J.' .? ^^, ^^.> .;/ ^^H^ '«'^* *tr:.^;- ^.;a '•'?%^ ?t .-^^^ ■ ^^ w^ ->; ^ K/f,^=^^ ^ Eightaentk Year, ) Saml-MoBtlily. I CHICAGO, OCTOBER 25, 1913 HARDWOOD RECORD Gentlemen : We sell Lumber, especially Hardwoods. We manufacture almost all we sell— we are first hands. Our delivery points are scattered and prompt shipments our aim. Get in touch. We'll do you good. J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. 1420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia For Quick Shipment 5 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Q. W. O. 3 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Q. W. O. 3 cars 4, 4" Clear Q. W. O. Strips, 4 to 5}^". 1 car 4/4" Clear Q. W. O. Strips, 213 to 3%". }i car 4/4" Clear Q. W. O. Strips, 1 li to 2". 4 cars 4 4" Is & 2s Plain W. O. 3 cars 4 4" No. 1 Com. Plain W. O. 4 cars 4/4" Com. & Bet. Q. R. O. 2 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Plain R. O. 7 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Plain R. O. 2 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. Plain R. O. 2 cars 5/4" Is & 2s Plain R. O. 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. Plain R. O. 4 cars 3/4" Is & 2s Plain R. O. 5 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Plain Red Gum. 7 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Plain Red Gum. 3 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Qtd. Red Gum. 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Com. Qtd. Red Gum. 2 cars 5 4" Is & 2s Qtd. Red Gum. 1 car 5/8" Is & 2s Plain Red Gum. 4 cars 4/4j' Is & 2s Sap Gum. 3 cars 3/4" Is & 2s Sap Gum. 3 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Cottonwood, 6" to 18". 1 car 4/4" Is & 2s Cottonwood, 13" and up. 8 cars 4/4" Cottonwood Box Boards, 13 to 17". 2 cars 4/4" Cottonwood Box Boards, 9 to 12". 2 cars 4/4" Cottonwood Box Boards, 9 to 10". 7 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Cottonwood. Immediate Attention to All Inquiries Memphis Band Mill Company Memphis, Tenn. ® Cartier Humtjer JloUanb Company « "A Real Opportunity" Just look over the following items of Specially Manufactured Furniture Stock. Band Sawed, Perfectly Edged and Trimmed: 80,000' 4/4 End Cured Winter Sawn White Maple 5,000' 5/4 End Cured Winter Sawn White Maple 5,000' 6/4 End Cured Winter Sawn White Maple 10,000' 8 4 End Cured Winter Sawn White Maple 40,000' 5/4 Selected No. 1 & Better Birch 250.000' 1x4 & Wider Pine Crating (85% 6" & over) & A Postal Card Will Bring Prices That Will Warrant Your Orders IG u ft t n g t 0 n M X t h i Q n n S HARDWOOD RECORD 3 MICHIGAN FAMOUS FOR. HARD MAPLE AND GRET ELM BASSWOOD We Offer for Prompt Shipment 1 X 4 Clear Strips 150 M 1x6 I's and 2's 150 M 1 X 7 and 8" I's and 2's 24 M 1x3 No. 1 Common 35 M 1x4 No. 1 Common 50 M 1x5 No. 1 Common 50 M 1x6 No. 1 Common 90 M Oct. 15, 1913 GOBBS & MITCHELL, Inc. Sales Department CADILLAC MICH. W. D. YOUNG & CO. MANUFACTURERS FINEST MAPLE FLOORING KILN DRIED, IIOX-I-OW BACKED MATCHED OK .JOINTED POLISHED AND BUNDLED Hard Maple, Beech and Birch Lumber 1 TO 6 INCHES THICK WRITE FOR PRICES BAY CITY, MICHIGAN Mitchell Brothers Co- Dry Stock List MICHIGAN HARDWOODS Cadillac, Mich. Oct. 15, 1913 1x7 & 8 Basswood, is & 2s 3 1 .M 1x4 Basswood, Clear 13 M 1x4 Basswood, No. l Common 19 M 1x6 Basswood, No. l Common 17 M 4/4 Birch, is & 2s, Red 16 M 4/4 Birch, No. 3 Common 47M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm is & 2S 1 00 M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm, No. 1 Common lOO M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm, No. 2 Common 88 M 4/4 Rock Elm, No. 2 Common & Better. ... 7 M 4/4 Soft Maple, No. 3 Com 9 M 4/4 White Maple, end dried (clear) 10 M 4/4 Birdseye Maple Is & 2s, end dried 1 J/j M CADILLAC QUALITY When you want lumber of Cadillac Quality, Lumber which has been manufactured and seasoned properly, and grades which have not been blended to meet price competition — send us your inquiries. WE SELL ONLY MITCHELL'S MAKE Kneeland-Bigelow Company Hardwood Manufaeturors 30,000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 C. & B. Basswood 50,000 ft. 5/4 1st & 2nds Basswood. 75,000 ft. 5/4 No. 2 C. & B. Birch 20,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 C. & B. Birch 100,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 C. & B. Beech 40,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 C. & B. Beech All of the above stock Is dIccIt mnnu- factared, being band sawed, trimmed, and well seasoned. \V« are prepared to quote attractive prices for thfs mate- rial for immediate shipmeDt. BAY CBTY, MICH HARDWOOD RECORD <©.A.'CB & Ready for Shipment Ten cars 4/4 No. 1 Common & Better Birch Five cars 6/4 No. 1 Common & Better Birch Two cars 8/4 No. 1 Common & Better Birch Two cars 4/4 No. 2 Common & Better Ash Three cars 4/4 No. 1 Common & Better Soft Elm Five cars 4/4 No. 2 Com. & Better Basswood Above cut from virgin timber. Grade and manufacture are first class. Mears - Slayton Lumber Co. 1237 Belmont Ave. Chicago, 111. ^ OUR DOUBLE BAND MILL — HUTTIG, ARK. ^Why WcCan Give "Value Received" We own one hundred thousand acres of the best virgin Southern Hardwood timber. We operate large band mills at Huttlg, Ark., and Deer- ing, Mo. We cut FORTY BIILLION feet of hardwoods annually and carry 15,000.000 feet IN STOCK. We sell only stock cut on our own mills and so can GUAK- ^^^ ANTEB the quality of EVERY shipment. ¥1 We ship high grades that Increase the size and percentage of your cuttings, reduce factory costs and shrink the waste pile. Therefore: We can SAVE YOC MONEY on every shipment of oak, ash, gum, elm. cypress, tupelo. hickory. Cottonwood, sycamore, soft maple and dimension. LET US PROVE THIS ON YOUR NEXT ORDER Wisconsin Lumber Company Harvester Bldg. CHICAGO SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE PPPV ROOkT P^'^'is^ed Semi-annually M\LLiLy l->\J\Jr\, in February and August It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyers af lumber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their financial standing and manner of meet- ing obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, JManl- toba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as thp authority on the lines it covers. A well omnized Collection Department is also operated and the same Is open you. Write for terms. Lumbermen's Credit Assn., ESTABLISHED lt7S Mcatitn Tkll Paver. Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co. SPECIAL RAILROAD PEPT. Hardwoods :: Soitivoods 823 Railway Exchange Building, Chicago. 111. n For items of Hardwood Stock or Hardwood Machinery, you will find it advantageous lo write our advertisers. Get in touch I HARDWOOD RECORD CHICAGO THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD CHOICE BIRCH AND MAPLE— 10,500 ACRES I offer the above tract of best quality and splendidly located timber in Ontario, ten miles from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, a town of 25,000 population. Will cut 90% birch and maple. Estimated by George F. Beardsley, cruiser of Grand Rapids, Mich. Location and mill site on deep water. Can ship either by water or rail. Lands in fee simple — no crown dues, no export restrictions. Close to Amer- ican Soo. Easy logging. Reasonable price and terms. William H. Ranson, Saul! Ste Marie, Mich. Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Maple, Birch, Elm, Basswood, Ash And Other Northern Hardwoods in the Market for Round Lots of Hardwood WRITE US BEFORE SELLING Fisher Building, ... •PHONE HARRISON 1984 CHICAGO ii:ss::j*sllAYNERliil iiiiHiPAlli SEND FOR STOCK LIST 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 Uu Nest evidence that its manufacturer has kept abreast of modern methods and the advanced a». niands of the trade. To convince yourself of th« above statements, try our poUshed surface floor- iiiE, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, wltk matched ends and holes for blind nailing — you'U hnd it reduces the expense of laying and poUahloc. Ovr Booklet till* aii about Bar&wood Hoor*i»4 ini Tiow to ear» {or it—alto price* — and U fro*. The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop St». CHICAGO, ILL. "WE ARE GETTING RESULTS" WRITES ONE ADVERTISER This Means That He Is Getting NEW BUSINESS Through His Ad If we can do it for him is there any logical reason why we can't for you ? MAKE us PROVE IT HARDWOOD RECORD, CHICAGO Birch Is Our Specialty All Grades, All Thicknesses Basswood Maple Elm Oelhafen Lbr. Co. Tomahawk Wis. We Have the Following Dry Hardwood In Shipping Condition 30 Cars 4 4 1st & 2nds Birch 25 Cars 4 4 No. 2 Common Maple 20 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Birch 5 Cars 6 4 No. 1 C&B Maple 15 Cars 4 4 No. 2 Common Birch 18 Cars 8 4 No. 1 C&B Maple 3 Cars 4 4 1st & 2nds Maple 14 Cars 4 4 No. 1 Com. Basswood 22 Cars 4 '4 No. 1 Common Maple 12 Cars 4 4 No. 2 Com. Basswood 4 Cars 5 4 No. 1 C&B Basswood Scott & Howe Lumber Co. w",llEgSirN, Mcdford Lumber Co. HARDWOOD RECORD KNOXVILLE Famoua for Finest Type of Poplar. Oak and Cbaatout VESTAL LUMBER AND MANUFACTURING CO. KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. QUARTERED WHITE OAK OUR SPECIALTY MANUFACTURERS OF QUARTERED WHITE OAK. PUIH OAK. POPLAR, WALNOT & TENNESSEE RED CEDAR LUMBER BAMJD lUI^LS AT VK8TAU A SUBURB OF KNOXVUJLR. BOUTHHRN AND IXJUISVIU^ & NASHVILLHl RAILAOAO J. M. UOOAIN LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWOODS AND PINE POPLAR A SPECIALTY Main Office and Yards: Knoxville Branch Office and Tard: Bank aad McLean Are., Cincinnati I. M. ASHER, M^. We Want Orders for the following Dry Stock: WHITE OAK— Plain or Quartered. RED OAK— Plain or Quartered. CHESTNUT BASSWOOD POPLAR WHITE PINE Always carry large well assorted stock of all kinds of Hardwoods. CAN SHIP ON SHORT NOTICE. Kimball & Kopcke Knoxville, Tennessee Manufacturers and Shippers of Appalachian Hardwoods OAK OUR SPECIALTY Maphct & Shea Lumber Co. )VIanufacturer9 and Qlbolesalers OFFICE: 703-705 HENSON BUILDING Yard: Middlebrook Pike and Lonsdale Car Line KNOXVILLe, CejSTN. WE WANT TO MOVE 3 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Poplar, 7" & up 2 cars 4/4 Clear Sap Poplar, 7" & up 1 car 4/4 Select Poplar, 7" & up 1 car 4/4 1 & 2 Red Oak, 10" & up 1 car 4/4 1 & 2 Chestnut 1 car 4/4 No. i Common Chestnut We manufacture: YELLOW POPLAR OAK, CHESTNUT, WHITE AND YEL- LOW PINE, HEMLOCK BARK, ETC. BAND AND CIRCCLAB MILLS— EAST TENN. MOUNTAIN VIRGIN HARDWOOD STUMPAGE "THE VERY BEST" ASH, BUCKEYE, RED BIRCH, CHESTNUT, GUM, RED OAK, WHITE OAK, PINE, POPLAR and WALNUT Knoxville Veneer Co. p. B. RAYMOND, General Manager, KnoxvUIe, Tenn. HARD WOOD RECORD CI N C I N NATI THE OATEWAT OF THE. SOOTH Lest You Forget and You probably don't know that we are now Manufacturing in White and f^ A TT" Red Plain and Quarter-Sawed \JJ\j\. 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4—100,000 Feet per Day EXPORT AND DOMESTIC BEININETT Sz WITTE MEMPHIS, TErMIN. NEW ORLEANS, LA. CINCINNATI, O. CABLE ADDRESS. ALL OFFICES, "BENNETT" Do You Use Poplar? H you do, you want stock that is soft in texture and easily worked. WE HAVE IT. Let our representative tell you about our stock or send us your inquiries and let us QUOTE YOU. innati Ohio MANUFACTURERS OF PLAIN AND QUARTER-SAWN OAK AND POPLAR MILLS YARDS Quicksand, Kj. MAIN OFFICE Cincinnati, 0. Viper, Ky. CINCINNATI, OHIO io'ch.'st,"'!?!" T. West Irrino, Ky. Brooklyn, N. Y. The Mowbray & Robinson Co.,"m St^ If_ You Knew What our BULLETIN SERVICE ivas doing for jjoiif competitor in the lumber business, youd not onl}) ivant the service yourself, but YOU'D HAVE IT. Let Us Tell You About It. Hardwood Record Chicago W. E. HEYSER. President WEAVER HASS. V. President BENJAMIN BRAMLAGE. Sec'y & Treas. The W. E. Heyser Lumber Company MAIN OFFICE & YARDS Winton Place Cincinnati, Ohio BRANCH YARDS AND MILLS West Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas & Kentucky 12,000,000 ft. High Grade West Vir- ginia and Southern Hardwoods in stock at all times. Shipments made direct from our own yards and mills in straight or mixed cars. SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES L. W. RADINA & CO. DEALERS IN POPLAR AND HARDWOODS CINCINNATI OHIO IF YOU HAVENT SEEN THE GIBSON TALLY BOOK Let us send you one on approval, with samples of Tally Tickets for triplicate, duplicate or single tallies — a score of forms to choose from. They are the latest and best. En- dorsed by hundreds of lumber manufacturers and buyers. HARDWOOD RECORD CHICAGO HARDWOOD RECORD GOOD GRADES LUDrNCrfoN HARDWOOD SPECIALISTS PROMPT SERVICE LAST CALL for Winter Sawn End Dried White Maple Only a limited amount of this stock on hand, so cover your present and fu- ture requirements before the supply is exhausted. Lower Peninsula Hard Rock Maple Stock on Hand 65 M 4/4 FAS. 36 M 5/4 FAS. 48 M 6/4 FAS. 55M8 4FAS. 83 M 4/4 No. 1 Com. 26 M 5/4 No. 1 Com. 32 M 6/4 No. 1 Com. 35 M 8/4 No. 1 Com. KM) DKVING LUMBER SCIENTIFICALLY (TTPii § SALT & LUMBER CO. LuDINGTON,MlCH. LAMB-FISH LUMBER COMPANY We Produce Band Mill and General Offices CHARLESTON, MISS. q THE LARGEST HARDWOOD MILL IN THE WORLD— ANNUAL CAPACITY 40,000,000 STOCK LIST— Dry Lumber on Hand October 1st, 1913 [mietegr- cure [ j FAS Qld. White Oak 80,000 FAS . 3 Cars 4/4 Is and 3s Basswood 3 Cars 4/4 Log Run Birch 3 Cars 6/4 No. 1 Com. & Is and 2s Oak 3 Cars 4/4 Sap Poplar West Virginia Hardwoods WHITE ASH, WHITE OAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT, Etc. AMERICAN LUMBER & MFG. COMPANY, Pittsburgh, Pa. WM. E. LITCHFIELD MASON BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS. Specialist in Hardwoods Manufacturers are reauested to supply lists of stock for sale 1 1 H. D. WIGGIN Tof^^^.^^^ MANUFACTURER HARDWOOD LUMBER Circular-sawed PopUr, Oak, Chestnut, Basswood, Mapl* Hill at Stone Coal Junction, West Tlrtinia PROCTORYENEERDRYE^FlREPROOf UNPARALLELED SUCCESS No Splittinc Nor Checking Nt Clofging Nor Adjnttin; THE PHILADELPHIA TEXTILE MACHINERY COMPANY DEPT. L HANCOCK & SOMERSET STS. PHILA., PA. t Both Ends and the Middle Hardwood Record reaches most everybody who produces mar- kets and consumes Hardwoods. Nothing But Hardwoods HARDWOOD RECORD HP I— I E lANUFA I^ A ^ HP III U, A d 1 LEADING M CTURCRS AND JOBBERS R.E.Wood Company fl Manufacturers of Yellow Poplar, Oak, Cliestnut, Hemlock and While Pine. fl We own our own stumpage and operate our own mills. fl Correspondence solicited and inquiries promptly answered. GENERAL OFFICES: CONTINENTAL BUILDING. Baltimore, Maryland W. P. Craig Lumber Go. Wholesale Hardwood and Building Lumber Empire Building, PITTSBURG, PA. BIRCH All we want is an op- portunity to quote Quality speaks for itself New York Office 25 W. 42d St. Bryant 7891 Geo. Webster Lumber Go. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. VOODS, WTIITE PINE, YEI.I.OW PINK. SPRUCE. HE.MI.OCK. CYPRESS. HARDWOOD IXOORtNG. Give u» a trial. THOMAS E. COALE LUMBER COMPANY FRANKUN BANK BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PA PALMER Si. PARKER OO. TEAK MAHOGANY ebony ENGLISH OAK ifCMCTIse DOMESTIC CIRCASSIAN WALNUT VENEERS HARDWOODS 103 Mediord Street, Charlestown Dist. BOSTON. MASS, LET us talk to you about the plain I and quartered oak that made In- diana famous. It's the kind we make to-day. Wood-Mosaic Co.. New Albany, Ind. The CHEAPEST HARDWOOD LOGGING IS DONE WITH ^ LIDCERWOOD CABLE WAY SKI I>PEW3-rC^-^ »-- •--:.. ...-> n -"^r.a- Br ch- Offic "-Vi'fJ.,' '?..•'.-:-- >!•-.• -'V' .JiHICAGO SEATTLE- 'i'" :,-r_i,.. 1^, , ^-. ,41.'! ..i rt . - , Agencies ? ■ " '^■'■.. Ll DGEI?\A/OOr>'" MPft r*r> NEWORLEANS-WOOOWARD.WICMTACO.LTa ^JJ-^^.f^'^yyS-'^^l-' l^lt^y^. ^SJ. CANADA-ALLIS CHALMERS BULLOCK LTbt MONTREAL VANCOUVER 96 Liberty Street, Now YorJr HARDWOOD RECORD We Will Quote Unusually Altractive Prices On the Following List of Band Sawn Poplar: 1" Is & in. !•/■/' In & Sh. ■iVi" Is & 3b. :i" Is & 28. 1" Wide Box. 1" Narrow Box. 1" Saps & tii-lifU. IVt" Sails * Selects. IVj" Saps & Selects. a" Saps & Selects. N(i IW NiJ T No. 1 Coi 2'/." No. 1 ( H" No. 1 Common. I" No. 2-A Common 1" No. 2-B Common i" No. 2 A « B Con ■iVy No. 2 A & B C .S" No. 2 A & B Comtnon. Faust Bros. Lumber Co. CHICAGO. ILL. MAIN (tlFICK PADUCAH, KY. ». ^ standard for 37 Years ^ Covcl Saw Machinery The machine shown will automatically sharpen band resaws from l" to 6" wide, and it is not necessary to touch the saws after they come off the machine. Kow Fnme CoMtniction. «^-iB^ia^Jiiiii| i 1^ Fifty laii parts Guaranteed to give satisfaction. We make machinerj to take care of all kinds of saws and knives. Our catalog is free. Ask for it. COVEL MFG. CO.. Benton Harbor, Mich. OAK FLOORING HARDWOOD LUMBER Kiln- Dried v^ Polished "^^^^^^ & MFC. CO. 5A RDIS - MI.55. - Hollow Bacl(ed and Bundled Motto '^l "Buy cheaper direct from the mill man" WE SELL- SO", 40" AND 50" WIDE POPLAR Whitson Bros. Lumber Co. J. II. WHITSON W. I>. WHITSON U. T. WHITSON COOKEVILLE — TENN. - ALGOOD PUTNAM COUNTY 'TOmiiww:Sm^;^^^ & floMwoM RecoM Published in the InleresI of the American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Logging, Saw Mill and Wood- Working Machinery, on the 1 0th and 25lh of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Henry H. Gibson, Editor and Manager Edwin W. Meek Hu Maxwel eker| Associate Editors Entire Seventh Floor Ellsworth Building 537 So. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087-8088 Vol. XXXVII CHICAGO, OCTOBER 25, 1913 No. 1 Xt^^'^:^-i>v^^:-'':■'^:'^-'^^^-*^'^^^i^^™^^™^^i>^'i>!^^^ General Market Conditions SEVERAL INTERESTING FEATURES have developed during the last two weeks in connection with the general condition of the hardwood market. These features would indicate that there is a decided exception to the generally poor condition of trade, which exception exists among the millmen. In the first place there comes the discussion which took place in connection with the meeting of gum manufacturers at Memphis on Oct. 18. At this meeting it was brought out that the actual amount of gum cut and sold during the past months of the present vear has been greater than any other similar period. It was also developed that the actual condition of gum stocks is not anywhere near so serious as was expected before the meeting took place. In fact, an actual tabulation showed that the situation with gum was not at all alarming, even though as to actual market value it is -way off and the demand is seemingly becoming more limited instead of broader. In addition to this, there have come to the editorial desk of Hardwood Record advices from representative manufacturers in the mountain sections in eastern Kentucky and Tennessee and West Virginia to the effect that stocks in first hands are not heavy and stocks in the hands of consumers are exceedingly light, in fact, according to the statement of one big manufacturer, more so than that particular concern ever knew them to be. The writer of this same letter predicts that for the winter and spring trade the highest prices for all classes of hardwoods will prevail, and states that it makes this prediction after a great deal of thought and investiga- tion. This opinion seems to be in conformity with that expressed by other big manufacturers in that particular section of the hard- wood producing territory of the country, and opinions of this sort surely offer decided encouragement. On top of this comes a most excellent report from the market conditions committee of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, which met at Detroit on Oct. 22. Northern reports have been more optimistic than southern reports for some little time and the statement of the market for northern hardwoods is in keeping with past conditions. Specifically, the report stated that the total stocks of hardwood lumber were but three and a half per cent greater on Oct. 1, 1913, than on Oct. 1, 1912, when stocks were considered unusually low and could not have been enough to supply a period of good general business activity. They are only eighty per cent of 1911 stocks. This report is shown in full under the heading of the meeting of that association in another part of this issue of Hardwood Record. It offers some interesting and valuable information relative to the condition of stocks of the various northern woods delivered by the members of the associ- ation. Taken altiigether, it demonstrates that Michigan manufac- turers are justly in an optimistic frame of mind. This report backs up the statement of the southern manufacturer referred to regard- ing market values, it being stated that with the demand less than normal during the coming year, there should not be, and probably would not be, much if any concession from present prices, w^hile with general business conditions good a material advance might be expected in the prices for northern hardwoods. Thus can be seen tangible evidence indicating that the hardwood trade should not take conditions too seriously. On the other hand we have tangible evidence that there actually is a decided shading of prices in many of the markets, and it is difficult to make the two conditions jibe. Some support of the favorable condition re- ported is seen in the unquestionably good records for building oper- ations. In many of the leading cities of the country figures are unusually favorable. This condition, however, is not without its serious exceptions. Looking at the question in as broad a way as possible. Hardwood Record is of the opinion that there will probably be a slight feature of encouragement in the market which will make itself gradually more evident and that there will be no real reawakening of demand until certain political questions and questions of foreign policy have adjusted themselves. As stated on various occasions in these columns, business is without doubt on a sound basis funda- mentally but, as also stated, business cannot side-step certain questions which are before the nation and which, whether business approves or not, will have an effect upon the country's markets. As to what this effect will be, it is difficult to say exactly, although it is safe to say in connection with the hardwood market that the actual volume of business, even though made up of a greater num- ber of small orders for a few months to come will at least prevent an alarming accumulation of hardwoods at mill points. A Night's Shelter THE COVER PICTURE which illustrates the current number of Hardwood Record appeals to the woodsman. The temporary shelter is a luxury unknown in the centers of civilization, but be- longs in the depth of the forest. The woodsman when overtaken by night is able to make quick use of nature's resources in constructing a shelter that will shed the dew dripping from the trees, and the rain if the weather is wet. The picture shows a roof of bark resting on forked sticks as posts. With an ax, such a shelter can be constructed by a man in about one hour. He peels the bark from standing trees. That may be 14 HARDWOOD RECORD done at certain limes of the year only. Bark of most trees will not peel (woodsmen call it "slipping") after late spring and early summer. It is commonly said that it peels then because the sap is "going up." That will answer as an explanation if one does not want to be too particular. The fact is, however, that sap going up or coming down has little to do with the facility with which bark may be strippeil at that time. The forming of the layer of now wood just beneath the bark is the cause of the slipping bark; but that is not particularly to the point in the present case. Paper birch is about the only tree whose bark can be stripped off for practical purposes at all seasons; and that is because it sepa- rates into thin layers, independent of the new growth of wood forming beneath in early summer. When "the wayfarer wishes to build a forest shelter at a season when bark will not peel, he uses small branches, spruce and hem- lock if he can get them. A fire built in front throws the heat inside the shelter, reflects it upon the camper, and he sleeps in comfort on the "spruce feathers," which is the name applied to the pile of twigs constituting his bed. If the wind happens to be. in the wrong quarter, he gets a little more smoke than is conducive to his comfort. There is luxury in such a camp for those who know how to enjoy it; but woe to the city greenhorn whose sole experiences have been with hair mattresses and eiderdown quilts. He will realize as never before how close his skeleton lies to his sl^in. The owner of one of the famous buildings of New Yorlc recently spent a night in such a shelter with a rustic guide in the mountains of West Vir- ginia. He murmured, groaned, and knocked hour after hour, ex- claiming every few minutes, "I'd give five thousand dollars to be in New York." Finally he raised it to "ten thousand dollars to be in New York," to which the mountaineer replied, "I don't know but that I'd give that much to have you in New York so I could get some sleep. ' ' The cover picture shows a dense, typical hardwood forest in the luxuriant foliage of early summer. Back of the shelter stands a soft maple. Across the brook are fine yellow jjoplars, indicating fertile land. It is not a limestone soil, as is evidenced by the presence of the great laurel, for it will not grow on limestone. Numerous other species may be made out by the foliage, if one is disposed to examine closely. The brook flowing by completes the luxury; for the water in such a stream is purer than all the health boards in Christendom could make it with settling tanks, filters, dis- infectants, and ultra violet ra3's. Hardwood Paving Blocks THE AMOUNT OF HARDWOOD PAVING in the United States is comparatively small, but there is no good reason why it should not increase. The requirements of a paving block are that it be readily impregnated with preservatives, be strong enough to withstand the stress of traffic, and not too high-priced. There are a number of hanlwoods that comply with these conditions. In the early history of wood block pavements hardwoods such as oak, cottonwood, mesquite and Osage orange were used. In nearly all of these cases the blocks were untreated, or at most dipped or boiled for a short time in tar, asphalt, or other mixture of supposed preservative value, and they failed in most cases to give satisfactory results. Untreated red gum from this country was tried in England and for a time raised great hopes, but it finally proved unsatisfactory. These failures, however, have no bearing on present conditions for with standard methods of treat- ment and laying now in use, many hardwoods are fully as efficient as conifers. But if the woods used are too dense, heavy and hard they will become more slippery than softer woods. In the wood-paving experiments begun by the Forest Service in Minneapolis in 1906, one portion of Nicollet Avenue, 64 feet long and 50 feet wide was laid with white birch blocks which had been air seasoned for several months before being creosoted and used. The width and depth of the blocks was four inches, the lengths four, six and eight inches. The treatment was twenty pounds per cubic foot of creosote oil of lower specific gravity tlian the specifications called for. Inspection after four j-ears of con- tinual service showed the average wear to be only three-sixteenths of an inch, which was exceeded by only one species. Some of the blocks, however, showed decayed heart, as a result probably of faulty inspection at the time of laying the pavement. The manager of the paving department of the Chicago Creosot- ing Company saj's: "Experience has proved that in the Central West we have at least four woods which, when tested by every possible requirement, are suitable for paving purposes. These woods are southern yellow pine, tamarack, hcndock and maplb. One street paved in Chicago with southern gum is not considered a sufficiently conclusive experiment to warrant one to form a definite o]union. . . . Observations made at our plant during the past year show that maple is the wood most easily treated, followed closely by tamarack and hemlock, all three greatly outclassing yellow pine in this respect. ... A little more than a year ago our company furnished enough hard maple blocks to lay the inter- section of Madison Street with Fifth Avenue, one of the heaviest traveled spots in the city of Chicago. It is estimated that the daily vehicle traffic on Madison Street is eight thousand, while that on Fifth Avenue is over five thousand. Pounded by traffic from four directions, these bloeks do not show the slightest sign of - wear. In fact, so satisfactory was the result that the Chicago Railways Company purchased its entire supply for 1912, specify-, ing maple. ' ' Hardwood paviug blocks are also coming into use for factory floors. While the use of hardwood for paving maj' be said to be in its experimental stage there is no doubt but there is a considerable' future lor the business if the hardwood manufacturers care to enter that field and push their product. In- the Midst of Change A GREAT INDUSTRIAL CHANGE is actually taking place in this country, and it is attracting far less attention than its importance deserves. It is based on the development of hydro- electrical power, that is, water power transmitted by electricity. The dedication a few days ago of the great dam across the Missis- sippi at Keokuk called attention to that particular project; but most of the press comments were based on a comparison of the dam with Egypt's largest pyramid as to size. It was really a comparison of ' ' great things to small. ' ' The pyramid is a five-thousand-year-old monument to human folly, the Keokuk dam is a monument to progress and industry. The pyramid's one achievement was the harnessing of one hundred thousand men to do the work of one tyrant; but the installment at Keokuk will harness the forces of nature to do the work of three million men. Therein lies the difference between progress in the days of Cheops, and in the year 1913. Great water power plants are being planned and installed in various parts of the country. Fifty years ago they would have been totally useless, utterly incomprehensible, because only a small part of the power could have been employed on the spot, and none of it could have been transmitted a hundred yards beyond the water wheels that developed it. Now electricity carries it hundreds of miles. One vast central plant may supply power to half a dozen states, and at so low a cost that coal cannot compete unless in proximity to the mines that produce it, and it is doubtful if it can long compete at the very mouth of the mine. There is avadable water power in thLs country to turn every wheel, light every town, heat every home in the United States. Many of tie installations will be enormous, others will be smaller; some will utilize the falls of large rivers, others will be built on smaller streams. Every ton of water that runs down hill has power in it which a turbine, a motor, and a few lines of wire will render avail- able for use. The Keokuk installment is the largest thus far in America; but it will not be the largest long. In the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, six thousand feet above the sea, a larger plant is partly completed. It will supply power three hundred miles away, and a stream so small that a sheep can wade across it will furnish it all. HARD WOOD RECORD Two other plants almost as large are planned in California. Other installments nearly or quite as large as that at Keokuk might, and doubtless will, be built on the upper Mississippi. More power is running to waste in the streams of the Kocky Mountains than that region can ever make use of. Two enormous power stations are utder way in West Virginia, with room for a dozen more. That power will be available in the region between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic coast. New England and the southern Appalachians have enormous possibilities in the way of hydroelectric power. The work is going on far more rapidly than the people realize. It is a fact that has been pointed out by historians that great move- ments, changes, and revolutions are seldom understood or appre- ciated by the people who actually live in the midst of the movements. The revolution in the development of mechanical power now going on in this country is a movement of that kind, and it is attracting comparatively little notice from the general public. The people will wake up in a few years and find that the United States has been electrified, and that the water power has been harnessed. Lumbermen Should Stand by Wood A TIMELY, SEXSIBLK WAENIXG is sounded by The Con- struction News to those who handle and sell lumber that they should stand by their product. The warning is aimed particularly at dealers who sell lumber but are not averse to handling all kinds of substitutes on the side. They sell paper roofing, metal ceiling, makeshift flooring, cor- rugated siding, when they ought to stand up for lumber and per- suade their customers to take it and let sham substitutes alone. These dealers are willing to sell the substitutes because they think they see more immediate profit for themselves. They handle such things as a side line, and count all the profit as clear gain. They charge all expenses up to lumber, because they regard that as their main business, and if they can run in a substitute they seem to think it is good business. It is mighty poor business. They are helping to give wood a bad name by allowing buyers to believe there is something the matter with it, and that cheaper mate- rials will answer as well. Deal- ers in wood owe it to their busi- ness to stand up for their busi- ness and to quit nibbling at the bait dangled before them by the manufacturers of substitutes. Timely Organization ELSEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE OF HARDWOOD RECORD will be found a report of a gathering which can well be considered as of great importance insofar as its bearing on the manufacturing and marketing of gum is concerned. This meeting was called bj- men prominently known as red gum manufacturers, and was held at Memphis on October 18. Those familiar with the trend of the gum market during the last few months readily understand the reason for and significance of the meeting, and it has been clearly understood by gum manufacturers that some concerted action must be taken in order to prevent this most excellent American hardwood from again becoming the drug on the market which it formerly was. The value of concerted action in association work has been too conclusively demonstrated in connection with the lumber busi- ness of the United States to leave room for a minute for any UNSOLICITED testimonial; IrTicfegtjurg export Xumber Co. M.\NUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS OF SOUTHERN HARDWOODS, CYPRESS AND YELLOW PINE MrLLS: Valley Park. Miss. Smedes, Miss. Fenwick. Miss. VIcksburg, Miss., October 6, 1913. HARDWOOD RECORD, Chicago, Illinois. Gentlemen: — Enclosed please find check covering state- ment as per enclosed. Delay In attending to this matter was caused by the writer's absence from the city. We hope that the RECORD will resume its appearance in our mails at once, because we "need it in our business." With kindest regards, we are, Yours very truly, VICKSBURG EXPORT LUMBER CO.. per G. B. Wilson, Sales Mgr. FH-S argiiinent unfavorable to the proposed organization of gum manu- facturers. Hence the logical conclusion was, in face of the unfa- vorable conditions prevailing in the market for gum, that the only salvation of the trade was close association with a view to putting into effect uniformity of manufacturing and sales methods, and also to insure some concerted action for merchandising 'the product of the gum mills. It could hardly have been expected that at the first meeting a permanent organization would be perfected, nor was such a step really to bo desired so precipitantly, inasmuch as a hastily formed organization would unquestionably not embody the proper con- stitution and by-laws to lend themselves with sufficient elasticity to changing conditions. Steps were taken, however, in the appoint- ment of committees of representative gum manufacturers, to work to the end of forming a permanent organization. These commit- tees will report back to the meeting of the same people four weeks from the date of the first meeting. The value of such a gathering was demonstrated "by the Mem- phis meeting in spite of any sentiment that might have been encountered against organizations, inasmuch as through the reports from those in attendance it was learned that the situation of the gum market is really not nearly in such bad shape as it has been considered for several weeks. With this condition apparent, the meeting will have a strong moral effect on the holders of gum and the result will be a no- ticeably strengthened market. While the meeting was closed to representatives of trade pa- pers, it was stated by those in attendance that the sentiment was strongly in favor of a per- manent organization and that there is every probability *;hat such an organization will be perfected within a very short time. If this comes to pass, and if the ambitious plans on foot for exploiting the products of the gum mills are carried through successfully, the next few months will see gum placed back among the leaders in the hardwood market of this coun- try and abroad. Not Practical T TDER A RECENT DATE '^ H.VRDWOOD Record had a communication from a man in- terested in the marketing of for- est products on the Pacific coast. The letter inquired for possible sources of supply for cheap three-ply red gum panels, it being suggested by the writer that he saw no reason, inasmuch as red gum had attained considerable usage in the West for interior finish, why it could not be used very readily for packing case construction. From the physical point of view, considering merely the qualities of the wood and its adaptability for the use suggested, there can be absolutely no doubt that packing cases made from red gum panels, three or five-ply, would, even in as small a thickness as one- quarter inch, if properly reinforced and constructed, suit the purpose admirably. The correspondent, however, overlooked one important factor, which absolutely eliminates the possibility of building up a trade in this par- ticular line in the Pacific coast states, especially under present con- ditions. That factor is freight rates. It is probable that the cheapest veneer he could get for the purpose would be stock costing five dollars per thousand at the mill. To utilize three-ply stuff would mean three times that cost for the area i6 HARDWOOD RECORD of the box to be maUo. On the otlier liuiul, the average rate from the Chicago territory to the coast on panels is $i;.GO per hundred pounds. It is easily seen from this tact that it would be absolutely impossible to cover even the cost of transportation in the sale, let alone the increased cost of gum over the western woods used for packing box construction. At $1.25 a hundred for veneer shipments for the same distance, the prospect of developing a trade in this line for packing-case construction is still absolutely nil, and even where thin stock classed as lumber, including 1/15 m<'h and up in thickness, shipped at lumber rate of seventy-five cents, there is still no chance of making a business proposition out of it. As stated, the physical qualities of gum are very well adapted for the purpose mentioned, and were the manufacturer in question seek- ing a high-class finish in furniture wood he could surely find no better domestic species than the lumber and veneers manufactured from a red gum tree. However, geographic circumstances absolutely pro- hibit the use of low-grade stuft' in the way he sugge.'its. Where Authority Conflicts IT is probably a necessity to have two governing bodies with jurisdiction over freight rate matters in interstate and intra- state business. States' rights seemingly demand that the gov- erning of railroad rates within the border of any state shall bo incumbent upon some authority within each state. On the other hand, it is manifestly necessary to maintain a separate organization for the regulation of rates governing ship- ments on interstate commerce. Nevertheless there are numerous occasions on which a gross injustice is the result of such conflict of authority. One of the most flagrant of these would seem to be the readjustment of freight rates in Michigan based on the Interstate Commerce Commission "s decision regarding the pro- posed general horizontal advance of five per cent in the central classification territory on the one hand, and on a recent order of the State Railroad Commission of Michigan on the other hand to the effect that a readjustment of Michigan rates is necessary. It is contended by Michigan shippers that even though the railroads of Michigan declare that no injustice will be done, and that no action will be taken until a decision has been made on the general advance by the Interstate Commerce Commission, a gross injustice will be worked upon them which injustice would hit lumber shippers particularly strongly. The basis of their contention is that the re-classification of rates in Michigan would mean the abolishment of commodity rates and the establishment throughout of class rates, which in itself will effect a decided increase in the present rates of lumber, it being placed in the sixth class. They contend that even after this readjustment has taken place if the Interstate Commerce Com- mission allows a horizontal advance of five per cent on general rates, advantage will be taken of such a decision by the Michi- gan roads to still further increase rates throughout the new tariffs, which will effect a total increase in Michigan rates rang- ing from five to thirty-three and one-third per cent as against a straight advance on general rates of but five per cent. The inequality of such an arrangement, and the injustice that it would surely result in are easily discernible. It is not possible to foretell accurately what the ultimate out- come will be, but Michigan lumbermen at least are making active arrangements to secure an equal basis for shipments in competition with shipping points in adjoining states. It can read- ily be understood that if the entire matter of freight rates both interstate and intrastate were in the hands of some central body, such conditions would not even threaten. Iowa's Example THE FOREST "jf^ASTE PROBLEM has so nearly solved itself in Iowa, according to a recent report prepared by the Forest Service, that it is no longer a difficult problem there. Iowa is not and never, was a heavily forested region with large logging opera- tions, and to that extent it differs from many other states; but it has dealt with the question of saving waste and has shown that it is not dilTicult to ilo, provided the economic conditions are favorable. It has been found by experience that it is more profitable to ship logs from Minnesota to Iowa and manufacture the lumber at the I)oint of destination than to saw the logs in the forest and ship the lumber only. The shipping of the logs in this ease is by water, wlilch method is much cheaper than by rail. The market is in Iowa. When the logs have floated down stream to the end of their water journey they need travel no further to reach market. They are tliere reduced to lumber, and it finds a sale near at hand. The nuirket takes everything that comes. The lumber, lath, shingles, and .squared timbers are wanted. The scraps are sold for fuel, and the sawdust is bought by ice houses or for stable bedding. The utiliza- tion is complete, and not a particle has to be given away, but every- thiug turns some profit into the lumberman's pocket. If the logs had been reduced to lumber in the Minnesota forests, nothing could have been sold without shipping. The lumber and one or two by-products might have paid the freight and returned a profit; but all else w-ould have been worthless and it would have been left at the mill. Xo particularly new solution has been worked out in Iowa. The same thing has happened elsewhere. It will work wherever conditions are right. Examples of success are always valuable, however, because they are so much more easily understood than mere theory. If an owner of timber can figure out a way to ship his logs to a market that will take the lumber and all the by-products at a profit, he will be inclined to do it, in preference to sawing lumber at a place where the lumber only is salable. The Making of a New Wood ANEW WOOD has a hard time establishing its right to recognition. It takes a long time to get a hearing. The chances are against the new comer in the circle of accepted woods, and a long period of waiting and neglect usually precedes final recognition and acceptance. "Be not the first by whom the new is tried" appears to be the fashion among the users of forest products now as it was among the users of words in Alexander Pope 'a time. No matter how excellent a new wood is, it is looked at askance when it first appears as a candidate for favor. Everybody waits for someone else to try it and demonstrate its good properties. That process is usually slow and long-drawn out. If the candidate for favor happens to be a foreign wood, it must wait still lorger. The pros- pective user considers several points before he will consent to give the new material a trial. He wants to know, first of all, if the supply is adequate, and if he can depend on securing what le needs, in case he finds it suitable. If not assured on that point, he is not likely to prosecute the inquiry further. If the supply is found satisfactory, the price is investigated, and if that is all right, the prospective market is looked into. It aU takes time and results in ycar.3 of uncertainty and delay. A number of the well-known woods of the United St.Ues have had to pass through such periods of trial, apprenticeship, and neglect. For a long time they received no more recognition than if they had been foreign, perhaps not as much. Blackwillow is an instance. No one claims for it a higher place than among the minor species, but until recently it did not have even that much recognition but was classed among weed trees. It has come up out of that plae<» of low esteem and now has more markets than it can fill. It is excellent box material, good for wagon beds, and highly satisfactory as cores or backing for veneers. The willow grows in scattered situations, or in dense small stands, but never in extensive forests. It is most abundant in the lower Mississippi valley, but trees in good situations attain respectable sizes in many parts of the United States. The growth is rapid, and acre for acre it will probably produce as many cubic feet of wood per year, as any other species in this country. The willow is cited simply as an example of a neglected wood which finally made its way to the front. A number of others could be named, but it would be a repetition, for the process of securing recognition is the same with all — ^long delay, discouraging neglect, with ultimate success if success is deserved. From Real Life The Boss: What are you doing down there? The Inspector: Looking for pin ^vorm holes. The Boss: You are a too damned technical inspector for me. au gc to the office and get your pay. All That Was Coming to Him Thf cowboys woro having' .n basoball game down In Tp.vas. A bif; busby ranger clouted the first ball over for a home run. Instead of circling the bases, however, he waited tor the pitcher to de- liver another ball. "Why don't you run?" the crowd shouted. "Got two more strikes yet." — Kvo-ybody's. Exertion In the southern part of Arkansas, where the natives take life easy, a man and his wife were one day sitting on the porch when a funeral pro- cession pa.ssed tbc house. The man wa.s comfort- ably seated in a chair tilted back on Its hind legs against the side of the house, and was engaged in whittling a piece of wood. As the procession proceeded, he said : "I reckon or man Williams's got about the biggest funeral that's ever held aroun' hyear. Parollnc." "A purty good-sized one, is It, Bud'-" queried tlie wife, making no effort to move. "You betcher !" Rud answered. "I certainly would like to see it," said the woman. "What a pity I ain't failn' that way!" Making Up for Lost Time Clssie — "Why In thr name of goodness do yoa keep taking out your watch. Have ymi a train 10 catch?" Tom — "Eh? Oh, no. The fact Is I baven't seen It for a long time."— /JliMdo/rd Bitt. Survival of the Fittest Rmployer — "Yes, I artverllseil for a strong boy. Do you think you can (ill the bill?" Appllrant — "Well. I Just finished llckln" four- teen other fellers that were waitin' out In tb« hall." — notion Erenimi Transcript. —17— ^t;gt^oa;^ixty per cent of the merchantable timber at least comj>ose4l vhite pine, spruce, and hemlock. During the year 1911 approximately one- half-billion board feet of lumber was cut in New York. The hardwoods represented ill this cut are best shown in the following table. The average wholesale prices at the mill as given in the Bureau of Census re- jiorts are also shown: Yearly cut Species— M feet B. M. Hard maple 65,313 iOOD STAND OF MIXED HARDWOODS AND riNE RUNNING ABOUT 18.000 FEET TO THE ACRE ch 41,026 Basswood 29,638 Birch 28,46.'; Uak 27.446 Chestnut 16,341 Elm 12,462 Asb 10,727 Misc.. including hickory, wal- nut, butternut, cherry, Kvenmore, etc 7,000 Price at mill $16,52 flEXERAL VIEW OF ROLLWAY, MILLS AND YARDS OF THE EMPORIUM LUMBER COMPANY, A LARGE HARDWOOD OPERATION AT CONIFER IN THE HEART OF THE ADIRONDACKS 238,648 The total cut of the softwoods in 1911 amounted to 288,000,000 board feet, exceeding that of the hardwoods by only about 50,000,- 000 feet. And when one considers the great amounts of hardwoods utilized in the many indus- tries which are not shown in the Census lumber reports, this apparent dis- crepancy would rapidly disappear. The majority of the softwoods shown in the above cut in fact is composed of h e m 1 o ck which, twenty years ago, scarcely entered the markets at all. The principal Adirondack hardwoods cut are, therefore, hard maple, beech, basswood, birch and oak, with some elm, chestnut, ash and hickory found chiefly at the lower elevations and in the many wood- lots. In former years, practically all of the hardwoods consumed in the state were brought in from the Middle West and the Lake State region, and the real cause of the increased stumpage prices obtained in the Adirondack region is the increasing demand for wood used in the various lines of utilization. The prices obtained for forest HARDWOOD RECORD JS protliK'ts ami particularly for the better hardwoocls are [iriilinlily aa good in New York as in any other state in the Union on aCL'ount of the dense population, varied wood consuming industries and special manufacturing interests. For instance, the Brooklyn Cooperage Com- pany of Tupper Lake makes practically all of the sugar barrels used in the Xew York and Philadelphia trade. There is also an almost countless number of small slack cooperage plants located all over the state to supply barrels, especially for fruit shipping. Western New York still maintains its high position as a producer of apples and the large quantities of barrels used in this industry bring from forty to forty-five cents apiece. In the future, it is estimated that the hardwoods will more than ever hold their present important position in the lumber production of the .\dirondack region. The hardwoods replace themselves so readily by sjirouting and by scattering their seeds over both cut- over ami burned areas that they gradually occupy areas formerly covered by the white pine, spruce and hemlock. For several years around 1860 Xew Y'ork was a leader in lumber production. At the present time it is the twenty-third state on the list; but in spite of this wide discrepancy statistics show that the present value of lumber produced is approximately the same as that of 1860. Moreover, New York used to supply a large portion of the wood consumed within the state. Now it sends from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 out of the state for forest products every year. The New Y'ork Central Eailroad alone spends between $3,000,000 and $3,500,000 a year for ties, which could easily be produced within the borders of the state. It is very fortunate that New Y'ork has taken the leadership in forestry work, having a total forest reserve area of over 1,600,000 acres of which 1,400,000 are in the Adirondacks. There are over 19,000,000 seedlings in eight state nurseries in which yellow poplar, red oak, black locust, honey locust and a variety of hardwoods are being raised and set out over the state in addition to the white pine, Norway pine, Scotch pine and Norway spruce. A great deal of splendid work has also been done along the line nf fire protection. The Adirondacks have suffered from fire as severely :is any other region in the country. The hardwoods have suffered from these flagrant fires as well as the conifers, as the two are always found in mixture and there are now forty-nine fire towers connected up by telephone, maintained and operated by the state conservation commission. This fire protection service, along with the reforestation, has the hearty co-operation of the lumbermen of the state. Already about 3,5U0 acres have been planted up to new growing timber. The reforestation and fire protection policies of the state have been strongly endorsed by the Empire State Forest Products Associa- tion, composed of all the lumbermen and "paper pulp interests of the state. This organization is also very active in favor of repealing the state laws which prevent the cutting and utilization of any timber on the big state reserves. Even mature or decaying, or even fire-killed timber, cannot be lawfully utilized, according to an old constitutional provision. It has been estimated that a revenue of from .$1,000,000 to $1,500,000 could be annually secured from the present state reserve area without impairing its productivity and value for future forestry purposes. These reserves contain some of the finest hardwoods and coniferous timber in the Adirondacks and it is expected that they will be handled for the production and utilization of timber in the same way that the big federal national forests are being managed in the West. They would also furnish material for the mills which, .sooner or later, will have to go out of business from lack of logs. It is in the closer and more intensive utilization of the products of the forest, however, that the lumbermen arc mostly interested, and as successful examples of complete utilization may be found with the Adirondack hardwoods as in any other forest region in the country. Moreover, conditions are very favorable to specializing in hardwood products and to the utilization of practically all the slabs, trim- mings, edgings and even sawdust, which in many operations are con veyed to the burner. These conditions are as follows: 1. Proximity to the most densely populated section of the country. 2. Good transportation facilities. Ti. Kxicllent nuirkets for all kinds of products. i;__-Developnient of varied wood-using industries to utilize other- wise waste products, such as wood alcohol, furniture, cooperage, shoe last, novelty, broom handle, dowel, vehicle and handle stock plants. The recent co-operative study of the wood-using industries of New York carried on by the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse and the Unitcu States Forest Service has developed some very interesting facts, among which are that New York is the greatest wood consuming state in the Union and it is a leader in the box board, excelsior, wood pulp, music instrument, gunstock, furniture and shipbuilding industries. During the year 1!)12 the investigation showed that over 1,750,000,000 board feet were consumed in the wood-using industries of the state. These eagerly center around the Adirondack region, the lumber centers of HufTalo, the Tonawamias, New Y'ork City and Jamestown, which is a great furniture and veneer point. Connected with several of the Adirondack hardwood mills are many specialized industries, such as shoe last, handle, whip stock, bobbin, furniture round and novelty mills, which depend largely on the otherwise waste products of beech, hard maple, birch, basswood and red cherry for their raw material. Very little sawdust goes to waste, for it finds a ready market for packing purposes, stal)le bed- ding, storing of ice, especially in the big ice houses along the upper Hudson river, mattings, etc. N. C. B. Baltimore Exports Gain The curtailment of lumber exports through Baltimore, which had become very pronounced for several months, seems to have been checked, and for the first time since the beginning of summer the month of September showed an increase in shipments as compared with the corresponding month of last year. The gain, taking mere totals for September last over September, 1912, was somewhat more than 100 per cent, but account must be taken of the fact that a considerable part of the increase is on the score of West Virginia spruce shipments to South America, which are occasional and make up nearly three-quarters of the increase. There was a falling off in the forwardings of hickory and oak logs, the classification "all other logs" also exhibiting a blank. A slight reduction in the ship- ments of oak lumber is likewise to be noted, while poplar and "all other ' ' lumber made a material gain. The general tendency appeared to be in the direction of an expansion of the exports, and it is thought that the low ebb of the foreign movement has been passed. The comparative figures are as follows: liil.t 1912 I-.'Ct Feet ij\iantit.v. Viiliic. Quantity. Value. «,000 $200 1'.-|.000 ^-.i.fitC, Tu.OOO 3.727 20.000 620 30.000 850 Hickory Logs, Hickory Logs, Walnut Logs. Oak Logs, All Others Lumber. Oak 1.5U3.000 02.097 1 ,.i86,000 .52.397 Lumber, Poplar :m.000 l.-.,8-41 133,000 5.707 Lumber, .Ml Others 2.39.000 10.300 9S.O0O 4.203 Shocks, All Others 1 .•'i7fi 1.514 1.990 2.025 Staves 2l.:ir.3 1.930 7.103 475 All other manufactures of lumber :i.fi00 4.5.59 Furniture -■•'^■'" -•"''* Trimmings '-^l-* ^ ■'"' .Vll other manufactures of wood .30.61(1 24.048 The total of all exports for September last is $211,140, against not more than $104,823 for September, 1912, but, as has been ex- plained, not less than $71,328 of this is on account of spruce lumber, which is shipped only occasionally and of which several shipments may happen to fall within one month, thus materially swelling the total of exports without making the increase of real signifi.iime in sofar as the export business generally is concerned. About the best way to keep from being a slave to your business is to be master of it. Even a "hot air" brand of jpoliteness is better than none. .\ reputation for furnishing good lumber is worth a lot more in the market than a reputation for furnishing cheap lumber. Sometimes a furniture manufacturer hopes to save money by seeking a lower grade lumber for his work when the true route to economy is really by way of th.' upi>er grades at higher prices. 'iQJWitfMMIimaiTOBWtTOaiWiTO^ The Red Gum Situation Editor's Note The following iciiicr the meetinK of gum mam iiccomplishuipnts of this i Sumner's talk point out l.lac- at M 111 ilctail In lis why red The -writer regrets that conditions over which he has no control have not permitted him to attend tlie meeting of the red gum manufacturers in Memphis on October IS. As no doubt all the manufacturers know, tlie writer has been a strong advocate and booster of red gum ever since it was put on the marlcet, and, of course, any discussion to help along the sale of same is naturally of interest to liim. The questions that are set forth in the call for the meeting, under date of October 11, are of special interest. The first — why has the market eased off? In the following, bear in mind, that the writer speaks only of the conditions tliat e.xist in the eastern .states. The consumers are principally the trim manufacturers, the furniture manufacturers and the piano manufacturers. The trim trade is at a standstill. This statement can be confirmed by anyone who knows the condi- tions, or has traveled through either New York state or Pennsyl- vania, and is especially marked in New York City. The furniture manufacturers are fairly busy, but inasmuch as they have no prospects ahead of two months or so, they cannot be induced, except at especially low prices, to invest in any lumber. The piano manu- facturers seem to be working full time, but they, too, will not buy ahead of their requirements, so that it resolves itself down to the fact that red gum is in pretty much the same condition as other hardwoods, although there are one or two other conditions that probably make it the slowest mover today. The basis of these conditions go back to the last flood. When the first report of the flood at Dayton was heard a great deal of stock, as all of you gentlemen know, and principally the red gum in the lowlands section, was immediately put on wheels and shipped without orders to the various consuming sections. The consuming manufacturers at that time had really a large stock on hand and while they were not interested in buying in large amounts they took in some of the stock and, of course, the balance of it was stored. In the summertime they started to use the first of this consignment of stock, and at just that time the other manufac- turers of red gum were again offering stock for sale. In the early fall busines fell off and there was no volume of busines to speak of. As a consequence, manufacturers began to offer their stock at lower prices. With this drop in the market and with no special pressing need the buyers grew conservative and decided they would hot invest until they knew exactly what conditions were. Today an enormous volume of red gum is being offered by the manufacturers. There is a much greater volume being offered than is really on hand, for the reason that one stock sheet received in a big center by say ten wholesalers is copied and sent out broadcast by each of them. As a consequence there is ten times the actual amount offered from one mill and a buyer in one city will get at least five stock sheets. Now this, coupled with the stock sheets and offers that are coming in from the mills direct, as well as from wholesalers in other cities, gives a buyer the impression that guni isn't selling at all, and that he can get it at his own figure later on. You will no doubt be surprised to know that firsts and seconds red gum is being sold as low as $37.00 on a Philadelphia rate of freight by Louisiana mills, and by ear shipments. Even at this price, some consuming manufacturers are buying in only limited quantities, believing that there is to be a still further decrease in prices. Now, you ask the question, "What is the remedy?" No amount of advertising or any other sales work will under these conditions be of any use; money would be only wasted while these conditions exist. The underlying conditions are as follows: People are not buying luxuries in the face of the present times and are buying only actual necessities. This affects the piano ami —20— umner of tlw Siimupr Liimhor Company, New York <:itv, at mphis. Tenn.. on Saturday, October 18. The purpose" and another part of this Issue of Hardwood Record. Mr. gum is in the position it occupies today. the furniture industries. Real estate at this time is a drug on the market for the reason that it is a slow asset, and at this time money is not plentiful. This affects the trim trade. Then, too, the investment market today offers on the best securities a six to seven and one-half per cent return on the money invested, and offers as well the chance of making a good deal of money in buying at the present-day prices which, as you all know, ;ire very low in comparison to what they have been. There is no question but that in the adjustment of conditions the feeling of confidence that will grow when legislative matters have been settled, will strengthen gradually. The investment market will go up and from the profits realized thereby the public will again have money to put into real estate and into the luxuries which in turn will affect the real estate business, the trim business, the furniture business and the piano business, which industries, as you know,- constitute the bulk of the consumers of red gum. While there is no question but that underlying conditions are absolutely sound, at the same time there is not the feeling of con- fidence today that there will be in the spring, by which time the effects of the tariff, currency bill and other legislative factors will have been felt. Lumbering in London The largest city in the world would naturally be the last place to look for logging operations, including the felling, conversion, and selling of trees; yet a recent issue of the Timber News, published in London, gives some interesting facts on the subject of timber-cutting in that great metropolis. In the first place, the city includes about 118 square miles, and it is not solidly built up. Vacant lots and squares contain venerable trees, some of them centuries old. As building operations are extended it becomes necessary to clear this land, and the trees are sold to opera- tors who cut and remove them. Rather large quantities of logs are occasionally secured in this way. Oak predominates, but a recent sale included trees of Lebanon cedar planted centuries before. It might be supposed that very high prices would be paid for timber in the heart of London, particularly when trees are sound and of large size; but such prices are not realized. A lot of seventy oak trees "of hard, clear timber," sold for about fifty dollars, board measure, per thousand; and the Lebanon cedars, one of which meas- ured over 1.000 feet, brought only $18 a thousand. There was a reason for the low prices. Timber buyers are strongly prejudiced against city trees, because experience has shown that such trunks are liable to contain all the way from a pound to a keg of nails, spikes, and bolts that have been driven in for various purposes dur- ing the last few centuries; and sometimes little good lumber can be cut from trees which have an outside appearance of being perfect. Correction in Article on Eucalyptus In Hardwood Record of September 2.5, 1913, page 24, in Mr. Tiemann's article on eucalyptus, a typographical error occurred in the sentence: "The rate of growth of manna gum at the Santa Monica experiment station is at best hardly two-thirds that of blue gum, although it is reported to exceed the latter in the Hawaiian Islands." In this sentence, "manna gum" should read "red ma- hogany." There has been some discussion in California as to the relative merits of the two species in question, and the sentence, as originally printed, might lead to a misunderstanding. Knowledge is power only when you can use it — without use it is more like dead timber — likely to decay. f^^ -v/A:«:.ic>^:>it:>im!liTO!)5TOil^^ Drying Plain and Quartered Oak The man wlio would ilo thorough and scientific drying of oak lumber for cabinet or millwork must make it a point to separate his plain oak from his quartered oak. With the upper grades this is commonly done in the process of grading so that it is easy enough to keep and handle it separately in drying if one would but just think about it and provide for it. Sometimes in the lower grades plain and quartered oak is mixed, and sometimes a plain oak board may have a quartered strip along one edge of it. This makes a bad combination for proper drj-ing. Opinions and results of experiments on drying plain and quar- tered oak di6fer because of different local conditions and view- points, but all who have experimented with thorough drying such as should be done for cabinet and millwork know there is quite a difference between drying quartered oak and plain oak. One manufacturer who makes a product calling for practically bone-dry stuff, and works both plain and quartered oak, says that it takes him just about three times as long to dry quartered oak as it does plain oak. The drying is done in the same kiln, but not at the same time unless he can arrange to get what plain oak he has to dry on the first truck so that it can be taken out when it is dry and the quartered stock left in. To mix a few plain oak boards in with the quartered stock means that they will be honeycombed and ruined in the process of drying. When the plain and quartered oak is dried in the same kiln some difference is made in the temperature, but the main difference is in the time and the amount of moisture. More steam, or rather more moisture, is used in the drj'ing of plain oak and the drying is done in practically one-third of the time that is required to dry quartered oak. It is easy enough to understand that it takes longer to dry quar- tered oak than it does to dry plain oak and that the two should not be mixed together and dried at the same time. The explana- tion of why this is may not be so easy for some to understand, and yet it is logical enough. The splash lines in the quartered oak prevent the moisture escaping freely through the sides of the boards and because of this the moisture must be gotten out mainly through the edges and ends of the boards. Experiments have shown that it takes considerably longer to dry wide stock in quartered oak than it does narrow stock, which is proof enough that quite a percentage of the moisture is taken out through the edges. In plain oak the splash lines run through the thickness of the board and the moisture can be drawn out through the sides and the ends instead of through the edges and the ends as is the case with the quartered oak. The annual rings of growth with the hard and soft streaks are not the same check to moisture that the splash lines prove to be, consequently the drying can be car- ried on much more rapidly, and while in every case it may not be accomplished in a third of the time on plain oak that is required on quartered oak, in every case where thorough drying is accom- plished it will be found that the plain oak can be dried easier and quicker than the quartered oak. The moisture-resisting nature of the splash line in quartered oak is well attested by the fact that in making staves for whiskey barrels this is one of the important points taken into consideration in inspecting and grading the staves. A really good stave must have three splash lines showing in its thickness extending through it from edge to edge, and all of them must be so that there is no chance for moisture to work in between two splash line figures on the inside and reach the outer surface of the staves. It is the splash line in the white oak staves that prevents the alcohol from penetrating and keeps down the loss from evaporation. Natu- rally if it will do that it is a pretty strong check against the driv ing out of the native moisture of the tree through the sides in drying. Those who just reduce oak lumber to shipping dryness or to what may be called fairly dry may not fully appreciate the distinction made here between drying quartered and plain oak. Many of them, too, may not understand fully the difference between getting oak lumber fairly dry and getting it thoroughly dry. It is perhaps safe to say that ninety per cent of the troubles in mill and cabinet work with swelling and shrinking and warping are due to lack of thorough drying. Many people do not seem to realize that most of the shrinking of oak lumber is done after it passes the fairly dry stage— between that and the thoroughly dry stage. This is true of other lumber also, and it is one of the things that gave the manufacturers of oak flooring a great advantage over those of pine flooring. Wlien manufacturers of pine flooring think they have finished their drying they have just about reached the stage in the drying process where the manufacturer of first-class oak is beginning to do serious work. The manufac- turer of high-grade oak flooring realizes that if he would have his stock fit snugly and not show those unsightly cracks that spoil a finished floor, he must get his lumber so dry that there is no more moisture in it. He soon learns, too, that to stop drying just a little too soon will spoil the quality of his flooring because there is a greater percentage of shrinkage to the amount of moisture taken out in the final stages of the drying than during any other period. This is the point that some manufacturers of flooring stumble over and thus injure the flooring business, not merely by the process of cheapening the product, but mainly because they deliver to the public a finished product not thoroughly dry, that will afterward do enough shrinking to make it unsightly and to give the oak flooring business a black eye. This same shortcoming is noted in cabinet and planing mill work, perhaps much more of it than many suspect, and certainly consid- erably more than there ought to be. To make up and finish good cabinet or millwork today calls for so much investment in the way of raw material cost and work bill that the effort should not be wasted and the result spoiled through a lack of thoroughness and efficiency in drying. The drying process should be made thorough and complete. This should be the first consideration, and then there are various other facts that enter, such as drying to prevent undue checking and to guard against unnecessary hardening of the wood in the process. To get these and the other things as they should be the first step in the process of drj-ing oak is to separate all the plain oak from the quartered, and wherever practical, use different kilns for it or the same kiln at different times. If it becomes necessary to put both plain oak and quartered oak in the dry kiln at once keep the plain oak to itself at the front so that it can be taken out when it is dry. It would not be a bad idea in drying the quartered oak to assort it with the wide stock separate from the narrow strips and so arrange it as to give the wide stock longer time in the kiln. This is not so imperative as the matter of separating the plain from the quartered, but it is a point worth keeping in mind and experimenting with when there is an opportunity J. C. T. Weeds and Woods Emerson defines a weed as a plant whose virtues have not been discovered. This definition will apply with equal force to our so- called inferior woods. If the properties of every wood were fully known and then each kind were employed only for the purposes to which it is naturally adapted the drain on our forests would be materially lessened. Another definition of a weed is that it is a plant misplaced. Dandelions on well-kept lawns are a pest but cultivated in our gardens they become a vegetable of considerable worth. Some wobds with positive merit when employed alone are a source of trouble when mixed indiscriminately with better kinds. In the em- ployment of such mixtures in construction the factor of safety called for by the specifications must be large enough to cover the weakest wood, thereby involving a waste of the better kinds which we can least afford to waste. —21— V»«axaBiaa>a!>Bi«MCBTOC){w>;oty^ •^ Is the Platform a Good Investment? ^ A lot of liardwood men, especially those -who are in the wholesale end of the business, shy at the idea of putting money into equipment as rapidly as a colored gentleman of dice-rolling pro- clivities does at the mention of the police. He simply can't ac- custom his mind to the idea that such an investment can be made to pay dividends, but keeps insisting that he wants to put all of his money into lumber, where it can ho turned over rapidly and made to produce profits in proportion. For this reason the numlier of yards whieli are being operated without platforms probably constitutes a majority. Yet there are plenty of yards where platforms prevail, and where the owners have found, according to tlieir own statements, that they can be made not merely a convenience, but actually a big asset in the operation of the business. They ought to know, and consequently their testimony' on the subject, though to a certain degree preju- diced, ought to be accepted as worth something. Taking up first the points against the platform, that of initial expense is the chief item. It costs a good deal of money, depending on the size of the yard, to equip it completely with platforms, both material and labor entering into the proposition. The money that is spent in this way has to remain there permanently, and there is no way of getting it back except by experiencing advantages in the use of the platform. On the other hand, however, the fact that hand-trucks can be used almost if not quite exclusivelj', means that an investment in horses and harness, not to meiltion expenditures for stables, feed, etc., can be wiped off the slate. Some live stock is needed, ordi- narily, for handling lumber to other yards and to local consumers; but the number of horses needed is extremely small contrasted with the size of the string which must be maintained when horses are used for trucking work. The cost of maintenance is a serious point in the argument against platforms. The work of replacement must be begun in three or four years after the platform is built, and after that, in the experience of most lumbermen, a man must be kept busy most of the time putting in new planks and keeping the platform in good shape. This is a considerable item of expense, and one of the chief factors that can be lined up against the use of a platform. But this expense is almost certainly overcome by the saving that is made through the elimination of lost time which accrues when men are kept waiting for the arrival of the trucker. One can see dozens of instances of this loss in walking through any wholesale yard where a lot of business is being done. The truck may be filled and ready to move, but in most instances the horse is not immediately at hand, and the time of everybody is lost while the movement of the lumber is being held up. The increased labor needed to get lumber into and out of a car when the floor of the car is several feet above the level on which the yard crew is working can also be easily figured. It may seem as though no time is being lost in handling the stock, but the very fact that greater physical exertion on the part of the men is neces- sary means that they are not as fresh at the end of the day, and their movements are less rapid, than those of lumber handlers who have not been compelled to work against gravity to the extent of the others. While three or four men are needed to handle a truck loaded to its full capacity, the quickness with which they can dispose of the work keeps the absence of horses from being noticed. And, as indicated, the work moves forward without loss of time, because there is no waiting. There is a particularly marked advantage for the lumberman when stock is being handled from one car to another. The speed with which this can be accomplished is really remarkable. But, as pointed out above, the men are not working against gravity to the^ extent that is observed when the lumber must go down from the car to the truck, and then up from the truck into the other car. —22— It takes more labor, and likewise more time, which is another way of saying more money. Even in the best of yards where no platforms are used, the alleys got in bad condition and it is difficult to work in tliem in the winter time, especially after a rain or snow. The jol) of hauling lumber around under those conditions is difficult and expensive. The use of a platform gives the men a dry place to work at all times, and there is never any loss of time after a rain; the men can work just as easily as before, and are not incommoded by having to w'ade around in the mud. This and other points which have been mentioned relate largely to the comfort of the men employed in the yard. From this it might be assumed that the platform was devised as a humanitarian proposition, intended to make the work of a crew of lumber hustlers easier than before. This was not the reason; but at the same time the fact that men can be more comfortable and can do the same amount of labor with less expenditure of effort is ample proof that the work is being done at less cost. The tired laborer cannot achieve as much as the fresh one, and the man wlio has to put forth effort that his competitor is not called upon to produce is going to show it in his work before the day is over. The yard which uses a platform to best advantage is one which has a good deal of car-to-car business to handle, for, as suggested above, this is one of the places where the advantages of this kind of equipment make themselves most manifest; while the handling of inch lumber can be better managed with a platform than when thicker stock torms the bulk of the lumber which goes through the yard. The heavier stock cannot be trucked by hand to as good advantage, and the use of a platform consequently appears to best advantage when inch lumber predominates. Perhaps in an extremely large yard hand-trucking would be out of the question, on account of the length of time taken, and be- cause three men would be tied up instead of only one man and a horse. Here it is the same question as to the use of motor trucks in general business; in long hauls they show to best advantage, while short hauls, with many stops, prevent them from making a good record under most conditions. In the same way the yard which is not too big and has no ex- tremely long hauls can use platforms with obvious benefit, while it is doubtful if a good showing could be made in a yard covering an unusual area and involving hauling through exceptionally long alleys from the ear to the stacks, and vice versa. "We have been using platforms in two hardwood rehandling yards," said the manager of a well-known concern, "and we have found them an advantage. Whether other people would experience the same results is a question. I may say, however, tliat we handle mostly inch lumber, and that this class of stock seems to work in better than when thicker, heavier lumber, or long timbers must be taken into account. "The advantage of having the men on dry footing all the time is not to be discounted. It improves their tempers, for one thing, and results in more and better work being done, for another. I believe there are fewer delays in the yard where hand-trucking is- the rule than when horses do most of the work. We seldom have men tied up waiting for something to do, but can keep the work moving without interruption. We think a good deal of this is due to the use of the platform, though in this we ma.v be mistaken. "All in all, however, we regard the proposition as a good invest- ment; and while, if we were able to convert the money spent in building and maintaining the platforms into cash, it would be a temptation to do so, I am sure that we are not likely to try to get along without them under present conditions." G. D. C, Jr. Floods follow forest denudation, and the disasters of this year can be traced in part, at least, to non-forested watersheds. It is much easier, however, to explain Avhy these things happen than to discover a way to keep them from happening again. \^tl^tN^j;^v:>:v>:vi,xa5x>:*MC'Ws;tiyJiliOTi^^ >.- 'MUiWaTOCT' Some Fence Post Figures The anuual l>ill for feuce posts in the United States is a large item. Xo census has ever been taken by which the actual number is shown. Irom the nature of the case that is impossible, because probably not more than half of the posts used are bought and sold in markets. Many farmers cut on their own land whnt they need, and no account is kept and no report made. A careful estimate is as much as can be expected. The govern- ment report for Iowa, furnishes the basis of such an estimate, for Iowa is a farming state, a large user of posts, and the ratio per acre there can be applied to the farmland of the whole United States, with certain allowances. Tt is shown that the farmers of that state use in round numbers 10,000,000 new posts every year in repairing and building fences, and that the cost of the posts is $1,400,000, with $600,000 additional for setting them. That is a round sum of two million dollars a year. The population of Iowa compared with the whole United States is as one to forty; but the ratio of farming population is nearer one to twenty, since Iowa is prei>minently a fanning state. As- suming that as a basis for estimate, it is found that the United States demands 20,000,000 new fence posts a year, at a cost, set in the ground, of approximately $40,000,000. The average life of fence posts in Iowa is stated to be fourteen years. There is, however, great difference in the lasting properties of different woods. Osage orange lasts five times as long as willow, and in length of service it heads the list of post timbers in that state. The comparative life of other post timbers in Iowa is shown in the following list, ranging from the longest to the shortest: Red cedar, locust, white oak, northern white cedar (arborvitae), catalpa, black walnut, butternut, red oak, willow. In this list red cedar is most expensive and willow cheapest. Th;it rule would not hold everywhere, because the cost of posts in different regions varies. Where a timber grows and is plentiful, it is cheap, but it might be expensive where it docs not grow. It may be a matter of surprise that catalpa makes a poor showing as a post timber in Iowa. It was once advertised as the coming tree that was to end most of the farmer's timber troubles, and no man knows how many thousands were planted in the Plain states; yet in the supply of posts in Iowa, the wood falls short of one per cent; white oak exceeds forty per cent; even black wal- nut furnishes more posts in that region than catalpa, and butternut is also above it. If the Iowa ratio of round to split and sawed posts holds throughout the whole country, it means that more than half of all are used in the roiinil. They are cut from young trees, too small to split or to pass through a sawmill. The round post when cut from most woods is peculiarly subject to decay. That is because it is largely sapwood, which is not durable. The cutting of young trees for posts, and using them without preservative treatment, is wasteful. Such trees usually make no more than two or three posts each. Preservative treat- ment will greatly lengthen their period of service. Black walnut is generally classed as a durable wood, and that reputation is well. founded when heartwood is used; but small, round walnut posts decay in a very short time. It is because such posts are almost wholly sapwood. Little heartwood forms in wal- nut until the tree attains considerable size. Even if the wood were durable its use for fence posts would be of doubtful economy, because of its greater value for other things. Six board feet of lumber as the equivalent of an average fence post is a low estimate, but at that the annual cut of posts in the country equals 1,200,000,000 feet, board measure, or about three per cent of the total sawmill output of lumber. \;)iWi;iia5t9^;TO;^::>^TOc;iTOU>;;i>5^^ A pamphlet of nearly one hundred pages has just been published by the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station at Ames, showing the uses of wood in that state for manufacturing purposes. The sta- tistics were collected and compiled by John T. Harris, statistician of the United States Forest Service, for the year 1911, and the report was printed by the state, with a chapter on the timber resources of Iowa added by G. B. Maedonald, state forester, and another by Nel- son C. Brown on the white pine in Iowa. Iowa is essentially an agricultural state, about ninety per cent of its area being taken up with more than 217,000 farms. Probably one-fifth of the state was forested when white men first reached it, the principal growth being along the rivers, though the forests often reached back many miles into the prairies. The finest sycamore, wal- nut, and oak were soon cut and timber of that class has almost disap- peared; in fact, today practically nothing of the original forest re- mains. Much timber has been planted, however, some as woodlots and some as windbreaks and shelterbelts. Most of the material obtained from Iowa forests goes to supply the ever increasing domestic needs of the woodlot owners, and is not accounted for in this report of the annual consumption of wood for factory products. Iowa still produces timber, but by far the greater part of the wood used by manufacturers comes from the outside. The state's wood-using industries are important, and Iowa's f >restry de[iartment is giving more attention to plans for protecting ■ rid further developing such valuable assets as the woodlot and the iidustries depending on nood. In quantity the white pine used by Iowa manufacturers equals nearly any four other woods. In price per thousand feet it is ex- ceeded by twenty-three species. The highest average price paid for any species was for 5,000 feet of Circassian walnut at $300 per thousand. The cheapest was black willow at $14. Compared with prices in most other regions no very cheap wood is used in the state. Some of the states which buy lumber for manufacturing purposes at a lower rate than Iowa pays are: Missouri, one wood; Arkansas, ten woods; Michigan, ten; Tennessee, twelve; and Louisiana and Mississippi, nineteen each. The average price for the entire quantity of wood purchased by Iowa manufacturers was considerably above the average in most states. This was because Iowa is not in a tim- ber region and also because the kind of manufacturing carried on demands a good class of raw material. Still another reason for the high cost of the wood may be found in the fact that much of it is bought in rather small amounts and retail markets are patronized. The woodworkers of Iowa are not generally in the business for the purpose of working up and disposing of an abundance of material that is seeking a market, but rather to supply a market which is active in its demands. Iowa manufacturers of wood products sell largely to home iieople. Less than three per cent of the lumber and logs used grow in the state. Iowa is an interesting battleground between the southern, western, and Lake states manufacturers of lumber, and is so situated territorially that it receives competitive bids from regions on all .«ides. It draws from a wide range of species. Freight rates from the extreme West to Iowa are not prohibitively above rates from the extreme South. The result is that very interesting competition has developed between certain species of wood for certain purposes. For example, though the average price of redwood in Iowa is about $10 above the price of cypress, yet the California wood is so easily handled in the factory and is so free from defects that many estab- —23— 24 HARDWOOD RECORD lishments are willing to pay the differeuee in price. KednooJ makes a very attractive appearance in a number of commodities, such as dairymen's and apiarists' supplies, tanks, silos, and general mill- work. Possibly the western sawmill men are shipping into the state a carefully selected stock, but however that may be, redwood is in- creasing in favor even with the heavy handicap in price. The quan- tity of cypress bought in 1911 by Iowa manufacturers, liowever, was nine times that of redwood. In the same way, Douglas fir from Washington and longleaf pine from Louisiana meet in active com- petition in Iowa woodworking factories. The southern wood i.s pur- chased in considerably larger amounts, but the fir is higher in price, and there is not much difference in the total cost. Though from a lumbering standpoint, Iowa is properly classed as a non-producing territory, probably twenty-five per cent or more of the raw material it consumes reaches the factories in log form. This is due to the fact that Minnesota forests supply a large amount of the pine by rafting it down the Mississippi to the large manufac- turing establishments at Davenport, Dubuque, and Keokuk. One establishment alone receives annually 18,000,000 board feet in log form. These mills, however, which depend on the rivers to bring them logs from the northern forests, report a gradual decrease in the supply of logs in recent years. The falling off in river shipments is due to the activities of the railroads and to the diminution of the accessible timber immediately on tlie water fronts about the uiijier Mississippi and its principal tributaries. Though Iowa supplies its factories with less than three per tent of the wood they use, there is in the state an up-to-date sawmill running regularly and sawing daily 125,000 feet of logs. Tliis shows that the prairie area is a good consumer of raw material iu its roughest form. The owner of this large mill reports that he has a great advantage over mills located a long distance from, the cen- ters of population when it comes to disposing of waste material, such as slabs, sawdust, odd lengths, and inferior low-grade lumber. In the prairie districts all such material can be disposed of at more or less of a profit, for kindling if for nothing else, but in lumber- ing districts proper it finds few buyers, and most of it goes to waste. It can be made profitable, therefore, to transport logs long distances in order to reach a market for what would otherwise be waste. The state of Iowa is making rapid progress toward earing for and developing its natural timber resources. The Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Ames is well equipped for and is carrj-ing on a large number of experiments for the guidance nf those interested in forestry, in anticipation of a time when the region must depend upon itself for a large part of its timber. There are a score or more of important manufacturing centers, including Des Moines, Dubuque, Davenport, Keokuk, Cedar Kapids, Sioux City, and Clinton, each of which has a number of large wood-working plants which claim to be in a position to compete successfully with establishments in remote but heavily-wooded districts. It is claimed that the cost of shipping the raw material in the rough form is more than offset by the closer utilization possible around cities situated in the non-timbered belts. The Mississippi is a great aid in cheap transportation from the North. Contemplated locks and dams to be built between Iowa and Illinois by the federal government, should add much to the stream's value in that respect. It is further antici- pated that the development of water-power, now in process, will greatly stimulate manufacturing. The table which follows shows the woods used, the annual amount of each, and the average cost. SCMMARY OF KiN'DS OF WOOD USED IN lOWA Quantity used Average annually cost per Species — Feet b. m. M feet White pine 74,254,888 $28.63 Shortleaf pine 20,228,869 29.05 White ash 19,827,442 28.09 Longleaf pine 19,720,700 28.04 Cypress 16,961,472 31.50 Douglas fir 15,873,300 33.58 Norway pine 12,643,175 24.31 White oak 10,861,350 46.86 Red oak S.546,600 45.98 Western yellow pine 7,384,000 42.10 Red spruce 6,520,300 3J.71 Red gum 4,845.690 23.70 White elm 4, 792. .'527 27.67 Yellow and sweet birch 4,49S.>j00 30.47 Hemlock 4.327.000 23.13 Jack pine 4,250.000 18.59 Cottonwood 3,985,122 24.13 Sugar maple 3,949,000 33.96 Hickory 3,624,500 53.01 Basswood 3,237.040 26.88 Chestnut 2.730. (JiMi 21.93 Yellow poplar 2.088,400 52.57 Tupelo 1.819,032 17.68 Redwood 1,750.200 42.20 Sugar pine 1,019.300 45.06 Loblolly pine 530,100 27.45 Western red cedar 500,000 20 00 Tamarack '. :)34.300 24.98 Butternut 123.200 35.02 Balm Of Gilead .SG.OOU 1 7.22 Northern white cedar 85.000 70.00 Sycamore 78,000 16.03 Mahogany 72.400 155.55 Hackberry 70,000 15.36 Western white pine 70.000 39.29 Red cedar 00.500 32.20 Western larch 48.000 29.00 Spanish cedar 40.250 120.00 Black willow 40,000 14.00 Black cherry 28,000 44.96 Aspen 25.000 15.24 Osage orange 15.000 125.00 Black walnut 11.500 70.70 Circassian walnut 5,000 300.00 Totals 202.596,757 $30.92 Less than three per cent of this wood was grown in Iowa. The other was gathered from the four points of the compass, and from hundreds of miles and in some instances from thousands of miles. The working of wood in the state is divided into twenty-three principal industries, and a group of minor industries tabulated as miscellaneous. Iowa clearly belongs among the states where wood- using industries are diversified. For comparison, it may be shown that Louisiana has only eight industries to Iowa's twenty-three, but Louisiana 's annual use of wood is five times that of Iowa. Though the state 's wood-using industries are diversified w hen compared with some regions, it falls short of others. It is much behind Missouri in that respect, and much further behind Illinois, the two states on the south and east. It has less than half the number of industries of Illinois and it uses only one-seventh as much T\ood as raw material. The table which follows shows the industries, the amount of wood demanded yearly by each, and the average price paid by each for the wood bought as raw material. SoMMARr OF Woods Used by Ixdcstries Quantity used .\verage annually cost per Industries — Feet b. m. M feet Sash, doers, blinds, etc 68,863.800 $37.39 Planing mill products 56,879,000 29.60 Boxes and crates 31,320.476 13.58 Tanks and silos 23,833.000 31.25 Vehicle and vehicle parts 17,010.500 42.70 Woodenware and novelties 16,955,000 26.70 Agricultural implements 6.989,000 34.33 Furniture 6,266,840 32.16 Fixtures 5.608,600 38.59 Laundry appliances 5.541,000 26.54 Caskets and coffins 5.000,500 24.89 Car construction 4,146,600 25.92 Refrigerators and kitchen cabinets 3,354,691 29.13 Dairymen's poulterers' and apiarists' supplies.... 3,065,000 29.89 Handles 2.049.000 35.42 Elevators 1,775,000 24.44 Chairs 1,086.000 27.53 HARDWOOD RECORD 25 Gates and fencing KOO.OOO 43.01) Ship and boat building 535,000 54.86 Weighing apparatus 496,000 39.21 Miscellaneous uses 400,500 34.78 Cigar boxes 320,250 62.80 Musical instruments 89,000 50.35 Trunks 02,000 25.65 Totals 262,596,757 J30.92 The sawmills of Iowa cut less than one-fourth as much lumber as the factories use. The output of the mills is declining rapidly, and the number of mills is decreasing. In 1909 the cut was 132,021,000 feet, in 1910 it fell to 75,446,000, and in 1911 to 59,974,000. The largest recorded cut was 56S,S16,000 feet in 1890. There were 350 reporting mUls in 1909, 1S6 in 1910, and 160 in 1911. The state is losing ranis in lumber cut, compared with other states. It was thirty-sixth in 1909, thirty-seventh in 1910, and thirty-eighth in 1911. The cut of lumber in the state in 1911 was as follows: Llmbek Cct in Iowa, 1911 „ ^ Feet White pine 32,8S5 000 Oak 7,480,000 Elm 6,309,000 Cottonwood 5,452,000 Maple 3,168,000 Basswood 2,103,000 Birch 714,000 Black walnut 594,000 Ash 557,000 Hickor.v 374,000 Sycamore 144,000 Larch 16,000 AH other 178,000 Total 59,974,000 According to the best available figures, the timbered area of Iowa amounts to 2,500,000 aeies, or approximately seven per cent of the total area. The timber is almost exclusively of the mixed hardwood type. The species of most importance are the white oak, red oak, bur oak, yellow oak and swamp white oak, the pignut and bitternut hick- ories, white and green ash, black walnut, basswood, white, red and cork elms, Cottonwood, black willow, hard and soft maples, sycamore, hackberry, lumey locust and coffee tree. The valuable oaks and the walnut were cut especially heavy at an early date. Among the coni- fers two species have been found in commercial quantities in Iowa, white pine (Pinus strohus) and red cedar (Juniperus virniniana). The very limited occurrence of balsam fir (Abies halsamea) is only of botanical importance. Small stands of the pine occurring in the northeastern part of the state were early lumbered. The range of the cedar extends to aU parts of the commonwealth. Valuable stands which were found along the Cedar and Iowa rivers were early ex- ploited. The average woodlands of the state are producing only about thirty per cent of their possible output of wood products. With little or no protection from fire or stock, the native timber is reproducing poorly, and many stands are characterized by the absence of young growth. From early times Iowa has been active in planting timber. The woodlots in most instances were for providing shelter, fuel and re- pair material. In few cases were the plantings made for strictly commercial purposes. In 1863 the state census reported a total of 8,360 acres in planted groves and woodlots. In 1867 this area had increased to 14,128 acres; in 1875 to 65,549 acres; and at the present date the estimated acreage in planted timber is 210,000 acres. The first plantations were composed of the rapidly growing species, Cot- tonwood, white mllow, soft maple, and ash. Many of these groves have matured and have been harvested. The eottonwood especially has given very satisfactory returns, when given reasonable protection and care. At the present time the farm plantations are being set out largely for the production of fence posts since there is a steady demand for this product from all quarters of the state. The hardy catalpa is the species most planted for this purpose, although failures are common when the tree is planted in poor soil or out of range. White pine is recommended for planting in Iowa as shelterbelts and for lumber. Some plantings have shown good results. The tree is found as a native species throughout the northeastern portions of the state. Its extreme western limit is along the Iowa river near iiijMtmboat Hock in Hardin county, where several large trees were recently cut for lumber. It ako occurs south along the Mississippi river to Muscatine county. In the past it has been so heavily lum- bered in the clearing of land for agricultural purposes that it now occurs only as a fugitive tree throughout the native forests of the bluffs of the Mississippi and along the streams and steep slopes of the northeast counties. Outlook Around Memphis There has been some raiiiiall m the Memphis territory during the past few days, but this has not been heavy enough to interfere with work in the woods, which has made very satisfactory progress. The amount of timber prepared for shipment since the beginning of the new business year has been quite large and the railroads have been moving all offerings with more than usual readiness, with the result that the mills here are in very satisfactory condition with respect to log supplies. The hardwood market is gradually broadening and the large receipts of timber are regarded as quite favorable as the view obtains that large production will be necessary to take care of the increasing needs of the trade. So far there has been little accumula- tion of dry stocks, and members of the trade realize quite fully that it is up to them to prepare for the needs of the future before the unfavorable winter weather makes itself evident. This view of the situation is largely responsible for the unusual activity in logging work, as well as in the operation of the mills in this city and section. The car situation has become a little more acute at outlying points in Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana, but as a general proposition it is far better than the average for the past few years. The Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau says that it is receiving a number of com- plaints from out-of-town centers, but it is notable that local lumber manufacturers are having comparatively little trouble in getting empties or in having these moved after they have been loaded. The height of the cotton movement will be reached during the next four or five weeks, however, and as the crop in this section is very large, it is expected that some shortage will develop and that there wUl be some delay in the handling of traffic offered the various roads. Re- ceipts of cotton at Memphis during the week just ended broke all records for this time of the year and indications are that the amount of cotton moving in the immediate future will tax the capacity of the roads to an unusual degree. But, while the lumbermen are expecting some trouble, the opinion seems to prevail that the situation as a whole this season will prove much better than any recent year. Official reports made public here indicate that during the first ten months of the current year building operations involved the largest total on record for the same period, practically $5,500,000. This is a percentage gain of fifty-nine, which is also something of a new high record. This is the best showing made by any city in the South, not only with respect to the total involved but also with regard to the percentage increase. This showing is considered all the more remark- able in view of the heavy loss recorded for September. Building operations are active here now and the same is true of practically the entire Memphis territory, where the cotton crop is very large and where prosperity promises to perch her banner this season in a most conspicuous manner. Every indication points to large needs locally and territorially with regard to building materials of all kinds and handlers of these wares are shaping their plans accordingly. Practical Men Henry S, Graves of the United States Forest Service is inclined to grow satiracal in a recent bulletin which he published, and from which these quotations are taken: "In a country ot practical men occur forest Are losses of some fifty million dollars annuall.v. "In a country of practical men unsound forest taxation retards long- time forest nianagoment. "In a country of practical men millions of acres of cut-over non- agrlcullural land remain unproductive. "In a country of practical men a sound economic policy of forest and water conservation is still opposed." These quotations are sufiScient to cause a good deal of serious thought. ^^BI^>:;2^:>::;L>^:>^;y.T)WKy:^^»l>^oiv■y^lJ>^^>^x/.xl^^ The Lumhermans Round Table MAKING A LUMBER SALESMAN "The trouble with most of our salesmen," said a well-known hardwood man, "is that they are salesmen first and lumbermen afterward. If they could only get the inside angle on the proposi- tion and see the business as we see it, their work would be about one hundred per cent better. The trouble is that most of them never get down to the brass-tacks, jiraetical question of what lumber to sell, and what stock can be made most profitable. Simph- getting the order for anything on the stock-list, is as far as their ideas go." This complaint, which seems to be founded on fact, suggests that the plan of the Carnegie Steel Company might be adopted by lumbermen to good advantage. This company brings its men to the mills at relatively brief intervals, has them study the processes of manufacture — and pass an examination on it — and produces technically trained men instead of merely salesmen. The result is that the sales are made right. The lumber salesmen would neeil to study things other than manufacturing details, but the idea is the same. THE TRAFFIC MAN AN ASSET A recent hearing of the Interstate Commerce Commission, involv- ing advances on hardwood lumber rates recently imposed by a southern carrier, demonstrated a fact which has been commented on before — that the traffic man is a fixture in the lumber business because he has proved his value. The representative of the railroad at this hearing happened to be a particularly shrewd, intelligent chap — brilliant, in fact — and he was able to trap the lumbermen who went on the witness stand into saying the wrong thing, or to show inconsistencies in their testimony, growing out of their ignorance of general rate condi- tions. The traffic manager of one of the lumber companies, however, was more than a match for his adversar}'; and instead of allowing the railroad man to catch him napping, he actually scored several points by injecting a fact or two the representative of the carrier had himself overlooked. The situation was not difficult to understand — the man had made a business of traffic matters, and he had mastered his subject. It is no wonder that the average lumberman appears to disadvantage when he goes on the stand, because he hasn't had time to make a business of traffic topics. MEETING PANEL COMPETITION Manufacturers of furniture which is made with solid tops in- stead of glued-up stock have begun to realize that one of the chief reasons why the trade prefers the veneered article is because of the regularity of figure and general uniformity of appearance which that character of furniture has when the face veneers have been matched up with even ordinary skill. Anybody with an eye for beauty can appreciate this, while there is something much more subtle in the satisfaction which comes from owning a piece which is "solid," instead of mereh- veneered. This being the ease, the wise maker of solid-topped goods is pay- ing more attention to getting his lumber matched up. The matter of matching is difficult, of course, because the manufacturer has not the advantage which is experienced in the case of veneers, where the cuttings from the same flitch have been kept together; but still he can make a better showing if he tries than if he disregards the proposition. This condition suggests that it would be worth the while of the manufacturer of dimension stock to keep together the product of the log as far as possible. If the dimension mill is run in connection with the sawmill, it ought to be practicable to keep the stuff running uniformly fairly well. This is done in the mahogany business, but running a mahogany dimension mill is easier from this standpoint because each log produces so much more lumber than one grown on domestic soil. — SB- CHANGES IN FLOORING TRADE A well-known hardwood flooring man predicted recently that one of these days tonguc-and-groove flooring will be passe, taboo, and a lot of other undesirable things. He declared that his experience with that class of stock shows that it cannot be depended on to lie straight, no matter how carefully it was dried originally, how much pains were taken to lay it properly, nor how well it was taken care of after it was put down. "Take a look at this floor," he said, glancing at the hardwood that covered his private office. "That stock was picked out by my- self, and as it was intended to be a kind of sample-room, it was put down as well as any that was ever laid. Sight along it and you will see the ridges where thq pieces join. Why it has taken on even enough additional moisture to swell out of its proper shape is beyond me, as every possible precaution to prevent this was used. "On the other hand, there is some straight-edged flooring laid down in another room of my offices, and it is as flat and beautiful today as it was when it was first laid. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and after experiencing just what happens to the different kinds of flooring I have come to the conclusion that the days of the tongue-aud groove variety are numbered." KEEP YOUR OWN ACCOUNTS A veneer man who is regarded as one of the authorities in the trade recently read a little lecture to some of his friends on the fallacies of using figures quoted by other people as the correct data for one's own work. ' ' My conditions are different from yours, and yours from the next man," he began. "For instance, I cannot cut rotary gum veneers as cheaply as the man who has a mill right at the edge of the forests where the gum trees grow. That makes a difference in cost at once, of course, and I would be foolish to assume that be- cause his cost of manufacture is a certain figure, mine is likely to be that also. "Again, if I am operating four veneer saws and another manu- facturer is running only one, the chances favor my cost of pro- duction being less. The greater the volume, usually the lower the cost, and that is as true of the veneer business as it is of others. ' ' The whole situation proves that the man who wants to know how much it costs him to make veneers must get down to the work of figuring on his own mill. He can 't stop when he finds out how much it costs somebody else, because he is working under an en- tirely difl'erent set of circumstances. SIZE VERSUS PROSPERITY ' ' You 're carrying a lot of lumber in stock and have a larger yard than you did three years ago," remarked a friend to a hardwood lumber manufacturer recently; "I hope you are making money in proportion to your increased operations." "On the contrary," returned the lumberman, smiling a rather wry smile, "I'm making a good deal less." Asked for an explanation, he pointed out that more yard room and more lumber mean a greater capital investment, and require more money with which to carry on the business. "When I had a small yard," he said, "I was often pressed for room, and exerted myself mightily to move lumber in order to make a place for carloads that were on the way. The result was that I did a relatively big business with a relatively small capital invest- ment. My turn-over, as the dry goods people say, was exceedingly rapid for a sawmill and wholesale operator. "When I got more yard room, I found that I wasn't compelled to move the stock, having plenty of room, and it seems as if uncon- sciously I have permitted my lumber to accumulate until I have on hand a lot more than I would like to carry. "Necessity is not only the mother of invention, but of sales; and my change of status has resulted in my sales, compared with the amount of lumber on hand, being a good deal smaller than they were when I was working with less room than I have now." Vy»WeHM!»aK)!(ITO^atl!iky!^^ :>u\:j!Wi'iaro!>Kiwa.vi\T?qg;' A Matter of Salesmanship Kverv man familiar with oflici> fiiriiitiire is awari' tli:it nii'tal has mado coiisicleraMo iiiroails on tho ust> of lumber in the manul'artnre of tilings. That is hy no means all there is to this thinp;, though. Go into the faetory liuihiings anil you will find great lines of lockers anil closets made of metal today which were formerly made of wood. Moreover, take up a maga/.ine, for example say Faetory, and you will find in its advertising pages many offerings in the way of steel lockers and metal work for lavatories antl closets, hut not a thing in the way of wooil for this same purpose. It is safe to say that not only has the average man been noticing these things for some time, but he has accepted them as au iucon trovertible fact and lias gone right along feeling that there is no use trying to do anything about it. The result of all this is that lots of good cabinet trade which ought to be using some of our hardwoo.ls and give more satisfaction all around has been captured by metal with practically no competition or i)roti'stive effort on tho part of the lumber trade. Now let us look into this matter and see why this is and what it is that makes metal control the situation with a lot of work that ought to be made of wood. It may as well be said right now as any time that in the final analyses it will be discovered that it has been quite largely a matter of salesmanship. Metal is not a cheaper product than wood, consequently neither the factories using the lockers nor the oflSce equipment people handling metal furniture have been induced to take on metal goods because of their cheai>ness. They really cost more than the best articles in wood. It is not the appearance. This is proven by the fact that in order to create a pleasing appearance on the part of metal office furniture and factory lockers the manufacturers have gone to considerable pains and expense to imitate woods in finishing them off. There is on the market metal furniture finished in close imitation of quar- tered oak and some made to resemble mahogany, and everywhere manufacturers of these metal articles are paying a compliment to wood by imitating its color and figure in finishing off their goods. Thus it is evident that it is not a matter of presenting a better appearance which makes the way for metal in this work. Wood not only presents a more pleasing appearance but it is much more satisfactory in use. It Is not cold and harsh like metal and will keep its shape better. This leaves for consideration practically only the one point of fireproofiing qualities. This is tho bugbear that has kept the wood interests buffaloed for a clecade or more now, and yet it is nothing more than a silly bugbear. This thin sheet metal stuff used for desks, filing cases and factory lockers is not a safeguard when a serious fire occurs. To make really fireproof compartments of metal calls for two thicknesses of it with space between which is filled with cement, asbestos, mineral wool or some other nonconductor of heat. A single thickness of metal, while it may not be completely destroyed by fire, will receive and conduct heat so readily that papers and other combustible materials enclosed by it will be destroyed in case of a serious fire much more surely than if they were in wooden cases or lockers. Moreover when it conies to firejiroofing factory buildings, if the buibliiigs themselves are made of brick or concrete with steel fram- ing what little in the way of combustible material is added by the wood used in making lockers for the men will not amount to any- thing, and the one thing certain and sure is that good wooden lock- ers are cheaper to construct, will prove much more sati>*factory to the men, and more useful in every way than anything which can be made of metal. The one strong factor in making the way for these metal product? to the office and factory has been a matter of salesmanship. The steel people have not only done press agent work, and in this made the most of the cry for fireproofing, but they have put on the road salesmen who have talked dealers in ofTico equipment and factory owners into the use of metal, it has taken them several years, but :cll this tinic the.\ have had comparatively easy -ailing so i:ir as competition is concerned, for practically no effort has been made to controvert the argument and to set up an order of competitive salesmanship on the jmrt of those interested in wood. Now, since salesmanship was unquestionably the biggest factor in putting metal in the place of wood in all these things, it should naturally follow that a proper order of salesni:inshi]> persistently applied will put wood back into its place here and help retrain at least a part of this trade. Moreover it will perhaps be easier now than it would have been before to controvert the arguments of the metal people because the trade had had its experience with the metal goods and as a result is in good shape to be turned toward wood. Some splendid eviclence illustrative of this fact can be found in connection with big fireproof office buildings, schools ami public buildings. Just about the time the metal interests began striving for the office furniture and locker trade they also turned their at- tention to sash and doors and interior trim for large buildings. They caught the eye of the architects, %vho, however, because of their experience with metal interior work are looking anxiously for other things more pleasing and satisfactory. They are turning back to wood at times even when the work is very exacting as to fireproof qualities. In some of the new ofKce buildings where proof against fire has been insisted upon the architects have so strongly rea/lized the superiority of wood that they have specified doors ancl casing of wood covered with a thin protecting sheet of asbestos and then finished over with veneer. In other words, they ha\e had the wood fireproofed and still preserved the real wood face, not a cold imitation. This is somewhat expensive, but it is much more satisfactory than metal and perhaps after all is not so expensive as metal work itself. This goes to show what can be done and is being done and it should lend encouragement to sales managers in both the luinber and furniture trade to wage a campaign for the return to wood in this kind of work. .\ll will admit that it will mean a big in- crease in the consumption of hardwood, and if all the sales man- agers will turn to and get after this matter earnestly they can regain quite a lot of this trade. The lumber sales manager may take the attitude that this is more a matter for furniture manufacturers and salesmen than it is for the lumberman. Sometimes it is, too, but acknowledgment or acceptance of this fact cloesn 't help the luinberinen out any. Maybe the lumber salesmen can stir up and inspire the furniture salesmen and encourage the furniture men to push wooden |iroclucts more vigorously in competition with metal. Something along this line is worth trying, anyway. Then when it comes to the matter of factory lockers, which, by the way, are quite an item, the lumber salesman is calling on fac- tory owners right along and selling them lumber for consumption in their plant. While doing this why not make it a point to inves- tigate ancl talk about the sub.ject of lockers. .\sk the men how tliev like metal and see if they wouldn't jirefer wooden loc-kers, and by continual inquiry and discussion the salesman on his rounds should not only be able to get .some good selling ancl aclvertising points for lumber, but he should be able to make some actual sales now and then and to encourage factory owners to return to wood for their lockers. Salesmanslii|i put the metal there in the first place; salesmanship is putting wood back into big oflice and ])ublic buildings, and there is certainly a good fighting chance for .salesmanship to put more wood back into oflice work and factory lockers, .1, C. T. It is never safe to .judge of a thing's power for gcoii or evil by its size alone, according to the 'tatenient made by an expert on harmful beetles and bugs. He says that forest insects destroy enough timber every year to fin. nice the const met icin prcigram of the navy. Wgci«gaiie;^:^^ Insect Enemies of Seasoned Oak If tbe destructive work of insects came to an end wben the tree is cut and converted into lumber the damage would be much less than it is. Of the thousands of species of beetles, flies, moths and various sorts of bugs and worms that feed on living trees, most cease tlieii' depredations when the timber is cut; but some go right ahead with their attacks and transfer their activities from the living tree to the seasoned wood, while others that never touched the tree while it was alive, are attracted to the dry wood and become very destructive. No definite line can be drawn to separate the two kinds, for there arc all sorts of rules and exceptions; but consideration can properly be given lirst to certain beetles which live in the tree while it is alive, and which continue to live in the wood after it is seasoned ami manu faetured into finished commodities. It should be explained that wheu mention is made of a beetle working in wood, it should not be understood that it is a fully de- veloped beetle with wings and legs— popularly called a "bug." It is not in that form. It is a grub, called a larva, which will .some- time develop into a winged and legged beetle; but while it is boring holes in wood, it is in the form of a grub or maggot, and is popularly called a "worm." Exceptions to this rule may occur, but in most cases the insect enemies of wood do their work while in the form of a grub. After they pass through their transformation and be- come eqnii)ped with wings, legs and other appendages, they are not in shape for crawling into narrow galleries and gnawing their way through solid wood, and for that reason whatever tunneling they have to do must be done before they reach their final stage of life. The longicorn beetles — commonly called longhorns — are among the worst wood borers, although there are others that may be matched with them as running mates in their favorite occupation of boring holes in wood. A single beetle may be taken as a representative of the family. It shows what the habits are. It has no Knglish name, but is known among entomologists as Monohammus covfusus. The larva goes to work in the tree trunk, and when the log is sawed into lumber the insect is not in the least discouraged, provided the saw- misses him. He goes ahead with his gnawing and seems in no hurry to work his way to the outside of the plank and escape. He feels so perfectly at home within that he remains, even while tbe board is passing through the planing mill, or. if a stave, while it is passing through the various machines that make the barrel. If the saws or the knives open his tunnel, the chance is that his career comes to a speedy end; but if he passes the crisis untouched, he will go on with his gnawing. An instance is on record where one of these insects remained alive and active in the wood of a piece of furniture fifteen years. Another worked that length of time in a door step. A third issued from the leg of a table, where he had lived for more than twenty years, while a period of forty-five years is claimed for another veteran of this family, which deserves the title of Methuselah of his race. That is a very long time for an insect to live. Most of them are very short lived. Some do not live one day; others a few weeks only; most die within a year; the carpenter meth survives three or four years; the locust lives seventeen years; but there is little question that cer- tain individuals among the long-horned cerambycids stretch out their span of life beyond two score years. The worst of it is they continue to ' ' saw wood and say nothing ' ' during their whole lives. Some have maintained that the larva lies torpid all these years, that it sleeps like a bear or a groundhog sleeps in winter, and that the ordinary functions of life are not carried on. That may be the case sometimes, but not always. This larva in the door step, men- tioned above, could be heard gnawing at intervals for years; and another is described liy an entomologist, C. O. Waterhouse, who kept track of it for years in a wooden boot tree (an apparatus for stretch- ing boots), where its gnawing continued year after year, although it worked at a very slow rate. It seemed to be taking life easy and ate only enough wood to sustain life. The Monohammu.t confusus is not small. Tlic bole it bores in sea- soned wood may be half an inch in diameter. It is apparent that this may be very destructive. Such an opening might mar or ruin valuable wood and is liable to be particularly harmful if the wood has already been converted into finished products. The mature beetle is brown or gray and is about one and a quarter inches in length. It has scores of as.sociates which lend it willing assistance in riddling sea- soned wood with large holes. The long-horned, long-lived, wood-boring beetles are generally large. .Size alone would usually distinguish them from the beetles of the ptinid family, which are generally small. Though the ptinids are small, some are very destructive. The very name is said to mean "destroyer" in Greek. These small insects have inappeasable appe- tites. They are always eating and they never get enough. They eat almost anything that can be gnawed. They are often pests in sea- soned wood. Their mode of entrance is generally different from that of the Monohammus confnsus, described above, which is in the log and simply remains in the wood after it is worked up. The ptinids may gain entrance in the same way, but they generally enter after the wood is partly or wholly worked up. One of these (Anobium striatum) is responsible for the riddled woodwork in "worm-eaten furniture." The wood is full of little rouml holes. These are what coopers sometimes call ' ' seed holes ' ' when they occur in staves. The holes may have existed before the staves were made, or they may have been bored afterwards. Similar holes often occur in old barrels. All may not be the work of the same kind of insect, but the effect is about the same. Paint on the barrel does not seem to keep the insect from carrying on its work, nor does it seem to make much difference what the barrel may once have had in it. It is a peculiarity of these ever-hungry ptinids that their appetilies refuse nothing. The insects are called "seeds" be- cause of their resemblance to small black seeds, and some persons suppose they are real seeds of some plant like a radish or turnip. Their skeletons are so loosely-jointed that the beetles can tuck their head beneath it, draw in their legs, bend their hard wings close about their bodies and they then appear like a little round shot. The ' ' seed hole ' ' in the wood is made before the insect becomes a beetle. It bores while in the form of a grub, but it is possible that persons may see the fully developed beetles in the holes, and thus conclude that the ' ' seeds ' ' made the holes in some way. This family has some peculiar if not remarkable children. One of these is the "death watch" (Anobium tesscUatnm), whose ticking in the dead hour of night alarms timid and superstitious people who fear that it is a token of approaching death for someone in the family. The noise is made by an insect about as large as a grain of rice, anil it is hid away in a hole inside a wooden partition, beam, rafter, floor or piece of furniture. It there gnaws industriously, but sometimes leaves off its work and amuses itself by whacking its head against the side of its burrow. That produces the "tick" of the "watch." Insects have no voice, properly speaking, and they make their noises on either "a drum or a fiddle." When they peck on something, as the "death watch" does, it is drumming. When they scratch something, as the cricket does, it is fiddling. The "death watch," with the assistance of a trouj) of near relatives, does a lot of damage to seasoned wood. It ruins beams, walls, joist and half-finished or wholly finished commodities. Mention has been made of the enormous appetite which charac- -^terizes the members of this family. Most of their destruction is due to their attempts to get enough to eat. They are veritable sharks. The fierce belostoma, which is considered the hyena of the insect world, is not more incessant in his search for something to eat. Take the little Anobium paniceum (one of the "death watches") for an example. His bill of fare is a wonder. This insect will live and thrive on a diet of opium. It is the same creature that sailors call the biscuit weevil, because it infests biscuit casks on shipboard. It is also the "bookworm" that is so often heard of, and it flourishes on the dry pages of Dante and on the wrapping of Egyptian mum- mies. The following list of things which it eats seems almost in- credible, but it is viiurlied for by high authority: blue flag root, HARDWOOD RECORD 29 comfrey, giugor. nmrshmellow roots, aniseed, aconite (as poison as strychnine), Indian turnip, belladonna root, coffee, wormwood, ergot, tobacco and more than thirty other things of similar kind. It eats the deadliest poison with impunity. It is sometimes called the "drugstore beetle," because of its habit of going there to satisfy its appetite. It can readily be understood that insects like these will not spare wood. There are known to be more than 150 species of these "seed" beetles, and a prominent entomologist ventured the guess that fifty remain unknown for every one we know. They look so much alike and work in places so hidden from sight, and are so hard to locate (except by the destruction they cause) that comparatively little is known of them. When a floor beam suddenly breaks, or a pile of staves, or a lot of empty barrels is found to be in a damaged state, or a storehouse of wagon stock becomes wormy, then some idea is gained of what it costs to satisfy the maw of the ptinids, which the ancient Greeks very appropriately named "destroyers." A well-known source of damage to seasoned wood- is what is popu- larly known as ' ' the powder post beetle, ' ' or simply ' ' powder post. ' ' This name is due to the fine dust that sifts from the affected wood. It is like sawdust only much finer — more like the dust produced by sand belts where wood is polished. The trouble is usually not serious, except where wood has been stored a considerable time. The origin of this trouble is often misunderstood, and is attributed to "dry rot." Under certain circumstances so-called "dry rot" may produce an effort quite similar; but, strictly speaking, there is no such thing as dry rot ; that is, if wood is dry and stays( dry, it will not rot. The instances where rotting seems to occur are mis- leading. The wood which decays is either not dry or dampness reaches it in some way. Most timber damaged by powder post is dry. Some of it has been air drying for months or years, and it contains too little moisture to cause decay. The damage in such cases is done by insects, and they are generally spoken of collectively as powder post beetles. The name answers ordinary purposes very well, but upon close examination it is misleading unless explained. It does not define any- particular family, genus, species or variety of insects, but refers to sll sorts and kinds of small larva that work in dry wood. Some of those described in preceding paragraphs are included, particularly those of the ptinid family, such as ' ' seeds, " " death watches ' ' and the like. About the only condition to be observed in applying the term "powder post beetles" to them is that they must be small insects, must work in dry wood and must produce fine, dust-like powder. They need not be beetles and still be powder post insects, the way the term is popularly used. They might be wood bees, for some of these bore holes and e.ject very fine powder; but the term is not generally applied to wood bees. In most instances the work is done by the larva of very small beetles. The holes they make are often so minute that they escape notice until a very careful examination is made. Their presence in wood is first revealed by the powder that sifts out of the holes. Damage from this cause is sometimes very serious. Valuable wood may be totally ruined. The worst of it is that before the presence of the insects has been discovered the interior of the wood is infected and no known remedy can be applied to save the infected stuff, except at prohibitive cost. The wood might be put in a kiln and heated hot enough to kill all insects within; but that is gen- erally impracticable. The usual procedure is to cull out the affected pieces, use what is good, and remove the rest from the unaffected BtOfk. •Jak stock is not the worst sufferer from these insects. Hickory fares much worse. The insects bore the wood to obtain food. They do net want the wood itself, but the starch and other food products in it; therefore they prefer to attack the kinds of wood richest in these foods. They like sapwood, because it contains starch and sugar, but heartwood has little. This explains why powder post beetles prefer hickory to oak: hickory products are chiefly sapwood, oak products are largely heartwood. A pile of oak staves, therefore, is much safer from attack by the powder post insects than a pile of hickory handles or wagon axles. Liability to attack does not depend wholly on the presence of sapwood, for damage to heartwood products is frequently serious. Much depends on the kinds of wood. Some escape where others are ruined. The preference which boring insects show for sapwood and their dislike for heartwood are well illustrated in southern Texas, where such woods as mesquite, huisache, ebony and cat's claw are cut. These trees have thin sapwood, and where products are stored it is not unusual to find the sapwood literally eaten up and the heart- wood untouched. Dealers in forest products that are liable to be injured by small boring insects are more concerned in finding out what can be done to lessen the loss than in discovering the names of the insects that cause the injury. As stated above, not much can be done after the insects get in the wood. The remedy should be sought before the attack becomes serious. An effective and not expensive mode of procedure is to sprinkle kerosene over the wood. If the beetles are not already at work inside the pieces, the oil will tend to drive them away. That an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure is as true in this case as in any other. When symptoms of attack begin to appear, the quicker the stock can be worked up the better. Insects already inside the pieces may continue their work, but articles fully manufactured, particularly if oiled or painted, will not further deteriorate on account of the powder post insects. Wood Exports and Imports for August The August imports of forest products from various countries are given in the following list, abridged from statistics compiled by the United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce: Quaniily Value Briar root and iv.v $ 21,241 Cedar, feet 2.101,000 113,171 Mahogan.v, feet 4.927,000 337,208 Other cabinet woods, feet 142,088 Round logs, feet 20,44G,00n 221,581 Pulpwood, cords 132,127 925,760 Rattan and reeds 142,620 Lumber, feet 94,923,000 1,789,790 Laths 60,905,000 171,629 Shingles 50,062,000 134,520 Chair and cane roeds 49,063 Furniture 68,377 Woodpulp. pounds 63,884,176 921,2^5 Total imports $5,477,915 The exports from the United States for the same period are shown below: Quantitii Value Round logs, feet 11,397,000 $ 184,688 Firewood 4,822 Hewed timber, feet 3,946,000 102,097 Sawed timber, feet 45,438,000 957,845 Other timber, feet 2.607.000 47.423 Lumber, feet 240,755,000 5,758.226 .Toist and scantling, feet 1,045,000 20,112 Railroad ties 434.190 231.907 Shingles 6,698,000 14,604 Box shocks 1,129,110 100,341 Barrel shocks 93,415 200,292 Staves 7.261.419 533.942 Heading 17.199 Other cooperage 305,165 Doors, sash and blinds 93,134 Furniture 599,933 Empty barrels .32,242 Incubators and brooders 3,984 Trimmings, etc 63.900 . Woodenware 47.301 Wood pulp, pounds 1.496,484 31.457 Other wood manufactures 648.!),37 Total exports $10,090,000 Have a sign on your mill to tell the passers by what it is and who is running it. This is an inexpensive form of publicity that has been too long neglected. Why is it that the man who is always on time and seldom misses a day from work is the one who does the least grumbling about the slavery of businesst N»re^M;x!;;i^yi)}ma^3ttfJit^iWiOTMroi^^ Beech, Birches and Maples The Department of Agriculture has published a bulletin con- tributed by the Forest Service on beech, birches, and maples in the United States, and their uses, both present and historical. This belongs to a series of bulletins on the "Uses of Commercial Woods of the United States," begun three or four years ago. Preceding publications related to the cedars, sequoias, cypresses, and pines. The present publication is the first dealing with hardwoods. The three genera, beech, birch, and maple, which include eighteen commercial species in addition to a number of varieties and forms too small or too scarce to be of much importance, form a group closely related. This relationship, however, is commercial rather than botanical. The woods of all have several points of similarity, such as hardness, strength, and susceptibility of fine polish, and in the main their uses are similar. They grow usually in the same re- gions, and they are often milled and lumbered as though they were a single wood, but the resulting lumber is piled and sold separate!}'. It is not unusual in the Appalachian region, the Lake states, and New England for lumbermen to speak of beech, birch, and maple as "the hardwoods," thereby placing them in a group by them- selves, separate from oak, elm, hickory, and others which belong in the hardwood class. This is specially true when beech, birch, and maple go to chemical plants which manufacture charcoal, wood alcohol, acetates, and other byproducts. These woods constitute about ninety per cent of all the hardwoods employed in distillation in the United States. They also make up a large proportion of the country's hardwood flooring, furniture, finish, and agricultural implements. In a variety of small commodities they hold first place. Though there is a general similarity in the properties and quali- ties of this group of woods, yet each has its individuality, and in numerous ways it differs from the others, and has different or special uses. Only one species of beech grows in the United States. It is the same tree whether it grows in Maine or Texas, but it is not alike valuable in all regions because climate and other conditions have much to do with its development. ' ' An earlier record is claimed for beech," says the bulletin, "than for any other wood, even antedating the sycamore and cypress of Egypt. The words ' beech ' and 'book' were synonymous in some of the earliest written lan- guages coming into Europe, due to the practice of writing on thin beech strips. The existence of the root of the word in Sanscrit has been taken as strong evidence that the wood was used for writing materials in central Asia before the migration of the an- cestors of the Germanic and Slavonic races westward into Europe. In beech, therefore, we probably have the oldest existing name of a wood in the world." The most important uses for beech are in the manufacture of flooring, furniture, woodenware, clothespins, and in distillation, though it fills many other places. The birches differ from beech in that they include a number of species, some of which are valuable, others of little importance in the supply of material. Nine in all are listed, one or more of which may be found in nearly every state of the Union. Sweet, red, cherry, or wintergreen birch, which are some of the names by which it is known, is usually placed at the head of the birches in value; but yellow birch is a close second. These two supply most of the birch of commerce. Their ranges overlap, and both go to mills together in many regions, and it is next to impossible to sepa- rate the lumber in the markets, and there is little occasion for doing so. These two trees supply practically all of the birch made into flooring, finish, furniture, and fixtures. The largest product comes from the Lake states and the northern Appalachian region. Eiver birch, so named because it is apt to be found on the banks of rivers, particularly between Pennsylvania and Louisiana, has poor color and no figure, and is employed only for common pur- poses. It and yellow birch have ragged bark that rolls up in tat- —30— ters. No other birch of the middle and southern states has this feature. Paper birch is a northern and northeastern tree, coming down through New England and New York to northern Pennsylvania. It formerly furnished the bark for canoes, and now supplies most of the wood for spools. It is an aggressive tree and takes possession of forest tracts bared by fire. No birch of the United States, except these, has ever been important or will probably ever be. Gray birch is known in New Kngland as old field or poverty birch, and is of small size; four little-known species occur in the far West and Northwest — western, Kenei, mountain, and white birch, and their only use is locally as fuel. There are seven maples, if the box elder is counted as one; but the common hard maple or sugar tree is put to more use than all the others together. It is the common flooring, finish, furniture, and distillation maple, and its range of additional uses is so exten- sive that they are listed as classes rather than individually. The wood of most of the other maples is listed in commercial transac- tions as soft maple, except the western, or broadleaf maple of Oregon and California, which occupies a sort of middle ground, but is not abundant or important. The other maples are the black, which is usually considered a form or variety of the sugar maple; red and Drummond, belonging in the soft maple group; and vine maple, which is more of a curiosity than a timber tree, and grows in Oregon and Washington. Probable Victory in Pridham Case W. B. ilorgiiii, cliainnan of the National Classification Committee of Lumber and Wooden Box Interests, has returned from Washington, where he went to attend the hearing in the Pridham case before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The hearing was concluded some time ago, but the commission has recently been going more thoroughly into tlie economic features involved. Mr. Morgan says that in his opinion the commission will decide in favor of the wooden box inter- ests and asserts that this will be a marvelous victory for the lumber interests of the country and particularly of the South. He bases this view on the fact that the railroads are very much opposed to the fiber packages, owing to the numerous losses which have to be paid out as a result of bi-eakage, leakage and other conditions. He says the railroads estimate their losses from this source at approxi- mately $100,000 per day. Mr. Morgan also says it is quite apparent that the small increase in the cost of the wooden packages is more than absorbed by the saving in transportation through the greater effectiveness of the wooden containers. He, therefore, believes that there is no validity to the claim made by the fiber people that the use of wooden containers results in higher cost to the consumer. Mft Morgan also believes that a favorable decision from the commission in regard to the wooden packages will very greatly remove the neces- sity for the railroads to advance rates five per cent, as they have recently claimed. In fact, he estimates that the saving in claims alone will amount to about $90,000,000 a year. He thinks this is one of the most important phases of the controversy. Mr. Morgan is very much interested in the probability that the Interstate Com- merce Commission will order the common carriers to keep a record of the results obtaining as between goods shipped in fiber packages and those shipped in wooden containers. He believes a tabulation of records along this line will prove of very great value to the com- mission in reaching a decision in regard to the merits of tlie con- troversy. Wearing a long face won 't get you anything. Trade it off for a cheerful countenance, even if you have to give some effort to boot. Our faith in the future and better things to come is the greatest sustaining force we have when the going gets hard. The easiest way to get all you want in this world is to not want too much. H;g«:>'->^MaBttBtaac«ogo«^ic>2ti>5TOOB««t^^ Meeting Michigan Manufacturers The regular quarterly meeting of the Michigan Hardwood Manu- I'aoturers' Association was held at the Hotel Pontehartrain, Detroit, on Wednesday, October 22. The meeting was well at- tended; in fact, the attendance was considerably more than at tha last meeting. The entire business was concluded in one session, the features being the excellent market report presented by Bruce Odell, chair- man of the market conditions committee, and the decision of the membership to purchase, as an association, the amount of stock allotted by the Forest Products Exposition. The meeting was opened with the usual roll call and minutes, after which Secretary Knox read an excellent report. Mr. Knox said that he was prepared to present a very satisfactory stock report, and that the comparisons on liardwood are especially favor- able, although liemloek shows more on hand unsold than a year ago. The latter condition, he said, was not to be wondered at, considering the status of yellow pine and the effect it has had on the northern market. According to Mr. Knox, building construc- tion has been very active during the past month and the demand for northern hardwoods and hemlock has continued to be good at no reduced value. He stated, in fact, that the lumber business has more than held its own, and that the present outlook seems to be very good. Reporting on finances, the secretary said that the general fund on hand Oct. 15, 191.3, was $4,438.27, which will more than carry the association through to Jan. 1. The forest fire fund had a bal- ance of $2,697..52 on Oct. 17, out of which, however, the October salaries and expenses of the deputy wardens will have to come. The secretary then commented upon recent activities of Secre- tary J. E. Rhodes, of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Asso- ciation, particularly regarding the Forest Products Exposition. He also stated that at the meeting of the board of governors of the National Lumber Manufacturers ' Association, held in Kansas City in June, the subject of inter-insurance was discussed and the secretary expressed his belief that there is a probability of some- thing to the benefit of the lumbermen coming out of it. He said that President Richardson would make some interesting comments upon these lines. On motion relative to the appointment of delegates to the National Conservation Congress, which meets at Washington, Nov. 18 to 20, it was decided that the president could appoint five dele- gates, one of which should be Bruce Odell, of Cadillac, who would have his expenses paid by the association. H. Ballon, reporting for the railroad committee, said that there was no formal report to make, but he opened up a discussion re- garding the proposed changes in freight rates in Michigan. Mr. Ballou said that it was imperative that rate matters coming up at Lansing should have the close attention of the lumber trade. He saicl that the State Railroad Commission has required Michigan railroads to file equalized rates, which have been filed to take effect Nov. 1.^. These rates, Mr. Ballou says, will not be equalized for lumbermen, in that all commodity rates are cancelled and resulting class rates would not be in conformity with equitable adjustment. Lumber under this arrangement would lie placed in the sixth class, this change in itself constituting a decided increase on the general level within the states. In addition, it is contemplated that a further increase will be- ■ ome effective if the requested advances are granted, which would make a double increase over the present rates on lumber shipments within the state. It was brought out that there is a conflict of authority between the state and Interstate Commerce commissions. M. E. Thomas, of Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., and the Mitchell Brothers Company, Cadillac, suggested that a committee lie ap- pointed to watch the movements regarding freight rates at Lan- sing. He said that the lumbermen should petition the State Rail- road Commission for a hearing before any change of rates goes into effect. Regarding the relation between the Michigan rates and the interstate rates and the consequent overlapping of authority be- tween the Interstate Commerce Commission and the State Railroad Commission, Mr. Thomas stated that the results in Michigan would depend upon the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and that if the latter body suspended the inauguration of the pro- • posed general horizontal advance in interstate rates, the state com- mission would do the same on Michigan rates, in order that the two changes should start at the same time. He stated that in the central classification territory the railroads are planning to make a horizontal increase of five per cent. These increases were filed Oct. 1.5 to take effect Nov. 15. At the same time the state rates were filed to take effect at the same date. Mr. Thomas said that even if the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion does not suspend the interstate rates, lumbermen should have a hearing on lumber rates before they take effec^, because of the relation of Michigan to shipping territory in other states. It was brought out in the discussion that railroads of Michigan had given assurance that no injustice will be done to Michigan shippers, but some skepticism on this score was shown among members who»have bitter experiences to look back upon. President Richardson suggested that it might be probable that the raise in rates in Michigan would be greater than in other states, which in itself would constitute a gross injustice. C. A. Bigelow said that in view of increased cost of operation and supplies, he thinks that the railroads may be entitled to the five per cent increase, and that he would be willing to abide by the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission. He said, however, that inasmuch as Michigan railroads have cancelled pre- vious tariffs and filed new tariffs to take effect Nov. 15, establish- ing increases of from five to thirty-three and one-half per cent, he thought the railroad committee should take action. He moved that the committee be authorized to look after the matter at Lan- sing, auJ»K)«:ao«:>M:j5c<^^ Realizing Steel Car Weakness Nobody denies that in a bad wreck something will smash, anil it may be a wooden ear or it may be a steel car. Experience shows that both will go to pieces if hit hard enough, and experience also shows that the steel car is at fault oftener than the car of wood, in proportion to the numbers of each in use. The first woal^ness of the steel car, and one which the steel advocates carefully avoid mentioning, is its proneness to leave the track or to break or spread the rails. It is heavy and rigid. It refuses to take curves, and if there is a defective rail or a rotten tie, the steel car finds it and begins to smash things, while the wooden car, being lighter and more yielding, passes over and gives the track walker a chance to find the dangerous place. This phase of the situation was ably presented by James O. Fagan in a letter to the New York Times, Sept. 19. .^mong other points made by him were the following: "Under present conditions on the railroads steel car legislation would not only be very unwise, hut would actually be a case of dangerouj Federal interference with railroad management. About a year ago quite a sensation was created by the discovery and publication by the Interstate Commerce Commission of facts relating to the manufacture of steel rails and the stability of roadl>eds. .\ccidents pointing to weakness in these features were of daily occurrence. An abundance of evidence was pub- lished about rotten ties, broken rails, and weak bridges. Comparisons were made between the cost and structure of roadbeds in tbis country and abroad. Meanwhile railroad presidents and managers all over the country were taking hold of these problems in earnest, and at the time public statements were made by these men to the effect that the railroads were in immediate need of millions upon millions of dollars for better- ment purposes, and specifically to prepare for the problems connected with the constantly increasing weight of cars and locomotives. Before permitting or compellin;; the railroads to add an unlimited number of ponderous steel cars to their eauipment. then, would it not be weil to secure from the Interstate Commerce Commission an opinion as to the present preparedness of the railroads to cai-ry in safety this additional weight? Surely, these tracks and roadbeds are matters of the first con- sideratiou. and any cart-before-tlie-horse legislation should be looked upon by the people with the greatest disfavor. "In fact, a careful scrutiny of the records for the past year or two warrants the suspicion that the unusual weight and speed of these trains have been the probable causes iu most of these accidents. Saving lives in this roundabout fashion is something new in railroad and human economy. It reminds one of Dickson's hero who saved a small fortune in his mind by purchasing at bargain sales articles for which he had absolutely no use." The New York Times commented editorially upon this matter by taking the ground that: "The provision of steel cars never prevented accidents, never can pre- vent them. It may, indeed, be a direct cause of the spreading or fracture of rails and of consequent derailments. The prevention of accidents on the railways has become a direct personal issue between managements and men. It is an issue of the gravest importance to the public, and it has been brought to an acute stage by the continual demands for more pay, or. when that is refused, less responsibility for the trainmen to whose hands are intrusted the lives of passengers. It might even be argued that the multiplication of mechanical safety devices is now in itself an element of danger. When engineers, conductors, and flagmen unite to thrust the safety first responsibility upon the power of car bodies to withstand shocks of collisions resulting from their running past signals, it is time for the public to take a part in passing upon their qualifications." The common sense method would be to attain safety first b) keeping cars on the track, and this is hard to do in case of the steel car, A line or two in the ordinary news dispatch regarding wrecks often gives the secret away. Note the following in an associated press dispatch, published Sept. 16, regarding a wreck at Coatesville, Pa. "The train was not running fast when the sleepers, of steel construction, left the rails and turned over on their sides. One of the ears slid half way down a fifteen-foot embankment. There were sixty-eight persons in the sleepers. The accident is said to have been due to the spreading of the rails." The three points here are, the cars were steel, the train was not running fast, and the rails spread. Would an element of safety be added by a law compelling the use of steel cars exclusively? "Would not the rails spread just the same, or worse? Almost exactly the same story was told in a dispatch, Sept. 20, from Nahatta, Kansas, where twenty passengers were injured when steel cars left the track because of a defective rail, and went over an embankment. Is legislation needed here to compel the use of cars already in use (and in the wreck)? News agency dispatches to the papers are impartial. They are not arguing for the steel car, the wooden car, or any other car, but they simply tell what happens, and that is why their testi- mony as to the insufliciency if not the actual danger of the steel ear is so telling. Two days later than the dispatch quoted above, the Brooklyn Eagle had nearly two whole pages of description and pictures of a wreck on Long Island in which three were killed and forty-five were hurt. The news agency — the same impartial agency which simply tells what happened — introduced the two-page description in one plain, straightforward sentence as follows: "Three persons were killed outright, two others were injured so severely that they are expected to die, and forty-three other passengers were more or less seriously injured early today in a head-on collision of two electric passenger trains of steel construction, on the Whiteston.- nivlslon of the Long Island Railroad at College Point." Here were steel cars, and there was not even spreading rails to offer as an excuse for the accident It was a "head-on" alTair, and that is the situation in which steel cars are supposed to display their elements of safety. The news report tells how they did it: "There was a crash that could be heard for more than half a mile, and the Manhattan-bound train pierced its way through nearly half the length of the first car of the opposing train before both trains came to a stop. Passengers, who had been hurled in all directions from their seats, lay in a jumbled mass on the floors of (he trains for a moment, and then as many as were able rushed for the open. They found that none of the cars except the first of each train had left the rails. Of these, the head car of the Manhattan-bound train showed no signs of the accident save that the front end was mashed in and its forward trucks lost under the wreckage of the car with which it had locked itself. On the latter car the front end was entirely torn away, and from the front vestibule, where the motorman's box had been, great ribbons of the steel sheathing of which the car was built had been rolled back as if by a gigantic can- opener for fully halt the length of the car." An inspection of the photographic illustrations of the wreck, pub- lished in the Brooklyn Eagle, shows that the steel car went so completely to pieces that it was a tangled heap of scrap. No wooden car, even of the most flimsy construction, was ever more completely wrecked. This is not a new occurrence. Steel cars have crumpled many a time under the impact of collision. No more dependence can be placed in them than in the wooden coach — perhaps not as much. They appear, therefore, to be no safer than the wooden car when the accident comes, and are far more liable to cause accidents. The element of greater safety, which is so loudly proclaimed by the steel interests, seems to be a myth. All travelers know from experience that the steel car is less comfortable than the wood, but many have cheerfully endured the discomfort because of the increased safety which they supposed they were getting when they rode in the steel coach. The accumulation of accidents to the steel car is piling up proof that it is less comfortable and no safer. One of the farthest-fetched of all attacks on the wooden car has recently appeared in a circular sent out to the members of a trav- elers' insurance association of prominence. It is based on the wreck of three cattle cars some months ago in Texas, and a photo- graphic picture shows the demolished cars. There is no question that they were thoroughly wrecked, but the picture shows some- thing that doubtless escaped the author's notice in his zeal to exhibit the broken cattle cars. The camera has not been trained sufficiently in prevarication to leave out tell-tale details that do not help the deception, Down the track stands the car that de- molished the three cars of cattle, and it is a common old wooden box car. The e.xplanation is apparent. The three-flimsy stock cars, which are made of slats like a corncrib, were simply crushed when the wooden box car hit them. It was wood against wood, and the strongest came out uninjured. —33— 'sy^a^oKvsa^jisrosrogi^to^x ,^!;>!;:>CTsr^-j^>^y^:<;viti^iTOi^::Bii!a^^^ - Gum Manufacturers to Organize ^^ On Saturday, Oct. 18, a meeting, whidi will j;o (Uiwn in ^11111 history as of exceeding significance, tooU iilacf ;it I lie Ihitcl Gayoso, Mempliis, Tenn. The meeting can be said to lie directly the result of the very apparently diminished demand for gum which has been noted for some little time past. Certain promi- nent manufacturers have realized the seriousness of the condition and have felt it was incumbent upon tlie bulk of the producers of gum to get together on a common basis to work out ways and means for increasing the market for their product. Some wind of this move has been abroad for quite a little time in connection with the campaign to create a fund for general advertising of gum, but the meeting itself w-as the direct result of the efforts of C. L. Harrison of the Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber ('oni)iany of Cape Girardeau, Mo. No permanent organization was effected, although direct steps were taken to that end, and the opinion was expressed by men prominently connected with the meeting that a permanent organi zation is a positively assured fact for the near future. If nothing else were accomplished, the expressed opinions of those present at least put the gum condition in a more favorable light. According to reports of the attendants at the meeting, they have an average capacity of from .50,000,000 to 55,000,000 feet a vear and find that they have an average of only four months cut ahead, which is not so bad as they thought. They have 21,600,000 feet on hand. According to the report, the average of red gum to a log is twenty-five per cent. As stated, there was no permanent organization formed, but, judging from the sentiment exjjressed, one is strongly desireroperly organized would unquestionably have a powerful influence upon the manufacture and distribution of red and sap gum. Consider- ing the important place which gum occupies in the hardwood demand of this country and foreign countries, it is not a question of "why is this organization to be formed?" but rather, "Why wasn't it formed long ago?" The meeting undoubtedly con- stituted an epic in the affairs of gum manufacturers and it will be interesting to watch how the pro[iosition works out before the next meeting takes place. TOijK:so;;o:v>_';:;;;AaV/,VAi/ibfeto^>^;iK5K^^ Oig Chicago Building Project Endorsed As a prominent member of the Chicago lumber trade expresses it: "You can't hold them back on this Lumbermen's building proposition. ' ' The spirit displayed at the meeting of the Lum- bermen 's Association of Chicago following tte banquet at the Hamilton Club on Tuesday evening, October 21, was strong proof of the truth of this assertion. In the absence of Murdock MacLeod, president of the associa- tion, Vice-President Mashek presided at the meeting. He reviewed the work of the building committee composed of George J. Pope, Everett A. Thornton and Edward E. Skeele. Mr.' Mashek said that the committee had worked in close harmony with the asso- ciation and its board of directors and had been given every assist- ance and advice possible by the board. He added that it now devolves upon the lumbermen themselves to give the project the des.'red support in the matter of space rental, to put the proposi- tion through. inasmuch as the meeting was mainly for the purpose of dis- cussing this building question, George J. Pope, chairman of the building committee, took the chair at this point for the purpose of telling of the status of the arrangements and of answering the questions and leading the discussion. He stated that the committee "s arangements are in fairly concrete shape but urged that prompt action is necessary inasmuch as Nov. 1 is the limit given for the rental of the 30,000 square feet of space necessary. He said that unless this amount of space is contracted for by the first of November, the project will be given up definitely, and that so far the work of the committee had resulted in leasing 20,000 square feet of space, not including the space to be occu- pied by the Lumbermen's Club and the Lumbermen's Associa- tion. Mr. Pope explained that the committee has met its greatest —Si- difficulty in the spirit shown by some of the lumbermen who seem to be willing to postpone the definite contracting for space for no apparent reason or for trivial reasons. He requested that those not firmly convinced but of open mind in the matter give the committee an opportunity of calling .upon them at an appointed time in order to demonstrate conclusively the practi- cability and advisability of having space in the Lumbermen's building. The architects of the proposed building, Holabird & Roach, had a representative at the meeting for the purpose of explaining in detail the various features of the building. A screen and lantern were provided, and exterior and floor plans were thrown upon the screen. As explained in a previous announcement, the building will be 100x134 feet and 200 feet high. According to the plans shown, the exterior will closely resemble that of the McCormick building, while it is planned to have the interior equal in every resjiect to the modern office buildings of the city, mar- ble and mahogany being used. The structure will be equipped with six elevators. An arrangement will be in effect on each floor whereby any amount of space can be given to any tenant, but the McCormick estate provides that partitions put in at re- quest of tenants must remain intact during the leasing period. This provision is the result of the short lease which is asked, namely, for five years. ' The depth of the larger offices from the windows to corridors will be twenty-four feet, while the smaller ones will be sixteen and eighteen feet. In planning the structure, particular attention has been given to the matter of space, light and ventilation. M. C. Kemmen, who has charge of the McCormick building, also owned by the McCormick estate, made some interesting sug- HARDWOOD RECORD 35 gestioBs whicli would inilicate that the character of the T.iinibor men's buililiug will l)e first-class in every way. He said' that 325,0110 persons eutereil the MeCorniick building between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15. and that the elevators in that period traveled 5,335 miles. He stated that cleanliness is insisted upon by Mr. Me- Corniick as of paramount importance and that in order to satis- factorily take care of this feature in the McCormick building it requires 120 women and (>5 men every day, also G men washing 93 pairs of windows diiily one week to complete the entire building. William II. Beelie. formerly connected with the lumber busi- ness and now having charge of the business administration of McCormick buildings, also talked of the advantages to be de- rived from centralizing tlie lumber interests in the Lumbermen's _buiUing. Ho si'okc particularly favorably of the location se- lected. He urged upon those present that they give the matter of signing for space their immediate attention. One of the points which Mr. Beebe made was that the centralized arrangement would be of great assistance to the small yard man who has but a limited time in his visits to Chicago to buy a small amount of lumber. It would be of ecpial and in some cases correspond- ingly greater assistance to other lines of the consuming industries. Frederick L. Brown, former president of the association, talked in behalf of the project and said that to have success one must have a definite aim and that with any branch of trade following a certain ideal, a considerable stimulus is created. Before the meeting adjourned, a unanimous resolution was passed favoring the building project. ^y5w;i;j!tyk>A<,:v:,:<^i;i>\yfci^^>';iiw:;;;ie>tl!TOroi!W!()iO^ The Mail Bag Any reader •f HARDWOOD RECORD desiring t* communicate with any of the Inquirers listed In this section can have the ad- dreHea on written request to the Mall Bag Department, HARD- WOOD RECORD, 537 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, and referrlni to the number at the head of each letter and enclosing a self- addressed stamped envelope. B 583 — Seeks List Cargo Shippers Pacific Coast Wood Utica. N. Y.. Del. H- Kdili.r Haiilmvoiu) Khicuio : If you can con- venientlj' tlw so. wr would be yluti to havr you give us the names of a few good reliable lumbei' niaiiufaoturers on tlie I'aeiflc coast, large enough so that they could ship lumber in cargo lots to the East. The above correspondent has been given a brief list of leading pro- ducers of western lumber products located at various ports. Any others interested in the inquiry can have the address on application. — Editor. B 584 — Wants Red Cedar Cleveland, O.. Oct. 14. — Editor Hardwood Record; Can you give us the names of several responsible southern mills who cut and market red cedar suitable to manufacture into cedar chests? Manufacturing Company. This correspondent has been given a brief list of manufacturers of Tennessee red cedar. Any others interested can have tlie address on application. — Editor. B 585 — Seeks List Hardwood Log Buyers Columbia, Mo., Oct. 15. — Editor Hardwood Record; This department receives frequent inquiries from farmers regarding the market for mixed lots of logs, especially hardwood logs in small quantities. Can you give us a list of buyers in small lots of hardwood logs so that we can answei' these inquiries? Fbederick Dunlap, Professor of Forestry, Columbia University. Mr. Dunlap has been advised that a list of buyers of small lots of hardwood logs would be as numerous as the small hardwood mills throughout the country, and that it would be impractical to supply him with a complete list. — Editor. B 586 — Seeks Thin Veneer Chicago, III.. Oct. 20. — Editor Hardwood Record; Will you please give us a list of producers of thin veneer for wrapping purposes? Wo are buyers of this material in carload lots. Manufacturi-xg Company. This correspondent has been supplied with a list of the principal rotary veneer cutters of Wisconsin and Michigan, many of whom cut this thin veneer for the purpose named from elm and other com- paratively low-priced woods. Any others interested in the inquiry can have the address on application. — Editor. B 587 — Seeks List of Maple Tahle Slide Producers Cape Girardeau, Mo., Oct. 16. — Editor Hardwood Record ; Will you please furnish us a list of manufacturers of maple table slides? We also would like a list of manufacturers of tables who make their own slides. Lumber Company. This correspondent has been supplied with a brief list of producers of table slides. Any others interested in the inquiry can have the address on application. — Editor. B 588 — Seeks Name of Producers of Piling Machine Gardner, Mass., Oct. 17. — Editor Hardwood Record : Can you put us in touch with parties who make a machine for stacking lumber in high piles? Also parties who can furnish us with a lumber truck for drawing lumber In our yard? Company. This correspondent has been given the names of several manu- facturers of the two apparatus asked for. Any others interested in the inquiry can have the address on application. — Editor. B 589 — Wants Market for Locust Fence and Telephone Posts Maksh.all, Ark., Oct. 8. — Editor Hardwood Record ; Can yon through your "Mail Bag" section put us in touch «lth buyers of locust fence and telephone posts? . Anyone interested in a source of supply for this material can have the address of the above correspondent on application. — Editor. B 590 — Wants Thin No. 3 Poplar l'iiii.Aiii;i.i'iriA. I'A.. (kt. 'JO. — Editor Hardwood Record; We are in the nnirket tor ."> •I .\o. '.i common poplar, dressed two sides and resawed to llnlsh Vj", for western I'ennsylvanla trade. Can you tell us where we can secure this stock? Lumber Company. The writer of this letter has been given a list of the principal poplar producers of the country. Any others desiring to have the- address can secure it on apjilication. — Editor. B 591 — When Is Kiln-Dried Liunber Dry? Cleveland, O., tictobcr 22. IDKi. Editor Haruvvuod Recuud ; We are in receipt of a carload of alleged kiln-dried lumber that we do not believe is dry. Who is the authority for determining whether this lumber is dry or not. .ind how shall wc procport to determine this fact? The reply to tlie al)Ove communication has been made as follows: Perhaps the best authority on the subject of tests showing the dry- ness of wood is Samuel .T.' Eecord, assistant professor of Forest Products, Yale University. In Mr. Record's work entitled "Iden- tification of the Economic Woods of the United States," he says: "The water contents of wood can readily be determined in the following manner; Saw off a thin section of wood: weigh care- fully on u delicate balance; dry in an oven at a temperature of 100° C, until a constant weight is obtained; reweigh. The differ- ence between the fresh weight and the dry weight is the amount of moisture contained. Computed on a basis of the fresh weight: fresh weight — dr.y weight Per cent of moisture= XlOO fresh weight "Thus if the weight of the original block of wood was twice the final weight, there was as much water as wood; in other words, one- half or .50 per cent of the original weight was water. The figures in the preceding paragraph are on this basis. "Computed on a basis of dry weight: fresh weight — dry weight Per cent of moisture= XlOO dry weight ' ' In the problem cited above the loss of moisture was 100 per cent of the dry weight. This method furnishes a constant basis for comparison, while the other varies with every change in mois- ture degree. Subsequent references to the per cent of moisture will refer to computation on the basis of dry weight. "It is impossible to remove absolutely all the water from wood without destroying the wood. Wood is considered thoroughly dried when it ceases to lose weight in a constant temperature of 100° C, though it still retains from 2 to 3 per cent of moisture, and if exposed to higher temperature will continue to give up water. ' ' For practical demonstration of the dryness of the wood in ques- tion, would suggest that you employ the following method: Cut a couple of feet from the end of the 12" board, a section about %" in length; take this thin section and leave it on a hot steam radi- ator for fifteen or twenty minutes; then leave the section on your desk for a matter of twenty-four hours. After this time, if the width of the section approximates the width of the board from which it is removed, the lumber may be considered commercially dry. On the contrary, if it shows a shrinkage of from Vs" to %" it is not dry. The fact that the oil or water stain causes the grain of the wood to raise is no evidence whatsoever that the lumber was dry. As a matter of fact, it is evidence to the direct contrary. Had this been Kratezer-cured lumber even kiln-dried for but a short time, you would have had no trouble with the filler raising the grain. Incidentally, wood that does not contain more than anywhere from six to nine per cent of moisture is regarded as commercially dry. That is, lumber should have about this quantity of moisture remaining in it when it is suitable to employ in the making of interior finish or furniture. Green wood contains anywhere from twenty-five to as high as seventy-five per cent of moisture, depend- ing upon the kind of wood and the proportion of sapwood involved. — Editor. HARDWOOD RECORD Z7 Xg)?KitTO>ytfxaxi>iro{TOL^i>K;itf»3ig ' Clubs and Associations Interesting Program for Wisconsin Meeting The tall meeting of the Northern Ilomlock and Hardwood Manufac- turers' Association as recently announced In Uajidwood Kecoud will be held at Eau Claire. Wis., on Wednesday, Oct. 29. The headquarters of the association will be the Galloway hotel and the sessions will be held at the Eau Claire Club. The prosram Includes reports on stock on hand Oct. 1, market condi- dltlons, standard sizes for hemlock, advertising, forest products exposi- tion. Insurance, log Input, and woods wages. In addition, some excellent committee reports are being prepared on these subjects which will be of more than usual Interest and value. D. II. Tiemann of the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., who is recognized as an expert in wood seasoning, will describe his ex- periments in kiln drying lumber and a representative of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States will discuss the work of that important organization. The visiting members following the meeting will have an opportunity of seeing the mills of the John H. Kaiser Lumber Company and the New Dells Lumber Company, which plants include a box factory and an Interior finish factory. Chicago Ciub Entertains On Wednesday evening. Oct. "J. the Lumbermen's Club of Chicago ■ utertained the wives and friends of the members with an informal dance and evening of cards and other informal entertainment. The entertainment committee had made excellent arrangements providing a very good orchestra for the dancing and also prizes for the card games. About fifty people were in attendance, some remaining on the tlanco floor, while others spent the evening at the card tables. Pool and bil- liard tables were thrown open for the evening without charge, and were well patronized. Important Meeting Memphis Club The regular meeting of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, held at the Hotel Gayoso, Saturday. Oct. 18, was well attended. Thereto there were a number of gendemen present who were in Memphis to attend the red gum conference here during the forenoon. The usual luncheon was served. The river and rail committee said that it was negotiating with oflicials of the Illinois Central railroad in regard to the payment of overweight charges at Memphis instead of through the Chicago offices, and that it had not quite completed this work. The committee also reported that it had received information from Washington that the Willis bill, designed for the purpose of giving the Interstate Commerce Commission wider jurisdiction in connection with the weighing of lumber and other freight, was not complete and that it would be withdrawn. The committee also reported that another bill was being prepared and that when this was received it would proceed to carry out the instructions of the club regarding recommendations of such a character as to thoroughly protect the interests of shippers. The committee also reported that the physical valuation of the rail- ■oads would be undertaken by the commission at an early date and that the United States had been divided into sections for this purpose. Chatta- nooga has been selected as the headquarters for the Southeast and Kansas City for the Southwest. The committee asked that it be authorized to secure one of the branch stations for Memphis and the desired authority was granted. The statistics committee, through D. F. Heuer, read extracts from its report for 1912 showing the amount of lumber produced at Memphis and a number of other interesting features in connection therewith. This report has already been published in Hardwood Record. F. E. Stonebraker, chairman of the committee appointed to furnish the rooms to be occupied by the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis in the home of the Business Men's Club, stated that it had been found that there would be 105 panels and that, as there were not enough specimens of hardwood lumber In this section to make each one of a different wood, it would be necessary to duplicate in some Instances. He brought forth considerable applause when, out of deference to the delegates to the red gum conference, he declared that most of the duplications would be made of red gum. The entertainment committee was authorized to take such steps as It saw proper in connection with the visit of the Indiana Retail Lumber Dealers' Association. The association will pass through Memphis .Tan. 22. At the completion of the regular business. President Prltchard extended a warm welcome to the delegates to the red gum conference, declaring that the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis was very much pleased with the privi- lege of entertaining these gentlemen. He called on a number of them for brief talks. W. E. Delaney, chairman of the red gum conference and president of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, expressed very great pleasure at being with the lumbermen of Memphis, whom he charac- terized as thoroughly aggressive and also as a little egotistical, as evi- denced by the fact that they were taking atepfl at this meeting to bring a part of the government machinery from Washington to Memphis. He dwelt at some length on the great good to be accomplished by organization. While he agreed that the lumbermen took rather long iliuucos, he thought that they were quite as conservative us other business men when every- thing was considered. He intimated that the disposition on their part to take chances grew out of necessity rather than choice. Discussing the red gum conference, he said that the principal object of the red gum conference was to And a larger market and that the gentle- men participating therein would work seriously to this end. He said that one Industrious gentleman bad already discovered a new by-product made of red gum, but the exact nature thereof, as well as the effects to be accomplished thereby, will hardly bear publication. C. L. Harrison of Cape Girardeau, Mo., was Introduced as the originator of the red gum conference. He said that he had taken tbis step because his firm was up against It, as it was in the position of a man trying to sell gold dollars at ninety cents apiece. He declared that gum manufac- turers were going to put gum on the market in the right way and that they had come to .Memphis, which is the center of the chief territory producing gum, to make the start. He thanked the club for the very cordial hospitality shown to himself and other delegates. T. W. Fry of St. Louis, Charles Thomas of BelzonI, Miss., and E. A. Lang of Chicago were called upon aud responded briefly, expressing very great pleasure at being present, and reiterated the expressions of others regarding the hospitality shown to the various delegates. Mr. Lang took occasion to Invite the members of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis td make their headquarters with the Lumbermen's Club of Chicogo when in that city. Nashville Trade Visits Louisville The recent visit of the Nashville Lumbermen's Club to Louisville was one of the most enjoyable events recorded in a long while. The Louis- ville Hardwood Club was the host of the Nashville men. and took the visitors in charge when they stepped down from their sleeper at seven o'clock in the morning, continuing the entertainment until midnight. The day's program included breakfast at the Seelbach Hotel : a visit to a number of mills In the southern part of the city: luncheon at the Louis- ville Country Club : the afternoon at the races at Churchill Downs : din- ner at the Seelbach ; the evening at Keith's vaudeville theater, and sup- per at the Seelbach. The Nashville men indicated that they had had a good time, and are talking about arranging a trip to Memphis by both Nashville and Louisville clubs. National Inspection for September As Indicated by the records of the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- tion, the inspection department officially inspected and measured 15,679,- 862 feet during the month of September, 1913, which is a slight reduc- tion over the month of September, 1912, and about 2,000.000 feet less than were inspected during August. 1913. The total earnings of the In- spection bureau for the month amount to .$5,232.94. and the expenses and salaries of the inspectors, including the chief inspector, were $5,920.82, so that the work was conducted at an expense to the association of $687.88. Philadelphia Exchange in First Meeting The Lumbermen's Exchange held its first monthly meeting after the summer suspension, in Griffith Hall, on Oct. 9. In the evening Instead of the afternoon as heretofore, this arrangement having been made the better to accommodate the business men and so assure a larger attend- ance. The experiment so far as one can judge from a single trial, bids fair to prove a success. At 0 :30 a supper provided by the favorite caterer of the exchange. Mr. Wiener, and of which the menu was as usual par- ticularly tempting was served, and the augmented attendance gave It the appearance of a jovial social gathering. At 7 :30 the meeting was called to order by President Benjamin Stoker, who announced that with the object of giving to these meetings In the evening a social as well as business character, the famous Kindling Wood Quintette, with John E. Howes, accompanist, would open the session with some choice selections of music, a feature unanimously approved, .\fter this special treat the regular business was taken up. After the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting, Amos Y. Leshcr. chairman of the Forestry Commission, made his report. Thomas B. Hammer, chairman of the committee repre- senting the exchange at the Atlantic Deeper Waterways convention, then read an Interesting report on the work which Is being done In that direc- tion, after which Robert C. LIppIncott gave the boys a little talk on some of the experiences of the lumber business running back flfty years, showing the wonderful advance made from the increased facilities In this branch of Industry. His description of the old crude logging and transportation methods of that time was very amusing. It Is the feel- ing of Mr. LIppIncott that lumbermen as a rule are a broad, honorable set of men. John E. Lloyd, president of the William M. Lloyd Company, then aired some very sensible Ideas as to the right and wrong methods pursued by the present day lumbermen, and made some Ingenious prognos- tications as to how the lumber business may possibly be conducted In the future. Mr. Lloyd possesses a teeming brain and his remarks were received with applause. President Stoker announced with pleasure that hereafter talks of this kind from the members and others would add to the attractions of these meetings. Frederick S. Underbill, S. Ashton Bon- der, John B. Llo.vd and Amos Y. Lesher were appointed a committee to represent the exchange at the Fire Prevention Convention, to be held In this city from Oct. 13 to 18. After a few more selections from the quintette this meeting adjourned. The November meeting after the supper In Griffith Hall, will be held in the exchange room. 38 HARDWOOD RECORD Plans for the Forest Products Exposition A set of "Kiilcs anil Hoguhitlons" governing the Koivst rrodiu-ts Exposition, to he held in the Coliseum at Cliicago next sprinn, has hecn issued by George S. Wood, manager. This includes plans of the build- ing, and suggestions for aiiiiortionment of spaee ; an outline of the class of exhibits which will come wjlhln the scope of the enterprise ; and the items of expense necessarily incurred by those who become exhibitors. The exposition will open at 10 a. m. and close at 11 p. m. There will be an adequate system of telephones. No gasoline, alcohol or other explo- sives will be allowed in the building, and no smoking except as specially provided. A number of matters pertaining to the exposition were considered at the meeting of (he committee at the Blaelistone hotel, Chicago, Aug. 1. Mr. Wood presented a detailed estimate of expenses and probable receipts, showing that with the amount of space available in both expositions practically all taken, the exposition will be more than sell'- sustaining. A rate of .$1.00 per square foot for floor space was fixed Ijy the com raittee. exhibitors to be assigned locations In the order in which their applications are received, the management reserving the right to assign such locations as may best suit the conditions. A general admission fee of fifty cents will be charged. The experience of most industrial expositions has shown the necessity of charging an admission in order to control the character of the attendance and avoid unprofitable overcrowding. Each exhibitor will be given one free ticket of admission for every square foot of floor space controlled by him. As the ITnited States Forest Service, whose participation is desired, has no funds with which to provide for the same, it was decided best to investigate the possibilities of securing a special appropriation, either as an item of the Agricultural Appropriation bill, or as a separate measure, to permit the Forest Service to make a creditable exhibit of the many features of its work, which are of general interest to the people. Favorable Report Northern Forest Fire Protective Association for Early September Thomas B. Wymnn, seen lary-foresler of the NortUi-rn Forest rroteotive Association, offers a favorable report for Aug. 1 to Sept. 15. The report states that while weather conditions have been as a whole favorable, nevertheless the period has been characterized by a dry spell which was, however, partially overcome by opportune rains. During this period seventeen fires were reported, covering approximately 800 acres of land, of which 680 were plains and slashings, and 120 acres second-growth and sparse stands, mainly of pine. While 40,000 feet of standing timber was more or less damaged by surface fires, there was no actual loss sustained. The result of the vigilance on the part of the wardens is seen in the large number of applications for permits to burn brush. One of the encouraging features of the association's work is that in a number of instances fires have been reported to the wardens after having been effectively put out by the party reporting the fire. This illustrates that the efl:orts for co-operation with woods tr.ivelers are becoming successfull. A few fires burned for a considerable time without being discovered. The matter of issuing camp leases, mentioned at length in the last report, has gained considerable headway and is being generally discussed. It is interesting to note that several land owners who had at first opposed the plan have advised the oflice of change of attitude. The plan will become effective within the next few hunting seasons. The association has entered into an extensive campaign which will provide suitable signs to guide the woods traveler into proper roads and paths rather than keep him in the woods over night when it becomes necessary for him to light a camp fire. This greatly reduces the number of camp fires, and hence the risk of forest fires resulting from them. Uegarding slashings, the report says that there is no safety to remaining standing timber as long as the huge tracts of slashings are not cared for. No satisfactory method of disposal has as yet been suggested, and the timber owners are exceedingly lax in carrying out a definite system of slash disposal. If plans are properly laid and carried out, there is no doubt of the feasibility of burning slash with safety to adjoining property. This, however, entails supervision by a man expert in the work of slash dis- posal, and the association offers to operators the best talent among its wardens for this particular service. The report also suggests two other uses, one being the destructive burning of slashings in retorts, with the Idea of saving the ash and its by-products. Another is the use of this material in the production of brown paper, for which purpose it is not necessary to remove the bark, and hardwoods can be utilized as well as the softwoods. With the Trade Memphis Concern Opens Chicago OSace The VandenBoom-Stimson Lumber Company, prominent in manufac- lurin" and wholesale circles of Memphis. Tenn.. has just established an 1 oHice in Cliicago which will be occupied by its northern representative and salesman, E. K. Odle. This concern manufactures and does a whole- sale business in a variety of southern hardwoods and makes a specialty of quartered oak for the manufacture of which It Is unusually equipped as to experience. The stock which Mr. Odle will have to call upon will be an unusual guarantee to the trade, whlcli he will solicit, as far as satisfaction is concerned. Mr. Odle has had a varied and extensive experience in the lumber field and is well qualified to handle this business. He will cover Illinois, Wis- consin, .Michigan, and probably later will enlarge his territory covering more of the northern district. The now offices of the VandenBoom-Stimson Lumber Company will be at 1608 Gibbons building, the new building adjacent to the Steger build- ing, on .Tackson boulevard between Slate street and Wabash avenue. The company's telephone number will be Harrison 2962. H. F. Arnemann Starts for Himself II. 1'. Arnemann has since the inception of the company been in charge of the veneer department of the Hardwood Mills Lumber Com- pany, Alonadnock building, Cbicago. This concern handles northern and southern hardwoods in a very successful way and is considered one of the leading concerns in the local trade. Mr. Arnemann had entire charge of the veneer department and handled the stock from several large veneer mills. A week ago he severed his connection with the Hardwood Mills Lumber Company after due consideration and opened an office for himself at D22 Monadnock building. This change in policy will entirely separate him from his former business connection although he will probably handle about the same stocks that he has been handling in past years. Mr. Arnemann simply believed, as have a great many other men in the past, that he could better his position by taking up his work on his own responsibility. The change is in no way an indication of any lack of harmony between him and his former business associates. Hahd- wooD Record joins with Mr. Arnemann's many friends in the local trade in wishing him every success in his new venture. Furniture Plant Moves to Little Rock F. K. Slimmer of F. R. Slimmer & Co., Chicago, has recently closed a contract with A. C. Read, president of the Factoria Land Company, by the terms of wltich the Slimmer company will soon erect two large factory buildings in the new Factoria addition to the city of Little Rock. The buildings will each be 120 feet by SO feet, and will afford more than 20,000 square feet of floor space. F. R. Slimmer & Co. plan to move their entire plant from Chicago to Little Rock as soon as the new buildings are made ready for occupancy, which will be within ninety days. They will make various kinds of cabinets, giving special attention to the manufacture of kitchen cabinets and bookcases. Mr. Slimmer, who has had several years of practical experience in this line, gives as his chief reason for coming to Little Rock that his operating expenses will he much less than they are at present. According to his estimate the company will make a saving from this source alone amounting to $."iOO per month, and then he figures a great saving on the cost of material. At present he is paying ,$2 to $4 per thousand more for Arkan- sas woods in Chicago than he will have to pay for the same here. This is the first concern to be secured for the new Factoria addition. The board of governors of the Chamber of Commerce has long since realized that Little Rock is destined to become one of the largest furni- ture manufacturing centers in the South. Its geographical location, its tributary territory and its closeness to the largest hardwood forests In the United States are bound to make Little Rock in time one of the leading woodworking centers of the country. Large Mills Being Installed The Tidi'water l.nmber Company and the Currier Lumber Corporation have built two sawmills and two stave mills in Wise county. Virginia, and the Indian Creek & Pound River railroad is being extended six miles across the Kentucky border into Virginia to furnish an outlet for the product of the mills. The region is rich in valuable hardwoods which will soon be brought within reach of market. Winter's Work to Begin The new Dells Lumber Company at Eau Claire. Wis., is ready to begin the winter's work and the mill will soon start cutting both hardwoods and softwoods. The logs have been coming in for some time. The company .saws whatever comes in, but it makes a specialty of Wisconsin birch. The mill has been shut down for some months. Uses of Lands in Italy Italy's total area is 70. 820. IDT acres apportioned as follows: Un- productive 7.4 per cent, tilled land 45.4, pasture 25.6. vineyards and orchards 4.9, forest 10.2. This leaves 7.4 per cent unaccounted for, and it probably consists of water surface, towns and cities, and the rights of way of highways and railroads. Koreans Planting Trees The almost treeless condition of Korea is rapidly changing under Jap- anese supervision. The natives have been taught tree planting and have carried It on with so much industry that many of the formerl.v barren hills are being covered with young growth, and large tracts of unproductive land are increasing in value. HARDWOOD RECORD 39 Building a Band Mill in Virginia A single-band mill iind ten milis nf stiindanl ^niigo railroad aro among the Improvements aiiiiouncod lor Itio imiiicdiate fvituii' by the MUlboro Lumber Company, near MllllHini. Va. The eompany was recently Incor- porated with ?r>0,000 capital. The mill will have Its own electric light plant and waterworks. This company's officers are J. M. Murdock, presi- dent : E. B. Murdock, treasurer : II. B. Murdock, secretary and manager, all of Johnstown. I'a,. which Is thi' company's office address. Dry Kiln Man Killed H. E. Wofford. proprietor and manager <>( tin' Emerson Dry Kiln Com- pany, New York City, was killed instantly In an automobile accident near West I'olnt. N. Y.. on Aug. 11*. lie was on a business trip and was running the automobile which he had owned but a short time. Two boys found the wrecked machine and the vli'tim at the bottom of a clIfT. H. E. Wofford was born at WooiIrulT, S. C.. forty-three years ago. He began In the business of manufacturing dry kilns under the direction of the late R. B. Andrews who was manager of the Emerson company. When Mr. Andrews retired Mr. Wofford succeeded him at the head of the busi- ness, which under his management Increased steadily. His long con- nection with the Emerson company made him very well known 1o the lumber trade of the eastern states. The business of the Emerson Dry Kiln Company will be continued as formerly n-lth Wm. Limperf as manager, Mr. I.inipcrt has been with the company for twidve years. The reports of the unfortunate occurrence did not give the name of the deceased and this, and the fact that Mr. LImpert left at once to accom- pany the remains to Woodruff for burial explains why the trade press were not informed of the ac<-id<-ni. New Mills in Mississippi Operations are under way for the tree tion of <;. B. Merrill & Bro's new mill at Lake, Miss. The mill when completed will consist of two separate units, one for ptn.e, the other for hardwoods. One side of the mill will be in operation in December, the other side later. At Meridian, Miss., the Usher Brothers have begun the erection of a planing mill with a capacity of 100.00(1 feet a day. It is part of the plan to build a hardwood mill, also to take care of hardwood stunipage recently purchased. Will Inspect Greenheart Timber Clayton D. Mill, who until recentl.v was an expert on wood structure in the Forest Service, has gone to South America to inspect greenheart timber which has been bought in British Guiana for construction of lock gates at Panama. It seems that some doubt arose whether all the timljers offered were genuine greenheart or something else. It is said that a number of trees pass commercially as this wood which are quite different from it. Mr. Mill's mission to the forests where the logs are cut is to protect the government in its purchases by separating the true from the spurious greenheart. He is both a wood technologist and a botanist, and it will not be very easy for the timber contractors in Ouiana to put anything over on him. A Wisconsin Timber Deal One of the largest lumber transactions in Wisconsin in recent years was consummated when the Charles W. Fish Lumber Company of Elcho took over the holdings of the estate of ,Tohn S. Van Nortwlck. The hold- ings consist of 4.000 acres of the finest timherland In Langlade county. Some of the best hardwood tlml>er in the county is located on these lands, which are accessibly located, and most of the forties can be logged without the expense of building a railroad. The Fish company purposes to operate several big camps and cut from 30.000,000 to 3.5,000,000 feet within the next ten or twelve .vears. A large portion of the timber is hardwood. It will be shipped to the Elcho mill to l)e manufactured into high-grade lumber. The deal included the Sherry mill site at Koepenick. The purcha.se price was around .fGO.OOO. The sale was the largest since the Chicago and Northwestern land was sold to the Oconto Compan.v. The Fish company recently completed a modern hotel at Elcho. It is heated by steam, lighted by ele<-tricity. and has rnuninir water. Wisconsin Concern Expands The Wisconsin Woodworking Comfiany, recently noted as being incor- porated at Two Rivers, has consummated a deal whereb.v it acquired the property of the Two Rivers Manufai turing Company. The Two Rivers Manufacttirlng Company was founded by .-Mdricli, Smith & Co. in 1857, which was succeeded in ISOO by Mann Brothers of Milwaukee. The plant grew to Immense proportions under the management of the latter during nearly half a century. About eight years ago the concern got into finan- cial difficulties and the creditors unsuccessfully tried to operate the plaut. .T. F. Conant, lately interested In a woodworking plant at South Milwaukee, leased the plant from the receiver aliout six months ago and began opera- tions with twentv-flve employes. .\t present about one hundred men are f-niployed. Mr. Conant and Two Rivers parties have now organized a new company and have acquired the properties of the defunct concern. The products will be palls, tubs, wooden specialties and baskets, the latter a nr-w addition !>nt familiar to Mr. Conant, who was formerly engaged in that line. ' WiU Move Their Mill The Van's Harbor Laud anil Lumber Couiiiauy Is reported to be about to move Its mill from Van's Harbor to Ironwoml. Mich., where a large trait of timber was ri'cently purchased. Fourd'en thousand acres of this eomiJany's llmlier was ri ntly purehawd by the Connors & .McCalTerty Logging and Cedar Company. The conslderatb>n Is said to have been ?100,0O0. Large Timber Tract Purchased A tract of T.'i, 000,001) fei'l of hemlock and hardwood timber in the Ontonagon valley, near Ontonagon, Mlib.. has been purchased by John M. Thompson. Menominee, and Frank A. Spies, Detroit. Mich., who compose the Spies-Thompson Lumber Company, .Menominee. The timber Is of virgin growth and is conieded to be very fine timber. The company pro- poses to build a railroad to log the same and ship the logs to Menominee. The transaction will provide enough logs to prolong th'- life of the Spies- Thompson mill for several .venrs. The price paid Is said to have been .'52.-)0,0OO. To Operate New Spoke Factory .\n additional spoke factory will soon be In operation near Strongs, Miss., under the management tif the I'ookvilb- Ven.'er Company. The machinery for tile plant Is about ready to set In plai-i-. The product will consist wholly of automobile spokes. The company has a spoke mill which has been at work some time, and the new- installation will •.■nally Increase the output. 'I'lie head office is at Cookville. Tenn Stack Lumber Company Incorporated The stack Lumber Company has succeeded the Escanaba Lumber Com- pany, which concern for .vears operated a mill at Masonvllle, Mich., and maintained its headquarters at Escanal)a. About two years ago the plant of the Escanal)a Lumber Company was destroyed by Are and since that time the company has been dormant as far as active operations are concerned. The new concern has the same officers and stockholders as the Escanaba Lumber Company, namely : President. John K. Stack : vice-president, J. K. Stack, Jr. : treasurer, Richard B. Stack : secretary, Henry M. Stack : assistant secretary. William J. Casey. . The company has increased its capital stock to $l.r>00.0(iO. $1,000,000 of which is common stock and S.'iOO.OOO preferred, the latter being owned by John K. Stack, who made a cash investment of J.IOO.OOO in the business. Plans are being perfected undfr which a double band and double resaw or a double band and gang mill will he erected at Pike Lake or Mason- ville. The company owns an excelleni mill site on the Little Bay de Noquet at Masonvllle and at the latter |)oint also owns a hardwood flooring factory which, however, has iH'en shut down for some little time. The Stack Lumber Company owns approximately IIO.IIOO acres of lim- berland in northern Michigan and fifty-five miles of standard gauge rail- road running into the timber. It is planned to erect a planing mill in connection with the .-awiuill and possibly a chemical plant will be erected at such lime as it is demonstrated that It can be run success- fully. Opens Yard in East for Pacific Coast Woods A. C. Dutton of the .\. C. IMitton Lumber Company. Springfield. Mass., has closed a deal for a tract of land in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. which he will convert into and use as a wholesale dlstrlbnting lumber yard. It is the plan of the company to equip the premises specially for carrying a large assorted stock of Pacific coast lumber and shingles. This new venture is a direct result of and In anticipation of what the Panama canal will mean in the matter of handling Pacific coast lumber In the eastern and New England territories. Work on the premises Is now being done and the yard will he ready for operation with the opening of the canal. The property has ttn« area oi about twenty acres providing space for storing upwards of twenty-five million feet of lumber. It has a frontage on the Hudson river of about 2,000 feet with ample docks and deep water which will take care of the heavy draft vessels. The purchase price and Improvements now under way and contemplated rep- resent nn Investment close to two hundred thousand dollars. West 'Virginia Plants Completed The Suthlll Lumber Couipanys mill ai Marsdeu. W. Va.. has been com- pleted and has commeiicecl op. rations S.v.ral mil.s of logging roads have Ix-en constructed and two trains a day will supply the mill with logs, A large mill near Albrlgbt.s. W. Va., owni'd by Wilson 4 Calley, has been finished and will soon b.- In operation cuttin:.- a lara.' l««dy of limber located on the Clieat river in Preston county. Panel Company Increases Flaut The Frost's Veneer Sealing Company. Ltd., Sheboygan. Wis,, widely known as manufacturer of railroad and depot seatlngs, sc'tlees. car •■ell- Ings, chair scats and all kinds of built-up veucied wood, announces that Its new warehouse, while not yet completed. Is undiT cov.'r and partly occupied. Tlie constructiou of this building has Is'eu Boiui; on for some little time, the company having planned to use It for storage purposes and also for the housing of Its veneer driers, whllc> the frcuit |>art of the lower floor will be used as a shipping room. The main structure' Is 00 X 180 fi'ct, being of two-story brick c.uistructicHi. wlill.- there is a one-story lu-lck addition l-'M x 01 fe.t. 40 HARDWOOD RECORD "v/.-ogoM)^.'ii;^t!;}0;)atfm«^ii!!)ittK^^ Pertinent Information Rates Equalized A decision of tbc Inlei'staU' ('imiiuc rcr Commission i-pndci-fd lust week ilctinitely settles the long stiiudiny lontroveisy between New York and Boston relative to inland rates ou imports I'rom foreign markets. Tlie commission's decision places tlie two ports on an equal footing as far as western shipments on imports arc concerned. Car Figures statistical bulletin issued b.v Ibo .\merican liaiiwa.v Associal ion of Chicago on Oct. 22 gives the usual car surplus and shortage figures on the various roads of the country. According to the bulletin, the total surplus on Oct. 15, 191S, was 37,198 cars as against a surplus on Oct. 1 of 41,994 cars. The surplus on Oct. 10, 1912, however, was but 22,810 cars. The total shortage on Oct. 35 of this year was 43,246, as against shortage on Oct. 1 of 31.020. The shortage on Oct. 10, 1912. was 54,389. A comparison of the figures for Oct. 1 and Oct. 15 of this year covering both surplus and shortage would indicate a satisfactory increase in the total volume of shipments, inasmuch as there was a decrease in surplus amounting to appro.vimately 4,000 cars and an increase in the shortage amounting to about 12,000 cars. On the other hand, according to the figures presented, there is Indicated considerably less activity during the early part of October, 1913. as compared to a similar period in October, 1C12. as the total surplus increased by 15.000 cars from Oct. 10, 1912, to Oct. 15. 1913. and the shortage decreased by 11,000 cars. This apparently untavorahle report is probably accounted for in a degree by the more favorable distribution of shipments of farm products this year than prevailed last year. It is not necessarily an indication of slacking in trade but on the other hand can be taken as a favorable Indication of better management and can be looked upon as comparative proof that no serious car shortage will be felt this year. Increased Railroad Rates Filed Railroads l)elonging to the eastern and central freight associations filed tariffs with the Interstate Commerce Commission on Oct. 14 and 15 proposing a flat increase of five per cent on all freight rates, except in some instances, those on coal and grain. In accordance with an arrange- ment between the railroads and the commissiou. the new rates were filed by the closing of business on Oct. 15. The proposed advances was at once suspended. In most instances the roads themselves inclosed slips witli the tariffs voluntarily suspending the increases until the commission shall have had opportunity to pass upon their reasonableness. Commissioner Harlan, who will have general charge of the proceed- ings, has announced that he will endeavor to arrange for at least a pre- liminary Iiearing about Dec. 1. It is improbable that a decision will be reached before nest spring. The roads proposing the increase number fifty-two, operating north of the Ohio river, and the changes in the rates mount up into the tens of thousands. The tariffs, representing an expenditure on the part of the roads of about $300,000. have been forwarded to the commission by mall, express and special messengers. In aggregate bulk there will be consider- ably in excess of a half carload. This action on the part of the railroads created no surprise. It was well known that they intended to ask for permission to increase their ratrs. on the grounds that they have not been making :>uoiigh money to ^■arry on their business properly. Old Bates Continue from Arkansas to Louisiana J. H. Townshend. general manager ot the Southern Hardwood TratHc Bureau, has just returned from Kansas City, where he went to attend the hearing before a special examiner of the Interstate Commerce Commission involving proposed increases in rates on hardwood lumber shipments from points in Arkansas and Louisiana to destinations in Missouri, Illinois. Iowa and Minnesota. The officials of the railroads which were a party to the proposed advances and the Southern Hardwood Trafiie Bureau reached an agreement whereby the old rates would prevail so far as all members of (he Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau are concerned. The representatives of the bureau believed that they would be able to make such a strong case against the proposed advance as to prevent its effective- ness, but they did not contemplate such a complete victory over the rail- roads as indicated b,y the foregoing. >Ir. Townshend was the principal representative of the bureau at this hearing. The Baker Lumber Company. George C. Brown & Co., the Fee-Crayton Hardwood Lumber Company and several other prominent firms in Arkansas and Louisiana are the direct beneficiaries of the compromise. Building Operations for September After the unfavorable report of .\ugust building operations, showing a decrease of 33 per cent as compared with August last year, the report of September building operations, shown in detail below, looms up splen- didly. The statements from 69 cities received by The American Con- tractor. Chicago, reach a total value of .$56,749,572, as compared with $56,528,039 for Se|itembei-. 1912. The gain is less than one-half of one per cent, when compared with a year ago, but the surprise is that there is any gain at all. In 20 cities there are gains. The Duluth increase is 454 per cent; that of Grand Kaplds 490 per cent: while Troy distances all '•ther cities by a gain of 1,355 per cent. Other cities making excellent showings Include Spokane, 217 per cent ; Syracuse, 268 per cent ; Toledo, 100 per cent: St. Joseph, 104 per cent; St. Paul, 90 per cent; Philadel- phia, rs per cent. For the nine months ended September 30 the tabulation is encouraging. Ueturns from 63 cities show that building permits issued during that period totaled ,$583,349,016, compared with $586,670,736 for the first nine months of 1012. This is a decrease of only 1 per cent. In detail the Ugiires are as follows : City— Sept. 191.S. Sept. 1912. Oain, Loss. Akron $ 383,045 .$ 335,950 17 Atlanta 384,723 6«8,.')87 . . 32 Baltimore 808,237 669,760 21 Birmingham 242,099 470.262 48 Boston 853,875 2,145.755 . 60 Bridgeport 224,323 Buffalo 821,000 838,000 . . 1 Cedar Rapids , 258,000 330,000 . . 22 Chattanooga 50.120 53.815 7 Chicago >7,858,920 7,210,900 9 Cincinnati 870.188 699.340 24 Cleveland 1,949,545 1,379,315 41 Columbus 473,195 513.02.-. .. 8 Dallas 469.925 351.;;j.-i 34 Dayton 107,955 332,i;:;o .. 67 Denver 295,490 331,000 .. 11 Des Moines 127,750 139,150 . . 8 Detroit 2,056.856 1,841,800 11 Duluth 473.897 85,408 454 Evansvllle 211,632 181,271 17 Ft. Wayne 278,355 362,640 . . 21 Grand Rapld.-i 1,573,350 264,130 496 Harrisburg 88,800 101,050 .. 17 Hartford 369,421 437,530 . . Itt Indianapolis 676,504 1,000,540 . . 32 Kansas City 676,695 969,774 . . 29 Lincoln 104,050 101,650 2 Los Angeles 1,748,665 2,310,617 . . 24 Louisville 297.170 330,970 . . 10 Manchester 161,015 147,386 9 Memphis 288,355 644,515 . . 55 Milwaukee 874,509 803,889 9 Minneapolis 1,449,660 1.211,075 20 Nashville 49,930 84,144. .. 41 Newark 561.526 708.625 . . 21 New Haven 243,880 325.765 . . 25 New Orleans 186,769 211,170 .. 11 New York- Manhattan 6,386,568 7,735,740 . . 17 Brooklyn 2.405,750 3,290.823 . . 26 Bronx 621,096 2,020,815 . . 61 Total 9,413,414 13,047,378 . . 29 Oakland 456.424 839.440 . . 46 Omaha 414.580 476,050 . . 13 Paterson 64,215 126,119 .. 57 Peoria 142.245 244.680 . . 42 Philadelphia 4,363,955 2,798,700 56 Pittsburgh 1,434,790 1,343,749 7 Rochester 843,226 969,936 .. 13 St. Joseph 77,120 37,711 104 St. Paul 910,908 479,646 90 St. Louis 1,180,809 1,248,763 . . 6 Salt Lake City 142,937 226,375 . . 37 San Antonio 176,128 151,592 16 San Francisco 2,273.723 1,783.145 27 Scranton 71,420 162,110 .. 53 Seattle 692,885 607,870 14 Shreveport 74,573 86,590 . . 14 Sioux City 100,085 126,970 .. 21 South Bend 60,028 60,725 . . 1 Spokane 679.116 214.515 217 Springfield 52,385 181,435 . . 71 Syracuse 1.437.103 390.820 268 Tacoma 167,842 282,840 .. 44 Toledo 672.489 336.605 100 Topeka 116,005 96,110 21 Troy 920,600 63,280 1,355 Washington 740,886 841,127 . . 12 Wllkes-Barre 133,053 175,298 . . 24 Worcester 404.619 666.902 . . 39 Total $56,749,572 $56,528,939 .... Hearing on Louisville & Nashville Switching The much debated question of the switching regulations of the Louis- ville & Nashville Railroad in Louisville will be decided by the Interstate Commerce Commission in the near future, as the taking of evidence has been set for October 28 in Louisville. Lumbermen are particularly inter- ested in the result of the case, which is being pushed by the Board of Trade, nie Louisville & Nashville has refused to accept for switching to industries on its lines cars originating from competitive points, or which could have been delivered to the Louisville & Nashville at a junc- tion point. This attitude is regarded as arbitrary, and shippers in all line.~ hope that the commission will see fit to require an amendment. Perfecting Fireproof Shingle The Wisconsin I'orest Product laboratory at Madisun is conducting an interesting series of experiments to make wooden shingles fire-resistant as a solution of the inhibition against the use ot the ordinary shingle made by a number of cities throughout the country. The question of fireproof shingles is agitating the lumber trade and the finding of a commercially available process will be of immense importance. The laboratory has suc- ceeded in making shingles fireproof by the use of chemicals, such as sul- phate of ammonia and phosphate of ammonia, and placing shingles In solders and subjecting them to pressure, thus forcing into them these fire-resisting substances. The laboratory has succeeded in producing a fireproof shingle by this process at a cost of fifteen dollars per thousand and is now workin<; on reducing the cost of operation. HARDWOOD RECORD 41 Giant Electric Clam-Shell Outfit The city of New Wisinnnsicr. It. ( '., Ims iiuriliasiil an exceptionally large 150horsepowir cliiiiic liuisi fm- opciailn;; n eliimshell bucket on a derrick. The hoist has three drums arranseil aecoriiing to the "waterfnll" type, and Is also equipped with a Clyde Type A hull-wheel swinger. All drums have elghteen-inch barrels, the middle drum and the' third being lagEed to twenty-four-inch. All gearlns Is of east steel, the motor pinion and Intermediate gears having cut teeth with special dust-proof caslngi All drum gears are pressed on their shafts. Specifications call for a pull of 15,000 pounds at 250 feet a minute on a twenty-four-inch drum. Kach drum is eipiipped with liiakc hand on the end opposite friction and also A.\ U.NUSUAL ELECl'RK' IlulSl'. with ratchet and pawl. The length over all. including swinging gear, is twenty feet: width over bearings of hoist is sixty-six inches; weight of hoist alone is 35,000 pounds. With operating system this is increased to 3S.000. The 150-horsepower motor is a three-phase, sixty-cycle, 220 volts induction motor with outboard bearing bolted to bed extension. It develops 720-700 revolutions per minute. The controller has a contactor panel which automatically throws in the resistance, making it impossible to start the motor above a safe speed. In addition to foot-brakes, the hoist is equipped with the Clyde patent automatic mechanical brake. This brake is mounted on the end of the Intermediate shaft : its function is to prevent backward rotation of the gearing in the event of an interruption to the current. The outfit was made by the Clyde Iron Works of Duluth for Taylor & Youug of 513 Pacific building. Vaninuvcr, i;. C. from whom ii was ordered by the city of New Vi'estminsler. Somewhat Primitive Conditions The Turks and Caieos islands, a small group constituting a British colony In the West Indies north of f^anto Domingo, do not present a promising outlook to business men who are seeking to extend trade in that quarter. Though the colony contains several thousand inhabitants, a recent report says "'no building is in progress." There are no hotels, barber shops, dentists, running water, gas works, telegraphs, telephones : no cattle, onl.v an occasional horse, few wheeled vehicles, except wheelbarrows. There is no fruK. no vegetables, no fresh meat, no coal, no ice, no fuel. The report, ■which is made by I'. S. Consul Charles Korman, who is statiened on the Islands, adds. "The islands are not prosperous." The only industry is «alt making by evaporation of sea water by sun heat. The white in habitants number 2.S0 : the others are negroes. Ozark Cedar for Germany Cedar from the fizarks is not only going into pencils used in .\mcrica. tut the wood is being sent to Kurope in large quantities for the making of pencils there. The mills of the American Lead I'l^ncil Company are now making quite extensive shipments of cedar logs, properly seasoned and dressed, for Hamburg, Germany. The logs are carefully hewn and seasoned at the mills before starling on their voyage across the sea. The cedar trees are cut on the vast tracts of that company's leased land in Taney and adjoining counties of .Missouri, and also In northern Arkansas. They are allowed to lie on the ground until well dried and then are hft at the mill and after proper drying are sawed into shipping lengths. They are then allowed to season in the drying rooms of the mills until they can l>e shipped without danger of warping on their long voyage. It Is usually two years between the time of cutting and the time of arrival at Knropcan ports. Contracts Should Be Signed The Lumber Law liivlew has irequently called the attention of the trade to the necessity of a sigmd contract in order to hold the buyer. .\nd It should be borne In mind that where the saltsnmn calls upon n customer and takes his unsigned order for a car of lumber, the contract in Itself is Insulllclent to hold the buyer upon his redslon or refusal to accept the goods, unless the latter has actually ncelved and accepted the goods so sold, or paid some earnest money to bind the liarguln. This rule of law had Its origin In the Kngllsh Statute of I'rauds and reads as follows : "No contrael for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise In the sum of (the amount varies in different states) or upwards shall be allowed to be good uuliss Ibe buyer shall actually receive and accept part of the L'oods M) scilil c.r ;;ive something In earnest to bind the cdnliaei or in part liaymenl m- uule^.; s(ime note iir menoranduni in writing of the contract be made and Sli;Ni:ii HY TIIK I'AliTY Til lilC CILXKiiKK OU IlIS a(;ent ini.Y autuokized." rrom the above it will be seen that unless In.' buyer subsequently con- lirms an unwritten contract, either In writing or by some act. such as an actual acceptance of the goods or an act of ownership exercised over them, the seller cannot enforce his contract of sale. The statuti> Is In force in practically every state and has been nphi lil by the .superior courts on many occasions. A $30,000 Skidder .$30,000 tor a log skidding tnacliine? Who bouaht such a niacbiueV Who built such a machine? Why was it purchased'; Why was It .built? Is such a log skidding machine a good Investment? Everybody knows Francis Beldler, the president of the Santee Klver Cypress Com- pany as a man that is always "from Missouri" and Is always wide awake to new and improved machinery for logging or milling. He was the buyer. The Lidgerwood Manufacturing Company was the builder. The machine is not a new- development even. It is a duplicate in design "f two that have Iieen in use t'or three years. That answers the ques- -tK 1 1 II If. dees pay ici iiivesi S.'io.otiii for an I your lie.Ting problem Is at all \ iiielui I Ihi' skidder Is shown lions 111 tier llian .■inythili^ els overhead eabli«ay sklililer. pi similar 10 M:. r.ei.ll. r s piobl. here. This is conUiionly known as the "llatlleship Skidder." It is really two skidders in one; a duplex skidder. If you please. It has two Iwllers and two engines and two cableways and a loading boom that swings two ways. Some of the logs they lift with it weigh Iwenty tons each. The cables each run out over a thousand fi'cl. They pull In whole trees. The logs are lifted by a powerful loader and dropped on the cars. These curs pass under the machine and Iwlween the logs supporting the skidder. The timber Is In the swamps by the side of the Snnlee river. The swamps are Hooded several times a year. To give a continuous supply of logs at the mills. It was essential to build the railroad on piling throughout the forests: build It high enough lo be higher than the highest waler.— anil II paid. If It had not paid II would have l)eeD changed louj UL-o. Many suggestions have been iiiade for cheaper aiipar- 42 HARDWOOD RECORD atus. 'J'licy hiivo all boi'U li-ii'il. Thiw have hcen discardi'd. TU.' "Battleship Skidder" has wmi its place by sheer merit and the placlnt; of au order by Kraneis Heldler for .fSO.UOu lor a linplii'alc. of ibose lie had used Icir Ibree years, speaks voliinics, Chicaso Wireless Station Contemplated The Navy Department conlemplali's the ereetion of a powerful wireless station at North Cbieaso to match Ihat at Arlington. Va., which is one of the most powerful in the world. Its principal tower is 600 feet high, and Its range under favorable conditions extends to the Pacific ocean and an equal distance in all olher directions. It is understood that the contrail has not yet been let for the Chicago station, but announcement that It is In [■onteniplaiicin w,-is made in Ihe ("unsular and Trade Kepurt of Oct. :;. Press Comment on American Forest Trees ■"rimber," published in London. Kn^i.nid. niakis the I'cillnwini; revii'W of American forest trees : Some months ago we mentioned Ibat a liook on .\mirii:in I'.insi Irees was in process of preparation. This work, w'bleb iJinxrs tn dr n \. rv valua- ble addition lo our library, was written by II. II Ciii-.n, il ilii.ir of Uardwoou Ukimuii. and edited by Hu Ma.xwell. tlic ui.nl m ili/:ii i.m •Xpert. The matter lonlained in rbe work has fnkni up . .iiivjiici;i|,i,. time of both the author and editor lor nioie than .1 .|u;ni. !■ ni a centur.\'. and has been i.ssued more as a labor of Iovl- than wiili .nn . \]iritation that It will constitute a source of pmiit. 'III. work is a- niaii . aud of such a prac- tical nature that it will answ.T ivny ■luesiimi wuiih asking concerning any type of American fori'si n. 1 jrowih, or the resultant lumber product. The material on which iln \.ilniii. is based appeared in II.ardwoop Record, of Cbieago. in a sni.- oi ,111 i. Irs beginning in I'.iO.j and ending in mi:! .and des.riiili\ t ili. i..i.~i ir^-.s of tbis conniiv. More than ■ one hiHiili.-.i l.'.'i.lin.,- s|„., i..- v.iv Hhlu.l^-d in lie. srii..., ,oiis| ituting the principal sour, IS oi III I h,i Ihe liiiir.i siaii- llh' |,rrsrnr volume iui'ludcs all 111, s|,.a irs . I, 's, i i i „ •, ) in flir scri.'s ,ii alii, lis. wiih a large number of 1. ss inipoiiani uv, s add. d. i;ver.\ ii -iuii ui Ui. country is rep- resented : no valuable tree is omitted, and the lists and descriptions are as complete as they can be made in the limited space of a single volume, and the work Is pi'actieal. simple, plain, and to the point. Trees as they grow In the forest, and woorl as ii appc-ars at the mill and factory, are described and di.seussid. riioi,,-i,i|iiis and drawings of trunk and foliage are made lo tell as much ot in, ^i,>i\ as possible ,and the blocks are nearly all from photoirrapbs mad, ~p, , lally for that purpose. Statistics are not given a iilai-c for it was n,, pan of the plan to show the product and the oniimi ,,i Hi, (,aiiiir\ s inills and forests, but rather to describe the soiiri ,~ ,,i 111,,-,, |,i,nlti, 1- III, M,, - itiomselves. and indicate the fitness of the \ari,,iis u 1- i,,i iiiaii\ ii-,~ file promiifcent physical properties are descriU'd in laoiiiem, as m,,, as po.ssible from technical terms, and ,yet with accuracy and cloam, ~~ 1 1, s, liptions Intended to aid in identification of trees are given wiih -imiiliiiy and clearness, and brevity carefully studied. The differeni iiaiii,s .,1 lommerclal trees In the various localities where they are known, .■iilirr as standing timber or as lumber in the yard and factory, are included in ilie d.scriptions as an assistance in identifica- tion. The natural ran;;.- of tlie for.st trees, aud the regions where they abound in commercial c|iiantil'es, are oulliued according to the latest and best authorities. Kstimates of present and future supply are offered, where such exist that seem to be authoritative. The trees have .elong to the Turkish government. The refugees will be settled on these lands, and 40.000 . houses will be built for them by the government. They will also be supplied with jigricultural tools and oxen to enable them to begin life over again. The current reports that the Balkan allies depopulated large areas of conquered territory seems to have pretty good foundation in fact. Turkey would not build forty thousand houses unless they were needed. Back to Wooden Sh:ps Steel is getting Its bumps no less than wood, and the latest knock comes from some of the shipowners of Australia. Along the coast south of Sidney, where vessels are liable to receive rough usage on account of the condition cf some of the harbors, the owners are seriously considering going back to wooden vessels, and two have already been ordered. The elasticity of wood enal)les ships of that material to stand rough usage which will soon put a steel vessel out of commission. Wood may not be so strong as steel, but in certain situations it will stand more. A peculiar situation has come to light in connection with the contract for building the wooden ships in Australia. It has developed that tim- ber suitable for ships is scarce in that couutr.v and hard to get. This will come as a surprise to most people, because it has generally been sup- posed that If Australia had plenty of wood for any purpose, it was for shipbuilding. A great deal has been written about the various elms, mahoganies, teaks, eucaly-its, and numerous other hardwoods of that country: but it seems that when enough Is wanted to lay Sown the keels of a couple of ship,s, there is trouble in finding It. The Australian ship- builders can take comfort in the knowledge that the t'nited States has large amounts of the highest-class ship timber on earth and will gladly furnish all Ihat may be needed. What Is Legal Tender? The London Timber Trades Journal lays down some simple rules as to what constitutes legal tender, and the same rules will apply, with slight modification, in this country, because the common law here Is about the same as in England. When a merchant. In attempting to settle an account for freight, as to the exact amount of which there Is a dispute, has his check refused and returned to him, or when the relations between the parties are such that it is possible that a cheek. If sent, will be thus ignominlously treated, the merchant should lose no time In making a formal tender of the amount which he admits to be due. If the tender is not made, and the shipowner brings an action for balance of freight, the merchant will. In respect of the sum admitted due. have to pay the costs ot any suit the shipowner day take. As to the form of the tender, and the manner In which it shall be ac?onipli.shed, strict rules prevail. In the first place, the payment must be of the whole debt. A tender may, of course, be made of a larger sum of money than the amount ot the debt, but the debtor must not demand change. In the second place the payment must be in legal tendei. In each case the money must, of course, be in the current coin of the realm. Having made up tlie requisite sum in this manner, so that it will not be necessary to ask for change, and prefer- ably accompanied by a witness, he will proceed to the .shipowner's office. HARDWOOD RECORD or U already autborlzod to settle the frelgUt wltb his agent, then to the shipbroker's office. Here It Is necessary that the money should be actually produced, the law attaching much Importance to the production under the quaint Idea that "the sight of it may tempt the creditor to yield." The creditor may. however, dispense with the production ; but as the point as to whether the conversation amounted to a waiver of production or not is generally afterwards a cause of dispute, it is better not to leave such a question open. Furthermore, the tender must be unconditional, and to make a tender accompanied by a demand for a receipt in full is to in- validate the tender. In one case a debtor said, "If you will give me a stamped receipt. I will pay you the money, ' and he pulled out the money as he spoke. The tender was, however, held bad for the condition. VMiere a tender has been made and it is refused it should be noted that it does not operate as a discharge of the debt, and the debtor must still remain ready and willing to pay the debt. The effect of the tender Is to put the pLiintitr in any subsequent proceedings in the wrong. "He is ex- posed." says a notable legal writer, "as the litigious oppressor, while the defendant stands forth as the virtuous citizen, who has all along been ready and anxious to discharge his liabilities." Old Wooden Water Pipes For yi ars past old wooden water pipes have been dug up in various parts of Loudon. They date from a period long before the employment of iron for such pipes. The logs were bored, and preceded the modern stove pipes. They are in various states of preservation, and it is pro- posed to place samples in the British Museum. Some of them have come down from the eighteenth century. It appears that they have not been in active service for many years. Looking Backward On general principles then is not much to be gained by looking back, but it is sometimes encouraging because it enables us to see how far we have come. One of the earliest reports of the exports of forest products from this country was that compiled in 1S06 by Albert Gallatin, at that time secretary of the treasury. The whole report did not exceed a dozen lines, and three of the items, constituting nearly half of the whole an- nual exports, are not now listed as products of the forest. These items were ginseng, ashes, and skins and furs. The complete list of exports for that year was as follows. Oak bark and other dyes $ 42,000 Ginseng 139,000 Xaval stores 409,000 Skins and furs 841,000 Ashes 935.000 Lumber, boards, staves, shingles, hoops, poles, hewed timber, and masts 2,495,000 Total $4,861,000 Ginseng is still an important article of export, and it has yielded a large income from the first up to the present. It has always gone to <;iilna. The largest supplies have come from the mountain region between New York and Georgia. Skins and furs are still exported, but not as forest products. Ashes have practically disappeared from the export trade. They were formerly valuable for soap making, but now the demand comes from manufacturers of fertilizers. The export of lumber has grown steadily from that time till this, with occasional variations. The annual export of naval stores is thirty times as much now as in 1806. Red Gum in Syria Red gum from Memphis. Tenn.. and other southern markets, is finding its way slowly but somewhat surely into the cities of Asiatic Turkey, where it is in demand for furniture making. Five months or more are required for the delivery of the lumber after it is shipped. That is be- ' ause direct transportation is not to be had. Some of the lumber first u'oes to Egypt where it passes through the hands of a middleman l>efore it is forwarded to its destination, and other has a still more circuitous route, and first makes the journey to Bremen or Hamburg, and from there is transshipped to its destination. The demand for furniture lumber in the cities of Syria is not large but Is growing. Imports of ready made furniture are small. The na- tives prefer to have the manufacturing done at home. Skilled workmen are paid 8 ',2 cents a day in the furniture factories or shops. The climate is dry and roads are very rough. Furniture will not stand many or dis- tant moves. The principal demand for it is in the cities among the better class of people. In remote country districts the small quantities f furniture in use are made of native woods, but in the coast cities I'-alers are anxious to use American woods. Little Pianos Preferred A trade report states that American pianos find an unfavorable market in India, because they are built too large and high to make them popular with local customers who belong chiefly to European migratory classes. The main requisite for pianos in India is easy portability. Most of the purchasers are officials connected with the Indian military and civil service and members of the foreign mercantile community, very few of whom have Intentions of permanently residing in the country. Such per- sons are frequently obliged to shift their residence in accordance with instructions they may receive almost any time. Naturally, therefore, they prefer pianos which can be moved about without undue expense . _43 or damage and which could also meet with a ready sale in case of leaving the country altogether. Such persons consider pianos not as Investments as they often do in other countries, but only as temporary means of amusement. The pianos desired are the cheapest makes possible con- sistent with good tone, and no pianos arc wanted which are more than four feet high. Tupelo Flooring Another bit of evidence to prove the merit of tupelo for durable floor- ing in exacting situations is contained In a recent letter from Place Bros., dealers in wholesale lumber, in Boston. ITiey say : "You may be interested to learn that this floor has not changed shape since it was laid three years ago; that It has withstood the wear In a retail lumber yard oflSce ; that it takes a nice polish and appears satisfactory. The entire floor was absolutely clear of knots and stain." Soap from Horse Chestnuts The soupy nature of the kernel of the horse chestnut has led investi- gators to search for a way to utilize It in removing dirt and grease from textil'S. Several methods of extracting this soapy substance have been patented. The kernel is said to contain about 6.6 per cent of a pale yellow oil similar to almond oil. After this has been extracted the residue, treated with diluted alcohol, yields an extract containing about flfteeii per cent esculic acid, a saponaceous substance that has excellent lathering and cleaning properties. Profitable uses have also been found for other parts of the horse chestnut. The shell is rich in tannin, and may be used in preparing an extract for tanning leather. The material left after the oil and soap have been removed can be made into a white starch. When treated with cold water to remove the bitter taste it is suitable for food. American Saws in Australia Some of the Australian woods are nearly as Lard as bone and where such timbers are handled, it is useless to equip a sawmill with any saws except the best. Little appears to have been said in this country on the subject of breaking into the Australian market, but American manufacturers have not been idle, as may be judged by a protest lately made in England that the saw market of Australia is being captured by Americans. The lOnglish naturally feel that the Australian market ought to belong to the home country : but the only way to bold a market Is to give better goods or lower prices than competitors. When the Ameri- cans not only furnish better saws than ail rivals, but at lower prices also, it becomes a hard game to beat. A London paper comments on the situation, and offers the following advice to English saw makers : "With all due deference to the makers of American saws. Sheffield pro- ductions can well hold their own. There is, however, one thing that we should like to impress upon members of the trade in Sheffield — that the Americans generally are very progressive as regards finding business : they know the benefits of advertising, and that sales of goods on their merits, though steady, are not so quick as when pushed by the catchy advertise- ment and the energetic man of the road. The words Sheffield steel have a true ring about them. .Tnd are known the world over, but it does not necessarily follow that the world will run to Sheffield : the town must sustain its reputation by advertising and by continuing to send its ambas- sadors of commerce throughout the world." Utilizing Sanding Dust It would seem that the fine sanding dust resulting from the manufac- ture of handles, wagon stock, etc., should find some profitable use. Users of wood flour say it is not suitable for their purposes, as it is too hard and coarse. Manufacturers of dynamite and of linoleum use considerable quantities of wood flour but to meet their requirements the flour must be extremely fin(S (200 mesh) and madi' from a light, absorbent wood, such as spruce or pine. Wood flour for use in making marblelzed fiber, however, need not com- ply with such exacting standards, and it is possible that the sanding dust of hardwoods might be used for this purpose. Manufacturers of such products claim that they have tried wood flour made in this coun- try and find It unsultcd to their needs. There Is reason to believe that they obtained an especially low-grade prcKluct and it seems that no valid reason exists why we should have to import this material. One use for hickory sanding dust Is for polishing jewelry, but, of course, the amount consumed is very small. Another use that offers good opportunities is in making floor cleaner. Fine sawdust as well as wood flour Is used in making this product. Harvesting Ties in the Ozarks The St. Louis Globe Pomocrat in a r.ccnt issue contains a rather Inter- esting story of the evolution of the tie In the Oznrk mountains. This well-written article describes the process of cutting out the ties of both the sawed and hewn variety from the rugge• The B Line Furniture Company of New York City recently became a bankrupt. It Is announced that the Bohon Buggy Company will start business at Harrodsburg, Ky. The Dione Lumber Company of Bristol. Tenn., was recently incorporated with $15,000 capital stock. 