K/y Semi-Monthly Twenty-Fourth Year 537 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO, OCTOBER 25, 1918 Subscription $2. Vol. XLVI, No. 1 DUDLEY LUMBER CO. INCORPORATED MEMPHIS NEW ORLEANS JT^l ^! 4 J ^j ' 1' 1 iiiiiiiiiin>iiiiiiiiiiiBiiiiuiiiii>i"U!iiiiiiii>i>"i'i'iii'i>'U"^ yylUh'' -H ■> / / ),V,^(''('1(llh^l^ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'Biiiii!^ SPECIAL '4 4"x6"Up ls&2s. 8 16' 1,000 5 4" Is & 2s, 6-9", all 8 10' 42,000 '^ ^"^^" ^^ '^ ^ '- « ^^' 6 4" No. I Corn.. 10" up. 8 16'.... 45,000 ^^ '"-'>" ^^ '^ *^ ^s, 8 16' 8 4" Strips 2-/,-5-/," 15.000 4 4" x 1 0" & Up Is & 2s, 8 I 6' . . . . 48,000 .. 15,600 .. 17.500 .. 13,500 1,500 . . 30,000 . . 9,000 . . 6,000 . . 42.000 .. 11,000 .. e- T,/ r,/- ir nnn 4 4" x 1 2" & Up Is & 2s, 8 16' . . A 4" Strins 2'/) 5 '/2 16,000 5 4" Strips 2-/2 5-/," 15,000 5/4" x 1 0" 6c Up Is & 2s. 8 1 6' . . . .,. N, ,^ in- i7nnn 6 4" x 1 0" & Up Is & 2s, 8 1 6' . . 4 4 No Com 1 0 up 12,000 4 4" No. 1 Con... 6" up 14,000 ' '" ^^ ''" *^ ^^ '^ ^ ^s, 8 16'. . 8 4" No. 1 Con... 6" up 150,000 ' '"-''" ^ ^^ ^el., 8 16' 8 4" No 2 Common 43,000 8 4"x 10" & Up Is & 2s, 8 16'. . 8 4" x 12" & Up Is & 2s, 8 16'. . AEROPLANE i2/4"x 12- & Up is & 2s. 8 16'.. . . 22.500 16 4"x 12" & Up Is & 2s, 8 16'. . 6 4" to 6 14" 12 16' 18,500 . . 5.000 .. 18,700 4/4" No. 1 Common REGULAR ^ "*" ^°- ' ^°'"'"°" 6 4" No. 1 Common 4 4" x6-9" Is & 2s, 8 16' 21,000 g ^„ ^^ , ^^^_^ 5 4"x6-9" ls&2s, 8 16' 25,000 , o 4" No. 1 Common . . 36.000 . . 42.000 . .115,500 . . 89,000 6 4"x6-9" ls& 2s. 8 16' 20.000 ,2 4" No. 1 Common . . 44,500 8 4"x6-9" Is & 2s, G 16' 52,500 16 4" No. 1 Common 1,000 10 4"x6" Up Is & 2s, 8 16' 9,000 8 4" 6" Up No. 1 Common, 18 20' . . 10,500 12 4"x6" Up Is & 2s, 8 16' 120,000 8 4" 3" Up No. 1 Common. 18 20 '.. 8,500 II II li II II II II II II II II ini II 11 II n inni 11 11 11 n 11 11 n n n n n II II M M M II II II II il II II II II II II II II II II ENTERED AS SECOND-CI.ASS MATTER MAY 26, 1902. AT THE POSTOFFICE AT CHICAGO. ILL.. UNDEB ACT OF MARCH 3. 1879 II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II n II II II II II II Ji II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II It II II II II HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1918 ESTABLISHED 1F98 J. Gibson Mcllvain 6L Co. LUMBER Hardwoods A Specialty PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Manufacturers Wholesalers IlilllillllllllMIWIillliMIIIIIH^^ THIS MARK MEANS Quality-GOLDEN RULE-Service THE ANDERSON-TULLY company MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Southern Hardwood Manufacturers 70,000,000 feet a year lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll^ All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 191S HARDWOOD RECORD Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality 134M 4/4 Basswood Selects 66 M 4/4 Basswood, No. 1 Common 43 M 4/4 Basswood, No. 2 Common 79 M 4/4 Basswood, No. 3 Common 78 M 4/4 Gray Elm, No. 1 Common & Better 60 M 6/4 Gray Elm, No. 2 Common & Better 100 M 8/4 Gray Elm, No. 2 Common & Better 46 M 12/4 Gray Elm, high grade 32 M 5/4 Maple, Step 75 M 5/4 IWaple, high grade 92 M 6/4 Maple, high grade 95 M 8/4 Maple, high grade Also have ample stock 4/4 Maple and can furnish any grade No. 2 Common or better. We are now sawing Beech lumber, 5/8, 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4, and Maple 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 1 6/4 thicknesses. Cobbs & Mitchell INCORPORATED Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan "FINEST" Maple and Beech FLOORING We are members of the Maple Flooring Mfr's. Association Flooring stamped M. F. M. A. insures quality .'. Michigan .'. Hardwood Lumber 300.000' T5,000' 300.000' 60.000' 15.000 SOO.OOO' 17.000' 4/4" , 6/4" 4/4" BIRCH No. 2 Com. & Btr.. No. 2 Com. & Btr., SOFT ELM No. 2 Com. & Btr.. No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr., 12/4' BEECH No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 4/4" CHERRY No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 4/4" 4/4" OAK 50,000' No. 2 Com. & Btr., MAPLE 50.000' Ists & 2nds, 4/4" to 16/4" WHITE M.4PLE 14.000' lata & 2ncl3. 4/4", end dried HEMLOCK 125.000' Merchantable 4/4" ASH 15.000' No. 2 Com, & Btr.. 4/4" Write for Prices W. D.Young & Co. BAY CITY MICHIGAN Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality We have dry — 4 4 Basswood, Birch, Gray Elm, Birdseye Maple, Soft Maple and Beech 5 4 Beech 6/4 Beech and Gray Elm 8/4 Gray Elm In addition to above we are now sawing — 5/8 Beech 5/4, 6 4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 16/4 Hard Maple Some grades and widths are piled separately to better meet the requirements of the trade Mitchell Brothers Co. Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan WE WILL QUOTE ATTRACTIVE PRICES ON THE FOLLOWING: 39 M ft. 1 1/16x2" No. 1 Maple Flooring 32 M ft. 1 1/16x2" Clear Maple Flooring 90 M ft. 1 1/16 X 4" Prime Maple Flooring 45 M ft. 13/16x4" Prime Maple Flooring 150 M ft. 5/4 No. 3 Common Basswood 50 M ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 100 M ft. 5/4 No. 3 Common Beech 200 M ft. 6/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 100 M ft. 8/4 No. .2 Common & Better Elm 65 M ft. 10/4 No. 1 Common & Better Elm 75 M ft. 12/4 No. 1 Common & Better Elm 100 M ft. 6/4 No. 3 Common Elm 40 M ft. 8/4 No. 3 Common Elm 100 M ft. 12/4 No. 3 Maple 25 M ft. 4/4 No. 3 Com. & Better Red and White Oak 10 M ft. 8/4 No. 1 Common & Better White Oak 5 M ft. 10/4 No. 1 Common & Better White Oak The Kneeland-Bigelow Company Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber Bay City Michigan All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD Octolior 2.-1, 1918 9 A i BUFFALO The Foremost Hardwood Market of the East T. SULLIVAN & CO. Hardwoods Ash and Elm NIAGARA— CORNER ARTHUR Taylor & Crate HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS A ataek of IS.OOO.OM t« tO.OM.OM f««t of hardwoods carried »t all tlmn at our two bic BnlTale Tard> EtUbUthed 50 Years Rail or Cargo ShipnMBU Go ELIAS & BROo HARDWOODS Whita I'lne, Yellow Ploe. Somea, HemJack, Fir, Lnmber, Timber. MUlwork, Boxel. Haple and Oak Floortaic 955-1015 Elk Street Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling A Complete Stock of Seasoned Hardwoods ilkoludlnr Ash. Busweod. Birch. Cherry, Cheitnut, Cypress, Elm, asm, Hlokory. Maple. Flsln & Quartered Osk, Poplar & Wslnnt. 1100 Seneca Street Yeager Lumber Company INCORPORATED EVERYTHING IN HARDWOODS 932 Elk Street Atlantic Lumber Company HARDWOODS WEST VIRGINIA SOFT RED AND WHITE OAK Cor Specially: West Vlrclnla aud Pennsylranta Cherry 1055 Seneca Street Miller, Sturm & Miller Hardwoods of All Kinds 1 142 Seneca St. Hugh McLean Lumber Co. OUR SPECIALTY: QUARTERED WHITE OAK 940 Elk Street BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. SPECIAL FOR SALE 2" to 4" No. I Common and Better Elm 2", 2"/j", 3" and 4".. No. I Common and Better White Ash 2/a" and 3" No. I Common and Better Plain Oak Hardwoods & Red Cedar Plain and Qrtd. Oak has been our hobby for years Standard Hardwood Lumber Coe OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT 1075 Clinton Street The above firms carry large and well assorted stocks of all kinds and grades of Hardwoods, and have every facility for filling and ship- ping orders promptly. They >^11 be pleased to have your inquiries. A il] 1^ r>-.-V^ m'<0 All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD oc LOUISVILLE. THE HARDWOOD GATEWAST OF THE SOUTH dC P. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. General Offices and Distributing Yc LOUISVILLE, KY. rd Allport, Ark. Furlh. Ark. Geridge, Ark V^TIITE OAK 31.000 ■ 5/8" FAS, Qtd. 7.'i,000' 4/4" FAS, Qtd. 250.000' 4/4" 2V4 to 514" In clear strips, sap and select 230,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. RED OAK 60,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. Qtd. 40.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com., Qtd. 50.000' 4/4" 214 to 5H" clear strips PLAIN WHITE OAK 260,000' 4/4" FAS 40,000' 5/4" FAS 110,000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. 87,000' 12/4" Com. & Btl. 100,000' 4/4" Clear Strips, 2V4 to 5%" 80.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. Eight Band Mills Fayette, Ala. Guin, Ala. Brasfield, Ark. 100.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 117.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 200,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN BED OAK 100.000' 4/4" FAS 220.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 210.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 194.000' 6/4' No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 200.000 4/4' FAS 100.000' 5/4' FAS 150.000' i\/V FAS 175.000' 8/4' FAS 725.000' 4/4' FAS 175,000' 5/4' FAS 115,000 6/4' FAS 175,000 S/4' FAS 000,000 4/4' No. 1 Cora. Norman Lumber Company LOUISVILLE, KY. We specialize in POPLAR 5-4 Is and 23, sap, no defect. 30.000 ft. 5-4 Is and 2s. sap. no defect, 12 in. & up wide, 15.000 ft. 5-8 Is and 2s. sap, no defect, 25,000 ft. 4-4 No. 1 Com.. 100.000 ft. 6-4 No, 1 Com.. 25,000 ft. 8-4 No. 1 Com.. 15.000 ft. 10-4 No. 1 Com., 12,000 ft. 5-8 No, 1 Com.. 40.000 ft. 12-4 No. 1 Com.. 12,000 ft. 4-4 No. 2 A. 50.000 ft. 5-4 No. 2 A, 15.000 ft. 6-4 No. 2 A. 15.000 ft. 8-4 No. 2, 20,000 ft. LET US HAVE YOUR INQUIRIES Write or wire for prices W. R. Willett Lumber Co. LOCISVILrE, KY. PLAIN WHITE OAK MISCELLANEOUS 4-4"ls and 2s, 3 cars 4-4 No. 1 Com., 50 cars 4-4 No. 2 Com., 6 cars 5-4 No. 1 Com., 5 care 4-4 Sound Wormy. 1 car 5-4 No. 1 Com. and No. 1 Shop Cypress. Rougti. 1 car 4-4 No. 1 Shop Cypress, 1 car PLAIN RED OAK 4-4 No. 3 Com. Gum, rough. 1 car 4-4 Is and 23, 1 car 4-4 No. 1 Com., 2 care 4-4 No. 2 Com., 2 cars 3-4 No. 1 Com. Oak and Is and 28, 1 car QUARTERED WHITE OAK 4-4 Is and 23. 1 car, aver. 8' 4-4 No. 3 Com., 8 cars 4-4 C. & B., 2 to 4 in.. 3 cars 5-8 No, 2 Com. Poplar, 1 car 4-4 Noa. 2 & 3 Poplar, 3 care 5-4 No. 1 & Btr. Chestnut 1 car Wood Mosaic Co., Main Office, New Albany, Ind. i Band Mills: New Albany, Ind. Highland Park, Ky. | I'OPLAR ASH 21.000' 5/8" FAS 20,500' 5/4" PAS 10,800' 6/4" No. 1 C. & Btr 11.2110' 8/4" No. 1 C. & Blr. 10.600' 10/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 11,000' 5/4" FAS, sap no 18.000' 12/4" No. 1 C. & Blr defect 31.500' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 15,000' 6/4" FAS, sap no 12.000' 4/4" No. 2 Cora. detect 12.300' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 32,000' 8/4" FAS, sap no ELM defect 3,000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 20.000' 5/8" Saps and Sel. 8.000' 8/4" Cora & Btr. 7.00O' 3/4" Saps and Sel. GUM 35.000' 4/4" Log Run 30,000' 4/4" Saps and Sel. 68 400' 4/4" No 1 t'om PLAIN SYCAMORE 18.000' 8/4"xl2" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED SYCAMORE 25.000' 4/4" No. 2A Com. 14.800' 4/4" Cora. & Btr. 18.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. HICKORY 27.400' 6/4" No. 2 Cora. 13.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 56.700' 8/4" No. 2 Com. 18,000' 10/4" Cora. & Btr. Edward L. Davis Lumber Co. Kentucky and Indiana Ash Walnut and Hickory We have a very complete stock of Ash and are pre- pared to make special grades for Automobile, Aeroplane, and Bending Purposes. PLEASE SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES DIMENSION STOCK Mahogany and Walnut Aside fr«ra our pr«ducti«n af lumber and veneers — We are manufacturing kiln-dried mahogany and walnut dimension stock at the rate of 2,000,000 feet annually, and this department has been steadily growinff since 1902. We think that these simple facts make detafled argument unnecessary — as to our prices, quality of our stock, and promptness of service. However, we have ready for mailing a circular which explains in detail how and why you can sav* time, money and trouble — through our dimension stock. But if y«u don't care for the circular, and if you realize what an expensive luxury your waste pile is, send us your cutting bills, as you would give them to your stock-cutters. We will quote a specific price for each style you manufacture. C. C. Mengel & Brother Co. AU Three of U. Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RCCORD HARDWOOD RECORD Octolicr 25, 191S Double Band Mill For Sale Including: Carriages Niggars Loaders Trimmer Edgers Resaws Sprockets and Chain Shafting and Pulleys Engine— 28^ x 62 Log Machinery All the Machinery for a Clothes Pin Mill Filing Room Equipment crk TEARNS SALT .J> LUMBER CO. LudingtokMich. WM. WHITMER U SONS INCORPORATED Manufacturers and Whole- salers of All Kinds of "If Anybody Can, We Can" HARDWOODS West Virginia Spruce and Hemlock Long and Short Leaf Pine Virginia Framing Finance Building PHILADELPHIA ^^ for VENEER No checks or splits. Enor- mous output. Low labor cost. The Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. Philadelphia «iiiiiiiiiic]iiiiJiiiiiji[]iMiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiMiiiiiici Miiiii[]iiiiiiiiMiii]iiriiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiintiiniiiiic>:* i COMMERCIAL I KILN DRYING I Modem Kilns I I We do a large amount of this I I work and are in a position to quote j 1 prices that will be satisfactory, j i Wire or vv^rite us, or better | I ' still, send along your ship- | I ments of lumber for kiln | I drying and they will be | I taken care of, | i WILLIAM HORNER | i REED CITY, MICHIGAN | <']iuiniiionjniiiin[]iiiiiiiiiiM[]iiiimiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiii!iiic]iiiiiiiiiiii[:iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiii? NORTH CAROLINA PINE AND WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Capacity 300,000 Ft. per Day Conway, S. C. Jacksonville, N. C. Hertford, N. C. MILLS ) Porterwood, W. Va. } Wildell, W. Va. i Mill Creek, W. Va. Willson Bros. Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS MAIN OFFICE: PITTSBURGH, PA. Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT UCK KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF ^^ Oak Flooring Complete stock of 3/8" and 13/16" in all standard widths All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 191S HARDWOOD RECORD A — Manufacturer of Implement Stock. B~Manufacturer of Car Mat«ral. C— Manufactunir of Factory BImentlon. * Hat Individual Display Ad on Pat* DMlfiatod. (•See page 5) Fine Veneers and Hardwood Lnmber ^m W®©d-Mosaic Coinp2uiyy Inc. New Albany, Ind. Manufacturer ("See page 31) Veneers and Hardwood Lumber Hoffman Brothers Company Manufacturer Ft. Wayne. Ind. (•See page 46* Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber and Flooring The Mowbray & Robinson Company Cincinnati, Ohio Write for List and Prices North Vernon Lumber Company Manufacturer North Vernon, INDIANA (■See page 1-1) Long-Bell Lumber Company Band Saw Operators in Southern Hardwoads Kansas City, Missouri A. B. C— 15 years' supply assured by 32,000 acres Virgin St. Francis Basin Timber, largely Oak. THohndy Lumber Company, M.fecrtiioi Manufacturer, Kanaaa Oty. IVliajUUKl (*See page — ) We have a One stock of 4/4 No. 1 Com. Plain White Oak; 4/4 FAS Quartered White Oak. GALI.OWAY-PEASE COMPANY, . „^^^, ,^, Manufacturer. Poplar BlufT, MISSOURI (•See page 13) Wo carry a complete stocH of plain and quartered Red and White Oak In all speclflcationB. Our facilities for prompt shipments are second to none. cii,j»a#„„ BAKER-MATTHEWS LBR CO. .-.oeAiin'i Memphis. Tenn. Manufacturer MlobUUKl Charles H. Bamaby Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and Veneers Greencastle, Ind. (•See page 46) We have to offer at present 1 car 4/4 FAS Quartered \\'hlte Oak. 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C. & Bet. Quartered Red Oak SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. ,^,^, . ^, . Manufacturer Seymour, INDIANA (•See page 56) J. V. Stimson Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hardwood Lumber Huntingburg, Indiana ('See page 45) Miller Lumber Company Manufacturer and Dealer In All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Marianna, Arkemsaa (•See page 56) Nice stock of dry 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4 Plain Red a«d White Oak on hand at Hurdette, Ark., for prompt shipment. THREE STATES LCAfBER CO.-rirKnui7cci7ir Manufacturer. Memphis I l:«ININcojr.c. B & C— We Manufacture Hardwood From Fine West Virginia Timber. WARN LUMBER CORPORATION Ra.yrvood. W. Va. (•See page 11) J. H. Bonner & Sons Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Memphis, Tenn. Mill: Jonquil, Ark. A. B & C— Carr Lumber Company, Inc. Blltraore Hardwoods Pisgah Forest, N. C. Manufacturer ('See page 5) W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. \ 9 Band Mills manufacturlna hardwoods Louisville, Ky. Band Sawed, Steam Dried, Arkansas Hardwoods Edgar Lumber Company Wesson, Arkansas (See page Cj Salt Lick Lumber Company Hardwood Manufacturer Salt Lick, Kentucky (•See page 10) Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwood Lumt>er and Quartered Oak. Ash and Gum Memphis, Tennessee Our Lumber Is Well Manufactured and Well Taken Care of. Write us for prices In anything In hardwoods. THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMPANY, Alexandria, LOUISIANA ('See page 11) Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. Manufacturer of Hardwoods Memphis, Tennessee We have for fall shipment large stock ol 10/4 and 12/4 C. & BeL Oak; other thicknesses from 4/4 to 8/4 in all grades. FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.. Manufacturer, NaehTlUe, TENNESSEE Alton Lumber Company Manufacturers FOR GOVERNMENT USE— BEST QUALITY WHITE OAK Buckhannon West Virginia for anyfhfng in OAK write these representative firms ^3 B & C ^^ Manufacturers Band Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oafa and other Hardwood Lumber ^^ Sabine River Lumber & Logging Co., Inc. ^^ San Aptonio, Texas ^= 5 cars 4/4 While Oab FAS & No. 1 a ^55 10 cara 5/4 Plain Red Oat Steps FAS & No. 1 C. ^S WILLIAMSON-KCNY MILL & LUMBER CO. ^B Manufacturer, Mound City, ILLINOIS ^B Special— 580.000 ft. 4/4 FAS Plain White & Bed Oat = LAMB-FISH LUMBER CO. ^= Manufacturer, Charleston, MISSISSIPPI ^^ ('.See page II) ^^ Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company ^m SOUTHERN HARDWOODS = General Offices, Conway Buildlne, Chlcaee ^=^ Manufacturer B Bedna Young Lumber Company ^= Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber ^^ Sales Office: Band Mill: ^p GREENSBURG, IND. JACKSON. TENN =^ Please let us have your Inquiries ^^ We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber ■ C. & W. Krsmier Company ^^ Richmond, Indiana ^^ We specialize In Wlllte and Red Oak and In Quartered ^^ Red Gum. We solicit your inquiries. ^ ALEXANDER BROTHERS, ..iccicciddi ^= MapufacturiTs. Belionl, IVlI33I33Ih'rI ^^ C — Special ^B 1 car 6/4i20" Qtd. Red Oak Seat Stock = 1 car 6/4518" Qtd. White Oak Seat Stock ^^ 1 car 4 '4112" & wdr. Plain Oak ^ ARKLA LBR. & MFG. CO., ,«icc<->i mi ^ St. Louis. MISSOURI ^= A. B & C— ~~ ^^^ Triple Band of ^B Tbe Meadow River Lumber Company ^ Rainelle, W. Va. ==^ Manufacturer Hlgh-Grade Hardwoods ^= ('See page 11) ^= OUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY ^^ Memphis Band Mill Company ^^ Manufacturer, Memphis TENNESSEE ^^ Uanufacturera of Plain and Quartered Oak ^^= also ^^ Oak Timbers and Brldse Plank ^m BABINE TRAM COMPANY. TIT VAC ^ BEAUMONT. • tAAS lillilUli All stock cut from our Virgin hand mills. THISTLETHWAITE LUMBER Manufacturer Timber on modern COMPANY, Washington, LOUISIANA Tallahatchie Lumber Company Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwoods Philipp, Mississippi (•See rage 4G) AKLINGTON LL'MBEK COMPANT Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Mills: Arlington, Ky., and Park.,— .,_ _ ,^_„ Place, Ark. Write Arlington KENT UCK.Y (•See page 141 6.000.000 Feet of Oak Always on Hand In 1 to 2" Slock BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, ._„..,-. « Manufacturer BlisBville. AKR^AINSAS ion. 000 ft. 1" Is & 2s Qtd. White Oak 50.000 ft. 1" No 1 Cora. Qtd. \Vhite Oak, 8' & wdr. JOHN B. RANSOM & CO., Manufacturer, Nasliville Everything In lumber TENNESSEE A. B & C— Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lbr. Manufacturers and Wholesale Lumber St. Louis, Missouri Co. Dealers Yellow Poplar Lumber Company Coal GroTCf Ohi* Manufacturer A & B— If you want Sound, Soft Textured Whlt« & Red Oak, both in Plain and Quartered. wrlt« DCHLMEIER BROTHERS & CO., Manufacturers. Cincinnati OHIO TBo Baud MIU, Planing Mill and Drj Kilo of tbe Williams Lumber Company l8 located at Fayetteville, Tennessee All lumber piled In same lengttis and similarly loaded In cara CLAY LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturer, w VA Middle Fork, " ' ^ "' ('See page 15) All stock graded up to quality— knocked down to price. CTLEY-HOLLOWAY LCMBEB COMPANY Conway Boildin? .. . riurkfc Manutacturer Chicago. 1I-I-IINU13 Band Sawed, Equalized, Forked Leaf Wbit* Oak Thin Oak and Ash Specialties 3IANSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. Manufacturer SHREVEPORT, LA. For 25 years we hare made Oak and itiU specialize In this, tbe best of American hardwoods. Our prices, grades and service are worth considering. LOVE, BOYD & CO.. ^c-ktxipccpc Manufacturer, NashviUe, TENNLaSit±. U Ht C — High Grade Lumber Hyde Lumber Company South Bend, Indiana Banil Mills: Arkansas City, Ark. Lake Providence. La. Sherrill Hardwood Lumber Co. Manufacturer Merryville Band Sawed Southern Hardwooda Louisiana Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc. Sardis, Miss. Kiln DrleMMm^^^^^^^ illlllllilNliiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMnnniiiniiiiii^^ ^^•IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIH^ All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECOKD 11 ii 11 QUARTERED WHITE tlAK 25.000' 4/4" FAS. 6 & 7" 15.000' 4/4" FAS. S" & up 15,000' 4/4" Clear Strips. 3" & up PLAIN WHITE OAK 40.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 20,000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 18.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED AND WHITE OAK 30.000' 4/4" FAS 80.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 40,000' 4/4" Sound Wormy 60,000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 30,000' 6/4" No. 3 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 200.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Blr. PLAIN RED GUM 30.000' 4/4" FAS 75.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 15,000' 5/4" FAS 4;">.liiui 25,000' 30.000' 5/4- 6/4' 6/4' No, 1 Com. FAS No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 100,000' 125.000' 40,000' 140,000' 30,000' 95.000' 30,000' 4/4' 4/4' 5/4' 5/4' 6/4' 6/4' 4/4' FAS Nos. 1 & 2 Com. FAS Nos. 1 & 2 Com. FAS FAS Box Bds.. 9 to 12 ELM 75,000' 45.000' 6/4' 6/4' No. 1 Com. & Btr. Nos. 2 & 3 Com. 15.000' 4/4' LOCUST Log Run 45,000' SYCAMORE 4/4" Log Run 30.000' COTTONWOOD 4/4" Box Bds.. 9 to 12 BROWN & HACKNEY. Inc. SAP GUM 5 cars 1" FAS 3 cars 5/4" FAS 5 cars 6/4" PAS 7 cars 4/4" Box Boards. 9 to 12 12 cars 4/4" 13 to 17" Box Boards RED GUM 5 cars 13/17" FAS 2 cars 5/4" FAS 2 cars 6/4" FAS 5 cars 4/4" No. I Com. 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. 3 cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 4 car« 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 2 cars 10/4" No. 1 Com. 4 Btr, 2 cars 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 5 cars 4/4" PAS 1 car 6/4" FAS 1 car 6/4" PAS 8 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. 2 cars 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 5/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 10 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 3 cars 5/4" No. 2 cars 6/4" No. 3 cars 4/4" No. 1 car 6/4" No. 10 cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 1 Com. & Btl. 2 Com. 3 Com. 3 Com. ELM 4 cars 5/4" Log Bun 2 cars 6/4" Log Run 2 cars 8/4" Log Run 2 cars 10/4" Log Run 4 cars 12/4" Log Run III J. H. BONNER & SONS Regular W ELM 100.000' 12/4" Log Run HICKORY 15,000' 12/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com, PLAIN RED GUM 200,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 17,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 80,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. SAP GUM 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 4/4" No. 2 Com. 4/4" Box Bds., 9 to 12" 4/4" Box Bds.. 13 to 17" 4/4" PAS. 13" & up 5/8" Log Run QUARTERED RED OAK 12.000' Scant 4/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. idths and Lengths PLAIN WHITE OAK 15.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 150.000 15.000 35,000 100,000 30,000 100,000 PLAIN RED OAK 75,000' 4/4" FAS 100.000' 4/4". No. 1 Com. 50.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE AND BED OAK 15.000' 10/4" No. Com. & Btr 10 mos. dry 45.000' 12/4" No. Com. & Btr 10 mos. dry 47,000' 10/4" No. Com. & Btr 6 mos. dry 160.000' 12/4" No. Com. & Btr. 6 mos. dry 24.000' 12/4" No. Com. & Btr. 4 mos. dry 13.000' 12/4" No. Com. & Btr. 2 mos. dry 38.000' 10/4" No. Com. & Btr. Ferguson & Palmer Co. A Few Special Items in White Ask Face 1 Car 5/4x3" & Wider. One Clear Strips, Bone Dry 2 Cars 5/4x6" to 10" FAS & Selects. all 8' and 10' 5 Care 8/4x6" to 10" FAS & Selects Regular Lengths 3 Cars in/4x6" & Wider FAS & Se- lects, Tough. Regular Lengths 3 Cars 12/4x6" & Wider FAS & Se- lects, Tough. Regular Lengths 1 Car 16/4x6" & Wider FAS & Se- lects, Tough, Regular Lengths 1 Car 12/4x10" to WVz" FAS & Se- lects. Good Texture, Reg, Lengths 1 Car 10/4x10" & Wider FAS & Se- lecta. Good Texture. l^'7c 14-16' 1 Car 5/4" & Thicker No. 1 Com. & Btr. Wormy, largely 5/4" 5 Cars 8/4x3" & Wider No. 1 Com.. 4 ' & Iv4tnger 2 Cars 10/4x3" & Wider No. 1 Com.. 4 ' & Longer 2 Cars 12/4x3" & Wider No. 1 Com.. 4' & Longer 2 Cars 8/4x3" & Wider, 4' to 7' Clear Shorts. Medium Texture 2 Cars 10/4x3" & Wider, 4' to 7' Clear Shorts. Medium Texture 2 Cars 12/4x3" & Wider. 4' to 7' Clear S'hurts, Medium Texture 3 Cars 5/4x3" & Wider No. 2 Com.. Regular Widths and Lengths 2 Cars 8/4x3" & Wider No. 2 Com., Regular Widths and Lengths 1 Car 10/4x3" & Wider No. 2 Com.. Regular Widths and Lengths 1 Car 12/4x3" & Wider No. 2 Com.. Regular Widths and Lengths Limiteti Amount Selected Straight Grain Aeroplane Ash National Rules Guverii Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. Regular Widths and Lengths RED GUM 150.000* 4/4" FAS 75.000' 5/4" FAS 200.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 4.000' G/4" No. 1 Com. SOO.OOO' 4/4" Box Boards. 13 to 17" 50.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 9 to 12" 50.000' 4/4" Panels. 18" & up QUARTERED RED GUM 65,000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 60.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. SAP GUM 500.000' 4/4" FAS. 200,000' 5/4" FAS 15,000' 6/4" FAS 2,000' 8/4" FAS 300,000' 300.000' 100.000' 200.000' 20.000' 50,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 5/4" No. 1 Com. 5/4" No. 2 Com. 4/4" No. 2 Com. 6/4" No. 2 Com. 8/4" No. 2 Com. RED OAK 40.000' 150.000' 50,000' 4/4" FAS 4/4" No. 1 Com. 4/4" No. 2 Com. WHITE OAK 18.000' 50.000' 4/4" FAS 4/4" No. 1 Com. QUAKTERED WHITE OAK 4.000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. Crenshaw-Gary Lumber Co. Regular Widths and Lengths PLAIN OAK ASH 16.000' 2" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 14.000' 1"4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 15.S00' 1" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. QUARTERED BLACK GUM 12,100' 1" FAS COTTONWOOD 12,000' 1" Box Bds., 8 to 12" GUM Box Bds., 8 to 12" Box Bds,, 13 to 17" 1" FAS BED GUM FAS 28,700' 1" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 21,600' 2" PAS 18.700' 2" No. 1 Com. 12.500' 1" 32,700' 1" 31.500' 34,200' 1" 167,000' 1" No. 2 & Btr. 42.300' 1%" No. 2 & Btr. 37,000' IH" No. 2 & Btr. 41.800' 2" No. 2 & Btr. 46.500' 2%" No. 2 & Btr. 38,700' 3" No. 2 & Btr. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 52,600' 1" No. 2 & Btr. 26.400' H4" No. : & Btr. 18,700' 2" No. 1 & Btr. SOFT MAPLE 32.000' 254" No. 2 & Blr. POPLAR 24.200' 2" No. 2 Com. 14,000' 1%" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 7.500' IMi" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. Paepcke Leicht Lumber Co. SPECIAL-nES: Cottonwood. Red and Sap Gum, Red and White Oak. Cypress, Elm. Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods General Offices CONWAY BUILDING BAND MILLS: Helena, Ark. Blytheville, Ark. Greenville, Miss. Ckira, UL CHICAGO. ILL. WAR MATERIAL We Can Furnish It THICK STOCK OAK — HICKORY — ASH WAGON BOXBOARDS . GUM-COTTONWOOD-TUPELO BOX LUMBER GUM— COTTONWOOD— TUPELO SHIP TIMBERS Hewn or Sawn OAK— CYPRESS -PINE WRITE OR WIRE MEMPHIS BAND MILL CO. isi i = § 8 = iii iil IIIIINI [ lliminillMlinmi. inunmnii lllilll I III llll!l^^ «lllllilllllllilUr!»iimilllllllilll'W . AU Three of Us Will Be Benefiletl if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD Ootober 25, 1918 ,^' S0ia ^^^^ # 1 MeMRMIfS ^55jj55S;j5jSSSiS55S555SSS555sSSSSSS5S^^ COTTONWOOD 60,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 45.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. RED GUM T.'i.OOO' 4/4" FAS 30,000' 5/4" FAS GO.OOO' 5/4" No. I Com. SAT GUM 140.000' 4/4" FAS 135.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 150.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 30.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 50.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 15.000' C/4" Com. & Btr. 15,000' S/4" FAS TUPELO 63.000' 4/4" FAS 15.00(1' 5/4" FAS 44,500' 4/4" No. 1 Com. H. W. Darby Hardwood Lumber Co. Regular Widths and BEECH 11.000' L. R.. 8/4" 40,000 COTTONWOOD 80.000' FAS. 6/4" 125.000' Panel. 4/4". 18" Ic or wide 50.000' M.OOO' 60.000' 176,000' 160.000' 60.000' 50.000' 80.000' 150.000' 100,000' Panel. 4/4". 18' CYPRESS BelectB. 4/4" Pecky, 8/4" ELM No. 1 C. & Btr.. 6/4" L. R., 12/4" RED GUM No. 1 Com., 4/1" No. 1 Com.. 5/4" SAP GUM FAS, 6/4" Panel, 4/4", 18" & up wide QTD. RED GUM FAS. 8/4" No. 1 C. & Btr.. 4/4- QTD. SAP GUM 80.000' No. 1 C. & Btr.. 8/4" 15.000' 80.000' 25.000' 30.000' 15.000' 80.000' 75,000' 100.000' 36.000' 100.000' 65.000' 17.000' 15,000 100.000 Lengths SOFT MAPLE ' !<. B.. :2/4'' (JTD. WHITE OAK PAS 4/4" FAS. 6/4" & 6/4- ' No. 1 Com.. 4/4" PLAIN WHITE OAK FAS. 4/4" ' FAS. 8/4" • No. 1 C. & Btl., 8/4- PLAIN RED OAK • FAS. 4/4- ' FAS, 6/4- ■ No. 1 Com., 5/4- ■ No. 2 Com.. 4/4" 8TCAM0KE ' FAS. 5/4" ' No. 1 C. & Btr., 6/4- WILLOVV FAS. 6/4". all 12' No. 1 C. & Btr.. 6/4- 22.000' FAS. 12/4" ANDERSQN-TULLY CO. Regular Widths and Lengths RBD AND WHITE OAK SAP GUM 161,534' 4/4" FAS, 6 mo. dry 2^7ao' 0/4" PAS. 10 mo. dry 125.473' 4/4" No. 1 Com., 6 mo. dry 74.076' 4/4" No. 2 Com.. 6 mo. dry PLAIN BED GUM 77.983' 4/4" FAS. 6 mo. dry 14,500'' 5/4'- FAS. 6 mo. dry 2,500' 8/4" PAS', 6 mo. dry 180.274' 4/4" No.l Com.. 6 mo. dry 30.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com,, 6 mo^ dry 4.500' 8/4" No. 1 Cora.. 6 mo, dry QUAIlTEKEtt RED GUM 15.000' 4/4" FAS. 6 mo. dry 7.000' 5/4" FAS. 6 rao. dry 800' 0/4" FAS. 0 mo. dry 15.100' S/4" FAS. 12 mo. dry 26.335' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. 0 oio> dry 14.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com., 6 mo^ dry 1,700' 0/4" Nb. 1 Com.. 0 mo. dry PLAIN 5,000' 4/4" FAS. 7 mo. dry 10,000' 5/4" FAS. 7 mo. dry 10.000' 6/4" FAS. 7 mo. dry 7,344' 8/4" FAS. 7 mo. dry 23.902' 10/4" FAS. 7 Mo. dry 22.000' 12/4" FA.S. 7 mo. . dry . 10.000' 4/4" No. I Com.. 7 mo. dry 17.330' 5/4" No. 1 Cum.. 7 mo. dry 13.455' 6/4" No. 1 Com., 7 mo. dry 13,016' S/4" No. I Com.. 7 mo. dry 35,98S' 10/4" No. 1 C, 7 mo. .dry 30,000' 12/4" No. 1 C. 7 mo. dry ASH 2,000' 4/4" FAS, 6 mo. dry 2.732' 8/4" PAS. 6 mo. dry .2.600' 12/4" FAS. 0 mo. dry S.OOO' 4/4" No. 1 Com., 6 mo. dry 6.700' 8/4" No. 1 Com.-.'-Omo. dry 1 C. 0 mo dry 22,6.')0' 8/4" No. 1 C, 12 mo. dry BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO. All Stock Is of Regular Widths and Lengths COTTONWOOD 20.000' 4/4" FAS. 0 mos. dry 30.000' 8/4" FAS. 6 moa. dry 10.000' 12/4" FAS. 6 mos. dry 200,000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora.. 6 mos. dry 50.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com., 6 mos. dry RED GUM 25.000' 4/4" FAS, 8 mos. dry 75.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. 8 mos. dry 15.000' 6/4" FAS. 12 mos. dry 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com., 12 mos. dry SAP GU^M 40.000' 4/4" Boi Boards.. 13-17". 8 mos. dry 12.000' 4/4" Box Boards, 8-12". 8 mos. dry 12,000' 4/4" FAS, 6 mos. dry 25,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. 6 mos. dry 75,000' 6/4" FAS. 12 mos. dry 75.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com., 12 mos. dry 12.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com.. 12 mos. dry SOFT ELM 50.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 8 mos. dry 50,000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 6 mos. dry 15.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 8 mos. dry 25.000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Blr.. 12 mos. drj- GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO. KILN-DRIED LUMBER Our dry kiln capacity of 200,- 000 feet per month is at your service and 8,000,000 feet of lumber on sticks. air-dried JAMES E. STARK & CO., Inc. Asn V. Car 4/4" Com. & Btr. % Car 5/4" Com. & Btr. 1 Car 8/1" Com. & Btr. CYPRESS 50.000' 4/4" Shop & Btr. 40.000' 5/4" Sliop & Btr. IS. 000' S/4" S* I & Btr. C.OOO' 12/4" Shop & Btr. ELM 12.000' 5/4" Log Hun 11.0011' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. RED GUM 25.000' 5/4" Cora. & Btr. 20.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. SAP GUM 100.000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 500.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 50.000' 6/4" Com. St. Btr. GUM 1 Cnr 4/4" V.ax Boards. 13 to 17" WELSH LUMBER COMPANY QUARTERED RED CUM 10.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. iLAPLE 25,000' S/4" Lob Ron 'LAIN WHITE OAK 6,000' S/4" FAS 9,000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 7,000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 3,000' 5/4" FAS 5,000' 0/4" FAS 4,000' S/4" FAS 45,000' 4/4"No. 1 Cora. 0,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 57,000' 5/4" Log Run 33,000' 8/4" Log Run POPLAR 18,000' 3/4" Com. & Btr. 15,000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 50,000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 20,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 7,500' 5/4" No, 2 Cm, COTTONWOOD 100.000' FAS. 4/4". 13" & up. regu- lar lengths. 4 mos. dry 150.000' No. 1 Com.. 4/4". 13" & up. regular lengtlis. 4 mos. dry 100,000' No, 1 Com.,' 4/4". regular widths and lengths. 4 mos. dry 100.000' Nos. 1 & 2 Cora.. 4/4". 9- 10", regular lengths, 4 mos. dry 25.000' PAS. 5/4", regular widths & lengUis. 6 mos. dry 60.000' No. 2 Com., 4/4". regular wldhs & lengths. 4 mos. dry GUM 100,000' Box. 4/4". 13" to 17". regu- lar lengtlis. 4 mos. dry. 50.000' PAS. Sap. 4/4". regular widths and lengths. 4 mos. dry 25.000' FAS. S.1P. 4/4". 13" & up. regular lengths. 4 mos. dry 50.00U' No. 1 C. Red. 4/4". regular widths & lengtlis. 4 mos. dry 50.000' FAS. 4/4". regular widths A lengths. 4 mos. dry 15.000' FAS. 6/4". regular widths & lengths. 5 mos. dry 15.000' PAS, Qtd.. 4/4-. regular widths & lengths. 5 mos. dry 15.000' FAS. Fgd,. 4/4". regular widths & lengths. 5 mos. dry CYPRESS 75.000' 4/4". Select & Btr.. regular widtlw & lengths. 5 mos. dry 16,000' 4/4". Shop, regular widths & lengths. 5 mos. dry ELM 75.000' 6/4". Log Run. reg. widths & lengths. 4 mos, (iry 35.000' 16/4". Log Run. reg. wldthj and lengths. 4 raos. dry 11.000' 12/4" Log Run. reg. widths & lengths. 4 mos. dry 6.000' 14/4", Log Run. reg. widths & lengths. 4 mos. dry THANE LUMBER CO. QUARTERED ^VHITE OAK 1 car 4/4" Selects 1 car 3/8" No. 1 Com. 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN \VII1TB OAK 3 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 1 car 4/4" FAS 2 cars 5/4" FAS 1 car 6/4" FAS 5 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. 4 cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. 5 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 6/4" No. 2 Com. 2 cars 4/4" No. 8 Com. 1 car 4/4" Sound Wormy 4 cars 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 6 cars 12/4" Cross Plank ELM 1 car 4/4" No. 2 & Btr. 2 cars 6/4" No. 2 & Btr. 4 cars 8/4" No. 2 & Btr. 6 cars 12/4" No. 2 & Btr. 6 cars 16/4" No. 2 & Btr. 1 car 4/4" No. 2 Com. MAPLE 1 car 8/4" No. 2 & Btr. QUARTERED BLACK GUM 1 car 4/4" FAS SAP GUM 4 cars 3/4" No. 1 Com. 3 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 3/4" No. 2 Com. 3 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. 3 cars 4/4" Box Boards. 8 to 12" 4 cars 4/4" Box Boards. 13 to 17" CYPRESS 3 cars 4/4" Sel. & Btr. 3 cars S/4" Sel. & Btr. 2 cars 12/4" Sel. & Btr., 5 cars 4/4" Shop 3 cars 8/4" Shop Stimson Veneer Sc Lbr. Co. I I 1 g - 1 i I All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 191S HARDWOOD RECORD 13 IN=| § = i I ! = S 5 = S QUARTERED WHITE OAK .lO mill' 1/4" PAS ST.Olin' 3/4" FAS. 6 to 9%" 1(10. 000' 1/4" No. 1 Com. 21.000' 3/4" No, 1 Com.. 4 to 5i4' 82.000' 3/4" No. 1 Com., 6 to 7" 36.000' 3/4" No. 1 Com,, S to 9" 350,000' 5/S" No. 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 75,000' 3/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN BED OAK 50,000' 3/4" No. 2 Com. 150,000' 3/4" No. 3 Com. ELM 70.000' 12/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM 14,500' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. Figured QUARTERED RED GUM 70.000' 4/4" FAS 385,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com, in Length and Is Thoroughly Dried PLAIN RED GUM 150.000' 4/4" FAS. 13 to 17" 70.000' 4/4" FAS, 18" & up 500,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED SAP GtIM 3,500' 4/4" FAS 31,000' 0/4" FAS 11,000' S/4" FAS 12.11110' 10/4" FAS 13,01111' 12/4" FAS 0,1100' 0/4" No. 1 Com, 21,000' S/4" No, 1 Com. 11.000' 10/4" No, 1 Com, 11,000' 12/4" No, 1 Com, SAP GUM 300,000' 4/4" Box Boards, 13 to 17" 300,000' 4/4" Bo.i Boards, 9 to 12" 92.000' 4/4" PAS. 18 to 21" 9,000' 4/4" FAS, 22" & Up 15,000' 3/4" FAS, 13 to 17" R. J. DARNELL, Inc. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 13,200' 1x214" to 5%", Clear Strips, Bright Sap No Defect PLAIN \\'niTE OAK 26,000' 4/4" PAS 4,500' 1x21^" to 5'^". Clear Strips 63,700' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 32.700' 6/4" PAS 20,000' 6/4" No, 1 Com. 29,800' 8/4" FAS 8,000' 8/4" No, 1 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 133,500' 4/4" FAS 22,800' 4/4" PAS, 10" & wider 30,000' 4/4" Select 108,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com, 47,500- 25,000' 12,000' 33,800' 6/4' 6/4" 8/4' 8/4' FAS No. 1 Cora. FAS No. 1 Com. CYPRESS 8,300' 29,500' 22,000' 9,500' 6/4' 6/4- 8/4" 8/4' PAS Select Shop No. 1 Com. ELM 14,000' 8/4" No. 2 Com, & Btr, MAPLE 15,000' 10,000' 24,000' 4/4" 6/4" 16/4 No, 2 Com, & Bti, No. 2 Com. & Btr. ' No, 2 Com, & Btr F.T. DOOLEY LUMBER CO. As previously announced, our sales office is now located in the Bank of Commerce & Trust building, Memphis, this move having been made in order that we might give to our customers the best possible at- tention on orders and shipments. Your business will be carefully handled as usual. Baker-Matthews Lumber Co. 12,000' 15,000' 29,000' 18,000' 12,000' 15,000' 5.000' 22,500' 40,000' 6,000' 9,000' 125.000' 21,000' 21,000' 12.000' 11.200' 11.500' 05.000' 4/4" 4/4" 5/4" 5/4" 5/4" 6/4" 6/4" 6/4" 6/4" 6/4" 6/4" 8/4" 8/4" 8/4" 8/4" 8/4" 10/4 12/4' FAS. 6-9". 8-10' FAS. 6-9". 14-16' PAS. 6-9". 8-10' PAS, 6-9", 8-16' Sel,. 6-9". 8-16' FAS. 6-9". 8-16' PAS, 6" up, 18-20' FAS, 10" up, 10-12' No, 1 C. 10" up. 8-16' FAS. 12" up, 8-16' Sel., 12" up, 8-16' PAS, 6-9". 8-16' FAS, 10" up, 8-16' FAS, 10" up, 14-16' Sel., 10" up, 8-16' FAS, 12" up. 8-16' ■' PAS. 6" up. 8-16' " PAS. 6" up. 8-16' 22,500' 12/4" FAS. 12" up, 8-16' 24.000' 16/4" FAS, 6" up, 8-16' 4,000' 20/4" PAS. 6" up. 8-16' (Rej 14,500 66,000 200,000 89,000' 23,500 23,000 18,000 4,000 4,500 5,000' 5,000 12,500 15,000 17,500 ular W 4/4" 5/4" 8/4" 10/4" 12/4" 6/4" 8/4" ■ 10/4" 12/4" 16/4" ' 4/4" 5/4" ■ 6/4" 8/4" itiths and Lengths) No, No. No. No. No, No, 2 No. 2 No. I iN'o, : No, ; strips, Strip,s. Strips, Slriiis, 1 Cora, 1 Com. 1 Com. 1 Com. 1 Com. 2 Com. 2 Com. 2 Cora. 2 Com, Com. 2-5" 2-5" 2-5" DUDLEY LUMBER CO., Inc. This Stock Is Dry and Runs in Regular Widths and Lengths ELM 1 car 8/4" Log Run 1 car 12/4" Log Run 1 car 16/4" Log Run BLACK GUM 1 car 4/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED. GUM 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 6/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 8/4" FAS 1 car 8/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 1 car 4/4" PAS. 13" wide 1 car 4/4" Box Eds.. 9 to 12" wide 1 car 4/4" Box Bds.. 13 to 17" wide PLAIN RED OAK 1 car 4/4" PAS 1 car 5/4" PAS SOUND WORMY OAK 1 car 4/4" Cora. & Btr. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Com. The Mossman Lumber Co. We insure you experienced attention to your orders for southern hardw^ood lum- ber and high grade sawed and sliced southern veneers. Quartered oak and figured gum are specialties. Nickey Brothers, incorporated MANUFACTURERS HE IMPORTANCE OF MEMPHIS as a southern hardwood center is best illustrated by the rapid increase in the number of prominent firms locating here. During the last few months six or eight firms with National reputations have established main offices or sales offices in Memphis, thus proving that Memphis is truly the gateway for northern shipments of southern hardwoods. Your big opportunity for hardwood purchases lies in Memphis. i I! i = l lii All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 14 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1918 A floor to adore For thirty-three years Wilce's Hardwood Flo'.i ing has been among the foremost on the marki r and because it stands today "unequaled" is t>ir best evidence that its manufacturer has kei i abreast of modern methods and the advanced 'U mands of the trade. To convince vourself oi th- above statements, try our pohshed surface fl"or ing, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, with matched ends and holes for blind nailing— yuii'H find it reduces the expense of laying and pollshme Our Booklet tells alt about Hardwood Flooring and how to care for U — also prices — and is free The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. 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 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, w^e produce panels of all sizes, flat or bent to ahape, in all woods, notably in Mahogany & Qtd. -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. iiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ BEAUTY, STRENGTH, ENDURANCE Because Oak Flooring has all three of these qualities it makes the best kind of a floor for homes of all kinds, apartment houses, office buildings, schools, churches, clubs, hospitals, factories and warehouses. Because — "Forked Leaf" Brand OAIC FLOORING "The Kind That Makes Good" has beauty, strength and endurance, is even as to color and texture, is made of the best of all the Oaks, and is Guaranteed to be of superior grade and perfect manufacture — it is the Oak Flooring you should buy. THE LONG -BELL LUMBER CO. R. A. Long Building Kansas City, Mo. !uniiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii[iiiiiiiiii{)n{iiiiiiiii!iNiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiniiiDiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiimtiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiii Lidgerwood Cableway Skidders with Mechanical Slack Puller Multiple Skidding Lines These exclusiv'e features of the Lidgerwood Skidders reduce time of hooking on logs to a minimum. Send for catalogues LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO. Originators of Overhead and Ground Steam Logging Machinery Chicago 96 Liberty St., New York Seattle New Orleans: Woodward. Wight & Co.. Ltd. Canada: Canadian Allls-Chalmers, Ltd.. Toronto AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD a BAND SAW MILLS I WlldnllU, La. Varna^o, La. H>rl4l«a, Mitt. I CLARENCE BOYLE g Incorporated I Manufacturers and Wholesaler* I Southern Hardwoods I and Yellow Pine I 12«S LUMBER EXCHANGE BLDQ. I CHICAGO iffiinniniiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiinnininiiiiiiiniiiDnnimiiiiiniii Utley-Holloway Company MANUFACTURERS OAK ASH COTTONWOOD ELM GUM BAND SnLLS: Clayton, Loaisiaaa General OlBces; III W. Washingrton St. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS COUNTERFEIT GHECKSl are frequent except wbere our I Two Piece Geometrical Carter Coin ts m use. tbea imitation Isn't possible. Sample If you ask for It S.D.CHILDS & Co. CHICAGO We also make Time Checks, Stencils an Lofl Hammers VON PLATEN LUMBER CO. IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN Manufacturers of NORTHERN HARDWOODS 75 M ft. of 4/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 150 M ft. of 4/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Birch 100 M ft. of 5/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Birch 75 M ft. of 5/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 100 M ft. of 6/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 100 M ft. of 8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. Birch We Offer for May Shipment 41,000' 4/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 4S,oaO' 8/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 40,000' 5/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 60,000' 6/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 150.0«0' 1x6" up No. 1 C. & B. Hard Maple 200.000' 4/4 to 16/4 No. Z C. & B. Soft Elm 40,000' 4/4 No. 2 C. & B. Birch 113,000' 8/4 No. 2 C & B. Beech Write us for prices teday East Jordan Lumber Co. Manufacturers "IMPERIAL" Maple Flooring East Jordan Michigan All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 16 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 191S CYPRESS ALL KINDS SOUTHERN HARDWOODS CRATING "We specialize in furnishing Fac- tory Stock, including all grades and thicknesses of Cypress, Sap, Red, Tupelo and Black Gum, Cot- tonwood, Oak, Elm, Sycamore and Ash. Permit us to. take care of your orders." WRITE us QUALITY & SERVICE OUR MOTTO CORNELIUS LUMBER COMPANY St. Louis Missouri EVANS CHATTANOOGA OAK GUM Would like to quote you on the following: BEECH 2 cars 6/4 Log Run CHESTNUT 1 car 8/4 No. 1 C. & Btr. COTTONWOOD 1 car 7/8 No. 1 C. & Btr. S2S RED GUM 2 cars 4/4 FAS 2 cars 8/4 FAS 3 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. 2 cars 6/4 No. 1 Com. 1 car 8/4 No. 1 Com. WHITE OAK 1 car 4/4 Clr. Sap Stps., Qtd., 21/2-51/2" S cars 4/4 FAS, plain 2 cars 5/4 FAS, plain 5 cars 10/4 FAS, plain 5 cars 12/4 FAS, plain . 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C, plain 2 cars 10/4 No. 1 C, plain SAP GUM 5 cars 4/4 FAS 1 car 8/4 FAS ■= cars 4/4 No. I Com. 1 car 6/4 No. I Com. 1 car 8/4 No. 1 Com. 1 car 4/4 Box Boards, 13-17" 3 cars 4/4 Box Boards^ 9-12" PLAIN RED OAK 8 cars 4/4 FAS 5 cars 10/4 FAS 5 cars 12/4 FAS CYPRESS 1 car 7/8 FAS, S2S 6 cars 6/4 FAS 6 cars 8/4 FAS 4 cars 12/4 FAS 2 cars 16/4 FAS QTD. RED GUM 1 car 6/4 FAS 1 car 8/4 FAS 2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. 2 cars 6/4 No. 1 Com. 1 car 8/4 No. 1 Com, G. H. EVANS LUMBER CO. CHATTANOOGA. TENN. BUSS-COOK OAK CO. BLISSVILLE. ARKANSAS M AN U F A CTURERS Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. As Well As OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried or kiln dried, rough or dressed MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY %yiTOg;i»5roaiTO!>yTO»imiKWtTOTOW^^ ' Table of Contents REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: General Market Conditions i . , . 17 The Horse Vehicle Remains 17 Lumber Census for 1918 IS. Prevention of Forest Fires 18 The War Department Disapproves Child Labor 18 Back to the Old Track 18 SPECIAL ARTICLES: Birdseye View of the Effect of Lumber Embargo 19 Prospects Better for Flat Scale of Rates 19 Important Announcements from Washington 20-24- Rosewood as a Veneer Material 25-26 Anderson-Tully Starts Wire-Bound Plant 26 Letters from a Panel User 28 The Wood in a Violin 30' Making Bobbins of Veneer 31 American Veneer Company Organized 31 The Sawdust Trail 33-34 Encouraging News of the Government's Attitude Toward Embargo 34 Lumberman's Round Table 35 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Proposed Association Merger 24 and 33 Miscellaneous 36 WITH THE TRADE 37-40 HARDWOOD NEWS 40-46 HARDWOOD MARKET .47-49 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 50-51 HARDWOODS FOR SALE .51-54 ..SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: In the United States and Its possesalonB, and Canada, $2.00 the year; tn foreign countries, $1.00 extra postace. In conformity with the rules of the postofflce department, subscriptions are payable In advance, 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 one week before the date they are to go into effect. Both old and new addresses must be given. Both display and classified advertising rates furnished upon application. Advertising copv must be received five days in advance of publication dates. Entered as second-clasa matter May 26, 1902, at the postofflce at Chicaso, 111., under act of March 3. 1879. YOU Don't have to make claims on our shipments. We keep the doubtful boards. SATISFY YOURSELF Your inspector, your shop foreman, with the uni- formly high grades of our perfectly manufactured stock. Oak, Gum, Ash, Elm, Cottonwood, Hickory EVERYTHING IN SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Tell us lo quoU J9*. Tt.en wire us to ship. Beaumont Lumber Co. BEAUMONT, TEXAS All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD Copyright, The Hardwood Company, 1918 Published in ihe Interest of tKe American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Logging. Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery, on the 10th and 25lh of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Edgar H. Defebaugh, President Edwin W. Meeker, Managing Editor Hu Maxwell, Technical Editor' Seventh Floor Ellsworth Building 537 So. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087-80&8 Vol. XLVI CHICAGO, OCTOBER 25, 1918 No. 1 ,mMy.B^WK;■M;J^o^ot^:^tataila^waKl^^s^05t^M'■■^^^ Review and Outlook General Market Conditions THE CONDITION OF THE MARKET as a whole is distinctly spotty, but by no means hopeless either for the buyer or the seller. The manufacturer must realize that if able to gradually switch to all essential work he will be officially protected in every necessary way, but if unable to so adapt himself, the chief influence tending to limit him is labor, and in most lines female help is demonstrating singular fitness for the work. Hence the labor out- look is not absolutely hopeless even in non-essential lines. It should further be borne in mind that in many lines the govern- ment has clearly shown that it will not rule the industries out of business because of non-essentiality. To illustrate, it hardly seems justifiable to suppose that the government would have invested the immense amount of labor attendant upon recent standardiza- tion of furniture manufacture and upon regulation of the impor- tation and utilization of certain hardwoods were it in contempla- tion to eliminate the industry entirely. On the other hand, dis- tributors of hardwoods must realize the one most important point in maintaining a fair proportion of business is for them to be on hand in one way or another when orders are about to be placed. As stated, the market is spotty. This means that lumber is being sought to a good total quantity, but only when a definite necessity for it arrives. In the first place there is little incentive for the buyer to follow any other policy, for at the best he is none too sure of his ground. Then, too, he is responsible for the securing of permits, a task he would not undertake except when necessary to secure lumber he really needs. In fact, the official restriction upon his purchases in accordance with actual and current needs is sufficient reason why he cannot buy except to fill those needs. All of this comes down to the point with sellers of lumber as to how much business they really want and how much extra effort they are willing to put forth to insure being on hand in the greatest number of times when the order is to be placed. In other words, the man with the shotgun has a far better chance of hitting a flying bird with his many shots than has the man with but the single bullet fired from a rifle. It is admitted in all parts of the country that the permit situation is improving materially. Additions to the number of permit offices and a better regulation of the organization is really accomplishing results. At the same time the record so far appears almost appalling. The South seems for some reason to be worse hit, probably because in the diversity of product from the southern hardwood forests, there is a greater percentage of non-war lumber. The full facts regarding the result of the embargo on southern hardwood shippers is shown on page 19. It is a definite certainty that a drastic reduction of output will result. This prospect is rendered doubly sure by the serious ravages of the epidemic which is directly responsible for total shut-down of hundreds of mills, which will be unable to resume for at least a week or two longer. Yet in the face of this there are still some representative firms that have not the courage to hold their boards with the iron-clad assurance that they will never be intrinsically less valuable and must, with the still continuing increasing cost of manufacture,- be more valuable. The holders of such stocks would do well to give deep thought to the two following points: What is likely to be the outcome of the present peace efforts? In other words, when will the war end, and when the war ends, what will be the position of such stocks of standard boards ready for shipment? The answer to the last question must be evident to anyone. As to the former, none can say with certainty, but a rumor coming from the southern hardwood mill section to the effect that the government is cancelling orders for heavy stqck would seem to have something more behind it than a desire to retrench on the necessity for changing a set of specifications. The millman with the prospect of more of a certain kind of boards than he likes to see piling up would show a greater degree of business sense were he to exhaust every effort to switch to some other line or even shut down his plant and' cease cutting out his timber than to adopt the time-honored course of the weak sister and cut his prices even when he knows that a cut price only helps to slow up a draggy market and accomplishes nothing for sales. The Horse Vehicle Remains THE EECENT CONVENTION of the National Implement and Vehicle Association in Chicago brought out the fact that the motor has not yet put the horse out of business as a power in draw- ing vehicles and farm machines. The list of members of the asso- ciation shows 491 firms in the United States engaged in manufac- turing vehicles and machines to be drawn by horses, and this large number does not include all. It represents about ninety per cent of the output. It is evident that the horse still has a place in the country's industries and that a long time will pass before the motor will totally displace the horse, if it ever shall. The next government census will be awaited with interest for official figures showing how the motor vehicle and the horse-drawn machine com- pare in importance. No complete late figures now exist. 18 HARDWOOD RECORD Oi-tolnT 2.-,. 191S Lumber Census for 1918 THE TIME IS APPEOACHING for taking tlio lumb?r census of 1918. For some years it has been the custom of the Forest Service, in co-operation with some other branch or bureau of the government, or with some lumber association, to compile a lumlier census each year, showing the quantity of lumber produced, how much in each state, and how much of each kind of wood. Figures on mill prices have usually been included in the statistics. The work has not been done on the same basis year after year. In one year many more mills are listed than in others. For example, in 1899 the number of mills from which figures were collected totaled 31,000; in 1904, 18,000; the ue.vt year, 11,000; while in 1909 the number jumped to 40,000, and in 1915 it fell to 16,000, and dur- ing the whole period from 1899 to 1916 the number of mills varied between very wide limits. This variation in figures did not cor- respond with any such variation in the actual number of mills. The total number doubtless ran fairly uniform through the whole period; and the reason why so many more or so many less were listed one year than another was the fact that the census taker skipped more mills one year than another. The work was not uniformly done year by year. The totals of lumber output from year to year varied less than the totals showing the number of mills. That was because the census takers went after the large mills every year, but skipped the small ones some years; and, since most of the lumber is cut on the large mills, the recorded totals of production varied less than might be supposed. Thousands of small mills might not cut as much lumber as a few dozen large plants. As the time approaches for taking another lumlier census, plans are doubtless being laid for the work. Thi.s has been a highly im- portant year in the lumber business. The total cut will probably fall below the production of some former years; but this is a war year and certain kinds of wood, like spruce, oak, walnut, ash, and others, are being cut in large quantities to meet war needs, and it will be interesting to know the particulars. The coming census can collect the figures. If it does not do so, they will never be collected. The small mills should be given their share of attention this time, for many of them have been busy with war orders, par- ticularly hardwood mills. The leading softwoods, like yellow pine, Douglas fir, and Sitka spruce, come principally from very large mills and the census takers will be sure to get them; but if the collectors of lumber statistics skip the small hardwood mills this time, much interesting war lumber will be left out of account, and the statistics for 1918, the most momentous of the war years, will be defective. Prevention of Forest Fires TT WILL BE A LONG TIME before danger from forest fires will 1 be a thing of the past. Prevention works out in theory much better than in practice. A strong force of rangers is supposed to insure against dangerous fires; but under certain circumstances a whole army would be powerless. If a blaze starts in dry grass and leaves and a high wind prevails, the chance is that men can do little to check the fire. Sometimes the flames travel as fast as men can run, and it is as much as the fighters can do to save them- selves. The combination of an incipient fire, dry woods, and high winds is not present every year; but once in several years the com- bination is just right, and then a destructive fire results. The recent disastrous fires in Minnesota and Wisconsin are no new things in our forest history. Similar fires have been occurring ever since the northern country was settled and centuries earlier. Prairies are due to forest fires. The southern states have not suffered so much because the forest foliage there is thin and fires are slow; but from New Brunswick to Dakota many destructive fires have taken place within the past eighty or a hundred years. They date back farther than settlements by white men. More than a hundred years ago a fire which must have been of excep- tional fierceness swept the region of northern Minnesota, Dakota, and Manitoba. The Hudson Bay tra^'cr, Henry, ;n his diary described the ruin. Immense numbers of buffaloes perished in the fire, being unable to escape, so rapid was the advance of the flames through the woods and across the open prairies. So long as large bodies of forest remain, destructive fires will be possible. When the woodlands shall be partly replaced by farms, leaving the remaining woods in isolated patches, as is the case in most of the older states, the danger from fire will largely disappear. If a fire then starts it can usually be confined to a small area, because the flames, under most circumstances, will not cross a cultivated farm. One of the usual defenses prepared in advance against the spread of fire is to cut broad lanes through the forest, and keep the leaves and other dry foliage cleared from the lanes. If the wind is not high, a small force of men can generally stop a fire at such a lane; but if the wind is high, it may not be possible to do so. Sparks have been known to start new fires half a mile in advance of the main conflagration, and no fire lane would be a defense under such circumstances. In some of the national forests, the fire lanes are closely grazed by sheep and goats and are thus put in good condition to be used in stopping fire. Prevention is the best defense. The United States Forest Service, as well as state forest services, have long been trying to lessen the danger from fires by educating the public to be careful. Campers, hunters, fishermen, travelers, and forest workers are told of danger from unextinguished camp fires, from cigar stubs, from combustible gun wads, from dropping matches, and from many other ways of unintentionally starting a fire. Highways and paths are posted with such notices, and without doubt much good has resulted. Still fires occasionally start. There are a hundred ways in which this may happen in spite of warning and caution. Lightning alone starts thousand of fires every year in the United States, and that danger cannot be lessened by any human law. Public sentiment is now strong everywhere against forest fires. That will help to keep them down. People know fires are dstructive. There was a time when little sentiment existed on the subject. Stockmen once deliberately burned the woods to improve the range for cattle and sheep. Nobody does that now. The general situation is improving, but room exists for still more improvement. Back to the Old Track APPARENTLY THE TIME is not far off when the country will get back to the old ways of doing business, and there will be no more war orders or official rulings to interfere with manufacturing and shipping. Supply and demand will govern. It may take a little time to get back in the old way, but it will be an agreeable change from war conditions, for American people would rather do business in peace than in war. Few industries will more heartily welcome the change to the old method than the lumbermen; for war business in the lumber industry has not been very popular as a simple business proposition. For patriotic reasons, it has been made the most of, but not for any other reason. The War Department Disapproves of Child Labor THE SUPREME COURT DECISION that the child labor law is un- constitutional was a distinct blow at the development of right thinking, and at the social improvement of our population. The em- ployment of child labor has without question seriously interfered with the proper development of the population in the regions where young children have been kept at hard toil and deprived of their opportunity for the enjoyment of normal life under normal conditions. The silo is a comparatively new industry that calls for much wood in its construction. The use of silos is increasing rapidly. Various woods arc satisfactory, and substitutes are pushed forward to take the ]dace of wood, but not with complete success. October 25, 101 S HARDWOOD RECORD 19 A Birdseye View of the Effect of Lumber Embargo The Full Seriousness of the Situation Is Beginning to Be Understood It is now possible to gauge with some degree of accuracy the effect on the hardwood lumber industry of the embargo order recently issued by the ear service section of the U. S. Railroad Administration. According to those in position to speak with authority, the situa- tion may be briefly summed up as follows; First : Not more than ten per cent of the commercial lumber already sold is being moved to destination for the reason that permits making such movement possible are coming through so slowly. Second : Not more than 25 per cent of southern hardwoods of all kinds, including both government ami commercial requirements, is moving for exactly the same reason. Thiud : Orders placed for harilwood lumber in the southern lield dur- ing the past two weeks have shown a decrease of approximately 50 per cent compared with average expectations for this time of the year. Fourth : There is quite an increase in iflle box cars and other standard equipment because of the slowness with which orders are being placed for southern hardwoods and because of the delay with which permits are coming through for lumber actually sold and ready to go forward. It is regarded as probable that part of this accumulation of idle equipment is the result of the embargoes against compresses at Memphis and other larger centers in the valley territory which are seriously interfering with the movement of cotton into and out of compress points. Still, the lumbermen are looking at the proposi- tion from their own standpoint and believe that the small move- ment of lumber, resulting directly from the slowness and irregu- larity of permits, is the paramount influence in bringing about this unusual and unparalleled increase in the number of idle cars. The foregoing has to do solely with the placing of orders and with the movement of lumber. On the production end of the proposition, the situation may be summed up in this way: First: Production is already substantially below nornuil. Second : Logging operations are not exceeding 50 per cent of the aver- age for this time of the year. Third : Indications point to a further substantial decrease in logging operations and to a far more material loss in hardwood manufacture. Labor scarcity, accentuated materially within the past fortnight by the influenza epidemic, is a factor in restricting hardwood lum- ber manufacture. Very few mills are able to operate at capacity, even where the management so desires, because full forces cannot be secured. But it has been clear, ever since the embargo order was issued, that there would be considerable voluntary curtailment of hardwood lumber production and this is beginning to be realized. This voluntary decrease in hardwood manufacture is the direct re- sult of conditions created by the embargo order, conditions which are wholly new to the southern hardwood trade and conditions which are not well understood, generally speaking, by those in- terests which have to secure permits before they can have lumber forwarded to them. Officials of the Valley Log Loading Company suggest, on the basis of information they have, that loading of logs for November will show a decrease of approximately .50 per cent compared with accomplishments for the current month. They point out that the mills have practically cpiit buying- logs and that those who get out timber to sell to the mills have to suspend operations close on the heels of the stoppage of buying by the mills. These officials attri- bute the heavy loading under way at present to the desire of mill- men to draw in all the logs they have on rights of way of the rail- roads before they are damaged in any way. But they point out that this stoppage of logging will mean a heavy decrease in the quantity of logs offered for loading in the near future and that this will mean a further restriction in hardwood manufacture. Hardwood interests cannot stop their mills as suddenly as can furniture manufacturers or other interests whose raw material is not subject to deterioration. They are forced to cut up the logs they have made ready for shipment because, if they do not, the logs will deteriorate so badly that they will be practically worthless. Therefore, the curtailment of hardwood production is a process that must extend over several months and that must grow in in- tensity as this period advances. In other words, a considerable por- tion of the production of hardwood lumber in progress at the mo- ment is forced production, forced by the desirability if not, indeed, the necessity of saving values which would otherwise be lost. When these logs have been converted into lumber, the greatest de- crease in production will be experienced. And, in this connection, it may be noted that this stoppage of logging must have serious influence on the production of hardwood lumber some months hence. It is the expectation of the trade that there will be improvement in permit-issuing machinery and that there will be a gradual gain in the number of orders placed for southern liardwoods. Indeed, indications are that this increase in the placing of orders and in the movement of hardwood lumber will take place at a time when production of hardwood lumber and logging operations are on the decrease. And, if this view is borne out by actual developments, there will be a period in the not far distant future when stocks of hardwood lumber, whatever may be their tendency immediately, will show notable decreases, decreases which cannot be readily made good because of the small quantity of logs coming out as a result of the curtailment of work in the woods. As to prices: The average hardwood lumber manufacturer is convinced that, whatever may happen, prices will have to remain firm unless lum- ber on hand, as well as that now being placed on sticks, is to be sold at actual loss. Cost of production is steadily increasing and members of the trade here insist that, if there is to be any profit whatever in their operations, prices must work upward instead of downward. Indeed, inability to make a profit out of hardwood lum- ber under present and immediately prospective conditions is largely the cause of the slowing down in both logging operations and hard- wood lumber production. If present stocks cannot be sold at a profit or on an even basis, they point out that it is the height of commercial folly on their part to put more lumber on sticks to be disposed of on such terms. Prospects Better for Flat Scale of Rates J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, announces that Judge Prouty, director of the U. S. Eailroad Administration, to whom the subject was personally referred some time ago, has requested the association to formulate a scale of flat rates into milling points on logs, bolts, billets and other rough material without regard to refund when finished prod- ucts have been shipped out. The association has already begun preparation of this flat scale and will have it ready to forward in a short time. Request for the compilation of the scale of rates does not mean that it will be acceptable but just such a development is expected. If it meets with the approval of Judge Prouty and other members of the Railroad Administration, it will apply to the South and Southwest. The flat scale will have two important results: It will eliminate tying up of large sums of money belonging to the lumbermen in the hands of the railroads pending refund, and it will facilitate the movement of outbound lumber and lumber products because it will make it possible to use any railroad that is in position to furnish cars and motive power. Under the scale of gross rates, large sums of money have to be put up with the Eailroad Administration pending refund when finished products have been shipped, and, in order to obtain this refund, it is necessary to ship finished products over the road originating the logs, lumber or other rough material. 20 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1918 Important Announcements from Washington By H. C. Hallam Government Wants Articles of Wood It looks as though some woods and some woodworking industries are coming into their own, in view of war conditions and the cur- tailments and changes that grow out of them. For instance, the first government order for wooden beds is believed to be in sight. It will be for the United States Housing Corporation. The demand is for only a limited number of wooden beds as yet, the housing authorities preferring to get metal beds when they can get them. However, the ice seems to have been broken. The beds wanted are understood to be somewhat similar to the mission type of day bed. It has been rumored that the government was about to buy 30,000 wooden beds, but this has not been confirmed. To a western manufacturer liaving a contract for 15,000 hos- pital beds, who complained that lie could not get steel enough to make them of metal, it has been intimated at the War Industries Board that wooden beds might be substituted. Samples of wooden file cases and wooden lockers have been sub- mitted by the furniture manufacturing interests for consideration by the government departments, in view of a recent order that wherever practicable office furniture should be bought in wood. However, the priorities division of the war industry has an- nounced that by filling certain conditions priority certificates will be given for certain purposes to concerns engaged in the metal beds, cots, couches and bunks industry and the wire bound box industry. Each of these industries, says a special circular, issued by the priorities division, can supply essential needs if it can obtain cer- tain limited quantities of materials and if such materials are properly distributed among the manufacturers in the industry with a view of balancing and equalizing stocks. No guaranty vidll be given the industry that the materials called for in any priorities certificate issued can be supplied. A manufacturer to obtain the certificate must file with the priorities division a statement of stocks on hand, in storage or in transit owned by such manufacturer his 1917 consumption of materials and output of product; and quantities of materials needed to balance stocks to manufacture reduced outputs ordered. The manufacturers must pledge themselves, also, to observe regu- lations as to curtailments, economies and substitutions of materials; to devote products to essential uses; not to furuish products for resale to dealers without obtaining a similar pledge from them. The curtailments ordered for the last four months of the present year require the metal beds, etc., industry, to reduce its production of metal beds, etc., to a basis of not exceeding 50 per cent of four- twelfths of its 1917 output of such products. One wood using industry that has prospered as a result of the epidemic of Spanish influenza is that of making caskets. There has been such a shortage of caskets in this part of the country that local woodworking plants have had to take up their manufacture in addition to the receipt of many carloads from established fac- tories. This local work has caused postponement of work on a big government order for blackboards which it has been proposed to hang in each meat shop with standard official meat prices displayed on it. The Spanish "flu" has gotten the goat of representatives of the lumber industry in Washington. Practically the entire personnel of some of the pine bureaus have been hers de combat, while Bob Allen of the fir bureau has been laid up for repairs in Congress hotel, Chicago. On the other hand, there has been rejoicing in certain lumber circles over the recent arrival of babies in the families of Major A. Mason Cooke of the office of the director of lumber and L. D. Tanner, manager of the North Carolina Pine Bureau. Major Cooke is proud of his red-haired daughter while Mr. Tanner speaks of his heir as a prospective lumberman. West Coast Men Seek To Move Side Cuts There has been no change in the fir lumber and log prices fixed by the government, which are to remain effective until January 15. A delegation of fir men here October 11 to talk the matter over with the price fixing committee of the War Industries Board did not even ask for an increase. Some of the west coast men discussed with government people the situation as regards the sidecuts produced in manufacturing airplane and ship lumber, with the result that they said they had assurances that the government would do the best it could to help move the side cuts. If the mills are to be kept loaded up with this stuff and take chances on selling it at low prices after the war, Mr. Burnside opined that they would be better off if they were shut down as non- essential, as has been suggested as a government policy for some time with reference to little mills. If the government wants to shut them down the mills will not kick, one man said. In view of prospective improvements in the sidecut situation, it is understood that Senator Chamberlain of Oregon will not for the present press his plan for a congressional investigation of the matter. In connection with the proposed movement of side cuts and the lumber embargo, some southern lumbermen say they are getting I along well under a so-called rationing system which allows each bureau to ship a limited number of cars per day to each military camp in supplying which it may be interested. Regarding The Embargo Offices with authority to issue permits under the lumber embargo have been established as follows: W. L. Barnes, assistant manager, oar service section. United States Railroad Administration, Huriington Building, Chicago, 111., will issue per- mits covering delivery in Wisconsin. Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. H. B. Sargent, special representative of car service section. United States Railroad Administration, Union Central Building, Cincinnati, O., will issue permits covering delivery in the state of Ohio. F. E. Dewey, special representative of car service section, Unitetl States Railroad .Administration, South Station. Boston, Mass., will issue permits covering delivery in all New England states. R. R. Russell, chairman of the freight traffic committee. Jurisdiction of North .\tlantlc Ports. 141 Broadway, New York City, will issue per- mits covering delivery in New York City. R. R. Blydenburg, chairman of domestic section, freight traffic com- mittee. Broad Street Station. Philadelphia, Pa., will issue permits for Philadelphia and the .\llcgheny region. Permits, however, for same terri- tory may he secured through the central office, of the car service section, Washington, D. C. Edwin S. King, chairman of the freight traffic committee, B. & O. Cen- tral Bldg., Baltimore, Md.. has authority to issue permits covering de- livery in Baltimore. E. S. Willcox, committee of freight traffic control, Southern Railway Bldg., Washington, D. C. has authority to issue permits for Washington and has control of traffic through Potomac gateway. For all other delivering points within the territory affected by the embargo permits will lie issued from the central office of the car service section, W. C. Kendall, manager, 718-18th Street. Washington, D. C. The Wholesale Lumbermen's Bureau here submits the following: Points to be noted carefully in making requests for permits : a. Consignee's signature and explanation of need. b. Delivering Line .-Vgent's signature and approval. c. Name of Originating Line. d. If so desired, your own name may be inserted as shipper rather than the mill. Blanket permits will not be Issued for retail yard and other large con- sumers. Under certain conditions permits will be issued for cars of lumber and shingles now at Minnesota Transfer, in storage, enroute, and received since embargo became effective. Requests for permits filed with our bureau office are in the hands of the car service section same date as received by us, and in certain cases we can secure permit number immediately. We suggest our forms being used not only through the bureau but direct with division offices as they have been very favorably commented upon. October 25, 191S HARDWOOD RECORD 21 However, in filing appliratinns tor jjcrmits ttiroogb any ofHtc other tlian our bureau, only tbe original slieet is necessary; do not write letters of explanation, but ratlier secure strong recommendation from local deliver- ing'agent whose approval carries great weight. Copy of permit when is- sued is mailed direct to consignee unless otherwise requested. Relative to list of eastern freight traffic committees designated in cir- cular of Southern Pino Association, Mr. DcGroot's office advised that this list is incorrect as none of these mentioned have anything to do with Issuing permits for shipments of lumber. West coast memliers shipping into embargoed territory can save con- siderable delay, if they will wire their customer tbe originating lino and have customer request permit direct and mail them order and permit at the same time. Wholesalers Seek to Determine Their Degree of Essentiality Tlic wliolesale bureau has received and sent out communications relative to labor priority for the lumber industry which follow: From : Chief of Labor Section, Priorities Division. To : National Bureau of Wholesale Lumber Distributors, 225 Kellogg Building, Washington, D. C. Subject : Industrial defermeut for employes of lumber distributors. 1. This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of October 5. Labor Priority Bulletin No. 1 relates to lumber manufacturers and in general it has been the rule of the priorities division which determines and ad- ministers ]iriorities particulai'ly with respect to production to give class- ifications only to those productive industries which are essential and which require and are entitled to the artificial stimulus of general pref- erential treatment with regard to fuel, labor and transportation service. We enclose a copy of Preference List No. 2 the "Foreword" to which will explain the nature and scope of the work done by the priorities division. You will notice that with one exception distributors of even the most essential products are not listed. That does not mean that they arc con- sidered nonessential. 2. This preference list will be before the district boards and will be to a certain extent used by them as a guide in passing upon claims for industrial deferment but It is not necessarily binding upon them and this is particularl.y true with respect to businesses and occupations which do not come within the scope of the list. It is therefore the privilege of those of your members who believe that they are conducting a "necessary" business w-itbin tlie meaning of the term as defined in the revised selective service regulations to make application for industrial deferment for their "necessary" employes and the district boards are not debarred from favor- ably considering such claims Ijy the mere fact that your imlustry is not upon the preference list or otherwise classified by tbe priorities division. (Signed) A. W. CLApr, Chief of Labor Section, Priorities Division. Compiling Lists of Bidders Announcement has been made of the establishment of a central- ized list of bidders on articles purchased by the Quartermaster's Corps: There is being established in the office of the Quartermaster General a centralized list of bidders on all articles purchased by the Quartermaster Cori)S. Tbe list is for tbe purpose of maintaining a closer relationship between the manufacturing and business concerns of the country and the procurement divisions of the office of the Quartermaster General. The bidders' list is being consolidated from the names of those concerns which have been doing or bidding on work for the Quartermaster General's office or for the quartermaster depots throughout the country, and to It is being added the names of those manufacturers and business concerns who make application for a place on the list. It is expected that when tile work is completed there \\-ill be at the disposal of tbe procurement officers of the office of the Quartermaster General a list of firms which produce all the articles and materials needed by the corps, through which the procurement officers can keep in close contact with the manufacturers and can communicate with them from time to time in connection with proposed purchases and requirements of the Government on the several items. This will not interfere with the present method of advertising and publicity for Quartermaster Corps purchases. Work on the list is progressing rapidly and persons or concerns desiring their names recorded should send a brief statement of their facilities to the Purchase Records Branch, Supply Control Division, of the office of the Quartermaster General of the Army, Washington, D. C. Aircraft Production Well Under Way That American aircraft production is now going ahead in a satisfactory manner and so will use constantly increasing quanti- ties of wood is indicated in the report of an officer, who says: Air-test pilots and ferry pilots were all of the opinion that the plane was excellent. The French ministry thought so well of the Liberty motor that the under-secretary of state for aviation, M. Dumesnil, informed me that the French would gladly take every motor we could produce which we could not use ourselves. I was also given the same information by Capt. de Ilaviland, the designer of the de Haviland plane. Lieut. Col. Warwick Wright, Toyal air force, stated to me that the method of packing the plane was considered by the British to be so good that it could not be improved upon. Out of 750 cases which I inspected I only discovered one in which the contents were badly damaged. Government Lukewarm On Credit AssistEmce Business concerns that may have been figuring on obtaining gov- ernment credit or assistance to tide them over the war period may be interested in the statement of Chairman Baruch of the 'War Industries Board that the capital issues committee and the 'War Finance Corporation will not authorize the extension of credit or government help except with the approval of the board. Mr. B.truch is not interested in proposed programs for recon- struction after the war. He is engaged in making war and believes it a mistake to think peace under such circumstances. It has been suggested to him, however, that the same organization that has converted industries from peace to war work might reverse the process and reconvert from war to peace lines. It is considered logical by some, for instance, that George Peak, who was connected with a Moline agricultural implement company, from which he was drafted to take charge of the conversion of industry into war lines, might be placed in charge of turning present war industries back into lines of peace activity. Curtail Certain Lines The priorities division has announced the following wood-using industry curtailments: Lawn Mowers ; From October 1, 191.S, for three months curtailed to 40'/r of 3/12 of 1917 production and that tbe industry be notified to get on war work before the expiration of said three months. Step Ladders : Six months from October 1, 1918, curtailed to 2/3 of fi/12 of 1917 production. Scales and Balances : Six months from October 1, 1918, curtailed as follows ; 1. Heavv track scales and heavy automatic dial scales curtailed to 50% of 6/12 of 1917 production. 2. .Store and counter and Spring scales and balances curtailed to 405^ of 6/12 of 1917 production. 3. Automatic dumping and recording scales curtailed to 507c of 6/12 of 1917 production. 4. Scientific scales not to be curtailed. Sporting Arms and Ammunition : Subject to revision, curtailed (>n tbe 12 months basis to 10% of 1917 production. Rat and Animal Traps : For six months from October 1, 1918, cur- tailed to 50% of 6/12 of 1917 production. IcB Cream Freezers: For six months from October 1, 1918, curtailed to 40% of 6/12 of 1917 production. ■Various Phases of Labor Situation Lieut. Col. Bowlby has been placed in charge of raising several regiments of sappers for service in France and Lieut. Col. Court DeBois of the 20th forestry engineers regiment has taken up the work of selecting officers for 20 new battalions of troops for that regiment. He has headquarters in one of the war department buildings here. Rear Admiral Palmer, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, has directed Captain W. A. Moffett, commandant of Great Lakes Naval Training Station, to send to the forest fire dis- trict in Minnesota as many men as were needed to assist in the work of relief. These men will be thoroughly equipped for the work, gas masks being a part of the equipment. Many men are being furloughed from the army and assigned to limited service in the spruce woods of Maine, it is stated, where they hefp cut material for airplane wing beams. If they don't stick to their jobs they go back to military camp life, A similar plan has been considered to increase the production of birch timber for veneer for airplanes in the lake states, but it has not yet been found necessary to adopt, so far as has been learned here. 'Woods- men obtained in this manner are understood not to be uniformed like Gen. Bisque's Loggers Legion on the 'West coast. Many war industries in the state of "Washington are being hin- dered by a shortage of labor, both skilled and unskilled. This shortage exists principally in the shipyards and the contract shops in the output of ship materials, in railroad work, logging camps, lumber mills and coal mines. There is also a shortage of carpenters and building trade workers in connection with the housing program of Seattle and Bremerton. Paragraphs of Interest Bills have been introduced and reported in the House of Repre- sentatives to authorize certain Oregon and California people the 22 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 191S right to cut timber in Idaho and Nevada respectively for agricul- tural, mining or other domestic purposes. According to a statement by Assistant Secretary of War Crowell there was sliipped to the American engineer troops abroad up to August 31, 57,000 tous of lumber including railroad ties, bridge stringers, piles and the like, the balance used being purchased in Europe. Up to June, 1919, it is estimated by the department that the tonnage of construction material purchased in Europe will be 12,352. The E. A. Long properties of Kansas City have purchased Wood- ley, the home of the late Senator Newlauds of Nevada, in the out- skirts of Washington, as a home for Capt. Hayne Ellis, U. S. N., and Mrs. Ellis. The latter is a daughter of R. A. Long. Woodley is an historic mansion, having entertained Gen. Washington, Gen. Winfield Scott, Presidents Buchanan, Tyler and Cleveland, and others. On October 28 the navy department bureau of supplies and ac- counts will -open bids for furnishing various lots of ash, oak, spruce, birch and other lumber, also some thousand handles, brooms and swabs. The general supply committee of the treasury department is opening bids this month for furnishing hundreds of packing boxes of many sizes and materials for use by government departments in Washington. The war and conservation program of the furniture industry has not yet been issued in its revised form. It has been delayed some- what by the absence of Mr. Ware, a furniture man of the conserva- tion division, War Industries Board, who has been studying the question of conserving space and materials and shipping facilities in the packing of furniture. The new war service committee of the furniture industry is at work with W. H. Coye in charge of the Furniture Industries War Service Committee office. .J. K. Van Hoff of that office is wearing two gold stars on his sleeve, being in mourning for the recent death of his two sons, both of them lieutenants in the army, one having diedl from wounds in France, the other from pneumonia at Camp Devens, Mass. The War Industries Board is planning to use some of the new wooden ships to bring wool from Argentina and other countries to sujiply part of the civilian needs for wool in the United States. Of interest to lumbermen, it is believed, is the announcement that a committee on allocation of wire rope has been formed in the War Industries Board and charged with the duty of controlling the placement of all orders for wire rope for the shipping board. Tliis applies only to wire rope to be manufactured. Present stocks arc exempt from tlu^ rule. Government Building Activity Cliairman Baruch of tlie War Iiidustiies Board has supplemented his original report to the Senate on the building situation by sub- mitting a statement of his modification of the building curtailment order so as to permit farm construction work up to $1,000 in cost without special government license. Building restrictions do not apply to work for the government, of course, and many new projects are being undertaken. The War Department needs experts for construction work and the Civil Service Commission has been asked to supply them. Here in Washington barracks for several thousand enlisted men of the army who are detailed for clerical duty in the government departments are being constructed. They are in units to accom- modate 66 men each. Another local project is the construction of a housing unit to accommodate 2,300 war workers in the capital city. The housing bureau chief has testified that a cost plus per- centage profit basis for constructing government dormitories here is satisfactory and fair and does not permit profiteering. Among the housing operations of the government are the follow- ing: Duiigalows. barracks and otlior accommodations for munitions workers in connection with the picric acid piant at Grand Eapids, Michigan, which liuildings will cost .f4r)0,000. The plans rail for twenty-six 5-room bunga- lows, thirty G-room bungalows, five barracks for 100 men each, a welfare house with seating capacity of 150 people and hospital. The work will be done imder the direction of the construction division of tlie army. Contract for 100 houses, 3 dormitories and 1 school and utilities at Indian Head, Md.. awarded to Wesley B. Torch, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Conti-act to James Stewart & Co., New Yorl;, tor 332 buildings at hous- ing pi-ojcct Erie, Pa. Contract to II. P. Cummings Construction Company, Ware, Mass., for constructing dwellings, utilities and town planning, 64 buildings at New London, Conn., 10 buildings at Groton, Conn. Contracts to Itodd Company, Pittsburgh, for ofBce building, cafeteria and garage at Neville Island, Pa., where the big government gun plant is located. Contract to R, F. Jones, Hartford, Conn., for twenty four 2-taniily, ten 1-family lion->cs. and town planning at Newport, R. I. Contract to Kdwatd B. Lee. Erie, Pa., for apartment house there. Bids were received on October 11, 1918, for the U. S. Housing Corporation's project at 23d and B Streets, N. W., Washington, D. C. The contract which was let on a lump sum basis was awarded to Moss, Taylor & Crawford, 701 No. 63d Street, Philadelphia, Pa. This development consists' of 10 residence halls, 28 apartment buildings, 1 infirmary and a combined administration, cafeteria and power building. Waddy B. Wood, of Washington, D. C, is the architect for this project. Other government construction work has been announced as fol- lows: Worli has started on the conversion of Ft. Sheridan, III., into a base hospital which, when finished, will have 4,000 beds. It will be one of the largest in the country. The estimated cost of the new buildings and the alterations to the present buildings to tit them for tlioir new purpose Is !P3,423.0no. The worli will lie done under the supervision of the Con- struction r>ivision. Plants for the manufacturing of shells are being erected in connection with the Laclede Gas Light Plants in St. Louis, Mo. They will he finished in about four months. The estimated cost for the two is $3,830,300. The contract has been awarded to The Austin Company, Cleveland, O. The work of rebuilding the wrecked T. N. T. plant at Morgan Station has been gotten well under way. At present it is impossible to estimate fully the cost of reconstruction, but It will be between .$."(,000,000 and 5110.000,000. The work will be done under the supervision of the Con- struction Division. The erection of a T. N. T. plant at Giant, Cal., has been authorized. Estimated cost is $1,438,000. The plant is to be located on land adjacent to the nitric acid plant of the Giant Powder Company, located at that place. The construction work is to be under the super- vision of tile Construction Division of the army. Two sulphuric acid plants are to be erected in Pennsylvania under the supervision of the Construction Division of the army. Tlie estimated cost for both plants is $3,000,000. One plant will be located at Emporium while the other will be erected at Mt. Union. From Europe comes the report that England and France are much interested in American ready-built, knockdown or portable houses. They are wanted for reconstruction purposes in devastated regions and for other purposes. Lumber Trade Commissioner John R. Walker, representing the department of commerce here in Eng- land and France has intimated that he could use to advantage catalogues of American manufacturers of such houses who are in- terested in the foreign market, as they would enable him to better answer inquiries. Over 1,000 buildings have been constructed, remodeled or bought by the Y. M. C. A. for army entertainment and help purposes in connection with army camps in this country and in Europe, it is announced by George W. Perkins, financial director of the Y. M. G. A. Carpenters to Enlist Charles A. Bowen of Detroit, secretary of the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, has established headquarters in the Southern building, Washington, and is keeping in touch with the lumber situation as related to government activities. He is co- operating with James R. Moorehead of Kansas City, secretary of the Southwestern Lumbermen's Association, who also is in Wash- ington. Mr. Moorehead has arranged with Judge Parker of the ju-iorities committee and with the U. S. Employment Service for a plan under which retail yards will advise carpenters out of work where and how they can obtain work under the government which needs their services. The idea is to have carpenters practically enlist and agree to respond to government calls for their services October 25, lOlS HAKDWOOD RECORD 23 where needed. Uiiele Sam would agree to transport them to the job and see that tliey are properly paid and taken care of. Gov- ernment officials are enthusiastic over the plan. There are rumors of government price fixing plans for hardwoods, but they are not confirmed. The price hearing and conference relative to Pennsylvania hem- lock lumber has been postponed until about November 1.5. The work of selecting officers and making other arrangen'.cuts in connection with the recruiting of twenty new battalions of the Twentieth forest engineers regiment has been taken over by Lieut. Col. Court DuBois of that regiment. Lieut. Col. H. C. Bowlby, who came back from France to begin it, has been "assigned to similar work in connection with the recruiting of several new regi- ments of sapper troops. Col. DuBois, who has been in France for some time, has now gone to the Pacific coast, where he will be for two or three weeks in connection with the recruiting of the new battalions. In his absence Major David T. Mason of the Twentieth foresters is in charge of the office of the new battalions in Washington. It is stated that 1.5,000 children of workers in big munition boom towns are to be educated at the expense of the federal government in school buildings erected at its expense. About $2,500,000 have been set aside for these buildings. Over 2,500,000 rifles have been turned out by American muni- tion works, it is officially stated, since the United States entered the war. NEED OF MOTOR TRUCKS So great is the need for motor vehicles by the American expedi- tionary forces that instructions have been issued here to speed np the production of tJi'ucks in this country and their assembly at army motor transport stations, also their shipment overseas. At the same time warning has been issued that trucks should be re- paired wherever possible instead of being scrapped or replaced by new vehicles. In announcing its findings suggesting price adjustments on print paper, the Federal Trade Commission has tliis to say about "wood cost increases": The accountants' report shows an increase in wood cost for the Inter- national Paper Company amounting to ^^.'5 per ton of paper. In arriv- ing at the base price of $3.10 per 100 lbs. effective April 1, 191S, the C(>nimission took into account an increase in cost of $2.50 per ton of paper, since the International Paper (.'ompauy and the Minnesota & Ontario Power Company were practically on a new wood basis after April 1. In calculating the base price of $3.50 per hundred pounds, the review- ing arbitrators also apparently tCK* into consideration, the factor of increased wood cost. They say in paragraph 15 : The actual cost of making one ton of newsprint paper in an average mill, out of recently gathereil wvud anut which thus far is working satisfactorily, according to the. officials of tile railroad administration. Work in connection with the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. Handling exemptions for essential men liable to draft who are connected with our independent mill friends. The United States Employment Service believes that many car- penters and builders can be diverted from unnecessary jobs to war work. It bases this belief on reports it has received from many citifes and from building trades organizations, etc. At present there is a shortage of thousands of earpontors on army construc- tion work, whereas many thousands are reported avail.able in the Middle West. Sixty-nine wooden steamers by January 1 is the ambitious pro- gram of the state of Oregon. ' The types under construction there range from the .3,.500 Ferris ship to the 5,000 Daugherty type. The good points about the Ferris ship are believed to hav? lieen shown some time ago when the Ferris wooden ship Coyote stood the test of a hurricane in a port in North Atlantic islands. Despite a 90 mile per hour, extremely heavy seas, a collision with another ship, the fouling of her anchors by two or tliree other vessels, and being driven into two coaling jetties that she smashed and finally being driven ashore, the Coyote returned to this country under her own steam, dodging submarines en route, and was inspected and reported in good condition by government officers. Veneer Supplies Arrangements are being made under which it is tliought that all the birch veneer required for the government airplane pr'ogram may be obtained. It is planned for the government to buy birch face veneer, which will be turned over to the contractors who make panels and veneering for airplane construction. This will not be necessary, it is understood, with regard to core stock for the panels. Some of this will be basswood — more than has heretofore been used for this purpose. It is stated that prices have not been decided upon, nor have contracts been awarded. Information as to the quantities of veneer corestoek and paneling to be obtained is not available. These and other points connected with the matter were the subject of discus- sion at a recent conference here between Mr. Philbrick of the director of lumber's office, Mr. Wickliff of the aircraft bureau hard- wood section; Roy Jones, manager of the Northern Hardwood Emer- gency Bureau, and representatives of a number of birch and bass- wood veneer firms of Wisconsin, Michigan and other northern states. It is exijected that another conference will be necessary to settle some of the points that came up at the recent meeting. Meanwhile it is understood that the Federal Trade Commission will investigate the costs and business of a few representative concerns, so that a reasonably fair idea can be obtained as to what i^riees ought to be paid for the panel veneer stock. The Northern Hardwood Emergency Bureau has been quite busy lately handling government orders for hemlock lumber. Already such orders have reached 10,000,000 feet this month. Postponement of the price fixing committee 's hearing on Penn- sylvania hemlock lumber prices, also on prices of New England spruce lumber, has been decided upon for thirty days. Earl Smith of the office of the director of lumber is slated for a commission as first lieutenant in the 20th forestry regiment, which is being recruited in this city. F. L. Sanford of Zona, La., and other well-known lumbermen are also reported to be scheduled for army commissions. R. B. Allen, secretary of the West Coast Lumbermen 's Associa- tion, has left for his home in Washington state. - One furniture exhibition per year has been authorized by the war industries board, it is understood, although there has been consider- able sentiment in official circles against such affairs. The conces- sion granted is considered a big thing for the furniture industry. P. B. Schravesande of the wood products section of the War Indus- tries Board has been working overtime for an exhibition. The exhibit may be held at more than one place, but all at the same time, namely, April or Maj'. The War Industries Board has issued a final schedule or program of conservation for the furniture industry, so far as bedroom, din- ing room and upholstered furniture, chairs, parlor frames, extension, library and bedroom tables are concerned. The new schedule is con- siderably different from the tentative one promulgated several weeks ago. Motor Truck Contracts Contracts for motor trucks, chasses, ambulances, trailers, tractors, passenger cars, motorcycles and bicycles aniounting to approximately $130,000,000 have been placed by the motors and vehicles division in the oflice of the director of purchase and storage to supply the roquiremeuts 24 HARDWOOD RECORD Octolier 25, 1918 of the motor transport corps. The orders placed call for: SOO SVa-ton trucks. 202 2-ton trucks. 500 I'/o-ton trucks, GOO 5-ton chasses, 1020 3Vi-ton chas.sos, 6250 3-ton chasses, 2100 2-ton chasses, 5G5 li^-ton chasses and 400 mlUtors. Twelve hundred 33 chasses have been ordered and also 24,950 Class B chasses, for which the government will furnish the 11 major units. Contracts have also been placed for 3riS4 10 ton trailers and 150 4-wheel trailers. Orders for 13,500 4-wheel drives have been placed which are handled as amendments to ordnance contracts. Other orders include SOOO standard Ford 5-passenger cars. 1000 Dodge 5-passenger ears, 300 Dodge winter cars, 558 limousines, 3000 delivery cars, 350 motorcycles and 15,050 bicycles. Deliveries on these orcjers are to begin immediately in some instances and will extend over a period of several months. Housing Matters Bids were received on October 15. 1918, and contract for 37 buildings for lOS families (housing only) at Staten Island, N. Y., was awarded to Bing & Bing Construction Company, 119 West 40th St., New York City. Bids wore received ou October 14. 1918, and contract for 31 houses, utilities and town planning at Portsmouth, N. II., was awarded to the Murphy Construction Company. 7 Water St., Boston, Mass. Bids were received on October 10, 1918, and contract for a temporary boiler house at Neville Island, I'a., was awarded to The Rodd Cipmpany, Century building, Pittsburgh, Pa. The housing bureau has also recently awarded contracts to A. F. Wendling Company, Massillon, O., for 05 houses at Warren, O., and to Edward .\. Wehr. Pittsburgh, Pa., for 54 buildings at Butler, Pa. Greater safety for munitions workers in their homes, through locating their village settlements at points a safe distance from the plants In which they are employed, is the policy involved in the contracts recently let for 500 ready-cut bungalows, and 30 dormitories, to be used in housing workers not now provided tor but to be used in the South Amboy section, aboutwhich there are half a score plants on ordnance contracts. This plan is not the result of the recent explosion at the Morgan plant of the T. A. Gillespie Company, but should have a tendency to check any timidity over accepting munition plant work, because of the wide publicity given the details of that accident. The idea of centralized villages for workers within easy access and still at safe distance from the factories had already been taken up with the U. S. Housing Corporation, which will supervise the contract for the South Amboy workers' village. This village, which will take care of about 4000 workers, is to be located at Ernston, X. J. Workers are employed at six plants in the neighborhood. The same plan of safeguarding the w'orkers is to be employed by the Ordnance Department at the Port Penn plant just south of Wilmington. Here a village to accommodate 3000 workers will be erected three miles from the plant. Proposed Association Merger Southern Hardwood Manufacturers at Last Get Together For some years there liave been several hardwood manufactur- ers' associations operating in the Southland and none seemed to be able to draw the full strength of tlie production into one associa- tion. Several conferences have been held in the last two or three years endeavoring to form what is known as a larger national or- ganization to get together, if possible, every element of the hard- wood business into one association. These efforts have perhaps helped the cause by making friends out of manufacturers, whole- salers and others who have affiliated with these various organiza- tions, but in former conferences the split seemed to be generally on the inspection problem, or some bunker that, while not important, was used as a hazard in forming the larger association. The southern manufacturers in all branches have felt that there was a need for closer co-operation. Illustrating that thought, at one time there were several emergency bureas at Washington really representing the same interests without any coalition or co-opera- tion. Tliis made it difficult for lumber chiefs and the govern- ment, and while some good came out of each effort, it would have been very much easier for the government lumber purchasing de- partments to have done business with one bureau representing all tlie hardwood manufacturers of the United States. This up to the present time seemed to be impossible because, as you know, the National Hardwood Lumber Association is composed of two ele- ments— manufacturers and wholesalers. But the present confer- ence, which was between the two executive committees of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association and the newly formed American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, resulted after a day's conference in the following resolutions: Due to war conditions and as a result of suggestions emanating from Washington, it is deemed imperative that the manufacturers of hardwo<;id lumber get together in one manufacturing organization. Growing out of the above thought, the executive committees of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association and of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the U. S. A. met at Louisville, Ky.. this October 19, 1918. The following recommendations and agreement was entered into : * 1. It is agreed that the hardwood industry would be better served if there was but one association of hardwood manufacturers. 2. To achieve this result it is recommended that the membership of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association and the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the U. S. A. unite, and it is agreed that all members of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the U. S. A. should at once affiliate with the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. (To this end the board of governors of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association will at once devise some proper method to present this recom- mendation to the members of their association.) 3. It Is understood that the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- ciation will hold a special called meeting during December, 191S, at Louisville. Ky.. and this because of the convenience of said point for the enlarged membership growing out of this agreement. 4. It is understood and agreed that until the special called meeting above mentioned has been held the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- ciation of the D. S. A. will continue to function as at present and this to the end that it may dispose of and close up its business. 5. It is agreed that the members of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the U. S. A. joining the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association as herein provided will not be required to pay any dues until said special called meeting is held and dues to the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association shall be effected from January 1, 1919, for one (1) year. G. The executive committee of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association agree that at said special called meeting all questions of inspec- tion rules and the application and administration thereof will be sub- mitted to the enlarged association of manufacturers, and whatever action majority of said meeting concludes, such action will control and deter- mine the problem of grading rules and their application and administration. 7. The purpose of this agreement is to enable the manufacturers of hardwood lumber to present a united front on all problems that are now urgent in Washington as now relating to that industry and thereby seek to avoid confusion and complications which have existed in the past. Further, that we may hereby lay the foundation for constructive work when business conditions become normal. S. This agreement is entered into with the solemn purpose of uniting the manufacturing branch of the hardwood industry into one organization, and this to the end that the important problems solely of interest to these manufacturers may have uniformity of treatment. Signed : E. O. Robinson, R. L. Jdrden, Leon Isaacsen, E. A. Lang, B. B. Burns, M. B. Coopek, J. W. Mayiiew, T. M. Bkown, W. E. DeLaney, J. W. McCi.t:itE. Tliere is no doubt that the recommendations made by these joint committees will be accepted by the duly authorized membership of these two associations. It means, however, an association which can work out national problems like the present and proposed tax laws, which do a great injustice to the lumber industry both ia assessment for war purposes and the regular tax list without giving the lumber manufacturer a fair representation in profits or credit for the building of an investment in timber to which tlic govern- ment price committees refuse to credit the real value. Notwith- standing, they were supported not only on built-up values but by actual lumber sales. There is legislation of all kinds coming up in the various sections of the country which should be handled by a national organiza- tion. Several local associations have been benefiting by the ex- change of ideas ou cost, sales and valuation records, but it seemed {Continued on page 33) October 25, 1918 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 25 Rosewood as Veneer Material Origin of Wood and Its Cost Laid Down at the Factories in This Country ANUFACTURERS OF VENEER are apparently overlooking the possibilities of rosewood as a fine material for high-class articles. They han- dle only three per cent of this wood arriving in the United States; or, at least, that is the showing made by statistics. The qualities of rosewood are such that it and the lightest is heavier than sugar maple. The heav- iest sinks in water almost like a stone. it is not possible to be exact in definitions of rosewood, because authorities differ or are in doubt regarding some of them. Wanks river rosewood comes from Honduras and is ought to have a prominent place in the factories that use sometimes known by the name of that country, though veneer. It is costly, and for that reason it should be cut thin to make a small quantity go a long way. The entire output of veneer reported in the country the last census, was cut one-thirtieth of an inch thick and was manu- factured by the rotary process, and all in the state of Ohio. Later statistics would probably show different results. The annual consumption of rosewood in the United States for ail purposes is shown in the following figures, compiled by the Forest Service: Feet board measure instruments 219,333 Industry Professional and scientifi Fixtures 52,925 Musical instruments 49,645 Railroad cars 37,000 Sporting and athletic goods 24,400 Handles 15,456 Furniture 1 5,280 Brushes 1 2,050 Faucets 1 0,642 Artificial limbs 1 0,000 Doors and sash 6, 1 00 Carpet sweepers 5,500 Novelties 3,6 I 3 Picture frames 2,420 Electrical apparatus . Boats Shade rollers Plumbers' woodwork Clocks Tobacco 2,200 1,600 1,000 1,000 290 100 Total 471,734 Rosewood is a somew^hat general name and is ap- plied to several kinds of trees, all of which do not belong to the same family. Rosewood belongs to the same family as our locust, redbud, and Kentucky yellow- wood. No rosew^ood grows naturally in any part of the United States, but it is strictly a tropical tree. A general misunderstanding exists as to the origin of the name. It is due to the odor, not the color of the wood. No rosewood has a rose color, but all of the different species smell like a rose, if the wood is freshly cut. It gives off that odor while burning, and under the action of great heat a resin with strong, pleasant smell, exudes from the v^rood. While the different kinds of rosewood differ in weight, all are heavy; and they likewise differ in hardness, though all are hard. The hardest is nearly as hard as ebony wood or Rosetta rosewood the region where it first came into notice is in Nicaragua. The thoroughly dry wood sometimes weighs as much as seventy-seven pounds per cubic foot, though some is lighter. In color it is among the palest of the rosewoods. The wood is nut brown with narrow black lines. From the same general region comes another rose- wood called the Nicaraguan. In color and weight it is so much like that from Wanks river that the casual ob- server would take them to be the same, and possibly they are the same, though there is high authority for con- sidering them as belonging to different species. Still another comes from Central America and is com- monly called Nicaragua rosewood. It is considerably lighter in weight than the foregoing species, and the woods's color is wholly different. It is brilliant red or reddish orange, and narrow, black lines are plentiful. The dark line is so often present in rosewood that it may be considered a characteristic feature. The Nica- ragua wood feels like marble, being smooth and cool to the touch. The best known rosewood and the one most widely used comes from Brazil and the West Indies. Different species may pass by the same name. That known as "Bahai rosewood" may be different from the Brazil rose- wood, which is Dalbergia nigra, and may be taken as the type of all the rosewood group. It is the wood commonly met with in this country. So far as figures at hand show, it is lowest in weight of all American rosewoods, still the oven-dry wood will sink. Its color is blackish or purplish, or it may be quite black. It displays the usual dark streaks. In Brazil they call this wood "jacaranda." Rosewoods come from Africa, Asia, and islands of the Indian Ocean, as well as from tropical America, but some from the eastern countries that pass as rosewood are not even in the rosewood family. The following, however, are true rosewoods: African blackwood or Senegal ebony (Dalbergia me- lanoxylon) grows in tropical Africa, and that imported to America comes principally from the West Coast, whence comes also the African mahogany. Many per- sons who use this rosewood suppose it is ebony, so dark is its color. Apparently it reaches America in quite small quantities. A species of true rosewood comes from India and ad- jacent islands, but most buyers and sellers list it as black- The wood is brown with 26 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section October 25, 1918 POPLAR LET us cut some of that soft yellow pop- lar into faces, cores or cross banding- for YOUR WAR orders. LET US make your PLYWOOD We are equipped to manufacture from the log to you. THE LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS Makers of good veneers and panels for thirty years LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY VENEERS FOR AEROPLANE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY WRITE, WIRE OR TELEPHONE BIRDS EYE VENEER COMPANY, Escanaba, Mich. narrow black lines. In weight it falls below any rose- woods previously mentioned in this article and dry speci- mens will barely float in water. The lightest rosewood on the list grows in Ceylon, but it is often called purple ebony, though, of course, it is not an ebony. It is little heavier than sugar maple. The wood is a rich, dark purple with the characteristic black lines. Rosewood is expensive. Its cost is approximately dou- ble that of mahogany, but rosewood varies in price, a£ all other commercial w^oods do. The cost is governed by the grade and the market. The average price paid dur- ing a whole year for rosewood by manufacturers in Penn- sylvania was $462.89 per 1,000 board feet. The wood is nearly always bought in the log, and if it is purchased by weight, the price is figured on the foot basis. The average price during a year in Illinois was $2 33; in New York $219.89, and in Connecticut, $225.40. Connecticut is the largest user of rosewood of all the states. It consumes nearly as much as all the other states together. The rosewood articles reported manufactured in Connecticut are tool handles, gauges, clocks, levels, organ stop knobs, and planes. Not one of these calls for veneer, unless possibly clocks. In New York the list of rosewood articles is longer, though the total demand for the wood is not one-third that of Connecticut. In New York the manufactured articles that might call for veneer are billiard tables, brush backs, cabinets, fixtures, furniture, musical instruments, picture frames, and show cases. In Illinois the articles made in part of rosewood, in which veneer might be used, are furniture, musical instruments (including drum shells) and fine carriage bodies. It is worthy of note that rosewood interior car finish is not mentioned in Illinois statistics, though it is commonly believed that many Pullmans and diners are finished with rosewood and that veneer is used in large amounts in their construction. Anderson Tully Starts Wire-Bound Box Plant The wire-bound package plant of the Anderson-Tully Com- pany, North Memphis, will be ready for operation within the next few days. All machinery has been set up with the exception of the electrical equipment which will furnish the motive power. This plant will have a daily capacity of one and one-half cars from the first. This will be later increased to 2 and one-half cars. It is the first establishment of this kind in this part of the country. The Williamson Veneer Company, which runs a big plant at Highlandtown, a Baltimore, Md., suburb, has lately been adver- tising freely for workers. It made an appeal to them on patriotic grounds, stating that it is engaged in the manufacture of airplane material and gun stocks, for which latter purposes especially quan- tities of walnut are used. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if Vou Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1918 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 27 '■lllllllllilllllllllllllllilllllllllllllillllliilllllli I GOVERNMENT W CONTRACTORS | I NEEDING I ROTARY CUT POPLAR and GUM vInEER i WRITE US i ^ Our Rotary Veneer Factory is now operating and we are pre- ^ ^ pared to furnish you Rotary Veneer for quick shipment. ^ = This Factory was constructed mainly for furnishing Veneer to ^ ^ the Government or to those having Government contracts. For this ^ ^ reason such orders will be given preference. ^ ^ Veneer under J/g" in thickness is dried in our textile dryer, l/g ^ = and thicker is dried in our vacuum tunnel dryer. All veneer comes ^ ^ out fiat and dry. Can cut lengths up to 98". Nothing but Clear logs ^ = are put into our lathe, which gives you high grade Veneer. ^ ^ To those who do not require Veneer in carload lots, we offer a ^ ^ strong inducement for your business by furnishing mixed cars of ^ ^ Rotary Cut Veneer, Sawed and Sliced Quartered White Oak, Figured ^ ^ Red Gum, and Hardwood Lumber all from our own mill. Carload ^ = shipments mean quicker deliveries, eliminate damaged goods, save ^ ^ L/C/L freight, and get closer prices. ^ = Those who use our products know that "N. B." is a significant ^ ^ expression, and that its meaning, "None Better," has been established ^ ^ thru years of earnest desire and endeavor to make our products and ^ ^ our service fully satisfy vvhich is the basis of real salesmanship. ^ ^ Cottespondence^lnviied ^ I NicKEY Brothers, |nc, | I MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE | ^ A Fair Sample of Our Poplar Logs = All Ttree of Us Will B.- Rpn<>ntea if Yon Mpnlion HARDWOOD RECORD 28 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section October 2 5, 1918 LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER COMPANY CYPRESS WALNUT- HARDWOODS WALNUT LUMBER 30,000 ft. 1" FAS 3,000 ft. 5/4 FAS 1,000 ft. 8/4 FAS. 255,000 ft. 1/28' Mahogany 200,000 ft. 1 " No. 1 C. 15,000 ft. 5 4 No. 1 C. 11,000 ft. 6 4 No. 1 C. 3,000 ft. 8/4 No. 1 C. VENEERS 227,000 ft. 1/28 " Walnut 150,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 C. 38,000 ft. 5/4 No. 2 C. 28,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 C. 22,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 C. 367,000 ft. 1/28 " Butt Walnut Manufacturers and Wholesalers Indianapolis, Indiana Letters From a Panel User ABOUT FINISHING Monroe, Mich., October 13: Many of us, however, neglect a very important part of veneered work, and that is the finishing. Success in finishing, w^hich means getting perfect work at a low cost, can be reached only along one road. Each operation must be properly done before the next is started and the materials must be absolutely dependable. Most troubles in panels are in evidence after the stock is finished. The finisher cannot cover and correct the defects due to improper veneering. The stock may be properly veneered from perfectly dry materials; the work- manship be all that can be desired, nevertheless after the finisher performs his part of the work, we discover defects that may kill the sale of the article. The literature offered today covers highly intelligent informa- tion and all the finisher need do is apply it. Before the goods are taken to the finishing room they must have passed inspection and be pronounced perfect. Next the stainer should study the piece. When making this statement I do not mean that he should spend minutes in observing and thinking about how he should proceed with the work, but if he under- stands his business he can tell at a glance what is to be done. After staining he must again inspect the work and wood which shows up too light after staining must be gone over again. Indeed, an expert in this line can so well match various colored pieces of wood that one would think the entire article is constructed from wood of absolutely the same color and texture. It must be re- membered that after the filler, shellac and varnish are applied it will be too late to correct color or shade troubles. So we must have the right foundation before we proceed with the work. A transparent stain should be used and on mahogany or birch we strongly suggest the use of a water stain. Some say that water will raise the fibers of the wood. This is true but may be over- come by allowing the stain to dry out thoroughly, then coating All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if with a very thin solution of shellac; not more than 1 pound of gum to the gallon of solvent. Bleached shellac is better than orange for mahogany, but it must be fresh. Good filling is essential to good finishing. Many finishers use their filler too heavy. This is an absolute waste of material. Put the filler on thin and rub the pores full and you will find that it dries better. The paste should be reduced to a thick, creamy consistency with turpentine, and applied with a rather stiff brush of bristles. After setting it must be rubbed off across the grain of the wood with a piece of burlap, tow, or excelsior, being very careful not to pull out any of the filling. Perhaps more defective finish can be traced to poor filling than to any other cause. Unless the surface is smooth, and the suction of the pores is stopped, it is impossible to get a good finish with three or even more coats of varnish. Shellac requires no introduction. We are all familiar with the way it is prepared and how to deduct adulterants. The idea in the modern use of shellac is to get a quick coat over the filler and stain and by so doing we can usually save one coat of varnish. The advantage of shellac is that it dries more quickly than varnish, but shellac should dry for at least tw^enty-four hours before varnish is applied. 