the veneer business for several years, has been engaged as salesman in this department. He is showing some fine samples of mahogany veneers. William E. Litchfield, who has been visit- ing his mill in Indiana, has returned. Among the southern visitors to this market recently have been: M. F. Amorous of At- lanta, Ga.. and J. J. McDonald, Savannah, Ga. A leading dealer in hardwoods states that a few years ago it was customary for him when opening his morning mail to first look for orders, then checks and finally shipments. Conditions have changed. Now he looks for shipments, checks and orders. Mr. Bacon of the Davenport-Peters Com- pany, says whitewood is still held at high prices. Manufacturers are able to mdrket their product as fast as they have it in ship- ping condition. Dealers here are buying only what they need and are not anticipating wants. The New England lumbermen will hold their seventh annual outing at Narragansett Bay, June S. The train leaves South Station. Bos- ton, at 10:45 a. m. for Providence, where con- nections will be made with the steamer War- wick. Dinner will be served at Fields Point, after which the party will proceed to Pru- dence Park. Howard C. Morse of Blacker & Shepard, is one of the leaders in this outing. It is hoped tliat the lumbermen will turn out in large numbers. Fred S. Morse of the F, S. Morse Lumber Company, Springfield, has recently returned from a trip South. Elmer L. Gibbs, president of the- O. M. Bearse & Son Company. Chelsea, Mass., has returned from a western trip, with a very satisfactory volume of orders. It is reported that he took one order for 1,000,000 feet of mahogany, K. W. Hobart of Hobart & Co.. Boston, re- turned from a southern trip recently. J. M. W. Hall, president of the Machias Lumber Company, returned last week from a trip to Maine. New York. Labor troubles are infesting certain sec- tions of the metropolitan lumber district, which, while they have not as yet assumed momentous proportions, are, nevertheless, causing considerable speculation as to what the future will bring forth. In every case where trouble has arisen the places of the strikers have been immediately filled by strike breakers and nonunion help, and there has been absolutely no interference with the con- duct of business on the part of the dealers affected. The New York Lumber Trade Asso- ciation has the situation well in hand and is preparing to cope witli trouble of any pro- portions should occasion require, and tlie fact of its absolute preparation in tills respect bids fair to prevent general spreading of the trouble. As a matter of fact, the trouble is not due to any dissatisfaction on the part of the men, but is caused by the activity of walking delegates. As the time approaches for the lumbermen's golf tournament, which will be held at the Baltimore Country Club, Baltimore, Md., June 12 and 13, everything is reported to be pro- gressing finely and a large number of entries have already been received. The tournament will be held under the auspices of tlie Lum- bermen's Golf Association, of which Wm. D. Gill of Baltimore is president, and Henry Cape, 1 Madison avenue, New York, secre- tary. Arrangements for the comfort and en- tertainment of the contestants at Baltimore are in charge of Mr. Gill. Any lumberman or anyone engaged in any of the allied lines of the lumber business is not only eligible but cordially invited to enter tlie contest. The official report of the National Whole- sale Lumber Dealers' Association's last an- nual convention has just been issued in its usual attractive style, containing handsome illustrations of the officials for the current year, a full list of committees, etc., together with the annual proceedings. The Lumber Underwriters of 66 Broadway recently enlarged and renovated their quar- ters at that address and now have a very handsome suite of offices. They have just Issued a very handsome calendar, containing a beautiful reproduction of a famous forest fire scene. Accompanying the calendar is a booldet giving some interesting and valuable pointers as to their system of insurance, the character of their policy, financial resources, etc.. which they will be very glad to mail to any one interested on application. The executive committee of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association will hold its first regular meeting of the year at the headquarters, 66 Broadway, on May 22. at which time reports will be received cover- ing the work thus far this year and plans will be discussed for future operations. Mrs. Lewis Dill, wife of I^W'is Dill, the distinguished Baltimore lumberman, sailed from this port on May 7 for a summer stay in Europe, and will be joined by Mr. Dill a little later. The regular annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Cross. Austin & Ireland Lum- ber Company, big Brooklyn house, was held at the company's offices on May S, at which time officers and directors were elected. The oflicers are: President, Jas. Sherlock Davis; vice president, J. S. Carvalho; secretary, Bruce W. Belmore; treasurer, Charles L. Adams, Jr., and assistant secretary and treas- urer, Wm. Dubocq. The Board of Directors of last year was re-elected. The retirement of N, Irving Lyon because of ill health was announced. Bruce W. Belmore, the new secre- tary, has been associated with the company for a number of years. The gigantic improve- ments which have been under way at the company's premises during the past year or more are Hearing completion, at which time the premises will represent one of the biggest and most up-to-date operations of its kind in the country. The wholesale lumber business of John Mc- Clave of 1 Madison avenue has been incor- porated under the name of the McClave Lum- ber Company, with a capital of $150,000. The incorporators are S. W. McClave and John McClave of New York. The local branch office of the Lumbermen's Credit Association of Chicago, publishers of the Red Book, has been removed from 18 Broadway to 116 Nassau street, where Man- ager Charles D. Chase is enjoying larger quar- ters for the conduct of their business. John R. Glover of W. R. Adams & Co., Van Brunt and Bowne streets, Brooklyn, is on a business trip to Buffalo and Tonawanda markets. G. Wetherhorn, local representative of Wetherhorn & Fischer, manufacturers of cypress sash, doors, blinds, mouldings, etc., of Charleston, S. C, has removed from 150 Nassau street to 146 Broadway, where he has increased facilities. The plant of the com- pany at Charleston has undergone some im- provements and additions which will increase the daily output forty per cent. Philadelphia. Chas. F. Felin & Co. report their mills and factory working to full capacity, orders coming in right along, Eli B. Hallowell & Co. have been busy for the last few months, and have no fault to find with conditions. Their hardwood depart- ment is doing nicely. They have a man in West Virginia looking up these woods. Their business is extending so rapidly that a good man for Pittsburg and one for New York territory is to be considered. Eli B. Hallo- well of this firm and wife, are sojourning in Wernersvillo, Pa. Soble Bros, report trade in excellent con- dition. Frank D. Folsom of this concern has been called home on account of the serious ill- ness of his son. John J. Soble is at the mills in Honaker, Va., looking after their interests there. H. P. Minard, superintendent of the Okeeta Planing Mills Company, in which the Soble Bros, are largely interested, spent a few days at the home office in Philadelphia re- cently. J. R. Williams, 909 Land Title Building, re- cently returned from a Canadian trip. He is very busy and reports his liardwood depart- ment in good shape. He has just made con- nection with the largest mill work concern in the northwest. The Righter-Parry Lumber Company is reaping good results from its hardwood de- partment. Frederick C. Righter recently re- turned from a selling trip through the Pitts- burg territory with a good bunch of orders. Charles K. Parry is making a tour of North and South Carolina and Georgia, visiting the mills and making some desirable connections. The Codling Lumber Company, wholesaler of lumber at Twenty-second and Bellevue streets. Tioga, is moving its offices into the Land Title building. M. F. Amorous, president of tlie LTnion- Pinopolis Lumber Company. Atlanta, Ga., re- cently visited the local trade. The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Company reports business at the present time the best in the history of the company. In the past their banner year showed a total of about $1,000,000 insurance; for 1907, so far, the company has written up insurance amounting to over $800,000; this prosperity is imdoubtedly due to the conscien- tious and careful policy of its manager. James Ruth of Sinking Spring, Pa., a well HARDWOOD RECORD 27 known lumber dealer, and first station agent of this place, died on May 3, in his seventy- sixth year. C. E. Lloyd, Jr.. of the Boice Lumber Com- pany, Inc., reports business active and is more than pleased with results to date. Mr. Lloyd has been malting- an extensive tour among mills, their own and others, and reports con- ditions eminently satisfactory — no weakening at any point in values. This company has purchased considerable hardwood of late, and with the output from their mills, will be pre- pared to meet most any demand for months to come. A forest fire that has been burning in Presi- dent and Pine Grove townships since May 12. was recently checked, after the timber loss had reached the sum ot $75,000. The Holloway Lumber Company reports business moving along nicely and the car service a little improved, so that it is able to get out some of the back orders. Miller & Miller, a prosperous firm, have ex- tended their business considerably during the past year. They have mills at Branchville and Bowman, S. C, and are arranging for the building of a railroad to connect with their mills. They also expect shortly to open a branch office in this vicinity. They report their hardwood department doing well. Frank B. Miller has recently returned from an ex- tended tour in South Carolina and Georgia, where he has been looking up longleaf pine, in which wood they also deal extensively. J. N. Holloway & Co. are receiving a good- ly share ot orders. They feel that a new im- petus has been given to trading, in conse- quence of the more seasonable weather. H. H. Maus & Co., Inc., report the best year's business they have ever had. Their mill is working without interruption, orders coming in right along, notwithstanding they have not been able as yet to close out all the back orders. The company has engaged F. W. Strahorn to look after the pole end of the business. Mr. Strahorn. who is well known, having been in this business on his own ac- count for some years, is thoroughly familiar with the line. The J. W. Ditenderfer Lumber Company will shortly remove to 1314 North American Building. J. Randall Williams & Co. are preparing tor prospective good summer trading. J. Randall Williams. Jr., of this firm, is on a buying trip in South Carolina. When last heard from, he was fast developing into an expert in the piscatorial line. It comes from good author- ity that his record for one afternoon's catch was twenty-three trout. Baltimore. A meeting of Baltimore members of the National Hardwood Lumber Association was called prior to the annual meeting of that organization to discuss the advisability of urging the amendment of the National grad- ing rules and whether the Buffalo resolution of 1905 should not be rescinded with a view- to securing as close an approach to unanim- ity throughout the United States as pos- sible. All the Baltimore members were pres- ent with two exceptions, and the action taken was unanimous. After an extended discus- sion of the subject under consideration, the following resolution was adopted: "Resolved, 1st. That it is the sense of the Baltimore members of the National Hard- wood Lumber Association that the association in convention at Atlantic City, N. J.. May 23 and 24, 1907, should take such action as is necessary to rescind the Buffalo resolution of 1905, whereby it was agreed to make no change in the grade rules of the National Hardwood Lumber Association for a period of three years; and that this association should make such alteration and changes in its grade rules as will as nearly as possible promote and bring about a common and uni- versal system of inspection of hardwood lum- ber throughout the entire country. "2nd. That the chairman shall appoint a committee ot three members whose duty it shall be to present to the convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association through the proper channel this resolution and the further action of the Baltimore mem- bers here assembled." The following resolution was adopted on motion of M. S. Baer: "Resolved. That the committee of Balti- more members are empowered and instructed to meet with the committee on inspection of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, and discuss with them fully the proposed changes to be offered in the association in- spection rules, with a view to determining their action in behalf of the Baltimore mem- bers and to lay before the committee the de- sirability of the following changes: "1st. That there should be a proper divi- sion in the grade of shipping Culls Hard- wood, conforming nearly to the present sys- tem of division into No. 2 Commons and No. 3 Commons of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States. "2nd. That for the inspection ot poplar lumber there should be established an addi- tional grade of "stained" saps, making a place for this class of stock under a head to itself. "3rd. That the rules governing the mea- surement of hardwood lumber should be so changed as to cause measurement to be made as follows: "In widths, fractions on the one-half foot are t3 be given alternately to the buyer and seller; the fractions below the one-half foot to be dropped, and all fractions above the one- half foot to be counted to the next higher figures on the board rule. "In lengths, standard to be four to sixteen feet, counting the 'odd' as well as the 'even' feet." This matter, for which the meeting had been especially called, having been disposed of, the cost of inspecting hardwood lumber at Baltimore was taken up. The Baltimore Lumber Exchange having adopted the na- tional rules. M. S. Baer offered the follow- ing resolution, which was adopted: "Resolved, That the committee of three members appointed by the chairman of this meeting shall be further empowered and re- quested to take up with the Inspection Bureau of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at some suitable time in the near future the subject of co-operation between the National Hardwood Lumber Association and the Lumber Exchange of Baltimore, with a view to having the association grant proper license to the chief inspector of the Lumber Exchange of Baltimore, permitting him to issue the National Hardwood Lumber Asso- ciation inspection certificate on lumber in- spected under his supervision, and allowing the Lumber Exchange charges to apply." This, it was contended, would relieve the association of the fixed expense of the salaried inspectors in this city. Richard W. Price presided over the delib- erations. The committee named to bring the matter before the Atlantic City convention was: R. B. Wood, Richard P. Baer and Richard W. Price. Articles of incorporation were filed re- cently by the John C. Scherer. Jr.. Manufac- turing Company, which is organized to manu- facture and deal in office furniture, bar fix- tures and other similar products, and has an authorized capital stock of $60,000. The in- corporators named are John C. Scherer, Jr.. Harry R. Ruse. Thomas T. Tongue, Frank H. Longfellow and Daniel MacLea. Mr. Scherer is widely known in the sash, door and blind trade. Mr. MacLea is a member of the Eisenhauer & MacLea Company, dealers in hardwoods on West Falls avenue, and enjoys an excellent reputation. The company will doubtless conduct operations on a large scale. Hardwood men here are considerably exer- cised over the action of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in serving notice of an increase in the freight rates of one cent per 100 pounds. The increase became effective on May 1. At the same time the minimum weight of cars was increased from 30,000 to 34,000 pounds. In other words, where a lum- ber shipper had formerly to pay for 30,000 pounds when he loaded a car, he will now havp to pay on 4.000 pounds more, so that the increase in rates is really much more than the one cent advance indicates. Ar- rangements are under way to make some sort of representation on the subject to the rail- road company, the advance being considered out of proportion to that on other commod- ities. Among the visiting lumbermen here last week was C. E. Lloyd, vice-president of the Boyce Lumber Company of Philadelphia. Mr. Lloyd had been on a southern trip, and was enroute for home. He said that the hard- wood business continued in excellent shape, with prices strong and the demand active with the possible exception of common oak. which, he thought, had eased off somewhat, though the general situation was not affected thereby. He looked for a prosperous busi- ness during the balance of the year. A concatenation of local Hoo-Hoo has been called by Vicegerent Snark Maurice W. Wiley for the first week in June, when it is ex- pected that a number of applicants for ad- mission will be on hand. B. C. Currie of the R. M. Smith Lumber Company of Parkersburg, W. Va., was in town last week and expressed himself as highly gratified over the way trade keeps up. The Norva Land and Lumber Company of which Robert MacLean, a well-known ex- porter of hardwoods with offices in the Stew- art building, this city, is general manager and president, is erecting a planing mill in Norfolk County, Va.. along the Dismal Swamp Canal, with Walliston, Va., as the postofBce station. The company has some 23,000 acres of land there, containing large quantities of hardwoods, cypress and much gum. The lat- ter is being worked up into staves, a stave mill and sawmill having been on the place when it was purchased. A resaw is also being put up, and the facilities of the com- pany will be greatly enlarged when the im- provements are complete. The planing mill will be in running order about the middle of June. The Danzer Lumber Company of Hagers- town, Md., is making extensive improvements at its yards on South Potomac street, which cover an area of five acres and are being connected with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad by means of a switch 550 feet long. This will permit cars to be shunted direct to the yards without extra handling. A smoke stack 80 feet high is being built, and dry kilns are under construction, together with exhausts to convey shavings and sawdust to the boilers. Every facility for handling lumber, heavy timber and logs is to be provided. The im- provements will be completed some time in July. Mary L. Evans, president; Eugene Murray, vice-president, and William B. Murra.v. sec- retary-treasurer, all of W'ashington, D. C. have incorporated the Convertible Furniture Manufacturing Company of Alexandria. Va.. with a capital stock of $50,000. and will erect a factory there. HARDWOOD RECORD R. P. Baer of R. P. Baer & Co. recently returned from a trip South, in the course of which he visited a large number of mills. The Herbertson Lumber Company has been incorporated at Richmond. Va., with William Herbertson. Sr., as president; M. L. Herbert- son as vice-president. R. H. Herbertson as secretary, and R. K. Herbertson as treasurer. The three first-mentioned are of Pittsburg, and R. K. Herbertson is of Burkeville, Va. The capital stock of the company is fixed at $100,000. Pittsburg. The Willson Brothers Lumber Company re- ports an excellent demand for hardwoods of all kinds and says that the call for oak and sound wormy chestnut is one of the most promising features of the Pittsburg market for two years. This firm has fortified itself with large stocks and is supplying the trade throughout the East in a way that few other concerns are able to do. The A. M. Turner Lumber Company is now quartered in one of the finest suites of offices in the city, in the Union Bank building. They have nearly double the space which they had in their old quarters in the Ferguson build- ing, but the room has been badly needed for a long time. In poplar. Cottonwood and bass- wood the Turner Company is doing a big business. A number of investors from Clearfield. Pa., have bought 1.000 acres of hardwood timber land on the Coal & Coke railroad in Randolph county. West Virginia, for about $20,000. It is estimated that the tract will cut 5.000,000 feet, most of which will be marketed through the agency of W. W. Dempsey of Johnstown, Pa.; several portable mills will be installed at once. The L. L. Satler Lumber Company is get- ting out a fine lot of hardwood at its big plant at Blackstone, Va. A large part of this is oak and the firm finds a good market for this lumber. both on the eastern coast and in the Pittsburg district. Mr. Satler was one of the Chamber of Commerce excursionists who toured West Virginia on a business trip last week. The big plant of J. A. HoUinger at Cham- bersburg. Pa., was burned a few days ago. with a total loss of $100,000. About $40,000 of this was covered by insurance. The fire started in the engine room of the sawmill and burned practically the entire plant of the company. The Cotton Belt Timber and Manufactur- ing Company has been incorporated in Ohio by a number of capitalists of Norwalk. Its capital is $100,000, and the members of the company are Fred H. Fox. F. C. l&iUer, B. N. Chikls. John Laylin and H. A. Gallup. J. E. Mcllvain & Co. are having a very good call for railroad ties. They report most of the West Virginia mills fairly busy and they are putting on new men at the mills where they have lumber under contract. The big planing mill of Dimond & Borland at Oil City, Pa., was damaged by fire to the extent of $50,000 on May 8. The firm carried about $7,000 insurance. West Virginia Hoo-Hoo held a very suc- cessful meeting at Weston. May 2. Nearly thirty were initiated and over two hundred members of the order were present at the services. Among the prominent speakers were H. K. Stover of Elkins, I. N. Butler of Pick- ens, James H. Chapman of Sutton. John L. Altizer of Baltimore and E. S. Boggess of Clarksburg. The Babcock Lumber and Boom Company has been incorporated at Davis. Tucker county, West Virginia, with a capital of $500,- OOO. The stock is all held by the Babcock lumber interests, which have their headquar- ters in Pittsburg. The Valley Bend Lumber Company, of Shaf- fer's Run. Randolph county, W. Va., lost its big mill last week by fire. Wilson Brothers of Toronto were the chief owners and will likely rebuild the plant. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has set out more than 500,000 trees as a prelimi- nary to its immense project of starting enough oak forests to supply it with tie timber in the future. At its new nursery at Hollidays- burg, Pa.. 135 pounds of seed will be planted this year. The work is being conducted by E. A. Sterling, formerly of the United States Bureau of Forestry. The Lycoming Lumber Company is a new concern chartered by Wm. CoUum, S. V. Brown and F. C. Zercher. It will operate near Greensburg. Pa. Pittsburg wholesalers are greatly concerned at the increase of 20 to .10 per cent in freight rates whicli will go into effect June 1 on all the roads of the Central Freight and Trunk Association. Hitherto the rate on lumber from Chicago to New York has been 20 cents per hundred pounds. The increase will cause a sharp advance in the price of some hard- woods that are being shipped in large quanti- ties to the Middle West and it is expected that oak will suffer worse in this respect. Three new lumber companies were char- tered last week in western Pennsylvania. The Newell Brothers Lumber Company of Pitts- burg is backed by J. A., W. A. and H. T. Newell. H. A. Miller, A. C. Leslie of Pitts- burg and W. E. McMillan of Wilkinsburg, Pa. The capital is $100,000, of which over $40,000 has been paid in, The Fort Pitt Lumber Company of Pittsburg has a capital of $12,- 500 and is promoted by H. L.. Austin, George McGinnis. R. J. Hadley and T. S. Dickey of Pittsburg and C. M. Konkle of New Ken- sington, Pa. The other company mentioned is the Stewarten Lumber Company of Con- nellsvillc. Pa., capital $6,000. The incorpor- ators are August Stickle. Jr.. and Otto Stickle of Mill Run. Pa., and John A. Guyler of Con- nellsville. Lloyd. Chalfant & Peyton have bought the planing mill of Rowand & Company at Shinn- ston. near Morgantown, W. Va.. for about $15,000. The price includes several acres of real estate. The Crescent Lumber Company is now lo- cated in its new quarters in the Machesney Building, and is doing an excellent business in white oak. cypress and hardwoods. Much of its trade is in lots of from 20 to 50 cars, and a good portion of its lumber goes nortli to the lake towns. W. E. Terhune of the W. E. Terhune Lum- ber Company has been looking up the West Virginia situation the past week. He finds the hardwood business in general mucli bet- ter than the yellow pine trade. The J. W. Pierce Lumber Company of Iron- ton, O., has been shut down by the order of the Pierce estate. It is expefcted that ar- rangements will soon be made witli the Ad- vance Lumber Company of Cleveland by which the plant can be operated again. The Sommer & Henry Lumber and Manu- facturing Company has taken over the plant of Charles Ike at Canton. Ohio, and will manufacture hardwood lumber on a large scale. It has also secured several tracts of timber which will be good feeders for the big planing mill. The new officers of the com- pany are: President, David S. Sommer; vice president and treasurer, U. R. Henry; secre- tary. Edward L. Smith; directors. J. M. Cozan and Anna Sommer. The Pittsburg Pit Post Company is doing a fine business in the Pittsburg field in all kinds of mine timber. Its posts are selling for half a cent higher than a year ago and it also has a good demand for mine car stock. Tlie Maley, Thompson & Moffatt Lumber Company of Cincinnati has bought from D. F. Frazee tibout 500 acres of walnut timber near Lexington. Ky., for $15,000. The firm will cut ttff the timber at once and market most of it in Cincinnati. The Warren Handle Company is one of the busiest concerns in eastern Ohio. Last week it shipped another order of 200 dozen pick handles tc* the Panama Canal, this being one of several consignments which it has lately sold to the United States government. The company also has the entire handle business of the Carnegie Steel Company and the Re- public Iron and Steel Company. The Twentieth Century Lumber Company, capital $10,000, has been incorporated by David Weiner, W. S. Snyder and G. M. Whit- ney of Harri.sburg and Carlisle, Pa. Timber lands in the neighborhood of Oil City, Pa., got a bad scorching last week by forest fire. Nearly the entire townships of President and Pine Grove were swept over, badly damaging an area of about ten square miles. The Western Lumber Company of Weston. W. Va.. has increased its capital to $75,000, its president, John T. Dixon of Memphis, Tenn., having taken a large part of this last issue. Tlie Baltimore & Oliio Railroad Company is negotiating with the Kendall Lumber Com- pany for the purchase of the latter's line from Confluence. Pa., to Mountain Park, a distance of about twenty miles. This is a narrow gauge road, but if the B. & O. gets it. it will be made into a broad gauge for ex- cursion purposes. The Kendalls built it sev- eral years ago to furnish an outlet for their timber operations in that district. The Wellman Lumber Company has been incorporated at Glen Jean. Fayette County. Pa,, with a capital of $5,000. The members of the company are O. F. McCoy, L. D. Mar- shall. H. E. Wilson, J. R. Gunning and C. W. Osenten. Robert Felty of Connellsville. Pa., has bought from the Collins Lumber Company of Pennsboro. W. Va., a tract of hardwood lum- ber which it is estimated will cut 20,000,000 feet, besides some 4,000,000 pit posts. The deal includes all the machinery, tram road, logging engines, cars and other equipment of the Deckers Valley Lumber Company of Morgantown. W. Va.. in which Mr. Felty is a large stockholder. The Webster-Keasey Lumber Company is a new wliolesale concern at 803 Bessemer build- ing. It will have its own mills, and will handle poles, ties and piling on a large scale. Webster Keasey, president of the company, has been in the lumber business in the Pitts- burg district for seventeen years. George A. Cypher. Jr., of Butler, Pa., is secretary and treasurer of the concern, and J. O. Har- rison, who has been associated with Mr, Keasey for a long time, will be general man- ager. The Red Lick Lumber Company of Marlin- ton, W. Va.. has been formed with a capital of $10,000. The incorporators are M. C. Wat- kins of Gassaway, W. Va., A. D. Williams and N. C. McNeil of Marlinton and John Peters of Ronceverte. The Furnace Run Saw Mill & Lumber Company of Pittsburg has started a branch office at Cincinnati, with William Hunter, manager. The company is practically cut out at Johnston City. Tenn.. and will handle hardwood direct from its Cincinnati office. The Pittsburg Hardwood Floor Company re- ports much the best business in its history. Its city trade is picking up rapidly and of late it has been doing a fine business in the big industrial towns of western Pennsyh'ania and eastern Ohio. The Kendall Lumber Company sold 200 cars of lumber and ties in two days last HARDWOOD RECORD 29 week. Throughout the hardwood list it notes a very flrm feehng as to prices and Secretary J. H. Hendei-son says that both oak and chestnut are going up slowly. The com- pany's mill at Crellin, Md., is now cutting 100.000 feet a day. General Manager J. N. Woollett of the American Lumber and Manufacturing Com- pany recently took an order for 1.000.000 feet of oak to be exported from Mississippi and Arkansas for car lumber. He also bought 5.000,000 feet of Cottonwood to be cut in Texas and Indian Territory, a large part of which will be brought up the Mississippi for distribution in the central West. BuiTalo. The Hoo-Hoo Concatenation held by Vice- gerent F. J. Blumenstein May 11 was the principal event of the month. The attend- ance was large and a class of ten kittens was admitted to membership as follows: Edwin S. Lott of Chestnut * Slaght: William F. Stuhlmiller of the Stuhlmiller Mantel Works; Oris M. Moyer of the American Seating Com- pany; Jacob F. Hirschmiller of Palen & Burns; Arthur T. Wilcox, with G. Elias & Bro. : Frank M. Betts of the Eastern Lumber Company. Tonawanda; Sylvester B. Bond of the Hugh McLean Lumber Company; James H. Walsh, with F. W. Vetter; Frank W. Mc- Gregor of the Standard Hardwood Lumber Company and James L. Stewart, inspector for the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- tion. A. Miller keeps two or three good hustling buyers in the oak and other hardwood dis- tricts .south, looking after stock and so is easily able to carry a full stock in yard, in spite of active sales. The Buffalo yard of Scatcherd cS: Son still depends on hardwoods, mainly from Penn- sylvania, as the cut of the Memphis mills is all needed to meet tlie general eastern and foreign demand. Beyer, Knox & Co. find that their new mill headquarters at Pascola, Mo., is to be a fortunate venture, as they are selling too much oak and other southwestern hardwoods not to have a special supply somewhere. T. Sullivan & Co, are now for the first time lately able to put some Washington fir into stock here. A lot of 2^ -inch, a size always hard to get, is going , into pile Just now. G. Elias & Bro. are getting in lumber liber- ally by lake and as they handle all sorts of lumber it is quite in their line to get a cargo from Lake Ontario, as they did a few days ago. Members of the Standard Hardwood Lum- ber Company have organized the Bison City Table Company, with $50,000 paid up capital. , R. F. Kreinheder is president, A. W. Krein- heder, vice president; O. W. Kreinheder, treasurer and manager, and Charles Benfold. secretary. The factory is already in full operation. F. W. Vetter is still adding to his yard stock since going into business on his own account. He now carries a full assortment of general hardwood sorts and is enjoying all his former trade. The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company has two barges coming down from the upper lakes with hardwood stock, all of which will be needed to keep up the yard stock, as everything is moving fast. Manager Janes of the Empire Lumber Com- pany is back from a long trip through the South and Southwest, stirring up his mill and shipping forces. He is able to report plenty of cars, which is exceptionally favorable. Oak, ash and poplar are being added to the yard stock of O. E. Teager from his Ken- tucky headquarters. Cars in that direction are not as plenty as they ought to be, but are made to answer. I. N. Stewart & Bro. are moving an in- creased amount of cherry and are always able to show an increased stock of oak in yard, which comes from cherry territory and sells along with it nicely. The Hugh McLean Lumber Company still finds the Memphis district a rain center, but is able to get stock enough from its various mills to meet all demands. Detroit. Joseph H. Berry, the genius behind the greatest varnish manufactory in the world, died in Detroit, May 22. He had been ill only seven weeks. He was 68 years of age. Mr. Berry was chairman of Berry Brothers. Ltd., of Detroit, large varnish manufacturers. He was also president of the Dwight Lumber Compan.v. large handlers of hardwood; presi- dent of the Detroit Heating and Lighting Company and the Berry Car Wheel Foundry Company at Buffalo, N. Y. He was interested in the press steel, barrel, lumber and picture frame trades, in iron furnaces in the northern peninsula, in the sugar business, in real estate, was a promoter of the new $2,500,000 belt line in Detroit, which is now in progress of construction. William C. Brownlee of the Brownlee cSt Kelly Lumber Company, hardwood whole- salers of Detroit, is spending a week at the company's mill in northern Georgia. The company has just received a large cargo of basswood. There is now a very serious strike at the Detroit plant of the American Car and Foun- dry Company among the forces in the steel di partmcnt. Police are necessary to keep Older. A new warehouse is being erected for the Detroit Lumber Company. The $2,500,000 new Cleveland "D. & C." boat which was to have gone into commis- sion this month was burned at her dock at the foot of Orleans street last week. A large amount of beautiful interior hardwood finish was destroyed at a big loss to the Detroit Shipbuilding Company. There is a big strike among the shipbuild- ers of the American Shipbuilding Company at the Great Lakes branch at Ecorse. Out- side workmen are being imported. The spring shipments by boat to Detroit are very liglit owing to the fact that the spring stock is not entirely dry, and fall stock has been pretty well cleaned up. Basswood is reported very scarce. Every wholesaler is busy, there being no let up in building here. Sagina'w Valley. The Superior Iron and Chemical Company has been organized at Detroit with a capital- ization of $7,500,000. Joseph H. Berry of Berry Bros.. Detroit, is said to hold $6,000.- 000 of the stock. This company has charcoal and iron plants at Ashland. Manistique, New- berry. Chocolay. Elk Rapids, and Boyne City. All of these plants manufacture charcoal from hardwood and charcoal iron from the charcoal. They also manufacture chemicals from the wood by-products. Efforts are being made to secure a large plant of that character at Bay City. There is one chemical plant in operation which manufactures wood alcohol and other by-products, the plant being oper- ated by the Dupont Powder Company of Phil- adelphia. The alcohol from the wood is con- verted into use in the manufacture of gun- powder. There is no location in the world so advantageous for the location of a plant of this character as Bay City. Eight E,awmills. nearly all of which are operated the year through, are engaged in the manufacture of hardwood lumber ar^l there is thus a vast accumulation of hardwood refuse available. Moreover, tributary to Bay City are immense forests of the best hardwood timber in the world, and it has rail and water transporta- tion for the raw material and the manufac- tured product. S. L. Eastman has purchased the interest of Ross & Wentworth of Bay City in 10,000,- 000 feet of standing timber in Ogemaw County. A spur track will be extended into it by the Detroit & Mackinac railroad and the timber will be taken off. A portable band mill will be put up on the ground to manu- facture the timber. A large portion of the timber is beech, maple and birch. The lum- ber will be handled by Mr. Eastman in his business, the maple going into flooring. Beech lumber of good quality is being put into flooring here and it gives satisfaction as it finishes nicety. This timber has advanced to $18 for No. 1 common, and there is a good call for it. The Saginaw Manufacturing Company, which puts out washboards, wood split pulleys and other hardwood novelties, is enlarging its plant materially to permit of the expansion of its business. The concern is doing a pros- perous business. The Palmerton Wooden- ware Company and the Bousfleld Wooden "Works Company are two of the largest estab- lishments of their kind in the United States. They use a number of million feet of bass- wood and also large quantities of other hard- woods every month. Over at Ithaca. Mich., is a plant operated by Armour & Co.. which produces butter tubs and other novelties. All of these institutions are doing a fine business and are operated with full crews. A. McKay is erecting a portable mill on the French Siding, near West Branch, with which he will cut up 1,000,000 feet of logs. The Batchelor Timber Company at West Branch has erected a heading mill and other improvements. The mill is cutting about 60.000 feet of hardwood lumber daily. The new Strable Flooring plant at Saginaw is having a fine run of business considering the short time it has been in operation. The company is booking orders ahead and the oflacials feel well satisfied with conditions. At Whitestone Point, near AuGres on Sag- inaw Bay, Samuel Umphrey is operating a small sawmill which is cutting 12,000 feet a day. Up in that section a number of small mills are in operation. Good progress is being made on the new- mill of Keyes & Warboys at Tower, and it will soon be rftady for business. The Pinkerton sawmill, near Onaway, is ready for business and has an ample stock of logs. The Krieeland-Bigelow Company's mill is running day and night and cutting some fine stock. The maple goes to S. L. Eastman. Mr. Bigelow says that practically their entire cut for the season has been sold. Bay City parties are negotiating for a large body of hardwood timber north of the city to come here to be manufactured. Grand Bapids. Among the new Michigan corporations are the following: Cisco Lake Lumber Company, Wausau. Wis.. and Ontonagon, $200,000; Southland Lumber Company, Grand Rapids, $20,000. The Baines-Mosier Cabinet Company of Allegan has increased its capital stock from $4,000 to $13,000. Louis D. Rich has resigned his position as cashier of the R. G. Peters Salt and Lumber Company, Manistee, taking effect June 1, and will give his entire attention to his lum- ber interests in the South. Officers of the newly formed Portage Lake Lumber Company of Hancock are: President, 30 HARDWOOD RECORD James J. Byers; vice-president. James W. Cleaves; secretary and treasurer. William J. McKenna. A mill has been built at West Hancock and will be operated this summer. The Grand Trunk railroad has expended three-quarters o£ a million dollars on the erection of a new depot and freight house and is extending its tracks into the downtown district of Grand Rapids. Business men are arranging for a celebration in connection with the opening of the new station June 15. The Wilson Manufacturing Company of Port Huron, manufacturer of saws, is the only concern of that city to make an exhibit at the Jamestown Ter-centennial. The Wil- son company started operations at South Park five years ago with five men. The force has been increased to 125 men and the out- put added to tenfold. All Michigan railroads have made a change in classification of railroad ties which ma- terially increases the shipping rates to points within the state. Every road needs the ties originating along its own line and is averse to moving the same. Some roads refuse to move ties to outside points, which is indica- tive of the scarcity of timber. The Grand River boat line is carrying large cargoes of freight, including furniture and manufactured products, and the directors of the new transportation line, who include some of the leading business men and manu- facturers of the city, state that proper sup- port of the venture will assure the ultimate operation of an independent boat line to Chi- cago, whereby traffic arrangements with lake lines to and from the East may be made and the eastern freight rates reduced. The rates to western jsoints are from 5 to 10 per cent below the tariffs over the electric or steam lines. More than 2.000 trees and shrubs were set out this spring on the school grounds at Iron- wood, by direction of the board of education. The Superior Manufacturing Company of Muskegon has closed a contract with the board of education of New York city for $14,700 worth of opera chairs and school seats. The Muskegon factory of the Brunswick- Balke-Collender Company has recently begun the manufacture of cues, and 100 men are employed in this department. When the bil- liard table department is in operation, which will be in about four months, 250 men will be added to the force. Cleveland. J^-H. Benedict of Detroit, representing the Duncan Bay Manufacturing Company, stopped off here a few days on his way to Cincin- nati, where he will buy machinery for their sawmill at Cheboygan. The Sawmill Company of Chase City, Va., was incorporated recently with $20,000 capital stock. W. P. Porter of East Jordan. Mich., president; Harry Sherman of CoUingwood, O.. vice president; C. H. Foote of this city, treasurer, and A. M. Foote of this city, secre- tary. The four officers, together with Burt Pero. comprise the Board of Directors. The company will manufacture hardwoods and North Carolina pine. The main office will be at Cleveland. The car situation in Kentucky and West Virginia is easing up somewhat. Manufac- turers and dealers report shipments going forward more satisfactorily than for some time. R. H. Vansant of Ashland, Ky., was a caller among the hardwood trade here last week. W. L. McManus. who is a large manufac- turer of hardwoods at Petoskey, Mich., called on the trade here May 18. W. A. Cool of W. A. Cool & Son returned recently from the Chamber of Commerce trip into Indiana. He reports a fine trip and trade conditions good. Mr. Cool left May 19 for the firm's West Virginia mill. Trade conditions continue good. The bet- ter grades of poplar and oak are moving rapidly. Dealers having dry stock to offer report ready sale. Most manufacturers in this territory state they are well filled up with orders. Indianapolis. The will of Charles Zabel. formerly con- nected with the Cabinet Makers' Union, one of the large manufacturing concerns of the city, has been offered for probate in a local court. His widow is left a life interest in all personal and real estate, amounting to about $20,000. An increase in capital stock from $36,000 to $60,000 has been announced by the South Bend Healy Box Company of South Bend. A. M. Russell is president and Frank B. Clayton, secretary. Changes necessary to make the plant a standard fire ri.sk are being made by the Greer-Wilkinson Lumber Company of this city at its hardwood mill in Maugham. La. Among the improvements is a 20,000-gallon water tank which supplies 6-inch water mains laid completely around the plant. New ma- chinery is being installed and the company believes it will have one of the finest hard- wood mills in the country when improvements are completed. The company is also installing a retail yard in connection with its wholesale plant in Cairo, 111. A company has been organized at New Albany to manufacture veneer. It will have a capital stock of $100,000. The plant will be located on a part of the De Pauw glass factory tract, and will be complete in every respect. Those interested in the company are N. T. De Pauw. W'. A. McLean. C. W. Inman, E. V. Knight. Conrad Fleischer. Thomas McCuUoch and Basil Doerhoefer. This will make the third veneer plant in Ne-w Albany. An increase in capital stock has been made by the Hoftie Planing Mill of Muncie. accord- ing to its secretary. Irvin L. Morrison. The increase is from $15,000 to $20,000. the addi- tional stock to be used in extending the com- pany's business. One of the newest lumber concerns in southern Indiana is the George D. Seitz Lum- ber Company at Haubstadt. which is just entering the field where hardwoods are most plentiful. Articles of incorporation were filed last month, showing a capitalization of $15.- 000 and stating that directors had been elect- ed as follows: George D. Seitz, Grover M. Cleveland. John F. Ringer. Amy G. Tenbarge and Sophia F. Riftert. Balke & Krauss of this city have pur- chased some old buildings and ground on West Market street. The buildings are be- ing razed to make way tor additional switch- ing facilities, the city council having granted permission for the laying of the tracks. An important change in Indiana manufac- turing circles was noted last week when the Barcus Manufacturing Company of Wa- bash purchased the abandoned plant of the American School Furniture Company in that city for less than $25,000. The Barcus Com- pany ■will move from its present quarters and with a large addition built to the school furniture plant, will manufacture wagon stock, automobile bodies and operate a foun- dry. Miss Marie Jungclaus, daughter of W. P. Jungclaus. a well-known local lumberman, was married one night last week to Samuel L. Pattison of Memphis. Tenn. The couple, after a wedding trip, will make their home in Memphis. Frank E. Patrick. Henry Kasperlain and Cora Patrick have organized the Seymour Chair Company at Seymour, and will manu- facture all grades and designs of chairs. They have $15,000 capital stock and have in- corporated. Auburn is fast becoming one of the Vjest ■nardwood markets in the state, due to the constantly increasing business of manufac- turing carriages, buggies, wagons and auto- mobiles. The city now ranks third in Indi- ana in the vehicle industry and is only rivaled by South Bend and Indianapolis. In South Bend one-third of the vehicles made in Indiana are turned out. The Capitol Lumber Company is enjoying such an extensive business that it has been obliged to open a fourth yard in this city. The new yard is located on English avenue in a fast-growing part of the city, where there is a great demand for all grades of lumber. The M. R. Gardner Company of Wabash has been incorporated aod will .soon begin manu- facturing furniture and other cabinet work in that city. Its capital stock is $25,000. in- vested by Delia B.. Rolland and Morland Gard- ner, who are also named as the directors of the new concern. Wabash is becoming one of the greatest furniture manufacturing centers in Indiana. Steps for the permanent organization of an association representing the various shippers' organizations in Indiana will be taken at a meeting to be held in the Board of Trade building in this city on the evening of May 27. With all shipping interests of Indiana com- bined, it is believed that considerable influ- ence can be exercised in bettering shipping conditions and pushing desirable legislation. At the same time every effort will be made to keep existing laws on the subject intact. A meeting was held some time ago. when the organization was put on a temporary basis with John W. McCardle as temporary presi- dent and J. V. Zartman as temporary secre- tary. A committee is drafting by-laws and constitution which will be offered at the com- ing meeting. Extensive planting is being conducted at the reservation of the State Forestry Board near Henryville. and includes the following: white oak and hickory on eight acres of clay upland: red oak, burr pak and large shellbark hickory on seven acres of bottom land. 600 feet ele- vation; American chestnut, on five acres of upland clay at 700 feet elevation; black walnut and American chestnut on three acres of up- land porous clay at 700 feet elevation; Amer- ican chestnut on three acres of upland clay at 570 feet elevation and mixed oaks and hick- ory on five acres of upland clay at 620 feet elevation. Ashe-rtUe, N. C. There has been little change in the hard- wood situation in western North CaroUna during the past thirty days. Prices still re- main firm with a demand equal to if not greater than the supply. The hardwood men are able to fill orders with some promptness, as the railroads are giving better service than for months past. With a dry season in the mountains a good supply of hardwood will be cut and made ready for shipment. A number of important deals in timber lands are pending in this section, but as yet none of importance have been consummated. Should some of the deals now pending go through several large tracts of splendid tim- ber will be opened up. The ten-mile Hume from the mountains In Jackson county to Dillsboro is rapidly near- ing completion. Less than three miles of it remain to be constructed. The flume will be put in operation by midsummer, when large HARDWOOD RECORD 31 boundaries of timber land will be opened and transportation of lumber and logs to railroad points made possible. Bristol, Va.-Tenn. The Smoky Mountain Land and Lumber Company of Monroe cou!ity. Tennessee, last week sold to the Babcook Limiber Company of the same county a tract of approximately 43.000 acres of timber land, lying in the east- ern part of Monroe county. The considera- tion is said to liave exceeded $300,000. The land is said to be well wooded and easily accessible. It is understood that the pur- -chasers will develop the property as soon as ]iossible. Irving Whaley. vicegerent of the Concate- nated Order of Hoo-Hop for east Tennessee snd well known in local lumber circles, has resigned his position with the Tug River Lumber Company in this city, and gone to CJiles county. Virginia, where he has pur- chased an interest in the East River Lumber Company and will have charge of the com- pany's mills at Tamiosh. F. G. GrifBn. European representative of J. A. Wilkinson of this city, was a visitor in Bristol last week as the guest of Mr. Wil- liinson. Mr. Griffin has been with Mr. Wil- kinson, with headquarters at London, for the past three j'ears. He has gone to Mobile, -\la., and other southern points to look after lumber interests. H. M. Hoskins of the H. M. Hoskins Lum- "Ijer Company, has become interested with C. M. Ryburn. also of this city, in the Little Creek Lumber Company, in Pulaski county, Virginia. This compan.v, of which Mr. Hos- ]\ins i.-i vice president, has leased eight miles ■of railroad in Pulaski county, leading to a ;0.000-acre tract of timber land which it owns and is preparing for extensive development. The company will install a big band mill at i^nce. The H. M. Hoskins Lumber Company is en- gaged in initting in circular mills on its tim- ber property eight miles north of Bristol. Among the visitors on the local market last week were James Faulkner. Faulkner Lumber Company, Damascus, Va.; R. G. Rogers. Ten- nessee Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Sutherland, Tenn.; T. H. Carrier, Adventure lyumber Company. Butler, Tenn.; Paul W. Fleck. Paul W. Fleck Lumber Company. Philadelphia: J. H. Smith. J. J. and A. H. Jones. Philadelphia, and C, T. Aust. New Vork. The Tug River Lumber Company of this ' year during the period of heaviest freiglit movement, it will oome through the impro\-ement of the water- ways and tlie liundling of tlie heavier and more bulky traffic thereon. For this reason they are taking deep interest in the move- ment. C. C. Lataner of Montpelier. O.. has be- come interested in the General I.umljcr Com- pany, which has offices in llie Randolph building, this city. It is understood that he has become equally interested with Messrs. Bailey and Bookmiller. the other two stock- holders therein. The Ostermann Miinufacturing Company is about ready to begin the operation of the branch plant in this city which is to manu- facture car stock to be used in the plant of the company at West Pullman, 111. E. H. Ward is to be manager of the local interests of the company. H. Katz, of the American Land. Stave and Timber Company, with offices in the Tennes- see Trust building, lias sailed for Europe, where he will spend some time looking after the interests of his firm. Fred B. Zupke. one of the vice presidents of the Darnell- Taenzer Lumber Company, Is also another of tile local lumber contingent who recently left for Europe. The consolidation of the offices and office forces of the two concerns which recently combined in the Darnell-Taenzer I-umben" Company has not yet been completed and it will require some time before it will be ef- fected. Enlargement of the offices of the old I. M. Darnell & Son Company was neces- sary and this work is not yet finished. Tlie company, however, liopes to have everything in readiness soon for operation from a single office. J. W. Thompson, president of the J. W. Thompson Lumber Company, left here some days ago for St. Louis, Chicago and New York. From the latter point he will go to Atlantic City to attend the annual meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- tion. The company is in receipt of advices from the manager of its Berclair (Miss.) mill to the effect that the recent rains will enable the floating out of 500,000 feet of cypress. As a consequence the company is now making preparations for resuming op- erations there. The Kimball- Lacy Lumber Company of Ar- kansas City is authority for the statement that it is getting out a large quantity of Cottonwood timber on this rise in the Ar- kansas river, its float being estimated at about 1,000.000 feet. George H. Foote, local manager for the Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Com- pany, with headquarters in the Tennessee Trust building, has recently returned from St. Louis and other points north. W. H. Greble of the Three States Lumber Company is another local lumberman who has recently made an extended trip to north- ern and western markets. The Robertson-Fooshe Lumber Company has filed appUcation for a charter with a capital stock of $50,000. It will be ready for business June 1. Yards and offices will be at North Second street and the Illinois Cen- tral road. F. B. Robertson is president; S. B. Anderson, vice president; George W. Fooshe. secretary, and C. J. Tully. treasurer. Privilege of manufacturing and of handling hardwood lumber at wholesale is conferred by the charter. The Marked Tree Lumber Company, with HARDWOOD RECORD a capital stock of $750,000, the Chicago Mill and Lumber Company, witli capital stock of $25,000, and the Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company, with capital stock of $25,000, have complied with the new corporation laws of Arkansas by Hling their articles of incorpora- tion. A. C. Liinge is named as state agent for all three companies and the principal places of business as jiesignated are Marked Tree and Blytheville. Two of these com- panies have local offices in Memphis, 33 New Orleans. The New Orleans Lumber Exporters' Asso- ciation has joined hands with the Public Belt Railroad Commission in an effort to have the Board of Port Commissioners of New Or- leans construct at some place along the river front of this city, a big wharf which will be used exclusively for handling of export lum- ber. This matter was broached by J. H. Hin- ton, president of the Exporters' Association at a recent meeting of the Belt Commission and has attracted considerable attention here. At present the lumber exporting indus- tory gets comparatively little consideration along the New Orleans wharves with the re- sult that this port does not export anywhere near the. amount of lumber it should handle. The agitation over this question, however, will in all probability result in a change that will divert to and through New Orleans sixty per cent of the southern lumber manufactured for foreign shipment. The matter will at once be taken up witli the dock board and an effort will be made to have that board build a $200,000 wharf to be devoted entirely to lumber shipments. It is understood that the members of the board are in favor of building such a structure and will do so just as soon as they can get the necessary funds. W. A. Powell, former head of the W. A. Powell Lumber Company, a. big exporting firm which is now in the hands of a receiver, was in one of the inferior criminal courts here last week on the charge of embezzling cargoes of lumber and staves valued at some- thing over $12,000. The flrst charge was preferred by the German^American National Bank and the second by the Hibernia Bank and Trust Company, both of which institu- tions alleged that they had advanced money on shipments and had never received the bills of lading. In the case of the German-Ameri- can National it was alleged that a shipment of French claret staves had been embezzled, while the Hibernia Bank charged that Pow- ell had embezzled a cargo of lumber valued at something over $10,000. The accused was committed to the Criminal District Court under bond of $10,000. He will be tried there on the two charges of embezzlement. In its recent report to the United States Circuit Court. the Commercial-Germania Savings Bank and Trust Company, receiver for Pow- ell's Company, estimated that the firm's lia- bilities would exceed the assets by $200,000 or more. The Wright -Blodgett Company, Ltd., of Saginaw. Mich., has just transferred to the Gulf Lumber Company of Louisiana an 80,000 acre tract of land in 'Vernon, Rapides and Calcasieu parishes, this state, the considera- tion being $4,197,454, of which amount some- thing over $1,000,000 was paid in cash. The Lecompte Lumber Company has been succeeded by the Oberlin Lumber Company, whicli has an authorized capitalization of $50,000. The officers are: G. W. Gainnie. president; N. C. Waggoner, vice-president and general manager; K. M. Gainnie. secre- tary and treasurer. Advices from Mississippi state that the lumber exporters of Gulfport have been having all kinds of trouble with their shipments of late as a result of the heavy rains which have caused washouts all along the lines of the railroads leading into the Mississippi lumber exporting center. The Gulf & Ship Island one of the principal lumber hauling roads was tied up practically all of last week by the several washouts. From last Tuesday to last Sunday it was unable to move a train and It was not known when the service would be straightened out. The Mobile Jackson & Kansas City also suffered from washouts, but the freshets along its lin,. were not quite as serious as those which tiod-up the G. & S. I. ^ Though the interior demand on hardwoods continues good, the foreign market is not as steady as it has been and exports from this section have fallen off. The end of the crop season is enabling lumbermen to handle their interior business in better shape, however and they are keeping that trade in good con- dition. Not a great deal of difficulty is being experienced in getting cars at present and a large amount of the output of the Louisiana hardwood mills is going into the interior and is being handled very well. Minneapolis. The Minnesota metropolis will contend for the honor of entertaining the National Hardwood Lumber Association in 1908. The proposition was put forward May 20 at the monthly meeting of the Northwestern Hard- wood Lumbermen's Association, and was re- ceived with unanimous favor. A. E. Peter- son of St. Paul was the propounder of the idea, and that is enough to show that the Twin Cities are better friends than they used to be. D. F. Clark and A. H. Barnard, who are the only Twin City men to attend the Atlantic City gathering, will present the in- vitation. The meeting of May 20 was of special in- terest in the discussion of grades. D. F. Clark, who is a member of the Grading Rules Committee of the National Association, ex- plained the changes in rules which the com- mittee decided to submit to the Atlantic City gathering, and they were freely discussed. Frank H. Long, one of the official inspectors of the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- tion, was present and took part in the dis- cussion. Mr. Long is looking over the ground here, and if there is work enough to keep him busy, expects to locate permanently in Minneapolis. Complaints against the overcharges of the Minnesota Transfer officials were taken up by the state railroad and warehouse commission at a public hearing May 21. It frequently happens that lumbermen send word as to the disposition of a car, that the transfer com- pany employees disregard the order and set the car out on the team track, and then hold the shipper for switching charges for their own mistake. Complaints of this kind have been so numerous that the state commission set a time to take them up and notified the complainants. Several hardwood men ap- peared in the hearing. C. F. Osborne of Osborne & Clark, the Minneapolis wholesalers, has been on a trip in lUinois looking over their retail yards at Erie and other points. Loren H. Pope of St. Louis, representing the Charles F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lum- ber Company, was here a few days ago call- ing on line yard buyers and factory managers with an attractive line of hardwoods to offer. W. H. Sill of the Minneapolis Lumber Com- pany says they are having no trouble to dis- pose of the new cut on long contracts to be filled during the fall and winter. They have a good supply of logs and will have a fine line at the mill of the Ruby Lumber Company, Ruby. Wis. F. M. Bartelme of the F. M. Bartelme Lum- 34 HARDWOOD RECORD ber Company says he has all the business on hand that he can take care of during the next month, and has foun,d a ready market for everything on his stock sheets. Toledo. In order to prevent a long drawn out fight and to protect members of National Associa- tions from being harassed by any evidence that might be given, the Toledo lumber deal- ers, recently indicted for violation of the Val- entine ,inti-trust law. entered their pleas of guilty and are now awaiting sentence. No intimation is given of what the sentence may be and it lies with the judge to fine them any amount between $50 and $1,000 or sentetice them fronn six months to one year in the workhouse, or both. This action on the part of the lumbermen caused no little surprise as it was commonly supposed that a long and bitter fight would ensue. Attorney Barton Smith represented the lumbermen. In addressing the court he said that he feared that the indicted men as members of the Credit Bureau might be found technically guilty of violating the Valentine law. He said that neither he nor they felt that they were morally guilty or guilty in the spirit of the law itself, but that there was likelihood that they could be found guilty on a technicality. For this reason he said he did not care to plunge his clients into a long and hard fight and that he would therefore enter pleas of guilty and ask the mercy of the court in pass- ing sentence. As a result of all this disturbance business has ''gone to the bad." There is nothing doing compared with what should be doing at this time of the year, and with the weather against builders prospects are for a very poor season. Record cold weather has been the rule during May, and this has had its effect on prospective builders. But the big drawback is the idea of narrow-sighted persons that since these lumbermen have been indicted the price of lumber is to be cut in two and that because of the indictment of the brick men and the plumbers other supplies will soon be given away for the asking. Many who are planning to build simply as an investment have de- ferred in hope of lower prices Another fact that is bothering lumbermen at this time is the announcement of the rail- roads that there is to be an increase in freight rates. This is particularly Important in this section because the oflicial announcement has already been made from Michigan points. The new ruling is the change in classification. This means a raise from five per cent to ten per cent in the rates. The railroads announce through their agents here that the raise is to enable them to increase their re\'enue, which they will have to do in order to meet their in- crease in wages and "the increased cost of ma- terials with which to keep up their roads Lumbermen are going to fight the action of the roads. They will probably enter a pro- test with the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion alleging that the new rate is unfair and unreasonable and not warranted. Just what the exact move will be cannot be stated as nothing can be done until the rate becomes effective and the roads try to operate under it. The sawmill and planing mill owned by Jacob A. Petty at Sycamore, O.. was wrecked by the explosion of the boiler a few days ago, and Charles Ludwig, an employee, was fatally hurt. Sampson Bice, vice president of the West Side Lumber Company of Dayton, Ohio, died last week, aged 70 years, as the result of an operation. The Baney Washing Machine factory is moving into the Burger Foundry building at Delphos, Ohio. The Dorr Street Lumber Company of To- ledo. Ohio, has been incorporated for $20,00r by C. G. Brigham. W. M. Hamilton and others Mr. Brigham is president and general man ager. Mr. Hamilton is secretary-treasurer. The Bowers & Conke Lumber Company of Massillon, Ohio, have dissolved partnership. At the annua! meeting of the West Wood Turning Company at Fremont. O., last week, a six per cent dividend was declared. E. B. Smith, president; A. E. Culbert. vice presi- dent; C. C. Bowlus. secretary-treasurer and general manager, were all re-elected. It was practically decided to erect an addition to the plant, costing in the neighborhood of $4,000. The majority of the creditors having at last consented to accept 30 cents on the dollar, the bankruptcy case of Bruner & Sons, owners of the stave factory at Tiffin, is in a fair way to be settled. W. K. Noble of Fort Wayne has deposited in a Tiffin bank the sum of $21,200 to secure the proportional payments, and as soon as the settlement is confirmed by the district court at Cleveland the old firm will begin op- erations on a new basis. Wauseon is to have a new handle factory and sawmill. The plant will be built and oper- ated by J. M. Cleveland and others of Indi- anapolis. It will be located near the junction of. the Wabash railroad and the Detroit, To- ledo and Iron road. Ohaxlotte, N. C. Fire, which originated in one of the dry kilns of the Goldsboro Lumber Company at Dover a few days ago destroyed three of the company's kilns and 110.000 feet of lumber, entailing a heavy loss. The Clarkton Planing Mill Company of Clarkton has been incorporated with a cap- ital stock of $25,000. O. L. Clark is the prin- cipal stockholder. The New Hope Lumber Company, recently incorporated, will erect a two-story building, costing $12,000. It will have an average daily- capacity of 25,000 feet of pine, oak, gum and hickory. The Moss Planing Mill at Washington, N. C, has been chartered with a capitalization of $125,000. B. G. Moss, H. N. Blount and W. T. Condon are the incorporators. The Avant Woodworking Company of Charlotte is beginning business, with W. A. Avant, manager, and C. A. Eastman, de- signer. Chairs and tables will be manufac- tured. A mass meeting of the North Carolina Case Workers' Association, composed of fur- niture manufacturers, was held a few days ago at Greensboro, N. C. The matters dis- cussed and acted upon are said to have been relative to the demoralized condition of the furniture market, although the sessions were executive, for which reason no more details of the convention are available. It is known, however, that for some months the manufac- turers of the state were concerned about the condition of the market. The Hardwood Novelty Company of Dur- ham, to manufacture hardwood novelties, bank furniture and fixtures of all kinds, has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $100,000. Eight prominent citizens of Durham are behind the movement. The Swansboro Lumber Company of Swansboro has been chartered and will be- gin business within a few days with a capi- tal stock of $250,000. T. H. Pritchard is the principal holder of stock. The Newton-Purdle Lumber Company of Elizabethton has been organized with a cap- ital of $40,000 by F. A. Addington and others. The Red Lyon Lumber Company of Bur- gaw is chartered with a capital of $100,000, most of which is held by W. F. Baughman of Pennsylvania. The Carolina Flumes Company is a new industry just starting business at Franklin. It has a capital of $40,000 and will operate flumes for timber. The Sprucement Lumber Company of Waynesville has been authorized by the sec- retary of state to operate with a stock of $30,000. The Globe Mantel . and Cabinet Company has established at High Point, N. C, and is beginning a thriving business. The com- pany occupies the plant of the High Point Hardwood Company, which has moved to the Standard Furniture Company's old fac- tory. This last named company has erected a new plant which it now occupies. ■Wausau, Wis. The Bird & Wells Lumber Company of Wausaukee has purchased of C. A. Hutchins a large tract of timber land contiguous to other timber the company is cutting in For- est county. The timber, which is largely birch and maple, will be hauled by rail to the company's mill in Wausaukee. The north section of the Escanaba Manu- facturing Company's plant at Escanaba was destroyed by fire recently, entailing a loss of $75,000, covered by insurance. The fire was caused by an overheated dry kiln. The company will rebuild on a larger scale. The Stange-EUis Lumber Company, incor- porated last fall, has commenced the work of erecting its plant in Grand Rapids. The main factory building will be 96x100 feet in dimen- sions, and the power house 56x66 feet, the latter to enclose a 400 horse power engine. A sawmill will also be erected. The com- pany will manufacture sash, doors, interior hardwood finish, fixtures, etc. In Milwaukee recently the Newbold Land and Lumber Company was organized and in- corporated with a capital stock of $9,000. The oflicers are L. Peshong, president; J. D. Da Boule, vice president; Henry Wubker, secre- tary; Carl Krueger, treasurer. The general office of the company will be located in Rhinelander, and a sawmill will be operated on Wm. Doyle lake in Oneida county. The present holdings of the company are about 1.000 acres of good hardwood lands, with options on about as much more. An addition to the veneer mill and installa- tion of more power are improvements being made by the Morgan Company of Oshkosh. The cost will be about $15,000. The addition to the veneer mill will add 20.000 square feet of floor space. It will be of brick and steel construction, three stories high. Two sawmills, operated entirely by elec- tricity, have been built in Oshkosh, one by the Oshkosh Logging Tool Company and the other by the Buckstaff-Edwards Company. The latter mill was built recently and has been an object of much curiosity among lumber- men. It has a capacity of cutting 15.000 feet daily. The company manufactures chairs, furniture, caskets, etc. Only eight men are required to operate the mill. Two measures have been brought into the assembly chamber of the Wisconsin legisla- ture which will engage the attention of lum- bermen generally. One was a set of resolu- tions, unanimously passed, memorializing con- gress to remove the tariff on lumber. The other is a resolution adopted providing for an investigation of the operations of alleged lum- ber and cement trusts in Wisconsin. The foi'mer resolution comes from a lumber state, and one which is overwhelmingly republican. It therefore, in a measure, places W^isconsin republicans in the position of demanding the removal of the tariff on one of their chief products. Both of these measures have re- ceived prominence because of the high prices charged in the state for building materials. There is a very strong feeling among farmers that building materials are costing too much HARDWOOD RECORD 35 and that the lime has come when there should be a cheapening of those articles. It was this feeling which led to the adoption in the as- sembly of the resolutions mentioned. It is believed that this feeling also will secure the adoption in the senate of the lumber and < i-niHnt investigation resolution. Ashland, Ky. Most of the timber that recently came out of Guyandotte and Big Sandy rivers is rafted and the river bank on both sides from Iron- ton, O.. to Huntington is crowded with logs, most of which are of superior quality. Nearly all the mills in this section have enough logs to keep them sawing until the first of next year; usually these mills have to shut down at least tliree months in the year, but, owing to the unprecedented runs of timber, will saw steadily. Jeff Tacket and James Sowards of Pike- ville are associated in the construction of the railway and other big undertakings for the Yellow Poplar Lumber Company, at Jane, near the breaks of the Big Sandy. The Acton Piano Company has had a repre- sentative looking over ground with a view to locating the company's works in this sec- tion. Catlettsburg will probably be selected as the site for the factory. W. T. Hubbard of Toledo. O., was a recent visitor in the Ashland markets. He bought a big bill of lumber from the Giles-Wright Com- pany. W. A. Cool of Cleveland and W. W. Reilly of Buffalo, N. T., were here recently. There is prospect of two large sawmills be- ing erected at Kenova, W. Va. The R. G. Page Lumber Company has re- cently bought a tract of timber land contain- ing several thousand acres, in the Big Sandy valley, near Paintsville. The tract will yield 20.000,000 feet of extra fine poplar, oak and walnut lumber. A narrow gauge road and a big band mill will be built at once. John W. Kitchen has gone to Asheville, N. C, on business for Vansant. Kitcher & Co. R. H. Vansant and son Harold have been spending a few days in Elliott county, visit- ing relatives. W. H. Dawkins of the W. H. Dawkins Lum- ber Company is in Parkersburg and W. E. Berger of the same firm is in Logan, W. Va. The spoke works of the Breece Manufac- turing Company at Garrison, Ky., were to- tally destroyed by fire at a loss of $5,000. Ground is being cleared to rebuild at once. Mr. Evan Walker, a prominent lumberman of Pikeville. and Miss Josephine Francis of the same city were recently married in Pike- ville, and left for a visit to the groom's home in Philadelphia. Fire of unknown origin destroyed the plant of the Pike Lumber Company near Pikeville, Ky., on May 20. The loss will be several thou- sand dollars. On account of the rapid increase in busi- ness, the Fearon Lumber Company of Iron- ton has been obliged to put on a night crew at its mill. The main ofHces of the W. R. Vansant Lumber Company will "be removed from this city to Rush, Carter county, Kentucky, near to where the company is opening up a large tract of virgin forest. Mr. Vansant will re- move his family to the scene of his new operations, as will also James Hayes. Morehead, Ky. The Clearfield Lumber Company has re- ceived a new Climax engine to be used in hauling logs. It now has two engines and one log loader on its new railroad. S. M. Bradley has commenced work on another large boundary of timber, princi- pally oak, and is experiencing great difficulty in getting men and teams. There is really no improvement in the car situation here. It is still diflicult to get cars, W. J. Rice of Jackson, Miss., is here to at- tend the hearing of the case of the Winton Lumber and Manufacturing Company, bank- rupts, at Mt. Sterling, Ky., on May 23. Sev- eral attorneys here and at Ashland are in- terested in this case. We notice a very singular thing in freight rates at Ashland. The C. & O. charge 2 cents more per hundred on all freight out of Ash- land than other roads charge to same point.' This goes to show the C. & O. does not want business, and it is needless to say they are not getting the business from Ashland. Hardwood Market. (By HABD-WOOD SECOBD Exclusive Market Beporters.) Chicago. In the Chicago district trade in hardwoods is only fair. There is no particular snap in the market and in some instances lumber is being urged upon buyers. Of course, a good call remains for oak, ash and all varieties of wagon stock, wide poplar and Cottonwood. There is a fair demand for maple and bass- wood. Undeniably, the furniture people are disappointed in the volume of current sales, and this constitutes a large element of the local buying trade. A lessening demand is being felt by the jobbers. Owing to the short- age of stock at sources of supply, prices are being well maintained and the volume of trade as it is, is above normal. Boston. The market for hardwoods is firm. Whole- salers continue to complain of a great delay in shipments from mill points, although the trouble from this .source is not as bad as it was. The demand is moderately active. One of the leading wholesalers says he prefers to get notice of shipments having been made at present rather than new orders, although the latter are welcome. Some of the interior finish mills have been handicapped by a labor strike and as a result have not been large buyers. Furniture manufacturers are busy and are in the market for fair sized lots from week to week. A good demand for vi?neer of all kinds is reported. It is stated that since the marked advance in lumber took place more veneer has been used than previously. The yards in this vicinity are carrying fair sized stocks of hardwoods, and owing to the extremely high prices they are buying in moderate way only. Plain oak is in moderate call. It is reported that some sales have been made at lower figures than this, but where this has been so, it is found that the lumber does not come from the best sections of the country. Quar- tered oak is very firm with a fair call. One inch stock is held at $S5 to $S7. Considerably more interest is reported in black walnut than for several months. Offerings of this are not large and prices are very firmly held. Many believe that walnut is coming back into favor as wood for furniture. The call for maple flooring is moderate only. White- wood continues very firm with offerings of de- sirable dry stock small. Many of the southern mills have very little dry lumber on hand. It is reported that they have two customers for every lot ready for shipment. Cypress is in quiet call with prices well maintained. Ne-w York. The current volume of trade in hardwoods in the metropolitan district continues good in pretty much all branches. Notwithstanding the high prices which have prevailed for some months, the yard dealers, with a full apprecia- tion of the situation at mill points in the matter of supplies, have laid in good stocks, and a majority of the yards are today in pos- session of some very choice assortments of stock and are all looking to a good volume of summer and fall business. For this reason the demand in the wholesale market from the yard dealers has eased oft considerably of late except perhaps in choice or fancy car loads, for which there seems to be a specially good call. Also for glue-up table and furni- ture stock. This latter character of business is constantly increasing and is a very profit- able line of business for those wholesale houses handling it where they have proper facilities for supplying the wants in this line. Not- withstanding this easing off in the demand among the yards, the furniture, cabinet mak- ers and in fact the general manufacturing trade, both in the city and surrounding terri- tory, are very active and are supplying a good volume of buying orders to the whole- sale trade. Stocks of good lumber continue to be scarce, although there are some slight increases in offerings in certain lines due undoubtedly to the fact that the season is approaching when the new cut begins to be available for market. There is, however, no easing off in the mat- ter of prices, which continue very stiff and high all along the line. It has really been remarkable the prices which have obtained this year for good hardwood lumber and which have seemed to have no effect on the volume of demand, and it has indeed been a rich harvest for those houses who had foresight enough to lay in a good stock before the rise. Plain oak, ash, birch, chestnut and poplar seem to be mostly in call in the lumber line, with oak ship timber and heavy coarse hard- woods for construction work likewise moving freely in those channels. Beech is also in large call for boarding and planking and tem- porary construction work, and the trade therein is developing greatly as each season arrives. The whole hardwood situation in this section of the country is certainly on a very sound basis and the general opinion of the trade is that there will be a good and firm market for the balance of the year. Philadelphia. Although general activity is noticeable in hardwood circles, some members of the trade still report a slight dullness. This is at- tributed mainly to the belief that there is likely to be a drop in values, consequently some diffidence is felt in buying certain woods. The better posted dealers and con- sumers, however, realize that the bad weather recently experienced in southern producing sections will prevent accumulation of stock, which condition must keep values up, hence they do not hesitate to transact business on the prevailing schedule of prices. Fair sup- plies of logs have come in at mill districts, and a good deal of lumber is being turned out, but it is sold way ahead. Although reports show that the western furniture manufacturers are slacking up, there has been no indication so far of a let-up in the activity of the factories in eastern Penn- sylvania. The sash and door men continue prosperous, and are rushing things. Indoor 36 HARDWOOD RECORD finishing works keep up a hum, and rail and trolley building promise steady consumption of material during the summer months. Build- ing will be extensive, now that the strike among the bricklayers, stonemasons and gran- ite cutters has been called off. The veneer and cigar box men work day and night, and the box factories keep fairly busy. The rail- road service is reported but slightly better; whatever improvement there is has been spas- modic, and not to be relied upon for any length of time. Among the hardwoods, ash, poplar, chestnut and basswood lead, but are scarce. Oak is more plentiful and values hold steady. Gum keeps firm. Quartered white oak holds its own, cherry is moving fairly well and maple, both lumber and flooring, receives a good call. Dry stocks of all hardwoods are scarce, and there is no prospect of impro\'ement in this direction for some time to come. Veneer and cigar box lumber values are high and very scarce. Baltimore. Such changes as have taken place in the hardwood situation here are of no moment. With the exception of the common grades of oak, which, according to the statements of some dealers and manufacturers, have eased off slightly, the whole range of prices is firm, and the demand promises to remain sufficient- ly active all the summer to keep the price list strong. Stocks are in brisk demand. Ap- parently the requirements of the trade are as large as ever. If some of the big corpo- rations ha\'e deferred, for a time, improve- ments that would have called for the use of great quantities of lumber such improvements cannot be long postponed for the reason that the facilities to be supplied are urgently needed. This holds good especially of the railroads, which show a disposition to hold tack improvements, but their equipment is undeniably far behind the demands of traflic and some provision must be made before long. The export business is sufficiently brisk to call for liberal shipments, and the movement is large enough to hold out the prospect of a complete acceptance of the conditions which American shippers insist upon espe- cially with regard to inspection and measure- ment. Stocks abroad are low enough to en- courage purchases and no inifavorable factors have developed. Oak, ash and walnut are in good request on the other side and the for- wardings are large accordingly, while poplar also retains its activity, though the returns are said by some shippers to be lower on this wood relatively than are realized in the domestic market. The destruction of the new B. & O. pier here will be felt as a serious inconvenience by the exporters, especially as months must elapse before the work of rebuilding is well under way. The availa- bility of the improvement which was badly needed, has been deferred by the collapse for perhaps a year. Stocks in the hands of local dealers are relatively low at the present time and all the hardwoods are in good shape. Pittsburg. There has been little change in the hard- wood situation in Pittsburg since May 1. Hardwood wholesalers say that It is hard to get dry stock fast enough to meet demands. The building situation in greater Pittsburg is the most unhappy feature of the market at present. In spite of the fact that there are no strikes of consequence on hand, building lags and the local yards are accordingly buy- ing very little lumber. This affects the hard- wood men less than wholesalers of hemlock and the pines, but they are beginning to feel it a little. Their trade is held up very well thus far by the inquiries from manufacturers in the eastern and central states and also by the increased demand of late from the rail- roads and big industrial concerns. These latter are beginning to place orders that were held up indefinitely early in the spring when the railroad investigations were at their height. It is quite possible now that this business will come forward right along and help very materially to relieve the usual summer dullness. Oak is by far the best seller. The rapidity with which good oak lumber is being snatched up is shown by the fact that most of the hardwood wholesalers are sending out their buyers to pick up choice tracts of oak timber whenever they can find them. Many such purchases have been made lately and at a uniform advance over prices that were paid six or eight months ago. A few firms are buying very extensively in the Southwest and have worked up a splendid market in Cottonwood and southern oak for export trade. A large amount of this lumber is also being shipped up the Mississippi for delivery in the big manufacturing centers of the middle west. Chestnut is another wood that has a very strong hold on local buyers at present. Pi'ices range little higher than a month ago and the stocks are being picked over so carefully that even mill culls are in good demand. The minor hardwoods are selling well all through Ohio. Indiana and Michigan, as well as in the seaboard cities of the Atlantic Coast where Pittsburg firms have a very strong footing in the wholesale market. Buffalo. If there is any cliange in the hardwood lumber situation here it is in the line of bet- ter business, but as that was good enough all along there is not much need of close cal- culation along that line. There is not quite as much complaint of stock shortage as there was. though poplar is not coming in any faster than it is going out and there seems to be no hope of a full assortment again of either chestnut or ash. Dealers are getting fugitive lots of all these woods, but nobody is able to furnish a wood that will meet all demands. It looks now as though the three scarce woods would before long take the position in the trade that sycamore has already taken. It is so hard to get that the consumer does not ask for it to any extent and when a dealer gets a lot of it he finds that it sells very slowly. Poplar, chestnut and ash are quite easily grown, however, and when this country wakes up to the necessity of culti- vating timber they will return to general use. There is plenty of plain-sawed oak at pres- ent, some of the yards receiving liberal amounts of it and all finding that an assort- ment is quite possible. Some dealers report that birch is a trifle dull of late, .though it is pretty generally doing well. It has been a great help to the oak situation. Maple is coming forward as a much-needed wood, especially as it can be so easily used in place of ash. With maple, Washington fir and yellow pine to substitute for ash the gap is pretty well filled as a rule. Dealers find that there is more call for basswood and elm and are looking for it with some success, but they are not pushing gum or Cottonwood in this market. If they have any at their southwestern mills they find a better market for them there than to ship them here. Sagiuaw Valley. greatly facilitate the movement of lumber products. The market is' in good form. There isn't much dry lumber available in the market and prices are firm. Lumber that can be converted into box material is in active demands. Dry stock moves off rapidly and some firms are disposing of green lumber as it comes from the saw. Trade, in fact, all round is healthy, with indications that it will hold out strong during the year. Indianapolis. There has been considerable betterment in the car situation during the last fortnight. With lighter grain movement and the long- shoremen's strike in New York, which is de- laying export trade, more cars are available for lumber trafflc. Railroads operating in the state are also receiving an unusual amount of new equipment and the effect is noticeable. Without doubt the car situation is better than it has been in a long time and shippers have little complaint to make. Building is increasing. In April building fell off more than $120,000 as compared with April, 1906. The demand for all grades of hardwood is brisk with a specially heavy demand for all kinds of oak. Building activity is exception- ally heavy and the supply of hardwoods will probably be less plentiful from now on. All factories that use hardwoods are crowded with orders, the output only depending upon ship- ping and warehouse facilities. Bristol, Va.