0. H. Keller Chair Company of Marion, Ind., has been succeeded by the Marion Chair Company. The Rush Box & Furniture Company of Hawkins, Wis., has increased its capital stock to $35,000. The Fletcher Manufacturing Company recently began the manufacture of furniture at Nashville, Tenn. The Kingston Wood Work Company of Kingston, N. Y., recently filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy. The Jasper Furniture Company of Jasper, Ind.. recently changed its name to the Jasper Desk Company. The Champion Wagon Company has been incorporated to do business at Owego, N. 1'., with $25,000 capital. The Acme Wood Work Company has started business at New York City. This company is incorporated with $6,000 capital. The Moreland-Rix-MeCreight Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., recently changed its name to the Rix-McCrcight Lumber Company. The Freeport Casket Company of Freeport, 111.', recently was placed in bankruptcy. W. B. Horlocker has been appointed receiver. The Ovid Furniture Company of Ovid, Mich., has sold out to the Kirk- ham-Matson Manufacturing Company of Grand Rapids, Mich. The Keystone Lumber Company of Scotts Hill, N. C, has been incor- porated with a capital stock of $50,000 to manufacture lumber. 'Xhe Rex Lumber Company is the style of a concern recently formed to do business at Washington. N. C. The company has $50,000 capital. The Sutton Folding Crate Manufacturing Company has been incorpo- rated at Sutton, W. Va. The company has a capital stock of $50,000. The J. R. Wilson Lumber Company, Hendcrsonville, N. C. has been in- eorporate.= O. H. Burgoyne of Burgoyne Brothers, Hugo, Okla., spent several days of this week on a business trip to Chicago. The October number of the Blue Book, published by the National Lum- ber Manufacturers' Credit Corporation, has just been received and offers pi'oof of growth of that organization. W. E. Trainer of the Trainer Bros. Lumber Company. Chicago, spent part of this week at West Baden with his family. E. .\. Lang of the Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company, and F. R. Gadd of the Wisconsin Lumber Company, Chicago, attended the meeting of the red gum manufacturers at Memphis, Saturday of last week. These two men are prominent in the forwarding of the best interests of red gum. Charles H. Mackintosh, advertising manager of the Clyde Iron Works, Duluth, Minn,, was one of the distinguished* visitors to the trade early HARD WOOD RECORD this week. Mr. Mac-klntosh mi.vs that his concern Is moctinj; wifli^if excellent den.iind for it.s viirled line of i>rodiict, selling to loggers through- out the country. R. S. KelIoi;.g. secretar.v of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manu- facturers' Association. Wausau. Wis., passed through I'liicago on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, on his way to and from the meetlna of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association at Detroit. Floyd nay of the Day Lumlwr & Coal Company, Clay I'ily. Ky., was in Chicago on Oct. IC. stopping en route to New York. A. B. (Jarrctt. the well-known lumherman of Fort Madison. Iowa, spent several days of last week In Chicago on personal business. R. S. Taylor and Shirley Taylor. .7r. of Taylor & Crate. Buffalo, favored H.tRDwooD Record with a call on Oct. 13. Hardwood Record acknowledges receipt of a handsome paper cutter gotten out by Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., Cadillac. Mich., and of a beautiful bronze letter clip of excellent quality from the Mitchell Brothers Com- pany, Cadillac, both of which are designed as advertisements of the famous hardwood doorlng manufactured by these concerns. E. Bartholomew of John B. Ranson & Co.. Nashville. Tenn., was in the ilty on business several days of this week. 45 Ilavenport & Ridley state that they arc getting In a good stock of maple and basswood from Tcnnsylvanla this month and expect to have a good stock this winter. The destruction of the mill of Hamilton H. Salmon & Co. here will not long curtail the activities of that Urm In this market. Manager F. T. Sullivan states that the mill will be rebuilt. Qc is unable lo account for the Are, which occurred after the mill was closed down for the day. The loss amounted to about .?10,000. Another mill Qre was that which damaged the plant of the Madigan Lumber Company. Dunkirk, on Oct. 10, to the extent of $5,000. A large part of the machinery was damaged and some of the stock was destro.ved. The blaze was discovered in ih.^ inilin- room, from wlur» It '■nr^ad to the mill. =-< PHILADELPHIA y. -■<, NEW YORK y- The Rice & Lockwo.ul I.imib.r Ciuiijany of Spriugiield. Mass., with branch office in this city, lias made a connection with Mitchell Brothers Company of Cadillac. Mich., whereby it will hereafter handle its output of maple, birch and l)eech flooring in the state of New York east of Syracuse. Claiming that the practice of making free lighterage of lumber in New York harbor was causing a loss of alx)ut 50 cents per thousand feet, the Central Railroad of New Jersey has made a new regulation, effective Oct. 1. discontinuing this service. ^ Lewis C. Slade. a former president of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, was a visitor in the metropolitan district during the fortnight. The Executive Committee of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association met at headquarters on Oct. 18 and discussed the work of the organization in its many departments. The Pridham case and the western North Carolina freight rate case were given special attention. The entire committee was present. The Massee & Felton Lumber Compan.v. hardwood manufacturer and wholesaler of Macon. Ga., has opened an office in this city. O. W. Bright- man will represent the company in the general eastern territory and has taken desk room with C. S. Powell, 1270 Broadway, to which address all correspondence in connection with sales in this section should be sent. The company has a large trade in the eastern buying country and it is for the purpose of better serving its customers that the local office has been established. E. H. Vansant, head of the hardwood manufacturing operations of Vansant, Kitchen & Co., Ashland, Ky., was in New York during the fort- night in the interest of business. L. L. Barth. who is identified with the Edward Hines Lumljer Com- pany of Chicago, was among lumbermen visitors in New York recently. He was accompanied by Mrs. Bartlf, John Kaul. prominent lumberman of Birmingham, Ala., spent a few days in this city last week with Mrs. Kaul. He had just returned from a three months' stay abroad. Arthur E. Day. for several years in charge of the New York office of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, died early on the morning of Oct. 20 at Greenwich, Conn. Mr. Day was taken down with grip on Oct. 11 but improved rapidly under treatment. About a week later he made an effort to resume his business duties and suffered a relapse which led to heart failure. Mr. Day was a man of long experience in the credit field and was particularly successful in his management of the local Red Book office. He was thirty-six years old and married. =•< BUFFALO y A. J. Chestnut recently made a trip to his hardwood interests in New- Hampshire. He has a new timber tract in view there, but as yet has not completed the purchase. H. L. Vetter of the National Lumber Company left early this month for a two weeks' vacation which he expected to spend In hunting and fishing at Sodus Bay, N. Y. M. M. Wall has been making a short business trip to Indiana, and J. B. Wall has been visiting the mills In the South in which the Buffalo Hard- wood Lumber Company is interested. Anthony Miller states that the hardwood trade is dull. On this account his yard is not receiving much lumber. B. E. Darling has been in the South lately on a business trip. Blakes- lee, Perrin & Darling say that while trade Is not very active, the mixed-car busine.ss is quite satisfactorv. H. T. Kerr is cutting logs In the Pennsylvania woods at St. Mary's, where he has a large force of men at work. He expects to have a con- siderably Increased stock of hardwoods this winter. Hugh Stewart of Charleston. W. Va.. who has been looking after the business of I. N. Stewart & Bro. there for the past four years, was a recent visitor to the firm's Buffalo office. Daniel B. Curll of the D. B. Curll Lumber Company says business is not up to expectation, but by constant hustling the company manages to get a fair share of orders. Weather conditions in Tennessee have been favor- able, which has enabled it to keep its portable mills humming, but stocks so far are not accumulating. John W. Coles says business is about as good as could be expected, con- sidering the many obstacles in the way of progress at this time : he con- tinues unperturbed, however, as to a not remote betterment. E. ^L Bechtel, sales manager ot William Whitmer & Sons. Inc.. reports a modicum of trading right along. Buyers are still conservative and sales are spotty. Tlie difiiculty in getting money hampers business at this time. It Is announced that the Arcade building. Fifteenth and Market streets, will change its name to the Commercial Trust building. Among the tenants of this building are Kirby & Hawkins Company, J. Randall Williams & Co., Rayner & Parker. Woodland Lumber Company, R. T. Jones Lumber Company, S. A. Clark and John Halfpenny. J. W. Difenderfer of the J. W. D-fenderfer Lumber Company, who has just returned from an extended stay at the mill in Tennessee, reports business only medium. He thinks no decided advance is to be expected until a harmonious .tdjustment of the currency agitation takes place W. A. Jackson of the Jackson-Wyatt Lumber Company says although business in the large cities has been slow the company is getting very fair results in the suburban territory. Yards are not buying freely and In most instances they are using up their stock, which will soon compel them to replenish. J. Elmer Troth ot the J. S. Kent Company reports business fair but of a spasmodic character. Although there is nothing in sight to create uneasiness, any decided improvement in trading is dubious before next spring. Eli B. Hallowel! of Hallowell & Souder says business has shown some improvement of late ; orders are coming in and inquiries are multiplying where cars are in transit and <^uick delivery is essential. Prices are somewhat off. Charles G. Blake, manager of the Babcock Lumber Company, states that orders are small anvl hard to get, consequently more costly. Under these conditions business is only fair. T. F. Dalrymple of the Thomas E. Coale Lumber Company says business has been very fair so far this year, but a slight falling off in sales of late is noticeable. Thomas E. Coaic is absent on an extended tour of the Middle West. John J. Rumbarger is out of the John J. Rumbarger Lumber Company and now associated with William Whitmer & Sons, Inc. George M. Chambers, sales manager of the Kendall Lumber Company. Pittsburgh, and formerly manager of the Philadelphia office, was pain- fully injured in the recent wreck of a Pennsylvania railroad train en route to Philadelphia. A. J. Cadwallader has succeeded to the businsss of George F. Craig & Co.. of which firm he was a member. He will carry on the business under the style of A. J. Cadwallader & Co. Norman A. Perry, for some years with Robert C. Llppincolt. is now associated with the firm. The business of George Craig & Son continues as heretofore. =-< PITTSBURGH y The Ilamiltou I.iuiibi r Company leprnt^ iu luinlwood business in very good siiape. I*'actory trade is fair and i»rlccs are good. Secretary G. .^I. Chamln-rs of the Kendall Lumber Company has Just returned from Donora, S. C. The Ki'ndall company lately took over the big Donora plant formerly operated by the Flint. Irving & Stomr Company, and also the Thornwood. W. Va.. plant of that company. Mr. Chambers reports business first class and a good Iniiulry coming In from all sources. The Pittsburgh Wood Preserving Company Is making a rapid hcadwaj on its new plant at Reed Clt.v. Mich., which will be started late In the winter. Its other two plants at Orrvllle. O.. and ConnellsvUle. Pa., are running now with a capacity of about 500,000 ties a year each. That Pittsburgh Is still probably the largest consumer of lumber in thi- country Is shown by the fact that the value of the manufactured product according to the last census Is $578,815,000. this being more than twice the value of the manufactured products of Cleveland, Detroit or Buffalo. and oviT fifty per cent more than the total of St. I.K>uls. according lo the report Just Issued by the Pittsburgh Industrial Development Commlsnlon. 46 HARDWOOD RECORD Ttio Dawson rimip Mnniil':ictiii-lnj; Compan.v is nn'nnging to liiiilil .1 mw plmit at Barnesborci, I'a.. to cost about $o(Xp.0UO and to rmplo.v ficnii ."iiiii to 1,000 people at the start. Among those intercsird are Alloinry William F. Dill anrt William MePherson of Itarnesboro. J. R. Davis & Sons of Ursina. I'a.. will shortly start nil tint- oir a :;.iMin acre Iraet of timber at Cleveland City, .just acros.s the Maryland line. A six-mile single track railroad will be built to connect with the .lenningx roud, which will let the company out to the B. & O. at West Salisbury. Md. The American Lumber & ManufacturinK Company reports a spbudiil call for oak bill stuff and ihiek ash. Manager Brown of this de|iaitiiiiiii says llial piici-s arc linn and ili'iiiaiul is vrry satisfaelory. FOREST PRODUCTS EXPOSITION CHICAGO COLISEUM APR,30-MAY9, iNEW YOI^ GIPD CENTl^RALACE >Lff2i-30 ' r. 1:. Breliw of-town busine er & t'onipany in hardwoods. innounee that they arc getting a fine out- Shipments are very good and prices are On the Following Stock Prices for Pro 82.000' 2" No. 2 Common r4' No. 1 & 2 Qtd. Poplar. 20,000' 1x24" & up No. 1 and Panel Poplar 40,000' 3" No. 1*2 Poplar 15,000' 4 " X 18 to 30" No. 1 & Panel Poplar 30,000' 4" X 7 to 25" No. 1 & 2 Poplar 35,000' 5/8 X IS" & ap No. 1 & Panel Poplar 117,000' 6/4 S. W. & No. 2 Common Chestnut 38,000' 1 I 12" & up No. 1 & 2 Chestnut 58,000' 1" No. 1 Com. Chestnnt 47,000' 5/4 No. 1 Com. Chestnut We Will Make Special mpt Shipment: 58.000' 6/4 No. 1 Com. Chestnut 3G.000' 8/4 No. 1 Com. Chestnut 28,000' 4/4 No. 1 « 2 Com. Chest- nut 41,000' 5/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Chest- nut 69,000' 6/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Chest- nut 12,000' 6/4 No. 1 & 2 Red Birch 19.000' 8/4 No. 1 & 2 Red Birch 86,000' 3" No. 1 & 2 Red Birch 6,000' 4" No. 1 £ 2 Red Birch 21,000' 5/4 No. 1 & 2 Cherry 10,000' 8/4 No. 1 & 2 Cherry 88,000' 4/4 No. 1 Common Cherry 19.000' 6/4 No. 1 Common Cherry 10.000' 8/4 No. 1 Common Cher.ry The Atlantic Lumber Co. 70 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass. Grant T. Stephenson Constructing Engineer Wood Distillation Plants for Utilization o£ Wood Waste WELLS, MICHIGAN O.C. GALLOWAY Manufacturer of Wagon, Plow and Chair Stock From Oak and Hickory Solicit tills c lass of material LlHrCllQOn, AFK. -< BOSTON y- The Curtis & I'ope Lumber Company, Boston, will build a brick mill and garage on Southampton street in this city, which Is close by Its lumber yard. John Clary, for many years well-known in the lumber tiade of Boston, died at his home in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. G, at the age of eighty-six years. Mr. Clary has not been engaged in business for many years. For the past three years he h:is been suffering from paralysis. .T. R. Booth, a well-known Vermont lumberman, recently met with a bad accident at the mill in Ottawa. The mill was destroyed by fire a few weeks ago. The other day Mr, Booth visited the old plant and while there a heavy timber fell upon him and as a result his left leg was broken, together with other minor injuries. Mr. Booth is eighty-six years of age and is one of the veteran lumbermen of Vermont. The large mill of W. H. Champlain at Rochester, N. H., was recently destroyed by fire. The power house and a smaller mill were saved, together with considerable lumber on the yard and loaded on cars ready for shipment. It is reported that Stetson Cutler & Co. have purchased a controlling interest in the Van Buren Lumber Company on the St. John river. It is said that the new owners will not assume control until the fall of 1914. Frank II. Oodfi-ey. son of L. X. Godfrey, a Boslon lumb*'r dealer, was married Oct. 16 to Miss Anna Jerome Townstnil of .\lbany, X. Y. =-< BALTIMORE >-= Through the arrest of George Heintz the originator of a number of fires in lumber yards and woodworking establishments that have occurred during the past few months has been discovered. Heintz confessed setting not less than eight fires and is suspected of several others. He said in his confession that he bore no malice against the owners of the places fired and that be merely had an uncontrollable desire to see a blaze when- ever he drank. He was held for the action ol: court. Another one of the vessels to sail for South America with West Vir- ginia spruce was the Italian ship Ascencione, which cleared here with 1,484,000 feet for Buenos Ayres, Argentina. G. Schiafflno & Co. were the agents of the vessel. Richard P. Ba'T. senior partner of Richard P. Baor & Co.. with offices in the tower of the Maryland Casualty building, returned week l)efore last from a trip to Europe, very much rested and eager to get back to business. Mr. Baer sailed on Aug. 18 for London and came back on the Victoria Luise. He spent about four weeks in the United Kingdom and two weeks in Germany and Holland. Most of the time was devoted to recreation and sight-seeing, thougti he also gave some attention to lumber. Mr. Baer reports that he found the lumber trade abroad in the main sound and healthy, but that the high ocean freight rates constituted a serious check upon business. The ideas of the foreign buyers as to prices had gone up. but the advance was not etjual to the rise in the freight rates, with the result that exporters stood to get less for their shipments than before, which precluded the idea of doing business. With the freight rates down, Mr. Baer thought that the export movement would attain fair proportions. Mrs. Baer went along on the trip and enjoyed it exceedingly. Among the visiting lumbermen in Baltimore last week was R. W. Tewell, of the Butters Lumber Company, Boardman, X. C. Mr. Yewell is in charge of the shipping and office work at the mills, and states that the latter have been forced to shut down because of high water, due to heavy rains, which caused all of the rivers in that section to overflow. He reports that while considerable lumber has been made, the orders have come in with sufficient freedom to absorb the output, though some of the lower grades of cypress are perhaps a shade easier than they have been. Tlie company makes a specialty of while .gum. and Mr. Yewell says that it is having much success with this wood, which is worked up into flooring and sidings, and competes witli other hardwoods. H. T. Snyder, with Mann & Parker. Inc.. Continental building, has just returned from a trip south as far as Florida. He was away eighteen days, spending four days of this time traveling, and he took up in that time , fifteen cars of lumlwr, largely ash. He reports that he found southern mills with large stocks, one of them having about 1.5,000,000 feet and another perhaps 10.000,000 feet, but that orders were being received In sufficient number to take care of the production, though the quotations appeared to be rather lower than they were sixty days ago. The West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company of Luke, W. Va., has won its suit against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and obtained a verdict for .$45,314.17. The Pulp and Paper Company brought action against the railroad for the destruction by fire attributed to sparks from a locomotive of about 60,000 cords of pulp wood at Buchannon, W. Va.. on April 10. 1910. and sued for .$150,000 damages, placing the value of the wood at $8 per cord. The railroad company made a motion that the plaintiff's testimony be excluded, but the court overruled this motion with the result stated. Levenson & Zenitz, Inc., have let the contract for the erection of a five- story brick and concrete furniture factory, to be erected at 10 to 16 North Frederick street, in the rear of the company's offices and show rooms, with a frontage of 100 feet on Frederick street. 92 feet on Gay street, and a depth of 165 feet. HARDWOOD RECORD 47 =-< COLUMBUS >• At Eryaii. (.).. Ihv l.vllr l.unil.. r c.iiiii.any will imiIhi-kc Its plant and erect several sheds to take earo or Its iiuTeasinj; business. Tbe recently organized Columbvis Jobbers' and Manufacturers' Associa- tion has established a tiafflc bureau under tlic charge of F. H. Hysell, an expert in trafllc matters. It is claimed that Columbus manufacturers have lost much in traftic matteis and It Is planned to give the memljers of thi' organization advice and service on traffic matters. R. W. llorton of the W. M. Itltter Lumber Company reports a good demand for hardwoods both from factories and yards. He says trade is about evenly divided iK'twoen the two sources. Prices are liolding up well and the car shortage is not interfering with shipments to any great extent. F. Everson Poweli of the Powell Lumber Company says that hardwoods show some signs of weakening and the volume of business is falling off. L. B. Schneider of John K. Gohey & Co.' says trade is ruling about the same. The demand for liardwoods is fair. Prices are fii^m and no weak- ness of any con.sequcnce is reported. Dry stocks are only fair. J. A. l-'ord of the Imperial Luinlx-r Company reports a fair demand for hardwoods, with prices holding up well. W. B. Sissons of the Sowits Loach Lumber Company says trade in hard- woods is good tor the si>;i-on of tlif yr;ir. rriccs :iie fair in every way. =-< TOLEDO y- The success of the Michigan workman's compensation act, which has been in operation just one year from Oct. 1, was proven when Robert K. Orr, who has charge of the law for the state insurance department, an nounced that all employers operating undej- the state act would receive a twenty per cent dividend and that for the ensuing year there would be a reduction in rates amounting to sixteen and two-thirds per cent. Thi- dividend will not be paid in cash, but may be applied on the premiums for the coming year. Orr declared that 1,000 Michigan employers would soon b4? operating under the state law. This is of especial interest to Ohio operators owing to the discussion over the Ohio law. which is a political Issue in this state. "Business is still good with us," said President Booth of the Booth Column Company. "While we are not flooded with orders as we weri- earlier in the season, we are findin;^ time to catch up and still have enough ahead to keep us going." The Keasy Pulley Company reports that orders are still coming in .it more than normal and the factory has all it can do to take care of the business now in hand. The total value of the estate of John M. Skinner, former president of the J. M. Skinner Bending Company, is .$72,676.67, exclusive of real estate. according to an appraisement recently filed in probate court by H. B. Milmine, William Meyer and A. D. Perkins, appraisers. •< INDIANAPOLIS >-=— The People's Manufacturing Company li.is luM-n organizoil at Greenfield to manufacture refrigerators. Frank Cook is president ; Marvin Fletcher, secretary, and Roland Stuart, treasurer. Swings, chairs and folding beds will be manufactured at Elkhart by the Jacoby-Wiser Company, which has been incorporated with $73,000 capital stock by Adelbert Jacoby, George L. Wiser and Mary E. Jacoby. J. M. Studebaker, Sr., of South Bend, the last of the Ave brothers who founded the concern now known as the Studebaker Corporation, was eighty years old Oct. 10 Kmployes gave him a gold loving cup. Melville W. Mix, Mishawaka. president of the Dodge Manufacturing Company and of the National Veneer Products Company, has been nomi Dated for mayor of that city on the Democratic ticket. A planing mill and general lumber business will be conducted at Whitini: by the newly organized L. Fischer Company, in which Magdalena Fischer. G. J. Bad'T and F. J. Smith are interested and which has been incorporated with an authorizi'd capitalization of .$2.5,000. =■< MEMPHIS >• The plant of tin- F.-rguson & PalnnT Company. I'aducah, Ky.. which is now beinii erected at Iloulka, Miss., Is nearing completion and will be in operation within the uext few days. The mill has been in process of con- struction for a number of months aud is up to date in every respect. The new mill of Husse & Burgess. Inc., will be in readiness for opera- tion before the end of the current month. This information is based on a statement made by W. H. Rus.se, president of the firm. The plant will have a dally capacity of oCOOO feet of lumber and it will represent iin Increase of about fifty per cent over the old plant. The dismantling of ihr old plant began in July and the new mill has l)een installed In some : ing like record-bnaklng time. The firm has been having Its luml'er wed at custom mills while the new plant was being installed, but it will irtly be ready to resume its own cutting. Mr. Russe is a strong he ver in the future of the hardwood market, declaring that he thinks the Hook very good Indeed. I'he Cookville Veneer Compan.v, which has Its main offlee at Cookville. Tenn., and which has l)een operating a plant for the manufacture of aulo rnol)ile spokes at Strongs, Miss., is jireparlng to Install another plant at that point. The machinery has already been ordered and is now en route. The fompany has a large quantity of hickory llmher In that ininmliate Territory and thl.i Is being used cblelly for the manufacture of spokes. The mill of J. W. Wheeler & Co. nt Madison, Ark., is closed down for the present owing to tin- low stage of the St. Francis river. This firm transports practically i.ll of Its timber by water and will not be able to resume until the river rises materially. J. W. Dickson, president of the Valley Log Loailing Company, has recently returned from a business trip to Chicago and northern points, lie found on his ri'turn that his company was reasonably busy with the loading of logs on the Yaz(.» & Mississippi Valii-y line of the lilluols <'eiI\<; ^ I SHAWNEE LUMBER CO. i IhARDWOODS, white pine and HEMLOCK a g Sales Office — South Side Station — C. H. * D. R. R. ^ I JAMES KENNEDY & CO., Ltd. | I OAK, POPLAR AND OTHER HARDWOODS @ FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING I The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co. 1 WALNUT, OAK, AND OTHER HARDWOODS S ICS-l-S C.4REW BUILDING I OHIO VENEER COMPANY 1 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS M 2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE WE SELL SS SERVICE 99 in connection with a full line OF Oak, Gum, Poplar, and other Hardwoods If you appreciate "service," in all its details, write, wire or phone THE M. B. FARRIN LUMBER CO. CONASAUGA LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD AND PINE FOURTH NATIONAL BANK BUILDING Johns, Mowbray, Nelson Company OAK. ASH, POPLAR & CHESTNUT GUM AND COTTONWOOD C. CRANE & CO. MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD LUMBER 1739 EASTERN AVENUE DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. Mfrs. YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK ^ GUNKKAI. OirlCF — (LAV ( ITV. KV. IrIEMEIER LUMBER CO. ioAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT ^ SUMMERS AND GEST STREETS 4^ HARDWOOD RECORD Harris Manufacturing Company Johnson City, Tennessee ^'Harris" Hardwood Flooring and Lumber =-< NASHVILLE y. Bluestone Land & Lumber Company MANtTACTlREKS WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock Band Sanrcd Stock RIDGWAY PENNSYLVANIA MEMPHIS ^\ holesale Manafacturers and Exporters RED GUM SAP GUM COTTONWOOD CYPRESS ASH PLAIN OAK Anr- J J Tf t QUARTERED OAK All Grades ana J hicknesses ^ HICKORY Me make a »pe of private owners in tree-growing have resulfed in marked improvement in everything connected with forestry. Every proper effort should be made for the renewal of our forests, and the attention of all the people, and especially the teachers and pupils of all the colleges and schools, is called to the importance of planting trees." The sawmill of the Ford. Ky., Lumber Company was burned recently in a fire which destrojed many of the other buildings in the town also. Very little manufacturing has been done at Ford, which is on the Ken- tucky river, for some time, and it is not likely that the mill will be replaced. =•< ARKANSAS > Ark., recently purchased irgin hardwood timber in $2.5.000 cash. ,\rk.. has received three Fr.ink I'. Fee of the Fee-Crayton Hardwood Lumlx>r Compan.v, with principal offices at Dermott. Ark., has returned to Arkansas after a tour over the African timber belt, where he inspected the supply of timber in that section. The Grabt Lumber and Timber Company has recently purchased a million feet of oak timber in the vicinity of Leola. Ark., which will be worked up by the plaut at that place. A. J. Tiplet and Tom Green of Forrest City from E. V. Mills of Heth. Ark.. 1,500 acres of the St. Francis river bottoms. The consideration Francis Kiefer. forest supervisor at Harrison, applications for the purchase of 6,000.000 feet of white oak timber in the Ozark National forest reserve in Clebourne. Ba.\ter and Stone counties. Arkansas. The lowest hid was $3.75 per thousand and the highest bid was $4 per thousand. The minimum value placed upon this timber is .<10.000. hut it is expected that the timber will bring probably double that amount. The classification work in the Ozark National forests has recently been abandoned and the camps have been broken up and the men disbanded. The classification plan was found to be impracticable after the work had l»een attempted for several months. The expense was too great to be justified by the results. For the past six years the service has been trying to devise some way by which the land in the forests could be classifled. so that that which was found better for agricultural purposes might he turned over to the homesteaders. The classification plan was adopted. It was very expensive and practicall.v the same procedure was necessary after the HARDWOOD RECORD M l^jDil »a- !il..l . u a- 1^ .mlxjdi^ in 111.- bll! • - • ' 11. 1906. which U now in force. It was aIs-j 1 jp which had l*r«-n classified, would be taken it it "-•js a part r.i the public domalc befort- ;.. ... -. . atle o( It had been bomestt-aded. In view ot this tart aw. jpens* entailer it was d-?cided after soTeral months work to nd the men who have U • :^, . . n classification are to be tised in exsmlnin; the claims as they are hied. ii .\!) amendment to the articles of iocorporaiioo of tie Mllls-Shoaif C-^of-er '. Illinois was filed with the secretary of state ' ; : lerants the company fifty years additional ii:. ration in Arkansas. :■< WISC01s!SIl- Tde Wi. .1.111. >. nxi' iK-? 'jr^SD • ■.nir>an.v of Miiwauk-e : la •■enf<: to incf >10.0t"i. Max S.'baelke. Milwaakf^. is president, and El; re- irr. T. I". Hume. 6C* South Dearborn street, Chicago, is r-pr-Hciauve II the state of Illinois. The Manitow-f«- Church FnmitTjre Company of Waukesha hss been jtetl with $4<.>.000 capital stock. The Incorporators are Charles . Rnby M. Sohuetze and Laura E. Schoetie- Charles F. ScbneiK- . operated the Manitowoc School and Church Furniture Company ID tue Old Toy factory baildio^ on Twenty-sixth street, at Manitowoc. Wis.. 1>ot was handicapped by lack of capital. It is said that Chicago and UUwaake« interests are assisting him in the new venture. The new Watikesha plant is now in operation and it is expected that 100 or mor men will be employed shortly. i«peration.s will be commenced Xov. 1 by the newly incorporated Tom^ liawk Veneer & Box Company at Tomahawk. At the stockholders" meeting Reinhard Meyer was elected president of the company: Julias Gromell. Tice-president : W. H. McDermott. treasurer : Georje J. Sladek, secretary, and Max Meyer, manager. Work of remodeling and improving the old Xo. 2 mill of the Bradley company has been started. Treasurer McPermon is a well-known Tomahawk man, having been identified with the local lumber industry since 1S90. Maple fiooring used in one of the assembly rooms in the Vatican palace at Borne was turned out at the plant of the I. Stephenson Company. Wells. Mich., and Maiinette. Wis. The Hale-Mylr«a Company of Waosati. which has been logging at N-— - land. Forest connlv. for the past two years, has recently secured anoth-r tract of timberland adjoining its holdings and will extend its logging Toad on and into the timber. The tract contains 1.200 acres- The OD<«rbilt Table Company has been organized at Juneau for the manufactup "f tables, (re. The members of the new firm art J. R. Brown. E. A. Buelke and H. F. Fisher. The Pantzer Lumber Company of Sheboygan has filed an amendment to Its articles of incorporation increasing the capita! stock from $50,000 to $150,000. The company, it is stated, does not contemplate any changes at present. The Flambeau Lnml^r Company has concluded its sawing of the timber n the Lac da Flambeau Indian reservation. For the past eighteen years '.■:e company has sawed several million feet at its sawmill at the village of I_ic dn Flambea>i in Vilas county. ITie mill is one of the best equipped in that section and ran continuously. The supply is now exhausted and the mill will be dismantled. The loss of the mill will seriously affect the little village of Lac du Flambeau. The village of Arbor Vita has also lost a large industry, the Tawkey-Bisseli Lumber Company having concluded workioz its planing mill after closing the sawmill about a year aco. The Rriddis Lumber and Veneer Company has completed a 9.00*>.<>«H>.foot cut at Park Falls after a continuous run of nine months. Operations will again be resumed the latter part of December. The company is completing Installing an automatic sprinkler system in its plant. Fred Carney, a former wealthy lumberman of Marinette, has transferred his beautiful residence property on Rivtrside avenue to the First National Bank of Marinette to Si>cure loans for the Carney Lumber Company. The Carney company formerly operated a sawmill at Owen SotuiL Ontario. The operations of the company, extending over a period of ten .vears. were ■iiisuccessful and the mill was closed about a year ago. I- S. Barlier Jc Sons have besnn work on a broom handle and excelsior :.i~tory. 40 by 100 feet at Butiemut. Wis. E. C. Manger k Sons Company of Green Bay will erect an addition to its casket factory to l>e nsi>d as a wrarehonse. Forty feet will t>e added to the pr<-*»'nt warehouse and will l»e of frame construction. Three additions have recently been completed to the I.«e Handle & Dowel Company at Merrill. Two more stmcturvs, one 2-1 by .10 feet and the ■r.thrr Ifi by 24 feet, are to be added. Xew machinery will more than '•nble the capacity of the plant, and the storage capacity Is also l>elng niarged. Thi- Merrill Veneer Company has been forced to shot down for a time because of a shortage of logs on hand. While the supply provided for this ■season exceeded last year's supply, it is said that more orders and orders f'T thicker veneer were responsible for the shortage. The plant will be ■naWe to start ap again until a new supply Is received, probably until -n.iW comes New Richmond, which lost an important lombertng Industry when the Willow River Lumber Company decided to locate at Hayward. is maklne The White Lake Lumber Co. P'opl-. Ga. Bldg.. CHICAGO ILL Northern and Southern Hardwoods WHITE PINE iji CAR STOCK • t, fr'ytr.pl W. YELLOW PI.NE . cr> WE WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE 10 car* 4 4 No. 1 Com. Buswood 6 cars 4 4 No. 2 Com. Buiwood 3 car* 4 4 No. 3 Com. B«**wood 4 car* 12 4 L. R, So(t Elm £CII■ Continued quiet marks the local market. It Is really featureless as far as atiy particular change over conditions two weeks ago is concerned, although, contrar.v to tho situation for the last month or so. there is an occasional member of the local trade who seems to occupy a position that renders him decidedly optimistic. This does not mean that a tone of optimism prevails, although local lumbermen are decidedly cheerful. In fact, the frame of mind of most of tho lumbermen today offers an in- teresting psychological stud,v. It offers a striking illustration of the good effect produced by continued hope even though long deferred in its realiza- tion. As a matter of actual tact, however, Chicago lumliermen are ac- tually making a great many sales, the average sale being rather small in comparison to the average sale of more normal seasons. In the aggregate, the amount of lumber actually moving to Chicago consuming factoi'Ies and yards is very fair. As to prices, the local market Is still somewhat off. even oak being several dollars below the market. Encouraging reports, however, coming in from various sources indicating absence of any great amount of dry stock at mill points seems to be haying a favorable impression upon the minds of members of the Chicago trade, who can be said to be doing their best to combat any further shading of hardwood values. The future of the local situation, while still in doubt, gives promise of uuuh more satis- factory conditions =-< NEW YORK y. The New York hardwood market shows some signs nf improvement, — nothing to cause any great excitement, but noticeable neverthidess. Hard- wood men returning from trips to mill points report conditions at that end as rather strong while the consuming markets show a better run of orders, though for small quantities, and stocks on band still below nor- mal. The range of prices is well held at a fairly high plane and no fall- ing off is anticipated in any branch. It Is well recognized by buyers that prices will not go off and their failure to buy in larger lots is not in ex- pectation of a break in prices. There are some slight reductions quoted in the hardwood flooring list but demand Is on the increase and a firmer market will undoubtedly develop. Common and better chestnut and sap gum are the slowest features of the market and these, especially the latter, are subject to price cutting. The remainder of the list is firm. --<, BUFFALO y The hardwood trade is fair at present, but it lacks thi- activity of some years at this time. The influence of the tariff iaw is said to be one reason for this condition. Buyers are holding off to see just how the tariff will affect them. Most of the business is in small lots and the yards are doing something right along In mixed cars, for this market is favorably located. The eastern centers are taking a good aggregate amount of lumb.'r. Prices are not as strong as they were early in the summer. The plain oak demiinil i.s as usual the largest, although th^'re is some- what less strength in this wood than some time ago. Mills have larger amounts to offer and there is some price-cutting. Maple and birch are doing fairly well. Brown ash Is another wood in pretty good demand. Some CanadL-in hardwoods are coming in. but the amount is not greater than ordinary. Lake hardwood trade is very small. Talk is heard of a probable car shortage here this fall, but it is not expected to be felt to any unusual extent by the hardwood trade. Buffalo- lumbermen are generally quite well favored as far as car supply is con- cerned, having ihe advantage of a number of railroads. Nobody has had much trouble as yet in delays to inccming shipments. -< PHILADELPHIA >■ It is a recognizable fact that the general lumber busin.'ss is more or less quiet, with the hardwood market steady. Consuming fartorles are busy but are buying only in quantities to meet immediate requirements. Orders naturally are small and hard to get. in consequence of which prices in some lines are less firm than a fortnight ago. but there is little appre- hension as to panicky conditions in the near future as the various dis- turbing national hills are gradiially being settled, enaliiins the mereliant HARDWOOD RECORD to adjust his business affairs accoidiniily. The money market Is tijjlil and colleetlons are slow. Ituildlui; operations are delayed for lack oX.enjjJliil ns the banks contlnne to curtail loans on these Investments. Ucporls on the lulll stock sll nation show affairs well under control, with no fear of a penernl slump In prices as the stock pile Is rather under than over normal and would soon be depleted at the llrst rush for stnlT. Oak holds steady; eheslnut Is fair; maple keeps a good reputation: basswood. birch, elm and ash are In fair demand : poplar um hanciil : mahogany and veneer acllve. •< PITTSBURGH >■ lUiylni: bai dropped off iimsi.l,r;ilily iliiriii'; llie past two weeks. Vanl trade is winding up the season. Hardwood consuming factories are still buying considerable lumber but not so much as In the summer. Railroads have cut down their requisitions and are apparently waiting on the de- cision of the Interstate Commerce Commission regarding their application for a Ave per cent Increase in their rates. If this is granted whole- salers here believe that there will be a sharp increase in railroad buying of lumber. Prices on hardwood lumber, especially on oak and ash, are high and firm. Some mnple is being sold nt higher prices than prevailed in the summer. =-< BOSTON >.= Anrther uneventful two werks luis l>i en recorded in the Boston hard- wood lumber market. For some time past dealers have been looking for an Improvement in demand but they are beginning to be more or less discouraged. The large bu.vers are operating only as they need supplies and with prices on a high level it is not to be expected that the small consumers will anticipate their wants. There Is no sign of any lower values right away. All of the reports received from mill points indi- cate that stocks of good lumber are in small sui>ply and that the man- ufacturei'S are firm in their ideas for firm to steady prices. The retail yards are doing a fair amount of business and are using up the stocks of hardwood lumber that they have on band, yet cannot be induced to buy far ahead of nearby wants. It is reported that there are fewer lots of hardwood lumber being offered to consumers direct than was the case a few months aso. The result is that buyers arc making more inquiries from the wholesale dealers than they were. Whitewood and gum appear to be the easiest In prices. Quartered and plain oak are In very fair call and hold firm in price. Cypress has been selling in a moderate way. Brown ash is firm. Walnut is in demand with offerings small. =-< BALTIMORE >= The hardwood business has not been productive of important changes during the past two weeks. Orders are coming in rather more freely than might be supposed in view of all the circumstances, and prices are hold- ing their own fairly well, though some casing off is said to have taken place and there is some feeling of hesitancy among the buyers. It is the effect upon trade genei-aliy which is reflected in the hardwood business. No one yet knows just what effect the tariff will have upon commerce and industrial activities and to what extent the demand will be stimulated or retarded for manufactured goods. As a consequence everyone is hold- ing off as much as possible. The currency situation also tends to create uncertainty. Bankers are contracting their credits and the hardwood men. along with others, find themselves obliged to handle their resources with care. Money is more or less tight, and the range of transactions is narrowed accordingly. Notwithstanding the.se drawbacks, however, little complaint as to the volume of business is heard among the hardwood men. There is no scarcity of lumber, but the offerings do not indicate congestion, with the exception of some divisions of the export business, where the available stocks are far more liberal than could be desired. A decided reduction. however, has taken i)lace even there, and a better feeling prevails. With the ocean freights within reasonable limits, exporters would be in a posi- tion to make shipments at a profit, while now the increase in the rates during the year more than counterbalances the advances which forels" buyers are willing tc pay. It is stated by the mill men that the excess in production at the present time is below that of corresponding periods of other years, and that they will enter upon the winter season, with its checks upon the output, with smaller supplies than usual. This is regarderl as an Indication favorable to an advance unless the conditions outsidr the trade that have been alluded to should be of a character to counterai i the inherent strength of the hardwood lumber market. =-< COLUMBUS y- While the season Is fast waning', still tlie demand for hardwoods in this section Is steady. Factories and yards are good buyers and tie' trade Is pretty evenly divided between tlie two sources. Prices are firm. no marked weakness having appeared, and the outlook for the future Is not bad. Factories making furniture, vehicles and Implements are buying hard- wood stocks steadily although their orders are not very large. Aut.i mobile factories are buying wide sizes of poplar. Since building oprra tions are continuing active, the demand from yards Is Incrensing althoui they do not want large stocks because of the opproach of the stock-takhiL- perlod. Dry stocks are rather light and this Is believed to be one of Die improved Dry-kiln, A Machi Triangle Brand White Oak Flooring Perfectly dried and worked .Made from our own timber from tine boundary, insuring uniform .^ color and texture; manufactured at our new hardwood flooring plant. Our Specialty : Quarter-sawed White Oak Flooring Tliicknesses: ii," and 13/16" Standard Widths Iniiulriefi Solicited Quick Shipments Guiinuiteed YELLOW POPLAR LUMBER CO., Coal Qrove, Ohio Kentucky Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS POPLAR, PLAIN AND QUAR- TERED OAK, RED AND SAP GUM, ASH, CHESTNUT, BASS- WOOD, HEMLOCK. WHITE PINE Mills at Bumside, Ky. Williamsburg, Kj . Isola, Miss. Sales Office Cincinnati, O. WANT E D All Kinds of High-Grade HARDWOODS S. E. SLAYMAKER & CO. Represenlingr WEST VIRGINIA SPRl'CE LUMBER CO., CasB, West Virginia. Fifth Avenue Building, NEW YORK The Tegge Lumber Co. High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukee, Wisconsin 5H_ HARDWOOD RECORD 0\D cOluw cure // TIIADIC .MARK \\ ^ Kraetzer-Curcd lumber is susceptible of being thoroughly air dried or kiln dried in less than one-half the time or- dinarily required for seasoning un- steamed wood. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber does not case- harden, check, end-split or stain, and dries without warping or buckling. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber has a uniform tone of color. Its working qualities are greatly improved, and the beauty of the flake on quarter-sawed stock is en- hanced. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber dries out to materially less weight than unsteamed wood, ranging from 200 to 500 pounds per thousand feet. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber will neither shrink nor swell,' and the grain will not raise when water stains are employed in finishing. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber is not im- paired in strength or quality by the process. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber eliminates all glue-joint troubles and "will stay where it is put." ^ A list of manufacturers of Kraetzer- Cured lumber will be supplied on appli- cation. Kraetzer-Cured Lumber is produced by the use of the Kraetzer Preparator. manufactured by The Kraetzer Company 537 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO TRADE MARK LUMBER host foaturps of the Iradi'. Tlic car shortage is interferins with ship- ments, especially from West Virginia points. Oalc is one of the strong; points in the marlcet. The demand is good for both f|iiar1er-sawed and plain oalc and for all grades. Chestnut is also lirni and sound wormy is especially strong. Poplar Is moving fairly wi'll although stocks are accumulating in that wood. Ash is in demand ;inil hasswood is also niovini; well. OtluT hardwoods are unchanged. --<, CINCINNATI >.= There is very little wrong with the condition of the hardwood market unless it is the placing of orders in such small quantities. This manner of buying has been in force for a numl)er of weeks and while the monthly average is gaining graduall.v. the hand-to-mouth process continues. Tlie market is steady and the best posted dealers believe that it will remain so, gradually increasing until at least a normal stage of consumption will be reached. Wood consuming factories obtaining supplies from tliis market have lieon busy right along and there does not appear to be any real reason for a fall-down in the business of these plants who claim to be getting orders numerous but small in quantity and appear to he fol- lowing out the same policy in purchasing rough lumber. They are carry- ing very little stock of their own but are getting promptly what they need. .\11 low-grade hardwoods sell readily at satisfactory prices, the best sellers in Ihis class of material being gum, Cottonwood, poplar and bass- wood. No. 1 common and beticr poplar is not doing so well but In spite of light demand the price is well maintained. Red gum in upper grades is probably slowest in movement of all hardwoods but a reaction is looked for soon by dealers. Chestnut is gaining strength in No. 1 common and Ijetter. and sound wormy is again in active demand. Ash is one of the best sellers on the list, especially in thick stock. Plain oak, while more plentiful than a few months ago, is still leading and all grades are in demand at satisfactory prices. All grades of quartered oak except No. 2 common are moving satisfactorily, the latter as usual is in much less de- m.ind. =-< TOLEDO y Activity continues on the Toledo hardwood niarkot and buying is con- tinuous and fairly heavy although nothing in the speculative sense is hoing done. However the building trades continue active, creating a lively demand for hardwood finish and flooring and factories seem to be run- ning along normally. Poplar seems to be quite active in the regular sizes and plain oak is strong. Red gum is being used largely as a substitute for other woods and continues to gain strength in this market, furniture concerns being good patrons. The small home construction in Toledo has been the heaviest ever known and strangers viewing the city are struck with the large numl>er of neat little homes already built and now under roustruction. These homes are all of modern construction and are finished with hardwoods. I'ricos are firm in all linos. -< INDIANAPOLIS > In common with a general improvement in industrial conditions through- out the state, the hardwood industry has taken on more activity during the last two weeks. The situation now is more satisfactory than it has been for several weeks. While prices have not changed materially, they have a steady tone and the demand for hardwoods probably is close to normal for this season of the year. The only discordant note is in the fact that car shortage at the base of the hardwood supply, makes it difficult to obtain shipments promptly. All hardwood using concerns in the state, with the possible exception of the automobile industry, are enjoying a large business, in some in- stances bctler than it was at this time last year. =-< NASHVILLE >■= The hardwood trade is holding up well in this market, with prices about steady. The orders are small, but in the aggregate amount to as much as for the corresponding time last year. There is little change in the character of the demand. Oak and ash are in the greatest request, with moderate demand for low-grade poplar and other lines. Chestnut continues dull. =-< LOUISVILLE y. While business is not all that might be wished, the volume of trade is nevertheless up to the average for this season of the year, and the out- look is regarded as satisfactory. Comparatively little buying on a large scale is being done, however, and this method of purchasing has resulted in the larger operators feeling that there is insufficient support for the market. Nevertheless, prices are being maintained well, and few lumber- men believe that there is any reason why concessions should be made. It is generally agreed that while the remainder of this year may see only fair business recorded, the opening of 1914 will mark a resumption of active trade, as the new factors in the general industrial situation will have been adjusted by that time and permanently favorable conditions will have been introduced into the situation. Quartered oak is a good seller just now, and plain oak is continuing to move freely. Ash is still going well, and cottonwood is also in fair call. Chestnut, poplar and HARDWOOD RECORD S3 hickory nri- ivpnrtPcl to be nitlicr slow, as a general proposition. Most manufacturers linvi> confidence In the situation, and are bu^Jnpr ^og'' freely, expectins l" continue to opeinte as Ion? as weather conditions > WISCONSIN -<= While there is a temicncy on the part of hardwood consumers to buy only enough to meet their present wants, the general activity in the build- ing fleid all over the state has brought business up to a satisfactory point. Wholesalers arc inclined to believe, however, that there will not be a general buying movement for stocking-up purposes until after the first of the .year. Tlie exception to this seems to be the average retail lumber- man, who^s placing some fair sized orders, evidently with the belief that prices will go much higher. The sash and door and interior finishing con- cerns are inclined to proceed in a "hand-to-mouth" manner when it comes to buying stocks, but the hardwood flooring manufacturers are well sup- plied with orders and Tie in the marliet for stock. The demand lor northern hardwoods is stronger and prices arc stiffen- ing somewhat in this line as a result. Birch and maple continue to be the leaders in the nnrtlurn woods, although both rock and soft elm and ash are in good demand. Tpper grade basswood is inclined to be slow, but low grade stuff is still selling well, due to the activity on the part of the local box manufacturers. All low grade hardwood sells fairly well. Southern oak is holding strong and reports from the southern mills say that stocks of oak are light at these points. Both plain and quarter- sawed oak are in good demand and prices are holding firm. The call for oak from the furniture manufacturing concerns is stronger, as most of these plants are now busy. The supply of labor in Milwaukee and surrounding Wisconsin cities is still far from large. Most local woodworking and furniture manufac- turing concerns are able to secure enough men at this time, but the de- mand for men to work in the woods is now greater than the supply. Northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan logging interests are now en- tering upon a busy logging season and the cut promises to be larger than in recent years, due to the fact that business has been good during the past year and stocks in first and second hands have been depleted. Camps have been opened all over the lumber roiiiitry. =-< GLASGOW >■- The timber trade of Glasgow and western Scotland continues on a very quiet scale, new orders being very slow. The quarterly market reports are now published and from the trade statistics just issued it is noted that the total imports into the f'l.vde for the nine months to date ex- ceed those for the same period of last year by about eleven per cent, while the overhead consumption is less by about seventeen per cent. The stocks remaining on hand are heavier by approximately nine per cent but it is seen that the gain is more than accounted for by increases in one or two particular Items such as pitch pine, waney pine, birch and oak planks. Storing is being resorted to in a few instances but brokers just now are doing their level best to get goods cleared up on an ex quay basis. Taken as a whole the movement into consumption is of a rather restricted nature. The general tendency seems to be to keep stocks down as much as pos- sible so that bu.ving in evidence is of a hand-to-mouth nature. Not for a number of years has there been such a large output from the shipbuilding yards for September as during the present month when twenty-seven vessels of a gross tonnage of 78.453 tons were launched. This big total makes up somewhat for the comparatively small output last month which is exceeded by the present month by over 40.000 tons. The total for the nine months to date stands at 484. SG6 tons as com- pared with 472.706 tons for the corresponding nine months of last year. Work continues brisk all over the Cl.vde yards and there is a pos- sibility of the year lOlS heating the record of 1912. =-< LIVERPOOL >.= The trade position here is very quiet, though the landings have been quite heavy. Prices have been much weaker in face of the heavy arrival. The prices, in fact, of some items are pence lower than those existing a few weeks ago. Almost every item is figured out on a lower basis, though ash is perhaps the firmest feature. In prime grades quite a brisk trade has been moving, though here again there are signs of a diminished output and lower prices in the near future. The recent labor troubles in Ijlver- pool are mainly responsible. Though the matter lasted only a few days. it has seriously upset the railroads, and deliveries are moving vei^' slowly to buyers. This makes prompt business exceedingly difficult and buyers are not keen upon making purchases when their stock may be hanging about the goods station for a month or more. There are some signs, however, that this trouble is being somewhat eased. The mahogany posi- tion seems to be clearing the state of mind of the rest of the trade. While the Imports are still light, the demand has gone away to a very considerable extent. Prices are just standing still at the moment with no movement In either direction. The undertone of the market is. however, decidedly weak, though much depends on the extent of the Import. The stock is firmly held by brokers here and any decline in prices will not he allowed to go much lower. The market is, however, just showing the weak tone of the other branches of the trade and values are inclined to go down In sympathy.. EXCEPTIONAL MAHOGANY, CIRCASSIAN WAL- NUT AND QUARTERED OAK VENEERS If a good veneer cutter can manufacture fair quality veneers with antiquated machinery, what can he do when given the latest and most efficient equipment? The Answer is to be found in any of the stock produced at our new mill, which is the last word in modern equip- ment. We have selected the finest logs on the mar- ket, our men are experienced and capable, the product speaks for itself. See our samples and get prices. Visit Our Plant Any time you are in Chicago and want to see the most modern veneer plant in existence today, we will be glad to show you through our plant. Fred W. Black Lumber Co. 2245 S. Fortieth Ave. Chicago, 111. You Know Something About the Land of Last Supply You know, of course, that the nearest source of adequate lumber supply are the forests of the west, the inter-mountain pines and the fir, spruce, cedar and hemlock of the Pacific Coast. In a broad sense, we are at the beginning of an era of Competitive Demand for Western Timber Mills of the South are exhausting their supply and are seeking new locations. Timber is disappearing from tlie market, but not so rapidly now as it will on a constantly Increasing scale during the next decade. Every tract taken olt the market decreases the supply and increases the desirability and value of those remaining. The best go first. Investigate now. James D. Lacey & Co. Timber Land Factors Chicago, III., 1750 McCormick Building Portland, Ore., 1104 Spalding Building Seattle, Wash., 1009 White Building 54. HARDWOOD RECORD WHY? WHY do more than 380 of the most prominent and successful lumber manufac- turers exchange nearly $30,000,000.00 of indemnity against fire loss at Manufacturing Lumbermen's Underwriters BECAUSE! BECAUSE it is the oldest and strongest inter-insurance association among lumber- men, being now in its fifteenth year. BECAUSE $978,432.40 cash savings have been returned to members. BECAUSE $856,831.32 cash surplus, owned entirely by the members, has been accu- mulated. BECAUSE $2,443,029.00 has been paid in losses under prompt and equitable adjust- ments without resort to quibbling or technical controversy. BECAUSE it was the first to settle lumb er losses on a market value basis. BECAUSE the regular, frequent and thorough inspections given the plants of all members help them to prevent fires, thus materially reducing both the fire waste and the cost of indemnity. FOR FULL PARTICULARS ADDRESS Western Representative RankinBciicdic! Undcrwrilmg Co. HARRY B. CLARK, Attorney in Fact, Portland. Ore. KANSAS CITY, MO. HARDWOOD RECORD 55 Advertisers' Directory NORTHERN HARDWOODS. Ackland, D.. & Son American Lumber & Mfg. Co Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co Carticr-Holland Lumber Company.. Coale. Thoe. K., Lumber Company.. Cobbs AHitchelL Inc CraiK. W. P.. Lumber Co Curll, D. B.. Lumber Company.. East Jordan Lumber Company EUas. G..4Bro Ettabrook-Skeele Lumber Co Flanner-Steger Land & Lumber Co. Porman . Thos.. Company Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co Heyser. W. E.. Lumber Co Holyoke. Chas Kent, J. S.. Company Klann, E. H.. Lumber Co Kneeland-Bigelow Company. The — Licking River Lumber Company. Litchfield. William E Mcllvain. J. Gibson. r7»&n. Thii"7^k«rBrmDd"T«B- a»u(^ )■ • atMl K»af« ibkt will Mtitfy IMLV>IVE, W»k«upU> oitr Pric«ool7|l 98d«lii ow, *^%j. A ffoodUwa A<*. PhoQ* H For s«le by HARDWOOD RECORD, 637 S. Dearborn St., Chlcaco, III. 50 CENTS EACH. CHICAGO The Logical Location for Wood-Working Factories ny e scarcity of timber In your local- i ever increasing demand for higher ong employees, doubtless you find It difllcuU In your present location to realize the profits you once made. If you are manufacturing furniture, car- riages, automobile part.s. barrels and boxes, cratej; or any product that requires wood, the Southeastern Stales of Virginia, North and South Carolina. Georgia. Florida. Ala- bama, .Mississippi, Tennessee or Kentucky offer numerous excellent openings for any of these lines ut business. The greatest supply of oak. gum, ash. walnut, hickory, pine and other timbers are obtainable in nearly every section of the Southeast. Power is furnished at very reasonable rates while labor Is plentiful at a very favorable wage scale. Labor troubles are practically unknown In the South. Along the Southern Ry.. Mobile & Ohio R. R. and CJeorgla Southern & Florida Ry. are many cities and towns olferlng liberal Inducements for the location of new Indus- tries. We can put you In touch with these parlies If you will express a desire. V. Ririf.VRDS ind Industrlul .\Ke SOUTHERN RAILWAY I 31),'). Washing! MAKE BOX SHOCKS LOOSE BARREL STAVES of I i 111,1 <(iiiilil.> iinil III IinM-l ( ..-I I-r..iii (•,.r.l«,.M,l. . _ ee J Lancewood » Larch 7 J I.argtf buckeye * Largeleaf umbrella. 4S * Large poplar J Largetooth aspen... 66 o Laurel 494, 505, 6C t Laurel bay f Laurel cherry • HARDWOOD RECORD 59 •leBved magootla. 494 oik 295. 319 ■tr« 531 >k 292 irleif ash 418 trwood 400. IW3 _ 5B2 TOOd S95 •TltK 698 698 pint 19. 703 r-twlK plDe 703 637 •mber 325 ■biKbark 346 Bugar pine 700 »le pine od r«.~oi Black Walnut Logs FIGURED WALNUT IN LONG WOOD AND STUMPS Carolina Spruce Co, MANUFACTURERS Spruce & Hardwood LUMBER /tfi7/..Peosacola.N.C. Capacity 90.0»0 tt. per day Charles K. Parry & Co. ifJ.'.'i.i'^'i'lly.Mifu-. Philadelphia Hard Maple 100,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Com. IdO.OUO ft. 4-4 I.oe Kun; will grade to suit purchaser. Ash WE HAVE IT W. W. DEMPSEY Manufacturer and Wholesaler of HARDWOODS Cypres* 1 carload 4/4 Is & 29, Clear. 2 carloads 4/4 Selects. 4 carloads 4/4 0". 8- and 10- No. 2 Com, Birch 50,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Com. BAND SAWED STOCK A LINE BRINGS PRICE BY RETURN MAIL ZTew Tork Offlo* no. IS MroaAmr 64 HARDWOOD RECORD VENEERS AND PANELS Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co, HOME OFFICE, FACTORY AND VENEER MILL, ALGOMA, WIS. VENEER AND SAWMILL, URCHWOOD, WIS. We manufacture at our Blrcbwood plant single ply veneers of all native northern woods and deliver stock that is in shape to glue. From our Algoma factory, where we have specialized for twenty years, we produce panels of all sizes, flat or bent to shape, in all woods, notably in Mahogany and Quarter-Sawed Oak. We make no two-ply stock, and do not employ sliced cut quartered oak. Our quartered oak panels are all from sawed veneer. Every pound of glue we use is guaranteed hide stock. W« do not use retainers. Our gluing forms are put under pow- erful screws and left until the glue has thoroughly set. If you seek a guaranteed product that is the best, based on results accomplished by most painstaking attention and study of every detail, combined with the use of the best stock and an up-to-date equipment, our product will appeal to you. If you are a "price buyer" we probably cannot interest you. OUR SPECIALTY Highly Figured Quarter-Sawed White Oak Veneer PuTiNAM Veneer & Lumber Co. H. I. CUTSIINGER. Gen'l IVIsr. ROACHDAUE, IIND. Custom Mill Work, Storage, Inspection ON Foreign Fancy Woods, Mahogany, Cedar, Circassian We receive the logs, store or warehouse them, manufacture them into lumber, cut or saw veneers, pile and store the pro- duct, and ship via any railroad. Also furnish inspection returns on logs or lumber. Can furnish accommodations and econ- omies which it is impossible to secure elsewhere. We always have on our yards parcels of plain and figured African, Mexican and Cuban Mahogany, Circassian Walnut and Cedar logs, placed here for sale by direct foreign shippers, from which advantageous purchases can be made. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co. Long Island City, New York y eneers and l^anels with a Jy^eputation YX/'E manufacture Veneers in all the native woods and for all purposes. Also Built-up Panels in native and foreign woods — three and five-ply — and have established a reputation for furnishing high-grade material. Send us your inquiries and orders and become one of our satisfied customers. Underwood Veneer Co, Wausau^ W^is. HARDWOOD RECORD ^ 17/^15 O A I 17 Veneer Plant of The Maley, r yJS\ O/VLilL Thompson & Mof f ett Co. Open bids will be received at the office of Charles T. Grcve, Referee in Bankruptcy, 22 Carew Building, Cincinnati. Ohio, at 3 p. m., on the 19th day of November, 1913, for the plant of The Maley, Thompson & Moffett Company, including lot, building and machinery, a description of which follows: Location — N. E. Corner Eighth and Evans streets, Cincin- nati, Ohio. Dimensions of Lot — 465 feet by 303 feet. Main Building — Reinforced concrete floor 120 feet by 190 feet. Machinery — One Smith, Meyer & Schnier 8 ft. Band Saw Mill, complete, with log Turner — Steam Nigger — Gang Edger Trimmer and Electric Driven Slab Saw and Filing Machinery and Log Derrick. One 12 ft. Hayes \'cnecr Slicer and Grinder. One 8 ft. Capital Veneer Slicer with Grinder. Three Smith, Meyer & Schnier Veneer Saws, Steam Feed. One Clement Band Resaw. One Towsley 24-inch single surfacer. 'One Fay & Egan Self Feed Rip Saw. One Reliance Direct Connected Electric Drive Cut-off Saw. One Smith Veneer Drier with Automatic Engine Drive. Complete Dust collecting system with separate concrete Dust House. Tools and Equipment complete. Log Derrick, hand power. Each machine is directly driven by separate motors of varying capacities. Power Plant — One-story brick and concrete 30 ft. by 55 ft. Engine Room,— One St. Louis Corliss Engine 22" by 48" about 500 H. P. One Allis-Chalmers 250 K. W. Generator A. C. Switch Board, Exciter, etc. Boiler Room — One-story Brick and Concrete 36 ft. by 48 ft. Two Mcllvain & Spiegel Boilers. One Brownell Boiler with pumps and complete equip- ment. Stable, Blacksmith Shop, Lumber, Shed, etc. Whole appraised at $100,000.00. The real estate is subject to an annual ground rent of $1,947.00, payable quarterly, with privilege of purchase for $34,000.00, Purchaser to assume ground rent. Bids to be taken: 1. On the real estate, plant and machinery as an entirety. 2. On the real estate and plant separately. 3. On the machinery separately. Terms cash, with twenty days in which to examine the title, buyer to pay all taxes due and payable after date of sale. Right reserved to reject any or all bids. Sale subject to confirmation by the Referee at a meeting of the creditors to be held at the said office on the said date. Peck, Shaffer & Peck and H.\RRY L. Gordon, Attonicvs for Trustee. Ch.^rles T. Greve, Referee in Bankruptcy. Fr.\n"k H. Sh-^efer, Trustee in Bankruptcy. Hoffman Brothers Company Sliced and Sawed, Quartered and Plain Red and White Oak Walnut Cherry Ash Maple Let ui Send You Our stock List FORT WAYNE, IND. CIRCASSIAN MAHOGANY Logs VENEERS Lumber WE IMPORT WE MANUFACTURE All Thicknesses of Mahogany Ready for Shipment RICE VENEER & LUMBER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. READY TO LAY Dimension Stock cut to your sizes in 1/20 Sliced Quartered Oak and Mahogany MATCHED, JOINTED AND TAPED We also manufacture a full line of high- grade, rotary-cut veneers, making a spe- cialty of exceptionally fine poplar. ADAMS & RAYMOND VENEER COMPANY Established 1869 Indianapolis, Ind. 66 HARDWOOD RECORD ■■■■ --' ■■■''■-"■' 1 IriT" I" "" ' " " fn I TT^" 'j,ii uJi.x.. ,..iLi,:!i,jyLiiiuL''..ii jud.,i..i,):M,d...Hj:.' ^i..iiZ. JwjLd, BUFFALO! The Foremost Hardwood Market of the East ' I. N. Stewart & Bro. SpecialtieB Cherry and Oak 892 Elk Street Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT 1075 Clinton Street a. EUIAS <& BRO. HARDWOODS White Pine, Yellow Pine, Spruce. Hemlock, Fir, Lumber, Timber, Mill- work, Boxes, Maple and Oak Floorins >S5=101S EUK STREET BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER GO. We want to buy for cash OAK, ASH AND OTHER HARDWOODS All grades and thicknesses. Will receive and inspect stock at shlppinK point. Branch yard, MemphiSt Tenn. 940 Seneca Street, BUFFALO Hugh McLean Lumber Co. OUR SPECIALTY: QUARTERED WHITE OAK 940 ELK STREET T. SULLIVAN & CO. SPECIALTIES: Gray Elm, Brown Ash Pacific Coast Fir and Spruce 2 ARTHUR STREET ORSON E. YEAQER SPECIALTIES; Oak, Ash and Poplar 932 ELK STREET ANTHONY IVIILLER HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS 893 EAGLE STREET I he above firms carry large and well assorted stocks ol all kinds and grades of Hardwoods, and have ever\ i icility for filling and shipping orders prompth I hey will be pleased to have your inquiries HARDWOOD RECORD A Fine Opportunity to Dispose of Narrow, Short and Low Grade Oak 'I'd the iial< IuiiiIht iiiaiinliicturLT wlm accu- imilatcs c()nsi(Ici"al)k' nak liniil)L'r that can not be sold unless tlicy put a ])iicc on it that is so low that tliere's nn money in it, there is now offered a line onnnrtunitv to dis- N)se oi llii^ hnnl)i-r hy iiiakin^' it up intn lak llooriii;^' scpiares lii.'etlier without luc on tlic Linderman Automatic Jointer Gluer, Clamper and Sizer S(]uarciiles and ends. The demand for llicsi- tloorinK sqiiaris is i^rcatly in excess of tlu- present output. Still there arc several Soutliern niannfaoturers making these flooring; squares. One New ^■ork tirin wants a good many car loads of the Linderman Kloorins Squares. The prices it offers will net you. delivered New York City, practically as nuicli as you are ni'ttinjjr from the better grade of oak lumber. Write today for further information and we wdl aive you the detads of the market, manufac- turing costs, etc. You're not obligated in any w.iy in askinu; for particulars. \et it might be of value and wi>rtli your consideration. Linderman Machine Company MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN New York City Woodstock, Ont. Knoxville, Tenn. Manufacturers Old-Fashioned Vansant, soft Kitchen 6 n^ar Company 5-8 and 4-4 in Wide Stuck, Specialty Ashland, Kentucky KASTEF*^ RJCPRESCNTATIVi; Jokn L. Cvekraa eOl W. llStk StTMt. N«w York City FOR DISCRIMINATING BUYERS wanting a Clear Board for first class shelving and other similar pur- poses there is nothing that will surpass our CLEAR HEMLOCK. It is bright in appearance, light in weight and is odorless and durable. We make it in 6", 8", 10" and 12" widths, as also 13" to 20" wide. In addition to this, we have all other grades in Hemlock Boards. Also you should try the soft quality of our Smoky Mountain Chestnut. In No. 1 Common and Better grades we can supply it 60% 14' and 16' lengths. The widths are most desirable and the manufacture perfect. Also we have a nice assortment of S/g" Panel Poplar 28" to 36" and 35" to 44" wide or can be assorted in widths as may be desired. This is the genuine soft yellow Smoky Mountain Poplar. Also do not forget we are in position at all times to cut to order high grade Poplar, Ash and Maple. WE SOLICIT THE BUSINESS OF DISCRIMINATING BUYERS FOR ALL HIGH GRADE SMOKY MOUNTAIN HARDWOODS AND HEMLOCK LITTLE RIVER LUMBER COMPANY Townsend, Tenn. W. H. White Company Boyne City Lumber Company Mills and General Office: BOYNE CITY, MICH. Sales Office: BUFFALO, N. Y. STOCK DRY — STANDARD GRADES — BEST MANUFACTURE — CAR OR CARGO SHIPMENTS WE OFFER All Kinds OF Hardwood and Hemlock Lumber Hardwood Flooring, Lath AND Dimension Stock YELLOW POPLAR MtNUFlCTUKERS OF BIND SIWED POPLAR QUARTERED OAK PLAIN OAK CHESTNUT BASSWOOD SPECIALTY QUARTER SAWED WHITE OAK Goal Grove, Ohio, U.S.A. LUMBER CO II II II II II II II II II IIITTTII II II II II M II II n II II II II II II II II II II II I Advertisers" classifiw directory follows Readino matter HARDWOOD RECORD Gentlemen : We sell Lumber, especially Hardwoods. We manufacture almost all we sell— we are first hands. Our delivery points are scattered and prompt shipments our aim. Get in touch. We'lldo you good. J. Gibson McUvain & Co. 1420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia For Quick Shipment 5 cars 4/4' Is & 2s Q. W. O. 3 cars 4/4' No. 1 Com. Q. W. O. 3 cars 4/4' Clear Q. W. O. Strips, 4 to 5 la ". Icar 4/4' Clear Q. W. O. Strips, 2 }i to 3 la ". M car 4/4' Clear Q. W. O. Strips, 1 ^2 to 2". 4 cars 4/4' Is & 2s Plain W. O. 3 cars 4/4' No. 1 Com. Plain W. O. 4 cars 4/4' Com. & Bet. Q. R. O. 2 cars 4/4' Is & 2s Plain R. O. 7 cars 4/4' No. 1 Com. Plain R. O. 2 cars 4/4' No. 2 Com. Plain R. O. 2 cars 5/4' Is & 2s Plain R. O. 1 car 5/4' No. 1 Com. Plain R. O. 4 cars 3/4' Is & 2s Plain R. O. 5 cars 4/4' Is & 2s Plain Red Gum. 7 cars 4/4' No. 1 Com. Plain Red Gu m. 3 cars 4/4' Is & 2s Qtd. Red Gum. 1 car 4/4' No. 1 Com. Qtd. Red Gu m. 2 cars 5/4' Is & 2s Qtd. Red Gum. 1 car 5/8" Is & 2s Plain Red Gum. 4 cars 4/4' Is & 2s Sap Gum. 3 cars 3/4' Is & 2s Sap Gum. 3 cars 4/4' Is & 2s Cottonwood, 6' to 18". 1 car 4/4" Is & 2s Cottonwood, 13" and up. 8 cars 4/4' Cottonwood Box Boards, 13 to 17". 2 cars 4/4' Cottonwood Box Boards 9 to 12". 2 cars 4/4' Cottonwood Box Boards 9 to 10". 7 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Cottonwood. Immediate Attention to All Inquiries Memphis Band Mill Company Memphis, Tcnn. n CartierJIoUanb number Company « ''A Real Opportunity" Just look over the following items of Specially Alainifactured Furniture Stock. Band .Sawed. Perfectly Edged and Trimmed: 80,000' 4/4 End Cured Winter Sawn White Maple 5,000' 5/4 End Cured Winter Sawn White Maple 5,000' 6/4 End Cured Winter Sawn White Maple 10,000' 8 4 End Cured Winter Sawn White Maple 40,000' 5/4 Selected No. 1 & Better Birch 250,000' 1x4 & Wider Pine Crating (85% 6" & over) 0 A Postal Card Will Bring Prices That Will Warrant Your Orders iM i r h i g a It U HARDWOOD RECORD 3 m >» w j'-^ w ■ V ^^^ A m. T 1 ivi 1 ^^ n 1 \ 1 iHL 1^ ! .... 1 BASSWOOD We Offer for Prompt Shipment 1 x4 Clear Strips ..150M 1x6 I's and 2's 150 M 1 X 7 and 8" I's and 2's 24 M 1 X 3 No. 1 Common 35 M 1 X 4 No. 1 Common 50 M 1 X 5 No. 1 Common 50 M 1 X 6 No. 1 Common 90 M Oct. 15, 1913 COBBS & MITCHELL, Inc. Sales Department CADILLAC MICH. W. D. YOUNG & CO. MANUFACTURERS FINKST MAFLU FLOORING KILN DRIKD. HOLLOW B.\CKED MATCHED OR JOINTED POLISHED AND BUNDLED Hard Maple, Beech and Birch Lumber 1 TO 0 INCHES THICK WRITE FOR PRICES BAY CITY, MICHIGAN Mitchell Brothers Go- Dry Stock List MICHIGAN HARDWOODS Cadillac, Mich. Oct. 15, 1913 1x7 & 8 Basswood, Is & 2s "^4 M 1x4 Basswood, Clear 13 M 1x4 Basswood, No. 1 Common 19 M 1x6 Basswood, No. 1 Common 17M 4/4 Birch, is & 2s, Red 16 M 4/4 Birch, No. 3 Common 47M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm is & 2S 100 M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm, No. 1 Common 100 M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm, No. 2 Common 88 M 4/4 Rock Elm, No. 2 Common & Better. ... 7 M 4/4 Soft Maple, No. 3 Com 9 M 4/4 White Maple, end dried (clear) 10 M 4/4 Birdseye Maple is 8c 2s, end dried 1 '4 .^^ CADILLAC QUALITY When you want lumber of Cadillac Quality, Lumber which has been manufactured and seasoned properly, and grades which have not been blended to meet price competition — send us your inquiries. WE SELL ONLY MITCHELL'S MAKE Kneeland-Bigelow Company Hardwood Manufacturers 30,000 ft. 6/4 No. 1 C. & B. Banwood 50,000 ft. 5/4 1st & 2nds Basswood. 75,000 ft. 5/4 No. 2 C. & B. Birch 20,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 C. & B. Birch 100,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 C. & B. Beech 40,000 ft. 8 4 No. 2 C. & B. Beech All of tlie Bl>oTe slock Is nicely manu- factured, betns band sawed, trimmed, nnd well seusoned. Ws are prepared to quo'e attractive prices for this mato* rial for Immediate shipment. BAY CSTY, MICH HARDWOOD RECORD " V :m ■ - - 1 ^;i M J* ■'^'^'•t'.S rr-- K^aS^ ^^Ml^l^H /fWhy OUR DOUBLE BAND MILL — HUTTIG, ARIC WcCan Give "Value Received' We own one hundred thousand acres of the best virgin Southern Hardwood timber. We operate large band mills at Huttlg. Ark., and Deer- ing, Mo. We cut FORTY MILLION feet of hardwoods annually and carry 15.000.000 feet IN STOCK. We sell onlv stock cut on our own mills and so can GUAR- ANTEE the quality of EVERY shipment. We ship high grades that Increase the size and percentage of your cuttings, reduce factory costs and shrink the waste pile. Therefore: We can S.WE YOU MONEY on every shipment of oak, ash. gum, elm. cvpress, tupelo. hickory, Cottonwood, sycamore, soft maple and dimension. LET US PROVE THIS ON YOUR NEXT ORDER Wisconsin Lumber Company Harvester Bldg. CHICAGO Ready for Shipment Ten cars 4/4 No. 1 Common & Better Birch Five cars 6/4 No. 1 Common & Better Birch Two cars 8/4 No. 1 Common & Better Birch Two cars 4/4 No. 2 Common & Better Ash Three cars 4/4 No. 1 Common & Better Soft Elm Five cars 4/4 No. 2 Com. & Better Basswood Above cut from virgin timber. Grade and manufacture are first class. Mears - Slayton Lumber Co. 1237 Belmont Ave. Chicago, 111. FLANNER-STEGER LAND & LUMBER CO. ( 2 CARS 5 4 X 12" & WIDER 1st & 2nd BASSWOOD "WANTFD TO MDVF OTTTPT^ ' '* ^^RS 3" ROCK ELM BRIDGE PLANK WAJ\Jiil.iJ— iU MUVl^. C^UIL-K-^ gOO.OOO FEET NO. 3 HEMLOCK ( 100,000 FEET 4 4 BOX COMMON BIRCH SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES MILLS: BLACKWELL, WISCONSIN GENERAL SALES OFFICE 1704 STEGER BLDG., CHICAGO, ILL. HARDWOOD RECORD We plead "GUILTY"— Our present facil- ities will not supply all the panels our increas- ing trade calls for, but we are not sacrificing quality in order to increase output. We are making a specialty of door and wainscot PANELS, H", 5/16", Ya"; Plain and Quartered Oak, Birch, Yellow Pine, and Mahogany. .\lso Stile and Rail veneers in these woods, cut to your widths; Vs", 3/16", %". And, 1/28", 1/24", 1/20", 1/16", wide veneer for panel faces in Oak, Circassian Walnut, Mahogany, and Birch. Core veneer and crossbanding. LUMBER— Mexican, Honduras. East India, Prima Vera, and Cuban Mahogany. Tenn. Red Cedar. All thicknesses. HlDDLESTON=MARSH LIMBER CO. 2254 Lumber Street, Chicago, 111. J. RAYNER iiiiiiMiW^ ALL WOODS ■0:;:0SEHD^.FOR STOCK LIST Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Maple, Birch, Elm, Basswood, Ash And Other Northern Hardwoods In the Market for Round Lots of Hardwootf WRITE US BEFORE SELLING Fisher Building, ... •PHONE HARRISON 198-4 CHICAGO SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE D 17 V\ ROOl^ Published Semi-annually rxL-jLy DWvyJV in February and August It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyers •f lumber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their financial standing and manner of meet- ing obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Mani- toba and Saslcatcliewan. The trade recognizes this book as the authority on the lines it covers. omnlzcd Collection Department is also opeiated aid the same is o>en to rou. Write for terms. Lumbermen's Credit Assn., ESTABLISHED l«7t MeitUii nil Paitr. Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co. SPECIAL RAILROAD DEPT. Hardi/voods n Softwoods 823 Railway Exchange Bailding, Chicago. HI. n For items of Hardwood Stock or Hardwood Machinery, you will find it advantageous io write our advertisers. Get in touch ! CHOICE BIRCH AND MAPLE— 10.500 ACRES I offer the above tract of best quality and splendidly located timber in Ontario, ten miles from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, a town of 25,000 population. Will cut 90% birch and maple. Estimated by George F. Beardsley, cruiser of Grand Rapids, Mich. Location and mill site on deep water. Can ship either by water or rail. Lands in fee simple — no crown dues, no export restrictions. Close to Amer- ican Soo. Easy logging. Reasonable price and terms. William H. Ranson, Saull Ste Marie, Mich. A floor to adore For thirty-three years Wilce's Hardwood Floar- Ine has hecii among the foremost on the market iirid because it stands today "unequaled" Is th* • ^t evidence that its manufacturer has kept ilreast of modern methods and the advanced a»- iiiands of the trade. To convince your.sclf of th« uhove statements, try our iiolished surface floor- irii:. toriKucd and crooved, hollow t)acked, with miilclKMl ends and holes for blind nallinr — youll liiid it reduces the expense of laying and poUahinx. l)ur Huukitt t»lU aU ahuul Uariticvoit riocrinf i%4 hoie to oar* (or it — aito prtc— — onrf it fr»t The T. Wilce Company a2nd and Throop Sta. CHICAGO, ILL. HARDWOOD RECORD KNOXVILUE Famous for Finest Type of Poplar. Oak and Cheatnut VESTAL LUMBER AND MANUFACTURING CO. KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. QUARTERED WHITE OAK OUR SPECIALTY MANUFACTURERS OF QUARTERED WHITE OAK. PLAIN OAK. POPLAR. WALNOT & TENNESSEE RED CEDAR LUMBER BAND MILLS AT VKSTAU A SUBURB OF KNOXV1L.LB1. SOUTHERN AND LOUISVILLE & NASHVILi-B RAJUlOAr* J. M. UOGAIN LUMBER QO. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWOODS AND PINE POPLAR A SPECIALTY Main Office and Yards: Knoxville Branch Offlco and Yard; Bank aad McLean Aye., Cincinnati I. M. ASHER. Mgr. We Want Orders for the following Dry Stock: WHITE OAK— Plain or Quartered. RED OAK— Plain or Quartered. CHESTNUT BASSWOOD POPLAR WHITE PINE Always carry large well assorted stock of all kinds of Hardwoods. CAN SHIP ON SHORT NOTICE. Kimball & Kopcke Knoxville, Tennessee Manufacturers and Shippers of Appalachian Hardwoods OAK OUR SPECIALTY IMapbct 'ihi will want to know about this one. If you are proud of your equip- ment and ambitious to use the very finest of everything, then you will want one or more of these Saws. Write the nearest address below and let us tell vou what thev will cost and what tlicv will do. ATKINS ^^ SAWS If you use Band, Circular, Lross-cut, or any other kind of Mill Saws, you will be interested in hearing what we have to say about ATKINS SILVER STEEL. If you use Machine Knives of any type whatever, you should know why Atkins Machines Knives made of Atlas Steel will prove the most economical for you. If you conduct a filing room, then you certainly should investigate Atkins Saw Fitting Tools, Atkins Ideal Swage — which is unquestionably the finest in the world — Pribnow Swage Shapers, and a thousand and one things used about the filing room. Come To Us With Yonr Saw Troubles Let us know your problems, if }'ou have any. Perhaps we can offer some solutions. Get in touch with the SILVER STEEL SAW People. It may pay. E. C. ATKINS ^ CO., Inc. The Silver Steel Saw People Home Office and Factory, Indianapolis, Ind. Canadian Factory, Hamilton, Ont. Machine Knife Factory, Lancaster, N. Y. Branches carrying complete stock in the following cities. Address E. C. ATKINS & CO., Inc.: Atlanta, Chicago, Memphis, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, Portland, Ore., San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, B. C, Sydney, N. S. W. HARDWOOD RECORD i- The Newest Hoosier Band Saw Mill We have been building band mills for thirty- five years and this New Hoosier Band Saw Mill represents the ex- perience of these years. The simplest mill in construction and the easiest kept in order. "" ^ " We build this mill in three sizes, 6, 7 and 8 ft. The widest saw the 6 ft. mill will carry is 10"; the 7 and 8 ft. mills will carry 10, 11 or 12" saws. This mill is built in a substantial man- ner and embodies all that is latest and best in Band Mill design. The base is of the heavy extension pat- tern and is so constructed that it does not overhang the foundation bat extends completely around the mill. By means of the construction of the column the upper wheel runs in the center of the mill and is supported both above and below the mandrel. The bearings are long and are chain oiling. The tension device has roller bearings and is very sensitive and durable. The upper guide is raised and lowered by power and is nonbreakable. The lower guide is so arranged that it can be opened quickly. The roll back of the saw is power driven. The 6 ft. mill will split a 48" log and lay down a 30" board between saw and column: the 7 ft. will split a 54" log and lay down a 36" board, the 8 ft. will split a 57" log and lay down a 42" board. The Sinker -Davis Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Makers of Hoosier Saw Mill Machinery HARDWOOD RECORD rw-^ w w »— * »-^ A ^^ nr^ 1 1 1 lllLi H/-V»31 1 '—^——^—^-^ BOSTON NEW YORK PUILAULLPUIA WM. WHITMER ^ SONS INCORPORATED Manufacturers and Whole- salers of All Kinds of "If Anybody Cam, W«Cm." HARDWOODS We«t Virginw Spruce and Hamlock Long and Short Leaf Pine Virginia Framing Franklin Bank Bldg. PHILADELPHIA Willson Bros. Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Oliver Building PITTSBURG. PA. \l/« Vnm.r I4n..r «» 1" yo<"' ordera for all kind, of HARD- VYC ivnow now woods, white pine, yellow puns. SPRUCE, HEMLOCK. CYPRESS. HARDWOOD FLOORDfO, 0, i'..r~-i„;,.. --.r>i,i=^vt-'^-' - --.-4l->- ^' n r-i i Agencies -- -7 /•"• LI DGE RWOO D- MFG. CO 96 Liberty Street, New York NEW ORLEANS-WOODWARD. WIGHTACO.LTa CANADA-ALLIS CHALMERS BULLOCK LTDl MONTREAL VANCOUVER 14 HARDWOOD RECORD We Will Quote Unusually Attractive Prices On the Following List ot Band Sawn Poplar: 3 cars 1" Is & 28. 2 cars IM:" Is & 28. 5 cars 2M:" Is & 28. S cars 3" Is & 2s. 2 cars 1" Wide Box. 3 cars 1" Narrow Box. 4 cars 1" tSaPH & Selects. 1 car IH" Saps & Selects. 2 cars IMr" Saps & Selects. 2 cars 2" Saps & Selects. WE HAVF A SPT.ENDI QUARTERED RED AND 8 cars 1" No. 1 Commo 2 ears 1V4" No. 1 Ct 2 cars IMi" No. 1 Common. 2 cars 2" No. 1 Common. 5 cars 2V2" No. 1 Common. B cars .•)" No. 1 Common. 4 curs 1" No. 2-A Common. , Backed and Bundled ! i^*. Table of Contents COVER PICTURE:— The Kraetzer Preparator. REVIEW AND OUTLOOK. General Market Conditions 15 The Prophecies of James J. Hill 16 Cover Picture 16 A Logical Method 16 Of Paramount Importance to Lumbermen 17 Another Indication of Efficient Work 17 Securing the Architects' Support 17 A Promising Congressional Visit 17 Some Startling Figures 18 Slowly Winning the Fight 18 A New Thought Applied 18 CARTOON: The Logical Thing to Do 19 SPECIAL ARTICLES: Utilization at German Sawmills 20-21 The Lumbermen's Round Table 22 Philippine Timber News 23 The Exports of Red Gum 24-25 The Lacrosse-Stick Industry 25 Fir Wood Distillation 26-27 Sane Forest Fire Protection 27-29 Conversion of Logs Into Veneer 29 Keeping Tab on Car Movements 30 Red Gum 31 Kiln- Dried Hardwoods 34 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Men Meet 32-34 Miscellaneous 35-38 THE MAIL BAG 35 WITH THE TRADE 38-39 PERTINENT INFORMATION 39-42 HARDWOOD NEWS 42-50 HARDWOOD MARKET 50-54 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 56-57 StTBSCEIPTION TEEMS: In the Dnlted States and Its possessions, and Canada, $2.00 the year; In foreign countries, $1.00 extra postage. In conformity with the rules of the postofBce department, BUbscriptlons are payable In advance, and In default of written orders to the contrary, are continned at our option. InstruetioDB for renewal, discontinuance, or change of address, should be sent •ne week before the date they are to go into effect. Both old and new addressel must be glTen. Botb display and classified advertising rates furnished upon application. Adrer- tlsing copy must be received five days in advance of publication dates. Entered as second-class matter May 26. 1902, at the postofBce at Chicago, 111.. under act of March 3, 1S79. ICHABOD T. WILLIAMS & SONS Foreign and Domestic Woods in Logs, Lumber and Veneers 11th Ave. and 25th Street NEW YORK 910 So. Michigan Avenue CHICAGO ^ flflMwol RqcoM Published in ihe Inlercsl of ihe American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Logging, Saw Mill and Wood- Working Machinery, on the lOlh and 25lh of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Henry H. Gibson, Editor and Manager Edwin W. Meeker"! Hu Maxwell ^Associate Editors Entire Seventh Floor Ellsworth Building 537 So. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087-6088 Vol. XXXVII CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 10, 1913 No. 2 ^^^^^^ ■V.x;'.a'.H:>^:itiTOiTO!TO^5tW!WiTOti>^ Review and Outlook General Market Conditions IN ADDITION TO OTHER UNDESIRABLE INFLUENCES, trade conditions in general throughout the past two weeks have been affected more or less by a further circumstance, namely, the political agitation which has been fairly keen pretty generally throughout the middlewestern and eastern states. In New York especially there has been a fight which will go down in history as of extreme importance to that community. The importance of the struggle was so fully recognized that it engaged the close attention of the entire community with the result that it had some direct bearing upon actual business conditions. However, New York was but one instance of the many cases where politics has had its effect, so that in the aggregate it can be said that the political turmoil has added to the general uncertainty of the business situation. How- ever, this influence is now a thing of the past and one more reef has been safely essayed so that the ship of business is now a little nearer to the safe harbor of normal business conditions. To say the least, reports are conflicting as to the general economic condition of the country, business conditions in a broad way and the lumber business specifically. Such men as J. J. Hill, former presi- dent of the Great Northern Railroad and well-known as a leader in a big business organization, have issued statements comparatively recently tending to indicate that the very trend of business is wrong, and that until we get headed in the right direction we cannot hope for much more encouragement. On the other hand, we have prom- ising reports from other industrial leaders and excellent statements from various communities as to building operations and probable re- turns. For instance at Memphis it is stated that bank clearings ex- ceeded the clearings for October, 1912, by over $2,000,000, and that actual shipments of cotton and prices received were most gratifying. We are warned, however, by those who are prone to affect a thor- ough understanding of the deeper phases of business in general that the recent developments in Mexico must be taken into account, and that they will have a grave effect upon the progress of commerce in this country. It is stated that in the event this country were drawn into a conflict with Mexico it would cost a million or two dollars a day, which would have to come from the people, with the result that there would be less money available for ordinary business and industrial activities. Unquestionably a conflict of this sort would be an expensive one, but Hakdwood Record is of the opinion that it would not have any very material bearing on the financial situation of the country. In fact it is altogether likely that provision has already been made to finance any effort of intervention that might be made, without disrupting business. Generally speaking, there is not much change in the aspect of the country 's condition, and this can also be said of the lumber business. The positions of the various woods continue to be about the same as they were two weeks ago, and the demand from the various sources is about in conformity to demand as last reported. It is unques- tionably a fact that the comparative scarcity of money and the in- disposition on the part of the bankers to finance industrial and busi- ness propositions at a reasonable rate of interest is being felt in building circles. This is especially true of speculative building, such as flat buildings, two-family houses, etc., which of course really does have a direct and noticeable effect upon the lumber business as far as building lumber is concerned. It is unquestionably true that buying is off, but hardwood men as a general thing are not reporting the same condition as are concerns manufacturing and dealing in building lumber alone. In fact, as far as values are concerned hardwoods continue to offer a solid front. Prices have not improved nor are they likely to improve in the im- mediate future, but with the present condition of stocks at the rnUls and the entire likelihood that this condition will continue indefinitely, there is no reason to beUeve that mUlmen will make any further concessions. In the South favorable operating conditions have allowed the mill- men to secure a very nice assortment of stock, but nowhere is there any report that the supply is at all a justification of alarm, and in fact, it is fairly generally reported that the actual amount of lumber on hand is not above normal. The recent reports of the two northern associations offer excellent proof that stock conditions at the northern miUs continue to be en- tirely in accordance with the desires of northern operators. A fur- ther proof is seen in the complaints of the wholesale element that thoy cannot secure the stocks they want at the prices they are will- ing to pay, which would indicate without much chance of doubt that there is nothing remotely resembling a condition of panic among northern operators. Recent developments aiming toward an organization of the gum interests, and facts brought out at the recent conference of gum manufacturers, has had a favorable effect upon the gum situation. As heretofore reported, it was developed at the conference that the actual stock on hand was aflfc nearly as alarming in its total quan- tity as was expected. TIm 'prospects of an organization, the pur- pose of which would be the broadening of the demand for gum, has had a still further favorable effect upon the holders of red and sap gum, and it is highly probable that with the definite orgaBizntion, that in all likelihood will be effected on the fifteenth of this month, actually a fact, the position of this most excellent wood will be still further strengthened. It is off now, Imt the feeling is slightly more i6 HARDWOOD RECORD optimistic regarding the future prospect of gum than it has been for some little time. In oak there has been a reall}- noticeable improvement in the lower grades, without any corresponding weakening of the upper grades. The better grades of oak are still slightly off, but there is no logical reason to believe that there will be any further weakening. The lower grades of gum, Cottonwood and poplar are seemingly having an excellent call from the box makers, who seem to be doing an active business. Without being unduly optimistic, it is safe to say that the last two weeks have brought forth no new developments that could be used as excuses for the belief that the lumber business is in any worse shape than it was two or three weeks ago. It is true that promised renewal of activity has not yet begun to materialize, but it is also true that no further stagnation has been noted and the policy seems to be a waiting one with the multitude of small orders and without any apparent tendency on the part of the buying trade to commit itself to the purchase of any large blocks of stocks. It is entirely likely that this situation will continue to be predominant for some little time to come. The Prophecies of James J. Hill JAMES J. HILL, THE VETERAN EAILKOAD BUILDEE, and a specialist in statistics, sounded a note of caution, if not of warning, in a speech delivered at a recent meeting of bankers in Chicago. The point in the leading paragraph of his address was that "less than a year's subsistance stands between man and starva- tion." To prove his point he quoted figures showing production and consumption of wheat, and he showed that the margin of safety, on the face of the returns, is small. There is nothing new in this. The world has had only one year's supply of food ahead at a time since the earliest records of civilized man. Barbarians and savages seldom have that much, and often food for only a day or two. It took extraordinary exertion in the time of Joseph for the Egj-ptians, on the most fertile land in the world, to grow enough grain in one year to last two. The farmers, considered for all countries, have never produced much surplus of grain, and they are not doing it now. It is not necessary that they should. There is no occasion to lay by vast stores of food, beyond the year 's needs. It would deteriorate, mildew would attack it, worms would infest the granaries, and nothing would be gained in the end. We expect seedtime and harvest to continue. If some great extraraundane catastrophe, like the Glacial Age, should blast the land and upset nature, we would all have to die anyhow, whether we had an extra supply of wheat laid by or not, but this state of affairs is not anticipated. The famines of ancient times and of the middle ages were due to lack of transportation facilities rather than to universal, or even a, very general, failure of crops. A rainless season in a certain re- gion brought famine because supplies five hundred miles away were entirely inaccessible. That cannot happen now. Grain can be car- ried half way round the world without prohibitory increase of price. There is no immediate cause for alarm on account of threatened drought or because of exhaustion of soil of farm lands. If the ordinary sources of fertilizers and the nitrate beds of South America should prove inadequate, the by-products of coke ovens, the saving of which is now well understood and extensively practiced, will meet much of the need for fertilizers; and if that fails, the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen has no limit, as far as science can predict. Grain crops cannot fail, through sterility of land, as long as the earth has an atmosphere, for exhaustless stores of fertilizers are procurable there. At this time a vast hydroelectric plant for the fixation of nitrogen is under construction in the anterior of Iceland. Fertilizers made from arctic air will enrich the wheat fields in any part of the world. The same work can be carried on in all countries that have water power, and it is being carried on in many places — at Niagara Falls, in the Southern Ap- palachians, in Italy, and elsewhere. The specter of universal famine has no excuse to stalk abroad in these days. There appears to be really more demand for serious thought in considering the second warning or caution given by Mr. Hill, when he said that the people are spending too much money; cities and corporations are recklessly going in debt, and enterprises — some of which do not deserve the name — are being over-capitalized; stocks are sold and bonds issued with inadequate security, and speculation is reckless. Wall street, according to Mr. Hill's figures, sold new securities in 1912 to the amount of nearly $7,000,000 for every busi- ness day in the year. The bankers who listened to the address were warned of rocks ahead unless the course of speculation was not speedily directed into safer channels. Overbonded business was pointed out as one of the country's greatest perils, and the speaker insisted that this condition is growing worse at such a rate that the limit of safety in many quarters has been passed. His si)eech was largely wanting in optimism, and was pitched somewhat in the key of the "Lament.it Ions of Jeremiah" sounding warnings to the reck- less and headstrong inhabitants of Jerusalem. Let it be hoped that Mr. Hill's predictions will not prove as true as Jeremiah's did. Cover Picture THE PICTURE ON THE COVER of this issue Hardwood Record shows a fine example of the installation of a Kraetzer Prepara- tor at the plant of C. L. Willey, Chicago. This api)aratus has been previously discussed in Hardwood Record. There is a growing interest on the part of manufacturers in the use of this equipment for steaming green or partially dry lumber under pres.sure to insure its quick and accurate seasoning. With the increased number of installations in various parts of the country there is a growing popularity of lumber treated by this method. Users of all varieties are fast learning that they can kiln-dry Kraetzer-cured lumber product in less than one-half the time re- quired to kiln-dry unsteamed wood. Besides that, the treatment insures uniform tone, absolute freedom from stain and seasoning defects, lighter weight and very much improved milling qualities. The equipment here pictured is employed in handling walnut, Vermillion and black walnut, but in other Kraetzer Preparators at lumber manufacturing plants in various parts of the country, red gum, tupelo, cypress, red oak, white oak, beech, birch, maple, syca- more, elm and other varieties of wood are successfully handled. The apparatus is just as efficacious in handling soft woods as it is in hardwoods. The equipment here shown has a capacity of handling well to- wards 100,000 feet of lumber in ten hours. It constitutes the latest and most efficient process known for the quick and accurate season- ing of all varieties of lumber. A Logical Method THE LUMBER TRADE has felt that the efforts of the railroads to effect a horizontal increase of five per cent in the general freight rates of the country would work a gross injustice upon them because it appeared from reports that it would be very difficult to combat such advances. The reason for this difficulty would have been the fact that such advances as originally proposed were to have been general and without any consideration of different classes of com- modities. The Interstate Commerce Commission, however, has seen the wisdom of passing upon the question of the advances on the individual commodities and has suggested that the railroads file sup- plements of the existing tariffs advancing specific rates as they de- sire, following which the commission will investigate the reason- ableness of each proposed advance rather than of the general ad- vance. It is reported that the railroads are now filing such supplements and that numerous advances on lumber rates have already been filed. It is assumed that all lumber rates in the country are to be included. The wisdom of such a course is readily seen when it is learned that the Interstate Commerce Commission will suspend these tariffs pend- ing hearing upon each. If the time of suspension is too short to get around to a consideration of the total number of individual tariffs a further suspension will be granted on such tariffs as have not been considered, which will be long enough to cover a period sufficient to go over the elitire matter in this individual way. It can readily be seen that the ultimate decision as handed down by the commission, will be based on a much fairer consideration of HARDWOOD RECORD 17 the question than if the general advances were taken up as a single question, and conditions in one industry forced to apply on other industries. It is a well-known fact that some industries in some sections of the country can much better stand increases in freight rates than can other industries located in other parts of the country. Shippers can feel even more secure in their position because of the fact that Attorney Louis E. Brandeis has been delegated to represent them. He will cooperate with representative shippers in preparing such arguments as they wish to present. It is suggested that be- cause of the possibility of overlooking the matter of suspending some of the advances, shippers themselves protest to the commission asking for such suspensions on specific tariffs which will be ordered immediately without protest. This of course is merely a formality. Thus the shipping contingent of the country, including the big interests in the lumber business, will be assured of a fair and im- partial trial of the question of the advancement of freight rate?. Of Paramount Importance to the Lumberman WHILE THE NATIONAL CONSERVATION CONGRESS orig- inally started with the purpose of conserving the timber re- sources of the country, it has spread to such proportions that the average lumberman considers it to be of rather too wide a scope to be of direct importance to him. The congress as it now exists em- braces the conservation of many resources other than the actual timber of the country, but the conservation of the timber has been considered of such paramount importance that a special forestry committee has been maintained and special thought is given at each congress to work out the problems directly affecting the future supply of timber and other conditions that have an intimate con- nection with the forests of the country. It is announced that in order to give ample time for the presenta- tion and discussion of sub-committee reports, the forestry committee of the fifth National Conservation Congress will start its sessions at the New Willard hotel, Washington, D. C, on November 17, a day ahead of the opening of the congress itself. The forestry commit- tee meetings will be working forums to add to the findings of the ten sub-committees and results of work along these lines should be interesting to every lumberman and forester because they have a direct bearing on their industry or profession. Considerable interest is being manifested by lumber manufacturing associations in the conservation congress, and in fact several of them have at recent conventions delegated individuals who will be sure to attend the various sessions of the congress at Washington. The purpose of arranging for the advance meeting of the forestry interests is two-fold. In the first place by so doing the various ques- tions pertaining to the conservation of the forests, the creation of perpetual timber supply, and the complete development of water power will have a discussion conforming to the importance of those questions. On the other hand, by completing such discussion before the regular sessions, lumbermen and foresters will not be compelled to miss other sessions of the congress. With this interest in their welfare shown by those in charge of the National Conservation Congress in evidence, lumbermen should consider that the workings of that highly important organization should be of sufficient interest and value to them to warrant at least giving it their moral support. Another Indication of Efficient Work THE FACT HAS BEEN DEPLOEED on the part of the lumber trade that the Census Bureau, because of lack of suflScient funds, will not continue the compilation of lumber statistics. The loss of such statistics while probably not effecting any direct hardship on the lumber trade, would be a distinct loss to that branch of the busi- ness body of the country. The National Lumber Manufacturers' Association has accom- plished a great many important things in the past, of direct value to the trade that it represents. It now comes to the front and an- nounces that it has arranged with the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture to continue the work of gathering sta- tistics with such coopcrntion as the associations affiliated with the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association can give. According to the plan the gathering of statistics will be even imtre trtrfiiplete than it, has been in the past as reports will be asked from all sawmills in the country doing a commercial business, but not to include as many of the unimportant mills as were covered by the census' report. It is hoped that by close co-operation the reports will be gotten out several months sooner than they were issued by the Census Bureau. Thus is seen another instance proving to the lumber trade the value of efficient association work. Securing the Architects' Support r\S ANOTHER PAGE IN THIS ISSUE of Hardwood Recced ^^ is published an account of a banquet that was given at St. Louis a few days ago by the Lumbermen's Club of St. Louis, at which there were in attendance by special invitation seventy leading architects. The idea was conceived by a prominent lumberman of St. Louis that by getting in direct personal touch with the architects and endeavoring to show them the real condition of affairs as applied to wood and the various substitutes of wood, a change of sentiment could be effected which would react to the lasting benefit of the lumber business. The sentiment as expressed by the architects both during and after the gathering was ample proof that the meeting was not only thoroughly justified but was also a complete success. The value of this gathering, however, does not lie so much in the mere fact that it occurred but rather in the fact that it offers a highly valuable suggestion to the numerous other organizations representing the lumber trade in various committees throughout the country. It is true that the meeting was directly in the interests of yellow pine but it is equally true that the same beneficial effects could be had by inaugurating a similar idea in the interests of various other domestic woods. It is unquestionably a fact that to win the co-operation of the architects of the country would mean creating a much more com- prehensive idea of the value and proper uses for forest products. It might prove entirely feasible to expend a portion of the money now available for genera! advertising purposes for just this kind of propagandist work, which would insure getting directly in touch with the architects themselves and placing before them just the kind of information which the trade is endeavoring to put into their hands through other means. Unquestionably, also, such a method would make a more profound impression upon the architect than would the issuance of the same information in a more indirect way. It is certainly an idea worth trying out more fully. A Promising Congressional Visit A LARGE COMMITTEE of Congress, to some extent self- appointed, win soon visit the southern Appalachian region to study the question of buying land to establish forest reserves. Such lands have been bought on a small scale under the terms of the Weeks law; but the funds for making the purchases have been some- what grudgingly furnished by Congress, and many senators and congressmen have been lukewarm in their support of the whole proposition. A visit of two or three dozen national lawmakers to the region where the land purchases have been made will unquestion- ably result in good. Many congressmen are only slightly acquainted with the southern mountain ranges and cannot fully appreciate the questions involved in the purchase of forest lands in that quarter. Their growing interest in the subject is evident from their purpose of paying an extended visit to the region where they can study the problems at first hand. Under the strict interpretation of the Constitution, forest lands could not be bought for the purpose of conserving the timber supply; but such lands may be acquired to protect or improve navigable streams. It is on that ground that the purchases are made. Every- body knows that the protection of growing timber, and the securing of future supplies, are important results which will follow the prac- tice of forestry methods on the high southern mountains; but if that were the only result expected the lands could not be bought with money appropriated by Congress. The protection of the lower courses of the navigable rivers will follow the improvement of forest conditions near the sources of the HARDWOOD RECORD streams. A good soil cover stores water in time of storms, and pays it out slowly afterwards, causing a steady flow lower down. Good cover likewise checks excessive washing of soil and sand into the streams, and the consequent formation of bars to interfere with navigation. These matters have been so widely discusFed tlirougli the press and in speeches and lectures that they ;ire now very gener- ally understood. Purcliases thus far made in New England and the Soutli iiiuli'v the Weeks law include very small areas in comparison with the wliole region that ought to have jirotecticm against excessive cutting of timber and destructive burning. Fortunately, many holders of timber- land are giving their property protection. They lumber intelligently and guard as well as they can against fires. This is a valuable assist- ance to the government in what it is doing. Many lumbermen, on the other hand, care nothing for the land and are interested only in skinning it to the last sapling, and then leaving it a prey to fire and storm. It is land of this clas-s that is being purchased under the Weeks law. Forests will be restored where possible, and in years to come these tracts will bear merchantable timber; but if they are left to the uicic'ics of fire ami storm, after the lumberman has done his worst, tlie futmc will lind them barren rocks or gullied gravel piles. Many interesting things will come to the attention of the congres- sional visitors when they make personal examination of the wild lands among the mountains. Some Startling Figures IT HAS BEEN AXXOl'XCED by the proper authority that the manufacture of freiglit cais during the year lUl.'i will be far below the manufacture of such cars during 1912. It has been argued by the railroads that they needed funds to be derived from the proposed increases in freight rates, and it also has been argued on the other hand by shippers that such demand for increases were arbitrary and uncalled for. The facts, however, regarding freight car construction would indicate there is some truth in the assertions of the railroads. According to report, the number of freight cars manufactured during 1913 will not aggregate over 100,000 as ag(iinst 23.5,000 during 1912. According to the same report, up to September 30, 1913, there were but ,88,000 freight cars finished, and the indica- tions are that there will not be any great renewal of activity in freight car manufacture during the remainder of the calendar year. Of course, with the decreasing use of wood in freight car con- struction this condition does not have the important bearing on the lumber business that it would have had formerly. Nevertheless it offers a significant situation as far as general conditions are concerned. Slowly Winning the Fight FOREST FIEES are not to be feared in any part of the East during the remainder of this season, and thereis little danger in the West. The autumn rains have wet the woods, and. the winter snows will soon fall. The season's record is ready to close, and the showing is excellent. Fire fighting in the woods is coming to be as well organized as the saine business in cities. Progress has been rapid during the past few years. The first thing learned is preven- tion. That is really the most important part, though it is less spectacular thnn the fight against the flames when they have once gained headway. The battle is a good deal more than half won by simply being ready for it. From one end of the country to the other missionary work has been going on. That portion of the public which uses the forests for business or pleasure has been instructed how to lessen danger. Camp fires are not to be carelessly left burning; live matches and cigar stumps must not be thrown aside where there is possibility' of starting a fire ; farmers who clear land or burn trash are cautioned that care must never be relaxed ' in the handling of necessary fires; locomotives operating in the woods must have spark arresters; and all other known dangers are poiiited out. These are the precautions taken in advance. The second stage in readiness is to have a trained force of fire fighters, and a system of attack and defense. In spite of all pre- cautions, fires will start, and they must then be controlled and extin- guished. Remarkable results have been achieved along that line. No great fire got far Ijeyond control the pa.st season, though bad conflagrations of short duration occurred in California. Success is not due to chance. Some seasons are drier than others, and fires will then be more diflicult to control; but all summers and autumns are dry enough to make fires formidable if effective measures are not taken in advance to prevent and control them. Every forested region in the United States is now organized or is organizing to handle the fire hazard. I.ess is being done in the South than in the North and West ; but even in the South a great deal is being done to lessen injury by fire. The advocates of better protection there are slowly overcoming the erroneous belief prevalent in that region that slow fires in a flat country do no damage. W^hen the figures representing losses during the season of 1913 have been collected it is believed that the showing for the whole country will demonstrate the great value of organized effort at fire fighting, backed by public sontinicut. A New Thought Applied THE DISCUSSION OF THE "CONFLICT" between capital and labor has been so conspicuous in recent years that the gen- eral public has been led to believe that the world was in imminent danger almost of a physical encounter between the so-called work- ing classes and the other factors of modern society. There is no question but that the relations between that branch of society which I)roduces by physical effort on the one hand, and the branch which produces by mental effort on the other hand, constitutes one of the greatest problems which this and other countries have to face now and will continue to face for years to come. Nevertheless considerable encouragement is seen as the years go by in the promulgation and application of advanced ideas looking toward a natural and equitable settlement of industrial questions and a satisfactory adjustment of the relations between capital and labor. One of the most important of these steps is seen in the creation of the Commission en Industrial Eelations which was authorized by- act of Congress in 1912. The creation of the commission did not cause the comment that it justly deserved at the time, probably be- cause it was considered, like so many other accomplishments of our National body, to be but an accomplishment on paper. However, recent developments indicate that this commission is actually con- stituted on a basis which will ultimately effect a much more compre- hensive knowledge of the conditions as affecting relations between the two great bodies of the industrial world, namely the employers and the employes in the industries. The first meeting of the commission was held at Washington, D. C, last week and preliminary arrangements were perfected for the active inauguration of investigations- which will start the fii-st of the • year. The matter is brought more closely to the lumber trade because of the announcements that the fourth branch of the work will include lumbering. • This will be in charge of B. M. Manley, formerly of the department of labor. Mr. Manley 's work will be the investigation of unskilled labor, floating labor in lumber camps, and will also include the activities of the Industrial Workers of the World. That the work of the commission is designed to actually accom- plish something is seen by the fact that it already has at its disposal $100,000 to begin on, and the probability of securing $400,000 in addition. According to the specifications of the law a , preliminary report will be issued within one year after the" investigation is be- gun, and a complete report will be published within two years from the beginning of the work. The commission as appointed by President Wilson represents three classes, namely, the public, the employers and the employes. On the commission are seen the names of individuals prominent in work pertaining to the industrial welfare of the country. Its purpose should unquestionably result in many suggestions and changes of great benefit. ^^y.:;::^:^:^:>^.i^^i/^)-^^!^^?>^^^i■'^^i^'iiK^ Peru Pertinent and Impertinent What councilors attend my ways? What ministers are these? Shall I not pause a while to praise Mine ancient friends the trees? The Voice of the Trees For me the hcech Intones her vows I'pon the darkening air. And when the stars arc In her bouglis I hear her voice in prayer. ew buds shall break on boughs of gray. And flower and fruit be rife, — "e are the resurrection : yea, Hchold, we are the life '. " The glory of the elm I know. The maple's Joy is mine : In winter silences I grow In kinship with the pine. "Though all our wealth of green and gold Be withered and brought low ; Though ne lie helpless in the cold, Kntonibcd In ieo and snow. The councilors upon my ways, .My ministers are these. Wherefore I pause a while to [iralse Mine ancient friends the trees. — Iliihrrt Gilbert Welsh, in the American itngazine. The Logical Thing to Do Hardwood Manufacturer: I'm going to stand pat on my hand and will call any bet you Within the Law "A cat sits on my back fence every night and he yowls and yowls and yowls," complained a young lawyer's client. "Now, I don't want to have any trouble with Neighbor Smith, but this thing has gone far enough, and I want you to tell me what to do." The young lawyer looked as solenra as an owl. and said not a word. "I have a right to shoot the cat, haven't I ?" "I would hardly say that," replied the young lawyer. "The cat docs not belong to you. as 1 nnderstand It." "No, but the fence does." "Then." concluded the light of the law, "I think It safe to say you have a perfect right to tear down the fence." — Ercrybody'it. Telling the Good News .Mrs. Youngma — "And so my baby got thr prize at the baby show? I knew be would. It couldn't have been o'therwlse." Old Bachelor (one of the Judges) — "Yes. madam, wc all agreed that your baby was the least objectionable of the lot." — ,Vcic VoiA: Wevkfii- ■What Is an Oyster? "Now." asked the teacher, "who can tell me what an oyster Is?" Sllcnie for a moment, while small brows were knit !n strained cfTorf at remembrance. Then little Tommy's facial muscles relaxed and eagi'r- ly ho raised his hand. "I know:" he triumphantly announced. ".Vn oyster is a flsh built like a nut."— i'ier//'<'"///'/i. Posted ■You seem to be very intimate with the Dig- bys. I didn't know you had met them." "I haven't met them. 1 patronize their dress- maker."— Judge. Error Discovered The teacher had wrltiin on the blackboard the sentence. "The toast was drank In silence," and turned to her class for them to discover the mistake. ■ Little Bennic Sheridan waved his hand fran- tically, and, going to the board, scrawled the correction : "The toast was ate In silence." — Everybody's. Especially Moralist — "The outsider who buys stocks Is a gambler, pure and simple. Ticker — "Especially simple." — .tiidi/i. —19— .'►.!n!iM ^caroaagaasTOiTOiroiTO)^^)^!^^ smj^^fsmtmi^xiammosss^ Utilization at German Sawmills T(, aji Anifii,:ii. intciostt'd in a moro complete utilization of tlip raw products of our forests, a study of utilization at German sawmills is most interesting. It is said tliat in ( 1 (' r ni n n y f r o m n i n e t y -four t o u i n e t y ■ s i X ]i o r cent of the tree on the age is u t i 1 i even stumps grulilied out used for fuel wluile aver- /. e d , being and and tar along Tilth the faggots from the smallest branches, whereas it has been estimated by the United States For- est Service that we use only about forty per cent of the average tree thai is felled in the woods. Of course, the obvious explanation of this discrepancy between American and Ger- man utilization is the diifcrenee in market conditions — wood is so scarce and consequently prices are so comparatively high in Germany that practically speaking, nothing goes to waste and no wood is too far distant from market to find an attractive price. Aside from this explanation, the Germans must be given credit for studying their market more carefully and using machines and methods that Ameri- cans will come to use sooner or later. AltLough observations of their closer utilization may be largely suggestive in their present applica- tion to American conditions, yet, America is pas.sing through very much the same economic environment that the older nations of Europe passed through two or tluee luindred years ago and it can take ad- vantage of and jirrifit by many of their close practices which its cou- A CTTTINC AIM:A in (JKlt.MA.W NOTE THE CO.Ml'LETE UTILIZ.^TION OF ALL AVAILAHLI- .MATEHLM.. AND THE ( 'OIH'ARATIVELY .SMALL SIZE OF THE TIMBER BEING CIT. .iiiiiiiis will soon liiake ]iosslblc. It has often been ;ui open question in this country as to whether the ultimate mill will be a large or a small one and which will secure the better and more complete utilization. In Germany, the small mill is the rule and there is no evidence that it will increase in size. The mills would correspond roughly to our mills having a capacity of from 30,000 1 0 (30,000 board feet per day and the great ma- jority would have the smaller capacity or less. For ex- ample, • the largest null in Bavaria and jirobably one of the largest in Germany cuts about 16,000,000 feet a year, which means a daily capacity of about 64,000 board feet when running two hundred and fifty days a year. Practically every house and building in Germany is largely con- structed of stone, brick, or concrete, so that construction and build- ing timbers are not much in demand. The majority of the product therefore goes into interior trim, sash and door stock, flooring, box boards, furniture, cooperage, fencing, railway sleepers, and a great variety of minor lines of utilization. For the majority of these uses, therefore, they demand well sawn stock. Consequently the gang saw is the rule, with a very narrow kerf and the minimum amount of wood going into sawdust. Wood is very expensive ami labor cheap in Germany so that Ger- IN MOST YARDS LUMBER FROM SELECT LOGS IS PILED SEPA- RATELY AND BOARDS KEPT TOGETHER JUST AS THEY I CAME FROM THE LOGS. IN THIS WAY FANCY GRAINS CAN EASILY HE MATCHED. -20— ELECTRIC CUT-OFF SAW FOR CUTTING TREE LENGTHS INTO DE- SIRED SIZE AT THE MILL. THE SAW^ WORKS BACK AND Foltril ON V TROLLEY AND SAVES UNNECESSARY WASTE IN TRIMMING. j LOG ROLLWAY AT A LARGE BAVARIAN SAWMILL. NOTE HOW ROUND AND SYXLMETRICAL THE LOGS ARE. man machines are built to save lumber and power, whereas American machines are built to save labor. Our machines are built to turn ont enormous quantities of product at our sawmills; on the other hand German machines turn out quality of product. German machines are frequently constructed and fitted to serve a variety of purposes whereas American machinery is intended to turn out one product and to do that quickly. German machinery in turn ordinarily lasts for a long time whereas ours is not expected to last more than from fifteen to twenty years or so. It is gratifying, however, to see the amount of American machinery in use in Europe. At the above mentioned Bavarian mill, several of the pieces were of American make. In fact the only band saw- mill in the whole Black Forest region, and one of the very few in Germany, was fitted with machinery made by an American manufac- turer. Another interesting fact in connection with these small sawmills is the great variety of products that are usually turned out. Many of these are by-prodi'cts of the main output and would frequently be sent to the "hog" or burner in this country. Contrasted to American conditions, small logs are the rule. This is explained by the fact that under any system of scientific forest management, it does not pay to wait until trees become of large size before they should be cut. The "financial rotation," as it is called, permits of the growth of trees just large enough to be utilized for saw-logs and not left long enough in the woods for the compound interest charges to nullify the dividends. This means therefore rather knotty and low-grade lumber. Long timbers or tree lengths are also the rule. On many opera- tions twenty-three feet (seven meters) is the minimum log length. The advantages explained in connection with this procedure are that the logging and transportation to the mill are more economical, the long logs can be better sawed to the desired length at the mill, and there is no loss in trimming. Loggers in this country commonly allow from three to six inches for abrasion in transportation and trim at the mill. In many of the German mills, logs are cut to the even desired length and there is no trimming done at all. Long lengths are also barked before shipment. It is said that bark con- stitutes an average of ten per cent of the total material in a log. In the case of Norway spruce, beech, and oak, the bark is used for tanning purposes. The bark of other trees is used for fuel. Another important phase of utilization at German sawmills is the universal practice of sawing closer than is the custom in this country. That is, only an eighth or a sixteenth of an inch is al- lowed for dressing, and stock intended for a variety of uses is never allowed to be sawed one inch in thickness, when three-quarters or five-eighths will suffice. Of course different standards of measure- ment are used in Germany (metric system) but this is offered as exemplary of the manner in which they study their market and then saw accordingly. As mentioned before, there are hardly ever any trimmings which in this country go to the "hog" or are sent to the burner. Edgings THE METHOD OF PILING IN GERMANY IS PRACTICALLY THE SAME AS THAT IN USE IN THIS COUNTRY. are used for handles of all kinds, chair rounds, novelty and toy stock, etc., and are seldom used for fuel. The wooden top industry is very important in Germany and toys are exported to America as well as to every European country. The center of this industry is in Xuremburg in northern Bavaria. Slabs are utilized largely for boxboards, veneer cores, short stock, fuel, novelties, etc. Sawdust is sold for fuel and is utilized for making paper and wood alcohol and for general packing purposes. In covering practically every producing region of Germany, the writer failed to see a refuse burner and it is doubtful if there is one in the whole country. Practically all of their ties are sawed, which saves the enormous waste prevalent with our hewn tics. The German railway specifications are also very economical in that in cross section, ties need not be rectangular as is the case with American ties. The upper side can be as narrow as five or six inches as long as the base or lower face is at least ten inches in width. By this means, many logs are made to yield two ties instead of one, as with our railroads. A very interesting feature of their sawmills is that hydro-electric or even steam power supplied with coal is utilized in many cases in- stead of using sawdust and refuse for fuel. Scarcely a single horse- power in the form of falling water in the mountains is allowed to go to waste with the consequent result that a great economy is in- troduced. It is said that the first sawmill in Germany was run by direct water power as early as 1322. In grading, rules formulated and adopted by lumber associations similar to those in this country are prevalent. They are based on dimensions and defects in the same manner as with our own lumber associations. All lumber cut from certain butt logs is piled together for special uses such as matched veneers, furniture stock, and fancy panel stock. In almost every lumber yard it is a common sight to see these boards from the select logs piled one on top of the other just as they occurred in the log. The result is much better prices. Most of the oak from the famous Spessart region is piled in this way, and for fancy veneers and cabinet work, especially fine large trees are said to bring from $500 to $1,000 on the stump. In Germany wood is sold by the cubic unit rather than by the board foot and it is probable that in the future Americans will adopt the same method. One is somewhat surprised at the amount of lumber seasoned wholly in the open or under sheds. Although con- siderable is kiln-dried, not as much is put through this process as one would naturally expect. Since Germany 's forests produce only four principal species, American and other foreign woods are largely used. At several of the mills visited, many intensive lines of utilization were developed. For instance, at one mill, besides the usual lumber and box board product, there were special machines for turning out broom handles, wooden shoes, implement stock, cooperage, furniture stock, ties, and excelsior, and in addition there was a Boucherie timber treating plant to prolong the life of telephone and telegraph poles. '^'- C- B. 1^^^)^5^:a^^x;i0^^l)X^i^l).'^l>w^^^^g^!>.\^lX^.^^i;iia^^^ The Lumbermen s Round Table KILLING THE GOOSE AGAIN? The roiiiarUs ijiioti'il hiTi>\vitl> 111113- l"^ regardod as prcjuJiccil, because they come from a buyer of walnut. Nevertheless, they are perhaps worth repeating. "Lumbermen are exceedingly poor business men," said this authority. "They don't know when they are well off. They have killed many a good thing by trying to squeeze an abnormal profit out of it and by rushing the price up so fast that buyers were simply driven in desperation to the use of some other wood. Take the case of poplar — a tragedy, you might almost call it. Had the people chiefly interested in the production of poplar taken pains to keep the price down to the proper figure, they would not now be struggling to find an outlet for this splendid wood. "The walnut situation is the same way. The lumbermen are so determined to get what seem to me to be e.\cessive prices for their logs and lumber that they have caused buyers both here and abroad almost to withdraw from the market. The result, of course, has been a reduced demand, a lowering of the price and a glutted market. "Some day, perhaps, the lumbermen will realize that it is to their interest to keep prices steady, not too low nor yet too high; the happy medium combining encouraging the demand and securing a legitimate profit." HELPING TO PAY THE PIPER "I am glad to see that there is an excellent prospect of the producers of red gum forming an association which will have charge of the advertising of that commodity, as well as handle other matters of general interest," said a well-known member of the trade recently. "The cypress manufacturers' association has done great work along this line, largely because it has in- cluded practically every manufacturer of any consequence. This has resulted in the cost of exploiting the wood being shared by everybody interested and in a position to profit. Red gum, on the other hand, has been advertised by a comparatively small number of manufacturers; and withput debating the merits of general advertising for lumber, it must be conceded that it was a little too much to ask these concerns to foot the bills, whereas everybody in the business was able to profit by the results. The association will at least enable the cost of maintaining such a campaign to be properly distributed." •THE COST OF SELLING LUMBER Do you realize that it costs almost as much to sell hardwood lumber through traveling salesmen as it does to saw the lumber in the first place? This may sound like an extravangant statement; yet the books of a well-known concern, which operates mills as well as whole- sale yards, and has a big corps of salesmen, most of whom are considered top-notchers, show that this is pretty nearly the case. It costs the company $1.70 a thousand to sell lumber through several of its men. Some of them sell for less, of course, and the average is below the figure quoted. It costs but $1.90 a thousand to saw the stock, this including the actual expense of manufacturing, exclusive of loading into the mill, yarding, etc. The figures are not mentioned to give the idea that selling ex- penses are excessive; but simply to impress upon the lumberman the fact that since it costs so much money to dispose of lumber, that feature of his business ought to have as much attention as any other, including the actual manufacture of the stock. But few see anything except the sawmill end of the business. QUARTERING RED OAK Lumbermen who take the trouble to analyze the difference in values between quartered red and .quartered white oak and be- tween plain red and plain white oak sometimes wonder how any quartered red oak manages to get on the market at all. It is of course true that most red oak is sawed plain; but some mills —22— have managed to pile up a fair amount of quartered stock with- out actually going to the expense of manufacturing it in that way. The apparent anomaly is explained by the fact that they cut the log straight through, without turning, the result being that the center boards are quartered, as far as figure is con- cerned, though the conventional method of quartering was dis- regarded. With the expense of manufacturing reduced by this method, making quartered red oak may become profitable, after all, though, obviously, comparatively little is piled up except at a mill with a very large production. BY-PRODUCTS OF HARDWOODS A concern has been formed at Jackson, Ky., for the purpose of manufacturing wood alcohol, acetate of lime, cliarcoal and tar products from beech and hard maple. The business will be con- ducted under the name of the Kentucky Wood Products Company, Kennard Eagon, manager. An investment of $35,000 is being made in a sawmill to cut up cord-wood for the ovens, as well as lumber from the better class of timber acquired; in the ovens themselves, which are two in number and fifty-two feet long, and in the other equipment needed. This is the only concern of the kind in Kentucky and other sections of the central southern hardwood belt, and the business- like way in which the concern is planning its work indicates that the pro.iect has been carefully thought out and has been found to be practicable. The company, by the way, will use some mill refuse in its operations, showing that there is opportunity to manufacture valuable by-products from certain hardwoods, at least. It would be of great benefit to the trade to have com- mercial chemists put to work on the proposition to determine whether it would not be practicable to operate by-products at hardwood mills, as is being done in connection with yellow pine and other softwoods. ONE ADVANTAGE OF THE RIVER A hardwood man was complaining to one of his friends in the business of the big demurrage bills he was having to pay on ears of logs which remained on his track for an unusually long period because of the crowded condition of his yard and the im- possibility of unloading promptly. ' ' This car service proposition is getting to be a pretty big item," he said. "It is running between $150 and $200 a month, and I would like mighty well to get rid of it. ' ' "For the first time," said the other manufacturer, slapping his thigh, ' ' I feel that operating a river mill has compensations. I had never thought of it before, but I certainly have an advan- tage at that point, because I can let my rafts or barges lie in the river as long as I please, and not pay a cursed cent for the privilege. ' ' Perhaps this is the silver lining of the river mill cloud. COMMON SENSE BADLY NEEDED In these days of scientific management one could easily believe that everything had been done that common, ordinary horse- sense could dictate; otherwise, why drag in the professors with their higher mathematics and scientific formulae? But a little observation here and there shows that the trade as a whole stands more in need of the application of practical, sensible methods that everybody knows all about than of sensa- tional stunts which have the advantage of novelty. This thought was impressed recently by seeing a big lot of beech lumber lying beside a railroad station in a southern state. The owner of the lumber had purchased a big lot of logs sev- eral months before, paying a high price in competition with other concerns. Then, applying a little scientific management, and thinking to save freight and handling charges, he had in- stalled a portable mill on the timber tract and had cut up the logs as the trees were felled. The lumber was hauled to the sta- tion to be loaded into cars, and as it was expected to ship it HARDWOOD RECORD 23 green, the stock was biilUoil down instead of being put on sticks. It has been there now^ for four or five months. Apparently the owner of the lumber has been so busy studying out scientific methods for use elsewhere that he has forgotten all about the stock piled up down in the country. It has checked and split and done about everything else imaginalde, and some of the boards are even stuck together with the sap which has oozed from their sides. Perhaps scientific management should not be blamed for this sort of criminal waste. But certainly a little common sense and a little less effort to do the unusual would have helped mightily here. ^yK!y.';:au/to>o^<^x>x;X/{cacei^^ Philippine Timber l^eivs I The Bureau of Forestry iu the Philippine Islands issues a quar- terly news letter to acquaint the public with what is being done. Major George P. Ahern is director and W. F. Sherfesee, assistant. The commercial relations between the United States and the islands become closer from year to year. The export of Philip- pine lumber to this country is not yet large, but it is increasing, and steps have been taken to put the business on a satisfactory basis. In consultation with representatives of the various lumber com- panies and with the principal wood-using bureaus of the govern- ment, a tentative set of grading rules has been drawn up. These rules will be used provisionally by the Bureau of Supply to try how far they can be applied. The adoption of a set of rules for the grading of Philippine lumber will mark a long step in ad- vance. Their need has been felt for many years, but it is only now that co-operation between the principal parties concerned has made it possible to formulate them. During the fiscal year which closed on June 30, 1913, the forest revenues exceeded the expenses of the Bureau of Forestry by $82,000. An increasing number of visitors from the United States and Europe are looking into the possibility of securing large and reg- ular shipments of Philippine lumber, particularly for special pur- poses for which the available supply of woods formerly used has become exhausted or seriously depleted. The use of Philippine woods for veneers has attracted special attention and a trial shipment of several species has been made to Europe for veneer purposes. Other shipments have been arranged for and will soon be made. Small shipments have also been made by private firms to the United States for built-up panels stock and for wagon and wheel material. Ranger Luis J. Reyes has recently completed a report on the musical instrument industry in Manila. All of the shops were visited and answers to a complete series of questions have been compiled giving full data on the kinds of wood used for instru- ments, the sources from which the material comes and the special fitness of certain species for given parts of instruments. Inci- dentally Mr. Reyes has been of assistance to Mr. Fischer in ob- taining the co-operation of a prominent instrument maker in in- stalling a comprehensive exhibit at the coming Philippine Expo- sition. This is only the first of a series of such studies to be taken up by Mr. Reyes. He is now engaged in investigating the sculptors', picture-frame makers' and carvers' shops. He has also compiled tables showing the provinces from which all of the more important commercial woods of the Philippines have been reported, together with their dates of flowering and fruiting. This will be used in connection with ma]>3 of the archipelago show- ing the distribution of the various species. On September 24 the director of forestry sent out advertise- ments for a proposed twenty-year exclusive license agreement (or concession as it is popularly called) for a forest tract on the south shores of Pangil Bay, Lanao District, More Province. The tract embraces approximately 100,000 acres mostly of virgin tim- ber. The more prominent species on the tract are yacal, gui.io, white, red and other lauans, apitong, tanguilo and lumbayao. The area is unusually rich in desirable species and presents an ex- cellent opportunity for a prospective lumberman who has an ex- port trade in view. Bids will be opened in the office of the director of forestry in Manila at noon on December 10. Among the minimum require- ments are an output during the first two years of approximately 2,000,000 cu. feet of timber; not less than 1,320,000 cu. feet per year during the third and fourth years; and not less than 2,600,- 000 eu. feet during the fifth and each subsequent year. A min- imum capital of $30,000 United States currency must be imme- diately available for the prosecution of the work. Such informa- tion concerning this tract as has been acquired by the Bureau of Forestry can be secured either upon application at the offices of the Bureau of Forestry in Manila or at the Bureau of Insular Aft'aiire, Washington, D. C. F. P. Williamson, vice-president of the Port Banga Lumber Com- pany at Zamboanga, reports that his company has recently in- stalled a small Fay & Egan sticker, 6x24. It has turned out some beautiful flooring which is verj' popular locally. There is also iu transit an "American" edger which will be put in place at once. G. E. Carpenter has returned from the United States on a short visit but almost immediately left once more for America in con- nection with a million-foot order which the company is confident of securing. The North German Lloyd Steamship Company loaded cargo at Port Banga on August 27. The lumber is billed to London on a through bill of lading being transhipped at Singapore. This trade is growing steadily as a result of constant efforts. Mr. William- son also reports that other lumber companies of Mindanao are also shipping to London, which is very gratifying and holds out prom- ises of a bright export trade for the future. The Insular Lumber Company is now sawing about 60,000 board feet per working day. An eleven by fourteen inch compound geared yarder from the Washington Iron Works has been received and is set up in the woods. Six new Seattle steel logging cars have also been added to the company's equipment. The new ex- port drying shed is under way. They are about two miles of track ahead in the woods. A five year contract has recently been signed by which a firm in the United States agrees to take all export stock manufactured by the company. Several visitors from Europe and the States have recently com- plained of the poor quality of manufacture found in some of the lumber from the Pliilippines. It is very important that all ex- port stock should be well manufactured, because one shipment of poor material will hurt not only the individual shipper but the entire export trade. It is much easier to gain a bad name than to live it down. Forest Taxation The tax laws in most states do not recognize forests as a crop to be perpetuated, but act to destroy the timber resources for the en- richment of the present to the poverty of the future. Trees are the longest-lived crop that grows, yet the easiest to kill by unreasonable taxation. Annual crops catch the tax once, and are then turned into money; but the growing forest crop is hit yearly for half a century before it makes any return to its owner. Two states, Penn- sylvania and Louisiana, have this year enacted forest taxation laws based on correct principles, and other states are agitating similar legislation. 'vwi>^. Much of this delay in slilpment occurs tlirongh the lunilM>r iH'lng liausshippod nt Ilambure, and the Beirut Importer feels lliat It the Memphis shipper had an oneieetle forwarding agent in New Yorlt or in New Orleans, who would lake the trouble to have the lumber shipped direct to some Mediterranean port, such as Naples, Genoa, or Trieste, for transshipment, it would arrive here much quicker. The trade with Syria in red gum and in other cabinet woods is one which is capable of consider- able expansion, as almost all wooden furniture used here is made locally, where cabinetmakers I'eceive, on an average, but eiglit.v-one and onc-lialf ccnt.s per day. Moreover, the climate here, together with the rough han- dling that furniture receives whenever it is moved, makes the life of an ordinary piece of wooden furniture comparatively brief; and this helps to keep up tile demand for new furniture. The American hard and semi-hard woods are already qnite popular with Beirut cabinetmakers, and if they could be assured of prompt deliveries and of reasonable prices, they would no doubt use these woods much more largel.v than they do at present. The firm is anxious to do more business In American cabinet and furniture woods, and would be glad to receive quolations, prices, and samples from reputable American shippers. The firm is a member of tlie American Syrian Chamber of Commerce, and can handle correspondence in English, rrospective shippers to Syria can get a great deal of valuable information relative to credits, banking arrange- ments, drafts, etc.. by applying to a New York lirm whose address and that of the Beirut importing house referred to are obtainable from the Bureau of Foreign and DomeKtlc Commerce, Washington, D. C. The red gum lumber exports to foreign countries do not include the whole of this \yood that leaves the shores of the United States. Box sliooks and slack cooperage stock draw heavily upon red gum, but precise figures cannot be quoted because statistics are not kept in a way to show various woods separately. The trade in red gum lumber with South America is very small. The whole continent in the course of a year does not buy as much as one steam tug will carry. Africa takes seven times as much as South America. Oceania buys none. That is a hard market to reach under existing conditions. So is Asia. With the opening of the Panama canal an enormous field will be open to the shippers of this wood. The market will include the whole west coast of the two Americas from Cape Horn as far north as anyone may want to go. On the other side of the sea it will embrace China and the other countries of ea.stern Asin : An^trnli-i and the numerous islands of the Pacific ocean. y;;»^;^t/i^:;:;;v^;^:;:^:L^ia^^iaao>i^i>5^!!;t^i^;i^i;^^ The little town of Cornwall, on the bank of the St. Lawrence river in northeastern Ontario, sends .$2,000 a year into the United States to buy the choicest hickory that can be found between Arkansas and New England; and when the hickory arrives it is carefully stored until the stormy weather of winter sets in. About that time a small troup of Indians, from eight to a dozen, arrive at Cornwall from the back country where they spent the summer in idleness. The hickory billets are turned over to them, and they begin their winter work of whittling lacrofse sticks. By the time the warm days of spring call the children of the wilderness back to the wild, they have reduced the hickory to the finished product, and they depart for the frontiers, leaving others to put the sticks on the market and collect the cash from the sales. That is said to be the only lacrosse-stick factory in the world, and the work is done wholly by Indians. The product is sold in the United States, England, New Zealand, Australia, but mostly in Canada. Doubtless white men could master the art of making the sticks if they would set about it, and perhaps other than Indiaa? have made a few sticks at times; but the industry has always been in the hands of Indians. They claim to possess the secret of giving the proper and peculiar curve to the stick, and weaving the lattice or net of thongs just right. They have handed the secret down from generation to generation, until today the last spot on earth where the sticks are made is at Cornwall. It is claimed that the game originated in that place. That is claiming more than can be proved. It may have originated there, for all anybody knows to the contrary; but if it did, it had spread far and wide a long time ago. It originated among the Indians, but no man knows when. The name now applied to it is French, but that is not the original name. Probably there were as many original names as there were Indian tribes who played the game. One of the names in use 150 years ago was ' ' baggatiway. ' ' At the present time the game is played in accordance with strict rules, and in a scientific manner. The sticks are four or five feet long, curved at the end, with a net of leather thongs or catgut, forming a loose pocket in which the ball is scooped up from the ground and carried in a horizontal position. The ball is of hard rubber, about three inches or less in diameter. It must not be touched by hand or foot while the game is being played. The goals consist of posts at each end of the course. The course may be two or three hundred yards, and up to half a mile. The game consists in putting the ball past the goal. The game is now usually played with twelve on each side, but the number is optional. There is abundant oppor- tunity for rough play; and the police are sometimes obliged to stop scrimmages in which the sticks are used like sabers to whack every opponent that comes within range. Tlu- li.-ill is thrown with great force from the net on the stick, and wliizzes down the field like a small cannon ball. The game is popular in Canada, and is occasionally played in the United States. It is regularly seen at the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa. The sticks are kept for sale in Chicago; but it is said that the last game was played in that city four or five years ago. No wood except hickory will stand the strenuosity of the game. The sticks are rough in appearance. They have none of the grace and fine polish of a golf stick or tennis racket, but look "home made," which they are. The game was played by the Indians of Canada and far south in the present territory of the United States. It was popular with Sioux Indians also. The wide region over which the Indians were acquainted with it indicates that its origin was very long ago — ■ earlier than we have any history in America. It is now possible to make it a rough game, but it was far worse the way the Indians played it when they had the whole thing to themselves. Instead of twenty-four persons engaged, as is the custom now, there were formerly small armies. The traveler Catliu in 1763 saw 600 Indians in one game, and they kept it up for hours. Such a game was little less bloody, and no less exciting, than a Eoman gladiatorial show. A rubber ball is now used, and it is dangerous enough when slung from the net several hundred feet down the field; but such a ball is a toy compared with what the wild Indians used in their fierce games. Thqir softest ball was a round knot cut from a chestnut oak or some other hardwood tree. They generally used round stones the size of a baseball. In Canada and in the northern part of the United States they found exactly what they wanted in the glacial gravel beds. They picked round, smooth granite pebbles weighing from one to two pounds. These were hurled with all the velocity that the stoutest warriors could impart. One might as well be struck with a cannon ball as with such a stone slung from the net of a lacrosse-stick. The apparatus with which David knocked out Goliath was harmless in comparison. In the excitement of the game the Indians paid little attention to the lists of dead and wounded. It was part of the play. It is significant that, as far as history shows, the Indians played the game only in the region where hickory was obtainable. It was the "indispensable wood" then as it still is. No other could endure the strains, twists, knocks and jerks of the wild games of the natives when they slung stones and oak knots down a half-mile field. Today the last remnants of the Indians who still make the sticks send from Canada into the United States to procure the wood which their ancestors used centuries ago. ■v;;;^;;;K;;MaOTi;iWStl!)itatTOi>it^^ Fir Wood Distillation Editor's Note The rapid advance in w.iod distlllntlim fm- loumurciiil puiposPB Indltatis that much of the forest and mill waste will bo utilized in tlu' inar lulure by that means. The followlui; article Is descriptive of methods and products successfuliv liandled on tlie racitle cuast, where two or threi- wihhIs thus far meet the demand. There Is no apparent ri'ason why tlii' Held may not hr I'nlarRi'd to include unmy wools in various ports of the country. The article was prepared for Haiii)W(h>d Uei-ohu liy Huron II. Sniltli. assistant euralor. Division of DendroloBy, I'ield Museum of Natural llistorv. Thicaiio. who personally invesilKatecl the distillation work on the Pacific coast. The iirobleiu of waste in a sawmill remains a large one despite the many improvements and inventions of today. The refuse burner or clump pile has long been a source of dissatisfaction to the manufacturer, and he has progressively saved odds and ends from the flames. Lath, shingles, edgings, made-up boards from ground wood, alcohol, and wood-pulp are some of the numerous by-products that have been saved. With all the saving of waste, the manufacturer has still had to pocket a very small profit or indeed a deficit in the square timber that came from the very heart of the log. Usu- ally these pieces are so full of knots as to place them in a grade lower than the cost of mantjfacture. A good solution to this prob- lem has taken place on the Pa- cific coast at Linnton, near Portland, Ore., in the estab- lishment of the Oregon Wood Distilling Company. This heart piece of timber is the very thing it wants because it is so full of pitch. Destructive wood distillation seems to have found its proper place in utilizing sawmill waste there. In the East, wood distilling plants have been cutting their own trees and using timber that might well have been manufac- tured into lumber. Destructive wood distillation is not so well developed in the United States as it is abroad, particularly in the Scandinavian peninsula; but with our great supply of waste wood it seems reasonable to suppose that wood distillates may rival coal tar products in variety and usefulness. The Oregon Wood Distilling Company is a pioneer on the coast and is manufacturing a goodly number of products and acquiring a good market. In all, they number some twentv-four different products, but the company markets, at present, only about a third of that number. Since the company possesses all the niaehiuery of wood disiilla- tion, it also distills balsam from the western balsams or firs. This it buys from farmers and gathers at $17.50 a barrel, and it is obtained by tapping the trees as for maple sap, except that in this case it is a hit or miss proposition. If a ring-shake or seam is tapped, a single tree may flow a barrel, if not, only a bucketful may be obtained. The balsam thus secured is really superior to Canada balsam, and, purified, is marketed as Canada balsam. The bulk of this product, however, is distilled and yields a turpentine —26— HATTE of the first (|uality — the finest in the world. It is of the "laevo- rotatory " type in contrast to the "dextro-rotatory" type, and is sold for medicinal prescri|itions, in which market it readily brings $2.50 a gallon. The violet odor peculiar to turpentine is absent from it, being replaced by the fragrance of the freshly cut tree. The turpentine thus obtained is so clear as to be almost a blue white. The residue of this dis- tillation process is fir resin, which is a solid and is highly ]irized in making varnishes and .-izing for paper, etc. It is elastic and flexible, not brittle as so many resins are. The main work of this plant, however, is the manufacture of distillates of Douglas fir. The plant is quite near the sawmill of Clark & Wilson, and the heartwood of the fir is all light- ered down to it on the Willa- mette river. The heartwood of Douglas fir is unsuited for regular clear lumber because of its seams, cracks, dotiness and pitch. All such wood is reduced to 4 by 6 inch blocks and hoisted into retorts, about eight cords to a retort. Distillation is then started by intense heat. After it has progressed a certain time the gas of distillation is turned into the furnaces for fuel. The first thing to come over the re- tort is steam turpentine of about .87 degrees specific grav- ity. This is used as a painters' medium and is yielded in quan- tities of from one-half to four gallons per cord, depending on the amount of pitch in the wood. Following this a black substance is driven over, which, when separated out, is a tar of an excellent quality suited to medicinal purposes. The last part of all to come over from the retort direct is fir oil, a heavy oil of .96 degrees specific gravity, which contains a large percentage of "turpineol. " "Turpineol" was analyzed out by Professor Benson of the University of Washington, at Seattle, and is a highly useful product in medicinal uses and in the arts. The destructive distillation combination that has remained in the retort, is transferred to the still and there separated into its various products and degrees of density. At a temperature below and up to 150 degrees centigrade light oils are driven oflf. These are a mixture of turpentine, methyl alcohols and very small portions of other things. This product is sold as number 2 tur- pentine or preferably used in combination with a later product for a trade product. The tar oil of this distillation could be l)F STILLS AT WDItK ( 'i >.\ VEKTI M VARIOIS COMMEKCIAL ((LMMUDITIES HARDWOOD RECORD 27 ~..[.\ I. lit !.■< :il-.. useil to iimko a later product. T li o heavier thin tar oil next separateil is used extensively in ui e d ic i n a 1 work, making salves, ce- rates, linamenta- iici'ous applications tor stock diseases. i>tc. -V coars^er fir tar rcsnlts from this still that is ail iniralily adapteil to tarring ropes, ship- handlers' uses, etc. I'he fir pitch from this still is the finest grade of pitcli obtainable and is used for caulking. roofing, etc. Being quite stiflf, yet elas- tic, it excels any other pitch known for caulking seams iTi boats. It will 10] slightly with a -rain and yet will not soften under ordinary temperatures. It has a MTV glossy refractory surface and is tasteless. I'nder the trade name "fir oil" the light oil and tar oil pre viouly mentioned are combined and make practically a non weathering .nedium for paints. \ further concentration and com bination is sold under the name "orwood" for shingle stains and contains some fir creosote. It is much used in Cali fornia where the bungalows are sheathed entirely with shingles The heaviest oil obtained from this still is "firoleum," which - rich in creosote and is u?od on the coast in a creosoting process iur wood paving blocks. Being more fluid than the usual creo- soting products on the market, it penetrates the wood cells much more readilv and furnishes a longer wearing surface. THE LAST riiODITT OF WOOD DISTILLATIOX. FUEL FOR FITSXACE TO The last product of the process in this still is pyro- ligneous acid. This is the ordinary pyroligneous acid but with a fir odor. It is a strong dis- infectant and is used on poultry ex- tensively on the i-oas^;io:c>^■v>!■^t^y^c;i'yl^:A^ ^!^.^>:^^::Il>i^^s:c)LM^)K>^.^s^?;' Sane Forest Fire Protection Editor's Note Tht' loUowing report was read li.v .1. S. llickok. chief warden of the Forest P'iro rrotective Deijartuii^nt of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers" Assochit'ion. before that bod.v at its regular quarterly meeting at Detroit, on Oct. 22. It is herewith presented in the belief that it offers suggestions of inflnite value in the furiuation of a definite forest protective policy, and in the further belief that protection against forest fires is coming to be real- ized to a greater degree each year as one of the most necessary provisions in connection with modern logging opera- tions involving vast investments in high-priced stumpage. In re|iorting on our second year's work of protecting the remain- ing forests of lower Michigan against forest fires, I am pleased to say that whatever success we have attained in controlling fires, thus limiting the possibility of tremendous loss, is largely accounted for by the painstaking and careful work of your wardens and the co-opera- tion of the j)Cople and the press within the fire zone. When this department was organizeil, a little less than two years ago, we entered a field of endeavor wholly untried in this locality. We set out determined to win in the battle against fire and the great havoc of fire damage from which the upper part of lower ilichigan had suffered for so many years. We were advised by many thai, the elimination of disastrous forest fires could not be accomplished, that fires had swejit the country for generations and would continue to do so for years to come. At the very out.set we encountered the careless use of fire in a large degree and ignorance of the law al- most beyond belief. Fires had be<-ome so prevalent during the summer months that a season without them would have been marve- lous, indeed. With the elimination of carelessness, the chief cause, resulting in the .safety to residents of the forest area, it is reason- able to expect a keen interest in the "no forest fire" idea and we may anticipate that before many years, destructive fires will become a condition of the past, remaining only as a matter of history. In our report of one year ago, our records showed an exceedingly small loss to members of this association during that year and, while it becomes necessary to report a somewhat heavier loss this year, at the same time we realize that we have passed through a season, the possibilities of which were very favorable for heavy losses had not prompt action been taken during critical periods. The season of 1912 was notable for an excessive amount of rainfall, the dry weather being of short duration and devoid of high winds. The fire season of 191.'! was characterized by a dry and healed at- mosphere accompanied by winds of great velocity, these conditions continuing for periods of from two to three weeks. Although the slash and forest lands were extremely dry and at times maiiy fires 28 HARDWOOD RECORD ■were in evidence, ne Iccl safe in saying that our losses would have been of no consequence liad we been spared the sweeping gales whi«h every one ki)ows makes fire control a very difiicult problem. The past summer, when compared with those of other years, doubtlesb proves to the satisfaction of all concerned, that faithful and alert patrol of forest areas is productive of a great saving in fire losses. In the past years, with the possibilities of destruction being no greater than the present year, millions of dollars in property losses have be- come a matter of record. The character of the work taken np this year has been along the same lines as during the season- of 1912. Throughout the summer a very comprehensive patrol system has been maintained; also syste- matic arrangements for locating, reporting and fighting incipient fires have been carried out. The splendid and cordial co-operation, accorded this department by the residents, timber owners and oper- ating lumbermen, is the predominant factor in the protective move- ment. The charge of indifference that formerly was made against residents and lumbermen is no longer well founded in the majority of instances. The general public has discovered it pays to prevent and extinguish fires. They have come to realize that the remaining stands of virgin forests are a public resource in the taxes they pay, as a minor consideration, and in the wealth they eventually distribute throughout the community, as the more important matter. Town- ship officers have learned that the constant patrol feature, in con- nection with the educational system of our department, is entirely responsible for the reduction of fire fighting costs and the preserving of the tax value of timber lands in each township. And we are pleased to report that the majority of supervisors and township boards are desirous of co-operating with us in every way possible. We must confess we hardly e.xpected this co-operative spirit to be- come so pronounced in the second year of our effort in forest pro- tection. Buring 1912 many of the settlers, living in close proximity to for- est lands, were non-committal in their views relative to "no forest fires." These same residents this year are imbued! with the pro- tective idea and have been of material assistance in keeping down the fire loss by being careful in the use of fire and by giving prompt assistance in extinguishing and reporting those which the occasional careless person had allowed to escape. In recording the able co- operation we have rccei\ed we wish it were possible to say that this applied to every individual. However, we can not at this time or doubtless any time in the future say that every man has learned the lesson of absolute care. Eighty per cent of our people today are careful but, in all probability, eternal vigilance shall be the price ■we must pay in keeping the other twenty per cent in check until the majority of these become educated in the ways of careful men. Your wardens have spent considerable time and effort in laying before the several supervisors, throughout the patrol area, our co- operative plan for the destruction of accumulated slash, the detail of which we gave in a previous report. We are pleased to be able to say at this time that the idea is meeting with the hearty support of all and will be tried out during the spring of 1914. The slash problem has been given much thought by this department, and to put in action a plan whereby we shall remove at least fifty per cent of the danger from this source will materially reduce the hazard to forests and their products. The money ■which will be saved by townships in fire fighting costs, and the menace to settlers and tim- ber owners thus removed is a large incentive to all concerned to take hold of the work and make it a success. During the patrol season, three violations of the fire law were re- ported to this office, backed by affidavits of convicting evidence. In each case, we investigated these reports and found that the parties ■were guilty of gross carelessness and, without doubt, convictions could have been secured had these cases been taken to court. How- ever, this department decided on a plan of leniency in handling first offences, where no malicious intent is shown, which we believe will be of more benefit to the cause than would be gained through prosecution. In each of the cases cited, the prosecuting attorney ■was interviewed and the evidence submitted for his consideration. The request was made that the party be brought before him and lectured on tlic careful use of fire with the understanding tliat the present charge should stand against the party and a warrant for his appearance would be issued upon satisfactory evidence of any further violation. Your chief warden was present at each of these hearings and was given the privilege of outlining the aims and methods of this department. We explained that we did not wish to injure anyone financially or otherwise but must insist on every person using fire with care. We made the liberal offer to take charge of and assume all responsibility of any future slash parties might wish burned and we are convinced that, in each case, we made a friend to the cause wc represent. We believe the method adopted in the above cases has an educational value paramount to a trial by court with a fine attached. However, we wish to have it understood that second offences will be looked upon as malicious and when the evidence of the origin of fire is forthcoming a warrant will be asked for and the case prosecuted to the limit of the law. Between the dates of April 20 and October 10, 299 fires were dis- covered by your wardens and prompt measures taken to extinguish same. In every case the cause was investigated and the area burned, together with damage, if any, was carefully estimated. A full and complete report was then made in writing and forwarded to this office. Your men are instructed to make a careful study of each fire attended by them and learn, il possible, the origin. If we desire to apply a remedy we must know the cause in order that we may try to prevent a repetition in the locality where fire occurs. The fires investigated resulted from tlie fullowing causes: Railroad locomotives 89 Settlers lOG Fishermen careless with camp fires 8 Campers careless with camp fires 2 Berry pickers careless with matches and camp fires .n Smokers careless with pipes and matches 41 Boys playing with fire 4 Los: loaders throwing cinders 4 Traction engines throwing sparks 3 Lightning 3 Fern pickers careless with matches 1 Dynamite 1 Probably malicious .3 Unknown 29 Total 209 Thirty-five thousand nine-hundred acres, principally slash lands, were burned over during the season. Less than one per cent of the area burned was in green standing timber, fires being checked or headed in another direction before reaching timber line. Loss TO Pkopeeties Pcllston district — Hemlock logs and wood ^ $ 35.00 Onaway district — Cedar posts and logs, pulpwood, ties, hardwood logs and wood 1,571.52 Springvale district — Chemical wood 20.00 Wolverine district — Set of camps, bark, ties, posts, logs, shingle bolts and hardwood tie-cuts 1,120.00 Johannesburg district — Cedar posts and poles 74.00 Deward district — Hemlock logs, bark and cordwood 1,593.18 Mancelona district — Damage to 230 M standing timber 460.00 'V^'exford district — CJieraical wood 74.00 Total $4,947.70 The loss, here reported, we believe may be considered small when compared with other seasons now past. The burning of 35,900 acres was especially dangerous as the area was covered with a highly in- flammable material and the fire, at times, was driven by the onrush of heavy gales of wind which materially enlarged the possibility of loss, especially so when the large amount of harvested timber sub- ject to the hazard of fires is considered. We are pleased to report there is much interest being shown in the movement against forest fires by the management of the fol- lowing named railroad companies: The Michigan Central, Grand Rapids & Indiana, and the Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena. These roads have and are still making a great improvement in locomotive screens and they have instructed their employes to use every precau- tion against the spread of fires set along the right-of-way. For your information and in justice to the above named railroad companies, we submit the following comparisons: HARDWOOD RECORD 29 Season of 1012 Michigan Ceotral Italln-ay used screen with 15/64 inch opening. Grand Kapids & Indiana used screen with 15/C4 Inch opening. Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpenn used screen with 14/G4 Inch opening. Total fires set by iocomolives was US. which is Co per cent ot the total niimbor ot all fires recorded. Season of 1913 In the latter part ot the season the Michigan Central installed screen with a 12 04 inch opening In place ot the old screen. In the latter part ot the season the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Company installed screen with a 12/64 inch opening In place ot the old screen. Boyne City. Gaylord & .\lpena engines came out In the spring equipped with perforated plate with an opening ot 11.04 by IVt Inches. Total fires set by locomotives was S9, which is 30 per cent ot the total number o£ all fires recorded. It is noticeable at a glance tliat there is a great improvement be- ing made in railroad equipment. The indications are that a large percentage of the locomotives operating in the fire zone are now using screens with 12/64 inch openings with the exception of the Pore Marquette Railway Company which, so far as we are able to learn, is not making any changes but is still using 15/64 mesh screens in the front end of its locomotives. We appreciate the efforts the railway companies are making to cut down the number of fires set by their engines and we trust that next season we can report even a smaller percentage of fires chargeable to railroad equipment. The time to have a definite understanding of terms of sale is when an order is placed — not after shipment is made. Conversion of Logs Into Veneer The figures on veneer production for 1905 show that 181,146,000 feet of material, log scale, were converted into veneer that year. The output comprised 1,108,518,000 square feet of veneer, made from fifteen kinds of wood, listed by name, and certain others which were figured in the total but were not named separately. Recent statistical returns give the veneer cut in log scale only, but the early reports gave the log measure and also the superficial measurement of the product. Veneer, as is well known, is thin lumber. It is cut from a little more than a quarter of an inch in thickness to less than oneonehundredth of an inch. A log which would make 500 feet of lumber one inch thick will be good for several times that many feet of veneer, surface measure. It wiU perhaps surprise those who are not acquainted with the actual production of veneer that the average output of surface feet is so small compared with log scale. The census reports for 1905 and 1906 give the log scale and also the surface measure of the veneer produced from the logs. The following table gives these figures for all the veneer reported in the years 1905 and 1906: 1905 1906 Sq. ft. veneer per Sq. ft. veneer per Wood 1.000 ft. log scale 1.000 ft. log scale Red gum 4.700 5.667 Yellow pine 3,234 4,000 White oak 7.160 6.327 Maple 6,850 10.300 Cottonwood 2,75s 3,711 Yellow poplar 5.785 7,966 Basswood 7.283 4,779 Birch 10,200 8,170 Elm 10,958 7,630 Tupelo 5,752 5,024 Red oak 6,253 7,526 Beech 13,400 7.500 Ash 8,797 5.700 Walnut 12,279 13,121 Sycamore 2,500 3,990 This shows that on an average for that year 1,000 feet log scale made 6,000 superficial feet of veneer. The average thickness of the veneer is not given, consequently the percentage or ratio of log scale to the output of veneer cannot be ascertained. The thinner the veneer, other things being equal, the more superficial feet will result from the conversion of 1,000 feet of logs. That is, a log will make more superficial feet of veneer one-twentieth of an inch thick than of one-tenth inch. The foregoing table does not, therefore, furnish a basis for estimating how much veneer of a given thickness a thousand feet of logs will make. What it does show is that, averaged for the whole country that year, the ratio was one to six. That included rotary cut. sawed, and sliced. The rotary cut amounted to 1,842,818,000 feet, the sawed and sliced to 225,276,000. Where material is perfect, or nearly so, there is comparatively little waste when logs are converted into rotary or sliced veneer. The core of seven inches, or thereabouts, is the largest item, and this is often saved by sawing it in crate stock or other small dimen- sions. But perfect logs are scarce. Knots, shakes, frost cracks, dote, and other defects greatly reduce the output from the average run of logs going to the veneer mill, and breakage in otherwise perfect sheets still further reduces the output. Some experienced veneer manufacturers consider a waste of twenty-five per cent very low. There is no average thickness for veneer. If an average were calculated for one year, it would not hold for any other year. Some thicknesses represent much more of the output than others. This may be shovm by quoting extracts from the reports of manufac- turers in 1909, which was a year of very complete returns, being the decennial census year. The table which follows shows the amount of every thickness produced, both rotary cut and sliced or sawed. The figures are all log scale, since the superficial measurements are not given in the reports for that year. Sliced or sawed, feet 3,500.000 2.624.000 48,000 500.000 1.967.000 908.000 2,100,000 2,172.000 750,000 723,000 374,000 200,000 13,000 4,886,000 Thickness Rotary cut. feet 5-16 inch and over 26.150,000 1.3-42 Inch 200,000 9-32 inch 3,597,000 1-4 inch 52,044.000 7-32 inch 1,313.000 1-5 inch 13.563.000 3-16 inch 95.402,000 1-6 inch 12,163,000 5-32 inch 7,255,000 2-13 inch 155.000 1-7 Inch 9.842,000 1-8 inch 58.000,000 1-9 inch 10.294.000 1-10 inch 10.590.000 3-32 inch 618.000 1-11 inch 225,000 1-12 inch 9,348,000 1-14 inch 285,000 1-15 Inch 78.000 1-16 inch 37,355,000 1-17 inch 185,000 1-18 inch 2,106,000 1-20 inch 17,328.000 1-21 inch 25,000 1-22 inch 1.909.000 1-24 Inch 2,472,000 1-26 inch 186,000 1-27 inch 206,000 1-2S inch 1 .706.000 1-30 inch 13.866.000 1-32 inch 998.000 1-33 inch 1.065.000 134 inch 129.000 1-36 inch 270,000 1-50 inch 1.000 1-100 Inch 1-110 inch Total 390,929.000 45.052,000 The very thin veneer, one-one-hundredth of an inch in thickness, or less, was all Spanish cedar, and presumably was used by cigar bo.t makers. The thinnest rotary cut veneer was maple, one-fiftieth inch thick. 505,000 16,68a000 15.000 1.527,000 15,000 :.264,000 !. 592,000 436.000 135,000 ^aJ{p^Jito^i>ia^■^i;^oro^g^afc^■o;v:;;>:^tw^^i■i>5^^^ Keeping Tab on Car Movements Lack of system is (iiii> nf tin' iiii.st geiioi-iillv notrcl faults in tbe offices of lumbermen the extent of whose business is sufficiently great to suggest the adoption. of reasonable methods of jirevent- ing errors and loss. Cases are on record of cars being shipped out without a jiroper record being made and without an invoice being sent to the cus- tomer. These capes have been uncovered by accident. There are plainly many others, not located, which have been handled in this way, to the' material loss of the lumber company. If a business. is small, and if the owner of it is on the job all the time, the chances of serious errors are slight; but when the concern has grown to such a point that the memory of the head of the establishment cannot contain all of its details, the opportu- nity for loss is considerable. A leading wholesale hardwood concern has recently adopted a checking system for keeping tab on cars, which seems to be worth general adoption. The svstem is used in connection with shipments from its local .vard, and also with reference to ship- ments from the several mills which it is operating. The plan has the advantage of simplicity, and yet seems to provide an abso- lute check. The basis of the record, of course, is the tall.v. Turning in the tall.v of the inspector is followed by making out a shipping ticket, in duplicate, containing the results of the tally. These shipping tickets are numbered consecutively, consecutive num- bering, in fact, being the basis of the entire s.vstem. The sheets of the salesbook are also numbered, its numbers corresponding with those of the shipping ticket. The entry in the salesbook, in addition to containing the facts shown on the shipping ticket, likewise indicates the price at which the lumber was sold, and the books of the concern are posted from this record. In the case of the local yard, the duplicate of the shipping ticket is not needed particularly, but where the shipment was made from a distant mill, the duplicate is kept on file at the mill for the information of the superintendent. The bill of lading is issued in triplicate, as usual, and the car number and other information are entered in a book used for that purpose exclusively. The entries are numbered, the numbers corresponding with numbers printed on the bill of lading itself. This is the entire s.vstem. Xow let us consider how it works and what conditions it is calculated to take care of. In the first place, the use of consecutive numbers furnishes a "flag" or warning by which any lost or omitted record can be indicated. For instance, if the person in charge of the salesbook notices that one number is missing, the local yard or the outside mill, as the case may be, is called on to supply the missing number. On the other hand, the salesbook is checked against the bill of lading book, and it is determined that an entry for the sales- book, which, remember, is the basis for the ledger charges, has been made to correspond with every car shipment indicated by the bill of lading book. The use of the consecutive numbers on the latter insures the proper entry of every car, for in the event of failure to turn in the bill of lading used for this purpose, its absence is immediately noted. The use of consecutive numbers and duplicates means that a lost record will be noted, and that it can be rewritten without inconvenience. Another feature of the bill of lading book which is worth noting is that provision is made for handling shipments which are not made in the routine way. For instance, if a car of lum- ber is purchased at one point, shipped to another for drying and then reshipped direct to the consignee, there is a possibility of the record being incomplete and inaccurate by reason of the tie-up at the kiln, or the suspension for any reason whatever at any other point. To take care of this, the bill of lading book, con- taining the ear number and other information, carries a special indication that the movement is incomplete, and that a further —30— record must hv itklIo of its final disipiisiticni. Tliis provcnts the item from being lost track of, and insures attention being called to the status of the situation. The head of the concern which has adopted the s.vstem referred to said that the checking arrangement was not made simply be- cause of a craze for "system," or to introduce red tape into the office. He explained that actual experience had demonstrated the need of some such protection, and that it was furnished for that reason only. "We know of two cars which got awav from us prior to the time we put this s.vstem into use," he said. "Oue we located because the customer wrote to make a complaint about some fea- ture of the shipment. That called attention to the omission of the record and enabled us to get track of it. In another case J the customer was simply honest enough to call our attention to ■ the fact that no invoice had been sent, enabling us to make an I investigation and determine the car which had escaped the proper 1 record. "Take the bill of lading question, for example. No car is , shipped without a bill of lading being made out, of course; but when unnumbered Jjads are used, it frequently happens, or at ■ least can easily happen, that in case of a 'jam' in the office, % someone will hurriedlv nialse out the bill without referring it to the proper partv for entry. The result is that the car is sent on with no record behind it. This cannot happen under our system. Then again, tally-sheets may become lost and no salesbook record be made. In that event the entry in the bill of lading book gives us the clue and enables us to ascertain the information we need. ' ' It might be supposed that the introduction of a system of this kind has been accompanied by an increase of work. On the other hand we have found that in most cases it has cut down the amount of labor required. Heretofore frequent copying, by hand, was necessary to have the proper records made. Now, with a loose-leaf system installed, the facts can be written on the t.ypewriter, copies made at the same operation, and time and labor saved. It must be remembered that the smaller the number of clerical operations, the fewer the chances for mistakes of that kind to be made." Another feature in connection with the checking operation is keeping tab on wagon business. In the big wholesale yard or sawmill, where carload business is the principal item, wagon hauls are likely to be overlooked if close attention is not given them. Even in retail yards, where wagon business is the only kind of trade handled, it is well-known that unless a systematic method of checking this business is provided for, wagons will get out without being recorded and the lumbermen will be able to make no charge. For this reason it is desirable that the same sort of record, in general, be used for wagon-load hauls as for carload move- ments. That is to say, a ticket, in triplicate, with consecutive numbers appearing, should be used. The yard office man of course keeps one of the tickets; one is sent to the customer with the wagon, and the other goes to the office. Here again the sim- plicity of the scheme and the fact that the tickets are consecu- tively numbered operates to call attention to an omission. It is possible, of course, for a careless driver to leave without thinking to get the ticket, or for a careless clerk to wait until all of the loads intended for a certain customer are sent out, be- fore making up the tickets; but if the concern insists on every wagon being ticketed, and if its customers become accustomed to receiving a ticket for each load — an arrangement which is a protection to them as well as to the seller — arrangement will soon become a matter of routine to evervbody in the yard, and will be taken care of accordingly. The s.vsteras referred to have been designed for the purpose of preventing innocent mistakes, but would also serve as a check on dishonest employes. G. D. C, Jr. H:;^!AiA!A:/l^>lo:viA:/^:^:cAy:xy:^>^>:^>^oic-ic&:>^^.t»y.^>l.:/:^vV»^i^^ :/^:^^:/:^i/^>:'^■v;Al^;Al^OJJ>:^;:cHo:<:/^l):^y■o^y.l/l^^,^^,>so^us»J^:/^^^ m'nnfinfni Red Gum ITS HISTOBY, STAND AND CUT The i>eoi'li> of the United States are beginning to take inven- tories of natural resources. Formerly that was not done, because it was uustomary to consider that all-bountiful nature would go on forever supplying the necessities if not the luxuries of life to the fortunate inhabitants of this country. People are begin- ning to learn better. They now understand that a natural re- source may be compared to a checking account in a bank : it must be taken care of or it will not last in- definitely. Timber belongs in that class, and red gum may be given special con- sideration because it has reached a prominent place in the country's industries. That position has been attained quite recently. The oaks, pines, yellow poplar, walnut, and many other woods ^ere well known long before the general public had heard of red gum: but when once it had attracted attention its cap- ture of a large market quickly fol- lowed. Inquiries are frequently made as to the length of time the jum supply will last. The answer • lepends upon the available quan- tity, and the rate of cutting. The range of red gum begins in the Northeast in Connecticut, and follows a fairly straight line south- westerly to Missouri, and from there the boundary of its range veers sharply toward the south to Trinity river, Texas. This tree is found in all the states south and southeast of that line; that is, in the southern states. The largest stands are in the lower Mississippi valley. Estimates based on statis- tics collected by the Bureau of Cor- porations place the total stand of this wood in the United States at about 50,000.000,000 feet, board measure. In amount it is equal to about one-fourth of all the oaks in the country; two and a half times the hickory: three times the ash: one-fifth more than cypress; nearly three times the maple; many times the elm; and except the oaks, it exceeds in amount any other hard- wood, or group of hardwoods in the United States. In fact, it is esti- mated that one-eighth of all the hardwoods of this country is red :jum. It is, therefore, apparent that it is a timb>?r of great importance. The next question is how much is cut annually; for, if the avail- able quantity is known, the rate of cutting will determine the probable time it will last. The figures on lumber output, compiled by the Bureau of the Census and the Forest Ser\nce, give the following cut of this wood by states. Tf-nn.sst-./ G8,27G.000 >llssuurl 59,230.000 Kentucky 22,246.000 .South Carolina 15.117.000 North Carolina 12,.'i96.000 iDdiana 12.206.000 .Alabama 10.816.000 Texas io.r.09.000 \'irL'inia Hi.445.00o West Virginia l'.2ii2.iXKi Maryland l.SSO.OOO Oklaboma 1.34T.00O Ohio 1.092.000 Pennsylvania 880.000 Florida 737.000 New Jersey .353.000 Delaware 274.000 Total 582.967.000 The above is the red gum lumber output. It is by no means the whole 'iemand for this timber. Veneer manufacturers cut 133,175,000 feet, log scale, a year and the makers of slack cooperage produce 416,000,000 red gum staves. A considerable quantity goes into railroad ties, and other articles. It is safe to say that the total cut of red gum for all purposes at present does not fall short of 1,000,000,000 feet a year. This enormous drain will not ex- haust the supply now available in less than half a century. By that time stands now yonng will be al- most; ready to cut. if the growing trees are given a chance. Ked gum is sold in all the lead- ing markets of the United States. I omplete figures showing the quan- tity going into all the states an- nually are not available, but as far as they are to be had they are given in tlie table which follows. All are government figures except those for West Virginia which were supplied for the State Geological Survey, by A. B. Brooks: AxxiAL USK OF Red Gim by Stjites Stale Feuisiana 1,5.193.000 Iowa 4.845.000 Wisconsin 3.497.000 Maryland 3.133.000 West Virginia 1.950.000 FOREST GROWTn OF KED GUM Florida \'ermont lallfornia New Hampshire .Maine Massachusetts . . 992.000 238.000 237.000 142.000 58.000 45.000 CiT OF Red Gcm by States is 1911 State Feet B. M. Arkansas 195.828.000 Mis.sissippi 103.186.000 State Feet B. M. Illinois 5,209.000 Georgia 3.120.000 Total 602.374.870 Red gum is a wood entirely different from black gum and tupelo. These three trees are generally spoken of commercially as being closely linked but there is no justification for such an assumption either from a botanical or a lumberman's standpoint. Nether black gum nor tupelo gum commands anywhere near the important position of rec;)}TOaaTOiZTOhiiTOMTOiiii:>^ii;^^ ,g)iWM^:»y>?^:^iTOm^:gia'KJ.'oroK-: 1^ or them Lumbermen Meet The fall quarterly meetiug of the Northern Hciiilook and Hard- wood Manufacturers' Association was held at Eau Claire, Wis., October 29, where the members of the association were guests of the John H. Kaiser Lumber Company and the New Dells Lumber Company. The treasurer's report showed a balance on hand of $3,- 7b8.i3. The condition of the association was discussed in the report of the secretary, E. S. Kellogg. He said that the usual number of reports upon proposed logging operations this winter indicate about the same hemlock input as last winter, but quite an increase in hardwood logging. The reports upon woods wages show an increase of about five per cent over 1912, or about the same increase that 1912 showed over 1911. Following is the schedule: Avcrasp woods wages per month including l>oard at present compare as follows wiUi reports in October, 1911 and 1912 : 1913 1912 1911 Choroboys 29.90 28.50 26.00 Uoadraen 30.80 29.10 27.40 Swampers 31.00 29.30 26.40 Cookees 32.80 30.80 29.00 S.nwyers 34.30 32.90 29.80 Barnmen 35.00 34.50 31.90 Hookmen 35.60 34.20 31.30 Teamsters 35.80 34.20 31.40 Top Loaders 39.60 37.80 34.80 Blacksmiths 59.25 55.90 56.50 Cooks : 67.50 66.50 64.75 Engineers 68.88 68.20 73.00 Indications point to a good supply of laborers, but it is thought that the cost of feeding them will be greater than last year. Beef in particular is higher, but a suggestion was offered that soups, dumplings, and other things that a good cook could prepare might partly take the place of beef. The Industrial Commission, with free employment offices at Mil- waukee, Oshkosh, La Crosse and Superior, has supplied a good many woodsmen, and it is said that with the benefit of previous experience and records which are being compiled, these offices are now able to supply a better grade of labor than when they were first opened. Arrangements are practically completed for the establishment of a fifth free employment office by the Industrial Commission which will be located in Wausau, so firms whose operations are easily ac- cessible from' that point will doubtless be able to get considerable help through the new office. The association has subscribed for forty-five shares of stock in the Forest Products Exposition Company, and an appropriation for the exhibit of $2,500 was made to be expended by the advertising committee, if mutually satisfactory to the Michigan association which has appropriated a like amount. It is proposed that the two associations join in making an exhibit. It was recommended that the association become a member of the National Conservation Congress which meets in Washington, D. C, November 18-20. The membership fee is $25, and the principal advantage to lumbermen would consist in giving them a voice in many important conservation matters that will be before the public from time to time, some of which vitally concern timber interests. Trade conditions were reported excellent for northern hemlock and hardwoods, and there is no indication of a coming change for the worse. Building operations have been good, and there is no danger of an over supply of lumber in Wisconsin and Michigan. Cut and shipments, Oct. 1, 1912, to Sept. 30, 1913 : Cut Shipped Hemlock ''X).n63.0no 400.514.000 Ash r,06C,000 8,742,000 Basswood <7,044.000 53,536,000 Birch . . . .^ 85,374.000 99.869,000 Elm ! 26,070,000 30.559,000 Maple 80.850,000 83,540,000 Oak 3,119,000 3,268,000 All hardwoods 328,551.000 314,155,000 Reports upon log input and woods wages have been received from seventy representative firms throughout Wisconsin and northern Michigan. —32— The log input of the reporting firms last season ami tlie logging planned for this winter compare as follows: Hemlock Hardwood I'ine M Feet M Feet M Feet Lo?ged 191213 341,551 232,473 76,733 Expect to log 1913-14 351,800 271,950 07,252 Feet Logged 1912-13— an kinds 650,777,000 Expect to log 1913-14 — all kinds 691,002,000 An address describing methods of kiln-drying lumber was given by H. D. Tiemann of the United ^tates Forest Service. Mr. Tie- mann is the inventor of a dry-kiln, the patent for which has been dedicated to the public. His address began with well-known facts that: Lumber must be dried before used. Lumber when seasoned is in a condition it has never been in before. Drying lumber is not simply the evaporation of moisture but a material change in an interwoven structural material. Kilns are not all giving complete satisfaction as indicated by the inqui- ries we receive from all parts of the country. Speaking of the structure of wood he said that it was similar to honey comb, the difference being that the cells were longer. Water is in wood in two conditions — one from the water filling the cells and the other imbibed water in the fibre of the cell walls. The re- moval of water from the cells of wood makes no change in the struc- ture, but removal from the cell walls changes the wood and causes shrinkage and also makes it stronger. He said that the chief objects of drying lumber were (1) to re- duce the shipping weight (2) to reduce the quantity of stocks in the yards; (3) to improve the quality of the woods, especially hard- woods; (4) to prepare lumber for the uses to which it is to be put. Mr. Tiemann said there are three types of kilns, first, the dry air type, which is now becoming obsolete ; second, the moist air system of which there are many kinds, and third, superheated steam kilns. In the average kiln as used at present actual loss in the stock varies from one to three per cent, due to checking, warping, etc. With some woods, such as gum, it goes as high 'as thirty per cent or more. Air drying lumber does not invariably produce good lumber chiefly because no control can be exercised over conditions afl'ecting the seasoning. With proper kiln construction drying can be better controlled and proper kiln drying saves the loss that comes from air drying. Lumber proper kiln dried will not absorb as much moisture as air dried lumber, thus eliminating much of the liability to shrink or swell. In drying lumber in kilns care should be taken that evapo- ration from the surface is not faster than transfusion from the in- terior. If the surface is dried too rapidly checking or case hard- ening will result and then the interior of the wood will cheek. In proper kiln drying three things can be accomplished: (1), the control of humidity which is one of the most important things in a kiln; (2), the control of temperature — soft woods are less affected by high temperature than hardwoods, and (3) the control of circulation. The control of humidity, circulation and temperature f:re necessary to the best work in drying lumber. The advertising committee reported that the publicity campaign had brought highly satisfactory results. More than 1,400 replies had been received from the birch advertisement alone, chiefly from architects, builders, contractors, and carpenters. The committee closed its report with the following pointed paragraph : Some members have expressed themselves as believing that the remark- able firmness in hemlock prices and the advance in birch prices this year in the face of adverse conditions elsewhere in the lumber industry have been due to our advertising campaign. AYhile we do not feel like claiming such large results in so short a time we do believe that our advertising appropriation has been fully Justified, and that it should be regarded not as an office expense, but as a judicious investment which is bound to have a most beneficial effect in the sale of our products. W. J. Kessler, chairman of the insurance committee, then read the following exhaustive and instructive report: Beport of Committee on Insurance Your committee on insurance has. within the brief time that has been allowed, gone into the raatt'-r of fire insurance as thoroughly as possible. HARDWOOD RECORD 33 Tbo subject of fire iDsurnncc tn relation to lumber risks is a deep and intricate one, and realizing fully how very uninteresting a mass of sta- tistics and flRures on this subject would be to a meeting of this kind, we bare aimed to eliminate as much of that kind of matter ns possible. During the Investigation which this committee has carried on, quite a number of our members were consulted, and it is very surprising to learn that the question of Are insurance rates appears to be a proposi- tion quite foreign to their Interests, they apparently being satistled to pay the rates Imposed, with the evident feeling that these rates arc so tixed and invulnerable that there Is no recourse. For the purpose of a little enlightenment for a number of the mem- bers, and by a special request, the committee will ask your kind indulgence while it treats on the elementary principles of insurance. First, we will take up the question of rate making. The question has been asked us how are these lumber rates made. All fire Insurance rates In Wisconsin are made by what Is known as the Wisconsin Inspec- tion Bureau, under an analytical system of rate making Icnown as the Dean schedule. This assumes a certain standard risk and makes addi- tions for defects in construction and hazards from occupancy and expo.suro and gives credits for advantages in construction and five protection. These chKrgcs and credits are made by percentages upon a basis charge. This basis charge is a d.'flnite number of cents per §100 of insurance, and a basis table is adopted for the state, which provides for different basis rates, for the various cities, classified according to size. Are pro- tection and other conditions affecting fire hazard. The adoption of this basis table and classiflcatlcn of the cities is a matter of individual judg- ment of the person applying the schedule, and it has been shown in adopting this schedule for Wisconsin at the time of the introduction of the Dean schedule, an attempt was made to approximate as nearly as possible the existing rates. In this state a local hoard of underwriters or an association of local agents in any city or village are authorized by statute to establish and maintain rates therein. This statute enacted in 1S97 specifically pro- hibits all other attempts to establish or maintain rates, and these local boards are the only rate making establishments recognized by our law. The practical operation of these boards, as developed from testimony in the investigation which our legislature of 1911 ordered, is of some interest. The cities of Milwaukee, Madison and Superior have boards which employ their own expert raters and operate independently of the Wisconsin Inspection Bureau, through which the estimates of rates for the rest of the state are made. The Wisconsin Inspection Bureau, which Is located at Milwaukee under the management of H. C. GrilBng, makes surveys and so-ealled estimates, and these estimates are sold to the different companies and furnished to their agents as required. Variations from these estimates are comparatively rare. Where variation has been made from these estimates it was done in favor of a large insurer, to meet mutual or other competition from outside of the members of the board. The testimony referred to is practically unanimous that there is no competition whatever between agents representing local boards or be- tween companies whose agents are members thereof. There have been Instances where agents of established companies outside of the local boards have written risks in a city at a rate lower than the board rate. It is claimed that when this has been discovered the local boards have demanded of the companies taking such risks that the same be cancelled and that such cancellations have been made. There is in these instances a direct clash between the representatives of companies, and agents who seek to maintain rates, and of the insured who seek the lowest rates. With the local agents authorized by law to co-operate in making and maintaining rates to be charged by them, and with no appeal from such action, it is not to be wondered that insurers, whose premiums are sufficiently large to warrant attention to the subject, protest and seek Insurance outside of the local agents, and often from companies not authorized to transact business in this state. The problems of fire insurance rates are under scrutiny, not only in Wisconsin but in many other states. Our present system of regulating the business of the insurance companies seems to be at fault. There seems to be an increasing public demand that the state shall take this subject In hand and make a thorough investigation. The proposition, however, is so large that it will be some time before the legislature can handle this problem intelligently. The field of supervision has extended to the question of the cost of the Insurance, and the possibility of the reduction both in our fire loss and In the expense of distributing that loss. The property destroyed Is the smaller part of the loss for which fires are responsible. The expense of the Insurance is almost equal to the loss which it distributes. The cost of maintaining fire departments and other fire protection is not much less. Worst of all, the business of fire insurance appears to be so conducted as to tend toward Increase rather than decrease of the fire losses. The business of Insurance and the amount of money handled increases as the loss increases. The agents of the companies who are best acquainted with the property Insured arc paid a percentage on the premiums they collect. The higher the risk of loss and consequent premium the higher the payment to the agent. The greater the volume of premiums the greater the business and consequent chance of profit to the companies. It is a credit to the companies and agents alike that In spite of this condition, a movement for fire protection has been pro- moted by the companies and Joined In by many of the agents. It is, however, too much to expect tliat the activities of the com- panies or their agents shall extend towarcl comprehensive future plans for the practical elimination of flrc waste, and consequent reduction in the business of insurance, such as has been brought about in the Euro- pean countries. This must be accomplished by Intelligent action by the state. The agitation over the question of fire insurance rates has re- sulted in legislation in quite a number of the states. Our legislature of 1:111 ordered an investigation into matters relating to the business of flrc insurance and prevention of fires. The committee which was appointed by the legislature has held a number of meetings and taken a lot of testimony in various cities throughout the state. This committee Is required to make its annual report with its recommendations on or before Dee. 1 of this year. Its work has not progressed to a point where any definite conclusion has been reached, and any statement of con- clusions should be deferred until the committee report is made. We have already referred to .some of the findings of this committee, which comes to us as advance information. Some time ago Mr. Kellogg gathered some very interesting statistics on flre insurance rates from the members of this association. The rates paid by our various firms show a great disparity and range from $1.50 to $6.70 on sawmills, from 90 cents to S6.30 on planing mills and from $1.10 to $3.60 on lumber yards. Some of the lower rates, of course, being preferred risks, such as sprinkled mills, well protected lumber yards, etc. In another report which Mr. Kellogg published, and which touches a vital part of the subject before us, is the ratio of losses to the premiums paid. From information which our secretary procured it was not possible to segregate intelligently sawmill risks, planing mill risks and lumber yard risks, for the reason that in a number of instances these risks were combined. The forty-two firms reporting show a total loss ratio for a period of ten years of something like twenty-three per cent. It is amusing indeed to compare these figures with the figures that the old line companies submit. Replies have recently been received from some twenty-five or thirty of these old line companies, in which they all invariably claim that their Wisconsin experience with lumber risks has been most unsatisfactory, and that their loss ratio runs from sixty to seventy per cent. Giving them the benefit of all doubt in this matter, and recognizing fully that in the compilation of these figures they group not only lumber but other woodworking hazards, this committee is inclined to doubt the correctness of their statistics. Of course this feature must be taken into consideration in the com- parison of these loss ratios, the figures which Mr. Kellogg has compiled and which show a loss ratio of twenty-three per cent can be justly termed preferred risks, while those of the old line companies undoubtedly include a great many poor risks. The sawmill away back in the woods, without any flre protection whatsoever, is a poor risk. When they have a fire their loss is generally total and their loss forms a very important factor in the loss ratio of the old line companies. The question which Is before this association, and which has been given to this committee to solve, is "Can we reduce our present appar- ently exorbitant fire insurance rates?" We believe that if this matter is intelligently handled, quite a material reduction may be effected. It is useless for us as individuals to attempt to batter down the rates of the old line companies, operating under the so-called board rates. The proposition must be handled collectively. Your committee recommends, first, co-operation with the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, which is now actively engaged on this very same proposition. In a recent interview with Secretary Rhodes we were informed that the National association has in view the formation of an inter-association, national in its scope, to be composed entirely of lumbermen. The Na- tional association first had under advisement the project of taking over one of the now existing inter-insurance associations, but this plan has not been taken to very kindly, and a feeling seems to be manifest everywhere that this business of insurance Is distinctively our own business, and that it should be handled and managed by the lumbermen themselves. Mr. Rhodes advises us that interest in this proposition is very intense, particularly in the West, and that this proposition will soon be developed into something tangible.. You of course will understand that in an inter-insurance association, such as the National association is to form, only a certain percentage of your risk can be safely handled. Perhaps the limit of liability accepted by such an association will not be over twenty-five per cent. The balance of your risk will still have to be placed elsewhere. Here we wish to lay before you the remedies proposed by Mr. Holt of the George H. Holt Company, Insurance expert of Chicago, who ad- dressed our convention at the Green Bay meeting in ,Tuly. We were unable to form any comprehensive idea of Just what Mr. Holt's plans were from his address at our July meeting, but in several interviews which we have had with Mr. Holt since his plan seems to be that we should purchase our insurance collectively. Mr. Holt seems to be very confident that the board rates of the old line companies can be reduced. He appears to have a very comprehensive and, the committee believes, an entirely feasible plan for bringing the necessary pressure to bear. He proposes first to make a thorough field Investigation of all risks which may desire to lend their support to such a movement. The plan calls for a couple of expert raters to visit our various plants and study the hazard which surrounds them, and then classify these various risks, such as class "A," class "B," etc. ' Working in conjunction with a committee empowered to place all of 34 HARDWOOD RECORD oui- insurnm'O collccllvcly Mr. Unit beUevps that an ImpiTssion may be made on the old lino companies and that u material rediietion in rates can Ix' effected. Should tln' old line (ompanies see lit to Ignore our request for lower rates. Mr. Holt claims that he can place the entire line with good, responsible outside companies, ranking a distribution that will he entirely safe and satisfactory, at rates materiall.v less than the old line stock company rates. .Mr. Holt thinks that the expense c.r placing the insurance In this manner nut.v be about one per cei'it of tin' premiums paid. The plan of forming an Inter association of our own, composed n( members of our association only, .your committee hardly believes feasible. We question viry seriously wiiether we can interest enough of our mem- bers in such a movement to make it practical. Such a movement must have a large support to make a reasonably safe distribution of the risk. We do not see any conflict hetwec^n :Mr. Holt's plan and the proposed National Inter-insurance organlzatinn which as mi'inliei-s of the Xnllonal association we desire to encourage. When the National association has formed Us Inter insuran.e depart ment and we wish to avail ourselves of the benefits of that plan, we can cancel enough of our insurance to turn over to the National uiovemint as much as it may be willing to accept. The grading comniitt^-c recommended the manufacture of hard- wood hearts of beech, birch, elm and maple into ties, believing there was a more profitable market for thcin in that form. The following standard sizes of hiniber were reeoiiiinendpcl by tlie enmniittee; I'm:, i: Sti i r l!..rcMi l.eii;;ths: 1, i;. s. '.i. Hi. l:.'. II, KJ, l.s, -I'l and :;4 fei't. Widlhs: 1, (i. .V. in Miid 1- inch. .% inches thick. I'.ip.HitlS, liOt'OH I.en.sclhs: 4. 0. s. 1 ci. l-j, H. l(i and 18 and lid feet. Widths: -I. (i. K. Ill and I'J inches, 5/16 inches thick. lliacsSED I.f.MRKR i'iecp Sluff, Sl.SlIv 1%X3?4, l%x5%, ]%x7%, VJl.v^iyi. l%xll-%,',. Boards SIS, 13/1(! inch thick. Flooring, celling, sbipiap, drop siding. Widths: rji/i, aVi, IVi. OVi and ll^d inch face. Standard thickness 13/10 inch. tosroaj^iTOHJ^isSK^OTasTOig^igzaiTOatia iSJf TOy)^^'Ma^TO!t^t^^ro^^!rotli!>^OTi)Sl^^ Kiln^Dried Hardwoods If you were operating a planing mill, small furniture factory or doing any other work that lequired at times the use of thoroughly kiln-dried hardwood, and should find yourself wanting some of this thoroughly dried stock, would you know where to turn to get it or have any idea where to look for it? This question was brought to mind quite recently by a man who was contemplating making a feature of kiln-dried hardwoods for market. He had not thought of it as an entirely new enterprise, but owing to a certain circumstance he found himself with surplus kiln capacity and was making a study of the possibilities of han- dling hardwood and making a feature of offering kiln-dried stock. Did you ever" search through the advertisements of a lumber paper with this idea in mind? If you did you have realized that it is seldom met with. Kiln-dried stock is a fairly common phrase in yellow pine because the larger mills make a strong feature of kiln-drying. Hardwood mills, on the other hand, fight shy of the ;oQCQ^lj!^^>^:>^:/x)JC;i^.^^^ The Mail Bag Any reader »1 HARDWOOD RECORD desiring t» communicate with any of the Inquirers listed In this section can have the ad- drettes »n written request to the Mall Bag Department, HARD- WOOD RECORD, 537 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, and referring t» the number at the head of each letter and enclosing a self- addressed stamped envelope. B 593 — When Is Kiln-Dried Lumber Dry? Cinciminti. i).. Oit. .".il. — Kdlinr llAKiiwniiii Hkcohd : Wi' havi' lipon kiln (IryinK four oars of oak pi'r imintli fur tlic Inst jpar and have given alh of tile oak ilriod the Identical treatment, and have suecessfully used tbi.s lumber for making trim, base, etc., and it has been perfeetl.v satis- factor.v. Not Ions ago. however, we placed in our kilns a car of 1-incli plain oak, and in the same kiln we had some l-iuch plain oak for makint; Into base, etc. The stocks were put in the kiln at the same time. The carload referred to was shipped to a customer and he claims tliat it is iiot properij- kiln-dried. All the oak dried at the same time worked up In a most satisfactory manner. How can we determine whether tin- lumber was properly kiln dried or not V Ll'.mbkk CoMi'.tNY. The writer of the above letter has been referred to the "Mail Bag" article. "B 591," on I'age .'51) in issue H.a.rdwooI) Kecokd, October 25, for complete answer to his inquiry. — Kditor. B 594 — Seeks List Hickory Handle Manufacturers Mi'rioian. -Mi>s.. Oct. J.".— K.iliicir II..ki)w.>.ii. Kiorciiu. : Will yuu kinill.v send us a list of hickory handh' uianin'a.tnrcrs and vi'ry much oblige'.' I.l'.MKPUt COMI'.WV. The above correspondent has been supplied with a list of hickory liandle inamifaeturers.- — Editok. B 595 — Wants 5/8 Quartered Sycamore I'hiladelphia. I'a.. Oct. 24. — Editor ll.Miiiwoiiu Riaoiiu : We have a demand for lOO.dOU feet, of ."i/8 quartered sycamore, log run. Can you give us the name of anyone likely to have this stock? LUMBKR COMIWNY. The writer of the above letter ha.s been advised that it is doubtful if this quantity of % quartered sycamore is in stock anywhere in the United States. He has been supplied with a brief list of pro- ducers of this wood. Any others interested in the inquiry can have the address on application. — Editor. B 596 — Seeks Oak Dimension Meridian, Miss.. Oct. 30. — IMil. r ll.u:i.wipnii I!kimiiu>: We arc in the market for several cars of 4 to T inches wide, ,") feet (5 inches long, and 1x2%. 10% feet long, one face clear white oak dimension. ("an .von advise where we can purchase li'f Lumber Comi'any. We have supplied the above inquirer with a list of oak dimension producers. Any others interested in the iiupiiry can liave the ad dress on application. — Editor. B 597 — Wants Market for 2-Inch Black Walnut Omaha. Neb.. Nov. I. — Kiiitor IlAiunv.im. l!i,i .iiui : If possible, please advise us names of concerns who buy :;" black walnut. Thanking you in advance for any information you can give us along this line, we are. Any concerns interested in 2" black walnut can have the name of this company nhou application. — Editoi;. B 598 — ^Wants Market for IxlO-Inch and Up Prime Plain White Oak Cincinnati, o., (Jot. .31. — Editor Hardwood Record: We manufacture eoDsiderable l".tlO" and up prime iilain white oak, and are writing you to SCO If .vou can put us in toiuh with bu.vers of this stock. Anyone interested in buying material as above offered, can liave the address on application. — Editor. B 599 — Two Corrections A recent issue of H.\rd\vood Kkcord contained notices of the in- corporation of the below mentioned concerns. These concerns have discovered errors in statements made, according to the following letters : Plsgnh Forest, X. C, Oct. 27. — Editor Hardwood Record: In your i.-isiic of Oct. 10, page 39, .vou had a notice of the incorporation of the I .irr Lumber Company, stating that same is incorporated at ,f2,"),0ilo nihorized, of which $2, ,100 has been subscribed. This company is iiicor- I orated at .f2.50.0OO. all of which has been subscribed for, and we will very much appreciate it If you will make this correction in an early issue of your paper. Cark Lu.mber Company, Per Louis Carr. Ilendersonville. N. C Oct. 20. — Editor ILvrdwood Record: In a recent number of your paper Just received b.v us, we notice a mention of the incorporation of the .1. It. Willson Lumber Company We notice that you have made an error in naming the Incorporators. We iieg to advise that the olHccrs are as follows: E. E. Willson, nitslnn tli. Pa., president: Alexander Willson, Pittsburgh, Pa., vice-president; .T. 1: Willson, Hendcr- sonvilic, N. C, secretary and treasurer and general iii:inagcr. Capital stock, $25,000. Place of business, Ilendersonville, .N. c eial line of builders' supplies and does a wholesale and i mill business. Kindly note the correction. "Willson" is "U's" as we are .>^cotcIi-lrisIi. .1. It. Wii.i.sox Lisiiu: liy .7. It. Willson. secretary B600— Wants Oak Rim Strips Woodstock, (int., Nov. li.- Eilitor Hardwood Riccoki. know if you can give us the names and addresses of responsible partii who get out white and red oak rim strips. Wi' are in the market for T.j.OOo good strips. Handles a gen- itl and planing ■ lied with two COMPANY, nd treasurer. Kindly let us The writer of this letter has been supplied with a short list of manufacturers of the goods it seeks. Others can have the iKime and adilross on application to HARDWOOD Record. — Editor. v'.'cy.H:tlSiTOai^^ Clubs and Associations Fall Meeting of North Carolina Forestry Association The regular fall nn eting of the North Carolina Forestry .Associa- tion was held in the Cbaniber of Commerce rooms in Raleigh at 10:30, Sept. 30. .\lthough the attendance was not large, several important matters were transacted. The question of appointing delegates to the National Conservation Congress in Washington was taken up and dele- gates selected. Great care was exercised in selecting delegates who would attend, and a full representation of the association at the con- gress Is confidently expected. A resolution was adopted requesting the council of state to plant so far as is consistent with the scenic effect and with the plans of the council, a full collection of native North Carolina trees on the capitol grounds and the grounds of the governors mansion. This matter has since been brought to the attention of the council of state and it has expressed its willingness to accede to the request of the association. It was unanimously decided that the next annual convention of the association be held in some central town in the western part of the state. Heretofore, all meetings have been held in Raleigh and. for this reason, many of the western people, who are or should be interested, have been unable to attend. It was also decided that in connection with the meeting some side trip or other form of entertainment be ar- ranged. It is prob.able that the next meeting will be held in .isheville, toward the end of March or early in April. It is hoped that a side trip through the white pine plantations of tlie Biltmore Estate or through the conservative logging operations of the Carr Lumber Com- pany on I'isgah Forest, may be arranged. One of the principal objects of the meeting was to urge upon the legislature the importance of extending the stock law all over the state. The association has always stood firmly for the elimination of the open range conditions and has steadily advocated a state-wide stock law. As a large proportion of those in attendance were directly interested in the stock law measures being considered by the special session of the legislature, an earlj- ad.iournment was taken to permit the members to appear before the special legislative committee in charge of these bills. Largely as a result of this campaign, headed by the indefatigable en- thusiast. H. F. Keith of Wilmington, and strongly supported by the agents of the United States Department of -Vgrlculture, in charge of tick eradication work in this state, the legislature just adjourned has enacted a series of local bills extending the stock law over four more whole counties and parts of six others, and providing for elections on the stock law question in at least five additional counties. This is most encouraging; and if the present campaign can be kept up (and we in- tend to keep it up) Mr. Keith believes that within four years the whole state will be under this law. Big Gathering Planned at Memphis 'I'lie Lumbermen's Club of Meiupliis is again lo play the role of host to at l<'ast two lumber organizal Ions, and possibly three, at a date to Ir' arranged in the near future. It was dellnitely decided at the meeting of the club Nov. 1 that invitations would l)e extended to the Lumber- men's Club of Louisville and the Nashville Lumbermen's Club to attend the annual banquet of the local organization, and if the date can be so arranged as to include the new red gum association, which is to be for- mally launched here Saturday, Nov. lo, this function will be held on the evening of the latter 0,000. Lumbermen will have practically the entire be'neflt of this total investment as there will be no restrictions or disadvantages which they would not feel had they linanced the entire project themselves. In addition they will be relieved ot all such Tinancial troubles and will not be bothered with bond issues or anything of the sort. Thus it can be seen that the project, if carried through, would be immensely to the advantage of the Chicago lumber trade. Those who have not already taken space should surely get Into coramunieatlou with some member of the building committee as quickly as possible In order that they may secure satisfactory location in the building. The business meeting of the club was followed by an enjoyable stag affair, which was fairly well attended. It was carried off with the usual snap for which these functions, gotten up by the entertainment com- mittee of the club, are noted. Tlu' entertainment was ot a vaudeville nature. It was the first of the November functions listed, the next to be ladles' night, being an evening of ."iOO for members and guests. This will take place on November 12. On November 1S> there will be an informal dance for members and guests, while November 21) will be the date of nii-n's night, when auction l)ridge will be indulged in. Jlembers will be allnwed to bring guests to that affair also. With the Trade To Build Mill at Dyersburg, Tenn. ■Ihe I'rice-ltuhl l.umh. r (.ouipiiii.v has purebasid a tract ul' laud iu Dyersburg. Tenn., which will be used as a site for a big band mill. The machinery has already been ordered and the construction of the neces- sary buildings is under way. This firm, which has been only recently organized, will make a specialty of hardwood lumber. Grant S. Trice, who recently lost a mill by fire at Norwalk. O., is the ruling spirit in the new company. He decided that it would be more advantageous to rebuild the mill at Dyersburg than at the old location. Although spe- cial attention will be given to hardwood lumber a planing mill will be operated and building material of various kinds will be prepared for the mai-ket. The plant is to be one ot the largest of the kind in that part of the country. Starts Business at Memphis The II. D. .\lliMi I,n?!ih.'r Company is tiic iatist additiim to the hard- wood hiinbi'r industry of .Memphis. It is headed by II. D. Allen, who was until recently manager of the southern office of the Greble-Sine Lum- ber Company. He took charge of the Memphis business of this firm when Mr. Greble went to Chicago to look after the northern end, follow- ing the death of Mr. Sine. The new firm will handle lumber at wholesale and is identified with the Allen-Newman Lumber Company, which Is operating a mill at Pinkney, Ark., but which has its offices in Memphis. Although Mr. Allen is quite a young man he has had a wide and thorough experience in the Inardwood business, having been successively employed by the Three States Lumber Company, the Paepcke Leicht Lumber Com- pany, the Ford & Johnson Chair Company, the \V. D. Reeves Lumber Company and the Greble-Sine Lumber Company. Michigan Concern Will Cut Out The operations of the R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Company at East- lake. Slich., will be completed the present season and the company will close its plant at Eastlake. The timber resources of this concern are exhausted, and with the cutting of the last log the mill will shut down and operations of the salt block will be suspended. The company is under the receivership of the Michigan Trust Com- pany of Grand Rapids and imder the direction of the t'nited States court. Under other circumstances the company might continue the purchase of timberlauds tributary to its operations, but this is not likely with the receivership in effect. The R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Company is one of the best known concerns in western Michigan. The business was founded by E. G. I'eters, who began operations in a small way at Manistee forty years ago. He put all his resources into buying lands and his titles extended from Manistee to Cadillac and beyond. The entire tract has been stripped ot its forest and so at the close ot the present season there will be nothing left for the mill to cut. Death of Isaac Stephenson, Jr. Isaac Stephenson, Jr.. a nephew of Senator Isaac Stephenson, and son of Robert Stephenson, was found dead in his berth on a Chicago & Northwestern railroad train arriving at Milwaukee, Wis., on Oct. 28, en route to Chicago. The death was supposed to be directly due to heart failure. Mr. Stephenson had been manager of the Ludington-Van Schaack & Wells Company of Louisiana tor about fifteen years. He erected and had in entire charge the mill and operations of that company from the time of its inception up to its sale to the Long-Bell Lumber Company last year. Mr. Stephenson's health had not been good for some little lime. |.-iir this nasuu he was l.d 1.. tr\h-r from artic wurk. After disposing of the properly he returmil to his (,ld bunn' in .Menoniin.-e. Mich., where ho lived with a married daughter. Mr. Stephenson was well liked for Ills many pleasing cpmlllies. He was fifty-four years old. New Band Mill Warren Ross Lumber Company Till- new l>iiiid mill c.f lb.' Warn^n Itc.ss Limdii-r < '..iii]jiniy ai James- town. N. v.. is rcporled to be about completed. This conci-rn does an extensive business in hardwoods and the mill now being erected will be for the i>urpose of sawing cherry and mauogany, of which this concern has made a specialty for a number of years. The manufacture of Amer- ican hardwoods is a consideration that may come up at some future date, but is not in mind at present. To Manufacture All Kinds of Hardwood Flooring J. C. Alfrey of Crawl'orilsvilli'. Ind.. aniinnn( is tlinl tin- hardwood flooring business wliich hi' starled about three nionibs ago has been progressing nicely. Mr. Alfrey says that he has been merely filling the demand on tlio part of the local trade, but that he is now making exten- sive arrangements whereby he will increase the capacity of his plant about four times over the present capacity, and will then be in a position to ship straight or mixed cars of hardwood flooring in oak, maple and beech of various kinds and grades on the general market. Mr. Alfrey and his fatlier have been directly connected with the lumber and Hooring business for a great many years in Indiana, and their- product should find a ready sale. Meeting National Lumber Manufacturers' Credit Corporation Tni- annual mi'.'Iin..' "f lb' Natbmal I.ulnb.'r .Maniifacturrrs' Cr.