1 know that many will not agree with this but many years of experience have taught me that this is a pretty good rule to follow, and, though our customers are at times in a hurry for the goods, they will always be patient when we explain to them that to rush the stock through the finishing room would likely result in poor quality. Shellac troubles are usually had during rainy seasons. Watch the quality of this material and carefully supervise its application and you will have no shellac troubles. Expert varnishers are in demand. To become an expert var- nisher two things are required, know^ledge and experience. We could write page upon page telling our readers how varnish should be applied, how tested, but it takes real practice and experience to do this work properly. When it comes to the science of put- You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1918 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 29 WE NEED WALNUT LOGS for GOVERNMENT PURPOSES You will be assisting our Government by advising us of any Walnut logs or timber you know of Pickrel Walnut Co. St. Louis, Missouri WALNUT LUMBER, DIMENSION STOCK AND VENEERS AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 30 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section October 25, 1918 HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOGANY COMPANY Importers and Manufacturers of MAHOGANY Lumber and Veneer 2256 LUMBER STREET Chicago, Illinois 347 MADISON AVENUE New York City, N.Y. ting it op, one must employ a brushman that will use elbow grease to brush the varnish down as it ought to be. We have found in our business experience that most men seem to want to apply the three, four or five coats at one time and in one operation. Again, it is necesrary to leave proper time between every two operations. Modern dry kilns are assisting very much in cutting the time of drying. Where such kilns are not in use. it is suggested that the more tim3 allowed between coats for drying the better. A. T. DEINZER. The Wood in a Violin The wood that goes into a violin is not ujually classed as ve- neer, though it is as thin as veneer. This small, high-grade mu- sical instrument represents one of the best uses of wood, whether it is regarded as veneer or not. The wood needed in the construction of a single violin does not amount to one square foot of inch lumber. This small quan- tity is worked into several parts which are then fitted together to make the complete instrument. The whole range of wood work- ing produces nothing calling for more skill than is required to make a violin, nor is wood anywhere put to a more exacting use. It may further be said that in no instance can a workman add more to the value of wood than is added when a fine violin is manu- factured. A thouTand feet of choice violin woods might be worth, in the rough state, $100, or at most $200; but made into violins it is worth from $50,000 to $100,000. Wood is almost the sole material used by violin makers. Horsehair for the bow, glue for joining together, and the string are about all that is not wood. This 13 one place where substitutes for wood have never been found. The soundboard, which is the top, is of spruce but some of the old violin makers used Italian pine. The back, which is the bot- tom, is of maple, as also are the ribs and bridge. The maker can take his choice as to what wood shall constitute the purfiing, which is the very small molding round the edges of the front and back. For contrast's sake, it is usually made of colored wood like walnut, mahogany, or ebony, and a square foot of it is enough to make a hundred violins. The bar and sound post are usually of spruce, while the tail piece, pegs for the strings, and nut for the bow are ebony, rose- wood, or in low-priced instruments may be of maple. The finger board should be of ebony for the sake of looks as well as for utility, ebony being very hard and sti'ong. Inside the body of the instrument, the corner blocks may be of pine, as their sole duty is to round off the corners. They are too thick to be made of veneer unless built up. There are several other parts, as the bouts, scroll, shoulder, cheeks, peg box, tail pin, and nsck. which must be of carefully selected wood. The bow belongs to the violin but is no part of it. It cannot be made of veneer but must be solid. It is always of wood, except the white horsehairs which number from I 50 to 200. Two, three, or more kinds of wood may be used in making a single bow, but the principal piece is, of course, one wood. Just what wood it should be is a matter of controversy. Specifications usually call for "per- nambuco wood, but nobody seems to know just what that is; at least, there is a confusing lack of agreement on the subject among people who make or use the bows. Pernambuco is a region in Brazil, and a dyewood from there is called pernambuco. It looks much like our Texas bluewood and may be related to it; but some of the manufacturers of violin bows say that the "pernambuco" wood which they use does not come from South America. Some say it comes from Africa, others think it is a native of India; and still others believe the supply is obtained among the islands of Malaysia. It is quite likely that violin bow wood comes from all of those regions, and after it reaches this country is sold under one general name. That would account for the confusion as to name and source. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25. 1918 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 31 Making Bobbins of Veneer So far as information shows, bobbins have never been made of veneer, but the question has been asked, why it is not done. The bobbin is a little wooden implement used in textile mills, on which to wind yarn and thread. It is like a spool without the flanges or ends, just a center piece or barrel bored longitudinally for slipping on a spindle in the shuttle or in the frames which weavers use. It is turned from a solid piece of wood, and the hole is bored through it lengthwise. The size of the bobbin varies, depending upon the kind of work it is expected to do. Perhaps a common size is between four and six inches long and from three-quarters of an inch to an inch in diameter; that is, the bobbin is about the size of a clothes pin, or a little larger, and looks much like an unfinished clothes pin. Bobbins are of different woods, maple, birch, beech, gum, and yellow poplar. The conditions are not so exacting as in the case of spools for thread, and more kinds of w^ood may be used. Some small and finely-finished bobbins are made of boxwood. Such are in demand by sJlk weavers. They are quite expensive, considering their small size. Such are often called "quills." When handlooms w^ere in general use, the old-fashioned bob- bins were generally know^n as quills, the name bearing witness to the historical fact that it had formerly been the practice to use the hollow shafts of goose quills for bobbins. The quill with the thread wound on, was inserted in the hollow of the shuttle, and it was thus employed in weaving. The weaver's quills of former days were made of elder. The stems were cut in lengths three or four inches long, the pith was punched out with a stick, the bark was scraped off, and after the quills had become thoroughly dry they were nearly as light as goose quills. They were not very uniform in size, but that did not matter with the handlooms that used them. It w^ould seem that quills or bobbins could be made of veneer. It could be cut in small sheets, say four by two inches, and when these had been softened by steaming they might be rolled around rods to assure the proper shape and size, then glued and polished. If found practicable, such bobbins would be much lighter and thinner than those turned from solid squares, and ought to be much cheaper. It cannot be authoritatively stated how many bobbins are made yearly in the United States, for figures have not been published, but the number runs pretty high in the millions. American Veneer Company Organized According to reports fiom Hayward, Wis., local interests have organized the American Veneer Company and intend to erect and equip a large new veneer mill on a tract of twenty acres ac- quired from the Willow^ River Lumber Company. It is planned to begin work at once so that the production of the new mill may be placed at the disposal of the government w^ithout delay. Machin- ery and equipment is now being purchased. The mill will be elec- trically-operated throughout, taking power from the big hydro- electric plant on the Namakagon river at Hay^vard. The American Veneer Company is capitalized at $100,000 and its officers include George C. Glover, head of the Willow River Lumber Company, as president, and Clarence E. Wise, cashier of the Farmers* State Bank of Hayward, treasurer. The Medford Veneer Company, Medford, Wis., recently an- nounced that it has discontinued custom sawing and planing. The equipment used for this purpose has been offered for sale. The acorns of red oaks han^ two seasons, those of white oaks fall tlie first season. Most red oak aeorus are very bitter, those of milder. wliite oaks ar All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 32 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section October 25, 1918 Are you makmgf, or are you consider- mg the making of ^J airplane or sea- \ plane parts wkere • Spanish Cedar lumber or veneer Mexican Mahogany African Mahogany will be used? We nave the logs — We nave a moaern veneer ana saw^mill — We are experienced in man- ufacturing sucn material. Conclusion : You can entrust to us your orders and be sure of delivery witnm a reasonable time. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Company Plant and Yard, Long Island City, N. Y. General Offices, 347 Madison Ave., N. Y. !f?&'^BS?Ff,i|pil|i' ^^"-" 1 ^^ — ' t i**<^S Made in St. Louis by X Sllouis Baskets Box Co. WE MANUFACTURE a complete line of Built-up Stock in most any size or thickness, including Walnut, Ma- hogany, Quartered and Plain Oak, Ash, Gum. Plain or Figured Birch, Yellow Pine, S y c a m ore, Cotton- wood, etc. ESTABLISHED IMO WRITE for COMPLETE PRICE LIST All Three of Us Will Bo Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1018 HARDWOOD RECORD 33 {Continued from page 24) to be a repetition of the work and not complete. With tliis en- larged American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association with five hundred manufacturing members and a possibility of three times that number in the Southland, the exchange of this information every month in sectional meetings will be Worth a lot of money to the southern hardwood manufacturers and will put them in the same position that the hardwood manufacturers in Michigan and Wisconsin are owing to their present system of exchange of in- formation on stocks, values, sales, etc. In the past there has been too little exchange of data as to manufacturing cost. While mountain and valley logging are dif- ferent jiropositions, as would be pjroven by an exchange of cost records in the Mississippi valley and in West Virginia, yet be- cause of lack of co-operative eifort and the exchange of ideas, oak was permitted to get down in the depths. In fact, manufacturers got so careless of its value or an appreciation of the wood, that at times during the past year it was cheaper than it was five years ago. 5Vith this consolidated organization backed by all the manufac- turers in the Southland, that is, by their coming into the organi- zation and supporting it not only by giving information but finan- cially, there could be a leveling of values which will mean a steady market, not necessarily an abnormal price, and backed with good manufacturing cost figures exchanged between members, a stan- dard value could be placed on a wood that will satisfy the con- sumer better and make possible the maintenance of a reasonable price at all times. A consumer talking about this question recently said: "Why don't the boys get together? There is a range of $2t) in their quotations. It makes a buyer uneasy." He doesn't know where he is at and until the lumber trade as a whole standardizes its values as well as its methods, it makes it difficult for a con- sumer to make his plans in standardizing prices of furniture, im- plements or other wood manufactures. The exchange of information by the 500 members to start with. covering logging operations, building of railroads, skidding, load- ing and handling logs to the mill; the adoption of some method of meeting the increased labor costs which would be fair to the em- ploye as well as to the manufacturer, and standardizing values for good sawing or yarding or loading lumber, will all tend to better manufacture and marketing of the product. There is a provision, as you will see, in this resolution that the consolidated association at the meeting to be held at Louisville, December 11, will decide what will be done on the inspection prob- lem. It is desirable to the members of the committees, and we hope it will be the desire of every lumber manufacturer in the country, that one set of inspection rules will be the result of the organization of this association and the continuance of the na- tional body now in force. It is hoped that the National Hardwood Lumber Association will join with tlie newly launched consolidated American Hardwood ' Manufacturers ' Association to work this jiroblem out to the bene- fit of all. It isn't the object of the men who are working out this consolidation to bring about a fight or plan anything but closer atfiliation among the manufacturers of hardwood lumber in the United States, to the end that the industry will always put forth a solid front wherever it is represented before legislative or com- mercial bodies. It is hoped that the result of the present con- solidation will mean in days to .come one association with two branches — one, manufacturer strictly, and the other the wholesaler strictly, all working together for the upbuilding of the industry and standardization of grade and values; prevention of confiscatory legislation that may be an outcome of the well organized economic conditions in America; the preparation by local manufacturers in woods to put into effect under the new Webb law, the machinery for taking care of the unprecedented demand for hardwoods abroad and meeting the demand that will naturall}^ come from two years' respite by the furniture, interior finish, vehicle, auto- mobile and other large industries now at rest by order of the government. ' Government Control The question in the minds of some people now is whether when the war is over — and that seems to be in the near future — the government will want to continue controlling purchases for export. There is no doubt our Allies, in building up their country after the war, will nat- urally for financial and other reasons, probably supervise purchases in this counfry for export. The rule prevailing in England, adopted last May, provides that no Englishman can buy, sell or barter, without government confirmation, in this country through the mission organized with offices in New York City, and means that credits are guaranteed, and the market in England will be a sinecure, if prices and credits are right. If it is true, and there does not seem to be much doubt about it, that there is a dearth of lumber in England and material is so scarce that you can sell your old cellar door for almost the price of new lumber, this market should be taken care of and appropriations made to that end, competition from other countries met, and through the associations' work we should get our share of that busiuess. France will probably require a greater amount of lumber than she lias ever bought from America, and whatever the method of procedure, ]irobably governmental control will assist the various organizations to handle that business in a more safe and sane way than has been the case in years past. It means, if we interpret the matter correctly, that lumber will be sold through association channels rather than han- dled individually. There will be no more consignments in the future. This will be a Godsend, because they not only prevented the manufac- turer from getting a fair price, but were an eyesore to every broker ever there, including those concerns who are represented directly in Europe. It is up to us as an industry to segregate the various inter- ests and form enough sales companies to be able to take care of this business and handle it with the idea of perpetuating the demand. The Eighty Per Cent War Tax There is no American citizen, no matter how much or how little he has, who does not wish to support to the limit every request from the government for taxes, Liberty Bonds, or anything else that will assure the protection of liberty and democracy all over the world, but in the suggestions from the various departments looking after the financing of the war, etc., and working out this tax proposition, lumber and other industries are being milked without a fair basis to start on. In the first place eighty per cent of values as determined by a theoretical board, with only half the facts on which to build their valuation, seems to us like an injustice to such business men as lumbermen, who have himg on by their eyebrows for a long time in order to have their prop- erty placed on a legitimate basis. The Government not permitting values to be buUt up in this way, is taking the birthright away from these men, and insisting that the price they sell at shall be so and so, and taxing them on the extreme basis. The old saying that everj-thing is fair in love and war may be a good adage, but as an illustration of what we mean, the purchase by the government on values built up on a theory, is costing the men furnishing the railroads — private corporations, although operated by the government — with material at $5.00 less than it is worth. This is not fair to our industry. If it were timber that was to go into gov- ernment built and owned boats, it would be different, but the people of America are not going to permit the government to control the railroads in the future, and why should any one industry be used to help support the transportation companies whose stock has been 34 HARDWOOD RECORD Octobpr 25, 1918 watprcd to the limit and has bccu and is being paid more per thousand for transportation than the service is' worth? It is about time we got real representation at Washington, not onlj' ill the legislative sense, but as a consolidated industry, to protect us from theoretical legislators and war boards who are not big or broad .enough to see tlie other fellow's side of it. You can always count on the lumber trade to support President Wilson, or the machinery which Uncle Sam needs to meet his problems, but for heaven's sake we want a fair show like the dear farmer and the pure, unadulterated, honest laboring man. If the son of toil is the Pnritan — and this includes tlie farmer — the business men are angels, because nothing is ever pulled off in America but that they are called upon first and more often, and they respond with that patriotism that is characteristic of a liroad-ganged honest man. The Marketing of Spruce A committee from the Pacific coast aircraft production section was in Wasliington last week and was received with open arms, because of the splendid efforts put forth to secure the greatest production to supply the aircraft factories with spruce material. The Washington Iniards were well pleased. Through the same committee, really sup- poi'ted by the war purchases board, the spruce industry has asked for relief on account of the large stock of siding and dimension left on tlieir yards, dne to the fact that the government wants only straight grained spruce for the airplane factories, which is only about 20 per cent of the product. The eighty per cent of the best cut of the trees in the forests must therefore be utilized for some other purpose. Tliere is, therefore, some justice in the request that spruce be favored, but it opens up the big question which is being faced by other lumber manufacturers in other sections. As an instance; with a consumption of the upper grades of gum practically down to 40 or 50 per cent of the production of that material, what is the gum lumber manufacturer to do? Carry his stock or shut down the mill? In many cases the mills are being shut down, or not running over 50 per cent of normal capacity, and that condition prevails with every producer of stock who has been supplying the furniture, automobile and planing mill trade, which are practically declared non-essentials, and therefore consuming the minimum of hardwoods produced. We have no doubt that the war board is endeavoring to help wher- ever it can, as illustrated by this body urging box manufacturers to utilize this spruce. But what can the box men do? They have more lumber on hand now than they ever had before, with the idea of assist- ing the transportation situation and being ready to meet the govern- ment's demands for 100 per cent boxes for foods and other essentials for overseas. Has the Treasury Department made any provisions with the bankers of this country to aid in the carrying of this extra stock? One happy thought in connection with this program is the endeavor to purchase 60,000,000 feet of birch logs in order to meet the demand for airplane stock, and this will be largely built-up wood, and will balance production better than in the case of yellow pine, fir or other sjiecial woods. But in order to bring the matter to your attention we cite this spruce case, as it will affect other woods more or less, and tliere should be provision made either for curtailment or utilization that will jirevent choking of an industry and sending some of our manufacturers into the bankruptcy courts, because it takes a lot of money to carry two-thirds of any production in lumber. This article is not wi-itten in the spirit of criticism but rather to suggest co-operation between government and industry that will help work out the problems confronting all factors concerned. Essentials If oil, coal and ore permit of building of values for the lands and its product, why should the war boards discriminate against timber when computing values on an investment which has taken years to accumulate, and the owner should benefit by present-day values? It seems to us that values should be figured from costs from time to time rather than be computed in the manner in which the war board's committee on costs has placed timber, which is on a different basis from other products that come out of the earth instead of on top of it. The logging equipment as well as the plant are just as repre- sentative and should be wiped off the books, because when the tim- ber'is gone they are not worth ten cents on the dollar, and the lum- bermen and timlior owner suffer that mucli from lack of ajqiropriate representation. It is hoped that the conference in Washington on Monday of next week of the timber interests of the country will demonstrate to the legislators at Washington that this is an error that should be remedied. It Pays to Be Near Washington The transjiortation companies of this country are responsible for a loss of business to lumber operators in far distant markets, and while Congress keeps on making laws and giving sujiport to the President in his war program to meet this condition, it is to be hoped that when the railroads are turned back to their owners there will be a provision making it necessary for said railroad owners, if they are to keep their property they must provide proper transportation for the needs of the country. Illustrating what I mean. All the munition plants are largely in the East, owing to their proximity to the seaboard, thus reducing transportation facilities to the minimum. If a man is manufactur- ing lumlier in North Carolina and Virginia, or anyivhere on the coast, he naturally gets the best of all orders, because he is only one or two days' run from the shipyards t>v the other utilization plants where materials are necessary without danger of being embargoed or de- layed for lack of engines, or some other reason, which has caused the business people of America millions of dollars, owing to the fact that the railroad men liave not been big or broad enough to meet the needs of the growth of our industrial conditions. We don 't believe in government owiiersliip, but we do realize that there should be some degree of equity that would insure the public being benefited by corporations who claim to be operated for the bene- fit of the dear people. E. H. D. Encouraging News of Government's Attitude Toward Embargo Much misapprehension in regard to the effect of the embargo re- imposed lately upon hardwoods, among other kinds of freight pass- ing especially over the Southern railroads on the way north, seems to prevail, and is only now being dissipated to a considerable ex- tent. A representative of a Baltimore firm who went to Washing- ton recently to see the traffic committee of the division of opera- tions of the car service section, and obtain information as to the chance of getting shipments of hardwoods through, came back with the report that the import of the embargo had been largely misconstrued, and that there was no intention to interfere with bona fide business, even though it had nothing to do with war activities. The chief purpose of imposing some restrictions was to prevent speculative shipments for which buyers were not in sight, and which might be expected to lumber up sidings and keep cars out of service for an indefinite length of time, and thereby bring about a return of the congestion which prevailed last winter. The ear service section aims, by means of the regulation issued, to keep control of the situation, so as to be able to take a hand in relieving tie-ups whenever they occur and threaten to block the movement of essentials. The Baltimore hardwood man was assured that not a single permit remained in the office of the section unattended to, and that they were issued as soon as received, the only requirement being that the firm or corporation asking for a permit should certify that the lumber intended to be moved was really needed for a legitimate purjjose, and that it would be readily handled on arrival at destination. Even the stocking up of yards is not inter- fered with, officials said, it being the purpose of the authorities to give every encouragement possible to such trade as might develop. This will be news to many members of the trade, who had enter- tained the belief that no permits would be issued except those de- signed to facilitate the delivery of hardwoods for some one of the uses related to war industries. In this connection it was men- tioned by the Washington officials that the Potomac yards were not at present taxed to their capacity by a good deal, and that there was nothing in the way of shipments from the South to the North going through without any real delay. • October 25, 1918 The Lumhermans Round Table Are You Proud of Your Letters? Many lumber concerns are doing more of their selling by mail than ever before. With salesmen who formerly maintained the point of contact with customers gone to war, and with stocks being disposed of largely by means of correspondence, the need for better letters and a closer study of letter writing seems to be almost self-evident. The formal, routine, stereotyped letter is obsolete. The com- munication whicli gets attention, and which is really effective in bringing the customer to the point where he is walling to dictate a favorable reply, is one into which the writer has put real meat, and which sounds as his conversation would have sounded had lie been present jjcrsonally to offer the stock which he is presenting by mail. Knowing something about the linos of the concern to which the letter is being written, and something about its special require- ments, will help to make the letter productive, inasmuch as it will be more specialized in character than otherwise. Looking over the record of past transactions before writing a sales letter will enable the lumberman, even if he is not familiar with the account, to write the kind of letter that will pull a favorable reply in a large number of cases. The chances are that if the hardwood man who is handling the sales letters for his concern were to look over the carbon copies of those that he signed today, and to study them from the standpoint of constructive criticism, he would find them rather colorless — as though the writer had endeavored to put as little personality into them as possible. Yet a touch of personal and individual feeling here and there will put the spark of life into any letter — and that is the quality that makes for results. Half an hour or so spent in studying better letter-writing methods would enable many a lumberman to improve this department of his business very materially. Co-operation That Counts It was recently reported that the lumbermen of one of the eastern cities were going to work more closely in harmony here- after in that they would co-operate by making surplus stocks avail- able to each other in filling orders. This is "old stuff" to those who are familiar with the methods which h^ve been employed in many of the important hardwood markets of the Ohio valley and Central South. The local lumber clubs of those cities have done no more valuable work than in increasing co-operation of this char- acter. If a hardwood man needs a few thousand feet of a certain item in order to make up a car, he doesn 't hesitate to call up a competitor and ask him for the stock. The latter sells it at a sufficiently close price to let the other fellow make something, while at the same time scoring a reasonable profit himself. The customer gets quicker action than would otherwise be the case, the car is shipped with a full load instead of a minimum load, and everybody benefits. One result of this friendly effort to make all of the local stocks serve as a reserve 'supply for everybody doing business in the market is to increase the utility of that market from the stand- point of the consumer. The latter gets to appreciate the fact that certain towns can always deliver the goods, no matter how unusual or hard to locate the lumber may be. It is impossible for any com- pany, no matter how large, always to have a complete stock of every hardwood item, and that is why co-operation of a very real and helpful character can be extended by all of those actually carrying stocks and having a local supply of hardwood lumber on their yards. Using the Waterways Efforts are to be made to establish a barge line service on the Ohio river, under government auspices. If this is brought about, all of the efforts which have been made to make the stream naviga- ble all the year 'round will have been justified. It has been the custom in many quarters constantly to refer to waterways improve- ments as pork-barrel expenditures, but lumbermen, who know to what good purposes such transportation facilities may be put, will be inclined to differ with critics of this temper. The Ohio river used to have many a floating sawmill that worked up and down the stream, getting enough logs right along its banks to enable it to keep its saws busy. Those days have long passed, but still the river is an important carrier of logs in raft and lum- ber by boat. With cheap rates for barge transportation, there is no reason why lumber traffic on the river should not greatly increase, helping the maker and seller of lumber and at the same time relieving the burden of the railroads. The latter consideration is one that no doubt is being considered seriously by the federal authorities in charge of the administration of the railroads. One of the benefits of the change of organization is that the railroad competition which made it difdcult for water lines to exist will no longer be in evidence in the event that barge lines such as those contemplated are put into operation. The Lumber Inspector News that one of the leading eastern markets has decided to increase the rate at which inspectors are paid reminds the reader that here is one factor in the business who is not always appre- ciated at his true value. In many a big consuming factory about the only one who knows anything about lumber is the inspector. The stock is unloaded from the car by men who are totally unfamiliar with its kind, texture or measurement, and the qualified inspector is one of the company 's greatest assets. The same is true in large measure in many lumber yards, especially those rehandling mixed ears of hard- woods, where the skill of the inspector is needed to enable the stock to be managed and assorted to the best advantage. Inspection is the knottiest feature of the hardwood business, as it is of all other branches of the industr.y, and the man who knows how to handle this detail is not only valuable to his employer, but has almost unlimited capacity for advancement. The most suc- cessful lumbermen, it can be ventured, are those who have handled a rule and tally-book on a lumber pile themselves, and who know lumber because they got acquainted with it in the beginning in this practical way. July Wood Exports and Imports The Department of Commerce has published figures showing July exports and imports of various forest products from and into the United States. The items which follow are from that report: EXPOUT.S. July. 1!I17 July, 1918 KiHiml logs $ 51,717 .$ 35,608 S(|iiare timl)pr 237,021 179,077 Kailro.nd ties 223.707 183,428 Lumber 1,684,658 4,565,918 Doors, sash and blinds 13,614 16,577 Wooden furniture 233,900 257,064 Handles 60,413 115,252 r.arrels 36,975 92,517 Shooks 117,159 608.469 Staves 295,863 309,397 Total all exports $3,838,831 $7,783,305 The imports of forest products into the United States during July, 1917 and 1918, are given in the figures which follow: Spanish cedar $ 67,657 $ 101.308 Mahogany 181.787 173,142 All other round logs 86,037 56,319 Pulpwood 1,025,183 2,150,283 Furniture 35,752 4,372 Total imports of all forest products $10,135,428 ,f 10,566,847 —35— 36 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1918 LWt^giL')twtrow?w'^^^M^^Wi^aMlTOw^w;^^li^^ The Mail Bag B1203— Black Locust Wanted Keokuk. Iowa. 0ifcM)iOB»iTO.'>tTOaitaiK)^TOg^TOg)^^ itiijt;at'a)>tiwi*t'awtwi)i>»s>i»ii)ai!>^t^^ ' j Clubs and Associations Logging Association Meeting Postponed. The Southern Logging Association has notified its members th:it it has boon found advisable to postpone the meeting till November 12. 13 and 14, at which time the association will meet at Hotel Grunowald, New Orleans. The postponement was made necessary on account of the pro"- hiliition of public meetings by boards of health because of the prevailing epidemic. Convention of Tie Contractors A meeting of contractors engaged in the railroad tie business has been called for November 19, at St. Louis, Mo. This meeting has been ar- ranged for by the >St. Louis chamber of commerce for the purpose of dis- cussing the conditions existing in the tie industry and the establishment een called to the variation in prices that have been quoted on some of the recent schedules issued by the Navy Department. The prices in some instances vary as much as ,$2.t.0O per M ft. We know it has been the practice in the past, where a bill of lumber was not desirable, to quote high prices simply to keep on the activf* mailing list of prospective bidders, and with no hope of getting the business. This practice, we believe, is harmful to the trade and has already resulted in serious criticism by the government authorities at Washington, and is a practice, that if continued, cannot help but be harmful to' the industry. We therefore, suggest to the meniliers of this association, that where they are not in a position to furnish the lumber, or have no desire for the business, and do not care whether they receive the onier or not. that they do not bid er Com- pany was then established with a capital of $800,000. The Dubuque busi- ness was also incorporated about this time as the Standard Lumber Com- pany, with $500,000 capital. Mr. Ingram became president of this com- pany and also the Wabasha Lumber Company. In 1883 he organized the Rice Lake Lumber Company, capital $6)»0,000. and became its president. He was also president of the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company, a mammoth concern at that time, capitalized at $1,000,000. Among other important business conpections he was presi- dent of the Kau Claire National bank, the THE LATE E. TRUE BENNETT. MEMPHIS, TENN. THE LATE ORRIN II. INGRAM. CLAIRE, WIS. EAU THE LATE A. I'. STEELE. SARDIS, MISS. 38 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1918 Union National hank, director in tho Iliidson Sawmill Company, presi- dent of the Eau Claire Water Works Company, president of the Fort Scott Luii.lier Company, treasurer of the .\nthracite Coal Company of Alberta. Can., a concern with a capital stock of over ffl.OOn.OOO. Louis H. Lothman Dies In Service Louis II. Lothman. assistant treasurer of the Lothman Cypress Company, St. Louis, died in St. Paul, Minn., on October 12, while in the air service of the United States .Vrmy. Death was due to inthienza. He was twenty-seven years old and a native of St. Louis. After attending the public schools and Smith Academy, he entered the employment of his father and for three years has been manager of the Foster-Lothman Lumber mills at Oshkosh, Wis. He was the son of William Lothman. president of the Lothman Cypress Company, and identified with several other enterprises along that line with mills in Alcazar. Batchelor and Napoleonville, La. Mr. Lothman was married in this city several years ago to Miss Bertha Lipps, who survives him. Henry S. Boykin Dies Southwestern lumber circles wore thrown into grief by the death of Henry S. Boykin. general sales manager of the Chicago Coal & Lumber Company with Houston. Tex., headquarters. His death occurred in that city October 12. Mr. Boykin was born in Caasata, .\la., July 3, 1S74, and received his first lumber experience with the old Beaumont Lumber Com- pany in 1892. After the Kirby merger he organized the II. S. Boykin Lumber Company which he later sold and went with the Ford & Isbell Lumber Company of Ft. Worth. He went with the Chicago company upon its organization by his brother Lorenzo J. Boykin who became president and general manager. He was very popular in lumber circles from the great lakes to the gulf and his death ended the career of one of the most promising of the younger generation of lumbermen. J. Newton Scatcherd Victim of Pneumonia Much regret was caused to the lumlier industry upon the death of J. Newton Scatcherd. which occurred on October 14. after a week's illness of pneumonia. He was the son of the late John N. Scatcherd and was Jong associated with him in the hardwood lumber business. He was born in Buffalo on June 2, 1885, and attended Hill school, Tottstown, Pa. At school he established a reputation as a footliall player and was one of the most promising polo players at the country club. Genial and of generous nature, he had a great many friends. lie is survived by his widow and two young children, besides a sister, Mrs. G. Milburn, Jr.. of New York. The Godfrey Log Conveyor Every mill, whether large or small, has the lal>or pi-oblem to face. The handling of logs from cars or trucks to stiu'age piles and from storage to mill means a tremendous expenditure of human labor. Why not move this large bulk and weight entirely by power? The God- frey log conveyor can handle your logs at a great saving not only of money, but it can reduce the need of mill yard laborers to a minimum. The hoist operated by one man can move the logs either way across a span of any length up to 500 feet. Electric, gas or steam power is used. The conveyor can be placed at any angle to railroad or mill and is easily LIEUT. CIIAPIN C. BARR, WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN FRANCE Photograph was received too late to be used in connection with account of his death, run in our last issue GOIlFREY LOG CONVEYOR reset to accommodate change of storage space or handling requirements. The manufact\irer, John F. Godfrey, Elkhart, Ind., invites interested parties to send views of their mill goods, and receive, in return, rough sketches suggesting the hevst location of the log handling equipment. Points in the Lumber Embargo A liullctin distributed by the Hardwood JIanufacturers' Association, Cincinnati, emphasizes the following points regarding the lumber em- bargo : Reconsigument of lumber is absolutely prohibited to the embargoed territory. This will absolutely stop the practice of putting cars In transit. Embargoes do not apply on less than car load shipments but it is not expected that a shipper will split up a car load of lumber in order to defeat the embargo. When it is necessary for shipments of rough lumber to be stopped off in transit for milling or dressing, one permit only is necessary, providing that the ultimate consumer in making out his application, shows that :t !s necessary tor shipment to be stopped at a milling point tor this purpose and permit so issued. The United War Work Campaign On November H a campaign will begin for raising ?170..'.00.000 for war purposes, but this is not to be a bond sale. The money given will be a gift to certain organizations which will spend it for the good of soldiers and sailors. It is a united campaign to raise the whole amount which will then be distributed among seven organizations in the following sums : Young Men's Christian Association $100,000,000 Young Women's Christian Association 15.000.000 National Catholic War Council 30.000.000 Jewish Welfare Board 3,500,000 War Camp Community Service IS.OOo.iiOO .\merican Lilirary .\ssociation 3.500,(iiiO Salvation Army '. 3.500.000 The total sum seems small in comparison with the lll)erty loans which the country has been raising : and there is no doubt that the sum will be forthcoming. Neither is there any doubt that the money will be spent where every dollar of it will do good. Building Permits for September Building permits, issued duriug the last half of September came under the ban of the War Industries Board order, prohibiting all but strlctlj essential construction. During the first half of the month, there was a somewhat wider scope to the character of the work. The general effect of the restriction was no doubt to lessen the volume of the building to be undertaken. In a few cities there was reported a temporary stimulatioin to the issuance of permits, under the mistaken Impression of prospectivp builders that once a permit was granted by the city authorities, work might proceed without interference, but the percentage of the permits issued due to that ^-ause was perhaps on the whole inconsiderable. In view of the sharp restrictions placed upon construction work by the government, the showing made last month must be regarded as satisfac- tory. It does not include the en,ormous amount of construction work directly undertaken by the government but. inste-ad, only private work, most of it of an essential character, not only permitted by the authorities at Washington, but much of it actually urged as aids in winning the war. The building permits, issued in 133 principal cities of the United States, as officially reported to the Amcricnn Contractor, for September, 1918, total $35,431. is", as compared with $50,724,143 tor September, 1917, a decrease of 30 per cent : but .a decrease of- over 50 per cent, as compared with September, IIUO, in which month 115 cities reported building permits aggregating $70.'.)80.1(U. Of the 133 cities reporting last month. 47, or 35 per cent, show gains. The largest of the cities thus reporting gains are Baltimore and Detroit, OctolMT 25. 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 39 Will You Take a Little Trouble to Help These Boys Have Comfort? The Y. M. C. A. needs men for war service. The nation has given generously in money for this work but money won't do everything — certainly not in war. The Y. M. C. A. is in special need of men to serve as Truck Drivers and Mechanics, 75 Drivers and 25 Mechanics every month. We are making this appeal to the business men — the employers of the country to get those men for us. The Y. M. C. A. service behind and on the battle lines is a highly organized business. And as in every other big business, transportation is one of its greatest needs. The canteen stocks have to be kept moving or the boys go without the comforts they crave so much — tobacco — chocolate — pastry — little army "luxuries." After a long march or a hard fight or a trick in the trenches the boys flock to the "Y" canteen. And it sure is tough if the "Y" man has to say "Nothing doing boys, the truck didn't get in today." Suppose your boy were there! The Y. M. C. A. does not want men who are eligible for the army. But there are men in this country (lots of them) V ho are over 37 years old and are not in Class 1 of the draft and who know how to drive a truck or keep an engine in shape. We want them. We want 100 a month. Maybe you have a man with that training working for you or you know such a man somewhere. Maybe he has not realized how much he can do to help the All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if boys. A little talk from you would start him our way. Will you act as a recruiting officer to get that man for us? There is no profit in this work for any man who serves but he will get his living and his family, if he has one, will be taken care of and all his life he will rejoice over the service he has rendered. Talk with men you know who might do this work. Explain to them the need for their service. Get them interested and thinking. In order that you may talk to such men on the best basis fill in and mail the coupon and we will furnish full information. Help lis get these Men Ed M. Willis, Y. M. C. A., 347 Madison Ave., New York. It may be possible for me to get recruits for Y. M. C. A. truck service in France. Please send me full information regarding that service. Signature .... Street and No Town and State You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 40 HARDWOOD RECORD Octolipr •25, 11)18 ^HEELER. JlMLIN £ UMBER C9M,^,^,!^I MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWOOD - HEMLOCK - PINE Wausau, Wis. Walnut Of Character and Color Manufactured at Kansas City, U. S. A. Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness Thirty-five years' experience IN WALNUT ONLY Prompt Shipment, and Guaranteed Inspection FRANK PURCELL 515 Dwight Building, KANSAS CITY, MO. In both of which there Is a strong demand tor construction, due directly or indirectly to war work. The same reason applies to most of the other cities that make favorable comparisons. At some of these, as at Camden, N. J. ; Erie, Pa. ; Davenport, la. ; Huntington, W. Va. ; Norfolk, Va ; Youngstown, Ohio, the government has engaged in, or urged, extensive housing operations. In other cities, industrial expansion, due to war needs, has given a decided impetus to construction. Among the more important cities that gained last mouth in the building permits issued were Atlanta, Ga. ; Birmingham, Ala. ; Columbus, Ohio ; Dayton, Ohio ; Des Moines, la. ; Duluth, Minn. ; Jackson. Mich. ; Kansas City, Kans. ; Law- rence, Mass. : New Orleans ; Richmond. Va. ; San .\ntonio, Tex. : Schenec- tady, N. Y., and Waterbury, Conn. On the Pacific coast there was a steady continuation of activity in construction work, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Oakland, Los Angeles .and Long Beach all showing gains, due to activities for the government, mainly shipbuilding. The large increase at Des Moines was due to a permit for the $800,000 MlUane hotel. At Camden, N. J., 100 houses for shipbuilders accounted for $312,000. The permit for a $200,000 railroad shop at Jackson, Mich., occasioned the gain there. Queens borough, New York, made a substantial increase. In these 133 cities reporting, the total number of permits issued was 18,358, compared with 19,057 for September last year. Substituting Machines for Hand Woodwork From clothing and food for poor Belgian refugees to sawmills is a long jump in relief work, but it is typical of American Red Cross service. The Belgian commission of the Red Cross has just authorized the installa- tion of a complete sawmill at the refugee colony of old men, women and children at Chartreuse, France. The men at Chartreuse manufacture wooden shoes for the living and coflins for the dead. They supply a number of Belgian colonies. At present the workmen at Chartreuse cut 2,000 blocks of wood per mouth by hand for wooden shoes, but many pieces are spoiled. Moreover, poplar suitable for this work now costs $40 as compared to $30 a few months ago, but it can be bought in the rough for $10. With the sawmill the loss from hand cutting and the saving from buying wood in the rough will both increase the output of wooden shoes and materially lower their cost. Importation of Balsa Wood The War Trade Board has, by a new ruling, placed restrictions upon the importation of balsa wood, including ceiba wood and other light woods usually designated as balsa wood. .\11 outstanding licenses have been revoked as, to ocean shipment from abroad after <.)ctotier 10. 1918, and no further licenses will be issued, except to cover shipments made from abroad on or before October 10, 191S, shipments frojn Canada or Jlexlco by other than ocean transporta- tion, shipment from Europe or Mediterranean Africa when coming as re- turn cargo from convenient ports where loading can be done without delay, and shipments not covered by the above provisions to a total of not to exceed 1,000.000 board feet. The amount permitted to come forward will be allocated by the Bureau of Imports. Hardwood ^ews ^otes < MISCELLANEOUS > The Moore Crate Company, Bald Knob, Ark., has surrendered its charter. The Morrison Waters Piano Company with a capital of $50,000, has succeeded the Knabe Brothers Company, Cincinnati, O. At Buffalo, N. Y., the Victor Box & Mill Company has been Incorporated with $5,000. The Suncrest Lumber Company Is organizing at Crestmont, N. C. The deaths of the following have recently been announced : H. W. Glese of the H. W. Glese Hardwooil Lumlier Company, St. Louis, Mo.; George A. Doyle, president of the Winyah Lumber Company, Georgetown, S. C. ; A. D. Weber, vice-president and treasurer of the O. M. Weber Com- pany, North Wales, Pa. The name of the Wisconsin Duplex Auto Company, Oshkosh, Wis., has been changed to the Osbkosh ^lotor Truck Manufacturing Company. The Mocksville Furniture Company, Mocksvilie, N. C, has sustained a loss by fire as has also the Salisbury Woodworking Citmpany, Salisbury, Md. At Beaumont, Tex., the Nechcs Shipbuilding Company has been incor- porated. The Scarritt-Comstock Furniture Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., has filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy. The Little River Land & Lumber Company has been incorporated at Fort Smith, Ark. Other incorporations are: The Steinlt;i tehee I^umber Company, Clara, Fla. ; the Bradley I^umber & Manufacturing Company, -Vshepoo, S. C. ; the Texas Crate & Basket Company, San Antonio, Tex., capital $36,000 ; the Dominion Lumber & Handle Company, Bristol, Tenn. =■< CHICAGO >• The visitors at French Lick this fall as usual included a number of prominent lumbermen. During the month of October we discovered R. L. Jurden and wife of Memphis, Tenn. ; Frank R. Gadd, assistant to the president of the Hardwood Jlanufacturers of the United States, Cincin- nati ; Chester Young of the Korn-Conkling Lumber Company, Cincinnati ; Charles M. Smalley of the E. A. Thornton Lumber Company. Chicago, and Herman II. llettler, the distinguished chairman of the lumbermen's com- mittee responsible for raising over $4,000,000 to the Fourth Liberty Loan. Mr. Ilcttlcr left shortly after this splendid result had been accomplished. The National Phonograph Company, city, has increased its capital stock to $30,000. The local lumber trade was well represented in the Liberty Loan parade which took place on Saturday afternoon, October 12, starting at noon. There has been a change in ownership in the Progressive Screen Com- pany, city. Among recent visitors in Chicago from various parts of the country were the following : From the North, C. A. Bigclow of the Kneeland- Bigelow Company, Bay City, Mich.; H. N. Ilalsted of the Halsted-IIughes I^uniber Company, and Robert Blackburn, both of Milwaukee ; J. H. OMella of the J. II. O'Melia Lumber Company, Rhinelander, Wis. ; II. F. Below of the H. F. Below Lumber Company, Marinette, Wis. ; W. C. Boden All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 191S HARDWOOD RECORD 41 of the Kueeland-McLurg Lumhcr fcimixiny. I'liillips, Wis. Ficm the South, T. E. Jones of the F. T. Dooloy Lumber Company, Memphis, ami L. n. llurrelle of the L. D. Murrelle Lumbei- Company of the same city : G. B. Fulton of the Charles F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Company, St. Louis, Sic, and W. H. Herbertson of the Pine Plume Lumber Company, Savannah, Ga. =■< BUFFALO >- The Curtiss Aeroplane & Jlotors Corporation expects to double its working force before the first of the year, which will give it about 20,000 employes. It will be turning out 100 battle planes a day under contract with the government, besides continuing to make flying boats for the navy. With such a large working force the scarcity of houses here makes it probable that much additional house building will have to be done. The wooden canal fleet is saving the day on the new Erie barge water- way and Is vindicating the old canal style of handling freight by coming in forty strong at a time and carrying off the block of wheat which the management had taken. New boats are not numerous yet, but they are large enough to carry about as much again as the old boats used to, and next year with twelve feet of water. Instead cjf eight at present, a fleet Is promised that is adequate to make the most of this additional depth. They are trying to make politics of the canal this fall. Gen. W. W'. Wotherspoon, superintendent of public works, says that it is finished, which means eight feet deep, but Alfred E. Smith, democratic nominee for governor, says that it is not finished, which means twelve feet, and he will finish it. Two days before the end of the Liberty Loan campaign the Buffalo lum- bermen, under the leadership of Horace F. Taylor, president of the Lum- ber Exchange, announced that their allotment of $1.-100,000 had been exceeded by about 51100,000. The subscriptions numbered about 155 and Included many employes as well as the dealers themselves. The list is not very perfect yet, but as it has been given out the following are among the larger subscribers : Great Southern Lumber Company, $200,000 ; Taylor & Crate, with officers and employes, $100,000 ; Ella Conger Good- year, ?100,000 : Norwich Lumber Company (Goodyear), $80,000; Hugh McLean Lumber Company, $75,000 ; Estate of F. H. Goodyear, Ganson and Lucia Depew. G. Elias & Bro., Jackson & Tindle, each $50,000; Mont- gomery Bros. & Co. and A. J. Chestnut Lumber Co., each $35,000 ; Haines Lumber Company and Atlantic Lumber Company, each $25,000 ; Jeanette B. Goodyear, $24,000 ; Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company, T. Sullivan & Co., Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling, C. Boiler's Sons, A. J. Delaphlante and Hendricks-Caskey Company, each $20,000 ; Yeager Lumber Company, $17,000 ; Graves, Maubert & George, Hurd Bros., Buffalo, Lumber Dealers' Association, each $15,000 ; Standard Hardwood Lumber Company, Hunt- ington & Finke and Mrs. Charles Goodyear, each $10,000; Miller, Sturm & Miller, George M. Zimmermann and Dohn, Fischer & Beyer, each $5,000. The Buffalo Lumber Exchange enjoyed a chestnut-hunting excursion ou October 10, this being the only outing held so far this year. A large party made the trip, spending the afternoon in the open. Quoit-pitching and baseball were the features of the day, next to the chestnuts, which were plentiful, and the beefsteak dinner, which was thoroughly enjoyed ami reflected great culinary skill and energy on the part of the cooks, who were Fred M. Sullivan, Elmer J. Sturm, Charles N. Perrin, Eugene Nos- trand and Eugene Carson. The chairman of the outing committee was W. P. Betts. =-< PITTSBURGH >= The Ducjuesne Lumber Company reports a fair business, especially in the East. Its industrial trade has been very good until recently, and in general R. C. Hermann has no special kick to make. The Iron City Lumber Company is doing a nice business shipping a large amount of lumber on government orders. A good portion of this goes to the eastern market, especially to New Jersey points. The Bradley Lumber Company is opening up two new mills in Green- brier county, W, Va., this week to cut off a fine lot of white oak timber. Its hardwood operation in Fayette county is running about 50 per cent capacity on account of labor shortage. The Acorn Lumber Company finds that industrial trade has slumped off quite a lot this month. Prices are still holding pretty well, but would naturally ease off considerably were it not for the bad labor conditions at the mills. September building reports show that Pittsburgh fell off only two per cent, this city making the best record in this respect of any city in the country, except Houston, Tex., which had a like showing. The total for Pittsburgh in September was $710,000. Last week made a very unusual record, as not a single permit was issued in this city for new construction. J. N. Woollett, president of the Aberdeen Lumber Company reports demand considerably upset. Stocks of gum and Cottonwood are in such shape that he believes every wholesaler in these lines will do best to sit tight and keep his lumber rather than to try to coax winter trade by quot- ing lower prices. The Bruckman Lumber Company is now a 100 per cent government concern, as practically all of its output at its big yards at Preble avenue, north side, is for stock that is going directly or indirectly into government projects. Charles II. Bruckman, president of the company, has put in a very busy year and is now furnishing a big lot of stock for the West Penn Wistar, Underbill & Nixon PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Manufacturers of CYPRESS and GUM PALMER & PARKER COMPANY TEAK ENGLISH OAK CIRCASSIAN •WALNUT MAHOGANY VENEERS EBONY DOMESTIC HARDWOODS 103 Medford Street, Charlestown Dist. BOSTON, MASS. NVEYOR LOAD and UNLOAD Your Logs by Power A Time and Money Saver. In- expensive. Simple and Durable. Send for information and prices. JOHN F. GODFREY • ELKHART, IND. ' :ihmi ■■ /Ik^ The following stock is in excellent condition, ready for immediate shipment 5/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. ASH 41.000' 6/8" No. 2 Com. & Btr. BEECH 27.000; 5/4" No. 2 Cum. & BU. BEECH 300.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. & BIT. BEECH 286.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. i Btr. SOFT ELM 76.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. SOFT ElM i'>-'">V, 3/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. BIRCH *!'*°S; 4/4" No. 1 Com, & Btr. BIRCH 108J)00' 6/4" No. 2 Com. i Btr. BIRCH 51^000' 8/4" No. 2 Com & Btr. BIRCH iIS22 4/4" No. 3 Com. BIRCH IWr.. 6/4- No. 3 Com. BIRCH 5S-"5S 4/4- No. 1 Com. & Btr. UAPLB 48.000' 4/4" No. 1 & No. 2 Com. MAPLE 270.000' 6/4- No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE "'•""S 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE IS'SSSl 10/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE iMi'. 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE SS-SJSI 5/4" No. 3 Com. MAPLE .^^-SSS 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. SOFT MAPLE 130.000' IDEAL H/VRDWOOD SAWMILL Ar« putting In pile every month two and one-half million feet of cbolcut Northerg HlohlgaB Hardwoodi Stack Lumber Company Masonville, Michigan AH Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 42 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1918 ixiBiiiiiiiiiMiiiBiMiMiiiiiBimiiiiiiiimiinim^^ nmuniiiiioiK iiiiniiiiiniui«ini«iiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiniiiiiiHi) n iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiniii iiiiiiniiiiiiiiuiiniiiiiiiiii^ i gmiiiigimiuiiuiiiiiiiiiJiiuiiunuiiiiiJiiuiiiinniiniiHiiinniiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiininDniiiiir THEO. FATHAUER CO. 1428 CHERRY AVENUE Telephone Diversey 1 824 HARDWOOD LUMBER YARD CHICAGO. ILL. Direct Shipments in CAR AND CARGO LOTS a Specialty MILL HELENA, ARK Address Correspondence to Chicago Office t nrnnnramninnnmnirimimiiiimminniiiiiiHimuuimmnnmraiiiimwiuniiiiiiimnnumnitmMinwunim glBimmilllllllll iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyimiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiUM miii iiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiuiiiiMii^ operation of tlie Power Company's plant at Cheswick, Pa., and for the Consumers' Miners Company at the same place. Mayor E. V. Babcock, head of the Babcock Lumber Company, has been working from fourteen to sixteen hours per da.y the past two weeks in the Interest of the Fourth Liberty Loan. His efforts are weil rewarded, as Pittsburgh went "over the top" by nearly $10,000,000. The Frampton-Foster Lumber Company recently bought 5.000 acres of oak and hardwood timber at 'White 8ulphur Springs. W. Va., on the C. & O. railroad, where it now has four mills working. President P. M. Frampton announces that the company is now working sixteen small mills • on hardwood operations in tri-state territory. .< BOSTON y New Englaud shipbuilding is reported progressing rapidly at most of the yards. The incorporation of the Medoniak River Shipbuilding Com- pany for $200,000 has been recorded at I^ynn, Mass. The Eastern Lunibennen's Association has taken a charter under Maine laws, the object filed being to "promote and protect the interests of per- sons engaged in lumbering and operate in conjunction with the United States Employment Service." The Bradley Lumber & Manufacturing Company has been capitalized at Portland. Me., for $1,500,000. F. E. Dewey of the IT. S. Railway Administration, who had l)een dele- gated to act on permits for all New England forest products shipments, has turned the work over to J. H. Curtis, special agent of the Wash- ington office. Mr. Curtis will be located at the South Station, Boston, and all applications for permits not local to any one road should be addresseil to him. Wm. S. Rendle of the W. S. Rendle Company. Boston, has associated himself with Wm. F. Morang under the style of the Ri-umor Lumber Com- pany at Chelsea, Mass. ■< BALTIMORE >- = Richard P. Baer of R. P. Baer & Co. is on n trip to Mobile, to look after operations at the mill of the Magazine Hardwood Company, the manufacturing end of the firm, and was expected also to go as far as Bogalusa, La., to see how the new plant in course of construction there is <'omiug OIL The Federal Trade Commission is again having auditors at work in the lumber yards here to go over the books and other papei's, with a view to ascertaining the overhead, the information to be used as a basis .for the new schedule of prices to be agreed upon at the expiration of the present arrangement with regard to yellow pine. That the facts may also be taken as a guide in the purchases of such lots of hardwoods as the military ofiicers and other government authorities may want seems likely. These hardwood requirements are not large, of course, but every now and then they assert themselves. Alexander Campbell, secretary of the James Lumber Company, has been ill for several weeks with an aggravated case of influenza, followed by pneumonia, and for a time his recovery was despaired of. In the last six or eight days he has made some progress toward recovery, and the crisis is now believed to have passed, with every prospect that he will soon be rapidly convalescing. The Bethlehem Steel Company has decided to build at Sparrows Point, near Baltimore, seventy two-and-half-story dwellings for workmen. The houses will be of hollow tile and stucco, with slate roofs, and they are among the few construction projects which have been authorized for some time, being regarded as urgency work. Of special interest to the lumber trade here generally was the launching on October 15 at the yard of the Maryland Shipbuilding Company, Sollers Point, of the first wooden vessel to, be constructed here for the United States Emergency Fleet Corporation. The craft was christened the Guil- ford by Miss Mary Bond Preston, a daughter of the mayor, and is one of the Ferris type of steamers, of a capacity of 3.000 tons. The Guilford is one of six such boats for which the Maryland company has the contract, and work on it was long delayed by the non-arrival of lumber suitable for the purpose. The American Propeller and Manufacturing Company, which operates a large factory in South Baltimore for the production of airplane propellers, has purchased a place at Key Highway, Covington street and Fifth Lane, which is to be used as an extension of its facilities. =-< COLUMBUS >•- The Hickory Buggy Company, Cincinnati, has been chartered with a capital of $100,000 to manufacture buggies and carriages. The Incor- porators are Edwin J. Knapp, John C. Hermann, J. Laughlin, A. L. Quill and William Knapp. Word has been recoiyed that S. B. Stanbery, formerly Cincinnati man- ager of the Chicago Lumber & Coal Company, has lieen promoted to brigadier general with the U. S. .^rmj:. He volunteered wlien America declared war and \vas made colonel with the Ohio National Cuard division. The Central Ohio Handle Company, Coshocton, has been incorporated with a capital of .f 10,000 hy ■«■. B. Kissner. J. H. Ralston, H. G. McNabb, Vi\ S. Husted anil .M. L. Ilusti-d. All Three of Us WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 43 We Are Prepared to Furnish PROMPT SHIPMENT on OAK TIMBERS Cut to SPECIAL SIZES Up to 16-Foot Lengths JAMES E. STARK & CO., Inc. HARDWOOD LUMBER BAND MILLS VENEER MILLS MEMPHIS, TENN., DYERSBURG, TENN. MEMPHIS, TEINJN. Tho West End LunibtM- Company. Cleveland, has been incorporated with a capital of $30.0no by James W. Coleman. Ida Palmer Coleman. Emil Huy. Joseph A. Melchor and Harold L. .Tudd. Of all of the various boards which have been created as a result of the war, the county non-war construction board is perhaps one of the most Important. Since its organization a short time ago the board has been kept busy investigating claims of would-l'e constructors and deciding if the work can go forward. S. D. Hutchins is chairman of the board, whii-b meets every afternoon to take up applications and issue permits. lie says that usually those who appear before the board to present their claims for construction work accept the decision of the board gracefully. R. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Luml)er Company reports a pretty fair demand for hardwoods in central Ohio territory. While shipments are restricted to government essentials and permits are necessary for other shipments, it is not a diflScuIt matter to get a permit. Box and implement factories are good customers. Prices are firm at the levels which have prevailed for some time. Contractor D. W. McGrath has started on the work of enlarging Camp Sherman at Chillicothe. O.. to about one-third more capacity. The cost of the addition will be in the neighborhood of $3,000,000. It is plannerl to house tJO.ooO men at the cantonment after the additions are completed. =< CLEVELAlslD >= Hopes of a clarifying of the local building situation through the appointment of a local building permit committee are being dashed this week, as a result of lna<'tion at Columbus and Washington. Although the local committee has been operating for nearly three weeks, and has passed upon a fair proportion of permits submitted to it, no sanction or disapproval has been received from officials at either the state or national capital from whence the final ruling must come. Aside from the fact that this delay is of vital concern to the hardwood trade, it also, seriously interferes with providing adequate housing for the vast increase in population created by the larger amount of war work being done in the Cleveland district. Since last winter, when the situation was acute enough, there has been a steady growth in population, so that unless there is speedy action from officials, supplementing the work of the local committee, the housing >-ltuation here will be more markedly serious than ever this coming winter. That the local committee is doing its share well is admitted by lumber interests. A maximum of ^5000 for frame construction and .$6000 for brick construction has been fixed, with a view toward eliminating dis- crimination against either material. In either event, if the program was carried out as originally understood, the hardwood trade would benefit equally well, for its material will be used In any construction. Another drawback to the industry is seen here in the failure of the administration to appoint a local official on the car service committee to issue permits of shipments of lumber. In order to meet the ever pressing demands of the government for war materials, not a few factories here are making additions to their plants of frame construction in which heavy hardwoods are largely used. Failure to have proper representation here on shipping will cause unwarranted delay in Cleveland, it is pointed out, which may reflect seriously upon the output of war work. — < INDIANAPOLIS > The Eisaman-Richer Lumber Company, of Kokomo, Ind., has erected an old-fashioned sawmill in Kokomo to assist the Government in sawing timber delivered there for army uses. The company is confining Its activi- ties almost exclusively to the sawing of black walnut, which is brought in from surrounding territory. It agreed to set up the plant to assist in handling the timber in that territory and it is understood that as soon as war comlitions disappear the plant will be taken down. A switch has been made into the mill recently. Winfred Rnnyan. junior member of the Ca swell- Runy an Company. Huntington, furniture manufacturer, was the third man in Huntington's list of men drawn for service in the recent draft at Washington. Mr. Runyan is past the age of men who received questionnaires recently. The factory is working on a Government contract, manufacturing ammunition cases. The Inner-Brace Furniture Company of Elkhart is now employing a large number of women workers. Henry W. Williams, seventy-six years old, a furniture manufacturer of Seymour, died recently following an illness of ten days due to heart trouble. His condition became critical only a few minutes before his death. Mr. Williams was born in 1842. He was left an orphan at the age of ten and when twelve years old came to America with two brothers and two sisters. He organized the Seymour Furniture Company, which has been succeeded by the Seymour Woodworking Company, the original factory being destroyed by fire in 1902. The sawmill and veneer plant of Beers & Co., Milford, Ind., was damaged by fire recently to th^ extent of $2,000. It is believed that the fire Is of Incendiary origin. At almost the same time the fire was discovered in the plant a building some distance away in which the products of the company were stored also caught on fire. No Insurance was carried on the property. All Three of Us Will Be Benefitea if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 44 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25. 1918 Allen F. McQuiston, seventy-three years of age. a pioneer lumbenimn of Ft. Wayne, Ind., died recently. He had lived in or near Ft. Wayne all his life. Mr. McQuiston was unmarried, but is survived by three brothers. =-< EVANSVILLE >.= An organization of buililing eoulractors to he known as the Associated Building Contractors of Indiana was formed at a meeting held recently at Fort Wayne, Ind. C. C. Pierson of Indianapolis was elected president. The principal object of the organization is the protection of the building industry and Improvement of building conditions generally throughout the state. The first convention of the new organization will be helil in Indian- apolis January 7. 1919. .\ campaign has been started in the various parts of the state to cut down dead trees and use them in the place of coal during the coming winter. There is enough dead timber in Indiana, it is estimated by tim- bermen, to supply all the people of the state with fuel for a year or so. Coal operators are of the opinion that even should all the mines in the state operate steadily from this time on to next spring there will be a shortage of coal in the state and it behooves the people to burn wood. The Jasper Veneer Mills, Jasper, Ind., have taken in a new partner and filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. W. F. Beckman, the cashier of the German-American bank at Jasper, is the new member of the Arm. The capital stock of the company has been placed at ?25.000. The other three members of the corporation are John and George Gramelspacher and Joseph F. Friedman. The company will enlarge its plant and be prepared for the rush in business looked for at the close of the world war. Miss Henrietta Foster, only daughter of Guild C. Foster, general man- ager of the Evansville Woodstock Company, and Charles Legeman, first lieutenant at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, O., were married at Camp Sher- man on Saturday, October 7. Henry W. Williams, aged seventy-six years, a retired manufacturer, died recently at his. home at Seymour, Ind., after a short illness, his death having been due to heart trouble and asthma. Williams was a native of Germany, but had spent most of his life in the United States. In his day he operated large furniture factories at Cross Plains, Aurora and Seymour, Ind. He is survived by one son and two daughters. At the last meeting of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club a resolution was passed asking that shipping permit offices be established in Evans- ville. About two weeks before the last meeting of the club John C. Keller, traffic manager, wrote to the Car Service Section of the United States Railroad .Administration asking that one of these offices be established here, and the reply was that it would be impossible to comply with the request of Mr. Keller at this time. Mr. Keller is, however, of the opinion that the officials at Washington will experience a change of heart within a short time and that Evansville will be favored by the location of. one of these offices and it will mean a great deal to the lumber manufacturers and shippers of Evansville and the lower Ohio valley. George O. Worland, secretary and treasurer of the Evansville Veneer Company, and president of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club, was elected a director of the Rotary Gum Manufacturers' Association at a recent meet- ing held at Memphis, Tenn., and he was appointed on the war service board to go to Washington, D. C, in a few days to see what can be done in the way of increasing the production of rotary cut lumber in the United States. Mr. Worland states there is a tremendous shortage of rotary cut lumber in the United States at the present time, and that the production must be increased in order to speed up work of winning the war. Lumber manufacturers and shippers of Evansville and other cities along the lower Ohio valley are interested in the announcement a few days ago that the annual meeting of the Ohio Valley Improvement Asso- ciation, that was scheduled to be held in Louisville, Ky., October 23 and 24, had been postponed because of the epidemic of Spanish influenza at Camp Zachary Taylor at Louisville. One of the important things that was to have come up at the Louisville meeting was the proposition" of the federal government to establish a barge line on the Ohio river that would greatly relieve freight congestion on the railroads of the middle west. The lumber manufacturers of this section are vitally interested in this proposition. It is expected that a later date will be fixed for the Louis- ville meeting, perhaps November or December. =■< NASHVILLE >. Bright open weather of October is helping the sawmill, hardwood and dimension stock people. For essentials a large volume of trade is going forward. .\t Jacksonville, on Hadley's Bend, the seat of the government powder plant, many homes are being built, and up to the value of about $3,000 building is permitted in the city, where there is a scarcity of homes. Already the prelude to holiday business has started, and the lower grades of lumber for box and shook making are in active request. Those who purchased late in the summer before the freight advanced apparently have exhausted and are ready to purchase again. Dimension stock, railroad material and government requirements are keeping some of the local companies busy. The effects on labor of the Spanish influenza iS towns and city are considerable. Nashville has suffered less than most of the southern cities. Some of the mining sections in the Cumberland mountains, it is reported, have suffered severely. From Chattanooga comes similar reports. The Tennessee Coffin & Casket Company has been busy training new men for emergency require- ments, orders coming from far and wide. AH three of the establishments at Chattanooga operated by the Loomis & Ilart Company were handi- capped by having some 150 men more or less incapacitated at one time. Casey-Hedges plant at Chattanooga reported about twenty per cent ill. The Lookout Planing Mills reported fifteen per cent of the workmen off duty. =^ BEAUMONT y- With a dozen lumbermen on the committees and practically all the com- panies doubling their initial subscriptions, Beaumont went over the top in the Fourth Liberty Loan three days before the campaign closed, leaving a comfortable margin above the $2,273,100 asked to help out the drouth stricken district. This was accomplished without asking the banks to subscribe one cent. The counter instruction from the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the state council of defense has sent the local contractors up in the air and practi<'ally stopped building operations. The fieet corporation has prac- tically demanded that cities which are given shipbuilding contracts see to it that workmen can secure homes. Residences wore being constructed in Beaumont at the rate of from 125 to 150 a month and still unable to accommodate the increased population when the regulations were put into effect. The local council of defense promptly approved a number of appli- cations Tor residences, but they were turned down by the state council. An appeal will be made to the War Industries Board for a special permit in order that the local situation can be taken care of. L. P. Featherstone, president of the Texas Steel Company, has applied to the council of defense for permission to erect 100 residences in the northern end of the city for the accommodation of the steel company employees and shipyard workers. He pointed out that the average man would drop his building plans before he would go up against the trouble and uncertainty of securing a permit under present conditions. By assur- ing the prospective home owner that nothing will hinder his plans, it is expected that a long step will be made toward providing plenty of homes. Influenza has become as common as labor and car shortage with the prospects of all three propositions remaining in status quo for some time. Some plants have been seriously crippled through this cause and the executive offices are in the same boat. =-< LOUISVILLE y- Between the influenza epidemic and the embargo situation the southern.' lumberman is certainly between the devil and the deep blue sea. At present many of the mills are so short of help that they are unable to operate at till, as there are not enough men on hand to man oue side of a double band mill. This condition is especially bad in the lumber and mining regions of eastern Kentucky, as there are very few doctors in the district, no hospitals to speak of, and contagion is spreading rapidly. A number of the big mines are down to fifty per cent production, and some of them had to stop opera- tions entirely. Illness and inability to secure permits have resulted in production being curtailed about fifty per cent. Some mills are not shipping ten per cent of normal movement, and as a result are unable to keep oper- ating under existing conditions. Permits have been rolling in better during the past week, but shipments which should have gone out a month ago are just going out, as it took two weeks to find out how to get permits, and those requested by wire two weeks ago are just coming in. The result has been a full month lost out of the year by many of the lumbermen, and this is bound to hurt both small and large concerns. Notwithstanding these conditions prices are being well maintained, al- though there are a few items which are a little off in price as well as demand. The curtailment of the transit privilege has aided materially in holding prices in line, but has proven a hard blow for the jobbers. A few of the lumbermen are taking things optimistically and are of the opinion that permits will start moving better before long. However, it Is taking quite some time to get the machinery properly adjusted, and a few are wondering whether it ever will be adjusted to a point where shipments can be made promptly. Cars are plentiful in the South, and as soon as the permit is secured the shipment is made. However, if the lumberman later on has to wait two or three weeks for a permit, and two or three weeks for a car to ship the lumber in, it's going to be indeed a jolly state of affairs. Every mill and yard in the Louisville section has been having trouble over the labor situation, due to the fact that government contractors need 15,000 men at Camp Knox, Stithton, in erecting the now cantonment, and- thls number is short by from 2,000 to 4,000, most of the time. This camp will cover 3,500 acres, and will house close to 60,000 men. It will be the largest artillery cantonment in the country. About thirty-five per cent of the work has been completed. Lumber construction is being used through- out, and all water and sewer pipe consists of wrapped wooden pipes, consisting of cedar, fir, redwood, cypress, etc. The Illinois Central main line has been moved a half mile to make room for the camp, and the old main line is now a part of twenty-six miles of terminals inside of the camp. Day labor is receiving thirty-five cents an hour, and carpenters are making around $8 a day at this time. Naturally, Louisville is having trouble in holding men. October 25. 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 45 W;^ RED GUM y lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIX 12M' 8/4 FAS pr.Aix 3M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. ri.Aix lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED 15M' 8/4 FAS QUARTERED 8M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED We have the above amounts on hand in dry stock, tnanufactitred on our own band mills, and can make PROMPT SHIPMENT MILLER LUMBER CO. MARIANNA. ARK. Ferd H. Kahler, Sr., of the Kahlpr Company. New Albany, Ind., maniifae- turer of wooden specialties, cabinets, etc., has secured a government con- tract for 100,000 tables, which will keep the company going full time for six months. Peter Klerner of the Peter Klerner Furniture Company, New Albany, Ind., has been elected vice-president of the Floyd County Bank, succeeding the Jatc John Vernia. The C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company has about completed its new schooner, the Lieut. Sam C. Mengel, which replaces the Sara C. Mengel, torpedoed oft New York in June. The new vessel was launched a few weeks ago at Portland, Me., and is about ready for her first trip. T. W. Minton & Son, Barboursville, Ky., manufacturers of ash and hickory woodwork and specialties, have received an Honor Flag, represent- ing the fact that the concern has filled government orders ahead of schedule. The company recently agreed to pay a bonus of five per cent on all Liberty Loan subscriptions of its employes, and allow them to pay for bonds at the rate of five per cent a week. The Louisville Point Lumber Compan.v has been so short of men that It has been forced to apply to the United States Employment .Service for twenty men in order to keep operations going along. Almost every local manufacturer is In the same condition as a result of the government demand. The JeffersonviUe, Ind., branch of the American Car & Foundry Company, which for several years has been making nothing but passenger coaches, has secured an order for 1,400 wooden cars with metal bottoms, for use in France, these cars to be of the gondola type. It is planned to build them and knock them down for shipment to France. Volney H. Br.vant, treasurer of the Mengel Box Company, is one of the directors of the Louisville Automobile Club, who has had charge of supply- ing cars owned by members of the organization to take care of transporta- tion of nurses, and for handling sick from the city hospital and base hospital at Camp Taylor. Thi'rty cars a day have been needed for this work, and the club members have taken care of the demand. Autos belong- ing to Alfred Struck and C. C. Mengel were among those in service. The Fourth Liberty Loan drive in Louisville was a huge .success. The city's quota was raised within six days, but since that time has been over- subscribed by more than $3,000,000, by 80,568 subscribers, who subscribed $18,037,500. One of the late subscriptions came from William Dresdent, Cape Garclas, Nicaragua, where he is employed by the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company. This subscription was for ?5,000. Eilward J. Schlamp, president cf the George Delker Buggy Company, Henderson, Ky., died on October 12, of pneumonia, which followed influenza. Mr. Schlamp was well known in the hardwood trade of the central district. He was a prominent Mason and Elk. The influenza epidemic that has had Kentucky in its grasp for two weeks or more is not quite so bad as it wasy although the civilian death list and military death list, the latter at Camp Taj'lor and Camp Knox, have been heavy. New cases are numerous, but deaths reported are fewer. The^ State Board of Health has matters well In hand. All amusements are closed, and retailers are not permitted to hold bargain sales. Saloons and soda fountains have to close at 6 :30 in the evening. Crowds are not allowed to congregate. Cars are limited to the number of passengers they may carry, and must keep all windows and doors open except when it is raining. Chairs have been removed from all hotel lobbies. Conventions have been called off. Schools and churches are closed. If it wasn't for the lifting of the gasolineless Sunday edict, it is hard to figure out just what would be left for the public to do. However, conditions are and have been serious, and every effort had to be made to help. The fall races at Latonia hav« been indefinitely postponed, and the convention of the Ohio Valley Improye- ment Association, on water ways and Ohio Kiver barge lines, has been called off for the time being. The State Board of Health is not permitting any conventions, and it is understood that the loggers' convention at Lexington for this week has been postponed indefinitely. =-< ARKANSAS >-= The Brinkley Lumber Company, which is incorporated under the laws of Indiana, has filed certificate with the secretary of state of Arkansas naming William L. Brown as its agent for service in this state. The Honsberger-Monroe Lumber Company, Fort Smith, and the Superior Chair Company, West Helena, have surrendered their charters and been dissolved. Charles L. Thompson, a w^ell-known architect of Little Rock, has been named as chairman of the Non-War Construction Board of the State Council of Defense. Mr. Thompson has given up his work as an architect during the period of the war, and is now devoting his entire time to this, phase of government work. --<, WISCONSIN >.= The Girard Lumber Company, Dunbar. Marinette county, which finished its run several weeks ago, has decided to discontinue operations and will dismantle the sawmill, keeping the planing mill at work until the present All Three of Us WiU Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 46 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 191S We're now shipping lumber for SPRING STOCK Let us move yours now —Hardwoods Especially Let us move yours now I I »'^""A': j WE MANUFACTURE bandsawed, plain and quarter sawed WHITE and RED OAK and YELLOW POPLAR We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- ment, Wagon and Vehicle Stock in the rough Your Inquiries SoHciteii ARLINGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentucky Swain-Roach Lumber Co. SEYMOUR, IND. -We Manufacture Elm Ash Maple Walnut Gum Cherry Sycamore Chestnut, Etc. White Oak Red Oak Poplar Hickory Plain Oak — I car 2", 2 cars zH". ' car % FAS. Soft Maple — 2 cars 2 14" No. i com. &■ better. Soft Elm — hi car .■*"» % car xVz" and 4 cars 8/4 hog Run. 1 car 4/4 No. J & No. 2 com. Red Gum, Vs car 10/4 No. i com. & better. Ouarlered Red Gum, i car 4/4 Log Run Quartered Black Gum: 3 cars 4/4 FAS Quartered While Oak. At Tivo Band Alills STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS TKOMPT .SHIPMENT ^(iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniiniiiMiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiriiu i Plain & Qtd. Red & White i i OAK I AND OTHER HARDWOODS = Even Color Soft Texture = MADE (MR) RIGHT I OAK FLOORING I = We have 35,000,000 feet dry itock— all of = = our own manufacture, from our own tim- E E btr grown in Eastern Kentucky. E i PROMPT SHIPMENTS E I The MOWBRAY I I & ROBINSON CO. I E (lNCX)RPORATBD) — I CINCINNATI, OHIO | ?fliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiir All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if stock of lumber is prepared for shipment. The machinery and equipment , of the sawmill is now being removed and will be re-ereoted elsewhere. I'harles I. Wells, for many years manager of woods operations and super- intendent of the Dunbar & Wausaukee railroad, has aci-i'pted the posi- tion of general manager of the Forster-Mueller Lunilier Company at Hiles, Wis. The Fountain-Campbell Lumber Company, Ladysmith, Wis., ia running its mills at that point night and day in order to till urgent government recjuirenients and other business. Most of the output consists of box and crating lumber, the demand for box material being particularly heavy. The production is being kept at the highest point iJossible under present lOnditions of acute labor shortage. The N. Ludiugton Company, Marinette, Wis., recently snld a tract of 2,500 acres of hardwood timber, estimated to contain 17,000,000 feet, to the Von Platen lAimber Company, Iron Mountain, Mich. The timber is located near Pentago, Mich. The Northern Wood Products Company. Glidden, Wis., has broken i^mund for a new handle and hardwood specialty manufacturing plant to lepliK^'*-' the factory which was destroyed by tire about three months ago. The J. S. Stearns Luml>er Company, Odanah, Wis., sustained an esti- mated loss of .flOO.OOO to $75,000 by fire, which destroyed tlie company hotel, boarding house, some dwellings and other buildings. The mills were saved. The village will be rebuilt immediately. The (iresham Milling Company. Gresham, Shawano county, Wis., has been incorporated with a capital stock of .$25,000 to log and saw timber, manufacture woodenware and building material, and operate a tlour and feed milling plant. The incorporators are business men of (Jresham and include Henry Hoffmann, Andrew Mader and Reinhold Kopelke. The Flambeau River Lumber Company, Ladysmith, Wis., is planning to keep its sawmill in continuous operation through the winter months this year to make up for a rather curtailed cut during the summer because low water in the Flambeau greatly delayed its drive. Most of the input of logs of the winter of 1917-1918 is included in the drive, which is expected to reach tlie mill within a week's time. Ordinarily the drives arrive at the mill before mid-summer. George H. P.auer, Janesvllle, Wis., with a crew of five men, is combing Uock county for the purpose of taking out black walnut tinilier for urgent government needs. Mr. Bauer is under contract with John A. Laska, Chicago. He expects to collect from 700 to 800 logs from 8 to is feet long and averaging 14 inches in diameter. Walter H. Schroeder, who resigned as sales manager of the Kieckhefer l^ox Company. Milwaukee, to enlist in the military service last December, has been commissioned a first lieutenant in the medical corps. Lieut. Schroeder joined Base Hospital No. 22, a Milwaukee unit, as a private, and when the command started for France in April he had reached the rank of first sergeant. The Blackmarr Machine Company, Washburn, Wis., is preparing to engage extensively in the manufacture of a steam power mati)«;;j};i;jM|»;{iaiTO(v)tiaA^^ The Hardwood Market -< CHICAGO >• The Chicago trade is getting more or less accustomed to the cmliargo and is linding ways and means of handling the gear so that permits are coming along more smoothly. At the same time the trade is falling into a more or less acceptance of the desirability of spending the major effort on cleaning up odds and ends and in developing war business as it appears. The general verdict here is that trade is rather slack and will pretty much continue in the usual line. At the same time there is a consistent con- tinuing strength in prices, no very startling quantities of lumber being offered. =•< BUFFALO >= The hardwood trade is quiet, the railroad embargo having cheeked a good deal of buying. Some business is being done under permits, but it is much below the normal. Dealers have found it fairly easy to get per- mits, though the delays involved are considerable, and it is hoped that some better method of granting permits may be worked out. While the loan campaign has been on trade has naturally shown some diminution. The influenza epidemic has also had a detrimental effect. War orders have continued to make up the great bulk of the orders. The talk of the war ending soon has led to a good deal of discussion as to the future of trade. Dealers expect that a good deal of readjust- ment will be necessary during the next few months, and they are hopeful that regular lines of business will soon be in the market again. As it is scarcely anything is being done in the building or furniture lines, while an abnormal trade is being done in lines which before long will not be so active. Confidence is felt that hardwoods are going to be wanted in large quantities and that prices will continue strong. = < PITTSBURGH >-. Hardwood men are feeling pretty blue. They miss the automobile trade especially. They also feel the lack of business from the furniture con- cerns. These two lines have always been big features for the Pittsburgh wholesaler. Railroad trade is very indifferent, except for white oak, and yard demand is almost unheard of. As a result the market in general lags badly. Prices are fairly well held because production at the mills is only about 50 per cent of normal on account of labor conditions. Whoh'- salers say that if the mills were producing anything like their full output prices would drop with a thud. Mining operations arc slightly better and a fair amount of lumber is being sold for this purpose. -.-<, BOSTON >.= The hardwood trade of this district, while deeply settled into war work, shows an unexpected demand for domestic work. The inquiries of the latter nature are numerous but not large, and taken with the heavy mili- tary, naval and marine requirements, available stocks are being kept at a low ebb. Transportation conditions are considerably improved, as both single^road and Car Service Section permits are obtainable locally and are being granted freely at the present moment. -< BALTIMORE >•= Hardwood trade conditions continue to be in fair shape, with the inquiry sufficiently large to take up stocks in quantities that prevent troublesome accumulations, and with the range of prices high enough to insure attractive returns. It cannot be said that further increases have taken place of late, but recessions of a material sort have also been avoided, and such business as can be done yields very acceptable margins of profit. Information from the mills, especially those in the far South, is to the effect that the manufacturers show much concern as to the future, being utterly unable to read the signs of the times, and feeling that no trust- worthy forecasts are possible. Some of the plants are shut down, while others operate at reduced capacity, which naturally serves to impart firm- ness to the list of prices. Labor is scarce and very expensive. Doubt prevails as to length of time such a condition may be expected to con- tinue. Announcement of freight embargoes caused many of the producers to feel rather blue as to distribution, and the readjustment of indus- tries to meet war needs has done much to upset markets as far as the demand is concerned. None of the elements of uncertainty has been eliminated of late ; they may even be said to have become more pronounced. Buyers would be receptive enough if they were able to calculate with the future to any degree, but the absence of all reliable indications imposes caution as far as entering into commitments is concerned, while the pro- ducers, for their part, are disposed to go slow on account of the general business situation, which makes for conservatism. The hesitancy is per- haps more pronounced now than it has been because of the indications that^ the war is m-aring its end. Thus, while war conditions <;innot be counted upon to continue for any length of time, the means of estimat- ing what to expect with the country on a peace basis are still too meager to serve as a foundation for positive conclusions. It is the period of greatest uncertainty with the exception of the first days or weeks after .nuui IIII1II1IIIII1IIIII1IIIII1IIIIIIIIIIII1IIIII1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1III1II1IN SHOOT IT AT US | Your Inquiry for 4/4 to 8/4 Plain Red and White Oak. | 4/4 to 12/4 Cypress. j 4/4 and 5/4 Gum. ! 4/4 to 12/4 Ash. I 6/4 to 1 0/4 Hickory. I 6/4 and thicker | Oak and Hickory Dimension Stock | LET us DEMONSTRATE THE t REAL MEANING OF SERVICE S Memphis Hardwood Flooring Company AMERICAN LUMBER & MFG. COMPANY PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA Exclusive Selling Agents Lenox Saw Mill Company Lenox, Ky. PRODUCERS OF LtiftJ A ^mf LumDcK SOFT ▼ TEXTURE WHITE OAK and POPLAR AH Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 48 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1918 Jackson & Tindle ELM and BIRCH 4/4 to 12/4 All Grades Well assorted stock 4/4, S/4. 6/4, & 8/4 No. 3 Hardwood MUU at PELLSTON, MICH. MUNISING, MICH. JACKSONBORO, ONT. Send Main Office BUFFALO, N. Y. your inquiries to SALES OFFICE: 303-304 Murray Building Grand Rapids, Mich. SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE UIJTV D/^l^ir Published semi-annually IvIjU Dv/\/IV,in February and August It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyers df lum- ber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their financial standing and manner of meeting obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as the authority on the line it covers. A well organized CoUecUoa Department U alio oper- ated and the game Is open to you. Write for terms. Lumbermen's Credit Association 608 So. Daarbor. Street ^,„,,„„ j,^,, p,^„ nIw°y5r^K CITY Estab. 1878 CINCINNATI Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers C. CRANE & COMPANY Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & P*plar especially Our loeatlen make* possible aulck delivery e< anything In timber and hardwood lumber OHIO VENEER COMPANY Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE The Tegge Lumber COi High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukeog^ Wisconsin K thf lireaking out of the war. The demand for certain stocks, among them low-grade maple flooring, on the part of the government seems to have ahated to a very considerable extent, so that such stocks are in far larger supply, probably with some easing off in the quotations. =-< COLUMBUS > < 'onsiOerable strengtli is shown in the hardwood trade in central Ohio territory, despite the restrictions of the federal authorities. The demand for stocks come principally from manufacturing plants engaged in making hoxes and implements. Furniture factories are also buying fairly well under the circumstances. On the whole the tone of the trade is generally satisfactory and prospects for the future are bright. Shipping restrictions have lieen raised slightly and consequently there is a considerable volume of hardwoods coming into this territory. Permits, wliich are rcciuired for all non-war work, are not hard to secure. There is a better car supply from many southern points. Retail stocks are not very large, but in most cases they are ample for the present. Rural dealers are having the best trade, as rural construction work is going ahead quite actively. The price list is firm all along the line. There is no cutting to force tracle and every change is toward higher levels. This is especially true of plain and quartered oak and poplar. The lower grades of poplar are especially strong. Chestnut, ash aud basswood are tirm. Some walnut is moving. Collections are not so good as formerly, evidently due to the effects of the Fourth Liberty Loan. =-< CLEVELAND >--- Alpout the most important dt'Vi'l«'|inifut in local hardwood circles is the hint that the government will be in this market for quantities of all kinds of this material for building and other purposes before the end of the year. Tentative specifications in the liands of local interests has made for considerable figuring on these possible contracts, but there is nothing to indicate at the moment when they will go through. In view of the fact that building operations so far are practically nil this new work will bf of much value to the trade here. It is in this direction the hardwood interests here are looking for the normal outlet to their stocks. Prac- tically the only business now coming forward is that for automobile, body and similar work, which is keeping supplies of oak. hickory, maple, poplar and other woods at a fair lev*'l here. Supplies of other hardwoods are fair, as the favorable fall weather is expediting deliveries from producing districts into this market. All yards here are holding firm as to prices, as the increased cost of the material itself, and that of freight and handling here, ar^ sufficient to offset any possible chance of reduction, even though, the onti)Ut is^for the time being limited. — -< INDIANAPOLIS >- Very little change is seen in tlie hardwood situation from week to week, except increased demands for government work. Reports are recei\eu each month that several of the large consuming plants have joined tue column of war industries. With many furniture companies working on war orders, the companies that are continuing their idil lines And plenty to do in sup- tdying tlie trade, although tlie furniture manufacturing trade has been embarrassed somewhat recently in trying to meet the new government re- quirement regarding the manufacture of furniture. The campaign which has been under way in Indiana for several months to induce farmers to depart with their walnut groves is proving very suc- cessful. Farmers who have held these groves for years with pride are showing a willingness to dispose of the timber in order to be of assistance to the government. The newspapers are assisting in the campaign by giving wide publicity to the patriotic motives that lead farmers to sell their walnut groves. The trade reports that it is e.'iperiencing less difflculfy as a result of the recent government embargoes. The new rules were little understood at the time they were promulgated aud as a result business was practically par- alyzed for a week or ten days. Manufacturers now have become acquainted with the new regulations aud business is assuming its normal conditions. The nature of demands in the hardwood market have changed but little and prices remain about the sjiiiie. =-< EVANSVILLE >-= Trade continues fairly good with the hardwood luml)er manufacturers of simthern Indiana and Illinois and western and northern Kentucky, and the uptown sawmills in Evansville are running on steady time. Many of the ctjuntry mills, however, have been closed down because of their inability to get logs and also because of the labor shortage. The log sup- jjly is much better, and as many of the men in the southern states, who get out logs during the winter months, have laid by their crops and are now back In the logging game again. Manufacturers here report the labor shortage still a source of much worry, but believe that the condition will be improved with time. Walnut has been in good demand during the past month, especially such grades as are required in the making of war materials. Quartered white oak is strong, but plain white is not so good. .\sh and poplar are strong and maple and gum continue in fairly good demand. Cottonwood is still in good demand by the various box manu- facturers (]f the tri-state territory whose plants are busy on war contracts. Retail lumber trade has not been good for some time. Many of the All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD Ootober 20, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 49 country yards are running low on stocks and it lias been necessary for them to buy from Evansville and other cities in this territory. Along last spring the country yards, as a rule, bought sparingly and now they realize their mistake, as the yards that laid in good supplies have been getting the business. Building operations in Evansville are almost at a standstill. Most of the wood consuming factories In tri-state territory are being operated on steady time and manufacturers of furniture report the trade outlook as very good. =-< BEAUMONT >•- With the wholesalers Id practically every section of the country inquir- ing for general stocks, the hardwood outlook is considerably better and mill men expect all the business they can take care of during the winter months. On account of the extreme shortage of labor they have not been in position to make the best of favorable logging weather tu prepare against winter and this is liable to be reflected in the market. Permits for embargoed points are now more easily procured and very little business is being lost from that score. Without a dissenting voice, the lumbermen declare that the east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio embargo is the best thing that could have happened to the industry, for it will stop the shipments to order which have always been a dis- turbing factor and entailed considerable loss on the manufacturers as a whole. Some concerns got in the habit of waiting fur these pickups, and it was hard to interest them in a shipment unless there was some induce- ments offered. It proved an even more disturbing factor when future ship- ments were mentioned. The building restrictions have somewhat lessened the demand for mate- rial suitable for interior finishings, but this has been more than offset by the amount of material being taken by the government. Mill men claim that they have quit looking for labor "and are content with a few hands to represent the force. Some of them are turning out finished lumber by stopping the saw when the planer is running, while others are able to maintain a 70 per cent capacity in all departments. --•< LOUISVILLE y. Reports from the local trade show that business is generally quiet, al- though some inquiries and orders are coming. Uncle Sam is by far the best customer. If permits could only be secured with dispatch business would be much better than it is. However, with the present shortage of laI)or many of the concerns would have trouble in getting out much lumber, as many of the mills have less than frfty per cent of their normal force on hand, due principally to influenza. There has been a little improvement in the demand for both plain and quartered oak, plain selling in thick stock of 10/4" to 14/4," bending oak for the ordnance and war department being purchased by the government. Poplar is better than ever, and has been one of the best itemsln the hard- wood list for months, there being a good export demand. Quartered oak is used commercially in the East, and indirect war work, FAS and No. 1 com- mon and better, inch and up, being good. Beech is moving to the chair manufacturers. Sycamore is dead just now, while gum is merely managing to keep going. Cherry has been selling along with walnut for aeroplane work. Hard maple is one of the best bets, it being good in all grades and thicknesses. Chestnut has hit the toboggan a little, as the furniture trade is not buying, there being no especial demand for core stock at this time. =-< ST. LOUIS y. The demand for hanlwood is very light. The local furniture factories are taking some wood, but there is little call from other sources of con- sumption. The box industries, wuth the exception of the plants engaged in the manufacture of war material, are the best buyers. The plants engaged in war work are buying rather liberally. This class of business, therefore, is quite good and nearly every iiem on the list is being taken. The demand for cypress is light. The industrial plants are placing a few orders and the country yards are taking some, but there is little business from other sources. P.ecause of this fact, mixed cars are being sold almost exclusively. =-< MILWAUKEE >= UiKbr llie influence of continued heavy ilemands fur hardwoods of var- ious kinds for government use. the market from the standpoint of niLinu- facturcrs is active and owners of mills are bending every effort to keep production at a high level. In this, however, they are greatly handi- capped by the acute shortage of labor, which is steadily growing worse as the new draft progresses. Requirements of box lumber and crating stock form a large part of requirements. There also is a broad demand for veneers for aircraft manufacture, and of lumber for gunstocks, tool handles and similar needs. While the embargo is affecting the industry to some extent, most mills are able to sliip all the material they can manufacture, because of the nature uf the orders. Furniture and other industries which consume large quantities of hard- wood lumber, veneer, etc., are making an active campaign for war work. In some cases the effort already has been rewarded ; in others, prospects are growing better for government patronage. Wholesalers report hardwood trade quiet. I'rices generally are steady to firm. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING STOCK TO OFFER: HARD MAPLE 3 cars 5/4 No. 1 Common and Better 12 cars 6/4 No. 1 Common and Better 5 cars 8/4 No. I Common and Better 3 cars 10/4 No. 1 Common and Better 3 cars 6/4 LofiT Run 4 cars 6/4 Log Run 4 cars 8/4 Loff Run 5 cars 4/4 Lofi: Run SOFT MAPLE 5 cars 8/4 Log Run 1 car 13/4 No. 1 Common and Better This stock is all West Virginia Maple, fine widths and lengths, well manufactured WE CAN SHIP PROMPTLY JOHN HALFPENNY, Inc. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA New York— Chicago— Seattle TIMBER Buying and selling, financing and all other timberland services, including the reliable Lacey Reports on stumpage quantities and values. I JAMES D r I I /^ aceyIimberCq. 17S0 Mccormick building. Chicago New York— Chicago— Seattle SERVICE FIRE INSURANCE SERVICE AND PROTECTION Davis Service was organized to furnish to lumbermen in every branch of the trade com- plete and immediate protection for buildings, equipment and stocks. No matter how many yards and plants you have, nor where they are located, we can cover you. The value of Davis Service consists in the fact that your insurance is placed at one time on all your risks, through one office, which acts as your fire insurance clearing house and insures full coverage everywhere all the time. Let our Engineering Department show you how to reduce the cost of your fire insurance. Full Coverage, Correct Forms, Lowest Rates A. J. DAVIS & CO. Specialists in Lumber Fire Insurance [nsureoice Exchange, Chicago All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 50 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25. 191S CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Advertisements will be inserted in this sec- tion at the following rates: For one Insertion 25c a line For two Insertions 40c a line For three insertions 55c a line For four insertions 65c a line Eight words of ordinary length moke one line. Heading counts as two lines. No display except the headings can be ad- mitted. Remittances to accompany the order. No extra charges for copies of paper containing the advertisement. EMPLOYES WANTED WANTED— MAN Not subject to draft with lumber experience in cypress and gum, qualified to handle retail orders, do necessary bookkeeping, small yard and sawmill combined. Write H.\YES LUMBER CO.. Hayes, La. WANTED Operator with band mill 15 million capacity and logging equipment to join me in operating traci timber 85 million feet on Murphy Branch, South- ern R. R. Own timber outright and will supply all working capital and dispose of product. Ad- dress, "BOX 107," care Hardwood Record. EMPLOYMENT WANTED SALES MANAGER wants position. Fifteen years' experience, ried, 33 years old. -Address, "BOX 99,' Hardwood Record. Mar- care LOGS WANTED Z] WANTED— BLACK WAIiNUT LOGS 500 cars good black walnut logs, 12" and up iB diameter, 6 ft. and up long. Will inspect at sblppisg point and pay cash. GEO. W. HARTZELL, Piqua, Ohio. WANTED— BLACK WAIiNUT LOGS For Government Work. Will inspect when loaded and pay cash. THE STEELE-ALDERFER COMPANY, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. WANTED Willow logs 13" and over in diameter. FLOTTORP MNFG. CO., 4611 West 12th Street. Chicago, 111. LUMBER WANTED WANTED— BASSWOOD No. 2 and better, 4/4. for spot cash. Address "BOX 91." care Hardwood Record. AU Three of MANUFACTURERS TAKE NOTICE We are always in the market for hard- woods and w^hite pine. Please mail us your price and stock lists, R. H. CATLIN CO., Equitable Building, WILMINGTON. DEL. c LUMBER WANTED FOR GOVERNMENT WORK The daily Bulletins of tlie Lumbermen's Bureau. 809 Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C, contain rush inquiries for all character of Hardwoods for government departments and government con- tractors with lists of new contracts, prices, etc. Write for free sample bulletins. WANTED TO BUY Hard and soft wood Slabs and Edgings, 12", 16", 24". 30" an. E. Lauderburn, Forest Engineer, Presbyterian Bldg., New York, up to and in- cluding November 30, 191S, for all the mer- chantable timber on certain designated areas amounting to 1,055 acres, more or less, compris- ing all the timbered areas on the Burtiank Sugar Tree Grove Farm near Smith Mills. Henderson Co., Ky., estimated to be 9,698,000 ft. B. M., more or less, of Oak, Gum, Cypress, Maple. Elm, .4sh, Hickory, Cottonwood, Sycamore, Walnut, and other kinds of hardwoods. No bid le.ss than $50,000 will be considered. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Full information concerning the timber, conditions of sale, and other details may be obtained from D. E. Lauder- burn, Presbyterian Bldg., New York. SALE— TIMBER Fine body Hardwood and Hemlock, large size timber, Western North Carolina. Will build necessary railroad, connect with main line. 9,000 acres In feet, 107,000,000 feet timber. Small down payment, balance pay as cut. Ap- plications from responsible operators only con- sidered. Address, "BOX 109," care Hardwood Record. MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE 100 Bark spuds 1 Mile used rail 4 Railroad frogs 6 Railroad switches 1 Hand car 1 Gasoline car 1 Dump cart 2 Blacksmith outfits 3 Tons usable spikes 14 Streich lumber buggies 3 Haul-off rigs 10 Good logging teams and harness. All kinds of logging tools and equipment. GURNEY LUMBER COMPANY, Gurney, Wisconsin. HAROWOODS FOR SALE LUMBER ASH NO. 1 C. white, 6/4", reg. wdth., good Igth., 1 yr. dry. good texture. BUFFALO HARD- WOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 2 C. 4/4-12/4", 2 yrs. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO.. Buffalo, N. T. FAS 3/8 & 1/2", reg. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dry; FAS 5/8". 10" & up, reg. Igth., 6 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. COIVI. & BTR., 4/4-8/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 C. & NO. 3 C, 4/4", 4" «: up, (i-16', 8 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRE.NCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis. Mo. NO. 2 & 3 C, 4/4"; FAS 5/4". fi-9": SEL. 5/4. 8/4, 10/4 & 12/4". 6- & up; NO. 2 C. 5/4; NO. 1 C. 8/4". NICKET BROS., INC., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 8/4". PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWBN, Memphis. Tenn. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 14 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON, Huntingburg, Ind. COM. & BTR., 10/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. 3 mos. dry; NO. 2 C. 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO.. Helena. Arls. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 12/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 1-4 mos. dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO., Se^'mour. Ind. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & thicker; SEL & FAS 5/4". 6-10", 8 & 10'; SEL & FAS 10/4", 10" & wider, largely 8-12' ; SEL & FAS, 12/4 & 16/4", 6" & wider, medium texture, spec, price; NO. 1 & 2 C, .soft, 10/4 & 12/4", 3" & wider, .special price; ONE FACE CLR. STRIPS 5/4, S-SV^". THOMPSON-KATZ LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. COIVI. & BTR., S/4". WELSH LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 8/4 & 12/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 3 mos. dry; NO. 1 C. 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. 6-8 mos. dry. WOOD-MOSAIC LUM- BER CO., New Albany, Ind. BASSWOOD FAS 4/4", good wdths., 15% 14 & 16', 1 yr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.. Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 2 C. & BTR., & NO. 3 C. 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 4 mos. dry, full log run. EAST JOR- DAN LUMBER CO., East Jordan. Mich. COM. & BTR., white, 5/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 4 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne. Ind. NO. 1 C. & BTR., & NO. 2 C. 4/4"; NO. 2 C. & BTR., 5/4"; NO. 3 C. 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4". MA.SON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhine- lander, Wis. BEECH NO. 2 C. & BTR., 6/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 10 mos. dry, 30% FAS; No. 3 C. 5/8", reg. wdth. & Igth . 10 mos. dry. EAST JORDAN LUM- BER CO.. East Jordan, Mich. LOG RUN 6/4". JOHN HALFPENNY, INC.. Philadelphia. Pa. LOG RUN 5/4". ran. wdth. & Igth.. 1 vr. dry; LOG RUN 6/4". ran. wdth. & Igth.. 16 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON, Huntingburg, Ind. LOG RUN 5/8", reg. wdth. & Igth , 2 mos. dry. SW.AIN-ROACH LUMBER CO.. Sey- mour, Ind. BIRCH FAS, red, & NO. 1 C. & BTR., sap, both 4/4", good wdths., 50% 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATLAN- TIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo. N. Y. FAS 8/4", good wdth. & Igth., 1 yr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo, N. Y. NO. 3 C. 4/4 & 5/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 9 mos. dry. EAST JORDAN LUMBER CO., East Jordan, Mich. FAS 8/4, 10/4, 12/4 & 16/4". good wdths. & Igths.. dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO., Bos- ton. Mass. NO. 1 C. 4/4', reg. wdth. & Igth., 1 yr. dry. band sawn. J. M. LOGAN LUMBER CO., Knoxville, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4 '4. 5/4 & 6/4"; NO. 3 C, 4/4, 5/4 & S/4"; No. 2 C. & BTR., 10/4 & 12/4"; NO. 1 C. 5/4"; NO. 1 C. & BTR., sel. red, 6/4". M.\SON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhine- lander. Wis. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4". reg. wdth., std. Igth.. 2 yrs. dry. TEAGER LUMBER CO., Buf- falo, N. Y. BUTTERNUT COM. & BTR., 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth. 10 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. CHERRY NO. 1 C. 4/4". good wdths., 50% 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATL.A.NTIC LUMBER CO., Buf- falo, N. Y. NO. 1 C. 4/4", 1 yr. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS 4/4", 8" & up, 8' & up. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. LOG RUN 4/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 14 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON, Huntingburg, Ind. CHESTNUT FAS 4/4", good wdths., oO'o 14-16'. 2 yrs. drv. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO, 1 C. 4/4-S/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. 1-2 vrs. drv. BL.\KESLEE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo. N. Y. FAS 4/4", good wdths. & Igths., dry. BUF- FALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. T. COTTONWOOD FAS, NO. 1 C, NO. 2 C. & BOX BDS.. all 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth. BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 C. 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4", 4" & up, 10-16', 6 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. NO. 1 & 2 C, 4/4". UTLEY-HOLLOWAY CO., Chicago, 111. CYPRESS SEL. 8/4". good wdths. & Igths.. dry. BUF- FALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. COM. 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 4 mos. dry; FAS, SEL., and NO. 1 SHOP, all 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & S/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. drv, straight or mixed cars. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. LOG RUN, 4/4-S/4". THE KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & NO. 2 C. 4/4", 4" & up, 14-16', 8 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis. Mo. FAS, SEL. & SHOP, all 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth. RUSSE & BURGESS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 SHOP & BTR., 4/4-16/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth.. 1-2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. T. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD Oetobi-r LTi, litis HARDV/OODS FOR SALE ELM— SOFT LOG RUN 6/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Blissville. Ark. FAS 12/4", good wdths. & Igths., drv. BUF- FALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.," Buffalo, N. Y. LOG RUN 4/4, 8/4 & 12/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. LOG RUN 12/4", reg. wdth., 14-16', air- dried. R. J, DARNELL. INC., Mempliis, Tenn. FAS 8/4-16/4", 1 yr. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo, N. Y. LOG RUN 6/4". 4" & up, 6-lG', green. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. LOG RUN 6/4-12/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. LOG RUN 4/4 and thicker, can cut to suit buyer. J. M. LOGAN LUMBER CO., Knoz- ville. Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 5/4"; NO. 1 & 2 0. 6/4" NO. 2 0. & BTR., S/4 & 12/4". MASON- DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. NO. 2 C. & BTR,, 6/4 & 12/4", reg. wdth. & Igth. RUSSE & BURGESS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. LOG RUN 16/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 4 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO., Helena. Ark. LOG RUN 8/4 & 12/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO., Sey- mour, Ind. ELM— ROCK NO. 2 C. & BTR.. 8/4". MA.SON-DONALD- SON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. GUM— SAP tt'^,9dI,P-.^ ^'^^■< ^'4-8/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, NO. 1 C. & NO. 2 C, all thicknesses, reg. wdth. & Igth. BOX BDS., 4/4". reg. wdth & Igth. BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. ^AH.'r^B''^'*^* *'''■ 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIU.S LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo BOX BDS., 4/4". 9-12" and 13-17", 14-16", air-dned; NO. 3 C„ 4/4", reg. wdth., 14-16', air-dried. R. J. DARNELL, INC., Memphis, Tenn. ttVPS ^^^ 4/4-6/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4", ran. wdth. At Igth.. 1 yr. drv; NO. 2 C. 4/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 10 mos. dry; BOX BDS., 4/4", 13-17", ran. Igth., 1 yr. dry. J. V. STIMSON. Huntingburg, Ind. BOX BDS., 4/4". 13-17". reg. Igth., 8 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO., Helena, Ark. NO. 2 C. 4/4". UTLEY-HOLLOWAY CO., Chicago, 111. FAS 6/4". WELSH LUMBER CO., Mem- phis. Tenn. GUM— PLAIN RED COM. & BTR., 4 4-8/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. _ NO. 1 C. 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville, Ark. NO. 1 0. & BTR., all thicknesses. BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. ALL grades 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4". 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis. Mo. COM. & BTR., 4/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn, NO. 1 C. 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. dry. PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, INC Memphis, Tenn. FAS 5/4"; NO. 1 C. 4/4 & 5/4". UTLEY- HOLLOWAY CO.. Chicago, 111. GUM— QUARTERED RED T,9HfJ;. *^ ^■'■f'- 4/4-12/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., all thicknesses. BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS & NO. 1 C. 4/4", reg. wdth.. 14-16', air- dried. R. J. DARNELL, INC., Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR,, 4/4-12/4", KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. COM. & BTR., 4/4", ran. wdth. & Igth.. 8-12 mos. dry, sliced bds.. highly figured. LOUIS- VILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville. Ky. FAS & NO. 1 C. 4/4", rt-g. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dry; COM. & BTR., 5/4 & 6/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 1 yr. dry. .1 V. STIMSON H.\RD- WOOD CO., Helena, Ark. COM. & BTR., 8/4'. WELSH LU-UBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. GUM— TUPELO ALL grades 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4". 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Loui.s. .\,u. NO. 1 C. BOX BDS. 4/4", 9-12", 13-17", reg. Igth., 6 mos. dry. J. M. LOGAN LUMBER Cu., Knoxville, Tenn. NO. 1 C, 4/4 & 6/4", 4" & up, 10-16', 6 mos. dry, all wide in. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO.. St. Louis, Mo. FAS 4/4 & 5/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.; BOX BDS., 4/4". 13-17", reg. Igth. RUSSE ^v BUR- GESS, INC., Memphis, Tumi. GUM— MISCELLANEOUS FAS 4,4", 6" & up, lu-16', 6 mos. dry, all wide in; NO. 1 C. & NO. 3 C. 4,4", 4" & up, 10-16', 6 mos. dry. all wide in. P. J. LAW- RENCE LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. BOX BDS., 4/4", 8-12" and 13-18". PEN- ROD. JURDEN & McCOWEN, INC., Memphis, Tenn. HICKORY NO. 1 C. & BTR., ln/4 Ai thicker, ran. wdth. & Igth., 3 mos. dry; NO. 2 C. & BTR,, 8/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 2 mos. dry. J. v'. STIM- SON, Huntingburg, Ind. LOG RUN 8/4", reg. wdth. & Igth. SWAIN- ROACH LIMBER CO., Seymour, Ind. COM. & BTR., 10/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., 2 mos. dry. WOOD-MOSAIC CO., New Albany, Ind. MAHOGANY FAS, NO. 1 C, SHORTS & WORMY, 1/2- 16/4", plain & rigured. Mexican & African. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOGANY CO., Chicago. MAPLE— HARD FAS S/4", good wdths., o»'o 14-16' 2 yrs dry. ATLA.XTIC LUMBER CO., Buftal'o N Y NO. 1 C. &. BTR. 4/4 & 6/4", reg. wdth. & Jgth., sap two sides, 8 mos. dry. BLAKESLEE PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo, N. Y. FAS 10/4", good wdths. iV Igth., 6 mos. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo, N. Y. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4 & 16/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. 4-10 mos. dry; NO. 3 C, 4/4. 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dry. EAST JORDAN LUMBER CO.. East Jordan, Mich. NO. 1 C. & BTR,, 6/4, 8/4 & 10/4". JOHN HALFPENNY, INC., Philadelphia, Pa. LOG RUN, 4/4 & 6/4", 4" & up, 10-16', 5 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. LOG RUN 4/4 & thickpr, can cut to suit buyer. J. M. LOGAN LUMBER CO., Knox- ville, Tenn. FAS & NO. 3 C. 4/4"; NO. 2 C. & BTR., 5/4 8/4, 10/4 & 12/4"; NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 ,.*i 6/4". MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhine- lander, Wis. LOG RUN 12/4". PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, INC., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 12/4", ran. wdth, & Igth., 10 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON, Huntingburg, Ind. LOG RUN 8/4, 10/4 & 12/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO., Seymour, Ind. LOG RUN 8/4". WELSH LUMBER CO., Menii>his. Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4". reg. wdth.. std. Igth., 1-2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. MAPLE— 50FT NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4", 18 nins. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 6/4". MASON- DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander. Wis. LOG RUN 10/4", reg. wdth. & Igth. SWAIN- ROACH LUMBER CO., Seymour, Ind. OAK— PLAIN RED FAS 4/4", good wdths., 50% 14-16', 2 vrs. dry. .A 'I LAX ■ K' LUMBER CO., Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 3/4 & 6/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS 10/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., dry. BLAKES- LEE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo, N, Y. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4". bone drv. JOHN HALFPE.XNY, Philadelphia, Pa, FAS 5/4", 11" & up, 10' & up, 1 yr. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. FAS 4/4 & 5/4", reg. wdth., 14-16', 8 mos. dry; NO. 1 C. 4/4", reg. wdth., 8 mos. dry. J. M. LOGAN LUMBER CO., Knoxville, Tenn. NO. 1 C. 3,4", NO. 2 C. 4/4", FAS 5/4 & 6/4". NICK 10 Y BROS.. INC., Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR., 6/4 & 10/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 8 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARD- WOOD CO., Helena, Ark. NO. 2 C. 4/4". UTLEY-HOLLOWAY CO., Chicago. 