-Tenn. "The lumber business in this section is in fine shape." said M. N. Offutt, of the Tug River Lumber Company and Boice, Burns & Offutt, to the Hardwood Record representa- tive. "The mills are nearly all running regu- larly. The car supply is ample and the de- mand for stock in excess of the supply. Prices are good, and while some do not appear to be appreciative of present conditions, I am eminently satisfied." The yards are pretty well filled, despite the fact that lumber has been moving rapidly during the past fortnight. The car supply is much better and the lumbermen all report that they are having no trouble in this re- spect at present. Cincinnati. The demand for all grades of hardwood lumber in this market has, if anythin:?, showed improvement over that of the previ- ous two weeks. This fact is emphasized by the increase in the price of both poplar and gum. The advance in poplar has been con- templated for some time, but gum was not expected to take a jump. Both woods have advanced from $1 to $2 per thousand feet, but despite this fact the demand has not let up any. Both items find ready sale at the increased prices, and consumers are willing to pay the price asked if they can secure immediate shipment. The car situation has eased up, and dealers are doing a larger busi- ness. Tlie demand for oak, both white and quartered, is at its best and while the values have not advanced, dealers are securing top prices quoted for it. Building material of all kinds is in active request. Large improve- ments are being made in the suburbs, and the construction of cottages along the river banks for summer residences. Cypress and mahogany are being rapidly absorbed and prices are generally firm. The market has had a firm tone for some time and from present indications Will continue on that basis throughout the year. The car shortage is believed to be prac- tically a thing of the past. Shippers do not complain and freight agents say they are getting cars right along now. This will St. Louis. Buyers of hardwoods continue to put off purchases except for stock that they need for HARDWOOD RECORD 37 immediate use, evidently still hugging the de- lusion that the price schedule will shortly be lowered. This will not take place, and fur- thermore, it is not only possible but probable that consumers who wait very much longer before getting in their supplies will be serious- ly hampered by the usual fall car shortage when it comes time for delivery. All concerns are making strong efforts to replenish their :i-ard stocks during this temporary lull in de- mand, but although the car supply has im- proved, the few weeks of pleasant weather ex- perienced a month or more ago were not the forenmners of a good logging season, as they appeared to be, and were followed by ex- tremely heavy rains, which still continue, making the woods and all low land almost impassable. In fact, many mills in Missouri and Arkansas, as well as in parts of Louis- iana and Mississippi, have suspended opera- • ions. Even those large plants which are well equipped with logging roads have suffered from continued interruptions to work caused by floods and washouts. The general situation does not show any radical change over that uf a fortnight ago. Nashville. A general advance in prices was noted in the local lumber market last week. Poplar and ash were advanced, following a slight low- ering in prices on dry stocks the week previ- ous. Poplar continues to be a top-notcher in price and this wood along with ash is getting deai-er all the time. Many of the local lum- bermen, however, are making good money on poplar, as a large amount of it cut in this vicinity is owned or controlled by Nashville concerns. A slightly increased demand is noted for plain and quartered oak. An upward tendency is noted in walnut, beech and chest- nut. These woods have experienced advances from time to time during the past winter and early spring. The river has had a good tide on for some time and many logs have reached the market. The mills are all working full blast and on every hand there are indications of prosperity. The supply of railroad ties and poles is reported short owing to the fact that the farmers are busy getting their crops itlanted and have not had time to cut pbles and ties. Top prices are being paid here for these items. Memphis. The hardwood situation here continues quite healthy. The demand readily absorbs all the dry stock available for immediate shipment and there is therefore no pressure to sell. In some instances it is reported that prices are being shaded on the high grade gum, but there is nothing to indicate any special weakness in that item. Low grade gum is in excellent request and full prices are being paid therefor. Ash. cottonwood, poplar, cypress and all grades and descrip- tions of oak are in excellent request and prices are about as high as they have been at any time this season. Buyers are perhaps not quite as persistent as they were a short time ago, owing to the arrival of delayed shipments, but there is no difficulty in dis- posing of well-sawed, well-handled lumber at satisfactory values. The export situation is PORLAR Rough and Dressed SOUTHERN HARDWOODS M. A. HAYWARD 1021 Saving and Trust Bldg., Columbus, O. hardly as healthy. Several exporters state that they are in receipt of advices indicat- ing the presence of considerable consigned stock on the other side, which is interfering somewhat with firm offers. The recent in- terference with production, growing out of the unfavorable logging and milling condi- tions, will, it is believed, result in a well maintained market for some time because assuring the continuance of the recent strained relations between supply and de- mand. The car situation is quite satisfac- tory. Minneapolis. Conditions are rather quiet all along the line at present. The dealers are devoting most of their energies to taking care of old orders, and cleaning up their business before starting in with the new year's cut. This line of activity will probably prevail until per- haps the end of June. Manufacturers in some lines claim they are doing a lighter business than last year, and conditions just at this time in the Northwest seem to warrant their statements. They are picking up dry hard- wood when it is offered, however, and not haggling about the price, though they are slow to eonti-act ahead for new stock at present prices. The sash and door factories are keep- ing well stocked on birch, oak and maple, as the building movement is heavy and calls for large quantities of hardwood finish. The railroad demand has fallen oft, and pur- chasing agents are sending out stories about retrenchment. They look a good deal like attempts to bear the market, however. The retail yards are not active in the market for any kind of lumber just now, and the outside demand for hardwoods is rather slow\ There is plenty, however, considering the low state of dry hardwood lumber, and the orders that dribble in are enough to pick the yards clean by .luly 1. Birch is running low and other northern woods are practically out of the market unless shipped green. Southern stock is coming more freely now, and about all the oak being received in the northwest is coming from southern mills. They are reporting a better car situation, but their stocks as a rule are very limited and likely to be closed out earlier than usual. Toledo. The demand is generally fair and as a consequence there is no marked difference in prices in the local hardwood market. There seems to be more effort to force buying than for some time, due largely to the failure of the building boom that was anticipated earlier in the season. The car situation is only fair. For the last two or three weeks things have been going along smoothly but this does not seem to be lasting. If a change comes and the demand grows unexpectedly as it should there is liable to be a big cry for material and prices may respond. Poplar is about the only wood that ha,s shown any material change during the week. The better grades are stiffer than ever but the lower grades are being offered to local consumers at off prices. The prices are still high enough, but they are some weaker than they have been for several weeks. Delivery, however, is not guaranteed. Liverpool. Chaloner's wood circular for May announces that arrivals from North American ports dur- ing April have been considerably less than the corresponding month last year. There have been no arrivals of oak logs the past month, but deliveries have been fair; prices remain unchanged; stocks are very light. The consumption of elm has been nominal and the stock is still sufflcient. Ash has been coming in in quantities which have kept the stock large enough. Walnut logs of prime quality and good size are in request, and for desirable shipments full prices would be ob- tained; boards and planks of this wood are in steady call at fair prices, according to quality and specification. There is a moder- ate demand for seasoned satin walnut boards of good quality, but logs are not wanted. Whitewood logs of good dimensions are bring- ing good prices, as are also boards and planks. Of birch logs there has been a fair import, and consumption has been good the past month: the stock is heavy and prices are still steady and unchanged; planks have been moderately imported and deliveries fair. Prime quality hickory logs sell at good prices. The market in African mahogany is in a very strong position, the demand being exceeding- ly active, and full values rule for medium to large logs in sound or fairly sound condition. Stocks are light and shipments will be well received. This is practically true of Cuban, Mexican and Central American mahogany also. Stocks in all varieties of this wood are much depleted. London. There is a fair amount of business doing, but it may be fairly said that it is of a forced nature. During the past fortnight close upon 400 carloads of lumber have ar- rived per the steamers from New Orleans and Newport News. These vessels have mostly oak lumber of various grades. Another steamer is shortly due from New Orleans and carries about 350 cars of lumber. Now, whilst it must be admitted that quite one- third of these cars have arrived under firm contracts the balance of say 500 cai-s have to be sold, and on a market that is exceedingly dull owing to the slack state of the cabinet and building trades here. Buyers are taking this opportunity whilst these stocks are being forced upon the markets to point out that there is an end at last to the high prices that have been ruling for some time. Be that as it may, why this quantity of lumber has been slumped upon the market so suddenly is a puzzle. Either prices are falling in the states and shippers are only too glad to ship goods against drafts, chancing the prices that these goods will realize when sold, after the heavy dock charges have accrued upon them; or this is the direct re- sult of the recent visit to the states of a rep- resentative of one of the firms of brokers here who sell on commission and urge ship- pers to send them lumber on consignment, a practice which has been so often strongly written against in this paper, and can only mean a great loss to parties concerned, as the London market cannot absorb this quan- tity foi" some months. Plain oak, there is a good demand for "dry" parcels of which the market is in need, but most of the parcels recently arrived do not fulfill this requirement. Quartered oak is in slightly better demand for boards and planks, and the demand for moulding strips of this wood is much greater than the supply. In satin walnut there is still a good de- mand for No. 1 common, but prime grades are neglected. In walnut, the arrivals have been light, but sufficient for the demand, and supplies certainly seem to be regulated according to the market requirements. All grades of whitewood are in good re- quest at fair prices, and unless heavy con- signments are made, prices bid fair to be maintained all the summer. Several large parcels of poor ash logs have arrived recently which are difficult to sell. Some very fine parcels of hickory logs have recently been seen on the quay, which have changed hands at good prices. 38 HARDWOODRECORD AT COST IS AN UNCOMMON TERM AS APPLIED TO INSURANCE But this is the actual price of Indemnity against Fire Loss furnished by the Manufacturing Lumbermen's Underwriters THE STRONGEST INSURANCE ORGANIZATION TO-DAY IN AMERICA The saving is not on a — Only well built plants small portion of J with adequate protection your insurance but on the V^ and at least entire line. V five years timber There are other advantages / supply are considered equally interesting. ^ eligible. FOR LIST OF MEMBERS AND FURTHER INFORMATION, ADDRESS HARRY RANKIN 4 CO. Kansas City, Mo. HARDWOOD RECORD WanMaMMe -SECTION- r Advertisements will be inserted in this section at the following rates : F*r one Insertion 20 cents a line For two Insertions 36 cents a line For three Inseriions 50 cents a line For four Insertions 60 cents a line Eight words of ordinary length make one line. Heading counts as two lines. No display except the headings can be ad- mitted. Remittances to accompany the order. No extra charges for copies of paper containing the advertisement. EMPLOYES WANTED. FOREMAN WANTED In machine room on piano cases and havo charge of about oO men. Good proposition to married men willing to locate in small town near Chicago. Address "X. T. Z.," care Hardwood Recokd. MANAGER WANTED In chair factory at Gardner, Mass. Man to run 12 dry bilus, who has had experience in the handling of hardwood dimension lumber for drying. State wages and e.Yporience. Address "E 25," care Hakdwood Record. WANTED— HARDWOOD INSPECTOR. Wanted — A young man not over 25 years, ex- perienced at measuring and grading Hardwood lumber, especially Poplar and Oak. A good position to a good, reliable man. C. J. FRANK, Logansport, Ind. LUMBER WANTED WANTED. 300.000 ft. 4/4" to 8/4" guartered Oak, all grades. 100,000 ft. 4/4" to 8/4" Walnut, all grades. Also Oak and Walnut logs. THE FREIBERG LBR. CO., Cincinnati. O. SMALL DIMENSION HICKORY In sizes of from li-V'xlJi" — 36" to 2"x2i4" — 39", tough, good wood, white or red. Send for specifications. L. T. LA BAR. Hackettstown, N. J. WANTED— SHORT HICKORY SQUARES In carload lots: AH White Grade: li/'X l%x26" and 14" to 42". In Red and White: l%xiyox26" and 30" to 42"; also l%xl%x 66". Address VAN DEVENTER MFG. CO.. LTD., 302 Cora Bldg., New Orleans, La. WANTED— CAH STOCK. Inspected and cash at mill. J. GUTHRIDGE. 934 Monadnock Bldg., Chicago, 111. WANTED. 5 cars each 4/4, 5/4. 6/4 and 8/4" Sound Wormy Chestnut. Quote f. o. b. Cincinnati. DUHLMEIER BROTHERS. Cincinnati, O. WANTED. Walnut logs 11" and up in diameter. Oak logs 24" and up and Hickory logs 14" and up — all good quality. Address H. V. HARTZELL, Greenville, Ohio. YELLOW PINE POLE STOCK Wanted — From reliable mills who under- stand how to manufacture No. 1 Pole stock, clear and straight grain quality, free from all detects excepting sap. AMER. LBR. & MFG. CO., Pittsburg. Pa. WANTED. QUARTERED RED OR WHITE OAK. 1x4x11, ley,, 19 & 20, lx3i/>xll, 161/, & 19, 1x3x14, 1x214x14 — for delivery at Mound City, QDARTERED OAK CHAIR BACKS. IV1 to 6" wide, 15 and 17" long, for delivery at Port Washington, Wis. THE WISCONSIN CHAIR CO.. Port Washington. Wis. WANTED. 4/4" Chestnut, all grades. 4/4" Log Run Buckeye. 4/4" Stained Sap Poplar. Address Lumber Department, NATIONAL CASKET Co., Hoboken, N. J. BASSWOOD WANTED. A few carloads 4/4 and S/4 Northern White Passwood dressed two sides. Quote price de- livered on New York rate of freight. H. J. ROSEVELT, 66 Broad St., New York, N. Y. WANTED— DRY CYPRESS. 2x5" and wider, 8 or 16', Ists and 2nds, selects or sound common. AMER. LBR. k MFG. CO., Pittsburg, Pa. WANTED— HARDWOOD LOGS. 200,000 ft. 28" and up White Oak logs. 200,000 ft. 12" and up Walnut logs. 50,000 ft. 12" and up Cherry logs. C. L. WILLEY, 1235 S. Robey St., Chicago. DRY son YELLOW POPLAR. All grades and thicknesses, rough or dressed, wanted. Prompt cash. Willing to contract. AMER. LBR. & MFG. CO.. Pittsburg, Pa. OAK. We are In the market for plain sawed oak, all grades and thicknesses. P. G, DODGE & CO., 2116 Lumber St.. Chicago. OAK WANTED. 3 and 4 inch White Oak ; also Mixed Oak ; also 12x12 Timbers and Piling of all kinds. CONTINENTAL LUMBER CO., 1213 Monadnock Bldg., Chicago. HI. YELLOW PINE CAR MATERIAL. Long Leaf Car Sills, Switch Timbers and Decking wanted, rough or dressed. Also Long or Short Leaf Car Siding, 1x4 6"-9 or 18', also 16' kiln dried and worked to pattern. Quote cash price f. o. b. mill. AMER. LBR. & MFG. CO., Pittsburg, Pa. LUMBER FOR SALE. SOFT CORK WHITE PINE. High grade Michigan stock for sale, all thicknesses up to 4", bone dry, suitable for making patterns and fine cabinet work. AMER. LBR. & MFG. CO., Pittsburg, Pa. TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE FOR SALE. Timber lands in fee simple, 2..j00 acres. S. E. Missouri on St. Francis river. Good railroad transportation. Finest grade Oak. Gum, Tu- pelo, Cypress and Hickory. Money maker to work or hold : l.ooo acres more may be secured. R. F01iE.M4.N, St. Francis, Ark. FOR SALE. A new saw mill in operation cu'ting 30 to 35 M ft. of hardwood lumber per day — with an abundance of choice Oak and Poplar logs and timber on hand, and with a supply of hardwooil timber to draw from that will last for years and can be bousht at right prices. Address "Box K 'i." care Hardwood Record. MACHINERY WANTED 39 - 1 AT ONCE. If you are In need of machinery — new or second hand — a few lines in this column will place your wants before those who have Buch goods for sale. For particui.irs address Hardwood Record, Chicago, III. RAILWAY EQUIPMENT RAILS AND LOCOMOTIVES. All Inquiries for industrial railway equip- ment listed before Record readers will find ready response. Hardwood Record, Chicago, III. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WANTED. To contract with some experienced sawmill man, with complete band-mill outfit, to saw from ten to fifteen million feet Poplar and Oak timber. R. G. PAGE LUMBER COMPANY. Ashland, Ky. A SAWMILL OPERATOR With at least 25 to 00 M capital can obtain timber from an Eastern Tennessee hardwood tract 6,000 acres and stumpage based per thou- sand feet, pay when dry and shipped. Write for further particulars. A good chance for good timber and will warrant investigation. Address "D.," care Hardwood Record. MAPLE FLOORING MILL For sale. Located in Michigan and now in ac- tive operation. This plant is modern in every respect and making money. Will sell or take stock in new company. Owners have large in- terests elsewhere demanding personal attention. Address "MAPLE FLOORING," care Hardwood Record. WANTED— MANAGER. The advertiser, a large corporation, contem- plates starting a first-class Box and Veneer plant in the South, and desires to associate with a first-class, practical man to take full local charge. Man must have nad successful experience in similar work, be of unquestioned character, and be able to Invest from ten to twenty-five thou-saud dollars in the lousiness. The business will require a capital of one hundred to one hundred and fifty thousand dol- lars. The advertiser has ample capital to finance it. but desires investment Indicated on part of manager for business reasons, which will be apparent to the right man. Give In confidence full information in replying. Ad- dress "E. W. C," care Hardwood Record. MISCELLANEOUS FACTS FROM PRACTICAL MEN. The Hardwood Record Is always In the mar- ket for articles on any and every feature of the hardwood industry. It wants practical statements of fact from practical men who know how certain things can be done In the best way. Literary quality not essential. Lib- eral pay for acceptable articles. Addresi Editor Hardwood Record. TRY A CLASSIFIED LINER IN THIS SECTION RESULTS WILL FOLLOW 40 HARDWOOD RECORD Advertisers' Directori; [ NOHTHERN HARDWOODS. Alcock. John L., & Co 7 American Lnmber & Mfg. Company.. 50 Arpin Hardwood Lumber Company 52 Babcock Lumber Company 50 Beyer. Knox & Co 59 Bliss & Van Auken ,,,, 12 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Stearns Company. The 56 McCauley-Saunders Lumber Company. 11 Stephenson, The L, Company 12 Mcllyain. J. Gibson, & Co 6 59 McLean-Davls Lumber Company ] 2 Advance Lumber Company 51 Arpin Hardwood Lumber Company... 52 Bliss & Van Auken 12 Sullivan. T.. & Co "" """ ' Boyne City Lumber Company . ' ' ' ' 54 I.^^^" ^"™''" Company 8 Nc-al-DoIph Lumber Co 12 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company.'! ™ ?.".™'''"' - --. ^'"^^" Company 50 Nicola Lumber Company, The Stewart, I. N., & Bro. Stewart-Roy Lumber Company 56 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Company 69 Stlmson, J. V 58 Miller, Anthony "59 Stone, T. B., Lumber Company 50 Miller Bros 11 59 Mosby, H. W., & Co. BO Cadillac Handle Company.... 3 Volhnar & Below Company 52 O Brien, John, Land & Lumber Co. .. „ „,..6.. ...-uaue. v^mpany . Carter, Frank, Company [.53 w^',""' ^T , T"""/' ''''' ^^ PaepckeLeicht Lnmber Company 4 Eastman, S. L., Flooring Company::: Cheat River Lumber Company 50 w! 1 ' ?' C '^'""''" Conpany 10 Pbila. Veneer & Lnmber Company.... 6 Penn Bros. Company.. ... 4 Buffalo Maple Flooring Company, The 7 Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Company 12 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 Cummer, Diggins & Co : 3 Dwight Lumber Company. 54 flummer Lumber Company 49 Forman, Thos., Company 6 P'''<^f' E. E 7 Haak Lumber Company ::::::: 37 Radina, L. W., & Co 57 liilernational Hardwood Company •> Ransom. J. B., & Co 48 Kei-ry & Hanson Flooring Company... 5B jau iiarawood Lbr. Company 56 win„„ o V .T — J, r.. v o „ *° i^tf.ij a nauson riooring company... 55 & Mitchell Inc Pany.. Ob Willson Bros. Lumber Company 50 Richmond Park & Co 10 Mitchell Bros. Company. . . 3 Cherry River Boom & Luiiberco: : : ! "9 whiJe w^h" ^""P""'' 2° Chicago Car Lumber Company 10 wh Lr w '^T^'"' ' ; '•» Chivvis, W R Z W"'*™"' Wm., & Sons, Inc 6 Cincinnati Hardwood" LbrV Company' ' '- ~-'^'^ - ^''°"'' Company 57 Cobbs & Mitchell Inc i wr ■ • "^ - '" ■■ —f.'-j o Columbia Hardwood Lum'b'er'comnanv 11 ^ Ks^nsin Land & Lumber Company. 55 R"ter, W. M., Lumber Company 5 Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company 48 Connor, R., Company . m ^i^,'"' .^°*"''"" ^^° ^ Rumbarger Lumber Company 1 Nichols & Cox Lumber Company. .... 65 Stephenson, The I., Company 12 Ward Bros 12 Wilce, The T., Company 58 Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company.. 55 Company 53 ' o-i.ji mm anil Lbr. Co 411 Crescent Lumber Company 56 Crosby & Beckley Co.i The Crosby, C. P Cummer, Diggins & Co. . : Darling, Chas., & Co. . . Davis, John R., Lumber (iJm'pa'ny:" Davis, w. A ' Dennis Bros Dennis & Smith 'L'u'm'b'er'company" 1) Heur & Swain Lumber Company Dixon & Dewey Dublmeier Bros Dwight Lumber Company Earle Lumber Company Ellas, G., & Bro " . Empire Lumber Company Ev'atTRetH" ^•="''" Company::. 11 fIh E H ^^ """^ Company... 55 Forman Company, 'ihoinas Freiberg Lumber Company, The clrCny^™^!' . .'^.-.'^"-a Lumb;; 'ieiieral Lumber Compaiiv "-riie gS'j.I.'':.^':"':^^':-^-^-- Haak Lumber Company Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company' Hayden & Westcctt Lumber Company Heath. Witbeck Co ■ Holloway Lumber Hoyt, C. I., & Co. Wylie, A. W 11 Ryan & McParland 10 Yeager, Orson B 59 Scatcherd & Son 59 Young, W. D., & Co 12 Scbofleld Bros 7 Young & Cutslnger. 58 10 SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. Advance Lumber Company 51 Alcock. John L. , & Co 7 American Hdwd. Lumber Company... 49 American Lumber & Mfg. Company.. 50 .\nder.son-Tiilly Company 4,s .\tlantic Lumber Company Beyer, Knox & Co 59 Brown, W. P., & Sons. Lumber Co. Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Company... Cherry River Boom & Lumber Co Slimmer, P.. & Co Smith, R. M.. & Co _ Sondheimer, E., Company [ 4 Standard Hardwood Lumber Company 59 Stearns Company, The S6 Steele & Hibbard 49 Stewart, I. N., & Bro ::::.."59 68 Stlmson, J, Stone, T. B., Lumber Company 56 Sullivan, T., & Co 59 Swann-Day Lumber Company 8 59 Three States Lumber Company eo 2 Turner, A. M.. Lumber Company 50 59 Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Company 49 12 Walnut Lumber Company, The 58 „_.... 9 Wells, R. .4.. Lumber Company 10 Chicago Car Lumber Company 10 West Florida Hardwood Company 7 Chivvis. W. R ' 49 White Lumber Company 10 Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co r,e ^l'""^'": ^"^ * Sons, Inc 6 Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company 11 " Wood Mosaic Flooring Company 2 Young, W. D., & Co 12 SAW MILL MACHINERY. Garland, M., Compan.v 40 Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Company. 38 Mersbon. W. B.. & Co Phoenix Manufacturing Company 53 WOODWORKING MACHINEHY. American Wood Working Machinery Company 45 Berlin Machine Works, The Covel Manufacturing Company .38 Crown Iron Works 3S -ompany 7 58 Cn-on, Mill & Lumber t^ouipany 49 Courtney. D. G 9 Crane. C. & Co 55 Crescent Lumber Company 56 Crosby & Beckley Company. The 6 Code, W. J., Land & Lbr. Company , . 4S Cypress Lumber Company 56 Darling, Chas., & Co 11 Damell-Taenzer Lumber Co S Advance Lumber Company 51 Wlborg & Hanna Company 57 Defiance Machine Works, The .39 Wlllson Bros. Lumber Company 50 Holmes, E. & B., Machinery Company 39 M'ood, R. E.. Lumber Company 47 Matteson Manufacturing Company.... 47 Wylie, A. W n Yeager, Orson E 59 Young & Cutsinger 53 POPLAR. Indiana Quartered Oak'company 7 S'"''^- '^- ^ Ingram Lumber Company ,, Dennis James & Abbot Company 7 Jenks, Robert H., Lumber Com'pany" 51 Jones, G. W., Lumber Company 2 Jones Hardwood Company - Kelley Lumber & shingle Com'pauy:: S Ivneelaud-Bigelow Company ' 47 Lesh & Matthews Lumber Company" n Linehan Lumber Company.. i.n Litchfield, William E " Lombard, E. B . Davidson-Benedict Company n & Smith Lumber Company... 55 D'Heur & Swain Lumber Company... 58 Dixon & Dewey 6 Dublmeier Bros 57 Ellas, G., & Bro ..,, 59 Empire Lumber Company, Buffalo.... 59 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Company... 11 Evans & Retting Lumber Company... 55 Fall, E. H ,r,i Farrin-Korn Lumber Company 57 Freiberg Lumber Company, The 57 Atlantic Lumber Company Brown, W. P.. & Sons, Lumber Co,.. 2 Cheat River Lumber Company SO Courtney, D. G ". 9 Crane, C. & Co _[ 56 Cude, W. J., Land & Lbr. Company.. 48 Davidson-Benedict Company '. . . Dawkins. W. II.. Lumber Company.. Zu Haas, Albert, Lumber Company 7 ^.. ^^^, ^^ ^.„.^ ^^^ Hayden & Westcott Lumber Company 10 Grand Rapids Veneer Works .. r."!".'! . 48 Nash, J. M 53 tlber Manufacturing Company, The... Sinker-Davis Company 44 Smith, H. B., Machine Company 41 Woods, S. A., Machine Company 44 LOGGING MACHINEEY, Clyde Iron Works 42 Lldgerwood Manufacturing Company. 43 Overpack, S. C Russel Wheel & Foundry Company . . . DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Company. Long-Knight Lumber"com'n'anv H Eull^'ton-Powell Hardwood Lumber M-ilm. 'in,. .. ,. .. ^ ' ^!* Comnanv Company 5 Maley, 'i-hoiniison Martin-Barriss Companv """'' «? liaretson-Greason Lumber Company.. 49 Mason-Donaldson Lumber 'com'pan;" ' 62 ''°'° '*"°"'" '^""P""^ "8 nn„n Company .->6 Garetson-Greason Lumber Comp, Mans, H. H., & Co., Inc McIIvain, J. Gibson, & Co « McLean, Hugh, Lumber Company:!:: 59 Miller, Anthony .... ta Miller Bros °° Mitchell Bros. Company I Mowbray & Robinson... K7 Murphy & Digging t, Nichols & Cox Lumber 'com'pany::::: 55 Nicola Lumber Company, The Gi-neral Lumber C impaiiy. The 56 Gillespie, W. M., Lumber Company.. 7 (Joodlander-Robertson Co 4 Haas, Albert, Lumber Company 7 Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company 55 Hay ward, M. A 33 Ileatli-Witlieck Co 11 HImmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co. . . 1 Hooton, R. A., Lumber Company.... 11 Hoyt, C. I., & Co ' 58 Indiana Quartered Oak Company 7 M„,.*i, TO . V -—ijau, 54 International Felloe Mfg. Company.. 49 Woith- Western Lumber Company 53 James & Abbot Company 7 n.hni-!,'"' ^"'"'■,^'""5 & Lumber Co... 10 Jenks, Robert H., Lumber Company., 51 Osburn. Norval 3^ jones, G. W., Lumber Company ..... 2 ±"errine-Armstrong Company 58 Jones Hardwood Company 7 Price, E. E ^ Kentucky Lumber Company 67 Radina, L. W., & Co 57 Lamb-Fish Lumber Company 60 Richmond Park & Co !!!: 10 ^^^ * Matthews Lumber Company.. 11 Ross Lumber Company ::::: j Linehan Lumber Company 50 Hayward, M. A Hooton, R. A., Lumber Company.... 11 Kentucky Lumber Company 57 Keyes-Fanuin Lumber Company 37 Massengale Lumber Company 49 McLean-Davis Lumber Company 2 Ritter, W. M., Lumber Company 5 Smith, R. M., & Co s Stewart-Roy Lumber Company 56 Swann-Day i^nmber Company 8 Vansant, Kitchen & Co 60 Wood, R. E., Lumber Company 47 Yellow Poplar Lumber Company 60 COTTONWOOD AND GUM. Morton Dry Kiln Company.. New York Blower Company. 37 30 Northern Lumber Company.. ^ North Shore Lumber Company Rumbarger Lumber Company 1 Ryan & McParland lo Sailing-Hanson Company 55 Sawyer-Goodman Company 52 Sea tcherd & Son fig Schofield Eros 7 Slimmer, F., & Co 10 Soble Bros 7 Litchfield. William E 7 Lombard. E. B n Long-Knight Lumber Company 58 Love. Boyd & Co 46 Luehrmann, Chas. F., Hardwood Lum- ber Company 49 M:iley. Thompson iV :\!u.lTett Company 56 Martin-Barriss Company 51 Massengale Lumber Company. ....... 49 Amlcrsnu-Tiilly r^ a; S CO z u u B u e U s O o o U a u b b O mi < u z u •0 c id u « « K O a 2 10 o o K VI U OS < It) ¥ T r^ /'^ l-'ll l^LiUhcO HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA stock: lisx The following list covers the hardwoods we now have on hand. Special price f. o. b. cars mill for all one grade. We would be pleased to have you favor us with your inquiries and orders. 4 4 Maple, No, 1 Common 2 Cars 5 4 '' " " 2 Cars 54 " " " and Better 59,000 Feet 6 4 " " " 1 Car 6 4 ** Firsts and Seconds 2 Cars 8 4 " No. 2 Common 2,500 Feet 10/4 " Firsts and Seconds I Car 10 4 " No. 2 Common and Better 71,000 Feet 12 4 " No. I " 1,500 Feet 12/4 " "2 " l,OOOFeet 4/4 Bassweod, Log Run m. c. o 1 car 8/4 " I car DRV STOCK Favorable Freight Rates to the East. BABCOCK LUMBER CO., Ashtola, Pa. The Nicola Lumber Company One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar. Can be shipped log run, or sold on grade. Bone dry ; band sawed. Send your inquiries. COTTONWOOD WANTED We want to buy one to five million feet of log run Cottonwood. We will send our in- spector to take the stock up at the mill and pay cash for it as shipped. ASH WANTED 300M feet 6-4, 8-4, 14-4 and 16-4 No. 1 Common and 1st and 2nds for immediate shipment, or to be cut and shipped when dry. American Lumber 4 Mfg. Co. PITTSBURG. PA. A* M* Turner Lumber Company Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods as well as sell them. If you have anything to offer, please submit same to us. t t OAK FLOORING PLAIN AND QUARTERED RED AND WHITE Ample stock, hisurinK quick service. Mixed car.s with liardwoods or worked poplar. Can't we have your inquirie.s? Linehan Lumber Co. 242.3 Farmer's Bank Bids PITTSBURG. PENN. Willson Bros. Lumber Co* MANDFACTURERS WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS FARMERS BANK BLDG. :: PITTSBURG, PA. Hardwoods a Specialty FOR SALE POPLAR 125,000' 4 '4 Isand 2s 40,000' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 3'25,000' 4/4 No. 2 Cora. 228,000' 4/4 No. 3 Com. 160,000'4/4 Mill Cull CHESTNUT 200,000' 4 4 Sound Wormy 80,000' ,=1, 4 Sound Worm v 100,000' fi/4 Sound Wormy 48,000' 8 '4 Sound Wormy PL.MN OAK 60,000' 4 4 No. J. Com. 18,000' 4, 4 No. B Com. QUARTERED OAK 2 cars 4-4 No. 1 Com. 1 car 4 4 No. 2 Com. OAK TIMBERS SAWED TO ORDER. WRITE FOR PRICES. CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg, Pcnna. HARDWOOD RECORD 51 •-^ w 1-^ ^ r w-^ ¥ A 1*. T w-^w ^^i-^LJr V I=:*L-^/-ViML^ HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTtR OF NORTHERN OHIO The Robert H. Jenks Lumber Company 44 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, O. OFFER^S: 5 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd Poplar — 7" to 17" 4 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd Poplar— 18" to 23" 3 Cars 4/4 Poplar Box Boards— 7" to 12" 10 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Poplar (Selects in ) 10 Cars 4/4 No. 2 Common Poplar 3 Cars 4/4 No. 3 Common Poplar 2 Cars 5/4 No. 1 Common Poplar (Selects in) 8 Cars 8/4 No. 1 Common Poplar (Selects in) 10 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd White Oak 15 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd Red Oak 15 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Red Oak 10 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common White Oak 10 Cars 4/4 No. 2 Common White Oak 20 Cars 4/4 Mill Cull Oak 3 Cars 4/4 Common and Better Chestnut 1 Car 6/4 Common and Better Chestnut 4 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Chestnut 5 Cars 5/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut 5 Cars 6/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut 10 Cars 4/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut 10 Cars 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut The Martin-Barriss Company Importers a.nd iMa.rvufacturers MAHOGANY a^nd Fine Ha,rdwood SYMBOLS FOR GRADE MARKS Adopted by the Hardwood Manufacturers .Association of United States Q Panel and Wide No. 1 l\ Selects A Wide No. 2 HS Box Boards (^ No. 1 Common (^ No. 2 Common (3 No. 3 Common M- No. 4 Common yf FAS or Firsts and ^" Seconds ^ Saps Every Manufacturer should stamp the grade on his Lumber. Set of 10 Rubber Stamps, VA"y.\Vi' in size, Pad, Pint of Ink, and Spreader, packed for shipment S3. 50. ;V\/\RTIIN & CO. LEWIS DOSTER, Sec'y 191 S. Clark Si.. CHICAGO, or 1535 First Nal. Bank lldg. CUICAGO HARDWOODS Dry Stock is Scarce Mill Shipments are Slow in Coming Forward We therefore call attention to stock of upwards of SIX MILLION FEET seasoned HARD- WOODS we offer for quick shipment from Cleveland. WANT TO CLEAN IT OUT. Are you interested ? The Advance Lumber Company 13th Floor. Rockefeller Bldg., CLEVELAND, O. Manufacturers and Dealers In White Pine, Yellow Pine, Hemlock and Hardwoods THIS (AT SHOWS The No. 11 Ober Lathe For turning -A-xe, Adze, Pick, Sledge, Hammer and Hatchet Handles, Spokes,Whiffletrees, Gun Stocks Shoe Lasts, etc., etc. It is very simple, strong and durable, requires but very little power and is very easily and quickly changed from one kind of work to another. We ahso manufacture other Lathes for making Spokes. Handles and X'ariety Work, Sanders, Shapers, Boring and Chucking Machines, etc., etc. f'ompk'te catalogue and price list free. The Ober Manufacturing Co. 28 BELL STREET, CHAGRIN FALLS, OHIO, U. S. k. 52 HARDWOOD RECORD ^H r ¥ O r~^ ^^~X IV. T C> ¥ IV T W l^t^OfN^lIN WHERE THE FINEST NORTHERN HARDWOODS GROW We are prepared to furnish mixed carloads And solicit your inquiries and orders. At present we are offering Red Birch in thicknesses, 1" to 2\" common and better, also Maple, Birch and one quarter sawed RED OAK FLOORING Basswood Ceiling and Siding and Finish, also Molding Our hardwood flooring "A. H. L." Brand, is the highest grade as to workmanship and quahty. ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. GRAND RAPIDS. WISCONSIN SawMill, Planing Mill and Yard at Atlanta, near Bruce, Wis. on "Soo" Line. SAWYER GOODMAN CO. MARINETTE, WIS. ' Mixed Cars of Hardwood, Bass- wood, White Pine and Hemlock, Gedar Shingles and Posts. We make a specialty of White Pine Beveled Siding and White Pine Finish and Shop and Pattern Lumber C, p. CROSBY RHINELANDER s : WISCONSIN Wholesale Hardwood Lumber I want to sell birch, in No. J common & better. I have 4-4, 5-4, 8-4, and J2-4, good cry stock. Mixed cars easily filled. DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY Vollmar & Below Company MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN Basswood, Birch and Other Wisconsin Hardwoods LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR WRITE US FOR. QUOTATIONS ON THE FOLLOWING: RED BIRCH ( 300,000 ft. 1 in. No. 1 Common and Better ; 150,000 ft. \\ in. No. 1 Common and Better "\ 125,000 ft. \\ in. No. 1 Common and Better 1 100,000 ft. 2 in. No. 1 Common and Better PLAIN BH^CH. 100,000 ft. 1 in. 1st and 2nd Clear. HEMLOCK. 200,000 ft. 2 in. No. 3 Hemlock. 100,000 ft. 2x6 and wider No. 3 Hemlock. Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company Inquiries answered promptly and \> U I VI IT f AMI^IPO \Jl/ f € orders tilled without delay.' r\.VWVS K^ij t\.\r% U 1^1^,, TT U. DEAL WITH AN OLD, RELIABLE FIRM WHEN IX NEED OF WISCONSIN HARDWOODS "Shakeless" Hemlock and AVhite Cedar Products. Orders for Grain Doors, Box Shocks and other Special Bills promptl.y executed. Standard Grades, Good :\lill Work^audQuick De- li\-eries Guaranteed. JOHN R. DAVIS LUMBER COMPANY PHILLIPS, WISCONSIN WAVSAU, WIS. We have to offer the following stock in pile at Ingram, Wis. 20,000 ft. 2"in. No. 2 Common I'hiiii Birch. [ 24.000 ft. 1 in. First and Second Red Bircli. \ 11,460 ft. li in. First and Second Ki-d Bircli. 4,700 ft. 2 in. First and Second Red Birch. 2,144 ft. 1 in. Curlv Birch. 2,350 ft. U. li and 2 inch Curly Birch. 122,000 ft. 1 in. End Dried White Birch. 144,000 ft. 1 in. Select Pine, r 67.000 ft. 1* in. No. 3 Shop and Better Pine. 19.000 ft. li in. Select Pine. ^26,000 ft. li in. No. 1. No. 2 and No 3 Shop. Write us for prices on hemlock. Your orders and Inquiries solicited HARDWOOD RECORD 53 ^A ,^ I c r^ i"^ IX T c^ I ]VT w i<30orN^irN WHE,RE THE FINEST NORTHERN HARDWOODS GROW Michigan Logging Wheels Have madethem 2'* yeai-s. and know o p H \7 IT D P A P IT -'^lAMSTKK how. Easy aiid (■heap way of lo^gmp. O. V/. U V E/Iir/i^Ii MICHIGAN FRANK CARTER CO. MANUFACTURER Hardwood Lumber Specialty Wisconsin Oak HAVE KO LI.O WINO SEASONED STOCK TO OFFER 250M feet 1 inch Millrun Red Oak 75M feet. 1 inch Logrun Butternut riOM feet 2 inch Logrun Rock Elm 3011 feet 1 inch Millrnn Ash lOOM feel 1 inch No. 3 Common Birch. 40M feet 2 in. antl 3 in. Com. White Oak. Write for Prices on Stock for Future Delivery MENOMo'nVe, WISCONSIN North Western Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS OF BAND-SAWED Wisconsin Hardwoods CAREFUL, GRADINGS — PROMPT SHIPMENTS General Offices, EAU CLAIRE, WIS. Mills at STANLEY, WIS. R. CONNOR CO. WHOLES A T. E MANUFACTURERS Wisconsin Hardwood PINE AND HEM- I,OCK LUMBER MiUs at Auburndale.Wis-.on W. C. R.R. Stratford. Wis., on C.&. "J. W.K.li. Marshfieid, Wis. Wisconsin Veneer Co* RHINELANDER, WIS. Largest and best equipped Veneer cutting- plant in the country. High- grade product from Birch, Maple, Elm, Basswood, Ash and other na- tive woods. Veneers for Door Work a Specialty. Do you want a 7=foot band mill? This is a first-class machine and will give the best of re- sults. It is strong, well made, and as good as it looks. Write us and wc will give you full particu- lars. Phoenix Mfg. Co. Eau Claire, Wis. The Morton Dry Kiln IVIOIST AIR SYSTEM Recording Ther- mometers. Transfer Cars. Trucks. Canvas Doors. HOW TO DRY LUMBER. .\s exemphlK.l ni uiir Catalog D. Free on application. MORTON DRY KILN CO., Chicago, Ills. 54 HARDWOOD RECORD \j\ I i^^ III /^ A IN-T iVi IC/lliCjAfN FAMOUS FOR HARD MAPLE AND GRE.Y ELM You can't go astray when in the market IF YOU WRITE THE Northern Lumber Company RUSH CULVER, Pres. BIRCH, MICHIGAN C We manufacture from our own forests, the finest line of Northern Hardwoods on the market. C We have the woods, the machinery, the experience, enabhng us to fill your orders right. BIRCH WE WANT YOUR ORDERS FOR 4/4 AND 5/4 COMMON AND BETTER A No. 1 STOCK The Earle Lumber Company SIMMONS, MICHIGAN J. S. GOLDIE. Cadillac, ;: Michigan. Low Price on five cars 2f" Clear Maple Squares, 17" to 27" long. Corresporvdence Solicited orv Michigarv Lumber, especially White Maple. BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY BOYNE CITY MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS L.^RGE CAPACITY PROMPT SHIPMENTS RAII, OR CARGO W. H. WHITE, Pres. JAS. A WHITE, Vice-Pres. W. I,. MARTIN, Secy. THOS. WHITE, Treas. W. H, WHITE COMPANY BOYNE CITY. MICHIGAN Manufacturers of Hardwood and HemlocK Lumber, Cedar Shingles, White F^ocK Maple Flooring. The North Shore Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS Hardwood and Hemlock Lumber Rail and water shipments THOMPSON MICHIGAN S. L. EASTMAN FLOORING CO. ■AQINAW ailANO MAPLE FLOORING SAGINAW, MICH. You read this= =others will, too. They would read your ad. Try it. HARDWOOD RECORD 55 MICHIGAN FAMOUS FOR RED BIRCH AND BASSWOOD Evans & Retting Lumber Co« Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers Hardwood Lumber RAILROAD TIMPERS, TIES AND SWITCH TIES Michigan Trust Building Grand Rapids, Mich. DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO. Wholesale Hardwood Lumlier Office and Yards, FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES. DETROIT, MICH. MILLS AT: Orndorfl. W. Va., Healers W. Va., and Parkersburg. W Va. "Chief Brand" Maple Flooring Will commend itself to you and your trade on its merits alone. 5 Comprises all the features desirable in good flooring. U Made by the latest, most approved machinery methods and best skilled labor. 1 We believe we can make it ro your interest to handle our "Chief Brand" and will appreciate your inquiries. Kerry 4 Hanson Flooring Co. GRAYLING. MICHIGAN DENNIS BROS. GKAXD KAPIDS, MICHIGAN Manufacturers of National Maple AND Birch Flooring and all kinds of Michigan hardwood lumber WRITE FOR SPECIAL PRICES "S SOm feet 8 4 TAMARACK AND 20m feet 4 4 TAMARACK. MAIN OFFICE : 205-209 MICHIGAN TRUST BUILDING. OUR SLOW METHOD --'£«-— ,sg I X L POLISHED ROCK MAPLE FLOORING Enables us to offer you an excellent and superior product — One which has stood the test 20 years. WRITE TODAY FOR PRICES AND BOOKLET Wisconsin Land ^ Lumber Co. Hermansville, Michigan SALLINQ, HANSON CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Michigan Hardwoods GRAYLING, MICHIGAN Hackley-PhelpsBonnell Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Northern and Southern Hardwood Lumber Main Office, Micfiigaa Trust Company Building GRAND RAPIDS : . . . MICHIGAN 56 HARDWOOD RECORD i"^ I TVT f^ I 7VT IN^T A HP I C/irsoirNiNA 1 1 THE, GATtWAY OF THE SOUTH C. CRANE & COMPANY MANUFACTURERS Poplar, Oak, Ash, Chestnut, Sycamore, W. Va. Spruce, Pine and Elm YEARLY CAPACITY 100,000,000 FEET LONG BILL STUFF A SPECIALTY Mills and Yards: CINCINNATI, OHIO THE MALEY, THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO. Always in the Market for BLACK WALNUT LOGS. SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS. LUMBER OF ALL KINDS. CINCINNATI, OHIO THE GENERAL LUIWBER COMPANY HARDWOODS HEMLOCK YELLOW PINE COLUMBUS, OHIO Cash buyers for stock in our line. Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. GEST AND SVMMFR STREETS - Wholesalers Mahogany, Thin Lumber, Veneers Fintfly flgur^ Will Buy OAK, ASH, POPLAR, CHESTNUT, BASSWOOD All Grades and Thicknesses HARDWOOD RECORD 57 i"^ ¥ IVT i'^ I IN-T IN-T A T* I wifNC/irNrNA 1 1 THE, GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH IN THE MARKET FOR OAK-ASH-POPLAR ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES MOWBRAY & ROBINSON Office: I2J9 West Sixth Street Yards: Sixth Street, below Harriet PLAIN OAK—BASSWOOD Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot cash. Send us list of your oflFerings with prices. DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0. "BUY GUM" We are in the market to buy Dry Gum Lumber in any quantity, from a single car load to a niUiioh feet. Will take all grades and thick- nesses. We receive lumber at shipping point, pay cash and are liberal in in.-pection. THE FAI^RIN.KORN LUMBER COMPANY General Office. Tarde, Planing Mills. Dry Kilns, Cincinnati, Ohio Purchasing Office, Randolph Building, Uemphis.TeDD. Cypress Red Gum Oak WANTED POPLAR and GUM SEND LIST OF DRY STOCK. WILL CONTRACT FOR MILL CUTS. KENTUCKY LUMBER COMPANY CINCINNATI, OHIO THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO. Manufacturers ol Tabasco Mahogany Walnut, OaR Poplar, McLean and Findlay Ats. CINCINNATI. O. L. W. RADINA 6l COMPANY Correspondence Solicited with Buyers and Sellers of All Kinds of Wanted for cash — desirable blocks of 1 inch to 4 inch Poplar, all grades, Especially IJ^-inch stock, for immediate shipment. CLARK STREET AND DALTON AVENUE- W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co. Manufacturers of Band Sawed Yellow Poplar ASHLAND, KY. THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY CINCINNATI. OHIO PLAIN AND QUARTER SAWED White and Red Oak CHESTNUT S POPLAR ! GUM AND J CYPRESS { Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads. 58 HARDiWOOD RECORD INDIANA WHERE THE, BEST HAKDWOOOS GROW A^ay Stock: List 12,000 ft 50,000 " 50,000 " 50,000 " 100,000 " 15,000 " 100,000 " 10,000 " 10,000 " 100,000 " Long= 1 in. No. 2 Common Walnut 2 " Common and Better Plain White Oak 6=4 " " " " Red 5=4 " << i. » .. .. 4=4 ** " t« «( a a 6=4 and 8=4 Cherry Culls 4=4 No. 2 Common and Better Red Qum 4=4 1st and 2nd Plain Red Oak 4=4 Isf and 2nd Ash 5=4 to 2 in. Shop and Better Cypress Knight Lumber Co. INDIANAPOLIS. INI). Three Mills in Indiana FORT WAYNE INDIANAPOLIS LAFAYETTE Biggest Band Mill in the State Long Timbers up to Sixty Feet HARDWOOD SPECIALTIES Everything from Toothpicks to Timbers Perrine=Armstrong Co. FORT WAYNE INDMNA J. V. Stimson ALL KINDS OF HARDWOOD LUMBER MANUFACTURED HUNTINGBURG, IND. D'Heur 4 Swain Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OUR SPECIALTY Quartered Oak and Sycamore SEYMOUR, IND. ALWAYS IN THE MARKET For choice lots of hardwoods. Walnut our specialty. Inspection at Mill Points. The Walnut Lumber Company Indianapolis, Indiana C. I. Hoyt 4 Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Quartered and Plain Oak^ Poplar, Ash and Chestnut Offer a few cars 4 4 and 6 4 Plain Oak to move quick , PEKIN, INDIANA Young 4 Cutsinger MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OUR SPECIALTY Fine Figured Quartered Oak EVANSVILLE, INDIANA A floor to adore For thirty-three years Wilce's Hardwood Floor- iiiK has been among the foremost on the market and because it stands today "unequaled" is the best evidence that its manufacturer has kept abreast of modern methods and the advanced de- uKinils of the trade. To convince yourself of the :i ttovf statements, try our poUshed surface floor- ing', tuiit:ut'd and grooved, hollow backed, with malclierl ends and holes for blind nailing — you'll find it reduces the expense of laying and polishing. Our Booklet tells all about Hardivood Flooring and how to caif for it — also prices— and is/rei; The T. Wilce Company 22i\d and Throop Sts. CHICAGO. ILL. HARDWOOD RECORD 59 BUFFALO THE GREAT WHOLESALE L U M B E, R CENTER OF THE EAST Manufacturers and Dealers in Ash White and Brown Basswood Birch Ked and White Butternut Cherry Chestnut Cottonwood Cypress Elm Soft and Rock Gum Red and Tupelo Hickory Maple Hard and Soft Red Oak Plain and Quartered White Oak Plain and Quartered Black Walnut White Wood Poplar BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS Office and Yards. 69 I,EROY AVENCB BUFFALO HARDWOOD' LUMBER CO, We want to buy for cash : Oak, Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses. Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point P. O. Box 312. MEMPHIS. TENN. 940 SENECA STREET. EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY Our specialties are PLAIN %nd QUARTERED OAK and ASH. 1142 SENECA STREET. G, ELIAS & BROTHER BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS ^_^,^^^^^^^__ 955 TO 1015 ELK STREET HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY Specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK 940 ELK STREET ANTHONY MILLER HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS S93 EAGLE STREET SCATCHERD & SON HARDWOODS ONLY Yard, 1555 SENECA STREET Office. 886 ELLICOTT SQCARK STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT 1075 CLINTON STREET L N. STEWART & BROTHEr"" Specialties: CHERRY AND OAK 892 ELK STREET T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH. PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE 50 ARTHUR STREET ORSON E, YEAGER Specialtiei: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR 932 ELK STREET W T ^ A MANUFACTURERS OLD-FASHIONED VSinSSinty soft yellow 5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK. SPECIALTY Kitchen & POPLAR Ashland, Kentucky Company Three States Lumber Co. OFFERS 1 00,000 feet 5-4 Fir^s and Seconds Cottonwood 1 00,000 feet 1 3" to 1 7" Box Boards Cottonwood Prompt Shipment Memphis. Tennessee Lamb -Fish Lumber Co. SUCCESSORS TO LAMB HARDWOOD LUMBER COMPANY, BACON-NOLAN-HARDWOOD COMPANY GUIRL-STOVER LUMBER COMPANY Ma.nufa.c- turers OAK, ASH, COTTONWOOD, GUM AND CYPRESS MAIN OFFICE: 720 MEMPHIS TR.UST BUILDING. MEMPHIS. TENN. ag.. •« « ««•«« ( Memphis. Tenn. t\ t> * Ia* 1 Well Manufactured Stock Three Band Mills chancy miss. uur Specialties Good crudes * *•* *'*' »**•••*• * »"*« ( Stover, M'ss. '^ ( Prompt Shipments YELLOW POPlilR MANUFACTURERS BAND SAWED POPLAR LUMBER DRY ALL GRADES 5-8, 4-4, 5-4,6 4, 8 4, 10-4, 12-4,16 4 Bevel Siding, Latli & Squares SPECIALTY, WIOE STOCK Coal Crove, Ohio, U, S. A. floMwol RocoM Twelfth Year. I Soml-xnonthly. \ CHICAGO, JUNE 10, 1907. /Subscription C2. (Single Copies, 10 Cents. ROSS LUMBER COMPANY The Cherry People ANYTHING IN CHERRY? Write Us. JAMESTOWN, N. Y. ;o«T business is the prodactt ^.^^^.^ properly tnanufacttrred and tfeated for every use, in accordance with methods developed ^^^enty-five years' experience. 1^^^^ Throw Away Your Money BY STICKING TO OLD LINE COMPANIES PENNA. LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. 943 Drexel Bxjilding, PhilaLdelpKiaL. Pa. Rumbarger Lumber Company Main Office: 808 Harrison Bldg., 15th and Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. New York Office: 8018 Metropolitan Bldg., I Madison Avenue. Pittsburg Office: 701 Keystone Building 40 Cars 4-4 Birch Log Run. 10 Cars 4-4 Quartered Red Oak, No. 1 Common. 10 Cars 4-4 Chestnut, No. 2 Common. 10 Cars 4-4 Oak, No. 2 Common. A stock of Southern White Pine, 1", H", H" and 2", mostly No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 barn. We are operatins a tract of timber land containing considerable Holly and Persimmon. We can ship W. Virginia spruce sizes and boards, either rough or dressed, via any railroad. PRESIDENT G. A. MITCHELL \ irF.-I'KKSlDEXT \V. H. tJRATWICK TRKASIHKK cry WHiTK SECRETAKV R. H. McKELVEY LUMBER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $!»00.000 ADIRONDACK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $300,000 84-88 WilliaLin St. NEW YORK ADVERTISERS' CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY FOLLOWS WANT AND FOR SALE ADVERTISING SECTION. 2 HARDWOOD RECORD f /^ ITIC^X/II I f~M LCJUl^V IL^L^LJf MANUFACTURING AND DISTKIBUTING CENTER OF KENTUCKY Dry Stock W. P. BFOWII & SOHS LUmbCr CO.L«nisvillc,Ky. PLAIN BED OAS. 66,000' 1" 1st & 2nd. 25,000' 1^4" Ist & 2d. 49,000' 1%' Ut & 2d. 67,000' 2" 1st & 2d. 18,000' 2V4" Ist & 2d. 18,000' 3" 1st & 2d. 131,000' 1- No. 1 Com. 84,000' 114- No. 1 Com. 44,000' 1%- No. 1 Com. 47,000' 2" No. 1 Com. 8.000' 2W' No. 1 Com. 15.000' 3" No. 1 Com. QVABTESED RED OAK. > 19,000' 1' 1st & 2d. 14,000' IW' 1st A 24. 5,000' 2" 1st & 2d. 15.000' 1" No. 1 Com. 7,000' m' No. 1 Com. 13,000' 2" No. 1 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAS. 80,000' 1" 1st & 2d. 28,000' IVi" 1st & 2d. 12,000' IVi" 1st & 2d. 42,000' 2" 1st & 2d. 23,800' 2%- 1st & 2d. 18,000' 3" 1st & 2d. 227.000' 1- No. 1 Com. 60,000' IVi" No. 1 Com. 80,000' IW No. 1 Com. 50,000' 2" No. 1 Com. 17.000' 2^4" No. 1 Com. 22,000' 3" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED WHITE OAK, 60,000' 1" 1st & 2d. 28,000' 114" 1st & 2d. 45,000' 1%" Ist & 2d. 49,000' 2' 1st & 2d. 19,000' 2%" 1st & 2d. 18,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 30,000' 1V4" No. 1 Com. 40,000' 1%" No. 1 Com. 22,000' 2" No. 1 Com. 10,000' 3" No. 1 Com. ASH. 9,0(30' 1" 1st & 2d. 65,0UO' IVt" Ist & 2d. 16.000' 1%" Ist & 2d. 10.000' 2" 1st & 2d. 8,000' 2%" 1st & 2d. 14,000' 3" 1st & 2d. 6,000' 4" lat & 2d. 4.000' Hi* No. 1 Com. 16.000' Hi' No. 1 Com. 8,000' 2" No. 1 Com. POPLAR. 12,000' 1" 1st A 2d. All thicknesses in cull poplar, ash, chestnut. Your inquiries will be appreciated. 12,000' IVt" 1st & 2d. II.OOO' 1%" 1st & 2d. 12,000' 2" 1st & 2d. 10,000" 2%" Ist & 2d. 10,000' 3" 1st & 2d. 60,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 28,000' H4" No. 1 Com. 10,000' IVi" No. 1 Com. 10,000' 2" No. 1 Com. 15,000' 1" 18" & up 1st & 2d, 8,000' 2" 18' & up 1st & 2d. 8.000' 2" 24" & up Ist & 2d. 4,000' 1%" 18" & up 1st & 2d. 3.000' 1%" 24" & up l3t & 2d. Prompt delivery guaranteed SWANN-DAY LUMBER COMPANY CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY OFFER POPLAR Bevel Siding, Drop Siding, as well as Wide Poplar Always a Large Stock on Hand Prices are Yours for the Asking 500,000 F^EEX GUM 1st enrtdi Uriels G. \M. JONBS COA\RANY MIIJ.S ^ .\rkansas "Wiscon.sia APPLIiTOX, WIS. McLean -Davis Lumber Co. Successors to Hugh McLean Lumber Co., Highland Park, Ky. Edward L. Davis Lumber Co., Louisville, Ky. Berry - Davis Saw Mill Co., Louisville, Ky. Manufacturers and Dealers in Hardwood Lumber Daily Capacity: 80,000 feet. Sales Offices: Louisville, Ky. W, H Neal. Prest, Treas. I, L- SinckUnd. vi .-Prest. W. A. Dolph, Secy V Gen. Mur. NEAL = DOLPH LUMBER CO. Manufacturers Hardwood Lumber RANDOLPH BUILDING MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE | WE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU HARDWOOD RECORD Not only the ONLY HARDWOOD PAPER, but the BEST LUMBER PAPER published HARDWOOD RECORD CADILLAC CELEBRATED FOR HIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY AND MILL WORK ■Mitchell's Make— n DRY STOCK LIST OF Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac, 3/ich., 3fay, igoy -1/4 Birch, No. 2 Common and Better 4/4 Clierry, No. 2 Common and Better 4/4 Cherry, No. 3 Common 4/4 Hard Maple, 1st and 2nds 10/4 Hard Maple, 1st and 2nds 4/4 Red Oak, No. 2 Common and Better 4/4 No. 3 Common Maple and Beech 13M feet 4M 5M 20M 3M 40M 60M MAPLE SPECIALTIES We can furnish limited quantities of inch Ists and 2nds or Clear Maple lumber selected to widtlis or lengths or both. The lumber is our own manvifac- ture and air seasoned. PLEASE SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES Mitchell Brothers Co. CADILLAC, MICH. The Cadillac Handle Co. CADILLAC. MICHIGAN Band Sawn Michigan Hardwoods We solicit Inquiries for : 4/4 Hard Maple, 1st and 2nds, W% or less No. 1 Common in it. Cut 12 months 5/4 Maple 1st and 2nds 5/4 Maple No. 1 and 2 Common 6/4 Maple 10 in. and over wide, 1st and 2nd with small per cent No. 1 Common MURPHY & DIQQINS Offer all grades of the foUowiog special dry stock MAPLE--5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4, 16/4 GRAY ELM— 4/4, 12/4 BASSWOOD— 4/4 . BIKCB-l/4, 6/4 Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades. LET US nOURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS. Cummer, Diggins & Go. ==IHANUFACTURERS:== ' HoIIo'va/ Backed Quartered Red End WVatched Plain \A/hite F»oHshed Plain Red Bored Offices a.rvd Pla.nt : Kansas and Mallory Ave., New South Memphis. (Take Soulh Memphis car lo Mallory Ave.) Goodlander Robertson Lumber Co. Hardwood Lumber Memphis, Tennessee IF IT'S HARD TO GET. WRITE US I. M. DARNELL, PREST. E. E. TAENZER, VICE-PRCST. F. C. OUPKE, 2ND VICE-PREST. W. S. DARNELL, TREAS -GEN. MGR. DARNELL-TAENZER LUMRER CO. /RED GUM\ /white oak > ' SAP GUM 1 RED OAK, ASH \ CYPRESS I \ POPLAR / MEMPHIS, TENN. MANUFACTURERS AND DTALERS IN HIGH-GRADE HARDWOOD LUMRER BAND SAWN THIN STOCK A SPECIALTY , CONSOLIDATED i\m^ % Cable Address: "Sonderco" IVleinphis. Codes Used: Lumberman's Telecode and A B C Sth Edition MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD, GUM, COTTONWOOD AND CYPRESS Main Office: Tennessee Trust Building, Memphis, Tenn. Offers the following specials: 10 Cars I in. No. 1 Common Ash. 10 Cars I \ in. No. 1 Common Ash. 10 Cars lA in. No. 1 Common Ash. 10 Cars 2 in. No. 1 Common Ash. 10 Cars I in. Shop Cypress. 10 Cars I in. Pecky Cypress. 10 Cars 2 in. Pecky Cypress. 10 Cars 2 in. Dimension Cypress. 20 Cars 1 in. No. I Common Cottonwood. 20 Cars 1 in. No. 2 Common Cottonwood. Plain and Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak, Elm, Cottonwood, Poplar, Gum, White Ash and Cypress. Direct shipments from our own Mills of Lumber from our own Timber our Specialty. We manufacture and put in pile 300,000 ft. Hardwood every 24 hours. HARDWOOD RECORD WEST VIRGINIA YELLOW POPLAR NORTH CAROLINA CORK WHITE PINE AND HARDWOOD DRY KILNS AND PLANING MILLS. ALL OUR MILLS RUN THE YEAR ROUND. SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES AND ORDERS. W.M.Ritter Lumber Co. COLUMBUS, OHIO Saw and Ship 100,000,000 Feet Yearly FULLERTON-POWELL Hardwood Lumber Co. D OFFERS THE FOLLOWING STOCK fp FOR IMMEDL^TE SHIPMENT L= 10 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Plain Red OakJ 3 cars li in. 1st and 2nds Uuartered White Oak 2 cars li in. Plain Red Oak Step Plank 2 cars IJ in. No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak 4 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Plain Red Oak, 12 in. and 10 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Red Gum, 10 to 16 ft. wider 7 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Red Gum, 12 ft. 2 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Quartered Red Oak, 10 in. S cars 2 in. 1st and 2nds Sap Gum .5 cars \\ in. No. 1 Common Plain White Oak 8 cars 2 in. No. 1 Common Sap Gum 1 car 1 in. No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak 1 car 2 in. No. 2 Common Sap Gum 2 cars 2 in. 1st and 2nds Quartered White Oak 18 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Cottonwood, 6 in. and wider 2 cars 2 in. No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak 3 cars 1 in. No. 1 Common Cottonwood BRANCH OFFICES: miMMEAPOUS. MINM., 30S Lumber Exchangm MAIN OFFICES CHICAGO, 1104 Chamber of Commerce tiiccriuuv MEMPHIS,TEMM.,30S Tennessee Trust BIdg. \ r i J / i^Ollff^ ^H^ftl/I T TiH «— «=«,.. -—,«=..._.... r_„..-— \ furnished / KJOUm JJCnU, 2/fU. HARDWOOD RECORD PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF COTTONWOOD GUM AIND OTHER HARDWOODS Large stocks of well seasoned Lumber always carried at 0'99 This machine is de- signed to tnm the ends of maple flooring and for cutting off stock in box and furniture fac- tories. It is the most rapid and accurate ma- chine for the purpose now on the market and is extremely sim- ple and durable. The saw carriage is brought forward by a foot lever and returned by an equalized extension spring on the foot ever. The saw is com- pletely covered, thus making it perfectly safe to operate. The slot- ted frame carrying the braced slide rods can be bolted either to posts or to the wall, and it is vertically ad- justable. The automatic belt binder is placed direct- ly above the saw ar- bor on adjustable post hangers and the belt passmg over both pul- leys is kept uniformly tight at ail times. If desired, a regular coun- tershaft with T. & L. pulleys can be furn- ished instead of the automatic binder. The machine for trimming maple floor- ing will cut up to 5 in. wide, and the machine for box and furniture fac- tories will cut up to 1 2 in. wide. LET US TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT. E. 6i B. Holmes Machinery Company BUFFALO, NEW YORK General Electric Company Flexible Power INDUCTION MOTOR 111 all sawmill work the power re- quired varies with the kind of timber handled and according to' its condition wlien passing through the mill. In a day's work heavy logs follow on the heels of smaller ones, partially seasoned timber is mixed with green and the work is constantly changing. These conditions can be met only with a motor of ample over-load capa- city and the simplest possible construc- tion— qualities which are featured in the General Electric Inductioi} Motors for sawmill work. Upon demand these motors will supply 200 per cent to 300 per cent of their normal output. One Man Said:— "The 100 h. p. {GE) Induction Motor dri\'ing our 9-foot sawmill shows abso- lutely no drop in speed no matter what load the sawyer puts on it, and can hum thro' a 30 in. birch at as good a clip as it can thro' a poplar log." He h\a.s more to solv in booklet 4470-H. Send for it. 1347 Principal Office: Schenectady, N. Y. SaLles Offices in all La^rge Cities. J 12 HARDWOOD RECORD OAK FLOORING Kiln Dried Bored Polished MAPPWOOD LUMBER (yN & MFC. CO. 5ARDIS MISS. Hollow Bundled "Michigan Maple Flooring Our model factory is equipped with the highest class tools and appliances made for Flooring production. We produce our lumber from the best rock Ma- ple area in Michigan and have 20 years' supply. Our brand "Michigan" is a guaranty of qual- ity. Perfect mill work and excellent grades distinguish our Flooring and our prices are reasonable. WARD BROS, Big Rapids, Mich. Just to Remind You That we are manufacturers of the celebrated Wolverine Brand Maple Flooring " There is uone better." Bored, polished, end and edge matched, lays with every joint even. Largest sales in the history of maple flooring. May we have your order ? BLISS & VAN AUKEN SAGINAW W. S., MICH. WE ARE OFFERING TIMBER LAND 6% BONDS Secured by first mortgage on Southern timber lands at less than SO per cent of their present market value. Issued by large, well established, responsible lumber companies. Full particu- lars will be mailed on request. CLARK L. F»OOLE & CO. SUCCESSORS TO H. C. BARROLL (Si CO., Bankers First National Bank Building CHICAGO "Ideal" a Rock Maple Flooring is the flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply the demand for the best. It is made bj' modern ma- chinery from carefully-selected stock and every pre- caution is taken throughout our entire system to make it fulfill in every particular its name— "IDEAL." Rough or Finished Lumber — All Kinds Send us Your Inquiries The I. Stephenson Company WELLS, MICHIGAN ^The HARDWOOD RECORD publishes a series of bulletins, showing the annual hardwood re- quirements of many thousands of wholesale consumers, by kind, grade and thickness. ^ Indispensable to every lumber sales manager. ^ Specimen bulletin for the asking. THE "FINEST" MAPLE FLOORING W. D. YOUNG & CO. BAY CITY, MICHIGAN. Producers from TREE to TRADE of the high- est type of Michigan Forest Products. Large stock of Maple Flooring and 15,000,000 feet of Hardwoods — 1 to 4 inches thick — on hand. Maple, Birch and Beech Lumber FIRE INSURANCE Specialists on Lumber and Lumber Working Plants Lumber Underwriters HOME OFFICE: 66 Broadway, New York flaMwooil RocoM Published in the Interest of Hardwood Lumber, American Hardwood Forests, Wood Veneer Industry, Hardwood Flooring, Hardwood Interior Finish, Wood Chemicals, Saw Mill and WoodworHlng Machinery. J Vol. XXIV. CHICAGO. JUNE 10. 1907. No. 4. Published on the 10th and 25th of each month by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY HENRY H. GIBSON. EJ.cor. EDGAR H. DEFEBAUGH, Manager. 7th Floor, Ellsworth Bidg., 355 Dearborn St., Chicago, III., U.S.A. Telephone Harrison 4960 Easlern Office: 31U Land Tille BuilJ.ng. Philadelphia. Jacob Holliman. Represenlalive. TERMS OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION In the United States, Canada, Philippine Islands and Mexico . $2.00 in all other countries in Universal Postal Union ..... 3.00 Subscriptions are payable in advance, and in default of written orders to the contrary are continued at our option. Entered at Chicago Postoffice as Second Class Matter. Advertising copy invist be received five da..vs ir\ a.dvak.rvce of publication da-te. Advertising rates on application. VENEER MEETING. Senii-annual meeting of the National Veneer and Panel Manufacturers' Association, Auditorium Annex, Chicago, Thursday and Friday, June 20 and 21. first session 10 o'clock a. m. General Market Conditions. The liiirihvood tratlc the cuiintry over is not particularly active, as will be noted by market reports from all the chief consuming couters, in this issu'^ of the Hardwood Becord. Happily stocks of dry lumber are sold up closely in every producing section, and therefore it happens that with the diminishing insistence for hardwood lumber, there is no shading of values save in rare exceptions. Tliese seem to be in firsts and seconds and sap gum, which within the last few days have been offered at considerably less than past quotations, and West Virginia oak is being quoted at from $1 to -$2 off in the eastern markets. In the great area of hardwood production in the Southwest, prevailing weather conditions are still very bad. There has been an endless flood of rain and the mills have not yet been able to run more than half the time on account of inability to secure logs. There is a little accumulation of stock in some rare cases, but generally speaking every foot of reasonably dry lumber is being shipped out as fast as cars can be secured. In the North basswood and black ash are practically out of the market and the stocks of maple and birch are pretty low. Poplar today stands at the very head of the list in demand, and with short stocks and heavy call, prices are fending upwards rather than otherwise. Cottonwood and oak are reasonably close seconds in demand. ^ In the news columns will be found an analysis of building opera- — tions for May which is a surprise, as they show a slight gain in y^he aggregate over that month a year ago. Some cities seem to —ibe booming in this respect, while others show a tremendous falling jl^off. It is thought that local conditions govern these marked Dehanges. The furniture trade the country over is not up to expectations; neither is the interior trim business, hardwood door making, agri- cultural implement and wagon trade. All these usually large buyers are holding off on purchases, having the very prevalent idea that they will be able to buy hardwoods at lower prices later in the season. Veneer and panel makers still seem to have all the business they can carry, but prices remain unsatisfactory and comparatively few plants are making any considerable amount of money. The hard- wood flooring people with their accumulation of orders and a fair current demand are having all they can do. Apparently a vast quantity of hardwood flooring is going into old buildings to replace worn-out yellow pine and other softwood floors. The demand for the rest of the season looks very promising. The call for mahogany, cherry and walnut seems to be growing, as the furniture and electric trades are increasing their use of these woods. On the whole, the hardwood situation shows marked strength by reason of the paucity of present and prospective stocks, and it can scarcely be predicted that there will be any diminution of conse- quence in prices during 1907. A School of Inspection. Perhaps the most notable paper presented at tlie Atlantic City meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber Association was the one suggesting a school of inspection for training young men, especially amateurs, into a correct knowledge of the way in which hardwood lumber should be graded 'to accord with standard rules. In the past, associations and individuals have selected inspectors who have been educated in a hit-or-miss sort of way and their inter- ]iretation of rules has varied in accordance with the environment under which they worked. It has been a rare thing for two in- spectors to get anywhere near each other when it came to matters of reinspection, and the result has been equally unsatisfactory to lioth seller and buyer. Old-time inspectors who have been edu- cated to do the work in a certain way are very loath to amend their ideas of grades, even when a printed page of specific rules is before them. It is the boast of more than one that he has not I'hanged his grading methods for a quarter of a century, but does the same under National or Manufacturers' rules that he did before either were promulgated. This has been the serious difficulty en- countered by association managers of grading systems. The plan of taking young men, preferably common school gradu- ates, who are desirous of fitting themselves for employment that will pay a very handsome salary is admirable. It is proposed to establish several of these schools throughout the United States, so as to cover experience with all varieties of timber, and by transferring classes from one point to another, let each individual gain a com- ]irehensive knowledge of all hardwoods and thus enable him to inspect lumber of every kind, no matter where he finds it. It has been suggested that the Biltmore estate in North Carolina would be one admirable location for one school, on account of the great variety of woods encountered there. It is suggested that a second school might be established at Cadillac, Mich., as this point offers fine residence facilities and hardwoods are manufactured there under the best possible conditions; moreover, it is a point at which all 14 HARDWOOD RECORD varieties of northern woods are encountered. A third school should be maintained in Memphis, for like reasons. It may be said that the essential, professed value of inspection is to estaljlish the \Yorth of lumber. Up to this time an inspection cer- tificate simply recites the sizes and grades. While this is absolutely essential, it fails iu a marked degree to set forth all the facts in the case that go to make up the value of lumber. These students should be taught Ijeyond actual measurement and the nomination of a grade, to be able to analyze the physics of the wood which they inspect. On the certificate of inspection should be stated the quality of the wood itself; in the case of oak, whether it is soft and work- able, or tough and stringy. Students should be taught to take into consideration the sawing of the lumber as well as the seasoning. These two features tend to determine value, iu a marked degree. In fact, if young men are to be scientifically trained in the inspection of lumber, they should be started at the tree and have a course through the woods, sawmill and lumber yard, previous to undertak- ing actual grading per sc. It is to be hoped that the committee having this matter in charge will carry out this scheme of education in inspection to its logical conclusion, and that there may be per- manent schools maintained under competent tutelage, until the neces- sary thousands of lumber inspectors become fully competent to carry on this work scientifically and intelligently. Atlantic City Meeting. The recent meeting of the iSIational Hardwood Lumber Association held at Atlantic City, the full proceedings of which appear in this issue of the H-uidwood Record, was marked by very important legis- lation. The so-called Buffalo agreement, a resolution providing that no change be made iu inspection rules until December, 1908, was suspended, and many modifications were made in the grading rules, to take effect December next. These rules were the result of the most exhaustive and careful deliberation on the part of the Inspection Rules Committee in conference with delegates from the hardwood associations of Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana, and while the stand- ard of quality is lowered in many instances, it was deemed wise to thus amend the rules to conform with current trade practices cover- ing the inspection of hardwood lumber. The grade of firsts and seconds remains practically unchanged, save that the minimum widths admitted are narrower. New grades of selects and finish lumber are incorporated between firsts and seconds and No. 1 common. These changes were not made without long and patient consideration by the delegates and serious debate on the subject. The majority in favor of the amendments was more than two to one. The new rules corre- spond closely to those of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association in that resultant grade products from the application of either set will be practically the same. In spite of jiast fiascos in reaching a joint agreement with the Manufacturers' Association on the subject of grades, it is now cer- tainly up to this association to again make overtures toward having the wording of the various rules for hardwood grades of both asso- ciations synonymous and for the eventual establishment of a joint bureau of insjiection which shall be competent, impartial, intelligent and unhampered by any political influence from either body. This is the insistent and crying demand of the hardwood trade at large in all its divisions — manufacturers, jobbers and consumers alike. Tlie slight breaches today can easily be bridged over. Let conciliation and compromise go on until the desideratum is obtained. Annual Statistics of Forest Products. The great value of accurate statistics as a factor in assisting to regulate production to the best advantage and to estimate prospective values should be more carefully considered by progressive lumber manufacturers. Information of this character, when accurate and complete, reflects tlie true situation unerringly. It is therefore highly essential that these statistics be made public at the earliest possible moment, otherwise much of their value is lost. The United States government has for years made itself responsible for crop statistics, and last year with the cooperation of the National Lum- ber Manufacturers ' Association undertook the work of collating statistics covering forest products. The average lumber manufac- turer supported the movement heartily, but still the work did not possess the value it should have done, owing to the indifference of the few who failed to supply individual reports, thus rendering the figures incomplete. The Forest Service has now entered into cooperation with the Bureau of the Census, which has a large force of trained statisticians, and if it can secure the cooperation to which it is entitled, the lumber-manufacturing public will be doing itself a great service in assisting to this end. The bureau announces that state totals will be published as soon as any individual state report is complete. It is to be hoped that every hardwood manu- facturer will take the little time necessary to supply the information asked for. The Veneer Meeting. Agreeable to the announcement at the liead of the editorial columns of this issue of the Record, the National Veneer & Panel Manufacturers' Association will hold its semi-annual meeting at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago on June 120 and 21. Tlie first session will be called at 10 a. m. The meeting promises to be very interest- ing, as a carefully prepared report by the grading committee on the proposed amendment of rules on all kinds of woods will be pre- sented. A series of papers will be read by experienced operators on topics of particular interest to the trade. It is designed to make this a good old-fashioned ' ' experience meeting," in which every problem pertaining to the trade will be thoroughly threshed out. In view of the present rather unsatis- factory condition of the veneer industry it is anticipated that the meeting will call out a larger number of veneer manufacturers than has ever before been present. Government's Forest Reserve Policy. A meeting to be known as the Public Lands Convention has been called at Denver June 18, 19 and 20. This meeting is the result of crystallized effort that is being made to discourage the forest re- serve policy of President Roosevelt and the United States govern- ment. This policy is keeping many lumber, mining an-d coal com- ])anies from appropriating as much of the timber and mineral lands of the public domain as they would like. There has been a steady attempt for months past to array cattlemen and lumbermen against the forest reserve plan, on the plea that it cuts them out of timber and grazing rights and locks up the public land from "legitimate" use. The fallacy of this reasoning is specious and apparent. This country has wasted billions of dollars iu its senseless depredation of the forest, and the time has arrived for scientific conservation. There is nothing in the law governing forest reserves that prevents any land suitable for agricultural purposes from being taken over by legitimate settlers, and it is hoped that hereafter lumbermen, mining men and cattlemen alike will be obliged to pay for the lands, timber and minerals which they utilize for their own profit. Tlie government 's theory of forest reserves is a simple one. It proposes to do merely what the Gernmn and other European nations have done for generations. The forestry plan provides for cutting a reasonable quantity of mature or hyper-mature timber, under such systems as will preserve the young and immature trees. The system will promote and assist in the redevelopment of forest area and provide against the future needs of the nation. Lumbering methods, especially in the mountainous districts, have been extravagant to the verge of criminality; but a small portion of the timber has been converted into lumber and the remainder has been wantonly burned. Lumbermen, by their careless methods, have not only burned the unfelled timber, but also the humus or top stratum of decomposed vegetation, which is not only indispensable to the re- growth of a forest, but also has resulted in the washing away of every mountain side thus depredated, so that no vegetation of any sort can be reproduced. By a wise system of lumbering on con- servative lines, it is possible to have both lumber and forests, and in a nutshell this is what the forestry policy is meant to accomplish. HARDWOOD RECORD IS Pert, Pertinent and Impertinent. I'ou may iliiiib to tlie top of the tree, But youi- perch will not help you a bit. If you fall you will very soon see There is no way of dodging a hit. For the world lies in wait with a briek Or a stone twisted up in a sock. If it isn't a knock it's a kick; If it isn't a kick it's a knock. Take Your Choice. If you're down you'll be feeling a boot To your person with vigor applied ; If you're up you'll hear the loud hoot And the jab will get into your hide. You may think you are skillful and quick. But you'd far better brace for the shock. If it isn't a knock it's a kick: II it isn't a kick it's a knock. It's a kick for the fellows who lose ; It's a knock for the others who win. You may do just whatever you choose, Hut you'll need a good thickness of skin. I can tell you which one I will pick ; I'll succeed and then let the w-orld mock. If it isn't a knock it's a kick : If it isn't a kick it's a knock. Sure Enough. T h (' teacher h a il grown eloquent pic- turing the glories of Heaven, and finally asked, ' ' What kind of boys g o t r^lil^Mti|V==«wraJlllllil finished woods are of various species, there- fore make an agreeable contrast when the pieces of one kind are matched in with pieces of another. Whitewood is often com- bined with the darkest of stock; black wal- nut and whitewood go together in some pat- terns; in others the object is to have very little contrast. Often the shading is so slight that it barely defines the intersec- tions. In Fig. 11 is exhibited one of the popular floor covers manufactured with these varying pieces of hardwood, interlaid as described. The base for one of these built-up carpets must of course be substantial, as the pieces depend xipon it for support. A flexible base is often wanted, in which case heavy canvas or oil cloth is used. Again sheet metal is employed to advantage. Often the flooring is constructed direct on the original base, in which case the covering can not be removed without tearing it into pieces. Cement and glue are used for hold- ing the parts together. The matching and putting up of a design like that in Fig. 11 is very laborious and tedious. There are many small pieces of wood and each piece must be picked up separately and adjusted before the adjoining one can be placed in position. All this requires . time and pa- tience. Weeks are often devoted to the ijianufaeture of one carpet of sufficient size to cover the floor of an ordinary apartment. Some of the hardwood carpets are made with the body of the surface of a certain color, as in Fig. 12, in which case the pieces may be of good size, and the operation of setting is thus much simplified. A number of other designs are shown in illustrations 13 to 16. Hardwood Record J\Iail Bag. [In this department it is proposed to reply to such inquiries as reach this nlfice from the HARDWftoD Heooud clientage as will be of enough general interest to warrant publication. Every patron of the paper is invited to use this de- partment t(i the fullest extent, and an attempt will be made tu answer queries pertaining to all matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in a succinct and intelligent manner.] Criticizes Hardwood Inspection. Gkand ItAriii.s. Micji.. .lune :■.. — Kditur Hard- wood Record : A point occurs to us that we would like to lay before you, and which we be- lieve should find space in the pages of the Recobd, presented in the manner of which we know you are so very capable. It is this : From past experience, and especially during the last cnuiili- vf years, if we were asked to cite the one ■bone of contention" in the lumber trade it is that attention enough is not paid to the rules Koverning the scaling of lumber. We refer now In the National Hardwood Lumber Association's rules of inspection. We firmly believe that a great deal (if time and trouble and useless corre- spondence might be saved if this rule were more closely adhered to in the sale of lumber. For instance, the writer a short time ago placed an order for a certain grade of lumber. Upon re- ceipt of the car he found five distinct grades in the one car and all purporting to be in accord- ance with the order placed. This, you see, natur- ally necessitates delay and additional corre- spondence that is not always of the pleasantest nature. We tliiuk a word from the Hardwood. UKCtiiut along these lines would have a very sahilary eflfect in promoting a closer observance of the National rules in each instance of inspec- tion. Trusting these remarks may appeal to you, and with best wishes for the Hahdwood Record, we beg to remain. Yours very truly, BissELL, Carpet Sweeper Company, J. II. Shanahan. Supt. Tlie criticisms noted by the superintendent of the Bissell Carpet Sweeper Company have been repeatedly discussed in the Hardwood Record and it is this very desideratum that the hardwood associations are now so ener- getically trying to work out. It is sincerely to be hoped that before the year is over corps of inspectors who are competent, ac- curate and impartial will have the hamlling of lumber, and that complaints of careless inspection will finally be at an end. — Editor. Who Wants Oak Spokes? The Blackstone Handshaved Handle Com- pany of Blackstone, Va., manufacturer of handmade and turned hickory handles of all kinds, has added a spoke department to its business and would like the name and ad- dress of some concern that is in the market for oak sjiukcs. Good Advice. I'u.sEMiTE, Kv., May :'.