^dit Corporatiou was held at thi' offices of the corporation at .Norfolk. Va., recently. The National Lumber Manufacturers' A.ssociatiim, which is the only stockholder, was represented by C. I. Millard. W. P. Roper, E. R, Baird and Secretary J. E. Rhodes. R. H. Downman of New Orleans was elected president of the corporation. The directors were also elected. It was decided to liold the next annual meeting of the stockholders at the offices of the company at Norfolk, the first Wednesday of June and that thereafter the regular annual meetings shall lie held on that day each year. Regular members of the executive committee were also elected, and in addition to R. H. Downman as president the following oflScers were elected : W. E. DeLaney, Cincinnati, vice-president ; J. A. Freeman, Pasadena, Cal.. treasurer, and J. E. Rhodes, Chicago, secretary. Peytona Lumber Company Building New Mill The new mill of ihe I'cyti.na Lumlur ;orters' Association is able to claim the credit for another result whereby the dilBcuitics in the way of shippers of lumber to foreign countries are overcome, this being a successful appeal to Den- mark ti> .securi' a recia.sslficatlon of gum. Denmark, along with other European countries, had put gum in tlie .same class with valuable cabinet woods, assessing the higher rales of duty on such woods. The exporters, of course, objecti'd as gum is one of the native woods, and through the .National Lumber Exporters' Association oHlccrs. the matter was brought to the attention of the Agricultural Iiepartment at Washington. Tlie Agricultural Department communicated with the Slate Department, and the latter, through tlie American minister to Copenhagen, brought the sub- ject to the notice of the DanLsh government, with the result that word has Just been received of a cornctlon of the classification. Gum going Into Denmark, therefore, will be taxed at a low rate. The letter advising the association of the action taken reads as follows ; Adverting to previous correspondence, and with special refi^rence to your letter of .Mav 14. ini.'i. concernin;; tin- Danish customs classification of the Importations of red gum luinher. the department is in reci'Ipt of a despatch from the American Legation at Copj-nhagen stating that n note had bien received by the Legation from the foreign ofllce to the effect that the Danish government, after a re-examination of the (piestion of the tariff classification of red gum lumber, has arrived at the conclu- sion that the lumber in question should be classified with native lumber and not. as has heretofore iK^en the ease, with foreign lumber of superior (luallty, and that the neces.sarv orders have bi'en given in order that red gum may be subject in the future to the lower tax. Similar representations made to Norway recently have also resulted In an aliatement of the regulations complained of by the National Lumber Exporters' Association, while In the case of Sweden, the organization was advised that no tariff is Imposed upon imports of lumber at all. Some time ago a satisfactory understanding with Hussia was reached. The first appeal of the kind was made to Haly some j'oars ago and the outcome was entirely acceptable to the exporters. Why European customs authorities should single out gum for such discrimination is somewhat m.vstlfying unless it be assumed that the designation of the wood as satin walnut serves to create the imiiresslon In the minds of the customs offlciais who have no prnclical knowledge of lumber that gum must be a choice wood. Prospects for Active Logging in Wisconsin Lumlier camps In norlliern Wisconsin are In need of labor, according to Edward Enimerson of Chiijpewa Falls, who lias returned from a tour of the camps. Every department in the camp has Increased wages this season, sawyers, for example, being paid $4.'> or an Increase of $."1. In some cases the camps are running with only half enough mi'n. All the old camps of the various lumber companies are opened and new ones are being erected. The coming winter will lie a busy one in logging circles. It Is expcclcd that the cut in Sawyer county will reach the 120.000,000 mark this year, which is far in excess of the usual cut but small as compared with the cut fifteen years ago. Tliere will be about seventy-five camps opened, which will require from 5.000 to 0.000 men. The timber to he cut is hardwood, hemlock and pine. Among the larger concerns the following are included : Kaiser Luruber t^'ompany of Eau Claire, operating on Thornapple and Flambeau rivers, 25,000,000 feet, to be sawed in the recently acquiretl old Daniel Shaw Lumber Company's mill at Eau Claire. The New Dells Lum- ber Company of Eau Claire, operating near Kennedy, 15,000.000 feet, to be shipped to Eau Claire. The Hines Lumber Company. Chicago, operat- ing north and south of both Winter and Draper in the recently purchased old We.verhaeuser holdings, 25,000.000 feet, to be shipped to Tark Falls. The Blakedale Lumlier Company, Couderay, operating on the Couderay Indian reservation, 5.000,000 feet, to he sawed at mills there. The Alpine Lumber Company. Grand liapids, near Couderay, ] 0.000,000 feet, to be shipped to its mill at Atlanta. The Frank Carter Company. Menomonie, G. 000.000 feet near mills at Lona Spur, Winter and Draper, where they will be sawed. Horel & Horel plan to cut 5.000.000 feet near Indian Post on the west fork of the Chippewa river and land at Crooked Rapids for shipment. The Rice Lake Lumber Company. 25.11011,000 feet for mills at Rice Lake, will cut on east fork of Chippewa river and on the Flambeau, and the Hammond Ch.mdler Lumber Company will cut 5.000^00 feet at the former place and ship from Winter to the Rice Lake mills. New Kates on Rough Material in Arkansas On Thursday. Oct. SO, the Railroad il'oruniission of .\rkansas issued an order establishing a new rate on rough material, which is welcomed by the lumber and timber interests. Tlie new rate, which applies to rough lumber, staves, flitches, bolts and logs in car load lots, is made at two cents per hundred pounds for hauls of twenty-five miles or less, and increases one-quarter of a cent for each additional ten miles up to 400 miles, which takes a rate of eleven and one-quarter cents. The order, which becomes effective on Nov. 10, was made after lengthy hearings had been held, at which both the railroad representatives and those represent- ing the lumber interests had been heard in full. The consideration of the rates came up upon application of the rail- roads for permission to raise the old rates. At the hearing the shippers argued that the old rates were too high, and should be lowered instead of increased. In view of these facts the lumbermen are viTy much elated over their victory. Will Experiment With Fireproof Paint Tests of alleged fireproof paint will soon he made by Howard V. Weiss, director of the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., and by Herman Von Schrenck, a well-known St. Louis chemical engi- neer. This will be done as the result of a conference In Chicago, Oct. 20, between representatives of the Forest Service. National Lumber Manu- facturer.s' Association and the Educational Bureau of the Paint Manu- facturers' Association of the Tnited States. It the tests prove .satis- factory it is the purpose to patent the paint In order to guarantw its purity. The paint may lie applied elthci- with a brush or by dipping. Forest Fires in North Carolina .Joseph S. Iloliiics. forester of the .North Carolina (ieoiogbal and Eco- nomic Survey, has published a bulletin In which he gives statistics In- tended to prove that the state loses large sums annually for the want of better methods of combatting fires. The loss last year was about $1,500,000, and much of It was due to fires which might have been pre- vented If the people had been properly organized and Instructed. This is the situation in many states. The time to attack a forest fire Is be- fore it lieglns. Mr. Holmes is one of the most aggressive and progressive state foresters In this country. He Is always pounding away on the subject of tree growing and forest protection, and if North Carolina does not come out of the wilderness of conservatism and take high rank among progressive states It will not he his fault. 40 HARDWOOD RECORD A Book on Logging A book contniniug nearly six luiiidi'cd pages has been Issued from the press of John Wiley & Sons, of New Yorl< and London, the well- known publishers of standard books on all phases of forestry, logging, and lumbering. The author of the work is Ralph Clement Bryant, pro- fessor of lumbering in Yale University. The book was prepared for use as a textljook in forest schools, but its usefulness will not stop there, for it is valuable to the operator in the woods, to the sawmill man, and to the timber owner. It is not only a textbook for the stu- dent bat it is a readable, interesting, and instructive treatise for all who work in the woods or with forest products. It covers the field more thoroughly than any other single book. After a very full discussion of forest resources, timber ownership, commercial tree species, timber insurance and timber bonds, the subject of logging is taken up. Beginning with labor, camps and tools, the discussion follows the various operations, such as felling the trees, meas- uring the logs, transporlation from forest to mill, skidway and storage Bites, aud all else that the practical operator should know. In the mat- ter of log transportation nlone, the following topics indicate the scope of the discussion : "Hand logging and animal snaking," "sleds and sled hauling," "wheeled vehicles," "power skidding," "aerial tramways," "timber slides and chutes," "forest railways." The construction and operation of the logging railroad is an inter- esting subject which the author handles from the engineer's and the practical man's standpoint, separate chapters being given on "inclines," "motive power and rolling stock," and "loading and unloading log cars." Water transportation is treated no less fully than is transportation by land. Chapters under this heading are "floating and rafting," and "flumes and sluices." Another valuable chapter gives a summary of logging methods in speciflc regions. The minor industries, which in- clude turpentine orcharding and the harvest of tan bark, are given a prominent place. The appendix is a veritable encyclopedia of useful information for the logger and lumberman, and consists of terms used in logging, log rules and tables of cubic contents, log grading rules, wage lists, stump- age values, and estimates of standing timber in many of the states. The book is illustrated with 133 pictures of scenes, processes and op- erations. Numerous books and reports are cited for the guidance of persons who may want fuller information on particular subjects. It was inevitable that such a book as this should appear, because there is a genuine demand for it. It will not displace any other work on the subject, but will occupy a place of its own. The author states in his preface that the work was prepared tor forest schools, but it is a safe prediction that the largest buyers will be lumbermen, from the lumberjack to the largest operator. The price is 313.50 net. Lidgerwood Overhead Skidders The Lidgerwood Manufictiiring Company of OG Liberty street. New York, has issued bulletin 54, setting forth the merits of the latest improvements in overhead skidders, as they have been developed by us- age with the large timber of the Pacific coast. This logging device is the result of constant improvement during twenty-seven years, since it was first used in southern cypress swamps. Its field has been enlarg- ing ever since, and logging by that method is now common in all im- portant timber regions. By its employment, logging can be done on tracts where horses and oxen cannot go, and. where the construction of steam roads would be expensive i£ not impossible. Overhead skid- ding lands the log more cheaply and in better condition than it can be done in any other way. The logs are brought in with one end sus- pended, or it necessary, they can be carried bodily through the air. The apparatus is operated by a crew of from nine to thirteen men. The Future Cut of Southern Pine Yale University has published a bulletin dealing with the future possibilities of shortleat and loblolly pine in the South. The study was made on a large tract in Arkansas and Louisiana, and the conclusions apply particularly to that locality, but with certain modifications they may be applicable in many parts of the South. It is claimed that for a period of one hundred years a tract should produce 150 feet, board measure, per year, under forest management. Part 1 of the bulletin was written by Herman H. Chapman, jjrofessor of forest management In Tale. A second part, dealing with utilization of timber with a view to reducing waste to a minimum, was written by Italph C. Bryant, pro- fessor of lumbering. Triangular Crossties The Great Northern Railway has been experimenting with three-sided ties. A considerable number have been in use for some time and the result is said to be satisfactory. As far as saving timber is concerned there will be no economy, since the new style tie contains as much wood as the old. The upper face is twelve inches. The claim is made that the shape cau.ses the piece of timber to imbed itself in the ballast more firmly, and it is less liable to hocome loose and roll about as the trains pass over. Connecticut Forest Study Yale University has published a bulletin by Ralph C. Hawle.v, as- sistant professor of forestry in that institution, on "a working plan for the woodlands of the New ll.i\en Water Company." The interest of the public in this matter is due to the methods employed and the results attained in scientific forestry. Whatever proves to be practical on the tract of 8,000 acres in Connecticut may be safely undertaken on a larjter scale where conditions are similar. The work has been in progress about twelve years, aud the bulletin gives the result up to the present time. An Excellent Arbor E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc. of Indianapolis have just secured a patent on a sliding sleeve arbor for use ctn automatic saw sharpening machines. The machine insures the proper finish in both the face and back of the tooth, no matter how irregular (he feed s>t the machine may be. It satisfactorily overcomes the burning of saw teeth, which hardens the metal, renders the tooth brittle, causes it to crumble in the cut, making it impossible to properly swage. The accompanying illustration shows the arbor In position and attached to the head of a Hanchett machine. A Covel saw or any standard gum- mer can also be used in connection with this arbor, or it can be made of proper specifications for any grinding machine. The upper or inside spring may be removed and the hub holding tht grinding wheel adjusted to any desired distance from the stationary collar, thus giving an automatic grinding action. This hub may be placed against the collar, which will give a stationary grind on back of tooth. The lower spring is held in place by two small jam nuts, which regu- late the pressure on the spring. At no lime will the wheel grind into AI'KIN8 .\.\ V SLIDING SLEEVE ARBOIt the face or back of the tooth so as to injure it. After adjusting, its work will require no supervision from the filer, so there is no possibility of injuring the saw tooth. It is stated in the instructions that should the feed finger fail to bring the tooth up to the Correct position, the lower spring releases the grind- ing wheel sufliciently to prevent burning. It the feed finger brings the tooth to position too quickly, the upper spring releases the grinding wheel, thus preventing injury to the tooth. The arbor is furnished complete with all attachments and wrenches for adjusting the collar to any standard automatic saw sharpening or grinding machine. The Smithsonian Annual Report Those who are interested in keeping up with the latest advance in scientific investigation will read with profit the annual report of the Smithsouiau Insiitutlon, Washington. D. C. for 1912. It is a volume of 780 pages, with numerous illustrations, and its scope is indicated by a partial list of the special articles it contains : The Year's Progress in Astronomy : Tlie Spiral Nebulae ; The Radiation of the Sun ; Molecular Theories and Mathematics ; The Connection Between Ether and Matter ; Experiments with Soap Bubbles ; Measurements of Infinitesimal Quanti- ties of Substances : Latest Achievements in Chemical Industry ; Holes in the Air ; Recent Great Eruption of the 'Volcano Stromboli ; The Glacial and Post-Glacial Lakes of the Great Lakes Region ; Applied Geology ; The HARDWOOD RECORD 41 Relation of Paleobotany to Geology : A Trip to Madagascar : The Fluctu- ating Climate of North America : Ants and Their «uests : Expedition to the South I'olc : The Slnal rrohUm ; ami nmn.v ..lliers. Help Wanted Veneer manufacturers are necessarily In the habit of buying lu con- siderable quantities their veneer logs from selected trees picked up In small gr'iups In different parts of the rural sections. The men who do the work of collecting and shipping these logs are usually not overly equipped in the matter of the tlner points of modern schooling, nor are their business communications usually suitable ns models for commer- cial school courses. A fair example of this type of communication Is shown lu this connection. This communication was received on a postal card. (Kemember that it was a postal card iu reading the text) : "In (Jlosi iind 2 Rl of Ladtn Ood 1 Mor Car to r..ode there ar 17 Logs Wood like to have the Money for the lodlng." It is Interesting to cote that the most clearly defined section of the communication Is that referring to the remuueration requested. Utilizing Dogwood Waste The cuttings from billets constituting the raw material in shuttle man- faclure arc small nieces, but a way has been found of putting them to use lu the manufacture of knife handles. The smallest of such are known In the trade as "scales" ; that is, the sides of pocket knife han- dles. Expensive foreign woods are frequently Imported for this class of articles ; but dogwood answers the purpose nearly as well. It is not diflicult to stain or dye the wood any desired color. Most of the shuttles used by textile mills in this country arc of dogwood cut in the south- ern states, from Virginia to Florida, and west to the Mississippi river. A New Clothes Stick A genius with an inventive turn d' mind has invented a clothes stick for manipulating laundry In the wasli tub. He will go a long way if he has s-omething better than the sawed-off broom handle which has been used time out of mind In agitating the wash during the critical period which it spends In the boiler. If the new stick is not made of wood, lumbermen will have just cause to complain of the dangerous in- roads of substitutes. Tbe Shoe Last Trade America is not supplying the whole world with shoe lasts, but is fur- nishing lasts to a large portion of the world. They go to all the lead- ing countries. Even China, where the usual kinds of shoes are not much worn, is a regular customer of American shoe last factories. Most lasts are of maple. It Is popularly supposed that large quantities of beech are used In this business, but statistics do not show it. The quantity is very small. Xo lasts are made of soft woods, but "forms" and "trees" are manufactured of basswood, yellow poplar, and various other species. These are used In making ru!)ber boots and shoes, and tor Inserting In shoes to hold them iu shape when not in use. Austrian Wainscot Oak .-Vmerlcan oak competes with Austrian oak in the European markets. The London Timber Trade Journal says that a remarkable state of af- fairs exists in Slavonia, the region which supplies some of the best Austrian oak. On the one hand, there is a slump, while on the other there is a rise in prices The really first-class lots, from which the export material, such as wainscots, squares, etc.. Is produced, show a steady advance, but in the forests where material of lower quality is to be found there has been a decided, drop in prices. The most important point Is the fact that the production of sawed wainscot, which was decidedly re- duced laft .vear, will be still more curtailed this year. Firms which previously produced sawed wainscots in large quantities are being pushed out of the market, as the forests suitable for making that class of wainscots are being held by firms who are selling the wood in the round to Germany. Consequently, a great reduction is to be expected in the production of sawed wainscots, and it is almost certain that no large quantities of this wood will appear on the market next year. The general opinion Is that wainscots will rise In price, and even should one or two merchants have a larger quantity on hand, which thev could. It so disposed, sell at the old prices, there is no doubt, on account of the absolutely small stock, that a rlsr will be the result. Canal's Effect on Trade The revolution in transportation ol the world, which will follow the completion of the Panama canal, is proving a subject of increased interest In Japan, according to a recent issue of Trade and Transportation. From the standpoint of distance the new trade route opened by the Panama canal will place Japan in a much better position than she occu- pies today. The course from Yokohama to New York, Japan's great silk and tea market, will he shortened by some 3,500 miles, as compared with the route by way of Suez, and for steamers maintaining a speed of twelve knots this will mean a saving of about twelve days. For ports south- ward from New York the distance will, of course, be still further reduced, while by way of Suez Increases the distance. Thus, from Japan to all points south of New Y'ork there will be a saving of from 3,300 to 5,700 miles as compared with the Suez route, and the saving In time will be from nine to twenty-six days, according to the size and speed of the steamer. For Japan's more Important exports, however, the route by Suez Is too slow to he of practical utility, and such goods ns tea and silk have to be sent overland to eastern America by way of San Francisco and Seattle. At present this reduces the time but greatly Increases the cost. Japan, therefore, looks upon the new route as calculated to bring about a radical change In trade with the United States and a change on the whole favorable to herself. Trade with America has In the last few years shown a remarkable development. Out of a total volume of 961,000,000 yen In trade last year, some 231,- 000,000. or about 30 per cent, represented trade with the United States. The figures for exports and Imports stand as follows : America, 231,000,- 000 yen : China, 150,000,000 yen ; Britain. 130,000,000 yen ; India, 120,- 000.000 yen : Germany, 08,000,000 yen ; France, 49,000,000 yen. It is therefore evident that America occupies the first place In Japan's foreign trade, and of this 142,000,000 yen represents exports. The changes anticipated from the opening of the Panama canal will therefore prove of supreme importance to both countries. In other respects American exports to Japan would bo anfecled favor- ably as against those of Europe. At present Japan draws a great volume of her Imports in steel rails, iron and steel plate, pipes, and so on, from Europe ; but the new route will probably turn this order to America. The same will likely prove true of cars, engines and freight wagons. In regard to leather, paper and petroleum the future is supposed to favor exports from America. The Brittous Rejoice Some of the business men In England are just now congratulating themselves on what they term Great Britain's diplomatic victory over the United States in the matter of tolls at Panama. The President is quoted as saying that he has come to the conclusion that the British contenion has been correct "that free tolls for American shipping arc a violation of treaty obligations, " and the conclusion is added that the "administration is confident that It will now be able to secure the re- peal of the clause." It the outcome proves as satisfactory to our cousins in Great Britain as they anticipate, there will be no occasion for thera to carry out their threat to build a canal of their own. Repairing School Furniture in London The London school board maintains a shop for the purpose of repair- ing school furniture. This shop has been In operation ten years or more. For some reason, which has not beeu explained, repairs are growing smaller and fewer, and in order to keep the shop busy, the men were recently set to work making new furniture. That cour.sc did not meet with approval from the authorities, and an order was passed that the shop should confine Itself exclusively to repair work. British Columbia's Timber David F. Wilbur, United States consul at Vancouver, British Columbia, recently supplied the government with Interesting figures In degard to the timber resources of that province. The total wooded area is placed at 100,000,000 acres, and the quantity of timber at 300.000,000,000 feet. The area Is large, but the total stand Is less than many have supposed. The state of Washington alone contains a third more timber than the whole of British Columbia. The present annual sawmill cut In that province is not one-third that of Washington. It fact, it is approximately the same as that of Arkansas. The annual growth is estimated to exceed the cut five fold. The province has organized a forest service and has it in good working order. .-Vn export tax of one dollar a thousand feet is charged on timber, but there are exceptions. The export tax brought in $35,225 last year, from a total ot 53,280,000 feet shipped. More than half of the total exports was western red cedar. British Columbia mills are unable to sell their low-grade lumber In the United States because of the taritf. and It is shipped across the Rocky mountains to the prairie regions of Canada. Here it comes In competition with lumber shipped from the United States. In 1912 the Imports from the United States into the prairie region ot Canada amounted to $3,309,- 958. This competition Is keenly felt In British Columbia, and was referred to in the provincial forester's report as follows : "The total quantity of the lumber Imported into British Columbia's field ot trade In the first ten months of 1912 was 257.053,000 feet. The average price of this lumber was from $11.07 to $11.44 per 1,000 feet, which shows that the market could have used the low-grade lumber from the British Columbia mills. As the direct result of this importation from the I'nited States, approximately 250,000,000 board feet of timber were left lying in the woods ot British Columbia or went to the in- cinerators. "The importation ot American lumber was 15.8 per cent greater In 1012 than iu 1911. The imports of American cedar In particular have In- creased most rapidly, being 381 per cent greater in 1912 than in 1911. This choking of the natural market with foreign low-grade material Is seriously impeding the development ot forest conservation In British Columbia. The .Vmerlcan manufacturer pays no duty on his sawmill machinery. He produces lumber more cheaply than it can l)e produced In Canada. On the average there is a larger proportion high grade limber in the United Slates than in Canada; a larger percentage ot uppers and clears Is produced than Is possible In British Columbia. The American 42 HARDWOOD RECORD RED CUM ( Leading Manufacturers i Our Corps of Inspectors Intelligent! Highly Trained! Conscientious! Is assurance that you will get what your or- der calls for when you buy Gum from us. Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company Cape Girardeau, Missouri St. Francis Basin HARDWOODS Band Sawn ^ Geo. C. Brown & Company Proctor, Ark. (1 Hour from Memphis on C. R. I. & P. Ry.) manufacturer makes a profit on the uppers and clears and can afford to realize on the low-grade stock at a low price. "This is not the case in British Columbia. Both in the interior and on the coast conservative logging would produce a large amount of low- grade material. But the trouble is that the British Columbia millman can not sell his low-gi'ade material ; the British Columbia logger can not sell his low-grade logs, therefore the low-grade lumber goes into the burner or is used for fuel, and the low-grade logs stay in the woods." The British Columbia lumber exporters are looking forward with in- terest to the completion of the Panama Canal, expecting that it will largel.v increase the lumber exports of the province, as the shippers of British Columbia lumber will be enabled to land their product at Atlantic coast ports for about one-half the present rate overland by railroad, and also cheaper than the Pacific coast states, on account of transportation on other than American vessels. Oak Leaves as Silkworm Food The leaves of the white mulberry tree have been regarded as the only possible food for silkworms for generations. Even the red mulberry has been tried and found wanting. Worms which fee* on leaves of any other tree than the white mulberry produce silk of a quality so inferior that it has little chance in the marltet. At least, such has been the understanding of silk dealers in this country. However, that belief seems to have been not well founded. Recently U. S. Consul Julean H. Arnold of Cheefoo, China, investigated the silk industry of Shantung province, and was surprised to find that the Chinese were feeding the worms on oak leaves and were manufacturing the product into pongee silks, for which that part of China is noted. Between fifteen and sixteen thousand men are engaged in the industry. In that part of China practically the only wheeled vehicle known is the wheelbarrow, of which thousands are in use. They carry as much as 2,000 pounds, but in that case a donkey pulls while the coolie pushes. The silk trade in that region is said to be steadily increasing, though modern improvements have scarcely made any inroad upon the people's ways of working. Building Operations for October Building operations are fluctuating this season from month to month. In August the comparison with August last year was unfavorable. In September the showing was favorable. In October the pendulum swings back to the other side. The statements of building permits issued by 56 cities and received by the American Contractor, Chicago, reach a total valui- of .<4.j,004.11i;. as i-om|iared with S;.j:;,1(!7,Si)(I f..r (ictuber, 1!)]2, a decrease of 14 per eenl. Twenty-three cities, liowever, report gains. .\mong the more notable of these are Albany, with 114 per cent gain: t'edar Itaplds, 130 per cent: Chattanooga, 55 per cent: Columbus, 72 per cent: nallas. SO per ci'nt : Kansas City, 72 per cent: I'eorln, 92 per cent; I'Htsburgh, 71 per cent: Toledo, 115 per cent. The tabulation for the first ten months of the year also makes an unfavorable showing when compared with the splindld conslruction work of last year. Seattle in October issued building prruiii Comparisons In detail are as follows: October, city. 1913. Akron » 4ll."t.425 Albany 781.«(15 Atlanta 338.:i40 Baltimore «!>7.(!0(i Buffalo 1.347.000 Cedar Rapids 4»0,000 Chattanooga 89,470 Chicago 9.314.100 590.005 519,435 252.225 241,703 212,452 15.5,385 257,863 608.605 573.048 'city 1,540,705 Lincoln 89,037 Los Angeles 1,701,550 l.oiiisville 332,580 ^t,.lM h.-..iter 149.022 Ahiiil.liis 196,990 Milvviukee 1,210,123 .polls 1,240.950 <;rand Rapids Hartford Indianapolis li. Ih.- valii. ..f .$4- 4,100. October, — Per Cent — 1912 Gain. Loss. ? 490.845 :i«5.n75 114 2,1 15.007 i,oi».r,.'-,4 84 31 l.lilli.OOO 23 2H.IKMI 135 57.840 8.745.000 0 71)8,1)25 27 1,910,260 3 341.983 72 274,875 89 196,550 28 4.50,510 46 178.785 19 227.415 32 218.092 18 422,805 44 757,445 24 893.335 72 74.525 19 .\i' leans 73,496 675,530 214.785 208,750 York- nhattan 2,990,843 Brooklyn 2,653.080 Bronx 907.397 Total 6,457.320 Omaha 294,025 Paterson 172,605 Peoria 291.909 Philadelphia 2.716,860 ^ tsburgh 1,362.387 Richn Ro Paul Louis t Lake City. 1 Francisco . 147.060 735,403 61.128 804.252 S20,n7:i 171, 7!!.". 1.118,280 102.251 84.485 140,340 110,015 868.165 51.695 600.932 206,687 494.044 Total $45.004. 160 Shreveport Spokane . . Springfield Topeka Washington Wilkes-Barre Worchester . 7.-.o,glU l,lsil,7(lli 1.117.:i8Cl 65.518 773,748 399,465 187.632 3,221.485 3.379.847 2.400.189 9.061.521 22.5.305 1.59,587 151,875 3.044.225 797.999 426,520 915.121 112.325 809.940 1.454.125 126,210 1.53,613 145,330 78,815 404.553 70.207 803,123 281,104 739,509 ■.107,80(1 •iiM>5iMMiaiiWMittwaiW)iWtBJii?^^ 'News Miscellany :-< MISCELLANEOUS y gton, incorporated at ch., has been succeeded by ucorporated at The Williamson Luiobrr Compauy has b Ky.. with .foO.OOU capital stock. The Little Motor Car Company of Flint the Cheverlett Motor Car Company. The Bridgeport Spoke Works is the style of a con Bridgeport, Ala., with $10,000 capital stock. The Peoples Manufacturing Company recently organized at Greenfield, Ind. This concern will manufacture refrigerators. ri. L. Hall, secretary and treasurer of the Excel Manufacturing Com- pany, Shelbyville. Ind., has sold his interest in that concern. The T. C. McVey Lumber and Tie Company has been incorporated at Charleston, W. Va. The company has .$25,000 capital stock. The Columbia Furniture Company has started business at Canton, O. The concern is incorporated and has a capital stock of .$10,000. The D'Heur & Swain Lumber Company of Seymour. Ind., announces that on Xov. 1 it changed its name to Swain-Koacb Lumber Company. The George Webster Lumber Company, Springfield, Mass., has Increased its capital stock from ,$100,000 to $200,000, one-half of it to be preferred. The .Jacob Wiser Company is the style of a recentlj' organized concern which has incorporated with ,$75,000 capital stock to manufacture chairs and beds. Burton Hull and E. E. Wadsworth have engaged in a partnership to conduct a wholesale hardwood lumber business at Kendallville, Ind, The HARDWOOD RECORD 43 compniiy will ocrupy uu ucif of «iound iind Imve 000 feet uf Iraik (or swltililiiK and will carry In stock about 125 cars of hardwood lumber from West Virginia mills. =-< CHICAGO >• The stln-La^-^r Veneer Company is the style of a recently organized concern which will do a general lumber and veneer commission business at Chicago. Sidney Austin and William Eager are the Incorporators. IIeadi|uariers are In the Steinway building. J. C. Knox of Cadillac, Mich., secretary of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, stopped at Chicago last week on his way to Eau Claire, Wis., where he attended the meeting of the Northern nemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. George E. Eosler of the Foster-Latimer Lumber Company, Mellen, Wis., and H. B. Goodman of the Goodman Lumber Company, Goodman, Wis., spent several days in Chicago following their attendance at the meetinu- of the Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers' Association at Eau Claire. William Hopkins of the New Kiver Lumber Company, Cincinnati, O . was in Chicago several days of last week. M. L. Pease of the Galloway-rcase Company, Poplar Bluff, Mo., spent most of this week with the local trade on business. C. H. Barnaby of Greencastle, Ind.. president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, was in Chicago last week in conference with Frank I". Fish, secretary of that association. F. W. Hanley of the WiUiamson-Kuny Mill & Lumber Company, Mound City, 111., spent most of last week with the local trade. James F. McSweyn, president and general manager of the Memphis Band Mill Company. Memphis, Tenn., spent Wednesday and Thursday of last week with the local trade. II. C. Ilossafous of Dayton. O., prominent as a veneer manufacturer, was In the city a couple of days last week. G. H. Evans of the G. II. Evans Lumber Company, Chattanooga, Tenn., spent several days of last week in Chicago on a business trip. W. W. Gillespie has sold his interest in the veneer concern of Houghton & Gillespie, to his former partner, T. E. Houghton. Hakdwood Kecokd is in receipt of a postal card from R. S. Bacon of the R. S. Bacon Veneer Company, North Ann street, Chicago. Mr. Bacon has been making an extensive trip abroad investigating the source of supply of Circassian walnut. He wrote from Tiflis, in the province of Trans-Caucasia, Russia, which is in the heart of the Caucasus mountains, from where comes the Circassian walnut of commerce. H. C. Miller of the Hardwood Mills Lumber Company, Chicago, left on Thursday of last week for a two weeks' hunting trip in Wisconsin. He went directly to Merrill, from where he struck out into the countr.v. He is equipped for deer hunting and anticipates an enjoyable vacation. Thomas McFarland of the Thomas McFarland Lumber Company, Cairo. 111., was a recent visitor to the local trade. -< PHILADELPHIA >■ Charles K. Parry of Charles K. I'arry & Co., sole selling agents for the Carolina Spruce Company. Pensacola, N. C, recently returned from an extended stay at the plant, with the report that they are cutting 90,000 feet of spruce and hardwood a day. Mr. Parry says the logs they are turning out, especially in chestnut, oak and ash, are of the highest grade and the best they ever marketed. Mr. Parry also visited their plant in Selma, N. C, where they are shipping short and long leaf pine, of which they have a cut ahead which will keep t'oem busy for the next five years. The Whiting Lumber Company reports more liberal orders recently with business keeping fairly steady on the whole. No decided improvement in trading is anticipated until the disturbing local and national questions are settled. Robert Vt. Schofleld of Schofield Brothers, owners of the Saltkeatchie Lumber Company, Schofield, S. C. who recently returned from their mill, says they are pushing their plant to full capacity getting out ex- '■ellent stock, among which is some fine poplar and cypress. Mr. Scho- field says business is only fair at this time, but they have many large orders on hand which will keep them busy for some time. J. H. Campbell of Currie & Campbell reports business spasmodic and prices weak. They are cutting lumber every day at their mill, but are not inclined to force it on the market. Frederick S. Underbill of Wistar, Underbill & Nixon says they are feeling the potent changes in the administration, but there is nothing to denote a panicky condition in the near future. Orders are booked right along, but it requires more hustling to get them as buyers are conservative. William r. Shearer of Samuel H. Shearer & Son reports business run- ning along fairly well, with perhaps a shade of Improvement. He does not look for normal trading until the various disturbing political ques- tions are settled. Frank T. Rumbarger, well-known lumberman of this city, has joined the selling staff of the Thomas E. Coale Lumber Company. The Frackvllle Lumber & Supply Company, Frackville, Pa., was recently chartered under Pennsylvania laws, capitalized at $5,000. The Current River Lumber Company, New York, was Incorporated under Delaware laws. Capital $100,000. Application was made recently by the Pacific Timber Company to change its name to the California Timber Company, with a capital stock of $500,000. RED CUM I Leading Manulacturers i Baker-Matthews Manufacturing Co. Sikeston, Mo. Band Sawn Southern Hardwoods SPECIALTIES RED GUM, PLAIN OAK SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES MILLER LUMBER Marianna, Arkansas CO. ST. FRANCIS BASIN RED GUM We offer for immediate shipment: 5 Cars 4/4 1st & 3nd Sted Gum .5 Cars 5/4 1st & 3nd Red Gum 2 Cars 6/4 Ist £ 2nd Red Gum 1 Car 8/4 1st * 2nd Red Gum 3 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Red Gam 2 Cars n i No. 1 Cora. Red Gum 1 Car 6 4 No. 1 Com. Red Gum t Car 8 '4 No. 1 Com. Red Gum 3 Cars 4 4 13 to 17" Gnm Box Bds. .\U band sawn stock, good percentage 14 and 18' lengths. Modern equipment backed by 25 years' practical experience is our guarantee of proper handling of your orders. We also manufacture other hard- wood lumber and box shooks. ARCHER LUMBER COMPANY HELENA, ARKANSAS Manufacturers of HARDWOODS SPECIAL ITEMS THIS .MONTH PLAIN RED GUM QTRD. RED GUM 248,075' 4 4 Is & 2s. I 7,716' 4 4 Is & 28. 402,222' 4 4 No. 1 C. 12,235' 4 4 No. 1 C. 79,645' 6 4 No. 1 C. | 6,219' 6 4 1» & 2s. 47,288' 8 4 Is & 2s. 26,805' 6 4 No. 1 C. Quartered Red Gum Plain and Quartered Gum, Two Years on Sticks 4/4", 5 4 ", 6 4 " and 8 4" Thicknesses 3 " No. 1 Common and Better Soft Elm Bone Dry Mark H. Brown Lumber Company Hardwood Manufacturers Mounds, Ark. Mil.- West of MemphlK. T^mi. 44 HARDWOOD RECORD Horace G. Ilazai-d of the lliiton-Duilne Liiiiilior Conipiin.v says business is a little brighter, but prices are still Irregular. lie is liopctul oi: a stronger market when the cold weather sets In. F. W. Unkel says the unsettled prices make selling more difficult at this time and competition keener. Buyers are not disposed to go beyond actual requirement. E. H. Cathrall, seventy years old. a well-known Uimlierninn, died Nov. 2. He retired from active business some years ago, bc'ing suocoi'dcd by his son E. H. Cathrall, Jr. I FOREST PRPDUCT3 EXP05ITIGN CHICAGO COLISEUM APR,30-MAY9 NEWYOI^ 6IPDCENTRALRALACEMAY21-30 Grant T. Stephenson Constructing Engineer Wood Distillation Plants for Utilization of Wood Waste WELLS, MICHIGAN ^ Fitzgibbons & Krebs Patent Ele- vated Traveling Derrick propels itself on 28-ft. gauge track. ^ No guy wires. ^ Write to O. M. Krebs, Mallory B:-^nch, Memphis, Tenn., or to P. F. Fitzgibbons, Chattanooga, Tenn., for pamphlet fully illustrating and explain- ing the derrick. Also ask for list of users. =■< NEW YORK >.= liatiou will be The annual meeting of tb'- N' w York Lumber Trade held at headquarters on W'ednesda.v, Nov. 12. The Empire Stale Forest I'roducts Association will hold its annual meeting and dinner in Xew York, Nov. 13. This association Includes nearly all of the lumber manufacturers of northern New York and some of the pulp and paper interests. It has had a good Influence on forestry legislation in the state. The meeting will be held in the rooms of the Merchants' Association, Woolworth building. Vicegerent Kammer is working hard on the Hoo-IIoo concatenation to be held Nov. 14 at Lisenweber's. A good class of kittens is assured. The Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Company has lately Installed a new seven-foot- Clark band mill. The company Installed this additional equip- ment to take care of spe/cial requirements of the trade during the active period for log importations. The log pond has been enlarged to accom- modate 3.000,000 feet of logs in storage. H. L. Black, known 1o the local hardwood trade through former con- nections, is sales representalive in this section for Caflish Brothers, James- town, N. Y'. Mr. Black's headquarters are at the Monticello hotel, 35 West Sixty-fourth street. II. W. Ailing, sales manager of the company, spent several days in town during the fortnight. The A. Sherman Lumber Company, wholesaler of hardn-ood lumber and flooring, will handle the output of the Redwood Manufacturers' Com- pany of San Francisco, in local and Long Island, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New England territory. E. S. Foster, for many years a figure in New York hardwood circles, is president of a new corporation known as the Woodbury-Foster Lumber Company. W. II. Woodbury, Asheville, N. C, is treasurer. The com- pany operates a hardwood mill on the Southern railway and will have an assembling yard at Asheville with dry kilns and planing mill. The company will specialize in dressed stock, dimension, moulding, trim, etc., in addition to rough lumber business. Mr. Foster is located at 81 East One Hundred and Twenty-flfth street, selling office. L. H. Street, selling representative for Clark Brother.?, sawmill ma- chinery house, Olean, N. Y., was a recent visitor to New Y'ork. He reports good business and has made several sales in the metropolitan district. George H. ISeeves, prominent lumberman and box manufacturer of Brooklyn, died Oct. 25 at his home in Greenport, L. I. He was 75 years old. His entire business career had been in the lumber and box business, dating back to 1870. A. C. Tuxbui-y, head of the A. C. Tuxbury Lumber Company, Charleston, S. C, and the Northern Lumber Company, North Tonawanda and New York City, died at his home in Montclair, N. J., Oct. 28. He was well known in the hardwood trade of New York. =•< BUFFALO y- The Automobile Club of Buffalo held a Hallowe'en celebration on Oct. 29 and the lumbermen were largely represented among the several hundred who took part in the festivities. The committee in charge was headed by I. N. Stewart as chairman, and among the other members were O. E. Y"eager, C. Walter Betts, J. B. Wail and A. W. Kreinheder. The clubhouse and grounds were decorated appropriately for the occasion. According to Edward N. Smith of Watertown, who delivered an ad- dress at the state waterways association meeting at Albany on Oct. 31, the water power of New York state developed to its full capacity would give employment to 3,000,000 persons and support a population of 12,000,000. He argued for the adoption o£ the proposed amendment to the state constitution permitting the flooding of state forest lands for the construction of storage reservoirs. / The hardwood firm of I. N. Stewart & Bro. has been dissolved, Hugh A. Stewart retiring and I. N. Stewart continuing the business, in which he has been interested for twenty years. H. A. Stewart has gone to the Pacific coast, where he will probably engage in lumber business. W. K. Jackson of Jackson & Tindle, who recently returned from a busi- ness trip to Michigan, is now spending some time at his new timber tract in northern Ontario. Hugh McLean has returned from a short vacation trip to Gatineau Elver, Canada. While away he attended the wedding of his niece. Miss Edith McLean, daughter of Angus McLean of Montreal, to Dr. A. L. Gilday of that city. S. B. Taylor has returned from a long trip to the lumber centers south of the Ohio, where he found business decidedly quiet. He considers the difficulty to have been an overbuying of stock late last season. Alfred Swanson has been spending some time in Pennsylvania lately, looking after the shipping of hardwoods for J. M. Briggs & Co. He has also been doing some pheasant hunting during the past month. B. F. Ridley of Davenport & Ridley, has been spending a good deal of time during the past month in Pennsylvania, shipping chiefly basswood and maple, for which tlie yard has a fair demand. The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company has been getting In some oak, chestnut and poplar lately and reports that there has been a very fair demand for hardwouds in general. Miller, Sturm & Miller are getting in fair-sized stocks of oak, chestnut and maple and state that business, while not very active, is better than it was during the summer. HARDWOOD RECORD 45 =-< PITTSBURGH >-= ll.'iiry \aiiosil.ll. I'rod E.lwar.H an.l \V. Ii, Uanvill.' liav lioiinlit tli.> liaiTt'lsiiu lumber yard at Asblaud, U., aud will run it under Ibo uauio of tbe II. V. & E. Company. The C. r. Caugliey Lumber Company, aceording to Manager S. A. Eeaman. Is doing well this fall. It has cut out Its original operation In Butler county, but has recently secured another nice tract of hardwood timber there, also an operation in Center county, Pa., and one In West Virginia. Jos. \V. Cottrell is doing a fine business In mining stock from the branch offlee at Uniontown. Pa. He has a splendid lot of mixed hard- woods available for this purpose. The engagement is announced of A. Adclman, president of the Adel- man Lumber Company, and Lillian Adelman of New Jersey. The wed- ding win probably take place late this winter. The Freehold Lumber Company has added a new salesman and is work- ing the Ohio trade very hard at present. Sales Manager Uobcrt Gannon is not at all discouraged over the outlook, as business is coming right along. The Duquesne Lumber Company broke all records in October for ship- ments from Its big plant at Braemer, Tenn. President A. Rex Flinn spent a few days at that plant last week. Butl'llng operations in Pittsburgh in October made a substantial gain. The total for last month was 2f>4 projects, amounting to $1.3G2,.387, os :iiparcd with $797,'J00 in 0>tob.;r. i:'!:;. -< BOSTON y- riie Perry Lumber Company has been organized in Eastport, Me., with apital stock of ?10,000. Ambrose S. Blanchard of Eastport is president and treasurer. Swain & Baggs have organized at Berwick. Me., for the purpose of carrying on a wholesale lumber business. Charles B. Swain of Medford. Mass., is president, and Francis G. Baggs of Bingham, Mass., is treasurer. Both Messrs. Swain and Baggs are well known in the lumber trade in Boston. Thomas Alfred Wilson, manager of the Wilson Lumber Company, Con- cord, Mass., was married Oct. 25 to Miss Bessie Alice Hunt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hunt. The final certificate of dissolution of the States Lumber Company, New Haven, Conn., has been filed. This certificate states that the assets of .the company have been divided among the stockholders. The Lincoln County Lumber Company of Bath, Me., has been reorgan- ized under the name of the Bath Box Company. Arthur J. Dunton has been elected president and Wellington Moore treasurer. Fred A. Crossman of Kingfield, Me., is reported to have opened a new woodworking plant at Rochester, N. H. He is located in a part of the building occupied by the' Rochester Lumber Company. Elmer E. Doc, who for several years has been manager of the E. L. Chandler Lumber Company, Orleans, VI., has been elected a director of the Parker-Young Company and the Rickford Lumber Company, two well- known Vermont lumber companies. The E. O. Lake Lumber Company, Boston, was recently Incorporated with a capital stock of .$50,000 by Elmer O. Lake, Carl E. Milliken and Belmont Emerson. =-< COLUMBUS >•- The Churn & Washer Company of St. Marys, O., has taken over the plant and patent rights of the Easy Washing Machine Company. A movement is on foot among business men's organizations and archi- ls' societies in Ohio to have the Ohio Industrial Commission, which has ki-n over seven state departments, take up tbe matter of having supervi- 1 11 over state buildings. It is claimed that the law creating the Indus- trial Commlssiop gives it power to take over the regulating of state build- ing. In case the courts do not uphold that view of the matter, steps will be taken to have it passed at the next session of the Ohio legislature. The Celina Hardwood Company of Celina, O., has been organized with a capital of ?10,000 with the following officers : J. E. Raudebaugh, presi dent; A. R. Hunter, vice president; O. J. Myers, secretary, and E. Bour He. treasurer. The new company will be located on the Cincinnati rthcrn railroad near Celina. The King Lumber Company of Canton, O., has been incorporated with a capital ef $25,000 to handle lumber by W. E. King, J. M. Beck, Geors.- H. Walker, and H. E. Andress. Tbe announcement is made that George H. McMuUen & Co., a newly ' -anized concern, has taken over the handle business formerly conduclod • Jeorgc U. McMuIlen. The Brecce Manufacturing Company of Portsmouth, O., manufacturim,- rims and spokes, is considering plans for the erection of a large dryiui; house near its present plant. The David Lumber Company of Toledo, O., has gone out of busines.s. At East Liverpool, O., the East End Lumber Company has recently started in business. The Wood Lumber Company of Lorain, O., contemplates making a num- ber of radical changes in Its plant. One of the changes will be the In- stallation of twenty?one individual motors, each of which will operate a separate machine. The Indiana Board and Filler Company of Decatur, HI., has purchased Harris Manufacturing Company Johnson City, Tennessee '^Harris'' Hardwood Flooring and Lumber Bluestone Land & Lumber Company .MANVI-ACTrRERS WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar. Chestnut, Hemlock ..... _ Band Sawed Stock RlnnW/AV MILL FACILITIES KIDUWAY COMPLETE PLANING PENNSYLVANIA MEMPHIS AVhoIesale Manufacturers and Exporters RED GUM SAP GUM COTTONWOOD CYPRESS ASH PLAIN OAK All Grades and Thicknesses ^^^Tr^^ ^'^'^ \Ve^make a speoialty of nnixed cars SOFT ELM SYCAMORE VANDEN BOOM^STIMSON LUMBER COMPANY Manofactorers Sontbern Hardwoods Red Qum a Specialty Memphis Tennessee TIMBER ESTIMATES REPORTS INCLUDED TOPOGRAPHICAL, MAP, DETAIL ESTIMATES 4 WRITTEN REPOl GARDNER & HOWE ENGINEERS Clarence W. Griffith °°^'^t« .ui""!^"' *'— p'-'s Te- / Manufacturer plain and quartered^ and white oak, ash, j and poplar. :: :: : '/ 46 HARDWOOD RECORD till' plant aud good will of llio UiikiT Kj!i; t'ase Companj- of I'lbaua, O.. which will be operated under the same name In the future. The considera- tion was between «40,000 and $-iO,000. The Cambridge Furniture Company of Cambridge, O., organized some time ago by D. B. Garry, has Just about completed its plant, which will soon be placed In operation. It expects to manufacture household furnl ture only. The JefTrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, O., has Issued a well illustrated catalogue showing Its various styles of labor saving machinery for use in the lumlirr industry. The catalogue is attracting considerable attention. iC I N C I N N A T If iHardwood ManufacturTS and JobbTsj RIEMEIER LUMBER CO. OAK. POPLAR, CHESTNUT SCMMEK8 AND GEST STREETS E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. HIGH GRADE WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS GOEKKE BUILDING SHAWNEE LUMBER CO. i HARDWOODS, WHITE PINE and HEMLOCK Salfs Office — South Side Station — C. H. A D. B. B. JAMES KENNEDY & CO., Ltd. OAK, POPLAR AND OTHER HARDWOODS FIBST NATIONAL BANK BCILDING The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co. WALNUT, OAK, AND OTHER HARDWOODS 103-4-6 CAREW BUILDING OHIO VENEER COMPANY Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 2624-S4 COLERAIN AVENUE POPLAR SPECIAUSTS We have always made a distinct specialty of Poplar, Rough and Milled. Have 3,000,000 feet nice, dry stock at Cincinnati now, and some at our mills. CAN WE SERVE YOU? THE M. B. FARRIN LUMBER CO. CONASAUGA LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD AND PINE FOURTH NATIONAL BANX BUILDING Johns, Mowbray, Nelson Company OAK, ASH, POPLAR & CHESTNUT GUM AND COTTONWOOD C. CRANE & CO. „ MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD LUMBER M 1739 EASTERN AVENUE M I DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. I I Mfrs. YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK i g GENERAL OFFICE— CLAT CITY, KY. M Aaron L. Ivels.j. unc of llu- oldest luuibir dealers uf Toledo, died reccntl.v at the ace of nlncl.v -one years. Hie came to Toledo in 1850 and six years later started in the lumber business with Nathan Keeve. it. W. Ilorton, salis manager for the central division of the VV. M. Hitter Lumber Company, reports a good demand for hardwoods from both dealers and manufacturing plants. He says prices arc well maintained and the prospects for the future are good. Dry stocks are light. Dealers are only buying what they want for Immediate needs. =-< BALTIMORE >-= Georgi' Kssolmann, niruiul'ailun r of iihliin- frames at Sharp and West streets, Baltimore, whoae place was Imrned ovit last spring, has decided to discontinue business. The plant has been taken over by Milton Bosley, who was superintendent of the plant under Mr. Esselmann, and there Is to lie no change In the general method of conducting the establishment. The It. E. Wood Lumber Company reports an excellent run for its saw- mill plant in Tennessee during October, the returns showing that the mill, which is a seven-foot band, turned out upwards of 900,000 feet of hardwoods during the month. It was the l>est record made there. Wllliaiu Akers of the William Akers Lumber Company of Atlanta, Ga., was in Baltimore ten days ago In the course of a business trip. He spoke conservatively about the tnide situation. I'rcsident Fred Arn of the National Lumber Exporters' Association has appointed as delegates of the oiganlzadon to the annual meeting of the National Conservation Congress : Itichard I'. Kaer, Ulchard P. Baer & Co., Baltimore; J. M. D. Heald, I'rice & Heald, Baltimore; Ilarvey M. Dickson, Uickson Lumber Company, Norfolk, Va. ; R. J. Camp, the Camp Manufacturing Company, Franklin, Va., and R. J. Darnell, R. J. Darnell, Inc., Memphis, Tcnn. it is hoped that all of the delegates will be able to attend, as much interest is expected to attach to the proceedings. George Grauer, eighty years old, lumber and wagon manufacturer at .'!26 Belair avenue, died on Oct. 23 at his home on ICrdman avenue, of a strolte of paralysis sustained the previous Saturdaj-. Two sons, Henry and George, and two daughters survive. Mr. Grauer came to the United States from Germany when he was fifteen years old, and has contributed much to the development of the section in whic'h his yard is located. ■< INDIANAPOLIS >- G. W. Bennett, formerly in the lumber business at Logansport, has taken a position with the Hotel Severin, Indianapolis. On suit brought by Wertz and Amos, hardwood dealers of Edinburg, William F. Pell has been appointed receiver for the Schoentrup-Worden Rack Company, Shelbyville. The death of James L. Barley of the Haas, Spencer and Barley Hard- wood Company, Vincennes, and manager of the Barley and Spencer Lum- ber Company, Marion, occurred at his home in Marion on Oct. 23. Mr. Barley was sixty-two years old and had wide business interests. A widow, one daughter and three sons survive. On Oct. 26 the Indiana Hardwood Flooring Company and the B. D. Brooks Lumber Company, together with the Sattley Machinery Company, suffered a loss of about $15,000 from lire. A building and machinery owned by the B. D. Brooks Lumber Company, but occupied and used by the two other concerns, were destroyed. A general lumber business will be conducted at Jasonville by the newly organized Harris Lumber Company, .which has been incorporated with an aulhorized capitalization of $25,000. Those interested in the company are Curtis Harris, Alfred Harris and Blanche 0. Baker. Sheriff Theodore Portteus has sworn in two hundred prominent busi- ness men to serve as deputy sheriffs in connection with the Indianapolis street car strike. Among them are James T. Eaglesfield of the Eaglesfleld- Stewart Company and Eaglesfield & Shepard hardwood concerns ; Harry C. Atkins, Fred C. Gardner and Nelson A. Gladding of E. C. Atkins & Co. and O. D. Haskett of the Burnet-Lewis Lumber Company. ---<, MEMPHIS y- The Gayoso Lumber Company is installing a hardwood mill here which will have a capacity of about 40,000 feet per day. The mill was pur- chased from the Fair-Crittenden Lumber Company a short time ago and although it has been used slightly it is in first-class condition. The Gayoso Lumber Company owns a large amount of timber in Tunica county. It has been bringing the logs to Memphis and having them cut at custom mills. As soon as its own mill is installed, however, which will be about Jan. 1, it will do its own sawing. The firm has also increased its yarding capacity to take care of the output. The big new double band mill of Russe & Burgess, Inc., has been com- pleted and was placed in operation a few days ago. This mill has a dally capacity of about 50,000 feet, which is an increase of approximately fifty per cent over that of the mill which was dismantled In July. Business conditions here, taken as a whole, are quite satisfactory. Bank clearings during October broke all records in the history of this city, ex- ceeding last year by more than two million dollars. While the big sales of cotton at unusually high prices account for a considerable portion of this increase, it is pointed out that lumber interests have made a sui)- stantiai contribution through the increased business done during October this year as compared with the same month ^D 1912. HARDWOOD RECORD 47 The Yazoo anil Mississippi Valley road has hogiin work on the big yards to be established at Nonoonnah and on the shops wbleh are to be located at the same point. The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley road Is a most Im- poriant factor in the hardwood lumber Industry in this city and section as 11 handles a big portion of the timber from the Mississippi valley tc. this city and as it also plays an Important part in the handling of export sliipmeuts by way of New Orleans. Lumbermen are. therefore, very mucli Interested In the Increased facilities which will result from the work now under way. It Is estimated that it will involve a total of $r>00,000. =-< NASHVILLE >•= UarUr & OTonnor are havliiu installed near .Sparta, Teiiu.. a new plant for the cutting of shuttle blocks and dimension stuff of dogwood. hickory and oak. The plant of the company will be on Rural Uoute No. 3 in a section well timbered with hickory, dogwood and oak, which has not been developed. The Arm expects to have the plant In operation about the middle of November. Olln White has been appointed vicegerent for the Middle District of Tennessee of the Order of Hoo-Hoo, succeeding Charles M. Morford, who has held the position for the past year. Mr. White is manager of the local interests of Wistar, Underbill & Nixon of Philadelphia, and has resided in Nashville four years. lie is a prominent member of thi' Nashville Lumbermen's Club, a director of the local Board of Trade, and a live wire. Building permits for the month of October in the city of Nashville called for Improvements to cost $73,490, compared with $65,518 for the corre- sponding month of 1012. It is probable that the Nashville Lumbermen's Club will carry its grievance as to milling in transit, and also the question of "policing logs" to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The transportation com- mittee, of which A. B. Ransom is chairman, has been authorized to take action. Local shippers want such privileges as are accorded other cities. An attorney representing Evansville and Louisville on similar complaints appeared l>efore tiie local club, and made a proposition to have Nashville join those cities, and if the committee deems it wise this will be accepted. The car shorlagc in southern territory has been steadily growing more serious. Lumber shippers have been feeling the effect of the shortage to some extent, but not as greatly as some other industries. Railroad officials have been almost begging shippers and consignees to co-operate in prompt loading and unloading: of curs, in order to relieve the situation. =-< LOUISVILLE >= The annual meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club will be held at the Seelbach hotel Nov. 11. This meeting will conclude five years of work on the part of the club, which has met over 250 times during that period. The present officers of the organization are Edward L. Davis, Edw. L. Davis Lumber Company, president : D. E. Kline, Louisville Veneer fJills, vice-president : C. M. Sears, Edw. L. Davis Lumber Company, treasurer, and G. D. Crain, Jr., secretary. Lumbermen took a prominent part in the hearing of the complaint of the Louisville Board of I'rade against the Louisville & Nashville railroad. Involving the switching regulations of the road, which have been the source of much criticism. Among those who testified were T. Hoyt Gamble of Gamble Bros., whose plant is at Highland Park, a suburb of Louisville : J. W. Odcn of the Oden-EIliott Lumlwr Company, Birmingham ; G. F:. Evans, Chatt.inooga ; John F. Frey of the Frey Planing Mill Company. Louisville, and others. The general line of the testimony was to the effect that on account of the L. & N.'s switching rules many lumbermen were unable to buy to advantage on other lines ; that unreasonable delays intervened between the shipment and delivery of the lumber, and that Industries isolated on L. & N. switches suffered loss and inconvenience on this account. The hearing was continued until Nov. 20 after the evi- dence for the complaint had been completed. Robert V. Board, the new president of the Kentuclcy Wagon Manufac- turing Company, one of Louisville's leading woodworking industries, was formerly in the lumber business at Hereford, W. Va. Edward L. Davis, the local hardwood man, has returned from Canada, where he took a vacation and indulged in bis favorite sport of hunting. Mt. Davis has the reputation of being the best shot In the hardwood business. J. V. Stimson & Co., the Owensboro. Ky., sawmill operators, developed an Interesting idea in connection with a display at the "Made-lnOwens- boro" exposition held the last week in October. A mountain, chalet was made of log slabs with the bark on, the root being covered with autumn leaves. The interior was finished in native hardwoods, forty varieties being represented. The display attracted wide attention. Louisville was represented at the recent red gum conference in Mem- phis by Harry E. Kline, superintendent of the Louisville Veneer Mills. Mr. Kline does most of the log buying for the local concern, which is prominent In the manufacture of figured gum veneers and panels. .Nov. G, arbor day in Kentucky, was celebrated particularly at Frank fort, addresses being made by the Governor and others. The arboretum, planted at Frankfort last year, was shown to be In a flourishing condition, containing about 120 varieties of trees native to Kentucky. It Is one of the few^ establishments of the kind in this country. State Forester J. E. Barton has appointed most of the men who will be used as patrolmen in connection with protecting the forests from EXCEPTIONAL MAHOGANY. CIRCASSIAN WAL- NUT AND QUARTERED OAK VENEERS If a good veneer cutter can manufacture fair quality veneers with antiquated machinery, what can he do when given the latest and most efficient equipment? The Answer is to be found in any of the stock produced at our new mill, which is the last word in modern equip- ment. We have selected the finest logs on the mar- ket, our men are experienced and capable, the product speaks for itself. See our samples and get prices. Visit Our Plant Any time you are in Chicago and want to see the most modern veneer plant in existence today, we will be glad to show you through our plant. Fred W. Black Lumber Co. 2245 S. Fortieth Ave. Chicago, 111. Saline River Hardwood Co. Main Sales Oilice Pine Bluff, Arkansas Manufacturers of Genuine Forked-Leaf White Oak Red and Sap Gum Red Oak and Asti *i We offer to tbe trade a remarkably SUPERIOR lumber product. ^ Our TIMBER is virgin foreat growth of tbe bigbeit type. ^ Our MILLS are new and produce accurately manufac- tured stock. q Our LUMBER is all KRAETZER-CURED — treated witb steam under pressure directly from the saw — insuring quick drying to light weight, freedom from seasoning defects and stick-marking, splits and stain. fl Kraetzer-cured lumber will "stay where you put it." Q Dry kiln and oak flooring plant in connection. q We solicit the inquiries and orders of critical and dis- criminating buyers. CI For straight cars of Yellow Pine, or mixed cars with Oak Flooring, write LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY, Kansas City, Mo. HARDWOOD RECORD WRITE US Gum Oak Elm lf)N\V<)OI) CYPnESS 1 I IJMTIKK UIMKNSION V( AMOKK VKI.I.OW PINE Licking River Lumber Company 114 Dean BIdg. POR PRICES South Bend. Indiana The White Lake Lumber Co. Peoples Gas Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL. Northern and Southern Hardwoods CAR STOCK WHITE PINE YELLOW PINE High Quality — Prompt Delivery WE WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE 10 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Basswood 6 cars 4/4 No. 2 Com. Basswood 3 cars 4/4 No. 3 Com. Basswood 4 cars 12/4 L. R. Soft Elm You Know Something About the Land of Last Supply You know, of course, that the nearest source of adequate lumber supply are the forests of the west, the inter-mountain pines and the fir, spruce, cedar and hemlock of the Pacific Coast. In a broad sense, we are at the beginning of an era of Competitive Demand for Western Timber Mills of the South are exhausting their supply and are seeking new locations. Timber Is disappearing from the marlict. but not so rapidly now as it will on a constantly increasing scale during the next decade. Every tract taken ofif the market decreases the supply and increases the desirability and value of those remaining. The best go first. Investigate now. James D. Lacey & Co. Timber Land Factors Chicago, III., 1750 McCormick Building Portland, Ore., 1104 Spalding Building Seattle, Wash., 1009 White Building lire during the ilani,'ir ptiiud, which will end about Jan. 1. He has secured Ihe co-operation of large mine operators in eastern Kentucky, and tliey will maintain patrols for the same purpose. A forestry associa- tion is to he estahlislwd shortly in Kowan luiinty by leading timber =-< ARKANSAS y I'hc' old Garctson-Groason iiardwood mill at Kilgore, Ark., which has lain idle for several months, will again be put in operation In a few days. A new manager has been placed in charge, and the machinery is being repaired. This plant is located on the Prescott and Northwestern railroad, about two and one-half miles west of Blevlns. It is thought that it will be ready lor operation in about two weeks. That Ilarrisburg, Ark., is to have a new cooperage plant is now assured. Bott Brothers, who operate cooperage plants at Alexandria, Mo., and Warsaw, 111., and who also operate a stave plant in Ilarrisburg, visited the last mentioned town recently and made a proposition to the town whereby Bott Brothers would establish an up-to-date cooperage factory at Ilarrisburg If the citizens of the tOA-n would raise a certain sum as a bonus. The bonus has been raised, and it is now assured that the new plant will be built and operated. On Oct. 28, forty suits were filed in the Ouachita County Circuit Court against the T. S. Graygon Lumber Company of Finns, Ouachita county, Ark., charging the mill with having violated the ten-hour labor law by compelling its employes to work eleven hours per day. The suits were filed by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney L. B. Smead, who will be assisted b? R. K. Mason, attorney lor the mill employes. The penalty prescribed by the law Is a fine not less than $25.00 and not more than .$200.00 lor erfch offense. T. S. Grayson, president of the company, states that 11 he has violated the law it was through ignorance. Attorney Mason states that the main purpose ol the suits is to stop the practice of overworking the men. There now seems little doubt that the strike which was made by the members of the Coopers' Union at Paragould some weeks ago will soon terminate in a complete victory for the manufacturing employers. The employes went on the strike to obtain recognition of their organization by the plant owners, not having any kick to make against wages, hours and treatment. Tliis demand lor recognition was denied the union, and the plants were temporarily closed down. J. C. Clary, commissioner ol labor statistics oi Arkansas, and his deputy, M. J. McMahon, went Irom Little Rock to Paragould in an effort to settle the difficulty. The strikers finally reduced their demands to the recognition by the companies ol a grievance committee, which should at all times handle the grievances ol the em- ployes. Even this was relused by the plant owners, who declared that they would remove the plants Irom Paragould belore they would deviate in any manner Irom the manner in which they had operated the plants before the strike. About the hardest and the most telling blow that was dealt the employes came last week when a statement was given out over the signatures of some fifty or sixty business men of the town in which the strikers were condemned in the matter, and declaring that those business men would not loan money or extend credit to the strikers further. It is believed the men will go back and that the plants will be operating as before within another week. > WISCONSIN ■<= The Success Stave and Heading Company, Athens, has been incorpor- ated with a capital stock ol $15,000. William L. Erbach, William C. Klann and A. C. Rietbrock are the incorporators. The Rusk Box and Furniture Company, Hawkins, has filed an amend- ment to its articles of incorporation increasing its capital stock Irom $17,000 to $35,000. The Quinlan Timber & Log Company, Soperton, has been incorporated by M. J. Quinlan, John V. Quinlan and H. E. McGraw. The capital stock is $50,000. The Ventilated Closet Seat Company, Wausau, has been incorporated to manufacture principally a new patent closet seat. Max Tisch, F. O. Crocker, Samuel Livingston and others are interested. Capital, $15,000. Work has been started on the new plant of the recently incorporated Manitowoc Church Furniture Company at Waukesha. Reinforced concrete will be used throughout the building, which will be 60 by 400 feet in size. The concern is operating a temporary plant. The latest achievement of the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison is a commercially successful process ol drying wood lor vehicle stock material. The kiln has been perlected and is being used to dry wood to be used by vehicle manulacturers. In curing wood by artificial heat, manulac- turers have never been successful because uneven drying caused checking, warping and other losses. Many w^oods which possess qualities for vehicle construction are discarded because they can not be successfully dried. Many of the discarded timbers are now being successfully used in vehicle construction after drying in the new humidity regulated kiln. The variety of woods which can be used will tie increased as the kiln iij perfected. The new process will aid all manufacturers, particuiarly those using expensive timber. The initial cost ol curing by the new method is slightly in excess ol that of the old process, but the saving in material will more than offset this increased expense ol curing. The laboratory recently succeeded in making wooden shingles fire-resistant by the use ol chemicals and is now HARDWOOD RECORD 49 wtirklug OQ rcdviilns tho cost of operation of the process wlilcli cost Hftccn dollars per ihousand. BotU of llie processes when made commercially avail- able will 1)0 of Immense Importance to the lumber trade. The Racine Stool Manufacturing Company, Racine. Is making Improve- ments to Its plant to double Its capacity and take care of the ever Increas- ing business. A new power plant is under construction and will be equipped with two loO-horsopower boilers, a modern engine and a new generator. The Sawyer-Gocdman Company. Marinette, Is about to start up the No. 1 mill which was closed for some time. Two new boilers have been Installed and a new resaw. which will Increase the output, Is being placed. The additional po*er is needed for the resaw. The Automatic File & Index Company, Green Bay, Is erecting a large addllion which will provide for G.OOU feet of additional Hoor space. The building is of friime construction, covcrtd with sheet Iron, and measures 40 by 30 feet. It will be two stories and basement. Additional machinery will be lns• Locally the condition is not satisfactory, but it can be safely stated that nothing has developed during the last week or ten days that could be used as an indication of any condition that would justify unusual apprehension. The local trade has been promising itself an early renewal of activities and it is disappointed in the postponement of return to normal conditions. It Is very probable that local lumbermen will have ' to prepare themselves for further disappointment in this line, although tlie local trade is not justified In assuming an unusually pessimistic atti- tude. Orders have been hard to get and when they are secured they are not of entirely satisfactory proportions. These conditions mean, however, that the securing of business requires greater eiTort. but it unquestion- ably Is there for the right man to secure. Local wholesalers are complaining somewhat on account of the close adherence to a satisfactory level of values on the part of northern mill- men. They say they cannot realize a fair profit from transactions in northern stock. It Is to be hoped that this condition of sale will eventu- ally affect the state of mind on the part of the trade which prevails with the operators themselves. The price-cutting method has not evidently developed any further than it had several weeks ago. although most of the hardwood stocks being offered in the local market are below what they should be worth. =-< NEW YORK y- The hardwood market Is still moving on a small volume of business. The much-looked-for Improvement has not yet materialized and some of those who were most optimistic a few months ago are turning thg other way. This does not mean that there has been any bad break — prices have been well maintained. — but a little more snap to the market would work a vast difference. Reports are that stocks at mill points are not large but dealers here do not seem to fear a shortage. The volume of business does not exceed that done In September. Poplar Is in fair call but chest- uul and gum are slow. HARDWOOD RECORD 51 =■< BUFFALO y The liaiHlwood trade has lieeu laih.r i|iiiet of lal.-, with sales largely in mixed ears, ill whieh a iJiiiul)er of vvouds are moving in fairly good shape. Tile total business for OetolxT made a fair showing with most yards, tliough some found it less than a year ago. Stocks here are in quite good assortment and the lavorable location of the market makes it a favored loeality with eastern buyers, who for the most part are anxious to get the lumber delivered to them very promptly. There Is very little tendency to buy stocks ahead. Trices are generally holding steady. The demand covers about the usual woods, with oak holding a promi- nent place. It does not bring quite the strong ligures of a few months ngo, but lately there has been much steadiness to the market. Quartered oak is not nn»ving very fast, but tlie upper grades are doing quite well, and the prediction is made that before very long it will take the place of such expensive woods as mahogany to n large extent. Ash, birch and maple are among the best sellers and fair stocks are moving. Poplar is not doing luueh. eXi'cpt in the lower gr;nl(>s. where the demand is good. •< PHILADELPHIA > Kepints from the haiilwoud uiulc vary aecording to character of sales. and although there are signs of weakening in values in some lines, prices on the whole are well sustained. Furniture factories and most of the other wholesale consuming industries continue busy, with favorable out- look as to winter trading. Buying, however, is still conservative. Build- ing work has advanced somewhat but the bulk of the extensive work planned probably may not materialize until the money market is easier. Local yardmen are all relying mainly on their stock and evidently looking for lower prices, a change which does not seem imminent judging from the reports by those who have recently toured the mill districts. Many of the eastern cities are in the throes of desperate local political struggles. which, combined v\'ith the alarming Mexican situation and the much dis- cussed currency bill in Congress, are having a disturbing effect on the commercial and financial market. The conservative merchant does not dare predict a return to settled normal conditions before next spring at the nearest. Among the hardwoods oak, both red and white, continues unchanged from a fortnight ago. In high-grade chestnut there is a slight improve- ment of late, and No. 3 common sound wormy chestnut has been increas- ingly active : poplar in most grades is stronger ; there is no change in basswood : high-grade ash is scarce and in good call ; birch and beech hold steady place : there is ni* woakcniug in hickory ; mahogany and =-< PITTSBURGH >•= Hardwood matters are in very good shape here considering the big slump in prices of other lumber stocks, noticeably yellow pine and hem- lock. Hardwood prices are holding firm. Oak is bringing the best price for years. Medium-grade hardwood needed for piling and railroad opera- lions is selling at a good figure. Furniture demanded is lighter than some time ago but prices hold well. Low-grade hardwood is being cut, especially in mining stocks. Demand, however, is big along this line so that the size of the orders helps to make up the deficiency in price. Hardwood mills in Tri-State territory are running nearly or quite to capacity and stocks are not piling up to any great extent. Yard trade is falling off, due to the close of the season. Some trouble is reported in getting cars on branch line railroads. ■< BOSTON y- There has been very little change in the market for hardwood lumber. The cutting up trade is using a fair amount of lumber every week, but so far as demand goes, the average buyer is making purchases in a very conservative manner. There arc some buyers who believe that the firm and high prices of the past few months cannot continue much longer, but the reports from dealers who have visited the producing centers of late Indicate anything but weakness. Some of the largest manufacturers of hardwood lumber report that they have been doing a little larger busi- ness of late. Stocks of desirable lumber at mill points are very small as compared with past seasons. The demand for plain oak holds good, but from some places the offerings have been a little larger. Quartered oak is very firm with a good demand from most buyers. The call for birch and maple is fairly large. Brown ash has been attracting a fair demand. Offerings are not large and prices hold firm. There is some talk of a car shortage but so far lumber dealers say that their shipments from the mills have been delayed very little on this account. =■< BALTIMORE >.= It does not appear that the hardwood trade has made any special head- way during the past. two weeks. As far as surface indications go, decided quiet prevails, though the members of the trade somehow always manage to' come ont fairly well at the end of a given period. It is much the same with prices, which fluctuate to sorae extent and reflect the uncertain feeling- in the trade. The movement should have been decidedly active by this time, but as a matter of fact, the sellers never feci quite sure Just where the business Is to come from, though In the end the orders ulti- mately turn up and maintain the average fairly well. Whatever the OAK BUYERS If Increased timber supply makes us one of the largest oak producers in the country. If Our white and red oak timber is of a quality that enables us to guarantee to properly meet your requirements for anything in this line. We can supply large quantities, running strongly to 14' and 16' lengths — a good proof of the character of the timber. ][ We are ready to cut red or white, quartered or plain, 3/8" to 8/4", and will carry in stock a complete assortment of all thicknesses. j[ All our lumber is made with the most perfect machinery obtainable — band saws used throughout our mills. ^ We pride ourselves on the character of our edging, trimming and piling, which insures straight, cleanly-made lumber, uniformly dried. jl In these days of quick shipment you are interested in prompt delivery. Our extensive organization and facilities from the tree to your yard, place at your disposal the most perfect lumber deliv- ery service in existence. U We would like to explain further why we can please you, and if you are in the market for anything in southern hard- woods now, would appreciate your writing us today. PAEPCKE LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY GENERAL OFFICES CHICAGO. ILLINOIS 52 HARDWOOD RECORD GENERAL VIEW OF MAIN SAWMILL PLANT, 'o bands ana tour resaws. Dally ten-hour capacity 150,000 feet. LAMB-FISH LUMBER COMPANY Band Mill and General Offices: Charleston, Miss., U. S. A. THE LARGEST HARDWOOD MILL IN THE WORLD. ANNUAL CAPACITY, 40,000,000 CABLE ADDRESS— "LAMB." Codes Used — Universal, Hardwood, Western Union, A. B. C. 5th Edition, Okay STOCK LIST- Dry Lumber on Hand November 1st, 1913 3/8" F.\S Qtd. Wh. Oali, « " & Up 20,000 FAS <|t(l. Wh. Oak. 10" & L'p No. 1 < <.in. ((tcl. Wh. Oak, 4" & Cp 20,000 1. <(l(l. Wh. Oak, 3" * IJp < Ir FAS n, Wh. Oak, fi" & Up 20,000 N.I. 1 (run. Wh. Oak. 4" & Up 20,000 FAS I'l. K. Oak, fi" & Up No. 1 < oni. K. Oak, 4" & Up No. :i ( oni. R. * Wh. Oak K.-,l A W h Oak fore Stock Mliit.- Oak Itri.lKP I'lank White Oak ( r.isshiK I'lank Mixed Oak Itridte Plank .Mixed Oak ( rosHiiij: Plank FAS (|. |{e pre.-is, 6" & Up No. I Shop Cypress, 5" & Up FAS Ash, fi" * Up No. 1 ( om. .4sh, 4" & Up laiK Run Elm 1/2" 5/8" 3/4" 4/4" 5/4" 6/4" 8/4" 10/4" 12/4" 16/4" 30,000 18,000 30,000 30,000 0,000 8,000 6,000 30,000 15,000 40,000 75,000 25,000 •22,000 2,000 30,000 15,000 40,000 1.->.(I(III 3(1.(100 100,000 ♦18,000 1,000 •5,000 25,000 l.~> 000 :!(i.(i()0 100,000 15,000 •20,000 20,000 20.11011 3.'>.(K10 100,000 20,000 •10,000 •20,000 35.000 33,000 2.50.000 20,000 300,000 io,bbb 6,000 13,000 ' s.bbb 5,000 •13,000 ' '6,bbb 2,000 3,000 Cilt on Cut on Cut on Cut on 5,000 3,000 orders only, orders only, orders only, orders only. 20,000 10,000 25,000 15,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 4,000 4.()(l(> .~>.(l(l(l 5.00(1 1.000 2.000 1,000 250,000 lOll.llllll 3.>(i.(>00 300.(1(10 3."i(),IIOO 200,000 15,000 50.000 «.->. 7.1.0(10 3.'>0,0(K) 40,000 20,000 15,000 25,000 211.(1(1(1 :i(j.(i()0 30.(1(1(1 30.000 15,000 28,000 2,000 20,000 15,000 25,000 80.000 15.000 25,000 75,000 0,000 35,000 30,000 40,000 00,000 45,000 16,000 100,000 65.000 188,000 150,000 75,000 19,000 19,000 80.000 40,000 Sold Sold Sold 90,000 38,000 so.boo 50,000 16,000 12,000 8,000 17,000 '.;'.'.'.'. * Indicates etcK'k dry enough to ship within 60 days; remainder of itei special grade, suitable for veneering over. This is thoroughly dry and we All Red and Sap Gum in grades of No. 1 Common and Better is Kraetzei absolutely, free from stain. Kraetzer-Cured lumber is of a soft mild texture We have fat-ilities for Itiln drying and surfacing. Oak timbers, switch and ns ready for immediate shipment. The are prepared to quote an attractive price. ?r-Cured. insuring the lumber to lay straight and flat ? and uniform eolor. ies, car stock, bridge and crossing plank, we sp of Core Stock is a - iiiife'»M_re7ja^JMa»tai»|M«a%a*.• The hardwood trade in Columbus and central Ohio has been fairly active during the past fortnight despite the approach of the semi-annual inventory period. Both factories and yardmen are buying and the volume of business is pretty evenly divided between the two. Prices generally are well maintained and the outlook for the future is not considered bad at all. One of the worst features of the trade is the increasing car shortage, which is delaying shipments somewhat, especially on some of the southern roads. Even worse than the car shortage, however, is the lack of motive power and terminal fatuities which is delaying the movement of tbe equipment on hand. The effect of the car shortage is to maintain prices where other conditions might tend to decrease them. Factories engaged in manufacturing furniture, Implements and vehicles arc the best buyers of hardwoods. Automobile concerns are buying the wide sizes of poplar faster now. Dry stocks In the hands ot mill owners are light which tends to maintain prices. Retailers' stocks are also light and the policy of yardmen Is to buy only what is desired for immediate needs. Oak, both quartered and plain, Is strong and the volume of trade Is satisfactory. Both red and white oak are selling readily. Chestnut is also strong, especially sound wormy. There is a better demand for poplar, especially the lower grades. Basswood and ash are in good demand and other hardwoods are unchanged. -< INDIANAPOLIS >• There has been a fairly active demand for hardwoods during the last two weeks, the only discouraging feature being the fact that automobile concerns have not been buying to any extent. Automobile companies throughout the city and state are suffering from lack; of working capital, due to credit limitations placed by banks. Four automobile companies now are in the hands of receivers. Furniture and vehicle manufacturers report an excellent business, equal to. If not better, than that of this time last year. Hardwood prices are holding their own in this locality and while there has been some incon- venience from car shortage, this has not affectf-d the trade seriously. =•< MEMPHIS >.= The hardwood market continues steady but the volume ot business Is a little disappointing. The demand In some lines Is active but general buying is not aggressive and lumber is not moving as freely as was antici- pated. There is a free movement In the lower grades of Cottonwood and gum. The box factories continue to do a large business and their needs are quite full, with the result that prices arc well maintained. There is likewise a good call for the lower grades of oak which are also bring- ing relatively good prices. Offerings are not heavy. The upper grades of oak have not eased much as to prices but the demand is only fairly active and the movement is but moderate. Sap gum Is moving well and prices arc held Arm. Red gum shows a better tone but no actual advance has followed the recent conference held here. However, the disclosures made at this conference regarding the comparatively small stocks on sticks have caused holders to go a little more slowly in offering their red gum. Much interest attaches to the adjourned meeting of red gum manufacturers to be held here Nov. 15, at which time a permanent organi- zation will be effected and it is expected that steps will be begun at that time looking to a decidedly broader market for this wood. Ash is selling well In all grades. Cypress Is going all right In shops Mahogany and Circassian Lumber & Veneers ^ The largest assortment of finest figured Mahogany Logs, Lumber and Veneers in the country can be found at the Chicago plant of C. L. Willey. ^ We are just in receipt of fifteen cars of remarkably superior Circassian Walnut Logs, large size, well-figured and of good color, which are now being cut into Veneers. ^ A visit or correspondence from discrim- inating buyers of all varieties of fine Im- ported and Domestic Cabinet Woods in Lumber and Veneer is solicited. ^ You will not only find the Willey ware- houses well stocked with a superb collec- tion of Circassian, Mahogany, Vermilion, Black Walnut and other fancy foreign and domestic lumber and veneers, but buyers are assured of prompt and pains- taking service, and a quality of product not usually obtainable. ^ To visit the plant take Blue Island Ave. car at the postoffice to Robey Street. C. L. WILLEY, Chicago Largest Fancy Wood Veneer and Lumber producing plant in the world 54 HARDWOOD RECORD WANT E D All Kinds of High-Grade HARDWOODS S. E. SLAYMAKER & CO. R«pre«entine: WKST VIRGINIA SPRUCE LUMBER CO., Cass, West Virginia. Fifth Avenue BuiMinKi NEW YORK Mutual Fire Insurance Best Indemnity at Lowest Net Cost Can Be Obtained From The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company, The Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, Mass. Mansfield, Ohio. $126,000.00 In Savings DIVIDENDS Returned This Year to Policy Carriers of The Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance Possibly there is no good reason why YOU were not among these beneficiaries. If it is a matter of eligibility, and you feel that your plant does not at present comply with all requirements, confer with us anyway. Let us see if it cannot be brought up to an acceptable standard at no greater cost than will be justified by the prospective saving on insurance rates. U. S. Epperson & Company Attorney and Manager 1101 R. A. LONG BLDG. KANSAS CITY .■inii tliorc is a fair call for sulfCts but the uppur gracli-s are rather slow. Kxport business Is quite up to the average for this time of the year. The ' iir situation is interfering comparatively little with lumber deliveries. =-< NASHVILLE >-= The hardwood situation in I he local market has shown some improve- ment the past weelf. There is a good demand for both plain and quar- tered oaks. Ash and hieltory come in for numerous calls. The low grades of poplar are selling, while chestnut is selling in only moderate way. Although business is not up to the greatest expectations of mem- liirs of the trade, it is of sullicient volume to Iteep the mills in this dis- trict running at about the usual capacity. Tlie box business and flooring trade are about up to the normal. =-< LOUISVILLE y- Though the election played a comparatively slight part in influencing liusiness this year, the lumber trade has picked up somewhat as to senti- ment, at least, as the result of the passage of Nov. 4. Business men invariably feel the effect of the election activity, which results in public attention being distracted from business to the matter of current interest, and with this factor out of the way trade should be quick to resume larger proportions. Business is not so active at present as hardwood men would like to see it, though it is probably true that the demand for oak, ash and other woods used in factory work is more active than for softwoods, the principal use of which is in construction operations, as this class of work has been slumping for some time. Quartered white oak is the one best bet at present, quartered red being in small supply and plain oak being less active than heretofore, though a good quantity of all grades is moving. Low-grade poplar is active, and sound wormy chestnut is well cleaned up. Cottonwood is selling well, and ash continues strong. =-< ST. LOUIS y- The local hardwood trade has been tairly good during the past few weeks. The majority of the orders have been small but they made up in the aggregate. The consumers are buying in a hand-to-mouth way, getting only what they absolutely need for immediate requirements. Reports from the South are to the effect that the weather in that section has been exceedingly bad for logging and sawmill operations. The heavy rains have put the woods in very bad shape and have compelled suspension of operations because there v/as no available timber on hand for cutting. The larger mills have fared the best in this respect as they have had logs in their yards, but if the weather continues as It has for any length of time, their supply will be exhausted also. From present indications there will be a serious shortage of timber in some sections before the late fall and early winter rains give way to severe cold weather. Stocks in the hands of manufacturers are of fairly good proportions. They have more dry lumber on hand than they have had for some time, but as this is in strong hands, it will probably be held for better prices. Plain sawed white oak, red quartered oak, choice red gum and ash are in moderate demand. Poplar is more active than it was and Cottonwood shows improvement. Prices are more firm. -■<, MILWAUKEE y The hardwood market is somewhat firmer, due evidently to the fact that stocks, in some instances at least, are getting into strong hands. Business is beginning to ease up somewhat, due to the fact that building operations are not quite so active. Wholesalers, however, feel that trade will be fairly good from now until about Christmas, when conditions will be dull until after the first of the year. Stocks in most lines are light and this is expected to keep the market steady. News from the northern Wisconsin lumber country say that logging operations are opening up on a larger scale than usual and that the output will be heavier this season. The luml>er business has been good during the past season and stocks have decreased to the point where it will be neces- sary that most of the lumber companies saw more logs this winter. The local sash and door and interior woodworking concerns are inclined to buy carefully and are placing orders only for what lumber they abso- lutely need. Stocks on hand at all these plants are light and a good business is bound to develop from this source later in the year. The furniture manufacturers are getting some good orders, and most of these people are buying rather liberally. The farm implement plants all over the state are entering upon an active season and are in the market for hickory, ash, oak and other hardwoods. Business with the farm imple- ment people has been good throughout the past year and the output at all the factories will have to be much larger in order to meet the demands of Jobbers and retailers. Building operations in Milwaukee during the month of October showed a slight gain. About 362 permits were issued, representing an invest- ment of 51,214,638, as compared with 423 permits for buildings to cost $1,187,766 during the corresponding period in 1912. Building Inspector Harper is confident that the high record of last year will at least be attained before Jan. 1. Maple, birch and elm seem to be in leading demand among the northern hardwoods. More maple for flooring purposes than is arriving in the local market could be utilized just at the present time. Plain and quar- tered oak and ash are holding the top among the southern woods. HARDWOOD RECORD 55 Advertisers* Directory NORTHERN HARDWOODS. AcklanU. I).. ^: Sun 57 American Lumber & Mfg. Co... 12 Buffalo HariUvood Lumber Co. . . 67 Cartier-Holland Lumber Co 2 Coale. Thos. E. Lumber Co 12 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 Craig. W. P., Lumber Co Curll, D. B., Lumber Co 12 East Jordan Lumber Co 63 Ellas, G. & Bro 67 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co.. 5 Flanner-Steger Land & Lumber Co 4 Forman, Thos., Co 6;s Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co 5 Heyser, W. E., Lumber Co 7 Holyoke, Chas 12 Kent, J. S., Co 12 Klann, E. H.. Lumber Co 57 Kneeland-Bigelow Co., The 3 Licking River Lumber Co 48 Litchtield, William E 12 McIIvain, J. Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 67 Mears-Slayton Lumber Co 4 Miller, Anthony 67 Mitchell Bros. Co 3 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7 Palmer & Parker Co Parry, Chas, K.. & Co 66 Sawyer-Goodman Company 49 Scott & Howe Lumber Co 7 Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 67 Stearns Salt & Lumber Company 8 Stephenson, I., Company, The.. 63 Stewart. 1. N., & Bro 67 Struthers Cooperage Company. . 63 SuUivan, T. & Co 67 Taylor, W. R., Lumber Company 12 Tegge Lumber Co 49 VonPlaten Lumber Co 63 Webster, George, Lumber Co... 13 White Lake Lumber Company.. 48 White. Wm. H., Co 6S Wiggin, H. D 13 Williams. Ichabod T.. & Sons.. 14 Willson Bros. Lumber Company. 12 WIstar, Underhill & Nixon 12 Wood-Mosaic Company 13 Yeager, Orson E 67 Young, W. D., & Co 3 POPLAR. Anderson-Tully Company 8 Atlantic Lumber Company Day Lumber & Coal Company. . 46 Farrin, M. B., Lumber Company. 46 Faust Bros. Lumber Co 14 Kentucky Lumber Company 49 Logan. J. M., Lumber Co 6 Maphet & Shea Lumber Co 6 Radina, L. W., & Co 7 Vansant, Kitchen & Co 68 Wood, R. E., Lumber Company. 13 Yellow Poplar Lumber Co 49-68 RED GUM. Anderson-Tully Company 8 Archer Lumber Company 43 Baker-Matthews Mfg. Co 43 Brown, Geo. C. & Co 42 Brown, Mark H.. Lumber Co.. 43 Farrin. M. B.. Lumber Co 46 Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.. 66 Hlmmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company 42 Kentucky Lumber Company.... 49 Lamb-Fish Lumber Company... 52 Licking River Lumber Company 48 Miller Lumber Company 43 Mossman Lumber Company 45 Paepcke Lelcht Lumber Co 51 Saline River Hardwood Co 47 Sondheimer, E., Company 45 VandenBoom-Stimson Lumber Company 45 Wisconsin Lumber Company. ... 4 SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. American Lumber & Mfg. Co... 12 Anderson-Tully Company 8 Archer Lumber Company 43 Atlantic Lumber Company Baker-Matthews Mfg .Co 43 Bennett & Witte 7 Black, Fred W., Lumber Co 47 Bluestone Land & Lumber Co.. 43 Bradley, E. C, Lumber Co 46 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 42 Brown, Mark H., Lumber Co.. 43 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.. 67 Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co 14 Coale, Thos. E., Lumber Co 12 Conasauga Lumber Company... 46 Crane, C, & Co 46 Curll, D. B., Lumber Company. 12 Day Lumber & Coal Company.. 46 Dempsey, W. W 13 Elias, G., & Bro 67 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co... 5 Farrin, M. B., Lumber Co 46 Farris Hardwood Lumber Co... 9 Faust Bros. Lumber Company.. 14 Flanner-Steger Land & Lumber Company 4 Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.. 66 Harris Manufacturing Co 45 Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co 5 Heyser, W. E., Lumber Co 7 Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company 42 Huddleton-Marsh Lumber Co.. 5 Johns-Mowbray-Xelson Co 46 Kennedy, James, & Co 46 Kent, J. S.. Company 12 Kentucky Lumber Company.... 49 Kimball & Kopcke 6 Ivlann, E. H., Lumber Co 57 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co 46 Lamb-Fish Lumber Company. 52 Lieking River Lumber Co 48 Litchfield, William E 12 Little River Lumber Company.. 68 Loyan, J. M., Lumber Co 6 Maphet & Shea Lumber Co 6 McIIvain, J. Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 67 M-.-mphis Band Mill Company... 2 Miller, Anthony 67 Miller Lumber Company 43 Mossman Lumber Company 45 Mowbray & Robinson Company. 7 Nettleton, E. B., & Co 57 Paepcke Leicht Lumber Co.... 51 Parry, Chas. K„ & Co 66 Radina, L. W., & Co ' 7 Ransom, J. B.. & Co 9 Riemeier Lumber Company 46 Saline River Hardwood Co 47 Salt Lick Lumber Company 66 Shawnee Lumber Company 46 Slaymaker. S. E.. & Co 54 Sondheimer, E., Company 4S Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 67 Stewart, I. N.. & Bro 67 Sullivan, T., & Co 67 Vanden BoomStimson Lbr. Co. . . . 45 Vansant. Kitchen & Co 68 Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Company 6 Von Platen Lumber Company.. 63 Webster, George, Lumber Co... 13 White Lake Lumber Company.. 48 Whitmer, Wm., & Sons 12 Wiggin, H. D 12 Williams, Ichabod T., & Sons.. 14 Williamson-Kuny Mill & Lumber Company 14 Willson Bros. Lumber Company 12 Wisconsin Lumber Company. ... 4 Wistar, Underhill & Nixon 12 Wood-Mosaic Company 13 Wood, R. E., Lumber Company. 13 Teager, Orson E 67 VENEERS AND PANELS. .\dams & Raymond Veneer Co.. 65 Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co.. 64 Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 64 Black, Fred W., Lumber Co... 47 Central Veneer Company 65 Evansville Veneer Company Hoffman Bros. Company 65 Huddleston-Marsh Lumber Co.. 5 Jarrell, B. C, & Co 63 Knoxville Veneer Company 6 Memphis Veneer & Lumber Co. . 65 Ohio Veneer Company 46 Putnam Veneer and Lumber Co 64 Rayner, J 5 Rice Veneer & Lumber Company 65 Underwood Veneer Company 64 Willey, C. L 53 Williams, Ichabod T., & Sons... 14 Williamson-Kuny Mill & Lumber Company 14 Wood-Mosaic Company 13 MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ETC. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 64 Black, Fred W., Lumber Co... 47 Evansville Veneer Company Huddieston-Marsh Lumber Co.. 5 Memphis Veneer & Lumber Co. 65 Palmer & Parker Co Purcell, Frank 66 Rayner, J 5 Struthers Cooperage Company.. 63 Willey, C. L 53 Williams, Ichabold T,, it Sons. 14 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co 14 Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc 3 Eastman, S. L., Flooring Co 63 Farrin, M. B., Lumber Company 46 Forman, Thos., Company 63 Harris Manufacturing Company 45 Kerry & Hanson Flooring Co.. 63 Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Ransom, John B., & Co 9 Saline River Hardwood Co 47 Salt Lick Lumber Company.... 66 Stearns Salt vt Lumber Company 8 Stephenson. I., Company. The.. 63 Webster. George. Lumber Co. . 13 White, Wra. H., Company 68 Wilce. T., Company, The 5 Yellow Poplar Lumber Co 49-68 Young. W. D., & Co 3 WOODWORKING MACHINERY. Cadillac Machine Company 60 C'ovel Manufacturing Company. 14 Gerlach, The Peter, Company. . 87 Llnderman Machine Co.. The.. Mershon. W. B.. & Co Phoenix Manufacturing Co Saranac Machine Company 62 Sinker-Davis Company 11 Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Company 60 LOGGING MACHINERY. Baldwin Ixicomotive Works.... 61 Clyde Iron Works 62 Fltzgibhons & Krehs 44 Lidgerwood Mfg. Company 13 Russel Wheel & Foundry Co 61 DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. Grand Rapids Veneer Works I Kraetzer Company, The t National Dry Kiln Company t Phila. Textile Mchy. Company.. 1 SAWS. KNIVES AND SUPPLIES. Atkins. E. C, & Co 10 Covel Manufacturing Company. 14 Simonds Mfg. Company LUMBER INSURANCE. Central Manufacturers' Mut. Ins. Company 54 Epperson, U. S., & Co 54 Indiana Lumbermen's Mut. Ins. Company "* Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company ^ Lumbermen's Mut. Ins. Co 54 Lumbermen's Underwriting Alli- ance 54 Majiufatturing Lumbermen's Underwriters Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mut. Fire Ins. Company 54 Rankin-Benedict L'nderwriting Company TIMBER LANDS. I^cey, James D., & Co 48 Southern Railway 57 Spry, John C 5 TIMBER ESTIMATORS. Griffith. Clarence W 43 McDonald, Thos. J 56 MISCELLANEOUS. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 64 Childs, S. D.. & Co 57 Gorlach. The Peter. Company.. 57 Kraetzer Company. The 50 Lumbermen's Credit Assn 5 Mechanical Rubber Company... 62 Stephenson. Grant T 44 Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Company 80 56 HARDWOOD RECORD CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Advertlsi'im^nts will In- Inscrled lu tlile sec- tion at tlji- folloivluf inti-si For one Insertion 20c a line Fop two Insertions 35c a line For three insertions 50c a line For four insertions 60c a line KIglit words of oidlimry length make one lln». Heading counts aa two lines. No display except tbe headlnea can be ad- mitted. Remittances to accompany tlie order. No extra diaries for copies uf paper containing the advertisement. EMPLOYES WANTED WANTED DEPARTMENT MANAGER ^lan who is thoroiifihly familiar with jobbing northoru hardwoods, to talie care of department on salary and commissioA basis. Also one in same capacity for southern hardwoods, except- ing gum. Address "BOX 110," care Hardwood Kecohd. EXPERIENCED HARDWOOD SALESMAN wanted by lar^e manufacturer northern hard- woods ; high-grade young man who understands marlieting hardwoods direct to consumer. Pre- fer one who has had some jobbing experience and has an acquaintance with factory trade in territory around Chicago. Address "BOX 100," care Hardwood Record. WANTED HARDWOOD SALESMAN to handle our domestic sales, calling on buyers. State territory you are familiar with. Address Box 348, Shreveport, Louisiana. EMPLOYMENT WANTED MAN OF WIDE EXPERIENCE in the manufacture and sale of lumber and veneers, thorough executive, cost and efiBciency expert, with best possible references, is open for position. Address "BOX ONE," care Hardwood Record. WANTED— EMPLOYMENT When you want a salesman lor New York state territory, write us. We can supply you wltli a good man. EMPIRE STATE ASSOCIA- TION of Wholesale Lumber & Sash & Door Sales- men. Chas. Johnson, Sec'y, 96 Klrkland Rd., Rochester. N. Y. LOGS WANTED WANTED— ASH LOGS 21" and over in diameter, IG' long. Must be straight grained, sound and free from linots. J. RAYNER, Ft. Houston St.. E. R., New York City. WANTED— BLACK WALNUT LOGS 500 cars good black walnut logs, 10" and up In diameter, 6 ft. and up long. Will inspect at shipping point and pay cash. GEO. W. HAHTZBLL, Dayton, Ohio. TIMBER FOR SALE FOR SALE— HICKORY on 1400 acres in Wayne Cgunty, Iventucky, csti- nuitcd at 1,000,000 feet. For further particulars address TKNNESSEE HARDWOOD LBR. CO., Nashville, Teen. WAGON STOCK WANTED I AM IN THE MARKET FOE 7S to 100 cars of oak poles, bolsters, saad boards, ereners, and reaches ; aid hickory and maple axles. Will Inspect at sklpplac poiat, and pay cash. K. B. BROWN, 372 Bayat St. Bnffalo, N. T. TIMBER ESTIMATING TIMBER ESTIMATES Estimating Southern timber a specialty. Mapa, detailed reports as to stand, quality aad log^e conditions. Hare a few hlgta-claas properties for sale. Can furnlsk best references. THOS. J. MCDONALD, East Tenn. Natl. Bank Bide., KnoxTllIe. Tenn. LUMBER FOR SALE BXTTEBS OF HARDWOODS. Do yon want to cet In touch with the beat Duyers of hardwood lumber? Wo haye a Hat, showing the annual reqolreaenti In lamber, dimension stock and reneen and panels of con- sumers of those materials throaeboat the United States aad Canada. The serrlco is free to ad rertlsera In the Bncoso. It will Interest yon Write us for further Information about ear "Sell Ing Lumber by Mall System." HARDWOOD RECORD, Ellsworth Bldg., Chicago. FOR SALE— CANADIAN BIRCH 140 M' 4, 5, 6, S, 10, 12 and 16/4. THE BRADLEY CO., Hamilton, Ont. BASSWOOD BOX LUMBER We have 500 M ft. of good No. 3 Michigan basswood for sale ; largely 4/4 thick. Will make good box lumber. We can ship dressed or re- sawed any thickness. GOODWILLIE BROS., 651 Otis Bldg., Chicago. DIMENSION STOCK WANTED n WANTED Hard Maple and Beech Squares 42", 44", 48" long, plump 1" x 1". Must be clear and straight. It you have any to offer write us Will take them dry or green. THE COLUMBIA MFG. CO., New Philadelphia, Ohio WANTED— HARD MAPLE SQUARES 50", 56", 02" and 66" long, cut 2% by 2% and 3 by 3. Must be straight grained, free from knots and other defects. Delivery this winter. THE J. H. STILL MFG. CO., LTD., St. Tliomas. Ont. WANTED TO BUY It. Ml Gum Sciuaros 2"xL'"xi;7"— 34", 36" & 44" long. Quote cash prices f. o. b. mill. DUIILMEIER BROTHERS, Cincinnati, O. DIMENSION OAK Plain and Quartered Various sizes for chair and table factories. Send to us for speclBcatlons and prices. INDIANA QUARTERED OAK CO. 7 East 42nd Street. New York. WANTED Large quantities l%xl%xl9 clear oak squares. THE NORTHERN CHAIR CO., Port Washington, Wis. WANTED Large quantities H4x4x20. THE WISCONSIN CHAIR CO., Port Washington, Wis. LUMBER WANTED WANTED ROCK ELM 5 carloads 10/4x0 and wider 10' — 16'. 3 carloads 3x6 and wider, 10' — 16'. We can ship fresh from the saw. Inspect at point of shipment. Terms cash less 2%. THE BRADLEY CO., Hamilton, Ont. WANTS RED AND WHITE OAK A Canadian manufacturing company is in the market for a quantity of plain red and white and quarter-cut white oak, 3/4 to 8/4, and will contract for entire cut in these woods in No. 2 common and better grades from cither small or large mills. Send particulars of quantity and where located, and best price f. o. b. cars at shipping point. Address "BOX 109," care Hardwood Recobd. WANTED 100.000 feet 4/4 sound wormy Chestnut. S. BURKHOLDER LBR. CO., CrawfordsvlUe, Ind. LUMBER WANTED. Quote delivered Philadelphia, Pa., on 2 cars 8/4 sound wormy & 2 Com. Chestnut. 1 car 4/4 sound wormy & 2 Com. Chestnut. 1 car 6/4 No. 2 Common Poplar. 3 cars 4/4 Box White Pine. Shippers to invoice direct. Name prices on any stock you desire to move. CHARLES C. CROSS, Philadelphia, Pa. WANTED TO BXTY 2 cars 4/4" Log Run Butternut. DUHLMEIER BROTHERS, Cincinnati, O. DIMENSION STOCK FOR SALE FOR SALE Hardwood Squares and Hardwood Dimension, Birch, Maple, Beech, White Ash, Brown Ash, Poplar and Elm. Send us specifications and we will quote prices. RAY LUMBER CO.. Ray, Maine. HARDWOOD RECORD 57 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 100,000,000 FT. STUMPAGE AND band mill. TImbor consists of N. C. pine, cypress, poplar, gum, ouk and ash. Mill Is 8 ft. Flier & Stowcll, complete, wllh 2 Mi miles K. R. Price $135,000. Write for particulars. This Is the blqgest barsaln In the South. .1. 1'. MfMIKUIN. .\iii;usi:i, Ga. MISCELLANEOUS OAK, rOPLAR, ASH aa4 all atber hardwtsds, 1b all ^adea and thick neasea, can b« readily said It adrertlsed In tli« Wanted aad Far Sale sectloa of H.1BOWOOD Bbc- ou. If Ten hare a large stock 70a want to . cmiDsl i CO. \ t;kicilm 391 maple 435 s oak ■Jin In alder ;m In ash. .411. 454 675 In balsam... 151 1«H In birch axn In cedar 111 In elm anil In hemlock 195 In holly 645 BOB In Juniper »H In laurel B05 .',2» In mahogany. 199 4«,% In machlneel. .. 697 In maple.... 435. 441 iQ pine 25 In spruce 135 In white oak 213 7 513 «rrr am oak 297 'OOd 688 berry 699 cone pine 7CH leaf Cottonwood. 667, 869 leaf crab 453 leaf willow 496 plum 621 ^» poplar 6«7 'oak 219 Paclflc coaat oak Pacific yew Pale-leaf hickory 34.5 Palmer oak 310 Palms 691 Palmetto 691 Palo bianco 406 Palo Terde 556 Paper birch 565. !i83 Paper mulberry 514 Paradise-tree 676 Parry nut pine 19, 704 Parry pinion 703 Parry's spruce 136 Patton's spruce 196 Peach oak 313 Pea flower locust 535 Peawood 602 Pear haw 4.59 Pear thorn 459 Pecan 357. 373 Pecan nut 373 Pecan tree 373 Persimmon 517 Pesslmin 517 PIgeonberry 452. 526 Pigeon cherry 619 Pignut 356, 361, 367 Pignut hickory 367 Pig walnut 361 Pin cherry 619 Pine 19 Pin Pin Plnon Pinon pine Pin thorn , Pitch pine. Planertree . Plane-tree . Plum 621. 622 Poison dogwood 697 Poison elder 697 Poison Ivy 505 Poison laurel 505 Poison oak 697 Poison sumach 697 Polsontree 697 Polsonwood 697, 701 Pond apple 640 Pond c.vpresa 141 Pond pine 57 Poorfleld pine 49 Poor pine 51 Poplar 487. 673 Poplar-leared birch 585 ..487. 675 Pumpkin pi Pumpkin-tree 100 Punk oak 320 Purple buckeye C49, 652 Purple dogwood 528 Purple haw 700 Pyramidal magnolia. 4SI. 496 lllow Sierra brownbark pine. Sllktop palmetto Silky willow 472 Silverbell tree 601,604 Silver flr 159, 103. 165 Sllverleat willow 471 SIlTer-leared maple 429 Silver maple 429 Sliver pine . Silver spruce 13G, Ked ash 423 | Sllvertop palmetto 692 liedbark flr 164 < Single-leaf plnon 19, 701 Itedbark pine 75 ! Single spruce 130 Ked bay FJ ' Sir Joseph Bank's pine. 70 Red-berried elder . . 700 ; Slash pine 45. 49 55 Ked birch 577 1 sitka alder 592 "ed-bract dogwood B26'sitka spruce 1.33 "^'""■' 548 J Skunk sproce 180 Slippery elm... 380, 391, 400 Sloe Small buckeye 649. 652 Small fruit mountain ash 454 Small-leaf elm 399 Small-leaf borsebean Small plgn Small pignut hickory Small white birch. . . Smooth cypresa Smooth-leaf willow Itedbud Red cedar 91 Red elm 393. 399 Red flr 157, 164, 169 Ked gam 325 Red haw 457, 459, 460 Redheart hickory 357 Red hickory 363 Red Ironwood 700 Red larch 80 Red locust 535 Red maple 433 Red mulberry 513 Red oak 259, 285, 277, 2S0, 289 j Snowdrop-tree 601, 603 Red pine 61, 169 • Soapberry 465 Red plum 621 ! Soap-tree 465 Red silver flr 165. Soft maple 429 Red spruce 127 ; Soft pine 19, 25 Red thorn 458 Softwoods 4 Red titl 502;Soledad pine Red willow 498 ; Sonora Ironwood 568 Redwood 181- Sophora 655 Retama 549 Sorrel-tree 507 Rhododendron 507 ' Soulard crab 454 River ash 423 ; Sour gum 337, 339, 507 River birch 565, 577 ( Sour gum bush 507 River Cottonwood 667 ' Sour tupelo 339 Rock chestnut oak 241 1 Sourwood 507 Rock elm 3S0. 386 | Southern basawood 639 ?P'e 427 j Southern mountain pine. 52 Southern red Juniper 495 Swamp oak Swamp popli Swamp sasaafraa . . Swamp Spanish oak 301 Swamp tupelo 3.37 Swamp white oak.. 217, 229 Swampy chestnut oak.. 241 Sweet bay 531 Sweet birch Sweet crab Sweet gum Sweet locust Sweet magnolia... Sweet scented crab Swltch-hud hickory 367 Sycamore 397, 607 22B, 249, 301 Western larch 85 "«» Western plum 621 Western red cedar „ 115. 118, 70« Western aervlceberry .. 452 Westera ahellbark 369 Western spruce 133 Western sumach 698 Western walnut 851 Western white Br 163 Western white oak 235 Western white plie ,565, 580 453 325 541 481, 495 453 Table mountain pine... 52 Tacamahac 673 Tamarack 79, 86 Tanbark oak 241,271 Tassajo 694 Tear-blanket 699 Texan ebony 538 Texan red oak 265 Texas ash 411 Texas buckeye 649 Texas Cottonwood ..667, 669 Texas flowering willow. 477 Texas redbnd 549 Texas umbrella-tree . . . 465 Thick sbellbark 369 Thomas elm 385 1 born apple 459 Small laurel Rn-i Thorn bush 459 small laurel S?9 1 Thorn locust 641 Rock Rock oak 241 Rocky .Mountain Juniper JjS Thorn plum 459 Thorn-tree 641 Thorny acacia 541 Thorny locust 541 Three-leaved maple 445 Three-thorned acacia... 541 Thunderwood 697 Thurber cactus 694 Tideland spruce 133 Tisswood 602 Tlti 502. 526 Toothache-tree 699 Torch pine 55 Torchwood 699 Toruillo 562 Torrey pine 64 Tough bumelia 696 Tourney oak 315 Trask mahogany Tree huckleberry Tree myrtle Tree palmetto . . .43. 45, 49, 63 Popple Poppy ash Possum haw Posaum oak .... Possumwood .... Port Orford ceda Post cedar Post locust Post oak 223 Poverty birch 585 Powcohlscora 355 Price oak 315 646 320 517 123 .103. 109 Rocky 124 Mountain oak 219. 226 Rocky Mountain white pine 703 Rose bay 507 Rosemary pine 49. 55 Royal palm 692 Rum cherry 603 Rusty nannyberry 700 220 548 Sadler oak Saffron plum . . . Salad-tree Sandbar willow 496 Sand Jack 286 Sand pine 46 Sapwood pine 75 Sargent palm . . Sarvlce Sassafac Sassafas . . . . Sassaf rac . . . Sassafras . . . Satinleaf Satin walnut Satlnwood ... Savlce Savin .. 457 .. 433 .. 277 Scarlet h Scarlet maple Scarlet oak Schott cactus .... Schott yucca 693 Screwbean 562 Screw-pod 562 Scrub oak 220. 247, 283 Scrub pine 37, 57. 70 Seaside alder 592 Second growth 3.57 Servlceberry 451 Service-tree 451 Shadberry 451 Shagbark hickory. ..355, 357 Shaita red flr 165 Shawneewood 476 She balsam 151 Sheepberry 699,700 Sheepbuah 554 Sheep laurel .505 Sbellbark 358.357 Shellbark hickory 369 . .. 445 Southern red oak.". 265 Southern white cedar. . . 103 Southern yellow pine... 43 Spanish bayonet 693 Spanish dagger 693 Spanish moss 256 Spanish oak ... 260. 277. 289 Spanish red oak 289 Sparkleberry 508 Spice-tree 529 Spoon-hutch 507 Spoonwood 505 Springwood 7 Spotted oak... 266, 271, 320 Spruce 127, 169 Spruce pine 45, 49, 51, 57, 187 Spruce-tree 187 Stackpole pine 151 Stagbush 699 Staghorn sumach 697 Star-leaved gum 325 Stave oak 205 Stiffness of wood 11 Sting-tongue 699 Stinking ash .. Stinking buckeyi Stinking cedar 201, 202 Stinking savin 202 Strength of wood 11 Striped maple 447 Stone-seed Mexican pinon 33 Stump tree 547 Sugar ash 445 Sugarberry . . .403, 405, 406 Sugar maple 427 Sugar pine 19, 31 Sugar-tree 427 Sumach 696 Summer haw 458 Summerwood 7 Sunflower-tree 700 loving pine 704 Sunny-slope pine 704 Swamp aah 416. 422 P bay 531 P cedar 103 Swamp chestnut oak... 229 p Cottonwood 067. 669 Swamp hickory 361. .375 Swamp holly 646 Swamp laurel 495 Swamp magnolia 495 Swamp maple 429.433 Western . __.. Western yew West Indian birch 676 West Indian cherry 620 Weymouth pine i» Whiskey cherry 613 Whistlewood 637 White alder 591 White Alaska birch „ 565, B7» White ash 409, 422, 70« White balsani 159, 168 White bark 37 Wbltebark maple 438 Wbitebark pine 19, 37 White basswood 6.39 White bay 495 White birch... 565. 579, 586 White buttonwood 688 White cedar ...97. 103, 109 W bite cottoawood 67# White elm ....379. 385. 397 Whlteheart kickory 863 White hickory. 357. 361. 367 JJ""'" *r 159, 163, 188 White Ironwood 700 White laurel 495 Whiteleaf eak 273 White locust 635 White mangrove 688 White mulberry 514 White oak t,,^,:-^*?' 208, 213. 223. 235 White pine 19. 51. 703 White poplar 675, 682 White spruce.. 130. 135, 136 White stem pine 37 White thorn 45s 5:wte titl ;.: 502 ,DD J^Sl" J^flnot 355, 357 •^nc ' White willow 470 »•"* ■ Whltewood ...487.667,701 J^!f.^"P -,1 637 Tree yucca Trident oak 292 Tuck-tuck 157 Tulip poplar 487 Tulip-tree 487 Tupelo 3.37 Turkey oak 283. 286 Umbrella tree. 481. 484. .526 Upland hickory 357 Upland willow 285 Utah Juniper 706 Vallev Valley Valparaiso oak 308 Vauquellnia 466 Vine maple 441 VIrgilla 647 Virginia pine 55 Williamson's spruce.. Virginia thorn 460 ahogany 468 I Wild apple ...:. ■;:;::: 454 Wild black cherry 613 Wild cherry 613, 619 Wild china 435 Wild cinnamon 701 Wild crab 4.»iQ Wild date 693 Wild lilac ::: ^s Wild lime 699 Wild olive-tree ....337. 601 v\ lid orange 620 W'ild peach ... ' c-in Wild plum :..;;:; ^i Wild red cherry 619 Wild rose bay 507 Wild sapodilla 696 S W """"-'nd 568 Wild thorn 459 Wadsworth oak 225 Wafer ash 699 Wahoo . .385. 399. 492. 499, 699 Wahoo elm 399 Walnut 343 Walnut-tree 343 Washington haw 460 Washington palm 693 Washington pine 193 Washington thorn 460 Water ash 422, 424, 445 Water beech 607 Water birch 577, 580 Water bitternut Water elm Water hickory 375 380 375 Water maple ..429. 433. 435 Water oak ...295. 319, .320 Spanish oak 301 Water white oak 217 Weeping dogwood Weeping oak .... Weeping spruce Weeping willow . Western birch -■- ; Western black willow.. 496|TelIow Western catalpa 476 | lellow pine 195 469 Willow Willow-leaf cherry!'.... 620 Willow oak 279, 295 Wing elm 399 Witch elm Qoq Witch ha«l ; 3S0 ""-' : »M . 315 Taupon 545 Yaupon holly ,\\[ 645 Te ow ash 553 Yellow bark oak 271 ~ ' ■ 637 iellow basswood Tellow birch .. Yellow buckeye Tellow buckthoi Yellow-butt oak Tellow cedar Yellow chestnut oak. Teljow Cottonwood .... 667 .118. 121 Yellow cypress '.'..'. 121 '""—flr 163, 169 leaf willow 471 526 Tell .... 249 'Tell „_ 136. 195 1 Tellow flowered cncum 472 65, 579 484 535, 553 247, 271 Western dogwood Western hemlock 193 Western hemlock flr. 193 Western hemlock spruce 193 Western Juniper 118 Tellow apruce . . . .*.'. . . .' 127 Tellow-wood ., 611, 65S. 89S'. 689 J!" W». 201 Address Book Department, HARDWOOD RECORD 537 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 6o HARDWOOD RECORD Westinghouse Motors form the Reliable Drive for Wood=Working Plants AFTER Westinghouse motors are properly in- stalled in a wood-working plant, the only attention they require is an occasional cleaning, inspection and lubrication. Beyond this, there is nothing to be done. They are ready to start any moment they are wanted and they keep the machines they drive in continuous operation until the power is shut off. They are very rarely out of commission for repairs. Their life is very long; some of the first Westinghouse motors are still in successful operation. Such reliability is the result of long experience in design, thorough study of operating conditions, and great care in manufac- ture. These factors combine to make Westinghouse motors more reliable than the service conditions, for which they are intended, require. machines, these motors must be properly installed. Westinghouse service takes care of giving full information on the installation of Westinghouse motors in any plant. To receive full assurance of motor reliability, specify "Westinghouse Motors." Westing:house Electric & Mfg. Co., East Pittsburg, Pa. Sales Offices in all Large Cities. Of course Broom Handle Machinery Lei us tell you about our STEEL TUMBLERS FOR DRY- ING AND POLISHING BROOM HANDLES. This system is rapidly supplanting all others. More economical; less time required for drying; no polishing afterwards; greater per cent of straight handles turned out. Steel Tumbler for Drying and Pollsti- Ing Broom Handles CADILLAC MACHINE COMPANY Complete Line of Broom Handle Machinery CADILLAC, MICH. If you want to get in touch with 2000 Live Wire Buyers of Hardwoods it will pay you to find out about the Hardwood Record's BULLETIN SERVICE One man, who uses the service gives it credit for earning annu- ally $10,000 for him. Write for pamphlet — "Selling Lumber By Mail" It will prove a revelation to you. HARDWOOD RECORD (Bulletin Dept.) 537 So. Dearborn St., CHICAGO HARDWOOD RECORD 6i Kiln Truck We make all styles of Kiln Trucks and Transfer Cars. They are roller bearing, steel or malleable iron wheels. We have one con- tract for twelve hundred of these trucks, with eight-inch wheels. Always a large stock of material on hand. Can make prompt shipment. The National Dry Kiln Co. Indianapolis, Ind. Baldwin Geared Locomotives are built for severe service on steep grades, sharp curves and uneven tracks. They are symmetrical in construction, with cen- tral drive and gears of selected material. Further particulars will be gladly furnished on request THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS PHILADELPHIA, PA., U. S. A. Cable Address: — "Baldwin, Philadelphia" Branch Offices: New York, N. Y.. Hudson Terminal; St. Louis. Mo.. Wrijht Builiiing; Chicago, III.. Railway Exchange; Portland, Ore., Spalding Building; Richmond, Va.. Travelers Building. RUSSEL LOGGING CARS Years of Hard Service Have Demonstrated Russel Cars to be Supe- rior in Quality and Construction. Built for any Capacity Desired RUSSEL WHEEL AND FOUNDRY CO. DETROIT, MICHIGAN 62 HARDWOOD RECORD When the price of lumber is low it's a good time to consider cutting down your logging-costs with m'^k&h CLYDE LOGGING MACHINERY op manufactured ezpready to supply the demand for the best. It it made by modem machinery from carefully-ielected stock and eTery precaution it taken throughout our entire system to make it fulfill in every particular its naine'^"IDEAL." ROUGH OR FINISHED LUMBER— ALL KINDS Send Ut Your Inquiries The I. Stephenson Company WELLS, MICHIGAN For the Better Kind of Hardwoods wTlta EAST JORDAN LUMBER CO. East Jordan, Mich. ALL THE MICHIGAN HARDWOODS Makers of i,ATH Imperial Brand FmEAns SHINGLES MAPLE FLOORING HEUIiOCX FORMAN'S FAMOUS OAK FLOORING Heidelberg, Ky. Is made in faultless fashion from the most u n i f o r m-colored and even-textured oak pro- duced ; worked from Kraetzer-Cured lumber manufactured at our sawmills. Thomas Forman Company Detroit Michigan Von Platen Lumber Co. Iron Mountain, Michigan MANUFACTURERS OF BIRCH BASSWOOD ELM MAPLE 100 M of 8 4 No. 3 Common Rock Elm. 100 M of 6 4 No. 3 Common Birch. 100 M of 8 4 No. 3 Common Maple. We Solicit Your Inquiries SHIPMENTS VIA C. & N. W.— C, M. & ST. P.— W. & M. "Chief Brand" Maple and Beech Flooring in f , f and 13-16 and 1 1-16 inch Maple in ail standard widths and grades, will commend itself to you and your trade on its merits alone WRITE US, WE CAN INTEREST YOU Kerry & Hanson Flooring Co. GRAYLING MICHIGAN S. L. EASTMAN FLOORING CO. SAGINAW BRAND MAPLE FLOORING SAGINAW, MICH. For Prompt Shipment Basswood — 100,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 Camman & Better. Soft Maple — 26.000 ft. 4 4 & 8/4 Log Bnn M. C. O. White & Red Oak — 12.000 ft. Log Run M. C. O. Black Walnut— 3,000 ft. I.ob Bun M. C. O. STRUTHERS COOPERAGE CO., Romeo, Michigan Lumber Dried As Never Before SEE THE DIFFERENCE GRAND RAPIDS DRY KILN GRAND RAPIDS VENEER WKS.. SOLE MFRS., 64 HARDWOOD RECORD VENEERS AND PANELS Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co. HOME OFFICE, FACTORY AND VENEER MILL, ALGOMA, WIS. VENEER AND SAWMILL, BJRCHWOOD, WIS. We manufacture at our Birchwood plant single ply veneers of all native northern woods and deliver stocic that is in shape to glue. From our Algoma factory, where we have specialized for twenty years, we produce panels of all sizes, flat or bent to shape, in all woods, notably in Mahogany and Quarter-Sawed Oak. We make no two-ply stock, and do not employ sliced cut quartered oak. Our quartered oak panels are all from sawed veneer. livery pound of glue we use is guaranteed hide stock. We do not use retainers. Our gluing forms are put under pow- erful screws and left until the glue has thoroughly set. If you seek a guaranteed product that is the best, based on results accomplished by most painstaking attention and study of every detail, combined with the use of the best stock and an up-to-date equipment, our product will appeal to you. If you are a "price buyer" we probably cannot Interest you. y eneers and l^anels with a J\eputation "ll/'E manufacture Veneers in all the native woods and for all purposes. Also Built-up Panels in native and foreign woods — three and five-ply — and have established a reputation for furnishing high-grade material. Send us your inquiries and orders and become one of our satisfied customers. Underwood Veneer Co. Wausau^ Wis, OUR SPECIALTY Highly Figured Quarter-Sawed White Oak Veneer Putnam Veneer & Lumber Co. ROACHDAUE, IIND. H. I. CUTSIINOER, Gen'l Mgr. Custom Mill Work, Storage, Inspection ON Foreign Fancy Woods, Mahogany, Cedar, Circassian We receive the logs, store or warehouse them, manufacture them into lumber, cut or saw veneers, pile and store the pro- duct, and ship via any railroad. Also furnish inspection returns on logs or lumber. Can furnish accommodations and econ- omies which it is impossible to secure elsewhere. We always have on our yards parcels of plain and figured African, Mexican and Cuban Mahogany, Circassian Walnut and Cedar logs, placed here for sale by direct foreign shippers, from which advantageous purchases can be made. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co. Long Island City, New York HARDWOOD REC ORD 6.; VENEERS AND PANELS READY TO LAY Dimension Stock cut to your sizes in 1/20 Sliced Quartered Oak and Mahogany MATCHED, JOINTED AND TAPED We also manufacture a full line of high- grade, rotary-cut veneers, making a spe- cialty of exceptionally fine poplar. ADAMS & RAYMOND VENEER COMPANY Established 1869 Indianapolis, Ind. CIRCASSIAN MAHOGANY Logs VENEERS Lumber WE IMPORT WE MANUFACTURE All Thicknesses of Mahogany Ready for Shipment RICE VENEER & LUMBER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Hoffman Brothers Company Sliced and Sawed, Quartered and Plain Red and White Oak Walnut Cherry Ash Maple Let Di Send You Our Stock Li.t FORT WAYNE, IND. Hardwood Record's strongest circulation is in the region 'vhere things are made of wood— WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK and the East. It's the BEST sslIcs medivim for ha.rdwood lumber. Memphis Veneer & Lumber Co. Memphis, Tenn. Mahogany Veneer 1-8, 3-16 and 1-4-in. door stock. 1-20 and 1-16-in. sawed mahogany. Sawed Veneer in the following Quartered White Oak, Quartered Red Oak, Plain Red Oak, Yellow Poplar, White Ash and Quartered Red Gum Memphis Veneer & Lumber Company Memphis, Tennessee B. C. JARRELL A CO. MANUFACTURERS OF High Grade, Rotary-Cut Gum VENEERS Cut right; dried right; prices right HUMBOLDT. TENNESSEE iCo. .YELLOW POPLAR CROSS BANDING ^ 66 HARDWOOD RECORD Carolina Spruce Co, M A N I ■ V A CT U R E R S Spruce & Hardwood LUMBER Afi7/s.Pensacola.N.C. Capacity 90,000 ft. per day Charles K. Parry & Co. !"a',^d xll "."^ b&": Philadelphia GARETSON-GREASON LUMBER CO. 1002-1005 Times BIdg. ST. LOUIS MANUFACTURERS Four Mills Frank Purcell %Ta.'^ Exporter of Black Waliiut Logs FIGURED WALNUT IN LONG WOOD AND STUMPS Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT LICK .... KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF ^^Oak Flooring Complete stock of %' and 13/16" in all standard widths A Prominent Veneer Man says: ^ "I believe your new service showing the exact require- ments of the Veneer and Panel Trade to be highly accu- rate, and a necessary part of the office equipment of any progressive veneer or panel factory." ^The same information would cost you thousands of" dollars. The cost of our service is a small fraction of that. ^ Ask your competitor to tell you how it has helped him, and then write us for details. HARDWOOD RECORD, CHICAGO, ILL. HARDWOOD RECORD lll^iillilliliiaililiiil'liiiliiilliiilii'liailiilllllililillillliilil^ liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiJiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiLi BUFFALO The Foremost Hardwood Market of the East ANTHONY MILLER HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS 893 EAGLE STREET Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT 1075 Clinton Street BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. We want I.) liuj f.ir cash OAK. ASH AND OTHER HARDWOODS All grades and thicknesses. Will rereive and inspect stock at shipping point. Branch yard, Memphis, Tenn. 940 Seneca Street, BUFFALO T. SULLIVAN & CO. SPt:CIALTIE,S: Gray Elm, Brown Ash Pacific Coast Fir and Spruce 2 ARTHUR STREET I. N. Stewart & Bro. Specialties Cherry and Oak 892 Elk Street G. BUIAS oo4 Ftoorint an4 how to car* for it — al*o price*— and i* fret The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop Sts. CHICAGO, ILL. #7 OUR DOUBLE BAXD MILL — HUTTIG, ARK. ^Why WcCan Give "Value Received" We own one hundred thousand acres o( the best virgin Southern Hardwood timber. We operate large band mills at Huttlg, Ark., and Deer- ing. Mo. We cut FORTY MII.LION feet of hardwoods annually and carry 15,000,000 feet IN STOCK. We sell only stock cut on our own mills and so can GUAK- ^^^ .\NTEE the quality of EVEKI' shipment. J^ ' We ship high grades that increase the size and percentage of vour cuttings, reduce factory costs and shrink the waste pile. Therefore: We can S.4VE TOC MONET on every shipment of oak, ash, gum. elm, cypress, tupelo, hickory, cottonwood. sycamore, soft maple and dimension. LET US PROVE THIS ON YOUR NEXT ORDER Wisconsin Lumber Company Harvester Bldg. CHICAGO CHOICE BIRCH AND MAPLE-10,500 ACRES I offer the above tract of best quality and splendidly located timber in Ontario, ten miles from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, a town of 25,000 population. Will cut 90% birch and maple. Estimated by George F. Beardsley, cruiser of Grand Rapids, Mich. Location and mill site on deep water. Can ship either by water or rail. Lands in fee simple — no crown dues, no export restrictions. Close to Amer- ican Soo. Easy logging. Reasonable price and terms. Wniiam H. Ranson, Sault Ste Marie, Mich. SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE D 17 pv D /^/^l/' Published Semi-annually r\l-uLJ D\J\Jl\. in February and August It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyers ^f lumber ia car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their Boancial standing and manner of meet- ing obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Mani- toba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as the authority on the lines it covers. A well orranized CollectiOD DepartmcDt is also operated lad the same is oyeo to Tou. Write for terms. Lumbermen's Credit Assn., ESTABLISHED 1I7> Meilisa This raftr. Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Maple, Birch, Elm, Basswood, Ash And Other Northern Hardwoods In the Market for Round Lots of Hardwootf WRITE US BEFORE SELLING Fisher Building, • - CHICAGO •PHONE HARRISON 1984 Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co. SPECIAL RAILROAD DEPT. Hardivoods :: Soltivoods 823 Railway Exchange Building, Chicago. 111. n For items of Hardwood Stock or Hardwood Machinery, you will find it advantageous to write our advertisers. Get in touch ! HARDWOOD RECORD KNOXVIUUE Famous for Finest Type of Poplar, Oak and Cbeataut VESTAL LUMBER AND MANUFACTURING CO. KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. QUARTERED WHITE OAK OUR SPECIALTY MANUFACTURERS OF QUARTERED WHITE OAK. PLAIN OAK. POPLAR. WALNIIT & TENNESSEE RED CEDAR LUMBER BAND MILLS AT VKSTAL. A SUBURB OF KNOXVILJJB!. SOUTHERN AND LOUISVILLE! & NASHVILLE RAILROAD J. M. UOOAIN LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWOODS AND PINE POPLAR A SPECIALTY Main Office and Yards: Knoxville Branch OfJlce and Yard: Bank aad McLean Are.. Cincinnati I. M. ASHER. Mgr. We Want Orders for the following Dry Stock: WHITE OAK— Plain or Quartered. RED OAK— Plain or Quartered. CHESTNUT BASSWOOD POPLAR WHITE PINE Always carry large well assorted stock of all kinds of Hardwoods. CAN SHIP ON SHORT NOTICE. "THE VERY BEST" ASH, BUCKEYE, RED BIRCH, CHESTNUT, GUM, RED OAK, WHITE OAK, PINE, POPLAR and WALNUT Knoxville Veneer Co. p. B. RAYMOND, General Manager, KnoxvUle, Tenn. Maphct ,.. rii,5=-'Vr/ ^ — ^.-tl-;* w^- n .■_•■. ^ i Agencies' -- -fJ,--"- '-^■'^"-.,LiDGER\A^OOD'- MI=G CO NEWORLEANS-WOODWARD.WIGHTACO.f- - Q&LA^J^fi^^^tf M V iT* CANADA-ALLIS CHALMERS BULLOCK »D Liberty Mreet. New York Montreal Vancouver LTa LTtX HARDWOOD RECORD We Will Quolc Unusually Atlractive Prices On the Following List ot Band Sawn Poplar: IH « I Vi" No. 1 Com 1 Ci 1'/," N^" No. 2 A & R Common. 1 car X" No. 2 A & B Common. G cars 2Vi" Ih & 28. ;l cars S" 19 & 2s. 2 cars 1" Wide Box. 3 cars 1" Narrow Box. 4 cars 1" Sans & Selects. 1 car 1V4" Saps & Selects. 2 cars I'/j" Saps & Selects. 2 cars 2" Saps & Selects. WR HAVK A SPT.ENDID STOCK OF PI-AIN AND QUARTERED RED AND WHITE OAK. ALL GRADES Faust Bros. Lumber Co. SAl.KS Ol'I'KE CHICAGO. ILL. ■MAIN OFFICE PADUCAH, KY. OAK FLOORING hAPDWOOD LUMBEP <»\ Kiln- Dried V^ Polished "^^^^^ & MFC. CO. 5A RDIS Sw MI55. ^ Hollow ?b> Backed and Bundled Mill n<<'. l-Jant and Yards MOUND CITV, ILL., adjoining Cairo, III. CHICAGO OFFICE— 1423 Monadnock Bldg. Hardwood Lumber ALL ORAL) US AND THICKNESSES Oak and Ash Our Specialty VENEERS Sawed, Quartered White Oak i standard for 37 Years ^, Covel Saw Machinery The machine shown will automatically sharpen band resaws from l" to 6" wide, and it is not necessary to touch the saws after they come off the machine. Fifty leu parti Guaranteed to give satisfaction. We make machinery to take care of all kinds of saws and knives. Our catalog is free. Ask for it. COVEL MFG. CO., Benton Harbor, Mich. I COVER PICTURE— Mangrove Tree. REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: General Market Conditions 13 Landed at Last 13 Destruction or Conservation 14 Tile Income Tax 14 Anotiier Convert 14 A Questionable Policy 15 Important Precedents Established 15 Are You Aware 15 An Inteliigent Safeguard 16 Seel^mo^.^;^i^;A;:>.Ki)^^l^^^^ ^^mi^J^^M^^m\^;^^^MMW^ ftSMWoM RocoM Published in ihe InleresI of ihe American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Logging, Saw Mill and Wood- Working Machinery, on the 1 0th and 25lh of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Henry H. Gibson, Editor and Manager Edwin W. MeekerV Hu Maxwell >Associate Editors Entire Seventh Floor Ellsworth building 537 So. Dearborn Street. CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087-8088 Vol. XXXVII CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 25, 1913 No. 3 ■fTTTf Review and Outlook General Market Conditions CONSERVATISM IS THE KEY-KOTE of lumber buying at pres- ent in all classes and varieties of lumber. In southern pine, of course, the condition can be said to be more than conservative, and in fact, decidedly slow, but in hardwood the former description describes the situation accurately. The most pessimistic note seems to come from the East, where are located several prominent exporting cen- ters, this tone being the reflection of poor conditions prevailing in all stocks of export shipments. This condition is a reflection of two causes abroad, one being over-stocks in British markets, an in fact in markets generally throughout the continent. This over- stock condition is the result both of easing of demand and of overshipments. In Germany, where a considerable market usually lies for American lumber products, the economic crises which that country has been passing through on account of recent conflicts has resulted in a scarcity of available funds and a general letting up in business activity. It is encouraging, however, to note that in no case is there any tendency to consider the situation as of a panicky character, there being simply the same feeling of con- servatism that is apparent pretty much all over the United States. In this country there has been very little change since the last re- port two weeks ago, with the exception that sawmill operators in the Memphis territorj- and all through Arkansas are in a much more favorable frame of mind regarding log supply, as the opening up of excellent logging conditions means that they will be able to keep their mills running in good shape. In fact, there are very few shut-downs due to a scarcity of logs, those mills which are down being stopped because of a necessity for overhauling and general repair work. It continues to be a fact that nowhere at the mills either north or south is there any too much lumber, and also because of the fact that buyers have been going slowly, stocks in consumers' hands continue to be of moderate proportions. In spite of this condition, however, the general run of hardwood stocks is not selling up to normal market values, even oak being shaded somewhat. This may not be the result entirely of reduction in the total consumption of hardwood lumber. The conservative buying that prevails, resulting in the placing of small orders, means that hardwood firms must necessarily put more effort into the securing of each order, and while the aggregate amount of lumber moved might be pretty near to normal conditions, the result of this strenuous seeking of business means that salesmen are more apt to shade prices than they would be if the same amount of lumber were moving in a smaller number of larger orders. As stated, oak is off in some quarters, although it could be truth- fully said that this condition prevails more with the weaker houses than it does with the bigger manufacturers of suflScient strength to hold their prices. In fact, some of the big oak mills of the country are realizing consistently satisfactory prices for their lumber. Gum has felt a slight stimulation on account of the recent organiza- tion of gum manufacturers and the facts which developed at the recent gum meetings showing that gum stocks are not in as serious a shape as had been thought. Following the first meeting there was a more firm tone noted on quotations on red gum, but this sentiment did not crystallize into any uniform shape until after the formal organization of the association and the outlining of plans for improring the gum market. The lower grades of red and sap gum are in a more favorable condition than they have been, while sap gum generally speaking, is slightly stronger. With but normal stocks prevailing at northern mills, and in fact in some cases stocks below normal, no particular apprehension is felt in those quarters although there are rumors of quite a little price buying in northern hardwoods. The general business situation continues to be affected by various political causes, chief among them being the rather slow progress and unsatisfactory status of legislation looking toward the making over of the currency system of the country. The banking element continues to maintain its hesitant position regarding money loaned, and as a result collections continue to be poor, and industrial and speculative depart- ments are held back. The imminence of the semi-annual inventory season is also having some effect on trade, and this can be said as truthfully of lumber, and probably more truthfully than of almost any other commodity. On the whole the general indications are that business men are simply marking time until they are able to more fully analyze the prospects for 1914, and shape up policies which will be in conformity with conditions and circumstances that will prevail at that time. The conditions which probably are causing this uncertainty more than any- thing else are the matters at Washington relative to legislation, the uncertainty of the Mexican situation, the lack of definite ideas as to how the recent changes in tariff will affect business in this country, the proposed general advance of freight rates, which would mean rais- ing the prices of all commodities, and the general disposition to hold up pending some definite information as to how the many new poli- cies and ideas as advanced by the administration at Washington will eventually pan out. Landed at Last THE COVER PI-CTITJE which illustr.ites this number of Hard- OD Record may not suggest the title, but the fact is well ex- pressed, because the abnormal trunk now growing on land once stood in water. The tree is the mangrove. The picture was made in South Florida. 14 HARDWOOD RECORD Many insects begin their lives in water and end them on land, but few plants do it. The mangrove is an exception; but it is the exception only in exceptional cases. Ordinarily the mangrove is a water tree. It is planted in water, grows from a seed designed by nature to take root in the bottom of shallow water; and millions of the trees near the low^ shores in southern Florida never stand anywhere but in water. fThey fringe the dismal shores of ponds and banks of rivers in dense masses, rising usually from ten to twenty feet above the water's surface. The trunks under such circumstances range from one to four inches in diameter. Their branching habits are peculiar, and resemble those of the banyan tree of India, though mangrove and banyan are not closely related. After the stem has _obtaiued its start and has developed a small crown of branches, aerial roots put in an appearance. These spring from the branches and hang down like rope ends, slowly in- creasing in length untU their tips touch the mud at the bottom of the water. There they anchor. A single small tree may have dozens of such roots, each an inch in diameter and ten feet or more in length. They look like slender props placed to sustain the tree's limbs. The shores of some of the tidal estuaries in South Florida are so thickly fringed with growth of this kind that it is almost im- possible to make a landing from a boat. These fringes often stand in water from one to three feet deep. When the trees increase in size they are apt to careen, and the tangled mass then defies efforts of man and of most animals to penetrate. The stems are stronger and more elastic than the toughest hickory. In time of storms, waves sometimes sweep in from the sea and beat and maul the mangrove thickets for days, and scarcely a branch or trunk is broken. The mangrove is a land builder. The thickets collect sediment and drift, and in course of time the water is displaced and the thicket stands on land which is dry most of the time. The tree is not in the least discommoded by the change. In fact, it usually grows faster after it gets out of the water. The largest trees are on land, and they quit sending down roots from the limbs; but those already established continue to grow. Some of them attain diame- ters of several inches, while the main trunk grows to a diameter of two feet or more. The picture shows such a tree that has been a long time on land and has outgrown most of its aquatic habits. Mangrove wood is exceedingly heavy. Dry logs rolled into water sink like stones. This adds to the tree's value as a land builder; for when trunks fall they do not float away, but sink to the bottom where they assist in collecting sediment and debris, and the mass gradually rises above the surface of the water to form flats and islands. Destruction or Conservation A WRITER ON WOOD TURNING couples this statement and *^ advice : "In the wood turning business there are but two grades, good and poor. Send to your customers the good grade, to your fireman the poor." If the manufacturer of products of the lathe were the only person concerned the policy might be good from his selfish standpoint, for it would raise the price of his output. The prospective buyer who could not afford to pay the price could go without the article; but this is not in accord with the spirit of conservation which now is abroad in the land. Forward-looking lumbermen and all wood manu- facturers are trying to lessen the activities of the waste burners at their factories. It is devoutly hoped that the time will speedily come when the smoke of the burner will ascend no more, and when the last board-end, the last truckload of shavings, and every shovel- ful of sawdust can be put to some good purpose, with profit for all who handle them. The tendency is to decrease, not to augment the profitless ash heaps when fire has burned the waste from wood-using factories. It would be pretty hard at this day to go back to the custom once prevalent in white pine sawmills where the best went to market and the rest went into the river or into the fire; yet that is what is advocated as the policy of wood turners. It has been demonstrated many times that some industries can make money from materials which others throw away. Progressive manufacturers are searching for means of carrying such utilization still further. If there are buyers for turned stock of low-grado material, such material should be sold then, and not burned. It is a short-sighted policy which would destroy part in order to get a better price for what is left. The better plan is to devise means of getting profit on all. This usually results when one industry uses all of its material that wUI pay, and turns the remainder over to some other industry to convert into other commodities. The Income Tax THE INCOME TAX came so suddenly that little time was given the public to analyze and comprehend its terms. It was a case of leaping first and looking afterwards, and the leap having been taken, the business men of the country are beginning to look. The prospect is not reassuring, according to an address delivered a few days ago by Levy Mayer before the Chicago Association of Credit Men. He declared that when the income tax has been added to the taxes levied for state, county, and municipal purposes, the total rate will exceed that of any European country whose people are loaded with taxes to support enormous standing armies, and navies of corresponding size. The law is clumsy in construction, bewildering in its details. Law- yers are uncertain of its meaning, and cannot intelligently advise their clients on certain questions which have already come up. De- cisions of courts will be necessary to settle points which ought to have been made so plain that any one could understand them. The more the law is studied after its enactment, the more apparent be- comes the fact that it was not studied before its passage. It betrays the work of theorists who are always strong on generalities and deficient in particulars; who pile up deck loads totally out of proportion with ballast, and who put to sea without regard to storm signals. Mr. Mayer suggests that there should be a department at Wash- ington to draft and write the laws. Experienced men could at least formulate laws which could be understood and applied. One of the blunders of the income tax act has already become widely known; it relates to the tax on the income of married persons. The makers of the law supposed they were favoring marriage, but as a fact they discouraged that step by an extra tax on married people, both of whom have taxable incomes. No protection is given in case of an absconding collector who runs off with his employer's money. The latter must pay the income tax on what he lost. The analysis has just begun. Every day brings to light new crudities and eccentricities. In some instances, it is claimed, it will cost bankers two hundred dollars to collect twenty dollars tax from their clients and turn it into Uncle Sam 's strong box. The govern- ment compels citizens to collect this tax without pay. In some in- stances it would be cheaper for them to pay it out of their own pockets than to try to collect it. It is a similar case to that in Irving's Knickerbocker History where the judge ordered each litigant to give the other a clear receipt, and compelled the constable to pay the costs. There has been little or no opposition to the income tax on prin- ciple. The criticism appears to be directed wholly against the kind of law and the manner of its enforcement. It has been denounced as impracticable in its present form, and the only remedy seems to lie in amendments. Another Convert THE NEW YORK TIMES, in an issue of recent date, gives further evidence of change in sentiment on the part of the more intelligent and fair-minded editors of the daily press regarding the justice of substituting the steel car for wood. This issue con- tains an editorial entitled "After Steel Cars — What?" The article quotes from the Sague report on the use of steel cars in the United States for diminishing fatalities as follows: "It must be acknowl- edged that the wheel weights now being used upon both cars and locomotives in the United States are so great as to be entirely with- out precedent in railroad history, and the combination of speed and HARDWOOD RECORD JS heavy wheel weights, together with the extremely severe track con- ditions frequently met in winter operations in this country, often produce conditions which are most difficult to meet." The editorial then comes out point-blank with the following state- ment: "This means simply that steel cars not only fail to prevent railway accidents, — in the nature of things, they could not prevent them, — but because of their weight causing rails to spread and break and the difficulty of stopping the heavier trains in emergencies, they actually increase the danger of collision and derailment." The edi- torial then goes on to outline wherein the railroads are weak and to point out the real cause for the many fatal accidents on the rail- roads of this country. It says that steel cars are a poor make- shift and cannot replace the vigilance, loyalty and devotion that should be demanded of the railway operatives. It is needless to say that with the proper attention given to these conditions the ratio of accidents in this countr.v would soon bo reduced to such a low figure that the public would have no special interest whatever in the type of cars in which they were riding and would not make the extrava- gant and foolish demands which they are reported to be making, which, if ultimately granted on a general basis, would mean the entire replacement of substantially built wooden cars by another typo of car concerning which there is absolutely no proof of its right to CJcist. A Questionable Policy IT IS REPORTED THAT MANUFACTURERS of furniture and •I other similar articles in which veneer is utilized have decided that their best interests are not served through the use of the word ' ' veneer ' ' in explaining the construction of their goods. It is claimed by these people that the use of the word "ve- neers" gives to the public mind the impression that there is something shoddy in the con- struction of the article in ques- tion, and that it will not stand up to the test of time, and that it is really but a poor imita- tion of something that ought to be better. Having convinced themselves of this fact, they announce, it is reported, that they will endeavor to substitute for "ve- neer" the words "reinforced wood," contending that veneer is really reinforced wood in that the piano, table top or other article in which veneer is used is really made of several layers of veneer, one reinforc- ing the other. This, of course, .is true, but it is extremely doubt- ful if the establishment and maintenance of such a policy will be of any benefit to them or to the furniture manufacturers and other handlers of furniture, and it is practically certain that it would be anythipg but a benefit to manufacturers of veneer. If such a plan really exists, it would seem that it would be to the best interest of the veneer and panel concerns of the country to investi- gate in order that their products may not be forced to sell under false colors before the eye of the general public. It is true that with the average individual the word "veneer" is synonymous with "inferior quality," and in fact this word has become established as an expression for almost anything which, while it appears all right on the surface, is really not of much real value. That a properly constructed panel is really stronger in many cases than the solid lumber, and that the employment for face panels of high-grade veneer offers a much greater variety of figure, is too generally recognized among those interested in the handling of lumber and veneers to need any argument, but evidently the public has not come to realize that this is true, and it is certainly not a good thing for the veneer trade to let this misconception continue or to allow without protest any such campaign as is suggested that will rob veneer of its identity. A''encer is coming to command more and more popularity, but such popularity should be founded on a proper understanding of its value, purpose and application and not upon any false pretenses such as are being suggested as alrove noted. Important Precedents Established A DECI8I0X WAS RENDERED on Novembtfr 17 by Special *» Master .1. C. Wallace in the famous Arkansas reparation case at Little Rock, Ark. The decision stated that the consignee is enti- tled to the rebate for excessive freight charges and as a result manu- facturers and wholesalers have entered formal appeal to the federal court. However, the special master will be unable to file a complete list of settlements. Hence there is no probability of the ease being ready for the appeal for some little time. About $300,000 will be paid back to the consignees on the basis of this decision, unless an appeal is sustained. This is the amount of excess freight paid, which constitutes about one-third of the amount of the statute rate, which continued in, force while the injunction of the railroads against the state rates was pending. The question of reparation was brought to an issue with the filing of a pica of intervention to collect rebates on shipments made by the Wisconsin-Arkansas Lumber Company of Walco, Ark., on ship- ments within the state. At the same time the East Arkansas Lum- ber Company, one of its consignees at Paragould, Ark., filed a similar plea of intervention, in which it claimed that the consignee was entitled to a rebate. UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL = The decision as rendered would establish the fact that shipments in transit are the property of consignee, and that the real price of an article was the price f. o. b. mills to which the amount of freight to any destination was added. The court held that the con- signee was not only the owner of lumber while in transit, but really paid the increased rate on it at the increased price of delivery. This condition, ac- cording to the decision, was not affected by the fact that mills in some instances made conces- sions which amounted to ab- sorbing part of the amounts themselves, the court ruling that in this case thev acted on their iH. I. OTaUricf) Hanb Co. SHAWANO, WISCONSIN November 17, 1913. Hardwood Record. 537 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois. Gentlemen: Yours of the 15th Instant with reference to increasing the circulation of your publication, received. Your pub- lication should be in the hands of every hardwood oper- ator or timber owner. I would not be without it even if I had to pay more than the subscription price. En- closed find check to cover renewal of our subscription to 1915. Yours truly, M. J. WALLRICH LAND COMPANY, By M. J. Wallrich, Pres. own volition, not being compelled to make such concessions. Are You Aware T-'HAT THERE IS USED in the United States over six. times as *■ much wood per capita as is used in Germany and over twelve times as much per capita as is used in England, and that we are using in this country today about twice as much wood per capita as we did fifty years ago? These figures might appear somewhat of a surprise to the lumber trade in view of the much lamented increase in the use of substitutes for wood for various i)urposcs. The lumber trade has been rather startled by the remarkable progress made in the field of wood sub- stitutes and, being fully alive to the situation, is preparing in various ways to combat its progress. We should not figure, however, that because we use six times as much wood as they do in Germany per capita that we possess any more complete understanding of the work- able qualities of wood and its adaptability to different uses or that the lumbermen of this country Ii.ave been any more progressive in marketing their product than have the lumber producers of Germany and England. As a matter of fact, it is all a question of economics, and it may be said that these figures have some significance as an indication i6 HARDWOOD RECORD ul' a possible eoiulilion to prevail iu the lutuic. The use of any commodity is dependent upon its adaptability for specific purposes as combined with its relative value as compared to other commodities of equal adaptability. The fact that but one-sixth of the amount of wood per capita is used by the Germans does not necessarily indicate that those thrifty people could not secure more wood if they wanted it, but rather that they have found substitutes which servo their purposes and which they can secure at a less cost. The use of other materials than wood, such as stone and brick, in house construction in Germany does not signify that that type of architecture is specially preferred, but rather because of economic consideration it is the style of construc- tion best suited to the purpose. It is a well-known fact that native-grown lumber in Germany com- mands excessively high prices as compared to lumber used in this country produced from our native forests. Also, the cost of importing foreign-grown lumber, added to the value of the lumber itself, means that the ultimate cost of foreign lumber to the German consumer is high. The whole question, however, really hinges on the fact that domestic lumber within the boundaries of the German empire is not plentiful and hence commands a high price. It is not likely that conditions such as exist in Germany today will exist in this country for a good many years to come, but that we are working toward that same end is undoubtedly true. Therefore the logical course to follow would be the employment of more detailed merchandizing methods looking to the gradual increase in the closer utilization of our trees and more detailed attention to specific lines of consumption for diiferent grades and varieties of lumber in order that each grade and kind of wood may be put to the use for which it is best adapted, thereby insuring the fullest possible profit to the lumber trade. This condition will come about as a gradual evolution, and it is encourag- ing to note the tendency even now shown on the part of American manufacturers to put such methods into practice. An Intelligent Safeguard THE BROADCAST ADVANCES in freight rates which the rail- roads announce and which have been generally suspended by the Interstate Commerce Commission pending investigation have undoubt- edly had some effect in retarding the placing of orders "for shipment during the next few months. The fact that the increase would mean advance in price of from five per cent up in selling price of lumber has unquestionably resulted to a degree at least in effecting a more hesitant spirit on the part of the buyers w^ho desire shipments some time after orders are placed. This uncertainty as to possible change in value in various commodities has made necessary the employment of such means as vrill successfully overcome this excuse on the part of the buyers for further holding off in their purchases for 1914. In this connection a prominent "Wisconsin firm has evolved an idea which appears to be most excellent. This company is now stamping all quotations for delivered ship- ments with the following words: "On account of pending advances in freight rates this quotation is .based on present rate of cents per hundred pounds for prompt shipment and subject to any increase of rate on acceptance for deferred shipment." Seeking Independence of America A LONDON TEADE PAPEE rejoices in the prospect of ex- tending Eussian railways into the Caucasian timber region in order to bring out logs to supply some of the markets of western Europe. It is claimed, ' ' Europe would be rendered more inde- pendent of America for mahogany and walnut." It is not easy to see in what way the mahogany supply will be affected by the building of railroads into the mountains of western Asia, since not a stick of mahogany grows in that region. Neither is it apparent how there can be competition with America in walnut, because the kind of walnut growing in Caucasia is not found in America. The Asiatic species is the Circassian walnut which has never been an active competitor of black walnut of American growth, because of the great difference in cost between the two woods and also because of difference in color. If there is to be serious rivalry between woods of Caucasia and those of the United States, the competition will lie between Circassian walnut and red gum. Though tlie later is much cheaper than the walnut from Asia, the figure schemes of the two are so similar that a considerable quantity of the wood passing as Circassian walnut is red gum from Tenessee, Arkansas, or some other southern state. No matter how many new railroads are built into the timber regions of Caucasia, there is no possibility of bringing out enough walnut to have an appreciable effect on the quantity of red gum sold in Europe. There can be no compe- tition in price, and as to figure, the gum, if well selected, can hold its own any day and anywhere. Car Statistics THE AMEEICAN EAILWAY ASSOCIATION in Bulletin 155A gives its usual figures on car surplus and shortage. On November 15, 1913, the total surplus of cars as reported was 46,059, as against surplus on November 1 of 38,276. Comparison of figures for November 7, 1912, at which time the total surplus was 19,897 cars, would indicate that there is some little laxity in ship- ments this year as compared with November of last year. This suggestion is more or less borne out by comparison of shortages, as on November 15 of this year there was a shortage of 23,407 cars, as against a shortage of 71,156 cars on November 7, 1912. On November 1, 1913, the shortage was 40,118 cars. Where Were the Lumbermen? A DAILY CONSULAE EEPOET contains an account of a buUd- ing exhibit which was held at Glasgow, Scotland, the early part of October. The report says that the exhibit was very elaborate and embraced almost every conceivable article required for construction and fittings of almost every class of building. It is interesting, then, to note the description of the various . materials and appliances noted. This description starts out with concrete mixing, concrete blocks, brick machines, drain and pipe cleaners, and the different kinds of instruments used in surveying and mapping work. Under the head of building material are listed marble, brick, cement and ornamental interior finishing of mosaic and cement work. Then come the plumbing exhibits, embracing all the latest and most modern plumb- ing supplies. The next exhibit was of interior finish, and, according to report, included electric and gas devices for heating, stoves, ranges, private telephone apparatus, carpets, rugs, matting, draperies, and, finall}', at the end of the list, furniture. It is significant that the only mention made of any commodity in any way related to lumber was the one word ' ' furniture. ' ' It would seem that the members of the lumber fraternity located in Scotland are even more remiss than their American brothers in the matter of adequately exploiting their products, for, while American lumbermen have been rather delinquent as to adopting modern methods, it would seem that the Scottish lumbermen overlooked an opportunity that confronted them, whereas the members of the American trade have simply not had the opportunity and heretofore have not created it. Important to Northern Operators ON THE OCCASION OF THE EECENT MEETING of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association E. S. Kellogg, secretary of the Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers' As- sociation, made the interesting observation that the tendency on the part of northern operators would be to hold very firndy to prices during the coming year because of the fact that there is promised an increase in logging costs of from twenty-five cents to one dollar a thousand. It is probable that the reason for this is two-fold. On the one hand the lumber jacks are demanding and receiving better wages then ever, and on the other hand they are actually being housed and fed in comparative luxury when are considered the con- ditions under which the lumber jack existed in former days. In addition to this the various necessities for logging operations have gone up in price proportionately. That the seriousness of the situation is understood and that it is realized that steps must be taken to effect some sort of a favorable change is seen in the fact that sometime during the present month there will be a conference of representatives of loggers in Michigan and Wisconsin, who will get together at Green Bay. ■TOPK^5t:>^i>yj>^l>Ni>!*li^S^a!i>^^!)y?il)^^>i'J^^ >■'|^:ll/SW^>^^}^!^;*^^i^:fc>:ti^Bit>iB^By3KCT^ Pert, Pertinent and Impertinent Good Advice Old Settler — Young man, go slow! Remember, it took four hundred years to build the oak you are destroying in ten minutes. Even the Bull Knew The New York girl, spending licr vacation in the country, was compiaining to the farmer about the savage way the buil regarded her. "Weil," said the farmer, "It must be on account of that red blouse you're wearing." "Dear me," said the girl ; "of course I know It's awfully out of fashion, but I had no idea a country bull would notice It '." — Xcw York World. Logical Aunty — "Dtow many commandments are there, Johnny?" Johnny — "Ten." Aunty — "And It you broke one,' what would happen?" Johnny — "Then there'd be nine." A Dreadful Possibility When Aunt Elvira takes the train. She always has a vision. (She's -told me, time and time again) Of being in a collision ; She doesn't seem to feel much dread And fear of being mangled, Of broken bones, a broken head. Of being burned or strangled. "I always think." she says to me, "That 'twould be dreadful shocking If folks should pick nic up and see A big hole In my slocking!" So Aunt Elvira takes her yarns When plans arc made for starting. And darns and darns and darns and darns. Before she risks departing. — Oracc McKinstry in Judge. No Danger of Fuming The London Timber Trade Journal is author- ity for the story going the rounds of the papers of a certain Yorkshire firm's advent into the hardwood business after having dealt for years in tile softwood line. Having purchased a quan- tity of oak, one of its salesman called upon a cabinetmaker and offered him the logs. The buyer promptly put the question. "Will they fume?" "Not the slightest danger." replied the expert ; "in fact, we are prepared to give you a guarantee that they won't." Only the Half . Maiden .\unt — "Venice at last ! One-half of the dream of ray youth is now fuKilled." Niece — "Why only half, auntie?" .\unt (sighing) — "I contemplated going to Venice on my wedding tour." —17— IIAUIMSO.V. CAPE GIRAHDEAL" rRESIDENT J. W. McCLURE. MEMPHIS, TEXX., FIRST \ li i; PUK^IIiENT <;ai;v. TntRELL. ark.. VICE-PRESIDENT 3^^ ■y^s>ic>:v/:-;j'lo^<. ^ Red Gum Manufacturers Organize "^ Following the first gathering of prominent manufacturers of red gum which took place at Memphis several weeks ago, it was confi- dently predicted by those actively participating in the meeting that at the second meeting which was called for Saturday, Xovember 15, at the Hotel Gayoso, Memphis, a permanent organization would be perfected. That the predictions of these men have proved correct — that such an organization is now an actual fact — can rightly be the cause of considerable satisfaction to the gum interests of the coun- try. The formation of such an organization, considering the impor- tance of this most excellent domestic hardwood, and further con- - sidering the extremely unsatisfactory conditions which have been prevailing in its market for some little time, has come to be deemed an absolute necessity. With the increased facilities which will be fur- nished for gathering statistics as to condition of stock supply, reason- able values, specific information as to treatment and uses and proper methods of publicity, the condition of the gum market should be very materially improved during the next few years. As stated, the meeting was held at Memphis on Saturday. Novem- ber 15. There were in attendance between fifty and sixty men prominent in the manufacture of gum lumber. The various pro- posals and reports of committees were well received, and while the entire attendance was not secured for membership, those hesitating nbout signing their names were held back not because of non-belief in the possibilities and good to be derived from the association, but by other conditions that made it necessary for them to postpone such membership. The meeting was called to order by temporary chairman W. E. DeLaney of the Kentucky Lumber Company, Cincinnati. J. AV. McClure of the Bellgrade Lumber CompanVj Memphis, was tem- porary secretary, elected at the first meeting, and the session opened with a reading of the minutes of that meeting by Mr. McClure. Following Mr. McClure 's report, M. B. Cooper read a report of the attendance committee. Mr. Cooper read the names of 700 gum producers who were invited to attend the session, and stated that the object has been to secure the small operator for membership, as weU as the large operator. Following Mr. Cooper's talk, cards were passed around on which were listed the amount of gum produced by each manufacturer present. These cards when handed in and the information tabu- lated, developed the fact that the production of those in attend- — IS— ance aggregates about 154,360,000 board feet of sap gum, and 71,054,000 feet of red gum, making a total production for those present of 225,414,000 feet. It was further developed that 21,- 341,000 board feet is used by manufacturers for their own con- sumption in boxes and various other ways. Additional information covered figures submitted by firms who were interested in the propo- sition, but were unable to attend. These figures developed a pro- duction of 3,788,000 feet of sap gum and 650,000 feet of red gum, a total in addition to above figures of 4,528,000 feet. There were represented at the meeting producers of 7,180,000 feet of gum lumber in addition to those listed at the first report. Following the issuance of these statistics, the committee on by-laws reported. E. A. Lang of the Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company, Chicago, read the constitution and by-laws as framed by the com- mittee appointed at the first meeting. The name of the association is The Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association, and its objects and purposes are to secure a full under- standing of conditions surrounding the gum industry in «the terri- tory covered by mills operated by members of the association, and also to adopt such measures as will provide for improved methods of manufacture and marketing. It is also the purpose of the organization to disseminate such information as will tend to promote the general welfare of gum manufacturers. The membership is open to any person, firm or corporation en- gaged in the manufacture of gum lumber, the initiation fee being $25. The dues are to be assessed by a committee, and to be paid in twelve monthly installments not to exceed fifteen cents per thou- sand feet log scale, based on the annual production of the mem- bership. It is provided that the minimum dues shall be -$50. Power is given the secretary and treasurer to pass one or more monthly assessments when suiEcient funds are in the treasury. The usual arrangements are made as to delinquents and resignations. It is provided that a reg^ar annual meeting for the election of oflScers shall take place each November, and that semi-annual meet- ings shall take place in May on due notice. The president is also authorized to call special meetings. Article 5 of the constitution is devoted to the nominating of oflScers and the manner of their election and appointment. Article 6 has to do with the holding of meetings. The board of directors has the power to hold meetings at such time and place as it may think proper, and to select a chairman of the board of XICKEY. MEMPHIS. TENX.. TREASIKEK KOIIEKTSitN. MEMI'UI DIRECTOR directors, to appoint committees from the membership of the board of directors, or of the association ; to receive money and dispose of same, and to de^se and carry into effect such measures as it may deem proper. In ease of vacancies in the directorate or in any of the official offices, same shall be filled by the board of directors at any meeting. Article 7 is given over to the discussion of the duties of the various officers. Article S specifies that the attendance at any regular or called meeting of twenty members of the association in good standing shall be regarded as a quorum. Article 9 states that the board of directors shall be authorized to amend the by-laws, while article 10 concludes with the statement that the articles may be amended at the annual or semi-annual meet- ings of the association by a majority of the members present, but no amendment shall lie considered at any such meeting unless writ- ten notice shall have been given to the membership by the secretary at least thirty days previous to such meeting. The bylaws follow the usual form in connection with procedure of meetings and the administration of the officers of the association. They provide in addition that the president shall appoint standing committees with power to act subject to ratification of memliers at the next following called or special meeting, as follows: Committee on membership; committee on assessments; committee on finance; committee on technical research; committee on com- plaints; committee on form of price list; committee on advertising; committee on enter*^ainment. Following the reading of the constitution and by-laws, they were taken up section by section, and discussed in detail. While a discu.ssion developed as to the amount of initiation fee to be levied, a $25 fee was finally decided upon, as a larger fee would lie apt to keep out the smaller manufacturer. Another section that was discussed was that giving the committee on assessments power to assess members for money needed by the organization. It was finally decided to estimate the annual cut of each member and assess him what was deemed necessary, said assessment not to exceed fifteen cents per thousand feet log scale, and to be paid monthly in advauce. This money is to be collected by the secretary and given over to the treasurer. Another point brought out was the discussion of a $.50 minimum assessment of those whose estimated cut at the estimated rate would fall below that amount annually, it was finally decided that the cut should be based on log measure. The constitution and by-laws were adopted as amended. Leaders in the discussion as to various features of the constitu- tion and by-laws were: S. M. Xickey. E. A. Lang, Thonjas W. Fry. B. F. Dulweber. W. K. Hevser and C. L. Harrison. Following the adoption of the constitution and by-laws, the next order of business was the signing of applications for membership, which resulted in the enrollment of thirty-one members to start with. The committee on nominations appointed by temporary-chairman W. E. DeLaney. then reported. The following officers and directors were recommended: Pkesidext — C. L. Harrison, Himmeltjerger-Harrison Lumber Company. Cape Girarde.Tu. Mo. First Vice-Presidext — J. W. McClure. Bellgrade Lumber Company. Memphis. Tenn. Second Vice-President — F. E. Gary. Baker Lumber Company. Turrell. -irk. Theascrer — S. M. Xickey. Green River Lumber Company, Memphis. Tenn. Directors were recommended as follows: KOR the two \H\S period F. B. Robertson. Anderson-Tully Company, Memphis. Tenn. F. R. Gadd. Wisconsin Luml)er Company. Chicago. 111. E. A. Lang. Paepcke Leiclit Lumlier Company. Chicago. 111. Thomas W". Fr.r. Charles F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Company, St. Louis. Mo. DIRECTORS Ftin OXE YEiR II. B. Weiss. George C. Brown & Co.. Proctor. Ark. M. B. Cooi>er. Three States LudiIht Company. Memphis. Tenn. L. I'. HuBiisc. Lamb-Fish Lumber Compan.v, Charleston, Miss. W. C. Bontur. .L 11. Bonn.-r & Sons. Hetb. Ark. These officers and directors were elected as recommended. President Harrison then addressed the meeting. He spoke of the object of the association and the various conditions which have led up to its formation. He clwelt upon the good to be derived, stating that the main benefits will be the establishment of uniform selling plans, a more staple and higher level of prices, and the general education of the consumer as to the value of gum. He then spoke of the necessity of having a competent secretary, dwelling upon the duties, necessary (jualifications and the possibilities to be realized by the association from the employment of such a mau. President Harrisou then reviewed the work done by the cypress and birch associations and went into detail as to the excellent results they had obtained. He pleaded for a close co-operation between the officers and the membership in order to develop the fullest efficiency possible for the association. President Harrisou was followed by the vice-presidents, J. W. IfcClure and F. E. Gary, and by Treasurer S. M. Kickey, and Director F. B. Robertson, all of whom spoke encouragingly of the possibilities of the new organization. Following these talks the meeting adjourned. The following standing committees were appointed for the en- suing year: AssEss-viE.NT C11.MMITTEE — J. W. McCInre. chairman: E. B. Xorman, M. H. M.'tssee. E. A. Lan;:, W. E. H.vde. —19— E. A. r.ANG. CHICAGO. ILL. IUKKCTOK THOMAS W. I'KV, ST. LOUIS, MO.. MRECTUlt " ■"' \VKLH:«<>»i:>s:%'t:TO;xr>st:;;o^M:)ia>al^^^ iliKWtt/'' Measurement of Shrinkage It is a matter of eonmion observation that wood shi'iuks when it dries, but not equally in all directions. Shrinkage is due to the fact that while the cell walls grow thinner in drying they shorten imper- ceptibly. Other things being equal, the thicker the walls of the wood cells, the greater their shrinkage, but this applies only to dif- ferent portions or specimens of the same species and cannot be used in comparing unrelated woods. For instance Osage orange is one of our hardest, heaviest and densest woods, yet its shrinkage in volume from a green to an oven dry condition is less than half that of some of the hickories. If one takes an exact cube of green wood so cut that two of the faces represent cross-sections, two radial, and the other two tangential surfaces, and dries it out completely, he will find that while there has been little if any alteration in the length of the piece — that is, ■longitudinally or parallel with the fibers — the other dimensions have changed, the tangential shrinkage or in direction of the rings of growth being considerably greater than that along the radius — often twice as great. This is quite different from the behavior of a com- paratively homogenous substance such as metal or concrete, and ex- plains why shrinkage is so often followed by checking and splitting. Thus if one saws a complete section off the end of a green hardwood log and allows it to dry it will probably split to the center and in time a large V-shaped opening will appear. Upon subsequent soak- ing this cleft wm close up. If shrinkage were uniform the section would merely grow smaller upon drying. This question of shrinkage has a very important bearing on the use of wood. When squares are cut or staves made from green material it is necessary to allow for shrinkage, otherwise the final dimensions may be so small that the pieces wiU have to be culled. If wood once shrunk would remain in that condition one of the greatest ills of which wood is possessed would not exist. But the cell walls absorb water readily not only in liquid form but also from the air. Wood dried at high temperature "works" less than air- dried material, even after it is brought back to an air-dry condition. No matter to what degree of dryness wood may be brought in the kiln it is important that at the time of manufacture it should contain approximately the amount of moisture it wUl normally have in use. The U. S. Forest Service has made a great many shrinkage measurements in connection with the tests on the strength values of woods. The results obtained are for use as average working values rather than the basis for detailed study of the principles involved. A common method of making the tests is to take from each ibolt two specimens one inch thick, four inches wide and one inch long. They are taken close together so that the results from the two wiU be comparable. One of the specimens is cut with its width in the radial direction and is used for the determination of radial shrinkage. The other has its width in the tangential direction and is used for tangential shrinkage. The specimens are carefully weighed and measured while in a green condition ; they are then air- dried and afterward oven-dried at a temperature of 212 degrees F., until a constant weight is obtained, when they are again weighed and measured. To determine the shrinkage in volume the test specimens are sub- merged in water both before and after drying. The exact amount of water displaced by the blocks is measured, and corresponds to the volumes of the material. In the following table the results of the measurements on twenty hardwoods are given, the species being arranged in the order of their volumetric shrinkage beginning with the greatest. Shrinkage in Volume of Twenty Haedwoods teom Green to Oven-Dry Condition Radial Tangential Volume, shrinkage, shrinkage, per cent, per cent, per cent. 1. Big shellbark hickory (Uicoria laciiiiosa) . 1S.3 7.7 13.2 2. Pignut hickor.v (H. glabra) 18.2 7.2 11.6 3. Mockernut hickor.v (H. alba) 17.7 7.7 10.9 4. Swamp white oak (Quercus platan oides) . 17.7 5.5 10.6 5. Yellow birch {Betula lutea) 17.0 7.9 9.0 6. Shagbark hickory (Hicoria oiata) 17.0 7.2 10.6 7. Beech {Fagus americana) 16.5 4.6 10.5 8. Post oaU {Quercus minor) 16.0 5.7 10.6 9. Slippery elm {V!mus pubesceiis) 15.5 5.1 9.9 10. Black oak (Quercus velutina) 15.1 4.7 9.5 11. White oak (Quercus alba) 15.4 5,3 8.8 12. Basswood (Tilia americana) 14.5 6.2 .S.4 13. Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) 14.3 4.9 9.1 14. Hackberry (Celtis oceidentalis) 14.0 4.2 8.9 15. Bed oak (Quercus rubra) 13.8 4.0 8.3 16. Sycamore (Platanus oceidentalis) 13.5 5.0 7.3 17. White ash (Fraxinus americana) 12.6 4.3 6.4 18. Tupelo (iVi/sso aquatica) 12.4 4.4 7.9 19. Osage orange (Toxylon pomiferum) . . . . 8.9 — — 20. Honey locust (Olediteia triaeanthos) .... 8.6 — — y:«gaiigMia^a5m!Asm^cam»5att^ LTOi«Baww!TOiaiTOgTOig>tTO!ge)ro^ 'rill' average householder, the home-builder, or the |)asser-by glanc- ing casually into the modern show window of the up-to-date depart- ment store sees in the attractive and ofteutime beautiful interior decorations the handsome pieces of furniture, the luxuriously faced jiiano, or in the highly artistic window ornamentation merely a beautiful exposition of something which for all he knows might liave grown from the ground or fallen from the sky in exactly the form in which he sees it. It is natural for us all to accept things as we see them. We board luxuriously appointed Pullman trains HI..\rK \V.\LNUT LOGS AND BUTTS ON YARD OF FRANK PDRCELL Of KANSAS CITY. MO. feeling that they have come into being somewhat in the nature of the various creations which Aladdin produced by a simple rub ou his magic lamp. We accept all these things as our just due feel- ing that we of the twentieth century naturally merit all of the good things, conveniences and the luxury that are provided for us. And as a general thing we do not even stop to analyze the possible processes of production of the many beauties and comforts that we can enjoy or that are placed at our disposal. This is probably true more in connection with the many beautiful and highly useful articles made from wood than of any other class. We are used to sitting in chairs when we wish to rest during the »!!>t^^ ' The Lumbermen s Round Table ADVANTAGES OF SALESMEN Houses which have assumed the somewhat heavy expense of send- ing traveling salesmen out on the road to sell lumber sometimes won- der, especially when business is coming in rather easily, whether it is worth while to maintain an organization for sales purposes in the field. But when trade is draggy, and when it takes real salesman- ship to move the stock, the boys on the road are the very backbone of the business. If getting orders is like pulling eye-teeth, it's certjjin that the traveling man, commg into personal contact with the consumer, can come closer to achieving this difficult dental opera- lion than the chap who has to depend on cold type for expression. ' ' T don 't know what we should have done recently without our salesmen," said the head of a large hardwood concern recently. "Our mail business has fallen off to practically nothing, ,but in spite of this the men on the road are still sending in the orders. Eight now they're our best asset." THE OPTIMIST AND THE PESSIMIST Everybody has heard the definition of the pessimist as the man who sees only the hole in the doughnut. That simply indicates that the way one looks at things determines the way things are — as far as the individual is concerned. A lumberman sat in his office recently, chewing his nails and look- ing moodily at the rather cheerless outlines of his airtight heater. "Nothing doing," he growled. "Never saw business so dull. I don't believe anybody is cutting up lumber any more." Just half a dozen blocks from him was another hardwood man, whose smile was not of the made-to-order variety. He looked cheer- ful, talked cheerfully, and in fact was cheerful. ■ ' Oh, everything is all right, ' ' he said. ' ' Business is good with us. Sold seventeen cars last week, which is pretty good for a young house like ours. It's just a case of getting out and hustling for the orders, that's all. ' ' Disregard the hole in the business doughnut and consider only the light and appetizing circumference. It's there, all right. STUDYING OUTPUT OF LOGS A sawmill man who iias had more than average experience said recently that one phase of the business which is rather neglected is comparison of the results of manufacturing given lots of logs, not only as to footage, but grade. ' ' The only way to tell whether a bunch of logs was a good buy, ' ' he pointed out, " is to cut them up, figure the output as to grade and get at the value of the product accordingly. If the sawmill man fails to do that, he is never in a position to tell his buyer whether to go ahead on purchase in a certain territory or whether he is to stay off. ' ' The importance of this proposition is appreciated when it is remembered that the percentage of low-grade is constantly ascending, and that the millman must keep in touch with the changes in this respect, in the timber he is buying in order to know whether he can purchase at current rates and have a margin for profit. That is to say, if records for one section for a certain period indicate that the mill is getting twenty per cent of firsts and seconds, sixty per cent of No. 1 and No. 2 common and the remainder lower grades, it is important to know whether those percentages still hold gnofl on logs from the same territory. HARDWOOD RECORD ^ THE LOG BUYER'S OBSESSION • ■ Tue trouble with most log buyers I bave known,'' declared a hardwood manufacturer," is that they are obsessed with the idea that their worth to the concern employing them is determined by the quantity of logs which they buy. In other words, they are con- stantly striving to get footage, without regard to much else. The result is that the log man not infrequently purchases timber which the owner of the mill would have turned down. Poor judgment, you may call it; yes, but poor judgment induced by the overwhelming desire to make a showing in feet. ' ' If it is true that the log buyer is obsessed with this idea, the only way to get rid of it is to make it perfectly plain that his compen- sation is to be fixed not with reference to the quantity of logs purchased, but altogether with reference to the desirability of the logs secured and the profitableness of those logs when put through the mill. Of course, it is hard to tell in advance whether an apparently sound log will cut up into good lumber; but, in general, if the buyer looked first to the q^iestion of ultimate profits, fewer lots of second- rite logs would be picked up at firstrale prices. ^ The trouble is, to be entirely frank, that the millman hires the log buyer to get material with which to keep his plant in operation, and finds fault if he doesn't do it. With this situation confronting him, it is quite natural for him to lapse into the error of putting quantity before quality. THEORY VERSUS PRACTICE One of the best known hardwood salesmen in the East gets most of his business, according to his friends, on account of his ability as a conversationalist and his knowledge of furniture design. He calls on a manufacturer, makes himself interesting, gives him a few ideas about s'yles he has picked up from reading or observation, and incidentally pureiiades him to accept a carload or two of lumber. This method has its advantages, especially from the standpoint of those who believe iu "service," and in giving something other than t)ie goods in return for the business of the customer. But, on the other baud, it exposes the solicitation of the salesman of this type to attack from the man who gets down to brass tacks, quotes prices that look better than the other fellow 's, and simply convinces the buyer that he should have the order. "Give me first and foremost," said a lumberman, "the man who knows hardwoods, who can walk through a factory and see just what the consumer wants. The only way to please a customer is to sell him lumber he can use to advantage; and the theorist, who has had no practical experience at the business end of a rule, is badly handi capped in selling the stock of the hardwood lumber-yard." DO THE INSPECTORS KNOW THE RULES? The statement was recently made at a gathering of lumbermen that most inspectors, in the yards of sawmill men and jobbers, are not technically informed as to the grading rules. This sounded like a case of stretching the long bow at first, but the speaker went on to explain that he had tested tiie matter out. ' ' I w ent into the yard the other day, ' ' he said, ' ' and asked the insjicctor how he had graded a board he had just turned over. " ' It 's a No. 1 common, ' he said. , " 'Why?' I .isked him. ' • ' ' Why, I can just look at it and see that it is, ' he said. ' ' I found most of the other men the same way. They had a rough, rule of thumb idea as to grades, but when pinned down for a reason, tbey could not analyze the proposition and tell exactly why a given board was No. 1 common instead of a first and second or a No. 2. "After that I gave orders that the inspectors study the rules, stating that any one who failed to show proper knowledge would be fired. In a little while you could see them getting down and marking off the boards to figure cuttings, and studying the lumber from the technical standpoint. Such knowledge is absolutely neces- sary, and it is surprising to find how many men who are regarded as good inspectors are without it. ' ' 'TOW!J4B5TOti^?«:>5w:o!i.:Jit:'i^>avyii^^ ■ :'ii;^ttsi;g?iss)f The W^hite Mans Burden Domingo L. Diaz, one of the forest rangers in the Philippine Forest Service, has taken up the ' ' white man 's burden ' ' of which Kipling speaks, and is overseeing a large number of the unfortu- nate "twilight people," "half devil and half child." In the United States the forest rangers deal with all sorts of wild animals from weasels to grizzly bears, destroying those that are harmful, protecting those that are beneficial; but the forest rangers in the United States have no wild people to look after. It is diflferent in the Philippines. The hardest part of the ranger's work there is often connected with the people who live in the woods. Mr. Diaz's work is along that line. He is responsible for the well- being of a thousand or more negritos scattered like rabbits through the woods. Centuries of warfare and cruelly under Spanish rule kept these people savage. They considered every man 's hand against them, and they were against every niau. The Spaniard's civilization, such as it 'va.s, never reached them, and the Americans, when they came into po.ssession, took up that part of the "white man's bur- den," and they are trying to carry the burden with ju.stice and humanity. The following extracts are from a recent report by Ranger Diaz who finds himself in charge of scattered bands of these wild men: "No form of local government has over been enjoyed by these people and without sonic such form of organization it would be impossible for them to be protected against the injustices of the surrounding people and against their own vices and defects. These conditions did not please the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of Forestry, for after the last visit of the first and the frequent visits by the latter, iboth being acquainted with the existing conditions among negritos, they asked me to take the necessary steps in the formation of a plan of government for these negritos. ' ' The oflScers of the Bataau forest were pleased to write a plan of government for them, under the recommendation of the Secre- tary of the Interior, which is being followed and no doubt will change the aspect of the deplorable situation of the tribe, opening to them a new era of moral and material progress. ' ' The form of government is essentialy paternal, and the man in charge of the negritos assumes many of the duties and powers of a government council. The principal object is to help the negritos in the establishment of a local government and to make them a self supporting people. To carry out this work it has been considered best to first establish two schools where will be taught elementary agriculture, weaving and other convenient industrial work which will serve as a fountain of resource for them although special at- tention will be given to instruction in practical agriculture. "It is planned to build the school house in the center of a twenty- tive-acre tract of land which will serve as a nursery for plants which will be distributed to all the neighboring negxitos and at the same time will be a garden where the students may do their planting, and grow such products as will be needed in feeding the students at school. In addition to this large garden, every family will be allowed to occupy and cultivate eight acres and with similar areas of other families will form the jurisdiction of a permanent settlement. "A negrito with his family can clean and cultivate several acres of land and being planted with permanent crops such as coffee, pineapple, cacao, bananas or kapoe in combination with rice and corn, ordinary crops of a farm, their lands will become improved and the desire to seek a new home will Se reduced to a minimum. If the Philippine Bureau of Forestry can carry- out the policy out- lined the results in twenty years will amount to more than was done for the bushmen in three hundred years under Spanish rule. ^Xl!royaim;i>5;iTOii;wro!i'iio'^^'/.v'!iiiJ^ The Export of Oak Lumber .\loro tliiin forty ooiiiitrics, sihialcil in :l11 nf tlio five eoiiliiunits into wliii'li the world is divided, roocive oak lumber from the United States. In addition, tlie islands of Oceania draw supplies of this wood from America. The amount sent away from this country last year, to find markets in every climate of earth, was 2i;2,2()6,000 feet, wortli $9,.'):?9,413. ICo classes of oak are recognized iu export statistics, as far as species are concerned. The liroad divisions, white oak and red oak, are not even made; nor is aci'inint taken of dimensions. The bare fact is given that so much ii;ik hinibcr is exported to such a j"ountry, and its value is shown. It is a matter of common knowledge, though not found iu statistics, that most export lumber is white oak; but there are a number of kinds. The most common white oaks in the export trade are the fol- lowing: The common white Oak whicli grows in the wliole eastern half of the United States; post oak, which occupies practically the same range as the common white oak; bur oak, common in the northern and central states as far west as Minnesota and Kansas, but not abundant in the South; overcup oak, known in the South as forked-leaf white oak; chestnut oak, found from New England to Alabama ; oow oak, common and of good quality in the Middle South. Probably most of the red oak that goes abroad is the common northern red oak, and the abundant southern or Texas red oak, though there are a dozen other species of red oak which are occa- sionally cut for lumber, and some of it may find its way abroad in small amounts. The following table gives the exports of oak lumber of all kinds, but not oak logs or staves: ExroiiT OF Oak I.tmhkb. ItirJ Destination ^ • Feet B. M. Value Austria-Hungary 13,000 .$ 520 Belgium 31.5-18,000 1,284,778' Denmark l.-tsi.ooo 63,318 France 3.04.-), ooo 161,451 Germany 8.s(^0,00o 368,261 Italy so:;, 000 31,996 Netherlands S.Diic.ooo 401,541 Norway SOO.OOO 33,844 Portugal 42,000 1,865 Spain 1.338.000 52,740 Sweden 3.30.000 13,79" England 87.136.000 3,675,693 Scotland 8,432.000 375,910 Ireland 1.5.-i2,000 59.433 Bermuda 2.000 163 British Honduras 1.000 30 Canada 57,504,000 2,334.230 Guatemala 11.000 1,192 Honduras 4,000 159 Nicaragua 34.000 1,220 Panama 314.000 14,989 Mexico 1,115,000 39,566 Miguelon 4,000 145 Newfoundland 36,000 1,625 Danish West Indies 2.000 155 Argentina 5.500.000 397.961 Bolivia 10.000 1.284 Brazil 45,000 3,025 Chile 485,000 37,935 Colombia 1,000 49 Peru .. 202,000 14..'583 Crugukv' ■.'.'. . .' 342,000 26.061 Turkey in Asia 2.00(1 110 Australia and Tasmania 1.097.000 90.438 New Zealand ■ 197.000 17,075 French Oceania 5.000 717 British South Africa 297,00o 20.178 Portuguese Africa 12.000 841 Egypt 8.0OO 535 IjEC.VriTfl.ATION Europe 1.55.036.000 6.525.147 North America 59.027.000 2.393.474 South America 6.585.000 480.898 Asia '. ■■ 2,000 110 Oceania 1,299,000 108.230 Africa 317,000 21,554 Total 222.206.000 ,'?9,529,413 —26— Tile export of oak logs, rcjunii or liewcd, is not iucliuled in the above figures. Approximately L',000,UOU feet of round oak logs leave American ports yearly for distant lands, and a considerable, though unknown, quantity of hewed oak timbers. It is probable that the square timbers exceed the round logs. Of round logs in the export trade, oak amounts to only about one-third as much as walnut. Little information is to be had concerning the uses to which oak lumber is put in foreign countries. It is evident that the uses are many, for tlie wood reaches so many ports that commodities must differ greatly. It is known that furniture, house finish, parts of m.aehinery, vehicles, railway cars, and ships take mucli of the oak. Flooring is an important place filled by this wood in some countries ; but its use as tongued and grooved flooring is not large. It is worked itito jiarquet floors where woods of dark and light colors are cut to geometrical forms to ju'/nUice patterns, borders, and the like. In sudi work white oak is used to contrast with dark woods like mahogany and teak. American oak naturally meets with many rivals among the oaks of other countries; but the two most often in evidence are the Sibe- rian or Japanese oak, and the European oak in England and on the continent of Europe. The Japanese oak is successfully com- peting in California, Washington, and Oregon with .American oaks, because, on account of water transjiortation, it can be delivered at a lower price. The European oak passes in trade by sever;il names, among them being English oak and Austrian oak. This is the most stubborn rival that American oak encounters in Europe. It is a wood of splendid quality and of fine figure, but it is expensive, and so far as price is concerned, American oak can beat it in most foreign markets. European oak, when brought to America, costs from $1.50 to. $400 a thousand feet, and the cost of similar grades in Europe are not much less. Fine American oak can be laid down in the principal markets of Europe at half these figures, or less; and since it is the equal of the native oak in all essential characteristics, it is natural that it should crowd European oak from many places formerly held iby that wood. Europe buys twice as much American oak lumber as all the rest of the world, and Canada is the next bfist market. England and Canada are the two best customers for this wood, and together they buy sixty per cent of all the oak lumber exported from the United States. Wood Imports and Exports for September The imports and exports of foiest products during September, 1913, are shown in the following lists which are abridged from sta- tistics compiled by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. IjIroKTS Briar root and ivy. .$ 14.013 Spanish cedar 1,082,000 feet 58,454 Mahogany 7,339,000 feet 516,451 \n other cabinet woods 138,827 Round log's 9.393.000 feet 96,823 Pulpwoods 127,076 cords 982,879 Rattans and reeds 81,547 Other unmanufactured woods 41,964 Lumber 97,707,000 feet 1,872,049 Lath 67,528.000 185,181 Shingles 58,048,000 157.965 All other lumber 156,367 Chair cane or reed 56,836 Furniture 82,847 Wood pulp 1,951,646 All other manufactured woods 336,947 Total imports ,$6,690,796 Exports Hewed and sawed timber 41,165,000 feet 824.575 Lumber 213,654,000 feet 5,080,697 Furniture 625,323 Total exports ,$9,244,221 ■im;;it!aiia^sy5(aJt!jte)iie»iMtiu5MS38eiK^^ Ontario'' s Wood-Using Industries ^4 A \fiv i-uinploto ;iiul i\ull iiir(.;iica n-iHiit lias bi'i'ii iiuMislii'il at Ottawa by tlie Canadian Uovernniout Printing Bureau on the wood- using industries of Ontario. It was I'ouipiled by R. G. Lewis and W. (iny H. Boyce, under directions of R. H. Campbell, Director of Forestry, and is supplemented by a summary issued some time ago. The indu.strial conditions and forest resources of Ontario are much like those of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michi<;an, Ohio, Pennsylvauia, and New York, and for that reason the report should have particular value on this side of the international boundary. The certainty that the new tariff measure will pass Congress and receive the President' s signature adds an interest to whatever our Canadian neighbors are doing in the line of manufacturing lumber or other forest jiroducts. There will be free trade in many articles and a reduction in duty on most or" the others, and there is no doubt that trade will be turned into new channels in a number of particulars. Whether the Can- adians will buy more from us than they have bouglit heretofore, or pay more for their purchases; or whether they will sell us manufac- tured articles or raw material more cheaply than we have been able to buy them in the past, remains to be seen; but in the meantime business men will study trade relations between the two countries with more care than has been customary in recent years. The breaking up of old trade habits is bound to cause new alignments. The report recently published includes statistics collected from 1,200 firms engaged in various kinds of wood-manufacturing. Thirty-six separate industries are listed and are presented with considerable de- tail. The annual demand for wood aggregates 807,456,000 feet board measure, at an average cost of $23.73 jier thousand, and a total cost of $19,161,384. Thirty-four separate species of wood are listed, besides numerous otiiers which are considered as groups only. White pine, which apparently includes Xorway pine, leads all other woods in quantity, and is twice as much as any other in total cost. The finest remaining stands of white pine in the world are in Ontario, though the quality is not superior to this wood in the Lake states. The average value of the white pine delivered at the Canadian factories is $25.60, which is from three to eight dollars higher than the aver- age cost of this wood at factories in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachu.setts, and Michigan. It would not, therefore, appear rea- sonable that any change in tariff laws will enable buyers of white pine in this country to get it any cheaper in Canada. However, that is one of the problems to be worked out. The wood used in next largest quantity is spruce at an average cost of $14.21. This includes pulpwood, which is the largest item at $12.4.5 per thousand feet. Maple is employed in larger amount than any other hardwood, and at an average price of $21.13. The average cost of this wood at New Hampshire factories is $20.73, in Michigan $17.53; consequently there is little likelihood that maple logs or lumber will come from Canada into the United States, because commodities do not usually move from a region of high value to a region of low. Elm in Ontario costs the factories $23.52, and in Michigan $22.98. The difference is small, but is in favor of manu- facturers in the Lake states. Ash is about a standoff between the two countries. In Ontario it costs $35.05, in Xevv Hampshire $33.17, and in Michigan $39.47. Hemlock, the third in quantity of the softwoods bought by Ontario manufacturers, costs $16.34 in that province, $14.98 in New Hampshire, and $13.31 in Michigan. On- tario has large amounts of hemlock timber, but judging from the prices manufacturers are jiaying for it on the Canadian side of the line, there is small likelihood that hemlock logs or lumber will be shipped to factories in the United States. It holds with mo.st of the important woods whicli are used for manufacturing purposes in Ontario and en this side of the line, that this wood costs more in Ontario. Following arc examples in addition to those given above: Post In Cost In Wood — Michisan dntnrlo Basswood $20.79 %'ri.''l Balsam 11. OS 1-1. L'3 Cli.-snmi -L'.rj7 28.77 Doughis lir 37.eo 42.05 Oottonwoiid 30.83 51.00 Tamarack 13.91 18.89 Sycamore 26.41 34.81 The difference in cost for all of these woods is sufficient to bar their shipment as raw material across the line into the United States in large quantities. The average cost of all the wood used in Ontario is slightly above the average in Michigan, ijut the difference in the average cost for a number of industries is decidedly in favor of Michigan. That is, the Michigan manufacturers are able to buy their material for less than it can be bought in Ontario. Among such industries are the following : Cost of wood Cost of wood Industry — in Ontario In Michigan Boxes .1S18.53 $15.25 Flooring 24.86 18.94 Vehicle supplies 52.13 34.27 Musical instruments .'(8.22 34.37 Cars 33.12 25.18 Handles 29.99 13.3G Woodenware 17.86 15.62 Sporting goods 37.48 30.49 Laundry appliances 28.84 23.93 Ships and boats 45.60 44.08 In a few industries the cost of raw material appears to be in favor of Ontario as compared with Michigan, which is shown as f ollow s : Cost of wood Cost of wood Industry — in Ontario in Michigan Sash, doors and blinds $24.59 $27.78 Furniture 30.59 41.13 Agricultural implements 35.43 38.99 Coffins 23.84 31.10 The manufacturing of wood is much more highly developed and concentrated in Michigan than in Ontario. Michigan's area is only one-fourth that of the Canadian province, but its annual output of manufactured forest products is more than fifty per cent greater, both in feet and in cost of materials. Ontario procures eighty-two per cent of its raw material at home, and four per cent of the remainder from other Canadian prov- inces, while less than fourteen per i-ent is imported from foreign countries. Most of the imports are drawn from the United States. In speaking of the increasing cost of certain woods the report says: "The scarcity of wood and its rapidly increasing price is being felt by every industry using wood. In the case of some of the hard- woods, such as white oak and hickory, the native supply is practi- cally exhausted with the exception of odd trees and groups of trees in farmers' woodlots. The prices of these two species have increased at an alarming rate and even in the United States where the bulk of the supply comes from, a shortage is being felt and the center of supply is constantly shifting to new regions. It is probable that the price of each kind of wood will continue to increase until it equals or exceeds the cost of growing that particular wood in the forest." The policy which Ontario should pursue is clearly and forcibly explained in the following paragraph: "A forestry policy for the province, which has as its aim the management of forest lands to produce a steady supply of wood is the only solution of the problem of how to perpetuate the wood-using industries of Ontario. Canadians cannot count on foreign countries to supply them forever. The economic balance of exports and im- ports must be insured by the growing of trees adapted to this climate, and in sufficient quantities to supply the local demand and provide a surplus for exiiortation to other countries. There are millions of acres of land in Ontario that are unfit for agriculture and still are suitable for growing forests. Such land should be withheld from homestead entry and managed as forests. In some parts of the province large areas of deserted farmlands are found, and lands that are not suitable for growing crops but which are being held bv farmers who are too poor to move to more fertile regions." "I see by the papers," said the veteran veneer iii.ni, us In- slid back in his chair, planted his crossed feet on top of the table opposite him and thrust out his stogie at a dangerous angle, ' ' that a new veneer mill is to be started in the Ohio valley, and will be equipped with four saws. I know of a concern further south which has beguh the manufacture of sawed veneers, and has put in two or three saws. A company which had the mis- fortune to lose its mill by fire some time ago apparently has not profited by its opportunity, for it is going back in with four saws to be kept going on oak veneers. And a company which is manufacturing lumber in Arkansas has been attracted by the apparently easy money in veneer manufacture and has been look- ing around for one or two second-hand saws with which to man- ufacture thin stock." "That is very interesting," remarked his visitor, "but rather pointless. What's the answer?" "Just this," said the veneer man, taking his feet down from the table and his stogie from his mouth with a single motion. "We are getting too many saws for the veneer market to take care of. I happen to have equipment for making any kind of stock the consumer may want. We'll give him sawed stock if he wants it, slice-cut if he prefers that, or rotary veneers if they will serve his purpose. Consequently I don't believe I am pre- judiced one way or the other on the subject. But I am con- vinced that some of us are going to find it rather hard to sell sawed veneers at a profit before very long. "Good sliced stock has always constituted the bulk of the business in figured oak veneers. It has with us, and I suppose with other members of the trade as well. There are a certain number of consumers who appreciate the fact that sawed veneers can't be beat, and that the material is much more likely to be sound and to remain without defect during the entire period of its use than sliced stock, the fibers of which may have been ruptured in cutting, and which consequently may not give per- fect satisfaction. But the difference in quality is so slight that only the top-notchers are willing to pay the considerable difference in price which is entailed by the increased cost of manufacturing sawed stock. "With the market thus limited, and with those already in the field never having had any difficulty supplying the demand, it is a question as to how enough business is to be created to keep all these new saws busy. ' ' ' ' Changing the subject, ' ' interposed his visitor, ' ' have you ever found much of a demand for gum veneers for erossbanding purposes?' ' "We make some gum stock for that purpose," replied the ve- neer man, "but frankly I do not believe that gum can be suc- cessfully substituted for poplar in this connection. In the first place, gum is not so easy to handle as poplar, and the chances of trouble are not desirable, even though with proper handling gum crossbanding will give satisfaction. But poplar is so easy to work with and is so thoroughly dependable that there is little question as to which is the more desirable. "I have always had a leaning toward poplar, and while I know that it has been displaced in a good many industries in favor of gum, cypress and other cheaper woods, it has always been a question of price rather than quality. At least that is my view of the matter. But in the veneer business the difference in cost between poplar and gum crossbanding is so slight, amount- ing to between $1 and $2 a thousand, that it hardly pays to risk the experiment of using an iudifferent substitute in order to save this relatively small amount. ' ' "What are you getting ready to do out there?" inquired the caller, noting preparations for construction work in the yard of the veneer plant. "We're going to build a new steaming vat," said the veteran manufacturer. "Our old one is getting leaky, and we need a —28— big^'iT capacity, anyhow, so we an going to jiut in a new tank. We have been considering cutting out wood and substituting con- crete. Wood is all right, because it's cheap and answers the purpose, but it makes repairs necessary and doesn't last as long as one would like. With concrete, however, you build but once. Where have I heard that phrase before? If I can work out plans which will not require too much of an outlay, I think I shall use cement instead of wood." "By the way," interposed the other, slyly, "I believe you are heartily in favor of wood office furniture instead of steel t" "Oh, certainly," replied the veneer man. "It's not only a question of self-interest, but wood is handsomer, lasts just as well, looks a whole lot better and protects the contents from fire just as efficiently as most of these tin boxes they 're putting out. ' ' "Very good, sir," was the retort; "but don't you think it is rather inconsistent to boost the use of your own product ill office equipment and then give the boot to the product of some other lumberman when it comes to building a steaming vat?" "Inconsistency your grandmother!" was the somewhat heated reply. "My buying a few dollars' worth of lumber isn't going to help the business very much, while patronizing the cement trade to the extent of a few barrels won't enable them to pay many dividends. I figure it's up to me to get the best for my individual work, without regard to its possible effect on the trade at large. That may be a selfish view to take of it, but we must necessarily look at business propositions from that angle." Seeing that it was politic to direct the conversation along other lines, the caller asked what the manufacturer had heard about the use of veneers for wall-paper. "The idea is an excellent one," he replied, "and I have seen some beautiful results secured in this way. The material used in this class of work is little more than paper, some of it being cut 120 to the inch. It is laid over a base of composition or other material, and takes an excellent finish. Most of the wall- paper dealers carry lines of paneling, so-called, for use by those who want to get the effect of a wood finish without going to the expense of ha,ving the entire interior trim of the real article. By the use of a cheap base of the kind I mentioned, covered with a thin face veneer, one is able to get a very attractive interior at a most reasonable price. However, the idea has not been in use long enough for final results to be stated. I don't really know whether the novelty can be said to have become a staple as yet or not, but I have heard of some veneer houses, especially those cutting mahogany on a large scale, having sold a good deal of stock to wall paper manufacturers for use in this way. "And that reminds me," he continued, with a ghost of a smile, "of a unique suggestion which was made in one of the trade journals. I thought at first the writer of the article must be 'kidding' his readers, but as far as I was able to determine the suggestion was made in all seriousness. It was that in order to eliminate the troubles of the finishing-room, and to determine whether defects appearing later were due to the veneer or the varnish, the veneers be finished before they were laid! If one were disposed to treat such an idea with any degree of serious- ness, of course, it would be proper to ask what he meant by the term veneers: What thickness, for example, between a fourth and one one-hundred-twentieth of an inch? Certainly no one would attempt to finish a sheet of veneer cut in the latter dimen- sion, and even with thicker stock it is quite evident that the re- sult of finishing it would be to make it draw up into a regular gutter. Without wishing to call anybody names, I must say that it certainly took a good brand of dope to produce an idea of that kind." Just then the mill clerk came in a with a batch of cost sheets showing the day's operations. "I believe that the veneer interests, including the panel men," HARDWOOD RECORD 29 said the observer, "are doing more real, sure-enougli practical work along the lines of cost accounting than any other set of Diuiiufiu-turcrs in the country." "True enough,'' replied the veueer man; "and yet, strange to relate, xve still find people selling their stock for less than it costs to produce it, and others refusing to find out what the cost of production is. it's a Ion;; way to the millennium, after all." G. D. C, .Ir. ^^ Ko:^t^s»Jg;i^Jlk:>^li;K>^t^i^>M;ui;tm^:io/^^^ l>ecay of wood is caused by fuiigub, and without fuujjus there .11 be little decay. Scores and probably hundreds of kinds of fungus are concerned in the rotting of various woods and under different circumstances; but the present article will consider less than half a dozen kinds, and only those which are well known to most people who cut oak trees and manufacture the wood into products. In order to still further restrict tlie inquiry, only those kinds of fungus will be considered which affect the heartwood of oak trees whUe they are still living, and which produce results that are easily seen and which greatly lessen the value of the wood. When a woodsman cuts an oak tree and finds the heartwood in a state of decay, he cannot possibly make a mistake if he lays his loss to the work of some species of fungus that in some manner has found its way to the interior of the trunk. It may not make much difference whether the particular name of the destroying organism is known or not, its effect is the most important matter, when meas- ured by dollars and cents. It may, however, be of some assistance to be able to detect the signs of such decay before the trees are cut; and in a good many instances this can be done very accurately, though in other cases it is much more difficult. It is quite generally known that fungus of every species and kind is a plant of a low order. There are thousands of kinds. In fact, there are so many kinds that no botanist in the world pretends to know them all. Specialists in that branch of botany spend years in fields and woods, and are constantly finding kinds unknown before. It is impossible, and fortunately unnecessary, for the business man to do more in this field than to get acquainted with the few kinds of fungus which directly concern his particular branch of business. The lumberman who works in the woods can easily do this, and he may turn his knowledge to account in a number of ways. So various are the forms that almost every person knows a few. Mushrooms and toadstools are best known, because they are large, plentiful, and easily recognized. A common sight in the woods is a shelf-like growth on old stumps, logs and living trees. This is the fruiting body of fungus, the outward, visible portion, while the roots are hidden within the wood. The terms "fruit" and "roots" express the facts in a general way; but to be scientifically precise, other terms would have to be used. Under present circumstances, however, this is unnecessary. A prevalent defect in oak trees is commonly called white heart-rot. It is caused by a fungus known as "false-tinder," but among bot- anists it is called Fames igniarkts. It is designated tinder because when flint and steel were the usual methods of striking fire, before the invention of matches, the tinder or punk was. often made of this fungus. The outer rind was pared off, and the remainder was boiled in lye, dried, and pounded to soften it. Sometimes it was boiled with saltpeter. False-tinder is a shelf-like growth on the trunk of the tree, re- sembling a horse's hoof. There are other kinds of fungus which produce shelf-like growths, and some of them might be mistaken for this one; but after a person has made a few examinations there will be little iikelihood that mistakes will be made. The tinder fungus grows on living trees principally, while most of the others are found on dead trees or on logs and stumps. This fungus is probably the most widely-distributed plant of the whole vegetable kingdom. It grows all over the world, wherever there are trees in considerable variety. There may be localities where it is not found, but its range is known to be world-wide, and that can be said of few other plants. Climate has little to do with its spread. Almost every hinilicrTiian or dealer in fore.st products is acquainted w itli the effect of tinder fungus. It produces the white heart-rot so common in timber. The shelf which grows on the outside of the tree is a result, not the cause of the heart-rot. Decay is usually pretty well advanced before the hoof-like shelf appears. This out- side growth is the fruiting body of the fungus that is rotting the tree's interior. The fruiting body must develop on the outside of the trunk, but the real damage is done inside where decay spreads up and down the trunk. The seeds of fungus are called spores. The shelf on the trunk produces them by thousands from its underside. They are too small to be seen except as a cloud of dust. The individual spores are in- visible under ordinary circumstances. They are carried long dis- tances by the wind, and unless they come in contact with a wound or injury in the trunk of a tree they cannot grow. They may lodge on a tree's bark, but it is believed that they never grow in the bark; when the spores happen to enter a wound made by the break- ing of a dead limb, they find a growing place. Hair-like roots, called hyphs, are quickly developed, and they penetrate the wood, growing inward untU they reach the tree's heart, and there they begin to spread up the trunk and down. That is the origin of the white rot which the timber cutter so often finds. He may see no sign of it on the outside of the trunk, but encounters decay in the heartwood. Sometimes one shelf occurs, sometimes there are several. The first one usually shows itself at the opening of the wound where the fungus found entrance to the tree 's interior. This is generally the stub of a broken limb, as already stated. Tinder fungus attacks heartwood only at first, but in advance stages of decay the sapwood may become affected also, and the rot may finally reach the bark, and the death of the tree speedily fol- lows. Death always follows an attack by this enemy. White heart- rot is an incurable disease. As far as known there is absolutely no hope for a tree when the thread-like roots of tinder fungus once in- sinuate themselves among the fibers of its heartwood. It is like leprosy in its slow, sure work. Death may be a long time in coming, but it is certain. The tree decays more and more each year. In the early stages most of the trunk is suitable for use; but in course of time the disease spreads from branches to roots, and the un- sightly growths on the trunk- tell that not only is the tree's doom sealed, but the wood has become worthless. It is believed that tinder fungus never attacks young trees. They must be old enough to have developed heartwood. Neither does it fix itself on a perfectly healthy tree. It cannot do so, because it must enter through a wound. Trunks without breaks in the bark are safe; but let an injury show itself, and there is the point of danger. Much of the beech of northern Louisiana falls a victim to the tinder fungus which enters through stubs of dead and broken limbs. In some localities mills make little effort to saw beech logs because so few of them are worth sawing. This fungus determines the length of life of many trees. It is the disease which ultimately kills them. The proper course is to cut trees as soon as the first evidence of the disease appears. If that is done, some of the wood may be saved. It is generally not prac- ticable to do this under forest conditions. It would cost more to go about a large tract, picking out diseased trees and cutting them, than the timber thus saved is worth. The chief saving, however, would consist in preventing the spread of the disease to other trees. White heart-rot is not the only disease that destroys the valuable wood of living trees. Another is known as red heart-rot. It is produced by a growth called sulphur fungus (Polyporus sulphurevs) on account of its yellow color when mature. It develops on tree 30_ HARDWOOD RECORD trunks in much the same way as that which causes white heart-rot; but the shelf or fruiting body is quite different in appearance. It is one of the most conspicuous funpri found in the forest. The growth develops as a series of shelves, from two to twenty or more, overlapping on© another. The shelves are sometimes fairly well separated and distinct; at other times they are so close together as to form a mass five or six times as large as a coeoanut. When these shelves are young their upper surfaces are bright orange red, with a deeper red at the edges. Their upper surfaces are very moist, some- ■wh!}t hard, and when bruised, they turn brown. The whole growth is soft and fleshy when young, and when squeezed, a clear, yellowish juice exudes. The fungius becomes harder as it grows older, and at maturity is brittle. It has by that time assumed the sulphur color which gives the name by which it is generally known. This fungus is edible, and is in the class of valuable mushrooms and is eagerlv sought. Various tribes of hungry insects have also dis- covered that it is good to eat, and if musliroom hunters do not quickly gather it, insects do. The wood user's interest in sulphur fungus has little to do with its eating qualities, but relates to its destructive effect on timber. It is a heartwood enemy, the same as the tinder fungus, but not so exclusively. It flourishes on dead wood as well as living; but what it does to dead timber is not directly interesting to the man who deals with live trees. This fungus attacks many trees, conifers as well as hardwoods. It is particularly destructive of oak. The decayed wood in the trunk looks like reddish-brown charcoal, hence the name red heart-rot. There are various degrees of discoloration, depending upon the species of tree attacked. It i§ darker in most species of oak and lighter in walnut and chestnut. It frequently appears in maple, alder, locust, apple and pear. It is widely distributed in the United States and Canada, as well as in Europe. The decayed wood is characterized by cracks which radiate from the center like spokes of a wheel, and also run round with the annual rings. These cracks develop as the wood is destroyed, and are due to shrinkage as the wood decays. The cracks are not open but contain sheets of fungus, resembling thin leather. These sheets consist of masses of interwoven threads of fungus. If a piece of the wood is shaken or struck, fine dust falls out, and leaves a skeleton of sheets and cross-sheets of fungus. The dust that falls out is brown and brittle. It is reduced to fine pow- der when rubbed between the fingers. The decay caused by sulphur fungus is easily recognized by the peculiarities described. In oak the broad medullary rays are the last part of the wood to fall to pieces. As with white heart-rot, young trees are exempt, for the probable reason that they have little or no heartwood, and also for the reason that very young trunks have few* wounds through which the spores or seeds of the fungus can enter. In almost every instance the disease begins in the tree's crown. This is shown by the number of spike-topped trees in old' forests. They die at the top first; but the decay works its way down through the heartwood the whole length of the trunk, and finally reaches the ground and finishes the destruction of the trunk. The fruiting bodies appear on the outside of trunks after decay has made considerable progress, and they develop in the latter part of summer. They do not last long, because the swarms of waiting insects pounce on them and devour them in a few days, but not until the millions of spores have fallen out to be borne away on the wind to infect other trees within a radius of miles. The quick destruction of this parasite explains why nobody ever sees an old shelf of it on the side of a tree, as in the ease of tinder fungus. It seems to be a saprophyte as well as a parasite — that is, it lives on dead and decayed woods as well as on the living. Sulphur fungus flourishes on old logs and decayed stumps. It is oftener seen there than on the trunks of living trees, probably because it is closer to the ground and more apt to be noticed. It sometimes grows where logs or stumps have so completely decayed as to be little more than heaps of reddish dirt. It is probable that the fungus does not start new growth in such places, but that the fruiting bodies that appear come from old threads which ramified through the trunk while the tree still had some life in it. and continued to grow after the trunk decayed and fell. The lumberman's direct interest in tlie fungus ceases when it has ruined the tree; but the insideous parasite still has power for harm; for every fruiting body that develops a yellow mass on stump or rotten log throws off clouds of spores to float away and find lodg- ment in the trunks of trees. Xo remedy is known. The cutting of diseased trees, as in tho case of tinder fungus, lessens the danger by reducing the uumber of centers from which new contagion will spread. It is to the timber owner 's interest to cut and use trunks as soon as signs of disease are noticed, for some of the trees may still be unaffected, and the loss will not be total. There are many other kinds of decay which affect living trees. Some are ■well known, others arc observed only by specialists. The latter kinds are not of particular interest to the user of wood because they are not prevalent; but others cause much loss of timber. One such is piped rot, which is especially destructive of oak and beech. There is difference of opinion as to what fungus produces it. Xo growths appear on the outside of the trunk. The effect within ig well known, and causes much loss, particularly among the hardwood ■ forests of the Mississippi valley. The heartwood of diseased trees has a mottled appearance, and as far as reported, the sapwood is never affected. There are irregu- lar, smaU, pocket-like patches of white fibers, separated by small areas of wood which retains almost its normal color. These white areas first appear lens-shaped, but they gradually become longer until they run together, and in course of time, as the disease progresses, there is a series of irregular white lines extending lengthwise with the wood. The small 'cavities often become filled with reddish-brown threads of fungus. In its last stages the diseased wood is composed of loose masses of white fibers mixed with brown threads, and en- closed by thin, unaffected layers of wood. This rot may be easily distinguished from all other diseases of deciduous trees on account of the speckled appearance of the affected wood. It attacks trees of all ages, provided they have heartwood. The spores are supposed to find entrance through wounds, such as are caused by the breaking of dead limbs. In oaks the disease gen- erally appears near the tops, and in chestnut near the ground where it seems to originate in the dead wood of old stumps from which the chestnuts have sprouted. A disease of oak commonly called soft-rot is due to a fungus known as poJyporus obtusus. The fruiting body is hoof-shaped and nearly pure white when young, but turns darker with age. It never remains long on a tree trunk because insects soon destroy it as they do sulphur fungus. The usual mode of entrance into the trunk is through the hole made by some boring insect. The fruiting body generally grows at the opening of the hole. The threads of fungus follow the opening until they reach the heartwood and they then pene- trate the solid wood both up the trunk and down, and in course of time what was solid wood is reduced to a soft mass. Deterioration is rapid. Trunks sometimes break and fall in a single year. The diseased wood in its last stages turns almost white, but it does not have the shrinkage cracks so common with some of the other rots which attack heartwood. Injury from this disease is somewhat lessened by the fact that its worst attacks are made upon trees which are not very valuable, such as rellow and scrub oaks. Imports From Haiti During the year 1912 Haiti exported to the United States 335,- 353 pounds of lignum-vitae and 848,100 pounds of logwood. The former is made into bowling balls and bearings for wheels, but the logwood has its principal use as coloring material. The intensely black pigments in the pores of the wood are extracted, purified, and prepared for use as dyes. The substance is then known in trade as ' ' extract of logwood. ' ' The name logwood was given it originally because the shipments reaching England were in log form, and had no particular name. ^gAV!xyl^&:>V:A!/VA^\:/!