111. NO. 1 C. & NO. 2 C. 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 6-l;i mos. dry. WOOD-MOSAIC CO., New Albany. Ind. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., 1-2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. OAK— QUARTERED RED FAS 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Bliss- ville, Ark. COM. & BTR., 4/4-6/4". KRAETZER- CUKED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS 1/2, 5/8 & 4/4". NICKEY BROS., INC., Memphis. Ttz-nn. OAK— PLAIN WHITE NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 6/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 1-2 yrs. dry. BLAKESLEE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 2 C. 5/8 & 3/4", reg. wdth. 14-16', air- dried. R. J. DARNELL, INC., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4 & 12/4", 1 yr. dry. G. ELIAS «c BRO., INC., Buffalo, N, Y. COM. & BTR., 4/4-16/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS 4/4", reg. wdth., 14-16'. 1 yr. dry. J. M, LOGAN LUMBER CO., Knoxville, Tenn. SEL. 5/8. 6" & up; NO. 1 C. 5/8, 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4"; NO. 2 C. 4/4". NICKEY BROS.. INC., .\iempliis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 10/4-12/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., 1-2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. OAK— QUARTERED WHITE NO. 1 C. 4/4" & up. BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville, Ark. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4". BELLGRADE LUM- BER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS 3/8 Ai 1/2", 6" & up, 8' & up, 6 mos. dry; FAS 4/4, reg. wdth. & Igth., 4 mos. &■ over dry; STRIPS 4/4", 2%"-i", reg. Igth., 6 mos. dry; BCKG. BDS. 3/8-5/4", reg. wdth. &; Igth., 6-12 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. CLR. STRIPS 4/4", 4". reg. Igth.; NO. 1 C. 4/4", reg. wdth., 14-16', 1 yr. dry. J. M. LOGAN LUMBER CO., Knoxville, Tenn. FAS 1/4 & 3/8"; FAS 1/2", 10" & up; FAS 4/4", 8-9"; NO. 1 C, 1/4", 3/8 & 5/4"; NO. 1 C. 1/2", 12" & up; SEL. 4/4", 6" & up; NO. 2 C. 4/4"; CLR. STRIPS, 4/4", 21^-3%". NICKEY BROS., INC., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 C. 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 1 vr. dry. WOOD-MOSAIC CO., New Albany, Ind. NO. 1 C. 12/4", reg. wdth., std. igth., 2 vrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N." Y. OAK— MISCELLANEOUS CROSS TIES and CAR STOCK mixed. BELLGRADE LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. ALL grades R. e>i W., 4/4", 4 mos. drv. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. NO. 1 C, NO. 2 C, & NO. 3 C, all 4/4", 4" & up, 10-16', 1 vr. drv; all wide in. P. J. LAW- RE.XCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. NO. 3 C. 4/4"; CROSSING PLANK 12/4". PENROD. JURDEN & McCOWEN, INC., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 12/4". reg. wdth. & Igth. SWALV-ROACH LUMBER CO.. Sevmour. Ind. FAS R. & W., 8/4"; COM. & BTR., R. & W., 12/4". WELSH LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. POPLAR NO. 1 C. 4/4". good wdths., SO'J'o 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buf- falo, N. Y. {Continued on page 54) All Three of Us Will Be Benefitea if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD OctoWer 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 53 Advertisers* Directory NORTHERN HARDWOODS. American Lumber & Manufac- turing Company 7-47 Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo... 4 Barnaby, Charles H 7 Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling.... 4 Boyle. Inc., Clarence 15 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co. 4 Cobba & Mitchell. Inc 3 East Jordan Lumber Co 15 Elias, G.. & Bro 4 Fathauer, Theo., Company 42 Hoffman Bros. Company 7-31 Jackson & Tindle 48 Jones Hardwood Co 50 Kneeland-Bigelow Co.. The 3 Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co... 15 Mcllvain, J., Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 4 Miller, Sturm & Miller 4 Mitchell Bros. Co 3 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-46 Palmer & Parker Co 41 Stack Lumber Company 41 Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 4 Stearns Salt & Lumber Co G Stimson, J. V 7-56 Sullivan, T., & Co 4 Taylor & Crate 4 Tegge Lumber Co 48 Von Platen Lumber Company... 15 Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co. ... 40 WiUson Bros. Lumber Company 6 Wistar. Underbill & Nixon 41 Wood-Mosaic Company 5 Yeager Lumber Company, Inc. . 4 Young, W. D., & Co 3 OAK. See Lists of Manufacturers on pages 7 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co 16 Long-Bell Lumber Company.... 14 Mowbray & Robinson Company 7-46 POPLAR. Anderson-Tully Company. . .2-12-55 Arlington Lumber Company 7-46 Gayoso Lumber Company 10 Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Company 7-11 Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co 10 Memphis Band Mill Co 7-11 Miller Lumber Co 7-45 Mossman Lumber Company.... 13 Paepcke Lelcht Lumber Co.... 7-11 Penrod, Jurden & McCowen 10 Pritehard-Wheeler Lumber Co. 7-10 Probst Lumber Company 50 Russe & Burgess, Inc. 10 Sondheinior, E.. Co 10 Stark, James E., & Co 12-43 Stimson, J. V 7-66 Stimson, J. V., Hardwood Co... Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . 12 Thane Lumber Co 12 Thompson-Katz Lumber Co 11 Three States Lumber Company 7-56 Welsh Lumber Co. 12 RED GUM. Anderson-Tully Company. . .2-12-55 Baker-Matthews Lumber Co... 13 Bellgrade Lumber Company... 10 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Bonner, J. H.. & Sons 7-11 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 10 Brown & Hackney, Inc 11 Brown Land & Lumber Co 12 Brown. W. P., & Sons Lbr. Co. . . 5 Darby. H. W.. Hdwd. Lumber Company 12 Darnell, R. J 13 Dooley, F. T., Lumber Co 13 Ehemann, Geo. C, & Co 12 Evans, G. H.. Lumber Co 16 Ferguson & Palmer Company.. 11 SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. American Lumber & Mfg. Co. . .7-47 Anderson-Tully Company. . . 2-12-55 Archer Lumber Company Arlington Lumber Company 7-46 Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo... 4 Baker-Matthews Lumber Co... 13 Beaumont Lumber Company... 14 Bellgrade Lumber Company... 10 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling 4 Bonner, J. H., & Sons 7-11 Boyle, Inc., Clarence 15 Brown. Geo. C, & Co 10 Brown Land & Lumber Co.... 12 Brown. W. P., cSr Sons Lbr. Co.. 5 Brown & Hackney. Inc 11 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co. 4 Catlin, R .H., Company 50 Cornelius Lumber Company.... 16 Crane, C. & Co 48 Crenshaw-Gary Lumber Co 11 Darby, H. W., Hdwd. Lumber Co 12 Darnell. R. J.. Inc 13 Davis, Edw. L.. Lumber Co 5 Dooley, F. T.. Lumber Company 13 Dudley Lumber Company 1-13 Ehemann. Geo. C, & Co 12 Elias, G., & Bro 4 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co 16 Fathauer, Theo., Company 42 Ferguson & Palmer Company.. 11 Galloway-Pease Company 7 Gayoso Lumber Company 10 Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Company 7-11 Halfpenny. John. Inc 49 Hoffman Brothers Company. . .7-31 Howe Lumber Company Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co 10 Kurz-Downey Company Logan, J. M.. Lumber Co 8 Long-Bell Lumber Company 14 Long-Knight Lumber Company. 28 Lawrence. P. J., Lumber Co Mcllvain, J. Gibson & Co 2 McLean, Hugh. Lumber Co 4 Memphis Band Mill Company. .7-11 Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co 47 Miller, Sturm & Miller 4 Miller Lumber Co 7-45 Mossman Lumber Company 13 Mowbray & Robinson Company 7-46 Nickey Bros., Inc 13-27 Xitrnian Lumber Company 5 Paepcke Lelcht Lumber Co.... 7-11 Penrod, Jurden & McCowen... 10 Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. 7-10 I'robst Lumber Company 50 Richardson. A. M., Lumber Co.. Russe & Burgess, Inc 10 Salt Lick Lumber Company... 6 Sondheimer, B.. Company 10 Standard Hardwood Lumber Company 4 Stark, Jame.s E., & Co 12-43 Sterner Lumber Co 46 Stimson, J. V., Hardwood Co.... Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co.. 12 Sullivan. T., & Co 4 Swain-Roach Lumber Co 7-46 Taylor & Crate 4 Thane Lumber Co 12 Thompson-Katz Lumber Co 11 Three States Lumber Co 7-56 Utley-Holloway Company 7-15 Vestal Lumber & Manufactur- ing Co .'... 8 Welsh Lumber Co 12 Whitmer. Wm., & Sons 6 Willett. W. R., Lumber Co 5 WiUson Bros. Lumber Co 6 Wisconsin Lumber Company.... Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 41 Yeager Lumber Co., Inc 4 LUMBER COMMISSION. .\ If red P. Buckley 51 VENEERS AND PANELS. Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co.. 14 Anderson-Tully Company. . .2-12-55 Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 32 Birds Eye Veneer Company. ... 26 Dean-Spicker Company, The.... Hoffman Bros. Company 7-31 Huddleston - Marsh Mahogany Company 30 Long-Knight Lumber Co 28 Louisville Veneer Mills 26 Mengel, C. C, & Bro. Co 5 Nickey Bros., Inc 13-27 Ohio Veneer Company 48 Palmer & Parker Co 41 Pickrel Walnut Company 29 Rayner, J., Company 14 Stark. James E., & Co 12-43 St. Louis Basket & Box Co 32 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . 12 Wisconsin Veneer Company 32 Wood-Mosaic Company 5 MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ETC... Davis, Edw. L.. Lumber Co i Hartzell. Geo. W Hoffman Brothers Company. . .7-31 Huddleston - Marsh Mahogany Co 30 Long-Knight Lumber Co 28 Mengel, C. C, & Bro. Co ^ Palmer & Parker Co 41 Pickrel Walnut Company 29 Purcell, Frank 40 Rayner, J., Company 14 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 Horner. William 6 Long-Bell Lumber Company. ... 14 Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co... 15 Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co 47 Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Salt Lick Lumber Company 0 Stearns Salt & Lumber Co 6 Wilce. T., Company, The 14 Young, W. D., & Co 3 SAWS, KNIVES, ETC. Atkins, K. C, & Co Hill-Curtis Co 56 SAWMILL MACHINERY. Hill-Curtis Co 56 .Sinker-Davis Co Soule Steam Feed Works WOODWORKING MACHINERY. Mershon, W. B.. & Co 56 LOGGING MACHINERY. Chickasaw Cooperage Company. 64 Godfrey, John F 41 Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co. . 14 DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. Grand Rapids Veneer Works.... Philadelphia Textile Machinery Company 6 LUMBER INSURANCE. Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company Davis. A. J.. & Co 49 Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mu- tual Fire Insurance Company. TIMBER ESTIMATORS. Lauderburn, D. E 51 TIMBERLANDS. Lacey, James D., Timber Co 49 Lauderburn, D. E 51 MISCELLANEOUS. Buck, Frank R.. Co Childs, S. D., & Co 15 Lumbermen's Credit Assn 48 Perkins Glue Company 54 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1018 NO. 1 C. 6x6", 18 mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C. 4/4". 7" & up, reg. Igth.. S mos. dry. J. M. LOGAN LUMBER CO., Knoxville, Tenn. COM. & BTR. 5/8 & 4/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 6-8 mos. dry. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. NO. 1 C. 4/4"; PANEL 4/4", IS" & up. NICKET BROS., INC., Memphis, Tenn. FAS 4/4", 10-12". 14-16', 4 mos. dry; FAS 6/4", reg. wdth., 14-16', 4 mos. dry; FAS 5/4 & 6/4", 12" & up, 14-16', 4 mos. dry; COM. 4/4, 5/4 & 10/4", reg. wdth., 14-16'. 4 mos. dry; NO. 2 A 4/4", reg. wdth., 14-16', 4 mo.?, dry; NO. 2, 8/4". reg. wdth., 14-16', 4 mos. dry. NORMAN LUM- BER CO.. Louisville, Ky. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 10/4, 12/4 & 16/4", ran. wdth. & Igth.. 10 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON, Huntingburg, Ind. NO. 2 C. 8/4". WELSH LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., 1-2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. SYCAMORE— QUARTERED NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4". reg, wdth. & Igth. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO., Seymour, Ind. WALNUT NO. 2 C. 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth. BLAKES- LBE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C. 4/4", 2 yrs. dry. G, ELIAS BROS., INC., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS & NO. 1 C. 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dry; COM. & BTR., 5/4", 8" & up, reg. Igth.. 9 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wavne. Ind. FAS & NO. 1 C. 5/8-8/4", very dry. HTJD- DLESTON-MARSH MAHOGANY CO., Chi- cago. III. COM. & BTR. 4/4", ran. wdth. & Igth.. 6-8 mos. dry. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4", 8" & up, ran. Igth., 1 yr. dry; NO. 2 C. 2. THE T. WILCE CO., Chicago, 111. VENEER— FACE GUM— RED QTD., FIG'D, any thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville. Ky. FIG., all thicknesses. NICKEY BROTHERS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. MAHOGANY ANY thickness. THE DEAN-SPICKER CO.. Chicago, 111. PLAIN & FIGURED, 1/28 to 1/4", Mexican and African. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MA- HOGANY CO., Chicago, 111. ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. MISCELLANEOUS ALL Southern hardwoods, rotary cut. any thickness, any size. PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, Memphis. Tenn. OAK— PLAIN SWD. 1/20-1/4". HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne. Ind. ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville. Ky. OAK— QUARTERED WHITE, any thickness, sawed or sliced. THE DEAN-SPICKER CO., Chicago. 111. SWD. 1/20-1/4". HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. ANY thickness. LOUIS^HLLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. SWD., white, all thicknesses. NICKEY BROTHERS. INC., Memphis, Tenn. WALNUT ANY thickness, sawed or sliced. THE DEAN-SPICKER CO., Chicago, 111. 1/20-1/4". HOFFMAN BROS. COMPANY. Fort Wayne. Ind. ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. SL. & RTRY. CUT. HUDDLESTON- MAKSH MAHOGANY CO., Chicago, III. ANYTHING in walnut, veneers, pi. & tig., rty. and sliced. PICKREL WALNUT CO., St. Louis, Mo. CROSSBANDING AND BACKING GUM ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville, Ky. POPLAR ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville, Ky. BIRCH STOCK SIZES, 1/4, 5/16 & 3/8", good IS and 23. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOG- ANY CO., Chicago, 111. GUM QTD. FIG., any thickness. LOUISYILLB VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. MAHOGANY ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. STOCK SIZES, 1/4. 5/16 & 3/8". good IS and 2S. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOG- ANY CO., Chicago, 111. OAK ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. PL. & QTD. 1/4, 5/16 & 3/8". stock sizes, good IS and 2S. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOGANY CO., Chicago, in. ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville, Ky. This is the orig- inal machine. Pat. Dec. 21, 1915. They have been in use over four years and are past the experimental stape. The only proven practical machine of its kind on the market. These machines are designed for CUTTING WOOD of any kind in any place under any conditions to be found in the lum- ber and wood camps, in any kind of weather. These machines have been in use for over four years. Vaughan S^^St^N^^ Drag Saw Can Be Used with Profit in Cutting Any Kind of Round Wood Owing to the increased cost of materials and labor the price of the Vaughan portable gasoline drag saw will be advanced to $184.00 F. O. B. Memphis, Tennessee, on Novem- ber the 1st. With more than nine thousand machines in actual use and a demand which taxes the capacity of the works, we advise that you send in your orders promptly. Fuel will be scarce. These saws are excellent for getting out wood. Farmers, mill men, stave and spoke and handle manufacturers are finding them absolutely essential. CHICKASAW COOPERAGE CO. E. C. ATKINS & COMPANY General DiNtributln? Agents Memphis, Tenn. Atlanta, Ga. New Orleans, La. GENERAL SELLING AGENTS MEMPHIS. TENN. ,J. C. PENNOYEB CO. .'ielllng Acents, 226 I.a Salle Street, Chicago E.vclianEe HIdK, Memphis, Tenn. Gassawa.v. W. \ a. AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 55 J-r ATCO ABILITY I M E CJ, :i t vi Ul, r ABILITY means merely to know how and to be able L to turn the knowledge to practical account. Knowing how is the result of intelligent analysis of practices and conditions as they appear and develop — the adoption of the good and the rejection of the poor practices and unceasing effort to keep ahead of con- ditions. To turn the "know how" to account requires an organization complete in every detail and equipment to handle the most exacting call. In the Hardwood business ATCO ABILITY typifies the nearest possible approach to perfectly balanced or- ganization. It represents your best opportunity for securing not only the fullest measure of quality but the highest development of service administered with your needs in mind every minute. Let us demonstrate our right to the claim of being And Exponents of Golden Rule Quality erson Ti M Ul e m p h I J* ompany :^^ ~^ CHI. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD STIMSON'S MILLS Four organizations with the single purpose of meeting the wants of the most scrupulous buyer of all domestic hardwoods — Indiana & Southern Hardwood Lumber F= =anrl= = Rotary Veneer J. V. STIMSON, Huntingburg, Indiana STIMSON VENEER & LUMBER CO. Memphis, Tfnnessee J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO. Memphis, Tennessee, & Helena, Ark. Three States Lumber Co. MEMPHIS, TENN. Manufacturers of SOUTHERN HARDWOODS BAND MILL: BURDETTE. ARK The Following Is a List of a Few of the Items We Now Have in Stock: Dry, Ready for Prompt Shipment COTTONWOOD t Cars 1 " Boxboards, 13" to 17 3 Cars 1" Boxboards, S" to 12" 4 Cars 1" FAS., 6" to 12" 5 Cars 1" No. 1 Common S Cars \Vt" No. I Common 4 Cars 1" No. 2 Common 2 Cars I'/i" No. 2 Common 3 Cars 2" FAS. GUM t O--! 1" FAS. Sap 5 Ca. s 114" FAS. Sap 3 Cars IVj" FAS. Sap 6 Cars 1" No. 1 Common 5 Cars 1" No. 2 Common 2 Cars 1V4" FAS. Red 2 Cars IVi" FAS. Red 1 Car V/i" No. I Common 3 Cars 2" FAS. Qtd. Red 2 Cars 2" No. 1 Com. Qtd. Red OAK 5 Cars 1" FAS. Red 2 Cars 1" FAS. While 2 Cars VA" No. 1 C. A Btr. Red 5 Cars 1" No. 1 Com. Red 2 Cars 1" No. 1 Com. Wbite S Cars 1" No. 2 C. Red & White 2 Cars ZVj" No. 1 Com. A Btr. Plain Red Oalc 2 Cars 3" No. 1 Com. A Btr. Plain White Oak S Cars 2" Log Run Elm 5 Cars 1" Log Run Elm 3 Cars 1V4" Log Run Elm 4 Cars Wz" Log Run Elm 3 Cars 2" Log Run Maple 2 cars 12/4" Log Run Maple 2 cars 6/4" Log Run Maple 2 cars 5/4" Log Run Maple 3 Cars 1" No. 1 Com. A Btr. Sycamore 5 Cars 1" No. 2 & No. 3 Com. Sycamore 2 cars 2" Select & Better Cypress Our stock is manufactured from a nice class of timber and there- fore runs to nice grade and extra good widths and lengths. We solicit your request for delivered prices MERSHON Band Resaws and Band Ripsaws Preference given to machines needed to manufacture products to help win the war Wm. B. Mershon © Company, sagmaw, Michigan Style "E" Steam Dog Speed up the produc- tion of your cross-cut saw by using a Steam L)og. Several types made. SEND FOR HILL AND CURTIS CATALOGUES HILL-CURTIS COMPANY '^"^ ^'^^ ^'^'^ ^^^'^"^ TT^'''' Successor to Wra E. Hill Co. and aaw mill machinery bus'-es« nf Curtis Saw and Mill Machinery Co. IVaiaiTlaZOO IVHClllgarl Semi-Monlhly Twenty-Fourth Year 537 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 10, 1918 Subscription $2. Vol. XLVI, No. 2 American Black Walnut The most beautiful of all Cabinet woods. Where can a good supply of Lumber and Veneers be found? The American Walnut Mfr's Association will show you Watch for further interest- ing announcements. Address GEO. N. LAMB, Sec. 312 McLachlen Building, Washington, D. C. Ill II II » II II ll II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II M II II II II II II II II II II II II M II II II II II II II II II II II M M II MJI M ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER MAT 28, 1902, AT THE posTorncE at Chicago, ilx., under act of march s, i819 HARDWOOD RECORD NoTember 10, 1918 ESTABLISHED 1798 J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. LUMBER Hardwoods A Specialty PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Manufacturers Wholesalers ■IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli^ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil THIS MARK MEANS Quality-GOLDEN RULE-Service THE ANDERSON-TULLY company MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE Southern Hardwood Manufacturers 70.000.000 feet a year airailllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllH Ill [|i[iiii;iiiii|ii!]||||||9{||||||||||H:il!||l|l|[|||||l|llllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllli« All Three o( U« WUl Be Bene&ted if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality 134 M 4/4 66 M 4/4 43 M 4/4 79 M 4/4 78 M 4/4 60 M 6/4 100 M 8/4 46 M 12/4 32 M 5/4 75 M 5/4 92 M 6/4 95 M 8/4 Basswood Selects Basswood, No. 1 Common Basswood, No. 2 Common Basswood, No. 3 Common Gray Elm, No. 1 Common & Better Gray Elm, No. 2 Common & Better Gray Elm, No. 2 Common & Better Gray Elm, high grade Maple, Step Maple, high grade Maple, high grade Maple, high grade Also have ample stock 4/4 Maple and can furnish any grade No. 2 Common or better. We are now sawing Beech lumber, 5/8, 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4, and Maple 4/4. 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 1 4./4 and 1 6/4 thicknesses. Cobbs & Mitchell INCORPORATED Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan "FINEST" Maple and Beech FLOORING We are members of the Maple Flooring Mfr's. Association Flooriat Itamped M. F. M. A. insure! quality /. Michigan /. Hardwood Lumber BIRCH OAK 300.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 4/4" 50,000' No. 2 Com. & Btr. . 4/4" 75.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 6/4" MAPLE SOFT ELM 50,000' Ists & 2nds. 4/4" to 16/4" 800.000' No. 2 Com & Btr.. 4/4" WHITE MAPLE 80.000' No. 1 Com. Ic Btr., 10/4" 14,000' iBts & 2nd8. 4/4", end dried 15,000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 12/4" HEMLOCK SOO.OOO' No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 4/4- CHERRT 125,000' Merchantable 4/4" ASH IT.OOO' No. 2 Com. & Btr., 4/4" 15,000' No. 2 Com. & Btr. 4/4- Write f or Prices W.D.Young 6? Co. BAY CITY MICHIGAN Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality We have dry — 4/4 Basswood, Birch, Gray Elm, Birdseye Maple, Soft Maple and Beech 5 4 Beech 6/4 Beech and Gray Elm 8 4 Gray Elm In addition to above we are now sawing — 5/8 Beech 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 16/4 Hard Maple Some grades and widths are piled separately to better meet the requirements of the trade Mitchell Brothers Co. Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan WE WILL QUOTE ATTRACTIVE PRICES ON THE FOLLOWING: 39 M ft. 1 1/16x2" No. 1 Maple Flooring 32 M ft. 1 1/16x2" Clear Maple Flooring 90 M ft. 1 1/16x4" Prime Maple Flooring 45 M ft. 13/16x4" Prime Maple Flooring 150 M ft. 5/4 No. 3 Common Basswood 50 M ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 100 M ft. 5/4 No. 3 Common Beech 200 M ft. 6/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm lOOM ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 65 M ft. 10/4 No. 1 Common & Better Elm 75 M ft. 12/4 No. 1 Common & Better Elm 100 M ft. 6/4 No. 3 Common Elm 40 M ft. 8/4 No. 3 Common Elm 100 M ft. 12/4 No. 3 Maple 25 M ft. 4/4 No. 3 Com. & Better Red and White Oak 10 M ft. 8/4 No. 1 Common & Better White Oak 5M ft. 10/4 No. 1 Common & Better White Oak The Kneeland-Bigelow Company Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber Bay City Michigan All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD November 10. 1918 BUFFALO The Foremost Hardwood Market of the East T. SULLIVAN & CO. Hardwoods Ash and Elm NIAGARA— CORNER ARTHUR Taylor & Crate HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS A (toek of l*,M>e,000 to t«,»flO,0«« feet e( hardwood* carried at all tlmn at onr two bic Bnffalo Tarda Established 50 Years Rail or Ctrt* Shipments Go ELIAS & BRO. HARDWOODS WUt« Fine. Yellow Fine. Somce. Hetnlaek. Fir, Lamber, Timber, Mlllwork, Boxea. Maple and Ook Floorinc 955-1015 Elk Street Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling A Complete Stock of Seasoned Hardwoods ir.oladlnff A»h, BaAaw»od. Birch, Cherry. Ch«itnut. Cyprosi, £1m, Oom. Hlokorr, Mapl*. PUln & Qosrtared Oak. Foplu-A Walnnt. 1100 Seneca Street Yeager Lumber Company INCORPORATED EVERYTHING IN HARDWOODS 932 Elk Street Atlantic Lumber Company HARDWOODS WEST VIRGINU SOFT RED AND WHITE OAK Onr Specialty t West Tlrdnla and PoansylTaala Cherrr 1055 Seneca Street Miller, Sturm & Miller Hardwoods •f All Kinds 1142 Seneca St. Hugh McLean Lumber Co. OUR SPECIALTY: QUARTERED WHITE OAK 940 Elk Street BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. SPECIAL FOR SALE 2" to 4" No. I Common and Better Elm 2". 2'/2". 3" and 4".. No. I Common and Better White Ash 2'/a" and 3" No. I Common and Better Plain Oak Hardwoods & Red Cedar Plain and Qrtd. Oak has been our bobby for years Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT 1075 Clinton Street The above firms carry large and well assorted stocks of all kinds and grades of Hard^woods, and have every facility for filling and ship- ping orders promptly. They vrill be pleased to have your inquiries AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD THE Theo.Fathauer Company of Arkan- sas is the operating subsidiary of the Theo. Fathauer Company, main office 14'*8 Cherry Ave., Chicago, the mill being: located at Helena. Theodore Fathauer is president of the company, J. P. Swift, secretary, and Paul C. Smith, treasurer and manager. The capital stock is $100,000. The company manufactures fifty per cent gum, the remainder being oak, ash and maple. It logs its own timber from a twelve thousand acre tract near Ratio, Ark., hauling the timber on tram road about fifteen miles long, connecting with the Iron Mountain. The mill cuts fifty thousand feet daily, turning the logs into lumber on the day they arrive at the camp, thus insuring bright, clear stock. The output is furni- ture material, implement and automobile stock, and low grade for box factories. The mill has excellent equipment and the yard usually contains three to four mil- lion feet of stock, 'i he company employs abouf two hundred and fifty men at its /irKansas operations. ' ELENA ARKAN S AS Integrity Quality Service Efficiency It is these vital sparks of industry that are keeping the lights burning and the wheels humming at Helena. It was the steadfast adherence to these principles that has made Helena the greatest producing center of Hardwoods and Hardwood Veneers west of the Mis- sissippi river. The satisfaction of profitable trade binds our custom- ers to us. From all Hardwood consumers who appre- ciate a product in which these qualities are inherent, we respectfully solicit correspondence. A. M. Richardson Lumber Co. Chicago Mill & Lumber Co. Theo. Fathauer Co. Penrod, Jurden & McCowen J. V. Stimson Hardwood Co Kurz-Downey Co. Galloway-Pease Co. Rex Hoop Co. Howre Lumber Co. Archer Lumber Co. Van Briggle Veneer Co. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 Double Band Mill For Sale Including: Carriages Niggars Loaders Trimmer Edgers Resaws Sprockets and Chain Shafting and Pulleys Engine— 281/^ x 62 Log Machinery All the Machinery for a Clothes Pin Mill Filing Room Equipment crk. ST EARNS SALT i' LUMBER CO. LudingtokMich. I i «iiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[3iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiniic]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiriiinainniini[4 I COMMERCIAL ! ! KILN DRYING I I I I \ i Modem Kilns I I We do a large amount of this I work and are in a position to quote I prices that will be satisfactory. i Wire or write us, or better I still, send along your ship- I ments of lumber for kiln I drying and they will be I taken care of. WILLIAM HORNER I I i REED CITY, MICHIGAN i ' i •>]iiniinnDiitiiiiriiiiniiiiniiiiiiQiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiMiiC]iiiiiiiiiiii[3iiiiniiiiiiC]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiiniNiiiiiH>> WM. WHITMER & SONS INCORPORATED Manufacturers and Wtole- aalers of All Kinds of "If Anybody Can. We Can" HARDWOODS West Virginia Spruce and Hemlock Long and Short Leaf Pine Virf inia Framing Finance Building PHILADELPHIA NORTH CAROLINA PINE AND WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Capacity 300,000 Ft. per Day Conway, S. C. Jacksonville, Hertford, J.C. He, N. C. \ N.C. ( MILLS Porterwood, W. Va. Wildell, W. Va. MUl Creek, W. Va. Willson Bros. Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS MAIN oFncE: PITTSBURGH, PA. ^^^ for VENEER WRYERS No checks or aplit*. Enor- mous output. Low labor cost. The Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. PhUadelphU Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT UCK KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF (^^ Oak Flooring Complete stock of 3/8" and 13/16" in all standard widths All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, lOlS HARDWOOD RECORD A — Manufacturer of Implement Stock. e — Manufacturer of Car Matoral. C — MaBufacturor of Factory Dimension, * Has Individual Dliplay Ad •□ Pal* Dott|iat»<. Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc. New Albeuiy. Ind. Manufacturer Veneers and Hnrdwood Lumber Hoffman Brothers Company Manufacturer Ft. Wayne. Ind. (•See page 46) Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber and Flooring The Mowbray & Robinson Company Cincinnati, Ohio Write for Llal and Prices North Vernon Lumber Company Manufacturer N«rth Vernon, INDIANA ^ Long-Bell Lumber Company ^^ Band Saw Operators In Southern Hardwoods i= Kansas City» Missouri ^^ A. B, C— ^^ 15 years' supply assured by 32,000 acres Tlrgln St. •^^ Francis Basin Timber, largely Oak. ^= Tscbndy T.umber Company, naicc^iTTH ^m Manufacturer. KansaB fity. MISbOUKI ^= We have a fine stock of 4/4 "^No. i Com, Plain White ^^ Oak: 4/4 PAS Quartered White Oak. ^= OALLOWAY-PEASE COMPANY,.,,.. _, __ ^^ Mannfactnrer. Poplar KIufT, MiSSOURI . We carry a complete stock nf plain and quartered ===== Red and White Oak In all apecIQcations. Our facilltlea =r — for prompt sblpmenta are second ta none. s BAKER-MATTHEWS LBR CO. .-,ccAV?di ^= Memphis. Tenn. Manufacturer MIobUUKl Charles H. Bamaby Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and Veneers Greencastle, Ind. (•See page 46) We have to offer at present 1 car 4/4 FAS Quartered White Oak. 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C. & Bet Quartered Red SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. „,-^, . ., . Manufacturer Seymour, INDIANA (•See page 56) J. V. Stimson TENNESSEE Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hnrdwood Lumber Huntinghurg, Indiana {•See page 45) Miller Lumber Company Manufacturer and Dealer in All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Marianna, Arkansas (•See page 56) Nlco stock of dry 4/4. 6/4 & 6/4 Plain Red and White Oak on hand at Burdette, Ark., for prompt shipment. THREB STATES LUMBER CO.. Manufacturer. Memphis a & c— Wp Manufacture Hardwood From Flue West VlrKlnia Timber, WARN LUMBER CORPORATION Raywood. W. A'a. ("See page 12) J. H. Bonner & Sons Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Memphis, Tenn. Mill: Jonquil, Ark. A, B & C— Carr Lumber Company, Inc. BlKmore Hardwoods Pisgah Forest, N. C Manufacturer W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. 9 Band Mills manufacturing hardwoods Louisville, Ky. Band Sawed. Steam Dried, Arkansas Hardwoods Edgar Lumber Company Wesson. Arkansas (See puge '3) Salt Lick Liunber Company Hardwood Manufacturer Salt Lick, Kentucky (•See pafio 1')) Prilchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwood Lumber and Quartered <»ak, Ash and Gum Memphis, Tennessee <.)ur Lumber Is Well Manufactured and Well Taken Care of. Write us for prices in anything In hardwoods. THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMPANY, Alexandria. LOUISIANA (•See page 12) ■ Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. Manufacturer of Hardwoods Memphis, Tennessee We have for fall shipment large stock of 10/4 and 12/4 C. & Bet Oak: other thicknesaes from 4/4 to 8/4 In all grades. FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Manufacturer. Nashville, TENNESSEE Special. ALTON LUMBER COMPANY 1 car 9/4 Government Quality Wliife Oak 1 car 14/4 Government Quality White Oak 20 cars 4/4, 5/4, 6/1 & 8/4 Suuud Wormy Chestnut Buckhannon, West Virginia for anything in OAK write these representative firms B & C Manufacturers Band Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oak and other Hardwood Lumber Sabine River Lumber & Logging Co., Inc. San Antonio, Texas 5 cars 4/4 White Oak FAS & N«. 1 C. IS cars 5/4 Plain Red Oak Steps FAS & No. 1 C. WILUAMSON-KCNY MILL & LUMBEB CO. Manufacturer, Mound City, ILLINOIS Special— 500.000 (t. LAMB-FISH H'MBER CO. Manufacturer. Cliarleston. 4/4 FAS Plain White & Red Oat MISSISSIPPI ^^ Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company ^s SOUTHERN HARDWOODS == General Offices. Conway Building. Chicago ^^ Manufacturer ^ Bedna Young Lumber Company ==^ Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber ^^ Sales Offlco: Band Mill: ^E^ GREENSBURG. INQ. JACKSON. TENN = Please let us have your Inquiries ^^ We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber M C. & W. Kramer Company ^^^ Riciimond, Indiana -^^ B— We specialize Id White and Red Oak and in Quartered ^^ Red r.um- We solicit your linulries. ^p ALEXANDEB BROTH EKS. = Manufacturers, Belzimi, MISSISSIPPI C — Special 1 car 6/4x20" Qtd. Red Oak Seat Stock 1 car 6/4x18" Qtd. White Oak Seat Stock 1 car 4/4x12" & wdr. Plain Oak ARKLA LBB-^^^^MFG. CO.. MlgSQURl A. B & O— ' Triple Band of The Meadow River Lumber Company Rainelle. W. Va. Manufacturer Hlph-Grade Hardwoods I'See imf3f l-> OUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY Memphis Band Mill Company Memphis TENNESSEE Manufacturers of Plain and Quartered Oak also Oall Timbers and Brldce Plsnll SABINE TRAM COMPANY. BE.^UMONT. Mannfactnrer. TEXAS All stock cut from our yiri:ln Timber on modtm band mills. TUISTLETHWAITE LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturer Washington. LOUISIANA 11. c— Tallahatchie Lumber Company Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwoods Philipp, Mississippi (•See page 46) ARLINGTON LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers ol Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Mills: Arlln^on, Ky., and Park^_-,_, ,____, Pinre, Ark. Write Arlington KLIN I UCK.I (*See page 14) 6.000.000 Feet of Oak Always on Hand In 1 to 2" Stock BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, . --^ .-,« AC Manufacturer BlisHviUe, AKKAIN3A3 TENNESSEE ino.noo ft. 1" la & 2b Qtd. \Milte Oak 50,OftO ft. 1" No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak. 8" & wdr. JOHN B. RANSOM & CO., Manufacturer, Naghville Everything In lumber A. B & C— Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lbr. Co. Manufacturers and Wholesale Lumber Dealen St. Louis, Missouri Yellow Poplar Lumber Company Coal Grove, Ohi* Manufacturer A & B— If you want Sound, Soft Textured WTilt* & Red Oak, binh In Plain and Quartered, write DCHLMEIER BROTHERS & CO., OHIO Manufacturere, Cincinnati ^"^^ Tbe Band MIU. Planing Mill and I>r7 Klin of the Wllliains Lumber Company l9 located at FayettevUle, Tennessee All lumber piled in same lenftba and similarly loaded in cars, CLAY LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturer. «/ VA Middle Fork, "' ^ "' {"See page 53) All stock graded up to quality— knacked dows t« prlc«. UTLEY-HOLLOWAY LUMBER COMPANY Conway Building M anuf acturer Chlcap». ILLINOIS Band Sawed, Equalized, Forked Leaf Wta[t« Osk Thin Oak and Ash Specialties MANSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. Manufactorer SHREVEPORT. LA. For 25 years w* have made Oak and still specialize In this, the beat af American hardwoods. Our prlcoa, grades and serrice are worth considering. LOVE, BOYD A CO.. -r-PMnr-eei?!? Manufacturer, Nashville, ItlNNtOorJt li o: «^— hign brade Lumber Hyde Lumber Company ^ South Bend, Indiana ^^^ Band Mills: Arkansas City. Ark. Lake Providence. La. = Sherrill Hardwood Lumber Co. H Manufacturer Band Sawed Southern Hardwoods ^^= Merryville Louisiana ^= Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc. ^ Sardis, Miss. =^ Klin Dried Stocks a Specialty ^= Manufacturer ^^ A— 150,001 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Com. Plain Oak ^^ Speclallsta In Bone Dry. Oond Widths h. Lengths— = Prompt Bhlpraent ■■ ■ BABR-HOLADAY LUMBER CO., rtutr* ^ Manufacturer, (ireenHeld, VirllW ^^ We are cutting oiT 20,000 acres of the finest Oak In ^= West Virginia. For the very best, try r. AMERICAN COLUMN & LUMBER CO., ^= Manufacturer, St. Albans, W. VA. ^M Babcock Lumber Company ^ Pittsburgh, Pa, ^= Annual Cap.Tcity, 150.000,000 Fest e?^ Manufacturer -- — Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company ■ Sales Office — Clarksburg, W, V*. ^^ Band Mills — Curtin, Coal Sid- ... -,. ^= Ing and Uomlny Falls. "■ "A. =-= Specialties ==== Quarter-sawed White Oak. Plain Red and WhlU Oak ^= C. L. RITTER LUMBER COMPANY, ^ ROCKCASTLE LUMBER COMPANY, ^ Manufarturers. Huntington, W. Va. ^=^ CSee page 47) ^= Kentucky Soft Texture White Oak, Red Oak aad ^= Poplar. Hi«h-clafl8. sound, square edged White Vak ^^ Timbers. 10x16 ft. ^^ ^^^ ^ . ^s AMERICAN LBR. ft RLFG. CO., Flttsbnrrh. ^m Manufacturer and Wholesaler PENNSYLVANIA ^p All Three of U« Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 You may want this man here BUT We need him "over there" You Can Help Us Get Him Vou might think it something of a sacrifice to deliberately talk with one of your best truck drivers and tactfully urge him to go to France to drive for the Y.M.C.A. — and it would be a sacrifice. But it wouldn't be much compared to that of the army boys who have to depend on Y.M.C.A. truck drivers for what little they can get of home comforts — would it? The Y. M. C. A. in France Needs 75 Truck Drivers and 25 Automobile Mechanics every month. And you can help us get them. We can take only men who are over 37 years old and are not in Class 1 of the draft. The men we want are hard to get at directly. Will you call the drivers and mechanics in your employ — or whom you know — into a meeting — explain the situation to them — • the great need for their service^the great and honorable service they can render — and then put us in touch with the men who may be willing to undertake this great service? The Y. M. C. A. is doing a great big work in France — it is help- ing our fighting men to keep in fighting trim. One of its greatest needs is adequate transport facilities. Y. M. C. A. service for nearly two million men requires a lot of transportation work. We have to move our goods and keep them moving — from ships to warehouses, to canteens, and to points behind — and on — the fighting lines. We have the goods and the trucks. We need the men to man those trucks and keep them going. You business men — employers — executives of industrial works — can do more than any one else to get those men for us. Will you do it? AU Three of Us WUI Be Benefited !f Fill in the Coupon — Get full data And then use your powerful influence to help us get these men. Next to going yourself its one of the finest and most helpful pieces of war service you can render. Ed M. Willis, Y. M. C. A., 347 Madison Ave., New York. It may be possible for me to get recruits for Y.M.C.A. truck service in France. Please send me full information regarding that service. Signature Street and No. Town and State You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD Novembd- 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD There are a number of woods which usually do not go to market under their own name, and sassafras is one of them. For that reason, nobody knows how much is" cut yearly or just what its ultimate destiny is. At most, it is not an abundant or an important tree as a source of lumber, but it has more importance than it is commonly given credit for. The annual cut of sassafras lumber in the United States appears in statistics as less than twenty-five thousand feet, all of it cut in Tennessee; yet, another set of statistics, those compiled to show the woods used by factories, places the yearly use of sassafras at 360,280 feet. That is twenty- five times as much as the reported output of the sawmills; yet there is reason to believe that it falls much below the annual contribution of sassafras to the country's lumber supply. Sassafras readily passes for ash if the inspector is not too particular; and that is what becomes of most of it. The occasional sassafras log reaching the sawmill is rolled aside until there is a cut of ash logs, and then all go through together and no one is ever the wiser. Sometimes it is equally successful in passing for chestnut, but it resembles chestnut less closely than ash. Coffin makers use a little sassafras in place of chestnut as coverstock for veneers. It is barely mentioned in the boatbuilding trade, and has a little more standing in the manufacture of woodenware, while makers of fixtures and furniture place some of this wood, as also do the manufac- turers of agricultural implements. The makers of sash, doors, blinds, and millwork are the largest users of sassa- fras, and there is no telling how much of it goes along with ash without being distinguished from that wood. Ash is considerably stronger than sassafras. All Three of U« Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD November 10. 1918 i I I I I Stock Rhus 14 and 16 Feet Air QUARTERED WHITE OAK 30.000' 1/4" Is & 2s. 40.900' 3/4" Is & 2s. 6"/9y2". 100,000' 1/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 3/4" No. 1 Com.. i"/^^y. 95.000' 3/4" No. 1 Cora.. 6" to 7". 43,500' 3/4" No. 1 Com., 10"/ui). 35,000' 3/4" No. 2 Com. STRIPS CI>. SAP 4,300' 4/4" 3" to 3%", 5.500' 4/4" 4" to 4%". 26.500' 4/4" No. 1 Cum.. Il4"/5ie". PLAIN WHITE OAK 300.000' 5/8" No. 2 Com. 50.000' 3/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 143.000' 5/8" No. 2 Com. 27.900' 3/4" No. 2 Cora. 147,700' 3/4" No. 3 Com. in Length and Is Thoroughly Dried ELM 15. GOO' e/4" Log Run. 44.000' 10/4" Log Run. 69,300' 12/4" Log Run. QUARTERED RED GUM 74,700' 4/4" FAS 395,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN RED GUM 50,000' 4/4" FAS. 221,000' 4/4" FAS, 13-17". 03.200' 4/4" FAS, 17" and up. 500,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 12.700' 12/4" FAS. 22,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 11,000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 140,000' 4/4" FAS. 13-17". lli;,li('U' 4/4" FAS. IS" and up. R. J. DARNELL, Inc. This Stock Is Dry and Runs in Regular Widths and Lengths ELM 1 car 8/4" I.,og Run 1 car 12/4" Log Run 1 car 10/4" Log Run BLACK GUM 1 car 4/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Cora. 1 car 6/4" No. 1 Com, 1 car 8/4" FAS 1 car 8/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 1 car 4/4" FAS. 13" wide 1 car 4/4" Box Bds.. 9 to 12" wide 1 car 4/4" Box Bds.. 13 to 17" wide PLAIN RED OAK 1 car 4/4" FAS 1 car 5/4" FAS SOUND WORMY OAK 1 car 4/4" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Com. The Mossman Lumber Co. Regular Width and Length 3o.ooir 10.1100' 100.000' 50,000' 60,000' 12,000' 15,000' 15,000 30,000 20,000 50,000 50,000 COTTO.NWOOD 8/4" Is & 2s, 7 mo. dr,v. 12/4" Is & 2s. 7 mo. di->'. 4/4" No. 1 Com., C mo. ihT. 4/4" No. 2 Cora., 6 mo. dry. 5/4" No. 1 ami No. 2 Com., 5 rao. dry. 4/4" Box Boards. 8-12", 8 mo. dry. RED GliM 4/4" Is & 2s. 10' & 12', 8 mo. dry, 4/4" Is & 2s, 8 mo, dry. 6/4" Is & 2s, 12 mo. dry. 6/4" No. 1 Com.. 12 rao. dry. SAP GUM 4/4" Is & 2s. 6 mo. dry. 5/4" Is & 2s, 0 mo. dry. 6/4" Is & 2nd. 6 mo. dry. r»().iio(r 4/4" Nu. 1 aiul No. 2 Com.. 6 nin. dry. 50. 000' 6/4" No. 1 and No. 2 Com.. 12 mo. dry. 12.000' 4/4" Box Boards, 8-12", 9 mo. dry. 40.000' 4/4" Box Boards, 13-17", 9 mo. dry. SOFT ELM Tri.ooo' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & lUr.. S mo. dry. 75.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com, & Btr.. 6 mo. dry. 25.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 4 mo. dry. 30.000' 12/4" No, 2 Com. & Btr.. 12 mo. dry. SOFT MAPLE 25.000 6/4" Nn. 2 Cum. & B(r.. 6 rao. dry. GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO. COTTONWOOD 100.000' FAS. 4/4". 13" & up. regu- lar lengths. 4 mos. dry 150.000' No. 1 Com.. 4/4". 13" & up. regular lengths, 4 roos. dry 100. 000' No. 1 Com.. 4/4", regular widths and lengths. 4 mos. dry 100,000' N03. 1 & 2 Com.. 4/4", 9- 10", regular lengths. 4 mos. dry 25,000' FAS, 5/4". regular widths & lengths. 6 mng. dry 50.000' No. 2 Com.. 4/4". regular widhs & lengths. 4 mos. dry GUM 100.000' Box. 4/4". 13" to 17", regu- lar lengths. 4 mus. dry. 50.000' FAS. San, 4/4", regular widths and lengths, 4 mos. dry 25,000' FAS. Sail. 4/4". 13" & up. regular lengllLs. 4 mos. dry 50,00u' No. 1 C. Red. 4/4", regular widths & lengths. 4 mos. dry 50.000' FAS. 4/4". regular widths A lengths. 4 raos. dry 15,000' FAS. 6/4". regular wldtha & lengths. 5 mos. dry 15.000' FAS. Qtd., 4/4", regular widths & lengths, 5 mos. dry 15,000' FAS. Fgd., 4/4", regular widths & lengths, 5 mos. dry CYPRESS 75.000' 4/4". Select & Btr., regular widths .& lengths, 5 mos. dry 15,000' 4/4". Shop, regular widths & lengths. 5 mos. dry ELM 75,000' 6/4", Log Run. reg. widths & lengths, 4 raos. dry 85.000' 16/4". Log Run, reg. widths and lengths. 4 mos. dry 11.000' 12/4" Log Run, reg. widths & lengths, 4 roos. dry 6.000' 14/4", Log Run. reg. widths A lengths. 4 raos. dry THANE LUMBER CO. 4.000' 4/4", 3.000' 4/4". 18.000' 4/4" 7.000' 4/4" 3.000' 4/4" 7,000' 4/4" 200' 4/4", 5,700' 4/4", 35,500' 5/4" 11,000' 5/4", 8,500' 5/4", 3,000' 5/4", 700' 5/4" 900' 5/4", 300' 5/4", 700' 5/4" 400' 6/4", 2,000' 6/4" 2,000' 6/4" 2. ,^'00' 6/4". 11, -.110' 0/4" ASH FAS 0-0". 8-10' 6-9", 12' 6-9", 14-16' 10" & up, 8-10' 10" & up, 12' 10" & up, 14-16' 12" & up, 8-12' 12" & up, 14-16' 6-9". 8-10' 6-9", 12' 6-9". 14-16' 6-9". 8-16' Sel. 10" & up. 8-12' 10" & up, 14-16' 12" & up, 8-12' 12" & up, 14-16' 6-9", 8-10' 6-9", 12' 6-9", 14-16' 6-9", S-16' Sfl. Ill" «.- up. S-12' 3,000' 6/4" 9,000' 6/4" 29,300' 8/4", 66,000' 8-4", 14,5110' 8-4", 29,500" 8-4", 25,000' 8/4" 12,000' 8/4" 10,300' 8/4" 6,000" 8/4" 3,000' 10/4' 1,500' 10/4' 61.300' 12/4' 73.500' 12/4' 9,800' 12/4' 12,500' 12/4' 1,500' 14/4 23,200' 16/4' 19,200' 16/4 5,000' 16/4' 5. .'Oil' 10/4 , 12" 12" 6-9' 6-9' C-9* 10" 10" 10" 12" 12" ', 10' ', 10' '. 6 ', 6- '. 12 '. 12 ', 6" ', 6" ', 6" '. 12' 1I-1I-. • 8-16' up, 8-10', '. 12' ', 14-16' ■. 8-16' Sel. & up, 8-12' & up, 14-16' & up, 8-16' & up, 8-12' & up, 14-16' ' & up, 8-16' " & up, 8-16', I 9", 8-12' 9", 14-16' ' & up, 8-12' " & up, 14-16' & up, 8-16' & up. 8-12' & up. 14-16' ' & up, 8-12' Sel. 12" & UIi, 14-16' DUDLEY LUMBER CO., Inc. Asn % Car 4/4" Com. & Btr % Car 5/4" Com. & Btr. 1 Car 8/4" Com. & Btr. CYPRESS 50,000' 4/4" Shop & Btr, 40,000' 5/4" Sliop & Btr. 18,000' 8/4" Shop & Btr. 6,000' 12/4" Shop & Btr. ELM 12.000' 5/4" Log Bun 11,000' 16/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. RED GUM 25.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 20,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. SAP GUM 100.000' 4/4" Cora. & Btr. 500,000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 50,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. GUM 1 Car 4/4" Box Boards, 13 to 17" QUARTERED BED GUM 10,000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. MAPLE 25.000' 8/4" Log Run PLAIN WHITE OAK 6,000' 8/4" FAS 9.000' 12/4" Com. & Btr, PLAIN RED OAK 7,000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 3,000' 5/4" FAS 5,000' 6/4" FAS 4,000' 8/4" FAS 45,000' 4/4" No, 1 Com. 9,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 57.000' 5/4" Log Run 33,000' 8/4" Log Run POPLAR 15.000' 5/4" Com, & Btr. 50,000' 8/4" Com. & .Btr, 20,fl00' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 7.500' 5/4" No. 2 Com. WELSH LUMBER COMPANY QUARTERED WHITE OAIC 329.000' 12/4" Log Run. 15.000' 4/4" S'elect, 157.000' 16/4" I^g Run. 29,000' 3/8" No. 1 Com. COTTONWOOD 1 QUARTERED RED OAK 13,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 150,000' 12,0tt0' 4/4" No. 1 and No. 2 Com. 4/4" No, 1 Com., 12" up. ASH 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 8/4" No, 2 Com. & Blr. 8.000' 8,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 4/4" No. 2 Com. 13,1100' 16,000' PLAIN RED OAK 3!kO00' 6/4" No. 3 Com. 43,000' 4/4" FAS. MAPLE 27,000' 5/4" FAS. 14,000' 16/4" Log Run. 8,000' 0/4" PAS. QTD. BLACK GUM 8,000' 3/8" No. 1 Cora. 13,000' 4/4" F.\S 198,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. HICKORY 85,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 10,000 8/4" No. 2 & Btr. 70,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 15,000 12/4" No 2 .«. Btr 150,000' 4/4" No, 3 Com, QUARTERED SYCAMORE 14,000' 4/4" Log Run. CYPRESS ELM 23,000' 8/4" Selects. 18,000' 4/4" Log Run. 20,000' 12/4" Selects. 71,000 6/4" Log Run. 80,000 4/4" Shop. 03,000' 8/4" Log Run. 125,000' 8/4" Sliop. Stixnson Veneer & Lbr. Co. Regular Widths and Lengths 130, 100, 160, 50, 50, 78 15 18o! 30, SAP GUM 000' 4/4" Bo.t Bds., 9-12, 7 dry. 000' 4/4" Box Bds., 13-17, 7 di7. ,000' 4/4" FAS, 7 mo. dry, 0110' No. 1 Cora., 7 mo. dry, 000' No, 2 Com,, 7 mo. dry. PL. BED GUM ,000' 4/4" FAS, 7 mo. dry, ,000' 5/4" FAS, 7 mo. dry. ,500' 8/4" FAS, 12 mo. dry, ,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. 7 mo. .000' 5/4" No. 1 Com., 7 mo, .500' 8/4" No. 1 Com,. 12 dry. QUARTERED RED GUM .000' 4/4" FAS, 7 mo. dry. ,000' 5/4" FAS, 7 rao, dry. 800' i;/4" FAS, 7 rao. dry, ,1110' S/4" FAS, 12 mo. dry. , 1 Com.. 7 mo. dry. 1 Com., 7 mo. dry. 1 Cora.. 7 mo. dry. 1 Com., 12 mo. 20.335' 4/4" No, 14.000' 5/4" No, 1,700' 6/4" No. 22.6,'-,0' 8/4" No. dry. COTTONWOOD 85,000' 4/4" Box Bds.. 0-12. 7 mo. dry. 15,000' 4/4" Box Bds,. 13-17. 7 mo. dry. 100,000' 4/4" FAS. 7 mo. dry. PLAIN RED AND WHITE OAK 5,000' 4/4" FAS, 7 rao. dry. 10,000' 5/4" FAS, 7 mo. dry. 10,000' 6/4" FAS, 7 rao. dry. 7,344' 8/4" FAS, 7 rao. dry, 23,992' 10/4" FAS, 7 mo. dry. 22,000' 12/4" FAS, 7 mo. dry. 10,000' 4/4" No, 1 Com,, 7 mo, dry. 17,330' 5/4" No. 1 Com., 7 rao. dry 13.455' 0/4" No. 1 Com,, 7 mo. dry. S 11 .^ I 111 HI ij BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO. 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 ^ 1 1 II 1 1 November 10. 1918 HARDWOOD RECOKD 11 P li ! 150,000' 200.000' 150.000' 100,000' 100,000' 60.000' 50.000' 100. 000' 50.000' 100.000' 15.000' 10.000' SAP avti li & 2i 5/4- No. 1 Com. 6/4- No. 1 Com. i B. i/ BED OUU !■ & 2a 5/4- No. 1 Ctom. 5/4- U & 2> 8/4- N». 1 Com. »/4- WILLOW U & b 4/4- No. 1 Com. 6/4- ASH No. 1 Com. 4/4- U & 2s, 2il2* * DP ll 4k 2l. Sil2- 4b nv 10.000' U * >■. IM- 35.000' No. 2 Com. 6/4- PLAIN BED OAK 60,000' No. 1 Com. 6/4- PLAIN OAK 40.000' No. 1 C, * B. 16/4' COTTONWOOD 200.000' No. 1 dm. 6/4- 100.000' II & 2l 5/4" lOO.OOO' No. 1 Com. 4/4- 80,000' Box Bdt., Ii9- to 1 CTPBES8 40.000' ll & 2> t- 100.000" No, 1 Shop 6/4- 60.000' No. 1 Sbop 1/4- SO.OOO' Salocl 5/4' 50.000' BolxM 4/4- E. SONDHEIMER CO. 100,000' FAS, 4/4", 50,000' FAS. 5/4". 70.000' FAS, 6/4". PLAIN RED GLIM l.'jO.OOO' FAS, 4/4". 10,000' FAS, 5/4", 10,000' FAS, 6/4". 200.000' No. 1 Com., 65,000' No. 1 Com.. 20.000' No. 1 Com., 4/4". 5/4". 6/4". QUARTERED BED GtlM 60.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 4/4", 80,000' No. 1 Com. & Btr., 5/4". 60,000' No. I Com. & Btr., 6/4", 25,000' FAS. 8/4", 90.000' No. 1 Com,, 8/4". SAP, NO DEFECT 100,000' No. 1 Com. & Btr. 8/4". COTTONWOOD 110,000' No, 1 & Panel. 4/4-18" up. 40,000' 20,000' 40.000' 40 oon' 7ri.ooo' 30,000' 70.000' 60,000' 70,000' 50,000' 25.000' 27,000' 200,000' 22,000' 20,000 CTPBESS FAS, 8/4". Selects, 4/4", Select.s, 5/4". Selects, 6/4". Selects, 8/4", Shop & Btr.. 10/4" .hop & Blr.. 12/4" No, 1 Shop, 4/4", No. 1 Shop, 5/4", No. 1 Shop. 6/4", No. 1 Shop, 8/4", No. 1 Shop, 12/4". Pecky, 4/4". Pecky. 5/4", Pecky, 6/4". 23.000' Pecky, 8/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO. 124, 107. 42. IS, 124, 65. 235. 14. 11. 11. 114, 127, PLAIN RED OAK 000' 5/4" FAS 000' 6/4" FAS ,995' 8/4" FAS ,630' 10/4" Com, & Btr. ,000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. ,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. ,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. ,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK ,000' 5/4" FAS ,000' 6/4" FAS ,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com, 000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. 000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 000' 1x6" to 9" PAS 000' 4/4" No. 1 Com, 540' 5/4" No, 1 Com. 000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN RED GUM 47,000' 4/4" FAS 89,0(10' ."i/4" FAS 158,000' 6/4" FAS 205.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com, 165,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 187,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com, 10.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 78,000' 6/4" FAS 36,000' 8/4" FAS 121,000' 6/4" No. I Com, 116,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN SAP GUM 85,000' 5/4" FAS 356,000' 6/4" FAS 152,000' 8/4" FAS 91,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 169.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 167.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. GAYOSO LUMBER CO. BLAINE, MISS. BANDMIIXS MEMPHIS, TENN. This lumber has been manufactured on our own band mills. It Is thoroughly dry, runs good average widths and contains 60 per cent 14' and 16' lengttis. Write or wire for prices. SAP GUM 200,000' 5/8" No, 1 Com, & Btr, 45,000' 4/4" Boi Bds.. 13 to 17" 60,000' 4/4" Boi Bds.. 9 to 12" 90.000' 4/4" 1&2. 13 to 17" 150,000' 4/4" 1&2. 6 to 12" 150,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 250.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com, 250.000' 5/4" No3. 1 & 2 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 200.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN BED GUM 100,000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. 75.000' 4/4" 1&2 30.000' 5/4" No, 1 Com. 15.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. t Btr. QUARTERED BED GUM 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com, & Btr. 30,000' 5/4" No, 1 Com, & Btr, 15,000' 6/4" No, 1 Com. & Btr. 75.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. SOFT MAPLE 40,000' 8/4" Log Run 30,000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr, PLAIN RED OAK 15.000' 4/4" 1&2 50,000' 5/4" 1&2 50,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 30,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 45.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 45.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. i Blr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 75.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 15.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. SOFT ELM 75.000' 6/4" Log Run 45.000' 12/4" Log Run 50.000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. PRITCHARD-WHEEI,ER LUMBER CO. Band Mills: Madison, Ark., Wlsner, La. KILN-DRIED LUMBER Our dry kiln capacity of 200,- 000 feet per month is at your service and 8,000,000 feet of air-dried lumber on sticks. JAMES E. STARK & CO., Inc. PLAIN WHITE OAK 7.000' 4/4" FAS 110,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 71,000 '4/4" No, 2 Com, 24.000' 6/4" FAS 56,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 13,000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 13,000' 3/4" FAS 31,000' 4/4" FAS 12,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com, 12,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com, 06,000' 6/4" FAS 179,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 25,000' 6/4" No, 2 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 45,000' 4/4" FAS 182,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 78,000' 5/4" FAS 230,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com, 4,000' 6/4" FAS 50,000' 6/4" No. I Com, 15,000' 8/4" FAS 6,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com, 22,000' 10/4" PAS 5,000' 10/4" No. I Com. 8.500' 12/4" FAS PLAIN RED GUM 17,nOO' 4/4" FAS 30,000' 5/4" FAS 110.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. BELLGRADE LUMBER CO. QUARTERED RED GUM 4/4" Common and Better 5/4" Common and Better 6/4" Common and Better 8/4" Common and Better 10/4" Common and Better 12/4" Common and Better PLAIN BED GUM 4/4" to 6/4" Common and Better QUARTERED UNSELECTED GUM 4/4" to 12/4" Common and Better PLAIN SAP GUM 4/4" Common and Better 5/4" Common and Better 6/4" Common and Better 4/4" to 8/4" No. 2 Common QUARTERED WHITE OAK 4/4" Common and Better 6/4" Common and Better 8/4" Common and Better QUARTERED RED OAK 4/4" to 6/4" Common and Better PLAIN OAK 4/4" to 16/4" Common and Better ELM 6/4" to 12/4" Log Run ASH 5/4" Common and Better 6/4" Common and Better 8/4" FAS CYPRESS 4/4" to 8/4" Log Run COTTONWOOD 4/4" Log Bun TUPELO 4/4" Log Run The Kraetzer-Gured Lumber Go. All Stock Runs Regular Widths and Lengths 45.000' 100.000' 20.000' 25.000' 30,000' 65,000' 42,000' 500,000' 70,000' 17,000' 10.000' 70.000' 100,000' 50,000' 14,000 100,000 ASH 1/2" No. 1 Com, ELM 6/4" No. 2 Com, 12/4" No. 2 Com. RED GUM 5/8" FAS. 5/4" FAS. 6/4" fas:. & Btr. & Btr, 5/8" No. 3/8" No. 4/4" No. 5/4" No. 6/4" No, 8/4" No, SAP GUM 1/2" PAS, 5/8" FAS, 4/4" PAS. 8/4" FAS, 4/4" Box Boards 1 Com, 1 Com, 1 Com. 1 Com, 1 Com. 1 Com. RUSSE & BURGESS, 15.000' 16.000' 15,000' 100,000' 37,000' 40,000' 45,000' 40,000' 15,000' 140,000' 60.000' 50.000' 10.000' Inc., S2S to 13/16" Box Boards 13 to 17". 1/2" No. I Com. 5/8" No, 1 Com. 4/4" No, I Com, CYPRESS 4/4" Is & 23. 4/4" Selects, 4/4" Shop, TUPELO 4/4" Is & 2s, 4/4" Box Boards 13 to 17", HICKORY 6/4" No. 3 Com, OAK 4/4" Sound Wormy, 4/4" No, 3 Com, 8/4" No, 3 Com, PLAIN OAK 2 3/4" Com. & Btr, Memphis, Tenn. 1 = i = l III ■ : I I il ii ^11 All Three of Ui Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 12 HARDWOOD RECORD November 10. 1918 In ir i I This Slock Is Dry and Runs in Regular Widths and Lengths HONEY LOCUST 50.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 10.000' 4/4" Log Run 230.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. SAP GUM 3.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 20.000' 4/4" FAS 9.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 66.000' 7f> 000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 214.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 100.1100' 4/4" No. 3 Com. MAPLE 30.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 8 to 12" 30.000' 12/4" LoE Eun 40.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 13 to 18" 10.000' 8/4" Log Run 18.000' PLAIN KED GUM 105.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 4/4" FAS 10. 000' 6/4" FAS 350.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 15,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 35.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 'LAIN WHITE OAK QUARTERED RED GUM 25.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 40.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 65.000' 6/4" No. 1 Cora. & Bti. CYPRESS 23.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 40.000' 4/4" Log Run 66.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN BED OAK 3.000' 6/4" Log Bun 125.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 9.000' 8/4" Log Run 100.000 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PENROD-JURDEN & McCOWEN, Inc. A Few Special Items in White Ash 1 Car 5/4x3" & Wider. One Face Clear Strips. Bone Dry 2 Cars 5/4x6" to 10" FAS & Selects. all 8' and 10' 5 Cars 8/4x6" to 10" FAS & Selects Regular Lengths 3 Cars 10/4x6" & Wider FAS & Se- lects, Tough. Regular Lengths 3 Care 12/4x6" & Wider FAS & Se- lects. Tuugh, Regular Lengths 1 Car 16/4x6" & Wider FAS & Se- lects, Tough, Regular Lengths 1 Car 12/4x10" to llVz" FAS & Se- lects. Good Texture. Reg, Lengths 1 Car 10/4x10" & Wider FAS & Se- lects. Good Texture. 157c 14-16' 1 Car 5/4" & Thicker No. 1 Com. &. Btr. Wormy, largely 5/4" 5 Cars 8/4x3" & Wider No. 1 Com.. 4' & Longer Cars 1(1/4x3" & Wider No. 1 Cora.. 4' & Longer 2 Cars 12/4x3" & Wider No. 1 Com., 4 ' & Longer 2 Cars 8/4x3" & Wider, 4' to 7' Clear Shorts, Medium Texture 2 Cars 10/4x3" & Wider, 4' to 7' Clear Shorts. Medium Texture 2 Cars 12/4x3" & Wider, 4' to 7' Clear Sliorts. Medium Texture 3 Cars 5/4x3" & Wider No. 2 Com., Regular Widths and Lengths 2 Cars 8/4x3" & Wider No. 2 Com., Regular Widths and Lengths 1 Car 10/4x3" & Wider No. 2 Com., RefTular Widths and Lengths 1 Car 12/4x3" & Wider No. 2 Com., Regular Widths and Lengths Limited Amount Selected Straight Grain Aeroplane Ash National Rules Govern Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. PL.\IN WHITE OAK 15.000' 4/4" 1st & 2nil8 30.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 20.000' 4/4" No. 2 Cora. 40.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 20.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 18.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 30.000' 4/4" 1st & 2nds 70.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 40.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN MIXED OAK 40.000' 4/4" .=>ound Wormy 60,000' 4/4" No. 3 Cora. 30.000' 6/4" No. 3 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 200.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 30.000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora. QUARTERED SAP GUM 150.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. i Btr. 30.000' 75.000' 30,000 30,000' 50,000' 200,000 250,000' 100,000 140,000 30.000 95.000 75.000 15.000' 45.000 30.000 PLAI.'< BED GUM 4/4" 1st & 2nds 4/4" No. 1 Com. 6/4" No. 1 Cora. SAP GUM Wide Box Boards Narrow Box Boards 4/4" 1st & 2nds 4/4" No. I & No. 2 Com, 5/4" 1st & 2nds 5/4" No. 1 & No. 2 Cora. 6/4" 1st & 2nds 6/4" No. 1 & No. 2 Com. MISCELLANEOUS 0/4" No. 1 Cora. & Better Elra 6/4" No. 2 & No. 3 Cora. Elra 4/4" Log Run Locust 4/4" Log Run Sycamore 4/4" 9 to 12" Cottonwood Box Boards BROWN & HACKNEY. Inc. Regular Widths and Lengths 200.000' 17.000' 200,000' 30,000' 50,000' 1,'.0.000' Go.noo' 100.000' 30,000' 100,000' 18,000 15.000 25,000 Btr. Btr. Btr. Btr. PLAIN RED GUM 4/4" No. 1 Com. & 6/4" No. 1 Com. & QTD. RED GUM 4/4" No. 1 Cora. & 6/4" No. 1 Con SAP GUM 5/8" L. R., 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Blr. 4/4" B. B., 9 to 12. 4/4" B. B.. 13 to 17. 4/4" FAS. 13 and up. ELM 12/4" L. B. HICKORY ' 12/4" No. 1 & No. 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK ' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK ■ 4/4" FAS. 50.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 60.000' C/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. QTD. RED OAK 12.000' 4/4" Scant. No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED AND WHITE OAK 15.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. &. Btr.. 12 mo. dry. 45.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 12 mo. dry. 47.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 7 mo. dry. 160.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 7 mo. dry. 24.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr., 5 mo. dry. 38.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & BU., 4 mo, dry. 71,000' 12/4" No. I Com. & Btr.. 4 mo. dry. Ferguson & Palmer Co. SAP GUM 50.000' 1" Box Bds., 13 to 17" 200,000' 1" Box Bds,. 7 to 12" 100,000' 1" PAS 250,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 100.000' 6/4" FAS 100.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 8/4" FAS 20.000' 8/4" No. 1 Cora. RED GUM 200.000' 4/4" FAS . 200.000 ' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 5/4" FAS 100.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 70.000' 6/4" FAS 150,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 75.000' 4/4" FAS 200.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. lO.OOO' 5/4" PAS 35.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 6/4" FAS 20.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com, 14.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com, 20.000' 10/4 ' FAS 6.000' 10/4 ' No. 1 Cora 20.000' 12/4 ' PAS 8.000' 12/4 ' No. 1 Cora SOFT ELM 75.000' 4/4" Log Run 50.000' 5/4" Log Run 25.000' 6/4" Log Bun 00.000' 8/4" Log Run 75.000' 10/4 55.000' 12/4 ' Log Run SOFT MAPLE 20.000' 6/4" Log Run 20,000' S/4" Log Run HACKBERRY 20.000' 6/4" Log Run PECAN 35,000' S/4" Log Run GEO. C. BROWN & CO. WAR MATERIAL We Can Furnish It THICK STOCK OAK — HICKORY - ASH WAGON BOXBOARDS GUM— COTTONWOOD— TUPELO BOX LUMBER GUM-COTTONWOOD— TUPELO SHIP TIMBERS Hewn or Sawn O AK — CYPRESS — PINE WRITE OR WIRE MEMPHIS BAND MILL CO. SAP GUM 6 cmra 1" FAS 3 cars 5/4" FAS 5 can 6/4" FAS 7 cars 4/4" Box Boards. 9 to 12 12 cars 4/4" 13 to 17" Boi Boards BED GUM 5 cars 13/17" FAS 2 cars 5/4" FAS 2 cars 6/4" FAS 5 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. 3 cars 6/4" No. I Com. QUARTERED .SAP GUM 4 cars 8/4" No. 1 Cora, & Blr. 2 cars 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 2 cars 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 5 cara 4/4" FAS 1 car 5/4- FAS 1 car 6/4" FAS » cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. 2 cars 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 6/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 10 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. & BU. 3 cars 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 2 cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 3 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 6/4" No. 3 Com. 10 cars 6/4" No. 3 Com. ELM 4 cars S/4" Log Bun 2 cars 6/4" Log Run 2 cars 8/4" Log Bun 2 cars 10/4" Log Run 4 cars 12/4" Log Bun J. H. BONNER & SONS ASH 17.000' 1" No. 1 Com. 13.500' IV." No. 1 Com. 12.500' 2" No. 1 Com. 8.000' 2" No. 2 Cora. SAP GUM 1x13-17" Box Boards i.700' 35 24.500' IsS— 1 87 40 48, '.500' 1.500' Box Boards 1" FAS 1" No. 1 Cion. 000' 1" No. 2 Com. PLAIN BED GUM 11,500' 1" FAS 4(",400' 1" No, 1 Com. 6.000' Hi" Dog Boards 0.000' 2" Dog Boards QUARTERED RED GUM 40.800' 2" PAS 14.500' 2" No. 1 Com. 14.000' 1%" Com, & Btr. QUARTERED BLACK GVU 12.000' 1" FAS 4.500' IVi" Com. & Btr. PLAIN OAK 130.000' I" No. 2 Cora. & Btr. 110. ooo' No. 3 Com. 60.000' I'/i" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 55.000' Ihi" No. 2 Cora. & Btr. 75.000' 2" No. 2 Cora. & Btr. lln.OOO' 2%" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 77.000' 3" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 40,000' 4" No, 2 Com. & Btr. POPLAR 30.000' 1" Nos. 1 & 2 Cora. 24.000' IM" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 10.000' IW Nos. 1 & 2 Cum. 30,000' 2" No. 2 Com. Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. t^'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiinniihiiiiiiiiiinNiiiMiimTTiiTiTT III 4 m M m II I ^ J I ^i ii ■ iii;ini[iin[nni[iiii:'i;in|||;||i|i||||||||y||i;;ri||i||||i>|ij||i||]ii;illi::'l',i:|::illlllllllty.riim iMiniiii iininiiiii!,ii'i 1111,11:, I',' iiiiiiiiniiiiDiiiMiKi 111 ihiniiiiii III iiiii'.iiiiiiiini' .jjk- jlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli'^Vniu i mniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiii iiniii^\.--ss a AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 13 Paepcke Leicht Lunnber Co. Manufacturers SPECIALTIES: _ BAND MILLS: Cottonwood, OOUthem Helena, Ark. Red and Sap Gum, t_l i i BlythevUle, Ark. Red and White Oak, nardWOOdS GreeavUle, Mi>«. Cypress, Elm. Cairo. Ul. General Offices CONWAY BUILDING CHICAGO. HX. We insure you experienced attention to your orders for southern hardwood lum- ber and high grade sawed and sliced southern veneers. Quartered oak and figured gum are specialties. Nickey Brothers, incorporated MANUFACTURERS This is the orig- inal machine. Pat. Dec. 21. 1915. They have been in use over four years and are past the experimental stage. The only proven practical machine of its kind on the market. These machines are designed for CUTTING WOOD of any kind in any place under any conditions to be found in the lura- ber and wood camps, in any kind of weather. These machines have been in use for over four years. Vaughan PORTABLE GASOLINE Drag Savv^ Can Be Used with Profit in Cutting Any Kind of Round Wood Owing to the increased cost of materials and labor the price of the Vaughan portable gasoline drag saw will be advanced to $184.00 F. O. B. Memphis, Tennessee, on Novem- ber the 1st. With more than nine thousand machines in actual use and a demand which taxes the capacity of the works, we advise that you send in your orders promptly. Fuel will be scarce. These saws are excellent for getting out wood. Farmers, mill men, stave and spoke and handle manufacturers are finding them absolutely essential. CHICKASAW COOPERAGE CO. E. C. ATKINS & COMPANY Atlanta. Ga. General Distributing Agents Memphis, Tenn. JSew Orleans, La. GENERAL SELLING AGENTS MEMPHIS. TENN. J. C. PENNOYEB CO. Selling Agents, 226 La Salle Street. Chicsgo Excliange Bldg, Memphis, Tenn. Gaasaway, W. Va. HE IMPORTANCE OF MEMPHIS as a southern hardwood center is best illustrated by the rapid increase in the number of prominent firms locating here. During the last few months six or eight firms with National reputations have established main offices or sales offices in Memphis, thus proving that Memphis is truly the gateway for northern shipments of southern hardwoods. Your big opportunity for hardwood purchases lies in Memphis. All Three of Us Will Be Benefiled if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 14 HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 CHICAGO, ILL. FISHER BLDG. DETROIT, MICH. FORD BI>DG. Do you realize that you can mcike more money and at the same time have bet- ter satisfied customers by using TUPELO We have ready for imme- diate shipment, five cars of 4-4 F.A.S. Tupelo. WRITE TO US and learn more about TUPELO P. J. Lawrence Lumber Co. SYNDICATE TRUST BUILDING ST. LOUIS, MO. REFORM, ALA. MESSLER, MO. Walnut Of Character and Color Manufactured mt Kansa* City, U. S. A. Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness Thirty-five years" experience IN WALNUT ONLY Prompt Shipment, and Guaranteed Inspection FRANK PURCELL 5 1 5 Dwight Building. KANSAS CITY. MO. BUSS-COOK OAK GO. BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS MANUFACTURERS Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. As Well As OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried or kiln dried, rough or dressed MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY yA>'A»^iyx«'X'»«»x»»«y«»KW»«»««'«»>{«'«'^ i-flAiywrnvTOVRvwivr Table of Contents^^ REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: General Market Conditions 15-16 Red Gum Misunderstood 16 Back to the Old Ways 16 SPECIAL ARTICLES: Important Announcements from Washington 17-19 Modification of Embargoes 19 The Final Furniture Schedules 20-21 Rulings by the Priorities Board 21 Liberty Loan Payments 21 The Largest Order for Lignum Vitae 22 The Wooden Wheel's Place in History 22 Letters from a Panel User 25 Letters from a Panel Boss 26 and 31 Regarding Veneer Thicknesses 31 Veneer Association to Meet 31 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS 35-36 WITH THE TRADE 36-38 PERTINENT INFORMATION 38-39 HARDWOOD NEWS 39-45 HARDWOOD MARKET 45-48 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 50-51 HARDWOODS FOR SALE S1-S3 ..SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: In the United States and Its possessions, and Canada. $2.00 the year; In foreign countries. SI. 00 extra postage. In conformity with the rules of the postofflc* department, subscriptions are payable In advance, and In default of written orders ta the contrary, are continued at our option. Instructions for renewal, dlscentlnuance, or change of address, should be sent one week before the dats they ars to g» Inte effect. Both old and new addresses must be given. Both display and classified advertising rates furnished upon application. Advertising copv must be received five days In advance mt publication dates. Entered as second-class matter May 26, 1902, at the postofflce at Chicago. Ill,, under act of March 8. 1879, YOU Don't have to make claims on our shipments. We keep the doubtful boards. SATISFY YOURSELF Your inspector, your shop foreman, with the uni- formly high grades of our perfectly manufactured stock. Oak, Gum, Ash, Elm, Cottonwood, Hickory EVERYTHING IN SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Tell us t» fHolf ym. Tl.en wire us to ship. Beaumont Lumber Co. BEAUMONT, TEXAS AU Three of U. Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD '"^jjm^^ommmmm^immmmMmm^i^i)^^^ Copyright, The Hardwood Company, 1918 Published in the Interest of the American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Logging, Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery, on the 10th and 25th of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Edgar H. Defebaugh, President Edwin W. Meeker, Managing Editor Hu Maxwell. Technical Editor'. Seventh Floor Ellsworth Building 537 So. Dearborn Street. CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087-8088 Vol. XLVI CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 10, 1918 No. 2 ^TOWMirotoiroiii^imwittai^i^iijj^^ Review and Outlook General Market Conditions So SPEEDY HAS BEEN THE TURN OF EVENTS in the last fourteen ^eeks that people had hardly adjusted their minds to the probability of victory and peace when both were upon us. But a month ago the country was exhibiting the fact that it had finally come to a full realization of our being at war. All plans and calculations, all thoughts and all questions of business policy were organized on the basis of a continued war condition and there was just sprouting the realization that we would some day have to plan for the return of peace and to organize ourselves so as to maintain and further business and industry during peace read- justments and in the years to follow. The duty and task of all must now be abruptly switched and centered on immediate readjustment and plans for the future. As far as lumber is concerned, it is probable that its position is stronger than that of many other industries and that there are more definite reasons for believing in the development of great strength at an early date. The greatest concern of lumbermen as well as men in other industries during the war has been necessary goverimient regulation and control of production and distribution. The circum- stance which will be most potent in governing readjustment will be the degree to whieli the government control may be withdrawn and normal functioning started. Without doubt government control will be lifted from consumption much more quickly than from produc- tion as it is very apparently necessary that industries suppressed be- cause of war necessities, must be given every encouragement. The lumber industry is in a fortunate position covering both production and markets. With uncertainty as to just what readjustment will bring forward, the production organization must have an elasticity which will en- able it to conform quickly and fully to new conditions and demands as they arrive. The lumber industry fortunately is susceptible of such quick readjustments as its product is not such as requires specialized organization and equipment in switching from one Une of output to another. It is even more fortunate in its markets as almost without exception the wood-using industries have been serious- ly repressed either by natural economic conditions or by specific reg- ulation. This repression has amounted to vast curtailment in markets which with peace conditions in effect will most surely be given official support that they may develop vigorously and quickly. As an illustration, the building industry has been practically extinct except in those lines using only construction lumber. The higher priced and more finished construction has been practically non-ex- istent for several years. Construction of furniture has been dis- couraged and so on down the list of wood-using industries a survey of the past situation shows that they have been restricted radically. It is safe to assume that the government will give every reasonable encouragement for speedy readjustment, as many industries in other lines, which have been primarily engaged in war work, are not susceptible of quick making over to peace production and it behooves the government to foster speedy development of industries which can be quickly made to conform with the peace condition. If this were not done a period of serious and general stagnation would result, for those industries which will require considerable time for the re- adjustment will necessarily undergo a period of inactivity, and the only way to prevent this being general is to encourage all healthy activity in industries which can be brought around quickly. Fortunate- ly, the wood-using industries are of such nature as to make it possible to effect readjustment and rehabilitation without serious delay. So the future is concretely and clearly promising as to markets. The prospect for prices is even more encouraging, as the past two months during which the industry has been operating under the embargo has seen widespread curtailment in lumber production. Any- one who doubts the prospective strength of lumber values needs but to consider the steady increment that has maintained through the war period in the face of consistently dwindling normal markets. Practically the only period showing a definite reaction in prices is that period during which the general lumber embargo has been operative and the recession of about one dollar in the composite selling price of hardwood lumber in this period was the direct re- sult of shipping difficulties and of that alone. The operation of the embargo has caused losses and inconvenience to the lumber trade and so delayed shipment and alarmed many manufacturers that they resorted to the time honored custom of shading values in order to turn over their stock more quickly. The result was lower prices on many items and no compensating benefits. That the embargo wUl be lifted as speedily as possible is shown by developments in that direction that have already materialized. The trade has been greatly benefited by the relief of certain territories and certain commodities, and undoubtedly production will be greatly helped by the lifting of the embargo from log shipments. The number of miUs shut down as a direct result of the embargo has increased steadily, but it is quite likely that where possible these mills will maintain themselves in position to resume operations with the recurrence of prosperous peace conditions. The only dark spot on the horizon at present is uncertainty as to the developments inside of Germany. The armistice terms were signed by authorities who no longer exist and it is just a question as to how far the Russian idea may make headway among the Ger- 16 HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 man people. Probably if they are speedily fed and given employ- ment, readjustment in Germany may be accomplished without physical disorder 8ueh as is making of Russia a picture which would be more fitting to the period of the dark ages. It is to bo hoped that the German nation may have a sufficiently healthy resistance to prevent contamination by the Eussian social disease. If there is still suf- ficient authority in Germany so that the terms of the armistice may be lived up to, the physical power of the German people will be so clipped that there will be no great danger in the future. On the other hand, if the Russian influence should spread quickly enough throughout Germany so that there would not be sufficient authority to control the army and enforce adherence to the armistice terms, there would exist in Germany a powerful army, powerfully equipped, which if brought under the murderous influence of Russian fanatics, would not only cause continued horrors and hardships in Germany, but would create a situation that would be overcome by the Allies only by further military action which might be carried over a considerable period of time. It is reported that Hindenburg is still in Germany and has placed himself and the army at the disposal of the new government, whatever that might be, and this fact may be considered either an Ul omen or a good omen. Hindenburg 's retention might mean continuance of the old regime, although considering the present temper of the German people, this hardly seems possible. On the other hand, his continued direction of military power wOl undoubtedly serve to hold together the instruments of authority and prevent the orgies of misused power prevaOing in Russia. The turn of events in the next month will indicate the outcome and will determine how speedily the Americans abroad may be re- turned to industrial production in this country and how speedily our war production may be made over to normal production. De- velopments in Europe will be the one controlling factor in so far as our full return to complete normal conditions is concerned. But, in the meantime it is assured that imlustries and commercial conditions wiU be given every encouragement for speedly return to normal footing as far as this is possible under the abnormal conditions which will maintain as long as our army is on European soU. Red Gum Misunderstood IN THE LONDON TIMBER TRADES JOURNAL of England, issue dated October 12, an article by Herbert Stone is printed, dealing with wood's shrinking and its absorption of moisture. Mr. Stone illustrates a point by speaking thus of red gum: "We find, however, that a species of especially uniform struc- ture, the red gum (or satin walnut as it is called) shrinks and warps excessively. It is said to twist like a worm when laid before a fire, and to have no utility whatever for that reason. It has found favor for cheap furniture and paving blocks notwithstand- ing this reputation." Mr. Stone has a high reputation as an authority on wood, but he is far behind the time with regard to red gum. This wood passed out of use as paving block material a quarter of a century ago; but his worst break is the statement that it is a wood for "cheap" furniture. This sounds somewhat out of harmony with the claim that red gum is the finest cabinet wood of the United States. More than 100,000,000 feet of it goes into furniture yearly in this country, and it is largely high class furniture. This is in addition to 120,000,000 feet a year that goes into interior house finish, and 130,000,000 feet, log measure, converted annually into veneers which are largely used for furniture and house finish. This does not indicate that red gum's reputation is bad. It enjoys so high a reputation that it has largely replaced Cir- cassian walnut in this country for furniture, interior house finish, and for musical instruments. It so closely resembles this aristo- cratic walnut that the ordinary observer cannot distinguish one from the other, though the experienced wood worker knows the difference. Red gum must be properly seasoned or it will not give satis- factory service in fine cabinet work. Its seasoning problems were once looked upon as serious, but the secret has now been learned. Two hundred years ago Mark Catesby, who wrote a famous natural history of the Carolinas, wrote of red gum, Vol. 1, page 65: "The wood is good timber and is used in wainscoting, etc. The grain is fine and some of it beautifully variegated and very fit for curious work in joinery; but when wrought too green is apt to shrink and fly apart from its joints, to prevent which no less than eight or ten years is sufficient to season its planks." This old writer indicates that gum 's seasoning difficulties had been mastered in his day, though air seasoning was resorted to and several years were necessary. With modern kilns, the sea- soning of gum is a simple matter; and the allegation that its principal use is for paving blocks and cheap furniture is quite out of date. Back to the Old Ways THE LUMBER INDUSTRY has some things to expect pretty soon after the close of the war. The exigencies of the conflict upset many customs and habits in the lumber business, and forced lumbermen to follow new lines and work in ways never tried before in this country. Orders were sent out that shipments were to be' made in certain directions or not at all; the erection and repair of buildings were discouraged; there were priorities and non-essentials which hindered or helped business — generally hindered. Embargoes were established; prices were regulated; wages, labor, and hours were made the subject of rules by those in authority. Artificial re- straints or stimulants were applied. In short, the carrying on of the lumber business became a problem wholly different from any prewar experience in this country. Lumbermen cheerfully and loyally carried out the government's orders and suggestions. Though some of the regulations pinched, little criticism or complaint was heard. The situation was ac- cepted in the best spirit; all pulled together to win the war, and succeeded in doing so. Now the time is in sight when the former methods of doing busi- ness will come back. Restraints and interference, which were acquiesced in as necessities of war, are not expected to hold long after peace is restored. Lumbermen will again be doing competi- tive business, buying and selling where the best bargains are to be found, with no restrictions except those interposed by the ordinary laws and rules of trade. A large number of regulations, rules, and restraints must be annulled or revoked; for no one expects the government hereafter to take any part in determining the styles of furniture to be made; the specifications to be followed by box makers; the territories into which and out of which certain kinds of lumber shall be shipped, or the quantity to be shipped. Scores of war measures will not be enforced in peace, because the occasion will not call for such enforcement. It cannot be said just how speedily peace measures will come back and war methods will depart. Perhaps legislation will be necessary to bring about some of the changes, while in other cases, common consent without any new laws or repeal of war measures will be all that will be necessary. What kind of business lies beyond the end of the war, naturally gives some concern. No apparent reason exists why the lumber business shall not be good. Lumber is needed and money to buy it ought to be plentiful. Many people wear partly wooden shoes without knowing it. The shank is a thin piece of wood placed between the outer and inner shoe soles, under the arch of the foot to hold that part of the shoe in shape. The shank is never visible unless the shoe is torn to pieces, consequently, persons may never see one of these pieces of wood, though making use of them. The wood is about one-sixteenth of an inch thick, two inches wide and three or four long. It is generally made of paper birch, though m.any woods might be used. The wooden shank is a factory product and is shipped by the barrel to shoe factories. November 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 17 Important Announcements from Washington By H. C. Hallam Hardwood Co-Operation Would Give Wonderful Results The value of co-operation in tlie hardwood industry has been demonstrated here recently, according to Gen. L. C. Boyle, counsel for important hardwood interests, in connection with a movement to have the income and excess profits tax laws and provisions of the pending revenue bill amended so as to meet the peculiar needs of the lumber industry. "If hardwood operators generally would co-operate with the same zeal as they display individually in helping the government and meeting the problems confronting them," remarked Gen. Boyle to Hardwood Eecord correspondent the other day, "they would easily overcome many of their economic difficulties." He said that the result-getting possibilities in co-operation have been illustrated by the good impression created by hardwood men here among members of the senate whom they have been inter- viewing about tax changes. Gen. Boyle said that hardwood and other branches of the lumber trade need to be taken care of in enacting the new law, if the industry is not to be wrecked, due to a combination of high taxes, high costs, limited markets, curtail- ment, embargoes, labor shortage and other conditions due to the war and government activities incidental thereto. Senators have been told that while the government is doing what it can to encourage the production of steel, oil, food, and other war necessities, lumber is also necessary in carrying on the war, and that lumber operations should be put in the class of hazardous enterprises, along with mining and some others, and should be al- lowed depletion, depreciation and other deductions from gross in- come before figuring taxes. Recognition of borrowed capital in connection with the definition of invested capital is desired. There is a provision in the tax bill authorizing the internal revenue bureau to meet special conditions where there appear to be extra large property, values as of March 1, 1913, by taking representative concerns in the same industry as a guide in calcu- lating what proper allowances and values should be, but the point is made that this is not practicable in the case of the lumber in- dustry, as the vast majority of concerns in it are declared to be in the exceptional class that needs relief, there being few if any representative concerns that could be fairly taken as a guide for their comrades in the industry. That the industry needs relief at the hands of Congress in con- nection with the tax bill is declared to be proved by the report that many mills are closing and others may close, so that there might not be much for the tax gatherers to collect next spring. It is also said that the short leaf pine industry is thought in official circles to be largely non-essential; that the North Carolina pine operators work on leased property on which they must pay rentals or royalties regularly, in the face of declining markets for their product. It is deemed important that there should not be found a crippled or bankrupt lumber industry at the end of the war, as the world is expected to demand American lumber in unlimited quantities, while the postponed building construction in the United States will have to be taken up. The hardwood industry is said to be restricted by the slackened demand for its products. The government is said to be able to obtain its war lumber supply from 25 per cent of the capacity of the country's mills. On this matter of tax amendment there have been in Washington recently the following lumbermen among others: Secretary Wilson Compton of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association; F. H. Babcock, Pittsburgh; John Eaine, Meadow Eiver Lumber Co., Rainelle, W. Va.; R. L. Jurden, J. Pritchard, J. W. McClure, Memphis; S. H. Nich, Catlettsburg, Ky.; W. M. Bitter, Columbus, and Washington; Frank B. Houston, Chicago; A. W. Shands, Sardis, Miss., and others. Dr. Compton has been seeking to elucidate some puzzling eco- nomic problems touching lumber taxation that have been raised by official experts. He has also been co-operating with B. C. Bryant of the Forest Service in connection with a statistical investigation being made of the lumber industry for the benefit of the lumber director and the priorities commissioner. This investigation in- volves the correlation of information furnished by trade associa- tions and other sources relating to lumber production, the per- centage of different grades, sources of supply, capacity of mills, markets, distribution of product, etc. These data are of mutual value to the trade and to the government, according to Forester Graves. It is believed by authorities that the data having government approval will be far more valuable than special pleading of various branches of the trade or factional representation of the industry. The matter of an export lumber trade policy for after the war is being worked on by Dr. Compton with Homer Hoyt, economist of the war trade board. In this connection the reports of American lumber trade commissioners to Europe will be valuable. C. A. Goodman, George M. Harder, O. T. Swan, Messrs. Osborn, McCullough, Holt, Campbell, and others have worked out a plan covering prices and supplies of birch logs for making veneer for airplane production. They were assisted by the price fixing com- mittee and the lumber director. The latest plan contemplates the purchase of the birch logs by the veneer and panel makers. Veneer prices may be fixed later. Lumbermen and foresters entering the military service are afraid that the show will be over before they get over there. W. L. Hall of the Forest Service, who had charge of Appalachian forest work, has a major's commission in the Twentieth engineer regiment, and F. L. Sanford the Zona, La., lumberman, has a captaincy. Forester Graves expects to have to let some of his western forestry men join the new battalions of the Twentieth. Will Probably Have But One Furniture Show At the suggestion of the government the Furniture Industries War Service Committee, of which Adolpli Karpen is chairman and W. H. Coye, secretary, has instituted a survey of the industry to sound the sentiment of the manufacturers as to the proposal of doing away with one of the furniture shows, and having but one show that will be at a uniform date in all sections and of a uniform duration throughout the country. The date preferably would be in April and May on account of less severe tax on transportation service in those months. The War Service Committee heartily seconds the recommenda- tion of the War Industries Board at Washington on the foregoing proposal, suggesting that the next furniture show be held in May, 1919, and that the practice become an established practice of the industry thereafter. Manufacturers so addressed are asked to express their opinion and it is stated so far ninety per cent of the industry approves the move. Facts Regarding the Shipbuilding Program Chairman Hurley of the shipping board denies that the cancel- lation of contracts for wooden ships let to from fifteen to twenty yards found to be inefficient, indicates that the wooden shipbuilding program will be dropped. He intimates that changes might be made to inodernize this industry and predicts that the wooden ship construction will go far in advance of original plans. Contracts for fifty wooden barges and fifty composite tugs de- signed for New England coal carrying trade have been cancelled as some of the 3500-ton wooden ships will be utilized for this pur- pose. One hundred wooden ships now building will be designed for use in carrying oil for Mexico, thus releasing steel tankers for th* trans-Atlantic trade. 18 HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 It is stated that in spite of the railroad administration having contracted for forty steel barges and six tow boats for use on southern rivers at a cost of over $6,000,000 wooden barges may be built for river traffic. An estimate of $120,000,000 for further ship construction is the latest figure in appropriations to be submitted to Congress when it reassembles. The hopes of those interested in the non-sinkable ships supposed to be made non-sinkable by wooden buoyancy boxes, were shattered by the destruction of the first of these boats by a torpedo. Indicating the quantity of lumber that has gone into ship con- struction the shipping board states that enough yellow pine lumber has been used in eastern coast yards alone for wooden shipbuilding to make a bridge floor twenty-five feet wide across the Atlantic to France. Pacific Coast lumbermen state that they have supplied a like quantity. This lumber, 400,000,000 feet of yellow pine and a like quantity of western wood includes only the wood actually used in ocean-going ship constructions. It does not include the vast quantities used for docks and barges or lumber used for plant extension and housing. In a statement giving these interesting facts, the shipping board paints an absorbing picture of the magnitude of the industry which is getting out such vast quantities of necessary products. The entire work of supplying this lumber is under the direction of W. J. Haynen, general lumber supervisor of the Emergency Fleet Cor- poration. He has at his call the timber resources from Alaska to California and east to the Atlantic Coast line from Nova Scotia to Florida. The principal areas are the western countries produc- ing Douglas fir, spruce, Oregon pine and similar trees typical for their size and clearness; the yellow pine areas of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida; the northern white pine territory of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and the ship oak producing regions of West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. The products of these areas go to 130 shipyards, seventy-eight building wooden cargo ships, twenty-eight constructing barges, twenty turning out tugs and four building composite ships con- sisting of steel framing with wooden planking. These yards are distributed along the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts from Maine to Washington. Mr. Haynen is enthusiastic in his praise of the employes of the lumber industry from the highest to the lowest man in the ranks, as their efforts made possible the fulfillmentof a program resulting in the present available tonnage. Extensive Building Program The following construction projects are to be, or have been, recently launched by the government: Additional buildings at Camp Kearney, Cal., to accommodate 9,000 men, costing $1,924,923. Additional construction at Watervliet Arsenal to cost $115,000. Additional barraclss at Camp Travis, Texas, to cost $77,000. Cold storage plant at Camp MacArthur, Waco, to cost $50,000. Engineer's training camp to be located at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., to accommodate 16,000 men and cost $5,000,000. Contract awarded to W. M. Sutherland Building & Construction Company, St. Louis, Mo. Con- struction similar to ordinary cantonment construction. Addition to storage facilities plant of the National Cash Register Com- pany at Dayton, O., to add 81,000 square feet of floor space. Additional dock extension to warehouse No. 3 at the Baltimore depot warehouse to cost $228,680. Alteration at the Carlisle Indian School at Carlisle, Pa., for hospital purposes to cost $180,000. The construction of an aero camp at Cammack Field, Long Island, to cost $99,605, together with similar plant at Babylon Field, Long Island. Contract let for large temporary construction totaling 504 rooms at Eddystone, Pa., Edward Fay & Sons, Philadelphia, constructors. Contracts awarded to United States Engineering Construction Company, Cleveland, O., for two dormitories at Wycliffe, Cleveland. Contract awarded to Sharon Building Company, Sharon, Pa., for 170 buildings. In order to properly fit new buildings so as to make them suitable for hospital purposes, alterations must be undertaken at once totaling In cost $995,000. Regarding Latest Lumber Priority Order Judge E. B. Parker, priorities commissioner of the War Industries Board, is issuing a circular containing regulations under which lumber manufacturers may obtain priority assistance for securing necessary labor, transportation, supplies, equipment and materials. A statement given out officially in advance of the circular ia in part as follows: For the purpose of obtaining priority assistance for the securing of necessary supplies, equipment and materials, all lumber manufacturers complying with the conditions laid down in the circular will be entitled to an automatic Class C priority rating, which, however, the circular takes care to explain, does not apply to materials tor new construction. Increased facilities, extensions or betterments. The program of conditions as laid down requires first of all that each manufacturer shall undertake the utmost possible conservation of mate- rials, fuel and labor ; that, as far as practicable, with due regard to the demands for lumber for direct war uses, he shall limit bis production to the current demand ; that he shall refrain from hoarding fuel, supplies, equipment and materials ; and will limit export production to Items covered by export licenses issued by the War Trade Board. Manufacturers are prohibited from making any sales or deliveries except for essential uses, as may from time to time be defined by the priorities division. Until further notice such essential uses are confined to the following : For supplying the requirements of the United States govern- ment and its Allies ; for supplying the needs of the railroads operated by the United States Eailroad Administration ; and for supplying to others lumber of primary importance in war work or in essential civilian require- ments. With regard to the latter, the manufacturer, in ail doubtful cases, is urged to consult the priorities division. Each manufacturer is required to file with the priorities division of the War Industries Board a pledge in writing after a set form, included in the circular agreeing to the above and setting forth that he will not sell to any customer for resale without exacting from the latter a pledge of similar import. Furthermore the manufacturer agrees by this pledge to render to the priorities division such reports of his activities as the division may from time to time require. The form of pledge he must exact from all customers desiring to resell his products is also set forth. Every manufacturer is required to make out and mail to II. G. PhllllpB, secretary. Priorities Board, Washington, T>. C, a formal application, copies of which were sent out with the circular. Manufacturers falling to, receive such forms are urged to obtain them from the above address. Any manufacturer failing within thirty days after date (October 25) to file the pledge above described, or to make application as provided, will thereby relinquish his right to the benefit of preferential treatment with respect to labor, or to assistance in obtaining fuel or to the automatic class rating for equipment, supplies and materials. Where, on the other hand, the manufacturer is entitled to the automatic class rating, no priority certificate or application to the priorities committee will be neces- sary, but on each order for any such equipment, supplies or material, there must be attached an affidavit to the effect that he has filed the neces- sary pledge, and that the equipment, supplies or material covered by the order are necessary and will only be used In the operation of his plant. Included also In the circular are rules governing priorities In production and delivery of lumber, which, to overcome confusion occasioned by mis- understanding of previous orders, are reshaped and Issued to supersede all previous rules and rulings. They set forth that, unless otherwise spe- cifically given a higher rating, equal priorities (Class A-5) shall be given all orders, placed after clearance through the lumber section of the War Industries Board ; (a) by or for the war or navy departments ; (b) by or for any contractor or agent for either of the departments; (c) by or for the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation; (d) con- tractors of said corporation ; (e) the United States Railroad Administra- tion or any railroads under its Jurisdiction; or (f) the Bureau of Indus- trial Housing and Transportation of the Department of Labor, or the United States Housing Corporation. Such priority rating l.s taken on such orders automatically without need for indorsement or affidavit by the officer or party placing the same. Where It can be shown that the pnbllc Interest demands a higher priority classification on any particular order It may be obtained upon application by the department or governmental agency concerned to the priorities committee, setting forth the reasons therefor. In such cases a priority certificate, or special ruling, covering such order will be Issued. Where the order must be distributed among several mills only the one application and the one priority certificate or special ruling will be necessary, though appropriate notices will be sent to the mills affected. A circular issued by the War Department refers to wrong methods employed in some eastern points in getting lumber shipments through. The marked shortage in local supply of lumber in the early part of 1918 in New Jersey and adjoining states was caused by government requirements. The result was a marked advance in price. According to the statement certain eastern operators using this as a basis, figured that if lumber could be brought into the northern section, north of Norfolk, it could be offered to the gov- ernment purchasing offices as lumber in transit north of Norfolk, and, if accepted, the subsequent movement would be at govern- mental direction and the consignees would claim the advanced November 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 19 price prevailing in the northern section. The statement says that frequent tenders of transit cars to the government in this section soon indicated that wrong practices were in effect, and a number of commandeer orders were issued for the purpose of seizing these cars and a considerable number were diverted for various governmental projects in New Jersey, Penn- sylvania and New York. According to the circular, the practice was to wire orders to southern mills to consign lumber direct to a real or fictitious army oflBccr. As soon as these cars were reported north of Norfolk, the consignee would tender them to the purchasing officer, who usually accepted them as bona fide shipments, thereby making it possible for the consignee to make a considerable profit. By reason of inves- tigation by the Department of Justice indictments were recently secured for a number of such operators. The claims of some of them before the War Department Board of Appraisers have recently resulted in compensation award upon proof of ownership at the government mill base rate. Despite decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Supreme Court, the railroad administration, it is reported, vrill require tap lines and industrial railroads after investigation to justify the allowances they receive. This is proposed on the ground that competitive conditions under which allowances were approved no longer exist under government operation and control. The administration is reported working on a plan for abolishing lighterage and other free service furnished by the railroads. This plan appears similar to that proposed by Louis D. Brandeis, now of the Supreme Court, as counsel for the commission in the big general rate advance case several years ago. Following is a synopsis of short line contract agreed upon between the short line and the Railroad Administration: Company to continue operation, retain receipts and pay its expenses, including taxes. .\rbitrarios and percentages of joint rates as of January 1, 1918, not to be reduced, and when increased shall receive same ratio as before increase was made. Company shall receive fair allotment of cars and motive power. Also tree per diem of two days on lines 100 miles in length or less. Routing of competitive traffic protected. Differences submitted to Interstate Commerce Commission tor final decision. Right to use government purchasing agencies and to have repairs to equipment done in government controlled shops on former terms. No discrimination as to publisiiing tariffs and routing. Should Director General require line for military purposes new contract will be made. Exchange transportation shall be made applicable without discrimina- tion. The supply of hardwoods for war purposes has been improving of late. The output of black walnut has been trebled and the air- craft bureau is getting what it needs of this wood. The campaign to obtain walnut has borne fruit to a gratifying extent. Requirements of birch for gunstocks was held up for a while in order to meet the needs of the aircraft program, but the birch situation has improved greatly. Plans have been changed and it will not be necessary for the government to buy birch for the veneer and panel manufacturers. The production of birch is being encouraged and prices that the birch log producers have been charging are to stand. There is understood to be no trouble about corestock in poplar and basswood. Mahogany deliveries for air- craft production are stated to be fair. The War Department has caused inquiry to be made to ascertain wliat ])roducts made by the blind can be used by the government. Some of these products have been purchased and it is the purpose to increase their use by the government. It is expected that this action will stimulate production in factories which employ the blind, and thereby encourage the employment of blind persons. D. V. Dunham of the Southern Pine Association is in Washington interested in ascertaining what shipping tonnage will be available in the event of peace, for the exportation of lumber. He doubts whether any very considerable tonnage will be made available for this purpose, in view of *he assumption that British vessels now used for carrying American troops and supplies will be diverted to other work and the demand for American tonnage will be greater than ever. The Emergency Fleet Corporation has issued a statement de- scribing an underwater saw that cuts piles for twenty-five cents, saving $7 on each stick cut off, it is claimed. Emergency trench rations for the American army abroad are to be crated in wooden boxes, it is announced. It is further announced that all subsistence supplies for domestic and overseas army consumption after January 1 next, unless for current consumption in army camps in this country, must be packed in wooden boxes of export construction type. Wirebound boxes will be limited to carry 70 pounds. This order has been issued because of the fact that frequently supplies purchased for domestic army use have to be shipped abroad. Some authorities estimate that 50 to 60 per cent of the canned goods boxes made for next year's pack in this country will have to be of export type, owing to the heavy food shipments abroad that are anticipated. The War Industries Board has been flooded with telegrams from interested persons who are under the impression that the building of silos has been prohibited. No such prohibition has been ordered. The government price list for railroad and car material has been revised under recent date. It was changed by transferring dimen- sion stuff from under the timber heading and placing it in a separate classification, which results in an increase in price for long dimension stock to a scale ranging from $21 to $26.50 per 1,000. The report by Judge Hughes on airplane production is meeting with both commendation and criticism. He finds fault with the manner in which mahogany purchases and inspection were handled. His chief criticism is directed against certain persons in the gov- ernment employ, handling mahogany, and who at the same time were receiving pay from mahogany dealers, or owned stock in companies dealing in this wood. For instance, one inspector work- ing for the government in mahogany inspection, was paid a salary by the company that sold the mahogany to the government. Facts are given in the report about the quantities of mahogany contracted for by the government, including African mahogany. There is some criticism of the latter as inferior to Central Ameri- can mahogany. Twenty-eight million feet of both kirfds were ordered at prices ranging from $285 to $350 per 1,000. Modification of Embargo The National Hardwood Lumber Association, war service bureau, recently retained an expert traffic attorney to represent the in- terests of the association in Washington. He went to his post about October 25 and began working toward obtaining some amelioration of the government's late embargo ruling on lumber shipments. Results came speedily, for on November 2 the Railroad Administration, through the ear service section, sent telegrams to zone chairmen notifying them of modifications in the embargo on forest products. Following are the principal modifications: The states of Wisconsin and Hlinois were eliminated from the embargoed territory. Logs were added to the exempted commodities. Elimination was ordered of the provision in the original em- bargo to the effect that permits would not be issued except from point of origin to final destination. These modifications took effect November 6. Present maximum prices for New England spruce have been extended until December 1, 1918. These prices are: Rough lumber, specified lengths twenty feet and under, 3000 pounds weight to 1000 feet of lumber, $48 to $60; random lengths, $36.50 to $59. It is understood that Pennsylvania hemlock prices are also being extended for thirty days. The manufacture of felt for pianos is prohibited by the War Industries Board to cover the present emergency conditions. The government requirements are so great that felt far in excess of the mill capacity of the country is required. Accordingly there will not be room for the manufacture of felt for pianos. 20 HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, WIS The Final Furniture Schedules In the issue of Hardwood Recckd of September 25 appeared a genera! conservation plan for the furniture industry, by autliority of the War Industries Board. Since then the furniture list has been revised in many details, and below will be found the revised schedule as it relates to furniture for the bedroom, dining room, chairs, parlor frames, upholstered furniture, extension, library, parlor, and bedroom tables: 1. (a) The number of patterns manufattured to be reduced In all lines at least 50% on active patterns as of July 1. 1017. (b) It is understood that this does not necessitate a reduction to less than 100 patterns per $100,000.00 or less of output In parlor frames, fifty patterns In upholstered furniture and library, parlor and bedroom tables, thirty patterns in chairs and extension tables, and six suites In bedroom and dining room furniture. (c) Any difference in size, style or wood is to be construed as constitut- ing a pattern. 2. No new patterns to he made by any manufacturer during the war. Alterations of present patterns may be made where necessary to conform to the provisions of this schedule. 3. All metal cleats, metal corner blocks or irons, metal drawers, metal drawer guides, drawer locks, metal drawer slides, metal dust-proof bot- toms, metal feet, metal pulls, metal rim fasteners, metal top and base locks, metal dowel pins, metal ferrules, metal parts on drop leg attach- ments, metal fancy and ornamental tacks and nails, metal ornamental trimmings and metal wheel casters to be eliminated. The use of wood and composition wheel casters is permitted on articles weighing 100 pounds or more. 4. Wood dowels to be substituted for metal screws wherever possible. 5. All colors of leather to be limited to black and one shade of brown or tan. 6. All colors of imitation leather to be limited to black and one shade of brown or tan. 7. All dust-proof bottoms to be eliminated except on bottdm frame of sideboards, buffets, dressers, bureaus, chiffoniers and chiftorettes. 8. All drawer linings to be eliminated. 9. The use of beveled mirrors to be discontinued. 10. The use of glass tops to be discontinued. Dining Room FuRNiTunE 11. Sideboards and buffets to be made only in the following lengths : 40", 44", J8", 54", 60", 66", 72", 78", 84", 90". 12. The use of mirrors on sideboards and buffets in excess of 2 square feet to be discontinued. 13. China closets to be made only in the following widths : 30", 34", 38", 42", 46", 50". 14. The use of glass shelves and mirror backs in china closets to be iltscontinued. 15. Serving-tables to be made only in the following lengths : 34", 38", 42", 46", 50", 54". 16. Extension table tops to be made only in the following sizes, ex- treme measurement : 42", 48", 54", 60". It is understood that this does not mean extended lengths. Oval tables may be made 66" long extreme measurement when closed, width to be limited to 60" extreme measure- ment. (Note:) For other table provisions see items 32 to 41 Inclusive. 17. The manufacture of dining room arm chairs to be discontinued. (Note:) For other chair provisions see items 28 to 30 Inclusive. Beoroom Furniture 18. The use of mirror plate to be reduced at least 85%. It is under- stood that after selection of patterns according to the provisions of this program the amount of mirror plate to be used is not to exceed 75% of the amount used on the same number of patterns in 1917. 19. The use of mirrors on washstands to be discontinued. 20. Dressers and bureaus to be made only in the following sizes : 36", 40", 44", 48", 52", 54". 21. Vanity dressers to be made only in the following sizes : 40", 44", 48", 52". 22. Chiffoniers and chifforettes to be made only in the following sizes : 28", 32", 36", 40", 44", 48", 54". 23. Chlflorobcs and dresser-robes to be made only In the following sizes : 40", 44", 48". 24. Toilet-tables and writing-tables to be made only in the following sizes : 32", 36", 40", 44", 48", 54". 25. Wardrobes to be made only in the following sizes : 28", 32", 36", 40", 44", 48". 26. Beds to be limited in height to 60" extreme measurement. Beds to be made only In the following widths : 39", 48", 54". (Length of slats to determine width of bed.) .\11 steel rails to be eliminated. Stand- ard length of side rails is understood to be 6' 2". 27. The manufacture of toilet-table chairs to be discontinued. Chairs. 28. The use of springs in all chairs used for dining room purposes to be discontinued. The use of springs in other types of chairs and rockers to be discontinued as far as possible. 29. The manufacture of dining room arm chairs to be discontinued. 30. The manufacture of toilet-table chairs to be discontinued. Upholstered Furniture 31. Sofas, davenports and settees to be made only in the following lengths : 42", 48", 54", 60", 66", 72", 78", 84", 90". It is understood that these size limitations do not apply to genuine replicas or reproduc- tions of antiques. Lengths to be based on measurements taken on frame between arm stumps. Extension Tables 32. Round and square pillar tables to be made only in the following size pillars : 7", 8", 9", 10". Square pUlar tables may be made In 6" pillar. S-S. The manufacture of all octagon and shaped pillar taldcs to be dis- continued. 34. Not more than 15 regular patterns of pillar or platform bases to be continued by each manufacturer, and all special patterns to be dis- continued. 35. Each manufacturer to restrict his production of leg patterns in common five-leg tables to three sizes and not more than four styles. 36. Each manufacturer to eliminate all leg sizes above four Inches In common leg tables. 37. Extension table tops to be made only in the following sizes, ex- treme measurement : 42", 48", 54", 60". It is understood that this does not mean extended lengths. Oval tables may be made 66" long extreme measurement when closed, width to be limited to 60" extreme measurement. 38. 42" oak tables to be made in plain oak only. 39. 48" oak tables may be made in plain or quartered oak. 40. 54" and 60" oak tables to be made in quartered oak only. 41. Each manufacturer to eliminate all plank or double tops in all plain oak patterns. LibrarVj Parlor and Bedroom Tables 42. Library and davenport tables to be made only in the following sizes : 36", 42", 45", 48", 54", 60", 66", 72". 43. Parlor and bedroom tables to be made only in the following sizes : 16", 20", 24", 30". 44. Gate-leg tables to be made only In the following sizes, extreme measurement : 30", 36", 42", 48", 54". Packing 45. Sideboards and buffets when packed for shipment to have no pro- jection above the top and top backs to be packed in the same package. 46. China closets when packed for shipment to have no projection above the top and top backs to be packed in the same package. 47. Serving-tables when packed for shipment to have no projection above the top. Serving-tables without stretchers to have legs detached. Serving-tables with stretchers or shelves to be made with detachable ends. Legs, shelves and center stretchers to be packed flat and all parts packed in the same package. When the space under the top and between the logs Is occupied by other pieces of furniture serving-tables may be shipped set up. 48. Dressers and bureaus when packed for shipment to have no pro- jection above the top and where practicable toilets to be packed In the same package. 49. Vanity dressers to be packed with pedestal ends together and mir- rors detached. 50. Chiffoniers and chifforettes when packed for shipment to have no projection above the top and where practicable toilets to be packed in the same package. 51. Chifforobes and dresser-robes when packed for shipment to have no ■ projection above the top and where practicable toilets to be iJacked in the same package. Feet to be detached whore possible. 52. Toilet-tables and writing-tables when packed for shipment to have no projection al)Ove the top. When made with four legs without stretchers, legs to be packed detached. When made with stretchers to be made with detachable ends and packed under body of case. Center stretchers to be packed flat. Triplicate mirror toilet-tables to be packed with rail under mirror detached ; end mirrors to be packed flat against the center mirror. All to be packed in the same package. Where space under the top and between legs is occupied by other pieces of furniture they may be shipped set up. 53. Wardrobes to be made of K.D. construction and packed K.D. when shipped. 54. All chairs shipped in the white to be made and shipped K.D. All rocking chairs when packed In crates to be packed and shipped with run- ners detached. 55. When quantity of order permits, all chairs to. be nested and shipped in pairs. When packed in crates all chairs to be nested in pairs and ai many pairs packed together in same crate as practicable. November 10, 191S HARDWOOD RECORD 21 00. All overstuffed davenport frames to be made and shipped with detachable legs and as far as possible with detached backs and ends. 57. All over-stuffed chair and rocker frames to be made and shipped with detachable legs and runners. 5S. All couch, lounge and day-bed frames to be made and shipped K.D. 59. All semi-upholstered furniture frames including sofas, divans, chairs, and rockers to be made and shipped K.D. wherever practicable. 00. All over-stuffed davenports to be made and packed with detachable legs where practicable, and as far as pos.sible with detachable backs and ends. (il. All over-stuffed chairs and rocking chairs to be made and packed with detachable legs where practicable. Kecking chairs to be packed and shipped with runners detached. 02. All semi-upholstered furniture including sofas, divans, chairs and rockers to be made either partial or completel.v K.D. wherever practicable. G3. All couches, lounges and day-beds to be made and shipped K.D. 04. All extension tables without stretchers to be shipped with legs detached, and where possible the legs to be packed in the space between the rims'. Extension tables with stretchers to be packed with tops de- tached ; legs to be nested. All pedestal tables to be K.D., base, top and pedestal to be detached. Wherever practicable feet to be detached from pedestal and all parts to be shipped in the same crate. 05. Library, davenport, parlor and bedroom tables with four or more legs without stretchers to be packed for shipment with legs detached. Tables with four legs with stretchers to be packed with legs and stretch- ers detached. Tables with solid ends with or without stretchers or shelf to be packed ends and stretchers detached. Tables with one or more pedestals to be packed with top and pedestals detached. When space under top and between legs is occupied by other pieces of furniture tables may be shipped set up. All parts to be packed in the same package. (io. Gate-leg tables to be shipped set up with leaves folded against legs, and as many as possible packed together in one crate. (;T. Finished surfaces of articles when crated to be protected by strips not l(>ss than y.x3 Inches in hardwood or %x3 Inches or 1x2 inches in softwood, not more than 6 inches apart, except that articles having flat tops may have the tops completely covered by lumber not less than % inch thick if' hardwood or % inch thick if softwood. It is understood that 4/4 stock resawed once is permitted where y, inch is specified. OS. Unfinished surfaces of articles when crated to be protected by wooden strips not less than % inch thick covering not less than 20% of such surface. 09. Maximum space allowance between the finished surface or pro- jection on the ends and backs and the inside of the crate in packing all articles of furniture to be not more than 1 inch. 70. Maximum space allowance between the finished surface on the top and finished surface or projection on the fronts and the Inside of the crates to be not more than 2 inches. Where tops are completely covered maximum space allowance to be not more than 1 inch. 71. It is understood that where the crate is properly constructed and braced by the use of blocks or excelsior pads a maximum allowance of i/j inch is sufficient to protect most articles of furniture. 72. Articles having delicate legs to be hung in the crate so that legs will clear the bottom of the crate by % inch only. It is understood that articles of an unusually delicate nature, such as finely carved high backed chairs, settees, etc., may be packed with maximum allowance between finished surface or projection and Inside of crate of not more than 2 inches. 73. All chairs, stools, tables and other articles of like nature to be nested and packed In pairs where the quantity of order permits. 74. Sufficient strength and thickness of lumber to be used and suffi- cient care to be exercised in making crates to insure the safe arrival of all furniture at destination. All articles to be so fastened and braced in the crates as to prevent shifting or chafing. All finished surfaces to be protected at points of contact with crates by excelsior pads or other like materials. 73. The use of burlap for packing furniture to be discontinued wher- ever possible. 76. All packing to comply with Standard Railroad Classification re- quirements. 77. All furniture manufactured after January 1, 1919, to conform to the provisions of this schedule. It is understood that goods In produc- tion in quantity may be completed and shipped as sold. When part of a suite of furniture is in process of manufacture or in stock in quantity, balance of suite may be manufactured to complete same and shipped as sold. All goods on hand or in process not conforming to this schedule may be shipped when sold. It is further understood that mirrors, metal drawer pulls and other items of supplies eliminated by this program may be used until January 1, 1919. 7S. While part of this schedule is not effective until January 1, 1919, It is understood, of course, that as rapidly as possible all manufacturers will put its provisions Into effect. 79. Each manufacturer is requested to file with the Vehicle, Implement & Wood Products Section of the War Industries Board not later than November 10, 1918, a statement showing the number of active patterns as of July 1, 1917, and the volume of business for the year ending De- cember 31, 1917. A blank for your convenience is attached. Tlie War Trade Board has, by a new ruling, extended the restric- tion upon the importation of wood to include all woods, except those imported from Mexico or Canada by other than ocean trans- portation, and from Europe or Mediterranean Africa under the back-haul privilege. All outstanding licenses for the importation of wood, except cedar, as specified in or classified under paragraph 647 of the Tarife Act of 1913, have been revoked as to ocean ship- ment made after October 25, 1918; and hereafter no licenses will be issued for the importation of such woods, except cedar, and except to cover the following: 1. Shipments from Mexico or Canada by other than ocean transporta- tion, when such commodities originate In sUch countries. 