(i. — Editor IIardwuod Record : For good sound information in a nut- shell you have the only lumber journal in Amer- ica today. While I have only been a subscriber for two or three years, I have been a constant reader for more than ten years. Would like to see both associations get together and formulate one set of inspection rules. A. E. M. More Good Advice. New YiiKK, .May :',!. — Editor Hardwood Rec- ord : The man, men or newspaper that will succeed in securing uniform inspection of hard- wood lumber throughout the United States will have conferred the greatest good to the indus- try. This most desirable end can be accom- plished by compromise between the two hardwood lumber associations, and I verily believe that Clinton Crane and W. A. Bennett, both of Cin- cinnati, hold the key to the situation. They are both as stubborn as mules and are not dis- posed to concede a point to each other, but they should have the good of the trade at heart and get together. They are good friends and should belong to the same association. It makes very little diflFerence how the grade of lumber is defined in the rules for grading, because prices will be made according to those grades anyhow, hut it would prevent an enormous amount of friction and consequent loss if only one court for arbitration of inspection differences existed. Let the Hardwood Record advocate conciliatlou and compromise between the two associations so that uniform inspection may come in the life- time of the present lot of lumber dealers, manu- facturers and users. & Co. A Friendly Ciiticistn. Rhinei.andkr. Wis.. May 29. — Editor Hard- wood Record : I have no criticisms to make of your paper, but as to suggestions of matters of interest, like to see correspondents iaject news of real value into what they write — not news of how Tom, Hick or Harry, or Fred's wife has been in Chicago or (.'aire, but real news, sales of lumber, prices for which it is selling, etc. While like every other man, I occasionally like to see m.v name in the paper, yet, as with other men, I don't care ver.v much for personal items about some other fellow, hut prefer to get the HARDWOOD RECORD 19 market inices at wliicli that other fellow is sell- ing, conditions of markets as to trade, etc. I think that is a good point to emphasize, and not a lot of personal items cut out of some local paper. I also think wood chemical plants are going to cut quite a figure in our business, and that the matter is worth elaborating. & Co. I wisli to tliank you for your frank letter of criticism. Jly view.s are entirely in liar- mony with your own on this subject, but I think you will concede that the Hardwood Record contains less of the matter which you deprecate than any lumber trade paper you ever saw. Again, I believe our news covers a wider rauge and is more complete in its character than that furnished by any other periodical of similar nature. In other words, I believe we are running a paper that jjretty nearly suits your ideas of what a lumber newspaper should be. My reason for not publishing more matter on the subject of wood chemicals is the fact that I have seen wood alcohol go to 19 cents a gallon, which meant ruin for everyone engaged in the business. Today these people are making just a fair profit owing to the iniquitous legislation passed by Congress last winter, in the denatured alcohol bill. I therefore did not think it wise to encourage new plants on account of the present and prospective pau- city of demand for these products. I think attempting to educate people up to the finer manipulation of their product and the manu- facture of dimension stock promises surer returns than the manufacture of pyroligne- (Uis acid and its products. — Editor. the specimen you sent the stain has pene- trated clear beyond that point. — Editor. Discoloration From Stickers. I'lTTSmRc;. May l(i. — IDditnr II.\hi>W(iod Kec- oiiii : We are expressing to you a piece of hard maple for your examination and wish to call your attention to the conversation we had re- cently relative to the discoloration you will find in the sample we are sending. Our customer has rejected a (luantity out of a car, claiming that tliis discoloration in the wood is the first stage nf decay, (lur Judgment is quite to the con- trary; we claim that it is merely the calico color which is a peculiarity of maple, and wliich iu no way affects the strength or durability of the wood. We would like very much to have your opinion on this subject foi- guidance in fu- ture, and also for adjustment of this complaint. LU-MBEU CO^[I■.lXY. Referring to the specimen of hard maple which you send — this piece of wood is un- deniably discolored by the stickers, and if such discoloration was general in the ship- ment, in justice tlie stock should have been graded down. In all probability this lumber ^^as stuck on old stickers which had com- menced to materially decay. There is just as much danger of discoloring lumber by the use of stickers in this condition as in the use of green ones. In fact any stickers cutside of red gum and sycamore, after they ha^•e been used two or three times, are more likely to stain lumber than green ones. Man- ufacturers generally seem to think that if a sticker is old it can be used with safety in green lumber, but such is not the case. As a general principle of inspection, stain which will not dress off is a defect. In the case of Keeping Busy. >I.\RQi-ETTK, Micii., May 31. — Editor IIakd- woOD REconii : In our territory here, along the south shore of Lake Superior, the hardwood in- dustry up to the present time has been almost exclusively in the hands of Providence and re- lated solely to the year by year laying on of those thin rings of wood under the bark oif our hardwood trees : but the business of converting these trees into material tor news in the Record has begun, and the men so far engaged in the business have found upon opening up these frees that the work of I'rovldencc as above men- tioned has been exceedingly well done, and are greatly pleased thereat. Both i|uality and quan- tity are found satisfactory and more new saw- mill enterprises are being initiated each year ; this district will ere long fill an important place in the hardwood markets for all varieties of tim- licr native here. .T. il. Lo.xgyeak. Hickory Dimension Stock Market, Cincinnati, tl.. May 2',). — Kditor Hardwood Record: Can you consistently put us on the track of someone wanting small pieces of fine- grade thoroughly seasoned hickory, say from t! inches long up to 1 foot long, and from 1 inch to about IV2 inches in diameter? A good deal of the timber is all white. There are a thousand things in this world that could be made from it and are made, if we knew where to get into com- munication with the parties. & Co. There are doubtless many consumers who would like to get hold of this stock, and the address of the correspondent may be had on application to this office. — Editor. Wants Market for Gum. Beloit, Wis., May is.— Kditor IIaruwood Record : Our company has begun work on its new mill in Missouri, and will manufacture lath and shingles and saw southern hardwoods. We will have a good deal of short ends, say 24 inches long, from gum, and would be obliged if you will tell us of a market for them. We could saw them to any required length or thickness. I'lease enter our subscription to the Hardwood Record. Lumber Company. Anyone in the market for gum dimension, as above offereurg, W. Va. Tlio tfiitli annual i-onventidu of tlie Xa- tioinil Hartlwood Lumber Association, held at Atlantic City, N. J., May 23 and L'4, ivas marked not only by a large but by a repre- sentative attendance of members of the organization from every part of the United States. The weather was clear and while the air was tinged with chill, con- ditions were such as to con- tribute to the comfort ami pleasure of the assembled hosts. The occasion was further mark- ed 1-iy the presence of many ladies, the wives and relatives of delegates. The meeting it- self was held in the great ball room of the magnificent Steel Pier, which proved an ideal place for a convention. Every detail of the arrange- ments for the entertainment of guests was systematically ai delightfully handled by the eastern hosts, of which com- mittee C, E. Lloyd, Jr., of Philadelphia, was chairman ; E. A. Beclsley of Xew Haven, trea.surer; and B. C. Currie, .Jr., of Philadelphia, secretary. Other than these, this eomtnit- tee consisted of John J. Eum- barger and J. P. Punwoody of Philadelphia; John L. Alcork ;'.ml R. E. Wood of Baltimore ; I. F. Balsley of Pittsburg; IT. M. Dickson of Norfolk; Sam E. Barr, H. S. Dewey and E. S. Foster of New York; N. 11. Walcott of Providence; and Gardner I. .Tones and John il. Woods of Boston. In the di'- tails of the work they were most ably assisted by Ed. M. Bechtel of Philadelphia. The entertainment features in- eluded a smoker and vaudeville performance of unusual excellence at the Grotto of the big Rudolph ITotel on Thurs- day, during which a delightful hinch was served. This feature of the program was under the personal charge of Messrs. Lloyd and Currie. and the vaudeville entertainment itself was handled by Wm. D. Hall of the Theatrical Exchange and Booking Agency of I'hilailclphia. The lady visitors were delight- fully taken care of both in a cake-walk affair at the Steel Pier on Thursday evening and with a trolley ride in special cars to all points of interest in Atlantic City and vicin- ity on Friday. The ]ii-o linys of the convoTition liave W. H. R-USSE, MEMPHIS. RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT gone down to history as somewhat radical in character, but the prevalence of common sense in the deliberations has rarely if ever been equaled at any gathering of the sort. Primarily, a resolution adopted at the eighth annual meeting of the association held at Buffalo in 1S0.5, providing that the grading rules then authorized shonlil not lie changed before Dei-endicr, I9ll,S, was rescimlei.l ; a new set of rules made after the most diligent stndy and conference between the Inspection Rules Committee of the association and dele- gates representing the hardwood associations of Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana, was approveil, whitdi rules go into effect on Dec. 1 next. In a general way these new rules conform to current custom in the sale and grading of Iiardwood lumber, and provide for an inspection that somewhat lowers old standarils of grades. The rules still adhere to inspection from the poorer side of the piece in the higher grades; they pro- vide that tapering lumber shall lie measured one-third of the length of the piece from the narrow end ; anil minimum widths mentioned in any grade must be of the full width named: in random width lum- ber, fractions over one-half foot are counted up to the next higher figure; fractions less than one-half foot to the next lower figure; and fractions ex- actly on the half foot are divided equally between buyer and seller. In the grade of Xo. T ( ommon the rules pro- viile that heart must not show- more than half the length of the piece in the aggregate: and in Xo. 2 Common not niore than three-fourths the length of the jiiec(\ In standard lengths now run in even and odd foot lengths from i to 16 feet but not over fifteen per cent of odd lengths are admitted. Eight-foot lengths are the shortest admitted to firsts and seconds, and not more than twentj' per cent under 12 feet are admitted, and not to exceed ten per cent of 8 and 9 feet. Stain that wdll surface off in dressing is not considered a defect. A moderate amount of wane is admitted without being considered a defect. A new grading of clear face cutting is authorized, which provides for one clear face and a sound back. The old 22 HARDWOOD RECORD grade of merchantable is entirely eliminated. A grade of finish is authorized, which with the other grades named is described in detail in the report of the Inspection Rules Com- mittee wliich is incorporated in the proceed- ings. Tlie rules further provide for the splitting l. Wall; a paper on Associate Obligations by ex-President Palmer; an ad- dress covering suggestions for a school of inspection by B. ('. Currie, Jr.; forceful re- marks on the necessity of the wholesaler by Robt. W. Higbie, and a strong speech urging the association's influence looking toward proposed improvements of the great water- way's of the county by John A. Fox. Without question this tenth annual meet- ing of the National Hardwood Lumber As- sociation was the most important and valu- able to the lumlior trade at large that has ever been held by it. The complete official report of the jiroeeediugs follows herewith. Tlie convent inn was called to order by I'l-osi- dent W. II. Uusse at 12 o'clock JI. Mr. I.loyd — Ladies and Gentlemen : It is very seldom that we have an opportunity to include the ladies in our opening address ; the commit- tee will state that they are especially pleased to he able to do so. On behalf of Ihc eastern members of the association, we have invited you to come to Atlantic City, and we are very much pleased indeed to note the number who have accepted. We are looklnp for iniite a mimher more this afternoon. 1 won't attempt to make any opening ad- dress, but will simply introduce the next speaker, a man who is so well known he hardly needs an introduction, as this is the attractive point practically of the whole United States where the people of the country come when they want lo have a good tune. I am sure he will tell you that you can not only take care of business, but have a little pleasure as well. I have the pleasure of introducing the Hon. Franklin P. Sloy, mayor of Atlantic City. [Applause.] Address of Welcome. .Mr. I'resldent. ladies and members of the asso- lialuin: It is a pleasure, I assure you, to come here this morning ' to greet people coming as vim do from nil parts of the United States. The introduction by your member here is very nattering. 1 assure you. not only for myself, but Uiv the entire city. We hope that during your stay with us yi>u" will Hnd it to be true — that it is a place of entertainment, and that abso- lutely. We have no manufacturing interests in .Vtlaiilic City. Therefore, we apply our whole lime to the guests of our city — in making them ccimfortable. I am glad this moruing that I have the opportunity of bidding you welcome to our city, and with it, I want to say we al- ways extend the freedom of the city. Therefore, yoii must be assured during your stay with us that yon have tlie freedom of the city and all enurti'sies that can be extended to yon as a bodv. This is not only meant for your institu- c. E. Li.oYii. .IK. i'iiii..viii;i,riiiA. i;e EI.EI.'TED SECOND \1CE I'HESIUENT. tion lint each of you individually. I'crhaps yon will not return, all of you. immediately, but may lind it necessary to stay a day or two. not by reason of any oversight of yours hut', then, there are times when yon might ri'inain a little longer by reason of having the i»/,one of the sea so close to you. And we certainly will recognize that badge and have the Department of rublic Safety notiticd that you are here and the badge goes. [ AjJiilause. ] Now. Mr. I'resident. I must reiterate what I have said, referring to tnir humble way of bidding you welcome to .Vtlantic City. \A'e know- that your meeting liere is for tlie benefit of your institution and fiu' the benefit of the United Slates, and without the great industry you ari- interested in some of our homes, perhaps, would not be decorated as finel.v as they are ; some of our i^assenger coaches, some of our furniture, etc.. would not be, perhaps, of such quality if it were not for those who are looking after the interests of this institution. Therefore, we feel honored in having such an institution visit At- lantic City. We trust that when you are look- ing over the ground in years to come you will not: forget the little stay ,vou will have had in Atlantic City and the courtesies that have been extended. I thank you for the kind invitation. Mr. President, to come before this assemblage, and I trust that youi- stay with us will be one of pleasure. [Applause. 1 I'resident liusse — ,7olin M. Woods of Boston will e.\press the pleasure of the members here in receiving so Jiiudly a welcome. Mr. Woods does not need any introduction to the members. I .\i)plause. ] Mr. President, honored mayor and friends : I thank you, Mr. Mayor, (or the kindly and cordial greeting you have given this association. It is the first time we have ever visited a place where the people do not work. [Laughter.] This is a place of pleasure, and it is the most natural and logical thing that we should come here because of that fact, Mr. Mayor. If you were as well acquainted with lumbermen as I am you would know they would eventually bring up at a place where there is no work — the Celes- tial City. As a representative of the effete East, I am glad to say that we are descendants of men who were engaged in this business two hundred and fifty years ago. We have come here lor business, to transact the business of this association. The lumber business is the fourth largest in the United States. It touches every part and the whole of our life. We are glad to come here this spring, and I assure you that you will be proud that this convention has been in your city. It is made up of gentlemen, of the highest type of business men. an honor to the country and to their industry. It is not my business to make a long speech, but I want to thank you, Mr. Mayor, for your kind words, and I assure you that if it is possible to make a little reduction in the price of board we may stay a day or two longer. [Laughter.] But I think we will give you little trouble and you will never be sorry this conven- tion visited your good city. I thank yon. [Ap- plause.] President Russe — Gentlemen : we will call .the meeting to order for general business. We had a gavel but it is not here. It is on the way. I understand. Mr. Barr — Are there any stenographic reports being talcen of this meeting besides that by our otficial stenographer'.' I would move tliat no reports be taken by the trade journals, and that the only report be that made by our utiicial stenographer. This motion was duly seconded and carried. President Russe — The papers will please be governed accordingly. President's Address. tlentlemen and members of the Natiuujil Hard- wood Lumber Association : I consider it a great honor to preside over this, the tenth annual meeting of our association and wish to con- gratulate you on tite satisfactory business you have all "had since our meeting in Memphis. This imiu'o\ement has not been confined to any one section or any one wood hut our entire membership has enjoyed the prosperity. I am not surprised at the large attendance, for the SAM E, liARU. NEW YORK. THIRD VICE PRESIDENT. interest sliown at the meetings heretofore has proven that our work is not only one of great important e. but that it is on the right lines and we are benefiting not only our membership but the trade at large. Ex-president Palmer, in his annual report at Memphis, recommended the change of our Itead- ouarters from Indianapolis to some large bard- wood center. Immediately after the adjourn- ment of the annual meeting, the Board of Man- agers considered this recommendation and re- HARDWOOD RECORD 23 moved the association's offices to Chicago. The change was beneficial, enabling oui* secretary to come in close contact with om- membei'shlp, and was also of great benefit to our members who do business in Chicago. After being elected and assuming charge of the duties imposed by you, the executive com- mittee dccideil that their main object during the year wmild be the improvement of the in- spectiim department : that we would not give our attention to securing new members but would try and give tlie members we had better and greater facilities — providing more inspectors, and doing all we could to see that the applica- tion of the rules was more uniform. Following out this i)lan we relieved the surveyor general of part of his duties, and put the entire office and correspondence in charge of our secretary, leaving the surveyor general with nothing to do but to see and instruct his deputies as to the proper application of the rules and to make re- inspection when necessary. (tur reasons for desiring this change were : First. We found that our inspectors in the dif- ferent markets were not making a uniform ap- pliratiiin of the rules and felt that when we could get the inspection of a shipment within the 4 " per cent clause, whether made by the deputy in Memphis. Xew York, (^'hicago, or any other market. t(fi to bettering the conditions under wbicli the actual work of inspection is conducted. I believe, however, that efforts put fnrtli in this direction have been of a ijrotitablc nature to the association, as the increase in the demands for national inspection shown by the i-eport vf the chairman of tlie Inspection Bureau Committee will amply demonstrate. II has a ISO been part of the work of the secretary to invcstiL'ale and settle a number of claims arising from re-inspedinn. 1 have made it a point to handle these claims promptly and if thev were of a nature to justify pay- ment by this association such payment has been made willioiit any unnecessary delay. i >n the other band, if ii" liability rested against the association, the claimanls liave been promptly notified tliat their claims were denied. The establishment of a system of thorough- ness ciuipled with pruiupt action in the affairs of the inspection department cannot fail to commend itself to all members who are brought into contact with I bat feature of the work of the association. U is not my purpuse to claim that perfection in detail has' been attained, for such is not the fact. Put a reasonable degree of progress has b^en made in the proper direc- tions which justifies the belief that still belter conditions will nrovail in the near future. In the selection of new insnectors extreme care has been taken to admit m:u i. .inNi:s. nosTOX. dikectou. .Membership May, liUir. oO:^ Applications received since 177 Applications rejected sine-' S Total accepted 169 67li Hesignation and withdrawals by reason of going out of business. . . '. .").s Dropped as delinquent L'U 78 Association membership May 23. 1007.. oU4 The manner in which a majority of our mem-, bers have remitted dues and inspection fees has supplied the treasury with sutficient funds to discharge all indcbledness promptly. Details ()f receipts and disbursements from my office are as follows : ItKCEIPTS. P^rom membership dues .fll 5.175.00 From inspection fees 2S. 148.95 From inspection rules G91.17 From cash deposits 450.00 $44,465.12 DISRUUSEMICXTS. Tieiuitted treasurer !};44. 279.81 Cash anri checks on liand 185.31 .H4.4G5.12 Uesults obtained from the publication in pamphlet form of the proceedings of the meet- ing prompted the executive committee to sim- ilar action on the Memphis convention. Sev- eral thousand copies were distributed among the membership and others interested in the association work. A revised edition of the official hand-hook was issued in November. lOOr,. and lias been of assistance iu acipiainting the trade at large with the methods of the Inspection tJureau, and as a considerable percentage of the delay in inspection work can be traced to the fact that all of our members are not familiar with the system, it is perhaps proper that I urge a careful study on the part of members of this hand-book. At our ninth annual meeting, held last year at Memphis, the committee, appointed hy the president, on officers' reports recommended that the emblem in use on the association letter- heads and all printed matter coming from the executive office he adopted hy our members for use on their business stationery. .\bout twenty-five per cent of our members have adopted this suggestion and employ the cut on their checks as well as stationery. I have a supply of the electrotypes of this design on hand and should he pleased if the balance of the members would adopt it. luiring this year the exe<-utive committee have held eight meetings, and the scarcity of competent in- spectors, and the difficulty of getting them to enter the i-mploy of the national association. The situation, under the present conditions gipv- erning the lumber industry, is even more compli- (ated than ever, but by systematic effort we ha VI' been successful In getting on tile applica- tions from nearly nue hum] red inspectors now employed by uther parties. During the year no less Ihan five of our salaried inspectors, who have been successfully riained by the chief inspector and located at ■ niisiderable expense, have been taken from the .issociat ion's employ by assdciation members in \ariuus sections of the coimti'y. Such action on the part of members renders it even more difficult to maintain an efficient and sufficient fr>rce to produce prompt service, and the chairman wishes to urge on the mem- bers that they kindly keep "hands off" from the association inspectors until such time as the bureau is in better position to spare these men. There should be a hearty response to this re- ipiest and the loyal support of the members to the management in their efforts to put this lirauch of the association on a thorough working basis. The taking away of competent men by some of the members is not what the chairman considers "loyal support." as the practical re- sult of this sort of work is to weaken the force and discredit the efforts of the management. In last year's report it was urged on the members to familiarize themselves with the rules governing the inspection. Reference is again called to this subject, and a study of the hand- book issued from the executive office is strongly recommended as there seems to be a general Jack of information on the part of many members as to just what is necessary for them' to do in or- der to get a reinspection in the regular way. Your attention is particularly called to the fact that when they wish to obtain an official rein- spection where bonded certificates have already been issued, the application must be made to the office of the secretary, as applications made direct to the deputy inspector for official rein- spection will not be recognized under any cir- cumstances. Your committee submits that the gain in the work of the inspection department is absolute proof that we are working along right lines, and numerous letters from shippers to the secretary expressing satisfaction with the work of salaried inspectors in large wholesale markets are among the most encouraging features of the present year's work. The general satisfaction among the member- ship over the service rendered by the inspection department is really due, in great part, to the fact that care has been exercised in ttie selec- lion of new men appointed as inspectors to ad- mit only those of unquestioned integrity and 26 HARDWOOD JECORD experience and we believe that credit is due to the present force for this condition of satisfac- tion as weil as for the substantial gain indi- cated by the figures pi-esented. Your' attention is further called to the fact that the amount remitted the treasurer from the inspection department during the past year O. E. YEAGEK. BUFFALO. DIRECTOR. shows an increase over the previous year's work of considerably more than lotj per cent. EXHIBIT A. Report oii' the I.nspectiok Depaktjiext for THE Ye.^r E.ndixg May 1. 1906, Which Was I'KKSEXTED at Ml'J.MPHIS, Texx. Salary and expense of sal- aried inspectors $ 12,001.12 Fees received and due from salaried inspectors. $10, 449.58 Fees received and due from fee inspectors 2.948.13 Total .113,397.71 Salary and expense of surveyor general .$ 4,294.36 I-ess traveling expense paid by members 423.20—.$ 3.S71.28 Total $15,872.28 Less fees 13,397.71 Total cost to association $ 2.474.57 EXHIBIT B. Report oi-' the lN.spt:cTiox Departme.xt for Year Exriixr, May 1, 1907. Sal. and exp. of salaried insp's. inc. chief ins. . $28,995.85 Fees and exp. rec'd and due from sal. insp's. . . .$23,008.08 Fees rec'd and due from fee inspector 3,042.06 Reinspection tees 979.01 — 27,029.75 Excess of disburseeients over fees earned $ 1,966.10 W. W. Knight. Chairman. President Russe — That only took six minutes. The Inspection Rules Committee is not ready to report, but if we can get the reports of the For- estry and Transportation Committees, let's do that. Mr. Wall here read his report as follows : Report of Committee on Forestry. To the president and members of the Na- tional Hardwood Lumber Association : Your committee in submitting its report for the cur- rent year begs to state that it has been in cor- respondence and lield conferences with the for- estr.v bureau at Washington, the forestry com- mission of the states of New York, Tennsylvania, California and other commonwealths, and has done as much as lay in its power to get com- prehensive information regarding the matter of stumpage in the United States, to learn of plans for reforestation, to know the best meth- ods of preventing disastrous forest fires and to determine the solution of practical forestry. Your committee, as a result of its investiga- tions, begs to urge that it remains for the gen- eral government and the government of the sev- eral states to pass proper laws to protect the present stumpage. If there is to be any hardwood lumber in the United States after the next thirty-flve years, it will only be by means of federal and state legislation "because the standing timber is being rapidly depleted by the saw and by forest fires and wilful waste. The United States Forest Service in a paper on "Forestry and Irrigation," in April of the current year, says : "Data upon the output of the forests in 19t.)G are now being rapidly col- lected by the forest service in co-operation with the Bureau of Census. Figures upon the rate of growtli of the commercial valuable species are being gradually collected and tabulated for us, so that before long it will be possible to say what the annual increment should be in typical forests throughout the L'nited States." Tliere have been but two attempts made by the Kiu'eau of Census, in ISSO and 190(1. to tabulate the stumpage of this country. What is needed is an accurate determination of our forest resources based upon thousands of cruis- ings or forest surveys. This is an immense piece of work, formidable more because of its magni- tude than its difficulty. The machinery for it alread.v exists in the Bureau of the Census and the Forest Service. Let congress provide the means and give authority to do the work and it can be speedily accomplished. The proper time is tliat of the next decennial census in 1910. and your committee urges upon the members of the National Hardwood Lumber Association to use ever.v means in their power to invoke their con- gressmen, senators and state legislatures, to have this most necessary census made. rennsylvauia is taking active steps to estab- lish what is known as auxiliary forest reserves. Several bills were introduced in the legislature and ultimately were referred back to the For- estry Committee. One act provides that no C. II. BARNABY, GREENCASTLE, IND., DI- RECTOR. lands so certified as auxiliary forest reserves shall be assessed in excess of $1 per acre for the purpose of taxation. Another act provides that the state should pay to municipalities an annual charge of one cent per acre and to the school districts an annual charge of 2 cents per acre on all auxiliary forest reserves situated within their respective limits. Your committee begs to state that it believes some such legislation as introduced in Pennsyl- vania for the protection of auxiliary forest re- serves, should be passed by the legislatures of every commonwealth in the United States. It is important that new methods be used for the cutting of hardwood lumber, so that the enormous wastes will be curtailed to the min- imum and also that active steps be taken toward iiuniediate reforestation. On the basis that there remains so little hardwood stumpage in the cf-untry, it is an easy matter to see that unless suiue radical action is taken and both state and national government encourage the replanting of our forests, the hardwood lumber industry will all too soon become a thing of the past. Last year your committee urged that state legislative bodies and the American congress be petitioned for the enactment of the following laws : First. To relieve for a long period of years lands owned by individuals which shall be devoted to forest growth under practical supervision. Second. To provide legislation that shall in- sure individual timber owners protection from fire and depredation. Third. That the several states shall take up, in a comprehensive and practical way. the re- jilanting of lands, undesirable for agriculture, to timber. Fourth. That national legislation be invoked to prohibit the exportation of logs. We again urge that legislation such as indi- cated should be passed, and your committee begs to insist that every means possible be taken to induce the federal government to make a census of the stumpage of the United States. M. M. Wall, Chairman. The report was enthusiastically received. Mr. Palmer moved that the two reports, viz., those of the Inspection Bureau and Forestry Committees, be accepted. Motion seconded and agreed to. Mr. Lloyd — Before we adjourn I want to call the attention of the members to two or three points. One is relative to railroad certificates, which should be left at the gate as you go out. .\Iso, will those members having their families with them please be sure and tell them of the entertainment tonight? The entertainment will be right here. The gentlemen's entertainment will be a smoker at the Hotel Rtidolph, three blocks up the Board Walk. [Applause.] The convention here adjourned until 2 :;W p. m. THURSDAY ATTERNOON SESSION. The convention was called to order by Presi- dent Russe at 3 p. m. President Russe — We will now have the re- port of the Transportation Committee. Report of Transportation Committee. To the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- tion— Gentlemen : This Transportation Commit- tee was appointed a year ago for the purpose of attempting to secure a reduction in the west- bound rate from the central states and Missis- sippi river territory to the Pacific coast. This rate was 85 cents per hundred pounds, while the railroads were making the same haul east- bound on coast products at as low a rate as 40 cents. Your committee co-operated with an- other committee of the National Lumber Manu- facturers' Association, consisting of Mr. Arpin, Mr. Shaw and Mr. Ransom, who were appointed for the same purpose. We met in Chicago on .lune G. and again on ,luly 16 to 18. when we were given a hearing by the Transconnnental I'reight Bureau. The matter was argued by each member of the committee, but a week later we were notified that the request had been denied. A fourth meeting was held on August 16 and the matter was taken up with various western trunk lines but, up to this time, we have been unsuccessful in securing a reduction in the rate. Your committee also filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a protest against the re- duction, by ten days, of the time allowed at New Orleans for unloading export pnxlucts and another against the advance in rates to eastern points to take effect .Tune 1. THEO. FATHAUER, CHICAGO, DIRECTOR. We regret that more has not been accom- plished, but we have kept in touch with matters pertaining to transportation, etc., and feel that we have accumulated some information that may be used for the benefit of all members in the future. Respectfully submitted, O. O. Agler, J. M. Pritchard, G. J. Laxdeck. HARDWOOD RECORD 27 rresident Kusse — You have heard the report of the Transportation Committee. If there are no objections it will be received and filed. We are now at the point of the program where you get the pie and the cake. Mr. Currle, being on the entertainment committee, has asked me to let him speak before Mr. Palmer. Is Mr. Currie present? [No response.] We will proceed with the regular order of business and have the address by Karl Palmer on "Associate Obligations." Earl Palmer's Address. In accepting the honor, so courteously extend- ed by the Committee on Arrangements, to de- liver an address before this magnificent assem- blage of lumbermen, 1 greatly fear that I have rushed in where another, wiser than I, would have hesitated to enter. The only e.xcuse possi- ble for me to urge in extenuation of my temer- ity is the high esteem and honor in which I hold the National Hardwood Lumber Association, on account of which I have never hesitated to make a sacrifice when it has appeared to me that the interests of the association might be advanced in any degree by so doing. The subject which 1 have selected as a basis for my remarks is that of "Associate Obliga- tions ;" or, to amplify the text : The reciprocal obligations imposed by and arising from the association or combination of etfort on the part of many for the accomplishment of a common purpose' which will result to the advantage of all. The term obligation, in the sense in which it is used, expresses a duty to be performed, a debt to be paid, a contract to be carried into effect. Obligations may be divided into two general classes — those which are compulsory, or which are imposed by the state, society or environment, and those which are voluntary or which are as- sumed by our own volition. It is this latter class of obligations, those which are voluntary in their natuue, which I shall attempt to .dis- cuss. Few, if any, obligations were imposed upon man in his primal condition. Nature was iu a prodigal mood when man first entered upon the scene. The rigors of the glacial period had been superseded by an almost universally tropical climate, vegetation flourished mightily and the forests and oceans teemed with animal life. Man at that period was a highly developed animal, but as yet his moral and intellectual faculties lay dormant. The caves, excavated by natural causes, supplied him with rude shelter ready at hand, the fruitage of the forest was his for the gathering, while the skins of animals, which fell beneath his ponderous ax of stone, were quite sufficient to furnish his wardrobe with such rai- ment as his scanty necessities demanded. His existence was individualistic. He relied only upon the strength of his own arms and the fleet- GEO. W. STONEMAN, DEVALLS BLDFF, AKK., DIRECTOR. ness of his own feet for subsistence and protec- tion. Therefore, owing no debt to his fellowmen, he acknowledged no obligations incumbent upon himself to discharge. But, with the passage of time, came a change. Man was no longer to occupy his cave in soli- tude. He took to himself a mate, who was to abide permanently with him, and who was to rely on him, in part, for protection and subsist- ence. This was the dawning of responsibility, the first awakening to a sense of obligation. .\gain, after a lapse of another period in the existence of the nouns homo, a still greater (bauge transpired. Whether from a desire for greater protection, or from sheer loneliness or from whatever other reason, we find these primo-genital families gathering into communi- ties. This new assembling called for the recog- nition of a new set of obligations. Man had be- gun his ascent by the help of man. A new horizon was developed, comprehending other men beyond the radius of the family circle. The individual had been merged into the community. And so. through a period of evolutionary devel- opment, covering a thousand centuries, man as- cended each step upward in the scale removing him farther from his individualistic condition and being attended by a correspondingly wider circle of obligations, the recognition, acceptance and discharge of which being first required be- fore the next step could be taken. Today we are standing upon the apex of the highest civilization that the world has ever pro- duced and are surrounded by and subject to a multiplicity of complex obligations which de- mand recognition and upon the manner in which they are discharged depends whether the human race shall still continue its ascent, or whether it shall begin to retrace its steps toward the caves formerly occupied by its remote pro- genitors. The obligations imposed by our present civil- ization constitute the only cohesive force of suffl- cient strength to hold in position the units of society. If these obligations were universally A. DIGGINS. CADILLAC, TOR. MICH., DIREC- to be ignored humanity -would drop with the speed of a plummet to the former level of the cave dwellers. This brief historical transcript of the ascent of man from a condition but one degree above the level of the animals by which he was sur- rounded to his present state of mental and moral development is typical of all human efforts wlien a number of units are joined for the suc- cessful accomplishment of a specific purpose : beginning in lowly places, subject to unfavorable conditions, yet accepting and discharging each ■ obligation as it is imposed, thereby ultimately eventuating into the palace of successful achieve- ment. Voluntary obligations are those which arise from our connection with any organization or association composed of our fellowmen, whether of a religious, fraternal or secular nature. We may escape such obligations by simply refrain- ing from entering into such a connection. But if the connection be formed, the obligations im- posed thereby are as binding in effect as are the more generally recognized obligations imposed by the state of society under which we exist. These obligations are either expressed or im- plied, and upon the manner of their discharge depends the success or failure of the organiza- tion or association by which they are imposed. Associate obligations are naturally divided into three classes. Those due from the associa- tion to its membership, those due from the in- dividual members to the association and those due from the individual members to each other. It is apparent that the primary obligation due from an association to its membership is that of successful accompli.shment of the object or ob- jects constituting the raison d'etre, which supply the moving cause for the existence of the organ- ization. A proper and satisfactory discharge of this obligation on the part of an association does not, however, necessarily comprehend finality in ac- complishment. A consistent, well sustained and effective effort toward attaining the goal of ultimate achievement operates as a competent and satisfactory discharge of this primary obli- gation. If to this be added progress of such a G. .1. LANDECIv, MILWAUKEE, DIRECTOR. nature as to place finality well within the grasp of an association, it may be maintained, beyond all successful refutation, that such an associa- tion does not occupy the relationship of a debtor to its members. The responsibility of an association does not cease, however, with the approach of finality in its original undertaking. Opportunity creates obligation. As the horizon of opportunity ex- pands with the progress of the association, there comes a relative increase in the number of obli- .gations imposed, and further progress depends upon the manner in which these new obliga- tions are met and disposed of. If all of these obligations have been recognized, accepted and satisfactorily discharged by an association, it thereby places its members in the position of debtors to itself. This brings us in orderly sequence to the con- sideration of the second class of associate obli- gations : those which are due from the individual to the association of which he is a member. The first and most important obligation im- posed upon the member of an association is to possess faith in its sincerity and in its ability to accomplish the purpose to which it stands committecl. Of all the elements which go to make up that complex and intangible force which is called the human mind faith exercises the most com- pelling influence in the affairs of this life. Faith is strengthened by exercise, it is developed by intelligent investigation of the object upon which it is bestowed, provided that object be worthy, and it is justified by a proper appreciation of the fruits resulting from the operation of the forces called into action by its object. To believe in victory discounts defeat. To be- lieve in success renders failure improbable. To believe in life robs death of its terrors. Faith spans the gloomy confines of the grave and sets beyond the Star of Hope to shine until the morn- ing of the Resurrectiou. It is therefore an obli- gation of pressing importance that we do not deny to an association of whicli we may be mem- bers this prime attribute to success in all of its undertakings. Possessing faith, the next obligation imposed upon the individual member of an association is that of loyalty. Loyalty must ever be regarded as constituting the keystone to the arch of asso- ciated effort. Without the unswerving allegiance of each of its supporters, no cause can achieve complete success. .411 that is good in man in- stinctively responds to the call of loyalty and as readily shrinks from that which is disloyal. The obligation of loyalty transcends the scope of associate obligations. It properly belongs to that of noblesse oWge. It Is an obligation Im- posed by the primal rank of manhood and can never be ignored without consequent dishonor. If it develop that a member can no longer maintain a proper degree of loyalty toward an association of which he is a component part it were infinitely better that he immediately con- clude his membership than to continue a con- nection which has become, for him, dishonor- able and which, if maintained, under such a con- dition, might eventually develop a traitor at a 28 HARDWOOD RECORD oritifa! juncture iu tbe affairs of the associa- Uon. The third obligation imposed upon association members is that of devotion. I'ossessing faith and loyalty, tlie rpcognitiou of this obligation is a natural (.onstMHiencc. The degree of our devo- tion, liuwever. depends upon the intimacy exist- ing hctwoen us and tlie object upon which it is besttnved. In order to love an individual we must tirst develop an acquaintance of a suffi- cient degree to become possessed of a knowledge regarding his desinible qualities, and this condi- tion applies with equal force In ;in association B. c. cuiiuiK. .7ii.. riiir.Aiii:Li-inA. skciie- TAUY EXTEKTAINMEXT COMMITTEE. for whicli it is our duty to cultivate a lively affection. In order to acquire this close acquaintanceship with an association of which we are members we should familiarize ourselves with its pur- poses, methods and achievements and if we fiud them to be worthy, a proper degree of devotion will necessarily result. When once this sentiment is thoroughly aroused it is wonderful what a change will occur in our attitude toward a proper discharge of all associate obligations. We then shall be ever on the alert for some opportunity to advance asso- ciate interests. Our faith and loyalty will be strengthened. Our interest iu the outcome of the work of the association will become intensi- fied and a spirit of pei-sonal sacrifice will take possession of us. This spirit of personal sacrifice is the fourth obligation to be considered. In the prosecution of the work outlined by an association a conflict sometimes appears to exist between personal and associate interests. I use the word appears ad- visedly, for. if the work of the association be conducted in the interests of its members, no such conflict can exist in reality. There may he a tempoiary personal advantage to he secured at the expense of betraying the interests of the association, but it is vastly outweighed by the permanent advantage to be obtained by preserv- ing inviolate our associate allegiance and the spirit of personal sacrifice is a safe mentor upon which to rely for guidance when a question of divided allegiance is presented. Personal sacrifice also comprehends a duty to the association above and beyond the payment of annual dues. It properly implies a degree of devotion of time, thought and service to the affairs of the association. The force, for the ac- ■complishment of its purpose, which an associa- tion can exert, is only equal to the sum of the force contributed by each of the units of which It is constituted. No inherent force exists in numbers other than that which is exerted by the individuals comprising the combination. It is ■only through sacrificial endeavor on the part of the individual that great undertakings are brought to successful issue. Therefore, the rec- ognition and discharge of this fourth obligation on the part of the members of an association is of vital importance. The fifth and last obligation imposed by asso- ciation members to which I shall call attention is that of patience. We are prone to become im- ' patient when finality in our undertakings is de- ferred, and this feeling sometimes carries with it sentiments of resentment and distrust. We lose sight of or fail to appreciate the obstacles that cumber our associate pathway and perhaps fail to understand the magnitude of the task we have set before us. A thorough understanding of the progress that already has been made will make the discharge of this ol)ligation more easy. To arrive at such an understanding we may compare conditions existing at present with those which existed be- fore the work of the association began and we shall find that reasonable progress has been made, we shall find justification for the discharge -d this important obligation due from the indi- \idual members of the association. While the number of obligations in this class might be indefiuilely multiplied, upon a close analysis it would be discovered that each one would be I)Ut a subdivision of some one of those nlready considered and the time allotted to me for consideration of these subdivisions is lim- ited. The third class of associate obligations, due from the individual members to each other, are of a fraternal rather than a contractual nature, and as such may readily be recognized. It is not necessary, therefore, to consider them in de- tail. Their importance, however, in the work of building up an enduring organization cannot be overestimated. The closer the relationship ex- isting between individuals constituting an organ- ization, the stronger the organization. There- fore no opportunity should be lost to promote a feeling of genuine "good 'fellowship and of mutual interest, independent of the main work of the association among the association's members. And now to briefly recapitulate and apply the argument. We have seen that upon primitive man. as an individual, few or no obligations were imposed. We also have seen that man made no progress until he exchanged his individualistic existence for a communal existence and then, only by a proper recognition and discharge of the obligations imposed by the new conditions: that his progress was ever accompanied by the JOHN J. UUMBARGER. PHILADELPHIA, ONE OF THE HOSTS. imposition of a relatively increasing number of obligations. We have seen that there is no escape from these conditions, which apply witli equal force to the entire race or to any organ- ization or association composed of individuals. We have defined and analyzed certain reciprocal obligations, equally binding upon the association and upon its members, the mutual discharge of which is imperative if the results desired are to be obtained. While this argument abstractly considered ap- plies to all forms of organized effort, the in- tention is obvious, that it shall apply with spe- cial force to a concrete object. In the discussion of a subject of this nature it is permissible to select a specific example from the class under consideration, as approximating an ideal type. When the purposes, the methods and the achievements of the National Hardwood Lumber Association are considered, I believe that I am fully justified in claiming it to be typical of the best form of organized effort that thus far has been produced in the special field covered by the scope of its activities, that it has discharged in a most capable manner every obligation due from it to its membership, and therefore, that it does not occupy the position of a debtor to any of its members. Before this condition of excellence could be attained, however, it was necessary, first, for the members to possess an intelligent conception of the nature of the obligations due from them as individuals to the association and to enter upon a conscientious discharge of the same. The re- sults thus far obtained from the operation of the association afford eloquent testimony as to the manner in which its members have met and dis- posed of these associate obligations. The purpose of this address is twofold ; to de- velop a sentiment of increased gratitude on the l)art of its members toward the National Hard- wood Lumber Association and to promote a higher sense of individual responsibility among its members, to the end that this association may exert a still greater force for good among those who live by the manufacture and sale of hard- wood lumber. No more fitting opportunity could be presented for a new birth of interest in the affairs of this association than is afforded by the representa- tive gathering of lumbermen assembled here today. There is ever an inspiration in numbers and this meeting, representing in its attendance many markets, many localities and many states, is sutficient in itself to awaken in the hearts of all members a new and higher regard for an organization, the piu'poses of which are of enough importance to assemble at an annual meeting so large a percentage of its membership. If those who are present will firmly resolve to recognize and discbarge every obligation due from them to the association, a spirit of enthusi- asm will he developed that will not only make this n.'eeting memorable in the history of the organization but will also be apparent in the quality of the association's work in the nature of its achievements throughout the coming year. At this point a photograph was taken of the convention in session. President Kusse — Next is the address by B. C. Currie, Jr., on "A School of Inspection." B. C. Currie's Address. I realize in presenting to this convention the subject, "A .School of Inspection." that many of you have probably given the subject previous thought, and I have found in considering the matter from time to time that the more thought I gave it the more fully convinced I became that to cover the ground thoroughly at this time would be t(» rob this convention of too much of its valuable time. Iu looking over the field of professional and commercial activity I find but few instances where the development and subsequent growth of any branch of trade has not depended largely on tlie early training and elementary schooling of those into whose hands the direction ot such business has been entrusted. This is true in a great measure of the indus- try "in which we are so deeply and vitally in- irrested." taken as a whole, but subdividing it into individual departments there are. unfor- tunately, some who display a lack of progressive development and I am of the opinion that the inspection department will be found weakest In this respect. This is the more deplorable when we realize that tliis should be ths strongest .JOS. P. DUNWOODY. PHILADELPHIA, ONE OF THE HOSTS. branch of the business, and should at all times be iu the hands of competent men. You will agree with me. I am sure, when I say that the backbone and sinew of our trade de- pends largely on our inspection, and the thought long ago presented itself to me, "Why should not an industry of importance second only to the steel trade of our country take some definite ac- tion toward strengthening the weak spots in its organization and inaugurate a school for the HARDWOOD RECORD 29 tiainiug of inspectors ';" With tliis tliought still in mind I b;ive come before you in order tb liave the subject given broader thought and more open discussion. In order to cover the grouud quickly and con- cisely I have seen tit to diviiie my subject into four component parts. First. The advisability and necessity of a school of inspection. Second. The class of men eligible for scholar- ship and term of instruction. Third. The location of such a school and its maintenance. Fourth. The direction and administration of the school. In taking up the first division I would call vour attention to the strides that the lumber business has taken in the past ten or fifteen years. Notwithstanding the many storms that it has passed through, the seasons of unrest and discontent, from which it has emerged safely, all the better for having passed through them, it lias constantly drawn closer together on stronger and better organized lines. This condition has been made possible largely through our trade associations and the general tendency toward a universal adoption of an in- spection and set of inspection rules which could at all times be used as a basis of equitable ad- justment between buyer and seller. We now have such rules in active force throughout our country and covering every class of lumber that is manufactured, but we fre- quently ttntl instances where men entrusted with their interpretation are wholly unfit and whose judgment and aliility do not permit of the rules iieing properly applied. In consequence we are brought face to face with the annoying claim and the subsequent reinspection by a licensed in- spector which in many cases is unsatisfactory to one party or the other. This brings me to the point where I contend that we should have a training school to en- deavor to overcome this feature. To take the young man and start him in with the A B C of inspection, train him by regular courses of instruction and bring him finally to the point where, when he passes his judgment on lumber, it will be the expression of the judgment of his classmates, who have been trained in the same school, who are going out into the world of activity, endowed witli the same idea of in- spection as his. then you are properly sowing a seed of universalism whicli cannot help but prove of inestimable value and benefit to the trade, decrease the number of claims and do away, in a great measure, with the necessity of reinspec- tion. Our national and state governments have long since seen the necessit.v of applied forestry and have established well equipped systems and bu- reaus devoted entirely to the furtiterance of this work. We also have established at one of the leading colleges a chair of forestry which many of ycui have helped make possible by your con- JOIIX L. ALCOCK, BALTIMORE, THE HOSTS. ONE OF tributions. Why is it not of equal importance to train men to properly handle the forest prod- uct after it is manufactured and to establish a school for this purpose? If a system of this sort had been in operation thirty years ago millions of feet of marketable lumber which was thought of no value would liave been saved, our early box manufacturers would not have made packing boxes from uppers and that great statesman, Senator Dalzell, would have been spared the stupendous task of en- deavoring to locate a lumber trust. And now as to the class of men eligible ^to scholarship in sucli a school and term of in- struction, I \A'ould not consider it advisable to in- clude in the list of students such men as have had the advantage of advanced or technical experience in inspection. The school would be purely to give systematic aid and opportunity to men and boys who have some previous knowledge of the lumber business and are desirous of fitting them- selves for a higher position and wliose judgtnent has not already been distorted and contaminated by previous falsely acquired ideas. They should be men of at least ordinary school education and should pass an examination on entrance in such brandies as mathematics, orthography and penmanship. The term of instruction, I have thought, should be of at least eighteen months' duration, the first six months of this time to be devoted to sawmill training, wltere the student can more readil.y understand the possibilities and difficul- ties attending the manufacture of lumber. At the ?ud of tills period he should pass an exam- ination covering points that he should have gained in his six months' training. If he passes successfully he tlien should enter the class of inspection to which. I have thought, a full year should be devoted. The last six months of this year to be taken up by having the student visit different localities with an opportunity of in- specting under actual conditions. From this source there would naturally be a certain amount of revenue obtained which would revert to the school and be used to reimburse those who had contributed toward its support. At the end of this time the student or stu- dents should be given a final examination cover- E. E. WOOD, BALTIMORE, ONE OF THE HOSTS. ing their entire course and their fitness to occupy positions as inspectors should be determined en- tirely by their individual average, a failure to attain required standard necessitating their tak- ing all or a part of the course over. I am confident that an opportunity to advance themselves so rapidly would be an incentive to each and every one to excel and to fit them- selves for a position which is at once a profitable and independent one. Yon who have experienced the many difficul- ties of obtaining competent inspectors can read- ily understand wliat a great satisfaction it would be to be able to draw from such a school trained men in wliom you could place entire confidence as to ability aiid this association would always have a reserve force to draw from and be as- sured of the character of the men they were employing. The third division of this subject is the one that has given me more cause for thought than the rest. ".A suitable location for this school," but I am almost convinced that Memphis, Tenn., or Cincinnati. O., would be the most desirable points from the fact that both branches of train- ing, the mill and inspection, could be pursued at these points. I have thought that if a school of this char- acter could be established independently, have its own sawmill, buy its own logs, manufacture its own lumber and market its own product, the income in addition to the tuition fees would keep an institution of this kind on an absolutely independent footing. But if it was thought in- advisable to establish an independent school, by locating at Memphis or Cincinnati the scholar could secure the benefit of a thorough mill edu- cation and subsequent inspection experience in many of the mills and yards at these points. The direction and administration of a school of this character should be entirely in the hands of an educational committee or board to be es- tablished with careful consideration of their in- dividual fitness, this board to be appointed by the president of this association and to worlc at all times in conjunction with the Board of Directors and Inspection Bureau Committee, and the combined members of the Board of Directors, Inspection Bureau Committee and Educational Committee should elect an instructor of well I. F. BALSLEY. PITTSBritG, ONE OF THE HOSTS. known ability to have full charge of the tuition, after he has carefully prescribed a thorough course of training, the same to be approved by the combined members of the committee. I would in this connection suggest that as a basis of inspection the national rules as they are at present or as they may be revised be used in the inspection course. In conclusion I wish to thank you for the time that I have taken up and I sincerely hope that some action along these lines will be taken in this convention, as I feel that even snould it be found necessary to raise the annual dues of this association in order to start a movement of this kind each individual member would early realize that he had aided his own business far in excess of the small monetary outlay and contributed to the greatest movement toward a universal in- spection that has ever been inaugurated. Mr. Currie — I hope some action will be taken by this convention along these lines, as I feel confident even should it be found necessary to in- crease the dues of this association each individ- ual member would early realize that he has been benefited far in excess of the small outlay, hav- ing contributed to the greatest movement toward universal inspection that lias ever been inaugu- rated. [Applause.] President Russe — Mr. Currie's address has cer- tainly given us food for thought. I trust these addresses will be gotten up in such shape that you will all receive a copy. Mr. Thompson — We have just listened to an address which this association ought to take under consideration. I have worked three or lour years on the inspection bureau of this as- sociation and I know how hard it is to get com- petent inspection. We may get a man to inspect one class of goods, for instance, in Memphis or maybe in Wisconsin, and he would not be capable of inspecting in New York. Or, this associa- tion might employ a man to take care of the market in New York who might know nothing of mahogany, cherry or walnut, while he might be an expert on oak. Tins association needs right now more than any other thing the right kind of men to take care of this thing. We cannot get protection in the different markets simply because the man who is representing the association there as inspector doesn't know how to inspect the goods we ship to certain localities. 30 HARDWOOD RECORD He may be good on bli-cli or maple, but shy on something else. I make a motion that you ap- point a committee to take this matter up and see if something tangible cannot be done. I agree with Mr. Currie in everything he has said. We should have intelligent men to inspect lumber. It occurs to me that i£ you take these men and put them in the south tor a time, then in tlie north, theu in the east, and let them shift around and become acquainted with these goods, you will H. JI. DICKSON, NORFOLK. ONE OF THE HOSTS. be able to get good men for the different mar- kets. Mr. Guenlher — I would move that this be laid over until tomorrow under the head of "new business." Just as soon as you start in to ac- cept motions, the program cannot be carried out. I trust the gentleman will present this matter to the convention tomorrow in the same manner as he has done this afternoon. President Russe, addressing Mr. Thompson — I would prefer that .vou withdraw the motion for the present. Motion withdrawn. President Russe — We will now have the report of the Inspection Rules Committee. I want to say in connection with this that it is a report that has taken much time and thought ; in fact, it is the basis of our organization — inspection. Mr. Fathauer read the report of the Inspection Rules committee, as follows : Eeport of Inspection Rules Committee. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Conven- tion : Since our last annual meeting, but par- ticularly since our semiannual meeling held October 25 in Cincinnati, the resolution adopted in Buffalo in May, 1905, viz. : "Rules to take effect December 1, 1905 ; these rules not to be changed for a period of three years," has been discussed a great deal, and inasmuch as your chairman supported tliat resolution, and fur- thermore, since I have in the past vigorously op- posed all attempts to annul same, I wish lo avail myself of this opportunity to explain to this convention why I took that position in the past, and also my present attitude regarding same. In doing so I believe I am not digressing from the subject assigned to me. In my judgment, to change inspection rules at each and every meet- ing of our association is a serious mistake, for such action is adopting a policy of vacillation. It also retards the uniform application of said rules, for uniform inspection rules are of little use if the uniform application of said rules is not accomplished. I believed at that time that not lo change the rules (or a period of three years would give them the much-needed stability, and would also give the inspectors a chance to famil- iarize themselves with same, thus accomplish- ing uniform application. The above are the rea- sons, as stated before, why your chairman was in favor of the Buffalo resolution and why, in the past, he has protested against any and all efforts to annul same. I also consider that we made a pledge to the public, viz. : hardwood lumber consumers, and to break faith with them is a serious proposi- tion. Before we discontinue the life of our pres- ent rules, which we advertised would remain in force until December 1, 1908, through the distribution of 25,000 copies from our secre- tary's office, wc should give the subject thought- ful consideration. To discontinue an agreement among ourselves is a matter easily disposed of, and need not concern an.yone but our members. If we can sulKtitute a set of rules that will be more easily understood by the inspectors who apply the rules, then we have furthered the uni- form application of our rules Ijy such substitu- tion rather than retarded it. If we can prove to the public I the consuming tradei that we have not broken faith with them, if they are convinced that our substitution is not revo- lutionizing the present classification and that our standard is practically the same, if the new- rules are plainer and the classification in some instances more varied, I believe they will be pleased with the change. These are the reasons why I believe we can favorably entertain the suspension of the Buffalo resolution with all propriety. Conditions which have confronted the asso- ciation for a year past, especially for the last six months, were of such a character that to assume an attitude of inflexible firmness re- garding the Buffalo resolution would have been interpreted as an arbitrary and unpardonable act. Therefore, when a request was received from another association some months ago, that their inspection rules committee meet a like committee from this association, the executive board of this association wisely decided that they should be met, and so directed our inspec- IIARRY S. DEWEY, NEW YORK, ONE OF THE HOSTS, tion rules committee. This brought about the first meeting, in November, 1906, of the com- mittee representing the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association and our committee. Later a similar request was received from the Wisconsin Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa- tion to meet us, and it likewise was granted. The latter meeting developed into a joint confer- ence of the Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana Associations, and the National Association's rules committee, which was held in Chicago, May 8 and 9. During these meetings tlie inspection rules were discussed at length. All of the meetings were amicable, and I can testify, from the view- point of our committee at least, tliat the result of this conference was gratifying, and I believe that the visiting committee will offer similar testimony. Immediately after the conference of May S and 9, your committee began to prepare its report in order to have same in readiness to present following the suspension of the Buf- falo resolution. Pardon the assertion, your committee believes it has prepared the best re- port that has ever been presented to this asso- ciation. This by no means is a reflection on the efforts of former committees, for they were never given sufficient time to do themselves and tills association full justice. I make al! of these statements as I consider them relevant and to have bearing on the suspension of the Buffalo resolution. Now, your inspection rules committee believes that the rules report which it has prepared is an improvement over the present rules ; further, that the new rules will make the application easier and that tlie i>ublic will gladly change the new for the old. In view of the fact that our board of managers, through the act of directing your inspection rules com- mittee to meet like comiuittees of various asso- ciations already referred to, favored tlie sus- pension of the Buffalo resolution, your commit- tee has pledged itself repeatedly to the visiting committees to favor the annulment of the Buffalo resolution. I therefore appeal to you most earnestly that when at the proper time the resolution Is brought before this convention, to decide by vote whether or not it shall be suspended, you will help us redeem our pledge, and vote for the suspension of the Buffalo resolution. Uniform inspection, of which so much has been said and written, especially of late years, can only be attained through the agency of an association which is broad in its scope. No association can ever hope to accomplish uniform inspection unless ail hardwood lumbermen are eligible to its membership. If it can be proven that a hardwood dealer is not a liardwood lum- berman, then I am willing to concede some cliance to an opposition. M.v personal curiosity is very mucii aroused to know what in reality a hardwood lumber dealer is if not a hardwood lumberman. There is only one agency through whicli uniform inspection can be attained and that is through the National Hardwood Lumber Association. There is absolutely no question aliout it. To oppose the National Hardwood I^umber Association through personal or collec- tive efforts is simply opposing uniform inspec- tion, for such action is simply going on record that uniform inspection is not desired, for we all know "that actions speak louder than words," TnEODORE FATHAUER, Chairman. J. M. Pritchard moved the report be accepted, which was seconded and agreed. President Russe — We will continue the sub- ject by listening to an address on Cherry Inspec- tion by W. L. Sikes. Mr. Lloyd — Mr. Sikes has not arrived. I do not know where he is, but he will probably be here tomorrow. President Russe — Mr. Higbie was not expected to speak until tomorrow. I am glad he is here. We have a lot of work for tomorrow and we would like to hear all the good things to- day and get to work tomorrow. Mr. Higbie then gave the following interesting address on "The Wholesaler — Some Reasons Why He Is a Necessity" : Mr. Higbie 's Address. When the invitation to address .vou was given me by the chairman of your committee, I felt complimented indeed, but I want to confess E. S. FOSTER, NEW YORK, ONE OF THE HOSTS, to you that at that tithe I did not fully real- ize how great that compliment was. A short time after the invitation was re- ceived, it was my good fortune to meet, as a member of the inspection committee of the New York Lumber Trade Association, with the com- mittee of your association for the purpose of HARDWOOD RECORD 3J trying to remove the difficulties that have here- tofore prevented the New Yorls Assttciation from adopting your inspection rules, and 1 want to say that "the two days' session in conference with the four men of your committee made me more tlian wiliing to come to this beautiful plate and look you all in the face and get better acquainted with you. This meeting in New Yorlt with your repre- sentatives was so very pleasant that I was con- stantly reminded of that future state of per- petual' bliss to which we all hope to attain. Every picture of the heavenly city which 1 liaveever seen has had somewhere in it a beau- tiful river, with overhanging trees and velvety green banks, where we may all enjoy ourselves without stint. I just want to say to you. how- ever, that the number of "green rivers" that were flashed before my eyes by your commit- tee during those tw'o days in New York made me think that your members must have already attained to that state of perpetual and ecstatic bliss even here on this earth. At the end of those two days I began to comprehend the great compliment paid me by your invitation. I am glad to be here and promise you now that I will talk to you only a short time, for 1 am sure you would all prefer to enjoy the breezes from the oid Atlantic and watch the beauties of both land and sea from the Board Walk. The topic assigned to lue is the relations of the various divisions of the lumber trade to each other in general and the place the whole- saler occupies in that division in particular : in other words, the reason W'hy the wholesaler is necessary ; for that he is necessary no one would seriously question. .Tust wh.v your com- mittee chose that particular subject at this ])articular time I do not know. 1 am sure that the position of the wholesaler in the lumber trade is not in any danger. It is possible that there is here and there some fellow who thinks he is the "whole thing" and so wants to occupy the entire field, but I imagine that these men are very scarce and that they remind us of a certain Royal Person. We all have great respect for the German Kaiser. lie is without doubt a great man, in fact, a genius, but like every other genius he has certain eccentricities, one of the Kaiser's being his inability to forget his own import- ance. One of his sons, a prince of the blood, tells this little pleasantry about his father. "The trouble with dad," says the prince, "is that if he goes to a christening he somehow, after a little, seems to think he is the baby ; if he goes to a wedding he will, by the time the ceremon.v commences, imagine he is the bride ; and if lie goes to a funeral, he just can't help it. but before the services are over he is perfectly sure he is the corpse." So with these lumbermen, few and far between as they are. they can't rest unless they are in the limelight all the time. But the wholesaler need not worry. We all know we cannot get along with- out him. Of course, little differences arise once in a while between friends, but they only serve to make life interesting. have more room." This same kind of thing haiipens occasionally to the wholesaler. Some manufacturer, who has been having a good trade in some special thing, thinks he would have more room if the wholesaler would get up and leave the tield to him. ISut it isn't so. The conditions under which not only the lum- ber business but every business is carried on, are the results of many years of growth and have only been brought about because many men in common have found them to be the best for all. All conditions change slowly, and rightly so, for one of the most important of all business needs is that of permanency and stability : otherwise we would not know where we are at. The easiest way to do anything is very apt to be the natural "way. That is only another way of stating the natural law that moving bodies go along the" lines of least re- sistance. Water will of its own motion run down bill and if the volume is large enough will produce a flood, but it takes power and push to get this same water to go up a hill : so in business, as long as we follow the natural channels, or the lines of least resistance, we do nut encounter many obstacles, things go smoothly and the results are more than likely to be found satisfactory. It is only when we leave these natural chan- nels and undertake new and untried paths that we meet with unusual conditions and make trouble for ourselves as well as for other peo- ple. The lumber business, as a result of many years of development, has naturally divided itself into four classes or branches, viz. : first, the manufacturer or producer : second, the wliolesaler. jobber and commission merchant, or, if you please, the middleman : third, the N. H. WALCOTT. PROVIDENCE. ONE OF THE HOSTS. Two little girls had one day been playing in the park. They had been having a good time : in fact, so good that they finally quarreled. They sat down on a settee and turned their backs upon each other. They sat still for awhile, when one of them said to the other : "If one of us would get off this settee I would W. W. KNIGHT, INDIANAPOLIS. retailer, including the large factory trade, the door, sash and trim trade, etc. : fourth, the consumer. AVe tind similar divisions in nearly all kinds of business, which fact only proves that we must be carrying on our business in the right way. Many years of experience . have demonstrated that the best interests of all lumbermen are best conserved if the above lines are observed. I do not mean that these lines are hard and fast. As a matter of fact these divisions do overlap. There are many wholesalers who have found it necessar.v. in order to make sure of ail or a part of their supply, to go into the manu- facturing of lumber either directly or indi- rectly : and. on the other hand, some manu- I'.