^toVA!;^:,am!)tt!)i^^ ISfew Farmers'' Alliance ISfeeded ARTICLE FOLK The farmer is generally supposed to be a man predisposed to form alliances and he has found many of these alliances highly advan- tageous. There are openings for alliances in other directions that will prove to be no less profitable. One such association is three- cornered, and includes the farmer, the lumberman, and the paint store, with the wood-preserving plant considered as an adjunct of the paint store. Few expenditures that the farmer can make in paint for his wooden buildings pay better than a judicious investment. The profit is two-fold. It pays in money saved, and it pays also in tlie im- proved appearance of the buildings. The wood lasts longer and it look" better, both of which are valuable considerations. There was a time in the rural districts of the country when a painted residence was a rare sight, and no one expected to see a painted barn, corncrib, or smokehouse. Paint was costly and wood was cheap. It was less expensive and more convenient to put up a new building when the old had rotted down than to lengthen the service of the old buOdings by painting them once in ten or twenty years. A change has gradually taken place. Those who had houses of sawed lumber began to use paint when they felt they could afford it; and among the fairly well-to-do. the unpainted residences are now found principally on the frontiers or in remote settlements. The trouble is, many a farmer imagines that he cannot afford to paint his house, though he is amply able to do so if he would prop- erly consider the matter. Houses of that kind can be seen in nearly all parts of the country, even along the lines of railroads in old- settled communities, and they are more numerous in interior settle- ments somewhat removed from through routes of travel. It seems to be a characteristic of many farmers that the further they are removed from the sight of the traveling public the less inclined they are to fix up their premises. The prevailing idea with many seems to be that nice houses are chiefly to please the eye of outsiders. That view is proper as far as it goes, but it is very narrow. Log houses and log barns are now scarce in this country. Most that remain were built a long time ago and are serving their time and will disappear a few years hence. In the old settled parts of the country the log house is practically extinct. A few are stUl built on the frontiers. Log buUdings were never painted. It would be of doubtful economy to paint them if they were still being built. But all buildings constructed of sawed lumber should be kept painted, except the very cheapest and the roughest. It is argued by some that the lumberman "s interests are inimical to the interests of paint stores, because the lumberman wants to sell as much of his product as possible. whUe paint preserves wood, and the more use of paint, the less call for lumber for rebuilding and repair. No progressive lumberman takes any such narrow view as that. He has no desire to see buildings rot down in order that he may sell lumber to build more. Experience has taught him that it is not the farmer who lets his buildings go to pieces for the want of paint who is the profitable customer of the lumber yard. Such a fanner is apt to be a makeshift man, living from hand to mouth. The fanner who paints his buildings and takes care of them is the man most frequently in the market for more lumber. He is able to buy because he has taken care of his property and has derived a profit from it. Paint is to a large extent the visible index to the farmer "s prosperity, progressiveness, and intelligence. Rightly or wrongly, the farmer is judged by the appearance of his buildings. If a lumber seller goes out to look for customers among farmers, he will not fool much time away about the premises where the un- painted ramshackle buildings tell a story of stupidity and stinginess, but he will go to the place where the buildings look prosperous. Paint adds immensely to appearances, but its real value lies in its preservative properties when applied to wood. . Aside from al! questions of vanity or commendable pride, buildings ought to be painted. It pays well to do it. The man who buys lumber for out- side work owes it to himself to use paint. Otherwise he is not getting the most out of his purchase. Billions of feet of as good lumber as ever grew have rotted in this country. That lumber would still be giving good service had it been protected by paint. Every friend and advocate of wood is interested in seeing it placed where it will give the best possible service, and treated in a way to insure it. Lumbermen would not sell a foot less material than they do if every board that goes from the mill were made to last twice as long as it does. There are so many ways to use wood that those who have found it profitable in one place will continue to buy it for service in some other capacity. When wood is exposed to the elements, as in the case of weather- boarding, it will last three or four times as long if protected by paint, and sometimes the increase is ten fold. In the eastern states there are houses of which painted weatherboarding has been in place much more than a century. A case to the point is the Washington mansion at ilt. Vernon. That has lasted more than 150 years with no visible sign of decay. Such long use affords a striking contrast with the rapid deterioration of house siding and other lumber exposed without paint to the influences of ordinary weather conditions. The modern farm that deserves the name of up-to-date exposes very little lumber in an unpainted condition, in the buildings from the largest to the smallest. The residence, the bams, sheds, grana- ries, and even the poultry houses, are painted. Decay is powerless to work much harm to the buildings belonging to such a plantation. Tet that is precisely the place where lumbermen find their best market. What is bought in the way of lumber goes into additional buildings and not to replace or repair the old. Another class of material goes to the well-regulated farm. It is posts rather than sawed lumber. Posts and other parts of fences are occasionally painted, but it is not customary on the ordinary farm. In many instances it would be profitable to do so; but the fencing material that goes to the farm is generally rather rough stuff, and sufScient paint to cover it would be quite expensive. Preservative treatment applied to th'e posts is preferable to paint. It suits conditions better. The life of the post is doubled, unless it happens to be a wood that lasts a long time in its natural condi- tion. Decay of fence posts costs the farmers of this country large sums yearly. Benewals are expensive in both money and labor. The post problem is becoming a serious one. In most wooded regions there is plenty of post material of kinds that decay quickly when set in fences, and little of the lasting kind. Preservative treatment, for posts of that kind, acts like paint on weatherboarding. Woods of poor lasting properties, such as beech, sycamore, elm. and pine, can be made durable without excessive cost. By that means many a farmer can procure posts on his own land, or in the neighborhood, and will not be under the necessity of paying freight charges on material from a distance. The tendency of the times is to make farm timbers last longer. Formerly little thought was given to that side of the matter. There was plenty to be had and loss from decay was lightly considered, ilany farms were little else than rotting heaps for enormous quan- tities of forest material; but a change is taking place and it deserves to be encouraged. Cost of Not Using It The preservative treatment of timber is a potent factor in con- servation, since it reduces the consumption and makes inferior species available. At present about twenty per cent of the crossties, but less than one-third of one per cent of the lumber used, is treated. The boy's definition of salt was: "Something that makes some- thing taste bad when you don't put it on." The same definition, ■with a slight change, would apply to wrood-preservation: some- thing that costs most when you don't use it. —31— ^Byy^:)sg:;i;.\^a>^tK.^WiNiJtmiTOtiSTOiTO!!<^^ Oak Flooring and the Retailer A great deal has been written about the care and handlinj; ul' oak flooring after it leaves the retail yards, but very little has been said to educate the retail dealer in the proper storing and handling. In a great many yards oak flooring is handled very much like dressed rough lumber, stored in sheds that are ojieu at both ends, thereby exposing the flooring to such an extent that it absorbs moisture from both ends, thus swelling the face anywhere from a thirty-second of an inch to one-sixteenth. When the floor layers receive flooring in this condition, it readily can be seen what an imperfect floor it will make. The floor layer and the dealer are always prone to blame the poor condition of the floor on the manu- facturer. They seem to overlook the fact that all hardwood flooring will absorb moisture, and oak flooring is no exception. In Kansas City a short time ago, 2500 feet of oak flooring was laid in a beautiful home and after the job was completed there appeared quite a number of unsightly cracks, mostly toward the ends. The dealer and the contractor blamed this condition upon the manufacturer of the flooring. He and a chief inspector trav- elled 500 miles to investigate this case. After spending a little time at the dealer's yard, they found the oak flooring stored within a few feet of a large opening in the warehouse and upon meas- uring many of the pieces, it proved that they were swelled about one-sixteenth of an inch from the original manufacture. The period was during the winter season and practically the only protection that this flooring had was an ordinary' roof and the rear iboarded. The contractor, instead of keeping this flooring in a dry place in the house where it was to be used, for at least ten days, immediately laid it with the aforesaid results. After explanation to the archi- tect, who was a broad-minded man, he agreed with the manufacturer that the direct trouble was in the abuse of the flooring by the improper housing given it by the retailer. The above case is cited to point out the fact that the retail dealers should have better accommodations for the storing of oak flooring. The most modern retaU yards have a certain portion of their ware- houses divided oft", double boarded and steam heated. Steam heat is very essential in the middle and northern climates during the win- ter season to keep the flooring in normal condition. The expense of this additional care is very trivial compared with the benefits derived. Floor layers and contractors will invariably trade with a yard that keeps the flooring in a good condition during the winter season. The modern retailer should be in a position to give advice to con- tractors and floor layers when it is necessary. In Ithaca, N. Y., some time ago an eight-inch brick wall was bulged out to the extent of two inches. After investigation, it proved that it was done by the oak flooring, which was abused by too much water being used in scrubbing the floor. Usually in a case of this kind, the floor will bulge upward about in the middle, but in this particular case it was found that nails were used very gen- erously on an oak sub-floor. Not long ago the writer was called upon to look at a beautiful oak floor that was very badly abused by the contractor who laid the sub-floor with apparently green stock, which shrank to such a degree that it opened up unsightly cracks in the top flooring. This was revealed by measuring the sub-floor from the under side in the cellar. The sub-floor should be reasonably dry and laid diagonally. Boards of about six inches wide are preferred and should not be put down too closely — at least an eighth of an inch should be between each board. All thicknesses of oak flooring should have a sub-floor. Many jobs are- badly damaged by improper sub-floors, especially where three-eighth-ineh oak flooring is used. Atmospheric conditions peculiarly affect oak flooring throughout the season, and with this in mind, it surely would pay the retail dealer to give it more care, so that when the contractor calls for it for laying it will be in the proper condition for use. The modern dealer in catering to the consuming oak flooring trade, would find it more profitable and advantageous to purchase in straight carlots. The cost is much less, besides assuring the arrival —32— uf the flooring in better condition, it is just as important these days to carry a good stock of the various grades, faces and thick- nesses in oak flooring as it is in yellow pine or sash and doors. The dealer who keeps a good supply of hardwood flooring of the various kinds on hand will find it to his interest to get more trade and is in a much better position to serve his customers than the old- fashioned dealer who buys two or three thousand feet at a time. There are many dealers neglecting hardwood flooring by not car- rying a sufficient quantity for their prospective customers and not pushing it by way of newspaper advertising in their respective towns, or by talking it to architects and contractors. W. L. Clafpey. Reducing the "Working" of Wood by Kiln-Drying A great source of annoyance to all woodworkers and users is the tendency of the material to shrink and swell with changes in atmospheric conditions. This is due to the fact that wood sub-' stance is hygroscopic — that is, it attracts or absorbs moisture from the air. Increase in the moisture content of fairly dry wood causes it to swell, and drying out causes it to shrink. This prop- erty of wood can be reduced, but not entirely eliminated, by sub- jecting wood to boiling, steaming, prolonged soaking, or exposure to high temperature. To determine just what effect kiln-drying has on the subsequent moisture condition of wood as compared with simple air-seasoning, a number of tests were conducted by the Forest Service in co-oper- ation with the Yale Forest School. The test specimens were of two sizes, 2x2x6 inches and 2xliAx30 inches. Three sets of seven pieces each were taken for each of three species, and for each of the dif- ferent temperatures used. One set was simply air-dried and used as a check (C) with which to compare the other two sets of that series. Another set (A) was first air-dried for about a year, then kiln-dried, and finally placed aside with the check specimens to air for a year or more. The third set (B) of the series was soaked from the green condition for the same length of time that the other sets were air-dried, was then kiln-dried with the second set and placed in the air with the others. The airing took place in the open under a shed on the north side of a building where they were protected from sun and rain. The comparative tests were all made at the same time which adds to the reliability of the results. A comparison of the water content of the pieces that were kiln- dried first with that of the pieces that were only air-dried showed that in no case did the kiln-dried material absorb as much moisture as the other. For example, air-dried and water-soaked red oak blocks were kiln-dried at maximum temperatures of 145°, 170°, 212°, and 274°. They were then exposed to the air for a year or more and their avorage moisture content at the end of that time determined. The results were as follows: At 145°, previously air-dried (A), 7.6 per cent; previously soaked (B), 9.6 per cent; check specimen, air- dried only (C), 12.4 per cent. Similarly for the other tempera- tures the figures were: At 170°, (A) 10.6, (B) 10.6, (C) 12.4; at 212°, (A) 9.4, (B) 9.5, (C) 12.0; at 274°, (A) 8.9, (B) 9.9, (C) 12.6. From these figures, each of which is an average of seven tests, the reduction in hygroscopieity due to kiln-drying appears to be a per- manent change by some fundamental change in the wood sub- stance. The degree of dryness attained, when strength is of prime import- ance, should not exceed that at which the wood is likely to remain in use, but where reduction of the hygroscopic properties of wood are of first consideration it should be carried to as great a degree as possible and subsequently brought back to the condition under which the wood is to be used by exposure to the air for some time before the lumber is manufactured. • The wise lumber buyer looks not at price alone or too much, but also at how the stock offered will fit his needs. W^"^ European Dock JMeasurements Unfair Tiioie Mif iiKinv qiu'sticins wljii'li tlio experienced exiiorter takes iuto consideration in figuring up at the end of his year whether he has derived a reasonable profit from his efforts and investment in foreign trade. The long distance between seller and buyer in the case of export shipments makes it necessary that in order to insure satisfaction on both sides and fair treatment of all parties concerned, uniform and practical methods should govern in all phases of such I'lireign shipments. One of the features which the lumber exporters have been most opposed to is the practice prevailing on the part of the foreign dock companies in connection with the measurement of import shipments of lumber. A great hardship is worked upon exporters because of the practice on the part of the dock people abroad to make their measurements on a purely theoretical and technical basis, without regard for a practical method as accepted by the lumber trade throughout all the lumber-handling sections of the globe. This has to do with the measurement of thickness, the dock people ruling that a board that is a sixteenth inch scant on the thinnest edge must take the next thickness below what it was marked. A recent issue of the Timber Trade Journal of London contains a fair exposition of this matter in the form of an interview given to that paper by a prominent American lumber shipper. His statement is as follows: ' ' More than a year ago a committee of the National Lumber Ex- porters' Association, with headquarters at Baltimore, U. S. A., com- j)Osed of representative hardwood shippers, visited London, and had conferences with the liardwood section of the Timber Trade Federa- tion regarding the technical manner in which the dock companies measured all parcels of American hardwoods landed in the London docks. Shippers have nearly always had shortages on shipments measured by the dock companies on account of the technical manner in which the thickness is taken, whereas shipments going overside into lighters for buyer's wharf and measured by the buyers seldom showed a shortage. The principal reason of these shortages is that the thickness, as taken by the dock companies, is not taken in a I'lactieal way. Por instance, take one inch and thicker quartered oak, hich wood always shrinks more on the heart edge than on the sap • Ige, and for which no accurate allowance when sawing can be illowed, as timber from one tree shrinks more than from another. Icing of different texture. The dock companies, when finding a piece one-sixteenth inch scant on the thinnest edge (always the heart edge), put such a piece down to the next thickness. Supposing the . goods happened to be 1^,4 inches by 10 inches and up quartered white oak, with a value, say, of 5s. 9d. per foot cube, every piece one- sixteenth under l'/4 inch at any place would bring the piece down to 1x10 and up, at a %-alue of, say, os. 6d., thus not only reducing the contents, but also reducing the value. "At the various committee meetings with the hardwood section of the Timber Trade Federation, those present being mostly the London timber brokers, no support was given the American shippers, the reason being stated that the brokers of the hardwood section of the Timber Trade Federation could take no action without the merchants being present to discuss the matter and vote on same, and at the last meeting it was stated that it was not possible to get the merchants suflSciently interested to discuss the matter, and therefore it was regretted tliat present methods could not be changed. "It must be obvious to merchants engaged in importing American hardwoods to London that the dock companies' measurement is too technical, for when these same merchants measure the goods at their wharves there is very seldom a shortage, but if measured by the dock companies there is invariably a shortage. This does not seem fair to the shipper. At the several meetings it was explained by the American committee that it is impossible to manufacture lumber so uniform as to have each piece dry the exact thickness it was originally cut for, the reason being the different texture of the various logs, one shrinking more than another in the drying; therefore, as all the markets in the United Kingdom, as well as on the Continent, measure Ajuerican lumber from a practical point of view, including the London timber merchants when measuring at their yards, and as the dock companies' measure is the only technical measurement, and as the Timber Trade Federation would not come to the relief of the American shippers, the matter was referred to the mem- bers of the National Lumber Exporters' Association for action, seventy per cent of whom agreed to sell in London only on the basis of measurement, these being according to conditions asked for at the conference between the Timber Trade Federation and the National Lumber Exporters' Association committee, as follows: 'In taking the thickness of all American lumber, same to be taken one loot from the thinnest place. •In case not more than ten per cent In plain oak ami twenty per cent In quartered oak one inch and thicker should be one-sixteenth scant In thickness and three-quarter inch and thinner one thirty-second scant In thickness, no notice is to be taken and the parcel as a whole is to be considered full thickness. •Wlicic shipments are found by the dock company to have the super- flcial contents marked on each piece in figures, such figures must stand, or alternatively, any pieces with the measurements of which the dock com- pany disagrees must be laid aside for Inspection. •Where the variation in measure does not amount to one and one-half per cent, no claim for shortage is to be made, provided the wood is meas- ured full board contents.' "It was suggested by some of the members of the Timber Trade Federation at the conferences that if these points were agreed to, American shippers would cut their timber specially for the London market, sawing it thinner for the London market alone, so as te reap this benefit. Anyone who has been in the States and is familiar with the workings of an American band mill, and who is at all prac- tical, must know that this could not be done. "Eegarding the IV2 per cent difference in measure provided for, this is only a reasonable difl'erence that any two measurers might make in measuring the same parcel, and is reasonable inasmuch as no measurer can say he is absolutely infallible, and that his measure is absolutely correct. In a car of 1 inch boards of 12,000 feet super ficial the difference is only 180 feet superficial. It does not mean that every car of American hardwoods will be 1% per cent short of London measure, but it does mean that if a greater difference than this does not exist, there is no basis for claim. "Another point is that no credit is ever given the shipper by the buyer when the parcel shows an overplus, and this does happen, per- haps, fairly often, except when measured by the dock companies. "Tn view of the above decision, it would be well for importers whose contracts contain these conditions, and who intend having the goods measured by the dock companies, to notify the dock companies so that measurement can be taken in accordance with contract. It is a pity that the hardwood section of the Timber Trade Federation of London and the National Lumber Exporters' Association do not act more in harmony, as much good would result in exchange of practical ideas from time to time. ' ' Hardwood forests in the States are rapidly becoming depleted, and conditions in producing and marketing must naturally change from time to time, and unless importers are prepared to lend a help- ing hand to shippers as conditions change, it naturally forces ship- pers to protect their interests as best they can without the help of the importers, which is to be very much regretted. ' ' Good Work Spreading Forest fire associations among timberland owners, by publicity and systematic organization, are materially reducing forest fire losses. The work begins in the neighborhood and extends to the nation. The government's provision whereby it supplies money for fire-fighting in states which provide money for the same purpose, is helping the work more than almost any other one thing. It is not so much the actual amount of money spent by the government as it is the spread of the right ideas among the people. A majority of the forested states have organizations which are doing effective work in forest protection and education. ■\i;aro;^amTO>im!:)5TOKtTOiTO»wwt'j^^ ^ »:raw:;reii>.'OT::):TO:jtTOa:!ragtTOTOtggro.'i35iaK): -nitroKgw* The Fifth Conservation Congress The fifth annual meeting of the National Conservation Conj;ress, which met in Washington, U. C, Nov. 18, considered numerous topics, but the subject of chief interest to lumbermen and workers in wood was covered by the reports of ten subcommittees appointed by the general forestry committee. The reports were made to tlic congress and called forth discussion during several hours. The publicity committee, of which E. T. Allen of Portland, Ore., ■was chairman, suggested that the various forestry associations and Tvorkers should take measures to acquaint the public with what is being done, because (he success of all great movements depends on popular approval. The i)ublic is interested, and it may lie counted on to back \ip a cause that is on the right track. The committee on state forest policies in its report outlined the general features of laws which should be in force. The state forest service should be free from politics, and the spoils system should have no room in it. Workers who prove themselves efficient ought to hold their places without annoyance from job hunters. Civil service regulations should be in force. The forestry work ought not be under the control of boards or commissions composed of men who are not acquainted with the work, otherwise the real workers are liable to be hampered instead of helped, l^y meddlesome interference. William T. Cox of Minnesota was chairman of this committee. The report on lumbering was presented by R. C. Bryant, chairman of the committee. The purposes of the report were to furnish a basis on which to calculate cost and stumpage values; explain how scientific management can be employed in lumber operations; recom- mend standard values for log and lumber measurements; and set forth the advantages of forest engineering. The committee was unable to submit a report satisfactory to itself because the time had been too short and the means inadequate to collect data on which to base the report. Less than five per cent of the lumbermen replied to the request sent them for information, and the committee had no appropriation to pay for field work. For these reasons the report was chiefly suggestive, and indicated lines along which it may be profitable to conduct future work. It was pointed out that though lumbering is one of the oldest American industries, it is still undergoing rapid change in methods. The committee on forest utilization answered critics who are accus- tomed to blame lumbermen for waste in woods. It was declared that a market for forest products equal to that in Germany would result in as close timber utilization in the United States as exists in Ger- many. Five principal conditions make for closer utilization, and these are: Ready markets, cheap transportation, good timber, efficient management, and proper equipment. Of these the lumberman can control only the last two. Nothing can be saved unless there is a market for it, and the difference between no waste and large waste is the difference between being near and far from market. Trans- portation charges enter into a decision as to whether the mill should be near the timber or near the market, and often determine whether material will be utilized or thrown away. The ever-recurrent problem came up again in the convention: What shall be done with the cutover land? A report by the committee on forest planting, of which Earle H. Clapp is chairman, brought the matter before the convention. According to that report at least $65,000,000 are lost annually because denuded forest lands remain unproductive. The problem of reforestation should be met squarely by entering upon a comprehensive plan covering at least a fifty-year period. Such a plan should include federal and state activity, federal aid for states, and state aid for counties, cities, and towns, and the encouragement of private planting. At the same time forest planting is not usually attractive as an investment to the small private owner. Therefore, the long-time nature of the investment makes planting most fer^sible for federal, state, or more local governments, or for long-lived corporations. There are, however, many examples of successful plantings though the area planted each year is very small in contrast to the millions of acres which require reforestation. It is particularly pointed out in the report that one of the first require- ments is to make sucli ]jlauting investments safe from loss, especially from fire. Organized fire prevention and control have minimized losses from this source. Adequate fire protection is bound to come if extensive planting is undertaken, because the investment will require such protection. There was a report on the fire situation by a conmiittee of which C. .S. Chapman of Oregon was chairman. While forest fires in the United States have taken a yearly toll of seventy lives and $2.^,- 000,000 in property, the greatest advance in forest work in this country has been along the lines of fire prevention. "There are now ten patrolmen," continues the report, "where there was only one five years ago. During the past five years there has been an increase of over .3,000 per cent in the area of private land jiatrolled against fire. ' ' The committee specially condemns the so-called "light-burning" theory advocated by certain timber owners in California saying that it is not only unpractical from a financial standpoint, but causes destruction of young timlier and makes for carelessness with fire on , the part of the public. The subject of forest taxation is an ever fruitfid field for discus- sion in conservation congresses and meetings of like kind. It was brought up by the report of the committee which had that subject in hand. The systems of forest taxation in this country are not uniform, but they are generally wrong, according to the findings of the committee. Present methods tend toward forest destruction rather than perpetuation; tout the ideal system would stimulate the owner and the community to bring about the greatest production, best protection, and fullest utilization. Such a policy tends toward the principle of a tax on yield. The report of the committee on forestry took a stand in favor of more practical training of foresters, or rather more foresters with practical training, and fewer with only theoretical training. "Too many schools are turning out professional foresters and not enough are teaching forestry to the layman, ' ' was the way the committee stated the case, and added: "It is much as if with too many med- ical schools there were not enough schools teaching hygiene and sani- tation. The great need at the present time is better facilities for secondary forestry education, an education which wUl ultimately reach every man who has to do with the growing of timber or its harvest. Conti'asted with the overcrowded field of technical education of the highest order, the field of secondary education is almost unlim- ited, and in comparison with large interests involved, almost un- touched." U. S. Forester Graves, in his address, laid special emphasis on the fact that forestry in its larger aspect is a problem for the government rather than for the individual. It should be taken up by federal, state, and municipal governments. Underlying the forestry problem are two fundamental considera- tions which should be emphasized and reiterated untU thoroughly driven home. One is its public character. The public has a peculiar interest in the benefits of forestry. Both in the matter of a con- tinued supply of forest products and in that of the conservation of water resources the public welfare is at stake. In each ease purposes vital to the prosperity of the country can be accomplished only with the direct participation of the public. Private owners will secure results only on a limited scale in the long run on their own initiative. It takes too long, from fifty to two hundred years, to grow a crop of timtier trees. Most private owners in face of fire risk, bad tax laws, and uncertain future markets will not make the necessary invest- ments. Mr. Graves quoted Secretary of Agriculture Houston's instructions which set forth his forest policy, as follows: "Establish permanent boundaries. Classify your lands; segregate the agricultural land and fix right limits for what is needed as pro- tective and productive forests. Develop permanent policies based on full recognition of lasting public interests, and settled forestry prac- tice fitted to the individual needs of each forest and locality. Study HARDWOOD RECORD J5 I'lliiR'Uiy ; make aiiv iliaiiKi's iioiesj-arv I'ur this imiposo. but imiko no changes that arc not c-learly I'alled for in the publie interest, t'arry out your plans for the development and increasing use of the forests: but above all, make each forest work for community up- building and local as well as general welfare. We must always have iu mind the men and women who are building up a new country and laying the foundations lor ]irosperous. thriving commonwealths. We must try to study their needs and see where and how the forests can help them. But we must not cease to guard effectively against the evils of private privilege and mjonopolistic control of resources now the property of the public." The chief contest of the congress was precipitated by a report from the water powers committee. There were, first and last, three re- ports presented. One by tlie majority, another by the minority, and a third as a compromise. The third was finally adopted. The debate on these resolutions developed into a contest between the state's rights forces on the one side, and their opponents on the other. The i.irnier demanded what amounted to a surrender on the part of the ,'iivernment of all its forest, mineral and grazing lands to the states in which they lie; and this would give the water power sites and irri- gation projects to the states individually. The other side of the controversy included those who insisted that the government should hold what it has and administer it for the t'enefit of the whole peojile, thereby guaranteeing that this valuable property would not fall into the hands of speculators who are seeking private gain at the exjjense of the pnblic. The debate was sharp and vigorous, and when the vote was taken the result showed a substantial victory for the opponents of the state's rights forces. The vote stood -134 for federal control, l.")l against. The election of ofiScers resulted as follows: I'ltEsiDENT — Cliarles Lathrop Pack, reelected. VicE-PnesiDE.NT — Mrs. Emmons Crocker. Executive Sechet.vuy — Thomas R. Shipp, reelected. Uecording Skcbetakv — N. C. McLeod (a new ofBcc). TitEASLUEU — Dr. Honr.v S. Drinker. The congress adopted a series of resolutions on forestry in sub- stance as follows: The Congress deplores the luck of uniform State activity in forest work and urges the crystallization of an effort in the lagging States to secure the creation of forest departments. liecommendations for liberal appropriation In all States for forest Are prevention and close cooperation by State officers with the Federal and private protective agencies. An annual appropriation by Congress for the continuation of the Weeks law for Federal cooperation with the States. Simplifying and shortening the process of purchase under the Weeks act. That Federal troops be made systematically available for controlling forest fires. Commending the work of the Federal Forest Service and urging Con- gress to make liberal provision for such work and to combat any attempt 10 bri'ak down its efficiency. Kecommendations to the State legislatures to secure moderate taxation for forest lands and taxation upon forest crops only when the crop is harvested. Suggestion to forest owners to study and emulate the many cooperative patrol associations and endorsing every means of bringing lumbermen and the public more closely together. Commending the work of Philippine Forestry Bureau and endorsing the proposed Forest Products Exposition. The invitation extended by San Francisco to hold the congress in that city in 1915 during the Panama Exposition was accepted. I. W. W. Pronounced a Failure A close study of the methods and organization of the Industrial Workers of the World by Professor K. F. Hoxie of the University of Chicago has convinced him that that organization, instead of being the grim, brooding power generally pictured in the popular imagination, is a body utterly incapable of strong, efficient, united ,'^ctiou or the attainment of results of a permanent character. Accord- ing to Professor Hoxie, the I. W. W. is weak not only in membership and organic unity but possesses no financial resources in the slightest degree adequate to advance and maintain its proposed organization of the working classes or to consistently carry on any united assault upon capital. Professor Hoxie says that the first significant fact revealed by the eighth annual convention of the organization, held iu Chicago in September, and iby its whole history, which claims as its mission the organization of the whole working class for the over- throw of capital, has failed utterly in its efforts to attach itself jiermanently to any considerable body of men representing any section of American workers. Professor Hoxie, in his article on the subject in the Journal of Political Economy, says that the I. W. W. must depend for the bulk of its membership on the least capable, least developed, lowest trained and poorest paid of American workmen. To this may be added an element made up of irresponsible atomists who are so constituted that they accept as a direct challenge any evidence of authority. It is, of course, an admitted fact that no American workman of any intel- lectual capacity and constructive mind will knowingly affiliate him- self permanently with an organization of revolutionary character such as is the I. W. W., as long as there is a chance of bettering himself through the gradual and legitimate development of improved systems of working rules and conditions. Professor Hoxie 's statement that in spite of eight years of organiz- ing effort and unparalleled advertisement, the official roll of the con- vention indicated that its present paid-up membership does not exceed 14,000 men, surely offers a decided measure of satisfaction to those employers who have been most active in opposing the teach- ings of this altogether un-American organization. His conclusion that viewing the situation in a reasonable light shows that the In- dustrial Workers of the World as a positive social factor is more an object of pathetic interest than of fear, is unquestionably based on an intimate knowledge of the possible developnionts tluougli this orgauizatiou and surely should convince employers throughout the country that they need not be unduly apprehensive in a general way as to any far-reaching or lasting results that might come through its activities. Experience Appreciated It has been said of the veneer industry that there were too many irresponsible manufacturers turning out veneer for the good of the more legitimate manufacturers. On paper the veneer business figures out to offer an astonishingly real opportunity of returning dollars for cents invested. It has been the custom among those not conversant with conditions in the business to figure that if a lumber- man can make so nuich jirofit out of a log, a \eueer man should certainly make a profit equal to the lumberman's profit multiplied by the niunber of times a sheet of veneer would be contained in a one- inch board. This has been the theory, as stated, of some of the irresponsible element, but it is gratifying to note the decreasing number of such concerns engaged in the veneer business and the corresponding increase of the efficiency of the better established concerns. That this condition has been realized by veneer consumers is given occasional proof, and in this connection the following letter received by a prominent manufacturer of established reputation from a large consumer of veneers is offered as evidence of this sentiment on the part of the consuming trade: Oct. 1.3, 1913. Referring to your quotation of the 29th ult. (the same being for 7/32 gura veneer) we wish to have you advise us as to whether you manu- facture this stock In your works at , or whether you are merely selling agents for another concern. We ask this for the reason that we would have confidence in such stock as you would manufacture. Our experience has been with some of the other mills, that they do not know their business and we would not care to take in any stock from a mill that Is passing through the experimental stage and would probably give us interior stock. a tt> a An Easy Answer An exchange devotes nearly a column of its valuable space in commenting on the disappearance of the bootjacks which at one time are said to have numbered ten million in the United States and which are now so scarce that many people do not know what a bootjack is. It is claimed that their disappearance is wrapped in mystery, since nobody can find out where they went. There is no mysterv about it. The answer is easv: they were thrown at cats. 36 HARDWOOD RECORD 'VWKCiligrati>^JJill)5TO!liOTS)!^^ The Mail Bag Any reader •f HARDWOOD RECORD desiring t* communicate with any of the Inquirers listed In this section can have the ad- dreises an written request to the Mall Bag Department, HARD- WOOD RECORD, 537 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, and referrlnf to the number at the head of each letter and enclosing a self- addressed stamped envelope. B 601 — Seeks White Ash Logs and Walnut London, E. C, Nov. .'). — Editor II.\riiwood Uecord : We sliall lie gliul If jou could Uindl.v assi.st us in fmdln;;; some reall.v llrst-elass norlhern white nsli loRS ns we have a eonsiderable demand for these, but li.nve failed so far in (Inding a reliable souree. At the present moment we are prepared to plaee an order by wa.v of a sample for 300 logs, 11 inches and up. These must be first class in every respect, white logs suitable for veneer purposes, and must be abso- lutely without brown streak. This specification is one which w-e find difficult to fill, but we can assure you there is a very cdnsiderabli' trade to be done. We also have a good demand for black walnut flitches, bluish black color. 4/S inches thick. 10 inches and up wide by 8 feet and up long. These are also required for veneer purposes and must be absolutely sound In every respect. Of course we are aware that these are difficult to obtain but our- buyers in turn would not object to pay a reasonable price. At the same time, if you could favor us with a list of first-class veneer manufacturers of all kinds of wood, we should be very pleased as we have an opportunity, pro- viding the prices are right, of disposing of some very large lines of veneer of all kinds. . The above English importing house lias been advised that "north- ern" white ash logs are pretty nearly an unknown quantity, and especially the character of logs it desires, and that the character of black walnut flitches asked for are still more difficult to obtain. How- ever, it has been referred to manufacturers of white ash and black walnut who possibly can supply these requirements. Anyone inter- ested may have the address on application. — Editor. B 602 — Rules for Scaling Logs Lanes Bottom, W. Va. — Editor Hardwood Recokd : Will you kindly send me a book of rules on scaling logs? I have tried different placea to get them, but have failed so far. Co.mpany. The above correspondent has been advised that as far as we know- there is no book of rules published on the scaling of logs. However, some years ago the writer prepared in connection with some lumber estimating tables a set of tables showing the scale of logs of different diameters on sundry log scale measurements, and the inquirer has been referred to the publishers of this booklet. — Editor. B 603 — Seeks Pacific Coast Manufacturers of Japanese Oak Logs Dkumoit, Auk., Nov. S. — Editor Hakdwood Record ; Can you furnish us the names and addresses of firms on the Pacific coast who are importing .Japanese oak logs and sawing them there? Lumber Company Hardwood Record has advised this firm of the names of certain companies in this line and would appreciate any further information that any of its readers can f;ive. — Editor. B 604 — Wants Basswood Drawer Bottoms Sr. Paul, Min.n., Nov. 20. — Editor Hardwood Record: Wc are in the market for 2,000 pieces of Hx20x21i/2" basswood drawer bottom stock which we want for use now. ' . Hardwood Record has referred this concern to a panel manufac- turer who may be in a position to get out this stock. Others inter- ested can write this oflice. — Editor. B 605 — ^Wants Market for Short Pieces Quartered Oak CoLCMBCS, O., Nov. I.J. — Editor Hardwood Record: We produce a num- ber of short pieces in quartered oak. running in narrow widths vipwards. These develop in cutting chair stock as well as ends of boards which are too short for specific cutting. It seems to us that there should be a mar- ket for this short and narrow stock. Can you help us find it? Lumber Company. Tliis concern has been advised that there is a possible market for this stock in the form of chair backs and table tops if it will ascertain the requirements of manufacturers of those lines and cut its stoclv accordingly. — Editor, B 606 — Wants to Buy Plain Red Oak KoRT William, Oxt., Nov. 14. — Editor Hardwood Record: Can you put us in touch with oak shippers who will be willing to take contracts to supply IxJS and 1x10 plain red oak with one clear face? Stock would have to be A 1 for working to base. . The aliove company lias been supplied with a short list of manu f'acturers who possibly can get out this stock. — -Editor. B 607 — Wants Oak Squares I'liiLAUELi'iiiA, I'A., Nov. 14. — Editor Hardwood Record: We are in rhe market for delivery in Philadelphia, for clear oak s(|uares, bright sap, no defect, in the following sizes: 2>/j"x2>/j"-30". 3"x3"-25". 3"x3"-29", :!"x3"-30", 3"x3"-6' and up No. 1 common and better, 4"x4"-0 feet No. 1 common and better. — the last two Items to be graded on National Hard- wood Lumber Association rules. We can take them either to be cut to oriler ami ImIcI nn sticks till dry or, if dry, tor immediate shipment. ■ - LUMRKR Company. B 608 — Wants Pecan and Dogwood C'HicoPEE, Mass., Nov. 9. — Editor Hardwood Record : Kindly advise the manufacturers of pecan and dogwood. Lu.MBER Company. The above concern has been given a list of manufacturers of pecan and dogwood. Others interested can have the necessary information on writing iliis office. — Editor. B 609 — Liverpool Concern Wants Oak LivERi'OuL, England, Nov. 4. — Editor Hardwood Reiord : Friends of ours are open for both white and red oak in No. 1 common and No. 2 common, in thicknesses of %", Va", %", %" and 1". A mixed car first and seconds white oak %" and %" or %", %", and %". A car of white oak squares 21%"x3%"x2i/4", should be full size and perfect on arrival here. . Those interested in this inquiry should address this office. — Editor. B 610 — Wants to Market Red Cedar Knoxville, Tenn.. Nov. 10. — Editor Hardwood Rechkd: One of our sawmill men has a tract of timber, three or four hundred acres, on which there is quite a lot of red cedar for which he wants a market. We would thank you if you would give us the names of some concerns who handle Tennessee red cedar in the log or post and also cut into inch boards, as we will be able to furnish within the next few months several cars of each. ^ Lumber Company. This company has been supplied with the necessary information. Others interested may have the address upon application to this office. — Editor. B 611 — Wants Information on Hardwood Pa-ving Blocks Thomson, N. Y.. Nov. 10. — Editor Hardwood Record : Looking over ime of the recent issues of your paper the writer noticed articles concern- ing the ultilization of hardwood in the manufacture of creosoted paving blocks. If you have any further data or details regarding the manufac- ture of these articles, we will be pleased to have same if at your dis- posal. Lumber Company. This concern has been advised that the use of hardwood for paving purposes is still decidedly in the experimental stage. The wood paving block industry was built on the basis of pine and fir blocks, and it has been rather difficult to get a favorable hearing for hard- wood blocks. The main experiments along this line so far as actually Introducing the blocks is concerned have been made by the Chicago Creosoting Company of Chicago. The United States Forest Service lias conducted actual experiments as to the possibility of using hard- woods and has found that they are readily adapted to use for paving purposes. The Chicago Creosoting Company has found that maple makes the best of these blocks and it is understood that birch has been success- fully used. Stock for paving block purposes should be gotten out in the form of i" planks 5"-10" wide and S feet up in length. — Editor, B 612 — Wants Oak Flooring Strips Washington, D. C, Nov. 10. — Editor Hardwood Record : We would appreciate if you would advise us the names of two or three concerns who manufacture %" oak flooring strips dressed on two or four sides but not tongued or grooved. ■ — . An3'one interested in this inquiry may have the name upon appli- cation.— Editor. B 613 — Manufacturers of Oak liOgs on Pacific Coast A short time ago Hardwood Record received an inquiry requesting the names of firms on the Pacific Coast importing .Japanese oak logs, sawing them there. Hardwood Record asked tlie Forest Service office at San Francisco. Cal., for this information and has received the fel- lowing reply: San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 18. — Editor Hardwood Record : Five firms on the Pacific Coast are engaged in the Japanese oak trade. These are : Emerson Manufacturing Coinnany. Portland, Ore. Western Hardwood Lumber Company, Los Angeles, Cal. White Brothers, Fifth and Brannan streets, San Francisco, Cal. HARDWOOD RECORD 37 Kilward 1". .Vielmiis & Tn., Inc.. 5ii4 Braniiaii stroot. San Francisco. <.'al. K. A. Howard & Co.. 'Jli Howard street, San Francisco. Cal. I understand tbat recently Japan has developed the sawmill Industry to such au extent that few logs are being shipped at the present time, .lapanese oak lumber running from 1 Inch up In thickness is the prin- cipal product. I believe this Is due to the fact that the Japanese have made a prohibitive price on logs in order to compel users of Japanese oak In this country to purchase the manufactured article. I understand that the price of logs delivered In San Francisco runs from J.Si.oO to ?40 per thousand feet. I am unable to give you the amount of lumlx^r manufactured by the Emerson Manufacturing Company and the Western Hardwood r.umbcr Company, but I believe the others listed handle about 5,000.000 feet annually. C S. Smith. .\ssistant IMslri.t Fur.'ster. Clubs and Associations Meeting New York Forest Products Association The Empire State Fore-. A resolution directing the president to appoint delegates as requested was adopted. 'Frederick S. fnderhill of the railroad and trans- portation committee then read the report of his committee, and offered the following resolution, which was adopted ; Whereas. The improvements in South Philadelphia, in accordance with plans defined by the Department of Public Works, are of such great benefit to the city, such as the removing of grade crossings, amplifying dock facilities, etc.. leading to vast developments in the down town district, be it Resolved, That the Lumbermen's Exchange of Philadelphia recommend to councils the favorable consideration of the plans proposed by the Department of Public Works, and particularly recommend the extension and operation of the Belt Line Company, as set forth in Article 16. Mr. T'nderhili. as chairman of the committee representing the exchange at the fire prevention convention, then read an Interesting report of the work accomplished by that body, after which in conformance with the previous announcement of President Stoker, that as a new and interesting feature of these meetings, instructive talks on the methods of business In the past and those emploj-ed at the present time would be given by experienced lumbermen for mutual enlightenment. Robert G. Kay, presi- dent of the Kay Lumber Company, and also an ex-president of the ex- change, was called upon for something concerning the wholesale lumber- men. Mr. Kay was listened to with much Interest as he tackled the ques- tion, whether the wholesaler should or should not sell to the consumer. He maintained that no wholesaler should sell direct to consumers, and ciuwlitlons and price satlsfactor.v, no retailer ought to buy direct from the manufacturer. He gave instances where the retailers went to the manufacturer and brought low-grade lumljer cheaper than wholesalers could buy It. and then sold It at very little profit to contractors and builders. According to the old methods when prices were fixed, Phila- delphia wholesalers and retailers, and retailers of New York and New .Jersey sold Virginia spruce and made money. The wholesaler and retailer should make more money on the capital Invested, and a square deal should be the foremost rule of every member of the exchange. William C. MacBrlde. president of the Ilaney-WTiitc Company, spoke in behalf of the retailer. At the start he said he believed every Philadel- phia retailer should buy of the Philadelphia wholesaler, and that the former could afford to pay the latter a little more money. He dwelt on the methods of selling, delivery and collections, and especially referred to the great work done by the credit bureau system established by the exchange. He said there ought to 1« a better return of profit on the amount of money Invested in the lumber business. If the competitor wants to sell his goods at a loss let him do it, but don't Imitate him ; the man who sells cheap has to make It up some way or he goes broke. Refcrrrlng to the exchange, Mr. SlacBride said the average high business standing of the members should be a source of pride to every member. Herbert N. Casson, vice-president of the H. K. McCann Company, New York, who attended the meeting as the guest of Owen M. Bruner of the Owen M, Bruner Company, gave the boys an Interesting talk on the pre- vailing methods In trade. As to the disposition of the retailer In all lines of trade to buy direct from the manufacturer as stated by Mr. Kay, Mr. Casson humorously compared It to jumping over each other's backs or playing at leapfrog. He took issue with the manufacturers trying to eliminate the wholesaler or jobber, which he regards as a farce. The manufacturer does away with the jobber, then he puts on a manufac- turer's agent to handle his goods ; the manufacturer's agent then becomes the jobber, and the manufacturer is just where he was before. Mr. Casson urged association work, and deplored price cutting as a big mistake. His remarks were much appreciated by all present, and a vote of thanks were extended, after which the meeting adjourned. Annual National Chamber of Commerce The Chamber of Commerce of the United States will hold Its annual meeting at Washington, D. C, at the New Wllliard hotel, February 11, 12 and 13. The National councilors will meet previous to the general session for the purpose of approving of the efforts of the Chamber during the past year, and to make program arrangements for the convention. This meeting will take place on Tuesday. February 10. Louisville Club Elects Officers On Wednesday. Xovember li;, the Louisville Hardwood Club met in annual session for the purpose of electing new officers and transacting other business. Edward L. Davis, retiring president, was nominated for reelection, but requested that his name be left off the slate, stating that he considered a single term long enough for the services of any one person. He in turn presented for nomination Stuart K. Cecil, secretar.v and treasurer of the Booker-Cecil Company. Mr. Cecil was elected by a decided majority when the ballot was cast. The new president is one of the youngest men in the lumber business in Louisville, being only twenty-nine years of age. He is a graduate of Princeton of the class of 1906. His start in the lumber business was in connection with the Xorman Lumber Company of Louisville, with which concern he was identified until the Booker-Cecil Company was organized about two years ago. Mr. Cecil, in spite of his comparative youth, is slated as having the ability to make an excellent presiding officer. H. E. Kline, superintendent of the Louisville Veneer iUlls, was elected vice-president, succeeding his father, D. E. Kline, president of tliat con- cern. C. M. Sears was elected treasurer of the club for the sixth succeeding term. G. D. Crain. Jr., was reelected secretary. In Appreciation The building committee of the Lumbermen's .\ssociation of* Chicago sub- mitted a report on the progress of Its work In connection with the pro- posed Lumbermen's building to the board of directors of that associa- tion at Its meeting held on November 10. It was shown that the commit- tee has already signed up for 40,000 square feet of floor space, and has immediate prospects of securing some ."i.OOO square feet additional. The board recognizing the many business sacrifices that the committee has made in working for the success of the building project, adopted the following resolutions : Resolved, That this board of directors tender its sincere thanks to tlie building committee for Its untiring efforts and business sacrifices in work- ing to secure a building that will be of great credit to the lumber trade of Chicago, and be it further Resolved, That a vote of thanks be tendered Hardwood Record, Amer- ican Lumberman. The Lumber World Review and the Southern Lumber- man, through the committee, for their great assistance and for the generous manner In which they have given publicity. It was further resolved that a copy of these resolutions he sent to the I)apers referred to. Annual Meeting of Lumber Exporters Hardwood Record Is in receipt of an annouuci luent from the National Lumber Exporters' Association stating that the fourteenth annual meet- ing of tliat organizjition will be held at Chicago January 22 and 23, 1914. Seemingly no definite plans have been made as to program and specific location of the convention lieadquarters. but It is anticipated that further announcements will be forthcoming shortly stating more specifically what the exporters have in mind. National Limiber Manufacturers Retain Dr. Von Schrenck II is announced that Ihe National Lumber Mannl'acturers' Association has retained Dr. Hermann Von Schrenck of St. Louis as technical engineer of the association. To him will be referred all technical matters concern- ing the mechanical and chemical problems regarding lumber and its treat- ment. Dr. Von Schrenck Is too well known In the lumber trade to need any Introduction. Ills new connection with the National Lumber Manu- facturers' .Xssoclation will materially stn^ngtben tbat association in the authoritative positlou It now holds in connection with the lumber industry. .38. HARDWOOD RECORD National Association Inspection Records TIlP Ki-on-ttl (if llic Nntlnnal llMrihvi."il l.uriili.T Assnciaticm duiini; the last seven years is boltt'i- illiisti-aled by (Hunparisou of Hniircs on inspec- tion as eomi)lled by the secretary tlian l)y tlio mere biill« growth of the nssoL'lutlon. These ngures show the total number of feet of lumber passed vipon by the Inspeetors of the association each fiscal year from 1004 to 1015. Thoy are as follows; Keet. Year enillng May, 1005 9r),822,93ri Year elidini: Mav. 11)06 97,Ga4.S48 Yeai' . liilhm Mav, 10(17 12:1180,828 Year eiidlnw ,riinr, I'.iOS 100.908,01:! Year .iMlinL- .liiiic. 1009 100,287.0«1 V.av .leiiiii: ,hiii.', I'.llO 11:H,7.1«,4,''i4 Y.:ir rridiii:; Mav. 1011 112,0:!.-), 170 \,-jv .Tidl-ii; ,11111. •. I!i12 132,844, 2.')0 Year et.ilm;; .lun.. lOi:! 179.933,391 The Inspection done by the inspection bureau for the month of October. 1913, showed a total of 14.101,471 feet inspected, which is a slight reduc- tion from October. 1912. The worlc of the salaried inspectors is prac- tically the same as that performed in October last year. liut the fee inspectors at lake ports in Michigan did less than a year ago, which is in part due to unfavorable weather conditions. The total number of feet inspected by salaried inspectors was 8.292,706 feet and by fee inspectors 3.808,705. The total of reinspection.s as performed l)y the chief inspector and assistants was 223.785 feet. Election Baltimore Exchange Pending The new ticliet of the Kaltimore I,umber E.xchange, to be voted tor on the evening of December 1, is out, having l>een put up by the nominating committee, and so far no signs of an insurgent movement are in evidence. It seems a foregone conclusion, therefore, that the regulars will bo suc- cessful. The make-up of the ticket is somewhat of a departure from the past few years, inasmuch as some of the younger meml)ers of the trade, who have not heretofore held official positions, have received recognition, and altogether, the list has elicitated favorable comment. The ticket is as follows : PUKSIDENT — Ridgaway Jlerryman. Vice-President — Rufus K. Goodenow of the Canton Box Company. Teeasurek — Luther II. Gwaltney of the American Lumber Company. Managing Coiu.mittee — Lewis Dill. Lewis Dill & Co. ; Edward P. Gill, William D. Gill & Son : Rufus K. Goodenow ; William M. Burgan : Theo- dore Mottu. Theo. Mottu & Co. : H. Rowland Clapp. J. H. Thieme.ver Com- pany : Parker D. Mix, Surrv Lumber Company : George E, Waters, Geo, E. Waters & Co. ; Henry Suchting, W. E. Suchting & Sons. Inc. ; John L. Alcock. John L. Alcock & Co. ; J. Clay Gilbert. J. L. Gilbert & Bro. Lumber Compan.v. and Henry D. Di;pyer, H. D. Dreyer & Co. The annual meeting of the exchange will be held, as usual, at the Merchants' Club on German street, and after the transaction of business a dinner will be served. Meeting Lumbermen's Club of St. Louis The Luml)ermen's Club of St. Louis held a business meeting Tuesday afternoon. November 11, in the club rooms, at which there was a large attendance. Several important matters came up. The following resolu- tion, recommending that Congress pass proper legislation to improve the Mississippi river to prevent annual floods was passed : Whereas.' The Democratic. Republican and Progressive parties In their 1912 platforms declared that flood protection of the lower MissLssippi river and the reclamation of its alluvial lands was a national obligation, and Whereas, We believe these declarations should be enacted into legis- lation, and Whereas, We believe the protection of this vast area from floods caused by the drainage from thirty-one states of the Union, and its reclamation will benefit the whole nation, and is a work of such magnitude that it- Justifies separate treatment ; therefore be it Resolved, That this association urge upon Congress the immediate adoption of legislation for flood protection and reclamation of this sec- tion of our country. The Forest Products Exposition to be held at Chicago, April 30 to May 9, 1914, and in New York. May 21-30, was indorsed. President Whitmarsh appointed the following delegates to the National Conservation Congress : W. E. Barns. E. C. Robinson, S. H. Fullerton. C. A. Antrim, C. M. Jennings and Dr. Hermann von Schrenk. Capt. J. B. White and R. A. Long of Kansas City, Mo., and Julius Seidel of St. Louis were thanked for their addresses given at the banquet of the club on October 28. It was announced that the next monthly meeting of the club would be held on December 9. and that it would be ladies night. The annual elec- tion will also be held at that time. Two nominating committees were selected. The one appointed by President Whitmarsh was made up of P. F. Cook, C. M. Jennings and George R. Hogg. The one nominated from the floor was composed of Guy Fulton. Hendrick Folinie and G. P. Shehan. Annual New York Association The annual meeting of the New York Lumber Trade Association on November 12 brought out a large number of the local trade. About 115 members, wholesale and retail, sat down to lunch in the association rooms preceding the meeting. It was a record attendance and fixes the place of this annual event in the routine of the market. President Perrine called the meeting to order at 2 :30. The chief business was the report of the trustees, which covered in detail the work of the organization for the past year. The report stated that the mem- bership now Includes ninety-five retailers, eighty-three wholesalers, and eighteen nonresidents. ITie credit system which has been in force is pronounced .salisfaetor.i , and ha'* been of great assistance to the members in carrying on business. The bureau of standardization of the Board of Estimate and Appor- tionment of the city of New York has been in conference with a committee of this association representing the different kinds of woods with reference to petting up a set of specifications to govern the city departments in their purchases of timber and lumber. The committee has met the repre- sentatives of the board a number of times and has agreed on a set of rules which it is hoped will \x approved as being a fair and equitable .standard, and which will eliminate the troubles and difficulties in grades in dealing with the city departments. The association presented arguments before the building committee of the l^evr York board of aldermen, against proposed changes in the building code which would tend to restrict the use of wood In tall build- ings of that city. The legislative committee of the association has carefully scrutinized ail bills coming before the legislature at Albany, and has taken necessary measures for amendment of such as appear inimical to the interests of the association. Labor troubles during the past year have been few and of little conse- quence. An employment bureau is maintained for the benefit of members. The government suit against tlie association is now in the United States Supreme Court where arguments have been submitted on briefs. The government won a technical victory in the lower court, hut the judgment did not dissolve the l^astern States Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, or an.v of the associations, and will not materially interfere' with the work of the Lumber Trade Association. The trustees express confidence that the final judgment will be favorable. The election of olBcers resulted in the re-election of the old encum- bents, with Charles Grosskurth and George H. Storm elected to the board of trustees. The officers are : President, Russell Johnson Perrine ; first vice-president. John F. Stee\es ; second vice-president, Frederick W. Starr ; treasurer. Charles F. Fischer. After the election Attorney Cruikshank addressed the meeting. He reviewed in detail the case of the govei-nment against the eastern retail associations and expressed the hope and belief that the decision of the Supreme Court, before which body the case now is, would be favorable to the defendants. Of special interest was the unanimous vote to hold a dinner this year. For different reasons the last two years went by without this affair and the spirit shown when the question came up assures the success of this year's banquet. It is hoped that the grand ball room of the Hotel Bossert will be ready for the lumbermen, and no other body can more appropriately christen the new banquet hall of the handsome hotel built by the late Louis Bossert. who was a prominent figure in Metropolitan lumber circles. Last Match Philadelphia Golfers By courtesy of E. W. Swenk, F. A. Benson and others, the Philadel- phia Lumbermen's Golf Club, held its last game of the season on the links of the Athletic Club of Philadelphia at Manoa, Delaware County, on November 11. The day was cold and bluster.v, but what is wind and weather in the nostrils of the husky athlete. Twenty-four golfers formed into six four-somes and the competition was a lively one. After the game an elaborate dinner was served, which was followed by the business meeting with Pri'sident Eugene W. Fry in the chair. W. P. Shearer, with a net score of 84, won first prize, a silk umbrella : J. E. Troth was awarded second prize, a stick pin. for a score of 87 net. and H. G. Parker, who made his first winning as a golfer, bore off third prize, a box of hand- kerchiefs, score 89. Memphis Club Entertains The entertainment committee of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis made excellent work of the job of putting up a suitable and interesting program and line of refreshments for the visiting clubs of Nashville and Louisville, which clubs visited Memphis on Friday, November 14. In addition to these distinguished visitors. Memphis also entertained on that day a great many of the conferees at the meeting of the red gum manu- facturers which was held on the following day, Saturday, November 15. The committee was aided by excellent weather and had provided all sorts of interesting features. The guests were met at the Hotel Gayoso at 10 o'clock Friday morning with automobiles and were given a ride over the Memphis boulevard system, returning to the Country Club for luncheon. At this function there were over sixty visiting lumbermen in attendance, but their wants were fully taken care of. During the luncheon the cars waited at the Country Club and took the visiting lum- bermen back to the hotel. The annual banquet of the Memphis club was held in the evening at the Gayoso hotel, and including the members and out-of-town guests there were over two hundred in attendance. In addition to a most excellent menu, the entertainment committee had arranged for orchestral enter- tainment and also had provided excellent vocal talent. The orchetsra con- sisted of ten well played Instruments, while on the vocal program were Mrs. E. E. Greenwood Warden, soprano : Miss Aileen Shea, contralto : Giordano Pellonari, tenor, in addition to an excellent male quartet. Following the usual lumbermen's gastronomic efforts. President J. M. Pritchard of the Memphis Lumbermen's Club asked Max Sondhelmer of Memphis to say something, and suggested that he propose a toast. Presi- dent Pritchard gave as his excuse for calling on Mr. Sondheimer the fact that that worthy gentleman would be apt to have something to say HARDWOOD RECORD 39 anyway at soino time durins; llic ivi'iiins. anil lie proposed to j;lve blm a leRitimnte excuse. Mr. Sondhelmer responded warmly and proposed that those In attend- ance drink a toast to the lumber business, summarizing the Idea of the toast with the exprcssod wish that •something might be dolnc pretty soon." and it is nwdless to say that with one accord the vlsltlnK and resident lumlHrnicn drank this toast standing. President I'rltchard then called on various local and visiting celebrities. Including W. U. Conley and C. P. J. .Mooney, editors of Memphis dailies : John Tuthers. secretary of the Husiness .Men's Club ; C. K. Hnvls. Louis- ville lumberman ; W. K. Del.aney. Cincinnati, president of the Ilardwooil Manufacturers' Association of tlie United States : Frank F. Fish, secretary of the National Hardwood Luuilier .\ssoclation, Chicago, and James Haird of Nashville. With the Trade Death of A. W. Mowbray Hardwood Kkcori> regrets to announce the sudden death of Albert W. Mowbray, vice-president of the Johns-Mowbray-Nelson Company. Cincin- nati. O. Mr. Mowbray was taken 111 Sunday nigbt. November 9. while at t;reenville. Miss., on business In the interest.* ot his company. He devel- oped double pneumonia and died Saturday night, November l.'i. The inter- ment was at Peru, Ind., the place of Mr. Mowbray's birth. Mr. Mowbray was a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mowbray and is survived by a widow, Mary C. u daughter. Nellie, aged three, and son, Albert. Jr.. aged one. His parents are also still living and reside in Peru. The deceased is also survived by three brothers, Fred W. of the Mowbray & Robinson Company, Cincinnati, O.. O. Ralph, professor of languages. Chi- cago Vniversity, and Merrill of Chicago, and by two sisters. Miss Clara Mowbray and Mrs. Stella Tretier. Peru. Ind. When Mr. Mowbray was seventeen years old he went to work with the Mowbray & Robinson Company, and starting in at the very bottom by diligent work and ambitious effort acquired an intimate knowledge of all departments of the hardwood business. After leaving the employ of the Mowbray & Robinson Company he spent several years as an inspector, buyer and salesman for different hardwood concerns. Two years ago, spccificaUy. November I'O. 1911. be witli Walter E. Johns and Coleman C. Nelson organized the Johns-Mowbray-Nelson Company, which concern started business as a wholesaler and manufacturer of hardwood lumber with offices in the Provident Bank building, Cincinnati. The expansion of the firm's interest necessitated enlarging facilities, and several months ago the offices were moved to the newly equipped yards at Eighth and Horn streets, Cincinnati. The company's affairs were just rounding Into goo'd shape and promised to result in an unusual success, when Mr. Mow- bray's untimely death occurred. Jobn H. Marble, Commerce Commissioner, Dies John IT. Marble, who has been prominently connected with the admin- istration of the affairs of the Interstate Commerce Commission for years, died at bis home in Washington, D. C. at 6 o'clock Friday night. Novem- ber 21. His death came unexpectedly and was the direct result of uraemic poisoning. .Mr. .Marbles career has been a highly liouorable one and his excep- tional qualities and abilities have enabled him to handle with pronounced success the varied and Intricate affairs ot the Interstate Commerce Com- mission. In connection with this body he has become well known to the big lumber interests of the country, and has been highly thought of by the shipping interests because of his absolute fairness In th<' way he han- dled matters. W. E. Heyser in New Enterprise One of the most important lumber enterprises launched in this sec- tion recently is that of the Issaquena Lumber Company, which has been organized to operate a big hardwood mill at Issaquena. Miss. The in- corporators are W. E. Heyser of the W. E. Heyser Lumber Company. Cincinnati. Weaver Haas, at one time local manager of the interests of W. E. Heyser Lumber Company, and James L. Pierson, an experienced logger and timberman. The plant consists of a band saw and resaw and the company has already secured control of al»ut 65,000,000 feet of timber. Logging operations have begun on a large scale. The company is capitalized at .$100,000 and the entire output of the new plant will he handled by tlie W. K. Heyser Lumber Company, with head(]uarters at t'incinnati. Meeting of Creditors Tlie announci'ment has just been received from Charles T. Greve. referee in bankruptcy, in charge of the defunct Maley, Thompson & Moffett Company. Cincinnati, ot a meeting of the creditors which is to be held in the offices of the referee, -2 Peru building, Clnmnnati, Decem- ber 5, at 1 o'clock p. m. There will be taken up at this meeting the consideration of offers for the purchase of the assets of the company, and also matters with relation to the distribution and allowance of com- pensation and declaration of dividends, and all matters with relation to the compromise of claims in favor of and against the estate of the bank- rupt. Creditors are directed to have all matters in controversy ready for consideration at that meeting. Buffalo Concerns in Receivers' Hands On November T2, the Blue Grass Lumber Company. Inc.. and the Empire State Hardwood Lumber Compan.v. Inc., both with main offices in Buf- falo. N. Y., tiled petition in voluntary bankruptcy before Judge Hazel in the Federal court and pending the appointment of trustee, Messrs. Roland Crangle and Frank Gibbons, l)oth ot Buffalo, were appointed receivers for the respective companies. Early in November at a called meeting of stockholders and directors of the two companies it was decided to call a meeting of creditors and the above action was determined upon at said creditors meeting on November 21. C. M. Clark of Cincinnati, who has for the past few weeks been in Buffalo representing some large stockholders in the South, looking into the affairs of these companies in the capacity of temporary vice-president, was asked at this creditors meeting to allow his name to be presented to the court for the position of receiver, but he declined. It is understood the affairs of the Blue Grass Lumber Company and the Empire State Hardwood Lumber Company are badly involved and the liabilities will be far in excess of the assets. The Blue Grass Lum- ber Company handled western pine and the Empire State Hardwood Lum- ber Company dealt largely In hardwoods. THE I^VTi: A MOWBRAY. NELSON I NATL \Y OF THE JOHNS. J.MPANY, CINCIN- . M. PKITCIIAKK. I"RES11>1:NT ME.MPliU CLIB, HOST TO NASHVILLE AND LOIlS- VILLE CI.rK AND RED GVM .MEN HEYSER. CINCINNATI, O.. INTEl! ESTED IN THE ISSAQUENA LUMBER COMPANY, ISSAQUENA, MISS. 40 HARDWOOD RECORD New Handle Factory It is aimomKcd al CnuvrDidsvill.'. Iiul.. Iliai V. 11. Haas has nnuh- (k'flulle arranKi'mcnts auil Is aliiaily on«asi'd in llii' wurk of oi^auizIuK a handle manufaeturins concern in tlia( city. If present plans are carried out the new factory will be in operation witliin a few weeks. The plant will manufacture handles fur spades and shovels. The new industry will be located at the old Eversoii mill at Crawfords ville, which mill will continue in operation as In the past, but the buildlufis and eriuipment will be remodeled throughout. Mr. Haas is planning to make a considerable expenditure for remodeling buildings and installing new machinery and equipnienl. This work has already lein started and the entire remodeling will he completed williin a slmrt time, when it is expected the mill will be in operation. New Plant at Ijttle Bock Sandberg Brothers of Chicago, maiiufaclurers of interior trim. sash. doors, etc, have decided to erect a plant at Little liock. Ark. The com- pany will construct its mill on the property owned by the l'"actoria Land Company, and will have two acres of land adjacent to the Iron Mountain railroad. This tract is immediately adjacent to that recently purchased by the Slimmer Manufacturing Company, also of Chicago. The ni'w jilant win give employment to about fifty men to start with. As to the reason for moving the company ascribes this policy lo iIh' saving it will effect In the cost of raw material. This is another in stance illustrating that northern remanufactnring concerns are awaken- ing to the fallacy of the position of having their raw material shipped long distances to them, and resliippin^- the finished product in many cases to points close to the towns ficm which ilie raw material was si'nt. Buys Mississippi Timber The Merrill Timber Company of Pittsburgh. Pa., recently closed for the sale of 10.000 acres of hardwood and pine timber in Madison county. Mississippi, to the Crosby-Bonds Lumber Company, Brookhaven, Miss., and J. T. Toney of Ilazlehurst, Miss. The consideration was $350,000. The purchasers are planning the immediate erection of two sawmills on the property. The pine mill will be operated by Mr. Crosby, while the hardwood mill under Mr. Toney will have his jurisdiction. It is also planned to construct twelve miles of railroad into the timber connecting with the Illinois Central railroad at Canton. William H. White Company in Financial Trouble Petitions have been tiled to have the Michigan Trust Company of De- troit, Mich., appointed receiver for the William H. ^^Tiite Company of Bo.vne City, Mich., and the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad, with headquarters in that city also. The meager information available states that the liabilities are $2,000,000, but that the assets are greater than the liabilities. This company has probably been caught by the same financial strin- gency that has embarrassed various other large operating concerns dur- ing recent months. Price & Hart Dissolved The name of Price & Hart, for over a quarter of a century one of the best known in the domestic and export hardwood trade, was stricken from the list of local firms when Walter T. Hart, proprietor, aunounci'd his retirement. Mr. Hart has other interests which take his attention in the future. ITie firm of Price & Hart was established by the late Ernest M. Price and Mr. Hart in the 'SO's and has always held a high place in the trade. Mr. Price was one of the organizers of the National Lumber Exporters' Association and had served as president for several terms. The firm was the second to join the National Wholesale Lumber iJealers' Association. Price & Hart have always done a large export tr.nrte in thin poplar and ash and plain and quartered oak. Elwood .lones. for seventeen years with the firm, will take up the business under his own nami', with headquarters at the old stand, 18 Broadway. His long association with Price & Hart well fits him for the enlarged responsibilities, and his many friends are congratulating him in his new role. Pertinent Information Bill to Compel Through Bills of Lading Oflleials of the Southern Hardwood Trathc Bureau and shippi-rs of hardwood lumber In general are very much Interested in the bill which has been introduced into Congress by K. D. McKellar of the Tenth Ten- nessee Congressional District, and which has for Its purpose the com- pulsory issuance of through bills of lading by the railroads on export ship- ments of lumber. Congressman McKellar points out In his comment on the bill that the railroads have been delivering exports of hardwood lumber to the ports under one contract and that these cargoes have been sent across the water under other contracts with the steamship companies, with the result that there has been unnecessary dela.v and expense at the ports where charges of every kind have been piled up. He says that, under the terms of his measure which has already received the endorse- ment of the committee on Interstate and foreign commerce. It will be necessary for the railroads to issue through bills on export shipments of lumber and that the steamship companies will have to transport such shipments Immediately after thi'ir arrival in New Orleans or other ports. In drawing this bill Mr. .McKellar has been in close (ouch with officials and other members of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau whose In- terests are vitally airected by the bill of lading subject, with particular refi-rence to through bills. Tennessee lumbermen export a large amount of lumber every year and it is estimated that a big saving will result If the railroads are prohibited from billing export shipments of lumber to New Orleans and other ports on local ladings. The bill, as drawn, fol- lows : Section 1. That in all cases where any freight or commodity Is offered lo a common carrier to be transported by It to some port of the United Slates and thenn I.v "tc.im-liip mrrler to a foreign ii^it, -.-nrh initial carrier is hereh\ iv,|iiii-..l t.i i-^n. :i iIumul;]! I. Ill i.f hulir.j in-^.x i.liii^' for shipment of sueli ini^lii ,,i- r,,inin.„lil \ ir.Mn the p.,int "I .IIimi^ l.. eom- mon carrier lo iumi "I de^i in.n i .ind all sieaiuship eajii. i~ (|e^i-llaled ill y the Arkansas Railroad Commission on July IS o£ this year. Cooperage Strike in Arkansas Unchanged The conditions existing at Para'-'ould. Ark., on account of the strike of the members of the Coopers' Union at that place, remains unchanged. The manufacturers are tenaciously holding to their original position, willing to concede nothing to their employes, because, as they say, the men have no real grievance. About the only contention that is now being made by the strikers is that they be permitted to deal with their emplo.vers through a committee. The continued disagreement and strike is seriously affecting the business interests at Paragould. Many of the business men have been drawn into the controversy, and are taking sides either with the manufacturers or the strikers. A number of prominent business men have openly derided the strikers^ in their con- tention over this matter, which they regard as of little consequence. These business men are in hearty sympathy with the manufacturers, and are .saying so iu spite of the fact that tliey are being bojcotted by members of the union and friends of the strikers. J. C. Clary, commissioner of labor statistics of Arkansas, has under- taken to settle the contention between the employes and employers. In a letter which he recently addressed to the manufacturers, he suggested that an arbitration committee be selected, to be composed of two men representing the stave manufacturers, and two men representing the strikers, which four men should select a fifth, lie proposes to submit all questions to this arbitration committee, also allowing the committee the privilege of making investigation of all matters leading up to the strike, and that each side agree to abide by the finding of the committee. So far no reply has been made to Mr. Clary's letter by the manufacturers. Suggestion for the Woodlot Owner .V prominent school of forestry suggests the following method to be employed by woodlot owners in estimating their standing timber : 1. Count all the trees in a circle 118 feet across. — one-quarter acre. 2. Select a sample tree as nearly average as you can. 3. Determine how much of the tree you can saw in sixteen-foot logs (eight feet counts as half a log). 4. Add the top and bottom diameters inside bark and divide by two. This will give you the average diameter of the used length. 5. Square this average diameter. Subtract 60. multiply by .8 and you will have the contents of an average sixteen-foot log. 6. Multiply by the number of logs In a tree and then by four times the number of trees on your plot and you will have the approximate con- tents of that aero in board feet. The Circular 'Versus the Trade Paper "Printers' Ink" In a recent Issue hit at the root of a common mistake In modern merchandising. The article was quotetl from an interview with an agency solicitor who. in view of preparing a trade circular, made a tour of the retail trade In the line to which the circular was to be devoted. He stated that some of the retailers he saw were getting fifty and sixty circulars a da.v — most of which went to the floor and were later swept out unopened. This particular expert stated that he had had some experience as to the waste of dealers' literature before but that the con dltlon today surpasses anything heretofore. He stated that the dealers are being frightfully over-drcularlzed. This condition, of course. Is one noted among the retailers In other lines than lumber but It nevertheless must be true to perhaps a less 42 HARDWOOD RECORD marked degree In conncclion with the lumber business because of the ehilm made, in behalf of the circular, of "exclusive attention." The article compares the cost of setting out this plan of advertising literature with the cost of conservative advertising In the right trade paper mediums iind scores a point In behalf of the tradb press, stating that it represents iin organized medium of publicity, compared to n clearing house or publle market. The article points out another phase of the slluiitlon whleli II.\ni>wuon Record ha.s maintained for years. — namely, that the growth of the advertising section of a trade paper does not militate against its elBciency but has the direct reverse effect in that because of the growth of the advertising section the revenue of the paper increases and hence affords a means for Improving Its prestige and jiower through improvement in general character of the publication. The article goes on to say that dollar for dollar. Idea for idea, the opportunities for cashing In are much greater In the trade press than in the trade circular. This opinion, coming from such an impartial medium as "Printers' Ink," should at least eommand the attentli>n of those lumbermen who are inter- ested In modern ideas of merchandising. Warns Against the General Use of Catalpa The New Vork Slate College of Forestry suggests thai diiring the past fall numerous inquiries have been coming in regarding the value of hardy catalpa for planting in central and northern New York. Many land owners have been induced to plant this tree because of statements regard- ing its rapid growth and durability, and without doubt much planting has been done that will result in failure. The hardy catalpa is a native of river bottoms in the Middle West, where under favorable conditions it makes exceedingly rapid growth. The wood, after thorough seasoning, is very durable when used as fence posts or wherever it comes In contact with the soil. Because of its rapid growth and durability and because of. the ease with which nurseries propo- gate it from seed, it has been exploited very widely throughout the coun- try. The college of forestry believes that it has been too widely planted in New Vork state. The hardy catalpa is a specialized forest crop requiring good soil and more eare than the ordinary farmer or land owner can give it. If one is willing to devote two or three acres of good agricultural soil to this catalpa and cultivate once or twice a year for the first three or fo\ir years as well as to prune it annually so as to force the trunk to make a clean upright growtht it will probably give fence posts in as short a time as any other tree in the state. However, it is not good policy to plant land of any agricultural value to trees. To Prevent White Ants from Attacking Wood The Bureau of Entomology, through its Branch of Forest Insects uuder the charge of Dr. A. D. Hopkins, has been conducting experiments with woods treated iby various methods to determine how they may be pro- tected from ln,iury by our native white ants. Experiments are also under way to determine the immunity or relative resistance of various native .md tropical species of untreated wood to white ant attack. The specialist in charge of these experiments has submitted a report on the treated and untreated woods, which have been subjected to attack from white ants for from live to twelve months. Yellow pine stakes charred by burning for about five minutes were attacked at the end of one year, and this treatment only delays attack. Yellow pine stakes impregnated by the "open tank" method, with coal tar and wood creo- sotes ; dipping and brush treatments with wood and coal tar creosotes : and stakes treated by two closed cylinder pressure processes with several different creosote compounds were not attacked at the end of one year. Untreated alternating check stakes were attacked by white ants. An examination of test blocks, showed that after being buried in the ground with infested logs for nearly six months, some of the blocks impregnated with parafline wax were attacked by white ants while wood treated with chlorinated naphthalene was not attacked. Untreated teak, greenheart and peroba test blocks — all tropical woods — were not attacked, while untreated white and red oak. sugar maple, birch, and red gum were attacked and more or less seriously damaged. The Ginseng Craze The American consul at Hongkong has made a report to this govern- ment on the ginseng situation which may be construed as a warning to persons who expect to get rich raising this root so highly prized by Chinese. The buyers on the other side of the sea refuse to pay as much for the cultivated article, and they are experts when ginseng is to be graded. They want the wild article, although they do not refuse to buy the garden product, but take it at a lower price. "An idea among American growers which should be dispelled," says the consul, "is that ginseng is like any other root product which can be grown and marketed at so much per pound — so long as the root is firm and sound .and free from mold and decay the better price will be paid for the firmer, larger, sounder root. Such is distinctly and definitely not the case. The value of ginseng is a matter of estimation ; certain varieties in certain shapes and in certain conditions are esteemed the more highly. Into the determination of value enters not so much any actual virtue of the root — as a matter of fact the root in any shape and of any quality has very little real medicinal value — but what the Chinese regard as virtues, giving the root medicinal power. "The central theory of the use of ginseng decoction is that it combines in itself the virtues of nature — wind, water, woods, the elements, and wild nature generally. Hence, the gnarled, twisted wild root is the ideal quality of the I'oot, and any domesticated or cultivated variety Is merely a substitute. This substitute ought to be as near like the wild as possi- hle. If the root grows In the shape of or seems to bear some resemblance, even by severe stretch of the Imagination, to some animal. It has Increased virtue in the trade. For this and similar reasons it is necessary that the small head of the root Joined to the rest of the root by a small nick shall remnin a part of the product. Breaking off such little heads reduces the value of the root In this market by fully half, as a rule, 'nie root should he packed so as to prevent such breakage. Koot to be acceptable should at least I>e rough and wrinkled, with the roughness running around the root In circles or spirals." Cultivated roots are smoother, more shapely, than the wild, and this veiy quality cuts their value In half. Market quotations at Hongkong in .September of this year ranged from ^11. .■«2 to ,118.64 for the wild root and $-..50 to $3.04 for the cultivated. "Tile above prices are for recognized grades," continues the report. "Most American ginseng is received here ungraded and a large portion of it grades as refuse at .$0.90 to $2.88 gold per pound. On the other hand, extra fine wild ginseng would now bring $18 to $28.80 gold per pound. All the foregoing prices are simply comparative, but illustrate the course of the market." Woods Colored by Burying Some of the maiuifacturers of furniture and interior finish in Germany have discovered that certain woods may be given an attractive and dur- able color by burying in the earth. The woods which thus far have shown the best results are oak. elm. birch and spruce. The process con- sists in taking green wood and burying it in soil with which lime and' other materials have been mixed, where it is left buried five months or more. By that time a tine color has been imparted, and the wood is used without paint or stain. It has likewise undergone a process of seasoning and it shows little tendency to warp or check. VM'it>Wi>!BiM3iC::WWMItTOlSi<3^^^ Hardwood 'News Notes^ ■<, MISCELLANEOUS >-= The C. B. French Cabinet Cdinpany. of llrooklyu. .\. Y.. has increased its capital stock to $50,000. It is reported that at Lexington. X. C, the Piedmont Lumber and Fur- niture Company is organizing. The Nagle Cabinet and Show Case Company has been incorporated at Jersey City, N. J., with $25,000 capital. The Mitchell Hardwood Lumber Company of Mitchell, Ind., is reported to have increased its capital stock to $25,000. The Massachusetts Novelty Company has been incorporated at Boston, Mass. This company has $3,000 capital stock. The Kirkham-JIattson Company recently began business in Ovid. Mich. The company will manufacture interior finish. The Foster Chair Company has started business at Huntington, W. Va. This is an incorporated concern with $75,000 capital. The Henderson Brothers Lumber Company has incorporated at Clarks- burg, W. Va. This concern has a capital stock of $10,000. The Florida Show Case Company has been incorporated at Tallahassee, Fla. The company has an authorized capital stock of $15,000. The Crossett Hardwood Lumber Company has been incorporated at Wilmington. Del. This concern will have a capital stock of $500,000. The Sluskogee Wagon Wood Company is the style of a new concern at Muskogee. Okla. The company is incorporated and capitalized at $.50,000. The Marion Bench and Cabinet Company has been incorporated at Marion. Ind. The company will manufacture the lines of goods as shown in its title and will operate with an authorized capital stock of $30,000. The Appalachia Lumber Company of Columbus, O., announces that after November 24 that concern will occupy suite 1914 in the Union Central Life Building, Cincinnati, O. The officers of this company are .T. S. Walker, president : D. H. Moul. vice-president and general manager, and W. I.. Cortelyou. secrotarv and treasurer. =-< CHICAGO >- E. E. Taenzer of the E. E. Taenzer Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., spent several days of last week in Chicago. The Lumbermen's Association of Chicago is holding a meeting today, November 25, as Hardwood Record comes from the press. The meeting will be in the form of a regular luncheon and business session to be held in the main dining room, first floor of the LaSalle hotel, at 12 :30. The meeting is to be addressed by Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Frank Purcell, the walnut man of Kansas City, Mo., spent several days of last weet in Chicago on business. Mr. Purcell has for years been widely known as one of the most expert handlers of high-grade walnut in the country. In speaking of the foreign market in walnut, Mr. Purcell said there is reason to believe that present prohibitive ocean freight rates will not hold as strongly as at present, and that the now slack HARDWOOD RECORD 43 cunditioDS abroad will In- iimteiliill.v liupiovi'd wilhlii the course of a few months. i:. E. rickrcl and S. G. Hascall. president and vice-president, respec- tively, o( the rickrel Walnut Company of St. Louis. Mo., were prominent visitors In the local market durln;; several days of last week. (i. von Platen and XI. .7. Kox of the Von I'latcn Lumber Company, Grand Knplds and Iron Mountain. Mich., were In Chicago several days of last week on business. W. T. Culver of the Stearns Salt & Lumber Company. LudlnRton, Jlich.. spent a few days in Chicago recently. A.L.Dennis of the A. L. Dennis Salt & Lumber Company, Grand Kaplds, Mleh.. was one of the prominent visitors to this market last week. K A. Dlgglns of the Cummer-DIeglns Company and Murphy & Dlgglns, Cadillac. Mich., spent sevi>ral days In Chicago recently. .1. V. Stlrason of Hunllnsburg, Ind., and his brother, D. 0. Stlmson of .1. V. Stlmson & Co., Owensboro, Ky., spent several days together in Chicago recently. .7ohn I'enrod of the Tenrod Walnut & Veneer Company, Kansas City, Mo., returned several days ago from an extensive trip to the Caucasus Mountains, with R. S. Bacon of the R. S. Bacon Veneer Company. Chicago. Mr. Penrod returned to Kansas City via Chicago, where he stopped over for several days. George W. Hartzell of Dayton. ().. was in this city several days of last week. A. Schmidt & H. Heidt, the walnut men of Cincinnati, O.. were in this city together for several days recently on business. The Lumbermen's Club of Chicago held an informal dance at the club rooms. Wednesday evening. November 19. The special feature of the entertainment was the presence of Miss Ruth Stonehouse, who gave instructions in the various new dances which have become such a rage recently. James C. West, president of the Midland Lumber Company, Parkerslmrg. W. Va.. was in Cliliaso nn business Wednesday of last week. William Clancy, president of the Lumbermen's Credit Association. Chicago, has just returned from a trip to New York, where he went with his New York manager. Walter P. MacCabe. Mr. MacCabe succeeds the late Arthur E. Day. H. T. Below of the Below Lumber Company. .Marshfleld. Wis., was in Chicago for a couple of days last week. .1. A. Xewlln. engineer in timber tests at the government laboratory at Madison, Wis., spent several days in Chicago last week in various box factories collecting data to be used in connection with investigations of strength and efficiency of packing boxes. Mr. Newlin is a farmer as well as an engineer and went from Chicago to his Indiana farm t^ spend a short vacation and build a barn. The Progressive Lumber Company of Chicago is reported to have in- creased its capital stock to $30,000. It is reported at Chicago that the Chicago Embossed Moulding Company hjs sustained an involuntary petition in bankruptcy. =-< NEW YORK >.= =-< BUFFALO y- X decision rendered in Brooklyn recnily in the case of the govern- ment against the defunct Maley, Thompson & Moffet Company, Cincinnati, was adverse to the lumber company. The government charged under- valuation on a quantity of mahoganj lumber brought from Havana in December. 1009. The court decided 1.148 feet subject to forfeiture. M. S. Cooper, representing the Precious Woods Handling Company. Ba.vonne and New York City, is on a business trip to Europe. He will visit the principal foreign markets, giving special attention to the veneer and log branches. This company uses a large amount of this class of stock. B. P. Salmon, manufacttirers" agent handling a complete line of mill- work, has taken oftices in the new Woolworth building. He represents the M. B. l-'arrin Lumber Company. Cincinnati: I'ream City Sash & Door Company. Milwaukee: the Sells Lumber & Manufacturing Company. John- son City, Tenn. : the G. A. Clark Company, S.vdney, N. Y., and the Crandall Panel Company, Brockton, N. Y. The Stevens-Eaton Company has made arrangements for and is now ready to ship mixed cars of hardwoods from stock In the yards at Elkins. W. Va. This arrangement follows the trend of the present market which seems to be for immediate needs almost entirely. Mr. Stevens, head of the company. Is on a business trip to the West coast. S. E. Slaymaker. head of S. E. Slaymaker & Co., has purchased a sum- mer home In Pennsylvania. It is known as Honeywood farm and is said to be a model in the state. The property is near Sunbury and includes forty-five acres. A large house and outbuildings are on the land. Mr. Slaymaker Is negotiating for an additional tract of adjoining land con- sisting of 100 acres. New York Hoo-Hoo turned out in good numbers November 14 when a concatenation was held at Rlsenwebers Circle hotel. About forty kittens were on hand and the class of candidates kept the working nine busy. A beefsteak dinner was served after the ceremonies had been performed. A number of prominent out of town Hoo-Hoo were present, including Supreme Scrlvenotor W. M. Stephenson of St. Louis. E. M. Vestal of the Vestal Lumber and Manufacturing Company, hard- wood operator of Knoxville. Tenn.. was a visitor to New York during the fortnight. He made the trip with a party of friends by motor car. ■I. II. Wall of the liniTalu llarchvo.nl Lumber Company, and Walter Laldlaw of the Toronto olHce of the R. Laldlaw Lumber Company, have lately been spending some time In a hunting trip In Canada. Charles Perrln of Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling, has returned from the South, where he spent almut ten days calling on hardwood mills with which his Qrui has contracts. The National Lumber Company finds a very fair demand for flooring in both oak and maple, with some trouble In getting stock on account of a growing scarcity of cars at the mills. G. Ellas & Bro. have been quite busy handling lumber received by lake, mostly white pine and hemloik. Three vessels arrived In October and one large cargo within the past two weeks. Miller, Sturm & Miller have lately been getting In a nice stock of quartered oak, for which there is a fair demand, although general hard- wood trade Is not very active. I. N. Stewart states that there is now relatively more demand for chest- nut and poplar than for some time in this market and that plain oak is not quite as active as it was. T. Sullivan & Co. arc getting in a lot of brown ash, which is selling in good shape at present. There is also said to be a very fair demand for maple, and October hardwood trade was satisfactory. O. E. Yeager calls the hardwood trade fair this month, although not as active as some time ago. The demand at the yard includes qimrtered oak to a fair extent, also plain oak and poplar. The Hugh McLean Lumber Company says there is quite a shortage of oak logs in the Memphis district at present. Trade in quartered and plain oak at the local yard is fair. Anthony Miller finds hardwood trade rather quiet for November, though he is moving a fair amount of several hardwood stocks. The yard has not been getting in much lumber of late, but has a good supply. A. J. Chestnut has lately been spending considerable time in New England, looking after mill interests in which he is interested. IJe reports a fair demand for hardwoods. . The barge Pende!!, bound up for lumber, in tow of the steamer Wyo- ming, broke away from her and is now ashore at Harbor Springs, about fifty miles above Port Huron. It was the Intention ot the owners. Hamil- ton H. Salmon & Co., to load her at Munising for the Buffalo yard, but she will not be in shape to take another cargo this year. H. A. Stewart, who severed his connection with the Arm of I. N. Stewart & Bro. some weeks ago. with the intention ot locating on the Pacific coast in the lumber business, reports from Portland, Ore., where he will look about for some time before taking up active business. J. N. Scateherd has been spending some time lately at the Batavia hard- wood doormill. which his firm controls. Business is good with the mill, but orders are not very far ahead. ■< PHILADELPHIA >■ J. E. Troth of the J. S. Kent Company says business is no worse than a fortnight ago, and the total of small orders averages up pretty well. He does not look for any important change until spring. W. A. Jackson of the Jackson-Wyatt Lumber Company, reports a slightly increased activity, but prices are still erratic. No positive better- ment is looked for until after the holidays. W. J. Mingus of Mingus & Rutter says business is spasmodic and hard work is required to sell goods at this time. Prices are not as bad as might be expected. Among the prominent citizens named by Mayor Blankenburg to repre- sent the city at the Fifth National Conservation Congress, held in Wash- ington. D. C. on November 18. 19 and 20. was the well-known hard- wood lumberman. Emll Guenther of the Guenther Lumber Company, who is a great admirer and friend of the mayor. Fire visited the plant of the Kensington Wood-turning mill, 1939 East York street, on November 13. The damage is estimated at .flO.OOO. The Pearson and Ludascher Lumber Company is constantly increasing its already large lifmber sheds and mills in preparation for the handling of west coast woods via the Panama canal. It recently filled an order for .500.000 feet of shortleaf pine for shipment to South America. The plan- ing mill of this company is reported one of the most modern of Its kind in the country. The Floyd Lumber Company has engaged Harry Snowden, formerly with the Itobert W. Higble Company. New York, as salesman to look after the metropolitan territory. At the last meeting of the Philadelphia Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association It was decided that a dinner be held at Kugler's restaurant, on November '21. to which all the salesmen in the employ of the members be Invited. This is a uew social feature which bids fair to meet with much favor. On this occasion Herbert N. Casson ot New York, whose reputation as an Interesting speaker on trade matters is well known, addressed the diners on efflelent salesmanship. The famous Sawdust Club of the Union League, composed of lumber- men who ar> also members of the league, will hold Its annual banquet nn December 1 L'. .< BOSTON y- The directors of the Connecticut Valley Lumber Company. Boston, have voted to pay the normal Income tax ot one per cent on the first mortgage 44 HARDWOOD RECORD six pel- eenl bonils ol tln' compnuy due lilS."!, of whicli there are ¥l!,4ir).iiU0 outstanding. John E. Ray has become general manager of the Annis Grain & Lumber Company of Londonderry, N. H. He succeeds D. F. Perkins, who IS a part owner in tlie business. The .1. R. Brown Company, Wallinjrford, has been incorporated, to deal in lumb-= II. F. DomholT, president of the Acorn Lumber Company, is in .New t >rleans on a business trip. The hardwood business of the Acorn com- |j!iny has been very satisfactory until very recently. The Johnson-Davies Lumber Company started another hardwood mill in Butler county. Pa., last week. Its plants there are now cutting 25,000 feet a day. G. M. Chambers, sales manager of the Kendall Lumber Company, spent a few days in Donora, S. C, recently looking over the operation which the Kendalls recently took over from the old Thornwood Lumber Com- pany. .1. N. Woolett. president of the Aberdeen Lumber Company, finds some 4^ WALNUT Walnut for Export Thirty years ' experience in the handling of walnut logs for export enables me to furnish guaranteed prime quality stock. 1 ail] cdust.-iiitiv ill close personal touch witli tlie source of su]pply of export walnut logs ami know exactly what I am getting at all times. In fact, a number of the best for- eign houses are taking up my logs on my own reconiiiiendiition. My supply enables me to fill orders of any size ill carluarl lots without delay. Highly Figured Walnut As a result of close personal supervision of log purchases my stock of highly figured wal- nut in long wood and stumps contains only the choicest in figure and curl that can be found. All this stock is carefully selected to take care of a discriminating demand. My figured stumps are all dressed closely and when shipped are practically in shape for the knife. Youwill lose nothing bv trying me on your next inquiry. FRANK PURCELL =^=^=:^^= Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A. slowing down In the gum and cottouwood business. Manufacturers are not inclined to figure on next year's lumber, he says. E. II. Shreincr, president of the E. H. Shreiner Lumber Company, made quite a long trip among Canadian manufacturers this month. He finds money there unusually tl^ht and lumber buying slow in consequence. The Pittsburgh Lumbermen's Club will give a vaudeville and moving picture entertainment at the German Club House on Craft avenue, the evening of December 3, at which all the wives of the members are expected to be present. The Thorny Creek Lumber Company of this city has completed Its organization with a capital of $323,000 to operate In Pocahontas county, W. Va. The members are D. C. Willis. S. A. McMullen, G. W. Eisenbeis, S. Bally, .Tr., H. M. Landis, all of Pittsburgh. The Nushaum Chemical Company of Bradford, Pa., has taken over all the timbcrland of the Quintuple Oil Company amounting to about 3,700 acres. This will give it enough timber for its operations for eight years. .1. !•;. Ast of the Mutual I,uml>er Company reports no let-up in buying of good hardwood. He finds manufacturing trade fair and predicts a good year in 1914. The West Penn Lumber Company had in October by far the best month in its hlslory. It has a splendid line of trade with the big corporations and industral concerns of Pittsburgh. I. F. Balsley of the Balsley & McCracken Company spent a few days in the eastern market lately. Orders are coming mighty slow but after all the trade is not half bad with this concern. E. V. Babcock of the Babcock Lumber Company is being warmly con- ' gratulated on all sides for the aggressive part he took in the recent election of Joseph G. Armstrong as mayor of Pittsburgh. Mr. Balicock is chairman of the Business Men's Committee of 100 which clinched Mr. Armstrong's election. =-< BALTIMORE >-= George Ileintz. who was arrested several weeks ago on charges of having set fire to a number of lumber yards and woodworking establishments in South Baltimore, pleaded guilty when arraigned in court, and was held for au examination as to his sanity. Within the period of a few months last spring and summer, Heintz, it is alleged, started a number of fires, one place being set ablaze not less than four or five times. While the Baltimore Lumber Exchange did not make an exhibit of lumber and other wood products at the exposition arranged in connection with the Maryland Week at the Fifth Regiment Armory last week, the State Forestry' Bureau has made an interesting and instructive display of the timber resources of the State, showing cross sections and veneers of the different w'oods to be found in the State, and giving much other valuable Information. The property of the Walbrook Mill and Supply Company, at Clifton and Braddlsh avenues, in the northwestern section of the city, has been purchased by the Independent Casket Company, heretofore located on Calvert street, and will be occupied shortly by the purchaser. The affaii-s of the Walbrook Company have been in process of readjustment within the year. Railroad men to the number of 125 were in Baltimore last week to attend the eighth semi-annual meeting of the Railway Development Asso- ciation, an organization formed to discuss and promote the development of the territory through which the railroads represented by the memhiTs run. The Association represents about 200,000 miles of road, and is doing much in the way of co-operation to attract settlers for vacant farm lands, and to encourage the development of natural resources. A number of the members made addresses on topics connected with the work of the organization. =-< COLUMBUS >- The report of the city building inspector tor the month of October shows that there were 271 permits issued for the month, having a valua- tion of .fSOO.OOo as compared with 264 permits and a valuation of $341,983 in October, 1912. For the first ten months of the year 1913 the number of permits issued was 3,687, with a valuation of $4,667,088, as compared with 2,369 permits having a valuation of $4,269,843 for the first ten months of the year 1912. The Lowellville Lumber Company of Lowellville. O., has been incorpor- ated with a capital stock of $15,000 to deal in all kinds of lumber. The porators are O. L. Jacobs, M. A. McLure. B. M. Campbell, H. H. Jacobs, Orrin Jacobs and Edward Jacobs. The Bueyrus Lumber Company, just incorporated, of Bucyrus, O., with a capital of $100,000, will take over the business of the White Lumber Company, Coutler & Co. and the VoUrath Mill. Seventy-five men will be employed and yards will be maintained as the distributing yards of the company. The H. R. Allen Company has employed S. M. Marks, formerly with the Nicola, Stone & Myers Company of Cleveland, to travel southwestern Ohio. There is a big building boom in the cities and towns along the Ohio river in the southeastern part of the state. This is especially true at Yorkville and Tiltonsville, north of Martins Ferry, 0. Included in the building boom are a numlwr of large manufacturing plants. It is reported on good authority that Cole & Crane of Cincinnati, extensive lumber dealers, have purchased the lumber mill of the Ivory & HARDWOOD RECORD 45 lluntinglon l.unilxn- Company, loiutod on I'lseon Cieck, W. Va., anil will i[iovc llif plant to Mason County, Ky. If. \V. Ilorton of thi W. M. Hitter Lumber Company says there Is a pretty good demand for hardwoods both from factories and yards. I'ai torles are the best buyers at this tlmi'. Conierns making furnituir Implements and vehicles are in the market for small orders. Prices ai-c pretty well maintained and no cutting of au,v consequence is reported. The car shortage is interfering with shipments to a certain extent. J. K. Cobey of John R. Uobey & Co. says the hardwood trade i.s holding up well and prices are as good as could be expected. J. A. I'ord of the Imperial Lumber Company says tliere is a good demand for hardwoods at this time. The recent storm cut off the supply to a certain degree. A. 1". Mavis of the A. C. Davis Luml)er Company says there is a good market for all varieties and grades of hardwoods with prices holding up ,■11. =-< TOLEDO y I'he Toledo Bending Compauy reports that business has been dull for some time past. The call for wagon rims has fallen off and the trade in automobile rims has not improved sufliciently to offset the slow wagon wheel demand. It is believed that conditions will be greatly improved when automobile wheels have beeu standardized, a condition to which this concern Is looking forward at an early date. The Toledo Carriage Woodworking Conipanj reports business a tritli- off Just at present, hut declares that spring prospects are looking line. I'resident L. E. (Jottshall of the Gottshail Manufacturing Compan.v has Just returned from a trip to Chicago where he went to purchase equipment for the new band mill to be erected by the concern in Kultuii county. The Gottshail Manufacturing Company recently purchased several hundred acres of virgin hardwood forest, a commodity hard to find in ilir state of Ohio at this date. We are holding our own." was tln' statement issued by the Skinmr Bending Company. "Wagon rims are a little slow but the big demand for buggy wheels has more than made up for the short demand in wagon business. We are selling about all the goods we can turn out and there is no indication of a slump." This concern operates in territory covering a radius of 500 miles of Toledo. Aaron L. Kelsey, one of the old-time lumber dealers of Toledo, doing business when Toledo was but a struggling Tillage and the surrounding country covered with a rich growth of the finest kind of hardwood lumber. died at his Summit street home here recently. He was aged ninety-one years, lie came to Toledo in 1S.50 and was at first interested in lake navigation. He formed a partnership with Nathan Keeve in 1856 and for thirty .vears conducted a lumber business here, leaving his son, H. Reeve Kelsey, to carry it on after his retirement. The firm is now one of the most Important lumber concerns in this section and is known as Kelsey & Freeman. Mr. Ivelsey was instrumental in bringing the Milburn Wagon Works to Toledo. W. T. Hubbard, a prominent Toledo hardn-ood man, reports business a little dull Just at present, with oak holding firm both in demand and price. Mr. Hubbard has a full line of hardwood stocks and is prepared to take care of all orders with which his concern is favored. The Auglaize Furniture Company has been organized at New Bremen, O., with a capital stock of $G0,000. The incorporators are Julius Boesel, F. W. Bruns. Henry Dierker, F. W. Creber and Louis Huenke. This con- cern replaces the Klanke Furniture Company whose plant was destroyed by Are, the concern locating at Piqua, O. The Geo. B. Bice Company of Wapakoiuia. O.. has been incorporated for SIO.OOO. The incorporators are : L M. Hi.-e. r. E. Bice, L. A. Pice. a. G. Blee and Geo. W. Ozias of P:iyi..ii •< INDIANAPOLIS >• The Mitchell Hardwood Lumber Comiiany. Milcliell. Ind., has increased its capitalization $10,000. About $500 loss by fire was caused a few days ago in the drying bouse of the Indianapolis Sawed Veneer Company. The finished veneer warehouse of the Roberts & Conner Company at New Albany was damaged about $3,.500 by fire recently, whicb originateil Id an adjacent Hour mill. Incubators and refrigerators will be manufactured by the newly organ Ized People's Manufacturing Company at Greenfield, which has been Incoi porated with $2.").000 capital stock. Those Interested are J. A. Johnscm, W W. McCole and Homer Smith. The city council has passed a new building code in which it is reguind that all Interior trim, doors, window sashes, etc.. shall be of metal in fireproof buildings and all structures more than ninety feet high must !>•■ fireproof. With an authorized capitalization of $100,000, the Goshen Sash and Dour Company has been organized and incorporated at Goshen. The principal stockholders are Henry R. Whltmer, Mary L. Whitmer and J. M. Farrell Some Interesting data in regard tn the local hardwood industry li:i- been compiled as follows: The National Veneer and Lumber Company li.i^ an output of 4.000.000 feet of quartered oak veener annually; the Interlnr Hardwood Company uses 2,000,000 feet of hardwood lumber annually In the manufacture of flooring; the Central Veneer Company manufactures •'),000,000 feet of oak and mahogany veneers a year; the IndlanapolH Sawed Veneer Company turns out 4.000,000 feet of oak and mahogan\ Harris Manufacturing Company Johnson City, Tennessee ''Harris'' Hardwood Flooring and Lumber Bluestone Land & Lumber Company .MANUrACTt'RKRS WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock Band Sawed Stock RIDGWAY PENNSYLVANIA MEMPHIS Wholesale Manufacturers and Exporters RED GUM SAP GUM COTTONWOOD CYPRESS ASH PLAIN OAK All Grades and Thicknesses ^^^^j^Y^'^'^ ake a Bpecialty of mixed cars SOPT £LM a. One-half to VANDEN BOOM=STIMSaN LUMBER COPANY Nanafactnrers Sonthero Hardwoods Red Qum a Specleilt>^ Memphis Tennessee TIMBER ESTIMATES REPORTS INCLUDED TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP. DETAIL ESTIMATES & WRITTEN REPORT GARDNER & HOWE ENGINEERS CI c c W C 1 p^ , ** Men phis Tenn ufacturers| plain and quartered red| and white oak, ash, Quti^ and poplar. :: :: :: jII FULLY EQUIPT DIMENSION PLJ 46 HARDWOOD RECORD (Leading Manufacturers) OUR SPECIALTY St. Francis Basin Red Gum WE MANUFACTURE Southern Hardwoods = Gum, Oak and Ash== J. H. Bonner & Sons MillN and Offlrr. IjrlGLKY. ARK. ntolHcp and Telfurapli OIHie. HETH. ARK. Send your inquiries for RED CU and other SOUTHERN HARDWOODS W. W. GARY, INVERNESS, MISS. ARCHER LUMBER COMPANY HELENA, ARKANSAS Manufacturers of HARDWOODS SPECIAL ITEMS THIS MONTH PLAIN RED GUM QTRD. RED GUM 248,075' 4/4 Is & 2s. 7,716' 4/4 Is & 2s 402,222' 4/4 No. 1 C. 12,235' 4/4 No. 1 C. 79,645' 6/4 No. 1 C. 6,219' 6 4 Is & 2s. 47,288' 8/4 Is & 2s. i 26,805' 6/4 No. 1 C. ST. FRANCIS BASIN RED GUM BAND SAWN 4/4 1st & 2nd 150,000 4/4 No. 1 common 200,000 6/4 No. 1 common 175,000 8/4 1st & 2nd 25,000 4 4 Com. & Belter quartered . 90,000 5/4 Com. & Better quartered . . 5,000 6/4 Com. & Better quartered . . 10,000 Dry, fine average widths 75'^ 14 and 16 ft. Geo. C. Brown & Company «« M. «„l, 1 hour from Memphis Proctor, Ark. on c. r. i. & p. Ry. venwr a jeai- ; Ibe KaKlesfifUl-Stewart Company manufactures l.iOO.UOO square feet of parquetry and wood mosaic flooring a year ; the Adams & Raymond Veneer Company has an output of 85,000 feet of rotary and sliced veneers a day. =-< NASHVILLE >■= Tiie Xashvilli- Manufacturers' .\sso(ialion has opened a porman.'nt- ixhlblt of Nashvlllo-made products In a live-story building on Third avenue In the central part of the city. The N'ashvll'e Lumbermen's Club has an attractive exhibit of hardwoods and products, giving a very com- prehensive idea of the industry in this section. There are about 400 manufacturers In the city, with about 100 represented In the manufac- turers' building. The Coosawater Lumber Company is the name of a strong lumber company that has been organized at Cookeville, Tenn.. with authorized capital stock of S;25.0no. The company has been incorporated by 3. C. McDearman, .1. .\. Lambert, John J. Gore, I). H. Morgan and S. A. Morgan, and will do a general business of buying, selling and sawing lumber. The Greeneville Chair Company, which has Ijeen manufacturing 1.000 chairs daily, and recently operated by a receiver, has closed down. It Is thought that the company has been sold under the receivership and reor- ganized. It employs about 400 men. The Milne Chair Company has recently installed a plant at Chattanooga at a cost of about $200,000. The company was formerly located at Cleve- land, Tenn.. and had a disastrous Are. after which it was decided to remove to Chattanooga. .\hout fifteen members of the Nashville Lumbermen's Club, and also members of the Louisville Hardwood Club went to Memphis November 14, and were royally entertained tor the day by the members of the club there. The southern clubs have been having a series of social meetings the past year, which have accomplished much in bringing about more cordial business relations. George X. Welch of Monterey has recently moved with his family to a handsome suburban home purchased near this city. Mr. Welch is head of the Monterey Barrel & Heading Company, a wealthy concern, and has large lumber and timber interests. .Tohn B. Ransom, Jr., and Thomas R. LeSueur of John B. Ransom & Co. have gone to Lee county, Arkansas, where they will spend a week or two duck hunting. Korest fires were recently discovered on the Tennessee-Kentucky line. and were extinguished by T. G. Ford, Warden of Bell county, Kentucky, with the aid of a volunteer crew. The Kentucky Forestry Department has been active in efforts to prevent forest fires, and claims that the slopes of Tennessee and Virginia are a constant menace to forests of Kentucky. The City Board of Commissioners of Nashville has made a request of the officials of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and Nashville, Chatta- nooga & St. Louis Railway to appear and show cause why they should not grant more satisfactory switching privileges in local terminals to the Tennessee Central Railroad. The Tennessee Central entered Nashville eight or ten years ago, and the old lines have charged such high switching rates as to make joint business almost prohibitive. The action of the commissioners will be watched with interest by lumber shippers as well as nil others. The case is set for hearing November 25. --<, MEMPHIS >-- Stiritts Brothers of Illinois have purchased seven hundred acres of tim- berland in Poinsett county. Arkansas, and will install a mill tor the development of the timber thereon. .\s soon as the land has been cleared it will be sold for agricultural purposes. The Lumbermen's Club of Columbus. Miss., has perfected organiza- tion, with the following officers : D. F. McCullougb, president of the Columbus Lumber Company, president : Thomas Robertson and G. M. Flynn. vice-presidents : C. H. Hale, secretary. A committee of three has been appointed to arrange for quarters for the new organization. J. T. Willingham. president of the Tennessee Manufacturers' Associa- tion, and C. C. Gilbert, secretary of th.it organization, will attend the big meeting of the manufacturers of the Mississippi valley to be held in Chicago December 3 under the auspices of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association. Mr. Willingham, who is president of the Memphis Coffin Company, is one of the most prominent manufacturers in this part of the South. There are a number of prominent lumber firms identified with the Tennessee Manufacturers' Association, including the Anderson-Tully Company and other prominent woodworking concerns. The Tennessee Manufacturers' Association Is seriously considering the appointment of a secretary to look exclusively after export trades in view of the early opening of the Panama canal. His duties would be largely with the Latin countries of South America with which some business in lumber and lumber products has already been worked up. It is believed that this would greatly increase this business and that it would be a good thing for manufacturers of hardwood lumber and lumber products, and lumber interests are pleased with this prospect. The Helena and Southwestern Railroad Company has taken out a charter under the laws of Arkansas for the purpose of building a rail- road from West Helena to the tlmberland holdings of the Chicago Mill and Lumber Company. The latter firm is back of the railroad, which Is capitalized at SflOO.OOO. The Chicago Mill and Lumber Company is com- pleting a big hardwood mill, veneer pla Qt and lK)x factory at West HARDWOOD RECORD 47 Heleoa and the road Is planiu'd prlninrll.v lo aid In tin- development of the timbir to he nsed In this plant. J. II. Townsend. Keneral nuiua^er of tile Southern Hardwood Trallir Bureau, lias returne-= W. W. Dings of the Garetson-Greason Lumber Company is out on the Pacific Coast on a recreation trip. He will be gone for two or three weeks. C. L. A. Beckers withdrew from the Beckers-Schnelle Lumber Company on November 1 and the Schnelle Lumber Company has succeeded to the business at the old stand. E. W. Blumer, sales manager of the Lothman Cypress Company, is up in Michigan on a business trip for the company's Oshkosh sash and door factory. F. C. Harrington of the Thos. E. Powe Lumber Company has returned from a business trip in the East. He says he fouAd trade conditions fairly satisfactory and believes business will be quite active in that section before a great while, R, A. Uooton, president of the Hooton Hardwood Lumlier Company, is at the St. Louis office of the company and will remain here until the first of the year. He came up from New Orleans where he has been consider- ing a 12.000-acre hardwood lumber deal. R. U. Fletcher, the local manager, is down in Texas on a business trip. President F. H. Smith of the Lumbermen's Exchange has named as delegates to the National Conservation Congress the following members of the Exchange : Charles E. Thomas. Thomas & Proetz Lumber Com- pany ; William Lothman of the Lothman Cypress Company, and George E. W. Lnebrmann of the Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Com- [lany. The following gentlemen are the delegates named by President Smith to represent the Exchange at 'the National Rivers & Harbors Congress : Thos. E. Powe, Thos, E, Powe Lumber Company : J, L. Scheve, Krcbs- Scheve Lumber Company : F. 3. Liebke, C. F. Liebke Hardwood Mill & Lumber Company, and J. R. Massengale. R. F. Krebs was made chairman together with T. E. Powe and A. W. Johanning to represent the Exchange as the committee to make recom mendatlons to the Board of Freeholders that Is to draft a new city charter. The following resolution was passed at a meeting of the Exchange helei November 15 : Whereas, The Interests of the shippers and receivers of lumber and ties of this state would be very much furthered by the establishment of an office of the Public Service Commission of Missouri in St. Louis, in RSB GU, I Leading .Manufacturers) Our Corps of Inspectors Intelligent! Highly Trained! Conscientious! is assurance that you will get what your order calls for when you buy Gum from us Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company Cape Girardeau, Missouri Baker-Matthews Manufacturing Go. Sikeston, Mo. Band Sawn Southern Hardwoods SPECIALTIES RED GUM, PLAIN OAK SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES MILLER LUMBER CO. Marianna, Arkansas ST. FRANCIS BASIN RED GUM We offer for immediate shipment: S Cars 4/4 Ist & 3nd Bed Gum 5 Cars 5/4 1st & 3nd Red Gum 3 Cars 6/4 1st & 2nd Red Gum 1 Car 8/4 1st & 3nd Red Gum 5 Cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Red Gum 2 Cars 5/4 No. 1 Com. Red Gum 1 Car 6/4 No. 1 Com. Red Gum t Car 8/4 No. 1 Com. Red Gum 5 Cars 4/4 13 to 17 " Gum Box Bds. All band sawn stock, good percentage 14 and 16* lengths. Modern equipment backed by 25 years' practical experience Is our guarantee of proper handling of your orders. We also manufacture other hard- wood lumber and box shooks. Quartered Red Gum Plain and Quartered Gum, Two Years on Sticks 4/4", 5/4", 6/4" and 8 4" Thicknesses 3" No. 1 Common and Better Soft Elm Bone Dry Mark H. Brown Lumber Company Hardwood Manufacturers Mounds, Ark. Eleven .Allies West of Memphis. Ten 48 HARDWOOD RECORD l^aefer- cure f ) // TF.AI.K .MAI;K \\ ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber is susceptible of being thoroughly air dried or kiln dried in less than one-half the time or- dinarily required for seasoning un- steamed wood. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber does not case- harden, check, end-split or stain, and dries without warping or buckling. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber has a uniform tone of color. Its working qualities are greatly improved, and the beauty of the flake on quarter-sawed stock is en- hanced. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber dries out to materially less weight than unsteamed wood, ranging from 200 to 500 pounds per thousand feet. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber will neither shrink nor swell, and the grain will not raise when water stains are employed in finishing. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber is not im- paired in strength or quality by the process. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber eliminates all glue-joint troubles and "will stay where it is put." ^ A list of manufacturers of Kraetzer- Cured lumber will be supplied on appli- cation. Kraetzer-Cured Lumber is produced by the use of the Kraetzer Preparator, manufactured by The Kraetzer Company 537 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO TRADE MARK \.x ewre LUMBER lii.v is lociilud tho ■ ntiiig a very large :ih-cil. That the I'ubl ilqiiiirli'i-s of nuuiorous lumber and lie linns. l>iuil invf'Stinent ; be It Hereby Service rommission Is urged to locate such In St. Louis for tlie convenience of both the Commission and tlie iH:niiy inien-slcd lumber and tie tirras mentioned; and be it further l!'s,,h:il. 'I hat a copy of these resolutions he furnished the newspapers ;iii.l ihai (.III.]- business bodies of the city be requested to cooperate in the l.i-.i. .11 iiiL; ..I Ibis otlice. rhi' Mi-eing run up to capacity right along. The Ohio river rose sufficiently last week to make some of the lumber- men on the Point wonder whether they were in for another flood, but cold weather stopped the rise before it was anywhere near the danger line. The engineers of the city are trying to figure out a practicable plan for fllling in the Point so as to eliminate flood danger, and the lumbermen in that section are hopeful that their efforts will amount to something. K. W. Hobart and W. E. Chamberlain, with Hobart & Co. and John M. Woods & Co.. respectively, were Boston lumbermen in the Louisville market recently. Prospects with interior finish manufacturers are good, most of the hardwood men i-eport. This seems to indicate that 1914 will make up for the poor business done in this line during the current year. =-< ARKANSAS >-= riie Kansas City Hardwood Flooring Company, which erected a large plant in the Little Rock factory district during the summer months, Is now operating under tuU sway. The plant was completed and began operations in September of this year, but not until recently has it been able to run with a full force. They are now turning out about 3.5.000 feet of finished products daily. Mr. Phillip Slimmer of the Slimmer Manufacturing Company of Chi- cago is at present in Little Kock to superintend the construction of the new factory buildings which that concern is building in Little Rock's Factoria Addition. This plant will be pushed with the greatest possible speed to completion, when it will be used for the manufacture of book- cases, china cabinets and like commodities. On November 11 the Little Rock Handle Factory filed a certificate of surrender of charter with the Secretary of State of Arkansas. The Chess & Wymond Stave Company of Mountain View. Ark., has recently installed two big stave mills in the country southeast of that town. The company is employing a large crew at each of these plants, and will work there throughout the winter. According to report received in Little Rock on November 15, Federal Judge Sanborn, sitting at St. Paul. Minn., on Friday, Novemlwr 14. refused to issue a temporary restraining order against the Railroad Com- missioners of Arkansas, to prevent them from enforcing the flat rate on rough material. Mr. W. W. Wilson, President of the Arkansas Stave Manufacturers' Association, was advised of this ruling by telegram. Stirritts Brothers have recently purchased a 700-acre tract of hardwood timber in the northwest portion of Poinsett county, and will erect a large sawmill as soon as the machinery can be shipped in. They pro- pose to open up the land for agricultural purposes as fast as the timber is removed. HARDWOOD RECORD 49 I'.cptaiu \V. 1.. Ulack. ..i Mui... Ark., i.ii Novomboi' H. louikil ami .sliipii.il what is regarded as proliably tUe most valuable carload of hickory timlier that has been shipped out of Arkansas this season. Captain Black specializes In high-grade straight .srain material which is especiall.v valuable for golf sticks, poles and shafts. He also makes a specialty oi' hickory carefully selected for use as spokes In racing automobiles. Batesville, Ark., is suffering from a temporary wood famine. Tin Mount Olive Stave Company, which is the largest dealer is wood ami fuel at that place, has announced that its supply is completely exhaustd at present, and it will not be able to get a further supply for some tini. Most of the teams and wagons In the community are being used at present to haul the cotton products Info market. =-< WISCONSIN y- The C. F. Kade Manufacf uriii^- ("..mpany at riynioutb has been placed in operation. The new company has begun the manufacture of offlce furniture and fixtures in a nio:' modern in every respect and will employ a large number of men. It is said that the concern has sufBcient standing timber in that locality to maintain the operation of the mill for ten years. Heavy logging oijerations will be carried on during the coming winter. The advent of the new industry has been a boom for the little village and a large number of residences will be erected for families of the employees. The American Floor Surfacer Company, a Green Bay corporation, has filed an amendment to its articles of incorporation changing its name to the Northern Floor Surfacer Company. The Red Birch Lumber Company of Catawba has been taken over by the Beyer-Morner Lumber Company of Prentice. The new owners have taken possession of the affairs and properties of the Catawba concern. The Advance Car Mover Company, located at the foot of .Tohn street in Appleton. has purchased the material and equipment' of the Wagner Car Mover Handle Company of Anawa. which will be removed to Appleton and installed in the Advance company's plant. The equipment consists of gauge lathes and planers, and the material comprises 8,000 unfinished handles. Richard Miller, owner of the Advance company, has closed a deal for 10,000 feet of hard maple which will be used in the manufacture of car mover handles and handles for cant hooks and similar tools. The concern formerly purchased its finished handles from the Wagner com- pany. The Thompson-Spier Lumber Company of Menominee, which recently made heavy purchases of timber along the Milwaukee road in the Ontona- gon district. Is installing camps and planning for a big cut this winter. The company expects to cut about 10,000,000 feet which will bo shipped to Menominee by rail for sawing. The Flambeau River Lumber Company. Ladysmlth. has finished its season's cut and Is now closed down until spring. The emplo.vees will not be idle, however, as there Is sufficient work about the yards and in the logging camps of this concern. The Bekkedal Lumber Company, which has a government contract to cut timljer from the Couderay Indian reservation, lias finished its season's cut at the new mill at Eddy creek. The mill will be overhauled and saw Ing resumed about the middle of January. The company still has eight years to run. The .Tohn H. Kaiser Lumber Company. Eau Claire, has finished its cut and will cease operations for about six weeks to make repairs. The mill has been running oontlnuousl.v for the past eleven months during which 22,000,000 feet of lumber were cut and $1.')0,000 paid out In wages. T. A. & L. P. .lohnson. Merrill lumber contractors, have secured a large logging contract from the Mortenson Lumber Company of Wausau. They have started operations at Rehultz's Spur where they will cut 2.000.000 feet. The contractors report little difficulty in securing suffi- cient men, despite reports of many loggers that were short handed. .1. W. Hannegan of Olenwood City will operate a lumber camp near Hannibal, in Chippewa county, this winter. The outfit has been shipped to the scene of operation and work Is In progress. Fire did considerable damage at the plant of the Wisconsin Chair Com- pany, at Port Washington, November 17, The damage to the stock. machinery and building will reach $10,000. which Is fully covered by Insur- ance. Defective electric wiring is given as the cause of the blaze. The G. W. .Jones Lumber Company. Appleton, is preparing to put in a normal supply this winter and has a big camp in operation. Accord- ing to G. W. ,Tones. though the demand for lumber Is not ver.v heavy at present the lumber Industry In the woods will not be slack this seasou. The Jones company has a new 240-acre timber site in Forest county from which It expects to make a large cut. EXCEPTIONAL MAHOGANY, CIRCASSIAN WAL- NUT AND QUARTERED OAK VENEERS If a good veneer cutter can manufacture fair quality veneers with antiquated machinery, what can he do when sjiven the latest and most efficient equipment? The Answer is to be found in any of the stock produced at our new mill, which is the last word in modern equip- ment. We have selected the finest logs on the mar- ket, our men are experienced and capable, the product speaks for itself. See our samples and get prices. Visit Our Plant Any time you are in Chicago and want to see the most modern veneer plant in existence today, we will be glad to show you through our plant. Fred W. Black Lumber Co. 2245 S. Fortieth Ave. Chicago, 111. Keep a Weather Eye on Timber That calm which niaiu' times has preceded A Storm of Timber Buying Today envelopes the timber market. We can afford to wait, as we have waited many times in the past, for this change. Can you? Anticipate next year's bulge in prices by buying now. Those who have acted on that advice never have had reason to re.eret the action. Current conditions favor the buyer; soon they may change to conditions which favor the seller. Let the logic of today guide you. James D. Lacey & Co. Timber Land Factors Chicago, III., 1750 McCormlck Building Portland, Ore., 1107 Spalding Building Seattle, Wash., 1009 White Building 5° HARDWOOD RECORD The Mcniishn WoodPii Wave Company, folliiwlna Its lUstDin of several ynnrs, will do no ln^'(•lnl: of Its own this winter but will huy loRS at points on the Soo line. It will stock up sullklently to keep the plant In operation thniUKhout the year. The J. S. Stearns Lumber I'ompany "I Washliuru will operate four logging camps this winter to keep the blK sawmill In that city running a full day shift throughout the year and prohahly for part of a night run. One camp will he at Squaw Bay In Raylleld county, another on Oak Island of the Apostle group aud two in northiTn Michigan. The Klambeau Itlver Lumber I'ompany will operate three camps of Its own. on" north of Little Falls, another near Itig Falls and a third at the confluence of the Flk and Klamheau rivers In I'rlce county. This concern will also huy logs either on the railroads or the Flambeau. Ailam Dol)ry of Green Bay. a pioneer lumberman of Brown county, died after an Illness of two years, aged sixty-nine years. He came Into the lumlHi-lng district at the age of sixteen years Mud soon after estab- lished a sawmill. He built up a large business and retired eight years ago. Ills widow and six children survive him. David 11. Ferguson, pioneer lumberman of the Chippewa Valley, died at St. Joseph's hospital In St, I'au! recently. He was one of the found- ers of the Kanlel Shaw Lumber Company. His wlf<' and one daughter survive. Frank 1-.. Wilson, a logger of Antlgo. has filed a voluntary petition in bankrupliy in the Initod States District court at Milwaukee. He claims liabilities In amount of ,«;6.:<40..'!(i with assets of only ,$170. Of the assets he claims an exemption of .fl30. Edward Ilines. head of the nines lumber Interests, of Cblc.-igo. was a recent visitor at V.nii Claire. Mr. Hines was a guest at the meeting of the Lumbermens Association at the Eau Claire club and discussed freight rates and the contemplated increase, giving some vahial>Ie information. FOREST PRODUCTS EXPOSITION , CHICAGO COLISEUM API1.50-MAY9 I NEW YORK GRAND CENTRALPALACE MAY21-30 ' On the Following Stock We Will Make Special Prices for Prompt Shipment: 82,000' 2 " No. 2 Common Poplar. 10,000' Hi" No. 1*2 Qtd. Poplar. 20,000' 1x24" tt. up No. 1 and Panel Poplar 40.000' 3" No. 1 & 2 Poplar 15,000' 4 " I 18 to 30" No. 1 & Panel Poplar 30,000' 4" I 7 to 25" No. 1 & 2 Poplar 35.000' 5/8 X 18" & up No. 1 & Panel Poplar 117,000' 6/4 S. VV. & No. 2 Common Chestnut 38,000' 1 I 12" & up No. 1*2 Chestnut 58.000' 1" No. 1 Com. Chestnut 47,000' 5/4 No. 1 Com. Chestnut 58,000' 6/4 No. 1 Com. Chestnut 36,000' 8/4 No. 1 Com. Chestnut 28.000' 4/4 No. 1*2 Com. Chest- nut 41.000' 5/4 No. 1*2 Com. Chest- nut 69,000' 6/4 No. 1*2 Com. Chest- nut 12.000' 6/4 No. 1*2 Red Birch 19,000' 8/4 No. 1*2 Red Ulreh 86.000' 3" No. 1*2 Red Birch 6,000' 4" No. 1*2 Red Birch 21,000' 5/4 No. 1*2 Cherry 10,000' 8/4 No. 1*2 Cherry 88,000' 4/4 No. 1 Common Cherry 19.000' 5/4 No. 1 Common Cherry 10,000' 8/4 No. 1 Common Cherry The Atlantic Lumber Co. 70 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass. Grant T. Stephenson Constructing Engineer Wood Distillation Plants for Utilization of Wood Waste WELLS. MICHIGAN 11 Is sail! that .Mr. lllnes transacted business matters with (>. 11. Ingram and also invi stlgated the method of cutting and drying lumber al the Kaiser Lumber Company plant. The government sawmill at Neopit was compelled to shut down for a short time owing to the fact that the lure of the deer trails was so powerful an attraction for the members of the crew employed. With the opening of the deer bunting season absentees from their places be- came so numerous that the operation of the mill was seriously inter- fered with and it was decided to suspend work for a short tlmi'. Neces- sary repairs were made to the mill during this time. The Milwaukee road has made application to the railroad commlssiou of Wisconsin for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to build a branch line from .Merrill nortli about thirty miles into the lum- bering district. The Soo line and the Northern racllic road are work- ing on surveys for extensions into the northern Wisconsin territory. Wm. Smiley & Son, Minneapolis, Minn., who recently purchased the machine shop and foundry formerly owned by the V. C. & C. A. Stanley Company at Eau Claire, have resumed operations. The concern is making easting and doing other foundry work for lumbering and other concerns in that section and expects lo add a line of tractors and other machinery in the spring. The .\. E. White .Machine Works have produced the first of the new swage shapers. which were an original invention of Mr. White and have been Improved upon during the past few years. The concern Is located at Eau Claire and manufactures saw swages and swage shapers which tind a ready market in all the saw mills and some factories in that city. as well as in all sections of this countr.v and Canada. The committee of business and laboring men of Crandon has taken an active interest in the affairs of the Wisconsin Fruit Package Com- pany of that city which i.s in bad financial ways. The local claims against the concern aggregate about If 20.000 : outside accounts amount to about $3,000, and there is a mortgage indebtedness of $12,400. The assets are placed at $35,000. Local creditors have signified their will- ingness to take stock for their claims and outsiders have been asked to do the same. This would permit the plant to be operated and pay ofT its claims, as local capital ,'ould be interested to run the plant and a new organization be perfected under new management. To declare itself bankrupt would result in paying off very little of the concerns debt from the sale of the assets. S. A. Gifford. vice president of the First Xafional Hank of Craudon. beads the Citizius' Committee. The Hardwood Market < CHICAGO >• Conservative buying continues to mark the condition of local lumber affairs. It is not true that there has been any especially unfavorable change during the last two weeks in the condition of the lumber business in Chicago, and there is no indication that there will be any marked change in the near future either for the better or worse. The condition heri' is more or less typical of conditions in other hardwood consuming sections, and is chiefly characterized by the number of small orders which are being picked up by dint of close application to business. Yellow pine, of course, is way off and the effect of this slump has been seriously felt by handlers of hemlock. It has not as yet had any sijecial effect upon hardwood, although of course this condition with any particu- lar type of lumljer is apt to have some effect upon lumber in general, although the present rather unsatisfactory condition in the local market is due to other causes. The same r.?lative position of the various standard hardwoods continues as heretofore, with oak as usual heading the list both as to sales and, generally speaking, as to prices, although it is a fact that oak lumber is not up to the real market value. There seems to be a slight improvement in sap gum and in the lower grades of red gum. but the better stock in red gum is still considerably off. There is some little strengthening in the tone of this wood, how- ever, since the formation of the Red Gum Lumber Manufacturers Asso- ciation, and since the publication of the information brought out at the red gum meetings. Local furniture factories are not any too optimistic, although they are reported to be doing a good business. The box trade locally is in good shape, and calls for a lot of lumber. The interior finish people are now running along in a fair way, but are not doing the business that they desire. The proximity of the semi- annual inventory season is having its effect locally as well as in other irkels .-< NEW YORK y- The New York hardwood market shows no changes in prices on lumber but some oak flooring items are advanced. Clear maple flooring is off $1.00. The demand for lumber is better at this writing but no rush of orders Is looked for until after the first of January. Buying is still confined to actual needs and with the approaching inventory season the yards are not expected to lay in any large stocks. The present demand would indicate move activity in consuming channels. Oak, ash, birch and HARDWOOD RECORD 51 maple nro best iu (Iem.in■ Judging from the various reports throughout the trade, the business situation continues without salient feature as to an advance or serious retrogression. Although buying is apathetic all along the line a good many small orders are booked, which in the aggregate make a fair average. The volume of trading, however, is far below anticipation for this time of the year. Lumbermen apparently accept conditions as the legitimate result of the new administration and its policies and preserve a wise tronquillity. Furniture factories continue busy and box makers are run- ning full time, but buying continues on a hand-to-mouth basis. Builders find money a little easier and are rushing work during the favorable weather. Yard men report fair suburban trade, but have ample stock to supply Immediate wants. From reports on stock pile at the mills it is evident there will be no unusual accumulation, in consequence of which prices will be well sustained. Among the various woods the relative positions of a fortnight ago arc well maintained. Oak. although easing off a little, heads the list : quar- tered oak remains firm : poplar holds its old position ; ba.sswood is in good call ; chestnut is not as strong as in last report : ash, birch and maple are steady, and gum is making new friends. The low grade of all hard- woods is moving freely. =-< PITTSBURGH >■= There is a pretty confident tone to the lumber market here. The steel business is slowing down. Operations are going on at from sixty to eighty per cent capacity, with gradual reductions every week. Nobody looks for much improvement in this line before February 1. With steel concerns and also with other big industrial corporations it is regarded as a readjustment period and pending a better insight into next year's busi- ness lumber buying will be comparatively quiet. There is a nice line of business going around, although it is spott.v. Also, there are some very good inquiries out for next year on contract bills. Hardwood buying, while conservative, has kept up mighty well and prices except in a very few lines are firm at existing quotations. -< BOSTON y- There has been a moderate voUime of new business reported in the hardwood market during the past two or three weeks. Most of the buyers in this section are not willing to anticipate their wants. There Is beginning to be a feeling that general business will not be good for several months, which ma.v bo one reason why buyers of hardwood lumber are not ready to replenish their stocks in more than the moderate way they are now doing. So far as prices are concerned we can find no evidence of sellers trying to sell larger lots by the reduction of values. Practically all the manufacturers of hardwood lumber are as firm in their ideas of values as they have been during the past few months. Offerings of desirable lumber do not appear to be any larger and until the mills show some anxiety to make sales it is' doubtful if prices will be any lower. A shortage of cars is making itself felt in some quarters but trouble from this is not serious at the present time. The call for quartered and plain oak continues of fair volume. Prices are steady at least. P.rown ash has had a fair demand and offerings are not large. Veneers are in moderate demand at firm prices. -•< BALTIMORE >= The hardwood trade is in the main rather uneventful. Dealers as well as millracn had expected decided activity by this time, but buyers show more or less conservatism. Stocks in the yards indicate that the move- ment lia.-i not been of extraordinary proportions and some pressure is felt with regard to prices. Values appear to have eased off instead of going up, and the current month is not quite up to the preceding one in point of activity. Chestnut in particular appears to have felt the slow- ing up and the quotations have sagged until they are about bock where they were before the rise during the year. Oak is also somewhat lower, but has not been affected to such an extent as chestnut. At least, the disinclination of the buyers to take up stocks has stimulated the sales- men In Iheir efforts, and their determination to get business may account for the seeming freedom of the offerings. Gum, basswpod and some other woods are In moderately good shape, with little or no change in the range of values, and with the inquiry quite good. The situation Is, of course, Influenced hy the general conditions in busi- ness. Commerce Is waiting on Washington, with its program of trust busting, currency reform and other measures which the Administration is trying to put through. When once this legislation is completed a revival in business may be expected. But while the uncertainty lasts, bankers are drawing in their credits, money is tight and in other ways the lumber trade, along with other.s, is made to feel the effect of the agitation. JC I N C I N N A T jHardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers i I DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. I Mfrs. YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK M GENERAI, OFFICE — CI.AV CITY. KY. Iriemeier lumber CO. OAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT 8UMSIERS AND GEST STREETS i E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. I HIGH GRADE WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS I GOERKE BCILDIXG j SHAWNEE LUMBER CO. I HARDWOODS, WHITE PINE and HEMLOCK i Sales Office — South Side Station — C. H. A D, B, R, I JAMES KENNEDY & CO., Ltd. I OAK, POPLAR AND OTHER HARDWOODS FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co. WALNUT, OAK, AND OTHER HARDWOODS 103-4-5 CAREW BUILDING OHIO VENEER COMPANY Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE POPLAR SPECIALISTS We have always made a distinct specialty of Poplar, Rough and Milled. Have 3,000,000 feet nice, dry Stock at Cincinnati now, and some at our mills. CAN WE SERVE YOU? THE M. B. FARRIN LUMBER CO. CONASAUGA LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD AND PINE FOURTH NATIONAL BANK BUILDING Johns, Mowbray, Nelson Company OAK, ASH, POPLAR & CHESTNUT GUM AND COTTONWOOD IC. CRANE & CO. j I MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD LUMBER | & 1739 EASTERN AVENUE 0 52 HARDWOOD RECORD Mahogany and Circassian Lumber & Veneers ^ The largest assortment of finest figured Mahogany Logs, Lumber and Veneers in the countr}' can be found at the Chicago plant of C. L. Willey. ^ We are just in receipt of fifteen cars of remarkably superior Circassian Walnut Logs, large size, well-figured and of good color, which are now being cut into Veneers. ^ A visit or correspondence from discrim- inating buyers of all varieties of fine Im- ported and Domestic Cabinet Woods in Lumber and Veneer is solicited. ^ You will not only find the Willey ware- houses well stocked with a superb collec- tion of Circassian, Mahogany, Vermilion, Black Walnut and other fancy foreign and domestic lumber and veneers, but buyers are assured of prompt and pains- taking service, and a quality of product not usually obtainable. ^ To visit the plant take Blue Island Ave. car at the postoffice to Robey Street. C. L. WILLEY, Chicago Largest Fancy Wood Veneer and Lumber producing plant in the zvorld The export business Is auother factor In the prevailing quiet. Stocks abroad are either heavy, so that prices rule low, with the foreign buyers holding off because of their restricted needs, or the economic conditions are such as to check the movement, which is notably the case in Ger- many. As a consequence, much less lumber Is going abroad, the exports are curtailed, leaving more lumber to be disposed ot In the domestic markets. StlH, the export outlook Is not discouraging, and some indica- tions ot Improvement have been noted lately. The narrowed shipments liave caused a reduction in supplies, and a l)ottcr tone prevails. =-< COLUMBUS >-- Despite the severe storm which visited Ohio about the 10th of Novem- ber, the hardwood demand in all sections has held up well during the past fortnight. Trade has not slumped as much as might be expected under the circumstances and in fact since the weather has improved an Increased demand is reported from certain lines. The tone of the market is good in every respect and the prospects for the future are believed to be good. Both factories and yardmen are buying hardwood stocks, but the former is the best customer at this time. Concerns engaged in making furniture, vehicles and implements are buying steadily and other lines of manufac- turing are also in the market. Factories are not accumulating stocks but arc buying only what they desire for immediate needs. The retail demand is fair, although orders are generally small. As in the case of factory purchasing agents, yardmen are not inclined to increase their slocks at this time. They are approaching the semi-annual inventory period and also the winter season. Yard stocks are only light in all parts of the Buckeye State. The car shortage is interfering with shipments to a certain extent and some delay is caused, especially from the hardwood fields of West Vir- ginia. Mill stocks are not plentiful and this fact is taken as an indica- tion that prices will continue firm at the levels which have prevailed for some time. Oak, both quarter-sawed and plain, Is in good demand and prices are ruling firm. There is also a good demand for chestnut, especially sound wormy. Ash and basswood are moving well at fair prices. Poplar is increasing in strength and the movement of the lower grades is one of the features. Other hardwoods are unchanged. =-< CINCINNATI y- While there appears to be no change for the better in the hardwood situation it certainly is holding its own. Prices remain firm and dealers are not alarmed over the present dullness. Inquiries come frequently and the request is for almost every item on the list. Dealers reply with stiff quotations preferring to get the price or hold the stock, being con- fident of a better market soon. This is based on the known fact that stocks are low in the hands of consumers and none too heavy at mill points. Buying is still in small quantities and many mixed cars are shipped. Wholesalers who conduct yards are buying only about the amount equal to shipments and are content to keep stocks up to present size and let the future take care of itself. All low grades suitable for box making are in good demand, the box makers being very busy. Plain oak in all grades is moving well and quartered oak in common and better is in good request. Dry ash in thick stock seems to be in greatest demand and chestnut in common and better shows a better call than for some time while sound wormy is in much better request than for many weeks. Sap gum is doing very well again in most grades but red gum iu upper grades is very slow. The low grades of both sap and red gum move fast. Oak flooring is in fair demand but prices are not as strong as they might be. Poplar, except in low grades, is not doing very well but dealers in this wood are holding prices firm and fully ex- pect to see this wood return to favor especially in bevel siding. The encouraging feature is the frequency of the small orders and month after month the volume has shown up fairly well, which is at least encour- aging. =■< TOLEDO y Business is not especially rushing in Toledo just at present, although conditions are fairly normal considering the weather and the season of the year. Yards are all well filled in this section and lines are not broken. Prices in general are holding fairly firm, although there seems to be a tendency on the part of ash and red and sap gum to weaken, following the trend of yellow pine, which is sadly downward. Oak l3 holding its own and plain oak continues a leader on the local market. Prices in oak are holding firm with no downward tendency. There is a decided car shortage here, although it is affecting coal and grain much more than lumber. Shipments are coming in slowly from the southern mills. There is a fair local demand from the building trades and a seasonable call from furniture and Yehicle factories. ■< INDIANAPOLIS >- The local hardwood business has continued to be comparatively steady during the last two weeks. Industrial conditions generally are gradually adjusting themselves throughout the state. Normal conditions are ex- pected to prevail in most lines of business by January 1. The industrial field has been passing through a critical situation during the last three months on account of credit limitations arbitrarily fixed by bankers. This has necessitated an increase in capitalization by HARDWOOD RECORD 53 many concirns. The process of iDcreasing capital lias gone abcad slowly. The automobile industry has suffered most seriously, but Is now getting on its (<.= The hardwood miirkct li.io lontiiui. s tii;iUhy. There Is hardly as much business as some mombeis of the trade anticipated but shipments are going forward at a fairly steady rate and there Is no particular accu- mulation of dry stock. Manufacturing operations are being conducted on a liberal scale which is accepted as evidence of the faith of lumber manu- facturers here in the future of the hardwood market. There Is a con- tinued active demand for the lower grades of cottonwood and gum and sap gum moves without dllllculty at full quotations. Red gum Is perhaps a little more firm but the volume of business has shown no particular In- crease. There is a good call for the lower grades of plain and quartered oak. The higher grades are perhaps a shade easier. Ash is in good re- quest and a great deal of this Is Iwing delivered green. Cypress sells readily In shops but selects are only moderately active while the upper grades are reported slow. The car shortage has become a little more serious and lumbermen are claiming, owing to the enormous movement of the cotton crop, that there is more difficulty in securing cars and also In having them moved promptly after they have been loaded. However, this condition applies more forcibly to mills outside of Memphis than to those in this city. Export business is showing some tendency toward expansion and all together the volume of business compares quite favor- ably with the average for this time of the year. ^-< NASHVILLE >.= The hardwood tmde is quiet in this market, though dealers insist that business is up to about the same volume as at this time one year ago. The shipments being made are small, though numerous. Oak continues the best seller, and there is some demand for all of the leading native hardwoo- November promises to end as a fairly Kood month, and will certainly be up to the mark of the corresponding month of last year While business has not been rushing, the manufacturers and wholesalers have managed to keep busy, practically all orders received being for immediate delivery. iV'rers are ordering only as they need stock, but consumption is going lil at such a steady pace that the total volume of trade handled has 1 entirely satisfactory. Quartered white oak is the leading item ill present, quartered red being so scarce that ,even the occasional calls for it can hardly be filled. Upper grade plain oak is selling better at present than the low-grades, but all items are moving fairly well. Chest- nut, poplar and hickory are dull, though some calls for thick poplar have l)een noted recently. Sound wormy is a good seller in the chestnut line. Cottonwood is fairly active. Red gum is selling somewhat better, though prices, especially on firsts and seconds, are badly off. =-< ST. LOUIS '>•- There has been a slight betterment noticeable in the hardwood trade during the past few da.vs, although business on the whole is not up to the general average done at this period of the year. Nearly all the Items on the list are being called for. Plain white oak still has the lead Id demand. Quartered red oak, choice red gum and wide poplar are more in request than they were a short time ago. Prices are stiffening np slightly. An improvement in ash is also reported with better prices prevailing. Cottonwood. In both upper and lower grades is increasing in demand. The requests for other Items are fairly satisfactory. ^-< MILWAUKEE >-= While business in the hardwood market is holding up fairly well, trade is not so active as it will be after the opening of the new year. Were It not for the fact that building operations are keeping up unusually well for this season of the year, trade would not be nearly so satisfac- tory as It Is. While ninety-seven of the leading cities of the country experienced a falling off in building operations of fifteen per cent during the month of October, as compared with the corresponding period in lOli;. Milwaukee showed a gain of two per cent over October, 1912. General building operations have been showing a consistent gain this year. There is a tendency on the part of retailers to order only enough to meet their present wants, but wholesalers say that stocks are light In most retail yards and that It will be necessary for dealers to order more heavily cfter the first of the year so that they may get their stocks in readiness for the spring trade. The -local sash and door and Interior finliibiDg concerns are buying only enough to meet their present wants. but the building activity means that most of these plants are being kept fairly busy. Stocks on hand with most of these concerns are light, another reason why business should take on new life after .January 1. Prices are holding firm, pretty sure proof that holders of stocks have confidence In the future. The White Lake Lumber Co. Peoples Gas Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL. Northern and Southern Hardwoods CAR STOCK WHITE PINE YELLOW PINE High Quality— Prompt Delivery WE WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE Send us your inquiries 10 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Basswood 6 cars 4/4 No. 2 Com. Basswood 3 cars 4/4 No. 3 Com. Basswood 4 cars 12/4 L. R. Soft Elm Gum Oak Elm COTTONWOOD CYPRESS FlKNITtKE DIMEN.SION SYC.VMORE YELLOW PINE PO R PRICES Licking River Lumber Company 114 Dean Bldg. South Bend, Indiana Saline River Hardwood Co. Main Sales Ollice Pine Bluff, Arkansas Manufacturers of Genuine Forked-Lcaf White Oak Red and Sap Gum Red Oak and Asti q We offer to the trade a remarkably SUPERIOR lumber product. tj Our TIMBER is virgin forest growth of the highest type. ^ Our MILLS are new and produce accurately manufac- tured stock. q Our LUMBER is all KRAETZER-CURED— treated with steam under pressure directly from the saw — insuring quick drying to light weight, freedom from seasoning defects and stick-marking, splits and stain. Q Kraetzer-cured lumber will "stay where you put it." Q Dry kiln and oak flooring plant in connection. Q We solicit the inquiries and orders of critical and dis- criminating buyers, *I For straight cars of Yellow Pine, or mixed cars with Oak Flooring, write LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY, Kansas City, Mo. 54 HARDWOOD RECORD GENERAL VIEW OF MAIN SAWMILL, PLANT. Equipment two bands and four resaws. Dally ten-hour capacity 150,000 feet. LAMB-FISH LUMBER COMPANY Band Mill and General Offices: Charleston, Miss., U.S. A. THE LARGEST HARDWOOD MILL IN THE WORLD. ANNUAL CAPACITY, 40,000,000 CABLE ADDRESS— "LAMB." Codes Used — Universal, Hardwood, Western Union, A. B. C. 5lh Edition, Okay STOCK LIST- Dry Lumber on Hand November 1st, 1913 FAS Qtd. « h. Oak, fi" & Up SO.OOO FAS <|td. \\h. OiiK. 10" & Up No. 1 (Dili. . Com. strips. ■:[--i',^" FAS I'l. Wh. Oak, <;" & Up No. 1 Com. Wh. Oak, 4" & Up. F.AS PI. K. Oak. 6' & Up No. 1 Com. R. Oak. 4" & Up. . . No. :) Com. K. & Wh. Oak K.il & «li. Oak Core Stock... Whit.' Oak Itriclge Plank....".. \Miili- Oiik < rosslnit Plank ■ sre Plank Mi Ml Oa Pla «(. H.d (.iini. ,-.•• & Up No. 1 ( oiii. «(. Kcd (ium, 4" & Up l'.\S liK'd Kid Oiim, B" & Up 30,000 No. 1 Com. FlK'd Kcd Gum, 4" * Up. . . 5,000 FAS PI. Red Gum, 6" & Up 300,000 No. 1 Com. Red Gum. 4" & Up 85,000 F.VS Sap Gum, 6" & Up 30,000 F.\S Sap Gum, 13/17" l\,s Sap Gum, 18" & Up F.\s Sap Gum (Stain), 13" & Up Sap Gum Box Boards, 13/11" No. 1 Com. Sap Gum, 4" & Up 25,000 No. 3 Com. Sap Gum, S" & Up 50,000 FAS Tupelo, 6" * Up No. 1 Com. Tupelo, 4' & Up FAS Cypress, «" & Up Sel. Cypress, 6" & Up No. 1 Shop Cypress. 5" & Up FAS Ash. 6" & Up No. 1 Com. Ash, 4" & Up Log Run Elm 1/3" 5/8" 3/4" 4/4" 5 '4" 6/4" 8/4" 10/4" 12/4" 16/4" 30,000 18,0(10 30.000 30,000 6,000 8,000 6,000 30,000 15,000 40,000 75,000 25.000 30.000 1 .1.000 •22,000 3,000 40,000 15,000 30.01)11 KKi.ddO * 16,000 1,000 •5,000 25,000 15,000 30.(11111 I(IO.(tO(( 15,000 •30,000 20,000 30,000 3.'i.(MI0 led. (1(10 30,000 •10,000 •20,000 25,000 23.0(10 3.">o,ooo 30,000 300,000 I'o.bbb 6,000 13,000 ' 5,000 5,000 •12,000 ' 6,000 2,000 3,000 Cil't'on Cut on Cut on Cut on 5,000 3,000 orders only, orders only, orders only, orders only. 26,000 10,000 25,000 13.000 4,000 3,000 2,000 4,000 4,000 .^.000 .~>.dod 1,000 3,000 1,000 250,000 100.000 2.%«.(lll(l ::dd.ddd 250,000 300,000 15,000 50,000 05,000 7.">.(KI(i .■;.%(i.ddo 40,000 30,000 15,000 35,000 20,000 :to.<)(io 3(1.(1(10 30,000 15,000 28,000 2,000 30,000 15,000 25,000 80,000 15,000 25,000 75,000 6,000 35.000 30,000 40.000 60,000 45,000 16.000 100.000 65,000 186.000 1.50,000 75,000 19,000 19,000 60,000 40,000 Sold Sold 90,000 38,000 50,666 50,000 16.000 12,666 8,000 17,000 Sold * Indicates stock dry enoug:h to ship within 60 days; remainder of items ready for immediate shipment. The item of Core Stock is a spe<^ial Krade. suitable for veneering: over. This is thorone:hly dry and we are prepared to quote an attractive price. All Ked and Sap Gum in grades of No. 1 Common and Better is Kraetzer-Cured, insurinfc tlie lumber to lay straiglit and flat and to be absolutely free from stain. Kraetzer-Cured lumber is of a soft mild texture and uniform color. We have facilities for kiln drying and surfacing. Oak timbers, switch and cross-ties. stock, bridge and crossing plank, VIEW OF MILL SKIDWAY. WITH PART OF LOGS STORED IN BACKGROUND — WE HAVE 6,000,000 FEET OF SELECTED HARDWOOD LOGS STORED ON OUR MILL YAKD. m HARDWOOD RECORD 55 There is a feelins in the trade that If nnythlug like a uornial busiuess Is received after the holidays, stoeks will tie rather badly broken tor the spring rush. The suppl.v of northern hardwoods seems to be espeeiall.v light. News from the Wisconsin lumber country says that the cut this winter will lie large, but of course new stocks will not be available for use before next April or May. The demand for hardwood flooring is strong and plants turning out this line are more than bus.v. Birch ami basswood are selling well, although the demand is not so strong as for maple. Low grades of northern woods are getting low in many instances. Plain \cd oak and quartered white oak seem to be the leading sellers in southern hardwoods. =-< ARKANSAS >- inarkr vod suniewhar imprc what thi y have hvru for the past several months, and the manufaeUn-ers arc taking a more optimistic view of the outlook. The continued dry weather during the past three weeks has enabled the operations in the woods to proceed. The unusually heavy rains during the month of Octo- ber in this State made the conditions very unfavorable for woods opera- tions, and rendered the logging men unable to get at the timber for sawing. Believing that it woula be impossible to successfull.v operate logging in the bottoms during the rest of the winter season on account of the heavy condition of the ground, and realizing the short condition of the supply at the mills, the millmen were somewhat concerned. How- ever, they are now taking advantage of the fair weather, and are laying in a supply of logs at the mills for winter sawing. The continued dry weather has also materially benefited the lumber industry in Arkansas in that it has enabled the farmers to pick I heir cotton and harvest the rice crops. Both of these staple crops had suffered considerably by reason of the excessive rains in October, and money was rather scarce among tae farmers. Now, in spite of the somewhat damaged condition of the cotton and lice crops, these staples are being garnered, and con- verted mto money The volume of business, although not altogether satisfactory as yet, is greatly increasing, and fair prices are being main- tained. =-< GLASGOW y. The timber trade of tliis section durinu' the p.ist month has been some- what dull although, compared with the past three months, there is a little mere animation being displayed, the tendency, however, being re- stricted to the supplying of immediate wants. The movement from the storage yards is nil but plenty is going into store. Of course the imports Just now are far in excess of requirements, hence storing is being resorted to. However, if bu.vers are the least inclined to purchase, the brokers are doing their level best to meet with their views. This Is giving the merchants the upper hand, a policy not for a moment to be considered. at least from the shipper's point of view, because if the merchant gets his say in the matter prices will not increase and certainly not retain the present level. The freight situation caused quite a stir a few days ago when it was currently reported that freights were "going back." This is the case for cargo freights, although fixtures have been conspicuous by their absence, but liner freights still keep as before. This is the result of shippers re- quiring to make yearly contracts. As indicated above recent arrivals have been fairly numerous. The steamship "Madura" from New Orleans arrived with a cargo of assorted hard and soft woods comprising chiefly oak hoards and mahogany boards. hazel pine, whitewood and cottonwood and pitch pine lumber, California and sugar pine as well as Louisiana red cj"press. The deckload consisted of some 500 logs pitch pine, about half of which are reported to be sold. The bulk of the oak boards are being stored and also the mahogany boards, otherwise the shipment has sold fairly well. In the last few New Orleans shipments staves have been coming in in large quantities and the bulk largely of consignments. In all eases the staves have had to bi^ stored and it cannot be understood why shippers will insist on sending the con- signment lots, which comprise pipe and Canada butts when there is no outlet for them. The steamship "Tapton," under charter Newport News and Baltimon' to Glasgow, has arrived and this shipment comprises mainly railway and wagon oak planks, oak boards, walnut planks, walnut logs and whitewood boards in addition to maple flooring on contract. The bulk of the oak boards and wagon oak planks, chiefly 12"x5" and 12"x3M!", ore being stored. A large quantity of hickory boards which came in on contract by th^' previous Baltimore steamer have been rejected by buyers on account of quality. The Montreal liners arriving have been bringing in large quantities of birch plank and pine deals, the bulk of which have gone into store. The steamship "Ella Sayer" from Parrsboro, N. S., has arrived with a full cargo of Canadian spruce amounting to 1,400 standards. Very little of this has been sold and practically all is being, stacked. The drop in freights will have a very adverse effect on this cargo. Klga spruce still continues to come in and the latest arrival Is the "Nord" witli about thirty different parcels for various bu.vers. Thi^< shows how easy it is for small buyers to get separate bills of lading of their own and thus spoil brokers' chances of sale. At the recent mahogany sale in Liverpool 2,000,000 feet sale measure are repoited to have b(-cn sold. Triangle Brand White Oak Flooring Perfectly dried and worked Made from our own timber from ^\ one boundary, insuring uniform ,U\ color and texture; manufactured at our new hardwood flooring plant. Our Specialty: Quarter-sawed White Oak Flooring Thicknesses: H" and 13/16" Standard Widths Inquiries Solicited Quick Shipments Guaranteed YELLOW POPLAR LUMBER CO., Coal Qrove, Ohio Kentucky Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS POPLAR, PLAIN AND QUAR- TERED OAK, RED AND SAP GUM, ASH, CHESTNUT, BASS- WOOD, HEMLOCK, WHITE PINE Mills at Bumside, Ky. Williamsburg, Kj . Isola, Miss. Sales Office Cincinnati, O. W A N T E D All Kinds of High-Grade HARDWOODS S. E. SLAYMAKER & CO. Representing: WEST VIRGINIA SPRUCE LCMBEB CO,, Ca§8, West Virginia. Fifth Avenue Building, NEW YORK The Tegge Lumber Co. High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukee, Wisconsin 56 HARDWOOD RECORD WHY? WHY do more than 380 of the most prominent and successful lumber manufac- turers exchange nearly $30,000,000.00 of indemnity against fire loss at Manufacturing Lumbermen's Underwriters BECAUSE! BECAUSE it is the oldest and strongest inter-insurance association among lumber- men, being now in its fifteenth year, BECAUSE $978,432.40 cash savings have been returned to members. BECAUSE $856,831.32 cash surplus, owned entirely by the members, has been accu- mulated. BECAUSE $2,443,029.00 has been paid in losses under prompt and equitable adjust- ments without resort to quibbling or technical controversy. BECAUSE it was the first to settle lumber losses on a market value basis. BECAUSE the regular, frequent and thorough inspections given the plants of all members help them to prevent fires, thus materially reducing both the fire waste and the cost of indemnity. FOR FULL PARTICULARS ADDRESS Western Representative RankinBciicdict UndcFwriling Co. HARRY B. CLARK, Attorney in Fact, Portland. Ore. KANSAS CITY, MO. HARDWOOD RECORD -57 Advertisers* T>irectort; NORTHERN HARDWOODS. Ackland. D., t<: Son American Lumber & Mfg. Co. . . Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co. . . Cartler-Holland Lumber Co Coale, Thos. K. Lumber Co Cobbs & Mltcbell. Inc Orals, W. P., Lumber Co East Jordan Lumber Co Elias. G. & Bro Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co.. Flanner-Steger Land & Lumber Co Forman, Thos., Co Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co Heyser. W. E., Lumber Co Holyoke, Chas Kent, J. S.. Co Klann, E. H., Lumber Co Kneeland-Bigelow Co.. The Licking River Lumber Co Litclitield, William E Mcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co Miller, Anthony Mitchell Bros. Co Mowbray & Robinson Co Palmer & Parker Co Parry, Chas, K., & Co Sawyer-Goodman Company Scott & Howe Lumber Co Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. Stearns Salt & Lumber Company Stephenson, The I., Company... Stewart, I. N., & Bro Struthers Cooperage Company.. Sullivan, T. &. Co Taylor, W. R., Lumber Company Tegge Lumber Co VonPlaten Lumber Co Webster, George, Lumber Co... White Lake Lumber Company. . White, Wra. H., Co Wiggin, H. D Williams. Ichabod T., & Sons.. Willson Bros. Lumber Company. Wistar, Underbill & Nixon Wood-Mosaic Company Teager, Orson E Young, W. D., & Co POPLAR. Anderson-TuUy Company Atlantic Lumber Company Day Lumber & Coal Company. . Farrin, M. B., Lumber Company. Faust Bros. Lumber Co Kentucky Lumber Company Logan, J. M.. Lumber Co Maphet & Shea Lumber Co Radina. L. W.. & Co Vansant. Kitchen & Co Wood. R. E.. Lumber Company. Tellow Poplar Lumber Co 55- RED GUM. Anderson-Tully Company Archer Lumber Company Baker-Matthews Mfg. Co Bonnfr, .T. 11., & Sons Brown, Geo. C, & Co Brown, Mark H., Lumber Co.. ■ Farrin. M. B.. Lumber Co Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.. Gary, W. W Hlmmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company 47 Kentucky Lumber Company 55 ■ Lamb-Fish Lumber Company. . . 54 , Licking River Lumber Company 53 I Miller Lumber Company 47 I Mossman Lumber Company 45 , Paepcke Leicht Lumber Co i Saline River Hardwood Co 53 Sondheimer, E.. Company 45 ' VandenBoom-Stimson Lumber Company 45 Wisconsin Lumber Company.... 5 SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. ' .American Lumber & Mfg. Co... 11 Anderson-Tully Company 8 Archer Lumber Company 46 Atlantic Lumber Company 50 Baker-Matthews Mfg. Co 47 Bennett & Witte 7 Black, Fred W., Lumber Co 49 Bluestone Land & Lumber Co.. 45 Bonner. J. H., & Sons 46 Bradley, E. C, Lumber Co 51 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 46 Brown, Mark H., Lumber Co.. 47 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.. 67 Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co 12 Coale, Thos. E., Lumber Co 10 Conasauga Lumber Company... 51 Crane, C, & Co 51 Day Lumber & Coal Company. . 51 Dempsey, W. W 9 Elias. G., & Bro 67 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co... 5 Farrin, M. B.. Lumber Co 51 Farris Hardwood Lumber Co... 9 Faust Bros. Lumber Company.. 12 Flanner-Steger Land & Lumber Company Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.. 9 Gary, W. W 46 Harris Manufacturing Co 45 Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co 5 Heyser. W. E., Lumber Co 7 Hlmmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company 47 Huddleton-Marsh Lumber Co.. Johns-Mowbray-Nelson Co 51 Kennedy, James, & Co 51 Kent, J. S., Company 10 Kentucky Lumber Company. ... 55 Kimball & Kopcke 6 Klann, E. H., Lumber Co 59 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co 51 Lamb-Fish Lumber Company. 54 Linking River Lumber Co 53 Litchfield, William E 10 Little River Lumber Company.. 68 Logan, J. M., Lumber Co 6 Maphet & Shea Lumber Co 6 Mcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 67 Memphis Band Mill Company... 2 Miller, Anthony 67 Miller Lumber Company 47 Mossman Lumber Company 45 Mowbray & Robinson Company. 7 Nettleton, E. B., & Co 59 Paepcke Leicht Lumber Co.... Parry, Chas. K., & Co 9 Radina. L. W., & Co 7 Ransom, J. B., & Co 9 Riemeler Lumber Company 51 Saline River Hardwood Co 53 Salt Lick Lumber Company 9 Shawnee Lumber Company Slaymaker, S. E., & Co Sondheimer, E., Company Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. Stewart. 1. N.. & Bro Sullivan, T., & Co Vanden BoomStlmson Lbr. Co Vansant. Kitchen & Co Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Company Von Platen Lumber Company.. Webster. G^jorge, Lumber Co... White Lake Lumber Company. . Whitmer, Wm., & Sons Wiggin, H. D Williams, Ichabod T., & Sons.. Williamson-Kuny Mill & Lumber Company Willson Bros. Lumber Company Wisconsin Lumber Company. , . . ■Wistar, Underhill & Nixon Wood-Mosaic Company Wood, R. E., Lumber Company. Teager, Orson E 51 Stephenson. The I., Company.... 66 55 Webster. George, Lumber Co.. U 45 White, Wm. H., Company 68 67 Wilce, T., Company, The 5 67 Yellow Poplar Lumber Co 55-68 67 Young, W. D., & Co 3 45 WOODWORKING MACHINERY. Cadillac Machine Company 63 Covel Manufacturing Company. 12 '1 Gerlach, The Peter, Company.. 59 53 Llnderman Machine Co., The.. 10 Mershon, W. B., & Co 63 10 Phoenix Manufacturing Co 62 12 Saranac Machine Company 62 Sinker-Davis Company. . : 12 Westinghouse Electric & 10 Mfg. Company 10 VENEERS AND PANELS. Adams & Raymond Veneer Co.. 65 Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co.. 64 Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 64 Black, Fred W., Lumber Co... 49 Central Veneer Company 65 Evansville Veneer Company Hoffman Bros. Company 65 Huddleston-Marsh Lumber Co.. Jarrell, B. C, & Co 65 Knoxville Veneer Company 6 Memphis Veneer & Lumber Co. . Ohio Veneer Company 51 Putnam Veneer and Lumber Co 65 Rayner, J 5 Rice Veneer & Lumber Company 65 Underwood Veneer Company 64 Willey, C. L 52 Williams, Ichabod T., & Sons... 12 Williamson-Kuny Mill & Lumber Company 12 Wood-Mosaic Company 11 MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ETC. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock .Co 64 Black, Fred W., Lumber Co... 49 Evansville Veneer Company Huddleston-Marsh Lumber Co.. Memphis Veneer & Lumber Co. Palmer & Parker Co 10 Purcell, Frank 44 Rayner, J 5 Struthers Cooperage Company. . Willey, C. L 52 Williams, Ichabold T., & Sons. 12 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co 12 Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc 3 Eastman, S. L., Flooring Co 11 Farrin, M. E., Lumber Company 51 Forman, Thos., Company 66 Harris Manufacturing Company 45 Kerry & Hanson Flooring Co.. 66 Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Ransom, John B., & Co 9 Saline River Hardwood Co 53 Salt Lick Lumber Company.... 9 Stearns Salt & Lumber Company 8 LOGGING MACHINERY. Baldwin Locomotive Works.... Clyde Iron Works 63 Fitzgibbons & Krebs Lidgerwood Mfg. Company 11 Russel Wlieel & Foundry Co DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. Grand Rapids Veneer Works 7 Kraetzer Company, The 48 National Dry Kiln Company 62 Phila. Textile Mchy. Company.. 10 SAWS, KNIVES AND SUPPLIES. Atkins. E. C. & Co Covel Manufacturing Company. 12 Simonds Mfg. Company LUMBER INSURANCE. Central Manufacturers' Mut. Ins. Company Epperson. U. S., & Co Indiana Lumbermen's Mut. Ins. Company Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company Lumbermen's Mut. Ins. Co Lumbermen's Underwriting Alli- ance Mfljiufacturing Lumbermen's L'nderwriters 56 Pennsj'Ivania Lumbermen's Mut. Fire Ins. Company Rankin-Benedict Underwriting Company 56 TIMBER LANDS. I..acey, James D., & Co 49 Southern Railway 59 Spry, John C 8 TIMBER ESTIMATORS. Griffith. Clarence W 45 McDonald, Thos. J 58 MISCELLANEOUS. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 64 Childs. S. D., & Co 59 Gerlach, The Peter, Company.. 59 Kraetzer Company. The 48 Lumbermen's Credit Assn 6 Mechanical Rubber Company. . . 62 .Stephenson. Grant T 50 Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. i_ Company 58 HARDWOOD RECORD CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Advorllsomonts will tif InsiTted In this sec- 1 tli.uiil (lie f.illunlin; niti-s: | Forone Insertion .20c a line For two insertions .35c a line Forthree insertions .50c a line Forfour insertions .60c a line ElKlit words of ordlnnrj- length m IU-ar copies of paper the advertlsemeDt. order. No containing EMPLOYES WANTED EXPEEIENCED HARDWOOD SALESMAN wanted b.v hii-^'e manufnctiHor northern h,irci- woods ; liiyh-graUe .voung nuin wbo understands marketing hardwoods direct to consumer. Pre- fer one who has had some Jobbing experience and has an acquaintance with factory trade in terrilory around Chicago. Address "EOX 100," care Hakdwood Ekcord. WANTED HARDWOOD SALESMAN to handle our domestic sales, calling on buyers. State territ'jry you :ire familiar with. Address Box 348, Shreveport, Louisiana. WANTED— AN" EXPERIENCED Sawmill foreman to handle a single band aud re.saw mill located in Wisconsin. Must be expe- rienced in millwright worlt, and , capable ot handling men. References wanted as to char- acter and ability. Address "BOX 111," care Hardwood I?ecord. EMPLOYMENT WANTED MAN OF WIDE EXPERIENCE in the manufacture and sale of lumber and veneers, thorough executive, cost and efficiency expert, with best possible references, is open for position. Address "BOX ONE," care HaedW'OOd Record. WANTED— EMPLOYMENT When you want a salesman for New York state territory, write us. We can supply you with a good man. EMPIRE STATE ASSOCIA- TION ot Wholesale Lumljer & Sash & Door Sales- men. Chas. Johnson, Sec'y, 96 Elrkland Rd., Rochester, N. Y. LOGS WANTED WANTED— ASH LOGS 21" and over in diameter, 16' Ion,g. Must he straight grained, sound and free from knots. J. RAYNER, Ft. Houston St.. E. R., New York City. WANTED— BLACK WALNUT LOGS 500 cars good black walnut logs, 10" and up In diameter, 6 ft. and up long. Will Inspect at shipping point and pay cash. GEO. W. HARTZELL, Dayton, Ohio. TIMBER FOR SALE FOR SALE— HICKORY i.u 1 1(111 acns in Wayne County, Kentucky, esti- nuited at 1,000,000 feet. For further particulars address TENNESSEE HARDWOOD LBR. CO., Nashville, Teen. WAGON STOCK WANTED I AM IN THE MARKET FOE 75 to 100 cars of oak poles, bolsters, suid boards, eveners, and reaches ; and hickory and maple axles. Will Inspect at shipping palat, and pay cash. E. B. BROWN, 372 Bayae St., Rnffalo. N. T. TIMBER ESTIMATING TIMBER ESTIMATES Estimating Southern timber a specialty. Maps, detailed reports as ta stand, quality aad Ugglsg conditions. Bare a few hlgb-claas prcpertles for sale. Can furnish best references. THOS. J. MCDONALD, East Tenn. Natl. Bank Bldg., KnozTlUe. Tenn. LUMBER FOR SALE BUYERS OF HARDWOODS. Do yon want to get In tench with the best buyers of bardwoad lumber? W« have a list, showing the annaal reqatremeBts In Inmber, dimension stock and Teneera and panels of con- sumers of those materials tbronghont the United States aad Canada. The service Is free to ad- vertisers In the RicoBD. It will Interest yon. Write ns for further information abont onr "Sell Ing Lumber by Mall System." HARDWOOD RECORD, Ellsworth Bldg., Chicago BASSWOOD BOX LUMBER We have 500 M ft. of good No. 3 Michigan basswood for sale ; largely 4/4 thick. Will make good box lumber. We can ship dressed or re- sawed any thickness. GOODWILLIE BROS., 651 Otis Bldg., Chicago. FOR SALE— BONE DRY Z cars 1/4 quartered white oak s<'at stock. Ix4xl0i,i'". IxiVixlC". Ix4i'4xl0". Also 1 car sreen mixed oak squares, 2x2x18" & 19" E. W. PR.\TT. JR., HopkinsTillc. Ky. Fc r Sale — 8.000 pieces oak. 1.850 pieces pine rtx3'ix4'5". 1st & 2nd. and clear JACOB HAISH CliMI'ANY. rieKallj, rel- DIMENSION STOCK WANTED WANTED Hard Maple and Beech Squares 42", 44", 48" long, plump 1" x 1". Must be clear and straight. If you have any to offer write us. Will take them dry or green. THE COLUMBIA MFG. CO., New Philadelphia, Ohio WANTED TO BUY Red Gum Squares 2"x2"x27" — 1!4", 30" & 41" long. Quote cash prices f. o. h. mill. DUIILMEIER BROTHERS, Cincinnati, O. DIMENSION OAK Plain and Quartered Various sizes for chair and table factories. Send to us for specifications and prices. INDIANA QUARTERED OAK CO. 7 East 42nd Street, New York. LIMBER WANTED | WANTS RED AND WHITE OAK .\ Canadian manufacturing company is in the market for a quantity of plain red and white and quarter-cut white oak, 3/4 to 8/4, and will contract for entire cut in these woods in No. 2 common and better grades from either small or large mills. Send particulars of quantity and where located, and best price f. o. 1). cars at shipping point. Address "BOX 109," care Hardwood Record. WANTED 100,000 feet 4/4 sound wormy Chestnut. S. BURKHOLDER LBR. CO., Crawfordsville, Ind. WANTED TO BUY 2 car* 4/4'' Log Run Butternut. DUHLMEIBR BROTHERS, Cincinnati, O. LUMBER WANTED Salesman wants good mill connection about Jan. 1. Salary, commission or combination. G. E. FOUTS, Zanesville, O. DIMENSION STOCK FOR SALE FOE SALE Hardwood Squares and Hardwood Dimension, Birch, Maple, Beech, White Ash, Brown Ash, Poplar and Elm. Send us specifications and we will quote prices. "iAY LUMBER CO.. Ray, Maine. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WANTED— PARTY WITH $5,000 to take interest in sawmill and mine timber proposition near large Illinois mining district. Good openin.g. For particulars address "BOX 112." care Hardwood Record. FOR SALE OR LEASE Double band sawmill located on banks of Green River at Rockport, Kentucky. Illinois Central Railroad passes through the property. Plant now in operation. Death of proprietor reason for selling. Will consider lease with privilege of purchase. Address : JOS. L. LACKNER. Union Central Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. m HARDWOOD RECORD 59 CHICAGO E. H. KLAIVIV LUMBER CO. Cottonwood, Gum, Oak, Ash. Cy- press, Yellow Pine, Dimension Stock 819 FISHER BLDG. HAR. 1187 Factory Lumber GRAY'S HARBOR SPRUCE SOFT YELLOW FIR WESTERN SOFT PINE DIRECT MILL REPRESENTATION E. B. Nettleton ""cSfc'AS'r COUNTERFEIT CHECKS Two Piece Oeomethcal B«r1er Coin Uiant*. then iMltAtlon Isn't DMdkle. temple It jou S ». CBILDS i CO. cUctIo We a'e* make Tlma Checks BVe&oll«Kad MAKE BOX SHOOKS LOOSE BARREL STAVES Of Finest Quality and at Lowest Cost From Cordwood. Slabs, or Olher Forest Waste by ihe Use of Gerlach Machinery. The Peter Gerlach Co., Cleveland, O. The Logical Location for Wood-Working Factories with the scarcity of timber in your local- ity and the ever Increasing demand for higher wages among employees, doubtless you find It difficult in your present location to realize the profits you once made. If you are manufacturing furniture, car- riages, automobile parts, barrels and boxes, crates or any product that requires wood, the Southeastern States of Virginia, North and South Carolina. Georgia. Florida. Ala- bama. Mississippi, Tennessee or Kentucky offer numerous excellent openings for any of these lines of business. The greatest supply of oak. gum, ash. walnut, hickory, pine and other timbers are obtainable in nearly every Rection of the Southeast. Power is furnished at very reasonable rates while labor is plentiful at a very favorable wage scale. Labor troubles are practically unknown In the South. Along the Southern Ry., Mobile & Ohio R. R. and Georgia Southern & Florida Ry. are many cities and towns offering liberal Inducements for the location of new Indus- tries. We can put you In touch with these parties If you will express a desire. M. V. RICH.\RDS I-^nd and Indnstrial Agent SOUTHERN RAILWAY Room 305. Washington, D. C. MISCELLANEOUS OAK. POPLAK. ASH and all ctber bardwoods. In all ^ades and tbick DPssea, can be readll; said It adTertlsed In tbr Wanted and For Sale section of Habdwood Beo oai>. It yon bare a large stock ;ou want ic sell try a few lines In tbls department and see wbat a lot of Inquiries tbey will bring tou For sale by HARDWOOD RECORD, 537 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago, 111. 50 CENTS EACH. WANTED— HARDWOOD LUMBERMEN— to try the Gibson Tally Book. The three-throw aluminum tally ticket cover accommodates any form ot ticket desired. The use of the special triplicate tally ticket supplied, printed on water proof paper wltb carbon backs makes tallies un- alterable. For durability, convenience, accuracy and tor systematizing the Inspection ot lumber the Gibson tally method can't bfe beat. Special forms of tally tickets mailed on appli- cation. Covers sold on approval to responsible concerns. IIAUDWOOD RECdRD. S37 So. Dearborn St.. Chicago. GIBSON TALLY BOOK This three-lhrow tally licket cover is made from alummum, and accommodates four tally tickets — 4ix8i: inches in size. Folds compactly to less than one-fourth inch in thickness and fits side or inside coat pocket. Gives large area of four tickets for compli- cated tallies, or straight grade can be made on one page. Accommodates any form of tally ticket desired. Special, patented. tripUcatc tally tickets supplied, printed on waterproof paper with carbon backs. Tallies made on these tickets are unalterable. Their use en- ables the inspector to retain triplicate, and forward original and duplicate. Duplicate desiened to be attached to invoice. These tally books are perfection for durability, covcnience. accuracy, and for systemalizine the inspec- tion and measurement of lumber PRICE LIST Aluminum Tally Covers, each - - S 1.00 Aluminum Tally Covers, pcrdozen - - 10.00 Patented triplicate Tally Tickets (stock form) per 1,000 10.00 Single sheet manila (stock form) Tally Tickets, per 1,000 4.00 Specimen forms of Tally Tickets mailed on applica- tion. Covers sold on approval to responsible concerns. Manufactured by Hardwood Record S37 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO 6o HARDWOOD RECORD American Forest Trees By Henry H. Gibson Edited by Hu Maxwell ^'AMERICAN FOREST TREES" is a comprehensive work of more than seven hun- dred pages, illustrated hy more than one hundred full page pictures of forest types of tree growth, and hundreds of minor pictures. It answers every question worth asking ahout the infinite variety of forest growth in this country, and the utiHzation of these woods in lumber and other forms. The opinion of an expert on this work is: "AMERICAN FOREST TREES" is the foremost contribution that has ever been made to American forest and lumber literature. The price of this work is Six Dollars ($6.00) net. It will be sent on receipt of price, pre- paid, subject to return and refund of payment if it does not prove satisfactory The very complete character of this work may be judged by the index following : African mabogany AilHiitlius Alaska cyprus Alaska pine Alder Al(;aroba Allpglmny 6loe Alligator .luiUper AlUgator-wood Almondleaf willow Aloe-leaf yucca Alpine flr Alpine larcb Alpine spruce Alpine western spruce.. Alpine whitebarU pine.. Alternate-leaTed dog- wood Alvord «ak Amabllls fir American apple American arborritie. . . . American asb AmericaH crab American fiiuge Amv.-ican boU.v American larch American linden American planertree. . . . American smoke-tree. . . Andromeda Angelica-tree Ant'>; wood Apple baw ArborTitse Arizona cork fir Arizona cypress Arizona madrona ..,..'. Arizona palm Arizona pine Arizona spruce Arizona sycamore Arizona wbite oak Arrow-wood Ash-leaved maple Aspen 667, Aspen-leaf August plum Bald cypress Balm of Gilead.145, 667, Balm of Gilead flr Balsam 135. 136, 151. 166, Balsam fir 145,151, Balsam popla Baltimore oak. Banana Baretta Barren oak Barren scrub oak Bartram oak Basket elm Basket oak 208. Basket willow Bat-tree Bayberry Bay poplar Bay-tree Beaded locust. .. Bearberry Bear oak Bearwood Beaver-tree . . . . Bebb willow . . .. Beech Beetree Bell-tree Bellwood Berlandier asb . . Big buckeye .... Big-bud Big-bud hickory. Blgcone pine . .. Bipcone spruce. . Biff Cottonwood, . BIffelow willow . Big hickory nut. BiK laurel 4»4 BlBh'ut luurel 5(|-| BiKlcnt maple .... 431 Bis shellliark 3li! Bis white blieh... 5S3 Rlltmore asb 42^ 56.- fiin Bird cbei-ry Bishop's iilne (>i Bitter cherry Hit Bitter blckorj 361 367 361 Bitternut hickory.. Bitter pecan ..■«;i 375 Bitter walnut 361 Bitter waternut... ■i'H Bitterwood 67h Black ash. 415. 416 A?:.'. 445 Black birch 505, 577 5S0 475 613 Black cherry 667. (iKli K~V. Black Kum .l.iH 331 Black baw 4«( Black hickory 364. 367 CitK fiira 700 283 Black Jack Black Jack oak.... 291 K(l Black limetree .... 637 Black locust .535 Ml Black maple 447 Black mulberry . . . 513 Black oak. 259. 260. 271 277 Black oliTetrce . . . 6SS Black pine... 63. 61 7(1 75 Black poplar 6.S1 .■ih Black sloe 621 Black spruce 1211 Black thorn 4M Blacktree HHX Black walnut 343 Black willow 4fiH Black wood HKS Bleeding-heart tree 50(1 Blister pine 145, 151 Blue ash 417 422 Blue beech 627 Blue birch 565, 57V, 5K5 69S 526 Blue dogwood Blue Jack oak Blue myrtle Blue oak 205. 213. Blue spruce Bluet Bluewood Bodark , Bodock i Bog spruce Bois d'arc Bois inconnu Bottom shellbark Bow-wood Box elder 445, Box white oak Boxwood Bracted flr Brash oak Brewer oak Bristleeone flr Bristlecone pine 19, Breadfruit yucca Broadleaf maple Broadleaf willow Broom hickory Brown asb Brown hickory Buckthorn bumelia Buckwheat-tree Bullace plum Bull bay Bull pine 40. Bustic Butternut Buttonball Buttonwood Cabbage palmetto Cabbage-tree Cactus Cajeput Calico-bush Calicowood California bay-tree California black oak California blue oak California box elder,... California buckeye. .649, California chestnut oak. California coffee California fan palm.... California hemlock spruce California holly California juniper California laurel ...529, California live oak California nutmeg California olive California post cedar... California red bud California red fir California sassafras California scrub oak California swamp pine.. California sycamore ... California tanbark oak.. California walnut California white oak.... California wbite pine... Canada plum Canadian Judas tree.... Canadian red pine Canoe birch Canoe cedar Canoewood Canotia Canyon birch Canyon live oak Carolina cherry Carolina hemlock Carolina pine Carolina poplar Cascara buckthorn Cascara sagrada Catalpa Catawba Catawba rhododendron . , Cat spruce Cedar 91, 97. 109. Cedar elm 3S0. Cedar pine Cereuses Chalky leucaena Chapman oak Chattahoochee pine Check pine Checkered-barked juniper Cherry birch 565, Chestnut Chestnut oak 241, Chickasaw plum Chihuahua pine Chlnaberry China-tree Chinquapin Chinquapin oak Cbittamwood Cholla Cigartree Cinnamon bark Cinnamon oak Clammv locust SOS I Cliff elm Cockspur Cocoa plum ColTeebean CofTee-berrv Coffeenut Coffeetree Colorado blue spruce. . . Common catalpa 475. Common thorn Cornel Coral bean Coral sumach Cork-barked Douglas spruce Cork elm 380. 385, Cork pine Corkwood Corky elm Cotton gum Cottonwood 667, Cotton-tree Coulter pine CV)wlicks Cow oak Crab Crab apple Crabwood Crack willow Creeping pine Cuban pine Cucumber Cucumber-tree Currant-tree Custard apple Cut-leaved maple Cypress 70. Dahoon holly Darling plum Darlington oak Date plum Deciduous holly Deer tongue Delmar pine Desert Juniper Desert willow Devil's claw Devil's tongue cactus.. Devilwood Digger pine Dilly Doctor gum Dogwood Double flr Double spruce Douglas flr Douglas spruce Douglas-tree Down-cone Downy basswood Downy-cone subalplne fir Downy poplar Drooping Juniper Drummond maple Duck oak Durand oak Dwarf ash Dwarf chestnut oak Dwarf cypress Dwarf Juniper Dwarf maple 442, Dwarf marine pine Dwarf rose bay Dwarf sumach Dwarf walnut Dyer's oak Ebony Elder Elderleaf ash Emory oak Engelmann oak Engelmann spruce English cornel English dogwood English hawthorn European alder Evergreen buckthorn. . . Evergreen cherry False acacia False box-dogwood False mahogany False shagba rk Fanleaf palm Farkelberry Fat pine Feather-coned red fir... Feather-leaf , Fetid buckeye Fetid yew Fighting wood Finger-cone pine Fir balsam Fire cherry Firewood Fir pine Florida ash Florida basswood Florida boxwood Florida buttonwood .... Florida cat's claw Florida mahogany Florida maple Florida pine Florida torreya Florida yew Flowering ash Flowering cornel Flowering dogwood Flowering willow Forked-leaf blackjack... Forked-leaf oak 217. Forked-leaf white oak.. : Four-winged halesia > Foxtail pine 19, 38, Fragrant crab fir Fraser umbrella 481, Fremont cottonwood.667, Fremontia Frijollto Frin Fringetree Gambel oak Garden wild plum Georgia oak Georgia pine Giant arborvitie Giant cactus Gigantic cedar Glaucus willow Glossyleaf willow Golden cup oak Golden fir Goldenleaf chinquapin. . Gooseberry Goose plum 621, Gopherwood Gowen cypress Grand fir Gray birch Gray elm Gray pine Great California flr Great laurel 494. Great western larch.... Green ash Greenbark acacia Green osier Gregg ash Guyacon Gum Gumbo limbo Gum elastic Gum stretch It Gum-tree Gymlnda Hackberry Hackmatack 80. Hack-tree Hairy balm of Gilead.. Hardbark hickory Hardback Hard maple Hard pine 43, 61, Hardshell .. .." Hardwoods Hardy catalpa Haw , Hawthorn Healing balsam. . . . Hart-leaved tbori. , Heart pIno Heartwood Heavy pine Heavy- wooded plae Hedge Hedge-tree Hemlock Hemlock-spruce. 187. Hercules' club Hickory Hickory elm Hickory oak Hickory pine Hickory poplar High-ground willow Highland oak Hog haw Hog pluE Holly ... Holly-leaf cherry . Honey locust.. .636, Honey-shucks locaet< Honey pod Hooker's oak Hooker willow Hoop ash Hooptree Hop hornbeam Hoptree ■■.v-v;;;!i cherry.. ..■ ist...536, M :ks locaat.H lak.V.'.V.VJ « Hornbeam f.fl Horsebean N Horse chestnut • Horse plum V Huajillo r Huckleberry Huckleberry oak.... Incense cedar Indian bean Indian cherry ' Indian pear i; Indigo thorn K Inkwood i' Iowa crab ii Iron oak 4,K Iron wood 501, 502. 559. 68 V> 69G Ivy Jack oak Jack pine Jamaica dogwood...' Jeffrey pine Jersey pine J Joewood TO Joshua-tree J Judas-tree M Juneberry ■ w Juniper _ ..70. 91, 99. 10». J.1J Juniper-bush J Juniper cedar J Juniper-tree • Kalmla ^ Kenal birch f ' Klngnut Kingtree Knobcone pine Knowlton hornbeam . Koeberllnia ^ Lanceleaf alder -I* Lanceleaf eottonwoq- Lancewood . . . Larch Largo buckeye ^ Largeleflf ombreUft.^. • Large poplar • Jij Largetooth aspen. . .(. 2 Laurel 494, 505, (.J Laurel bay • Laurel cherry •* ;;:§ HARDWOOD kECORD 6i mtlDOlla. 494 295. 318 531 292 S'OOd 400. B« J!. Ki 895 »MW 698 , 68S L>1D« 19, 703 ri wl» pine 703 J 637 U»»rk". '.'.!"!.' S46 nr ploe 25 lUnt 851 : 253. S13 plM 55 e pine 73 .' 700 T poplar 6S2 ; Jbn 68 plM 43 •errlce 452 willow 498 ed'plne 63 63 ■it ploe 65 t willow 471 w ploe 65 r 165 wl flr 165 Bprace ploe... 51 lie 435 How 496 637 le willow 472 CTPK88 178 .: 661 ■Bt Ur 164 y ■;!!'.!'.'.'. '.463'. 547 J birch 565 !«l 701 e 685 :« 663 439 T 701 696 k 308 nj 451 T 459 pine 45. 55 •pruce 133 559. 562 eottonwood.667, 669 elder 700 midrona 663 mulberry .... 514 palmetto 692 persimmon .... 517 plD0n...l9, 33. 704 walnut 351 white pine 19 basswood 639 502 ««le9 695 lllow 473 : 356. 363 not hickory 363 620 ange 511. 620 yncca 693 cypress 141 pine 69 1 391 laple 435 ■ 297 a alder 592 ash.. 411, 454. 075 balsam... 151. 166 birch 580 1 cedar Ill 1 elm 399 a hemlock 1B5 1 holly 645 1 Iry 506 1 Jnnlper 99 1 lanrel 605. 529 I raahoKany.lSS. 465 1 macblneel. . . 697 1 maple.... 435. 441 1 pine 25 1 ipmce 135 1 white oak 213 ■ 51S ■nj 608 ■«• 529 «» 297 rad 69S I erry 899 one pine 704 !af Cottonwood. J 687. 86» wt crab 453 M willow 496 ]lDm 821 poplar 897 •k 219 -Nettle tree 403 New ICDKlaDd boxwood. 523 NewcaHtle tliorn 459 Nt'w Mexican locust.... 637 New Mexican plnon.... 28 Noble flr 157 Noolka cypress 121 North .\merlcaD red spruce 127 North Carolina pine 49 North Carolina sbagbark hickory 376 Northern cork elm 385 Northern spruce pine... 19 Northern white cedar.. 97 Norway pine 61 Nutmeff hickory 374 Nutplne 28. 33. 68. 704 .N'uttall willow 472 Oak-barked cedar Ill Obispo pine 69 Ohio buckeye 649. 651 OldOeld birch 5S5 Oldfleld pine 49 Old man's beard 700 Oliretree 337 One-berry 403 ()ne-seed juniper 99 Opossum wood CO! Opnntias 694 Oregon ash 421 Oregon balsam 166 Oregon crabapple 4."4 Oregon flr 163 Oregon maple 439 Oregon oak 235 Oregon pine 169 Oregon white oak 235 Oreodaphne 529 OTcrcup oak 217. 223 Osage appletree 511 Osage orange 511 Osier willow 496 Pacific coaat oak 235 Pacific yew 199 Pale-leaf hickory .345 Palmer oak 310 Palms 691 Palmetto 691 Palo bianco 406 Palo verde 556 Paper birch 565. ."183 Paper mulberry 514 Paradise-tree 678 Parry nut pine 19. 704 Parry pinion 703 Parry's spruce 136 Patton's spruce 196 Peach oak 313 Pea-flower locust 535 Peawood 602 Pear haw 459 Pear thorn 459 Pecan 357. 373 Pecan nut 373 Pecan tree 373 Persimmon 517 Pessimln 517 Pigeocberry 452. 526 Pigeon cherry 610 Pignut 358. 361. 367 Pignut hickory 367 Pig walnut 361 Pin cherry 619 Pine 19 Pink locust 555 Pin oak 208. 247. 301 Pinon 19. 28 Plnon pine 28. .33 Pin thorn 459 Pitch pine... 43. 45. 49. 63 Planertree 397 Plane-tree 607 Plum 621. 622 Poison dogwood 697 Poison elder 697 Poison ivy 505 Poison laurel 50."' Poison oak 697 Poison sumach 697 Polsontree 697 Poisonwood 697. 701 Pond apple 640 Pond cypress 141 Pond pine 57 Poorfleld pine 49 Poor pine 51 Poplar 487. 873 Poplarleared birch 585 Popple 487, 675 Poppy ash 424 Possum haw 846 Possum oak ,320 Possumwood 517 Port Orford cedar 123 Post cedar 103. 109 Post locust 5.15 Post oak 223 PoTcrty birch 585 Powcohlflcora 355 Price oak 315 Pricklecone pine 69. 704 Prickly ash 699 Prickly pine 52 Prickly spruce 136 Prince's pine 70 Puget Sound pine 169 Pumpkin ash 423 Pumpkin pine 19 Pumpkin tree 160 Punk oak 320 Purple buckeye 649. 652 Purple dogwood 526 Purple haw 700 Pyramidal inaenolla.4Sl, 496 Quaking asp 675 (Juininetree 699 nattiehox 601 lied alder 589 Red ash 423 Uedbark flr 164 Itedbark pine 75 Kcd bay S31 Ked-herrled elder 700 KeJ birch 577 P.ed-braet dogwood 526 Redbud 548 Red cedar 91. 109 Red elm 393, 399 Red fln 157. 164, 169 Red gum S25 Red haw 457, 459. 460 Redheart hickory 3.57 Red hickory 363 Red ironwood 700 Red larch 80 Red locust 535 Red maple 433 Red mulberry 513 Red oak 259. 265. 277, 280. 2S9 Red pine 61. 169 Red plum 621 Red sllrer flr 165 Red spruce 127 Red tliorn 458 Red titl 502 Red willow 496 Redwood 181 Retama 549 Rhododendron 507 River ash 423 River birch 565, 577 River Cottonwood 687 Rock chestnut oak 241 Rock elm 380. 385 Rock maple 427 Rock oak 241 Rockr Mountain Juniper 124 Rockr Mountain oak. . . 219. 226 Rockr Mountain white pine 703 Rose bay 507 Rosemary pine 49. 55 Roral palm 692 Rum cherry 603 Rusty nannyberry 700 Sadler oak 220 Saffron plum 696 Salad-tree 548 Sandbar willow 496 Sand Jack 286 Sand pine 46 Sapwood pine 75 Sargent palHl 692 Sarrlce 451 Sassafac 655 Sassaf as 655 Sassafrac 655 Sassafras 655 Satlnleat 696 Satin walnut 325 Satlnwood 699 Savice 451. 452 Savin 91 ■^axlfrax e.W Scalybark hickory 357 Scarlet haw 457 Scarlet maple 433 Scarlet oak 277 Schott cactus 694 Schott yucca 693 Screwbean 562 Screw-pod 562 Scruh oak 220. 247. 283 Scrub pine 37. 57. 70 Seaside alder 592 Second growth 357 Serriceberry 451 Serrlce-treo 451 Shadberry 451 Sbagbark hickory. -.355. 357 Shasta red flr 165 Shawneewood 476 She balsam 151 Sheepberry 899, 700 Sheepbush 554 Sheep lanrel 60.^ Shellbark 358. 357 Shellbark hickory 369 i Shingle cedar Shingle oak 801, Shin oak 208. Shoepeg maple I Short-flower mahogany. :sh»rlleaf pine Sbortleared pine Shortsbat Shrub willow Sierra brownbark pine. . Sllktop palmetto Silky willow Sllverbell tree 601. Silver flr 159. 163. Sllrerleaf willow Silrer-leared maple Sliver maple Silver pine ;" Silver spruce 136. I Sllvertop palmetto ; Single-leaf pino'n 19. Single spruce . Sir Joseph Bank's pine. ; Slash pine 45. 40. 1 Sitka alder Sitka spruce Skunk spruce Slippery elm... 380. 391, Sloe Small buckeye 649. Small fruit mountain ash Small-leaf elm Sraall-Ieaf horsebean... Small laurel Small pignut Small pignut hickory... Small white birch Smooth cypress Smooth-leaf willow - . . . Snowdrop-tree 601, ' Soapberry I Soap-tree : Soft maple ; Soft pine 19. Softwoods Soledad plae : Sonora Iroawood ' Sophora : Sorrel-tree Soulard crab .Sour gum 337, 339, , Sour gum bush Sour tupelo Sourwood Southern basswood I Southern mountain pine. ' Southern red juniper. . . Southern red oak Southern white cedar... Southern yellow pine... Spaaish bayonet Spanish dagger Spanish moss Spaiish oak... 260. 277. Spanish red oak Sparkleberry Spice-tree Spoon-butch Spoonwood Springwood *... Spotted oak... 266. 271. Spruce 127. Spruce pine 45. 49. 61. 67. Spruce-tree Stackpole pine Stagbush Staghorn sumach Star- leaved gum Stave oak Stiffness of wood Stlng-tongue Stinking ash Stinking buckeye Stinking cedar 201. Stinking savin Strength of wood Striped maple Stone-seed Mexican pinon Stump tree Sugar ash Sugarberry ...403. 405. Sugar maple Sugar pine 19, Sugar-tree Sumach Summer haw Summerwood Sunflower-tree Sun-loving pine Sunny-slope pine Swamp ash 418. Swamp hay Swamp cedar Swamp chestnut oak... Swamp Cottonwood 667. Swamp hickory 361. Swamp holly Swamp laurel Swamp magnolia Swamp maple 429. Swamp oak ...226. 249. 301 .Swamp poplar 669 Swamp sassafras 495 Swamp Spanish oak.... 301 Swamp tupelo 337 Swamp white oak.. 217. 229 Swampy chestnut oak.. 241 Sweet hay 6:n Sweet birch 565. 5S« Sweet crab 4.53 Sweet gum 325 Sweet locust 541 Sweet magnolia 481,495 Sweet scented crab .... 453 Switch-bud hickory 307 Sycamore 397. 607 Table mountala pine... 52 Tacamahac 673 Tamarack 79, 80 Tanbark oak 241,271 Tassajo 694 Tiar-bianket 690 Texan ebony 538 Texan red oak 205 Texas ash 411 Texas buckeye 649 Texas Cottonwood -.667. 669 Texas flowering willow. 477 Texas redbud 549 Texas umbrella-tree . . . 465 •Ihick shellbark 369 Thomas elm 385 Thorn apple 459 Thorn bush 459 Thorn locust 541 Thorn plum 459 Thorn-tree 541 Thorny acacia 541 Thorny locust 541 Three-leaved maple 445 Three-thorned acacia... 541 Thunderwood 697 Thurber cactus 694 Tideland spruce 133 Tisswood 602 Titi 502. 526 Toothache-tree 699 Torch pine 55 Torcbwood 699 Tornillo 562 Torrey pine 64 Tough humelia 69G Tourney oak 315 Trask mahogany 466 Tree huckleberry 508 Tree myrtle 698 Tree palmetto 691 Tree yucca 693 Trident oak 292 Tuck-tuck 157 Tulip poplar 4S7 Tulip-tree 4S7 Tupelo 337 Turkey oak 283. 28G Umbrella tree. 481. 484. 526 Upland hickory 357 Upland willow 2S5 Utah Juniper 706 Valler mahogany 466 Valley oak 249 Valparaiso oak 308 Vauquellnia 466 Vine maple 441 VIrgilia 547 Virginia pine 55 Virginia thorn 460 Wadswortb oak 225 Wafer ash 699 Wahoo .-3S5. 399. 492. 499. 699 Wahoo elm 399 Walnut 343 Walnut-tree 343 Washington haw 460 Washington palm 693 Washington pine 193 Washington thorn 460 Water ash 422. 424, 445 Water beech 607 Water birch 577, 5S0 Water bitternut 375 Water elm 380 Water hickory 375 Water maple ..429. 433. 435 Water oak ...295. 319. 320 Water Spanish oak 301 Water white oak 217 Weeping dogwood 526 Weeping oak 249 Weeping spruce ...136. 195 Weeping willow 472 Western birch 665.579 Western black willow.. 496 Western catalpa 476 Western cedar ....115. 118 Western choke cherry.. 618 Western dogwood 525 Western hemlock 193 Western hemlock flr 193 Western hemlock spruce 193 Western juniper 118 Western larch WesterB plum Western red cedar 115. lis. Westera serviceberry . . shellbark spr Weste _ _ Western walnut Western white flr Western white oak Wesiera white plae 10. 25. Weslera yellow pine... Western yew West Indian birch West Indian cherry Weymouth pine Whiskey cherry Whistiewood White alder White Alaska birch 565. White ash 409. 422. White balsam 159. White bark Whitebark maple Whitelmrk pine ....19. White basswood White bar White birch... 565. 579. White buttonwood White cedar ...97. 103. W'hite Cottonwood White elm 379. 385. Whlteheart kickory White hickory. 357. 361. W'hite »r 159. 163. White Ironwood White laurel Whlteleaf eak White locust White mangrove White maple 433. White mulberry White oak ^ ..205. 208. 213. 223. White pine 19. 51. White poplar 875. White spruce.. 130. 1,35. White stem pine White thorn White titi White walnut 355. White wUlow Whitewood ...487, 667. W'ickup Wild apple Wild black cherry Wild cherry 813. Wild china Wild cinnamon '.[[ Wild crab Wild date Wild lilac Wild lime Wild olive-tree 337*. Wild orange Wild peach Wild plum Wild red cherry [.[ Wild rose bay Wild sapodilla '. Wild tamarind Wild thorn Williamson's apruce.'!!! Willow Willow-leaf cherry'.!!!' Willow oak 279 Wing elm Witch elm Witch hazel !!! Wood laurel Woolly oak Yaupon Yaupon holly Yellow ash !! Yellow bark oak Yellow basswood Yellow birch 565. Yellow buckeye Yellow bnckthora Yellow-butt oak Yellow cedar ng Yellow chest»ot oak... Yellow Cottonwood Yellow cypress Yellow flr 163. Yellow-leaf willow Yellow-flowered cncnm- ber-tree Yellow locust 535! Yellow oak 247 Yellow pine 43 Yellow plum Yellow poplar 481 Yellow sprue* Yellow-wood ^ 61). 663, 698. Address Book Deparfment, HARDWOOD RECORD 537 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 62 HARDWOOD RECORD Phoenix ft. Pony Band Mill cut 30.000 f 1" lumber hours and good. Nearly 200 of these mills sawing wood in the U. S. A. PRETTY GOOD RECOMMENDA- TION, ISN'T IT? MODERATE PRICE PHOENIX MFG. CO. 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HARDWOOD RECORD 63 s ( innlnr Kilisav Avoid Liability And risks of tnaiminjj your employees. Use our Power Feed Band Ripsaw WM. B. MERSHON & CO. SAGINAW, MICHIGAN BUTTING SAW J-or Flooring Fa.ctories For cutting out defects and making square and smooth ends for end=matching machines. Used by the largest producers. Write for particulars and prices. Marwjfactvired by C&.dilldwc Machine Co. CADILLAC. MICH. When the price of lumber is low it's a good time to consider cutting down your logging-costs with fe;"/&?a CLYDE LOGGING MACHINERY The cheapest logging in the U. S. is done with CLYDE machinery. We want to prove this to you by taking you to some operations similar to your own where CLYDE logging machines are used. CLYDE IRON WORKS "Manufacturers of .Machines for Every Logging Operation" Head Office and Factory: Duluth, U. S. A. A\acKinGs for ovoiy 10|<^|!^in^ Branches o p g ■ a t i o r> »T ^N 1 r\ 1 TT ^. . ,^ . -r^ . . CLYDE IRON WORKS New Orleans, Savannah, Houston, Chicago, Seattle, Portland D-,um .n.r,„.,„,. v.k 64 HARDWOOD RECORD VENEERS AND PANELS Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co. HOME OFFICE, FACTORY AND VENEER MILL, ALGOMA, WIS. VENEER AND SAWMILL, BIRCHWOOD, WIS. We manufacture at our Birchwood plant single ply veneers Every pound of glue we use is guaranteed hide stock. W« of all native northern woods and deliver stock that is in do not use retainers. Our gluing forms are put under pow- shape to glue. erful screws and left until the glue has thoroughly set. From our Algoma factory, where we have specialized for „ ^. ^ guaranteed product that is the best, based on S^i/.'.iL^n'^t n^n^i^iv^in^M/hLf ' H 'o'irW ^I .V'Li^ ^""I's accomplished by most painstaking attention and study shape.. nail woods, notably m Mahogany and Quarter-SawedOak ^^ ^^^^>{ combined with the use of the best stock and We make no two-ply stock and do not emp oy sliced cut up-to-date equipment, our product will appeal to you. quartered oak. Our quartered oak panels are all from sawed ■■ "t^ u m f i h kf j veneer. If you are a "price buyer" we probably cannot interest you. Custom Mill Work, Storage, Inspection ON Foreign Fancy Woods, Mahogany, Cedar, Circassian We receive the logs, store or warehouse them, manufacture them into lumber, cut or saw veneers, pile and store the pro- duct, and ship via any railroad. Also furnish inspection returns on logs or lumber. Can furnish accommodations and econ- omies which it is impossible to secure elsewhere. We always have on our yards parcels of plain and figured African, Mexican and Cuban Mahogany, Circassian Walnut and Cedar logs, placed here for sale by direct foreign shippers, from which advantageous purchases can be made. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co. Long island City, New York y eneers and l^anels with a Jti^eputation "IIT'E manufacture Veneers in aH the native woods and for all purposes. Also Built-up Panels " in native and foreign woods — three and five-ply — and have established a reputation for furnishing high-grade material. Send us your inquiries and orders and become one of our satisfied customers. Underwood Veneer Co. W^ausau, Wis, For Veneer and Panel Manufacturers Your Consumers' Lists Cost You BIG MONEY We can save it all and relieve you of all the detail and effort necessary to tabulate consumers' wants. Our Card Index System of those wants, just out, is the result of systematic effort. It is endorsed by your competitor. Can You Afford to Give Him that Advantage? HARDWOOD RECORD CHICAGO HARDWOOD RECORD 65 VENEERS AND PANELS OL-'R SPECIALTY Highly Figured Quarter-Sawed White Oak Veneer PUTPMAM VeINEER & UUMBER Co, H. I. CLJTSI."NGKR. Gen'l Mirr B. c. JARRELL & CO. MANLFACTLRERS OF High Grade, Rotary-Cuf Gum VENEERS Cut right ; dried right; prices right HUMBOLDT. TENNESSEE CIRCASSIAN MAHOGANY Logs VENEERS Lumber WE IMPORT WE MANUFACTURE All Thicknesses of Mahogany Ready for Shipment RICE VENEER & LUMBER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Hardwood Record's strongest circulation is in the region "vhere things are made of wood— WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK and the East. It's the BEST sables medivam for ha.rdwood Ivimber. READY TO LAY Dimension Stock cut to your sizes in 1/20 Sliced Quartered Oak and Mahogany MATCHED, JOINTED AND TAPED We also manufacture a full line of high- grade, rotary-cut veneers, making a spe- cialty of exceptionally fine poplar. ADAMS & RAYMOND VENEER COMPANY Established 1869 Indianapolis, Ind. Hoffman Brothers Company Sliced and Sawed, Quartered and Plain Red and White Oak Walnut Cherry Ash Maple Let ui Send Ton Our Stock Lilt FORT WAYNE, IND. 66 HARDWOOD RECORD MICHIGAN FAMOUS rOR HARD M A P I. E. AND GREY ELM "Ideal" liS Rock Maple Flooring it the flooring that i> manufactured expreasly to supply the demand for the beat. It i* made bj modem machinery from carefully-selected stock and every precaution 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 "Chief Brand" Maple and Beech Flooring in I, f and 13-16 and 1 1-16 inch Maple' in all standard widths and grades, will commend itself to you and your trade on its merits alone WRITE US, WE CAN INTEREST YOU Kerry & Hanson Flooring Co. GRAYLING MICHIGAN For the Better Kind of Hardwoods write EAST JORDAN LUMBER €0. East Jordan, Mich. ALL THE MICHIGAN HARDWOODS Makers of LATH Imperial Brand vvsnAxm SHINGLES MAPLE FLOORING HEUI^OCX FORMAN'S FAMOUS OAK FLOORING Is made in faultless fashion from the most u n i f o r m-colored and even-textured oak pro- duced : worked from Kraet/^er-Cured lumber manufactured at our Heidelberg-, Ky., sawmills. Thomas Forman Company Detroit Michigan Von Platen Lumber Co. Iron Mountain, Michigan MANUFACTURERS OF BIRCH BASSWOOD ELM MAPLE 133M 6/4 No. 2 Com. & Better Maple. i;8M «'4 No. 2 Com. & Better Maple. :i()M 12 4 No. 2 Com. Jt Better Maple lit 8 4 No 8(1 :m !)(>M 10031 12J1 of 4\4-S Maple. We Solicit Your Inquiries SHIPMENTS VIA C. & N. W.— C, M. & ST. P f « 4 No. ;i Com- n Basswood. r 8/4 No. 3 Com- n Koek Kim. -W. & M. We Have On Hand the Following Hardwood In Shipping Condition: 1,700,000' 4 Maple 2,000,000' 4 100,000' 5 150,000' 4 4 & Thicker No. 1 & 2 Common 4 & Thicker No. 2 C. & B. Birch 4, 6 4 & 8 4 Ists & 2nds Maple 4 No. 1 Common Basswood 120,000' 4 4 No. 2 Common Basswood 100,000' 4 4 No. 3 Common Basswood 60,000' 4 4 No. 2 C. & B. Soft Maple 40,000' 4 4 No. 2 Common Soft Elm 800,000' 4 4 No. 3 Common Birch & Maple All Dry, Winter Sawed Stock SeotI & Howe Lumber Co. OSHKOSH WISCONSIN, Medlord Lumber Co. HARDWOOD RECORD 67 i BUFFALO The Foremost Hardwood Market of the East ORSON E. YEAQER SPECIALTIES Oak, Ash and Poplar 932 ELK STREET ANTHONY MILLER HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS 893 EAGLE STREET 1 I. N. Stewart & Bro. Specialties Cherry and Oak 892 Elk Street Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT 1075 Clinton Street a. EUIAS Sc BRO. HARDWOODS White Pine, Yellow Pine. Spruce. Hemlock. Fir. Lumber. Timber. Mill- work. Boxes. Maple and Oak Flooring yS5=101S ELK STREET BUFFALO HARDirOOD LUMBER CO. We want t" buy for cash OAK, ASH AND OTHER HARDWOODS All grades aud tliickDesses. Will receive and inspect stock at shipping puioi Brancb yard, Memphis, Tenn. 940 Seneca Street, BUFFALO Hugh McLean Lumber Go. >LK SPECiALTY; QUARTERED WHITE OAK 040 ELK STREET The above firms carry large and well assorted stocks of all kinds and grades of Hardwoods, and have ever\ facility for filling and shipping orders promptK They will be pleased to have your inquiries T. SULLIVAN & CO. . SPECIALTIES: Gray Elm, Brown Ash Pacific Coast Fir and Spruce 2 ARTHUR STREET Manufactiirers Old-Fashioned Vansant, soft Kitchen & ^^Xiar Company 5-8 and 4-4 In Wide Stock, Specialty Ashland, Kentucky EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE, John L. Cochran 601 W. 115th Street, New York City FOR DISCRIMINATING BUYERS wanting a CI poses there is nothing that will surpass our CL weight and is odorless and durable. We make In addition to this, we have all other grades in Hemlock Mountain Chestnut. In No. 1 Common and Better grad are most desirable and the manufacture perfect. Also we and 36" to 44" wide or can be assorted in widths as may be Poplar. Also do not forget we are in position at all times t ear Board for first class shelving and other similar pur- EAR HEMLOCK. It is bright in appearance, light in it in 6", 8", 10" and 12" widths, as also 13" to 20" wide. Boards. Also you should try the soft quality of our Smoky es we can supply it 60% 14' and 16' lengths. The widths have a nice assortment of y^" Panel Poplar 28" to 36" desired. This is the genuine soft yellow Smoky Mountain o cut to order high grade Poplar, Ash and Maple. WE SOLICIT THE BUSINESS OF DISCRIMINATING BUYERS FOR ALL HIGH GRADE SMOKY MOUNTAIN HARDWOODS AND HEMLOCK LITTLE RIVER LUMBER COMPANY Townsend, Tenn. W. H. White Company Boyne City Lumber Company Mills and General Office: BOYNE CITY, MICH. Sales Office: BUFFALO. N. Y. STOCK DRY — STANDARD GRADES — BEST MANUFACTURE — CAR OR CARGO SHIPMENTS WE OFFER All Kinds OF Hardwood and Hemlock Lumber Hardwood Flooring, Lath AND Dimension Stock YELLOW POPLAR MtNUFiCTURERS OF BAND StWEO POPLAR QUARTERED OAK PLAIN OAK CHESTNUT BASSWOOD White Oak Flooring SPECIALTY QUARTER SAWEID WHITE OAK Goal Grove, Ohio, U.S.A. LUMBER CO Nineteenth Year. ) Semi-Monthly. \ CHICAGO. DECEMBER 10, 1913 ISubscrlplloD (2. I Slnel« Copies, 10 C*nU. II II II II II II II II II II II nil II ini II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II nil II iiiiTi nil II II ir II II II II II II ADVERTISERS- CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY FOLLOWS READING MATTER. II III! nil II II nil II II II II II II II II II II II II II I! II II II II II II II II II II II II II n 0 II II II II II II II II II II II II II HARDWOOD RECORD Gentlemen : We sell Lumber, especially Hardwoods. We manufacture almost all we sell— we are first hands. Our delivery points are scattered and prompt shipments our aim. Get in touch. We'll do you good. J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. 1420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia For Quick Shipment 5 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Q. W. O. 3 cars 4 4" No. 1 Com. Q. W. O. 3 cars 4 4" Clear Q. W. O. Strips, 4 to S]^". 1 car 4/4" Clear Q. W. O. Strips, 2 4 to 3Ji". M car 4/4" Clear Q. W. O. Strips, 1 ij. to 2". 4 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Plain W. O. 3 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Plain W. O. 4 cars 4/4" Com. & Bet. Q. R. O. 2 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Plain R. O. 7 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Plain R. O. 2 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. Plain R. O. 2 cars 5/4" Is & 2s Plain R. O. 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. Plain R. O. 4 cars 3 4" Is & 2s Plain R. O. 5 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Plain Red Gum. 7 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Plain Red Gum. 3 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Qtd. Red Gum. 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Com. Qtd. Red Gum. 2 cars 5/4" Is & 2s Qtd. Red Gum. 1 car 5/8" Is & 2s Plain Red Gum. 4 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Sap Gum. 3 cars 3/4" Is & 2s Sap Gum. 3 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Cottonwood, 6" to 18". 1 car 4/4" Is & 28 Cottonwood, 13" and up. 8 cars 4/4" Cottonwood Box Boards, 13 to 17". 2 cars 4/4" Cottonwood Box Boards, 9 to 12". 2 cars 4/4" Cottonwood Box Boards, 9 to 10". 7 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Cottonwood. Immediate Attention to All Inquiries Memphis Band Mill Company Memphis, Tenn. ICf Cartier = J|oUanb /tj^ yj( Humtier Company )U^ "A Real Opportunity" Just look over the following items of Specially Manufactured Furniture Stock. Band Sawed, Perfectly Edged and Trimmed : 80,000' 4/4 End Cured Winter Sawn White Maple 5,000' 5 4 End Cured Winter Sawn White Maple 5,000' 6/4 End Cured Winter Sawn White Maple 10,000' 8 4 End Cured Winter Sawn White Maple 40,000' 5/4 Selected No. 1 & Better Birch 250,000' 1x4 & Wider Pine Crating (85% 6" & over) 0 A Postal Card Will Bring Prices That Will Warrant Your Orders IGuitngton M i r h t g a n <0c HARDWOOD RECORD BASSWOOD We Offer for Prompt Shipment 1x4 Clear Strips .150M 1x6 I's and 2's .150M 1 X 7 and 8" I's and 2's . 24 M 1x3 No. 1 Common . 35 M 1 X 4 No. 1 Common . 50 M 1x5 No. 1 Common 50 M 1x6 No. 1 Common . 90 M Nov. 15, 1913 COBBS & MITCHELL, Inc. Sales Department CADILLAC MICH. W. D. YOUNG & CO. MANUFACTURERS FINEST MAPLE FLOORING KILN DRIED, HOLLOW BACKED MATCHED OK JOINTED POLISHED AND KINDLED Hard Maple, Beech and Birch Lumber 1 TO 0 INCHES THICK WUITE FOR PRICES BAY CITY, MICHIGAN Mitchell Brothers Go. Dry Stock List MICHIGAN HARDWOODS Cadillac, Mich. Nov. 15, 1913 1x7 & 8 Bass wood, is & 2s 34 M I.x4 Basswood, Clear 13 M 1x4 Basswood, No. 1 Common 19M 1x6 Basswood, No. 1 Common 17M 4/4 Birch, is & 2s, Red 16 M 4/4 Birch, No. 3 Common 47M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm is & 2s 100 M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm, No. 1 Common 100 M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm, No. 2 Common 88 M 4/4 Rock Elm, No. 2 Common & Better. ... 7 M 4/4 Soft Maple, No. 3 Com 9 M 4/4 White Maple, end dried (clear) 10 M 4/4 Birdseye Maple is & 2s, end dried 1 ^4 M CADILLAC QUALITY When you want lumber of Cadillac Quality, Lumber which has been manufactured and seasoned properly, and grades which have not been blended to meet price competition — send us your inquiries. WE SELL ONLY MITCHELL'S MAKE Kneeland-Bigelow Company Hardwood Manufaciurors 100,000 ft. 5 4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 150,000 ft. 6 4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 20,000 ft. 6 4 Ists & 2nds Basswood 50,000 ft. 5 4 Ists & 2nds Basswood 100,000 ft. 5 4 No. 1 Common Basswood 12,000 ft. 10 4 No. 1 Common & Better Basswood 60,000 ft. 4 4 No. 3 Common Maple 50,000 ft. 6 4 No. 3 Common Elm All of the above stock l» Dicely manu- factured, being: band lawed. trtnamed. and well seasoned. Wo are prepared to quo'e attractive prices for this mate- rial for Immediate shipment. BAY CITY, MICH HARDWOOD RECORD .:V-. ^^^ O H I C.^KC3 CD t'f^.r-^n!^-'^ K^, !'trw''^ ..4>^ FLANNER-STEGER LAND & LUMBER CO. ( 2 CARS 5/4 X 12" & WIDER 1st & 2nd BASSWOOD \A/AMTT?n XO MnVT7 nTTTrif 4 CARS 3" ROCK ELM BRIDGE PLANK WAWli^D— lU MUVil. yUH^K-^ goo.OOO FEET NO. 3 HEMLOCK ( 100,000 FEET 4/4 BOX COMMON BIRCH SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES MILLS: BLACKWELL, WISCONSIN GENERAL SALES OFFICE 1704 STEGER BLDG., CHICAGO, ILL. Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co. SPECIAL RAILROAD DEPT. Hardwoods :: Softwoods 823 Railway Exchange Building, Cliicago, IlL ^ For items of Hardwood Stock or Hardwood Machinery, you will find it advantageous to write our advertisers. Get in touch ! SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE D C" pv D /^/^l/' Published Semi-annually i\l--iLJ Lj\JkJl\. in February and August It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyers .f lumber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their financial standing and manner of meet- ing obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Mani- toba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as the authority on the lines it covers. A welt oreanized Collection Department is also operated and the same is open to you. Write for terms. Lumbermen's Credit Assn., ESTABLISHED I ITS HcDtiu This Paier If you want to reach the wholesale consumers of hardwood lumber throughout the United States, a HARDWOOD RECORD advertisement will do it for you. If you want to reach the hardwood manufacturers of the United States, a HARDWOOD RECORD advertisement will do it for you. The HARDWOOD RECORD represents high-class, special, class circulation, with a minimum of waste circulation. Ask any HARDWOOD RECORD advertiser for experience on resuUs. HARDWOOD RECORD s CHICAGO — 1 _ THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD - - — _l VENEER FOREIGN: MAHOGANY, Mexican. Honduras. East Imlia, Ciib;\n. and African. ENGLISH BROWN OAK CIRCASSIAN WALNUT STILE. RAIL an.l PANEL FACES in all thu-'Knc-r-. DOMESTIC: OAK, |i 1 a i n and quartered, iiiar\ cut, red and white. GUM, tisnred and plain. MAPLE, l,inr>-cvc an,l plain. POPLAR, BIRCH, ELM, BASSWOOD,YEL.PINE Kit I'acc^. centers, backs, cross- L.indinL: and botlcnns. LUMBER MAHOGANY, CIRCASSIAN WALNUT, AM. ( r.lack) WALNUT, RED CEDAR. PANELS 14", 5/16", 3 8", 3-ply and 5-ply ST.\M>-\K1) SI/.KS HUDDLESTON-MARSH LUMBER COMPANY, 2252 Lumber St., CHICAGO, ILL. MmlHMIK ■ C A R RCM.L:;ifti*i-oiiiM^^ Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co. MANUPACTUREKS ANO DEALERS IN Maple, Birch, Elm, Basswood, Ash And Other Northern Hardwoods In the Market for Round Lots of Hardwood WRITE US BEFORE SELLING Fisher Building, CHICAGO 'PHONE HARRISON 1084 A floor to adore For ttiirty-thrpe years Wilce'.s Hardwood Floor liiE has heen among the foremost on the market and because it stands today "unequaled" is ths tiest evidence that its manufacturer has kept atireast of modern methods and the advanced d© mands of the trade. To convince yourself of th« aliove statements, try our polished surface floor- ing, tongued and prooved, hollow backed, wltb matched ends and holes for blind nailing — you'U tind it reduces the exr«nse of laying and poUshlnff Our Booklet tell* all about Bardwooit Ftoonnf •n4 hoiB to (tare for tt—aleo price* — and i* free The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Thro*p Sts. CHICAGO. ILL. ^Why OUR DOUBLE B.\ND MILL — HUTTIG. ARK. We Can Give "Value Received' We own one hundred thousand acres of the best virgin Southern Hardwood timber. We operate large band mills at Huttlg, Ark., and Deer- ing. Mo. We cut FORTY MILLION feet of hardwoods annually and carry 15.000.000 feet IN STOCK. We sell onlv stock cut on our own mills and so can GUAR- ^^ ANTEE the quality of EVERY shipment. ^^ We ship high grades that Increase the size and percentage of your cuttings, reduce factory costs and shrink the waste pile. Therefore: We can S.4iVE YOU MONEY on every shipment of oak. ash. gum. elm. cypress, tupelo. liickory. cottonwood. sycamore, soft maple and dimension. LET US PROVE THIS ON YOUR NEXT ORDER Wisconsin Lumber Company Harvester Bldg. CHICAGO CHOICE BIRCH AND MAPLE-10,500 ACRES I offer the above tract of best quality and splendidly located timber in Ontario, ten miles from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, a town of 25,000 population. Will cut 909^ birch and maple. Estimated by George F. Beardsley, cruiser of Grand Rapids, Mich, Location and mill site on deep water. Can ship either by water or rail. Lands in fee simple — no crown dues, no export restrictions. Close to Amer- ican Soo. Easy logging. Reasonable price and terms. WHIiam H. Ranson, Saull Sle Marie, Mich. HARDWOOD RECORD KNOXVILLE Famous for Finest Type of Poplar, Oak and Cbeataut VESTAL LUMBER AND MANUFACTURING CO. KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. QUARTERED WHITE OAK OUR SPECIALTY MANUFACTURERS OF OUARTERED WHITE OAK. PLAIN OAK. POPLAR. WALNUT & TENNESSEE RED CEDAR LUMBER BAND MILO^ AT VKSTAU A SUBURB OF KN OXVTLLE. SOUTHSmN AND LOUISVILLE! & NASHVILLE RAIUIOAD B. §. MIZNEB. J. M. UOGAIN LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWOODS AND PINE POPLAR A SPECIALTY Main Office and Yards: Knoxville Branch Offlc Bank and McLean Ave., Cine and Yard: nati I M ASHER. Mgr We Want Orders for the following Dry Stock: WHITE OAK— Plain or Quartered. RED OAK— Plain or Quartered. CHESTNUT BASSWOOD POPLAR WHITE PINE Always carry large well assorted stock of all kinds of Hardwoods. CAN SHIP ON SHORT NOTICE. Kimball & Kopcke Knoxville, Tennessee Manufacturers and Shippers of Appalachian Hardwoods OAK OUR SPECIALTY IMaphct & Shea Lumber Co. jVIanufacturers and Wholesalers OFFICE: 703-705 HENSON , BUILDING Yard: Middlebrook Pike anc Lonsdale Car Line K)SfOXVlLLe, Ce|S[N. WE WANT TO MOVE 3 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Poplar, 7" & up 2 cars 4/4 Clear Sap Poplar, 7" & up 1 car 4/4 Select Poplar, 7" & up 1 car 4/4 1 & 2 Red Oak, lO" & up 1 car 4/4 1 & 2 Chestnut 1 car 4/4 No. 1 Common Chestnut We manufacture: YELLOW POPLAR, OAK, CHESTNUT, WHITE AND YEL- LOW PINE, HEMLOCK BARK, ETC. BAND AND CIRCULAR MILLS— EAST TENN. MOUNTAIN VIRGIN HARDWOOD STCMPAGE "THE VERY BEST" ASH. CHESTNUT, RED OAK, WHITE OAK, PINE, POPLAR and WALNUT Knoxville Veneer Co. p. B. RAYMOND, General Manager, Knoxville, Tenn. HARDWOOD RECORD CIN C I NNATI THE GATEWAY OF THE. SOUTH RED GUM Write us when you want BONE DRY stock High Grade Fine Widths Good Lengths BENNETT & WITTE 224 West Fourth St. CINCINNATI, O. DOIN'T NVORRV If your stock is not soft in texture, even colored and well manufac- tured, you can get stock that is Tlif Mobray & Robinson Company CINCINNATI, OHIO Manufacturers of Plain and Quartered Oak and Poplar MILLS YARDS Quicksand, Ky. MAIN OFFICE Cincinnati, 0, Viper, Ky, CI NCI NNATI, OH lO g^^he'ste^'N Y, West Irvine, Ky. Brooklyn, N, Y, W. E. HEYSER. President WEAVER MASS. V. President BENJAMIN BRAMLAGE. Sec'y & Treas. The W. E. Heyser Lumber Company MAIN OFFICE & YARDS Winton Place - Cincinnati, Ohio BRANCH YARDS AND MILLS West Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas & Kentucky 12,000,000 ft. High Grade West Vir- ginia and Southern Hardwoods in stock at all times. Shipments made direct from our own yards and mills in straight or mixed cars. SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES 117 VniT WAMT THE BEST SYSTEM OF ACCURATELY TALLYING AND ir lUU VYAlll RECORDING LUMBER SHIPMENTS OR RECEIPTS YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN The Gibson Tally Book This system of tallying lumber is employed by more than two thousand lumber producers, jobbers and wholesale consumers, and is available for tallying lumber, logs, flooring, dimension stock and all other commodities. Makes three original tallies without the use of loose carbon sheets. New Catalogue showing twenty-six various forms of tickets sent free on request. Ta//^ Book Dept., HardWood 'Rjecord, Chicago HARDWOOD RECORD GOOD GRADES LUDiNCrfoN HARDWOOD SPECIALISTS PROMPT SERVICE Look over this full assortment of dry stock for prompt shipment. When you order be sure to specify LOWER PENINSULA SOFT GRAY ELM The wood that made Michigan famous. Dry Soft Gray Elm 40M 4/4 FAS. 55M 6 4 FAS. 35M 8/4 FAS. 40M 12/4 FAS. 35M 4 4 No. 1 45M 6/4 No. 1 Com. Com. Com. Com. Com. 25 M 8/4 No. 1 40M 12/4 No. 1 25M 10/4 No. 1 & Btr. 17M 16/4 No. 1 Com &Btr. ne Method of Piline (n~Hi § T EARNS SALT & LUMBER CO. LuDINGTON.MlCH. Band Sawn Hardwoods WE PRODUCE OUR OWN STOCKS Coltonwood- Our Specialties: Oak Three Ply Red Red and Sap Gum A Few Items We Want To Move 7 cars 4/4" 1st & 2nds Red Gum. 15 cars 4/4" No. 1 Common Red Gum. 5 cars 6/4" Ists & 2nds Sap Gum. 5 cars 4/4" Select Yellow Cypress. 7 cars 4/4" No. 1 Shop Yellow Cypress. 8 cars 4/4" x 13" to 17" Ists & 2nds Cottonwood. 5 cars 5/4" x 6" to 12" Ists & 2nds Cottonwood. 9 cars 4/4" x 13" to 17" Cottonwood Box Boards. 4 cars 4/4" x 18" to 21" No. 1 & Panel Cottonwood. 1 car 3/8" No. 1 Common Qtd. White Oak. 2 cars 1/2" No. 1 Common Qtd. White Oak. 10 cars 6/4" Log Run Soft Maple. 7 cars 4/4" Ists & 2nds Plain Red Oak. 9 cars 4 '4" No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak. WRITE US FOR PRICES ANDERSONTULLY COMPANY, Memphis, Tcnn. BOX SHOCKS and VENEERS TWO SPECIALTIES FINELY FIGFRED QIAKTKRKI) KKI) GIM FOR MAHOGAXV OR tIR« V.SSIAN FINISH AND FINELY FIGITRED EVEN COLOR ((I'ARTER-SAWN WHITE OAK Write for obtaii booklet hov ood G. H. EVANS LUMBER COMPANY, Chattanooga, Tennessee HARDWOOD RECORD'S strongest circulation is in the reg;ion where things are made of wood— WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS, IN- DIANA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA. NEW YORK and the East. IT'S the BEST SALES MEDIUM for HARDWOOD LUMBER U^ If_ You Knew What our BULLETIN SERVICE was doing for ^our competitor in the lumber business, youd not onl^ rvant the service yourself, but YOU'D HAVE IT. Let Us Tell You About It. Hardwood Record Chicago HARDWOOD RECORD 9 n ^ V W W — * £r* •'^V ¥ T ^T^ W V THE SOUTH PROMINENT SOVTHERN MANUFACTURERS Write us for descri ption and pr ices on the follow ing stock: 4 4' . 6 4" & 8 4 Sai ) Poplar 5 8' , 4 4', 5 4'. 6 4 Common Poplar and 8 4' No. 1 4 4' , 6 4" and 8 4' Poplar No. 2 Common 4 4' . 5 4". 6 4", and 8 4" No. 1 Corn- mon & Better Chestnut FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. Manufac(urers Hardwood Luml of Nashville, Tenn. GARETSON-GREASON LUMBER CO. 1002-1005 Times BIdg. ST. LOUIS MANUFACTURERS Four Mills We will name very attractive prices on a few cars of each of the following items: 4/4. 6/4. 10/4 and 12/4 1« and 2a Poplar 4/4 and 8/4 Sap Poplar. 1%". 1V4" and 2%" No. 1 Common Poplar. 4/4 No. 1 and Panel Poplar In widths of 12 to 17". 18 to 23" and 24" and up. 4/4 I 18 to 17- Poplar Box Boardt. 