2. Shipments from Europe or Mediterranean Africa when coming as return cargo from convenient ports where loading can be done without delay. Rulings by the Priorities Board The priorities board at Washington issued Circular No. 54 on Oct. 25, to lumber manufacturers providing, among other things, first, that each manufacturer shall limit his production of lumber to current demands. No manufacturer will sell lumber except for essential uses which are defined to mean for supplying the requirements of the govern- ment. Each manufacturer will sign a pledge in writing to the above effect and will require such pledge from his customer. No manufacturer will sell lumber to any sucli customer until the pledge above mentioned has been filed with him. Each manufacturer will fill out the application on P. L. Form No. 1 and when approved, together with pledge referred to, shall entitle him to class C rating for the purpose of obtaining necessary equipment, supplies, and material for the operation of his plant. Any manufacturer failing to file said application and pledge within thirty days will relinquish his right to the benefit of preferential treatment and class C rating. Liberty Loan Payments From many quarters comes advice and suggestions as to meeting deferred payments on liberty loans. This advice comes from gov- ernment sources as well as from associations and organizations which have a patriotic interest in seeing the government succeed in its great undertakings. A formula for action, to be followed in providing for deferred payments, has been made up and is being widely published: Set aside out of your pay the money needed to meet Liberty bond installments under your ijlau of payment. Put that money in a bank. Do not lapse on your Liberty bond subscription for any reason whatever, short of some absolute disaster. Do not sell your Liberty bonds unless compelled by dire neces- sity to raise money; and then try to borrow on the bonds instead of selling them. Do not let anybody induce you to trade in your Liberty bonds for merchandise. Proceed with the determination to go through with what you have courageously undertaken. Contract was recently awarded to the Canton Lumber Company, Baltimore, for building the hulls of launches for the United States Coast Survey. The Liberian government has inquired of Washington officials as to prospects for Liberian woods in American industries. It has been told that the government takes only African mahogany from Liberia, but that there might be an opening for fancy woods where special samples of woods are submitted. It being imjjossible to classify or rate the box industry as a whole for priorities purposes makers have been advised to apply indi- vidually for place on the government preference list. Deferred classification for artificial limb manufacturers has been asked by the surgeon-general. The fiber box people have secured a recent enactment of the treasury department, permitting the use of paper in fiber con- tainers for the packing of oleomargarine. November 10, 1918 OTt!WiJ:scro5ta^m!)5OTiOTiv^at^^ The United States Navy Department is at present the largest user of lignum vitae wood, which is the best material known for the bearings of the propeller shafts in steamships. The various navy yards make the stern bearing parts for practically all the liattleships now being built, and for this purpose the Navy Depart- ment advertised some time ago for bids to supply 427,000 pounds of lignum vitae logs ranging in size from 3 inches up to 24 inches in diameter. A large percentage of the logs were specified to be from 18 to 24 inches in diameter at the small ends, and such logs are now very difficult to get out of the forests at source of origin. The dealers of genuine lignum vitae, however, strained every effort to procure the wood so as to be able to bid on a part or all of the wood required by our Navy. A few of the importers in New York advanced large sums of money to producers in the tropics to bring stocks to ports of shipment in Cuba and Haiti in order to insure prompt shipment and to fill the order at once upon the receipt of the contract. After considerable delay in making the awards the regular dealers of genuine lignum vitae in New York and elsewhere learned to their surprise that over 300,000 pounds covered by the schedule had been awarded to officials of the Panama Eailroad, Canal Zone, who, it seems, agreed to supply the desired wood from the forests near Colon in the Republic of Panama. The wood which these officials liave agreed to cut and deliver along steamer at Cristobal for a relatively low price is locally known as guayacan (pronounced as if spelled wi a can), which is the Spanish name for lignum vitae, whose Latin generic name — Guaiacum — is derived from the common name. Unfortunately, however, not all woods called guayacan lielong to or are even related to Guaiacum or true lignum vitae, and liere is a case in which the common name proved to be misl?ading to the officials of the Panama Railroad, who have no knowledge of the true lignum vitae, but have pledged themselves to supply the gov- ernment with the genuine article to be cut in forests where true lignum vitae is not known to occur in commercial quantities and sizes. The Panama wood called guayacan is the yellow or Panama guayacan {Tubebuia guayacan) which is a member of the Big- noniaccae, a group of plants entirely unrelated to the lignum vitae family (Zygophyllaceae) . The structure of the yellow guayacan has no resemblance to that of true lignum vitae and the most inexpert can not mistake one for the other. The yellow guayacan is closely related botanically to the well-known Surinam greenheart, which is sometimes mistaken for the true greenheart of commerce and which marine engineers are so careful to avoid for use in water, where it is far inferior to greenheart. The same may be said of yellow guayacan, for it does not last under water nor stand great wear and tear. It is a good wood above ground for structural purposes, such as for joists and beams in largo buildings, where its great weight is no objection, but in contact with water it is prone to swell up, which is a very serious defect when the wood is to be used for bearings, as in the case above cited. Yellow guayacan has never been used anywhere for bearings, and the slightest knowledge of the structure of the wood is required to convince any one that it is not suitable for any part of a vessel coming in contact with water and subjected at the same time to great wear and tear, as in the ease of bushing blocks. There are now large stocks of the true lignum vitae in the market here, and still large quantities are ready and awaiting shipment at the various ports in Cuba and Haiti, and it is to be regretted that the spurious wood will be permitted to come forward and to occupy space on steamers, which is in such great demand for valuable wood and other materials so much in request in this market. The spurious or yellow guayacan grows also in ^exico, and a lot of over 200 tons has just arrived in New York from Vera Cruz. The importer entertained hopes of selling the stocks to the French government through the French Navy Mission in New York, but the wood has been turned down by all buyers of lignum vitae, and it is believed that after the inspectors of the various navy yards come to examine the wood contracted for by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Washington, they will reject the entire quantity. ^ly^:>a:^tArga^:0'^xi6^itt:>sti>5iy5;;ji^^ Wooden WheeVs Place in History The wheels of the motor trucks which carry munitions to the battle line in France do not differ greatly from the wheels of the Hittite chariots three thousand years ago. Both were of wood and of approximately the same size. The modern truck wheel has a rubber tire; that of the ancient chariot was filled with a strong rim of wood. Its form and appearance are shown in rock carv- ings in Syria, and the similarity to the modern wooden auto wheel is striking. Three thousand years have brought some improve- ments, but the fundamentals are the same. The wooden wheel appears to have been in continuous use since the dawn of civilization. Nobody knows when or where the begin- ning was. Some of the most ancient peoples had wheeled vehicles, nearly all of which appear to have been two wheeled carts which were usually called chariots. One that is more than 3,200 years old has actually come down to the present, and there are many descrip- tions and pictures of others. The point is not so much that the wooden wheel was used so long ago, but that it is in greater use today than ever before. One hundred million feet of wood will be required this year by wheel makers in the United States. The wheels will be of every kind and class, from the lightest sulky to the most enormous cannon carriage. Some will equip horse vehicles, others will carry motor trucks and automobiles. Many woods are employed, selected from the choice material of the forest. —22— A large proportion of these wheels belong to war work, 20,000,000 feet being for cannon wheels alone. Doubtless an equal quantity will go into motor truck wheels intended for war service. It has been stated that the normal daily capacity of factories producing vehicles is 46,000 auto wheels. Of these about 40,000 are for passen- ger cars and the others for trucks. The wooden wheel is dependable. Of course, the wheels break sometimes, and so does every other machine that is in use; but wood has stood the strain so well during thousands of years that it is now depended upon for wheels in larger numbers than ever before, and for the heaviest work. The Routing of Shipments Where there are two or more different routes over which a ship- ment of lumber may be carried from its point of origin to its desti- nation, with different freight rates applying, the shipper should specify the route desired. Otherwise, he may find himself legally remediless on the initial carrier sending the shipment over its roundabout lines, instead of delivering to a connecting carrier for a more direct haul at a lower rate. The court holds that in such case the shipper is not entitled to recover on the theory of an overcharge, but decides that there could be a recovery of damages, if any, sustained through what the court finds to have been a misrouting on the part of the defendant. November 10, 1918 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 25 Letter from a Panel User The Far-Sighted Panel Maker Will Provide Now for His Future Labor By ALEXANDER T. DEINZER F ALL THAT WE READ BE TRUE it is likely that peace will be established before long. One of the big problems of the veneer and panel man- ufacturer is that of labor, while somehow he gets out his goods. Nevertheless, every manufacturer in these lines will admit that the labor shortage has been the most vital problem with which he has had to contend. Many of you are wondering whether the same good fellovirs who enlisted or were drafted w^ill return to your various factories. This may be true in a measure, at the same time it would be folly to anticipate the return of all our veneer experts. Many of our boys are going to re- main on the other side for there will be wonderful op- portunities in construction w^ork. Again, men returning may take positions in other lines or at the factories of our competitors. Therefore, "we must not entertain this cocksure notion but while ready with open arms to wel- come those who intend to take up their former w^ork, we should develop experts out of the material we now have at our factories. How should the novice be trained and what course of training should be established? If we will but direct our attention to how Uncle Sam solved just such problems, we will receive many valuable suggestions. America has fully realized that in order to make her wonderful con- tribution in war production she must fit and train men for the new peculiar tasks. So it is with manufacturers. Every apprentice, be he young, middle aged or old, must learn to know woods, their structure, grain, color, hardness, flexibility and many other important prop- erties. Of course the average veneer w^orkman is not interested in the botany of the tree or v^^ood nor with its cultivation as a crop by the forester. Our concern is with woods used in the manufacture of panels and veneered goods. If we are doing very high grade work we no doubt employ foreign woods such as rosewood, satin- wood, cocobola, ebony, etc. If our line is confined to medium and cheap work our principal woods will no doubt be oak, birch, mahogany, walnut, etc. It is surprising that veneer and lumbermen generally do not do a little research w^ork in their offices, time per- mitting. A microscopic study of woods would be really helpful. It is now generally recognized that much more trustworthy evidence as to identity can be obtained by a microscopic examination than from rule of thumb methods so commonly used by nearly all veneer and lumbermen. It w^ill certainly be appreciated by you veneer men how valuable such an instrument would be in determining veneer qualities, detecting veneer rup- tures, etc. If the boss does not interest himself along this line, how can he expect the employe to do so? The next material in which we are vitally interested is glue. Admitting that the art of veneering, and conse- quently the use of glue, w^as known to the early Egyptians, nevertheless, if the craftsmen of those days were to re- turn to us and visit our modern veneer rooms and observe the wonderfully improved glue that is being used today, what assistance could they offer in solving our many per- plexing problems? We must study the physical prop- erties of glues. We must know how glue should be handled and how to properly test it to determine glue quality. Very fortunately though w^e have learned more about glues within the past fifty years than did our fore- fathers dating w^ay back to the Egyptians' period of 3300 years ago. Perhaps one of the most annoying problems we have in the veneer room is loose veneer. Sometimes it is loose in crossbanding and sometimes it is the face veneer and sometimes it is both. We know that the chief causes for this evil are overheated cauls; old, wornout cauls; poor or thin glue; overheavy glue; wet veneer or core stock. A little research work along this line would do no harm and w^ill convince the novice or apprentice of the importance of having the stock just right before he can proceed with the w^ork and expect satisfactory results. Unless the apprentice has artistic taste this should, if possible, be developed. It is necessary to use the right kind of materials and understand the laying of veneers but another important factor is matching. Some men can match veneers very nicely and get splendid effects, wast- ing very little veneer. Others may spend considerably more time and material to properly match the pieces. It requires a good deal of study and practice to do this w^ork expeditiously, save material and produce a finished article that is perfect in every respect. If w^e will visit some of the furniture stores and carefully observe the matching of veneers we w^ill be able to do helpful criticising along this line. Indeed, many a dealer has been compelled to sacri- fice on the price of the furniture for no other reason than that the veneer vv^as improperly matched by some careless workman. We cannot afford to take chances and it seems, success considered, that w^e cannot spend too much time teaching this art to workmen. We must get over the no- tion that the final place for veneer troubles is in the finish- ing room. The finisher cannot correct your spoiled work. Co-operation is necessary in every department. If you will deliver the right kind of goods to the finisher he will very likely do the rest and the result will be the sale of an article or articles that w^ill remain sold, establish confi- dence and at all times please the purchaser. Most cloth has a "right" and a "wrong" side, and some people look for a similar condition in sheets of veneer. Both sides are right, but sometimes, for local or particular reasons, one side pre- sents a better appearance than the other. Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section November 10, 1918 Hen Talks About Glue Joints on Face Veneer Friend Jim. Nov. 25, 1917. I'll answer your letter tonight so you won't have to wait too long. You know I'm leaving Nov. 27 for the wedding. I'm much obliged for the invite to visit you folks and I guess we will be there about Dec. 6 or 7 and probably spend Sunday in my old town. Sue and me will be married Nov. 28 and she wants to spend the rest of the week with her folks. Then on Monday we will go to Chicago and buy some furniture and have it sent here so it will be here when we come home. Gee, that sounds funny to think of me coming to my own home. You say a veneer drummer saw you making glue joints on the edges of your face veneers and told you it was not necessary, because if the face veneers were taped right and laid right the veneers would not open at the joints after the panel was made. He said that after the veneers were laid and the regular panel gluing done right the veneer glue was sure to hold the joints together. Then you told the old man and he told you to never mind what the veneer salesman said, but to keep on glue joint- ing the face veneers. You want to know what I do. Well it don't make no difference what I do, Jim, the old man pays you to do what he wants, and you better do it so long as it don't do any harm. There can be a lot of argument about the business of glue jointing face veneers, and the whole thing gets down to the old matter of using material that is dried right. If face veneers come to the glue room in the right con- dition, without too much moisture, the chances are that they can be laid without danger of joints opening, no matter whether they are glued or not. But if the veneers used are not dry it is a sure thing that after the panel is made something will happen. If the material shrinks even a little, the joint is apt to open unless it happens to be glued so that it is stronger than the texture of the wood, in which case the face veneer will crack at some other point on the surface. I used to make glue joints on face veneer, but cut that work out a few months ago, and don't have any trouble. When I made them I done the same as I suppose you are doing now. I used a high grade joint glue, such as would cost about 42 cents a pound no^w. I made a mix of about three pounds of water to one pound of glue. This made a strong glue and a thin glue that would not show in the joint. This mix I found was all right for any kind of wood, and I never had no trouble with joints opening, though I sometimes had checks in the veneer if we acci- dentally got in a veneer that was not good and dry. Tliere is a lot of bum work done in making joints on face veneers. I have seen fellers use the same thick glue they use on the other work. It was so thick and heavy that it held the joints apart and made a line the whole length of the veneer. But as I say, I cut out that work, because I had heard that it isn't being done so much these days. I guess it w^as more necessary when they spread glue on the core with a brush and it took longer to get panels under pressure than it does now v/e have machines and hydraulic presses and can get the stuff in the press quick. Still, if the old man wants you to keep on doing it he's the boss. You say that you have to have some new cauls and want to know whether I would make them or buy them. Well, Jim, you know I'm a crank when it comes to cauls,, and you know that I always made my own cauls out of selected maple, and that they were alw^ays made about an inch thick and were five ply. You say you forget how I used to finish them off. I kept them in the retaining irons until they were dry. Then I had them run through the planer and the sander, and I tried to be blame sure both these machines w^ere in good shape to make a good level surface on both sides. Then I heated the cauls and got some paraffine oil to boiling. 1 dipped a cloth in the oil and rubbed it over the hot caul in such a way that the caul would get a little oil at a time to soak up, and I gave the caul all it would take. I did not use linseed oil because it does not make such a mois- ture resisting surface on the cauls after they become thoroughly dry and hard. That kind of a caul never warps and will last a lifetime if treated right. If you keep that kind clean and give it a rubbing once in a while w^ith paraffine wax you can use it on the most deli- cate veneers and not be afraid. Sometimes I think I may be too fussy about cauls. We have about a dozen here that are made of zinc, and we have a few made of aluminum. These metal cauls are only about an eighth of an inch thick, and they hold their shape and will of course stand rough use. They are as heavy as my thick w^ood cauls, but because they are not so thick the men can get more panels in a press when they use these cauls. The boss got them to try, and he will likely get some more when he has to, but not before, on account of the price of them being pretty high now. There is a caul made of something they call fiber which is not too bad. We have ten of them here. They are light and have a smooth surface and seem to work all right, except that sometimes the glue comes through the veneer and sticks to the caul. But this don't happen if the men take care of them right. TTiese cauls are about {Coni'inucd on page 31) November 10, 1918 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 27 PLYWOOD For Makers of FURNITURE CABINETS, CHAIRS TABLES, DESKS TRUNKS MOTOR TRUCKS FILING CABINETS INTERIOR TRIM AND FIXTURES Made of QUARTERED OAK MAHOGANY BLACK WALNUT QUARTERED GUM PLAIN RED GUM PLAIN OAK ASH BIRCH ELM BASSWOOD AND MAPLE FLAT OR BENT WORK Machined or in Panels With or Without Part Cabinet Work Finished or in the White SEND US YOUR SPECIFICATIONS WISCONSIN CABINET & PANEL CO. NEW LONDON, WISCONSIN AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 28 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section November 10. 1918 riWWMi»>Wi)iTO»ttf^^ iyv;tl!JtiaW!)!B;tWm:Jtl»»Wl!^ Clubs and Associations Open Competition Plan Members of the Open Cumpetitiou I'lau bave been called to a meeting at Sinton Hotel, Cincinnati, 10 o'clock a, m., Nov. 13. The call was issued by authority of E. O. Robinson, president of the Hardwood Manufacturers' .Association. Among the things on the program is a discussion of the uniform cost system. Wholesalers' Executive Committee Meets The executive committee of the Xiitional Wholesale Lumber Dealers" .Association was held in New York Oct. 24. The organization was reported in a prosperous condition with a membership of 434, the largest in its history, and the bureau of information is now larger than it ever was before. .\ committee was appointed to attend a convention of the National Federation to be held in Xo\-ember. National Association Directors to Meet The directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers* Association will meet in Chicago Dec. IC to transact important business. The chief pur- pose is to provide aderators, while the Memphis body consists largely of Memphis and other southern concerns, many members being o.n the lists of both organizations. The merging of these two bodies into one will result in a strong organization, which will be in much better position to handle important matters for the entire hardwood interests of the South, and no better location could be secured than Louisville for headquarters. During the first nine years of the club's existence its meetings were held weekly, but for economy's sake, semimonthly meetings were held during the year just closed. Plans for returning to the weekly schedule were discussed. R. B. Ray of the Southern Hardwood Traffic -Association read and explained Circular 54 of the priorities committee, relative to shipment. It was feared that the new order would cause some additional trouble in deciding just what constitutes emergency or essential needs in filling orders. .V considerable portion of the evening was spent in discussions con- cerning the effect of early peace on the lumber imlustry, and while views were somewhat different it appeared that the consensus of opinion was that things would be a little quiet for a period of three to six months, but that after that time they would open up, and eventually result in the most active business that the hardwood trade has known. It was pointed out that immediately following peace and a falling off in war orders, accompanied by some government cancellations, where orders contain can- cellation clauses, there would be a lack of government demand, and at the same time export demand couldn't be expected to pick up suddenly, as bottoms will be needed in shipping foodstuffs abroad, and supplying the army and foreign powers. It will take domestic trade and the building trades some little time to readjust themselves, and until this is done things may be a little dull. However, an interesting point is in the fact that lumber stocks in the South are smaller today than at any previous period in quite a while. .Attention was called to the fact that there hasn't been much advance in stumpage or logs, that is the advance in the price of lumber hasn't been due to increased cost of stumpage, but to increased rail rates, labor and supplies. It will be a considerable time before rail rates go back again, especially as the railroad administration is not likely to relinquish hold for some time after peace is declared. It will be a considerable time before labor prices are readjusted. As soon as export demand for rebuilding Europe begins to reach the manufacturer it is expected that prices will strengthen if anything, as a big demand is looked forward to. At the same time American manu- facturers of furniture, automobiles, cabinets, talking machines, etc., will probably get very busy on rebuilding lines which were allowed to drag during the war, while they were busy with war orders. Trucks promise to be in larger demand than ever, and the pleasure car prospect is bright. The majority of those present expressed themselves as opposed to govern- ment control of railroads, except as a war measure. Implement and Vehicle Association to Meet The annual meeting of the National Implement and Vehicle Association is scheduled for the LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Tuesday and Wednesday, November 19 and 20. The meeting will undoubtedly be one of the most momentous in its history. The production of essential war material has so commanded the thoughts of manufacturers that the return of peace will require vast readjustments. The wagon manufacturers will meet on the nineteenth and twentieth, the tractor and thresher men on the twenty-first and twenty-second at the .Auditorium hotel, and ensilage machinery department on the nineteenth. The annual banquet of the tractor and thresher men will be held at the .\udiforium on the evening of November 21. \TOig;sMigw!wy.miwstt:TOio»iw;it^ ' With the Trade Conference of Tie Manufacturers A conference of railroad tie manufacturers aud dealers has been called to meet in St. Louis. Mo., Nov. 10 and 20. The meeting has been called under the auspices of the St. Louis chamber of commerce. The program has not been announced, but the plan is to have prominent men address the meeting. It is expected that both national and regional tie organiza- tions will be provided for. A Lumberman Promoted George E. Breece, a former mayor of Charleston, W. Va., and a leading lumber dealer of West Virginia and Cincinnati, has been promoted lieu- tenant colonel in the aviation section of the army. He left several mouths ago with a commission as major to assume charge of the spruce division of the army at Portland, Ore., aud he is now superintending the cutting of all spruce timber in that section for airships. He has two sons in the array. Building Hardwood Mill on Pine Lands Arrangements have been made by Richard P. Bacr & Co., wholesale dealers in and manufacturers of hardwoods, with the Great Southern Lumber Company of Bogalusa, La., whereby the firm will erect a large sawmill to cut the hardwood timber found on the company's lands. The company will furnish the timber. The plant is to be one of the largest and most up to date in the South, and will give employment to a con- siderable number of men. The contract for the construction of the mill has just been signed. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD Nov^-mber 10, lOlS HARDWOOD RECORD 37 J. M. McLaughlin New Sales Manager Wisconsin Company J. M. McLnughlin rocently took up his dutii's as sales manager of the Wisconsin Cabinet & Panel Company, New London, Wis. Mr. McLaughlin has peculiar qualitications for the work, which are I>ase(l on eleven years' association in furniture production and sales. During that eleven years Mr. McLaughlin acquired a very intimate knowledge of costs, woods, con- struction and other features of the business, which will be of valuable assistance to him in marketing the large production of the Wisconsin com- I)auy in these same circles. Mr. McLaughlin has been with the Wisconsin Cabinet & Panel Company for the past year-and-a-half, having just come from the eastern offices of the company. lie will be in charge of sales of plywood veneers and jilywood shooks. The company is turning out a largo quantity of cleated shooks similar to those used in shipping the Edison Talking machine, and is finding a ready market for its output. Important Southern Deal C. M. Kellogg of the Keibi^Lr I-uiiiImt <'nnip;iny: W. L. Crenshaw auil William Pritchard, all of Memphis, have purchased the band mill, lumber and timber belonging to the Crenshaw-Gary Lumber Company at Ritchie. Miss., and will operate this plant under the name of the Kellogg Lumber Company. Mr. Crenshaw has turned over to the firm the tract of timber land he owned about twelve miles north of Ritchie on the Sunfiowcr river and the timber on this, about 12 million feet, will be handled by water to the plant. F. E. Gary was the sole owner of the Crenshaw-Gary Lumber Company and sale of his property will be followed, around the first of the year, by his removal to Chicago. He has not further announced his plans. He is one of the most prominent members of the hardwood lumber fraternity at Memphis. He was for years vice president and general manager of the Baker Lumber Company, Turrell, Ark. ; then part owner of the Cren- shaw-Gary Lumber Company, and finally its sole owner. Much regret is expressed in lumber circles over his plans for leaving Memphis. Conference Asks Transit Privilege Louisville, Memphis and Evansville were represented in a conference with the Louisville district traffic committee of the railroad administration. The purpose of the meeting was to secure milling-in-transit privileges for the cities, it being claimed that a great injustice was done them because the privilege was denied them while it is granted to competing centers. It is stated that granting such a privilege is an economic necessity to the promotion of the lumber industry, it being pointed out that the dealer serves as a banker for the small mill, and that the dealer must have this privilege in order to develop that class of trade. This privilege also helps speed up production and shipping, as the small mill accumulates special grades slowly, but can ship bulk lumber to be reworked under this privilege. The lumber interests, represented by R. R. May for Louisville and Evansville, and J. H. Townshend for Memphis, asked for the privilege of milling in transit ; of assorting, drying, grading and re-handling in transit, and of drawing rough lumber into the points named to be manufactured through resawing, cutting into boxes or cooperage stock for re-shipping as semi-finished or finished stock to point of final destination on the basis of through rates from point of origin. The matter was taken under advisement by this committee, which will be handed a written confirmation of the request. A number of prominent lumbermen were present. Atkins* Saws In Government Work Accompanying this story is an illustration of a class in a detachment of the vocational army of the government. All of the men in the picture are using Atkins' saws. The government offers these short courses in vocational training (in this case in the study of carpentry), the instruction covering a period of eight weeks of intensive training. During this time they are taught how ATKINS" SAWS IN GOVERNMENT VOCATIONAL CLASS to build things, how to repair quickly and etficiently such important parts as gun carriage spokes, airplane parts, miteriug. splicing, etc. It is said that the students are so efficiently taught that at the end of the course they are really excellent carpenters. Statement from Perkins Glue Company The Perkins Glue Company, South liend, Ind., has just issued the fol- lowing statement : In January of this year we advised the trade by a circular that the United States Circuit Court of Appeals had handed down an opinion in the suit brought by the Perkins Glue Company against the Solva Water- proof Glue Company, the Burch-Kane Company, Lowell R. Burch and Thomas B. Kane for infringenu'nt of Perkins re-issue Patent No. 13,435, and Perkins Patent No. 1.020,056, in which the United States Circuit Court of Appeals finds that the Perkins glue and the process of making it was new, and that the patents for it are valid and have been infringed by the defendants. The case was originally decided by the United States District Court in favor of the Perkins Glue Comimny "in June. 1915. An appeal was taken by the Solva Waterproof Glue Company, which was argued in January, 1917, and has been decided. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals criticised some of the ways of claiming the invention that were brought before it and reversed the lower court as to them, but it sustained as valid and infringed the claims for the Perkins glue as a product and for the process by which the Perkins glue is made. The court held that the Solva Waterproof Glue Company, the Burch- Kane Company, and Burch and Kane had infringed, although they had merely sold the dry glue material and left their customers to make it up into Perkins glue. The decision made it clear also that the manufacturer who mixes up such dry glue material into Perkins glue and uses it is liable as an infringer. Promptly after our January circular to the above effect was sent out, the defendants (Solva Waterproof Glue Company), Burch-Kane Company, Lowell R. Burch and Thomas B. Kane) brought that circular to the atten- tion of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals anil charged that it was an incorrect statement of the decision of the court and petitioned the court for a rehearing. l)ut the court after cousideration of our reply denied defendants' (Solva Waterproof Glue Company, Burch-Kane Com- pany, and Lowell R. Burch and Thomas B. Kane) petition. Pursuant to the mandate of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court at Chicago, on August 5. 1918. entered its final decree in the case, sustaining as valid and infringed the claims for the Perkins glue as a product and for the process by which the Perkins glue is made. All infringers of the Perkins patents are hereby notified again of the final decision in favor of the Perkins Glue Company and are further noti- fied that all infringements must cease. Perkins Glue Company. Patentees of Perkins Vegetable Glue. South Bend, Ind.; Lansdale, Pa. Foreign Representatives Here to Consult on After War Business Special significance is attached to the visit to Baltimore some two weeks ago of Ines Creighton, the managing director at Liverpool. Eng., with W. M. Ritter Lumber Company of Columbus, O. Mr. Creighton made his stay rather short, but he managed to see a number of persons in official posi- tions, who may have something to do with the foreign shipment of lum- ber, and also went to Columbus to confer with other officers of the com- pany. It was his intention to stay there until his passports were gotten in shape and sent to him, when he purposed going to New York and sailing for home. Mr. Creighton's presence in the United States is rightly or wrongly connected with the early prospect of peace and the extensive readjustment that may be expected to follow the termination of hostilities. Mr. Creighton said that as far as business on the other side was con- cerned, he might as well be here as there. Another visitor, who was to have sailed on the Adriatic for the United States October 14, but who was somewhat delayed, and is not expected until some time this week, is Gustave A. Farber, London representative of Russe & Burgess. Inc., Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Farber is a former Balti- morean, who was at one time a member of the wholesale hardwood firm of Price & Heald, Baltimore, but who went to London a number of years ago. He has a large circle of friends and relatives here and is expected to take occasion to call on the latter. The primary object of his trip is believed to he to see William H. Russe and others of the company, for which purpose he is expected to visit Memphis. He will, it is thought, give much first hand information about conditions on the other side and the prospects for the future. In this connection it is perhaps deserving of mention that the National Lumber Exporters' Association, at its last annual meeting in January of the present year, in New York, dis- cussed the feasibility of establishing an export sales company to handle hardwoods under the provisions of the Webb Act, which permits combinations in the foreign business. At the meeting a special <'ommittee, including William H. Russe of Russe & Burgess, Inc., of Memphis, Tenn. ; Edward Barber, Howard & Barber Lumber Company. Cincinnati, and John L. Alcock ^ John L. Alcock & Co., of Baltimore, Avas named to consider the question of establishing such a sales agency, to get all possible information on the subject and to report the conclusions of the members at the next annual meeting, in January. 1919, at a place yet to be decided upon. Much in- formation has been gathered by members of the committee, and they have had various interchanges of views, and the report to be made is expected to go exhaustively into the practicability of such an agency. In the next two weeks it will probably be determined where the annual meeting will be held. 38 HARDWOOD RECORD November 10. 1918 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiii mill nil iiiuiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiniiwiiniiiiiiiniliiiiliiiiinnniiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiiiini iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiMiiiiiiniininiiini iiiiiiiiiiii i iiiiniiiiiiniiiiniiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiii'| Godfrey Conveyors | Will handle your logs by Power. Durable — Simple — Economical | Investigate! Immediate Deliveries | JOHN F. GODFREY Dept. 4 Elkhart, Ind. | i„i„i I I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNii I I mil I mmmmmmiimmi iiii iiiiiimmimi i miimmmmmmiiiiiii iiii iiimiimi nil miiiiiimmmmimimmmimi imiim ii l^ OAK CHESTNUT CYPRESS WISTAR, UNDERBILL & NIXON Real Estate Trust Building Philadelphia TUPELO RED GUM HOW ABOUT YOU? When commodity prices fall you will feel the effect of the policies you dictate now. Our recent FORECASTER has vital in- terest for the credit, sales and advertising manager. FREE COPY 0\ REQUEST BROOKMIRE ECONOMIC SERVICE 56 PINE STREET, NEW YORK We Offer for May Shipment 4(,000' 4/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 45,000' 8/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 40,000' S/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 60,000' 6/4 No. I C. & B. End Dried White Maple 150,000' 1x6" up No. 1 C. & B. Hard Maple 200,000' 4/4 te 16/4 Ne. 2 C. & B. Soft Elm 40,000' 4/4 No. 2 C. & B. Birch 113,0M' 8/4 Ne. 2 C. & B. Beech Write us jor prices today East Jordan Lumber Co. Manufacturer* "IMPERIAL" Maple Flooring East Jordan Michigan VON PLATEN LUMBER CO. IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN Manufacturers of NORTHERN HARDWOODS 75 M ft. of 4/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 150 M ft. of 4/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Birch 100 M ft. of 5/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Birch 75 M ft. of 5/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 100 M ft. of 6/4 No. 1 Com. &. Btr. Birch 100 M ft. of 8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. Birch \iTOyaiTOs:itww)trocMWJ>soM»:roimiJt^^ Pertinent Information All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if Lumber for Reconstruction Reports from France and Belgium indicate that the people of those devastated countries are earnestly inquiring whether lumber for rebuilding can be had from America, and, of course, the probable price is a matter of interest. Lumber will probably be one of the most reasonable in cost of all building materials. It has not advanced in the same degree as brick, concrete, cement, and steel. , Individual Export License Required According to a list issued by the war trade board, export of the following items must not be undertaken without individual license. Ash, birch, chestnut, fir, mahogan.v, oak, quebracho, spruce, walnut, and yellow pine 12x12 and larger, and 25 feet long or more. Veneer and ply wood of all kinds are on the list, without specifying the woods of which they are made. August Exports of Wood Offlcial figures show that for August last year the total e.xports of forest products were worth $5,797,564, while during the corresponding month this year the value was $7,lit8,95!l, or an increase exceeding ,$1,500,000. The largest increases were shown in Itouglas fir, oak, and pine. Valuable Wood in Panama Large growths of bright purple nazarene wood is lying idle in Panama, only awaiting development, according to Dr. Henry Pittier, who recently led a botanical expedition to the Darien section of the isthmus. Before the war this beautiful wood commanded $125 to $200 per thousand feet. It is estimated that there are 40,000,000 feet of the timber along the Tuyra river and other navigable streams of that region, to say nothing of the less accessible sections of the country. The timber has most unusual qualities. The trees reach a large size, sometimes a diameter of three feet, and have very little sap wood. The interior is a rich purple color and the wood is hard, heavy, strong, and extremely resistant to water and weather; it contains an essential oil and it takes an excellent polish. When the wood ages and is at the same time exposed to the sunlight it turns much darker in color. In a house in Panama is a beam of this wood over a century old ; as It is in a place protected from the sunlight this beam still has the original bright purple color. Solving Railroad Problems \\Tien the railroads of this country were taken under Federal control they were suffering from the effects of a long period of various sorts of adversity. The measure of their recovery under government manage- ment has now been put into figures by Mr. McAdoo. the Director General. Taking the cases of the railroads of Class 1 — which are roads having an operating income of more than a million dollars a year — he finds that the number of tons of revenue freight carried has increased 8.9 per cent. The number of freight cars in service has increased 5.1 per cent. The number of tons hauled per train has increased 6.9 per cent. The average carload has lieen increased 14.4 per cent. Taking Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as experimental points, he finds that the tonnage there delivered has increased 9 per cent and the numl>er of cars used has decreased 7 per cent. The number of tons per car has incrc.-ised 18 per cent. This increase, he says, "if it were general through- out the country would be equivalent to the addition of 432,000 cars to the e(iuipment of the country's railroads." lender Federal control the number of railroad officials drawing salaries of $5000 a year or over has been reduced by 400 and .$4,615,000 a year has been savedl The expenses of the law department have been reduced $1,500,000 a year. By the consolidation of ticket oflicos. and the aban- donment of competitio'n, it Is estimated that $2,3,566,633 will be saved. And of this amount $8,000,000 will be saved on advertising bills. - .At the same time wages have been raised : the eight-hour da.v has been granted ; women are receiving the same pay as men for the same sort of work ; and negroes are no longer being discriminated against in their wages and conditions of employment. Freight routes have been shortened, cars and locomotives are being standardized. A universal mileage book, good on all roads, is being adopted. By the consolidation of terminals efficiency has been increased and one cause of great inconvenience to travelers has been removed. A Remarkable Story A story comes out of India that sounds suspicious, yet it may be trn«. .\crurding to the report, bears ha\-e been taught tit gnaw flic liark and by that means girdle undesirable forest trees and give good trees a chance to grow. The animals were taught by accident. Foresters girdled the trees that were not wanted, and bears came to lick the sweet sap that oozed from the wounds. They learned the kinds of trees which provided the sap, and when they could not find enough that were already girdled to supply the demand, they girdled others with their teeth. Thus, it is said, tbi'y -.in- hi'Ipiiii; the foresters kill trees which are not wanted. You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 39 Bulletin Describes Method of Stump Elimination A bulletin has Just been issued by the Agrieultural Department at Wash- ington giving a detailed description ot the various accepted methods of stump elimination. The bulletin describes the loss occasioned by stumps remaining in tilled land and gives expert tips on the most economical and thorough means ot removing them. Baltimore Exports for September Taken altogether, the showing made by the September report of exports of lumber and other forest products from Baltimore does not make an impressive showing, furnishing, as it seems to do, evidence of the restrictive influence of the measures taken by the Allied governments to hold down the imports of products of all kinds from the United States. Of course, there are virtually no exports except to the United Kingdom, and those for September have undergone a very considerable contraction when com- parison with some other months of the current year are made. Especially is a pronounced shrinkage noted in the movement of the woods intended for war use, such as flr and spruce, which have gone forth extensively for the construction of airplanes. It there is now a material falling off, it may not without reason be regarded as a sign that activity in this direction is expected before long to undergo a shrinkage. The total for all woods, too, is tar from satisfactory and is naturally viewed as suggestive of further efforts to keep out American lumber. Oak still holds up fairly well, and poplar, in which wood a fair movement had prevailed during recent months, is represented with shipments about up to the average of late. For the first time in some months also staves figure on the list. The chief thing that can be said In favor of the September statement Is that it overtops the one for the corresponding months of 1917 by a number of times, that month being perhaps low water mark. The state- ment for September, as compared with the same month of last year, shows a total value of $102,111 and $27,899 respectively. Building Permits for August Comparing the building permits, issued in the principal cities of tbe United States during August, with those for the corresponding month last year, the moderate decrease ot 10 per cent is shown. This decrease is the smallest that has been recorded since April, 1917, or since the country declared war. In a sense, the showing is therefore encouraging, but tor August last year there was a decline of 33 per cent as compared with August, 1916. Making comparisons with two years ago, the shrink- age would be considerable. The general report concerning new buildings is that little work, except that which Is clearly indispensable, is now in progress or in early prospect. There is, therefore, some basis for the expectation that there can be little if any additional curtailment of work without serious impairment to the present efl5cient war activities of the country. The figures presented be- low Include housing operations and much other construction work for the benefit of military operations, but not the cantonments and other structures directly undertaken by the government. The building permits, issued in 126 principal cities, as officially re- ported to the American Contractor, total $41,76-1,408, as compared with $46,192,116 for August, 1917, a decrease of 10 per cent. One new feature is the increasing number of the larger cities that are now showing gains. Chicago and Pbiladelphia increase and the loss in New York City was less than 4 per cent. Normally the larger cities have a moderate sur- plusage of available space for emergencies but this safeguard against quick requirements has been exhausted in most large cities, the same as at the munition and other war-work centers. The tendency continues towards the construction ot smaller buildings and towards repairs and additions, in place ot new construction. Of the 126 cities included in the following statement gains are made in 54, a larger percentage than for many months. V(WyaiMiW!KW!WMg)tmWlMltl!^^ Hardwood Islews ISlotes < MISCELLANEOUS > The W. M. storey Lumber Company has moved its headquarters from New York City to Winson-Salem, N. C, however, retaining a local office in the former city. The Booraem-Kemper Lumber Company, South Bend, Ind., has in- corporated with a capital of $20,000. The deaths of the following have been announced : F. P. Covington, secretary-treasurer of the Williamson & Brown Land & Lumber Company, Cerro Gordo, N. C. ; W. G. Whitcomb, president of the Whitcomb Cabinet Company, Kansas City, Mo. ; F. T. Dieckmann, of the Dieckmann Hard- wood Company, San Francisco, Cal. ; E. G. Tuffli, president of the Tuffli Tim Company, St. Louis, Mo. ; A. P. Lovejoy of the Langlade Lumber Company, Antigo, Wis. ; George Doyle, Winyah Lumber Company, George- town, S. C. The A. Knenzel Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, Mo., has filed a petition for dissolution. At Winchester, Ky., the Ford Lumber & Manufacturing Company has been succeeded by the Blue Grass Box Manufacturing Company, which concern has headquarters at Charleston, W. Va. SERVICE FIRE INSURANCE SERVICE AND PROTECTION Davis Service was organized to furnish to lumbermen in every branch of the trade com- plete and immediate protection for buildings, equipment and stocks. No matter how many yards and plants you have, nor where they are located, we can cover you. The value of Davis Service consists in the fact that your insurance is placed at one time on all your risks, through one office, which acts as your fire insurance clearing house and insures full coverage everywhere all the time. Let our Engineering Department show you how to reduce the cost of your fire insurance. Full Coverage, Correct Forms, Lowest Rates A. J. DAVIS & CO. - Specialists in Lumber Fire Insurance Insurance Exchange, Chicago WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING STOCK TO OFFER: 3 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common and better Ash 5 cars 6/4 Log Run Beech 15 cars 6/4 No. 1 Common and better Hard Maple 5 cars 10/4 No. 1 Common and better Hard Maple 5 cars 8/4 No. 1 Common and better Hard Maple 5 cars 8/4 No. 1 Common and better Hard Maple 4 cars 8/4 No. 1 Common and better Soft Maple 10 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common and better Red Oak 8 cars 4/4 No. 2 Common Red Oak All band sawn West Virginia stock, excellent widths and lengths and well manufactured WE CAN SHIP PROMPTLY JOHN HALFPENNY, Inc. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA W heeler-Timlin I umber Tompany MANUFACTtniERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWCX)D - HEMLOCK - PINE Wausau, wis. AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 4G HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 VESTAL LUMBER & MFG. COMPANY INCORPORATED Soft Textured Oak Poplar Black Walnut Tenn. Red Cedar KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE BAND MILLS AT VESTAL A SUBURB OF KNOXVILLE FONDE, KY. Have you seen any better Walnut logs than these? ' I "■ HEY all grew right in Indiana where ■*■ hardwoods have always held the choicest farm lands. The best growth of timber as well as the best yield of wheat comes from good soil. The soundness of the log-ends shows that they fed on the fat of the land. My Indiana Oak come* from the same soil CHAS. H. BARNABY Greencastle, Indiana Among recent incorporations iisted are : The Imperial Tie & Lum- ber Company, Danbury, Conn. ; the H. Bollwerii & Brother Vehicle Com- pany, St. Louis, Mo., with a capital of $1S.000 ; the Dominion Lumber & Hanrlle Company, Bristol, Tenn. ; the Four States Lumber Company, Texarliaua, Arl;., increased capital from $40,000 to $75,000 ; the Elmlra Casket Company, Elmira, N. Y. ; the Northwest Box Company, Everett, Wash., capital $50,000 ; the Campbell Hub Company, Manchester, Tenn. ; the Eagle Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Meridian, Miss. ; the American Veneer Company, Ilayward, Wis. ; the Berry Airship Com- pany, Vancouver, Wash., capital $250,000. Tlie Strable Lumber & Salt Company, Oakland. Cal., succeeded by the Strable Manufacturing Company, capital $30,000. The general offices of the Whiting Lumber Company. Philadelphia, Pa., have been removed to Port Huron, Mich., and the eastern business has been succeeded by the Pecn-Florida Lumber Company. A receiver has been appointed for the Port Barre Timber Company, Port Barre, La. There has been a change in ownership of the Retting Furniture Com- pany. Grand Rapids, Mich. The Muirhead Lumber Company, Weldon, Ark., has been succeeded by the Weldon Hardwood Lumber Company. n.iRDWOOD Record has received word that the postponed meeting of the Northern Wholesale Hardwood Lumber Association, which was to have been held two or three weeks ago, will be held at the Milwaukee Athletic Club, Milwaukee, on Friday, November 15. The postponed meeting of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' As- sociation has been called for Shelby Hotel, Detroit, Wednesday, Novem- ber 13. =-< CHICAGO >■ The death is announced of S. Karpen, vice-president of S. Karpen & Brothers, city. The Star Moulding Company, city, has increased its capital to $100,000. F. W. Mowbray of the Mowbray & Robinson Company, Cincinnati, was in the city for a few days of last week. The full membership of the American Walnut Manufacturers' Associa- tion attended the meeting at the Congress Hotel this week, the conference covering various questions having to do with the walnut business. The unvarying expression of the members indicated distinct satisfaction with the present and future supply of walnut for the commercial veneer and lumber consuming trade. .\s one old-time producer expressed it, the most experienced walnut man never even dreamed of the vast supply of walnut existing in this country until Uncle Sam's entry into the war made speed- ing up of production necessary. Wide investigation disclosed the walnut supply to be many times over what the most optimistic producer ever dreamed of, and it was the emphatic pronouncement of all the members of the association that in spite of great quantities used for war produc- tion, the walnut business is really just getting well started. Prominent members of the trade who were present at the meeting were J. N. Penrod, Kansas City, president of the association ; George Lamb, secretary, Washington, D. C. ; Frank Purcell, John Rodahaffer, Kansas City ; Ray Pickrel, St. Louis ; Mr. Fletcher, East St. Louis : Louis Moschel, Pekin, 111. ; W. P. Norris, Chillicothe, Mo. ; W. W. Knight, Indianapolis ; George W. Hartzell, Piqua, O. ; V. L. Clarke, Des Moines ; H. B. Sale, Ft. Wayne : A. B. Ransom, Nashville. W. C. Landon, formerly of Wausau, Wis., and formerly president of the Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, and who has since operated in the white pines of the Inland Empire in the West and is now locating two large yellow pine mills in the South in which are interested other Wisconsin operators, passed through Chicago on his way north to Wausau last week. Mr. Landon said that his operations are progressing very nicely and he is very optimistic over the future outlook of the lumber business. P. E. Gary, who recently sold out his interest in the Crenshaw-Gary Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., has arrived in Chicago with Mrs. Gary and will take up his residence in this city. J. II. P. Smith of Detroit, Mich., was in the city last week on busiueas for two or three days. ■< BUFFALO >= Nelson S. Taylor of the firm of Taylor & Crate, has left business to enter the artillery school at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky. A. Conger Goodyear, who has been a lieutenant-colonel at this camp, has been raised to the rank of colonel and has gone abroad for service. The building situation in Buffalo shows no Improvement over a month ago, though the need for houses is fully as great as ever. When the war Is over it is likely that a good many new houses will be erected here, since the city is growing and little building has been done for months. To relieve the local housing situation it was proposed by certain business Interests here to ask the government to finance the erection of several hun- dred houses on North Elmwood avenue. The need Is greatest in that section and will increase, in all probability, during the next few months. A proposal in line with this is made by the Real Estate Association, which is planning to induce owners of about 200 vacant stores to fit them for housekeeping. The association will also try to secure a modification of the rule forbidding more than two families to do housekeeping in a single AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 41 ^ For Greatest Range of Uses 4^- and Easiest Handling buy the Hoosier Self Feed Rip Saw. This machine has earned thousands of dollars for owners in the manufacture of dimension lumber, crating, etc., because its entirely novel design, resulting in surprising ease of operation and adaptability, makes possible a profit where a loss is often expected in this work. The Hoosier Self-Feed Rip Saw has a positive and powerful feed which handles the heaviest material as readily as the lightest. The table, raised and lowered with the crank in front of the ma- chine, is always level — always securely locked. The Hoosier rips anything up to 6 inches thick and 17 inches wide. It feeds 35, 75, 100 or 150 feet a minute. Mi ifactured The "HOOSIER," the rip saw which makes profitable dimension manufacture and grade refining at the mill possible. Hundreds of users already — you will be an- other If you will let us tell you all about It — Will you? exclusively by The SINKER -DAVIS COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA house. This rule has made it necessary for a good many families to move from their former quarters. The government appears to have got the idea that It is illsely to be misunderstood In the matter of its use of the Erie barge canal. Just now the canai is just as active as the small fleet will permit, but the govern- ment has issued a statement that there is no material at hand now for the building of a larger fleet. At the same time it seems to fear that private shippers would understand that it had monopolized the canal, so a statement has been sent out urging shippers to use the canal as far as they are able, and giving them a permit to make any rate that they can secure tonnage on. The real trouble with the canal is that nobody knows what the coming boat Is to be, and it will be necessary to build boats of both wood and metal and of various sizes until the most serviceable one is obtained. As it seems not to be settled whether the canal is to be eight or twelve feet deep, the handicap is seen to be great. What ought to be done is to build barges as large as the depth of the canai will float, and so keep pace with developments. Lumbermen will use it Just as much as the rates and accommodations will permit. The pheasant season having arrived, the Buffalo lumbermen have been Improving the opportunity to get a shot at the birds. Among those who have been thus engaged lately are the following : Fred M. Sullivan, Coun- cilman A. W. Krelnheder, City Treasurer I. N. Stewart, C. Walter Betts, Maurice M. Wall and John McLeod. A late trip made by the lumbermen was to the game wilds of Genesee county. able tracts of hardwood timber in Greenbrier and adjoining counties In West Virginia and will have a big winter's cut there. -< BALTIMORE >= =-< PITTSBURGH >= H. E. Ast, manager of the Mutual Lumber Company, was down among the hardwood mills in the South last week. He reports general demand somewhat lighter than last month. The Acorn Lumber Company has had much better than average luck all the year in keeping in line with live hardwood business, but its officials admit that trade now is falling off considerably. Sales Manager H. C. Hermann of the Duquesne Lumber Company reports some reduction in industrial business. The Pittsburgh district does not seem to be contributing as much as the eastern markets to good business. The Kendall Lumber Company is diverting practically all Its manu- factured lumber now to government needs. It is shipping considerably, however, on mining orders. The Aberdeen Lumber Company, according to President Woollett, Is quite of the opinion that gum and Cottonwood are going to be perhaps higher after the first of the year when present large stocks of manufacturers have been worked off. The Prampton-Foster Lumber Company last month secured two vain- One of the visiting lumbermen at Baltimore In the last two weeks was Edward Barber of the Howard & Barber Lumber Company. Cincinnati, who called on Harvey M. Dickson, secretary of the National Lumber Exporters' Association while here. Mr. Barber came East to get in touch with some of the government officials at Washington concerning questions to which the export situation has given rise, and also to see about some permits for making shipments. He expressed his satisfaction over the beginning of lumbering operations on a tract in Tennessee which the company acquired some time ago and on which it erected a saw mill. The plant, he said, was running regularly, and the output was being prepared for shipment during the winter. The tract contains millions of feet of tim- ber, mostly hardwoods. While many members of the lumber trade here became more or less seriously ill during the epidemic of influenza, only one, Alexander Camp- bell, secretary of the James Lumber Company, died. Mr. Campbell, who passed away on October 23 after a short illness of pneumonia, was one of the best known of the younger members of the trade. He was born 37 years ago in Baltimore and entered the employ of the N. W. James Lumber Company as a stenographer after leaving school. By intelligent application, industry and sheer ability he rose until he was made secre- tary of the James company. He attended the meetings of the Lumber Exchange regularly, was a member of the Retail Lumbermen's Club, and supported every endeavor to promote the interests of the lumber trade. His demise occasioned deep regret, and the two organizations mentioned adopted resolutions expressive of the great loss sustained by the trade In Mr. Campbell's demise. =■< COLUMBUS >- Despite the restrictions on building operations during the past month and previous to that time, building operations in Columbus show up pretty well. This is indicated by the report of the Columbus building depart- ment showing 152 permits and a valuation of $216,855 for October, 1918, as compared with 197 permits and a valuation of $286,835 for October, 1917. For the first ten months of 1913, the department Issued 1643 per- mits having a valuation of $2,540,980, as compared with 1904 permits and a valuation of $3,495,865 for the corresponding period of 1917. F. Everson Powell, secretary of the Powell Lumber & Construction Com- pany, received a telegram from the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Asso- ciation, of which he is a member, that a further modification of building AU Three of Ui Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 42 HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 UMBER ANDl Eimira,/l(.y. yiovember 9th. 1915. Fsepcke Lelght L'br. Co., Oilcego, IIJ . Gentlemen: - We are uelng your Red Qua Ioniser in the manufacture of our high class interior trim and general planing mill work. This gum is giring excellent satisfaction, 'being highly graded, soft texture, good widths, end long lengths, also dry, straight and flbt. Respectfully, Harris, kcUenry & Baker Co. Diet. KliK/l.G. Of course it is true that Red Gum is America's finest cabinet wood — but Just as a poor cook will spoil the choicest viands while the experienced chef will turn them into prized delicacies, so it is true that The inherently superior qualities of Red Gum can be brought out only by proper handling When you buy this wood, as when you buy a new jnachine, you want to feel that you have reason for believing it will be just as represented. We claim genuine superiority for our Gum. _ The proof that you can have confidence in this claim is shown by the letter reproduced herewith. Your interests demand that you remem- ber this proof of our ability to preserve the wonderful qualities of the wood when you again want RED GUM. Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company CONWAY BUILDING 111 W. WASHINGTON ST. CHICAGO, ILL. Band Hills: Helena and Blythevllle, Ark.; OreenvUle, Was. restrictions has been made by the government. Tbe ruling now permits the erection of a building anywhere not involving an expenditure of more than $500, when authorized by the local representative of the State Council of Defense. rermlssion of the War Industries Board is not required. In compliance with the suggestions of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States, the car service of the United States Railroad Administration has issued a modification of the lumber embargo order, exempting all material necessary in the operation of coal mines. The association brought to the attention of the car service section the desirability of the order so as to exempt from the necessity of obtaining permits for material such as mine ties, rails, mine car stock, brattice, lum- ber, trlpple stock and all rough lumber used in coal mines. That the government stepped in and within thirty days practically stopped all non-war construction work in Ohio is shown In a statement issued by C. L. Dickey, chairman of the non-war construction board, Ohio branch State Council of Defense. "There Is but little building activity throughout other than that which is absolutely essential to the winning of the war," declared Mr. Dickey. He stated that complete cooperation had been secured in the many Ohio counties, and that others were taking steps to, put them in line. W. T. Fleming, who has been in charge of the statistical work of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, is a victim of Spanish influenza. He died recently at the Cincinnati General Hospital. He had been con- nected with the association for several years, previous to which he was Identified with the Wisconsin Lumber Company. First Lieutenant Henry J. Pflester, president of the M. B. Farrin Lumber Company of Cincinnati has been promoted to captain. He has been in France for the past ten months. R. W. Horton of the W. M. Hitter Lumber Company, Columbus, reports a good demand for hardwoods and a considerable movement when the hampering war activities are taken into consideration. He says that prices are generally well maintained all along the line. Oak and poplar are in good demand and ash is especially strong. Thomas J. Quayle, Jr., formerly secretary and treasurer of the Oberlin Lumber Company, Oberlin, O., and a first lieutenant in the American Expe- ditionary Forces, was recently killed in action. Mr. Quayle was about thirty years of age and was always interested in military affairs, having been connected with the Fifth regiment of the Ohio Militia. He was on the Mexican border with his regiment. Before enlisting for the present war he was connected with the Hudson Lumber Company of Akron. Paul H. McGormley, a son of L. S. McGormley of the Price Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Fremont, has enlisted in the navy and a recent message said he was leaving an Atlantic port for South America. Harry Yeackel of the Kelsey & Freeman Lumber Company, Cleveland, has entered the marine service. J. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company reports a good demand for hardwoods from West Virginia, with prices ruling firm in every par- ticular. =-< CLEVELAND >-- There may yet be much hardwood business of the kind hardwood Inter- ests are accustomed to. This is the opinion of leaders in the Cleveland trade this week, following the return here from Columbus of a special committee of building materials interests, who have obtained practically centralization of power in passing up and directing new housing construc- tion in the Cleveland district. The trip to the state capital by leaders in different branches of the building material Industry was the outcome of the apparent Indifference on the part of the non-war construction com- mittee of the Council of National Defense in failing to comment upon permits issued recently by the local building committee recently appointed for that purpose. On this local building committee are Irwin Fisher of the Fisher- Wilson Lumber Company ; W. J. Carter, civil engineer ; E. W, Cunningham, building commissioner of Cleveland ; F. H. Chapin, manager of the Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, and John A. Kling, head of the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company. What all building interests here want Is a centralization of power in a committee to direct housing construction, tliat the tremendous congestion, due to vast increase in population, may be relieved. As a result of the trip to Columbus it is believed this has been obtained, together with assur- ance that before the middle of the month a blanket permit, authorizing the construction of at least 1000 houses, and perhaps 2000 houses imme- diately, will be issued. It is expected the local committee will supervise the issuing of permits and construction, so that the views of the federal and state officials will be observed. This is guaranteed by the material interests who went to Columbus. The committee that accomplished this much is : J. V. O'Brien, secretary, the Cleveland Board of Lumber Dealers, and W. K. Palmer, president, the Cleveland Material Dealers' Association, representing all lumber interests : Louis A. Moses, director of the Industrial Housing Survey ; Stanley McMlchael, secretary, the Cleveland Real Estate Board ; C. H. Patterson, secretary of the Material Dealers' Association, and assistant secretary of the Builders' Exchange. It will he seen from this group how thoroughly the material interests are represented. In the opinion of members of this committee, the Columbus committee All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 43 We Are Prepared to Furnish PROMPT SHIPMENT on OAK TIMBERS Cut to SPECIAL SIZES Up to 16'Foot Lengths JAMES E. STARK & CO., Inc. HARDWOOD LUMBER BAND MILLS MEMPHIS, TENN., DYERSBURG, TENN. VENEER MILLS MEMPHIS, TENN. of the council, was much impressed by the data and figures produced by Mr. Moses, proving that while the city has added to Its population, it is losing out even more rapidly in the number of houses being built since this country entered the war. It also was pointed out at the meeting at the state capital that not only are there thousands of persons willing to build houses right now, but that many of them can finance the entire projects themselves, while the other can obtain private money, thus not Interfering with any money in baniis here. The injustice of lieeping capital tied up in material that could not be used for war purposes, but which can help to win the war by giving the worliers of the city more comfortable homes, also, impressed the Columbus contingent. The Cleveland group will not wait on Columbus, however, but will Immediately send a committee to Washington, to confer with the national non-war construction committee, outlining the program as it now stands, and thus avoid any complication that might develop at the national capital over the action of the state committee. Quantity production of airplanes at the Glenn L. Martin plant in this city Is expected to offer a new outlet for certain hardwoods, leaders In the Industry here believe, as a result of the urge along that line by the senate military affairs committee to John D. Ryan, director of air craft produc- tion. The committee urged the start of quantity production at once, and that no changes in the bombing plane, which will be produced, be made. This plane was ofiiclally accepted by the government this week, following a month of tests at the Dayton proving grounds, when a plane was sent from Cleveland. At least fifty planes will be started at once. It is explained, these to be made by hand until tools to provide for still larger production, arrive. To. facilitate production, Martin plant officials say, other airplane plants, some of which are producing only forty per cent of their capacity, owing to lack of proper design, will be given contracts. Contracts for parts will also be let to fifty Cleveland firms, it Is said. Hardwood factories are being visited In the middlewest by D. M. Hess of the Midvale Steel Company, with a view toward expediting rifle stock production, that the output of the Midvale, 8,000 rifles a day, may be expedited. It Is said the Midvale Is making two-thirds of the entire rifle production of the country at present. Mr. Hess was in Cleveland this week In the Interest of production of metal parts of the rifles as well as the stocks. He will receive Inquiries from wood plants and others at lock box 428, Chester, Pa. The plant of the Midvale Is at Bddystone, Pa. =■< EVANSVILLE >« The Pioneer Pole and Shaft Company, Evansvllle, has built a plant for the manufacture of coal mine cars and the Industry promises to become quite an extensive one In view of the fact that so many new coal mines are being opened in southern Indiana, southern Illinois and western and northern Kentucky. The new plant will give employment to a large number of men and boys and a high grade coal car will be turned out. J. D. Craft, vice-president of the Hercules Buggy Company, who under- went a serious operation a few days ago at a local hospital. Is much bet- ter at this writing and physicians say he will recover. Elmer D. Luhring, manager of the Luhring Lumber Company, who has been seriously 111 with typhoid fever for the past several weeks, is now on the road to recovery. A few days ago Michael D. Helfrich, president of the Helfrich Lumber and Manufacturing Company, closed a deal for the purchase of the Stock- well farm in Knight township, a few miles east of here, the consideration being $160,000. The tract contains 560 acres of fine timbered land and is one of the finest in this part of the state. It Is the intention of Mr. Helfrich to erect a sawmill and all the timber will be cut up and after the land has been properly tiled, Mr. Helfrich will sink a shaft and open a modern coni mine that will give employment to a large number of men. Charles F. Smith, sixty-four years old, a well-known wagon manufac- turer at JefEersonville, Ind., died a few days ago after an Illness of more than a year. He had spent most of his life In JetTersonvilie and was well and favorably known by the lumber manufacturers of that section of the state. John H. Rohsenberger of the Buehner Chair Company, and field secre- tary of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, Is expecting notifica- tion in a few days that a new date has been fixed for the annual conven- tion of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association at Louisville, Ky. The date of the convention was originally set for October 24 and 25, but was postponed upon order of the army-surgeons at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, because of the Spanish Influenza epidemic. George O. Wor- land, president of the Evansvllle Lumbermen's Club ; Daniel Wertz, Maley and Wertz, hardwood lumber manufacturers ; Frank M. Cutslnger of the Evansvllle Band Mill Company and other lumbermen of this city, will attend the Louisville meeting where the question of the Government con- trol of the towboats and barges on the Ohio river will come up for dis- cussion. The Evansvllle Coflln Company, In company with all other firms of this character in the country, has been ordered by the United States gov- ernment to discontinue making all but one style of casket, a plain, standard style and to concentrate on that. Edward Burtlss, president of this company received this order a few days ago by telegraph. He AU Three of Ui WUI Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 44 HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 believes concentrating on the one standard plain casket will permit the making of at least COO caskets a month, and possibly SOO. =< LOUISVILLE y. Conditions have shown a material improvement within the past ten days, due largely to the waning of the influenza epidemic, which has enabled many of the mills that were down, or staggering along on one wheel, to get back to something like a normal production. In eastern Kentucky conditions are not improving as rapidly as in the city, or in the South, but the present cold snap is aiding materially. Permits are now coming through in less than a week after application Is made In many Instances, whereas it had been taking from two to three weeks. The crop movement in the South is reducing the car supply materially, but where permits are secured shipments are getting out without much dilBculty. Much interest Is being shown by lumbermen of the Falls cities, and especially by members of the Louisville Hardwood Club, In arranging for the joint convention called to merge the American Hardwood Manufac- turers' Association and the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States, which will be held in Louisville on December 17 and 18, at the Seelbach Hotel. At this time It is expected that more than 300 hard- wood manufacturers will be present. The sessions will be held In the big auditorium on the tenth floor of the Seelbach. Members of the Louis- ville Hardwood Club at their next meeting will discuss plans for enter- taining the visitors, and will endeavor to take good care of the crowd. No conventions are booked for the dates set, and Louisville hotels can easily accommodate twice the number that is expected to be present. For the past few months the Louisville Veneer Mills has been manu- facturing Its entire output of veneers for the government, as a matter of aiding in finishing the war, and again as it represented the best busi- ness obtatnable under existing conditions. Much of this material ha» been going Into aeroplane construction, cabinets, desks and other govern- ment requirements. The plant has been kept good and busy. The demand for poplar has been so active during the past few months that the Norman Lumber Company has had about all the business that It could handle, and has been meeting with an enormous demand for box shooks, which have taken up a large amount of low grade poplar. Things have been fairly active with the Louisville Point Lumber Com- pany, which has been suffering more from shortage of labor than shortage of business or permits. H. O. Van Tyle, sales-manager for the company reports that he has been meeting with an excellent demand for poplar, thick oak and ash, and has also cut and sold some excellent walnut for government use. Mr. Van Tyle also reported getting a permit for a ship- ment of lumber within five days of making application, which is about as good a showing as reported by anyone in this district. C. R. Mengel of the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company, mahogany importers and manufacturers, was recently named a member of a special committee of the Louisville Board of Trade for the purpose of checking up figures and reports of the Louisville Street Railway Company, which voluntarily sub- mitted the report in order to obtain the board's backing prior to appeal- ing to the city council for permission to increase fares to six cents. J. G. Gallagher, 445 West JeSEerson street, Louisville, will shortly sell at public auction the fine woodworking plant of the Jacobson Furniture Company at New Albany, Ind. This plant is equipped with fifty-five fine woodworking machines, all in excellent condition, and Including jointers, Sanders, cut-off saws, rip saws, planers, etc. The old Jacobson company never recovered from the cyclone which wrecked the plant nearly two years ago. The Louisville branch of the National Casket Company has been work- ing double shifts during the past few days in efforts to get out coffins, which have been In such demand due to the ravages of influenza, that all surplus stocks have been exhausted, and it has been Impossible to supply the wide area supplied from Louisville with dispatch. The Falls City Casket Company and one or two smaller concerns have also been working to capacity. Manager G. A. Christen, formerly secretary-treasurer of the Smith Cooperage Company, but for the past two years owner of the Kentucky Lumber & MUlwork Company, has received some excellent sash and door as well as other millwork contracts on Y. W. C. A. hostess buildings at Camp Taylor. The Alfred Struck Company, Louisville, has been advertising tor 100 carpenters and a number of laborers to handle additional construction work at Camp Taylor. The company also has a lot of work to complete on the West Point division of Camp Knox, upon which It has been work- ing for several months. Work on the new Federal powder plant at Louisville has been held up for the present while awaiting completion of the Nashville job, and due to the fact that with peace so near it may not become necessary to con- struct this plant at the present time. Again labor is very scarce, and until Camp Knox at Stithton is completed it would be a severe drain on man power to handle two big jobs at one time. Although there are 12,000 men employed at Stithton the house of John Griffith's Sons, Chicago, is advertising for 6,000 laborers and 4,000 carpenters to hurry up construc- tion, with hopes of completing the work by December 1. However, the roads are In bad condition, and have been so muddy that trucks couldn't haul lumber In late October and early November, and It hardly appears likely that the work can be completed this year. W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, after a shut down at several of its southern mills on account of influenza, is again operating at almost its entire chain of mills. What little pine production this company has had has been disposed of with ease for government use. The W. R. Willett Lumber Company reports that in spite of numerous drawbacks October proved a very good month, and business was so good that the company has been short on a number of Items as a result, but Is managing to secure stocks to fill all orders. The Asher Stave & Lumber Company, at Pinevllle, Ky., has been Incor- porated by C. Nichols. W. L. Asher and Miss Margaret Asher, with a cap- ital of $25,000, and plans immediate developments of timber holdings. The Livermore Timber Company, at Livermore, Ky., has filed amended articles of incorporation increasing its capital from $5,000 to $20,000. The Jcffersonville branch of the American Car & Foundry Company, which up to the present time has built only passenger cars for several years back, has recently taken on a large government contract for manu- facturing gondolas for delivery in knock-down form in France. These cars will have steel bottoms and sides will be of oak and pine. The Appalachian Logging Congress, to have been held In Lexington, Ky., in the middle of October, was indefinitely postponed by President Edwin A. Gasklll, when it was learned that the state board of health was not permitting any conventions to be held. Mr. Gasklll is with the Turkey Foot Lumber Company, which controls about 30,000 acres of timber. Oil drilling is being conducted on several company tracts at this time. TEXAS > The first effect of the government retrenchment in barge building was felt In Texas during the past week when the Neches Shipbuilding Com- pany of Beaumont had its contract for four 3500-ton barges cancelled and the three yards at Houston have had seventeen contracts for 2500-ton barges cancelled. The Beaumont yard was constructed for this purpose and the cancellation of the contract will nioan the dissolution of the com- pany. J. J. Schulthelser is general manager and Ben S. Woodhead, a prominent lumberman, vice-president. The Beaumont Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, headed by J. W. Link, a former Orange lumberman, has completed the first of the twelve marine railways authorized by the Emergency Fleet Corporation. The railway will be used largely to dry dock the Ferris type ships brought to Beaumont to have their machinery installed and will be available for general repair work when not so used. Mr. Link announced that the big 8000-ton dry dock will be ready for operation by March 1. The shipbuilding firm of McBride & Law is figuring on the construc- tion of a dry dock at Port Arthur, twenty miles south of Beaumont, for the purpose of doing general repair work. An effort is being made to have the government locate one or more of Its soldier colonization schemes on the cut-over land of east Texas. C. E. Walden, vice-president of the Sabine Tram Company, is taking an active Interest in the proposition and already nearly half a million acres have been gotten together for that purpose. J. M. Dullahan. formerly chief accountant for the Lutcher & Moore Lumber Company of Orange has moved to Galveston where he will become assistant general manager of the National Shipbuilding Company of Texas. Wm. Dixon, vice-president of the Payton Lumber Company of St. Louis, has been spending several days in east Texas picking up loose lumber. =■< WISCONSIN y. The proposed establishment of a factory In Milwaukee or immediate vicinity for the manufacture of aircraft for the government is still in suspense. Woodworking interests, particularly the makers of veneers and other hardwood materials, have been anxiously awaiting definite word concerning the project. It is stated that the delay Is due largely to the rapid changes and developments in the government aircraft program In recent weeks. However, hope Is still held out that Milwaukee may become a seat of aircraft construction activities. Articles of incorporation have been filed In behalf of the Hurlbutt- TiUman Lumber Company, Parrish, Wis. The capital stock Is $75,000 and the Incorporators are Floyd J. Hurlbutt, Alfred Hurlbutt and Florence Tillman. The concern will engage in logging and lumbering operations near Antigo. An estimated loss of $10,000 or more was caused by fire of unknown origin which destroyed the machine, repair and blacksmith shop and roundhouse of the Foster-Latimer Lumber Company at Mellen, Wis., on October 31. The structures will be rebuilt at once in order to keep the saw and planing mills in continuous operation to fill direct and Indirect government requirements. The Oshkosh Trunk Company, Oshkosh, Wis., has passed Into the owner- ship of L. C. Sunstein, vice-president of the Belber Trunk & Bag Company, Philadelphia. The plant was established In 1902 by the late Col. S. W. Hollister, Oshkosh. For the last three years it has been under the general management of J. H. Bartlett, who Is retained by the new owners In the same capacity. W. W. Brown, formerly lumber expert for the Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Two Rivers, Wis., manufacturing printing office furniture and fixtures, has entered the government aircraft service In a similar capacity and has opened headquarters in Oshkosh, Wis. November 10. 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 45 ¥ii — - -IT" 11 \m ? Lji ir RED GUM y , lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN 12M' 8/4 FAS PLAIN 3M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 3 QU.\RTERED I 15M' 8/4 FAS QUARTERED 8M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED JVe have the above avwttnts on hand in dry slock, manufactured on our own band mills, and can PROMPT SHIPMENT F MILLER LUMBER CO. n _, MARIANNA. ARK. _. -1 1 VT ' •f'g 1 II ,ii. \w 7i!/lfrrp. • fcZ" -a^r^^ ,-;K" The SIurray-Mylroa Machine Company, Antigo, Wis., is enlarging its power house and installing a new boiler, together with a complete new steam heating system for its foundry and machine shops, which are de- voted principally to the manufacture and repair of sawmill and planing mill machinery, logging equipment, etc. The A. M. Chcsborough Lumber Company, Thompson, Mich., was obliged to close its mill and suspend operations temporarily at the close of October because of the acute shortage of labor and difficulties encountered in transportation of its products. The company employed from GOO to The minds of the local trade are occupied mostly at present in shaping things up for normal business, which it is confidently expected will shortly All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 46 HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 LUMBER MERCHANTS with a real service, i-^ ' Hardwoods Especially (STERNI CM LUMBER nerX "^^ EgD WE MANUFACTURE bandsawed, plain and quarter sawed WHITE and RED OAK and YELLOW POPLAR We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- ment, Wagon and Vehicle Stock in the rough Your Inquiries Solicitgd ARLINGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentucky Swain-Roach Lumber Co. SEYMOUR, IND. -We Manujacture- Elm Maple Gum Sycamore Ash Walnut Cherry Chestnut, Etc. White Oak Red Oak Poplar Hickory PUin 0«t— I car 2~, a ears 2%", i car % FAS. Soft Maple— I cart x%" No. i com. & better. Soft Elm — % car i , H cor 3>4" and 4 cars 8/4 Log Run. i car 4/4 AT*. 1 * No. I com. Red Gum, % car 10/4 No. I com. St better. Quartered Red Gum, i car 4/4 Log Run Quartered Black Gum; 3 cars 4/4 FAS Quartered While Oak. At Two Band Mills STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS PROMPT SHIPMENT ^UIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIirilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllL I Plain & Qtd. Red & White I I OAK I AND OTHER HARDWOODS i Even Color Soft Texture = MADE (MR) RIGHT OAK FLOORING be very brisk. The factory yards and dealers' yards are badly depleted and it is anticipated that stocks here will be replenished as quickly as possible, as it is certain there will be an early demand for the products into which factory stocks and dealers' stocks will go and necessarily these trades will want to be well supplied for raw material. .Already the interest in lumber offerings is showing an increase, and with embargoes off in this territory, the situation looks distinctly more favorable. Prices are being maintained very iirmly, practically the only concessions being on items that have accumulated which mills are desirous of cleaning out of their yards to make room for fresh production. The local trade Is very much pleased over the prospects and Is laying plans to take care of a very active business during the winter. =-< BUFFALO > The hardwood demand lias shown little activity during the past two weeks, and business has had a good deal to contend with recently. The Spanish influenza has had its effect in checking business in various sec- tions, and some members of the trade have been suffering for a week or two from its effects. A more lasting influence is the talk of the early ending of the war and of the suspension or cancellation of orders from war plants. Conditions are unsettled just now, for this latter reason, though numerous war plants are in the market for fair stocks. While orders are not very numerous in hardwoods at present, some shipments are being made right along and the demand seems to be run- ning largely to oak, ash and maple. Assortments are quite good here, though in some lines depletion is noticeable as the result of the difficulty in getting stocks from the mills. The shortage of labor, because of the draft and the influenza, has curtailed the mill forces greatly, and In some cases work has been suspended temporarily. Hardwood prices appear likely to be well maintained, because of the shortage In production. :< PITTSBURGH >-= The hardwood business is extremely quiet. That is about all that can lie said about it except that this line of business is still fairing much better than trade in the pines or in hemlock. Hardwood men feel worse the lack of automobile and furniture trade. Yard business is, of course, practically done for until Government regulations on building are changed. Those hardwood concerns which are busy are the ones which are handling government business almost entirely or those which have a pretty good line on the mining trade. Prices are holding fairly well, especially on oak but it is generally believed that current quotations will suffer some before January. ^■< BALTIMORE >= = We have 35,000,000 feet dry itock— all •{ = = mar own manufacture, from our own tim- H E kcr grown in Eastern Kentucky. = i PROMPT SHIPMENTS | i The MOWBRAY 1 I & ROBINSON CO. I S (iNCOarOBATBB) E I CINCINNATI, OHIO | TiiiHiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin All Three of U« Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD No Important changes are to be reported in the hardwood trade here, dealers and mill men going ahead about as before, with a somewhat better feeling prevalent, now that the epidemic of influenza is on the wane and the working forces are once more getting in shape for more active pursuit of business. For a time mills and oflices were badly crippled, and the strain upon those who remained at their tasks was great. In a short time affairs will be running regularly again, and the trade will be in a position to take advantage of any improvement which may set in. The outlook Just now is anything but clear. It is a period when some of the old lines, among them the exports, are still hampered to the point of virtual interruption, with no new activities to make up. The conditions also are too unsettled to admit of a readjustment upon anything like a permanent basis. There are some new projects in contemplation, but they await the restoration of peace before they are taken up seriously with a view to early consummation, the existing state of affairs being against the launching of projects. Meanwhile, however, the range of values remains quite steady, even strong ; and though the movement may be held down to narrow proportions, this appears to be without bad effect upon the quotations. Evidently, the stocks available are not so large as to exert pressure upon the market, and some items even show slight gains, though on the whole the list Is much the same as it has been. The yards manifest a disposition to augment their holdings, entertaining the belief that the time is not far distant when they will be getting many more orders, with the supply not at all increased ; and they want to be in a position to take care of this business. The after war status of the trade, in fact, is receiving much attention. So far the indications are too inde- finite to indicate what special direction developments may take; but the trade feels confident that cessation of hostilities, with the removal of at least some of the restrictions now imposed, will bring out many more Inquiries and perhaps inaugurate a period of prosperity not often dupli- cated. It is pointed out especially that foreign countries have not been getting any hardwoods and have drawn upon such home supplies as were available until these supplies were used up. With the return of peace will come the necessity for an extensive restoration, and it Is very rea- sonable to assume that this country will be called upon to furnish big supplies of hardwoods, being the main source available. Activities at home have also been held up to a great extent, and In many directions a scarcity of products has developed, which is certain to stimulate a cor- responding measure of activity to make up the deficiency. Lumber, un- like many other commodities, has not really profited by the war, the war requirements having fallen far short of a compensation for the arrested consumption in other directions. Attention, therefore, will naturally be ftuvember 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 47 turned toward tbese arrested wants as soon as the existing impeilimentB ;ire removed. =-< COLUMBUS > The hardwood trade In Ohio territory has ruled rather firm during the past fortnight. There is a good demand for lumber for essential govern- ment work and a good volume is moving. Retailors are not in the market for any considerable amount of hardwoods, as their stocks are generally sufficient for the present. On the whole the tone of the trade is good and future prospects are rather bright. Factories making vehicles, Including autmoblles, gun carriages, agricul- tural implements and furniture are buying rather liberally. These fac- tories are buying mostly for immediate needs and are not disposed to accumulate stocks under present conditions. Box factories are also buying well, as there is a good demand for boxes and packing cases. Shipments are coming out fairly well, as railroad transportation has been improved. Permits are necessary in order to ship to non-war works, but there is little difficulty experienced in securing the permits. Building operations are pretty well throttled by the restrictions of the various boards of the federal government. In rural sections, despite the restric- tions, there is considerable construction work going forward. As a result rural dealers are doing a fair business. Collections arc not as good as formerly. Oak and poplar are both strong. Chestnut is not as much in demand as formerly. There is an exceptionally good demand for ash and basswood and other hardwoods are unchanged. =-< CLEVELAND >• All hardwoods are holding up lirm in this market during the fortnlf^ht, and even though winter is at hand, with its seasonable dullness added to the apparent indifference of state and federal authorities as to whether Cleveland workers get housing or not, there is nothing to indicate that this market will react for the balance of this year at least. It is the contention of the bigger hardwood interests here that in spite of the high prices, which are only in keeping with those demanded all along the line until they get into consumers hands, dealers here are not making money In hardwoods. The high priced labor that still goes into the handling of the material at this point, as well as the many other items that go into cost of conducting the lumber business today, are such as to reduce to the smallest possible minimum any profit that may remain. And this is further reduced, it is claimed, by the meager outlet for all hardwoods, especially the items such as flooring and interior finishing, used mostly for housing purposes and which angle has been practically closed for the last two months. Meanwhile principal business is in heavy timbers, mostly oak. and thick sizes. These are being used principally in factory con- struction, which now seems to be the one best bet for the hardwood seller. -< EVANSVILLE >- While business has not been buuming with the hardwood lumber manu- facturers of the tri-state territory during the past ten days or two weeks, it has been steady and manufacturers say they see nothing in the outlook of a discouraging nature. The up-town mills in Evansville are being operated on steady time and a good many orders and inquiries are coming in from time to time. Manufacturers complain that it is hard to get the right kind of labor now. One manufacturer stated the other day that they are forced to take any class of labor, because of the labor shortage and that the men secured often prove incompetent and that they are able to get almost any wages that they demand. The smaller mills in southern Indiana, southern Illinois and western and northern Kentucky that were so greatly handicapped during the epidemic of Spanish influenza because of the large number of their employes who were stricken are running on better time now because of the fact that in most sections the epidemic has subsided. The country mills report they are short on logs, and that this is proving quite a serious handicap just now. The mills in Evans- ville are getting a better and larger supply of logs than they received several months ago and they probably will be able to operate on steady time the balance of the fall ami winter. Manufacturers in this section say that none of the mills have large stocks of lumber on hand at this time and because of this it is expected that after peace has been declaiecl and conditions get back to normal again, the mills will be rushed. The general opinion of manufacturers, as well as retail dealers of this section Is that prosperity will be enjoyed by the men in the lumber business after the war. The demand for the best grades of hardwood lumber continues strong. Collections are good. Planing mills are doing little and building operations in southern Indiana towns are almost at a standstill. Various wood consuming plants in this city are being operated on steady time and veneer plants especially have been busy for the past few weeks. -< MEMPHIS >= Demand tor hardwood lumber is increasing as a result of the smoother flow of permits covering shipments and as the order requiring permits is better understood. More inquiries have been received and more orders have been booked during the week just ended than during any period since the embargo became effective. Demand is still far from normal and volume of business is sharply below the average for this time of the AMERICAN LUMBER & MFG. COMPANY PrnSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA Exclusive Selling Agents Lenox Saw Mill Company Lenox, Ky, PRODUCERS OF SOFT y TEXTURE WHITE OAK and POPLAR ER The following stock is in excellent condition, ready for immediate shipment 5/4" No. 2 Com. 4 Btr. ASH 41.000' 5/8" No. 2 Com. & Btr. BEECH 27.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. BEECU 300.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. BEECU 286.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 8UFT ELM 76.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. SOFT ELM 30.000' 3/4" No, I Com. & Btr. BIRCH 84JI00' 4/4- No. 1 Com. * Bu. BIKCH 108,000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. & BLr. BIKCU 51,^000' 8/4" No. 2 Com 4 Btr. BIBCH 17.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. BIRCH Sl.OOt' 5/4- No. 3 Com BIRCH 66.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. UAPLE 48.00*' 4/4" No. 1 & No. 2 Com, MAl'LE 270.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE 316,000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. & BU. MAHLB 10.000' 10/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE 34.000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE 58.000' . 5/4" No, 3 Com. MAPLE 36JJ(J0' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. SOFT MAPLE 130.000' IDEAL HARDWOOD SAWMILL Are putting In pile every month two and one-half million feet of choicest Northern Mlcblsao Hardwoodi Stack Lumber Company Masonville, Michigan All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 48 HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 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. The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Philadelphia, Pa. The Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, Indianapolis, Ind. The Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company, Van Wert, Ohio. SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE RED BOOK Published semi-annually in February and August It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyer' «f lum- ber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their financial standing and manner •f meeting obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as the authority on the Iin« it covers. A well orsanlZMJ CollecUoa Dep&rtment Is also op«r> •Ud and the aama U open to you. Write fur terma. Lumbermen's Credit Association E«Ub. 1878 6M S*. Dearborn Streat CHICAGO ilention This faper 55 John Street NEW YORK CITY CINCINNATI Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers C. CRANE & COMPANY Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak &. Poplar especiaily Our Ibcatlon maku possible ouick delivery of anytlilno In timber and hardwood lumber OHIO VENEER COMPANY Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE The Tegge Lumber Zi^ High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukee,. Wisconsin year but tbe increase in both is sufficiently large to. attract attention of all branches of the trade. And, because of the modiiication of tbe per- mit order, making it possible to ship hardwood lumber into all destina- tions in Illinois and Wisconsin without permits, members of. the trade here anticipate still further increase in both demand and movement. There is a fairly active call for practically all items on the hardwood lists. Oalv, gum, ash and hickory are among leaders. Low grade Cottonwood and gum both show marked activity because of the large call from box interests. Cottonwood and gum box boards, too, are mov- ing rather more freely. Dimension stock in both hickory and ash is wanted. Veneers, both sawn and sliced, are reported in very good call. There is little, if any, change in prices. The majority of the trade still feel that prices must be maintained and that concessions simply mean loss. Production is not increasing. It is, perhaps, decreasing. Logging operations are on a rather limited scale and indication for hardwood man- ufacture, with present labor conditions and the tendency toward vol- untary curtailment, is far from encouraging. ^■< LOVISVILLE >- Partly due to the strong peace indications, and the fact that influenza has let up slightly, business is picking up somewhat with the hardwood trade. Inquiries have been much better for the past week or ten days, and orders are coming better. At the same time permits are being issued without anything like the usual delay that has been experienced, and shipments are getting out much better than had been expected. The mar- ket is firm, and showing no signs of weakness, with indications of higher prices due to the probable export demand expected to break as soon as peace details are wound up. and the fact that production has been light for several months past in some items, while all items have suffered dur- ing the past two months on account of influenza and other labor shortages. There is at this time an excellent demand for oak, both in quartered and plain. Quartered oak is active in 4-4 and up, while plain oak is prin- cipally good in the thick stocks, although low grades are moving where prices are low enough. Ash has also been very active, with the market short of thick, wide firsts and seconds, and No. 1 common. Hickory is scarce but active, while hard maple has been very good in thick stocks. No. better item is found in the hardwood list than poplar, which is good in every grade, from low common to firsts and seconds, and getting scarce at that. Gum is not showing much, neither is elm, due to lack of fur- niture and auto business. Walnut dimension stock hasn't been as active as it was, but there is a fair demand for mahogany. Veneers for govern- ment work have been in big demand, but commercially the demand hasn't been anything to brag about. =-< BEAUMONT >-= Till- hardwood markt't is on a standstill so far as actual shipments are concerned. The millmen would not have been in position to take care of a rush of orders if they had been at hand for the "flu" situation has kept their production far below normal, closing down several mills entirely. The recent heavy rains have made logging conditions bad and It would require radical changes in all directions to bring about normal condi- tions. Inquiries continue to center mostly on special stuff with the mills un- able to furnish anything but what may be found in their not overly stocked yards. Hardwood dealers report that many of the manufacturing plants which use hardwood are practically out of business on account of the "flu*' and this will make a demand from that section indefinite. Hardwood men are looking on the situation optimistically and are con- tent to take what orders come and be satisfied with that rather than try to turn out a production which conditions make almost impossible. =■< MILWAUKEE >= The principal concern of northern hardwood lumber manufacturers at this time seems to be the matter of getting an adequate number of men for 'logging operations during the coming winter. While a large number of sawmills have government contracts, direct or indirect, which give them a preferred position in respect to retaining and procuring men, the supply of labor is altogether too small to meet requirements, both In the woods and in the mills and yards. It has been diflicult to keep forces intact, due to tbe draft and the shitting of men to other industries. There is an especial shortage of carriage men in mills, although this will be temporarily relieved by the cessation of sawing for the winter by plants not equipped to operate after the freeze-up. The entire state is being combed for hardwoods, principally walnut, basswood and hackberry, for urgent government needs. Scenes of fifty years ago are being repeated in southern Wisconsin, where such trees still remaining are being logged and floated down the streams to a central point for final selection and shipment to industries. An open winter is predicted by M. C. Thorn and J. W. Foster, wardens of the Wisconsin Conservation Commission, who recently made a ten days' trip down the Tomahawk river in a canoe. The muskrats are In low and thin-walled houses ; pussy willows were budding as late as No- vember 1, and few ducks were seen, all of these signs being regarded as al- most unfailing indications of an open season. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 10. 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 49 Advertisers' Directory NORTHERN HARDWOODS. Gayoso Lumber Company 11 Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Company 7-12 American Lumber & Manufac- turing Company 7-47 Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo... 4 Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co 11 Barnaby, Charles H 7-40 Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling 4 Boyle, Inc., Clarence 53 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co. . . 4 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 East Jordan Lumber Co 38 Elias, G., & Bro 4 Fathauer, Theo., Company 5 Hoffman Bros., Company 7-28 Jackson & Tindle... Jones Hardwood Co. 50 Kneeland-Bigelow Co., The 3 Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co... Mcllvain, J., Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 4 Miller, Sturm & Miller 4 Mitchell Bros. Co 3 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-46 Palmer & Parker Co Memphis Band Mill Co 12 Miller Lumber Co 7-45 Mossman Lumber Company 10 Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co.. 7-13-42 Penrod, Jurden & McCowen 12 Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. 7-11 Probst Lumber Company 50 Russe & Burgess, Inc 11 Sondheimer, E., Co 11 Stark, James E., & Co 11-43 Stimson, J. V 7-56 Stimson. J. V., Hardwood Co.... 5 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co... 10 Thane Lumber Co 10 Thompson-Katz Lumber Co 12 Three States Lumber Company. 7-66 Welsh Lumber Co 10 SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. Aberdeen Lumber Co American Lumber & Mfg. Co... 7-47 Anderson-TuUy Company 2-11 Archer Lumber Company 5 Arlington Lumber Company. . . .7-46 Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo 4 Beaumont Lumber Company.... 14 Bellgrade Lumber Company 11 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling 4 Bonner. J. H., & Sons 7-12 Boyle, Inc., Clarence 53 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 12 Brown Land & Lumber Co 10 Brown, W. P., & Sons Lbr. Co. . . Brown & Hackney, Inc 12 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co. . . 4 Catlin, R. H., Company 50 Cornelius Lumber Company Crane, C, & Co 48 DarnelU R. J., Inc 10 Davis, Edw. L., Lumber Co Dudley Lumber Company 10 Ehemann, Geo. C, & Co 10 Elias, G., & Bro 4 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co Mowbray & Robinson Company .7-46 pathauer, Theo., Company 5 Ferguson & Palmer Company... 12 POPLAR. Galloway-Pease Company 5 Gayoso Lumber Company 11 Anderson-Tully Company 2-11 Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Arlington Lumber Company 7-46 Company 7-12 Nickey Bros.. Inc 13-29 Norman Lumber Company Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co.. 7-13-42 Penrod, Jurden & McCowen 12 Pritchai'd-Wheeler Lumber Co. 7-11 Probst Lumber Company 50 Richardson. A. M., Lumber Co. . . 5 Russe & Burgess, Inc 11 Salt Lick Lumber Company 6 Sondheimer, E., Company 11 Standard Hardwood Lumber Company 4 Stark, James E., & Co 11-43 Sterner Lumber Co 46 Stimson, J. V., Hardwood Co. . . . 5 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . . 10 Sullivan, T., & Co 4 Swain-Roach Lumber Co 7-46 Taylor & Crate 4 Thane Lumber Co 10 Thompson-Katz Lumber Co 12 Three States Lumber Co 7-56 Utley-HoUoway Company 7-53 Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Stack Lumber Company 47 Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 4 Stearns Salt & Lumber Co 6 Stimson, J. V 7-56 Sullivan, T., & Co 4 Taylor & Crate 4 Tegge Lumber Co 48 Von Platen Lumber Company. ... 38 Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co 39 Willson Bros. Lumber Company. 6 Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 38 Wood-Mosaic Company Teager Lumber Company, Inc. . . 4 Young, W. D., & Co 3 OAK. See Lists of Manufacturers on page Evans, G. H., Lumber Co. Long-Bell Lumber Co.... RED GUM. Anderson-Tully Company 2-11 Bellgrade Lumber Company 11 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Bonner, J. H., & Sons 7-12 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 12 Brown & Hackney, Inc 12 Brown Land & Lumber Co 10 Brown, W. P., & Sons Lbr. Co. . . Darnell, R. J. Ehemann, Geo. C, & Co.. Evans, G. H., Lumber Co. 10 10 Ferguson & Palmer Company... 12 Halfpenny, John, Inc 39 Hoffman Brothers Company 7-2S Howe Lumber Company 6 Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co 11 Kurz-Downey Company 5 Long-Bell Lumber Company Long-Knight Lumber Company. Lawrence, P. J., Lumber Co 14 Mcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 4 Memphis Band Mill Company. .7-12 Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co. Miller, Sturm & Miller 4 Miller Lumber Co 7-45 Mossman Lumber Company 10 Mowbray & Robinson Company. 7-46 Co. 40 Welsh Lumber Co 10 Whitmer, Wm., & Sons 6 Willett, W. R., Lumber Co Willson Bros.. Lumber Co 6 Wisconsin Lumber Company.... 55 Wistar, Underhill & Nixon 38 Teager Lumber Co., Inc 4 LUMBER COMMISSION. Alfred P. Buckley 51 VENEERS AND PANELS. Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co.. 53 Anderson-Tully Company 2-11 Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co. 32 Bird's Eye Veneer Company 31 Dean-Spicker Company, The 32 Hoffman Bros. Company 7-28 Huddleston - Marsh Mahogany Company Long-Knight Lumber Co. Louisville Veneer Mills... Mengel. C. C, & Bro. Co Nickey Bros., Inc 13-29 Ohio Veneer Company 48 Palmer & Parker Co Pickrel Walnut Company 30 Rayner, J., Compny. 36 Stark, James E., & Co 11-43 St. Louis Basket & Box Co 31 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . . 10 Wisconsin Cabinet & Panel Co.. 27 Wisconsin Veneer Company Wood-Mosaic Company MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ETC. American Walnut Mfrs. Assn. ... 1 Davis, Edw. L., Lumber Co Hoffman Brothers Company 7-28 Huddleston-Marsh Mahogany Co. Long-Knight Lumber Co Mengel, C. C, & Bro. Co Palmer & Parker Co Pickrel Walnut Company 29 Purcell, Frank 14 Rayner, J., Company 53 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 East Jordan Lumber Company.. 38 Horner, William 6 Long-Bell Lumber Company Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co. . . . Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co. Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Salt Lick Lumber Company 6 Stearns Salt & Lumber Co t Wilce, T., Company, The 36 Young, W. D., & Co J SAWS, KNIVES, ETC. Atkins, E. C. & Co 64 Hill-Curtis Co SAWMILL MACHINERY. Hill-Curtis Co Sinker-Davis Co 41 Soule Steam Feed Works 56 WOODWORKING MACHINERY. Mershon, W. B., & Co LOGGING MACHINERY. Chickasaw Cooperage Company. . 13 Godfrey, John F 38 Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co. . . 56 DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. Grand Rapids Veneer Works. . . . Philadelphia Textile Machinery Company 6 LUMBER INSURANCE. Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company 48 Davis, A. J., & Co 39 Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual In- surance Company 48 Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company 48 Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mu- tual Fire Insurance Company. 48 TIMBER ESTIMATORS. Lauderburn, D. E 51 TIMBERLANDS. Lacey, James D., Timber Co Lauderburn, D. E 51 MISCELLANEOUS. Brookmire Economic Service 38 Buck, Frank R., Co 51 Childs, S. D, & Co 63 Kane Manufacturing Company.. 32 Lumbermen's Credit Assn 48 Perkins Glue Company 50 HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Advertisements will be Inserted in this tlon at the following rates: Bee- For one insertion... For two Insertions. . For three insertions. For four insertions.. ' ' ■ ■ 25c .40c 55c .65c a a a a line line line tine Eight words of ordinary Heading counts lis two 1 No display except the mltted. length make one ines. headings can be line. ad- Remittances to accompany extra charges for copies of the advertisement. the order. No paper containing EMPIOYES WANTED | WANTED— MAN Not subject to draft with lumber experience in cypress and gum, qualified to handle retail orders, do necessary bookkeeping, small yard and sawmill combined. Write HATES LUMBER CO., Hayes, La. WANTED— SUPERINTENDENT for large Northern plant, sawmill with many years' cut and yard in connection, operating con- tinuously. Located in city of good size. Recite experience and give references. Address, "BOX 111," care H.\RDWOnD Recohd. WANTED A man with real selling ability tor Pittsburgh and surrounding territory. Can use a good white pine and yellow pine salesman and also a good hardwood salesman for the yard and factory trade. Can also use a good all-round salesman tor the large manufacturing plants. Do not apply unless you are a hard worker, steady and re- liable in your habits and with good selling talent and personality. Compensation lilieral, based on ability. AMERICAN LBR. & MFG. CO., Pitts- burgh, Pa. WANTED— AN EXPERIENCED man to take care of our Iiuiuidity regulated dry kilns and lumber yard. None but high-class, ex- perienced man need apply. Address, "BOX 114," care Hardwood Eecor(). EMPLOYMENT WANTED SALES MANAGER wants position. Fifteen years' experience, ried, 33 years old. Address, "BOX 99," Hardwood Record. Mar- care LUMBER WANTED WANTED— BASSWOOD No. 2 and bett«f, 4/4, for spot cash. "BOX Address 91," care Hardwood Record. LUMBER WANTED FOR GOVERNMENT.WORK The daily Bulletins of the I.iunbernien's I'.urcau, 8(J9 Munsey Uldg., Washington. I). C, contain rush inquiries for all character of Hardwoods for government departments and government con- tractors with lists rif new contracts, prices, etc. Write for free sanii>Ie luilletins. POPLAR WANTED 25,000' 16/4 select and better Poplar. Must be dry for government purpose. THE PROBST LUMBER CO., Cincinnati, O. QUARTERED WHITE OAK STRIPS WANTED Ists and 2nds 2V2" to 5Vi" wide direct from Kentucky or Indiana mills. LANHAM HARD- WOOD FLOORING CO., Louisville, Ky. WANTED 3 cars 4/4 sound wormy Chestnut. S. BURK- riOLDER LUMBER CO., Crawfordsville, Ind. MANUFACTURERS TAKE NOTICE We are always in the market for hard- woods and white pine. Please mail us your price and stock lists. R. H. CATLIN CO., Equitable Building, WILMINGTON, DEL. WANTED TO BUY Hard and soft wood Slabs and Edgings, 12", 16", 24", 30" and 4S" for fuel wood. Also Cordwood. Write COVEY-DURHAM COAL CO., 431 S. Dear- born St., Chicago. WANTED 20 cars G/4 log run elm ; 10 cars 4/4 clear faced quartered white oak strips, 3, 4, 4V2 and 5" wide. Quote delivered prices on each grade f. 0. b. cars Thomasville. T. J. FINCH & BROTHER, Thomasville, N. C. WANTED CARLOAD LOTS Hickory, Maple, Beech or Oak Cordwood, dry Hardwood Sawdust. Cash with order. J. C. MALONEY, Swissvale, Pa. WANTED FOR CASH 2 cars Oak Squares 2"x2"-30" 2 cars 3" FAS & No. 1 Com. Oak 7' & 14' 2 cars 10/4 FAS & No. 1 Com. Oak 7, 8, 14 & 16' JOHN I. SHAFER HARDWOOD CO., South Bend, Indiana. WANTED TO BUY Two or three million fci't uf r.buk Walnut logs and timber to manufacture gunstocks for the government. Also oak and other hardwood. .7. W. FRYE LUMBER CO., Dayton. O. LOGS WANTED WANTED— BLACK WALNUT LOGS 500 cars good black walnut logs, 12" and up in diameter, 6 ft. and up long. Will inspect at shipping point and pay cash. GEO- W. HARTZELL, Piqua, Ohio. WANTED— BLACK WALNUT LOGS For Government Work. Will inspect when loaded and pay cash. THE STEELE-ALDERFER COMPANY, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. DIMENSION STOCK FOR SALE FOR SALE Hardwood Dimension Stock 1 car Hickory 1".\3-12" wide x 8" to 72" Ig. D2S Vi car White Oak y." to %" thick x 2%" wide x 11' to 16' long 1 car l"xl" Hickory Squares 1 car %" Hickory Dowels 12" DIMENSION STOCK WANTED "1 WANTED TO BUY 5 cars 2x2-30" Clear Oak Squares. 5 cars 2x2-19" Clear Oak Squares. 5 cars l%xl%-19" Clear Oak Squares. 10 cars li/.,xiy2-20 and 40" Clear Oak Squares. 5 cars lVix2i4-5' clear Oak. 5 cars lyox2l^-5' clear Oak. 10 cars 114x2 and 214-40" clear Oak. Write for orders to cut. We are always In the market. THE PROBST LUMBER CO., Cincinnati, Ohio. WANTED— CLEAR OAK SQUARES 2Kx2hUx:i()". Woulil like to place order for 5 to 10 cars — dry stock or contract for same to be cut and shipped later. AMERICAN LBR. & MFG. CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE TIMBER AND UUSTD FOR SALE 5,000 acres Maple, White Pine, Spruce, Hem- lock, Birch, Balsam and Cedar. Land is level and gently rolling ; good soil. Timber easily logged ; close to railroad, near Soo Junction, Upper Peninsula, Michigan. Owners are part in hands of an Estate, part retired business men. Price $35.00 per acre ; will warrant an investment to resell to double money. It operated money could be doubled many times. Will give time to estimate and look property upon payment of forfeit. Will guarantee our estimates. Without doubt the best buy in Mich- igan. Interested parties write at once to H. F. BOUGHEY, Traverse City, Mich., for terms, estimates, maps, etc. TIMBER FOR SALE to 44" long Will quote very low prices. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo, N, Y. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD AND CYPRESS TIMBER for sale to the highest bidder. Bids will be re- ceived by D. E. Laudcrburn, Forest Engineer, rresbyterian Bldg., New York, up to and in- cluding November 30, 1918, for all the mer- chantable timber ou certain designated areas amounting to, 1,055 acres, more or less, compris- ing all the timbered areas on the Burbank Sugar Tree Grove Farm near Smith Mills, Henderson Co., Ky., estimated to be 9,698,000 ft. B. M., more or less, of Oak, Gum, Cypress, Maple, Elm, .\sh, Hickory, Cottonwood, Sycamore, Walnut, and other kinds of hardwoods. No bid less than ."tSO.OOO will be considered. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Full information concerning the timber, conditions of sale, and other details may be obtained from D. E. Laudcr- burn, Presbyterian Bldg.. New York. FOB SALE — 480 ACRES (Timber Only) in Shelby County, Tex., near rail- road, 60% Oak. ranging from 2 to 5 feet In diameter. Also 640 acres Y'ellow Pine in Lee Co., Fla. J. D. LEISURE, Columbus, Ind. LUMBER FOR SALE FREE SERVICE FOR BUYERS Our Daily Bulletins containing inquiries from Buyers, are sent to five hundred responsible saw- mills. The mills make their best competitive quotations direct to the buyer, by mail or tele- graph. Send us your inquiries. The service Is free to buyers. Daily Bulletins, Lumbermen's. Bureau. .SIO Munsey Building, Washington, D. C' November 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 51 BIRCH LUMBER When you are baying BIRCH consult us. Wt have it JONES HARDWOOD COMPANY 1* High Street BOSTON. MASS. FOR SAIiE— BASSWOOD 5/4 & 6/4 No. 2 common. Can dress and resaw If desired. WALTER C. MANSFIELD, Menom- inee, Mich. FOR SALE— SMALL CAR Of Black Walnut cuttings 4" and up to 14" -wide; 12" to 72" long. Klln-drled, dressed on two sides. About two-thirds H" and one-third Iv's". 35% firsts and seconds, 35% No. 1 Common. THE BUCKST.\FP COMPANY, Oshkosh. Wis. WE HAVE FOR SALE 200,000 feet 4/4 Red and White Oak, consisting of tie siding and regular lengths, mostly No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 Common ; small amount of FAS. Address, "BOX 112," care Hardwood Record. FOR SALE 38,700 ft. 1" FAS Plain Red Oak. 10,500 ft. 1" FAS Quartered White Oak. 57,000 ft. 1V4" F.\S Quartered WhMf Oak. 46,000 ft. H4" FAS Quartered White Oak. 16,192 ft. 2" FAS Quartered White Oak. 25,000 ft. 5/4 & 6/4 No. 1 Com. Elm. 14,000 ft. 2" FAS Birch & Maple. 60,000 ft. 1" FAS Maple. 40,000 ft. 114" FAS Maple. 1,000 ft. 1" curly Poplar. All above thoroughly dry except Elm, which Is tour months' dry. THE G. C. KUHLMAN CAR CO., Cleveland. Ohio. ALFRED P. BUCKLEY Lumber Commission 932 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Will cut tQ order 8 to 10 cars Locust In the log In New Jersey. Also Poplar and Sweet Gum in the log In sizes and lengths desired. L MACHINERY FOR SALE FOR SALE VENEER MILL EQUIPMENT Three (3) Smith, Myers & Schnier veneer saws ; 15 sets of segments ; all dry kiln equipment ; two (2) one-hundred horsepower Slnker-Davls boilers, which are practically new; one (1) one-hundred twenty-flve horsepower Sinker-Davis engine, prac- tically new; one (1) two hundred thirty-volt dynamo; one (1) 6x7 upright engine, and other minor equipment. This machinery will be sold as a whole or in part. DIAMOND VENEER CO., Edinburg, Ind. MEDIUM SINKER— DAVIS circular mill with top rig, three head-block 20 ft. carriage, with steel wheels, wire rope friction feed, complete with top saw. Knight dogs, and ready to run. Just installing a band mill, and used this mill up to about ten days ago ; can be seen at our plant in Holmesville ; price, $600.00. BROWN & HARRIS LUMBER CO., Holmesville, Ohio. FOR SALE 12 tons usable Railroad Spikes. 5-60 ton Railroad frogs. Standard guag 1 ton usable track bolts. OCRNEY LUMBER CO., Gurnpy, Wis. FOR SALE Electric power plant, now on skids at Redwine, Kentucky, can ship quick. Recently overhauled and is in perfect working order. Price, $6,750, f. o. b. cars Redwine. Ky., sight draft and B/L attached. Can be Inspected any time. 1 General Electric Curtis Turbo Unit, consist- ing of : Generator : 1-750 K. W. General Electric ver- tical, 3 phase, 60 cycle, 2300 or 440 volts, 1800 R. P. M. Turbine: 750 K. W. condensing (550) K. W. non-condensing Curtis vertical, 1800 R. P. M. 150 lbs. steam pressure at throttle, 28" vacuum. Above complete with all piping equipment. No condenser equipment. LENOX SAW MILL CO., Lenox, Ky. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES HIGH-CLASS MANUFACTURING AND wholesale lumber company, holding unusual loca- tion and opportunity, desires to Increase capital from $50,000.00 to $100,000.00. Have position for experienced hardwood office man, also man- ager of entire hardwood operation. Don't apply unless you have both capital and ability. Or we offer an absolutely sound 10% Investment for money without services. Good Investment for retired lumberman ; the funds of au estate ; or we can use a young man with capital and stenog- raphic ability who desires to learn the lumber business. Address "OPPORTUNITY," care Hard- wood Record. HARDWOODS FOR SALE LUMBER ASH No. 1 & 2 C, 4/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO.. Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 1. C & BTR., 5/4", good wdths.. 50% 14- 16', 2 yrs. drv. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 4/4". 12 mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO.. INC.. Buffalo, N. T. FAS, % & %". reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. dry; FAS, %", 10" & up, reg. Igths., 6 mos dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. NO. 1 C. & BTR., black. 4/4, 6/4 & 8/4". good wdths. & Igths., dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO.. Boston, Mass. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. drv; NO. 3 C, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., dry. KXEELAND-BIGELOW CO., Bay City. Mich. COM. &. BTR., 4/4-8/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C, 4/4. 6/4 & 8/4". LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER CO.. Indianapolis. Ind. NO. 1 C, 4/4-8/4", 4" & up, 8-16', 6 mos. dry. MOWBRAY-ROBINSON CO., Cincinnati. Ohio. SEL., 4/4", 5/4, 8/4", 4-6 mos. dry; NO. 1 C, 4/4". 6 mos. dry; 8/4", 5-7 mos. dry; NO. 2 C. & 3 C, 4/4", 6-8 mos. drv; NO. 2 C, 8/4". 5-7 mos. dry. NICKEY BROS., INC., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 8/4". PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, Memphis. Tenn. NO. 2 C, 4/4".. reg. wdths. & Igths.. 4 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON H.^RDWOOD CO., Hel- ena, Ark. COM. & BTR., 8/4". WELSH LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 & 2 C, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 2 mos. dry. WISCONSIN LUMBER CO., Chicago, 111. BASSWOOD NO. 1 C, 4/4". good wdths., 50% 14-16'. 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO.. Buffalo, N. T. FAS, 4/4". good wdths. & Igths., dry. BUF- FALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 10/4" & 12/4", 1 yr. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo. N. Y. COM. & BTR., white, 5/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 4 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wavne, Ind. NO. 2 & BTR., 5/4". JACKSON & TINDLE, Grand Rapids. Mich. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 10/4", good wdths. & Igths., dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO., Boston, 1VT3.SS no'. 3 C, 5/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., dry. KNEELAND-BIGELOW CO.. Bav City. Mich. NO. 3 C, 5/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4". MASON- DONALDSON LUMBER CO.. Rhinelander, AVis. NO, 1 C, 4/4", 4" & up, 8-16'. 6 mos. dry; LOG RUN, 4/4". 5/4", 4" & up. 8-16', 6 mos. drv. MOWBRAY-ROBINSON CO.. Cincinnati, Ohio. NO. 1 & 2, 8/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 1 yr. drv; NO. 2, 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 1 yr. dry. WHEELER-TIMLIN LUMBER CO., Wausau, Wis. ALL grades 4/4", good wdths. & Igths.. 3 mos. dry. WILLSON BROS. LUMBER CO., Pitts- burgh, Pa. BEECH NO. 2 & BTR., 6/4, 8/4 & 10/4". JACKSON &• TINDLB. Grand Rapids. Mich. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 5/4 & 8/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., drv: NO. 3 C, 5/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., dry. KNEELAND-BIGELOW CO.. Bay City, Mich. BIRCH FAS, sap, 4/4", good wdths., 50% 14-16'. 2 vrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 4/4, 5/4. 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4": NO. 1 C, 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4"; NO. 2 C, 6/4". THEO. FATHAUER CO., Chicago. 111. NO. 2 & BTR., 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4 & 10/4". JACKSON & TINDLE, Grand Rapids. Mich. FAS, 10/4, 12/4 & 16/4", good wdths. & Igths., dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO., Boston, Mass. FAS & NO. 1 C, 6/4". 6" & wider, 8' & longer, IS mos. drv: NO. 2 & 3 C, S/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 1 yr. dry; NO. 1 & BTR., 1%", reg. wdths. & Igths.. 2 vrs. dry. WHEELER- TIMLIN LUMBER CO., Wausau. Wis. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4", good wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. dry. WILLSON BROS. LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4", reg. wdths., std. Igths., 2 yrs. drv. TE.VGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. T. BUTTERNUT COM. (S. BTR.. 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth. 10 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne. Ind. CHERRY FAS, 4/4". 8" & up. 8' & up. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. CHESTNUT FAS 4/4". good wdths., 50% 14-16'. 2 yrs. drv. ATLAN'TIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C. 4/4-S/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., 1-2 yrs. drv. BLAKESLEE, PERRIN & DARLING. Buffalo, N. Y. FAS 4/4", good wdths. & Igths., dry. BUF- FALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.. Buffalo. N. T. ALL grades 4/4". good wdths. & Igths., 4 mos. dry. WILLSON BROS. LUMBER CO., Pitts- burgh, Pa. COTTONWOOD BOX BDS., 1x9-12"; NO. 1, 5/4"; DOG BDS., 8/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 1 & PANEL, 4/4". IS & UP. ANDERSON- TULLY CO.. Memphis. Tenn. BOX BDS., 4/4". 9-12". 13-17'. reg. Igths., 7 mos. drv; FAS, 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 7 mos. dry. BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO.. Jlemphis. Tenn. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 HARDWOODS FOR SALB FAS, S/4 & 12/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 7 mos. dry; NO. 1 C, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. dry; NO. 2 C, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. dry; NO. 1 & 2 C, .5/4". reg. wdths & Igths., 5 mos. dry; BOX BDS., 4/4", 8-12", reg. Igths.. 8 mos. dry. GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO., Mem- phis. Tcnn. NO. 1 C, 4/4". 12" & wider, reg. Igths., 7 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO., Hel- ena, Arli. CYPRESS SHOP, old grade, 4/4" & 5/4"; NO. 1 & 2 C, old grade, 8/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. FAS, 8/4"; SEL., 4/4. 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4"; SHOP & BTR., 10/4 & 12/4"; NO. 1 SHOP, 4/4, 5/4. 6/4, 8/4 & 12/4"; PECKY, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & S/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO., Memphis. Tenn. COM. 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 4 mos. dry; FAS, SEL., and NO. 1 SHOP, all 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & S/4", ran. wdth. & Igth.. 6 mos. dry. straight or mixed cars. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. SEL., NO. 1 SHOP, 4/4". 6-8 mos. dry; NO. 1 & 2 C, 5/4", 6-S mos. dry. NICKET BROS., INC., Memphis. Tenn. SEL., 4/4". reg. \vdths. & Igths.. 10 mos. dry. old rules; NO. 1 & 2 C, 8/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 6 mos. dry. old rules; NO. 2 C., 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 5 mos. dry. old rules; NO. 1 C, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. 6 mos. dry. old rules. WISCONSIN LUMBER CO.. Chicago, 111. NO. 1 SHOP & BTR., 4/4-16/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., 1-2 yrs. dry. TEAGER LUMBER CO.. Buffalo, N. T. ELM— SOFT LOG RUN, 6/4 & S/4". ABERDEEN LUM- BER CO.. Pittsburgh, Pa. LOG RUN, 5/4, 6/4 & 10/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. LOG RUN 6/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville. Ark. FAS, 10/4", good Igths.. dry. ■ BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. LOG RUN 4/4. 8/4 & 12/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. LOG RUN 12/4". reg. wdth.. 14-16', air- dried. R. J. D.\RNELL. INC., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, S/4". 18 mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO.. INC., Buffalo, N. Y. LOG RUN 6/4-12/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 & BTR., 5/4". wide; NO. 2 & BTR., S/4 & 12/4". MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. LOG RUN, S/4 & 16/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 4 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO., Helena, Ark. ELM— ROCK NO. 1 & BTR., 8/4. 10/4 & 12/4". JACKSON & TINDLE. Grand Rapids. Mich. NO. 2 C. cS. BTR., 6/4. S/4, 10/4 & 12/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., dry; NO. 3. C, 6/4 & 8/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. dry. KNEELAND-BIGELOW CO.. Bay Citv. Mich. NO. 2 & BTR., 8/4". MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO.. Rhinelander. Wis. NO. 2 & BTR., 6/4". reg. wdths. & Igths. 1 vr. dry; NO. 2 & BTR., 5/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 8 mos. dry. WHEELER-TIMLIN CO., Wau- sau. Wis. GUM— SAP NO. 1 C, 5/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO.. Pittsburgh, Pa. FAS, 4/4. 5/4. 6/4". ANDERSON-TULLY' CO., Memphis, Tenn. ' NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4-8/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 7 mos. dry; BOX BDS., 4/4", 9-12, 13-17, reg. Igths., 7 mo"s. dry. BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO., Mem- phis, Tenn. ALL grades 4/4, 5/4. 6/4 & 8/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis. Mo. NO. 1 & 3 C, 4/4", reg. wdths.. 14-16", thor- oughly air-dried. R. J. DARNELL, INC.. Memphis. Tenn. BOX BDS.. 4/4", 8-12", re.?. Igths., 9 mos. dry; BOX BDS., 4/4", 13-17", reg. Igths.. 9 mos. dry. GEO. C. EHEMANN CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 4/4", 6 & wider, reg. Igths., 10 mos. di-y; NO. 1 C, 4/4", 4 & wider, reg. Igths., 10 mos. dry; NO. 2 C, 4/4". 3 & wider, reg. Igths., 10 mos. dry; BOX BDS., 4/4", 13-17, reg. Igths., 10 mos. dry; BOX BDS., S-12. reg. Igths., 10 mos. dry. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. LOG RUN 4/4-6/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 3 C, 4/4 & S/4". RUSSB & BURGESS, INC.. Memphis, Tenn. BOX BDS., 4/4". 13-17, reg. Igths.. 6 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO., Helena, Ark. FAS, 4 4". 13" & up; NO. 2 C. 4/4". STIM- SON VENEER & LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. BOX BDS., 4/4, 9-12, 13-17: FAS, 4/4", 13" & up: NO. 1 C, 5/4; NO. 2 C, 4/4". UTLEY- HOLLOWAY, Chicago, 111. FAS 6/4". WELSH LUMBER CO.. Mem- phis, Tenn. BOX BDS., 4/4". 13-17. reg. Igths., 6 mos dry; NO. 1 & 2 C, 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 5 mos. dry; FAS, 5/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. 5 mos dry. WISCONSIN LUMBER CO.. Chicago, III. GUM— PLAIN RED NO. 1 C, 4/4 & 5/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. FAS, NO. 1 C, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4". ANDERSON- TULLY CO.. Memphis, Tenn. COM.A BTR., 4/4", 8/4". BELLGRADE LUM- BER CO.. aiemphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville. Ark. FAS, 4/4, 5/4 & S/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 7 mos. dry: NO. 1 C, 4/4. 5/4 & S/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 7 mos. dry. BROWN LAND & LUM- BER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. ALL grades 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4". 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. NO. 1 C, 4/4", reg. wdths.. 14-16'. thoroughly air-dried. R. J. DARNELL, INC., Memphis, Tenn. COM. <£. BTR., 4/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., dry. PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, INC.. Memphis, Tenn. FAS. NO. 1 C, 4/4". STIMSON VENEER & LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. FAS, NO, 1 C, 5/4". UTLEY-HOLLOWAY CO.. Chicago. III. NO. 1 C. 5/4".. reg. wdths. & Igths.. 5 mos. dry. WISCONSIN LUMBER CO., Chicago, 111. GUM— QUARTERED RED NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4; NO. 1 C. & BTR., sap no def., S/4"; FAS, NO. 1 C, 8/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO.. Memphis. Tenn. COM. & BTR., 4/4-12/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, NO. 1 C, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 7 mos. dry. BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 8/4", 6 & wider, reg. Igths., 10 mos. dry; NO. 1 C, S/4", 4 & wider, reg. Igths., 10 mos. dry. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. COM. & BTR., 4/4-12/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR., 4/4". ran. wdth. & Igth.. 8-12 mos. dry. sliced bds., highly figured. LOUIS- VILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville. Ky. COM. & BTR., 4/4". reg. wdths. ..t Igths.. 6 mos, dry; COM. & BTR., 5/4. 6/4". reg. wdths. & igths.. 8 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARD- WOOD CO.. Helena, Ark. FAS. 4/4 & 8/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4 & 8/4". STIMSON VENEER & LUMBER CO., Mem- phis, Tenn. COM. & BTR.. 8/4". WELSH LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., ng.. 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 5 mos. dry. WISCONSIN LUMBER CO., Chicago, 111. GUM— TUPELO ALL grades 4/4. 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. GUM— MISCELLANEOUS FAS, qtd. black. 4/4", 6" & wdr.. reg. Igths., 10 mos. drv. GOODL.\NDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. BOX BDS.. 4/4". 8-12" and 13-18". PEN- ROD. JURDEN & McCOWEN. INC.. Memphis, Tenn. HACKBERRY LOG RUN, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths, 4 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO.. Hel- ena. Ark. LOCUST LOG RUN, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. 5 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON H.VRDWOOD CO., Hel- ena, Ark. MAHOGANY FAS, NO. 1 C, SHORTS & WORMY, 1/2- 16/4". plain & figui'ed. Mexican & African. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOGANY CO.. Chicago. MAPLE— HARD FAS. 8/4", good Igths, 6 mos, dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C, 4/4". good wdths., 50 9',, 14-16' ; 2 yrs. dry; FAS, 10/4", good wdths., SO'/b 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 5/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., sap two sides, 8 mos. drv. BL.^UCESLEE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, squares, 4/4 to 16/4", 18 mos, dry. G. EL1.\S & BRO., INC.. Buffalo, N. Y. FAS. 4/4 & S/l"; NO. 1 C, 4/4 & 6/4". THEO. FATHAUER CO., Chicago, 111. NO. 1 & BTR., 10/4, 12/4 & 14/4"; QTD. sawed, 6/4 & S/4"; NO. 2 & BTR., 4/4. 5/4. 6/4 & 8/4"; NO. 3, 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4". JACKSON & TINDLE, Grand Rapids, Mich. NO. 1 & BTR., 5/4". good wdths. & Igths., dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO., Boston, Mass. FAS, 4/4"; NO. 2 & BTR., 5/4 & 8/4"; NO. 2 C, 6/4". MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO.. Rhinelander, Wis. LOG RUN 12/4". PENROD. JURDEN & McCOWEN. INC., Memphis. Tenn. FAS & NO. 1 C, 6/4", 6" & wider. 8' and longer, 18 mos. dry. WHEELER-TIMLIN LUMBER CO., Wausau, Wis. LOG RUN 8/4". WELSH LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. ALL grades 4/4-8/4", good wdths. & Igths., 4 mos. dry. W^LLSON BROS. LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. MAPLE— 50FT FAS, 4/4-16/4". IS mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO.. INC.. Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 2& BTR., 4/4-6/4". M.\SON-DONALD- SON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4". reg. wdths.. std. Igths., IS mos. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO.. Buffalo, N. Y. OAK— PLAIN RED NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, 4/4; NO. 3 C, mixed, 4/4"; NO. 1 C. & BTR., 10/4". ABERDEEN LUM- BER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 1 C, 4/4". good wdths.. 50% 14-16'. 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO.. Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 3/4, 4/4, 6/4". BELL- GRADE LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 4/4", good wdths., reg. Igths. 1 yr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo, N. Y. FAS 10/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. dry. BLAKES- LEE. PERRIN & DARLING. Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 2 C, %", reg. wdths., 14 & 16', thor- oughly air-dried: NO. 3 C %", reg. wdths., 14 & 16', thoroughly air-dried. R. J. DARNELL, INC., Memphis, Tenn. . FAS, 5/4", 11" & up, 10' & up, 1 yr. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. NO. 2 C. & BTR., white .."i red, 4/4". reg. Igths.. drv. KNEELAND-BIGELOW CO., Bay City. Mich. COM. & BTR., 10/4" & 12/4". LONG- KNIGHT LUMBER CO.. Indianapolis, Ind. FAS, 4/4", 6", 8-16'. 1 yr. dry. MOWBRAY & ROBINSON CO., Cincinnati. Ohio. NO. 1 C, %". 6 mos. dry; NO. 1 cS. 2 C, 4/4", 4-6 mos. drv; NO. 1 C, 5/4", 5 mos. dry; NO. 1 C, 6/4". 6-8 mos. dry. NICKEY BROS., INC., Memphis. Tenn. FAS. %. V2. %"■ RUSSE & BURGESS. INC.. MemphLs. Tenn. No. 2 C, 4/4", good wdths. & Igths.. 8 mos. dry. WICLSON BROS. LUMBER CO.. Pitts- burgh, Pa. NO. 1 C. & SEL., 8/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 8 mos. dry. WISCONSIN LUMBER CO.. Chi- cago. III. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4". reg. wdths.. std. Igths.. 12-lS mos. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO.. Buffalo. N. Y. OAK— QUARTERED RED FAS 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Bliss- ville. Ark. COM. & BTR., 4/4-6/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. FAS. V2". 5-7 mos. dry; FAS, %". 4-6 mos. dry. NICKEY BRns.. INC., Memphis, Tenn. OAK— PLAIN WHITE NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 6/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Jleniphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. 1-2 yrs. dry. BLAKESL'EE, PERRIN & DARLING. Buffalo. N. Y. FAS. 10/4". good wdths., reg. Igths.. 1 yr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo. N. Y. NO. 2 C, %", reg. Is-ths.. 14-16', thoroughly air-dried. R. J. DARNELL, INC., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C, 10/4", 1 yr. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC.. Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 8/4 & 10/4", reg. Igths. KNEELAND-BIGELOW CO., Bay City, Mich. All Tkree of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 53 COM. & BTR., 4/4-16/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. FAS, 4/4-8/4"-, 6" & up. S-16'. 2 yrs. dry: NO. 1 C, S/4", 6" & up. 8-16'. 1 yr, dry. THE MOWBRAY & ROBINSON CO., Cincinnati, Ohio. SEL., %■', 6" & up, S mos. dry; NO. 1 C, 4/4, 5/4". 4-6 mos. dry; NO. 2 C, 4/4", 5 mos. dry; NO. 3 C, 4/4", 6-3 mos. dry; NO. 1 C, 6/4", 5-7 mos. dry. NICKEY BROS., INC., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C, Vz- %": NO. 2 C. 4/4". RUSSE & BURGE.'JS. I.VC Jlemphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4,4-16/4", reg. ^vdths., std. Igths., 1-2 yrs. dry; FAS, 12/4", 6" & up, std. Igth., 1-2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO.. Buffalo, N. Y. OAK— QUARTERED WHITE NO. 1 C. 4/4" & up. BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville. Ark. NO. 2 C. i BTR., 4/4". BELLGRADE LUM- BER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. STRIPS, 4/4"; NO. 1 C, I'-A-SH. 14-16', thor- oughly air-dried. R. J. DARNELL. INC., Memphis. Tenn. FAS, 3, & V2", 6" & up. S' & up. 8 mos. dry; FAS, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 4 mos. and over dry; STRIPS, 4/4". 2%-5i4. reg. Igths., 6 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wavne, Ind. CLR. STRIPS, 5/4", S-16', 2 yrs. dry; FAS, 4/4. 5/4. 6/4", 6" & up. S-16', 2 yrs. dry. THE MOWBRAY & ROBINSON CO., Cincinnati. Ohio. FAS, 14"; NO. 1 C, Vi & 4/4", 6-9 mos. dry; FAS, NO. 1 C, %". 8 mos. dry; FAS, %"."6 mos. dry; SEL., %". 6" & up, 6-9 mos. dry; NO. 2 C, 4,4", 8 mos. dry; NO. 1 & 2 C, 5/4", 4-6 mos. dry; NO. 1 C, 6/4". 6-9 mos. dry. NICKEY BROS., INC.. Memphis. Tenn. OAK— MISCELLANEOUS ALL grades R. & W.. 4/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. NO. 3 C. 4/4"; CROSSING PLANK 12/4". PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, INC.. Memphis, Tenn. FAS R. & W., 8/4"; COM. & BTR., R. & W., 12/4". WELSH LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. BCKG. BDS., %-5/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. 6-12 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO.. Ft. Wavne. Ind. CROSSING PLK., red and white. 12/4", 8. 10 & 12", reg, Igths., 3 mos. dry: NO. 3 C, red and white, 6/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 5 mos. drv. WISCONSIN LUMBER CO.. Chicago, 111. PECAN LOG RUN, 6/4 & 8/4". BELLGRADE LUM- BER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. POPLAR SAP & SEL.. 4/4. reg. wdths.. good Igths.. 1 yr. dry. BUFF.\LO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. ^ imniiiiiiminiiHinmmiiinniinniiiiiiiiinmM J BAND SAW MILLS = m wiusvllle. La. Varnado. La. Marldlan, MiM. 1 CLARENCE BOYLE Manufacturers and Whclesalers Southern Hardwoods and Yellow Pine 1 m a NO. 1 C, 6/4", 2 yrs. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO.. INC.. Buffalo, N. Y. COM. & BTR. 0/8 & 4/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 6-8 mos. dry. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. NO. 2 C, 5/4. 6/4. 8/4", 4" & up, 8-16', 6 mos. drv; NO. 1 C, 12/4", 6" & up, 8-16', 6 mos. dry; SAP & SEL., 6/4", 4" & up, 8-lfi', 6 mos. dry; FAS, 6/4, 10/4. 12/4 & 16/4". 7" & up. S-16', 6 mos. dry. THE MOWBRAY & ROBINSON CO.. Cincinnati, Ohio. ' NO. 2 & 3 C, 4/4". good wdths. & Igths., 4 mos. drv; NO. 1 C. & BTR., 12/4 & 16/4", fine wdths., good Igths.. 3 mos. dry. WILLSON BROS. CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 2 C. 8/4". WELSH LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., ys-16/4", reg. wdths., std. Igths.. 1-2 vrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO.. Buffalo, N. Y. SYCAMORE LOG RUN & NO. 2 C. & BTR., 5/4 & 6/4". ABERDEEN LU.MBER Ci 1.. Pittsburgh, Pa. WALNUT NO. 2 C. 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth. BLAKES- LEE, PERRIN & DARLING, BufTalo, N. Y. FAS, NO. 1 C, 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 6 mos. dry; COM. & BTR., 5/4", 8" & up, reg. Igths.. 9 mos. dry, HOFFaL\.N BROS. CO., Ft. Wavne. Ind. FAS, NO. 1 C, 4/4"; NO. 2 C, 5/4. 6/4 & 8/4". LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER CO., Indianapolis, Ind. FLOORING— MAPLE CLR., 1V5X2", reg. Igths.. dry; PRIM E, li'^xl". J5x4. reg. Igths.. dry. KNEELAND-BIGELOW CO.. Bay City. Mich. VENEER— FACE GUM— RED QTD., FIG'D, any thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. FIG., all thicknesses. NICKEY BROTHERS. INC., Memphis. Tenn. MAHOGANY ANY thickness. THE DEAN-SPICKER CO., Chicago, III. PLAIN & FIGURED, 1/28 to 1/4", Mexican and African. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MA- HOGANY CO., Chicago. III. ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. MISCELLANEOUS ALL Northern hardwoods, sawed all thick- nesses, up to 23'. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne. Ind. ALL Southern hardwoods, rotary cut. .any thickness, any size. PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, Memphis, Tenn. I 1205 LUMBER EXCHANGE BLDG | I CHICAGO I ^jiiiiiiiiiiniiiiwiiwnRiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiiiiriiMiiiiiiinMinnnniiiiiiiiiiJiiii^ Utley-Holloway Company MA N U F A CTU R E RS OAK ASH COTTONWOOD ELM GUM BAND MII.I,.S: Clayton. LotiLsiana General Offices: 111 W. WashinBton St. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS OAK— PLAIN SWD. 1/20-1/4". HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne. Ind. ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Kv. OAK— QUARTERED WHITE, any thickness, sawed •r sliced. THE DEAN-SPICKER CO.. Chicago, 111. SWD. 1/20-1/4". HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayns, Ind. ANY thickness. LOUISA^LLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville. Ky. SWD., white, all thicknesses. NICKEY BROTHERS. INC.. Memphis. Tenn. WALNUT ANY thickness, sawed or sliced. THE DEAN-SPICKER CO.. Chicago, 111 1/20-1/4". HOFFMAN BROS. COMPANY, Fort Wayne, Ind. ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville. Kv. SL. & RTRY. CUT. HUDDLESTON- MARSH MAHOGANY CO., Chicago, 111. ANYTHING in walnut, veneers, pi. & flg., rty. and sliced. PICKREL WALNUT CO., St. Louis. Mo. CROSSBANDING AND BACKING GUM ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville. Ky. POPLAR ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville. Kv. BIRCH STOCK SIZES, 1/4. B/16 & 3/1", good IS and 2S. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOG- ANY CO.. Chicag*. III. GUM QTD. FIG., any thickness. LOUISVILLK VENEER MILLS. Louisville. Ky. MAHOGANY ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville, Ky. STOCK SIZES, 1/4. 5/16 & S/8', good IS and 2S. HUnOLEPTON-MARSH MAHOG- ANY CO., Chicago, m. OAK ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. PL. i QTD. 1/4, 5/16 & 3/S", stock sizes, good IS . and 2S. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOGANY CO.. Chicaun. 111 ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville. Ky. COUNTERFEIT CHECKS are frequent ucept where our Two Piece Geometrica Carter Coin ta in use, tneo imlLatluu isn't possible. Sample If you ask for It S.D.CHILDS & Ce. CHICAGO Wt also make Tl Checks, Steiclls Log Hammers 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 or 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 & Qtd. -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. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 54 HARDWOOD RECORD November 10, 1918 ■f Atkins s\«\ Saws fit in with that famous slogan "CARRY ON", which typifies the glorious spirit oF American Soldiers and our Allies who are deter mined to WIN THE WAR. CThe high quality of SILVER STEEL SAWS, connected with the great and splendid spirit of the men BEHIND THE GUNS, make it possi- ble to CARRY ON TO VICTORY. CBattle Slogans are indeed strengthened when the men who utter them are backed by the "Finest on Earth." COver sixty years' experience at saw making Thii Mill "Over There''' 16 using Atkins 5aws T ~ means ATKINS ALWAYS AHEAD. CMr. MiUman "Over Here", if you are not using Atkins Saws, write the nearest point below for catalog, E C. ATKINS & CO., Inc. l "The Silver Steel Saw People" EsUbliihed 1857 Home Office and Factory, Indianapolis, Indiana i Canadian Factory, Hamilton, Ontario Machine Knife Factory, Lancaster, N. Y. Branched carrying complete stocks in alt large distributing centers as follows; ! AtUnta Minne»poli« Portland, Ore. Vancouver, B. C. "Chicago New Orlean« San Francisco Sydney N. S. W. ■ MempKii New York Citj; Seattle Paris, France November 10. 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 55 Quick Action "P\UE to war conditions the word speed can now be applied to delivery only in the relative sense. Speed depends on the individual shipper's facilities, among which are: Centralized Production (we cut from one solid tract of St. Francis Basin hardwoods and on one 25,000,000 feet capacity mill); Adequate Stocks (we carry a constant stock of 15,000,000 feet on a mill yard so constructed that uneven drying is impossible); Good Transportation (we are well taken care of in this particular); Contact With Customers (our sales ofBce is in the heart of buying territory, making possible prompt attention to and personal study of cus- tomer's requirements). Our shipments are in all cases full, straight National grades. Our latest New Idea Stock List contains some interesting items — write for it. Sincerely, n^ AVISCONSIN LUAIBER CO. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD STIMSON'S MILLS Four organizations with the single purpose of rheeting the wants of the most scrupulous buyer of all domestic hardwoods — Indiana & Southern Hardwood Lumber Rotary Veneer J. V. STIMSON, Huntingburg, Indiana STIMSON VENEER & LUMBER CO. Memphis, Tennessee J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO. Memphis, Tennessee, & Helena, Ark. Three States Lumber Co. MEMPHIS, TENN. Manufacturers of SOUTHERN HARDWOODS BAND MILL: BURDETTE. ARK. The Following Is a List of a Few of the Items We Now Have in Stock: Dry, Ready for Prompt Shipment COTTONWOOD 4 Cars 1" Boxboards, 13" to 17" 3 Cars 1" Boxboards, 8" to 12" 4 Cars I" FAS., 6" to 12" 5 Cars 1" No. 1 Common 5 Cars IV4" No. 1 Common 4 Cars 1" No. 2 Common 2 Cars IV^" No. 2 Common 3 Cars 2" FAS. GUM f Cars I" FAS. Sap 5 Cars ly," FAS. Sap 3 Cars xy^i" FAS. Sap 6 Cars \" No. 1 Common S Cars 1" No. 2 Common 2 Cars IVi" FAS. Red 2 Cars IVa" FAS. Red 1 Car V/i" No. 1 Common 3 Cars 2" FAS. Qtd. Red 2 Cars 2" No. 1 Com. Qtd. Red OAK 5 Cars r FAS. Red 2 Cars 1" FAS. White 2 Cars I'/i" No. 1 C. & Btr. Red S Cars 1" No. 1 Com. Red 2 Cars 1" No. 1 Com. White S Cars 1" No. 2 C. Red A White 2 Cars 2W No. 1 Com. & Btr. Plain Red Oak 2 Cars 3" No. 1 Com. A Btr. Plain White Oak 5 Cars 2" Log Run Elm 5 Cars 1" Log Run Elm 3 Cars W*" Log Run Elm 4 Cars 1V4" Log Run Elm 3 Cars 2" Log Run Maple 2 cars 12/4" Log Run Maple 2 cars 6/4" Log Run Maple 2 cars 5/4" Log Run Maple 3 Cars 1" No. 1 Com. 4 Btr. Sycamore 5 Cars 1" No. 2 & No. 3 Com. Sycamore 2 cars 2" Select & Better Cypress Our stock is manufactured from a nice class of timber and there- fore runs to nice grade and extra good widths and lengths. We solicit your request for delivered prices Our Overhead Systems with Interlock- ing Engine Drums skid both uphill and downhill; reduce wear on main cable Write for particulars LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO. Originators of Overhead and Ground Steam Logging Machinery Chicago 96 Liberty St., New York Seattle New Orleans: Canada: Woodward. Wight &. Co.. Ltd. Canadian Allls-Chalmers. Ltd.. Toronto SOULE Steam Feed Designed for the sawmill by a mill- man. It will not use ex- <^^ cessive steam and \ gives instant and positive control. Our prices are actually, not rela- tively, low. It has positively increased capacity from 10 to 50 per cent SOULE STEAM FEED WORKS MERIDIAN, MISS. DRUM OUTFITS, STACKERS, POWER TIMBER HANDLERS. LATHES, DOGS AND OTHER MILL EQUIPMENT Semi-Monthly Twenty-Fourth Year 537 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 25, 1918 Subscription $2 Vol. XLVI, No. 3 Our Business fiasBeenBuilt By Carefully Laid Plans We do not merely manufacture nor merely sell lumber. It is our business policy to make those two processes strictly interdependent so that they may vv^ork together to correctly handle each customer's peculiar needs. Those needs are determined by a systematic study of each individual case. This correct handling involves an absolute and unvarying adherence to straight and full grade ship- ments— a basic factor in our business plan to which w^e attribute a good share of our success. These principles are not mere altruism but set forth our business judgment as to the best "way to accomplish success. That w^e are clearly justified in making these statements is easily provable by our business records — or might we show^ you through an initial ship- ment on 3'our next order? Clean Dealing Is Our Business Policy Aberdeen Lumber Company Manufacturers and IVholesalers PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA hive Mills: Ten Million Feeton Sticks, Oak, Gum, Cypress, Cottonwood, Sycamore, Elm II II II M II II II II M II II M II iMi "I! nil II II II II II II iiirn n ttii n ii ii n n n ii n m ii II II li II II ii ii II || |l ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER MAT 26, 1902, AT THE POSTOFFICE AT CHICAGO, IIX., UNDER ACT OF MARCH 8, 1879 II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II mill II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II HARDWOOD RECORD November 2.",, 1918 E5TABLI5HED 1798 J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. LUMBER Hardwoods A Specialty PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Manufacturers Wholesalers iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin THIS MARK MEANS Quaiity-GOLDEN RULE-s ervice THE ANDERSON-TULLY company MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Southern Hardwood Manufacturers 70,000.000 fed a year ^ilMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII »>>iiiiiiiiiiii>iiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiii"iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii>iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiy iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiw^^^^^^^^^ AM Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality Basswood Selects Basswood, No. 1 Common Basswood, No. 2 Common Basswood, No. 3 Common Gray Elm, No. 1 Common & Better Gray Elm, No. 2 Common & Better Gray Elm, No. 2 Common & Better Gray Elm, high grade Maple, Step Maple, high grade Maple, high grade Maple, high grade Also have ample stock 4/4 Maple and can furnish any grade No. 2 Common or better. We are now sawing Beech lumber, 5/8, 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4, and Maple 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4. 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 34 M 4/4 66 M 4/4 43 M 4/4 79 M 4/4 78 M 4/4 60 M 6/4 00 M 8/4 46 M 12/4 32 M 5/4 75 M 5/4 92 M 6/4 95 M 8/4 and I 6/4 thicknesses. Cobbs & Mitchell mCORPOKATED Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan "FINEST" Maple and Beech FLOORING We are members of the Maple Flooring Mfr's. Association Flooring itamped M. F, M, A. insures quality .*. Michigan /. Hardwood Lumber BIRCH OAK 300,000' No. 2 Com. & Btr. 4/4" 50,000' No. 2 Cora. & Btr . 4/4- 75.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr. 6/4» MAPT.r. SOFT ELM 50.000' Ists & 2nds. 4/4" to 16/4- No. 2 Cora. & Blr. 4/4- WHITE MAPLE 60.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr. 10/4" 14.000' Ists & 2nd3. 4/4", end dried No. 1 Com. & Btr. BEECH 2 Com. & Btr. 12/4" HEMLOCK 300.000' No. 4/4" 125.000' Merchantable 4/4" CllERKY ASH 17,000' No. 2 Com. & Btr. 4/4" 15.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr. 4/4- Write for Price$ W.D.Yoimg6?Co. BAY CITY MICHIGAN Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality We have dry — 4/4 Basswood, Birch, Gray Elm, Birdseye Maple, Soft Maple and Beech 5/4 Beech 6/4 Beech and Gray Elm 8/4 Gray Elm In addition to above we are now sawing — 5/8 Beech 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 16/4 Hard Maple Some grades and widths are piled separately to better meet the requirements of the trade Mitchell Brothers Co. Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan WE WILL QUOTE ATTRACTIVE PRICES ON THE FOLLOWING: 20,000 ft. 1 1/16" X 2" Clear Maple Flooring 35,000 ft. 13/16" X 4" No. 1 & Btr. Maple Flooring 24,000 ft. 1 1/16" X 4" No. 1 & Btr. Maple Flooring 40,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Common & Better Ash 20,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common Ash 200,000 ft. 5/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 60,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 250,000 ft. 5/4 No. 3 Common Beech 14,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2nd Birch 60,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 & No. 2 Common Birch 500,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 225,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 65,000 ft. 10/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 75,000 ft. 12/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 150,000 ft. 6/4 No. 3 Common Elm 40,000 ft. 8/4 No. 3 Common Elm 30,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common & Better Red and White Oak 10,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better White Oak 5,000 ft. 10/4 No. 2 Common & Better White Oak The Kneeland-Bigelow Company Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber Bay City Michigan All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD November 23, 1918 >.|j K9m ai-^l A ii X BUFFALO The Foremost Hardwood Market of the East T. SULLIVAN & CO. Hardwoods Ash and Elm NIAGARA— CORNER ARTHUR Taylor & Crate HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS A atoek of 18,000,000 U> eO,000,00« feet of hftrdwood* rarrl^^d at all times ftt onr two bic Riiffalo Yards Establith«ck of 4/4 No. i Com. Plain Whit* Oak: 4/4 FAS Quartered Whtto Oak. GAXLOWAY-PEASE COMPANY. . ,,„^^. ^, Manufacturer, Poplar Bluff, MISSOURI Wo carry a complete stock of plain and quartored Red and White Oak In all speclflcationa. Our facUltlei for prompt shipments are second t« nsne. BAKER-MATTHEWS LBR CO. ,-,|o5f,*?S', Memphis. Tenn. Manufacturer MIobOUKl ('Sec rage --) Charles H. Beimaby Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and Veneers Greencastle, Ind. ('See p^ge 4l') ^ We have to offer at present 1 car 4/4 FAS Quartered White Oak. 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C. & BeL Quartered Red SWAFN-ROACH LUMBER CO. ,^,^, ^ ^, . Manufacturer Seymour. INDIANA ('See page 52) J, V. Stimson Manufacturer and Wtielesaler Hardwood Lumber Huntingburg. Indiema {•See page 39) Miller Lumber Company Manufacturer and Dealer In AU Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Marianna, Arkansas ('See page 52) Nice itock of dry 4/4. 6/4 & 6/4 Plain Red and White Oak on hand at Burdette. Ark., for prompt Bhlpraent. THREB STATES LUMBER CO.-rimurccpp Itfaniifacturer. Memphis I g.iNINcjJC.fc, b * 0— We Manufacture Hardwood From Fine West Tlrslnia Timber. WARN LUMBER CORPORATION Raywood. W. Va. (*See page 10) J. H. Bonner & Sons Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Memphis. Tenn. MUl: Jonquil, Ark. Carr Lumber Company, Inc. Blltraore Hardwoods Pisgah Forest, N. C Manufacturer W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. ^m g Band Mills manufacturing hardwoods == Louisville, Ky. ^^ Band Sawed, Steam Dried. Arkansas Hardwoods ■ - 1 Edgar Lumber Company ^ Wesson, Arkansas =^== (See page 6) ■ ■: Salt Lick Lumber Company M Hardwood Manufacturer ■ Salt Lick, Kentucky ^= ('See page CD , =^ Prilchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. ^= Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwood lAimber and ^^ Quartered Oak, Ash and Gum ■ Memphis, Tennessee ^^ t»ur Lumber la Well Manufactured and Well Takes ^^ Care of. Write ug for prices In anything In hardwoods. ^ THE FERD BRENNER LUMBEHl COMPANY, ^ Alexandria, LOUISIANA ^ (*See page 10) ^^ GoodJander-Robertson Lumber Co. ^^ Manufacturer ef Hardwoods ^^ Memphis, Tennessee ^^ We have for fall shipment large stock of 10/4 and p=r 12/4 C. & BeL Oak; other thicknesses from 4/4 to 8/4 ^^ in all grades. = FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., ^= Manafactorer, NashTlUe, TENNESSEE S Special. ALTON LUMBER COMPANY ■ 1 car 9/4 Government Quality White Oak =^ 1 car 14/4 Government Quality White Oak ^^ 20 cars 4/4. 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut ^^ Buckh^lnnon, West Virginia ^g for anything in OAK write these representative firms ^B B 4 C == Manufacturers Band Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oak ^^= and ottier Hardwood Lumber ^s Sabine River Lumber & Logging C*., Inc. ^^ San Antonio, Texas ^= 5 cars 4/4 White Oak FAS & N». 1 C. ^s 10 cars 5/4 Plain Red Oak Steps FAS & No. I C. ^ WTLLIAMSON-KCNT MILL A LUMBEB CO. ^= MannfBCturer, Mound City, ILLINOIS ^B Special— Sao, 060 ft. 4/4 FAS Plain White & Red Oak = LAMB-FISH LUMBER CO. ..,„„. ._„. ^m Manafacturer, Charleston, MISSISSIPPI ^^ (*See imge S) ^a Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company ^= SOUTHERN HARDWOODS = G.neral Offices, Conway Building, Chicago ^^ Manufacturer = Bedna Young Lumber Compemy = Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber ^^i Sales Ofnce: Band Mill: ^= SREENSBURG, IND. JACKSON. TENN •== Pleasa let us have your Inquiries ^^ We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber B C. & W. Kramer Company ^^ Richmond, Indiana ^^ We specialize In White and Red Oak and In Quartered ^^ Red Gum. We solicit yiiur inquiries. ^ ALEXANDER BROTHEKS, ./iiccicciddi = ManufactiiriTg. Ueliiinl, IVlIa3I331rrl ^^ C — Special ^= 1 car 6/4x20" Qtd. Red Oak Seat Stiick ^^ 1 car 6/4il8" Qtd. White Oak Seat Stock ^5^ 1 car 4/4il2" & wdr. Plain Oak ^m ARKLA LBR, A MFG. CO., === St. Louis, MISSOURI A. B i C— Triple Band of The Meadow River Lumber Company Rainelle, W. Va. Manufacturer Hlgh-Grade Hardwoods (*See page 10) QUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY Memphis Band Mill Company Mannfactnrer, Memphis TENNESSEE Masufacturera of Plain and Quartered Oak also Oak Timbers and Brldffe Plank SABINE TRAM COMPANY. BBAl'MONT. TEXAS All stock cut from our Virgin Timber on sasdsni band mills. THISTLETHWAITK LUMBER COMPANY, Manufacturer Washington, LOUISIANA B. C— Tsdlahatchie Lumber Company Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwoods Philipp, Mississippi (•See iLige 4'J) ARLINGTON LUMBER CO.MPANY Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hanlweod Lumber Mills: Arlington, Ky., and Parli„_.,_, ,„„„ Place, Arli. Write Arlington KENTUCKY (•See page 14) 6.000,000 Feet of Oak Alwaya on Hand In 1 to 2* Stock BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, ._„.„_. _ Manufacturer Bllssyllle, AKKAIN3AO 100.000 ft. I' Is & 2s Qtd. White Oak 50.000 ft. 1" No. 1 Cora. Qtd. White Oak. 8" & wdr. JOHN B. RANSOM & CO., Manufacturer, NashTllle Everythino In lumber TENNESSEE A. B i C— Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lbr. Co. HaRufacturers and Whstesale Lumber Sealers St. Louis, Missouri Yellow Poplar Lumber Company Coal Grove, Ohio Manufacturer A & B— If you want Sound. Soft Textured Whits & Bed Oak, both In Plain and Quartered, write DUBLMBIER BROTHERS Sc CO., Manufacturers, Cincinnati OHIO Ttie Buna MJU, Flautug Mill and ~L)n iUln of tti* WOliams Lumber Company Is localed at Fayetteville, Tennessee All lumber piled In sam* lenfftlu and almllarly loaded In cars. CLAY LUMBER COMPANT. Manufacturer, w VA MiddJe Fork. "' ^ *^ All Block (Traded up to quality — kneched down to price. CTLEY-HOLLOWAY LUMBKB COMPANY Conway Building Manufacturer Chicago. ILLINOIS Band Sawed, Equalized. Forked Leaf WblU Oak == Thin Oak and Ash Hpeclaltias ==: MANSFIELD HAKDWOOD LUMBEB CO. H Manafactorer SHREVEPORT, LA. ^m For 25 years we haie made Oak and still epeclalize ^^ In this, the best tf American hardwoodi. Our prices. = grades and serric* are worth conaiderlnc • LOVE, BOYD * CO.. tcMWFCCITIX ^ Manufacturer, NashTlUe, 1 t-NNbaaEJi ^ U i; c — HIQn Grade Lumber ^^ Hyde Lumber Company ^ South Bend, Indiana ^^ Band Mills: Arkansas City, Ark. Lake Provldenes. La. ^^ Sherrill Hardwood Lumber Co. B Manufacturer Band Sawed Boutbem Hardwoods ^^ Merryville Louisiana ^^s Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc. ^ Sardls, Miss. sss Kiln Dried Stocks a Specialty ^^ Manufacture == A— 150,00s ft. 4/4 No. 2 Com. Plain Oak ^^^ Specialists m Bone Dry, Oood WldUu * Lenrtlis— ^s Prompt Bhlpraent = BABB-HOLADAY Lr.MBEB CO., Manufacturer, Greenfield, OHIO ■ We are cutting off 20,000 acres of the finest Oak In West Virginia. For the Tery best, try AMERICAN COLUMN * LUMBER CO., Manufacturer, St. Albans, W. VA. Babcock Lumber Company Pittsburgh, Pa. Annual Capacity, 150.900,001 Fsst Manufacturer Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company Sales Office — Clarksknrc, W. Va. Band Mills — Ctirtin, Coal Sid- ,J^, -^ . Ing and Hsmlny Falls. "• '■"• Specialties ,^^, „ . Quarter-sawed White Oak, Plain Bed and Whits Ost C. L. RITTER LUMBER COMPANY, ROCKC.\STLE LUMBEB COMPANY, Mapufactnrers. Huntington, W. Ya. (•See page 43) „ .. „ „ . Kentucky Soft Teituro White Oak, Bed OaJi and Poplar. High-class, sound, square edged WhlU Oak Timbers, 10x16 ft. ,„ ,_^. , _, AMERICAN LBB. * MFG. j;?' ^ttobnre*. Manufacturer and Whelosaler PENNSYLVANLA All Three of Us WiU Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 Double Band Mill For Sale Including: Carriages Niggars Loaders « Trimmer Edgers Resaws Sprockets and Chain Shafting and Pulleys Engine — 28^ x 62 Log Machinery All the Machinery for a Clothes Pin Mill Filing Room Equipment CTk e § TEARNS SALT ij- LUMBER CO. LudingtokMich. WM. WHITMER ^ SONS INCORPORATED Manufacturers and Whole- salers of All Kinds of "If Anybody Can, We Can" HARDWOODS West Virginia Spruce and Hemlock Long and Short Leaf Pine Virginia Framing Finance Building PHILADELPHIA ■^&RYERS for VENEER No checks or apliU. Enor- mous output. Low labor cost. The Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. Philadelphia <' 200.000' 4/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com, 6 mos. dry 50.000' 5/4" PAS. 6 mos. dry 50.000' 6/4" PAS, 12 mos. dry 50,000' 6/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com., 12 mos. dry SOFT ELM 50,000' 4/4" No. 2 Cora. & Btr., 8 mos. dry 75.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr., 7 mos. dry 15,000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 8 mos. dry 30.000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr., 12 mos. dry GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO. COTTONWOOD 100.000' FAS. 4/4". 13" & up, regu- lar lengths. 4 mos. di7 150.000' No. 1 Com., 4/4". 13" & up. regular lengths. 4 mos, dry 100.000' No. 1 Com., 4/4". regular widths and lengths. 4 mos. dry 100.000' Nos. 1 & 2 Com., 4/4", 9- 10". regular lengths, 4 mos. dry 25,000' FAS. 5/4". regular widths & lengths. 6 mos. dry 50,000' No. 2 Com.. 4/4". regular wldhs & lengths. 4 mos. dry GUM 190,000' Box. 4/4". 13* to 17". regu- lar lengths, 4 mos. dry. 60,000' FAS. Sap. 4/4". regular widths and lengths, 4 mos. dry 26.060' FAS. Sap. 4/4". 13" & up. regular lengths, 4 mos. dry 86.000' No. 1 C. Red, 4/4", regular widths & lengths, 4 moa. dry 50.000' FAS, 4/4", regular wldthl ft lengths. 4 moa. dry 15.000' FAS. 6/4", regular widths A lengths, 5 mos. dry 15,000' FAS, Qtd., 4/4", refulfcf widths & lengths, 5 moa. dry 15.000' FAS, Fgd,, 4/4", regular wldtlis &, lengths. 5 mos. dry CYPRESS 75,000' 4/4", Select & Btr., regulart widths & lengths. 5 moa. dry I 15.000' 4/4". Shop, regular widthsf & leogthB, 5 mos. dry I BT.M 1 75,000' 6/4", Log Run. reg. widths & lengths. 4 mos. dry 85,060' 16/4", Log Run, reg. width* and lengths. 4 mos. dry 11.000' 12/4" Log Run. reg. widths & lengths, 4 mos. dry 6,000' 14/4". Log Run. reg. widths & lengths. 4 mos. dry THANE LUMBER CO. Paepcke Leicht Lumber Co. SPECIALTIES: Cottonwood, Red and Sap Gum, Red and White OaJc, Cypress, Elm. Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods General Offices CONWAY BUILDING BAND MILLS: Helena. Ark. Blytbeville, Ark. Greenville. Miss. Cairo, 111. CHICAGO, ILL. §91 ^1 1 i 111 ^tJ ^ All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD ii 11 = i li III p i If 1 MBMr>MI s All Stock Runs Regular Widths and Lengths This lumber has been manufactured on our own band mills. It i;i thoroughly dry. run3 good average widths and conlains 60 per cent 14' and 16' lengths. Write or wire for prices. SAP GUM 200.000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. ft Btr. 45,000' 4/4" Boi Bds., 13 to 17" 60.000' 4/4" Box Bds., 9 to 12" 90.000' 4/4" 1&2. 13 to 17" 150,000' 4/4" 1&2. 6 to 12" 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 2.50,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 250.000' 5/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 200,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED GUM 100.000' 6/8" No. 1 Com. 75.000' 4/4" 1&2 30.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. QUARTERED BED GUM 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 30.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com, & Btr. 15,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 75,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. ft Btr. .SOFT MAPLE 40.000' 8/4" Lob Run 30.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 15.000 4/4" 1&2 50.000' 5/4" 1&2 50.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000 6/4" No. 1 Cora. 30.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 45.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 45.000 10/4" No. 1 Com. ft Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 75.000' 4/4" No. I Com. & Btr. 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. ft Btr. 15.000 8/4" No. 1 Com. ft Btr. SOFT ELU 75.000' 6/4" Log Run 45.000' 12/4" Log Run 50,000' 10/4" Com, ft Btr. PRITCHABD-WHEELER LUMBER CO. Band Mills: Madison. Ark., Wisner, La. Dry 150.000' 200.000' 150.000' 100.000' 100,000' 50.000' 50.000' 100.000' 50.000 loo. 000' 15.000' 1.000' SAP OUH la ft 2s e/4' No. 1 Com. 5/<" No. 1 Com. ft B. «/«- RED GUM Is ft 2a 6/4" No, 1 Com. 5/4- la ft :■ 8/4" N». 1 Com. «/4- WILLOW li ft 2a 4/4' N». 1 Com. 8/4- ASB No. I Com. 4/4- IB ft 2a. 2x12* ft tn> la ft 2a. Sil2" ft av 80.000' la ft 2a. m' 35.000' No 2 Com. 5/4" PLAIN RED OAK M.OOO' No. 1 Com. 6/4" PLAIN OAK 40.000' No. 1 C. ft B. 10/4- COTTONWOOD 200.000' No. 1 Com. 6/4- 100.000' la ft 2a 5/4" 100.000' No. 1 Com. »/*" 30.000' Boi Bda.. lii- to 13 CYPRESS 40.000' la ft 2a 3- 100.000' No. 1 Shop 6/4- 50.000' No. I Shop 4/4- 30.000' Btloct 6/4'' 50.000' Bolacl 4/4- E. SONDHEIMER CO. 100.000' FAS. 4/4". 50.000' FAS. 5/4". 70.000' FAS, 6/4". PLAIN RED GUM 150.000' FAS. 4/4". 10.000' FAS. 5/4". 10.000' FAS, 6/4". 200.000' No. 1 Com.. 4/4". 65.000' No. 1 Com.. 5/4". 20.000' No. 1 Com.. 6/4". QUARTERED RED GUM 60 000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 4/4". 80.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 5/4". 60.000' No. 1 Com. ft Btr., 6/4'. 25,000' FAS, 8/4", 90.000' No. 1 Com.. 8/4" SAP. NO DEFECT No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 8/4". coTTO^•^vooD No. 1 & Panel. 4/4-18" up. CYPRESS FAS. 8/4". Selects, 4/4". Selects. 5/4". Selects. 6/4". Selects, 8/4". Shop & Btr., 10/4". Mob & Btr.. 12/4". No. 1 Shop, 4/4". No. 1 Shop. 5/4". No. 1 Shop, 6/4". No. 1 Shop. 8/4". No. 1 Shop. 12/4". Pecky, 4/4". Pecky. 5/4". Pecky. 6/4". 40.000' 20,000' 40.000' 40.000' 75.000 30.000 70,000' 60,000' 70.000' 50.000' 25.000 27.000' 200,000' 22,000 20,000 23,000' Peoky, 8/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO. l'L.\I.N KEll OAK 200,000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 230,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 60.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 20,000' 10/4" Com. & Btr, 100,000' 12/4" Com, & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 75,000' 6/4" Common 125,000' 8/4" Common 15.000' 12/4" Common QUARTERED WHITE OAK 50.000' 20.000' 50.000' 50.000' 50.000' 200.000' 200.000 ' 25.000' 50.000 4/4" FAS 6/4" FAS 4/4" Common 6/4" Common ASH 12/4" Com. & Btr. 5/4" Common ELM 8/4" Log Run 10/4" Log Run 12/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM 150,000' 4/4" Com, & Btr. 250.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 300,000' 6/4" Com, ft Btr. QUARTERED SAP GUM 200.000' 6/4" Com. ft Btr. 200.000' 8/4" Com. ft Btr. 100.000' 10/4" Com; & Btr. 100.000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM 200.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 150.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. PLAIN SAP GUM 150.000' 5/4" Com. ft Btr. 300.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 150.000' 4/4" Common 200.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 600,000' 4/4" No, 2 Com, 125,000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. GUM 150,000' Wide Box Boards 100,000' Narrow Box Boards .'>0,000 1^/4 Log Run iiiij,iiuu .>ttii,iv> i.u.v ^MIfS SSSSSSSS5SiSSSSS«SSSSSSSL5i5i$S«S««^^ Rviiulur Widths a»d Lengths ELM 100,000' 12/4" Log nun PLAIN BED GUM 200,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 17,000' 6/4" No. 1 Cora. & Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM 200,000' 4/4" No. I Ciim. & Btr, 30,000' 6/4" No, ) Com. & Btr. SAP TM 50,000' ^/Z" Log-,.. an 150,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 60.000' 4/4" Bol Bds., 9 to 12" 100,000' 4/4" Box Bds., 13 to 17" 30,000' 4/4" FAS, 13" & up PLAIN WHITE OAK 15,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN BED OAtf 15,000' 4/4" FAS, 8 to 10' 4'.,(ino' 4/1" FAS 3,-,. Olio' 4/J" No, 1 Com. 75,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. QUARTERED RED OAK 12,000' 4/4" scant No. 1 C. & Btr. PLAIN RED AND WHITE OAK 15,000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr., 13 moa. dry 45,000' 12/4" No, 13 mo3. dry 47,000' 10/4" No. 8 mos, dry 160.000' 12/4" No. 8 mos. dry 24,000' 12/4" No. 6 raos. dry 38,000' 10/4" No. 5 mos. dry 71,000' 12/4" No. 5 mos. dry 1 Com. & Btr.. 1 Com. & Btr.. 1 Com. & Btr, 1 Com. Sc Btr., 1 Cora. & Btr.. 1 Com. & Btr. . Ferguson & Palmer Co. This Stock Is Dry and Runs in Regular Widths and Lengths ASH SO, 000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora. & Btr. 230 nno' 8/4" No. 1 Cora. & Btr. 3,000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 9.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 75,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com, 60,000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. MAPLE 30,000' 12/4" LoE Run 10,000' 8/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM 15,000' 4/4" FAS 350,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 35.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 40.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. CYPRESS 40.000' 4/4" Log Run 6.000' 5/4" Log Run 3.000' 0/4" Lob Run 0.000' 8/4" Log Run HONEY LOCUST 10,000' 4/4" Log Run SAP GUM 20,000' 4/4" PAS 66.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 214,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 100,000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 30,000' 4/4" Boi Boards, 8 to 12" 40,000' 4/4" Box Boards, 13 to 18" 18,000' 5/4" FAS 105,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 10.000' 6/4" FAS 15,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 25,000' 5/4" No. 1 Cora. & Btr. 65.000' 6/4" No. 1 Cora. & Btr. 23.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 66.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 125.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 100. OOO' 6/4" No, 1 Com. & Btr. PENROD-JURDEN & McCOWEN, Inc. WHITE ASH 2 cars 1x6" to 10" FAS & Sel. y, car 1x10" & up FAS & Sel. 2 rars l'ix6" to 10" F.\S and Sel. 2 cars iy.x6" & up FAS & Sel., (all 8' and 10'. bone dry) 1 car I%x6" & up FAS & SeL 5 cars 2x6 & up FAS & Sel. 1 car 2x10" & up FAS & Sel. 3 cars 10/4x6" & up FAS & Sel. 3 cars 12/4x6" & up FAS & Sel. H car 14/4x6" & up. FAS &. Sel. 5 cars 5/4" No. 1 Com, 2 cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. 5 car« 8/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 10/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 12/4" No. 1 Com. V4 car 16/4" No. 1 Com. 2 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 6/4" No. 2 Cjim. 2 cars 8/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 10/4" No. 2 Cora. 1 car 12/4" No. 2 Com. We will make attractive prices on the following: 2 carB 2" Ash Shorts, 1 Face Clear. 4' to 8' 1 car 10/4" Ash Shorts, 1 Face Clear, 4' to 8' 1 car 12/4" Ash Shorta, I Pace Clear, 4' to 8' 2 canj 5/4x6" to 10" PAS & Sel., all 8' & 10', bone dry 1 car 2x6" & up Sol., bone dry We have a limited amount of care- fully selected Straight Grain Ash. .suitable for Aeroplane Construction. Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. PL A I.N WHITE OAK 15.000' 4/4" 1st & 2nds 30.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 20.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 40,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 20.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 18.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN BED OAK 30,000' 4/4" 1st & 2nd3 70,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 40,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN MIXED OAK 40,000' 4/4" Sound Wormy 60,000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 30,000' 6/4" No. 3 Com. QUARTERED BED GUM 200,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 30,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 150.000' .-1/4" No, 1 Com. & Utr. PLAIN RED GUM 30.000' 4/4" 1st & 2nds 75.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 30.000' Wide Box Boards 50.000' Narrow Box Boards 200.000' 4/4" 1st & 2nds 250.000' 4/4" No. 1 & No. 2 Com. 100.000' 5/4" 1st & 2nd9 140.000' 5/4" No. 1 & No. 2 Com. 30,000' 6/4" 1st & 2ncls 95,000' 6/4" No. 1 & No. 2 Com. MISCELLANEOUS 75,000' 0/1" No. 1 Com. & Better Elm 25,000' 6/4" No. 2 i No. 3 Com. Elm 15,000' 4/4" Log Bun Locust 45,000' 4/4" Log Run Sycamore 30,000' 4/4" 9 to 12" Cottonwood Box Boards BROWN & HACKNEY. Inc. ASH 17.000' I" No. 1 Com, 13,500' Hi" No. 1 Com. 12.500' 2" No. 1 Com. 8.000' 2" No. 2 Com. SAP GUM 35.700' 1x13—17" Box Boards 24.500' 1x8—12" Box Boards 87.500' 1" FAS 46.500' 1" No. 1 Com. 48,000' 1" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED GUM 11.500' 1" FAS 46,400' 1" No. 1 Com. 6.000' H4" Dog Boards 9,000' 2" Dog Boards QUARTERED RED GUM 40,800' 2" FAS !&SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS^SSSSSSS^ 14.500' 2" No 1 Com, 14,000' 1%" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED BLACK GUM 12.000' 1" FAS 4,500' \V<." Com. & Btr. PLAIN OAK 130,000' 1" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 110.000' No. 3 Com. 60.000' H4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 55.000' 1%" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 75.000' 2" No. 2 Cora. & Btr. 110.000' 2V4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 77,000' 3" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 40,000' 4" No. 2 Com. & Btr, POPLAR 30,000' 1" Noa. 1 & 2 Com. 24,000' H4" Noa. 1 &. 2 Cora. 10.000' IH" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 30,000' 2" No. 2 Com. Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. SAP GUM 35,000' 4/4" Panel. 18" & up 100.000' 4/4" Box Boards, 13 to 17" 200,000' 4/4" Box Boards, 7 to 12" 100,000' 4/4" FAS, 13 to 17" 150.000' 4/4" FAS, 6 to 12" 200.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 25,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 150,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 25,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. SELECTED RED GUM 250,000' 4/4" FAS 300.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 25,000' 5/4" FAS 50,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 60,000' 6/4" FAS 150,000' 0/4" No. 1 Com. 40,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 100,000' 4/4" FAS 150,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 15,000' 5/4" FAS 40,000' 5/4" No, 1 Com. 15.000' 6/4" FAS 20,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com, 50,000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 50.000' 10/4 ' Com. & Btr. 30,000' 12/4 ' Com, & Btr. SOFT ELM 150,000' 4/4" Log Run 20,000' .SM" Log Run 200.000' 8/4" Log Run 75.000' 10/4 Log Run 60.000' 12/4' Log Run SOFT MAPLE 20,000' 4/4" Log Run 35,000' 6/4" Log Run 50,000' 8/4" Log Bun 25,000' 10/4" Log Rub PECAN 35,000' 8/4" Log Bun GEO. C. BROWN & CO. PEACE We must now turn our attention to PEACE TIME PURSUITS, and, no doubt you will soon be in the market for lumber for the manufacture of your reg- ular line. We will consider it a privilege to quote you for your requirements in Southern Hardwoods. WRITE OR WIRE US MEMPHIS BAND MILL CO. SAP OVU. 5 can 1" FAS S cara 5/4" FAS 5 cara 6/4" FAS 7 cara 4/4" Box Boards, 9 to 12 13 carl 4/4" 13 to 17" Box Boaidi BED GUM 5 cars 13/17" FAS 2 cara 5/4" FAS 2 cars 6/4" FAS 5 cara 4/4" No, 1 Com. 1 car 6/4" No. 1 Com. 3 cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 4 care 8/4" No. 1 Com. A Btr. 2 cars 19/4" No, 1 Com. & Btr. 2 cara 12/4" No. 1 Com. * Btr. S cart 1 car 1 car 8 cara 2 cars S cara 1 car 10 cara 3 cars 2 cars 3 cara 1 car 10 cara 4 cara 2 cara 3 cars 2 cara 4 cara PLAIN RED OAK 4/4" FAS 5/4" FAS 6/4" FAS 4/4- No. 1 Com. 5/4" No. 1 Com. 4/4" No. 2 Com. 6/4" No, 2 Com. • PLAIN WHITE OAK 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 5/4" No. 1 Com. 4 Btr. 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 4/4" No. 2 Com. 6/4" No. 3 Com. 6/4" No. 3 Com. F.T.M 5/4" Log Bun 6/4" Log Run 8/4" Log Bun 10/4" Log Run 12/4" Log Bun J. H. BONNER & SONS AU Three of Us Wil lllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHUIIi^' Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD III |1^ ^ t i November 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 11 iriiiniJT _ rnrnn — rii iiiri rnini ^ in r mi iirrm — rn'vni' rn iiri 1 1 [rnr \ i iiil . Hill if - IH III .U i inr'-UltUI ■ i riITT"_mnT -111 ITI ' \m i TT . 11 in IT u mtttti ■i-mttti -itttttH 'H+ttti Mt+tm *vhmti ■ mitti • nrmi * mrtti - mttr * rTTTTti • ttrm 'rTTttti -mini" m tit -mm -111 nt *ninii in 11 11 The Appreciaied Gift f^, OU send holiday remembrances to your " ; 1 trade to express appreciation of cordial tJfe:" 1 business relations. Isn't the expressiveness of such a gift de- pendent upon its character, its originality, its very difference which stamps it as a tangible token of your real desire to please? Could that desire be more sincerely ex- pressed than to make your gift have the form of something of definite value and exclusive usefulness? 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FOR SALE BY HARDWOOD RECORD 557 SOU rN DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO s+>v HUM.mH-^WW-^mm-mmti-l4mW.Wmi-Hmti-ltii^4ti-^MVU"^^ ~ UHIMM -fflllUI UIIUll -"null iiMinr. niiiiii iiiiiiii i"iii" iiuiiii iiiiiiii'iiMiiM niimfiiiiiui All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 12 HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 A floor to adore For thirty-three years Wilce*8 Hardwood Floor- ing has been among the foremost on the market and because it stands today "unequalcd" 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 find it reduces the expense of laying and polishing. Our Booklet tells all about Hardwood Flooring and how to care Jar it — aUo prices — and is free. The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. 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 veneer* 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 & Qtd.-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 oo 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. Oak Floors Are Hygienic Sanitary living and sleeping quarters maintain health and prolong life. Oak floors are most sanitary and so are best for modern homes. They simplify house cleaning and house keeping. "Forked Leaf Brand OAIC FLOORING "The Kind That Makes Good" is guaranteed to be of superior grade and perfect manufacture and may be had in 13/16" or 3 8" thicknesses. The 3/8" variety is ideal for use over old floors or nevv sub-floors. Get the best. THE LONG-BELL LUMBER GO. R. A. Long Building, Kansas City, Mo. Lidgerwood Cableway Skidders with Mechanical Slack Puller Multiple Skidding Lines These exclusive features of the Lidgerwood Skidders reduce time of hooking on logs to a minimum. Send for catalogues LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO. Originators of Overhead and Ground Steam Logging Machinery Chicago 96 Liberty St., New York Seattle New Orleans: Woodward, Wight &. Co.. Ltd. Canada: Canadian Alll9*Chalmers, Ltd., Toronto lllllllll[111111|]llllllllillIlimilllUI[|IIIUll11IM»llilIII!llllllll]|llll!llllllll[lllllil]|l|[|||[tlllllll]|||||lll|||t||^ AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 13 MASON -DONALDSON LUMBER COMPANY'S LATEST LIST QUICK M-D MOVERS Ready for Shipping VON PLATEN LUMBER CO. IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN Manufacturers of NORTHERN HARDWOODS 75 M ft. of 4/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 150 M ft. of 4/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Birch 100 M ft. of 5/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Birch 75 M ft. of 5/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 100 M ft. of 6/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 100 M ft. of 8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. Birch We Offer for May Shipment 4«,M0' 4/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried Wbite Maple 4S,00»' 8/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 40,009' S/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 60,000' 6/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 150,000' 1x6" up Ne. 1 C. & B. Hard Maple 200,000' 4/4 te lC/4 Ns. 2 C. & B. Soft Elm 40,000' 4/4 No. 2 C. & B. Birch 113.0M' g/4 Ne. 2 C. & B. Beech Write us for prices teday East Jordan Lumber Co. Manufacturers "IMPERIAL" Maple Hooring East Jordan Michigan g BANS SAW MILLS g g Wlldnlllt, La. Varnadi. La. HirKlan. HIh. g = 1 I CLARENCE BOYLE I M Incorporated M M Manufacturers and Wholesaler* I B Southern Hardwoods | I and Yellow Pine | I 1205 LUMBER EXCHANGE BLDG- I I CHICAGO I pnnniiiiiiininiainffimiiiniinniiiiiiiuiiH COUNTERFEIT CHECKS are frequent except wtaara our Two Piece Geometrical Garter Coin iB in use. tDen imltatloQ isn't possible. Sample If you ask for IL S.D.CHILDS & Co. CHICAGO Wt also make Tl Checks, Stencils Lob Hamtners ^T If you are not a subscriber ^J^to HARDWOOD REC- ORD and have a suspicion that you would like to see a copy, it is yours for the asking. AU Three of Us Will Be BeneHted if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 14 HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918- CYPRESS ALL KINDS SOUTHERN HARDWOODS CRATING "We specialize in furnishing Fac- tory Stock, including all grades and thicknesses of Cypress, Sap, Red, Tupelo and Black Gum, Cot- tonwood, Oak, Elm, Sycamore and Ash. Permit us to take care of your orders." WRITE us QUALITY & SERVICE OUR MOTTO CORNELIUS LUMBER COMPANY I St. Loins Missouri EVANS CHATTANOOGA OAK GUM Would like to quote you on the following: BEECH 2 cars 6/4 Log Run CHESTNUT I car 8/4 No. I C. & Btr. COTTONWOOD I car 7/8 No. 1 C. & Btr. S2S WHITE OAK 1 ear 4/4 CIr. Sap Stps., Qtd.. 21/2-51/2" 5 cars 4/4 FAS, plain 2 cars 5/4 FAS, plain 5 cars 10/4 FAS, plain 5 cars 12/4 FAS, plain . 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C, plain 2 cars 10/4 No. 1 C, plain RED GUM 2 cars 4/4 FAS 2 cars 8/4 FAS 3 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. 2 cars 6 4 No. 1 Com. 1 car 8/4 No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 5 cars 4/4 FAS oar 8/4 FAS rr»rs ^ '4 No. 1 Com. 1 car 6/4 No. 1 Com. r 8/4 No. 1 Com. i c ■ '4 Box Boards, 13-17" 3 cars 4/4 Box Boards, 9-12" PLAIN RED OAK 8 cars 4/4 FAS 5 cars 10/4 FAS 5 cars 12/4 FAS CYPRESS 1 car 7/8 FAS, S2S 6 cars 6/4 FAS 6 cars 8/4 FAS 4 cars 12/4 FAS 2 cars 16/4 FAS QTD. RED GUM 1 car 6/4 FAS 1 car 8/4 FAS 2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. 2 cars 6/4 No. 1 Com. 1 car 8/4 No. 1 Com. G. H. EVANS LUMBER CO. BUSS-COOK OAK CO, BLISSVILLE. ARKANSAS MANUFACTURERS Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. As Well As OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried or kiln dried, rough or dressed MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY xj^aoxiiWj^wiw^MJtiatatTOW^tTO^^ Table of Contents REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: General Market Conditions 15-16 Future Loans and Future Business 16 SPECIAL ARTICLES: Important Announcements from Washington 17-19 Special Training for Woodworkers 22a More Regarding Philippine Mahogany 22b and 30b Birch as a Veneer Wood 23 Explaining the Woods 23-24 What About Quartered Oak? 24 and 29 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Michigan Hardwood Men Meet .19-20 Southern Loggers Meet 20 A Get-Together Meeting 20 A Mass Meeting by Lumbermen 21-22a Meeting of Wholesal 30b Northerners Discuss Foreign Trade 30b Northern Wholesalers in Live Meeting ^22b Miscellaneous 31 WITH THE TRADE 31-32 PERTINENT INFORMATION 32-3S HARDWOOD NEWS 35.41 HARDWOOD MARKETS 41.45 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 46-47 ADVERTISERS' DIRECTORY 49 HARDWOODS FOR SALE 47, 48 and 50 ..SCBSCRIPTION TERMS: In the United States and Its possesaions, an* Canada, $2.00 the year; In foreign countries. $1.00 extra postage. In conformity with the rules of the postofflce department, subscrlptlcns are payable In advance, and in default of written orders t* the contrary. are continued at our option. Instructions for renewal, dlscentlnuance, or change of address, should be sent one week before the date they are to ge Into effect. Both old and new addresses must be given. Both display and ctassifled advertising rates furnished upon application. Advertising copy must be received five days In advance of publication dates. Entered as second-class matter May 26, 1902, at the postofflce at Chicaga. III., under act of March 3. 1879 CHATTANOOGA, TENN. YOU Don't have to make claims on our shipments. We keep the doubtful boards. SATISFY YOURSELF Your inspector, your shop foreman, with the uni- formly high grades of our perfectly manufactured stock. Oak, Gum, Ash, Elm, Cottonwood, Hickory EVERYTHING IN SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Tell us to guott you. Tl.en wire us to ship. Beaumont Lumber Co. BEAUMONT, TEXAS All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD V^\y^^ir;i^iy^H^Mi^;^^^ Copyright, The Hardwood Company, 1918 Published in the Interest of the American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Logging. Saw Mill and Woodworting Machinery, on the 1 0th and 25th of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Edgar H. Defebaugh, President Edwin W. Meeker, Managing Editor Hu Maxwell, Technical Editor Seventh Floor Ellsworth Building 537 So. Dearborn Street. CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087-8088 Vol. XLVI CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 25, 1918 No. 3 ^^roiaiTO!:KOiMil!TO^TO!!Ki;^TO:!'^^ Review and Outlook General Market Conditions DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS the greatest progress iu the lumber industry toward reconstruction has been along the lines of crystallizing diverse opinions into what might be termed a trade policy. The big mass meeting of lumbermen from all sections which took place in Chicago last week was the climax to a series of recon- struction meetings that have been held in different parts of the country since the war ceased. The lumber trade recognizes, of course, that present inflated com- modity prices will eventually be lower, but is strongly convinced that so far as lumber is concerned any easing up in values will be very gradual and will go hand in hand with decreasing cost of production. Generally speaking, though, it is impossible to discern in the lumber outlook any conditions that would make for early decreases in lumber selling prices, as the momentum which carried manufacturing cost so rapidly upward has not yet spent itself. In fact, the trade at large has with difficulty been able to keep track of rapidly increasing pro- duction figures. Manufacturers clearly recognize this situation now and it is certain that there will be very few exceptions to the policy of sitting tight. Prospects for the lumbermen are too favorable and prospects for output indicate a too definite curtailment to make pos- siljle any other course. It has been suggested that the lumber trade is possibly paying too much attention to e.xport prosiiects, and in one sense this may be true, but on the other hand, the export possibilities are far more definite than they ever were before. Were the immediate future for lumber export confined to normal proportions, export markets would prob- ably not warrant the important consideration in the lumber program which they now enjoy, but it is difficult to controvert the probability that the demand for American lumber in foreign countries will be great and that tliis business will be very definite in extent and in the way it is carried out. The average man probably considers export needs as confined merely to the reconstruction of destroyed sections, but as a matter of fact, the biggest part of export trade will come from localities which have not felt the destructive influences. The tendency abroad has been to use other building materials than wood for home building, but the war has brought changes in this direction as in many others. Eepresentative men from foreign countries, because of close association in America, have come to appreciate the value and prac- ticability of the moilern and distinctly American style of architecture and construction based on wood as the primary material. It is cer- tain tliat this appreciation is going to have a substantial influence on rebuilding and new building abroad, and the prospect is that great quantities of American lumber will be needed outside the actual zones of military operation. So far as rebuilding in these sections is concerned, it must be remembered that hundreds of millions of feet of lumber will be salvaged from war uses and that the demand for new material will be substantially reduced in the immediate war areas because of this salvage possibility. On the other hand, vast building projects are crystallizing outside the war zone and it is in these directions that the bulk of lumber will be needed. It must be remembered that countries abroad also have their wood- working industries normally using large quantities of wood for pro- duction of the same articles as are manufactured by our own wood- working industries. European industries have in the past years been maintained mainly by artisans — men who manufacture various articles in small quantities with their own labor. The war has completely made over many of these industries abroad with the result that in resuming operations many of the woodworking lines in foreign coun- tries will proceed now more in conformity with American methods of standardized quantity production. Necessarily, foreign nations are going to give every encouragement to rapid resumption of commer- cial production and there is no reason to believe that Ijnes using lumber as a raw material will not feel the beneficial effects of such action. Therefore, considering this prospect and also considering the fact that all foreign markets have been absolutely denuded of lumber, it may be anticipated that even outside the construction pro- gram European niarkets in other lines are going to be hungry for American forest products. Thus it may be expected that the export need will be four or five times as great as it is normally, when it rep- resents in the neighborhood of three or four per cent of the total output of American lumber. So far as home industries are concerned, there has not been much new development in the way of increasing orders for lumber, but things are rapidly shaping themselves around to the point where {his will follow as a sequence. All bans on building have now been re- moved and it is stated that labor difficulty is becoming less. All lumber shipping restrictions have been cancelled and for the most part the scenes are laid for rapid coming back of normal trade. Buyers are hesitant undoubtedly because of anticipation of lower prices, and, as above stated, eventually lumber values will gradu- ally come down with decreasing cost of production. But it is a positive certainty that this -will not take place for a good many months ahead as the conditions surrounding lumber production render it absolutely impossible. Those buying lumber should bear in mind several points. Lumber now on sticks ready for shipment has been produced at abnormally high cost and this cost is thoroughly understood by producers. There is absolutely no possibility of any quantity of it being released at less than value. Production costs are still mounting in lumber manu- 16 HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 facturing circles and it will be five or six months at least before any noticeable reduction in costs will take place. Thus lumber produced during the next few months will represent as great an outlay to the producer as has that manufactured up to the end of the war. So it cannot be expected that lower priced lumber can possibly be put on mill yards within five or six months, and it will then take several months for this lower cost stock to become ready for shipping. In the meantime, the high priced lumber now on hand and that which will Ije manufactured whUe production figures arc still high cannot be cleaned up before lower priced offerings are available. The lumber trade has been more thoroughly organized and been given a more thorough understanding of this necessity the last months than ever before. All members of the trade recognize that lumber now on sticks and being produced represents a greatly increased cost and there is so much general confidence in the ultimate future that the lumber trade is not willing to jeopardize that future by unnecessary sacrifices now. So far as lumber cost is concerned, labor is the primary factor, and it is assured by definite resolutions on the part of representatives of the entire industry that wages will not be reduced except as they may gradually be brought down in conformity with decreasing living costs. Labor in the lumber field will be subject to the same influences as in other lines. The high peak of extravagant earnings of labor, brought about by the necessity for offering fabulous inducements to speed up war production will first disappear. Employees who have been oper- ating under such conditions must seek employment in other lines not in position to offer such financial inducements, and while it may be difficult for a percentage of the laboring element to come dovra to earth, the average laborer with dependents will soon learn in going about among commercial employers that he cannot expect the inflated returns he received under war conditions. This does not mean that these producers of commercial goods will offer less for labor than they have been offering, but even at their normal scale of wages, the laboring man's pay will be less than he received through government influence under the stress of war conditions. Thus, hundreds of thou- sands of laborers who will get out of war production and be assimi- lated gradually into commercial production will gradually realize that they cannot indefinitely expect the fabulous returns they received as war workers, and if their earnings are decreased not by arbitrary re- duction on the part of employers but rather through gradual absorp- tion by non-war industries, the change can very likely be brought without any great labor upheaval. It is, of course, apparent to everybody that the cycle of events under war conditions required vast increases in currency in order to pay greatly increased prices on all war commodities. It was of course necessary to offer such in- ducements in order to maintain war production as against commercial production. -War productiou now having ceased, abnormal outputs of currency will also cease. So it may be expected that eventually labor prices will gradually come down through natural influences, and the lumber trade will do well to adhere strictly to the resolutions cover- ing this point as adopted at the mass meeting last week. There are numerous side-lights on the lumber outlook which are in- teresting in themselves. There are quite a number of various woods which have been of special service in war construction, such as walnut. In some of these cases the buying trade has come to the erroneous conclusion that the vast quantities used in war construction so de- pleted stocks that there would not be sufficient to meet commercial need. Thus, many woodworkers have hesitated to include walnut in their plans for future lines, being convinced without reason that the airplane and gunstock program had taken the entire walnut resources of the country. As a matter of fact, the walnut industry was never organized until war requirements made this necessary and manufac- turers never knew how much walnut the country could produce. The result of this organization and of the effort to line up stocks has been to uncover vast walnut resources which in quantity are beyond the best calculations of the most experienced men in the business. As a matter of fact, walnut manufacturers now have a bigger supply of walnut logs on hand than they ever had before and they are probably in a better position than ever to handle all commercial needs for this product. Summarized, the lumber trade has before it the prospect of a very strong domestic and export demand and in connection with the latter, it may be said that in the last week, there have been offerings of bottoms for export business. There is the prospect of easy money in future months to take care of building construction which undoubtedly will get well under way during the winter months in the construction of large buildings which wUl be followed briskly in the spring with general residence construction. Lumber manufacturers are resigned at the same time to greatly decreased output this winter, although original estimates may be slightly increased, as it is reported that the labor supply is already beginning to ease up slightly. The present situation is strong in spite of the atisence of inquiries, and the future outlook is even stronger. Thus the lumber trade really has the situa- tion in its own hands, and if it is borne in mind that lumber now oil sticks and to be produced in the next few months will be high priced stock and if the trade as a whole adheres to a conservative policy on production and maintains a firm attitude towards sales, its future welfare is absolutely assured. Home Business Best MEN WHO WEAR FAESEEING SPECTACLES are now trying to catch distant glimpses of business opportunities iu foreign lands; but while straining their eyes in an attempt to penetrate the- horizon, they may overlook promising fields of trade very much nearer. Distance lends no special or mysterious value to opportunities. A thing need not be far away in order to be worth much. People expect great changes in world conditions and there is reason for such expectations; but it is foolishness to suppose that some of the coming changes will not take place close home and that business opportunities wHl not develop at our doors. No objection can be- urged against seeking export trade, by those who are prepared for it and want it ; but most people need not look so far away. The United states is full of prospects, some immediate and at hand, others a little more distant, yet within reach. Some lumbermen look longingly toward the three hundred thousand houses to be built in England; but more than six hundred thousand will be needed in America, and why not reach for some of that business instead of longing for what is beyond the sea? Europe needs tens of thousands of railroad cars. So do we. Motor trucks will be wanted beyond the Atlantic; Init four times the num- ber will be wanted in the United States. A shortage of furniture exists in western Europe. At least an equal shortage exists here be- cause our furniture factories have been busy with other work. The- enumeration need not be carried through the whole category. The same condition may be found everywhere. The home market is as good as the foreign in nearly everything, and is better in most. Why look to Siberia, China and Argentina when we need not look beyond Michigan, North Carolina and Missouri for chances to make salesf After taking advantage of all home chances, let surplus flow away to distant lands. This is not in any way intended as counselling neglect of foreigrb opjjortunities. Indeed, the export prospect is vast and should be de- veloped to the last possible dollar. But at the same time there are- just as important changes in our own country and the possibilities here should not take second place to the possibilities for export demand. The Embargo Cancelled The lumber embargo which was declared in force Sept. 16, 1918, has been cancelled, but not absolutely everywhere. Shipments to Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and eastern Canadian points are excepted. From information received, the operating conditions of" the railroads are good and the roads are in a position to handle traffic that may be offered. With the exceptions noted, shipments of lumber and forest products can now go forward without securing^ jiermits. The result on business will doubtless be quickly noticeable. The largest black walnut tree of which any record exists grew on Long Island and the trunk was hewed hollow and made into a cabin which was exhibited in New Tork and also, it is said, ia London seventy-five years ago. The diameter of the tree is stated to have been twelve feet. All Three of Us WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD Xovembei- 25, 191S HARDWOOD RECORD 17 Important Announcements from Washington By H. C. Hallam In connection with the shifting from war to peace many steps of special interest to the lumber trade have been taken by govern- ment officials here recently. One-half of the curtailment imposed by the government upon the industries named below among others lias been lifted in each case: Agricultural implements, refrigerators, ice cream freezers, wash- ing machines, clothes wringers, sewing machines, baby carriages, step ladders, scales, rat and animal traps, talking machines, lawii mowers, sporting goods, pianos, piano players, and automobiles. At the same time the war industries board authorized the follow- ing changes of priority rules, etc: Dealers in raw materials are relieved from the obligation to give and require pledges relating to such commodities, notwithstanding any pro- vision for pli'dges in any order or circular heretofore issued by the priorities division, and notwithstanding any stipulation in any pledge that they will require pledges from those who buy from them for resale ; provided, how- ever, building materials and other products shall not be sold and delivered for use in connection with any non-war construction projects save those for which no permit or license is required under priority circular Xo. 21. as revised, or those authorized by permits or licenses issued in pursuance of said circular : provided, manufacturers will continue to give pledges in accordance with the terms of orders and circulars heretofore issued, and comply with all pledges heretofore or hereafter given, save that they are hereby relieved from the provisions in such pledges as require manu- facturers to exact pledges from those who buy them for resale. The priiirities division will, as far as practicable, assist Industries in procuring materials, fuel, transportation and labor to enable them to increase their operations to normal limits as rapidly as conditions may warrant. The war industries board requests, and with confidence shall expect to receive, the continuance of that wholehearted cooperation and support of the industries of this nation which it has heretofore enjoyed, and which will make possible the success of so much of the industrial adjustment program covering the period of transition from a war to a peace basis as it is called upon to administer. War Activities Curtailment Next day Chairman Baruch of the war industries boanl author- ized the following: Deferred building projects amounting to more than ?20.0n0.000 were released yesterday. This action followed promptly the modification of restrictions on non-war construction. Particular eflfort was made to give release as quickly and as widely as possible to building operations that had been restricted. The projects for which releases were issued cmuprisc- a very large number of buildings of comparatively small size. This means a wide distribution of work all over the country. Tlii' action will be beneficial particularly therefore to the small building con- tractors. The first revision of curtailments upon the use of coal pursuant to the halting of the nation's war program was announced about the same tim.> by the fuel administration. .Vll limitations on the use of fuel in the pro- duction of building materials were ordered removed. The fuel administration also reduced by one-half the curtailments in fuel consumption by the brick, tile, cement, and terra cotta. industries. Some War Work to Continue Regarding army construction plans Secretary of War Baker has said: Some of the projects are for permanent use and some are only tem porary ; the permanent ones will go on, and the temporary ones will be gradually stopped. Some of the camps will undoubtedly be abandoned speedily. The first ones to be discontinued will be certain of the canvas camps. We will preserve a large number of camps and cantonments as the place of resi- dence during the demobilization of units returning from abroad, but we will not need them all. and as soon as we determine how many we need we will pick out the most available and accessible and discontinue the others. The war industries board has issued a rule giving to lumber orders for the railroads a priority rating higher than that accorded any other class of orders. This action is taken to permit construction delayed by the war. Lumber prioirities for the "War Department are cancelled by thb new order, while lumber priorities for the navy, shipping board emergency fleet corporation, the housing corporation and the labor department's bureau of industrial housing and transportation are all accorded an equal priority, an automatic rating of Class A-5. Following is the order which is addressed to lumber manufac- turers: The rules governing priorities in proiluction and delivery of lumbei appearing on pages 6 to 8 inclusive of Circular No. 54 issued by the priorities division under date of October 25, 1918, are hereby amended as follows : .\U orders placed after clearance through the lumber section of the war industries board (a> by or for the Navy Department, or (b) by or for a contractor or agent uf said department, or (c) by c.r for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, or (d) by or for builders of ships or other water craft under direct contracts with said fleet corporation, or (e) by or for the bureau of industrial housing and transportation, shall be accorded an automatic rating of Class A-5, unless a different specific rating shall have been given. Paragraph numbered 3 of said rules is hereby repealed and there is substituted therefor the following paragraph: All orders heretofore or hereafter placed by any railroad company in the United States (except private railroads not operated as common car- riers) shall be accorded an automatic rating of Class .\-3, All of said orders shall take the rating herein named without the necessity either of an indorsement or affidavit by the officer or party placing the same, and without reference to the purpose for which the lumber embraced in the order is to be used. The West Baden hotel, at West Baden, lud., will be made suitable- for a 1,200 bed government hospital, at a cost of $12.5,000; and changes will be made in the Henry Ford hospital to make it suitable for army needs. It will have 2,000 beds, and the cost will be $80,000. Eighteen million dollars have been authorized for additional camp construction, of which $7,-500,000 will be expended at Camp Grant; $4,815,000 at Camp Custer; $2,835,210 at Camp Dodge; $1,203,185 at Delaware ordnance depot, and smaller sums elsewhere. All outstanding licenses for the importation of wood as specified in or classified under paragraph 647 of the tariff act of 1913, except cedar and balsa wood, have been revoked as to ocean shipment after October 25, 1918. Hereafter, no licenses will be issued for the importation of wood as specified in or classified under paragraph 647 of the tariff act of 1913, except cedar and balsa wood, other than to cover shipments from Mexico or Canada by other than ocean transportation, when such commodities originated in such coun- tries. Shipments from Europe or Mediterranean Africa when com- ing as return cargo from convenient ports where loading can be done without delay. A change is contemplated in the compilation and publication of trade statistics. More than 1,500 items will be added to export subjects, and publication will be based on the calendar rather than the fiscal year. The war industries board will act as the clearing house of all information relating to contract adjustment. It will receive infor- mation concerning contracts to be cancelled from the various departments of the government, and, through the various commodity sections of the board, keep in constant contact with the various industries. At all times will there be contact maintained with the Labor Department also so that as labor is released from the war industries by contract cancellations immediate demand for its serv- ices can be located elsewhere. As the demand for raw materials is lessened by the reduction of war requirements and the cancellation of war contracts, if and when such cancellations be made, the raw materials so made avail- able will be released and allocated by the war industries board, for use in supplying civilian and export demands, which through curtail- ment have been held in check during the war. In addition to the 18 HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 ordinary commercial requirements there will be a heavy flow of materials thus released to supply the demand for the great recon- struetional work required by the European countries. At the same time there is to be a gradual lifting of the restrictions and curtail- ments that have been imposed upon industry by the exigency of the war so as to allow as promptly as possible free flow of all supplies into peace channels. The war industries board will continue to exercise its functions until the peace treaty is signed. Cancelled Contracts Arrangements are being mad>' for terminating contracts when the war does not require their completion, and proper investigations will determine equitable allowances and compensation to meet the needs of each case. A circular dealing with that phase of the situa- tion has been issued by George W. Goothals, director of purchase, storage, and traflic. It has been announced by the secretary of war that in returning to a peace basis: The first units to be demobilized will be the development batt.ilions ar all camps. The development battalions are made up of men who were under physical requirements or who needed some special drill or discipline to bring them into full military value — underdeveloped physically largely. There are something like fifty thousand altogether. No furloughs will ha granted, but they will be honorably discharged, of course. There is no cer- tain date. Every man who is discharged from the army has to have a physical examination and a verj- careful record made for statistical status. and instead of furloughing them and then discharging, they will be dis- charged, so that there may be no subsequent claims against the government. .411 of those men will have to be examined by the doctors and the medical department is prepared to take over the question of rapid examination and discharge. No date has been set for examination, but I have an idea it will be soon. It is not contingent upon anything, hut will be done as soon as convenient. It is difficult to grant requests from business institu- tions, etc., for men because it breaks up units and creates an inequality of conditions, and it is not likely that individual requests can be granted. The physical examination applies also to students at schools. The central officers' training camp schools will be discontinued. The thing that we have to do and the thing that we must do is to demobilize the men in this country and all the others with reference to their occupational oppor- tunities, so as to let them go back into normal lite of the country without filling the country with unemployed men. The war department is working in close cooperation with the department of labor and the war industries board as much in the discharge of men as in the termination of contracts. . The following statement is issued by assistant secretary of war, Benedict Crowell, who is specially charged with the industrial aspects of demobilization: With the signing of the armistice the war department is faced with an intricate problem and great responsibilities. The industries of the country, which have responded whole-heartedly to the call of the govern- ment for increased production and which were going at a rate never before attained, must be diverted from war time prodnction to their normal occu- pations in times of peace. The first and primary consideration in getting back to this normal basis is to make this readjustment with as little inconveniences as possible, and with a continuous employment of labor. It is also essential that the production o( material for war, which means now a waste of material which could be used for civilian population both here and for the purposes of reconstruction in Kurope. should be stopped as speedily as is consistent with the primary consideration of lalior and the industries. Instructions have therefore been issued to all bureaus of the war department, governing the methods of slowing down of production, so that as far as possible there sh.uild be a tapering off ot war work, giving time for industrial readjustment and for the industry to take up civilian work. In connection with the plans for readjusting the affairs of the country from a war -to a peace basis, developments of special inter- est to the hardwood interests are occurring. Negotiations are understood to be under way with a view to terminating government contracts for a quantity of hardwood material for airplane con- struction, etc. While contracts have a clause permitting cancellation, it is planned in many cases to terminate them instead. This method, it is understood, permits more liberal adjustments than the can- cellation clause would. Manufacturers who have accumulated stocks of materials for use in carrying out government contracts will be protected. Instead of buying such materials, the govern- ment may make cash payments to the contractors. Thus would be obviated the necessity of the government going into the lumber business. No more orders for aircraft material will be placed, according to Gen. Disque, chief of the spruce production division of the war department. This applies to hardwood materials as well. Quite a lot of these have been collected for making propellers, veneer and panel work, gun stocks, etc. The government itself is reported to have a considerable stock of gunstocks and gunstock material on hand at the big rifle manufacturing plants it owns and operates at Eddystone, Pa., and Bridgeport, Conn. The withdrawal of the government from the market might be expected to cause a slump in things, but officials of the war indus- tries board who are close to the lumber situation do not expect there will be a sag continuing for any great length of time. They say this is true because the lumber industry has been less affected than many other industries as a result of government war orders. Officials see no reason for any considerable decline of lumber prices, as they say that the demand for lumber will be large for making boxes and containers for goverumeut and other shipments, also in connection wdth construction, as pretty much all of the government restrictions on building operations have been lifted. Conditions in the southern lumber industry are expected to be better than on the west coast, as government orders for aircraft material have constituted a very material part of the business of the latter section and such orders have been chopped off short. Thd chopping off is reported to have found the government with some 30,000,000 to 40,000,000 feet of aircraft stock in the log which, however, it is not the present intention of the government to put on the market for some time. Lumbermen who have been helping the government win the war are looking forward to an early return to their homes. M. E. Phil- brick, hardwood expert on the staff of Director of Lumber Edgar, plans to return to Boston within a week. Capt. Selfridge, the red- wood representative on the staff, is leaving for Chicago for a hear- ing on the minima case before a representative of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Capt. Selfridge is chairman of the trans- portation committee of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Asso- ciation. From Chicago he does not expect to return here. Mr. Edgar is planning a Thanksgiving at his home in New Jersey and a winter in Florida. However, the work of his department will continue for some time. If he is not in charge personally, Major A. Mason Cooke will probably be in charge. Maj. Cooke says he hardly hopes to get away before January. While no plans are known of as yet looking toward closing the hardwood offices here, some of the softwood bureau offices are look- ing for an early getaway for themselves. The Georgia-Florida Emer- gency Bureau, for instance, may be closed in December. Reports say that the Washington office of the Southern Pine Emergency Bureau may close up shop any time, but the work of the bureau at its main office in New Orleans will require some time to close out, it is understood. There will be work for the lumber section of the war industries board, if rumors are true concerning the national meeting of lum- l>ermen at Chicago. It is reported that that meeting may ask the government to continue regulation of the lumber industry for a time during the reconstruction period. Government price fixation will continue at least until the expira- tion of outstanding orders. It could continue until the formal declaration of peace after the ratification of the treaty. It will continue for at least a portion of that period after the expiration of the existing orders, it is believed, if the trade requests it, as it may do at Chicago, according to report here. The war department is holding up for a week or more all orders for additional military construction projects in this country until it can be determined what the policy of the government will be regarding such work. Lumbermen expect that things will settle down to a satisfactory basis. It is said that production has declined; that not many mills November 25. 191S HARDWOOD RECORD 19 have large stocks; that yards need stock; that the revival of build- ing construction will require much lumber. There has been discussion about the possibility of a general lum- ber bureau to handle foreign government orders for lumber for reconstruction purposes, distributing them among the various branches of the trade, but lumbermen say it would not be prac- ticable. However, the southern pine industry ' is reported to be planning joint selling agencies to handle foreign business and the west coast lumbermen are understood to be pretty well organized for such business. Government orders for 10,000,000 feet or more Douglas fir have been cancelled and for 20,000,000 feet or more yellow pine, but cancellations are not so real as they seem, it is said, in some cases, as some cancelled orders had hardly been received and other such orders have been shipped. Cancellations do not affect shipped orders, it is stated. In addition to cancellations, the southern pine bureau has been ordered to hold up 85,000,000 feet of ordered lumber. Another government war time restriction was removed when the car service section of the railroad administration ruled that the lumber embargo order applying to movement of forest products into the north and east was cancelled November 16. In a report on the brush industry the United States tariff com- mission says of the wood used in the industry, that it is chiefly hardwood imported from the tropics, but that birch, beech, maple and cherry from New York and New England and California red- wood are also used. Some manufacturers buy the wooden handles or backs ready-made; others cut them from the log or lumber in their own factories. The signing of the armistice has led to an announcement that there will be no new battalions in the Twentieth regiment of forestry engineers. The enlisted men in them were to have been inducted into the service under the draft, and no further calls under the draft will be issued, it has been announced. Likewise there are to be no more commissions issued to officers for the new battalions. The result is a lot of prospective "lef tenants" out in the cold. The army medical department has been on the market for some time for 100,000 bed trays with legs, 6,000 typwriter tables and 10,000 folding bedside screens. The war department has caUed for bids for several hundred log wagons, lumber wagons, tool wagons and street sweepers. It is understood here that standardized houses will be erected on farms in the forest fire swept region of Minnesota. Reconstruction will be one of the problems for discussion at the meeting of the National Chamber of Commerce at Atlantic City December 3 to 6. ^;;TO^;i;^i::^il^A^^;AOTM^tOT^^iTOaimM;t^^ Michigan Hardwood Men Meet -^ On November 13, at Hotel Shelby, Detroit, Mich., the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association held its fall meeting and surveyed the past field of activities and looked into the future in an effort to determine what could reasonably be expected in the way iif business. The report of the market conditions committee as presented by Charles R. Abbott of Cadillac, its chairman, showed that the stocks on hand October 1 indicated less liardwood than in one, two, three or four years previous. Hemlock stocks on hana measure 75,000,000 feet, compared with 104,000,000 a year ago. Indications make it seem probable that demand will absorb the production of the members of the association. The output of lum- ber has been held down, and now, with the close of the war upon us, new and large markets are to be expected. The speaker urged the wisdom of being ready to take advantage of all opportunities, and this can be accomplished by pursuing the best business methods. He laid stress on the importance of weekly sales reports, especially in these times when it is necessary for every member to be in close touch of the market. In the discussion that followed only optimistic words were expressed as to the future. The fact that the govern- ment has canceled some contracts which required hardwoods in the manufacture of the war products was more than offset, it was claimed, by the prompt action of the war industries board in lifting the ban on building, and on many industries which are heavy consumers of hardwoods. Discussions by various members gave more or less attention to the change from war to peace and the probable effect it would have on the hardwood industry in Michigan. There was no uneasiness. Instance after instance was cited to show that where a little slack might result from the government's going out of the market as a buyer, the loss would be made more than good by new business coming in, by industries entering the field as buyers which have not bought much lumber during the last year or two. Some warned against overproduction and based their warning on the belief that the labor situation would soon change for the bet- ter. The sentiment against overproduction was strongly expressed, for it was agreed that the road to prosperity does not lead in the direction of too much production. A report sent to the meeting by Roy H. Jones, the assoeiation 's Washington representative, dealt with the hardwood situation a^ it can be seen and foreseen at this time. It soon became evident that the export trade was in the eyes of many. They believed that a demand was about to develop in Europe for Michigan hard- woods. It was believed that maple in particular would be wanted beyond the sea, and Michigan is the principal source of this excel- lent wood. As a flooring wood it has rivals but no superior, and in all the reconstruction that is promised in France and Belgium, it is reasonable to suppose that demand will come for maple floor- ing in large quantities, and perhaps some maple and other hard- woods for other purposes. A sentiment in favor of sending Roy H. Jones to Europe as the representative of the association was clearly seen at the meeting. His work at Washington during the war was pronounced highly satisfactory. J. C. Knox, secretary of the association, read a report in which he discussed markets of the immediate and more distant future, now that war conditions are rapidly approaching their end. He saw bright prospects ahead. Financial affairs occupied most of the secretary's report. He said more money is needed to take care of the enlarging work and increasing opportunities. The association acted immediately on his recommendations and unanimously voted the increased assess- ment on both hardwood and hemlock shipments from four to six cents a thousand feet, raised the minimum membership fee from $50 to $100 and provided that members of the association in the upper peninsula who also belonged to the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association would be assessed at half the regular rate. There was not a quibble about the possibly increased amount that the association will pay into the treasury of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, if the pro- posed program of that organization is adopted on December 16, as the Michigan hardwood men believe firmly in the work of the national body and the good it is doing for the lumber industry as a whole. Transportation matters likewise claimed the attention of Secre- tary Knox. He called attention to Michigan log rates, which he regarded as excessive. He said the condition in the southern part of the state was worse than in other parts and cited an instance in which a former rate of 2.6 cents on a 12-mile haul had been raised to six cents. Other rates of 5.5 cents had been raised to eight and ten cents. Where reduction had been obtained for some of the 20 HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 excessive rates, he said, reparation was expected. His warning was: lord. The autumn was favorable for fire protection and losses were "Look to your log rates." small. From June till the middle of October only a little more than Michigan forests have fared unusually well this year with fires, 1000 acres of forest land was burned over. That is a very small according to a report made by Fire Warden J. L. Morford of Gay- loss compared with some years, or with Minnesota this year. 7^jy:iii;s^iami«^^ Southern Loggers Meet The eighth annual meeting of the Southern Logging Association convened in New Orleans, November 12, for a session of three days, with President V. C. Langley in the chair. A program had been provided for the occasion, furnishing something fresh and appro- priate for each day. The address by the president outlined the work before the asso- ciation and reviewed what had already been accomplished, and in that connection war work occupied a prominent place, especially that part of war work concerned with shipbuilding. The demand of the wooden ship upon the lumber industry was recognized. The report of the secretary-treasurer, James Boyd, dealt prin- cipally with money and wire rope. The latter was greatly needed by lumbermen in moving their logs, and the report indicated that adequate supplies might soon be looked for. An itemized account of receipts and expenditures gave a balance of $96.42 in the treasury. The total receipts had been $944.63. On the afternoon of the first day the association listened to an address on labor for logging camps by Cliff Williams, representing the United States Department of Labor. W. H. Lee, logging superintendent of the Union Sawmill Com- pany, Huttig, Ark., spoke on the topic of labor maintenance in the logging industry. He pointed out that conditions were worse in 1918 than in the year before, although plenty of laborers seemed to be seen, particularly traveling on trains and standing about rail- road platforms. Good living conditions for men in logging camps was advocated as the surest means of securing and holding a good class of laborers. Of course, the food is of even greater importance than the shelter and sleeping quarters. The frequent or constant presence of the company's doctor at the camp should be an influence for good, and it should be the doctor's duty to see that sanitary con- ditions are looked after promptly. The speaker expressed the opinion that attractive camp surroundings had as much to do as high wages in keeping a contented and efficient labor supply. B. G. Pasco of the A. J. Neimeyer Lumber Company, Little Kock, Ark., occupied a place on the program to discuss the location of spurs on logging railroads. He drew a distinction at the start between the problem of putting in a permanent road or spur, and in putting in one intended to be temporary. The engineer who is familiar with most of the matters involved in building a per- manent railroad, may be at a loss if called upon to construct a tem- porary spur. Much must be learned by experience in that as in many other things. A wideawake logger may possess excellent judgment concerning the location which will best serve the par- ticular tract of timber to be cut; but the lumberman may have difficulty in fitting the road to the ground; because he has not learned in school or by experience the geometrical problems involved. Any competent civil engineer's road would probably be a good railroad, as such; good alignment, light curves, and with as easy grades as consistent with the conditions, all of which are very important points without sacrificing other more important things. Bight there is where the difference between standard practice and log-spur work begins. The log spur has just two conditions to satisfy: it must enable enough logs to be gotten out with the available equipment to log the mill, and be so placed and built that the total cost of building the spur, maintaining it, operating over it, and getting the logs to it, will be less than that of any other possible combination. It is absolutely necessary to have the road good enough to allow the engines available to pull enough loads over it in the course of a day to a little more than run the mill. If to save money or time the grades are left so steep that the motive power is unable to make the required tonnage in the course of the day, a very bad condition results, and the longer the spur and the more timber there is to come out over it, the worse off everyone connected with the job is. This one fact brings into prominent notice a point of the first importance to successful and economical logging, and one which is very seldom given proper consideration. It is necessary, to get the best results, that the management should know before any rail- road is built, just where every main spur will go, and just what timber will come out over it. This calls for considerable initial expense in making the necessary surveys, and most companies pay no attention to it, being gener- ally in too big a hurry to begin operating, even if they would not object to making the investment. It is certain, however, that no companies, with the possible exception of those operating in the very flattest and easiest country, ever evade paying for the neces- sary surveys, whether they get them or not. Those who have them made at the right time get the benefit of them, and reap their reward by making no costly mistakes. They have their eyes open, and know what to expect, and therefore save unnecessary construc- tion costs, needlessly high operating expenses, and oftentimes ruinous delays. The practice of cutting down trees and bucking them into logs was the topic assigned for discussion to H. S. Snyder of the New Deemer Manufacturing Company, Deemer, Miss. He was not pres- ent but sent in a paper on the subject, in which the following suggestion occurred: The first thing I would advocate is to get an honest man. an experienced log cutter, commonly called a flat head, who can file a cross-cut-saw, and use him as foreman. First of all, test him as to his honesty, which Is a very important factor for a man being used as foreman, more especially in this capacity, as it is his duty to checli after the scaler, and if the job Is not large enough to use one or more scalers, he can do or help do the scaling, and should something happen that his filer would not be out, he can take his place, and he would also be qualified to know whether bis filer is giving satisfaction or not, as flat heads are bad to complain about the flier. The United States was represented by Austin Cary, who spoke to the meeting on a number of logging and forestry problems. Safety appliance and careful attention in relation to accident prevention was the subject of a talk by R. L. Weathersby of the Kirby Lumber Company. A Get-Together Meeting The American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association has sent out notices of a meeting to be held at Louisville, Ky., December 17 and 18. The meeting will take place in the Seelbaeh hotel. This is called a special meeting to comply with all of the pro- visions of the agreement made between the executive committees of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States and the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association at a meet- ing held at Louisville, October 19, 1918. An election of oflScers for the American Hardwood Association wUl also be held, tliis being its annual meeting. The important business to be transacted at the joint meeting will doubtless call together a large attendance of hardwood men; for they realize that benefits will accrue to the industry by having one strong, large organization, and that it is important to have the best men present and take part in forming the organization. November 25. 1918 m A Mass Meeting hy Lumbermen ||| Several hundred hiiiiliermen from all parts of the United States assembled in the gold room of tlio Congress hotel, Chicago, on No vcmber 22, in resiionse to a tclcgrapliic call by John H. Kirby, presi- dent of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. The call followed close upon tlie signing of the armistice and while the jiurpose of the meeting was not announced in advance, it was understood by nil who received the call that the meeting was being held to discuss problems connected with the change in lumber conditions due to the sudden ending of the war. No program was prepared for the guidance of the meeting's delib- erations, except that the names of a few speakers were announced, and the fact was announced that the board of directors would hold a meeting. It was stated also that provision would be made for reso- lutions. This was the sum of the information concerning the pur- pose of the meeting, and the delegates assembled at the appointed time and at once entered upon the work that was understood to be in need of doing. Purpose of the Meeting When John H. Kirby, president of the National Lumber Manu- facturers' Association, called the mass meeting to order in the Congress hotel, lie stated that tlie call had been sent out by tele- graph, following a conference of about forty lumbermen in Wash- ington a few days before. A number of government officials had come before that congress and had given information on the subject of the change from a war basis to one of peace. The business of the country was vitally concerned and it was felt that business men should be fully informed, not for the purpose of warning them of dangers, but on the contrary, to allay the fears of any who might be uneasy as to what lies ahead. In view of that, it was deemed necessary to summon lumbermen in mass meeting in Chicago, and the call was accordingly sent out by wire, and the response was so prompt that lumbermen came from all parts of the United States, not only manufacturers of lumber, but wholesalers and retailers, and there came likewise men who are identified with other indus- tries. Several hundred business men had assembled at the appointed hour. Chairman Kirby in calling the meeting to order, stated that this call had been sent out because of the rapid change in conditions in Europe. He knew of no reason why lumbermen should be panicky, and briefly reviewed the situation, the substance of his talk being that botli supply and demand were in favor of lumber- men. The meeting, had been called for the purpose of counseling together, and the meeting was turned over to those present. A brief program had been prepared, the principal speakers being Brigadier-General E. C. Marshall; George M. Reynolds, president of the Continental and Commercial bank, Chicago; Hon. Edwin B. Parker, priorities commissioner, War Industries Board, Washington, and Harry A. Wheeler, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Several speakers who were not named on the printed program addressed the meeting. How THE Cantonments Were Built General Marshall was prevented from being present, but he sent a paper which was read by Col. E. H. Abadie. The paper gave the particulars of the construction by the government of various can- tonments, camps, hospitals, and other structures in which 3,000,000,- 000 feet of lumber were used and $140,000,000 expended, all within the space of sixteen months from the first outline of a jjlan. The remarkable feat was made possible by cooperation and organiza- tion, and therein lies one of the lessons which may be learned from the war. General Eeynolds sounded a warning that the labor situation should not be changed rapidly, but such changes as must come should be brought about gradually. A similar note was sounded by all the speakers, and some dwelt upon the matter with special emphasis and discussed various points of the labor problem that ought to be given careful consideration. Optimistic View of the Future The address by George M. Beynolds was characterized by optimism. The speaker could see no very dark clouds ahead in the business world, and could see many that were bright with promise. He looked upon the war as a training which Americans should turn to account. It has taught the power of cooperation and par- ticularly of organization. We have learned the results which come when resources and effort pull together. He insisted that care must be exercised in slowing down the train anealers' Association. The Empire State Forest Products Association ol New York. The National Uureau of Wholesale Lumber Distributors. TIic Alabama and Mississippi Emercrency Bureau. Tlie Retail Lumber Dealers' Association of Indiana. The Illlinois Lumber and Builders' Suppl.v Dealers' .\ssociation. The Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers. The Wisconsin Retail Lnmlter Dealers' .Vssociatioii. The resolutions written by the committee and adopted by the mass meeting with a single dissenting vote were in substance as follows: Reasonable trade or other agreements tending to Conserve man power, transportation and other facilities, raw materials or other national resources, should be subject, so far as advisable, to approval by some responsible federal agency, and that Congress ought to enact the necessary legislation. It was recommended that a resolution to this effect be presented to the coming meeting of the National Cham- ber of Commerce at Atlantic City. The definition of invested capital, as contained in the bill before Congress, was declared to be unfair to lumber manufacturers, and it was declared that the pre-war values as of March 1, 1913, if the propertj' was accjuired before that date, ought to be recognized as the measure of investment ; and lumbermen ought to acquaint their representatives in Congress with tlic unique economics of the lumber business. The meeting went on record as opposed to the increases in railroad rates that have been proposed; and on the other hand, it advocated measures for the purpose of relieving lumber of unjust transporta- tion rates which it is now paying. The building of wooden vessels was favored. The meeting declared itself opposed to any general readjustment of wage scales that are not in keeping with general adjustments of living costs and economic conditions. The request of the American Federation of Farmers for representa- tion on wage boards where awards affect the farmers' cost of living, was favored by the meeting, and the promise was made that the request would be duly considered in constituting such boards. The woi-k done by the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., was approved, and lumbermen were asked to avaU themselves of the help offered by the laboratory. Hope was expressed that the government would make adequate appropriations for carrying on the laboratory's work. A census of the country's standing timber was approved, and the help of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association was pledged to the bureau of the census and the Forest Service if they undertake to compile such census. Reciprocal import duties were favored, to the end that foreign countries cannot ship their lumber in here free of duty unless they admit our limiber free. It was the sense of the meeting that lumber interests should be adequately represented at the forthcoming Atlantic City conference, and that all region;tl associations lie notified of the importance of that meeting. The concluding resolution was in these words: "This convention endorses the suggestion made by Judge Edwin B. Parker in his very able address, wherein he stated that the govern- ment'.s program of price fixation should be abandoned at the expiration lit the periods as fixed by the price fixing committee for the various regions." Northerners Hold Pre-convention Meeting On Thursday members of tlie Michigan and Wisconsin hardwood manufacturing trade held a nu-cting preliminary to the mass meeting on Friday and Saturday. About a hundred prominent manufacturers from these two states were present, the discussions hinging mainly upon problems and pro.speets pertinent to that particular section. The tone of the meeting was keenly optimistic, there being a total absence of any spirit of pessimism. Northern operators anticipate a short period to cover preparations for great activity in all wood using lines. The entire lumber trade is greatly cheered over growing evi- dence of building resumption, it being, though, the general idea that frame construction will not get very well under way until spring building weather comes on. There will probably be no delay, how- ever, in starting such large projects as public buildings of all kinds, and in fact, permits for immediate construction have already been issued for numerous such large projects in many of the big cities. The various speakers dwelt upon the necessity for a closer studying of markets and keeping cheek on changes that may be expected to occur. It is impossible to accomplish the tremendous readjustment that will come about during the next six months witliout radical changes, and the speakers concurred in recognizing the absolute ne- cessity for a close individual study of conditions and for working together on the part of the trade as a whole. Among the prominent speakers were H, H. Butts, Park Palls, Wis., chairman of the markets committee of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association; J. H. Kirby, president of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association; W. R. Brown, Berlin, N. H.; Assistant to Director of Lumber Edgar of Washington, D. C, and J. E. Rhodes, New Orleans, La., secretary of the Southern Pine Association. Special Training for Woodworkers Tlie New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse has sent out a circular letter to some of the larger operators in the forest products industry, placing before them a suggestion concerning the disposition of soldiers who return from Europe and who will be under the necessity of finding suitable work. This applies particu- larly to those who have been wounded and for that reason must give up what they were doing before the war and must find some- thing else. Men may have lost a hand, a foot, or an eye, and on account of it not be able to accept work to which they were formerly accustomed, but who are fully -able to do other things, if given the benefit of special training. For instance, a man who has lost an eye or a hand would not be disqualified from operating a dry kiln, or a man with one foot might qualify as an apprentice to the machine foreman of a paper plant. The college above named makes the suggestion that it undertake the special training of such soldiers and assist them in securing suit.able positions. The college has dry kilns, woodworking machines, and miniature plants of various kinds with which to give training in practical work along different lines. Letters have been sent to manufacturers, acquainting them with the proposal and asking them if they have places for any men who may be given this special training. In this way it is believed that a line can be had on the possibilities of the plan. Government contracts for housing are being jilaced and new and special types of office furniture are being prepared for the govern- ment. Five-ton and ten-ton artillery tractors are now in quantity pro- duction of approximately 500 of each type per month. This produc- tion is being steadily increased. Novemljer 25, 1918 l^iatTO!