-irturers have found it both desirable and prolitable to market part or all of their own product. This does not affect the general propo- sition as laid down above. These wholesalers who manufacture, have not hereby ceased to be wholesalers : they are wholesalers and manu- facturers : and these manufacturers who sell their own products have not ceased to he manu- facturers : they are both manufacturers and wholesalers. But these men who thus carry on the double business, must maintain separate departments for both manufacturing and whole- saling. It goes without saying that the place for the manufacturer or producer is at his place of production, and generally speaking each manu- facturer has only one such place. In order that he may get the most out of his logs with the least possible cost it is his business to be on the ground. That he may succeed, his best efforts must be given and even then his task is not an easy one. and without this close per- .^onal attention the best results are rarely if ever attained. Fully two-thirds of your mem- bers are. I believe, manufacturers, and it needs no argument of mine to convince this audience tlmt after the manufacturer has done his duty by his mill he has little or no time left for anything else. This personal attention is as true of selling lumber as it is of producing it. A man must know his customer, his wants, his peculiarities, his methods : in short, he must know in a large J. V. STIMSON. HUNTINGBURG, IND. degree the customer's business in order to please him. This the wholesaler can and does do. Things go wrong in the selling and delivery of lumber as well as In the producing of it. To keep the trade moving requires close per- sonal attention. This close attention tlie manu- facturer cannot give without, in a measure at least, neglecting liis business at the mill or producing point. That some manufacturers dis- tribute their own product is true, but in order to do so to good advantage they become to all intents and purposes wholesalers as well as manufacturers : they employ salesmen and in- stall a complete outfit that corresponds fully with that of any other wholesaler as already stated. It is just as true in the Inmlier world as any- where else that no man can be m two places at the same time. Therefore, when a man, either by himself or by his representative, is meeting his customers he ceases to that extent to be a manufacturer and becomes a wholesaler. Whether a man or a firm wishes to he this is purely a matter of policy which each one must decide tor himselt. In any event the fact re- mains that the seller of lumber is the function of the wholesaler and is as firmly established as that of the manufacturer or retailer. There is another function and a most im- portant one which the wholesaler has performed, and whicii he must not overlook. In every lumber producing section there are small manu- facturers who produce comparatively a small amount of lumber when each one is considered by himself but in the aggregate the result is very large. These men are good, honest, in- dustrious men, but they are men of small cap- ital and they find it almost impossible to carry I heir operations without outside help. In order to keep their operations alive and to support themselves and their families they turn to some- one for assistance. Many wholesalers, in order to .secure supplies of lumber, make advances to these small manufacturers, depending often- limes upon nothing hut the honesty of the men to whom these advances are made" and it is a great tribute to the lumber trade in general that only in the rarest of instances are the wholesalers disappointed in their men or lose any part of the money which the.v advance. It is no reflection at all upon these small manu- facturers that they are thus compelled to seek aid and assistance. The larger manufacturers do the same thing only in another way. They go to their banks and have the banks 'discount notes, the proceeds of which ai'e used to carry on their operations during the long time of getting lumber in shipping conditions. We all know these men. We all know how liard they work. We all know what difficulties they have to overcome, for it is no easy matter, particularly in certain sections of our country, as the mountains of 32 HARDWOOD RECORD the South, to get the logs cut. hauled in niau.v instances seveial miles to the mill, and then hauled in many othei- instances a great num- ber of miles to the railroad tracks. The weather is bad. the roads in certain seasons of the year are impassable, and even after these dilHculties are overcome it is often necessary for these men to wait davs and weeks before the railroad companies deliver to them cars on which the lumber can be shipped. This advancing or money to tlie small manufacturer by the whole- saler' has become a recognized function in the B. F. SW.\IN, SHELBYVILI.E, IXD. trade and is only an added reason why the wholesaler is a necessity in our business. Up to this time we have considered this mat- ter entirely from the viewpoint of policy, but there is, l thinl;, another side to it, namely, that of the ethics of the trade, and I do not linow how better to touch this side than by re- lating an incident that is said to have hap- pened in the state of Connecticut — the home of the genuine "yankee." The incident is a story ■ — with a sequel. One hot summer afternoon, many years ago, the small boys of a country village in the beau- tiful valley of the Connecticut river were gath- ered, as boys were wont to gather, in the coun- try store. " There was nothing unusual about the store or the boys/ The boys were full of fun and innocent mischief. It so happened that on the counter was a box of marbles, dear to the heart of every boy. and while indulging In some boyish trick this box of marbles was upset and the' marbles were scattered on the floor among boxes, barrels, nail kegs, etc. The proprietor, who was a young man with an eye for the main chance, wished to get the niarltlcs again and proposed to the boys that ibcy -^linuld pick them up, and as an inducement primiised them that he would give each boy oue-half of all he found. The lioys fell to with great industry and shortly all the marbles had been found. ' Now the proprietor, still, as he thought, with an eye to the main chance, quiet- ly locked the front door and put the key in his pocket. He then proceeded to take each boy and empty out of his pockets every last marble, and. not "dividing at all, put each boy out of iloors in turn, again carefully locking the door. This operation he continued until all the mar- bles were again in the box and all the boys were out of doors, sadder but wiser. It was a sharp trick, but there was a sequel. Twenty-five years passed. Tlie boys had grown to be men and the shrewd storekeeper had outgrown the country village and had moved to tow'n. He was prosperous and rich, but not so rich that he did not crave more money, even as he craved more marbles. He had an oppor- tunity to increase his wealth but he needed more ready money than he had, so he did what we all do — he w'ent to his bank. He laid his case, his need and his collateral before the cashier : the cashier examined them all, was willing to consider the loan and asked our olne anil he wanted to know^ something about the man himself. In other words, he wanted to know the "moral hazard." Now It so hap- pened that the young and rising lawyer was one of the little bovs who had taken part in the marble episode twenty-five years ago, and the whole scene recalled itself to him so vividly th.it he .lust related it to the bank cashier ex- actly as 'it had happened without any comment. The cashier listened and went away, but the next day when our old friend came in he re- turned liim his collateral and declined to make the loan because the moral collateral would not bear inspection. ^^ ^ ^, Gentlemen. I do not vouch for the truth of the story, although it was told me as having actually taken place. 1 care not whether it is true or not. for the principle is as true as the everlasting hills. The application is perfectly plain : Our friends, the wholesalers, have gone into byways and highways and gathered up the trade (the marbles, if vou please) : they have brought this trade to the manufacturer and have given it to him ; even perhaps educated him and told him who the customer is and where he lives : in short, have educated the manufacturer. The wholesalers not only expect, but they are en- titled to their fair share of the division of the profits (the marbles, if you please) and I firmly helieve that in the vast majority of cases they are getting all thev are entitled to. Further. I I.elieve that they are getting their part of the division without any trouble, for in most cases the manufacturer recognizes the wholesaler as bis friend and co-laborer ; he divides the "mar- Ides" willingly and asks the wholesaler to come :>ga'n- The foundation of business is confidence in each other and fair dealing with each other. Sharp practices may succeed occasionally, but permanent success has a most lasting founda- J. M. PRITCHARD, INDIANAPOLIS. tion ; it recognizes the claims of other men and is content with a fair division of the good things of life: it recognizes that there is enough for all and that it does not pay to lower the grades. Gentlemen, in closing I want again to thank ,vou for the privilege which you have given me of talking to you in this informal way. I have said little or nothing new, but it is not perhaps a waste of time to be reminded of old truths. I want to congratulate you upon the splendid work your association is doing for the lumber trade and to wish you every success and bid you "godspeed." Mr. Lloyd — I move a vote of thanks be tend- ered Mr. Higbie for coming here and talking to us. He is a prominent member of the whole- salers, and we do appreciate it. The motion was seconded and carried. President Russe — About 60 per cent of our members are manufacturers and we believe In having the wholesaler with us. [Applause.] Mr. Lloyd — Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock is to be the trolley ride for the ladies. They will take the cars at the Board Walk and Vir- ginia avenue. There will be special cars. Also, the photographer wants to take a pic- ture outside immediately after the meeting. On the 'Waterways of the Country. President Russe — A gentlemen whom I re- ferred to In my address this morning, we have with us, John A. Fox, special director of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. He has written upon the subject which I believe is the vital one of the country today. I believe before we get througli with it, it will become a matter for political campaigns — whether you are for or against it. I have the pleasure of introducing to you Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox — Mr. President, it is with a feeling of pride that I look out upon a body of men so national, so representative and so capable of Judging this question and assisting us in this great opportunity to bring about such improved conditions In our waterways system as will re- lieve the congestion. After this brief introductory speech Mr. Fox delivered a most interesting and valuable ad- dress on Rivers and Harbors, which met with enthusiastic applause. It Is not reproduced here, as it was practically the same as was given before the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association at its annual meeting at Memphis in January last, which appeared in these col- umns in full at that time. Mr. Fo.x — I would recommend that strong resolutions be passed and a committee be ap- pointed to attend the coming congress. I hope you will help the men who will be present from every state In the Union so a cry will go up that will reverberate backward and forward between the Pacific and the Atlantic so the halls of congress may resound until every man has pledged himself to rectify and regulate and systematically improve these American systems of matchless waterways in this great country. [Long applause.] The convention then adjourned until 9 :Z0 a. m. Friday. May l;4. FRIDAY MOENING SESSION. The convention was called to order by Presi- dent Russe at 11 o'clock a. m. Endorse 'Work of Eivers & Harbors Congress. Mr. Nolan — I want to offer a resolution on the subject of Mr. Fox's able address of yes- terday. I am satisfied the members of this association agree with every word said. We are all in sympathy with the movement for im- proved waterways in the United States. I liave a set of resolutions here I would like to intro- duce at this time, if, in your judgment, it be pertinent : THOMAS J. MOFFETT, CINCINNATI. Whereas, The National Hardwocxi Lumber Association Is directly concerned with matters of transportation, and as an organization Is a factor in solving economic questions ; and, Whereas, The abnormally congested condi- tions of traffic during the past year have served to demonstrate that the railroads of the coun- try are of themselves not wholly Inadequate to cope with the situation; and. HARDWOOD RECORD 33 Wbereas. Thf opfuiug of the ranama caual, the rapid development of our western states and the promise^ of increased commercial relations with the South American countries will tend to aggravate such a condition in the near future if not now wisely provided for ; and, Whereas, The great natural waterways of this country, reaching more than forty states and aggregating more than 38.000 miles will, if properly improved and developed, serve not only to relieve this congestion, but also be the means of effective railroad rate regulation ; and. Whereas, The National Rivers and Harbors Congress is now striving to bring about such a change of policy as will lead to the systematic and efficient development of these waterways : therefore, be it Resolved. By the National Hardwood Lumber Association asseniiiied in convention this 24th day of May. UKIT, that we heartily commend the timely and efficieut work of this association and pledge it our aid in the crusade of publicity now being carried on to bring about a whole- some, comprehensive and systematic improve- ment of these natural highways and that wo join them in their plea for large and regular appropriations on the part of the national gov- ernment to the end that the immediate and elBcient development of our worthy rivers and harbors may be brought about. lie it further Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be sent to the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States; lo the Hon. ,7oseph B. Uansdell, president of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress and to every member of the Senate and House of Representatives of Con- gress. Mr. Nolan moved that the resolution as read be adopted. Motion was seconded and agreed. President Itusse — The next in the order of business is the report of the committee on offi- cers' reports. Sara K. Barr. chairman of said committee, presented the following: Report of Conunittee on Officers' Keports. Gentlemen : Yviur committee on officers' re- ports have carefully considered the president's address and the report of your secretary in de- tail. These papers are well worthy the most jjarticular attention of the membership and your committee recommends them to every member for careful consideration. In an asso- ciation of this cliaracter such reports are prac- tically the only means of giving to the members a statement of the work accomplished and of the developments contemplated. For this reason, and in view of the (act that the officers have given their time and labored hard for the wel- fare of the organization, it is certainly incum- bent upon every member of this association to give these reports the proper consideration that is due. We, the committee, recommend that the asso- W. O. KING, CHICAGO. ciation adopt the suggestion of the president in regard to the suspension of the Buffalo resolu- tion, and opening the way to a conservative revision of the inspection rules of the associa- tion at this meeting. We further recommend that the reports of the secretary and treasurer be adopted as set forth. S.i3i E. Babr, George W. Stonemax, D. F. Clark. Discussion on Suspension of Buffalo Agree- ment. Mr. Palmer — I move the adoption of that re- port. I believe, in the adoption of that report, we have reached a crisis moment in our delibera- tions, and not only a crisis moment in this meeting, but, also, a moment of vital import- ance in the history of this association. Upon other occasions this association has been called upon to pass similar action and the good judg- ment and loyalty of the membership has always been of sufficient caliber to enable us to pass this danger point not only in safety but in triumph. I am here today as the spokesman for an absent constituency. I am representing the sawmill men of this country, the men from the foothills of the mountains of Tennessee and Virginia, from Mississippi, the men of In- diana and Ohio, and the men who are producing' liardwood lumber in Michigan and Wisconsin. To these men I made a public promise that I would attend this meeting and here upon the floor — not on the stage, gentlemen — upon the floor would advocate the suspension of the Buf- falo resolution and a reasonable revision of the rules. I am here today to redeem that promise. F. W. MOWBRAY, CINCINNATI. In the past I have not been tardy in my de- fence of the wholesaler, who, from his lofty location in some multi-story building, has over- looked the entire hardwood trade. But^ gentle- men. I am here today to urge upon you the necessity for considering the sawmill man. It is well sometimes to go back to the genesis of things. I want to tell you that you will lind in the sawmill man the beginning of all that has to do with the lumber business, in- cluding the city offices, the city yards and this association as well. And for that reason, gen- tlemen, the sawmill man enters as a factor in this question. The demand for this revision is not the growtli of a day. It has been the growtli of many months. At the semi-annual meeting of this association, held in Cincinnati last summer, it was my privilege to introduce a motion paving the way for a revision of the rules at this meeting, but owing to the fact that a majority of the members present had not yet heard the rumbling that motion was lost. To- day, gentlemen, that rumbling has become a ground-swell. It is going to be hard to tell just what would happen among our manufacturing members if this resolution fails to pass — the resolution to suspend the Buffalo resolution. I am not here to make any personal threats. It don't make any difference whether the Buffalo reso- lution is suspended or not. whether this asso- ciation takes the right action or wrong action, I am with this association always. [Applause.] The primal reason for our apparent inconsist- ency in saying that we would do a thing and iben doing something slightly different from that thing is due to the changed conditions which exist in the manufacture of hardwood lumber as between the present and what it was W. N. KELLEY. TRAVERSE CITY. MICH. at the Buffalo meeting. These conditions are jn-onounced and are apparent to every one who is thoroughly posted on the manufacture of lumber. The price of lumber has advanced since that time twenty-five, thirty or fifty per cent ; the cost of production of lumber has ad- vanced fully thirty per cent ; the cost of stump- age has advanced one hundred per cent. But another point, and the vital point, is that the (luality of lumber is deteriorating and it is im- Iiossible to produce from logs that can be se- cured at the present time some of the grades contemplated by our present rules. That is one reason why we are consistent in our seeming inconsistency in this matter. Another reason is. there is an earnest desire on the part of all true-hearted lumbermen to get down to a universal basis of inspection. I have always argued and will argue and am willing to con- test the point with any gentleman at any time and place that we have practically universal in- spection, and that is National inspection. [Ap- plause. J You can go into any market in this whole country where lumber is consumed and you can talk about National inspection and the buyer will listen to you and listen understand- ingl.v because he knows just exactly wihat it means. It is a fair and stiuare inspection and it is an Inspection that is as universal as Chris- tianity, at least. Now, it has been argued and may possibly be argued again, that in the suspension of the Buffalo resolution we are breaking a contract. But, gentlemen, let us see whether there is any contract or not. Two of the principal elements of a contract are parties and consideration. You cannot have a contract without having at least two parties, and no contract is valid unless there is a consideration. Now, we are the parties to this Buffalo contract, if you are going to call it a contract'; We will admit' the na- tional association is one party to that, but who is the other party and with whom did we con- tract? Where is the other party to the con- tract'/ Then, again, what was the considera- tion? Did anybody promise to pay this asso- ciation anything to do anything or not to do anything, if we passed the rules that were adopted at the Buffalo meeting, and maintain 34 HARDWOOD RECORD them in full force and effect tor three years, ■what was the conslileration'; Gentlemen, there was not any consideration. Nobody has paid us anything. The result of the thing is there wasn't any contract. There were two elements of a contract lacking. It was simply our asso- ciation getting together and we agreed among ourselves, among our membership, that we would adopt these rules and that we would maintain n. 11. D.W. GLEX HAVEN, MICH. them for a period of three years. Now, there is nothing under the shining canopy of heaven to prevent this association from getting to- gether and shortening the period if it appears to be desirable for the members of this associa- tion to r. Sclienk — It seems to me as the Buffalo resolution was made Un a piu-pose, that purpose having been accomplished, we can suspend it. The purpose was to give stability. If in eight- een months we have secured that stability what JOUN P. HANNA, CINCINNATI. is the use of carrying along the foundation for three years without putting on the top? That seems to me the first purpose of the Buffalo resolution — stability. The second purpose was to increase our membership. Our membership has increased wonderfully since that time, and the second purpose has been obtained. Another specific reason why we should suspend the Buf- HARDWOOD RECORD 35 falo resolution is — aud Mr. Palmer has told it better than I can — conditions have changed. Gentlemen, good logs are getting scarce. Another reason is. the desire deep in the heart of every hardwood lumberman to get uniform inspection. If uniform inspection can be reached it ought to be reached. [Applause.] Mr. .Scatcherd — The gentleman who has just addressed you has told the truth. Tlie funda- mental part of the success of universal inspec- tion rules of this organization has been that they have been lived up to. If a mistake was made it was made in adopting the Buffalo reso- lution for three years. We have lived two years under that resolution, and I say he tells the truth when he says in two years we accom- plished the fact of increasing our membership and made our rules possible and established the fact that we meant what we said. Yet, on the very threshold of carrying out that agree- ment, why transgress the rules of honor and of personal contract'; Mr. Palmer said in his ad- dress yesterday — led up to it beautifully — the duty of the membership of this association is to live up to the honor of the membership of this association and carry it out. notwithstand- ing it might be against his pocket. The fact is that this resolution was passed, was sent out to the world at large, not only America but abroad — for the first time in the history of this country you established the fact that a man in London could write you, knowing full well that within the next year, he could get what he ordered. I, personally, have a contract based on these rules which does not expire until Octo- ber 1, 1909, which is a year beyond the limit of this agreement. And I have to live up to it. I cannot go to these men and say the trees are getting poor. Our friends want us to legislate to make good trees. The trees were here long before we were born. Don't let us stultify our- selves as honorable men, simply because the manufacturer — and, who is he, he isn't any better than we are and we are no better than he is — buys the trees and so do you and so do I. We get the best we can. But when you sign a contract between yourselves and your fellowmen you have to live up to it. If you don't your end is sure — absolutely certain. I say the thing that binds this association and is the basis of JAMES BUCKLEY, BUOOKVILLE, IND. the whole thing is the inspection rules. They have accomplished a purpose I never believed was possible, and I hate to see the whole thing shattered simply because of not carrying out an agreement for a paltry ten or twelve months. That is why I want this laid on the table. There may be some specific reason. No official sug- gests whether inspection of oak or poplar should be changed. And it nothing of that kind is suggested, why suspend? Bring the reasons — if the reasons are potent, which I don't believe they can be, and then we can discuss suspension. Mr. Kelsey — I want to reply in part to Mr. Palmer's statement that there is no second party to the obligation. I consider the public as a second party. We took the public into con- fidence and the public is really the second party. The promise to make no change for three years was an obligation to the public which should be considered, honor being the consideration. We want stability, we want to get something that the public can rely upon. So far as I know, on the part of the wholesalers, they took .special pains to get the rules before the public. We Insisted on our salesmen as well as ourselves carrying a copy of these rules. A primary reason for a change in the rules is that the manufac- turers are going to receive more for their prod- uct. Then there is another point to be consid- ered and that is the matter of odd lengths. That gain don't average more than 1% per cent, which they claimed would be the gain of the consumer, but at the same time you have the rule that requires the consumer and wholesaler to take lumber that may have splits in either end or each end not to exceed the width of the board. When such boards are put to the bench they must necessarily be trimmed off and the C. A. BKJELOW, BAY CITY, MICH. loss would be from 5 per cent to 8 per cent. Then taking the matter of width, these boards are taken out in a stage of dryness, and some- time between the time the boards leave the mill and reach the bench there is bound to be a shrinkage. Using llVi-inch boards, for illus- tration, where the purchaser has paid tor I'J- inch. it would invariably result in having to use about 11 feet, which means a loss of 8 per cent. And the same feature holds good in refer- ence to asking the wholesaler or consumer to purchase lumber that is good on one face but with serious defects on the other. There is bound to be a depreciation. If this change is insisted upon to be fair to the wholesalers, lum- ber should remain in the yard one year drying. Referring to classillcation of lumber, which we have already adopted, it seems to me it answers every purpose. It has made It possible for us to hold our ground between each other. It also made it easy for the purchaser to select about what he wanted. In place of changing the rules the manufacturers should get together and increase their prices which would elimi- nate any desire to change the rules. They would accomplish the same object. Hold to- gether, gentlemen, and agree upon something that will be stable, for it is not only an annoy- ance but a great detriment upon the trade as a whole to have constant changes in the rules. Mr. Guenther — Perhaps Mr. Scatcherd will accept an amendment to lay on the table until this afternoon. Mr. Scatcherd — I am willing to accept any suggestion that will bring about a fair discus- sion of thi.^ matter. L'p to this time, neither DPi. C. A. SCIIK.NK, mi.lMORE, .\. C. in a written address nor a verbal expression on this floor has there been a succinct statement as to why we should rescind the Buffalo resolu- tion. No gentleman has given me any reason for a specific change. That is what I contend for. Don't throw down the bars until you know what you are going to do. Bring the reasons before us, and I am ready to accept suggestions if they are good ones. When there is a good reason I am perfectly willing to con- sider it. I want something to consider and not simply certain changes should be made without any statement as to why such changes should be made. I will accept the amendment that this be laid on the table until 3 o'clock this afternoon, when it shall be the first order of business. Mr. Palmer — I cannot understand why Mr. Scatcherd prefers to sit in absolute darkness until 3 o'clock this afternoon. If he is seeking light he ought to have it. Why not let this dis- cussion take place now? The members are here now and we don't know whether they will be here this afternoon. When I want light I turn it on immediately. I don't wait for three or four hours. There is not a man in this house who can claim this matter has been sprung on him. Every member has had several letters that there would be important changes consid- ered at this meeting. Why defer it until 3 o'clock? There is the election this afternoon. If we do take down the bars and suspend the Buffalo resolution — which we are going to do — then comes revision of the rules. It is going to take a long time. We are here now and let's work at it now. Mr. Andridge — It seems to me unwise to pass a motion to lay on the table. We are not now discussing a change in the rules but we are dis- cussing the question of whether we will discuss a change in the rules. Whether we will suspend file Buffalo resolution simply opens the way. It it is unwise for this association to change any rules at the present time I feel sure the good sense of the gentlemen present will see the rules are not changed. If wise for all of us that the rules be changed I feel sure the rules will he changed. Why not open the door 36 HARDWOOD RECORD BO that we can intelMgently discuss whether or not It Is wise to change the rules? Therefore, It seems to me the question before us is this — Shall we open the door for a discussion leading up to a possible change of the rules? I don't know anything about changing the rules. I would prefer to leave that with a good and suf- ficient committee. They can tnik it over better than wc can. IIow can we get together? By having uniform KI>\V. J. YOIXG. JIADISOX. WIS. inspection rules that will be good everywhere. I would rather have a single set of rules, and a single set of intelligent inspectors to interpret these rules, than to have two sets. So would you all. It is a business proposition. You sell according to the rules which "will give you the most easy kind of grade and you buy according to the rules giving you the highest quality of lumber. Why not have one set that will meet the wants of the manufacturers and the wants of the wholesalers as well as the consumer, and then we will all be on a par, an equal basis. and have a certain set of rules for everybody in the association. I believe the association will establish the wisest set of rules possible. It seems to me we should point the way, and if anybody can suggest a better combination of rules than we have, let's have them. Mr. rritchard- — I waut to answer the ques- tion asked by Mr. Scatcherd. The reason for asking for a suspension of the rules is to give the Inspection Rules Committee an opportunity to present their report. According to the Buf- falo resolution we haven't any right to present any report for your consideration. That is the pui'pose of this motion to adopt the report suspending the Buffalo resolution. Mr. Scatcherd- — I want to be understood in this matter. I don't want to shut off discussion on changing the rules of inspection, but I do be- lieve we should go at it in the right way. The rules ''ommittee has a right to make us a re- port at any time because they are a part of us. But let us have the reasons why we should suspend the resolution? That is all I contend for. I want specific reasons for the changes we should adopt. If they are right, we should adopt them. If they are not. we should not adopt them. Don't begin consideration by break- ing faith with the trade at large. President Russe — I would certainly rule that a discussion of a change in the rules is out of order until the Buffalo agreement is suspended. W^e agreed at Buffalo, by passing a resolution. that we would not change the rules for three years. And if a discussion should come up about changing the rules when we have agreed not to change them, that would certainly be a waste of our time, and I would rule it out of order. Mr. Scatcherd — You put yourself on record as to what you are going to do, and I want to change that. Y'ou say to me "why"? Y^ou wouldn't change it until I told you why, would you? That is all I ask. I want to know the reason why. Mr. Babcock — -When is the exact, termination (tf the Buffalo resolution? I'resident Russe^December, 1008 — eighteen months from now. Mr. Babcock^ — It is a wise man who changes his mind. Whether the resolution can be or will be suspended doesn't mean that any radical changes of the inspection rules will follow. I agree that you will have to suspend the resolu- tion if you want to make any changes. The men here advocating a change, undoubtedly are backing and supporting this association. The same men ought to have and will have some- thing to do with the new rules. Let them make such rules as we can back in the same spirit that we back the association in all its work. [Applause.] Mr. Guenther^There is no intention on my part to retard the progress of this convention. I simply thought, in order to satisfy Mr. Scatcherd. that it is the universal opinion that the contract should be shortened, it should be laid on the table until 3 o'clock and we can discuss it this afternoon. The question being on the amendment to lay the report of the committee on officers' reports on the table until 3 o'clock, was duly secouded, but not agree*! tn. The Agreement Suspended and Amended Rules Read. The question recurring on the original motion to adopt the report of said committee, which was duly seconded was carried. Mr. Fathauer — Some time ago the secretary, under instructions of the Board of Directors, mailed a letter to you. which you no doubt have all received, asking you for suggestions per- taining to the present rules of inspection, so as to enable the committee to present its re- port in case the Buffalo resolution was sus- pended, which you have already done. I wish to state to you that each and every communi- cation, whether from an individual or a col- lective body, received due and full considera- tion. Before the committee reports I would ask that printed copies of the report be distributed. Mr. I'almer — I want to make a suggestion, to avoid any suspicion that this is a cut and dried program to be shoved through without giving the members a full opportunity to know just exactly what we are going to vote upon, that further discussion of a change of rules be deferred until 2 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Guenther^Tbat was my amendment In the first place. [Laughter.] Mr. Palmer's motion, given as a suggestion, was seconded and carried. Mr. Fathauer — When we revised our report we found there were some few errors. We have a supplement we will read in connection with the printed report which has been distributed. Mr. Fathauer here read the printed report and supplemental changes in counection there- with as follows : Changks in Rclks. Hinder caption GENERAL INSTRUCTION'S, Add a new paragraph, viz. : Exceptions to the general rules are stated under the caption of the respective woods. Referring to our present I'aragraph 1. sub- stitute the following: inspectors inspecting un- der these rules are instructed to use their best judgment based on these rules. Paragraph 2, change the phraseology which reads. "Inspection must be made from the worst side of the board." etc., and substitute. "In- spection must be made from the poor side of the piece." Paragraph 3, substitute the following : "Lum- ber should be properly manufactured, of good average widths and lengths. It should be sawed plump and even thickness, and have par- allel edges, and all ragged and bad ends should be trimmed off. Tapering lumber in standard lengths must be measured one-third the length of the piece from the narrow end. Minimum widths mentioned in any grade of lumber must be of full width." Paragraph 4. Tn the measurement of lum- ber nf random widths fractions of over ^/^ foot as shown on board rule, must be counted up to the next higher figure : fractions of less than i-j foot must be counted back to the next lower figure : fractions of exactly ij foot must be divided equally between buyer aud seller. The number of detects admitted in any piece must be determined in accordance with the surface measurement as detined by this rule, A piece tally in feet must be made of all ran- dom widths lumber. When strips or stock widths arc measured, then a piete tally show- ing widths and lengths must be made. All lumber in standard grades must h'^ tallied face or surface measure, and the adilitional thick- ness over 1 inch to l)e added. AH lumber less than 1 inch in thickness must be counted face measure. J. S. TRAINER. CHICAGO. I'nevenly sawu lumber must be accepted and inspected into any of the grades of No. 3 com- mon and better to which its quality entitles it; must be tallied at the standard thickness of the piece measured at its thinnest part and must not be more than 1 'IG inch tliicker at any point in stock cut V2 inches or less thick, or more than % inch thicker in ■"■s aud % inch stock, or more than l^ inch thicker in 1 inch to 2 inch stock, or more than % inch thicker in 2i/-i inch or ^ip stock. Lumber showing HARDWOOD RECORD 37 greater variation in thickness than is allowed under this rule, must be classed as mlssawn, and graded and reported as such. These rules define the poorest piece in any oiven grade, but the respective grades must contain all piei-es up to the next higher grade. Under caption ST.\NDARD GRADES : Eliminate •■There must be at least one-third firsts." etc.. and substitute the following : "Firsts and seconds are combined as one grade." In the grade of No. 1 common, heart must not shon- more than one-half the length of the piece in the aggregate. In the grade of No. 2 common, heart must not show more than three-fourths the length of the piece in the aggregate. Under caption STANDARD LENGTHS: Substitute the following : Standard lengths are 4. 5. 6. 7, S. {I. 10, 11, 11'. 13. 14. 15 and 16 feet, but not over 15 per cent, of odd lengths are admitted. In the grade of firsts and seconds the lengths are S to IG feet, but there must not be more than 2U per cent under 12 feet, and not to exceed 10 per cent of .S and 9 feet lengths. Under caption STANDARD THICKNESS: Add to the present standard thickness the following: 'j inch. :i V-; inch, 41.4 inch, 5 inch, 51s inch and tl inch. Under caption STANDARD DEFECTS. Each of the following defines one standard defect : Two knots not exceeding in extent or dam- age one l^i inch knot. Eliminate in its entiret.v "1 inch of bright sap." etc. Splits — In lumber of random widths, one split not diverging more than 1 inch to a foot. and not exceeding in length in inches the sur- face measure of the piece in feet. Not more than two detects of this character are admitted in a piece of the grade of firsts and seconds. Lumber sold for special widths will not allow more than one standard defect of this character. Under caption EXPLANATION : Eliminate in its entiret.v the third paragraph and substitute the following: Stain that will surface off in dressing to the standard thick- ness must not be considered a defect. Eliminate the fourth paragraph in its en- tiretv and substitute the following : wiine in lumber "^4 and % inch in thickness, not over i^ inch in width : 1 inch to 2 inches in thickness, not over V^ inch in width; 2i-j inches or over in thickness, not over 1 inch in width : not over one-fourth of the thickness of the piece and one-sixth of the length of the piece or its equivalent, must not be considered a defect. Wane of more than the above de- scription is a defect and must be considered b.v the inspector. W. A. DOLUH, MEMPHIS. "Clear face cutting." as used in these rules, means one face clear. Reverse face must be sound. Defects not enumerated as standard defects that do not damage the piece more than the standard defects "allowed are equivalent der fects. Under caption SPECIAL INSPECTION: No. 1 common and better means the full run of the log with No. 2 and No. 3 common out. Eliminate in its entirety the rule defining Merchantable. Finish — Finish must be 4 inches or over wide, 8 to 16 feet long, not exceeding 10 per cent 8 and 9 feet. Pieces 6 feet surface may have one, 9 feet two, 12 feet three, and 16 feet four standard defects or their equivalent. Inspec- tion must be made from the good face of the piece. The reverse face must be sound. The grade of No. 3 common when desired may be divided as follows : No. 3-A must be 3 inches or over wide, 4 feet and longer. This grade will admit of shake, knots, heart, wane and any other defects which do not materially affect the strength of the piece or its use as a whole. The grade to be determined from the good face. An occasional knot-hole will be admitted in this grade. No. 3-B consists of all lumber below the grade of 3-A which will cut 25 per cent or over sound. Squares — All woods excepting maple. Splits 6 inches in length in one end not to be considered a defect. Splits in excess not admitted. No. 1 — Lengths 8 to 16 feet. Four and 5 inch squares will admit one. 6 and 7 inch squares two, 8 and 9 inch squares three and 10 and 12 inch squares four sound standard de- fects. No. 2 are such squares that grade belo* No. 1. Same must cut two-thirds sound in not over three pieces. No piece to be shorter than two feet. Under caption STANDARD INSPECTION : In the following woods (lumber) viz.: Ash. basswood. beech, (jirch. butternut, cherr.v. soft elm. maple and sycamore, the following stand- ard defects are admitted in the grade of firsts A. R. VINNEDGE. CHICAGO. and seconds, according to the surface measure : Firsts — Firsts must be S inches or over wide, 10 to 10 feet loug, and free from all defects, except in pieces showing 12 feet or over sur- face measure, which may have one standard de- feet. Seconds — Six feet of surface measure will ad- rait one standard defect or its equivalent ; 9 feet of surface measure will admit two stand- ard defects or their equivalent : 12 feet of sur- face measure will admit three standard defects or their equivalent ; 16 feet of surface measure will admit four standard defects or their equiva- lent. No. 1 common must be 3 inches and over wide, 4 to 16 feet long. Pieces 3 and 4 inches wide, 4 to 7 feet long, must be clear ; pieces 8, 9, 10 and 11 feet long must work two-thirds clear face in not over two pieces; 12 feet and over must work two-thirds clear face in not over three pieces. No piece of cutting to be less than 2 feet long by the full width of the piece. Pieces 5 inches or over wide, 4 to 11 feet long, must work two-thirds clear face in not over two pieces ; 12 feet or over long must work two-thirds clear face in not over three pieces. No. 2 Common — Change from 6 feet or over long to 4 feet or over long. No. 3 Common — Eliminate the size of cut- tings in No. 3 common. Establish a new caption as STRIP INSPEC- TION. Ash. basswood, beech, birch, butternut, soft elm, maple and sycamore. Grades — Clear and No. 1 common. Widths — 2\i.. 3, 314, 4, 4V2, 5 or 5V2 inches. Lengths — 6 feet or over. Thickness — 1 inch and IVi inch. Bright sap is no defect. Clear strips must be 8 to 16 feet long, and must show one face and two edges clear. The reverse face must be sound. No. 1 common strips are 6 to 12 feet long, 6 and 7 feet must be one face and twc> edges clear. Reverse face must be sound. Eight, 9 and 10 feet must work two-thirds clear face in W. T. SCIINAUFER, MARIETTA, O. not over two pieces : 12 feet or over must work two-thirds clear face in not over three pieces. No piece of cutting to be considered which is less than 2 feet long by the full width of the piece. Reverse face of cutting must be sound. Cherry and plain sawn oak strips grade as above, except that sap is a defect on face. Quarter sawn oak strips grade as above, ex- cept that 2V'. 3 and 3Vi inches wide will ad- mit V- inch of bright sap on face; 4 to 5V2 inches" wide will admit of 1 inch of bright sap on face. Box Boards — Gum, cottonwood, basswood, tupelo and poplar. Wide — 13 to 17 inches, 11 to 16 feet long. Narrow — S to 12 inches, 11 to 16 feet long. In both wide and narrow the 11. 12 and 13 foot lengths must work 10 feet 6 inches in one piece: 14, ]."> and J 6 foot lengths must work 14 feet in two pieces, viz. : 10 feet 6 inches and 3 feet 6 inches clear, excepting sound, dis- colored sap and one sound standard knot that shows on one face only : 14 foot lengths will admit of 15 per cent of split piece, such splits not to exceed 18 inches in length in one end, or its equivalent in length in both ends. Under caption SOFT ELM. Change the cut- ting in No. 2 common soft elm from "clear" to "sound." .„ Under caption ASH. Eliminate "Tapering pieces 20 feet or over long must be measured one-third the distance from the narrow end." In the following woods, viz. : Bay poplar, Cot- tonwood and sap gum, the following standard defects are admitted in the grade of firsts and seconds, according to the surface measure : Firsts — Firsts must be S inches or over wide, 10 to 16 feet long, and free from all defects, except that pieces showing 12 feet or over sur- face measure mav have one standard defect. Seconds — Six feet of surface measure will ad- mit one standard defect or its equivalent : 9 feet of surface measure will admit two standard de- fects or their equivalent ; 12 feet of surface measure will admit three standard defects or their equivalent ; 16 feet of surface measure will admit four standard defects or their equiva- lent. , ., „ No 1 Common — Four inches or over wide, fa to 16 feet long. Pieces 4 inches wide, 6 and 1 feet long must be clear; 8, 9, 10 and 11 feet long must work two-thirds clear face in not over two pieces ; 12 feet or over long must work two- thirds clear face in not over three pieces. No piece of cutting to be less than 2 feet long by the full width of the piece. Pieces 5 inches or over wide. 6 to 11 feet long, must work two- thirds clear face in not over two pieces: 12 feet or over long must work two-thirds clear face in not over three pieces. , . ^ , No. 2 Common — Fouc to sixteen feet long. Change cutting from "clear" to "sound." 38 HARDWOOD RECORD Under caption BAY POPLAR, sound disiolored sap is no defect in the common grade. Red Gum. — Grades, widths, lengths and thickness stand- ard. Seconds — Same as ash. Substitute for the present rule, which reads, "In firsts and seconds pieces must have one red face, etc.." the following: Firsts and seconds pieces mjiy have one inch of bright sap on one face and not to exceed one-fifth on the reverse face in the aggregate. F. S. UNDERIIILL, PHILADELPHIA. ^ No. 1 Common. — Eliminate the first paragraph in its entiret.v. Widths, 4 inches or over : lengths, ti to IH feet. Pieces 4 inches wide, (i and 7 feet long, must be clear red ; pieces 4 inches wide. S to 11 feet long, must work two-thirds clear red face in not over two pieces ; pieces 4 inches wide, 12 feet or over long, must work two-thirds clear red face in not over three pieces. No piece of cutting to be considered which is less than two feet long by full width of the piece ; pieces ."> inches or over wide, 6 to 11 feet long, must work two-thirds clear red face in not over two pieces ; 12 feet or over long must work two- thirds clear red face in not over three pieces. No piece of cutting to be considered which is less than 4 Inches wide and 2 feet long or 3 inches wide and 3 feet long. Under caption SAP GUM. Sound discolored sap is no defect. Under caption CHERRY. One inch of bright sap is a standard defect. In No. 1 and No. 2 common there is no restriction as to heart. Under caption NOTE. Eliminate the last sentence of Note, and substitute the following : Gum spots are no defect in the No. 2 common grade. Under caption CHESTNUT. Same rule applies as Bay Poplar excepting wormy. Add under caption WORMY, the fol- lowing : This grade to be the same as No. 1 common, excepting that worm holes without limit are considered no defect. Under caption ROCK ELM, HICKORY and PECAN. In firsts and seconds change size of cuttings and substitute the following : No piece of cut- ting to be less than 4 inches wide by 4 feet long. Under caption No. 1 Common, substitute the following : No piece of cutting in the No. 1 common grade considered- which is less than 4 inches wide by 2 feet long or 3 inches wide by 3 feet long. Under caption HICKORY and PECAN. In No. 2 common change "clear cutting" to "sound cutting." MEXICAN AND AFRICAN MAHOGANY. Grades — Firsts and seconds. No. 1 common, No. 2 common, shorts and counters. Lengths — Two feet or over. Widths and Thickness — Standard. No re- striction on amount of odd lengths. Firsts are 7 inches oi- over wide, 10 feet or over long, and free from all defects, except that pieces showing 12 feet or over surface meas- ure may have one standard defect. Seconds — Six inches or over, S feet or over long. Six feet of surface measure will admit one standard defect or its equivalent ; SI feet of surface measure will admit two standard de- fects or their equivalent: 12 feet of surface measure will admit three standard defects or their equivalent : 16 feet of surface measure will admit four standard defects or their equiva- lent. Change caption from Common to No. 1 Com- mon. No. 1 Common — Four inches or over wide, 8 feet or over long. Pieces 4 inches wide, 8, 9. 10 and 11 feet long must work 75 per cent clear in not over two pieces : 12 feet or over long must work 7.1 per cent clear in not over three pieces. No piece of cutting to be less than 2 feet long by the full width of the piece. Pieces 5 inches or over wide, .s to 11 feet long, must work 7.u per cent clear in not over two pieces ; 12 feet or over long must work 75 per cent clear in not over three pieces. No piece of cutting to be considered that is less than 4 inches wide by 2 feet long, or 3 inches wide by 3 feet long. <'han2e term "Cull" to "No. 2 Common." Sliiirfs — Four inches or over wide, 2 to 7 feet long. Pieces 4 and 5 inches wide must be clear. I'ieces G inches or up 2 feet surface measure \\ill admit one standard defect: 4 feet surface measure, two standard defects: 5l^ feet surface measure, three standard defects, and (S'/l! feet surface measure, four standard defects. CUBAN MAHOGANY. i;i-:icles — Prime, selects, rejects, shorts and CHinliTS. Lengths — Two feet or over. CAPT. C. F. LIEBKE, ST. LOUIS. Widths — Three inches or over. Thicknesses — Three-eighths inch or over. Odd lengths are measured in mahogany. I'rime — .Must be 6 inches or over wide, 8 feet or over long, with not to exceed 25 per cent of 8 and !> foot lengths. Pieces 6 or 7 inches wide may have one standard detect or its equivalent. I'ieces 8 or 9 inches wide may have two stand- aid defects or their equivalent. Pieces 10 or 11 inches wide may have three standard defects or their equivalent. Pieces 12 inches wide may have four standard defects or their equivalent. Selects — Must be 4 inches or over wide, (i feet or over long. Must work two-thirds clear with no cutting less than 4 inches wide, 3 feet long, or 3 inches wide, 4 feet long. Rejects — Are 3 inches or over wide. 6 feet or over long, and will admit all lumber not up to the grade of No. 1 common that will work 50 per cent clear. No piece of cutting in the No. 2 common grade considered which is less than 4 inches wide and 2 feet long, or 3 inches wide and 3 feet long. Shorts — To be 3 inches or over wide, 2 to 7 feet long and must be firsts and seconds in quality. Pieces 3, 4, 5 inches must be clear. Pieces 6 inches and over wide to be graded same as Prime. Counters — Are 12 to 40 feet long, IG to 24 inches wide. Clear Strips — Are 2% to 5i/, inches wide, 5 feet or over long. Clear of defects, one face and two edges. Under caption PLAIN S.\WN RED AND WHITE OAK. Firsts and Seconds — Standard defects are ad- mitted in this grade according to surface meas- ure, same as ash. No. 1 Common — Grade same as- bay poplar. Add grade of wormy, same as chestnut. Under caption QUARTER S.\WN RED .\XD WHITE OAK. Firsts and Seconds — Standard defects are ad- mitted in this grade according to surface meas- ure, same as ash. No. 1 Common — Grading same as bay poplar. One inch of bright sap is no defect : each additional 1 inch of bright sap must be con- sidered as one standard defect. Add .Note — .\ll quarter sawn oak must show figure on one face not less than BO per cent In the aggregate. Eliminate last sentence of note : "All quarter sawn oak must show figure on one face." Fifteen per cent may be 1/10 inch scant on heart edges, provided sap edge is full thickness. Under caption POPLAR. Lengths, widths and thicknesses standard. Grades — Firsts and seconds, sap. stained sap, selects. No. 1 common, No. 2 common and No. 3 common. Firsts and Seconds — Eight to IG feet long. Firsts — Ten to IG feet long, 8 inches or over wide. Pieces up to 13 foot surface measure must be clear, excepting pieces 11 and 12 inches wide will allow- 2 inches of bright sap ; 14 to IG feet surface measure will allow one standard defect, or 2 inches of bright sap ; 17 feet or over surface measure will allow two standard defects or 3 inches of bright sap. Seconds — Eight to IG feet long. G inches or over wide : G and 7 inches wide must be clear, 8 and 9 inches wide may have 1 inch of bright sap : 11 to 14 foot surface measure may have three inches of bright sap and one standard defect, or two standard defects, if there is no sap: 15 to 20 foot surface measure may have 5 inches of bright sap and one standard de- fect, or 3 inches of bright sap and tw(i stand- ard defects, or three standard defects if there 15 no sap : 21 foot or over surface measure may have 5 inches of bright sap and two standard defects, or 3 inches of bright sap and three standard defects, or four standard defects if there is no sap. Saps — Must he 5 inches or over wide. 8 to 16 feet long. Pieces 5 to 8 inches wide must be clear, excepting one straight split not ex- (-eeding in length the width of the piece : 9 inches or over wide may have one standard defect showing on one face. Stained Sap — Same as sap. excepting any amount of sound discolored sap will be admitted. Selects — Six inches or over wide. 8 to IG feet long, must grade firsts and seconds on one face. The reverse face must not be below the grade of No. 1 common. No. 1 Common — Five inches or over wide, S to 16 feet long. Pieces 5 inches wide must work two-thirds clear face in not over two .T. W. THOMPSON. MEMPHIS. pieces. No piece of cutting to be considered that is less than 2 feet long by the full width of the piece. Pieces 6 inches or over wide, 8 to 11 feet long, must work two-thirds clear face in not over two pieces: 12 feet uv over long must work two-thirds clear face in not over three pieces. No piece of cutting considered which is less than 4 inches wide by 2 feet long, or 3 inches wide by 3 feet long. HARDWOOD RECORD ?f) No. 2 Common — Widths, 4 inches and over ; lengths, 4 feet and over. Change cutting from "clear" to "sound." Under captiou I'OPLAR PANELS. Lengths — Ten to 20 I'eet, admitting 10 per cent of 10 foot. Widths — Eighteen to 23 inches, 24 to 27 inchi'S. 2S inches and over. Thicltnesses — Five-eighths, 1 and 1 '4 inches. Seventy-live per cent of the total quantity must be clear of knots on both sides. Balance of the quantity may contain defects, provided 90 per cent of the piece can be used for panels 4 feet or longer, and the full width of the board. Three inches of bright sap, or slightly stained sap on each edge or its equivalent in the ag- gregate, admitted on any board. Si.x inch splits in one end of board, not to be considered a defect. Under caption QUARTER SAWN POPLAR ; Grades firsts and seconds, Xo. 1 and No. 2 com- mon : lengths and thicknesses, standard. Firsts and seconds — Five inches or over wide : 6 feet of surface measure will admit one, 9 feet two. 12 feet three and 10 feet four stand- ard defects or their, equivalent. No. 1 Common : Must be 4 inches or over wide, S to IG feet long. Pieces 4 inches wide must work three- fourths clear face in not over two pieces ; pieces 5 inches or over wide. S to 11 feet long, must work three-fourths clear face in not over two pieces : 12 feet or over long, must work three- fourths clear face in not over two pieces : 12 feet or over long, must work three-fourths clear face iu not over three pieces. No piece of cutting considered which is less than 4 inches wide by 2 feet lung or 3 inches wide by 3 feet long. No. 2 Common : Must be 3 inches or over wide, G to 16 feet long. Pieci's 6 to 11 feet long must work 50 per cent clear face in not over three pieces. Pieces 12 feet or over long must work 50 per cent clear face in not over fi>ur liieces. Xo piece of cutting in No. 2 common grade considered which is less than 3 inches wide and 2 feet long. Under caption WALNUT: In No. 1 and No. 2 common there is no re- striction as to heart. Respectfully submitted, Thco. F.iTHAUER, Chairman. Mr. Fathaner — The committee also recom- mends the adoption of these rules to go into effect December 1 of this year. President Russe — -T. M. Woods has something he would like to bring before you. The Question of a Lumber Trust. Mr. Woods — I haven't any motion to make, ,T. B. WALL, BUFFALO. only a suggestion to offer. I want to call your attention to the following, and if the conven- tion thinks it wise they can take action. This appeared in this morning's Philadelphia paper : "Lr.MBERMEN TO TALK OP TRUSTS." "Atlantic City, May 23. — Facts as to the high price, of lumber and the trust's domina- tion of prices will be taken up by the American Hardwood Lumbermen's Association, at the an- nual convention, which opens on the steel pier tomorrow. The convention opened with a smoker at the Hotel Rudolph tonight. Several hundred lumbermen arrived this morning." In the press of this country there is more or less said about this trust. One of the papers of the city of Boston has had a great many car- toons representing the trust as a rotund indi- vidual, and calling attention to the fact that the high price of lumber is due to this trust. A short time ago I wrote the editor of that paper and said : "Put up or shut up." I asked him to name the time and place where this trust was organized, who belonged to it, who were its officers and where its headquarters were. I said I considered it an insult to the business interests of the commonwealth of the country that this thing should go broadcast. A lie travels a great deal faster than the truth. It seems to me that we who have helped de- velop this country, some of us having served on the fields of battle on southern soil, patriotic, high-minded citizens, conducting an honorable business and not making much money either, should cause to go broadcast a reply so we will stand before the country as we ought to, high- F. W. VETTER, BUFFALO. minded, honorable men, doing that which is for the best interest of the whole country. Mr. Palmer — I move Mr. Wood be delegated to write a reply, have it incorporated in our report, and to send it to any paper that he desires to have it printed in, having the full liacking of this association in anything he may write. This motion was seconded and carried. President Russe — I know Mr. Woods will assume that duty and do it Justice. The convention here adjourned until 2 o'clock p. ni. FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. Discussion on Changes in Inspection Rules. The convention was called to order by Presi- dent Russe at 3 o'clock p. m. I'resident Russe — We deferred discussion on the report of the Inspection Rules Committee, to be taken up at this time. Mr. Guenther moved that the report be adopted as a whole. Motion was seconded. Mr. Earksdale moved to amend that no mem- ber be allowed the floor but ten minutes and only twice. Motion seconded and carried. The question recurred on the adoption of the report as a whole. Mr. Scatcherd — When does it become opera- tive? President Eusse — December 1. Mr. Scatcherd — Which year? President Russe — 1907. Mr. Scatcherd — As I remember, a committee was sent by your association — I say it provided- I. N. STEWART, BUFFALO. ly. advisedly, too — to consult with the New York members of the trade, and sought to have them co-operate with us in that we might I .\tend the influence of this association. You invited them to join us in what we thought was the right basis on a three-year-contract. Tou did not tell these gentlemen, that committee did not, and I say it advisedly, that you pro- posed to change the rules when you asked them to co-operate with us in this convention which is held here today. They are here, and as a matter of courtesy, before we take a vote, I would like to have Mr. White, who represents that committee, tell us his position so far as he lepresents the New York Lumber Dealers' Asso- ciation. Mr. Palmer — In the first place. I want to re- sent the imputation by the gentleman who last spoke that this is any one man's association. This is not your association. Mr. President. This is our association. President Russe — None of us took him se- riously. Mr. Palmer — As to the conference iu New York, I want to tell the members of this asso- ciation that the basis of our understanding there in Xew York, it any understanding existed what- ever, was that the rules of this association were going to be changed at this meeting. Richard White, president Eastern States Re- tail Lumber Dealers' Association — I was at this conference held in Xew Y'ork City, and the re- sult of .the negotiations was that we offered certain suggestions, slight changes. I am not here today possessed of full information as to what the changes are. nor am I here to throw anything in the way which will conflict, but I do say that all the work that we have done up to this point would have been done for nothing so far as any immediate action toward adop- tion of these rules providing changes is con- cerned. At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the Eastern States Association, resolutions were adopted providing that the changes suggested at Xew York be accepted here, and the directors recommended to the constituent associations their adoption for hard- wood inspection. It was understood there would be no changes. Mr. Price here read certain action of the Bal- timore members relative to rescinding the But- 40 HARDWOOD RECORD falo losolution and changing inspection rules. Franii W. Vetter, on behalf of the Hardwood Lunil)er Exchange of Buffalo, presented the fol- lowing: : Bltfalo, X. Y.. May IS. 1907. At a regular meeting of the Hardwood Lum- lier K.\(luingi' of P.uCEalo. N. Y.. Saturday, May IS, imiT. tlie following preamble and resolution was aduptt'd ; WILLIAM E. LITCHFIELD, BOSTON. "Whereas. There has been some discussion in the lumber press aud otherwise that the Buf- falo resolution not to change the grading rules of the National Hardwood Lumber Association for three years from December 1, 1905, be modi- lied or rescinded : "Therefore, be it resolved,* that it is the sense of the members of the Hardw^ood Lumber Ex- change of Buffalo that .said resolution be not rescinded or modified in any way. but shall stand as adopted at the Buffalo meeting. May 18 and l',i, 100.5." G. Elias, President. FeaiNk A. Bever, Secretary. Mr. Trainer — We had recently an attendance of seventy-five per cent of the members of the Chicago Hardwood Lumber Exchange, which I have the honor to represent as president, and there was a unanimous expression of opinion that it would be .justifiable that the resolution be rescinded and we were all in favor of the endorsement of the work of Mr. Fathauer and the inspection rules committee ; that it would be acceptable to the hardwood lumbermen, the manufacturers, wholesalers or consumers. Mr. Liehke — The general in the field has his plans laid — Grant or any of them — and if con- ditions come along which warrant it the plans are changed. Conditions have changed with us, and, therefore. I think we ought to change our rules. I think the rules the committee made are liberal indeed. Mr. Litchfield — It is evident that there are two different factions in this association. One made up of the manufacturer and the other of those who buy lumber. It is acknowledged on the floor by members that they buy lum- ber on one inspection and sell it on another. [Laughter.] And whenever it is possible they sell it on lower grade. The reason for having changes made is this : When it is possible to adopt rules lor all members to abide by, then we will have rules understandingly. I believe that we should have an inspection that the mem- bers will abide by. It is evident the buyers of lumber want the most liberal inspection. They are honest in their opinion that this reso- lution should stand. It is not right that one pait of the industry should manufacture lum- ber and sell it under certain inspection, and another part be obliged to sell lumber under some other inspection. The time has come when we should get together and makes rules of in- spection that we will live under. I believe if we change these rules it will help our associa- tion to stand together. But it one side insists on certain inspection, where do we stand? I think it is possible that we may lose some of our membership. Let us get together on some certain plan which will be satisfactory to all. Mr. Scatcherd — I want to ask the gentleman how long he thinks any inspection rules will hold and be universal. We started at Buffalo to make it for three years. I want some state- ment, judging from the three-year agreement, as to how long an agreement adopted today will he binding. Mr. Clark — I was one of the members of the committee when we passed the resolution at Buf- falo, and I want to say 1 listened attentively to the report of our chairman this morning, where he advised this association that we never had time previous to this meeting to go into the rules of inspection and discuss them fully. He also stated that he advised with every mem- ber of this association w'hether they would sug- gest making a change and suspend the Buffalo resolution. I want to say the majority were in favor of a change. I want to say further that we took into consideration every letter written, and we endeavored to be broad and bring- in an acceptable set of rules for all sections of this E. V. BABCOCK, PITTSBURG. country. We worked hard for five days. We have done our best and we have worked hard. We have undertaken to satisfy you. If wc haven't done it, it is not our fault. We believe they are nearer to being satisfactory to all inspectors than any rules ever written. In these local associations it is harder to agree on in- spection than anything else that comes before them. I represent the Northwest. These rules may not suit them, but we are willing to com- promise and fix a set of rules, giving way a lit- tle and accepting these rules. We think they are the proper rules. Mr. Scatcherd — Has this committee reported as to how long these rules will apply? Mr. Clark — As long as the customers of the country will accept them. Mr. Scatcherd — Have the criticisms of the rules now existing come from the consumer and buyer or the producer ? All sides. Mr. Scatcherd — Illustrate one side. Has any committee you have raet asked for a change of the rules, that is, the buyers? I don't care for the man who sells lumber because he will take my price. I want to ask, can you give me an illustration of anybody asking for a change of ihese rules. Are we going to dwarf this asso- ciation and make it bow down to an institution whose birth is after ours and whose rules are after ours ? They never had an association of manufacturers until after this association was established and they never had rules until we made our rules. There is not a sensible reason for changing from the Buffalo agreement. Mr. Stimson — It seems to me there has been some comment here about what was accom- plished recently in New York. Mr. W'hite stated that they hadn't accepted our rules of inspec- tion. They had agreed to accept these rules of inspection if we would make certain amend- ments which they suggested. There is where we stand on that proposition. They may have to consider the rules again and their added changes. 1 do not know. I want to say that the strength of our position today depends upon the honor, integrity, courage and tact of the officers and the strength of the rank and file of its membership. If this association is appre- ciated, you must know something of the efforts in time and money that its officers have been giving in the last two years. This present com- mittee on inspection rules drafted the rules that gave us recognition. The.v suggested the changes. We have followed down the line since. You know there is no more conservative man in the membership of this body than the chair- man of this inspection committee. [Applause.] You know there is no man in this association who has opposed any changes in the rules more strongly than has he. He has been perfectly consistent, but he was led to the conclusion that something must be done here at this time or there was danger of disintegration, and there is strength in numbers. I acknowledge the rules of inspection and a systematic application is all we have got, and this body must elect to do with these rules as they see fit in their con- servative judgment. They must draft rules as nearly consistent as they can, not to cause a disgrunted element here and there, but on broad- gauged lines. This is an assembly of business men. They are to consider this from the stand- point of common sense. They elect to do the things they see fit, and which in their best judgment are for the host interest of the asso- VAN E. I^lCltKINE. FORT WAYNE. IXD. elation. Tiie chairman aud some of this com- mittee have spent half their time during the last six weeks gathering together this informa- tiou. They have been earnest and consistent. They have gone over this matter and drafted a set of rules. They are conservative. There are no radical changes in what is proposed here to- day. We have elected to rescind the old reso- lution. That has been your judgment? The HARDWOOD RECORD 41 next move is to pass your judgment upon the report o£ the committee. I would urge that vou consider it carefully, as a member of this association, and I have been a member for a long time. I am willing to abide by the result of the majority vote, let it lead us where it may, and I will support the association after that just as loyally as I support it today. [Ap- plause.] We are not wanting to take the other fellow's thunder. Not a bit of It. But there are conscientious lumbermen in this body who desire as nearly as possible a universal system of inspection of lumber and a universal and practicable system of applying the same. Mr. Scatcherd — How long? Mr. Stimson — As long as the majority wills it to be. [Applause.] I am willing to trust the people and abide by the result. This com- mittee who presented this report drafted rules and made a system of applying the same that attracted the attention of the gentleman from Buffalo and caused him to come into this asso- ciation three years ago. This committee is just as earnest in what it propQses to do today as it was then. At the time the gentleman's atten- tion was attracted to the association nobody told him then how long^ and he didn't ask. Vote according to the dictates of your conscience and we will stand by the result. Mr. Thompson — We have made our contract and said we would not cliange it for three years. If we made that contract why not stand good? As illustrative of his position. Mr. Thompson related numerous personal experiences. Mr. Woods — I am all the time learning some- thing and I have learned something since com- ing here this afternoon. Mr. Chairman, I think everybody in this convention knows my atti- tude. T.'p to three or four years ago I fought National inspection rules because we had in our own commonwealth a law that governed this matter absolutely. But like Paul on the road to Damascus I have seen a great light. I want to say, representing as I believe I do every man who handles hardwood lumber, at a meet- ing of the Metropolitan Lumber Exchange there were unanimously adopted the rules of National inspection of hardwood lumber. That js a won- W. E. DOUGLASS, COLUMBUS, O. derful change in the attitude New England took up to a year or two ago. We realize that con- ditions have changed, and if any man did not find that out before he came here he hasn't had much experience in the lumber business. We realize it. We have to adapt ourselves to these changed conditions. We believe we should keep step with the situation as it is, realizing that conditions have changed altogether in the last three or four years. So far as we are con- cerned we are satisfied to get lumber of any kind. So far as the Buffalo agreement is concerned, it seems to me idle and useless to argue that. This was no iron-clad agreement, not like the laws of the Medes and Persians. Two thousand years ago the whole religion changed from an eye for an eye and the laws of Moses to the teachings of .Jesus Christ. We want to recog- nize changed conditions. [Applause.] Mr. Scatcherd — Has the committee recom- mended a time when this will apply? Mr. Fathauer — ITie committee recommends that the rules go into effect December 1 of this year. This committee does not recommend how long they shall be operative. [Applause.] Mr. Underbill — Whether manufacturers or wholesalers, or retailers or consumers, the most desirable condition that could exist would be to agree on a standard that would apply to all shippers. I wish further to say that whilst some of the changes appeal to me as rather radical, yet, the adoption of them is not going to be such a great hardship after all, judging from a recent experience. I think the adoption of the rules proposed, while I don't agree to all of them readily, yet, it is bringing us close to the place where we are willing to sell on National inspection. [Ap- plause.] C. A. PHELPS, GRAND RAPIDS, MJCII. Amended Inspection Rules Adopted. The yuestiou being on the adoption of the re- port of the committee as a whole, the yeas and nays were called, and were as follows : Yeas 93 Nays 45 [Applause.] Mr. Lloyd — I have here a resolution which I have been requested to read, on the line of remarks made yesterday afternoon. For a School of Inspectors. Resolved, That the president appoint within thirty days a committee of Ave. to be known as the Inspection School Committee, to take up the question of the establishment of a School for Inspectors, under the control of this asso- ciation. This school committee shall fully can- vass the possibilities, cost and income from such a school, and report to the Board of Managers, and also to the next annual convention. It is further resolved that the Board of Managers have authority to accept and act on such report at any time they lind it desirable, and mav start a school for inspectors if in their judgment it can be done to the benefit of this association. And be it further resolved, that the Board of Managers is authorized to appropriate the sum of twenty thousand dollars for this pur- pose to be used during the first twelve months if said school is started. Dr. Schenk — I think Mr. Currie's paper ap- pealed to all of us. We need educated in- spectors and we need them in the yard and the mill as well. The boys should know inspec- tion. We should establish a school for inspect- ors, where our youngsters, the young men in the trade and in whom we have confidence, can ROBERT D. McI.EAN, BUFFALO. be trained to insi)ect lumber. I move the reso- lution be adopted. Motion was seconded and carried. Mr. Thompson — I move a vote of thanks be extended to the Inspection Rules Committee, of which Mr. Fathauer is chairman, for their untiring efforts and the extraordinary amount of work done in bringing about this change in the rules. I said if there is any change to be made I shall be willing to trust myself to Fat- liauer. Motion was seconded and unauimously agreed to by a rising vote. Mr. Thompson — I wish to offer a vote of thanks for the excellent entertainment given the nicmbers of this association by the members who have had charge of that matter, especially the entertainment for the ladies and the smoker last night, as well as other arrangements for our amusement. President Russe — It gives me great pleasure to ask you to vote on that proposition. I think the members of the East who have taken charge uf us have given us a grand and glorious time. I am only sorry the railroad would not give us special rates from different parts of the coun- try, for we would have had at least- 50 per cent more present than there are. I will ask you to rise in voting on this motion. The motion was unanimously agreed to by a rising vote. John M. Woods then offered the following resolution : Strong Resolution on Lumljer Trust Con- troversy. Whereas, Certain newspapers and persons havt published and circulated statements that the National Wholesale Hardwood Lumber Dealers' Association has met in convention to discuss subjects in connection with the lumber trust ; therefore, be it Resolved, By the aforesaid association in con- vention assembled, that we denounce as abso- lutely false such statements and brand the au- thors of them guilty of deliberate misrepresen- tation. And we proclaim the principal object of this association is the uniform inspection and grading of hardwood lumber throughout the United States, to the end that manufacturers, dealers and consumers of lumber shall alike have a square deal : that the questions- of rais- ing or lowering the price of lumber or of in- 42 HARDWOOD RECORD creasing or diminishing tlie output or in any way altecting either, are absolutely foreign to the purposes of tliis association. Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the president of the United States and each member of the Congress. J. M. rritchard moved the resolution be adopted, seconded and agreed to. Gardner I. .lones olTered the following resolu- tion: GEORGE F. CRAIC, rilll.ADELrHlA. Ask a Census of Standing Timber. Resolved, That we believe the timber supply of the United States is being rapidly decreased and, therefore, urge the Federal Government at the earliest practicable time to make a complete census of the standing timber of the country. Resolved, That the National Hardwood Lum- ber Association endorses the survey provided for by the last Congress looking toward the establishment of forest reserves in the Appa- lachian and White Mountains, and that in view of the rapid exhaustion of hardwood timber and the importance of these regions for hard- wood production, we urge the nest Congress to inaugurate a system of Appalachian forest re- serves in order that the hardwood supply of tlie future may be maintained. Mr, Underbill moved the resolutions be adopted. Seconded and carried. Election of Officers, During the voting for president First Vice- I'resident O, O, Agler occupied the chair. Mr. Barksdale — I desire to place before this convention the name of our honored president, W. H, Russe, and ask for an endorsement of his first term, I don't believe there is a man who has paid any attention to the business of this association for the last twelve months, but what fully appreciates the work that has been done by my fellow townsman. When he was elected a year ago we felt that we knew Hill Russe would be an honor to the association and to our city, and we do not now feel that we have missed our mark or that we misjudged our man. I trust he will be elected without oppo- sition, Mr. Palmer — In rising to second the nomi- nation, I wish to say at Memphis he stated the only remuneration he desired for his services was that the association at the end of his term would say that he has "made good." I am here to state that In my judgment Mr. Russe has "made good," and the only way that you can put the seal of approval upon what he has done is to re-elect him for a second term. I know of my own personal knowledge that he has no desire to accept the office, but he has consented to sacrifice another year provided he has the help of the members of this asso- ciation. The quality of the work he has done as president certainly entitles him to the unani- mous endorsement of the meeting. Therefore, I move that the nominations close, and the nominee, W. II. Russe, be elected by a rising vote. Motion carried. rresident Russe then resumed the chair. rresident Russe — Gentlemen, I can hardly ex- press how I feel at this unanimous endorsement of the work of the past year. I did not know when you made me president at Memphis what it really meant. The work is not only a serious one but it occupies much time. However, I made up my mind that, with the advice of the Doard of Managers, we would try to give you a business administration ; we would try to bring about an application of the rules so that they would be endorsed by both branches of the trade. It seemed to me two or three years ago that we were trying the impossible, but I am now convinced that our efforts will not be in vain. This association in bringing together the manufacturer and wholesaler and having them in one body is working on broad and progres- sive lines. The manufacturer sells the bulk of his product to the wholesaler, and the whole- saler bpins a member of the same organization, thus obtains his information from a source that he knows to be reliable. He hears at this convention expressions from the wholesaler and the manufacturer, and is thus enabled to come in closer touch with the wants of the entire trade. I feel with the adoption of the report R. L. WALKLEY, NEW HAVEX, CONN. of your inspection committee that this coming year will be one of pleasant work for the offi- cers, and that at the end of the administrative year we will all feel that we have made won- derful progress and we will have a convention in 190.S at which we will be able to again con- gratulate ourselves. I am not a speechmaker, as you all know, but I want to assure you that while I felt that I should not accept the office again on account of the time it takes me away from my business, that, having done so (and who could refuse it under the circumstances) that I will give you the best I have in me for the coming year. I cannot do more. [Ap- plause.] .7. W. Thompson nominated 0. O. Agler of Chicago for first vice-president. Motion was seconded and Mr. Stimson moved the nominations close and the election of Mr. Agler be declared by a rising vote, which was unanimous. Mr. Guenther — I have been requested to place in nomination a gentleman who deserves the office of second vice-president, on account of his loyalty and the good work he has done for the National Hardwood Lumber Association. In doing so, I want to express to you the grati- tude and appreciation of our city for having honored our fellow townsman. In doing so we feel that you recognize the younger element. Without the young man no association is a suc- cess, I want to place in nomination a gentle- man well known to us all — the reason I said by request was so you won't feel Philadelphia is unreasonable — C. E. Lloyd. Mr. Barksdale seconded the nomination and C. E. Lloyd was unanimously elected. C. II. Carnaby nominated Sam E. Barr of New York for the office of third vice president. Mr. Guenther moved the nominations close, which carried and Mr. Barr was unanimously elected. Mr. Barr — I did not expect to be nominated for the office of third vice president. I can only endorse the expression of a gentleman be- hind me, who; when he heard my election de- clared, said that I should buy a good bottle of wine. I hope you won't all fall in on that, but I am there. I thank you for the honor you have conferred upon me. The proposition was made that the offices of secretary and treasurer he combined, but there was a difference of opinion as to whether this could be done without notice, necessitating a change in the by-laws, C. H. Barnaby then nominated Claude Maley of Evansville, Ind., for treasurer, and Mr. Maley was unanimously elected. Mr. Palmer — The name of Maley will look awfully good on our list of officers. Mr. Bonsack — I move the chair appoint a committee of five to nominate directors. Motion carried and President Russe appointed B. C. Currle, Jr., chairman ; J, S. Trainer, C. H, Barnaby, G. E, Hibbard and D. F. Clark as such committee. Next Meeting Place. Mr. Landeck — 1 wish to place before you the name of a city that has extended an invitation to you twice before. I have a letter from the mayor of Milwaukee which I will read. Mr. Barr — I want to second the nomination of Milwaukee and I will tell you the reason why. Last j'ear at Memphis, when we were there, I worked against Milwaukee and to bring H. A. REEVES, PHILADELPHIA. the convention to Atlantic City. Now, I think Milwaukee ought to have had it this year. She didn't get it. I want to second the nomination. Mr. Rumbarger — ililwaukee, the place of beau- tiful shores, where the Indians vsed to roam the woods and prairies — and then the breweries went there. I am in favor of Milwaukee. East you find Milwaukee beer everywhere, but I HARDWOOD RECORD 43 want to get some of the genuine suds. Mil- waukee deserves tlie oonvention because she ought to have had it this year. I think we should give it to her next. Mr. Palmer — I want to amplify Mr. Rumbar- ger's stateni^'nt that a good many years ago In- dians roamed there. I want to say to Mr. Rum- barger in Milwaukee there are a lot of Indians yet. Mr. Lloyd — The eastern members will not only vote for Milwaukee, but will try to take the entire delegation there. President Kusse then read telegrams from the mayor and I!. B. Wattrous, secretary of the Citizens' Business League of Milwaukee, invit- ing the association to hold its next annual at their city. Mr. Barksdale moved that the choice be un- animous, and Milwaukee was unanimously chosen as the convention city for 1908. Mr. Nolan — I want to ask if it is possible at this time to say what time we will meet in Milwaukee next year. In view of the change of weather all over the country I would think It wiser to meet at a later date. Living pretty close to Wisconsin, I find June 16 to 19 about the nicest dates. I have had occasion to watch this thing for the last twenty years and we find almost invariably two of the four days are the most beautiful of the whole year. President Ilusse — In reference to that, the date has been changed not only this year but it was changed last year. Last year at Memphis we were up against the proposition of the en- gineers having their convention there and we had no room, so the convention met a week earlier. T'his year, at the request of the east- ern committee, we have met a week later. The Board of Directors took it upon themselves to make that change. There was no criticism in either case, and I do not see why, if weather conditions are such, that we cannot do it again. Mr. Rumbarger — At Oklahoma last year at the Hoo-Hoo convention we decided to come to Atlantic City this fall. We have to raise money to entertain these people nest fall and have provided between five and six thousand dollars. We expect between 1.000 and 1.500, besides some of tlu'ir wives and some of their sweet- 3. WATT GRAHAM. CINCINNATI. hearts. We have on the entertainment commit- tee R. F. Whitmer, W. D. Gill of Baltimore and myself. We are going to give you the best show you ever saw or heard of. We have provided for all the features of this show, so you will be pretty well looked after in that line. Being a Hoo-Hoo means goodfellowship. All these east- ern people ought to be Hoo-Hoo. Mr. Wall — I have a letter here written to me as chairman of the Forestry Committee. I do not know that I can better explain than to read it. Mr. Wall here read a letter asking for sub- scriptions to the fuud for the endowment of a chair of lumbering in the Yale Forest School. Mr. Wall — All I can say is, It the members of this convention desire to see this a success the committee will be delighted to receive assistance. President Russe — I suggest that a donation of that kind had better come from our Forestry Committee and we can then acknowledge it In the proper way. Report of Committee to Nominate Di- rectors. Mr. Ciu'rie — Your committee has endeavored to pick out five men who are live wires. This association needs tliem right now. While there are many good names, the list we have to pre- sejit you is as follows : Directors to serve three years — Theodore Fathauer. Chicago, III. George W. Stoneman, Devalls Bluff, Ark. F. A. Diggins, Cadillac, Mich. G. .1. Landeck, Milwaukee, Wis. J. H. P. Smith, Parkersburg, W. Va. Mr, Woods moved the report be adopted. Mo- tion seconded and agreed. President Eusse — I would like to have the directors meet immediately upon adjournment. We can have a meeting in this hall. We have some applications received during this meeting we wish to pass upon. W. A. Bonsack of St. Louis, F. A. Diggins of Cadillac, Theodore Fathauer of Chicago and George W. Stoneman of De Vails Bluff. Ark. ' Attendance. Agler, O. O.. Upham & Agler, Chicago, HI. Amos, II. .1.. Nellis, Amos & Swift. Utica, N. Y. W. R. BARKSDALE, MEMPHIS. On motion of Mr. Landeck the convention adjourned. Meeting of Officers and Directors. At the conclusion of the meeting a session of the officers and directors of the association ■was called, which was presided over by Presi- dent Russe. In a general way individuals were selected to serve on various committees, but it is not deemed best to print the list of these comm.ittees until all have accepted the appointments. Arrangements were made to increase the in- spection force of the association in several lo- calities. It is understood that Theodore Fathauer de- clined to longer serve in the arduous position of chairman of the Inspection Rules Commit- tee, and that J. M. Pritchard has been ap- pointed in his place. It is sincerely to be hoped that Mr. Pritchard will qualify for this office, as he is undeniably one of the best ex- ponents of just hai'dwood inspection in the country. But one committee has been fully organized, that being the one having in hand the proposed school of inspection. It consists of C. E. Lloyd, jr., of Philadelphia, cliairman; J. C. COWEN. CHICAGO. Andridge, A. A., United States Timber Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Alexander, T. M., Journal of Commerce, New York, N. Y. Allen, Stuart A.. Cincinnati. Hamilton & Day- ton railway, Cincinnati, Ohio. Aishworth, D., J. (i. Brill Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Alcock, John L., John L. Alcock & Co., Balti- more. Md. Asher, I. M., I. M. Asher Lumber Co., Cincin- nati, Ohio. Balsley, I. F., Willson Brothers Lumber Co., Pittsburg. Pa. Beckley. E. A., Crosby & Beckley Co.. New Haven. Conn. r.arksdale. W. R., Barksdale-Kellogg Lumber <"i'.. .MiMiipbis, Tenn. liechr.l, E. M., William Whitmer & Sons, Inc.. Philadelphia, I'a. Brown, E. L., Crandall & Brown, Chicago. III. Buckley. James. Brookville. Ind. Brownson, C. W., Sea Coast Lumber Co.. New-.- York. N. Y. Bigelow, C. A., Kneelaud-Bigelow Co., Bay City, Jlich. Barnaby. C. H.. Greencastle. Ind. Barns, W. E., St. Louis Lumberman, St. Louis, Mo. Bonsack, W. A., Bonsack Lumber Co., St. Louis, Mo. Bowden. B. W., Pigeon River Lumber Co., Mount Sterling. N. C. Bigelow, Waldo H.. Boston, Mass. Barr, Sam E., New Y'ork, N. Y. Belin, Henry, Jr.. Cherry River Boom & Lum- ber Co.. Scranton, Pa. Buckley. Edward. Buckley & Douglass Lum- ber Co.. Manistee. Mich. Beyer, Frank A., Beyer, Knox & Co., Buf- falo, N. Y. Bonner, J. W., Stiegel Luipber Corporation, Staunton. Va. Bell. Nelson E.. Furnace Run .Saw Mill & Lumber Co.. Pittsburg. Pa. Barnard. A. H., Minneapolis, Minn. Brenner. Ferd, Ferd Brenner Lumber Co.. Norfolk. Va. Babcock, E. V., E. V. Babcock & Co., Pitts- burg. Pa. Brill, George. J. G. Brill Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Baer, R. P., Richard P. Baer & Co., Baltimore, Md. Currie. B. C, Jr., R. M. Smith & Co., Phila- delphia, Pa. Christian, T. J.. Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Co., South Bend. Ind. Christman, Charles A.. New York, N. T. Clark, D. F., Osborne & Clark, Minneapolis, Minn. Card, J. M., J. M. Card Lumber Co.. Chatta- nooga, Tenn. Coppock. Thomas B., S. P. Coppoek & Co., Fort Wayne. Ind. Cross, Charles C. Santee River Cypress Lam- ber Co., Ferguson, S. C. 44 HARDWOOD RECORD Clark. R. J.. Peninsula Bark & Lumber Co., Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. ^ ^ Coles. William C, C. B. Coles & Sons Co., Camden, N. J. „^, American Lumberman, Cni- Cliristine, W. S cago, 111, Cowan, Samuel NashTille. Tenn. Cliapman, ,T. H. Sutton, W. Va. K., Southern Lumberman, .7. H. Chapman Lumber Co., Fleck, Paul W., Paul W. Fleck Lumber Co., Bristol, Tenn. „ „ „ ^ France. Howard B., American Car & Foundry Co., Wilmington, Del. „, ., ^ , Floyd. J. W., Boice Lumber Co., Philadel- phia, Pa. Folev, T. A.. Paris. III. Graham, J. Watt, Graham Lumber Co., Cincin- nati, Ohio. Gardiner, Charles C, Potter & Gardiner, Provi- dence. R. I. „ ^, . Gibson, Henry H., Hardwood RecobDj Chi- cago. 111. Guenther, Emil, Philadelphia, Pa. Godfrey, Harold, stenographer, Philadelphia, Pa Gillespie. W. M.. W. M. Gillespie Lumber Co., Pittsburg, Pa. Goodhue. Francis. .Ir.. Philadelphia Veneer & Lumber Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Herrnstadt, S., Atlantic Lumber Co., New York. N. Y. ,.,„.. ^ Holahan. William D., National Hardwood Lumber Association. New York. N. Y. Hanna. John P., Wiborg & Hanna Co., Cincin- nati. Ohio. Haas. Albert, Albert Haas Lumber Co., At- lanta, Ga. Hodges. R. F., Milwaukee, Wis. Hobart. K. W., Hobai-t & Co.. Boston, Mass. Hebard, D. L., Charles Hebard & Sons, Chest- nut Hill. Pa. Hayden. J. C John M. Woods & Co., Somer- ville.Miss. Heddon. George P.. H. H. Salmon & Co., New York. N. Y. Hoffman, T. B., J. S. Kent Co.. Philadelphia, Pa Hitchcock. J. S., Douglass & Walkley Co., Ashtabula. Ohio. Hibbard, George E.. Steele & Hibbard Lumber Co., St. Louis, Mo. J. N. WOOLLETT, I'lTT.SBrRG. Cowen, James C Schultz Bros. & Cowen, Chicago, 111. Cunin, H. B.. Pardee-Curtin Lumber Co.. Clarksburg. W. Va. Coleman, John, Williamsport, Pa. Cool, N. G., Tennessee Lumber & Manufactur- ing Co.. Pottsville, Pa. Cornelius, William R., J. C. Moorhead Lumber Co.. Pittsburg, Pa. Clarke, W. F., Fergason & Clarke, Brooklyn. N. Y. DuBois. H. E., district freight agent Cincin- nati, Hamilton & Dayton railwav, Cincinnati, Ohio. Day, D. H., Glen Haven, Mich. Dodge, E. F., P. G. Dodge Lumber Co., Chi- cago, 111. Dolph. W. A., Neal-Dolph Lumber Co., Mem- phis. Tenn. Diggins, F. A., Murphy & Diggins, Cadillac. Mich. Darling. J. W.. J. W. Darling Lumber Co.. Cincinnati, Ohio. Del'ehaugh, E. H., The Barrel and Box, Chi- cago, III. Difenderfer, J. W.. J. W. Difenderfer Lumber Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Dickson. Harvey M., Dickson Lumber Co., Norfolk. Va. Douglass. W. E., Douglass & Walkley Co., Co- lumbus, Ohio. Duffield, F. A., Tennessee Lumber Manufactur- ing Co., Pottsville, Pa. Dunwoody. Joseph P., Joseph P. Dunwoody & Co.. Philadelphia, Pa. Evans, J. W., William Whitmer & Sons, Inc.. Philadelphia, Pa. Elias, G., G. Elias & Bio.. Buffalo, N. Y. Este, Charles, Philadelphia. Pa. Euler, Frank P.. Crosby & Beckley Co., Evans- ville, Ind. Evatt, F. W., Traders' Despatch Line, Mem- phis, Tenn. Fish, Frank F., National Hardwood Lumber Association. Chicago, III. Fischer. Charles F., Charles F. Fischer Lum- ber Co.. New York, N. Y. Fuller, L. C, Lumber World, Chicago, 111. Ferguson. John, Ferguson & Palmer Co., Fort Wayne, Ind. Furgason, Fred, Furgason & Clark, Cincinnati, Ohio. Fathauer. Theodore. Theodore Fathauer Co., Chicago. 111. Fuller, A. T., George D. Emery Co., Chelsea, Mass. Fox. John A,, National Rivers and Harbors Congress, BlytheviUe. Ark. Foote, H. L., Dennis Brothers, Grand Rapids, Mich. Foster, E. S., National Casket Co., New York, N, Y. Freiberg, Harry A., Freiberg Lumber Co., Cin- cinnati, Ohio. Folsom, F. B., Soble Bros., Bridgeport, N. J. G. ELIAS, BUFFALO. Hazard, Horace G., H. G. Hazard & Co., Phila- delphia. I'a. Higbee, Robert W., New Y'ork, N. Y, Ilarker, John, Wiley, Harker & Camp Co., New York, N. Y. Irish. A. P.. Fuller & Rice Lumber & Manu- facturing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Jones. Gardner I., Jones Hardwood Co., Bos- ton, JIass. Jackson, W. K., Tindle & Jackson, Buffalo, N. Y. Janes, H. S., Empire lAimber Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Jones, A. F.. Pullman Co.. Chicago. 111. Jackson, W. A., Hafpenny & Hamilton, Phila- delphia, Pa. King. W. O.. W. O, King & Co., Chicago, 111. Kelley, Walter N., Kelley Lumber & Shingle Co.. Traverse City, Mich. King, L. L., W. H. White Co. and Boyne City Lumber Co., Boyne City. Mich. Keezer, Walter S., Jones Hardwood Co., Bos- ton, Mass. Knox, William K., Lucas E. Moore Stave Co., New Y'ork, N. Y. Kent, A. W., J. S. Kent Co., Philadelphia, Pa. W. W. Knight, Long-Knight Lumber Co., In- dianapolis, Ind. Kelsey, L. A., Kelsey-Dennis Lumber Co., North Tonawanda, N. Y. Kidd. John J.. Kidd & Buckingham Lumber Co., Baltimore, Md. Keaster. J. W., Traders' Despatch Line, Cin- cinnati, Ohio. Kirby. F. A.. Cherry River Boom & Lumber Co.. Scranton. Pa. Lloyd. C. E., Jr.. Boice Lumber Cii.. Philadel- phia, Pa. Lawrence. Frank W., Lawren> 1.289,590 ... 42 Chicago 6,120,750 6.495,620 ... 5 Cleveland 1,310,048 1,372,129 ... 4 Davenport 28,033 30.625 ... .8 Dallas 237,137 267,248 ... 11 Denver 324.350 445,720 ... 27 Detroit 1.715,350 1,227.401) 40 . . Duluth 397.790 3.15,533 U . . Evansville 94..'i6il ,55.092 71 . . Orand liapirts 194, .'iOS 238.332 ... IS Hartford 3S3.4S0 327.310 17 . . Indianapolis 49C,.337 489.724 1 . . Kansas Citv 1.280,135 910,570 40 .. Los .\nsele~ 1.005,6115 1,051.832 . . . 3 Louisville 404,862 495,975 ... IS Milwaukee 2,274,379 751.121 202 .. Minneapolis 1,626,425 .847.360 91 . . Memphis 394.989 343.200 15 . , Mobile 133.9(Xl 94.22:1 42 .. •Nashville 219. ,876 475.0.38 ... 53 New Orleans 992,6251 586.718 69 .Manhattan 11,975,951 15,940,430 ... 24 Brooklyn 6.426.690 8. 809. .500 ... 5 Bronx , , . . 2.468.675 3.332.665 . . . 25 Xew Yolk 2,1,871,316 26.0S2„595 ... 20 Dmaha 439.325 706.175 ... 37 Paterson , , , 189,819 139,969 35 . . Philadeli.hia .5,883,920 4,886,655 16 Pittsburu S8il,013 1,115,337 . , . 21 Povtlanil 1,152,467 1,087,769 5 . . Pueblo 36.7,85 18,315 125 . . Eeadins S42.845 1.049,690 ... 19 Rochester 823.8fl5 615.396 1 San Francis,.,, , . 3.426.4.57 •• •• •' Scranton 189.415 248.725 ... :;l Spokane 761.040 360,436 111 St, Joseph 121,103 137,393 ... It St. Louis 1,983,758 2,163,255 ... 8 St. Paul 889.542 971.2.59 ... 8 San .\ntonio 114,955 110,,535 3 . . Seattle 933,.870 726,673 28 . . South Bend 184,710 61.905 198 Syracuse 360,855 192. 380 82 Salt Lake Cit\ 105,500 320.700 ... 67 Toledo 471, ,320 497,922 15 .. Terre Haute 124,946 117.228 6 . . Taeoma 305,495 263,230 16 . . Washington 768,167 1,341,766 ... 42 Worcester 339.045 886,332 . . . 60 Wllkesbarre 209.840 520.445 ... ,59 Total ,$83,001,137 $63,715,483 ... 1 *Nashville issued one permit of .$300,000 in May, 1908, *'Xo records. 1621 First National Bank building, Chicago, has appointed E. C. Dawley of Antigo, Wis., as its representative, to succeed A. C. Quixley, who resigned to enter business on his own account as a member of the firm of Quixley & Mc- Arthur, at Beloit While the Chicago trade is sorry to lose Mr. Quixley, it will Hud Mr. Dawley a welcome ad- dition. Although a very young man, he has been engaged in the lumber business, in one capacity or another, for eleven years, and has been employed by the T. D. Kellogg Lumber & Manufacturing Company of Antigo and the I'age Tower Lumber Trimmer. That enterprising house, the Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Company of Greenville, Mich,, in pursuance of its traditional policy to keep all its machinery thoroughly up-to-date, has within the last year remodeled its entire line of "Tower" edgers and trimmers, consisting of forty different sizes and kinds. Our readers cantiot fail to be interested in sawmill ma- chinery representing the most advanced ideas, and herewith are shown two views of the Tower one-man two-saw trimmer, small size. As is well known, the distinguis^hing fea- FRONT VIEW TUWEU IKl.M.MEK. & Landeck Lumber Company at Crandon. Before coming to Chicago he was inspector and traveler for the Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company. He is thoroughly experienced in all phases of the business, from the woods to the lumber yard, and well deserves the confidence of his employ- ers and confreres. tures of the Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Com- pany's trimmers are the manner of shifting the saws, which increases the capacity and re- duces the waste, and the double feed works, which can be started, stopped or changed while the saws continue in motion. All that is necessary to obtain access to the saws is HAiK VIEW -TO WE Form Large Lumber Concern. Advices from Saginaw, Mich., under date of May 28 announce that Congressman J, W. Fordney of Saginaw and F. yV- Gilchrist of Alpena, with his three sons, Frank R, of Cleveland, Ralph of Alpena, and W, A. of Memphis, are the incorporators of a large lumber concern to be known as the Gilchrist Fordney Company, with a capital of $1,200,000. The company has purchased 50,000 acres of timber land near Laurel, Miss., estimated to contain 600,000,000 feet of logs, mostly pine, some of it hardwood, however. The Kingston Lumber Company's plant at Laurel has also been purchased; it has a capacity of 150,000 feet a day. The sales department of the new concern will be conducted through the office of the Three States Lumber Company of Mem- phis, another Gilchrist institution. li" TRIMMER. to remove the bridge-tree at the end of the machine. The legs, of which there are tour, are of iron. Observe the extreme simplicity of the entire machine. New Representative at Chicago, The Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company of Rhinehimler. Wis., which maintains an office at Important Lumber Deal. One of the most important lumber transac- tions occurring in Pittsburg recently was the taking over of the properties of A. Thomp- son of Philadelphia, the Blackwater Lumber Company and the Thompson Lumber Com- pany of Davis, W. Va., by the Babcock Lum- ber & Boom Company, composed of Pittsburg men. These properties are some of the most valuable in West Virginia, and are rated at considerably over $1,000,000. The deal in- volves about 1,000,000 feet of cut lumber and the same amount of logs, the remaining stumpage amounting to 350,000,000 feet. The development of the tract will be continued at the rate of about 2,800,000 feet monthly. The same interests recently bought holdings of about the same magnitude in eastern Tennes- see, The Forests of Norway. .\lthough 20,324 square miles, or twenty-one per cent of the total area of Norway is still said to be covered with forests, having an estimated value of about ,$122,000,000, the products of these woods remain, as they have for years, the principal item on that country's export list. Real forests, where lumber of useful sizes is found, are now confined to the eastern and cen- tral part of the country, while on the coast land, from the southern part to the Russian frontier bordering the Arctic Ocean, there is hardly any- thing left of the abundance of large trees which formerly covered those districts. The real forest trees of the country are the birch, spruce and the Scotch fir. The two latter grow intermingled, the flr predominating on dry ground and extending to a higher altitude than does the spruce, which will not thrive north of the polar circle. These three varieties prevail in nearly all parts of the country, often in un- mixed heavy forests, but usually intermingled, or with other less common species of trees. North of the polar circle the birch forms the great bulk of the forests and it is particulary plentiful on the coast. The conifers grow as high up as 2,G00 feet, while the birches may be found at an altitude of 3,500 feet. Three-fourths of the forest area is covered with conifers. The annual lumber production is about 344,- 000,000 cubic feet for the entire country, or 203 cubic feet per acre of forest land. About one- filth of this quantity is exported, the remainder consumed in Norway. About 20,000 persons 50 HARDWOOD RECORD earn their livelihood by working in the forests out of a total population of 2,000,000. The time required by the conifers to reach timber size varies greatly in Norway, where climate and other conditions vary so much on account of the topography of the country. In the southern part the pine when from 7S to 100 years old is usually sufficiently large to yield timber of from 23 to 25 feet in length and 9 or 10 inches in diameter at the top. The spruce grows faster, but felling usually takes place when it is 120 or more years old. The cutting Is estimated at 21.7 cubic feet to each acre of for- est, while the growth averages 20.7, so that more wood is taken out of them than is sup- plied each year. The forestry department Is controlled by the department of agriculture, and one director, four inspectors, twenty-five man- agers, two assistants, ten planters and 385 over- seers and rangers are maintained. Nurseries have been established in several places and agencies for the collection and sale of tree seed. Instruction in forestry is given at three schools and one agricultural college. Vice-Consul Alger of Christiania furnishes sta- tistics showing that of Norway's forest area the state owns 8,335 square miles, which bring an annual income of about $268,000. The annual expenses connected with the public forests, as they are called, amount to about $128,000. The yearly profit derived by the state from this publications Issued by the society free of charge. The state appropriates about ifSO.OOO annually for the use of the society. There were 6.800,000 trees planted and 748 pounds of seed sown in 1005, of which 1,487,400 trees were planted and 176 pounds of seed sown by school children and other young people. For- est planting is gradually being introduced as a subject in the public schools. In a single parish 100,000 trees have been planted by them during the last three or four years. About one-third of the total exports from Nor- way in 1905 consisted of lumber and wooden goods. The values of the different classes of these products were : Lumber, $9,350,500 ; man- ufactures of lumber, $656,000 ; wood pulp, $7,402,300; paper, $3,324,700; total, $20,738,- 500. Included in manufactures of lumber are about 3,000 tons of matches, valued at $326,700. Mershon Feed Works for Band Resaw. The illustration presented in connection with this article shows the hand resaw feed works which Wm. B. Mershon & Co. of Saginaw, Mich., are prepared to supply anyone desiring to trans- form a band log mill of standard construction into a band resaw. It sometimes happens that a sawmill man has a band log mill which is serviceable and reliable and which carries a nar- row saw, but which is lighter or of an older type than he cares to use as the main part of MKIISIION FEKD WIlUKS FOR BAND RESAW. source is thus about $140,000. About $45,500 are actual running expenses, while about $20,000 Is used for planting new trees and seed, and the rest for purchase and improvements and for aid to private forest cultivation. In 1898 a for- estry society was established, of which a for- estry engineer paid by the state has the pro- fessional management. The aim of the society Is the preservation and cultivation of Norway's forests. The membership fee Is 54 cents an- nually, or $8.10 for lifetime membership. The members, at present about 20,000, receive the his oquipmeDt — in other words, as the actual mill for breaking down the logs, sawing plank, bill stuff, etc. However, he may wish to use this mill as an auxiliary to the main log mill, and the feed works illustrated are so constructed that they can be used in connection with most such band mills. There has been a considerable demand for feed works of this description, and It is to cater to this requirement that the Mer- shon equipment has been placed upon the market. Applications to the company's office will bring full particulars concerning it. New Cut-Off Saiv. In the ad of the E. & B. Holmes Machinery Company in this issue of the Recoud Is illus- trated a new type of cut-off saw known as the Holmes "Clipper." It is a new and im- proved type of cut-oft saw designed especially to trim the ends of hardwood flooring and for cutting off stock in box and furniture fac- tories. It Is said to he the most rapid and accurate machine for the purpose now on the market. The saw Is completely housed, thus making it perfectly .safe to operate. The ma- chine designed for trimming hardw'ood floor- ing will cut up to five inches wide, and the one for box and furniture factories will cut up to twelve Inches wide. The manufactur- ers, the E. & B. Holmes Machinery Company, will be very glad to supply prospective pur- chasers with full details. Logging in Honduras. R. H. Ormsby. one of the English owners of the Belize State and Produce Company of British Honduras, which largely controls the mahogany and other lumber Interests of that country, has arrived in Houston. Tex., and will make a special study of methods of trans- portation and removal of timber from the pine forests of that state. His company con- trols more than 370,000 acres of pine land and equally large forests of mahogany. The method in use for removing Honduras ma- hogany is by means of oxen, and only about eight weeks in the year are seasonable for logging. The laborers are hired for one year or tor a great number of months, an .agree- ment is signed in the court house and about three months' wages are paid in advance. The men go to the woods and labor in get- ting the timber ready and do not return until Christmas. "When they do come they bring, as a rule, several months' pay with them, which they have had no occasion nor oppor- tunity to spend, and receive a further ad- vance of several months. Then everybody goes on a big spree that lasts for a month and all the money is spent in carousing and jollification. Then the men go back to the forests again. Burbank's New Walnuts. Luther Burbank, the California botanical genius, Is superintending the introduction of two new hybrid timber walnut trees this year. One of them, the "Paradox," he especiall.v com- mends for fuel and shade. It Is a rapidly grow- ing tree of fine shape and heavy wood. It is a hybrid of the California black walnut and the English walnut. In producing this species. Mr. Burbank is catering to the local demand for a rapidly growing tree for fuel and lumber pur- poses, shade and ornament, not to take the place of the eucalyptus, which will always hold Its own among evergreen trees, but which will occupy first place where a deciduous tree Is required. The Paradox distances all other nut trees in rapidity of growth, beauty of outline, and amount of foliage. Mr. Burbank has shown that budded trees at six years of age are twice as large as black walnut trees at ten, or Persians at fifteen years of age. Twelve to sixteen feet is not an unusual growth for the first year ; thus It will be seen that the new walnut grows twice as fast as the combined growth of Its parents. The leaves are glossy and bright green, and have a delicious fragrance. The bark Is thin and smooth, light gray and mottled with white. The wood Is very compact, and has a handsome, lustrous grain ; it takes a high polish, and the effect given by the annual layers and the medullary rays is unique. Though blossom- ing freely every year, the new^ walnut seldom bears nuts. The characteristics which make It valuable as lumber, as well as its great beauty, off-set tills defect, however. It will be planted to take the place of the eucalyptus where a large HARDWOOD RECORD amount of shade is wanted around homes and gardens in summei'. and unlilie the former will not intensity gloom or dampness during the rainy season by shutting out the sunshine. Death of W. E. Smith. On May 23 at Eau Claire, Wis., occurred the death of William Emerson Smith, president of the W. E. Smith Lumber Company, and secre- tary of the Three States Lumber Company of Memphis. Although Mr. Smith's health had not been good for a year or more and he went north to recuperate and rest, his parents and friends did not look for so sudden a termination of his life. Paralysis was the immediate cause of his death. Few men are better or more favorably known In lumber circles throughout the country than he : in the words of a friend. "Everybody loved •Billy' Smith." He was born at Eau Claire, Wis., In 1869, and began life as a newspaper reporter for the Eau Claire Leader. About twelve years ago he entered the lumber business, associating himself with the Three States Lumber Company THE LATE W. E. SMITH OF MEMPHIS, TENN. of Cairo. III., in a minur position from which he continually advanced until he became a power in the concern, and was one of its otbcers at the time of his death. About three years ago he moved the company's headquarters to Memphis, where he became actively interested in lumber affairs of that district. Nearly a year ago he was obliged to retire from active business on ac- count of poor health. Mr. Smith's funeral was at the home of his parents in Eau Claire the Sun- day following his demise, and interment took place in that city. once out of court, as they instructed their bank- ers to dishonor the draft. Smith & Tyrer then sued for the value of the draft and of course succeeded. The case, however, opens up a field for dis- cussion as to the relative position of the ship- per, broker and merchant. Undoubtedly, the merchant is placed in a somewhat unfair posi- tion and has a genuine grievance. He makes a contract with a firm of brokers of undoubted financial stability, who in turn place the con- tract with a shipper in the states who may be entirely a man of straw. Again he may make a contract for say a carload of firsts and sec- onds quartered oak boards, wliich bears the nota- tion, "Should any dispute arise in connection with this contract the buyer shall nevertheless take delivery of the goods as shipped and make due payment as herein agreed." It necessarily follows then that if the ship- per should happen to ship No. 1 common plain oak the buyer must not refuse delivery or pay- ment. If he gets an award from arbitration the broker generally pleads that he has no funds belonging to the shipper and tells the merchant to go himself and obtain 'his money by suing the shipper in the American courts. The shipper in this case is in a safe position and unless the amount is large the legal costs would make it so that it was not worth while; in a case such as that of tire Powell concern, of course when a verdict has been obtained there would be no assets to pay the claim which has been awarded. Quite an agitation is being formed by Eng- lish merchants here to try and force shippers to make brokers responsible to pay tlie claims made against them. Litigation Over Export Shipment. .\ legal case has .lUst been fought out in the Liverpool law courts between Smith & Tyrer of Liverpool and Adams & Co. of Gloucester, which is of considerable interest to lumber cir- cles. Smith & Tyrer. on behalf of the W. A. Powell Lumber Company of New Orleans, La., sold a large quantity of lumber to the Adams concern. The lumber was duly shipped and Smith & Tyrer received a draft in exchange for the shipping documents, of course before the lumber had been inspected by Adams & Co. The wood when it arrived was not in order and a considerable award was made to the Messrs. Adams. Before the acceptance became due for pay- ment the W. A. Powell Lumber Company, the shippers, failed, and Adams & Co. were left with a claim against a bankrupt firm. The action they then took seemed to put them at of wood it is found in sections where the largest production should be noted, it is light, and shows that hardwoods are in short supply as compared with the demand. A general feeling exists that there is no rea- son for prices to change except to a higher trend. Producers have enough business to carry them on an average of from three to tour months, and an exceptionally strong fall trade is looked for. In comparison with the pines and west coast products the hardwood industry is in much better shape; production is lighter and condi- tions in markets better than in any other branches of the lumber business. Heroes of the Board Walk. Conspicuous among the throng of illustrious personages in attendance at the recent meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at Atlantic City was the ubiquitous presence of the pair of distinguished lumbermen portrayed here- with. This snapshot was taken on the Board Walk, and exhibits them as they appeared in one of Atlantic City's famous roller chairs. It is The Hardwood Situation. The Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States recently sent out a series of questions to members with the request that accurate and full replies be made, for the purpose of enabling the secretary to compile a summary of trade conditions wliicli sliould represent a consensus of opinion from manu- facturers in all the states in the hardwood belt. The questions were as follows: Are your inquiries satisfactory in volume? How do your unfilled orders compare with Jan. 1. 1907? How long will your present suppl.v of orders keep your shipping department busy? Are your stocks on hand at present larger or smaller than on Jan. 1. 1907? W^hat are your prospects for production dur- ing the balance of this year? Will it be larger or smaller compared with the first four months? How is your car supply at present? Have you any accumulation of any kind of wood? If so, state below. State the woods which you have in shortest supply over demand. Conditions of trade, outlook, etc. W'hat suggestions have you to offer for the benefit of other members? ■U'hile answers were not numerous, it was deduced from the material sent in in reply to the questions and an accompanying letter, that building conditions throughout the entire northern country have been delayed owing to the later spring, but not-withstanding this per- mits for the month of April, 1907. in fifty lead- ing cities of the United States, show a gain of five per cent over the same month for 1906. It is expected that a large corn acreage will be planted this year to overcome the scarcity of wheat which is caused by the late spring. The prospects for hardwood production are only fair and not up to the average. The con- suming markets, especially in furniture and construction work, are busy using hardwoods and are in the market to purchase. In the seventh question as to accumulations "HOME AlN"i .N.ri'lllM: I.IKH THIS." hardly necessary to state who they are. but for the minority not acquainted with them — who thereby acknowledge themselves unknown — it may be said that these real heroes of the hour were Sam E. Barr, the famous shellbark hickory dealer of New York City, and J. H. P. Smith, the e(]ually well-known purveyor of poplar and other wooden plunder of Parkersburg, W. Va. Ne-sv Lumber Dock for New Orleans. Following out the plan of keeping the several associations advised of important matters being handled for tiie general benefit of the export lumber trade, the New Orleans Lumber E.xport- ers' Association advises that in investigating conditions at New Orleans and recognizing the fact that it was impossible for lumber to move through that market in anything like the volume it should by reason of the city's geographical situation and natural advantages, it conceived the idea of going before the Board of Port Com- missioners and suggesting to them the erection of a dock for the purpose of handling all wood goods where handling charges might be reduced to a minimum and where the lumbermen might exercise some reasonable control over their own products. Following out this idea, it succeeded in meeting the Dock Board at a special meeting called for that purpo.se and with the hearty support of a committee from the Belt Railroad Commission headed by the Hon. Martin Behr- man. president, put the matter in a manner that HARDWOOD RECORD permitted of no doubt as to the advisability of tlie constfuction of sucli facilities in New Or- leans as would insure the movement of the vol- ume of export lumber traffic to which the port is properly entitled. The idea was received with unanimous approval and resulted in instructions being given to the engineer of the Port Com- mission and the engineer of the Public Belt Rail- road Commission to draw up plans with the as- sistance of the lumbermen, for the construction of such a dock, the same to be considered at a meeting to be held for the purpose in the near future. The association was especially careful to se- cure the hearty support of the Belt Railroad Commission, inasmuch as It intends that this dock shall be accessible to all roads so that an c.vporter may be enabled to accumulate cargo ar- riving over different lines and deliver to a steam- er at one point. J. H. Hinton, president, ad- dressed the meeting, outlining the plans as above stated, and exporters are now confident that the erection of these facilities is only a question of a short time. Miscellaneous Notes. A bill now before the legislature of Michigan, which is backed by the Forestry Association of that state, provides for the appointment of nine men, who during the next two years shall make an examination of the waste lands of the state and report the wisest method of administering them. According to the state forest warden, there are 0,OiXi,OliO acres of waste land in Michi- gan which produce little of value. Because of the denuded condition of the water sheds Michi- gan towns and cities are subject to floods. A great part of this waste land can be made to grow trees, and this is one of the important problems that should have the early attention of the legislature. The Ohio .Sash & Door Company of Cleveland has increased its capital from $60,000 to $10o,- OOO. The Adams Wood Products Company has been Incorporated at Cleveland, O., with a capital of .'i;iOO,000, by A. J. Adams, John McDonald, I'. F. Brady, A. E. Powell and M. A. Foran. The schooner Oneida, bound from Cecil bay to Chicago with a cargo of hardwood lumber, was stranded during the night of May 27 on North Manitou island. The crew escaped. The Interstate Veneer Company has been in- corporated at Emporia, Va., with D. E. Stone of Baltimore as president. The Salmen Brick & Lumber Company of New Orleans has landed a big contract for piling to be used on the Isthmus of Panama. The con- tract amounts to over $45,000 and this is the second contract of that size to be secured for furnishing piles within the last few weeks. Padonia, Kan., is shipping out quite a large number of walnut logs of late. Recently eleven log heaps were noted in the yard of the depot, «acli heap containing on an average of 22 wal- nut logs, or about 240 in all. They were from 8 to. IS feet in length and 1 to 2Vi feet in diameter. The Cornie Stave Company of Junction City, Ark., has purchased a large tract of land in Winn Parish, La., from the Gulf Land Company. The Henry Qualmalz Lumber Company has filed articles of incorporation at Little Rock. Ark., capital .«100,000. The Joseph T. Steinacker Lumber Company, capitalized at .$oO,000, has tiled articles of incor- poration at Baltimore. S. G. M. Gates of Bay City, Mich., has sold 1,500,000 feet of hardwood lumber to be cut at his mill to the McCormick-Hay Lumber Company of Saginaw. The fifteenth session of the National Irrigation & Forestry Congress will be held in Sacramento, Cal., in September. The expenses of the conven- tions are defrayed by the cities in which they are held. Col. Charles Bogardus, late of Paxton, 111., re- cently purchased the extensive plant of the Lake- wood Lumber Company at Lakewood, Mich., five miles north of Pellston, where he resides. The property purchased consists of the mills and ma- chinery of ever.v kind, tramways, boarding houses, stores and flfty-two dwelling houses. The pur- chase was made for the Bogardus Land & Lum- ber Company, which owns quite a lot of fine tim- ber near by. About 400 acres of fine timber land was de- stroyed on South Mountain near Leesburg, N. Y., recently. The Are started in several places at once and about thirty men were employed to stop its further progression. Two thousand woodworkers employed by the Fixture Manufacturers' Association were granted an increase in wages by agreement with the officers of the Carpenters' District Council of Chicago. The Ohio-Pennsylvania Lumber Company has been incorporated under the laws of Alabama, with principal place of business at Axis. A woodworking plant will be operated by the com- pany. High water carried out the mill dam of the North Wisconsin Lumber Company at Hayward recently, as well as the trestle of the railway spur. Three million feet of logs were carried out and scattered along the river. J. D. Tennant and G. E. Grant of Cygnet. O.. recently closed a deal at Laporte, Ind., by which they became the owners of a large factory at that place where all kinds of woodwork is manu- factured. The lumber mill of B. Grier at Montreal was destroyed by fire the afternoon of May 24, and adjoining buildings also badly damaged. The loss is estimated at $40,000. Case & Crotser, extensive hardwood dealers at Kingsley, Mich., have acquired considerable timber in Matchwood township and it is re- ported that they will build a large mill there. Walter McCormick of the Hay-McCormick Lumber Company of Saginaw, Mich., was in Bay City recently purchasing a million and a halt feet of hardwood lumber which is being manu- factured at the Gates sawmill. About 18,000 acres of timber land in Wayne county, Tennessee, have been purchased by T. S. Ilassel of Clifton. The land is estimated to cut close to 51,000,000 feet of lumber, and large quantities of cross-ties, hickory and stave tim- ber. A woodworking plant is to be established at Crossville, Tenn., by E. S. Cram & Co. They have purchased several thousand acres of tim- ber land and will manufacture all kinds of house trimming. About $50,000 will be invested in the plant. The Lester Mill Company of Lester, Ark., is equipping its pine mill so as to saw hardwood. Good & Miller of Camden, Ark., were com- pelled to close down last week on account of high water. R. D. Newton of Camden, Ark., is putting in a small mill near Louann, Ark., where he ex- pects to cut considerable pine. Weather conditions the past two weeks in southern Arkansas have been very unfavorable for logging. Q. McCraclien. manufacturer of hardwood lum- ber at Mound City, 111., and D. K. Taylor, have just started a factory at Joppa, 111., for the manufacture of elm hubs. They are getting in a fine lot of poles and turning out some nice stock. The firm name is Taylor & Co. Sturm & Sturm, manufacturers of special wagon stock at Calhoun, Ky., have incorporated their business and changed the name to the Sturm I^umber Company. The capitalization la .513.000, and the officers are E. Sturm, president; II. A. Sturm, vice president ; J, L. Schutt, secre- tary. At a meeting of employing carpenters and builders of Dubuque, la., it was decided to sus- pend all building operations June 1 unless the boycotts of the woodworkers against the local sash and door factories be raised or the builders be allowed to use the product of the factories. Building at Dubuque is now practically at a standstill : the factories are continuing work with a two-thirds crew. The Hilton Lumber Company has just been incorporated at Belleview, Fla., with a capitali- zation of $20,000. C. W. Hilton of New Haven, Conn., who has an option on a large tract of tim- ber land at Belleview, is the founder of the company. Interested with him in the project are J. W. Palmatier, B. C. Sloan and William Aufort, all of New Haven. The general offices of the company will be at New Haven and a small mill will be erected at Belleview. The company will produce, oak, baywood, other hard- woods and pine. The Hay Land & Lumber Comp.iny of Dar- danelle, Ark., has been incorporated with a capi- tal stock of $50,000, fully paid in, to buy and sell lands and timber, manufacture and sell lum- ber, ties and piling, build and operate railroads and tramways, sawmills, planing mills, etc. The incorporators are Alfred G. Hay. J. B. Crown- over, C. B. Cotton, F. H. Phillips, II. Crown- over, J. H. Crownoyer and George N. Goodier. The Pioneer Cooperage Company of St. Louis, which operates a large sawmill and heading fac- tory at Forest, La., is building a twenty-mile broad-guage railroad extending through fine hard- wood timber sections. It is thought that the line will be extended to the Iron Mountain. Both freight and passenger service will be maintained. The Novelty Hardwood Company has been organized at Durham, N. C, with a paid in capital of $10,000. The company will manu- facture hardwood specialties of all kinds. A plant win be built and up-to-date machinery in- stalled. The directors are R. G. Jones, J. E. McDowell, A. Crumpacker, N. M. Johnson, W. J. Griswold, J. H. Erwin and R. L. Lindsey. J. M. Carpenter of Corinth, Miss., will estab- lish a sawmill at Raymondsville, Tex., for the purnose of working up mesquite, ebony, guayacan and other hardwoods. The introduction of mes- (luite for furniture will be something entirely new ; the wood can also be used for veneering. The sawmill of the Upham Manufacturing Company at Marshfleld, Wis., has sawed its last log, and is now in the hands of the United States Leather Company. This mill has been an important factor in the lumber history of Wisconsin, having been in operation since 187S, its yearly cut of logs averaging 12,000,000 feet, or about 348,000,000 feet for the entire period. It is not decided whether or not the leather ["ompany will continue milling operations. Hardwood NeWs, (By HABQWOOD BECOBD Special Corraspondents.) Chicago. A. R". Vinnedge has returned from the East, where he went to attend the annual of the Na- tional Hardwood Lumber Association at Atlantic City. Mrs. Vinnedge accompanied him, and in addition to the stop there they visited other cities and took in the Jamestown Exposition. E. P. Arpin, the well-known hardwood lumber- man of Grand Rapids, Wis., was a welcome caller at the the Ri:cord office last Thursday. A strike of thirty woodworkers and carpenters in the shop of the Commercial Cabinet Company, Ilalsted and Division streets, has completely tied up work in that establishment. The strike was called because one of the carpenters, who was boarding with the foreman of the shop, changed his boarding place. The foreman had the man discharged. The discharged mechanic appealed HARDWOOD RECORD 53 to President Kermse of the company, who rein- stated him and discharged the foreman. This was followed by a walk-out of the men in the shop. The woodworkers were ordered back to work, but the carpenters will remain out. 'C.~SI.""Crim of C. M. Crim & Son, manufac- turer of Indiana hardwood lumber at Salem, Ind., was a caller at the Record office on June 7. "Business is very good for this season of the year." said A. II. liuth of the G. W. Jones Lum- ber Company. "Our mills both in the South and the North are running and keeping up to the limit." Frank Ingram, manager of the American Hard- wood Lumber Company, has been out of the city for the past few weeks. L. D. Benedict of the L. D. Benedict Lumber Company was having troubles of his own when the Record man called. Three cars shipped from his mill were lost in the shuffle. Speaking of trade he said that there is less dry stock on hand this season than at the same time last year. He said trade was keeping up splendidly and he had a good supply of orders on hand. "It pays to keep up the condition of the lum- ber yard." said a Chicago millman the other day. "When lumber comes from the mill we have it neatly and regularly piled. It is not only much easier to go at and handle in this way but it keeps the stock in good condition. When a customer visits our yard he is much more im- pressed by the way we handle our stock than any other thing. We have tried it and found that it brings good results with little effort." It seems to be the general opinion among the trade that there is less dry stock on hand this year than ever before. Stock is coming into the markets which has been cut only about sixty days and consequently is very green. A large local lumber shipper says that green stock is running up the price of freight. He showed the bill of lading on a shipment just received which figured that the stock weighed on an average of five pounds to the foot. Of course on a 10 or 11 cent rate this does not amount to much but where it is more it adds considerably to the freight. Charles A. Goodyear of Tomah, Wis., was in Chicago last week. Mr. Goodyear is a well- known lumberman and his trip here was a busi- ness one. J. W. Kitchen was in Chicago on a brief busi- ness visit June 6. He is treasurer of Van Sant, Kitchen & Co., well-known manufacturers and wholesalers of high-grade poplar and oak lum- ber at Ashland, Ky. P. W. Gilchrist of Alpena. Mich., and his son, W. A. Gilchrist of Memphis, Tenn., were in Chicago recently on a trip which combined busi- ness and pleasure. F. W. Gilchrist is one of the best known lumbermen of the white pine re- gion of Michigan. Harry S. Hayden of the Hayden & Westcott Lumber Company attended the fifth annual meet- ing of the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- tion at Norfolk, Va., and while in the east went on to Princeton, N. J., to visit his old home. The Hayden & Westcott Company is a whole- saler of hardwood lumber with offices in the Railway Exchange building. Frank Ilendrickson of the F. S. Hendrickson Lumber Company has" been away on a trip for the past week. F. B. McMullen, manager of the Fullerton- I'owell Hardwood Lumber Company, states that business with his company has been keeping up, though he thinks that most of the buyers have fairly good stocks on hand. Friends of Edward L. Davis, the well-known Louisville lumberman, will regret to know that he has been having serious trouble with his eyes of late, which has necessitated his giving up close attention to business. C. D. Boyntou of St. Louis, the well-known lumberman-wit of Missouri, was a caller at the Record office on June 3. Mr. Boynton was in Ihe city to meet his wife and his mother, who have just returned from a winter's trip to Japan. The liUmbermen's Golf Association of Chicago has been organized to further acquaintance among lumbermen golfers and for the purpose of having a lumbermen's annual tournament. The membership is open to all the fraternity, regardless of residence, and this year's tourna- ment will be held at the Glenview Golf Club on June 25. It is hoped that the attendance will be large. Lumbermen are invited to send in applications for membership accompanied by check for $5 to cover initiation fee and dues for the present year. C. F. T'horapson is presi- dent : Frank B. Stone, secretary, and C. F. True, treasurer. Headquarters of the association are at 701 Railway Exchange, Chicago. The Record is in receipt of the revised grading rules of the Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Association, as adopted at the annual meeting May 15 and 16. Secretary G. E. Watson, Hi- bernia Bank building. New Orleans, announces that he has a supply of these rules and can fur- nish a reasonable number to any member desir- ing them, free of charge. The Hurley Machine Company, 153-9 South Jefferson street. Chicago, has started suit in the United States Circuit Court over infringement on their "Little Giant" floor scraper patent. I. F. Balsley, manager of the hardwood de- partment of Willson Brothers' Lumber Company of Pittsburg, presented to his friends at the re- cent Atlantic City convention a pocket blank book conveniently and suitably ruled to show at a glance stock lists and price lists of lumber of all kinds located at various shipping points. In short, if it is properly filled out, a salesman will find it a compendium of all the information he requires for making sales. The book is spaced not only for lumber of all varieties, but for floor- ing, siding, etc., as well. It is an admirable short-cut system for every lumber salesman, and for the ingenuity of the plan and its execution Mr. Balsley deserves the thanks of his friends in the trade. George E. Youle, vice president and Pacific coast representative of the S. A. Woods Machine Company of Boston, was called east recently by the serious illness of his mother, reaching her bedside shortly before she died. Mr. Youle went to Boston for a conference with the principals of his house before returning to Seattle. John D. Spaulding made a recent trip to the upper Mississippi valley on behalf of Upbam & Agler, with whom he has lately resumed connec- tion. The summer residence of H. Paepcke, president of the Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company, at Glen- coe, was burned June 1 ; the loss amounted to about $20,000. A. Jarvis of the Steven & Jarvis Lumber Com- pany of Eau Claire, Wis., was a visitor to this market a few days ago, en route to Michigan points. E. J. Ostrander, secretary, and J. W. Embree, vice president, of the Rittenhouse & Embree Company, have returned from a trip to the op- erations of the Arkansas Lumber Company, lo- cated at Warren, Ark. E. S. Hartwell, of the well-known lumber house of that name, has gone to Wilmington, N. C, to look after his interests in the Waccamaw Lumber Company, in which he is interested. This company owns 200,000 acres of timber in that state, consisting of cedar, gum, cypress and pine, and has one of the finest plants in the district. The Shavings & Sawdust Company has given to John A. Chapman, as trustee, for use of Cyrus H. McCormick, a trust deed to the property at the northwest corner of Western avenue and Twenty-third street, to secure a loan of $33,750 for seven years at 6 per cent. George Kern of the well-known wholesale hard- wood house, the Kern Lumber Company of Free- port, 111., >vas in town June 4, calling on the trade. F. B. Sprague, formerly associated with the D. W. Higbie Lumber Company, has formed the F. B. Sprague Lumber Company, with offices at 74S First National Bank building. Chicago. Mr. Sprague will specialize in liardwood lumber of all varieties, and is in a position to assure ex- cellent service. Boston, The Boston hardwood lumbermen who at- tended the recent convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at .\tlautic City have all returned to Boston. They report a splendid meeting both from a business and so- cial standpoint. Benjamin Pope of the Curtis ic Pope Lumber Company has gone to his stock farm in Con- cord, Mass., where he will spend the summer. R. L. Abbott, who has served two terms as surveyor general of lumber of Massachusetts, has been re-appointed for a third term by the governor of this state. Mr. Abbott is a capable and popular man. The Blanchard Lumber Company has engaged W. A. Webster as salesman to cover western Massachusetts and Maine. He has beeu asso- ciated with the Shepard & Morse Lumber Com- jiany and more recently with I lie Palmer-Hunter Lumber Compauy- The planing mill business in Northampton. Mass., formerly conducted by Laucour & Gagne, has been purchased by Delos T. Pepin. Mr. Pepin will make extensive improvements. Robert C. Lippincott of I'liiladelphia visited the eastern trade recently. W. W. Reilley of Buffalo, N. Y.. was in Bos- ton last week. Mr. Reilley reported the hard- wood market as very firm. Charles S. Wentworth of C. S. Wentworth & Co. has returned from a trip to New Brunswick. The W. O. McDuffee Company has been in- corporated in Boston to carry on a general wood- working business, with a capital stock of $4,000. The promoters are J. Sherman Richardson, William O. McDuffee and Frank II. ilcHuffee. The Hoosatonic Lumber Company has been organized with a capital stock of $20,ouo, and will be located in Derby, Vt. TTie stock and plant of the Carter & llubbell Company, which business has been conducted by Linn E. Lock- wood, has been taken over by this new corpora- tion. R. W. Cliatfield, who has been vice-presi- dent of the Ansonia Lumber Company, for many years is also interested in the new company. The sash, door and blind business will be under the personal supervision of Mr. Lockwood. A shipment of 50,500 feet of oak was made from Boston last week to South America. Philadelphia. The Lumbermen's Exchange held its second meeting under the newly elected officers on June 0. It was well attended, but nothing of especial interest came up. Haney-H.-usou & Co. were elected members of the exchange. Recent vis- itors to the exchange rooms were Edwin (jaskill of Sue, W. Va. ; E. II. SiUimau of the Wacco- maw Lumber Company, Waccomaw. S. C. ; John J. DutCy, Sr., of the La Fayette Mill & Lumber Company, Baltimore, Md. : George E. Major of Major & Loomis Company. Hertford. N. C. ; James C. Cowen of Schultz Bros. & Cowen, Chi- cago, 111., and L. L. Earth of Edward Hlnes Lumber Company, Chicago. Schoflelil Brothers, though a comparatively young firm, has always beeu among the hustlers. Their success was conclusive from the beginning, and their latest venture certainly accentuates the fact. The Saltkeatchie Lumber Company of Ulmers, S. C, in which they are largely inter- ested, is fast shaping Itself for business. They are now installing band saws, automatic trimmer steam-set works from the Allis-Chalmers Com- 54 HARDWOOD RECORD pany, a large Coiliss engine and high pressure boiler equipped with Gordon biast grates used In forced draft systems. They have purchased a Lidgerwood slildding machine costing .$!i.OOO. use the American log loaders made by the Ameri- can Hoist & Derrick Company. New York ; the Shay geared locomotive from the Lima Locomo- tive & Machine Company, and lhi> Kusseil log- ging ears of 60.000 pound.s capacity from the Russell Wheel & Foundry I'ompany. Detroit, Mich. Nothing is omitted in the way of latest equipments to render the plant thoroughly com- plete and up-to-date. The machinery is the heaviest ever installed in the South and they are beginning to build six miles of railroad through their timber. This tract comprises aliout IDO.- 000.000 feet of cypress, poplar, walnut, long and short leaf pine, gum and ash. U. W. Scholield is now at the mill superiuteuding the work. This firm has also contracted for the entire out- put of Hoover Lumber Company, Cash, S. C, running about 12,000.000 white oak. short leaf pine. ash. poplar and some gum ; the white oak especially, they claim, is the best grade ever placed on the market. The mil! is equipped with the latest band saw. dry kiln and up-to-date planing mill. .Tohn H. ,Sclio(ield is touring Wis- consin and Minnesota contracting for a block of white pine. K. P. Ashley of this lirm recentl.v spent a week at the West Virginia mills famil- iarizing himself with stocks. George F. Craig of George F. Craig c& Co.. this <;ity. and Lewis Dill of Lewis Dill & Co. of Bal- timore, Md.. sailed for Europe on May 20. Mr. Craig will remain about a month. Mr. Dill joins his wife, who preceded him on the trip. Paul W. Fleck Lumber Company reports busy ; has no fault to find with conditions. Their mill i3 working right along filling orders. Many in- uy- ing and shipping in tieorgia. Among the many recent visitors lo llie trade were Albert Haas of Albert Haas Lumber Com- pany. Atlanta, Ga. ; Nelson H. Wolcott of L. II. Gage Lumber Company, I'rovidence. K. I. ; Fred Pyfer of B. B. Martin Company, Lancaster, I'a. : Harry J. Myers of Brown-Borhek Lumber Com- pany. Bethlehem. Pa. : J. IL Chapman of Chap man & Hoover, Diana, W. Va. : Stephen S. .Mann of Mann & Parker. Baltimore. Md. : Frank F. Fish, secretary National Hardwood Lumber As- sociation, Chicago ; Lewis Doster, secretary Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, Chicago ; W. W. Rellley of W. W. Reilley & Bro.. Buffalo. N, Y. ; the popular sales agent of Bowman Lum- ber Company, St. Albans, W. Va. ; Van B. Per- rine of Perrine, Armstrong & Co., Fort Wayne, Ind.. who with his wife is visiting friends in New York City : E. J. Hoover of K. J. IIoovi r & Bro., Durbin, W. Va., and B, W, Bowden of Mt. Sterling, N. C. Pittsljurg, The Linehan Lumber Company is pounding away at the hardwood market and keeps up a steady fire of orders. Its stock, secured from the International Hardwood Floor Company, is proving first class goods for a high class of customers. The Linehans are also handling a fine lot of mixed hardwoods, much of which go to eastern plants. The E. T. Lippert Saw Company has been chartered in Pittsburg. Its members are E. T. Lippert. E. W. B. Pflschner, Fred J. Pflschner, William F. Pfischner, John G. Pfischner and Oscar T. Dittrich. The company will have a plant in the Pittsburg district. The demand for ash is increasing steadily in local offices. The railroads are again enter- ing the market and seem to be anxious to secure considerable quantities of ash for baggage car building. White ash is very scarce and is com- manding the best of prices. Eastern Ohio is furnishing much of the stock that goes to the liandle factories. The Cheat River Lumber Company reports that it is necessary to keep on the lookout for business continually if you want it. Chestnut and oak are selling with less effort than the other woods, but there is a disposition among big buyers to hedge their orders, preferring to wait apparently for better prices for fall de- livery. The C. P. C'aughey Lumber Company has two mills in western Penusylvania cutting oak. A large part of this is heavy timbers for railroad use. The firm has be6n very successful in bid- ding on large jobs this spring and is doing a fine business in all sorts of oak lumber. The Nicholasville Lumber Company, which has recently been incorporated, has decided to build a planing mill, 50 by 60 feet, at Nicholas- ville. Ky. It will make a specialty of dressed lumber for the retail trade, tobacco hogsheads and cases. The Nicola Lumber Company is capturing its full share of the hardwood trade this summer and has had a good season in all lines so far. Its stocks of hardwood are quite complete and it is a hard competitor in bidding for large bills in the Pittsburg district and its traveling men are taking a splendid lot of orders for oak outside this territor.v. George Grim of Richmond, Ohio, has secured the contract for cutting a large amount of hard- wood timber near Foliansbee, W. Va. The lum- ber will be shipped to Pittsburg. The Pittsburg schools are taking an excep- tional interest this year in the planting of trees. In this they are receiving more than the customary encouragement from the daily press, which is stimulated to talk more of the need of forest trees by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany and some of the big coal and coke com- panies, which have set out immense forests dur- ing the past two years. Two lumbermen of Bradford. Pa., are receiv- ing the congratulations of their friends on one of the best timber deals that has fallen to the lot of Pennsylvania capitalists for years. About a year ago S. A. Holbrook and P. C. Blaisdell, both members of the Tennessee Luml)er Company, bought a tract of timber in the South and about a month ago sold it at a price which brought them a very handsome profit. The Ironton Lumber Company is l)uilding a large new planing mill at Ironton, O. The ma- chinery is being installed and by July 1 it is ex- pected that the plant will be in full operation. The Juniata Lumber Company of Pennsylvania has been incorporated by G. S. Grove and B. F. Grove, A. I. Harris, W. B. Hicks and Levi Sparr. It will operate in the neighborhood of .\ltoona and ship its stock to the eastern mar- kets. The Hood Lumber Company of Parkersburg, W. Va.. has opened offices in the Schulbach building in Wheeling, where it will handle most of its product. It recently bought 5,000 acres of hardwood timber in Wetzel county, West Virginia, for $50,000. For this tract it has since been offered $75,000. It is estimated that it will cut about 50,000,000 feet of lumber. The Reitz & Martin Lumber Company has bought 2,000 acres of timber land along Burn- ing Creek, Mingo county, W, Va., from Philadel- phia owners for $25,000. Among those in- terested in the deal are : Thomas G. Reitz, H. G. Martin, G. L. Dudley, G. B. Collins, James Creighton, W. D. Camden. The tract is on the Norfolk & Western railroad and will be cut off at once. John A. Crawford, who is known throughout Pennsylvania as an old and successful lumber- man, and the inventor of many appliances for HARDWOOD RECORD 55 use in sawmills, died at bis home in Allegheny, Pa., two weeks ago. He was 69 years old and had formerly run a large sawmill on Ilerr's Island in the Allegheny riyer prior to that place having been taken over by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for its big livestock yards. The himbi-r mill owned and operated by J. A. Petty at Sycamore, O., near Upper Sandusky, was destroyed by a boiler explosion May 17. Parts of the boiler and engine were found 40n feet from the mill site. The Schaffer Lumber Company of Irwin, Pa., has bought 1,300 acres of oak, spruce and hem- lock in West Virginia. The company expects to get 7.000,000 feet of lumber from the tract and will build mills at once. .T. E. Mcllvain & Co. are not having any trouble to get orders tor their specialties in oak. J. J. T. Penney of this company keeps busy hunting stocks as well as orders and has secured some tine lots of hardwood under con- tract in West Virginia. The Pittsburg Veneer Barrel Company is a new corporation backed by C. A. and J. H. Johns, (i. A. Gage, G. E. Jlardie and will operate under a Pennsylvania charter. It will erect a plant in or jiear Pittsburg. It is announced that the Ford Lumber Com- pany. Burt & Urabli Lumber Company, Hughes Lumber Company. Kentucky River Poplar Lum- ber Company and Southern Lumber Company have united their interests under the caption of the Kentucky River Sawmill & Lumber Com- pany. The company will have mills at Ford, Nicholasville, Frankfort and Valley View, Ky., and will raft its stock down the Kentucky river. The WilLson Brothers Lumber Company is making a big spring sale of hardwoods. Man- ager I. F. lialsley of that department has been kept busy the past three months getting avail- able stock and hustling up the railroads to get cars enough to get out the finished stock. The car situation is slightly better but is far from what it should be at this season of the year. The Buckeye Lumber Company is doing con- siderable business in wagon stock. Its officers report that the car manufacturers are buying some lumber but at a lower price than for- merly and that buyers in general are beginning to hedge on their orders unless some concessions in quotations are made to them. This com- pany is making a specialty of hickory and ash to good advantage. The Webster-Keasey Lumber Company, which lately opened offices in the Bessemer building, is getting into the pole and tie market in good shape. The demand for the former is not so brisk, they say. as two months ago, but the sup- ply of chestnut poles is nevertheless small. White oak piling is also hard to get and the small mills are being canvassed pretty thor- oughly for any chance stocks. The I'nion City Chair Company, whose plant at I'nion City. I'a.. was burned a few weeks ago, has decided to rebuild in that city instead of accepting some of the flattering offers made to it by business men's associations in other near-by towns. Work on the new plant will be started at once in order to get it ready to operate in the fall. The Clay-Schoppe I>umber Company is head- quarters for piling in spite of the fact that it has only been listed as a wholesale lumber tirm but a short while. Its mills are at Ligonier. Pa., and its offices in the House building at Smith- field and Water streets. The Herman H. Hettler Lumber Company is keeping up its sales record in this city remark- ably well and in May sold over 1.100,000 feet of lumber through the efforts of its local manager, G. W. Cantrell. Most of this was car stock and a good share of it W'ent direct to the eastern market. The Babcock lumber interests have completed the purchase of 22,000 acres of timber in West Virginia and have formed a new corporation which has a capital of SoOO.OOO and is known as the Babcock Boom & Lumber Company. This concern has bought the stock and business of A. Thompson of I'hiladelphia and the Blackwater and Thompson lumber companies of Davis, W. \'a. The tract secured is estimated to cut 22.- 000,000 feet of lumber and the new company gets 2o miles of tram road fully equipped in the deal. E. V. ISabcock will be president of the company. F. R. Babcock secretary and treas- urer, and O. H. Babcock general manager. The business will be handled from the Pittsburg offices of E. V. Babcock & Co. in the Frick building. There is a general feeling among the best- posted wholesalers of Greater Pittsburg that the man who lands a lot of business in any line of lumber outside of oak and chestnut between now and September will liave to go after it and hustle for it hard and long. Competition is get- ting fiercer according to all reports and firms are taking pains with customers and going after orders that were "passed up" a year ago. This closer attention to the minor points of the game is evidence that the market is slowing down, although no serious disturbance is anticipated this year. The manufactories, especially the steel mills, are working overtime and with sea- sonable weather the mercantile trade in this sec- tion would have been in good shape. Wholesal- ers as a rule are inclined to note carefully the attempts of several large concerns the past two weeks to break down prices on the plea that they cannot be sustained at the present high notch very much longer and that for large or- ders booked now for fall delivery concessions should he made. So far the buyers have gained little by this style of dealing but it remains to be seen whether their contention is true. The Seanor Lumber Company, in which sev- eral capitalists from Fayette and Westmoreland counties are interested, has bought 1,.500 acres of hardwood timber land in the Cheat River district about four miles from Kingwood and near the extension of the M. & K. railroad. A tramway will be built at once so that the lumber can be rushed to market. The company had pre- viously cut off a tract of 3.200 acres of timber in the Bluefield district in West Virginia. The Big Tree Lumber Corporation property in West ^'irginia has been sold to the Kanawha ».V: West ^'irginia railroad through the agency of DeWitt Gallagher of Charleston. This lot gives the railroad a clean right of way into Charles- ton. The price was about .$40,000. Independent contractors in Youngstown, O., are in trouble again. It is reported on good authority that they will not be able to buy lum- ber at the Youngstown mills after June 1. This results from the continued trouble over the car- penters' wage scale and ma.v cause a serious delay in building in that locality. Detroit. An assignment for the benefit of creditors will be made by Henry George & Son, interior hard- wood finish contractors, of Detroit. This was decided upon at a meeting of the Union Trust Company's officials, in whose hands the affairs of the company have been placed. Charles W. Leach was made the common law assignee, and credit- ors will effect some settlement with him. The committee appointed for this purpose was com- posed of A. C. Stellwageu, W. C. Browiee, Wal- ter S. Russell. C. W. Restrick and E. L. Thomp- son. The Great Western Timber and Lumber Com- pany, with offices in the Majestic building. De- troit, is now planning to invest heavily in the lumber business in Washington and Oregon. A large number of Detroiters have taken stock in the concern. The real estate firm of Homer Warren & Co. will erect 300 houses in Detroit this summer. This is but an indication of the boom in home- building in L)etroit. Amos Opdyke, 87 years old, a pioneer lumber- man, died last week at his daughter's home in Detroit. He carried on his trade most of the time in Hudson. Mich. Delmar C. Ross has been appointed master car builder of the Michigan Central railroad. He has been twenty-two years in the service of the road, the first four years of which he was a foreman of the West Detroit shops and now is coach carpenter. He finally rose to be general master car builder of the whole system. The E. R. Thomas Automobile Company will build another factory in Detroit. It will be lo- cated on Jefferson avenue. It will use a large quantity of auto bodies. Grand Rapids. The Thomas ilacBride Lumber Company has removed its offices from the Michigan Trust to the Murray building. C. H. Leonard of the Leonard Refrigerator Company says that the company will occupy its new factory, in process of erection on Clyde Park avenue, about Nov. 1. The three buildings now occupied by the company on Ottawa and Market streets will be fitted up for furniture exhibi- tion purposes. The board of trade has erected a big electric sign over the gates at the union station, which reads : "Grand Rapids, the Furniture City. Water-power electricity. We welcome you." The laint. but. as I say. witli us business is good and if there is any change for the wors; in the market we haven't observed it." J. Walter Wright of the J. Walter Wright Lumber Company of Mountain Cit.v. Tenn.. Is preparing to build a five-mile fiume to transport logs and bark and will expend $10,000 on the project. E. C. Crow, who has been manager of the Stuart, \'a., office of J. .A. M'ilkinson. has been Stuart. E. W. Reed has resigned his position with the Ferd Brenner Lumber Company at Nor- folk to accept a position with Mr. Wilkinson. W. H. Waters and John Butler also entered the employ of Mr. Wilkinson last week. W. G. Offutt of Parkersburg, W. Va.. is visit- ing his brother. M. N. Offutt of the Tug River ;e sq \\\i\ Ba!SiE.a 'a 'X' put: 'loisrig u4 pa||B.) Lumber Company. Mr. Offutt is in the lumber business in West Virginia and contemplates en- tering it here. Frank B. Folsom of Soble Bros.. Philadelphia, is buying lumber in this section. Mr. Folsom was with Rode & Horn of New York until a short time ago. "The export business is not as good as it should be," said Dwight D. Hartlove, represent- iug W. O. Price of Baltimore, who was in the city last week. "The market is inclined to be dull. It is my belief that it is the result of shippers .sending too much stuff over on con- signment, just to keep up their shipments. This tan only affect the market temporarily." C. H. Smith, Jr., of Philadelphia, representing R. A. and J. J. Williams, will make Bristol head- quarters in the future. Mr. .Smith is buying lumber in east Tennessee, southwest Virginia and western North Carolina. Curtis Rush of the Duff & Rush Lumber Com- pany of St. Paul. Va.. was in the city last week. He reports that construction woik on the South & Western railway is progressing and that trains will be running between St. Paul and Clinchport by December 1, if there is no hitch in present plans. W. H. 'Vates, representing the Rumbarger Lum- ber Company of Philadelphia, came to the city this week to buy lumber in this section. J. H. Bryan of the Bryan Lumber Company is at his mills in North Carolina. B. C. Shelton of Elizabethton was in the city this week. Mr. Shelton now h:is mills running near Cranberry, N. C. W. G. McCain of W. G. McCain & Sons was here from Neva, Johnson county, Tenn., on busi- ness this week. James Faulkner, Jr., of the Faulkner Lumber Company of Crandull, Tenn.. was in the city last week. Mr. Faulkner reports that his com- pany has seven mills in operation near Crandull and that business in that section is very brisk. A syndicate headed by John Laing, T. L. Tel- ford and others of West Vii-giuia has purchased an immense tract of timber lying in Craig and Giles counties. Virginia, and extending into West Virginia. Surveyors are now at work going over the propert.v. E. K. Bradley, who has been at Elizabethton for the past five or six .years, has returned to his homo at Bay Cit.v, Mich., with his family. Mr. Bradley decided upon this course after the death of his father, the late N. B. Bradley, one of the best known lumbermen in Michigan. Nathan Bradley. Jr.. has charge of the company's busi- ness at Elizabethton. Among the visitors on the local market last week and the earlier part of this week were : J. M. McRea. Laurel Fork Lumber Company, Mount Sterling, N. C. ; T. K. Garland. T. K. Garland Lumber Company. Johnson county, Ten- nessee ; J. E. Ballard, Paul W. Fleck Lumber Company. Butler, Johnson county, Tenn. : Va. Luppert, Luppert Lumber Company. Butler, John- son county. Tenn. : C. Boice, Boice Lumber Com- pany, Abingdon. Va. : B. C. Shelton. Elizabeth- ton : S. D. Hoover. James Kennedy ..^ Co.. Cin- cinnati : J. R. Lowe, Montezuma Lumber Com- pany. Montezuma, N. C. Columbus Crussell, son of a prominent citizen HARDWOOD RECORD 57 of this ciiiinty. wbo went to Alaska to engage iu the lumbef business about six years ago, was killed in an accident at his lumber operations, May 21. The body was shipped to Bristol for burial and arrived here June 3. Young Crussell was a member of the firm of Crussell & Ewbanks. He was superiutending the loading of logs in the mountains when a log fell on him and he was killed almost instantly. The body was ac- companied back by the deceased's partner, Wal- ter Ewbank of Kentucky. Horace M. Hoskins, president of the H. M. Hoskins Lumber Company of this city, and vice president of the Little Creek Lumber Company, was married Tuesday, June 4, to Miss Mary E. McKlnney, at the home of the bride's parents at Lynchburg, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins will be at home in Bristol after a honeymoon trip. Mr. Hoskins is one of the best known young lumber- men in this section. He started in the business with English & Co. at Knoxville about ten years ago. He was in tlie business in New York and later in London. In 1904 he became sales man- ager in the offices of J. A. Wilkinson in this city. He held this position until tlie latter part of 1906, when he organized the H. M. Hoskins Lumber Company, wliich now has offices in the First National Bank Building. The Tug River Lumber Company of this city is erecting a band mill on its timi>er property in Scolt county. Virginia, which it will operate in addition to several circular mills. The com- pany has lately purchased additional timber iu that section. Charles H. Fuller of JIacon, Ga., representing the Massee & Felton Lumber Company, was in the city on business last week. The Tipp City Lumber Company, recently or- ganized here by Paul Cline, J. M. Sanders, E. A. Scott and others, has installed several circular mills on its timber property on the South & n'estern railway near Altapass. N. C. The Little Creek Lumber Company of this city has purchased a 20.000-acre tract of land in I'ulaski county. Virginia, and proposes to at once install a big baud mill. The company has leased a line of railroad traversing the property. The road is standard gauge and eight miles long. The plant of the Empire Manufacturing Com- pany, \\hich was destroyed at Elizabethton about two weeks ago with a loss of about $60,000. will, it is believed here, be rebuilt. The company's loss was reduced by an insurance policy to the extent of about $21,000. The Hassinger Lumber Company has put its big band mill at Azen, Va., in operation. This company owns a vast area of timber land in the White Top mountain section and an extension of the Virginia-Carolina railway, known as the A irginia-Carolina Southern, has been built from 'Fayior's Valley to Azen by the company. "Of course I cau only speak from my own ex- perience— I am doing the best business I have ever done." said J. A. Wilkinson this week. "I find the market in fine shape. I put on no less than a half dozen new inspectors within the past two weeks and have all the business I can handle." Cincinnati. The Supreme court decision sustaining th.j Interstate Commerce Commission against the Southern railway, in which H. H. Tift of Tifton, Ga., was the original petitioner, means that the Southern will have to refund at least $35,000 and possibly .S.'JO.OOO in overcharges to Cincin- nati lumbermen and many times that amount to shippers in general. The case started four years ago when the southern roads announced an in- crease of 2 cents per 100 feet in rates on pine lumber from the south to Ohio river points. II. H. Tift, representing the lumber interests, complained, and the commission sustained them, prohibiting the increase. The railroads appealed to the United States courts of Georgia. The court held that, pending final decision, the roads could collect the 2 cents overcharge, but a bond of $300,000 must be given to protect the ship- pers' interests in case they won the final decision. The victory for the shippers in the Supreme court decision means that the overcharge was illegal, and that all the money so collected since action was started, must be refunded. The amount they will have to disgorge is estimated at close to half a million dollars. "Within the next sixty days the Maley, 'Thompson & Moffett Lumber Company will be located in new headquarters,'" said Thomas J. Moffett in a recent interview. "The erection of the new concrete structure is progressing rap- idly and within the above-said time we will be comfortably stationed in our new home. During the last three years we have been compelled to vacate our headquarters because of tires, but by constructing a concrete building it is hoped that we will be protected from the fire bugs and not forced to locate elsewhere in a hurry. Our be- ing compelled to locate elsewhere has not cramped business to any extent but has prevent- ed us from putting lumber in stock. We have stacked up a large number of logs, however, and by the time our new sawmill is erected the pile will almost double itself and will keep double force hard at work for many months to cut it. The new structure is much larger than the for- mer one so that we will be able to do business on a broader scale and incidentally push things so as to compare favorably with the work of the eastern office." The new upper sawmill of C. Crane & Co. on Eastern avenue has been completed, and is rated one of the best in the Queen City. Fires dur- ing the last year made it necessary for the con- cern to build a number of new sawmills and now they are about all completed. The large lum- ber piles In the company's yards situated on the bank of the Ohio river have caused much com- ment. The concern is so situated as to have ad- vantage of excellent shipping facilities ; it is ivithin a stone's throw of the Pennsylvania rail- road and very near the river, thus giving both rail and water service. Benjamin Dulweber, who has been suffering with stomach trouble for some time, is rapidly improving at the Good Samaritan hospital. He expects to return to active business within a few weeks. During his absence J. Putman as- sumes charge. The Coppel Furniture Company of Dayton has been granted Incorporation papers with a capital stock of $200,000. The Incorporators were Fred Coppel, Auua L. Coppel, Harry F. Coppel, Carl L. Coppel and Cora M. Coppel. Messrs. Bender and Miller, members of the Board of Public Service, have returned from a visit to Indianapolis, where they Inspected wooden block paving. Both were much Impressed with It, and now It Is highly probable that many Cincinnati streets will be paved with wooden blocks. The Brazos Lumber Company, Paulding, O., has been incorporated with a capital stock of $27,500 by James Gasscr, C. H. Allen, D. J. llarkless, John A. Mohr and F. F. Goodwin. The next monthly meeting of the Manufac- turers' Club will be held at the Queen City Club, June 10 Instead of June 3. The speakers of the evening are M. B. Farrin and Edward Hargrave. both of whom will talk on their re- cent foreign trips. Mr. Farrin visited Egypt and Mr. Hargrave made the trip around Cape Horn. Both men are excellent speakers and a large evening Is promised. Dr. Thomas M. Stewart, president of the Axix Coal and Timber Land Company, and Dr. E. C. Buck, secretary, left recently for New York to arrange for the final details of taking over a large tract of coal and timber land In fee sim- ple for themselves and associates. During the month of May a larger volume of business has been transacted than for some time ; a big increase was recorded over the same month of last year. The total number of cars received during that time was 9,312, compared with last vear 6.847. The shipments show a healthy In- crease, being 7,274 as compared with 5,.'jy8 of last year. The above will serve to emphasize the fact that the lumber trade in this city Is very good. Chester L. Korn of the Farrin-Korn Lumber . Company left last week for a business trip to Mississippi and other points In that vicinity. He expects to return within a week. The large delegation of Cincinnati lumbermen that attended the convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at Atlantic City have returned well pleased with everything that was transacted. The convention was In session but two days, but local lumbermen did not return until a week or so after. Some of whom spent time on the seashore while others attended to business while in the East. A. Fenton of the Ohio Veneer Company has returned from a most successful business trip South and Southwest. "Business In the South is good," said Mr. Fenton, "but Cincinnati I think has a little the best of it." William E. Delaney, general manager of the Kentucky Lumber Company, returned recently from a business trip to Burnslde, Ky., and soon after departed for Williamsburg, where the com- pany has another sawmill. He expects to return to the local office within a week or ten days. George Llttleford of the Llttleford Lumber Company has returned to his office after an ab- sence of several weeks' suffering with a severe attack of typhoid fever. President Thomas J. Moffett of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club Is arranging the standing committees for the year and will announce them within the next week. The annual outing of the club will be held some time in June, the exact date not being as yet set. The William T. Rosser Lumber Company of Arcanum. O., was Incorporated last week with a capital stock of $40,000 by Carl A. Rosser, W. S. Kosser, Sarah A. Rosser, Nona B. Rosser and Wllilain H. Francis. Cincinnati lumber dealers were much wrought up over the raise in freight rates on lumber which went into effect June 1. The raise ap- plies to all central and eastern territory and amount to 5 cents per 100 pounds, making the new rate 2o cents. St. Louis. Lafayette Lamb, of C. Lamb & Sons, Clinton, la., paid his regular spring visit to St. Louis recently, accompanied by several personal friends. They came on Mr. Lamb's handsome steamer, the "Wanderer," which is a marvel among pleas- ure boats. It Is electric-lighted and finished in mahoganj-. George Cottrill of the American Hardwood Lumber Company has returned from a business trip to Ohio. W. W. Dings of the Garetson-Greason Lumber Company visited the company's plants at Flsk and (/ampbell, Mo., and Prescott, Ark., recent- ly. He spent ten days in that section and says that conditions are still very unfavorable and It win be some time before the woods will dry out. W. R. Chlvvls has lately shipped a car of ' w^alnut to Rotterdam, Holland, and another to Belfast, Ireland. He is handling a large amount of this wood, and also of gum. B. D. Hussey has the contract for furnishing railroad ties and timber to the Missouri, Kan- sas & Texas railroad ; also crossing planks and other stock. He employs the cuts of three sawmills for these purposes. The road uses over 1,500,000 annually. The International Hardwood Lumber Com- pany of St. Louis and Mobile has purchased the business of Y'ounce & Gracey Co., at luka. Miss. Several hundred thousand feet of lumber are on hand at that place, and the deal puts the Inter- national company In an excellent position to take care of requirements for all sorts of stock with dispatch. 