4/4 IB & 2b Basswood or Linn — veiTr One. S/8, 4/4, 5/4, 10/4 and 12/4 !• ft 2a Qtd. W. Osk. 4/4, 6/4, 6/4 and 8/4 No. 1 Common Qtd. W. Oak 6/4 iB & 2« Qtd. R. Oak. 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4 No. 1 Common Qtd. R. Oak. 6/4 and 10/4 Is ft 2s Hickory. 4/4, 6/4, 10/4 and 12/4 No. 1 Common Hickory. t/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4 and 12/4 No. 2 Common Hickory 4/4 Is & 2s Chestnut, also $, 6 and 8/4. 4/4 No. 1 Common Ch.^stnut, John B. Ransom & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Hardwood Lumber Nashville, Tenn. Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT LICK .... KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF (^^Odk Flooring Complete stock of %" and 13/16" in all standard widths Carolina Spruce Co. MANUFACTURERS Spruce & Hardwood LUMBER M<7/s: Pensacola N.C. Capacity 90.000 ft per day Charles K. Parry & Co. 'i'ituttxa: »^,\i. Philadelphia Lumber Dried As Never Before SEE THE DIFFERENCE GRAND RAPIDS DRY KILN GRAND RAPIDS VENEER WKS., SOLE MFRS., MICHIGAN SECURE BETTER PRICES AT LESS SELLING COST BY REACHING MORE CUSTOMERS. HARDWOOD RECORD PUTS YOU BEFORE THEM ALL TWICE A MONTH. ASK US ABOUT IT. HARDWOOD KECORD The Newest Hoosier Band Saw Mill We have been building band mills for thirty- five years and this New Hoosier Band Saw Mill represents the ex- perience of these years. The simplest mill in construction and the easiest kept in order. We build this mill in three sizes, 6, 7 and 8 ft. The widest saw the 6 ft. mill will carry is 10"; the 7 and 8 ft. mills will carry 10, 11 or 12" saws. This mill is built in a substantial man- ner and embodies all that is latest and best in Band ' Mill design. The base is of the heavy extension pat- tern and is so constructed that it does not overhang the foundation but extends completely around the mill. By means of the construction of the column the upper wheel runs in the center of the mill and is supported both above and below the mandrel. The bearings are long and are chain oiling. The tension device has roller bearings and is very sensitive and durable. The upper guide is raised and lowered by power and is nonbreakable. The lower guide is so arranged that it can be opened quickly. The roll back of the saw is power driven. The 6 ft. mill will split a 48" log and lay down a 30" board between saw and column ; the 7 ft. will split a 54" log and lay down a 36" board, the 8 ft. will split a 57" log and lay down a 42" board. The Sinker -Davis Co., Indianapolis^ Ind. Makers of Hoosier Saw Mill Machinery HARDWOOD RECORD LOUISVILLH THE HARDM^OOD GATEWAV^ OF THE SOUTH Do you buy at the lowest price or in the best market ? OHREWD hiisiness men have learned that one dollar will ^ usuall_v purchase just ahout one hundred cents' worth of material or service. They know that the chronic harg-ain- hunter may secure some mighty low prices once in a while, and also that he gets stung- on some pretty cheap merchan- dise just al)i)ut as often. The wise plan is to seek the best market, where you may be sure of getting- full value for your money; and where there will be no question about service, about responsibility, about making good on errors of any kind. Such a plan is not only safe for the buyer, but likewise enables him to save energy, often spent in worr3dng over a poor purchase, in the more important details of his business. The Louisville Hardwood Market is Headquarters for -Plain and Quartered Oak, Ash, Poplar, Hickory, Cottonw^ood, Guni; for Veneers and Panels; for everything, in fact, in the hardwood line. We want your business on this basis: full value for your money, and a square deal always. W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. Norman Lumber Co. Anderson Veneer & Sawmill Co. Edward L. Davis Lumber Co. Louisville Veneer Mills North Vernon Lumber Co. Booker-Cecil Co. Stemmelen Lumber Co. Kentucky-Indiana Hardwood Co, J: HARDWOOD RECORD nn 1 .1 r^ 1—? A c^ nn TIIL:, tA^l 1 WM. WHITMER (^ SONS INCORPORATED Manufacturers and Whole- salers of All Kinds of "If Anybody Cam, We C«n" HARDWOODS Weat Virginia Spruce and Hemlock Long and Short Leaf Pine Virginia Framing Franklin Bank Bldg. PHILADELPHIA Willson Bros. Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Oliver Building PITTSBURG. PA. West Virginia Hardwoods WHITE ASH, WHITE OAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT, Etc. If In the market let us have your Inquiries and we will quote you attractive prices, and guarantee to ship correct high grade AMERICAN LUMBER & MFG. COMPANY, Pittsburgh, Pa. WISTAR, UNDERBILL & NIXON REAL ESTATE TRUST BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PA. QUARTERED WHITE OAK NICE FLAKY STUFF rl. D. VV ICjCjIN BOSTON, MASS. MANUFACTURER HARDWOOD LUMBER Circular-sawed Poplar, Oak, Chestnut, Basswood, Maple Mill al Stone Coal JuDctlon, West Virginia WM. E. LITCHFIELD MASON BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS. Specialist in Hardwoods Maaufacturers are reauested to supply lists of stock for sale || l»7_ V^^,., IJ_.., to nil your ordera for all kindi of HARO- We ^now now woods, white pine, yellow PENlt, SPRUCE, HEMLOCK. CVrRESS. HARDWOOD FLOORLNO. 0 nr* 1 n Ez, c ^^ K^ I ! ^' ■■ LEADING MANUFACTURtRS AND JUBBE.HS 1 R.E. Wood Lumber Company fl Manufacturers of Yellow Poplar, Oak, Chestnut, Hemlock and White Pine. fl We own our own stumpage and operate our own mills. fl Correspondence solicited and inquiries promptly answered. GENERAL OFFICES: CONTINENTAL BUILDING. Baltimore, Maryland IET us talk to you about the plain I and quartered oak that made In- diana famous. It's the kind we make to-day. Wood-Mosaic Co., New Albany, Ind. BIRCH AND MAPLE A few cars in transit and a large assort- ment at the mill. Write us. New York Office 25 W. 42d St. Geo. Webster Lumber Go. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. S. L. EASTMAN FLOORING CO. SAGINAW BRAND MAPLE FLOORING SAGINAW, MICH. For Prompt Shipment BaRsn'ood — 100.000 ft. 5 4 No. 2 Common * Better. Soft Maple — 25,000 ft. 4 4 & 8/4 LoB Run M. C. O. White & Ked Oak — 12,000 ft. I.og Run M. C. O. Black Walnut— 3.000 ft. Log Run M. C. O. STRUTHERS COOPERAGE CO., Romeo, Michigan Bard Maple 100.000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Com. Tupelo Gum or Bay Poplar 100,000 ft. 4/4 Log Run; will grade to suit purchaser. Ash 30.000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 Com. WE HAVE IT W. W. DEMPSEY Manufacturer and Wholesaler of HARDWOODS Cypress 1 carload 4/4 Is & 2s, Clear. 2 carloads 4/4 Selects. 4 carloads 4/4 6". 8" and 10' No. 2 Com. Birch 50,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Com. BAND SAWED STOCK A LINE BRINGS PRICE BY RETURN MAIL Oeneral OfSoea Johnatown, Fa. ITew Tork Offlc* No. 18 Broadwa; The CHEAPEST HARDWOOD LOGGING IS DONE WITH UI DC E R VNf O O D ^ CA B L ;E,V^AY^^S« I D ^^ \~" LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO. 96 Liberty Street, New York - .1 r IV- i Branch;Off.ces ' " i-.-.*V.-<: Chicago SEATTLE ' " -\ > !•> ,J II ..I ^ Agencies ? ' " NEW ORLEANS-WOODWARD, WIGHT* CO.LTD. CANADA-ALLIS CHALMERS BULLOCK LTO. MONTREAL VANCOUVER 14 HARDWOOD RECORD We Will Quote Unusually Attractive Prices On the Following List of Band Sawn Poplar: 8 cnrft 1" Is & 28. 2 cars ivy Is & 2s. S cars iV^" Is & 28. 3 cars 3" Is & 2s. 2 cars 1" Wide Boi. 3 cars 1" Narrow Boi. 4 cars 1" Saps & Selects. 1 car 1Va~ Saps & Selects. 2 cars IVi" Saps & Selects. 2 cars 2" Saps & Selects. 1" Nil i <:< I "4" No. 1 ft cars I'/j" No. I Co cars 2" No. 1 Common. I cars ZV'" No. 1 Common. ; cars 3" No. 1 Common. cars 1" No. 2-A Common. ; cars 1" No. 2-B Common, i cars 2" No. 2 A & B Commpn. car SVy No. 2 A & B Common. car 3" No. 2 A & B Common. ID .STOCK OF PLAIN AND WHITE OAK. ALI, GRADE.S Faust Bros. Lumber Co. SALES OFFICE CHICAGO. ILL. MAIN OFFICE PADUCAH, KY. Standard for 37 Years ;^ Covel Saw Machinery The machine shown will automatically sharpen band resaws from l" to 6" wide, and it is not necessary to touch the saws after they come off the machine. COVEL MFG. CO., Benton Harbor, Mich. OAK FLOORING Kiln- Dried HAPDWOOD LUMBER 5'l^j-^^-^>^^M^^^^i^>^;^^ ^ floSwoM RecoM Published in the Inlcrfsl of ihe American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Logging. Saw Mill and Wood-Working Machinery, on the 10th and 25th of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Henry H. Gibson, Editor and Manager Edwin W. Meeker"! Hu Maxwell J ^Associate Editors Entire Seventh Floor Ellsworth Building 537 So. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087-8088 OaKU^ Vol. XXXVII CHICAGO, DECEMBER 10, 1913 No. 4 ^yty;^jiiu;ic^w-i'v^>:i:R':.^ia.^ii>st^iv«H:J^^^ General Market Conditions CONFLICTING EEPOETS coueerniiig the general conditions in the lumber business throughout the country make it very dif- ficult to arrive at any accurate analysis of the lumber market. From some quarters come the most optimistic reports indicating that mills are sold practically up to the saw, these reports coming from points both in the Xorth and South. On the other hand, these statements are offset by reports of a much more unsatisfactory nature, indi- cating that there is more lumber at the mills at some points than is desired, while from the consuming centers representatives on the ground are really complaining very seriously regarding the general state of affairs. Considering the matter from the mill viewpoint, it is really true that quite a number of mills are undoubtedly sold up on their stock and are selling right up to the saw at present. In fact, one large southern hardwood mill concern, which is typical of the Indiana and Kentucky mill sections, states that this will be the biggest year in its history, and this concern has seen some pretty big years in the past. Then again, there is a class of mills whose reports show that while they are not sold up to the saw, the total aggregate volume of orders is equal to normal at this time of the year, and they are maintaining a fair level of orders as compared to cut. Then there is the third group — mills whch are actually accumu- lating lumber, but it is very gratifying to note that in the majority of such cases these accumulations are in very strong hands and are really being held because the owners of stocks are not willing to let them go at below what they believe the lumber is worth. It is to be hoped that this course will prove w'ithin the next month or two to be wise. It is deplorable that the hardwood mill trade as a whole is not in a suflSciently strong position to follow the same policy, as such a policy, if carried out, would unquestionably react favorably upon both the buyer and seller. As it is now the buyer is constantly shopping for lumber, perhaps in some cases believing that he will get cheaper lumber if he waits. The result is that both the buy- ing and selling ends are somewhat demoralized, neither one follow- ing its regular course, which necessitates great expense in selling and great uncertainty in buying, without the usual satisfaction on either side. As is usually the case in dull times, the buyers as a whole are showing a tendency to be much more technical in their inspections and as a result there are more than the ordinary number of kicks. It is also a fact that collections are poor. If there were no other indication, the slowness with which this ofiSce is receiving checks would indicate that the lumber trade generally is not getting its share of cash any too quickly. AS suggested heretofore in this column, the nub of the whole . situation is undoubtedly the attitude of the banking element of the country regarding loans, as there continues to be absolutely no ap- parent indication of the fundamental weakness in industrial or trade conditions. It is not likely that the proposed administration cur- rency bill will have any effect directly in itself upon the business man, and it is problematical as to whether or not it would really hurt the banker. We heard constantly when the postal savings bank was proposed that if it were actually put into operation the banking system of the country would be completely demoralized, and the country would go to ruin. That the exact opposite has resulted is pretty generally known. Bankers are now predicting the same results if the ad- ministration currency bill is passed, and it is logical for the layman to ^ draw the same conclusions regarding this measure that he has drawn from the conditions surrounding the postal banks. The average business man is pretty well convinced that the main thing is to get this administration currency legislation accomplished and at least try it out. It is of course possible to amend it if it proves utterly incapable of taking care of situations that might de- velop. There is apparent a noticeable expression of resentment on the part of the business man toward the banking element for its attitude regarding the administration measure, and the business man wants non-interference of this measure so that it ms-y be passed at the earliest possible moment, and he seems to be willing to take the consequences of any dire results that might ensue. President Wilson 's recent expression on the trust question, in which he stated that the object of the administration's course is not to over-throw all combinations but simply to definitely define the workings of the Sherman anti-trust law, is already showing a good effect. It is probable that with this currency measure and the trust regu- lations definitely shaped up, the main disturbing factor will eventu- ally be hesitancy resulting from recent tariff revisions. As to that question, any changes that might have been effected have certain!}' not been broad enough in their character to have a permanently de- terring effect upon business in general. Getting back to the lumber business, the stock condition is strong as suggested even with tlio weak condition of buying. It is generally reported from export sections that the export busi- ness has been more active during the last week or two than for some little time. The general situation of the different woods is not ma- terially altered, quartered oak being a strong item, with plain oak perhaps a little weaker throughout the country but not exceedingly so. It is pretty generally stated that offerings of gum lumber are a little firmer as the result of the recent incorporation of the gum as- i6 HARDWOOD RECORD sociation, but tliis cotulition lias not yet definitely resiilteJ in a firmer market. It phoujd be borne in mind generally tliat the present level of market values may seem a little less nnsatisfactory if it is realized that these values, generally speaking, compare unfavorably with the unusually high level of values that was in evidence before the present break occurred. ■ i Probably the best policy is to stand pat as far as possible with the idea of sizing up the trend of conditions for the first of the year, as there are good indications in many sections. There is nothing really weak in stock conditions in the North, as any large stocks are in strong hands in that section. The same is true of the South. In the Memphis territory there is of course (]uitp a little lumber, but the indications are that there will not be ;iiiy iiinluc c|u;uititics manu- factured during tju' coining winter. Above High Water RAl.N'S JJAY DKSCKM) and Uouils iiuiy rise, but tlicic is small likelihood that the swinging bridge featured in the cover picture of this issue of H.vkdwood Record will be in danger of disaster. It is stretched from hill to hill, and the stage of the water beneath it is of little moment. The structure is not even hung from cables above, as the custom is with suspension bridges, but the cables run beneath the bridge's floor. There appears to be nothing to protect the struc- ture against the force of the wind, and the real danger apparently comes from wind rather than water. At any rate, a person whose brain is not proof against dizziness has little business on the bridge, even when the air is as serenely e.ilni as it appears to have been when the camera caught the object. The jihoto is from the rich collection at the Field Museum of Natural History, (.'liicago. The location is at Granite Falls, in the state of Washington. It might be presumed that this is a summer resort and the bridge is one of the attractions, and belongs in the class with aerial railways, shooting the chutes, and threading the labyrinth ; but such is not the case. The bridge was built for business, not for show or amusement. It is the creation of an ingenious west- ern lumberman who had a lot of shingle bolts on one side of the river and wanted them transported across to the other side. He figured that it would be easier to stretch cables from bluff to bluff across the river than to grade a road down to the stream, build the bridge low down, and grade a road up the opposite bluff. The western man has a certain dash about him which is not afraid to take short cuts to the end sought. The bridge is a sample. It looks like a risky place for a footman, and passage across by a mule might be thought an impossibility; yet the bridge was made for mules, not footmen. A track is laid and a light car, loaded with shingle bolts, makes many a journey a day. The artist did not suc- ceed in catching the mule at the moment the picture was snapped, but nevertheless the level-headed mule is a regular traveler across. He has never yet fallen off, and, of course, he never will more than once ; for if he falls, his fall may be compared to Mulciber's in Paradise Lost: "From morn till noon he fell." The river and the forests might be mistaken for a scene among eastern mountains. Hardwoods are mixed with the conifers, but the western hardwoods are usually of small value compared with those of the East. The Tap Lines Win Out THE COMMERCE COURT on November 20 handed down a de- cision repudiating the previous decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission regarding the status of the tap line railroads. The former decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission was directly ■ against the tap lines while the recent decision of the Commerce court is, as stated, directly the opposite. Briefly, the basis of the decision was the expressed belief of the court that service performed by the tap line road for a certain shipper owning that road in full or in part, must necessarily be classed as interstate commerce when similar service performed for other shippers is so considered. The court also suggested that it may in some cases be held that the tap line is merely an adjunct to the plant in the service that it performs, but that as soon as similar service performed outside is adjudged interstate commerce, that service as performed for the proprietary shipper must come under similar classificatiuii. ^Tbe court in making the decision admitted that such a ruling might give the opportunity for practices that are not legally correct,, but stated that this ruling is based entirely upon the legal view- point that the Interstate Commerce Commission must necessarily formulate regulations that will prevent such evils ratlier than cutting off the revenues of the carrier. Thus this long-standing controversy is brought, to a succes.sful culmination, agreeable to the interests owning such lines. The State's Rights Contest Till-; DOCTRINE OF STATE'S RIGHTS came to the surface for a few hours during the Conservation congress in Wash- ington, and then disappeared. It was the old question, whether the water. powers, irrigation projects, forests, coal and other nat- ural resources situated on government land, and whether the land itself should be turned over to the states in which those resources lie. In that event the government would get out of the land business; national forests would be things of the i>ast; reclama- tion projects would change hands; the Alaska coal fields would be thrown open to speculators; and certain states would come into possession of billions of dollars worth of property which be- longs to the whole people. The fight on the floor of the irrigation congress was extremely vig- orous for a short time; but when a vote was taken the majority against the measure was overwhelming. Thereupon some of the state 's rights delegates denounced the convention. There are no politics in the state's rights question now. It is a business proposition, and party lines have nothing to do- with it. The charge has been many times openly made that large private interests are active in the fight to get those vast resources out of government control, and turn them over to cer- tain states. At any rate, the state's rights fight, regarding that property, did not wax warm until after the government adopted the policy of administering those enormous properties for the ben- efit of the whole people, instead of selling them or giving them away in such a manner that they fell into the hands of specu- lators. The contest was carried to the Conservation congress by state's rights advocates, for the prestige it would give them if they could win. A victory for them there would have been the first step toward carrying the fight to the United States Congress. There are a few men in that body who have made it known that they would be glad to espouse the fight for state control, which in most cases means private or corporation control of natural re- sources. It is a safe guess what the stand of the American people will be on this question, if an opportunity is ever given them to express themselves. Wood's Opportunity THE VIGOR AND ENERGY displayed in the interest of the Forest Products Exposition scheduled for Chicago and New York next spring guarantee success so far as bulk of exhibits and number of visitors are concerned. That is only a portion of the success possible. The purpose of the exposition is to increase the use of wood, or at least to hold the ground which it now has. The fight is against substitutes. There is no disguising this fact. Wliatever ground has been lost by wood, if any has been lost, has gone to the multitudes of substitutes and makeshifts which in recent years have been pushing to the front with remarkable vigor in well- planned campaigns to capture markets. Manufacturers of forest products must meet their rivals and fight to retain what is now held, and to recover any ground that has been lost. Something may be learned by studying methods followed by manu- facturers of substitutes when they place their products on exhibition. The man with something of metal to sell, or of cement, asbestos or any other material which is to be substituted for wood, does not content himself with showing to his prospective customers a crude mass of the material which he uses ; but he shows the finished product, so that its appearance when ready for use, and in use, may be judged. If it is metal, he exhibits a panel of ceiling, or a partition, a filing HARDWOOD RECORD 17 oabinet. a uart whoel, or nliatcver lie lias in the niarkrt. ]f lie is substitutiiii; asbi'stiis or slate roofing for wood, ho shows the liiiished shingle or the eoiiiplotv roof, and not a block of the eriule material. If he is nianiifactiiring a cement floor whicti he is offering as a competitor of wood, he is not apt to roll out a barrel of cement and invite his prospective customers to look at it; but ho shows them the most perfect floor he can make, and endeavors to create in them a desire for something like it. That is advertising and it is the kind that counts. Those who have iiioditics made of wood ought to follow the same course. As MS practicable, the finished article should be exhibited. An oak scantling and an oak plank will not attract half the attention that will be ilrawn to a. line table, cabinet, picture frame, or some other of a hunilrod finished articles that might be made from the plank xml scantling. A pile of clear lumber will interest) only the man who is in the market for lumber; but if made up, it will attract scores of jicople who would not look a second time at the rough lumber. There is no question as to which will bring best results. The approaching exposition is an invitation to the public to come and see what >vood is good for, how wide is its range of uses, and how well it meets all practical requirements. This end cannot be attained unless a pretty complete line of manufacturing is carried out. Rav,- material, exhibited in bulk, will not bring the desired result. Of «ourse, the most that can be expected of an exhibitor is that he •will show in the best possible way the commodity which he has for «ale. If that is done, the exposition as a whole will be a success. Wood will be shown superior to the host of substitutes which are «ndeavoring to force their way into markets long held by wood. This will be the first time that a special exposition in the interest of forest products has been held, and it will attract wide attention. For that reason a great opportunity will be wasted if the best possible «lmH ing is not made. Architects and Furniture Dealers THE COXTEOVEESY between furniture dealers and architects concerning the advantages and disadvantages of built-in furni- ture is not a lumberman 's fight. lie will sell the wood, no matter whether the sideboarlls, cupboards, bookcases, and window seats are fcuilt in when the house in built or bought separately afterwards. It ■will take about the same amount of lumber in one case as in the other, the difference, from the lumberman's standpoint, being in the pur- chaser— whether it is the furniture factory or the planing mill which fills the architect's or the builder's orders. A considerable change is taking place in the interior finisli of bouses, particularly in cities. Permanent fixtures are gradually taking the place of movable furniture. The bed that disappears in the wall was one of the first innovations to encroach directly upon the domain «f the furniture manufacturer. The excuse for the innovation was the need of saving space in crowded apartments. Built-in book- ■shelves and cupboards always had a standing, but the idea has lately been carried farther than ever before, and the.se necessities and luxuries are being multiplied. The unmovable sideboard came next. Architects took advantage of the opportunity, and popularized the annovation by making it harmonize with the interior finish of the Tooms much better than was possible if the sideboard were purchaseil ready made and set in place. The icebox follows the same course, and is hidden away in a corner where it is not much in tlie way and 18 almost out of sight. The window seat has not yet put the davenport out of business, but ■furniture dealers are afraid it will. Ilatracks and clothes presses are in the same list. A furniture .journal recently predicted that the time would soon come when about the only furnishings a family would need to buy when moving into a new house would be a few chairs and rugs. The custom of including much of the furniture in the permanent finish of houses is only following a practice which had long prevailed in other quarters. Banks, stores, saloons, and many offices are equipped with permanent fixtures, which constitute tlie kind of furniture needed m carrying on the particular line of business intended. The manu- facture of such fixtures is a large industry in this country. The architect suggests many advantages of fixed furniture for resi- liences. Its harmonious effect is oiic of them. Its cheapness and convenience are others, because there are no moving bills to pay or damages to make good when families come and go. On the other hand, the furniture manufacturers and dealers are not without argu- ment on their side. They charge fixed furniture with being insanitary, and they protest against the monotony when looking at the same objects and the same arrangement year in and year out. The privi- lege of buying new things, when the old have grown tiresome, is denied. Clieapness of the permanent furniture, they say, is more ap- parent than real; for its cost is figured in the rent, or in the price if the house is sold. Humanitarianism Pays THE NEW TIIOCCHT situks to api.ly nowadays as much to methods of handling labor and in getting the highest eflSciency from them as it does to the mere installation of modern equipment. Various ideas have been tried out with more or less success in this connection, but one which promises to be unnsually successful is being put into operation by a large southern veneer concern located at Louisville, Ky. For years the management of the Kentucky Veneer Works, the concern in question, has been bothered each holiday sea- son by the countless requests of small advances of five or ten dollars to tide over the employe during the holidays. These advances were not only annoying but in many cases resulted in actual loss to the company. For some little time this concern has been working overtime several days in each week and the idea was suggested by the mill foreman recently that in order to induce the men to remain satisfied under the overtime conditions and at the same time to successfully take care of the advance money requests, the workmen be asked to allow the company to hold up all overtime pav-meuts, the company to agree to add ten. per cent in each case to the amount of overtime due on , the payday before Christmas. The idea not only took immediately but the men have been doing their utmost to make the overtime pile up. In some cases quite a nice sum is already due to the better paid men and before Christmas comes around the aggregate held in trust will be quite considerable. However, this concern figures that it is more than breaking even on the arrangement, besides avoiding all the annoyance and apprehension of loss that was formerly experienced under the old methods. The idea seems entirely a feasible one and it might be that it could be successfully carried out by other concerns. Forestry for Laymen r^ XE OF THE COMMITTEE EEPOETS submitted to the recent ^^ Conservation congress in Washington contained the following pointed conclusion: "Too many schools are turning out professional foresters, and not enough are teaching forestry to the layman." This criticism of American forestry schools was doubtless not intended to be as sweeping as it seems. It is a criticism of omission rather than commission; a charge that this branch of education in America is growing lopsided by developing the theoretical at the expense of the practical. It may be inferred that the remedy lies in more education for the man who owns timber and cuts lumber, and less catering to that branch of forestry which deals with tree planting, estimating the yield a hundred years ahead, studying the habits of dominant and tolerant species, and numerous other phases of the science, which are interesting but not very important in this country now. In other words, the point of the criticism seems to be that there are too many men who know why and too few who know how. A concrete case will illustrate what the committee probably had in mind when it made the report. A timber company in the Lake states employed three graduates of three high-class forest schools and sent them, each to a different camp, to oversee the log cutting. Instruc- ticms were to bank the ash, basswood, and elm logs separately. It turned out that not one of the foresters could separate the logs ac- cording to species, and all were thoroughly .mixed at the dump. These young men could have formulated a plan of management for a planted forest, according to the books, from tlie seedbed to the final harvest eighty years in the future; but that was not the problem that faced them when they went into the Michigan woods. They had been thor- oughly drilled in European methods, but not in the practice of the woods where they worked on their first jobs. i8 HARDWOOD RECORD A " liiyman forester," such as the committee recommended in its rojiort, would have known ash from basswood. He might not be thor- oughly grounded in such technical books as "Schlich's Manual," but he would make good at a sawmill. He would recognize the commer- cial timbers ; could tell good from bad ; could cut logs without unnec- essary waste, build roads, throw rough bridges across streams, haul and skid the logs, saw the lumber, stack it intelligently, would know when it w-as dry enough to ship, and would have some ideas on the subject of markets. In addition to this, he would be able to plan fire protection, and could fight fire, and look out for a future stand of trees, as far as his circumstances might allow. These accomplishments may be acquired partly in schools, partly in practice. The man so trained is not a substitute for the professional forester, but an assistant. The complaint appears to be that the forestry schools :ire turning out too many bosses and not enough workers. The South APliOMlNENT SOUTllliKNEU now rosidiug at Memphis, who has made a distinct and enviable place for himself in the business and political world by sheer perseverance and force of character, states that the number of real, live, native-bo^n southern hustlers is co.mparatively small. This statement coming from a true-born son of the South is especially convincing and merely backs up the opinion of most northerners getting closely in touch with general conditions in the southern states. It can be safely said that the development of the South has come through the shrewdness, business ability and hustle of northern busi- ness pioneers wiio have had the courage to undertake the opening up of the tremendous resources of that section of the United States. One sees constantly the steadily increasing influence which the North is having on the southern development, and even a casual study of the personnel of the business element in the southern states shows that beyond doubt the statement referred to is correct. The same man made the statement that the South will never really begin to develop until such time as it awakens to a realization of the possibilities of manufacturing its own raw material. Some time ago Hardwood Kkcord pointed out that it seemed a foolish policy to pay high freight cost on veneer logs, veneer and'imported furniture woods from southern points to northern furniture manufacturing sections. and then to pay a further heavy charge for hauling the finished product back to southern markets. This condition is true not only of lumber, veneer and other products of the forest, but it is true in many of the other lines wherein raw materials are derived from the southern field, shipped to the North for refining or manufacturing into the ultimate product, and then reshipped to the southern mar- kets in the final form. The tremendous development that would unquestionably result immediately upon the application of a new system in the southern states is beyond estimate. The establishment of one furniture factory, for instance, in a southern city would mean the employment of a large number of operatives, who would not only maintain them- selves but their families in the community wherein they were em- ployed. If this idea were carried out as far as feasible in this particular line, the number of new homes which would be built and furnished in the South would offer a tremendous field for the sale of various products going into homemaking and maintenance. This result would be multiplied hundreds of times over by the establish- ment of similar remanufacturing establishments using the various other natural resources found in that part of the country. The ultimate result would not only be a great economic strength- ening of the southern states, but would mean an equalization of the burden of maintaining mankind throughout the country. Instead of the impractical ' ' back to the farm ' ' cry, which is constantly being forced into the ears of the city workingman, who would in ninety- nine cases out of a hundred make absolute failures as farmers, the cry might w-ell be "go to the South where you can continue in your present line of eflort, probably under much more favorable conditions than now surround you ' ' Whatever may have been responsible for the astounding develop- ment in the South, it is to be hoped that the element making for that development will persevere until it has secured a still further develojiiiK'nt that will embrace the conditions suggested. An Excellent Selection T^IIE ELECTION OE JOHN M. PRITCIIAKD of Memphis, Tenu., •*• to the secretaryship of the newly organized Gum Lumber Manu- facturers' Association, speaks well for tlie wisdom of the members of the board of directors and officers of that organization. Mr. Pritchard comes into his new duties well equipped in everj' way to carry them through to a successful conclusion. It cannot be denied that the most important feature of an organi- zation of this character is that it secure the services of a secretary who is thoroughly competent to not only carry on the routine work, which is really the small part of the association's efforts, but to so exploit the purposes and ideas of the organization that the entire trade will come to realize that it cannot afford to withhold membership. Then, too, there are other very important matters which will come under Mr. Pritchard 's direct supervision, such as the preparation of the exhibit for the Forest Products Exposition, which exhibit will offer gum manufactui'ers the very opportunity they have been looking for, and also the matter of successfully broadening tlie general mar- ket for gum along other lines as previously outlined. The Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association is starting under auspicious conditions, and now that it has secured the services of one so well equipped to successfully handle the office of secretary, it is entirely within bounds to predict that within the near future this will become recognized as one of the most important and efficient organizations in the country. It is interesting to note also that at the recent meeting of the board of directors, a definite policy was adopted putting the association on record as being entirely neutral regarding its relations with other lumber organizations. Some Valuable Suggestions THE PAPER READ by Henrik C'ronstrom of Kaukas Fabrik, Fin- land, before the members of the National Veneer & Panel Manu- facturers' Association, which met at the Auditorium hotel, Chicago, on December 9, contained some mighty valuable suggestions that could very well be given due consideration by American veneer and panel manufacturers. Mr. Cronstrom's paper described the veneer industry as it is carried on in Russia, where it has attained large proportions. His outline of the processes in vogue in that country indicates that their methods are 'entirely different in a great many cases from the methods em- ployed by American manufacturers. It must be confessed that Mr. Cronstrom's close comparison of the results obtained by the two methods would not in all cases indicate that American methods are the best, although it is probably a fact that they are best adapted to American conditions. However, his paper was full of suggestions covering different phases of the process of veneer manufacture. Of particular interest is Mr. Cronstrom 's detailed description of the process of steaming logs under pressure, and the most excellent results that are gotten thereby. This suggestion is entirely worthy of the fullest consideration on the part of American manufacturers, and, inasmuch as it has been conclusively proven that the very highest type of results can be gotten through the steaming of lumber under pressure after sawing, it is reasonable to suppose that equally satis- factory results will be secured by the employment of Mr. Cronstrom's suggestions. This paper was but one of the many which were invaluable to mem- bers of the veneer and panel association. The close attention that was given to all the papers read and the excellent attendance that was maintained throughout the business sessions, would indicate that the results of this last meeting will prove to be greater than the- results of almost any previous meeting of this organization. It is yearly proving of more and more value to its members, and there is no reason why it should not eventually expand to embrace the entire veneer and panel industry, so that uniformity of all methods of manufacture, merchandizing, accountings, etc., will be accomplished, with the resultant benefit to the entire veneer and panel industry. ;K;^'>y;:!;°);?!!tt:K'^"-;iT0':tf's^j:.y-;wviv''>v'^vt?WM>y;tjii>5^ ■TOi>i.iV^-V/V--V7!^ Pert^ Pertinent and Impertinent li 1 were lirok>>. ili'iid lnokc. .vnii kuow. Jlollier o' mint-. I know how I could pick up somo iloir^li. Mother o' niinp : 1 would pick up a wrestling star or so. Just hire a hall and slve a show. And the public would come acinss. I kno Mother o" min<'. Another Way Out (Willi Apol^ A Trip to the Caucasus Editor's Note H. S. Bacou ol' the R. S. Bacon Veneer Company. Cbleueo, 111., and John N. Pernod of tbe Pernod Walnut & Veneer Company. Kansas City. Mo., returned about two weeks ago from a most Interesting visit to the bonie of the Circassian walnut, the Caucasus mountains. In the province of Trans-Caucasia. Russia. Mr, Hacon and Mr. Pernod made the trip to consult with their foreign representative, Henry Hoffman of Batum. Mr. rioffman does a largo business in nssemliling (Circassian walnut logs for distribution throughout tbe world. Mr. Bacon has been kind enough to supply H.Miiiwinpo Hicidun with a slory of bis trip and a number of first-class photo- graphs Illustrating tbe character ot the country and Its inhabitants. The land which produces the Circassian walnut tre .•;illed the "Cradle of Civilization." Mt. Ararat, upon which Noah's ark rested, is only a tew miles from Tiflis, now the capi- tal of Russian Trans-Caucasia and formerly the capital of the Georgian kingdom. It is quite jTobalile that history has made a slight mistake and that the famous dove brought back a walnut leaf and not an olive leaf, as the walnut grows on higher ground. The trip to the Caticasus begins when the steamer leaves Constantinople for Batum, and we were fortunate in catching the Austman Lloyd steamer, "Stamboul, " a very comfort- able ship. The view- of Constantinople from tlie out-going ship is most picturesque. We pass the old walls, the government buildings, the palaces of the Sultan, and the forts that command the Bosphorus. On both sides of this narrow waterway rise beautiful hills, and, wherever a house can hang on, is a Turkish home. I don 't believe there is another ten miles of more beautiful scenery in the world than the Bosphorus. The first stop of any importance is Samsoun, where the boat spends the entire day discharging its cargo into small lia.s been aptly boats. The Turks do not believe in improvements and there are no docks on the entire Turkish coast. We went ashore and after wandering around most filthy streets we finally saw the sign in English, "Expert Leaf Tobacco," and here we found four Americans who buy seven million dollars worth each year of Turkish tobacco for American cigarettes. We were received like long-lost brothers and enjoyed a delightful dinner at their comfortable home. If we had not gone ashore, I would say that Sam- soun was a most beautiful city, with its white and pink houses against the soft green of the mountains as a background. After close contact with the dirt and stench of the narrow streets one forgets its beauty and remembers only its vileness. In the streets ^ of Samsoun are many queer little wagons with no seats. The Turks sit cross-legged on the floor. It 's a common sight to see a fat Turk, probably weighing two hundred and fifty pounds, riding on a patient donkey scarcely larger than a good sized dog. On a hill behind Samsoun one can plainly see the ruins of the ancient city of Amysos CHIC.\GO. mentioned in the Bible as the land of the ^n BT^ HI^^H ^Bn^^^^^^H K' rll mm Hit Y Bin ^^^^^^^^B^^^ jr ' ^'^^^^^^ KURDS ON STREETS OF TIFLIS— THE GYPSIES OF THE EAST. FROM LFFT TO KIiniT— Y.\HD FuIiKMAN Fill! III:M!V IIOFIMANN: CIRCASSIAN LOG PROCURER IN NATIVE COSTUME ; R. S. BACON; HENRY HOFFMANN; JOHN PENROD. HARDWOOD RECORD 21 Hittitos. A wonderful old Greek fortress stands fairly well preserved ou top of a high hill to the east. It was built about four hundred years before Christ and made of stone so largo that modern engineer- " IBiS.\__3>'i._5^., ■ iNi; iir IlMllMANNS l.iH. lAKI'S l;\ll \1 ing skill would be taxed to place tlieiii there. How the amient >ui- . eded will remain one of the secrets of his-tory. It was a funny sight to see a Turkish barber at worU on his iiL-tim who sits anywhere in the street and is shaved without the help of soap or water. Tribizonde is- the last stop be- fore Batum. Here the Caravans started for the interior of Persia in the year 401 B. C. The fa- mous retreat of Xenophon and his ten thousand Greeks ended here. Here he reached safety and found supplies for his ex- hausted troops after a march of 1,500 miles through hostile coun- try. The Caucasian mountains are located at the extreme south- east corner of Europe, in Russia and form a solid wall, seven hundred miles long and extend- ing from the Black sea to the Caspian. These mountaias are from eight to sixteen thousand feet high and in the entire seven hundred miles. only two passes are known. The Caucasian mountains have been a barrier between Europe and Asia since the world began and army after army has gone to pieces against them. On the north slope of the Caucasian range, are the Steppes of Russia, with a climate about like Dakota and from this region comes the well-known Cossack. In a distance of about seventy miles the climate is entirely changed and the south side of thei-e same mountains enjoys a sub-tropical climate and here grow olives, oranges and palms. The history of the Caucasus begins in tradition with Thargamos, a great grandson of Japhet, son of Xoah, and later this land was the scene of the Greek Argonautic expeditions. It was near Batum that Jason found the Golden fleece and slew the dragon that breathed fire from his nostril.'. The people in the beginning were Argon tribes. Alex- ander the Great and his army conquered part of the Caucasus and Pompey's Roman legions later held the coast, after which came the Byzantine Empire. Then for a long period the Mongols from across the Caspian sea under Tamerlane held the plains and coast and in turn were driven back by the Arabs who controlled in the eighth century. Venetians, Persians, and Turks each in time, held more or less of this historical part of the world, but through all these changes, the Georgian kingdom remained a natiim from 302 B. C. until the beginning of the nineteenth century, more than two thousand years. During all this period the invading army held the coast and parts of this country, but the native had only to return to his mountains ^ r- 1 1^^ ONE OF HOFFM.\NNS \ARDS1. MR. PENROD SEEN IN N.VTIVE GARB. and remain unconquered. Each nation or tribe, however, left some of its people who intermarried with the original Caucasian and formed villages of their own, and today covering only a few miles simmers this strange melting pot of many nations. The Rui-siau na- tion has been the only one throughout all time to completely conquer this country, and rather than live under Christian rule, between four and five hundred Mohamniedau Circassians left their mountain homes and emigrated to Asia Minor. Under Russia the country has en- joyed a long period of peace and prosperity. The Georgians and Circassians make fine soldiers and many of the Czar's regiments are formed of them. The Russian policy, however, is to keep the Cau- casian regiments in some far away section of its vast domain and the soldiers in the Caucasus (and there are many), are from Russian Poland or north Russia. In this way the soldiers and the people have no interest in common. The Circassians are a proud race and are justly noted for thodr good looks, both male and female. One blot on their history, how- ever, is the fact that they sold their daughters to slave dealers, and the harems of Turkey and Egypt were filled with Circassian and Georgian girls. To the credit of Russia, this disgraceful traffic was stopped in 1774. Their liomes are nearly always in small villages in order to protect them from Kurds or other lawless bands. Their dwellings are dug out of the hill sides, stones forming the front. A Caucasian village looks much like a village of the Pueblo Indians. The natives are very primitive and many queer customs prevail. Xo pictures adorn the walls and they have no furniture except a few homemade chairs. They are great lovers of food and drink but a knife or fork is not con- sidered necessary. A traveler is always welcome and a guest is made much of. The best wine they have (and they make won- derful wine from their native grapes) is produced and a ban- quet held; the host expects his guest to drink Vnuch, it being considered a great compliment to become intoxicated, this proving the excellency of the wine and the guest 's approval. Circassian walnut grows in all parts of the Caucasus, but prin- cipally in Mingrelia and Circassia. The main value of the trees has been the cro|> of nuts, which have been an article of trade for centuries. The walnut trees originally weie jilanted in the same manner as fe^'- ■^ "*■»■ >-l V ^ I.N i:i:ai II Al r.ALl \l. any orchard, but there have been so many wars and invasions, that an entire district might be depopulated and for many years deserted and in this way sections that originally were orchards, appear to be 22 HARDWOOD RECORD wild growths of walnut forests. The best trees for veneer purposes come from the district of Gooda-oot and Sukhum, one hundred to two hundred miles north of Batum and from the shore line back twenty miles or more. The best colored wood grows high in the mountains and in some cases apparently out of solid rock. The trees growing in such places are small but of a very fine color, with strong light and dark contrast. The trees growing in low places are larger and more free from defects, with less color, mostly brown, similar to Turkish wal- nut. I was able to get a good pic- ture of one of Mr. Hoffmann's producers, a genuine Circassian. TJhe revolver and long knife are always in evidence and the Cir- cassian gentleman is most care ful of his dress and quite a dandy. The costume is never complete without the knife and revolver. Across the breast are two diagonal rows of cartridges, a relic of former grandeur. The laws forbid real cartridges, so all now wear wooden imitations with inlaid silver or carved bone tops. These producers go back in the country districts to small villages, buy a few trees from one man and a few from another, sometimes only one tree being bought. The logs are collected and hauled by oxen or water buffalo to the nearest stream and as soon as the logs are dry enough to float, they are sent down to the coast. Very often there is no stream and the logs are hauled miles over the rough mountain roads. Small sailing vessels carrying about fifty tons bring the logs to Batum or Poti, where the exporters receive and sort them. The day we reached Batum, a small ship was unload- ing, the boat could not get nearer the beach than one or two hundred feet, so the logs were thrown overboard and two men up to their arm pits in water, tied ropes around them while twelve or fifteen men pulled them out on the beach. It would seem a very slow and expensive process, but labor is cheap (about seventy- five cents per day), and time is never con- sidered when ' ' east of Suez. ' ' The burls have been in great demand for many years and are practically exhausted. Burl hunters now go across the Caspian as far as Bokhara. It is necessary for a log buyer to speak several languages or dialects for the manner of speech changes in almost every section. The gentlemen in this picture, with almost no education, speak four languages and many dialects. It is easy to see how difficult it would be for any Ameri- can to travel and secure logs from the natives. The logs arrive in Batum just as they are felled, with bark and some- times limbs on them, and it is here, in the sorting and trimming THE BE.\rTii'Tr. i;i:(iU(:iAN hh.vd, the milit.\ry pass main- tained ACROSS THE CAUCASUS BY RUSSIA. yards, that the wondciful adze men do such beautiful work. . It is a study to watch them hew and adze these logs. They never seem to make a miss cut and the log when finished looks as though it had been planed. A large ]icr lont of the log is wasted as most of the sap has to bo cut off and many thousands of feet have thus gone into (•hi]ps. Ill these yards work Turks, Armenians, Persians and Tar- tars, all with long knives, often to the outsider, apparently ready to kill each other; but, I under- stand, not much quarreling and very little fighting occur. The Turks are very devout and stop work at certain hours, wash face, bands and feet, go through their prayers right on a log or any- where they happen to be — it makes no difference to them how many spectators they have. One of Mr. Hoffmann 's yards is in the Turkish part of Batum and entirely surrounded by Turk- ish homes, and a poorer class of people it is hard , to imagine. The women seemed industrious and were quite often about the yard drying clothes on the logs iir picking up chips for the fire. Their faces were always covered with a black mask or shawl, not even their eyes showing. It is a mortal sin for any man other than their husbands to look on their faces, and they guard them most carefully. Circassian walnut has been u.?ed locally for many years and some of the oldest furniture is made of solid walnut. The work- manship is crude and as cabinet makers the Circassians do not excel. Batum is the principal port for exporting walnut, and while some logs are sold in Europe, America now takes a very large percentage. The gov- ernment imposes a heavy export duty on all shipments and this, together with the high freight, forms a very considerable part of the cost. Add to this the fact that the exporter njust buy entire lots from the producer and often has to receive logs he launot ship. These poor logs are an entire loss for there is no market in Batum for inferior logs or lumber. It can readily be seen that these conditions will cause Circassian walnut to remain one of the most expensive of woods. The scenery of the Caucasus is wonderful. There can be no more beautiful coast than that of the Black sea with the snow-capped mountains that rise majestically from the water. This old country has many wonderful advantages and some day its natural beauty and resources will advance it to a great place among the sights of the world. Then Switzerland and the Canadian Rockies will have to take second place among the famous scenic countries. Many strange and interesting sights are seen on the streets of I'REETS OP BATUM. 1. IIAI!H(II{ (>1- KATUM, SUH'I'IM; I'ciINT KuU CIUCASSIAN WALNTT. 2. THK BOSl'llolMS- KlUoriC ON ONK SIDH. ASIA ON THE (p'HIEU. .'{. TOWER OF GAI.KTA AND I'EnA. CONSTANTINO I'LE. 4. WATER WHEELS KINNINd MODERN MOTORS FOR LHiHT- INi;. .-,. LOOKIXO NORTH FROM BATrM INTO THE CUtCASSIAN COUNTRY. l!. TVIMCAL TURKISH TOWN ON BI.AOK SEA, SIIiri'INC POINT FOR TURKISH WALNUT. 7. TRADITIONAL iMOHAMMEDAN WINE CASK— CLEANLINESS NOT A I'RE- REQUISITE. 8. SAMSOUN IIARHHR SHOP— NO SOAP OR WATER USED —23— 24 HARDWOOD RECORD Batum. Moliauiinei.lan pilgrims from Bokhara cross tbe Caspian on their way to Mecca, some of them with beards, teeth and finger nails dyed a carrotty red. Queer looking home-made carts, constructed en- tirely of wood, even with wooden pegs for nails, and pulled by the water buffalo, are common in this section. The Russian regiments all singing as they march are most entertaining. Falcons are still used by hunters and we saw several returning after a day's hunting, with a good supply of small birds. A funeral procession in this land has some features that seem odd to an American. Four men carry the lid of the coflin on their shoulders, and following them arc six men carrying the cotlin with the deceased plainly, in view of all. Wine is made in the country districts and brought to Batum in goat skins, pig skins and sometimes o.xskinf. I am told they are not always too sanitary. Queer looking little victorias which are called droskies are ever present ready to take you on a gallop most anywhere in Batum for twenty-five kopecs, which is equal to about twelve and a half cents in our money. Batum has a fine boulevard and bathing beach and every day there is "September Morn." The beach for men and women is separated only by about two hundred feet of air, not even a wire fence. Mot a batli lioufo in sight and both men and women undress on the beach and take their bath, "au uaturel" — not a bathing suit on the entire beach. I noticed men both at Batum and Tiflis with strings of bead.s in their hands or around their necks. I thought it was something like a rosary and had some religious significance, but I found out that it was worn only by men who did not smoke and was used as a play- thing to keei) their fingers busy. The Kussian calendar is fourteen days behind ours and it seemed strange to arrive in Batum as we thought on October- 2 and find out it was September 18. Batum was part of Turkey until 1878, when the treaty of Berlin gave it to Kussia and since then the Russians have made wonderful improvements and built a new Russian town with paved streets and fine parks. The old or Turkish Batum remains unchanged with Mosciues, bazaars and coffee shops. Everything is done in the most crude way, just as it was done in the time of Christ. The Mohammedan does not want new civilization and says that when Mohammed returns to earth they want him to find everything just as he left it and he probably will unless woman suffrage extends tn Turkey and the ladies get a chance to change things. \ygoi.v;aoa^;>^'.;g.yxeo^:>tiiati>.'TO5t;^^ aM.i^Hyx 'W^iVi'a'. Talk to Gum Manufacturers Editor's Note The following communication, although somewhat riiili iiiti'i-ior finish manufacturer, who. owinp to unsatisfactory hnviiig secured gum that was seasoned in a satisfactory lii The writer has noticed that a gum manufacturers' association has been formed for the purpose of furthering the sales of gum, and educating the consumers of lumber up to the desirability of gum as a substitute for other woods. The millstone around the neck of gum is substitute. "So other wood occupies this undesirable position. Is oak a substitute? Is ]ioplar? Is ash? jS'o; tliey stand uu their own merits. The very name, ''gum," carries a Ijurden of o]iprobrium. This probably applies more particularly to the domestic trade; but at that, the exports of gum for 1912 (60,000,000 feet), were pitifully small, representing only the good end of the cut of eight or nine ordinary mills. The writer's first introduction to gfum was in 1888. At that time considerable effort had been made toward introducing gum on its merits; and quite a number of architects were impressed enough with its beauty, and what was still more appealing, its low ]irice, to specify it for interior finish. The results, however, were discouraging and disappointing. The material was restless" and tried its best to leave the wall to which it was nailed and crawl around the room. How much of the gum you are shipping today is as straight as poplar? The writer 's first view of gum was of a pile of base blocks, about fifty in number, whose dimensions were I%"x3i4"-^"". These blocks had warped from 14" to %", and were so very crooked that the dimensions are vivid to this day in his memory. This trait showed up everywhere, and gum got so black an eye that no one wanted it at any price. Persistent salesmen occasionally per- suaded reluctant consumeis to try it and only incurred the enmity of the customer afterward. Of course better methods of production and better methods for re-manufacture came with the years; but today, gum is being used principally be^'ause other woods have gone so high in price that it is cheap enough to permit of its use. Would gum be used to any extent today if poplar, basswood, birch, etc., were at the same "jirice level? What a humiliating position for a beautiful and honest wood ; tlie bulk of it used only because it is cheap! This beautiful wood a substitute when it ought to hold its head high and point to its surpassing i|nalitiesl ill. is printed without comment. It is written by au •xpciience with gum, twice abandoned its use ; but latterly, iini'i', has become an enthusiast over it. (let away from the word "substitute." Fine every man in your employ who uses this word a thousand dollars. ('onsigu this word, once for all, to the limbo of oliliviou. You are selling a wood that is superior to jioplar. to liasswood. to birch and the rest of the close-grained woods. Suppose you could ship gum of any width (Iio.v boanls iiicliuled) that is as straight and flat as poplar. Couldn't .your salesman talk enthusiastically on the following points as compared to ordinary poplar: Perfect as to being flat and .straight. Stronger by far. Can be brought to a smoother surface; consequently will take a better polish in finishing. Will not split as easily. Comes in more desirable widths and lengths. Is ' ' springier. ' ' Is harder; therefore is not so easily marred or dented. That it has a far richer and more pleasing appearance. That it has more character and "life." Suppose you could ship gum that will lioJcl its shape after it is fin- ished, better than ordinary poplar. That the tendency to come and go under varying atmosijlieric con- ditions is almost entirely eliminated. That the tendency to warp and twist is gone. That it can be kiln-dried in less time. Th.nt it will not shrink appreciably in kiln-drying. That it will not case-harden in kiln-drying. That it will increase the capacity of the customer's kiln. That it is a thoroughly dependable and honest wood. That it will not rot or decay as easily; therefore has a longer life. And then, could not your salesman end up with : ' ' And it 's a bla.sted shame that I'm quoting you this price." Suppose that besides, you could effect an economy of from three to four dollars per M in the production of this kind of gum, and in addition reduce your investment in slowly drying lumber by anywhere from .$10,000 to $25,000, wouldn't this interest you.' Why not put gum ' ' on the map ' ' as the lumber ? Quite a number of your neighbors are producing this kind of gum. Every producer and user of "Kraetzercured " lumber is cognizant of these facts. A Re-manufacturer. to5m!JBMaiii»!>WtMi;t^k>WM)i«!;^ ^/!TOM^i^U>toK^^^o^>^a^>Ay;«>yJ):waTO!>K::«^^ Minnesota s Wood-Using Industries Miniio-iita is one of the latest states tu piihlisli .-i rc|>urt of it.>< wood-using inilustries. The report comes from the press of the State Forestry Boanl at St. Paul, and is haiulsomely printetl, adequately il- lustrated, and its apiiearauce creates a favorable impression. The field work on which the report is based was carried out by John T. Harris, statistician iu the United States Forest Service; and a chapter on the state's timber resources has been added by William T. Cox, forester for Minnesota. It is, therefore, a work done under a co-operative agreement between- the federal government and the state of Minnesota. Its purpose was to collect data on the uses of woods by factories. The output of sawmills did not fall within the scope of the investigation. It is an account of what becomes of lumber after it leaves the sawmills, or so much of it as may be con- verted nto products by further manufacture. Lumber and timbers used in the rough for building purposes are not included. The state is rich in both softwoods and har.dwoods. The former predominate in quantity, the latter e.xcel in variety. The last primeval forests of white pine in the United States are iu Minnesota. The areas where this valuable softwood is found contain large amounts of Norway or red pine, jack pine, spruce, tamarack, and lesser quantities of other softwoods. Further south in the state are situated the hardwood forests. The regions where timber of this type abounds in largest quantity are known as the ' ' Big Woods. ' ' Clay soil prevails there and the land is being cleared for agriculture as the stands of timber are removed. The principal hordwood mills in Minnesota are situated in that region. The state forester estimates the value of Minnesota's timber re- sources at .$975,000,000, which does not take into account the pros- pective value of second growth which will be cut in future years. The state 's area is 84,282 square miles, of which 5.637 are water, and 52,000 forest. There are 8,000 lakes. These are rapidly silting up; 2,000 former lakes have already disappeared, and it is predicted that 3,000 others will disappear in the next fifty years. The annual demand for lumber for further manufacture is 958,- 025,398 feet, as is shown by statistics in the report. Approximately, 125,000,000 feet of this consists of hardwoods, of which nearly half is made.up of birch and basswood, but twenty-three other hardwoods are listed. The total number of woods reported is forty-five. The accompanying table lists these woods, together with amount of each used, and the average cost of each. .Sc.MMARV OF Woods Used .^xni-ai.i.t in Minnesota Feet b. m. White pine 463,208,450 Norway pine 169,192,979 Jack pine 65,241,422 Spruce 46,312,000 Tamarack 31,575,301 Birch 30,780,044 Basswood 24,278,769 Douglas fir 19.597,271 Balm of Gllend 13,118,000 Red oak 12,773,189 W^hlte oak 12,487,106 Hemlock 10,004,168 Sitka spruce 9,457,020 Aspen 8,236,500 Balsam fir 7.491.600 Sugar maple 7,414,287 White ash 5,342,189 Shortlcaf pine 3,480,647 "White elm 2.984.337 Western -white pine 2.227,000 Cottonwood 1,594,519 Western yellow pine 1,533,800 ■Chestnut 1,041,850 Western red cedar 943,231 Black ash 938,403 Kcd gum 872,880 Western hemlock 872,600 Yellow poplar 821,187 <:jT)ress (bald) 819,862 Cost per 1,000 feet ?16.31 15.74 13.91 16.45 15.91 21.76 15.30 25.72 15.15 36.71 42.47 12.22 22.40 12.77 15.08 26.92 32.30 .31.61 18.08 29.18 26.17 29.53 24.08 27.00 29.58 29.10 15.41 54.07 36.14 i-""si™f i""" .;'H,.7.;:i lio.ui t-'ork elm 504.604 1S.33 Mahogan,- 481,405 152.47 .Northern white cedar 350,000 13.71 Silver niiiple 339.532 22.05 Hickory 244,400 56.42 Black walnut 161,639 104.08 Cherry (l)lnck) 155,540 92.96 Redwood - 135,505 27.12 Butternut 120,000 35.61 Sugar pine 75,000 40.00 Western iareh 61,249 30.09 Spanish cedar 5o!oOi) 35.00 Beech 20,000 22.00 Circassian walnut 15.00U ,300.00 Post oak 10.000 40.00 Total 958,025,398 $17.58 The raw material docs not all roach the factories in the form of lumber, .though most of it does. Some arrives as bolts and billets, and some as saw logs. In the latter case the whole process of manu- facture from the log to the finished product is carried out in the same e.staVjlishmont. Twenty important and many minor industries in Minnesota use wood is some form as raw material for further manufacture. The smallest industry which is separately considered in the report is boat building which demands only 107,000 feet of lumber a year; the largest is planing mill products with a total demand of 667,021,508 feet. The others range between, as is shown in the accompanying industry table. The total cost of all reported raw material was .$16,- 844,033. Approximately 133,000,000 feet, of the total of P.i^.nnn,- 000, was grown in the state. SUMMARY OF WOODS USED BY INDUSTRIES OF MINBESOIA Quantity used Avera¥;p Total Grown in Grown out annually cost cost .Minnesota Minnesota Induscries Feet li. m. Per cent 1,000 ft. factory Feet b. m Feet b. m Planing mill products 657.021.508 09 62 $15,70 $10,473,303 652,097,508 14,924,000 .Sa^h doot, blinds and gen- eral miUwork 99,346,475 10.37 26.22 2,604,539 64,900,4.';7 34 4.39 0.18 lioxes and crates 77,854,600 8.13 13.26 1,032,674 61,690,700 16 163 900 (ar construction 29.519,111 3 08 23,17 683,889 4,351,668 25.167 443 Woodenware and novelties. 26,703,17(1 2 79 17.19 458,917 15,733,523 10,969.647 Purniture 9,875,448 103 28 59 282,373 2,411,560 7,463,888 I'ixtures 7,178,986 75 35 65 255.941 2,542,000 4,636,986 Vehicles and vehicle parts 6,940.700 . 72 34 37 238,577 .380,400 6,560 300 Paving materials 6,425,000 67 17 88 113,600 6,425,000 .Miscellaneous 5,926.000 .62 23 72 140,577 3,&I0,000 2,286,000 .\gricultural implements... ,5,823,600 61 31.71 181,654 ■2.,551,100 3,272 500 Gates and fencing 4,570,000 .48 19.95 91,170 4,570,000 Refrigerators and kitchen cabinets 3,850,1100 40 28.08 108,100 375,000 3 275,000 ('a.sliets and coffins 2,864,000 :» 25.85 74,030 1,459,(X)0 1405 000 Tanks and silos 1,898,800 .20 24 32 46,172 735,800 1,163|000 Dairymen's, poulterers' and apiarists' supplies 1,165,000 12 21 65 25.220 400.000 765,000 Handles 430,000 04 12 80 5,500 400,000 30000 Musical instruments 280,500 .03 43.45 12,188 27,000 253 500 Trunks and valiaes '245,500 1)3 26 18 6,427 137,.'>00 108,000 Rnals and sliip building . 107,000 01 57.78 6,182 24,000 83,000 Tulal . 9.58,025,398 lOO 00 $17 58 $16,844,033 825,059,196 132,966,20 The waste problem in the woods and at the mills is still serious in .Minnesota. No such headway as Iowa has shown has been made in solving it. The latter state wastes little, because sawdust, bark, chips, and all kinds of wood scraps and refuse find market near the place of production. Wood is scarce in Iowa; but in Minnesota it so plentiful that waste finds little sale except in the towns of larger size. In the forests, where most sawmills and many factories are situated, nobody will buy what can usually be had for the asking. Consequently, large amounts of refuse material go to waste, which could be sold at a profit in more thickly settled regions. It cannot be profitably shipped where markets exist, because transportation charges are prohibitive on that class of material. The lumber statisical department of the government seems to have lost quite a string of sawmills in compiling figures of the lumber cut in 1912. Borrowing money and running in debt are t'wo familiar roads to trouble, yet without these business would shrink more than it ever baa in panic times. —25— >piKBtaaMimim::)ttfWtai^)iTO3Ma^^ itW3t)3y3M»BtWMTiay The Lumbermen s Round Table THE PRICE AND THE SALE Just at this time, nheu trade is seasonably quiet, aud businets uoii- ditions are likewise affected by such important faetors as the proposed currency revision, it may be well to quote the wise saying of a leader in the hardwood field on the subject of cutting prices: "The dealer who resorts to a reduced quotation in order to close a sale," he said, "seldom does himself any good, but only disturbs the market. Under ordinary conditions reducing prices does not stimulate the demand, but simply means taking the available business with a reduced margin of profit. It is the exceptional buyer who will order a car that he doesn't need simply to get a bargain; and in most cases when a sale is made at a cut price, it could have been made at the standard quotation just as well. It takes a little more salesmanship to handle a buyer without yielding to the temptation of reducing prices; but who wants to be a mere order-taker?" SHALL IT BE QUANTITY OR QUALITY? The uld debate between sawmill iiiou on the subject of cutting the lumber for quality or quantity still comes up occasionally, and some pretty good points can be scored on both sides. It is true enough that conditions have changed radically in recent years, with the growing scarcity of hardwood timber and the constant advance in price. This advance has proceeded more rapidly than that on labor, so that if there were ever anything in the argument that it is worth whUe to sacrifice a little in output in order to improve the grade, it is all the more cogent now. The happy medium is the only solution of the problem. Nobody wants his sawyer to waste an unreasonable amount of time turning over the log and figuring out 'how he can cut it so as to make the most lumber ; nor does the average millman like to see a slambang run that turns out stock in unusual quantity but kills the grade. The sawyer who can keep the production up and not overlook any bets in the way of increasing the percentage of firsts and seconds is a real jewel, and is generally appreciated, and he realizes that both features of his work are important. At the same time, it is porobably true that in the small mill the quality end of the argument ought to be given first place, while in the large one, with big overhead expenses facing the operator, the only way out is to keep the production up to a high mark. EXCHANGE OF CREDIT INFORMATION A number of local lumber clubs have endeavored to make use of the information which their members possess regarding credits by exchanging data on this subject. The plan usually decided upon is similar to that used by the general organization, that is, the secre- tary or other executive of the association keeps in his office a list of firms upon which reports have been made, and at the same time main- tains a file of letters and other written information upon which the reports are based. The latter feature is of particular importance, because it has been pointed out that the only danger to which a club exposes itself in transmitting information regarding the credit or general desirability of a customer would result from the distribution of reports which axe not backed up by evidence in the form of letters from its members. Legal advice on this point is to the effect that when a list of names is sent out, with the specific purpose for which it is to be used — credit information — noted upon it, and with sufficient data in the office of the organization supporting the report, no trouble with the authorities need be anticipated. DON'T TAKE AN UNEARNED DISCOUNT In connection with the point noted above, the growing tendenc}- on the part of members of the trade to exchange credit information, lumbermen and others should remember that deducting a discount from a bill after the discount period has passed makes them legitimate material for inclusion in a list of undesirables. This is as bad as being slow or uncertain in paying, unfair in grading and measuring, having a poor rating or possessing any of the other disqualifications for dealing with other business concerns. Houses which are irre- proachable otherwise, from a credit standpoint, frequently acquire a —26— \cry undesirable reijutatiuji aiiiijuy tin- liude just by virtue of trying to get something to which they are not entitled in the form of un- earned discounts; and tlie concern w'hich is as jealous of its reputation in this regard as it ought to be will not run the risk incident to taking the alluring two per cent when it isn't entitled to it. The victim of such a deal may accept the check and say nothing, but sooner or later the act, if repeated, will be a business indictment the terms of which are generally familiar. ARE YOU A SPECULATOR? \\'licu a cotton sjiiuuer takes a contract to deliver 100,000 pounds of cotton yarn between now ami next May, tor example, he im- mediately covers his requirements by purchasing 100,000 pounds of cotton, plus a fixed percentage for waste. He declines to speculate in what the market is going to do in the intervening months, but assures a profit on his manufacturing operations by getting the cotton at the price basis he used when he quoted the buyer of yarns for May delivery. A lot of lumbermen are in the habit of making contracts with con- sumers to supply lumber during the ensuing twelve months at a given price without having bouglit the logs which are to be used in manu- facturing the lumber to be delivered on that contract, or otherwise anticipating the situation and avoiding a loss in the event the price of lumber — aud logs — should go up. The lumberman may object that it is impracticable to buy logs that far in advance of manufacture, and it would be bad business to carry more than three or four months' supply ahead. If so, why make contracts? Isn 't it true that the chief reason why contracts are broken by sellers as well as buyers — the latter side of the situation has been discussed pretty often, so there is no need of going into it here — is in order to avoid a loss brought about by an unfavorable change in the market situation? That being the case, the contractor ought either to make sure that his costs will not be excessive, by buying or contracting for timber ahead of time, or quit making agreements which he may not be able to fulfill. "I won't sell anybody lumber for delivery more than three months ahead," said a leading member of the trade not long ago. "To get a contract involving large blocks of lumber it is necessary to sell at current prices, or lower; hence when you make a contract of that kind, you are simply wagering on the market remaining stationary or declining. In view of the general tendency of hardwood values for years past, the odds are against the seller. Besides, if the price goes down, you run the risk of the buyer wriggling out of his contract. For these reasons I have passed up the annual contract as a poor form of salesmanship." TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH ' ' One of the best ways to get an order, ' ' said a lumber salesman who is wise to most of the wrinkles of the selling game, "is to use the long-distance telephone. Frequently I have missed getting busi- ness, and then called up from my next stop to offer the buyer a special proposition of some kind. He is naturally impressed with the fact that I regard the proposition as important, or I wouldn't be using the 'phone, and not infrequently I land him, That involves getting the confirmation by mail, but ordinarily isn't diflicult. " In the same connection the head of the collections department of a well-known concern said recently that the use of a wire to a de- linquent customer will have more effect than anything else. It shows the debtor that the lumber house is in earnest, and that the account must be given attention. "Don't use the telephone on cases of this kind, howevef, " advised the collection expert. "The man who owes you can tell his tale of woe so easily over the 'phone that it 's hard to insist on action, while the cold, crisp message of the telegraph makes a response necessary." If that car shortage could be made to curtail lumber production instead of delaying shipments it would have a good influence on the market and profit the manufacturers. ^;i;:/i^^>-o,o:<;:c>i;!^x^i^^;:>iii;5C^^ \n ^hiri Remarkable Wood Preservation Nature's work haa nuin's beaten ti> a stamlstill. A saiiiplc of wood preservation, discovered at La Hrae, near Los Angeles, Cal., proves this. The modern timber engineer thinks he is doing pretty well if, by the use of oils and poisons, he ran lengthen the life of wood two or threefold; if he can add ten or twenty years to the period a log will last. Generally speaking, it is nature's way of working to destroy the old and use the material in building something new. The ]ioet ex- pressed it : " The granite rocks disorganize to feed the hungry moss they bear." Decay, the world over, is simply a process of preparing material for a new creation. Forests have been rotting since and before the carboniferous age, and the process still goes on, yet there is no decrease in the amount of forest. Nature is no miser, hoarding away valuable things, but believes in use. Yet, occasionally, nature becomes a miser and saves something by "withdrawing it from circula- tion." In the damp woods of Washingtou and Oregon instances are well known where fallen tree trunks, buried in moss, have re- mained sound several hundred years. Cedars lying in the bot- toms of New Jersey swamps have still longer records. But the periods during which these have been preserved are brief indeed when compared with the record of a piece of redwood tree found in a natural deposit of asphaltum in southern California. Asphaltum is supposed to be a product or a by-product of pe- troleum. It exists in veins and ledges, nearly as hard as stone, as in the "uintaite" of Utah, and the "manjak" of the Bar- badoes; as lakes of the consist- ency of pitch, as in Venezuela; and as deposits of various sorts, on the surface of the ground or beneath it, in many parts of the world. During the present year some remarkable finds have been made in asphaltum deposits at La Brae, near Los Angeles. A pit has been unearthed which has been termed "the prehistoric animal trap," because it was filled with bones of extinct animals, embedded in the asphaltum. The discovery is at- tracting wide attention from scientists, and in some ways it is the most remarkable ever made in the world. The circumstances under which the bones are found indicate that ages ago a pool or well of soft asphaltum existed there, with an opening at the surface of the ground, and that animals in their wanderings through the region ventured on the surface of the treacherous tar, sank, perished, and accumulated at the bottom. Thirty tons of skeletons have already been taken from a pit fifteen feet in diameter, and the bottom has not yet been reached. Not only is the quantity of bones remarkable, but the kinds are no less so. Among them is the three-toed horse, the buffalo, giant sloth, elephant, camel, mastodon, saBer-tooth tiger, and others. They have not yet found the skeleton of the neolithic man, but they are looking for it. More saber-tooth tiger skeletons have been taken from that pit than have been found in all the rest of the world up to the pres- ent time. The evidence seems conclusive that beasts of prey fre- quented the place to feed on animals which had stuck in the soft B s.jyi/i. STKUCTUKES OF ANCIENT AND MODERN REDWOODS COMPARED The LaBrae redwood on left, moderu redwood ou right. A A. medullar.v rays; B B. summerwood. The common wood cells are perpendicular. The small circles on the cell walls are openings connecting one cell with an- other. Through these the sap of living wood circulates. The ancient and modern woods are drawn on the same scale, considerabl.v magnified. Note the fineness of structure of the LaBrae specimen compared with the asphaltum, and were themselves caught in the treacherous magma and perished with the victims on which they had attempted to feed. Judging by the enormous collection of bones, the trap may have been at work hundreds of years. It caught more beasts than were ever seen in any menagerie froni'Eome's coliseum down to Barnum's day. The famed and beautiful valleys of Los Angeles had different in- habitants then from those there now. Huge mammals, both her- bivorous and carnivorous, must have been appallingly abundant. The buffaloes were larger than those of today; the giant sloths were capable of devouring vegetation in amounts to equal the work of the hippojiutamns in the sudd fields of the Nile, and the size of the- skeleton of the three-toed horse seems to identify it with what scientists have called ' ' the forest horse, " " the fleetest quadruped that ever lived on earth. ' ' The man who deals in wood will be interested in what the pit con- tains in his line. A hint as to what trees then grew on the Los Angeles hills is interesting. A log was found standing on end in the midst of the bones. A small piece of the wood has been ex- amined for Hakdwood Eecord, and it bears witness to many things calculated to inspire seri- ous thought. How old is it ? No man knows. Its geological age has been de- termined within certain limits, but this cannot be expressed in years. It has come down from early pleistocene time, if its age is judged by the company in which it was found. Though that time is recent, as the epochs of geology and astronomy are reck- oned, it belongs in unrecorded antiquity, measured by human history. Man may have been, and probably was, on the earth when the log found lodgment in the as- phaltum where it has lain ever since, but there is no sure way of determining the time in years. It was before the close of the Glacial age, perhaps before its beginning. The time antedates the intrusion o'f the fields of ice from Canada, which pushed southward two thousand miles, reaching within five hundred miles of the Gulf of Mexico. It is probable that the presence of polar ice so far south — which period or periods must have lasted several hundred thousand years — drove the sloths, camels, and other tropic animals out of what is now the United States, or froze them to death. If the La Brae animal trap ceased to gather in prey before the ice invasion from the north, an age of 500,000 years seems conservative for the log in the as- phaltum pit. An examination of the wood under the microscope reveals several most interesting facts. It is of the sequoia genus, an evergreen, cone- bearing tree with thick, stringy bark. It is closely related to the present day "redwoods" and "bigtrees" of California. It is probably an extinct species, but its near relationship is obvious. The exceedingly slow growth is remarkable. The annual rings are so close together that the naked eye cannot distinguish them. From ninety to one hundred of them are required to measure an inch. The only modern trees matching that in slowness of growth are those found —27— 8 0g3^|Tt r>^ sssfa 0* Nw ® li ©0fi)^ V 0 mi nil j N ^ ^ ® T'\ © oo '0® ®v 0© ¥ ' 0® ©0 ©® ® © ©0 \ 00 ]|ll: o© ® ®® ffl® ^ 7)?> ^1 1 0® 0® © ®o ®\ f)Q p>o 0 i ff>2 CD CD I o o 1 J2. Q <® 0G oj f CD CD N® SSJ) / M ■e® s^ ^ r /I 28 HARDWOOD RECORD iit or above the snow line on mountains, or in tlie far north. It requires about 600 years for such a tree to reach a Jianieter of one foot. The cellular structure of the La Brae redwood is very siniihir to tli;it of the modern tree, but the cells of the former are much smaller. Tlio Micomiianying drawing shows the two woods side by side. The right half is redwood from the region north of San Francisco; the left half is the redwood from La Brae. The cells of the latter are about une-tcnth the size of the modern wood. Their actual size may be judged from the fact that several million of them could be i)ackcd in the space of a cubic inch. The drawing shows a radial section — cut from the heart toward the bark. Though the ancient wood is amber-colored, the thin- shaving shown in the drawing is so transparent that objects may be seen through it. as if it were glass; yet the minute pits or holes in the i-ells, through which the sap circulated when the tree was living, are ulcar-cut and distinct. Compare the delicate texture of the La Brae wood with that of redwood, as the illustration shows them side by side. Redwood is exceedingly fine gi'ained, yet when it is compared with the ancient specimen, it looks like carpet alongside of lace. The wood is not petrified, as Arizona's prehistoric logs are; nor carbonized, as most woods are which are found in lignite beds; but it is as fresh and natural as if it had grown a few years ago. It is a sample of perfect wood preservation. The cells, when highly magnified and seen in cross section, show that a slight compression has taken place, which is not surprising in view of their being weighted down by tons of asphaltum for half a million years. The effect of the com- j)ression is seen in the slightly rhombic instead of squarish contour of the cells in cross section. However, the resin cells, bordered pits, and even the tori (little trap doors which opened and closed the perforations of the cell walls) are perfectly preserved. Chemical forces have not been wholly idle during the vast ages during which the sequoia log lay in the bottom of the asphaltum pit. This work was done inside the cavities of the "food" cells — those in which the tree's surplus of food was stored. Their contents have been chemically changed, as is evident in a considerable density and darkness of color in the contained material. Change is apparent also in the failure of the wood to respond to chemical tests to which the modern sequoia wood responded readily. The test for tannin is one. Globules of resin are visible in the vertical wood parenchyma or resin cells. This proves the wonderfully enduring properties of this resin. It has been soaked in asphaltum during hundreds of thousands of years, and remains unchanged, or only slightly changed. The wood seems to have about the hardness of California redwood of the present time. In that remote period sequoia grew 400 miles farther south than any grows now. Its presense in southern Cali- fornia, which is now a region of little rain, is proof of profounil climatic changes since then, because sequoias belong in a damp, cool climate, wholly different from the present climate of .southern Cali- fornia. The most ints-resting feature of all remains for nicntuin. It is i-onnected with the wood's preservation. Of cdiu-M', timlier that is sluit away from air cannot decay, and the most remarkable thing is not the fact that the wood was preserved, but in what the microscope reveals inside the cells. The tree was apparently alj-eady dead, and decay had attacked it before it was buried in the asphaltum. The evidences of this are the threads of fungus visible within the cells. Fungus is the agent, the cause, of wood decay. The microscoiie re- veals these minute threads, which are as small as spider webs. They are seen in the position in which they penetrated wall after wall of the cells, working their insinuating way through . the w-ood. Their activities came to an abrupt end. This may be presumed to have hap- pened when the log sank in the tar-like substance and took its place among the skeletons in the bone pit where modern explorers have unearthed them. During the unmeasured ages which have passed since then, the delicate fungus threads have been preserved so perfectly that they seem to have ceased their activities only an hour ago. During that time stupendous changes have occurred on the face of the earth. Tee from the north descended thousands of miles, "grinding like the mills of Ciod, " crushing mountains into fragments, filling valleys,, thanging the courses of rivers, making and destroying lakes, shearing the summits from peaks, and excavating to the foundation rocks of the continent. Whole races of animals have been swept away. Forests were destroyed, and have crept back inch by inch during unrecorded time. Climates have changed and seasons have shifted. Following all this came the transformations due to man's presence since history began. Yet, untouched by any change during that vast time, the delicate threads of fungus — so delicate that a breath would break them — have lain at rest, among the fibers of the wood which was equally well preserved, to be brought to light again after five hundred thousand years, to give man a glimpse into nature's laboratory, and a hint of the matchless perfection of her work. Further Evidence Wanted It is claimed for Dr. Jfartin Kleinstueck of Germany that he has discovered a method of coloring wood in a few hours while the tree is still growing. The process is not minutely described; but the explanation offered is that a dye is fed to the tree's roots and is carried to all parts of the trunk, limbs and even the leaves in a single day, and that the color so imported is perma- nent. In the absence of further piroof that this can be done it is well to be slow about believing it. There is nothing new in the mere fact that coloring matter can be introduced through the roots of certain plants, and that the flowers, leaves and other fibres will change color. Florists have long turned the trick to their profit; but in their case the stem and foliage so colored are living tissue. Sap circulates through all parts and carries the dye with it. The coloring of the wood of a tree is a different proposition. It might work so far as the leaves and sapwood are concerned, though even that is doubtful in case of a large tree. It is not explained in what ijianner and through what channels the coloring matter is to reach the heartwood. That part of the trunk is dead to all intents and purposes. Sap does not circulate through it. The water contained in the fibers is practically stagnant. What movement it has is exceedingly slow and irregular. It is not apparent, therefore, how dyes entering through the tree's roots can find their way to the heartwood in the short space of one day or even of hundreds of days. Of course if it has been done, the fact can be accepted and theories must yield; but until it has been demonstrated it is safe to remain a disbeliever. The claim does not stop with the living tree, but it is asserted that coloring matter may be injected into logs and will penetrate to every part in a few days. Another doubt is due here. Shavings and thin jiieccs of wood may be so colored; but difficulties in- crease in geometrical ratio as the pieces increase in size, and when they attain log dimensions it is practically impossible to force the liquid to the center within a brief period, unless a method has been discovered greatly superior to anything yet put in practice by timber treating engineers. Their great problem is to secure penetrations for the fluids intended to preserve wood. Umlcr pressure of a hundred pounds per square inch of surface a In;; as small as a railroad tie will not receive oil to its center, umler ordinary conditions of treatment. A pressure of a hundred pounds per inch, during four or five hours, may give a penetration of less than one inch. Much depends on the woods. Some are more easily penertated than others. Dr. Kleinstueck promises to write a book on the subject of coloring woods by his process. If he has accomplished what is claimed he has something valuable, but it is as well to wait a while before becoming excited. The well balanced business man is the one who keeps the right proportion of horse sense and science in his working mixture. We profess to learn by mistakes, but it is the other fellow's mistake we prefer to learn by while it is our own that would really teach us the most. ^^^y^M^:/.■J>V/^i)i»iJx;J|^^^!i!^U!ii>^^i>^^^ Comhined Saw and Veneer Mill The s;nvinill uiili mmh.t i-uttiii),' ina.-liiiies ;iil.lf^':ge».vM:ax>iTOaK>^;:>:s^-vys<:>K!>iti>lAi)iTO^^ Uses of Port Or ford Cedar Editor's Note Scientists liiive searched In vain fur aatisfactorv explanation oC some oi natures slrangs doings, one of wliicli consists in lilding a valuable tree species in some obscure -ind restricted corner of tlio world where It attains ex- tremely hlsli development but appears to be totally unable to extend its range in any direction beyond the limits set by tUe inexplicable and inexorable lint: "Hitherto sbnit tbou come but no further." There seems to be noth- ing in the geography, geology, situation or climate constituting a barrier against the spread of the species Into new areas, yet it never crosses the line set for it by some mysterious agencj'. Such a tree is the Port Orford cedar of the Northwest I'acillc coast. It occupies its grou'nd so vlgbrouslv that it excludes most other trees, yet it has remained in the same place as far back as there is any botanical record. Huron H. Smith, dendrologist of the Field Museum of Natural History, recently made a study of this interesting tree in its native home. The following article from his pen, written for Haudwood Uecord, deal's chiefly with the commercial side of this species. Little has been written in timber journals concerning Port Orford cedar (Chamaccyparis lawsoniana) , because the tree has such a lim- ited range as to be endemic. Not a stick of it is found north of Coos bay, southern Oregon, not even on the north shores of that bay. W'hile it ranges as far south as the mouth of the Klamath river in northern California, it is scattering there, and is abundantly found only north of the Rogue river and on the Oregon coast, forming between there and the mouth of the Coquille river a nearly continu- ous forest belt, twenty miles long. The wood of this fastidious tree deserves much attention from manufacturers desiring special qualities. Sargent says of the wood that it is light, hard, strong, and very close-grained, abounding in fragrant resin, very durable in contact with the soil, easily worked, and capable of taking a good polish. It is as light as basswood or box elder; harder than western spruce; stronger by a ninth than white oak. It is closer grained than red cedar. The fragrant resin which the wood contains is far superior to that of any other wood of North America, its nearest kin in odor, and indeed in family, being the Alaska cj^iress (Chamaeoyparis nootJcatcnsis) which grows in the coastal region northward. Its delicious odor, however, when the wood is cut iu the mill, is so strong that the mill cannot con- tinue to cut it for longer than five days at a time. It ' has a strong and injurious effect on the kidneys of some of the work- men, soon incapacitating them for labor. The wood takes an excellent polish. It is very durable both in the water and in the soil. In the Oregon forest a spruce tree seven and a half feet in diameter , was found growing on the fallen stem of a smaller Port Orford cedar, the roots extending like the claws of a parrot around each side of the log, and locking together underneath. The spruce was at least 400 years old, and the cedar is today as sound as any of the green trees that stood by it. The peculiar specimen was put on exhibition in the forestry building of the Lewis and Clark Exposi- tion at Portland, where it may be seen today. The aromatic oil seems to preserve this wood from decay. This oil makes it burn very readily, too. The writer, in stopping for din- ner out in the country at Coos bay, actually saw the housewife go to the spring for her kindling, take a chunk from under its weight, wipe it off with her apron, and touch a match to a splinter that flamed like a torch. —30— Vessels built of this wood on Coos bay over forty years ago are still as sound as when launched, and are doing excellent service up and down the Pacific coast. The wood is much sought after for construction of speed motor boats. In fact the Smith mill at Marsh- field, Ore., is now cutting the timber from this species for Sir Thomas Lipton 's next cup challenger. He always has them built of this wood. The odor of the wood is an absolute safeguard against moths and insects when it is used for closets, presses, and wardrobes. The odor of clothes kept in them is more agreeable and delicate even than that of camphor wood. The only other timber in the world that has a similar character is the hi- no-ki {Chamaeoyparis obtusa), found extensively in Formosa and Japan. It is the sacred tree of Japan, and all Shinto temples in that country are built entirely of it. Most of the lacquer work of the higher type is done on this wood. Port Orford cedar is cut for commercial purposes by only three or four mills: C. A. Smith of Marshfield, Ore., who cuts it in a special mill; the Randolph Milling Company, near Bandon, Ore.; and the Coquille Milling Company, on the Coquille river in that state. It is worth about eighty dollars a thousand now for carpenter stock, and should not be used for engineering pur- poses, as it is too rare, and other woods will answer as well for that purpose. Ranchers and small operators cut a good deal of this choice wood into four-foot bolts, for which they receive about $28 a thousand feet, though paid by ' J the cord, and ship it to block ■" I match factories. About the only important factory left manufac- ^ ! : - \ M \ i: 111 i\ii: '. , , / , turing these block matches is that of Zan Brothers in Portland. The Alaska or block match, called ' ' stinkers ' ' by the loggers, is probably more used on the Pacific coast and in Alaska than any other type of match. It has been in use many years, and in some regions to the practical exclu- sion of all others. They are sulphur matches, and will not easily blow out in the wind ; and if dropped into the river they can be subsequently dried out with no impairment of their igniting quality. As the blocks come to the match factory they are cut up into slices the thickness of the match length. One end is cut very smooth, as it is steamed and cut with a razor-like microtone knife. The other end is crumpled and crushed, the fibers being matted together to keep the matches in a block. Then the blocks are put HARDWOOD RECORD 31 through an automat- i c a 1 1 y - f e d thin stamping knife that cuts the thickness of the match all one way. The sec- ond time it is fed at right angles to these cuts, and is a lilook of matches, all but the igniting end. The blocks are separated into pieces of a suitable size to be grasped in the hand, and are lai(. top end down on a hot plate, so that the action of the heat separates each match from every other one. Then Chinese labor is engaged to dip them for about a quarter of an inch into a bowl of hot sulphur. As soon as they are sufficiently dried, the tips are dipped into a pan of heated phos- STU-HUR CORNER IN A PORT ORFORD BLOCK MATCH FACTORY nearly as valuable on the West Coast as wich Islands. phorus, either red or blue colored as may be desired, and the matches when dried are broken into squares and packed about 1,200 in a box which is sold at retail for five cents. The western lum- ber jack would be lost without h i s block matches which are his in- separable compan- ions everywhere. The rainy season there never means a lost supply of ruined matches as is the case elsewhere when other kinds of matches are used. Thus we see that Port Orford cedar is the cocoanut is to the Sand- <5y.<:L:o:;^v.\y..i:;k/^o^o;idi*^v;i^:;iw;;j>ii^;i^ Red gum is a plain wood and a figured wood. Much of it has no figure, as the term is commonly used, and some that is figured is used for ordinary purposes where the figure adds noth- ing to its value. The total annual cut of red gum, including lumber and veneer, is not far short of 750,000,000 feet, board measure. There is no way of determining exactly how much of this is used in a manner to display the figure and how much is used without any purpose of such display; but it is a safe guess that ninety per cent of it either has little figure or that no attempt is made to turn such figure to account. The annual cut, as given above, is in board feet. That is, the measurements are taken on the basis of boards one inch thick. But about 130,000,000 feet are veneers. If this were stated in surface feet the measurement would be nearer 1,000,000,000 feet, because the sheets of veneer are thin, and several of them must be laid one upon another to equal the thickness of an inch board. Much of the figured gum is used in the form of veneer, and though it may not amount to ten per cent of the whole cut, it covers a great deal of surface. Figured wood, therefore, is much more in evidence than is indicated when its total quantity is expressed in board measure. One board foot, when converted into veneer, may cover eight or ten surface feet of furniture or interior finish. Red gum's figure is not primarily due to contrast of annual rings, as is the case with most of the pines, and with such hard- woods as ash and chestnut; nor is it secured by exposing medul- lary rays, as in quarter-sawed oak, though a certain variety of appearance is secured by quarter-sawing red gum. Its figure is peculiar. It is due to the deposit of chocolate-colored and light red material in the wood. To a certain extent these deposits run at haphazard; that is, they do not follow annual rings or medullary rays, but are dispersed irregularly. On the other hand, certain patterns reoccur at intervals, so that when a large sur- face of figured wood is examined, it is found that certain pleasing features are repeated in a way to suggest a sort of rule or law. The name red gum is due to the color of the heartwood. This color is due to minute grains of pigment in the medullary rays chiefly, though the grains are found in the vertical fibers also. When the sapwood changes to heartwood as the tree advances in age, the coloring matter finds lodgment in the dead material con- stituting the interior of the tree. This process is common with most woods. The dark color of the interior is caused by deposits of pigment in and among the cells. It does not lodge in the sap- wood, for the supposed reason that the circulation of water there is active and washes the substance out; but activities practically cease in the heartwood, and such solid substances as find their way there will remain. The stains which produce the figure in red gum seem to be different from the coloring matter spoken of, since figure occurs' in the sapwood as well as heartwood, while the red which gives the wood its name is in the heartwood only. In addition to the coloring matter of the heartwood, and the stains which produce the figure, there is a gum present in minute globules in the vertical pores and the medullary rays; but since this gum appears to have little to do with the color or figure, its functions need not be considered here. There is great difference in the amount of heartwood in differ- ent trees. Some have little, others a large proportion. Soil and situation appear to be influential factors. Trees on low, wet ground often contain much more sapwood, in proportion to size of trunk, than trees on dry ground; but this rule is not universal. Old trees have more sapwood than young. This law rules most tree species. It was once believed that if red gum trees were girdled and killed and were left standing a year or more, the quantity of heartwood increased; but that opinion was not well founded and it is no longer held. Red gum is remarkably free from disease while the tree is alive. Its remarkable immunity has been attributed to the great period that it has been on earth. It flourished on the Pacific coast in Tertiary time — nobod.v knows how many million years ago. Its survival during such immense periods is attributed to its ability to resist disease, by which process it gradually became immune. ^ HARDWOOD RECORD 'riiou}?h tlie living tree resists attack, not much ciui lio il.-iimoil t'(ir tlie wood after the tree dies. It is only nioderate in its resistiuicc to decay. The fiK"rc .-nid tlic t.\\tiir<' of red ;.'Uiii have iiiadi' it tlie most satisfactory siibstituto in the world for Circassian walnut, ilncli has been said on the subject and much remains to be said. Per- lia|is the most pointed thin;; that ouj»ht to lie said is that the time should speedily come when red {.'um will stand on its own merits and will uot pass as a substituti' for anything;; but that time has not yet come, and it is ajipropriate to spe.-ik (d' this wood as it is used at present. (Circassian walnut, for which figured gum is so often a substi- tute, is an Asiatic wood (Jurilans rcpia). Its original home, as its name indicates, was Cireassia, a region of western Caucasus, now in:,!)^^:w:WX!).V^lX>';>Ki;.^ The Russian Veneer Industry crs" AssocintioD. lieli iinqufstiunably oik- anrt vory wrll meiits States. Editor's Note. :i paper n-iul on December !i liel'oie the nn'e at tbe Auditorium hotel. Ohica r tlie most Interesting and valuable' paiiers that liav eloso reading on the part of- anyone interested in the ■e tbe meetlnu' of the National Veneer & Panel Manufactur- by Ilenrik fronstroni of Kaukiis Kabrlk. Finland. This is lieen read before this association, and panel Industry of the United The writer has been in the Uuitivl States since the beginning of this year, to study the veneer industry, and especially the difference hetwoen the nietlio/a2" = 50% of all glued veneer = 100.000 = 7. 500.000 r, mm. = a/KZ" = 30% of all glued veneer = 60.000 = .■^,600.000 6 mm. = 7/32" = 15% of all glued veneer = 30.000 = 1.500,000 Thicker 5% of all glued veneer = 10.000= 3.30,000 Unglued different thicknesses 10.000 = 600.000 Total 210.000 13,530,000 HARDWOOD RECORD 35 Of every thickness tlierc are about sixty per cent first quality ami forty per cent second quality gooils. To make up this production the following number of machines are employed: ."i hollers for the stonmin;! of the logs. .'( to 4 Inthes. depending upon the thickness of logs. .'! to 4 clippers. L' glue spreaders. •-' glue presses. t dry presses. 1' stock cutting machines. I to 1' scrapers. The number of employes in such a factory is about 70 men, or for tHO shifts, 140. In ease of jiart of the veneer being worked thor- oughly there is to be added one betnuudiine (coloring machine), one smoothing machine, one imitation machine, five or six circle saws. These require for two shifts 30 men. The total crew employed in this way is about 170 men. To obtain an idea about the cost of production in such a factory the total expense for the main operation is divided over the whole number of cubic feet of finished veneer. In the United States all calculations are based on square feet, hence the expense has also been reduced to this basis, but we should remember that these figures can- not be absolutely correct, but are only an average because the cost of production, of course, is somewhat different with different sizes. The following figures are not gotten up in a theoretical way, but are taken from results obtained in practice. Co.st of production is as follows: Average Average per cub. ft. per sq. ft. Wood .31.60c 0.496c I-ahov 13.00c O.205c •'lue 12.60c 0.198c .\dmlnlstration. interests, insurance, up-kcep 19.83c 0.311c Freight to England 9,10c 0,139c Total 86.13c i.349c Market price about $1,04 1,627c The market differs of course, but depends upon the preceding fig- ures and on an average a profit of .278c per square foot may be added. !v-:>Ki.'t%w.H^>isi^JiWi>tTO»;*wsi:;-^ The eighth annual meeting of the National Veneer & Panel Manu- facturers' Association was held at the Auditorium hotel, Chicago, on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 9 and 10. The regular business session, election of officers and banquet took place on December 9, Following the routine opening of the meeting. President Jarrell read a very able paper. The paper is printed in full as follows: Address of President I have now bei-n .vour official head for two years, and I am gratified to say that our menihers have been loyal to the organization during that time," and that while the membership has not increased to the extent I had hoped, general conditions of the organization are now more stable than ever before. I'nder the able leadership of their chairman, the various clubs afliliated with our organization are in a healthier and more compact condition than formerly, and during the past year some of the clubs have practically doubled in membership, and there are more veneer and panel mills today interi»sted in associational work than at any time in the history of the organization. The able addresses delivered at our various former conventions on practical subjects vital to the interests of every manufacturer have had much to do with the continued interest in the association, and have been the cause of many good hard dollars being placed in the pockets of those of our members who profited by the information secured from those ad- dresses. I feel that it is a distinct loss to any manufacturer who fails to take advantage of the opportunity of attending our meetings, and, as one of the most profitable programs has been prepared for our edifica- tion and instruction at this time, no one should permit himself to miss bearing anv of the addresses. During the' time I have served you as president, I have given much of mv time, and the best thought of which I was capable, to the work, and, 'with your other oflicers, have endeavored to evolve some workable plan by which those manufacturers of veneers and panels, who have not in the past become interested in our work, could be induced to attend our meetings, but with mediocre success. I have observed that it is an easy matter to secure the active support of practically every representa- tive of any manufacturing concern who attends any of our sessions : in fact, I believe that seeing and hearing what is done here will convert to our way of thinking, the most obdurate, anti-associational manufacturer in the country, and I give fair warning to anyone who doubts this state- ment, that he" had better stay away from our sessions if he does not want to join us. .\s has been said before, the work of our association in its conven- tions is educational, and the program committee has endeavored to have everv problem that confronts manufacturers, from the felling of the trees to the completed veneers and panels, covered by experts in their respec- tive lines, in such a way as to cause our members to learn how produc- tion can lie increased, quality of output improved, and cost of manu- facture lessened. You who have been regular attendants of the sessions In thi- past know how much success has attended the committee's efforts, anil how prnfitable the addresses have been to you individually. I sometimes think we should endeavor to stray from the beaten path that was made by the officers and directors In the past. Into new and untried methods, but after more mature deliberation I have reached the conclusion that we are attaining quite as much success along the lines that have been followed heretofore, as could be hoped for, under existing conditions, and that the thing for us to do is to continue our efforts along the same old lines. Keeping everlastingly at it has brought success to you In your factory work and just to the extent of the energy, effort and thought we put in our work here, will our efforts be successful. It is a well-known fact that quite a good many manufacturers are sell- ing veneers and panels without reference to cost of manufacture, and the great variation in prices is appalling. It is gratifying to note, however, the number of such manufacturers is decreasing, and will continue to decrease Just to the extent that our association can secure their co- operation. There arc times when the demand for goods proves to be exceptionally heavy, and without any apparent cause Inquiries dwindle and almost cense. None of us likes to have his iKniks free from orders, and when times of depression arrive, and we find it will probably be necessary for the output to be reduced somewhat, we feel an almost uncontrollable desire to reduce prices, even down to cost of production, rather than curtail, or close down our plants for a time. One .selfish, thoughtless manufacturer, with an eslablisbed reputation, can rob Innocent brother competitors of trade thev have worked long and hard to establish, by quoting ruinous prices just in order to keep his mill going six full da.vs In the week. How much better for the Industry would It be for the out- put to be regulated by the demand rather than for it to be continued at the highest notch, and the prices regulated by the output. There is another factor that I believe is to a certain extent responsible for this condition, and that is salesmanship — or rather lack of sales- manship— on the part of some of our traveling men. It is too often true that a young man is sent out from the office to interview the trade and book orders, who has no interest whatever in maintaining prices, but on the contrar.v, will immediately go to the lowest limit allowed bv the manufacturer in his desire to land the order as easily as possible. There are no shrewder men in the business world today, than those who buy and sell, or use. veneers and panels — the middlemen and the consumers — and unfortunately some of them are unscrupulous, and often tell fairy tales regarding quotations said to have been made hv well-known manu- facturers, and our salesmen swallow the bait, hook and all, I feel cer- tain that if manufacturers who now give to their salesmen so much latitude in price cutting, will instill into them more fully the idea that sales are to be made at the highest possible prices, for' the quality of goods offered, one of the einrent evils of the industry will be well on the way to a permanent si.liitinii. It goes without saying that this indite- mc'jit is tc. .ipply Miih In ilhi-e sjI, smen who are guilty, and is not in the slii;lilrsi iiir.:i,nin iiM.iHliil ,i~ :i rcilection ou the large majority, 1 •11" ul.HJ to ipii. ilii jiiii.ri- .if our members during the last few months iiiciir.ite :i liraltliy r. unlit i. ill of business, and there appears to be no reason why we should not all receive a satisfactory share of orders during the next few months, and at living prices. The panickv feeling that seemed to be gripping the country a short time ago has disappeared to a large extent, and I hope it has been chased to permanent oblivion. In view of the very disastrous floods along the Mississippi river and its tributaries during the last year or so, and the great damage that was done the plants of many members of our association, we should strongly advocate some more positive system of river regulation that wnl relieve the nation of these recurring disasters than has been used by the government in the past. At this time the people as a whole are more interested in building flrst-class country roads than ever before, and as no class of manufac- turers can be more directly benefited by general road improvement than will members of our organization, I feel that every possible encourage- ment should be given to this great work, not only as an organization, but as individuals. We all would like to be philanthropists, and. like the poor, we have country roads always with us, all of which roads are more or less abominable. The assistance we give in this work is philan- thropy of the purest type. The car shortage, while not so severe as last year, is being felt to a marked extent in certain sections. This condition promises to continue until the railroad companies largely increase their orders for new cars, keep their present rolling stock in better condition, and bring their tracks up to a higher point of efficiency. It is claimed by the roads that these improvements, which are so vital to the business interests of the countr.v, cannot be made without an increase in revenue, hence the movement which is receiving the endorsement of many of the large manu- facturing plants, trade organizations, and chambers of commerce through- out the countr.v, leading toward a general advance in freight rates. While I feel the present rates charged tor transporting goods manufac- tured by our members are as high as they should be, when the service is taken into consideration, I believe it positive assurance could be given by the railroads that the increase in revenue would be put back into equipment and tracks, and the service correspondingly improved, we could heartily approve of the proposed blanket increase of five per cent in rates on all articles, always assuming, however, the rates now charged are fair and equitable, on the present hasis. One of the cr.ving needs of the present time, in my opinion, is govern- ment regulation of track scales, and a standard of efficiency and accurac.v below which no road shall be permitted to go. I am sure our members lose thousands of dollars every year, paid for freight on excess tonnage, because railroad scales are so often inaccurate. Cars now in use are larger than was the case a few years ago. arc much heavier, and the ton- nage capacity has been practically doubled. Track scales, which were quite large and strong enough then but are now entirely too small and light, are in a great many instances still in use, I am reliably informed that some extensive efficiency tests were made a sliort while ago, and not more than ten per cent of the scales so tested weighed accuratel.v. and I am sure you will bear me out in the statement that errors In scales weight are almost Invariably agtilnst the shipper, I etirnestly recommend that the bill introduced in Congress by Kepresentalive Williams of Ohio, for government control of railroad track scales, be endorsed by our organiza- tion. There Is no question but that the use of veneers and built-up panels is greater today than ever before, and that new avenues are constantl.v- belng opened up for their entrance and use. The idea that veneers and goods manufactured of veneers are inferior has l)een superseded by the 36 HARDWOOD RECORD kniiwlKlKi' ilmt fill- (|iialllv. Iifiiiilv iiml ullllty. pioilmls of tlir mills npivsiMiiiil lull' tiKhiv imist lir usi'd. I'lcJiullcT iipilnst ciTtnln woods tliiit foriiicilv well' lonsiili'i'ocl practically woi'thli'ss lias almost cntlnly (llsiippcanil. ' iiiid hnvcMs as a rule arc willing to pay lair prlcis for satlsfactorv sti>ck. aiid arc always suspicious when al iiiiill^ lou .|iiota- tions arc liindc hccausc ilicv arc afraid tlic quality Is n..i <>]■ i" -Miidard. In almost every Instance the Intensive price cutters ai. ih.-. w h.. <'on- sldor tlic time and nionev spent in attendinj; our ass..( i:ii imh uki lines. to be usel,—.|v e\]iended. aurl who coutlnuc to operati' in a Ullnd. hap- hazard «ri\ uiil I an Inslyhl into cost values and modern methods. It is iliiv . I;!..-, .ii luanni'aeturi'rs we arc so anxious to rcadi. and your officers have I n . iideavorhiK to t:et them to attend at least one of our meetings, so thev lan see sve dc'slre to take nothing away from them, but on the contrary, are oltcrlnK them something valuable on u sliver platter. One vear ago our association hecame an active memlier of the fhaniher of ronimercc of thi' fnlted States of America. TlH-..n-li ili. . curtesy of the secretary of that organization tie' various hnlh'iin ml ii! i ji.llca- tions Issued have heen si-nt t hy all manu- facturers benelltcd. I rec(unmend that memliership in the clubs be made contingent upon membership in the parent organization. As this is the annual meeting of th.' assoiiation. election of officers and directors will be held at tin' proper time. I.i't me urge each of you to be present at the election and take |)art in it. Will not each of vou assist in making this the licst meeting in onr history'' The only way this can be done is for all to take active part in our deliberations and discussions. Secretary K. H. Defebaugli then reported orally. The gist of his suggestion was that it is up to tlie members to maintain tlic high standing of the organization and to keep it on a footing which will result in great lienefit to them. He also stated that it is logical that an organization that has given them really material benefit in its present state of development can be of incrpasing liclp with increased development of its efficiency. Secretary Defebaugb then read the report of tlic treasurer which showed a favorable balance on hand. President .Tarrell then appointed the various standing eoniniittees. Next in the order of business was a paper by Z. Clark Thwing of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works, Grand Bapids, Mich., on "Scientific Drying. ' ' ilr. Thwing was not present and had not submitted the paper. The president then called upon J. B. B. Stryker of the Perkins Glue Company, Lansdale, Pa. Mr. Stryker read a very interesting paper on "Comparison of Veneer and Panel Factories at Home acd Abroad." This paper was based on first-hand information that Mr. Stryker secured on a recent trip he made through the Continent, in- troducing Perkins glue. The paper will be carried in full in the December 25 issue of H.\rd\V()od Eecokd. Replying to a question, Mr. Stryker said that the mills of France and Germany are gradually going into the manufacture of veneers and panels for the trade. He also stated that in England the veneer and panel plants are not particularly progressive, and that he consid- ered that to be an excellent opportunity for marketing Ainerican prod- ucts in the event that import regulations and freight charges are favorable. Stanley L. Wolfe of the United States Forest Service spoke to the members on "Utilization of Waste in Veneer and Panel Factories." Mr. Wolfe has recently l)een assigned by the United States Forest Service to a study of this question pertaining to the veneer and panel industry, under direct supervision of the recently inaugurated office of industrial investigation. Mr. Wolfe said that he has been working on this for several months, but does not consider that he has sufficient data compiled to warrant his making very definite assertions regarding conditions of waste in connection with the veneer and panel plants. He, however, made some very interesting suggestions that were well received by those in attendance. He outlined the classes of waste as he has found them in his investigation, which come through inefficient handling and methods of waste of material. He stated that waste through inefficiency in- creases waste in material. He also said that the most difficult part of hi^ research is to determine definitely whether a certain feature that apparently constitutes waste material is really a waste or is rather an economical handling of offal. .Mr. Widfc stated tliat in connec-tion witli the rotary ]irocess lie found it difficult to arrive at definite conclusions in his investigation, but that the sawing and slicing methods offer simpler conditions. He said that his investigations had convinced him that the greatest waste usually accompanies a sawing operation; that he estimates the waste in rotary work to be from twenty to fifty jier cent, while thi^ waste in the .sawing is from forty to fifty per cent. Mr. Wolfe made a suggestion that was well taken by those iu at- tendance, to the effect that logs should be piled to prevent rapid sea- soning, and that log yards should be kept absolutely free from decay- ing bark and other refuse, as the spores from fungus decay are rajiidly carried from such decaying material to sound logs, which are in turn injured. He said that the log poml is the best jireventive of rotting. Mr. Wolfe then went on to make specific suggestions as to utiliza- tion of .small waste pieces in various kinds of veneers, but inasmuch as it has never been determined whether or not the utilization of such pieces in this way would return a profit over the extra co.st of han dling, his suggestions are not here given. He made some interesting suggestions regarding cimijietitive fuel value of wood waste and coal w'hich indicate that, considering this waste on the value of the original log, the same fuel value cannot lie . gotten from the money value represented as can be secured from the .same money value of coal. The session then adjourned for a buffet luncheon which was served in the convention hall. The afternoon session was opened with a short talk by Charles F. Hatfield, secretary of the San Francisco-Panama Exposition. Mr. Hatfield outlined the work going on in preparation of the exposition and told of plans for accommodating visitors. He said that the actual construction on the 900 acres would represent an .$80,000,000 invest- ment. James L. Foord, chief inspector of the Hartford Steam Boiler In- spection and Insurance Company of Chicago, then gave a talk on boiler explosions and their causes, which talk was fully illustrated with stereopticon slides illustrating various explosions, showing in some cases photographs of features which caused them. Mr. Foord advocated the use of wrought iron in boiler work instead of cast iron. He also strongly recommended the use of a butt-strap boiler instead of the lap-seam boiler and strongly deprecated the use of continuous seam boilers. Howard S. Young, assistant secretary of the association, was asked by President Jarrell to give a talk on the history of the organization. He read a very entertaining paper outlining the past accomplishments and showing the development that has led up to the present efficient organization. He specially emphasized the fact that the geueral organization is really the father of the clubs, and that therefore the members of the clubs should all recognize the debt they owe to the general association and should not hesitate to join its ranks. He emphasized the possi- bility of getting specific benefits through close attendance at the asso- ciation meetings. President Jarrell then gave an instance of the monetary benefit which his company has received from the reading of a paper on insur- ance presented at the last meeting. He said that his company has contracted for a sprinkler system which has decreased its insurance rate by eighty per cent, which decrease he figures will pay for all past and future expenses, and then leave a good margin of jirofit. B. W. Lord, who at the last meeting was elected delegate to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, talked vigorously of the wide scope of this organization's activities. He said it was absolutely not a lobbying proposition, but purely an institution acting as the business man 's mouthpiece at Washington. Henrik Cronstrom of Kaukus Fabrik, Finland, read an interesting and highly instructive talk on the Russian veneer industry, which is printed in full in another section of this issue of H.\bdwood Record. D. E. Kline reported for the special committee on measurement and inspection of veneer logs. Mr. Kline confessed that this commit- tee is very much up in the air as to just how to proceed, as it is a dif- ficult thing to detennine specifically just what a veneer log is in the first place, and on the other hand there is such a variety of informa- HARDWOOD RECORD 2,7 tion and i^pciial ri>. K. Kline. It. ^•. Dayton. S. B. Anderson. The association then decided to continue its membership in the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and reappointed H. W. Lord special delegate. "v;v/:>>.},>^>^>:^:,:^:/^Mll;t»^i^:/^^<:>t^i^^^i;i^i^!<^^K!/V>!;i;;:W(kiii Hkcokd : We will be glad to have you give us the names of reliable hardwood commission men in Boston, Baltimore and New York City. We manufacture large quanti- ties of poplar, especially 6/4 thicknesses. . The writer of the above correspondence has been given a brief list of competent commission men in the territory mentioned. Any others interesterl in the inquiry can have the address on applica- tion.— Editor. B 617 — Seeks Trip Log Car Stakes Phillips, wis.. Dec. 3. — Editor IIarkwood Kecord: I'an you give me the names and addresses of firms manufacturing either patented trip log car stakes or the chainless log car stakes? I desire to get in communica- tion with tbe manufacturers and satisfy m.vself as to the best appliance before pnrchaslng. , The above correspondent has been supplied with names of one or two manufacturers of patented log car stakes. Any others interested can have the address on application. — Editor. B 618 — Complains of Work of Inspectors Columbus. O., Nov. 20. — Kditor IIaiiI'Wi.iH) Kkcoko: Your page 2."> item In regard "Do inspectors know thc> riil.s." Is timely and touches lightly the boldest leak in the hardwood game today. Tbe writer sells around one hundred carloads per month of standard hardwoods, and sees many so-called "surveys" by mill inspectors. It's nothing to find fifty per cent of a car off what invoice and mill inspector's tally call for. Tbey slop over both ways and get complaints on tbe below grade, and no mention of the above grade. The writer Just returned from Pennsylvania, where he had a complaint report on a car of •">/4 No. 1 common, which report showed it Jo contain 346 feet No. .1 common, 1,G94 feet No. 2 common. Upon reinspection he found more No. .3 and No. 2 than reported and around 2.000 firsts and seconds. Not fifty per cent of mill inspectors can throw ninety of the boards into rule.s the association books specify, nor can they go through same car log run and come within ten per cent variation of themselves on grades. Incompetent inspection costs lumber manufacturers and con- sumers on an average $1 to S2 per thousand on their whole cut. nut few of them know it. . The foregoing communication comes from a thoroughly expe- rienced and reliable hardwood jobber, and is published without comment.— Editor. B 619 — Seeks Three Inch White Ash New York. N. Y'.. Nov. 29. — Editor Hardwood Record : Can you put us in touch with any mills in Michigan or Wisconsin who can take care of an order for 3" firsts and seconds white ash? Lumber Company. The foregoing inquiry is from a leading New York jobbing house, and the writer has been advised that there is compara- tively little .■?" white ash produced in Michigan and Wisconsin at present. He has lieeu referred to two or three possible sources of supply in that region, and has also been given a list of southern manufacturers of white ash who very likely can take care of the order. Any others interested in the inquiry can have the address on application. — Editor. B 620 — Seeks Plain and Quartered Thin White Oak Detroit. Mich.. Nov. 29. — Editor HARnwoon REicmn : We are in the market for a considerable (juantity of :;/.s and 7 HI No. J common and better in plain white and quartered white oak. We shall be glad to have quotations on a considerable quantit.v of this material, each grade separately priced. I.fMBER COSIPANV. The above inquiry is from a foremost Detroit house. Anj'one interested in suppl.ving this concern 's wants can have the address on application. — Editor. B 622 — Seeks Quartered Sycamore Pbiladelphia, Pa.. Nov. 24. — Editor Hardwood Record : Can you inform us where we can procure 5/8 quartered sycamore' No. 1 common and better in carload lots? , The above inquiry is from a leading Philadelphia manufacturing house. Anyone who can supply this wood is invited to communi- cate with Hardwood Record so tliat his address can be supplied to the inquirer. — Editor. B 623 — ^A Correction Hardwood Record submits the following self-explanatory letter: Cincinnati. ().. Dec. :t. — Editor Hardwood Record: I notice in the New Y'ork news of your issue of November 2.'> yon state that the forfeiture case of the government vs. The Maley. Thompson & MofTett Company on the seizure of mahogany lumber in 1909 was decided In favor of the government. This Is not true. The facts In the case are that the evidence was submitted in tlie Federal court in Brooklyn by l)oth the government and 38. HARDWOOD RECORD the defemlnnts and the Koverniiu'iit bad so very llltlc I'vidcnco that the judge took till' case from the Jury and decided In favor of The Mnley, Thompson & Moffett Company. I hope you will correct this error in your next Issue. The amount of lumber Involved in this case was something like 30,000 feet and the defendants admitted from the very beginning that there was about SOO feet that was up grade, which of course, was entirely due to the difference in Judgment of the inspectors. I wish to state that not only this case was won and taken from the Jury, but a previous case of a similar nature was won some two years ago before a New York Federal Judge, In which case the Judge Instructed the Jury after the evi- dence was in that in the event they found tor the government, he would lie compelled to set the Judgment aside on account of the fact that the evidence did not justify such a decision. The Malev, Thompson & Moffett Company, E. W. Robblns. B G24 — Wants Three-ply Maple and Birch ilcTkiincr. X. Y.. Dec. 2. — Editor IIakdwood Record: Will yon kindly send us the names of some manufacturers of built-up veneer, who make .'{-ply maple and birch? We use about 200,000 feet a year. This concern has been given tlie names of several companies wliieh turn out this line of goods, and others interested can have the name and address on ap|ilicatinn to tliis office. — Editor. 'C«0'.\a3ia5MtW^.'J!t-»OTtM!KW5Wi4Jt^^ " Clubs and Associations Northern Loggers Hold Session The first jrr'ncral meeting of the logging superintendents of Wis- consin and northern Michigan ever held convened at Green Bay on Saturday, December 6. with an attendance of more than seventy. The meeting was the outcome of a brief discussion of logging methods and camp management which took place at the quarterly meeting of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association at Eau Claire, Wis.. October 29. In his opening address President Hamar of that association gave a very interesting and instructive resume of logging methods in the North. Speaking of costs of logging, he offered tigures for a set of camps compiled for 1S92-3, showing an average cost of eighteen cents per day per man for food. He stated that it now costs the average lumberman double this amount. Mr. Hamar said that be believed the conditions of those earlier periods are gone forever and that the present day loggers of the North must face new conditions. He stated that the two most serious problems are increasing cost of labor and increasing cost of feeding men. He stated that increase in cost of supplies is here to stay, but that cost of labor can be reduced by increasing its efficiency through the employment of cost sheets, daily reports of logs sawed and skidded. He said that every camp with eight or more saw gangs should have a saw boss who will not only increase the work hut save timber. He said that it is common to find fourteen and sixteen foot shaky butt hemlock logs that shpuld have been long butted or cut twenty feet so that when the shake is cut off in the mill there will still remain sound sixteen foot lumber instead of short stuff. He said that hardwood is frequently cut sixteen feet where eighteen foot logs would save two feet of timber and clean the trees up to the crotch. Mr. Hamar also suggested that a camp of the same size should have a barn boss whose sole duty it would be to supervise the feeding and general care of the horses. Regarding methods of logging Mr. Hamar said that these must be determined entirely by conditions in different territories. He said that while steam skidders are best in some places, skidding by team is un- questionably best in others and that the logger should use his own good Judgment. George N. Harder, general manager of the Rib Lake Lumber Company, then outlined the work he is accomplishing through the use of a steam log hauler or traction engine log hauler. He recommends this type of hauling where the distance is five miles or greater, but sa.vs it is not economical for shorter distances. Mr. Harder figures that the engine is good for forty miles a day and that while be bad never worked his machine to full capacity, the maximum haul has been 150,000 feet of logs and fifty cords of bark on a seven-mile haul. The average load was fifteen loads of logs, approximately 80,000 feet, and three loads of bark aggregating thirty cords. E. S. Hammond, one of the oldest of the northern loggers, now located at Rice Lake, Wis., although unable to attend, sent in a mighty interesting paper on the management of woods help. Because of lack of space this paper will not be published until the next issue of Hakdwood Record. The gist of it. however, would indicate that Mr. Hammond believes that the best way to handle woods employes is to treat them as squarely as possible as long as they will allow such treatment and when they refuse to be governed fairly to give them some of their own medicine. the dose being at least twice as large as that administered by the men themselves. I.aiiiunt Rowlands d the ('. .\. (;ooilycar Lumber Company stated that his company kept an accurate inventory of all foodstuffs used in the camp at Blue Bill, Mich,, and submitted a record of the material consumed during one year by an average of luO men. The record showed that the cost per man per day was $.3611. He said that adding to this the wages of cooks and assistants and dlstriliutlng the entire cost of feed ing men over the days of productive labor made the cost for board for each active day about sixty-five cents per man. W. E. Hallenbeck of the Girard Lumber Company of Dunbar, Wis., read a paper on the steam ground skidder. Mr. Hallenbeck expressed the belief that steam skidders are only In their infancy. He spoke very enthusiastically of steam skidding as compared to skidding by horses. He said that his experience was that with a railroad laid out 1.200 feet apart to accommodate horse skidding an enormous amount of work was necessary to lay the tracks. He said that the grading of such branches together with the cutting and clearing of right of way. Including laying of steel, surfacing, etc., cost about .fl,500 a mile in the average northern country. This does not take into account ties, steel, spikes, bolts, etc. He figured that this mile track with a skidding width of 1,200 feet for a team gang gives 145 or 150 acres containing on an average in the North approximately 1,500.000 feet of logs, from which it will be seen that the railroad cost $1.00 per thousand. With the skidder Mr. Hallenbeck figured that twice the ground would be covered with a less cost for labor. Air. Hallenbeck closed his talk with a description of work done in railroad building with a ditch digger for railroad cuts and grading. He said that a crew of five men and one team built a mile of grade in heavy soil with a great many boulders, average cuts, figuring a fourteen-foot crown to allow a steam skidder to go through cuts, for $425.00, including stump pulling. Following Mr. Hallenbeck, J. W. Gleason of the Goodman Lumber Company of Goodman. Wis., came to the defense of the horse with a paper that gave many excellent hints as to the proper care of stock In the woods. This paper also will be carried in a later issue because of lack of room in this. Mr. Gleason added that each team of horses in bis operations logs 1,000.000 feet of lumber yearly for his company. George H. Holt of Chicago was unable to attend the meeting, but sent a paper that gave some mighty interesting and valuable suggestions. Mr. Holt said that the idea of collective buying of fire insurance has already been launched. He then said the same idea might be utilized in the purchase of materials for camps. He said that this method would not only greatly reduce the cost of logging operations, but would stand- ardize materials and processes and statistical records. He said that wages mean nothing as a test of or guide to efficiency apart from the record of the product resulting from such wages. He said that the total cost of logging in a camp is of little value unless it is known whether there has been efficiency in one department and waste and inefBciency in another. He said that because practically all of the problems facing the loggers in the North are similar, the opportunity for collective service and standardization is apparent. Mr. Holt then said that the logging camp is a deplorable example of waste of material and labor coupled with the crippling of the energy which it is designed to protect and maintain. He said that while loggers have used a certain degree of intelligence in feeding their animals, they had conducted a debauch for their men. He said that standardization would cover the duties of camp cooks, rations for various meals and days of the week, accounts, forms used in organizing and con- ducting logging operations, purchase of supplies, equipment and apparatus, keeping track of condition, location and quantities of supplies, and checking waste. The last two effects which such an association of log- ging interests would have would be the maintenance of a standard of quality and supplies and a means of easily getting rid of second-hand equipment. H. J. Beckerle. in charge of the Wisconsin Free Employment Office, then described that organization, after which a general discussion fol- lowed as to labor supply which is now more abundant than last summer. Woods wages would seem to range from $26.00 to $35.00 per month with board and means whereby camps may be made more sanitary and at- tractive. The general discussion took concrete form in motions by Lamont Rowlands and R. B. Goodman for the appointment of two committees to report at the annual meeting of the association to be held the later part of January. One committee was created for the welfare work and the other for standardization. The former com- mittee will go into the best means of improving camp conditions while the other will work for a uniform system of reports covering all systems of logging operations. After suitable resolutions, the meeting adjuurned. An Instructive Meeting The last of a series of welfare conferences to be held under the auspices of the welfare committee of the Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Association was held at the Marion hotel in Little Rock on December 9. The con- ference was arranged for a general get-together meeting, but special attention was given to the discussions of such subjects as "Community Betterment," "Industrial Hygiene" and other discussions looking toward the general welfare and greater efficiency of labor at the lumber mills, as a result of improving the working, living and leisure conditions of the employes. HARDWOOD RECORD 39 Mill ownor:?, iucUidlnj; yellow ])iuo and hardwood manufacturers, togelhor with employes, were especially Invited to attend this conference. In the carrying out of the program the welfare committee was assisted liy the Young Men's Christian Association. The program for the Little Rocl£ meeting was as follows: Mornltis session, 10:30 o'clocic, J. Lewis Thompson presidlnir ; openln;; luidress, J. Lewis Thompson. Houston ; "Community Hygiene in Sawmill Towns and Camps and Its Relation to Treventive Medicine," Hr. Morgan Smith, secretary State Board of Health ; "Emergency Work in Mill and Hospital." Dr. J. E. Sparks, Crossett ; discussion. Afternoon session. 2:30 o'clock, Charles K. Towson presiding: "Pro- iii..tion of S;ivings and Thrift." C. A. Buchner, Mlllvllle : "The Em- pl.iver's Interest in I'ublic Schools," Trof, George B. Cook, state superin- tendent public education ; "Welfare Work in the Logging Camp." Levi Wilcoxon, Crossett : brief reports on welfare work being done : discussion. Evening session, 7 :30 o'clock, H. H. Foster presiding : "The Church ill the .Mill Town and Logging Camp." Rev. J. W. Workman. .Malvern: .i:ress of Welfare Work in the Nation." Charles R. Towson, secretary -trial Department Interii:iiional Committee Y. .M. C. .\.. New York. Hardwood Manufacturers ' Association Meeting I'resident W. E. DeLaney has announced that the twelfth annual meet- ing of the Hardwood Manufacturers' .\ssociation of the I'nited States will be held at the Gayoso Hotel, Memphis, Tenn., January 21 and 22, 1014. In taking the convention to Memphis this time the association is invavling the heart of the hardwood producing country. The con- ventions in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 were held at Cincinnati for the reason of th:it city being located on the border line between the large pro- ducing section in the South and the principal consuming markets in the North and East. The meetings were held at Cincinnati for the purpose of bringing the convention closer to the consumer, and all conventions held in Cincinnati were marked by a large attendance of consumers. A special invitation will be extcndetl this time to the consumer, who Is alwa.vs a welcome addition to these interesting meetings. Memphis is probably the most readily accessible meeting point that could he selected for the hardwood convention from the standpoint of the producer, as it is estimated that over ninety per cent of the hardwood producers are within one night's ride. The officers of the association are now at work on the program. Indiana Manufacturers to Meet The Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's .Vssociation announces through Secretary C. H. Kramer tliat the ue.xt annual meeting will be held at the Hotel Denison. Indianapolis, on Wednesday, January 14. The usual plans are being made for entertainment and other features. Van B. Perrine of Fort Wayne is president of the association. Bedna Y'oung of Evansville vice-president, James Buckley of Brookvillc, treas- urer. Memphis Club Candidates in Lively Campaign The current week promises to be one of marked activity in lumber circles, not with respect to the amount of lumber manufactured or sold but with regard to the amount of energ.v and enthusiasm expended by the gentle- men who have been named as candidates for officers and directors of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis and the various members of the trade who are backing the different candidates. There was a special meeting of the club at the Hotel Gayoso on Satur- day, December 6, called for the purpose of allowing the nominating com- mittees, appointed a week ago. to name its candidates and, with the report of this committee, the campaign was declared on in earnest. There were more than seventy members present at this meeting and enthusiasm ran high. Immediately following adjournment the candidates and their supporters started to work and. in addition to personal calls, there were telephone messages, special delivery letters and other means used to secure votes. The campaign will last only a week but it will lose nothing in intensity because of the brevity thus imposed. J. D. Allen, vice-president of I. M. Darnell & Son Company, heads the blue ticket, while his opponent is S. M. Nickey of the Green River Lum- ber Company and the Nickey Brothers Hardwood Company. Both men are well known and both have large personal foUowings. Both have done efficient work in behalf of the club and both have determined that they will put forth everj' possible effort to secure the highest office in the gift of a club which has not only a national but an international reputation as the most active and aggressive as well as the most important local luraljer organization connected with the entire lumber trade. The cam- paign, however, will be equally warm for the other offices and there is every indication that there will be no cessation of vote-gathering until the final ballot Is cast at the Business Xlen's Club building ne.tt Satur- day evening. The full tickets follow : Reds President — S. M. Nickey. Green River Lumber Company. FiEST Vice-President — Ralph May. May Brothers. Second Vice-Pke.sident — J. R. Blair. Crittenden Lumber Company. Secretaht-Treasirer — C. G. Kadel. r. F. Stone Lumber Company. Directors — R. M. Bennett, Bennett Il.iidwood Lumber Companv': R. H. Darnell. R. J. Darnell. Inc.; O. M. Krebs. McLean Hardwood' Lumber Company. Bldes President — J. D. Allen. I. M. Darnell & Son Company. First Vice-President — R. J. Wiggs. R. J. Darnell. Inc. Seiond Vice-President — F. G. Smith. Mossman Lumber Company. Secretary-Tre.isi:rer — C. G. Kadel. P. F. Stone Lumber Companv. Directors — C. c. Dickinson. E. SomllieimcT Comoany : T. E. .Tones. F. T. Dooley Lumber Company; J. F. .McSweyn, Memphis Baud -Mill Company. After the nominating committee had made its reports, the various candidates were called upon and responded briefly, arousing much enthu- siasm and bringing forth a great deal of applause. All of the candidates declared that they would win and. If their earnestness could be taken as a safe criterion, a miracle would have to be performed to prevent the club from having two sets of officers. Experience has proven, however, that only one set may be elected and a miracle is hardly likely — C. G. Kadel, candidate for secretary-treasurer, to succeed himself, Is the only one who Is certain of election and he is taking life quite easy in the knowledge that his office is safe without personal effort on his parf. The others will have to hustle and there is nobody who realizes this more than the gentlemen themselves. These elections arouse unusual interest every year and serve to keep enthusiasm up to that high state which Is productive of good results and which has been an important factor in the successful career of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis. There will be no regular meeting of the club next Saturday afternoon. Instead the election itself will bo held in the evening, during which re- freshments will be served. The names of the officers of election will be announced later. In the meantime the membership of the club rests confident in the knowledge that, no matter which candidates are finally selected, the affairs of the organization during the coming year will be in strong hands. Meeting of Cincinnati Clut On the night of December 1 the Lumbermen's Club held one of the most enthusiastic meetings of the year. The occasion was the regular monthl.v meeting which the entertainment committee arranged for at the German village of the Wiedemann brewery which is one of the most ideal places in this section to hold a stag meeting of this kind. The vil- lage was especially built for such affairs and the menu, consisting of broiled beefsteak and pitcli potatoes, was enjoyed immensely by all of the sixty members present and many of those who had not visited the place before were profuse in their praise of the novel dinner and sur- roundings. After the dinner was disposed of and while the trimmings direct from the wood kept flowing right along, President Hagemeyer called the meet- ing to order. After the usual formalities — such as reading of minutes and reading of communications — was disposed of. the question of assist- ing the Mississippi River Lev.v Association in securing the much needed appropriations tor the proper protection of property along that waterway was taken up and resulted In Walter Quick of Riiliey. Halsted and Quick being sent as a club delegate to Washington to be on hand and lend all possible assistance and to see personally the congressmen from this dis- trict and urge upon them the importance of giving the measure their support. Another matter of much importance taken up was the re-in- spection of lumber when in dispute, the question having arisen over a decision of the arbitration committee, part of which involved some in- spection over which the club has no control. Further developments are looked for in this matter at the meeting in January. , The approaching holidays with their festive occasions must have been in the mind of James Zoller of the Talbert-ZoUer Lumber Company, as at the close of the meeting he arose and apparently voiced the sentiments of all present in causing the entertainment committee to receive instruc- tions from the chair to make the January meeting a "special" affair and as many suggestions were made to the experienced entertainment com- mittee, it is needless to say that the next meeting will be well attended. Fhiladelpliians Hear Interesting Sales -Talk The Philadelphia Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association inaugurated a new feature when it gave a b.anquet at "Kuglers" on November 21, to which it invited all the salesmen of the members to be present to listen to a lecture by Herbert V. Casson. vice president of the H. K. McCann Company. New York, the well-known discourser on business ethics, on the subject of efficient salesmanship. After a dinner of sumptuous appoint- ment at 0 :30 p. m.. at which one hundred diners sat down. President Owen M. Bruner of the Owen M. Bruner Company, introduced F. Ashman Souder of E. .\. Souder & Co.. who explained that the object of the gather- ing was to give the men an opportunity to hear a comprehensive and instructive lecture on the most efficient and successful salesmanship, and also to enable the members and their men on the road to become better acquainted. Mr. Souder then gave some interesting and laughable ex- periences of salesmen he had known, after which Mr. Bruner introduced Mr. Casson and prepared his hearers for a cyclonic, whirlwind talk on a subject. Mr. Casson began by saying that there were essentially two men in a business, the boss and the salesman. The first looked after the work- ing of the business — the other got the business. In regard to lumber selling he said he had never talked to a bunch of salesmen before who traveled without samples and who sold goods they never saw. As no two thumbs are alike, he sai'', so no two men talk alike. It is merely a matter of personality in selling lumber, and If you get the order you must be able to make the bu.ver believe all you tell him. To be a good salesman .vou must be a man of character. Selling goods is a line by Itself; Inventors and manufacturers know nothing about selling goods. An inventor has an idea, he creates and he sticks to this idea ; the manu- facturer has no idea of his own, but uses that of another, and manu- factures the goods. He looks Inward all the time, while the salesman looks outward — has to watch the other fellow. Now, the salesman Is Just as Important ns the inventor or the manufacturer ; he has Just as 40 HARDWOOD RECORD imicli ycnius. KiKlory nfter fnclmy has ,ioar diiwii for iii>iii of tlif right kind of .siilesmcn to sell the coods. There Is ii Mg dllTerenec In siilos- mcn : one will sell ten dollars' worth of stuff to anolhi'rs one dollur's worth. It's the luittin;: of the floods neross to the buyer that tells, and none can make k>'"<1 unless be a|>|>lles proper salesmanship — uses as little eui-rgy as posslhle, trys to land his man with the least enemy and the fewest words, and wonis only that lit the case. Mr. Casson said .vou must study y(Uir man ; hefiire Kolnj; Into his place of business, walk up and down before the house and think out what *oii want to do. As an illuslration. when .von build a house you have a blueprint to go by. and so should yon be pri'pared when you approach your man. IlnndliUK nuMi, Mr. t'asson said. Is a profi'sslon. an art — a wonderful one, Knjrineers anar they .lumped to SloO.OOO — talk about supply and demand : it's good salesman- ship, not demand that is neefled. Selling a man what he wants is easy, but true salesmanship is knowing how to handle your man. Salesmanship is an expansive art : all .lobs eventuall.v get stale. You slide into old routine work and when you arrive at that stage you must needs wake up and make a fresh start. Be a person, not a habit : take joy in your work, don't l"t it get into mere grinding. Study your work as you would a problem." Mr. Casson said that some years ago farmers did their daily task, had some cows, some horses and stables for them, a kind ■of house for themselves to live in and ahout .$30 over at the end of the year ; later on somebod.v comes along and digs down sixty or seventy feet and finds oil. and thr Standard Oil Company is formed and several hundred million dollars worth of oil is realized. The farmer was satis- fied to live on the surface and to die poor. Y'ou must dig down — don't stop satisfied with the old routine and ever.vda.v dope. Keep studying. keep digging.. A 'certain deep digger is curing a ham b.v electricit.v in two hours instead of thirt.v days. Mr. Casson advised his hearers to study the trees and the many uses that can be made of the wood. ITe felt sure the lumbermen knew less than they should of the nature and utilit.v'of trees. He brought up the subject of cutting out the middleman by the manu- facturers, which he enlarged upon at the last Lumbermen's Exchange meeting. Don't sell your output to one concern, he advised. (!)ne Roe- buck went to a manufacturer and asked him if he would sell bim his entire output and take 12 per cent on the goods. The manufacturer was delighted — it was a dream he bad been waiting for. A year went around. Roebuck informed him he could not pay over seven per cent and a better grade of goods must In- made. etc.. etc. The manufacturer could not meet the demand, so there was only the alternative to sell out at forty cents on the dollar, as the salesmen and customers of course were gone. As to the salesmen's earning power. Mr. Casson said that it .vou don't -earn three times your pay you will be tired. The first third is your salar.v. the second is for costs, rent. etc.. and the third for the boss. A 'fellow has an accident on a railroad, bis friends set him up in a 'cigar store. He knows nothing about the business — he sells five cigars for a quarter, is much elated and takes one for himself and smokes it. and b.v so doin^ smokes up the profit. To help the bouse in cutting cost is part of a salesman's duty. Don't talk price to customers, is Mr. Casson's admonition — talk goods. Learn from the automobile salesman — you never hear him say anything about price'. He just talks up his machine and the price is palil without a murmur. lie a booster, feel oui your pi'ople — be like a rubber l)all which the harder you knock the higher It will bounce. Meit your nu'n with a smile: optimism will help sales. Never have any Impossibles on your list. Rub the labels off I he door marked impossible anil bring those fellows over. No man knows what he can do until he tries. Why. In San Krancisco the earthcjuakt m-.iiiv every cripple in town get up and run two miles. The survival of the fittest is the rub' In this world, and the fittest is going to win. II is .said the peopli- inherit the rarth, but .vou may rest assured Ihe man who goes nfter It is going to g.'t it. Mr. Casson advised the employers to en- courage their men- to give them a pat on the back — If they seli more, then pay them more. It will help a lot toward Increasing sales. When .Mr. Casson was through talking. .losepb I". Comegy.s macii' a motion that a vote of thanks be given to Mr. Hruner and tin- livi- directors of the association for bringing Mr. Casson to rbiladelphia. ami to Mr. Casson for Ills most interesting and instructive address. I'.otb were heartily tendered. Speeches l)y .1. Randall Williams, ,Ir.. .1. Randall Williams & Co.: Robert (!. Kay. Kay Lumber Company: Thomas H. Ilanuucr and T. Philip Hammer, T. K. Hammer Lumber Company: .John ,1. (luivinen, I'roducers' Lumlu'r Company, aiul A. J. Lev.v, Korest Lumber Company, were made relative to the advantage of the conferring together of employers and employes. In behalf of the salesmen this get-together social dinner was highly approvi'd and it was suggested tliat much Ijetter results would be obtained if the employers would consult more at length with the sales- men— get :i little <-!uunray. so to speak. The wholesalers made reply tliat the ev<'ning function in ipiestion was about on the Ihu' suggested, and liopcil for many repetitions in lb.- future. Annual Baltimore Exchange •I'll.' annual m etlug of tlir Ilaltiiunrr Lumber Kxcb.-inge which was held oil li.-ccinber 1 at the Miichauts' Club proved to be exceptionally en- joyable and interesting. it was productive to a pronounced degrei' of the feeling of good fellowship and co-operation, and it w'as distinguished for the reading of yearly reports that afforded much encouragement to the membership, apart from the di-lightfiii menu served at the banquet following the business session, and II tlier social features connected with tile event. It was stated, for instance, in the report of the retiring president, Theodore Mottu. that the quantity of lumber inspected by the inspectors of the exchange during the past year was larger than for preceding years, and that the bureau was coming to l)e more and more recognized as observing the highest standards and as deserving to the fullest extent the confidence of the trade, Onl.v one reinspection was ordered during the entire year, which shows to what extent the lumbermen of Baltimore and others have come to rely upon the official inspection. The i)roceedings opened with the retiring president calling the mem- bers to order and asking Secretary L. II. (Jwaltney to read the minutes of the last meeting, in September. Mr. Owaltney then, as treasurer of the exchange, read his report, which sliowed that the year from Novem- ber 30. 1012. to November ,10. 1!>1:>, had ended with a balance in the treasur.;'. and with an increase in the membership, the report being approved with expressions of satisfaction. .Mr. Mottu then called H. Rowland Clapp to the chair, while be pre- sented his annual statement, which set forth among other things the following, applicable to the hardwood trade : At the beginning of the year trade eunilitions generally were in exeep- tionall.v good shape, and we" all tbouglit tliat a banner year was before us. Lumber was very hard to get: the mills all tlircieub tlie South were busy running night and day to keep up with their orders; cancellations were frequent, and yon seldom, if ever, got more than a minimuiii ear. Trices were ver.v firm: in fact, everything looked good and we all predicted good business. Early summer brought a great change.' and very suddenly we were confronted with a condition exactly the opposite, which, unfortunately, has continued up to this ti'me. Now you do not have to wait lor shipments: your mail is full of circulars offering lumber of all kinds at any old price; there is no acute car shortage, and tin- supply is far in excess of the de- mand. This. I believe, is applicable to all producing seel ions. The inspec-ticai liureau, I am pleased to state, has had excellent sup- port frciin Ihe nieiiibers during the .year, ^^'itb an open seascui. lumber has arrived freely, and oin inspectors have all been kept busy, c'ven with the increased niiml»'i. having added three men in the spring. In 11112 the bureau counted 07, 111111,0110 feet of Virginia and North Cariilina pine, and 12.000.0011 f|.|-t of cither kinds of lumber. In Ifii:'. we ccimied 7ii.O(i0.000 feet of Virginia and North Carolina pinc\ and i:;,Onii.i feet of other kinds of lumber, showing an increase in 101:; over liilj of about i:! per- cent. This is indc>ed very gratifying, and I am sure that you will all con- tinue to support this important bramb c.f our Kxeliange. The export trade during lOlM has bi'C'ii eonduc-led under varying condi- tions. In .Tanuar.v ocean freight rates on iuiiilier advanced from twent.v- five to thirty per cent, and on logs twenty-live to 70 per cent. Notwith- standing the extra cost of transporting luiiiber there was a good demand, with strong values during the first cpiarter, and these conditions might have continued, but owing to the open winter and consequently the non- interference with timbering operations in the interior, supplies assumed extraordinary proportions, and soon a surplus of stock was in evidence, which made values much depressed : and during the summer months, al- though the demand was well up to previous years, the shippers had to accept lower prices on account of the free suppl.y. By our local exporters I am advised that the supply has been largely reduced, and that there is now a fair opening for all classes of hardwoods in the European markets, but that the shippers should realize that it is useless to send abroad large consignments of unsold lumber and that with a careful study of the needs of the foreign markets the export trade can be profitably and satisfactorily worked. The demand for our lumber and logs, and the favorable situation of Baltimore, together with the advantages offered by ocean sailings from this port should bring to u.s our share of the business. HARDWOOD RECORD 41 lUir memhtTslilp f4ir Ilu* year shows a net Kiifn of one. the mtniluT of rai'Uihrrs at Hils limr Itelnj? sevonly-tliiTe. 1 tliaiik yon for ili.' loyal siipimrt llinl vou have kIvoii mr (luiini; llie two years that 1 liav.' Iiail the honor or servlns; you as presUh^nt. anil while I rearet exeeeillnj;ly Hull tlios.- have not he. 11 years of very many aehleve nienls. I trust that our exeliance Is at least none the worse off fiu' having: addetl my name to its list of fornu'r I'xeentives. The report of the harilwooil Insgieetlon eommlttee. which was read by the secretary, reported an increase In the quantity of hitrdwood litiuber lns|H'Cted. through the exchange Inspectors, and with creater elllclcnc.v than in previous year.*. The helief was expressed that the close super- vision of inspe^■tors■ work by the chief Inspector had done much to remove cause for complaint. The total (luantlty of lumber Inspected during the year was li;.t»"7.ril7 feet. Tite committee also announceil that tile exchan;re Inspection was now ijoverned by the IPKt rules of tln' .National Hardwood IjiuiIht .Association. .lobn I.. .Mcock is clialrmnn nt the ci>mir.lttee. with .). .1. Ividil aiui .l.iines .1. I.annon ;is the other memliei's. The reiiort of Hie chief Insp.'ctor. .1. (;. (feanier, showed the total quantity of lumln>r Inspected, the dllTcient kinds of woods included in the work of the lns|)ectors. and the inspection for etich month of the exchange yeai. wliich runs from DecemlHT 1 to Xovembi'r I'.O of the fol- lowlnt; year. The ticki't naniei> KKiciitn, was put throush on motion by tlie secretary cast- Inp the ballot, no opposition having di'veIoi)ed. One circumstance about It is the slender representation of the hardwood trade. With the ex- et'ption of .lohn 1.. .Vlcock as a member of the managinK committee, there Is no hardwood man on it. Uldgaway Merryman. the new president, is entraKed in handlins; .North Carolina and other yellow pine. He has had a long ex|)erlence in (•xchange liusiness. however, and it is confidently ex|)ected that his administration will prove very satisfactory. Mr. Merryman. when conducted to the chair by Henry ('. JIatthews and Wil- liam .\I. Hurgan. madi' a neat little speech, in which he expressed thanks for the honor conferred, declared liis diffidence in following such a capable predeci'ssor as .Mr. Mottu, mikI then asked the earnest co-operation of the meml)ershiii to the iiid that the usefulness of the Exchange might lie Increased. This ended thi- l>usiness session, and the members adjourned to the bamiuet hall on tile lower floor, where an elegant menu, including such well-known delicacies as mallard duck. tiTiapin. o.vsters on the half shell. In addition to salad a la Merryman, made in honor of the new president, Mumra's extra dr.v. etc.. were served at handsomely decorated tables, while an orchestra discoursed music, .\fter the feast a vaudevilh' enter- tainment was given. .Miout ninety i)ersons sat down at the tables, and the utmost good feeling prevailed. St. Louis Exchange to Hold Annual Tile following letl.M- wliich speaks for itself, lias lii'en s.'ut out to the niemliers of the St. Ixiuis I.uinlierincn's i:.\chauge. by riesident I''. 11. Smith, notifying the members of the annual dinner which will be hild on December IG probably at the Mercantile t'lub. The annual meeting and dinner of the laimberman's Kxchnnge will lie held on Tuesday. Deceml)er 16. .\t this meeting a brief yet interest iniz account of one of the most memorable years in the entire 'liistory of tlie exchange is to be given. The exchange' has more members, has a wider acope and is doing more to boost the city and to protect the interests of the trade than for a great many .years. IVissibly a fifteen minutes' talk of business conditions and prospects will be given. Nominations of officers for the ensuing year will be made. The meeting will sit liown at ti ::jo p. m. and a sjiace will be left near the door for any who may be a few minutes late. Ililp establish the enviable record of being on time. .V nimilier of out-ofiown members are expected, and every indication points to a verv profitable meeting which will close around 0 o'clock or at the latest '.< ::iii o ilock. We have been starting things all the y.-m-. Now Id's get together for a grand wind-u|) of the year. Montlily Meeting Philadelphia Exchange The regular monthly meeting of the I-umbermen's Exchange, preceded by a supper, was hi'ld on the evening of December 4. President Benjamin Stoker in the chair. For the evening's entertainment and instruction Mr. Stoker was successful in securing .1. I'rank IJeschant. manager Sheldon School, Chicago, III., to give a lecture on "How to get business and realize a fair profit." The strongest point in Mr. Deschant's address was business efficiency. He pronounced this a great era for business educa- tion : psychologists are writing, he said, for the edification of the business man. He dwelt largely on conventional, statute and fundamental laws which arc essential for carrying out the proper and scientific business mi'lhods. "Science of business is science for service and he who profits in business serves best." quoted Mr. Doschant. He mentioned four factors in business to be considered ; first, the man who sella the goods : second, the goods; third, the customer, and fourth, the sale or close of deal. Kvery man's value Is based on his individuality. The less watching he needs, the more valuable his service. "What is the cause of so much necessary supervision?" he asks. "Errors." There are two kinds of errors, omis- sion and commission. Fundami-ntai inti'lleet comprises thought, memor.v and imagination. There are two Imiiortant points to consider In efficient selling — doubt, the negative, and faith, the positive. Doubt in your house, your goods or the buyer will cause loss of sale every time, where faith in these will often win the day. Then the will comes In : you are what your will makes you. Talk goods and not price, Mr. Deschant advised, and try 10 add iiolnts to encourage the sale when price is ques- tioned ; be detennlned to gel a man to do what you want him to do. Having another engagement. .Mr. Deschant was obliged to be as concise as possible. A rising vote of thanks was tendered him for much valuable and interesting information. The meeting then went Into session, .\fter the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting. Frederick S. rnderhlll. chairman of the com- mittee representing the Exchange at the National (Conservation Congress, read a very interesting and detailed reiiort of the meeting. It was announced at this meeting that the exchange bad become a memlier of the Chamber of Commerce of the Tnited States of America, which will hold its annual meeting in the New Wlllard hotel. Washington. D. ('.. Eebruary 11, 11: and i:t, 1914. It was decided Ity the board of directors of the exchange that the presidents of the exchange liereafter will be the repre- sentatives to attend all of tin annual meetings of that body. Chicago Association Hears Able Address On Tuesday. .November li.'i. the Uimbermen's .Association of Chicago held a very enjoyable luncheon in the main dining room of the i.aSalle Hotel. Following a pleasant half hour for luncheon. President MacLeod called the meeting to order and introduced Harry A. Wheeler, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. .Mr. MacLeod paid a fitting triluite to Mr. Wheeler's accomplishments. Mr. Wheeler's talk dealt with the value of association work. He asked if tliose present ever realized that organizations are the natural result of economic changes. He said that there is no spasmodic or- ganization into chambiMS of commerce, trade associations, etc.. but that such bodies are formed when there appears to tie a dire necessity as a result of the constant revolution in economic conditions. He .stated that in countries where the high condition of development exists, such organizations are most common, while in undeveloped countries there is no need for them. He said tliat they are the result of evolution from certain conditions to a finer and more lofty condition of affairs requiring a greater effort on the part of the poinilation to maintain such a high level. He then traced the usual development of the highly specialized modern business organization from the periodic gatherings of men repre- .senting any one body of liusiness up through the various specialized a.s.sociations which have finally resulted in the present efficient and nation-wide association. lie said there are two classes of organization, one lieing the com- munity association and the other the trade or liusiness association. The first are those organizations which have for their purpose the u|ibullrting of a city or other municipalit.v. and on the other hand the trade or business associations have as their purpose the furtherance of the interests of any particular club of business men. Mr. Wheeler stated that these two forms of organizations are more fully and widely develbped in the United States than anvwln-i Ise on the civilized globe. He said that King George chartered the first chamlier of commerce of New York City, but that only during the last dicade lias this association been efficient. It accomplished little because there was no set purpose for specific accomplishment. Mr. Wheeler stated that no one organization is all-sufficient in it.self. liut must eventually find lodging in some other organization of a some- what broader scope and that eventually the train of associations will lead up to tlie formation of an international chamber of commerce. Mr. Wheeler then touched upon the purpose of the reorganization of the various lumber associations of Chicago which was effected some time ago. He stated that the main duty of the present a.ssociation is to fri'e the city from the stigma of previous sliarp practices. He stated that the trend of modern business has taken it well beyond individualism and that the present-day business unit is the group. He instanced the death recentl.v of various men holding enormous responsi- bilities of the business of the nation and stated that as a proof of the passing away of tlie Individual control we have the spectacle of the enormous business interests of this country proceeding calmly and un- ruffled because of such events. He said that in business life the man who rubs eliiows with his fellow men. gaining their ideas, is the man who makes the biggest success in life and that this idea applies par- ticularly in association work. He stated that the Chicago association should secure for members ail creditable firms and then should go about the task of reforming those not now considered eligible for membership. Mr. Wheeler then reviewed tiie history of the organization of the as- sociation of which he is president. He said that 4ii0 bodies of business men have joined since April. 1012. and that these associations represent an individual mi'inbership of 2.">().(l0n. He stated that the real reason for the necessity that now exists for business men to have to make their infiuence felt in the government of the country Is the fact that the character of this country Is changing from agricultural to industrial. He said that last year the industrial production of tlie country was .f.'O.ono.OOn.dOO and the agricultural pro- duction .fO.diiO.ddO.nnO. He stated that the big problems are now In- dustrial rather than agricultural. In speaking of the tariff changes in effect. Mr. Wheeler said that it is not thi' tariff which Is |iald on any imiiort which afTects the price of a foreign commodity, but rather local conditions. Speaking of increasing cost in production. Mr. Wheeler stated that the non-producing element and extravagance are increasing wages above ail else and that coincident with this Increase In wages there Is no Increased earning power offered. 42 HARDWOOD RECORD The speaker then entered a strong plea for tlie elimination o£ tariff discussion from the political arena and the promnluatlon and maintenance of a common-sense method of scientifically settUns the various qnestions affected hv the tariff. He said that tariff ruptions cannot \\<' endured to \vorl< the thing out to a logical end. Mr. Wheeler reviewed the currency activities in Congress. lie said that under any law. but few business men will suffer because the banlts will protect themselves. Init that the business men's problem Is to liuow whether or not currency legislation will give flexibility and stability to our currency. lie stated that we will always have periodical panics and that laws should Ijc sulllclent to cover these unusual conditions. Mr. Wheeler said that following trust legislation will come social legislation and there will be n wave of new thought demanding more Intelligent tariffs, wise currency laws, the acceptance of the advice of business men in regard to trust legislation, and the study of social evolu- tion. He said that the Chamber of Commerce of the I'nlted States stands for these things and spealis for the business man to the government, seeking a hearing with the government. Following Mr. Wheeler's talk. F. I>. Brown, ex-president of the associa- tion, responded for the lumbermen. President MacLeod then brought up the question of affiliating with the National Chamlier of Commerce. E. A. Thornton moved that such afiiliatlon be effected. 'I'lie nmticiu was carried unanimously. President MacLeod then presented C. R. Henderson of the University of Chicago, president of the United Charities, who spoke appeaiingly for the support of the association in the work of his organization. He told of the purpose and organization of the United Charities and at the con- clusion of his talk a committee was appointed to secure subscriptions from the members of the trade in Chicago. E. A. Thornton then reported for the building committee and Charles Wescott for the membership committee, after which the meeting ad- journed. Meeting Northwestern Hardwood Association Tlip Nortliwestern Hardwood Lumbermen's Association met at Minne- apolis on December 2. Tliis was the twenty-fifth meeting of the or- ganization. The sessions were held at the West Hotel and were fol- lowed b.v a banquet and a theatre party in the evening. President F. A. Nolan was unable to attend the meeting and in his absence Vice-President A. S. Bliss took the chair. Mr. Bliss reviewed general market conditions, expressing as his opinion that conditions in the Northwest are in good shape. Treasurer C. F. Osborne showed a satisfactory balance in the treasury. Mr. Osborne was followed by Secretary J. F. Bacon. Following reports of the arbitration committee, railroad committee and of J. T. Jones on the proposed lumber schedules for Minneapolis, the secretary read letters of regret from otBcials of the National Hardwood Lumber Association stating that they could not be in attendance. The feature of the meeting was the general discussion of the conditions of the general market. Nashville Club Fights for Milling-in-Transit Privileges The Nashville Lnmliernien's Club held a meeting in that city on Tui'Sda.v, December 2, at which the most important question was the report of the transportation committee, which recommended that com- plaints against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad be put into the hands of John R. Walker of the Lumbermen's Bureau of Washington. The complaint has to do with discriminations with the Louisville & Nashville and Nashville. Chattanooga & St. Louis railroads in the matter of milling-in-transit privileges on lumber. It is claimed that these privileges are not granted to Nashville, but are granted to competitive points with the resulting harmful effect upon Nashville shippers. John M. Pritchard Elected Secretary of New Gum Association Lumber interests in Memphis are very much pleased witli the fact that John M. Pritchard of the John M. Pritchard Lumber Company. Memphis, has been elected secretary of the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association b.v the board of managers, which met in Chicago at the Lumbermen's Club on Saturda.v. December 6. Much pressure has been brought to bear to secure the consent of Mr. Pritchard to accept the position. He has been discussed therefor as the most satisfactory man available ever since the association was launched and those members of the board, including John W. McClure. are congratulating themselves upon the fact that Mr. Pritchard has. at much personal sacrifice, indicated his willingness to serve. The position of secretary Is regarded as distinctly the most important in the organization of the association, as the work of that body will be carried on largely through his efforts. The association has mapped out a big piece of work, namel.v, th.at of placing red gum on the market to much better advantage than heretofore, and. with Mr. Pritchard in charge, it is believed that the members of that organization will have ever.v reason to be glad of the fact that he is to act in that important capacity. Mr. Pritchard came to Mempliis five or sis years ago from Indianapolis. Ind., and in that brief period he has not only worked up a lucrative busi- ■ ness but he has also firmly intrenched himself in the friendship of every man connected with the lumber industry. He has served the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis as president during the current year and has made an able and efficient ' official. Besides his official connection with the Lum- bermen's Club of Memphis, he has been for a number of years prominently identified with the National Hardwood Lumber Association as chairman of the inspection rules committee. On the occasion of the recent banquet tendered by the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis to the Nashville and Louisville lumbermen and the delegates to the red gum conference. Secre- tary Fish of the National association said that if there were any one man to whom that organization owed more than to anybody else, that man was John M. Pritchard. His friends regard the eulogy of Mr. Fish as thoroughly merited on the part of the recipient and are predicting that, as secretary of the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association, he will, through his ability and efficiency, not only serve the organization well, but Increase the high regard in which he is already held by all who know him. It is announced that headquarters for this organization will be main- tained at Memphis. John W. McClure, first vice-president of the associa- tion, was chairman of tlie committee appointed to select headquarters. It has been regarded as practically certain from the time the new organiza- tion was first discussed that Memphis would be made ofliclal headquarters not only because of its prominence as a lumber manufacturing center and Its fitness as a result of being at the head of gum production in the United States, but because it was convenient for all those interested In the gum business to reach. One of the first steps to be carried out by the secretary will be to canvass with a view to securing as a member of this organization every firm that produces gum lumber. Following this there win be an educational campaign in behalf of this lumber which is ex- pected to ver.v greatly increase the outlets therefor. Particular efforts will be made to build up a big foreign trade in red gum through a cam- paign of instruction that will open the eyes of foreip;n consumers of southern hardwoods to the beauty and utility as well as the relative cheapness of this particular lumber. At the meeting of the officers and board of directors of the gum lum- ber association, held in Chicago, as above noted. President C. L. Harrison slated that the board entered enthusiastically into the business of getting the work of the association under way. In addition to the election of Mr. Pritchard as secretary, and the selec- tion of Memphis as headquarters for the association, the board transacted other business. A resolution was unanimously adopted as follows : Where.vs. The Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association desiring the fullest understanding of the conditions surrounding the gum lumber in- dustry, and desiring the full co-operation of all gum lumber producers, realizes that its position as regards association matters should be known, therefore be it Resolved, That the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association hereby de- clares its complete neutrality with all other lumber associations. A committee was appointed to arrange for a gum exhibit at the Forest Products Exposition. - Details of this exhibit will be carefully worked out so as to show the adaptability of gum for various purposes. Permanent offices will be In the new Bank of Commerce and Trust building. Memphis, the temporary offices in that building being in rooms 008 and 909. Annual St. Iiouis Lumbermen's Club A banquet and soiree, in addition to the regular monthly meeting and annual election of officers of the St. Louis Lumbermen's Club, took place at the Mercantile Club, Tuesday evening, December 9. The wives, daugh- ters and sweethearts of the members participated and enjoyed not only the entertainment but also the business portion of the meeting. An elaborate dinner was served to nearly two hundred persons, from 7 to 9 o'clock, during which there was a cabaret performance. About 9 o'clock the regular business meeting of the club and the election of officers took place. After 9 :30 the cabaret performance was resumed and con- tinued until 11 o'clock, when there was dancing until a late hour. .\t 9 o'clock President Whitmarsh called for order and after the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting gave his report for the year. The president said he has had the support of all of the members ; that there had been no friction in the work of the-association. He told what the club had done and what its purpose is, namel.v, to create friendship and advertise St. Louis as a lumber center. He also suggested what should he done b.y the coming administration in the way of increasing the membership. The reports of the secretary and treasurer and the chairmen of the various committees were then given. The secretary stated that sixty-five new members were received ; that the club had 680 visitors from June 1 to Nov. 30. He also told of the progress of the various features that have been inaugurated, and outlined the various functions that have taken place during the first .year. The election of officers concluded the business part of the programme and resulted as follows : President : John A. Rebels. St. Louis Lumber Company. First Vice-Phesidext : Thos. W. Fry, Chas. F. Luehrmann Lumber Company. Second Vice-President : C. G. Schilling. W. T. Ferguson Lumber Com- pany. Treasurer : C. P. Jennings, Berthold & Jennings Lumber Company. Secretary ; C. A. Pier. All the ladles attending were presented with dainty little souvenirs in the shape of several varieties of small children's figures, mounted on little maple pedestals. HARDWOOD RECORD 43 \!;^i>K>-VyVvT»ro!;i>ro.'wwi>5iy»!>5Wtffl.^i&')iw^ With the Trade F. T. Dooley Lumber Company Incorporated Tho r. T. liooloy Lumbor Company liiis been Incorporatod at Memphis durint; the past few days willi a capital stock of ?20,000. K. T. Dooley Is president. \V. L. Crensliaw vice-president and T. E. Jones secretary and treasurer. Mr. Dooley entered tlie lumber business on his own account following the dissolution of the Dooley-Stern Lumber Company, in which he was a partner. With the incorporation he has purchased the yards of his former partners and is now usinn tho.se. The yards have a capacity of from l.OOO.ono to 3,000.000 feet of lumber. An office building has been erected on the yards and the Arm has removed to this from the Randolph buildins. W. L. Crenshaw is president of the Memphis Hardwood Floor- Ins Company and is one of the officers of the Crenshaw-Gary Lumber Company. He is also identified with otlRT lumber and wood-worliing •enterprises in this section. Mr. .Tones was formerly employed by the C. B. Dudley Lumber Company. Mr. Dooley has been Identified with the lumber business here for a number of years and brings to his new enter- prise quite a wide e.xperionce. Eiel Lumber Company Incorporated at Memphis The Riel Lumber Company has been incorporated at Memphis with a capital stock of $30,000. W. L. Crenshaw and F. E. Gary of the Cren- shaw-Gary Lumber Comp-iny are among the incorporators. Geo. F. Reil, for a number of years associated with the Paepcke Leicht Lumber Com- pany, from whom the new firm takes its name, is also one of the prin- cipal stockholders in the new enterprise. Business Changes Announced The Croft Lumber Company of Clarksburg. W. Va.. has announced the election of J. Gibson Mcllvain of Philadelphia, president to succeed J. H. Henderson, who resigned to organize with his brother the Hender- son Brothers Lumber Company of Clarksburg. W. Va. The Croft company has removed its sales office from Clarksburg to Alexander, W. Va., and has appointed J. W. Sullivan general manager at the Alexander mill. The Henderson Brothers Lumber Company will occupy offices in the Empire building. Clarksburg. Furniture Factory at New Bremen At a recent meeting of the directors of. the Auglaize Furniture Com- pany it was decided to erect a furniture factory at New Bremen, O. The building will consist of one story and will be erected near the site of the Klaukc factory. Work will be commenced at once, and will con- tinue through the winter whenever the state of the weather permits. Receiver for Hardwood Company Paul Johnson has been appointed receiver for the .\tlanta Hardwood Company of Atlanta, Ga. A petition bad been filed in the Superior Court surrendering the charter. The company was incorporated some time ago. and was thought to be In good condition. A slow market and other difficulties are said to have caused the company to surrender its charter. Large Sale of Hardwood A sale of the hardwood timber on a 23.000 acre tract was recently consummated near Bristol, Va.. for !f2."0.000 by Charles F. Hagan. trustee of the estate of his father, Patrick Hagan. The sale included the timber only, and the land with its underlying coal was reserved. Patrick Hagan was once the largest land owner in Virginia. He bought hundreds of thousands of acres of southwest Virginia lauds at ten cents per acre. Some years ago he sold to the Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Company a boundary of 114,000 acres for $114,000. This prop- erty is now estimated to be worth several millions of dollars. Mr. Hagan thought at the time that he was getting a big price. Lumberman's Son Brings Glory to Cornell W. IL Fritz. Jr.. son of W. H. Frllz of W. H. Fritz & Co.. a young athlete and member of the Cornell football team, has in a day become famous, having played end and half back for Cornell in the Pennsylvania vs. Cornell game on Thanksgiving day. when the Quakers were defeated. It was through his admirable work in Ihese positions that his team won. Earl Palmer Entertains Earl Palmer of Ferguson & Palmer, formerly of Paducah. Ky., but now operating In Mississippi, recently organized a party of unusual interest. which was composed of quite n number of men prominent in hardwood lumber circles. Those attending came by special Invitation from Mr. Palmer to visit the company's operations in the neighborhood of New Houlka, Miss., about 110 miles soutiieast of Memphis. The guests were met at Memphis with special car which took them to New Houlka, where they were well entertained. While the trip was ostensibly a sight- seeing tour, most of the guests carried their hunting equipment with them and are reported to have had some successful shooting. The party spent the entire time with headquarters in the special car, utilizing it as their sleeping and eating quarters. Death of A. E. Hoffman At the lime of the recent death of A. K. lIolTman of the lIolTman Brothers <"ompany. Fort Wayne, Ind., information was not available on which II.vHDwooD Recoiid could base story of Mr. Hoffman's life. llArtuwoOD 1:ecord believes, however, that the trade will appreciate a short sketch ef Mr. HolTman's career In the lumber business. He was born In IKW In the country near Newburg, N. Y. His parents. Mary and Nathan E. Holfman, died when Mr. Hoffman was a boy, leaving him, three brothers and three sisters, all under age, to shift for them- selves. The young family moved to Frederick. Md., about IS.'iO, where the boys earned a living in various ways. A. E. Hoffman shortly Iwfore the war loft the rest of the family and went to Fairmount, then in Virginia. When the war broke out ho enlisted in the Confederate array and served with distinction all through the war. .\t the close of the conflict the brothers and sisters were pretty well scattered, but A. E. Hoffman came to Indiana and was impressed with the possibilities of hardwood development. He succeeded in interesting two of his brothers. J. K. and W. H.. and they started a mill in 1SG6 at Oswego. Ind. Two years later they moved to Fort Wayne, Ind.. on account of the railroad which had come in there. Since then he and his brothers and those associated with him have always been identified with the lumber busi- ness. While they almost always had mills at different points in the country, the old mill at Fort Wayne has been in continuous operation and is still running. This mill is somewhat interesting as being the place where the three Hoffman brothers built their first experimental band mill, this being the first band mill in the United States to saw a carload of lumber. They manufactured 'band mins for fifteen or twenty years under their patents, but confined most of their attention to oper- ating their own plants. Mr. HoUman was married in 1S71 to Emma Freeman of Fort Wayne. They bad one daughter, who died in 1910. During the whole course of his life Mr. Hoffman and the company with which he was identified stood as models of integrity and honesty and he leaves vacant an honored place in the hardwood industry of the country. The business of the Hoffman Brothers Company will continue un- affected by his death, as the firm had been incorporated a number of years ago and the active management has been in the hands of younger members of the family. Death of Sigmund Heineman On November 26. in the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, occurred the death of Sigmund Heineman of Merrill. Wis., in his sixty-second year. He was born in Germany. He became a citizen of Lincoln count.v. Wis., in 1880. and engaged in the mercantile, banking, land and lumber busi- ness. He was a Mason, Elk, Odd Fellow and a member of tho Jewish church. Pertinent Information Lmnber Cut and Shipments The National Lumber Manufacturers' Association has sent out a report showing the cut and shipments of lumber, by specified numbers of mills, for each month from November. 1012. to October, 1913, both inclusive. The showing is as follows : No. of Mills M Feet- Reporting. November, 1912 December, 1912 .... January, 1913 .... February. 1913 .... March, 1913 ' i-* i April, 1913 80i 1 Ma.v, 1913 721 1 June, 1913 <0o 1. •luly. 1913 -583 1 August. 1913 fi94 1 September. 1913 758 1 October, 1913 726 1 Totals 13 Comparisons, month with month, by takin; month in 1912 and in 191 692 70,5 71.'> Shipped. 1,091,800 919.400 1.019,200 994.800 1,212.800 l,l(!.->,-.00 ',(1,000 1.07 500 No. of Mills. January 629 Februarv 620 ilarch 029 April 629 May 629 June 636 July ■'■>.'i6 .\ueust 573 September 598 October 593 Totals are shown below : —Cut, M Feet— 1912. 683,100 804,500 856,200 94.5,400 1,100.200 1.118.600 1.084,400 1,139.700 1,072,300 1,139,100 1913. 889.200 849,800 994,400 1,064,900 1.231.600 1.117.100 1.085.100 1.107.400 1.069,400 1,051,400 ,626,200 the same milli Shipments, 1912. 805.000 888.500 970.000 1,028.400 1.140.700 1.073.700 1.192,700 1,180,500 1,037.400 1,072,300 1.088.600 1.154,100 1,127,100 1,162.800 13,242,600 lis for the M Feet. 1913. 987,600 923,900 1.059,100 1.006,100 1.131,700 990,600 978,000 1,045,000 980,400 1.042,400 9,944.500 10,400,300 10,299,900 10,144,800 Feet. Decrease in cut during October, 1913, under October, 1912.... 87,700,000 Decrease in shipments during October, 1913, under October, mi" 30,900.000 Excess cut over shipments during October. 1912 65,800,000 Excess cut over shipments during October, 1913 9,000,000 44 HARDWOOD RECORD New York Aldermen Still Oppose Wood Trim The i.iilldin).' .■Dinmltl r llic l)"iii(l cif Mlrln-rni'ii hi'ld nn.itlwr liciii-inj; on tbt' pi'oposod new cudv on Di-ccmlitT ;;. The commitlct'. (ir rather its thaiiman Alderman llerbst. is nialdUK a strong effort to liave a favorable report on tlie code prepared anti submitted to tlie whole t>ourd. 'I'o date only five sijinatures are allixed to tlie report, a sixlli lieint' n ipiired to nialii' a majority. At the last hearini; (he woml triiii, tireproof wuml. ;ind th.- iiimlu-r Interests \vere present in . niimbi'rs lo record the opposition to llie new provisions which prohibit the nse of wood trim in l>uildin);s l.'iO leet and over hisih. Tlie ol)Jcctions of the lumber interests have at two previous hearings l)een L'lven in detail and as noted in these columns the stand of the metal trim men was shot to pieces. It was lb(>U):ht the wood trim case was so stroni; and so eloquently stated th.nt the code would be changed in committee anS.li.">4 for November last year, a decrease of 28 per cent. This is the sharpest decline yet experienced in any one month this .year, and no doubt represents to some extent the holding back o£ plans, especially since active con- struction work is not normally brisk during the next two or three months. A few cities, however, show improvi'ment. Wichita comes to the front with a gain of 402 iX'r cent. Wllkes-Barre scores 100 per cent on the right side. Peoria forges ahead to tlie extent of 95 per cent. St. Joseph takes credit for a 44 per cent advance. Hartford gains 207 per cent. Cedar Rapids 170, Dallas 17."i, Columbus HI per cent, and Manchester 81 per cent. For eleven months this year the building operations of these cities have a total of *.5G6.742,.8.")r., compared witli !f(i44,102,2n3 for the corresponding period last year, a loss of 12 per cent. Comparisons in detail arc as follows : City. v.ns. Akron J 173.13.') Albany 277.855 Atlanta 278.904 Baltimore 012.7!m Boston 1,003,225 Buffalo 580.000 Cedar Rapids 497,000 Chattanooga 38,610 Chicago fi.490,700 Cincinnati 457,050 Cleveland 1,241, (!40 Columbus 398.770 Dallas 876,(>15 Daylon 111,975 Denver 155,129 Des Moines 108,990 Detroit 1,769,900 Duluth 204,073 East Orange 117,303 Ft. Wayne 102,150 Grand Rapids 275,384 Harrisburg 84,800 Hartford 1.070,845 Indianapolis 479.711 Kansas City 934,072 IJncoln 145,023 Louisville 184,910 Manchester 150,234 Memphis 211,2(11 Milwaukee 1.711,300 Minneapolis 820,990 Nashville 78,940 Newark "^49,371 New Haven 214.475 New Orleans 139.716 New York — Manhattan 4.121.737 Bronx 41«.(!14 Brooklyn 2.30(1,4 1.-, Total 6,847,7116 Oakland 414,226 Omaha 268, 'iDO Paterson 81,0,S0 Peoria 184,60,', Philadelphia 2,026, .^65 Pittsburgh 698,617 Richmond 281,399 Rochester 649,.=i75 St, Joseph 132.515 St. Louis l.n73.64R San Antonio 102.800 Scranton 156.625 Seattle 387,790 Shreveport 89.350 Sioux City 11H,1-J7 South Bend l'!i -,_■.-, Springfield n !_•.-. Syracuse Is_;;;;i, Toledo _^:; :,:,.-. Topeka ;:■.-, ;:'is ■Washington r, iin:;:'. Wichita _'l^:::.ii Wllkcs-Barre JIi', tjs Worcester 29!t.6S8 Total $38,066,523 1912 397.980 443,828 1.238.281 6S.S71 3,; 836. 178.00(1 118.185 7.625.000 526.145 1.230.812 247.987 318.250 593.078 318,010 136,915 1,548,085 39,5,115 199,505 165,635 240,240 57,480 269,475 700.085 1.638.965 25s!f>3(l 82801 .588,50.-, 1.643.605 707.645 2.56,958 706,806 321,328 197,980 9,354,655 2,013.243 2.420,074 13. 787. 971; 987.294 323.600 103.982 94.835 1.919.880 694.329 3,58.044 9(iS. 503 02.122 1.079.423 2(;i.813 1.54.2(10 403.31(1 87.520 1(18.835 62.350 215,150 396,810 272,270 74,240 810,867 42,300 101,396 736.904 Arkansas Flat Bate Adjusted The controversy over the Hal rate on rough luiiterial. wbieb was occa- sioned by the order of the l{ailr(jad Coyiniissiou .,f Arkansas, wliieli became effective on November 10. has been teiniinated to the sati-faeiion of both the shippers and the railroads. The Arkansas Kallroad Commission, after Inaring the arguments of both the shipper.s and carriers on November 20, decided to repeal its order In regard to the tlat rate on rough material, and issue a new order in lieu thereof, fixing the rates agreeable to l)otb parties. The" former rate as fixed by the C'oiumissi>uisvill.> & N.isbvllle Kailroad Company an injunction against the rate-making powers of the Kentucky State Railway Commission. Justice Hughes read the opinion in which the eiilire court concurred, and liy virtue of which interstate rates made by the Kentucky State Commission may be upset by railroads only when I hey .-ire iiroved to be eontiscatory. Hemlock and Hardwood Cut and Shipment R. S. Kellogg, secretary of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, reports that hemlock production in October was ten per cent less than In September and the hardwood cut fifteen per cent less tlian in the preceding month. Hemlock shipments in October practically equalled shipments in September, while hardwood shipments increased nine per cent over the previous month. The summary of reports for the last twelve months shows that during- this period hemlock shipments have exceeded the cut b.v three per cent and that hardwood production has been six per cent greater than ship- ments. The production of hemlock and hardwoods combined has exceeded shipments li.v one per cent since November 1. 1012. Reports from 72 firms give these totals for October; Sawed Shipped Ifassw( Beech 21 270 21 762 Itireh IClm . Maple Oak . Mixed •''.47" 47 .5..") 4 4 .•? 06 :i fi7S< .-.I 10.804 1.041 :;o 2..5.5e .'5.287 44 0.173 03 17 581 3.14.5 14 2.18.5 1fi.202 31.790 60..583 70,784 TOOTaimyaisroiOim!Mim»iOM3^^ Hardwood 'News Notes < MISCELLANEOUS > The Henley Furniture (■i,Tii|iany has linii ineoi poi-ated at Coldsboro. N. C. with .');23.000 capital stock. The Benton Cabinet Works has been incorporated at Benton. .\rk.. the capital stock being .f2.000. The Newbern Veneer and Tanel Company has started biisiness at Newbern, N. C. The company has an authorized capital stock of $30,000. The Portland-Mexican Hardwoods Company has started business at Portland. Ore., with .11120.1,00 capital stock. The Sander Cabinet Company of Indianapolis lias filed a notice of dissolution. The Troutdale Chair Company has lieen incorporated at Tioutdale. Va.. with $20,000 capital stock. It is announced that the M. Rumely Company of LaPorte. Ind.. has moved its general offices to Chicago. Tlie Sheldon Fixture Company has started business at Iiavenport. la., with an authorized capital stock of $2.5.000. Dickey Campbell & Co. .,f Black Mountain. N. C. liave sold out to Perley & Crockett. The Virginia Veneer Company has started business at Jarratt. Va. The authorized capital stock of this concern is $10,000. The South Bend Casket and Hardware Company has been incorporated at South Bend. Ind.. with a capital .stock of $.5,000. Articles of Incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state at Little Rock. Ark., by which the Benton Cabinet Works of Benton, .\rk.. Kvrc incorporated with a capital of $2,000. The directors are J. F. McEwen, N. D. Conch and JI. K. Couch. HARDWOOD RECORD 45 =-< CHICAGO >■ The Ueci'inlMr calendar oi the l.timbernnn's I'lub of C'lilcaiio shows that there Is listed ii stns vaudeville for December 13 and an evening of dancing for December 17. Miss Ruth Stonebouse will ngaiu teach the new dances on the latter date. n.vRDWooD Uecori) acknowledges receipt of a handsome calendar — the first for the year l',)14 — which was sent by the Wood-Mosaic Company of New Albany, Ind. H.tRDwooD Record Is also in receipt of a boftklet containing report of the paper on "Closer Utilization of Timber," as submitted by the com- mittee on forest utilization at the recent conservation congress at Washington. C. B. Allen, manager of the veneer department of the Anderson-TuUy Company. Memphis, has been spending several days on one of his peri- odical trips to the local market. W. B. Burke of the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company. Charleston, Miss., accompanied by Mrs. Burke, has been spending quite a little time in Chicago recently and on Sunday last left for Charleston after having been In the city for about two weeks. As noted elsewhere in this Issue, a meeting of the board of governors of the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association was held at the Chicago Lumbermen's Club on Saturday. December 6. Among those present were E. A. Lang. F. R. Gadd. S. M. Nickey, T. W. Fry, W. W. Dings, M. B. Cooper. II. B. Weiss. W. B. Burke, C. L. Harrison, John M. Pritchard, J. W. McClure. W. A. Gilchrist. Most of these men have already left the city and returned to their respective homes. E. D. Galloway and M. ' L. Pease of the Galloway-Pease Company. Poplar Bluff. Mo., and Saginaw, Mich., have been spending several days with the Chicago trade. Geo. n. Chapman of the Northwestern Lumber Company, Stanley, Wis,, spent several days of last week In Chicago. F. J. Nichols of the Nichols & Cox Lumber Company. Grand Rapids. Mich., was in town on a selling trip several days of last week. O. P. Hurd of Cairo, 111., spent several days In Chicago last week In conference with his brother. J. S. Hurd. J. C. Knox, secretary of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' As- sociation, stopped off In Chicago Monday of this week on his way back to Cadillac after having attended the logging conference at Green Bay. The last Issue of the Lumbermen's Club News, dated December, being volume 1. number 3. Is a mighty entertaining sheet. It contains a raft ■of Interesting stuff having to do with the business and personal affairs of members of the club. The H. C. Heinemann Furniture Company has started business at Chicago with S2.5,000 capital stock. The United Sash and Door Company has started business in Chicago with a capital stock of .$.5,000. Haughton & Gillespie of Chicago have changed the firm name to the Haughton Veneer Company. The Binder Frame Manufacturing Company of Chicago has been or- ganized with an authorized capital stock of $10,000. The Windsor Folding Bed Company of Chicago has changed Its name to the Windsor Furniture Company. The Schwartz Picture Frame Company has been incorporated at 'liicago with .$.5,000 capital. It is learned that J. T. Phillips of the Diamond Lumber Company. Green Bay, Wis.. Is now convalescing after a severe attack of typhoid fever. Mr. Phillips Is away for a two weeks' rest with his brother. Max L. Pease, Poplar Bluff. Mo., vice-president of the Galloway- Pease Company, whose headquarters are at Saginaw. Mich., was In Chicago December 2. Nels Duebolra. sales manager for the Scott & Howe Lumber Company, Oshkosh, Wis., was a welcome caller at Hardwood Record oflSce Decem- ■ber 2. J. S. Stearns, president of the Stearns Salt & Lumber Company, Ludlngton, Mich., was among the visitors to the local trade Demember 9. =-< NEW YORK >.= suit against the Long Island Railroad Company and his daughter, Miss Pauline Darnell, $10,000. The suit was brought following an accident In October. 1911, when a Long Island train ran down an automobile, killing .Mrs. Uarncll and another daughter and Injuring Miss Pauline Darnell. Wm. II. Russe of Memphis, Tenn., prominent hardwood lumber operator and ex-president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, was a visitor to New York during the fortnight. In company with Mrs. Russe he was on a shopping tour. J. C. Kaul of the Kaul Lumber Company, hardwood manufacturers of Birmingham, .^la.. was a New York visitor recently. The South American Hard Woods Company has been incorporated in New York by Geo. H. Hill. Medellin, Colombia. South America ; F. O. Altinger and E. H. Vines of New York. The company will deal In im- ported hard and fancy woods, and control vast tracts of timber In South .America. F. C. Price, for many years Identified with the tropical hardwood busi- ness In this city, has been appointed representative here of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works. He Is located at 17 West Forty-second street. The Magara Wood Working Company, office this city and plant at Mlddleport. N. Y.. has filed a petition In bankruptcy ; liabilities $.52,600, assets $67,200. The Lockhart Piano Company has filed a petition in bankruptcy : liabili- ties $29,700, a.ssets $14,400. R. J. Darnell, Memphis lumberman, was awarded $11,000 damages in =■< BUFFALO >= An order has been issu.-d hy .ludgo Hazel iu Federal Court directing Roland Grangle, receiver of the Blue Grass Lumber Company, to show cause why money collected on certain accounts should not be turned over to the Manufacturers' Finance Company of Baltimore. That concern makes claim to certain assets of the lumber company under an assignment for loans. The affairs of the Blue Grass Lumber Company and the associate Empire State Hardwood Lumber Company are in a tangled condition on account of the loss of part of the books. One Buffalo bank Is a creditor to the extent of $42,000. The Jamestown Panel & Veneer Company sustained a loss of several thousand dollars by fire, as well as water on November 30. The beat set off about twenty-five sprinklers and the veneer plant as well as two floors of the Nelson Company, manufacturers of dining-room tables, was flooded. The fire was caused either by spontaneous combustion or defective wiring. FOREST PRPDUCT5 EXPOSITION CHICAGO COLISEUM APR.30-MAY9 , NEW YORK GRAND CENTRAL RALACE M^2I-30 OUR SPECIALTY — CRATING STOCK WE MANUFACTrUE GUM, MAPLE AND OAK PL.ANING MILL FACILITIES Kentucky Vcnccr Works HIGH-GRADE — WELL-.MANUFACTURED Vcnccrs IN SAWED AND SLICED QUARTERED WHITE OAK AND QUARTERED RED GUM. OUR ROTARY CUT GUM AND POPLAR CROSSBANDING VENEERS ARE EXCEP- TIONALLY GOOD. Louisville Kentucky Grant T. Stephenson Constructing Enjgineer Wood Distillation Plants for Utilization of Wood Waste WELLS, MICHIGAN 46 HARDWOOD RECORD The City Lumber Company, lir)4 Soiioea street, bns started Into tbe general lumber business, both wholesale and retail. A stock of hard- woods and oak flooring will be carried. Manager Charles H. Shepard states that a pretty good local trade In lumber has been developed since the start several weeks ago. The yard adjoins that o£ the National Lumber Company. T. Sullivan & Co. report a good demand for brown ash as crating lumber. The yard has bSen receiving good supplies of hardwoods lately and the available piling space Is well taken up. Frank T. Stillivan. manager of the yard of II. II. Salmon & Co., has ir CINCINNATI! Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers! C. CRANE & CO. MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD LUMBER 1739 E.4STERN AVENUE DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. Mfrs. YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK GENERAL OFFICE — CLAY CITY. KY. RIEMEIER LUMBER CO. OAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT SUMMERS AND GEST STREETS E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. HIGH GRADE WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS GOERKE BUILDING SHAWNEE LUMBER CO. dHARDWOODS, white PINE and HEMLOCK Sales Office — Soath Side Station — C. H. & D. R. R. JAMES KENNEDY & CO., Ltd. OAK, POPLAR AND OTHER HARDWOODS FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co. WALNUT, OAK, AND OTHER HARDWOODS 103-4-5 CAREW BUILDING OHIO VENEER COMPANY Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE ARE YOU ALIVE to the "Service" (in all its details) you can secure from us on Oak, Gum, Pop- lar and other Hardwoods? BETTER GET IN TOUCH WITH US THE M. B. FARRIN LUMBER CO. I CONASAUGA LUMBER CO. I MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD AND PINE ^ FOURTH NATIONAL BANK BUILDING I Johns, Mowbray, Nelson Company I OAK, ASH, POPLAR & CHESTNUT W' GUM AND COTTONWOOD lately been at lliirbur lifauli. near Port Ilurun. to look afd-r tlie com- pany's barge Pcndell, wliich went ashore there. The Batavla door mill in which the Scatcherds are interested is tilling a large rush order for mahogany and other hardwoods tor tbe interior work of the new Lord & Taylor building in New York. B. P. Ridley of Davenport & Ridley, has been spending considerable time in the South lately, looking after hardwood stocks which are being shipped to the Buffalo yard. Blakeslee, Terrln & Darling report the hardwood trade as fair and better than it was two mouths ago. Plain oak and poplar are among the woods selling fairly well. R. D. McLean has returned from a week's business trip to Canada. The office reports the hardwood trade fair, but sales are not expected to be at all active until after inventory taking among bu.vers. Homer T. Kerr reports that the sawmill at St. Mary's, Pa., with which he Is connected has shut down for the present in order to put all the activities into cutting logs, preparatory to starting up about February. -< PHILADELPHIA >■ Frank R. Whiting, president of the Whiting Lumber Company, reports a varying activity. Buying is only from hand to mouth. He looks for comparative quiet until after stock-taking. The hardwood situation he pronounces well controlled. There will be a scramble for stock, he thinks, with the first advance in buying. The Croft Lumber Company of Alexander, Va., announced recently that J. Gibson Mcllvain. of J. Gibson Alcllvain & Co., Philadelphia, had been elected president of the company to succeed J. H. Henderson, who with his brother, Milton J. Henderson, has formed a wholesale lumber firm which will occupy the old Croft quarters in Clarksburg, W. Va The Croft concern has moved its sales office, which will be under the direct supervision of J. W. Sullivan, general manager of the mill, to Alexander. Eugene W. Fry, lumberman, and president of the Philadelphia Lumber- men's Goll Club, has been recently appointed a delegate by Governor Tener, to represent Pennsylvania at the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. Mr. Fry was also elected a vice president of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, at their recent convention in Jacksonville. Horace A. Reeves, Jr., says he is getting a few orders right along, and last months' sales totaled up fairly well. Sharper hustling Is necessary now, he says, and there is nothing on the surface at this time to deter- mine tbe outlook. J. U. Holloway of the Imperial Lumber Company says business is spotty and hard to get. -\s to outlook they simply are hopeful. It is announced that A. B. Adams of the Brown-Bates Company will look after sales in the mining region hereafter. F. A. Dudley of the Sterling Lumber Company confirms the general trade report of a strained activity. There is nothing new from a fort- night ago, and no improvement looked for until after January 1. Nathan B. Gaskill of Nathan B. Gaskill and Sons, Inc., in regard to the lumber situation, says we are simply marking time, waiting patiently for a sign to go ahead. W. H. Fritz of W. H. Fritz & Co. says there has been very little change if any in trading for the last two weeks and that none Is antici- pated before the end of winter. The Federal Clay, Coal and Lumber Company, Wilmington. Del., ob- tained a charter under Delaware laws November 22, capitalized at $200,000. =-< PITTSBURGH y- The Marquette-Kerr Lumber Company, capital $25,000, has been organ- ized at Toungstown, O., by H. L. Marquette, Willis E. Kerr, Carry Kerr, Grace D. Williams, and ElizalMth Marquette. The Henderson Brothers Lumber Company is a new concern with offices in the Empire building at Clarksburg, W. Va., which is of much Interest to Pittsburgh wholesalers. The president is J. H. Henderson, for many years with tbe Kendall Lumber Company of this city, and lately presi- dent of the Croft Lumber Company of Clarksburg. William Schuette & Co. report a fair volume of business. Yard buying Is, of course, pretty slow at present. The C. P. Caughey Lumber Company is cutting a large amount of mine stock and railroad ties from its hardwood timber tract in Centre county, Pennsylvania. Manager S. A. Seaman of this company, announces that business in both these lines is good. J. M. Bemis & Son, of the old lumber firm of Bemis & Vosburg, have sold their big timber holdings in Texas and other western states for about $1,000,000. They were bought by Mr. Bemis fifty years ago for $10,000. The Aberdeen Lumber Company has established a cypress department which is bound to be a winner. President J. N. Woollett has secured for manager of this department Fred J. Davenport, formerly of the Cypress Selling Association of New Orleans. President Woollett is in the South this week on business. The Kendall Lumber Company has made a change in its Philadelphia office putting Otto C. CIuss in charge in the Real Estate Trust building in that city. At its branch office at Columbus, O., Wade Heimrich is now manager. W. D. Johnston, president of the American Lumber & Manufacturing HARDWOOD RECORD 47 Company, relurned home this week from a three weeks' trip to the Paclflc coast. The American reports an excellent business In hardwoods. The J. C. Donges Lumber Company, of which J. C. Donges has been the active head for several years, will shortly incorporate under a Penn- sylvania charter. His associates will be L. K. Martin, K. T. Rossell and J. A. Lager. The first annual banquet of the Pittsburgh Lumbermen's Club was held at the German Club House on Craft avenue on the evening of December 3. Dancing, a line banquet, and a splendid moving picture show entertained the iSO retailers and their wives who were present. The club is a very active organization and its officers are ; President, E. M. Dieboid ; vice- president. W. H, Williams ; treasurer. Walter Ahlers : secretary, E. A. Dieboid. =-< BOSTON y- The Colonial Lumber Company. Boston, has taken an office on Milk street. The company was incorporated here a few weeks ago. The plant of the White Mountain Freezer Company, Nashua, N. H., has been damaged by fire. The blaze was confined to the company's large dry house, which at the time of the fire was well stocked with lumber. The building damaged was erected about a year ago and was credited with being one of the most modem dry houses in that section. Abraham Recht. a large builder in Lynn, Mass., has filed a petition In bankruptcy. The liabilities are given as $67,615 and the assets are estimated at $53,775. C. L. Barr of Philadelphia, Pa., has been a recent visitor in the Boston marker. =■< BALTIMORE >= Among the visiting lumbermen here the latter part of November was W. L. McCormick, who came in the interest of some of the large manu- facturing interests in Washington state on a kind of inspection tour in order to study the advantages offered by the various Atlantic ports. with a view to selecting one that might be made the central point tor shipments of Paclflc coast lumber when the Panama canal is opened. The plan would be to concentrate all of the shipments east at one point, and from there distribute the lumber over the interior and along the seaboard. Mr. McCormick expressed himself as being very favorably Impressed with Baltimore because of this city's location midway between north and south, and in an admirable position tor reaching every part of the territory. Among the creditors of the Peabody Building Company and its presi- dent, James T. Miller, who were adjudged bankrupt in the United States court here November 25. were a number of lumber firms, with amounts running as high as $3,000 and $4,000. The company has been carrying on construction work in the northern part of the city and has found prop- erty moving slowly of late. A. O. Thayer, mill manager for the Magazine Hardwood Sawmill Company, near Mobile, Ala., which is owned by Richard P. Baer & Co., of Baltimore, is here on a vacation and will spend several weeks in the Monumental city. Mr. Thayer e.xpressed the belief that the hardwood situation had presented a fairly favorable aspect. Another visiting lumberman was George D. Burgess of Russe & Burgess, Inc.. Memphis. Mr. Burgess came to Baltimore to attend the funeral of his father-in-law, J. D. Earl.v. who was for years cashier of the Commercial and Farmers' National Bank here, but retired in 1805. Mr. Burgess gave an encouraging view of the lumber trade in the Memphis section. He said that while there had been an easing off in some of the woods, the first drop was generally the most pronounced, and that Indications gave rise to the belief that a rebound might occur before long. =■< COLUMBUS >•- The Contractors' Association of Portsmouth, O., has been incorporated for the purpose of promoting the interests of contractors and building material men in that citj*. The corporation is not for profit, thus no capital stock is provided for. The incorporators are A. ,T. Reitz, Otho D. Foster, William Creelbaum, William J. Tritscheller and Henry H. Eaps. J. P. Madigan of Cleveland Is one of the incorporators of the Perry Coal and Lumber Company of Lexington, Ky., which has a capital of $1,500,000. The company will develop mines and oil lands and manu- facture lumber. M. J. Berry of Columbus Is also interested In the compan.v. The Niles Auto & Machine Company has leased the building formerly occupied by the Sykes Lath and Roofing Company at Niles, O. The Economy Lumber Company of Marion. O., has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000 to buy and sell and deal In lumber. The incorporators are J W. Jacoby, A. L. Payne, Pride Tossey, S. H. Delong and D. F. Maples. The Kirkpatrick Lumber Company of Cincinnati, 0., has started in the wholesale business. -Vt Logan. 0.. there is a dearth of houses and efforts are being made to supply the demand. The scarcity is caused by the large number of employes which came into the city recently. A number of new manu- facturing concerns opened there. The annual meeting of the Union Association of Lumber, Sash and Door Salesmen will be held at Cincinnati February 8, 4 and 5 In con- WALNUT Walnut for Export Thirty years' experience in the handling of walnut logs for export enables me to furnish guaranteed prime quality stock. I am coiistautly in close personal touch with the source of su[)ply of export vralnut logs and know exactly what I am getting at all times. In fact, a number of the best for- eign houses are taking up my logs on my own recommendation. My supply enables me to fill orders of any size in carload lots without delay. Highly Figured Walnut As a result of close personal supervision of log purchases my stock of highly figured wal- nut in long wood and stumps contains only the choicest in figure and curl that can be found. All this stock is carefully selected to take care of a discriminating demand. My figured stumps are all dressed closely and when shipped are practically in shape for the knife. Youwill lose nothing bv trying me on your next inquiry. FRANK PURCELL ^^^^^=^^= Kansas City, Mo., U. S. A. MATHEWS STANDARD Gravity Lumber Conveyer Made all .-Jteel. ball bearing rolleri oupled together and assembled to forn ver which lumber, tloorlng, dimension 3ur per cent grade. Ad.1ustable .lacks ne and secure proper grade. Light. teen In successful use for past ten ye; elpt of Info nd to be talog. eight foot sections: pas ilv 11 10 of a nv required eng h. St ■in trave or a su )plied o s upport CO nve 'er sir ong a Id easily portable. lor as to lengths and wid ha :on veyed. Set Id rough sket ch ELLWOOD CITY, PENN. Branch Fiu-torie^, TOKONTO. ONT.XKIO I.ONDO.V. KN(;l..\N HARDWOOD RECORD (Leading Manulacturers) St. Francis Basin Hardwoods 100,000' 4 4 " Ists & 2nds Plain White Oak 100,000' 6 4" No. 1 Common Red Gum Band Sawn Bone Dry 75 per cent. 14 and 16 feet long PROMPT SHIPMENT Geo. C. Brown & Company Proctor, Ark. 1.%":^^^^":%'. OUR SPECIALTY St. Francis Basin Red Gum WE MANUFACTURE Southern Hardwoods Gum, Oak and Ash = J. H. Bonner & Sons Mills and Office. OUIGLEV. ARK. I'ostofflce and Telegraph Office, HETH, .4BK. WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING Band Sawn Stock 600,000 ft. 4 4 Common & Better Sap Gum 200,000 ft. 4 4 Common & Better Red Gum 250,000 ft. 5 4 Common & Better Red Gum 75,000 ft. 6 4 Common & Better Red Gum 50,000 ft. 8 4 Common & Better Red Gum This stock contains a good percentage of 14' and 16' lengths and is of excellent widths W. W. GARY, Tsr HARDWOOD LUMBER AND LOGS ARCHER LUMBER COMPANY HELENA, ARKANSAS Manufacturers of HARDWOODS SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES We can furnish your entire reqviirements in Hardwoods . OUR SPECIALTY — RED GUM noctlou with the .inuiial convention of the Ohio Ret-iii Ijumber Dealers' ,\ssocintion. .7. S. Iln.vward is president of the orynnization. In the month of November was recorded the greatest volume of business for any November sinie the city building department was opened. The e.vcess of Noveml>er, 1013, over November. 1912, was $150,783. The total value of permits granted this month by the department was s.i'iv 77(1. The business of the department for the first eleven months "1 iliK year over that of a similar period in 1912 has increased by s:,,".s,iij(]. The total to December 1 has been $5,075,8.')0. The number of 1913 buildinK permits so far has been 3,749, compared to 2,534 issued in a similar length of time last year. The Dwight Hinckley Lumber Company of Cincinnati has announced that Harry W. l'"agin, formerly of Fagin & Kirlcpatrlck, has become a stockholder in that company and at a recent meeting of the board of directors was elected vice-president. The next two or three months will see the beginning of the largest building operations Columbus has been fortunate enough to witness for many years past. The prospects for building in Columbus in 1914 and 1915 are better than they have been for years, considering the v.nlue of the buildings and the improrement thereby to the city. The architects are just beginning the plans for these buildings in some instances and in others the drawings are nearing completion. But that these great improvements are to be made is certain, the aggregate cost of the seven buildings being about $3,000,000. F. ir. lIiTilman of the F. H. Herdman Lumtier Company of Zanesville, , C. died reci'utly after a short illness. L. B. Schneider of John R. Gobey & Co. says that conditions in the hardwood trade are remaining about the same. Prices are firm and .shipments are coming out better. Secretary Benbow of the Sowers-Leach Lumber Company says trade is rather quiet although prices are holding up well. Manager Hodil of the Virginia Lumber Company says that the hard- wood trade is holding up well and prices are firm. R. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a little slowness in the past week due to the intervention of the Thanksgiving holiday. He says the factories are still the best buyers although yards are buying a little. The car supply appears to be spotty ; some places are being well provided while others have a scarcity. .T. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company says the weather has been against an active movement in hardwoods. Prices are Just about the same and the demand is fair. There is an improvement in the car supply. George P. Morgan of the Mercereau Lumber Company of Parkersburg, W. Va., and E. M. Bonner of the Diamond Lumber Company of the same city were in Columbus recently on business. =-< TOLEDO y President W. S. Booth of the Booth Column Company has just returned from a trip to West Virginia where he purchased 300,000 feet of poplar and a car of oak lumber. Mr. Booth states that business has been splendid with his concern this year, which far exceeded the business of last season. Next week this concern will begin operating its plant but eight hours a day which will be continued until the first of January when the annual inventory will be taken. Following this the plant will again run full time. The Toledo Bending Company reports business a trifle dull just now, orders coming In more slowly. As this is the "off time" for this class of business it leaves conditions about normal. The Skinner Bending Company reports a fair business, orders beginning to come in more slowly, however, both in the bending and wheelbarrow departments. While prices have a tendency toward depression, this is believed to indicate only a slow demand and a desire on the part of a .sood many concerns to unload what stock they have on hand, in an effort to turn their w-ares into ready money. Blood poison resulting from the infection of a small boil behind one of his ears caused the death during the last week of Howard M. Smith, prominent Toledo lumberman, well known to the trade throughout this section. Mr. Smith's father operated the first sawmill ever located in To- ledo in the early days \^'hen this section was rich in fine hardwoods. These sawmills finally developed into the pioneer lumber yard of Toledo under the title of the W. H. H. Smith Company. During the past three years Mr. Smith has been conducting an office business in Toledo. He leaves a wife, three daughters, a son and a brother. ■< INDIANAPOLIS > The Clinton City Lumber Company of Clinton has increased its capital from $20,000 to $50,000. .\fter a shut-down of four weeks (or repairs, the Udell Works, manu- facturers of ladders and furniture, has resumed operations with a full force of employes. Building operations in the city last month aggregated $479,711 as compared with $700,085 for November, 1912, the decrease being due largely to labor difficulties. The McDonald Lumber Company has been organized at Clinton by Eugene McDonald, M. M, Scott and .\ustin Jackson and has been incorpo- rated with an authorized capitalization of $20,000. John Hughes, who was identified with the hardwood trade in northern Indiana for many years, died at the home of his daughter in Fort Wayne HARDWOOD RECORD 49 a few days ago. He was sixty-flve years old and retired from busluess recently after having been In the lumber trade at Iluntlngton. Judge Albert B. Anderson of the United Stales court In this city has appointed Edward C. Dissell receiver for the Ilanna-BinckenrldKe Com pany of Fort Wayne on a petition tiled by several creditors asking that the company be adjudged bankrupt. Members of eighteen building trades' organizations have walked out on all building projects where any brick work Is under way. The troul>ie is a Jurisdictional strike caused by a determination to prevent brick layers from doing Inside marble work. The brick ia.yers arc not members of llie .\merican Federation of Labor with which the marble setters and othii- building trades are Identltied. Since December 1 a large number of teamsters and chauffeurs In tin' city have been on strike dt'niandlng a uniform wage scale and shorter and uniform hours. .VII hauling was suspended two days because of acts of violence that met efforts to operate trucks. The excellent protection being afforded by the police, however, has encouraged many concerns to resume deliveries. The police are proceeding on the theory that law and order must be maintained and have very promptly responded to all complaints. dispersing mobs as fast as they have formed. Normal conditions are rapidly returning and It is thought that within a few days there will be little danger of trucks and drivers being molested. Threats are being made that a general strike of all labor organizations will be called. =-< MEMPHIS y- The Chickasaw Cooperagu iJoiupaiiy lias ircently purchased a mill which will be installed at McGehee. Ark. This firm is engaged in the manufac- ture of heading and staves and tight barrels. It has extensive holdings in the territory tributary to McQchee and the new mill will be installed for the development of these. On the strength of this launcliing into the sawmill end of the business Walker L. Wellford, secretary and treasurer of the company, has made application for membership in the Lumbermen s Club of Memphis. A large delegation is in Washington urging federal control of the levees through the adoption of the Ransdeli-Humphreys bill which is now pending before congress. There is no section of the country more directly inter- ested in this proposed legislation than the Memphis territory. The floods of the past several years have brought disaster throughout the upper Mississippi valley and owners of lumber and wood working enterprises throughout the territory tributary to Memphis have suffered heavy loss as a result of the breaks in the levee system. Every business organization in this city and section, including the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, sent delegates to the Washington conference. The belief is very strong here that it Is Impossible to control the floods through the state and private levee boards and that the United States government is the only power having sutBclent capital at Its disposal to cope with a situation of such vast import. The Moro Land & Timber Company has made application to do business under the laws of Arkansas. Its headquarters are at Moro. .\rk. The certitieatc sets forth that the company proposes to invest $20,000 in Arkansas and that one of its chief expenditures will be involved in thc erection of a sawmill at Bono, Craighead County. R. J. Darnell. Inc.. has failed to secure an injunction from the supieme court of Mississippi restraining the railroad commission from putting into effect a new log rate on the Balesvillo-Southwestern which tiiis firm has leased from the Illinois Central railroad for the development of it| timber resources in that section. The lumber firm set forth that the new rate was practically confiscatory and. theref<;re, in violation of the constitution of the United States. The supreme court, however, has suggested the wisdom of testing the now rates by actual experience and. from tlie decision, It is apparent that the complainant will have to submit to this verdict at least for the time being. =-< NASHVILLE >= The Nashville Veneer Company has been Incorporated with an author- ized capital stock of $1.">,000. A. B. Ransom of John B. Ransom & Co. has been elected president, and Wm. R. Drlnkard of Indianapolis is general manager of the new company. The company has taken steps to start up a plant in West Nashville immediately, and is now operating two saws. It Is expected that the business will be enlarged greatly at a later date. The Hudson Lumber Company at South Pittsburg, Tenn., has bein carrying on heavy operations In red cedar lumber and timber. The com- pany has recently closed contracts for about 1,000 carloads of red cedar In Rutherford, Bedford, Coffee and other counties, to be delivered at onci'. The receipt of these shipments will give the company about .■!,000 carloads of red cedar on Its yards, valued at more than $100,000. This lumber is being convi'rted Into material for the Eagle Pencil Company, and Is said to be as tine quality as can be secured at this time. The company employs about l.iO men In its plant. It Is now making arrangements to secure electric power from Hales Bar on the Tennessee river. The development of the water power of Tennessee at the cost of many mil- lions of dollars and Introduction of hydro-electric power promises to do much in the matter of power for manufacturing plants. Tlie Moore Lumber Company of Creencvllle, Tenn., has filed a volunlary petition In bankruptcy. J. G. Collier has added a sawmill to his stave factory plant at Erin. ( Leading Manufacturers i Our Corps of Inspectors Intelligent! Highly Trained! Conscientious! is assurance that you will get what your order calls for when you buy Gum from us Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company Cape Girardeau, Missouri MILLER LUMBER Marianna, Arkansas CO. We offer for shipment during the next six months, at the rate of a car or two per week, 25 to 50 cars No. 1 and No. 2 Common Gum SIS 9 16" thick. We are also in posi- tion to furnish for prompt shipment 4 4 to 8, 4 1st & 2nd and No. 1 Common Red Gum. YOUR INQUIRIES SOLICITED All band sawn stock, good percentage 14 and 16' lengths. Modern equipment backed by 25 years' practical experience Is our guarantee of proper handling of your orders. We also manufacture other hard- wood lumber and box shocks. Baker-Matthews Manufacturing Co. Sikeston, Mo. Band Sawn Southern Hardwoods SPECIALTIES RED GUM, PLAIN OAK SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES Quartered Red Gum Plain and Quartered Gum, Two Years on Sticks 4/4", 5/4", 6/4" and 8/4" Thicknesses 3" No. 1 Common and Better Soft Elm Bone Dry Mark H. Brown Lumber Company Hardwood Manufacturers Mounds, Ark. Eleven Miles West of Memphis, Tenn. 5° HARDWOOD RECORD Harris Manufacturing Company Johnson City, Tennessee ^'Harris'' Hardwood Flooring and Lumber Bluestone Land & Lumber Company MANtTACTUBEBS WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock Band Sawed Stock RIDGWAY PENNSYLVANIA MEMPHIS Wholesale Manufacturers and Exporters RED GUM SAP GUM COTTONWOOD CYPRESS ASH PLAIN OAK Aiir- J J Tk- I, QUARTERED OAK All (jrades ana 1 hicknesses ^ HICKORY We make a specialty of mixed cars of Sap and Red Gum, One-balf to Tn-o inelies tliick. SOFT ELM SYCAMORE YANDEN BOOl^STIMSON LUMBER COMPANY Maonfactorers Sootbein HaNwoods AsH a Memphis Tennessee TIMBER ESTIMATES REPORTS INCLUDEH) TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP. DETAIL ESTIMATES & WRITTEN REPORT GARDNER & HOWE ENGINEERS Clarence W. Griffith ""V^tZ'BuniilT"' Memphis, Tenn. Tonn., and will also dovote attintloa to tlie general lumbir trade. The Greonevllle Chair Company, Greeneville, Tonn.. which has been In the hands of a receiver for some time, has been sold by order of the court to Mr. Lutz of Lenoir. N. C, for $.35,000. This will pay about twenty- flve cents on the dollar to creditors. The company operated a large plant, and Mr. Lutz. who has had experience in the business, announces his intention of reorganizing the company and resuming business at an early date. The plant emplo.ved about 400 men. Nashville commercial bodies have started a movement to consolidate. Ofllcers and directors of more than a dozen associations met December 4 and endor.'