>tW5Ci)iOTi)iTOtf>sroTOTOi^^^ iTO«Kmt«w.'ro;iii!:>iatiiwaitwati»jgp^ i Northern Wholesalers in Live Meeting m The one thought carried awa.v from the semi-annual meeting of the Northern Hardwood Wholesak'rs' Association was optimism. The meeting was given over entirely to a discussion of future outlook. The question was approached from every conceivable angle. The meeting took place Friday, the fifteenth, at the Milwaukee Athletic Club. President H. C. tlumphrey of Appleton, Wis., was in the chair and spoke as follows: llistor.v since our last meeting has been making rapidl.v. The Hun has hcon v;H»|uishctI— an armistice boon proclaimed— the bloody part of the wai is over and now comes the great problem ot readjustment, and getting business from a war to a peace basis. What the Immediate future has in store (or us is the great problem we have to meet. The coming few months, m my uplnion are going to be critical ones and it will be necessary for lumbermen to use their greatest ability and courage in keeping their busi- ness from becoming temporarily panicky as far as lumber prices are con- cerned. My uuilorstandiug is that most all consumers are under the impression that there will be a very decided slump in all lumber prices now thai peace is at hand and that they are postponing their buying with that ex- pectation and it is. therefore, necessary for us to keep a tight rein on our sales and use every effort possible to keep prices from becoming demoral- ized. No one can form any idea of what conditions are going to be. One man's opinion is about as good as that of another. A few days ago I read a very enthusiastic speech made recently by a prominent head of a large eastern banking concern to the effect that the prosperity of this country would not be affected by the close of the war and that there would be more goods bought than during the war period and that in his opinion this country was to have unlimited business, stating thai we were coming out of this war the richest nation on earth — that we wouUl have the largest merchant marine — that we had been enlarging our foreign trade during the war period — that our factories were in shape to immedi- ately take over a large percentage of this foreign trade. Shortly after that I read an article written by an equally prominent man to the effect that the country was about to go through trying times during the reconstruction period — that prices and wages were on an un- natural basis and that it would be necessary to bring about a radical re- adjustment— that the five million men that were in the employ of the gov- ernment would be turned back to peaceful pursuits, which would naturally bring about a surplus of labor and that industrial conditions would have to be scaled down to a lower basis and that when this was attempted it would mean trouble and that it behooves business men to look ahead ana use the utmost conservatism in handling their business. Between these two opinions we have that of Judge Gary of the United States Steel Corporation, recently expressed as follows : New York. November 12. — Elbert H. Gary, head of the United States Steel Corporation, today warned the American people to be on their guard against "economic demoralization, depression, and possibly panics" which might accomijany readjustments after a world war. In a statement issued before he left for Washington to confer there to- morrow with the War Industries board regarding steps necessary to return the steel trade to a peace basis, Mr. Gary cautioned the public to "exercise prudence, deliberation, and courage," as "muc-h depends upon the attitude and speech of men." Mr. Gary asserted that there would still be "a normal and certain volume of business." Any attempt 'to secure more than a proper share of this business, he said, would impede rather than accelerate prosperity, so that "we must all trim our sails in accordance with the drift and amount of business." The brightest business men in the country differ as to the future, so it is therefore up to each one of us individually to plan out the future for him- self and the one that guesses right is the one that is going to have thc> greatest success. It would seem, however, to me that our policy shouhl be conservative and while there may be some readjustments in lumber prices, we should use the utmost endeavor to keep our heads and refuse to demoralize the market during the uncertain period of the next few months. There was quite a disposition in the individual remarks to consider the future of the lumber business as a distinct proposition, for there seem to be enough influencos that have a direct bearing primarily on lumber that the outlook for lumber may justifiably be considered by itself. Viewing the matter from this standpoint, one must take into consideration such elements as certainty of large export business for lumber already developing, export demand for many products such as furniture made from lumber, and the certainty of immense building prospects, and the fact that so many industries using wood have been closely restricted will now expand to the utmost with increasing need for their products. The discussion covered all of these points thor- oughly, each being considered according to its separate influence upon —22b— the future of hardwood lumber. It is certain, judging from the reports and opinions advanced, that lumber stocks are low and will contiuue low and with future demand assured, the combination leaves no room for doubt as to prices. There was some little discussion of the effect of the peace announcement on market values. Some cuts in price have been made, but as a whole, it seems that only those stocks which are of a special nature and have been used primarily for strictly war purposes have suffered noticeably. It is very natural for holders of such specialized materials not readily adapted to the normal commercial market to unload at the first reasonable oppor- tunity, and it is quite likely that this policy will continue until stocks and production are entirely switched back to commercial lines. How- ever, in the standard boards which do fit commercial purposes, the tendency is to hold tight, and judging from the sentiment expressed at the meeting, members present went back to their respective offices with a much firmer determination to sit tight and a much greater con- fidence in tlie future of their business. More Regarding Philippine Mahogany Readers of Hardwood Eecord have shown considerable interest in the Philippine mahogany discussion which has been carried on for the past few issues. The discussion is between prominent iiandlers of Philippine mahogany in this country and S. J. Record of New Haven, Conn. The following is a letter received by Hardwood Record, which is in reply to a letter from Mr. Eecord published in our issue of October 10: * New York, October 18. — Editor Hakdwood Recokd ; We have read with interest S. J. Record's letter of October 10, defend- ing his former criticism on Philippine mahogany which appeared in your magazine recently. We are gratified to note in Mr. Record's last letter that he "does not wish to give the impression that the Philippine woods are without merit because such is not the case." We are sorry, however, that it required our letter of protest to bring out this statement (or admission). Mr, Record originally claimed, at least by implication, that Philippine mahogany was an inferior wood as compared to other mahoganies on the market. This we most vigorously deny. On the contrary, for many pur- poses It is preferred to either of its principal competitors, notably in boat and shipbuilding, passenger cars, pattern work, and trim for large build- ings, and many other uses. Mr. Record, we believe, stated in his former article that Philippine mahogany had caused much trouble on account of the difficulty in sort- ing it out from other mahoganies with which it had become mixed at some propeller factories. He then went on to show how the inspector could, by cutting the pieces and giving it some sort of microscopical ex- amination, decide which was Philippine mahogany and which some other sort. Now he states that Philippine mahogany bears only a "superficial resemblance" to the other mahoganies. We submit that if it is necessary for the inspector to make laboratory tests on each piece "suspected" of being Philippine mahogany, that the resemblance must be somewhat more than "superficial" as Mr. Record claims. Under separate cover, we are sending you some cuts which will give .vou an idea of the appearance of the wood, as they are taken from photographs, and also, will show you the character of buildings into which the wood is going. The entire woodwork of this beautiful building is Philippine mahogany. Mr. Record, we are sorry to see, is displeased with us for selling Philippine mahogany as Philippine mahogany. This name was used by common consent ot our customers and ourselves when we first began to import it some twelve years ago. This name was used not with the slightest intent to deceive (any unsuspecting botanist) or to trade on the names of other mahoganies on the market, as we sold always by sample, but simply because the name "Philippine mahogany" was more accurately descriptive, in the judgment of all the people handling and using the wood, than any other that could be thought of. It seems to us that Mr. Record's pain at our crime in continuing to use the name "Philippine mahogany" is somewhat overdrawn. If it would distress a botanist to find the underside of his new mahogany dining table labeled "Tanguile" we should think finding there a name like "khaya sengalensis" or say "recinodcniron ajricanus" would probably prove fatal. Seriously, when African mahogany was first Introduced a number of years ago, and sold as a substitute for "true" mahogany, it was sold not on the grounds of any botanical relationship however tenuous, but be- November 25, 1918 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 23 Birch as Veneer Wood Material Furnished by Different Species of Birch EARLY 25,000 feet of birch logs a year are re- duced to veneer in this country, and nearly all of it is worked by the rotary process. More than fifteen states report the manufacture of birch veneer. The largest producers are here shown: Feet, Log Scale Wisconsin I 6,2 1 8,000 Vermont 2,300,000 Michigan 1,875.000 Maine 1,838,000 New York 714,000 Arkansas 299,000 Ohio 1 19,000 Maryland 75,000 North Carolina 23.000 New Jersey 20,000 Indiana 15,000 West Virginia 1 5,000 Birch veneer comes from widely separated regions, though two-thirds of all is reported from Wisconsin. Four and perhaps five species of birch are represented in the veneer output. They are sweet birch, yellow birch, paper birch, river birch, and probably white birch. The amount of each cannot be definitely stated because figures are not separately tabulated and all birch is listed as the same; yet it is well known that all are not the same kind. The sweet and the yellow birches are used more than the others in the form of veneer. Most birch furniture and interior finish are of these w^oods; while boxes, bask- ets, and vsrrapping sheets for rooted plants and other nur- sery stock, account for much of the veneer made from river and paper birch. The high grade veneer for furniture is more important than the rest and is made in larger quantity. Yellow and sweet birch develop a high percentage of colored heart- wood, virhich is much valued by furniture makers. It is rich brown or reddish. This is the birch which often passes for mahogany. The white sapwood of yellow and sweet birch is acceptable as veneer for furniture and finish, but it is not usually considered equal to the colored heart- wood. The heartwood of paper birch is as nicely colored and is as satisfactory as that of the two furniture birches, except that the heart of paper birch is comparatively small and is not often cut in veneer. The trunk of paper birch is mostly white sapwood, and the veneer cut from it fills important places, but in certain lines only. It is made into three and five ply panels; or it serves as the cores only of such panels, where finer woods are wanted for the sur- face sheets. Much paper birch veneer has been used in the manu- facture of shipping boxes when a white, clean appearance is desirable. Many lemons have been shipped from Italy to this country in boxes made of New England paper birch veneer. The wood is strong and it is not necessary that the shipping boxes be made of thick sheets in order to insure safe transportation. A large part of the excellent panels formerly made in Russia and which enjoyed a high reputation, were of a species of birch very similar to paper birch of this country. The Russians seasoned much of their veneer by passing the sheets between hot rollers. They made panels of veneer which a few hours before had been cut from green logs. That process has not been much tried in this country, but no reason why it would not succeed is ap- parent. Paper birch is suitable. Birch veneer runs in thicknesses about like other woods. More is one-eighth of an inch than of any other thickness, and one-seventh comes next. These two thicknesses ag- gregate more than one-third of the whole birch veneer output of the United States; but much is cut one-fourth and three-sixteenth inch. The quantity of birch sawed into lumber per year is eighteen times as large as that cut into veneer. Explaining the Woods Most veneer and panel manufacturers, whether talked to either individually or collectively, will admit a lack of knowledge on the part of the public about woods. Most all will admit that here is a fruitful field for effort of an educational character, and agree that it would be better for everybody concerned if the public as a whole could be more specifically educated in its knowledge of wood in the finished form. But when the question arises as to whose duty it is to do this there is a slacking of interest and a tendency to shy away from a further discussion of the subject. This is regrettable, not merely because it is a handicap to the edu- cation and progress, but more specifically because it is also a handicap to advertising progress. There is no bigger field for educational possibilities in connection with veneer, panels, furni- ture and cabinet wood of all kinds than that of explaining the woods to the genera! public. Two fields of endeavor are open. One is among the dealers in furniture, pianos, and talking machines and the other is among the public schools of the country to educate the rising generation to more intimate knowledge and understanding of the different woods and their beauty. A little work along the latter line has already been done by men interested in the welfare of the veneer industry. It has been found comparatively easy to interest the schools in veneering and but little time and effort are required to collect a diversified lot of samples of veneer which enters int« furniture making and other industries, both in the form of tha thin face veneer and of built-up wood. With a bundle of samples a very interesting talk can be made to a school on identification of different woods in common use, both domestic and imported; how veneer is produced and used, and why built-up lumber re., sists splitting and has greater strength. The need for educational work among retail furniture dealers and their clerks was made apparent recently by a few experiments. It was found by actual inquiry by buyers and prospects in furni- ture stores that on an average more than half of the general public could not distinguish plain oak from quartered oak. birch from mahogany, and could not name plain maple. Some of the more outstanding figures in wood could be distinguished. Many could recognize birdseye maple and there was a general idea that ma- 24 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section November 25, 1918 Be Prepared for Peace Now that the war is over — Governnienla! restrictions cur- tailing the ])roductinn of furni- ture, talking- machine cabinets, etc., have already been modified, again allowing manufacturers to operate to nearly full capacity. Are you prei)ared to meet this condition by having materials on hand? condition bv having good stock of Don't allow your operations to be interfered with by failure to have raw materials in your factory when you need them. Isn't it also good policy to get your orders placed and shipments moving before the usual winter railroad embargoes become effect- ive? \A'e manufacture from the log, and can ship promptly — first grade at reasonable prices: VENEERS FIGURED AND PLAIN Tops & Panels Buying in coml)ination carload lots will save considerable in freight charges, and expedite delivery. THE LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS LOUISVILLE, KY. VENEERS FOR AEROPLANE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY WRITE, WIRE OR TELEPHONE BIRDS EYE VENEER COMPANY, Escanaba, Mich. hogany is a reddish wood, which helped some in locating ma- hogany as long as the mahogany was finished in its natural colors. When the mahogany was stained brown, however, it w^as con- fusing, and there w^as always confusion between mahogany and stained birch. It would be a splendid idea to have all furniture on display in stores labeled, the label telling not only the kind of a face wood used but al:o indicating the specific classification as to figure and finish. Whatever plan is followed there is a great work here and one which should be handled by the furniture manufacturers and deal- ers w^ith the co-operation of the veneer and panel manufacturers who supply the wood \vith which the furniture is made. There is room for a general getting together and a federating of efforts with a view^ to waging a country-wide systematic campaign of edu- cational exploitation which will have for its slogan, "explaining the woods." AU Three of Us Will B^ Benefited What About Quartered Oak? Quartered oak has been a prominent item in face veneer prac- tically ever since we have had a face veneer industry, and it has made such a place for itself that the question of the day is, not how much favor it may still find, but how and where are we to get enough of it to supply the needs? And there is another ques- tion of what about cost and price? War's demands and the airplane business have almost played hob w^ith the oak supply that ordinarily goes into flitches for quartered oak veneer. The shipbuilders, the wagonmakers and those making propellers for airplanes have been demanding the good oak, and paying some prices for it that make one w^onder about the veneer prices of the future if this keeps up. One quar- tered oak veneer man when asked about this, shrugged his shoul- ders and said: "With prices of $185 for propeller stock in quar- tered oak eight inches and up, what do you think the price of veneer flitches should be?" It is interesting in this connection to go back into the earlier days of the industry just to see what has happened to prices in the past, and it is a peculiar fact that there have been very few^ changes, and none of them radical, in the quartered oak veneer prices up to the time of the war. Recent investigation of price lists on this item in veneer, some of them going back nearly thirty years, show^s how little the changes have been. Back more than twenty-five years ago 1-20 inch quarter-sawed oak was listed at twenty dollars, a price fairly comparable with prices of the later days up till the time war demands upset all previous values and calculations. Oak stumpage had been making some advances meantime, and the wonder is that the veneer prices did not advance along with the increased timber values. That they didn't is fairly good evi- dence that the oak veneer manufacturers were v^rorking on pretty close margins before the war period. And now the question is, what about the future? How much higher will w^e find stumpage and lumber values when it is all over? How much higher in cost will the flitches come, and what in the way of prices will be neces- sary on quartered oak veneer for those making it to come out with a margin of profit? Also there comes the other question of how much a sharp advance in price may curtail the use of this veneer, but as that involves the possible substitution of other woods (Coniinucd on page ^9.) if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 25 IIIPI . GOVERNMENT ^ CONTRACTORS | I NEEDING I ROTARY CUT POPLAR and GUM VENEER I WRITE US m g Our Rotary Veneer Factory is now operating and we are pre- ^ ^ pared to furnish you Rotary Veneer for quick shipment. ^ = This Factory was constructed mainly for furnishing Veneer to g = the Government or to those having Government contracts. For this ^ = reason such orders ■will be given preference. ^ J Veneer under J/g" in thickness is dried in our textile dryer, '/g J H and thicker is dried in our vacuum tunnel dryer. All veneer comes ^ g out flat and dry. Can cut lengths up to 98". Nothing but Clear logs J = are put into our lathe, which gives you high grade Veneer. ^ B To those who do not require Veneer in carload lots, we offer a ^ = strong inducement for your business by furnishing mixed cars of ^ m Rotary Cut Veneer, Sawed and Sliced Quartered White Oak, Figured g = Red Gum, and Hardwood Lumber all from our own mill. Carload ^ = shipments mean quicker deliveries, eliminate damaged goods, save ^ ^ L/C/L freight, and get closer prices. ^ H Those who use our products know that "N. B." is a significant m H expression, and that its meaning, "None Better," has been established ^ = thru years of earnest desire and endeavor to make our products and ^ H our service fully satisfy — which is the basis of real salesmanship. M = Correspondence Invited ^ I NicKEY Brothers, |nc, j ■ MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE | = A Fair Sample of Our Poplar Logs AU Tliree of Us WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 26 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section November 25, 1918 LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER COMPANY CYPRESS WALNUT- HARDWOODS WALNUT PLAIN RED OAK or- „„„ r ^/^. ,7.c ^" J J 13,000 ft. 4/4" FAS 25,000 ft. 4/4 FAS, 6 and wider j g qqq jj 5/4" FAS 200,000 ft. 4/4 " No. 1 Com., 4 " and wider PLAIN WHITE OAK 15,000 ft. 5/4" No. 2 Com., 3" and wider 10,000 ft. 3 " No. 1 Common ASH 15,000 ft. 6/4" No. 2 Com., 3" and wider j2 ooo ft. 8/4" No. 1 Common 15,000 ft. 8/4" No. 2 Com., 4" and wider 15,000 ft. 6/4" No. 1 Common Manufacturers and Wholesalers Indianapolis, Indiana HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOGANY COMPANY Importers and Manufacturers of MAHOGANY Lumber and Veneer 2256 LUMBER STREET 347 MADISON AVENUE Chicago, Illinois New York City, N.Y. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 27 WE NEED WALNUT LOGS for GOVERNMENT PURPOSES You will be assisting our Government by advising us of any Walnut logs or timber you know of Pickrel Walnut Co. St. Louis, Missouri WALNUT LUMBER, DIMENSION STOCK AND VENEERS All Tluw* of U« Will B« Rr,n«fite^.'W.->' Clubs and Associations Logging Meeting Called Off The Appalaobian Logging Congrtss, which had arranged to hold a meet- ing November 26 and 27 at Lexington, Ky.. has been postponed to a time and place not yet announced. That action was taken because of a new outbreak of influenza. Federated Industries to Meet The National Federation of Building Industries will meet at Atlantic City, December 11. The various phases of the building industry will be duly considered, and plans will be formulated and recommendations to the war industries board will be made. A large attendance is expected ami excellent results are anticipated. Vehicle and Implement Men Meet A series of meetings by farm implement and vehicle manufacturers was held in Chicago, November 19 and 20. The farm wagon department of the National Implement and Vehicle Association convened at Hotel LaSalle and carried out a program consisting of discussions and papers on the following topics : Government War Needs ; The French Wheel Order ; Standardization and Pulilicity ; Permanency of Elimination, and .\fter the War Problems. A number of other trade matters were considered, such as cost education, wagon terms, uniform wide-tire laws, wagon and truck warranty, and factory management. The thresher and tractor divisions held its meeting at the Auditorium hotel. The wagon association by unanimous vote declared in favor of abiding by the government eliminations and standardization of wages for a period of two years. Conference on Cutover Lands The Memphis Chamber of Commerce and the Southern .\lluvial Land .Association are proceeding vigorously in securing detinite data regarding lands in the valley territory available for use of returned soldiers and sailors who show an inclination to engage in agriculture. These two organizations were authorized, in resolutions adopted at a conference of governors, legislators, bankers, land owners and other interests of Missis- sippi, -Arkansas and Tennessee held at Memphis, November 15, not only to invite the cooperation of other bodies in this part of the country in securing all possible information as to the quantity, location and price of such lands, but also to ask them to aid in securing passage of necessary legislation in furtherance of this movement in both state legislatures and congress. Dr. Elwood Mead was the principal speaker at this conference. He is an international expert in land settlement and is the closest adviser of Secre- tary Lane of the interior department in getting the soldier-farm question settled. He made it perfectly clear, however, that the government will not buy these lands outright for soldiers and sailors, but will expect states, communities or individuals to arrange for sale of these properties to the heroes of the war as they come back. He said the government would pro- vide the necessary homes and equipment and that it would not settle on farms any men who did not show distinct inclination toward agricultural life and activities. Some owners of lands in this territory have lost some of their enthu- siasm for the government plan since they have found that the government will not buy these properties outright. Others, however, feel that such lands as are sold will be developed so well that they will greatly enhance the value of adjoining properties, thus compensating for any loss that may be experienced through sacrifice of lands sold at this time. Memphis Clears for Battle J. F. McSweyn, president of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, fired the opening gun in the campaign for the election of officers for the ensuing year when, at the meeting of the club at the Hotel Gayoso, Saturday, November 16, he named two committees to select candidates for president, two vice-presidents and a secretary-treasurer. These committees are com- posed of the following : C. K. Tustin, W. L. Crenshaw, Bart Tully, Joe Thompson, F. B. Robertson and F. T. Dooley. They will make their reports at the next meeting of the club, scheduled for December 7. The election itself, a big event every year, will be held December 14. J. H. Townshend. secretary-manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic .Association, brought a vast shout from members of the club when he announced that the embargo on shipments of lumber to all territory east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers had been lifted, and that it would no longer be necessary to secure permits cover- ing such shipments. He had just received a telegram from the car service section of the United States railroad administration to that effect, and this was the first intimation lumber interests of Memphis had regarding this distinctly helpful relief. J. II. nines, chairman of the law and insurance committee, announced that the lumbermen might, if they acted promptly, secure modification of the pending revenue bill in congress, with particular reference to income and excess profits taxes. He intimated that Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo was in a willing mood and urged the members of the club to take action immediately. Dr. C. U. Williamson, who has become spiritual adviser to the lumber- men, delivered a brilliant address on the part Memphis lumbermen should l)lay in bringing about "the day of the common man." saying that the sreat victory on the field of battle in Europe would mean little if it did not improve the opportunity and the conditions of lite surrounding the great mass of common peoi)le in the United States, In Europe and in every other country in the world. Earl Palmer responded on behalf of the lumbermen, and after express- ing appreciation of the address of Dr. Williamson compared the contest in Europe to a vast game of poker. He disclaimed any knowledge of this mighty game, but his intimate use of poker parlance utterly belied his disclaimer. Export Booking Department Organized The export booking department of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Asso- ciation, which was formally launched at Memphis Tuesday, November 19, at a meeting of the executive and advisory committees recently appointed by President James E. Stark, will proceed vigorously with the chartering of sailing and other vessels tor handling shipments of hardwood lumber and forest products to Europe. Practically all of the fifteen members of these two committees attended this meeting and it was the consensus of opinion among them that there will be a tremendous demand for these commodities from Europe and that, for the time being, there will be comparatively little ocean freight room available in the ordinary way. All are anxious to begin shipping as soon as possible, however. Hence the effort that will be made to secure vessels of any kind under charter terms. The belief in an exceptionally heavy demand from Europe is based primarily on two facts : First, that foreign markets are practically bare of hardwood lumber, and second, that this demand must be filled largely from .America. Already orders are being received at Memphis and J. H. Townshend reports Inquiries from one British firm alone involving 50,000,000 feet. Some importers of American hardwoods are placing their orders now, instructing the sellers to pile the stock and care for it properly until such time as it may be shipped. It is agreed by all members of the association that this export booking department, which will eventually have charge of all phases of handling foreign and coastwise movements of hardwood lumber, represents the most important departure made by this organization during its entire existence. Ultimate plans contemplate establishment of forwarding agents at all of the principal southern and eastern ports, quoting of rates, chartering of regular steamers and such other activities as will enable the department to render maximum assistance to members of the organization. It is expected that the department will play an exceptionally large part in utilization of the big mercantile fleet being constructed in this country. Members of the association are too proud of this American merchant marine to overlook any opportunity of taking advantage of everything it offers. With the Trade West Virginia Box Factory Burned On November 14 a large factory at Elkins, W. Va., and belonging to the Elkins Box Company, was totally destroyed by fire, causing a loss of ,$200,000. An explosion of dust in a pipe which carried shavings from the works is thought to have started the fire. The company for the past two years has been engaged in war work, manufacturing barbed wire reels and boxes for the allies. Oldest Lumberman Now Living The Canadian Lumberman prints a picture and sketch of Collins La Fortune of Port Dover, Ontario. He has passed his hundredth year, and for eighty-five years was engaged in the lumber business, but he has now retired and expects to find his exercise hereafter in fishing, hunting and working In bis garden. He commenced the lumber business when he was fifteen years old by cutting white pine ship timber. Memphis Mill Burns Fire of unknown origin destroyed the main buildings of the L. D. Mur- relle Lumber Company, I'lum street and Illinois Central railroad. North .Memphis, and caused an approximate loss of $49,000. More than $100,000 worth of lumber was saved by prompt work. The fire occurred early on the morning of the tenth. Directly opposite the plant of the Murrelle company is the Kelsey Wheel Company, valued at several hundred thou- sand dollars, and it bad a narrow escape. Soldier's Letter from France The letters which follow were written from Prance, Sept. 16 and Sept. 28, to his family by Lieut. Joseph T. Mengel, son of C. K. Mengel of the C.'c. Mengel & Brother Company, well-known lumbermen of Louisville, Ky. ' Lieut. Mengel is with the 146th field artillery, battery D. He was commissioned a first lieutenant at the officers' training school at Fort Sheridan, 111., last November, and was Immediately sent overseas: *We hlive Veen getting little bunches of mail every now and then lately and I am fortunate enough to have gotten three in this last lot. Please do not use any address but 146th field artillery, lor though our postofflce number is the same wherever we go, the other is sure to reach me and Is sufficient. 32 HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 If you want to know where we are located, first glance at the papers and whenever you see a big tight featured you can feel assured we are In it ; for we are now what is known as first corps artillery, that is, we are for use within the corps wherever the demand is greatest. When we first landed in France we were with the 32 division (Michi- gan-Wisconsin) until the oryanl/.alion of the first army when we were made army artillery ami now are for use anywhere within the organiza- tion either for offeiisive or defensive purposes. We went through the second battle of the Marne as corps artillery and are certainly proud and much pleased with what you might call our latest promotion. All we need now is a few hours notice and plenty of gasoline and we are ready for the skirmish. What do you think of our latest, not so bad was it, considering the strength of t-he defenses we were up against? I wish I could describe to you this elaborate system of emplacements, con- crete dugouts, tunnels and mine shafts, with everything you could possibly want even to electric lights. I would like to send you some of the souvenirs we found in one of the dugouts, that had evidently been occupied by a high commander. We have found any number of camoullaged helmets, war posters ; in fact we do not now have to look for trophies, they are everywhere. We went over one of the old liattle fields of 1914 where a very famous scrap took place ; and such rippeil up ground, such masses of barbed wire and devastated forests you could hardly conceive of. I am sending two copies of the Stars and Stripes and if you look on the last page you will see a picture of the big German gun emplacement that I told you about. I got a good look at it, and I tell you it was an enormous piece of work, fully 30 feet iu diameter with a turntable resting on ball bearings about 10 inches iu diameter. There was a spur running off the main line of the railroad for feeding ammunition to it and bring- ing in supplies. This was camoutiaged with fresh brush that was thrown over the tracks, and where these crossed a road there were detachable rails. The tube was not captured near this position, but further on, where it was in the process of being taken away some distance up the railroad. ^\'hen an army is traveling fast enough to take a gun like this you can imagine that something similar to a rout is taking place. Well, last night it rained again and as luck would have it I had not taken time to put up my little tent, but just pitched my cot by the road- side. Did I get up'; Well I should say not, just pulled up the canvas fly over my head and let her rain. It has, however, taken all my in- genuity and very diligent sewing to protect myself otherwise ; for, ever since the battle of the Marne, I have had a big hole in my trousers ; and as things up here are very scarce I began to think my situation rather serious. However, a kind friend has just come to tell me where I can possibly secure a pair ; so will have to close and take advantage of the opportunity. Dear Family : As you seem to be anxious to know the details of our maneuvers, will tell you about our march to the front, as the facts in this connection are now of no military value. On the Fourth of July, after our parade through the streets of Clar- mont, and return to St. Amant, we were told to be ready on a moment's notice for a move to the front. We began loading our trucks, so when the order came we were ready and eager for the start to Issoir, where we boarded our side door Pullman that headed the train load of trucks and tractors. Two men were assigned to a compartment and by one's sleep- ing on the seat and the other on the floor, managed to freeze to death amid the tooting of whistles that announced our departure. At six we pulled into the outskirts of Paris, passing hospital trains, a bunch of Howitzers and 75's and a load of small tanks; all bound for the same port, and from the hearty reception that greeted the arrival. we began to think we must be sorely needed on the fighting line, while Paris was packing up for a move on account of the progress Germanv was making at that time. About midnight we arrived at our point and by four in the morning were unloading and our convoy was on its way to a farm near by, which had served as a General's headquarters when the Germans were so close to Paris In 1914. We then went immediately to a nearby town to draw our equipment, and, as one of our guns had broken down on the flat car and another had to be secured, there was just an hour left for sleep before our march began. At eight A. M. the word came to proceed to ■ , and I was put In charge of the battery and also the battalion heavy convoy, with orders to proceed fifty kilometers and await further instruction. At nine everything was rolling and the 1000 pound trail spades were resting comfortably in their places after having been issued to the guns just one hour Ijefore. The column when in motion was about a kilometer in length and all I had to keep things well closed up with was a Renault tractor with a thirteen-ton gun on behind, and when we came to a big hill, would have to walk about six kilometers to see that all got up safely. Orders were to be at at 3 :30 P. M., so we did not stop for dinner, but went straight through, making only one stop to fill up with gasoline, and on our arrival parked up a side road until eight P. M. when further orders were to move to our position at the front, which was reached about midnight. Two of the tractors ran out of gas, and as there was none to be had, this side of Paris, it was morning before we were * • • on our plat- forms, and then no camouflage did we have except some chicken wire and a few branches. We spent the day digging a recoil pit and bv night were ready to fire. We were operating at that time with the 81st French Regi- ment, 0th Army, and the French Lieutenant was most pessimistic over our situation, declaring the Germans had 40 divisions to our 3 and he had information they were to attack us at midnight July 14th. At 11 :30 of that date everything we possessed that had a hole in it began pouring iron into the Germans, beating them to the attack, but at schedule time they came over the top in mass formation. We drove them back, but they came again and crossed the river in 16 places, advancing further. The order came to fire as far as possible and, believe me, we did all that night and at day break the word came that the infantry needed our help badly ; they were going over the top. We could not in- crease our speed, we were working as fast as it was possible, and it was not till later in the day that the order was changed to : "Cease firing. Enemy out of range." This kept up, the infantry advancing so fast it hardly paid us to go into position some days. We followed as closely as possible and at night parked by the roadside. One night we got a gas alarm at 12 'o'clock — it was a Gotha dropping gas bombs. We took our masks off after making a test and the Gotha flew over us again, this time dropping a good big one which landed 20 meters from Walter Gleason and a piece as large as a plate lodged In a tree under which he was sleeping. That night we learned how to tell a Boche plane from an Allied one. They have an intermittent, galloping buzz that we all know pretty well now. We kept up this race after the infantry for quite a while ; one night we were ordered to move at eight P. M. after a two days' rain, with no chains for the tractors, so that they skidded off the road at every turn. It fairlv poured down and was so dark you could see better with your eyes clo"sed. The mud was about six inches deep and at one place trees and horses were strewn all over the road, and the bridge we had to cross WIS being shelled with some eight inch stuff which tor some reason or other did not happen to hit any of us. One came pretty close but turned out to be a dub. . ^. ^ . >, »v. Finally we pulled into the town ]ust evacuated that morning by the Germans, and we were so close on the heels of the infantry, we had no positions reconnoitered, just put a couple of guns on the roadside and opened up. After about a week of this we changed sectors, but this Is an average of our occupation and I will write the details of our other movements when thev have become ancient history. Am sending a poster that I found in a dugout in our last advance. Affectionately, TORB, 146 Field Artillery. (?■ Pertinent Information Lumber Market in Spain Prospective exporters of lumber will do well to keep an eye on the market in Spain. The lumber shortage there is being severely felt. In the enforced failure of supply during the war the scanty forest lands of Spain have been called upon to make up the deficit to such an extent that the government has taken alarm and is now planning extreme con- servation measures, which will pretty well shut off the domestic supply of timber. That will furnish the opportunity of the American timberman. Heart-Rot in Hemlock The Department of Agriculture has published Bulletin 722 dealing with the form of decay known as heart-rot, and choosing the western hemlock, beyond the Rocky Mountains as the basis of the study. The report was written by James R. Weir and E. E. Hubert. Some western hemlock Is appearing in eastern markets, for which reason the bulletin will possess an interest for lumbermen east of the tree's range. The dealers In this wood in the western country claim for it a high degree of excellence and insist that it ought to be rated much above the eastern hemlock. House Building in England England will need 300,000 houses to supply its people, now that the war is ended. Plans have been drawn for that number, and land has been bought. Local authorities, in the various regions, will take charge of the work and the government will assist where necessary. Local architects are drawing most of the plans, and designs will vary in accordance with the requirements of each region. Particulars of the materials to be used are not at hand. House building has recently been more nearly at a stand- still In England than in this country, while, of course, in most of the countries on the continent of Europe no building of importance has been possible of late. It may be expected to take on new lite at an early period. Changes in Lumber Priorities The priorities division of the War Industries Board has cancelled lumber priorities for the war department and given to railroad orders a priority rating higher than that accorded any other class. Lumber orders for the shipping board. Emergency Fleet Corporation, the housing corporation and the labor departments of the bureau of industrial housing and distribution are all accorded equal priority following railroads. These regulations cover orders now unfilled and those that will be placed hereafter. They also apply to all railroads whether under government administration or not. Export License Regulations The war trade board announces that the regulations heretofore pre- scribed as to the signing of applications for export licenses, as set forth in W. T. B. R. 214, issued September 10, 1918, have been rescinded. The regulations requiring the filing of powers of attorney have also been rescinded. In order to facilitate the work of filing applications for export licenses, the board will now accept applications if it shall appear from the application itself that it bears the personal signature, in ink, of the con- signor or of some person to whom the consignor has delegated the duty of signing applications. Arranging for Federal Taxes Federal Income and profits taxes for 1919 under the new revenue act will amount to $6,000,000,000. The first third of these taxes will be due and payable March 15, 1919. These taxes must be paid in cash. If no advance preparations were made to provide means of payment, the strain on the banking and business credits of the country might lead to embar- rassing results. To avoid this the United States treasury has provided a method whereby all taxpayers may supply themselves in advance with a medium of meeting the March 15 installment of the federal revenue payment, without resort to credit at that time. This is done by offering 4y2 percent tax anticipation certificates, a direct obligation of the United States treasury, dated November 7 and maturing March 15. The banks and all private investors having funds in hand at the present moment may employ them with absolute freedom from risk or commercial uncertainty by buying these government tax anticipation series "T." By doing so cash which might otherwise be idle, "waiting for conditions to settle down," may be put to work for the government. Current funds are needed to carry on the demobilization operations following the armistice. There Is no way to obtain this money except by "borrowing against the November 25, 1918 HARDWOODRECORD 33 WALNUT We are concentrating almost entirely on walnut lumber and veneer and offer an ample supply and complete selection. Our average stock is three to four million feet of dry lumber. We are operating our own band mill at Cincinnati and are in splendid condition to handle present and future orders. Our Stock List Will Convince You. Write for It. MANUFACTURERS EXPORTERS WHOLESALERS -KOSSE,SHOE- SCHLEYER CO. CINCINNATI OHIO All Kinds of Hardwoods AU Tliree of U» WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 34 HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 taxes" to be collected in 1019. Tbls Is clone by the issue of these tax anticipations. To avoid possible high interest rates next March when taxes tall due. all corporations and individuals liable for federal tax payments should purchase these tax anticipation certiflcatcs. It is a patriotic duty and it is good business. Wornout Railroad Ties as Fuel After a railroad tie has served its day in tlie tracls it is not wholly use- less. Its principal damage may consist of deep notches worn by the rails, or it may be split or partly crushed, or partial decay may have rendered it unsafe as a tie. It still has a value as fuel. Some railroads use ties as kindling wood for the locomotives in round houses. Railroad worliers provide their winter fuel from the heaps of rejected ties, and farmers who live near the tracks often use many ties in the same way. The ties thrown out of tracks each year exceed 100,000,000, equivalent to 5,000,000 cords of wood. This is an important resource in time of fuel shortage. Selecting Oil for Bearings The pressure which any bearing will withstand without seizing depends largely on the temperature, velocity of rubbing, and quality and descrip- tion of the lubricant used. The lower the temperature the greater the permissible pressure, and the higher the velocity of rubbing the less the permissible pressure. This is due to the fact that oils become thinner and more free-flowing as higher temperatures are reached, and consequently more easily squeezed out of the bearing. A very light oil is liable to be squeezed out with a pressure as low as from 50 to 60 pounds per square inch, whilst a heavy cylinder oil will possibly stand a pressure of 1,000 pounds per square inch. The maximum pressure that commercial oils will withstanding varies from 500 to 1.000 pounds per square inch where the load is steady. It is not advisable that more than two-thirds suih loads should be applied at slow speeds, and this should be reduced proportionately as the speed increases. The advantage of selecting suitable oil is therefore apparent. Wood for Violin Bows Is Scarce The violin bow is small and does not require much wood in the mak- ing, but that little is now hard to get. Wood for the bow must possess certain qualities in a high degree. Many woods have been tried and a number are in use, but the one now most wanted and the hardest to get is a species belonging to the numerous rosewood family, and is a native of tropical Africa, chiefly on the west coast in Senegal and_ Sierra Leone. It is known in the market by so many names that some persons suppose there are several distinct woods. Among the names arc ebony. Senegal ebony, purple ebony, brazil wood, grendilla, dialamban, congoholz, amerim- non, dalbergian, and African blackwood. Some of these are names belonging to other woods, and some of the names are misleading. For Instance, It is called ebony, but it is not even in the ebony family. It is more nearly related to locust. Botanists call it Dalhcrijia melanoxylon, and its relation to the rosewood of comiuerce is very close. It is scarce now because it was formerly olitained through Germany, and of course the Germans are no longer exploiting African resources. It is so heavy that perfectly dry wood sinks in water. It is hard as ebony, which is usually classed as the hardest wood, and it is as black as ebony, or blacker. The wood is exceedingly dense; the pores are filled with resin, and the medullary rays are so small that they are invisible without a microscope. One inch may contain 250 of the rays. It is highly elastic, and that is one of the chief qualities demanded by the violin bow maker. .\nother is weight, and still another is strength. Persons in this country who are interested in violin making are taking steps to secure this wood without dependance upon Germany. There is likewise a movement to make in this country such violins as we need and not import them from Germany and .\ustria, as was done before the war. U. S. Commerce with the Dominican Republic During the year 1917 imports from the United States into the Dominican Republic are shown in the following figures recently published by the Dominican customs receivership: Agricultural machinery .$ 109,495 Vehicles l*'^'*^! Railway and train cars 177,627 Musical instruments 26,373 Lumber 48,498 Furniture 103,822 Total ominican Republic to the United States were : DJewoods .f 122, 156 Lignum vitae 49,111 Mahogany 4,302 Facts About Flywheels The speed at which a flywheel may be safely run depends upon the material of which it is constructed, upon its design and upon the con- dltlons under which it is used. For any given material, the strength to resist centrifugal force does not depend upon the quantity of material in the rim, but only upon the tensile strength of that material, and for any given material in a flywheel- rlm there is a definite rimspeed or velocity that cannot be safely exceeded. It is current practice to operate flywheels at a rimspeed of about a mile a minute. The limit of safety, however, varies with the material of which the wheel is built, and in sectional wheels also with the type of rim-joint employed. Wood is a better material for flywheel-rlms than cast-iron, and steel is better still. The best materials of all for this purpose are boiler- plate or steel-wire, and both of these have been used in the construction of special wheels. With wood, boiler-plate, or steel-wire rims, the hub and arms are generally made of cast-iron. Wooden wheels may be run at a considerably higher speed than cast- iron wheels. For example, a well-constructed maple wheel made of seg- ments with staggered joints may be run at a rimspeed of 1.75 miles per minute (approximately 52 per cent higher speed than a cast-iron wheel with a solid rim), provided the rim is laminated so that 50 per cent of the material must break to part the rim. It would be unsafe, however, to run some wooden wheels at a speed ot a mile a minute, owing to their imperfect construction. Well-constructed steel wheels may be run with ample margin tor safety at a rimspeed of 1.90 miles per miuute. The cost of such steel flywheels is so great, however, as to preclude their general adoption. The usual flywheel is made of cast-iron. This Is on account of Its facility of machining. Provided that the wheel is properly designed ; that the best grade of cast-iron Is used ; that the construction is first-class ; that the conditions of service are suited to the limitations of the material, and that the engine on which the wheel is used is equipped with proper over-speed safety devices which are kept In working order, cast-iron may he regarded as satisfactory for the purpose. Where a flywheel serves also as a belt-wheel and it is desirable to have more power than the belt can transmit at normal speed, there is a great temptation to increase the speed. This is because the power transmitted by a belt is proportional to its width and speed, and any increase in speed, up to the point where the belt begins to slip badly, means that much more power transmitted. The temptation to run flywheels at high speed ts therefore very great, so great, in tact, that they are often run at a speed dangerously close to the limit of safety. To yield to this temptation Is deliberately to invite disaster. Failure of a llywheol usually begins by the starting of a minute crack on the under surface of the rim at the point of greatest stress, viz., near the ends of the arms adjacent to the rim-jolnt. The cracks gradually deepen until failure occui's with all its disastrous consequences. These minute cracks are visible to an experienced eye, and careful inspection will aid materially in the prevention of flywheel explosions. In wheels built in sections, care should be taken to see that the Holts are properly drawn up. Wood Stands Up Under Fire Illustrating the remarkable Hre resistant qualities of wood, the accom- panying cut gives a convincing demonstration that wood is by no means so dangerous a building material as some folks try to represent it to be. The picture shows the framework on which is carried a very heavy traveling crane for handling logs for a certain well-known veneer mill. A large part of this plant was entirely destroyed in 1916. and the crane shown in the illustration was built right up along side ot the frame struc- ture which was burnt. In fact, the building was just as high as the tres- tlework on which the crane is carried. Thus the timbers were literally bathed in flames during the entire period ot conflagration. This trestlework is made of 8xS oak timbers, and the best indication of the way it is done up is seen in the fact that it is now doing the same service as before the Hre and not a nail or board has been changed. The surface was penetrated for a depth of possibly a quarter of an inch and there the damage ceased, and the strength of the structure was not injui-ed in the slightest. ISATIIED IN FLAME BUT UNDAMAGED November 2r). IIUS HARDWOOD RECORD 35 Safety Devices in Woodworking The National Workmen's Compensation Service Bureau, New York, has recently published in book form a large collection of drawings and illus- trations explanatory of safety devices in various lines of woodworking. Rules and directions are given for the care and operation of machines with a view to lessening the danger of operation. Building Ban Completely Lifted Under date of November 21 came word from Washington that all remaining restrictions on non-war construction were removed on that day. Building operations of any character suspended because of the war may now be resumed without further permits. Orders have been telegraphed to the state councils of defense, and the action was based on a canvass of all sections, which sliowed unanimous sentiment in favor of lifting all restrictions. Thus all building work may be planned and carried on now without any regard whatsoever to anything but the builder's individual condition. Takes Exception to Legal Notice The last issue of 1I.iudwciul> Recokh containeil an item regarding the routing of shipments which was a digest of a legal opinion handed down by one of the federal courts. Commenting on this item J. H. Townshend. secretary of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, disagrees with the principle enunciated in the following letter : Please refer to your issue of Hardwood Record of November 10, page 22. article headed "Routing of Shipments." I do not agree with this article and would like for you to advise where you obtained the information contained therein. If the shipper leaves the routing open, it is the duty of the carrier to handle shipment via the cheapest route. With kind regards. Yours very truly. J. H. TOWXSHEXD. Secretary-Manager. Navy's Job Just Half Done Every soldier who sailed for France was given a round-trip ticket. The navy took them over and now the navy must bring them back. There can be no relaxation of effort until the job is done, until every one of our boys is returned to his home. To complete this task the navy needs more men, and the need is just as urgent now as it was before the armistice was signed. This condition oflEers an opportunity to be identified with the great war, the last chance. The cancellation of the November draft call has deprived thousands of men of the privilege of participating in the war, but the navy's call for men enables you to volunteer your services. Men are needed now, if not to fight, then for services equally essential to the re-establishment of normal conditions. The Bureau of Navigation has issued a call for several hundred men who can qualify for posts which require specialized ability. Only those men who are registrants of Septem- ber 12, 1918, or registrants of deferred classifications of previous registra- tions are eligible. Applications will now be received for induction as car- penter's mates. The age limits are eighteen to forty years, inclusive, and men from the following trades are particularly qualified : Woodworking factory mechanic; skilled pattern makers cabinet maker; piano sounding board builder; air propeller builder: journeyman carpenter; stair builder; boat carpenter ; door and sash mill foreman ; wood mill worker ; mill man ; factory carpenter; tank or station pipe factory worker; cooper; barrel maker. Further information and full particulars will be furnished upon applica- tion at the United States Nav.v Mobilization station, in the Transportation building. Chicago. III. Mail should be adilressed to Lieut. H. D. Childs, commanding officer. Wooden Water Tanks The high cost of sheet metal should open the way for more extensive use of wooden water tanks on farms and in factories. The windmill which pumps water on northern farms and western ranches must have a tank. The factory needs tanks for water and for liquids used in manufacturing. The water system of most business buildings calls for one or more tanks on the roofs or on adjacent towers, for fire protection. At the lowest estimate 100,000,000 feet of lumber a year has been used in making tanks in normal times, and perhaps that equivalent of sheet metal has been used. At present prices, the wooden tank ought to double its former use. Woods are plentiful, both hardwoods and softwoods, but for large tanks soft- woods, like pine, redwood, fir, cypress, and cedar, prevail ; while for small tanks the hardwoods, like oak, ash, chestnut, beech, and poplar, have the call. Accounting System for MUls The cost committee of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association has worked out a cost accounting system, with variations making it applicable to mills of different kinds and working under different conditions. The system applies as follows : 1. Mills operating exclusively from their own timber and doing their own logging. 2. Mills operating exclusively from their own timber, but contracting their logging. 3. Mills operating exclusively from their own timber, but contracting a part of their logging. 4. Mills operating part from their own timber and doing their own logging who also purchase logs delivered at log railroad or mill. 5. Mills operating part from their own timber, but contracting their logging who also purchase logs delivered at log railroad or mill. 6. Mills operating part from their own timber, but contracting a part of Jheir logging who also purchase logs delivered at log railroad or mill. 7. Mills operating under all these conditions and rafting, towing or buying logs in rivers. The Hardwood Manufacturers' Association has prepared cost forms and cards of accounts covering all of the above classes with the exception of Llass 1. Forms for Class 7 mills will be sent only to mills operating wholly or a part on river logs. i 6 » "jij The cost forms covering mills in Classes 1, 2 and 3 will cover probably so per cent of all saw mills in operation. Classes 4, 5 and 6 are provided for the mills that make a practice of purchasing logs. The association's circular letter to members says : This system is the best effort of practical lumbermen and experienced accountants who composed the cost committee. It may or may not be wholly adequate to your needs. It is the desire of the" association that members adopt this system, or at least apply it to their present system in order that the figures representing the cost of lumber mav speak the same language. The system is simple and can be applied to" any opera- tion. Mills that carry their costs into minute detail can use this system as a basis and expand it without affecting the uniformity of the accounting < MISCELLANEOUS >• The Consumers Box Company has been incorporated at Norfolk, Va. The Collingwood Hardwood Lumber Company, ColUngwood, Ont., has gone out of business. J. A. Lindsay has succeeded the Lindsay Table Company. High Point N. C. W. G. Whitcomb, president of the Whitcomb Cabinet Company, Kansas City, Mo., died recently, as also did Alexander Campbell of the James Lum- ber Company, Baltimore, Md. The Keystone Lumber & Supply Company has been incorporated at Hazleton, Pa., capital, $25,000. The Two Step Ladder Company. Hammond, Iml.. is now known as the Automatic Safety Device Corporation. L. M. Sturdevant has been appointed receiver for the Tucker Wood- work Compan.v. Sidney, O. The plant of the St. Meinrad Hardwood Lumber & Spoke Company. St. Meinrad. Ind., has been sold at public auction. The Mockville Furniture Company, Mockville, N. C, sustained a loss by flre recently and has gone out of business. J. B. Belcher of Honaker, Va., has moved his wholesale hardwood busi- ness to Bluefield, W. Va. William Kern, vice-president of the Tiffin Wagon Company, Tiffin, O., died recently. The name of the M. C. Burr Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis. Minn., has been changed to the Stillman Manufacturing Company. The Raymond Lumber Company has moved its office from Spirit Falls, Wis., to Tomahawk. Notice of the dissolution of charter has been filed by the W. T. Thomp- son Veneer Company, Edinburg, Ind. The F. L. Gordy Lumber Company has been incorporated at Albany. Ga., with a capital of $2.5.000. The Mozart Talking .Machine Company. St. Louis, Mo., has tiled an involuntary petition in bankrupty. -< CHICAGO >• F. L. Adams, treasurer and general manager of the Newell Lumber Com- pany. Ltd.. Eunice, La. — he of the town of four railroads, good schools and a. real place to live as a sawmiller, came in too late for the convention on Saturday last, due to the Panama's wheels getting mixed up with the tra,cks, but he felt that he was compensated for coming here in the few hours he conversed with many of the members of the big delegation on hand for the National conference. Mr. Adams reported their mill running two shifts, and strange to say the night shift is carrying the blue ribbon in production. He says their trade has been very good and anticipates a good big year in 1919. The hardwood end is a bit quiet compared with the steady business in yellow pine, which is their principal line. J. M. Thompson, who has bcpn connected with the hardwood business in and around Memphis for many years, spent a few days in Chicago this week, and reports conditions in the big hardwood market very active on the whole, considering the time of year when we are in the "stop-watch period" for a few weeks getting ready for the New Year and anticipating That after the turn into 1919 the government's needs for material and men will he abated somewhat, and the big consuming manufacturers of hardwood lumber will be again turning their wheels. These gentlemen dropped in on Hardwkod Recoup as we were going to press. The big event locally was the general mass meeting of lumbermen from all parts of the country, which held sway here for three days at the end of the week. The mass meeting itself occupied Friday and Saturday, but there were other meetings of directors and individual association meetings preliminary to the general gathering. A great many hardwood men of prominence were present representative of hardwood production and dis- tribution in all parts of the country, Monday, the eighteenth, was the day of one of the regular luncheons at the Lumbermen's Association quarters, the principal guest being Brigadiei "ieneral Brice P. Disque, U. S. A., who was taken into the far northwest as a regular army colonel to speed up the production of airplane spruce in that region. General Dlsque made a very interesting talk, conveying graphic pictures of the many problems confronting him in his task of organizing the work. He made the prediction that the co-operative plan between employers and employes, under which problems are worked out 36 HARDWOOD RECORD November 2S, 1918 uiNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiniiiiaiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ Godfrey Log Conveyors For the Mill Yard, Handle Your Logs Mechanically. 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Covert of Chicago, who spent several months in the north- west logging camps doing welfare work among the men, also gave a very interesting talk, as did Major Everett G. Griggs, well-known western lum- berman, who has been in the service now for some time past. The Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Company, formerly of Moorhead. Hiss., announces the removal of its Moorhead office to Greenwood, Miss. The mill, of course, will continue to operate at Moorhead. Sam A. Thompson, manager of the lumber department of the Anderson- Tully Company, Memphis, has been around the city all of last week, looking over the local situation, but is not attempting to force business where it does not show a tendency to come through naturally. Mr. Thompson stayed over for the big mass meeting on Friday and Saturday. There was a reunion of the Deweys in Chicago this week, there being present Harry D. of Chicago, general sales manager for the Edward Hines Lumber Company ; J. E. Dewey, sales manager for the Stearns Salt & Lum- ber Company. Ludington, Mich., and Rutus H. Dewey, who is publicity manager for the Chicago Grand Opera Company. Thus Jim can be excused for affecting a little highbrow stuff, namely, listening to a few dukes and princesses and other notables warbling their romances and tragedies across the footlights of the Auditorium theatre. Boiled down, this means that Jim Dewey attended the opera performance on Friday night. An involuntary petition in bankruptcy has been iiled Ity tlie Alliance Manufacturing Company, Streator, 111, The de-ath is announced of Melville Clark, president of the Melville Clark Piano Company, citv. =■< BUFFALO > = The war relief campaign in Buffalo brought out a good deal of energy on the part of the lumbermen, who exceeded their quota of ?23.000 by about twenty per cent. The chairman of the lumber committee was Fred M. Sullivan, who .was assisted by C. W. Betts, M. M. Wall, G. Elias, O. E. Yeager, E. J. Sturm. U. E. Montgomery, Ganson Depew, William Henrichs, F. M. Hendricks, C. W. Hurd and John McLeod. At a meeting of the Chamlter of Commerce a few days ago the board of directors voted unaninuiusly to direct the transportation committee to work with the National Industrial Traffic League in efforts to bring about changes in rail rates, rules and regulations that will be fairer to shippers than those now in force. Lumber matters enter into the complaint largely, including lumber embargoes, the curtailment of transit privileges and the restrictions placed iijion the handling of intracity freight. Exces- sive charges for switching freight enter into the complaint, as making it necessary to pay large sums for carting, when the railroads ought to do the work for a moderate charge. What the immediate effect of the end of the war is to be upon Buffalo industries has been discussed generally of late, and the conclusion is that unskilled labor is still in great demand. The factory which suffers most as the result of the cancellation of war contracts is the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motors Corporution, which will be compelled to lay off about 5,000 employes. This is quite a different story than the one recently circulated to the effect that the Curtiss plant was going to expand greatly by January 1. Good faith was probably exercised in making the prediction, but the sudden announcement of the suspension of hostilities abroad threw all such plans awry. The plant expects to have considerable to do in the manufacture of airplanes, but on no big scale. The Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company has also lost some government contracts. It expected to put on 4,000 men soon, but the number has been reduced to several hundred. Buffalo building permits for November are expected to compare more favorably with the same month last year than has been the case for a number of months. A number of large industrial permits have been granted during the present month, though the number for dwellings has been below the average. Houses are much needed here and a survey lately taken showed only 75 houses, flats and apartments vacant, and most of these were not fit for human habitation. Next spring will be quite likely to show a spurt here in the building line. =-< PITTSBURGH >= Joseph W. Cottrell, president of the J. W. Cottrell Lumber Company, is spending a few days at the mills in the South. E. V. Babcock, president of the Babcock Lumber Company, made a flying trip over New York City in an aeroplane. P. M. Frampton of the Frampton-Foster Lumber Company, reports a very busy month, and says that inquiries from big industrial and manufactur- ing sources are keeping up well. The company is busy with its two new hardwood operations in Greenbriar county, W. Va. S. A. Kendall of the Kendall Lumber Company was elected congressman from the Pennsylvania district comprising Fayette and Somerset counties, and he had a very nice majority. E. H. Stoner of the West Penn Lumber Company says that shipments will improve very much since the embargo has been taken off. Little business, however, is coming to light just now. W. W. Dempsey Lumber Company of Johnstown, Pa., has been selected by the government to take charge of the manufacture of large quantities of locust pins for shipbuildings. More than 1,000,000 pins a day are needed and at present the government is getting only about 500,000 a day. J. N. Wooliett, president of the Aberdeen Lumber Company, received very optimistic reports last week from his traveling men in Indiana. Mich- igan and Illinois. He believed that after a short period of readjustment business is going ahead with a rush. Wayne Parker, formerly of New Hampshire and now of Towanda, Pa.. will shortly build a large mill there to manufacture handles of every possi- ble size. The Charles S. Flour Lumber Company has been organized at Sharon, Pa., by Charles S. Flour, .\llen U. Wilder and M. R. McCann of that city to do a wholesale and retail lumber business. •<, BOSTON >-- The A. F. Merrill Company, incorporated, has been organized at Brewer, Maine, with a capital of $100,000. to operate a spool manufacturing plant and woodturning mill of all kinds. A new lumber firm appears in the Springfield market in the H. L. Handy Lumber Company, Inc., Herbert L. Handy and his sou being treasurer and president, rosjpectively. The cjipital issued is Sns.OOO. -< BALTIMORE >•- Indications that the attpntion of the hardwood trade is again being concentrated upon or directed to the export trade continue to multiply. Not only does the increase in the number of foreign visitors furnish proof, but some renewed advances are being made by foreign firms with a view to entering into business relations as soon as the obstacle now presented by the lack of ships has been removed. Gustave A. Farber, London repre- sentative of Russe & Burgess, Inc.. Memphis, held a conference here last week with William H. Russe, head of the company, who had come East apparently for the purpose, and who returned home yesterday. It is sup- posed that at this conference the foreign situation was gone into quite thoroughly and at considerable length. Mr. Farber afterward went to New York, intending to return in a day or two. Another windstraw is presented by the receipt of a communication by a hardwood corporation here from Churchill & Sim, the London timber brokers, in which the British concern expresses a desire, as soon as vessels are available, to enter into relations for the handling of the stocks of the company. This prospect seems now fairly near, though, of course, the exact time when tonnage will be obtainable for lumber exports cannot be determined now. In connection horowith is to be mentioned the removal of the embargo All Three of Us Will Be Beneaied if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD I Xoveiiiber 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 37 on lumber everywhere, with the exception of shipments to the North Atlantic ports. Evidently, the authorities take the view that with ni- steamers as yet to be had for the movement of general cargoes, it would not be wise to remove the restriction upon forwardings to the North Atlantic ports, as this might result in heavy shipments, with consequent quick congestion of terminals not only with hardwoods, but with every other kind of freight. There seems to be every indication that the ban will be raised at a date not very remote, and the members of the trade are making preparations to get a share of the business when it does start. The opinion prevails that a heavy movement will develop, with satisfactory prices, the foreign markets being bare and the requirements after the war great. The hardwood trade Is also expected to derive some benefit from the removal of all priorities on lumber by the authorities at Washington, as was announced recently. Hereafter no permits will be required for the shipment of lumber, and a speedy return to the old state of competition may be expected to develop, unless the facilities of the railroads In the way of cars should prove very inadequate. One of the first effects of the elimination of priorities is expected to be a marked revival in construction work, so that the discontinuance of building at the' various military camps will be compensated for. Since private building has been discouraged for several years, there ought to be an accumulation of work to be undertaken as soon as labor and other elements that enter into consideration are available. The ticket to be voted for at the annual meeting of the Baltimore Lumber Exchange on the evening of December 2 at the headquarters of the Old Colony Club, in the Southern Hotel, was sent out to the mem- bers November IS, by the nominating committee. The ticket is what is known as the regular one, but so far no sign of insurgency has de veloped, and there is every indication that the vote will be practically unanimous. The nominations are as follows : President : Pembroke M. Womble. Georgia Pine Company. Vice-President ; W. Hunter Edwards of B. W. Edwards & Son. Treasurer : L. H. Gwaltnev, American Lumber Company. Managing Committee : John L. Alcock, John L. Alcock & Co. : Daniel MacLea, MacLea Lumber Company : Lewis Dill, Lewis Dill & Co. ; Parker D Dix of the Surry Lumber Companv, retiring president ; Rutus K. Goodenow. Canton Box Companv : H. D. Dreyer. H. D. Dreyer & Co., Inc. : F. A. Ascherfeld. James Lumber Company ; Henry Suechtlng, Wil- liam Suechting & Sons. Inc. ; J. J. Duffy. Lafayette Mill and Lumber Company ; Ridgeway Merryman ; W. Hunter Edwards, B. W. Edwards & Son, and Theodore Mottu of Theodore Mottu & Co. The business session will be followed by a banquet more elaborate than any of the similar events held since the beginning of the war. The arrangements have been made by the house committee, which includes Rufus K. Goodenow, Lewis Dill and P. M. Womble, all reputed to be decidedly accomplished in such matters. The nominations were made by a committee consisting of R. B. Homer of the R. B. Homer Lumber Com- pany : Louis Becker of Becker Brothers & Son, Inc., and George E. Waters of George E. Waters & Co. The death on November 11 of Mrs. Marie Dill Baer. wife of Michael S. Baer of Richard P. Baer & Company, came as a great shock to her many friends. Mrs. Baer was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Dill, this city, her father being at one time engaged in the lumber trade here. One of the first members of the hardwood trade here to be returnen from military to civil life and his old occupation is Harry T. Snyder with the Mann & Parker Lumber Company. Mr. Snyder went to Europe with the Forestry Regiment, which trained in Washington, as top ser- geant last year and soon found himself engaged near the front line trenches. He developed a bad case of shell shock and had to be sent to a hospital in France, where he remained for months, eventually being honorably discharged. He still shows some effect of the harrowing ex- perience he has gone through, but is mending and there is every prospect that he will soon be fully restored as the scenes connected with the war are removed from his gaze. Having shown splendid ability as campaigners in Liberty loan, war work fund and Red Cross drives. John L. Alcock of John L. Alcock & Co., and Daniel MacLea of the MacLea Lumber Company, were again enlisted as fund getters in the United War Work effort to secure a matter of some $170,000,000 to enable the seven organizations interested to carry on the welfare work which has been such an important feature among the American soldiers. Mr. .\lcock is chairman of one of the army committees, and Mr. MacLea is also prominent in the work. They are assisted by other members of the trade, which is making a most creditable record. T. B. Bledsoe of the new hardwood firm of Brown, Bowman & Bledsoe. Munsey Building, is on a trip in the West and reports having very satis- factory business. .\s this swing is largely in the nature of an introductory visit, he feels that the number of orders he is taking affords all the more gratification. Mr. Rook, sales manager of the R. E. Wood Lumber Company, was on a business trip in New York last week, and despite the excitement caused by the signing of the armistice and the general jubilation, managed to do very well in a business way. He took orders for several scores of cars and reports the trade to have proved quite receptive, evidently in antici- pation of the revival in trade to be looked for, now that the war is at an end. The many friends of R. E. Wood, head of the R. E. Wood Lumber Com- Walnut Of Character and Color Manufactured at Kansas City, U. S. A. Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness Thirty-five years' experience IN WALNUT ONLY Prompt Shipment, and Guaranteed Inspection FRANK PURCELL 5 1 5 Dwight Building. KANSAS CITY. MO. The following stock is in excellent condition, ready for immediate shipment J/4- No. 2 Com. * BU. ASH 41,000- 5/8- No. 2 Com. & Btr. BEECH 27.000' 6/4" No. 3 Com. & BU. BEECH 300.000' «/4- No. J Com. & Btr. BEECH 2Se.«00' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. SOFT ELM Tt.OOO' 4/4- No. 3 Com. SOFT ELM 30.000' 1/4- No. 1 Com. 4 Btr. BIRCH 84,S0»' 4/4- No. 1 Com. 4 Bu. BIRCH 108.00O' «/4- No. 2 Com. 4 Btr. BIBCH '''"S" 8/4- No. ! Com 4 Btr. BIBCH JI'S!2 4/4- No. S Com. BIBCH 51'SS!. 5/4- No. S Com. BIBCH..... 55S55 4/4- No. 1 Com. 4 Btr. MAPLE ..... 48.000' 4/4- No. 1 4 No. 2 Com- MAPLE 270.000' 6/4" No 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE 316.000' 8/4- No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE 10.000' 10/4- No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE 3^™S! 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE il'lli, 5/4" No. 3 Com. MAPLE ,11'ill, 4/4- No. 2 Com. 4 Btr. SOFT MAPLE 130.000' IDEAL HARDWOOD SAWMILL Ar« putting in pIlB every month two and one-hall million teet or choiceel Northern Micbljan Hardwoodi Stack Lumber Company MasonvUle, Michigan All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 38 HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 pany, received a great surprise recently in the announcement that he had been married. The bride was Miss Anna Slioolbred, daughter of John N. Shoolbrcd. a business man of WaynesviUe. N. C, where the ceremony took place. The couple afterward wont on a tour and are now residing on Park avenue, in the residence which Mr. Wood has occupied for years. --•<, COLUMBUS > John SStahlfauth, who was Inrmeriy connected with the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, and later with the war department in Washington, has been appointed manager of the Detroit ofBee of the W. M. Ritter company to fill the vacancy caused by the death of C. R. Asher. which occurred several weeks ago. Mr. Stahlfauth has taken up his new duties. Mr. .\sher was connected with the Detroit office for about nine years and was well known in the lumber industry. Previous to his connection with the W. M. Ritter company he was engaged in the lumber business with the Coffman Lumber Company of Washington Court House, O., and later with the Marvin Woodworking Company of Columbus. R. W. llorton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company says trade in hard- woods is rather quiet since hostilities ceased. He looks for an increase in business gradually after the reaction is passed. Prices are firm all along the line and shipments are coming out fairly well. J. A. I'''ord of the Imperial Lumber Company reports a fairly good demand for hardwoods from West Virginia with prices remaining firm in every respect. Lumbermen generally in central Ohio territory believe that there will be more activity in the lumber business with the closing of hostilities. While the time of the year is not favorable for any great expansion in t)uilding operations, still quite a few building projects are already being revived. yards in that city. The machine is mounted on trucks and is operated i)y a traction engine, but the carriage of the saw is Just the same as is used in larger mills. The machine was made for the purpose of sawing out small tiinher into railroad ties for the government. It has the advan- tage over other equipment of its kind because it is easily carried from one place 1o another. S. J. Peabody. a lumberman of Columbia City, Ind., has purchased a winter home at Daytona Beach, Fla. The Peabody Lumber Company of Plymouth, Ind., has opened a branch mill at Bourbon, Ind.. and has purchased a 100-acre farm for $20,600. .\bout fifty acres of fine hardwood timber are on this farm and the timber will he cut as soon as possible. ■< EVANSVILLE >• =-< CLEVELAND >•- Hardwood business will benefit with lumber of all kinds in this district as a result of peace arrival. Immediate effect of the new condition will not be noticeable as much in hardwoods as in other lines of lumber on the ground that it will take several months for building to get under way, If the winter is at all mild. Inquiries for hardwoods tor interior finish in housing construction will be among the first to be heard, and it is in this direction, the principal outlet in normal times, that the trade will benefit most here. Already there are permits for 200 houses which had been passed by the local non-war construction committee, but not sanc- tioned by the state or national authorities. These are expected to be released at once, and at least part of the 12.500 houses needed here will he under way soon, it is believed. These 200 houses will be financed pri- vately, but the deposits in national and state banks here since September, 1916, have increased as well, from about S455,(10(l,000 at that time to $510,000,000 which, if taken, will permit building and loan associations to obtain new loans by the sale of their mortgages to trust companies, which will afford still further financing independent of the banks. Hardwood interests are backing the movement to safeguard all industries/ in The Flats in the event the proposed new union passenger railroad station is built. Arch C. Klumph. president of the Cuyahoga Lumber Company, and C. H. Prescott of the .Saginaw Bay Lumber Company, are on the lumber committee of the Cuyahoga Valley Business Association formed for this purpose. It the station is built on the Public Square, as proposed, it will mean the vacating of many streets leading into The Flats, among them West Third street, considered the principal thorough- fare. This is the shortest route for all trucks going to the city proper. If this street is closed it will mean a long roundabout course around the northerly hill of The Flats, over a steep grade. Lumber and allied inter- ests have suggested a tunnel be bored through the liill at West Third sirei'i. leading up to the city proper by a light grade. During the several months prior to the signing of peace there was an abnormal amount of materiaj on hand here. Many yards were over- stocked. To unload these stocks in the regular way might have resulted in uustabilizing prices. Yards that were short of these materials were permitted to take them at market quotations. Through this plan 500.000 feet of all kinds of material have been thus exchanged. < INDIANAPOLIS > The phint of the Hawks Furniture Company, established in Goshen, Ind., in 1875, has been sold to a stock company composed of Herbert H. Gortner, Myron C. Dow and Charles E. Gorham of Goshen, M. E. Austbrook and E. L. Jones of Sturges, Mich., and John W. Shank and James D. Miskell of Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr. Jones and Mr. Miskell were former Goshen residents. Messrs. .\ustbrook and Jones own the Austbrook-Jones Fur- niture Company of Sturges, Mich., to which city Mr. Jones removed about ten years ago. Messrs. Shank and Miskell are experienced furniture sales- tiuMi and will sell the output of the factory. The new company is capital- ized at $100,000. The infiuenza epidemic throughout tlu' country caused sucli a demand for the production of casket factories in Indiana that many of these con- cerns made public appeals for workmen. Many of the plants have been working to capacity night and day and production has been speeded up in every way possible. The S. J. Peabody Lumber Company of Columbia City, Ind., has per- fected a miniature sawmill and now has one of the machines at its lumber Since the announcement of peace there has been a great awakening in building operations in Evansville. For the past year building operations in Evansville and many other southern Indiana towns have been prac- tically at a standstill. Now there is new life in all building lines, and contractors, building material men, and yellow pine dealers are making elaborate plans for the future. It is expected that the winter weather Will retard building in this section to some extent, but by spring build- ing plans will be well under way, and it is expected that next year will witness one of the biggest building booms in the history of Evansville. Everything points to that and public Improvements that have been at a standstill for over a year upon order of the State Council of Defense, art expected to start up anew, and things are going to boom, in the opinion of lumbermen. Real estate dealers in this city report there is already new life in their trade, and that many inquiries are coming in from all directions. The next meeting of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club will be held at the new Hotel McCurdy on Tuesday night, December 10, at which time annual election of officers will be held and the newly-elected officers will be installed. Gustavo -\. Nonweiler, aged forty-sis, for many years head of the Evans- ville Furniture Company, died at his home here a few days ago following an operation. He was well known among the lumber manufacturers. In the opinion of Daniel Wertz of Maley and Wertz. this city, it will take from eight to twelve months before the business of the United States settles down to a normal basis. George O. Worland of the Evans- ville Veneer Company, and president of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club, gives it as his opinion that it will take a much longer time. "The thing for the manufacturers to do is to sit steady in the boat and not attempt to rock it," said Daniel Wertz the other day. "Business is going to improve from time to time and in my opinion there are great things in store for the American people, but they must wait and not grow impatient. Things are looking better every day and I am quite optimistic over the results." Mr. Wertz and many other manufacturers of this section believe that within a short time they will be able to greatly increase their foreign trade. For the past two or three years they have done practically no export business. They are looking for new markets in the South and Central American countries, and in many other countries as well. Frank Albus, secretary of the Evansville Chamber of Commerce, a few- days ago announced plans for a campaign here to raise $250,000, which will be used to bring new factories to Evansville and to assist those that are already here. The campaign to raise the money will start within a short time, and lumber manufacturers and retail dealers will take a promi- nent part in the drive. The BicknoU Improvement Company at Blcknell, Ind., a few days ago let the contract for the building of twenty-five dwellings houses, and as soon as these buildings are completed early nest year, contracts for more dwellings will be let. A. H. Mankedick. who for the past several years has been manager of the Groer-Wilkinsou Lumber Company and the Allan Wilkinson Lumber Company at Petersburg, Ind., has resigned his position and gone to Sullivan. Ind. to embark in the retail hardware business with his brother. -< MEMPHIS >- J. W. Dickson, president of the Valley Log Loading Company, reports that firm is loading logs on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley and the Mis- souri Pacific roads on a basis of about 1,300 cars a month at present. For the first sixteen days of the current month, 750 cars were deliverea to mills in Memphis and other points on these two lines of railway. Mr. Dickson says that weather conditions have seriously interfered with logging operations during the past several weeks but that the quan- tity of logs prepared for shipments has been materially larger than indi- cated a short time ago when so many millmen were threatening to close down their plants following enforcement of the sweeping embargo order placed by the car service section of the United States railroad administra- tion. The labor supply is materially larger in the wooils and this is proving a help not only in preparing timber for delivery to the mills but also in hauling it to the railroads and loading it on cars. The Memphis Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association will have able representation at the forthcoming reconstruc- tion conference at Atlantic City, December 4-6, when business interests generally will squarely face problems created by the ending of the war November 25. 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 39 CJL RED GUM y lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN 12M' 8/4 FAS PLAIN 3M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED 15M' 8/4 FAS QUARTERED 8M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED IVe have the above amounts on hand in dry stock, manufactured on our own band mills, and can make PROMPT SHIPMENT MILLER LUMBER CO, MARIANNA. ARK. ir-Tt. and attempt a solution of them. The conference is to be hold under thi auspices of the United States Chamber of Commerce with which both local bodies are affiliated. J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, said today that representatives of this organization woulti undoubtedly at that conference favor return of the railroads to their owners if given assurance by the latter that they will continue certain advantageous ijolicies inaugurated by the government, including prompt adjustment of claims, routing of freight by the most direct lines and con- solidation of switching facilities. He made it equally clear, however, that if there were not guarantees to this effect and that, if the private owners of the railroads were not willing to grant certain concessions now pending before the tJ. S. Railroad Administration, there was not the slightest chance that the association would go on record in favor of such return. John M. Pritchard, secretary-manager of the American Hardwood Manu- facturers' Association, has been called to Washington by the United States railroad administration to advise with officials of that body regarding standardization of hardwood lumber and timber needed in the construc- tion of railway cars and in the building of railroad lines. The association has always favored such standardization because of the saving it would represent to both producers and consumers of hard- wood lumber and timbers. This organization has an annual output, through its membership, of more than 1,000,000.000 feet of hardwood lumber annually and Mr. Pritchard is therefore in position to render expert advice. =•< LOUISVILLE >-= H. E. Snyder, secretary-treasurer of the Louisville Veneer Mills, is back at the plant again after having been away for several months on account of illness. Mr, Snyder spent some weeks at Hot Springs and is feeling much better. William H. Day, manager of the Louisville plant of the "Wood Mosaic Company, on November 6 discovered that he was father to George Richard Day, a husky ten-pounder, who dad cheerfully claims resembles a chip from the old block. Some chip. J. G. Brown of W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company has gone South for a trip of inspection to several of the company's eight band mills and will be away for several days. After spending several days In the Kast, W. A. McLean, head of the Wood Mosaic Company, New Albany, is back on the job again. This com- pany for a week's run averaged 6. .500 gunstocks a day, and recently shipped the last of a British aeroplane contract, the last shipment being a car of black walnut, running 22.260 feet, and representing one of the largest cars of aeroplane stock ever shipped out of this district. W. R. Willett of the W. R. Willett Lumber Company has been playing a very fine brand of golf during the past season, and has been the hard man in the finals in almost every important match at the Louisville Coun- try Club. Mr. Willett recently reached the final for the house committee trophy, and was paired for the final with B. G. Marshall. The North Vernon Lumber Company has completed its Louisville planing and finishing mills, which will be operated in connection with the local sawmill. The company is now starting operations at Louisville again, having a little trouble in getting labor at the outset. Although girls have filled in fairly well during the past few months when men could not be had, the experiences of lumber manufacturers show that they would much prefer getting back a good force of male labor. Harry Kline of the Louisville Veneer Mills in discussing female labor stated that he had found girls to be about sixty-six per cent eflScient. Mr. Kline has been employing a large number of women and girls for several months past, and has been keeping close figures on their work. The National Hame & Chain Company of Louisville has recently pur- chased the hame department of the NoxdortE Krein Manufacturing Com- pany. St. Louis, Mo., and has announced that the machinery and equip- ment would he moved to New -Vlbany, where the National company when through with its additions will have the second largest hame plant in the country. George Todd, president of the company, is looking forward to an extensive Mexican and South American business. Almost every woodworking and lumber concern of Louisville had one or more men enlisted in the United War Work campaign, which worked out nicely, with the city's quota raised in less than three days. At a meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club held at the Seelbach Hotel, November 19, the club voted to hold meetings every week in the future instead of semi-monthly the war-time policy in effect during the past year. It was explained that the year promises to be a busy one, and one chuck full of changes which will need immediate discussion. E. B. Norman, Jr., president of the club, named the following com- mittees ; Entertainment, program and membership — -Harry E. Kline, E. B. Nor- man and T. M. Brown. Finance — E. B. Norman. Will Day and H. E. Kline. Lumber — E. L. Davis, E. B. Norman, and T. J. Christian. The evening was given over to a discussion of the general situation. AH Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 40 HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 PBSBimiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiimwffliiiiiiiiim riitiiBitiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiimiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiTiiiiiniiMra giiiiiiimiimiiiuiiiniiniiiiiiiiiiiinMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiniimiiMniiniiiiuiiiiiiitiiiiiiiuiuuiuiauiniiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiHiiniiuiiiiiinitiiiiuriiiiiiiiiiiniiiM riiirmuujimiijiiiiiiriiiinniiiiimiiiiiiimiJiumuLDU^ ' THEO. FATHAUER CO. | 1428 CHERRY AVENUE | Telephone Diversey 1 824 | HARDWOOD LUMBER i YARD CHICAGO. ILL. Direct Shipments in CAR AND CARGO LOTS a Specialty MILL HELENA. ARK I Address Correspondence to Chicago Offic gilinimniiniiiiiiiiiiuuuiiiiiiiiniimiiiniiinmniiinmniminiiniimiinnDi iiiinnniinmmiiiiminmiiimininuHininiiisiRniiuiiuLiuiiiiiiijiiiiiHiiiiiiiuuuiuiiiujutn mmiiiiuiiuiiuiiiDiiiiiiiiiBuiRiuoiiiiiiiiiiniiiiifflniBuuiitiiiDir- iiuMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiaiiramaiiiiiiiiiiiiim^ which brought out the fact that the trade is looking forward to being able to pick better labor tor about the same wage, but not that there will be any decline of importance in labor for some time to come due to the long time required for demobilization of the army, and high food prices that will be maintained while the United States is compelled to feed a large percentage of Europe. It was the opinion of those present that the food demand will hold up the demand for lumber from the box manufacturers. The furniture trade and auto trade are expected to become active about the first of the year, and the musical instrument trade is picking up. Building should start in the spring and should aid gum. quartered oak. and other interior woods, and poplar siding almost at once. =-< ARKANSAS >.= The receiver for the Bryant Lumber Company has filed a suit in the United District Court at Little Rock against the Pourche River Lumber Company and the Fourche River Valley & Indian Territory Company, in which a judgment for $818,504 is asked. The complaint alleges that the Fourche River Lumber Company built a tap line railroad through a gap in the mountain range near the towns of Bigelow and Fourche, in Perry County, Ark., where the mills are located, for the purpose of effecting rail connection with the timber lands lying on the opposite side of the range and belonging to both of the companies, and that by this means the Fourche River Lumber Company forced the Bryant Lumber Company into the hands of a receiver. It is stated that the land in the gap between the mountains was the property of the Bryant Lumber Company, the Fourche River Lumber Company obtaining a right of way through it, and that after the road was constructed, the operation of the road as a common carrier was denied, shipment of lumlier other than that belonging to the Fourche River Lumber Company was also denied. A conspiracy between the two defendants is alleged to have been entered into for the purpose of forcing the Bryant Lumber Company, a competitor of the Fourche River Lumber Company, out of business, and that the end was attained by mak- ing It necessary for the Bryant Lumber Company to have Its affairs placed in the hands of a receiver. The suit was based upon the federal anti- trust law. =-< WISCONSIN >.= To facilitate the reversion of Milwaukee industry from a war to a peace basis, the Milwaukee Association of Commerce has created a "reconstruc- tion council," composed of forty-eight of the leading manufacturers, busi- ness and professional men of the city. The council already is at work and doing some constructive pioneering work In behalf of employers and employes as well. The general lumber trade is represented on the council by Fred J. Schroeder of the John Schroeder Lumber Company. The death is announced of Herman G. Foster of the well-known firm of Foster Brothers of Tomahawk, Wis. Mr. Foster was born on June 11, 1886. and his death occurred November 3. The Holt Hardwood Company, Oconto, which some time ago took over the entire interests of the W. E. Williams Company, hardwood flooring, etc.. has made public its intention to greatly enlarge its facilities, follow- ing the close of the war. The sawmill department will first be improved by the installation of a hot pond and much new machinery and equipment. Other departments also will be increased in size and new lines of produc- tion added. The plant has been running at capacity during the war period on government flooring orders and also handled a vast amount of dry-kilning work, some of which came from as far as Kentucky and Tennessee and was received and shipped in timber form. The Wisconsin Toy Manufacturing Company. Milwaukee, has been or- ganized with a capital stock of ,'54,000 to manufacture and deal in toys, wooden and metal novelties, etc. The incorporators are Royal Siedentopf, E. A. Stein and Oscar Martin. The Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, Clintonville, one of the largest government contractors for military trucks in this country, recently took over virtually the entire capacity of the Silent Washer Company of that city as a department to provide boxes and crating for shipping trucks. The Silent company, which manufactures domestic washing machines, expects to resume operations on a full schedule within a short time, federal restrictions on material having been lifted. The restriction by sawmills at Antigo of all wood waste and refuse to their own consumption because of the fuel shortage has resulted In the granting of increased rates for commercial current to the Antigo Electric Company, by the State Railroad Commission. At a hearing held recently, the company showed that in 1917 it utilized 9,311 tons of sawmill refuse or hog feed ; seventy-flve cords of slabwood, and 1,692 tons of coal. The loss of sources of hog feed has Increased the requirements of coal to approximately 3,600 tons per annum. The Garvey & Weyenberg Construction Company, Appleton, a large high- way contracting concern, has arranged to utilize its organization during the coming winter in logging work for sawmill and paper mill companies in the North. Practically its entire force of men will be thus kept intact and much of its equipment will be useful in the woods work. The base of operations will be near Monico, Wis. George H. Hipke, manager of the North Western Lumber Company, Stanley, has accepted appointment as a member of the board of trustees All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 41 of the Chippewa county Insane asylum and poor farm. Mr. Hipke's principal duties will be to supervise the business administration. The Girard Lumber Company, Dunbar, has completed its season's run, which probably will be the last. The mill has been in continuous opera- tion for more than thirty years. The sawmill will be dismantled and the machinery and equipment shipped to other mills. The planing mill will continue to operate for some time to clean up the supply of raw material now on hand. Logging and lumber operators at Wausau are making a vigorous protest against the proposed discontinuance of a short line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul from Glandon, Marathon county, southward. Part of the trackage already has been torn up. The line furnished the only feasible means of getting out timber in Hewitt and Easton townships, which still contain a large acreage of standing wood. J. F. Vielmeth. assistant general manager of the Porster-Mueller Lum- ber Company, Hlles, was married last week to Miss Florence Armstrong of Kaukauna. Wis. Mr. Vielmeth is one of the best known logging and lumber operators in northeastern Wisconsin. The wholesale and retail hardwood trade at Milwaukee looks forward to one of the busiest and most active seasons in history during 1919 be- cause of general abandonment by that time of federal regulations that were imposed in favor of the most urgent war essentials. So far as dwelling construction is concerned, the coming year is expected to be by far the best yet known. Building permits issued in Milwaukee this year will not exceed $5,000,000 in aggregate value, while the best record up to this time has been $16,000,000 in a single year. A huge demand for hardwoods and veneers for musical instruments, furniture and other wood- working industries which have been obliged to run at low speed during the present year also is anticipated. The late Orrin H. Ingram of Eau Claire, who passed away recently, left an estate valued at more than $1,000,000. The principal beneficiaries are Erskine B. Ingram and Mrs. Edmund 11. Hayes, son and daughter. Con- gregational church, Sunday school and mission organizations receive he- quests aggregating nearly $40,000, and $15,000 is distributed among the grandchildren. The Anchor Ship Building Company of Washburn, organized some time ago. is proceeding with the work of establishing yards and shops despite the close of the war. It is believed that the shipbuilding facilities of the United States will be pressed to capacity for a good many years to come to compensate for the enormous losses of bottoms during the war. Wash- burn capital has come forward handsomely in support of the new in- dustry, there being no inclination to hold back because hostilities have come to an end. The Milwaukee Association of Commerce is gathering information among Wisconsin manufacturers in respect to tariff changes. This is lieing done in compliance with request of the foreign trade bureau at Washington. William G. Bruce, general secretary of the Milwaukee organization, ex- presses the belief that the volume of export trade will be considerably reduced unless tariff changes are made to meet the increased cost of labor and materials. He points out that in the chair industry, for instance, Austria and Germany were able before the war to manufacture and ship chairs into Wisconsin at a cost of eight dollars a dozen, while it cost Wisconsin makers eighteen dollars a dozen to produce chairs alone. The death of Benjamin F. McMillan of McMillan, Wis., one of the oldest and best known timber and sawmill operators of the North, occurred on November 14. Mr. McMillan succumbed to an attack of pneumonia after an illness of two weeks' duration. He was born at Fort Covington, N. Y.. in 1844, and came to Wisconsin in 1865, becoming connected with logging and lumber interests in Wood County. Later, with his brother, Charles, he established a sawmill in Marathon county. The brothers dissolved partnership in 1878. Benjamin McMillan building a large mill. In 1873, a mill was opened in Marsbfleld and still later a large sawmill community was founded in southeastern Marathon county, and named McMillan. In 1890 the Winnebago Furniture Company was established in Fond du Lac, and this still is being managed and directed by Charles McMillan. The interests of the McMillan family are broad and largely concentrated in logging, lumber and woodworking. Mr. McMillan was also extensively Interested in banks. The funeral was held at Stevens Point on Novem- ber 14. -< CHICAGO >• Chicago is showing little disposition to try to force the issue on hard- wood sales, being content to wait developments, which appear as very promising. Experience in the past has so conclusively proven the utter impossibility of really accomplishing anything in sales through sacriflcing prices that the responsible element of the local trade is selling very little low-priced stock. While naturally no one expects much progress on the building program so far as residence construction is concerned, all are convinced of a wholesale opening up with the beginning of building Wheeler-Timlin I umber Company MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWOOD - HEMLOCK - PINE Wausau, wis. Shawano County Hard Maple Is Our Specialty Complete Stock of Northern Hardwoods 4 Cars 5/4' 2 Cars 4/4 SPECIALS BASSWOOD ' No. 1 Com. ROCK ELM ' No. 1 Com. & Btr. WAUSAU, WISCONSIN GILL-ANDREWS LUMBER CO. VESTAL LUMBER & MFG. COMPANY INCORPORATED Soft Textured Oak Poplar Black Walnut Tenn. Red Cedar KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE BAND MILLS AT VESTAL A SUBURB OF KNOXVILLE FONDE, KY. AU Three of U. Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 42 HARDWOOD RECORD November 23, 1918 ^E^ OFFERS YOU /sterner^ >V LUMBER CO i;^ lumber, and a service that eliminates many disappoint- ments and adds to your profits Hardwoods Especially WE MANUFACTURE baodsawcd, plain and quarter lawed WHITE and RED OAK and YELLOW POPLAR We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- ment, Wagon and Vehicle Stock in the rough Your Inquiries Solicitfd ARUNGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentucky Swain-Roach Lumber Co. SEYMOUR, IND. -We Manufacture Elm Ash Maple Walnut Gum Cherry Sycamore Chestnut, Etc. White Oak Red Oak Poplar Hickory Fl«in Otk — I cmr 2', > cars 2H", i car % FAS. Soft Maple— 2 cart 2%" No. 1 com. (r better. Soft Elm — % emr S". H car 2'^" and 4 cars 8/4 Loff Run. I car 4/4 No. 1 *■ No. 2 com. Red Gum, VJ car 10/4 No. I com. Sr better. Quartered Red Gum, i car 4/4 Log Run Quartered Btaet Gum; 3 ears 4/4 FAS Quartered White Oak. At Two Band Mills STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS PROMPT SHIPMENT ^MlllllllllllllllllllllllllllirilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllU I Plain & Qtd. Red & White f I OAK i AND OTHER HARDWOODS i Even Color Soft Texture i weather in the spring. Numerous large projects for public structures will, though, probably be immediately carried through, and this is counted on to yield a great deal iu the' way of lumber markets. Everybody is happy and confident in the big city and there seems ample justification for gen- eral and unqualified optimism. Trade is dull right now, hut future months are looked forward to with confidence. =■< BUFFALO >= The hardwood trade is quiet fur the preserit, though wholesalers feel that it is going to show early improvement. It will take a while to readjust business to a peace basis, in their opinion, and in the meanwhile some cancellations are likely to occur. The furniture trade, which has been languishing for a long time, seems likely to go ahead more actively dur- ing the coming year, while the export business will probably be on a much better scale than for some time. Doing away with permits is regarded as a help to the hardwood industry, for und.. Wholesalers in hardwoods are patiently waiting for something to happen. A few rays of hope gleam across their horizon now and then. Chief of these is the news that automobile manufacturing may be resumed soon. Also that the ban on building has been modified. Demand, how- ever, is still very light. Nobody expects much business before January and possibly February. Yard stocks are sufficient to carry the trade over to the latter date unless something unusual develops. Railroad demand is very poor and manufacturers are taking no lumber to speak of at present. Prices on hardwood are holding fairly well considering the lack of inquiry. Mills in tri-state territory are producing about a normal output since the labor supply is getting better. =■< BOSTON y. I MADE (MR) RIGHT | I OAK FLOORING f = We hav« 35,000,000 feet dry •lock— all of 5 = cur own manufacture, from our own tim- £ 5 her srrown in Eastern Kentucky. 5 i PROMPT SHIPMENTS = i The MOWBRAY i I & ROBINSON CO. i S (iNOOBrOHATED) = I CINCINNATI, OHIO | ^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiuHn All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD Trade interest centers almost wholly on the probable course of the hardwood market during and after the adjustments in business back to peace conditions. Opinions are naturally varied, but certain factors are making a great impression on most of the dealers. The decision to con- tinue shipbuilding means much usage of hardwood (principally native stock), whether the ships are of all or partly wood construction. The expansion in the manufacture and utilization of New England lumber, especially in cheap and moderate priced furniture, is expected to greatly facilitate the supply of this class of furnishing for the great amount of urgent housing to be undertaken abroad. New England forests and fac- tories are in a very favorable situation to produce quickly and econom- ically this kind of material. While wages are not anticipated to recede to any extent, the return of labor will make contracting reasonably safe. Agriculture is suspended at present, and it is predicted that domestic industries not demanding metal workers will soon have an abundant supply of hands. Prices of hardwoods, with the exception of war specialties, have not shown any great changes, except that it may be noted there is not the tendency to continually quote higher and higher figures, making the motive the unlimited needs of war production. =■< BALTIMORE >= Something of a lull has been experienced by the hardwood trade here during the last ten days after a period of very fair activity. Tbe change, however, cannot be regarded as a surprise, since it falls within the period of the conclusion of the armistice and the virtual ending of the war, an event so momentous that it might well divert attention from ordinary November 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 43 activities and cause' a halt until the country had had a breathing spell. Such an outcome had been expected, to be sure, but when it did come it proved none the less arresting In its effect, especially since it has been followed by the United War Work campaign, which is engaging the atten- tion and occupying the time of a number of the hardwood men here. It is no secret that the expectation of important changes in the trade condi- tions has been connected with the termination of hostilities. With the fighting over, there will come the removal of the restrictions that have been imposed upon regular business on the ground that nothing must be allowed to interfere with the work designed to maintain our fighting forces at the highest point of efficiency. The first effect of peace, natu- rally, will be the return of a large part of the army and navy to civil occupations, with all that this Implies, such as a gradual lowering of wages as a rgsult of increasing competition for places. Before this hap- pens, however, business other than war work will be encouraged in order that the elimination of the demand for hardwoods which have until now gone into the making of war materials of various kinds may be compen- sated for. This diversion is confidently expected to prove great enough to maintain the demand for stocks and prevent such a failure in demand as would cause congestion. For the rest, the effect of the coming read- justment will make itself felt gradually and may require some tlmfe for its full consummation. The certainty, however, that the change will come has sufficed to slow up the inquiry at least for the time being, and ac- counts for the easing up noted last week. This easing up does not mean that the inherent strength of the situation has been seriously or at all impaired, for In addition to the shifting to be looked for in the domestic business, there is expectation of the revival of the foreign movement on an extensive scale. The countries of Europe which called for American woods prior to the war were literally starved during the period of the conflict, and the stocks in all of them are entirely depleted. In addition. there is a vast amount of reconstruction to be done, which will call for correspondingly large imports of stocks of all kinds, which, together with the stocking up to insure an adequate selection for normal requirements, will absorb great quantities of hardwoods. The embargoes upon hard- woods imposed by Great Britain and other countries cannot be main- tained, and the raising of the bars will presently be followed by a re- sumption of shipments. Every reason exists, therefore, to assume that the hardwood trade will enter before long upon a period of great activity, and the producers as well as the dealers are Justified in taking a hopeful view of the prospect, with prices remaining high and with margins of profit probably wider, as the cost of production diminishes, with the de- mand enormously stimulated. =-< COLUMBUS >-- The hardwood trade in Ohio territory has been rather quiet during the past fortnight. Buying has been held at a minimum and trade is not as active as formerly. But on the whole the tone of the market is good and future prospects are considered good. Buying on the part of factories has not been as active as formerly, partly because of the stoppage of hostilities. Manufacturers gener- ally are waiting to see what will happen and are not inclined to stock up to any extent. Reserve stocks are now being used, but it is believed they will not last very long and that manufacturers will be in the market before the first of the year. Concerns making boxes, vehicles and implements have been the best customers. A good deal had been sold to manufacturers of gun carriages. The retail trade is not active, although dealers will probably come into the market when the building ban is removed. There are intimations that the ban is to be removed entirely soon. Prices are firm all along the line at the levels which have prevailed for some time. Collections are becom- ing better. Shipping embargoes have been removed generally and there is a freer movement of cargoes from the South to northern markets. Both quartered and plain oak are in good demand at former levels. There is a good demand for the lower grades of poplar. Chestnut has been rather weak. Other hardwoods are unchanged. ^-< CLEVELAND^--- With few exceptions, there is practically no change in the hardwood situation here following the final announcement of peace terms. The change from war to so-called peace has been so sudden that there can be little effect upon materials, in the opinion of leading interests, nor is there likely to be here until next spring. War construction, which has been vir- tually the only kind of building here during the greater part of the year, of course is expected to diminish. In fact plans of certain factory inter- ests for additions to their plants have been abandoned, as the present facilities are deemed sutficient for peace-time needs of production. The effect of this upon the hardwood industry is seen mainly in a weakening of heavy oak timbers and similar material, which have been used largely up to the present because of their adaptability to speedy construction. This weakness is apparent only in that there is less demand, but at the same time there is no superabundance of these materials in this market at the moment, and consequently no actual reduction in price can be noted. Hardwood interests are optimistic for a big outlet for materials for interior finishing in housing construction, which is the principal business in normal times. Partial lifting of the building restrictions by the authorities at ^'iiiiiiiiiintiiiiiniiiiintiiiiiiiiiiiiiNmiimiiiiiniiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiii^ I SHOOT IT AT US I I Your Inquiry for | I 4/4 to 8/4 Plain Red and White Oak. | 4/4 to 12/4 Cypress. j 4/4 and 5/4 Gum. j 4/4 to 1 2/4 Ash. i 6/4 to 1 0/4 Hickory. I 6/4 and thicker | Oak and Hickory Dirtiension Stock | LET us DEMONSTRATE THE i REAL MEANING OF SERVICE | Memphis Hardwood I Flooring Company I AMERICAN LUMBER & MFG. 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A weU organized CoUectiOD Department ts also oper- ated and the aajne la open to you. Write for tenna. Estab. Lumbermen's Credit Association ilrs '** ^'chTcAGO ^^"^ ilentiOTi This Paper 55 Joha Street NEW YORK CITY CINCINNATI Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers C. CRANE & COMPANY Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & P«plar eapeeially Our location makes possible auick delivery of anything Id timber and hardwood lumber OHIO VENEER COMPANY Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS Z624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE The Tegge Lumber Col High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukee,^ Wisconsin Washington Is expected to be the means of resuming the long dormant outlet. Best opinion as to when this part of the business will begin to assume a normal status, however, is next spring, as it will take practically all winter for housing construction to get under way and reach that point where hardwoods will be required. •< INDIANAPOLIS >- Although there is an air of expectancy in hardwood circles there has been very little change in market conditions as a result of the world events of the last few weeks. Production has not been curtailed because, as far as is known, none of the hardwood lumber plants have received orders as yet from the government to stop production of government contracts. The greatest change occurring at present is transpiring in the lumber industry. Indiana furniture manufacturers who were still manufacturing lines which would be permitted under the government regulations were just beginning to adapt themselves to these regulations when the crash came in Europe. The trade is now planning to resume production on a peace- time basis as soon as possible. The retail lumber trade reports that as h. result of embargoes, enforced by the government, it finds it very difficult to maintain its old staple lines of furniture in stock. For this reason there has been considerable promiscuous buying with a result that more of the trade has been centered among Indiana plants than usual. For this reason many of the Indiana plants have been exceedingly busy and have had about all they could do to supply the demands. Prominent furniture manufacturers as well as automobile and truck manufacturers are issuing announcements continually to the effect that their plants are to be placed on a peace-time basis as soon as possible, and that they soon hope to be on a capacity production basis. It peace is finally declared in Europe, it is expected that most of these industries will be on a peace-time basis in about six months. The hardwood demand for building purposes is very light, despite the fact that the regulations are not being enforced as rigidly now as to issuing permits for new structures. The public is not yet in a building mood, although therp is an absolute shortage of improved real estate in the best residence districts of Indianapolis. Prices are well maintained with reserve stocks below normal. =-< EVANSVILLE >-= Trade with the hardwood lumber manufacturers of Evansville and southern Indiana has shown a light slump since the recent announcemenv that Germany had signed the peace terms, and that the great world war is at an end. The manufacturers say business is now in more or less an uncertain state, and prices have been inclined to drop, but that in time things will get back to normal and that trade ought to be the best In many years. The local manufacturers express it as their opinion that as soon as ocean steamers are obtained for the foreign trade, the American lum- bermen will start to ship huge quantities of lumber to various foreign countries, especially to the nations of Europe. While the uptown saw mills in Evansville are being operated on steady time now, and have In fact been so doing for several weeks past, trade is somewhat slow in spite of the fact that inquiries are rather numerous. Local manufacturers report they have liberal supplies of logs on hand and that the prices paid for these logs were high, and in view of the uncertain tone of the lumber market they do not propose to buy any more logs for awhile at least. One manufacturer expressed it as his belief that he was afraid he would lose money on the lumber sawed from the logs that he had bought at high prices, as he was of the opinion that lumber prices during the next few weeks would not be in proportion to the prices paid for logs. General trade conditions are very good and there. is a feeling in all circles that there is going to be plenty of prosperity, but that it is going to take some time to reconstruct things, just how long being a matter of specu- lation. But manufacturers are looking on the bright side of the trade picture and believe that after things get back to a normal state again the United States will witness a great era of prosperity. The various wood- consuming plants of Evansville and those in the cities of the tri-state territory are being operated on good time and manufacturers say that since the signing of the armistice they have received a great many nice orders. Plow and furniture manufacturers as well as makers of buggies, wagons, desks and chairs, believe that after the first of the year trade will boom. =-< MEMPHIS >•-- Lumber interests here are happy over the ending of the war through signing of the armistice because they are delighted that their sons, their relatives, their employes and others at the front of whom they are fond will be able to come back and take up their duties. They are also happy because they are certain that whatever the im- mediate future may have in store, there will be ultimately a tremendous revival of demand for hardwood lumber and forest products and unpar- alleled opportunity to expand their business. Cancellations of purely war orders have been coming in ever since hostilities ceased. Indeed some were received before announcement of signing of the armistice. Further cancellations are expected as a matter of course. But lumber interests believe there will be gradual transition of lumber consuming industries engaged in war activities to a peace footing. They realize that some time will be required for this readjust- ment but they are in no doubt as to the outcome. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD November 25. lillS HARDWOOD RECORD 45 They point out tbat manufacturers of automobiles and motor trucks and all engaged in supplying wheels and other parts of these vehicles ■will turn from production for war purposes to production for purely peace purposes and that they will be as active in the latter as they have been In the former. Farm wagons and farm implements will be produced by those making army wagons and similar equipment, and so it goes. Furniture manufacturers are expected to get back to normal produc- tion in due course, while tremendous stimulus to demand for hardwood lumber for flooring, for interior trim and for similar uses is anticipated from resumption of normal building activities. Box and cooperage interests will, in the opinion of those engaged in these lines, turn out larger quantities of wooden containers than even during the war because of, the necessity of even larger exports of food stufEs than heretofore to take care of requirements of neutral and belliger- ent nations. Already there are plentiful signs that there will be a tremendous de- mand for hardwood lumber from Europe and that exports will be of un- paralleled proportions as soon as there are adequate ocean transportation facilities. All members of the trade appear to be agreed on the outlook In this direction. Just now business is quiet. There is every indication that it will con- tinue so for a while. But this is as expected and is causing no uneasiness. Lifting of the embargo against shipments of commercial lumber into all territory west of the Buffalo-Pittsburg line is facilitating movement of both lumber and forest products and shipments are going forward now with greater promptness. Production is undergoing little change. No more mills have closed down. Those that have closed down are awaiting further developments before resuming. Prices are without change. The owner who refused to sell a short time ago at concessions is now more determined than ever to hold his lumber for satisfactory value. The supply of labor is larger now than for several months and some members of the trade anticipate that wages may begin to take the back-track to a modest degree. No liig changes, however, are expected. Indeed, practically all interests agree that readjustment of the wage scale must be a gradual process and perhaps a rather slow one. ^-< LOUISVILLE >= Peace and lifting the embargo all in one week was almost too much for some of the' lumbermen, but everyone is expected to survive the shook. Lifting the embargo has already started a better inquiry, and lifting build- ing restrictions should bring about a better demand for interior trim and that shortly. Just now a few inquiries are coming from the furniture trade, and a few are expected shortly from the auto trade. However, things are a little quiet, although a few houses are managing to keep fairly busy, but principally on shipping out business that had been delayed on account of permits. Chestnut has been very active, a good demand for this wood for core stock having developed. The demand for poplar is not quite so keen as ii. was, except in the lower grades which continue very active. Hickory has been cleaning up nicely, even log run, inch and under, moving. Maple hasn't been showing much so far this month. Chair manufacturers have been buying common plain and common quartered oak. Plain oak demand has been principally for white, with very little red moving from some mills. Quartered is selling in % and thicker, but principally in common grades. While practically no cancellations of direct or indirect orders are being reported, there have been a few reports of indirect consumers ordering shipments held up. For a time orders for aeroplane stock were renewed as fast as they were filled, and the manufacturers were steadily asked to take more of the business. However, no new aeroplane business is being placed now, and in a number of other lines things are about the same. A few new orders for government stuff, either of staple character or for hurry up finishing of contracts, are still coming, but government business as a whole is slowing down since the armistice was signed, and is reported to have been slumping for two weeks prior to that. So far the market hasn't shown much effect of peace, and the general lines in demand are about the same,, although the volume is not quite so heavy. However, prices are firm, and as good as at any previous time in weeks. =-< MILWAUKEE >= The outlook in the Milwaukee and Wisconsin hardwood trade since the cessation of hostilities is one of much encouragement, despite the belief which existed immediately thereafter that the probable discontinuance of war demands might create somewhat of a slump. However, the enormous requirements of hardwoods and veneers in ordinary peace-time industries, which have been subjected to the strictest regulations and restrictions, are now developing and the impression prevails that whatever falling off may be encountered by reason of the lesser military needs will be more than occupied by requirements which have been held in almost absolute check for a year or more. As a matter of fact, military necessities are being well sustained and are expected to continue to be of ample propor- tions for some time to come. In this respect the hardwood industry is believed to be in a relatively better position than other branches of the lumber trade, which, however, are not suffering to any appreciable extent. Values are being steadily maintained and no sharp fluctuations are ex- pected for the time being. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING STOCK TO OFFER: 3 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common and better Ash 5 cars 6/4 Log Run Beech 15 cars 6/4 No. 1 Common and better Hard Maple 5 cars 10/4 No. 1 Common and better Hard Maple 5 cars 8/4 No. 1 Common and better Hard Maple 5 cars 8/4 No. 1 Common and better Hard Maple 4 cars 8/4 No. 1 Common and better Soft Maple 10 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common and better Red Oak 8 cars 4/4 No. 2 Common Red Oak All band sawn West Virginia stock, excellent widths and lengths and well manufactured WE CAN SHIP PROMPTLY JOHN HALFPENNY, Inc. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA New York— Chicago— Seattle TIMBER National Headquarters for the purchase and sale of timberlands. All branches of timber service. Lacey Reports on stumpage values. Timber securities. Timber loans. Your inquiry will be given immediate attention. I JAMES D I I I /^ acey|imber(o. 1750 McCORMlCK BUILDING. CHICAGO New York— Chicago— Seattle SERVICE FIRE INSURANCE SERVICE AND PROTECTION Davis Service was organized to furnish to lumbermen in every branch of the trade com- plete and immediate protection for buildings, equipment and stocks. No matter hovf many yards and plants you have, nor where they are located, we can cover you. The value of Davis Service consists in the fact that your insurance is placed at one time on all your risks, through one office, which acts as your fire insurance clearing house and insures full coverage everywhere all the time. Let our Engineering Department show you how to reduce the cost of your fire insurance. Full Coverage, Correct Forms, Lowest Rates A. J. DAVIS & CO. Specialists in Lumber Fire Insuranc* Insurance Exchange, Chicago All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 46 HARDWOOD RECORD November 25, 1918 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Advertisements will be Inserted in this «ec- tion at the following rates; For one Insertion 25c a line For two insertions 40c a line For three insertions 55c a line For four Insertions 65o a line Eiglit words of ordinary length malse one line. Heading counts as two lines. No display except the headings can be ad- mitted. Kemlttnnces to accompany the order. No extra charges for copies of paper containing the advertisement. EMPLOYES WANTED WANTED— SUPERINTENDENT for large Northern pluiit, sawmill with many years' cut and yard in connection, operating con- tinuously. Located in city of good size. Recite experience and give references. Address, "BOX 111," care H.\rdwood Record. WANTED A man with real selling ability for Pittsburgh and surrounding territory. Can use a good white pine and yellow pine salesman and also a good hardwood salesman for the yard and factory trade. Can also use a good all-round salesman for the large manufacturing plants. Do not apply unless you are a hard worker, steady and re- liable in your habits and with good selling talent and personality. Compensation liberal, based on abUlty. AMERICAN LBR. & MFG. CO., Pitts- burgh, Pa. WANTED— AN EXPERIENCED man to tal/4 & 6/4 No. 1 common. Can dress and resaw. if desired. WALTER C. MANSFIELD, Menom- inee, Mich. WE HAVE FOR SALE 200,000 feet 4/4 Red and White Oak, consisting of tie siding and regular lengths, mostly No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 Common ; small amount of FAS. Address, "BOX 112," care Hardwood Record. ALFRED P. BUCKLEY Lumber Commission 932 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Will cut to order 8 to 10 cars Locust in the log in New Jersey. Also Poplar and Sweet Gum in the log in sizes and lengths desired. Our Daily Bulletins containing Inquiries from Buyers, are sent to five hundred responsible saw- mills. The mills make their best competitive quotations direct to the buyer, by mail or tele- graph. .Send us your inquiries. The service Is free to buyers. Daily Bulletins, Lumbermen's Bureau, 810 Munsey Building, Washington, D. C. Us Will Be Benefitea if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD FLORIDA WHITE ASH FOR SALE 75,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 Common 65,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Common 65,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common Graded under National Rules. PRICES RIGHT. THE CYPRESS LUMBER COMPANY, SS Broad St., Boston. TIMBER FOR SALE FOR SALE— 480 ACRES (Timber Only) in Shelby County, Tex., near rail- road, 60% Oak, ranging from 2 to 5 feet in diameter. Also 640 acres Yellow Pine in Lee Co., Fla. J. D. LEISURE, Columbus, Ind. 4,061 ACRES TEXAS VIRGIN Hardwood timber, near water and rail, four feet diameter, sixty feet to first limb. $25 acre stump- age, first time offered. NORMAN O. EDDING- TON, Brighton, Illinois. FORTUNE KNOCKS 500,000 acres very fine mahogany timber, bar- gain. Address, "BOX 119," care Hardwood Rec- ord. DIMENSION STOCK WANTED WANTED TO BUY 5 cars 2x2-30" Clear Oak Squares. 5 cars 2x2-19" Clear Oak Squares. 5 cars l%il%-19" Clear Oak Squares. . 10 cars l%xl%-20 and 40" Clear Oak Squares. 5 cars lV4x2i4-5' clear Oak. 5 cars 11/2x2% -5' clear Oak. 10 cars 114x2 and 214-40" clear Oak. Write for orders to cut. We are always In the market. THE PROBST LUMBER CO., Cincinnati, Ohio. November 191S HARDWOOD RECORD 47 WANTED— CLEAR OAK SQUARES 2%x2iAx30". Would like to place ortlei- for 5 to 10 cars — dry stock or contract for same to be cut and shipped later. AMERICAN LBR. & MFG. CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. WANTED— SEVERAL CARS 2x2x30" and 2ijx2i,ix30" Clear Birch or Maple Squares. THE MAY LUMBER CO., 940 Broad- way. New Turk, N. Y. TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE FOR SALE OR TRADE 15.000 acres Chestnut. Hemlnek, Oak. etc.. in X. C. G. C. BLANKNER, 60 Wall Street, New York City, N. T. FOR SALE OR TRADE 5.200 acres Yellow Pine. Oak, Chestnut, etc., in Tenn. G. C. BLANKNEK, 60 Wall Street, New York City, N. Y. LOGS WANTED WANTED— BLACK WALNUT LOGS 500 cars good black walnut logs. 12" and up In diameter, 6 ft. and up long. Will inspect at shipping point and pay cash. GEO. W. HARTZELL. Piqua, Ohio. I MACHINERY FOR SALE FOR SALE One 30" wide double surfacer and matcher planer No. 14, manufactured by S. A. Woods Machine Co., Boston, Mass. Serial number 10666, price $1,000. Good as new. and will dress and match four sides up to 14x16" timber. SALLING-HANSON COMPANY, Grayling, Mich. FOR SALE Electric power plant, now on skids at Redwine, Kentucky, can ship quick. Recently overhauled and is in perfect working order. Price,- $0,750, f. 0. b. ears Redwine, Ky., sight draft and B/L attached. Can be inspected any time. 1 General Electric Curtis Turbo Unit, consist- ing of : Generator : 1-750 K. W. General Electric ver- tical, 3 phase, 60 cycle, 2300 or 440 volts, 1800 R. P. M. Turbine: 750 K. W. condensing (550) K. W. non-condensing Curtis vertical, ISOO R. P. M. 150 lbs. steam pressure at throttle, 2S" vacuum. .\bove complete with all piping equipment. No. condenser equipment. LENOX SAW MILL CO., Lenox, Ky. FOR SALE AT GURNEY, WIS. 3 track jacks 1 Jim Crow rail straightener 2 sleighs 2 heavy screw jacks 2 hose carts 12 lumber buggies 4 haul-off rigs 1 dump cart 24 cross-cut saws 1000 lbs. of usable track bolts 12 tons of usable railroad spikes 1 ice cutting plow and fixtures 1 water ram 90 bark spuds 2 complete blacksmith shop outfits. UPIIAM & AGLER, 2322 S. Throop St., Chicago, 111. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES HIGH-CLASS MANUFACTURING AND wholesale lumber company, holding unusual loca- tion and opportunity, desires to increase capital from .$50,000.00 to $100,000.00. Have position for experienced hardwood office man, also man- ager of entire hardwood operation. Don't apply unless you have both capital and ability. Or we offer an absolutely sound 10% investment tor money without services. Good investment for retired lumberman : the funds of an estate ; or we can use a young man with capital and stenog- raphic ability who desires to learn the lumber business. Address "OPPORTUNITY," care Hard- wood Record. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY A bargain if sold at once, a thoroughly equipped six-ft. Band Sawmill A#l condition, operating steadily, located in live town of twenty-five hun- dred, three railroads, ideal living conditions and healthy climate. Can include two to three mil- lion feet southeast Missouri timber and logs, the source of supply available to mill sufficient for several years run. Manager's entire attention required elsewhere throws this exceptional offer on the market. Terms to be arranged if pur- chaser desires. Address, "BOX US," care Hard- wood Record. MISCELLANEOUS Loose Leaf Tally Books TALLY SHEETS Witli WATERPROOF LINES Sample Sheets, Price List and Catalog oj Other Supplies Will Be Sent on Request FRANK R. BUCK & CO. 2133 Kenilworth Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. HARDNVOODS FOR SAl^E ASH NO. 1 & 2 C, 4 '4". std. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dry. ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 1 C, white, good wdths.. 50% 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C, white, S/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., dry. BUFF.\LO HAEDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo. N. Y'. NO. 2 C, white, 4/4-12/4". 20 mos. drv. G. ELI.-VS & BROS., INC., Buffalo. N. T. COM. & BTR., 12/4"; COM., 5/4". GATOSO LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 2 & BTR., 4/4, 5/4", av. wdth.. any length. 8 mos. dry; NO. 3 C, 4/4 & 5/4", av. wdth., any Igths., 8 mos. dry. GILL-ANDREWS LUMBER CO., Wausau. Wis. FAS, % & 14", reg. wdths. & Igths.. 6 mos. dry: FAS. %". 10" & up, reg. Igths., 6 mos dry. HOFFJIAN BROS. CO.. Ft. Wayne, Ind. FAS, brown, 4/4, 6/4 & S/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO., Boston, Mass. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., dry; NO. 3 C, 4/4, reg. wdths. & Igths., dry. KNEELAND-BIGELOW CO.. Bay City. Mich. COM. & BTR., 4/4-8/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 & NO. 3. 4/4", 4" ,t up. 10-16'. « mos. dry. P. J. LATYTIENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 8/4". PENROD, JURDEN ,«9i,i5- ,?J"v.,?/^",- MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. GUM— SAP NO. 1 C, 4/4", 5/4"; NO. 2 C, 4/4 & 5/4", std. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. dry; DOG BDS., S/4", std. wdths. & igths.,' 6 mos dry. ABERDEEN LUMBER CO.. Pittsburgh, Pa. FAS, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4". ANDERSON-TULLT CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C, & BTR., qtd., 6/4 & 8/4"; NO. 2 C. & BTR., pi.. 4/4-8/4"; BOX BDS., 4/4". BELL- GRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. BOX BDS., 4/4". 9-12', 13-17'. reg. Igths., 8 mos. dry; FAS, 4/4". reg. wdths.. 8 mos. dry. BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. ALL grades 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. BOX BDS., 4/4. 8-12, reg. Igths., 9 mos. dry; BOX BDS., 13-17', reg. igths. GEO. C. EHE- MANN it CO., Memphis, Tenn. LOG RUN 4/4-6/4". KRAETZER-CURBD LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 3 C, 4/4 & 8/4". RUSSE & BURGESS. INC., Memphis. Tenn. BOX BDS., 4/4, 13-17, reg. Igths.. 8 mos. dry; FAS, 4/4", 13 er Co.. 4 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 East Jordan Lumber Co 13 Elias, G., & Bro 4 Fathauer, Theo., Company 40 Gill-Andrews Lumber Company. 41 Hoffman Bros. Company 5-29 Jackson & Tindle 44 Jones Hardwood Co 46 Kneeland-Bigelow Co., The 3 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The 33 Memphis Band Mill Co 10 Miller Lumber Co 5-39 Mossman Lumber Company 8 Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co 5-S Penrod. Jurden & McCowen.... 10 Pritchard-Wlieeler Lumber Co. 5-9 Probst Lumber Company 46 Russe & Burgess, Inc 9 Sondheimer, B., Co 9 Stark, James E., & Co 9 Stimson, J. V 5-52 Stimson, J. V.. Hardwood Co... Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co.. 8 Thane Lumber Co 8 Thompson-Katz Lumber Co.... 10 Three .States Lumber Co 5-52 Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co.... 5-S Penrod. Jurden & McCowen.... 10 Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. 5-9 Probst Lumber Company 46 Richardson, A. M., Lumber Co. . Russe & Burgess, Inc 9 Salt Lick Lumber Company.... R Sondheimer, E.. Company 9 Standard Hardwood Lumber Company 4 Stark, James B., & Co 9 Sterner Lumber Co 42 Stimson, J. V., Hardwood Co... Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co.. S Sulliyan, T., & Co 4 Swain-Roach Lumber Co 5-42 Taylor & Crate 4 Thane Lumber Co 8 Thompson-Katz Lumber Co.... 10 Three States Lumber Co 5-52 Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co McIIvain, J., Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 4 Miller. Sturm & Miller 4 Mitchell Bros. Co 3 Mowbray & Robinson Co 5-42 13 Welsh Lumber Co. 8 Utley-Holloway Company. Palmer & Parker Co. 36 Stack Lumber Company 37 Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 4 Stearns Salt & Lumber Co 6 Stimson, J. V 5-51 Sullivan, T., & Co 4 Taylor & Crate 4 Tegge Lumber Co 44 Von Platen Lumber Company. 13 Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co.... 41 Willson Bros. Lumber Company 6 Wistar. Underbill & Nixon 36 Wood-Mosaic Company 5 Teager Lumber Company, Inc. Young, W. D.. & Co SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. Aberdeen Lumber Co 1 American Lumber & Mfg. Co. . .5-43 .\nderson-Tully Company. . . .2-9-51 Archer Lumber Company Arlington Lumber Company ... .5-42 Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo... 4 Beaumont Lumber Company... 14 Bellgrade Lumber Company 9 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 5-14 Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling. ... 4 Bonner, J. H., & Sons 5-10 Boyle, Inc., Clarence 13 Brown, Geo. C. & Co 10 Brown Land & Lumber Co 8 Brown, W. P., & Sons Lbr, Co. . Brown & Hackney, Inc 10 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.. 4 Catlin, R. H., Company. 46 Cornelius Lumber Company.... 14 Crane. C, & Co 44 Davis, Edw. L., Lumber Co Dudley Lumber Company 8 Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Co 41 Welsh Lumber Co 8 WTiitmer, Wm.. & Sons 6 Willett, W. R., Lumber Co Willson Bros., Lumber Co 6 Wisconsin Lumber Company... Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 36 Yeager Lumber Co., Inc. OAK. See Lists of Manufacturers on page Bhemann, Geo. C, & Co 8 Elias, G.. & Bro 4 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co 14 LUMBER COMMISSION. Alfred P. Buckley 46 VENEERS AND PANELS. Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co. 12 .\nderson-Tull.v Company. . . .2-9-51 Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co. 30 Bird's Eye Veneer Company. ... 24 Dean-Spicker Company, The... Hoffman Bros. Company 5-29 Huddleston - Marsh Mahogany Company 26 Kosse. Shoe & Schleyer Co.. The 33 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co 14 Fathauer, Theo., Company 40 Long-Knight Lumber Co 26 Ferguson & Palmer Company.. 10 Louisville Veneer Mills 24 Long-Bell Lumber Co 5-12 Galloway-Pease Company 5 Mengel, C. C, & Bro. Co Mowbray & Robinson Company .5-42 Gayoso Lumber Company 9 Goodlander-Robinson Lumber Nickey Bros., Inc 25 Company 5-10 POPLAR. Ohio Veneer Company 44 Anderson-Tully Company. .2-9-51 Arlington Lumber Company. .. .5-42 Halfpenny, John, Inc 45 Hoffman Brothers Company 5-29 Howe Lumber Company Palmer & Parker Co. 36 RED GUM. .inderson-Tully Company. .2-9-51 Bellgrade Lumber Company.... 9 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 5-14 Bonner, J. H., & Sons 5-10 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 10 Brown & Hackney, Inc 10 Brown Land & Lumber Co 8 Brown, W. P., & Sons Lbr. Co. . Ehemann, Geo. C, & Co 8 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co 14 Ferguson & Palmer Company. . . 10 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co.. The 33 Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co 9 Kurz-Downey Company Long-Bell Lumber Company. . . .5-12 Long-Knight Lumber Company 26 Lawrence, P. J., Lumber Co. . . . McIIvain, J. Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 4 Memphis Band Mill Company. .5-10 Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co. 43 Miller, Sturm & Miller 4 Miller Lumber Co 5-39 Mossman Lumber Company.... 8 Mowbray & Robinson Company. 5-42 I Pickrel Walnut Company 27 Rayner, J., Company 12 Stark, James B., & Co 9 St. Louis Basket & Box Co 30 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . 8 Wisconsin Cabinet & Panel Co. 28 Wisconsin Veneer Company 30 Wood-Mosaic Company 5 MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ETC. Davis, Edw. L., Lumber Co Hoffman Brothers Company 5-29 Huddleslon-Marsh Mahogany Co. 26 Kosse, Shoe & Schlever Co.. The 33 Long-Knight Lumber Co 26 Mengel, C. C, & Bro. Co Palmer & Parker Co 36 Pickrel Walnut Company 27 Purcell, Frank 37 Rayner, J., Company 12 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Bliss-Cook Oak Company 5-14 Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc 3 East Jordan Lumber Company. 13 Horner, William 6 Long-Bell Lumber Company 5-12 Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co.. 13 Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co. 43 Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Salt Lick Lumber Company 6 Stearns Salt & Lumber Co 6 Wilce, T., Company, The 12 Young, W. D., & Co 3 ^AWS, KNIVES, ETC. Atkins, E. C, & Co Hill-Curtis Co 52 SAWMILL MACHINERY. Hill-Curti.s Co 52 Sinker-Davis Co Soule Steam Feed Works WOODWORKING MACHINERY. Mershon, W. B., & Co 52 LOGGING MACHINERY. Chickasaw Cooperage Company. 50 Godfrey, John F 36 Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co. . 12 DRY KILNSAND BLOWERS. Grand Rapids Veneer Works... Philadelphia Textile Machinery Company 6 LUMBER INSURANCE. Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company Davis, A. J., & Co 45 Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company PennsylvaniaLumbermen's Mu- tual Fire Insurance Company. TIMBERLANDS. Lacey, Jarnes D., Timber Co... 45 MISCELLANEOUS. Brookmire Economic Service... Buck, Frank R., Co 47 Childs, S. D., & Co 13 Kane Manufacturing Company. Lumbermen's , Credit Assn 44 Perkins Glue Company 39 so HARDWOOD RECORD November 2.j, 1918 (Coitthiiivd from paye 48) OAK— MISCELLANEOUS CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Loui.s. Mo t,J^x9a^^^^- *'^"'- CROSSING PLANK 12/4". PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, INC., Memphis. Tenn. BCKG. BDS., %-5/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 6-12 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. PECAN J '-°°. 5^^' *^^"' ''t'l- wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. dry. ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, LOG RUN, 8/4". GEO. C. BROWN & CO Memphis, Tenn. PINE M^°; V*^-.^f,','°"' ^/■*"' ^" ■"'cle, 6 mos. drv; NO. 1 C, 4/4", S, :o, 12" wide 6 mos drv ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., PiUsl.ur?h Pa " ALL grades, white. 4/4-12/4". reg. wdths. '& wnoh r-'A"'"!, *^';°'^";V ''''^■- JONES HARD- WOOD CO., Boston, Ma.'.s POPLAR Bi^c?: ;n8.v ifuJl T\^ "'■'■■ °- ^"^s & COM. & BTR. 5/8 & 4/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., Loui^vfl'le K LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. M^,?,;. ^ '^^ '^^'^"- WELSH LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. dr.N . NO 2 c., 8,,'4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 8 mos. NO Yr'-'^"^.^?-^'^^£ CO- New Albany Tnd ,„fi°- \ ?■ *• ^T^- %-16/4", reg. wdths., std. Euffaio N ''f • '■■ ^'^-^GER LUMBER' CO., FLOORING MAPLE ,, CLR.,iji,x2. reg. wdths.& Igths., div: PRIME, Uxi and ],>„x4, reg. wdths. & Igths., drv. KNEELAND-BIGELOW CO.. Bay City, Mich. VENEER— FACE %--fs up to 22' lonf Ft. Wayne, Ind. ASH HOFFMAN BROS. CO., CHERRY jj^ySO-Vi. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, GUM — RED -irSJjSiirri.?,'?,' ^"y thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. txt"^'*^;!.^" thici'';'^"??S- ,, LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville, Ky. „ ''k- fo ^'^°;. ^ii- 5/1^ ^ 3/8", stock sizes, good IS and 2S. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOGANY CO., Chicago, in. ,„'^'^X thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. These machines are designed for CUTTING WOOD of any kind in any place under any conditions to be found in the lum- ber and wood camps, in any kind of weather. These machines have been in use for over four years. Vaughan o^slt^^l Drag Saw Can Be Used with Profit in Cutting Any Kind of Round Wood CHICKASAW COOPERAGE CO. E. C. ATKINS & COMPANY Atlanta, Ga. General DLstributlngr Agents Memphis, Tenn. sf"i» New Orleans, La. GENERAL SELLING AGENTS MEMPHIS. TENN. J. C. PENNOYEB CO. Selling Agents, 226 La SaUe Street, Cbicage Exchange BIdg, Memphis, Tenn. Gassaway, W. \a. AH Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD I Novt'iiiber 2r,. 1018 HARDWOOD RECORD ■"THE woodworking trade will be among the first to throw off war conditions. The mo- bile character of equipment, organization and raw material makes this certain. The result will be an immense demand for lumber and similar products within sixty or ninety days, by which time the lumber producing trade, because of de- creased production and short stocks, will be se- riously taxed to meet the call. It is good business for you now as a buyer of hardwoods to make your plans. This is our urgent advice given as students of lumbering for the past half century. If, with our 75,000,- 000 feet of annual producing capacity and a re- markable complete and versatile stock, we can help you in any way, it is our pleasure to do so whether you order or not. But we urge that you do order. yf^DERSON TULLY CO. SER^^ FROM M I LL TO FACTORY MEMPHIS TENNeSSEE All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD STIMSON'S MILLS Four organizations with the single purpose of meeting the wants of the most scrupulous buyer of all domestic hardwoods — Indiana & Southern Hardwood Lumber — flnd= = Rotary Veneer J. V. STIMSON, Huntingburg. Indiana STIMSON VENEER & LUMBER CO. Memphis, Tennessee J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO. Memphis, Tennessee, & Helena, Ark. Three States Lumber Co. MEMPHIS, TENN. Manufacturers of SOUTHERN HARDWOODS BAND MILL: BURDETTE, ARK. The Following Is a List of a Few of the Items We Now Have in Stock: Dry, Ready for Prompt Shipment COTTONWOOD 4 Cars 1 " Boxboards, 13 " to 17 " J Cars 1" Boxboards. 8" to 12" 4 Cars I" FAS., 6" to 12" 5 Cars 1" No. 1 Common S Cars \V^" No. 1 Common 4 Cars 1" No. 2 Common 2 Cars V/i' No. 2 Common 3 Cars 2" FAS. GUM i Cars 1" FAS. Sap i Cars IVi" FAS. Sap 1 Cars li/a" FAS. Sap 6 Cars 1" No. 1 Common 5 Cars 1" No. 2 Common 2 Cars VA" FAS. Red 2 Cars IVi" FAS. Red 1 Car V/t" No. 1 Common 3 Cars 2" FAS. Qtd. Red 2 Cars 2" No. 1 Com. Qtd. Red OAK 5 Cars 1" FAS. Red 2 Cars 1" FAS. White 2 Cars IVi" No. 1 C. 4 Btr. Red 5 Cars 1" No. 1 Com. Red 2 Cars 1" No. 1 Com. White S Cars 1" No. 2 C. Red &. White 2 C«urs 2V-" No. I Com. A Btr. Plain Red Oak 2 Cars 3" No. I Com. A Btr. Plain White Oak 5 Cars 2" Log Run Elm 5 Cars 1" Log Run Elm 3 Cars 11/4" Log Run Elm 4 Cars l'/2" Log Run Elm 3 Cars 2" Log Run Maple 2 cars 12/4" Log Run Maple 2 cars 6/4" Log Run Maple 2 cars S/4" Log Run Maple 3 Cars 1" No. 1 Com. &. Btr. Sycamore 5 Cars 1" No. 2 A No. 3 Com. Sycamore 2 cars 2" Select & Better Cypresf Our stock is manufactured from a nice class of timber and there- fore runs to nice grade and extra good widths and lengths. We solicit your request for delivered prices Ideal Band Resaw A PROMISING YEARLING Sellers, S. C, March 3 1, 1917. Gentlemen: We have been operating one of your Ideal Resaws for the past twelve months and up to the present time we have not had to make any adjustment on it. It is doing all classes of work from 2" to 24" in width and we are very much pleased with the quantity and quality of its production. Should we have occasion to purchase another resaw we would most certainly buy a Mershon. TILGHMAN LUMBER COMPANY. Wm. B. Mershon & Co., Saginaw, Michigan Saw Mill Dixie Circular Mills SEND FOR HILL .AND CURTIS CATALOGUES HILL-CURTIS COMPANY saw mill and allied machinery Kalamazoo Michigan Successor to Wm. E. Hill Co. and saw mill machinery liiisiness of Curtis Saw and Mill Machinery Co. Sem!-Monthly Twenty-Fourth Year 537 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO, DECEMBER 10, 1918 Subscription $2 Vol. XLVI, No. 4 PERKINS Vegetaole Veneer Glue Has been supplied to tlie trade without interruption througli tlie difficult situations caused by war con- ditions and PERGLUCO our registered trade mark, adopted by us several years ago, is stamped on every bag of Perkins Glue and GUARANTEES Perkins Quality and Perkins Service Process and Product Patents covering Perkins Glue were granted July 2nd and Marcb 19tli, 1912, and are held valid and infringed by United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Manufactured and Sold Exclusively by PERKINS GLUE CO. FACTORY: Lansdale, Pennsylvania SALES OFFICE: South Bend, Indiana T"!! I II II 11 II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II M II II M II II II II II M II II II II II II II II II II I I II TTI ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER MAS 26. 1802, AT THE FOSTOFFICK AT CUlCAtiU, UX.. GNDJ:.^ ACT Of UABCH 8, 1879 HARDWOOD RECORD December 10, 1918 ESTABLISHED 1?98 J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. LUMBER Hardwoods A Specialty PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Manufacturers Wholesalers iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiy^^ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii THIS MARK MEANS Quality-GOLDEN RULE-Service THE ANDERSON-TULLY company MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Southern Hardwood Manufacturers 70.000,000 feet a year illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll All Three of Ui Will Be Benefited if You MenUon HARDWOOD RECORD December 10. 191S HARDWOOD RECORD Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality Basswood Selects Basswood, No. 1 Common Basswood, No. 2 Common Basswood, No. 3 Common Gray Elm, No. 1 Common & Better Gray Elm, No. 2 Common & Better Gray Elm, No. 2 Common & Better Gray Elm, high grade Maple, Step Maple, high grade Maple, high grade Maple, high grade Also have ample stock 4/4 Maple and can furnish any grade No. 2 Common or better. We are now sawing Beech lumber, 5/8, 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4, and Maple 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4. 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and I 6/4 thicknesses. Cobbs & Mitchell INCORPORATED Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan 134M 4/4 66 M 4/4 43 M 4/4 79M 4/4 78 M 4/4 60 M 6/4 100 M 8/4 46 M 12/4 32 M 5/4 75 M 5/4 92 M 6/4 95 M 8/4 "FINEST" Maple and Beech FLOORING We are members of the Maple Flooring Mfr's. Association FUorinf itamped M. F. M. A. iatorei qaality /. Michigan /. Hardwood Lumber BIRCH OAK 100.000' No. 5 Com. i Btr., 4/4" 50.000' No. 2 Com. &. Btl , 4/4" T5.000' No. 2 Com. i Btr. 6/4" MAPLE 80FT ELM 50.000' Ists & 2nd5. 4/4" to 18/4" JOO.OOO' No. 2 Com. & Btr., 4/4" WHITE MAPU; 80.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 10/4" 14.000' lita Ic 2nd3. 4/4", end dried 15.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 12/4" HEMLOCK SOO.OOO' No. 2 Com. 4 Btr.. 4/4" CHERRY 125.000' Merchantable 4/4" ASH 17.000' No. 2 Com. Ic Btr.. 4/4" Write f 15.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr. or Price* 4/4- W. D.Young ^ Co. BAY CITY MICHIGAN Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality We have dry — 4 4 Basswood, Birch, Gray Elm, Birdseye Maple, Soft Maple and Beech 5/4 Beech 6/4 Beech and Gray Elm 8/4 Gray Ebn In addition to above we ai-* new sawing — 5/8 Beech 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 16/4 Hard Maple Some grades and widths are piled separately to better meet the requirements of the trade Mitchell Brothers Co. Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan WE WILL QUOTE ATTRACTIVE PRICES ON THE FOLLOWING: 20,000 ft. 1 1/16" X 2" Clear Maple Flooring 35,000 ft. 13/16" X 4" No. 1 & Btr. Maple Flooring 24,000 ft. 1 1/16" X 4" No. 1 & Btr. Maple Flooring 40,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Common & Better Ash 20,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common Ash 200,000 ft. 5/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 60,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 250,000 ft. 5/4 No. 3 Common Beech 14,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2nd Birch 60,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 & No. 2 Common Birch 500,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 225,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 65,000 ft. 10/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 75,000 ft. 12/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 150,000 ft. 6/4 No. 3 Common Elm 40,000 ft. 8/4 No. 3 Common Elm 30,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common & Better Red and White Oak 10,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better White Oak 5,000 ft. 10/4 No. 2 Common & Better White Oak The Kneeland-Bigelow Company Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber Bay City Michigan All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD Di'cembpr 10. 191S #^•1^ W "^ BBB^I A ■^ BUFFALO The Foremost Hardwood Market of the East T. SULLIVAN & CO. Hardwoods Ash and Elm NIAGARA— CORNER ARTHUR Taylor & Crate HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS A stock of 24.000.000 feet of hardwoods car- ried at all times at our two big Buffalo Yards Established 53 Years Rail or Cargo Shipments G. ELIAS & BRO. HARDWOODS Whlt« Ptii«. Tellow Plii«. Spmee, Heiiil«ek* Pir, LiiBib«r, Tlmb«r» MUlwork. Boxcft. Hmple and Oak Floortns 955-1015 Elk Street Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling A Complete Stock of Seasoned Hardwood* moludimr Ash, BasawMd. Btroh, Chsny, Chtitnut, Crprsss, Elm, Oun, HloknT, UspU, Flsia (b Qnsrtond Osk, Poplar ft Wslnnt, 1100 Seneca Street Yeager Lumber Company INCORPORATED EVERYTHING IN HARDWOODS 932 Elk Street Atlantic Lumber Company HARDWOODS WEST VIRGINIA SOFT RED AND WHITE OAK Our Specialty: West TlrtliUa aud PennsylTanla Cberr/ 1055 Seneca Street Miller, Sturm & Miller Hardwoods mf All Kinds 1142 Seneca St. Hugh McLean Lumber Co. OUR SPECIALTY: QUARTERED WHITE OAK 940 Elk Street BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. SPECIAL FOR SALE 2" to 4" No. I Common and Better Elm 2", 2'/a". 3" and 4".. No. I Common and Better White Ash 2%" and 3" No. I Common and Better Plain Oak Hardwoods & Red Cedar Plain and Qrtd. Oak has been our hobby for years Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT 1075 Clinton Street The above firms carry large and well assorted stocks of all kinds and grades of Hardwoods, and have every facility for filling and ship- ping orders promptly. They will be pleased to have your inquiries. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD '«53l'<# December 10. 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD ^^nmmmm "^^ 'T'HE J. V. Stimson Hardwood Company of * Helena is one of the five units of the Stimson organization founded by J. V, Stim- son of Huntingburg, Ind. The J. V. Stimson Hardwood Company operates two band mill plants, the other being at Memphis. The directing genius of this organization is Ben Katterhenry, who hails from Huntingburg and has been identified with the Stimson in- terests for some time. Mr. Katterhenry has made an unusual record for economical and efficient manufacture, and is generally con- sidered one of the ablest operators in the hardwood belt. He is an officer of and part owner of this branch of the Stimson opera- tions. The J. V. Stimson Hardwood Compciny is operating on a splendid tract of its own tim- ber and is cutting the usual line of Southern hardwoods. The company is noted for its foresight in anticipating markets and for the quality of its product. The result is that both the big mills are kept on the jump, Mr. Katterhenry dividing his time between Helena and Memphis. HELENA ARK AN S AS Int^rity Quality Service Efficiency h is these vital sparks of industry that are keeping the lights burning and the wheels humming at Helena. It was the steadfast adherence to these principles that has made Helena the greatest producing center of Hardwoods and Hardwood Veneers west of the Mis- sissippi river. >) The satisfaction of profitable trade binds our custom- ers to us. From all Hardwood consumers who appre- ciate a product in which these qualities are inherent, we respectfully solicit correspondence. A. M. Richardson Lumber Co. Chicago Mill & Lumber Co. Theo. Fathauer Co. Penrod, Jurden & McCowen J. V. Stimson Hardwood Co. Kurz-Downey Co. Gallow^ay-Pease Co. Rex Hoop Co. Howe Lumber Co. Archer Lumber Co. Van Briggle Veneer Co. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD December 10. 1918 Double Band Mill For Sale Including: Carriages Niggars Loaders Trimmer Edgers Resaws Sprockets and Chain Shafting and Pulleys Engine — 28^^ x 62 Log Machinery All the Machinery for a Clothes Pin Mill Filing Room Equipment (n~k< § TEARNS SALT C- LUMBER CO. LuDINGTON.MlCH. WM. WHITMER ^ SONS INCORPORATED Manufacturers and Whole- salers of All Kinds of 'If Anybody Can, We Can" HARDWOODS West Virginia Spruce and Hemlock Long and Short Leaf Pine Virginia Framing Finance Building PHILADELPHIA ^x^jdSTo for VENEER iDRYERS No checks or splits. Enor- mous output. Low labor cost. The Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. PhlladelpbU (■llllllllllC]llllllllMll[]lMlMnlllOlllllllllll[]llllllllllll[]lMllllllllOlllllllllll[]|||||lnllll[]lllllllmlOllllllllllOllmllll^^ I COMMERCIAL I KILN DRYING I i ^ I Modem Kilns I 1 0 I We do a large amount of this j I work and are in a position to quote | I prices that will be satisfactory. I Wire or w^rite us, or better still, send along your ship- ments of lumber for kiln drying and they w^ill be taken care of. s I i s a 3 S 3 I WILLIAM HORNER j I REED CITY, MICHIGAN | >]iiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiniiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiKiiiciiiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiniiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiit]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiii«:. NORTH CAROLINA PINE AND WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Capacity 300,000 Ft. per Day Conway, S. C. Jacksonville, N. C. Hertford, N. C. ) Porterwood, W. Va. MILLS y Wildell. W. Va. ( Mill Creek, W. Va. Willson Bros. Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS MAIN cpncE: PITTSBURGH, PA. Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT UCK KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF Oak Flooring Complete stock of 3/8" and 13/16" in all stsmdard widths All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD December 10, 1915 HARDWOOD RECORD A — Manufacturer «f Implemfnt Stock. B— Manufacturer of Car Materal. C — Manufaotunr of Factory BlmeniitB. (•See pages 8-31) Veneers and Kardwuud Lamber ^ Wood-Mosaic Company^ Inc. New Albeuiy, ind. Manufacturer Veneers antf Hardwood Lumber Hoffman Brothers Company Manufacturer Ft. Wayne, Ind. (*Sfe page 4ii) Manufacturera ef Hardwood Lumber and Floorlnf The Mowbray & Robinson Company Cincinnati, Ohio Write for List and Prlcei North Vernon Lumber Company Manufacturer N*rth Vem«n, INDIANA ^ Long-Bell Lumber Company ^^ Banri Saw Operators in Southern Hardwoedt = Kansas City, Missouri ^a A. B. C— ^^ 15 years' supply assured by 32.000 arres Tlr»ln 8t. ^^ Francis Basin Timber. largely Oak. ^sg T«chody Lumber Company, ,.,--^, ,„, ^g Mannfacturer, Kaniiaii City, MISSOURI ^^ (*See page 5) ^= We have a fine stoclt ot 4/4 No. l Com. Plain White ^5S Oak; 4/4 FAS Quartered «Tilte Oak. ^S OALLOWAY-PEASE COMPANY, ^= Manufacturer, Poplar Bluff. MISSOURI We carry a complete stock of plain and quartered Red and White Oak in all speciflcationa. Our faclliUea lor prompt shipmeota are second to none. BAKER-MATTHEWS LBR CO. .,,^'i'**'?"'. Memphla, Tenn. Manufacturer MISSOURI Charles H. Bamaby IManufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and Veneers Greencastle, Ind. ("8fe p;i^'o 41:1 Wo have to otTer at present 1 car 4/4 FAS Quartered Oak ' ' "^"^ *'* '^'°' ' *^' ^ ^'''~ '^""'^'^ Ked SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. Manufacturer Se.ymour, INDIANA (*See Pago .">()! J. V. Stimson Manufacturer and Wtielesaler Hardwood Lumber Huntingburg, Indiana est* page 411 Miller Lumber Company Manufacturer and Dealer in All Kinds of HardwMd Lumber Marianna, Arkansas ('See page 'iih Nice stock of dry 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4 Plain Red and White Oak on hand at Burdette, Ark., for prompt stilpment THKEB STATES LUMBER CO-TrMyur-cci-i- Manufafturer. Memphis 1 C-ININESSEE H Z ~ We Manufacture Hardwood From Fine West Tlralnia Timber. WARN LCMBER CORPORATION , Raywood. W. \'a. (•See page 10) J. H. Bonner & Sons Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Memphis, Tenn. Mill: Jonquil, Ark. A. B & (3— Carr Lumber Company, Inc. Biltmore Hardwoods Pisgah Forest, N. C Manufacturer (•See page S) W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. ^ 9 Band Mills manufacturino hardwoods ^^ Louisville, Ky. ^^ liand Sawed, Steam Dried. Arkaneaa Hardwood* ^^ Edgar Lumber Company H Wesson, Arkaasas ^S 1 '.SL-f page 6) Salt Lick Lumber Company Hardwood Manufacturer Salt Lick, Kentucky I 'See page 12) Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. Jianufaclurera Band Sawed Hardwood Lumber and Quartered Oak, Ash and Gum Memphis, Tennessee Our Lumber U Well Manufactured and Well TakM Care of. Write ub for pricea In anything In hardwood*. THE FERD BRENNEB LUUBER COMPACT, Alexandria, LOUISIANA (•See i^age 10) Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. Manufacturer of Hardwoods Memphis. Tennessee We have for fall shipment large stock of 19/4 and 12/4 C. & Bet. Oak; other thicknesses from 4/4 to 8/4 In all eradea. FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Manufactnrer, NashvlUe, TENNESSEE ALTON LUMBER COMPANY ^ SpeciaL 1 car 9/4 Government Quality White Oak 1 car 14/4 Government Quality White Oak 20 cars 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut Buckhannon, West Virginia for anything in OAK write these represeniative firms Manufacturers Band Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oak and other Hardwood Lumber Sabine River Lumber & Logging Co., Inc. San Antonio, Texas 5 cara 4/4 Whit. Oak PAS & Xo 1 C U cars 5/4 Plain Red Oak Steps FAS & No. I C. WILUAMSON-KUNY MILL St LUMBER C*. Manufacturer, Mound City, ILLINOIS Special— 50».8«0 fL 4/4 FAS Plain White & Red Oak MISSISSIPPI LAMB-FISH LUMBER C«. Manufacturer, Chariesten, ir= ('See pages 11-41 i ^s Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company ^S SOUTHERN HARDWOODS ^= Geaeral Offices, Conway Bulldlne, CbicaE* ■ Manufacturer W Bedna Young Lumber Compsmy ^^ Manufacturers Band Saws Hardwood Lumber ^= Sales Office: Band Mill: ^ GREENSBURG. IND. JACKSON. TENN f=^ Please let us have your Inquiries ^== We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber ^E C. & W. Kramer Compemy ^^ Richmond, Indiana ^^ W. specialize In White and Red Oak and In Quartered Red Gum. We solicit your inquiries ALKXANDEM BROTHERS, „„,o.o<...,t.. Manufacturers, Belzonl. MISSISSIPPI C— Special 1 car 6/4i20" Qtd. Red Oak Beat Stock 1 car e/4il8" Qtd. White Oak Swt Stock 1 car 4/4x12" & wdr. Plain Oak ARKLA LBR. * MFG. CO., ,«,cc<->iidi St. Louis, MISSOURI A. B & C— Triple Band of The Meadow River Lumber Company Rainelle, W. Va. Manufacturer HiBh-Grade Hardw.eds (•See pag 10) QUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY Memphis Band Mill Company Maanfacttirer, Memphis TENNESSEE Usaufactorers of Plain and QuarterMl OaJc also Oak Timbers and Bridge Plank SABLNB TRAM COMPANY. Trv a o BEAUMONT. TEXAS AH stock cut from eur Viicln Timber en modsra band mills. THISTLETHWAITE LUMBER COMPANY, Manufacturer Washington, LOUISIANA Teillahatchie Lumber Company Manufacturers of Band Sawa Hardwoods Philipp, Mississippi ('."^ee iiage sr, I ABLTNGTON LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers of Band Sawn Uardw.od Lumber Mills: Arlington, Ky., and Park^_,,_, ,^„„ Place, Ark. Write Arlington KENTUCKY (•See page 14) 6.000,000 Feet of Oak Always on Hand In 1 to 2" Stock BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, . _^ .„„. „ Manufacturer BUssvLUe, ARKANoAS 100.000 ft. 1" Is & 2s Qtd. White Oak 50.000 ft. 1" No. 1 Com. Qtd. White Oak, 8" & wdr. JOHN B. RANSOM & CO., Manufacturer, Nashville .r^r-xTxir-c^crpr? Everytliing In lumber TENNESSEE A. B i O— Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lbr. Co. Manufacturers and Whslesale Lumber Bsalers St. Louis, Missouri Yellow Poplar Lumber Company Coal Grave, Ohio ' Manufacturer A & B— If you want Sound, Soft Tutured Whit. 4 Red Oak, both in Plain and Quartered, writ* DUHLMEIEai BROTHERS & CO., num Manufacturers, Cincinnati iJHHJ The Baud UlU. Plamne UlU and Dry KUu of th. WQIiams Lumber Company Is located at Fayetteville, Tennesseo All lumber piled In same lenstha and similarly loadw] In ears. CLAY LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturer, vxr VA Middle Fork, "• *'*• All stock paded up to quality— knocked dowa t« yrloe. UTLEY-HOLLOWAY LUMBER COMPANY Conway Building Manufacturer Chlcaic*. ILLINOIS Band Sawed, Equalized, Forked Leaf Whit* Osk Thin Oak and Ash SpeclalUss .MANSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. Manufacturer SHREVEPORT, LA. For 25 years we haTs made Oak and still specialize in this, the best ef American hardwoods. Our prlcw, grades and serrlce are worth conaiderloK. LOVE, BOYD * CO,. T-fMMr-ccrir Manufacturer, Nashrille, TENNESSEE B dc O — High Grade Lumber Hyde Lumber Company South Bend, Indiana Band Mills: Arkansas City, Ark. Lake Prsvldenee. Ls. Botanists who are looked upon as authority In such matters, have agreed te change the book name of Northern red oak from quercus rubra to quercus borealls. Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc. Sardis, MUs. Kiln Dried Stocks a Specialty Manufaoturw A— 150,001 fL 4/4 No. 2 Com. Plain Oak Specialists In Bon. Dry, Good Widths * Lengtlia — Prompt Shipment BABR-HOLADAY LUMBHaS CO., nu,rt Manufacturer, Greenfield, vlrtlLI We are cutUng otT 20,000 acres of the finest Oak In West Virginia. For the very beat, try AMERICAN COLUMN * LUMBER CO., Manufacturer, 8t. Albans, \^. VA. Babcock Lumber Company Pittsburgh, Pa. Annual Capacity, ISO.eeO.OK Fs*t Manufacturer Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company Sales Office — Clarksburg, W. Ta. Band Mills — Cnrtin, Coal Sid- ,,, ,,. Ing and Hominy Falls. W. VA. Specialties Quarur-sawed Whit. Oak. Plain Bed and Whlu Oak C. L. RITTER LUMBER COMPANY, ROCKCASTLE LUMBER COMPANY, Manufacturers. Huntington, W. V». (*Stt? pau'e 4') I Kentucky Soft Texture Whit. Oak, Bed Oak aod : Poplar, High-class, sound, square edged Whit* Oak ; Timbers, 10x16 ft. AMERICAN LBR. ft MFG. CO., Pittebnrgh, Masufactunr and Whslassler PENNSYLVANIA i All Three of U« WiU Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD Dp. ember 10. 191S All Lumber Manufacturers Are Invited to Attend the JOINT MEETING of 1 he American Hardwood IVlanufacturers' Association am 1 he Hardwood IVlanufacturers' Association of the United Otates Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, Ky. December I7th and I8th, 1918 Make Your Reservations at Once at One of the Following Hotels SEELBACH, WATTERSON. TYLER. LOUISVILLE-OLD INN. GALT HOUSE. LOUISyiLLE LUMBER MANUFACTURERS All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD D..iciiibi'r 111. mis HARDWOOD RECORD iPHE WONDER CITY Evergreen Magnolia yContinucd from last issue) Botanists know this tree as Magnolia fcetida, a name due to the disagreeable odor of the flowers w^hich look nicer than they smell. The wood of few trees shows greater difference in quality. Some of it cannot be praised too highly, while other has serious faults, and both kinds may come from the same log. Hard streaks and black color may be encountered immediately ad- jacent to the choicest stock. The streaks dull tools quickly and do not look well in dressed surfaces. Such faults as these are more than atoned by the excellent quality of other parts of the trunk. Therefore, it is necessary to select the wood carefully for the use intended. Some of it might pass for yellow poplar, and the sapw^ood of some trees is nearly as white as holly. Parts of the heart are as dark as persimmon, or nearly black in extreme cases. These differ- ences make the wood interesting. Recently some of the carefully selected stock has been put on the market as Louisiana yellow or swamp mahogany. Of course, it is well known that no mahogany grows in Louisiana, or anything nearer akin to it than the China tree; but the so- called yellow mahogany had the market guessing as to what t was. The carefully selected stock possesses a beautiful yellow color; not a deep yellow, but a pale and delicate tint that shows to excellent advantage when the surface is planed and polished. It might almost pass for prima vera. The largest use of magnolia is for boxes and crates, followed by furniture, doors, tobacco boxes, office fixtures, vehicles, and brush backs. More than 6,000,000 feet a year go to factories. k^XL 1 JM AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD December 10, 1918 ^ii i 1 30. 70 40 40 60 30 200 30 ,000' 4/4 1st & 2luls 4/4 No. 1 Com- 4/4 No. 2 Com. 5/4 No. 1 Com. 5/4 No. 2 Com. 6/4 No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK „„„ 4/4 1st & 2nds .000' 4/4 No. 1 Com. .000' 4/4 No. 2 Com. PLAIN MI.\ED OAK OOO' 4/4 Sound Wormy 000' 4/4 No. 3 Com. 000' 6/4 No. 3 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM ,000' 8/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. ,000' 4/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM ,0()ir S/4" No 1 C"m. & Btr PLAIN KEl) GU.M l.noo' 4/4 1st & 2lid3 ,.000' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 1, 000' 6/4 No. 1 Com. SAP GUM ,000' Wide Box Boards ,000' Narrow Box BoardE .000' 4/4 1st & 2nds 000' 4/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com 000' 5/4 1st & 2nd3 000' 5/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. ,000' 6/4 1st & 2nds ,000' fi/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. MISCELLANEOUS 000' 6/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Elm 000' 6/4 Nos. 2 & 3 Com. Elm 000' 4/4 Log Run Locust OOO' 4/4 Log Run Sycamore ,000' 4/4 9" to 12" Cottonwood Box Boards ,000' S/4 & 10/4 STlop & Btr. CyiTess I:iU UOO */4 .NO 1 Vi'Ill. « i>ii .....lit... BROWN & HACKNEY. Inc. SAP GUM 5 cars 1" FAS 3 cars 5/4" FAS 5 cars 6/4" FAS 7 cars 4/4" Box Boards, 9 to 12 12 cart 4/4" 13 to 17" Box Boards RED GUM 5 cars 13/17" FAS 2 c«r» 6/4" FAS t CITS 6/4- FAS 5 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 5/4- N». 1 Com. S cars •/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED BAP GUM 4 oars 8/1" No. 1 Com. Jk Btj. J cara l»/4" No. 1 Com. ik BU. J can 12/4- No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 5 cars 4/4" FAS I car 5/4" FAS 1 car 6/4" FAS f cars 4/4' No. 1 Com. 2 cars .V4" No. 1 Cora. 6 cars 4/4' No. 2 Com. 1 car 5/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN \VHITE OAK 10 can* 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr 3 cars .'S/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 2 cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 3 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. car 6/4" No. 3 Com. 10 cars 6/4" No. 3 Com. ELM cara 5/4" Log Run cara 6/4" Log Run cars 8/4" Log Run cars 10/4 - Log Run cars 12/4 ' Log Run Regular Widths and Lengths ELM 100,000' 12/4" Log Bun PLAIN RED GUM 200,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 17,000' 6/4" No. 1 Cora. & BIT. QUARTERED RED GUM 200.0011' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 30, (too' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. SAP GUM 50.000' 5/S" Log Run 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 60,000' 4/4" Box Bds., 9 to 12 100,000' 4/4" Box Bds., 13 to 17" 30,000' 4/4" FAS, 13" & up PLAIN WHITE OAK 15,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 15.000' 4/4" FAS, 8 to 10 45.000' 4/4" FAS 35,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 75,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. QUARTERED RED OAK 12.000' 4/4" scant No. 1 C. & Btr. PLAIN RED AND WHITE OAK 15.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr., 13 mos. dry „ __ 45,000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr., 13 mos. dry 47,000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 8 mos. dry 160,000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr., 8 mos. dry 24,000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. i Btr.. 6 mos. dry 38,000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr., 5 mos. dry 71.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr... 5 mns dry Ferguson & Palmer Co. This Stock Is Dry and Runs in Regular Widths and Lengths ASH 50.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 230,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 3,000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 9.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 75,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 30.000' 12/4" Log Run MAPLE 30,000' 12/4" Log Run 10,000' 8/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM 15,000' 4/4" FAS 350,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 35.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED BED GUM 40,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com, CYPRESS 40,000' 4/4" Log Run 6.000' 5/4" Log Run 3.000' 6/4" Log Run 9,000' 8/4" Log Bun PENROD-JURDEN HONEY LOCUST 10,000' 4/4" Log Run SAP GUM 20,000' 4/4" FAS 66,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 214,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 100.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 30.000' 4/4" Box Boards, 8 to 12" 40,000' 4/4" Box Boards, 13 to 18" 18,000' 5/4" FAS 105,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 10,000' 6/4" FAS 15,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 25.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 65,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 23.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 66,000' 12/4" No. 1 Cora. & Btr, PLAIN RED OAK 125,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 100,000' 0/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. & McCOWEN. Inc. J. H. BONNER & SONS ASH 17.000' 1" No. 1 Com. 13.500' \%i" No. 1 Com. 12.500' 2" No. 1 Com. 8.000' 2" No. 2 Com. SAP GUM 35,700' 1x13—17" Box Boards 24,500' 1x8—12" Box Boards 87,500' 1" FAS 46,500' 1" No. 1 Com. 48,000' 1" No. 2 Com. PLAIN BED GUM 11,600' 1" FAS 46,400' I" No. 1 Com. 6,000' 1^" Dog Boards 9.000' 2" Dog Boards QUARTERED RED GUM 40.800' 2" FAS 14.500' 2" No. I Com. 14,000' 1%" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED BLACK GUM 12.000' 1" FAS 4,600' IM" Com, & Btr. PLAIN OAK 130.000' 1" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 110,000' No. 3 Com. 60,000' 1>4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 65.000' 1%" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 75.000' 2" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 110.000' 2%" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 77,000' 8" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 40.000' 4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. POPLAR 30.000' I" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 24,000' IVi" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 10.000' Hi" Nos. I & 2 Com. 30.000' 2" No. 2 Com. Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. ASH 19,000' 8/4" to 16/4" Select Aero- plane 64,000' 5/4" Is & 2s 13,000' G/4" Is & 2« 85,000' 8/4" 13 & 23 42,000' 10/4" Is & 23 21,000' 12/4" Is & 23 13.000' 16/4" Is & 2s 16,000' S/4" Is & 2s, 10" UP 20,000' 10/4" Is & 2s, 10" up 12,000' 12/4" Is & 2s, 10" UP 15,000' 16/4" Is & 2s, 12" up 42,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com, 15,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 119,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 11,000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. 12,000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. 10.000' 5/4" Select No. 1 Com. 10,000' 6/4" Select No. 1 Com. 29,000' 8/4" Select No. 1 Com. 18,000' 5/4x3^4 to 5%", 1 Face Clear Strips 13,000' 8/4x3" up, 1 Face Clear Shorts 16,000' 12/4x3" up, 1 Face Clear Shorts 12,000' 5/4" Sound Wormy SAP GUM 15,000' 5/4" FAS 35,000' 4/4" Panel. 18" & up 100.000' 4/4" Box Boards, 13 to 200.000' 4/4" Box Boards, 7 to 100.000' 4/4" FAS. 13 to 17" 150.000' 4/4" FAS, 6 to 12" 200.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 17" 12" 40.000' 15,000' 20,000" 50.000' 50,000' 30.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6/4" FAS 6/4" No. I Com. 8/4" Com. & Btr. 10/4" Com. & Btr. 12/4" Com. & Btr. 25,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. SOFT ELM 150,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 25,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 150,000' 20,000' 4/4" Log Run 5/4" Log Run SELECTED RED GUM 200,000' 8/4" Log Run 75,0110' 10/4" Log Run 300,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 60,000' 12/4" Log Run 25,000' 5/4" FAS SOFT MAPI.K 60,000' 6/4" FAS 20,000' 4/4" Log Run 150,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 35,000 6/4" Log Run 40.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 50,000 8/4" Log Bun QUARTERED BED GUM 25,000' 10/4" Log Run 100.000' 4/4" FAS PECAN 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 35.000 8/4" Log Run GEO. C. B R< DWN & CO. PEACE Thompson-Katz Lumber Co We must now turn our attention to PE.^CE TIME PURSUITS, and, no doubt you will soon be in the market for lumber for the manufacture of your reg- ular line. We will consider it a privilege to quote you for your requirements in Southern Hardwoods. WRITE OR WIRE US MEMPHIS BAND MILL CO. I. la n .1 All Three of Us WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD PiM'Pinbfr 10. 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 11 ^SSS^S5SSSSSSSSSSSS^SS5SS5SJSSSS5Si5S5SSSS^^ '^ r i = ii I III ill r B I 11 I- IP mis P«««s Regular Widths and Lengths, 8 Months Dry SAP GUM ■yih.mm' \/i" FAS 120.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 100.000' 4/4" Ko. 2 Com. 135.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 9 lo 12" 110.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 13 to 17" QUARTERED RED GUM 25.000' 4/4" PAS 13.000' 5/4" FAS 1.500' 6/4" FAS 27.000' 8/4" FAS 16.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 7.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. < 1.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 5.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN RED GlIM 170.000' 4/4" FAS 2:),ti(J0' 5/4" FA^? 4.00(1' 137.000' 15.000' 3.000' S/4" FAS 4/4" No. 1 Com. 5/4" No. 1 Com. 8/4" No. 1 Com. C0TT()i>:W0(lD 4/4" FAS 4/4" Box Boards. 9 to 12" 4/4" Box Boards. 13 to 17" 80.000 70.000 15,000 PLAIN WHITE AND RED OAK 5,000 12.000 5.000 44.000 30.000 21.000 15.000 12.000 66.000 2,000' 4/4" FAS 5/4" FAS 8/4" PAS 10/4" FAS 12/4" PAS 4/4" FAS 5/4" FAS 8/4" FAS 10/4" FAS 1-/.1" F.\s BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO. as. 000' 10.000' 15.000' 28.500 ' 11.500' 12.500' 8-16 70.000' 8-16 45.000' 24.000' 12.000' 120.000' ir.o.uoo' IS iOO' 17.500' DRY ASH 4/4" FAS. 10-12". a-lB' ri/4" FAS. 10-12". 8-16' 8/4" PAS. 10-12". 8-16' 12/4" PAS. 12" up. 8-lfi' 10/4" PAS. 12" up. 8-16' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. 10" uii. 6/4" No. 1 Com.. 10" up. 5/4" PAS. 6-9". 8-10' 5/4" FAS. 6-9". 8-16' 8/4" FAS. 6-9". 8-10' S/4" FAS. C-9". 8-16' 12/4" FAS. 6" up. 8-16' 10/4" FAS. 6" up. 8-16' 20/4" F-.iS. 6" up. S-16' ,.500' 0/4" (Regular 000' 4/4" 500' 5/4" 400' 6/4" 000' 8/4" ,000' 10/4' 000' 4/4" OOO' 4/4" 000' 5/4" 500' 6/4" 500' 8/4" 000' 8/4" 500' 12/4' lo l(i/4" Aeroplane \^■idtlls and Length} No. 1 Com. No. 1 Com. No, 1 Com, No. 1 Com, ■ No. 1 Com. .sliorLs Strips. 2%-5%4" Strip.s 214-5%" Strips, 2V.-5%" Strips. 2%-5i4" No. 2 Com. No, 2 Com, JLiPLE 15.000' 12/4" Log Run DUDLEY LUMBER CO., Inc. ASH H car 4/4" Cora. & Btr, V2 car 5/4" Com. & Btr, CYPRESS 50,000' 4/4" Shop & Btr. 40.000' 5/4" Shop & Btr. 18.000' " ■ " " " ~ 6.000' S/4" SI10P & Btr. 12/4" Sliop & Btr. ELM 12,000' 5/4" Log Bun 11,000' 16/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. RED GUM 15,000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 25,000' 5/4" Com. & Btr, 25,000' 0/4" Com. & Btr, SAP GUM 255,000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 200.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr, 40,000' G/4" Com, & Btr. GUM 1 car 4/4" Box Boards. 13 lo 17" QUARTERED RED GUM 10.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. MAPLE 25.000' 8/4" Log Run PLAIN WHITE OAK 0.000' 8/4" PAS 9.000' 12/4" Cora. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 7.000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 3.000' 5/4" PAS 5.000' 6/4" PAS 4.000' 8/4" PAS 45.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 9.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 57.000' 5/4" Log Run 33.000' 8/4" Log Run POPLAR 15,000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 50,000' 8/4" Com, & Btr, 7,500' 5/4" No, 2 Com, 12.000' 6/4" No, 2 Com, 60.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. 11.000' 10/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 11.000' 12/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. WELSH LUMBER COMPANY QUARTERED WHITE OAK 15.000' 4/4" Select. 29.000' 3/8" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED OAK 13.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 8.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com.' 8.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com, PLAIN RED OAK 43,000' 4/4" PAS. 27,000' 5/4" PAS, 8,000' 6/4" PAS, 8,000' 3/8" No. 1 Com. 198,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 85,000' 6/4" No, 1 Com, 76,000' 4/4" No, 2 Com. 150,000' 4/4" No, 3 Com, 12,000' 12/4" PAS, 50.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. ELM 18.000' 4/4" Log Run. 71.000' 6/4" Log Run. 63.000' 8/4" Log Run. 329.000 ' 12/4" Log Run. 157.000' 16/4" Log Run. COTTONWOOD 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 and No. 2 Com. 12.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com., 12" up. ASH 13.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 16.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 39.000' 6/4" No. 3 Com. JLiPLE 14.000' 16/4" Log Run. QTD. BLACK GUM 13.000' 4/4" FAS. HICKORY 16.000' 8/4" No. 2 & Btr. 15.000' 12/4" Nn. 2 & Btr. QUARTERED SYCAMORE 14.000' 4/4" Log Run. CYPRESS 23.000' 8/4" Selects. 20.000' 12/4" Selects. 80.000' 4/4" Shop. 125.000' 8/4" Shop. Stimson Veneer & Lbr. Co. Paepcke Leicht Lumber Co. SPEOAL-nE.S: Cottonwood. Red and Sap Gum. Rrd and Whit. Oak. Cypress, Elm. Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods General Offices CONWAY BUILDtNG BANn MTI.L.«;: Helena, Ark. Blylheville. Ark. Greenville, Miss. Cairo, m. CHICAGO, ILL. This Stock Is Dry and Runs in Regular Widths and Lengths FT.At 1 (.nr S/d" Nrt 1 rnm ELM 1 car 8/4" lyog Run 1 car 12/4" Log Run 1 car 16/4" Log Run KLACK GUM 1 car 4/4" Log Run PLAIN RED OLTM 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 1 car 5/4" No, 1 Com, 1 car 6/4" No, 1 Com. 1 car 8/4" PAS 1 car 8/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 1 car 4/4" PAS, 13" wide 1 car 4/4" Box Bds,, 9 to 12" wide 1 car 4/4" Box Bds,. 13 to 17" wide PLAIN RED OAK 1 car 4/4" FAS 1 car 5/4" PAS SOUND WORMY OAK 1 car 4/4" Com. & Btr, QUARTERED WHITE OAK 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Com, The Mossman Lumber Co. Regular Widths and Lengths COTTtt.NWOOD 30.000' S/4" Is & 2s. S mo, dry 10.000' 12/4" Is & 2s. 8 mo. dry 12.000' 4/4" Box Boards. S-12". 9 mo. dry 200. 000' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. 6 mo. dry 50.000' 4/4" Xo. 2 Com.. 6 mo. dry RED GUM 25.000' 4/4" Is & 2s. 8 m.. dry 12.000' 4/4" Is & 2s. 10-12'. 12 mo. drj' 50.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. 8 mo, dry 15,000' 6/4" Is & 2s, 13 mo, drj- 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Pom.. 13 mo. dry SAP GUM 12.000' 4/4" Box Boards. S-12". 10 mo. dry 40.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 13-17". 10 mo. dry 200.000' 4/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com.. 6 mo, dry 50.000' 5/4" Is & 2s. 7 mo. dn' 50.000' 6/4" Is & 2s. 13 mo dry 60.000' 6/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com., 13 mo. dry SOFT ELM 75.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com, & Btr., 6 mo. dry 75,000' 6/4" No, 2 Cora, & Btr. 8 mo, dry 15.000' S/4" No, 2 Com. & Btr., 8 mo, dry 30,000' 12/4" No. 2 Cora, & Btr,, 13 mo, dry SYCAMORE 9,000' 10/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr,, 12 mo. dry GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO. Regular Widths and Lengths; Dry SAP GUM 75.000' 4/4" PAS 50.000' 4/4" PAS. 13" & up 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 100,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 15,000' 5/4" FAS 30,000' 5/4" No, 1 Com, 38.000' 6/4" FAS 42.000' 6/4" No, 1 Com, 25.000' 6/4" No, 2 Com, 30,000' 8/4" PAS 22,000' 8/4" No, 1 Com, RED GUM 70,000' 4/4" FAS 150,000' 4/4" No, 1 Com, 25,000' 5/4" FAS 35,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 18,000' 6/4" FAS 20,000' 6/4" No, 1 Com, GUM 60,000' 4/4" Box Eds,, 13-17" 33,000' 4/4" Box Bds., 9-12" THANE LU Qr.\RTEREn RED GUM 12,000' 4/4" FAS qi.'ARTERED GUM (Sap Xo Defect) 75,000' 6/4" FAS 75,000' 6/4" No, 1 Com, COTTONWOOD 15.000' 4/4" FAS, 10" & up 15.000' 4/4" FAS. 6-12" 50.000' 4/4" .No. 1 Com. 100,000' 4/4" No, 1 Com,, 13" & up 100.000' 5/4" Nos, 1 & 2 Com, RED OAK 15.000' 4/4" FAS 100. 000' 4/4" No, 1 Com, 100,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. WHITE OAK 15,000' 4/4" FAS 75,000' 4/4" No, 1 Com, 75,000' 4/4" No, 2 Com, 30,000' S/4" F.4S :io,niiii' s/j" .\n. 1 Com MBER CO. ^1 i" 1^ ill 11 i=i I i = I FTiTmMiiiiiiiiii»inii'iiiii!iiiiin!i!i:iiiii:i.iiniiiiiinSy 8/4- No. I Com. 5/4- No. 1 Com. ft B. BED GUM 8/4- 1 100.000' 100.000' 50.000' 50.000' 1> ft 2a S/4- No. I Com. 5/4- U ft 3» 8/4- Nd. 1 Com. 8/4 WILLOW loe.goo' 50.000' 1« ft a 4/4- No. 1 Com. 6/4 1 ASH 100.000' 15.000' 80,000' 80.000' No. 1 Com. 4/4 ll ft 28. 2x12* i U ft 2a. 3x12- 1 U ft 2l. 2%' ft up ft up 35.000' N». 2 Com. S/4- PLAIN RED OAK JO.OOO' No. 1 Com. 5/4- PLAIN OAK 40.000' No. 1 C. ft B. 16/4- COTTONWOOD No. 1 Com. 6/4- 200.000 100.000 100.000 80.000 40.000' 100.000' 60.000' 30.000' 60.000' Is ft 2a 5/4- No. J Com. •/4- Boi Bda.. 1x9- t CTPRK88 Is ft 2s 8- No. 1 Shop B/4- No. I Shop 4/4- Selsct 6/4''^ Solsct 4/4- E. SONDHEIMER CO. 100,000' 50,000' 70,000' PAS. ■ 4/4". FAS, 5/4". PAS, 6/4". PLAIN RED GtJM 150.000' FAS. 4/4". 10,000' FAS. 5/4". 10.000' FAS. 6/4". 200.000' No. 1 Com.. 4/4". 65.000' No. 1 Com.. 5/4". 20.000' No. 1 Com.. 6/4". QUARTERED RED GUM 60.000' 80,000' 60,000' 25.000' 90.000' No. 1 Com, & Btr., No. 1 Com, & Btr.. No. 1 Com. & Btr.. FAS. S/4". No, 1 Com,. 8/4". 4/4". 5/4", 6/4". SAP. NO DEFECT 100.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr,, 8/4". COTTONWOOD 110,000' No. 1 & Panel. 4/4-18" u CTPRESS 40,000' FAS. 8/4". 2(1.000' Selects. 4/4". 40.000' Selects. 5/4". 40.000' Selects. 6/4". 75.000' Selects. 8/4". 30.000' Shop & Btr,. 10/4". 70,000' ..hop & Btr.. 12/4". 60.000' No. 1 Shop. 4/4". 70.000' No. 1 Shop. 5/4". 50.000' No. 1 Shop. 6/4". 25.000' No. 1 Shop. 8/4". 27.000' No. 1 Shop. 12/4". 200,000' Pecky. 4/4". 22,000' Pecky. 5/4". 20.000' Pecky. 6/4". 23.000' Pecky. 8/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO. QUARTERED KED GUil 4/4" Common and Better 5/4" Common and Belter 6/4" Common and Better 8/4" Common and Better 10/4" Common and Better 12/4" Common and Better PLAIN RED GUM 4/4" to 6/4" Common and Better QUARTERED UNSELECTED GUM 4/4" to 12/4" Common and Better PLAIN SAP GUM 4/4" Common and Better 5/4" Common and Better 6/4" Common and Better 4/4" to 8/4" No. 2 Common QUARTERED WHITE OAK 4/4" Common and Better 6/4" Common and Belter 8/4" Common and Better QUARTERED RED OAK 4/4" to 6/4" Common and Better PLAIN OAK 4/4" to 16/4" Common and Better ELM 6/4" to 12/4" Log Run ASH 5/4" Common and Better 6/4" Common and Better 8/4" FAS CTPRESS 4/4" to 8/4" Log Run COTTONWOOD 4/4" Log Bun TUPELO 4/4" Log Run The Kraetzer-Gured Lumber Co. All Stock Runs Regular Widths and Lengths ASH 70.000' 1/2" No. 1 Com. ELM 45.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. 100.000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. BED GUM 20.000' 5/8" FAS. 25.000' 5/4" FAS. 30.000' 6/4" FAS. 65.000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. 42.000' 3/8" No. 1 Com. 500.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 70.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 17.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 10.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 70.000' 1/2" FAS. 100.000' 5/8" FAS. 50,000' 4/4" FAS, 14.000' 8/4" FAS. 100.000' 4/4" Box Boards. & Btr. & Btr. 15.000' S2S to 13/16" Box Boards 13 to 17". 16,000' 1/2" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 5/8" No, 1 Com, 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. CYPRESS 37.000' 4/4" Is & 2s. 40.000' 4/4" Selects. 45.000' 4/4" Shop. TUPELO 40.000' 4/4" Is & 2s. 15,000' 4/4" Box Boards 13 to 17". HICKOBY 20,000' 6/4" No. 3 Com. OAK 140.000' 4/4" Sound Wormy. 60,000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 50.000' 8/4" No. 3 Com. PLAIN OAK 10.000' 2 3/4" Com. & Btr. RUSSE & BURGESS, Inc., Memphis, Teiui. KILN-DRIED LUMBER Our dry kiln capacity of 200,- 000 feet per month is at your service and 8,000,000 feet of air-dried lumber on sticks. JAMES E. STARK & CO., Inc. QUABTEKEU RED GLM 51.000' 4/4" FAS 210.000 ' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 00,000' 5/4" FAS 255,000' 5/4" No, 1 Com. 4.500' 6/4" PAS ,-1,-1,000' 6/4" No, 1 Com. 111. 11(1(1 ■ s/4" FAS lli,.-i s/4" No. 1 Com. IS,.-, lU/4" FAS .s,.-,0(r 10/4" No, 1 Com, S,:.00' 12/4" FAS PLAIN BED GUM .li^OOO' 4/4" FAS 47,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 39,500' 5/4" FAS 142,000' 5/4" No, 1 Com. 16.000' 6/4" FAS 20.000' ti/4" No, 1 Com. 26.500' 8/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN SAP GUM 44,000' Box Boards. 9 to 12" 243,000' 4/4" FAS, 6 to 12" 59,000' 4/4" FAS. 13" cSc up 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 149,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 72,000' 5/4" FAS 230.000' 5/4" No, 1 Cora, 375.000' 5/4" No, 2 Com, 14.000' 5/4" No. 3 Cum. 0,000' 6/4" FAS 15,000' 6/4" No, 1 Com. BELLGRADE LUMBER CO, ^ ' Li!!i:dj:i!iiii;:ii:im.Liii:jiiiiii^2Zi^_:.;,;i!:iiiii: T| : E 1 1 -.«^«»sssssssssssssssssssssssss^ liiimmMimiiniraiiiimiinmTniTirniiiniiiiTiiu ^.^.^.^-.^ .^ ^..^^.^_^...^- ^'IIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlli^ All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD SsiSSSSSSSSS^SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS^^ I23iDtv|i' .,..-. ohllMi;iiiiiiiiir,.uiii(iii, II iiiii II null MiudiiiNuiiiiii '111.111,11 "v i "'■'".:. g..y;.'-' December 10, 191S HARDWOOD RECORD 13 H^M•14^.|WtW•^MtiMttm•WUti^^Mt^•^HWI•l4M^-H4t4•fW4ti•ti^•Ht4W•H^ The Apprecjated Gift OU send holiday remembrances to your trade to express appreciation of cordial ii-'^c II business relations. Isn't the expressiveness of such a gift de- pendent upon its character, its originality, its very difference which stamps it as a tangible token of your real desire to please? Could that desire be more sincerely ex- pressed than to make your gift have the form of something of definite value and exclusive use ful ness: Wouldn't it be wise for you to send a copy of American Forest Trees a strongly-bound, finely printed exposition of every commercial type of American forest growth ? Written by lumbermen for lumbermen (in the lumbermen's language) this book has, withal, been pronounced by the highest ex- perts as totally above criticism as far as its accuracy and dependability are concerned. Send your lists and we will check carefuly to avoid duplication. Special offer: $4.90, postage prepaid. On more than one we have a sliding scale of price that is very attractive. FOR SALE BY HARDWOOD RECORD 557 SOUm DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO uuM.>tw.iWtt^-tuMu-twwti-iwwi-uwm.mwti-MW-H AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 14 HARDWOOD RECORD December 10. 191& CHICAGO, ILL. FISHER BLDG. DETROIT, MICH. FOKU BLDti. 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As Well As OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried or kiln dried, rough or dressed MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY •'OT!>it«iMaiTOW^WMHiTO»»)tl^^ Table of Contents REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: General Market Conditions IS A Census of Standing Timber 15-16 Largely a Matter of Faith.....' 16 Developing Water Power 16 SPECIAL ARTICLES: Important Announcements from Washington .....17-15 Calculating the Profits 18-19 Government Will Sell Ships 21 Lumbermen's Round Table 23 Wrecking with Saws on Wheels 24 Beech and Maple Flooring Compared 24 and 33 Showing the Consumer 31 Pertinent Legal Findings 33 Winning by Hard Work 34 CLUBS AND ASS6CiATIONS: The Reconstruction Conference 19-21 Louisville Meeting Will Be Record-Breaker 21 Hardwood Men Thirtieth Annual 22 The National Veneer Meeting 25, 26 and 28 Miscellaneous 36-37 WITH THE TRADE 37 PERTINENT INFORMATION 37-49 HARDWOOD NEWS .41-45 HARDWOOD MARKETS 45-47 ADVERTISERS' DIRECTORY 49 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 50-51 HARDWOODS FOR SALE 51-51 ..SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: In the United States and Its possesslona, and Canada, $2.00 the year; In foreign countries, $1.00 extra postage. In conformity with th« rules of the postofflc* department, subBcrlptl«i» are payable In advance, and In default cf written orders t* the contrary, are continued at our option. Instructions for renewal, discontinuance, or change of address, should be sent one week before the data they ar* to go Into effect. Both old and new addresses must bo given. Both display and classified advertising rates furnished upon application. Advertising copv must be received five days In advance of publication datea Entered as second-class matter May 26. 1902. at the postoffico at Chicago, III., under act of March 3. 1879. YOU Don't have to make claims on our shipments. We keep the doubtful boards. SATISFY YOURSELF Your inspector, your shop foreman, with the uni- formly high grades of our perfectly manufactured stock. Oak, Gum, Ash, Elm, Cottonwood, Hickory EVERYTHING IN SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Tell us to quote yom. Tl.en wire us to ship. Beaumont Lumber Co. BEAUMONT, TEXAS AH Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD !>i^iv;^(!i^^\!m!Mmy:^^ flfflwool MM Copyright, The Hardwood Company, 1918 Publithed in the Interest of the American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Logging, Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery, on the 1 0th cind 25th of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Edgar H. Defebaugh, President Edwin W. Meeker, Managing Editor Hu Maxwell, Technical Editor Seventh Floor Ellsworth Building 537 So. Dearborn Street. CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087-8088 Vol. XLVI CHICAGO, DECEMBER 10, 1918 No. 4 General Market Conditions AXY REPORT OX THE GEXEKAL HARDWOOD SITUATION today would be a close duplication of similar reports for the last month. The same causes and effects hold with a little more emphasis ou the strength of the hardwood situation than existed two weeks ago. The high spots are seen in the mental attitude of the man who sells and the man who buys. Economic and physical influences are not affecting the situation so much today as is what the buyer and the seller thinks. Summarizing the psychology of the situation, it appears that the manufacturers of lumber and veneers have more confidence today than they did two weeks ago and in spite of the fact that stock is being sold at below list prices. Purveyors of lumber have reached the point where they are quite willing to keep always in touch "with buyers and to continue their canvasses and solicitations, realizing that it is good policy to do so. However, they are becom- ing more and more convinced of the futility of attempting to force the market and increasingly confident of a wonderful future ahead of them. There is a good deal of stock being bought, although far less than normally. However, a close analysis of records would without ques- tion show that the bulk of orders has been placed where the stock is actually needed and where the question of price is not predominant. In fact, there is a total absence of any record of sales having been accomplished where the incentive to buy was nothing stronger than a question of low price. It is an absolute fact that radical cuts in price lists are not getting business and will not get it. The buying trade is not yet in position to know just what it wants, as a large part of the woodworking trade was made over to war work and has not yet determined what its needs will be for commercial i^urposes. Thus manufacturers of trim and other supplies for construction purposes have not yet gotten even started. It is, nevertheless, an absolutely safe prophecj' that there will be a deluge of building as winter breaks up. There is every natural and economic reason why this should be. When the period of heavy demand from all woodworking sources then meets the short supply which is inevita- ble, any little falling off in prices which has occurred will be quickly absorbed. The only cause which may keep j^rices on a downward trend would be a gradually lower wage scale and lower cost of opera- tion, and there does not seem any likelihood of this coming about. Surely, one cannot anticipate with any degree of hope that timber and log values will be less, and with the combination of high labor and high raw material decreased operating cost is impossible. A Census of Standing Timber A MOVEMENT IS UNDER WAY to take a census of the stand: ing timber of the United States. The movement has not yet advanced much beyond the resolution stage. The massmeeting of lumbermen which was held in Chicago, November 22, passed a resolution advocating such a census, and the announcement was _ made at that time that the Natioiial Lumber Manufacturers ' Asso- ciation would assist if the work were undertaken. The regular decennial census will be taken next year, and it is presumed that the timber count will be made a part of that census, if the plan is carried out. This will not be the first attempt at a timber census in this country. A dozen or more years ago the Bureau of Corporations, apparently having a vague glimmer of an idea that something of the sort should be done as a preliminary step toward prosecuting a mythical timber trust, decided to proceed. Four hundred thou- sand dollars, more or less, were spent in collecting figures on stand- ing timber in many parts of the country, but not in all parts. Voluminous preliminary reports were published. Part IV alone of that report covered 933 printed pages. It is a safe guess that these reports were never read through by any human being except the proofreaders in the printing office, and they were hired to do it. The job was not finished. It was left undone after spending hun- dreds of thousands of dollars on it. The whole thing seemed to peter out without reaching any conclusions that could be accepted as final. Failing to strike the trail of any lumber trust, the Bureau of Corporations called off the forces and quit. In that way ended what might have been a timber census. By adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, people have been able to use those in- complete figures to show a total timber stand in the United States of 2,800,000,000,000 feet. In the absence of anything better, this total has been tentatively accepted. Let it be hoped that the present movement toward a timber census will be more successful. If it is undertaken, it will be more successful, because it will proceed in a business way, and will be quite different from the former project that started with hun- dreds of thousands of dollars on a wild goose chase after a timber trust, and ended like the journey of the man who set out for the end of the rainbow to get a pot of gold. A timber census ought to be compiled. It is a big undertaking, but no bigger tlian many others which have been successfully carried out. The acreage of corn is known; the bushels of pota- toes are recorded; the head of cattle, sheep, horses, and hogs, and the number of eggs and pounds of butter are compiled by census 16 HARDWOOD RECORD December 10, 191S takers, and wliy cauuot some similar method be used for timber? The large timber holders ncarl.y all have made cruises of their holdings. They know what their stumpage is. It will not be quite so easy with small holders and woodlot owners, for many of them have no idea of the amount of their timber. They are not in the business and do not know whether an ordinary tree contains a hundred feet or a thousand. But most of these men know how many acres of woods they own. The assessor's books show that. The rule of averages for different types of forests and woodlands will supply the feet when the acres are known. Such a census would be as accurate as is the census of most industries which are not covered by actual schedules and bookkeeping. If the Bureau of the Census, assisted by the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, and aided by the sympathy and good will of timber owners, undertakes this work, satisfactory results may be anticipated. Largely a Matter of Faith IT HAS NOT TAKEN MANY DAYS to turn the nation 's thoughts from w-ar to business; to get back into the old channels and look ahead in a general survey of the situation. Success will depend largely upon the state of mind of the people. If they think that good times lie ahead, the good times will soon put in an appear- ance. It is mainly a matter of faith. When people believe that a thing should happen, they take steps to make it happen. That is what is meant by ' ' faith and works. ' ' The close of the war finds Americans in a state of mind to put faith and works to the test. There were never fewer pessimists or more optimists in this country than at present. The people believe that we are at the beginning of a splendid business period. Everybody wants to turn prophet and foretell great revivals and development; and that is precisely the mental state that will make the prophecies come true. Why should they not come true? The war, after we entered it, lasted just long enough to put us on our mettle, but not long enough to exhaust us. American business instinct was keyed to the highest point. Resources, both material and of a spiritual kind, were organized more thoroughly than ever in our history before. . We feel that we made a success of the business of war, and now we feel strong to make a success of business in peace. No apparent reason exists why this cannot be done. Eesources await development and use. Men are anxious to undertake great things. The country's finances are sound. What the people have loaned to the government to carry on the war has not gone out- side our own borders. It has been spent at home, and the money is in circulation among us and is ready to put life into business here. Plenty of places are open to this money. Industries which have for some time been in a sort of state of suspended animation, are waiting for the stimulus which will quicken them into active life. The government is showing a disposition to revoke and remove war restrictions from civil business as quickly as possible, and that is all that is needed to produce an excellent situation. When competition again assumes its proper place, and trade, markets, and prices come once more under the law of supply and demand, the wheels of American industry ought to begin to turn as they never turned before. Some of the organizations formed to push the war will remain to push business; and other war organizations, which are not strictly constructive, ought to be, and doubtless will be, dispensed with as speedily as circumstances will allow, leaving an open field for industry. The opportunity is here for splendid cooperation between faith and works for the development of business. Developing Water Power THE GENERAL ATTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE of the United States toward the development of water power has been peculiar. A vaguely defined fear that if the development) material- izes, somebody will make money out of it, has been sufficient to prevent development, and the unharnessed rivers flow idly to the sea as they were flowing at the dawn of creation's morning. Many of the rivers suitable for power plants flow across govern- ment lands, and the tape that must be untied to secure charters there is in itself a serious difficulty, but the difficulty is increased by the opposition of politicians who act as self-appointed guardians of public property. They habitually obstruct plans looking to the installation of power plants, and they pose as protectors of public interests. Such has been the history of too many movements to develop power on government land. It is the smallest kind of politics, but it has proved large enough to head off development. Something similar often happens when attempts are made to develop power on streams flowing across privately-owned lands. Somebody nearly always appears on the scene ready to oppose under one pretext or another. The result is, this country is backward in the construction of hydroelectric plants. There is room for many more, and capital could be found to build them, if it were not for the opposition to be expected. Now, at the close of the war, men of foresight are looking about for opportunities to open up new resources, and water powers cannot fail to attract attention. People in numerous localities are ready to use more electricity for light, heat, and work, and the power is ready to be connected up. Italy, with far less potential water power than we have, and with poorer opportunities and smaller resources, is preparing to erect plants on its mountain streams, and thus provide power that will make up for that coun- try's shortage of coal, and will bring an area of manufacturing such as the country never knew before. Greater opportunities in electrical development are open to the people of the United States, but few results will follow unless the dog-in-the-manger policy that has prevailed in the past is replaced by one of broad-mindedness. The time is now opportune for cut- ting loose from the narrow views held in the past, and take hold of the water power question in a new way, build the necessary plants and add enormously to the country's wealth. The Cummins Bill Indorsed The traffic department committee of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association has written a formal indorsement of the Cummins bill, known as Senate bill 5020, and has taken steps to assist in securing the passage of the measure, which estab- lishes beyond question the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission, as existing prior to the passing of the Federal control act, over rates, rules and practices established by the railroad administration. The committee requests the support of the entire lumber industry to insure its passage. The leaves of all species of cherry, both wild and tame, are re- puted to possess poison sufficient to kill domestic animals that eat the leaves freely. But the saving grace of the situation lies in the fact that the green leaves and the wholly dry leaves are not poisonous, but only those that are dried to about half their green weight. It appears that the process of wilting develops the poison and makes it harmful, but as the drying process proceeds, the poison disappears. West of the Rocky Mountains range stock are sometimes killed by feeding on the withered leaves of wild cherry during periods of prolonged drought when the foliage is vrilted. The leading wood in the manufacture of artificial limbs is white or English willow. It is not native in this country but has been planted in many regions, chiefly as shade trees in cities. The artificial limb is hollowed to a thin shell, and after the springs and other attachments are in place, the whole is covered with rawhide, similar to that of which drum heads are made. The weight of artificial wooden limbs varies from less than two pounds to about seven pounds. They are very light and strong. The California blue oak has that name because of the color ofJ the bark, but the heartwood, after it has been exposed a while tol the weather, is nearly as black as walnut, but it has little value ' for anything except fuel. December 10, 191S HARDWOOD RECORD 17 Important Announcements from Washington By H. C. Hallam The Lumber Director, Charles Edgar, is taking a hard-earned rest preparatory to resigning or retiring from office with the expiration of the life of the War Industries Board, which will be January 1, according to present plans and arrangements between President Wilson and Chairman Baruch of the board. The staff of the director of lumber is disbanding after a most enjoyable dinner given by him to them and their ladies at the Willard Hotel the other night. Among the guests were Maj. and Mrs. A. Mason Cooke, Mr. and Mrs. Philbrick, Capt. and Mrs. Selfridge, Mr. Justine, Mr. Nibley, Mr. Aldrich and Secretary Earl Smith of the lumber section. War Industries Board; L. D. Tanner, manager of the North Carolina Pine Emergency Bureau; Harry De- Muth, manager, and E. B. Baldinger, assistant manager of the Southern Pine Emergency Bureau; L. M. Weeteu and Mrs. Weeten of the Alabama-Mississippi Emergency Bureau; G. M. Tully of the Cypress Emergency Bureau, and Mrs. TuUy and Eoy H. Jones of the Northern Hardwood Bureau. The allocation of government lumber orders is no longer done by the lumber director 's office. Each government department will buy in the competitive field what it needs. Canceling Orders The government is understood to be canceling a number of or- ders for lumber, etc. In doing so, especially with reference to air- plane material, it is reported to be making adjustments that will insure the manufacturers against loss if not guaranteeing a profit. Uncle Sam, it is understood, will compensate contractors for ma- terials purchased to carry out government contracts. The construction division of the army continues to hold up all orders for lumber temporarily, which hold-up may become perma- nent any time. At present the war department does not know what construction projects it will abandon and what continue, if any. There has been no hold-up of navy lumber orders or shipping board orders, although the board is reported to have lumber on hand to build forty wooden Ships. The housing bureau is understood to be reinstating some orders for lumber needed for completing construc- tion projects on which work has been begun. All government restrictions have been removed from building operations and the government itself, through the supervising architect of the treasury department, is calling for proposals for constructing postoffiees and other federal buildings in thirty-seven cities and towns. The navy department wants appropriations from Congress aggre- gating $8.5,000,000 for rendering permanent the twenty-one coastal air defense stations east, west and south, as well as in insular and isthmian possessions of the United States. It is proposed to have squadrons of aircraft stationed at convenient points. The war department has canceled forty-three great construction projects for the American expeditionary forces in France which in- clude a deep water dock for twenty ships, also warehouses, terminals, railroads and orders for 61,000 railroad cars. Business Pointers That the building situation is looking up seems to be indicated by the demand of the United States employment service for a large number of carpenters, who are understood to be scarce and are needed for construction work in the South and East. Automobile manufacturers have been meeting here since the signing of the armistice and made plans for reconverting their industry from the execution of a billion dollars' worth of war contracts to the production of an equal value of automobiles for the commercial and pleasure car trade. It is being reported that box manufacturers have purchased con- siderable lumber for making export canned goods boxes to meet expected demands of the government for next year, the material emergency bureau of the wooden box industry advises that the ordering of such material be stopped and it is taking a census of box material on hand at factories and at the sawmills. It is be- lieved that there will still be a considerable demand for export box material owing to plans to feed the starving millions of Europe. Such boxes may be made from various hardwood lumber varieties % and Vfe inches thick. Officials of the box bureau are planning to continue in business for several months in order to assist the industry in solving problems of readjustment. It would pay special attention to ques- tions pertaining to the exportation of box shooks and to the re- vision of railroad administration specifications or regulations rela- tive to packing boxes with a view to reducing the loss and damage claims of shippers. Forestry Troops in France American forestry troops in France performed one of the least conspicuous and yet extremely important services. On November 1, the Twentieth Engineers regiment had a strength of 564 officers and 12,655 men and equipped with modern American lumbering ma- chinery produced great quantities of railroad ties, construction timber, and firewood. Discussing the work of the aircraft forces of the government. Secretary Baker says in his report that up to November 11 the total quantity of spruce and fir shipped for airplane production amounted to about 174,000,000 feet, of which more than two-thirds went to the allied governments. To the same date 5,300 training airplanes had been produced by the United States in addition to nearly 3,300 service planes. The amalgamated regiment may be in Prance five or ten months longer, it is reported by officers. Maj. W. L. Hall and other officers selected for commission in the new battalions proposed some weeks ago for the twentieth regiment are reported to be in training at Camp Forest. It is said they will be released from the army at the conclusion of their term of instruction, but will be placed on the reserve list. The Question of Ships The future of the wooden ship, so far as the government is con- cerned, is very uncertain. According to one report, contracts for 160 such ships have been canceled by the shipping board. Accord- ing to another, they have been simply held up. A third report i8 that some of the suspended contracts are reinstated, namely, about eighteen. Certain it is that the shipping board wants to sell a number of he wooden ships because its officials believe that there is no peace need for such a large number of small vessels, includ- ing the wooden ships and the steel ships built on the Great Lakes, so far as this country is concerned. We are said to have some 1,100 of them. If the government can sell the wooden boats the building pro- gram will not be conceled, writes Charles Piez, general manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, in a letter to Eepresentative Johnson of Washington state. If not, cancellations .will have to proceed. Senator Fletcher of Florida, chairman of the commerce com- mittee, is out with a strong statement defending the wooden ship program, protesting against its abandonment or the sale of the wooden ships, and charging that there is a propaganda against them based on falsehood. According to information in the hands of Senator Fletcher, 367 wooden ships have been launched up to No- vember 20 of which ninety-eight have been completed and seventy- six are in service. Besides the above, the senator says, work was commenced on 193 wooden ships, and contracts were awarded but work not started on 171 more. Of these latter, he says, the ship- ping board has canceled forty-eight contracts and authorized the cancellation of 100 more. In his statement the senator said: "No doubt the board is influenced by the propaganda against the ■wooden ships and the many false statements put In circulation concerning them. 18 HARDWOOD RECORD December 10, 191S and influencing the public mind to conclude that they are unseaworthy and almost worthless. Some of the wildest, most absurd rumors have been circulated about them. "Only three of the government wooden ships have been lost. The wooden ships have been used with success in the transatlantic and coastwise trade. Whether they have heen operated economically and make a good business showing I have no complete data to prove. I complain of the efforts to stifle or destroy an important industry in this country when there is no reason or sense in such a course. We should build more wooden tonnage tor American and foreign account and remove all unnecessary war restric- tions upon operation." Adjustment of Contracts The War Department authorizes the following statement by Bene- dict Crowf'll, director of munitions, as to methods of contract adjust- ment : The armistice has come when American industry was reaching the peak of its production. There are therefore thousands of contracts outstanding on which commitments for raw material for the future have been made. on whicli much raw material has been received, on which there is a large amount of work in various stages of completion or its way through the shops. The department has first to determine as to each of these contracts whether it is to be carried through, whether the rate of amount of pro- duction is to be so reduced that the manufacturer can gradually taper. off and get into his accustomed civilian work, or whether the contract is to be terminated at once. These questions have to be decided with due regard to the conditions of the particular industry and the importance of pre- ser\"ing the continuous employment of labor. When decided there remains a very serious problem of how to arrive at a just and prompt determina- tion of what is due the contractor as a result of much reduction or termination of the contract. The War Department recognizes that it is highly important to make provision for cases where contractors have such a considerable part of their working capital tied up in expenditures for labor and other disburse- ments on unfinished work that without a speedy repayment to the con- tractors of at least a part of this sum they cannot make that prompt return of the plants to commercial w^ork essential to prevent a break in their continuous operation and employment of labor. In many such cases, while it is practicahle to determine readily a minimum sum which will be within the figure of ultimate settlement, it will frequently be difficult to fix with exactness the ultimate sum without a delay which will lose to the government and the country the advantage of a speedy return of such plants to commercial work. Where this situation exists and to meet it it will be the policy of the department to stand ready to enter into sup- plementary control with such contractors by which a sum not to exceed seventy-five per cent of the amount which it is certain will ultimately be paid by the government on the agreed basis of adjustment will be paid immediately to the contractor upon his consent to a termination of the original contract and a release to the government of its obligations there- under, the department agreeing to pay subsequently such additional sum as it may determine will complete payment to the contractor on the agreed basis of ndjustment. The machinery outlined above will be availed of in arriving nt the terms of final settlement. This plan will make it practicable for contractors to secure almost imme- diately a very substantial part of their working capital for use in switch- ing back to Commercial work, even where the circumstances are such that the final determination of the compensation to be paid cannot be so speedily arrived at. The construction division has been authorized by the director of operations to abandon the following projects: The construction work at Locomobile Company of America's plant. Bridgeport, Conn. The construction work in connection with the erection of the necessary building for the plant of the Hero Manufacturing Company. Philadel- phia, Pa. The enlargement of Camp Lee. Va. The construction of a hospital at North Camp Jackson, S. C, approxi- mately 631 beds. The necessary alteration to make the state school for deaf at Columbus, Ohio, suitable for a 1,500-befI hospital. The construction of the Elizabethport. N. J., proving grounds. The enlargement of Camp Custer, Mich. The construction of a bomb loading plant in the vicinity of Delaware City, Del., known as the Marlin-Rockwell plant. The construction of an extension to Camp Sherman to house 9,185 men. The construction of an extension to Camp Grant, III., to house 14,520 men. The construction of an officer's training camp. The construction of Clear Springs proving grounds. The conversion work to make the Sea View Hospital, Staten Island, N. Y., suitable as a general army hospital. The installation of a permanent bakery at Camp Beauregard. Ala. The construction of a delousing plant at Camp Fremont, Cal. The construction division has been authorized to proceed with the con- struction of a central officer's training school at Camps Gordon and Han- cock, where the buildings are over sixty per cent completed, or where the buildings are so far advanced as to necessitate their completion in order to save material loss to the government. \^^;;;^^;5^:;^l!i;^;;^^^ The communication below was recently sent to manufacturers of lumber by R. B. Goodman, chairman of the bureau of lumber economics of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association : The consensus of opinion held by leaders of the lumber industry who attended the Congress hotel meeting November 22 and 23 was that pros- perity is conditional first upon world relations; second upon the intelligent course that American business takes in the reconstruction ; third upon the intelligent cooperation of the entire lumber industry in all its branches, and finally upon the wisdom displayed by each individual manufacturer or and supplies and the decreased volume of produe- tion that we are now experiencing have not exercised their full effect on costs, as reflected in the manufacturers' accounts. Man.v of these cost reactions are remote. Salary increases, increased traveling expenses, post- poned renewals, maintenance that has been skimped during the war. replenishment of depleted supply stocks at higher prices will affect next year's costs. It will be necessary to install new machinery, revise methods of work, and readjust operating programs to a relatively higher cost of man-power. All of these things call for more skillful management ; and for manage- ment to exercise its skill it requires correct premises on which to base its decisions. This means that the past experience of the operation and its experience from month to month must be reflected on its books in such manner as to keep the management fully informed as to the essential facts of the operation, and in such manner that the management of one operation may compare its results with those of other similar operations in the industry. It was in view of the foregoing that a conference was held at the' Chicago meeting for the purpose of promoting an interest in better methods of accounting. There were present Secretary-Manager Wilson Compton ; P. M. Rickey, comptroller of the Long-Bell Lumber Company ; Robert Rickey, special accountant for the Southern Pine Association ; E. T. Allen, and myself. Plans were discussed for forming a committee on accountancy as a part of the bureau of economics of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, which will be submitted to the members of the economics committee for approval and then passed on to the executive committee of this association. Accountancy is an exact science. There is nowhere any difference of opinion as to the principle of accounting; and the methods of accounting have been improved and developed so as to fully meet modern business conditions from the smallest to the largest operations. It is proposed to create a department of lumber accountancy within the bureau of economics that will give each operator the benefit of the best practice in adapting principles of modern accounting to lumber operations, provided the manu- facturers of lumber generally are inclined to make use of such a service. It is evident that the value of such a service will depend upon the atti- tude of those in control nf the lumber manufacturing operations. There must be an awakening to the importance of correct accounting jvist as there has been in recent years an awakening in the industry to the importance of salesmanship. Correct lumber accounting is not a venture into new and untrorlden paths. The development of salesmanship has consisted almost entirely of the individual manufacturer adopting the methods of his successful competitor. In like manner, the manufacturer whose methods of accounting are inadequate, out of date and inefficient must realize his disadvantage. In addition to this realization there must be the willingness to employ the right methods that are new, in place of wrong methods that are of such hmg stJiniling as to have become habits. The delisihtful old-fashioned custom of fooling one's self must be given up. If the operation, or a particular part of it really makes a profit, that profit should not be diverted or concealed ; and conversely, if the operation as a whole, or any department of it, makes a loss, the loss should be recog- nized with red ink, for it is evident that the first requisite of good December 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 19 accounting is a correct reflection of the facts, and if you do not want to know the facts as they are in your business you will not be interested in good accounting. Assuming that the manufacturer is willing to know the truth about his business, the next obstacle in the mind of the smaller operator is the expense entailed by adequate modern accounting. While it will cost more, • if the system adopted is properly adjusted to the size of the business, its cost will be an insignificant percentage of the money it will save. Wtile it is true that a small operation may not afford a $25,000 manager, it may be equally true that a $10,000 manager is better economy than the man of $5,000 capacity, and a low-salaried accountant may be more expensive to a small operator than one commanding a larger salary ; and the small operator will find the best methods of accounting do not cost any more than, and often not as much as, poorer methods. I am a small operator and this has been my experience. It will he the case with many of us that we have a thoroughly reliable and competent accountant, and we would not like to take a chance on putting in a new man even of greater ability who would be familiar with more correct methods of accounting and neetled for reorgauixing this department. We are dubious about making a change even though we would be willing to pay the increased salary. The answer to this is that the higher-priced man may be the man we now have, after we have given him an opportunity to educate himself to improved methods. As the first requisite of proper accounting Is unprejudiced and impartial reflection of phyt^ical conditions, this department must be entirely inde- pendent of the operating department. Beginning in the camps, the camp clerk or scaler must bo independent of the camp foreman or woods super- intendent, and this independence must follow on through the accounting work to its head, who must lie accountal)le only to the president. This Is the custom of the larger organizations. It must he followed in principle in the smallest operation to insure correct results. The application of correct methods of accounting to the lumber industry is a natiiinal as well as a regional undertaking. " Because of the diverse character of operations, various regions will call for special classification of accounts, and n different emphasis on certain details in one region than in another. It is necessary that these varying conditions should lie con- sidered ami provided for by a single agency so that the statistics of one region may be comparable with the statistics of other regions. In the same manner it is necessary that the adjustments and modifications of accounting, so as to fit it to large, medium and small operations, should be worked out by a single agency so that the statistical result of the small operation may be made comparable with the results of the large operation. What will your profits be for the year 1019? Must you work in the dark all through the coming year? Must you remain uncertain as to the answer to this question until the latter part of January. 1920, or do you wish to adopt methods of accounting that will enable you to approximate an answer to this question in advance and to verify your answer month by month throughout the year? This is a new undertaking in National Association work, and this article is written for the purpose of ascer- taining your attitude on this subject. T!;^:c?!;!::gE^^^;^<^;^^^^^ The Reconstruction Conference The splendid address of President Harry A. Wlieeler of the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States of America opened the recon- struction massmeeting of four thousand American business men delegated to represent all of America's industries at Atlantic City, N. J., Tuesday morning, December 3 to Friday, December 6. His thought was that the three hundred and fifty war boards organized for cooperation and to back the government in the war have served their purpose, but that it was the hope of those calling the confer- ence that the war boards with other delegates of industry meet the problems confronting the nation. President Wheeler said in part: Peace stands upon the thresholj ot a new day, bidding us lift the curtain upon a -world from which the menace of military autocracy has been for- ever removed. How shall we enter in to possess this new world ? With the boastful arrogance of the foolish victor drunk with power, or with the patient humility of a chastened peoples intent only upon building a new civilization and a new code of human ethics on the wreck of the past? Yesterday we thought of the period of reconstruction as a distant goal which some day we should attain ; today we are atmosphered by Its prob- lems, confused and perplexed by the adjustments demanding consideration. The dangers^of the state upon which the world Is entering arq scarcely less than those from which we have just escaped. The overthrow of European governments. Inviting experiments with unsound principles of government and inducing all kinds of emotional legislation, is likely to set us apart as the most conservative power on earth, and in the measure which we hold the lamp of our experience to guide the feet of those who are groping through new and untried paths. Shall we deserve their love and loyalty and confidence? We may assume that commerce will piny an important role in all of the world readjustments, and It becomes imperative that in the peace terms which presently will come under discussion, certain fundamental considera- tions affecting commerce shall not be overlooked. Furthermore, in the coun- sels which shall determine the international political and economic relations of the future, American business, in common with like interests of other nations, should be consulted in framing the peace conditions. The principle of economic boycott, often advanced as a punishment to those nations guilty of disturbing the world's peace, is neither politically nor economically sound, nor is the principle of "favored nation" in commer- cial treaties. These would tend only to drive the nations farther apart and increase the unrest in the industrial world. May not the United States lead here, also, in a declaration of principles providing tor such adjustments as will ultimately assure a live and let live policy for the whole world? Insofar as war contracts are concerned and the control of basic' materials that entered largely into war production, the government must needs adopt a liberal program with regard to the cancellation of orders, and a willing- ness to retain possession of the materials owned and controlled, releasing them only so fast as the market can readily absorb these commodities without breaking prices to an unwarranted extent or stopping production during the period required to digest government controlled stocks. The principle of price fixing is another problem that might have your consideration, especially with respect to the desirability of having price fixing machinery maintained temporarily in some form in the effort to stabilize values, to provide against a too rapid price fluctuation seriously affecting inventory values, which, in part at least, must underlie com- mercial credit, and to cushion the recession which must follow a period of excessively high prices in a manner that will bring about a gradual adjustment with as little loss and uncertainty as may reasonably be expected in the return to normal conditions. An important problem of readjustment is the question of whether the right to combine permitted in foreign trade under the Webb-Pomerene bill should, by amendment of our trust legislation, be extended to domestic operations. The period of reconstruction will be short or long, the operation gradual and easy, or difficult and costly, in the measure that American business will coordinate its forces, work in unity, and not only wisely choose its representatives, but support them in their search for facts and back them in their conclusions. Upon this conference rests the responsibility of determining what form of organization and what central committee shall plan our policies and make our declarations to those instrumentalities .which the government itself may create to direct the return of the country to normal operations and normal living. In the general sessions the main subjects under consideration were: How can we secure cooperation in continuing the present shipping pro- gram with the government for the securing of a merchant marine? What steps have been taken to take advantage of the Webb-Pomerene Act, which allows combination for foreign trade? How to finance foreign credits. How to secure government cooperation in investigation with our allies as to protection of industry during the reconstruction period. What suggestions can be made encouraging the stimulation ot public work? What should the conservation division do on the subject of financial profit? What method should be employed to liquidate or adjust obligations to the government, or the government's obligations on a contract? Should the Capital Issues committee be continued? What legal method or means could be introduced to better stabilize prices during the reconstruction period? What method should be employed to dispose of commodities in the government's hands so that it would not injure or disturb the industry and the ultimate consumer? When the demobilization of military forces takes place how can these men he best forwarded to their past pursuits, and further, how closely should the conference work for the government bodies in the study of demobilization plans? These were answered in the resolutions printed in the general report representing the consolidated opinion of the various related groups, then through a resolutions committee of the major groups, of which there were ten, and finally the resolutions are the result of the work of the sub and general clearance committee, which was the resolutions committee of the convention. A keynote of the convention was sounded by W. H. Manss, director of the war service committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at a preliminary meeting on Monday. He said: The motives and purposes of this conference are to obtain the views of our representatives of the nation's industries in order to mobilize the forces ot industry for the salvation of the nation. They must be so broad in their principles, conscientious in their conclusions and clear and force- ful in their utterance, that they will be heard around the world. A letter to President Wilson by President Wheeler was read ask- 20 HARDWOOD RECORD December 10, 191S iiig if it would be helpful to have in attendance at the peace confer- ence and available for counsel on such phases of the peace negotia- tions as may bear dire(ftly upon commerce and industry a group of business men selected as having the largest vision and the most generous impulses in connection with the resumption of industrial activity throughout the world. The President practically ignored the suggestion. A letter was read from Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the War Industries Board, in which he expressed his appreciation of the hearty cooperation that had been given him in mobilizing industry for the prosecution of the war. His comment on the possibility of returning to the old, wasteful methods of unrestrained competition was heartily applauded, indicating that it was not in the minds of the four thousand delegates present. At the afternoon session of Wednesday, Director General Charles M. Schwab of the Emergency Fleet Corporation was received with inspiring American welcome. He indicated that the shipbuilding proposition should be kept going at full speed under government supervision or under individual ownership. He favored subsidy to individual owners or by appropriations to the end that we may maintain our high standards of living and wages. He expressed the opinion that individual efforts should be made to educate the workers to see the manufacturer 's side and that the initiative of the individual should be cultivated. Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield then spoke on "Our Opportunity and Obligation in Foreign Trade." Inasmuch as it seems to be the government's idea to discontinue the work of the war boards, he advised concentrating effort on production rather than reducing wages. "The world," he said, "has visible need for all its ships for at least two years to come." Wednesday evening a group conference of Number 21 was pre- sided over by J. J. Donovan, president of the Bloedel-Donovan Lum- ber Mills, Bellingham, Wash., and Boiling Arthur Johnson was secretary. The conference began with an impromptu song service. Attorney L. C. Boyle, counsel for a number of lumber associations, said the conference indicates that henceforth business is going to take more interest in government. His keynote was "It does not lie within the mouth of any man to criticize Congress unless he has cooperated to assist Congress." He ably reviewed the Sherman law and suggested a definite program for reform. He believed that a representative committee embracing all industries should compile and present a complete showing of the harmful effects of the law and outline the changes desired, leaving to Congress the actual drafting of a bill. He also suggested that a suborganization of all natural resources and industries be part of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States. Had these interests acted unitedly on the invested capital clause of the revenue bill its correction would be more certain. N. C. Brown reported on the lumber investigations, told about his trip to Spain, Italy and France and commented on the resources of other countries catering to this trade and the possibilities of a market in these countries, provided we aggressively promoted our goods and discovered the needs of those countries and met their local conditions to intelligently handle this trade. A committee on resolutions was appointed with L. C. Boyle as chairman to report direct to group Number 6, which is a group composed of manufacturers of lumber and wood products. A com- mittee on relations to the Building Trades' Federation was also appointed with John L. Kaul as chairman. Chas. S. Keith, Kansas City; B. F. Masters, Chicago, representing the box industry; C. T. Williams, Buffalo, of the fruit package industry; C. L. Harrison, Cape Girardeau, Mo., of the Associated Cooperage Industries, and Lewis Curtiss of the Sash, Door and Millwork Association; M. J. Fox, Iron Mountain, were elected as part of this committee of ten. On Thursday morning President Wheeler called the meeting together with approval of the registration, there being no contest of credentials. James A. Farrell, who was to have talked on the subject of foreign trade, was unable to be present and his address, which was both eloquent and practical, was read by proxy. He cited the fact that President McKinley in his historic address at the Pan American Exposition at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1901, had strongly urged the development of our foreign trade, and at last after all these years the nation approved of this development and is ready to meet that condition. How are we going to do it? We should be careful as a nation that we do not enter into agreements that will embroil us in controversies to boycott the commerce of any nation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., made a masterly address on "Represen- tation in Industry." His modern viewpoint, carefully prepared, regards industry as social service, and he summed up the four par- ties in interest that should be taken into consideration: Capital, management, labor and community. All must benefit or it cannot continue. Both labor and the community have a right to share in the control of industry. He endorsed the principle of labor organi- zations, and warned that occasional improper functioning should not prejudice the principle. Organizations of capital also have gone too far and done wrong. He endorsed the British Whitley plan of national district and works councils, but commented further that the present unions include but a small part of the nation 'a laborers. If the j)lan is just in improving these conditions labor must be given adequate representation. He commented on the ten basic principles embraced in the Standard Oil Company plan of labor representation, and said that men are rapidly coming to see that human life is of infinitely greater value than material wealth. He urged leaders of industry not to be stand-patters with their backs to the wall, but to accept the new spirit of the age and the present great opportunity. Alba B. Johnson of Philadelphia at the Wednesday session made a masterly address on a new system of public financing. He has studied this subject very carefully and urged that the present revenue tax bill before Congress be reduced to a maximum of at least $4,000,000,000, so that the trade may not be affected, and the country in his opinion may be able to take care of itself as to finance. Edward A. Filene devoted his attention to the necessity of upbuilding the merchant marine, a subject with which he hae been particularly identified. At the meeting of the National Councillors at the Traymore Hotel, Thursday, Henry P. Kendall, chairman of the committee on indus- trial relations, suggested methods and plans for labor and wage readjustment. He said: It seems to me there are three ways In which this prolilem may be con- sidered. First, a set of federal industrial courts after the plan of the Australian system, which virtually involves compulsory arbitration with a huge governmental machinery set up to carry it out. The experiences of the war penod hardly tend to increase the confidence in, or the desire to further on any large scale, governmental Interference in this delicate and complex problem. Second, there is a plan of wage adjustment boards set up by the industries themselves and their employes with equal representa- tion on each side, who should in advance determine and agree on standards of wages, hours and conditions of employment. This second plan has worked to some extent and is the only possible safeguard for management and sound business principles and methods. The third method, advocated by some, involves, since lalior and management are in an irreconcilable conflict, the keeping up of the fight. But the situation is so tense that far- seeing business men toda.v would do well to speak in no uncertain fashion and declare the principle tor which they stand. They must be ready to meet the situation squarely with a full knowledge of economic law and the laws of society. A. W. Shaw, chairman of the conservation division of the War Industries Board, spoke to three hundred representatives of the wood and allied industries at the Breakers hotel. He said that the conservation division had been created as a war emergency measure and would go out of existence shortly, but that the greater part of its duties would be delegated to the United States Department of Commerce. He urged strongly the unity between the business interests of the country and the continuance of the war service com- mittee. Under the Sherman act it is not unlawful for business industries to get together with a view to eliminating waste in the interests of the public. He expressed the opinion that during the war the various government agencies had done good work, but it was his belief that in normal times business people should not be told what to do and what not to do. December 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 21 Major Group Number 1, food production aud exchange, recom- mended international trade commission and endorsed the idea of collective purchases in foreign countries and suggesting codifica- tion of American and British trade-mark laws. Group Number 9, composed of earthen products producers, voiced opposition to government ownership of railroads, and urged that every encouragement should be given by executive rulings and legislation for safe investment of capital in railroad improvements. They favored water transportation, emphatically protested against the proposal to inaugurate a nation-wide basis of railroad rates con- structed on the theory that distance is the outstanding controlling factor. They advocated uniform cost accounting and adequate tariff, and expressed themselves in liberal attitude towards labor. Among the active lumbermen attending the convention were: John H. Kirby. Kirby Lumber Company, Houston, Tex. John L. Kaul. Kaul Lumber Company, Birminjiham, Ala. Chas. S. Keith, Central Coal & CoUe Company, Kansas City, Mo. R. A. Long, Long-Bell Luml»er Company, Kansas City, Mo. J. B. White. Missouri Lumber & Mining Company, Kansas City, Mo. Gen. L. C. Boyle, counsel, National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, Washington, D. C. P. L. Rosasco, Bay Point Mill Company, Pine Wood, Fla. C. L. Harrison, Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Compan.v. Cape Girar- deau, Mo. Guy H. Buell. Montgomery Lumber Compan.v, North Carolina. Fred Yegge, Harry Davis. Chicago Mill & Lumber Company, Chicago. C. L. Crosman, Crosman & Co., Bangor, Me. O. C. Haslip, Louis Wuichet, California Pine Box & Lumber Company, San Francisco, Cal. B. F. Masters, Rathborne, Hair & Ridgeway Company, Chicago. Thos. Cole, Philadelphia, Pa. W. A. Ransom, Ciayoso Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn. S. B. Anderson, Anderson-Tully Company, Memphis. Jas. E. Stark, Jas. E. Stark & Co.. Memphis. J. H. Townshend, Southern Hardwuud Traffic Association, Memphis. Geo. Gardiner, Eastman-Gardiner Lumber Company. Laurel, Miss. Wm. H. Hanan, United States Fleet Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa. J. L. Roper. North Carolina Pine Association, Norfolk, Va. A. L. Osborne, Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa- tion, Oshkosh, Wis, Chas. .\. Bigelow, Kneeland-Blgelow Company, Bay City, Mich. W. L. Saunders, Cummer-Diggins Company, Cadillac, Mich. Frank Stephens, Bagdad Lumber & Sawmill Company, Bagdad, Fla. Louis Dill, Baltimore, Md. R. A. White, New York, N. T. E. M. Perry, Secretary National Wholesale Jjumber Dealers' Association, New York. Dr. Wilson Compton, National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, Chicago. Jas. E. Rhodes, Southern Pine Association. New Orleans, La. Lewis Curtiss, Curtlss Bros. Company, Clinton, Iowa. Al. Siegal, Huttig Sash & Door Company, St. Louis, Mo. Frank Moss, American Sash & Door Company, Kansas City, Mo. B. C. Jarrell. Humboldt, Tenn. R. G. Williams, BuBfalo, N. Y. H. S. Young, National Veneer & Panel Manufacturers' Association, Indianapolis, Ind. M. H. Stuart. Wells, Higman Company, Benton Harbor, Mich. E. W. Jordan, Emporia, Va. Frank Hickson. Indianapolis, Ind. B. W. Lord. Chicago Veneer Company, Chicago. M. J. Fox, Iron Mountain, Mich. C. B. Flinn, Chicago. Fred Boles, Chicago. Geo. Wilson Jones. Chicago ; Chas. L. Schwartz, Napervllle, 111. A. P. Smith, Wholesale Sash & Door -Association, Chicago. John L. Alcock, John L. Alcock & Co.. Baltimore, Md. Robt. B. .\llen. West Coast Lumbermen's .\ssociation, Portland, Ore. Friday's Session Paul M. Warburg suggested a peace finance corporation at the final session on Friday to assist the nations abroad. Mr. Warburg is a member of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and also the Federal Reserve board. His talk was "Finance After the War." In his introductory statement he said that our banks and bankers must be able and willing to freely extend their acceptances for the financ- ing of the world's trade. He said: "As a matter of tact, we owe it to the world to bear a substantial por- tion of this burden. I believe we cannot emphasize too strongly that the time has not yet come when our people, large br small, may relax their efforts to curtail unnecessary consumption, both for the sake of releasing for export the greatest possible quantities of goods, thereby stimulating our export industries, and for the purpose of accumulating funds available for investment. The slogan, 'Don't stop saving food,' would gain in scope and strength by abbreviating it into 'Don't stop saving :' Our more than 21,000,000 Liberty bond holders must be trained to become permanent investors ; thrift must become a national virtue," Among the resolutions presente.