58 HARDWOOD RECORD The riummer Lumber Company recently sold a oar o( thick, -nide poplar to a local manu- facturer, and received $1,837 for the shipment, which they considered excellent value. The factory of the Shultz Belting Company is running to full capacity, and business with them is e.xcelleut. the export trade as well as domestic. The Frost-Johnson Lumber Company has been Incorporated with a capital stock of $1,500,000. The main office will be in St. Louis, and the principals are E. A. Frost, Shreveport. La. : N. W. McLeod, St. Louis; C. W. Mansur, St. Louis : C. D. Johnson and C. W. Nelson. Mr. Johnson is president, Mr. Frost vice president and Mr. McLeod secretary and treasurer. C. D. Boynton left a few days ago for Chi- cago, to meet his mother and wife, who have been taking a winter's trip to Japan. Theodore M. Plummer, secretary of the Plum- mer Lumber Company, has gone to southern California to study methods of raising fruit, nuts, etc., and will retire from the lumber busi- ness in the fall. He has purchased a large tract of land in southwestern Texas and will have it irrigated and turned into fertile soil for the raising of farm and fruit products. Mr. Plummer, though a young man, has an im- portant place in the lumber industry ; in addi- tion to his St. Louis interests he is president of the Mississippi Cypress Company of Marks. Miss., and of the Bayou Chicot Lumber Com- pany of Bayou Chicot, La. The Garetson-Greason Lumber Company has moved its offices from suite 1212-13-14 Times building to 1001-15 Times building. This change was necessary as the old quarters were too small to comfortably accommodate the office force. 'i I Lloyd G. Harris rcprc-sentel the St. Louis Lum- bermen's Exchange of St. Louis at a recent meet- ing of interests controlling local industries, which was held at the rooms of the Civic League to consider a revision of the city's charter. A permanent committee was appointed to create agitation toward securing this end. C. E. Thomas of the Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company has returned from a trip through the mill districts of Arkansas and Louisiana. He reports that weather eonditious are slightly im- proved, though still very bad. Thomas E. Powe, vice president of the Plum- mer Lumber Company, is making a stouthern tour which will take him as far as New Orleans before his return. Capt. C. F. Liebke, who went east to attend the Atlantic City convention, remained several days after the meeting for recreation and pleas- ure. Memphis. There have lit-cn liu-ther heavy rains in the Memphis hardwood producing territory during the past fortnight and these have interfered with the progress of both milling and logging opera- tions. However, taken as a whole, weather con- ditions show some tendency toward improvement and lumber interests are hopeful that this pros- pect may be fully realized, because production is not up to normal and can hardly reach that point until there is decided improvement over condi- tions which have prevailed for some lime. The Anderson-Tully Company, manufacturers of Cottonwood, gum and cypress and other hard- wood lumber and operators of large box and veneer factories in North Memphis, are erecting a machine shop and foimdry for the purpose of taking care of the greater portion of the repair work necessary to keep their plants in operation. The Illinois Central Railroad Company is mak- ing preparations to erect extensive terminal fa- cilitie.s in New South Memphis, including an in- cline. A short time ago the company purchased a large tract of land on the river front and an- nounced that these terminals would he erected in the hope that they might facilitate the handling of lumber and logs to such an extent as to greatly stimulate the establishment of lumber and woodworking plants in that section of the city. The Belt Line is interested with the Illi- nois Central in this move and the establishment of these terminal facilities will give every road entering Memphis connection with the river and make tlie distribution of receipts a very easy matter, at the same time providing facilities for delivering lumber to the river where shipment by water is desirable. For this reason lumber- men are much encouraged over the announce- ment. Henry C. Osterman of Chicago has purchased ten acres of land ad.ioining the new yards of the Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company in New South Memphis from the South Memphis Land Com- pany and he and associates have formed the jlemphis Car Company and are preparing to es- tablish thereon a plant for the repairing of freight cars and for the manufacture of stock to be used in the factory of the Osterman Manu- facturing Company at West Pullman, III. Ap- plication will be made for a charter under the laws of this state. The officers are : Henry C. Osterman, president, and E. H. Ward, secretary- treasurer. The latter will be in charge of the interests of the company here. Other cities made efforts to land this industry, but Memphis won on its splendid railroad facilities and its prox- imity to the base of hardwood lumber supply. The Consolidated Handle Company, with head- quarters in Memphis and branches in Arkansas, has refused to make payment of the charter fees required of foreign corporations seeking to do, or actually engaged in, business in that state, declaring that it only recently paid out money for the privilege of doing business in Arkansas. Practically all the other corporations engaged in the lumber industry with headquarters in Memphis have complied with the Arkansas law in cases where they have interests in that state. The .1ury in the federal court has returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Hugh Mur- doch, a prominent Memphis lumberman, whose retrial occurred here this week. He was charged with having raised two-dollar bank notes to twenty dollars and with having attempted to put these in circulation. Important witnesses for the prosecution failed to agree at vital points in their testimony, and this fact, together with the excellent standing of Mr. Murdoch ,nnd the favorable testimony of character witnesst-s, ex- plains the verdict. Lumbermen express pleasure that the case has ended in this manner. Lumber interests here are congratulating Mem- phis on having captured for the second time the presidency of the National Hardwood Lumber Association through the reelection of W. H. Russe at the recent annual at Atlantic City. The announcement of his reelection was made at the last meeting of the Lumbermen's Club and it occasioned much enthusiasm. This was all the more pronounced because it was known that Mr. Russe had declared, prior to leaving Mem- phis for Atlantic City, that he would not have the office again except upon a platform calling for some modification of the rules governing inspection and grading. Local lumber interests were much in favor of some revision of these rules. There is much interest in lumber circles here over the announcement from Saginaw. .Mich., to the effect that F. W. Gilchrist, president of the Three States Lumber Company and the W. E. Smith Lumber Company, together with three of his sons and Congressman J. W. Fordney, has formed the Gilchrist-Fordney Lumber Company with a capital stock of $1,200,000, and that they have purchased 50,000 acres of timber lands near Laurel, Miss., estimated to contain approxi- mately 400,000,000 feet of timber. It is further stated that the plant of the Kingston Lumber Company, with a capacity of 150,000 feet daily, has been purchased by the company and thai this will be used In the development of the re- sources on the acquired property. The head- quarters of the two lumber companies of which Mr. Gilchrist is president are in Memphis. Charles Rippin. general agent of the Missouri Pacific, with headquarters in Memphis, has been transferred to St. Louis, where he becomes gen- eral agent of the freight department of that com- pan.v. He is succeeded in Memphis by C. McD. Adams, heretofore commercial agent of the same road in Memphis. Henry W. Tiernan. connected with the St. Louis branch of the Deep Waterway.s Associa- tion, has been in Memphis during the past few days and is quite enthusiastic over the develop- ments which have taken place lately. He de- clares that public seuliment is bee )ming strong in favor of the fourteen-foot channel and that it only needs to he educated further in the same direction in order to make it demand the build- ing of such a channel. He believes there will be a large appropriation from Congress at the next session for the inauguration of the movement ; he is of the opinion that Chairman Burton, who has recently been south on a tour of inspection, is much more strongly in favor of the movement than at any previous time and that he will lend his support toward securing the appropriation. The death of W. E. Smith, affectionately known to most lumbermen as "Billy." which occurred at his home in Eau Claire, Wis., a short time ago. came as a rather sudden shock to local lumber interests, with whom he had been closely associated for a number of years. He left Mem- phis about a year ago in search of health, but never improved materially. Paralysis followed general breakdown and put an end to Mr. Smith's long suffering. George W. Fooshe, secretary of the Robertson- Fooshe Lumber Company, has been elected a member of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis. George C. Ehemann of Bennett & Witte was married June 0 to Miss Lilian Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Morris. The ceremony was performed at the Mississippi Avenue Meth- odist church in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives. Mr. Ehemann is one of the most popular lumbermen of this city. His bride is the daughter of a gentleman who has been closely associated with the hardwood lumber interests of both Cincinnati and Memphis and this has lent an additional interest to the cere- mony from the standpoint of lumbermen of this and other cities. Mr. Ehemann and his bride were the recipients of many handsome gifts, among the number being a silver service from members of the Lumbermen's Club of this city. Wedding bells will ring in a very short time for another of the younger lumber set of Mem- phis— R. J. Wiggs, secretary-treasurer of R. J. Darnell, Inc., and the Darnell-Love Lumber Com- pany. Cards are out announcing his approach- ing marriage to Miss Ethel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Giles Reynolds of Pulaski, Tenn., which will be solemnized there June 11. Mr. Wiggs is quite prominent in social as well as lumber circles and has a large host of friends who will wish him well. A large force has been put to work near Helena, Ark., clearing the right of way for the •Missouri & North Arkansas railroad. Construc- tion work is to begin shortly. The line is to be. extended southward from Seligman, Mo., to Helena, Ark., and it is stated that construction work between Leslie and Searcy. Ark., has been practically completed. The road will prove an important factor in the development of the tim- ber resources of eastern Arkansas through which it will run. The Eudora-Calvert branch of the Memphis, Helena & Louisiana line of the Missouri Pacific system has been completed and trains are now beiug operated thereon. This is a 40-mile stretch of road that will be used as a feeder for the water-level line of the Missouri Pacific system between Memphis and New Orleans. HARDWOOD RECORD 59 Lumber interests here are much pleased with the announcement of the success of the yellow piners in Mississippi in their light against the railroads on the advance in freight rates or- dered several years ago and later countermanded by the Interstate Commerce Commission on the ground that the advanced rate was unreason- able and unjustifiable. They express the belief that the upholding of the ruling of the commis- sion by the Supreme Court of the United States will have a most salutary influence upon the work of the former body in its effort to protect shippers from unjust and unreasonable rates on the part of the railroads. The Robertson-Fooshe Lumber Company has completed its office building in North Memphis. It is located near the intersection of the Illinois Central and Randolph roads. New Orleans. Lumber exporters of New Orleans as well as exporters in other lines are still fighting with the railroads for additional free time on cars used by them in handling export shipments, and the battle being waged between the two big forces is now at its height. The New Orleans Lumber Exporters' Association is taking a prominent part in the matter and hopes to secure an adjust- ment that will enable those firms exporting lum- ber through this port to handle their business in better shape. Several big meetings of individuals and bodies interested in this matter have been held and several days ago the Board of Trade representatives decided to ask for thirty days' free time. This ultimatum of the exporters will, it is believed, cause a deadlock, as there is said to be no prospect that the car service association will accede to this demand, and whether or not a compromise will be offered remains to be seen. The fight has grown to large proportions and a dead-lock at this time will be somewhat unfor- tunate for all concerned. For that reason there are indications that strong efforts will be made to adjust the matter in a manner that will suit everybody. Announcement is made that the big woodwork- ing plant which has just been completed by the John C. Stone Company. Ltd., of New Orleans will be ready for operation in the next week or ten days. The plant is situated at Ilagan avenue and Melpomene street, this city, and is one of the largest of its kind in this territory. It will manufacture all kinds of wood products, devot- ing itself largely to interior finish work in hard- wood lines. The company which will operate the plant is a new concern and was organized here some time ago with an authorized capital of $30,000. It is headed hy John C. Stone of New Orleans. The New Orleans Lumber Exporters and the Board of Fort Commissioners are now working on plans to finance the building of the 2,000- foot lumber dock that the lumbermen have asked lor on the river front. Recently J. H. Hinton, president of the Exporters' Association, appeared hefore the dock board and submitted the lum- bermen's request for a specially constructed lum- ber dock. The matter was given consideration and the two interests are now working together on the financial plans. The docks is to cost between $300,000 and $400,000. It will be lo- cated somewhere above Napoleon avenue and will be specially constructed for lumber shipments. Mr. Hinton declares that the construction of this dock will increase the lumber exports at New Orleans more than 500 cargoes per year. At present a miserably small amount of lumber is exported from here because of inadequate facili- ties. Advices from Monroe. La., state that the mill and holdings of the Cheniere Land & Lumber Company, a bankrupt concern, have been sold by J. C. Theus, trustee, for $98,000. The Bankers' Trust Company of St. Louis was the purchaser. A large tract of hardwood timber land in Winn parish, this state, has just been sold by the Anderson-Tullv Company 73 Dwight Lumber Company 10 ^„„„,ip i,„mber Company Earle Lumber Company 82 g^j^,. ,j,,^,^ g. go 87 Ellas, G.. & Bro 87 Bp„„.n -n". p., & Sons. Lumber Co... 2 Empire Lumber Company S7 guKaio Hardwood Lumber Company.. 87 Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Company 12 Maley, Thompson & Motfett Company 84 CYPRESS. Martin-Barrlss Company 77 Massengale Lumber Company 75 Cypress Lumber Company 84 Maus. H. H., & Co.. Inc 7 nummer Lumber Compauy 75 JlcCauley-Saunders Lumber Company. SI VENEERS. Mcllvalu, J. Gibson, & Co 10 McLean-Davis Lumber Company 2 Grand Rapids Veneer Works 73 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Company.... 87 Pbila. Veneer & Lumber Company.... 75 Mengel, C. C, & Bro S Wisconsin Veneer Company 79 Miller, Anthony 87 Miller Bros 81 HARDWOOD FLOORING, Mosby, H. W.. & Co 7" Neal-Dolph Lumber Company Nicola Lumber Company. The O'Brien. John. Land & Lumber Co. SO .\dvance Lumber Company 77 .\rpin Hardwood Lumber Company... 78 Bliss & Van Auken 12 Buffalo Maple Flooring Company, The 7 12 86 SI S3 Cherry River Boom & Lumber Co.... 9 Chicago Car Lumber Company 80 Chivvis. W. R 75 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Company Kvans & Retting Lumber Company Fall. E. H 7' Formau Company. Thomas 1 Freiberg Lumber Compauy. The Sb Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co 84 Fnllerton-rowell Hardwood Lumber ^ Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company 81 Company ."> co-Op Mill & Lumber Company 75 General Lumber Company, The 84 courtnev D. G 9 Gillespie, W. M.. Lumber Company.. 7 crane C.. & Co S4 Goldie. J. S 82 crescent Lumber Company 84 Haak Lumber Company 64 croshv & Becklev Company. The 10 Ilackley-Fhclps-Bonnell Company .... S3 p„,jj. -^ j^ Land & Lbr. Company.. 74 Haydeu & Westcott Lumber Company SO cypress Lumber Company S4 Ileath-Wltbeck Co 81 darling. Chas., & Co SI Ilolloway Lumber Company 7 Barnell-Taenzer Lumber Co 4 Iloyt, C. I.. & Co 86 Davidson-Benedict Company Indiana Quartered Oak Company 7 Dayjs w. .\ 81 Ingram Lumber Company 78 D^nnig & Smith Lumber Company... 83 James & Abbot Company 7 n'Heur & Swain Lumber Company... 86 .lenks, Robert H., Lumber Company.. 7i Dixon & Dewey 10 .Tones, G. W.. Lumber Company 2 n„hlmeler Bros 85 Jones Hardwood Compauy 7 Elias. G., & Bro 87 Kellcy Lumber & Shingle Company.. 6 Empire Lumber Company, Buffalo 87 Kneeland-Bigelow Company 73 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Company... 81 I.esh & Matthews Lumber Company.. 81 Evans & Retting Lumber Company... 83 LitchUeld. William E 7 pau e. H 77 Lonlbaru, E. B 81 Farrin-Korn Lumber Company 85 Long-Knight Lumber Company 86 Freiberg Lumber Company. The 85 Maley, Thompson & Moffett Company 84 Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Martin-Barriss Company 77 Company 5 Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company,.. 78 Garetson-Greason Lumber Company... 75 Maus, H. H., & Co., Inc 7 Gayoso Lumber Company 74 Mcllvaiu, J. Gibson. & Co 10 General Lumber Company. The 84 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Company 87 Gillespie, W. M., Lumber Company.. 7 Miller, -Anthony S7 Goodlander-Robertson Co 4 Miller Bros 81 Haas, Albert, Lumber Company 7 Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Hackley-Pbelps-Bonnell Company .... S3 Mowbray & Robinson 85 Hayward, M. A 60 Murphy & Dlgglns 3 Heath-Witheck Co SI Nichols & Cos Lumber Company S3 Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co... 1 Nicola Lumber Company, The 76 Hooton, R. A., Lumber Company .81 Northern Lumber Company 82 Hoyt, C. I., & Co S6 North Shore Lumber Company Indiana Quartered Oak Company 7 North-Western Lumber Company 79 James & Abbot Company 7 O'Brien, Jobn, Land & Lumber Co 80 Jenks, Robert H., Lumber Company.. 77 Osburn, Nerval 64 Jones, G. W.. Lumber Company 2 Perrine-.Ai-mstrong Company 86 Jones Hardwood Company 7 Price. E. E 7 Kentucky Lumber Company S5 Radina, L. W.. & Co 85 Lamb-Fish Lumber Company 88 Richmond. Park & Co 80 Lesh & Matthews Lumber Company.. 81 Ross Lumber Company 1 Litchfleld. William E 1 Rumbarger Lumber Company 1 Lombard. E. B 81 Ryan & McParland SO Long-Knight Lumber Company 86 Sailing-Hanson Company S3 Love, Boyd & Co 73 Sawyer-Goodman Company 78 Lnebrmann, Chas. F., Hardwood Lum- Scatcberd & Son 87 ber Company 75 Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company ^6 carrier Lumber & Mtg. Company 12 Phila. Veneer & Lumber Company 75 cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 Plummer Lumber Company 75 cummer. Diggius & Co 3 Price E E 7 Dwight Lumber Company 10 Radina L w! & Co 85 Eastman. S. L.. Flooring Company... 82 ^ ' -T -a e n^ 74 Fenn Bros. Company 4 Ransom, J. B . & Co |4 ^^^^^^ ^^^^ company 6 Richmond, Park & Co Jw j^.^^^^. Lumber Company 64 Ritter, W. M.. Lumber Company o international Hardwood Company.... 76 Rumbarger Lumber Compauy 1 Kerry & Hanson Flooring Company... 83 Ryan & McParland SO Mitchell Eros. Compauy 3 Scatcberd & Son 87 Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company 74 Schofield Bros 7 Nichols & Cox Lumber Company 83 'slimmer. F.. & Co SO StePbenson. The I.. Company 12 ,r p r. in ward Bros Smith. R. M.. & Co 1^ v;n<-e. The T.. Company.. Sondheimer. E., Company * -^^-iscorsln Laud & Lumber Company. . 83 Standard Hardwood Lumber Company Si -svood Mosaic Flooring Company 8 Stearns Company. The 84, Young, W, D., c& Co 12 Steele & Hibbard 75 Stewart, I. N, & Bro 87 SAW MILL MACHINERY, Stimson. J. V--..^.... 86 g^^^,^^^ ^j comp.iny 06 Stone, T. B., Lumber Company 84 c,eneral Electric Co 11 Sullivan, T.. & Co S< Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Company. 64 Swann-Day Lumber Company 2 Mersbon, W. B.. & Co Three States Lumber Company 88 Phoenix Manufacturing Cumpany 79 Turner. \. M., Lumber Company 76 Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Compauy 75 WOODWORKING MACHINERY. Walnut Lumber Company. The 86 American Wood Working Machinery Wells, R. -A.. Lumber Company 80 Company 71 West Florida Hardwood Company 7 Berlin Machine Works. The White Lumber Company 80 Covel Manufacturing Company 72 -n., -. «. « f c ..... T,,.. fi Crown Iron Works 64 Wh.tmer, Wm., J. .Sons, Inc 6 ^^^^^^^ yi^^um^ works. The 65 Wlborg & Haima Company So ij„,mes, E. & B.. M.acblnerv Company 11 Willson Bros. Lumber Company 16 jiatteson Manufacturing Company 73 Wood Mosaic Fl'g & Lbr. Co S Nash. J. M 79 Wood. R. E.. Lumber Company 6^ Ober Manufacturing Company, The... Wvlie A. W 81' Sinker-Davis Company 70 Yeage'r Orson E 87 Smith. H. B., Machine Company 67 Young '& Cutsinger SG ^^ds, S. A., Machine Company 70 LOGGING MACHINERY, POPLAR. ^ Clyde Iron Works 68 , Lidgerw-ood Manufacturing Company, 69 Advance Lumber Company a Overpack, S. C '. . Atlantic Lumber Company Russel Wljeel & Foundry Company... Brown, W. P., & Sons, Lumber Co... 2 Cheat River Lumber Company 76 DRY KILNS AND BLO'WERS. Courtney, D. G 9 Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Company. 64 Crane, C. & Co 84 Grand Rapids Veneer Works 73 Cude. W. J., Land & Lbr, Company.. 74 New York Blow-er Company 65 Davidson-Benedict Company Dawkins. W. H., Lumber Company.. 85 SAWS. KNIVES AND SUPPLIES. Haas, Albert, Lumber Company 7 ^t];;,,^ e. C. & Co 68 Haydeu & Westcott Lumber Company 80 Covel Manufacturing Company 73 Hayward, M. A 60 Crow' n Iron Works 64 Hooton, B. A., Lumber Company 81 Gillette Roller Bearing Company 65 Kentucky Lumber Company 85 Hanchett Swage Works 65 Keyes-Faunin Lumber Company 64 Marshall, Francis ■■■■■■■■^ Massengale Lumber Compauy 75 ^J^"-^^"" Mannfactnrmg Company.... 73 McLean-Davis Lumber Company 2 LUMBER INSURANCE. Ritter, W. M., Lumber Company 5 Smith R M & Co 10 -Adirondack Fire Insurance Company.. 1 Stewa'rt-lioy Lumber "company' !::!!! 84 L™^^'' Insurance Company of New Swann-Day Lumber Company 2 ^^^^^^ MuVnaV Fire' 'insilrance' Com- Vansant. Kitchen & Co 88 ^^^^.^ Boston Wood, R. E., Lumber Company 6 Lumber Underwriters 12 Yellow Poplar Lumber Company 88 Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Company 1 COTTONWOOD AND GUM, Rankin, Harry, & Co 61 Anderson-Tully Company 73 Farrin-Korn Lumber Company 85 Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co. . . 1 Lamb-Fish Lumber Compau.v 88 Luehrmann, C. F., Hardwood Lumber Company 75 Mosby, H. W.. & Co 77 Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company 6 Sondheimer. E.. Company 4 Three States Lumber Company SS MISCELLANEOUS. Childs, S. D., & Co 64 General Electric Co 11 Gillette Roller Bearing Company 65 Lacey, James D., & Co 72 Lumbermen's Credit Association &4 Martin & Co 77 Pennsylvania Door & Sash Company. . 7 Poole, Clark L.. & Co 12 Sanders Co., Henry 72 Schenck, C. A., & Co 82 64 HARDWOUD RECORD Keys=Fannin Lumber Company Manufacturers of Band and Circular sawn SOFT YELLOW POPLAR Plain and quartered red and white Oak, Hemlock, Bass and Chest- nut. Give us a trial. Herndon, Wyoming Co., W. Va. Send Us Your Orders We Have on Hand Ready for Shipment a Nice Stock of 254 Clear Maple Flooring AL.SO OTHER SIZE.S AND GRADES Our fine timber, modern plant and skilled workmanship combine to make a flooring that cannot be ex- celled. You will be pleased with it. HAAK LUMBER CO. HAAKWOOD, MICH. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICTTED When you have anything to sell, or wish to purchase anything m the way of HARDWOOD LUMBER CROSS TIES OR PILING Norval Osburn, Seaman, Ohio COUNTERFEIT CHECKS are frequent except where our Two Piece Geometrical Barter Coin l8 in ii?e. then imitation isn t , possible. Sample if yoii ask tor it. S. D. CBILDSV < CO. Chicago We also make Time Checks, Stenclly and Log Hammers. 10% MORE LUMBER WITH THE SAME MACHINERY AND CREW 11 vou have to shut down occ.i.siouallv to wait for .steam to rise, THE GORDON HOLLOW BLAST GRATE would eualjic you to increase your cut 10', without buying an additional machine or hiring an additional man. 'IMiis is a very conservative estimate, in many cases. Just think ot It ! A gain of 11)% in your uutjiut without Increasing your operating expenses one penny ! Can you wonder at it tliat users i)rf)notince the Gordon Hollow Blast Grate The Best Investment They Ever Made? i'^'cry set sold is a standing advertisement. We point with pride to the fact that while attemjjts have been made ever since the middle of the last cen- tury to devise an appar- atus that would suc- cessfull}- burn wet. green and frozen saw- dust, etc.. The Gordon ~~" — ' ' ■ — ^Si — .J. ' Hollow Blast Grate was the flr.st to achieve .suc- cess: and it is the only one today in which both efficiency and durability are found in any high degree. All the men that re- duced it to a practical basis and made it famous are still identi- fied with the company, and in soliciting your business we are tendering you the services of those who have had fifteen years experience in the business. The Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Co. GR^EENVILLE. MICH. Thi-hugest inaniifatiuieiof lilast Krates. edser.s and trimmers irithe world. Save Your Money By Using the RED BOOK Published Semi*AnnualIy in January and July It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyers of lumber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their financial stand- ing and manner of meeting obligations. Covers the UNITED STATES and MANI- TOBA. The trade recognizes this book as the au- thority on the lines it covers. A well organized Collection Department is also operated and the same is open to you. WRITE FOR TERMS. Lumbermen's Credit Association 1405 Great Northern Buildine, CBICAGO 116 Nassau Street. NEW YORK CITY HARDWOOD RECORD 65 "DEFIANCE" WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY . * I COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS OF ■"''^ HIGH GRADE TOOLS ■^ FOR MAKING ^ Hubs, Spokes, Wheels, Wagons, Carriages, Rims, Shalts, Poles, Neck-Yokes, Single Trees, Hoops, Handles, Bobbins, Spools, Insulator Pins and Oval Wood Dishes. No. 1 PLAMNG AND ROUNDING MACHINE INVENTED AND BUILT BY The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS DEFIANCE, OHIO. Send for 500 Page Catalogue AUTOMATIC KNIFE GRINDER. Works BUCYRUS. OHIO ESPECIALLY Adapted lor Handling Shavings, Saw° dust and Stringy Material of All Kinds Get Catalogue 58=G l-PIECE FAN WHEEL We Also 'Slake Lumber Dryers. NO OBSTRUCTIONS. New York Blower Company Main Office : 23th Place and Stewart Avenue CHICAGO Hanchett's Saw Swages BandlSaw Swage KSSi Simple in Construction Easy to Adjust Strong and Durable Send for 1907 Catalog, No. 10 It Tells You All About Them Manufactured by HANCHETT SWAGE WORKS Circular Sa« Swage with Bench Attachment Big Rapids, Mich. This Truck — The Gillette Truck— with its Roller Bearing Axle- Unbreakable Malleable Iron Caster-Fork, Improved Stake Pockets and general Superiority of Construction is the Easiest Running Truck made. Strongest where other trucks are weakest. Best Truck to buy. Cheapest Truck to use. Invest money in these trucks. Do not waste it on others. QILLETTE ROLLER BEARING C0MP.\NV ^ Grand Rapids, Michigan ■ UJ 66 HARDWOOD RECORD GARLAND Special Hardwood 74i. Band Mill There are many good features about this mill that we will be glad to tell about. Write for catalogue and descriptive circulars. Simplicity, Capacity, Economy on Saws. We manufacture a full line of Sawmill and Conveying Machinery. A few hardwood sa.wmill n\a.chinery installaLtions ; Kneeland-Bigelow Co Bay City. Mich. Kneeland-Buell Co Bay City, Mich. W. D. Young & Co Bay City, Mich. E.C. Hargrave Bay City, Mich. Bhss & Van Auken Saginaw, Mich. SaUing, Hanson & Co Grayhng, Mich. Johannesburg Mfg. Co Johannesburg, Mich. Michelson & Hanson Co Lewiston, Mich. Harbor Spiings Lumber Co Harbor Springs, Mich. W. H. White Co Boyne City, Mich. Mud Lake Lumber Co Raber, Mich. Engel Lumber Co Englewood, La. Hardgrove Lumber Co Hardgrove, Mich. Churchill Lumber < o Alpena, Mich. Waccamaw Land & Lumber Co Wilmington, N. C. Embury-Martin Lumber Co Cheboygan, Mich. The M. Garland Co, BAY CITY. MICHIGAN HARDWOOD RECORD 67 The Profit Builder NO. 105-A, EXTRA HEAVY 12-INCH MOULDER T HAS been our purpose during the last half century to develop ak a line of wood working machines containing the best work- manship and material that American skill and wisdom can afford. This fact we are proud to say is well established in the minds of our many patrons. We have, however, now exceeded ourselves by the development of a remarkable Moulder, the excellence of which is due to our obtaining written suggestions from more than a thousand operators throughout America. This machine stands alone as being the composite idea of the thinking operators of this country. One year's test of its work has convinced us that it is impossible for you to compete successfully against the Smith Moulder with any other machine. Can't we send you prices and literature i Branches : New YorK, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta H. B. SMITH MACHINE CO. SMITHVILLE, N. J., U. S. A. 68 HARDWOOD RECORD RAPID AND ECONOMICAL LOO LOADING Largely depends on the independence of the loader. ^^ As lo^s are usually skidded to the nearest point on the railroad, they are necessarily scattered alon^ the track and it's cheaper to ^o to the logs than move the lo^s to the loader. That's just what makes the McGIFFERT STEAM LOG LOADER so rapid. Beinii self propellinti, it can bring in its own empties, spot them and load the lo^s just as they lie. I\o waiting for anythinii or any- body—just lo^S. Our booklet ttlU morm CLYDE IRON WORKS ATKINS S SAWS cost more than other Saws, because they are BETTER. The First cost of a Saw does not count for much. What you want is your Money's Worth. Isn't it better to pay a fair price and get the best rather than a low price and get poor goods? Try an ATKINS SAW. They're better. E. C. ATKINS & CO., Inc. The Silver Steel Saw People. Home Office and Factory, Indianapolis. Branches : Atlanta, Chicago, New York City, Portland, Memphis, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Seattle, New Orleans, Toronto. HARDWOOD RECORD 69 Lidgerwood Combination Hardwood Logger (Patented) Especially Designed to Log the Hardwood Flats Bordering on the Mississippi River. A Machine that Can be Used Twelve Months in the year. RIGGED AS A. CABLEWAY SKIDDER- To be used in sloughs, swampyplaces and during thc^wei season, especially where the timber runs high* to the acre per thousard feet, or where the timber is thick and small with lots of underbrush. RIGGED AS A SNAKER, Should be used when flats are dry enough for a horse to return tongs into the woods, especially where the timber is large and scattering. .^T f-'^ To be used only when impossible 10 operate either the snaking or cableway system, or when the railroad is so located that a slough or low swampy place must be crossed, thus preventing the return of line by hors;. Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co 96 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK Loggini Machinery Branch Houses: ATLANTA, OA., SEATTLE, WASH. Ancncy: W OODVV aRL), VV IQHT & CO., New Orleans, La. 70 HARDWOOD RECORD THE "HOOSIER" SELF-FEED RIP SAW The cut shows a iront view of our Hoosier Self Feed Rip Sawing Machine; it has a square raising table, easily operated by a crank in front of the machine and is always firmly locked, at any point, thus preventing any jarring or falling down and doing away with all clamp bolts and screws. The machine has our patent feeding device, with two feed shafts, one in front of the saw with a thin star feed wheel and one in the rear with a corrugated roll, the advantage of which can be readily seen. This machine will rip stock 6 inches thick and by using the saw on the outer end of the mandril will take in stock 17i inches between guide and saw. It can be used with a gang of saws by the use of spacing collars on the mandril. It has no equal in the rapid production of slats, cleats and dimension material of all kinds. Price $175.00. We also build the machine with a movable saw, at a slightly higher price. Write for Full Description. The Sinker-Davis Co. Manufacturers of SAW MILL MACHINERY Indianapolis, Ind. No. 24 Special Fast Feed Planer and Matcher X . j)«»i' 1 1 tem^ii'^'*'^ SIX ROLLS. WORKS 8" TO 3o" WIDE BY 6" THICK Produces high quahty of work at exceptionally Fast Feed. Contains meritorious features, such as Wedge Platen, Belt Release, Vertical Adjustment of Side Spindles, Side Wing Clamp Boxes. S. A. Woods Machine Co., Boston CHICAGO noororsf^rfn'^lL'i%!rMou.^ers SEATTLE HARDWOOD RECORD 71 T3 ferred ice to a 2 a. '^ ^ "^ ri z 3 03 r3 0; 0 tf U] you V the b the in « chines ey are bring CO CO ^ 5 =^ s > ^ s !^ O f-l !>. O .' (U e es a o d 8 o o o e« a <3 c 6 u a •0 U o >- u u H I/) U 9S o U W MM u. b e u z u (5 s: 0 0 K tfl U .J < (0 73 s c V c c c s z < of o u z - 72 HARD. WOOD RECORD ROLL'S PATENT LOCK JOINT COLUMNS We make columns in any size and for every conceivable use that are just as perfect in every detail as these four beauties we placed in the new Lake Shore Depot in Chicago. There are no veneered or solid stave hardwood columns made that are equal to ours in mechanical and architectural construction, beauty and durability. Write today for our free illustrated catalog. CAN NOT ^B COME m We make a specialty of dry-kilning lum- ber. Switch tracks make our new mod- ern dry kilns convenient to all Chicago and vicinity. Let us quote you prices. Henry Sanders ELSTON AVENUE, 900 Company " CHICAGO THE NEW 1907 CATALOG is ready, ask for one. It describes the most com- plete line of fil- ing room ma- chinery manu- factured, includ- ing our New No. 99 Automatic Sharpener, a s shown by cut, also our New No. 109 Stretcher with automatic Re-toother. Covel Manufacturing Co. Chicago, U. S. A. ESTABLISHED SINCE 1S80 TIMBER WE OFFER TRACTS OF VIRGIN TIMBER IN LOUISI- ANA, MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA, ALABAMA AND ALSO ON PACIFIC COAST We employ a larger force of expert timber cruiser.s than any other firm in the worid. We have furnished banks and trust companies with reports on timber tracts upon which millions of dollars of timber certifi- cates or bonds have been issued. We furnish detailed estimates which enables the buyer to verify our reports at very little expense and without loss of valuable time. Correspondence with bona fide investors solicited. JAHES D. LACEY & CO. J.\.MES D. LACEY. WOOD REAL, VICTOR THRANE. 608 Hennen Bldg., NEW ORLEANS 1200 Old Colony Bldg., CHICAGO LARGEST TIMBRR DEALERS IN THE WORLD 507 Lumber Exchange, SEATTLE 829 Chamber of Com., PORTLAND HARDWOOD RECORD 71 The KNEELAND BIGELOW CO. MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER Annual Output: 20,000,000 ft. Hardwoods. 20,000,000 ft. Hemlock. 4,000,000 pes. Hardwood Lath. 9,000,000 pes. Hemloek Lath. Mills R.\jn the Yesvr Around. Bay City, Mich. Anderson-Tully Company OFFERS STOCK FOR SALE Three cars 6/4x8 in. and up 1st & 2nd Cottonwood One " 7/8x8 " Two " 5/4x12 " Two " 4/4 " " Plain Red Oak MEiViPHIS, TEININESSEE DRY HARDWOODS 150,000 ft. Tennessee Red Cedar Boards (Aromatic) 150,000 ft. 4-4 Is and 2s Plain Red Oak. 50,000 ft. 5-4 Is and 2s Plain Red Oak. 200,000 ft. 8-4 No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak. 44,000 ft. 10-4 No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak. 80,000 ft. S-4 No. 1 Common Quartered Red Oak. 300,000 ft. 4-4 Shipping Cull Plain Oak. Also fair stock of Poplar and Hickory. LOVE, BOYD & CO. NASHVILLE, TENN. Lumber Dried Green From Saw BY OUR NEW PROCESS Quicker and Better than any other kiln can do with six months air dried. Write us GRAND RAPIDS VENEER WORKS, Grand Rapids, Mich. IMPROVED AUTOMATIC BAND SAW SHARPENER THE EXPERIENCED SAW FILER QUICKLY REALIZES WHY THE Matteson Sharpeners ARE THE BEST. Every machine guaranteed. We make a complete line of modern fools for the care of saws. It will pay you to get in touch with us. MATTESON MFG. CO. '^^-'IV.^ASyTL?^. "^ • 74 HARDWOOD RECORD J. B. RANSOM. Pres. A. B. RANSOM. V. Pres. W. A. RANSOM. Sec. and Mgr. C. R.. RANSOM, Tress. GAYOSO LUMBER COMPANY MANVFACTVRERS AND DEALERS IN Hardwood Lumber and Wagon Stock MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE W. J. CUDE, Pres. J. B. RANSOM, Vice-P.-es. A. B. RANSOM, Sec'y. W. J. Cude Land 4 Lumber Company 1013-1014 Stahlman Building NASHVILLE MANUFACTURERS OF Poplar, Oak, Chestnut and Gum Lumber Mills and Yards at Kimmins. Tenn., Colesburg, Tenn., and Cude, Miss. J. U. RANSOM. President. A. B. RANSOM, Secv. and Treas. JOHN B. RANSOM & COMPANY Oak, Ash, Poplar, Hickory, Gum, Syca- more, Walnut, Cherrjr, Elm, Cedar Posts. NASHVILLE, TENN. Hardwoods Poplar, Gum, and Lynn Siding. Turned Pop- lar Columns. Dressed Stock, etc. I Lumber of all kinds is being cut ever.v day at our city and country For material difficult to secure, write us. We can supply you, if any- mills and with stock constantly coming in from many other points, we one can. Write for specimen copy of our monthly Stock and Price are likely to have supplies meeting your wants. List. Can we place your name on our mailing list ? ■ I J. B. RansO-M, Pres A. B. R.\xsoM, Secy. R. J. WiLso.N. Treas. NASHVILLE HARDWOOD FLOORING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF MARIvET PRICE ON CAR LOTS. Less than ear lot orders shipped promptly. "ACORN BRAND >> OAK AND BEECH FLOORING We especially invite in- quiries for Flooring, Oak and Po|ilar lumber and other Hardwoods in mixed cars. "The Product dc Luxe" DELIVERED ANYWHERE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE HARDWOOD RECORD 75 Phila. Veneer ^ Lumber Co. 817 NORTH FIFTH STREET. PHILADELPHIA, PA. PILED ON OUR KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE YARD 1 car 4 4 Is and 2s Plain White Oak 6 cars 4, 4 No. 1 Common Plain White Oak IS cars 4/4 No. 2 Common Plain White Oak 2 cars 8 4 No. 1 Common and Better White Oak 1 car 6 4 Common and Better White Oak 1 car 5 4 Common ind Better Wliite Oak i car 8 4 Common and Better White Oak 2 cars 4 4 No. I Common (..Juurteretl White Oak * car 4/4 Is and 2s Quart. ■rni Wliile Oak i car 4,4 No. 1 Common and Better (Quartered Red Oak We also manufacture Sawed and Sliced Quartered Oak Veneers. Can make prompt shipments. MASSENGALE LUMBER CO., ST. LOUIS Manufacturers and dealers in HARDWOODS in the market to buy and seU OAK. POPLAR. ASH, CYPRESS Large stock dry lumber alwayson hand W. R. CHIVVIS. Lesperance Street and Iron Mountain Railroad. WHOLESALE HARDWOODS BLACK WALNUT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Always in the market to buy Walnut and Cherry Lumber. Pay spot cash and take up at shipping point when amounts justify. Garetson=Greason Lumber Co. JOOJ - 15 Times Building ST. LOUIS MANUFACTURERS Shipments of Plain and Quartered Oak, Ash, Cypress and Gum Lumber direct from our own milli in straight or mixed carloads. CHAS. F. LiHRMANN HARDWOOD LIBER COMPANY Carry a complete stock of Hardwood and are constantly in the market to purchase large blocks of stock for cash. Are also the largest manufacturers of the famous St. Francis Basin Red Gum. General Offices : 148 Carroll Street Vestal Lumber & Mfg* Co, Manufacturers and Wholesalers of all kinds of HARDWOODS BEVELED SIDING A SPECIALTY. UNSURPASSED FACILITIES FOR DELIVERING. Knoxvillc Tennessee Wanted-to Buy or Contract for future Delivery SOO.OOO to 1,000,000 ft. Poplar, all grades SOO.OOO to 1.000,000 ft. Cypress, all grades 600.000 to 1,000,000 ft. Ash, all grades FnspeTt^n PLUMMER LUMBER CO. ^"^^ ^°^^^ MISSOURI American Hardwood Lumber Co. 14,000,000 ft. Hardwood Lumber YARDS AT BENTON, ARK., NEW ORLEANS, LA., ST. LOUIS, MO., DICKSON, TENN. CO=OPERATIVE MILL $, LUMBER CO., (inc ) ROCKFORD, ILLS. Want Poplar. Oak, Gum, Hickory, Birch and Maple SEND STOCK LIST AND PRICES. ^ For items of Hardwood Stock or Hardwood Machinery, you will find it advantageous to write our advertisers. Get in touch ! GEO. C. BROWN & CO. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IS Hardwood Lumber Tennessee Red Cedar I^uraber a Specialty. Nashville, Tennessee STEELE & niBBARD LUMBER CO. North Broa.dway and Dock Streets Wholesale Manufacturers, Dealers and Shippers ASH. CYPRESS, MAHOGANY. OAK, POPLAR. &c Mills: Yazoo City, Miss.: McGregor, Arli.; England, Arlc.; Dermott. Ark. O'Hara, La.; Dexter, Mo. 76 HARDWOOD RECORD PITTSBURG HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA Hardwoods a Specialty FOR SALE POPLAR 125.000' 44 Isand2s 40,000' 4, 4 No. 1 Com. 325,009' 4/4 No. 2 Com. 228,000' 4,'4 No. 3 Com. 150,000' 4/4MiU Cull CHESTNUT 200,000' 4 4 Sound Wormy 80,000' 5/4 Sound Wormy 100,000' 6/4 Sound Wormy 48,000' 8, 4 Sound Wormy PLAIN OAK 60,000' 4 'i No. i Com. 18,000' 4,-4 No. ?. Com. QUARTERED OAK 2 cars 4 '4 No. 1 Com. 1 car 4 4 No. 2 Com. OAK TIMBERS SAWBO TO ORDER. WRITE FOR PRICES. CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg, Pcnna. Willson Bros. Lumber Co* MANUFACTURERS WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS FARMERS BANK BLDG. :: PITTSBURG, PA. The Nicola Lumber Company One million feet 4-4 Bay Poplar. Can be shipped log run, or sold on grade. Bone dry ; band sawed. Send your inquiries. A. M. Turner Lumber Company Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods as well as sell them. If you have anything to offer, please submit same to us. i t Plain and Quartered Red and White Oak Flooring Can Ship in Mixed Cars with WorlaSn MILWAUKEE, WIS. Broom, Hoe, Rake, Fork and Shovel Handles, Chair Stock, Dowel Rods, Curtain Poles, Shade Rollers, WhipStocks, Canes, Veneered Columns, Ten Pins, &c. 8o HARDWOOD RECORD CHICAGO THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co. IN MARKET FOR POPLAR 25 M ft. 3,'4" Is and 2s, stiiniianl widths and lelisths 30 M ft. 1-1 4'' Is and 2s. standard widths and Icngtlus 30 M ft. 1-12" Is and 2s, standard widths and leiiKths 30 M ft. each 2-1/2 and 4" .standard widths and lengths ROCK ELM 200 M ft. 5 4 No. 1 Common and better 500 M ft. 8, 4 No. 1 Common and better BLACK ASH 50 M ft. each 4/4, 5 4 and 6/4 No. 1 common and better OAK AND ASH 100 cars car oak framing 25 cars white ash from 1" to 4" green or dry Is and 2s 511 Railway Exchange, Chicago PARK RICHMOND (& CO. Wholesale Hardwood Lumber 926 Monadnock Block HARRISON 5165 V^nlC3.gO In the Market To Buy- Ash, Hickory, Poplar and Oak Lumber. Also Wagon Stock. Wanted "^= Hardwood Logs for Our Memphis Mill RYAN & McPARLAND CHICAGO....MEMPHIS Chicago Car Lumber Co. PULLMAN BUILDING CHICAGO WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR Poplar, Oak, Ash and Car and R. R. Material F. Slimmer ^ Company Hardwood Lumber Office and Yard : 65 W. Twenty-second St. CHICAGO R. A. WELLS LUMBER CO. Manufacturers of AH Kinds of HARDWOOD LUMBER Fine Quartered Oak a Specialty 234 LA SALLE STREET Yards at Canal and 2 1st Sts. CHICAGO, , ILL. White Lumber Company Dealers in Hardwood Lumber ALL KINDS Cherry Lumber a Specia.Ity ALL GRADES Laflin ®. 22cl Sts. Chicago John O'Brien Land & Lumber Co. MANrFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Hardwood Lumber Of All Kinds OFFICE AND YARDS : 873 to 881 So. Laflin Street MILL : PHILIPP, MISS. Chicago HARDWOOD RECORD 8i C H I C A G o THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD CHAS. DARLING & CO. Southern Hardwoods 22nd Street and Center Avenue - CHICAGO McCauIey- Saunders Lumber Co, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers BAND SAWED LOUISIANA GULF COAST RED CYPRESS Products Exclusively ^^%,o 1703 Fisher BIdg., CHICAGO, ILL. Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co. 1649-50 MARQUETTE B U 1 1, D I N G Are now offering bone dry- BIRCH, ROCK ELM. BLACK ASH, etc., Wis- consin stock. Also PLAIN AND QUARTERED OAK, POPLAR, etc., from our Memphis 3'ard. We are constant buyers. CHAS. MILLER AVlLLEFt BROS. MILTON MILLEB HARD\A/OOD LUAVBER Main'Office: 20S WILLOUGHBY BLDG. 6 E. MADISON ST. 'Plione Central 1363 CHICAGO. ILL. Yards: LoomisSt. S. of 22nd St., Chicago, III., Houston Miss., Macon, Miss W. A. DAVIS SOUTHERN HARDWOODS i6i2 Marquette BIdg., CHICAGO Branch Offices : PADUCAH, KY., and MEMPHIS, TENN. The Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co. Wholesale and Retail Telephone NORTH 223 HARDWOOD LUMBER 47 Dominicfc St. CHICAGO I ERNEST B. LOMBARD " Manvifa-cturer ar\d Wholesale Northern awt\d Southern Hardwoods ■•\^ Railwa.y Exchange CHICAGO Estabrook - Skeele Lumber Company Manufacturers and Dealers in Oak, Ash, Gum, Cottonurood, Wagon Stock and Other Hardwoods In the market for round lots of Hardwood and Wagon Stock. Write us before selling. Fisher Building. CHICAGO Heath Witbeck Co. CHICAGO HALLEY, ARK. THEBES, ILL. McEWEN, TENN. WE OFFER FOIC QUICK SHIPMENT: 1 car 1 inch No. 1 Common and Better Soft Elm. 1 car I inch No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak. 1 car I inch No. 1 Common Plain White Oak. 4 cars 6-4 inch 1st and 2nds Quarter Sawed Red Oak. Write us for delivered quotations. NUMBER. 6 MADISON STREET R. A. HOOTON LUMBER CO. FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING POPLAR. OAK. CHESTNUT PRICES AR.E YOURS FOR. THE ASKING. I WANT TO BUY 4/4 R.ED OAK ALL AND 4/4 SAP GUM. G R- A DES A. W. WYLIE. 1101 FISHER BUILDING CHICAGO, ILLS. 82 HARDWOOD RECORD All Lumbermen, Attention! We do what you can't do. We measure your stumpage correctly. We make your maps correctly. Bank references: Asheville, N. C. L« A. OCnCnCK ^ LO. NoAh CarJlTna. You can't go astray when in the market IF YOU WRITE THE Northern Lumber Company RUSH CULVER, Pres. BIRCH, MICHIGAN C We manufacture from our own forests, the finest line of Northern Hardwoods on the market. C We have the woods, the machinery, the experience, enabhng us to fill your orders right. BIRCH WE WANT YOUR ORDERS FOR 4/4 AND 5/4 COMMON AND BETTER A No. 1 STOCK The Earle Lumber Company SIMMONS, MICHIGAN BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY BOYNE CITY MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS LARGE CAPACITY PROMPT SHIPMENTS RAIL OR CARGO J. S. GOLDIE. Cadillac, :: Michigan. Low Price on five cars 2|" Clear Maple Squares, 17" to 27" long. Correspondence Solicited or\ Michigan Lumber, especially White Maple. S. L. EASTMAN FLOORING CO. ■AQINAW ailAND MAPLE FLOORING SAGINAW, MICH. You read this=others will, too. They would read your ad. Try it. W. H. WHITE, Pres. JAS. A, WHITE, Vice-Pres. W. L. MARTIN, Secy. THOS. WHITE, Treas. W. H. WHITE COMPANY BOYNE CITY. MICHIGAN Manufacturers of Hardw^ood and Hemlock Lumber, Cedar Shingles. White FcOcK Maple Flooring. HARDWOOD RECORD 83 M I JS C H I FOR RED BIRCH 1 o AND A BASS N F AMO I WOOD DENNIS BROS. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN Manufacturers of National Maple AND Birch Flooring and all kinds of Michigan liardwood lumber WRITE FOB SPECIAL PRICES ON SOm feet S'4 tamarack and 20m feet 4/4 TAMARACK. MAIN OFFICE: 205-209 MICHIGAN TRUST BUILDING. Evans & Retting Lumber Co. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers Hardwood Lumber RAILROAD TIMBERS, TIES AND SWITCH TIES 541 and 543 Michigan Trust Building Grand Rapids, Mich. DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO. Wholesale Hardwood Lumber OfHce and Yards, FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES. DETROIT, MICH. MILLS AT: Orndorfl, W. Va., Bealers W. Va., and Parkersburg, W. Va. "Chief Brand" Maple Flooring Will commend itself to you and your trade on its merits alone. T^ Comprises all the features desirable in good flooring. ^ Made by the latest, most approved machinery methods and best skilled labor. ^ We believe we can make it to your interest to handle our "Chief Brand" and will appreciate your inquiries. Kerry ^ Hanson Flooring Co. GRAYLING. MICHIGAN OUR SLOW METHOD 2i^^'5j?-g-lSg I X L POLISHED ROCK MAPLE FLOORING Enables us to offer you an excellent and superior product — One which has stood the test 20 years. WRITE TODAY FOR PRICES AND BOOKLET Wisconsin Land ^ Lumber Co. Hermansvllle, Michigan SALLINQ, HANSON CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Michigan Hardwoods GRAYLING, MICHIGAN HackleyPhelps-Bonnell Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Northern and Southern Hardwood Lumber Main OUice, Michigan Trust Company Building GRAND RAPIDS : . . . MICHIGAN 84 HARDWOOD RECORD CINCINNATI THE, GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH The Stearns Company MANUFACTDRERS OF Northern and Southern HARDWOODS Grand Rapids, Mich. Cincinnati, 0. The Stewart=Roy Lumber Co. CINCINNATI Selling Agents for Product of ROY LUMBER CO. Will Buy OAK, ASH, POPLAR, CHESTNUT, BASSWOOD AH Grades and ThiclK THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO. Manufacturers ol Tabasco Mahogany Walnut. Oak Poplar, Mcl,ean and Findlay Ars. CINCINNATI. O. PLAIN OAK—BASSWOOD Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices. DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATI, 0. «« BUY GUM" We are in the market to buy Dry tium Lumber in any quantity, from a single car load to a mtllion feet. Will take all grades and thick- nesses. We receive lumber at shipping point, pay cash and are liberal in inspection. THE FARRIN-KORN LUMBER COMPANY General Office, Yards, Planing Mills, Dry Kilns, Cincinnati, Ohio Purchasing Office. Randolph Building. Memphis, Tenn. Cypress Red Gum Oak WANTED POPLAR and GUM SEND LIST OF DRY STOCK. WILL CONTRACT FOR MILL CUTS. KENTUCKY LUMBER. COMPANY CINCINNATI, OHIO W. H. Dawkins Lumber Co. Manufacturers of Band Sawed Yellow Poplar ASHLAND, KY. 86 HARDWOOD RECORD INDIANA WHERE THE, BEST HARDWOODS GROW D'Heur 4 Swain Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OUR SPECIALTY Quartered Oak and Sycamore SEYMOUR, IND. June Stock: L^ist 10,000 ft. I in. ls( and 2nd Walnut 50,000 " 2 " Common and Better Plain White OaI< 50,000 " 6-4 " " " " Red 50,000 " 5=4 100,000 " 4=4 " " " " " " 10,000 " 6=4 and 8=4 Cherry Culls 100,000 •' 4=4 No. 2 Common and Better Red Gum 10,000 " 4=4 1st and 2nd Plain Red Oak 10,000 " 4=4 1st and 2nd Ash 100,000 " 5=4 to 2 In. Shop and Better Cypress Long=Knight Lumber Co. _^ INDIANAPOLIS, INU, Three Mills in Indiana FORT WAYNE INDIANAPOLIS LAFAYETTE Biggest Band Mill in the State Long Timbers up to Sixty Feet HARDWOOD SPECIALTIES Everything from Toothpicks to Timbers Perrine=Armstrong Co. FORT WAYNE INDIANA J. V. Stimson ALL KINDS OF HARDWOOD LUMBER MANUFACTURED HUNTINGBURG, IND. Young ^ Cutsinger MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OUR SPECIALTY Fine Figured Quartered Oak EVANSVILLE, INDIANA ALWAYS IN THE MARKET For choice lots of hardwoods. Walnut our specialty. Inspection at Mill Points. The Walnut Lumber Company Indianapolis, Indiana C. I. Hoyt 4 Co. MANUFACTURERS OP Quartered and Plain Oak^ Poplar, Ash and Chestnut Offer a few cars 4 4 and 6 4 Plain Oak to move quick PEKIN, INDIANA A floor to adore For thirty-three years Wilce's Hardwood Floor- ing has been among the foremost on the market and because it stands today "unequaled" is the best evidence that its manufacturer has kept abreast of modern methods and the advanced de- mands of the trade. To convince yourself of the above statements, try our polished surface floor- ing, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, with matched ends and holes for blind nailing — you'll hnd it reduces the expense of laying and polishing. Our Booklet tells all about Hardzvood Flooring and hoiu to care /or it — also prices—and is free. The T. Wilce Company 22rvd and Throop Sts. CHICAGO. ILL. HARDWOOD RECORD 87 BUFFALO THE GRE,AT WHOLESALE L U M B E, R CENTER OF THE EAST Manufacturers and Dealers in Ash White and Brown Basswood Birch Red and White Butternut Cherry Chestnut Cottonwood Cypress Elm Soft and Rock Gum Red and Tupelo Hickory Maple Hard and Soft Red Oak Plain and Quartered White Oak Plain and Quartered Blaek Walnut White Wood Poplar ORSON E. YEAGER Specialtie*: OAK, ASH AND POPLAR 932 ELK STREET BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS office and Yards, 69 I.EROY AVENUE BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. We want to buy for cash : Oak, Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses. Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point. P. O. Box 312. MEMPHIS. TENN. 940 SENECA STREET EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY Our specialties are PLAIN »nd QUARTERED OAK and ASH. 1142 SENECA STREET. G, ELIAS & BROTHER BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OP HARDWOODS 95.^ TO 1015 ELK STREET HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY Specialty: INDIANA WHITE OAK 940 ELK STREET ANTHONY MILLER HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS 1193 EAGLE STREET SCATCHERD & SON HARDWOODS ONLY Yard, 1565 SENECA STREET Office, 886 ELLICOTT SQUARE STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT 1075 CLINTON STREET L N. STEWART & BROTHER specialties: CHERRY AND OAK 892 ELK STREET T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY specialties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE 50 ARTHUR STREET W yr . MANUFACTURERS OLD-FASHIONED VS^riSSlllt» SOFT YELLOW POPLAR Kitchen & 5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK. SPECIALTY Ashland, Kentucky Company Three States Lumber Co. OFFERS 1 00,000 feet 5-4 Fir^s and Seconds Cottonwood 1 00,000 feet 1 3" to 1 7" Box Boards Cottonwood Prompt Shipment Memphis, Tennessee Lamb -Fish Lumber Co. SUCCESSORS TO LAMB HARDWOOD LUMBER COMPANY, BACON-NOLAN-HARDWOOD COMPANY GUIRL-STOVER LUMBER COMPANY Ma.nufac- turers OAK. ASH, COTTONWOOD, GUM AND CYPRESS MAIN OFFICE: 720 MEMPHIS TRUST BUILDING. MEMPHIS. TENN. _._ __ - mmmum I Memphis. Tenn. e\ t> * \±* ( Well Ma-nvi Three Band Mills j f^,--^!^-- Our Specialties ) oooa^ craa^ Memphis. Tenn. g\^ _ 0_ » _i_1.Ai_— i Well MaiLnufactured Stock ( Prompt Shipments YELLOW POPLAR MANUFACTURERS BAND SAWED POPLAR LUMBER ALL GRADES nnw 5-8.4 4. 5 4,6 4. 8 4,10 4 12-4,16 4 UnT Bevel Siding, Lath & Squares SPECIALTY, WIDE STOCK Coal Grove, Ohio, U, S. A. MaMiil RecoM Twelfth Year. ( Semi-monthly. ( CHICAGO, JUNE 25, 1907. I Subscription $2, (Single Copies, 10 Cent*. ROSS LUMBER COMPANY Ttie Cherry People ANYTHING IN CHERRY? Write Us. JAMESTOWN, N. Y. "A GOOD THING" The Policy Holders say so and they ought to know. Perhaps the CASH DIVIDEND of 35% they now receive has something to do with it. Don't guess. Get in touch with — The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company 141 MILK STREET. OF BOSTON. MASS. The Davidson-Benedict Company NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Everything in Southern Hardwoods POPLAR, CHESTNUT, ASH, OAK (PUinand Quartered.) Straight or Mized Cars. DRFSSED POPLAR ANY you get what you buy from wr.-r ,,^,, ™,..,-,. .^ us. ASK. FOR OUR DELIVERED WAY YOU WANT IT. prices, any railroad point. THE ATLANTIC LUMBER CO. 2 Kilby St., BOSTON Would like to talk to you about their Jarge stock of Plain and Quartered \A/H1XE OAK TENNESSEE RED CEDAR. THIN POPLAR AND POPLAR SIDING ASK US WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU. PHESIDEN'T G. A. MlTClIEI.l, A"irK-PI{F.Sir>KX T \V. H. (iUATWICK JHEASURER r,V\ WHITE -SECRETARY n. 11. AUKELVEY LUMBER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. $500,000 ADIRONDACK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $300,000 84-88 WilliaLiTi St. NEW YORK A n\/ r DTicF DC r: I Accinrn marriTnov rrvi i n\A/« iaiant Aiun cr\o oai c a r^\/c- dtic i lur^ cc-r^Tirkii HARDWOOD RECORD Dry Stock W. P. BFOWII & SOHS LUmbCr CO.LouisvmcKy. PLAIN RED OAK. 85.000' 1" 1st & 2nd. 25.00O' 154" 1st & 2d. 49.000' l%- iBt & 2d. 67,1100' 2" 1st & 2d. 18.000' 2V4" let & 2d. 16,000' 3" 1st & 2a. 131,000' 1- No. 1 Com. 84,000' I'A' No. 1 Com. 44.000' IH" No. 1 Com. 47.01)0' 2" No. 1 Conj. 8,000' 2%" No. 1 Com. 18,000' 3' No. 1 Com. arARIKBED RED OAS, > 10,000' 1" 1st & 2d. 14,000' l\f," 1st & 2d. 5.00O' 2" 1st & 2d. 15.000' 1" No. 1 Com. 7,000' l%" No. 1 Com. 13,000' 2" No. 1 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK. 80,000' 1" 1st & 2d. 28.000' 114" Ist & 2d. 12.000' 1%" Ist & 2d. 42,ti00' 2" 1st & 2d. 23.800' 214- 1st & 2d. 16,000' 3" Ist & 2d. 227.000' 1" No. 1 Com. 60,000' m" No. 1 Com. 80.000' 1%" No. 1 Com. 50.000' 2" No. 1 Com. 17,000' 2%" No. 1 Com. 22,000' 3" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED WHITE OAK. 50.000' 1" 1st & 2d. 28.000' 1V4" Ist & 2d. 45.000' 1%' 1st & 2d. 40,000' 2" 1st & 2d. 19.000' 2'A" 1st & 2d. 18,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 30.000' iVi" No. 1 Com. 40.000' IMi" No. 1 Com. 22.000' 2" No. 1 Com. 10,000' 3" No. 1 Com. ASH. 9.000' 1" 1st & 2d. 65.0IW IVi" Ist & 2d. 16.000' 1%" 1st & 2d. 10.<100' 2- 1st & 2d. 8.000' 2%" 1st & 2d. 14.000' 3" 1st & 2d. 6,000' 4" Ist & 2d. 4,000' IVi' No. 1 Com. 16,000' 1%" No. I Com. 8,000' 2" No. 1 Com. POPLAR. 12.000' 1" 1st & 2d. All thicknesses in cull poplar, ash, chestnut. Your inquiries will be appreciated. 12,000' H4" 1st & 2d. 11,000' 1%" 1st & 2d. 12,000' 2" 1st & 2d. 10,000' 2%" 1st & 2d. 10.000' 3" 1st & 2d. 50,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 28,000' IVt" No. 1 Com. 10,000' 1%' No. 1 Com. 10,000' 2" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 1" 18" & up 1st & 2d. 8,000' 2" 18' & up 1st & 2d. 6,000' 2" 24" & up Ist & 2d. 4.000' 1%" 18" & up 1st & 2d. 3.1100' 1%" 24" & up 1st & 2d. Prontpt delivery guaranteed SWANN-DAY LUMBER COMPANY / CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY OFFER POPLAR Bevel Siding. Drop Siding, as well as Wide Poplar Always a Large Stock on Hand Prices are Yours for the Asking LET 'EM COME lnquiries=^=0 r d e r s 500 M. ft. .100 M. ft. 700 M. ft. 600 m. ft. 500 M. ft. 100 M. ft. 100 M. ft. 50 M. ft. .100 m. ft. SOO M. ft. in. ist and 2nd Bass. in. No. 1 Common Bass. in. No. 2 and No. 3 Com. Bass. in. Ist and 2nd Birch. in. No. I Com. fJircli. in. I. St & 2nd & No. I Com. Birch. in. 1st & 2nd & No. I Com. Birch. in. Ist & 2nd & No. 1 Com. Birch. in. Ist and 2nd Soft BIm. in. No. 2 Com. c^ Better Maple. G.W.Jones Lbr. Co. APPLETON, WIS. NORTHERN HatdWOOdS SOUTHERN W H Neril, I'rest. 1 r ».is, 1, L. Slrukl.in.l, vl e-Pn-sl. W. A. Th.li.h. Secy V Gen. Mi,'r. NEAL = DOLPH LUMBER CO. Manufacturers Ha rdwood Lumber RANDOLPH BLIILDINQ A\CMPHIS, TENNESSEE | WE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU THE BUFFALO MAPLE FLOORING CO. MANUFACTURCRS OF MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE AND OAK FLOORING BUFFALO, NEW YORK ALBERT HAAS LUMBER CO. HANI) SAWKU OAK AND RED GUM POPLAR AND YELLOW PINi; ATLANTA - - - - GEORGIA CO=0PERATIVE MILL 4 LUMBER CO., (inc) ROCK FORD, ILLS. Want Poplar, Oak, Gum, Hickory, Birch and Maple SEND STOCK LIST AND PRICES. HARDWOOD RECORD i — Mitchells - Make Rockhard, Maple and Beech FLOORING Tin- Null h. 'I II part of the lower [it'iiiiisula of MichiKan IS iiuted for tlie linest Map e ami Heecli timber that Krows. We own erioii^'h of this timber to keep our flooring fac- tory running ten to twelve years. We do our own logging, sawini^ ami lianriling. ami are so organized that we control every -step of the manufac- turing from the stump to finished product. All of our lumber is first air dried and then kiln dried. All of our 13-16 inch Flooring is thoroly kiln dried, end matched, machine scraped and polished, borerl and bundled. Our grades are of a high standard, antl under no con- dition do we mix them to enable us to meet competition and low piiees. Please keep in mind also that especially is it true of Ilardwoorl Floc)ritiu' That Quality is Remembered after Price is Forgotten PLEASE SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES Mitchell Brothers Co. CADILLAC, MICH. The Cadillac Handle Co. CADILLAC. MICHIGAN lA/e- Offe-r F"ot- Sale- :> lo 10 cars 4/4 luinl Maple. Ists ami 2iuis, 10 to lo% No I common in it. 2 cars G/4 hard Maple, 10" and over wide, 10 to 15% No. 1 common in it. 7.000 feet 4/4 Bird's Eye Maple, guaranteed 7.5% Ists and 2nds .T cars 5/4 liard Maple, No. 1 common and No. 2 common. 3 cars 4/4 Birch, strictly the full product of the log. No. 2 com- mon and better. 2 cars Ma])le and Beach dimension, 2" and over witie by 12- IS- 24-30 and 3(i" long. 1 car 0/4 .\ 6/4 Malile dimension, 12-l,S-24-30 and 30" long. MURPHY & DIQQINS Offer all grades of the following special dry stock MAPLE— 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4, 16/4 CRAY ELM— 4/4, 12/4 BASSWOOD— 4 4 BlBCa-i/4, 6/4 Our own maaufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uaifonn Grades. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS. Cummer, Diggins & Go. =MANUFACTURERS= "CUMMER" MAPLE AND BEECH FLOORING MICHIGAN HARDWOODS Good assortment or dry stock on hand ready for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech, Birch, Soft Elm and Cherry. SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS. DRY ST OCK J Northern Michigan Soft Gray Elm What our old cork pine was to the regular white pine — such is our Soft Crap Elm to ordinary soft elm. Buyers who gladly discrim- inate in favor of something better than the or- dinary, will be interested. We have 2 cars 12-4 firsts and seconds. Wide, choice stock, our own product, seasoned right, 1)one dry. This stock runs 10 in. and wider, and 50% or more 19 inches and wider. WHITE US ABOUT IT. COBBS&HnCtiELl (INCORPORATro) GADILUG. MICHIGAN HARDWOOD RECORD .dway and Dock Streets Wholesale Manufacturers, Dealers and Shippers ASH, CYPRESS, MAHOGANY. OAK. POPLAR, 6;c Mills: Yazoo City. Miss.; McGregor, Ark.; England, Ark.; Dermott, Ark. O'Hara, La.; Dexter. Mo. American Hardwood Lumber Co* 14,000,000 ft. Hardwood Lumber YARDS AT BENTON. ARK., NEW ORLEANS, LA., ST. LOUIS, MO., DICKSOX, TENN. Wanted-to Buy or Contract for future Delivery SOO.OOO to 1,000.000 ft. Poplar, all grades .SOO.OOO to 1,000.000 ft. Cypress, all grades 500,000 to 1,000.000 ft. Ash, all grades PLUMMER LUMBER CO. |,Tc^°^^^ Cash— Mill Inspection MISSOURI S. L. EASTMAN FLOORING CO. ■AQINAW ailANO MAPLE FLOORING SAGINAW, MICH. General Electric Company Flexible Power INDUCTION MOTOK In all sawmill work the power re- quired varies with the kind of timber handled and according to" its condition wlien passing through the mill. In a day's work heavy logs follow on the heels of smaller ones, partially seasoned timber is mixed with green and the work is constantly changing. These conditions can be met only with a motor of ample over-load capa- city and the simplest possible construc- tion— qualities which are featured in the General Electric Induction Motors for sawmill work. Upon demand these motors will supply 200 per cent to 300 per cent of their normal output. One Man Said:— "The 100 h. p. (GE) Induction Motor driving our 9-foot sawmill shows abso- lutely no drop in speed no matter what load the sawyer puts on it, and can hum thro' a 30 in. birch at as good a clip as it can thro' a poplar log." He h&s more to s&y in booklet 4470-H. Send for it. 1347 Principal Office: Schenectady, N. Y. SslIcs Offices in all LaLrge Cities. 12 HARDWOOD RECORD "Ideal" SS Rock Maple Flooring is the flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply the demand for the best. It is made by modern ma- chinery from carefully-selected stock and every pre- caution is taken throughout our entire system to make it fulfill in every particular its name— 'IDEAL. Rough or Finished Lumber — All Kinds Send us Your Inquiries The I. Stephenson Company WEI,I.S, MICHIGAN OAK FLOORING Kilo Dried Bored Polished riA R DWOODLUMBCR 6 Principal Office: Schenectady, N. Y. SaLles Offices in all LaLfge Cities. V J 12 HARDWOOD RECORD Just to Remind You That we are manufacturers of the celebrated Wolverine Brand Maple Flooring "There is none belter." Bored, poHshed, end and edge matched, lays with every joint even. Largest sales in the history of maple flooring. May we have your order ? BLISS & VAN AUKEN SAGINAW W. S., MICH. "Wear's Rock Maple Flooring is the flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply the demand for the best. It is made by modern ma- chinery from carefully-selected stock and every pre- caution is taken throughout our entire system to make it fulfill in every particular its name— "IDEAL." Rough or Finished Lumber — All Kinds Send us Your Inquiries The I. Stephenson Company WELLS, MICHIGAN OAK FLOORING KilD Dried Bored Polished /,^ HAPDWOOD LUMBER » Mississippi. =■ Flooring manufacturers still have about all the business they can ' — handle, and there is no indication of cessation in demand. The »*^ same can be said of veneer plants. The call for veneers and panels *^ is increasing every day, as manufacturers of furniture and other —J lines recognize their cheapness and high qualities as compared with ~ other lumber. On the whole, the buying situation and its prospects are excellent.^'*'*" '^'^ The general financial condition of both manufacturers and jobbers 0*Kft is good and banks seem to have plenty of money to assist in further- ing any legitimate business enterprise. As a matter of fact, bank- ing funds are at present not going into bond issues and long-time paper to any extent, but are being held for general and immediat* commercial needs. ■ Distribution of Hardwoods. For more than a year the Hardwood Record has been engaged in preparing a lis,t showing the amount of hardwood lumber by kind, grade and thickness; dimension stock by kind, grade and size, and veneer and panel stock by kind, grade, size and thickness, used an- nually by the many thousands of hardwood consumers throughout the United States and Canada. This information has been issued in bulletin form, printed at regular intervals, and supplied gratuit- ously to the lumber advertising clients of the Eecord. The work has thus far involved the sending out of nearly a half million letters, and it has progressed to the extent that the list already acquired comprises by far the largest and most compre- hensive history of the hardwood consuming wants of the country that has ever been gotten together. As a matter of fact the Record has been the pioneer in this service, and it has been such as the clients of the paper have highly appreciated, as is evidenced by the ydver- tising patronage enjoyed. Specifically, the bulletins recite name of city and state; name of concern; name of lumber buyer; line of goods manufactured; kinds, grades and thicknesses of lumber used; kinds and sizes of dimension stock used; kinds and thicknesses of veneers; kinds and thicknesses and sizes of panels. The paragraphs of these bulletins are cut out by the recipient and pasted ,on index cards having numbered tabs corresponding with various kinds of lumber. Such tabs as do not represent kinds of lumber employed by the given concern are cut off the card, and then they are filed in alphabetical order between state guide cards. No concern not in good commercial repute is listed. The many houses employing this system are enthusiastic over it, as it enables them to tell at a glance every user of every kind of lumber, dimension stock or veneer anywhere in the country. It is invaluable to every lumber sales department. There are many deductions that may be made from a study of these card files, but one feature of particular interest is the popu- larity and universal use of some woods as compared with the rela- tively limited use of others. Of all hardwoods growing in the United States oak is the most popular. As an evidence of this 300 of these index cards, selected at random from Canada and the states of Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Georgia, Illinois and Indiana, and carefully analyzed, show that of this number 153 buyers are users of plain white oak ; 123 of plain red oak; 94 of quartered white oak; 54 of quartered red oak. The next most used wood is poplar, of which there are 136 users in the group named. Of the other woods, descending the scale of popularity, there are 87 users of hard maple; 85 of red gum; 80 of basswood; 71 of white ash; 69 of red birch; 63 of cypress; 60 of chestnut; 55 of cottonwood; 53 of hickory; 49 of mahogany; 48 of soft maple; 31 of white birch; 30 of gray elm; 29 of rock elm: 27 of black walnut; 27 of beech; 26 of brown ash; 25 of cherry; 14 HARDWOOD RECORD 19 of sycamore, 18 of tupelo gum; 16 of water elm; 8 of butternut, and 1 each of persimmon, willow, dogwood, locust and holly. Of the same 300 buyers there are 49 users of plain oak dimension stock; 21 of hickory; 9 of ash; 7 of quartered oak; 6 of gum; 6 of birch; 5 of hard maple; 5 of soft maple; 4 of beech; 4 of poplar; 3 of elm; 2 of chestnut; 2 of cypress; 2 of mahogany, and 2 of basswood. Of the above named group, the requirements in veneer and panel stock are represented by 39 using quartered oak; 34 plain oak; 22 mahogany; 21 poplar; 15 birch; 14 gum; 9 basswood; 6 maple; 5 ash; 4 bird's-eye maple; 4 gray elm; 4 walnut; 3 red oak; 3 curly birch; 2 rock elm; 1 cypress; 1 tupelo gum; 1 water elm. Inspection Rights of the Seller. In the news columns of this issue of Hardwood Eecokd will be found recited a controversy that is now taking place between a prominent Memphis manufacturer and the National Hardwood Lum- ber Association over the seller's right to witness inspection of lum- ber sold by him, being made by a National Association's licensed inspector. The manufacturer relates that he had an order requiring National inspection; when the inspector came to the yard to load out the lumber, he refused to allow one of the manufacturer's inspectors to go on the pile with him. The shipper refused to allow the inspection to proceed without one of his representatives being present, on the ground that the lumber belonged to him until it was delivered to the customer, and that he had a right to know the inspection and meas- urement were correct by reviewing it at the time it was done. He further contends that since licensed inspectors are under bonds to make good claims against them if they are at fault, the average in- spector will favor the buyer to avoid any possibility of being mulcted. The Memphis gentleman asserts the president of the National Asso- ciation advised him that the inspector had the right to refuse a seller permission to have a representative present when he was inspecting lumber. This, he thinks, is an attempt to take away from the seller a just right, as he contends that the seller of any goods has a right to know what he is delivering on a given sale. He contends that the ruling in the matter is absolutely unjust. The Hardwood Record has invariably argued that it is a weak- ness on the part of any association to attempt to prescribe inspec- tion rules in the interpretation of which all parties in interest do not have an equal part — i. e., a basis upon which the purchase and sale of lumber is conducted. It has repeatedly contended that buyers of lumber, whether they be jobbers or consumers, should be repre- sented in the inspection system. The same arguments should cer- tainly apply in favor of the sellers of lumber. They undoubtedly have the right to be represented when delivery of their lumber is being made, and it is doubtful if the National Association can main- tain the opposite stand in this particular. In contradistinction to the case cited is the attitude of the in- spection bureau of the Hardwood Manufacturers ' Association. It not only gives sellers and buyers the privilege of viewing the work of inspectors, but invites their presence, and every inspector is in- structed to carefully explain his reasons for the classification of each separate piece of lumber if so requested. Learning the Freight Business. The agitation over railroad matters, especially concerning freight rates, that has transpired during the last six months is developing an avid desire on the part of lumbermen to thoroughly familiarize themselves with freight matters. For many years past if one asked ninety-nine lumbermen out of a hundred what they considered a just rate to haul a ton of lumber a mile for a certain distance they would have told you that they did not know and that all they did know of the freight question was what they paid the railroad for the service. In the old days, if perchance a lumberman secured a cut of two cents a hundred on a certain shipment, he immediately conceived that he had obtained a freight bargain, regardless of what the tariff rate before had been. All this agitation nowadays is causing the average lumberman to make some cost and profit figures for himself on his freight, just as he does in buying a piece of timber land or a sawmill. He is trying to learn what constitutes fair railroad transportation cost, and to what profit the railroad is entitled on the business. Incidental to this education in freight matters there are certain technical terms that must be acquired in order to make just esti- mates of value on bulk transportation. ' ' Average length of haul ' ' in railroad parlance is compiled from records made up at every point where freight is received and covers the number of tons received for shipment and the distance to be transported. This item indicates the average distance which a ton of freight is hauled. ' ' Ton mileage ' ' is indicative of the number of tons carried one mile. "Freight train mileage" is the average number of miles traveled by each freight train. ' ' Freight trainload ' ' is found by dividing ton mileage by the freight and mixed train mileage. ' ' Car mileage ' ' shows the average distance traveled by each car. To determine the average carload divide the ton mileage by the car mileage. ' ' Average number of cars per train ' ' is compiled from car ac- countants' records. To find the rate per ton mile didde the freight earnings by the number of tons carried one mile. To determine ' ' freight density, " or in other words, tons carried one mile per mile of road, divide the ton mileage by the average mileage operated. To find "train mileage per mile of road" divide the train miles by the average mileage operated. ' ' Earnings per train mile ' ' are deduced by dividing the total earnings by train mileage ; and for earnings per car mile follow the same method, only use car mileage as a divisor instead of train mileage. Educating the Boys. A great many lumbermen who are readers of the H.^RDWOOD Record have sons they are attempting to educate so that they shall enable them to earn their own living. Thousands of lumbermen's sons are students at high schools, academies, colleges and universi- ties, learning Latin, Greek, higher mathematics, history and literature and acquiring a mass of other knowledge which is very valuable but of little utility in fitting them for the point in view — earning their living should occasion arise. Perhaps this observation does not include such young men as are securing the basis of knowledge to fit them for entering one of the learned professions, but college training yer se, for the young man who proposes to take up a purely business career, has not thus far proved such as adds materially to his ability as a money- maker. All these young men, in whatever sort of school, have a long vacation at this time of year which is usually frittered away in alleged sport and recreation. The American youth loves the woods just for the woods' sake, and it goes without saying that the average lumberman would like to have his son know more about the trees from both a scientific and practical viewpoint than he ever had the opportunity to learn him- self, and why should the boys not use at least this leisure time for profit as well as play? The trees are a most delightful study, and even though the knowledge gained of them should never be utilized in the practical life of later years, the study of them will prove far more satisfactory and entertaining than nine-tenths of the pre- scribed ones at academy and university. Practical forestry is now becoming a recognized business pursuit that promises as much financially for the young man as electrical engineering did a decade ago. It is a pursuit well worth while, and it has the added advantage of the incomparable appurtenances of the forest — pure water, good air and the outdoor life that brings health and renewed energy to every young man engaged in it. Where now there are but scores of young men learning forestry as practiced in the great Pisgah mountain estate in North Carolina, for instance, there should be thousands there and elsewhere taking this delightful, healthful and prospectively money making course. HARDWOOD RECORD IS Pert, Pertinent and Impertinent. His Absent 'Darling. I mourn my darling all day long; deserted by 'Tis she with laughter in her eyes who is my Hark! From afar a rasping noise comes float a miiGPia insnimtinn • Ing on the breezes' inspiration ; the muses inspiration ; ing on the breezes ; ig, but sadly it She smiles at me and sadness flies from off my My dainty fancies it destroys, my blood it fairly reservation ; freezes ; I try to tune my voice to son refuses : reservation ; freezes : It is my luckless lot to be condemned to useless She teaches me to cling to cheer and turn from The cheerful mood I had is gone — confound that futile hating, awful grating busy lint fretfully I linger here while she is roller Produced by shouting children on the sidewalk roller skating. skating. roller skating. waiting. My loved one will not come to me, she's Policy. The first law of s e 1 f-preservation — forgiveness. Be One of tUe Jew. Gossips dislike everybody who re- fuses to supply them ■with raw material. THE. VACATION SEASON. A Paradox. If you move in a society round or swim in a social cir- cle, it's hard to make ends meet! Simple. If you have a lit- tle brass, it's easy enough to make money; just ex- change it for some- body's gold. Let Him Alone. A man's idea of a bore is some- body -who continu- ally butts in when he is talluug about himself. Vulnerable Spots. Stuff a woman with compliments and a man with food, and they'll do most anything for 3'ou, if you strike while the iron is hot. Our Age. No matter how much we are inclined to extravagant speech, there 's one tnmg we never exag- gerate. Might Take Offense. In condoling with a newly-made widow it isn't in good taste to tell her that her hubby is better off! Disarmed. An open door lets the knocker out of a job. Plentiful. A secret enemy — one who can't keep your secrets to him- self. Only Then, islen enjoy farm- ing— if they have enough money to hire it done. Look Out! Remorse is the back-h a n d e d slap Time gives the face of Folly. Disappointed. The man who hunts too hard for pleasure is frequently too worn out to enjoy it when it is found. A Sure Sign. When love becomes logical, the honey- moon is surely wan- ing. Settle Down. Few "roving blades ' ' are sharp enough to cut a wide swath. Hardwood Lumberman— The lumber business is all right— but it ain't nothin' like this! In Love Affaiis. It often happens that where there's a will, there's a won't. A Bachelor's Soliloquy. To wed, or not to wed : That is the question ; Whether 'tis better To remain single. And disappoint a few women — For a time ; Or marry. And disappoint one woman — For life. Smile. He who smiles. And laughs away The little trials Of life today Shall live to smile And laugh away A greater trial .\nother day. Zane Thompson'. Precocious 'WiUle's Fate. Little Willie hung his sister. 