.ed the plan. E. M. B'oster, president of the Board of Trade, presided, and E. S. Shannon was secretary. Many prominent men spoke in favor of the movement, including Chas. M. Morford, president, and Hamilton Love, former president of the Commercial Club. It is probable that the Nashville Association of Commerce will be formed, with a mem- bership of 3,000 or 4.000. similar to the plan now In vogue In Chicago. The Lumbennen's Club and other associations will be subordinate depart- ments and will have their officers and organizations. The Board of Trade. Commercial Club and Business Men's Association will probably be absorbed. It has been recognized for several years that greater work could be accomplished for the city by united effort. The presidents of the various organizations were appointed a committee to perfect plans for consolidation. The Cumberland River Improvement Association held its annua! meet- ing and re-elected W. E. Myer. Carthage, Tenn., president, and E. S. Shannon, Nashville, secretary. The association is composed of men pro- moting the work of improving the Cumberland, and the outlook was reported bright to secure the completion of the project so as to give navigable water all the year round from Nashville to the Ohio river and also for several hundred miles above Nashville. It is believed the com- pletion of this work will be a greater advantage to the city in the matter of securing transportation rates than a new trunk line railroad. =-< LOUISVILLE >= Recent forest tires in eastern Kentucky have caused so much damage, in spite of the fact that they were vigorously fought by the county fire wardens appointed by the state forestry department, that J. E. Barton, state forester, has written to all of the railroads in the state calling their attention to the law requiring them to use spark arresters and pointing out their liability for damages in case they cause the destruction of timber by fire. The Louisville Hardwood Club is preparing for an active season's work. Important topics to be discussed In the state legislature, which starts its bi-ennial session at Frankfort next month, will be taken up before then by the club. The questions to be considered are reform of the state tax system, adoption of a workmen's compensation law and the extension of the powers of the state railroad commission. President S. R. Cecil has appointed the following committees : Publicity and Pkogram — Edward L. Davis. G. D. Crain. Jr.. and Stuart R. Cecil. Entertainment — T. M. Brown, D. E. Kline and John Churchill. Finance — C. M. Sears, T. M. Brown and A. E. Norman. By-Laws — D. E. Kline, C. J. Frank and August Kahler. Membership — P. G. Booker, R. F. Smith and Smith Milton. Transportation — A. E. Norman, HerV>ert Bauman and Edwin Norman. Logs — H. E. Kline, Edward S. Shippen and Charles Platter. Rapid progress is being made in completing the new plants of the Wood Mosaic Company, which is rebuilding a sawmill at Highland Park, a Louisville suburb, and a veneer mill, sawmill and flooring plant in New Albany. Ind. The local mill will have a capacity of 35.000 feet a day, while that in New Albany will cut 20,000 feet a day. The veneer saws will turn out 25.000 feet a day and the flooring factory 40,000 feet a day. The complaint of the North Vernon Lumber Company, which has a sawmill in Louisville, was heard here last week by a representative of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The complaint was that the rate from Dyersburg. Tenn.. where the company has a mill, to North Vernon, Ind., where the headquarters of the company are located, is greater than from Dyersburg to Cincinnati, though the haul is much shorter. The Illinois Central and the Baltimore & Ohio are the defend- ants in the complaint. Hines & Norman, a Louisville legal firm which has handled a number nt lumber traffic cases, appeared in the complaint of the Commercial ilub of Metropolis. 111., against the Illinois Central and other roads before the Interstate Commerce Commission recently. The chief question in- volved is rates on lumber from the South to Metropolis. The Broadhead-Garrett Lumber Company of Winchester, Ky., has pur- chased a tract of timberland in Perry county, and will erect a large mill on the property, which is only a short distance from Hazard, on the Lexington & Eastern. •< ST. LOUIS y During the month of November the receipts of lumber at this center were 14.432 cars. In November last year the receipts were 13,980. or a gain during November this year of 451 cars. Receipts by river this year were 28.000 feet. La.st November they were 43,000 feet, a falling off this year of 15,000 feet. Shipments of lumber by rail in November this year were 11,730 cars, against 9,203 cars last November, a gain this year of 2.527 cars. River shipments for Noveml>er this year have not yet been compiled. HARDWOOD RECORD 51 WRITE US Gum Oak Elm COTTONWOOD CYPRESS Kl KMTIKE DIMENSION SV( AMOKK VEI.I.OW TINE Licking River Lumber Company 114 Dean BIdg. ROR PRICES South Bend. The White Lake Lumber Co. Peoples Gas Biag., CHICAGO, ILL. Northern and Southern Hardwoods CAR STOCK WHITE PINE YELLOW PINE High Quality — Prompt Delivery WE WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE 50 M ft. 8 4 Ists & 2nds Hard Maple 75 M ft. 8 4 No. 1 Common Hard Maple 5 cars 4^4 No. 3 Common Basswood 1 car 12 4 Log Run Soft Elm Send u» your inquiries EXCEPTIONAL MAHOGANY, CIRCASSIAN WAL- NUT AND QUARTERED OAK VENEERS If a good veneer cutter can manufacture fair quality veneers with antiquated macliinery, what can he do when given the latest and most efficient equipment? The Answer is to be found in any of the stock produced at our new mill, which is the last word in modern equip- ment. We have selected the finest logs on the mar- ket, our men are experienced and capable, the product speaks for itself. See our samples and get prices. Visit Our Plant Any time you are in Chicago and want to sec the most modern veneer plant in existence today, we will be glad to show j'ou through our plant. Fred W. Black Lumber Co. 2245 S. Fortieth Ave. Chicago, III. M. L. Pease, vice-president of the Galloway-Peasc Company of Poplar Bluff, was a visitor at the Lumbermen's Exchange a few days ago. W. P. Anderson, vlcc-prcsldint of the Gideon-.Vnderson Lumber & Mer- cantile Company, Is back from his buntlni; trip to northern Michigan. He was one of a party of some twelve or fourteen which killed quite a lot of game and deer and had a good time generally. Mr. Anderson says he never had a better time In his life and It has done him a world of good. G, E. Breece, president and general manager of the West Virginia Tim- ber Company, Charleston. W. Va., was In St, Louis for one day last week and called at the headquarters of Hakdwood Record. He came up from the mills of the company in the South. He visited in town, the mills In Arkansas Cit.v. Ark., Monroe, La., and Baskin, La. He says they are all doing a splendid business but have been handicapped somewhat by the scarcity of cars. W. W. Dings of the Garetson-Greason Lumber Company is back from a short trip to the Pacific coast, where he went on business. He visited Los Angeles. Sacramento. San Francisco and stopped at El Paso, on his way home, and while he stepped over Into Old Mexico for an hour or two, he did not tarry long. Harry Graus. a box manufacturer, will receive $13."). 000 by the terms of a settlement made In litigation between Mr. Gaus and thlrty-flve In- surance companies. The terras were announced a few days ago, In the St. Louis Circuit Court. Mr, Gaus recently obtained a verdict for $60,000 in a suit for damages he brought against the chief of the St, Louis Fire Prevention Bureau and the thirt.v-flve insurance companies for false arrest. He sued for $.500.- 000, alleging he had been arrested at the instigation of the defendants who investigated a (ire which destroyed the box manufacturing plant of Henry Gaus & Son several months ago. Mr. Gaus also sued the companies for insurance on the burned plant and verdicts for S102.000 had been returned in his favor. .\ll the litigation has been appealed. John H. Johanning. president of the Johanning Lumber Company, died last week of arterio sclerosis. He had not been actively engaged In busi- ness since 1910, partly due to the illness which caused his death. Mr. Johanning. who was seventy-six years old, had been a resident of St. Louis since 1847, coming from Germany when ten years old. He was educated in private schools in St. Louis and became a clerk In a planing mill in 1857. Later he became a partner in the business and the firm 'was known as Philibert & Johanning Manufacturing Company. He estab- lished the present firm in 1887. =-< ARKANSAS > The strike of the coopers at Paragould, .\rk., is still on, with no indi- cations of either side weakening or showing any disposition to com- promise the differences. Some time ago the strikers proposed to arbitrate all questions of difference, but this proposal was refused by the mill owners, and now the strikers are refusing to submit the proposition to arbitration, and are also making an additional demand for increased wages. The mills show no disposition to change their former attitude in regard to the situation. Contracts have already been awarded by the forestry office at Harrison, Ark., for the sale of two large tracts of white oak timber in the Ozark National Forest. The contracts cover 1.100.000 feet standing in Baxter county. Ark., at a price of $.?.S0 per thousand feet, or a total value of $4,180.00: also 1.600.000 feet in Cleburn county at $3.75 per thousand feet, or a total value of $6,000.00. By these two sales about $1,000.00 will be added to the good roads fund of the Ozark National Forest, most of which will be available for expenditure during the next fiscal year. A certificate of dissolution was filed in the offlce of the Secretary of State of Arkansas, on November 23, by the Clarendon Boat Oar Company of Clarendon. Ark. Articles of incorporation were filed In the office of the Secretary of State of Arkansas, on November 21, by the McDonough-Thoits Company of Hot Springs. The company is capitalized at $20,000, and will do a general manufacturing and stave business. The incorporators are William McDonough, A. T. Thoits and Tom Thoits. It has been announced that the Bentonville Cooperage Company has purchased the Keller Wagon Factory property at Joplin, Mo., including nine acres of land. The purchase price was $10,000. The cooperage company proposes to move a part of its factory from Bentonville, Ark., to Joplin, Mo„ about April 1. 1014. It proposes to continue the manu- facture of slack barrels at Bentonville, hut the tight barrels will be manufactured at Joplin, where enlarged facilities and additional ma- chinery will be Installed. The final step in a case of long standing was taken on November 23, at Fort Smith, when the United States District Judge Frank A. Youmans, granted the application of W. W. Keys of Eureka Springs to sell the I'a.vetteville Wagon Wood and Lumber Company of Fayetteville, Ark., for which Mr. Keys is trustee. This company went into the hands of a re- ceiver several years ago. It was capitalized at $40,000. .\t the making of this order the attorneys for the New Hawley Company of Omaha, Neb,, holders of $40,000 worth of the company's bonds, opposed its being made, but were overruled by the court. The Hawley Company recently lost a suit In which they sought to have these bonds declared preferred claims against the bankrupt estate. .\rticles of incorporation of the Washington Handle Company of New- 51. HARDWOOD RECORD Saline River Hardwood Co. Main Sales Ollice Pine Bluff, Arkansas Manufacturers of Genuine Forked-Leaf White Oak Red and Sap Gum Red Oak and Asti q We offer to the trade a remarkably SUPERIOR lumber product. Q Our TIMBER is virgin forest growth of the highest type. n lilwl with tile Setivtary of Stat.-. Tli.- company win npenite a biancli mill at IIopp, .\rk. Tlir Arkansas LumlicTmen's Clul> held its annual meeting at the llaiion Hotel In Little Ito< k on December 9. The protriam was prepared by President .T. !•'. Mclnlyre of Pine Bluff, and Secretary W. .T. Orossman of Forrest City. The Lumbermen's I'lub has i;rown at a steady rate throughout the year and now has a very creditable membership. This club originally was composed very largely lit hardwood luml)ermen, but the yellow pine men have durinc the past few nionlhs become enthusiastic over the idea and are placing their mem- berships with the club. At a recent meeting of the club, which was held in I'lne Hlud". many of the yellow pine manufacturers sent In their appli- cations for membership. .T. F. Mclntyre of J. F. Mclntyre and Sons, hardwood mill operators at Pine Bluff, was re-elected president of the organization. A report from Washington, D. C, dated November 22, states that the Interstate Commerce Commission has ordered a cancellation of the pro- posed increase in rates on lumber from points on connecting lines of the Santa Fo Railroad In Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas to Santa Fc des- tinations in northern Missouri, extreme western Kansas and northern Oklahoma upon tlie uround that they are not .iustifled. =■< WISCONSIN >= The Kneeland-llcl^urg Lumber Company of rhillips is having a nevy electric lighting system installed in its big sawmill so that sawing opera- tions can bo carried on throughout the night. This will double the capacity and provide emplo.vment for 200 additional men. The John Schroeder Lumber Company of Milwaukee has finished its cut for the season Mt the big sawmill at Ashland. The cut this year has been up to the average, operations having: been carried on throughout the summer. The mill is closed now on account of ice in the log pond but will be opened early in spring. William Marik of Sturgeon Bay has purchased a large site. 400 l)y 100 feet, on the south end of the island mill propert.v and formerly occupied by the Pankratz Lumber Company. The office building will be converted into a factory which is being equipped to manufacture woodenware articles and furniture. The site has water frontage and side track facilities. An addition is contemplated shortly. The Ellison Lumber Company has closed its sawmill at Hawkins after a ten months' cut and will resume operations about January 1, by which time it is expected to have enough logs at the mill to start up. This con- cern will operate two camps this winter and is planning to put in about the same amount of timber as last season. The Bell Lumber Company of Minneapolis. Minn., has established a resident agent at I'hillips. M. J. Bell of that concern hafi closed a deal with the KneelandMcLurg Lumber Company of Phillips for its cedar cut. He will buy cedar from other loggers also. The fJagen Lumber & Cedar Company of G.tgen has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state at Madison. The capital stock is placed at $125,000, and the incorporators are F. H. Piehl, S. S. Miller and H. L. Reeve. The Holt Lumber Compan.v of Oconto is constructing a railroad near Townsend. The line runs east from that city into the company's large timber holdings and will provide connections with the market. The hub plant of .\ndrew Kaul of Merrill has resumed operations after a short shut down, -\ccording to present indications the plant will have a steady run from now until next fall. Construction work has been started on the new plant of the Eureka Cooperage Compan.v. at ^lenasha. This concern has been running in the glass factory but now requires a new- factory. The new plant is located near the Milwaukee road's right-oi-way on Depere street. The Tomahawk Veneer & Box Company of Tomahawk, which was re- centl.v organized l>y Max Meyer and others as noted in a recent issue, will soon begin operations. The planing mill of the Tomahawk Lumber Company was turned over to the new company on October .31, when It ceased operations. New machinery has been purchased and is now being installed, the planing mill building has been fully enclosed, dry kilns for veneer have been built, new side tracks laid and hot water tanks installed. W, H. McDermott. treasurer of the company, is closing additional con- tracts for logs for the factory. The plant of the Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Eau Claire is busy on a large number of machinery contracts, most of which are for use in the lumbering industry. The Namekagon Lumber Company of Namekagon, Wis., will soon have its new carriage and trimmer and other machinery completed to start operations at least early in spring. A heavy single band saw-mill is being manufactured for W. W. Peck of North Troy. Vt., and another will be sent to Newburn. N. C. Two log haulers and five gasoline tractors are in the course of construction. The Conradson semi-automatic lathe will soon be ready to be put on the market. To meet the rapid increase in the demand for their product Blum Brothers of Marshfield. will increase their facilities to manufacture cheese boxes. The improvements will consist of a second story to the present building, doubling the floor space, which will be used for putting the boxes together. .\t a recent meeting of the department heads of the United Refrigerator and Ice Machine Company of Kenosha, details of plans for handling the company's rapidly increasing business were discussed. The Viking Re- HARDWOOD RECORD 53 frlaiTator Compnny of Kansas City was recently taken over by tills con- cern. A recent order came from a large firm In Moscow, Russia. Harry E. Friend, president of the Plilllp Goerres Cooperage Company of Milwaukee, was talten to tile Emergency liospital December 5. after IxToinlng unconsdons on the street. Mr. Friend was wallilng down Grand avenue when he suddenly sank to the ground unconscious, his head strik- ing violently the cement .'iidewalk. Doctors at the hospital could not de- termine what had caused the attack, but believe it was a fainting spell. Mr. Friend sustained a slight concussion of the brain. He Is forty-flve years of age. II. I.. Gardner, manager of the Rice Lake plant of the Marinette-Green Pay Manufacturing Company, was accidentally shot while hunting with a party of friends near .Vshhind. He was just stepping Into the cani|i when a stray shot struck him, penetrating his abdomen. He was imme- diately taken to .Vshland but efforts to save his life were without success. Mr. Gardner was forty-eight years of age and is survived by his wife and three children. Plans are materializing for the construction of an intenirban railroad In Door county with a terminal at Sturgeon Kay. The proposed line will be run to Liberty Grove and eventually to Green Ba.v. It is planned to construct tracks of standard type so that steam railroad cars can be switched onto the line and carried to points along the new route. The cars will be electrically driven, but the overhead trolley system will be displaced by gas motor generators individual for each train. The fact that the line will be connected with the steam roads is of interest to the lumbering industry of northeast Wisconsin. R. F. LeMire will erect a planing i,iill at Federal Dam. Wis. T. A. Brenner is planning to open up the Langlll sawmill at Eagle river about the first of the year. The director of the Forest Products L.iborator.v. Madison, has called for hids on the machinery and equipment now installed at the Forest Labora tor.v at Wausau. Wis. A motor generator set. .500 h. p. direct current motor, starters, switchboard, a No. 3 Griulds centrifugal pump and one rotary suction pump are included. The Hardwood Market -< CHICAGO >• .\ featureless continuance of the inactivity of the past couple of weeks is alwnt all that can be said in a description of present market conditions In Chicago. It is not likely that the local market is any more seriously affected by the laxity in business than is the market in other sections, but a fair share of pessimism is apparent. This, of course, does not mean that there is not a good deal of business done in Chicago, for there is. However, it continues to come with difficulty and as a rule those concerns making the greatest effort are the ones getting the majority of the busi- ness. Of course quietness in the lumber market is to be expected at this time of the year, but the present condition is considered as rather below normal. Of the various consuming lines, the box factories are probably taking the greatest quantity of lumber, comparatively speaking, but other lines are not talking very optimistically. The taking of inventory is having its full cffe<^. which, coupled with other circumstances peculiar to the present. Is effecting the undesirable result noted. Generall.v speaking the low grades of all hardwoods are in the best de- mand, while uppers in the standard hardwoods maintain the same rela- tive position that the.v have occupied for some little time. Quartered oak shows the greatest strength with perhaps a little mon' easing off in plain oak, although this is not really a definite condition. It is reported that there Is some little strengthening in the gum market, although this strengthening has not yet assumed the importance of raising the general level of prices. ^■< NEW YORK >-= No changes in market conditions uvr not. il :ii this writing and until the new year is ushered in few ciianges. if any. are looked for. Tlic volum'/ •of trading is low but on a fairly firm basis. The price situation is satis- factory under existing conditions. The hardwood flooring market is in good shape at firm prices. Tlie only unsteady feature is in gum which is quoted at a great range of values. There seems to be no knowledge of what stocks arc available at mill points, some claiming shortage ami "Others an overproduction. This is refiecte need them for their Iminediate use. The reason given for this is tli- taking of inventory and that usually liegins to be a factor about tlii^ time. Whatever lumber is wanted is wanted quickly and this suits tli' local yards, which have the stock and the supply of ears to make prompt <3ellvery. Prices are holding pretty steady, although not as firm as they Triangle Brand White Oak Flooring Perfectly dried and worked Made from our own timber from one boundary, insuring uniform color and texture; manufactured at our new hardwood flooring plant. Our Specialty : Quarter-sawed White Oak Flooring Thicknesses: Js" and 13/16" Standard Widths Your Inquiries Solicited Quick Shipments Guaranteed YELLOW POPLAR LIMBER CO., Coal Grove, Ohio Kentucky Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS POPLAR, PLAIN AND QUAR- TERED OAK, RED AND SAP GUM, ASH, CHESTNUT, BASS- WOOD, HEMLOCK, WHITE PINE Mills at Bumside, Ky. Williamsburg, K} . Isola, Miss. Sales Office Cincinnati, O. SAWYER GOODMAN CO. ' MARINETTE, WIS. Mixed Cars of Hardwood, Bass- wood, White Pine and Hemlock, Cedar Shingles a.id Posts We make a specialty of White Pine Beveled Siding and White Pine Finish and Shop and Pattern Lumber The Tegge Lumber Co. High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukee, Wisconsin 54 HARDWOOD RECORD cure LUMBER / TRADE MARK ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber is susceptible of being thoroughly air dried or kiln dried in less than one-half the time or- dinarily required for seasoning un- steamed wood. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber does not case- harden, check, end-split or stain, and dries without warping or buckling. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber has a uniform tone of color. Its working qualities are greatly improved, and the beauty of the flake on quarter-sawed stock is en- hanced. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber dries out to materially less weight than unsteamed wood, ranging from 200 to 500 pounds per thousand feet. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber will neither shrink nor swell, and the grain will not raise when water stains are employed in finishing. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber is not im- paired in strength or quality by the process. ^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber eliminates all glue-joint troubles and "will stay where it is put." ^ A list of manufacturers of Kraetzer- Cured lumber will be supplied on appli- cation. Kraetzer-Cured Lmnber is produced by the use of the Kraetcer Preparator, manufactured by The Kraetzer Company 537 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO TRADE MARK cure LUMBER wprc some weeks aso. The furniture trade Iins been doing pretty well lately, eonslderlnfr tbc season, and there Is a fair demand for flooring. I'laln oak is not as stronc as it was. nor docs quartered oak show quite so much strength, lirown ash and elm are moving fairly well and the demand for various kinds of crating lumber has been quite good at most yards. There Is no great amount of two-inch Is and lis in plain white oak here and the demand for it is good. .Maple is moving well in most grades, and flooring In that wood, as well as In oak, is in seasonable demand. -< PHILADELPHIA >■ The hardwood business remains without important change from a fort- night ago. .\s the volume of trading is made up in small orders, which necessitates some little concession in prices, it costs more to sell goods under present conditions. Although furniture and box factories are keep- ing fairly bus.v, buying is of a hand-to-mouth order. Building work shows a little more life owing to a more literal extension of loans by the banks and work is being rushed while the favorable weather lasts. As many houses close their fiscal year at the end of vDecemher, the stock vacancies will not be filled until after taking olT the balance sheet. Ac- cording to reports from the mills, no unusual quantities of hardwood arc found anywhere, and the far-seeing merchant realizes that at the first advance of trading there will be a scramble for stock and that considerable more money will have to be paid than at the present quotations. Oak has apparently eased off a little. Ash, chestnut and maple ate among tho bnst snllers. rtirch is r\inning easy and poplar is holding its =-< PITTSBURGH >-= The hardwood business here is slowing down gradually like all other branches of the lumber business. It is chiefly a liquidation of stocks. Yards are reducing their stocks to the lowest possible point In order to take inventor.v. Manufacturers are not buying stock beyond January 1. This means that their present supplies will very soon be exhausted and it is certain that new buying will have to be started by these concerns early in 1914. Prices on hardwood are holding up fairly well. The ten- denc.v among all buyers is to go slow and to wait if possible until next year's business prospects are revealed a little more clearly. ^-< BOSTON y- There has not been any change worth.v of lengthy comment in hard- wood lumber conditions in this section of the country during the past t\^'o or three weeks. While a good active business has been expected for this time of the year, it has not developed and now dealers do not antici- pate any material increase In volume of orders until after the stock-taking period is over, which will not be until after the middle of January at least. The large manufacturing consumers of hardwood lumber are not willing to anticipate their wants in more than a moderate way. The great firmness with which prices have been held right along has tended to check speculative buying and now buyers are waiting to find out how general business opens up after January 1 before doing a great deal in the line of buying. No serious difficulty has been experienced from a. shortage of cars and none is expected now. Although the general demand for hardwood lumber is only moderately active, prices are well held in most cases. There has been some plain oak offered from a few southern mills at slight concessions. The reason given for this is that the raillmen wished to dispose of their holdings before the winter set in. Quartered oak has held firm under a quiet call. Sound wormy chestnut has hiid a fair call of late. The call for white- wood, one inch Is and 2s is quiet, but for the poorer selections there is a fair volume of business reported. =-< BALTIMORE >-= The year is drawing to a close with the hardwood trade only in part satisfactory. The expectations entertained during the first few months have not been realized, the tendency of late having been distinctly down- ward, and the situation at present being such that much uncertainty pre- vails as to the future. Values have sagged instead of going up or at least being maintained at the old level, while the demand is Influenced adversely by a want of confidence in conditions generally. The buyers hesitate be- cause they are not sure as to what developments the near future may bring forth, while the sellers are disposed to push business, and in not a few instances feel impelled to hold out concessions. Salesmen are on the road in great number, and the absence of anything like a scarcity of lumber prompts intending purchasers to be very deliberate about placing orders on the ground that they may be able to get further inducements. l?'rom the Memphis section comes information to the effect that red gum went off not less than $8 per 1.000 feet in almost a single turn. Values in other directions have been better sustained, to be sure, but the entire list is not so strong as it was sixty days ago, and a feeling of doubt assails the trade. It is to be said, however, by way of an offset that in the opinion of some of the best hardwood men, the first recession will likely prove the most serious, and that a rebound is anticipated, so that when the business settles down upon what might be termed a permanent basis, the difference between the current range of values and that which obtained some time HARDWOOD RECORD .55 !ii;o will Dot be Inordinately great. In this section oak Is cnsler. of course, like elsewhere, though the decline has not assumed formidable proportions. I'histnut Is affected perhaps .soniewhat more and has about gotten back to where It stood before the rise took place In the late sprInK, with sound worm;- still In better request than durlnj; the previous period of <|uiel. Ash and other woods also had to be shaved, or at least the sellers con- cluded to do so as a means of stimulating the movement. Stocks In the hands of the consumers arc large enough for running needs. Some or th.; yards are even carrying big assortments, and tliey buy ouly to keep up the selection. The mills continue to operate at capacity because of the close approach of the holidays, when the shut down Is expected to bo of longer duration than usual. Severe weather also Is In prospect, and the manufacturers desire to be prepared for a protracted suspension. It likewise remains to be said that the accumulations at this time are smaller than In most other years Just before winter, and no real congestion pre- vails. Furthermore, the outlook for a good foreign business is fairly encouraging. Stocks on the other side have been reduced, and greater interest Is being shown l>y the foreign buyers. Instances are reported of advances olTered or obtained by shippers, and the outlook is considered in the main encouraging. Certainly llio foreign situation lias undergniie an appreciable improvement. =-< COLUMBUS >• Despite the general let-up in business in this section, the hardwood trade is holding up well in every way. The volume of business shows a falling off. but prices have not decreased to any appreciable extent and the tone of the market Is satisfactory. On the whole the trade is fair for existing conditions and an improvement after the first of the year is con- fidently expected. Building operations have been very active during the fall as is shown by the report of the city building inspector. The weather has been fairly good and operations will be active until stopped by cold weather. I'ropara- tlons are being made for an active building season in the spring. Buying is being done i)oth by factories and yardmen. Factories arc the better customers at this time. Concerns engaged in making furniture, implements and vehicles are in the market for larger stocks. Retail stocks are only fair and dealers are not disposed to increase them at this time in view of the approach of the semi-annual inventory period. The car shortage has interfered with shipments to a certain c^xtent. Most shippers recently report an improvement in the car supply and ship- ments are coming forward more promptly as a result. Mill stocks arc only fair and most of the hardwood mills are fairly busy. Both plain and quartered oak are in good demand with quartered stock the stronger and prices continue firm all along the line. Dry stocks are not plentiful. There is a good demand for chestnut, especially sound wormy. Poplar is moving better and as a result accumulated stocks arc being reduced. The lower grades of poplar are moving the best. Asb is selling well and the same is true of basswood. Other hardwoods are un- changed. =-< CINCINNATI y- The marketing of hardwood Iiimlier just at lliis time is quite a serious problem, but not so impossible as some dealers seem to think. Judging from the many complaints that are heard on the street. It is true that demand is none too good and what business is obtained is going to the hustlers, the men who ar> on the Job constantly and hunting for business. Prices hold firm in most items and will without doubt remain so. The box factories are busy and are using most all kinds of low-grade hardwoods suitable for that purpose at fair prices. Plain oak is a good seller in all grades, the lower grades probably selling the best. Sound wormy chestnut is In good request and No 1 common and better is selling a little better than a few weeks ago. Poplar remains dull except in No. 2 and No. 3 common, which sells readily at satisfactory prices. Ash is still the leading hardwood and is in excellent demand, thick stock being much sought after. Inquiries are fair and while buying is in small quantities, numerous orders are being received from consumers and from the large wholesale yards and the monthly amounts seem to total up pretly well. Dealers here are buying an amount of stock Just about equal to shipment.?, being content to keep stocks up to present size, but not caring to load up heavily. It is the general opinion that business is bound to be better after the first of the year. =< TOLEDO >= so far as price is couceined L'cm to have affected the hard- demand Is a little quiet just ms and partly to the season The hardwood market is holding up wel and the low trend of yellow pine docs not s wood market in the slightest degree. The at present, due partl.v to weather conditii of the year, which always Is a little quiet. The general condition of Ihi' market, however, seems healthy. The factory demand has been very good thus far. Plain oak, ash and hickory are the leaders on this market. Basswood Is a bit quiet Just at present, the demand being light, Shipmi nts have been a little slow from the South and this is attributed by local dealers to delays along the road, due to short motive power, rather than to a car shortage. Toledo yards are pretty well stocked up and there win be little buying Iwfore the first of the j-ear. Conditions generally tiv all that could be expected at this season of the year and thus tar tin- outlook for spring business Is good. OAK BUYERS jf Increased timber supply makes us one of the largest oak producers in the country. f Our while and red oak limber is of a (lualily ihal enables us to guarantee to properly meet your requirements for anything in this line. We can supply large quantities, running strongly to 14' and 16' lengths — a good proof of the character of the timber. ^ We are ready to cut red or white, quartered or plain, 3/8" to 8/4", and will carry in stock a complete assortment of all thicknesses. ^ All our lumber is made with the most perfect machinery obtainable — band saws used throughout our mills. ][ We pride ourselves on the character of our edging, trimming and piling, which insures straight, cleanly-made lumber, uniformly dried. If In these days of quick shipment you are interested in prompt delivery. Our extensive organization and facilities from the tree to your yard, place at your disposal the most perfect lumber deliv- ery service in existence. ^ We would like to explain further why we can please you, and if you are in the market for anything in southern hard- woods now, would appreciate your writing us today. PAEPCKE LEICHT LIMBER COMPANY GENERAL OFFICES CHICAGO, ILLINOIS S6 HARDWOOD RECORD GENERAL VIEW OF MAIN SAWMILL, PLANT, 'o bands and four resaws. Dally ten-hour capacity 150,000 feet. LAMB-FISH LUMBER COMPANY Band Mill and General Offices: Charleston, Miss., U. S. A. THE LARGEST HARDWOOD MILL IN THE WORLD. ANNUAL CAPACITY, 40,000,000 CABLE ADDRESS— "LAMB." Codes Used — Universal, Hardwood, Western Union, A. B. C. 5th Edition, Okay STOCK LIST- :i,'8" liil & Zna "o. 1 Com. Qtd. Wh. Oak, 6" up CIr. Q. \V. Oak Sap Strps., 2'/--5%" 1st & 2nd n. Wh. Oak. «" & up 20.000 No. 1 Com. I'l. Wh. Oak, 4" & up 24,000 1st & 2nd Plain K. Oak, ready for special grade, suitable for ven ■ering over. This is thoroughly dry and we are prepared All Red and Sap Gum n grades of No. 1 Common and Better is Krae tzer-Cured, be absolutely free from stair . Kraetzer-Cured Lumber is of a soft mild u xture and We have facilities for kiln-drying and surfacing. Oak timbers, sw itch and diate shipment. The item of Core Stock Is te an attractive price. ing the lumber to lay straight and flat and m color. ties, car stock, bridge and crossing plank ^ imm'^ VIEW OF MILL SKIDWAY, WITH PART OF LOGS STORED IN BACKGROUND— WE HAVE 6.000.000 FEET OF SELECTED HARDWOOD LOGS STORED ON OUR MILL YARD. HARDWOOD RECORD 57 .-< INDIANAPOLIS > The loral liiirdw.xul iiiMiicrt Hm^ iKiinrali.v 1 1 inii.i dmliix tlio last two nveks. Very little local business has bitu Joiie. llrst because of tlic strike of teamsters and second because of the Jurisdictional strike of bulldlns; trades which has practically put n stop to building operations. Purlns; the teamsters' strike hardwood luiuber concerns have made little effort to make local deliveries, but have made out of town deliveries as usual, because the curs could be loaded at the yards or plants. Prices appear to be holding their own nnd it is thought that when the labor troubles are finally settled there will be a rush for business, for a short time at least. Kumlture plants are having a good run and automobile factories are showing a little more actlvit.v than they have been showing for some =•< MEMPHIS >■= The bardwoiui market here continues in a hcalth.v position. There is some dlsjippointment over the fact that business is not more active, but it is quite up to the average for this time of the year. Furthermore, prices are pretty well maintained and there is no decided accumulation of hardwood lumber in any direction, certainly not enough to cause any forced selling. The lower grades are, as a rule. In rather more active demand than the hicrher. This has been a phase of the situation which has continued for some time, but there is nothing to Indicate any change therein. Th- lower grades of cotton«»ood and gum are both in active request. The box manu- facturers continue to do a large lousiness and their needs are therefore quite full, with only moderate offerings. Sap gum in the upper grades, too. is a ready seller. Red gum is showing a rather better tone, but there has been very little change otherwise as a result of the recent launching of the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association. There is a fair call for the higher erades of Cottonwood. Ash is selling readily in all grades and much of this is being delivered green. Prices are firm. There is quite a good movement reported in the lower grades of plain and quartered oak, while the upper grades are in but moderate request at the moment. Cypress sells without difficulty in shops, while there is a fair business in selects. The upper grades, however, are moving rather slowly and prices are none too steady at this writing. There is a good export business in southern hardwoods and, while some of the manufacturers in Mississippi and .\rkansas are having difficulty in making deliveries on account of car shortage, the local enntin^'ent is li.ivinir little or no trniihlf ninng this line. =-< NASHVILLE >■= The hardwood lumber trade has been quiet in the Nashville market the past week. The business for November will prol)abl.v fall short of the same month last year, though dealers expect to wind up the year with a better showing than for 1912. Prices rule about steady, and dealers take an optimistic view of the future outlook. Oaks are in demand and some sales are being madf' of otlier hardwoods. =■< LOUISVILLE y. ■'Seasonably quiet" is the general report as to conditions in the local hardwood market. .V normal amount of business is being done for this season of the year, and in view of the excellent prospects for 1914 no com- plaints of consequence are being heard. The probability of the currency legislation being gotten out of the way shortly is a cheering indication, while other general factors seem to be more favorable than heretofore. There Is no oversupply of lumber either at the mills or in the hands of consumers, and consequently, the market, regarded from a technical stand- point, is in a strong position. Prices are being well maintained, a few concessions on plain oak being about the only changes reported. Generally speaking, lumbermen are getting as much for their stock as heretofore. regarding the present lull as temporary, and, as stated, purely a normal development which recurs cver,v year at this season. Quartered oak is' probably the most active power. Sound wormy chestnut is in good demand. Rome sales of thick poplar have been made lately. Cottonwood Is quiet. Hed gum is showing Improvement. =-< ST. LOUIS y- There is only a seasonable demand f"i- iKinhvood lumber, but while the orders have been small and for prompt delivery, they aggregate quite an amount. According to reports from the producing territory, while fine open weather has stimulated logging operations, because of the heavy movement of cotton, log shipments to mills have been restricted and some of the mills have been compelled to restrict their operations. Taken as a whole, the manufacture has been prett.v steady and stocks of lumber have been added to right along. Quartered oak continues to be the item best In demand with ash and lower grades of Cottonwood and gum following. Plain oak Is also a pretty good seller, but It Is not quite so active as it was, except when prices are made satisfactory to the buyer. I'rices are more stead.v, on the whole, than they were. Cypress is In fair demand, but like otlier Items, the buying Is in small lots and for Immediate de- livery. Prices remain about the same as they were and arc low enough to induce buyers. Considerable buying Is looked for shortly. Mahogany and Circassian Lumber & Veneers ^ The largest assortment of finest figured Mahogany Logs, Lumber and Veneers in the country can be found at the Chicago plant of C. L. Willey. ^ We are just in receipt of fifteen cars of remarkably superior Circassian Walnut Logs, large size, well-figured and of good color, which are now being cut into Veneers. ^ A visit or correspondence from discrim- inating buyers of all varieties of fine Im- ported and Domestic Cabinet Woods in Lumber and Veneer is solicited. ^ You wnll not only find the Willey ware- houses well stocked with a superb collec- tion of Circassian, Mahogany, Vermilion, Black Walnut and other fancy foreign and domestic lumber and veneers, but buyers are assured of prompt and pains- taking service, and a quality of product not usually obtainable. ^ To visit the plant take Blue Island Ave. car at the postoftice to Robey Street. C. L. WILLEY, Chicago Largest Fancy Wood Veneer and Lumber producing plant in the world 58. HARDWOOD RECORD WA NT E D All Kinds of High-Grade HARDWOODS S. E. SLAYMAKER & CO. Repreflentingr WKST VIKGINIA SPRUCE LCMBEB CO., Cast, Weat Virginia. Fiftli Avenue BuIIdinKi NEW YORK =-< ARKANSAS >■= Mutual Fire Insurance Best Indemnity at Lowest Net Cost Can Be Obtained From The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company, The Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, Mass. Mansfield, Ohio. $126,000.00 In Savings DIVIDENDS Returned This Year to Policy Carriers of The Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance Possibly there is no good reason why YOU were not among these beneficiaries. If it is a matter of eligibility, and you feel that your plant does not at present comply with all requirements, confer with us anyway. Let us see if it cannot be brought up to an acceptable standard at no greater cost than will be justified by the prospective saving on insurance rates. U. S. Epperson & Company Attorney and Manager 1101 R. A. LONG BLDG. KANSAS CITY Till' iiiaiHifiiftm-iTS nro laiiiy well pleased wiUi tlip present conditions of the cenenil hardwood m.irl-= The continued activity in the building field all over Wisconsin has resulted in the hardwood business holding up much better than is tisually the case at this season of the year. Stocks are light in the hands of retailers and the factory consamlng trade, so that the continued demand from the building source naturally results in the placing of fairly good orders. Buyers are inclined to take only enough to meet their present wants, but these" orders, necessarily placed, are resulting in a total busi- ness which is highly satisfactory. Building operations during the month of November amounted to $1,711,300, as compared with a total building investment of $1,643,605 during the corresponding month a year ago. Up to December 1 the total building investment amounted to $12,975,096, while during the corre- sponding period in 1912 the investment reached the total of $14,646,592. During 1912, however, permits were issued for one structure to cost $2,200,000 and another to cost $1,600,000. Nearly $2,000,000 of this gain has been made up and it the present favorable weather continues this year's record will not be far behind that of 1912. Wholesale lumbermen are confident that increased activity In trade may be expected soon after the opening of the new year. Retailers will then be ready to place larger orders, in anticipation of the spring busi- ness, while the factory interests will then have completed their annual inventories and be in a position to order more freely. There is no denying the fact that stocks arc light in most hands and that a shortage will be experienced in most lines before the spring trade can be satisfied. The supply of northern hardwoods seems to be especially restricted and it is in this line that the shortage of dry stocks will surely be ex- perienced next spring. The supply of birch and maple seems to have been concentrated in strong hands and predictions are being made that higher prices in this line may be experienced later. Basswood is not so strong, although most other lines are holding their own. The supply of southern hardwoods seems to be larger with receipts increasing. Plain oak is in leading demand. Prices are about holding their own, although buyers are finding conditions a little more favorable for them than has been the case in several months. Nothing in the nature of a car shortage has been experienced in Wis- consin this year, due to the efforts of the state railroad commission and to the watchfulness of the average shipper in aiding in the prompt handling of cars. Wholesalers have been endeavoring to impress upon dealers the fact that now is the time to place their orders for stock while there is a plentiful supply of cars and before the railroads have their lines congested and tlieir schedules displaced by possible storms. =-< LIVERPOOL y- Trade in Liverpool has been rather slack during the past month, largely owing to the continued depression. Some of this has been caused by the suspension of one of the largest firms of timber brokers. The effect on the timber market, however, has not been extensive as there is little stock coming to the market as a result. Nevertheless the effect has been unsettling, and a very rosy view of the market cannot be held out. Even such stock as prime ash, which as a rule sells so well, is moving at lower figures. In fact buyers are rather uneasy at the heavy stocks of ash held, and exporters are advised that on no account should any shipments be made to this port without definite orders. Several car- loads, which shippers have foolishly sent on consignments, have recently been greatly sacrificed. The hickory market on the other band is better, and some recent ship- ments have sold well. Good prices have been obtained also for some stocks left over from last season, which were yarded because the price offered was not equal to shippers' ideas. The mahogany market is noticeably weak. Prices showed a consider- able depreciation at the last sales and there was a marked opinion in favor of lower prices. Birch is a good spot owing to the shortage of stock, though the present supply of dry wood is the cause of many com- plaints. Without question the quality is not equal to the standard of a few years ago. Maple is rather scarce but oak is very much overstocked. One Liverpool firm reports that it has never seen oak in all grades in such a weak state. There are more wagon oak planks in stock today than has been the case for many years, and shippers should especially beware 'of consignment shipments. HARDWOOD RECORD 59 Advertisers' Directort; NORTHERN HARDWOODS. American Lumber & Ml'g. Co... 12 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co. . . 71 Cartier-Holland Lumber Co 2 Coale, Thos. E, Lumber Co 12 Cobbs & Jlltcliell. Inc 3 Crais. W. P., Lumber Co East Jordan Lumber Co 70 Elias. G. & Bro 71 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co.. 5 Flanner-Steger Land & Lumber Co 4 Forman, Thos., Co 70 Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co 4 Heyser. %V. E., Lumber Co 7 Holyoke, Chas 12 Kent. J. 3.. Co 12 Klann, E. H., Lumber Co 61 Kneeland-Blgelow Co., The 3 Licking River Lumber Co 51 Litchtield, William E 12 Mcllvain. J. Gibson, & Co 2 McLean. Hugh, Lumber Co 71 Miller, Anthony 71 Mitchell Bros. Co 3 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7 Palmer & Parker Co Parry, Chas, K., & Co 9 Sawyer-Goodman Company 53 Scott & Howe Lumber Co 70 Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 71 Stearns Salt & Lumber Company 8 Stephenson, The I.. Company 70 Stewart, I. X., & Bro 71 Struthers Cooperage Company. . 13 Sullivan, T. & Co 71 Taylor, W. R., Lumber Company 12 Tegge Lumber Co 53 VonPlaten Lumber Co 70 Webster, George, Lumber Co... 13 White Lake Lumber Company.. 51 Wiggin. H. D 12 Williams. Ichabod T.. & Sons.. 14 Willson Bros. Lumber Company. 12 Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 12 Wood-Mosaic Company 13 Teager, Orson E 71 Toung, W. D., & Co 3 POPLAR. Anderson-Tully Company S Atlantic Lumber Company Day Lumber & Coal Company. . 46 Farrin, M. B., Lumber Company. 46 Faust Bros. Lumber Co 14 Kentucky Lumber Company 53 Logan, J. M., Lumber Co 6 Maphet & Shea Lumber Co 6 Vansant, Kitchen & Co 72 Wood, R. E., Lumber Company. 13 Yellow Poplar Lumber Co 53-72 RED GUM. Anderson-Tully Company 8 Archer Lumber Company 48 Baker-Matthews Mfg. Co 49 Bonner, .T. H., & Sons 48 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 48 Brown, Mark H., Lumber Co.. 49 Evans, G. H., Lumber Company 8 Farrin, M. B., Lumber Co 46 Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.. 9 Gary, W. W 48 Hlmmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company 49 Kentucky Lumber Company 53 Lamb-Fish Lumber Company... 56 Ix-ming. M. E., Lumber Com- pany 45 Licking River Lumber Company 51 Miller Lumber Company 49 Mossman Lumber Company 50 Paepcke Leicht Lumber Co 55 Saline River Hardwood Co 52 Sondheimer, E.. Company 50 VandenBoom-Stimson Lumber Company '" Wisconsin Lumber Company. ... 5 SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. American Lumber & Mfg. Co... 12 Ander-son-TuUy Company 8 Anderson Veneer & Sawmill Company ^ Archer Lumber Company 48 Atlantic Lumber Company Baker-Matthews Mfg. Co 49 Bennett & Witte 7 Black, Fred W., Lumber Co 51 Bluestone Land & Lumber Co.. 50 Bonner, J. H., & Sons 48 Booker-Cecil Company H Bradley, E. C, Lumber Co 46 Brown. Geo. C, & Co 48 Brown, Mark H., Lumber Co.. 49 Brown, W. P., & Sons Lumber Co 11 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.. 71 Carrier Lumber & Mtg. Co 14 Coale, Thos. E., Lumber Co 12 Conasauga Lumber Company... 46 Crane, C, & Co 46 Davis, Edw. L., Lumber Com- pany 11 Day Lumber & Coal Company.. 46 Dempsey. W. W 13 Elias. G.. & Bro 71 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co... 5 Evans, G. H., Lumber Company 8 Farrin, M. B.. Lumber Co 46 Farris Hardwood Lumber Co... 9 Faust Bros. Lumber Company.. 14 Flanner-Steger Land & Lumber Company 4 Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.. 9 Gary, W. W 48 Harris Manufacturing Co 50 Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co 4 Heyser. W. E., Lumber Co 7 Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company 49 Huddleton-Marsh Lumber Co.. 5 Johns-Mowbray-Nelson Co 46 Kennedy, James. & Co 46 Kent, J. S.. Company 12 Kentucky-Indiana Hardwood Co.. 11 Kentucky Lumber Company 53 Kimball & Kopcke 6 Klann. E. H., Lumber Co 61 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co 46 Lamb-Fish Lumber Company. 56 Leming. M. E., Lumber Com- pany 45 Licking River Lumber Co 51 Litchfield, William E 12 Little River Lumber Company.. 72 Logan, J. M., Lumber Co 6 Louisville Veneer Mills 11 Maphet & Shea Lumber Co 6 Mcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 71 Alemphls Band Mill Company... 2 Miller. Anthony 71 Miller Lumber Company 49 Mossman Lumber Company 50 Mowbray & Robinson Company. 7 Nettleton, E. B., & Co 61 Norman Lumber Company 11 North Vernon Lumber Company 11 Paepcke Leicht Lumber Co 55 Parry, Chas. K., & Co 9 Ransom. J. B.. & Co 9 Riemeier Lumber Company 46 Saline River Hardwood Co 52 Salt Lick Lumber Company.... 9 Shawnee Lumber Company 46 Slaymaker, S. E., & Co 68 Sondheimer, E., Company 50 Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 71 Stemmelen Lumber Company... 11 Stewart, I. N.. & Bro 71 Sullivan, T., & Co 71 Vanden Boom-Stimson Lbr. Co. ... 50 Vansant. Kitchen & Co 72 Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Company 6 Von Platen Lumber Company.. 70 Webster, George. Lumber Co... 13 White Lake Lumber Company. . 51 Whitmer, Wm., & Sons 12 Wiggin. H. D 12 Williams, Ichabod T., & Sons.. 14 Williamson-Kuny Mill & Lumber Company 14 Willson Bros. Lumber Company 12 Wisconsin Lumber Company 5 Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 12 Wood-Mosaic Company 13 Wood, R. E., Lumber Company. 13 Teager, Orson E 67 VENEERS AND PANELS. Adams & Raymond Veneer Co. . 69 Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co.. 68 Anderson Veneer & Sawmill Co. 11 Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 68 Black, Fred W., Lumber Co... 51 Central Veneer Company 69 Evansville Veneer Company Hoffman Bros. Company 69 Huddleston-Marsh Lumber Co.. 5 Jarrell, B. C, & Co 69 Kentucky Veneer Works 45 Knoxville Veneer Company 6 Louisville Veneer Mills U Memphis Veneer & Lumber Co. . 69 Ohio Veneer Company i 46 Putnam Veneer and Lumber Co 68 RasTier, J 5 Rice Veneer & ^.umber Company 69 Underwood Veneer Company. ... 68 Willey, C. L 57 Williams, Ichabod T., & Sons... 14 Williamson-Kuny Mill & Lumber Company 14 Wood-Mosaic Company 13 MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ETC. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 68 Black, Fred W., Lumber Co... 51 Evansville Veneer Company Huddieston-Marsh Lumber Co.. 5 Louisville Veneer Mills U Memphis Veneer & Lumber Co. 69 Palmer & Parker Co Purcell, Frank 47 Rayner, J 5 Struthers Cooperage Company,. 13 Willey. C. L 57 William.s, Ichabod T., & Sons.. 14 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Anderson Veneer & Sawmill Co. 11 Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co 14 Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc 3 Eastman, S. L., Flooring Co 13 Farrin, M. B., Lumber Company 46 Forman, Thos., Company 70 Harris Manufacturing Company 50 Kerry & Hanson Flooring Co.. 70 Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Ransom, John B., & Co 9 Saline River Hardwood Co 52 Salt Lick Lumber Company 9 Stearns Salt & Lumber Company • 8 Stephenson, The I., Comaany.... 70 Webster. George, Lumber Co.. 13 Wllce, T., Company, The 5 Yellow Poplar Lumber Co 53.72 Young, W. D., & Co 3 WOODWORKING MACHINERY. Cadillac Machine Company 67 Covel Manufacturing Company. 14 Gerlach, The Peter, Company. . 61 Llnderman Machine Co.. The.. Mershon, W. B., & Co Phoenix Manufacturing Co Saranac Machine Company 67 Sinker-Davis Company 10 Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Company 66 LOGGING MACHINERY. Baldwin Locomotive Works 65 Clyde Iron Works 66 Fitzglbbons & Krebs 52 Lidgerwood Mfg. Company 13 Russel Wheel & Foundry Co 65 DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. Grand Rapids Veneer Works 9 Kraetzer Company, The 54 National Dry Kiln Company 65 Phila. Textile Mchy. Company.. 12 Standard Dry Kiln Company.... 67 SAWS, KNIVES AND SUPPLIES. Atkins, E. C, & Co 64 Covel Manufacturing Company. 14 Simonds Mfg. Company LUMBER INSURANCE. Central Manufacturers' Mut. Ins. Company 58 Epperson, U. S., & Co 58 Indiana Lumbermen's Mut. Ins. Company 58 Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company 58 Lumbermen's Mut. Ins. Co 58 Lumbermen's Underwriting Alli- ance 58 Majiufacturing Lumbermen's Underwriters Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mut. Fire Ins. Company 58 Rankin-Benedict Underwriting Company TIMBER LANDS. Lacey, James D., & Co Southern Railway Spry, John C 5 TIMBER ESTIMATORS. Griffith, Clarence W 50 McDonald, Thos. J 60 MISCELLANEOUS. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 68 Childs, S. D., & Co 61 Gerlach, The Peter. Company.. 61 Kraetzer Company. The 54 Lumbermen's Credit Assn 4 Matthews Gravity Carrier Co... 47 Mechanical Rubber Company. . . 67 Stephenson. Grant T 45 Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Company 66 6o HARDWOOD RECORD CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS AdvprtlsenifUts will ho lUHertod lu this sco- tlunul till' foMowlinj niH's: Fopone insertion 20c a line For two insertions 35c a line For three insertions 50c a line For four insertions 60c a line Eight words of onllnftry lougth makuODe Un*. rieadlug couutK us two lines. No displny except the beudlDgs can be ad- mitted. Remittances to accompany the order. No extra charges for copies uf paper containing the advertisement. EMPLOYES WANTED SUPERINTENDENT VENEER nnil panel plain. Will so(,n injuiii. smviirs high-class, experienced supei'intendent for old- established house of foremost reputation. Ad- dress, with detailed information concerning ex- perience, age, reputation, etc., "BOX 121," care Hardwood Record. THOROUGHLY EXPERIENCED pine crating and hardwood salesman for Chicago and vicinity wanted. Good opportunity for a hustler. Address "K0.\' IL'O," care II.ir.DwooD Record. WANTED— AN EXPERIENCED Sawmill foreman to handle a single band and resaw mill located in Wisconsin. Must be expe- rienced in millwright work, and capable of handling men. References wanted as to char- acter and ability. Address "BOX 111," care Hardwood Record. EMPLOYMENT WANTED MAN OF WIDE EXPERIENCE in the manufacture and sale of lumber and veneers, thorough executive, cost and efficiency expert, with best possible references, is open for position. Address "BOX ONE," care Hardwood Record. WANTED— EMPLOYMENT When you want a salesman for New York state territory, write us. We can supply you with a good man. EMPIRE STATE ASSOCIA- TION of Wholesale Lumber & Sash & Door Sales- men. Chaa. Johnson, Sec"y, 96 Kirkland Rd., Rochester, N. Y. LOGS WANTED WANTED— ASH LOGS 21" and over In diameter. 16' long. Must be straight grained, sound and free from knots. J. RAYNER, Ft. Houston St.. E. R., New Y'ork City. WANTED— BLACK WALNUT LOGS 500 cars good black walnut logs, 10" and up in diameter. 6 ft. and up long. W'lU Inspect at shipping point and pay cash. GEO. W. HARTZELL, Dayton, Ohio. c WAGON STOCK WANTED I AM IN THL MARKET FOE 76 to 109 cars of oak poles, bolsters, sand boards, ereners, and reaches ; and hickory and maple axles. Will inspect at aklpplne palat, and pay cash. E. B. BROWN, 372 Bayas St., Rnffalo. N. T. TIMBER ESTIMATING TIMBER ESTIMATES Estimating Southern timber a specialty. Maps, detailed reports as ta stand, quality and laggiog conditions. Hare a few bigb-class prapertles for sale. Can furnlsb best references. TH08. J. Mcdonald, East Tenn. Natl. Bank Bldg., EnozTllle. Tean. LUMBER FOR SALE FOR SALE and ready for immediate shipment, twenty cars 8/4 and 4/4 log run white maple, excellent quality. ALLEN & STODDARD, Groton, N. Y. BUYERS OF KABDWOODS. Do you want to get In touch with the beat buyers of hardwood lumber? We have a list, showing the annual reqnlrementg in lomber, dimension stock and veneers and panels of con- sumers of those materials throughout the Bnlted States and Canada. The service Is free to ad- vertisers In the BicoBO. It will Interest yon. Write as tor farther Information abont onr "Sell- ing Lumber by Mall System." HARDWOOD RECORD, Ellsworth Bldg., Chicago. BASSWOOD BOX LUMBER We have 500 M ft. of good No. 3 Michigan basswood for sale ; largely 4/4 thick. Will make good box lumber. We can ship dressed or re- sawed any thickness. GOODWILLIE BROS., 651 Otis Bldg., Chicago. FOR SALE— BONE DRY " cars 4/4 quartered white oak seat stock. 1x4x10%", Ix4%xl6", lx4Hxl9". Also 1 car green mixed oak squares, 2x2x18" & 19". E. W. PRATT, JR., Hopkinsville, Ky. For Sale — 8,000 pieces oak, 1,850 pieces yel- low pine 3x3%x4'5", 1st & 2nd, and clear drv stock. JACOB HAISH COMPANY, DeKalb, 111. FOR SALE. One hundred and twenty-five million of bar wood. Address "MIcniO.iN," care Hardwood Record. DIMENSION STOCK WANTED | WANTED Hard Maple and Beech Squares 42", 44", 48" long, plump 1" x 1". Must be clear and straight. If you have any to offer write oa. Will take them dry or green. THE COLUMBIA MFX3. CO., New Philadelphia, Ohio. WANTED— HARD MAPLE SQUARES .'"lO", 50", 62" and 60" long, cut 2% by 2^^ and ;!x.'!. Must be straight grained, free from kuots and other defects. Delivery this winter. THE J. II, STILL MFG. CO., LTD., St. Thomas, Ontario. WANTED TO BUY lied Gum Squares 2"x2"x2T" — 34", 36" & 44" long. Quote cash prices f. o. b. mill. DUHLMEIER BROTHERS. Cincinnati, O. WANTED— DRY HICKORY piecfs l"xr'x4S" Ion;:, cut from second or me- dium growth hickory, absolutely free from knots, gnarls and bark, and must be straight-grained the entire length. Address "BOX 124," care Hardwood Record. WANTED DIMENSION OAE Plain and Quartered Various sizes for chair and table factories. Send to us for specifications and prices. INDIANA QUARTERED OAK CO. 7 East 42nd Street, New York. LUMBER WANTED WANTS RED AND WHITE OAK A Canadian manufacturing company Is In the market for a quantity of plain red and white and quarter-cut white oak, 3/4 to 8/4, and will contract for entire cut in these woods in No. 2 common and better grades from either small or large mills. Send particulars of quantity and where located, and best price f. o. b. cars at shipping point. Address "BOX 109," care Hardwood Record. WANTED TO BUY 2 cars 4/4" Log Run Butternut. DUHLMEIER BROTHERS, Cincinnati, O. LUMBER WANTED. Quote deliverrd riiiladelphia. I'a., on 2 cars 8/4 sound wormy & 2 Com. Chestnut. 1 car 4/4 sound wormy & 2 Com. Chestnut. 1 car 6/4 No. 2 Common Poplar. 3 cars 4/4 Box White Pine. Shippers to invoice direct. Name prices on any stock you desire to move. CHARLES C. CROSS. Philadelphia, Pa. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALE. Well-equipped small band mill. Good box proposition. In good fruit country. Sycamore cheap. Terms. .Vddress "BAND MILL," care Hardwood Record. HARDWOOD RECORD 6i CHICAGO E. H. KLANIV LUMBER CO. Cottonwood, Gum, Oak, Ash, Cy- press, Yellow Pine, Dimension Stock 819 FISHER BLDG. HAR. 1187 Factory Lumber CRAY'S HARBOR SPRUCE SOFT YELLOW FIR WESTERN SOFT PINE DIRECT MILL .REPRESENTATION MISCELIANEOIS OAK. POPLAK, ASH aad all atber biirdw**dB, la all grades and tbick neiaet, can be readllj said If adrertlaed Id tb« Wanted and for Sale sectloa of Hiaowooo Rac OBB. If Ton bare a large stock 700 want to ■ell trj a few lines In tbls department and see what a lot of Inquiries tbej will bring rou If you want to get in touch with 2000 Live Wire Buyers of Hardwoods it will pay yiju tu find out about the Hardwood Record's BULLETIN SERVICE One man, who uses the service gives it credit for earning annu- ally $10,000 for him. Write for pamphlet — "Selling Lumber By Mail" It will prove a revelation to you. HARDWOOD RECORD (Bulletin Depl.) 537 So. Dearborn St., CHICAGO For *j.Ie by HARDWOOD RECORD, 637 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago, III. 50 CENTS EACH. WANTED— HARDWOOD LUMBERMEN- to try the Gibson Tally Book. The three-throw aluminum tally ticket cover accommodates anj form of ticket desired. The use of the special triplicate tally ticket supplied, printed on water proof paper wltb carbon backs makes tallies un alterable. For durability, convenience, accuracy and for systematizing the Inspection of lumber the Gibson tally method can't be beat. Special forms af tally tickets mailed on appll cation. Covers sold on approval to responsible concerns. OARDWOOD RECORD, G37 So. Dearborn St., Cblcagn. GIBSON TALLY BOOK This three-throw tally ticket cover is made from aluminum, and accommodates four tally tickets — 44x8^ inches in size. Folds compactly to less than one-fourth inch in thickness and fits side or inside coat pocket. Gives large area of four tickets for compli- cated tallies, or straight grade can be made on one page. Accommodates any form of tally ticket desired. Special, patented, triplicate tally tickets supplied, printed on waterproof paper with carbon backs. Tallies made on these tickets are unalterable. Their use en- ables the inspector to retain triplicate, and forward orieinal and duplicate. Duplicate designed to be attached to invoice. These tally books are perfection for durability, covenience, accuracy, and for systematizing the inspec- liou and measurement of lumber Patent applied for on covers. Copynehted. 1910 Triplicate Tally Tickets patented. PRICE LIST Aluminum Tally Covers, each - - $1.00 Aluminum Tally Covers, per dozen - - 10.00 Patented triplicate Tally Tickets (slock form) per >.000 10.00 Single sheet manila (stock form) Tally Tickets, per 1,000 4.00 Specimen forms of Tally Tickets mailed on applica- tion. Covers sold on approval to responsible concerns. Manufactured by Hardwood Record 537 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO 62 HARDWOOD RECORD American Forest Trees By Henry H. Gibson Edited by Hu Maxwell 'AMERICAN FOREST TREES" is a comprehensive work of more than seven hun- dred pages, ilhistrated by more than one hundred full page pictures of forest types of tree growth, and hundreds of minor pictures. It answers every question worth asking about the infinite variety of forest growth in this country, and the utilization of these woods in lumber and other forms. The opinion of an expert on this work is: "AMERICAN FOREST TREES" is the foremost contribution that has ever been made to American forest and lumber literature. The price of this work is Si\ Dollars ($6.0U) net. It will be sent on receipt of price, pre- paid, subject to return and refund of payment if it does not prove satisfactory. The very complete character of this work may be judged by the index following : Acacia African mahogany Ailantbus Alaska cjprus Alaska pine Aldor Algaroba Alie^'liany sloe Animator .luuiper Alligator -wood Almondleaf willow. . . . Aloe leaf yucca Alpine ar Alpine larch Alpine spruce Alpine western spruce. Alpine whitebarlc pine. Alternate-leaTed dog- wood Alvord oali Amabilis fir American apple American arborTitae. . . American crab American fringe Ami^.ican holly American larch American linden American planertree. . American smoke- tree. Andromeda Angelica-tree Ant'.^ wood Apple haw ArborTitae Arizona cork fir Arizona cypress nadrona Arizona palm Arizona pine Arizona spruce Arizona sycamore Arizona white oak Arrow-wood Ash-leaved maple Aspen 667, Aspen-leaf August plum Bald cypress Balm of Gilead.145. 667, Balm of Gilead fir Balsam 135. 136, 151. 166,1 Balsam fir 145,151, Balsam poplar > Baltimore oak ; Banana Baretta Barren oak , Barren scrub oak Bartram oak Basket elm Basket oak 208. : Basket willow . Basswood I Bat-tree - Bayberry i Bay poplar ; Bay-tree 1 Beaded locust ! Bearberry 646, i Bear oak ; Bearwood i Bearertree . Bebb willow - Beech i Beetree ) Bell-treo ( Bellwood j Berlandler ash i Big buckeye ( Big-bud ; Big-bud hickory l Bigcone pine Blgcone sproce : Biff Cottonwood ( Bigelow willow 4 Big hickory nut i Big laurel Bigleaf laurel Bigleaf maple Big pine Biff shellbark Eigtree Big white birch Biltmore ash Birch Bird cherry Bishop's pine Bitter cherry Bitter hickory Bitternut Bitternut hickory Bitter pecan 361. Bitter walnut Bitter waternut Bitterwood Black ash. 415, 416. 423. Blackbark pine Black birch 565. 577. Black calabash Black cherry Black Cottonwood 667. 669. Black gum 159, Black haw Black hickory 364. 367. 696. Black iron wood Black Jack Black Jack oak Black larch Black limetree Black locust 535, Black maogrore Black maple Black mulberry Black oak. 259. 260. 271, Black ollTetree Black pine... 63. 67. 70. Black poplar Black slash pine Black sloe Black spruce Black thorn Blacktree Black walnut Black willow Black wood Bleeding-heart tree Blister pine 145, Blue ash 417, Blue beech Blue birch 565. 577, Blue blossoms Blue dogwood Blue elder Blue Jack oak Blue myrtle Blue oak 205. 213, Blue spruce Bluet Bluewood Bodark Bodock Bog spruce Boia d'arc Bois inconnu Bottom shellbark Bow-wood Box elder 445. Box oak Box wh ite oak Boxwood Bracted flr Brash oak Brewer oak Bristlecone fir Bristlecone pine 19, Broadfrolt yucca Broadleaf maple ■ Broadleaf willow ■ m hickory ; Brown ash ni hickory ; BrowB pine Buckeye i Bucktiiorn bumelia Buckwheat-tree Bullace plum Bull bay Bull pine 49. ;\'ood Burning busb Burnwood Bur oak Bustle Butternut Buttouball Euttonwood Cabbage palmetto Cabbage-tree Cactus Cajeput Calico-bush Calicowood California bay-tree California black oak . . . . California blue oak California box elder.... California buckeye. .649, California chestnut oak. California coffee California fan palm.... California hemlock spruce California holly California juniper California laurel ...529, California live oak California nutmeg California olive California post cedar... California red bud California red fir California sassafras .... California scrub oak.... California swamp pine.. California sycamore . . . California tanbark oak,. California walnut California white oak California white pine... Canada plum Canadian Judas tree Canadian red pine Canoe birch Canoe cedar Canoewood Canotia Canyon birch Canyon lire oak Carolina cherry Carolina hemlock Carolina pine Carolina poplar Cascara buckthorn Cascara sagrada Catalpa Catawba Catawba rhododendron . . Cat spruce Cedar 91. 97, 109. Cedar elm 3S0. Cedar pine Cereuses Chalky leucxna Chapman oak Chattahoochee pine Check pine Checkered-barked Juniper Cherry birch 565, Chestnut Chestnut oak 241. Chickasaw plum Chihuahua pine China berry China-tree Chinquapin Chinquapin oak Chittamwood Cholla Cigartree Cinnamon bark Cinnamon oak Clammy locust Cliff elm Coekspur Cocoa plum Coffeebean Coffee-berry Coffeenut Coffeetree Colorado blue spruce... Common catalpa 475. Common thorn Cornel Coral bean Coral sumacii Cork-barked Douglas spruce Cork elm. 3S0, 385, Cork pine Corkwood Corky elm Cotton gum Cottonwood 667, Cotton-tree Coulter pine Cowlicks Cow oak Crab Crab apple Crabwood Crack willow Creeping pine Cuban pine Cucumber Cucumber-tree Currant-tree Custard apple Cut-leaved maple Cypress 70. Dahoon hollv Darling plum ITarlington oak. Date plum Deciduous holly Deer tongue .'. Deln pin Desert Juniper Desert willow Devil's claw Devil's tongue cactus.. Devllwood Digger pine Dllly Doctor gum Dogwood Double flr Double spruce Douglas fir Douglas spruce Douglas-tree Down-cone Downy basswood Downy-cone subalplne fir Downy poplar . . . Drooping Juniper. Drummond maple Duck oak and Dwarf ash Dwarf chestnut oak.... Dwarf cypress Dwarf Juniper Dwarf maple 442. Dwarf marine pine Dwarf rose bay Dwarf sumach Dwarf walnut Dyer*9 oak Ebony Elder Elderleaf ash Emory oak Engelmann oak Rngelmann sproce English cornel English dogwood English hawthorn European alder Evergreen buckthorn. . . Evergreen cherry False acacia , False box-dogwood , False mahogany False sbagbark Fanleaf palm , Farkelberry Fat pine Feather-coned red fir... Feather-leaf Fetid buckeye Fetid yew Fighting wood Finger-cone pine Hr balsam Fire cherry Firewood Fir pine Florida ash Florida basswood Florida boxwood Florida buttonwood .... Florida cat's claw Florida mahogany Florida maple Florida pine Florida torreya Florida yew Flowering ash Flowering cornel Flowering dogwood Flowering willow Forked-leaf blackjack... Forked leaf oak 217. Forked-leaf white oak.. Four-winged halesia . . . . Foxtail pine 19, 38, Fragrant crab Eraser fir Eraser umbrella 481. Fremont cottonwood.667. Fremontla Frijolito Fringe ash Fringetree Gambel oak Garden wild plum Georgia oak Georgia pine Giant arborvltae Giant cactus Gigantic cedar Glaucus willow Glossyleaf willow Golden cup oak Golden fir Goldenleaf chinquapin . . Gooseberry Goose plum 621, Gopberwood Gowen cypress Grand fir Gray birch Gray elm Gray pine Great California fir Great laurel 494, Great western larch ash Hardshell Hardwoods . . . Hardy catalpa. Ha Greenbark acacia Gumbo limbo Gum elastic Gum stretch It Gum-tree Gymlnda Hackberry Hackmatack 80. Hack-tree Hairy balm of Gilead.. Hardbark hickory Hardback Hard maple Hard pine 43. 61, Hawthorn Healing balsam Hart-leaved thora. ,, Heart pine Heartwood Heavy pine Heavy- wooded plae.. Hedge Hedge-tree Hemlock Hemlock-spruce. 187, Hercules' club t Hickory Hickory elm Hickory oak , Hickory pine Hickory poplar. . . High-ground wUloir 0 Highland oak , Hog haw , Hog plum t Holly , Holly-leaf cherry..,., Honey locust. . .535, S Honey-shucks locost.. Honey pod Hooker's oak Hooker willow Hoop ash 4i Hooptree Hop hornbeam Hoptree Hornbeam 61 Horsebean Horse chestnut Horse plum Huajlllo Huckleberry Huckleberry oak , Incense cedar Indian bean Indian cherry Indian pear Indigo thorn Inkwood Iowa crab Iron oak S9 Ironwood 501. 502. 559. 5M 696 Ivy Jack oak Jack pine u^ Jamaica dogwood... Si Jeffrey pine Jersey pine Joe wood , Joshua-tree Judae-tree Juneberry Juniper ..70, 91, 99. 10>, 11 Juniper-bnsh Juniper cedar ..., Juniper-tree Kalmla , Kenal birch Klngnot , KIngtree I; Knobcone pine WJ Knowlton hornbeam,. V) Koeberllnla • Lanceleaf alder M Lanceleaf cotton«oo<3 _ 6(£ Lancewood ■ Larch 1 If Largw buckeye ^ Largeleaf umbrella. 4! • Large poplar JT Largetooth aspen... WJ} Laorel 494, 505. 5C • Laurel bay 9 Laurel cherry • il HARDWOOD kECORD 63 .l.,T«-l masnolla. 4M 1 k 295. 319 i 2S2 Cif asb 418 |,Md 400. Ma Zi"..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 595 «,tn 698 r 69S Ulne 19. 703 «"«P'°e ; ™3 i)«r v.!'.;.!;;:; 323 (bark 346 ;mr ptne 25 loot 351 253. 313 line 55 535 pine 73 ." 70O poplar 6S2 pine 68 pine 43 •errlce 452 willow 496 d pine 63 63 ca pine 55 willow 471 r pine 55 165 d fir 165 ipruce pine... 51 le 435 low 496 637 > willow 472 cypress 178 661 It flr 164 ■'!.'! !!'.'. '.'.463'. 547 blrcb 565 !l 701 855 I 663 439 701 696^ 308 ry 451 459 )lne 45. 55 •prace 133 5.59. 562 Cottonwood. 667. 669 Ider 700 fnadrosa 663 mulberry .... 514 palmetto 692 jeralmmon .... 517 plnon. . .19. ?-^-. 704 tralnat 351 white pine 19 basswood 639 .162 S3 Paper mulberry 514 Paradise-tree 676 Parry nut pine 19. 704 Parry pinion 703 Parry's spruce 13G Patron's spruce 196 Peach oak 313 Pea-flower locust 535 Peawood 602 Pear haw 4.59 Pear thorn 459 Pecan 357. 373 Pecan nut 373 Pecan tree 373 Persimmon 517 Pesslmin 517 Pigeonberry 452, 528 Pigeon cherry 619 Pignut ...358, 361, 367 Pignut hickory 367 Pig walnut 361 Pin cherry 619 Pine 19 Pink locust ."iSS Pin oak 208. 247. 301 Plnon 19. 28 Plnon pine 28, 33 Pin thorn 45» Pitch pine... 43. 45. 49. 63 Planertree 397 Plane-tree 607 Plum 621. 622 Poison dogwood 697 Poison elder 697 Poi.'ion lyy 505 Poison laurel 505 Poison oak 697 Poison sumach 697 Polsontree 697 Poisonwood 697, 701 Pond apple 640 Pond cypress 141 Pond pine 67 Poorfleld pine 49 Poor pine 51 Poplar 487. 673 Poplar-leared birch 585 Popple 487. 675 Poppy ash 424 Possum haw 648 Possum oak 320 Possumwood 617 Port Orford cedar 123 Post cedar 103. 109 Post locnst 535 Poet oak 223 Porerty birch .585 Powcoblscora 355 Price onk 315 I'riikleeone pine 89. 704 Prickly ash (JUS) Prickly pine .'•■- Prickly spruce I'M Prince's pine 70 Puget .Sound pine 169 Pumpkin asb 423 Pumpkin pine 19 Pumpkin-tree 160 Punk oak 320 Purple buckeye 649. 652 Purple dogwood 526 Puriile haw 700 Pyramidal magnolia. 4S1. 496 Quaking asp 675 Vulnlnetree 699 IJnttlebox 801 Hod alder 589 lied ash 423 Uedbark flr 164 Kedbnrk pine 75 l!id bay 631 Heil-berrled elder 700 lu-d birch 577 lied-bract dogwood 526 Itedbud 548 Ued cedar 91, 100 lied elm 303. 399 lied flr 157. 104, 109 lie.l gum 325 Red haw 457. 459. 4110 Reclheart hickory 357 Red hickory 303 Red Irouwood 700 Red larch 80 Red locust 535 Red maple 433 Red mulberry 513 Red oak 259. 283. 277, 2S0. 289 Red pine 61. 169 Red plum 621 Ued sllTer flr 165 Red spruce 127 Red thorn 458 Red tltl 502 Red willow 496 Redwood 181 Retama 549 Rhododendron 507 Riyer ash 423 River blrcb 565. 577 River Cottonwood 667 Rock chestnut oak 241 Rock elm 380. 385 Rock maple 427 RiKk oak 241 Rocky .Mountain Juniper 124 Ri/Ckr Mountain oak... 219. 220 Rocky Mountain white pine 703 Rose bay 507 Rosemar.v pine 49. 55 Royal palm 692 Rum cherry 603 Rusty nannyberry 700 .Sadler oak 220 Saffron plum 696 Salad-tree 648 Sandbar willow 496 San.l Jack 286 Sand pine 46 Sapwood pine 75 Sargent palm 692 Sarvice 451 Sassafac 655 Sa.ssafas 655 Sassafrac 655 Sassafras 655 Satinleaf 696 Satin walnut 325 Satlnwood 699 Sarice 451. 452 Savin 91 Sailfrax 6.55 Scalybark hickory 357 Scarlet haw 457 Scarlet maple 4.3S Scarlet oak 277 Scbott cactus 694 Schott yucca 693 Screwbean 562 Screw-pod 562 Scrub oak 220. 247, 283 Scrub pine 37. 57. 70 Seaside alder 592 Second growth 357 Serrlceberry 451 Service-tree 461 Shadberry 451 Shagbark hickory. ..355, 357 Shasta red flr 165 Shawneewood 476 She balsam 151 Sheepberry 699,700 Sheephnsh 554 Sheep lanrel 50.'. Shellbark 358, 357 Shellbark hickory 389 Shin aple j short-fluwer mahogany. . Sliortleaf pine Shortleaved pine Sbortshat Shrub willow Sierra brownbark pine. . Sllktop palmetto Silky willow Sllverbell tree 601. Silver flr 159. 163. Silverleaf willow Silver-leaved maple Silver maple Silver pine .silver spruce 136. I Sllvertop palmetto ; Single-leaf pinon ....19, Single spruce . Sir Joseph Bank's pine. ! Slash pine 45. 49. I Sitka alder Sitka spruce Skunk spri .380, 391, 4011 Slippery Sloe Small buckeye 049. Small fruit mountain ash Small-leaf elm SmalMe.if horsebean... Small laurel Small pignut Small pignut hickory... Small white birch Smooth cypress Smooth-leaf willow Snowdrop-tree 601. i Soapberry 1 Soap-tree ; Soft maple ; Soft piue 19. ' Softwoods '. Soledad pine : Sonora Irenwood . Sophora Sorrel-tree Soulard crab , Sour gum 337. 339, ; Sonr gum hush Soiir tupelo : Sourwood ■ Southern basswood I Southern mountain pine. I Southern red Juniper. . . Southern red oak Southern white cedar. . . Southern yellow pine... Spanish bayonet Spanish dagger .... Spanish moss Spanish oak. ..260. 277, Spanish red oak Sparkleberry Spice-tree Spoon-hutch Spoonwood Springwood Spotted oak. ..266. 271, Spruce-tree Stackpole pine . . . Stagbush Staghorn sumach.. Star- leaved gum-. Stave oak Stiffness of wood. . Sting-tongue Stlnkii 45. 49, 51. 57. 187 ash Stinking buckeye * Stinking cedar 201. ! Stinking savin ; Strength of wood Striped maple i Stone-seed Mexican plnon Stump tree i Sugar ash ^ Sugarberry ...403. 405. 4 Sugar maple 4 Sugar pine 19. Sugar-tree 4 Sumach i Summer haw 4 Summerwood Sunflower-tree "i Sun-loving pine " Sunny-slope pine 7 Swamp ash 418. 4 Swamp bay f Swamp cedar 1 Swamp chestnut oak... S Swamp Cottonwood 667. 6 Swamp hickory 361. 3 Swamp holly e Swamp laurel 4 Swamp magnolia 4 Swamp maple 429. 4 Swamp poplar Swamp sasaafras Swamp Spanish oak Swamp tupelo Swamp white oak.. 217. Swampy chestnut oak.. Sweet bay Sweet birch 505, Sweet crab Sweet gum Sweet locust Sweet magnolia 481, Sweet scented crah Swltchbud hickory Sycamore 397, Table mountain pine... Tacamahac Tamarack 70, Tanbark oak 241. Tassajo Tear-blanket Texan ebony Texan red oak Texas ash Texas buckeye Texas Cottonwood ..667. Texas flowering willow. Texas redhud Texas umbrella-tree ... Thick shellbark Thomas elm Thorn apple Thorn bush Thorn locust Thorn plum Tliorn-tree Thorny acacia Thorny locust Three-leaved maple ... . Three-thorned acacia... Thunderwood Thurber cactus Tldeland spruce Tisswood Titi 502. Toothache-tree Torch pine Torchwood Tomillo Torrey pine Tough bumella Tourney oak Trask mahogany Tree huckleberry Tree myrtle Tree palmetto Tree yucca Trident oak Tuck-tuck Tulip poplar Tulip-tree Tupelo Turkey oak 283. Umbrella tree. 481. 484. Upland hickory Upland willow Utah Juniper Valle.y mahogany Valley oak Valparaiso oak Vauquellnla Vine maple Vlrgilla Virginia pine Virginia thorn Wadsworth oak Wafer ash Wahoo . -.385. 399. 492. 499, Wahoo elm Walnut Walnut-tree Washington haw Washington palm Washington pine Washington thorn Water ash 422. 424, Water beech Water birch 677. Water bltternut Water elm Water hickory Water maple . .429. 433. Water oak ...295. 319. Water Spanish oak Water white oak Weeping dogwood Weeping oak Weeping spruce ...136. Weeping willow Western birch 565. Western black willow.. Western catalpa Western cedar ....115. Western choke cherry.. Western dogwood Western hemlock Western hemlock fir.... Western hemlock spruce Western juniper Western larch Weateri plum Western red cedar 115. 118, tern servlceberry . . Wester Wester Western walnut Western white flr Western white oak... Western white pine.... „. 10. 25, Western yellow pine... Western yew West Indian birch West Indian cherry r " Whist le'wood" White alder White Alaska birch ._. 585. white ash 409. 422 White balsam 159. White bark Whitehark maple . . Whltebark pine ... 19 White basswood ' White bay White birch.. .565. S'V. White l.uttonwood White cedar .. .97, 103 White Cottonwood . . White elm ....379. 385. Whiteheart ilckory . . White hickory. 357. 361. White fir 159. 163, White Ironwood . .. White laurel ... Wbltcleaf aak '.'.'..', White locust ]', White mangrov* ..*."' White maple 433" White mulberry .. White oak „h,;-203. 208. 213. 22'3; ^^'«« pine 19. 51. White poplar 675. wu!I' spruce. .130, 1.35, White stem plae . White thorn ... White titi White walnut 335! ^„„ White willow 69S ^hltewood ...487. 66'7', 693 ' "''^ i rv^ opGrotiorv CLYDE IRON WORKS Westinghouse Motors form the Reliable Drive for Wood=Working Plants AFTER Westinghouse motors are properly in- stalled in a wood-working plant, the only- attention they require is an occasional cleaning, inspection and lubrication. Beyond this, there is nothing to be done. They are ready to start any moment they are wanted and they keep the machines they drive in continuous operation until the power is shut off. They are very rarely out of commission for repairs. Their life is very long; some of the first Westinghouse motors are still in successful operation. Such reliability is the result of long experience in design, thorough study of operating conditions, and great care in manufac- ture. These factors combine to make Westinghouse motors more I reliable than the service conditions, for which they are intended, require. Of course, like any other machines, these motors must be properly installed. Westinghouse service takes care of this detail by giving full information on the installation of Westinghouse motors in any plant. To receive full asaarance of motor reliability, specify "Westinghouse Motors." Westinghouse Electric & Mfg:. Co., East Pittsburg, Pa. Sales Offices in all Lar£:e Cities. w HARDWOOD RECORD 67 Broom Handle CHUCKING AND BORING MACHINE It rounds end of handle and bores small hole in other end automatically at same time. Capacity, 45,000 handles in ten hours. All the operator has to do is to keep the handles fed to the machine. Used by the largest producers. Write for de- tails and price. CADILLAC MACHINE CO. Makers of Handle Makers Tools. CADILLAC, MICHIGAN Wire Stitching Machinery FOR Crates, Veneer and Resawed Lumber Boxes, Also Wire and Metal Bound Boxes, FRUIT PACKAGES, BASKETS, RBER SHIPPING CASES, PAPER BOXES AND SPECIAL PURPOSES ASK FOR C A T A 1- O O U E Slanufacturcd br SARANAC MACHINE COMPANY ■ ENTON HARBOR. MICH.. U. S. A. If You Are Looking For a Dry Kiln that will realize your ideal of what your dry kiln should be. give us the opportunity to prove — to demonstrate, solely at our risk, under a legally- bindins guaranty — that the kiln you are looking for is The Standard Dry Kiln "The Right Kiln for Hardwoods" We furnish estimates free of charge — you incur no obligation whatsoever. Write us for fully descriptive illustrated catalog. \\'Ii\ nut now? THE STANDARD DRY KILN CO. 1559 McCarty Street Indianapolis, Indiana ELEPHANT RUBBER BELTING AIR DRILL AND AIR TOOL 307 W. Randolph Street, ESTABLISHED 1882 HOSE STEAM WATER SUCTION EXTRA QUALITY Reoommended for hard service and guaranteed to do the work SELLING AQENTS CRINE COMPINY • • ILL BKINCHES STtNDtRO EguiPMEHT CO., MOBILE, ILt tLBiNY KILL SUPPLY CO., ILIINY, SI. THE MECHANICAL RUBBER COMPANY (Ctilcago Rubber W*rk«) CHICAGO 68 HARDWOOD RECORD VENEERS AND PANELS Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co. HOME OFFICE, FACTORY AND VENEER MILL, ALGOMA, WIS. VENEER AND SAWMILL, BJRCHWOOD, WIS. We manufacture at our Birchwood plant single ply veneers of all native northern woods and deliver stocic that is in shape to glue. From our Algoma factory, where we have specialized for twenty years, we produce panels of all sizes, flat or bent to shape, in all woods, notably in Mahogany and Quirter-Sawed Oak. We make no two-ply stock, and do not employ sliced cut quartered oak. Our quartered oak panels are all from sawed veneer. Every pound of glue we use is guaranteed hide stock. We do not use retainers. Our gluing forms are put under pow- erful screws and left until the glue has thoroughly set. If you seek a guaranteed product that is the best, based on results accomplished by most painstaking attention and study of every detail, combined with the use of the best stock and an up-to-date equipment, our product will appeal to you. If you are a "price buyer" we probably cannot interest you. y eneers and l^anels with a Jts^eputation VX/'E manufacture Veneers in all the native woods and for all purposes. Also Built-up Panels in native and foreign woods — three and five-ply — and have established a reputation for furnishing high-grade material. Send us your inquiries and orders and become one of our satisfied customers. Underwood Veneer Co. Wausau^ Wis, OUR SPECIALTY Highly Figured Quarter-Sawed White Oak Veneer PuTiNAM Vbinebr & Lumber Co. ROACHDAUE, IIND. H. I. CUTSIINGER. Oen'l Mjjr. Custom Mill Work, Storage, Inspection ON Foreign Fancy Woods, Mahogany, Cedar, Circassian We receive the logs, store or warehouse them, manufacture them into lumber, cut or saw veneers, pile and store the pro- duct, and ship via any railroad. Also furnish inspection returns on logs or lumber. Can furnish accommodations and econ- omies which it is impossible to secure elsewhere. We always have on our yards parcels of plain and figured African, Mexican and Cuban Mahogany, Circassian Walnut and Cedar logs, placed here for sale by direct foreign shippers, from which advantageous purchases can be made. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co. Long Island City, New York HARDWOOD RECORD 69 VENEERS AND PAIS ELS Hoffman Brothers Company Sliced and Sawed, Quartered and Plain Red and White Oak Walnut Cherry Ash Maple Let 0. Send YoD Our stock List FORT WAYNE, IND. B. c. JARRELL 8i MANUFACTURERS OF CO. High Grade, Rotary-Cut Gum VENEERS Cut righl t; dried right; prices right HUMBOLDT. TENNESSEE READY TO LAY Dimension Stock cut to your sizes in 1/20 Sliced Quartered Oak and Mahogany MATCHED, JOINTED AND TAPED We also manufacture a full line of high- grade, rotary-cut veneers, making a spc- "cialty of exceptionally fine poplar. ADAMS & RAYMOND VENEER COMPANY Established 1869 Indianapolis, Ind. Memphis Veneer & Lumber Co. Memphis, Tenn. Mahogany Veneer 1-8, 3-16 and 1-4-in. door stock. 1-20 and 1-16-in. sawed mahogany. Sawed Veneer in the following Quartered White Oak, Quartered Red Oak, Plain Red Oak, Yellow Poplar, White Ash and Quartered Red Gum Memphis Veneer & Lumber Company Memphis, Tennessee CIRCASSIAN MAHOGANY Logs VENEERS Lumber WE IMPORT WE MANUFACTURE All Thicknesses of Mahogany Ready for Shipment RICE VENEER & LUMBER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SECURE BETTER PRICES AT LESS SELLING COST BY REACH- ING MORE CUSTOMERS. HARDWOOD RECORD PUTS YOU BEFORE THEM ALL TWICE A MONTH. ASK US ABOUT IT 70 HARDWOOD RECORD IVI I C H I Q A N 1 KAMUUS FOR HARD MAPLE, AND GREY ELM ^ "Ideal" li^ Rock Maple Flooring i* the flooring; that ■• manufactured ezprecily to supply the demand for the beat. It it made by modem machinery from carefully-ielected atock and erery precaution it taken throughout our entire system to make it fulfill in every particular its name — "IDEAL." ROUGH OR FINISHED LUMBER— ALL KINDS Send U$ Your Inquiries The I. Stephenson Company WELLS, MICHIGAN Von Platen Lumber Co. Iron Mountain, Michigan MANUFACTURERS OF BIRCH BASSWOOD ELM MAPLE 178M 8/4 No. 2 Com. & Better Maple. 30M 12 4 No. 2 Com. & Better Maple. 12M of 4\4-S Maple. 80.^1 of 6/4 No. 3 Com- mon Bircb. 9031 of 6/4 No. 3 Com- mon Bassn-ood. lOOM of 8/4 No. 3 Com- mon Kock Elm. We Solicit Your Inquiries SHIPMENTS VIA C. & N. W.— C, M. & ST. P.— W. & M. "Chief Brand" Maple and Beech Flooring in I, f and 13-16 and 1 1-16 inch Maple' in ail standard widths and grades, will commend itself to you and your trade on its merits alone WRITE US, WE CAN INTEREST YOU Kerry & Hanson Flooring Co. GRAYLING. MICHIGAN For the Better Kind of Hardwoods writ* EAST JORDAN LUMBER CO. East Jordan, Mich. ALL THE MICHIGAN HARDWOODS Kakeis of i,ATH Imperial Brand FiirEAin> SHXataiMllS MAPLE FLOORING HEMI^OCX FORMAN'S FAMOUS OAK FLOORING Heidelberg, Kv. Is made in faultless fashion from the most u n i f o r m-colored and even-textured oak pro- duced ; worked from Kraetzer-Cured lumber manufactured at our sawmills. Thomas Forman Company Detroit Michigan We Have On Hand the Following Hardwood In Shipping Condition: 1,700,000' 4/4 & Thicker No. 1 & 2 Common Maple 2,000,000' 4 4 & Thicker No. 2 C. & B. Birch 100,000' 5 4, 6 4 & 8 4 Ists & 2nds Maple 150,000' 4 4 No. 1 Common Basswood 120,000' 4 4 No. 2 Common Basswood 100,000' 4 4 No. 3 Common Basswood 60,000' 4 4 No. 2 C. & B. Soft Maple 40,000' 4 4 No. 2 Common Soft Elm 800,000' 4 4 No. 3 Common Birch & Maple All Dry, Winter Sawed Stock Seott & Howe Lumber Co. OSHKOSH WISCONSIN. Medford Lumber Co. HARDWOOD RECORD li'iMiiiiiniiiiilMI iilnimii|)MiillBiiilliii iillinimnil BUFFALO The Foremost Hardwood Market of the East T. SULLIVAN & CO. SPhX-IM.TIKS: Gray Elm, Brown Ash Pacific Coast Fir and Spruce 2 ARTHUR STREET ORSON E. YEAQER SI'IX-IAI.TIRS Oak, Ash and Poplar 932 ELK STREET ANTHONY MILLER HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS , 893 EAGLE STREET I. N. Stewart & Bro. Specialties Cherry and Oak 892 Elk Street Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT 1075 Clinton Street Q. ELIAS BINOI.ED Hard Maple, Beech and Birch Lumber 1 TO 0 INCHES THICK WRITE FOR PRKES BAY CITY, MICHIGAN Mitchell Brothers Go. Dry Stock List MICHIGAN HARDWOODS Cadillac, Mich. Dec. 15, 1913 1x7 & S Basswood, Is & 2s 34 M 1x4 Basswood, Clear 13 M 1x4 Basswood, No. 1 Common 19M 1x6 Basswood, No. t Common 17 M 4/4 Birch, is & 2s, Red 16 M 4/4 Birch, No. 3 Common 47 M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm is & 2s 100 M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm, No. 1 Common 100 M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm, No. 2 Common 88 M 4/4 Rock Elm, No. 2 Common & Better. ... 7 M 4/4 Soft Maple, No. 3 Com 9 M 4/4 White Maple, end dried (clear) 10 M 4/4 Birdseye Maple Is & 2s, end dried 1 >^ M CADILLAC QUALITY When you want lumber of Cadillac Quality, Lumber which has been manufactured and seasoned properly, and grade* which have not been blended to meet price competition — send us your inquiries. WE SELL ONLY MITCHELL'S MAKE Kneeland-Bigelow Company Hardwood Manufaelurors 100,000 ft. 5/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 150,000 ft. 6 4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 20,000 ft. 6 4 Ists & 2nds Basswood 50,000 ft. 5 4 Ists & 2nd8 Basswood 100,000 ft. 5 4 No. 1 Common Basswood 12,000 ft. 10 4 No. 1 Common & Better Basswood 60,000 ft. 4 4 No. 3 Common Maple 50,000 ft. 6 4 No. 3 Common Elm All of th« above slock Is Dlcely manu- factured, belns: Imnd sawed, trimmed, aod well seasoned. \V* are prepared to quo^e attractive prices for this mate- rial for Immediate shipment. BAY CITY, MICH HARDWOOD RECORD m LOUISVILLE THE HARDW^OOD GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH Not a Christmas Gift — But Mighty Good Value for the Money The slocks listctl bcluw consist oi lumber that Louisville concerns desire to move at this time, and are exceptional values. Buyers will find the lumber well up to the average as to width and length, and well manufactured in every respect. Write to ihc individual companies for details and prices. W. p. BROWN & SONS LUMBER CO. 100,000 feet 6/4 Is and 2s pWui White Oak 100,000 feet 5/4 is and 2s plain Wliite Oak 150,000 feet 4/4 is and 2s plain White Oak 100,000 feet 2" common Hickory 75,000 feet 6/4 No. 1 common Poplar 75,000 feet 8/4 No. 1 common Poplar 100,000 feet 4/4 is and 2s Chestnut 150,000 feet 4/4 No. l common Chestnut BOOKER-CECIL COMPANY 25,000 feet 4/4 10" and up Is and 2s plain Red Oak 60,000 feet 4/4 No. 1 common plain Red Oak 25,000 feet 4/4 Is and 2s Quartered White Oak 1 50,000 feet 4/4 No. l common Poplar — all widths separated 50,000 feet 8/4 No. 1 common Poplar 40,000 feet 4/4 clear sap Poplar, 7" and up STEMMELEN LUMBER COMPANY 40,000 feet 4/4 No. 2 common plain white Oak 5,000 feet 4/4 No. l common and better sound wormy Oak 50,000 feet 4/4 No. 1 common Quartered White Oak 30,000 feet 4/4 IS and 2s Quartered White Oak 3 5,000 feet 4/4 No. 2 common Quartered White Oak ANDERSON VENEER & SAWMILL CO. 20,000 feet 5/S common and better Quartered White Oak Veneer Stayboards 20,000 feet ;^" common and better Quartered White Oak Veneer Stayboards 18,000 feet 4/4 IS and 2s Quartered White Oak 60,000 feet 4/4 No. 1 common Quartered White Oak 20,000 feet 4/4 clear quartered White Oak Strips 27,000 feet 5/4 No. 1 common Quartered White Oak 800,000 feet 1/20" sawed Quartered White Oak Veneers 3/16", 1/4" and 1/3" 3-ply gum built-up panels for drawer-bottoms, case and glass-backs, any quantity We can furnish lumber kiln-dried through a Grand Rapids moist-air drier EDWARD L. DAVIS LUMBER CO. 100,000 feet 4/4 is and 2s plain Red Oak 3 00,000 feet 4/4 No. 1 common Plain Red Oak 100,000 feet 4/4 is and 2s quartered White Oak 50,000 feet 8/4 No. 1 common Ash 20,000 feet 8/4 No. 2 common Ash 20,000 feet 6/4 'No. 2 common Ash NORTH VERNON LUMBER COMPANY 24,000 feet 8/4" is and 2s Ash 60,000 feet 5/8" is and 2s Poplar, 7 to 17" 3 5,000 feet 5/8" Is and 2s Poplar, 18" and up 70,000 feet 5/8" No. 1 common Poplar 90,000 feet 5/8" No. 1 common plain White Oak 90,000 feet 5/8" No. 1 common plain Red Oak 40,000 feet 5/8" No. 1 common quartered White Oak, 10" and up 5 5,000 feet 4/4" Cottonwood Box Boards KENTUCKY-INDIANA HARDWOOD CO. 175,000 feet 4/4 No. 1 and No. 2 common plain Red Oak 12,000 feet 6/4 common and better plain Red Oak 10,000 feet 8/4 IS and 2s nlain Red Oak 20,000 feet 8/4 No. 1 common plain Red Oak 35,000 feet 4/4 Is and 2s plain White Oak 20,000 feet 4/4 sap and better Poplar 3 5,000 feet 6/4 and 8/4 log run Hickory NORMAN LUMBER CO. (Mills at Holly Ridge, La.) 300,000 feet 4/4 is and 2s Sap Gum 200,000 feet 4/4 No. 1 common Sap Gum 150,000 feet 4/4 Is and 2s Red Gum 300,000 feet 4/4 No. 1 common plain Red Oak 100,000 feet 4/4 No. 1 common Poplar 50,000 feet 4/4 Is and 2s Poplar VENEERS WITH "THE FIGURE" QUARTERED OAK — SAWED AND SLICED MAHOGANY CIRCASSIAN WALNUT FIGURED GU.M QUARTERED SYCAMORE THE LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS m HARDWOOD RECORD IMMIMMM ::;, ::.,.::..;::., ALL VwdODS ;., :;;; ::sE*^ij;^ STOCK LIST:;-^:;:';'-;;':; Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Maple, Birch, Elm, Basswood, Ash And Other Northern Hardwoods In the Market for Round Lots of Hardwootf WRITE US BEFORE SELLING Fisher Building, - CHICAGO •PHONE HARRISON 1984 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 tind it reduces the expense of laying and polishing, Ow Bookl4i teiU all about Hardwood Flooring mnd hoio to core for it — aUo prioet — and i* fr0€. The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop St*. CHICAGO, ILL. / OUR DOUBLE BAND MILL — HUTTIG, ARK. Why We Can Give "Value Received' We own one hundred thousand acres of the best virgin Southern Hardwood timber. We operate large band mills at Huttlg, Ark., and Deer- ing, Mo. We sell only stock cut on our own mills and so can GUAK- ANTEE the quality of EVERY shipment. We ship high grades that increase the size and percentage of your cuttings, reduce factory costs and shrink the waste pile. Therefore: We can SAVE TOO MONEY on every shipment of oak, ash, gum. elm, cypress, tupelo. hickory, cottonwood, sycamore, soft maple and dimension. LET US PROVE THIS ON YOUR NEXT ORDER Wisconsin Lumber Company Harvester Bldg. CHICAGO CHOICE BIRCH AND MAPLE— 10,500 ACRES I offer the above tract of best quality and splendidly located timber in Ontario, ten miles from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, a town of 25,000 population. Will cut 90% birch and maple. Estimated by George F. Beardsley, cruiser of Grand Rapids, Mich. Location and mill site on deep water. Can ship either by water or rail. Lands in fee simple — no crown dues, no export restrictions. Close to Amer- ican Soo. Easy logging. Reasonable price and terms. William H. Ranson, Sault Sle Marie, Mich. SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USLMG THE D C" pv D ^(^1^ Published Semi-annually t\ILiLJ DKJkJl^. in February and August It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyers »i lumber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their financial standing and manner of meet- ing obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Mani- toba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as the authority on the lines it covers. A w«ll organized Collection Departmeot is alio operated iid the Hme It open to Tou. Write for terms. Lumbermen's Credit A88n.,"^ri"° Heitl» Tlili P>»er. Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co. SPECIAL RAILROAD DEPT. Hardivoods :: Softvyoods 823 Railway Exchange Building, Chicago, 111. ^ For items of Hardwood Stock or HjU"dwoocl Machinery, you will find it advantageous to write our advertisers. Get in touch ! HARDWOOD RECORD KNOXVIULE Famous for Finest Type of Poplar. Oak and Cbeatnut VESTAL LUMBER AND MANUFACTURING CO. KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. QUARTERED WHITE OAK OUR SPECIALTY MANUFACTURERS OF QU>RTEREO WHITE DM, PUIH M. POPUR. WiHIIT ii TENHESSEE RED CEDIR LUMBER BAJJD MILLS AT VBSTAL. A SUBURB OF KNOXVILLB. SOUTHgRN AJ^D U>UlsVILLg & NASHVILUai ^XIHSSIE J. M. UOGAIN LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWOODS AND PINE POPLAR A SPECIALTY Main Office and Yards: Knoxville Branch Office and Yard: Bank and McLean ATe., Cincinnati I. M. ASHER. Mgr. We Want Orders for the following Dry Stock: WHITE OAK— Plain or Quartered. RED OAK— Plain or Quartered. CHESTNUT BASSWOOD POPLAR WHITE PINE Always carry large well assorted stock of all kinds of Hardwoods. CAN SHIP ON SHORT NOTICE. "THE VERY BEST" ASH, CHESTNUT, RED OAK, WHITE OAK, PINE, POPLAR and WALNUT Knoxville Veneer Co. p. B. RAYMOND. General Manager. KnoxvUle, Tenn. Mapbct & Shea Lumber Co, jVIanufacturcrs and CQbolesalers OFFICE: 703-705 HENSON BUILDING Yard: Middlebrook Pike anc Lonsdale Car Line KNOXTlLLe, ceisfN. WE WANT TO MOVE 3 cars 4/4 No. i Common Poplar. 7" & up 2 cars 4/4 Clear Sap Poplar, 7" & up 1 car 4/4 Select Poplar, 7" & up 1 car 4/4 1 & 2 Red Oak, 10" & up 1 car 4/4 1 & 2 Chestnut 1 car 4/4 No. i Common Chestnut We manufacture: YELLOW POPLAR OAK. CHESTNUT, WHITE AND YEL- LOW PINE, HEMLOCK BARK. ETC. BAND AND CIKCCLAR MTLLS— EAST TENN. MOUNTAIN VraClN HARDWOOD STCMPAGE Kimball & Kopcke Knoxville, Tennessee Manufacturers and Shippers of Appalachian Hardwoods OAK OUR SPECIALTY HARDWOOD RECORD CINCINNATI 1 — — — ^ — ■ . . RED GUM Write us when you want BONE DRY stock High Grade Fine Widths Good Lengths BENNETT & WITTE 224 West Fourth St. CINCINNATI. O. DOIN'T WORRV If your stock is not soft in texture, even colored and well manufac- tured, you can get stock that is Thi Mobray & Robinson Company CINCINNATI, OHIO -Maiuifacturers of Plain and Quartered Oak and Poplar MILLS YARDS Quicksand Ky MAIN OFFICE Cincinnati. 0. Viper, Ky. CINCINNATI, OHIO ^Sste?*' N.' Y. West Irvine, Ky. Brooklyn, N. Y. W. E. HEYSER, President WEAVER HASS. V. President BENJAMIN BRAMLAGE. Sec'y & Treas. The W. E. Heyser Lumber Company MAIN OFFICE & YARDS Winton Place Cincinnati, Ohio BRANCH YARDS AND MILLS West Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas & Kentucky 12,000,000 ft. High Grade West Vir- ginia and Southern Hardwoods in stock at all times. Shipments made direct from our own yards and mills in straight or mixed cars. SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES A Prominent Veneer Man says: ^ "I believe your new service showing the exact require- ments of the Veneer and Panel Trade to be highly accu- rate, and a necessary part of the office equipment of any progressive veneer or panel factory." ^The same information would cost you thousands of dollars. The cost of our service is a small fraction of that. ^ Ask your competitor to tell you how it has helped him, and then write us for details. HARDWOOD RECORD, CHICAGO. ILL. HARDWOOD RECORD GOOD GRADES LUDiNcTrbN HARDWOOD SPECIALISTS PROMPT SERVICE Look over this full assortment of dry stock for prompt shipment. When you order be sure to specify LOWER PENINSULA SOFT GRAY ELM The wood that made Michigan famous. Dry Soft Gray Elm 40M 4/4 FAS. 55M 6/4 FAS. 35M 8/4 FAS. 40M 12/4 FAS. 35M 4/4 No. 1 Com. 45M 6/4 No. 1 Com. 25M 8/4 No. 1 Com. 40M 12/4 No. 1 Com. 25M 10 '4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. 17M 16/4 No. 1 Com. &Btr. Thick Elm, Showine Jliiho.i OTt. § T EARNS SALT Cr LUMBER CO. LudingtohMich. Band Sawn Hardwoods WE PRODUCE OUR OWN STOCKS Our Specialties: Collonwood— Oak Three Ply Red Red and Sap Gum •"'f^^d'ancPwh^r'* Gum Panels A Few Items We Want To Move 7 cars 4/4" 1st & 2nds Red Gum. 15 cars 4/4" No. 1 Common Red Gum. 5 cars 6 4" Ists & 2nds Sap Gum. 5 cars 4/4" Select Yellow Cypress. 7 cars 4/4" No. 1 Shop Yellow Cypress. 8 cars 4/4" x 13" to 17" Ists & 2nds Cottonwood. 5 cars 5/4" x 6" to 12" Ists & 2nds Cottonwood. 9 cars 4/4" x 13" to 17" Cottonwood Box Boards. 4 cars 4/4" x 18" to 21" No. 1 & Panel Cottonwood. 1 car 3/8" No. 1 Common Qtd. White Oak. 2 cars 1/2" No. 1 Common Qtd. White Oak. 10 cars 6/4" Log Run Soft Maple. 7 cars 4/4" Ists & 2nds Plain Red Oak. 9 cars 4/4" No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak. WRITE US FOR PRICES ANDERSON-TULLY COMPANY, Memphis Jcnn. BOX SHOOKS and VENEERS TWO SPECIALTIES FINELY FIGURED QUARTEREn RED GCM FOR MAHOGANY OR CIRCASSIAN FINISH AND FINELY FIGURED EVEN COLOR QUABTER-SAWN WHITE OAK Write for obta o( G. H. EVANS LUMBER COMPANY, Chattanooga, Tennessee HARDWOOD RECORD'S Strongest circulation is in the region where thing;s are made of wood— WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS, IN- DIANA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK and the East. IT'S the BEST SALES MEDIUM for HARDWOOD LUMBER jgHpIf You Knew What our BULLETIN SERVICE was doing for your competitor in the lumber business, youd not only Tvant the service yourself, but YOU'D HAVE IT. Let Us Tel] You About It. Hardwood Record Chicago HARDWOOD RECORD 9 ^w-^ w w m ^ ^"» .-"-^w w •» »■ < « m 1 THE d^^ LJ 1 n PROMINENT SOV THERN M A N U F AC T V R E R S Write us for description and pr on the following stock: ices 4 5 4 4 4' 8' 4' 4' . 6 4" & 8 4 Sap Poplar , 4 4", 5 4', 6 4" and 8. 4" No. 1 Common Poplar , 6 4" and 8 4" No. 2 Common Poplar . 5 4", 6 4", and 8/4" No. 1 Com- mon & Better Chestnut FARRI s HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. Afanu^ac(ur« Hardwood L uml °J, Nashville, Tenn. Carolina Spruce Company OFFtRS FOR SALE Two cars 8 4 common and better Basswood One car 4 4 1st and 2nd Basswood Three cars 4 4 No. 2 common Basswood Two cars 4 4 No. 3 common Basswood Two cars 5 4 common and better Chestnut Three cars 8 4 common and better Chestnut Three cars 8/4 common and better Red Oak Four cars 4. 4 common and better Red Oak Two cars 4/4 No. 2 common Red Oak BAND SAWN STOCK :>Iills: I'ensaooln. X. f. {'apacity. 90.000 ft. per day Charles K. Parry & Co. f/'.n./n'Jle^Bu'ikirng Philadelphia We will name very attractive prices on a few cars of each of the following items: 4/4, 6/4. 10/4 and 12/4 1» and 2» Poplar 4/4 and 8/4 Sap Poplar. H4". 1V4" and 2H" No. 1 Common Poplar. 4/4 No. 1 and Panel Poplar In widths or 12 to 17". 18 to 23" and 24" and up. 4/4 I IS t» 17" Poplar Box Boardl. 4/4 Is & 28 Basswood or Linn — very fine. »/8. 4/4, 8/4, 10/4 and 12/4 li & 2s Qtd. W. Got. 4/4, 6/4, 6/4 and 8/4 No. 1 Common Qtd. W. Oak. 6/4 Is & 2b Qtd. R. Oak. 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4 No. 1 Common Qtd. R. Oak. 6/4 and 10/4 Ig & 2s Hickory. 4/4. 6/4, 10/4 and 12/4 No. 1 Common Hickory. 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4 and 12/4 No. 2 Common Hickory 4/4 Is & 28 Chestnut, ulso B, 6 and 8/4. 4/4 No. 1 Common Chjstnut, John B. Ransom & Go. MANUFACTURERS OF Hardwood Lumber Nashville, Tenn. GARETSON-GREASON LUMBER CO. 1002-1005 Times BIdg. ST. LOUIS MANUFACTURERS Four Mills Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT LICK KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF ^^Oak Flooring f Complete stock of %" and 13/16" in all standard widths Hardwood Record's strongest circulation is in the region where things are made of wood— WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK and the East. It*s the BEST sslIcs medivirrv for haLrdwood Ivimber. Hard Maple 100,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Com. Tupelo Gum or Bay Pop'ar 100,000 ft. 'i/4 Log Run; will grade to suit purchaser. Ash 30.000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 Com. WE HAVE IT W. W. DEMPSEY Manufacturer and Wholesaler of HARDWOODS CypresB 1 carload 4/4 4 carloads 4/4 6", 8" and 10" No. 2 Com. BAND SAWED STOCK A LINE BRINGS PRICE BY RETURN MAIL 0«neral oaioe* Johnatown, Fa. iraw Tork Ofllo* Vo. IB Broadwmy 10 HARDWOOD RECORD THE EAST BOSTON NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA D WM. WHITMER ®, SONS INTORI'OnATKD Manufacturers and Whole- salers of All Kinds of "If Anrbody Con, We Can" HARDWOODS Wett Virginia Spruce and Hemlock Long and Short Leaf Pine Virginia Framing Franklin Bank Bldg. PHILADELPHIA Willson Bros. Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Oliver Building PITTSBURG. PA. W. R. TAYLOR LUMBER CO. Wholesalers and Manufacturers CYPRESS, WHITE PINE, HARDWOODS AND HEMLOCK 1829 Land Title Building. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Oak Bridge Plank cut to order for QUICK SHIPMENT W RITE FOR PRICE S J. S. KENT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA West Virginia Hardwoods WHITEASH.WHITE OAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT.Etc. AMERICAN LUMBER & MFG. COMPANY, Pittsburgh, Pa. WISTAR, UNDERBILL & NIXON REAL ESTATE TRUST BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PA. QUARTERED WHITE OAK NICE FLAKY STUFF H. D. Vv ICjCjIN BOSTON, MASS. MANUFACTURER HARDWOOD LUMBER Circular-sawed Poplar, Oak, Chestnut, Basswood, Maple AliU at SluQe Coal Junction, West VIreinia PALMER Si. PARKER CO. TEAK MAHOGANY ebony ENQLISn OAK »#rMCCne DOMESTIC CIRCASSIAN WALNUT VENEERS HARDWOODS 103 Mediord Street, Charlestown Dist. BOSTON, MASS. 1*7 fc^__„. U^.., to nil your orders for all kinds of IIARD- We ^nOW now woods, white pine, yellow PDfB, SPRUCE. HEMLOCK, CYPRESS, HARDWOOD FLOORING. Oive u« a trial. THOMAS E. COALE LUMBER COMPANY FRANKUN BANK BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PA. PROCTORYENBERDRYERnREPROOf UNPARALLELED SUCCESS No Splitting Nor Checking N* CloEfiDg Nor Adjuiting THE PHILADELPHIA TEXTILE MACHINERY COMPANY DEPT. L HANCOCK & SOMERSET STS. PHILA., PA. WM. E. LITCHFIELD MASON BDILDING, BOSTON. MASS. Specialist in Hardwoods Manufacturers are reauested to supply lists of stock for sale { Both Ends and the Middle Hardwood Record reachesmost everybody who produces mar- kets and consumes Hardwoods. Nothing But Hardwoods HARDWOOD RECORD 11 - »nr-* w w M-^ ¥— ^ A C> nr* 1 n cz, c ^\. <^ K ! ^— LEADING MANUFACTURl-KS ANU JOBBERa 1 R.E. Wood Lumber Company fl Manufacturers of Yellow Poplar, Oak, CJiestnut, Hemlock and While Pine. *I We own our own slumpage and operate our own mills. ^ Correspondence solicited and inquiries promptly answered. GENERAL OFFICES: CONTINENTAL BUILDING. Baltimore, Maryland W. P. Graig Lumbar Co. Wholesale Hardwood and Building Lumber Empire Building, PITTSBURG, PI. BIRCH AND MAPLE A few cars in transit and a large assort- ment at the mill. Write us. New York Office 25 W. 42d St. Geo. Webster Lumber Go. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. CHARLES HOLYOKE 141 MILK STREET, BOSTON, MASS. HARDWOODS S. L. EASTMAN FLOORING CO. SAGINAW BRAND MAPLE FLOORING SAGINAW, MICH. IET US talk to you about the plain I and quartered oak that made In- diana famous. It's the kind we make to-day. Wood-Mosaic Co., New Albany, Ind. IF YOU HAVEN^T SEEN THE GIBSON TALLY BOOK Let us send you one on approval, with samples of Tally Tickets for triplicate, duplicate or single tallies — a score of forms to choose from. They are the latest and best. En- dorsed by hundreds of lumber manufacturers and buyers. HARDWOOD RECORD CHICAGO 1 12 HARDWOOD RECORD We Will Quote Unusually Attractive Prices On tlie Following List ot Band Sawn Poplar: I & 2ii ciirn 1- 111 « : rorn IV.-" I« > cars 3" In A 2m. : cars 1" Wide Box. 1 cam I" Narrow Box. I rars 1" Saim & Solfcts. 1 car 1'/," SapH A Sriccla. ; cars IVi" Sa|i» * Selects. : care 2" Sails & Scle I 1" No. 1 Common. I 1^" No. 1 Common. I IM:" No. 1 Common. 1 2" No.. 1 Common. 1 ivy No. I <'i 1 :t" No. I Con 1 1" No. 2-A Ci 1 1" No. 2-B Co I 2" No. 2 A & B Con 2%" No. 2 A & B Vi .1" No. 2 A « B Co WK HAVF QUAItTIi VV. A SPLENDID STOCK OF PLATN AND liUED RED AND WHITE OAK. ALL GRADICS Faust Bros. Lumber Co. SAI.KS OFI-ICK CHICAGO, ILL. ■M.VIN OFFICK PADUCAH, KY. standard for 37 Years Covcl Saw Machinery The machine shown will automatically sharpen band resaws from l" to 6 ' wide, and it is not necessary to touch the saws after they come oflF the machine. New Frame Coiutniction. N< w Automatic Feed (abiolutely acourate). Ne w Automatic Control of limery WAesl, Til Gna ty leii parti ranteed to give satisfaction. We malie mac tainery to talie care of all kinds of saws and COVEL MFG. CO., Benton Harbor. Mich. OAK FLOORING Kiln- Drle( Polished Dried ^^ HftPPWOOD LUMBER ^;^<^Vr.x:>^m^^ ' flfflwoM RqcoM Published in ihe Interest of the American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Logging, Saw Mill and Wood-Working Machinery, on the lOth and 25th of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY ^ Henry H. Gibson, Editor and Manager Edwin W. Meeker"! . II n 11 V Assoc] Hu Maiwell J Associate Editors Entire Seventh Floor Ellsworth Building 537 So. Dearborn Street. CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087-8088 LIBRA NF.W V( 8(11 ANIi UAKUf Vol XXXVII CHICAGO, DECEMBER. 25, 1913 No. 5 j^ :J-^o/-\:^lo■x/^o^^J/5^>;c/;■o^V^c^:■^ J.^^.^!):^y■V>Ki;i;^^M:<:/i\>a■^o«a.l^i>■^b^^y.^i:«:o>■^5K;.■^w;:ro:p Review and Outlook General Market Conditions THE GKXERAL COXDITIOX of the lumber market could prob- ably be summed up in the statement that the sawmill trade as a general thing, while having some little accumulation of lumber on band, has come to the decision that as long as it has held off so far it can continue to hold its stock pending some definite and more favorable developments, while the consuming trade, on the other band, continues its very hesitant buying policy, probably because in the first place the closing of its books is imminent and a favorable balance is desired, and on the other hand because the trade itself is not any too certain regarding the market for its products, and is also rather of the belief that something will occur to decrease the cost of the raw material. Nothing startling has developed in the last two weeks to give substantial proof of the soundness of the policy of either faction of the hardwood trade, that is the producers and the consumers, but it is probable that both are based on a comparatively sound line of argu- ment and that .iustification can be seen for either course. There is unquestionably more lumber at mill points right now than there has been for sometime, but as stated in previous issues of Hakdwood Becord, the bulk of these stocks is in strong hands and no imminent necessity has been seen of disposing of them at unreason- able sacrifices. It is true that with the coming on of the holiday season the roadmen are being called in. and with this condition in effect those stock.s which the millmen are particularly desirous of moving are probably being shaded a triile in order to find a ready market, but generally speaking there is no increased tendency to con- tinue the process of easing price levels, and there is no logical excuse for so doing. Business in general seems to be very favorably impressed with the progress along the lines of currency reform, and more particularly with the rumor that .Tames J. Hill will be the chairman of the Na- tional reserve board. The passage of this measure should most assur- edly mean the removal of the uncertainty and agitation which ha.s been founded upon the assertions "of the banking element regarding the measure. It is most surely subject to amendment where any pro- visions arc found to be inadequate to take care of conditions prop- erly, and bearing this in mind and the fact that the bill has been drawn up and sponsored by some fairly brainy individuals, and hence offers a reasonable surety of being at least logical, there is abso- lutely no reason why the currency measure should cut any further figure in business. As pointed out before, the business man's real interest in the measure, so far as the average individual is concerned, is limited to his fear of its effect upon the banker's disposition and not upon the actual condition of currency in the country. Hence, with the measure actually passed and the uncertainty removed, this cause should be definitely removed as a possible disturbing factor. The only further legislation that could reasonably assume a posi- tion in the category of trouble-makers is that aiming at the large business combinations, and President Wilson's expressed ideas along these lines should mollify business very decidedly. So far as the various factors in the consuming field are concerned, there is nowhere any very marked down-in-the-mouthness, nor is there on the other hand any undue disposition to become excited as to the possibilities of marked increase in trade after the first of the year. Conservatism continues in all lines and will unquestionably be paramount for several months ahead. It is reasonable to predict somewhat of an active call for lumber after the first of the year because of the postponing of so many orders until inventory time is over; but it is entirely likely that a great many of these orders are not what could reasonably be called ' ' new business,.' ' but rather simply the taking up of postponed contracts for stock. There seems to be some little additional hope in the foreign trade, both because of the more evident opening up of inquiries and also because of decreased freight rates. Offerings abroad, however, are as a general thing not accompanied with any expressed intention of shading prices in order to obtain increased business, as shippers gen- erally are in comparatively strong position, and are not inclined to sacrifice their stock at figures below what they think it is worth. The various standard hardwoods continue in approximately the same general position that has been felt for so long, the most evi- dent condition being the more favorable call for the lower grades as compared to the demand for the better end of the stock. Nothing notable has occurred in connection with the markets for the woods individually as they all seem to be about holding their own, both as to actual call and market value. The demand for sound wormy chest- nut continues to excite more or less interest, the call probably being the result of increasing favor with which it is viewed by panel men. Plain oak and quartered oak still lead the list and there has been a marked strengthening in the market for ash and souud wormy chestnut. Wide poplar is in very normal request and gum is not any too well received. It is a certainty that there has not been anywhere near the dis- ruption in hardwood markets that the yellow pine men have suffered. Pine is still in an undesirable position. Taking the situation on the whole. Hardwood Record feels that in wishing the trade a MERRY CHRISTM.4S and a PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR it is not uttering an entirely irrelevant expression, but feels that business in general can very well look with comparative satisfaction upon existing and prospective conditions. 14 HARDWOOD RECORD Christmas on Turkeybone Mountain TIIK COVEK IMC'TURli illustratiuj^ this issue of IIakdwood Record is appropriate. It would bo appropriate without a word of explanation, for it is replete with sii(;tjestions, and no person who is ])Ossossod of the usual allotment of inia;;inatiou would fail to give the picture a world of meanin},'. The air is full of Christmas. By comniou eonseiit snow is one of the essentials. Tlie snewless country is a country where Christmas comes and jjoes without kindling much enthusiasm, and it leaves little for memory to dwell on or fancy to finish. No complaint on that score can be lodged against the scene so delicatel/ outlined in the accompanying pic- ture. Snow is shown in abundance, but not cut of proportion with other phases of the scene. It is plainly a northern haidwooil region which the canicia caught in such artistic drapery. Timber of merchantable size is not identiful, but that is a matter of minor imjiortance, because there are people who go through forests without looking for timber, and there are occasions when commercial questions are out of place, and this is one of them. Christmas and evergreens are usually associated, but is that necessary? Take another look at the picture and see if anything seems wanting. Not a pine, hemlock, spruce, fir, or cedar is visible; yet, a more careful scrutiny will reveal an understory or fringe of green leaves. They belong to the mountain laurel or ivy. The new-fallen snow can find no lodging place on the smooth, varnished leaves of this shrubby tree; and for that reason the green foliage shows over the top of the snow, while all aljout and above, the slender and leafless limbs of chestnut, basswood, and birch bear their burdens of whiteness. Some people think of a hardwood forest in winter as a cheerless, uninteresting place; but that is an opinion acquired at a distance, not from intimate association. If one knows how to observe and is capable of appreciation, there is a world of interesting things in a snowy wood. The habits of the various trees in such a situ- ation is a theme in itself which can be studied to advantage at no other time. Does snow bend all trees alike? Does it break the branches of all? Do all behave alike when the burden comes down from the clouds in search of a lodging place? The common opinion among the uninformed and the unobserving is that evergreens are much more liable than are deciduous trees to be broken or fixedly dis- torted by snow. Abstract reasoning leads to that conclusion, but facts do not. Who ever saw a spruce, hemlock, fir, pine, or cedar broken or permanently careened by snow? Who, that is acquainted with northern hardwood forests, has not observed saplings of beech, chestnut, hickory, ash, oak, elm, and basswood, bent over in long parabolic curves while the burden of snow is on, and so set in that position that they never again wholly regain their perpendicular? Snow seldom strips limbs from large evergreens, but frequently breaks those of leafless trees. The cottonwoods and soft maples are sometimes literally wrecked by snow. Small needle- leaf trees are often buried for weeks (and on high western moun- tains for months) under piles of snow; yet, when the accumulation melts, the little trees spring back again into their original positions with an alacrity which seems to say: "Never touched me." The leafless hardwoods so buried will probably never again stand erect, but will develop permanent "sled crooks." The cover illustration is from a photograph taken on Turkeybone Mountain, West Virginia, by the Field Museum of Natural History, of Chicago. It is one in a series of thousands of pictures of scenery in all parts of America, which that institution is collecting as a permanent record of conditions and scenes which are passing away. It is fortunate that such records are being made, because all will be changed in a few generations, and that left will give little hint of the wild and exhilarating beauties of nature before man dis- turbed it. It may be remarked, since it is a Christmas occasion, that the Christmas tree was not formerly, and now is only occasionally, a feature in the rural festivities of those -mountain people. The innovation came — so far as it has yet come — from the North. To this day it has little foothold among them, outside the towns. The country children still follow the custom which their grand- parents followed, and hang their stockings by the "mantelpiece." Such gifts as come mysteriously in the darkness go into the stock- ings to be drawn forth a few hours later amidst excitement anX:z->:o:OT)«!ms!:^>^^i;i^!;^^iAjJ^;y>■^^^ Pert, Pertinent and Impertinent Made Up for It Fay : The Widow Dasliaway's hushanil didn't leave her much when he died, did he? Ray : No ; but he left her very often when he was alive. — Philadelphia Hccurd. High Art "Great Scott, woman, are j-ou trying to ruin me?'" "Why. Henry ! you don't even know what I paid for the gown." "I know that any gown that looks as bad as that one costs more than I can alTord to pay." — London Opinion. Modem Translation There is on the .South Side of Chicago a sum- mer amusement park named, from the French words "free from care." "Sans Soucl Park." Two young men passed this park on a street car recently. One of them evidently was a stranger in the city, and his friend was showing him about. Said the stranger : "What does Sans Soucl mean ':" Mis friend readily replied : "It's from the Spanish, and means 'I should worry." " — Every- budy's. Thoughtful Housemaid "Mr. Bohr is in the parlor, miss." "Tell him I'm out. ' "Just as .vou say, miss, but he has a beautiful box of candy with him." Her Preference Before the fire Christmas eve two old maids were planning for the holiday. "Sister Molly," said the younger, "would a long stocking hold all you'd want for a Christ- mas gift?" "No, Elvira." said the elder, "but a pair of socks would." — Philadelphia Public Ledger. —17— Vroy.x>.to:x:.i>:.:c::o>ia^!/.;i^k;Wv!)i^k>)U!^^ Foreign Veneer and Panel Manufacture The foll.nvHin pmui- moetiDi; of tlio Natlnniil based on first liaml Infoi tors, nud offers a very c Editor's Note. Ill hv .] 1! li StrvkiT of the I'erkliis Clue Comijany. Lnnsdale. I'a., Ijelure tiie ami I'aiiel Maniitacturers' Assoelatlon nt ChieaKD ou Decemher ». The artlelc is wlileh Mr Sirvker gained through a trip to lluropeau panel manufacturing cen- •n-ilve comparison of the methods employed both In this country and abroad. I have been asked to make a comparison of American and Euro- pean methods, as applied to the veneer and panel manufacturing industry. While not a manufacturer of these products myself, 1 have eonie more or less closely in personal touch with factory con- ditions, etc., in American and certain European countries, namely, England, France, Austria-Hungary and Germany. So, if you will pardon my presumption as an outsider, I will give you the conclu- sions on this subject which 1 have reached as the result of observation and conversation on the ground. I fear that, in one respect at least, this paper will not be of the help to my hearers which I desire it to be. This refers in liarticulnr to the fait that in my visits to vtneer, panel, furniture and kindred plants in Europe 1 observed but little having to do with mechanical methods or preparation of veneer, stock, etc., or of construction which I can present to you as being an im- provement on the methods of our American manufacturers. However, it may be of some interest and doubtless satisfac- tion for you to feel that this is 'the case. When it comes to the question of the finished product we must admit that much of it shows up e.xceedingly well, in fact, better than ours. The cutting of veneer aiiil the manufacture of panels, tops, etc., in Europe, dates back much farther than it does in the United States, and this is only natural, the age of our country and theirs being considered. However, today the United States leads Europe in the number of plants in operation, the amount of output and the general magnitude of the business. In France, for instance, veneering has been done for hundreds of years, but, instead of being carried on as they are now learning to do it, it was done in a very small way indeed. Where veneered lumber was desired, the small cabinet maker would cut his own veneer; the product he then obtained should be more properly called by the name of thin lumber. Two men were employed in the operation, the log being placed with each end on a high saw-horse or platform, and the veneer sawed off by hand, one man under the log and one above, pulling the saw up and down much after the fashion in which two-man cross-cut saws are operated in our timber camps today. This method may even yet be seen in use in remote localities over there. Today there are some veneer and panel plants in almost all the countries of Europe, Russia undoubtedly leading the list in the number of plants being operated and the amount of produc- tion, followed by France, Germany, Austria-Hungary and England in the order named. Italy, Belgium and some of the other smaller countries do something in this line also, but little is being done in Spain, I believe. Russia ships her product to the other countries of Europe, large quantities going to France, and to England par- ticularly. Although I did not see the plant myself, I was told on very good authority that one Russian concern had nine Amer- ican veneer lathes in operation in its plant. Speaking of ship- ments being made from one European country to another, as freight rates are considerably higher over there than they are in the United States, it occurred to me that England should offer a good market for American manufactures. That country being a free trade country, except on a very few commodities, and with no duty on the commodities under consideration, it seemed to me that a plant on the United States seaboard might be able to do a considerable amount of business in England. Bear in mind in this connection that all timber products consumed in Eng- land must necessarily be imported from abroad, there being no native timber supply in that country. I was greatly impressed in Liverpool when I saw the immense stocks of mahogany logs which were carried by the dealers in that city. For six or eight —18— blocks along the river front mahogany logs were piled to a height of twenty or thirty feet. These were in the yards of different dealers and it was explained to me at the time that the logs were auctioned off piecemeal to the highest bidder, the idea being that in disposing of them in this manner the best ^trices would be obtained, as each log would bring the most it was worth. 1 .judge the American manufacturer is most interested in methods for obtaining better veneer and panels, or cheaper methods of manufacturing them, or both, when they can be both obtained in combination. As before stated, while much that is produced in these lines in Europe shows up very well, it is not produced as cheaply as it can be produced here, this in spite of the fact that labor over there is much cheaper than here. The average Euro- pean workman, while steady and conscientious in the carrying out of his work, does not seem to admit of the speeding-up that the American does. As evidence that the American manufacturer is in advance of the manufacturers of Europe, I would cite the fact that in the largest and most progressive plants over there machinery of American design and manufacture is in evidence almost every- where— veneer lathes and appliances, trimmers, dryers, taping machines, glueing appliances, sanders, scrapers and much machin- ery of a kindred nature. I have been in a plant in England, for instance, which is engaged in the manufacture of phonograph and talking machine cabinets, and in furniture factories in Vienna where I have seen so much American machinery on all sides that it made me homesick. The hydraulic press has heretofore been used to a less extent over there than it is here, but they are now adopting it as time goes on, and those of American make seem to again have the preference. Furthermore, in many instances where machines are not American made, they are such a good imitation that it seemed to me they were modeled as closely after oiir own as it was possible to make them. Naturally with so much American made machinery and appli- ances in use in their plants their methods must rather closely conform to our own, and it is on account of this fact that I am unable to give you very much which may be of help to you. Dur- ing the past few years I have known of numerous instances where the Europeans have come to us for ideas and methods, but 1 believe it is a rare thing for us to go to them with the same object in view. Although American made or modeled machinery is so largely employed by them, the production of the average plant, comparable with ours as to size, equipment and number of men employed, falls considerably short of the production turned out over here. In addition to veneer and panel plants, I visited several factories engaged in quite different lines of manufacture, and my impression gained thereby was that the American manufacturer, given an equal investment of capital, will generally turn out a considerably larger production. The European manufacturer, regardless of the particular line of work in which he is engaged, is very apt to give more attention to details, and there is more time spent on details than usually pre- vails in the average American plant. They prepare their logs much as we do, usually boiling or steam- ing them. The cutting of the veneer is the same, as is the sub- sequent drying also. In Austria-Hungary and Germany the alder is largely used for core stock. Five-ply work is usually laid up in the same manner as here, but in Vienna, which in Austria is considered as the home of fine furniture (and some beautiful work they certainly turn out), I saw Circassian and mahogany tops laid up three-ply, the veneers being laid on three-fourths-inch or seven-eighths-inch alder cores, sometimes with the grain and sometimes across the grain. I believe that the American manufac- HARDWOOD RECORD 19 tiirer usually considers that higli class work of this uaturo can be done only by the use of erossbaiidiug. 1 should say that the preparation of the veneer and the building up of same into panels, tops, etc., in the white, was no better than here, but the finish they put on their work in many cases excels ours. Labor being cheaper, they can afforil to sjiend more time on this part of their opera- tion. As one Austrian long in the business expressed it to me, "It takes the human touch to get the right finish." While 1 am unfamiliar with the materials generally used for finishing purposes, both here and abroad, 1 understand that at some points iu the ' iiishing process they use materials little, if ever, used in this Miintry. The deep appearing finish which they obtain, I consider, IS very pleasing to the eye. Beech is used largely in France in the making of panels, a.s it is a comparatively cheap wood in that country. Today threeeighths-inch veneered panels are in demand there for use in places where they before hnve been in the habit of using thin, solid lumber, as much trouble was encountered with the latter on account of splitting. In Germany quite a business is maintained in the manufacture and sale of "wood plates,'' as they call them. These are made up three, five and seven-ply, being about three-fourths, one and one-fourth and one and three-fourths inches thick, respectively. These are made up to as large as six by twelve feet and sold for various uses, such as beds of printing presses, billiard tables, etc. The large sized plates are oftentimes bouglit by the users with- out regard to the particular purpose for which the}- are to be used, and they are then cut up into different sizes as required. In London there is a panel factory which struck me as being unique. In this plant there is not a single power driven machine, the reason being that there is a law prohibiting the use of any power driven machinery in the district in which the factory is located. In making panels they place the center stock on the floor and the glue is applied by hand with a large brush. This plant presented an instance of modern and obsolete equipment in that it had several hydraulic presses which were worked by a hand pump, while, on the other hand, the glue was kept in condi- tion by placing the bucket in which it was contained over a gas flame. The method of handling resulted in a great deal of blistered work, which was repaired by placing a wet cloth over the blistered portion and then running a hot flat-iron over the wet a^>v>lli;!ws^^^i>^ Briar, a corruption of the French work "bruyere, " is the common name of a small tree botanically called Erica arhorca, which is a member of the heath family (Ericaccce), to which our common trailing arbutus belongs. Briar is a term frequently ap- plied to the diilVrout species of Smilax, but they are entirely unrelated to the true briar bush or white heath as it is known by the English-speaking people. It is particularly abundant in its wild state throughout southern Europe, where it forms an im- portant undergrowth in the mountain forests. It is said to grow most luxuriantly and very abundantly among the trees and shrubs forming what is called in France the "Maquis," which covers the mountain sides. The tree varies in height from nine to twelve feet and produces much of the wood used for making the so-called briar-root pipes. In the course of the last thirty or forty j'ears, since the briar- root jiipes have formed such a large article of trade, the briar trees have become the source of a lucrative industry, and Calabria in Italy is today the center of this trade. Originally the chief supply of briar-root came from France and is to this day com- monly referred to in the trade as the "French briar." More than fifty years ago the center of the industry was along the French Riviera and the Ligurian coast in Italy, but the French briar is at present practically exhausted. Formerly the supply came from the department of the Landes and from the Pyrenees mountains on the border line between France and Spain. It has long since reached the Calabria district in southern Italy, and it is norv gen- erally conceded that the material obtained from this region is of admittedly superior quality. For a long time large quantities of the Calabrian briar were shipped to the United States. The briar root exported from Italy to the United States during 1905 and 1906 was valued at about .$100,000 and $125,000, respectively. Of late years the Italian product is becoming scarcer and France again supplies a considerable quantity, a large part of which is used in the United States. It is the root and not the trunk of this small tree that is em- ployed for making pipes. The work of digging up the root is carried on from October until the end of May. The roots are thoroughly cleaned and trimmed and brought to the mill, where they are cut by means of circular saws. They are from a few to ten inches in diameter, but are never exported in the rough state. After being cut up into small blocks they are placed in boiling water for a period of from ten to fourteen hours, after which they are thoroughly dried, and then put up into sacks and shipped into this country, to be manufactured into briar-root pipes. Briar wood is dark brown, very dense, close-grained, but compara- tively light in weight, easily worked, and takes a very good polish, which it retains. It is very strong, tough, and durable, and possesses the quality of turning darker with age. It was thought at one time that no other wood was so well adapted for making the best grades of pipes. The American manufacturers began to look around for native woods to be used in place of the French briar, and it was soon found that the European heath tree is not the only plant available for so special a purpose. The first native woods used for making pipes on a large scale were the rhododendron and kalmia or mountain laurel. Both of these plants have very large roots, considering the size of the stems and crowns. Some of the roots are a foot in diameter, and pipe makers have found that they will serve as a splendid substitute for the French briar. Enormous quantities of these roots are dug up every season in the mountains of North and South Carolina, where these shrubs or small trees attain their best development. The roots are shipped to pipe fac- tories in the North and the finished product is usually sold as the genuine French briar. Apple wood and to a lesser extent black cherry wood are used, but they are not so durable as the rhododendron and kalmia, or ivy, as it is often called in the Carolinas. A small Australian tree called ury {Halea leucoptera) yields a wood that is used locally for making pipes, but it has not yet been introduced into this country. L. Ij. D. Junco, a New Source of American Hardwood The junco is the missing link of the tree family. Restricted to a single valley, that of the Rio Grande, in Mexico and Texas, this tree, with its small crooked trunk bristling with thorns, is little known to the outside world. It is popularly supposed to bear no leaves, flowers or fruit, but it really bears aU three. The minute leaves are scale-like, the flowers very small, and the fruit is a tiny berry. It is the only known representative of its family in all the world. It is not known that the junco ever grew anywhere outside of the valley of the Rio Grande, or that it ever had relatives close enough to claim kinship. Some trees, now nearly extinct, had a wide range in past ages — the big trees of California, for example, which grew all the way to the Arctic ocean. But the junco so far as is known has always lived in one place and has always been the same dwarfed, crooked tree that it now is. Except as fuel, it has not been put to any use. Thousands of cords might be cut in the valley of the Rio Grande, in Mexico and Texas. Of late, however, the growing scarcity of hardwood has called attention to the despised junco tree as a possible substitute for some of the more popular woods, and the result is a surprise to those who thought the wood had no commercial value. Clarence A. Miller, Consul at Matamoras, Mexico, has called the attention of the United States government to the good qualities claimed for it. The wood sinks in water. In color it ranges from brown to black. It receives a high and beautiful polish, fitting it to take the place of such expensive woods as ebony and rosewood for small cabinet work. The trunks are so short and crooked that only small pieces of timber can be obtained from them. Few trunks exceed seven feet in length and eight inches in diameter. The wood is said to be admirably suited for the keys of musical instruments, jewel boxes and other bureau cabinets, chess men, checkers, paper knives, knobs and other small turnery, inlaid work, and indeed for almost all iiurposcs for which costly foreign woods, in small pieces, are now used. Many of the trees, whose woods are familiar in the lumber mar- kets, belong to large families. There are 250 members — they are called species — of the pine family, and they are scattered all over the northern hemisphere. The beech and the oak families have even more members, and they, too, are widely scattered. The laurel has over 900, the palm, 1,000, while the apple, counting the many varie- ties, is said to have more than 3,000. But the junco is fighting its life battle alone on the dry slopes of Texas and Mexico. !yg5ro3^S^'>5^»;Xh>iM0;tl^!biW^'gTOKt^!t;tiTOOTi^ Scientific Lumber Drying Editor's Note Tlie foIIowiiK." pnpor was read bv Z. Clni-k Tliwlnc ot tlio firaiul Hapids Vniiooi' Works, Craiid Itapids. Mich., iK'Tore tho inoctlii;; of the National Veneer and Panel Manufacturers' Associalion at L'bieago on December 10. Com- ment on tills paper will be found on page 10 of this Issue. A thorough unilorstamling of the fibrous and cellular construc- tion of iumlior and its laws of growth is essential to a clear under- standing of the correct and scientific i)rinciplcs of drying luml)cr. Those who try to reduce lumber drying to a few definite rules and practices fail to realize that every tree possesses individuality as does every human being. In other words, the range of variation between the white oak of Michigan and the so-called delta or swamp oak of the Missis- sijipi valley is so great that no general description or rules for handling can be made to apply to both accurately. In the same way there is a marked variation between the famous "cork" pine of Michigan and Wisconsin and the present substitutes for tho same in western pine of the Pacific coast. It is therefore inevitable that any underlying principle governing the drying of any particular kind of lumber must be applied with that judgment and :^:/.v>:^:/:v:>lO^^■i.: Slddding 1.28 Loading :!0 Tools and repairs 2."> Depreciation, horses, equipment, etc 90 Roads and spurs l.od Supervision overhead i-'."" ?5.S3 The average cost according to the general books for ten mouths, everything included for the twelve months, Doyle scale, $5.94. The difference between Doyle scale and lumber tally was forty-four per cent, so that the net cost for the ten months was $4.13, lum- ber tally over the trimmer. We may not like them, but just the same we have to face and complj' with workmen's compensation laws. So it pays to know just what and when they are. .\s a first aid to steam boiler efficiency when the colder weather comes try a round of cleanliness — inside and out. Conservation means one thing and preservation means something else, but the difference is not always plainly seen by some. "v;g;:>g^:^»-^;y:v>^.:/^C'y^^^v iM-r go up or eMi ^-ii ilnwii iii ;i true? Does the trunk I'outaiu more of it m summer tban in winter? Does it flow upward in spring and down in the fall? Tbeso three questions are really the same one asked in a slightly dift'erent way each time. Most people will answer with a plain yes or no; and probably nine out of ten will say yes. The majority rules in politics, and if it ruled in the same way in science, the question would be speedily settled. There is a pretty broad difference between ruling and proving. Matters are ruled by the ballot in politics; but in science they are proved, and until there ^ proof, nothing is settled. The vote of the whole world, or as much • f it as cared to vote, was against Galileo, yet the question of the movement of the earth was finally settled his way. Most people say that a tree's sap goes up in the spring and comes down in the fall, but is that really what happens? It ought not take long to make a rough test. Are green logs any lighter if cut in dead of winter than in the height of summer? The s.'alcs fail to show it. If sununer cut logs weigh 10,000 pounds to the thousand feet, log scale, the same kind of logs cut in winter will weigh about the same. If the sap goes down in the fall the winter logs ought to bo lighter by several thousand pounds, since it is well known that green wood is nearly half sap. The sap of a tree is not exactly the same thing to all people who think of it; but the usual conception is that it is the liquid contained in the trunk, leaves, and branches. That definition i.s accurate enough for practical purposes. The water finds it way into the trunk through the roots — with slight exceptions in some instances. The fine hairs on the roots pull the water out of the soil and start it up the trunk through minute vessels which constitute the structure of the wood. It makes its way to the remotest branches. It is an old and homely, though unscientific, saying that ' ' what- ever goes up has to come down." The water that goes up a tree trunk comes pretty nearly being an exception. Of course, it comes back to earth sometime, since it does not stay up the tree forever. and does not go off into planetary space; but it does not come back by the paths it followed in ascending. The sap that goes up a tree is soil water. It contains certain earthy ingredients in small amounts. Much of it enters the tree 's leaves in summer, where a sort of chemical laboratory is at work, and the water and whatever else it contains are used in manufacturing food to build up the tree, add on new wood, and supply a reserve for the time when the leaves will not be in the manufacturing busi- ness, that is, the next winter. In making this food, the leaves get rid of a lot of the water that lame up from the roots. It passes out through minute openings in the leaves and is evaporated, going into the air to be blown away. Most of the wafer that goes in through the roots, passes out through the leaves, and that is the last of it, as far as that particular tree is foncorned. It "goes up" but it never "comes down." Though most of the water escapes through the leaves and disap- pears, the residue makes a longer or shorter downward journey in the summer. The plant food manufactured in the leaves must be carried to the places where it is needed and the remnant of the water is utilized for this purpose. The starches, sugars, resins, etc., produced in the leaves are carried downward through the trunk to be de- yjosited just beneath the bark where they form the new lay^r of wood. This new wood forms all the way from the roots to the twigs, and the water or sap distributes the substances that produce it. A very small part actually may return to the ground whence it came, and to that extent the sap may go down, but even that small part does not go down in the autumn, but in the summer, and most of it pretty early. The water, laden with food materials, that starts from the leaves downward, nearly all disappears in the course of its journey. When a particle of this water (which during its downward journey is prop- erly calleil sap) gives up its load of starches and the like, it is no longer of any use to the tree, and is gotten rid of by being forced out through small holes in the bark, called leuticels. Quito a large amount of water thus passes away. The lenticels of some trees are conspicuous objects on the bark. Young birches and cherries show their location by horizontal markings from half an inch to a couple inches in length. Tho circulation of sap in the trunk and branches of a tree is chiefly through the sapwood and the bark. The interior or heart- wood is practically dead, though it is always filled with water, more or less. The amount of water which rises through a tree's trunk seems to bo largely dependent upon the quantity the leaves can use in their processes. The leaves generally have all they need, but such is not always the case. In long periods of drought the roots may fail to send up enough water to supply the leaves. In that case, the leaves may wither or fall prematurely, and the tree's growth will be retarded. At any rate, when the leaves fall, whether prematurely or not, the water in the trunk practically ceases to circulate, although some change from place to place occurs." It is certain that no gen- eral retreat down the trunk to the roots takes place, such as is sup- posed by those who speak of ' ' sap going down. ' ' Gravity appears to produce little effect on the sap. At least, it is not able to pull it down after the action of the leaves ceases to pump it up. It is not much out of the way to state that when the activity of the leaves ceases in autumn, whatever water is in the tree at that time lies inert until the following spring when the opening leaves again begin to lift the water by means of their billions of little pumps, and the whole process begins anew. Though the wood of a living tree contains a large amount of water at all times, it does not usually flow out when a cut is made into the wood; though certain trees, as maple and birch, lose a considerable quantity of water if the trunk is cut in spring. That is popularly supposed to be due to the "rising" of the sap. It does not appear to be wholly certain just why the flow comes at that time, but it un- questionably begins before the frozen soil about the roots has thawed sufliciently to admit ground water to start up the trunk. The matter can be tested by building a fire against the trunk of a maple tree in dead of winter. As soon as the wood near the fire is thawed, sap will flow from a wound. Pioneer settlers sometimes made small quantities of maple sugar in mid-winter by building fire to warm the wood, though the roots were frozen solid. Evidently the sap was in the wood, and did not get there by rising from the roots after the fires were built. When weather is warm, leaves of nearly full size, and everything favorable, water ascends the trunk of a tree quite rapidly. The rate varies greatly, and many measurements have been made. Proof of the quickness with which the water goes from the base to the high- est branches can be had in early summer by girdling a vigorous youug red oak, cutting entirely through the sapwood all round. In a very short time the leaves begin to wither, indicating that the water supply is failing. When hardwood trees are being cut while in full leaf tho rapidity with which the failing sap supply is shown by withering leaves is an interesting study. Some kinds show the effect within a few hours, others do not wither for several days. The soft woods, such as pine and hemlock, seem to feel the effect of a cut-off in the supply only after many days. When a tree in full leaf is cut down, the leaves go on pumping water from the trunk and discharging it into the air, until the supply in the trunk is reduced so low that the leaves can draw in no more of it. Then they wither. Tho wood of a fallen tree can be partly seasoned by leaving the trunk untrimmed for a few days thereby giving the leaves time to draw tho water out of the wood. The quantity thus extracted is measurable, but it is only a small per cent of the total water in the trunk. As soon as the quantity is slightly reduced, the leaves are no lon^jpr able to obtain any more. 28 HARDWOOD RECORD The processes by which the sap moves in a tree, and the forces which cause it to do so, are subjects for controversy among botanists. A[uch is known on the subject, but some things have not yet been iDund out. In time of excessive drought the leaves on a tree may wither though the trunk contains a large amount of water. The trouble seems to be that the water in the wood has been slightly re- duced in quantity, and the slight reduction is sufficient to upset the function of the tree's circulating system, and the foliage dies of thirst, almost in the immediate presence of water. The movement of the sap is seen, therefore, to be an exceedingly delicate and nicely balanced process. The greatest botanists never tire of investigating its mysteries and hidden forces; and the gen- eral opinion of these investigators is that a far-reaching discovery is waiting for some one to make it known. Where is the pump in the hair-like root of a tree that will start the water up a trunk a hundred feet tall, and hold the tiny colimin of liquid and urge it up- ward against a pressure three-fold greater than the earth's atmos- pheret What sort of apparatus is it within the interiors of the hollow cells and fibers from the bottom to the top of the trunk, which keeps the water going up after the roots gave it a start? What power have the microscopic orifices in the leaves that they are able to draw water up against a force of gravity so great that the strong- est suction pump on earth cannot overcome it? When the water has arrived at the topmost leaf, what mysterious machine reverses the direction of movement and starts the manufactured food back down the twigs, limbs and trunk, working with gravity now instead of against it as before? These are some of the questions more easily asked than answered. Some may dispute one point, some another; theory is pitted against theory; but the undisputed fact remains that the sap of a tree cir- culates by means and under the influence of forces not yet fully understood. 'l^;aa^ligmat'SJi^;jC:^t^l^■HM>mi^M^^ ^ "You Cant Teach Us Anything'''' How many times do you hear that said? Just picture the man whp says it ; the man who has grown gray in experience ; the ma4 who has won his way to success by sheer force and energy. Yet, that is just what most men wUl say who read this, and they wUI probably add, ' ' It can 't be applied in the lumber business. ' ' In considering the progress of the lumber business in the last few years it is safe to say that with but very few exceptions no big ideas with a really broad bearing on the development of the industry have been offered. Lumbermen themselves will admit the truth of this statement. Lumbermen as a whole seem to be more satisfied with present methods and less ambitions as to the develop- ment of the industry to its fullest efficiency than the members of any other large body of business men. The difficulty is that the oppor- tunities otfered have been too alluring and the necessity for the employment of advanced ideas has not been felt. The trade is showing some evidence of the realization that the lumber business of the future vrill not be the lumber business of the past and that the education of the future lumberman will not be along the old ' ' rule-of -thumb ' ' lines but will be the result of the incorporation of the best points in other lines of industry with the sound practical knowledge of the lumberman himself. This trait of seeking outside for information and knowledge has never been strongly evident among members of the lumber trade. A good illustration is seen in the attitude of those attending lumber conventions. Generally speaking there is a preference for talking with fellow lumbermen with the hope of trading a couple of cars rather than to give close attention at all sessions in order to secure ideas that will result in the sale of many cars. If you will think about it, and view the situation from an impar- tial standpoint, you will find that some of the things that are needed are: first, a country- wide advertising campaign; second, standardiza- tion of grading (one set of rules instead of two) ; third, we need some industrial and efficiency engineers in the lumber business and these most of all, for when the efficiency idea is introduced, and applied, the other things have to follow in order to keep up with it. Honestly, now, do you think that lumber is manufactured at the lowest possible cost today? The answer is no! Can the capacity of a sawmill be increased without additional cost per thousand feet? Yes! "But," you say, "these methods must take additional machinery, and how can you say, with increased capacity I will have a lower cost?" There is the meat and substance of it. Now right here, we are going into economics, and from that, lead back to the above statement. Capital (not money, for that is only a medium of exchange) is represented by machinery and materials of production. Now, pro- duction is either direct or capitalistic. Prof. Meade of the Wharton School of Finance illustrates this very nicely with a simple illustra- tion: "A man requires drinking water. The spring is some dis- tance from his home, but there are several ways in which he may supply his daily wants. First, he may go to the spring each time he is thirsty, and drink out of his hollowed hands. This is the most direct way; but it is inconvenient, for he has to go to the spring every time he is thirsty. And it is insufficient, for he can never coOect and store any great quantity, such as he requires for various purjjoses. Now he may take a log of wood, and make a paU to carry his day's supply. This is capitalistic production, but indirect for he has to make the pail. However, the result is greater and a saving of time. Then there is the third way, in which he fells a number of trees, splits and hollows them, lays them end for end, and so constructs a tunnel, which brings a full head of water to his cottage. Here, obviously, between the expenditure of labor and the obtaining of the water, we have a very round-about way, but the result is ever so much greater. The man need no longer take his way from the house to the well, but a constant supply of water is at his door. This is what is called highly capitalistic pro- duction, although it is but a simple illustration. In the second instance, it would be called production on a small scale, and in the latter instance it would be called large-scale production. With hardly any exception, lumber production today is compara- tively on a small scale. No — don't take exception to that last statement. It isn't the amount of feet per day that a man produces in his mill— it is the amount he can produce if he applies the economies of production. Most lumber production is practically on a direct or small-scale production basis. Large-scale production is indirect. The more indirect, however, the greater can be made the efficiency, because of the increased number of operations and the resultant greater division of labor, and thus, in the end, with each man specializing (doing one thing and naturally becoming proficient and working with greater dexterity), the greater will be the output. Getting back to the original question : You can increase your out- put by going in for large-scale production and applying efficiency. Usually more capital will be needed (machinery), which will result, as we have said before, in the greater division and specialization of labor, better routing, re-designing of sawmill machinery, but in- creased output at practically the same operating cost means a lower cost per thousand and a lower overhead cost per thousand — see it now? You understand, of course, that all of the above relates to the hardwood industry. A mighty good example of efficiency can be seen in Louisiana, in a big yellow pine mill there which you prob- ably all know. With the increased efficiency, and the larger output, the more the waste, but — here is one of the big losses — what are you going to do about this waste? Is this ever-increasing item to be left alone, or is it to be thought out? At the present day it seems, in view of the conditions that exist, if it is left to the lumberman, it will never be HARDWOOD RECORD 29 thought out. It took a man in the Forest Service to think out the destructive-distillation process. But this is not the only use for the T%"aste. The greater the product the greater is the chance for experimenting, but who will be the first to do it? It looks as if it will be the same old story of each man waiting for the other. Hesult — progress retarded. The losses are not only in manufacturing. There are losses in the handling from the mUl to the yard, then in the shipment, poor systems which waste time, unintelligent handling of sales corre- spondence, lack of tact and courtesy as well, but greatest of aU, lack of study and the getting of a broad, all-seeing vie^vpoint — the ability to "get out of the rut;" to look at your plant, your busi- ness and the lumber business in general from the point of a cus- tomer or a stranger, in another line. Lumbermen are too close to the lumber business. They should go out with an open mind and talk with men in other entirely different lines and visit other industrial ; lants making other products. That's the only way to get new . leas that can be applied to the lumber business. What do you know about labor conditions outside of your own mill, and outside of what possibly Jim Smith or John Jones, the other lumbermen in your vicinity, tell you? This means labor in general, and it refers to the taking up of questions such as: What man is best suited for this job? What class of foreigners are best suited to other jobs? Upon what does a man's physical eflSciency depend? What race of men are best suited for rough handling? What race for the finer work and for this, that or the other thing? These are questions that the ordinary lumberman will probably laugh at, but do you know that in the biggest industries we have today, the heads think so much of them that they employ specialists to just interview men and fit them in jobs? Yes, just ordinary labor. This means the making of a good organization. Go into almost any sawmiU or any lumber operation and you'll find that most of the men are paid the same wages. "Well, why shouldn't they be?" you say. You pay a man either for what he knows or for what he does (or at least you should). Now labor is either mental or physical. It is almost impossible to divide the line between the two, however, as even the most ignorant foreigner puts a small amount of intelligence into his manual labor. Applied to the lumber business there are many men around your mill who have an unusual amount of brains and who are working simply in an ordinary job. On the other hand in the jobs where more brain-work is required, you probably have some men who don 't use their heads as much as they do their hands. Don 't you know that by putting the men who use their heads in the more important positions and using the ordinary laboring man for the job that doesn't require much head work, you can increase your efiiciency in the plant? This fact should be kept in mind — use skilled labor for the skilled work and use cheap labor for the handling. In other words, get the basis of organization in this way and when you get good results from your skilled men, speed the work up ; the cheap labor you can duplicate if they do not keep up in the handling. In general, the lumber business must call a halt, recruit men from outside with their knowledge of the specialized features of modern business and industrial organization to work in with the lumber- man's practical knowledge. Industrial and efficiency engineers are needed most of all, and lumbermen must not stand in their own light and say, "We never did it that w^y, " or "you can't teach us any- thing. ' ' Efficiency is new to lumber, but is three or more years old to other lines of trade. You watch the banking circles, in either times of panics or booms, because you depend on them to some extent. Yet, banking is a different industry. Why aren't you watching other lines of trade as well? The judgment day for the lumbermen is coming. A few will see the light quickly — the majority will sit and wait. The field of consumption of hardwood lumber narrows each day. We have been content to sit by and let the cement people and the steel people eat into our sales with their products. And they have won their way by keeping abreast of the times, by using aggressive advertising and other forces. The last of your car plants is going over to steel, and soon there wUl not be a wooden ear manufactured for any of the big railroads. The cement people are advertising stronger than ever. Manufacturers of steel doors and interior steel trim are every day strengthening their positions, and yet you lum- bermen calmly sit by and wonder why sales are falling off ! In this respect, much is to be done individually, but a stupendous task is before us collectively. Are you one of the " You-can't-teach-us-anything" kind, or are you going to do your share individually and then collectivelj' as weU? • H. E. S. New Ocean Freight Rates The ocean freight rates for the new year have been announced, and in many instances lumber and log exporters have entered into contracts for their shipments during 1914. In the main the rates are the same as those that prevailed throughout the present year, though some changes will be put into effect. These changes affect hardwoods in particular, though all others are taken in. Under the new tariffs from Baltimore and Xorfolk to ports in the United Kingdom the rates on lumber IS" to 23" wide, and an inch or less in thickness, will be about ten per cent higher than in 1913. On lumber 24" and upward and for aU thicknesses and all kinds of lumber, the increase is twenty-five per cent. The flat rates are the same as those in force now. Exporters feel that the additions made are not warranted by the situation, but they signed contracts to prevent any possible impairment of the service. It was feared that if the shippers generally held back, the steamship companies might proceed to divert vessels to other ports, materially reducing the sailings, and so curtailing the facilities for shipment that the exporters would stand to lose more than they could possibly hope to gain. It was this consideration that prompted entering into commitments on the basis fixed by the steamship compsinies. The expectation is that while the rates might and should have been lower, they will not prove prohibitive, and that the general trend of prices will put the exporters into a more favorable position than that which they have occupied for months. The statement of exports for November, compared with the corresponding month of 1912, is not calculated to afford much encouragement to the shippers except as an indication that stocks abroad must be getting quite low, the period of recovery being thus brought nearer. The statement shows that November must be added to the other months of 1913 conspicuous for a shrinkage in the forwardings to foreign countries, the total value of the exports being only about half of what it was a year ago, when it was $283,955, against $148,357 this year. Among the items in which the shrinkage chiefly occurred, oak must again be counted well near the top of the list, with oak logs also short and walnut shipments much lessened, but with an actual increase in poplar, and in the miscellaneous shipments designated as "all other kinds of lumber." There was a hea\-y decline in the shipment of staves and headings, the biggest item, however, being spruce from Wesl Virginia. Of this wood not less than 2,568,000 feet was exported in November, 1912, against only 13,000 feet last month. Among the comparative figures are the following: 1913 1912 Quantity. Value. Quantit.v. Value. Logs, Hickor.v 92,000 Ft. S2.6G0 71.000 Ft. $2,600 Logs, 0.nk 29.000 Ft. 1.145 Logs, Walnut 100.000 Ft. 6.7S1 163.000 Ft. 11,633 Logs. .\11 others 40.000 Ft. 1,900 23.000 Ft. 900 Lumber. C.vpress 10.000 Ft. 350 Lumber. Oak 1.S90.000 Ft. 62.434 2.99S.0OO Ft. 98.237 Lumber, Poplar 209,000 Ft. 67,722 193,000 Ft. 8.021 Lumber. Spruce 13.000 Ft. 525 2.568.000 Ft. 70.300 Lumber. All others 382,000 Ft. 16,902 300,000 Ft. 12.567 Shooks, Box 13.000 1.463 Shocks. All others 1,130 1,283 3.359 3.705 Stav^^v^6■\:>^Jo,w\l>;^vi^!!;?myM;i;^;i;:;;b^^ Editor's Note Finland and tbo New England states are competitors in the manufacture of spools, and together tbey supply a large part of tlie world's markets. The material used in Finland is white birch [liettila alba) ; in New Eng- land it is paper liircli ilKtiilu papjjiifera) . The trees are very similar and tla^ \\.>ciil uiiuh alike in apjiearauce and grain. .Methods of man\ifacliiring differ. Henrik Cronstrom, who i^ a^-c.riaii.l wiili t\\r lar^-rst spnol factory in Finland and probably tlie largest in the world, is traveling in tbr liiiird Siair, .^tndyiiig maiuilactiM-iiig " ma- chinery and methods, and tlio article which follows is based on iiirnniiaiinii fnnnsli.il ll.uiiiwcain Kmoun by him while in (.'hicago early in December. The establishment which he represi'nts is the Auktiebolaget Kaukas Fabrik, Helsingfors, Finland. That city is about two hundred miles west of St. Petersburg. The habits of the white birch of northern Europe resembles those of the paper birch in America. Both are quick to take possession of vacant land into which areas their winged seeds are carried by wind. Some of the largest birch forests of Maine and the adjoin- ing regions occupy ground laid bare by fires years ago. The white birch of Finland is cut chiefly from stands which have taken possession of abandoned agricultural land. The logs which go to spool factories in Finland average a little smaller than those which reach to factories in Maine. The Finland birch ranges from diameters of four inches up to si.xteen, the average being about ten. Most of the large forests of Finland are within reach of naviga- ble water in summer. In winter the severe climate closes all navigation. The timber is cut in winter there, as it is in this country, and is hauled to landing places where it can be loaded on boats the following spring. The logs are cut into lengths approximately six and a half feet long. They are peeled as they are cut, but the peelers leave narrow rings of bark on the logs, about an inch from each end. It has been found that this prevents checking. The small checks may appear in the ends of the logs and extend back until they reach the band of bark, and they go no farther. Inch cuts from the ends of the logs are thrown away, thus getting rid of discol- ored wood and the cheeks. The usual proportion of red heart in white birch trees appears to be less than in the trees of paper birch. It is so small that no effort is made to put it to use other than as fuel, while in this country the red hearts are used for brush> backs and other purposes. The Finland spool manufacturer takes goodcare of the logs when they arrive at the factory. They are carefully cobbed, and are covered with temporary roofs, or they are placed under permanent sheds, such as are shown in accompanying illustrations. The logs are air-dried from one and a half to two years. Sap staining gives little or no trouble. The cutting and peeling are done when the weather is very cold, and before warm weather the surfaces of the logs are too dry for fungus to gain lodgement. It is found, however, that if logs are not peeled the wood is soon damaged by stain. The process of converting the log into spools differs radically in MANNER OF I'lLING WHITE liMiCH SPOOL LOCS liHtDSEVE VIEW OF .MILL, VAIU), AND HARBOR Z2 HARDWOOD RECORD Finland from the method used in this country. Here the logs are sawed into squares which are seasoned and subsequefltly passed through the lathes. No squares or bars are sawed in that country, but the log is cut into bolts, or disks. Blanks the size of the spool are cut out with a boring maeliine. The man who does the cutting rejects knots, red heart and other defects, to the end that time may not bo wasted in passing through the lathes the wood which lould not be made into perfect spools. The same operation that cuts the spool blank from the bolt of wood bores its center. The hole facilitates the subsequent sea- soning. Up to that point no kiln-drying is done, but the blanks, which represent spools in the rough, are then sent to the kilns where they remain until their moisture is reduced to ten or twelve per cent. The spools are expected to remain at about that degree of dryness in actual use. If made dryer before being passed through the lathes the wood will subsequently absorb moisture from the atmosphere and will swell out of proper shape. If not reduced to that state of dryness, seasoning will continue after the spools are finished, shrinkage will occur and the work will be unsatis- factory. Few kinds of woodworking are more exacting than spool making. The spools must hold exactly the required number of yards of thread. The looms and other machines which use them are adjusted so delicately that the least variation in size causes trouble. Two kinds of machines are in use for making spools after the blanks have been cut, bored and properly seasoned. One is oper- ated by liand and produces from 12,000 to 14,500 per day; while the daily capacity of the automatic lathe is from 20,000 to 30,000. The yearly output of the Ilelsingfors factory is 288,000,000 spools. The use of birch for spools is not accidental. Few woods answer for the high-grade spools. They are turned on the lathe at a speed so high that many woods could not resist the centrifugal force which tends to tear them to pieces. From 5,000 to 6,000 revolu- tions a minute are required. Birch is very hard,, yet it does not dull tools like many softer woods. That is an important consid- eration. Birch is cheaper in Finland than in this country. The average cost there is usually under four dollars a cord; in Maine the aver- age exceeds seven dollars. The articles manufactured by the processes described in preced- ing paragraphs are termed "yellow spools." The "white spool" is for silk, and its process of manufacture is somewhat different. The wood is cut in winter, the same as the other, but the work is hurried through. The blanks are cut from the green wood, and kiln-seasoning follows. The supply of birch timber in Finland is large. There are still primeval forests in that country as well as extensive stands occu- pying land which was once under cultivation. ^icroiia^M;a!w^}OtTOKiroh>iTOa^^ WHEN CANCELLATIONS HURT One of the principal faults of the business as at present con- ducted is the tendency to cancel on slight provocation. Few buyers regard themselves as bound by an order in case they find they can do better elsewhere, and many a lumberman who has been figuring on using a block of stock in a certain shipment, and has declined other business because of it, has found himself holding the bag when the buyer wires to cancel. This is particularly .rough, however, on the dimension man, inas- much as stock made up for one particular concern, according to its list of cuttings, is obviously not suitable for somebody else. Yet the irresponsible consumer now and then forgets this, and proceeds to jump over the traces if he finds that he could save a few dollars by having the work done somewhere else. A concern in the dimension business was forced to call a halt some time ago when a customer tried to wriggle, although the order was already being put through the mill. It took a vigorous lecture on the facts of the situation to make the buj'er understand that the business had to stick. CONVEYORS FOR THE VENEER MILL A manufacturer of sawed veneers recently made a suggestion which sounds good, although there may be some question as to its practicability which only actual experience could indicate. His idea is to get rid of the offbearers required for veneer saws at present by substituting a belt conveyor which would take the material from each saw and carry it to one man, who would be charged with the duty of inspecting and handling it, or trimming it if it were to be cut to any special dimensions. "The offbearer is an expensive helper," said this manufacturer, "and is often unreliable. Many a time I have had a saw tied up because the helper didn't arrive at the mill after a holiday bout with King Barleycorn. By substituting mechanical means of handling the stock we would get rid of the offbearer and at the same time do the work more cheaply than at present." Veneer men who have considered the suggestion believe that it is a good idea, but some of them are inclined to doubt whether it would work out in practice. FIREPROOF PLANTS GROW IN FAVOR A lot of people in the lumber and allied lines have learned that it pays to spend a little money to make the plant as nearly fire- proof as possible, and many sawmills have been put up in the South of late which are almost, if not quite, fireproof. Steel and concrete are the favored materials, and while the original cost is somewhat more than in the case of mill construction, the saving accomplished through the reduction in insurance rates is in itself a factor which makes the improvement a good investment, as a rule. A veneer man in a southern mill town recently put up a plant which is just about fireproof. It has concrete foundations and floors, reinforced concrete walls, steel and concrete roof slabs and a drj'house that is built of steel and concrete for the most part. The manufacturer considered the whole proposition with the fire insurance people, asking them to make suggestions as to the best possible type of construction. When he had finished his building, he asked the underwriters whether they regarded it as fireproof. They told him it was. ' ' All right, then, ' ' he replied, ' ' I guess I '11 carry my own insurance.' ' This was rather "putting one over" on the insurance men, and if it weren't for the danger of exposing large values in stock to the fire hazard, such a course would probably be commendable. As it is, the average business man, even though his building is fireproof, usually finds it worti while to curry sonio insurance. KEEP UP WITH THE PROCESSION There is such a thing as being too deeply immersed in one's own business. For instance, it is possible to be so interested in manufacturing lumber as to overlook general developments which relate to the lumber business just as much as to any other, and are of importance to all. A lumber organization in a middle western city recently decided to have a number of outside speakers for the purpose of discussing matters of current interest in that community. The speakers were experts on their subjects, and opened the eyes of the lumbermen to matters which, as they soon realized, were of vital importance to the trade. For instance, until they had been addressed, the hard- wood men did not know that they would probably be operating under a workmen 's compensation law in the near future, not having kept up with developments along this line; and various other legis- lative matters affecting them and other employers were discussed, giving them their first- inkling as-to the facts in this connection. A good lumberman is a good business man generally; and every HARDWOOD RECORD 33 good business man is on the lookout for changes in the general commercial situation which will affect him in any way. In addi- tion to taking an active part in associaitons in his own trade, it is well worth his while to belong to organizations of a general nature, which have for their work keeping him advised of what is going on in the lichl at large. HARDWOODS IN THE ENGEAVING FIELD Manufacturers of photo-engravings have called attention lately to the fact that the use of sectional steel blocks as bases for plates is becoming more popular in the printing business. This is a matter of some general interest, because at present the engraver supplies a wooden block which goes into the form and supports the ■ ugraving during the printing process. This is a rather important • onsuming factor, also, for in view of the large increase in adver- tising and publishing operations, the use of engravings has likevrise been placed on a broader basis. The engravers say that wood is not altogether satisfactory, and that steel is answering the purpose better, the sections being made small enough to enable any size to be provided. The situation seems to suggest investigation by those interested in the continued use of wood, with the idea of finding out the engravers' troubles and enabling him to dispose of them. Cherry and birch have been used in this field for the most part. ONE ADVANTAGE OF THIN STOCK At least one advantage of making thin lumber is that it can be put into the dry kiln as soon as cut, and shipped out promptly after being dried. In other words, the time required for seasoning on the yard is eliminated, and the turn-over of the capital invested can be accomplished in a much shorter time. Of course, trade condi- tions do not always permit the constant mo-.ement of stock from the mill to the kiln to the car, but when this is the case the rapid progress of the stock is in sharp contrast with the long tie-up of green stock of thicker dimensions on the lumber yard. In the same connection it is also to be noted that the concern which devotes itself to making thin lumber usually manages to build up a reputa- tion in this respect, so that when consumers think of thin lumber they are likely to think at the same time of the concern which devotes most of its attention to this business. GETTING THE FALL LIST One leading manufacturer of dimension stock has decided to accept business only when the consumer is willing to give the manufacturer his entire list of cuttings. In other words, this concern figures that it can cut up the lumber to advantage only when it has the entire list to work on, and that to try to get out one or two sizes only, relying on orders from other sources to take care of the waste, is poor policy. It seems, from the experience of this company, that the business will gradually work itself out in this way. Consumers who decide that the dimension idea is a good one should be willing to turn all of their cutting operations over to the mill, instead of using the plan only on sizes which are most diflScult to get out. \/s^>;,.v>:o:o■^^.v,;^,\v^o^eaol^o^^o.'^^^^:;;;:>V■;^>^^ Under the J^ew Tariff The tariff subject was worn threadbare a good many years ago. Tariff talks are nearly always drearj', and digging for facts among tariff figures is generally dry work. Still every business man in the country should find something of particular interest in the first month 's business under the new tariff law which constitutes the first radical revision that we have had for some time. The figures for the first month's imports and exports since the inauguration of the new tariff have recently been supplied by the division of statistics of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Some have talked of jokers here and jokers there in the tariff bill, but the biggest joke of all has happened in connection with the first month's business; or rather, the biggest joke of all is in the fact that nothing happened. The figures show that notwithstand- ing the talks of flooding this country with foreign goods, and the stories by newspapers of every inch of bonded warehouse space being taken to store goods awaiting the new tariff, and the reports from various points of entry of extra help being put on to handle the rush, October, 1913 — the first month under the new tariff — came near to being the smallest October for imports in three years. The exact figures for October show a total of imports amounting to $132,893,960. For October, 1912, the imports were $177,987,986. For October, 1911, the imports were $132,605,751. If we hadn 't had a new tariff law passed and if so many people hadn 't said so many things about it and made so many predictions about what would happen, these figures would just be mere dry facts, and the total imports for the month of October would hardly receive a second glance. It would be regarded as just a normal month 's business with perhaps a little tendency to sluggishness. But when we consider the things that were said and done by various industrial interests, "it is to laugh." The lumber frater- nity made its plea against free lumber, and made it strongly; the beet sugar people maintained a press bureau at Washington with which they put up all manner of pleas for their industry, and pre- dictions as to disaster that would follow free sugar. The wool people wooled around considerably, and on all sides and from every direction came protest enough to make one think that letting down the tariff wall would immediately bring such a flood of imports that disaster would follow. There were millions of dollars worth of goods brought in, of course — that is usually the case, as our import trade runs into the millions every month, but there were not any more millions than usual, and as compared to the activities in the export trade or import trade, was remarkably light. Moreover, while there may have been millions of dollars worth of goods piled up in bonded warehouses, there was probably nothing unusual in all this. A little parenthetical note accompanying the statistics says that the statistics for October, 1913, include entries under the tariff law of 1913 beginning with the fourth day of the month. The entries of the first three days of the month under the law of 1909, amounting to approximately $13,665,000, are included with September totals. This raises the question if people stopped bringing in goods under the old tariff and were piling up, there should not have been any appreciable amount of entries during these first three days. Tet the figures show that the entries went on just about as usual. If those who are given to waxing warm over tariff matters and their effect on the business world will just take these statistics and paste them in their hats where they can glance at them any time they feel impelled to discourse on tariff and its influence on trade, it should prove an effectual stop to spellbinding oratory on the tariff in the future. These figures prove quite conclusively that while the tariff may be a factor in business, there are many other factors that have grown bigger, and the tariff itself has become so insignifi- cant in its influence that the new law doesn't make even a ripj)le in the flow (ft trade. The thing about this report of international trade under the first month of the new tariff that deserves serious consideration is our export trade. Our exports for October, 1913, amounted to a total of $271,558,726, which was not only the biggest October business in three years but, as may readily be seen, it amounted to more than twice the total of our imports for the same period. It is, therefore, our export trade, especially the export trade in manu- factured articles, that is the big factor in our industrial life. What we need is to foster and continue the development of this export trade for we have become a manufacturing nation requiring a world's market. Our exports of manufactured goods have long since passed the exports in foodstuffs in total value, and with the steady enlargement of equipment and the increasing number of industries the great thing to make the country prosperous in all its industrial branches is a wide market and a bigger export trade. J. C. T. 34 HARDWOOD RECORD 'l|;atWi/afcW!^)Xllti!OT!aili?iiaiTOi^^ The Mail Bag Any reader of HARDWOOD R ECORD desiring to communicate with any of the inquirers listed in this section can have the ad- dresses on written request to the Mail Bag Department, HARD- WOOD RECORD. 537 South Dearborn Street. Chicago, and referring to the number at the head of each letter and enclosing a self- addressed stamped envelope. The .\.iti..n:il ll^inhv 1 a uew rill.' "t TI~[H'cl inn Issued Sr|ii(iiii.. i:. .1 tin $2 per M. N..« . in niy .H rules every .\eii ■ or twu. and more difflci It to api.l out a notice to the I..'"|'I. all tlieir orders ••the nil.- If wi- nil sta nd un llii the new rul.s . n prnple. to lirins tliis m itti^r np a National Ilardw ood I.niul) why doesn't it advance t B 621 — Kickiug About Grading Rules The following corrcspondcuco is solt'explanatory and is pub- lished -without comment. — Editor. Chicago, Nov. 29. — Editor H.timwooD Recokd : Last summer there was n Rood deal of protest nuide a;,'ainst the tlien proposed clian^^e of snxlint; rules hy the National Hardwood Lumber Association. To such an extent was this, that it was my understanding that the proposition was dropped by It. I am just in receipt of a letter from one of our furniture manufacturers as follows : iiinli.r .Vssociation has just recently put out li.h it i- trying to put into effect. It was <:ir, 'i'liis reduces the grade of lumber about iiiiit. tlii-i is a great nuisance to he changing In' in^pirt'Ts are unfamiliar with the rules I think it would be well if you would send 1 til-' ;iss.K-i:ition advising them to insert in . ir.ci !.■ i..r.' September 1.5 must apply." iu|M.viiiuii tliey will not be able to enforce rli 1 !■ I i- an imposition. I fully intended h' l:i-i I ting, but overlooked same. If the .\ss..ii,iti"ri needs more money for its stock, ._ __ lU'ice and not try to juggle the grades up, putting out new rules with which no one is familiar? Wiir you advise me if this is correct? I was out of the country during the past summer and have not kept close tab on this matter. Tbanliing vou for your earlv attention. I beg to remain with best wishes, SI. WuLpi, Commissioner, Casket and Furniture Manufacturers. The following reply has been written the above party: Chicago. Dec. 1. — I have your favor November 29. I think your cor- respondent's protest about the change in the rules of the National Hard- wood Lumber .\ssoeiation to be not only ill-advised, but the statements are not borne out by the facts. The slight change in rules made at the last annual meeting of that association did not reduce the -value of grades by two dollars a thousand by any manner of means. As a matter of fact, the changes were very slight and not of a character to reduce the value of grades to any appreciable extent. The suggestion presented by your correspondent that buyers insist on purchasing stock on the basis of old rules would not be possible of accom- plishment if the buyer desires to avail himself of the guaranteed, official inspection of the association, because the association would not permit its inspectors to pass on grades of lumber inspected on any other than its present system of rules. Today the buyers have all the best of the lumber producers in the matter of national inspection, and if they are wise they will let a good thing alone. — Editor. B 625 — Seeks Oak Boards and Gray Elm Liverpool. Eug., Nov. 29. — Editor H.\rdW(iod Rf;cord : We have an in- quiry for the following stock, and shall be glad to have quotations on same in carload lots : l"xl2" and wider prime coffin oak boards %"xl2" and wider prime coffin oak boards l"xl2" and up prime states Oihamwood (gray elm). in 14' and IG' lengths, to include 2.5% 17" and wider, c. i. f. Manchester, stating dale of shipments. Would also be pleased to receive quotations on prime Orhamwood hoards 1", IVt". 1V4". -". 2'/4", 3" and 4" thick, usual spuciflcations. for prompt shipment c. i. f. Liverpool. . Anyone desiring to communicate with this correspondent, may have the address on apjilicatiou. — Editor. B 626 — Broom Handle Stock for Tent Poles Aurora. Ind.. Dec. S/^ — Editor Hardwood Record : Can you give us information about parties getting out turned broom handle stock, which would be suitable for government tent poles which are about the size of an ordinary hi^oom handle? These pieces we desire in maple sawed out to about 1" square or nearly so, and a little over 3' long, or the same turned. We will be under obligations to you If you can give us this information. The above inquirer has been supplied with the names and ad- dresses of a few manufacturers of the stock sought. Any producer of the material referred to desiring to get in touch with this prospec- tive customer, can have the address upon application. — Editor. B 627 — Kotary Cut Oak Panels Wanted Otsego, Mich.. Dee. 11. — Kditor 11.\rdwood Record: We are in need for immediate delivery of quite a quantity of rotary cut oak panels in 3/16 and %" thickness, the longest length 1' 914" and the shortest 7%". These vary in widths from 4" up to 12". ■ , This inquirer is a leading manufacturer of office furniture, and anyone interested in the inquiry, will be supplied the address on request. — Editok. B 628 — ^Wants Connection for High-Grade Hickory Logs Kinghorn. Fifi. Scotland, Dec. 10. — Editor II.irdwood Ri;i:(iitD : We are exceptionally large users of hickory logs of the best quality for golf handles, hut have not found the supplies available on this side of the ocean, i. e., at Glasgow, of sufficient quantity or quality for our trade. It has occurred to ns that it would be an advantage were we to travel to the hickory centers which we understand are the states of Kentucky, Mississippi and Arkansas, and (here choose the logs for ourselves and so brand them. We are wondering whether this would prove a practicable proposition. Perhaps, therefore, you will be so good as to supply us with the names of several large lumbermen in the best hickory producing locations, dealing largely in hickory logs, and what should probably be the price per cubic foot in the log, and liow much for freight to tlie port of shipment. — & Co. B 629 — Wants Rating Book for Handlers of Wood Wausau, Wis.. Dec. 20. — Editor Hardwood ItECOUD : Kindly advise me if there is a book of ratings published giving the ratings of concerns which deal in wood only. . Tliis concern has been advised that as far as H.\^rdwood Eecord knows there is no such publication, but if any readers have the in-^ formation that this correspondent desire.s, it would be considered a distinct favor to write this office. — Editor. B 630 — Wants Oak or Hickory Chair Splits Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 17. — Editor Hardwood Record : We have an inquiry for white oak or hickory chair splits % or %" wide, 1.5' long, strand split for weaving seats in chairs, also called imported splits. If you know of anyone who manufactures, or can furnish these splits, we will be glad to communicate with them. . This concern has been given a list of firms ■nho may be able to get out this stock, but others interested may have the address by writing Hakdwood Record. — Editor. B 631 — Wants Thick Quartered White Oak Chicago, Dec. 17. — Editor IIardw<>od Kf.<*ord ; We have an inquiry for some quarter-sawed white oak lumber :!'i" thick to be used for casks. If you know of anyone who can supply this, kindly refer them to us. Tliis concern has been advised that the item it seeks is extremely difficult to secure. Hardwood Record will appreciate suggestions from any concerns in a position to handle such an order. — Editor. Clubs and Associations New York Association to Hold Annual Banquet The annual dinner of the New York Lumber Trade Association will be held February 19 at the new Biltmore hotel in the vicinity of the Grand Central Terminal. The hotel is the newest in New York and will open soon after January 1. The lumbermen will be among the fii'st to meet in the banquet hall which is said to be the finest ever designed. The enter- tainment program'me is in the hands of C. E. Kennedy, the popular whole- saler who has made a record as an amateur entertainer and knows all the headliners in the profession. B. L. Tim, of the Hirsch Lumber Company, another new man on the dinner committee, will have the selection of the menu. This is enough to assure the best in the land, for Mr. Tim is an epicure. Every effort will be made to make the attendance at this dinner (he largest in history. Sawdust Club Dines at Philadelphia The Sawdust Club, which is composed o£ himiiermen who are members of the Union League, gave its regular annual banquet in the banquet room of the league on December 10. The room was ingeniously decor- ated to resemble a forest scene ; the table with au elaborate fountain in full play as a center piece was banked with flowers, ferns and palms, and the immense chandelier was literally covered with orchids and other rare flora. The affair was as usual of a recherche character, and as usual was well attended. The menu cards of a studied artistic design fui-nished the souvenirs of the evening. John T. Riley of Charles S. Riley & Co. was toastmaster, and speeches were made by Dr. Martin G. Brum- baugh. John Gribbcl, Hon. Charles R. Miller, governor of Delaware ; William T. Tilden, president Union League ; but Thomas L. Daile.v, the prominent lawyer, was the chosen orator of the evening. The music consisted of a fine orchestra and solos by Harry Saylor, a popular bari- tone and member of the Kindling Wood Quintette, and Miss Mary G. Emmert. soprano. Among the other guests present were Byron Brill, Stewart W. Buck, L. G. Buckwalter, Frank L. Carre, James Sherlock Davis of New York, Hon. John W. Davis, Eli B. Hallowell of Hallowell & Souder, Kobert L. Hilles, Frederick T. Jones, G. H. Kocherspeiger, HARDWOOD RECORD GcoiRO V. Masscy, E. F. Perry, secretary National Wholpsalc Lumbm- DcaU'is' Association. James K. Mitchell, Mal)lon L. Savns;e, Goorce II. Smith, Harry Walters and Uobcrt \V. Welsh. The occasion proved a Jolly one. and a liberal How of wit and repnrt^ kept the giiests In roars of laiit'liter throughout the tvenlnR. The committee to whom the suc- cess of ihe entertainment is due Is composed of W. II. Smedley of the Smedley Brothers i.'ompany. Frank Buck of estate ct Daniel Buck, and Ualph Souder of Halloweli & Souder. News of tbe Manufacturers' Association Secretary W. II. Weller of ilu- llanlwond Manufacturers" Association of the Inlted States recently returned to Cincinnati from a trip to Memphis and Little Rock, where he went to make the preliminary arrangements for the forthcoming twelfth annual meeting of the associa- tion, which is to he held at the Gayoso hotel. Memphis, ,Tan. 21 and 22. Mr. Weller makes the statement that jud.i;ing from the evidence he saw, the coming convention will be one of the biggest and most successful ever held by the association. While in Memphis, Secretary Weller had a conference with R. M. Carrier. Sardis, Miss. ; J. F. Mclntyre. Fine Bluff, Ark. : M. B. Cooper. Memphis, Tenn., and Ralph May of Memphis, in which plans for the meeting were discussed and definitely outlined. Mr. May assured Mr. Weller that the Memphis lumbermen appreciated the fact that their town has been selected for the convention, and are eager to do everything they can to make the stay of the visitors at Memphis a memorable one. . A committee is now at work on the entertainment, which will probably be held on Ihe evening of January 21. Hardwood Inspections in November The official bulletin of The National Hardwood Lumber Association for December gives the total inspections for the preceding moutli at 13,698.- 316 feet. Of this amount 7.972.484 feet were credited to salaried inspec- tors, and 5,725. .S32 to fee inspectors. John M. Fritchard tendered his resignation as chairman of the inspection rules committee, and it was accepted. He has accepted the position of secretary of the Gum Lumber Manufacturers" Association. A meeting of the board of managers has been called for January 13. 1914. Annual Arkansas Clvib The first annual convention of tiie .\rkansas Lumbermen"s Club was held in the travelers" rest room of the Marion hotel. Little Rock on December 13. At this meeting officers of the association for the ensu- ing .vear were elected as follows : C. A. Buschner, Freeman Smith Lum- ber Company. Millville, Ark., president ; George W. AUport, Varner Land & Lumber Company, Geridge, first vice-president ; A. W. Judd, Gates Lumber Company. Wilmar, second vice-president ; W. J. Grossman, Forrest City Manufacturing Company. Forrest City, secretary-treasurer ; O. O. Axley, Southern Lumber Compan.v. Warren : Edwin Bower, Eagle Lumber Company, Eagle Mills; L. A. Baudine, Wisconsin Lumber Company, Hut- tig, trustees for the two year term. All of these men, except Secretary Grossman, who was re-elected, hav- ing served in the capacity of secretary-treasurer for the club since it organized, are yellow pine men. The selection of all yellow pine officers in the association was done at the suggestion of the retiring president. J. F. Mclntyre of J. F. Mclntyre & Sons, hardwood manufacturers with mills at Pine Bluff. An effort was made to re-elect Mr. Mclntyre to the presidency of the Club for another year, but he stated very positively that in his opinion, for the welfare of the organization, the officers should alternate from year to year between the hardwood and the yellow pine men. The annual banquet was served in the evening to a large number of members and visiting ladies and gentlemen. At the dinner Mr. Buschner, the newly elected ijresident, presided, and as toastmaster called upon a number of men for short talks. The occasion was a very enjoyable one. Annual Dinner St. Louis Liunbermen's Exchange The Liimbermen"s E.^change annual dinner li"l(l Tuesday evening Decem- ber IG. at Fairst"s Restaurant, was one of the most enjoyable held for several years. In addition to the local members present, several out-of- town members were present. During the dinner there was a cabaret performance. After the dinner was finished, there was a brief business session held. President F. H. Smith, presided, and after a few preliminary remarks, he introduced K. A. Buschner. president of the Arkansas Lumbermen's Club, who urged the lumbermen to unite in opposition to certain measures adopted in southern lumber camps in regard to labor, by the Industrial Workers of the World. Following the talk. Secretary McBIalr read his annual report. In which the year's work is reviewed. The total inspections of the year exceeded 6.00(1.001) ; a net increase of thirty firms in the membership was attained, and a deficit at the beginning of the year of $200 was wiped out and a substantial balance on the other side of the ledger was secured. A new feature of the work for the year was the inauguration of a yellow pine inspection service ; not only in St. Louis but in the yellow pine centers. The hardwood j'ards in St. Louis got together In a co-operative movement •and Issued two publications monthly. Tlic St. Louis Buyer is sent to 2,000 lumber manufacturers in the producing states and 5,000 copies of the St. Louis Salesman are mailed to planing mills, furniture factories, carriage and wagon factories, car builders, and other probable purchasers In the consuming territory. The report of the Traffic Committee of the exchange, of which Charles E. Thomas was chairman, was then submitted and was unanimously accepted. It staled that the Traffic Committee is opposing the proposed five per cent advance on railroad rates, .so far as they apply to hardwoods. The committctt does not believe that the lumber business, as a whole, can stand any advances in freight rates on its product at the present time, and is now paying its full pro rata of the revenue necessary to conduct the mil reads of the country if they are conducted along econom- ical and business like lines. It is claimed that If the value in dollars and cents of a car of lumber is compared to a carload of cotton or sugar, or other freight it will appear that the freight rates on lumber are much higher in proportion than they are on some other commodities that are often given preference in handling by the railroads, especially at certain times of the year. Another thing to be considered is that the lumber shipped In cars docs not burn up, nor is it so apt to be damaged In transit as some other freights that take comparatively lower rates, all things being considered, than lumber is compelled to pa}'. The report continued by saying that the time may come when railroads will be able to show that they are entitled to an advance in freight rates so as to increase their general revenue, but this does not neces- sarily menn that all rates should be advanced uniformly five per cent, simply because the railroads need the money. It would be a great mis- take to make one industry pay an advance, if that industry is already paying a much greater rate on its freight in proportion to other lines of business, and if that industry is struggling along and is compelled to meet competition with substitutes, as the lumber business is at the present time. Steel and concrete and fibre have and will continue to take the place of lumber to a greater and greater extent, and the lumber industry requires rates so as to encourage rather than discourage the use of lumber. Doubtless there are numerous cases where the railroads are entitled to a raise in rates, so as to increase their revenue, but the raises should not be made on freight that is already paying more than its proportion. The committee further reported that it has succeeded in having the advance rates to St. . Louis from the southwestern territory suspended from time to time, and they are now suspended until July 1, 1914. These rates, which carry on an average of from three to four cents advance per hundred pounds to St. Louis on hardwood lumber, would' have taken effect December 1, 1912, if it had not been for the work of the Lumber- men's Exchange. The committee succeeded in raising considerable funds to fight these proposed advance rates, which it now has in the hands of Joseph A. Hafner as trustee for the funds. Henry A. Boeckeler, chairman of the Missouri rate committee followed with his report, which was accepted. The report is as follows : This committee of the exchange was appointed by President Smith after a general meeting held in September. Its work has been to investi- gate thoroughly the operations of the intrastate rates as fixed by Statute No. 3241 of Missouri and it is empowered to act — being, however, re- quired to report back to the Exchange before taking any action which might incur any expense. Its investigations thus far have brought to light the fact thai the railroads are giving shippers the benefit of the new law- except whore .a two line or more haul is involved. The law- states that a continuous mileage rate shall be applied regardless of the number of lines which carry a shipment. The railroads were instructed by the Public Service Commission to obey this portion of the law but the important ones have refused to do so and at a meeting of the committee in the Exchange rooms attended by the Public Service Commissioner Woerner. the committee was promised that .\rtorney Kc-an. for the Com- mission, would begin work en this immediately and has furnished the commission two instances of law violation on shipments of .\beles & Taussig and the Gideon-.Vnderson Lumber Company. Nothing has been dene, however, to date by ilii rnTiimi-sifin. The final action Judge JIc I'h. r^..ii niarte necessary by the July decision of the Supreme Court of the Iniiid States has been promised a number of times. It was last promised fur Deceihber 5 and according to advices received from the Public Service Commission is again promised for the lotli. This decision has not yet been handed down and until it is nothing can be done in the direction of proceeding in the collection of these rates. Thos. E. Powe, chairman of the Public Affairs Committee, offered a resolution urging immediate passage of the currency bill at Washington. After considerable discussion it was passed. The reports of the two nominating committees for officers during the ensuing year were then received. The committee appointed from the floor, composed of J. L. Benas. chairman, and Geo. Cottrell and Thos. E. Powe, submitted the following slate : Presii>knt — II. A. Boeckeler. Vh-k-Prksidknt — F. 11. Smith. Directors — E. H. Luehrmanu, Thos. E. Youngblood. T. J. Noser, F. E. Sheldon, W. W. Milne, Chas. E. Thomas. G. E. Hibbard. Aruitratiox — F. J. Liebke, L. Krug, J. A. Hemphill, Robt. Abeles, Jr., David O'Neall. The committee appointed by the chair, and composed of R. F. Krebs, chairman, Thos. J. Noser and A. R. Kingsvcrry, named the following as their selection : • PRESID^:^•T — F. H. Smith. \'ice-1'resident — H. A. Boeckeler. Directors — W. R. Anderson. L. E. Cornelius. E. H. Luebrmann. W. W. Milne, Thos. E. Powe, F. E. Sheldon. Franz Waldsteln. Arbitration — J. L. Benas, E. W. Blumer, L. M. Borgess, C. A. Bowman, R. V. Fletcher. The election will be held at the rooms of the Exchange on January 2. Following the nominations, the meeting adjourned. Cincinnati Trade to Entertain There is a combliwd effort on the part of all hardwood lumbermen of Cincinnati to see that the visiting delegates to the convention of the Ohio Retail Lumber Dealers' Association to be held here at the new Hotel 36 HARDWOOD RECORD Gilison, February 3, 4, and 5 are well taken care of and properly enter- tained. It is expected that there will be close to one thousand visitors, and a splendid meeting Is anticipated. Details of the entertainments and tlie programme of the meeting have not as j-et been arranged jind due notice will 1)0 given later. There is a feeling of optimism among the hardwood dealers, the present dullness not having any effect or redetiing a continued dullness. After I he llrst of the year dealers are expecting a fair but not rushing business after business opens up again. Conditions are right for this result, stocks being low In the consumers' yards, and manufacturers of lumber with fair stocks now on hand are running mills right along sharing in the confidence in the market held by the dealers. Meeting of Philadelphia Wholesalers The Philadelphia Wbiilesale lAimber Dealers' .\ssociution, inaugurated another social feature by inviting the retail lumber dealers and planing mill firms In Philadelphia and vicinity to a dinner given .it "Kuglers," on December 17. It was strongly emphasized that the dinner was not given wllb the object of embarrassing the retailer, or in any way make him feel obligated to buy from members of this association, but for the purpose of bringing the wholesalers, the retailers and the planing mill men together for mutual good, and ultimately fur the welfare of tie city. The guests were given to understand that if the Philadelphia wholesalers do not sell as cheaply or furnish as good material as could be found elsewhere, they were Justifled in buying elsewhere. One hundred and twenty-two diners sat down to a banquet which could have made suggestions to the famed "Lucullus." -Vt each plate was a pamphlet giving a concise history of the wholesale association, its direct purpose, and for general edification was divided into short paragraphs. "The members of tlie association know very well that they must be eco- nomic and necessary agents in iho distrilintion of lumber. ■■'I'lii'v can surelv maintain )lii~ ^ipi > iiiacy in the patronage of their friends." the retail dealers thrcMii;li ili^ ii.l\ .iiitage of their convenient loca- tion, tlieir organizalion and sv^irm: ihrir established character, their knowledge of sources of supi)l.v. I he cimsumption of the same, and their lovaltv to established trade ethics. "Bu.vers of lumber may absolutely rely upon the moral endorsement and support of the association in any contract one of their members may make." It then gave the list of the members of the association. The banquet room was handsomely decorated with the national and state colors. The music was consigned to the efficient Jerry Shaw and his orchestra. After cigars were passed around. President Owen M. Bruner addressed the guests, telling of the advantages which the association offers and of the efficient work of its committees. The further conduct of the meeting was in charge of Robert G. Kay, chairman of the committee on the dinner to the retailers. Mr, Kay opened his speech by saying that this meeting had made him ten years younger. He had met at the meeting old men and some younger men he had not seen for years. "This is a get-together meeting," he said, "to benefit them ail, and for the city of Philadelphia's welfare as well. We want to do each other all the good we can, to work together to get the great 1,700 foot dry dock brought to League Island, and also in behalf of other great improvements now in prospect." Mr. Kay then introduced Frederick S. Underbill of Wistar, Underbill & Nixon, who said in part : "Since you have received the invitation to come you have probably several times raised the question as to why you were invited here and wliat motives were behind the invitation. We want to assure you that our motives are not altogether selfish, although we are frank to state that we have a sincere conviction that benefits will come ultimately. "The first essential point that we desire to emphasize is that where there is such a strong representative community of retail merchants and in the same community such a body of responsible, aggressive, wide awake wholesale merchants it is self-evident that a substantially good and real individual advantage to ail concerned is sure to result from a spirit of mutual interest and co-operation. "The second point is that every person here, because of his present identification with the lumber trade, is interested in maintaining a per- manent market for lumber. Regarding every item of lumber that you handle the manufacturers of cement and other substitute materials have been pouring into the ears of the architect underwriters, real estate men and carpenters many points that are apparently convincing and the result is that quite a number of these people already are altogether against lumber or are prejudiced in favor of the substitute to the detri- ment of lumber. If they are allowed to continue their missionary work without any systematic, practical, coherent work on the part of those who depend upon the lumber trade for a livelihood the result is surely a menace to your interests and ours. We want you to know that we propose to counteract this substitute propaganda. "The third point and last that we will emphasize at this time is that the members of this association have recognized the ethics of trade and in seeking a market for their wares have fairly considered your welfare." Mr. Kay then introduced Benjamin Stoker, of George W, Stoker & Son, president of the Lumbermen's Exchange, as a retailer who buys ninety per cent of his lumber in Philadelphia. Mr. Stoker said in part : "In the city of Philadelphia today we are represented by from sixty to sixty-five retail yards. We employ from 1,500 to 2,000 people. We have an investment of about ?10, 000,000 in lumber of all kinds. We carry about 100,000,000 feet of lumber ready for immediate delivery. We are as necessary as the baker, the grocer or any other retail business. If we should all conclude to close our gates for thirty days the business of our elt.v, to a large extent, would be paral.Nzed, and so I have concluded that we are somebody and our business is worth while, and yet, from a retail point of view, present conditions seem to have us all aguessing and some of us. I fear, agoing. "Philadelphia has ceased to be a quaker village, has become a great metropolis, the best and truest American city of them all and known throughout the world as the city of homes and brotherly love, and we as lumbermen, both wholesalers and retailers, have had our sluuo in the making of it." Herbert P. Robinson, of Mliler-Robinson Company, was next called upon by Mr. Kay. Mr. Robinson said lie in llie past had depended on the wholesaler to a great extent and had been much benefitted l)y the knowl- edge obtained. He said he could not please all of the local men because they come too fast. l''or complaint of wholesaler as to not getting enough trade from the retailer Mr. Robinson gives for a reason that the lumber merchant rarely calls on a customer. "We want to see the boss once In a while," he said. "The local firms should trade with one another," was his opinion. "Although there were rarely any trouble or kicks coming, it would be a better arrangement, for it is easier to make proper adjustments and to settle with local men than with mills." Mr. Kay wound up the evening with the oft repeated epigram "Live and let live," adding "Let us help the men who help you." He reiter- ated the explanation that the evening's affairs were for tlie exclusive pur- pose of getting all the lumbermen in close touch for mutual as well as the city's beuelil. St. Louis Club Appoints Committees for 191-1 J. A. Rebels, the newly elected president of the St. Louis Lumbermen's Club, has selected the following committees to serve during the ensuing year: It is the purpose of the new administration to push the affairs of the club along business lines to the fullest extent. Entertainment Committee — R. J. Fine, chairman; W. W. Tilden, W. W. Stephenson, Guy B. Fulton. Chas. Antrim. Traffic Committee — T. C. Whitmarsh, chairman ; E. E. Eversuli, S. H. Fuiierton, .1. W. Putnam, F. E. Sheldon. Membership Committee — F. J. Riefiing, chairman; Otto Pfeffer, W. W. Dings, B. B. Kennedy, J. E. Mink. Akeitration Committee — Hans Wachsmuth, chairman; Chas. C. Curry, .•\. F. Pendergrass, Carl Hoiekamp, R. T. Wintermann. Statistician — W. F. Biedermann. Publicity Committee — W. E. Barns, chairman ; Herman von Schrenk, F. ,L Liebke, L. E. Cornelius, C. M. Jennings. Legislation and Public Affairs Committee — E. C. Robinson, chair- man ; Julius Seidel, C. W. Jurden, Geo. K. Smith, Stephen J. Gavin. National Wholesalers to Meet at Buffalo The Board of Trustees of the National Whobsale Lumber Dealers' Asso- ciation met in New York, December 18, and decided on tlie date and place for holding the next annual convention. The big meeting will be held March 4 and o at Buffalo. N. Y., hotel or meeting place to be chosen later. The association had invitations from many other cities, among others Memphis, Philadelphia, Boston, Nashville, New Orleans and Colorado Springs. Buffalo was chosen at this time because of its convenience of location for members in the States and Canada, and furthermore it is many years since this association met in Buffalo. As usual the meeting arrangements and entertainment features will be under the direction of the executive committee, the association acting as host at the dinner. Forest Products Exposition Bulletin Definite shape is taking the place of the preliminary generalities of the Forest Products Exposition and within a short time there will ba descriptions of proposed exhibits, the working plans of some of the associations, companies and individuals, and the general program of the great undertaking for the exploitation of American wood. In order to insure the proper amount of demonstrating material showing the operative working of the Forestry Service, a bill has been prepared for Congress to appropriate the sum of $10,000 for the preparation and maintenance o( an exhibit of the forestry division of the United States Department of Agriculture at Chicago and New York. The management of the exposition is in communication with public authorities and private concerns in the Philippines and Panama, while a number of Canadian interests are study- ing plans for active participation. An effective argument in exploiting the Forest Products Exposition is the personal discussion of the purpose, plans and progress as presented by Manager George S. Wood or his representative at the various trade conventions and meetings. During January and February Mr. Wood will visit the principal meetings of the country in the various branches of the industry, covering practically every point of the compass from Chicago and making his home in a Pullman car. The active participation of clubs and organizations, as well as the individual concerns, is being developed along lines that promise successful results. Many applications for space have been received at the headquarters in Chicago, representing the general interest throughout the trade that is being taken in this shop window of the industry. One of the difficulties anticipated by the management at the outset was that of reaching the people and interests whose participation would be essential to making up a complete story of American wood, but the co-operation of associations and concerns throughout the country has spread the news until nearly every angle of the trade seems to have been reached, according to advice received by the management. A number of the leading organizations do not hold their meetings until January and February and while assuring HARDWOOD RECORD 2,7 cooperation and roiuosiutalion, tlioy have been tinahlc to take oCTicial cognizance anil prepare physical plans. Manager Wood is urging upon all prospective exhibitors the value of preparing their exhibits In portable form as far as possible, not only for shipment from the original point to I'hicago, but for facilitation of another rapid movement from Chicago to Xew York. The management expects to make arrangements for one and possibly two sections of special freight train running on passenger schedule from Chicago to Xew York, although the details of transportation arrange- ments must be assumed by the exhibitor. It is reported that no industrial exposition in years has slirred the interest In the Kast as the Forest I'roducts Exposition, which Is significant to the industry of a stimulated action in the right direction, especially in view of the readjustment of trade standards and conditions with the opening of the Panama canal. . Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau Increases Quarters On lieoonilier It! the gDverniug lioiud of the Southern Hardwood Trallic Hureau of Memphis decided to increase the working quarters to mor(> adequately accommodate the constantly growing duties of that bureau. A committee was appointed to decide upon enlarging the quarters, this committee being composed of James E. Stark, Walter Darnell and C. I). Ilendrickson. The annual eltction of the bureau will be held on January 6 and the president, vice-president and five dinctors will be chosen. Memphis Club lUection The annual election of the iillicors ot the Memphis Lumbermen's Club, held Saturday, December 13, resulted in the choice of J. D. Allen, Jr., for president ; Kalph May for vice-president ; C. D. Cadell, secretary ; T. E. . I ones. O. M. Krebs and J. F. McSweyn, directors. The campaign for election has been energetically carried on and the resulting vote showed the keen competition between the blue and red tickets. In the presi- dential election Mr. Allen on the blue ticket won out over S. M. Nickey. his opponent on. the red ticket, by only five votes. Inasmuch as the red ticket secured only two of the election, the result was a decided victory for those sponsoring the candidacy of the blue ticket. Practically the entire membership of 150 was in attendance and voted. According to the usual custom, each of the newly elected officers and directors made a speech following the announcements of the balloting in each case. The next regular meeting of the club will take place January 10, when the newly elected officers will be installed. F. E. Stonebraker was in charge of elections and was assisted by D. C. Major and C. D. Hendriekson, who acted as judges. John W. McClure and G. C. Ehemann were clerks. Following the election the members were served with a buffet luncheon and then followed the business session, during which a resolution was passed extending to Senators Shield and Lea and Congressman McKellar of Tennessee a vote of thanks for their efforts to secure for Memphis one of the regional reserve banks which will be started under the new cur- rency measure. ■^^ Mt^iK:biii;:iBi.ji;;i^y.tiJiwtTOMS)t;i)tBJg)XiK»aiasi^^ With the Trade Dailey and Allen Ltunber Company Starts Business at Pittsburgh A new hardwood concern in I'iitslnir?;h is the Dailey & Alien Lumber (Company at 020 Farmers' I'-auk liuildlng. Fred C, Dailey. senior mem- ber of the company, was for several years an ail around lumberman in Pittsburgh, before going to the Willson Brothers Lumber Company, where he has been fourteen years and where he was a director the past few years. He is one of the l)est known salesmen in Pennsylvania. Robert Allen started as an office boy with Willson Brothers, and for the last two years has been secretary of that company and also manager of its trafUc and hardwood departmmt. He had quite an extended expe- rience also as a salesman in the eastern market. The concern expects to make a specialty of hardwood and is arranging to have one of the best cypress agencies in this part of the country. It will also handle oak flooring In particular, as that stock is much used but often very hard to get in this district. Boston Firm Prepares for Opening of Canal Lawrence & Wiggin. hardwood dealers, Boston, have been very busy of late making preparations to handle large quantities of Pacific coast lumber upon the opening of the Panama Canal. They have purchased a large tract of land In Charlestown on the water front adjoining to $2,.">00,000 warehouse property in which this concern is interested. The additional property will be used In part as a lumber yard. The new purchase gives the company about twelve acres. The property contains two and one-half miles of railroad tracks, and the wharf has five large berths for vessels. The unloading of the lumljcr from the steamer will be done by cranes, and the company states it will be able in this way to unload 1,000,000 feet a day. Lawrence & Wiggin are planning the largest wholesale lumber yard In the East. It Is said they will carry a stock of fully 1.5,000,000 feet at all times. They arc Interested In the recently organized steamship com- pany to be known as the Boston-Pacific Steamship Company. Mr. Wig- gin states that this company has twelve steamers that it can use in this service. These steamers will bring lumber from the Pacific coast to Boston and will go back loaded with a general cargo. The company will be able to store merchandise in a very large way and to load direct to the railroads for shipment west or south, George G. Roberts Company to Open New Mill The George (i, l!cil).rls ('..inuany of (icrn'us. Miss., a point about twenty-five miles south of Mempliis on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad, announces that it has in course of construction a band mill that will be ready for operation about the first of February. The plant will be equipped with a Smith, Me.ver & Schnier 8-foot mill with a capacity of 3,"i,000 feet a day. In addition to this the company is now operating a circular mill at the same point and turns out about 2.").000 feet of lumber per day. This company owns about 40,000,(WO feet of oak and gum stuuipage within a reasonable distance of its mill oi)eration. Chicago Veneer Company Moves General Offices The Chicago Veneer Company of Ilurnside. Ky., announces that it has just moved its general ollices from Biirnside to Danville, Ky. This move was made necessary on account of increasing business, and it is hoped it will result in obtaining greater efficiency In looking after the wants of the trade, and In facilitating the handling of the business. The company's force is very pleasantly located in new offices, which are thoroughly equipped with up-to-date equipment and modern oBice appli- ances. The plant at Burnside is in full operation, ami tlie change in offices will not cause any interruption whatever. To Reorganize Furniture Factory It is reported from Brenham, Tex., that there is a movement on foot to re-open the Brenham furniture factory which has been idle for the past few years. The plan is to reorganize a new company, raise the capital stock, and install new and improved machinery for the purpose of manu- facturing furniture from local woods. An option has been secured on the plant. Another Hines Purchase Reported It is rumored that the Edward Hiues Lumlier Company of Chicago Is figuring on buying the plant of the John H. Kaiser Lumber Company at Eau Claire, Wis., and its holdings in Saw.ver county, Wisconsin. Mr. Hines recently visited the Eau Claire plant to inspect it. While the report is merely a rumor, it is given credence and it is stated that if the deal goes through it will involve the exchange of $1,500,000, including the plant and timberlands. Wood-Mosaic Company Building Excellent Plant In this connection is shown a cut of the new mill of the Wood-Mosaic Company, which is being erected at New Albany, Ind. The former mill was burned out on the first of August, 1913, and the plant is designed along entirely different lines. The structure will be of brick, steel and concrete throughout, and the fiooring will be a form of non-absorbent paving. The mill will have a capacity of 25,000 feet of lumber ; 45,000 feet of flooring and 30,000 feet of veneer. The dry kiln will have a capacity of 1,250,000 feet a month. It is expected that the mill will be completed about the first of February, 1914. The other mill of the company at Highland Park, K.v., will be built for manufacturing himber only, and is also of concrete and steel con- struction. The cost, including the double band mill and the battery of dry kilns, will be $60,000. The New Albany plant will cost. Including the modern electric power plant, $150,000. It is expected to have this plant a model in every way. The company has thirteen acres of ground and is going to plant grass and shrubs around the office building, the drives, etc. This modern plan will be carried out generally. NEW PLANT OF THE WOOD-MOSAIC COMPANY, NEW ALBANY, IND., IN COURSE OP CONSTRUCTION 38 HARDWOOD RECORD Cyrus 0. Shafer to Incorporate Cyrus C. Sliafi-r of South Ilo'iil. Ind., an- noiincps Hint bpgliininir wlUr.Iiiniiniy 1. 1014, iiis business will be iuoorporalcd as tlie Cyrus C. Slinfer Lumber Company. Mr. Sliafcr Is do- sirous that It bo known that this diango will in no way affect the operation or administra- tion ot the biisln'ss as It is merely an ae- knowledKmeut on his part of the enielent work done by his assistants In the olJlce, and the incorporation Is only a means of enabling them to share in the company's proflts. The capital stock will be $nOO.Oon. paid up. and the only Interested parties In the orynn- Izatlon aside from Mr. Shafer will be his assistants, men who have been with him from three to fifteen years. The business of Cyrus C. Shafer offers a striking Illustration of the successful results to be attained through specializing. Ills busi- ness has practically doubled each year. lie ■iiarted In 18SI0 at Jlilford. Ind., with a capital stock of $1,.")00, and twenty acres of timber, lie owned there a sawmill with a capacity of .",000 feet per day. Since that time, as stated. Ills business has been increasing remarkably every year, and the annual sales now aggre- gate about $1,000,000. The scope of the company has increased to the extent that it has a number of receiving and distributing yards at different points in the country, chief among which are the yards at I'aii-o, 111., and Troy, Tenn. The Cairo yard is known as the main dis- iributing yard. This yard has the advantage of being on three trunk lines and of having four-tilths of a mile of private siding. The capacity of this siding is ]0t» cars and it is not at all uncommon to have fifty and sixty cars on the tracks at one time. This yard has a handling capacity of 200,000 feet daily, and maintains a corps of twelve or thir- teen inspectors under normal conditions. It may be remembered that on April 28, 1913, the company loaded out from the Cairo yard forty-two cars of heavy oak in a single shipment on a special train, this stock being loaded on the two days of April 27 and 2S. The Cyrus C. Shafer Lumber Company will carry as heretofore an unusual assortment of stock, specializing in heavy oak and also handling considerable quantities of ash, hickory and poplar, although it can take care of orders for all other southern hardwoods. Cyrus C. .Shafer is president and general manager of the new company and .Jolin It. Shafer, his brother, secretary and treasurer. Some Unusual Oak Veneer Logs In this connection is shown a small part of the oak veneer logs on the yards of the Fred W. Black Lumber Company, Chicago, which for perfect symmetry, size and general soundness are altogether remarkable. This company has been doing a big business in sawed oak, and is bringing in some stock that is sure to give the firm a reputation for handling the right kind of veneers. The logs in question average forty-one inches in diameter, while sixty-five per cent of them are thirty-two inches and up, and none are under twenty-eight inches. This picture shows but a small portion ot the log yard of the company, but is reproduced herewith because it gives an accurate idea of the remarkable roundness and the sound condition ot the logs. At the left is cutis C. SHAFER. SOUTH BEND, IND. to be seen a small corner of a large pile of mahogany legs, which class of material this company is constantly receiving, Death of Hoyt H. Green lloyt II. Green, sevc^nly-seven years old, president of the American Hardwood Lumber Company. St. Louis, .Mo., died last week In Cleveland, O., at the home of his daughter. Heath was due to the infirmities of old age. Mr. Green retired from active business about iwo years ago when his health began to fail. hut still retained his interest in various enter- l>ri.ses, among them the lumber company. -Mr.* Green was born September 15, 183G, in Coleraln, Mass. lie was educated In the pub- lic schools. He entered his life's work. In the foundry of Geo. W. Sizer & Co., in Cleve- land. Later he went to the Mowry Car Wheel Company in Cincinnati. Ue came to St. Louis in 18oG. With his brother, D. P. Green, as a partner, he started the firm now known as the • Jreen Car Wheel Company. The firm was known as D. P. Green & Co., until 1864, when it was incorporated under its present name. Shortly after he came to St. Louis Mr. Green married Miss Julia Moore. Mrs. Green died twelve years ago. Mr. Green was also president of the Amer- ican Hardwood Lumber Company, and vice- president of the Williams Patent Crusher and • Pulverizing Company. During tbe war he was a member of the Missouri Home Guard. He was a prominent Mason and a member of the Mercantile and Kccreation clubs in this city. New Chair Factory Opened at Chattanooga W. S. Milne of Chattanooga recently formally ojiini'd his chair factory, the ceremony being witnessed by about nue huurlnd invited guests. The factory is modernly equipped throughout and is furnished with complete electric drive. W. D. Young & Co. to Increase Plant It is reported from Bay City, Mich., that \Y. D. Young & Co. are to increase their capacity by the erection of a factory building for the pur- pose of manufacturing the finished product for the Aladdin houses of the Xorth American Construction Company. The contract will necessitate a complete new equipment with special machinery for this particular work. The new plant will he located adjacent to the flooring factory and will be 115x400 feet, constructed on the unit plan with all modern appliances. E. Sondheimer Company Pays in Full It was reported that the E. Sondheimer Company of Memphis. Tenn., recently paid it.s creditors in full and that the business is returned to the stockholders. The amount paid during the last two years aggregates from $700,000 to .$800,000 with interest at six per cent. This getting back to its former status by the Sondheimer company will undoubtedly be wel- comed among the many friends of the principles of this concern. Exceptional Yellow Pine for Veneering In this connection is shown a photograph ot a carlo.td of unusual yellow poplar which w.ts recently received at the plant of the Knoxville Veneer Company, Knoxville, Tenn. The carload of logs, as seen, all came from one tree and are altogether unusual in their fine symmetry and large size. These logs will be cut into veneered door stock. PART OF A SIIIl'MENT WHITE l).\K Vi:.