'Twas an hour before they missed her ; "Don't he do the cutest tricks'/ Such a mind and only six !" Little Willie fell down the elevator, They didn't find him till a week later ; The neighbors all said. "Gee whiz I What a spoiled child that Willie is !" W. OF O. & N. A. OF C. i6 HARDWOOD RECORD AMERICAN FOREST TREES. Eucalyptus. Eucalyptus Globulus — Lab. In the year 1856 the eucal3Ttus tree was first introduced into the United States. It belongs to a family which is native to Aus- tralia and neighboring islands, and which contains many species that have been widely trans^ planted; in this country, how- ever, none of them have suc- ceeded remarkably well outside of Florida and California; in the latter state they flourish with wonderful facility. The species Eu-cali/'ptvs globulus is the one commonly meant when speaking of the trees which grow in the United States. It is the blue gum of Australia, which is also sometimes called the stringy-bark, iron-bark, grey gum and bastard-box. In the semi-tropical parts of Florida and southern California, as well as along the Gulf in Tex- as, and parts of Arizona, climat- ic conditions are such as favor the best growth of eucalyptus, although the trees must be con- fined to regions which are free from biting frosts and sudden changes. If owners of barren land in such sections could be brought to realize the high value of the eucalyptus and the ease with which it can be cultivated successfully, it could be made a valuable acquisition. The flowers of eucalyptus are beautiful and sweet, furnishing ample material for bees to work with. Its leaves are exquisitely shaded into blue, gray or green, those of the young trees being oval and stalkless and of a de- cidedly bluish tinge; as they grow older, stems appear, and the leaves elongate and change their shape and color to a con- siderable degree. The bark is a striking feature of the tree; it is gray, smooth in places, and in others stringy and easily stripped off. The fruit of eucalyptus is a nut. Eucalyptus oil and eucalyptol, which are distilled from the leaves, are valuable for their medicinal properties, and are ex- tensively used in the treatment of many disorders, particularly those of the throat. One ton of leaves will yield about 500 ounces of oil. The manu- facture of these remedies forms quite an in- dustry in regions where the trees grow in abundance. FIFTT-SIXTH PAPEK. The tree is especially noted for its great size, rapid growth, tough, durable wood, and its beneficial effect upon the health of people living in regions which would be damp and iiialnrial were it not for the fact that its EUCALYPTUS OR BLUE GUM, C.\LIFOItNI.\. great root system acts as a drain, removing miasma and otherwise improving the land. To this is due the Spanish name "fever tree," which is applied to it in southern Europe. Regardless of this feature the eu- calyptus adapts itself well to dry, rocky hill- sides, or other diverse conditions. Not the least of its excellent qualities is its remark- able beauty; it grows very tall and large, with graceful habit, richly loaded branches and feathery, shaded leaves, ever- green and ever restlessly shifting hither and thither, even though no apparent breeze is stirring. The recorded dry weight of eucalyptus wood is about forty- five pounds to the cubic foot. It has an astringent state, and when being worked has an odor resembling that of acetic acid. It burns well, and the embers glow in still air. The wood is moderately fine grained, the sur- face bright, with open pores, readily visible, and forming in oblique, straggling lines. In color the wood is a pale straw, pinkish or brownish, with red- dish-white sapwood. A number of California homes are finished in eucalyptus, and one, at "Wat- son^-ille, is particularly hand- some; the wood takes an exquis- ite finish and is worthy of more extensive use for interior work. One valuable characteristic of eucalyptus is that it is ex- tremely durable under water and in the ground, so that it is par- ticularly desirable in building wharves, and is useful as paving blocks, railroad ties, posts, tele- graph poles and the like. The wood is specially adapted to the manufacture of piles on account of its long straight stem, as well as its resistance to rot and to the attacks of teredos and other marine creatures. On the Pacific coast eucalyptus or blue gum piles last twice as long as do those made from other woods — red- wood and Douglas spruce, for example. Whole piers in south- ern California are made of it, and the demand for them is now becoming much greater than the existing groves can supply, al- though as long ago as 1S74 there were said to be 1,000,000 specimens in the state. With regard to the rapid growth of eucalyptus, it may be said that certain species are without doubt the fastest grow- ing trees in the world. The Bureau of Forestry reports that in one grove near Los Angeles, set in 1885 and cut for fuel in 1893, there were in July, 1900, some trees two feet in diameter and many over one hundred feet in height. A seventeen- WILLIAM A. McLean NEWAUBAMY, IND. 6UM>LEMENT TO HARDWOOD EEOORD JULY 10, 1907 ILLUSTRATING BUILDERS OF LUMBER HISTORY. HARDWOOD RECORD 17 acre tract set in 1880 and cut for the third time in 1900, produced 1,360 cords, or au average of eighty cords per acre. The best eucalyptus produces in twenty years a log equal to that of an oak which has been maturing for 200 years. Waste land planted to blue gum may show in five years a handsome grove ready to be cut for fuel. It has been used very extensively for this purpose in California, but is rapidly coming to be recog- nized as far too valuable. The trees may be propagated from seeds and they sprout readily from the stump. One grower says that from his 20U-acre grove, set largely in soil too poor for crops, he can cut 1,000 cords of wood per year indefinitely, for which he receives $2.50 per cord; this shows some- thing of the financial profit with which the tree may be cultivated. In trials of strength and endurance the University of California finds ■ that green wood grown on the campus and used in automatic hammers, whose heads weigh 200 SPRAY OF EUCALYPTUS FOLIAGE. pounds, is equal to hickory or oak, standing up against the severest tests that are ever required. Tests of seasoned timber are ex- pected to produce even more favorable re- sults. Although the tree is a valuable one to use as windbreak, for shade, for ornament, for sanitary purposes, for distillation, or to pro- vide honey, it is as an important commercial wood that it appeals mostly to lumbermen of the West. With the lessening of hardwood supplies in the eastern markets, prices have advanced at corresponding ratio, and the grades of timber offered have become lower. Attention should be called to this tree as a source of supply for hardwood to take the place of some of the rapidly disappearing varieties of hickory and oak. Blue gum has long been used in Australia, its native home, as the chief hardwood timber ; it enters into the construction of articles too numerous to mention at length — barrels, farm implements, vehicles, furniture, fences, paving, and par- ticularly ships, piers and bridges. In Lon- don and in Paris it has been used with ex- cellent satisfaction as paving. In the Santa Clara valley of California there is a large institution which is devoted exclusively to the manufacture of articles from eucalyptus. It is unexcelled for insulator pins for heavy transmission electric power lines, and the en- thusiastic owner of the plant says that in his fifteen years' experience with eucalyptus he finds it as good as hickory for agricul- tural implements and tools. The United States government finds the possibilities of this wood so great that it is taking up the work of reforestation in co- operation with the state of California. That the influence of forests upon rainfall is an important one is a well recognized fact, and in many parts of Arizona, Texas and New Mexico, now arid and abandoned to jack-rab- bits and cactus growth, the eucalyptus w'ould be a saving force. Planted close enough, in shallow- furrows, about ten feet apart for example, the tree will take care of itself, so that it may be raised easily and cheaply, bringing returns three times as quickly as will any other hardwood. The tie and tim- ber department of the Santa Fe is making an extensive experiment with it, having planted seedlings on 700 acres — part of a 9,000-acre ranch to be devoted to the pur- pose. Eucalyptus was selected after careful consideration, chiefly on account of its ex- treme hardness and rapid growth. Seven hundred acres will be planted each year for twelve years, shortly after which the first nursery will be ready for harvest. Thus each succeeding year will see a new crop, and by the time the round is completed, it 'is thought the second cutting of the first tract may be commenced. If successful, as it undoubtedly will be, this gigantic undertaking will in- sure a perpetual source of supply of railroad timbers for the company, and will effect great economy over present conditions. The pictures illustrating this article were made and loaned the Hardwood Eecord by John P. Brown, editor of Arboriculture, who has undoubtedly done more to advertise this oft-neglected and unappreciated tree than anyone else in the country. Like other trees growing in the open, the eucalyptus is prone to ' spread and branch, while in plantations or forest growth, it produces a tall, straight trunk and fewer limbs. 'Builders of Lumber History. NUMBEK WUliam Archibald McLean. (Sec Portrait Supplement.) William Archibald McLean was born in Thurso, province of Quebec, Canada, thirty- nine years ago, of Scottish-Canadian ancestry. The McLean family, or MacLean, as they were known in their native country, were loyal adherents of the ancient line of Stu- arts, fighting under Montrose for King Charles the First and under Dundee for King James. They w'ere in the first line at Cul- loden, under Bonnie Prince Charlie, in 1746, when he made his gallant attempt to regain the kingdom of his ancestors. When the cause of the Stuarts was lost the MacLeans left Scotland for America. Mr. McLean seems to have been predestined for the lumber business. Years ago his grand- father and father squared timbers and floated them in rafts down the Ottawa river to the St. Lawrence, through the Laehine rapids to Quebec, where they were sold for the European markets. However, Mr. ilcLean began his career when sixteen years of age, as clerk in a country store in Canada, where the post and telegraph offices constituted departments of the business, and where everything from a needle to an anchor was sold. His first venture in the lumber field was with the L. A. Kelsey Lumber Company of North Tonawanda, N. Y., prominent whole- salers. Being determined to learn it in the right way and master every detail, he began at the very bottom of the ladder, handling XLVHI. lumber, and continued with the company for three years, or until he felt he had acquired a thorough preparation to enter the trade on his own account. Then, with his brothers, Hugh, Angus and Eobert, he became a mem- ber of the Hugh McLean Lumber Company, and was given charge of the buying of lum- ber and the manufacturing end of the busi- ness. He inspected the first car of lumber ever shipped by that company. Fourteen years ago he came West to buy timber and spent a great deal of his time looking up suitable purchases and contracting for the output of many small mills. Mills were built at Cloverdale, Bedford and New Albany, Ind., and at Louisville, Ky. The Wood-Mosaic Flooring Company was formed in 1883 by Charles E. Eider at Eochester, N. Y. About six years ago this company and the Hugh McLean Lumber Company of Buffalo, jointly established a sawmill and flooring plant at New Albany, Ind., Mr. McLean having the management of this branch, together with the other in- terests of the Hugh McLean Lumber Com- pany. The name of the Wood-Mosaic Floor- ing Company was afterward changed to the Wood-Mosaic Flooring & Lumber Company. The business of this concern grew rapidly and Mr. McLean decided to dispose of his interest in the Hugh McLean Lumber Com- pany, taking a larger interest in the nawer concern. By doing this he acquired the large band mill, yards and timber tracts of the Hugh McLean Lumber Company at Louis- ville, Ky. i8 HARDWOOD RECORD The Wood-Mosaic Flooring & Lumber Com- pany manufactures the finest kind of hard- wood floors and also has a veneer department, where it cuts large quantities of oak and poplar. Besides the plants at New Albany and Louisville the company has a large fac- tory at Rochester, N. Y., where fancy floor- ing and parquetry are made, and it has agen- cies in every large city of the United States for the sale of its product. Three large band mills are operated and kept running steadily the year round. Since the recent increase in capital stock and the acquisition of the Louisville mill from the McLean com- pany the lumber and veneer ends of the busi- ness have become very important factors. The company specializes in the particular needs of its customers rather than in any one line of stock. However, its manager makes it a point to have a large assortment of choice Indiana white oak on hand at all times. Mr. McLean is married and has five chil- dren. He is exceedingly popular socially, being a member of the Pendennis, Tavern and Country clubs of Louisville and a Knight Templar. In politics he is a Ee- publican and a strong admirer of Eoosevelt and his policy. He is an adept with gun and rod, and his vacations are spent on a hunt- ing and fishing preserve of more than a hundred square miles in Canada, which he and bis brothers own and where they go every fall with a party of kindred spirits. W. A. McLean is not only well liked and popular among his friends, but is held in exceeding good repute by the lumber trade at large. He is interested in association work, and is president of the Parquet Floor- ing Association. He is a tall man and very striking in appearance, as the handsome sup- plement to this issue of the Hardwood Eec- OED will testify. That he has made a suc- cess in his chosen line is not to be wondered at, for his energy and push are well known characteristics. In the words of a friend, ' ' Will McLean reminds a person of one of those limited express trains — when he gets an idea he goes at it with a rush and keeps right on going — you can't hold him or catch up with him until he's carried it out; in personality he's just himself — different from anybody else in the world! " Wood in the Vehicle Industry. The following interesting and timely paper on the subject of the use of wood in the vehicle industry is by H. B. Holroyd, forest assistant. Forest Service of the United States government. The article is well worth a perusal by every one interested in the vehicle industry or in the woods entering into such construction work. The steadily increasing scarcity of the woods largely used in the vehicle industry makes it important to ascertain to what extent it is prac- ticable to substitute cheaper and more abundant woods, and to determine how a closer utilization of material may be secured. Our knowledge regarding the stumpage of hardwoods used in vehicle construction is so meager that it is impossible to predict, with ac- curacy, the length of time the present supply will last. Many manufacturers roughly estimate that, at the present rate of consumption, it will suffice for only fifteen to twenty years. It is highly important for the trade to have accurate information upon the annual consumption of vehicle woods and the amount of the available supply. Formerly the northern states adjacent to the Ohio river furnished most of the hickory and oak used. Since the depletion of the supply in this region the southern states have been heavily drawn upon for vehicle woods. It is generally held by the trade that much southern hickory is inferior to northern hickory so that manufac- turers desirous of obtaining northern stock for special work have resorted to buying single trees or whole woodlots, providing there is a large enough percentage of the more valuable woods in them. In spite of the fact that the popular woods are becoming so scarce as to make the use of substitutes in some cases imperative, the trade Is largely tied down by prejudices on the part of consumers against the use of substitutes. And these prejudices, which manufacturers would now often be glad to overcome, are in some degree due to their own efforts, under the stress of com- petition, to create and strengthen a demand for the very woods which the depletion of supplies renders It more and more difficult to obtain. For years the manufacturer made a point of the fact that his vehicles were constructed of certain woods and the consumer was led to believe that these woods, and only these, were satisfactory. Now that other kinds must be used the consumer, who has been an apt scholar, still insists upon having the old favorites. Under these circum- stances, many manufacturers have chosen per- haps the only course open to them, that Is, they have experimented in the use of substitute with- out taking the consumer into their confidence, in order that they might secure a wider knowledge of the utility of other woods. In doing this they have been justified not only by the scarcity of the supplies, but also by the excellent results given by the new woods. Substitutions will become easier as the manu- facturers acquire a better knowledge of the prop- erties of different woods and learn the right methods of handling new woods. Numerous fail- ures have occurred simply because one method was expected to apply to all species. Since the methods of handling have been improved the southern gums and western coniferous woods have had an increased use in the trade. The veneering of woods which have an inherent tend- ency to warp enables the manufacturer to handle them with greater ease. In the manufacture of light vehicles there is probably little chance for substitution for gear and wheel work. So far as known no wood equals hickory for vehicle construction. In ad- dition to hickory there is, however, a possibility of some of the tropical woods being used in vehicle construction when their properties are better known. Tests are now in progress, under the supervision of wheel manufacturers, to ascer- tain the value of eucalyptus for buggy spokes. There are at least sixty-two varieties of little known woods in the Isthmus of Panama, some of which have very similar characteristics to hickory. There is yet much information to be gained regarding the drying of stock. From the manu- facturer's point of view the greatest difficulty in drying lumber is the length of time required. New kinds of kilns are constantly being devised with special reference to the speed of drying. There is great need throughout the trade for methods of kiln-drying lumber that will require no preliminary air-soasoning, since the latter course necessitates a heavy investment for yard space carrying with it an increased fire risk. Throughout the entire trade much attention Is given to the saving of all useful material. The processes of manufacture have gradually been perfected until a high degree of efficiency has been reached in the conversion of the raw ma- terial into the factory product. Probably the greatest loss to the manufacturer lies in the inaccuracy of the grading system. Much good material is wrongly graded on account of popu- lar prejudices founded upon an inadequate knowl- edge of the properties of wood. Controversies as to what constitutes a defect are constantly aris- ing. The traditional prejudice against the use of red hickory is a good example of this. This prejudice has been so strong that very incom- plete utilization of the logs in the woods has resulted. In a wood so valuable as hickory there should be complete utilization. There should be a uniform system of grading established, stand- ardizing defects and sizes by mechanical tests. A system inaugurated upon this basis would in- sure fairness to both buyer and seller. The growing of hickory upon a commercial scale has been advocated by some manufacturers while others have not endorsed the plan. Hick- ory is generally, though wrongly, considered to be a slow growing tree. While many of the hick- ories have only a medium rate of growth, several of them may be classed as rapid growers. In their silvical characteristics most of the hickories are light-demanding, but recent observations have brought out the fact that one species is shade- enduring and grows in close mixture with other hickories. Befpre commercial plantations are established the rate of rapid growth and silvical characteristics of the species best adapted for trade use should be determined in order to pre- vent any subsequent loss. There is a growing need for more technical and scientific knowledge in the art of vehicle building. Many manufacturers are now seeking for men who have a technical knowledge of the properties of woods and the mechanics of wood working, together with a clear understanding of trade conditions. New Michigan Hardwood Flooring Plant. The Manistee Planing Mill Company, while a comparatively new factor in the flooring in- dustry of the North, is rapidly becoming an im- portant one. Its factory and dry kilns were completed and it began operations December 1 last, with an equipment which embodies all the latest features necessary for the production of a high-grade product. The company prides itself upon the expert workmen which it has secured for every department, and in the or- ganization of its crew made it a point to en- gage only experienced men with a thorough knowledge of what constitutes a perfect product, and how to accomplish that result. This idea was carried out even to the least important hand about the plant, as the company deter- mined not to take on inexperienced help with the object of teaching them the business and thus taking a chance of putting inferior maple flooring on the market. In following this plan It was found that during the first day's opera- tion the flooring which was made was "right" in every particular, and the company believes that today its product is equal to any that is manufactured. The capacity of the plant is about 5,000,000 feet annually, and a timber supply is available which will keep it running for many years to come. The best evidence of the fact that a fine product is being manufactured is the good vol- ume of trade in maple and beech flooring that is coming in. While this department is as yet new. the company has had wide experience in planing mill work, and is now operating a mill in Manistee at which lumber is dressed for sev- eral of the largest local institutions. The officers of the Manistee Planing Mill Company are John and Joseph Voilmer and W. H. Green, all of that city. HARDWOOD RECORD ig Meeting Wisconsin HardWood Manufacturers. The Hardwood Lumber Manufacturers of WiseoDsin held a special meeting at the Pfister hotel, Milwaukee, Wis., on Wednes- day, June 26. President Charles A. Good- man, of Marinette, occupied the chair, with Secretary George H. Chapman recording. The meeting was held particularly to ratify or adopt the grading rules on hard- wood lumber which were perfected some time ago by a joint bureau on grades rep- resenting the National Hardwood Lumber Association, the Michigan Hardwood Manu- facturers ' Association, the Indiana Hard- wood Lumbermen 's Association and the Hardwood Lumber Jlanufacturers of Wis- consin. The membership of the latter or- ganization is now thirty-five, representing a total annual output of about 1.50,000,000 feet of hardwood lumber — a very excellent showing for an association yet in its in- fancy, it being at the present time consider- ably less than a year old. To the Wiscon- C. A. GOODMAN, PRESIDENT HARDWOOD MANUFACTURERS OF WISCONSIN. sin manufacturers is due credit for hav- ing accomplished as much or more than any other faction in securing the revision of the National rules, aud their acceptance by that body. As is well known, the rules submit- ted by the joint bureau of grades, were adopted by the National Hardwood Lumber Association at its Atlantic City meeting, and their ratification was practically the only business transacted at the Milwaukee meeting of the Wisconsin manufacturers. General reports were presented by the various officers regarding the work that has been accomplished by the association since its organization in December, 1906, and evi- dencing that it has the backing of prac- tically all the hardwood manufacturers of Wisconsin; also that the jobbers as a whole approve of its methods and efforts to accom- plish measures for the general good of the trade. The report of Chairman A. K. Owen, of the grading committee, is herewith repro- duced, as being the most important paper presented to the gathering. After conclud- ing his statement, Mr. Owen read the changes in the National rules adopted at At- lantic City, explaining clearly and minutely every detail in connection therewith. Report of Grading Committee. At the early meetings of your committee it became apparent that the first work we would have to do in order to give the members of our association all the benefits of an inspection sys- tem was till! revision of the existing grading rules, which we found did not meet the present day conditions. At the time these rules were formulated the grades were made with a view to their uses at that time. Since then, however, lumber has become scarcer and more valuable, timber in the woods is being cut closer than ever before and consequently the lumber produced contains more low grades. Consumers have not only substituted less valuable woods than they have heretofore used, but they are also us- ing poorer qualities of the same material. ATTAINMENT IN VIEW. Your committee, after taking these things into consideration, believed that the present rules should be revised, giving more grades, and that these grades should be made with a view to their uses. At one time we decided and did recommend some changes in the grading rules. We even went so far as to draw up and consider an entirely new set of rules. We came to the conclusion, however, that no hasty action in this matter should be taken, and that a set of rules drawn by us would simply be a local affair and would probably be known only in this sec- tion of the country. What we wanted, we be- lieved, was a set of rules which would be as nearly universal as possible. Our members should know when a carload of lumber is graded in their yards and shipped to New York, San Fran- cisco or any other place, that it will be in- spected by the consumer or the one receiving it, under the same rules and along the same lines as it was in their ow'n yards by their inspec- tors. This led to the conclusion that the best thing to do was to arrange for meetings with committees of other associations to find out what their views and requirements were. GETTING TOGETHER. With this in mind, your committee was rep- resented at the meeting of the Michigan Hard- wood Lumbermen's Association- held at Grand Rapids, Mich., on May 5. We met with the grading committee of that association, presented the set of rules that we had drawn up and which we believed would fit the conditions in Wisconsin, and also received from them a copy of their recommendations to their association. We found that Michigan varied little from us in their views, but they did not go as far as we desired. After some negotiation it was arranged that a committee from Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin should meet the inspection rules com- mittee of the National Hardwood Lumber Asso- ciation in the Rector building, Chicago, on May 19. In addition to the committees present, various other lumbermen and members of other associa- tions were present. The discussion was general in character, and was participated in by nearly all who attended. There was a disposition shown by the National committee to bring out as fully as possible every one's ideas with a view of obtaining all possible information. At the request of Mr. Fatbauer, chairman of the National committee, a member of the Michigan and Indiana committees, as well as myself, were requested to remain and to attend the meetings of the National committee. We met with this committee the following morning and remained in session with them four days. At this meeting every section of the country, its woods and re- quirements were carefully considered. The re- sult was the formulation of the report as pre- sented by Jlr. Fathauer to the National associ- ation at its meeting in Atlantic City, a copy of which I have filed with your secretary and which I believe had best be read. "BIFFALO AGREEMENT." As you doubtless all know, at the meeting of the National association above referred to the Buffalo resolution was rescinded and the recom- mendations changing their rules as made by its committee was passed to take effect December 1 of this year. I want to take this opportunity of saying that I was very well Impressed with the manner in which all members and their views were received by the National committee. They showed a' desire to be fair, to get all the infor- mation possible and at the proper time to con- sider this information in formulating their re- port. Unquestionably the reports and recom- mendations made l)y committees are only too often drawn up hastily and without proper con- GE0R(;E H. CHAPMAN, SECRETARY HARD- WOOD MANUFACTURERS OF WISCONSIN. sideration, liut I believe the above referred to committee has done its work thoroughly and with fairness to all. PERFECTION NOT YET ATTAINED. This report naturally does not meet the views of your committee in every way. There were some things that have been recommended that we do not lil;e, and others that have been left out which we would like to have seen adopted : but we believe that it is better to have a set of rules approaching universality, even if in the getting of them we have to sacrifice some of our local ideas. We believe you will agree with us in this conclusion. We found after attending these meetings that it was a much larger propo- sition to make grad80 for four and one-half bil- lions of lumber scattered all over the country than it was for us to make rules for the five hundred to six hundred million feet of hard- wood lumber which is annually produced in Wisconsin. COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION. Y'our committee respectfully asks and recom- mends that we adopt the Wisconsin or National ao HARDWOOD RECORD rules, revised in accordance with the recommen- dations of this joint meeting. We also recom- mend that these rules be called "the National rules as adopted by the Hardwood Manufac- turers of Wisconsin." I have already called your attention to the fact that these rules do not meet our ideas at all points, still we do believe that they are a long step in the right direction and doubtless the most radical that have ever been made in a set of grading rules in so short a time. We must not lose sight of the fact that all of the hardwoods of the country are competitors and it is an advantage to all of us to have them meet on the same basis of grading. INSPECTIOX. At the same time your committee was carry- ing on these negotiations and consultations in reference to the grading rules, it was working on an inspection system along the lines proposed by your organization. As you know, we have had an inspector calling at your yards and mills for something like four months. About six weeks ago we were able to send out another inspector and we proposed to keep as large a force of these men at work as may he required to give the information desired. Our intentions are that these inspectors will not only inspect the lumber in your yard and the grading of It, but will also go Into your mills and recommend any cb-inges In the way of the manufacture which they believe would make your stock more valuable. They will also have an eye to the piling and handling of your stock — In fact will give Information on everything to do with the handling of lumber from the time It enters the mill In the form of a log until you have put It on the car. We have been called on in several Instances to relnspeet shipments and- are trying to get this bureau organized so as to be able to do more of this class of work. SOLICITS COOPERATION. We believe that our system Is far from per- fect, but as you all know and realize it takes a lot of time and a lot of work to get it in proper condition. It will require the hearty sup- port of our members to bring this work up to the high standard desired — we mean support in the way of recommendations or Information in regard to your inspectors, Inode of Inspection or anything pertinent to the subject. We be- lieve this will all tend to promote the best In- terests of our association and the work It has undertaken. After considerable discussion concerning freight rates to the west coast, the work of southern himbernien in securing refunds from the railroads, and the adoption of a motion instructing the railroad committee to act with other associations in an effort to have rates to the Pacific coast reduced, also one to the effect that grading rules on siding and ceiling be submitted to the association, the meeting adjourned. Those present were: Attendance. J. B. Andrews, Andrews & Roepke Lumber Company, Birnamwood. D. J. Arpin, Arpln Hardwood Lumber Com- pany, Grand Rapids. W. O. Barndt, Stolle-Barndt Lumber Company, Tripoli. O. n. Brlghtman, Bird & Wells Lumber Com- pany, Wansaukee. F. W. Buswell, Buswell Lumber and Manufac- turing Compan.v, Minneapolis, 51inn. W. H. Buudy, Rice Lake Lumber Company, Rice Lake. Harry N. Carter, Daniel Shaw Lumber Com- pany, Eau Claire. George H. Chapman. Northwestern Lumber Company, Stanley. John R. Davis, John R. Davis Lumber Com- pany, Phillips. C. K. EULngson, Elllngson Lumber Company, Hawkins. Frank F. Fish, National Hardwood Lumber Association, Chicago. George E. Foster, Foster-Latimer Lumber Company, Mellen. G. C. Planner, Flanner-Steger Land & Lumber Company, Blackwell. Frank A. Fuller, Edwards Lumber Company, Oshkosh. L. E. Fuller, Lumber World, Chicago. Charles A. Goodman, Sawyer-Goodman Com- pany, Marinette. Lee W. Gibson, Medford Lumber Company, Medford. W. A. Holt, Holt Lumber Company, Oconto. W. W. Helneman, B. Helneman Lumber Com- pany, Wausau. S. W. Hollister, Holllster, Amos & Co., Osh- kosh. Edward A. Hamar, Worcester Lumber Com- pany, Chassell, Mich. J. W. Kaye, Westboro Lumber Company, West- bo I'o. C. F. Lusk, assistant secretary. Thorp. Guy Nash, Nash Lumber Company, Shana- golden. George P. Noble, Milwaukee. A. R. Owen, John S. Owen Lumber Company, Owen. F. H. Pardoe, Fenwood Lumber Company, Wausau. J. T. Phillips, Diamond Lumber Company, Green Bay. M. J. Qulnlan, Menominee Bay Shore Lumber Company, Soperton. G. C. Robson, C. H. Worcester Company, Chi- cago. W. IL Roddls, Roddls Lumber & Veneer Com- pany, Marshfield. • P. H. Shafer, Ellsworth Manufacturing Com- pany, Hawkins. H. H. Stolle, Stolle-Barndt Lumber Company, Tripoli. C. C. Uber, Bradley Company, Tomahawk. Tom B. Wall, Wall-Spaldlng Lumber Company, Oshkosh. A. R. Week, John Week Lumber Company, Stevens Point. F. E. Wheeler, chief inspector. Hardwood Record J^Iail Bag. [In this department it is proposed to reply to such inquiries as reach this office from the HARDWoriD Record clientage as will be of enough general Interest to warrant publication. Every patron of the paper is invited to use this de- partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt will be made to answer queries pertaining to all matters of Interest to the hardwood trade, in a succinct and Intelligent manner.] on property containing more or loss stumpage of these varieties, but they may not be able to give him the information he wants. Any- one who can do so will be conferring a favor by writing to this office. — Editor. Who Wants Ebony and Cedar? Cincinnati, O., June 27. — Editor Hardwood Record : We are in correspondence with a gen- tleman In Maracalbo, Venezuela, who advises us that he has a lot of ebony and cedar which he would like to export to this country, as well as other woods, which he can deliver in very large quantities. The dimensions of these woods are 7 Inches and upwards In diameter, and 11 feet and oyer In length, all of the best quality. We thought it might be wise to place this informa- tion before your readers, as It Is sure to be of Interest to someone, and we would also suggest that you send our Venezuelan friend a copy of your paper. Machinery Company. As the writer of the letter suggests, some- one will doubtless be interested in the above item ; the address of the gentleman wishing to dispose of the stock will be furnished upon application to this office. — Kditor. Wants Cypress Dimension Stock. QuiNCY, III., June 27. — Editor Hardwood Record : We are about to put a washing ma- chine on the market, and are anxious to get In touch with cypress mills and arrange to secure the parts all cut out ready to be assembled. We will want this stock in carload lots. If you can furnish us with the addresses of several located In the South we will appreciate it. Company. The writer of the above will be supplied with names of any firms who wish to get into correspondence with him relative to supplying the cypress stock wanted. — Editor. Dogwood and Persimmon Stumpage. Portsmouth, ^'A., June 22. — Editor Hard- wood Record : Can you give me any informa- tion or the address of anyone from whom I might ascertain a locality where dogwood and persimmon grow In sufficient quantities to jus- tify mills? L. E. D. The writer has been supplied with the names of several houses which control mills Chicago Wholesale Iiumber Dealers' Associ- ation. At a dinner given by the D. S. Pate Lumber Company and the George T. Mlckle Lumber Com- pany, at the Chicago Athletic Club on May 15 last, the idea of forming a new organization among wholesalers engaged exclusively in the sale of northern and southern pine and hard- woods was brought up. with the result that last week the new association became a reality, and articles of Incorporation were filed at Spring- field. The objects of the association will be to pro- mote the general welfare of the wholesale trade ; to cooperate with other associations to mutual advantage ; to protect members from unjust ex- actions or demands : so to correct abuses In the conduct of the lumber business as may be to the advantage of the members ; to promote uni- formity In the customs and usages of the trade and to diffuse reliable Information among Its members. Before members are admitted to the new asso- ciation every precaution will be taken to see that the moral standing of the applicant Is all that It should be. In order that the class which ordinarily presumes upon membership in stand- ard associations to practice Irregular methods and chicanery may be excluded. Otfices will probably be secured In the Rector building, and a permanent secretary will soon be secured to take up active management of affairs. The Chi- cago Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association starts out with the following representative membership : Frank B. Stone. Turnbull-Joice Lumber Company. Brookhaven Lumber Company. D. B. Douglas & Co. George W. Koehn. Anguera Lumber Company. Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Company. C. D. Benedict & Co. Buckner-Saunders Lumber Company. W. A. Messer Lumber Company. Nourse-Taylor Lumber Company. Krum. Griffith & Co. Marsh-Iiatbwav Company. Howard D. Casey & Co. Schultz Bros. Frank Porter. W. A. Herbert & Co. Chicago Lumber and Coal Company. E. A. Thornton Lumber Company. George T. Mlckle Lumber Company. D. S. Pate Lumber Company. HARDWOOD RECORD 21 Skiddoo. By Van B. Perbixe. 1£ you were clown to Atlautie City about May twenty-three. The date "skiddoo" applied to rules — the old ones you will see. If you went down there intending to do what you could do To help fix up inspection rules and see that they went through, You were mighty glad to notice that most of them down there Were very earnest and tried their hest to make 'em fair and square. This, of course, was the National meet, the .lobbing men and all, Including the fellow who cut the logs, with profits mighty small, AVho had to buy his timber while 'twas standing on the stumi). The cash right down for every piece, no matter how big the lump. Who put his money in the same, whei'e for several months it stays. And then he sells to the other chap on terms of "sixty days" — This is an old trade custom, established years ago. But like a lot of other things must sooner or later go — The millman once could stand it, when the timber didn't cost. But now sometimes his profits go — in this discount — if it's lost- lieeause it doesn't matter how much he happens to own. He always has to borrow the cash and pay interest on the loan. Does any millman figure? Does he keep it so he knows? Just how much this interest costs, how mighty big it grows? Does he keep the discount item ? And add it to the same ? When he figures up at invoice time, his profits in the game — Because it's quite important, and should be added to the price ; All the buyers want one per cent, when multiplied just twice. But getting back to the inspection, it seems there's now a show To figure out a set of rules that everywhere will go, That will suit the manufacturer and please the jobber too. Suit the wholesale dealer and the yardman through and through, And suit the fellow who cuts it up, in furniture or in trim. The differences now, as all can see, are getting mighty slim. It doesn't make much difference about the inspection rules, Or whether the man who buys the stock about the discount fools; The fellow who cuts it out, you know, should figure on his cost And make a price to cover things, so discount won't be lost. Se the sooner we get together and make all miles the same. The hotter it'll be for everyone who's playing at the game. If you belong to either faction, or association we will say. Both the Manufacturer and the National man should pray That they will come together and fix their troubles quick. A lot of different inspection rules is making the buyer sick. He's got to have our lumber, and we've got to have his trade. So let's fix up the same set of rules, and call them any old grade. While the man who buys the lumber wants it then and there. He won't cai-e much about the rules, if only they're fair and square. So he knows what he's a-doing when he sends his orders out. And can figure on what grade he'll get, or figure thereabout. So, then, let's get together. Manufacturer and National man : If we let old pride skiddoo outside, no doubt but that we can. .Just think the matter over and see what can be done To figure out a good way, so things will smoothly run, So one don't cuss the other if he isn't on his side. And don't give up without hard work till everything's been tried. Because just now I figure (if what 1 hear is true) The only way to fix things up is to say to pride — "Skiddoo !" NeWs Miscellany. Announcement. Dr, Herman von Schrenck of the Missouri Bo- tanical Gardens, St. Louis, announces under date of July 1 that for the purpose of estab- lishing a technical laboratory and consulting office devoted to the prosecution of investigations into the uses of timber, he has resigned his position as pathologist in charge of investiga- tions of timber diseases and methods for prevent- ing them in the United States Department of Agriculture. Believing that such investigations can be more effectively carried on by direct aUiliation with the actual users of timber in its various forms, he has opened an ofltce and labo- ratory at Tower Grove and Flad avenues. St. Louis, and become associated with E. B. Fulks and A. L. Kammerer, who for several years have been conducting timber preserving experiments for various railway companies. The office and laboratory is prepared to carr.v on investigations and make reports on all problems dealing with the best methods for handling and utilizing tim- bers : 'the closer adaptation of the qualities of any and all kinds of wood to special uses will be looked into : determination as to the character and value of various preservative processes for increasing the length of life of timbers will be made. The office will be .prepared to make re- ports on problems dealing with logging methods, the manufacture of lumber in its various phases, dry kiln operations, wood waste utilization, pa- per pulp industry, the manufacture of special articles, the seasoning and preservation of timber in its various forms, such as ties, telephone poles, mine props, posts, etc., the adaptation of various timbers for building purposes, and prob- lems relating to railway track and bridge con- struction. In addition to these general prob- lems of wood utilization, arrangements have been made with a prominent firm of consulting forest engineers to handle all problems dealing with the planting and management of timber lands. It is the aim of the office to stand ready to advise users of wood concerning all phases of forest operation and timber utilization, to the end that the longest and most efficient service may be obtained therefrom. Witli the increasing scarcity of timber and its increasing cost it is becoming necessary to use improved methods of handling in order to ob- tain the greatest benefit therefrom, and it is believed that a technical office of this kind will appeal to all users of timber. Because of Dr. von Schrenck's past experience in charge of such a work for the United States Department of Ag- riculture, covering a period of ten years, and be- cause of numerous connections with those inter- ested in timber preserving and timber utilization problems, both in this country and abroad, he believes that he can call attention to the work to be carried on with considerable assurance. Ottawa 'Valley Lvunber. This year's lumber cut in the Ottawa valley is going to be one of the largest on record. The lakes, rivers and brooks are full of water, and logs are coming down the Ottawa river in fine shape. Most of the mills are putting on extra gangs of laborers and some of them are running night and day. The demand for lum- ber from this region has been much in advance of the supply of late, and mills are being crowded to turn out every foot of marketable product that their machinery can take care of. Stocks of high-grade lumber at mining points have 'been practically exhausted for some time in meeting foreign demand, and dealers are compelled to take up almost any- thing they can secure for local consumption, the high-class stock being retained tor the export trade. Thousands of logs were held up in the upper reaches of the Ottawa and tributary streams all last year, on account of low water, but they are now coming down along with last winter's cut. The river during WOG was much below its average depth, while it is now far above the usual stage. Kelley & Co., Chicago, in a like capacity, have, with W. M. Deffenbaugh, purchased the sawmill and timber holdings of the firm of Deffenbaugh & Berry, located near Ezra. Miss. As Mr. Def- fenbaugh is from Springfield, 111., and the Le- Crone brothers from Springfield, 0., they have called their concern the Springfield Lumber Com- pany, and on account of the number of fine holly trees surrounding their plant, they have chris- tened the place "Holly Park." The company is exporting holly logs and since purchasing the plant have added a dimension mill which will be used in cutting cull stock into dimension stuff. Last week they closed a deal for an additional 5,000.000 feet of timber con- sisting of choice red and white oak, red gum. cypress and ash. They also have options on several more tracts which they expect to close up in the near future. This puts them in excel- lent shape to take care of their trade for some time, and in addition they control the output of several other hardwood mills. Mr. Deffenbaugh has charge of the mill and logging operations, F. B. LeCrone of the office and commissary, while C. E. LeCrone looks after the financial end of the business and the output of their other mills. Ne'w Mississippi Enterprise. C. E. LeCrone. who for a number of years was connected with the Advance Lumber Company of Cleveland as southern representative, and his brother, F. B. LeCrone, formerly with W. E. Death of 'WilUam H. Perry. William H. Perry of Cincinnati died July 1 of Bright's disease, after an illness of over a year. While his health has been failing stead- ily for many months. Mr. Perry continued in active business until Friday, when he took to his bed. He was president and director of the W. H. Perry Lumber Company and assistant general superintendent of the Baldwin Com- pany. Mr. Perry was a native of southern Ohio. He leaves a widow and two sons. Dr. Frank Perry and Dr. Ed. Perry of Indiana. During the exposition at St. Louis Mr. Perry was appointed a member of the commission of awards in the lumber exhibits, and after the completion of the work of that body it was said that he was the best informed man on the commission. Mr. Perry will be sincerely mourned by a large circle of friends, who appreciated his many sterling qualities, and particularly by his associ- ates in the lumber trade. 22 HARDWOOD RECORD Walnut Burls for Veneers. .T. V. Hamilton of Fort Scott, Kan., has fur- nished the Record with a number of interesting photographs of walnut logs and burls, some of which are reproduced herewith. Mr. Hamilton is a well known lumberman and exporter and of the tree are never fully restored, but the blood of the tree, its sap, still flows, and a knot or bump is formed, which finally develops into a great irregular chunk of wood, the burl. The walnut variety is more numerous in localities where the timber is of a stunted or rugged na- FI.NE EXPORT WALNUT LOG. what he doesn't know about walnut nobody else knows. In a little explanation accompanying the pictures he says : "There are several kinds of figured wood in black walnut, in each one of which the grain of the timber is twisted or crinkled in a way peculiar to itself. One of the most popular fig- ures used by cabinet makers, furniture manu- facturers and others for veneering fancy panels is the black walnut burl. These are quite rare. BO much so that they hardly average one to a hundred trees, and very few people have suffi- cient knowledge to enable them to form an accu- rate estimate of their value from their forma- tion or general appearance : he must be an ex- perienced dealer in veneers who can with much certainty fix a satisfactory price before the burl has been dissected by thp saw or knife, and its interior exposed to view. The burl is some- times confused with swirl or knurl, and is fre quently known by these names, yet it is quite a different product and has a grain and texture peculiarly its own. It is a spinous knot, the surface of which is covered with little conical points which are its distinguishing feature. Only those that grow at the stump or root of the tree, called root burls, mostly covered beneath the earth and thtis protected, are valuable, for almost invariably those growing high up" on the tree, where they are exposed to the sun and rain, are bark grown and otherwise defective, being full of small cavities, forming habita- tions for insects which destroy their commercial value and render them worthless. "A burl may grow in any conceivable form, but the most perfect specimens resemble in shape a huge turnip, the surface of which is covered with small cones or spurs, with points as sharp as a needle, and as it continues to grow in size year after year, these points are covered and others form. In this way the burl is built up and the spotted or dappled appearance called bird's ej'e is created, a figure which shows up beautifully when cut into thin sheets and highly polished. The roots run out from the under side and edges of the burl instead of from the tree, as usual, as the smaller these roots the better the quality of the veneers it will produce, for the reason that the roots lessen the quantity of straight grained wood it will contain. Special value altaclies to them because of the peculiar twisted or distorted grain or figure, and the nature of the figure has all to do with the value, which in the rough ranges from ten cents a pound up to whatever value the dealer may think he sees in it. In tree anatomy an en- largement of this kind would be aptly termed a wood tumor, or morbid action of the sap fluid, producing abnormal or unnatural formation, or degeneration of the tree ; at the same time it is a growth that possesess all the firmness and solidity of straight grained and healthy wood, susceptible to a high polish. The burl is caused by a bruise or some other mishap befalling the tree while it is young: nature begins to make good the accident by repairing the injury, but fails. The symmetry and graceful proportions LARGE WALXUT BURL. ture. and less frequent where it is large and thrifty, and the trees more magnificent in pro- portions." The method of converting these burls into veneers is a difficult one, and it is also difficult to describe in such a way that the reader will -T. V. HAMILTON OF FORT SCOTT, KAN., THE WALNUT EXPERT. get a clear idea of the process. They must first be sawn into pieces as one would cut an apple into quarters or halves, but care and judg- ment must be exercised in opening the burl in order to throw the best and largest flakes or figure on the same block. Special devices, slay duce the largest sheet of veneers possible, of the most handsome natural pattern contained in the richly "figured" portion. After the veneer has been produced and all the processes necessary for its creation have been completed, it is ready fuv the glue-room, where it is spread upon the panel or surface it is to adorn : and it is here that another fine art is rapidly developing. The skill of the artisan who lays and arranges the veneers on the piano case, the table top, or the large panel for the Pullman car, so as to produce the most pleasing appearance, is second only to the skill of the artist in painting a picture, and an equal if uot greater amount of practice and experience is necessary. The sheets of veneer are trimmed and turned over, or reversed and arranged in many ways to enhance their attractiveness. Fre- quently the widest and most prominently figured ends of stump figure or crotch or feather are so nearly placed in conjunction with each other in the center of the panel as to blend perfectly and produce a most beautiful and striking ap- pearance. The Ideal Eiln. It is safe to say that the subject of kiln dry- ing has received more attention during the past two years than was given it during the preceding twenty years, with consequent improvement in methods and results, but that the ideal kiln is not yet in general use is proven by requests for information which pour into the offices of kiln manufacturers who advertise positive results by their processes. The old saying, "Well begun is half done." applies very aptly to this, the first step in the manufacture of all wood products, for accu- rate records kept in a number of plants dur- ing the past year prove that proper drying saves not only the waste due to warping, checking and honeycombing, but permits of the lumber being worked much closer to knots and swirls : that it also reduces the cost of both power and labor by rendering the stock straight, soft and free from case hardening. One concern, cut- ting about 40,000 feet of hard and soft woods daily, estimated their saving last year, directlj traceable to improved drying, at upwards of .$5,000, from which it will be seen that the perfect kiln has a field as wide as the lumber industry itself. Investigation among a largo number of plants also discloses the fact that much so-called drying, which is nothing more nor less than baking, is done on a "trust-to-luck" plan, stock being put into the kiln at irregular intervals, the heat turned on and the temperature al- lowed to go where it will, lumber being taken out when it looks dry, feels dry or smells dry. by someone who very likely has no idea as to the requirements of the plant, very few being found who had formulated any sort of test BEAUTIFUL PANEL OF REVERSED CROTCH WALNUT VENEER. blocks, etc.. have frequently been arranged to hold the unshapely and irregular sections of wood firmly, though in a tilted or slanting po- sition, so that the knife of the rotary veneer machine will operate in such a way as to pro- for bringing their stock out in proper condition. Assuming that this lack of method prevails largely throughout the United States, especially with the smaller plants, the following sugges- tions may not come amiss. HARDWOOD RECORD 23 METHOD OF TESTING DRY LUMBER. Bone Dry, being the atsolute test, is talson first. In loading eacli liiln car, arrange to liave one board which you can talie from the liiln without disturbing the car. When ready to malrked up. Several million pieces have been sold this season. The II. M. Loud's Sons Company is sliipping a large quantity of hard timber to I»etroit for the MU-higan Central tunnel under the I)etroit river, and a number !>f million feet to Port ArthiH" on the north shore of Lake Superior for harbor imprc)vement work. The ^lershon-Iiacon Company is cutting out a large iiuantit.v of box material from bee<'h and other hardwood culls. Grand Bapids. K. N. Sailing and wife of Manistee, were in the city Jtdy 1. Local hotels are well filled with furnltiu'e people in attendance on the fur- niture exhibits. A. L. Dennis of Dennis Bros, has opened a family cottage at Highland Park tor the sum- mer. "Ren" Barker, veteran editor of Ueed City, speaking of the recent visit to that cit.v of Ben Wolf, the <;rand Rapids lumberman, says : "Ben and the I'ditor were friends back in Hu^ days when Cadillac was called Clam Lake: Lake City, Muskrat Lake, and Kalmouth, Pinhook. The-^e Itioneer days, from 1877 to 1H,S4, were the hap- piest of our lives." Bankruptcy proceedings have Iteen started in the I'nited States district court here by a num- ber of creditors, mostly Muskegon men, against the .Sipuire Clothes Pin Company of Muskegon. Tile company is charged wltli selling the prop- erty w Itliimt reference to tlie creditors. The case will probably be heard in August, The pe- titioners are: W. W. Barcus, Henry A. Bauk- nei'ht. .T. tJ, Bauknecht, Paul E, Bauknecht, V. A, Backstrom, East Shore Woodenware Com- pany, ,L J, Howden Company, Charles S. C^lover, B. W. Ladd, C. A. Ladd. Adam Pyle. Towner Hardware Company, Morton Manufacturing Com- pany and the Morse Livery and Transfer Com- pany. Lewis M. Curry has organized a ,1;10.000 stock company at Howell for the manufacture of re- frigerators. Charles M. Ilackley. son of Muskegon's great benefaitor and philanthropist, has bought Mrs. C. H. Ilill's resi4,- (•0()..->l, as against $4t)!»,m7 in June, liHiti. An increase in capital stock from ,$,"i(),(i(Hi to .$7.-1.000 has been made by the Indiana Tie Com- pan,v of Evansvillo. The Muncie Lumber Company of Muncic. the Case-Fowler Lumber Company of Rushville, the Donner Lumber Company of Greencastle, and Joseph Blnford & Son of Crawfordsville have discontinued business. Bristol, "Va. The Tug River Lumber Company of this city will charter its new railroad from I'Mberton. Wise county. Virginia, to the headwaters of Powell river. This road is a narrow gauge line and extends back to the company's timber property. The company's big band mill, recently erected on the headwaters of Powell river, has ijeen placed in operation and is now running regu- larly. O. H. Vial, a prominent lumber manufacturer of Mountain City, Tenn.. was in Bristol this week. W. *i. McCain, head of the well known lumber firm of W. (i. McCain & Son of Neva. Johnson county. Tennessee, was a visitor at the local market this week. Mr. McCain's firm has ex- tensive operations in Johnson county, including a big band mill at Neva. Another Johnson county lumberman was here last week. T. K. Garland, bead of the T. K. Gar- land Lumber Company. This concern owns a large tract of timber in Shady and has lieguu cutting same. James Denman of the W. M. Uittcr Luinbei- Company of Columbus, ( ►., was here this week on business. Mr. Denman has charge of the company's big operations at Saglna and Pineola. N. <'., where it has a big band mill and an extensive tract of timber. Paul Cline of the Tipp City Lumber Com- pany at Altapass. X. C., was a visitor in the city this week. This company is beginning to cut near Altapass on the South & Western on a large scale, F, Y, Fellows of Philadelphia, representing Sohle Bros., well known hardw'ood dealers of that city, was a visitor in the city this week. A. H. .Miller and others, who are at the bead of the Ilagerstown Table Works, one of the big- gest furniture manufacturing plants at Hagers- town, Md., are in the city with a view to making heavy purchases of hardwood. Irving Whaiey. general manager of the East River Lumlier Company of Tamrosb. <;iles county, Virginia, was in the city this week and took part lu the Fourth of July celebration, Mr. Whaiey was formerly with the Tug River Lum- 30 HARD-WOOD RECORD ber Company of this city. He recently purchased a big interest in the East Uiver Lumber Com- pany, which owns a large tract of timber in Giles county. Mr. Whaley has charge of the company's mills at Tamrosb. He reports busi- ness in that vicinity active. C. li. Smith, .Tr., local representative of R. A. & J. J. William.s o£ rbiladelphia. has just re- turned from Nashville, where he spent a ten days' vacation. He reports the hardwood trade in Tennessee's capital city good, despite the dull- ness of the business over the country generally. The Montezuma Lumber Company, which was recently organized in Bristol by George H. Mell of Kane. I'a.. and others, has begun operations in Montezuma, N. ('. For the present the com- pany's cutting will be let to contract. Mr. Meli will handle the entire output. Emil Guenther of Philadelphia has become largely interested in lumber operations in John- son and Carter counties, Tennessee, and has rep- resentatives at IJutler. "The prospects are very bright," said Paul W. Fleck, head of tlie Paul W. Fleck Lumber Com- pany of Philadelphia, who w'as in the city this week. "The present dullness of the market is, in my opinion, temporary, and I think the next few days will see business pick up and start off with fresh impetus. The prospects in the East in domestic and export hardwood circles ,are very bright." .T. R. Williams, a well known wholesale lum- ber dealer of Philadelphia. l*a., liaving otfices in the Land Title building, was a visitor in the lo- cal market th)« week. Mr. Williams is buying considerable hardwood stock in this section. He left for points south and will return via Bristol and spend several days in the city. The lialston-Wilson Lumber Company of Par- kersburg. W. Ya., opened offices in the new Phipps building on Fifth street last week. The company has received the t-ontract for supplying all the cross ties used in the cfinstruction of the South & Western railroad from Kingsport, Tenn.. to Dante, Va., a distance of fifty-seven miles. E. E. Wilson, vice president of the company, is in charge of the offices here. "We have three mills running on tlie Clincli river and the present daily output of our own mills is about 700 ties," said Mr. Wilson. "We expect to install other mills and will probably complete our contract with the South & Western in a year. The con- tract will call for about L!00,onii ties. These ties are being made from sound white or chestnut oak, walnut and locust. We will manufacture them ourselves on a large scale and let special contracts." The company expects to remove its general offices to Bristol later and do an ex- tensive lumber manufacturing business in this immediate territory." E. L. Edwards of Dayton, O.. and C. II. Vogle of Cincinnati, the latter representing the Wiborg- Hanna Company, were visitors in the' city this week. The lumbermen of western North Carolina report a lively time at the Battery Park Hotel. Asheville, N. C, on July 3. at a Hoo-Hoo con catenation and banquet. There was a large class of "kittens" initiated and the banquet, of course, was the feature of the occasion. The menu was attractively printed on poplar veneer with a Hoo-Hoo cat on either side. Cincinnati. The Cypress Lumber & "Veneer Lumber Com- pany, formed by the consolidation of the Cypress Lumber Company of Cincinnati and TuthiU & Pattison of Sheffield, Ala., began business un- der the new name last week, and judging from the way things are coming, the new corporation will be a good business proposition. Orders are coming in as fast as the company can supply them, and J. E. Tuthill, manager of the com- pany, is highly pleased. The United States Lumber Company has se- cured new offices on the Walnut street side of the .Mercantile Liln-ary building, located between Fourth and Fifth streets. The removal of the offices gives the company better facilities in every way, and increased business is looked for. W. W. Magoon, formerly connected with C. Crane & Co., has left the lumber business and returned to railroading. He is now general manager of the Camden lines in West Virginia, with headquarters at Huntington. J. F. Dietz & Co., manufacturers of desks, were visited by a fire recently which caused the death of one employee. The damage sustained by the company was trifling. Henry Flesh of Cron, Kills & Co., manufactur- ers of furniture and desks, at Piqua, Ohio, and president of the Piqua bank, was in town dur- ing the bankers' convention, held here during the last three days of June. Mr. Flesh report- ed business in good condition at Piqua. Thomas J. Moffett. president of the Maley. Thompson & Moffett Lumber Company, is one of the busiest lumbermen in Cincinnati. On com- mittees his name always leads. His last ap- pointment was as president of the Park League, wliich proposes to beautify Cincinnati at a cost of about .$1.-), 000.000. Mr. Moffett and William .\. Bennett constitute a class by them- selves, and are two of the hardest workers in the lumber organization, always willing to give of their valuable time to help others. .Toseph Wehry of the Littleford Lumber Com- pany left recently on a business trip through Indiana. Kentuck.v and Illinois. He will be gctne several weeks, as he has a great deal of business to look after. The records of the Chamber of Commerce for receipts and shipments of lumber during the month of June show a big increase over the year previous. The receipts of lumber this year amounted to 8,685 cars, as compared with 7,52'J for the same month last year. Shipments this .\ear were 6,149 cars, while last year they num- bered 6,086. William E. Delaney, general manager of the Kentucky Lumber Company, has returned from a three weeks' trip through Mexico, where he was looking after a tract of land owned by the company. Mr. Delaney will submit his conclu- sions to the president of the concern and action will be taken later. F. B. Tolson of Soble Brothers of Philadelphia was in town recently in quest of lumber. Richard McCracken of the Kentucky Lumber Company has returned from a week's business trip to Nashville, Tenn. Mr. McCracken went to Nashville to attend to several business trans- actions and also to see that the logs which floated awaj' some weeks ago were sent to the mill at Burnside, Ky. The chief speaker at the summer dinner of the Lumbermen's Club, which will be held at the Altamont hotel, will be Prof. L. M. Schiel of the Cincinnati public schools. The wives of the members will be among the guests. The club will leave Fountain Square at 4 p. m. in special cars, will witness dress parade at Fort Thomas and will then go to the Altamont hotel. William II. Perry, president of the William H. Perry Lumber Company, and assistant super- intendent of the Baldwin Piano Company, died at the residence of his son, Dr. Fi'ank Perry, of Norwood. He had been ill for 'only a few days and the end came as a surprise to all his family. Nash'vllle. W. E. Norvell, of the local firm of Norvell & Wallace, has been elected by the county court of this (Davidson) county as trustee, to fill out the unexpired term of the late Major John J. McCann. Mr. Norvell won over the hottest kind of opposition. He will still retain his interest in the lumber firm. The office is worth between .•?! 2,000 and $15,000 a year. Mr. Norvell was for several years a member of the city council and for the past five years has been a member .000. The incorporators are: J. L. Logan of the National Lumber Company, Texarkann, Tex. ; Noble W. AVilliams of the Montrose Lumber Company, and John T. D'Qnin of Natchitoches. The com- pany holds options on several desirable hard- wood tracts in the vicinity of Xatehitoches. The Baton Itouge Manufacturing Company has been organized in Baton Kouge, La., to operate a big woodworking plant in conjunction with a sash, do'ir and blind factory. The company will mai nfacture office fixtures and other arti- cles of jardwood. The authorized capital is 440.000. T. M. Walker, formerly of Atlanta, will mai fige the big plant. Advioi s from Lake <'harles. La., state that the Smith-Trot ti Lumber Company. Ltd.. has been organized there with an authorized capital of .ItirLOOO. The officers are: Thomas -T. Trotti, president : John L. Trotti. vice president ; Flem- ing T. Smith, secretary-treasurer. The Mississippi-Alabama Lumber Exchange has been temporarily organized at Meridian, Miss. The exchange will be permanently or- ganized at a meeting to be held July 13. The object of the exchange is to protect those mills which have an output of from 10,000 to 20,000 feet. The mill men in the exchange will appoint a manager to help them market their output. This was formerly done by the lumber brokers. W. IL Seymour is temporary chairman of the organizniion. Minneapolis. E. Payson Smith of the I'ayson Smith Lumber Company recently returned from a business trip into Missouri. Arkansas and Tennessee, lie says of the situation down there; "Hardwood manu- facturers have enough orders on hand to keep them busy for some time. There is some weak- ness noted in a few items, but oak is still strong. Hickory people can not get nearly as much stock as they need." The Waterman-Hunter Company, sash and door manufacturer of this city, has assigned for the benefit of its creditors. This concern has been making doors and millwork for the mail order trade and failed to make a success of the business. A meeting of the creditors was called June 22 and Robert Dobson of the Pittsburg Plate (Jlass Company was selected as trustee. The creditors* interests will also be looked after l>y a committee consisting of ixeorge H. Tennant. the hardwood flooring man ; C. A. Barton and C. D. Huyck. No new business will l)e taken, but all old orders will be filled and the stock closed out as expeditiously as possible. W. H. Sill of the Minneapolis Lumber Vam- pany has returned from a business trip to Win- nipeg, where he spent a week. W. C. Meader of the Hawkins Lumber and Land Company, this city, is back from Hawkins, Wis., where their mill is located. He superin- tended the installation of machinery in the mill, which will have a capacity of .^0,000 feet a day and will turn out hemlock and hardwood lumber. The company owns 4.0(hi ncres nf land adjoining the mill. A. H. Barnard, the local wholesaler of hard- woods, is back from an extended vacation trip which he took in connectitm with the convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association. D. F. Clark of Osborne & Clark is on a short business trip to Chicago and other points. Toledo. A. M. I'elgate of the Cuyahoga County Engi- neering Department says that along Independ- ence road in Breckville chestnut fence posts have taken root and sprouted. "The county will evidently have a line of chestnut trees where the commissioners expected only an unsightly wall." said Mr. Felgate. "The posts were green when they were set last fall, and the unusually wet season did the rest." The sawmill, sash factory and lumber yard of Leander Bloker of Lindsey, O.. were destroyed last week by fire, entailing a loss of ^7,."»00, par- tially insured. The Park Street Lumber Company of Colum- bus. O., was incorporated recently with a capi- tal stock of .$.•^.■^.000 by Edgar W. Hedges. Lewis K. Park. Harry W. Stewart. M. V. Hull and Josiah R. Hedges. The company will do a gen- eral lumber business. Ashland, Ky. On the afternoon of July n the plant of the Lanham Lumber Company at Lebanon. Ky., was destroyed by fire, nothing being saved but the office and one wareroom. The company manu- factured hardwood lumber exclusively, employ- ing thirty-five men. The loss is placed at $35.- 00(1, with $7.r.00 insurance. J. S. Holmes and Wesley Bradfield of the Forest Service were in Ashland several days ago on their way to Pike county, where they will commence a forest survey of the state, fol- lowing the line laid (!own in an agreement re- cently executed between the commissioners of agriculture, immigration and statistics of Ken- tucky and the Forest Service. The work so far outlined comprises the making of a forest map of the state, a study of forest conditions, a study of markets, demand and supply of timber, a study of the causes and means of preventing forest fires, etc. Information in regard to the timber supply, transportation, manufacture, etc., will be collected and compiled and a report along these lines prepared, in hope that our depleted forests may be saved for the use of coming gen- erations. The Queen City Lumber Company of Ashland has been incorporated with a capital stock of *:I0,000. The incorporators are: O. F. L. Beckette, M. W. Thomas. J. M. Craig and M. L. Merldilh. J. W. Craig is manager of the busi- ness, which is located in <'incinnati. It con- sists of a planing mill and dry kilns, and at present is doing commercial work exclusively. Hon. W. H. Counts, manager of the extensive mountain interests of Van.sant. Kitchen & Co.. shot and killed himself on the afternoon of July 4 at his home in Olive Hill, Ky. It is not known whether the killing was intentional or accidental. The decedent was 4S years of age and was cjuite prominent throughout north- eastern Kentucky. He was at one time super- intendent of schools in Carter county and repre- sented Carter and Elliot counties in the state legislature in 188i> and 1891. Mr. Counts was a cousin of (.'harks Kitchen, of this company. Reports from the timber districts in the mountains state that the prevalence of snakes of the deadly variety is creating consternation among the lumbermen and loggers. Rattlesnakes and copperheads are .said to be common sights and are causing no little trouble. The Wjilker Lumber Company will in the near future erect a large lumber plant at Ken- ova. The firm will receive logs from the moun- tains by rail, and will cut them into lumber. The mill will he erected on the river front. Mr. Corn of Ironton, superintendent of the company, has leased a house in Kenova. and will remove his family to that place at once. The Kenova Sawmill Company's plant is an- other enterprise for that thriving little town. liUmber is being cut, and the work will be rushed to completion. The new plant of the Imnton Lumber Com- pany is completed, and the machinery was given a trial June 1. The mill was destroyed by fire .some time ago. The new plant has no planing djepartment. for the company intends to deal largely in unfinished material for the time be- ing. The machinery is the most modern on the market, and when in operation the capacity nf the mill will be about .'O.ooo feet of lumber a day. One feature is the boiler room, which is situated about twenty feet from the main build- ing. The boilers have the Quinn patent Dutch oven, which consumes all waste material. Hardwood Market CB7 HABDWOOD XECOSD Ezolnsive Mark«t Beporteri.) Chicago. There is no particular evidence of midsummer dullness in tlie local hardwood market. While trade is not rushing, there is a fair demand for lumber of nearly all varieties. The furniture manufacturers are buying with considerable freedom In anticipation of a very satisfactory July market for their goods. With the large volume of building still going on in Chicago, the interior finish, trim, and flooring producers are having about all they can do to keep up with their sales. On the whole trade is good with every prospect of its being better as the season progresses. Oak is still in the lead, with remarkably strong demand, as well as the good end of pop lar. All varieties of northern woods are mov ing very freely. The local call for mahogany is as good as it has been at any time during the past year. Boston. During the past two weeks the Boston and New England hardwood markets have developed a fair volume of business. Prices continue firm and no jjrnspects of easier values are found. In part the rise in prices during the past few months has been due teen reported for several weeks past. The demand for export Is not of large volume, as prices rlce. Cherry and maple are In good call. (Jum and cottonwood are selling well, and cypress is in good demand. Cedar, on a<-- count of a considerable amount of small logs of inferior quality recently thrown upon the mar- ket, has fallen off somewhat In price, but it is predicted that values will soon be up again. The cigar business has Improved greatly during the last few weeks and cigar Itox industries profit accordingly. Veneer holds firm and the outlook for trade Is good. Baltimore. Hardwood stocKs continue to be in brisk de- mand and tlie mills are unable to fill all the wants of dealers and consumers promptly. The range of prices, as might be expected under the circumstances. Is as hl^h as ever. Every now and then a record price Is reported, local ship- pers having lately realized high figures on ex- ports to England. Stocks in the hands of deal- ers are quite low and desirable lumber can l>c disposed of without dltHculty, Oak in particular is called for and the mills have orders ahead, notwithstanding the reported disposition of such big consumers as the railroads to hold back for a while. Predictions made some time ago that an easing off might be expected before long have not been realized. The millmen experience much difficulty with labor, the sui>ply of competent hands being scarce and the temi)er of the avail- able force rather uncertain. This Is in large part responsible for the advanced (piotations. All the woods are in excellent demand both in the domestic market and abroad. Stocks In for- eign hands are somewhat depleted and the calls for lumber are now more numerous than was the case even fine month ago. A fair trade Is being done at satisfactory figures. The exceptional activity among the boxmakers Is absorbing large qtiantities of bay poplar, which wood has come Into extensive use of late, and under the Infiu- ence of this brisk movement prices have ad- vanced sharply. Ash, chestnut and other hard- woods are in good demand and tliere is every in- dication that the present state of affairs will ccmtinue. Pittsburg. The hardwood market is beginning to feel the effects of midsummer heat. Not until the past week has there been any perceptible slackening in trade. It is expected that the bulk of orders for the next sixty days will show some falling off. All look for a big business in the fall, for general conditions seem to warrant a resumption of hardwood liuying on a large scale. Very few firms have any surplus of hardwoods. In fact most of them report low stocks. The railroads seem to be taking more luml>er than two months ago: also the big manufac- turers, which are going ahead with improvements that were sidetracked In the early spring. Ties, poles and timbers are all in good demand. Bill stuff is selling well. Boards and planking are in fair demand and are liringing good prices. 'i"be furniture trade is taking its full quota of hardwood, especially tif the better grades, and in spite of the lateness of the season the implement factories are still ordering. Stocks are small and timber buyers are scouring the country with a spirit that shows their eagerness for more good hardwood timber. Btiflalo. Hardwood lumber moves well and the season is sure to be a good one. Stock Is fair as a whole, with certain of the pientier woods In fine assortment. While oak is not plenty, the dealers manage to keep enough of it on hand to meet tlieir everyday needs. The amount of lumber coming in by lake is small compared with last seasim and hardw'ood dealers are not doing as much as was expected. Considerable bircli. elm and black ash has arrived at the yards and the flooring mills are busy re- ceiving maple. Ueports from the .Southwest are becoming more favoralile but it will be some time ijefore there is much new dry stock to be had there. Most of the oak and about all the poplar comes from that direction and It Is hard to see how the supply in yard can be kept up at all. Poplar seems to be running down faster than any other wood. Mills that up to this time have run on tliat as a specialty are now giving it up. except in a general way, and have gone into other hardwoods. There Is always a supply of birch, as birch comes from ail directions and Is carried by all the yards. Without it a great deal of hardship would be experienced In filling orders for finish- ing woods. Woods from the district directly south of Buf- falo, especially oak and cypress, are plenty. Saginaw Valley. Ilaidwoixi lumber is moving fairly well for the midsummer season. Basswood and ash are particularly firm and there Is a call for all that is being offered. Beech Is considerably stronger than It was earlier in the season and is selling freely. Maple Is In better form than it was a yeai* ago and some higher, with a fair move- ment. In other grades the market is steady and firm. There Is some oak reaching this mar- ket, but the supply is not large. There appears to be enough hardwood stoc-k available to sup- ply the trade and the outlook for the fall Is healthy. The output will be about as large as that of last year. There is not a great accumuiatUm of lumber stocks despite the fact that all mills are In operation. One thing that may affect the activity of the trade is that the entire cut of the year was sold at the beginning of the year by a number of firms and this takes so much stiM-k out of the market. Indianapolis. Local lumbermen generally arc remarking on the steady condition of the hardwood market. There seems to be no break in sight, although the demand has continued practically imchanged foi* some weeks. Quartered oak continues scarce but this is taken as a matter of fact and substitutes are being used largely. Railroad conditions continue good, with an ample supply of cars and shipments coming in nicely. The car situation promises to be re Moved still more by an order to the effect that old freight cars must be repaired and continued In service on branch lines with the coming of new equipment. Heretofore when local roads received new equipment old cars were destroyed. Bristol, Va. There has beeu no material change in condi- tions in the hardwood trade in this city and section during the past two weeks. The demand is only fair but values are firm. This condition is chiefly attributable to the summer season, and there are unmistakable indications of an early acceleration of Inisiness. The lumliermen of this city and section do not seem to liave been affected by the dullness of the market as much as in other sections, probably because the dull season found them with more business on their hands than they could handle. The car supply continues amiile. and no complaint has been heard for several weeks on this score. Cincinnati. The hot weather of the past few days has not had as weakening an effect im business as was first thought. The dull season in the lum- ber trade is the latter jiart of- June and the month of .Tuly. but as it now appears the month of July will not be as dull as is usually the case. The demand for all grades of hardwoods is good. Logs are plentiful here and the sawmills are all working busily. The .same good demand still prevails for poplar, and consumers are all willing to pay the price asked for it. Oak, both quartered and plain white, is keeping up nicely, and the same can be said for cypress. Ma- hogany has showed added spirit during the last fortnight but prices have not been Increased. Cedar posts have been in good demand and the cuts made several weeks ago are being readily absorbed under firm prices. The lumber situa- tion here as a whole is about steady, with the inquiry good and receipts the same. 34 HARDWOOD RECORD Nashville. With plenty of fair weather, plenty of ears, plenty of orders and a good supply of lumber on hand Nashville dealers seem well satislied with the situation at this time. Good weather has prevailed here for some time and has had a tendency to enliven building interests, and that in turn has served to increase the deman 1 nn np ^ rr> i t i~> /^^ J-'ll i^lSUrcCi HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA The Nicola Lumber Company One million feel 4-4 Bay Poplar. Can be shipped log run, or sold on grade. Bone dry ) band sawed. Send your inquiries. Willson Bros. Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS FARMERS BANK BLDG. n PITTSBURG, PA. DRY STOCK Ready for Quick Shipment 2 cars 1x18 to 23" panel and No. 1 poplar 6 " 1" 1st and 2nds poplar 6 " 1" No. 1 common poplar 6 " 1" No. 2 common poplar 8 " 1" mill cull poplar 2 " 1x18" and up panel and No. 1 cottonwood 5 *' 5/4 No. 1 common cottonwood 15 " 1x13 to 17" box hoards cottonwood 20 " 1x8 to 12" box boards cottonwood 19 '■ 1x13 to 17" 1st and 2nds cottonwood 21 '■ 1x13 to 17" No. 1 common cottonwood 20 " 1x6 to 12" 1st and 2nds cottonwood 15 " 1x4" and up No. 1 common cottonwood 20 " 1x4" and up No. 2 common cottonwood 15 " 4 4 1st and 2nds plain red and white oak 24 " 4/4 No. 1 common plain red and white oak American Lumber ^ Mfg. Co. PITTSBURG. PA. Hardwoods a Specialty FOR SALE POPLAK CHESTNUT PLAIN OAK 125,000' 4/4 Is and 2s 200,000' 4, 4 Sound Wormy 60,000' 4/4 No. i Com. 40,000' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 80,000' 5/4 Sound Wormy 18,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com. 325,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com. 100,000" 6/4 Sound Wormy QUARTERED OAK 228,000' 4/4 No. 3 Cora. 48,000' 8/4 Sound Wormy 2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. 150,000' 4/4 Mill Cull 1 car 4/4 No. 2 Com. OAK TIMBERS SAWED TO ORDER. WRITE FOR PRICES. CHEAT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburg. Penna. Plain and Quartered Red and White Oak Flooring Can Ship in Mixed Cars with Worked POPLAR OR HARDWOODS The International Hardwood Company Mill and Yards CATLETTSBURQ, KY. General Offices, PITTSBURG, PA. A. M. Turner Lumber Company Everything in lumber. We buy hardwoods as well as sell them. If you have anything to offer, please submit same to us. t i STOCK LISX The following list covers the hardwoods we now have on hand. Special price f. o. b. cars mill for all one grade. We would be pleased to have you favor us with your inquiries and orders. 4 4 Maple, No. I Common 2 Cars 5 4 *' " " 2 Cars 54 " •' " and Better 59,000 Feet 64 " " " 1 Car 6 4 " Firsts and Seconds 2 Cars 8 4 " No. 2 Common 2,500 Feet 10, 4 " Firsts and Seconds I Car 10 4 " No. 2 Common and Better 71,000 Feet 12 4 " No. I " 1,500 Feet 12 4 " "2 " 1,000 Feet 4/4 Bassweod, Log Runm.c. o I car 8/4 " 1 car DRY STOCK Favorable Freight Rates to the East. BABCOCK LUMBER CO., Ashtola, Pa. HARDWOOD RECORD iJ3 CU E V E L AN D HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTER OF NORTHERN OHIO HARDWOODS Dry Stock is Scarce Mill Shipments are Slow in Coming Forward We therefore call attention to stock of upwards of SIX MILLION FEET seasoned HARD- WOODS we offer for quick shipment from Cleveland. WANT TO CLEAN IT OUT. Are you interested ? The Advance Lumber Company 13th Floor, Rockefeller Bldg., CLEVELAND. O. Manufacturers and Dealers In White Pine, Yellow Pine, Hemlock and Hardwoods The Martin-Barriss Company Innporters aLtid MaLiwifacturers MAHOGANY ak.nd Fine Ha,rdwoods SYMBOLS FOR GRADE MARKS Adopted by the Hardwood Manufacturers Association of United States Z-A Selects Q Panel and Wide No. 1 A Wide No. 2 l~l Box Boards g^ FAS or Firsts and ^" Seconds ^ Saps Every Manufacturer should stamp the grade on his Lumber. Set of 10 Rubber Stamps. lM"xl'4" in size. Pad, Pint of Ink, and Spreader, packed for shipment $3. SO. yVViCVRTIIN & CO. LEWIS DOSTER, Sec'y 191 S. Clark Si., CHICAGO, or 1535 First Nal. Bank Hii. CHICAGO (J^ No. I Common Q2^ No. 2 Common (5 No. 3 Common (4- No. 4 Common The Robert H. Jenks Lumber Company 44 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, O. OFFEKS: 5 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd Poplar — 7" to 17" ■ 4 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd Poplar— 18" to 23" 3 Cars 4/4 Poplar Box Boards — 7" to 12" 10 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Poplar (Selects in) 10 Cars 4/4 No. 2 Common Poplar 3 Cars 4/4 No. 3 Common Poplar 2 Cars 5/4 No. 1 Common Poplar (Selects in) 8 Cars 8/4 No. 1 Common Poplar (Selects in) 10 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd White Oak 15 Cars 4/4 1st and 2nd Red Oak 15 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Red Oak 10 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common White Oak 10 Cars 4/4 No. 2 Common White Oak 20 Cars 4/4 Mill Cull Oak 3 Cars 4/4 Common and Better Chestnut 1 Car 6/4 Common and Better Chestnut 4 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Chestnut 5 Cars 5/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut 5 Cars 6/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut 10 Cars 4/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut 10 Cars 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut E. H . FALL EXPORTER . . . OF . . . WALNUT, POPLAR =^^^=^ AND ==^=^=^^= BIRDSEYE MAPLE LOGS Cash paid for Black Walnut Lo^s at point of shipment. If you have any walnut logs to offer, write me. I have some Sycamore. Red Oak, Ash and other hardwood logs which 1 aTi prepared to saw to orde**. Correspondence solicited. Can also supply Black Walnut lumber, sawed to any speciQcation required. PORT CLINTON OHIO THE GENERAL LUMBER COMPANY HARDWOODS HEMLOCK YELLOW PINE COLUMBUS, OHIO S. LEAST MAN FLOORING CO. ■AQINAW ailANO MAPLE FLOORING SAGINAW, MICH. 54 HARDWOOD RECORD WISCONSIN WHE,RE THE FINE.ST NORTHi:.RN HARDWOODS GROW C, p. CROSBY RHINELANDER s : WISCONSIN Wholesale Hardwood Lumber 1 want to sell bitch, m Pvo. 1 lommon & b iter. 1 have 4-4. i-4, 8-4, ana 12-4, gooa <. ry siock. Ivjix.d c^is easny fiU'O. DIFFICULT AND MIXED ORDERS A SPECIALTY SAWYER QOODMAN CO. MARINETTE, WIS. Mixed Cars of Hardwood, Bass- wood, White Pine and Hemlock, Cedar Shingles and Posts. We make a specialty of White Pine Beveled Siding and Wiiite Pine Finish and Shop and Pattern Lumber RED BIRCH f 300,000 ft. 1 in. 1st & 2d & No. 1 Common J 150,000 ft. H in- 1st & 2d & No. 1 Common \ 125,000 ft. Ih [ 100,000 ft. 2 in. 1st & 2d & No. 1 Common in. 1st & 2d & No. 1 Common Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company Inquiries answered promptly and i orders filled without delay. __ RHINELANDER., WIS. DEAL WITH AN OLD, RELIABLE FIRM WHEN IN NEED OF WISCONSIN HARDWOODS "Shakeless" Hemlocis and White Cedar Products. Orders for Grain Doors, Box Shocks and other Special Bills promptly executed. Standard Grades, Good Mill Work and Quick De- liveries Guaranteed. JOHN R. DAVIS LUMBER COMPANY PHILLIPS, WISCONSIN WAUSAU. WIS. 8,000 ft. 2 in. No. 2 Common Plain Bircii. 35,000 ft. 1 in. First and Second Red Bircti. „, . , 10,000 ft. H in. First and Second Red Birch. We have | 4. SOO ft. 2 in. First and Second Red Birch. to offer 1 17.000 ft. 1 in. No. 1 Common Red Birch. f Your '"?, . / 22.000 ft. 1 in. End Dried White Birch. \ orders following / 300.000 ft. 1 in. No. 1 Com. & Bet. Plain Birch. > and stock in Uoo.OOO ft. 1 in. No. 2 Com. & Bet. Plain Birch./ Inquiries pile at 1 100.000 ft. 1 in. No. 3 Common Plain Birch. 1 solicited Ingram, lioo.OOO ft. 1 in. No. 3 Common Maple. "'S. I 20.000 ft. H in. Select Pine. 26.000 ft. U in. No. 1, 2 and 3 Shop Pine. 57,000 ft. li in. No. 3 Shop and Better Pine. We are prepared to furnish mixed carloads And solicit your inquiries and orders. At present we are offering Red Birch in thicknesses, I'* to 2^" common and better, also Maple, Birch and one quarter sawed RED oak: rlooriing Basswood Ceiling and Siding and Finish, also Molding Our hardwood flooring "A. H. L." Brand, is the highest grade as to workmanship and quality. ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, WISCONSIN Saw Mill, Planing Mill and Yard at Atlantat near Bruce, Wis. on "Soo" Line. Vollmar & Below Company MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN Basswood, Birch and Other Wisconsin Hardwoods LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR HARDWOOD RECORD 55 WISCONSIN WHE.RE THE FINE,ST NORTHERN HARDWOODS GROW North Western Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS OF BAND-SAWED Wisconsin Hardwoods CAREFUL GRADINGS — PROMPT SHIPMENTS General Offices. EAU CLAIRE, WIS. Mills at STANLEY. WIS. FRANK CARTER CO. MANUFACTURER Hardwood Lumber Specialty Wisconsin Oak HAVE FOLLOWING SEASONED STOCK TO OFFER 250M feet 1 inch Millrun Red Oak 75M feet 1 inch Logrrun Butternut rsOM feet 2 inch Lofrrun Rock Elm 30M feet 1 inch MiUrun Ash lOOM feet 1 inch No. 3 Common Birch. 40M feet 2 in. and 3 in. Com. Wliite Oak. Write for Prices on Stock for Future Delivery GENERAL OFFICES MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN All Lumbermen, Attention! We do what you can't do. We measure your stumpage correctly. We make your maps correctly. Bank references: Asheville, N. C. L. A. OCiienCK ^ LO, No'AtTcamnna. Do you want a 7=foot band mill? This is a first-class machine and will give the best of re- sults. It is strong, well made, and as good as it looks. Write us and we will give you full particu- lars. a Phoenix Mfg. Co. '^ Eau Claire. Wis. R. CONNOR CO. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS Wisconsin Hardwood PINE AND HEM- LOCK LUMBER Mills at Auburndale. Wis, Stratford. Wis. ?lncS."w.^R.t: Marshfield, Wis. The Nash Automatic Sander FOR ALL ROUND STOCK WORK A wonderful labor-saving machine. Pays (or itself in a short time. For particulars address JM \T„c,U 842=848 Thirtieth St. . ITI. l>aSn MILWAUKEE. WIS. Broom, Hoe, Rake, Fork and Shovel Handles, Chair Stock, Dowel Rods, Curtain Poles, Shade Rollers, WhipStocks, Canes, Veneered Columns, Ten Pins, &c. so HARDWOOD RECORD In the Market To Boy Ash, Hickory, Poplar and Oak Lumber. Also Wagon Stock. Wanted ^= Hardwood Logs for Our Memphis Mill RYAN & McPARLAND CHICAGO....MEMPHIS White Lumber Company Dealers in Hardwood Lumber ALL KINDS Cherry Lumber a SpeciaLlty ALL GRADES Laflin (Si. 22d Sts. Chicago Chicago Car Lumber Co. PULLMAN BUILDING CHICAGO WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR Poplar, Oak, Ash and Car and R. R. Material John O'Brien Land & Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Hardwood Lumber Of All Kinds OFFICE AND YARDS : . , 873 to 881 So. Laflin Street C^ H 1 C 3 CT O mill: PHILIPP, MISS. ^^ 1* 1 v.- tl g Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co. IN MARIvET FOR POPLAR 25 M ft. 3/4" Is and 2s. .staiidanl widths and lengths 30 M ft. 1-1,4'' Is and 2s. standard wiilihs and li"iiKths 30 M ft. 1-1/2" Is and 2s. standani wiilihs and IcuKths 30 M ft. each 2-1/2 and 4" standard wiiltlis and lengths ROCK ELM 200 M ft. 5/4 No. 1 Common and better 500 M ft. 8/4 No. 1 Common and better BLACK ASH 50 M ft. each 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4 No. 1 common and better OAK AND ASH 100 cars car oak framing 25 cars white ash from 1" to 4" green or dry Is and 2s 511 Railway Exchange, Chicago F. Slimmer & Company Hardwood Lumber OiEce and Yard : 65 W. Twenty-second St. CHICAGO PARK RICHMOND <&, CO. Wholesale Hardwood Lumber 926 Monadnock Block HARRISON 5165 V^hlCagO R. A. WELLS LUMBER CO. Manufacturers of All Kinds of HARDWOOD LUMBER Fine Quartered Oak a Specialty 234 LA SALLE STREET Yards at Canal and 2Jst Sts. CHICAGO, ILL. HARDiWOOD RECORD 57 CHICAGO THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD CHAS. DARLING & CO. Southern Hardwoods 22nd Street and Center Avenue - CHICAGO ERNEST B. LOMBARD ! Manufa^cturer and WKolesale Northern a.rvd Southerrv Hardwoods RailwaLy Exchange - CHICAGO McCauley- Saunders Lumber Co* Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers BAND SAWED PFH r^VPPTnCrQ LOUISIANA GULF COAST I^i-^LJ V^ I JT IV.CiOO Products Exclusively HlTr'4930 J 703 Fisher BIdg., CHICAGO, ILL. W. A. DAVIS SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 1612 Marquette Bldg., CHICAGO Branch Offices : PADUCAH. KY., and MEMPHIS, TENN. The Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co. Wholesale and Retail Telephone NORTH 223 HARDWOOD LUMBER 47 Dominick St. CHICAGO I WANT TO BUY 4/4 R.ED OAK ALL AND 4/4 SAP GVM. G R- A D ES A. W. WYLIE. 1101 FISHER BUILDINr. CHICAGO. ILLS. Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co. 1649-50 MARQUETTE BUILDING Are now offering bone dry BIRCH, ROCK EI,M, BI,ACK ASH. etc., Wis- consin stock. Also PI,AIN AND QUARTERED OAK, POPLAR, etc., from our Memphis yard. We are constant buyers. R. A. HOOTON LUMBER CO. FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING POPLAR. OAK. CHESTNUT PRICES AfLE. YOURS FOR THE ASKING. Estabrook - Skeele Lumber Company Manufacturers and Dealers in Oak, Ash, Gum, Cottonwood, Wagon Stock and Otlier Hardwoods In the market for round lots of Hardwood and Wagon Stock. Write us before selling. Fisher Building, CHICAGO American Hardwood Lumber Co. 14,000,000 ft. Hardwood Lumber YARDS AT BENTON, ARK., NEW ORLEANS, LA., ST. LOUIS, MO., DIUKSON, TENN. Heath Witbeck Co. CHICAGO HALLEY, ARK. THEBES, ILL. McEWEN, TENN. WE OFFER FOR. QUICK SHIPMENT: 50 M. ft. 1'' and thicker, No. 2 Com. White Ash. 50 M. ft. U" Is and 2nd Quartered Red Oak. 100 M. ft. J" No. 1 Com. and Better Plain Red Oak. Write us for delivered quotations. NUMBER. 6 MADISON STREET 58 HARDWOOD RECORD M I C H I IS FOR HARD MAPL Q A N FAMOV E AND GRCY E, L M You can't go astray when in the market IF YOU WRITE THE Northern Lumber Company RUSH CULVER, Pres. BIRCH, MICHIGAN C We manufacture from our own forests, the finest line of Northern Hardwoods on the market. C. We have the woods, the machinery, the experience, enabhng us to fill your orders right. MAPLE FLOORING KILN DRIED BORED POLISHED A sample car for comparison will convince you that our product is right. HOLLOW BACKED and BUNDLED The Manistee Planing Mill Co. MaLnlstee, Mich. MaLfiufak-ctxirers J. S. GOLDIE. Cadillac, :: Michigan. Low Price on five cars 2J" Clear Maple Squares, 17" to 27" long. Correspondence Solicited orv Mlchl^arv Lumber, especially White Maple. BOYNE CITY LUMBER COMPANY BOYNE CITY MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE and other HARDWOODS LARGE CAPACITY PROMPT SHIPMENTS RAII, OR CARGO W. H. WHITE, Pres. JAS. A WHITE, Vice-Pres. W. L. MARTIN, Secy. THOS. WHITE, Treas. W. H. WHITE COMPANY BOYNE CITY. MICHIGAN Manufacturers of Hardwood and Hemlock Lumber, Cedar Shingles, White Rock Maple Flooring. BIRCH WE WANT YOUR ORDERS FOR 4/4 AND 5/4 COMMON AND BETTER The A No. 1 STOCK Earle Lumber Company SIMMONS, MICHIGAN I'he Tegge Lumber Co. MILWAUKEE WI SCONSIN BUYERS OF ALL KINDS OF HARI )WOOD LUJ VIBER HARDWOOD RECORD 59 M I C H I Q A N FAMOUS FOR RED BIRCH AND BASSWOOO DENNIS & SMITH LUMBER CO. Wholesale Hardwood Lumber Office and Yards. FOURTH AND HOLDEN AVENUES. DETROIT, MICH. HILLS AT: Omdortl. W. Va., Dealers W. Va., and Parkersbure, W. Va. "Chief Brand '• Maple Flooring Will commend itself to you and your trade on its merits alone. T Comprises all tbe features desirable in pood flooring. ^ Made by the latest, most approved machinery methods and best skilled labor, t We believe we can make it to your interest to handle our "Chief Brand" and will appreciate your inquiries. Kerry 4 Hanson Flooring Co. GRAYLING, MICHIGAN DENNIS BROS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 207 MICHIGAN TRUST BLUII. Lumber and Hardwood Flooring Wiite us for .Special Prices on following: ISO M. ft. 8 4 White Maple, largely 1st and 2n(ls. SO M. ft. 8, 4 Common and Better Tamarack. 1 Car 6 4 No. 1 Common Birch. 1 Car 5 4 No. I Common Birch. 1 Car each 4 4. 5, 4 and 6 4 White Maple. 75 M. ft. 4/4 Hard Maple 1st and 2nds. 75 M. ft. 5/4 Hard Maple 1st and 2nds. Evans & Retting Lumber Co. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers Hardwood Lumber RAILROAD TIMBERS, TIES AND SWITCH TIES Michigan Trust Building Grand Rapids, Mich. SALLINQ, HANSON CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Michigan Hardwoods GRAYLING, MICHIGAN HackleyPhelpsBonnell Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Northern and Southern Hardwood Lumber Main Oliice, Michigan Trust Company Buildinf GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN OUR SLOW METHOD Si *»£«rg??iSg I X L POLISHED ROCK MAPLE FLOORING Enables us to offer you an excellent and superior product — One which has stood the test 20 years. WRITE TODAY FOR PRICES AND BOOKLET Wisconsin Land £ Lumber Co. Hermansville, Mictiigan 6o HARDWOOD RECORD ^'^ ¥ m. T r^ ¥ IVT IVT A T* I drNOirNrNA i i THE GATtWAY OF THE SOUTH C. CRANE & COMPANY MANUFACTURERS Poplar, Oak, Ash, Chestnut, Sycamore, W. Va. Spruce, Pine and Elm YEARLY CAPACITY 100,000,000 FEET LONG BILL STUFF A SPECIALTY Mills and Yards: CINCINNATI, OHIO Cash biij-ers for stock in our line. Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Co. GEST AND SUMMKR STREETS Wholesalers Mahogany, Thin Lumber, Veneers Finely figured quarter sawed oak veneers a specialty. CYPRESS LUMBER CO. Manufacturer of Hardwoods and Cypress *Main and Quartered White and Red Oak, Yellow Poplar, Yellow Pine, Walnut, etc. Mills in Teun., Ala. and Va. OFFICE AND YARDS. GEST AND DALTON AVE.. CINCINNATI, OHIO. THE CRESCENT LUMBER CO. Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber MARIETTA, O. The Stearns Company MANUFACTURERS OF Northern and Southern HARDWOODS Grand Rapids, Mich. Cincinnati, 0. THE MALEY. THOMPSON & MOFFETT CO. Aiways in the Matkct for BLACK WALNUT LOGS, SELECTED WHITE OAK LOGS, LUMBER OF ALL KINDS. CINCINNATI. OHIO The Stewart=Roy Lumber Co. CINCINNATI Selling Agent s for Product of ROY LUMBER CO. Will Buy OAK, ASH, POPLAR, CHESTNUT, BASSWOOD All Grades and Thicknesses H. W. Mosby & Co. MANUFACTDREHS OF COTTONWOOD GUM ASH, ELM Large Stock on Hand HELENA, ARKANSAS HARDWOOD RECORD 6l i"^* f 1X_T f^ I 1X.T TVT A T* ¥ C/irsioiiNrsiA 1 1 THE, GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH WANTED POPLAR and GUM SEND LIST OF DRY STOCK. WILL CONTRACT FOR MILL CUTS. KENTUCKY LUMBER COMPANY CINCINNATI, OHIO <( BUY GUM" Wf are in the market to buy Dry Gura Lumber in any quantity, from a single car loud to a million feet. Will take all grades and tbtck- nesnes. We receive lumber at shipping point, pay cash mid are liberal in inspection. THE FARRIN.KORN LUMBER COMPANY General Office. Yards, Planing Mills, Dry Kilns. Cincinnati, Ohio PxirchaHlng Office, Randolph Building, Memphis, Tenn. Cypress Red Gum Oak PLAIN OAK—BASSWOOD Are what we want. All thicknesses and grades. Spot cash. Send us list of your offerings with prices. DUHLMEIER BROS., CINCINNATL 0. WE BUY Oak, Poplar ims, and Walnut X Mercantile Library Building Cincinnati, 0. A LITTLE TIP FOR YOU JusI flince over the choice lisl ol specials below, tell us what strikes your fancy, and we will do the rest. 100.000 fi't'l 4 4, 6,4 and 8,4 Lot; Run I'wall l.iO.OOO fi-et 4 4 Cottonwood Box Boards, 8" to 12" wide 1.=)(}.000 It-i-t 4 4 Cottonwood Box Boards. 13" to 17" wide ."iOO.ooo feet 4,4 1 and 2 Cottonwood. 8" and up, 40% 13"andnr> .'fo. 111)0 feet 4 4 Poplar Box Boards 13" to 17" wide .io.ooo feet 4,4 1 and 2 Poplar, IS" to 24" wide .io.oou feet 4. 4 and 8/4 Log Run Sycamore L'.^,,(J00 feet 4,4 Log Run Elm I'L'.UOO feet 4/4 Gum Box Boards, 8" to 12" wide liO.OOO feet 4,'4 Gum Box Boards. 13" to 17" wide 100.000 feet 4,4 to 8/4 Log Run Ash, 50% 1 & 2, 35% No. 1 Com.. 15% No. 2 Com. l.M.OOO feet 4 4 No. 2 Common Poplar. T. B. STOINE LUMBER CO. CINCINNATI. OHIO IMPORTANT: .\ddress all communications to Room 1030. Union Trust. THE WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY CINCINNATI, OHIO PLAIN AND QUARTER SAWED White and Red Oak 1 CHESTNUT POPLAR GUM AND CYPRESS ...........J Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Base, Case and Molding. Rough, Dressed and Re-sawed. Mixed Carloads. IN THE MARKET FOR OAK-ASH-POPLAR ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES MOWBRAY & ROBINSON Office: 1219 West Sixth Street Yards: Sixth Street, below Harriet L. W. RADINA & COMPANY Correspondence Solicited with Buyers and Sellers of All Kinds of Wanted for cash — desirable blocks of 1 inch to 4 inch Poplar, all grades, Especially lj.^-inch stock, for immediate shipment, CLARK STREET AND DALTON AVENUE- THE FREIBERG LUMBER CO. Manufacturers ol Tabasco Mahogany Walriut. OaK Poplar, McLean and Findlay Avs. CINCINNATI, O. 62 H A ] I D iW O O D RECORD INDIANA WHERE THE BEST HARDWOODS GROW Three Mills in Indiana FORT WAYNE INDIANAPOLIS LAFAYETTE Biggest Band Mill in the State Long Timbers up to Sixty Feet HARDWOOD SPECIALTIES Everything from Toothpicks to Timbers Perrine=Armstrong Co. FORT WAYNE, INDIANA ALWAYS IN THE MARKET For choice lots of hardwoods. Walnut our specialty. Inspection at Mill Points. The Walnut Lumber Company Indianapolis, Indiana D'Heur 4 Swain Lumber Company MANUFACTORBRS AND WHOLESALERS OUR SPEOALTY Quartered Oak and Sycamore SEYMOUR, IND. C. I. Hoyt 4 Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Quartered and Plain Oak, Poplar, Ash and Chestnut Offer a few cars 4 4 and 6 4 Plain Oak to move quick PEKIN, INDIANA July Stock: List 75,000 ft. 1 in. C. & B. Plain Red Oak 50,000 ft. 5=4 C. & B. Plain Red Oak 60,000 ft. 6=4 C. & B. Plain Red Oak 100,000 ft. 2 in. C. & B. Plain Red & White Oak Long=Knight Lumber Co. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. The Crosby & Beckley Company HARDWOODS We are In the Market for Choice Stock. WRITE US. No. 1 Madison Ave. New York, N. Y. New Haven. Connecticut Young 4 Cutsinger MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OUR SPECIALTY Fine Figured Quartered Oak EVANSVILLE, INDIANA A floor to adore For thirty-three years Wilce's Hardwood Floor- ing has tieen among the foremost on the market and because it stands today "unequaled" is the hest evidence that its manufacturer has kept abreast of modern methods and the advanced de- mands of the trade. To convince yourself of the :il)0ve statements, try our polished surface floor- ing, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, with matched ends and holes for bUnd nailing — you'll tind it reduces the expense of laying and polishing. Our Booklet tells all about Hard-wood Flooring and how to carejor it — aho prices— attd is free. The T. Wilce Company 22nd and TKroop Sts. CHICAGO, ILL. HARDWOOD RECORD 63 BUFFALO THE GREAT WHOLESALE L U M B E, R CENTER OF THE EAST Manufacturers and Dealers in Ash White and Brown Basswood Birch Red and White Butternut Cherry Chestnut Cottonwood Cypress Elm Soft and Rock Gum Red and Tupelo Hickory Maple Hard and Soft Red Oak Plain and Quartered White Oak Plain and Quartered Black Walnut White Wood Poplar L R STEWART & BROTHER Specialtie*: CHERRY AND OAK »»2 ELK STREET T. SULLIVAN & COMPANY Speci»lties: BROWN ASH, BIRCH, PACIFIC COAST FIR AND SPRUCE 60 ARTHUR STREET ORSON E. YEAGER Spccialtiec OAK, ASH AND POPLAR 932 ELK STREET BEYER, KNOX & COMPANY ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS Office and Yards, 69 LEROY AVENUE BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. We want to buy for cash ; . Oak, Ash and other Hardwoods, all grades and thicknesses. Will receive and inspect stock at shipping point. P. O. Box 312, MEMPHIS, TENN. MO SENECA STREET. FRANK W. VETTER Dealer in all kinds of HARDWOOD LUMBER. 1142 SENECA STREET G. ELIAS & BROTHER BUY AND CARRY LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS 955 TO 1015 ELK STREET HUGH McLEAN LUMBER COMPANY Our Specialty: QUARTERED WHITE OAK 940 ELK STREET ANTHONY MILLER HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS 8»3 EAGLE STREET SCATCHERD & SON ■'■'- HARDWOODS ONLY Yard. 1655 SENECA STREET Office, 886 ELLICOTT SQUARE STANDARD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO, OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT 1076 CLINTON STREET W ▼ M MANUFACTURERS OLD-FASHIONED VSinSSint, SOFT YELLOW POPLAR Kitchen & 5-8 AND 4-4 IN WIDE STOCK, SPECIALTY Ashland, Kentucky Company Three States Lumber Co. OFFERS 500,000 feet 5-4" Fir^s and Seconds Cottonwood 500,000 feet 6-4" Fir^s and Seconds Cottonwood DRY, PLAIN SAWED For Shipment Now Memphis, Tennessee Lamb -Fish Lumber Co. SUCCESSORS TO LAMB HARDWOOD LUMBER COMPANY, BACON-NOLAN-HARDWOOD COMPANY GUIRL-STOVER LUMBER COMPANY Ma.nu(sk.c- txirers OAK, ASH, COTTONWOOD, GUM AND CYPRESS MAIN OFFICE: 720 MEMPHIS TRUST BUILDING, MEMPHIS. TENN. ,_.- -^ 4 ■mm'** ( Memphis. Tenrv. /\ O * \±* ( Well MaLHufactured Stock Three Bai\d Mills j ^J;^^^^- Our Specialties j «-^ «i^tp^,^.. YEUflWPIM MANUFACTURERS BAND SAWED POPLAR LUMBER DRY ALL GRADES 5-8, 4-4, 5-4,6 4, 8 4, 10-4, 12-4,16 4 Bevel Siding, Latli & Squares SPECIALTY. WIDE STOCK Coal Grove, Ohio, U, S. A. flaMwolRofflM Twelfth Year. ( Semi-monthly, f CHICAGO, JULY 25, 1907. f Subscription f2. tsingl - lie Copies, 10 Cents. LARGEST VENEER PLANT IN THE WORLD C. L. WILLEY MANUFACTURER OF Mahogany, Veneer HARDWOOD LUMBER Office, Factory and Yards: 1225 Robey St., Uanal 9307 l_4" 1st & 2d. 45,000' 1%" 1st & 2d. 49,000' 2' 1st & 2d. 19,000' 2M>" 1st & 2d. 18.000' 1" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 114" No. 1 Com. 40,000' 1%" No. 1 Com. 22,000' 2" No. 1 Cora. 10,000' 3" No. 1 Com. ASH. 9,000' 1" 1st & 2d. 65,000' 114" 1st & 2d. 16,000' 114' 1st & 2d. 10,000" 2" 1st & 2d. 8,000' 214" 1st & 2d. 14.000' 3" 1st & 2d. 6,000' 4" 1st & 2d. 4,000" 114" No. 1 Com. 16.000' 114" No. 1 Com. 8,000' 2" No, 1 Com. POPLAR. 12,000' 1" Ist & 2d. Your Inquiries will be appreciated. 12,000' 114" 1st & 2d. 11,000' 114" Ist & 2d. 12,000' 2" 1st & 2d. 10,000" 214" 1st & 2d. 10,000' 3" 1st & 2d. 60,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 28,000" 114" No. 1 Com. 10,000' 114" No. 1 Com. 10,000' 2" No. 1 Com. 15,000' 1" 18" & up 1st & 2d. 8,000" 2' 18" & up 1st 4 2d. 6,000" 2" 24" & up Ist & 2i. 4.000" 114" 18- & up Ist & 2d 3.000' 114" 24" & up Ist & 2d Prompt delivery guaranteed SWANNDAY LUMBER COMPANY CLAY CITY. KENTUCKY OFFER POPLAR Bevel Siding. Drop Siding, as well as Wide Poplar Always a Large Stock on Hand Prices are Yours for the Asking SOUTHERN STOCK 30 M. ft. 27 M. ft. 90 M. ft. 50 M. ft. 675 M. ft. .320 M. ft. 20 M. ft. SO M. ft. 59 m. U. 175 M. ft. 100 M. it. 100 M. ft. 100 M. ft. 100 M. ft. 45 M. ft. 20 M- ft. in. Cottonwood, 1st and 2nd in. Cyprs-, Log Run. in. Cypress, No. 1 and No. 2 Common. in. Elm, Log Run. in. Sap Qum, 1st and 2nd. in. Sap Qum, No. 1 Common. in. Sap Qum, Common and Better. in. Sap Qum, Common and Better. Qum, Box Boards, 13 in. to 17 in. in. Red Qum, Common and Better, in. Pin. Red Oak, Common and Better, in. Pin. Red Oak, No. 1 Common, in. Pin. Wh. Oak, Log Run. in. Pin. Wh. Oik, Common and Better, in. Pin. Wh. Oak, Common and Better, in. Sycamore, Log Run. Also prepared to make quotations on all kinds and grades of NORTHERN STOCK G. W. Jones Lbr. Co. APPLETON, WIS. ALBERT HAAS LUMBER CO. BAND SAWED OAK AND RED GUM POPLAR AND YELLOW PINE ATLANTA . - - . GEORGIA WH. Ne.ll.Prest, Ti -as. J.L.StrickUn.1. Vice-Prcst. W. A. Dolph. S«y. A: Gen. Mgt. NEAL = DOLPH LUMBER CO. Manufacturers Hardwood Lumber RANDOLPH BUILDING MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE | WE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU CO=OPERATIVE MILL 4 LUMBER CO., (inc.) ROCKFORD, ILLS. Want Poplar, Oak, Gum, Hickory, Birch and Maple SEND STOCK LIST AND PRICES. fi THE BUFFALO MAPLE FLOORING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF MICHIGAN ROCK MAPLE AND OAK FLOORING BUFFALO, NEW YORK HARDWOOD RECORD I — Mitchells - Make— ^ Rockhard, Maple and Beech FLOORING The Northern part of the lower peniiisiihi of Michigan is noted for the finest Map e and Beech timljer tliat grows. We own enough of this timber to lieep our flooring fac- tory running ten to twelve years. We do our own logging, sawing and handling, and are so organized that we control every step of the manufac- turing from the stump to finished product. All of our lumber is first air dried and then kiln dried. All of our 13-16 inch Flooring is thoroly kiln dried, end matched, machine scraped and polished, bored and bundled. Our grades are of a high standard, and under no con- dition do we mix them to enable us to meet competition and low prices. Please keep in mind also that especially is it true of Hardwood Flooring that Quality is Remembered after Price is Forgotten PLEASE SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES Mitchell Brothers Co. CADILLAC, MICH. The Cadillac Handle Co. CADILLAC. MICHIGAN \M& Offer- F~oi- Sale^ 0 to 10 ears 4/4 hard Maple, Ists and 2nds, 10 to 15% No 1 common in it. 2 cars 6/4 hard Maple, 10" and over wide, 10 to 15% No. 1 common in it. 7,000 feet 4/4 Bird's Eye Maple, guaranteed 75% Ists and 2nds. 5 cars 5/4 hard Maple, No. 1 common and No. 2 common. 3 cars 4/4 Birch, strictly the full product of the log, No. 2 com- mon and better. 2 cars Maple and Beach dimension, 2" and over wide by 12-18- 24-30 and 36" long. 1 car 6/4 x 6/4 Maple dimension, 12-18-24-30 and 36" long. MURPHY & DIQQINS Offer all grades of the followiog special dry stock MAPLE— 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4, 16/4 GRAY ELM-4/4, 12/4 BASSWOOD-4/4. BIBCH— i/4, 6/4 Our own manufacture. Perfect Mill Work. Uniform Grades. LET US nCURE ON YOUR HARDWOOD WANTS. Cummer, Diggins & Go. :^^IVIANUFACTURERS=-= "CUMMER" MAPLE AND BEECH FLOORING MICHIGAN HARDWOODS Good assortment of dry stock on hand ready for immediate shipment in Hard Maple, Beech, Birch, Soft Elm and Cherry. SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS. DRY ST ock] Northern Michigan Soft Gray dm What our old cork pine was to the regular white pine — such is our Soft Gray Elm to ordinary soft elm. Buyers who gladly discrim- inate in favor of something better than the or- dinary, will be interested. We have 2 cars 12-4 firsts and seconds Wide, choice stock, our own product, seasoneo .ight,bone dry. This stock runs 10 in. and wider, and 50% or more 19 inches and wider. WHITE US ABOUT IT. COBBS&HITCIIELL ( INCORPORATED) CADILLAC. MICHIGAN HARDWOOD RECORD ii\m^ ^ Cable Address: "Sonderco" Memphis. Codes Used: Lumberman's Telecode and A B C 5th Edition MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD, GUM, COTTONWOOD AND CYPRESS Main Office: Tennessee Trust Building, Memphis, Tenn. Offers the following specials: 10 Cars 1 in. No. 1 Common Ash. 10 Cars 1 i in. No. 1 Common Ash. 10 Cars 1 i in. No, 1 Common Ash. 10 Cars 2 in. No. 1 Common Ash. 10 Cars I in. Shop Cypress. 10 Cars 1 in. Pecky Cypress. 10 Cars 2 in. Pecky Cypress. 10 Cars 2 in. Dimension Cypress. 20 Cars 1 in. No. 1 Common Cottonwood. 20 Cars 1 in. No. 2 Common Cottonwood. i Plain and Quarter Sawed White and Red Oak, Elm, Cottonwood, Poplar, Gum, White Ash and Cypress. Direct shipments from our own Mills of Lumber from our own Timber our Specialty. We manufacture and put in pile 300,000 ft. Hardwood every 24 hours. Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Co. Manufacturers and Wholesalers of all kinds of HARDWOODS BEVELED SIDING A SPECIALTY. UNSURPASSED FACILITIES FOR DELIVERING. Knoxvillc Tennessee Goodlander Robertson Lumber Co. Hardwood Lumber Memphis, Tennessee IF IT'S HARD TO GET, WRITE US HARDWOOD RECORD WEST VIRGINIA YELLOW POPLAR NORTH CAROLINA CORK WHITE PINE AND HARDWOOD DRY KILNS AND PLANING MILLS. ALL OUR MILLS RUN THE YEAR ROUND. SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES AND ORDERS. W.M.Ritter Lumber Co. COLUMBUS. OHIO Saw and Ship 100,000,000 Feet Yearly FULLERTON-POWELL Hardwood Lumber Co. n OFFERS THE FOLLOWING STOCK FOR IMMEDL^TE SHIPMENT H 10 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Plain Red Oak 2 cars U in. Plain Red Oak Step Plank 4 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Plain Red Oak, 12 in. and wider 2 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Quartered Red Oak, 10 in. 5 cars l\ in. No. 1 Common Plain White Oak 1 car 1 in. No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak 2 cars 2 in. 1st and 2nds Quartered White Oak 2 cars 2 in. No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak BRANCH OFFICES: CHICAGO, 1104 Chamber ot Commerce M£MPHIS.TEMM.,30S Tennessee Trust BIdg. miNMEAPOUS, MIKH., 305 Lumber Exchange 3 cars 1^ in. 1st and 2nds Quartered White Oak ■ 2 cars \\ in. No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak 10 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Red Gum, 10 to 16 ft. 7 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Red Gum, 12 ft. S cars 2 in. 1st and 2nds Sap Gum 8 cars 2 in. No. 1 Common Sap Gum 1 car 2 in. No. 2 Common Sap Gum IS cars 1 in. 1st and 2nds Cottonwood, 6 in. and wider 3 cars 1 in. No. 1 Common Cottonwood MAIN OFFICES South Xends Ind. HARDWOOD RECORD PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF COTTONNVOOD GUM AIND OTHER HARDWOODS Large stocks of well seasoned Lumber always carried at 0'l|Dhia, F»a. WISTAR, UNDERHILL & CO. PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE HARDWOOD LUMBER MICHIGAN WHITE PINE TENNESSEE WHITE PINE. HEMLOCK HARDWOODS ALABAMA PINE WantCd-DimCnSiOn nak Plam and Quartered. White and Red. Send for specifications. IndiaLnac QviaLrtered OaLk Co. 7 East 42nd Street. New York City Pennsylvania Door & Sash Co, HARDWOOD DOORS AND INTERIOR FINISH NEW YORK PITTSBURG PHILADELPHIA JONES HARDWOOD CO. INCORPORATED WANTS: Poplar, Plain Oak, Quartered Oak and Cypress. 2i BROAD STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Manufacturers please send stock lists and prices. BALTIMOR M AR Y L A N I E. E. PRICE BUYER AND EXPORTER OF Hardwoods, Poplar and Logs I am always in the market tor nice lots of dry and well manufactured lumber. I inspect at point of shipment. Correspondence solicited. H. H . MAUS & CO., MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD and YELLOW PINE. Write us if you wish to buy or sell. INC. 420 Walnvit St., - - - PHILADELPHIA. PA. | A Bird in Hand is Worth Two in the Bush We have the following stock on hand, and lots more in the bush: 500,000 ft. Tupelo Gum. all thickness. 225,000 ft. Red Gum (Hazelwood) all thickness. 10 cars 4/4. 6, 4 and S/4 Common and Better Chestnut. 22 cars 4/4, 6/4 and S/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut. 7 cars 4/4 Is and 2s No. 1 Common, White Oak. 12 cars 4/4 to 8/4 Is and 2s, No. 1 Common Red Oak. 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 feet of all grades and thick- ness. Soft Yellow Poplars. We want your inquiries for North Carolina Pine. Tough White Oak cut to order for shipbuilding and raihoad work SCHOF'IELD BROTHERS Penna. Building F»HILADELF»HI/\, F»M. HARDWOOD RECORD C. C. MENGEL & BRO. CO, LOUIS\yiLLE, KLY. MAHOGANY ^^Hn^^ «i ™ ^^^B ^H M|^^^HH|MH|HU^^ «' .i€t%i-^ ^HpiH^^^H W*» ^•^^H '^^K^-. ■V- „-.^ Av'^^^^^l NATIVES HAULING A MAII(".AN\ l.iji: A 1' (jNI^ OI' -MENc ; Kl.'S CAMPS ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. We import the logs from our own camps and manufacture them into LUMBER AND VENEERS Dimension Stock a Specialty BRANCHES: Belize. British Honduras. San Pedro Sula, Spanish Honduras. Axim. Gold Coast, Africa MILLS: NEW ALBANY, IND. (HIGHLAND PARK) LOUISVILLE DR. C. E. RIDER, President W. A. McLEAN, V.P. & Cen'l. Mgr. ANGUS McLEAN, Sec'y-Treas. WOOD MOSAIC FLOORING AND LUMBER COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF Choice Indiana Wlilte M A GOOD STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS, Personal supervision from timber purchase to delivery of your kind of Stock NEW ALBANY, IND. HARDWOOD RECORD D. G. COURTNEY MANUFACTURER OF] Yellow^ Poplar Oak ^ Chestnut CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA Our Timber Holdings are located exclusively in the finest sections of West Virginia growth. Modern mills and perfect manufacture. Standard and uniform grades. We seek the trade of wood-working factories who want a dependable lumber supply and fair treatment. Just now we want to move 4/4 No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 Common Oak. Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. SCRANTON, PENNSY LVA N I A WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS AND SPRUCE THE BEST LUMBER 3 Band Mills ?aS"ff.1'' lO HARDWOOD RECORD R. M. SMITH J H. P. SMITH R. M. SMITH (Bi COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA WE CARRY IN STOCK FROM TEN TO FIFTEEN MILLION FEET OF ASH, BEECH, BASSWOOD, CHESTNUT, CHERRY, MAPLE, PLAIN & QTD. OAK, POPLAR, WALNUT, &C. OUR PLANING MILL FACILITIES ARE UNSURPASSED. Band Mill: Omdoff, Webster County, W. Va. EASTERN OFFICE: 1425-6 LAND TITLE BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA Planing Mill; Heaters, W. Va. Quartered Oak Flooring Manufactured for HIGHEST CLASS of trade only. Also Plain Oak, Maple and other Hardwood flooring. The name D WIGHT on flooring is a guarantee of its GXCcllcncG. D WIGHT SPECIAL pattern of thin flooring is the only suitable thin flooring to lay. Write for Sample. DWIGHT LUMBER. COMPANY DETR.OIT, MICHIGAN Seasonable Lumber Offerings IN ANY QUANTITIES AND GRADES Ash 100,600 ft. 4/4 to 16/4 fine condition, from No. 1 & 2 down to culls. 4/4 to S/4 mostly Com. & Bet. & No. 1 & 2. 4/4 to 8/4 Red and White, in Phila. yard. Can Jill your orders promptly. 4/4 to 16/4 No. 1 & 2, rejects & culls. 4/4 to 16/4 Can meet your demands for all grades. 4/4 to 8/4 From the Gulf. Selects to box. 3,000,000 ft. 4/4 to 16/4 Plain Red & White and Red & White Quartered. All grades and sizes cut to order. WRITE US TODAY. J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. Bas.swood 198,500 ft. Birch 109,500 ft. Cherry 164,000 ft Chestnut 2,865,000 ft Cypress 175.000 ft Oak City Offices. 1420 Chestnut St. S6th to S8th Sts. and Woodland Ave. PHILADELPHIA, PA. PHILADELPHIA, PA. ESTABLISHED SINCE 1880 TIMBER WE OFFER TRACTS OF VIRGIN TIMBER IN LOUISI- ANA, MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA, ALABAMA AND ALSO ON PACIFIC COAST We employ a larger force of expert timber cruisers than any other firm in the wor:d. We have furnished banks and" trust companies with reports on timber tract.s upon which millions of dollars of timber certifi- cates or bonds have been issued. We furnish detailed estimates which enables the buyer to verify our reports at very little expense and without loss of valuable time. Correspondence with bona fide investors solicited. JAHES D. LACEY & CO. JAMES D. LACEY, WOOD HEAL, VICTOR THRANE. 608 Hennen Bldg., NEW ORLEANS 1200 Old Colony Bldg., CHICAGO LARGEST TIMBER DEALERS IN THE WORLD 507 Lumber Exchange, SEATTLE 829 Chamber of Com., PORTLAND HARDWOOD RECORD II Garetson=Greason Lumber Co. JOOI-IOtS Times Building ST. LOUIS Manufacturers of SOUTHERN HARDWOODS LARGE CONTRACTS SOLICITED r American Hardwood Lumber Co, 14,000,000 ft. Hardwood Lumber YARDS AT BENTON, AKK., NEW ORLEANS, LA., ST. LOUIS, MO., DICKSON, TENN. Wdnted-to Buy or Contract for futore Delivery 600,000 to 1,000.000 ft. Poplar, all grades 600.000 to 1,000,000 ft. Cypress, all grades 500,000 to 1,000,000 ft. Ash, all grades ^^^l PLUMMER LUMBER CO. ISs^g^M MASSENGALE LUMBER CO., ST. LOUIS ^' Miinufaeturers and dealers ia HARDWOODS in the market to buy and sell OAK, POPLAR. ASH, CYPRESS Large stock dry lumber always on hand Lesperance Street and Iron Mountain Railroad, ST. LOUIS. . . MO. W. R. CHIVVIS, WHOLESALE HARDWOODS BLACK WALNUT LUMBER MY SPECIALTY. Alway.s in the market to buy Walnut and Cherry Lumber. Pay spot cash and take up at shipping point when amounts justify. STEELE k HIBBARD LUMBER CO. NortK Broa,.dway and Dock Streets Wholesale Manufacturers, Dealers and Shippers ASH. CYPRESS. MAHOGANY. OAK, POPLAR. &c Mills: Yazoo City, Miss.; McGregor. Ark.; England, Ark.; Dermott. Ark. O'Hara, La.; Dexter, Mo. S. L. EASTMAN FLOORING CO. •AQINAW ■RAND MAPLE FLOORING SAGINAW, MICH. General Electric Company Motor Drive for Saw Mills INDUCTION MOTOR CONNECTED TO TRIMMER With the system of individual motor drive each piece of saw mill machinery is con- nected direct with an electric motor of just the right size to do the work. The greatest value of motor drive is the saving of power, because it does away with shafting, belting and loss of energy in trans- mission. You pay only for the power actu- ally used. It is not necessary to start the entire plant to run one machine. Economy in production interests every manufacturer, ilotor dri\-e guarantees a saving, better working facilities and in- creased production. The story is better told in laooklet No. 47 S — write for it. Principal Office-. Schenectady, N. Y. Sales Offices in all Large Cities. 12 HARDWOOD RECORD OAK FLOORING Kiln Dried Bored Polisiied ; HARDWOOD LUMBER ^\ & MFC. CO. 5A RDIS - MISS- noiiow Backed and Bundled <( IdeaF'S Rock Maple Flooring is the flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply the demand for the best. It is made by modern ma- chinery from carefully-selected stock and every pre- caution is taken throughout our entire system to make it fulfill in every particular its name— "IDEAL." Rough or Finished Lumber — All Kinds Send us Your Inquiries The I. Stephenson Company WEI,LS, MICHIGAN Just to Remind You That we are manufacturers of the celebrated Wolverine Brand Maple Flooring ■* There is none belter." Bored, polished, end and edge matched, lays with every joint even. Largest sales in the history of maple flooring. May we have your order ? BLISS & VAN AUKEN SAGINAW W. S., MICH. Keys-Fannin Lumber Company Manufacturers of Band and Circular Sawn SOFT YELLOW POPLAR Plain and quartered red and wliite Oak, Hemlock Bass and Chestnut. Give us a trial. Herndon, Wyoming Co., W. Va. Michigan Maple Flooring Our model factory is equipped with the highest class tools and appliances made for Flooring production. We produce our lumber from the best rock Ma- ple area in Michigan and have 20 years' supply. Our brand "Michigan" is a guaranty of qual- ity. Perfect mill work and excellent grades distinguish our Flooring and our prices are reasonable. WARD BROS., Big Rapids, Mich. WE ARE OFFERING TIMBER LAND 6% BONDS Secured by first mortgage on Southern timber lands at less than SO per cent of their present market value. Issued by large, well established, responsible lumber companies. Full particu- lars will be mailed on request. clark: l. f»oole & co. SnCCESSOKS TO H. C. BARROLL (& CO.. Bankers First National Bank Building CHICAGO THE "FINEST" MAPLE FLOORING W. D. YOUNG & CO. BAY CITY. MICHIGAN. Producers from TREE to TRADE of the high- est type of Michigan Forest Products. Large stock of Maple Flooring and 15,000,000 feet of Hardwoods — 1 to 4 inches thick — on hand. Maple, Birch and Beech Lumber FIRE INSURANCE Specialists on Lumber and Lumber Working Plants Lumber Underwriters HOME OFFICE: 66 Broadway, New York flaMwooil RocoM rubliched In the Interest of HBrdwood Lumber. American Hardwood Forests. Wood Veneer Industry, Hardwood Floorlna Hardwood Interior Finish, Wood Chemicals. Saw Miil and Woodworking MachinerT. Vol. XXIV. CHICAGO. JULY 25, 1907. No. 7. Published on the 10th and 25th of each month by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY HENRY H. GIBSON. Ediior. EDGAR H. DEFEBAUGH. Man.gcr. 7th Floor. Ellsworth BIdg.. 355 Dearborn St.. Chicago. III.. U.S.A. Telephone Harrison 4960 Eeslern Office ; 319 Land Title Building. Philadelphia. Jacob Hollzman, Represenlalive. TERMS OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION In the United States, Canada, Philippine Islands and Mexico , $2.00 In all other countries in Universal Postal Union ..... 3.00 Subscriptions are payable in advance, and in default of written orders to the contrary are continued at our option. Entered at Chicago Postoffice as Second Class Matter. Advertising copy must be received five da.ys in aLdv&.nce of publication da.te. Advertlslr\g rates on application. Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. The first annual meeting of this association will be held at Cadillac, Mich., on Wednesday, July 31. This is a very important meeting and a full attendance of the hardwood manufacturers of Michigan is solicited. WM. H. WHITE, President. BRUCE ODELL, Secretary. General Market Conditions. The general market conditions of the country are somewhat un- certain and hard to analyze. Buying is in very fair volume all over the country, and stocks are remarkably short. At the same time there is a feeling that trade is soon going to encounter a con- siderable falling off. There are no apparent grounds for this senti- ment, but still it prevails. The most notable feature of the last month is the slowness of collections. Practically everyone is complaining about slow pay- ments. The banks have ample funds for all legitimate purposes, and are loaning them with reasonable freedom, at comparatively mod- erate rates. There is this in the situation that it would be well for the conservative man to think about: The monthly building reports issued by one or two trade journals would carry the convic- tion that building operations are progressing in practically the same volume that they (Jid a year ago. One paper's report, covering the operations of June, indicates a falling off of only about one-half per cent in the total of a year ago. Several of the worthy con- temporaries of the Habdwood Eecord insist that these figures are faulty and that business in building operations is in excess of a year ago. It is true that they are holding up very well, but when they are analyzed it will be found that the consumption of lumber in structural work is based on business placed from six months to c:; a year ago. There certainly is not in sight nearly as much building p"< as a year ago, and it is quite possible that the present number of I new structures under contract will fall off more and more as the 1— t year progresses. It is undeniable that the high prices prevailing fm for not only lumber but all other building materials, and for labor, *~1 have put speculative building practically out of existence for some ^ time to come. A conservative prophecy would be that the building trade can bank on a fair volume of lumber consumption in struc- tural work for some months, and then witness a material decline. As an evidence of this fact there is scarcely a building and loan association in Chicago that is not loaded down with money which it i.s unable to loan for new structures. The one hundred and sixty- seven cooperative concerns of this kind in Cook county have assets of over $13,000,000 on hand and no one seems to want to borrow it. As the Eecord goes to press there is a meeting of building and loan associations of the United States taking place, comprising more than six hundred delegates, and the chief object of the meeting is to devise means for loaning building association money with safety. The H.tEDWOOD Record is not a pessimistic journal and at all times attempts to give a conservative refiection of conditions, lean- ing toward the optimistic. It is well-known that the yellow pine market is far from being in good shape and prices on other build- ing woods have eased off materially. Hardwoods of all classes today and for some time to come will be in far better condition than any of the building woods, owing to the fact that stocks are so remark- ably short, and that another period of car famine is close at hand. The hardwood trade will probably work through the season in fair volume at about current prices, owing to these conditions, but neither seller nor buyer should look for fancy prices or boom demand for some time to come. The Never-Cnding Inspection Question. The Hardwood Record is in receipt of the following pertinent, forceful and convincing letter from E. W. McCullough, secretary of the Xational Wagon Manufacturers ' Assoeiatioh of the United States of America: .\s na interested reader of your popular .iournal. I have noted with more than passing interest the discussion tliat has gone on from time to time regarding grading and inspection rules, and have oliserved the conftict there seems to be between the rules of the Gevorr.l hardwood associations, and it occurred to me that this controversy might very largely be avoided if instead of the seller tatting this whole matter into his own hands and laying down his own rules — some of them i-athei- arbitrary — be would discuss the question with the consumer and agree with him on a basis that would be mutually satisfactory. I tiud concerning our own line, the manufacture of which con- sumes a vast amount of hardwood lumber, that the rules published by the several associations are not any of them complete, nor are they satisfactory to the consumer, and while he may submit to them under present conditions, which are abnormal, you will find it to be the case, when the present demand ceases to be what it is now. and the new sawmill and other machinery go into operation , so that the supply is at least equal to the demand, that the rules these various associations have been attempting to establish will amount to little where the.v contlict with what is right and proper in the requirements of the consumer, as competition will render them inoperative. I am a firm believer in associations for the betterment of condi- tions, but believe their work must be done on the broadest possible basis, consulting and conferring with the consumer as to their mutual interests, and, by concessions where necessary, arrive at a mutually satisfactory understanding. Then the seller, in disposing of his material under such rules, knows exactly what he must furnish, and the buyer, because of his agreeing to the rules, can expect no more than they give him : but if either of the parties in Interest Insist on exacting from the other more than they should have, or Ignore the requirements of the other, the situation on this inspection question remains just as unsettled as it has ever been, notwithstanding these rules which the pr^Sucers are attempting to put in force and which it may be possible for them to enforce under present conditions. . It should also be remembered that the greater portion of rough _ lumber and dimension stock is the raw material for some other manufacturer and that cny attempt to enforce arbitrary conditions 14 HARDWOOD RECORD will, in many cases, cause sucli manutactm-er.s to produce their own raw materials. We have fimnd In our own experience that it has paid in most cases to confer with those who are marlielinf; our product to the consumer, and in the instance of the •uniform warrant}" on farm wagons this document, that is of great value to the manufacturer and selling interests as well, was the outcome of this co-operation. It is not because our fraternity have had any difficulty with the grading and inspection rules that I write you this, as I know of no cases where we have been compelled to sulimit to them, and do not expect there will be any. hut I l)elieve it would be a source of .satis- faction and profit if such rules might be made mutually agree- able to both buyer and seller, for I believe and linow that suck a thing Is possible, for we have proven it. Mr. McCullough is a student of lumber wliich eventually enters into wagon construction ami is also an authority on association affairs, and his communication is well worth the consideration of lumber asso- ciations. There is no one organization, no one group of individuals, no one newspaper that can force all its opinions or all its methods of handling inspection matters upon the totality of the manufacturing, jobbing and wholesale consuming trade of the country. In striving to accomplish ultimate and sweeping success in securing universal in- spection and the universal application of it, there are many other parties in interest than the one primarily promulgating the rules to be considered. The manufacturer must needs be satisfied with the grades of lumber, to the end that his logs can be reduced thereto without an excessive woods and sawmill loss; the jobber must buy lumber of such grades and at such a price that he can secure a generous margin to cover sales expense.s and profit; the consumer must be satisfied with specific grades that will enable him to cut his various sizes of dimension with a moderate amount of waste. This applies to the furniture maker as well as to the wagon manufacturer. Until such time, therefore, as the requirements of all parties in interest can be taken into consideration in the formation of inspection rules and until such time as all these parties, after agreeing on a specific set of rules, can be taken into consideration in the interpre- tation and practical application of them — must actual universal in- spection remain a chimerical proposition. Problems of Veneer Making. A veteran veneer manufacturer once observed to the writer that if a man had any gambling instincts it was not necessary for him to have recourse to the stock market, the poker game or the ponies, because he could get all the "action" he wanted by engaging in the veneer industry. What the man meant was that there is an unvary- ing uncertainty as to the ultimate product of every veneer log that he handles. There is no way of determining the character of the interior of a log save by cutting it up. The log that gives every indication of developing into a lot of handsome veneers may turn out only plain wood or even worthless stock, while the most ordinary looking log will often surprise the owner by developing a quantity of remarkably fine stock. Primarily, veneers take the best logs from the best trees of the choicest forests in the land. This means raw material at high cost as compared with the logs used in everyday lumber production. As a great commercial pursuit veneer making is in its infancy. People who have gone into the business have analyzed the proposition with as much care as was possible with the data at hand. Specious esti- mates of cost and resultant product have been made to amateurs in the trade by sundry persons interested in the sale of veneer manu- facturing machinery, and, generally speaking, they have often been misled. It was easy to believe that a thousand foot log scale would produce 20,000 feet of one-twentieth inch veneers, but experience shows that this estimate is practically double the actual quantity that is delivered from the tail end of the factory. These prospec- tive purchasers have been told that in rotary cutting quarter inch stock they could count on four times the inch measure of lumber as produced from the sawmill. Of course they found this estimate faulty also and have awakened to discover that rotary cut quarter inch stock shows on an average only about two and seven-twelfths times as much thin lumber as inch, under onlinary sawing. Again, with the uncertainty of what the log will produce the veneer maker is up against an almost impossible problem in determin- ing, in advance, cost. He constantly hopes against hope that his logs will turn out good, and makes prices in accordance therewith, with the result that he just as often makes veneers at a loss as he does at a profit. It would seem logical, therefore, that the way to make prices on veneers would be to add a very liberal percentage for the waste incident to logs that do not turn out well, in addition to manufacturing waste, and make this a base of cost rather than a lower one based on the product of logs if all were good. In short, when the character of veneers and veneer work is con- sidered, the price of this material is very much below current lumber values. The sooner veneer makers — large and small — awake to the situation, the sooner will the business be put on a profitable basis. The veneer man need not fear that his customers will not pay a just price, for every man who has entered into the utilization of veneers knows he is making so much higher grade product by their aid that he can afford to pay more money for this class of stock. The Dead^Head List. Through business ethics, business courtesy, tleficiency in good busi- ness principles, or perhaps through all of these causes, the average newspaper and especially the trade newspaper, has on its subscription list an unnecessarily large number of addresses following which is " D. H." This legend means that the paper is furnished without cost. The average publisher's deadhead roster is very long on what he pleases to term his " [irospective advertising list." If he sees the advertisement of a concern in any of his contemporaries the name immediately goes on his list. The result of this prodigality is that the trade press is fast coming into disrepute with the postotfice authorities by reason of its failure to conform to official regulations. The department is entirely justified in its criticism and the sooner the stringent rules enforced by the superintendent of second-class mail matter at the Chicago postoffice become universal the better it will be for the trade press and for the revenues of the department. The Hardwood Record recently had a letter in response to a cir- cular soliciting subscriptions, from a small institution in Detroit which manufactures carriage and automobile bodies, saying ' ' We receive nearly all the lumber papers free of charge, as their pub- lishers seem to feel it very important that we should receive their papers. ' ' The Eecord has a very large list of contributors and news and market reporters ; it has a fairly generous exchange list ; it also sends free copies of the publication to advertisers whose sole interest in the paper is to check their advertisements, but including this num- ber of free copies it has less than 4.50 papers going through the mails that are not paid for. The publishers are thorough believers in the fact that there is no advertising value in dead-head circulation; that the man who has not interest enough to pay the moderate subscription price for a lumber paper has not interest enough to take it out of its wrapper and read it, and that no permanent good comes from the forced circulation brought about through "a. hard-boiled egg with every drink" idea, dollar watches or any other scheme that induces a temporary cir- culation of people who by no possible chance can have any per- sonal interest in the publication. The Hardwood Record has had a steady and prosperous growth in circulation since January, 190.5, when it was taken over by the present publishers. Its circulation has doubled and doubled again, and the percentage of cancellations of subscriptions is so small that it does not enter into the calculations of the business otfice. The paper can honestly lay claim to having the largest circulation among manufac- turers, jobbers and consumers of hardwoods, dimension stock and veneers of not only any of its contemporaries but probably all of them combined. Another source of satisfaction is the fact that the average adver- tiser frequently takes occasion to make enthusiastic reports over the results that he is receiving through his announcements. In advertising patronage the publication is constantly gaining new recruits and the percentage of cancellations is so small as not to be worth considera- tion. Without undue self -laudation the publishers are very proud of the fact that the Record's clientage approves and is willing to support a live, up-to-date, conservative, honestly and intelligently con- ducted, semi-tedinical and semi-news hardwood publication. HARDWOOD RECORD IS The Old Cross-Cut SaW. BY LUELLA WILSON SMITH. On a January morning when the air showed signs of thaw, Dad would go out to the woodshed and take down the cross=cut saw; Then we'd hear him filing, scraping, making an unearthly noise. And we knew that meant employment for a couple of lively boys. Quick we'd have alarming symptoms on the lounge we both would crawl,- Dick would have a jumping toothache -with the stomachache I'd bawl; And we'd lay there moaning, groaning sickest boys you ever saw— Just because we heard Dad filing that old creaking cross=cut saw. 'Twas no use— our Dad had been a scheming lad himself, you know. And those little subterfuges with our parent wouldn't go. So with boots all freshly tallowed, "warmuses" all buttoned tight. Pockets filled with spicy "rambos," just to coax our appetite. Slow we trudged along behind him saddest boys you ever saw- Through the pasture to the wood=lot in the January thaw. When we reached the scene of labor followed by our faithful dog. There we saw stretched out before us our big "stunt" a hick'ry log. How we listened for the farm=bell, how we felt our stomachs gnaw; As we stood there pushing, pulling that old creaking cross=cut saw! When the task was half completed, Dick, the younger brother, cried: "We could get along lots faster if you didn't have to ride." "I ain't ridin'!" "Yes you are, too." "You're another, now so there!" "Jus' come on you little 'fraid=cat." "Guess I always take a dare!" And we fought it out together -maddest boys you ever saw^ On that wet and snowy hillside in the January thaw. How we scrapped! 'Twas one confusing mass of legs and fists and arms. Dog beside us barking loudly— he was used to war's alarms- Down the hill we rolled together, where the underbrush, grown thick. Saved us from a bath, untimely, in the waters of Bean Creek; Then from hill=top came the summons in a voice we understood, "Now you boys just quit that fighting and get back to sawing wood!" Years have passed; long separated, burdened with affairs of men, We no longer push the cross=cut— now our tool's the faithful pen; For my sturdy little brother— older grown and more sedate, In a far=off western city wrestles with affairs of state; And I sit here in the twilight by the grate=fire's cheery glow. Musing o'er the days of boyhood in the dear old long ago; As 1 watch the burning hick'ry, hear its quick, familiar snap, I can hear the old saw's music, I can smell the fragrant sap; Work that once seemed hard and dreary, looked at through the mists of years Beside harder tasks that followed, recreation now appears; We have found in life's hard struggle- he succeeds who can make good. And whate'er our occupation -we must keep on "sawing wood." i6 HARDWOOD RECORD AMERICAN FOREST TREES. Tupelo. yifssa OQitatica — Linn. The range of growth of this tree is from the coast region of southern Virginia into northern Plorida; through the Gulf states to the Nueces river in Texas; northward through the states of Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucity, through southern Missouri and Illinois, along the Wabash river. It is commonly known as large tupelo in Alabama, Louisiana and Texas; as tupelo gum in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louis- iana; as sour gum in Arkansas and Missouri; as swamp tupelo in South Carolina and Louisiana; as cotton gum in North and South Carolina and Florida; as wild olivetree in Louisiana; as olivetree in Missis- sippi; as Olivier a grandes feuilles in Louisiana; as tupelo in North and South Carolina and Missouri; in the European markets it is called bay-poplar; and the name Circas- sian walnut is often applied to it. The leaves of tupelo are ovate- oblong, acute and long-pointed at the apex, usually entire, but some- times remotely and irregularly toothed; young leaves are white and downy, but at maturity they are firm and bright green on top, pale on the lower surface; from five to seven inches long, and two to four wide; midrib broad and thick, veins prominent. The flowers appear in March and April on long, pubescent peduncles; the staminate grow in dense clus- ters, the pistillate solitary. The purple fruit ripens in the early fall on a slender stalk three to four inches long; it is about an inch long, with thick skin and acid flesh ; the stone is brown or nearly white. Tupelo bark is about' a quarter of an inch in thickness, dark brown and furrowed lengthwise, the sur- face rough. The tree is large and stately, with an unusually broad base, an abundance of roots, show- ing somewhat above the ground, and a fine pyramidal crown. The trunk is often three to four feet in diameter, and the tree from eighty to a hundred feet high. It reaches its maximum development in the cypress swamps of western Ijouisiana and eastern Texas. Tupelo is one of the char- acteristic trees of the southern marshes, where it grows intermingled with swamp white oak, red gum and cypress. It often thrive.* in regions covered with two to three f0»' of water the year round. The large straight trunks are usually free from de- fects, ? fact which scientists attribute to the aacient race of plants from which it FIFTY-SEVENTH PAPER. springs; during certain geological eras the tree was scattered over the entire continent of North America, doubtless as far north as the Arctic Circle. The wood of tupelo is nearly white, slightly tinged with yellow, however, and the heart- wood and sapwood present practically the same appearance, although the latter is slightly more creamy; the percentage of sap- TYI'ICAL GUOWTII TUPELO SHOWING GIRDLING. COAST. wood is large. The wood is light and soft, and takes a fine, smooth finish ; it is very close-grained and diflicult to split. A cubic foot of seasoned wood weighs about thirty- two pounds; the green wood is too heavy to float. Sapwood is very susceptible to decay, especially when in contact with the ground, while heartwood shows considerable re- sistance to such conditions. The timber can be treated with preservatives to great ad- vantage. Tupelo seldom grows in pure stands which are large enough to warrant its being logged as a separate proposition; since it is usually mingled with cypress, it ordinarily is logged with that wood. It is now considered practical to cut tupelo logs without previous girdling, piling them on the banks of streams until they are sufficiently dried out to float. Sap rot during the drying-out period can be very much retarded by coating the ends of fresh logs immediately after they are cut with hot coal tar creo- sote, and piling them in single layers. Tupelo is a wood which requires extraordinary care in seasoning, since the large quantity of water in green wood and its peculiar structure render it extremely liable to warp and twist. The less delay there is in piling the better, and piles should be constructed with only even lengths in each, while the cross strips should be of some other wood, narrow as possible, and di- rectly under each other in the pile. The piles should not be more than four and a half feet in width, and three or four feet apart; their pitch should be fully twenty inches to a sixteen-foot pile ; all piles to be laid so that the prevailing wind will blow parallel to the cro.ss-strip8. Although many have become dis- couraged by their experiments with tupelo, as manufacturers study it more closely they ai'e finding that it can be air and kiln dried with the greatest satisfaction. It is destined to become popular and al- ready the uses to which it is put are many and varied. For all sorts of manufactured articles in which certain grades of poplar are em- ployed, tupelo may be used with equal satisfaction, and European markets are buying it largely for furniture. The wood is best suited for interior use, owing" to the lia- bility of sapwood to decay. For instance, flooring is now being made from it, which is claimed to be superior to cypress for this pur- jiose, as the latter often ' ' slivers, ' ' wliile tupelo becomes harder and smoother. Such flooring is well adapted for depots, factories or warehouses. Tupelo is becoming very popular with manufacturers of molding, because of the even quality of its grain, the ease with which it is worked, and the highly polished surface it presents when finished. Large quantities of the wood, particularly the low grades, are used in the manufacture of wagon and other box boards and it holds nails readily, with- out liability to split where they are driven. GULF CHAS. A. BIGELOW BAY CITY, MICH. supplement to Hardwood Record JL-LV 25, 1907 ILLUSTRATING BUILDERS OF LUMBER HISTORY. HARDWOOD RECORD 17 It is being used extensively for furniture in- terior finish, laths and pump stock, in addi- tion to the purposes named, and certain southern railroads have experimented with cross-ties of tupelo, which up to date are giving satisfaction. Dr. Herman von Schreuck of St. Louis, probably the best authority on tupelo in this <>ountry, kindly furnished the Hardwood Eecord with the accompanying illustrations as well as much valuable information con- cerning the wood. In writing of its great possibilities he says: "In summing up one will find that tupelo is a wood well worthy of consideration, al- though it has only been manufactured for a brief number of years. Its value, due to its inherent qualities, has already become well established. While it partakes in gen- eral of the characteristics of poplar, it nevertheless has qualities distinctly different from this wood. Most users are still un- familiar with its nature, but they are rapidly coming to realize that in tupelo a distinct addition to the classes of lumber available for flooring and finish work in particular has been found. The introduction of a new- wood is always attended with more or less difficulty, and that tupelo has found favor in the eyes of consumers as rapidly as it has would indicate that future development in the manufacture of this lumber will probably be PRINT OF TUPELO LEAF. rery extensive; new uses will be found for it as it becomes better known, and it is safe to predict that ere long it will be one of the staple products of the southern lumber mar- kets. ' ' 'Builders of Lumber History. NUMBER Chailes Albert Blgelow. (See Portrait Supplement.) Notwithstanding the fact that there ar« only ninety per cent of the sawmills which were once running full blast along the Sag- inaw river in operation today and that own- ers have been continually dismantling them for some time, saying there is no more money in lumbering in that country, ten were successfully operated last year manufactur- ing hardwood lumber entirely or in part. The year was a satisfactory one all around, both in point of production and in trade condi- tions. Moreover the hardwood output was more than 6,000,000 feet in excess of what it was in 1905. To enter a business which older and more experienced men have branded as ' ' played out ' ' and the future of which is at least conjectural to the most optimistic requires some courage and more than ordinary fore- sight. Embued with the idea that there were still great possibilities in lumbering along the Saginaw, and disregarding arguments and even apparent evidence to the contrary. Charles A. Bigelow commenced operations at Bay City, Mich., only a few years ago, with the result that today he is at the head of two of the largest and most prosperous lumber institutions in the entire state. Mr. Bigelow was born in Bedford, Wayne county, Mich., on July 18, 1866. His father also was a native of that state, while his mother came of good old Vermont families. After receiving an excellent education in the schools of Detroit, he entered the employ of his father, who conducted a retail lumber business there between the years 1868 and 189.5. He remained in the service of the elder Bigelow for eleven years, or until 1894, when he became traveling salesman for the Michelson-Hanson Lumber Company of Lew- iston, continuiug in this capacity until .June, 1901. At that time The Kneelaud-Bigelow Company was organized by Jlr. Bigelow and David M. Kneeland, ■ manager of Michelson- Hanson Lumber Company. Mr. Kneeland was made president of the new concern, which office he holds at the present time; Mr. Bigelow became secretary-treasurer and gen- eral manager, and still continues in that ca- pacity ; Herman Lundene is vice president and has charge of the company 's woods opera- tions. The mill is of the single band type and is kept running continuously day and night. Two years ago The Kneeland-Bigelow Com- pany purchased a controlling interest in what is now the Kneeland, Buell & Bigelow Com- pany by taking over the entire Bay City property of the Wylie & Buell Lumber Com- pany— sawmill, lumber on hand, etc., and or- ganizing the new concern. Mr. Kneeland is president, Mr. Bigelow secretary-treasurer and manager, and Frank Buell vice president. Mr. Buell owned 80,000,000 feet of timber which went into the new enterprise to be lumbered and cut at the mill; the latter is of the double band type, with a capacity of 100,000 feet every ten hours. The two cor- porations are entirely distinct; each has from ten to twelve years' timber supply ahead of it and each is manufacturing slightly in excess of 20,000,000 feet of hemlock and hardwoods annually; their output for 1906 was perhaps larger than that of any other c-oncern in the state of ilichigan. The com- pany expects to manufacture about 1.5,000,- 000 feet of maple and 3,000,000 feet of bass- wood this year, all of which is contracted for. Thirty years ago very little value was at- tached to anything but oak, and the entire state was literally skinned of the wood; after it pine lands were devastated, while hundreds of millions of feet of excellent hardwood timber were burned up in clearing oft' the land and because it then had no com- mercial value. Today, however, hardwood .stumpage in the territory between the Sagi- naw river and the Straits of Mackinac is in comparatively few hands, and there has been a marvelous appreciation in values during even the last few years. Mr. Bigelow was married in October. 1887, to Minnie A. Durkee, of Birmingham, Mich. In politics he is a Eepublican, although he takes no very prominent part in campaign work. He is active in association affairs, and was one of the charter members of the Michi- gan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, of which organization he is now a director. Not only is Mr. Bigelow an excellent sales- man, popular with his immediate trade and with the lumber manufacturing element of the entire state, but he is regarded as a close student of timber and lumber values, and one of the best scientitic operators in the hardwood field. Personally he is a man of exemplary habits, clean thought and high ideas, which, combined with great energy and capacity for hard work and above all pene- tration and logical foresight, have made him one of the very successful business men of the north countrv. Probable Settlement of Ross Lumber Comr pany's Embarrassment. The creditors' committee of the lloss Lumber Uompany of Jamestown and New York, N. Y., which recently got into financial dilBculties. -has recommended a settlement with the creditors on the basis of G5 cents on the dollar. The com- mittee, which consists of Arthur C. Wade, A. T. I'eel. Harry S. Dewey. F. J. Johnston. J. D. Moir and T. A. Updegroff. has gone over the affairs of the company very carefully and finds good assets of $114,000 and assets, more or less doubtful, of upwards of $50,000. while the lia- bilities are a little in excess of $12tj,000. The committee recommends that a committee of five be elected by the creditors to become directors of the company and take, over the management of the business, realizing the most it can from the assets and paying dividends to creditors as often as possible, until they have been paid 65 cents on the dollar. This deal entails the turn- ing over of the stock of the company to the com- mittee with the understanding tha't it is to be retransferred to the original stockholders after the above named simi is paid. It is said that the ma.iority of the large stockholders have agreed to this arrangement. i8 HARDWOOD RECORD Hardwood Record JMail 'Bag. [In this department It is proposed to reply to such inquiries as reach this office from the Haedwood Uecobd clientage as will be of enough general interest to warrant publication. Every patron of the paper is Invited to use this de- partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt will be made to answer queries pertaining to all matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in a succinct and intelligent manner. J A Sensible Letter. Tlie following interesting (.•ommunication was received from Prof. E. E. Bogue, in charge of the forestry department at Michi- gan Agricultural College — a man w-ho is not only accomplishing much in training young men for future usefulness in the lumber world, but for the cause of practical fore.stry in all its branches: AGincrLTiKAL C'nLi.KOE. .MuH., .Tune i!. — Kdi- toi- Uakiiwoud Rechhu : I wisli to thank .vou for your willingness to receive a suggestion from me. The thought comes to me now that you could perhaps demonstrate to your readers who have large lumber interests that, for their continued prosperity and the prosperity of those who are to succeed them, attention must he given to a future crop of timber. A few lumber companies have seen this dnd have talcen steps toward a I'ontinuous supply, but most of them are skinning the land of its virgin crop and then selling 11 for what they can get or letting it go for ta.ves. They say they are in business for themselves and not for future generations. They seem to expect that all the next genera- tion will have to do Is to spend the money tbey are making out of the virgin stand and will not need to run saw mills and build freight cars. Is this not true and is it not at the same time a very shortsighted policy? With the present dearth of freight cars and steadily ad- vancing price of timber of all kinds for all pur- po.ses it seems to me that the American lumber- man is a mighty stupid fellow that he does not invest some of the shekels he gathers in a fu- ture supply of timber. A small fraction of the value of a virgin crop will set another and bet- ter growing, and a small annuity will protect it and keep it growing. There is no need for experimental planting in the great majority of cases. Nature through unnumbered thousands of years has demonstrated the kinds of trees best suited to different .soils and locations. The species tliat are likely to prove profitable (or lumber are comparatively few, but where tbey grow naturally will develop with surprising rapidit.v. -My suggestion has now lengthened far beyond the limits 1 expected, so will stop by thanking you again for the opportimity of saying a word. E. E. liii.ii K. What He Wants to Know. The following humorous communication was recently received in response to a circu- lar letter soliciting .suggestions in reganl to improving and broadening the scope of the Hardwood Record: Blie MorxTAi.x, Miss., May 30.— Editor IlAKDwoon Record : In reply to yours of the 27th asking for suggestions in regard to broad- ening the .scope of your publication, will say what we of Mississippi need most is a few pages devoted to forecasts of the future. Tell us if the market is really going to the bad. Will it ever qiiit raining V While the reports from the North and East would lead one to think that the demand was easing off on one side : then listen to the millman as he has just come in from the bottoms, saying th.if lie is losing money every day. We as a middleman are wanting advice as to whether it will be best to go on piling up what lumber we can get. to stick rot. flood, black and let the bugs feed upon, while we are waiting and begging for n market that will bring us out with a little profit ; or would it be iiest to invest our ac<'umu- lated wealth in cotton futures'' This is all we want to know. The past we want to forget : for the present, it is raining : the future — that is what we want to know about : something more than the weather man can tell ; something more than the lady with the dark hair and painted cheeks can tell us when she reads our hand. She can tell us how many wives and babies we are going to have, some of which is true, and some we could not dispute, as we have spent twenty years of our life through Ihe tangled wildwoods from Cobaconk. Ont.. to Vardiman. Miss., in pursuit of the ever alluring hardwood. If you can open up a department in your paper devoted strictly to truths on this matter I am sure it will be appreciated by one. if not by millions. Thaukiiig you in advance for same. . Wants Wood for Butter Packages. KoTTEICllA.M. IIiiI.I.A.MI, .luly .".. Ddltor llAHIi- wucin Kecohd : We beg herewith to inform you that we ore doing business as timber agents with diffei'ent ports of your country and that we are at present investigating whether we can find sawn chestnut of prime quality, of a white color, and without any smell, for making mar- garine and butter packages. We should like to know whether .vou can mention other woods which might be suitalile for the purpose men- tioned. You will no doubt answer that cotton- wood very likely will meet our requirements, and we can say that this wood is regularly im- ported here, but that on account of some tech- nical difficulties our buyers should like to have a new kind which will meet the requirements and which should not be as high in price as Cot- tonwood at present. We are also looking for absolutely white maple. We should like to know whether you issue any statistics and reports concerning the quan- tity of timber, the difference in quality between the different districts, the different kinds of wood, that grow in the different states, etc.. and if such statistics and reports are issued by you. you would very much oblige us if you would forward us a copy of same. Kindly men- tion in your answer what the disbur.sements were and we will be very much pleased to remit you the amount in question. Yours respectfully. K. & C. Anyone wishing the address of this im- porter, or able to give pointers on material for butter packages, should address this office. We have replied that clear chestnut is obtain- able in this country in considerable quantity ; it is not white in color and it has some odor. From the fact that it contains quite a large percentage of tannic acid, it is not suitable for the manufacture of butter and oleo- margarine packages. 1 know of no material other than white ash that is employed for this purpose in this country. Dairymen have been searching for years for some substitute but have not been able to find it. The jirice of white ash has gone very high, but I can sug- gest no other wood to take its place for this use. I can sujiply you with a very comprehensive list of the manufacturers of any kind of wood produced in this country if you will specify what you care to have covered. In making up this list I can specify the sec- tions which produce the highest quality of timber of a given kind. Absolutely white maple, you must know, is the clear sap of maple growth, and manufac- turers succeed in drying it absolutely white only by sawing it in the winter season and end-sticking it under sheds. The section that produces the highest type of white maple in this country is the northern portion of the lower jjcninsula of Michigan. — Editor. Differs With Correspondent. I.ivEiico.ii., E.MJLANU, .Uily 4.— Editor IIaud- wooD I!e((jkd: As readers of your paper we have been intending for some time to write you with reference to your Liverpool reports because we cannot understand same. In the paper of June 'IT, part of your market letter reads: •Hickory is stronger than it has been for some time" ; also "t'oplar boards are somewhat weaker, the heavy import on consignment hav- ing had its usual effect." We have been in Ihe business for many, many years and the fol- lowing is our opinion of same : There has been a very large import of hickory and the market is very weak for this wood, weaker than it has been for a long time : the market for poplar is very strong, stronger than it has been for years, shippers' prices being almost exorbitant, and Ihe market for this at present is very bare. We merely mention this because we have seen some of your reports which are so absolutely at vari- ance with our own ideas that we think it only right to call your attention to same. We could point several other times when the reports have just been similar to above, and we have been wondering whether they have been put in as a joke or what. Not having a representative on the ground, the Hardwood Record relies upon the work of a correspondent in Liverpool and upon Challoner's Wood Circular for market re- ports. The former is in touch with one of the high-class concerns of that city, and we know faithfully reflects the situation as he finds it. However, criticisms or opinions of the nature above quoted are welcome at any time and will be given due consideration. — Editor. Good Advice. Ilr.NTi.N-oBiK.i. l.M... .May li'.i.— Editor Hard- wciiiD ItEcoRii: As far as suggestions or criti- cisms of the Kecohd are concerned. I do not know of anything I could suggest to you either one way or the other : the fact is. I hardly know what you expect me to cover in a letter of this sort. The facts are that I don't suppose any of us read the lumber journals with much patience or care. The most of us are taking from six to eight lumber newspapers, .some of them very large, and in fact many of them con- tain more matei-ial than we have time or are inclined to read during the week. We perhaps miss much lh.it we should read in some of the journals that come into our house or office, and when we do this sort of acknowledgment of the papers one is scarcely able to malie any criti- cisms. There was a time when we were only taking on the average about two lumber news- papers a week, and we read them thoroughly and read them so that we got something out of them. Now. I believe that this is one of tlie most serious faults that exist today, and if we would take one or two good lumber journals and read them carefully we would get much more out of HARDWOOD RECORD 19 them than we would from a whole Inimh of papers, yet we do the latter thing all the time, .7, V, Stim.so.n', Interested in Eucalyptus. Wkst Cuf.stkh, V.K.. .lul.v IT, — Kilitni- ll.^itn- wutut ItKCdKit : \^'e are nuich interi'sted in the article in .vonr journal of .July Ici about Eiiiii- llllitiis nlohiilm. We have some land in Florida that we think perhaps adapted to its growth : would like to try the experiment, and if you could advise us where \vc could secure seed and information about propagation, we would be very much obliged, — IIcmu'KS, Kro, & DiiiLi.vu- T