\i:i:k L(m;S ON THE YARD OF THE FRED W. BLACK LUMBER CO.MPANV, CHICAGO. SOME YELLOW I>INE VENEER LOGS THAT ARE QUITE UNUSUAL IN CH.UtACTER. RECEIVED BY KNOXVILLE VENEER COMPANY, KNOXVILLE, TENN. HARDWOOD RECORD 30 Buys Virginia Hardwoods A tract of 2.!,000 iiires of lianlwuoil timber In soiitlnvpstcrn Virslniu was recently purchased by the Clinchfield Timber Corporation for the sum of $::r>0.000. The deal carries with it only the timber Dights. while the coai rights are reserved l)y the former owners, being valued at :$2.000,000. East Jordan Lumber Company Loses Mill At six o'clock on the afternoon of Wedni'sday. December 17. the hemlock ■mill known as Jliil B of the East Jordan Lumber Company at East Jordan. Mich., was totally destroyed by fire. The conflagration consumed the mill structure and destroyed the circular mill with a band resaw. The resulting loss was $20,000, of which Siri.OOO is covered by insurance. The company announces that it already has under construction a larger and more modern plant. Mill A will operate day and night until the new mill is finished, but aside from this, operations will go on about as usual. Pertinent Information Splicing a Sand Belt There has been g:eat development iu late years in belt sand papering machinery, and nearly every wood-working institution in the country is now a user of some machinery, of lliis kind. But the development of a sand belt for such machinery has not been what might be called success- ful, inasmuch as the ordinary means for joining tliem left the belt thicker at the joint than anywhere else, which Joint passes over the work with a jerk, causing imperfections on work, and making the life of a belt very uncertain. A TOpans for cutting and perfecting a tapered or beveled joint has been invented by the C. H. Driver & Kerr Company, 1322 Sixteenth street. liacine. Wis. It is claimed that its machine takes a roll of material, cuts Ihc tapered joints to the length of belt required, passing it on through and re-rolling on a spool through which a rod can be run so that the roll may be hung on brackets for convenience in handling. "When a belt is wanted, all there is to do is to unroll to the joint, cut off and iiment the tapered ends together, which makes a perfect belt with the joint no thicker than any other point on it. The ordinary method has been to measure and cut off a desired length from a roll of material, and then glue a strip across the two ends, which, of course, left a joint. A New Lumber Piling Jack There is on tbo market a device which insures the piling of lumber of all kinds without injury to its surface. It facilitates piling on account of the ease and rapidity with which this work may be done. The device 1 onsists of a head on which are mounted a series of pointed teeth. These being inclined slightly enable the lumber to be pushed upward along their surface, but prevent it from slipping downward. The head may be ■ asily revolved in any direction. A spring attached to the side of a head brings It to its origical position as soon as the board releases it, so that the jack is always ready for instant action. The heaviest and widest boards may be handled without danger of marring their face or of splitting, as is apt to occur where a pointed stick or post is used. In the accompanying illustration Xo. 1 is to be attached to a squared pole and inserted Ijetwecn the layers of lumber at any point desired. No. 2 may be fastened to the top of a ■1x4 post or to the upright of a yard truck. The jack is manufactured by E. C. .\tkins & Co., Inc., Indianapolis, Ind.. and was r. ady f..r d.'livery aiif.ui N..v. 1. Short Day on Saturday Unlawftil at Arkansas Mills In the newspapers of the Southwest of late there has been a great deal said by Arkansas State Labor Commissioner J. C. Clary, in regard to sawmill npiraiors violating the law which provides against working the employes for more than ten hours per day. Under the custom that has grown up in the state, mill operators have heretofore worked their men for ten and one-halt hours daily during the first five days of tlic week. In order that the men might be able to get off two and one-halt hours earlier on Saturday. This practice, Commissioner Clary contends, is in violation of an Arkansas statute. Recently Commissioner Clary called on Attorney General Moose for an opinion in the matter, and in 'O/:^. THE MODEUX WAY OF SPLICING BELT SANDERS reply Judge Moose said in part as follows : "You state that some of the sawmills of the state have adopted the custom of compelling their em- ployes to work ten and one-half hours five days in the week and seven and one-half hours on Saturdays, which on the average make ten hours a day tor the six working days. You ask whether that is lawful under the provision of the act aforesaid. I do not think it is. Section 1 of the act provides that ten hours shall constitute a legal day's work for all classes of working men and laborers engaged in the operating and con- structing of saw and planing mills in this state. If ten hours is a legal day's work, ten and one-half hours is not legal. "You will observe, too, that the act provides for a day's work, and not a week's work. If it is lawful to work ten and one-half hours the first five days, it is lawful to work fifteen hours the first four days of the week and then compel the men to do nothing the remainder of the week. You will also notice that In Section 3 of the act. it is provided that each day's violation of this act or any part thereof shall be considered a sepa- rate offense. The act provides that nothing therein shall prevent the employer or employe from contracting for a less number of hours for a legal day's work than is mentioned in Section 1. but it does not provide that they may contract for a greater number of hours. So it is my opinion that when the company operating the sawmill requires its employes to work more than ten hours in any one day, it violates not only the letter, hut the spirit of the act" The millnien say that by this agitation Commi.ssioner Clary is going to work a hardship on the employes rather than upon the mill operators. They state that the practice of working the men for ten and one-half hours per day for the first five days and thereby allowing them to get off two and one-halt hours earlier on Saturday, has grown up at the request of the employes: that so far as the manufacturers are concerned they would much prefer having six days per week on tlie uniform time of ten hours. Tliey also state that if they are not to work the repair men after the 6 o'clock whistle blows in the evening, it will mean that the plant will have to be closed down when repairs are necessary, and thereby the employes will be forced to lay off. This, the mill men contend, is harder on the emplo.ves who depend on their time for their living than it Is upon the mill operators. ATKINS LL'MBEK PILING JACK 'I'here may be fifty per cent ot waste in manufacturing narrow hardwood and parquetry flooring but this product helps helps save a lot that might otherwise be waste for the mill man. 40 HARDWOOD RECORD \::x^)5gWi)itfi!ii»iBio^^ Hardwood ^ews ISfotes =■< NEW YORK y- =-< MISCELLANEOUS ">•- Tlip Arkniisiis Ilipkory Cmnpnn.v lias hocii iucoi'ijoratod at MarvoU, Ark. Till! concern lias a capital stock of $.'i,000. The Coppos, Zook & Mutscliler Company of Nappaneo, Ind., announces that Albert and Charles Mutscliler have withdrawn. The l^elyh Handle Company has been Incorporated at Bridtjeporl. La., with a capital of fjiin.OOO. The Maple Chair Company of Shandaken, N. Y., has sold out to the Kulton Furniture Company. The Foss Woodworking Company has incorporated at Cleveland. O., under that name, the capital stock being .flO.OOO. The lludilleson Lumber and Supply Company has been Incorporated at Huntington. W. Va.. with a capital stock of $50,000. < CHICAGO >- W. S. Sterrett, sales mauuger for the M. B. Farrin Lumber Company. Cincinnati, spent several days In Chicago on business recently. Frank Donnell, sales manager for Young & Cutslnger. Evansville, Ind., was In Chicago for a couple of days recently on a hurried business trip. Henry Ballou, general manager of Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc., Cadillac. Mich., was in Chicago for a few days of last week, accompanied by Mrs. Ballou. The purpose of this visit was to take care of some necessary shopping In connection with the Christmas season. T. II. Dunlap of the Dunlap Lumber Company, Nashville, Tenn., spent a few da.vs In Chicago recently. F. W. Dugan of the Dugan Lumber Company. Memphis. Tenn.. spent a few days of last week with the local trade on business. Thomas McFarland. the hardwood man of Cairo, III., visited the local trade recently. Robert Maisey of Maisey & Dion, Chicago, left on December 17 for a buying trip of several days' duration to mill points in southern Tennes- see. Mr. Maisey said he expected to pick up several large quantities of stock. Uakdwood Record acknowledges a very handsome publication Issued by the Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, through Its secretary, R. S. Kellogg. The booklet is designed to increase the sale of hemlock, and judging from its character it should certainly do so. Mr. Kellogg is to be congratulated. The Lumbermen's Club of Chicago held another of its informal dances at the club rooms on Wednesday evening, December 17. As at former and similar functions, Miss Ruth Stonehouse was engaged to teach the new dances. Haedwood Record acknowledges the receipt of a very valuable book entitled "The Tribulations of Tim Burr Owner." The pamphlet is well printed and Illustrated with pen drawings, each showing a forest Are scene, and the specific cause in each case. There is a verse in each of the pictures which tells rather humorously of the cause of the Are. The purpose of the book is to secure increased support for the Northern Forest Protective Association on the part of timber owners in Michigan. This association is located at Munising, Mich. Frank B. Wyman is manager. The association aims to protect forests. Hardwood Record acknowledges receipt of a Christmas greeting in the form of a handsomely engraved and embossed card from the Tennessee Oak Flooring Company, Nashville, Tenn. E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc., the saw manufacturers of Indianapolis, have gotten out their seasonable greetings with the usual individual touch which this concern puts into all its publicity matter. The greeting is in the form of an engraved announcement with the usual Christmas felicita- tions in each envelope and enclosed the personal cards of N. A. Gladding and Henry C. Atkins. Hardwood Record acknowledges a handsome memorandum book bound in leather gotten out by Williams Brothers Company, Cadillac, Mich. The Gorham Brothers Company, panel manufacturers of Mount Pleasant, Mich., have issued a very handsome calendar of a practical nature and of pleasing appearance. The Midland Lumber Company, Parker.sburg. W. Va., has maintained Its reputation this year for the high character of the calendars which this concern has been getting out for years past. The John B. Y'ates Lumber Comjiany, Pennsboro, W. Ya., has issued a very artistic calendar. Russe & Burgess, Inc., Memphis, Tenn.. have expressed their season's greetings to their friends in the trade by means of a pleasingly engraved card. The Regan Printing House of Chicago has just published a handsome and exhaustive book entitled ".Vmerlca's Triumph at Panama," by Ralph Emmett Avery. The book is a complete history of the construction of the Panama canal from ocean to ocean, and affords the most beautiful photo- graphs the world has ever seen. Christmas greetings have been sent Hardwood Record by G. D. Crain. Jr., Louisville, Ky., in the way of a beautifully engraved card expressing his best wishes for Christmas and the New Y'car. The Building Material .Men's Association of Westchester held its annual meeting and election at White Plains on December 11. at which time a good number of the members were present. John F. DInkel of the Dinkel & Jewell Company, Tarrytown, was elected president, succeeding E. M. Yerks, who had served several terms. Mr. Ulnkel has always been active In the work of the association and an ardent supporter of all the principles of trade organization. E. N. I..eete, Mount Kisco, was elected vice-president; Robert Haviland and Tracy Cowen were re-elected treasurer and secretary respectively. The association will hold Its annual dinner at the Manhattan Hotel, New York on January 27. The association is co-operating with others in an effort to secure a new lien law In New York. The Acorn I,umber Company, hardwood wholesaler of Pittsburgh, has opened an oflice at No. 1 Madison avenue, in charge of G. H. Trump. As a result of efforts on the part of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association the New Y''ork Central & Hudson Ulver railroad lighterage rule has been changed in the following particular: "Flooring, celling or other lumber stock (whether for export or local (leliviiy), less than 4 inches wide, 1 inch thick, or commercially known as "iiicb lumber." and 6 feet long, in either dimension, unle.ss in bundles, and excepting joist and scantling." Heretofore some lumber dressed to % was lightered at an extra charge. Under the new rule such lumber will now be delivered In New York lighterage free. The new building code will not be reported to the Board of Aldermen of the present administration. There is unquestionably some demand for a new code that will assure more protection against Are, but it is reassuring to note the failure of the latest effort, which was a very bad makeshift. < PHILADELPHIA >■ Charles K. Parry & (_'o., owners of the Carolina Spruce Company, Pensacola, N. C, report mill getting out some excellent stock, and that they have over two million feet of hardwood on sticks. Within thirty days they will cut only spruce and hemlock. Trade has kept up fairly well, which Is attributed to the fact "that they are carrying certain grades which are unusually scarce at this time. Mr. Parry is spending a week at the mill sizing up the stock situation. John W. Floyd of the Floyd Lumber Company, reports things moving along satisfactorily for this time of the year. No decided change in the situation is looked for until after the first of the new year. Ralph Souder of Hallowell & Souder testifies to fair trading right along. More or less of a business hiatus is to be expected during the holidays. After January 1 a little more buoyancy is looked for. Wistar, Underhill & Nixon are preparing for a holiday rest. Their salesmen will all spend Christmas in their respective homes. Mr. Under- hill says in some lines prices have been well sustained, in others there has been some shading, but they are not disposed to disparage their share of business. E. Wyatt Wistar is spending some time at their mill in Sumter, S. C. Owen M. Bruner of the Owen M. Bruner Company says business is spotty, but a fair volume of trading is admitted for this time of the year. The.v look for a more copious activity after the holidays. The company is giving out a few handsome Maraschino white pine desk calendars as souvenirs. The D. B. Curll Lumber Company has no fault to find with conditions. Mr. Curll says they have been able to place their goods right along and have no unusual accumulation of stock at mills. T. W. Noch of the Oregon Lumber Company, Baker City, Ore., while visiting his mother here, is taking in the local trade, and has called at the Lumbermen's Exchange. A. S. McGaughan, who makes his headquarters at the Exchange rooms, is the Philadelphia representative of this western concern. Schofieid Bros., owners of the Saltkeatchie Lumber Company, Schofield, S. C, and the Schofield, Lance Company, wholesale distributing yard. Reading, Pa., report a fair volume of business right along for this time of year. Frank E. and Robert W. Schofield and George F. Lance, Jr., of the Reading branch recently visited Schofield, S. C. ; also made a tour of all the mills in which they are interested. Frank E. Schofield says everything Is moving along in good shape and there is no accumulation of stock anywhere. S. P. Bowers of the S. P. Bowers Company says business has not been so bad considering present conditions and October w^as the best month they ever had. Railroads are retrenching somewhat at this time, but It is only a matter of time when they will come into the market and probably pay more money for lumber than they could buy it for now. =-< BUFFALO y M. M. Wall has secured for Buffalo the next convrnlion of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, which will be held on March 4 and 5. It is expected that 500 or more lumbermen will come here for the meeting. Mr. Wall, who is one of the trustees of the association. was in New York about the middle of the month, to attend a meeting of the board. I. N. Stewart, who has been in the hardwood business at S92 Elk HARDWOOD RECORD 41 strwt for about twenty years, formerly as a member of Mead & Stewart, and latterly as a member of I. N. Stewart & Bro., has sold out his yard to O. E. Yeager, whose yard adjoins on the east. This Is one of the most important business changes In the hardwood line in some time and by It Mr. YcaKcr acquires a good sized general stocis of different hard- woods, including oak. poplar and cherry. Mr. Stewart is now building an apartment house In South Buffalo and may continue in this line of busi- ness in future. The planing mill formerly owned by the Joseph Metz & Sons' Company which went Into bankruptcy, has been sold to 11. C. Tucker, a local broker, who has not yet made known his Intention regarding the property. O. K. Yeager will attend the meeting of the trustees of the National Hardwood Lumber .Association in Chicago on January 15 and will carfy an Invitation from Buffalo for the holding of the annual convention here next June. J. W. Welch, who is now in the hardwood business in Memphis with his brother, is expected to spend the holidays in this city. "Jack" Wall, son of J. B. Wall, Is also coming home from Alabama, where be has been for several months. James .\. White, president of the National Lumber Company, has been looking after lumber business in Michigan, spending several days recently in Muskegon and Boyne City. Miller. Strum & Miller state that the hardwood trade is as good as it was a month ago, though not active. The yard is selling fair hardwood stocks, especially oak and maple. Davenport & Ridley were elected members of the Buffalo Lumber Ex- change at the last meeting of that organization. Mr. Ridley lately spent a week in Tennsylvania on lumber business. The last lumber cargo to arrive by lake this year was 450,000 feet of maple for the yard of II. H. Salmon & Co. The vessel was detained several days at Port Colborne by storms. Hugh McLean is planning to visit the southern mills of his lumber company in January. The Memphis mill is as usual closed down for about a week over the holidays. W. L. Blakeslee. of Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling, has returned from an eastern business trip and reports the sale of a fair amount of different hardwoods while away. The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company reports that business Is quiet, but it expects an early revival and a big year. The company is bringing down hardwood lumber from its mills on the Cumberland by barge and landing it at Burnside for shipment this way. Taylor & Crate will carry out the improvement of their hardwood yard at Black Rock in the spring, when they expect to put in a large amount of stock. --<, PITTSBURGH >.= Geoi-gi^ I). Dul^arry. aged sixty-throe, for over thirty ypars leading lumber dealer in Pittsburgh, died at his home at 5o21 Ponn avenue, December 17. The United States Steel Corporation has started work on shops and also improvements at Oreenville, Pa., to cost $400,000. These are on account of the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad which is owned by this company. The Retail Lumber Dealers' Association of Pennsylvania is working hard on the program for its annual convention to be held at the Monongahela House in this city February 11 .^nd 12. Secretary H. V. S. Lord announces that the attendance at this convention already assured will make it much the largest convention of its kind ever held in Pennsyl- vania. I. F. Balsley of the Balsley & McCracken Lumber Company finds some very good manufacturing trade going around, although there is sharp competition to get it. He has made several successful trips down East this fall. W. W. M'allaco. head of W. W. Wallace & Co., a well known lumberman of Apollo. Pa., died December 15 at his home in that town. He was one of the best known dealers in the Allegheny Valley and was a prominent member of the Retail Lumber Dealers' Association of Penns.vlvania which was represented at the funeral by Paul McCracken of Leechburg, Pa. The steel concerns in the Pittsburgh district last week for the first time in a long period reported an increase in inquiries. Many plants and furnaces are starting up now and there is a general feeling that the bottom has been touched and that business Is going ahead in good shape after January 1. The Pittsburgh-Buffalo Company, one of the biggest lumber buyers in Pennsylvania, together with Its affiliated concerns, was placed in the hands of receivers December 6. Fred R. Babcock of the Rabcock Lumber Company was named receiver for the Pittsburgh-Buffalo Company. It Is stated that in all probability creditors will be paid in full as the members of the companies are estimated to be worth $11,000,000 more than its liabilities. The Allegheny Lumber Company, with a smaller sales force than last year, has done $150,000 worth more business. It has paid eighteen per cent in cash dividends besides adding largely to the cash surplus. The company regards the outlook for 1914 as very promising. The American Lumber & Manufacturing Company has had a very good year In business, reporting about the same amount of lumber sold as in 1912. President W. D. Johnston is Inclined to believe that next year will show a better all-around business. J. N. Woolletl, president of the Aberdeen Lumber Company, has added a new cypres^ department to his business and expects henceforth to make cypress one of the leading lines In his trade. He has so successfully bandied the gum and Cottonwood business the past few years that bis dealings in cypress are already nssnred on a large scale. ^-< BOSTON y- The Carroll & O'Kelly Company, Boston, has been incorporated to deal in lumber. The capital stock is $10,000. J. P. Carroll is president and John F. O'Kelly of Chelsea, Mass., is treasurer. The tramp steamer Norhelm has arrived at Boston with a cargo of 656 logs of mahogany measuring ."iig.OOO board feet. This shipment was unloaded at the yard of the Palmer & Parker Company, fancy hard- wood dealers, Charlestown. The plant of the Essex Wood Turning Company, Essex, Conn., which has been operated for a long time by a receiver has been purchased by Daniel T. Doane, who plans to operate it. The table factory of David R. Jones, Merrimac, N. H., has been de- stroyed by fire together with a large amount of lumber. The loss is estimated at $10,000 with insurance of $2,000. Mr. Jones hopes to rebuild. =-< BALTIMORE >■= The annual meeting of the National Lumber Exporters' Association, which will take place in Chicago on January 22 and 23, 1914, is to be held at the Sherman Hotel, which will be headquarters. Secretary J. McD. Price is now engaged in making preparations for the gathering, getting reports in order and otherwise mapping out the program. It Is yet too early to say just who will go from Baltimore, though John L. Fine Hickory Hor Sale Either in flitches, No. 1 core and up or over 3 million feet in the stump. Average haul to railroad, 1}4 miles. Rate to Chicago, 23 cents. L. FOOT, Canton, Mississippi FOREST PRPDUCT5 EXPOSITION CHICAGO COLISEUM APR,30-MAY9 NEW YORK GRAND CENTRALPAUCE M^21.30 OUR SPECIALTY — CRATING STOCK WE M.\XUF-\CTrKl-: GUM, MAPLE AND OAK PL.ANING .MILL FACILITIES M. E. Leming Lumber Co. C.\PE GIRARDE.41", Kentucky Vcnccr Works HIGH-GR.ADE — WELL-.MANUFACTURED Vcnccrs IN SAWED AND SLICED QUARTERED WHITE OAK AND QUARTERED RED GUM. OUR ROTARY CUT GUM AND POPLAR CROSSBANDING VENEERS ARE EXCEP- TIONALLY GOOD. Louisville Kentucky 42 HARDWOOD RECORD Alcoek. of .loliu L. Alcock & Co., is CPi-talu to accompany Mr. Price. .\iiiong vl.siting lumbermen here during the past ten days were n. N. Crowill. mannger of the Bee Tree Lumber Company, of Bee Tree, N. C. ; II. S. Bond, of Beecher & Barr. Philadelphia, and Clyde Shoffner of Uutton & Shoffner, Shclbyvllle. Tenn. All three were winding up their biislnesi!) trips prior to the holidays. The steamer Vedamare of the .Tohnston Line, which arrived here this week from Liverpool, brought thirty-one mahogany logs destined tor Two Itivers. Wis., and li)0 more intended for various other points. The logs were consigned to the Adams Express Company and came from South Africa, like other shipments received here during the past year. IC I N C I N N A T l| iHardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers! I Johns, Mowbray, Nelson Company | iOAK, ASH, POPLAR & CHESTNUT M GCM AND COTTONWOOD C. CRANE & CO. MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD LUMBER 1739 EASTERN AVENUE DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. Mfrs. YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK GENER.VI. OFFICE — CLAY CITY. KY. RIEMEIER LUMBER CO. OAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT SUMMERS AND GEST STREETS E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. HIGH GRADE WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS GOERKE BUILDING SHAWNEE LUMBER CO. ]HARDWOODS, WHITE PINE and HEMLOCK Sales Office — Sonth Side Station — C. H. & D. R. R. JAMES KENNEDY & CO., Ltd. OAK, POPLAR AND OTHER HARDWOODS FIRST NATIONAL BANE BUILDING The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co. WALNUT, OAK, AND OTHER HARDWOODS 103-4-5 CAREW BUILDING OHIO VENEER COMPANY Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE Kl LN-DRI ED OAK and other Hardwoods are among our 111 a II y "specialties" which are so satisfactory to others. Why not you? MIGHT PAY YOU TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US. IT HAS OTHERS I THE M. B. FARRIN LUMBER CO. I I CONASAUGA LUMBER CO. ! I MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD AND PINE i ^ FOURTH NATIONAL BAN^K BUILDING M ggl3MSiaaSM3ia3MM3EEH0raM0M3M2J0MMSEM^SJSMMSiaraM0iajii) Iticlinrd P. Bacr, of Kkliard P. Baor & Co., was in New York and other northern markets tills week taking about the last survey of the year over these fields and looking up customers. Norman James, of the N. W. .)ames Lumber Compan.v. returned the latter part of last week from a trip of several months to Europe. He went solely for recreation and si),'lit-seeiii(;, and had a very pleasant journi'y. =-< COLUMBUS y The Ironton Lumber Company of Ironton, O., started operations recently after beins In idleness for some time. The Electrical Cigar Box Company has taken over the plant of the Ironton Plow Company at Third and yine streets, Ironton, C, which will be operated in the future as a cigar box concern. It is planned to make about four thousand boxes per day. The 11. D. Brasher Lumber Company of Columbus, O., has closed a deal for the leasing of the three-story brick building at Fourth and Gay streets which will be remodeled into storerooms and factory space. The building is 62'/4 feet on Fourth street and 93% feet on Gay street. At a recent meeting of the Columbus Manufacturers' and Jobbers' Association it was decided to start an advertising campaign boosting Columbus as a commercial center. The advertising will be done on a broader scale than ever before attempted. Beginning January 1. 50,000 circulars will be sent out to prospective customers in ail parts of central' Ohio. The joint legislative committee named to investigate and report on the plan to be followed in operating canal systems of the state has made a report in which it takes a middle course. The report recommends the enlistment of the federal government in an effort to determine the feasibiiit.v of converting the canals into a cross state waterway system between the Ohio river and the Great Lakes. The committee deems it unwise for the state to try to use the canals for transportation purposes at the present time. The Gallon Lumber Company of Gallon, Ohio, has been awarded the contract for the erection of a freight depot at Wadsworth, O. In order to open an outlet for the protection of its mills in West yirginia. the Wade-Fisher Lumber Company of Canton, O., has been incorporated with a capital of $25,000 by A. Buckwalter, Frank Wade, C. C. Fisher. Sarah Buckwalter and Rowenna Wade. Arrangements have been completed for a "Madc-In-Columbus" exposition to be held under the auspices of the Columbus Manufacturers' and Jobbers' Association some time in June. 1914. It Is planned to exhibit all Columbus-made goods in the downtown business section of the city. In affirming the Common Pleas Court of Lawrence County in awarding a .iudgment for damages to the W. G. Ward Lumber Company against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. Judge Thomas A. Jones, in the Lawrence County Court of Appeals, ruled upon the liability of carriers. In his opinion he declares that a consignment beyond the initial carrier's line must be regarded as a through contract. The connecting carrier, he says. is the agent of the original receiving carrier, and the receiving carrier is liable for defaults of the connecting carrier. Railroads may, however, exempt themselves from this special liability by contract. W. M. Ritter of Columbus, O., the well known hardwood lumberman, is coming into much prominence as a horseman. His chestnut saddle mare, "Marie Louise," recently created a sensation at the Madison Square Garden show in New York, winning a red ribbon in two of the biggest and closest shows. Mr. Ritter now has one of the most select stables of saddle horses in the entire country. The mare. Marie Louise, attracted, so much attention that M. Feline, the noted French judge, who rode this mare in the ring, declared her to be above some of the most famous thoroughbreds in the East. She came from the celebrated Point Au View stock farm at Maysville, Ky. The Farmers Lumber Company of Canfleld, O.. has been incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000 to deal in all kinds of lumber. The incorporators are J. F. Harris, W. J. Harris, G. W. Harris, H. L. Weikart and C. A. Welsh. The nominating committee of the Columbus Builders and Traders' Exchange has placed before the exchange the following ticket which will be voted upon at the annual election in January : President. L. R. Moor, B. M. Freeman ; first vice president. Stephen Stepanion. H. L. Watson ; second vice president, W. H. Beckett, F. T. Whitacre ; directors, five to be elected, William Piez, G. W. Mooney. H. E. Kunzman. Albert Joyce. E. R. Clarridge. J. C. Davidson, E. Elford, L. G. Kallmerton, David Lehman aud O. K. Kieble. The Marquette-Kerr Lumljer Company of Y'oungstown. O., has been incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000 to deal in lumber of all kinds. The incorporators are William E. Kerr. H. L. Marquette. Carrie Kerr, Grace D. Williams and Elizabeth Marquette. The Foss Woodworking Company of Cleveland. O., has been incorporated with a capital of $10,000 to buy and sell and deal in all kinds of lumber. The incorporators are R. O. Crampton, W. W. Johnston, C. A. Davidson, E. E. Nicols and H. J. Woodworth. The Sandusky Lumber & Box Company has filed papers with the secretary of state reducing its capital stock from $100,000 to $1,000. C. W. Jaques of Ashtabula, O., representing the Pioneer Pole & Shalt Company, has closed a deal with the officials of the Bacher Iron & Steel Company whereby the latter concern takes over the plant on East Miller HARDWOOD RECORD 43 avenuf. It will lie fitted up for use of tlic now concern at once. Tlie Bacher ("ompnny is n $100,000 corporation. Fire of unknown orlKin completely destroyed the plant of the It. C. Bowlus Saw and Finishing Mills at Latham, O., recently. At .Tohnstown, O., J. H. Hodges has been succeeded by the ,Tohnstown Lumber Company, recently Incorporated with an authorized capital of $15.0(10. ' .John F"rederiok Koss. a member of the Koss & German Lumber Com- pany of Fostoria, O., died of pneumonia recently at the age of Ihirty-nlne years. He held the title of yard superintendent of the concern. The Cullen & Vaughn Company of Hamilton, O., has been incorporated with a capital stock of $300,000 to deal In lumber and building supplies. The incorporators are James K. Cullen, James W. Cullen, F. K. Vaughn, S. M. IJnodman and W. E. Shepherd. The (ireat Northern Lumber Company of Cleveland. O., has been in- ciirpornted with a capital stock of $50,000 to buy, sell and deal in lumber of all kinds. The incorporators are U. M. Austin, W. J. Austin and Harold Ferguson. The Hayward-McCready Lumber Company of Cleveland. O.. has Uciu incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000 to buy, sell and dial in all kinds of luniber. The incorporators are W. XI. Ockel, C. M. Smead, William K. Kldd. F. D. Carson and E. S. Brubaker. John R. (iobey of John R. Gobey & Co., reports a fairly good trade in hardwoods with prices holding up well. He believes that business will be good after the first of the year. R. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a good trade in hardwoods both from factories and from yards. He says the factories are the best buyers at this time. Prices are firm and there is no cutting of any consequence. Dry stocks are fairly scarce. J. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company reports a fairly good demand for hardwoods with shipments coming out well, especially from West Virginia sections. The Sowers-Leach Lumber Company reports a fairly good market for hardwoods, although there is a little slowness at this time which will probably prevail until after the inventory period. < INDIANAPOLIS >-=—== Mr. and .Mrs. W. \\-. Kuighi have gun,.' to Leroy, N. Y.. for the holidays. Mr. Knight is a member of the Long-Knight Lumber Company. Tile Hoosier Veneer Company has been having a big run and was obliged to work night and day for several weeks, but is now catching up on its business. A dinner to several hundred newsboys and messengers was given in Grace M. E. Church on the evening of December 22 by S. P. Matthews. resident manager of the South Arkansas Lumber Company. Charles P. Henderson, president of the Henderson Motor Car Company, has become vice-president of the Regal Automobile Company, Detroit, but will act in an advisory capacity for the Henderson company. Building operations in the city this year have shown a gain of a few thousand doUers over those of 1912. Fireproof and frame construction have shown substantial gains, while brick and concrete construction have shown losses. The eighteen building trades organizations that were on a sympathy strike beginning November 24 returned to work on December 15 and building operations have been resumed. A sixteen story building is to be erected within the next few weeks at the southeast corner of Washington and Illinois streets by the Occidental Realty Company. N. T. Keasey. well-known in hardwood circles and proprietor of a saw and planing mill at Brazil, died at his home near that city a few days ago. He was seventy-seven years old and is survived by a widow and several children. The Talge Mahogany Company is expecting the arrival of a large cargo of mahogany logs from the west coast of Africa very shortly and follow- ing the arrival of the cargo will have to work night and day for some time. It Is expected. At a meeting in this city December IG, a merger of the Indiana Manufacturers' Bureau and the Indiana Manufacturers aud Shippers' A.ssociatlon. undi'r the name of the Indiana Association of Manufacturers and Commerce, was perfected. Among those who were elected to the board of directors were C. H. Barnaliy. a prominent hardwood lumberman. Greencastle : H. C. Atkins, president of E. C. Atkins & Co., Indianapolis ; M. W. .Mix. president of the Dodge Manufacturing Company. Mishawaka, and J. M. Heron of the Rex Buggy Company. Connersville. =-< MEMPHIS y r- The Glue Tbat Is Applied Cold -, The weather has continued vi-ry I'avuialib' for logging oijerations in Ibis territory during the past fortnight and reasonably good progress has been made therein. The movement of logs by rail has increased somewhat and there has likewise been .some increase in river receipts, with the result that the mills have plenty of timber to keep them In steady operation. There has been only a comparatlvily small amount of timber prepared for shipment in the Mississippi delta and this is the prlncii)al complaint made in reference to the logging situation. Manufacturing operations, howtlon to milling. William Pritchard, president of the Citizens Bank & Trust Company, In Flush Vcnccrcd Doors The chief consideration is tiniformly high- grade glue. Manufacturers of this modern type of door reahze that its development has been retarded because the unavoid- able lack of uniformity in other types of glue makes it impossible to know how long a door will stav in condilion. The Use ( )f vegetable glue insures absolute uni- formity because of the very nature of pre- paring it and because every pound of our raw material is rigidly inspected. Vegetable Glue Is also a rigid and permanent adherent; will not blister in sanding; has no dis- agreeable odor; will not deteriorate in standing — for a week if necessary; and can be applied cold without any heating application of any kind in the glue room. In addition, the average saving over former glue bills has been twenty per cent where vegetable glue is used. A DOOR MAKER SAYS: r~-^ MfClcary, ll'asJi., 9/30/13. | Perkins Glue Co.. South Bend, Indiana. Dear Sirs: — // is now about a year since 'wc added i veneer door department to our operations. Decidint) on the glue which zcould give the best results, u'e con- ! sidcrcd the most important matter in connection z>.'ith i this nctc dct'artmcnt. Investigation convinced us that your product Zi'as the ► one ic'f 7>.vnled in order to turn out the most dependable i doors and panels and it has been gratifying to find that I it has given us loxu cost as zi-elt as superior quality. Yours truly, CHRHALIS FIR DOOR CO By Geo. J. Osgoo xniixiiinnixniiTTTXTTTTrm' C U. I Perkins Glue Company Originators and Patentees 805 J. M. S. Building, South Bend, Indiana The Glie That Riims Absolutely Uniform 44 HARDWOOD RECORD Harris Manufacturing Company Johnson City, Tennessee '^Harris" Hardwood Flooring and Lumber Bluestone Land & Lumber Company MANlII'ACTrRKUS WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock Band Sawed Stock RIDGWAY PENNSYLVANIA MEMPHIS Wholesale Manufacturers and Exporters RED GUM SAP GUM COTTONWOOD CYPRESS ASH PLAIN OAK A,i r- J jTAt QUARTERED OAK All Grades and 1 hicknesses ^ HICKORY We make a specialty of mixed cars SOFT ELM of Sap and Ked Gum, One-half to cv/" xiii/->or- Two inches thick. SYCAMORE YANDEN BOOM^STIMSON LUNBEH COMPANY ManafactureFS Sootliern Hard woods >^sH Memphis Tennessee TIMBER ESTIMATES REPORTS INCLUDED TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP, DETAIL ESTIMATES & WRITTEN REPORT GARDNER & HOWE ENGINEERS Clarence W. Griffith ""^,'^4?" BuiiSnIf"' Memphis, Tenn. has purchased the interest of H. M. Wheeler in the firm of J. W. Wheeler & Company, Madison. Ark. Mr. Prltchard and C. L. Wheeler will be in icintrol of this firm In future. Headquarters will be maintained at .Memphis but the mill will remain at Madison, Ark. There will be no cliani^e in the personnel except as outlined above. J. W. Wheeler & I'oinpany is a jiartnership, with the result that there will be no change in olflcers. The mill of this firm found it necessary sometime ago to close down on account of the low stage of the St. Francis river which made it impossible to move out logs. The mill, however, has recently rrsumed operations and has a good timber supply ahead. The .lohnson-Tuslin Company has been formed here with ofBces in the liandolph building. For the present it will engage in the wholesale handling of hardwood lumber only but is arranging to take the cut of a niimbfc'r of mills in this section. C. R. Tustin, formerly with the T. B. .•^tone Lumber Company, the Gayoso Lumber Company and the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, Is vice-president and secretary. W. T. Johnson, of Cincinnati, is president and treasurer. The company has a capital stock of $l.'i,000. Mr. .Tohnson has been making his home at Cincinnati for a number of years but shortly after January 1 will move his family to Memphis. John M. Smith, who has been in charge of the business of the W. P. Rrown & Sons Lumber Company, Louisville, Ky., at Dickson, Tenn., announces that he will go into the wholesale handling of hardwood lumber under his own name, with headquarters at that point. Mr. Smith has been in charge of the business of this firm at Dickson for several years and has been quite successful in the management of its affairs. He says that the relations between himself and the firm have been extremely pleasant and has made it quite clear that, while he will engage in the hardwood lumber business, he will not be a direct competitor of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company. A. L. Foster, who was for a number of years assistant treasurer of the J. W. Thompson Lumber Company at Memphis, has accepted the position of traffic and sales manager for the Boeuf River Land and Lumber Company, at Logtown, La. Since the dissolution of the J. W. Thompson Lumber Company, Mr. Foster has been engaged in the life iijsurance business. He brings to his position a wide experience in the handling of hardwood lumber and also in the solution of traffic problems. The Bentonville Cooperage Company has purchased the property on which the Keller wagon factory at Joplin, AIo., was located for a con- sideration of $10,000 and next spring will remove all of its tight cooperage manufacturing equipment to that point. The machinery for the manufacture of slack cooperage stock will be left at Bentonville. More satisfactoty rates for handling both raw material and finished product are responsible for the decision of the company to make this change in its business. The Mengel Box Company has purchased 3,300 acres of timberland near Tiptonville, Tenn., from the Harris estate for a consideration of $112,500. The sale was made in order to wind up the estate in question. The purchasing firm will use the timber on the land in its box and veneer plants at Louisville and elsewhere. This is the largest timberland transac- tion in this section for sometime. The land was bought fifteen years ago by J. C. Harris for $16,000. This represents an increase of about six hundred per cent. The Anderson-TuUy Company has purchased the Patton interests in the Pafton-Tully Transportation Company. Following this transfer, C. E. Patton has resigned and has been succeeded by W. C. Wilcox who will have charge of the operations of this company. It will operate four tow l)oats, which are engaged in the towing business, with particular reference to the handling of logs and lumber. The boats are : Dolphin No. 3, Kit Carson, Joy Patton and Satellite. In addition there are five derrick boats, sixteen barges and a machinery boat. The company also owns a dry dock on Wolf river for the repairing of boats operated by it as well as by other firms in this section. C. J. Tully, vice-president of the .\nderson-Tully Compan.v, has been one of the principal stockholders in this transportation company for several years and the absorption of the I'atton interests hy the .\nderson-Tully Company has created no particular surprise. The new mill of the Crenshaw-Gary Lumber Company at Richey, Miss., has been completed and placed in operation. There was one band mill on this property when the interests of the Norton Lumber Company were iilisorbed by the Crenshaw-Gary Lumber Company. The new mill will I. ring the total output to approximately 70.000 feet per day. The Memphis Shingle Company has applied for a charter. The capital stock is $2,500. The incorporators are R. E. Montgomery, R. E. Mont- gomery Jr., W. H. Burris, W. H. Lewis and W. T. McLain. The Jorgenson-Bennctt Manufacturing Company has recently installed a heavy band re-saw driven by a forty horse power electric motor. This lii-m has been doing a great deal of work for the Memphis Siding and Lumber Company and the increase in its equipment has been made in order to take care thereof. =■< NASHVILLE >-= Major Harry Burgess of this city. United States engineer in charge of improvements on the Cumberland river, is responsible for the discovery 'if an important omission in a recent published statement of the timber resources of the upper Cumberland river. The published statement purported to give a statement of all timberlands In the upper Cumberland HARDWOOD RECORD 45 section, when as a matter of fact It only Included the timber on farms classed as cultivated. Major Burgess shows that 600.000 acres of timber- lands not classed as part of cultivated farms was omitted, which means a vast amount of timber wealth, and a strong argument for the (iovernmont to continue the improvement of the Cumberland, so as to give naviaation at all seasons. The upper Cumberland river has lonff been an Important source of supply for- the Nashville hardwood market, furnishing some 20.000.000 or 25.000,000 feet of timber and lumber annually. The timber has been drawn upon heavily, and tliere is difference of opinion among lumbermen as to how long the supply will last. The Mengel Box Company of Hickman, Ky.. has made a big purchase of land in Lake County, Tennessee. The company has closed a deal for about 3.700 acres of land fourteen miles south of Hickman, known as the famous .Tudge Harris property, and .said to be richly timbered. The price paid for the land was .■5112,.'i00. The purchaser will develop the land and ship the timber to its plant at Hickman. The Coosawattee Lumber Company, recently incorporated at Cookeville, Tenn., with authorized stock of $25,000, announces that it will operate a mill at Talking Rock. Ga., and develop some tlmberland in that section. The Johnson-Tustln Lumber Company of Memphis, with authorized capital stock of $15,000, has been granted a charter by the secretary of state. Clyde Johnson. W. Toutsey, Robert E. Kreimer, W. Thomas John- son and C. R. Tustin are incorporators. Judgment for defendant was entered in the case of J. H. Vestal and others against the Ducktown Copper Company, tried in the United States Court at Chattanooga. Plaintiff sought to recover $37,500 for alleged damage to timber on lands in Tennessee and Georgia by fumes from defendants' copper plant. The Consolidated Chair Corporation of Greeneville. Tenn., with author- ized capital stock of $100,000, has been granted a charter by the secre- tary of state. O. P. Lutz is at the head of the corporation. The com- pany has acquired the big plant of the Greeneville Chair Company, recently sold by court order in receivership proceedings, and will put the plant into operation again. John M. Smith, who for five years has managed the branch plant of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company at Dickson. Tenn,. has resigned his position to engage in the wholesale lumber business at Dickson on his own account. Mr. Smith is one of the most successful lumbermen in this section. His relations with the Louisville company were in every way pleasant, but he deemed it best to enter business for himself. The traflac committee of the Nashville Lumbermen's Club, of which A. B. Ransom is chairman, has been authorized to proceed with a complaint before the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Louisville & Nashville railroad and other lines seeking to gain milling in transit privileges granted to other cities. Counsel for the Louisville & Nashville Terminal Company, controlled by the Louisville & Nashville and Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis rail- roads, has refused the request of the Nashville city commissioners to grant more advantageous reciprocal switching privileges to the Tennessee Central railroad. Counsel claimed that it would be unjust to require their companies to turn their terminal facilities over to a competing line. The city may carry the matter to the Interstate Commerce Com- mission. Lumbermen and other shippers will watch the outcome with much interest, as the granting of the privilege would be advantageous to the shippers. =-< LOUISVILLE >.= The Louisville Hardwood Club has bad several important meetings recently, outside speakers taking up most of the time and discussing subjects of general importance. S. B. Lynd and A. T. Ford, local bankers, spoke on the state ta.x system and prospects for its reformation, while Philip S. Tuley, president of the Kentucky Manufacturers' and Shippers' Association, made a talk on "Workmen's Compensation," with special reference to the bills which will be introduced on that subject in the state legislature next montli. The session begins January G. The passage of legislation of some kind on this subject seems to be assured. L. B. Finn, chairman of the state railroad commission, is to speak shortly on the prospect of increasing the powers of the state railroad commission, while R. A. McDowell, a well-known attorney, will tell the lumbermen about the income tax. The father of Stuart R. Cecil, president of the Louisville Hardwood Club, and an officer of the Dooker-Cecil Company, died recently. He was Dr. John G. Cecil, and was one of the leading physicians of the South. T. M. Brown of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company has re- turned from a business trip to New York. The company is considering installing a planing mill In connection with Its sawmill at Fayette, Ala. J. C. WickllCfe, secretary of the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company, recently returned from a trip abroad. Speaking of foreign trade conditions ho said that business Is good in England, France and Scandinavia, but quiet in Germany, Holland and Belgium. Tight money is the cause of the busi- ness depression In the latter countries. An examiner of the Interstate Commerce Commission recently heard the complaint of the North Vernon. Ind., Lumber Company in Louisville. The company complains that the rate on lumber from Dyersburg, Tenn., to North Vernon is greater than from Dyersburg to Cincinnati, although North Vernon is an intermediate point, Frank Platter, president of the company, conducted the case for the complainant. WALNUT Walnut for Export Thirtv years' oxiierienee in the hamlliug of walnut logs I'or export enables me to furnish guaranteed prime quality stock. 1 am constantly in close personal touch with the source of supply of export walnut logs and know exactly what I am getting at all times. In fact, a number of the best for- eign houses are taking up my logs on my own reoommendation. My supply enables me to fill orders of any size in carload lots without delay. Highly Figured Walnut As a result of close personal supervision of log purchases my stock of highly figured wal- nut in long wood and stumps contains only the choicest in figure and curl that can be found. All this stock is carefully selected to take care of a discriminating demand. My figured stumps are all dressed closely and when shipped are practically in shape for the knife. Youwill lose nothing by trying me on your next inquiry. FRANK PURCELL =^z=^=^z= Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A. MATHEWS STANDARD Gravity Lumber Conveyer Made all steel, ball bearing rollers, eight foot sections; easily coupled together and assembled to form line of any required length, over which lumber, flooring, dimension stuff, etc.. will travel on a four per cent grade. Ad.1ustable jacks supplied to support conveyer line and secure proper grade. Light, strong and easily portable. Been in successful use for past ten years. Prices quoted on receipt of Information as to lengths and widths of materials, and total distance to be conveyed. Send rough sketch showing requirement. Ask for catalog. Main Offlcn and Faetorv ELLWOOD CITY, PENN. Branch Fiu'lorie TORONTO. ONT.VRIO LONDON. KNG1..\NI) 46 HARDWOOD RECORD (Leading Manufacturers) ARCHER LUMBER COMPANY HELENA, ARKANSAS Manufacturers of HARDWOODS SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES W'c can furnish your entire re(|uircnients in Hardwoods OUR SPECIALTY — RED GUM St. Francis Basin Hardwoods 100,000' 4/4" Ists & 2nds Plain White Oak 100,000' 6/4" No. 1 Common Red Gum Band Sawn Bone Dry 75 per cent. 14 and 16 feet long PROMPT SHIPMENT Geo. C. Brown & Company Pm/^fni* A fir 1 hour from Mempfiis rTOClOry MrK. on C. R. I. & p. Ry. WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING Band Sawn Stock 600,000 ft. 4 4 Common & Better Sap Gum 200,000 ft. 4 4 Common & Better Red Gum 250,000 ft. 5 4 Common & Better Red Gum 75,000 ft. 6/4 Common & Better Red Gum 50,000 ft. 8 4 Common & Better Red Gum This stock contains a jjood percentage of 14' and 16' lengths and is of excellent widths w. w. GARY, "rr HARDWOOD LUMBER AND LOGS OUR SPECIALTY St. Francis Basin Red Gum WE MANUFACTURE Southern Hardwoods Gum, Oak and Ash = J. H. Bonner & Sons Mills and Office. Postofflce and Telegraph Office, QIIGLEY, ARK. HETH, AKK. Edwin Norman reccnlly roUirnod from a trip tu llii- sawmill of the Norman I.iimlicr Company at Holly Kidgc. La., wbich is operated by K. B. Norman. vUi-presldent of the company. The Louisville man wus especially Interested in the operation of the Kraetzer proparator recently Installed at Holly Itidge. Jn order to get part of the Sliipp street yard of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, which It desires to use in building a boulevard, thi- park commission of Louisville brought condemnation proceedings. .V jury awarded the company $G,400 damages. H. .1. Gates of tile Louisviile i'oint Lumber Company is driving a new Cole touring ear. .Another new automobile In the local lumber fraternity is the 1014 Hup of V. G. Booker, president of the Booker-Cecil Company. Practically all of the Louisville mills are running, and are pretty well stneki'd lip with lofjs. of wbieli there are plenty in the country. =-< ARKANSAS >= .\ecording to Mayor H. M. .Tackson of Paragouid, .\rk., the strike of the coopers at Paragouid has about worn itself out. The mills have maintained the same attitude throughout the entire proceedings, taking the position that the strikers had no real grievance and refusing to recognize the union's committee. -M the time the strike was made tlie mills had very little work on hand, and were operating more as an accommodation to the men than for their own benefit, by making up some stock to be held and placed on the market when better prices were to be liad. So when the strike occurred the mills were shut down to prevent "perating at a loss. When, however, the operators were ready they I'esumed operations by simply employing other men. and are now pro- iciding with their work as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. The stave manufacturers at Jonesboro, in anticipation of a strike nmong their employees similar to the one at Paragouid, discharged a large Ti umber of their employees, and they will now, as the operations of the plant require it, employ new men to take their places. Another move has been made by the railroads of Arkansas, involved in the rate litigation, in securing the appointment of a special master to audit the claims to be made against the small roads in the state which have been acquired by the Missouri Pacific system since the rate litigation began several years ago. These roads, ten in number, are now operating as a part of the Missouri Pacific system, but by reason of the fact that they were independent roads at the time the rate question arose it has been deemed advisable to have a special master appointed for each of them. .\cting upon the petition of the Iron Mountain attorneys. United States District Judge Jacob Trieber on December 6 appointed Judge .1. G. Wallace as special master for tliese roads. Judge Wallace is now serving as special master for receiving and auditing claims filed against the Iron Mountain & Cotton Belt lines. The small roads affected by this are : Arkansas & Louisiana ; Mississippi Kiver, Hamburg & Western ; Little Rock & Hot Springs Western ; Gurdon & Fort Smith ; Pine Bluff iV: Western ; Brinkley, Helena and Indian Bay ; El Dorado & Bastrop ; -Vrkansas & Southwestern.; Arkansas Midland. Considerable activity is being manifested in railroad building in .Arkansas at present. The De Queen & Eastern, which is owned by Dierks Lumber Company interests, has a surveying party in the field for the purpose of making several extensions along its line, and con- struction will begin in the early part of next year. Other improvements are being made by the Memphis. Dallas & Gulf and the Ashley, Drew & Northern, and other small roads in the state. The Memphis. Dallas & Gulf will extend its line into Pine Bluff. The Ashley, Drew & Northern, which Is now operating between Crossett and Monticello, will also extend its line into Pine Bluff. These lines, it seems, are fighting each other in their efforts to arrange for crossing the free bridge across the Arkansas river at Pine Bluff. P.. Cinnamon of Batesville is planning to erect a stave mill near Mountain Home. Several hundred acres of stave timber have been pur- eliased by Mr. Cinnamon, and he proposes to manufacture them in that vicinity for shipping out. On December 11 R. N. Galbreath, president of the Cotton Belt Savings Hank at Pine Bluff, tendered his resignation as receiver for W. A. Mathen-s & Co.. of Fort Smith, one of the largest manufacturing con- cerns in the South, which voluntarily went into a receivership about two months ago. Tlie receivership was a.sked by the company because of financial embarrassments, but it is said that it will soon be lifted. No reason is given by Mr. Galbreath for his resignation, Chancellor W. A. I'alconer of the Fort Smith court appointed W. A. Dale of Fort Smith to succeed Mr. Galbreath. > WISCONSIN ^= The Larson Lumber Company has been incorporated at Bundy, with a capital of $23,000. Ole Larson, Gustave Person, Albert Larson and Gustave Nelson are the incorporators. The Plymouth Chair Company of Plymouth has filed an amendment to its articles of incorporation increasing its capital from $20,000 to $30,000. The .\ppleton Land and Timber Company of Appleton has filed a notice with the secretary of state for dissolving as a corporation. The common council of Lake Geneva has decided on the use of creo- soted block in the paving of Main and Broad streets, with sixty-four foot roadways. The council decided that while creosote block is expen- HARDWOOD RECORD 47 sivo at tho outsot, it is the bost paving material on tlic niarle operated hy power from a gasoline engine, and will soon have the planing mill in operation. Kitzgil)bon Brothers of Monroe have awarded a contract for the erection of an addition to their carriage factory. It will be of brick, three-story, and measure 2G by 60 feet, costing $5,000. The Curtis & Yale Company of Wausau has disposed of its No. 2 plant to H. E. McEachron. The plant was formerly used in the manufacture of wood products and screen goods until the quarters were moved to the TOain i)lant on Clinton street. Since that time the plant has biou UM>\ liut it is said that some new industry will soon occupy it. Sawmills at Oconto are being shut down for the season, as usual. The Holt Lumber Company finished sawing at its mill and work was immo diatfly started on overhauling the machimry and preparing for another year's run to Iiegin after the first ot the new year. A large transaction, involving $300,000 worth of stock in the Phoenix Chair Company of Sheboygan has been consummated with the purchase of the stock of the estates of T. M. BlacjkstocK and Mead by A. C. Hahu, treasurer of the chair company. Tho concern operates one of the largest cliair factories in the country and was founded by the late T. M. Black- slock, who held the majority of the stock. The sale was made to settle the estate of the late Mr. Blackstock. Mr. Hahn. the new owner, started with the concern as a boy and he assisted Mr. Blackstock in developing the business, later becoming treasurer. Francis Williams, representing the Mead interests, has been president since Mr. Blackstock's death. The Phoenix company is .Sheboygan's pioneer manufacturing institution, and its plant, located near the North-Western passenger station, is one of the largest in the city. During the past year the plant has been further enlarged by the construction of a large brick warehouse. The plant of the Great Northern Pail Company at Gillett was destroyed l)y fire on December 5. The fire, of unknown origin, started in one of the dry room departments at an early hour of the morning and had gained such headway before the Are department arrived that the flames could not be gotten under control. The stock and adjacent warehouses were saved. The factory and machinery are a total loss, estimated $17,000, l>ut are covered by insurance. As the plant included an electric lighting plant which furnished the lights for the town, business was for a tinic suspended. Smith & Murphy of Green Bay, principal owners, will rebuild at once, replacing the destroyed structure with a modern one. Alex E. McDdnald, aged seventy-three, millionaire lumberman and banker of Chippewa Falls, died from hardening of the arteries after an illness of several years, on December 17. He was interested in several lumber companies and president of the Lumbermen's bank. One son, A. McDonald of Portland, Ore., survives. The Albrecht .Manufacturing Company of Kew-aunee is having a new lumber shed erected in its yards east of the main factory. It will have dimensions of 52 by 100 feet, with concrete foundation and be a double deck, metal clad structure, with windows the entire length of the roof. The Kewaunee Manufacturing Company is also erecting a large addition. Melchior Eichert. a well-known retired lumberman of Wausau. died in that city after a lingering illness, at the age of seventy-eight years. He at one time conducted a sawmill near Rib Mountain, 'jut retired from the lumber business fifteen years ago. He was a native of Germany, and came to Marathon county thirty-three years ago. Besides his wife one daughter survives him. Louis Rueping. president of the Fond du Lac Table Manufacturing Compan.v, head of several other large industries and prominent in local financial and business circles, died at his home in that city following a stroke of apoplexy at the age of seventy-four years. Mr. Rueping was Ijorn in Germany and has been interested In Fond du Lac Ijusiness affairs since 1854. He is survived by his wife, four daughters and one son. T«'am track storage charges, which had been added to demurrage charges. according to certain railroad rules, will be done away with in Milwaukee on all railroad lines, according to well informed authorit.v. The rule is important to lumbermen who ship logs and lumber by rail. The rate of $1 a da.v demurrage per car and $2 a day per ear for team track storage has t>een in force. The shippers held that this was in effect tripling the demurrage charges and made a vigorous protest. Tlie rule caused so much trouble and so many complications that the railroads decided to discontinue it after January 1. The track storage item will be dropped, which will mean a very material saving to shippers. The plan to extend the rule to state shipments will no doubt be dropped also. The Keith & Hlles Lumber Company of Crandon is in negotiations with Messrs. Hines and Bennett, government Indian agents, for the sal< of 2,500 acres of cut-over lands just east of Crandon upon which tin' government will locate remnants of the tribes of Pottawottomie Indians. now scattered over Wisconsin and Micliigan. The Interstate Commerce Commission has handed down an order direct- ing the Northwestern Railroad Company to make reparation to the T!uited (Leading Manufacturers) Our Corps of Inspectors Intelligent! Highly Trained! Conscientious! is assurance that you will get what your order calls for when you buy Gum from us Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company Cape Girardeau, Missouri Quartered Red Gum Plain and Quartered Gum, Two Years on Sticks 4/4", 5, 4 ", 6/4" and 8/4" Thicknesses 3"»No. 1 Common and Belter Soft Elm Bone Dry Mark H. Brown Lumber Company Hardwood Manufacturers Mounds, Ark. Eleven Miles West of Memphis, Tenn, MILLER LUMBER CO. Marianna, Arkansas We offer for shipment during the next six months, at the rate of a car or two per week, 25 to 50 cars No. 1 and No. 2 Common Gum SIS 9 16" thick. We are also in posi- tion to furnish for prompt shipment 4 4 to 8/4 1st & 2nd and No. 1 Common Red Gum. YOUR INQUIRIES SOLICITED All band sawn stocic. good percer equipment backed by 25 years' prac of proper handling of your orders, wood lumber and box shooks. age 14 and 16' lengths. Modern Baker-Matthews Manufacturing Co. Sikeston, Mo. Band Sawn Southern Hardwoods SPECIALTIES RED GUM, PLAIN OAK SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES 48 HARDWOOD RECORD Mahogany and Circassian Lumber & Veneers ^ The largest assortment of finest figured Mahogany Logs, Lumber and Veneers in the country can be found at the Chicago plant of C. L. Willey. ^ We are just in receipt of fifteen cars of remarkably superior Circassian Walnut Logs, large size, well-figured and of good color, which are now being cut into Veneers. ^ A visit or correspondence from discrim- inating buyers of all varieties of fine Im- ported and Domestic Cabinet Woods in Lumber and Veneer is solicited. ^ You will not only find the Willey ware- houses well stocked with a superb collec- tion of Circassian, Mahogany, Vermilion, Black Walnut and other fancy foreign and domestic lumber and veneers, but buyers are assured of prompt and pains- taking service, and a quality of product not usually obtainable. ^ To visit the plant take Blue Island Ave. car at the postoffice to Robey Street. C. L. WILLEY, Chicago Largest Fancy Wood Veneer and Lumber producing plant in the zvorld Kefrlgorator Company (i£ Kenosha and establish a new schedule of freight rates for the company between Kenosha and San Francisco. Formal announcement has been made by Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Car- penter of Menominee. Mich., of (he engagement of their daughter, Miss Florence Lucella Carpenter, and Howard Stephenson, grandson of Senator Isaac Stephenson, prominent lumberman of Marinette. The past genera- tion of both families have been prominent In the lumbering Industry. The date for the wedding has not been set. A suit has been brought in the Wisconsin Supreme Court to test the validity of the purchase by the state of land in Oneida and Vilas counties for a forest reserve. Attorney General W. C. Owen argued for the con- stitutionality of the state providing for the purchase, appearing for the slate against .Tohn .S. Donald, secretary of state, who, to test the validity of the purchase, refused to sign an order for the $90,000 the land cost. The state then brought mandamus to compel him to authorize payment of llie money. A bulletin has been issued by the Wisconsin Industrial Commission ilialing with Infections and their prevention, designed for the use of fore- men, superintendents and wage-earners who are subject to the hazards of modern industry. Reports show that in two years, ending September 1, 191.'!. nearly Ave per cent, or 721 accidents reported resulted in Infection. The Wisconsin Fruit Package Company of Crandon, which was recently noted as being in bad financial ways and in whose affairs a committee of business and laboring men took active interest, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the United States District Court at Milwaukee. The liabilities are scheduled at $65,588.22 and the assets at $36,025.57. The plans of the committee were to get the creditors to take out stock in amount of their claims and under new management run the plant and pay off the claims. The liabilities are considerably more than first re- ported. The Hardwood Market < CHICAGO >• The Chicago trade is continuing to mark time in line with most of the other large hardwood centers of the country, and there does not seem to be any notable change in the situation or any definite or par- ticular weakening of market conditions. This does not mean that Chi- <-ago lumbermen are particularly optimistic, but simply signifies the fact that they have come to accept conditions as they are at their face value, and are making their plans accordingly. The Chicago trade reports that it has no particular difficulty in picking up mill stocks, but that there is no special tendency on the part of the raillmen to shade their prices unduly. The price level which has been in evidence in Chicago for some little time continues without any marked change one way or the other. That there is a still further easing off in gum, a change barely perceptible, is reported in a tew cases, but this does not mean that the wood has attained any less desirable position than it has occupied for some months back. Various consuming industries locally are not showing any astonishing activity, and are continuing the policy of simply meeting their immediate requirements in the matter of lumber. They do not offer any undue encouragement as to trade after the first of the year, but it is reasonable to suppose that with the opening of the new year's business a somewhat increased activity will be felt. The lower grades cohtlnue to be rather the strong factor in the market with the various woods holding their same relative position that they have occupied for the last few months. --<, NEW YORK y- The last weeks of 191.3 show conditions practically the same as have prevailed for the past six months. The wholesale market is quiet and the retail dealers are chiefly concerned with inventory. There is little (piestion that stock-taking will show yards and factory trade with smaller supplies than ordinarily, and there are some wholesalers who expect the buying trade to show some snap, even if only for a brief period, w-ith the turn of the year. It is not a question of price that has kept buyers out of the market as it is generally felt that prices have gone as low as possible. That general business will show improvement by spring, or sooner, is the opinion of nearly all and with any improvement in demand the market will become firm and values higher. =-< BUFFALO y- The hardwood trade has shown the usual tendency to the quiet that comes around holiday time. Inventories are about to be taken and buyers are holding off until about the middle of next month. Business at a number of yards is reported to be a little quieter than ordinarily at this time, but this is just as true of other branches of the lumber trade. Dealers are expecting to see a fair amount of improvement next month, and most of them expect the coining year to run along about as the present one has, without much change in prices from those ruling now. There is no particular activity to any especial hardwood at present. HARDWOOD RECORD 49 Flaln oak is not making up so lar^e u part of the business as it diil earlier in tiie year, nor are prices quite so strong. Quartered al)oiit holds it own. Poplar is not showing much movement, as the supply Is quite large. Brown ash Is selling fairly well, while birch and maple are still among the leaders. Low-grade stocks arc not plentiful here and bring fair prices. -< PHILADELPHIA >• As must vi ihe luiiil)er firms close liirir risoal y<'nr on December .'il, stock-taking will soon be in order, and the buying of new material sus- pended until after the closing up of the year's business. Whatever trading there may be will be confined to actual reyulrements. Reports coming in from all sides testify to a conservative trading as the keynote of the situation, but despite the many national and local disturbances the aggregate business is admittedly better than was feared, and it is believed that when the balance sheet Is completed there will be less disappointment than was anticipated considering the constantly multiplying financial and commercial problems. Dilatory tactics in the manipulation of national questions in Congress will, it is believed, prolong the present state of affairs, but that business will right itself and confidence be wholly re- stored Is believed to be a not remote consummation. The hardwood market at mill ends is in good hands and prices are in the main well sus- tained. In the buying market there has been some little shading due to the anxiety of some of the smaller men to get business. Quartered oak leads ; sound wormy chestnut, elm, ash, and maple are steady ; plain oak easier ; poplar lirm. =■< PITTSBURGH y- The year 1013 is winding up with very good totals of business among the hardwood firms. Indeed, it is probable that the total amount of hard- wood sold this year by Pittsburgh concerns will be a little larger than in 1912. Most concerns are very well satisfied with the year's business. There have been drawbacks, of course, but in the main hardwoods have been so far in the lead of the average wood in the sales market that hardwood wholesalers have little just cause for complaint. Prices of hardwood have been a little soft in some lines the past few weeks. This Is attributed to the inventory season, the lack of buying on the part of the railroads and the general slowing down in industrial operations throughout this district. All hardwood men here believe that the pros- pects now for a good year's business in 1914 are better than they were a year ago. -< BOSTON y- The general market for hardwood luinber has ruled rather quiet the last few weeks, but this is generally the case at this season of the year. Few buyers are willing during the latter part of December to make pur- chases of any size unless they have an immediate outlet for the lumber bought, as they plan to keep their stocks down to as low a point as pos- sible during the stock-taking period. The demand for lumber during the first week or two of January is also rather quiet as a rule, as buyers wish to figure their stock sheets before placing orders. It is the con- sensus of opinion that large buyers will find their stocks lower this year than usual, as their buying has beeii restricted to small lots as a whole for some time past. Prices of hardwoods are Just as firm excepting in cases where some mill has a lot of lumber that it has been anxious to tran.sfer to Some customer's books before the first of the year. There have been fewer cases of this kind reported this year. Offerings as a whole are not large. The call for quartered oak has ruled rather quiet and plain oak has not .sold in large lots. Low-grade whitewood is in fair call. Dealers in this market anticipate a good business after the turn of the year. .-< BALTIMORE y With the approach of the end of tln' y.ai there is taking place a gradual subsidence in the demand for hardwoods of all kinds, not because any real weakening in the market has developed, but for the reason that at this season the calls for stocks always lag, yards and consumers being disposed to reduce their supplies as much as possible, in order that the transfer to the new year may be at the lowest limit. The selling forces are gradually being called in to spend the holidays at home, and the attention is centered upon closing accounts and similar details rather than upon supplementing selections. I'nder the circumstances, therefore. It is perfectly natural that the movement should be characterized as quiet. With this narrowing of the movement there has come also a lowering of some of the quotations, and information received here is to the elTeci that Nos. 1 and 2 oak has been offered in New York and other places at concessions. Here and there a seller has larger stocks than he feels be ought to carry, and he is thus iraijelled to hold out inducements in order to effect a reduction. Chestnut is reported to be about holding its own, with .some of the manufacturers asserting that they have made no reduc- tions so far, but admitting also that the movement has been narrowed and that a cut may be made. Sound wormy Is stated to be bringing about the figures realized before the rise last spring, and to show up quite well. The higher grades are stronger and in the main chestnut is holding its own. Ash and other hardwoods are about slationary, witli the Inquiry limited at this time, and the year ending in fair shape. The lower grades of poplar are moving in moderate quantities only, but the Grant T. Stephenson Constructing Engineer Wood Distillation Plants for Utilization of Wood Waste WELLS. MICHIGAN On the Following Stock We Will Make Special Prices for Prompt Shipment: ,000' 5 8\18' & up No. 1 & 04,000' 4/4' No. 1 Common Chest- Panel I'oplar nut ,000- 3'H- No. 2 Com. Poplar 02,000' 5/4" No. 1 Common Chest- nut ,««0' 4/4x18' & up No. 1 & Panel Poplar 96,000' 8/4" No. 1 Common Chest- ,00«' 0/4 ■ Xo. 1 Com. Poplar ,000' 8 '4" No. 1 Com. Poplar .CPO(|- 8 1" Nil. 3 Com. I'oplar .llllir I'! 1 No. 1 A: •; Poplar 14,0«0' 6/4" No. 1 & 2 Red Birch Ifi.OOO' 8/4" No. 1 & 2 Red Birch 7.0(10' 12/4" No. 1 & 2 Red Birch li.OOO' 16 4" No. 1 & 2 Red Birch .(HHJ i; 1 Nil. 1 (.1111. I'oplar :i».0(M)' 4 4" No. 1 & 2 Ash • UllU I 4\13" & up No. 1 & 2 6".0()0' 4 4" No. 1 Common Ash Chestnut Ifi.OOO' 12 4" No. 1 Common .Ash .000' 8 '4" No. 1 & 2 Wormy 8,000' 16/4" No. 1 Common Plain Chestnut Oak The Atlantic Lumber Co. 70 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass. THE QUALITY OF YOUR VENEERS Your profits depend largely on econom- ical procluction, and uniformly cut veneers lessen the cost of production. Our employes are experienced, our machinery modern, and we use the best selected logs in Mahogany, Circassian Walnut and Quartered Oak. Therefore, we will furnish you with ab- solutely uniform and bone dry sliced or sawed veneers that your men can handle with a mininunn outlay of time and labor. This Means Money in Your Pocket We will welcome you to our plant (which is so modern it's worth coming to see) or we will send a representative with samples, on request. Fred W. Black Lumber Co. 2245 S. Crawford Ave. Chicago, 111. 50 HARDWOOD RECORD ^ Start Somewhere No i)i-oi)ositioii i-;iii l>o arcurately lire is a reason for it. Usually it is not the fault of tlie dry kiln. How can it be expected that woods of vari- ous texture, various thickness or at various stages of air dryness can be subjected in a kiln to the same heat, the same ventilation, the same duration of time and accomplish uniformly sat- isfactory result.s ? It is an impossible proposition. START SO:\IEWnEKE. Start with lumber that is uniform iu texture and dryness through and through. The solution of all lumber-drying difflcultie is the employment of cure LUMBER TRADE MARK Tliis is lumber treated with steam under pressure in the Kraetzer Patented Preparator. Lumber that has been treated in this apparatus is fit for the kiln, whether it be 30 days old, 60 days old, or six months old; is delivered without check, split, stain, warp or other seasoning defects, and is of an uniform and mellow texture and color. This lumber can be satisfactorily kiln-dried in the simplest form of a kiln in one-third of the time that, ordinary air-dried lumber requires. The kiln will deliver this lumber as it received it, save for dryness. Its milling qualities will be vastly improved, as also its strength and elasticity. The big loss in shrinkage will be avoided. Furniture or interior finish made of Kraetzer-eured, kiln-dried wood will hold its glue joints, stay where it is put, and the shrinkage and swelling, even under vio- lent atmosjiheric changes, is almost nil. It will take filler and even water stains without per- ceptible raising of the grain. We will cheerfully supply thj names and addresses of all lumber manufacturers who employ the Kraetzer Preparator, naming the kinds of woods they produce. Buy one car of steam treated lumber, handle it through your kilns and into your finished product, and you will be convinced that .i/ou cannot afford not to use Kraetzer-cnred lumber. The same desirable results can be achieved on ordi- nary air-dried lumber with a Preparator as an adjunct to your dry kiln. The Kraetzer Company 537 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO better clusslflcations are nl)out as firm as could be expected, while the Inquiry for extra wide stocks lias dropped to very sjnnU proportions, the movement being almost suspended. No one, however, looks for any par- ticular activity at this time, and there is a general tendency to settle down and await the coming of the new year. Moreover, It Is to be said that the volume of business has not narrowed to the point that might have been expected, and that, all things considered, it is to be regarded as satisfactory. The export situation Is rather improved. To be sure, for the present no extensive movement is in progress, but the feeling abroad is better than It has been. Stocks of various kinds have been reduced to easily man- ageable proportions, and the curtailment has assumed such decisiveness that the buyers abroad arc beginning to show a more active interest In the offerings. In many Instances advances over previous figures have been realized, though the increase is not sulflciently pronounced to be reflected In any marked expansion in the movement. Apparently the consuming cap.acity of the foreign trade has been augmented, and a further improvement may be confidently looked for. Drains in directions that absorbed great sums of money have been stopped, and more normal conditions are being restored in the financial circles, which should prove helpful, among other activities, to tlie lumber trade. =-< COLUMBUS >-= While this is the usual slack season of the year, still the demand for hardwoods during the past fortnight has been rather good. Buying is» being done for delivery after the first of the year and generally speaking the tone of the market is good. I'riccs are pretty well maintained at the level which has prevailed for some time. There is some cutting ot prices to force trade, but not much. Dry stocks are not very plentiful and this tact is expected to help market con- ditions. The car supply is not adequate for all purposes and shipments are coming out much more promptly than has been the case for some time. Buying on the part of factory managers is the best feature at this time. While plants are not laying in a surplus of materials they are buying what they need for immediate wants. Implement and vehicle concerns are the best customers at this time ot the year. Furniture factories are now waiting for the semi-annual show period. Retailers are not Inclined to buy much in the face of the approaching semi-annual inventories. Dealers' stocks are quite small and a better volume of business is antitipated after the first of the .year. Building operations which have been quite active during the year have ceased, to a certain extent because of the inclement weather. The demand for both quartered and plain oak is good and prices are ruling firm in all grades and items. Chestnut is also strong, with sound wormy the best grade. Basswood and ash are moving well and the same is true ot poplar, which has been a little slow In previous months. Other hardwoods are unchanged. =-< CINCINNATI >- Demaud fur hardwuuds is as goud at this time of the year as can be expected, as the holiday period together with inventory times is not con- ducive to producing any more business than is actually necessary from bu.vers. There is no doubt that there will be very light purchasing at least until after the first of the year, and many dealers are of the opinion that there will not be much for the next three or four months. Prices are holding firm and will likely continue so, there being no- reason for any reductions. On the other hand, should there be the very good demand which some dealers expect by the first of next February, there is a good chance for obtaining better prices for a number of the hard- woods. The worst that manufacturers and 4ealers are looking for is at least a repetition of the hand to mouth purchasing that has been so much in evidence during this year and although repeated orders have been numerous to make up a fair monthly volume dealers would like and fully expect to find buyers a little more liberal in the size of orders placed. There has been a noticeable slowing down in the operations of wood consumers, but this is not taken to mean that it is going to last. There is a fair call for plain oak. and quartered oak is also in fair request. The better grades of chestnut are not doing so well as several weeks ago but the sound wormy grades are in good demand. There is a very good sale for all kinds of low-grade hardwoods suitable for box making, Cottonwood, poplar and gum being in excellent demand for this purpose. Hardwood flooring is in good request and dealers are well satisfied with the market conditions but prices obtainable for this stock are not qnitn satisfactory. -< INDIANAPOLIS > Hardwood lumbermen are looking forward to the new year with con- siderable optimism. While this year has not been what might be termed a disappointment, it has been accompanied by many trade disturbing ele- ments, and the volume of business has not exceeded that of last year. Indications, however, seem to point toward a revival of business begin- ning early in the new year. It is thought the financial situation will clarify very shortly and that there will be a general revival of manu- facturing interests. The hardwood business at present is, of course, dull. The trade this month probably has not been as good as that of last December. There is no noticeable change In prices, however. HARDWOOD RECORD 51 =-< MEMPHIS >-- Th. The liarilwood innrkci li.r.- ..iuiimu.- r.ns.nialily aiti some slowing down as tlu' time for tin- taklnvr ot Inventories arrives. Iiiit this has not occasioned any surprise, helng reiiarded as an entirely normal development. The outlook for the new year Is looked upon with Ineroas- iiia optimism for the reason that the prospects are bright for the early l.iissage ot the currency till and tor the additional reason that coull ileucc appears to be InereasInK as a nsult of the more clearly dellned altitude ot the Tnited States government toward combinations of capital, alleged to be operating In violation of the Sherman antitrust law. Money Is already beginning to get considerably easier and the com- mercial and financial reports are generally of a more favorable tenor. Tliere has been a steady run ot hardwood mills in this city and section throughout the tall and, while there has been a little accumulation, there has not been enough to bring about any pressure on the part of holders. none ot whom seems willing to dispose of any of their stock at a saciiliee. This means that prices are pretty well maintained. The feature ot the southern hardwood situation is the continued activity ot the lower grades which are. as a general rule, in relatively better demand than the upper. This applies with striking force to Cottonwood, gum. oak and cypress. Ash is In good demand in all grades and the movement of other high grade lumber, while rather disappointing In some respects, is reasonably large. Kxport business is fairly active. Practically the entire hardwood trade of the South is looking forward to Increasing active and more remunerative prices after the turn of thi> =-< NASHVILLE >= Business continues seasonalily quiet in tlie hardwood line. Shippers and manufacturers report trade fully up to tlie average for this season of the year, and while this means light business, conditions seem to be very satisfactory. Lumbermen take an optimistic view of the situation, and believe that there will be healthy business in 1914. Quartered and plain oak continue the best sellers, with some business in poplar, ash. lu= Business is retjarded as up to tbe aver;ii;e I'm this season, the arrival of the holidays naturally cutting down the demand for lumber to a minimum. A fair number of orders have been received for delivery after the first of the ,vear, and it is expected that the situation will show a good deal ot snap as soon as tbe usual inventory period is over. The prospects are regarded as fair, though few expect a big business during the first fen- months ot the new year. With the currtncy bill out of the way, and with the conclusion of the furniture exhibits, provided the latter turu out well, trade should expand and the hardwood business be satisfactory in all respect.s. The supply ot lumber in first hands is not abnormally large, while stocks in the hands of dealers and consumers are light. Every- thing seems to point to good business, therefore, if fundamental condi- tions are favorable. =-< ST. LOUIS >•- The hardwood demand is quiet, 'as it usually is at this time of the year. with the holiday and inventory season so close at hand. The orders now being booked are for quick delivery and urgent needs. Consumers are not doing any buying, as they are getting ready to close down their plants according to their custom. For this reason, little can be said as to conditions. Ash. quartired and plain oak, gum, poplar and cottonwood are about the same as they have been for the past few weeks. Prices are steady with few concessions being made to induce buying. The local cypress trade is confined mostly to small orders for quick delivery. This condition is prevailing more this year than is usually the case. Prices arc steady and little or no trouble is being experienced by distributors. in getting the prices asked when buyers want the lumber. =-< MILWAUKEE >■= While the local hardwood bu.siness is naloially beginning to fall oB'. due to the near approach of the holiday season, trade is decidedly better than is usually the case at this time ot the year. Unheard ot building activity for December has resulted in fairly good orders being placed by the factory trade, even though business from this source Is now of the "hand-to-mouth" variety. Stocks in first and second hands are light and a brisk business seems assured soon after the opening of the new year. .lust now. most of the manufacturers are busy with their annual inven- tories and this work will consume most ot the time until after January 1. Wholesalers report that there is a good deal ot inquiry concerning vari- ous lines, a pretty sure proof that there are better things ahead. Birch, maple and elm arc probably tbe strongest In the northern hardwoods, while basswood is somewhat easier. Stocks are small at the northern mills and there Is a general impression that present prices will be well maintained. Some buyers are holding olT, evidently in the hope of meet Ing with lower quotations, but wholesalers do not expect any decline Plain oak Is holding steady In southern hardwoods, while prices on gum are said to be higher. Kecelpts ot southern stocks are fair. Building operations In Milwaukee soared over the million dollar mark during the first wi'ek of December, wlilb- during the corresponding p.rlod The White Lake Lumber Co. Peoples Gas Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL. Northern and Southern Hardwoods CAR STOCK WHITE PINE YELLOW PINE Hifjh Quality — Prompt Deliiery WE WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE 50 M ft. 8 4 Ists & 2nas Hard Maple 75 M ft. 8 4 No. 1 Common Hard Maple 5 cars 4 4 No. 3 Common Basswood i/our inquiries 1 car 12, 4 Log Run bott tlm WRITE US Gum Oak Elm COTTONWOOD CYPRESS rCKMTURE DIMENSION SYC.\.MOKE YELLOW PINE Licking River Lumber Company 114 Dean Bldg. POR PRICES South Bend, Indiana Saline River Hardwood Co. Main Sales Ollice Pine Bluff, Arkansas Manufacturers of Genuine Forked-Leaf White Oak Red and Sap Gum Red Oak and Ash ^ We offer to the trade a remarkably SUPERIOR lumber product. fl Our TIMBEJl i* virgin forest growth of the highest type. ^ Our MILLS are new and produce accurately manufac- tured stock. q Our LUMBER is all KRAETZER-CURED — treated with steam under pressure directly from the saw — insuring quick drying to light weight, freedom from seasoning defects and stick-marking, splits and stain. q Kraetzer-cured lumber will "stay where you put it." Q Dry kiln and oak flooring plant in connection. q We solicit the inquiries and orders of critical and dis- criminating buyers. «| For straight cars of Yellow Pine, or mixed cars with Oak Flooring, write LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY, Kansas City, Mo. 52 HARDWOOD RECORD GENERAL VIEW OF MAIN SAWMILL PLANT. !0 bands and four resaws. Daily ten-hour capacity 150,000 feet. LAMB-FISH LUMBER COMPANY Band Mill and General Offices: Charleston, Miss., U. S. A. THE LARGEST HARDWOOD MILL IN THE WORLD. ANNUAL CAPACITY, 40,000,000 CABLE ADDRESS— "LAMB." Codes Used — Universal, Hardwood, Western Union, A. B. C. 5th Edition, Okay STOCK LIST- Dry Lumber on Hand December 1st, 1913 l8t & 2nd 4" 1st & 2nd PI. Wli. Oak, 6" & up 20,000 No. 1 Com. PI. Wh. Oak. 4" & up 24,000 1st & 2nd Plain K. Oak. 6" & up 40,000 No. 1 Com. Plain R. Oak, 4" & up 23,000 No. » Com. Red & Wh. Oak, 3' & up Red & Wh. Oak Core Stock 1st & 2nd Qtd. Red Uui No. 1 Com. (ltd. Red Gl Ist & 2nd Fie. Red Gun No. 1 Com. FiK. Red Gu Ist & 2nd PI. Red Gum. No. 1 Com. PI. Red Gun 1st & 2nd Sup Gui 1, 5" & up im, 4" & up :. 6" & up 30,000 m, 4" & up. . . 5.000 6" & up 200,000 1. 4" & up 85.000 up 30,000 1st & 2nd .Sap Gum, 13-17" & np. 1st & 2nd ISap Gum, 17" & up 1st & 2nd Sap Gum .Stain, 13" & up Sap Gum Bx. Boards, 13-17" No. 1 Com. Sap Gum, 4" & up 25.000 No. 2 Com. Sap Gum, 3" & up 50,000 1st * 2nd Tupelo Gum. G" & up No. 1 Com. Tupelo tJum, 4" & up Ist Jt 2nd Cypress, 6" & up Select Cypress, 0" & up No. 1 Shop Cj'press, 5" & up ugh to ship with • Indicates stock dry special grade, suitable for veneering over. Thi, All Red and Sap Gum in grades of No. be absolutely free from stain. Kraetzer-Curt We have facilities for kiln-drying and surfa specialize on. 45,000 31,000 78,000 '100,000 6,000 •28,000 •14,000 •6,000 J 9,000 16,000 20,000 25,000 35,000 45,000 22,000 44,000 15,000 32,000 * 100.000 16,000 1,000 20.000 12,000 35.000 115,000 18,000 '30.000 20,000 35.000 26,000 34.000 150,000 8,000 •10,000 20,000 500 25,000 25.000 22,000 250,000 11,000 300,000 12,000 •12,000 3,000 10,000 5,000 6.000 15,000 6,000 5,000 2,000 3,000 26.000 10,000 25,000 15,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 4,000 4.000 5.000 5,000 1 ,000 2,000 2,000 250.000 100.000 250.000 300,000 250,000 200,000 15,000 '15,000 'lO.OOO 50.000 V5.U0O 75,000 350,000 40,000 20,000 15,000 '12.000 'll.OOO 25,000 20.000 30,000 20,000 20.000 15.000 28,000 - 20,000 15,000 25,000 80.000 35,000 25,000 75.000 6.000 35.000 30,000 40.000 60,000 45,000 16.000 12.000 14.000 100,000 65,000 180,000 25,000 10,000 19,000 60,000 40,000 60.000 50,000 50.000 17,000 15,000 13.000 12.006 .' .' .' .' .' .' '.'.'.'.'.'. '.'.'.'.'. '. 8,000 17.000 , in 60 da ys: remainder of items ready for imme diate shipment. The item of Core Stock is a is thor ughly dry and we ; re prepared to quo te an attractive price. 1 Comni jn and Be ter is Kraetzer-Cured, insur ing the 1 jmber to lay straight and flat and to d Lumb er is of a soft mild texture and unifor surfacir g. Oak timbers. switch a [Id cross ties, car stock, bridge and crossing plank we VIEW OF MILL SKIDWAY, WITH PART OF LOGS STORED IN BACKGROUNIi- LOGS STORED ON OUR MILL YARD. \VB 6.000,000 FEET OP SELECTED HARDWOOD HARDWOOD RECORD 53 a yi^ar ago. pormits for only $l."i.'!.4rir» wortb of work wore granted. One of the largest permits Issued during tlie month was taken out by the Milwaukee school board for the erection of the new $400,000 Washington high school. The building Inspector is conlident that the year's building record will not be far behind the new high record attained in 101 1;, when more than $15,000,000 was Invested in building here. The mild weather, which has been experienced up to this date all over Wisconsin, has worked havoc in the logging situation and unless there is a change soon, the logging output is bound to be decreased. Not only Is there no snow in the northern lumber country, but the ground is not frozen, so that It is impossible to do any hauling or skidding. Lumber companies and logging concerns went into the woods early last fall, but operations have come to a standstill in most cases, as the woods are iilied with cut logs, waiting to be moved and hauled. Because' of the extra expense iu logging, companies are cutting wages. Many men are naturally thrown out of employment as a result of the unsatisfactory weather conditions and idle men are to be found in all the larger cities, as well as in the lumber country. The monthly report of the Wisconsin Free Employment Bureau shows that the general demand for labor has decreased remarkably of late, while at the same time wages have been cut. The report says that the lumber companies are cancelling the:r orders for help because of the mild weather and the influx of the unemployed. =-< LIVERPOOL y. The market position continues exceedingly quiet. The general conver- sation at the various exchanges has been quite depressing and there seems little prospect of an encouraging nature for the new year. Prices in almost every direction run lower than at the beginning of this year, though as far as shippers are concerned this fact has some compensation In the lower sea freights now ruling. In fact, probably from their point of view actual profits are running on a higher basis. Round hickory is perhaps the firmest spot on the market but shipment without definite orders is not recommended as some thousands of logs are on the way to this port and this is bound to cause a severe slump. It is really incred- ible that shippers can be so foolish as to ship stock like hickory on consignment. If they stood out boldly, they could quite easily secure con- tracts on a sound basis but as things are at present they ruin their mar- ket by the suicidal policy of shipping on consignment in parcels which frighten buyers away. In the early part of the season when markets are bare they do gain advantageous prices but on the balance they lose heavily. The same remarks apply to ash planks. In the middle of this year good contracts were secured at very high prices. In the face of this some shippers shipped a few cars on consignment and immediately the bottom was knocked out of the market. If they had been held for a few months probably good prices could have been secured but the financial position of this market is such that no one can afford to hold stock. The same remarks applied to wagon oak earlier in the year. The market has now recovered considerably in the absence recently of consignment ship- ments. The point is that the danger of consignment shipments gives no encouragement to those prepared to make contracts for forward delivery. These firms should receive every encouragement from shippers. Round ash is a good spot at the moment though shipments should not be made without orders. The mahogany position was decidedly weak at the last sales held. General opinion favors a considerable reduction in value and that stocks are^ too heavy. Buyers on the other side are strongly advised to play the waiting game. =-< GLASGOW y- The timber trade in the West of Scotland continues quiet, only occa- sional transactions of any consequence being reported. In shipbuilding specialities there is a moderate amount of business passing, a steady demand existing for Oregon pine, pitch pine and elm. The existing high prices, no doubt, are not calculated to encourage heavy buying and apart from that those taking stock at the end of the year are naturajly disin- clined to purchase more than they have immediate use for. In packing case material there is a little movement and there would be considerably more if holders would show more disposition to meet buyers' ideas of price, but this they appear disinclined to do, an indication of their belief that values are likely to be maintained. The Montreal season has now closed and the last arrival brought in a large quantity of pine deals of which a considerable amount is being stored. The S. S. "Mombassa" from New Orleans iirrived this week and has the usual assorted cargo. The chief items include oak boards, hazel pine boards, California pine strips, sugar pine, hickory and ash logs, pitch pine decks. So far discharge only Is in progress but it is understood that fair pro- portion is sold on an ex-quay basis. Staves of all kinds still play a prominent part In this steamer. The freight market Is becoming bu.sier, as Indicated by the engagements during the past week. The last fixture will be for redwood and certainly there has been quite a fair quantity of this sold within the past three months and by the time the chartered vessel arrives the market will be In good shape. The figures for the Clyde Shipbuilding are Just to hand and arc as follows: 191.3, November, 68,902 tons; 1912, November, 68,488 tons; lOi:^, .January to November, 62S.81G tons. t atesl Dry. kiln, £ Machinery Triangle Brand White Oak Flooring Perfectly dried and worked Made from our own timber from one boundary, insuring uniform olor and te.\ture; manufactured at our new hardwood flooring plant. Our Specialty: Quarter-sawed White Oak Flooring Inquiries Solicited Quick Shipments Guaranteed YELLOW POPLAR LUMBER CO., Coal Grove, Ohio Kentucky Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS POPLAR, PLAIN AND QUAR- TERED OAK, RED AND SAP GUM, ASH, CHESTNUT, BASS- WOOD, HEMLOCK, WHITE PINE Mills at Bumside, Ky. Williamsburg, K] . Isola, Miss. Sales Office Cincinnati, O. WA N T E D All Kinds of High-Grade HARDWOODS 5. E. SLAYMAKER & CO. WEST VIRGINLa''spRUCE LUMBER CO., ^"^^ Avenue Bmldinj;, Cass, West Virelnia. NEW YORK The Tegge Lumber Co. High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukee, Wisconsin 54 HARDWOODREC ORD WHY? WHY do more than 380 of the most prominent and successful lumber manufac- turers exchange nearly $30,000,000.00 of indemnity against fire loss at Manufacturing Lumbermen's Underwriters BECAUSE! BECAUSE it is the oldest and strongest inter-insurance association among lumber- men, being now in its fifteenth year, BECAUSE $978,432.40 cash savings have been returned to members. BECAUSE $856,831.32 cash surplus, owned entirely by the members, has been accu- mulated, BECAUSE $2,443,029.00 has been paid in losses under prompt and equitable adjust- ments without resort to quibbling or technical controversy. BECAUSE it was the first to settle lumb er losses on a market value basis. BECAUSE the regular, frequent and thorough inspections given the plants of all members help them to prevent fires, thus materially reducing both the fire waste and the cost of indemnity. FOR FULL PARTICULARS ADDRESS Western Representative Rankm-Bciicdicl UndeFwrifing Co. HARRY B. CLARK, Attorney in Fact. Portland. Ore. KANSAS CITY, MO. HARDWOOD RECORD 55 Advertisers* Directort; NORTHERN HARDWOODS. American Lumber it Mfg. Co... Ill Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co. . . 66 Cartier-Holland Lumber Co 2 Coale. Thos. K. Lumber Co 10 Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc 3 Craig. W. P., Lumber Co II East Jordan Lumber Co 63 Flias. G. & Bro 66 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co.. 5 Flanner-Steger Land & Lumber Co Forman. Thos.. Co 63 Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co .5 Heysor. W. E.. Lumber Co 7 Holyoke, Chas 11 Kent. J. S.. Co 10 Klann. E. H.. Lumber Co 57 Kneeland-Bigelow Co., The 3 Licking River Lumber Co 51 Litchfield. William E 10 Mcllvain, J. Gibson. & Co 2 McLean. Hugh. Lumber Co 60 Miller. Anthony 66 Mitchell Bros. Co 3 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7 Palmer & Parker Co 10 Parry. Chas. K., & Co 9 Sawyer-Goodman Company Scott & Howe Lumber Co 63 Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 66 Stearns Salt & Lumber Company 8 Stephenson, The L. Company. . . 63 Stewart. I. X., & Bro 66 Struthers Cooperage Company.. Sullivan, T. & Co 66 Taylor. W. R.. Lumber Company 10 Tegge Lumber Co 53 VonPIaten Lumber Co 63 Webster, George, Lumber Co... 11 White Lake Lumber Company.. 51 Wiggin. H. D 10 Williams. Ichabod T., & Sons.. 12 Willson Bros. Lumber Company. 10 Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 10 Wood-Mosaic Company 11 Teager, Orson E 66 Toung, W. D., & Co 3 POPLAR. Anderson-Tully Company 8 Atlantic Lumber Company 49 Day Lumber & Coal Company. . 43 Farrin. M. B., Lumber Company. 43 Faust Bros. Lumber Co 12 Kentucky Lumber Company 53 Logan. J. M., Lumber Co 6 Maphet & Shea Lumber Co 6 Vansant. Kitchen & Co 68 Wood, R. E., Lumber Company. II Yellow Poplar Lumber Co 53.68 RED GUM. Anderson-Tully Company 8 Archer Lumber Company 40 Baker-Matthews Mfg. Co 47 Bonner, .1. H., & Sons 46 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 46 Brown, Mark H.. Lumber Co.. 47 Evans, G. H., Lumber Company 8 Farrin, M. B., Lumber Co 43 Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.. 9 Gary, W. W 46 Hlmmelberger-Harrlson Lumber Company 47 Kentucky Lumber Company 53 Lamb-Fish Lumber Company... 52 Leming. M. E., Lumber Com- pany 41 Licking River Lumber Company Jliller Lumber Company Mossman Lumber Company Paepcke Lelcht Lumber Co Saline River Hardwood Co Sondheimer, E.. Company V'andenBoom-Stimson Lumber Company Wisconsin Lumber Company SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. American Lumber & Mfg. Co... Anderson-Tully Company Anderson Veneer & Sawmill Company Archer Lumber Company Atlantic Lumber Company Baker-Matthews Mfg. Co Bennett & Witte Black. Fred W., Lumber Co Bluestone Land & Lumber Co.. Bonner. J. H., & Sons Booker-Cecil Company Bradley. E. C. Lumber Co Brown. Geo. C. & Co Brown, Mark H., Lumber Co.. Brown, W. P., &■ Sons Lumber Co Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.. Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co Coale. Thos. E.. Lumber Co Conasauga Lumber Company... Crane, C, & Co Davis, Edw. L., Lumber Com- pany Day Lumber cS: Coal Company.. Dempsey, W. W Elias. G., & Bro Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co... Evans. G. H., Lumber Company Farrin, M. B.. Lumber Co Farris Hardwood Lumber Co... Faust Bros. Lumber Company.. Flanner-Steger Land & Lumber Company Foot. L Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.. Gary, W. W Harris Manufacturing Co Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co Heyser. W. E., Lumber Co Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company Huddleton-Marsh Lumber Co.. Johns-Mowbray-Nelson Co Kennedy. James. & Co Kent, J. S., Company Kentucky-Indiana Hardwood Co. Kentucky Lumber Company.... Kimball & Kopcke Klann. E. H., Lumber Co Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co Lamb-Fish Lumber Company. Leming. M. E., Lumber Com- pany Linking River Lumber Co Litchncld, William E Little River Lumber Company. . Logan, J. M., Lumber Co Louisville Veneer Mills Maphet & Shea Lumber Co Mcllvain, J. Gibson. & Co McLean. Hugh, Lumber Co Memphis Band Mill Company... Miller, Anthony Miller Lumber Company Moasman Lumber Company Mowbray & Robinson Company. Nettleton. E. B., & Co Norman Lumber Company North Vernon Lumber Company 51 Paepcke Leicht Lumber Co 47 Parry, Chas. K., & Co 9 44 Ransom, J. B.. & Co 9 Rlemeier Lumber Company 42 Saline River Hardwood Co 51 Salt Lick Lumber Conipany 9 Shawnee Lumber Company 42 Slaymaker, S. E., & Co 53 44 Sondheimer, E., Company 44 5 Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 66 Stemmelen Lumber Company... 4 Stewart, I. N.. cS: Bro 66 jy Sullivan. T., & Co 66 „ Vanden Boom-Stimson Lbr. Co.... 44 Vansant. Kitchen & Co 68 ^ Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing ^y Company 6 ^g Von Platen Lumber Company.. 63 ^^ Webster. George. Lumber Co... 11 ■ White Lake Lumber Company.. 51 ,g Whitmer. Wm., & Sons 10 ^^ Wiggin. H. D 10 J, Williams, Ichabod T., & Sons.. 12 ^ Williamson-Kuny Mill & Lumber .., Company 12 Z Willson Bros. Lumber Company 10 .. Wisconsin Lumber Company. ... 5 Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 10 . Wood-Mosaic Company 11 gg Wood. R. E.. Lumber Company. II Yeager, Orson E 66 10 VENEERS AND PANELS. 42 42 -"^dams & Raj-mond Veneer Co.. 65 Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co.. 64 Anderson Veneer & Sawmill Co. 4 Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 64 g Black, Fred W., Lumber Co... 49 gg Central Veneer Company 65 5 Evansville Veneer Company.... 8 Hoffman Bros. Company 65 42 Huddleston-Marsh Lumber Co.. ^ Jarrell. B. C. cS: Co 65 Kentucky Veneer Works 41 Knoxville Veneer Company 6 41 Louisville Veneer Mills 4 9 Memphis Veneer & Lumber Co. . ™ Ohio Veneer Company 42 '* Palmer & Parker Company 10 5 Putnam Veneer and Lumber Co 65 7 Rayner, J 5 _ Rice Veneer & Lumber Company 65 Underwood Veneer Company 64 42 Willey. C. L 48 42 Williams, Ichabod T., & Sons... 12 IQ Williamson-Kuny Mill & Lumber 4 Company 12 53 Wood-Mosaic Company II 6 MAHOGANY, WALNUT. ETC. 57 42 Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 64 52 Black. Fred W.. Lumber Co... 49 Evansville Veneer Company 41 Huddleston-Marsh Lumber Co.. 51 Louisville Veneer Mills 4 IQ Memphis Veneer & Lumber Co. gg Palmer & Parker Co 10 g Purcell. Frank 45 4 Rayner, J 5 Struthers Cooperage Company.. * Willey. C. L 48 " Williams. Ichabod T.. & Sons.. 12 66 2 HARDWOOD FLOORING. ^^ Anderson Veneer & Sawmill Co. 4 ■*' Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co 12 ** Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc 3 ' Eastman. S. L.. Flooring Co II 57 Farrin, M. B.. Lumber Company 42 4 Forman. Thos.. Company 63 4 Harris Manufacturing Company 44 Kerry & Hanson Flooring Co.. 63 Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Ransom, John B., & Co 9 Saline River Hardwood Co 61 Salt Lick Lumber Company.... 9 Stearns Salt & Lumber Company 8 Stephenson, The I., Comnaay.... 63 Webster. George. Lumber Co. . U Wllce. T., Company, The 5 Yellow Poplar Lumber Co 53.68 Young, W. D., & Co 3 WOODWORKING MACHINERY. Butterworlh ,!ir Lowe 61 Cadillac Machine Company 61 Covel Manufacturing Company. 12 Gerlach, The Peter, Company. . 57 Linderman Machine Co., The.. 67 Mershon, W. B.. & Co 61 Phoenix Manufacturing Co 60 Saranac Machine Company 60 Sinker-Davis Company Westlnghouse Electric & Mfg. Company LOGGING MACHINERY. Baldwin Locomotive Works.... Clyde Iron Works 62 Fitzgibbons & Krebs Lidgerwood Mfg. Company 62 Russel Wheel & Foundry Co DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. Grand Rapids Veneer Works 62 Kraetzer Company, The 50 National Dry Kiln Company.... 60 Phila. Textile Mchy. Company.. 10 Standard Dry Kiln Company.... 61 SAWS, KNIVES AND SUPPLIES. Atkins, E. C, & Co Covel Manufacturing Company. 12 Simonds Mfg. Company LUMBER INSURANCE. Central Manufacturers' Mut. Ins. Company Epperson, U. S., & Co Indiana Lumbermen's Mut. Ins. Company Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company Lumbermen's Mut. Ins. Co Lumbermen's Underwriting Alli- ance Majiufacturing Lumbermen's Underwriters 53 Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mut. Fire Ins. Company Rankin-Benedict Underwriting Company 53 TIMBER LANDS. Foot. L 41 Ijacey. James D.. & Co Southern Railway 57 Spry. John C 5 TIMBER ESTIMATORS. Grifflth. Clarence W 44 McDonald, Thos. J 56 MISCELLANEOUS. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 64 Chllds, S. D.. & Co 57 Gerlach. The Peter. Company.. 57 Kraetzer Company. The 50 Lumbermen's Credit Assn 5 Matthews Gravity Carrier Co... 45 Mechanical Rubber Company. . . 60 Perkins Glue Company 43 Stephenson. Grant T 49 Westlnghouse Electric & Mfg. Company , 56 HARDWOOD RECORD CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS AilverMsi'iuenls will Im^ Inserted In tbls sec- tiun al tbi' foljuwlng nitt!.! Forone Insertion 20c a line For two Insertions 35c a line For three insertions 50c a line For four insertions 60c a line KlKlit wordNof ordlnnrj- lougtb make one Una. lleailliic counts as twu lines. No dlspln}- except tlie Leadings can be ad- mitted. Remittances to accompany the order. No extra charges for copies of paper containing the advertisement. EMPLOYES WANTED SUPERINTENDENT VENEER and panfl plant. Will soon require services high-class. cxporienceU superiutendcnt for old- established house of foremost reputation. Ad- dress, with detailed Information concerning ex- perience, age, reputation, etc., "BOX 121," care Hardwood Recodd. WANTED— SALESMAN to cover Canadian torritor.v with headquarters at Toronto. (!ood opportunity for hardwood salesman who can show results. Must have ex- perience in working the territor.v mentioned. W. E. IIEYSEU l.BR. CO.. Cincinnati, U. WANTED. Services of first-class hardwood salesman, to cover Ohio and Indiana territory. Prefer one who has had experience in the states named. Good opportunity for hustler who can show re- sults. \V. E. IIEVSEK LUlt. CO., Cincinnati, O. EMPLOYMENT WANTED MAN OF WIDE EXPERIENCE in the manufacture and sale of lumber and veneers, thorough executive, cost and efficiency expert, with best possible references, is open for position. Address "BOX ONE," care Hardwood Record. WANTED— EMPLOYMENT When you want a salesman ror New York state territory, write us. We can supply you with a good man. EMPIRE STATE ASSOCIA- TION of Wholesale Lumber & Sash & Door Sales- men. Chas. Johnson, Sec'y, 96 Klrkland Rd., Rochester, N. Y. SOUTHERN HARDWOOD LUMBERMAN with twelve 5■,^^rs' practical experience in sell- ing end of business, both as traveling salesman and ofhce correspondent, is open for engagement beginning .Tan. ]."). Address A. G. STEIIMAX 19 N. Clark St., Chicago, 111. WANTED— BLACK WALNUT LOGS 500 cars good black walnut logs, 10" and up In diameter, 6 ft. and up long. Will inspect at shipping point and pay cash. GEO. W. HARTZELL, Piqua, Ohio. c WAGON STOCK WANTED I AM IN THE MARKET FOR 7B to 100 cars of oak poles, bolsters, sand boards, ereners, and reaches ; aad hickory and maple axles. Will Inspect at aklppiag paint, and pay cash. E. B. BROWN, 372 Bayaa St., Bnffalo, N. T. TIMBER ESTIMATING TIMBER ESTIMATES Estimating Southern timber a specialty. Maps, detailed reports as to stand, quality and lagging conditions. HaTe a few blgb-class prapertles for sale. Can furnlsk best references. THOS. J. MCDONALD, East Tenn. Natl. Bank Bldg., KnoxTlUe, Tenn. TIMBER FOR SALE $15,000,000.00, We have about flttecn million dollars' worth of timberlands for sale. Write us what you want. Dealers in timberlands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arranging loans, selling and exchanging cutover lands, and a gen- eral real estate business. It .vou want to buy or sell write us. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE. Timber Dept., Janesville, Wisconsin. LUMBER FOR SALE FOR SALE and ready for immediate shipment, twenty cars 8/4 and 4/4 log run white maple, excellent quality. ALLEN & STODDARD, Groton, N. Y. BUYERS OF HABDWOODS. Da you want to get In touch with the best buyers of hardwood lumber? We have a list, ■hawing the annual requirements In Inmber, llaenslon stock and reneers and panels of con- sumers of those materials throughout the United States and Canada. The service Is free to ad rertlsers In the Bicobo. It will Interest yon Write us for further Information about ear "Sell Ing Lumber by Mall System." HARDWOOD RECORD, Ellsworth Bldg., Chicago. FOR SALE. St. Frances Valley. Ark. ; band sawed red gum, dry, choice stock, all grades. Inspection guaranteed tinder National rules. CRITTENDEN LUMBER CO., Crittenden, Ark. For Sale — 8,000 pieces oak, 1,850 pieces yel- low pine 3x3%x4'5", 1st & 2nd, and clear dry stock. JACOB HAISH COMP.iNY, DeKalb, III. FOR SALE. One hundred and twenty-flve million of hard- wood. Address '.'MICHIGAN," care Hardwood Record, DIMENSION STOCK WANTED WANTED Hard Maple and Beech Squares 42", 44", 48" long, plump 1" 1 1". Must he clear and straight. It you have any to offer write us. Will take them dry or green. THE COLUMBIA MFG. CO., New Philadelphia, Ohio. WANTED— HARD 1VLA.PLE SQUARES r.O", OG", G2" and GO" long, cut 2?i by 2% and ",\:i. Must be straight grained, tree from knots and other detects. Delivery this winter. THE J. H. STILL MFG. CO., LTD., St. Thomas, Ontario. WANTED TO BUY Red Gum Squares 2"x2"x27" — 34", 36" & 44" long. Quote cash prices f. o. b. mill. ' DUHLMEIER BROTHERS, Cincinnati, O. WANTED. Willow lumber and squares. White oak luares. LEOPOLD DESK CO., Burlington, Iowa. DIMENSION OAK Plain and Quartered Various sizes tor chair and table factories. Send to us for specifications and prices. INDIANA QUARTERED OAK CO. 7 East 42nd Street, New York. RAILWAY EQUIPMENT FOR SALE WANTED To sell railroad cross ties, white and red oak. loaded separately. State price F. O. B. car Xortork, Arkansas. WILLIAMS, Marshall, Arkansas. TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE FINE TIMBER TRACTS. We have a number of timber tracts for sale in most all states at low prices and reasonable terms. Have few I)argain tracts that are offered for quick sale. Write us what you want, we have it. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Dept., Janesville, Wis. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. Wanted, partner and additional capital to take active interest in going box concern, well located in Central Wisconsin, having tour rail- roads and satisfactory concentration rates on lumber in, and the product out. No better loca- tion in the state. Exceptional opportunity. Ad- dress "BOX 125," care Hardwood Record. HARDWOOD RECORD LIMBER WANTED WANTED TO BUY ciirs -I, 4" 1.02 I!\in Biittornut. DUHLMEIER BROTHERS. Clncinnntl. MISCELLANEOIS OAK, POPLAE, ASH and all atber hardwtads. la all grades and thick- unset, can b« readllj said If adrertlsed 1b tli« Wasted aad For Sale section of Hxbowoob Bbc- 0B>. If 70<] hare a lar^ stock 70D want to •ell try a few lines In this department and see what a lot of Inquiries they will bring you. For aale hj HARDWOOD RECORD, 637 S. Dearborn St., Chlcaco, Dl. BO CENTS EACH. The Logical Location for Wood-Working Factories with the scarcity of timber In your local- ity and the ever Increasing demand for higher wages among employees, doubtless you And it difficult In your present location to realize the profits you once made. If you are manufacturing furniture, car- riages, automobile parts, barrels and boxes, cratee or any product that requires wood, the Southeastern States of Virginia, North and South Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Ala- bama, Mississippi, Tennessee or Kentucky offer numerous excellent openings for any of these lines of business. The greatest supply of oak, gum. ash, walnut, hickory, pine and other timbers are obtainable In nearly every section of the Southeast. Power is furnished at very reasonable rates while labor Is plentiful at a very favorable wage scale. Labor troubles are practically unknown In the South. Along the Southern Ry., Moblli R. R. and Georgia Southern & Fl are many cities and towns oflfering lib inducements for the location of new ln( tries. We can put you In touch with tl parties If you will express a desire. Ohio M. V. RICHARDS id nnd Industrial Agent SOUTHERN RAILWAY Room 305, Washington, D. C. GIBSON TALLY BOOK This iKree-throw tally lickel cover Is made from aluminum, and accommodates four tally tickets — 44x81 inches in size. Folds compactly to less than one-fourth inch in thickness and fits side or inside coat pocket. Gives large area of four tickets for compli- cated tallies, or straight grade can be made on one page. Accommodates any form of tally ticket desired. Special, patented, triplicate tally tickets supplied, printed on waterproof paper with carbon backs. Tallies made on these tickets are unalterable. Their use en- ables the inspector to retain triplicate, and forward orieinal and duplicate. Duplicate designed to be attached to invoice. These tally books are perfection ffir durability, covenience. accuracy, and for systematizing the inspec- tion and measurement of lumber Patent applied for on covers. Copynehted, 1910. Triplicate Tally Tickets patented. PRICE LIST AlumlnumTally Covers, each - - S 1.00 Aluminum Tally Covers, pcrdozen - - 10.00 Patented triplicate Tally Tickets (stock form) per 1.000 10.00 Single shed maoila (stock form) Tally Tickets, per 1,000 4.00 Specimen forms of Tally Tickets mailed on applica- tion. Covers sold on approval to responsible concerns. Manufactured by Hardwood Record '37 S Dearborn St., CHICAGO CHICAGO E. H. KLANN LUMBER CO. Cottonwood, Gum, Oak, Ash, Cy- press, Yellow Pine, Dimension Stock 819 FISHER BLJ)G. HAR. 1187 Factory Lumber CRAY'S HARBOR SPRUCE SOFT YELLOW FIR WESTERN SOFT PINE DIRECT MILL REPRESENTATION MAKE BOX SHOCKS LOOSE BARREL STAVES Of Finest Quality and at Lowest Cost From Cordwood, Slabs, or Other Forest Waste by the Use of Gerlach Machinery. The Peter Gerlach Co., Cleveland, O. If you want to get in touch with 2000 Live Wire Buyers of Hardwoods it will pay you to find out about the Hardwood Record's BULLETIN SERVICE One man, who uses the service gives it credit for earning annu- ally $10,000 for him. Write for pamphlet — "Selling Lumber fiij Mail" It will pro\c a revelation to you. HARDWOOD RECORD (Bulletin Dept.) 537 So. Dearborn St., CHICAGO 58 HARDWOOD RECORD American Forest Trees By Henry H. Gibson Edited by Hu Maxwell "AMERICAN FOREST TREES" is a comprehensive work of more than seven hun- dred pages, ilhistratcd hy more than one hundred full page pictures of forest types of tree growth, and hundreds of minor pictures. It answers every question worth asking about the infinite variety of forest growth in this country, and the utilization of these woods in lumber and other forms. The opinion of an expert on this work is: "AMERICAN FOREST TREES" is the foremost contribution that has ever been made to American forest and lumber literature. The price of this work is Six Dollars ($6.00) net. It will be sent on receipt of price, pre- paid, subject to return and refund of payment if it does not prove satisfactory. The very complete character of this work may be judged by the index following : Acacia 535 African luatioean; 463 Allnnthua 676 .\Iaska Cyprus 121 pinf 193 AUip Ali:aroba 659 AllfRlianT Alligator juniper AlllBator-wood Almonilleaf willow Aloe leaf yucca Alpine flr Alpine larch Alpine spruce Alpine western spruce. Alpine wbltebark pine. Alternate-leayed doff- wood 526 Alvord nak 220 Amabllls flr 165 ipple 853 irborTitae 97 37 nerlcan nerican nerlcan nerlcan larcb... 80 American linden 637 American planertree 397 American smoke-tree... 897 -Andromeda 626 AnKellcatree 676 ADf'i wood 696 Apple haw 459 Arborylta 97 Arizona cork flr 164 Arizona cypress 142 Arizona madrona 663 Arizona palm 693 Arizona pine 705 Arizona spruce 135 Arizona sycamore 610 Arizona white oak 218 Arrow. wood 507 Ash-leaved maple 445 •Aspen 667, 675 Aspen-leat 675 August plum 621 Bald cypress 139 " ■ of Gllead.145, 667, 673 . 494 . 507 . 439 Balm of Gllead flr. Bals. .135. Ban 205 640 Baretta 699 Barren oak 316 Barren scrub oak 2S3 Bartram oak .S22 Basket elm SK Basket oak 208, 229 Basket willow 472 Basswood 637 Bat-tree 494 Bayberry 698 Bay poplar 337 Bay-tree 529 Beaded locust 655 Bearberry 646.698 Bear oak 315 Bearwood 698 Beaver-tree 495 Bebb wtllow 471 Beech 625 Beetree Bell-tree Bellwood Berlandie Blp buckeye sh Big bud Big-bud hickory... BIgcone pine Biffcone spruce.... Big Cottonwood.... Bifelow willow ... Big hickory nut.. . 637 . . . 601 ...602 ... 418 . .. 649 . .. 363 . .. 363 . .. 68 . .. 172 Big laurel Biglcaf laurel . Blglcaf maple . Big pine 31 Big shellbark 369 Elgtree 175 Big white birch 583 Blltmore ash 424 Birch 565 Ilird cherry 619 Bishop's pine 69 Bitter cherry 616 Bitter hickory 361 Bitternut 367 Bitternut hickory 361 Bitter pecan 361. 37."> Bitter walnut 361 Bitter waternut 374 Bitterwood 676 Black ash. 415. 416. 423, 445 Blackbark pine 75 Black birch 565, 577, 580 Black calabash 476 Black cherry 613 Black Cottonwood 607, 669, 679 Black gum 159, 331 Black haw 460 Black hickory 364. 367, 696, 699 Black Ironwood 700 Black Jack Black Jack oak 291 Black larcb Black llmetree 637 k locust 535, 641 k mangrove Black maple 447 Black mulberry 5] Black oak. 259. 260, 271, 277 Black ollvetree 688 Black pine... 63, 67, 70, 75 Black poplar 681 Black slash pine 55 Black sloe 621 Black spruce 129 Black thorn 459 Blacktree 68S Black walnut 343 Black willow 469 Black wood 688 Bleeding-heart tree 500 Blister pine 145, 151 Blue ash 417, 422 Blue beech 627 Blue birch 565, 577, 585 Blue blossoms 698 Blue dogwood 526 Blue elder . ■. 700 Blue Jack oak 285 Blue myrtle 698 Blue oak 205, 213, 226 Blue spruce 136 Bluet 608 Eluewood 700 Bodark 51] Bodock 511 Bog spruce 130 Bols d'arc 511 Bols Inconnu 405 Bottom shellbark 369 Bow-wood 511 Bor elder 445. 601 Boi oak 223 Box white oak 223 Boxwood 623 Bracted flr 157 h oak 223 502 Br Bristleeone flr Bristlecon© pine.. Proadfrolt yucca.. Broadleaf maple. .. Broadleaf willow. . Broom hickory Brown ash Brown hickory pine . . 363 I Buckeye . . . .. 4.39 ... 472 ... 367 ... 423 ... 367 . , . 43 ...649 Buckthorn bumell Buckwheat-tree .. Bullace plum Bull bay 404 Bull pine 49, 75 Bumwood 697 Burning bush 499 Burnwood 502 Bur oak 211 Bustle 696 Butternut 349 Buttonhall 607 Buttonwood 607 Cabbage palmetto 691 Cabbage-tree Cactus Cajeput 529 Calico-bush 805 Callcowood 601 California bay-tree .529 California black oak 285 California blue oak 229 California boi elder 447 California buckeye. .649, 651 California chestnut oak. 313 California coffee 608 California fan palm 693 California hemlock spruce 193 California hollv 645 California Juniper 112 California laurel ...529. 655 California live oak 307 California nutmeg 201 California olive 529 California post cedar... 109 California red bud 549 California red flr 164 California sassafras .... 529 California scrub oak 237 California swamp pine.. 69 California sycamore ... 609 California tanbark oak.. 313 California walnut 351 California white oak 249 California white pine... 67 Canada plum 621 Canadian Judas tree 548 Canadian red pine 61 Canoe birch 583 Canoe cedar 115 Canoewood 4S7 Canotla 699 Canyon birch 580 Canyon live oak 308 Carolina cherry 620 Carolina hemlock 703 Carolina pine 49 Carolina poplar 667 Cascara buckthorn 698 Cascara sagrada 698 Catalpa 475 Catawba 475 Catawba rhododendron.. 607 Cat spruce 130 Cedar 91, 97, 109, 118 Cedar elm 380, 392 Cedar pine 57 Cereuses 693 Chalky leucaena 562 Chapman oak 208 Chattahoochee pine 202 Check pine 70 Checkered-barked Juniper 111 385 547 547 spruce. . talpa 475, 477 Cllft elm .. Cockspur . . Cocoa plum Coffeebean Coffee-berry Coffeenut . Coffeetree . Colorado blu Common Common thorn 459 Cornel 523 Coral bean 554 Coral sumach 697 Cork-barked Douglas spruce 169 Cork elm 380, 385, 399 Cork pine 19 Corkwood 423 Corky elm 309 Cotton gum 3.37 Cottonwood 667, 673 Cotton-tree 667 Coulter pine 68 Cowlicks Crab Crab apple .. bwood Crack ■illon 604 Creeping pine 37 Cuban pine 45 Cucumber 481 Cucumber-tree 487 Currant-tree 451 Custard apple 640 Cut-leaved maple 445 Cypress 70, 139 Dahoon holly 645 Darling plum 700 Darlington oak 295 Date plum 517 Deciduous holly 64R Deer tongue 507 Deln False acacia 535 False box-dogwood 523 False mahogany 531 False shagbark 346 Fanleaf palm 693 Farkelberry 608 Fat pine 43 Feather-coned red flr... 157 Feather-leaf 97 Fetid buckeye 651 Fetid yew 202 Fighting wood 199 Finger-cone pine Fir balsan 151 538 pin 64 Cherry birch 565,680 Chestnut 631 Chestnut oak 241, 313 Chickasaw plum 622 Chihuahua pine 70 Chlnaberry 665 China-tree 664 Chinquapin 6.14 Chinquapin oak 247 Chlttamwood 602 Cholla 691 CIgartree 476 Cinnamon bark 701 . 286 . 637 Cin Clammy locust Desert Juniper 705 Desert willow 477 Devil's claw 544 Devil's tongue cactus.. 694 Devllwood 700 Digger pine 75 Dilly 696 Doctor gum 097 Dogwood 523 Double flr 151 Double spruce 130 Douglas flr 169 Douglas spruce 169 Douglas-tree 169 Down-cone 166 Downy basswood 639 Downy-cone subalplne flr 168 Downy poplar 669 Drooping Juniper 705 Drummond maple 436 Duck oak 320 Durand oak 208 Dwarf ash 412 Dwarf chestnut oak.... 247 Dwarf cypress 184 Dwarf Juniper 705 Dwarf maple 442,446 Dwarf marine pine 69 Dwarf rose bay 607 Dwarf sumach 696 Dwarf walnut . . . Dyer's oak Ebony Klder .. 700 Elderleaf ash .. 416 Emory oak .. 238 Engeimann oak .. 231 Rngelmann sproce... .. 1S6 English cornel .. 526 English dogwood .. 528 English hawthorn... .. 480 European alder .. 692 Evergreen buckthorn. .. 898 Evergreen cherry.... .. 820 cherry 619 Firewood 502 Fir pine 145 Florida ash 412 Florida basswood 639 Florida boxwood 501 Florida buttonwood Florida cat's claw, Florida mahogany Florida maple 435 Florida pine 43 Florida torreya 202 Florida yew 201 Flowering ash 700 Flowering cornel 523 Flowering dogwood 523 Flowering willow 477 Forked-leaf blackjack... 2S3 Forked leaf oak 217. 2S3 Forked-leaf white oak.. 217 Four-winged halesia 601 Foxtail pine 19, 38. 39 Fragrant crab 453 Fraser flr 151 Fraser umbrella 481. 495 Fremont Cottonwood. 667, 670 Freraontia 400 Frijolito 554 Fringe ash 412 Fringetree 700 Gambel oak 214 Garden wild plum 622 Georgia oak 267 Georgia pine 43 Giant arborTltae 115 Giant cactus 693 Gigantic cedar lir. I Glaucus willow 472 Glossyleaf willow 496 Golden cup oak 308 Golden fir 164 Goldenleaf chinquapin.. 633 GooseberrT 508 Goose plum 621. 622 Gopherwood 553 Gowen cypress 184 Grand flr 163 Gray birch , Gray elm , Gray pine Great California flr Great laurel 494 Great western larch 86 Green ash 422 Greenbark acacia 555 Green osier 526 Gregg ash 411 Guyacon 698 Gum 325 685 505 403 Gun Gum stretch It Gum-tree Gymlnda Hackberry .... Hackmatack .. Hack-tree 403 Hairy balm of Gllead.. 674 Hardbark hickory 363 Hardback 595 Hard maple 427 Hard pine 43. 61, 63 Hardshell Hardwoods Hardy catalpa Haw Hawthorn Healing balsam Hart-leaTed thora. .. Heart pine Heartwood , HeaTy pine , IleaTy- wooded plae. Hedge Hedge-tree Hemlock Hemlock-spruce. 187, Hercules' club ( Hickory Hickory elm Hickory oak Hlckery pine , Hickory poplar High-ground willow < Highland oak Hog haw Hog plum fl Holly Holly-leaf cherry..,. Honey locust... M5, 0 Honey-Bhucks locoat. Honpy pod , Hooker's oak Hooker willow Hoop ash 4 Hooptree , Hop hornbeam Hoptree , Hornbeam 9 Horsebean Horse chestnut Horse plum Huajillo Huckleberry Huckleberry oak....*, Incense cedar Indian bean Indian cherry Indian pear Indigo thorn Inkwood Iowa crab Iron oak 2! Ironwood 501. 502, 550. 696 696 Ivy Jack oak Jack pine Jamaica doewood...6M Jeffrey pine Jersey pine Joe wood Joshua-tree Judas-tree Juneberry Juniper ..70. 91. 99. 109. l: Juniper-bnsh Juniper cedar Juniper-tree Kalmia Kenal birch 6' Klngnut Kingtree Knobcone pine Kno.7lton hornbeam..' Koeberlinia Lancewood .... Larch Larg« buckeye Largeleaf umbrella. 4fi \ Large poplar Largetooth aspeo. Laurel 494, 606, 60 I Laurel bay . . . Laurel cherry HARDWOOD RECORD 59 202 ■if asli 41S rood ■•00. B«J j ib«r 32.'. IlKbirk 346 ftr pine 25 pine. T poplar 682 pine 68 pine 43 •errlce 452 willow 408 -Cd pine 63 •pruce pine... 51 eat flr 164 Nettle tree 403 New KnKland Iwrwood. 523 Newcastle tliorn 459 Ni'w Mexican locust.... 637 New Mexican plnou. ... 28 Noble flr 157 Nootka cjpreaa 121 Nortli American red spruce 127 Nortli Carolina pine.... 49 North Carolina Bbagbark blokorr 3711 .Northern cork olm 3S5 Northern spruce pine... 19 Northern white cedar.. 07 Norwaj pine 01 NutmCK hickory 374 Oak-barked cedar Ill Obispo pine 69 Ohio buckeje 649, 651 Oldfleld birch 5^5 Oldfleld pine 49 Old man's beard TOO OllTetree 337 One-bi'rry 403 One-seed Juniper 99 Opossum wood 601 Opuntlns 694 Orepon ash 421 Oregon balsam 166 tiregon crabapple 454 Oregon flr 163 Oregon maple 439 Oregon oak 235 Oregon pine Oregon white oak 235 Oreodaphne 529 Orercup oak 217, 223 Osage appletree Osage orange Osier willow Paclflc coaat oak 235 Pacific yew Pale-leat hickory 345 oak Pain w 459 pine 45, 55 opruce 133 . 559. 562 cottonwood.ee7. 669 elder 700 madrona 663 mulberry 514 palmetto 692 persimmon .... 517 pinon.. .19, 33, 704 Inut whli pin 19 basswood 639 562 pecles 695 r»nge 511. 620 yucca 693 y cypress 141 y pine . ^lm 391 laple 435 1 oak 297 In alder 692 n ash.. 411, 454, 675 151. 166 in hemlock 195 in holly 645 in Iry BOS In Juniper In laurel. .605 529 iahogany.109. 465 machlneel... 697 maple 435, 441 In pine 25 ipnace 135 In white oak 213 triT 297 'ood 698 berry 699 cone pine 704 leaf Cottonwood . 867. 669 leaf crab 453 leaf willow 496 plnm 621 :e poplar 6S7 oak 219 Palmetto 691 Palo bianco 406 Palo verde 556 Paper birch 565, .'i83 Pappr mulberry 514 I'rlcklecone pine 68. 704 Shingle cedar 115 Prickly a»h 699. Shingle oak 801. 319 Prickly pine 52 Shin oak 208,286 Prickly spruce 138 Shuepeg maple 433 Prince's pine 70 Short-flower mahogany. \66 Puget Sound pine 169 . Shortleaf pine 49 Pumpkin ash 423 Shortleared pin ipklu pine 19 umpkln tree 180 unk oak 320 urple buckeye 649, 652 urple dogwood 528 I'uriile ha 700 Pyr uidal maEnoll8.4Sl, 406 Rattiehox 601 lied alder lied Shortshat 40 Shrub willow 496 Sierra brownbark pine.. 67 Silktop palmetto 692 Silky willow 472 Sllverbell tree 601,604 SIlTer Br 159, 163, 16.-. SlWerleaf willow 471 SilTer-leared maple 420 Siirer maple 429 pin 14; spruce 136, 145 h 423 I silTertop palmetto 6!12 Kedbark flr 184, Siugie leaf pinon ....19, 701 Kedbark pine 75 Single spruce 130 lied bay 531, sir .loseph Bank's pine. Ued-berrled elder 700 ) giash pine 45. 40, alder 592 lledbud 548 lied cedar 91. 109 Ited elm 303, 399 Red flr 157. 164, 169 Ited gum 3'25 lied haw 457, 459, 460 Itedheart hickory 357 Red hickory 3B3 lied Ironwood 700 Red larch 80 Red locust 535 Red maple 433 Red mulberry '13 Red oak Sima spr Skunk spruce 180 Slippery elm... 380. 391, 400 Small buckeye 649. 652 Small fruit mountain ash 454 Small-leaf elm Small-leaf horsebean... 549 Small laurel 605 Small pignut 346 Small pignut hickory... 346 Small white birch .'585 Smooth cypress 142 Smooth-leaf willow ■'59 2ti6 277 280 289 Snowdrop-tree 601. 603 Re'dpfne" '.....'. .61. 169 .Soapberry 4(! Red plum 621 1 Soap-tree 465 Red slWer flr 165 : Soft map! Red spruce 127 j Soft pine Red thorn 458 ' Softwoods Red titi 502; Soledad pine 04 Red willow 496 ; Sonora Ironwood 56.** Redwood 181 ■ Sophora 555 Retama 649 ■ Sorrel-tree ., Rhododendron 507 ' Soulard crab River ash 423 ■ Sour gum 337, 339. 607 River birch 565, 577 | Sour gum bush 507 Cottonwood 667 Sour tupelo 339 Rock chestnut oak. 241 I Sourwood 507 Swamp oak . Swamp poiilar Swamp sassafras 405 Swamp Spanish oak .301 Swamp tupelo 337 Swamp white oak.. 217, 229 Swampy chestnut oak,. 241 Sweet bay 531 Sweet birch 505, 580 sweet crab 4,53 Sweet gum 325 Sweet locust 541 Sweet magnolia 481,496 Sweet scented crab 453 Switch-bud hickory 367 Sycamore ..\ 397,607 52 673 ck 79. 86 49. 301 I Western lar 660 ~" Westeru red cedar 115. US. 708 Western servlceberry . . 452 Western ahellbark 369 Westeru spruce 133 Western sumacb 608 Western walnut vhite flr. Thite oak nrblte pin 163 235 'blanket 699 Pin 19 28 33 thorn 459 Pitch pine... 43. 45, 49. 63 Planertree 307 Plane-tree 607 Plum 621. 622 Poison dogwood 697 elde Pols ivy Poison laurel Pols, 607 Poison sumach . PolBontree 697 Polsonwood 607. 701 Pond apple 640 Pond cypress 141 Pond pine 67 Poorfleld pine 49 Poor pine 61 Poplar 487. 873 Poplnr-leaved birch 685 I'opple 487. 675 Poppy ash 424 Possum haw 648 Possum oak 320 Possurowood 517 Port Orford cedar 123 Post cedar 103. 109 Post locust .535 Post oak 223 Poverty birch 5S.'> Powcohlacora 365 Rock maple 427 • Southern mountain pine Rock oak 241 I Southern red Juniper. Rocky Mountain Juniper 1 Southern red oak 124 Southern white cedar . Rocky Mountain oak... Southern yellow pine. 219. 226 Spanish bayonet Rocky Mountain white _ Spanish dagger 693 Paradise-tree 676 I Uock elm 380. 385 I Southern basswood. Parry nut pine 19. 704 " ' '"' ~ ' Parry pinion 703 Parry's spruce 136 Patton's spruce 196 Peach oak 313 Pea-flower locust 535 Peawood 602 Pear haw 459 Pear thorn 459 Pecan 357. .373 Pecan nut 373 Pecan tree 373 Persimmon 517 Pessimin 517 Pigeonberry 462, 526 Pigeon cherry 619 Pignut 356. 361. 367 Pignut hickory 367 Pig walnut 361 cherry 619 Prlc ak 316 pine 703 Rose bay 507 Rosemary pine 49. 55 Royal palm 692 Rum cherry 603 Rusty nannyberry 700 Sadler oak 220 Saffron plum 696 Salad-tree 548 Sandbar willow 496 Sand Jack 286 Sand pine 46 Sapwood pine 76 Sargent palm 692 Sarvlce 451 Sassaf ac 6.56 Sassafas 655 Sassaf rac 655 Sassafras 655 Satlnleaf 606 Satin walnut 325 Satlnwood 699 Savlce 451. 4.52 Savin 91 Sailfrax 655 Scalybark hickory 357 Scarlet haw 457 Scarlet maple 4.33 Scarlet oak 277 Schott cactus 694 Schott yucca 693 Screwbean 562 Screw-pod 562 Scrub oak 220. 247. 283 Scrub pine 37, 57. 70 Seaside alder 692 Second growth 3.57 Servlceberry 451 Service-tree 451 Shadberry 451 Shaghark hickory. ..355, 3,57 Shaita red flr 165 Shawneewood 476 She balsam 151 Sheepbcrry 899. 700 Sbeepbush 554 Sheep lanrel 605 Shellhark . .• 368. 3.57 Shellbark hickory 369 sh moss 256 Spanish oak... 260, 277, 289 Spanish red oak 289 Sparkleberry 508 Spice-tree 529 Spoon-hutch 507 Spoonwood 506 Springwood 7 Spotted oak... 266. 271, 320 Spruce 127. 169 Spruce pine 45, 49. 61. 57, 187 Spruce-tree 187 Stackpole pine 151 Staghush 609 Staghorn sumach 097 Star- leaved gum 325 Stave oak 205 Stiffness of wood 11 Sting-tongue 609 Stinking ash 445 Stinking buckeye 651 Stinking cedar 201,202 Stinking savin 202 Strength of wood 11 Striped maple 447 Stone-seed Mexican pinon 33 Stump tree 547 Sugar ash 445 Sugarberry ...403. 405. 406 Sugar maple 427 Sugar pine 19. 31 Sugar-tree 427 Sumach 698 Summer haw 45S Summerwood 7 SunBower-tree 700 Sun-loving pine 704 Sunny-slope pine 704 Swamp ash 416. 422 Swamp bay 531 Swamp cedar 103 Swamp chestnut oak... 229 Swamp Cottonwood 687. 669 Swamp hickory 361. .375 Swamp holly 646 Swamp laurel 495 Swamp magnoll Swamp maple 429. 4.33 Texan ebony 538 Texan red oak 205 Texas ash 411 Texas buckeye 640 Texas Cottonwood ..667. 669 Texas flowering willow. 477 Texas redbud 540 Texas umbrella-tree ... 465 Thick shellbark 360 Thomas elm 385 Thorn apple 450 Thorn hush 450 Thorn locust 541 Thorn plum 450 Thorn-tree 641 Thorny acacia 541 Thorny locust 641 Three-leaved maple 445 Three-thorned acacia... 541 Thunderwood 607 Thurber cactus 694 Tldeland spruce 133 Tisswood 602 Titl 602, 526 Toothache-tree 690 Torch pine 55 Torchwood 600 Tornillo 562 Torrey pine Tough bumel Tourney oak 315 Trask mahogany 466 Tree huckleberry 50S Tree myrtle 608 Tree palmetto 601 Tree yucca 603 Trident oak 292 Tuck-tuck 157 Tulip poplar 487 Tulip-tree 4S7 Tupelo 337 Turkey oak 283, 286 timbrella tree. 481. 484. .526 Upland hickory ,357 Upland willow 285 Utah Juniper 706 Valley mahogany 466 Valley oak 240 Valparaiso oak 308 Vauquelinia 466 Vine maple 19. 25. 70S Western yellow pine... 67 Western yew 199 West Indian birch 676 West Indian cherry 820 Weymouth pine 19 Whiskey cherry 613 Whistlewood 637 White alder 591 White Alaska birch 565. 670 White ash 409, 422. 700 White balsam 150. 168 White bark 37 Whltebark maple 43« Whitebark pine 19, 37 White basswood 6.39 White bay 495 White birch... 565, 679. 585 White buttonwood 688 White cedar . . .97. 103. 109 White Cottonwood 67» White elm 379. 385. 397 Whiteheart hickory 363 White hickory. 357. 361. 367 White flr 159. 163, 166 White Ironwood 700 White laurel 495 Whlteleaf eak 273 White locust 5.35 White mangrove 688 White maple 433, 430 White mulberry 514 White oak . .205. 208, 213, 223, 235 ■White pine 19. 51. 703 White poplar 675. 682 White spruce. .130, 1.33. I3ii White stem pine 37 White thorn 459 White tltl 502 White walnut 365. 357 White willow 472 Whitewood ...487. 667, 701 Wickup 637 Wild apple 454 Wild black cherry 613 Wild cherry 613, 619 Wild china 465 Wild cinnamon 701 Wild crab 453 Wild date 693 Wild lilac 698 Wild lime 699 Wild olive-tree 337.601 Wild orange 620 Wild peach 620 Wild plum 621 Wild red cherry 619 Wild rose bay 607 Wild sapodllla 696 Wild tamarind 668 Virgilla 547 1 Wild th, .__ Virginia pine 55 1 Williamson's spruce 195 Virginia thorn 460 | Willow 460 Wadsworth oak 225 Water ash 699 Wahoo . .385. 399. 492. 499, 699 Wahoo elm 390 Walnut 343 Walnut-tree 343 Washington haw 460 Washington palm 693 Washington pine 193 Washington thorn 4G0 Water ash 422, 424, 446 Water beech 607 Water birch 577. 5S0 Water bitternut 375 Water elm 380 Water hickory 375 Water maple . .429. 4.33. 435 Water oak ...295. 319. .320 Water Spanish oak 301 Water white oak Willow-Ieaf cherry 620 Willow oak 279. 205 Wing elm 399 Witch elm 300 Witch hazel 328 Wood laurel 505 W^oolly oak 31.^ Yellow Tellow bark oak 271 Yellow basswood 637 Tellow birch 565. 571 Yellow buckeye 649 Tellow buckthom 608 Yellow-butt oak 271 Tellow cedar 118. 121 Yellow chestnut oak... 247 Tellow Cottonwood .... 667 cypress 121 Yello Weeping dogwood 528 I Tellow flr 163, 169 Weeping oak 249 Weeping spruce ...136. 195 Weeping willow 472 Western birch ,565.670 Western black willow.. 406 Western catalpa 476 Western cedar 115. 118 Western choke cherry. . 618 Western dogwood 625 Western hemlock 193 Western hemlock flr.... 193 Wester Wester Yellow-leaf willow Yellow-flowered cucnm- ber-tree 484 Tellow locust 5.35. 553 Tellow oak 247, 271 Tellow pine 43, 6S Yellow plum 621 Y'ellow poplar 481. 487 Yellow spruce 127 Tellow-wood 61). 663. 698. 699 nemlock spruce 193 1 Tew 199.201 Juniper 118 I Tncca 093 Address Book Department, HARDWOOD RECORD 537 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60 HARDWOOD RECORD A Thorough Try-Out Kesav BufCalo. N. Y. Oct. 7. 1913. Gentlemen: As to your 1 Band which we Installed at our mill In Pe 1 1 s t o n , Mich., wish to say that It has Blven us entire satis- faction. We consider t h e machine has had a thor- ough try-out. as we have had It rewaw- w h i <' h iKi lj r e II kill tlrietl. Yours truly, JACKSON & TINDLE. Ideal Band Hesaw Wm. B. Mershon & Co. SAGINAW MICH. ELEPHANT RUBBER BELTING AIR DRILL AND AIR TOOL HOSE STEAM WATER SUCTION EXTRA QUALITY Reoom mended for bard service and guaranteed to do the work SELLING AGENTS CRIME COMPlNy - ■ tU BfllNCHES STiKDlRD EQUIPMENT CO., MOBILE, «L1 ILBiNr MILL SUPPiy CO.. ILBINV, Gt. THE MECHANICAL RUBBER COMPANY (Chicago Rubber Warki) 307 W. Randolph Street, ESTABLISHED 1882 CHICAGO Wire Stitching Machinery Crates, Veneer and Resawed Lumber Boxes, Also Wire and Metal Bound Boxes, FRUIT PACKAGES, BASKETS, FIBER SHIPPING CASES, PAPER BO-XES AND SPECIAL PURPOSES ASK FOR CATALOGUE Manufactured by SARANAC MACHINE COMPANY BENTON HARBOR, MICH.. U. S. A, Kiln Truck We make all styles of Kiln Trucks and Transfer Cars. They are roller bearing, steel or malleable iron wheels. We have one con- tract for twelve hundred of these trucks, with eight-inch wheels. Always a large stock of material on hand. Can make prompt shipment. The National Dry Kiln Co. Indianapolis, Ind. HARDWOOD RECORD 61 An Up-to-date Gross-Gutting Machine BUTTERWORTH & LOWE 229 Huron Street Grand Rapids, Mich. Broom Handle Machinery Let us tell you about our STEEL TUMBLERS FOR DRY- ING AND POLISHING BROOM HANDLES. This system is rapidly supplanting all others. More economical; less time required for drying; no polishing afterwards; greater per cent of ilraight handles turned out. Steel Tumbler for Drying and Polish- ing Broom Handles CADILLAC MACHINE COMPANY Complete Line of Broom Handle Machinery CADILLAC, MICH. 1914 LET The Standard Drj' Kiln help to make it your biggest business year — your most profitable business year! Better drying of j'our hardwoods will have a large bearing upon the year's prosperity — and better drying is what The Standard ^loist Air System will give you. We will guarantee both the quantity and the quality of its results when applied to your lumber. Write for the catalog. Address: The Standard Dry Kiln Co., 15.59 McCarty St., In- dianapolis, Ind. '^'■^^mH^ Phoenix 6 ft. Pony Band Mill Will cut 30,000 feet of 1" lumber in 10 hours and cut it good. Nearly 200 of these mills sawing wood in the H U. S. A. PRETTy GOOD RECOMMENDA- TION. ISN'T IT? MODERATE PRICE PHOENIX MFG. CO. EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN 62 HARDWOOD RECORD n'l^YXn Lumber Dried As Never Before I n ^ ! SEE THE DIFFERENCE I ' GRAND RAPIDS DRY KILN GRAND RAPIDS VENEER WKS., SOLE MFRS.. MICHIGAN The CHEAPEST HARDWOOD LOGGING IS DONE WITH LI DG E R WO O D. " CABl^E'VVfAY-S^J h' Offices' ■ -!• ATT lie-, -yj^ •. '^^'^i^^'^ K. "^^ ^1 CANADA-ALLIS CHALMERS BULLOCK LTtii 96 Liberty Street, New York Montreal Vancouver SECURE BETTER PRICES AT LESS SELLING COST BY REACHING MORE CUSTOMERS. HARDWOOD RECORD PUTS YOU BEFORE THEM ALL TWICE A MONTH. ASK US ABOUT IT. When the price of lumber is low it's a good time to consider cutting down your logging-costs with CLYDE LOGGING MACHINERY /Machines for oporotiorv CLYDE mow VfORKS The cheapest logging in the U. S. is done with CLYDE machinery. We want to prove this to you by taking you to some operations similar to your own where CLYDE logging machines are used. CLYDE IRON WORKS "Manufacturers of Machines for Every Logging Operation" Head Office and Factory: Duluth, U. S. A. j^acbXr^es for Rranches operation JDI dllLIlCS) CLYDE IRON WORKS New Orleans, Savannah, Houston, Chicago, Seattle, Portland d.l.k «,o„.,o.. ui.. HARDWOOD RECORD 63 ivi 1 o n I ei A IN "Ideal" £i Rock Maple Flooring ii the flooring that is manufactured ezpreatly to (upply the demand (or the bett. It is made hj modem machinery from carefully-selected stock and erery precaution is taken throughout our entire system to make it fulfill in erery particular its name — "IDEAL." ROUGH OR FINISHED LUMBER— ALL KINDS Send U$ Your Inquiriet The I. Stephenson Company WELLS, MICHIGAN FORMAN'S FAMOUS OAK FLOORING Heidelberg, Ky. Is made in faultless fashion from the most u n i f o r m-colored and even-textured oak pro- duced; worked from Kraetzer-Cured lumber manufactured at our sawmills. Thomas Forman Company Detroit Michigan Von Platen Lumber Co. Iron Mountain, Michigan MANUFACTURERS OF BIRCH BASSWOOD ELM MAPLE 133M 6/4 No. 2 Com. & Better Maple. 178M 8/4 No. 2 Com. & Better Maple. 30M 12/4 No. 2 Com. & Better Maple. 12M of 4x4-S Maple. 80M of 6/4 No. 3 mon Birch. 90M of B/4 No. 3 mon Basswood. lOOJI of 8/4 No. 3 mon Kock £lm. Com- Com- Com- We Solicit Your Inquiries SHIPMENTS VIA C. & N. W.— C, M. & ST. P.— W. & M. "Chief Brand" Maple and Beech Flooring in i, t and 13-16 and 1 1-16 inch Maple in ail standard widths and grades, will commend itself to you and your trade on its merits alone WRITE US, WE CAN INTEREST YOU Kerry & Hanson Flooring Co. GRAYLING MICHIGAN FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT 70 M ft. 4 4 No. 2 Com. and Better Beech 110 M ft. 4 4 No. 2 Com. and Better Basswood Winter Cut 150 M ft. 16-inch Sound Butt White Cedar Shingles East Jordan Lumber Co. East Jordan ALL THE MICHIGAN Lath Shingles .MAKERS c IF IMPERIAL BRAND .M.\ri.K FLOOKlN(i Michigan HARDWOODS Pine Hemlock We Have On Hand the Following Hardwood In Shipping Condition: 1,700,000' 4 4 & Thicker No. 1 & 2 Common Maple 2,000,000' 4 4 & Thicker No. 2 C. & B. Birch 100,000' 5, 4, 6/4 & 8/4 Ists & 2nds Maple 150,000' 4/4 No. 1 Common Basswood 120,000' 4 4 No. 2 Common Basswood 100,000' 4 4 No. 3 Common Basswood 60,000' 4 4 No. 2 C. & B. Soft Maple 40,000' 4/4 No. 2 Common Soft Elm 800,000' 4/4 No. 3 Common Birch & Maple All Dry, Winter Sawed Stock Scott & Howe Lumber Co. OSHKOSH WISCONSIN, Medford Lumber Co. 64 HARDWOOD RECORD VENEERS AND PANELS Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co. HOME OFFICE, FACTORY AND VENEER MILL, ALGOMA, WIS. VENEER AND SAWMILL, BIRCHWOOD, WIS. We manufacture at our Bircbwood plant single ply veneers Every pound of glue we use is guaranteed hide stock. We of all native northern woods and deliver stock that is in do not use retainers. Our gluing forms are put under pow- shape to glue. erful screws and left until the glue has thoroughly set. fw^n^v^v^^r. ^l^^TJ/^}^'l;.Zwl^t 7u .!,"« 'fi^J^^^ZVZ " yo" ««'' » guaranteed product that is the best, based on .h,ni'i//ii w^n^t n^n?iiv in'^^/hLlv nHO ;rf.r ^I ,aXX r«ults accomplished by most painstaking attention and study v&^ ^,[7n^ ^ n n^v ^.w^ .n^ H^^^ of ^vsry detail, combined with the use of the best stock and « ^rf.T^Li n r^n\r\,r^^ li , ^f. , ^u^, ^ ^ "h »" up-to-date equipment, our product will appeal to you. quartered oak. Our quartered oak panels are all from sawed "^ m ^ . k yy j veneer. If you are a "price buyer" we probably cannot interest you. Custom Mill Work, Storage, Inspection ON Foreign Fancy Woods, Mahogany, Cedar, Circassian We receive the logs, store or warehouse them, manufacture them into lumber, cut or saw veneers, pile and store the pro- duct, and ship via any railroad. Also furnish inspection returns on logs or lumber. Can furnish accommodations and econ- omies which it is impossible to secure elsewhere. We always have on our yards parcels of plain and figured African, Mexican and Cuban Mahogany, Circassian Walnut and Cedar logs, placed here for sale by direct foreign shippers, from which advantageous purchases can be made. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co. Long Island City, New York y eneers and Iranels with a JxeputatJon TX/'E manufacture Veneers in aM the native woods and for all purposes. Also Built-up Panels in native and foreign woods — three and five-ply — and have established a reputation for furnishing high-grade material. Send us your inquiries and orders and become one of our satisfied customers. Underwood Veneer Co. Wausau^ Wis, For Veneer and Panel Manufacturers Your Consumers' Lists Cost You BIG MONEY We can save it all and relieve you of all the detail and effort necessary to tabulate consumers' wants. Our Card Index System of those wants, just out, is the result of systematic effort. It is endorsed by your competitor. Can You Afford to Give Him that Advantage? HARDWOOD RECORD CHICAGO HARDWOOD RECORD 65 VENEERS AND PANELS OUR SPECIALTY Highly Figured Quarter-Sawed White Oak Veneer PuTiNAM Vbineer & Lumber Co, ROACHDAUE, IIND. H. I. CUTSItNOER. Gen'l Mer. CIRCASSIAN MAHOGANY Logs VENEERS Lumber WE IMPORT WE MANUFACTURE All Thicknesses oi Mahogany Ready for Shipment RICE VENEER & LUMBER GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. B. c. JARRELL ^ CO. MANUFACTURERS OF High Grade, Rotary-Cut Gum VENEERS Cut righl ; dried rigtit; prices riglit HUMBOLDT. - TENNESSEE SECURE BETTER PRICES AT LESS SELLING COST BY REACH- ING MORE CUSTOMERS. HARDWOOD RECORD PUTS YOU BEFORE THEM ALL TWICE A MONTH. ASK US ABOUT IT @ Oak Veneers (^ REG-U.S PAT. C REG.U.S PAT. OFF. Sliced and Sawed Quartered and Plain Red and White Oak Walnut Cherry Ash Maple Hoffman Brothers Company FORT WAYNE, IND. ESTABLISHED 1867 INCORPORATED 1904 READY TO LAY Dimension Stock cut to your sizes in 1/20 Sliced Quartered Oak and Mahogany MATCHED, JOINTED AND TAPED We also manufacture a full line of high- grade, rotary-cut veneers, making a spe- cialty of exceptionally fine poplar. ADAMS & RAYMOND VENEER COMPANY Established 1869 Indianapolis, Ind. 66 HARDWOOD RECORD W|lll'l|IIIIIIi1I!liie Business of Discriminating Buyers of High Grade Smoky Mountain Hardwoods and Hemlock Mn Appropriate O^tft What could be more acceptable as a Christmas or New Year's gift to your friend in the lumber or veneer business, or in any line connected with forest products, than a copy of "AMERICAN FOREST TREES"? This beautifully illustrated and bound volume con- tains, as you know, every bit of practical information worth knowing regarding American forest trees. In addition it is absolutely above criticism in the matter of technical cor- rectness ; in short, an absolutely authoritative publication written in the practical man's language. In order to insure the volume being delivered on time, write immediately to HARD- WOOD RECORD, 537 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111., enclosing remittance. Price $6.00, prepaid. YELLOW POPLAR HINUFACTUKERS OF BAND SIWED POPLAR QUARTERED OAK PLAIN OAK CHESTNUT BASSWOOD SPECIALTY QUARTER SAWED WHITE OAK Coal Qrove, Ohio, U. S. A. LUMBER CO HARDWOOD RECORD We are prepared to ship promptly on receipt of order Hardwoods of All Kinds from our Philadelphia Yard or direct from our Mills. Specialties 7 in. X 24 in. No. 1 Heart Split Cypress Shingles. 5-8 Soft Yellow Tennessee Panel Poplar 18 in. and over. J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. 1420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. For Quick Shipment 5 cars 4/4 " Is & 2s Q. W. O. 3 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Q. W. O. 3 cars 4/4" Clear Q. W. O. Strips, 4 to S%". 1 car 4/4" Clear Q. W. O. Strips, 21^ to 3}i". li car 4/4" Clear Q. W. O. Strips, 1 Vz to 2". 4 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Plain W. O. 3 cars 4 4" No. 1 Com. Plain W. O. 4 cars 4/4" Com. & Bet. Q. R. O. 2 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Plain R. O. 7 cars 4 4" No. 1 Com. Plain R. O. 2 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. Plain R. O. 2 cars 5/4" Is & 2s Plain R. O. 1 car 5 4" No. 1 Com. Plain R. O. 4 cars 3 4" Is & 2s Plain R. O. 5 cars 4 4" Is & 2s Plain Red Gum. 7 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Plain Red Cum. 3 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Qtd. Red Gum. 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Com. Qtd. Red Gum. 2 cars 5/4" Is & 2s Qtd. Red Gum. 1 car 5/8" Is & 2s Plain Red Gum. 4 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Sap Gum. 3 cars 3/4" Is & 2s Sap Gum. 3 cars 4/4" Is & 2s Cottonwood, 6" to 18". 1 car 4/4" Is & 2s Cottonwood, 13" and up. 8 cars 4/4" Cottonwood Box Boards, 13 to 17". 2 cars 4/4" Cottonwood Box Boards, 9 to 12". 2 cars 4/4" Cottonwood Box Boards, 9 to 10". 7 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Cottonwood. Immediate Attention to All Inquiries Memphis Band Mill Company Memphis, Tenn. /tj^ CartieriloUanb }rf y3( Unmhtv Company y3( Mr. Consumer:— High cost of living is the main question with }ou toda}-. Our prices will relieve this situation to some extent. May we quote you on the following High Grade Stock? 60,000' 4/4 End Dried Winter Cut White Maple 3,000' 5 4 End Dried Winter Cut White Maple 3,000' 6 4 End Dried Winter Cut White Maple 5,000' 8 4 End Dried Winter Cut White Maple 30,000' 4 4 Firsts and Seconds Unselected Maple 46,000' 8 4 Selected No. 1 Common and Better Maple 175,000' 4 4 Pine Crating (Wide Run) 150,000' 4 4 No. 2 and 3 Common Basswood WE CAN SURFACE AS DESIRED 0 Sj u 5 t n g t n « H i r h t g a n <& HARDWOOD RECORD BASSWOOD We Offer for Prompt Shipment 1 X 4 Clear Strips 150 M 1x6 I's and 2's 100 M I x6 to 11" I's and 2"s 75 M 1x3 No. 1 Common 30 M 1 X 4 No. 1 Common 35 M 1 X 5 No. 1 Common 40 M 1 X 6 No. 1 Common 90 M Jan. 2. l')14 COBBS & MITCHELL, Inc. Sales Department CADILLAC MICH. W. D. YOUNG & CO. MANUFACTURERS FINEST MAPLE FLOORING KU.N DRIt:D. HOLLOW BACKED M A T C 11 K I) OK J O I N T E D r O M S H ED AND BINDLED Hard Maple, Beech and Birch Lumber 1 TO 6 INCHES THICK WrtlTE FOR PRICES BAY CITY, MICHIGAN Mitchell Brothers Go. Dry Stock List MICHIGAN HARDWOODS Cadillac, Mich. Jan. 2, 1914 1 .\4 Basswood, Clear 1 4 M 1x6 S: UP Basswood. No. 1 Common j4 M 1/4 Birch, 1 s & 2s, Red 1 7 .M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm is & 2s 100 M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm, No. 1 Common 100 M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm, No. 2 Common I'.o M 4/4 Soft Maple, No. 3 Com 9 M 4/4 White Maple, end dried (clear) 10 M CADILLAC QUALITY When you want lumber of Cadillac Quality, Lumber which has been manufactured and seasoned properly, and grades which have not been blended to meet price competition — send us your inquiries. WE SELL ONLY MITCHELL'S MAKE Kneeland-Blgelow Company Hardwood Manufacturers 100,000 ft. 5 4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 150,000 ft. 6 4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 50,000 ft. 5 4 Ists & 2nds Basswood 12,000 ft. 10 4 No. 1 Common & Better Basswood 60,000 ft. 4 4 No. 3 Common Maple 50,000 ft. 6 4 No. 3 Common Elm All of the above stock Is nicely maDu- factured, beln^ band sawed, trimmed, and well seaeuned. \Vm are prepared to quole attractive prices for this mate- rial for Immediate stiipment. BAY CITY, MICH HARDWOOD RECORD SSIHli I O^O' <0 -■,T"5w •-^m^jt^K^.rsamuMmnmii iiThiriijBmMMin>Br~*tar J. . ! I ^ , ' If OUR DOUBLE BAND MILL — HUTTIG. RK. ^Why Wc Can Give "Value Received' We operate large band mills at Huttlg, Ark., and Peer- ing, Mo. We sell only stock cut on our own mills and so can GUAR- ANTEE the quality of EVERY shipment. We ship high grades that increase the size and percentage of your cuttings, reduce factory costs and shrink the waste pile. Therefore; We can S.-\VE YOU MONEY on every shipment of oak. ash. gum. elm, cypress, tupelo. hickory, cottonwood, sycamore, soft maple and dimension. LET US PROVE THIS ON YOUR NEXT ORDER Wisconsin Lumber Company Harvester Bldg. CHICAGO Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co. SPECIAL RAILROAD DEPT. Hardwoods :: Soitu^oods 823 Railway Exchange Building, Chicago, 111. ^ For items of Hardwood Stock or Hardwood Machinery, you will find it advantageous tc write our advertisers. Get in touch I 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 th* best evidence that its manufacturer has kept abreast of modern methods and the advanced d^ mands of the trade. To convince yourself of the above statements, try our poUshed surface floor- ing, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, witk matched ends and holes for blind nailing — you'll find it reduces the expense of laying and polishlnc. Our Booklet tell* all about Bari%ooo4 Flocriitf an4 hoic to oar* lor it — al*o pricet — and *» fr»*. The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop Sts. CHICAGO, ILL. FLANNERSTEGER LAND & LUMBER CO. I 2 CARS 5/4 X 12 " & WIDER 1st & 2nd BASSWOOD \A7ATVTT"Trn TO MOVTP mUCV ' 4 CARS 3" ROCK ELM BRIDGE PLANK WANIKD— iO MUVli gUlLK-j goo.ooo FEET no. 3 hemlock 100,000 FEET 4/4 BOX COMMON BIRCH SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES MILLS: BLACKWELL, WISCONSIN GENERAL SALES OFFICE 1704 STEGER BLDG., CHICAGO, ILL. HARDWOOD RECORD VENEER FOREIGN: MAHOGANY, Mexican, Honduras. East India, Cuban, and African. ENGLISH BROWN OAK CIRCASSIAN WALNUT STILE, RAIL ami PANEL FACES in all tliu-kiU'S-e-. DOMESTIC: OAK, plain and quartered, rotary cut, red and white. GUM, figured and plain. MAPLE, bird's-eve and plain. POPLAR, BIRCH, ELM, BASSWOOD,YEL.PINE For faces, centers, backs, cross- lianding and bottoms. LUMBER MAHOGANY, CIRCASSIAN WALNUT, AM. (lUacki WALNUT, RED CEDAR. PANELS 1/4", 5/16", 3/8", 3-ply and 5-ply ST.VND.VISn SIZES HUDDLESTON-MARSH LUMBER COMPANY, 2252 Lumber S!., CHICAGO, ILL. :,..:::..,...a:..::oR:Ay:NEIiiil Wiiiiiiiliii :: all: WOODS ::-:^^^ SEND FOR STOCK LIST /^^^^ '^v-CARROLL AVE. ASD SH^riiSm:^iS^:M CHICAGO : Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Maple, Birch, Elm, Basswood, Ash And Other Northern Hardwoods In the Market for Round Lots of Hardwood WRITE US BEFORE SELLING Fisher Building, • CHICAGO ■PHONE HARRISON 1984 Close Application To the study of the source of supply, man- tifacture and merchandising of Circassian Walnut has resulted in our carrying not only one of the biggest but a remarkably well as- sorted stock of that line of veneers, and it is only logical that we can take care of any order, no matter what the peculiarity or proportions. A member of our firm personally bought a fine lot of mahogany logs at the Liver- pool sales in October, which we are now cutting. The natural supposition is that this stock is right. Now ready for your inspection. R. S. BACON VENEER COMPANY 213-217 North Ann St., CHICAGO IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS Everything in X^eneer CHOICE BIRCH AND MAPLE— 10,500 ACRES I offer the above tract of best quality and splendidly located timber in Ontario, ten miles from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, a town of 25,000 population. Will cut 90% birch and maple. Estimated by George F. Beardsley, cruiser of Grand Rapids, Mich. Location and mill site on deep water. Can ship either by water or rail. Lands in fee simple — no crown dues, no export restrictions. Close to Amer- ican Soo. Easy logging. Reasonable price and terms. William H. Ranson, Sault Ste Marie, Mich. v/E have; it DOOR STOCK, CUT TO SIZE OR IN SHEETS. POPLAR, GUM, BIRCH, BEECH, ASH, OAK. ELM, MAPLE, BASSWOOD. PINE OR CYPRESS. CROSSBANDING, FACES, BACKS, DRAWER BOT- TOMS AND BACKING. ROTARY CUT, PLAIN OR QUARTER SAWED HARD MAPLE PIN BLOCK STOCK. QUARTERED OAK, ETC. BY THE CARLOAD OR L. C. L. MILLION'S OF FEET ON II.\ND AT .\LL TIMES WRITE US ABOIT IT J. J.NARTZIK, 1966 to 76 Maud Ave., Chicago, 111. HARDWOOD RECORD KNOXVIULE Famous for Finest Type of Poplar. Oak and Cbeateut : VESTAL LUMBER AND MANUFACTURING CO. KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. QUARTERED WHITE OAK OUR SPECIALTY MANUFACTURERS OF QUARTERED WHITE OAK. PLAIN OAK. POPLAR. WALNUT & TENNESSEE RED CEDAR LUMBER BAJJD MILO^S AT VESTAL. A SUBURB OF KNOXVILJL^ SOUTHgRN AND LOUI3VIL,IJ! & NASHVILLE! RAILROAD J. M. UOOAIN LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWOODS AND PINE POPLAR A SPECIALTY Main Office and Yards: Knoxville Branch omce and Yard: Bank and McLean Ave.. Cincinnati I M. ASHER. Mgr, We Want Orders for the following Dry Stock- WHITE OAK— Plain or Quartered. RED OAK— Plain or Quartered. CHESTNUT BASSWOOD POPLAR WHITE PINE Always carry large well assorted stock of all kinds of Hardwoods. ON SHORT NOTICE. Kimball & Kopcke Knoxville, Tennessee Manufacturers end Shippers of Appalachian Hardwoods OAK OUR SPECIALTY Mapbct & Shea Lumber Co. )Vlanufacturcrs and Wholesalers OFFICE: 703-705 HENSON BUILDING Yard: Middlebrook Pike anc Lonsdale Car Line WE WANT TO MOVE 3 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common Poplar, 7" & up 2 cars 4/4 Clear Sap Poplar, 7" & up 1 car 4/4 Select Poplar, 7" & up 1 car 4/4 1 & 2 Red Oak, 10" & up 1 car 4/4 1 & 2 Chestnut 1 car 4/4 No. i Common Chestnut We manufacture: YELLOW POPLAR OAK, CHESTNUT, WHITE AND YEL- LOW PINE, HEMLOCK BARK. ETC. BAND AND dRCULAB MTLLS— EAST TENN. MOUNTAIN VIBGIN HABDWOOD 8TUMPAGE "THE VERY BEST" ASH, CHESTNUT, RED OAK, WHITE OAK, PINE. POPLAR and WALNUT Knoxville Veneer Co. p. B. RAYMOND. General Manager. KnoxvUIe. Tenn. HARDWOOD RECORD C I N C r N NATI THE GATEWAY OF THE. SOUTH DOIN'T WORRV If your stock is not soft in texture, even colored and well manufac- tured, you can get stock that is T*lf Mobray & Robinson Company CINCINNATI, OHIO Minufacturers oi Plain and Quartered Oak and Poplar KILLS Quicksand, Ky. Viper. Ky. West Irrine. Ky. MAIN OFFICE CfNCINNATI, OHIO YAKrS Cincinnati. 0. Detroit. Mich. Rochester. N. Y. Brooklyn. N. Y. RED GUM Write us when you want BONE DRY stock High Grade Fine Widths Good Lengths BENNETT & WITTE 224 West Fourth St. CINCINNATI, O. W. E. HEYSER. President WEAVER HASS, V. President BENJAMIN BRAMLAGE. Sec'y & Treas. The W. E. Heyser Lumber Company MAIN OFFICE & YARDS Winton Place Cincinnati, Ohio BRANCH YARDS AND MILLS West Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas & Kentucky 12,000,000 ft. High Grade West Vir- ginia and Southern Hardwoods in stock at all times. Shipments made direct from our own yards and mills in straight or mixed cars. SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES A Prominent Veneer Man says: ^ 'i believe your new service showing the exact require- ments of the Veneer and Panel Trade to be highly accu- rate, and a necessary part of the office equipment of any progressive veneer or panel factory. ' flThe same information would cost you thousands of dollars. The cost of our service is a small fraction of that. ^ Ask your competitor to tell you how it has helped him, and then write us for details. HARDWOOD RECORD, CHICAGO, ILL. HARDWOOD RECORD GOOD GRADES LUDiNcrrbN HARDWOOD SPECIALISTS PROMPT SERVICE Look over this full assortment of dry stock for prompt shipment. When you order be sure to specify LOWER PENINSULA SOFT GRAY ELM The wood that made Michigan famous. Dry Soft Gray Elm 40M 55M 35M 40M 35M 45M 25M 40M 25M & 17M 4 4 FAS. 6 4 FAS. 8 4 FAS. 12 4 FAS. 4 4 No. 1 6 4 No. 1 8/4 No. 1 12/4 No. 1 10/4 No. 1 Btr. 16/4 No. 1 Com. Com. Com. Com. Com. Com. & Btr. Tliirli Kim, Showing Method of Pilinsr crk< ST SALT & LUMBER CO. LuDINGTON,MlCH. Band Sawn Hardwoods WE PRODUCE OUR OWN STOCKS Our Specialties: Cottonwood— Oak Three Ply Red Red and Sap Gum •"'l^^d'and^whur" Gum Panels A Few Items We Want To Move 7 cars 4 4" 1st & 2nds Red Gum. 15 cars 4/4" No. 1 Common Red Gum. 5 cars 6 4" Ists & 2nds Sap Gum. 5 cars 4/4" Select Yellow Cypress. 7 cars 4/4" No. 1 Shop Yellow Cypress. 8 cars 4/4" x 13" to 17" Ists & 2nds Cottonwood. 5 cars 5/4" x 6" to 12" Ists & 2nds Cottonwood. 9 cars 4/4" x 13" to 17" Cottonwood Box Boards. 4 cars 4 4" x 18" to 21" No. 1 & Panel Cottonwood. 1 car 3/8" No. 1 Common Qtd. White Oak. 2 cars 1/2" No. 1 Common Qtd. White Oak. 10 cars 6/4" Log Run Soft Maple. 7 cars 4/4" Ists & 2nds Plain Red Oak. 9 cars 4 4" No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak. WRITE US FOR PRICES ANDERSON-TULLY COMPANY, Memphis, Tenn. BOX SHOOKS and VENEERS ^T HARDWOOD RECORD is a differ- ^H I ent kind, and altogether better ^^Ll^ lumber newspaper than has hither- to been published. This is made possible by the loyal co-operation and support of the hardwood element of the lumber industry. If you are a subscriber you will agree. HARDWOOD RECORD 9 » M ^ W W W "^ '"^ ^""^ * ▼ ^ ■ ^ ■ W 1 J THE d^^ LJ I n ) PROMINENT SOV THERN MANUFACTURERS B. C. JARRELL 8i CO. MANUFACTURERS OF High Grade, Rotary-Cut Gum VENEERS Cut right ; dried right; prices right HUMBOLDT. TENNESSEE Write us for description and prices on the following stock: 4 4", 6 4" & 8 4' Sap Poplar 5 8", 4 4", 5 4". 6 4" and 8 4" No. 1 Common Poplar 4 4", 6 4" and 8 4" No. 2 Common Poplar 4 4", 5 4", 6 4", and 8/4" No. 1 Com- mon & Better Chestnut FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. Nashville, Tenn. GARETSON-GREASON LUMBER CO. 1002-1005 Times BIdg. ST. LOUIS MANUFACTURERS Four Mills Hardwood Record's strongest circulation is in the region H'here things are made of wood — WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK and the East. If s the BEST sables medi\2n\ for ha.rdwood lumber. We will name very attractive prices on a few cars of each of the following items: 4/4, 6/4, 10/4 and 12/4 li and 2> Poplar 4/4 and 8/4 Sap Poplar. 1V4'. IVi" and 2V4" No. 1 Common Poplar. 4/4 No. 1 and Panel Poplar In widths of 12 lo 17". 18 lo 23" and 24" and up. 4/4 X 13 t» 17" Poplar Box Boards. 4/4 Is & 28 Basswood or Linn — very fine 3/8, 4/4, 5/4, 10/4 and 12/4 la & 2s Qtd. W. Oak. 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 and 8/4 No. 1 Common Qtd. W. Oak 8/4 1« & 28 Qtd. R. Oak. 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4 No. 1 Common Qtd. R. Oak. «/4 and 10/4 Is & 28 Hickory. 4/4, 6/4, 10/4 and 12/4 No. 1 Common Hickory. 4/4, 6/4. 8/4. 10/4 and 12/4 No. 2 Common Hickory 4/4 la & 28 Chestnut, also 5, 6 and 8 4 4/4 No. 1 Common Ch.-'8tnut John B. Ransom & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Hardwood Lumber Nashville, Tenn. Carolina Spruce Company OFFERS FOR SALE Two cars 8 4 common and better Basswood One car 4 4 1st and 2nd Basswood Three cars 4 4 No. 2 common Basswood Two cars 4 4 No. 3 common Basswood Two cars 5 4 common and better Chestnut Three cars 8 4 common and better Chestnut Three cars 8 4 common and better Red Oak Four cars 4 4 common and better Red Oak Two cars 4, 4 No. 2 common Red Oak BAND SAWN STOCK Mills: I'cnsarola, X. C. Capacity, 90,000 ft. per day Charles K. Parry & Co. [and'^ruiS^'Bunirnl Philadelphia Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT LICK .... KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF ^^Oak Flooring Complete stock of % " and 13/16" in all standard widths 10 HARDWOOD RECORD LOUISVILLH THE HARDWOOD GATEWAV^ OF THE SOUTH Do You Buy in Mixed Gars? II-' \ uu prefer to buy cars containiiii;- a luunber of items of lumber, in- stead 8I Virginia » — 18" Oak •>_:ij- Oak •Ji/jvS'/j — SO" OaU K\X I'mihir We Want ; to Buy : THOMAS E. COALE LUMBER COMPANY I'raiiklin liaiik I'lii'dii ■HII.ADKI.rillA. I'A. PROCTOpYENEERDRYERFIREPROOf UNPARALLELED SUCCESS No Splitting Nor Checking No Cloggin; Nor Adimtinf THE PHILADELPHIA TEXTILE MACHINERY COMPANY DEPT. L HANCOCK & SOMERSET STS. PHILA., PA. WISTAR, UNDERBILL & NIXON REAL ESTATE TRUST BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PA. QUARTERED WHITE OAK NICE FLAKY STUFF Both Ends and the Middle Hardwood Record reaches most everjbody who produces mar- kets and consumes Hardwoods. Nothing But Hardwoods HARDWOOD RECORD 13 R.E. Wood Lumber Company fl Manufacturers of \'ellow Poplar, Oak, Chestnut, Hemlock and White Pine. *I We own our own stumpage and operate our own mills •I Correspondfnce solicited and inquiries promptly answered. GENERAL OFFICES: CONTINENTAL BUILDING. Baltimore, Maryland IET us talk to you about the plain I and quartered oak that made In- diana famous. It's the kind we make to-day. Wood-Mosaic Co., New Albany, Ind. BIRCH AND MAPLE A few cars in transit and a large assort- ment at the mill. Write us. New York OiSce 25 W. 42d St. Geo. Webster Lumber Go. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. S. L. EASTMAN FLOORING CO. SAGINAW BRAND MAPLE FLOORING SAGINAW, MICH. For Prompt Shipment Baaanrnod — 100,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 rommon t Better. Soft Maple — 25,000 fl. 4/4 & 8/4 Log Run SI. C. O. White & Red Oak — 12,000 ft. I.og Run M. C. O. Black Walnut— 3,000 ft. Log Run M. C. O. STRUTHERS COOPERAGE CO., Romeo, Michigan No. 2 Com. Tupelo Gun or Bay Pop'i 100.000 ft. ^, Log Run; w! grade to su purctiaser. Ash 30.000 ft. 4, No. 1 Com. WE HAVE IT W. W. DEMPSEY Manufacturer and Wholesaler of HARDWOODS Cypress 1 carload 4/4 Is & 2s. Clear. 2 carloads 4/4 Selects. 4 carloads 4/4 6", 8" and 10" No. 2 Com. Birch 50.000 ft. 4/4 BAND SAWED STOCK A LINE BRINGS PRICE BY RETURN MAIL General oaicei joluistowii, Fb. irew York Office Ho. 18 BToadwmy St^ If_ You Knew What our BULLETIN SERVICE n,as doing for ^our competitor in the lumber business, you'd not only want the service yourself, but YOU'D HAVE IT. Let Us Tell You About It. Hardwood Record Chicago SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE DCpv D(^/^|/' Published Semi-annually S\l-uLy Dv>/v>/rV. in February and August It contains a carefully prepared list of tlie buyers ef lumber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their financial standing and manner of meet- ing obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Mani- toba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as the authority on the lines it covers. A well oreaDized Collection Department is alio operated asd tbe same is epeo to you. Write for terms. Lumbermen's Credit Assn., ESTABLISHED I (71 Mtatlu nis PsMr 14 HARDWOOD RECORD We Will Quote Unusually Attractive Prices On ttie Following List of Band Sawn Poplar: 1" In * 28. IVi" In & Sb .■r la * 2«. I" Widv Box V N Box. . ■ Sap« « Srlecls. 1V4" Sap" * SeltctH lV-~ Saps & Selects ' Sapa & Selects. IVt" No. I Comnion. IVi" No. 1 (iininiiiii. 2" No. I Coinmon. 2'^" No. 1 Common. :r No. I (-ummoii. I" No. 2-A Comimiii. I" No. 2-B rommon. 2" No. 2 A * B Ccim 2Vs" No. 2 A & B Co 3" No. 2 A & B Comn WIC HAVF A SPLENDID STOCK OF PLAIN AND QUARTEP.nD P.KD AND WHITE OAK. ALL GRADES Faust Bros. Lumber Co. SALK.S OFKICK CHICAGO. ILL. MAIN OKI-ICE PADUCAH, KY. Standard for 37 Years ^ Covel Saw Machinery The machine shown will automaticalljr sharpen band resaws from i" to 6' wide, and it is not necessary tp touch the saws after they come off the machine. Uew Frame OoMtniction. COVEL MFG. CO., Benton Harbor, Mich. OAK FLOORING Kiln- Diied Polished & MFC. CO. 5A RDIS ' MI55 - Hollow ?^ Backed and Bundled MOUND CITY, ILL., adjoining Cairo, 111. CHICAGO OFFICE — 1423 Monadnock Bldg. Hardwood Lumber .ALL GKAUHS AND THICKNESSES Oak and Ash Our Specialty VENEERS Sawed, Quartered White Oak Table of Contents | COVER PICTURE— Old Trees and Young. REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: General Market Conditions 15 Trees Old and Young 15 An Interesting Resume of Business 16 Chicago Building Situation 16 Missouri Ouster- Decision 16 Buffalo and the National Wholesalers 17 The Forester's Annual Report 17 Give Justice Where It Is Due 17 That Ten-Hour Law in Arkansas 18 Unexpected Results 18 The Year's Lumher Business in Chicago 18 Should Not Be Overlookd .n Kiln. Drying 18 CARTOON: Easy Going Ahead 19 SPECIAL ARTICLES: Red Gum According to Regions 20 Annual Report of Forest Service 21-22 Judging the Quality of a Wood 22-24 Camp Management 24-26 The Limitaermen's Round Table 26-27 Memphis Log Supply Not Promising 27 An Available Supply of Hardwoods 28 Pertinent Legal Findings 29 The Handle Trade 29 The Foreman and the Understudy 3D Some Fallacies of the Forest 31 Housekeeping in the Lumber Yard 32 THE MAIL BAG 33-34 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS 34-36 WITH THE TRADE 36-37 PERTINENT INFORMATION 37-39 HARDWOOD NEWS 39-50 HARDWOOD MARKET 50-54 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 56-57 SITBSCEIPTION TEHMS: In the tnlted States and Its possessions, and Cansds. $2.00 the jear; In foreign countries, Jl.OO eitra postage. In conformity with the rules of the poslofflce department, subscriptions ar* payable In adtance. and in default of written orders to the contrary, are continued at our option. Instructions for renewal, discontinuance, or change of address, should be sent ene week before the date they are to go into effect. Both old and new addreaaes must he given. Both display and classlfled advertising rates furnished upon application. Adrer- tleing copy must be received five days In advance of publication dates. Entered as second-class matter May 26, 1902, at the postofflce at Chicago, 111., onder act of March 3, 1879. ICHABOD T. WILLIAMS & SONS Foreign and Domestic Woods in Logs, Lumber and Veneers 11th Ave. and 25th Street NEW YORK 910 So. Michigan Avenue CHICAGO flaMwoM RecoM Published in ihc Inlcrcsl of the Amfrican Hardwood Foresls. ihc Products ihertof, and Logging. Saw M.ll and Woo'J-Uorking Machinery, on the lOlh and 25lh of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Henry H. Gibson, Editor and Manager Edwin \^'. Meeker"! Hu Maxwell J SAssociale Editors Entire Seventh Floor ElUwotlh Building 537 So. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087-8088 Vol. XXXVII CHICAGO, JANUARY 10, 1914 No. 6 ^^^^^ ^i^^>Hi>S^>S^!>:v>»ay Review and Outlook General Market Conditions Till-: NKW VKAK 18 TOO VOCXti to have .leveloped any ival iiuli iMtioii i)f what is to route during; the next few months, but it can lip .stated most emphatically that in spite of the conditions which liie lumlper tiaile has lieen liattlinj; afjaiust for seveial months, there pioliahl.v has never been more general feeling of hope or more -Ulcere belief in the futnre of the liunber business. This opinion is • it niprelv the expression of a feu nicinliers of the trade but is rather the consensus of opinion as expressed bv a large number of the most representative men in the business in various sections of the country. The usual opinion is that beginning with the latter part of this iniiuth or the early weeks in February there will be real evidence of .■1 change in the tone of general business of the country. The two factors wlii.-li have played an important part in all mar ket reports in all lines of Inisiiu'ss for the last feu iiioiitlis — iiainoly. the tarill" and currency legislation — are of course statutes now duly the law of the land, but it is nevertheless a fact that the influence of these national (piestions is still being felt. Foreign manufacturers are really just beginning to feel out the possibilities of trade in this market and it will probably be some little tinu> before they will be actively engaged in competition with domestic manufacturers and then of course arises the prohlcni as to what the outcome of the trade w;ir will be. It is really too early to form any definite idea regardint; the direct effect of this proposed foreign invasion njion the manufacturing interests of the I'nited States. Thus the real effect of the tariff is a matter of the future rather than of the past. Regarding the currency matter, tliis too is still in the throes of tonnation but its proliable future elVect on business can be more . dearly analyzed than .an the .■H'ects of the taritf. 11 is really a (|iiestion of merely working out tlii' details of the organization, as the probable working out of the measure can be clearly seen in its theoretic.-il form, which has been pronouiu'eil distinctly favoratile. Another encouraging feature of the general situation is the rather better tone which prevails in regard to export shipments. This is more notably true of shipments from eastern centers tl from south em jiorts. Fastern e.xporters state that the note of inciuiry as coming from abroail is very favorable and is the result of a really distinct shortage in all lines of hardwood stocks, which shortage must soon be tilled. New Orleans and other southern exporters, however, say that (Idle the -ituatioti promises well for the future if is not now in a definitely settled state, the uncertainty as to ocean freight rates »oem» to be hohling up the [ilacing of onlers and getting out of shipments. However, generally sjioukingij (t can be said that the export situation looks better than it has for some little time. Locally, the hopes of the majority of the lumbermen are based iipoM really i;ood iiidii'.-itions from the i-oiisuniing end and on favor- able conditions uliich exist at the iiroducing end. The stock situation at the mills continues to be in first-class shai)e and conditions now existing in some of the southern producing sections ]ironiise any- thing but an accumulation of .stocks. In the territory around Mem- phis, for instance, the outlook for log supply for the coining few- months is not at all encouraging, in fact it is stated that along the right of way of the Yazoo & Mississipiii Valley the logs jnled along the tracks aggregate not more than twenty-five or fifty per cent of what was desin-d. It is ]iredicte; that would parti. nhnly iiulii-ate a prospe.-tive change in their rclati\c' staii.liug except rcg;ir.liiig the upper grades of most of the more important spei-ies. A more favorable demand will necessarily have a lifting effect upon the market for the various grades of the different woods but it is quite likely that the liefter end of the stock will be most noticeably affected as it is this par- ticular kind of lumber whicdi has felt the recent depression most severely. Tln'ii' h.ave not been any discouraging breaks in the market in general, nor is there anything; to indicate any change other than the strenutlieniiii; of pii.-es all alori^; tlii- line. Trees Old and Young WHO KNOWS THAT DK SOTO .li.l not teth.'r his mule to the white oak sapling which is repr.'sente.l by the log on the eight-wheeled wagon in the .-over pictnri' illustrating this issue of lI.\RD\vooD KKt'ORD? Till' I lei' from wlii.h that log was cut was probably growing in the Mississippi forests while the Spanish explorer was seari hing his way westwar.l through a country then unknown. He peiu'tr.-ite.l to the Mississipjii river, crossed it, only to perish, an. I he w.-is bnrii'.l ben.'ath its nuubly waters, his body being eudoseil in a h.dlow tree trunk ami loaded with weights to sink it to the bottom. That was the first ami the most famous coffin ever known in the Mississippi valley. The enormous o:il< log shown in the pii-tnre was cut from a tree four or live hnii.ln-.l v.'.-irs ol.l. ami wh.'ther r>e Soto"s cavalcade. 16 HARDWOOD RECORD niaile up of iiuMi, luiisos, ainl lio{;s, passoil that way or ikiI. the age of thi' tri'o is proof that it was standiiiK at that icmmiIo time. It was recently cut by the Carrier Liimlier and Mamifacturiiig Com- pany of Sardis, Miss. The scene wliieh the picture shows so well is a hanlwooil forest and a log yard. Xo .softwooil is seen. The eqiiii)nient for hauling and the character of the standing timber identify the place as belonging in the South. Though oak is a leading feature of the woodlands, it is only one of many trees which go to the mills in that region. The logs on the dump furnish proof of that fact. The size of the oak log on the wagon will attract most attention. It is unusual but not phenomenal. Some trees increase in value in proportion as they increase in size; others add to their value as they grow in both age and size; while still others are most val- uable, in proportion to size, while young. Bulk, therefore, is not the only factor to consider in estimating the worth of a tree, though usually it is the most important. When figured wood is the basis of value, age is essential and size is desirable. This is illus- trated by the oaks and black walnut. Colors, on which some of the figures largely depend for their attractiveness, are deepened by age. Size alone will not always do it; but handsome figure unac- companied by good size is at a disadvantage. Certain other trees do not increase in value with age, exccjit as they grow in bulk. Some even deteriorate for certain uses as they age. Hickory and ash are in that class. The wood of these trees, after they have attained the size necessary to proe the result. Buffalo and the National Wholesalers GK.\.\TING THE RE.\SOXABLKXKS8 of the policy of shifting the convention points for the important lumber associations, the decision of the board of governors of the National Wholesale Lum- ber Dealers' Association to hold the next annual meeting March u and 6 at Buffalo, should meet with the entire approval of everyone interested in that most worthy organization and its purposes. Not only is Buftalo an entirely logical meeting place, for this association in partliular. but it is a city which is amply able to take care of the hundreds of visitors who will arrive, and it is further a city that is noted for its live organizations of lumbermen and other business men who will certainly take care of the entertainment features of the convention in a style that will leave nothing to be desired. Buffalo is a city which has made really remarkable strides of late in the growth of its population and of its industrial and commercial importance. As far as the lumber business is concerned it repre- sents two very important branches of the industry, the rail ship- ments and the cargo shipments. It is an important distributing point for many large interests and, withal, its connection with the factors related to the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association ren- der it an entirely logical point for that organization to get together for its annual meeting. The Forester's Annual Report APKKTTV I'TLL SiNOl'^lS of the annual rcjioit of the I'niteil States Forester will be found in this issiu-. It is important not only on account of what it contains, but for wluit it does not contain. There is not one word in it which can be construed as a defense of, much less an apology for, the Forest Service. Time was when half of the Forester's energy was used in defense of his policies ami his work. Hai)pily, that is no longer necessary, and all the resources of the Forest Service are employed in pushing ahead. The storms of hostility which were so common and so violent a few years ago have died in the distance, and, to paraphrase Milton, critics "have ceased to bellow through the vast and boundless deep." The solitary voice of opposition still now and then raised, no longer disturbs the jdans and [irogress of the work. The report is a straightforward account of whal the Forest Service has accomplished during the past year. It is a story of progress along the whole line, with no interruption or setback any- where. The sales of government timber during the year amounted to 2,000,000,000 feet, in eighteen states, including Alaska. Most of the sales have been made to strong companies which are able to build railroads and carry on up-to-date development. A prediction formerly heard with frequency has failed to come true, it was feared that the government timber would be thrown on the market in such large amounts that private timber owners could not i-ompcte. In fact, there were not wanting men who owned luj timber but who advocated that very policy for the purpose of [iroviding lumber at or below cost to the people. That is, they wanted the government to use its timber to smash the lumber market. Such a course would have been the height of folly, and a policy like that never had any advocates inside the Forest Service or among sound business men outside. Time is proving the wisdom of the course followed. No buyer of government timber, as far as is known, has broken or disturbed any market. Such buyers pay too much for their timber to dump it |iromiscuously. They calculate as carefully as does the man who buys timber from private individuals. The result is the atmosphere has cleared. This is apparent in the tone of the Forester's report from beginning to end. A well- defined business policy has been inaugurated and there is no apparent reason why it cannot be carried to the end, though that end corres]ionds aiijiroximately with the end of time. Give Justice Where It Is Due I'T HAS BKKX GRATrFYING to note the sentiment us expressed ' by the various lumber trade associations during the last few months regarding the proposed horizontal increase of five per cent in freight rates in the official classification territory. Practically with- out exception clubs and associations are placing themselves on record as desiring that the question be settled without partiality, and that if it be demonstrated that the railroads would really feel the con- tinuance of present freight rates, they be given the benefit of the proposed increase. Hardwood Record has contended since this question came up, that the railroads' case is a logical one, and indeed not considering tech- nical evidence, the vast array of figures and statistics which will un- questionably be presented, the evidence as it exists is on the side of the railroads. It is not logical to suppose that the various big systems of the country prefer to o|)erate short handed as to men and equipment or that they would willingly run the risk of losses resulting from acci- dents due to poor road beds and to imperfectly repaired rolling stock. It^ is a|iparent, however, to all those in touch with actual transportation and to those who do any amount of traveling on the railroads, that the various systems of the country could very com- fortably use an increased supply of rolling stock and motive power as well as i)assenger equipment and .that the passenger's safety would be very materially augmented by thorough repairs on the road beds of a great many of the important lines, and that there are a great many other very necessary improvements which should be made. Thus it is reasonable to suppose that the railroads would make these iiM|u-ovenients if they could, and it is hardly reasonable to be- lieve th.it they are foregoing such expenditures merely to create an object les.son which will assist them in securing the increases which they desire. .Vs the matter affects the Uunber business, the activity or inactivity of the railroads has a great deal to do with the prosperity of that branch of business in general. For instance: The first indication of the jiresent la.xity in business was the beginning of the policy of retrenchnu'nt on the jiart of the railroads, which condition caused a general let-up in the demand for forest products. It is a known fact that the railroads as customers of the lumbermen are far more important than any other branch of the consuming industries, and hence it is evident that it should be the policy of those merchandizing forest products to give the railroads the benefit of the doubt, and support them in their contention for advanced freight rates, at least until it is conclusively proven that they are making such demand on false pretenses, and that their recent policies have actually been the result of a determiu;iliori to intimidate the public. 18 HARDWOOD RECORD That Ten-Hour Law in Arkansas TIIK l,().\(i SIKI''KKIN(i LfMIIKK- HI sINKss s s t.i lie licai- iiij; till' liniiit lliese iIhvb of ninny illnilvisi-d n|>|>li('alions of foil oinl nnil state stntutes referriiij; tii tlie strict letter (if ttie law. Tlio MissDiirians nre .just nlimit lieKmni'iK t" realize the import of the recent ouster case, while from Arkansas comes the complaint of the application of a law fjoverniu}; the workiuf; hours of \vorkin}{ men H'liioli tlirentened for a time to set a numlier of the liijj operators in that state in pretty serious trouble. However, the latest advices are to the effect that nothiu); very serious in the matter of actual prose- cution will result. The main effect will lie the discontinuance of the plan which has been in effect for some little time among Arkansas manu- facturers, which was instituted solely in the interests of the men themselves. Thus by the insistence of the authorities on strict I'oni- plian<-e to regulations reganling tlic tcn-liinir liinit for the working day. the very class which the autlnpiitics ;irc trying to benefit are being robbed of a provision which they have greatly appreciated. The matter hinges upon the question of working ten hours ami a half for five days in the week in order that on the sixth day employes may be enabled to (piit at noon. This as set forth by those in charge of the administration of the laws is a direct disobedience of the strict letti'r of the law. and must be sfop[ied. When the i|uestion was first seriously agitated a number of ]ironii nent manufacturers were made defendants and were threatened with severe tines. However, so far the result has been that only one con- cern was fined and then on only two counts, for $2') on each. It is the purpose of the authorities, according to their statements, simply to enforce the letter of the law in the future rather than to ])rose cute those who have in the jiast gr;nited this favor to their emiiloycs. Unexpected Results C i:\IOb'.\i. STATK.S ,i,m1 a iiu.nbcr of nations have laws for the ►J purpose of conipen.sating employes who meet with accidents while engaged in their orilinary work. These law^s have been in ojieration ,a sufficient time to give an idea of their operation along eertain lines. Some of them are bearing unex]iected fruit. For example, it was generally suiqiosed that one of the first results of such laws would be to decrease the number of accidents. It was argued that employers vvoubl make comlitions as safe as possible, for self-interest if for no other reason, ami thereby lessen ilaugei to workmen. It was further supjiosed that employes would be trained and instructed in the art of taking care of themselves; and that ought to result in a decrease of accidents. Kxpectatious have not been realized. One of the latest states to be treated to surprise and disappointment is Washington. Coni- jieusation for aicidents brings more accidents, ft has not lieen charged that employes deliberately injure themselves in order to collect Jiay for suffering and lost time; but somehow more aici- dents occur. Possibly some are now reported which formerly were not heard of. A pincheil finger or a bum|i on the back may seem much more serious to a man if he expects ]iay for it than if he does not. In Washington the reported accidents have increased forty jier cent since the compensation law went into effect. If results in that state stood alone, a number of explanations might be offered; but (iemiany has had the same exjierience, and a recent review says that the unfortunate feature is that cheating excites neither public contempt nor loiideninatioii. An instance is cited from rcionis in (icrmaiiy. Before there was compensation for in.iuries, the average time of recovery from a broken collar bone was from fifteen to forty days, depending largely on the age of the patient. The young recovered more quickly than those in middle life. Since pensions for the injured went into effect in (iermany the average time required for recovery from a broken collar bone is eight months. It is to be regretted that laws intended to benefit deserving unfortunates must be made a cloak to hide the false pretenses of cheats. There are always plenty of peojde trying to get something for nothing and they are quick to take advantage of every oppor- tunity to accomplish their jiurpose. Pers,ll)7 feet, compared with l.(i4.J,()S)4.947 feet last year. The reshipments in lill.', totaled !l4 1. «■.'!. (1(10 feet, and in 1912 they were 99().9ri().l)(l(l. The total amount of lumber in the Chicago market in 191H. imduding what was consumed and what was reshipped. was 2,801,31)3.1(17 feet, and in 1912 it was 2,()42,().")ii. 947. The gain is 158,640, KiO feet. The lake receipts were 204,- 31S.000 feet in 1913, which was nearly 20.000.000 less than in 1912. Kail receipts were 2,536,958.000 feet in 1913, an increase of 150.- 858,000 feet over 1912. During the year 522.435,250 shingles were used in Chicago, or reshi]iped, which was a gain of 25.000.000 over 1912. The liarilwood lumber on li:iii.| in i|iii;igii .-it the close of 1913 was about 100.000,000 feet. Chicago's claims to prei-minent importance as a lumber center' .nc pretty definitely established by these statistics. Should Not Be Overlooked in Kiln-Drying L.\S'r ISSCK IIakdwooii Ukciikd contniiierl an cNtensivc article entitled "Scientific l.unilier Drying," and an editorial comment on that .-irticlc in which the following statement was made: "It does seem that the loosely piled load will dry faster than the one that is closely stacked. Isn't the capacity of a kiln determined by the amount of dry lumber it delivers rather than by the number of feet that can be crowded into it?'' The writer of the article referred to criticises some of the sugges- lioiis irinde in Hardwood RgroRD's editorial comment in the last issue, but says that he is entirely in accord with the idea expressed regarding the piling of lumber in the kiln. It is unquestionably a fact that the great bulk of stress has been laid u[ion the mechanical layout and actual ojieration of the various types of dry kilns as advo- cated by the manufacturers of the different drying appliances now on the market. It is also a fact that while in some cases the manu- facturers of the different kilns of modern construction and design have investigated pretty closely the technical side of lumber drying as applied to the action of the different methods upon the wood itself, they have not given as much thought to the arrangement of the boards in the kiln during the drying jirocess. It is conceded that any proper cheiuical or mechanical eft'ect which kiln-drying has upon lumber is of vast iiuportance and cannot be too closely sfudied. and the results too closely observed. On the other hand, the arrangement of the Ijoards as they are put into the kiln preparatory to drying is of almost equal iiuportance and can be worked out along certain lines dependent upon actual rules of physics. It is not necessary, however, to delve exhaustively into the physical laws in order to arrive at proper methods in this particular. The rush of work often necessitates crowding the kilns to their capacity, and here is where the mistake is very often made. Misun- derstanding as to the term "capacity" as applied to the dry kiln in the editorial in last issue of Hardwood Record, is the keynote of the whole truth. It is natural that the owner of a dry kiln wants to get as much lumber through it in as short a space of time as pos- sible, and he not only wants to get the lumber through, but wants it to come out in the most desirable condition. Hence, if he specifies a certain number of hours for certain species and thicknesses of lumber it seems reasonable on the face of it to suppose that he will get the biggest daily output from his kiln, observing his rules for specific classes of- lumber, by loading his truck to the utmost capacity on each load. Such, however, is not always the case as investigation might disclose that by piling his lumlier more loosely he can dry it more quickly and also more thoroughly, and it might very easily work out that even were he getting good results from piling his boards comparatively solidly, the saving in time on proper drying in more loosely stacked piles might more than offset the additional lumber dried in each truckload. ^gbRat>^>^:^^^^i.^y,^liic^i^^vA-i^i-y'v.v-vj^yio^5!^^^ Pert^ Pertinent and Impertinent it« N.w V.'ik twit Chicago for her pork. Anil l>otb ^i-t back a mm At moDey mad N rk. In the Family iiillv And I'hiladflphia drowses. ISoih tlInK their Joke.^i at ollini Though living in !;la»s hons l:iii lit disuslei- .strike a l)low — The cities stand together I Ifivnis. "lis true, when skies arc blue. They're one in stormy weather. St. I.ouls sc-offs at ritlsburgli s snot. But Pittsburgh holds her mvn. Pausing to scan .Missouri's num. Who always "must bo shown." "i'wcre harder to withhold our .iest. i>ur free, good natured joking. Than for the west to take a rest Or Pittsburgh leave off smoking. EASY GOING AHEAD So, Uncle Sam. do not mistake Tby children's comments free ; i>ur taunts and chaff are but a laugb, All in a family. ---If. /(. I. ill tlir .Yfir VorA- Tiib Not Even a Cent's Worth "I Dtt'ifd Chollie a pinny for his thouglns. "Did .vou get them 7" "No. he was out of thoughts as usual." - lioslun Kirninij Trnnifiniit. The Dependable Sort "To look at old .Mr. Crahson you wouldn't think he bad a friend In the world." "That's true, and yet he has a million of them." "Where?" "In one of the local banks." — Birmingham Aye-IIeratd. Memory Somebody of a psychological turn of mind once a.sked Lord Roseberry. "What is memory?" "Memory." Ftoseberry replied, iiromptly, but .somewhat pensively, "memory is the feeling that steals over us when we listen to our friends' original stories." --r.oiKl'jir TUBUS. Bought It for Casli Marks — "What did you gain In your deal with Hrown?" I'arks — "A great deal of respect for Brown's business ability." — Boston Erenint) Trantcrlpt. way tile nardwood situation looks to the majority Be Happy If yi.iu would be merry, and ba|»py aud gay. .lust put on a smile and command it to stay : Hring up reserve forces, put them all into play. Then just keep them busy the rest of the day. And then the next day the smile will just come. And you will hear music — the air will just hum ; The folks all around you will quit looking glum. And forget in their joy that lite ever was bua. A Valuable Pointer Ki.bi-rt r. Whituiir. the giuial prisident of Win. Whitmer *: Sons u( Philadelphia, takes iireat pride in his farm and stock. Just now he has :i hunting dog, of the prowess of which he speaks in glowing terms. 'The other day he told the writer ot this article a story so excep- tional that It inspired the composition of the following : Bob. Wbitmer has a "pointer," As you perbiips have heard. .Vnd from the stories that he tells It really is a "bird." Kor if. when "pointing" a "Bob-White. ' Vou turn It from the <|uail. It casts one backward glance, and then — • /( "points it" irith its tail: both ends of this dojr point Remarkable if True "Tbat case ot Wedderby's is the most remark- able one I ever beard of." "It is not so strange. Many another man has stolen «o0.000 from a bank." •'I know. But Wedderby didn"t lose It specu- lating in stocks or spend it on a woman."" That's AU "Sure, Mr. Clancy, you've a foinc lot of sons." "It's right ye ar.\ Mrs. Mulligan. I never have to lift my hand to them except in self- defense." More to the Point "Of course you favor an elastic currency." "Yes," replied (Jrandpa Mintlicker: "but I"d like to sec some o' that good old-fashioned elas- ticity that 'ud enable a two-dollar bill to reach all the way around a family market basket." — ir(i.s/iin.vtun 8tai: Point of View "The point of view makes a great deal of difference." said the ready made philosopher. "Yes," replied Mr. Chuggins. "When you are walking you think every automobile is trying to hit you. When you are driving a car you get an idea that every pedestrian Is Insanely ambitious to :;et run nvvr." - -^^'n)fhi»!lton stnr. —19— ;syTO^iaiia!ZTOaTOtm!»!Jith>itoi^!^^ Red Gum According to Regions Tlic users ol n'.l huim ki ■ iM't^inniny: to .stmly lliu jvHii.ns \\\n-iv paitii'iilar kiinls ciiii In" jiriH-uicil. Tin- liotaiiists liiul diily iine red •jiim ill this eouiitry. It grows from New York to Texas and oec'urs in eoniinereial quantity in every southern state; but it is the same tree everywhere, as I'ar as botanical tlifferenees go. Not many deeades ago tlie wood whioh grew throughout the tree's range was all considered to be alike. At any rate, no one had noticeil ditl'erences between them. The popular opinion then was that all gum was abominable, and if any differences cxistel it was only a ditlereni'e in ilegree of abomination. It is needless to say that oiiinions have undergone a radical change, which is a n.-itinal result cii' ;in increase in knowledge of the projierties of tin- wdimI. It was not long al'ter men began to use it and to fin.l it suitable for many things that the discovery was made that all gum is not of the same character and ([uality. When that important fact was once understood, the next step was a search lor the rc;;ioiis oi- districts where choice wooils of tln' several kinds wcic I est dcvcldpcd. That investigation has riciw V)een pretty thoroughly laiiicd out, and large ili'.-ilcrs in gnni know where to go for the p.-nticular kinds which suit llieir ]iurposes. All gum lumber is either sa|i or heart. That means, of course, that it is cut from the colored heartwood or the pale sapvvood. Combinations of the two are common in the same ]>ile of lumber. Pretty- close grading is necessary to obt.-iin a sliijirncnt all heart or all sap, because both kinds are cut from the same tree. How ever, the region, soil, and situation have much to do with the )ireponderance of sapvvood or heartwood in the output of a gum mill. Some trees are nearly all sap, no matter how large ur how old they may be; others have thin sapwood. It is not a niatter of accident. It is believed to be largely a matter of soil. The wootl of small trees — that is, those of from one to Jive or six inches in diameter — are all sapwood. After that the colored heartwood begins to appear in the center. Gradually, as the truidv enlarges, the colored wood increases also; but there is always a band or zone of greater or less thickness of sainvood. The interesting point is that some trees do not develo|i nearly so much heart as others. The sapwood in some is a long time in changing into heart, wliile in others the change is fairly rapid. The reason underlying the differences in the rate of change is lielievcd to reside in the soil. Heart is nothing more than sap- wood in which enough mineral substance has been deposited to give it color — to Vill it and embalm it, as it were. This earthy material comes from the soil. It is carried up by soil water and is deposited in the iclls and other vessels of the wood. The fact that some trees have a large proportion of heartwood and others hardly any suggests that there is a difference between the soils in which they grow. Experience has largely sustained that view. Certain valleys, certain slopes, produce the trees which have never developed much heart. Those with little sa]i- wood come from fairly well defined localities also. Buyers who want gum with little sap know pretty well where to go to get it. It is a matter of experience, not of theory. A certain locality produces timber of that kind and dealers know where to find it. The gum-producing areas of the South are now tolerably well understood by rlealeis. AVhen they want a particular kiii.l tlicv do not need to hunt far. The term "red gu7n " is the name of the tree. It does not necessarily follow that lumber cut from that tree will be red in color. That depends upon whether it is sapwood or heart. If it is the former it will lack the red color, though it conies from the red gum tree. Failure to l>ear that fact in miml has been the cause of many misunderstandings and disputes. A buyer oiders red gnm and expects it to be the red heartwood; but the seller cuts it from the red gum tree, and considers that he iias filled the order properly, even if the shipment contains much sapwood. Figured gum is another kind that seems to run liy regions and areas. It is largely independent — or seems to l>e independent —20— - of llij . i.n.iiti.Mis wlii.li .l,-\,'l,i|. licart\\.M„| ,,i i.iil t.. Ic\ clop it. All large trees have sonic lieartwcod and some saji; but by no means all of them have figure. It is abundant in some anil is absent from others, without any known reason. In that respect it is like bird's-eye maple. It hits .-nid misses. However, lumber- men now know what regions to go to when they want figured gum. It runs by areas, districts, and localities. It is nearly absent from extensive tracts of fine gum timlier, and present in others. Kxiicrieuce only f.m determine where to find it. It is pr(d ably .-i rriattci' of soil. In f:n t, it is difficult to assign figure in gum to any other c-ausc; but ii is not easy to explain .just how the production of the figure is accomplished in nature's workshoji inside the tree. Trri'gular deposit of coloring matter produces the figure, but no one has yet explained why such irregular distribution of the pigments takes place. The deepest figures occur in the heartwood. Some suppose that they do not take place in the sap; but many a figure— a ■'watered grain,'' as it may be called — begins on the sapwood before the change to heart is accomplished. Jt wiinlil, therefore, seem that till' ilcjiosit of the pigments which produce figure in gum are inde]>enilcnt of those which ordinarily transform sapwood into heart, though there is no reason to sujipose that the colors thi.ni- selves are proiiuced by different materials. .Many gum trees are figured in the butt logs and not farther up the trunks. It is said that the figuring jirocess begins at the ijiouud and works its way up the bole; but further investigation ought to 1 e made before this can be stated as an established fact. Pertain it is, however, that there is more figured gum in the lower than the upper i«rt of the tree, though that cannot be said of the formation of heartwood except in proportion as the lower jiart of the trunk is larger and older than the ujiper portion. The making of red heartwood and the forLuation uf fi;;ure seem, therefore, to be due to independent processes. It is well known that red gum's figure is fundamentally different from the characteristic figures of oak, ash, and yellow pine. Oak's figure, in ijuarter-sawed stock, is due to the medullary rays, with certain modifications by rings of annual growth. The figures of chestnut, ash, and the southern yellow pines are due almost wholly to the rings of growth. Gum's figure is due to neither. The shades and tones cross the rings in every direction, though they sometimes follow them with some regularity; and medullary rays have no visible effect. The colors ramify through the wood, obeying no known law of growth or deposit of earthy niatter. It is in this that gum's figure resembles that of Circassian wal- nut. The latter, however, has a feature generally absent from gum. It is a modification of the figure due to the rings of yearly growth. The deposits of the pigments in the two woods appear to be much the same. A'o fact is lietter known than that the figure and texture of Circassian walnut are influenced by soil and situation. Trees on their native mountains near the Caspian sea yield the Circassian wood of commerce; but the same trees trans]ilanted into Europe will not grow the same class of wood, though some of the European walnuts have had the benefit of L'.OOO years in that country. liuni seems to follow the same law, whatever that law maj' be. 'I'liough led gum has been growing in this country since the Cre- taceous age — some millions of years — there are large regions which ilo not jiroiluce any figured wood worth mentioning. Only in certain areas are the conditions right to develop it. Dealers have learned where to look for figured woods of this species. The gold miner cannot locate gold by studying geography, though that may give him a few hints. He must go and dig. When he .Hnils what he is looking for he stakes his claim. The searcher after figured red gum does the same. He locates by exploration. Some dealers are so well posted on the subject that it would be possible for them to make a inapi of the reX/^o^^}^ Till' iiiiiiual report of tlic Vnited States I'orcst Service, lor the fiscal year emliii}; June '.W. J!)|;i. has lieeii imldishnl by Henry S. Uraves, who is at the hca.l of the bureau. The report fills fifty-six [irinteil i>ages, and enters minutely into the work already accom- plished or planned for the future. A substantial increase in the amount and value of timber cut from the national forests is .shown, and a still greater increase in the amount and value of timber sold, largely for future cutting. The gain in timber actually cut was lo per cent over the preceding fiscal year; in sale receipts, 27 per cent; and in amount of timber sold, 167 per cent. In 1913 the total sales amounted to more than 2,000,000,000 board feet with a stumpage value of nearly $4,.500,000, as against less than S00.000.il00 board feet with a stumi)age value of $1,600,000 in 1912. The sales business of the year showed operations in eighteen states, including Alaska, or in all states in which national forests are situated, except Kansas, Nebraska, and North Dakota. The largest sales were in California, followed in order by Oregon, Montana, Washington, Arizona, Idaho, Colorado, Arkansas, Alaska, and Utah. In actual cut of timber the order is somewhat changed and the first ten states rank as follows: Montana, Idaho, Arizona, California, Oregon, Colorado, Alaska. Washington, Arkansas, and New Mexico. It is pointed out that a large part of the proceeds will come in slowly, because extensive improvements must be constructed before cutting can begin, and because operations extend over a term of years. In most large sales one or two .vears are required for preliminar.v construction. The increased sales were made up partl.v of relativeh" small contracts for local uses, but many large contracts were let for inaccessible areas whose product will be marketed in the principal consuming regions of the United States. Twelve large contracts were approved for an aggregate total of 1,-552,39S,000 board feet. The most imj)ortant of these was a sale of 800,000,000 feet on the Sierra national forest. California, consummated after two years spent in estimates and negotiations. This sale well illustrates the jiolicy pursued in developing inaccessible forest districts. Approxi- mately seventy miles of railroad must be constructed into the Sierra forest, together with a complete mill and logging plant. Twenty-two .vears are allowed for the removal of the stumpage, with provision for readjustment of the price at intervals of five years. Sales under similar terms were approved for 345,000,000 feet on two other national forests. The most significant of pending transactions are three proposed sales of luiljiwood, two of which are in the Tongass national forest, -Vlaska. The sale of 1.53,000,000 feet on the national forests of South Dakota will e.xtend widely the local region supplied with lumber from the national forests in the Black Hills. The main causes of increase in timber sales were: The partial recovery of the lumber market from the depression of 1909-11; the policy of making large sales which has encouraged substantial com- jianies to seek locations in national forests; and the general stimulus to business in the West, due to prosjiective transportation b.v the Panama canal. First in demand is the white pine timber of northern Idaho, now wiilely used to supplement the white pine forests of the Lake States. Second only to this white pine is the demand for sugar ]iine in California ami for western yellow pine in California and eastern Oregon and Washington. The demand for Douglas fir on the northern Pacific coasi has been less active on account of the enormous amount of private .stumpage. There arc, however, increased sales in western Oregon and Washington. The demand for western red cedar throughout the Northwest, generally, is very active, both for poles and for shingle stock. Small sales, however, still form the great bulk of the transac- tions, indicating the continued local character of much of the business. As compared with 1912, the number of sales of a valua- tion of $.500 and less increased 6.26 per cent. There were 1,333 different sales in Montana, the largest number of sales in any one state, this number being due to more than 1,200 small sales. In number of sales, Colorado, Idaho, California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, and Alaska follow in order. In addition to the amount of timber sold there were given awav 121,750,000 board feet of timber, with a total value of about .•(il92,000. This was disposed of under what are Known as "free use permits," by which material is given free in limited quan- tities to local residents, miners, and others engaged in developing; homesteads or mining claims on the forests. Most of the timber so given is dead, the proportion of dead timber being nearly three times that of green. In making its timber sales the Uorest Service has to keep in mind a number of different problems; its aim can not be simply to sell timber. It niu.st prevent losses by fire; must utilize the ripe timber which can be marketed, and cut such timber so as to insure the restocking of the land and a continued forest production; it must sell ripe timber at the appraised market value as required by statute so as to give a proper return to the i)ublic which owns it; must prevent speculative holding of government timber and its monopolistic control, and use it as far as possible to maintain competitive conditions in the lumber industry. Further, the national forests must provide for the requirements of local communities and industries, including the free use of timber and its sale at cost to settlers; make available for settlers timbered lands of agricultural value and at the same time prevent their speculative acquisition and encourage permanent and genuine farming; and finalh', the forests should be made to return to the government as soon as possible the entire cost of protection and administration and to yield a revenue to the states which are entitled by law to 25 per cent of all gi-oss receipts as an offset to the loss of local taxes through government ownership. Most of these aims require no discussion; others still cause some comment. For example: It has been urged that the government should, through low stumpage rates, force timber upon the market and thus reduce the price of manufactured lumber. The present policy, however, can not be changed without a change in the law. No such change is called for, sa,vs Mr. Graves. Sacrifice prices, unwar- ranted by actual market conditions, would reduce the returns to the public and to the states, but they would not reduce the price of manufactured lumber to the consumer. In the United States ninety-nine and one-half per cent of the timber cut comes from private lands. Competition in production is exceedingly keen. The mill capacity of the country is considerably greater than its normal consumption of lumber. This creates a constant tendency to produce more lumber than the market will take. During a period of depression actual overproduction appears; stock on hand mounts up; price concessions to attract purchasers fail to bring the hoped- for acceleration of sales, and as returns fall below the cost of proiluctiou curtailment is forced. From 1909 to 1911 many saw- mills operated at un actual loss because carr,ving charges on their indebtedness would not permit them to dose down. One hundred and thirt.v mills in the two leading lumber-producing states were altogether idle in 1909. So long as comjietitive conditions obtain among manufacturers the lowering of national forest stumpage rates would neither benefit the consumer nor appreciably affect the supply of lumber on the market. One-half of one per cent of the total cut is too small a fraction to have any influence on prices; and although this fraction might be made several times as great as it is by offering government timber at a merely nominal charge, the effect wouhl be simply to throw money away to procure the cutting of i)ublic timber in ))lace of private. Local demands are invariably given preference in the disposition —21— HARDWOOD RECORD of timljcr, aii^l oii iiiiiiiy forests the futiie yield is resei\ eil for siub neeils. Small «|ierators are preferred and encouraged as far as they are able and equipiied to eiit and market the stnnipaye, the large sales being restricted to inaccessible areas which siii;iil uiierators can not exploit. Problems concerning the most etfective utilization of national forest timber are being studied. Such are the reduction of waste through closer manufacture and the production of distillates or other byiirodncts, the extracting of naval stores as an accessory to lumbering, tlie use of inferior lumber species for the manufac- ture of paper, and the promotion of new or more valuable uses for particular species through preservative treatment. Ou'^ of the most significaint of the recent developments in national forest sales is the demand for various western species for the manufacture of pulp aner sales are made, to settle questions of title, to determine what cutting is advisable, and to fix the price. In fact, the expansion of the timber sale business depends upon the ability of the Forest Service to estimate and appraise the areas in demand. Timber estimates are the first step not only in making sales, upon which the forest revenues mainly depend, but also in the preparation of working plans for the systematic development and use of all forest resources. This phase of national forest administration is increasing in importance as use of the forests increases. Systematic plans are now becoming urgent on forests like the Coeur d'Alenc and Kaniksu, in the white pine belt of northern Idaho, where the demand for national forest stumpage is exceptionally keen; the Whitman in eastern Oregon, which is supplying a large local lumber industry up to approxi- mately its maximum capacity; the Ueerlodge in Montana, which is- drawn upgn heavily for local mining timbers; and the Black Jlills and Harney iu South Dakota, whose cut is rapidly increasing and will soon approach the maximum amount that these areas can produce. Working plans for such forests are being developed and ]ierfected as rapidly as practicable with present funds. ■K'^TOgjimaiiij^iOTi^iOW^th>iiai'a^^^ No two woods are alike, and for that matter no two specimens from the same log are identical. There are certain properties that characterize every wood, but in any case they are subject to considerable variation. Oak is a hard, heavy, and strong wood, but some pieces, even of the same species of oak, are much harder, heavier, and stronger than others. With hickory are associated the properties of great strength, toughness, and resilience, but some pieces are comparatively weak and brash and ill suited for the exacting demands for which good hickory is peculiarly adapted. Many woods have reputations for great durability, 3'et specimens of them are constantly failing to live up to their reputed qualities. It is evident, then, that woods should be chosen with due regard to the uses to which they are to be put. Woods best for some purposes are not adapted to others and the greatest economy of material will result when materials are employed for the particular uses for which thej' are suited. In grading rules in common use, timbers and boards are sorted into classes according to defects. This is good as far as it goes, though difference of opinion may arise as to what is actually a defect. . The use of wood must be taken into consideration in defining defects. For instance, sapwood is di.scriminaited against in some cases while in others the presence of heart is objectionable. Knots are almost universally considered defects, yet in some instances the presence of sound knots may not only do no harm but actually help. For instance, knots have little if any appreciable effect on the stiffness and compression of wood, may increase a beam's resistance to longitudinal shear, and may produce pleasing decora- tive effects in panels and furniture. If strength is the prime consideration iu the choice of wood material, it is not sufficient that the timber be free from visible defects. Given two equally sound and dry pieces of the same dimensions, of the same species, and possibly from the same log, one of them may jirove a third stronger than the other. This is due to the fact that wood is not a homogeneous material like metal or concrete, but an intricate structure produced by growth. Variation in the soil in which the trees grow, in the available amounts of food, light, and growing space, as well as the vitality and age of the trees will be reflected in the kind and quality of wood produced. It is well known, for example, that swamp-grown timber differs from upland timber; forest-grown timber from' second-growth; slow growth from rapid growth. So many factors enter into the production of wood that generalizations are likely to be misleading. Thousands of careful laboratory experiments have been made to determine the strength and other properties of woods. These are very valuable, indeed, and there is need for much more work along this line. The results of such tests, however, prove the great variability of woods even where selected specimens of the same species are used. From such data average figures for strength, elasticity and stiffness are obtained for use by architects and builders in designing and construction. Yet the average wood, like the average man, is not commonly met with. In making practical use of such data the figures must either be low enough to include the weakest pieces to be used, or what amounts to the same thing — a factor of safety must be employed which will allow for the variation in the material. The logical outcome is that if only the best quality of wood is employed the structure will be stronger than necessary, and a waste of good material will result. As previously stated the grading rules for different species and classes of timber are based entirely upon the number and character of defects in the material. The results of exhaustive tests clearly demonstrate that such rules are for the most part not eft"ective in classifying structural timbers according to their strength. The formulation of rules that will accomplish this result is beset with difficulties. One is the lack of suflScient data as the basis for such rules, though this is in a fair way to be overcome. Another is HARDWOOD RECORD the wood-user's failure to appreciate the need for such rules. With decrease in the Supply of virgin timber, the quality of timber on the market steadily decreases, making revision of grading rules necessary. The time seems sure to come when timber will be i;raded not on defects alone but according to its strength, or with s|ii'cial reference to the use to which it is to be put. What are the factors upon which such rules could be based? If strength is the feature most desired, it will be necessary to grade mateiials with this end in view. How can the comparative strength of woods be told by inspection? The answer is found in the exhaustive tests that have been and still are being made on woods of various kinds. Take two pieces of wood of tlie same species and of equal weight, dryness and freedom from defects, :iiid the stronger of the two is the one that contains the most wood substance. Cottonwood is light because it contains so much air space; hickory is heavy because it contains little air and much wood substance. If a wood were solid, it would sink in water like a stone. If one piece of hickory, say, is stronger than another piece of hickory because it contains more wood substance, and the more wood substance it contains the heavier it will be, then the com- parative strength of the two pieces can be inferred from their respective weights. Within the same species, the heavier a wood is the stronger it is. This, of course, can apply only when woods are equally sound and equally dry. Green wood is heavier than seasoned wood, but it is also weaker, unless as a result of improper sca.soning the occurrence of checks and splits offsets the gain in strength due to dryness. So often is the latter the ease that strength values for structural timbers are usually based on green material. If kiln-dried or thoroughly airscasoued material of the same kind is being graded, it is impossible to judge the relative strength by the weight. With many different sized pieces this would be more diflScult; with green wood it would be practically impossible. Increase in the amount of wood substance means increased density .ind this can, in a great many cases, be judged by the eye. This i~ particularly the case in pines and other conifers. If you • xamine a piece of southern pine, for example, you will note that it is composed of alternate layers of light and dark portions. Try them with your knife and see how much easier the light eoloreil ]portion cuts than the other. Try indenting them with your thumb nail and note how much harder the dark colored band is. It follows that the greater the proportion of this dark colored or ^nmmerwood a piece contains, the heavier, harder, and stronger It will be, and rice versa. Hence in choosing a coniferous wood for strength jdck material that shows to the eye to be the densest. Wood that contains one-third summerwood may be classed as dense wood. Another way to determine the density and therefore the strength • if material is by its resilience and resonance. Strilvvood more likely to decay and stain, but is also, <'spe<-ially in the nNinufai-tnrcil form, more liable tii insect injury. HARDWOOD RECORD Tlio powdorpost beetles will eoiupletely destroy dry sapwoiul of liickory, ash, locust, Osnge orange, etc., but for tlie most part avoid tlio lioartwood. The same is true to a degree in the case of white :iiits. In propariufj Indian sandalwood for market it is a common pijutk'o for the natives to bury the peeled logs for six or eight wi'oks, or leave tliem lying in the ground for a time to allow the ants to remove the sapwood, which is odorless aui^ ^ Camp Management Editor's Note The following imncr was read bv E. S. Haiiimoiul of It ice Lnke, Wis., before the meeting of Michigan and Wis- consin Ic'Kers at Gri4n Uav. on .Saturdiiv. Dcccnibt-r 0. for lack of space It has not appeared before. It contains some suj-'gostions that are decidedly wortli consideration on the nart of lumber camp managers, as they are sugges- tions based on a great many years' experience in the active handling of woodsmen. .\n agreement as to the services of the cook should be made lieforo tlie cook goes into the woods and a copy forwarded to foreman. The agreement should state explicitly what services he is required to render, about how many men he is supposed to handle, how much help he is to have and what he has represented himself to be. This gives the foreman an idea of the situation whereby no misunderstanding will arise. He will represent him- self to be an excellent cook and capable of handling a certain number ot men, but when he gets to the woods he is generally a different mau all together. If the foreman is expected to check the cook, it will prove a failure in most cases, as this part belongs to the man in authority in conjunction with the foreman. In the past our cooks have always been in the habit of serving two, three or four kinds of meat, as they deemed best. We have started in this fall with strict instructions in writing that only- one kind of meat be put on the table at a time. Cooks will often try to overcome this with excuse that they had some left over. I'or your information I wish to say there is always something left over. One of the most wasteful items we have to go up against is too much food being cooked ahead. It gets old, mussy, and sour, unfit to eat and is thrown away. Sometimes they have hash, stew and roast at the same time. This should be strictly forbidden. Of course some leniency and allowances should be made, but the idea is to hold to one kind of meat at a time on the table. I feed the men all the cake, pie, pudding and fruit for sauces they can eat. I put two kinds of sauce on if necessary, for I lielieve in filling them up on anything they will eat outside of moat. Pies, cakes, pudding and fruit sauces are not usually thrown in the slop pail, and if too much is cooked ahead, it will generally lie cleaned up. Some people advance the idea that men are not able to perform the same amount of labor on sugar products as on meat and potatoes. To offset this, I will say that they don 't usually remain long enough to cut much ice and if they want to till up on pie and cake, let them do it. If they are unable to perform work let them hit the tote road. I don't know but what one gets just as much labor out of the men under such conditions as they do by confining them to pork, beans, beef and potatoes. Too heavy food is just as bad as too much pie and cake. We give them ginger snaps, sweet, graham and soda crackers. I recently purchased one hundred pounds of strained honey at nine and one-half cents per pound. I believe this will be used on bread, biscuits aud pancakes, and be good, healthy food. All canned and package goods should be standard. Some jieople seem to think you can put any old thing on the table for lumber- jacks, but we believe everything you serve in cani]! should be first class. It doesn't have to be the best, but it should be new stock, as it goes a long ways toward the health of the men, and we find they like it. We give them canned tomatoes, peaches, apricots, apples, grated pineapple, etc. We do not fui-nish any extracts, but let them use the grated pineapple to season puddings, cakes, rice, etc. They seem to like the prepared breakfast foods and use condensed milk with it, reduced eight to one with luke-warm water. We don't use cold water. I find that sardines, dried fish, salmon, rice and cheese go very well. (Jheese can be used in conjunction with macaroni. If the cook adapts himself to getting up these little side dishes, they are very acceptable and are enjoyed by the men. A good cook book should be furnished each cook. It is the universal custom to feed men well in the woods, and the principal point in feeding is to have a good, clean cook. Give him good tools to work with, a good stove and camp, then see that he makes good and keeps everything clean. As I said before, don 't depend too much on the foreman to line up the cook. The woods superintendent should attend to this. Don't wait for the men to utter kicks, but do the fault finding yourself. If one cook can't make good, give him his time and find someone who can. Cooks sometimes start in well but get lazy, dirty, wasteful and cranky. Don't put up with a cranky cook. Make it a practice to go into the cook camp every day and stand around a few moments to get acquainted. Your presence on the job is something. Keep him lined up today, tomorrow, and the next day, by careful manage- ment, and always use due courtesy. Cooks are usually human Ijeings and like human treatment. The idea is to show them you are interested. If the cook gets angry, as he sometimes does, try to reason with him, but if there is no reason in him, hire another as soon as possible aud let him go. If he is going to quit on the spot, don't ])ay him a cent, but sue for damages; and be sure to make the damages large enough. It doesn't do to let any cook run the bluff on your pocketbook and you. In the logging business you will find that one year you have trouble with cooks, but the next year the cooks will be all right, and loaders will go wrong. Next year the loaders will give good satisfaction, but you will have trouble with teamsters. Next year you will have a lot of trouble with the foreman. In other words, in emplo3'ment of labor, there is always trouble and it is up to the superintendent or employer to stand behind and with the foreman. We hire mou uuiler two wages, for $26 to $35, or from $3.3 to •$4i> lier month and hoard. This year we have hired by the day: $2 per day, and allow $4 per week for board. This figures out to HARDWOOD RECORD 25 :iliout $32 per month. We are uow rejiioing wages to $1.SJ per lay ami $i per week for board, ami issuing slips to employes. A arbou of the same is kept in the hiring book. You can readily -I'O that any kind of an arrangement eau be entered into with an .inploye who is not asked to sign the slip. If you ask him to sign, lie will refuse. Whatever understanding we have in regard to wages and serviecs he is to render is written on this slip. I wish to say right here that laws are such that you are ompelled to ^)ay au employe what you hire him lor, provided he works at the .job you hire him to do. Any change of jobs makes a ihange of wages, proviileil the employer so wishes. If a man is hired at t'2li per month to swamp, and he is put top loading, he an collect wages of a top loader; or if he is hired al $40 per iionth to top load, and he is unable to perform that work, you an put him at swamping, and he can collect only wages that you lie paying for such work. Again, if you hire a man by the month, :;niier the law you are compelled to give him employment for a month and he is compelled to work a month, provided he does as he agrees. If you fail to give him employment for that length of time, he can sue for a full month and collect. In hiring under two wages I find there is a gooil chance to pa.v a i'.ior man off at the lowest wage. Again, the question must be listinctl.v kejit in mind, of paying a man full value for his hire. I f you pa.v a good man good wages, he will always like to come I'ack and work for you. It doesn't look well or work out well to pay the same wages to all kinds of laborers — that is, pay the poor • iiiplo.ve the same as you pa.y the good. Treat the men on the - |uare when they treat you on the square, and you be the first til give this good treatment. If the.v try to give poor service, come back with poor pay and a law suit if necessary. If an employe threatens to sue, I tell him to sue, and I fight my case on general principles. Very few sue, as they know I will fight. Right here comes the question as to who is going to settle with tliese men. The superintendent will have to attend to some of this. Unless a foreman has a very strong back, he will break down if he attempts to do it all. You might say it is impossible for the superintendent to be on the .job all the time. I will admit this to be a fact, Imt he can arrange his office and other things so that he can help some, and if it comes to a showdown, he eau give the foreman a certain amount of responsibility; but the greater part should be assumed by the woods superintendent when it comes to settling the low wage question. This can be done in conjunction with the timekeeper and office force. Men get down on the fellow who advocates low wages, and as the foreman is with them all the time it is sometimes hard on him. We always aim to construct the office with a desk in front, running across so that the men cannot come into the main office. If you do not keep them out, there will be a bunch in at times and they will sit around the foreman or timekeeper, look over his shoulder at the books, keep talking to him, and there will be either a row or the foreman will have to pay them off at any wages the.v demand. Often they have to allow two, three or four days e.xtra. The idea is to get rid of them any old way. You must alwaj's bear in mind that a camp clerk or woods foreman is up against a hard proposition when he comes to settling with men. It is a good plan for large loggers to have an officer around the camps all the time, for protection in some instances. Y'ou may laugh at this, but nevertheless it is a fact. I don't believe it pays to have regular pay days in the woods, for the reason that it does not work out well. Sometimes you have a good man and want to pa.v him ^o additional, liut if vou have regular j>ay days the men would receive their time checks and you would have to pay the poor man about the same as you do the good, and you will find in the end that it raises the wages considerablv and makes a great deal more dissatisfaction than pa.ving the other wa.v. We aim to send mone.v to wives and families of married men just as fast as it is earned, if they so desire, but we tr.v to size up the young fellows. If they are in the habit of coming to the office and asking for $2 or $.i as fast as it is earned, we head them off on the start by asking, "What do you want to do with it?" If they cannot give a good explanation, we refuse to giv^. them mone.v. If they don't like it and quit, we give them what thev have coming and cnt down the wages. If all would do this it would stop some of the booze fighting and dissatisfaction. I usuall.v cut every man on his wages who jumps' camp. If he wants to go I say, "What is the matter?" or "I have no man to take your place," or "You agreed to stay until camp breaks and I want you to do as agreed." He, however, wants to go so I tell him to take some money, go and have a good time, then come back. They often do this. By so doing you hold your good men. If a man still insists, I usuall.y cut him $5 per month. This has an effect of holding him. Fifty days is long enough for men to sta.y in the w'oods. Let them lay off a few days and the.v will work better when they come back. This holds good with the foreman as well as with the men. Have plentv of straw bosses. Pay them from $.j.00 to $10.00 more per month and they will work with their crew. If any of these foremen, straw bosses or men want to go home or on a drunk, you always have some left. Make the men understand that you want to feed, pay and treat them well. If they try any slippery tricks cut the wage. If you do this, things will run prett}' smooth unless you get a camp inspector or disturber in the crew. Just as soon as you find this out let him go. Usually some of the men will go with him. If you are on your job you can smell this in the air. The little birds whisper it to you. Xow comes the time when your spinal column needs to be braced up. I assume the position that if a man wants to get drunk he has a perfect right to get drunk, provided he does not do it on our works and to our injury. He comes and asks for $20 or $25 and we ask him what he wants it for. If he sa.vs it is for a good time we sa.y, "Here is your $20; go, have your good time, but stay there until you are through, for if you come back to camp drunk, we will fine you $10." I want to say right here, I have had these notices up in camp and have fined men as high as $.50 for creat- ing disturbance in camp. In one instance this was done when 1 was logging at Frederic, Polk County. A man got drunk and chased the cook out of camp with a knife. As far as law- was concerned in that locality, it was practically out of the question. You will find in these small towns that it is a pretty hard proposi- tion to do much with lumberjacks on the law question, and the onl.y course to pursue is to take the law in your own hands by holding on to the money. It hurts the lumberjack, and I find it is a good w'aj' to make him fall in line, provided you have the sand to do it. Advancing fares is another verv important question. Stop this advancing fares for employment agencies and labor. If men have not money to pay their own fares, you will find the.v will take the blind baggage or tie pass, and in the end they will be very careful to save a little mone.v to get out where the job is. To advance $500 in fares and not receive over $100 back is a foolish proposition. In the spring you will have a nice big warehouse full of old dirty baggage. Employment agencies hold up before vour eyes the fact that the other fellow is advancing fares and if you want any men you will have to do the same. This is all nonsense. There are only so many men to go around and if one camp gets filled up there will be enough for the other fellow; or if there are not enough to go around by doing business this way, there would not be enough by doing business the other wa.v. If we expect to do our logging in the future by advancing fares through employment agencies, .you may as well make up .vour mind that it will cost $1.00 per thousand extra to log. I believe emplo.vers and the laws of Wisconsin are as much to blame for the labor conditions today as the employe. Men usually go South during winter, as weather is warmer and gives a better chance to pla.y the dead beat, and our laws uphold them. Lumbermen should spend $100 in advertising everv fall or at any time labor is scarce. For instance, if yon want 100 men, advertise for 500. Try it. 1 will venture to sav you will get swamped with inquiries. 26 HARDWOOD RECORD He SHIP to answer evi-rv li-tter. I jjct <)ii( cirnilHr U'ttt'is, ilcsi rilj- ill}; conditions and aiisweiiiiK all (|Ui'stions that iiiiKlit arise. Miiild your faiii|> to bold from alioiit tliirtv to fifty per cent more men than aie required, for usually durin); Xovenilier, December :inil ■lamiary there are plenty of men to l;e had at from $;ili to ^'M for coiiiiiion laluir. Hire everyoiii" that comes aloii<,>, lill the eainps full. I iiy extra tools, lay out all your worU ahead, cut roads, i;rade them, cut out skidways and landiiiys. If you hire teams. I nild liarns for twice the teams necessary. Days ;ue short I. Ill wcatliiM coiiilitioiis are usually good. 'flic idea is to loy; rapidly for ahout three muiitlis. -After I'eluuary 1 men and teams liejiin to quit. If you have taken all tlioe ]irecautiiiiis your work will 1 e well ahead. On the other hand, if you construct sinall cani|.-i and Miiall liarns. yon are alwH.vs behind with .vonr work, slioit of men and teams, and always hunting after these things, offering higher wages to get them than you would have to do otherwise. If you hear of some company jiaying high wages, send them all the poor men you can. They will soon get filled with a lot of trash jiiid their logging will i-ost them ^\t> to .*1:2 per thousand. There jire cdncenis whose logging costs tlieiii all of this, Init they won't ■own up to it. Our state is making laws to shnulder ex|ieiise on us. We sliouM match trains and musides with tlieiii. (iet aliea.l of llieiii or tliev will drown you with heavy assessments. l"or exam[de, why don't they enact laws that will do something with this large floating liiiiich of paupirs.' Do you know that lumbermen are feeding, clothing, doctoring, and in ease of accident, caring for .some old uncle or aunt that was never before heard of? These accidents are caused largely by negligence of fellow' workmen who are debauched, debased, ignorant, with clemoralized minds filled with the anarchist's belief that the more lie destroys the more labor he ••rentes. Logging is like war. es]iecially if you are a logger. Vou have to get logs on the landing or bust. Xo man wants to bust, or make failure of his business. In logging, you must always so ;ihead and keep going. As long as .vou are paying the bills you lia\e the say. Treat everybody right if they will let you. If they will not, .you are not to blame. Xow conies the question of the superintendent. Is he big enough for the position? If he is not capable of filling this posi- tion, it means expensive logging. It is muili harder to obtain good logging superintendents than it is to obtain good men to villi your sawmill. I believe that, if superintendents were finan- idally interested in the company it winild be better frtr the com- pany. Thev should have the brains and dipliiniac.v of a I'niteil States ]iresiileiit and the fighting qualities of a John L. Sullivan in order to succeed .•iiid make successful loggers. '"sygosgaes>:;i<:;K:/iOJTOi:>y;>ili>iTOW^ giWiBtlMWiliWitOTtl^ The Lumbermen s Round Table THE TARIFF AND BUSINESS A leading hardwood manufacturer, who is a close student of general business conditions, realizing that the lumber trade is more affected b.v fundamental conditions than an.v other business oxcept the iron and steel indnstrv, was commenting recently con- «-erning the effects of the revision of the tariff. "The banks and others who look onh' at the theoretical side of the situation," he said, "are accustomed to dispose of a matter of this kind by saying that the effects of the tariff have been "discounted' b.v business men. That simpl.v means that the stock market has figured the probable result of the change. It does not mean that Imsiiiess itself lias felt tlie efl'ects nr takes account of them. "On the other hand, 1914 will be well along before the actual, •lefinite results are indicated, .loliljers and other large bu,yers of foreign goods will not ]iut them in shape to market until next spring; and manv foreign manufacturers, who are contemplating jin invasion of America, are .iust now feeling their wa.y, and will make a definite attack on our markets some time in the future. It is only when they haxe exhibited their strength and measured swords, in a business way, with our manufacturers that we can sa.v how much or how little the effect of the tariff has been. "The lumber Inisiness and most wood-consuniing industries, as a general thing, will not be directly affected by changes in con- ditions. But the lumber business will be affected to a very con- siderable degree indirectly, and for that reason the tariff situa- tion will be worth watching closely from now on.'' THE MAN ■WITH NO INSURANCE Manv times one reads in the daily papers of the complete destruction by fire of a sawmill or other woodworking plant, with the notation at the bottom of tfie item, "There was no insurance !a5K!;^k>tm!)tm!mKi>-^t:&;>5UTO^ An Available Supply of Hardwoods Ihi' Killnwiii;: '. Tlie puiiiosi' S:;:oia^?W!cik'itix<;;it;;;v>\!;!i;ii^')!iTOi!i'iy;;^';w Pertinent Legal Findings LOSS OF LIEN ON TIMBER A soctioii of the Orot;()ii statutes irails: "Any person who shall 1 .rniit another to go upon his tiiiilierlauil and out thereon sawlogs, lars, piles, or other timber has a lien upon such logs, spars, piles, iiul timber lor the price agreed to be paid for such privilege," etc. Held, that the lien coutcniplated by this provision is waived as to all logs which the landowner permits to be removed and rafteil away, without collecting the price due thereon, or filing any notice of lien. In such circumstances, he will not be permitted to enforce a lien for the price of those logs against other timber to be cut under the same contract. (Oregon Supreme Court, West Shore Lumber I'ompauy vs. Ilollenbeck, 130 Pacific Reporter 671.) RIGHT TO LIEN ON PUBLIC BUILDING One furnishing materials for the construction of a public build- ing, such as a school house, is not entitled to enforce a mechanic's lien to secure payment of the amount due him, unless some statute of the state expressly authorizes a lien. (Oklahoma Supreme Court, Western Terra Cotta Company vs. Board of Education of the City of Shawnee, 13ii Paciiic Reporter •'iO.'i.) ACCEPTANCE OF OFFER TO SELL I'nder the general rule of law that there can be no contract of sale uuless the seller's offer is uucomlitionally accepted, or he accepts a condition imposed by the buyer, no contract was formed by an offer to sell a quantity of oak, log run, at $16, and mill culls at $8 per 1,000, where the person to whom the offer was made replied that he would take 4/4 oak at $16 and mill culls at $4.50. (North Carolina Supreme Court, Morrison vs. Parks, 80 South- eastern Reporter So.) CHECK AS MEDIUM OF PAYMENT "A bank check is not pajment until it is paid, unless the payee accepts it as such: nor does a bank check drawn in the ordinary' form operate as an assignment of any part of the fund standing to the credit of the drawer until it has been accepted by the drawee." Hence, where a creditor erased from a check r.eceived by him a notation stating that the check was received in full payment of his claim, his mere retention of the check did not prevent a third person who held a claim against him from garnisheeing the original debtor. (Georgia Court of Appeals, Kirby Planing Mill Company vs. Titus, 80 Southeastern Reporter IS.) REMOVAL OF TIMBER PURCHASED When a conveyance of stamling timber merely limits the time ■within which the trees may be severed, the purchaser does not lose title to timber cut, but not removed from the laud, within that time. (Georgia Supreme Court, .Tones vs. Graham, 80 South- eastern Reporter 7.) DAMAGES FOE DELAY IN DELIVERY Where a seller of a cargo of lumber notified the buyer that the vessel would be ready for unloading "about"' a certain day, but it did not arrive until twelve days later, the buyer is entitled to recover the amount of his damages sustained in direct consequence of the delay. (Florida Supreme Court, Holmes vs. Stearns Lumber & Kxport Comjiany, li?, Southern Uejiorter 449.) LIABILITY FOR LOGGING CONTRACTOR'S NEGLIGENCE A lumber company, though liable for burning of an adjoining land owner's property through negligence of its employes in per- mitting fire to escape to the property, is not responsible for any such negligence of independent contractors who have exclusive control of the method of doing their work. (North Carolina Supreme Court, Patrick vs. Giant Lumber Company, SO South- eastern Reporter l.jS.) INJURY TO LANDS IN FLOATING LOGS A company which maintains a dam in a stream in floating logs is liable for injury to lower lands, inflicted by discharging water in destructive quantities outside the channel of the river. (Min- nesota Supreme Court, Torgcrson vs. Crookstoii T.uniber Compauy, 144 Northwestern Reporter 154.) DAMAGES RECOVERABLE FOR SELLER'S BREACH Where .-i seller nf :i earliiad of lumlier iiimlvertently shipped it to the wrong destination, but the buyer received it there and reshipped it to the proper destination, without consulting the seller, the buyer is not entitled to recover from the seller the freight charges involved in the reshipment, especially where such expense was in excess of the value of the lumber. (Louisiana Supreme Court, Mercantile Liiinbcr & Supply Company vs. Jones iSc Pickett, 63 Southern Reporter .301.) RESPONSIBILITY FOB NEGLIGENCE OF CO-EMPLOYE Since Kentucky is one of those states in which an employer is not liable for injury to a workman taused by the negligence of a co-employe, unless the latter had superintendence over the injured worker, or unless he was habitually incompetent, so as to charge the employer with negligence in retaining him, the owner of a planing mill is not liable for injury to an operator of an edger, caused by negligence or recklessness of the engineer of the mill. (Kentucky Court of Appeals, Wiltshire's Administratrix vs. Kister, 160 Southwestern Reporter 743.) The Handle Trade Last summer turned out to be one of the best that the bulk of the handle manufacturers ever experienced. Handles of all kinds were in excellent demand during the entire summer, and instead of the mills being shut down for a month or so during the warm weather as is usually the ease, continuous runs were made. In fact during the fall a great many of the mills were running overtime and had trouble in keeping up with their orders. According to the version of some of the leaders in the handle trade, one reason for this seems to be that there has not been any more lumber on the market dry enough for use than is necessary to supply the necessary demand, and handle men have not been able to increase their output as much as they would have liked to. In fact, in some localities it is reported that handle factories have been compelled to stop operations entireh- because of the fact that they have used up their available lumber supply. The broom business is in good shape and still continues to take all the output of the numerous broom handle factories. In addition, the vacuum cleaner factories are still running to full capacity. Several of these are turning out an average of 500 machines a week and in addition there is a large number of smaller firms with outputs of smaller proportions. Considering the great number of vacuum cleaners of various kinds 'being turned out every day, it is surpris- ing that the demand for brooms does not seem to decrease. These vacuum cleaning machines are of interest to other lines of wood- work besides the handle man as all of the hand machines have a framework of wood which is covered with metal. The rapidly increasing use of hardwood floors has created an extensive market for fuie brushes with which to take care of them properly. That there is an unusual demand for brushes of this char- acter is evidenced by the extent to which they are being advertised and the demand for the handles with which they are equipped. These handles are of the finest make and are all finished in the best way possible. Tlicy bring a very good price and, where handle factories are equipjied to turn them out, constitute a distinct source of revenue. The coming of rains and colder weather is not onlj' a reminder to mend the roof and look after the heating equipment, but it should also suggest the advisaliilitj- of putting lumber piles in order, and as much lumber under shelter as practical. A border of trees along all those great roadways we expect to build will round out the picture about right and help supply the timber needs of the future. —29— ^CTOzJismtaaiciatrocJimi*^^ The Foreman and the Understudy One day while visiting :i liardwooJ mill of fair size and modern metbods, and watching the sawyer, there was observed a little bit of clumsiness and awkward handling of the nigger. It was a good, healthy steam nigger and every once in a while the sawyer would kick a log clear over the top of the knees. It took pretty lively jumping around on the part of the man on the carriage to save them- selves from damage. A word of inquiry developed the fact that the manipulator of the levers at the time was not the regular sawyer but was the mill foreman. It seems that for some cause the sawyer was oft" for that day and the mill foreman was tilling his place. While he was making a fairly good try at it, he was not doing as much work or doing it with the same ease with which the regular sawyer performed these duties. But just how much the output of the mill was reduced was not learned, but it was evident that the day's run would tally up enough smaller than the average day's run with the sawyer in his place to pay the wages of the sawyer. The next day the sawyer was in his place and the mill was going smoothly, cutting more lumber and doing it easier, while the men nn the carriage were not kept hopping about like jumping jacks to keep out of the way of logs kicked over the knees. On looking around, however, it was found that the foreman had again converted himself into an understudy and was operating a band resaw. There were two band resaws in the mill, a heavy one that took thick flitches and reduced them to boards and another further along through which some of the boards were run to make thin stock. It was this latter saw that the foreman was running. He was making just as good an effort as in his former job, and was perhaps doing all that was required in fully as competent a manner as the regular resawyer. The incident, howeven, served to raise several questions that should be of interest to sawmill men and should be studied by them with the hope of working out some logical method of solution. One of these questions is, whether the foreman should be an experienced mechanic and understudy and take the place of different important operators in the mUl at times when from cause they are absent. Another question suggests the necessity that every important operator in the mill have an understudy so that in case of the absence of the prin- cipal there will be a trained man at hand to fill his place without seriously interfering with the regular progress of the work. Inci- dentally there is sandwiched in here another question, a question of whether or not the saw filer should keep in training as a sawyer and take the place of the sawyer during his absence. In many of the big institutions of the industrial world this under- study idea is an important item in the organization. Every man occupying a place of importance that calls for peculiar skill or knowledge has an understudy, so that in case of sickness or absence from any other cause the wheels of industry may go along with practically no interruption. Here the fact is recognized that '^^<^g»:"^=«>=^°'^»:>'<^^'<>''^^^^^ 4ira J Some Fallacies of the Forest ARTICLE THREE To this (lay there are people who insist that the spigot for a filler barrel must be made of applewood. There is no telling how old that superstition is, but it goes back to the days when popular education was not general. It was supposed that the cider in flomng through the spigot was improved in some way by contact with the wood of the tree which bore the apples. Some cider makers in remote rural districts yet hold to that view. There is no basis for the belief further than that applewood is good spigot material. It is sanitary because close-grained, hard, and not inclined to check. A closely-related belief is that vinegar barrels should be equipped with cedar spigots. Rural stores in some parts of the country still announce that they are prepared to sell cider spigots for such of their customers as need them for %-inegar barrels. It does not appear that any satisfactory reason is offered for the preference of one wood for the cider barrel and another for the barrel that contains vinegar, as the difference between these two liquids is often a matter of mere age. The superstition that cedar is a purifier of liquids extended much farther than the vinegar barrel. It was once believed that the southern white cedar, which grows in the swamps near tidewater in Xew Jersey and southward, exercised a mysterious and bene- ficial influence over water brought in contact with it. Pails with cedar staves were popular, and many sea-going vessels were equipped with water casks made of this wood. The belief went still further in regard to that species of cedar. It was declared that the growing trees purified the swamp water in which they stood. Vessels about to leave the Chesapeake bay on long sea-voyages occasionally provided themselves with a bountiful supply of stagnant water from the Dismal Swamp in Virginia, under the firm belief that they were taking worthy precautions by having all the casks filled with drinking water fresh from the swales, lagoons and frogponds of the morasses where the cedars grew thick. Possibly the resin in the wood affected the water to a small degree, particularly if confined in cedar casks; and it is not improbable that the presence of bark, leaves and berries assisted in precipitating the impurities of swamp water; but the old belief appears to have died out in the region where it was once prevalent. The traveler through the southern Appalachian region will some- times find the domestic help about the farm engaged in making the supply of family soap. Lye from ashes, a quantity of grease, and certain other ingredients enter into the manufacture. The mix- ture is boiled in a large iron kettle, usually out of doors. More likely than not it will be found on examination that the stick used in stirring the soap is sassafras. That is not a case of happen. An inquiry will elicit the information that no other wood will answer as well as sassafras for stirring the soap kettle. The superstition is widespread, of long standing, and it is still firmly entrenched; but no cause is known why soap is better if stirred with sassafras than with any other wood. A make of "sassafras" soap has long been on the market, and its odor at once betrays it; but the odor is not due to any stirring with a sassafras stick, but to the presence of sassafras oil mixed in liberal quantity during the process of manufacture. The oil is obtained by distilling sassafras roots. It is remarkable how firmly the soap stirrer holds its place among people who would not be usually classed as superstitious. Similar beliefs, some without any basis of truth whatever, were once very common, but have now largely disappeared because of more general education. One of these will serve as a sample. It was maintained that a branch of dogwood (other woods were mentioned also) would greatly benefit the weak, famished cattle that were "on the lift" in the spring of the year. The term "on the lift" has fortunately passed out of use. It was formerly applied to farm animals so nearly starved that they could not get up when down, and had to be lifted to their feet. That condi- tion was once common in early spring before green things began to grow, and after the dry feed was exhausted. Farmers with small clearings did not always raise enough to tide their stock "through to grass," and a good deal of "lifting" had to be done. It was then that the dogwood superstition came into play. It was claimed that a branch of that wood, fastened to a cow's horns, miracu- lously increased the poor creature's strength to such an extent that she could get up without being lifted. It is needless to say that if the farmers of that time had spent a little more time raising fodder they need not have placed such implicit faith in the eflicacy of the dogwood branch to "lift" the cattle the following spring. One of the longest survivors of all the fallacies about wood is that which attributes to the moon some potent power over the tree and its products. This superstition assumes various shapes. It was formerly supposed by the majority of country people, and still is by many, that the phases of the earth's luminary influences not only the lasting properties but also the seasoning qualities of wood. Take the case of shingles, as that was one of the most common articles over which the pale beams of the mighty orb were supposed to exercise a benign or malignant influence. The tree from which shingles were to be made must be cut when the "sign" was right. All farmers understand the "signs" per- fectly. There were a great many variations of the "signs" that must be observed, for each kind of timber had a "sign" of its own. The man who was about to split red oak clapboards or shingles for a shed roof watched his almanac, and when the horns of the moon were pointing down he felled his tree. That guaran- teed the shingles to lie flat; but if the tree were felled when the moon horns were pointing up, the shingles would be certain to curl up. Ked oak, in common with all other oaks, and with most other hard- woods, warps badly when thin pieces, like shingles, are exposed to dampness on one side and dryness on the other. Since shingles nailed on a roof cannot curl downward, it is evident that they must warp upward if they warp at all. They assumed that position in dry weather, but at the end of a long period of rain they were well soaked and the warping was nearly gone. They lay fairly flat on the roof. The fact is, the warping of shingles is independent of any phase of the moon; but the old timers would never listen to such a statement. They were as firmly convinced of it as they were of the flat shape of the earth. Every roof with warped shingles that fell under their observation was a clincher, in their opinion, that the timber of which the shingles were made had been felled when the horns of the moon were pointing up. The fact that the same shingles were straight enough in wet weather had no effect on their theory. It is well-known that a superstitious person is almost powerless to learn anything by observation, if it militates against his set notions. Fifty contrary facts weigh less with him than a single fact which he can interpret as proof of his precon- ceived notions. Thus it was that the pioneer shingle and clap- board makers went on, generation after generation, felling oak timber according to the signs of the moon, merely because their daddies did so before them. .\ little observation would have shown them that their pre.iudice was not founded on fact. They had no such superstition regarding pine shingles, because pine warps little and the shingles always lay flat. When this fact was explained at all it was explained on the assumption that the moon was unable to influence pine as it did oak. There was a whole category of superstitions regarding the moon 's influence upon timber. Some related to decay, others to the attacks of worms and bugs, and some in still other ways. Everything, real or imaginary, that went wrong with timber was saddloil on the poor moon. —31— P Housekeeping in the Lumber Yard ^ I Well-kept lumber yards arc lortunately not unique, though one may risk criticism by saying that the average' yard is not as well managed in this respect. It is a real pleasure to visit a yard which is all that it should be, and shows evidence not only of careful planning but of constant effort to keep it up to the mark. Some lumbermen seem to believe that keeping a yard looking spick and span has nothing whatever to do with the success of the business. Perhaps this is true; if it is, it nnust be merely a coincidence that the concerns which keep their yards "dressed up" all the time are those which are making the greatest success in the lumber busiucss. The wholesaler may interpolate a suggestion to tlie cffei-t that his problem is a good deal harder than that of the sawmill man, because his lumber is constantly moving. It is more "fluid" than that ol' the manufacturer, who nuist needs keep his stock on sticks for several months before he attempts to dispose of it. Consequently the piles of the sawmill man are anchored, so to speak, for a considerable period, while those of the .jobber, who gets a large part of his stock fairly dry, may be torn down at any time. The jobber who tries to take care of special orders, and who doesn't mind going through his i)iles to get special sizes, will likely have a rather chaotic looking yard; but this very condition may be the best evidence of success. Conceding that, however, even the jobber can help the business by "cleaning up" after these operations, and seeing that his piles are not demolished more frequently than necessary. Proper piling in the first place, of course, would minimize the amount of handling necessary. When it comes to the sawmill man, however, there is little excuse for not keeping his piles in good order and in making his yard look, as someone expressed it, like a newly-swept kitchen. One of the best aids to a good yard is good roads. Instead of depending on the earth to remain dry enough to permit the trucks to be moved about freely, the lumberman with foresight builds macadam roads which drain well and which can be used right after a rain without imposing excessive burdens on his teams and men. And such roads certainly improve the looks, just as they increase the efficiency of the yard. Yet many a wholesaler is content to have his men and horses struggle through the mud until it looks like the track at Churchill Downs after a hard day's racing on a rainy day. Keeping the alleys cleared of material, in the form of piling sticks, odd boards, etc., is another important feature which deserves attention. In the first place, such care prevents the waste of good material, for a board which is allowed to lie out unprotected soon deteriorates. Yet good lumber is often maltreated in this way, and losses pile up which could have been turned into profits by the exercise of a little care. Lumbermen whose yard crews work on the piece basis usually re- quire the replacement of sticks in racks provided for that purpose as part of their work, and having this definitely understood keeps the yards cleared of the sticks and enables them to be used much more than when they are dropped anywhere and allowed to lie after a pile has been taken down. This means, too, having on hand a sufticient number of sticks for piling green lumber. It is a fact that at some mills lumber is put up with two few sticks for the proper support of the boards, simply because the crews couldn't find enough at hand. Of course it is easy enough to cut up fresh sticks, but sometimes this means delay. The best way is to niaPe proper use of those which are already in place, so that when a new pile is put up there will be no lack of sticks on which to place the green stock. An interesting feature of some yards is the use of continuous piling foundations. Instead of building a foundation for each pile, the supports are put down the entire length of the alley. The advantage of this is that the size of the piles may be altered to suit the situation. If the lumberman wants to pile his stock in narrow piles, he can do so. whereas if he desires to use broader .stacks his foundations permit him to resort to this plan. It doesn 't cost much more to build the foundation in that form, and judjiing from the resulting con- venience, the addi'il imcstnient in material and labor is well worth while. Another good point, which has been noted in well managed yards, is the use 01 a number for each pile. The numbers are systematically arranged, odd numbers being on the right of the main alley, for example, and even on tlie left. When tliis jjlan is used, the stock list shows not only the amount of each kind and dimension of lumber on the yard, but also its exact location. It is sometimes amusing to hear a lumberman discussing with his yard foreman the question of how much stock of a certain kind is on hand. ' ' How about that pile down in the far end of the yard ? ' ' the lumberman asks. "Isn't there a lot of Xo. 2 common quartered oak?" "Not much," the foreman answers. " Wc used uji ]iMrt of that pile finishing out a car the other day." This rough-and-ready style of keeping informed about the amount of stock on the yard is entirely eliminated when the piles are num- bered and the information thus made available is taken advantage- of. As each pOe is put up, the office receives a memorandum showing the date of piling, the amount of stock and its description. As ' lumber is shipped out, the proper notation is made on the tally sheet, so that the stock list can be corrected right tip to date without the use of a great deal of labor. The man whose piles are numbered, and who keeps track of the movement of stock from the mill to the yard and from the yard to the car on this basis, is never in doubt as to how much of any item he has. All that is necessary is to refer to his records. Insteail of dashing out into the yard and consulting with his inspectors, he can tell an inquirer about the stock without the loss of a moment. And this readiness in advising as to stock on hand is worth a great ileal from a selling standpoint. Another advantage which comes from this system is in case of fire. A merchant who had a fire loss and whose books were not in such condition as to enable the value of his stock to be checked up. would have a considerable struggle with the adjusters before he got his money; yet lumbermen frequently go into the adjustment of a fire loss with only an apyiroximate idea of the amount of stock in the yard or in that portion of it which was burned. ' ' We have our stock list for last month, ' ' he can say, ' ' and we know how much we have shipped out since then. W'e also know the footage which has been put into the yard from the mill. But we can't tell you how much of each item was burned, nor give you more than an approximate estimate of the value of the lumber." A careful investigation of the situation, calling into conference everybody in the yard who was familiar with the stock, usually re- sults in about the correct figures being arrived at; but certainly this method is not to be desired if it is possible to get the facts by the simple plan of referring to the card index or loose leaf ledger and noting the contents of the piles which were burned. That nuich can always be ascertained, and after that it is merely a matter of looking at the books in order to ascertain the additional facts that may be desired. Some lumbermen whose piles are numbered do not go to the trouble of itemizing the daily additions to stock from the mill, catching these figures at the end. of each month when the stock is inventoried. Inasmuch as the best practice is to tag each ])ile at the time it is ]nit u|), with the date of piling and the amount and description of the stock, it seems that this information could be made part of the daily record, instead of leaving it to the monthly inventory. When both incoming and outgoing movements are known, the record is abso- lutely complete, and furnishes advantages too numerous for separate mention. Sawmill men who are using the plan of numbering their piles, as well as the other ideas suggested in connection with good house- keeping, are enthusiastic over the possibilities of the system. As suggested above, the wholesaler whose stock is on the move all the time would find it difficult to adapt his business to a pile-numbering system: but there is no question about its being a valuable aid to the nmnufacturer. G. D. C. HARDWOOD RECORD 3i 'TOC)S!iiga!aiTOMmwii3!ggw^'>yTt.'ikw>ti^^^^^ The Mail Bag Any reader of HARDWOOD RECORD desiring to coTir lun cite with ar y of the nquirers listed in this seel ion can have the ad- dresses wntte n request to the Mall Bag Departr nent. HARD- 1 WOOD RECORD. 337 South Dearbo rn Street, Chicago. and refe rrlng to the nu mber a : the head of each letter and enclosing a self- addressed stampe d envelope. B 632 — Varied Requirements in Hardwood Lies .Miiincs. la.. .Inn. i;. Kilitm- II.vkhwihiii KkcurI) : We would ap- preciali' your pultini; us In tuuili wiili manut'iuiuiiTs who could llll the folloning items : 1 to 1* cars ]" No. 1 ciimmiui white oak. also quartered oak same dimensions. 4 to ."i ears core stock 1", I'l", I'-j" and 2", preferably in southern willow, soft maple, sofi birch and northern ash. Quartered white oak in 5/S and 1" No. 1 common; Plain white oak in D/S llrsls and s?conds; Plain white oak in 1" No. 1 common; White oak squares 2x2"-30", 2Vj!t2M!-30". Veneers : 1/16 sawed quartered white oak : 1 20 mottled figured ma- hogany: 1 20 rotary cut birch, hard maple or poplar; 3 1(J rotary gum or other woods. Straight grained dimension pieces of oak, ash, hickory, hard maple or birch, clear, sound, straight grained, free from knots, wind shakes or any other defects that will impair their strength. These pieces '2x2-ij\ 2x2-6' long. 2x2-7' ; 50 per cent 5' long and from 2,!i to :>0 per cent 6' long. A and U and better, short leafed yellow pine in 1x12-16', 11,4x16-16'; also 4x4. 6x6. 6x8. 8x8, 12'. 16' and several cars No. 2 cypress crating. 2 to :j cars 1x3 to 1x5 plain red oak strips. 1 face and 2 edges clear, as ordinarily sold to floor manufacturers. M to 5 cars elm and clear ash, also Iiemlock in plank and 6" siding T and G. Can also use some soft maple and basswood 1" thick. ■> cars No. 1 common oak kiln dried, 1V<" and 2" thick. 1 carload clean white oak squares l-5/8xl-5/,8-30". Must not be cut irom old brashy limber as it Is for bending purposes. Car material as follows: 13%x3 Vjx9'6". G'4xl'/i-^l"'> 3xux0'9", 2x.5x9'fi". DV4I51/, x.S'U", 9V4xl%x2'9", 4x1 i/ix20'9", 5 'A xo Vi x9'9", 314x I'VixO". 3i.,xl%x!r'. Several ears firsts and seconds hard maple, must be clear from \%" thick X 2'/j" wide, up to 11%" wide, miscellaneous lengths. B 633 — Services of Experienced Kailroad Man Available .Alpena. Mitb.. .Ian. 5.- i:dii"r ll.vui'Wiic.n l;i:ripi:ii : iiwin^ tn ilie ap- pointment of a receiver for our eoiiipaiiies anil ibe unn.'rtaintv of their policies, it may be necessary for me to become associated with some otber company in tlie near future. I liave been closely Identitied with every department of the companies, and am now connected with and am a stockholder in them. I have had a training in efficiency ancl erminniy of operation that cannot be otherwise but profitable for any otber cniniany with wiioni I mlglit become associated. I have looked after our timber interests here and in the West. Have had active experience in the mills, offices, lumber and woods departments, the laying out and building of railroads. Have Just finished twenty-five miles of main line in this vicinity. My annual average sales of lumber run from ?:;oo.0()0 to .«450,ii(iii. . The writer of this letter is now assoeiateil with one of the big- gest operators in the North. He is a man probai)ly seeoml to none in the line in which he has perfected hiins.-!f, an. I this siioulil prove an oi)iiortiinity for someone looking for the riglit Kin.t of a manager for a northern operation. — Editor. B 634 — Wants Elm Strips for Hoops iisiimi San Kranciseo. .Ian. 2. Kditor ll.vitnw.M.n Ui ers here has started llie manufacture of coffee barrels and iei|uires elm strips in fiunntities for hoop.s. These strips will run .■!/16x2 ' 1 x54". 'i"x2Vi"x6I" and tj "x2'/i "x70". It is not necessary that these I)e sur- faced. Can you jiiit us in touch with one or more concerns who handle Ibis class of material? . The above inquirer has been supplied with the names of a few manufacturers of elm strips. Anyone interested laii have tlie ad dress on application. — Editoh. B 635 — Wants Stained Saps White Pine New York. N. Y.. I p.m'. :!1. IMil'.r IIai;i.» Kk.oki. : We an- In the market for a car or two of .", 1" siaiieil saps of any mill having tbis mat. rial ».■ wlU i..' ;; touch with It . A limite.l number of sources of su])pl_v have been given this correspondent, but anyone wishing to be placed in touch with this prospective customer is welcome to the address on appli- cation.— KnnoR. pill.-. If y.iii know liav.. you put us In B 636 — Foreign Concern Wants Hickory Squares Liverpool. Kng.. l)..c. 16. — i:.lii..r ll.\iiiiwi>.iii ItK.i.iu. : We have a con- siderable demand for hickory .s" long. Can you give us tile names of mills which cut this stock? . The information sought has been supplied, but anyone desiring the address of this I'orrespomlent can have it upon request. — KonoK. B 637 — Wants No. 1 Common Basswood New Y'.irk. N. V., Ii.<'. 31. lOditor ll.kiiriwu.in ULiiiim : Kindly give lis the names of direct loggers and manufacturers of basswood. We use 5/4 No. 1 common in Ibis stock, averaging about 2 ears a month. 1 car of 10" and up wide and the other, 6" and up wide. . A list of manufacturers of basswood has been supplie.t this east- ern house. Anyone interested in the inquiry will be giveii the ;i.l.iress upon application to B (i37. — Editor. B 638 — Wants Two and Three-Ply Veneers for Trunk Work San Kranciseo. Cal., Dee. 31. — Editor Uaudw.jod Kkchkd: We would aiipreciate very much if you will kindly give us the names of large manu- facturers of basswood and Cottonwood veneers in two and thrcc-ply suit- abb' for trunk work. . Tlie writer of the above letter has been advised that as far a» tlie e.litors of Hardwood Record have been able to find out, cot- tonwooil is not glued-up because if the logs are steamed the veneer roughs up in cutting. On the other hand it is impossible to glue up stock made from logs which have not been steamed as the glue will not stick where the natural tree sap is present. The writer has been advised that while he could probably get bass- wood in this stock he should substitute gum for the Cottonwood. • — Editor. B 639 — Wants Hazel Lumber Saginaw, W. S.. .Micb.. .Ian. 5. — Kditor Hardwood Record: Please advise where we can purchase hazel lumber. . The writer of this letter has been given the names of two or three concerns who might possibly be able to furnish this stock. Any others directly interested can have tlie name on appli.'ation. — Editoh. B 640 — Takes Exception to Editorial Tli(> last issue of Hardwood Kkcciiui .■.nitaine.l an article en- titled ''Scientific Lumber Drying'' by Z. Clark Thwing, vicepresi- .lent and general manager of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works, (irand Rapids, Mich. Hardwood Record published this aricle w-ith editorial eomnieut in which it suggested the possibility that the writer might be in error in some of the points made. The following is a letter commenting on that editorial, which is published herewith without comment: Grand Rapids. Mich.. Dec. 29. — Kditor Hardwood Record: I have been much interested In noting your comments on page 15 of your December 25 issue in the article on kiln-drying. We feel confident that if you will dig a bit deeper into the results which are accompll.shed where fhi'se other types of kilns are in use you will find that their results are far below the modern standard of efficiency. Particularly in a blower kiln, we are surprised to have you make the comment that you have regarding the control of temperature and humidity. The control of temperature is a fairly easy proposition, but the control of humidity in a blower kiln, or the creation of the necessar.v amount of humidity for a blower kiln is a problem that has been a tremendously bard .>ne even at normal temperature and in the heating and ventilating of large buildings. Wi' are. t.io. v.'ry sorry that on the subject of the expansion kiln you did not quite understanci us. We admit that the subject Is a big one and that we had very liitle space in which to present what we wanted to along this line, but therein contained. We agree witli yo^ and think you are .■ these points, but v the spae*' available as manv others of .M-tainly give you credit for grasping the facts last two paragraphs of your comments wb.illy ill lb. ictly right here. We would like to have brought out did not feel that the limitation of the article and ivoiild justify us In touching on these points as welt lual importance. (iiiANU Rapids Venkkr Works. TnoMAs n. Pkrrv. See'y. B 641 — English Shipper Writes Regarding Import Regulations In the November •-'.'i issiu' Hakdwooh Record then' :ippeare.l au interview with a prominent American ex])ortev, in whiidi he criti- cised the metho.ls of handling shipments of American harilwood.'? as apiilied in the English market. This interview was read by the principal of a prominent firm of wood agents at London who dis- agrees with the sentiments expresseil by the American shipper. This gentlemjin b:is written Hakdwoiid Record as follows: 34 HARDWOOD RECORD Liverpool, KiiK.. Dec. 20. — Kdllor II.viiDWiKiD Ui;;! of your issue dated N'oveniliei- li.'i and really must protest against tlie lieadlns:. The hardwood section of tlie Tinil)er Trades federation spent a lot of time and Iroulile in gettius tl>c trade to acree tliat all American hard- womls sliouid be measured liy the I.ufliin rule and under the same terms as liie iumlier is bought and sold In your country, wbieb was done so as lo avoid any discrepancies in measure. Tliere is no doubt discrepancies still e.\isl but there Is also no doubt that the measure as taken in London is correct ninety-nine times out of a liundied, and I thlnl; you will agree that I am .lustlfled In saying so when I explain the ■method and compare it with methods In the States. l-'iusr: The incasurinK is done by an independent measurer in the employ of the Port of London Authority, whose interest if any Is to maivc the measure as much as possible as all tiieir charges are based on their tueasmement return. Kach bon.rd is laid on tressels and measured for length, width and thickness, the width and thickness probal>ly in three places. These particulars are entered separately In a tally book, the board is then measured with the Lufkin rule and contents as shown alsn entered in the book. Now compare this with the sellers' method. They usually measure on the pile, the length is guessed in nearl.v every instance, the thickness in every instance, and I do not think I am exaggerating when I say that in 00 per cent of the boards the rule is not put absolutely flat on the board, as it would require the measurer to kneel down every time, which lie certainly does not do. .\nother reason that the figures do not agree is lieeause afli'r gettiiiy the trade here to use the Lufkin contents rule, the shitijiers will insist on measuring on a 12 foot basis and thus bring into their invoice every odd two i>r three inches, for instance : a board 14 feet long, 8 inches wide would Ije measured here as containing !) feet super, and 100 of them would contain 900 feet, but on some shipper's invoice it would appear — 100 pieces S inches = SOO feet; off 1/16 = total O.'J."! feet. Witliout admitting the correctness of the statement that there is seldom a shortage when measured in merchants' yards. I could explain some reasons why this may happen. First of all, the lengths are as in America more or less guessed and the wood is measured as tight as possible for selling purposes and without a doubt is not so carefully measured as when done by the Port of London Authority. Then we come to the question of the IV^ per cent shortage. Why should the buyer pay for something he does not receive? I am sure no one in the States buys on such terms. I agree that the shipper rarely hears of any over-plus either on dock or yard measuring. My own opinion is that the two principal reasons why the shortages occur are first: Measuring on a 12 foot basis and second measuring as tight as possible, and if I am riglit. then it is obvious that these are apparent shortages and only exist on paper. We now come to the question of tliirkness and 1 should tirst of all like to say that I do not see wliy tlie boards cannot be out lo hold full thickness when dry. .iusl as tlie.\ nsederation here had expressed its willingness to submit the following provided the National Lumber Exporters' Association agrees : 1. In taking the lliickness of all American lumber, same to be taken 1 foot from the thinnest end. 2. In ease nut morr than 2% per cent in plain oak and .T per cent in quarlired uak 1". mikI thicker, .should be l/l(i scant in thickness and 3/4" and thinner. 1 .'U'seant in thickness, no notice is to be taken and the parcel as a whnb' is to I .iisiili nil full ihirkn.-ss. If the scant lumber exceeds these pei-centai:''s up in ." jh r ..m in |il;iiii eak and 10 per cent in quartered oak. buyers ~l>:ill ;irr, pi ih ^i.uU wiih an allowance for all the scant lumber. If tbr scam liniil.. r .x 1- ."> |ier cent in plain oak and 10 per cent in quarlered oak. buyers to have the option of rejecting the wboie of the scant lumber. I Siibjeet to satisfactory arrangements being made with the Port of Lond3la!i^y;:i^swi;xi>MA^i^»;^^v>^^^^ Clubs and Associations The above foreign house has been supplied with a list of nian- nfacturers of persimmon. Anyone desiring the address can have it upon application. — Editor. Indiana Lumbermen to Meet Tile Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's Association announces that its fifteenth annual meeting will be held at the Hotel Dennison. Indianapolis. Ind., .lanuary 14. .Secieiuiy ('. II, Kramer Issues a cordial invitation tn members of the hardwund i radc' ip l.p in attendance. Michigan Manufacturers to Meet Secretary .1. C. Knox of the Michigan Hardwood .Manufacturers' Asso- ciation announces that the mid-winter meeting of tliat organiiiation will lie held at the Poutchartrain hotel, Detroit, Mich., on Wednesday, Janu- ary 21. Statistics will be presented covering a largo percentage of the lumber cut tor the year 1013 and the estimated figures for 1914. making the meeting of much importance to the manufacturer of lumber. Other subjects to be considered are : Present market conditions ; discussion of stock reports covering liardwoods and hemlock and their relation to the present market; experiences of manufacturers under .the liability act; logging and camp expenses ; report of regular and special committees ; forest fire protective matters and Torest I'roducts Exposition. National Wood Preservers' Association ■I'll.' .\atiPiial W.kkI Preservers' Association has issued its regular lirogiani for the tenth annual convention, which is to be lield at the St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, January 20, 21, 22. The first session will be on Tuesday, January 20, and will open with the usual addresses of welcome, responses, roll call, officers' addresses, reports, etc. There will be in all fourteen papers covering the many questions directly interesting the members of the association and others interested in wood preservative work. .\I1 papers will be prepared and read by experts in their respective lines. In additinn there will be reports from five slaiuling committees. The Hardwood Manufacturers' Meeting The program for the twelfth annual convention of the Hardwood Manu- facturers' Association of the United States, which is to be held in Mem- phis, January 21-22, has practically been completed. It will be unique in the absence of long winded speeches, the whole program being arranged with a view to insuring a meeting full of vital and lively interest to lum- iiermen. One of the features will be a discussion of logging problems, the same to bo considered from the standpoint of operations in both the hill country and in the low lands. Results of practical experience as to methods and cost will be given, and an open and free discussion is to follow on the floor. There will be several short set talks on logging to open the forum. The rule of the meeting will be more to encourage discussion to develoi> features of prime interest to the lumbermen in attendance than to have them chafe under long oratorical efforts. In short, it is to be a lumber- man's convention and every mother's son who attends is expected to "talk right out in meeting." Reports received at the office of Secretary Weller at Cincinnati, indi- cate that the attendance this year will be very large. The fact that the convention is to be held in the heart of the hardwood ju-oducing belt has met with enthusiastic response on the part of the lumbermen and par- ticularly in the Memphis territory, and many new faces will be seen in the hotel lobbies and on the convention floor. The ilemphis hotels, par- ticularly the Memphis Hotel Company, which controls the Gayoso and the Chisca. are arranging to take care of all visitors. The headquarters of the association and the sessions of the convention will be held at the Gayoso. The Memphis lumbermen are working bard to boost the attendance and particularly among the consumers, special invitations being enclosed in all the mail that is going out of lumber ofllces at Memphis. M. B. Cooper of the Three States Lumber Company and Ralph May of May Brothers of Memphis are the two resident members of the committee in Memphis, and they are doing yoeman service. The other members of the committee on arrangements are R. M. Carrier of the Carrier Lumljer & Manufacturing Company, Sardis. Miss., who is chairman, and J. F. Mclntyre of J. F. Mclntyre & Sson.^. Pine Bluff, Ark. The Lumbermen's Club of Memphis has adopted a resolution welcoming the convention and the individual members of the club are working hard to make a success of the meeting. The lumber industry in Arkansas will be represented by practically every hardwood producer in the state, which is likewise true of Mississippi. Louisiana and Texas. Convention of Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers On February ". 4 and 5 the Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers will hold its annual convention at the Hotel Gibson. Cincinnati, O. Work on the new hotel where the convention will be held is nearing completion and all doubts as to its readiness are removed. The conven- tion is expected to be one of the largest ever held by the association. About 1.000 visitors are expected. The Lumbermen's Club will have full charge of the registration as well as the entertainment features, and the entertainment committee will spare neither pains nor money to make the visitors welcome and long remember their visit tn the Queen City. HARDWOOD RECORD 35 Some Things Worth Knowing Regarding Next Meeting Place National Wholesalers MiiiiliiTs iif (h'' ItulTald li:i<72.000 Maple 82,744.(1(1(1 s.!.095,000 Oak 3,20.''.. 1 3,(;.-i.S.000 Mixed hardwoods 83,43.s.immi 32.s74,000 Total hardwoods 336,872.000 305,655,000 All woods 783,294,000 749,417,000 Excess of cut over shipments, 33,877,000. Nearly the entire excess of cut over shipments occurs in the mixed hard- woods. In fact, except a slight excess in the case of hemlock, none is shown elsewhere. The accumulation of stock amotints to about four per cent of the cut. Annual Meeting of Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau The Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau held its annual election at Memphis on January 6, at which the old officers and directors were chosen for another year. The officers are as follows : President, George D. Burgess, Uusse & Burgess, Inc. ; first vice-president. Walker Wellford. Chicasaw Cooperage Company ; second vice-president, C. D. Hendrickson, C. D. Hendrickson Lumber Company ; secretary-manager, J. H. Town- shend. all of Memphis. John W. McClure of the Beilgrade Lumber Com- pan.v. Memphis, is treasurer of the bureau and will serve during 1914. On January 7 the regular business sessions were held with about seventy-five in attendance. A pleasing luncheon was served at the meet- ing place, the Hotel Chlsca. Reports were read by president Burgess, treasurer McClure and Manager Townshend. President Burgess said fourteen complaints had been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission up to January 1, that seven had been heard and six decided favorably. The Memphis- New Orleans case was the only one lost, although this decision was partially successful as the rail- roads advanced ^lisslssippl rates to New Orleans while the commission declined to permit the advance to stand. He prophesied that the re- duction of present rates would be effected within the year. Commenting on discrimination in ocean rates, he said that investiga- tion disclosed rank discrimination against Memphis In export rates and that a reduction had been asked to Galveston which. It granted, will open up a new port to the Memphis territory. Commenting on proposed five per cent advance in general freight rates, president Burgess stated that the matter should not be allowed to pass without the lumber trade offering all possible information to the Interstate Commerce Commission. He then reviewed the value of close association work, told of the pur- pose and accomplishments of the traffic bureau and its benefits and in conclusion thanked the bureau of governors for their support. Report of treasurer McClure showed that the finances of the associa- tion are In healthy condition. Manager Townshend expressed himself as pleased with results accom- plished during the short space of one year past. He stated that in the Canadian rate case a saving of from five to twenty dollars per car bad lieen effected as .1 result of the bureau's work. He touched upon the New Orleans rate case and then told of the plan on which the bureau is working for assorting and manufacturing arrange- ments to make it possible to ship hardwood lumber into Memphis, have it assorted, graded and dressed and within twelve months re-shipped at the through rate in effect from the point of origin to point of destination plus three dollars per car. He said that other cities already have this arrangement and that It would be of vast Importance to Memphis to secure it also. He said that liy insisting upon the rule that where tariffs conflict the lower prevails, the bureau had saved members approximately $10,000 on lumber shipped to Colorado points. Regarding grades, Mr. Townshend said that $13,700 out of $20,800 had been collected. Regarding the weighing matter, the report showed that while much had been promised, little had been actually accomplished by the railroads but that the bureau was still pushing the subject and the Interstate Com- merce Commission is conducting Its investigation. Mr. Townshend said he believed that regulations would be put into effect during the next year that would he backed by laws to compel the railroads to correct many evils that have been detrimental to the Interests of shippers. The bureau was seeking extension of time for filing of claims under Ihe standard bill of lading and it is expected that this petition will be granted within the year. Transit arrangements were also secured by the bureau by which logs can be shipped In and lumber shipped out without regard to the character of either. This arrangement is effective with all the roads except the 36 HARDWOOD RECORD l..misvlllc & Niislivlllc. wliloli is .■xiiri-tfd lo coiiif Into line sliorlly. Mr. TownslH-nd said that compliti' late files have already been coiupiled and that the railroads frequenlly lall upon Ills office for this informntion, ImvinK more coulidence in it than in tbclr own. In the disvnsslon during Ihe day particular efforts were made to Impress u|>on out of (own menilii-rs tliai Ilie bureau Is not a local orKiinlzation and is Just as anxious lo pruiici irulslde niemliers as those within Mem- phis. With the Trade Milne Lumber & Manufacturing Company Organizes A. N. .Milne, liirmerly of tlie Milne Brothers Company and the Milne- Savaije Lumber Company. New York, announces that lie recently severed his connection with those concerns and is now operatlu); with offices at lii.Ij Grand Cenlral Terminal, New York City, as the .Milne Lumber & .Mnnufaeturinc Company. This concern has excellent milling connections iind exp<>cts to handle only high-grade stock. Its specialties are kiln- dried hardwoods. Iioxlng and crating lumber, although all lines ot iiard- woods are handled and in addition white pine. North Carolina pint and spruce. .\. N. Milni' was connected with the Mliue Brothers Company I'lU- live years and iiefore that was with another large wholesale lumber liouse in New York, having for aliout eight years acted us general sales manager. During this period o( close association with the consuming trade 111' has liullt up an extensive clientele and it is confidently expected that he will carry a good share of Ibis to the new concern. 1'. M. Hall, who has been connected with ilie National Association of Manufacturers, will also bo associated with the new firm. WUl Handle Pacific Coast Products in East ■I'll.' Inl.st liev.'iopni.-nt in iin.' Willi tlie I'oribcomini; cipiiiinf; of the ranaiiia caual is the anni>uncement of a new corporation witli large means being or-^anized l»y prominent ium lier interests in N:>w York City and up state. This new organization is to be known as the .\rnold-Mltcbell Cempany. and interested in the project are .Arnold *: Co.. .Mbany. representeil by li. \V. Arnold, and While. Cratwiek & Mil ehell. North Tonawanda. and allied interests in .New York Cit.v. IMiiladelphia and BulTaio. White. <;ratwick & .Mitchell are represented in the above named markets b.v the Stevens-ICaton Company, the l?rown-Rates Company and the llendricks-Caskey Company. This wide range of activity makes the new corporation specially iiualiried to handle intelligently a complete stock of racitie coast lumber to the eastern trade. It represents a selling force second to none, while the manufacturing or lumbering end will lie in iiands of rxperii'iicfd and practical ]iinib:'rmen. Personnel Dickson Planing Mill Company Changes The lUekson I'laning .Mill Company. Dickson. Teiin.. announces that at a recent meeting of the directors. II. T. Cowan and L. M. Rogers were <>lected pii'sident and secretary respectively. Mr. Cowan is president of Ihe H. T. Cowan Lumber Company and makes a valuable acipiisition to the planing mill company. The Dickson Planing .Mill Company expects to expand and improve its capacity to take care of its rapidly increasing business in oak liooring. which product has found and is still finding favor with the consiiniing trade. The active management will now be in the hands of Messrs. Cowan ami Rogers, who will be assisted by \V. U. Roil anil D. S. Iliit.liisr.ii. Notice to Creditors of Cincinnati Bankrupt Charles T. Greve. referee in bankruptcy, announces that there will be a meeting of the creditors of the bankrupt Maley. Thompson & Moffeii Compan.v. Cincinnati, at the offices of the referee. I'o Carew building. Cin- cinnati, on .January l.S at P, :"() V. M. The meeting is to lie held for tlie purpose of settling disputed claims and all comjiromises for disputed claims in favor or against the estal" and all matters hi'ieiofore not dis- posed of. The Benn Ltunber Company Incorporated The Benn Lumber Company is the styb' of a new addition to tlie Cin- eiiinati trade, this company being recently incorporated and composed of Ben. Rubenstein. president ; E. O. Robinson, vice-president ; F. W, Mow- bray, secretary and treasurer. E. O. Robinson and F. \V. Mowbray are members of the Mowbray & Robinson Company. Cincinnati. .Mr. Ruben- stein is from London. Kng.. and lias represented the Great Eastern Tim- ber Company. London, in the Stales for quite a number of years. The new concern will deal In hardwood lumber, the bulk of wliiih will be exported to European conn tries. A. V. Jackson & Co. Change Style \. V. ,lackson &. Co., !) West Fourth street, Cincinnati, O.. announce that the stylo ot that firm has been changed to the A. V. Jackson Trustee Company. The Insertion of the term "trustee" In the official title does not change In any way the methods of transacting the business or the personnel of the organl/.ution. but Is for the purpose of suggesting more concisely the arrangement and connection with the milling companies whose lumber that concern markets. The company has been operating under the iinbiue plan of acting as trustee of stocks of mill concerns, and bus met wilh excellent success. Conasauga Lumber Company Moves Headquarters The Conasauga Lumber Company of Cjncinnali. <>.. has removed Its general offices, which have been maintained here for the past three years, to the millsite at Conasauga. Tenn.. wliere it was formerly located. This company practically controls the Cumberland Valley Lumber Company of this cit.v. and .lohn Byrns. who acted as secretary and treasurer of the Conasauga Lumber Company. and who had charge of the office, has resigned in that capacity but retains his interest therein and is associated with his brother. .M. .1. Byrns. as treasurer of the Cumberland Valley Lumber Company. The latter company will handle a large portion of the output of the Conasauga Lumber Company. Prominent Eastern Wholesaler Dies William Augustus Croinbie, dean of tlo- N. w York wholesale lumber Made, died in that city .January .3. after a short illness. IJe was in his seventieth year. William A. Crombie was born in New Boston, N. IJ.. in 1.S44, and his early business career was spent in the Burlington. Vt.. lumber trade — wbicli has furnished .some of the Iiest known lumbermen of the Metropolitan district. He came to New York in 1892 and continued in the wholesale lumber business. He was active in W. M. Crombie & Co.. with headquarters at 81 New street. Mr. Croml>ie was a man of engaging person- ality and refinement, and the highest type of business man. He had a large circle of friends in business and social life who will mourn his loss. In politics lie was a Republican and was ibat party's leader in the old Fifteenth assembly district. For many yi-ars he was a member of 1 be county committee. He was twice mayor of Burlington. Mr. Crombie was a member of the New York Lumber Trade Association, the National Whole- sale Lumber Dealers' .\ssociation. and the Mer- chants' .V.ssoeiation of New Y"ork. He was also a member of the J"nion League Club. New Eng- land Societ.v. Lake Champiain Societ.v. Empire State Society. Sons of the American Revolution, and Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen. He is survived b.v one daughter and two sons. William Murray and Arthur Choate, both of whom are active in the business. The funeral services were held at the Church of the JMvine rateruity. this cit.v. .January ,"i. and a large number of lumbermen were in attendance. Interment was at Burlington. Skidding Logs Nearly a Mile Over a Single-Span Cableway The Elkmont Contracting and Supply Company has recently installed at Elkmont. Tenn.. in the Great .Smoky Mountains, a new overhead cable- way skidder which lircaks all records for distance, 'J'he main cable stretches from the peak of the boom on a self-contained portable skidder. to the top of a hill 3570 feet distant, without any inter- vening support. Over this lengthy span the.v are skidding hardwood logs running four to the thousand feet without trouble or delay, having a daily capacity of about 30.000 feet according to the report of the erection engineer. Mr. Blair, who has just returned from Elkmont. The machine is of the type of tlie Clyde overhead cableway skidder, but is mounted upon steel skids instead of upon trucks. It has also a power- ful extra drum for moving the machine, which is effected by making fast the moving cable to suitable anchorage ahead of the skidder and throw- ing in the clutch connecting this drum with the engine. In this way the machine is dragged up to an elevation sufficient to make possible these immense spans. The main cable is 1^^" and is giving perfect satisfaction. .\t present the skidder is working from one end of a valley known as Coon Hollow, being located on an elevation at one end of the hollow, while the cable extends down the hollow to the opposite mountainside nearly a mile away. Logs are being skidded from both hanks of the hollow. Six gii.\s are used, ail being of 1" cable, two of which are wound on steam-driven drums and run from the peak of the boom back to the rear of the machine, .\nothor guy runs out directly in front of the machine. N. MII.NE, NEW YORK. N. Y HARDWOOD RECORD 0/ ;iiHl thP romninlug tlir.T ar.' ns.il t,> l.ulamv lUi- iiull of tli.- main cable, riirei.' last four K".vs are nil tightened bj' means •■•{ the skidding cable. The machine has eight drums In all, every operation ludng self-con- ::iined and under power. The main cable Itself Is wound up. tnuler sleaiu. on a spechil drum itttained on the bed of the machine and is not separate as In all other ypes of calilewa.v skldders. This enables the operator to wind off onl.v K much cable as will be required, the balance being stored on the drum • lit of the way. Coal Is conveyed to the machine by means of the skidding line (which runs through the buggy on the main cable) being lowered down into the valley whi>re ih.' buckets of fuel are made fast to It, raised and skidded in direct to the machine. The entire machine is a marvel of efficiency and simplicity. rnfortunately the mists were so heavy in the valley during our re- porter's visit that we were unable to obtain any photographs of the ma- chine in action. Those interested can doubtless obtain them together with any further iuformation desired from the inannfacturcrs. ihi' t'lyde Iron Works of Imlnth. A Giaiit Cottonwood Log In this connection is show u a ratbii- unusual |>hc>l(igraph of a ojiiuii- wood log A'hich was recently cut on the lands of the Baker Lumber Com- pany. Turrell. Ark. The section shown is the butt log which measured TU feet in diameter at the base. The tree cut S.OKO feet of lumber. The Ings were so large that they had to be split in order that liny could be sawed on the carriage. PI ^^^.^^^ 1 1 V ^??iiH ^•^3&:ir ^- 1 ^..1 ^ A'^ ^ ^WF^ 1 -'W ■1^. - iTTO.WVijdli. rrx nv Tin-; i;\i^ Tri;i!i;i.i.. .vhk. \li'.i:i! C()MP.\XY. LouisviUe in the Veneer Busine£.s I»uisville and its Indiana sulmrb. New AUiany. constitute one of the largest and most imiiortant manufacturing centers of the countr.v in the veneer and glued-up stock business. Including two plants which manu- facture ihin slock for package purposes, the Kalis of the Ohio boast twelve plants which are devoteak principally, though it produces also a large amount of gum stock, both in rotary and sawed stock, as well its poplar cross-banding. The ('. C. Mengel & Bro. Company operates, in connection with its big mahogany plant in Louisville, a veneer saw and a slleer, carrying in its warehou.se there an immense stock of veneers. Sliced stock prekct I'linipaiiv. on the Indiana side of the river, an associated concern, is similarly employed. The Wood-Mosaic Company of New Albany is now completing the re- building ot Us v-u.er mill, which was burned with the rest of Its plant several months ago. It will ojierate three veneer saws, and will make oak pdncipally, if not exclusively. ICoberts & Conner of New .\ibany have a large equipment, and manu- facture thin stock of all descriptions. In addition to a liandmlll. the company has a veneer saw, a slicer and a rotary machine, and is /thus lo a position to supply any kind of stock for which the consumer may be in the market. The II. E. Uelmberger I.iimbcr & Veneer Company, which is a successor of the lielmbergcr & Iirinkard Veneer Mills of New Albany, confines its attention in the veneer field to sliced stock. It also operates a band- mill, where it cats out its own flitches. The Ni-w Albany Veneering Company, which is generally credited with having one of the largest and best-equipped panel plants in the entire country, makes no vcucers. but devotes its attention to the manufac- ture of giuedup stock. It makes a full line of table tops and panels, '■ak, mahogany and Circassian walnut being its leaders. The Indiana Panel Company is another veteran concern of New .llbany which caters to the cabinet-working trades, and manufactures giued-up stock in great vari-ty. making no veneers. From tlie survey of the field which has Ijeen given. It is evident tliat for volumi of productiim and variety of goods put out. Louisville and New Albany form a combination wliicli would be bard to beat anywhere else in the country. . Pertinent Information St. Louis Receipts and Shipments- Thc following is a comparative staii-mi-nt of the re< .,f InnilMr in SI. L.mis for the .vears l'.il2 and lliin. .Ml 1- ■ ants' i;xchan-.'e of th.it city: RECEIPTS 1912 Rail. Uiver. Cars Feet .Tanuary 10.476 February ]:^.72f> March 1:5,760 .\pril 12,767 Mav l.S.in.T .June 17.661 .July August 1 -~. 11 4 September li;,:;4 . October lii.Jli.'i November l.''..nsi liecember 14.."il0 Total .Tanuar.v . Fehruarv March ". . April . . . .'!4.00" .-.1.000 i'.2.000 200.000 64.000 43.000 6.000 . l.«ll..3,000 18,402 164,000 17,531 133,000 18,030 41.000 14,432 28,000 16.647 .Tune . . . . .Tulv August . . September October . . November December n..87n 10.092 12.717 12.606 ]:5.:',05 11.168 ll.:!10 100.000 112.000 72.000 Rail, River, Cars Feet 10.3.39 11.219 12.650 98.000 14,301 54,000 14.970 83,000 13.180 64,000 12.655 38.000 12,729 107,000 12.762 161,000 11.998 121.000 11,730 11,218 Total i:iii,2iil .-.4.S.000 149.7.' Baltimore Building Figures Encouraging 26.000 Somewhat contrary to expectations, the yearly report of Building Inspector Stubl)s of Baltimore shows more construction work to have been doni' during the past year than in 1912. The gain amounted to not bss than $1,500,000 in round numVvers. proving that the local trade was bettir than had been sup|>osed or might be inferred fnmi the statements of lumbermen who found that they were not making profits. In a general way the trade has not been remunerative, the comiietltion among the local yards for orders having been so keen that margins were frequently sacri- ficed for the sake of getting contracts. This was illustrated not long ago wliiui bids were invited for a piece of work that called for a million or mori' feet of lumber. .Some of the largest and most enterprising firms in the city declined lo bid on the order, for the reason that they knew it Wiuild be taken so low as to leave nothing In it for file man who got the contract. It has happened frequently that the local yards have taken orders for liberal quantities of lumber at prio's which could not net them anything like a fair profit. In addition, the .successful bidders assumed considerable financial risk. Some members of the trade have come to the sensible conclusion that they had rather not get the business than take It under such conditions. They have determined that the l1me has come to stop doing business for the mere love of doing It. In the year 1912 not le-ss than ."■ir!.07!i permits were issued for new buildings. 38 HARDWOOD RECORD additions and altonuions. Ilic estimated cost of the improvements bi'ing $1-1.-I70.:i7;!, whlie last year the number of permits did not exceed 41,324, but llie outlay Involved was $16,004,639, a gain of $l,52o,'J6:i. Tlie great bulk of this amount was of course on account of two-story dwellings, of which not less tlian 2,;!02 were erected In the course of the year, at a cost of $.'!,,''>()0,OliO. The ,Tohns Hopkins University came next with a bulldlnp, the first of the group to be erected at Ilomewood, costing $,"00,000. There were eighty-two manufacturing establishments, valued at $2,.".4.").000, while two-story frame dwellings to the number of 107 accounted for ,$(47,470, and thirty-seven three-story brick dwellings for $249.S66. while two pri- vate schools accounted for $2n7.,')00. It should be said that the aggregate mentioned Includes an allowance of twenty per cent for undervaluation, but this applies to both years, so that the twelve months just ended still exceed 1012 by a good margin. The detailed flgures for the two years were : 1913 1912 .ranuarv $ 780,402 ,$ 601,600 iM'bruarv 6r.6.234 675,7ri0 .March ". 926,492 922,025 .Vprll 9,37,922 978,698 Mav 2,120,621 770,299 ,Tune 990,585 004,000 ,Tuly 686,866 907,367 August 980,153 1.160,475 September 946,933 661,501 (Ictober 1,045,266 965,465 Novcmbor 789,358 984,165 ■ I i.ecinber 667,669 1,111,700 Tntiil .$11,711,501 $10,. -585.842 Car Statistics The I'lst bulletin on car surpluses and shortages issued by the American Uailway Association gives further evidence of the slackening of trade (luring December. On December 15 the total surplus of cars was 107,513 as against i'.7.466 on December 1 ; 50,659 cars on December 31 and 190,521 cars on .lanuary 1. 1914. The surplus December 14. 1912, was 26.614. On the other hand the shortage on December 15. 1913 was 5,968 as against 10,212 on December 1, 33,601 car.s. December 31 and 1.671 cars on .January 1, 1914. The shortage on December 14. 1912, was 61,006. Wood-Using Industries of New York The New York Stale College of Forestry has sent out advance notices of the publication of a report on the wood-using industries of that state. The annual use of wood for the year covered by the report amounted to 1.750,000.000 feet, which is surpassed in quantity only by Illinois among the states, as far as available statistics show. This is only the wood which is manufactured into finished products, and does not include that used in its rough form. The report was com- piled through the cooperative work of the College of Forestry at Syracuse and the United States Forest Service. The field work included visits to many factories in the state where commodities are made in sizes and of kinds ranging from the toothpick and the shoepeg to the railway car and the ship. New York spends about $55,000,000 for wood every year and only thirty-one per cent of this amount is paid for wood produced within the borders of the state. With a vast area of from 12.000,000 to 14,000,000 acres out of a total of 33.000,000 acres better suited to forest crops than to anything else it is claimed tliat the state will produce practically all of the lumber and other forest lu-oducts needed when it practices forestry on these forest lands. Surprising quantities of wood are being used in such unusual articles as wooden shoes, wood fibre plaster, toys, novelties, spools, all sorts of handles, etc. One of the attractive things brought out by the report is that slabs and waste material formerly burned up or left to rot in the? woods are being used in many effective ways such as making of toys and other small articles and acid and other chemical products. University of Wisconsin to Open Ranger Course The University of Wisconsin annonneis that a fnrcst ranger course has been inaugurated beginning .January 5. 1914. The course will be under the direction of A. M. Cook, formerly connected with the United States Forest Service as supervisor of the .\rapahoe National Forest, Colorado. The faculty of the school will be Charles R. Van Heiss, president of the university ; A. H. Russell, director of the department of agriculture : E. M. Grifflth. state forester; A. C. Burrill. fish and game; L. R. .Tones, in charge of plant pathology ; Abby L. Marlatt, in charge of home economics ; F. M. White, in charge of agricultural engineering ; J. C. Saunders, in charge of economic entomology and nursery inspection ; A. R. White, in charge of soils ; F. G. Wilson, in charge of field surveying. The reason the university has established the course is for the purpose of offering elementary courses in forestry, and also to give the course to long and short term students in the study of woodlots, and especially in the care of timber woodlots. A New Swage Shaper A new swage shaper for band. gang, and circular saws has recently been put on the market. The engraving herewith shows an outline of the shaper. and the new and important features are briefly described as indicated by letters. The base (A) is made of the best machine steel and is so designed as to furnish the greatest strength and durability, and is guaranteed not to break. ric I The tooth gange holder i i;i straddles the saw and holds the tooth stop exactly central over the swaged point. It is mounted on a cross slide which penults the tooth stop to free itself from the stationary Jaw as soon as the clamping screw is released, thus furnishing the same ad- vantage as a right and left hand screw, and assures a uniform movement of both dies against the tooth, and entirely overcoming the objectionable features of the stationary jaw. The tooth gauge Is made in two parts. The upper part (H) lies flat on the back of the swaged point and acts as an anvil; the lower part (I) is a straight bar, the end of which may be filed or ground to meet the size of swage die, and clear the extreme point and also gauge the tooth from the root of the swaged portion, at the same time it prevents the destruction of the swaged point In shaping. The tooth gauge can be instantly removed or replaced for inspection and re-fitting by slightly loosening the set screw (W) and opening the clamp screw a full turn, then the tooth gauge will drop out, between the jaws on the under side of the shaper. It can be replaced in like manner. The clamping screw has a quick acting double thread and works on the extreme end of shaping jaw. This furnishes the greatest power at the required point and with the least friction. The back rest i .1 1 rests on two teeth and can be instantly adjusted for either band or circular saw, and the shaper set at such an angle that part (H) of tooth gauge fits the various angles of tooth points \ierfectly. The shaper is so balanced that the tooth stop comes in contact with one tooth at a time only, which makes it very convenient to shape short or damaged teeth. The shaping jaws are fitted with a double lever working point, as shown at (G) for the mainte- nance of which a grinding gig is fur- nished with each shaper. Figure 1 shows the front view of a shaped point and Figure 2 the back view. The extreme cut- ting point has a greatei' taper and the intermediate sec- tion has a lesser taper at the angle the shaper is adjust- ed on the saw. The swaged point is ta- pered downward and backward. leaving the cutting edge the wider. The extreme point does the cut- ting, while the inter- mediate section clears the kerf for the tooth to follow, also giving a stronger support for the cutting corner. It stiffens the point and pre- pares the stock for resawing, which is otherwise wasted in grinding or dressing the teeth to maintain the desired shape. This swage is known as the Pribnow swage shaper and E. C. .Vtkins & Co., Inc., Indianapolis. Ind.. are sole sales agents. Two Thousand Trees to Trade The giant sequoias of California, commonly known as "Ijig trees." arc now all fairly safe from the lumberman's ax except one grove which is said to contain 2.000 large trees, some of them twenty feet in diameter. These are privately owned, and the owner is converting them into lumber and waste as fast as possible. A sawmill is at work' in their midst, and unless measures of relief are prompt, there will be nothing to save. This is the most southern of the groves of this species. The United States Forest Service has offered to trade an equal quantity of sugar pine, white fir, yellow pine, and incense cedar for the sequoias, and popular sentiment is exerting itself to Induce the owner to accept the offer. The prospect is good that the trade will be made and the venerable trees saved. They are no more valuable for lumber than are the pines around them ; but their sentimental value is beyond measure. Some of the trees of that grove already felled for lumber were from 2,000 to 3,000 years old ; and doubtless some of those remaining are of equal age. It is earnestly to be wished that satisfactory arrangements will be made to set them aside for the enjoyment of people for generations to come. A Band Cut-off Saw The band cut-off machine, designed by Butterworth & Lowe of Grand Rapids, Mich., is intended for cutting logs and timbers into short lengths for shingles, staves, heading, tubs, pails, veneer and basket stock, wood pulp and cord wood. Its chief advantages over the old style cut-offs are that it does not require any special foundation, as is the cdse with the stroke drag saw. It can be bolted down to an ordinary floor, or to a boat or skids, if to be used in the woods. It can be driven with from PRIBNOW SWAGE SHAPER HARDWOOD RECORD 39 one-fourth to one-halt the power required by other machines. It is claimed that It does more and better work, and with much less waste than other styles. It should not require any argument to prove to a practical man that a thin band saw. travelling at high speed, and in one direction only, will cut much more rapidly than a heavy circular or stroke drag saw. requiring but a fraction of the power, and do better work, make nicer, smoother cuts, with much less waste. According to users' reports it does equally good work in hard and soft woods. It has been in general use for upwards of ten years, giving excellent satisfaction. It Is said that the larger sawmill people have been prejudiced against this band cut-off machine because it is a very light machine as com- pared with the general run of sawmill machinery, thus giving them the idea that it would be expensive to keep up and possibly impractical. While it is true that the machine is of light construction the same comparison might be made between it and the heavy drag and circular saws as between the old fashioned bicycle weighing fifty to one hundred pounds, and that of the modern machine weighing twenty pounds. While the latter would not stand the same abuse, it will take Its rider three or four times as far in a given time and require much less power to aceom- plifh this. There was undoubtedly a strong prejudice against the band ■sawmill when first put on the market and yet today practically all up-to- AX KXCEI.I.KNT HAND CUT-OFF S.VW MADE BV BUTTEKWORTH & LOWE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. date sawmills are equipped with band sawmills, and the superiority of the band cut-off machine over the old style cut-offs is claimed to bo much greater than that of the band sawmill over the old style circular mill. There was once much prejudice against band saws run on a quarter twist, and not without reason ; but the prejudice has been overcome by numerous examples of successful operation of such saw. Hardwood operators are the users of a large percentage of these saws. They are found in veneer, package and basket plants. The manufacturers have on file numerous testimonials from users, many of them claiming a capac- ity double or treble that of old-style drag saw-s and circulars, and that the upkeep is very small in comparison with the kind and quantity of work done. The Development of Forestry According to a card recently issued by the New York State College of Forestry, forestry In the United States was first in evidence in 1876 when a forest agency was established in the Department of Agriculture. For the first decade or two, owing to limited funds and lack of public senti- ment, little apparent progress was made, but a strong foundation was l)eing laid. In 1801 lands were w^lthdrawn from the national domain to be used as forest reserves, and this policy lias been followed by the succeeding presidents and at this time there are 190,000,000 acres within the national forest.?, having a cash value of $2,000,000,000. This enormous resource owned by the people of the United States is being administered by the Forest Service with the idea of the freest possible use. Illustrative of the truth of this policy, in 1012 the national forests supplied fuel, fencing, etc., to 40,000 residents, while timber sales amounted to $1,000,000. Forty-flvc thousand owners operated claims within the national forests. Cities and towns numbering 1,175 and 324 water power and irrigation projects got their water from streams arising in the national foivsls Sheep and cattle to the extent of one-sixth of the meat supply of the United Stales graze within the boundaries of the national forests and 600,000 people use the national forests as a recreation ground. This is surely direct evidence controverting the statements emanating from those oppcscd to the national forest scheme to the effect that such forests tie up vast tracts of timlxT and grazing grounds. Jerusalem's Timber Trade Jerusalem and "the niount.iins round about .Terusalem" have a small, interesticg timber trade, although the largest piece of "timber" sold seldom exceeds in si-/,e a paper knife. Jewel box, or a cup or goblet, -Most of these are classed in trade reports as curios and religious sou- venirs The numiicr of tourists who visit Jerusalem is surprisingly small, considering the fame of the city. The number last year was 4,Si)u. Most of tliese tourists carry away souvenirs with them, and two materials prevail — mother of pearl and olive wood. Last year religious souvenirs wore sold to the value of ?107,063. Those purchased in Jeru- salem and c.".rried away in the baggage of tourists were not counted. Sometimes the Jerusalom olive wood is a subject of inquiry as to exact species. Most of it is doubtless the genuine article cut from old orchards of Palestine, but the claim has been made that somt of It grows in Florida, although the direct proof appears to be lacking. The claim is founded on a report circulated some years ago that contractors were buying the trunks of orange trees in Florida, which were killed by the severe freeze nineteen years ago, and it was said that the wood was to be shipped to Palestine for ma.nufacture Into "olive wood" «oiivenirs. Palfstine imports leas than 1.000.000 feet of lumber a year, not count- ing r.iilroad ties .and other timbers. An old line has been in operation there sev"ral years, and new lines are contemplated. Ail timbers for railways are imported. Little wood is used in the construction of houses The largest it;m is the wood brought in to supply orange boxes. Most of this is imported from Roumani.i. Woodworking Machines in Germany A report by Consul General Robert P. Skinner, at Hamburg, Germany, says that American woodworking machinery has not made quite so much headway in CJermany as metal-working machinery, there being a good many German devices on the market which have the advantage of being constructed to suit peculiar German requirements. About one year ago the students in the Biltmore Forest School visited Germany under the direction of Dr. Schenck and in the course of their tour inspected the plant of the leading manufacturers of woodw-orking machinery in this country, at Offenbach on the Main. On that occasion the head of the firm explained that the difference between American and German machinery of this class resulted from differences in economic conditions in the Old and New World, .\merican machinery is built to save labor, whereas German machinery is built to save lumber and power. German machines frequently are combination machines, useful for a variety of purposes in quite small shops, while American machines more commonly perform a single operation rapidly and efficiently and are usually installed in large shops. While American manufacturers specialize as a rule, ■ German manufacturers are expected to turn out every sort of a machine necessary for preparing wood for the market. Red Oak on Cutover Land Cutover lands in some of the ceutral .Vppalachian regions are surpris- ing their owners by the rapidity with which they are growing in value. Ten or twenty years ago the white oak was cut from large tracts, and the red cak was left and was considered of little value because most of it was small. The cutting out of the large timber stimulated the growth of the small, and the red oak has increased so rapidly in size that within a few years a second profitable lumber operation can be carried out on the same land. Red oak grows rapidly, and small timber becomes merchantable in a surprisingly short time, on areas which are so fortunate as to escape severe forest fires. Hardwood ISlews ISlotes ■< MISCELLANEOUS >- The St. Peter Furniture Company of St. Peter. Minn., is reported as out of business. Taylor W. Granville has started in the wholesale lumber business at Asheville, N. C. The Plymouth Chair Company, Plymouth, Wis., has Increased its capital stock to $.10,000. The Worcester Lumber Company, Chassell, Mich., has increased its capital to ,^5,000.000. James & Mayer Buggy Company at Lawrenceburg, Ind., has become an Involuntary bankrupt. 40 HARDWOOD RECORD Rine Hickory Por Sale l-'itlicr ill llilclics. Xo. 1 conimoii and up or over 3 million Icct in llu- stump. AvoraRc haul to railroail. I'j miles. Rati- to e'liicuKo. 23 cents. L. FOOT, Canton, Mississippi OUR SPECIALTY — CRATING STOCK ^VE M.\XUK.\('T1'1!K GUM, MAPLE AND OAK PLANING .MILL TACILITIES M. E. Leming Lumber Co. Kentucky Vcnccr Works HIGH-GRADE — WELL-MANUFACTURED Vcnccrs IN SAWED AND SLICED QUARTERED WHITE OAK AND QUARTERED RED GUM. OUR ROTARY CUT GUM AND POPLAR CROSSBANDING VENEERS ARE EXCEP- TIONALLY GOOD. Louisville Kentucky Saline River Hardwood Co. Main Sales Oltice Pine Bluff, Arkansas Manufacturers of Genuine Forked-Leaf White Oak Red and Sap Gum Red Oak and Asli ^ We offer to the trade a remarkably SUPERIOR lumber product. ■ W. B. Burke, general manager of the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, Charleston, Miss., was in the city on business during the latter part of the present week. , H. T. Below of the Below Lumber Company, Marshfield, Wis,, and II. C. Dow who represents that company with headquarters at Detroit. Jllch., met at Chicago last week on business in connection with that firm's interests, R. W. Thompson, manager of the yellow pine business of the Hayden & Westcott Lumber Company, Chicago, married Miss Charlotte Hensel, 4914 Ellis Avenue on Christmas day. The couple will be at home at 5400 Dorchester avenue after .January 15, n. W. Watrous, general manager of the Lansing Company, Parkin, Ark., spent several days during the holidays in Chicago. C. F. I^usk of the Nye, Lusk & Hudson Company, Thorpe, Wis., was in I'hicago for a couple of days last week. C. P. Crosby, Rhinclander, Wis., has been in the city tor several days. The Stillwell, Moore & King I.,umber Company, McCormick building, Chicago, has recently changed its name to the Stillwell Lumber Company. Hardwood Record acknowledges receipt of the following appropriate greetings of the season : A handsomely engraved folder of greetings from the Dennis Lumber Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., on the outside of which is the inscription "greetings." with the dates in gold letters embossed, 1913-1914. From the R. E. Wood Lumber Company, Baltimore, a most beautifully and highly artistic photograph showing a typical misty scene in the southern mountains. The softness and high artistic value of this scene is really remarkable. From the Garetson-Greason Lumber Company, St. Louis, Mo., a HARDWOOD RECORD 41 caleniliir with a Ixniilltul cxiiiiiiilo of fi'minlni' Invi-Unoss oatillpil "Violpts." RoluTt Black & Co., Bay City. Mlcli.. sriiT ii sIrikiUK cnlfndar sliowing a sir! ili-pssPd in tlie aniiiiiiu colnrs. tlu' siil>Ji'<-'t b<>inK cntitlud "Autumn Leaves." "Winifred" Is the titie of nii nrtlsllc oali'ndar got ton- out hy (!po. C. Brown & Co.. Proctor, Arle. IIolTnmn Bioiliers Company. I'ort Waym-. Ind.. liave gotten- out a rntlier unusual calendar, tlie main feature of wliicli is a panel contttiniug six views of the company's plant, both interior and exterior. The photographs are clear and attractively arranged. Charles K. Parry & Co.. Land Title building. Philadelphia, have sent out their usual striking season's greetings in the form of n calendar. This yerfr's picture depicts King Arthur's Castle of Cornwall. The original painting was by .Moran. The Skillman Lumber Company has followed out its idea of issuing a monthly calendar, and under the picture of each is a suitable verse. The Sun Lumber Company. Weston. W. Va., has presented a very unusual photographic scene representing three-forking roads under a beautiful canopy of symmetrical forest trees. The scene Is very inviting to the iquestrian. Tickle. Bell & Company. Liverpool. Eng.. have used one of Thomas Moran's most noted works entitled "The Golden West." This represents one of Moran's awe-inspiring hits of great .\merican western scenery. The Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Knoxviile. Tenn . has confined itself to a sensible and attractive Christmas and New Year's greeting in the form of a plain white engraved card with a sprig of groon holly and red berries suspended above. Louis Wuichet. shipper of California white pine and sugar pine. Chicago. has sent out to his friends a handsome leather bound memorandum book. which contains nothing but plent.v of space in which to keep memoranda, and in the back is inserted a celluloid calendar for the year. R. S. Bacon of R. S. Bacon Veneer Company, city, has taken care of his friends in a nicely gotten up pocket memorandum book containing a good deal of valuable information, plent.v of room for memoranda, and also a picture of the company's large plant and method of pulling logs by logging boat at the operations of the Bacon-Underwood Veneer Company. Mobile. Ala. Mitchell Brothers Company. Cadillac. Mich., has just issued an artistic stock list and booklet describing the product of the Michigan forests and the specific products of Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc.. and the Mitchell Brothers Company. It is profusel.v illustrated with handsome forest scenes, de- picting specimens of the various species of trees found in the vicinity of Cadillac, which these interests convert into lumber. E. C. Atkins & Co.. Inc.. the silver-steel saw people of Indianapolis, have started 1914 with an attractive monthly calendar which they have been issuing for some time. The Three States Lumber Company. Memphis. Tenn.. has issued an attractive pocket memorandum book. Tickle. Bell & Co.. Liverpool. Eng. have sent out to the trade a Christ- mas greeting in the form of a pretty blotter gotten up in different shades. with a painting of a typical English girl and the personal greetings of Gilbert T. Tickle and Ernest W. Tickle on the cover. Scatcherd & Sons. Buffalo. X. T.. have sent out their usual practical memorandum pad. which is surely always appreciated by those fortunate enough to receive it. Hakdwood Recoed acknowledges receipt of an attractive desk calendar from the Printing .\rt, a monthly magazine of printing and allied arts. The calendar is a fitting example of the high-class character of the publica- tion in question. The M. Rumely Company formerly at Laporte. Ind.. has establisheil general offices in the Commercial National Bank building. Chicago. The .\amax Cabinet Company of Chicago is involved in an involuntary petition in bankruptc.v. The Kinzie Manufacturing Company of this city is in the hands of a creditors' committee. The H. P. Nelson Company of Chicago has Increased its capital stock to $1.2.-iO.OOO. Wyman's .School of the Woods, Munising, Mich., has issued an attractive and comprehensive catalogue showing the regular curriculum and pnrposr of that most excellent institution. -•<, NEW YORK >.= On .Tanuar.v 1 the wholesale firm of Stone, Ilershey & Gibson, Newark, was succeeded by Stone & Hershey. As indicated in the new style, this change comprehends the withdrawal of R. V. Gibson, whose interest was bought by Mr. Hershej'. The firm will continue in the same lines as before. R. V. Gibson is working on future plans for continuing in the wholesab- lumber trade and will hani'.ie hardwoods, hemlock and Idaho white pine. The committee In charge of the annual dinner of the New York Lumber Trade Association is working hard on the many details, and everything points to a good attendance at tln' Biltmore. Eebruary 10. The Biltmore Is New Y'ork's latest offering in the way of hostelries and has everything that a good hotel should have. The lumbermen will be almost the first to engage its l>anquet hall, on the twenty-second floor, said to be the finest In the land. The H. Herrmann Lumber Company and the Herrmann Furniture Com pany have moved ofHces to Fourth avenue and Thirty-second street. FOREST PRPDUCT5 EXPOSITION CHICAGO COLISEUM API^50-MAY9, N£W YORK GRAND CENTRALRAUCE M^21-30 ' iC I N C I N N A T l| |Hardwood Manufacturers and JobbersI I CONASAUGA LUMBER CO. 0 MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD AND PINE p FOURTH NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 1 Johns, Mowbray, Nelson Company 'oak, ASH, POPLAR & CHESTNUT GUM AND COTTONWOOD C. CRANE & CO. MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD LUMBER 1739 E.4STERN AVENUE DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. Mfrs. YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK GENER.tL OFFICE — CL.\Y CITY. KT. RIEMEIER LUMBER CO. OAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT SUMMERS AND GEST STREETS E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. HIGH GRADE WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS GOERKE BUILDING SHAWNEE LUMBER CO. ^HARDWOODS, WHITE PINE and HEMLOCK Sales Office — South Side Station — C. H. * D. R. R. JAMES KENNEDY & CO., Ltd. OAK, POPLAR AND OTHER HARDWOODS FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co. WALNUT. OAK, AND OTHER HARDWOODS 103-4-6 CAREW BUILDING OHIO VENEER COMPANY Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE YOU SHOULD BE INTERESTED in a pn ipositiiiii \vc can niaki- yn is uniiuniily lii^'i L^rade glue. Manufacturers of this modern lype of door realize that its development has been retarded because the unavoid- able lack of uniformity in other types of glue makes it impossible to know how long a donr will stav in condition. The Use ' )f vegetable glue insures absolute uni- formity because of the very nature of pre- paring it and because every pound of our raw material is rigidly inspected. Vegetable Glue Is also a rigid and permanent adherent; will not blister in sanding; has no dis- agreeable odor; will not deteriorate in standing — for a week if necessary; and can be applied cold without any heating" application of any kind in the glue room. In addition, the average saving over former glue bills has been twent}^ per cent where vegetable glue is used. A DOOR MAKER SAYS: I McCleary, Wash., 9/30/13. R I Perkins Glue Co., H South Bend, Indiana. a Dear Sirs: — // is non' about a year since zve added n I a veneer door department to our operations. Deciding " on the glue which would give the best results, we con- 5 sidcrcd the most important matter in connection zvilh p j this neiv department. >; Investigation convinced us that your product zvas the § one zve wanted in order to turn out the most dependable a I doors and panels and it has been gratifying to find that B it has given us lozv cost as zvell as superior quality. m Yours truly, a g CHEHALIS FIR DOOR CO. a B GJO-BB By Geo. J. Osgood. 0 SmZlIXXITTrrTTTTTTTTITiriiriTITTTTYTTITIJTITT^TITTIXTrTmSlrTTTirrTrTTTTT? Perkins Glue Company Originators and Patentees 805 J. M. S. Building, South Bend. Indiana The Glie That Runs Absoiiiteiy Uniform The Woodbury. Foster Lumber Company, recently organized by E. S. I oster of New York and W. H. Woodbury. .Vshcville, N. C, bas Just incor- nrati'd. Mr. Foster reports good proftross and says the yard at AshevlUe ^ now supplied with a line assortment of southern hardwoods, espe- iiiUy chestnut. In addition to the hardwoods the company handles yellow I'ine and cypress. .\. N. Jlilne has withdrawn his interest In the Milne Brothers Company, 18 Broadway, and the Mllne-Savldgo Company. Boston, and formed the Milne Lumber and Manufacturing Company at Grand Central Terminal, city. The new concern will m'hke a specialty of hardwoods and lias excellent mill connections. MaJ. Everett G. Griggs. Tacoma, Wash., was a prominent lumberman visitor in New York last week. Major Griggs was Just back from a long trip to Europe, where he made a tour by motor. He views the outlook hopefully. -•<, BUFFALO >• The lake lumber receipts of ] i::.7;;."p.(mi(1 lid last season show a falling oir of about eleven per cent from the previous year, but were nevertheless ahead of 1011 by several million feet. For some seasons the people who have brought considerable hardwood lumber into Buffalo by lake have found mill prices on it so high that they have stood out of the trade pretty ' nearly. Last year seems to have been more unfavorable than former years. One concern that bought a tow on purpose to assist in this traffic scarcely brought anything at all to its own yard and chartered the vessels out to other parties, all because the East will not pay upper-lake prices for hardwood lumber. O. E. Yeager will attend a meeting of the trustees of the National Hard- wood Lumber .\ssociation ' at Chicago on January 1.3. He states that Buffalo will make every effort to get the June convention. T. II. Wall and George Repp of the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company, are spending a couple of w-eeks in Tennessee and Alabama, looking over mill stocks. H. A. Stewart has returned from the Pacific coast, where he recently went on a trip of inspection. He reports that all the lumber interests there are looking for a boom in the spring. Hugh and R. D. McLean spent Now Year's at their old home at Thurso, Que. The former will take a trip this month to the McLean hardwood mills in the South. The National Lumber Company reports a pretty good demand for the middle grades of maple flooring and oak flooring is also selling fairly well and flooring generally holds firm in price. W. P. Miller of Miller, Sturm & Miller, .spent a week this month in Ohio and Pennsylvania, looking after hardwood stocks. The yard has a good amount of hardwood lumber coming in. The Erwin Lumber Company, of which George A. Corson is president, is completing a lumber railroad at Erwin. Tenn., which will be finished this month. The company's tract is well covered with various hardwoods. Davenport & Ridley are getting in hardwood stocks from Pennsylvania and report trade as fair. Business is expected to pick up a good deal during the present month. Anthony Miller reports the hardwood trade as rather quiet this month, but a fair amount of various stocks is being called tor and the yard has its usual good assortment. •< PHILADELPHIA >■ J. Randall Williams of J. Randall Wiliams & Co., says business for the whole year has totaled up fairly well, but as to outlook considerable adjusting to fit the changed tariff and currency bill is necessary before a reliable pronouncement can be made upon future trading. J. T. Robinhold, secretary and treasurer of the Woodland Lumber Company, says business for 1913 panned out better than was anticipated. Buying will continue to be conservative until spring. H. G. Parker of Rayner & Parker, reports very good trading the first eight months of the year, but a falling off in the last four months ; the total, however, exceeds that of 1912. W. S. W. Kirby of the Kirby & Hawkins Company, testifies to a fairly good year, and a promising outlook for 1914. If the railroads succeed in getting the Increase of five per cent on freight rates to which they are entitled, they will undoubtedly come into the market for heavy supplies, and spend millions of dollars in improvements. Samuel H. Shearer of Samuel H. Shearer & Son, says business for 1913 has held its own, and prospects are for a more robust activity in the spring. William P. Shearer has gone to Atkinson, N. C. to look after affairs at his company's planing mill. Samuel B. Vrooman of S. B. Vrooman & Co., Ltd., states that 1913 was the best year in the history of the concern. Things are com- paratively quiet now and the outlook is uncertain. J. Elmer Troth of the J. S. Kent Company, reports a very lair year in spite of the numerous obstacles with which it had to contend. The company is hopeful as to outlook. John W, Coles has no complaint to make over last year's trading. There have been interruptions but the average business has been fair. HARDWOOD RECORD 43 llf antklpaC's ouIiii'ki'iI iradini; with llic opcniUK "£ H'l" sprliiK si'nson. II. ('. Mngnidor. fortufily mnna);i'i- fur thi> ruttun CompHiiy. Is ikhv established iu the wholesale business for himself with offlee at his lesl holstered Furniture Factory, on December I'.s. caused a damage of about Ji'.OOO. =-< PITTSBURGH >-- The I'itisliurgh Iiiiliistri;il Ii.v. loiuuini I ■iiiiniission has secured for I'ltlsburgh the Fort I'ilt Box Company which will lie located at ICtna. a North Side suburb. It will manufacture whisky cases, soap boxes, etc., nnd will employ 100 men and .jO girls and women. The Foster Lnmher Compan.v has added to its force David Frampton, a well known miliman of western Pennsylvania, who will take entire charge of its mill operations. The company now has sixteen mills cutting Its own timber and is getting out a big lot of oak and railroad stock. C. K. Hreitwieser & Co. have secured .T. .\. Walton, formerly manager of the Standard Lumber & Planing Mill Company, and will handle the Standard stocks which are manufactured at ICIkhurst. W. Va. It will make a specialty of oak flooring. The newl.v organized Dailey & Alii'n Lumber Ciunimny. has gut into full running gear in Its otflce on the ninth floor of the Farmers Bank liuildlng. Both members of the company are in the South this week buy- ing lumber. II. T. Lincoln, formerly of the old firm of Bemis & Vosburgh. has been for the past year a partner in the Gibson Lumber Company which is making fine hardwood lumber at Masontown, W. Va.. on the ilorgan- town & Kingwood Railroad. The company has ii five year cut of si)lendid timlier on the Cheat River Gorge. The Babcock Ltiraber Compan.v has secured S. K. t'u^uis. formerly sales manager of the Pocahontas Lumber Company of Brookville and Vener, W. Va., to succeed .T. B. Mitchell in its sales department. Mr. Mitchell having gone to the Hamilton Ridge Lumber Company where ho will be sales "manager at Richmond. Va. The Babcock Ccuiiitniiy has also added O. I'. 'DeWitt. a well-known wholesale lumber il.aler of I'blladelpliia. wlio "Will be in its sales department. The Acorn Lumber Company, through its iiresident. II. F. Domoff. brought hack some splendid orders recentJ.v from eastern and northeastern territory. It makes a specialty of catering to the manufacturing trade In that part of the country. The Abi'rdeen Lumlier Company has got business in the cypress depart- inetit well tinder way and will have a strong selling organization. Its president. .1. .N. Woollett. is thoroughly familiar with all the southwestern stocks and has already made a notable success of handling coitotiwnoii and gum. ^-< BALTIMORE >■ Among visitors here dining ilie lioli.lny we.k wiv K. L. Winclicsler. <'ham|)ion Fibre Company, Canton, N. C. ; Bert Crockett, .Vile n & Crocki'lt. Black Mountain, N. C. ; Mr. Dickey, Dickey & Campbell ; C. .1. Diebold. Forest Lumber Company, Pittsburgh ; Mr. Chambers, Kendrick Lumber <"ompany of Pittsburgh, and Irwin Clark, the Boico Lumber Company. Richmond. Va. Some were on their way home to spend a part of tlie holida.vs. while others had been at headquarters and were making a miil- hollday trip. .Ml reported quiet, as was to be expected. Kdward Heal.v, who represents .John L. Alcock & Co. in West Virginia, with headquarters at Charleston, has gone back to the field of his activities after a brief vacation spent at home over Christmas. Mr Uealy stated that toward the end of the year things had quieted down. though prices were fairly well maintained. 'i\vo of the field men of Richard P. Baer & Co. were also in for the holidays. One of them was C. F. Williamson, a former Baltimorean. wlio represents the firm In Ohio and adjacent territory, making his liead- quiirlers at Columbus, and W. W. Wilhelm. who is located at North Wllkeshoro. N. C. where the Giant Liimlier Company contlucts operations. It. P. Baer & Co. handle the outinit of the (Jianl comimny and Mr. Wilhelm stays on the ground to look after matters. Both visitors have once more gone back to their rcgul.ir work. WALNUT Walnut for Export Thirty years' experience in the handling of walnut logs for export enables me to furnish guaranteed prime quality stock. 1 am constantly iu close personal touch with the source of supply of export walnut logs and know exactly what I am getting at all times. In fact, a number of the best for- eign houses are taking up my logs on my own recommendation. My supply enables me to fill orders of any size in carload lots without delay. Highly Figured Walnut As a result of close personal supervision of log purchases my stock of highly figured wal- nut in long wood and stumps contains only the choicest in figure and curl that can be found. All this stock is carefully selected to take care of a discriminating demand. My figured stumps are all dressed closely and when shipped are practically in shape for the knife. Youwill lose nothing by trying me on your next inquiry. FRANK PURCELL ^^^^=^^^ Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A. MATHEWS STANDARD Gravity Lumber Conveyer Made all steel, ball bearing r upled together and assembled to form er which lumber, flooring, dimension jr per cent grade. Ad.iustable Jacks proper grade. Light, s •n In Trie h Olllfc, IIKTII, AKK. ARCHER LUMBER COMPANY HELENA, ARKANSAS Manufacturers of HARDWOODS SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES We can furnish your entire requirements in Hardwoods OUR SPECIALTY — RED GUM St. Francis Basin Hardwoods 100,000' 4 4" Ists & 2nds Plain White Oak 100,000' 6 4" No. 1 Common Red Gum Band Sawn Bone Dry 75 per cent. 14 and 16 feet long PROMPT SHIPMENT Geo. G. Brown & Company Proctor, Ark. ^:"c"^rT& K^pi^ WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING Band Sawn Stock 600,000 ft. 4 4 Common & Better Sap Gum 200,000 ft. 4 4 Common & Better Red Gum 250,000 ft. 5 4 Common & Better Red Gum 75,000 ft. 6 4 Common & Better Red Gum 50,000 ft. 8 4 Common & Better Red Gum This stock contains a good percentage of 14' and 16' lengths and is of excellent widths W. W. GARY, "'^jr^ HARDWOOD LUMBER AND LOGS The West Virginia Lumbci' Conipaiiy lias been ninninj; its new mill at <'li"ylan. W. \a., some twenty miles fi'om Cliailestou, on the Chespeake & Ohio railroad. lesularly, though, of course, the plant was shut down over the holidays. The mill Is an eight-foot band, of strictly modern design, ■mil has been turning out about 40.000 feet of lumi)er a day. It seems to be settled that no more wooden block pavements will be laid in Kaltlmore, the mayor and other municipal officials being opposed 10 that kind of pavement, notwithstanding Jts advantages. Some years ago the streets around the courthouse were paved with wooden blocks in order to deaden the noise of vehicle traffic, but as some of the streets have sharp inclines, they proved almost Impracticable for horses in snowy vvi'ather. Even during rain storms horses would fall, and It became necessary to sprinkle sand or ashes during every storm. It is said that llie city has spent .$1,700 a year for sanding such pavements. ^-< COLUMBUS y- .1. K. Marquis, a IuiiiImtiumii oi Main iia. ( i.. is the Inventor of a veneep ilrying machine upon which he has secured a patent. He will organize a company for the manufacture of the apparatus at Williamstown, W. Va. F. B. Pryor of the W. M. Eitter Ijumber Company says trade in hard- woods has been fairly active during the past fortnight. lie says factories arc the best piu'chascrs at this time. Dealers have Just completed their inventories and will soon be in the market. Prices are holding up very well In all grades and varieties of hardwoods. .1. W. Mayliew of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company is again conlined to the hospital by Illness. It. \V. Morton of the Ritter company left early in .lanuary for a long business trip in Buffalo territor.y. .fohn R. Gobey of the concern bearing his name reports a fairly good demand for hardwoods, with prices holding up well in most particulars, lie says the prospects for the future look very bright. •T. W. Rogers a well-known lumberman of Ilattiesburg, Miss., visited wholesalers in Columbus recentl.v. I). W. Kerr of the W. L. Whitacre Company left early in .lanuary on an extended business trip in the South. .T. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company says trade in hardwoods is as good as could be expected under the circumstances. There is a good demand for most varieties and shipments are coming out promptly. Building Inspector Goodman of Akron, O., estimates that the cost of proposed buildings to be erected in that city amounts to $2,250,000. .V large number of new structures are to be erected on Main street. Among them are the new Union station, a new postoffice building and several business blocks. * .V building boom in Columbus is on despite the general business depres- sion which prevails. John A. Kelly, secretar.v of the Columbus Builders' and Traders' Exchange, says that new buildings are projected which will cost more than .$8,000,000. .According to the statement of Inspector Dauben of the Columbus build- ing department, jicrmits issued during the year totaled $5,508,400 which is almost $1,000,000 more than the valuation for 1012. The year 101.3 was the largest in the history of the department. The month of Decem- ber was a record breaker as permits valued at $4.32,550 were Issued as compared with $157,473 in December of the previous year. The total number of permits issued in 1913 was 38SS as compared with 2656 in 1012. Collin Ford has been appointed receiver for the John Deitz Manufactur- ing Company of Cincinnati. F. A. Keil of Dunbridge, C, has purchased a site in Bowling Green, O., upon which he will erect a planing mill and lumber sheds. The Throop-Martin company of Columbus has leased the property at 1.30-140 East Chestnut street for offices and factory for Its door and sash concern. A number of lumber concerns in Ohio are going to carry their own insurance under the Ohio workmen's compensation law instead of paying into the general fund a certain percentage on their semi-annual payrolls. The Clay Tie & Lumber Company of Chillicothe. O.. has been incor- porated with a capital stock of $5,000 to deal in lumber of all kinds and railroad ties. The incorporators are Harvey Clay, William R. Snyder. Lillian F. Sn.vder, Sallie S. Herrnstein and William Herrnstein. The Harris Lumber Company of -Dillonvale. 0., has filed papers with the secretary of state Increasing its capital stock from $.30,000 to $75,000. The Kinney Lumber Company of Orrville. C, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $42,000 to carry on a general lumber business. The Incorporators are Angeline Kinney, Eugene L. Kinney, Fred W. Kinney, Ralph .\. Kinney and T. A. Kinney. Upon the application of the Franklin Construction & Supply Company, made through its attorney, M. L. Bigger, Judge Frank F. Rathmell of the county courts, recently appointed E. N. Paul receiver of the Sciotio Box Company of Columbus. The Benn Lumber Company is the latest addition to the lumber con- cerns in Cincinnati, the officers of the company, being Ben Rubenstein, president ; E. O. Robinson, vice-president and F. W. Mowbra.v, secretary- treasurer. E. O. Rol>inson and F. W. Mowbray are members of the Mow- bray & Robinson Company and are experienced and widely known hard- wood men. Mr. Rubenstein is from London. England, and has represented the Great Eastern Timber Company of London, in this country for several years. The new concern will manufacture and deal in hardwood lumber. The bulk of this lumber will be exported. HARDWOOD RECORD 45 =-< INDIANAPOLIS > Mr. and Mrs. 1- rod i . liarcliiir luiv.' nimr lo I'lorldu (or tin- wintci-. .Mr. Ganlncr Is troasuror of E. C. Alklns & Co. Till' corporation of the Coll)urn-Bal08 Lumber Company, Goodland. has boon dissolved. BuildhiK opi'rallons In the clt.v dnriuR lOl.") aggregated $0,301,973, as compared with ?n.l.">0,407 In 1012. Substantial gains were made In frame and llreproof con.stnictlou. On tile night of .lanuary 1. the planing mill of the Brooksldc Lumber Companj- was destroyed by lire, presumably of Incendiary origin. Tln' loss was about $l>'i.OOO. partially covered by insurance. The mill will be rebuilt. Paul O. ISrown. buyer for the Talge Mahogany Company, Iia.s relmued from a six months' trip to Africa. Mr. Brown bought a large cargo of mahogany logs direct from the natives. The resignation of Kred .1. Trenck, export manager for E. C. Atkins & Co.. has been announced. .Mr. Trenck and his father, John W. Treuck. will engage in another line of business. W. W. Knight of the Long-Knight Lumber Company, and Jlrs. Knight have returned from a ten days' visit with relatives in LeRoy, N. Y. The marriage of .Tohn 11. Guy and Miss Gerda Sebbeleu of Laporte took place in New York City. December 31. Mr. Guy is financial vice-president of the M. Rumely Compan.v. Mr. and Mrs. Guy will reside in Laporte. With a loss of approximately SlOO.OtJO. most of the plant of the Indi ana Veneer and Lumber Company. JMonou railway tracks and Twenty- third streets. Indianapolis, was destroyed by fire on the night of IJeccml).^ 22. The Are. starting in the center of the dimension room is believed to liave been caused by an Incendiar.v. The southeast wing of the plant and the office, in a separate building, together with several piles of lum- ber and logs, were saved. The company makes a specialty of white oak veneer, and expects to rebuild. The clt.v oflieials have agreed to recotnmond the amendment of a section of the new building code that has aroused a protest from llie hardwood ititerests and manufacturers of interior trim. .\s passed, the code requires metal doors, sash and trim in all fireproof structures, at the same time requiring ail sciiools. hospitals and apartment houses three stories or more in lieighth and all other buildings more than one hundred feet higli lo be fireproof. The amendment will limit the requirement ^or metnl sasli. doors and trim above the one hundred foot line. =-< MEMPHIS >■- The annual of the Tinlu Darrel St:ivr Manufatturers' Association will br held here .January 20-21. This is the first of the big conventions that will be staged in Jfemnhis during the winter. The sessions will be held at the Hotel Chisca. It is expected that there will be about 12.1 delegates In attendance. Max Lowry of New Orleans is president of the association and K. H. Defebaugh of Chicago is secretary-treasurer. The annual of this association will be closely followed by that of the Hardwood Manu- facturers' Association of the United States, which will convene on .lanuar.v 21-22. Lee Wilson, head of Lee \\'ilson & Co.. prominent manufacturers and Business Men's {■lub will continue Its activities in this direction until these companies have either located here or decided upon some other point as their future home. . E. H. Ewinir. formerly manager of the E. H. Ewlng Lumber Company, whose plant was recently destroyed by fire at Ileber Springs. .\rk.. has made plans for the establishment of a wagon factory at that point, and this will be placed in operation shortly. Agriculfural implemenis, too, will be manufactured. Earle Briee and Louis Thompson arc associated Our Corps of Inspectors Intelligent! Highly Trained! Conscientious! is assurance that you will get what your order calls for when you buy Gum from us Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company Cape Girardeau, Missouri Baker-Matthews Manufacturing Go. Sikeston, Mo. Band Sawn Southern Hardwoods SPECIALTIES RED GUM, PLAIN OAK SEND US YOUR ^^WQUIRIES Quartered Red Gum Plain and Quartered Gum, Two Years on Sticks 4/4", 5, 4", 6/4" and 8/4" Thicknesses 3 No. 1 Common and Better Soft Elm Dry Mark H. Brown Lumber Company Hardwood Manufacturers Mounds, Ark. -Miles West of .Memphis, Tenn. MILLER LUMBER Marianna, Arkansas CO. We offer for shipment during the next six months, at the rate of a car or two per week. 25 to 50 cars No. 1 and No. 2 Common Gum SIS 9 16" thick. We are also in posi- tion to furnish for prompt shipment 4 4 to 8 4 1st & 2nd and No. 1 Common Red Gum. YOUR INQUIRIES SOLICITED .„^.'i *"*"? k'*Y" ,'l°'''5,V ^""'^ percentage 14 and 16- lengths. Modern equipment backer! by 25 years' practical experience is 5ur guarantee woo''rt°Vn™h''"'"'"f ?' ''"r °l^^^^- "'"^ """' manufacture other hard! wood lumber and box shocks. HARDWOOD RECORD Harris Manufacturing Company Johnssn City, Tennessee "Harris" Hardwood Flooring and Lumber Bluestone Land & Lumber Company MA>rTACTl KEKS WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock ii«Dd s»««i siock RIDGWAY PENNSYLVANIA MEMPHIS W&ole^ale Manufacturers and Erporter* RED GUM SAP GUM COTTONWOOD CYPRESS ASH PLAIN OAK ^ I, /- J J TL- u QUARTERED OAK All Crades and I hicknesses ^ HICKORY W e make a tpetialty of mixed car* SOFT ELM SYCAMORE YANDEN BOOtSTfflSON LUIBEK COIPAMY liiifictirers SnOen liNwttds Ash a ifempUs Teuessee TIMBER ESTIMATES EEPOBTS IKCLrDED TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP. DETAIL ESTIMATES A WKITTEN REPORT GARDNER & HOWE ENGINEEP.S Clarence W. Griffith ^'Vt^^r'LaiS'^'-' Memphis, Tenn. ^ ^ / rialed with Mr. Ewing in this new enterpris»>. which will make use of rod and white oak as well as hickory on a pretty large scale. The McGehi-e Lumber Company. Mc<;ehee. Ark., is making preparations for the opening of an office at Fort Smith. Ark. When present plans are completed the branch office at Fort Smith will have direct connection with the main establishment at M': ^ =•< BRISTOL >= The R. E. Wood Lumber rVtrnpany of Baltimore has begun operation at Earharts. seven miles south of Bristol on the Virginia & Southwestern railway, where the company has purchased a large area of hardwood timber, constructed a logging railroad and erected a band mill. The plant of the Bristol Door t Lumber Company is closed down for a few days on account of the annual taking of stock. Powell Brothers Lumber Company has purchased a tract of timber near Coeburn. Va.. and will at once install a mill. The Clinchland Timber Corporation, which a few weeks ago purchased an area of 2:;.0OO acres of virgin hardwood timber in Scott county. Vir- ginia, has sold a section of it to the Dungannon Lumber Company, which has begun cutting. J. E. WilkinsJjn has purchased a large tract of timber near Chestnut Uidge. Sullivan county. Tennessee. He was here last week from Dublin. ^ a., arranging to install a. mill and begin the development of the property. Managers of the Bristol offices of eastern hardwood concerns report a j'K)d year's business and a splendid outlook for 1914. A severe blizzard struck this sec-tion on the heels of the new year and -till ha.s it in its grip. As a result many mills are temporarily idle, but will resume operations as soon as possible. Horace Guynn of Pennsylvania has purchased a 14.000-acre tract of tiardwood timberland in Wythe cotinty. Virginia, from W. S. Berger, ' umberland. Md.. and will install mills for the development of the property. W. S. Whiting. Asheville. X. C. was a recent visitor on the Bristol market. He is doing an extensive wholesale hardwood business at Ashe- ville. The National Lumber Company. Concord. X. C. has purchased the properties of the Snow Lumber Company and will increase the output of the operations. The Stone-Huling Lumber Company is installing new machinery in the large Wilkinsop mill on the Southern railway in this city, which it r-cenily pnrcha.sed. and will put it in operation soon. The erection of lookout towers in the section of the .Appalachian Forest Reserve east of Bristol has been begun by the government. The first T'^iwer has been completed and gives a view of the government lands for many miles. The purpose of the towers is to oversee the lands and pre- vent fire. They will be connected by telephones and in charge of govern- ment foresters. The Dione Lumber Company of this city has begun operations in eastern Kentucky, where the company has purchased a good-sized area of hard- wfxxl timber. Irving Whaley has gone there to give his personal attention TO the operations. -■< LOUISVILLE >- Th'- Louisville Hardw.or] rii,i, i,<:ir.l ;)ii :ii]ur-« on The Income Tax" December 30. R. A. McDowell, a Ioubject. The paper dealt principally with the mode of collection of the tax. The week before the club heard L. B. Finn, chairman of the .State Railro.id Commission, on the proposed bill enlarging the powers of that body, and so has been kept well informed of matters of current interest. On account of the date being inconvenient for a number of its mem- l.ers. who bad made previous engagements, the Louisrille Hardwood Club was unable to acc-ept the invitation of the Evansville. Ind.. Lumbermen's Club to attend its dinner-danc-e .January 6. The office of G. D. Crain. .Tr.. secretary of the LouLsville Hardwwjd Club, has tje^n moved from the Keller Building to the Starks Building, the latter being the newest and finest of Louisville skyscrapers. The Louisville police notified the lumber trade recently that a man giving the name of .lohn W. Arnold had been operating in southern cities ant] defrauding lumbermen out of money advanced on bills of lading pur- ■orting to represent lumbfr shipment.s. but alleged to have been forged. lie company he is said to have attempted to represent is the Pico Lumber 'mi>any «f I'ara. Brazil. Xone of the local concerns has been visited • this man. it is believed. Lumbermen learned with regret that the project to merge the coro- <-rcial organization!; of JxiniKTille into one strong central body has been >andoned on account of the opposition of the Louisville Board of Trade. Legislation affecting the lumbermen, which will be considered at the irrent sessif.n of the legislature, which began its mw-ting .January 6. i.fludes a workmen's compensation bill: a measure to increase the author- y of the State Railroad Commission: changes in the tax system: com- ilsory reports of accidents in manufacturing establishments, and regi»- ; ation of all manufacturing concemB with the commissioner of .\grl- ilture. Edward W. Hines. well-known to lumbermen on account of having presented local concerns in Interstate Commerce Commission cases, has • en appointed attorney to the commission, effective .January 1. and has ;iken up his new duties. The law business will be carried on by his •-artner. Van Nt.rroan. son of A. E. Xorman of the Norman Lumber Com- HARDWOOD RECORD Cortis J. KraDk. who ha* i»>«-n »nih the Ohio Rit«T ~ ioy In an <>i#cutiTe ■••pacity for th» past y^ar. ha« r«5lpi«tl ite in California. He 1-ft for the We-.t a few w^vks agn. M - not decided whether he wIJi engage in the lumber bastnesa '>r nr.-r another line. Th>> LoulsTllie Veneer Mills plans to develop its lomber bnsines!. and will enlar^ the stocks of Inmlier o^rried on its yard, bax^n? ^^ w**[l as r»'strictinB its operations to the pn^duct of its bandmilL Gns Smith will be in charge of this feature of the company's operations. The sawmill of J. R. Powell at Stanford. Ky.. was burned recently with a loss of *T...i Company. No ctianse in the personnel of those connected with the ■ncem is contemplated. Harry W. Embry is general mAna^r. holding a- position of secretary and treasurer. The New Alliany. Ind.. Vene.>rins Company has enlnr;ed its capacity y the addition of a considerable amount of new machinery. The enuip- ment in the giue-trH'tm and in the finishing department has been increased. while drying facilities have also been enlarsed. E. T. Knight is president and ^neral manager. Tb>: Sffusel Box Company has purchased 3T0O acres of timber near Hi'-kaian. K,v.. where it operates a iarse sawmill and veneer mill. The price paid was reported to be Jll".l-><>>. The tract will be togsred at once. The Jones-Savase Lumber Company h.^< I.e..n ..reanizi^d at Wilmorv. Ky . with a capitalization oi" SS'X'" V\' R I T E US =-< ST. LOUIS >= Fianires o'^mpleted h.v Building Commissioner McKelvey. show that 191.". ' as a poor building year in ^t. Louis in comparison with 1912. In 19i:>. ^ .02 buildin? permits were issued, the cost of construction and alteration laling $15,340,112. In 1912. S.-'WS permits were issued and the opera- ns amoanted to S2<5.t>S5.S03. Two buildings pot up in the last year i-ount for $3.o»t0.000 of the years total. The Railway Exchange build- in? is credited with $2.00<).00<) and the Monward building with Sl.oOO.tXK". In IVcember. 1913. permits for 24ij new building to cost S616.150 and 2*i permits for alterations amountina to $154.0)s*; were issued. In IVcember. 1912. 479 permits totaling Jl.rtoS.i^X" were aranted. The St. Louis Lumber Company's branch yard at 2350 Chouteau avenue. was damaged JH'.OtW and adjoining structures suffered nominal losses in >. lire which broke out in the dressed lumber warehouse at half past five. N-w Years afternoon. The origin of the fire is not known as the yards ind offices were closed and there were no electric wires in the warehouse which might have caused the ignition. The Hooton Hardwo«id Luml>er Company, has given up its offices in the Wright building and has more*! the headquarters of the company t-j T-rr** Haute. Ind.. from which p^'iut th.^ nusin.^ss will ^e 0':'n.ii!- ' =■< ARKANSAS >- On December 27 the dry kiln and thirty. nine truckloads of lumber at the plant of the Pulaski Cooperage Company, one and one-half miles northwest -?, Little Rock, were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of about $10.0«K>. ; le amount of insurance carried by the company has not yet been learned. is said that the dry kiln will be rebuilt by the company at once. -\cvording to Deputy Commissioner of Labor M. J. McMahon. the strike among the coopers at Parag^iuld has not .vet been successfully terminated. as heretofore stated. Mr. McMahon states that he has been for several weeks attempting to bring about a successful termination of the differences between the strikers and the manufacturers, but without success. The former employes are now asking for an Increase In wages as well as "■">>i|:nition of their union. Both of these the operators are refusing. . !.• c>perage Com[>any and W. T. Hasty & Sons. It is said, however, that ■-.* c\>ncems ar»' at present operating with independent employes. .\ few weeks ago forty criminal pr\unty. Camden. .\rk.. against the Grayson Lumber Compan.v. charging it with violating the provisions of the ten-hour law by working the employes at this sawmill for more than ten hours a day. These suits were Anally ivnpromised on January 2 by allowing the com- pany to plead guilty to two of them, paying a fine of $25.(H> and costs in each i-ase. the remaining thirty-eight cases being dismissed. These ar<' the only pn>secutions. so far as is known, brought in the state. Commis- ^i->ner f'lary stales that it is not his intention to have the companies prose- ):"d for the past violations of the law. but to Insist on the strict com- lant'e with the law fr\>m now on. T. E. Mounts. manag«-r of the l^qua Handle and Manufacturing Com- pany's plant at Osceola, .\rk.. was on December 22 named as agent for aervice for the company in .Vrkansas, The main offices of the l"i>|ua company are at Plqua. Ohio. Charles F. Cunningham of Uttle Rock, fonneriy engaged io the stav.- business at this pla>v. was on Pecvmt»er IS appointed to the office of deputy insuram^' commissioner by l_ L. Coffman. auditor of state, to suco>^ Henry C. McCain, resigned. Mr. Cunningham, aside from his reputation as a stave manufacturer, has been prominent in the city administration here for the past several years, during which time he has been a member of the aldermanlc council from the sixth ward. -\. K. iloodnight. manager of the Batesville Excelsior Company at Bates- vllle. .Vrk.. has n>cently announced that the new machinery to be installed In the company's new plant has arrived. The company's plant was burned Gum Oak Elm COTTOVWOOD CTPKESS "r~ FrRxrrrRE dixi:>»io> * STr AMORE TXLXOW PCNX Licking River Lomber Company 114 Dean Bldg. F^OR RRICES Sontli Bead. tatfiai The White Lake Lumber Co. Peoples Gas Bid?.. CHICAGO. ILL. Northern and Southern Hardwoods C.\R STOCK WHITE PLNE ■i'ELLOW PD«E Bigh Quality — Prompt Dehcer-j WE WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE 50 M ft. S 4 Ists & 2iids Hard -Maple 73 .M ft. S 4 .No. 1 Commoa Hard Maple Send M mmr iiut%irie4 5 cars 4 4 No. 3 Common Baaa^voodi 1 car 12 4 Log Run Soft Elm THE QUALITY OF YOUR VENEERS \ '^ur profits depend largely on econom- ical production, and uniformly cut veneers lessen the cost of production. Our employes are experienced, our machiner\- modem, and we use the best selected !ogfs in Mahogany. Circassian Walnut and Quartered Oak. Therefore, we will furnish you with ab- solutely uniform and bone dry sliced or sawed veneers that your men can handle with a minimum outlay of tiriie and labor. This Means Money in Your Pocket We will welcome you to our plant (which is so modem it's worth coming: to see") or we will send a representative with samples, on request. Fred W. Black Lumber Co. 2245 S. Crawford .\ve. Chicago. 111. 48 HARDWOOD RECORD Northern Timber Price Record ISod — J^t'leL'teil White Hme. luitluns; to 51 per acre. lS7(i — Selected Wli'te Pine, nothing to S5 per acre. ISSO — Fair White and Norway Pine. SIO to S7 5 per acre. Hardwoods, demand light at nominal prices. iSyo — Fair White and Norway Pine $2.50 to $S per thousand feet. A better call for hardwoods at higher prices. Light demand for hemlock. -l')oo — White and Norway Pine timber S4 to SlO per thousand feet; hardwoods 50 cents to Sl.5u pei thousand, hemlock, 2 5 to 7 5 cents per thousand. 1910 — White and Norway Pine, grouped as "Northern Pine" S7 to Si 5 per thousand feet: hard- woods §2 to S7; hemlock $1.5o to ?2.50. Regardless of when northern timber was bought, it yielded the buyer a good profit. The history of northern timber values is being repeated in other sections. James D. Lacey & Co. Timber land Factors Chicago, 111., 1750 McCormick Building Portland, Ore., 1107 Spalding Building Seattle, Wash., 1009 White Building fl Fitzgibbons & Krebs Patent Ele- vated Traveling Derrick propels itself on 28-ft. gauge track. ^ No guy wires. fl Write to O. M. Krebs, Mallory Branch, Memphis, Tenn., or to P. F. Fitzgibbons, Chattanooga, Tenn., for pamphlet fully illustrating and explain, ing the derrick. Also ask for list of users. aliout throe or fmir weeks ago, entailing a loss of aliout .$"J."i.OOO. witli no iiisiiraiice. The liDilding has been rebuilt and the new machinery will lie installed at once. K. II. lOwing. I'li-merly manaiiPr of the K. II. Kwing Lumber Company of Ileber Spiings. .\rli.. whose plant was destroyed by Hie a few weeks aRO, Is now at the liead of a new goneern that will establish a new Industry in thai city. The ni>\v company, composed of Mr. KwInK, Karl Brice and Lewis Thompson, lias recently purchased the old (iardiner gin plant and proposes to convert it into a wagon and implement facttn-y. The new Industry will utilize the almost ini'Xbausllble supply i>f while oak and oilier hardwoods in that section. Tlie machinery for the new plant has been purchased and will be on the ground in a few days, at which time the work (^r installing it will be begun. .VcciM'ding to the report of thi' Iiiiled Slalis Cinsus liur.-'an. Arkansas Ir'iids all the states of the fnion In llie prodiiclion of red gum. for the .vear l!)!.". The total number of f<'et for the Tniled Stales is given at (>!I4. 200.000 feet, and Arkansas' part is placed at :ill. 020.000 feet. It is said that the movement for the lumbermen's excursion, making a liiiir of .\rkansas and visiting the large mills of the slate, is again to be revived by the .Vrkansas Lumbermen's Club. The plan now is to take the trip in the early spring. President C. .\. Bnshner plans within the next ftnv dSys to appoint a special committee to look into the excursion project and arrange for the week's schedule. This trip will be participated in by both hardwood and yellow pine manufacturers, and through it they expect to gain much information concerning tlie other fellow's method of, opi-rating mills. They wiW also devote a considerable part of their time and attenlion to colonization work and plans for selling cut-over timber- lands. > WISCONSIN ^= /^>^ '^''- " ' IV^ ^'fe.^^^^i^'*"^ ''" ./^ "'s^s^ai v.. 11. Roderick of .Tuda has purchased the branch lumber yard of Ibe lleddles Lumber Company at Brodhead and will operate it in connection with the yard at Juda. having an assistant at the latter place. The Kewaunee ^lannfacturing Company of Kewaunee is erecting a third story to one building and a fourth to another to facilitate the manufacture of furniture and wooden fixtures. Peter Kpley Wilson, manager of the St. Louis interests of Knapii. Stout & Company, lumber manufacturers, from 1894 until the business was closed in 1004. died at Menomonie on December 29. He was president of the Wilson Land and Lumber Company, liaving charge of its St. Louis business at the time of his death. He was also connected with the St. Louis Lumber Compan.v. ^Ir. Wilson was a former mayor of Menomo- nie. He was a son of the lale T. B. Wilson. Sr., and a grandson of Capt. William Wilson, founder of Knapp, Stout & Company. He leaves a wife and two children, besides several brothers in business at Menomonie. William F. Rediske. secretar.v-treasurer of the Interior Woodwork Com- pany of Miiwaulcee. has been nominated as candidate for president of the Builders and Traders' Exchange of Milwaukee. The election will be held Tuesday. .January 1.3. George Langley. one of the best known lumbermen and loggers in northern Wisconsin, married Miss JIayme Strickland, a prominent ciuli woman and I'ducational worker of Merrill. Mr. and Mrs. Langley will reside in Merrill. The Wisconsin Retail Lumber Dealers' Association will hold its conven-i tion at the Hotel \\'isconsin. Jlilwaukee. Februar.v 17 to 19. ilore than live hundred retail lumbermen from all parts of the state are expected. The officers are : Frank Bodden. Horicon. president ; .\lliert Schalier. .Innesville. treasurer, and .\dolph Pfund. Milwaukee, secretary. 'I'he factor.v of the Schoen & Waiter Company, trunk manufacturers. Milwaukee, was threatened by fire when an ad.|oining structure burned. The lire department saved the plant after a hard fight. The Wisconsin Woodworking Company of Two Rivers lias received one of the largest orders for woodenware ever placed in this countr.v. The order covers 57.000 dozen pails to be delivered during 1014- It will require sixty furniture cars to handle the product. The raw material, such as wire, heading material, bottom stock and staves, will require six hundred cars. .T. F, Conant is at the head of the company. The Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Company received a new engine at Shawano direct from Schenectadj'. X. Y. The locomotive is larger than any of the present ones, which was necessary on account of the increase in the size of the logging and freight trains. 'I'lie Northern Casket Compan.v of Fond dii Lac is making improvements which will include the erection of a third story to the wooden portion of the plant, the installation of an automatic sprinkler system to protect the entire structure against fire, and the installation of an automatic dove- tail glue .ioiner. the only machine of its kind in this section. The addition will be fiO by 120 feet and provide 7.200 additional feet of floor space. It is made necessary b.v the increase in the company's trade in solid mnlioganv. Circassian walnut and fine oak cabinets. The Northern Floor Surfacer Company of Green Bay has recently per- fected a machine for rubbing baseboards and wainscoting. The floor surfacing machine of the company has met with decided success and the new product will likely find favor. -\ machine has been shipped to Chicago, where it will be used on twenty miles of terrazzo base in the new Cook County hospital. The Forest Service station maintained at Wausau by the United States department of agriculture has been closed and the machinery is packed for shipment. The electrical etpiipment. advertised for sale, as noted, has HARDWOOD RECORD 49 l>l(ls. It win l)c Hioi-pd nt Iho roipst l". Mi'N'augliton was in chorse of tlu' not bi'in sold liocaiise of the prodact laboratory nt Mn<)lsoi station. OroK-lns out of a ftri' in wliirli Ills mill and lumber wore destroyed, K. I. rinch of Dunlmr has llli>d a suit nsainst the Minuenpolls. St. I'luil & Snult Sto. Marie railroad in the Marinette circuit courl. Pinch alleges the railroad allowed refuse to aeenniulale along Its right of way and the suhse(|ni>nt Imrning of the refuse. Also that the fire started from sparks from a locomotive. The tot.al asked is ?:!.0.'!.«i. The .lolin H. Kaiser Lumber Company. Kau Claire, has sent seventy- live additional men ro the woods to assist in the worli of skidding logs to the parallel tracks on which they are hauled from the woods by steam. The method of logging renders the loggers independent of the season, a-; logs can lie hauled as readily during the summer as during the winter. The s.islem has been in the cotirse of construction for the past two years and the completed parts have proven very successful. With the old system of hauling the logs on sleighs with horses the company wn>^ required to employ a crew of some ^ieven hundred men during the winter months. Now there are aiiout i:'.." men engaged all year around. The Minneapolis. Merrill & Marinette Railway Company, a newcom. i- into the lumbering country of northern Wisconsin, recently noted as beinu organized, has amended ils articles of incorporation. The original articles provided for a line from M'Mrill northwest to Prentice, the new terms providing for a line from Merrill to Antlgo. The right of Indians who have been extended citizenship l>y the govern- ment to sell their land grants after the allotment on reservations and liefore the secretary of the interior issues the patents perfecting owner- ship is involied in a test case heard by Judge Geiger in the United States district court at Milwaukee and taken under advisement. The case is being conducted against August Anderson, a wealthy lumberman of northern Wisconsin. Man.v thousand acres and millions of dollars ulti- mately may be affected b.v the outc-ome of this suit, the first of its kind instituted l).v the government seeking to enforce return to the Indians without cost of all lands sold before issuance of the patents. In reclaim- ing the timberlands for the Indians the government will void the sales to lumber interests. The case will likely find its way into the United Slates supreme court. The .\rpin Hardwood Company of Stevens Point lias libd an aiiiend ment to its articles of incorporation increasing its capital stock frinii .«:;no.0()0 to $600,000. The II. liarkow Company of Milwaukee has been in(c>rponited with S40.000 capital stock. The concern manufactures wagons at l'i."i :\Iil- waukee street. 11. liarkow. Fred liarkow and William Harki>\v are named incorporators. The Oberbeok llrotliers ]\Ianul'act\iring Corapan.v of Grand ICapids has made a change in the firm name and will now be known as the Ahda- wagam Furniture Company. The new name is a literal translation of "Two Rapids" into the Chippewa tongue. The change was made because of a reorganization of the concern and also to avoid errors in shipments and mailing of matter for this company, which often iirst goes to Grand Rapids, Mich. The Gagen Lumber and Cedar Company, recently organized at Gagen. Wis., has purchased the complete sawmill plant of the Minneapolis Cedar and Lumber Company at Gagen. The purchase includes tlie townsite, saw and planing mill, steam log hauler and equipment, general store and timber stumpage. The concern has started logging operations and will begin operating tlio sawmill early in the sprin,g. The mill and general offices of the concern are located at Gagen. and a Minneapolis office at .^12 laimber Kxchan.ge. Minneapolis. Minn. The company is incorporated for Sli.l.OOO capital. The owners are William Miller and H. Hauser of Minneapolis. Minn. : F. II. Piehl and R. C. Luedke. Gagen : and F W. and W. F. Piehl. Seymour. Wis. The Oconto Compan.v at Oconto has a crew of twent.v-five men at work in and around its big mill cii'iining up in preparation to making extensive improvements. Old mtichinery is being removed and replaced by modern, and the capacity increased to facilitate the sorting and manufacture of lumber. William lieaudin is in charge of the work, which will retinire a large force of carpenters throughout the winter. 'I'he Ilolt Lumber Company has undertaken similar improvements, the <-rew- being in charge of F. P. Ferguson. The Keitli & lilies Lumber Company at Crandon will start up its saw- mill within a few days. The mill has been thoroughly overhauled and improvements made. The company has had a large' force of men in tlie woods for the past three months and has several million feet of logs reaily to load on cars on llie logging railroad. The large new dry kiln of tin Menasha Wooden Ware Company at Ladysmith. which has been comph'lid for some timi'. Is now in operation. Fifteen additional men are employed in this department. The W. II. Rogers Lumber Company of .Nashville has sold nil the lumber that it will cut this season to Brown Brothers Lumber 4'nini)aiiy of Rhinelander. The Rogers company recently purchased five forties of tlmbrrland at Dry Lake, near its logging railroad. The American Parlor Frame Company of Sheimygan has iuslalbd a new automatic sprinkler system in its plant. The work was done by the American Sprinkler Company of Cleveland, O. The Ilatton Lumber Company of New JjOndon closed down its big sawmill during the holidays for repairs to the mill and the log slip pre- paratory to the winter season's run. Except those employes who wished Triangle Brand White Oak Flooring Perfectly dried and worked Made from our own timber from '^f\ one boundary, insuring uniform ,U\ color and texture; manufactured at our new hardwood flooring plant. Our Specialty : Quarter-sawed White Oak Flooring Thicknesses: fs" and 13/16" Standard Widths Inquiries Solicited Quick Shipments Gu YELLOW POPLAR LIMBER CO., Coal Orove, Ohio Kentucky Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS POPLAR, PLAIN AND QUAR- TERED OAK, RED AND SAP GUM, ASH, CHESTNUT, BASS- WOOD, HEMLOCK. WHITE PINE Mills at Bumside, Ky. Williamsburg, Kj . Isola, Miss. Sales Office Cincinnati, O. 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 White Pine Finish and Shop and Pattern Lumber The Tegge Lumber Go. High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukee, Wisconsin 50 HARDWOOD RECORD vv start Somewhere No ])r()iK)Nil ion I'iiii \>f jiccunilcly li-iiii-i'd (int. unless a stai-tiii^ ])oiiit is fii-st c-stalilishcd. Did you ever cncounttT a nuiii who professed that he was entirely satistieil witli Ins IuimIxt kiln di-ying results? Will not even the expert tell you that oeea- sionally his lumber eonies through his kilu just rif^lil — the next time it is too green-^the next time it is too dry — the next time that it is cheeked, warped or honeycombed? There is a reason for it. I'sually it is not the fault of the dry kiln. How can it be expected that woods of vari- ous texture, various thickness or at various stages of air dryness can be subjected in a kiln to the same heat, the same ventilation, the same duration of time and accomplish uniformly sat- isfactory results? It is an impossibl(> i)ro])osition. START SOMEWHERE. Start with hunber that is uniform in texture and dryness through and through. The solution of all lumber-dryiug difficultit is the employment of cure LUMBER // TRADE MARK This is limiber treated witli steam under pressure in the Kraetzer Patented Preparator. Lumber tliat has been treated in this apparatus is fit for the kiln, whether it be 30 days old, 60 days old, or si.x months old; is delivered without check, split, stain, warp or other seasoning defects, and is of an uniform and mellow texture and color. This lumber can be satisfactorily kiln-dried in the simplest form of a kiln in one-third of the time that ordinary air-dried lumber requires. The kUn will deliver this lumber as it received it, save for dryness. Its milling qualities will be vastly improved, as also its strength and elasticity. The big loss in shrinkage will be avoided. Furniture or interior finish made of Kraetzer-cured, kiln-dried wood will hold its glue joints, stay where it is put, and the shrinkage and swelling, even under vio- lent atmospheric changes, is almost nil. It will take filler and even Vater stains without per- ceptible raising of the grain. We will cheerfully supply the names and addresses of all lumber manufacturers who employ the Kraetzer Preparator, naming the kinds of woods they produce. Buy one car of steam treated lumber, handle it through your kilns and into your finished product, and you will be convinced that you cannot afford not to use Kraetzer-cnred lumber. The same desirable results can be achieved on ordi- nary air-dried lumber with a Preparator as an adjunct to your dry kiln. The Kraetzer Company 537 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO 10 lake a vucullon (luilug this time, tin' mi-n weii' employed on otlier work while Improvements were under way. With the opening of the uilll lioth day and ni^jht shifts will be put on anil provide inany laborers wltl> wnik throuKlioul the winter. A deal has been consummated iit I'mt .Mkiusoii liy which the .lames MMiuil'noliirluj! Company has taken ov.r ilie wafoii works of I.audgraf & Waiidschnei by 110 feet and four stories high. Tile I!. .McMillen Company is making improvements to its plant. The Kosler-Lothman Company is considering einiipping its plant to manufacture veneered doors. W'ork will be resumed in full force shortly. The W'achsmuth Lumber Company recently closi-d a sueei'ssful and the longest si-ason in the history of its niill :ii liaylielii. Kight steady- months of work was tlie l!)i:i record. The Hardwood Market =-< CHICAGO >. Local lumljermen have not been ulilr lu dLtermiue in the fi.\v days since the closing of the old year whether or not there is real justification Id the optimistic predictions that were expressed in December regarding the new year's business. The situation continues to Ire quiet, but of course this is only the natural condition of altairs as in but few eases have the affairs of the consuming factors been entirely straightened out along the new routes and they have not been doing much within the last week or ten days even in current business on lumber for immediate use. The majority of the local trade, however, seem to think that the tone of the inquiries regarding stock is a little more favorable than it has been and are taking hope from this indication. It is impossible to tell of any distinct developments in the local market other than to state that the general tone is really favorable and the expres.sed opinion of the majority of local hardwood men is that within the next two or three weeks the con- dition of trade in Chicago will be noticeably improved. =-< NEW YORK y. Sinee the passing of tie- eurreney l>ill a linpefiil, opiimistie iitmosphei-e pervade.; the business world, but al this writing tbei-e an- li-ss stable indi- cations of improvement in the lumber market. There are few. however, who do not feel that better times are on the way. if not at hand, and a steady, slow return to brisk trading is looked and hoped for rather than a sudden rush of business. The money market, which has been so tight for the past halt year, is sure to become easier, and with this a better building activity is bound to come, and consequently a bettfr demand for lumber. Local yards report only a small volume of business, while the manufactui-ing trade is good, and bad, in sections. Prices continue with slight change; ash is again active and ilrm, while ( liestnut and poplar saps are weak. The hardwood flooring market is off a little, but no great reductions are noted. =-< BUFFALO y Hardwood dealers are bnpi.ful r..i;:iriliiig trad, in the ni-ar future, although business just now is quiet, partly on account of tlie holiday and inventory season. As soon as these are over business will no doubt show improvement. The general business situation is not so good as it might be, but dealei-s feel that it has improved somewhat as the result of the passage of the currency bill. It is thought that large buyers will begin to take hold of lumber better than before the bill passed. The outlook for hardwood ti-ade this year is regarded as favorable, and dealers see no reason wh.v business should not go ahead in good shape. Some of the lumbermen are predicting a brisker year than 1013 turned out to be. while others say trade will be about as good as it was then, hut tliat buying will continue in rather small lots. All prophecies are for pi-etty good business and for a firm market. Not much change in liriees is looked for. .\mon-Jr tin- ehief woods in demand al (iresent are maple, bircli. and ash. =-< PHILADELPHIA y. \ suspended activity is always to be expected in the hardwood lumber loisiness during the holiday season, and no especial effort will be made to get new business until it is over and the balance sheets taken off. Nearly all of the leading firms have called in their salesmen to celebrate the yuletide festivities with their respective families. Notwithstanding the pessimistic prognostications of an approaching panic for whch the changed tariff and the new currency bill should be responsible, now that these bills have really been passed and entered on the statute books, there seems to have immediately followed a relieved and distinctly optimistic attitude -1^ te the outlook for 1!il4. I'pcin the ears of all broadminded HARDWOOD RECORD >iiiil iiiiisi'ivniivi' mi'irliiiiils ilii' |ii't''l-ti>l.'i'll"r. Ilu' iimtiiiil workln;: idspIIiit spirit for tlii> k'ri'iiti'st ko<»\ Is rnmpniit. iinil n iKiiiyiint iulviini'<- is looki'd for hcfor*' llii' pikI of ilii' llrst iiiontli of the WW viiir. Many linns wliosr iiii'iiliil ilii'rmoiiK'tor rlsis or falls nicord- ihi.' lo till' slzi> of till- moniliiK's mail, on ili<- toliillnt.' up of cn-dit nnil • li'lilt aciniiiits for tlu- wlioli' yiMir. nr<- ohIlKi'd to adiiilt tlial tlii' sliowint; of l!ii:; has (rivi'ii auri'i-alilr siirprlsi'. Tlw liaidwood slmallon l)otli ai mill ami si'IIIdk I'lid Is In vrry Kood sliaiic. Wlmli-vfr shading tlu'ri' Is in fi-rlnin woods is traocahlt' to only natural t-ondllions. Slocks, liowovfr. In till' ronsumi'r's innrkot tliroiiKh tin' consrrvatlvi' IniyInK durlns lin' last f«'vv niontlis. arr below normal and ualnrally will need roph'nisliinir li.'foif long. and. as tlu> mill .yards arc not Imrdcni'd with an overplus slock, the lirsl rush for goods will sec an n|iward tri'nd In values all alon;; the line. As Ihoro are a nninhcr of c(^nccrns which, in order to rednce their own stock before takin;; inventories, have made concessions, the quotations at tbis time would not lie a fair showlns of the actual >iatus of values. =■< PITTSBURGH >■= ill ■ihvnod men n1i: lake iidv :lt:l^r of tie- rise in market prici's than now. Stocks are low and yel lumlier can l>e boufrht from the mills in i>rett.v jiotid sui)i>l.v if for spring delivery. Nearly all the hartiwood mills in tri-state ti-rritor.v are working iiractically full handed. .Manufn<'tnriMs wlio use hardwood have very little stock on liand. There is a feelini; all around that linsiness will he liettir, especially if the railroads get their advan«-e In freight rates and this means that the hardw.Mid iri.n :irr -..ing to come in for a harvest. ■< BALTIMORE >= For tlh- pri'srnt (here i: which, in conininn with ot Hnrncos inoldontnl to tho pi'ovnUs. hut this is to be sn far as prices and other ! little to hr said aliout tho hardwood trade. her activities, is affected by the divertiu^ in- be^inninj; <*( a new year. rronounoed (juiet 'xpe<-ted, and has not affected tlie situation in ,'eneral conditions are concerned, though it ha^i of course a very decided Induence upon the movement. During the past week or two some orders havf come in. but the airgregatc was not at all impressive, the manufacturers as well as the dejilers and consumers de siring to Ieen im inir opiHirlnnity lo test the strength of the market. When stock taking and other similar matters have l>een finally disposed of and when the ordinary demand reasserts itself it will be seen to whnt extent lumber is reflecting the improved feeling that may be said to prevail. Stocks are unusually light at points of production as well as elsewhere. Little would be riMpiired to bring on a positive scarcity, and in the event of unfavorable weather- such as would compel the ndlls to shut down for any length of time- a marked advan<*e in the quotations could be limked f<»r. Despite the easing off in the (luotations noted in the last fi'W months, the mills did not accumulate lumber in any con- siderable quantities; in other words, the recession in some of the prices was due not to heav.v oflTerinirs of lumber, but to a slackening in the demand owing to obvious causes. With the removal of these causes and n setting liiick to anything liki- the conditions that are to be looked for. the movement will be greatly augmi'nled. and the effect of the limitation upon Ilu' off.-rings will be disclosed. This effect. It Is thouL'bt. will be a ided i-i- =-< COLUMBUS y- r>esplte the dullness attending the holiday Reason, tile hardwood trade- in Columbus and central flhio has been fairly active during the past fortnight. Demand has I n i>reity well distributed amal<. «" & up 4«,(M)0 Ut & iati <(t <>>il>. > & up 13,a JK: up. dr. " & up 150,000 No. I Com. I'l. Ked tiuni, 4" * up 87.000 1st & 2nd Sap Cum. «' & u|> 30.000 1st & 2nd Sap (inm, IS-li' 1st tt 2nd Sap Cum. 17" & u|i ist & 2nd Sap Cum Stain, 13 ' & up Sap <;um Box Boards. 13-17" No. 1 Com. Sap Cum. 4" & up 28,000 No. 2 Com. (ium. 3" « up 75,000 Ist & 3nd Tupelo, 6" * up No. 1 Com. Tupelo. 4" & up Ist & 2nd C.v press JSeleet Cypress No. 1 Shop Cypress No. 1 & No. 3 Com. <'ypres8 enough to sliip witli 1 ■•" 5 8" 3, 4" 4 4 5 4 11 4" 8/4" 10 4" 12 4" 16 4" 75.000 20,000 78,000 80,000 0.000 "•28.000 12.(MI0 * 1 2.000 •5,000 35.000 20.000 50,000 35.000 45,000 12.000 23,000 711.0(10 2(1,0(1(1 25.000 » 10(1.0(1(1 Ki.OOO 15.000 1 2.(1(11) 12.0(10 1.->(1.(1(I(I IK. (Mill <4(1.0(1(1 27,000 3.<,(l(l(l 2(>.(HKI 34.00(1 10(1.(1(10 H, (1(1(1 30.00O 20.000 25.000 25.00(1 22.000 300,(10(1 •200.000 300,000 10,000 13,000 12,(100 2.000 5.1)00 3,000 .3(1.0(1(1 2.000 0.000 2,000 3,000 15,000 5,000 25.(1(1(1 15.(100 30.000 15.000 4,000 2,000 2,000 4.(1(1(1 4,00(1 5,000 12.000 1,000 3,000 3,000 >0(l.(l(l(l 175.(10(1 300.000 25(1.(1(HI 225,000 215,000 15,000 •15,000 • IG.OOO 75.00(1 (>0,(l(l(l 90,000 400.000 .50.000 30,000 18.000 30.000 25,000 40.000 50,000 80.000 40,00(1 2(1,000 (iO.OOO 25.000 12,000 25.000 •12,000 • 15,000 30,000 40.00(1 .-•0.00(1 75.00(1 40.000 •35.000 •12,000 80,000 70,000 KiO.OOO 40,(MI0 15,000 60,000 30,000 80.000 40,000 liO.OOO 27,000 40,000 •12,000 •10.000 •1.5,000 spet-ia absolu • Indlia 1 grade. All Red tely freL es .« suita and fro ock dry ble for \ Sap Gun n stain. in (Ul days; remainder of items ready for immediate shipme is thoroughly dry and we are prepared to Quote an attractive 1 in grades of No. 1 Common and Better is Kraetzer-Cured. insuring the lumber to Kraetzer-Cured Lumber is of a si^ft, mild texture and uniform color, kiln-drying and surfacing. We specialize on Oak timbers, switch and crossties. ca of Core Sio ^^^^m^B^^^^^^^^^H ■nn ^f^^^^^W^-^^^ ^ ' ""'"■-" ' ■ ■ -^^^^g^^^SP " y VIEW OF MILL SKIDW.W, WITH PART OF LOGS STORED IN BAC KGROUND— WE H.WE 6,000.000 FEET OF SELECTED HARDWOOD LOGS STORED ON OUR MILL YARD. HARDWOOD RECORD 53 increase after the stoek-takinj; perintl. Kiirniture eoucerns are imw en- gaKed in tlieir semi-aDniml shmvs and of course there is dullness in that department of the trade, liuiilenient and vehicle concerns are good buy- ers. Retailers are also liuyinf; in limited quantities. Their inventories showed that stocks were light and they are huyln;: sottie to replace stocks which are needed at present. Kry slocks are only fair and as a result prices are expected to be well maintained. The car supply is all that can be desired and shipments are coming out promptly. Building opera- tions in outsidi- work have practically stopped for the season but there are many new buildings projected for the coming season. Prices are rather Arm all along the line. Some cutting Is reported but these are Isolated cases. I'nder present conditions quotations are not expected to decline to any great extent fur the coming few months. Col- lections are not so good as might be desired. Quartered oak is firm all along the line both for firsts and .seconds and No. 1 common. The same is true of plain oak which is selling well. I'oplar is gaining In strength, .especially the lower grades. Chestnut is moving well and the same Is true of basswood and ash. Other hardwoods lire unchanged. =-< CINCINNATI >-- There is a very stroni: foeliiii: "f upiimism amont; luinln'niien over the prospects for a luiich improved business. On every band on*' bears expres- sions of confidence at the outlook. There is no question that the passage nf the currency bill has had a lot to do with this feeling among the dealers. The bill is considered by bankers to be a very good one. much better than was expected. The amendments to the original bill, which, by the way. was not at all approved, has had the effect of stimulating a lack of confidence to one of expectaiion of much improved collections, which alone should be of much assistance in restoring business to a normal condition. Bankers claim that money will be much easier when the new- law is in force and that they will be able to pursue a much more liberal policy toward their customers. The factory trade, upon which so much depends, is looking real gooil. and the chances are that in another month they will be heavy purchasers of all kinds of stock, as it is a well-known fact the.v are very low on stock on hand, having pursued the hand-to-mouth policy so long that they have little on hand. They will likely let the dealers carr.v the stock to considerable extent, as in the past few months, but buying is bound to be on a much more liberal basis. Plain oak appears to be strong: at least the many inquiries point that way. ■< INDIANAPOLIS >- Hardwood lumiter int.-r.'Sts in Indiana [x .lis; uud vicinity are looking forward to a moderate business in 1014. At present, of course, the market is more or less inactive, the volume of business probably being smaller than in .January of last year. Fair prices arc being maintained on all grades of hardwood, with the possible exception of gum. which has suffered a considerable slump during the last few months. Until the state can recover from the financial situation that has existed since last August, no great improvement in any line of business is expected. It can be said, however, that the financial situation is gradually improving. =■< MEMPHIS >- TliH export market is i-athtr (|U!>-r nf tli.- intiment, and the reasons assigned for this condition lie in th'^ tendenc.v toward lower ocean rates and the consignment of large quantities of lumber to European firms. The former makes buyers dispo.sed to hold off, in the hope of securing advantage of the lower rates, while the latter has always been one of the most disastrous features affecting the handling of legitimate business ttetween exporters on this side and importing firms abroad. .\ i»rominent exporter here is authority for the statement that the consignments on the other side at present are quite large and that their presence makes bona fide sales quite difficult to put through. He sa.vs that the markets where these consignments are noted — principally Liverpool, .\ntwerp and Bel- gium— are demoralized to such extent that the legitimate exporter is handicapped beyond th** possibilit.v of effecting sales on a profitable basis. The riamburg-.^merican line has reduced rates voluntarily five cents i)er hundred pounds between New Orleans and Hamburg, and there is some talk of lower rates on the part of some of the other steamship companies. The latter, however, are still holding out for pretty full rates, so much so that the committee recenti.v appointed by the Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau to make a thorough investigation of the alleged discrimi- nation of th" steamship companies out of New Orleans against Memphis and the Memphis territory Is still actively engaged in carrying out the Instructions of this body. Ocean rates as a whole, however, are more unsettled than they have been for a long while, and the knowledge of this fact tends to restrain importations of lumber on a large scale. =•< BRISTOL y- The Bristol linnlMrmcn are eiicoiiraL-.-d at the outlook for bnsini'ss during the remainder of the winter and spring. They expect a better demand for hardwood ltiml>er than characterized the market during the closing weeks of the past year. The yards in this section are fairly wi'll stocked and the mills, as a rule, will get in good time during the winter. There are fewer mills idle than Is usual at this season of the year. Mahogany and Circassian Lumber & Veneers f^ The largest assortment of finest figured Mahogany Logs, Lumber and Veneers in the country can be found at the Chicago plant of C. L. Willey. ^ We are just in receipt of fifteen cars of remarkably superior Circassian Walnut Logs, large size, well-figured and of good color, which are now being cut into Veneers. ^ A visit or correspondence from discrim- inating buyers of all varieties of fine Im- ported and Domestic Cabinet Woods in Lumber and Veneer is solicited. ^ You will not only find the Willey ware- houses well stocked with a superb collec- tion of Circassian, Mahogany, Vermilion, Black Walnut and other fancy foreign and domestic lumber and veneers, but buyers are assured of prompt and pains- taking service, and a quality of product not usually obtainable. ^ To visit the plant take Blue Island Ave. car at the postofifice to Robey Street. C. L. WILLEY, Chicago Largest Fancy Wood Veneer and Lumber producing plant in the world 54 HARDWOOD RECORD W A N T E D All Kinds of High-Grade HARDWOODS S. E. SLAYMAKER & CO. Rrpresenling niJST VIRGINIA SPKUCE LUMBER CO., Casa, West Virginia. Fifth Avenue Building, NEW YORK Mutual Fire Insurance Best Indemnity at Lowest Net Cost Can Be Obtained From The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company, The Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, Mass. Mansfield, Ohio. $126,000.00 In Savings DIVIDENDS Returned This Year to Policy Carriers of The Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance Possibly there is no good reason why YOU were not among these beneficiaries. If it is a matter of eligibility, and you feel that your plant does not at present comply with all requirements, confer with us anyway. Let us see if it cannot be brought up to an acceptable standard at no greater cost than will be justified by the prospective saving on insurance rates. U. S. Epperson & Company Attorney and Manager 1101 R. A. LONG BLDG. KANSAS CITY =-< LOUISVILLE y- Si.Hklakiii;; 1ms ki-pl .verj l".ii.\ iii ihi^ liarciw.Hul Ini.siu.-ss Ims.v ilurias! he past li'w (la.vs. and lias likiwisc iutiili'icd with Uif niDVcini'Ut of iimiier, as buyi'rs liavi' of rom'S'j been enKaKi'fl in the same task. With his work complotod ami 1!)1.'> llguros a matter of lilstoiy. liowi'vei'. it is .\|)i'ctc(l lliat linsiness will sliow a mai'kpd ImproviMncnl. Stocks in tlie lands of usofs of luinhei- aiv light, and as there Is a relatively small iipply of lumber cm slicks, as well as of logs, the situation generally is iivoralpii' to a strong nwirket. General Imsine.ss conditions appear to have tiipiiiv.ii iniisideralily, and this shcjuld encouraRc manufacturers to go lirMcl .irid plan llieir year's work on a normal basis. The movement of iinilier (luring the past two weeks has been smaller than h.'retofori-. bin Ikmii normal for the season. .\ good many shipments wi're made which ,r. iM.ciked some lime ago for delivery after the first of Ihc- year. Ilard- ill\ ion 111 ]>ri illing to pi 111 pi fiiiiiiil III •ins r.ir i =-< ST. LOUIS >-- liusiiiess has been very qniei liuririi; iveling men are all in eii.io.\iiig the li ilsting iu stock taking. This lias liee tlio distribulors and the consumers. le diiriu'; llle pasi year liave not be iH- tliji liii~iii.s^ li.iv Tint I n quitp I.iisl eniiple .if Wi^eks. The lida.\ season at their homes and going on for several days, both Wliile the figurt's as to business n compiled, enough is known to o bad as was expected. In fact - ■iii'^ lMi>iii.'-^ will >lic,\v ii|i pretty well, considering the conditions lavr e.\islril. Tile |;r= riM- (l.-nh'rs in oak at this male ar.- liiniiiii; Ilir marki-t ;;ood. While iln'ii' is consid('ral)lo coniplaiiiinf; anion;; Inmbcrnicn in fioncral. and espe- 'ially among those doini; business in eastern Arkansas, because of the slack ('<2, 747,000 feet, comprising 2;17, 829,000 by rail and 44,918,000 by water. Total lumber shipments are reported at 7.-.i-.l!i.iMMi feet (hiiiiig llle same period, including L'l .:!77,oii(i feet by rail and .-.t.-J4L'.iili(i bv water. HARDWOOD RECORD Advertisers' Directory NORTHERN HARDWOODS. Ameiuaii Lunibt-i- it ilfg. Co... 12 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Cc. . . 67 Cartier-Holland Lumber \.o 2 ale. Thos. E. Lumber Co 13 •bs & Mitchell. Inc 3 \.:\S. W. P., Lumber Co Kast Jordan Lumber Co liO Elias. G. & Bro fi7 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co.. 5 Flanner-Steger Land & Lumber Co 4 Forman. Thos.. Co Cfi Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co 4 Heyser. W. E.. Lumber Go 7 Kent. J. S.. Co 12 Klann. E. H., Lumber Co 57 Kneeland-Bigelow Co., 'Die 3 Licking River Lumber Co 47 Litclitield. William E 17 McIIvain, J. Gibson, & Co 2 McLean. Hugh. Lumber Co 67 Miller, Anthony 67 Mitchell Bros. Co 3 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7 Palmer & Parker Co Parry, Chas, K., & Co 9 Sawyer-Goodman Company 49 Scott & Howe Lumber Co 66 Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 67 Stearns Salt & Lumber Company 8 Stephenson. The I.. Company.... 66 Stewart, I. N., & Bro 67 Struthers Cooperage Company.. 13 Sullivan. T. & Co 67 Taylor. W. R., Lumber Company 12 Tegge Lumber Co 40 V.,nl'lal.n I.umluT Co 66 \Vebster. George. Lumber Co... 13 White Lake Lumber Company.. 47 Wiggin. H. D 12 Williams. Ichabod T.. & Sons.. 14 Willson Bros. Lumber Company. 12 Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 12 Wood-Mosaic Company 13 Teager, Orson E 67 Toung. W. D., & Co 3 POPLAR. Anderson-Tully Company 8 Atlantic Lumber Company Day Lumber & Coal Company. . 41 Farrin, M. B.. Lumber Company. 41 Faust Bros. Lumber Co 14 Kentucky Lumber Company.... 49 Logan, J. M., Lumber Co 6 Maphet & Shea Lumber Co 6 Vansant, Kitchen & Co 68 Wood. R. E.. Lumber Company. 13 Yellow Poplar Lumber Co 40-68 RED GUIVI. Anderson-Tully Company 8 Archer Lumber Company 44 Baker-Matthews Mfg. Co 4,5 BoDDcr. .1. H.. & Sons 44 Brown. Geo. C, & Co 44 Brown, Mark H.. Lumber Co.. 45 Evans. G. H., Lumber Company Farrin. M. B.. Lumber Co 41 Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.. 9 Gary, W. W 44 Hlmmelberger-Harrlson Lumber Company 45 Kentucky Lumber Company. ... 49 Lamb-Fish Lumber Company... 52 Leming. M. E., Lumber Com- pany 40 Licking River Lumber Company 47 Jliller Lumber Company 45 Mossman Lumber Company 40 Paepcke Lelcht Lumber Co 50 Saline River Hardwood Co 40 bondheimer. V... Company 46 VandefiBoom-Stimson Lumber Company ^'^ Wisconsin Lumber Company 4 SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. AmL-rican Lumber & Mfe. Co... 12 Anderson-Tully Company S Anderson Veneer & Sawmill Company '" Archer Lumber Company 44 .-\tlantic Lumber Company Baker-Matthews Mfg. Co 45 Bennett & Witte 7 Black. Fred W.. Lumber Co 47 Bluestone Land & Lumber Co.. 46 Bonner. J. H.. & Sons 44 Booker-Cecil Company 10 Bradley. E. C. Lumber Co 41 Brown. Geo. C. & Co 44 Brown. Mark H.. Lumber Co.. 45 Brown. W. P., & Sons Lumber Co • I» Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.. 67 Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co 14 Coale. Thos. E.. Lumber Co 12 Conasauga Lumber Company... 41 Crane, C, & Co 41 Davis, Edw. L., Lumber Com- pany 10 Day Lumber ,& Coal Company.. 41 Dempsey, W. W 13 Elias. G.. & Bro 67 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co... 5 Evans. G. H., Lumber Company Farrin. M. B.. Lumber Co 41 Farris Hardwood Lumber Co... 9 Faust Bros. Lumber Company.. H Flanner-Steger Land & Lumber Company 4 Foot, L 40 Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.. 9 Gary, W. W 44 Harris Manufacturing Co 46 Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co 4 Heyser. W. E., Lumber Co 7 Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company 45 Huddleton-Marsh Lumber Co.. 5 Johns-Mowbray-Nelson Co 41 Kennedy, James, cSi Co 41 Kent, J. S., Company 12 Kentucky-Indiana Hardwood Co. 10 Kentucky Lumber Company 49 Kimball & Kopcke 6 Klann. E. H., Lumber Co 57 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co 41 Lamb-Fish Lumber Company. 52 Leming. M. E., Lumber Com- pany 40 Lioking River Lumber Co 47 Litchfield, William E 12 Little River Lumber Company.. 68 Logan, J. M., Lumber Co 6 Louisville Veneer Mills 10 Maphet & Shea Lumber Co 6 McIlvaln, J. Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 67 Memphis Band Mill Company... 2 Miller. Anthony 67 Miller Lumber Company 45 Mossman Lumber Company 46 Mowbray & Robinson Company. 7 Nettleton. E. B.. & Co 57 Norman Lumber Company 10 North Vernon Lumber Company 10 51 Paepcke Leicht Lumber Co. Parry. Chas. K.. & Co 9 Ransom. J. B.. & Co 9 Riemeier Lumber Company 41 Saline River Hardwood Co 40 Salt Lick Lumber Company 9 Shawnee Lumber Company 41 Slaymaker, S. E., & Co 54 Sondheimer, E., Company 46 Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 67 Stemmelen Lumber Company... 10 Stewart, L N., & Bro 67 Sullivan, T., & Co 67 Vanden Boom-Stimson I.br. Co.. . . 46 Vansant. Kitchen & Co 68 Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Company 6 Von Platen Lumber Company.. 66 Webster. George, Lumber Co... 13 White Lake Lumber Company.. 47 Whitmer, Wm.. & Sons 12 Wiggin. H. D 12 WiUiams, Ichabod T., & Sons.. 14 Williamson-Kuny Mill & Lumber Company 14 Willson Bros. Lumber Company 12 Wisconsin Lumber Company. ... 4 Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 12 Wood-Mosaic Company 13 Wood, R. E.. Lumber Company. 13 Yeager, Orson E 67 VENEERS AND PANELS. Adams & Raymond Veneer Co.. 65 .^hnapee Veneer & Seating Co.. 64 Anderson Veneer & Sawmill Co. 10 Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 64 I!:i._'on. IS. S.. Veni'in- i'ompuny. . 5 Black, Fred W., Lumber Co... 47 Central Veneer Company 65 Evansville Veneer Company 65 Hoffman Bros. Company 65 Huddleston-Marsh Lumber Co.. 5 Jarrell, B. C. tS: Co 9 Kentucky Veneer Works 40 Knoxville Veneer Company 6 Louisville Veneer Mills 10 Memphis Veneer & Lumber Co. . 65 N:iitzik. J. J .5 Ohio Veneer Company 41 Palmer &• Parker Company Putnam Veneer and Lumber Co 64 Rayner, J 5 Rice Veneer & Lumber Company 65 Underwood Veneer Company. ... 64 Willey, C. L 53 Williams, Ichabod T., & Sons... 14 Williamson-Kuny Mill & Lumber Company 14 Wood-Mosaic Company 13 MAHOGANY, WALNUT. ETC. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 64 ll.'icon, I!. S.. VeniM'V t'umi.any.. 5 Black. Fred W.. Lumber Co... 47 Evansville Veneer Company 65 Huddioston-Marsh Lumber Co.. 5 Louisville Veneer Mills 10 Memphis Veneer & Lumber Co. 65 Palmer & Parker Co Purcell. Frank 43 Rayner. J 5 Struthers Cooperage Company.. 13 Willey. C. L -iS Williams. Ichabod T., & Sons.. 14 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Anderson Veneer & Sawmill Co. 10 Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co 14 Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc 3 Eastman. S. L., Flooring Co 13 Farrin. M. B., Lumber Company 41 Forman, Thos., Company M Harris Manufacturing Company 46 Kerry & Hanson Flooring Co.. 66 Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Ransom. John B.. & Co 9 Saline River Hardwood Co 40 Salt Lick Lumber Company 9 Stearns Salt & Lumber Company 8 Stephenson, The I., ComDaay.... 66 Webster. George. Lumber Co.. 13 Wilce. T., Company, The 4 Yellow Poplar Lumber Co 49.68 Young. W. D., & Co 3 WOODWORKING MACHINERY, Butterworth & Low,- Cadillac Machine Company 63 Covel Manufacturing Company. 14 Gerlach, The Peter. Company.. 57 Linderman Machine Co.. The.. Mershon, W. B., & Co Phoenix Manufacturing Co Saranac Machine Company 63 Sinker-Davis Company H LOGGING MACHINERY. Baldwin Locomotive Works.... 61 Clyde Iron Works 65 Fitzgibbons & Krebs 48 Lidgerwood Mfg. Company 62 Russel Wheel & Foundry Co. . . . 61 DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. Grand Rapids Veneer Works. ... 62 Kraetzer Company. The 50 National Dry Kiia Company 61 Phila. Textile Mchy. Company.. 11 Standard Dry Kiln Company 63 SAWS, KNIVES AND SUPPLIES. -■Vtkins. E. C, & Co 00 Covel Manufacturing Company, 14 Simonds Mfg. Company LUMBER INSURANCE. Central Manufacturers' Mut. Ins. Company 54 Epperson, U. S., & Co 54 Indiana Lumbermen's Mut. Ins. Company - ^ Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company ** Lumbermen's Mut. Ins. Co 54 Lumbermen's Underwriting Alli- ance 5* Majiufacturing Lumbermen's Underwriters Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mut. Fire Ins. Company 54 Rankin-Benedict Underwriting Company TIMBER LANDS. Foot. L 40 I.,acey. James D., & Co 48 Southern Railway Spry, John C 5 TIMBER ESTIMATORS. Griftlth, Clarence W 46 McDonald, Thos. J 56 MISCELLANEOUS. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 64 Childs. S. D., & Co 57 Gerlach, The Peter, Company.. 57 Kraetzer Company. The 50 Lumbermen's Credit Assn 13 Matthews Gravity CarrienCo... 43 Mechanical Rubber Company. . . 63 Perkins Glue Company 42 56 HARDWOOD RECORD CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS AilYfrtls<>racn(8 will bf Inserted In llils spc lluu at tile follonlnc ratesi Forone insertion 20c a line For two insertions 35c a ilne For three insertions 50c a line Forfour insertions 60c a line KiKbt wordsof ordinary length makeone line, lleattins counts as two lined. . No display except tbe beadinss can be ad- mitted. Remittances to accompany the order. No extra charges for copies at paper containing tbe adTerttsement. EMPLOYES WANTED SUPERINTENDENT VENEER and pani'l plant. Will soon require services lilgli-class. experienced snperintendent for old- es^tahlisbed bouse of foremost reputation. Ad- dress, with detailed information concerning ex- perience, age. reputation, etc., ■'I30X 321," care Hardwood Uecord. WANTED. Services of first-class liardwood salesman, to cover Oliio and Indiana territory. I'refer one wlio lias had experience in the states named. Good opportunity 4%ir hustler who can show le- •sults. W. E. IIEVSICi; r.lJI!. ro.. rineinnati, 1 1. EMPLOYMENT WANTED WANTED— EMPLOYMENT When you want a salesman for New York state territory, write us. We can supply you with a good man. EMPIRE STATE ASSOCIA- TION of Wholesale Lumber & Sash & Door Sales- men. Chas. Johnson, Sec'y, 96 Klrkland Rd., Rochester, N. Y. SOUTHERN HARDWOOD LUMBERMAN with twelve jeais' pnietieal experienee in sell- ing end of business, both as traveling saiesni.in and office correspondent, is open for engageiiieut beginning Jan. J.S. Address A. <;. S'l'KIl MAX, i;t N. Clark St.. riiicago. III. LOGS WANTED WANTED— BLACK WALNUT LOGS 500 cars good black walnut logs, 10" and up In diameter. 6 ft. and up long. Will Inspect at shipping point and pay cash. GEO. W. HARTZELL. Piqua, Ohio. WAGON STOCK WANTED I AM IN THE MARKET FOR 76 to 100 cars of oak poles, bolsters, sand boards, eveners, and reaches : aid hickory and maple axles. Will Inspect at iklpplac paint, and pay cash. E. B. BROWN, 372 Baynt St., RnSalo. N. T. TIMBER ESTIMATING TIMBER ESTIMATES. I iinli.'i .'~liiiial.'>. MilV'v^. Mia|p> .iiel .l.laiic.l reports as to aetiuil ^tanii, iiMailty and iipgging conditions. Tllns. J. M( DiiNAI.lP. I'ore^i Eiigine.r. IJl^l Tellllessee [tank Hldg.. Kuoxvilli'. Tennessee. TIMBER FOR SALE $15,000,000.00. We have about fifteen million dollars' woitli of limberlands for sale. Write us what you want. Dealers In timberlands. lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arranging loans, selling and exchanging cutover lands, and a gen- eral real estate business. If you want to buy or sell write us. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE. Timber Dept., Janesville, Wisconsin. HICKORY STUMPAGE FOR SALE. :;. .cMiii |...-t Hickory SliiiniiMue on llig ISlaik Kivei- in .Mississiinii, 1 li, miles average haul to main line 1. C. K. R. Also 12,000.000 feet Red Gum. elieap. Ilickory flitches and ear sto<-k. .Vdclr.s-, A. K I'linl'. iMnlon. Miss. LUMBER FOR SALE BUYERS OF HARDWOODS. Do you want to get In touch with the Deal buyers of hardwood lumber? We have a Mat. •boning tbe annual requirement! In Inmber, dimension stock and Teneeri and panela of con •umers of those materials throughout the United States and Canada. The service la free to ad rertisers In the Ricobd. It will Interest you Write us for further Information about onr "Sell ing Lumber by Mall System." HARDWOOD RECORD. Ellsworth Bldg., Chicago. FOR SALE. St. Francis Valley. .\\k. : liand sawed red gum, dry, choice stock, all grades. Inspection guaranteed under National rules. CRITTENDEN LUMBER CO., Crittenden. Ark For Sale — .S.OOO pieces oak. 1,800 pieces yel- low pine ;ix3%x4'5". 1st & Und. and clear dry stock. JACOB HAISH COMPANY, DeKalb, III. ijid. Whit' ett Wiilr I I'll" sli.-e.l (Jt.l. Ilak Ve FOR SALE— BEECH, .".II M It. I 4" No. -J Comraon & Better Beeeli. mil M II. .■". s" No. -2 Common «: Better Beeeli V.-iy line stock. l)rill.MI-:ii:i! IIRiiTHEIIS. Cincinnati. (1. DIMENSION STOCK WANTED WANTED— DRY OAK SQUARES 1 car 1 i^xl |;;XL:i;. ^x and :ui". niosl ly -JC," . 1 car 1i/jxiyjx:iii", 1 car l%xl%xlS". I ear lix'JxoO". 1 car :! Vjx2*^x:ni". SICKI.i;S'n:EI. MMHER co.. Detroit. Mleb. WANTED Hard Maple and Beech Squares 42", 44", 48" long, plump 1" x 1". Must be clear and straight. If you have any to offer write ua. Will take them dry or green. THE COLUMBIA MFG. CO., New Philadelphia, Ohio WANTED— HARD MAPLE SQUARES oO". 56". 62" and 66" long, cut 2% by 2% and "x.'J. Must be straight grained, free from knots and other defects. Delivery this winter. THE J. H. STILL MFG. CO., LTD., St. Thomas, Ontario. WANTED. Willow lumber and squares. White oak LEOPOLD DESK CO.. Burlington. Iowa. DIMENSION OAK Plain and Quartered Various sizes for chair and table factorlea Send to us for specifications and prices. INDIANA QUARTERED OAK CO. 7 East 42nd Street, New York. DIMENSION STOCK FOR SALE MAPLE AND BIRCH FOR SALE. 1 car Maple and I'.ireli. dry sound li.arts. cut <4 4' loni;. A. W . Zl'.MSEK. Howie]-. Wis. WAGON STOCK FOR SALE FOR SALE— MAPLE AXLES. I-:. !•: Gii.iii.uT. siiiitiiviiie RAILWAY EQUIPMENT FOR SALE WANTED To sell railroad cross ties, white and red oak, loaded separately. State price F. O. B. car Norfork. Arkansas. WILLIAMS, Marshall, Arkansas. TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE FINE TIMBER TRACTS. We have a numlier of limber tracts for sale in most all states at low prices and reasonable terms; Have few bargain tracts that are offered for quick sale. Write us what you want, we have it. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Dept.. Janesville, Wis. HARDWOOD RECORD S7 BUSINESS OPPORTINITIES BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. Wantiil. partnor and additioual >'H|ii(al tii take iictivo interest In going box roniern, well located In Centrai Wisconsin, liaviug four rail- roads .and satisfactory concentration rates on lun]l)er in. and the product out. No better loca tion in the state. Exceptional opportunit.v. .Ad- dress "BOX li.'i." care IIaupw.kiii I!i.crii;u. LUMBER WANTED LUMBER WANTED. junte il.-liv.le,l l>llii:i(l,lpllia. r:i.. "11 ■jtrs s 4 sound wormy & "_* i'lmi. riiestmi ar 4 4 sound wormy & 1! Com. I'liestnii nr <> 4 No. :; Comnion I'nplar. •a IS 4 4 Kox White Pine. ■ihi|)pers to invoice direct. N:iiih- id I stock you desiri' to move. (■ll.\l!l.I':S I'. I'KOSS. rhil:icl.-l|ihi:i WANTED TO BUY. ■:n< t 4" N... 1 ,..111111.111 Till ■ lu.- 1. ... h. Ciiii-o. III. Iirin.Mi:ii;i! nuns.. Ciniimi MISCELLANEOUS OAK. POPLAR, ASH and all (ther bardnroods. In all gradeR and thick netsei, can b« readily said if advertised In the Wanted aad For Sale section of Hasdwood Bbc- o». If TtD haTe a large stock yon want to sell try a few lines in this department and see what a lot of inquiries they will bring rou The Logical Location for Wood-Working Factories With the scarcity of timber in your local- ity and the ever increasing demand for higher wages among employees, doubtless you find li difficult In your present location to realize the profits you once made. ir you are manufacturing furniture, car- riages, automobile parts, barrels and boxes. crates or any product that requires wood. the Southeastern States of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia. Florida, Ala- bama, Mississippi, Tennessee or Kentucky offer numerous excellent openings for any of these lines of business. The greatest supply of oak, gum, ash. walnut, hickory, pine and other timbers are obtainable In nearly every nectlon of the Southeast. Power Is furnished at very reasonable rates while labor is plentiful at a very favorable wage scale. Labor troubles are practically unknown In the South. Along the Southern Ry.. Mobile & Ohio R. R. and Georgia Southern & Florida Ry. are many cities and towns offering liberal Inducements for the location of new Indus- tries. We can put you in touch with these parlies if you will express a desire. M. V. RICHARDS Land and Industrial Agent SOUTHERN ^RAILWAY Room 305, Washington, D. C. GIBSON TALLY BOOK This three-throw tally ticket cover is made from aluminum, and accommodates four tally tickets — 4ix84 inches in size. Folds compactly to less than one-fourth inch in thickness and fits side or inside coat pocket. Gives large area of four tickets for compli- cated tallies, or straight grade can be made on one page. Accommodates any form of tally ticket desired. hese tally books Patent applied for Triplicate Tall> Ticke Copyneliled. lolo. PRICE LIST Aluminum Tally Covers, each - - $1.00 Aluminum Tally Covers, pcrdozcn - - 10.00 Patented Iriplicalc Tally Tickets (^ock form) per 1,000 10.00 Sinele sheet manila (stock form) Tally Tickets. perl.UUO 4.00 Specimen forms of Tally Tickets mailed on applica- tion. Covers sold on apiiroval to responsible concerns. Manufactured by Hardwood Record S37 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO CHICAGO E. H. KLANN LUMBER CO. Cottonwood, Gum, Oak, Ash, Cy- press, Yellow Pine, Dimension Stock 819 FISHER BLDG. HAR. 1187 Factory Lumber CRAY'S HARBOR SPRUCE SOFT YELLOW FIR WESTERN SOFT PINE DIRECT MILL REPRESENTATION COUNTERFEIT CHECKS | ar* frequent •xcepk wbere ^^^^^ Two Piece tieomelrical / ■trier Coin / blause, tben /A iBltatlon Isn't /£i Sample If 70U ^$ ^M S D. CBILDS ^ i CO. y^ chicito Vg We al«» make vS TlEBi* Oh«clu \ SteDolli And ^ LoaHuuDcrc ^^ MAKE BOX SHOCKS LOOSE BARREL STAVES Of Finest Quality and at Lowest Cost From Cordwood. Slabs, or Other Forest Waste by the Use of Gerlach Maehinery. The Peter Gerlach Co., Cleveland, O. If you want to get in touch with 2000 Live Wire Buyers of Hardwoods it will ]iav yiiu U> rtmi nut abmit the Hardwooii Reoird's BULLETIN SERVICE One man, who uses the service gives it credit for earning annu- ally $10,000 for him. Write for pamphlet — ''Selling Lumber B\) Mail" It will prove a revelation to you. HARDWOOD RECORD (Bulletin Depl.) 537 So. Dearborn St., CHICAGO S8 HARDWOOD RECORD American Forest Trees By Henry H. Gibson Edited by Hu Maxwell "AMERICAN FOREST TREES'' is a comprehensive work of more than seven hun- dred pages, illustrated by more than one hundred lull page pictures of forest types of tree growth, and hundreds of minor pictures. It answers every question worth asking about the infinite variety of forest growth in this country, and the utilization of these woods in lumber and other forms. The opinion of an expert on this work is: "AMERICAN FOREST TREES'' is the foremost contribution that has ever been made to American forest and lumber literature. The price of this work is Six Dollars ($6.00) net. It will be sent on receipt of price, pre- paid, subject to return and refund of payment if it does not prove satisfactory. The very complete character of this work may be judged by the index following : acia African maboganj Ailnnthua Alaska cTprus Alaska plat Alder Algaroba Allfghnuy slo* Alligator juniper Alligator-wood AlmonUleaf willow Aloe-leaf yucca Alpine flr Alpine larcb Alpine spruce Alpine western spruce.. Alpine wbltebark pine.. Alternate-leared dog- Big laurel Bigleaf laurel Bigleaf maple Big pine Big sbellbark Bigtree Big wblte bircb Biltmore aab Birch liird cberry Bisbop's pine Bitter cberry Bitter bickory Bltternut linden, planerti smoke-t 'da Angelica-tree . . . Ant':: wood Applt baw ArborTitae Arizona cork flr. Arizona cypress . Arizona madrona Arizona palm . .. Arizona pine Arizona spruce . . Arizona sycamore Arizona wblte oal Arrow-wood Asb-leared i Aspen Aspen-leaf .' August plum Bald cypress Balm of Gilead.145. 667, ~ " of Gilead flr aple Bals . IS.';. -. 151. 166.( tsalsam flr 145.151. ] Balsam poplar ( Baltimore oak I Barren oak Barren scrub oak. Bertram oak . . . . sket eln Basket oak. . , . Basket willow. Basswood Bat-tree Bayberry Bay poplar ... Bay-tree Beaded locust Bearberry 646. Bear oak Bearwood Beaver-tree Bebb willow Beech Beetree Bell tree Bellwood Beriandier ash Big buckeye Big-bud Big-bud hickory Bigcone pine .' Bigcone spruce Big -"ottonwood BlgeUw willow Big hickory nut Bitteruut hickory. 361 Bitttr pecan 3H1 37. n Bitter wilnut 361 Bitter waternut. .. 37.1 Bitterwood «7H Black ash. 415. 416 4;;:i 445 75 Black birch 565 ,'577 SfiO Black calabash 47R Black cherry 613 667, RfiS 679 Black gura .15!) 331 Black haw 46(1 Black hickory 364. 367 «Hli 699 7(H) Black Jack 2K» Black Jack oak.... 291 Black larch m Black limetree .... 637 Black locust . 535 •Ml Black maple 447 Black mulberry . . . ,M3 Black oak. 259. 260. 271 277 6SS 75 Black pine... 63. 67 70 Black poplar 6.S1 55 6? I Black sloe Black spruce 129 Black thorn 4,=.» Blacktree «.S« Black walnut 343 Black willow 469 6S8 500 Bleeding-heart tree Blister pine 145, 151 Blue asb 417, Blue beech 6«7 Blue birch 565. .577, 5S5 698 526 Blue dORwood 700 285 69R Blue myrtle Blue oak 205. 213, 226 Blue spruce 136 B08 700 511 511 1,30 Boff spruce Bois d'arc 511 Bois inconnu 405 369 511 601 Box elder 445, 223 S?3 Box white oak 523 167 2S3 Brash oak Brewer oak V?0 Bristlecone flr 171 Bristlecone pine... 1» 3S «»3 439 Broadleaf maple. . .. 472 367 Broom hickory 423 367 Brown hickory 43 649 Buckeye Buckthorn bumelii Buckwheat-tree . . Bullace plum Bull bay Bull pine YOOd Burning bush Burnwood Bur oak Bustic Butternut Buttonball Buttonwood Cabbage palmetto Cabbage-tiee Cactus Cajeput Calico-bush Calicowood California bay-tree .... California black oak California blue oak California box elder.... California buckeye. .649. California chestnut oak, California coffee California fan palm California hemlock California 'liolVy" '.'.'.'.'. .' '. '. California juniper California laurel ...529, California lire oak California nutmeg California olire California post cedar... California red bud California red fir California sassafras California scrub oak.... California swamp pine.. California sycamore ... California tanbark oak.. California walnut ■ California white oak California white pine... Canada plum ' Canadian Judas tree.... Canadian red pine Canoe blrcb I Canoe cedar Canoewood Cacotla ' Canyon birch I Can liT Carolina cherry Carolina hemlock Carol ina pine Carolina poplar Cascara buckthorn Cascara sagrada Catalpa Catawba Catawba rhododendroa.. Cat spruce Cedar 91. 97. 109. Cedar elm 380. Cedar pine Cereuses Chalky leucaena Chapman oak Chattahoochee pine Check pine Checkered-barked Juniper Cherry birch 565, Chestnut Chestnut oak 241. Chickasaw plum Chihuahua pine Chlnaberry China-tree Chinquapin Chinquapin oak Cblttamwood Cholla CIgartree Cinnamon bark Cinnamon .oak Clammy locust Cliff elm CoL-kspur Cocoa plum CoEFeebean Coffee-berry CofYeeuut CofFeetree Cohiiado blue spruce. . . Common catalpa 475, C Ivy Jack oak Jack pine *? Jamaica dogwood. . .5?"' Jeflfrey pine Jersey pine Joewood Joshua-tree , Judas-tree 6*' Juneberry 4»l Juniper , ..70. 91. 99. io», n;W Junlper-bush H Juniper cedar W Juniper-tree 4W Kalmla B« Kenai birch 861 «' Kingnut W: Klngtree t Knobcone pine f^- Lanceleaf alder ST* Lanceleaf cottonwood. _ ««■ «T^ Lancewood ^' Larch Til® Largw buckeye •** Largeleaf umbrella. 48: 4« Large poplar JJJ Largetooth aspen. . .W'w! Laurel 494. 505, BVW Laurel bay 4•^ Laurel cherry /Bt HARDWOOD RECORD 59 aiDoUa. 494 285, 319 531 292 ■pine 19. 703 twig pine 703 mtwr 325 ibtlEbirk 346 lUfir pine 25 •«lnut 351 Ik 253. 313 pine 55 . : B35 lie pine 73 d . ., 700 lly poplar 682 ae pine 6S if pine 43 if KFTlce 452 if willow 496 ited pine 63 It acks pine 55 ■mow 471 •mw pine 55 . . 435 . . 496 . . 837 lie willow 472 cypress 178 , . 661 Icent Sr 164 It 494 iny 463. 547 New Koeland twxwood. I Newcastle tliorn New Mexican locust.... New Mexican plnon.... Noble llr Nootka cypress North American red spruce North Carolina pine.... North Carolina shaKbark hickory '■ Northern cork elm Northern Bpruce pine... Northern white cedar.. Norway pine NutmeK hickory Nutplne 28. 33. 08. Nuttall willow 69 buckeye 649. 651 (Jldfleld birch 6.^5 Oldfleld pine 49 Old man's beard 700 OUvetree 3,37 One-berry 403 One-seed juniper 99 )possum wood 601 694 421 180 I'rlrkleeone pine.. IMIekly ash rrlckly pine I'rlckly spruce . . . rrlnce's pine I'unet Sound pine Pumpkin ash . .. . I'uwpkin pine ,, I'luupkln tree ,.. IMink oak Purple buckeye . . Purple doKWOOd . pie he Pj-r uldal ..,, 320 649, 652 526 700 at;nolla.4Sl. 496 496 69, 704 I SlUuKle cedi ... 699 .SbluBle oak ... 52 Shin oak 208.286 ... 136 f Slioepen maple 433 ... 70 IShort-Oower nnhOKany. \66 ... 169 . Shortleaf pine 49 ... 423 Short leared pine 57 Shortshat Shrub willow Sierra brownbark pine. Sllktop palmetto G02 .Silky willow 472 SUverbell tree 601,004 .SllTer tlr 159. 163. 16.'. SlWerleaf willow 471 SlWer-leared maple 429 .Silrer maple 429 Itattlehox ^Sil*'!'" 1^'"^ ■■.-.W \*.i lied alder 589iMlTer spruce 136. 145 Ited ash 423 1 SllTertop palmetto 882 Kedbark flr 164 Siucle-leaf plnon ....19, 701 Itedhark pine 75 Single spruce 130 Ued bay 681 I Sir Joseph Bank's pine. 70 Hed-berrled elder 700 | slash pine 45. 49. .15 l;ed birch 577 i .sitka alder 592 l:ed-bract dogwood 526 Sitkn spruce 133 Itedbud 548 .Skunk spruce ISO I,...) i,^^^^ 91. 109 oi:„ 115 Swamp oak . .301. 319 Swamp popla Swamp sassafras 4U5 Swamp Spanish oak.... 301 Swamp tupelo 337 Swamp white oak.. 217, 229 Swampy chestnut oak.. 241 Sweet bay 631 Sweet birch 565.580 Sweet crab 453 Sweet gum 325 Sweet locust 541 Sweet magnolia 481, 495 Sweet scented crab .... 453 Switch-bud hickory 367 Sycamore 397, 607 26, 249, 301 I Western larch 85 Westerm plum 621 Western red cedar 115, 118, 709 Western serTlceberry , . 452 Weste Westeri Weste vblte flr. Thlte 369 133 163 235 pin .45, 55 spruce 133 te 559. 562 >n Cottonwood. 667. 669 ,n elder 700 ld madrona 663 ■a mulberry 514 in palmetto 692 in persimmon .... 517 in plnon... 19. 33. 704 IQ walnut 351 in white pine 19 JX basswood 639 a 662 ■pecles 695 irl willow 473 r nut 356, 363 r nut hickory 363 ollTe 620 orange 511, 620 t yucca 693 rey cypress 141 rey pln< elm maple oak 391 435 297 aln alder 592 I aln ash.. 411. 454. 675 Siln balsam... 151. 166 tin birch .^fiO I .aln cedar Ill g >ln elm 399 I «in hemlock 195 I aln holly 645 e tin Iry BOB C:iln Juniper 99 k aln laurel 606. 529 I aln mahogany. 199. 465 • rain machlneel... 897 ttalD maple 435. 441 I tain pine 26 Ula apruce 135 UlB white oak 213 iiry 513 eberry BOS ■tree 0iu Oregon aah Oregon balsam Oregon crabapple Oregon flr Oregon maple Oregon oak Oregon pine Oregon white oak. . . . Oreodaphne 529 OTercup oak 217. 223 Osage appletree 511 Osage orange 511 Osier willow 496 Pacific coast oak 235 Pacific yew 199 Pale-leaf hickory 345 Palmer oak 310 Palms 691 Palmetto B91 Palo bianco 406 Palo verde 566 Paper birch 565. 583 Paper mulberry 514 Paradise-tree 676 Parry nut pine 19. 704 Parry pinion 703 Parrv's spruce 136 Patton's spruce » 196 Peach oak 313 Pea-flower locust 535 Peawood 602 Pear haw 469 Pear thorn 459 Pecan 357. 373 Pecan nut 373 Pecan tree 373 Persimmon 517 Pessimin 517 Pigeonberry 452, 526 Pigeon cherry 610 Pignut 356, 361, 367 Pignut hickory 367 Pig walnut 361 Pin cherry 619 Pine 19 Pink locust 655 Pin oak 208, 247, 301 ..19. 28 . .28. 33 Ited cedar 91, 109 Ued elm 393, 399 Ited flr 167, 164. 169 Ued gum 325 Red haw 467, 459, 460 Uedheart hickory 3.i7 Ued hickory ... Ued Ironwood . . . Ued larch Red locust Ued maple Ued mulberry . . Ued oak 2.69, 2Bo, 277, 280, 289 Red pine 61. 189 Red plum ""■* 363 -13 Slippery elm... 380. 391, 400 346 pine ! otk 297 704 Iwood •wberry "wcooe pine iwleaf Cottonwood . 667, 669 iwleaf crab 453 iwleaf willow 496 pin 621 Pin thon Pitch pine... 43. 45. 49. 63 Planertree 397 Plane-tree 607 Plum 621, 622 Poison dogwood 697 Poison elder 697 Poison Ivy 506 Poison laurel 505 oak Pols. ach 607 697 .697. 701 640 Polsontree . Polsonwood . Pond apple . Pond cypress 141 Pond pine 67 Poorfleld pine 49 Poor pine 51 Poplar 487. 673 Poplar-leared birch Popple Small buckeye 649. 652 Small fruit mountain ash 454 Small-leaf elm .SO" Sninll-leaf horsebean... 549 Small laurel 505 Small pignut Small pignut hickory Small white blrcn... Smooth cypress 142 Smooth-leaf willow .... 471 Snowdrop-tree 601. 603 Soapberry 4r,.'i _ Soap tree 465 iied slWer iflV.V.:'!;;:;; 166; soft maple 429 Red spruce 127; Soft pine 19, 26 Red thorn 458 I Softwoods 4 Red titl 502, Soledad pine 84 Red willow 496 : Sonora ironwood ofax Redwood 181 • Sophora Retama 549 Sorrel-tree .. Rhododendron 507 ' Sou lard crab........... 454 River ash 423 ■ Sour gum 337, 339, 507 River birch 565, 577 ( Sour gum bush 50 River Cottonwood 667 i Sour tupelo 33! Rock chestnut oak 241. Sourwood 50 Rock elm 380, 386 | Southern basswood 639 Rock maple 427 ■ Southern mountain pine. 52 Rock oak 241 I Southern red juniper... 94 Rockv Mountain juniper i Southern red oak 266 124 Southern white cedor. . . 103 Rockv Mountain oak... Southern yellow pine... 43 Spanish bayonet 693 Spanish dagger 693 Spanish moss 258 Spanish oak. . .260. 277, 289 Spanish red oak 289 Sparkleberry 508 Spice-tree 529 Spoon-hutch 507 Spoonwood 506 Spriugwood 7 Spotted oak... 266. 271, 320 Rocky 703 Rose bay 507 Rosemary pine 49. 66 Royal palm 692 Rum cherry 603 Rusty nannyberry 700 Sadler oak 220 Saffron plum 696 Salad-tree 548 Sandbar willow 496 Sand jack 286 Sand pine 46 Sapwood pine 75 Sargent palm 692 Sarvlce 451 Sassafac 655 Sassafas 655 Poppy aah Possum haw Possum oak Possumwood Port Orford cedar. Post cedar Post locust Post oak Poverty birch .... Powcohlscora Price oak 487. 676 424 . ... 648 320 f rac 855 Sassafras 665 Satlnleat 696 Satin walnut 326 Satlnwood 699 Savlce 461. 4.62 Savin 91 Saxlfrax B.'iR Scalyhark hickory 357 Scarlet haw 4.67 Scarlet maple 4.33 Scarlet oak 277 Srhott cactus 694 schott yucca 693 Screwbean 662 Screw-pod 662 Scrub oak 220. 247. 283 Scrub pine 37, 57, 70 Seaside alder 692 Second growth 3.67 Servlceberry 461 Service-tree 451 Shadberry 461 Shagbark hickory . ..355, .367 Shasta red flr 165 Shawneewood 476 127, 169 Spruce pine 45, 49. 51, 57. 187 Spruce-tree 187 Stackpole pine 151 Stagbush 699 Staghorn sumach 697 Star- leaved gum 325 Stave oak 205 Stiffness of wood 11 Sting-tongue 699 Stinking ash 445 Stinking buckeye 651 Stinking cedar 201,202 Stinking savin 202 Strength of wood 11 Striped maple 447 Stone-seed Mexican plnon .33 Stump tree 647 Sugar ash 445 Sugarberry ...403, 405, 406 pin 19, 25. 70S Western yellow pine... 67 Western yew 199 West Indian birch 878 „ West Indian cherry 620 ntaln pine... 52 Weymouth pine 19 • V„- °li Whiskey cherry 613 .79. 86 Whistlewood 637 White alder 691 White Alaska birch 565. 570 White ash 409. 422, 700 White balsam 159.186 White bark 37 Whitebark maple 43» Whitebark pine 19. 37 White basswood 6.30 White bar 495 White birch... 565. 579, 585 White buttonwood 688 White cedar . . .87, 103, 109 White Cottonwood 67» White elm 379, 385, 397 Whiteheart hickory 363 White hickory. 357. 361. 387 White flr 159. 163, 166 White Ironwood White laurel 495 Whlteleaf aak 273 White locust 535 White mangrove 888 White maple 433,439 White mulberry 514 White oak - .205. 208, 213. 223, 235 White pine 19. 51, 703 White poplar 675, 682 White spruce.. 130. 135. I3i) White stem pine 37 White thorn 459 White titl 502 White walnut 355, 357 White willow 472 ■ Whitewood ...487. 667, 701 „^, I Wickup 637 ■■ ^2i I Wild apple 464 Tanbaik oak 241 Tassajo 684 Tear-blanket 699 Texan ebony 538 Texan red oat 265 Texas ash 411 Texas buckeye 649 Texas Cottonwood ..687. 609 Texas flowering willow. 477 Texas redbud 549 Texas umbrella-tree ... 465 Thick shellbark 389 Thomas elm 385 Thorn apple 459 Thorn bush 459 Thorn locust 541 Thorn plum 459 Thorn-tree 541 Thorny acacia 541 Thorny locust 641 Three-leaved maple.... 446 Tbree-thorned acacia... 541 Thunderwood 697 Thuvber cactus 694 Tldeland spruce 133 Tisswood 602 Tlti 502. 626 Toothache-tree 699 Torch pine 66 Torchwood '. 699 Tornillo 582 Torrev pine 64 Tough bumelia 690 Tournev oak 315 Trask mahogany 466 Tree huckleberry 508 Tree myrtle 698 palmetto Tree Trident oak 292 Tuck-tuck 157 Tulip poplar 487 Tnllp-tree 487 Tupelo 337 Turkey oak 283. 286 I'mbrella tree. 481. 484. .628 Upland hickory .357 ri.land willow 28.6 Utah juniper 706 Vallev mahogany 466 Vallev oak 249 Valparaiso oak 3(18 Vauquellnia 466 aple Wild black cherry . . Wild cherry 613, 619 Vlrgilia pine . thorn Wild china Wild cinnamon 701 Wild crab 453 Wild date 693 Wild lilac 698 Wild lime 699 Wild olive-tree 337.601 Wild orange 620 Wild peach 620 Wild plum Wild red cherry. Wild rose bay . . Wild sapodilla . ,.., Wild tamarind 688 547 ] Wild thorn 489 55 Williamson's spruce 195 460 ] Willow 469 I Willow-leaf cherry 620 Willow oak 279. 295 Wing elm 399 Witch elm 399 Witch hazel 328 Wood laurel" 505 Woolly oak 315 427 . 19, 31 427 She hnla Sheepberry Sheepbush Sheep laurel Shellbark Shellbark hickory. 700 Sugar maple Sugar pine Sugar-tree Sumach 606 Summer haw 4.68 Summerwood 7 Sunflower-tree 700 Sun-loving pine 704 Sunny-slope pine 704 Swamp ash 416. 422 Swamp bay 531 Swamp cedar 103 Swamp chestnut oak... 229 Swamp Cottonwood 087. 689 Swamp hickory 361. 375 p holl.1 p laur( Swan Swa Swamp 405 496 .429, 433 Wadsworth oak 225 Wafer ash 699 . .385. 398, "492,' 499', 699 Wahoo elm 399 Walnut 343 Walnut-tree 343 Washington haw 480 Washington palm 693 Taupon 645 Washington pine 193 Yaupon holly 645 Washington thorn 480 Yellow ash 553 Water ash 422. 424. 445 Yellow bark oak 271 Water beech 607 Yellow basswood 637 Water birch 577. 5S0 Yellow birch 565.671 Water bltternut 375 Yellow buckeye 849 Water elm 380 Yellow bnckthoni 698 Water hickory 375 Yellow-butt oak 271 Water maple ..429. 433. 435 Yellow cedar 118, 121 Water oak ...295. 319. .320 Yellow chestnut oak... 247 Water Spanish oak 301 Yellow Cottonwood 667 Water white oak 217 Yellow cypress 121 Weeping dogwood 626 | Yellow flr 163.169 Weeping oak 249 ) Yellow-Ieaf willow 471 Weeping spruce ...136. 195 j Yellow-flowered cucum- Weeping willow 472 1 ber-tree 484 birch 565. 579 Yellow locuit 535.653 -- 247, 271 43, 6S 821 : 481, 48T t 127 Yellow-wood 61), BBS, 698, 899 Yew 199. 201 dogwood hemlock 193 ' hemlock flr 193 hemlock sprnce 19-3 juniper 118 Address Book Department, HARDWOOD RECORD 537 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois GO HARDWOOD RECORD Why Worry About Saws — When We Can Bring You Sure Relief? It's our business to supply you with Saws that will save you worry — that will run longest with least re-fitting — that will make good in every sense. You have enough to think about anyway. Why be bothered with Saws that crack and lose their points and teeth and tension? Why stop to change Saws oftener than necessar}'? Keep the wheels going ATKINS I'l^lE SAWS It's the quality of SILVER .STEEL that gives us tlie adxantage. It's the careful scientific handling from start to finish — the "know how" that means better profit to vou if vou use ATKINS SIL'VER .STEEL SAWS. Right now is the best time to try Atkins Band Saws, Circular Saws, Gang, Drag, Edger or any other kind of Saws Atkins Cross Cut Saws are great worry savers. Dqn't be prejudiced. Don't stand in your own light. Give us a chance to make good with you and don't let anybody tell you that ATKINS 'SILVER STEEL SEGMENT GROUND CROSS CUT SAWS won't make good. You're the boss. Try it for yourself. BUY THEM THROUGH YOUR DEALER OR JOBBER. SPECIFY ATKINS SILVER STEEL. IF YOU CAN'T GET THEM IN THIS WAY, THEN WRITE TO THE NEAREST ADDRESS BELOW E. C. ATKINS ^ CO., Inc. The Silver Steel Saw People HOME OFFICE AND FACTORY, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. CANADIAN FACTORY, HAMILTON, ONT. Machine Knife Factory, Lancaster, N. Y. Branches carrying complete stocks in the following cities. Address E. C. ATKINS & CO., Inc.: Atlanta, Chicago, Memphis, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, Portland, Ore., San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, B. C, Sydney, N. S. W. HARD WOOD RECORD 61 Kiln Truck We make all styles of Kiln Trucks and Transfer Cars. They are roller bearing, steel or malleable iron wheels. We have one con- tract for twelve hundred of these trucks, with eight-inch wheels. Always a large stock of material on hand. Can make prompt shipment. The National Dry Kiln Co. Indianapolis, Ind. Baldwin Geared Locomotives are built for severe service on steep grades, sharp curves and uneven tracks. '^~i» 5 i ^ 1 !^^i IP ^ They are symmetrical in construction, with cen- tral drive and gears of selected material. Further particulars will be gladly furnished on requc:: THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS PHILADELPHIA, PA., U. S. A. Cable Address: — "Baldwin, Philadelphia" ( II \KI.KS KliiDKi.i < . li. ri:Ti:n><>N . . K. «. x\ KsrON (.KOKci: I. .ii)m:s. A. \\\l. IIINC.KK li;.-. Kailwav r.s,],:,nae. ChUaso, 111. ...Ilil4 Wriu-ht liuililiim. St. I is. Mo .... .-.(I ( hiiicli sli-,-,-(. N,->v i.>rk. N. V. .407 liiiMlirs' Ituililiim. KHluniind. Va. VIZ SimldiiiK Hiiil.liiiK. I'oilluiid. Oregon RUSSEL LOGGING CARS ,msM^- Years of Hard Service Have Demonstrated Russel Cars to be Supe- rior in Quality and Construction. Built for any Capacity Desired RUSSEL WHEEL AND FOUNDRY CO. DETROIT. MICHIGAN 62 HARDWOOD RECORD if we sKowyou Clyde Skidders cutting the cost of logs for tKe Other Fellow, worit you want ■to make tKe same saving OKat's wky we can and do invite you to come with us and make your own invest- igations. Our skidders are our best salesmen] CLyDi: IFLON \VORICS Manufacturers of macKiaes for every los^5m5 operation. D TJ Iv U T H. U. S. A. GREAT POR.T OF THE NOItTHWEST 5»^ ^NEW OR,LEANS . O R^TL A.>I D SAVA^N/^H C H 1 C A G O rmi\'\ 1 :^ J Lumber Dried As Never Before SEE THE DIFFERENCE GRAND RAPIDS DRY KILN GRAND RAPIDS VENEER WKS., SOLE MFRS., MICHIGAN SECURE BETTER PRICES AT LESS SELLING COST BY REACHING MORE CUSTOMERS. HARDWOOD RECORD PUTS YOU BEFORE THEM ALL TWICE A MONTH. ASK US ABOUT IT. ,ElD)©I^lKS!gr(Q)(Q)lD) JRTERLOCKING DRUM/ Ki J^NY Length (g^©iLii\iy^irioi lIKK^ >' c^=e-r*STy 4f IGH ^SPEED i^TURN^ ^ C/iica^oSea///e Canada Canadian 'J/Z/is-C/za/m^fs -Cf^ C^en-Of-/eanS'^WaodwarSr\ft''jh.t SiCo.Xfd HARDWOOD RECORD 63 Broom Handle Machinery Let uj tell vou about our STEEL TUMBLERS FOR DRY- ING AND POLISHING BROOM HANDLES. Thu system is rapidly supplanting all others. More economical; less lime required for drying; no polishing afterwards; greater per cent of straight handles turned out. Steel Tumbler for Drying and Polish- ing Broom Handles CADILLAC MACHINE COMPANY Complete Line of Broom Handle IVIachinery CADILLAC, MICH. -USERS- Ml' 'l"hc Siaiulard Moist Air Dry Kiln — people in }-our own line, whose dryino; l)roposition is similar to yours — will tell \-ou that never before was their product dried so satisfactorily and so econom- ically Ask them ! You'll find a long^. Icing list ol Standard Dry Kiln users in the catalog. .Also a complete e.xplanation of why The Standard Moist .\ir Drying System is so adaptable for drying furniture hardwoods. Write for this book. Address: The Standard Dry Kiln Co.. 1559 McCarty St.. Indianapolis. Ind. Wire Stitching Machinery Crates, Veneer and Resawed Lumber Boxes, Also Wire and Metal Bound Boxes, FRUIT PACKAGES, BASKETS, nBER SHIPPING CASES, PAPER BOXES AND SPECL\L PURPOSES ASK FOR CATALOGUE 3[anufactured by SARANAC MACHINE COMPANY BENTON HARBOR. MICH.. U. S. A. ELEPHANT RUBBER BELTING AIR DRILL AND AIR TOOL HOSE STEAM WATER SUCTION EXTRA QUALITY Recommended for hard service and euaranteed to do the work SELLING AGENTS CKINE COMPtlir - ■ ILL BRANCHES STtNDlRD EguiPMENT CO.. MOBILE. ILA ILBiWV MILL SUPPLy CO.. ILBINT. 91. THE MECHANICAL RUBBER COMPANY (Chicago Rubber W«rk») 307 W. Randolph Street, ESTABLISHED 1882 CHICAGO 64 HARDWOOD RECORD Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co. HOME OFFICE, FACTORY AND VENEER MILL, ALGOMA, WIS. VENEER AND SAWMILL, BIRCHWOOD, WIS. We manufacture at our Birchwood plant single ply veneers Every pound of glue we use is guaranteed hide stock. We of all native northern woods and deliver stock that is in do not use retainers. Our gluing forms are put under pow- shape to glue. erful screws and left until the glue has thoroughly set. From our Algoma factory, where we have specialized for ,, ,..,, „ „ „ „„,.,^j , ^ „. *u»* •_ t.u. u.,* u„,.j _ »-,.„f» «.o,c „7« „,„.!....« „i„.ic «* »ii ,;,-, fl-t K * t„ If you seek a guaranteed product that is the best, based on T.Zn'^n:oo7JL'lX^^^^^^^^^^ ;fet^r:^dXffo^rn'bl'n^ed":l''?ire"^'ro^f^hr^rt^?o'cr"an'2 «:• ~»i,« „„ »„,„ „i,. ,t„„i, ^JU /„ » - i„ ,1 „.j . . Of every detail, combined with the use of the best stock and Cu^t'erTd'oak." Ou'^Sarlered oak Janers' arT^aKm 'slwed - "P"*-''*'' '""'P--'- °- P-<1-* -" »PP"' '° ^-^ veneer. If you are a "price buyer" we probably cannot Interest you. y eneers and l^anels with a ly^eputation "I17"E manufacture Veneers in all the native woods and for all purposes. Also Built-up Panels in native and foreign woods — three and five-ply — and have established a reputation for furnishing high-grade material. Send us your inquiries and orders and become one of our satisfied customers. Underwood Veneer Co. Wausaiu Wis. Custom Mill Work, Storage, Inspection ON Foreign Fancy Woods, Mahogany, Cedar, Circassian We receive the logs, store or warehouse them, manufacture them into lumber, cut or saw veneers, pile and store the pro- duct, and ship via any railroad. Also furnish inspection returns on logs or lumber. Can furnish accommodations and econ- omies which it is impossible to secure elsewhere. We always have on our yards parcels of plain and figured African, Mexican and Cuban Mahogany, Circassian Walnut and Cedar logs, placed here for sale by direct foreign shippers, from which advantageous purchases can be made. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co. Long island City, New York OUR SPECIALTY Highly Figured Quarter- Sawed White Oak Veneer PUTINAM VbNBER & LUMBBR Co. ROACHDAUE, IIND. H. I. CUTSirNGER, Gen'l Vlgn. HARDWOODRECORD 6; 1 VENEERS AND PANELS Memphis Veneer & Lumber Co. Memphis, Tenn. Mahogany Veneer 1-8, 3-16 and 1-4-in. door stock. 1-20 and 1-16-in. sawed mahosrany. Sawed Veneer in the following Quartered White Oak, Quartered Red Oak, Plain Red Oak, Yellow Poplar, White Ash and Quartered Red Gum Memphis Veneer & Lumber Company Memphis, Tennessee READY TO LAY Dimension Stock cut to your sizes in 1/20 Sliced Quartered Oak and Mahogany MATCHED, JOINTED AND TAPED We also manufacture a full line of high- grade, rotary-cut veneers, making a spe- cialty of exceptionally fine poplar. ADAMS & RAYMOND VENEER COMPANY Established 1869 Indianapolis, Ind. ©OAK VENEERS® 'f.,"i 'i-' in Sliced and Sawed Quartered and Plain White and Red Oak Walnut Cherry Ash Maple Also Band Sawn Lumber in These Woods Hoffman Brothers Company FORT WAYNE, IND. Established 1867 Incorporated 1904 Manufacturers of doors and large tops will be interested in a quantity of Quarter Sawed Figured RED GUM In 18" and 3/16" We also have for quick shipment a quain- tity of Ys" veneer sawed yellow poplar, 13"-14i^" wide, and of 3 ^6" poplar of the same dimensions. Take It Up With Us Evansvillc Veneer Company Evansville, Ind. CIRCASSIAN MAHOGANY Logs VENEERS Lumber WE IMPORT WE MANUFACTURE All Thicknesses of Mahogany Ready for Shipment RICE YENEER & LUMBER GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 66 HARDWOOD RECORD MICHIGAN FAMOUS rOR HARD MAPLE. AND GREY EUM "Ideal" £- Rock Maple Flooring i« the flooring that it manufactured expreatly to supply the demand for tho best. It it made by modern machinery from carefully-telected itock and every precaution it taken throughout our entire tyttem to make it fulfill in every particular itt name — "IDEAL." ROUGH OR FINISHED LUMBER— ALL KINDS Send Ui Tour Inquirie* The I. Stephenson Company WELLS, MICHIGAN FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT 70 M ft. 4 4 No. 2 Com. and Better Beech 110 M ft. 4 4 No. 2 Com. and Better Basswood Winter Cut 150 M ft. 16-inch Sound Butt White Cedar Shingles East Jordan Lumber Co. East Jordan Michigan ALL THE MICHIGAN HARDWOODS Lath Shingles .MAKERS OF IMPERIAL BRAND MAri.K FLOOKlMi Pine Hemlock FORMAN'S FAMOUS OAK FLOORING Is made in faultless fashion from the most u n i f o r m-colored and even-textured oak pro- ^^^^^^^^^^ duced; worked from Kraetzer-Cured lumber manufactured at our Heidelberg, Ky., sawmills. Thomas Forman Company Detroit : : : : : Michigan Von Platen Lumber Co. Iron Mountain, Michigan .MANUFACTURERS OF BIRCH BASSWOOD ELM MAPLE 133M fi 4 No. 3 Com. & Better Maple. 178M 8/4 No, 2 Com. & Better Maple. 30M 12/4 No. 2 Com. & Better Maple. I3M of 4.\4-S Maple. 8(I.M of fi/4 No. 3 Com- mon Birch. 90M of «/4 No. 3 Com- mon Bassu-ood. lOOM of 8/4 No. 3 Com- mon Kock Elm. We Solicit Your Inquiries SHIPMENTS VIA C. & N. W.— C, M. & ST. P.— VV. & M. "Chief Brand" Maple and Beech Flooring in J, f and 13-16 and 1 1-16 inch Maple in all standard widths and grades, will commend itself to you and your trade on its merits alone WRITE US, WE CAN INTEREST YOU Kerry & Hanson Flooring Co. GRAYLING MICHIGAN TXT'E have n hand at our Ironwood, Mich., mill a fair sized stock of 4/4 & thicker Birch, »" Maple and Basswood in shipping condition. We have commenced cutting on Fif- teen Million Feet of choice Hardwood Logs, of which the majority of the small logs are taken out for mining timber, and all hearts are cut into squares, leaving a very choice grade and wide stock. We will appreciate inquiries for special stock to be cut now for next summer's shipment. Seoll & Howe Lumber Co. OSHKOSH WISCONSIN, Medford Lumber Co. HARDWOOD RECORD 67 !!ll'l'l"'l"l'""l"'l'l"l""ill""'''l"'"l! BUFFALO The Foremost Hardwood Market of the East I ■1 BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. We «nnl to l)U.v for cn8h OAK, ASH AND OTHER HARDWOODS All grades and tliickncNscB. Will rocrive and inspect stock at Hhippine point. Braueh yard. Memphis. Tenn. 940 Seneca Street, BUFFALO Hugh McLean Lumber Co. OIR SPECIALTY: QUARTERED WHITE OAK 940 ELK STREET T. SULLIVAN & CO. .Sl'h:ClM/riE.S: Gray Elm, Brown Ash Pacific Coast Fir and Spruce 2 ARTHUR STREET ORSON E. YEAQER SPECIALTIES: Oak, Ash and Poplar 932 ELK STREET ANTHONY MILLER HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS 893 EAGLE STREET Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. OAK, ASH and CHESTNUT 1075 Clinton Street I. N. Stewart & Bro. Specialties Cherry and Oak 892 Elk Street G. ELIAS iSc BRO. HARDWOODS White Pine. Yellow Pine, Spruce. Hemlock. Fir. Lumber. Timber. Mill- work. Boxes, Maple and Oak Floorinir Q55=ioi5 elk: street The above firms carry large and well assorted stocks of all kinds and grades of Hardwoods, and have every facility for filling and shipping orders promptly. They will be pleased to have your inquiries. Manufacturers Old-Faehioned Vansant, soft Kitchen 6 ^^piar Company S-8 and 4-4 in Widt Stock, Sp«cialty Ashland, Kentucky EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE, John L. Cochran 601 W. 115th Street, New York City Little River Lumber Company TOWNSEND, TENN. WE are now cutting Hardwoods and Hemlock out of big smooth clean prime logs and we give special attention to the making of stock that is hard to make and is required in heavy thick- nesses and special widths and lengths. We have now a couple of cars of 6/4 x 10" and wider good tough No. 1 Common & Better Smoky Mountain Ash, mostly better than No. 1 Common and runs up to 24" wide and is ready for prompt shipment. Also Clear Hemlock in all widths and Hemlock in all grades. We Continue to Solicit the Business of Discriminating Buyers of High Grade Smoky Mountain Hardwoods and Hemlocic It Tells Just What the Consumers Use AXV hardwood or v^eneer man considers his jjersonal knowledge of the requirements of his own trade his greatest asset. But lie realizes that if that knowledge is confined to a limited number of concerns his sales will be the same year after year. Hence to grow he must acquire more knowledge regarding other possible customers. Do you as a seller of hardwoods or veneers think it is good business to invest years of your time and quantities of your money to gather that knowledge when you can get logically collated first-hand and absolutely live and authentic information on thousands of such consumers and can have the use of it immediately after application.' The cost is nominal and the service is elastic in its form and can be made to fit your peculiar requirements tx.K-tly. A\'rite tiow and get the benefit of the annual corrections. HARDWOOD RECORD, CHICAGO, ILL. YELLOW rOPUR MlNUFlCTOItERS OF BIND StWED POPLAR QUARTERED OAK PLAIN OAK CHESTNUT BASSWOOD SPECIALTY QDARTER SAWED WHITE OAK Coal firoYt, Ohio, U.S.A. LUMBER CO ^1 Nineteenth Year, ( Semi-Monthly. t CHICAGO. JANUARY 25. 1914 (Subscription 12. ( Single Cople*. 10 Cent*. Trmi II II II II II II II II II II II II M II II Mil II II II II M II iiirnii ADVERTISERS- CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY FOLLOWS READING MATTER HARDWOOD RECORD We are prepared to ship promptly on receipt of order Hardwoods of All Kinds from our Philadelphia Yard or direct from our Mills. Specialties 7 in. X 24 in. No. 1 Heart Split Cypress Shingles. 5-8 Soft Yellow Tennessee Panel Poplar 18 in. and over. J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. 1420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Lumber on Slicks Jan. 1st, 1914 QUARTERED WHITE OAiC SAP GUM 4.(i3() S-4" Is & 2s. . 40.140 :!-4' No. 1 Coil 4«.4«0 4-4" X 1» to n •iri,:i!)0 4-4" Is & 2s. . I5.i.:i»0 4-4" No. 1 foil 104.1.-.0 4-4" No. 2 Coil 24:n4 RED GUM 1-4" In ,V 2s, (! to 9" 5-1" < oninion .V UcUit. . . . 4-4" CIviir Slriiis 2'/. (o 3'/." 4-4 ■ CIriir Strips 4 to .">%" 11" Com. .Sliips 21/- to XXy QUARTERED RED OAK 11" K .V- ■;» !) I ,«.-.,■> .~>i,ii» (i,88l QUARTERED RED GUM PLAIN WHITE OAK 4-4" Is Jt 2s 4-4" No. 1 CoiniiKin 4-4" No. 2 Comnioii PLAIN RED OAK 4-4" No. I Common .->-4" Is & 2s .~>-4" No. 1 Common 4-4" Com. .« B.'t. Mottled. COTTONWOOD II" \d. 1 Common. 4-1" No. 2 ( oniinon. .-.-1" \ 11" 4: up Sti-p .-.-4 • Is « 2s ."i-t" No. 1 Common. 0-4" V H" & lip Step 0-1" Is & 2s 0-4" No. I Common. 0-1" No. 2 Coininon flank I'laiik MISCELLANEOUS l!..|. To 4-4" Kuii i.oe Knn Mapli-... 4-4" l,.iK Run Kim :i" I.OK Kun Kim ;{" I. OK Kun Hickory. 4-4" Sound Wormy Onk The larger portion of the above stock is now in good dry shipping condition, and we shall be pleased to have your inquiries. Memphis Band Mill Co. Memphis, Tennessee k^ Cartier = 5|oUanb y3( %nmhtt Company ® Mr. Consumer:— High cost of living i.s tlic main question with you today. Our prices will relieve this situation to some extent. May we quote you on the following- High (irade Stock? 60,000' 4 4 End Dried Winter Cut White Maple 3,000' 5 4 End Dried Winter Cut White Maple 3,000' 6 4 End Dried Winter Cut White Maple 5,000' 8 4 End Dried Winter Cut White Maple 30,000' 4 I Firsts and Seconds Unselected Maple 46,000' 8 4 Selected No. 1 Common and Better Maple 175,000' 4 4 Pine Crating (Wide Run) 150,000' 4 4 No. 2 and 3 Common Basswood \\' [•. C A N .S U R I' .\ C i: .A S U K .S I R E D S m t r b i g a n S HARDWOOD RECORD BASSWOOD We Offer for Prompt Shipment 1x4 Clear Strips .150M 1x6 I's and 2's .lOOM 1 X 6 to 11" I's and 2's . 75 M 1x3 No. 1 Common 30 M 1x4 No. 1 Common . 35 M 1x5 No. 1 Common . 40 M 1x6 No. 1 Common . 90 M COBBS & MITCHELL, Inc. Sales Department CADILLAC MICH. W. D. YOUNG & CO. MANUFACTURERS FINEST MAPLE FLOORING KII.X ItKIKD. HOI.I.OW BACKED M A T (■ II K I> O K .JOINT K 1) I'OI. ISIIKI) AM> UIXI)I.EI> Hard Maple, Beech and Birch Lumber 1 TO G INCHES THICK WRITE FOR PRICKS BAY CITY, MICHIGAN Mitchell Brothers Go. Dry Stock List MICHIGAN HARDWOODS Cadillac, Mich. Jan. 2, 1914 Ix) Basswooil, Clear 1 4 A\ 1x6 vSc up Basswood, No. 1 Coniniun 3 4 .M 4/4 Birch, 1 s & 2s, Red 1 7 M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm is & 2s 100 M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm, No. i Common loO M 4/4 Cadillac Gray Elm, No. 2 Common 100 M 4/4 Soft Maple, No. 3 Com 9 M 4/4 White Maple, end dried (clear) lo M CADILLAC QUALITY When you want lumber of Cadillac Quality, Lumber vrhich has been manufactured and seasoned properly, and 2^x1" which have not been blended to meet price competition — send us your inquiries. WE SELL ONLY MITCHELL'S MAKE Kneeland-Bigelow Company Hardwood Manufaciurers 100,000 5 4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 150,000 6 4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 50,000 5 4 Ists & 2nds Basswood 12,000 10 4 No. 1 Common & Better Basswood 60,000 4/4 No. 3 Common Maple 50,000 6/4 No. 3 Common Elm All of the ahore stock Is nlcelj mnnu- faclured, beinf; band sawed, trimmed, and well ieasoDcd. \Vm are prepared t* quofe attrai'tive prices for this mate- rial for Inimedlate shipment. BAY CITY, MICH HARDWOOD RECORD LOUISVILLE THE HARDM^OOD GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH m You Can Get It In Louisville 1 1" vdu iired anxihiiii;' in the line (if hai'dwiiiids. including;' veneers and l)anels, jusi remember this: ^'(>n can 14 el it in ilie Louisville market. You are doubtless familiar with the reason: varied stocks, co-operative methods and geographical location explain our secret of serviceability. Meanwhile, look (jver the appended offerings, pick out v\diat you want, and write to the concerns interested. If you can use a few thousand feet of several items, otTered by different concerns, tliev will be glad to load a mixed car for you. NORTH VERNCN LUMBER COMPANY IS and 2s Quartered White Oak. IS and 2s Quartered White Oalc. No. 1 Com. White Oak. No. 1 Com. & Better Quartered No. 1 Com, & Better Quartered Clear Quartered White Oak ,000 feel f-4 .000 feet 58 ,000 feet vj) ,000 feet ■/.; White Oak. ,000 feet H While Oak. ,000 feet 4./4 Strips. .000 feet 4/4" Clear Sap Quartered White Oak Strips. ,000 feet S''4" IS and 2s White Ash. NORMAN LUMBER COMPANY (Mills at Holly Ridge, La.) 000 feet 4-4 IS and 2s Poplar. 000 feet 4-4 Sap and Select Poplar. 000 feet 4-4 No. 1 Common Poplar. 000 feet 4-4 IS and 2s Sap Gum. 000 feet 4-4 No. 1 Common Sap Gum. 000 feel 4-4 IS and 2s Red Gum. 000 feet 4-4 No. 1 Common Red Gum. 000 feet 4-4 l! and 2s Plain Red £)ak. 000 feet 4-4 No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak. BCOKER-CECIL LUMBER COMPANY 75,000 feet 4-4 Sap and Select Poplar. 150,000 feet 4-4 No. 1 Common Poplar — regular or selected widths. 40,000 feet 8-4 Common Poplar. 20,000 feet 8-4 IS and 2s Plain Red Oak. 60,000 feet 4-4 No. 1 Common Plain Red Oak. 25,000 feet 4-4 is and 2s Quartered White Oak. 20,000 feet 4-4 No. 1 Common Basswood. 50, 75, 100, 250, 200, 170, 70, 60, 600, STEMMELEN LUMBER COMPANY 4 5,000 feet 4-4 No. l Common and Better Sound Wormy Oak. 15,000 feet 8-4 Log Run Beech. 15,000 feet 10-4 Log Run Beech. 15,000 feet 12-4 Log Run Beech. 40,000 feet 4-4 No. 2 Com. Plain White Oak. 50,000 feet 4-4 No. 1 Com. Quartered White Oak. .30,000 feet 4-4 is and 2s Quartered White Oak. 3 5,000 feet 4-4 No. 2 Com. Quartered White Oak. EDW. L. DAVIS LUMBER COMPANY 50,000 feet No. 1 Common Ash. 3 5,000 feet 4-4 No. 1 Common Chestnut. 30,000 feet 6-4 No. 1 Common Hickory. 25,000 feet 6-4 No. 2 Common Hickory. 5,000 feet 8-4 No. 1 Common Hickory. 60,000 feet 8-4 No. 2 Common Hickory. 10,000 feet 4" Log Run Maple. 100,000 feet 4-4 No. 1 Common Poplar. W. P. BROWN & SONS LUMBER COMPANY 75,000 feet 5-4 is and 2s Plain White Oak. 200,000 feet 4-4 and S-4 IS and 2s Plain Red Gum. 250,000 feet 4-4 and 8-4 Is and 2s Quartered Red Gum. 175,000 feet 4-4 and 8-4 is and 2s Quartered White Oak. 30,000 feet 4-4 Is and 2s Poplar. 30,000 feet 4-4 No. 1 Common Chestnut. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS 15,000 feet 5-8 No. l Common and Better Plain White Oak. 75,000 feet 4-4 No. 1 Common and Better Plain White Oak. 30,000 feet 5-8 Quartered No. i Common and Better Quartered White Oak. 15,000 feet 4-4 No. 2 Common Quartered White -^^ak. 5 0,(joo feet 4-4 No. 1 Common and Better Quar- tered White Oak. 60,000 feet 4-4 Quartered White Oak Strips. 60,000 feet 5-8 No. i Common and Better Pop- lar. 30,000 feet 4-4 No. 1 Common Poplar. 15,000 feet No. i Common 4-4 Plain Red Gum. 30,000 feet 4-4 is and 2s Plain Red Gum. HARDWOOD RECORD s o i 1 O M I O A Cj i \ THE GREATEST HARDWOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD ■■■■-.■:''':'..< CARROLL AVE. AND SHELOON ST. A floor to adore For thirty-three years Wilce's Hardwood Floor- Ing has been among the foremost on the market i:.d because it stands today "unequaled" is th« • St evidence that its manufacturer has kept iNreast of modern methods and the advanced a»- i:iands of the trade. To convince yourself of th« above statements, try our polished surface floor- ing, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, with matched ends and holes for blind nailing — you'U tind it reduces the expense of laying and polishlns, ')ur BookUt telU all about Bariheood floorint and how to oar* for it — alto prlcet^-and it frtt^ The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop Sta. CHICAGO, ILL. Ii'Ul'.I.E BAND MII.I.—HUTTIG, ARK. 'Why We Can Give "Value Received' We own one hundred thousand acres of thu best virgin Southern Hardwood timber. We operate large band mills at Huttlg, Ark., and Deer- Ing, Mo. We cut FORTY MILLION feet of hardwoods anoually and carry 15.000,000 feet IN STOCK. We sell only stock cut on our own mills and so can GCAR- ^^ ANTEE the quality of EVERY shipment. ^^ We ship high grades that Increase the size and percentage of your cuttings, reduce factory costs and shrink the waste pile. Therefore: We can SAVE YOC MONEY on every shipment of oak, ash. gum. elm, cypres-s, tupelo. hickory, Cottonwood, sycamore, soft maple and dimension. LET US PROVE THIS ON YOUR NEXT ORDER Wisconsin Lumber Company Harvester Bldg. CHICAGO Close Application To the study of the source of supply, man- ufacture and merchandising- nf Circassian Walnut has resulted in our carrying not only one of the biggest but a remarkably well as- sorted stock of that line of veneers, and it is only logical that we can take care of any order, no matter what the peculiarity or proportions. A member of our firm personally bought a fine lot of mahogany logs at the Liver- pool sales in (Jctober, which we are now cutting. The natural supposition is that this stock is right. Now ready for your inspection. R. S. BACON VENEER COMPANY 213-217 North Ann St., CHICAGO IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS Everything in Veneer Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Maple, Birch, Elm, Basswood, Ash And Other Northern Hardwoods In the Market for Round Lots of Hardwood WRITE US BEFORE SELLING Rsher Building, • - - CHICAGO 'PHONE HARRISON IQ84 Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co. SPECIAL RAILROAD DEPT. Hardivoods u Softivoods 823 Railway Exchange Building, Chicago. 111. S. L. EASTMAN FLOORING CO. SAGINAW BRAND MAPLE FLOORING SAGINAW, MICH. HARDWOOD RECORD KNOXVILLE r Famous for Finest Type of Poplar, Oak and Chestnut. VESTAL LUMBER AND MANUFACTURING CO- KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. QUARTERED WHITE OAK OUR SPECIALTY MANUFACTURERS OF QUARTERED WHITE OAK. PLAIN OAK. POPLAR. WALNUT & TENNESSEE RED CEDAR LUMBER BAND MILLS AT VBSTAL. A SUBURB OF KN OXVlLJJffi. SOUTHERN AND LOUISVILLE & NASHVILIJ; RAIUIOAL) J. M. UOGAIN LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWOODS AND PINE POPLAR A SPECIALTY Main Office and Yards: Knoxville Branch Office and Yard: Bank and McLean Ave., Cincinnati I. M. ASHER. Mgr. We Want Orders for the following Dry Stock: WHITE OAK— Plain or Quartered. RED OAK — Plain or Quartered. CHESTNUT BASSWOOD POPLAR WHITE PINE Always carry large well assorted stock of all kinds of Hardwoods. CAN SHIP ON SHORT NOTICE. "THE VERY BEST" ASH, CHESTNUT, RED OAK, WHITE OAK, PINE, POPLAR and WALNUT Knoxville Veneer Co. p. B. RAYMOND, General Manager, Knoxville, Tenn. Kimball & Kopcke Knoxville, Tennessee Manufacturers and Shippers of Appalachian Hardwoods OAK OUR SPECIALTY IF YOU HAVEN T SEEN THE GIBSON TALLY BOOK Let us send you one on approval, with samples of Tally Tickets for triplicate, duplicate or single tallies — a score of forms to choose from. They are the latest and best. En- dorsed by hundreds of lumber manufacturers and buyers. HARDWOOD RECORD CHICAGO HARDWOOD RECORD - CINCINNATI ■ — — — — — — — — — — — — * RED GUM Write us when you want BONE DRY st Poplar 4/4 and 8/4 Sap Poplar. H4". Hi" and 2%" No. 1 Common Poplar. 4/4 No. 1 and Panel Poplar In widtha of 12 to 17". 18 to 23" and 24" and up 4/4 I IS t» 17" Poplar Box Boards. 4/4 la ft 2i Basawood or Lilnn — very flne. 1/8, 4/4, 5/4, 10/4 and 12/4 la * 2« Qtd. W. Oofc. 4/4. 5/4. 6/4 and 8/4 No. 1 Common Qtd. W. Oak 6/4 la ft 2a Qtd R. Oak. 4/4. 6/4 and 6/4 No. 1 Common Qtd. R. Oak. 6/4 and 10/4 la & 2b Hickory. 4/4. «/4, 10/4 and 12/4 No. 1 Common Hickory. 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4 and 12/4 No. 2 Common Hickory. 4/4 la ft 2a Chestnut, alao 5. 6 and 8/4 4/4 No. 1 Common Chjataut. John B. Ransom & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Hardwood Lumber Nashville, Tenn. Carolina Spruce Company OFFERS FOR SALF. Two cars 8 4 common and better Basswood One car 4 4 1st and 2nd Basswood Three cars 4 4 No. 2 common Basswood Two cars 4 4 No. 3 common Basswood Two cars 5 4 common and better Chestnut Three cars 8 4 common and better Chestnut Three cars 8 4 common and better Red Oak Four cars 4 4 common and better Red Oak Two cars 4 4 No. 2 common Red Oak BAND SAWN STOCK :Mills: I'iMisarola. N. V. Capacit.v, 90.000 ft. per ILIg.M^^191^(]P^i^ Cy/tca^o'xSea///e (Canada Canadian tS/Z/is-C/ruymefS Ujfd 12 HARDWOOD RECORD We Will Quote Unusually Attractive Prices On the Following List of Band Sawn Poplar: K -o :.:c;;.i).N:<;to:^ysy>sty^i^.5o;iWit!>i>^^Wii:itttf^ M Review and Outlook General Market Conditions THE VARIOUS CONVENTIOXS that have taken place in the last two weeks have developed an excellent indication of the present and promised condition of the lumber business. With- out exception, the tone of all of these meetings, embracing both northern and southern operations, has been soundly optimistic. By soundly optimistic is meant that there has been no tendency to view the situation in the light of a boom, but all expressions regarding the present and immediate future of the lumber trade indicate that there will be an apparent, though conservative and entirely legiti- mate, improvement in the situation. In fact, summing up the opin- ions of some of the biggest men in the trade, men who are closely in touch with economic factors which have a direct bearing on the lumber business, 1914 promises to be one of the biggest trade years on record. The encouraging sentiments expressed are based first on the im- proved tone of business conditions in general which are the result of the settlement of political questions at Washington and the assur- ance that has been given to business men that the administration will not interfere with legitimate business enterprise and development. With this assurance, business men have taken new heart and have for the most part overcome the mental depression which has been evident for several months. This has naturally reflected directly upon the lumber business, in that it has affected the demand for the products made from lumbA and hence the demand for lumber itself is strengthened. This condition is supported by a really favorable status of stocks at both mills and consuming points. As far as the mills are con- cerned, both in the North and the South, the stock situation is very favorable, while it is a generally conceded fact that the stocks on consumers ' yards have not been so light for a long time. It is true that a recent report coming from northern manufacturers states that their stocks are heavier than at the beginning of 1913, although lighter than the year before that. But it must be remembered that last year stocks of northern operators w-ere too light even to fill the ordinary demands. Hence any reasonable in- quiry this year is rather favorable than unfavorable, as it will un- questionably develop in the course of the next few months that the call for northern products will take up all available stocks. Regard- ing the South, it is impossible to view stock conditions there in any other light than that stocks are really below normal. In fact, some large operators say that while they have carried as much as 30,000,000 feet of dry lumber on sticks they now have only 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 feet. Furthermore, it is promised that there is little likelihood of there being any accumulation over present stocks, as logging condi- tions have Mt been ui^duly favorable, and it is expected that increased demand will take care of any increase in output. It has been stated before in these columns that the larger stocks are in strong hands and are being held for improved prices. This is an absolute fact. The larger operators have expressed themselves very vigorously on this score and it is generally anticipated that the owners of the bulk of the southern hardwoods are strong enough financially to refuse orders of any dimension for future shipment. They are willing to take care of the trade for the present, but will not contract for any large deliveries ahead. In fact, one of the largest operators in the South made the decisive statement a short time ago that he had realized $1.60 more on an average for his lum- ber during 1913 than ever before, and that if his lumber did not bring him a $2.00 increase this year on the general level, every stick of it would stay in his yard. This particular man is in an excellent position to carry out this suggestion, as are many others who have expressed themselves similarly. Looking at business on the broader basis, the country is in really sound condition. The money situation has been very materially im- proved and it is now possible to secure necessary funds at normal rates. A great deal more money has been placed in circulation dur- ing the last few weeks. In fact, it is reported that for the three weeks of January banks reported greater deposits than for any three weeks of 1913. This is going to very materially aid industrial development and industrial investment throughout the country, as well as to assist in the general restoration of prosperous conditions and the resultant broadening of the market. The various woods show a proportionate improvement, with the greatest strengthening in the upper grades. Quartered oak is still a strong factor and it is reported that plain oak is showing a no- ticeably increased demand. It cannot be said that the gum situation has improved very much, although there is proof that such an im- provement is anticipated in the near future. As an instance, one large manufacturer recently turned down an order for 1,000,000 feet for future delivery and advised its customer that it would take care of its immediate requirements, but had entire confidence in an im- proved condition in the gum market during the next few months. This sentiment is apparent throughout the gum-producing section. Sunmiing up, the general sentiment seems to be that business looks good but that business men should not soar too high from the ground, but maintain a level and conservative position, there being a practical assurance that a healthy and satisfactory improvement will be consistently and continuously evident in the situation for some months to come. In fact, it is sanely and sincerely predicted by a great many of the most conservative and most successful lumbermen of the country that 1914 will be one of the biggest yeajg in the his- tory of the lumber business. 14 HARDWOOD RECORD Cabbage Palmetto THK II.LC.sTHATION OX THK l-MiONT COVKK of this iiuiii- l)cr of llAKi)H(H)i) Rki'ORo tjives a characteristic view of a t'orost of cabbage palmetto in Florida. The location is near Atlantic Beach, about eighteen miles troiii .lacksoin ille. The |ihotoj;ra|ih was furnished by the .1. ('. Turiici Lumlier <'i)ni|i.iny of New York. This company is financially interested in tlii- well-known winter resort at Atlantic Beach. The |ialniettoh receive much praise for their lieauty and many imprecations on account of bail qualities. It is despised by sur- veyors, hunters, lumbermen ,"ind others who travel on foot through .jungles of palm-like growth with sharp-pointed leaves which stand out like porcupine (|uills. Hut tlw J\ingU's which torment most are not the cabbage palmetto but the smaller species appropriately name