•(.' \ivv 111. I'.IIS ^creaam:^wsTOit!m?mM^M>ititi^^ a'TO:;K)it»ro!y The Lumberman s Round Table The Place of Figured Gum The fact that requirements of domestic consumers of figured gum are probably less for ordinary commercial purposes than they have been for a long while, means that the present advantage en- joyed by gum docs not represent as much in the way of increased demand as it might otherwise, but it is likely to get a lot of people started to using figured gum in larger quantity than ever before. If the buyers of finished products take to it, this increased use may be a permanent proposition. Gum has always boen emphasized as a general utility wood, able to fit into a situation and make good under almost any conditions. The demands of war time, with their effect on various materials needed for war work exclusively, have shoved gum into the lime- light again, and have given it a particularly good opportunity to demonstrate tliat tliis reputation for general usefulness was well earned. Honoring the Boys in Service A big Louisville hardwood conqpany has been distributing photo- graphs of the "Roll of Honor" which hangs in its of&ce, and which is particularly effective in the way it presents the names of I those who have enlisted in the service; of their country on land and sea. It consists of a bronze plate, with "Roll of Honor" at the top, and underneath, on separate plates, which can be added to as new men enlist, are the names of those who are in service. Below is a quotation from President Wilson 's famous message pledging ever.ything to the fight for liberty. The disjjlay is dignified, permanent and appealing, and has senti- ment without being too sentimental. It is just the sort of thing that every house with many men in the service should use as a means of memorializing their contribution to the country. The photographs, by the way, are being treasured by relatives of the men, and the writer knows of one boy's mother who has had the picture framed and will keep it all her life to show how her son was honored by his employer on the occasion of his enter- ing the ranks of Uncle Sam 's fighters. The Girl Question The Chicago Tribune recently published a big feature story, illustrated with pictures of attractive girls in overalls, telling all about the entrance into industry of a number of young actresses who were temporarily out of a job because of the theaters being closed by the epidemic of influenza. The story indicated that the girls had taken employment in one of the munitions factories, but that they were doing it more for a lark, and as a good press agent stunt than anything else. As soon as the footlights are turned on again, the munitions factory and the denim overalls will know them no more. There is a moral in this with regard to the general employment of female help in lumber yards and woodworking plants. A lot of girls are being used at present, and some of them probably will sta.y on the job. But the general complaint is that there is too great a turnover, and that the employes do not stick as they should. The result is that the training of green hands becomes a big problem, and makes it a questionable matter for the manu- facturer to bother with female labor. If it were not a ease of necessity, in view of the shortage of men, it is doubtful if some of them would continue to hire girls. This is one aspect of the employment situation which has a bear- ing on what will happen when the soldiers come back from war and seek civilian pursuits. In many lines, without question, they will be welcomed with open arms, not only because of their greater strength and skill, but because they can be counted on to stick to the job at least long enough to give the manufacturer a chance to break even on his investment for training expense. Logging by Contract The question of having logging done, by contract or handling this part of the operation direct is one which has been discussed considerably of late. The experience of one of the most successful sawmill operators in the South, who now has seven or eight band- mills going, is interesting. He has always had his logs brought to the mill under contract, if he could make a satisfactory arrange- ment, and finds that he can save money by so doing. ''Logging is a business almost by itself," he said. "I am will- ing to let somebody else worry about the details of getting the logs from the stump to the mill, especially as this requires a big organization, considerable equipment and some financing. It is easier for me to use my capital for manufacturing and selling lum- ber than it is to put part of it into logging, and I am more than willing to give the logger a satisfactory return on his investment in order to avoid the worry entailed in getting out the logs. "It is also a big advantage to me to know exactly what my logs are going to cost. I know what it takes to convert them into lumber, and hence I can figure my manufacturing expenses very easily. If I were operating my own logging outfit, I would find that the expense would vary, and I would never know just where I was on the cost end." If an operation is large, and if a concern is concentrating its manufacturing interests at one point, in connection with the de- velopmont of a single timber tract, handling its own logging may be profitable and more convenient than the other method; but for the millman who has a number of operations, all requiring super- vision, the advantage of having the logging work done on con- tract by reliable men, at a fixed expense, often offsets the possible economy of the other system. Simplifying the labor problem alone is held by many to justify contracting for logging work. Changing Needs of Buyers The salesman nowadays must needs watch all of the angles if he hopes to keep pace with his trade. The way in which manufacturers are switching their lines of operation, as a result of war requirements, is having a big effect, of course, on the character of their demand. Some furniture manufacturers are getting into the box business. That moans that different grades and kinds of lumber will be needed, and the lumber salesman must know these things in order to get after the business intelligently. How to get the information promptly is the big question, of course, and the only answer is study of general conditions affect- ing individual enterprises, in addition to keeping the eyes and ears open for knowledge of what they are doing. Hardwood Finish in China The best evidence of the progress and inherent appeal of hard- wood for interior finish comes to us in a special consular report from China. In dealing with the lumber situation, this report, after pointing out that American lumber holds first place in the market there, makes the statement that on account of the high prices of soft woods Philippine hardwoods found a readier sale in China than usual, lauan, apitong, and palosapis being freely in demand. Of these woods something over 4,000,000 feet were im- ported into Shanghai alone last year. And it is contended that the market created for these woods is likely to remain as the Chinese like the high grade hardwoods and will continue to use them for interior finish in their buildings. What is true there is true here and elsewhere, and that is, when hardwoods are once used for interior finish they find favor and go on the preferred list. Wooden combs were in use thousands of years ago and a few are still made. The teeth are cut with a fine saw and the points hardened by slightly charring them in a candle flame. —23— December 10. 191S 'veroiia^Piw^-j^Mi^ Am■■^'.3-^TOlit^TOiro^«:«l!Wim!mTOVK^ J 5J5 K**^p \ ■■* Wrecking with Saw on Wheels innn WHEN THE WRECKERS UKCA.X THE OIJI POXTOOX ANCHORED IX THE MISSISSIPPI WAITIXd TO BE CIT IXTO SAW TIMBERS READY FOR THE MILL The pontoon bridge of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- way Company across the Mississippi river between North McGregor, Iowa, and Prairie du Chien, Wis., is believed to be the largest pon- toon bridge in the world. The Mississippi has two channels both used by navigation at this point and two draws are operated in the pontoon. The immense boats, first put into service about forty years ago, have to be replaced about every tifteeu years. Within the last two years a new pontoon has been built and placed in position in each draw. The old pontoons were offered for sale. The.v contained an immense lot of hardwood. Last summer ths Ed P. Eberhard Lum- ber Company, manufacturers of hardwood lumber at Guttenberg, Iowa, bought one of the pontoons and towed the great structure TRAVELING SAW AT WORK PROCESS OF CUTTIXG AX EXORMOUS POXTOOX IXTO PIECES TO FACILITATE THE SALVAGE OF THE HARDWOOD TIMBERS IT CONTAINS down to its mill, about twenty miles south of McGregor. The jiroblem then was how to saw it up. The pontoon was 408 feet long and forty feet wide. The stringers that held the bottom were spaced two feet apart and it was impossible to use an ordinary cross-cut saw and too expensive to use a hand saw. The company solved the problem by building the machine shown in photograph. A small gasoline engine furnished the power. The machine was mounted on four wheels and two by fours were used for tracks for it to travel on. The machine could be moved anywhere and cut the bottom in small enough pieces so that they could be handled without trouble. The saw frame works on hinges so that it can be worked up and down easily. It suits its purpose well and is not difficult to handle. \vgogoiir«TO;gaTO^i:j^;a^:itfS!is^iH.^^ Beech and Maple Flooring Compared Much more flooring is made of maple than of beech, but the latter wood is largely used, and by some it is claimed to be the equal of maple. For some kinds of flooring it is perhaps equal and possiblj superior to maple, but in most physical qualities, maple rates higiier. The maple under consideration is supposed to be sugar maple. The soft maples are not often used for flooring, and when so used, they are inferior to beech in wearing qualitios. Hardness is an essential property of flooring. Tests show that sugar maple rates 2,000, and beech 1,400. That is considerable dif- ference in favor of maple. The test is made with a steel ball of specified size. It is laid on the wood and force is applied to sink it a specified distance into the wood. If 2,000 pounds will sink it into maple, it can be sunk an equal distancs into beech by a pressure of 1,400 pounds. That is the meaning of the figures in this test of hardness. But it makes some difference whether the steel ball is forced into the end or into the side of the wood. The above figures represent side hardness, perpendicular to the grain. That is the test which a floor is expected to stand. But sometimes blocks are laid on end to form tloors, and then it is important to know the hardness when tested by end pressure. Comparing maple and beech in that way, maple is 1,430, and beech 1,190. Maple is the harder, but it may be observed that neither maple nor beech is as hard by end pressure —24— as by the side. It is a common belief that the end of a piece of wood is harder than the side, but tests do not show such to be the case. When laid as a floor or as a pavement, if the end grain is exposed to wear, it may last longer than if the side grain is the wearing surface; but that result is not due to hardness alone. When end grain receives the wear, little splintering occurs; but the exposure of the sido may lead to splintering and rapid wearing. This may often be observed in factory and warehouse floors where usage is hard. Qualities other than hardness are essential to a good floor. Strength must be sufficient. A comparison of the strength of maple and beech does not show much difference, but what little difference there is, is in favor of maple. The strength of beoch is rated at 15,000 pounds to the square inch, that of maple at 15,800 pounds. Color is often given consideration and is of more or less import- ance. Maple is much whiter than beech, the latter wood being red- dish. But the sapwood of beech is nearly as white as maple. The sapwood of beech is not thick enough to be worked into flooring advantageously. The line separating maple heart and sap is not prominent and contrast is slight. It is not very important that sap and heart be kept apart in grading or selecting maple flooring; (.Continued on page 33) D- ecember 10, 1918 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 25 The National Veneer Meeting The annual meeting of the National Veneer and Panel Manufacturers' Association convened December ! 0 for a two-days' session at the Auditorium hotel, Chicago. In the absence of the president, A. E. Gorham, the sessions were presided over by Vice-President Maris of Indian- apolis, Ind., who delivered a brief address, in which he declared that no indication of business decline in the ve- neer and panel business has been noticed since the signing of the armistice. The manufacturers are proceeding to buy logs in anticipation of prosperity. The price of labor is not expected to show^ much decline. The following special committees were appointed: Membership — E. R. Morrison, chairman, Jamestown, N. Y. ; Otto Steiner, St. Louis, Mo., and H. B. Sale, Fort Wayne, Ind. Auditing — L. P. Groflman, chairman, St. Louis, Mo. : H. B. Spencer, Newport, Ark., and H. J. Barnard, Indian- apolis, Ind. Nominating — D. E. Kline, chairman, Louisville, Ky. ; B. W. Lord, Chicago, 111., and E. W. Benjamin, Cadillac, Mich. J. T. Home, formerly of Indiana but for the past ten years of Alabama, where he is connected with the J. T. Home Veneer Company of Tuscaloosa, addressed the meeting on the subject of labor in the future. His speech turned mostly upon how^ labor ought to be treated and how it w^ould respond, and he went into details of the policy his company has pursued with its labor and the results reached. It has been his policy to pay laborers half wages during sickness; and if the sick- ness is long-continued and entails extra hardship on the sick man or his family, the company lends him money to tide him over the difficult period. Workmen who save money during the year are given a bonus of ten per cent of what they save, on the principle that "unto him that hath shall be given." A plan of profit sharing is also in force, and five per cent of the company's profit is pro- rated among the workmen; and this year the rate was raised to ten per cent. He does not believe that labor will ever return quite to the low level which it once occupied, because the experi- ence and broader view^ acquired by soldiers abroad and in the camps at home will be reflected in his future atti- tude toward his work and his employers. Some readjustments of labor will be necessary. Mil- lions of men were withdrawn from industrial activities and their places were taken by others; but most of them will come back and many will apply for their old jobs, and the old jobs have been promised to many of them. This will call for rearrangement, and the changes will call for care and judgment. Mr. Home said that in what he was about to say he anticipated that some of those present would criticize him: nevertheless, it was his firm conviction that in the past it too often had happened that the laborer did not receive his just share of the profit. He named the building of roads by the government, or otherwise, as a sensible plan to provide employment for labor, in case the field of employment should grow too narrow as business readjusted itself. Three duties confront us, as Americans, declared the speaker. We must feed the world; we must supply raw material for much of the world's industries; and we must finance the world to a considerable extent. He did not believe that money would be scarce in the near future, and was convinced that capital would find many places for investment, and opportunities to engage in profitable business would be many. Reconstruction is in the air these days and business men are hearing of it on every side. The veneer associa- tion was fortunate in securing George H. Gushing of Chi- cago, editor of the Black Diamond, a coal journal, for a talk along the line of sound principles of reconstruction. The speaker confined himself chiefly to a review of the recent meeting of the National Chamber of Commerce at Atlantic City, where he was a delegate. He had brought away with him a summary or digest of the meeting so far as it related to rebuilding what the war had torn down. He seized upon the salient points of that question and explained the attitudes taken by speakers and interests at Atlantic City, and made clear expositions of the various matters. He took much the same ground as the preceding speaker, Mr. Home, and staked out America's task in three parts: To provide food; to furnish money; and to produce necessary raw materials. Each of these is a sub- ject so extensive that it can be mentioned but cannot be adequately discussed in the brief space of a formal talk. He stated that the salient features of the Atlantic City meeting fall under three heads: The question of government ownership of resources and utilities. Industrial co-operation for the benefit of manufactur- ing, buying, and selling. The labor problem in all its branches and ramifications. A paper on the subject of "The Immediate Future of the Veneer and Panel Business, " was given by S. B. An- derson of Anderson-Tully Company, Memphis. Hard- wood Record will publish this paper in full. Treasurer E. H. Defebaugh read his annual report in which he showed that the association's condition is ex- cellent. The report gave the following summary of figures: Cash balance on hand $131 7.29 At the last meeting there was a balance of . . . . 878.60 There are no obligations, and the association is in a sound financial condition. The treasurer's report was referred to the auditing committee. The convention then adjourned for lunch, which was served in the meeting room. 26 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section December 10, 1918 Afternoon Session The afternoon session was opened by an address by C. H. Rodehaver on railroad problems and the particular problem of transportation and rates. He regretted that it was not practicable to take an optimistic view of matters of that kind because the present prospect was that a good deal of unscrambling eggs await the attention of business men. The government took the railroads and caused the discharging of the trained railroad salesmen and clerks, who have found employment elsewhere and the railroads will never get them back. Consequently, when the roads are turned back to their owners, as they soon shall be, a working force along these lines will not be available. The speaker dwelt at some length on the value of efficient organizations to take up and carry on the work of reconstruction. The situation is now upon the country when no progress can be made in business without or- ganizations prepared to handle it. That fact should be borne in mind by those who expect to take part in the work that lies ahead. Testing Veneers and Glue Clyde H. Teesdale of the government laboratory at Madison, Wis., explained to the meeting the work being done by the laboratory in testing veneers, panels, and glue. At the beginning of the war the laboratory had eighty-five men; at its close the number had grown to 460. The cost of the increase had been borne almost wholly by the army and the navy, and most of the work done had been on behalf of the navy or army. An important work consisted of tests for panels and investigations of glue. The laboratory worked out a system of inspection to meet the demands of airplane work, and trained inspectors to do that work. They had to work from the bottom up, because nothing like that had ever been done. Factories using veneers for gov- ernment work sent men to the laboratory to be trained in inspection work, after which they returned to their plants. Waterproof glue received special attention at the labo- ratory. It was practically unknown in a commercial way two years ago, but such glue was demanded by air- plane makers, and it was the laboratory's business to test and experiment. Great variation was found in glues which claimed to be waterproof, and with the best of it much was to be desired. The result of the investiga- tions has been highly satisfactory. Mr. Teesdale stated that it is not unreasonable to claim that the efficiency of waterproof glue has been doubled since the laboratory's tests were begun, and further improvements are now within reach which will provide such glue that will resist water indefinitely, and it will be possible to make boats successfully of waterproof glue. Educational work along the glue and panel line was announced by Mr. Teesdale, if plans in contemplation can be carried out. A training school is contemplated at the laboratory. Panel manufacturers will have the privilege of sending their men there for instruction in wood technology and glue properties. A term of about four weeks each year is contemplated, and the men w^ill receive as much intensive training as will be possible in that length of time. It will be free to those who attend so far as instruction is concerned; but those who avail themselves of the training will pay their own living and traveling expenses. Mr. Teesdale put the question to the association whether the plan would be supported to the extent of sending ten or more men yearly to receive the instruction. A committee w^as appointed to confer with members and afterv^rards give Mr. Teesdale an answer. The com- mittee consisted of E. V. Knight, O. C. Lemke, and C. H. Barnaby. Foreign Trade Prospects H. H. Merrick, vice-president of the Central Trust Company, Illinois, spoke on the prospect of securing foreign trade for America; and a point which he em- phasized was that the business man vs'ho has nothing to sell abroad is little less interested in the matter than is the man who expects to ship his product across the seas, because it is general prosperity that counts most, and all people share in general prosperity. He believed that a market for American panels can be found in the Spanish American countries south of us; but he expressed doubts whether we would be able to sell many panels in Europe, for the reason that they could make panels in Europe cheaper than we could make them here and ship them across. He stated that today a ship- ment from New York to South America can be made by way of Liverpool for thirty-three per cent less than the same shipment can be made direct. He believed that our salvation lay largely in ships to carry our prod- ucts. He ridiculed the idea of the "freedom of the seas," and said 100,000,000 people in America and 400,000,000 in Europe did not know what was meant by it. But what we do understand, and what counts for something is ships for a merchant marine. The ships which will carry merchandise cheapest and best will get the business, w^hether the ships fly our flag, England's, or some other. The speaker declared that we v^^ere unprepared for war and novif -we are equally unprepared for peace. We might have suffered from unpreparedness in the first instance, and -we may suffer almost as much from the same thing in regard to peace. We trusted to Providence to save us from the results of unpreparedness for v^rar, and some people believe that Providence did so; but we were saved not by Providence but by the British navy. If we now^ trust to be saved from the results of not being prepared for peace, who is going to do the saving? Shall we again trust Providence? or the British navy? Discussion of Labor At the close of the regular program, a general dis- cussion of labor matters was taken up. B. W. Lord read a carefully prepared paper on the situation confronting the country, including industry and labor, and several Decembei- 10, 1918 Hardwood Rccord — Veneer & Panel Section 27 PLYWOOD For Makers of FURNITURE CABINETS, CHAIRS TABLES. DESKS TRUNKS MOTOR TRUCKS FILING CABINETS INTERIOR TRIiM AND FIXTURES Made of QUARTERED OAK MAHOGANY BLACK WALNUT QUARTERED GUM PLAIN RED GUM PLAIN OAK ASH BIRCH ELM BASSWOOD AND MAPLE FLAT OR BENT WORK Machined or in Panels With or Without Part Cabinet Work Finished or in the White SEND US YOUR SPECIFICATIONS WISCONSIN CABINET & PANEL CO. NEW LONDON, WISCONSIN All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 28 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section D- 'ecember 10, 1918 others spoke along expressing theories. every particular. New Members The membership committee made the following report, and on motion duly made, seconded and adopted, these concerns were admitted to membership in the association: Dean-Spicker Company, Chicago, 111. John W. Roberts & Co., New Albany, Ind. Frost's Veneer Seating Company, Sheboygan, Wis. Setter Bros. Company, Cattaraugus, N. Y. Southwestern Veneer Company, Cotton Plant, Ark. W. T. Thompson Veneer Company, Edinburg, Ind. Haskelite Manufacturing Corporation, Grand Rapids, Mich. Attendance nitiini'il Innii intii, InclianaiKilis. Iiiil. U. S. r.acim, R. S. r.acim Vrueer C'Dinpnny, l'hic',i,i;(i. 111 Douglas Bauflold, The liariTl & Box, Chicago. 111. ('has. IT. Barnaliy, (Jrcencastlo, Iinl. II. .T. Harnard. Central Teueer Company. Indianapolis, Ind. K. W. I'.enjainin, The Cadillac Veneer Company. Cadillae. llieh. II. Hi-o(d. E. Kline, Louisville Veneer Mills. Louisvillo, Ky. E. V. Knij^ht, New Albany Veueeriujj, <'<>nii)any. New Albany. Ind. ii. F. Kretschmer. Jr.. Southern VeiieiT Manutart\iring Company, ville. Ky. (1. F. Kretschmer. Sr.. Southern Venrer Miiiiuracturiu}; Company, K.v. C. Lemke. Underwood Veneer Company. Wausau. Wis. W. Lord, Chicago Veneer Company, Chicago, 111. J. Lukens, Geo. W. Hartzell, Piqua, Ohio. L. McLallon. Jr., Nickey Bros., Inc., Memphis, Tenn. J. M. McLaughlin, WiHconsin Cabinet &: Panel Company, New Lon Circassian w^alnut and cedar. The salesman in charge of this exhibit explained that many architects visit Chicago looking for ideas regarding interior trim, and that they show decided interest in an exhibit of this kin-d, wrhich gives them a definite suggestion as to how^ certain w^oods w^ould look when installed in an office building, residence or school. As a result of this exhibit, not only have certain particular varieties been specified, but the products of the company showing the panels have actually been called for in the specifications put out by architects. This is right in line with the contention made heretofore in HARDWOOD RECORD, that more attention should be paid to the architect. The latter is not particularly busy just now, as far as All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if actual work is concerned, but he is planning many buildings which will be erected as soon as the war is over. He should not be neg- lected just because building operations are quiet, but should be kept after so that when construction work is again active, he will be sold on wood for interiors, and on the particular class of wood you have to offer. Half of all the veneer produced in this country is made in the following eight states: Illinois, Michigan, Florida, Wisconsin, In- diana, Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas. The states are here named in the order of their importance, the largest producer being Illinois, and the least Arkansas. Some of these ow^e their impor- tance as veneer producers to the abundance of good timber within their borders, while others are important because they are situ- ated in manufacturing regions where markets are good. The an- nual cut of veneer in Illinois exceeds 35,000,000 feet, log meas- ure, and that in Arkansas runs over 26,000,000. WANTED TO BUY PROCTOR TEXTILE VENEER DRYER in g'di j(l C( mditii m. Address "Box 125," care HARDWOOD RECORD. VENEERS FOR AEROPLANE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY WRITE, WIRE OR TELEPHONE BIRDS EYE VENEER COMPANY, Escanaba, Mich. You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 30 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section December 10, 1918 Mr. Furniture Man: Is WALNUT getting scarce? We say, emphatically, No ! You can secure WALNUT for all your requirements for the next several years. Do not hesitate to adopt WAL- NUT for your LEADING LINE. We can furnish your require- ments in: Veneers Dimension Stock Lumber Wa I n II t Exclusive ly PICKREL WALNUT CO. Clara Ave., near Natural Bridge St. Louis, MisSOuri All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD December 10, 19l« Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 31 J. N. Ilanver. (leo. W. Ihirtzell, Piqua. Ohio. Geo. W. Hartzoll. I'iqua. Ohio. E. E. HemiDgwny, Wist-onsin Tinilier & Laini ('.uiipaiiy. Mattmi. Wis. IT. S. Hol.lfii. Ilar.lw.M.d Mills Liinibci- rniiipiiny. Hl-a Monailiin.-ic l.iiihl- ing, Chicago, 111. J. T. ITorup. J. T. H(H-no Vi'ut^cr Company, Tuscaloosa, Ala. U. F. Ingram, Stout Lumbin- Company. Thornton. Ark. Clias. J. Kammer, Lfwis Thompson & Co.. Astoria. L. I. D. E. Kline, Louisville VeniHT Mills. Louisville, Ky. K. V. Knight. New Albany Vpiii-frin^ Company. New All>any. Iii.l. (!. F. Kretsehmer. Jr., Suuthfrn Veiiei'r Manul'ai-turing Company. Louis- ville. Ky. G. F. Kn-tschuHT. Sr.. Southern Veneer Manufaeturiug Company, Louis- ville, Ky. O. C. Lemke, Underwotnl Veneer Company. Wausau. Wis. P>. W. Lord, Chieago Veneer Company. Chicago. Ill, E. J. Lnkens. Geo. W. Ilartzell, Tiqua, Ohu). E. L. ^IcLallen, Jr.. Xiokey Uros.. Inc., Memphis, Tenu. .T. M. McLaughlin, Wisconsin Caliiuet & Panel Comiumy. New Lomlon. Wis. Edw. D. McConni'lI. IJureau of Aircraft Production, Washington. D. C. .T. n. Maris, Indianapolis Sawed Veneer Company. Indianapolis. Ind. IL W. Marsh, Indianapolis. Ind. T. A. Marshall. Wisconsin Veneer Company, Rhinelander, Wis. J. II. Mather, Ohio Knife Company, Cincinnati. Ohio. II. W. Maxwell. IIaijdwoud RKroiin. Chicago. 111. E. W. Merker. IIaui)Wu(H) Recoud, Chicago, III. TI. M. :\Iinigus. Dean Spicker Company. 2245 S. Crawford Ave.. Chicago. 111. H. Z. Morrison. Warren Veneer & Panel Company, Warren. Pa. E. R. Morrison, .lamestowu Panel Company, Jamestown, N. Y. Chas. P. Mulherin, Augusta Veneer Company. Augusta. Oa. M. IL Parton, Grand Rapids AVneer Works. Grand Rapids, Mich. Thomas D. Perry. Grand Rapids Veneer Works. Grand Rapids. Mich. K. K. Prichett. Ilaskdite Manufacturing Corporation, Grand Rapids. Mi.h. A. W. Reickord. American Veneer Compan.v. Haywood. Wis. C. J. Roach. National Veneer & Lumber Company. Indianapolis, Ind. John N. Roberts. John N. Roberts & Co., New Alliany. Ind. Joseph W. Roche. Grand Rapids, ilich. C. II. Rodehaver. Traffic Manager, National Basket and Fruit Package Manufacturers, St. Louis. Mo. Frank A. Sanborn. Ideal Coated Paper Company. Brookfield. Mass. I'aul A. Setter. Setter Bros. & Co., Cattaraugas. N. Y. IL B. Spencer. Cotton Plant Veneer. Company, Newport, Ark. G. W. Sparks. Des Arc Veneer Company. Des Arc. Ark. J. L>. Staples. The Northwestern Co?-^_'.:y:x:;>>;<;KLK!!oroii:>ii!'^w^ii»!')HKitg;t:TO>ii^^ Pertinent Legal Findings Discrimination by Carriers A contract between plaintiff railway company and defendant lumber company, entered into in 1899, covered traffic arrangements governing the movement of defendant 's logs to the mill, and con- tained a clause to the effect that defendant should not be held to demurrage charges. This clause is held by the Michigan supreme court to be invalid as involving unjust discrimination against other shippers who are required to pay $1 per day demurrage after two days' free time. The 1909 statute of Michigan, which forbids dis- crimination between shippers, applies to demurrage charges as well as transportation charges proper. That the contract was made before this statute was enacted does not exempt it from the opera- tion of the law, since all contracts with common carriers are subject to exercise of the state's regulatory powers. (Michigan supreme court. Grand Eapids & Indiana Railway Co., 168 Northwestern Reporter, 961.) Unguarded Circular Saws AfSrming judgment in favor of the estate of an employe in a woodworking establishment, who was fatally injured through a board being thrown against him by a circular ripsaw which he was operating, it is held by the Iowa supreme court that an employer's statutory duty to properly guard such saws is not dis- charged by installing such guard as may be used or laid aside by the operator at his caprice, and an employe does not assume the risk of his employer's failure to provide a proper and permanent guard, unless he encounters a danger so obvious that a workman of ordinary prudence would not encounter it under the same cir- cumstances. (Nodland vs. Kreutzer & Wasem, 168 Northwestern Reporter, 889.) Passing of Title to Lumber The case of Hubbard vs. Ellis & Myers Lumber Co., 96 South- eastern Reporter, 754, reviewed by the Virginia supreme court of appeals recently, involved a controversy between creditors of a lumber manufacturer and defendant company, which had con- tracted to buy lumber from such manufacturer and had made advances thereon. The precise point in dispute was as to whether defendant company had become vested with title to certain quan- tities which had been manufactured under the contract and piled on sticks. Deciding the case in defendant's favor, the court holds that although it is impossible for legal title to personal property to pass to a buyer until it has actually come into existence — as in the ease of lumber to be specially manufactured for a buyer — title may pass immediately thereafter, or not, according to the expressed intention of the parties. If consistent with such inten- tion, title to lumber may be deemed to have passed to the buyer, although there has been no physical delivery, although the manu- facture may not have been completed, although there may have been no inspection on the part of the buyer, although there may have been no grading or ascertainment of quantity, and although there may have been no payment on the price. In this case, the court determined the question of passage of title in accordance with an expressed agreement between the manufacturer and the defendant that title should pass on the lumber being placed on sticks on certain premises. Sales of Standing Timber A contract for a conveyance of standing "merchantable timber" carries with it all timber, whatever its size, that had at the date of the contract, or may have during the life of the contract, a com- mercial value in the particular locality, for the purpose of manu- facture into lumber, or for any other purpose. And a clause in a contract of this kind providing for payment of one-half of the cash consideration when "transfer papers are properly gotten up" makes the payment due when the grantor furnishes a conveyance properly acknowledged for recordation. (Virginia supreme court of appeals, Adams vs. Hazen, 96 South- eastern Reporter, 741.) Defense of Personal Injury Suits In a suit against a lumber manufacturing company for injury to one of its employes while operating a planing machine, or in any other personal injury suit, it is improper to permit the jury to consider the fact that the company carries insurance indemnifying it against liability, or that an attorney of the insurance company is defending or directing the defense of the suit. The reason for this rule is that these facts have no legitimate bearing upon the question whether the employer has been guilty of actionable negli- gence producing the plaintiff employe's injury. (Alabama supreme court, McLain vs. W. T. Smith Lumber Co., 79 Southern Reporter, 370.) Along some parts of the Atlantic coast where hickory is not very abundant, ax handles are made of young, tough white oak. The finished handle is boiled in oil until it soaks up all it will hold. That is supposed to make the handle tough and elastic. 34 HARDWOOD RECORD Decpnilior 10. lOlS Many Priority Restrictions Removed In order that the lumber industry may be placed in a position to meet whatever demand may exist from time to time, and to jiroduce and distribute its product free from any conditions which might prove either restrictive or burdensome, the priorities division lias removed many of the restrictions on non-war construction, and has removed all restrict ions upon the production of lumber. This division further assures the industry that it will so far as it may properly and consistently do so, give the assistance necessary to enable the members of the industry to secure fuel, materials, equip- ment or supplies, transportation and labor necessary for effective operation. The industry is reminded, however, that there are cer- tain kinds of construction that may still not be permitted under the non-war construction program as it has been revised. Further modifications in the non-war construction program will doubtless be made from time to time. Winning by Hard Work The story of the success in tlie luinticr business achicvoU by AWjort Deutsch. president of tlie Southwestern llnrdwood Manufacturers' Clul), composed principally of Texas and Louisiana iiardwuod operators, affords proof that energy and perseverance will win wlien properly directed. Mr. Deutsch was born in Indiana. He was early thrown on his own resources and contributed to the support of tiie family Avlien still quite young. By the time lie attained his twenty-tirst year lie was in business for liiniself, as the proprietor of a village store at Oalciand City. Ind. This venture gradually led him into the lumber business, his first mills tM.'ing located in southern Indiana. He continued here till 1S93, when he sold out and opened up a mill at Mariauna, Ark., the firm being the Indiana an)! Arkansas Lumber & Manufacturing Company, which operated (in St. Francis basin timber. Mr. I>t*utsch specialized on red gum. bt-ing particularly successful in establishing it abroad as satin walnut. .\bout 1897 Mr. L^eutsch bought out his partners in the Marianna prop- erty and during the following five years he operated the plant alone. -\t the end of that time he sold the property to Charles F. Luehrniann llard- w 1 lAunlier Company. In 1902 Mr. Deutsch sold out in Arkansas and went to Texas, where he gratlnally broke into the lumber business again. Before long he became iuti'resteil in the hardwoods in southeastern Texas, and became a large purchaser of timber in the vicinity of the Sabine river. lie built a mill in 1905 and found a high grade of timber ready for conversion into lumber. He cut out here in 191-t and in 1915 Ijonght a tract of 33,000 acres in I>ouisiana after careful examination. Soon after he bought a pine mill that would handle the pine on his tract. He planned and built one of the largest hardwood mills in the country. It is located at Oakdale, La., and is a double band, with all the latest improvements'. The capital stock of the company has been recently increased and the name changed from the Sabine River Lumber & Logging Company to Hillyer-Deutsch-Edwards, Inc. The plans of the company call for the building of a dimension mill at an early date. Nut a horse, mule, or ox is found in the woods or at the plants. All tbc hauling, loading, and yarding are done by steam or gasoline. The bauling (Miuipment consists of fifty-six cars and three loeomotives, and two Clyde skidilers. and two loaders. With this modern ecinipnifut the logging operators are carried on in the most etiicient manner and with economy anil satisfaction. Hillycr-Deutsch-l'Idwards (Inc.) bave timber resources to last fifteen to twenty years. About sixty per cent of the hardwoods is oak. Mr. Deutsch declares that he lias seen no better oak in his experience in four different hardwood producing sections. The white oak is genuine forked leaf white oak of about tlie same quality as the Mississippi forked leaf. I'.ut bis average is better than that of Mississipi and .Arkansas, he says, l>ecause he lias no overcup or post oak. It is especially' good for finish and possesses a ver.v close heart, allowing always for boxing the lieart in making timbers. There are no shakes or splits in the In-art of this oak, making it particularly valuable for timbers. Furniture Material Cost in England It may he of interest to study the present cost of furniture material in England, compared with the cost four years ago. The figures are from the London Furniture record : Web costs five times as much as in 1914. Springs, seven times as much as in 1914. Covers, three times as much as in 1914. Stuffing, seven times as much as in 1914. Twine, four times as much as in 1914. Tacks, five times as much as in 1914. Wood, seven times as much as in 1914. (iimp. five times as much as in 1914. Polish, five times as much as in 1914. Castors, six times as much as in 1914. Labor, nearly twiee as niucli as in 1914. African Hardwoods Available .\ report by W. .7. Yerby, U. S. cimsul at Dakar, .\frica, a few months ago. says that he has been requested by the governor general of French West Africa to call attention to the almost inexhautisble supply of best- quality mahogany and "okonine" obtainable in the Gabon, French Kongo. These woods may be secured in unlimited quantities at present at much lower prices tlian are now being paid for other West African woods. Two representatives of a company liolding large concessions in the Gabon, with exporting oflices at Cape Lopez. Gabon, have visited this consulate, upon tlie advice of the governor general, to interest American importers of mahogany. [The address of this company may be obtained from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce or its district and co-operative oflices upon referring to file No. 10580G.] They claim that both the "okoumfi" and the mahogany have been used with success in connection with aeroplane construction in France. The "okoumi5" is used principally for making ply boards, veneer, etc. The effect of the soil and climate where a tree grows is as noticeable in the quality of tho wood produced as is the effect of feed and shelter on live stock. Good soil and suitable climate make strong, solid wood; and first-class pasture and covering as protection against rain and cold help greatly in the production of jirime lieef, mutton, and ])ork. The same rule holds. ALBERT DEUTSCH, PRESIIIIO.NT F. L. IIILLYER, SECRETARY J. B. EDWARDS, VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER December 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 35 THERE IS PLENTY OF WALNUT The close of the war shows more walnut in sight than was dreamed of before. War needs caused a thorough canvass and brought to light vast quantities of trees be- fore unknown. Manufacturers are now fully stocked on logs and have a perma- nent supply of standing timber ahead Lumber consumers can proceed with the positive assurance that all present and future lumber and veneer needs can be handled even better than before the war Write GEO. N. LAMB, Secretary McLachlen Bldg., Washington, D. C. American Walnut Mfrs' Association AU Three of U» WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 56 HARDWOOD RECORD December 10, 1918 The Cost of Power There has never been a tlnio in the history of our manufacturing In- dustries when power cost was more generally oonsidored than now. It matters not that you may have fuel in the form of waste for your own power needs. Tlv scarcity of fuel has. advanced power costs sharply and may seriously limit power consumptions in many lines before the winter is over. And when it comes to limiting and shutting down industries the curtailment will in the main fall on all aliiu; in a given industry. We had a little touch of that last winter when woodworking plants, getting t!u'ir power fuel from w-.iste, were refused permission to run when the shortagi' of coal necessitated the dosing of other factories. One of the lessons we should get from all this is that power is an item in cost that shoulil he figured much higher than in the past, especially among plants using waste for fuel. Spools to Be Smaller War regulations have hit the spools used tor thread in sewing and yarn in weaving. The official announcement says that the size of spools now in use for winding carpet and button threads is to be reduced by at least 50 per cent, without any reduction in yardage, and the number of colors manufactured for stock is to he reduced as far as possible. For the manu- facturing trade tubes and cones are to be substituted where possible for wooden spools. One of the largest manufacturers of cotton thread re- I'orts that under the plan of conservation he will save ne.\t year 407,379 r«ninds of wrapping paper: 9.774 pounds of twine, and 5,140.815 feet of luiid)er. No estimate has been made of thi' savings in cardboard boxes, nails, etc.. used in the industry. Resurrection of the Wooden Bridge War is bringing the wooden bridge back. Steel is so expensive now that wood is cheaper and is getting the call. This applies chiefly to high- way liridges. for wood is not strong enough for very long and large rail- road structures which must carry heavy loads and sustain great strain. For the ordinary highway bridge, wood Is as good as steel in nearly every respect, and in some ways it is better. In the days of turnpikes, from fifty to a hundred and fifty years ago, wooden bridges were roofed with shingles, like houses, and the sides were weather boarded to keep the timbers dry. Thus protected, the bridges stood as well as houses. They nceiled occasional repairs, such as roots, paint and floors. Bridges of that kind are still standing that were built seventy-five years ago. r.uilders of wooden bridges in the old days selected their wood from the best available. Yellow poplar and white pine were favorites when they could be had. Oak is heavy and for that reason it was not gener- ally used ; yet heavier woods occasionally found place as bridge timbers. A long bridge across the Susquehanna river in I'ennsylvania was largely of locust, and it stood a long time. A well built wooden bridge, protected against the weather, requires no more repairing than a steel structure, and the claim has been made that it will last longer. The high price and great shortage .of steel beams at this time ought to call attention to wood as bridge material. Clubs and Associations Prize Essays on Forestry The North Carolina Forestry Association will next year continue its lustom of giving cash prizes for the three best essays on forestry written lpy high school pupils in the state. The prizes are $10, $5. and $3 respec- tively, and the subject this time will be "Roadside Trees." Bobsleds to Remain Forty-four Inches The makers of bolisleds who belong to the National Implement and Vehicle Association, intend retaining the standard track width at forty- four inches. This was agreed upon for the next two years, from .July 1, 1919. The track of forty-four inches was voted the standard at the meet- ing of the bobsled manufacturers last Septembei-. KnoxvUle Lumbermen's Club Expanding The Lumbermen's Club of Knoxville. Tenn.. has taken measures to in- crease its membership and extend its influence. Invitations have been sent to lumber manufacturers and wholesalers of eastern Tennessee to become members, and arrangements have been made to provide ample feet respectively, making the decrease in all hardwoods reported 14.5.*<1.00O feet. Status of the Bulkheading Measure The traffic committee of the National Luinliei- Manufacturers' Associa- tion has urged that immediate steps be taken to bring the bulk heading matter to an issue before the railroad administration and in the event that an agreement cannot be reached with that body to submit the entire matter to the Interstate Commerce Commission before being put into effect : that the necessary legal proceedings be taken to protect the in- terests of the lumber industry. Trade Policy Urged The National Foreign Trade Council, with headquarters in New York, has formulated one of Its policies in the shape of resolutions which have been widely published. One urges the completion witliout abatement of the construction program of the United States Shipping Board, and the other urges the closest coordination between the army, navy, the War Trade Board, the United Shipping Board, and the Food Administration, in order to minimize the disadvantageous effects of the war restrictions upon exports and imports, pending complete removal of such restiictlons. Recommend Return to Competitive Prices John M. Pritchard, secretary manager of the American Hardwood Manu- facturers' Association, who attended a recent conference with the forest products section of the United States railroad administration, says that he and others who took part therein recommended to the ofllcials in charge of that department the return, as soon as possible, to purchase of lumber for the use of the government on pre-war terms and prices, which were determined by the laws of supply and demand. He says the officials took the recommendation under advisement, but that they have not communicated to him any decision they may have reached. , Seek Through Bills for Export Officials of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association are expecting more definite advices from Washington regarding through bills of lading on shipments of hardwood lumber and forest products overseas and regard- ing removal of restrictions on exports of these commodities. Through bills of lading are not obtainalile at present, and there is note- worthy shortage of steamships for the handling of cargoes of lumber and forest products overseas. The export department of the association Is looking after charter of sailing and other vessels, but comparatively little progress is being made for the reason that there are so few boats obtain- able. There are indications that through bills of lading, with certain notable reservations, will be nuxde in the immediate future on exports of cotton, but there Is nothiug reaching this point suggestive of such action In connec- tion with exports of hunber and forest products. Conditions Forecasted at Baltimore The forty-fourth annual meeting of the Lumber Exchange of Baltimore was held at the Merchants' Club on Monday, Decemlier 2. Parker D. Dix, president of the exchange, gave an analysis of prospects for lumber. He commented on the present quiet condition, stating that we are but await- ing the command to come forward and that there are Imsy times ahead for all. He said that both domestic and foreign demand will be heavy. According to Mr. Dix. mill stocks are below normal and badly broken, and with the winter coming on there is little chance of restocking completely. Mr. Dix reviewed the past year's business, commenting on the new and varied experiences resulting from war conilitions and government control of industries and shipping. In spite of all this difficulty, the year appears to most operators to be a comparatively satisfactory one. John L. Alcock spoke at the banquet following the meeting. He declared that reconstruction would take every ounce of energy of the association. Ridgaway Merryman, chairman of the inspection committee, reported that 00.700.210 feet of lumber hatl been inspected by the exchange during the last year, this being 17,000,000 feet less than the year before. Of this quantity hardwoods furnished 3.998.808 feet. According to the report, the seeming decline in the volume of business was contrlbutable to the long period during last winter when the Chesa- peake Bay was frozen over and vessels could not move and to the embargoes of the last few months. Mr. Merryman reported that there was not a single dispute on any of the association's Inspections. December 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii II mill iiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaii '""■""" '"" ""iiiiiiiiiiii"' mill mmimiiiiiiimiimm imi nil imiiiimmi iiiiiimimii»iiimmiiinmminiiiiiiii<^ Godfrey Conveyors Will handle your logs by Power Investigate! JOHN F. GODFREY ^^'■- i iiiiiiiiii:iii;tiiiii!ii[ii!iifiii!iiiiiiiii{iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!i[[iniiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iii[|[miii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiii^ There then followed the reports of the secretary ami treasurer and of the transportation committee. The election of officers showed the following results : President — Pembroke M. Womblc, Georgia Pine Company. Vice president — W. Hunter Edwards, B. W, Edwards & Son. Secretary-treasurer — L. 11. Gwaltney, American Lumber Company (re- elected ) . The more elaborate character of the banquet showed the return to peace times. William Ingle, president of the Baltimore Trust Company, assured the lumbermen of ample hank credits and stated that but for the new currency statement, the war loss and their financial requirements of the war would have caused a tremendous panic. George Whitlock spoke on the desirability of setting aside the jurisdic- tion and registration measures seemingly made necessary by the war and returning again to the basis of our constitutional legal system. Xewly- elected President Womble called attention to the fact that thirty-four years ago he had been similarly honored and that he still counted himself a young man and felt himself entirely equal to his new duti-es. Toast- master Rufus K. Goodenow handled the affairs of his office with his cus- tomary happy manner. Fight On for Memphis Offices W. C. Bonner of .1. II. I'.t.nn.r t\; S.nis. Mcnipliis and Heth, Ark., will make the race for the presidency of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis for the ensuing year. His opponent will be H. J. M. Jorgensen, Jorgensen- Bennett Manufacti.iring Company. They were placed in nomination to head the red and blue tickets, respectively, at the regular semi-monthly meet- ing of the club held Saturday, December 7, and the campaign was form- mally opened at that time. Those nominated for first vice-president, sec- ond vice-president, secretary-treasurer and directors are given herewith : For first vice-president— Red, Roy Martin, Nickey Bros., Inc.; blue, J. V. Rush, Moffett, Bowman &. Rush. Second vice-president — Red, W. E. Hyde. Hyde Lumber Company; blue. Sam Thompson, Anderson Tully Company. Secretary-treasurer — -Red. .T. Staley Willifnrd. I'.ellgrade Lumber Com- pany. Blue, J. Staley Williford, Bellgrade Lumber Company. Directors — Red, C, L. Wheeler, J. W. Wheeler & Co. ; T. H. WMsh Lum- ber Company, and H. W. Darby. H. W. Darby Lumber Company. Blue. R. G. Hudson ; R. T. Cooper, Memphis Band Mill Company, and F. A. Conkling. Korn-Conkling LumUer Company. The election will be held Saturday evening, December 14. on the sixth floor of the Chamber of Commerce building. F. E. Stonebraker will be in charge. He will name his own assistants. The polls will open promptly at 7 :30 p. m. and close at nine o'clock. These elections are the most hotly contested events of each year, and indications are that there will be plenty of interest in this one. Already the candidates and their friends are hustling for votes and are subordi- nating all other activities to this all-important task. '^^J5g>s<:^^m^it!^^^ With the Trade Death of Lieutenant Percy M. Hall Announcement has been received of the death of Lieutenant Percy M. Hall of the Milne Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Mew York City, and Milne, Hall & Johns Company. Cincinnati. He was killed in action September 29. 1918, at Le Catelet. France. He belonged to Company I. 107 Infantry. Comparison of Costs and Profits Every manufacturer tnday more than ever before must watch carefully his production costs in order to arrive at any accurate figures covering his profits, and the luml>er producers are among those giving special attention to this phase of their business. An instance of this is shown in the figures i-ompiled by the Cideon-Anderson Lumber & Jlercautile Com- pany of Gideon, Mo., and St. Louis, the latter being its general sales office. This company's average production cost for a ten months' period ending October 31. was ,?20.66 per thousand feet of hardwood lumber manufac- tured against $29.69 as the average selling price, leaving ,$3.03. from which must be deducted taxes and interest on investment. Thus, W. P. Anderson, the president of the company, states, it will be seen that the profits per thousand feet average only about .?1.50. Now that no more men will he inducted into the army, and labor will Durable — Simple — Economical I Immediate Deliveries | Dept. 4 Elkhart, Ind. | " ""'"'"" 'I'"™""' iiinmnii iiiiniiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ii imiiiiiiiiiii iiiim imin iiiiiiiiiiiiiraiiii gradually li< good things '"■ome more for hardwo ettled. Mr. Anderson feels the future will d m;iniifartnrei-s. bring Change in British Firm The firm of Alfred Dobell & Co., Liverpool, Kug.. recently Issued the following statement indicating statement of partnership : hereli.y given that the partnership heretofore .subsisting Notice between I. .1 J „ • .-'^"■'"^'^ Dobell, Charles Owen Hughes, Alfred Temnle Do° I nndo'n''r-fn'''l" ^^-^^ .P°''^-"' "tarrying on business at LiverXl and ^?f.»Sr?K'^ '*'/'■?■' ■" the city of Liverpool, under tHe stvle Alfred Dobell & Co., as timber brokers, ' " " consent so " from t debts the said Alfred -. -- or firm of has been dissolved by mutual It so far as regards the said Charles Owen Hughes, who retires the brm as on and from the thirtieth day of September, 1918 All due to or owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by „i, "d Alfred Dobell, Alfred Temple Dobell and Robert Lvle Dobell, iif 7'll "i°',V'?"« the said business under the present stvle'or firm of Alfred Dobell & Co. at the above address. Dated this twentieth day of October. HARDWOOD LUMBER OAK, HICKORY, COTTONWOOD AND ELM, LOG RUN OAK AND HICKORY WAGON STOCK HICKORY AND OAK CORDWOOD SAW DUST NAT. S. GIVENS, Shady Point, Oklahoma WE MANUFACTURE bandsawed, plain and quarter lawed WHITE and RED OAK and YELLOW POPLAR We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- ment, Wagon and Vehicle Stock in the rough Your Inquiries Solicited ARUNGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentucky Still Better Service TO YOU IS MOTTO FOR OUR 1919 'sterner\ LUMBER C Hardwoods Especially X PMIUIDCLPMII d Wistar, Underhill & Nixon PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA Manufacturers of CYPRESS and GUM Swain-Roach Lumber Co. SEYMOUR, IND. White Oak Elm Ash Red Oak Maple Walnut Poplar Gum Cherry Hickory Sycamore Chestnut, Etc. Plain Oak — i. car 2", 2 cars 2^^", t car % F/1S. Soft Maple — 2 cars 2%" No. i com. & better. Soft Elm — H tar 3", % car 2W and 4 cars 8/4 Log Run. i car 4/4 No. i & No. 2 com. Red Gum, % car 10/4 No. i com. & better. Quartered Red Gum, i car 4/4 Log Kun Quartered Black Gum; 3 cars 4/4 FAS Quartered While Oak. At Two Band Mills STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS PROMI'T SHIPMENT AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 38 HARDWOOD RECORD December 10, 191S Shawano County Hard Maple Is Our Specialty Complete Stock of Northern Hardwoods SPECIALS BASSWOOD 4 Cars 5 4" No. 1 Com. ROCK ELM 2 Cars 4 4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. WAUSAU, WISCONSIN GILL-ANDREWS LUMBER CO.- \yHEELER.7lMLIN LuMBER C2ME,^,NX MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWOOD - HEMLOCK - PINE WAUSAU, WIS. Northwestern Cooperage and Lumber Co. GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN Western Office: Mills at Gladstone and 516 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis. Minn. Escanaba, Mich. Chicago Office: 812 Monadnock Block Manufacturers of the following "PEERLESS" STANDARD BRAND PRODUCTS Hardwood Flooring, Staves, Hoops, Heading and Veneers, Hemlock Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Posts, Poles and Ties, and Hemlock Tan Bark The Tegge Lumber Goi High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukee,, Wisconsin Al G. Flournoy Victim of Pneumonia Much regret was occasioned in the lumber imlustry. especially in the central West and North, over the death of Al G. Flournoy. which occurred December 4 after an illness of two weeks with influenza which developed into pneumonia. Mr. Flournoy was general sales manager of the "Virginia and Rainey Lake Lumber Company of Virginia, Minn., and one of the best known and well liked veteran lumber salesmen in the country. He became associated with this company, which belongs to the Hines interests, in 1009, and three years later was appointed assistant sales manager of the company. He was widely known in the lumber fraternity, being at one time in the Job- bing and commission business in Minneapolis and later associated with the Edward Hines Lumber Company. The deceased was fifty-six years old and is survived by a widow and three sons. Sergeant Maurice A. Wall Dies in France Mr. and Mrs. James B. Wall, Mr. Wall being president of the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company, Buffalo. N. Y., have finally received word after weeks of terrible suspense that their son. Sergeant Maurice A. Wall, Company E, 311th Infantry, died in a French hospital November 4 of wounds received in battle. There had been conflicting reports as to the whereabouts and condition of Sergeant Wall, some of the reports notifying the parents of his having been wounded, whereas there seemed to have been no record in the War Department of this fact. Word came from a comrade, who did not give the details as to where the injuries were received nor as to their nature and extent. Sergeant Wall was formerly employed by the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company, Another brother, Lieutenant John H. Wall, has been serving with the spruce production division of the army and has been stationed at Washington. Captain Theo. Houston Dies in California Word was received of the death of Theo. Houston, son of Geo. W. Houston of Vicksburg, Miss., and Chicago, HI. Captain Houston died of pneumonia, having been sick about a week. His mother was already on the way to California when news of his death was received at Vicks- burg. The body will be returned East for interment. Cooper Goes to Sardis M. B. Cooper has resigned his position as sales manager of the Three States Lumber Company to become one of the executive oflBcers of the Carrier Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Sardis, Miss. It is not known, however, just when the resignation vpill become effective, as Mr. Cooper is out of the city and cannot be seen. It is understood though that he will remain with the Three States Lumber Company until the stock of lumber it now has on hand has been disposed of. Mr. Cooper is one of the most prominent of the younger lumbermen of Memphis. He was one of the most active members of the famous *'com- mittee of fourteen" which devised ways and means of effecting consoli- dation of the old gum and oak association into the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa- tion. He is on the ex- ecutive committee of the latter and is first vice- president of the Lumber- men's Club of Memphis. He has been active in all mattprs relating to the welfare of the lumber industry in general and the interest of Memphis in particular. His many friends here regret that he will leave Memphis, but they are congratulating him heartily on the merited advancement which has I'ome to him. The Car- rier Lumber & Manufac- turing Company is one of the largest pro• The Saunders Manufacturing Company, Jackson, Tenn., has been suc- ceeded by Piggly Wiggly (Inc.), Memphis, Tenn., manufacturers of fixtures. Losses by fire are reported as follows : At the plant of the Maibohm Motor Company, Racine, Wis., the Atwood & McManus Box Company, Boston, Mass. The name of the Dixon & Poole Manufacturing Company, Weldon, N. C, has been changed to the Dixon Lumber & Millwork Company. The death is announced of John J. Carney, secretary of the West Penn Lumber Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD December 10. 191S HARDWOOD RECORD 41 UMBEf^AND L!»n'ra,/I.y November 9th. 1S15. Fnepcke Lelght Lir. Co., Chicago, c 111. Gentlemen: - We are uelng yowc Red Qua louber in tbe manufacture of our high claea interior trim and general f>laning mill worlc. This gum is giTing excellent satisfaction, being highly graded, soft texture, good widths, and long lengths, also dry, straight and flat. Reepectfully. . Herrie, kcUenry t Bakej- Co. Diet. Of course it is true that Red Gum is America's finest cabinet wood — but Just as a poor cook will spoil the choicest viands while the experienced chef will turn them into prized delicacies, so it is true that The inherently superior qualities of Red Gum can be brought out only by proper handling When you buy this wood, as when you buy a new jiachine, you want to feel that you have reason for believing it will be just as represented. We claim genuine superiority for our Gum. The proof that you can have confidence in this claim is shown by the letter reproduced herewith. Your interests demand that you remem- ber this proof of our ability to preserve the wonderful qualities of the wood when you again want RED GUM. Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company CONWAY BUILDING 111 W. WASHINGTON ST. CHICAGO, ILL. Band Mills: Helena and BlythevlUe. Ark.; Greenville, MIm. Uecont incorporations are: The Liberty Woodworkers Corporation. Richmond, Va. : the Carolina Handle Company. Gaffney, S. C. ; the Com- bination Ironing Board &. Step Ladder Company, Sioux Falls, Iowa, with a capital of $5,000. The Greenville Lumber Company, Greenville, Mich., h&s sold its real estate and buildings to the Tower Motor Truck Company and purchased the Belknap Lumber Company, business being carried on at the same location. The Essex Lumber Company. Essex. Conn,, lost its president. Norman B. Griggs, through death. The dissolution of the Mclntyre Lumber & Export Company at Mobile. Ala., is announced. The Davenport Body Company has been incorporated at Davenport. Iowa, with a capital of $r>0,000, having succeeded the Davenport Body Company. The R. L. Muse Lumber Company. Walnut Ridge. Ark., has surren lered its charter. -< CHICAGO >• Among the recent visitors to the fit.v were. P. J. Lawrence of the P. J. Lawrence Lumber Company. St. Louis. Mo., and E. W. Weichel, secretary of the Matthews Boat Company. Port Clinton. Ohio. The Decider Brothers Company, city, has changed its name to the Gold- smith Piano Company. The Alliance Manufacturing Company. Streator. 111., has filed an invol- untary petition in bankruptcy. The McCann Manufacturing Company, Springfield, 111., has succeeded the firm of Fetzer & Co. Arthur Oelhafen of the John Oelhafen Company of Tomahawk. Wis., was a visitor in Chicago last week, as was also J. V. Stimson of Hunting- burg, Ind. F. F. Fish, secretary of the Xational Hardwood Lumber Association, is back on duty again after a week's illness and is feeling very much better. Chas. A. Goodman of Goodman, Wis., of the Sawyer-Goodman Company and president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, was in Chi- cago November 30, to attend the funeral of his cousin, Lieut. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, who died of pneumonia. Mr. Goodman said the outlook for business was good and that in his belief the next few months would see a fine hardwood business. He said it may take some time for condi- tions to become adjusted, but in his opinion there Is going to be a gradual growth into active and thriving business. Mr. J. H. Stannard of the Baker-Matthews Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., who was formerly manager of the company's Chicago office, was in Chicago last week on business. Max L. Pease of the Galloway-Pease Lumber Company has returned to Chicago after a two weeks' trip to Poplar Bluff, Mo., the company's south- ern office, and other southern points. =•< BUFFALO >•- Charles X. Perrin of Blakeslef. Perrin & Darling, has received word that one of their former lumber inspectors, William J. Young, has been lighting and working with the One Hundred and Third Engineers. This regiment has been commended by the division commander for the excel- lent work it performed in the recent offensive in the valley of the Aire and the Argonne. It operated a iiarrow-guage railroad, using the enemy's locomotive, and constructed a bridge over the Aire at Chenery. The Batavia & New York Woodworking Company at Batavia, is busily at work carrying out a contract for woodwork for the new Henry Ford Hospital to be erected at Detroit. The arrival here lately of a canal boat from Detroit, built of concrete, causes some of the old boatmen to make remarks about it which show a lack of confidence in that undertaking. These boats are an experiment and boatmen say that they will not go. The cost is not only high, but they will draw -iV^ feet of water without any cargo, which ought to be enough to condemn them alone. Take, for instance, the old 250*ton boat as these men knew it. The cost in cheap times was sometimes as low as $l,SO0 for a good scow. It was built of wood and drew only about eigh- teen inches of water. It was the custom to begin to class down wooden lake vessels after they were ten years old, but these wooden canal boats would carry grain for thirty years and they sometimes would earn their cost in two or three trips. While it is not expected that those old days will ever return, it does not look to an experienced boatman as if a light- carrying, new-fangled boat, costing all the way up to $30,000, would help the matter much. Better stick to wood, is the boatman's advice. Hugh McLean, who has been on a Canadian vacation trip recently, brought back with him a haunch of venison, which he presented to the members of the Buffalo Lumber Exchange at a Saturday luncheon. =-< PITTSBURGH >-= The Kendall Lumber Company is running three of its four mills and is getting much more mining stock than any other kind of lumber. Presi- dent J. L. Kendall reports quite a little gain in this business of late. The Frampton-Foster Lumber Company is having a very busy month All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 42 HARDWOOD RECORD Ilpcpiiiboi- 10. 1018 closing up its delivories for tlie yrar. For many weeks past tlic big end of its business has been in oak. Tlie AlleRbpny Lumber Company is very certain tliat a big improve- ment in lumber demand is coming after the first of the year. Until then, no business is expected to speak of. The Logan Lumber Company is a new wholesale concern in this city organized by Guy R. Burdick, Robert Elliott, Emerson C. West, Otto B. Llndquist and W. Frank Detweiler. The Aberdeen Lumber Company believes that the needs of manufac- turers for good hardwood lundier to make wagons and agricultural imple- ments, as well as automobiles, is going to greatly stimulate trade after the January settlements are made. Stocks of this kind of lumber are not large at manufacturing points and prices are pretty sure to hold firm or to be increase•- -<, BOSTON >• The Massachusetts Wholesale Lumber Association. Inc., will hold its annual meeting at Young's hotel, Boston, Wednesda.v, December 11. In addition to election of officers and other routine business, it is expected that the meeting will develop more or less clearly the general attitude and policies of the dealers In the present and prospective relations of the trade. The advantage of comparing ideas is even more evident under the current uncertain conditions and the president of the association has invited a well-known organization authority to address the meeting along these lines. A new casket factory is being erected at Brewer, Me., by the A. B. Haskell Company. A fire reported to have caused damage of $150,000 visited the plant of the Brett, Rayner, Boyer Company at Cambridge recently, and de- stro.ved a considerable part of its .stock and milling plant which was busy on war orders at the time. The death of Waterman A. Taft of Arlington, Mass., on Thanksgiving evening came as a great shock to those of his many friends who had met him at business the day before. He was president of the Export Lum- ber Company of Boston and is survived by his wife, daughter and son. The -Vllen Spool & Woodturning Company has been incorporated at Boston with stock of $275,000. =-< BALTIMORE >= The next annual meeting of the National Lumber Exporters' Associa- tion will be held at New Orleans on January 22 and 23, 1919, under an agreement among the directors, who were sounded on the subject. The sessions will be held at the St. Charles Hotel, and the proceedings are expected to concern themselves largely with the future of the export trade and with ways and means to resume shipments after their long interruption during the war. It is yet too early to outline the program, hut consideration of the expediency of forming a selling agency under the provisions of the Webb Act will loom up large in the deliberations, and the recommendations of the special committee named to deal with the subject are looked forward to with the greatest interest. While it cannot be said that there is yet much traveling in search of domestic orders among the members of the hardwood trade, interest in the export situation has revived to a decided extent, as is indicated by the visits of producers as well as others. Gustave A. Farber, London representative of Russe & Burgess, Inc., Memphis, who came to the United States last month mainly to confer liere with Mr. Russe and other officers of the company, has gone to Jlemphis for further conferences, and it is thought that the foreign situation will be gone over very thoroughly. Chester F. Kom of the Korn-Conkling Company, Cincinnati, was in Baltimore about ten days ago on his way to New York, where it was his intention to look after various foreign shipments, in regard to which some difficulties had arisen. While here he conferred with Harvey M. Dickson, secretary of the National Lumber Exporters' Association. The post war conference at Atlantic City was attended from Baltimore by John L. Alcock, who went as a member of the committee of the Na- tional- Lumber Exporters' Association. Another Baltimorean, there on behalf of the Lumber exchange, was Lewis Dill. The Canton Lumber Company of this city, finding business in other (MreclUins rather slow, has contracted to build four vessels for the Coast and Geoiletic Survey, and one of the craft is now so far advanced that it can be launched in about ten days. The boats are of fourteen feet beam and sixty feet long, and will have as their motive force two forty horse power oil engines. They have oak frames, with yellow pine planking. With the termination of the war, specifications for boxes on govern- ment orders are off, and the manufacturers are left in a great state of doubt and uncertainty. Arch C. Klunipt, president of the Cuyahoga Lumber Company of Cleve- land and head of the American Protective League, has the distinction of being instrumental in furnishing workers on an intake crib in Lake Erie with news of the signing of the armistice. He journeyed over the crib in an airplane and dropped newspapers for the workers to read. The capital of the Home Lumber Company of Warren, has been in- creased from $20,000 to $40,000. Samuel Grant, a lumber buyer of Fostoria, is in the custody of the federal authorities pending an investigation of charges at attempting to defraud timbers owners hy posing as a federal employe. Thomas C. Kirby has resigned his position with the F. T. Peitch Com- pany and has become sales manager at the Columbus office of the Brasher Lumber Company. The Brasher Lumber Company, operates mills at Ack- erman. Miss., and Glencoe, Ala. R. W. Ilorton. of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a rather quiet hardwood trade. Retailers are not buying much under present con- ditions and manufacturing plants are using their surplus stocks. He expects a better trade after the first of the year. Prices are well main- tained at former levels. Toledo banks are advertising the loaning of money for building pur- poses on the same plan as before the war. That fact should stimulate building in the city on the Maumee. J. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company, Columbus says there is a fair demand for hardwoods, although buyers are waiting to see the trend of affairs. =-< EVANSVILLE >-= Local railroad men announce for the first time since the beginning of the great world war there now are plenty of cars in this city for all shipping purposes. The local car service commission has been dissolved, as there was no further work for the organization to do. John C. Keller, a member of the commission, says that Evansville responded to the plea for Intensive loading more liberally than many other cities in the west. He also says that the commission did a great service for the lumbermen and other manufacturers of this section. A large number of the lumber manufacturers of Evansville and owners of wood-consuming factories will make the trip to Louisville. Ky., for the purpose of attending the annual meeting of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association that will be held in that city, December 11 and 12. The local manufacturers and wholesalers have chartered the steamer Joe Fowler for the trip and stops will be made at all towns and cities between Evansville and Louisville for the purpose of advertising the advantages of this city. Prominent Evansville lumbermen and others are arranging to make the trip. One of the things that the Louisville meeting is ex- pected to endorse is the plan of the government to establish barge lines on the Ohio river, similar to the ones recently planned for the Mississippi river. The lumber manufacturers here point out that with the proper transportation facilities on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, their chance of getting more of the markets of Cuba, Mexico and the South and Central American countries will grow brighter. E. II. Ilyman, secretary and gen- eral manager of the Evansville Manufacturers' Association, has arranged with John Barrett, director-general of the Pan-American Union, to come here and make an address in January on the prospects of getting the trade of the southern republics. Follow'ing his visit the Evansville manu- facturers will launch a campaign looking to the acquiring of new southern markets. Lieutenant Clyde Martin, formerly connected with the J. C. Greer Lum- ber Company, has received his commission from the officers' training school at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., and has been given an honorable discharge from military service. He will resume his old position with the Greer company within a short time. The Smith-Hubbard Lumber Company of Wabash, Ind., has filed a notice of preliminary dissolution with the secretary of state. Elmer D. Luhring, manager of the Luhring Lumber Company, who has been confined to his home with typhoid fever for several weeks, has re- covered and will be able to go back to his work within a short time. William S. Partington, secretary and treasurer of the Evansville Lumber- men's Club, is recovering from a severe attack of Spanish influenza. Lumlier manufacturers of Evansville say they now have a fair supply of logs on hand and that they do not propose to buy any more logs at the present high prices. They say that the prices of lumber may drop before next spring and they do not want a big lot of lumber on their hands that was made from high-priced logs. One concern here. Maley and Wertz, have been cutting many of their logs from tracts of land in southern Indiana, that were purchased during the past year. The Evansville Veneer Company has been getting a good many logs from the (iroen river country in western Kentucky. George O. Worland of the company, reports a brisk trade and says indications point to a fine Imsiness next year. J. Stuart Hopkins, manager of the Never-Split Seat Company, has re- turned from Gulfport, Miss., where he went to recuperate from an attack of influenza. He is now back at his work and reports trade conditions quite satisfactory since the closing of the war. Mr. Hopkins says that the trade outlook is better than it has been for some time past. December 10, lOlS HARDWOOD RECORD 43 %'. mn -nr-ir 'i^ ^ j. RED GUM U lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN 12M' 8/4 FAS PLAIN 3M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED 15M' 8/4 FAS QUARTERED 8M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED We have the above amounts on hand in dry stock, manufactured on our own band mills, and can make :V PROMPT SHIPMENT ' MILLER LUMBER CO. H MARIANNA. ARK. _. Li II ,,ii. \w %: ^^M^& =■< LOUISVILLE >- There has been a decided slump in orders from wagon manufacturers and in some cases such concerns have ordered shipments held up for the time being, until they can get their yards straightened out, and get in shape to tell just what they will need. In the case of the Kentucky Wagon JIanufacturing Company, Louisville, which was developing about eighty per cent of its product for the government, it has received numer- ous contract cancellations, but is turning its attention to its implement, truck, farm wagon, and pleasure auto lines, which had been allowed to slide somewhat during the war. With the rebuilding of these lines, the company expects to have its hands full for some time to come, as it had not been supplying anything like the demand, and had cut out its imple- ment department entirely for the length of the war. W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company oQ November 26. lost two. band mills in a fire at Payette, Ala., which fortunately did not spread to the yards, and did not damage the dry liilns. The compan.y reports that it will rebuild Immediately. This will not hurt the concern any, as it has six other mills in operation, although the Alal^ama mills produced both pine and hardwoods. The I. B. Wilcox Lumber Company. Louisville, expects to allow its mill at Burdette, Ala., which has been down since October on account of sick- ness, to remain down until about February 1, cleaning up the yards, and shipping back orders in the meantime. The company had an excellent stock on hand when it was forced to shut down, and will be busy in dis- posing of this stock for a time. C. C. Mengel, head of the C. C. Mengel & Brother Company. Louisville, was recentl.v named chairman of the advisory board of the National Marine League. U. S. A., with headquarters at 63R Fourth avenue. This organization was launched in 1912 in Boston for the purpose of creating an adequate merchant marine, and later received a perpetual charter when incorporated in Washington. ^Ir. Mengel is b.v far the largest Louisville operator of ocean-going vessels, and has a fleet which brings in merchan- dise and mahogany from Africa,' South American and Central American districts. R. R. May, manager of the Louisville branch of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, is already getting things in shape so that he can get away to spend the holidays at his old home at D"Lo, Miss. A. A. Egle. assistant manager, who is secretary of the hardwood club, is just back from a month spent with the Memphis office of the organization. Harold J. Gates of the Louisville Point Lumber Company, has gone to AH Three of Us Will Be Benefited if New York and other eastern points, and expects to be away for about two weeks. A recent visitor to Louisville was Walter Crim of Salem, Ind.. president of the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's A-ssociation, who dropped in for a little business and to chat with the trade. John Baker of London. Eng.. was a guest at a recent meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club. Mr. Baker is an official representative of the aeroplane department of the British War Mission, and has been winding up the aeroplane contract of the Wood-Mosaic Company, at New Albany. Another guest of the same meeting was John W. AUyn, IS'orth Carolina representative of the Holly Ridge Lumber Company. The meeting was given over to the usual discussion of conditions in the trade, and reports from Will Day, T. J. Christian and others who attended the recent lum- ber and furniture meetings in Chicago. The meeting brought out the fact that everyone was highly optimistic, and that business was generally good at the present time. Percy Clancy, formerly with the Louisville Point Lumber Company, who was graduated as a lieutenant from Ft. Benjamin Harrison, is now a captain and is located at West Point, Ky. At the present time he is recovering from an attack of pneumonia. Angus McLean, son of W. A. McLean of the Wood-Mosaic Company, New .\lbany, was recently transferred from the Boston Technical school to the aero station at Key West, Fla.. where he is making daily flights. He first completed a course at the Illinois University at Champaign, 111. Fire breaking out in the plant of the City Mill & Lumber Company, on November 30, resulted in a loss of $25,000, a large amount of machinery being damaged, while the plant was unroofed. The planing mill of Darnell Brothers, Gadberry, near Columbia, Ky., was recently destroyed along with a quantity of building material and equipment. A meeting, of the advisory committee of the Kentucky Retail Lumber Dealers' Association has been called for Louisville on December 17, to fix the time and place for the annual meeting, which is generally held in January or February. It was arranged to hold the executive meet- ing during the convention of the hardwood manufacturers, in order to be able to attend that meeting, or meet the members in attendance. =< WISCONSIN >.= The Holt Hardwood Company. Oconto, has purchased the plant, busi- ness and contracts of Williams Brothers Company, Cadillac. Mich., spe- cializing in rough turned shoe lasts, tool handles, etc., and will consolidate You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 44 HARDWOOD RECORD Dorember It), 191,S m^ For Greatest Range of Uses ^ and Easiest Handling buy the Hoosier Self Feed Rip Saw. This macliine has earned thousands of dollars for owners in the manufacture of dimension lumber, crating, etc., because its entirely novel design, resulting in surprising ease of operation and adaptability, makes possible a profit where a loss is often expected in this work. The Hoosier Self-Feed Rip Saw has a positive and powerful feed which handles the heaviest material as readily as the lightest. The table, raised and lowered with the crank in front of the ma- chine, is always level — always securely locked. The Hoosier rips anvthing up to 6 inches thick and 17 inches wide. It feeds 35, 75, 100 or ISO feet a minute. Manufactured exclusively by The SINKER -DAVIS COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA The "HOOSIER," the Hp saw which makes profitable dimension manufacture and grade refining at the mill possible. Hundreds of users already — you will be an- other If you will let us tell you all about it — Will you? Lifting the Ban IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIII With the acceptance of the Armistice Terms extended by the Grand Alliance to the Central Powers, there is every evi- dence that the Government will lift the re- strictions on building and that the so- termed "non-essential" industries are to be given permission to operate on a larger scale. This means that the plans for kiln exten- sions which were delayed by the Govern- ment restrictions can proceed and we are ready with a large stock of materials to give you prompt service in every way. We will be glad to have our engineers call on you, explain our process, outline the type and size of kiln you require and give you an estimate of the cost. Grand Rapids Vapor Kiln Grand Rapids Veneer Works Seattie, Wash. Grand Rapids, Mich. the operations at Oconto. The Holt plant, now being enlarged to accom- modate the merger of the works, formerly was owned by the W. E. Wil- liams Company, Saginaw, Mich., and was devoted principally to the pro- duction of hardwood flooring. Thus virtually all of the Williams hard- wood manufacturing interests have been consolidated under the Holt ownership. The Villaume Box & Lumber Company. St. Paul. Minn., has been granted a license to do business in Wisconsin. The application gave the capital stock as $1,000,000, and the Wisconsin interest as .$25,000. The Mohr Lumber Company, Portage, with mills at Toraaluiwk. has disposed of its retail yard and building supply business at Wausau, to C. G. Pier, who managed the branch and will now continue the business under the style of Pier Lumber Company. The Northfield Company, Sheboygan, has increased its ing established on Oak and Stockton islands of the Apostle All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD December 10. 191S HARDWOOD RECORD 45 group. The Ashland mill operated onl.v a day shift during the past sea- son, as in 1917, due largely to the acute shortage of men which prevented the maintenance of a full complement of a night shift. The Robbins Lumber Company, Rhinelander, is reported to be prepar- ing to make extensive improvements in its planing mill during the winter and early spring. The Phoenix Chair Company. Sheboygan, has broiien ground for a brick and mill factory and warehouse addition, four stories high. The Xew Dells Lumber Company, Eau Claire, resumed the operation of Its big sawmill and planing mill on December 2, after a short recess dur- ing which important improvements and repairs were made to the entire plant. The company is anticipating a big input of logs during the coming winter and plans to carry on logging operations during the summer of 1919 in order to insure a full supply. Prospects for business during the new year are regarded as very bright by officials of the company. The Lawson Aircraft Corporation. Green Bay. has completed arrange- ments for continuing the manufacture of complete airplanes and supplies for commercial purposes as soon as its government contracts for military requirements have been fllled. However, the company probably will not carry out its original plan of establishing a large assembling and testing plant in or near Milwaukee, as proposed during the period of the war. The Park Falls Lumber Company, Park Falls, began operations for the winter season on December 2, with a larger force than it was able to collect at any time since a year ago. According to officials of the com- pany, the' labor situation Is relatively much easier, due to the release of men from other industries and the attraction of good wages at the mills of the North. The Anchor Shipbuilding Company. Washburn, organized several months ago with a capital stock of $500,000, is proceeding with the establishment of a shipyard on Chequamegon l)ay, and is now engaged in preliminary construction work. The company regards the prospect for business ex- cellent in spite of the cessation of hostilities. A report from Glidden says that logging and lumber companies in that vicinity now are offering $5p per month as wages for common woods work and $55 tor sawyers and teamsters, providing the men will work twenty-six consecutive days. A bonus of $50 per month is offered if the laborer remains fflfty-two days. In ease the men fail to work twenty-six days, the wages are reduced .$5 a month. It is said that all of the larger employers of woods labor have adopted this schedule. The G. W. Jones Lumber Company, Wabeno, ended one of the most active season's runs on November 30. after having Men in continuous operation night and day since January 7. The mill will resume work im- mediately after the holidays and it is expected to duplicate this year's record. The Hardwood Market < CHICAGO > Chicago is still marking time as tar as hardwood sales are concerned. The trade is watching with interest the .development of building permits for construction, a good deal of which will be under way during the winter months. For the most part, building already arranged for is large con struction. The smaller building, such as dwellings, apartment houses, etc., will probably not get well under way until the spring months bring more favorable building weather. The woodworking trade as a whole is taking more lumber now than had been expected, and members of the Chicago fraternity appreciate that it is altogether logical to expect slow demand under present conditions. Elaborate and complete inventories must be accomplished before any general expansion can be expected. =-< BUFFALO >• Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Company INCORPORATED POPLAR 100,000 4/4" Com. 150,000 6/4" Com. 25.000 3" Com. 20,000 3" 2 Com. 200,000 4/4" 2 Com. 100,000 6/4" 2 Com. OAK 10,000 3" 1&:2 Plain Red 50,000 2" Com. Plain Red 50,000 6/4" 1&2 Plain White & Red 50,000 4/4" 1&2 Plain White 35,000 4/4" 1x2 Quartered White Oak 75,000 4/4" 2C Plain Red & White ALL BAND— GOOD WIDTHS— DRY KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE BAND MILLS AT VESTAL -^iSfil^Sir FONDE,KY. The Buffalo hardwood yards are finding the inventory season interfer- ing with the purchase of lumber and not much increase in demand is looked for until after the first of the year. The demand has been rather light since the war ended as many plants have been getting back to a peace basis. Optimism is felt as to the probability of good business for a series of years, but just when such an improvement will start is a matter of opinion. An immense export trade is counted on in hardwoods and other lumber, in order to replace the destroyed buildings abroad. Furniture manufacturers^ who have done little for some months, are planning to resume operations in a more extensive way as soon as pos- sible. Big contracts in the building trade are pending and will be carried out If the money market permits. Lake receipts of lumber at Buffalo during November were 4,109,1.35 feet, as compared with 4.935,000 feet in the same month of last year. Low grade stocks have been coming in extensively, bu the general lake trade in hardwoods has not been big. Buffalo building permits for November showed a gain over the same month of last year. The total costs were $609,000. as against $504,000. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Have you seen any better Walnut log» than theief THEY all grew right in Indiana where hardwoods have always held the choicest farm lands. The best growth of timber as well as the best yield of wheat comes from good soil. The soundness of the log-ends shows that they fed on the fat of the land. My Indiana Oak comes from the same soil CHAS. H. BARNABY Greencastle, Indiana Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 46 HARDWOOD RECORD December 10. 1918 AMERICAN LUMBER & MFG. COMPANY PriTSBURGH PENNSYLVANU Exclusive Selling Agents Lenox Saw Mill Company Lenox, Ky. PRODUCERS OF Lm^XwLllMwIR SOFT ▼ TEXTURE WHITE OAK and POPLAR ^uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiit: 1 Plam & Qtd. Red & White | i OAK I AND OTHER HARDWOODS I Even Color Soft Texture i I MADE (MR) RIGHT | I OAK FLOORING I 5 We hav« 35,000,000 feet dry itock— «II of - - •ur own manufacture, from our own tim- = = ¥er grown in Eastern Kentucky. E E PROMPT SHIPMENTS = I The MOWBRAY I I & ROBINSON CO. I = (INGORPORATBO) = I CINCINNATI, OHIO I rtiitiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiuuii^ All Three of Us Will Bfe Benefited if This was one o£ three months out of eleven to show a gain over 1917. The total cost of permits for eleven months this year was .$6,871,000, as against .$9,817,000 in that time last .year, or a decline of 30 per cent. :< PITTSBURGH >-. U:ird\\on(l, liiisinc like ever.v kind of lunihcr dealing, is extremely (juiet here at present. Everything is in a waiting State. Wholesalers do not expect any business of importance before February 1. Contracts for 1919 needs are evidently going to be postponed until after the first of the year. The inventory season is close at hand, and this, together with the fact that many liiniher buyers are looking for lower prices, will put off the .'losing of contracts until into January. There is no yard trade in hardwood. The most encouraging feature of the situation now is the fact th.1t the government has removed the ban from automobile manufac- turing, and this may lead to some nice contracts being placed early in the year by automobile concerns. =•< BOSTON >.= It is naturally slow wi.rk to get the commercial business, which has been so nearly suppressed, on its feet again. Theories supporting a strong demand are plenty although qualified with uncertainty as to when actual trading will begin to be noticeable. The approach of inventory time is having its usual effect on bu.ving. and this, with some reported weal! quotations, is giving arguers on the adverse side more or -less back- in.g. As a matter of fact, business is here now, and may consistently be expected to remain indifferent ; with, however, pcssibilities of marked changes later in the season as developments in other matters become more definite. ■< BALTIMORE >= Something like quiet has settled over the hardwood trade in this sec- tion, this state of affairs being perhaps attributable for one thing, to the feeling of uncertaiuty that doubtless prevails and for another to the ap- proach of the new year, which is always a period of relative inactivity, though it has happened that numerous orders came out in the holiday period. The producers as well as the dealers, like business men in many other lines, are in doubt as to what even the near future may bring fortB. They incline to the view that prosperity will come, with a great ex- pansion in the requirements to take care of; but there is no assurance' about this. It would seem natural that with stocks greatly depleted in the hands of the users and especially abroad, there would be urgent calls for shipments. But the problems of reconstruction now faced by this country and all others may upset calculations greatly, and with this pos- sibility in view the buyers are disposed to go slow. Another consideration that Imposes conservatism is the belief in some quarters that with the releasing of large numbers of men from the army and the return of munitions workers to other activities the rates of wages and the cost of proiluction will decline, making possible a reduction in prices. There are others who believe that prices will be kept at their present level by the heavy demand for all kinds of products, but the division of opinion none the less disposes to caution. In the absence of certainty, many lumbermen hold back to see just what will happen, .and meanwhile the inquiry shows a tendency to lag. Now that the restrictions have been taken off shipments, however, it is believed that the inquiry will become more active, and there is also much interest as to just when exports may be expected to begin. It appears that difficulty of getting permits per- haps cut less of a figure in the hardwood situation than is commonly supposed. As far as can be learned permits were fairly easy to get, and some members of the trade see in the delays apparently experienced by buyers in various Instances a scheme on the part of buyers to speculate. These bu.vers, it is intimated, would get permits promptly enough, but hold them without advising the seller, who was of course stopped from going ahead with the shipment. Meanwhile, if the market went against the buyer, the latter would naturally be tempted to withhold the permit altogether, contending that such a document had not been obtainable. The seller had no means of ascertaining whether this was true or not. Because of the possibility of such methods being repeated, It has been suggested by some of the hardwood men that the sellers be advised of the issuance of permits, so that they can go ahead and make prompt ship- ments. Prices appear to be about the same as they have been, and such business as is obtained yields on the whole fair margins of profit. Of course, the hardwood men will have to effect another readjustment back to a peace basis, as they were compelled to get upon a war basis. This of itself would be productive of some unsettlement ; but the prospect is regarded on the whole as promising. =■< COLUMBUS' >- The hardwood trade in Ccdumbus and central Ohio territory has been rather quiet during the past mouth. The signing of the armistice caused many business interests to pause and see what is going on and as a re- sult some hesitancy is shown. Buying is not active either from retailers or the factory trade. But generally speaking the tone of the market is still good and future prospects are considered rather encouraging. Factories which had resen-e stocks are using these stocks in preference to placing orders for hardwoods. This includes concerns making boxes, implements and vehicles. Fnrnlturn factories are expected to be in the You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD Decenilier 10, lOlS HARDWOOD RECORD 47 market soon. Building operations are expected to be more active soon, although not a great deal of stir has developed up to date. Quite a fen- building projects which were postponed because of war restrictions are now being revived and some action is expected soon. But l>uilders and Jumbermen do not expect a great deal of building until the spring. This is due to high prices of labor and materials. Both quartered and plain oak are in fair demand and prices rule firm. Poplar is in fair demand. Ash is strong and the same is true of bass- wood. Weakness has developed in chestnut but it is expected to be temporary only. Other hardwoods are unchanged. •< EVANSVILLE >. The hardwood lumber mauuliK'tiiivrs of Evansvilli' and tlio tri -state territory say that there has been a slight slackeniug up iu trade duriug the past two weeks, but they look for this change to be only temporary and after the first of the new year, in their opinion, trade is going to take ■on new life and move off in good shape. A feeling of optimism is shown among the hardwood men of this section, who point out that there will be a tremendous demand for lumber for the purpose of rebuilding that part of the old world devastated by war. Lumber prices have shown a dis- position to drop some on certain grades since the signing of the armistice by Germany. It is predicted there will be more or less falling in prices, from now until spring, or until the business of the country settles down to a normal basis again. When this normal time comes the manufac- turers look for steady prices and a strong demand for lumber for many years to come. They are especially coufidMut that the export trade is going to show wonderful improvement. A groat many inquiries have been received during the past two weeks from automobile and furniture manu- facturers and indications are that these two lines of business will enjoy a wonderful prosperity during the next few years. The demand for the lower grades of poplar lumber is strong. Gum. that has been dragging for several weeks past, is showing signs of improvement. Hickory, ash, maple, walnut and elm are all in fair demand. The box factories of this city that have been working for a year or two on large war contracts, are now turning their attention to their regular trade. Wood consuming plants in Evansville are fairiy busy. Few of the factories here had war contracts as the plants in many cities of the East had, and it will not be necessary for them to go through the transformation period and con- vert the factories from a war to a peace ba^is. Building operations in many of the towns in southern Indiana are looking up, although it is not believed there will be much actual new building before early next spring. Yellow pine dealers, planing mill men and sash and door men are looking for a big rush by the first of next March and it is expected there will be considerable buildinL.^ of a putilic cltai'a<'tpr in Kvansville next year. =< LOUISVILLE ">•-. Louisville manufacturers of hardwood lumber report that the volume of cancellations which have been received have beeh so low as to be a negligible factor. Almost every concern has had a cancellation or two, but as a whole cancellations have not figured. At the present time in- quiries are coming in nicely from general consumers, with the furniture trade and musical industries leading the list of those interested. The finer grades of cabinet woods are showing considerable improvement, while the auto trade is also buying the heavier stocks, and is back in the market for gum. Low grades are selling freely enough to the box manufacturers who are managing to keep busy on food packages. Production at the present time is light as many mills that were down on account of influenza have not resumed operations, preferring to clean up. and get rid of orders that were held up for permits, before making any attempt to produce further stock. However, stocks in the South are light as a general rule, and prices are expected to remain firm. In fact the demand is coming along so much better than had been expected that it looks as though prices will have to hold. Veneers are showing much activity just now. and there is a better demand for walnut, mahogany, chestnut, poplar and oak than there has been for some time from com- mercial lines. Louisville hardwood men are generally optimistic and well satisfied with the way things are moving. =-< MILWAUKEE >-= Hardwood maiuifacturci-s in northern Wisconsin have found much en- couragement in the developments of the last week or two. which seem to indicate that the coming year will provide an active market for practically all lumber and material which can be produced under existing conditions. Vacancies created by falling oft in demands for actual war necessities are being tilled to a very satisfactory degree by requirements of industries which are reverting to a peace-time basis. In some sections the labor situation is easier, but in others complaint Is heard that not enough men are available for logging crews and other woods woi-k. In the main, however, hardwood operators believe gradual improvenu;nt may be looked for from now on, with the release of many men from other industries. Snows have been general in the North during the last ten da.vs and as these came after the ground was fairly well penetrated by frost, loggers are pleased with the prospect of a good winter season. So far as can be lekrned, the input probably will be limited only by the amount of help available, timber operators intending to cut every foot of logs possible. Here's Something Unusually Liood MAPLE 12/4" 2 & Better 24.000 feet 10/4" 2 & Better 150,000 feet ELM ' 6/4" 3 c^ Better 30,000 feet 8/4" 3 & Better 40,000 feet 12/4" 3 & Better 25,000 feet ■ BIRCH 4/4" 3 & Better .X0,000 feet The above stock is of a fine quality, — the best in the land. We also carry a complete stock of Hemlock of all sizes and lengths up to 20 ft., in good shipping condition. •balling Hanson Company GRAYLING, MICHIGAN The following stock is in excellent condition, ready for immediate shipment 5/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. ASH 41000' 6/8" No. 2 Com. & Btr. BEECH 27.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. BEECH j 300,000' 6/4- No. 2 Com. & Btr. BEECH 286.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Bu. SOFT ELM 76,000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. SOFT ELM 30.000' 3/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. BIRCH 84JI00' 4/4" No. 1 Com. &. Btr. BIRCH 108,^000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. BIRCH 51.000" 8/4" No. 2 Com & Bti. BIBCH 17,000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. BIRCH 51.000' 5/4" No. 3 Com. BIRCH 56,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. &. Btr. MAPLE 48.000' 4/4" No. 1 & No. 2 Com. MAPLE 270.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE 316.000 ' 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE 10.000' 10/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE 34.000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE 58,000' 5/4" No. 3 Com. MAPLE 36,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. SOFT MAPLE 130. OOO' idCal hardwood SAWMILL Are puttlnn In pile every month two and one-had million feet of choicett Northern IMIolligail Hardwoode Stack Lumber Company Masonville, Michigan All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 48 HARDWOOD RECORD December 10. 1U18 A floor to adore For thirty-three years Wilcc'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 th« above statements, try our poli«hea surface floor- ing, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, with matched ends and holes for blind nailing — you'll find it reduces the expense of laying and polishing. Our Booklet tells all about Hardwood Fl^^ring and how to care for it — also prices — and is free. The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. We Offer for May Shipment 40,000' 4/4 No. 45,000' 8/4 No. 40,000' 5/4 No. 60,000' 6/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 150,000' 1x6" up No. 1 C. & B. Hard Maple 200,000' 4/4 to 16/4 No. 2 C. & B. Soft Elm 40,000' 4/4 No. 2 C. & B. Birch 113,000' S/4 No. 2 C. & B. Beech Write us for prices today East Jordan Lumber Co. Manufacturers "IMPERIAL" Maple Flooring East Jordeoi Michigan VON PLATEN LUMBER CO. IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN Manufacturers of NORTHERN HARDWOODS 75 M ft. of 4/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 150 M ft. of 4/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Birch 100 M ft. of 5/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Birch 75 M ft. of 5/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 100 M ft. of 6/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 100 M ft. of 8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. Birch This is the orig- inal machine. Pat. Dec. 21, 1915. They have been in use over four years and are past the experimental stage. The only proven practical machine of its kind on the market. These machines are designed for CUTTING WOOD of any kind in any place under any conditions to be found in the lum- ber and wood camps, in any kind of weather. These machines have been in use for over four years. Vaughan SAs5t?Ni Drag Saw Can Be Used with Profit in Cutting Any Kind of Round Wood Owing to the increased cost of materials and labor the price of the Vaughan portable gasoline drag saw was advanced to $184.00 F. O. B. Memphis, Tennessee, on Novem- ber the 1st. With more than nine thousand machines in actual use and a demand which taxes the capacity of the works, we advise that you send in your orders promptly. Fuel will be scarce. These saws are excellent for getting out wood. Farmers, mill men, stave and spoke and handle manufacturers are finding them absolutely essential. CHICKASAW COOPERAGE CO. E. C. ATKINS & COMPANY General Distributing: Af^ents Memphis, Tenn. Atlanta, Ga. New Orleans, La. GENERAL SELLING AGENTS MEMPHIS. TENN. J. C. PENNOYER CO. Selling Agents, 226 La SaUe Street, CtilcaEo Exchanee BIdg, Memphis, Tenn. Gassaway, W. Va. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD Deoi-'iiilior 1". I'.'IS HARDWOOD RECORD 49 Advertisers* Directory NORTHERN HARWOODS. American Lumber & Manufac- turing Company 7-46 Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo... 4 Barnaby. Charles H 7-45 Blakeslee. Perrin & Darling 4 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.. 4 Cobbs ..>t Mitchell, Inc 3 East Jordan Lumber Co 48 Elias, G., & Bro 4 5 Gayoso Lumber Company 12 Nickey Bros., Inc 29 Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Norman Lumber Company 8 Com pany 7-10 Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co. .7-11-41 Kraetzer- Cured Lumber Co 12 Penrod, Jurden & McCowen 5-10 Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. 7-12 Fathauei-. Theo., Company. Memphis Band Mill Co 7- ID Miller Lumber Co 7-43 Mo.ssman Lumber Company. .. . 11 Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co. 7-11-41 Penrod, Jurden & McCowen 5-10 Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. 7-12 Probst Lumber Company 50 12 Probst Lumber Company. 50 Richardson, A. M., Lu'mber Co. . 5 Russe & Burgess. Inc 12 Russe & Burgess, Inc. Gill-Andrews Lumber Company. Givens, Nat. S 38 37 Hoffman Bros. Company 7-28 Jackson & Tindle Jones Hardwood Co 51 Kneeland-Bigelow Co., The 3 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The Magon-Donaldson Lumber Co.. Mcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh. Lumber Co 4 Miller, Sturm & Miller 4 Mitchell Bros. Co 3 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-46 Sondheimer, E., Co 12 Stark, James E., & Co 12 Stimson, J. V 7-56 Stimson, J. V.. Hardwood Co... 5 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . 11 Thane Lumber Co H Thompson-Katz Lumber Co 10 Three States Lumber Co 7-56 Welsh Lumber Co H Salt Lick Lumber Company.... 6 Sondheimer, E., Company 12 Standard Hardwood Lumber Company 4 Stark, James E., & Co 12 Sterner Lumber Co 37 Stimson, J. V., Hardwood Co... 5 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . 11 Sullivan, T., & Co 4 Swain-Roach Lumber Co 7-37 Taylor & Crate 4 Thane Lumber Co 11 Thompson-Katz Lumber Co.... 10 Three States Lumber Co 7-56 Utley-Holloway Company 7 Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The Long-Knight Lumber Co Mengel, C, C. & Bro. Co 8 Palmer & Parker Co Pickrel Walnut Company 30 Purcell, Frank 14 Kayner. J., CoTnpany 4S HARDWOOD FLOORING. Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 East Jordan Lumber Company. 48 Horner, William 6 Long-Bell Lumber Company. ... 7 Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co.. Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co. Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Northwestern Coop. & Lbr. Co. Salt Lick Lumber Company... Stearns Salt & Lumber Co 38 Northwestern Cooperage & Lbr. Co Palmer & Parker Co 38 SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Aberdeen Lumber Co American Lumber & Mfg. Co. . . Anderson-Tully Company 2- Archer Lumber Company Arlington Lumber Company Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo... Co. 45 Beaumont Lumber Company. Sailing, Hanson Co 47 Stack Lumber Company *'' „ „ , t ^ r^ J J TT J IT „v,„- ,-•„ i Bellgrade Lumber Company Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 4 _ . _ . „ Stearns Salt & Lumber Co 6 Stimson, J. V 7-56 40 7-4B 7-12 5 7-36 4 14 12 Welsh Lumber Co 11 Whitmer, Wm., & Sons 6 Willett. W. R., Lumber Co S Willson Bros. Lumber Co 6 Wisconsin Lumber Company.., 55 Wistar. Underbill & Nixon 37 6 Wilce, T., Company, The 48 Young. W. D., & Co 3 SAWS, KNIVES, ETC. Atkins, E. C, & Co Hill-Curtis Co 54 Yeager Lumber Co., Inc. SAWMILL MACHINERY. Hill-Curtis Co Sullivan, T., & Co. Taylor & Crate Tegge Lumber Co. Von Platen Lumber Company. . . Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co Willson Bros. Lumber Company 4 38 48 38 6 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling 4 Bonner, J. H., & Sons 7-10 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 10 Brown Land & Lumber Co 11 Brown, W. P., & Sons Lbr. Co.. 8 Brown & Hackney. Inc 10 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.. 4 Catlin. R. H.. Company. 50 Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 37 Cornelius Lumber Company. Wood-Mosaic Company 7-8-31 LUMBER COMMISSION. Alfred P. Buckley 51 VENEERS AND PANELS. Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co.. 53 Anderson-Tully Company 2-7-12 Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co. 32 Bird's Eye A'eneer Company. ... 31 Dean-Spicker Company, The... 32 Yeager Lumber Company. Inc. Young, W. D., & Co Davis, Edw. L. . Lumber Co 8 roudley Lumber Company 11 Hoffman Bros. Company 7- Huddleston - Marsh Mahogany Ehemann, Geo. C, & Co 11 OAK. See Lists of Manufacturers on page 7 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co Long-Bell Lumber Co 7 Mowbray & Robinson Company. 7-46 Ellas, G., & Bro Evans, G. H., Lumber Co. Fathauer, Theo., Company.... Ferguson & Palmer Company. Company Kosse. Shoe & Schleyer Co., The Long-Knight Lumber Co. Louisville Veneer Mills... Galloway-Pease Company 5-7 Gayoso Lumber Company 12 Goodlander-Robinson Lumber Company 7-10 Mengel, C. C, & Bro. Co Nickey Bros., Inc Ohio Veneer Company. . . Sinker-Davis Co 44 Soule Steam Feed Works 56 WOODWORKING MACHINERY. Mershon, W. B.. & Co LOGGING MACHINERY. Chickasaw Cooperage Company. 48 Godfrey, John F 37 Didgerwood Manufacturing Co. . 56 DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. Grand Rapids Veneer Works... 44 Philadelphia Textile Machinery Company 6 LUMBER INSURANCE. Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company 38 & Co. 38 POPLAR. Anderson-Tully Company Arlington Lumber Company. RED GUM. Anderson-Tully Company. Hoffman Brothers Company 7-28 Palmer & Parker Co .2-7-12 ...7-36 Howe Lumber Company. 30 .2-7-12 ... 12 Kosse. Shoe & Schleyer Co., The Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co.... Kurz-Downey Company Lawrence. P. J., Lumber Co. . . . Long-Bell Lumber Company. . . . Long-Knight Lumber Company 38 Mcllvain, J. Gibson. & Co McLean. Hugh, Lumber Co... Bellgrade Lumber Company Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Bonner, J. H., & Sons 7-10 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 10 Brown & Hackney, Inc 10 McLean. Hugh, Lumber Co.... 4 Brown Land & Lumber Co 11 Memphis Band Mill Company. .7-10 Brown, W. P., & Sons Lbr. Co. . 5 Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co. Miller, Sturm & Miller 4 Miller Lumber Co 7-f3 Mossman Lumber Company.... 11 Fergu.son & Palmer Company. . . 10 Mowbray & Robinson Company .7-46 Davis, A. J Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company 38 Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company 3S Rayner. J., Company 48 Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mu- _,,.,-„„ p „„ i„ tual Fire Insurance Company Stark, James E., & Co 12 St. Louis Basket & Box Co 31 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . 11 Wisconsin Cabinet & Panel Co. 27 Wisconsin Veneer Company. . . . Wood-Mosaic Company 7-8-31 MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ETC. 5 Pickrel Walnut Company. TIMBERLANDS. Lacey, Jaines D.. Timber Co.. MISCELLANEOUS. Brookmire Economic Service.. Buck. Frank R.. Co 39 Ehemann, Geo. C, & Co 11 Evans, G. H,, Lumber Co American Walnut Mfrs. Assn. . . Davis, Edw. L., Lumber Co 35 Hoffman Brothers Company 7-28 Huddleston-Marsh Mahogany Co. Childs, S. D., & Co 53 Kane Manufacturing Company. 32 Lumbermen's Credit Assn 56 Perkins Glue Company 1 50 HARDWOOD RECORD Di'ociiiber 10, ai)l!< CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Advertisements will be Inserted In this »ec- tlon at the following rates; For one Insertion 25c a line For two Insertions 40c a ine For three insertions 55c a ne For four insertions 65c a line Bight words of ordinary length make one line. Heading covmts as two lines. No display except the headings can be ad- mitted. Remittances to accompany the order. No extra charges for copies of paper containing the advertisement. I EMPLOYES WANTED WANTED— SUPERINTENDENT for large Northern plant, sawmill with man.y years' cut and yard in connection, operating con- tinuously. Located in city of good size. Recite experience and give references. Address, "BOX 111," care Hardwood Record. WANTED A man with real selling ability for Pittsburgh and surrounding territory. Can use a good white pine and yellow pine salesman and also a good hardwood salesman for the yard and factory trade. Can also use a good all-round salesman tor the large manufacturing plants. Do not apply unless you are a hard worker, steady and re- liable in your habits and with good selling talent and personality. Compensation liberal, based on ability. AMERICAN LBR. & MFG. CO., Pitts- burgh, Pa. WANTED— MANAGER for wholesale hardwood department of large yellow pine company in southwest. Experi- enced wholesaler able to conduct business on his own responsibility and secure results de- sired. Ample capital. Present business 50 to 75 cars per month. Opportunity to make $5,000.00 to $7,500.00 annually. Give experience, present connection, age, references, etc., in first answer. Communications confidential. Address, "BOX 117," care HARDWOOD REC- ORD. WANTED— EXPERIENCED Hardwood edger man, trimmer man and setter; also several lumber handlers. Apply E. D. VAN ETTEN, care .lohn J. Soble Lumber Co., Inc.. Edmcston, N. Y. I EMPLOYMENT WANTED YARD SUPERINTENDENT Experienced and capable young hardwood yard superintendent open for position Dec. 15 or Jan. 1. Address, "BOX 115," care Hardwood Record. SITUATION WANTED by young man of thorough Itnowledge of lumber and dry liilns. Capable of handling the entire lumber department of a manufacturing plant, in- cluding purchasing, etc. : will not accept sales- man's job. Address, "BOX 120." care Hardwood Record. LUMBER WANTED j QUARTERED WHITE OAK STRIPS WANTED Ists and 2nds 214" to SVJ" wide direct from Ists and 2nds 2V2" to 5%" wide direct from Kentucky or Indiana mills. LANHAM HARD- WOOD FLOORING CO., Louisville, Ky MANUFACTURERS TAKE NOTICE We are always in the market for hard- woods and white pine. Please mail us your price and stock lists. R. H. CATLIN CO., Equitable Building, WILMINGTON, DEL. LUMBER WANTED FOR GOVERNMENT WORK THE DAILY BULLETINS of the Lumbermen's Bureau, 809 Munsey Bldg., Washington. D. C, contain rush inquiries for all character of Hard- woods for government departments and govern- ment contractors with lists of new contracts, prices, etc. Write for free sample bulletins. WANTED 3 cars 5/4 sound wormy Chestnut. S. BDRK- HOLDER LUMBER CO.. Crawfordsville. lud. WANTED TO BUY Hard and soft wood Slabs and Edgings, 12", 16", 24", 30" and 48" for fuel wood. Also Cordwood. Write COVEY-DURHAM COAL CO., 431 S. Dear- born St., Chicago. WANTED CARLOAD LOTS Hickory, Maple, Beech or Oak Cordwood, Hardwood Sawdust. Cash with order. J. C. MALONEY, Swissvale, Pa. dry WANTED TO BUY Two or three million feet of Black Walnut logs and timber to manufacture gunstocks for the government. Also oak and other hardwood. J. W. FRYE LUMBER CO., Dayton. O. WANTED FOR CASH 2 cars 2Vj" 2 cars 2" 2 cars 2%" 10 cars 21/2" 3 cars 2%" 10 cars 2" 3 cars 1%" 1 car 1" Lo FAS & No FAS & No PAS & No FAS & No, FAS & No PAS & No, PAS & No g Run Beech Com. Oak 7 & 14' Com. Oak 7 & 14' Com. Hickory Com. Hard Maple Com. Beech Com. Beech Com. Beech Indiana or Ohio stock preferred. This material is needed for green shipment on present orders and we will inspect at mill, pay- iiii; Cash, less 2%. JOHN I. SHAFER HARDWOOD CO., South Bend, Ind. WANTED QUOTATIONS ON continuous supply fresh cut hardwoods ; sawed 2x0" full (4 ft. and up longi PAS & No. 1 Com. & Btr. Can not use partially dry. DUNTON COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. WANTED FOR CASH 20 cars Roik Elm. FAS & .No. 1 Com. We want is for green shipment (hiring the winter. JOHN I. SHAFER IIARIIWOOD CO., South Bend. Iniliana. WANTED ALL GRADES Chestnut luiiil'cr to sell. A.ldrc-\vi«id Recoisd. 12.'*. VENEERS FOR SALE OHIO VENEER COMPANY Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE VENEER WANTED WANTED 1/16" QUARTER SAWN White Oak. select grade. In" ami 11". clear of sap, by 44", 28" and HI" long. Address, "BOX 124." care Hardwood Record. TIMBER FOR SALE FOR SALE — 480 ACRES (Timber Only) in Shelby County, Tex., near rail- road, 00% Oak, ranging from 2 to 5 feet In diameter. Also G40 acres Yellow Pine in Lee Co., Pla. J. D. LEISURE, Columbus, Ind. 1| FORTUNE KNOCKS 500,000 acres very line mahogany timber, bar- gain. Address, "BOX 119," care Hardwood Rbc- OltD. FOR SALE LARGE TRACT OF Timber ou Quatsine Sound. British Columbia. Ocean going vessels can go right up to the prop- erty. Write for price. T. A. White, Middle- town, O. DIMENSION STOCK WANTED ] WANTED TO BUY 5 cars 2x2-30" Clear Oak Squares. 5 cars 2x2-19" Clear Oak Squares. 5 cars l%xl%-19" Clear Oak Squares. 10 cars iy2Xiy2-20 and 40" Clear Oak Squares. 5 cars 114x214-5' clear Oak. 5 cars 11/2x21/2-5' clear Oak. 10 cars 114x2 and 2V4-40" clear Oak. Write for orders to cut. We are always in the market. THE PROBST LUMBER CO., Cincinnati, Ohio. WANTED— SE'VERAL CARS 2x2x30" and 214x2 Vix30" Clear Birch or Maple Squares. THE MAY LUMBER CO., 949 Broad- way. New Y'ork, N. Y. DIMENSION STOCK FOR SALE | DIMENSION STOCK FURNISHED OR SUPPLIED We are in position to supply manufacturers with Hardwood Dimension Stock in all sizes. B. J. HARRISON MFG. CO.. Arkville, N. Y. LUMBER FOR SALE Z] FREE SERVICE FOR BUYERS Our Daily Bulletins containing Inquiries from Buyers, are sent to five hundred responsible saw- mills. The mills make their best competitive quotations direct to the buyer, by mail or tele- graph. Send us your inquiries. The service Is free to buyers. Daily Bulletins, Lumbermen's Bureau. SIO Munsey Building. Washington, D. C. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD Doci'mbfl- 111. I'.ilS HARDWOOD RECORD 51 BIRCH LUMBER When yoa are buying BIRCH consult us. We have it JONES HARDWOOD COMPANY 10 High Street BOSTON, MASS. MACHINERY FOR SALE FOR SALE— BASSWOOD 5/4 & 6/4 No. 1 common. Can dress and resaw. If desired. WALTER C. MANSFIELD, Menom- inee. Mich. ALFRED P. BUCKLEY Lumber Commission 932 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Will cut to order 8 to 10 cars Locust in the log In New Jersey. Also Poplar and Sweet Gum In the log in sizes and lengths desired. FOR SALE— WE OFFER the following for prompt sliipment : 1 car 2" No. 1 Com. and Ket. Soft Maple. 1 car 1" No. 1 Com. and Bet. Soft Maple 1 car 2" sound wormy Chestnut 1 car 1%" sound wormy Chestnut 1 car 1" souud wormy Chestnut 4 cars IV2" log run Beech 1 car 114" log run Beech 6 cars 2" log run Hard Maple 1 car 4x4 No. 1 Com. & Bet. squares Hard Maple. R. R. PARK & COMPANY, Jamestown, N. Y. TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE FOR SALE OR TRADE 15,000 acres Chestnut. Hemlock. Oak, etc., in N. C. G. C. BLANKNER, 60 Wall Street, New York City, N. Y. FOR SALE OR TRADE 5,200 acres Yellow Pine. O.ik. Chestnut, etc., in Tenn. G. C. BLANKNER, 60 Wall Street, New York City, N. Y. FOR SALE Electric power plant, now on skids at Redwine, Kentucky, can ship quick. Recently overhauled and is in perfect working order. Price, $6,750, f. o. b. cars Eedwine. Ky., sight draft and B/L attached. Can be inspected any time. 1 General Electric Curtis Turbo Unit, consist- ing of : Generator : 1-750 K. W. General Electric ver- tical, 3 phase, 60 cycle, 2300 or 440 volts, ISOO R. P. M. Turbine : 750 K. W. condensing (550) K. W. non-condensing Curtis vertical, ISOO R. P. M. 150 lbs. steam pressure at throttle, 28" vacuum. Above complete with all piping equipment. No condenser equipment. LENOX SAW MILL CO., Lenox, Ky. FOR SALE AT GURNEY, WIS. 3 track jacks 1 Jim Crow rail straightener 2 sleighs 2 heavy screw jacks 2 hose carts 12 lumber buggies 4 haul-off rigs 1 dump cart 24 cross-cut saws 1000 lbs. of usable track bolts 12 tons of usable railroad spikes 1 ice cutting plow and fixtures 1 water ram 90 bark spuds 2 complete blacksmith shop outfits. UPHAM & AGLER, 2322 S. Throop St., Chicago, 111. LOGS WANTED WANTED— BLACK WALNXTT LOGS 500 cars good black walnut logs, 12" and up in diameter, 6 ft. and up long. Will inspect at shipping point and pay cash. GEO. W. HARTZELL. Piqua, Ohio. I RAILWAY EQLIPMEIVT FOR SALE( LOCOMOTIVE FOR SALE A 22-tou Class A, 36" gage, Climax locomotive, with Radley Hunter stack, in perfect working order. Bought new 1916, used eighteen months. Also eighteen skeleton logging cars, 36" gage, in perfect condition, .$250.00. each, f. 0. b. Redwine, Ky. LENOX S.\W MILL CO., Lenox, Ky. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALE 1 Hill-Curtis log dog. never used. Steam driven. Will handle largest log. 1 Perkins Steam Drag Saw. Guaranteed good as new, complete with saws. 1 Hedgehog and car. also hand power derrick. 1 Yale Triplex four-ton Block. Guaranteed. NICKEY BROS., INC., Memphis, Tenn. HIGH-CLASS MANUFACTURING AND wholesale lumber company, holding unusual loca- tion and opportunity, desires to increase capital from $50,000.00 to $100,000.00. Have position for experienced hardwood office man, also man- ager of entire hardwood operation. Don't apply unless you have both capital and ability. Or we offer an absolutely sound 10% investment for money without services. Good investment for retired lumberman ; the funds of an estate ; or we can use a young man with capital and stenog- raphic ability who desires to learn the lumber business. Address "OPPORTUNITY," care Hard- wood Record. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY A bargain if sold at once, a thoroughly equipped slx-ft. Band Sawmill A#l condition, operating steadily, located in live town of twenty-five hun- dred, three railroads, ideal living conditions and healthy climate. Can include two to three mil- lion feet southeast Missouri timber and logs, the source of supply available to mill sufficient for several years run. Manager's entire attention required elsewhere throws this exceptional offer on the market. Terms to be arranged If pur- chaser desires. Address, "BOX 118," care Hard- wood Record. HARD>VOODS FOR SAL.E ASH NO. 1 C. & BTR., white 5/4". good wdths.. SCTr 14-16', 2 vrs. drv. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, white, 6/4", reg. wdths., 14-16' long. 1 yr. drv. BUFFALO H.\RDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C, 4/4". IS mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRC, INC.. Buffalo, N. Y. COM. & BTR., 12/4": COM., 5/4". GAYOSO LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, Sg & '/-". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 6 mos drv; FAS, n". 10" & up, reg. Igths., 6 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne. Ind. FAS, lirown. 6/4 & S/4. good wdths. & Igths., dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO.. Breton. Mass. NO. 2 C. & BTR.. 4/4", reg. wdths. & igths., drv: NO. 3 C, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., dry. KNEELAND-BIOBLOW CO., Bay City, Mich. FAS, Ark. white, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4 & 10/4", 6-10"; FAS, Ark. white. S/4 & 12/4", 10" and up; SEL., Ark. white. 4/4. 5/4, 6/4. 8/4. 10/4, 12/4 & 16/4". 6" & up; NO. 1 C, Ark. white. 4/4. 5/4. 8/4. 10/4. 12/4 & 16/4"; CLR., shorts. Ark. white, 4/4". KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEYER CO., Cin- cinnati, Ohio. COM. cfi. BTR., 4/4-8/4'. KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 C, 4/4", 4" & up. 10-16'. 8 mos. dry; NO. 3 C, 4/4". 4" & up. 10-16', 8 mos. dry. P. J. L.AWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. NO. 1 C, 5/4. 6/4 & S/4", 4" & up. 8' & longer. 6 mos. dry; NO. 2 C, 6/4, 8/4". 4" & up, 8/ & longer. 6 mos. dry. MOWBRAY & ROB- INSON CO., Cincinnati. Ohio. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 8/4". PENROD. JURDEN & MeCOWEN, Memphis. Tenn. NO. 2 C, 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO., Helena, Ark. FAS, brown, 4/4, 5/4"; NO. 1 C, brown, 4/4, 5/4"; NO. 2 C, brown. 4/4". T. SULLIVAN & CO., Buffalo, N. T. COM. & BTR., S/4 & 12/4". reg. wdths. & igths. THANE LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., white & brown, 4/4-16/4 . 1-2 yrs. dry. TAYLOR & CRATE, INC., Buf- falo. N. T. .„„,„,,... NO. 1 C, S/4"; FAS, 5/4", 8 & 10', bone dry; STRIPS, 1 face. dr.. 5/4x3y2-5>.i : SEL., air- plane. S/4". 16/4"; ONE FACE CLR., 4-7'. S/4" ONE FACE CLR., 12/4", 4-7'; SD. WORMY, 5/4". THOMPSON-KATZ LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. BASSWOOD FAS, 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 1 yr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD CO., Buffalo, N. Y^ FAS, 10/4", 1 vr. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo, N. Y. COM. & BTR., white, 5/4-, reg. wdths. & Igths.. 4 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne. Ind. „ ^ „ .j 5/4". JACKSON & TINDLE, Grand Rapids, Mich LOG RUN, 4/4 & 6/4, good wdths. & Igths., dry JONES H.ARDWOOD CO., Boston, Mass. NO. 1 & 2 C, 5/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., dry. KNEELAND-BIGELOW CO.. Bay City Mich. NO. 1 C, 4/4"; NO. 3 C, 5/4". MASON- DONALDSON LUMBER CO.. Rhinelander.Wis. LOG RUN, 5/4. 4" & up. 8' & longer, 1 yr. dry NO. 1 C. 4/4", 4" & up. 8' & longer. 1 yr. dry. MOAVBRAY & ROBINSON CO., Cincin- "'^NO. 2'c. & BTR., 4/4. 5/4, 6/4 & S/4". good Igths.. 2 vrs. dry. TAYLOR & CRATE, INC.. Buffaio. N. Y. AU Tbree of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 52 HARDWOOD RECORD December 10. 1918 HARDNVOODS FOR SALE BEECH NO. 2 & BTR., G 4 & 10 4". JACKSON & TINDLE. Grand R.ipids. Mich. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 5/4, G/l & 8/4", reg. wath.=!. & Igths.. dry; NO. 3 C, 5/4 & 6/4", reg-. wdths. & Igths., dry. THE KNEELAND-BIGELOW CO.. Bav Citv. Mich. NO. 2 cS. BTR., 6/4 & S/4", 4" & up. S' & longer. 6 nios. dry. THE MOWBRAY & ROB- INSON C(1.. Cincinnati. Ohio. LOG RUN, 4/4 & 5 4". ran. wdths. & Igths.. bone dry. J. V. STT:\[SON. Huntingrburg, Ind. BIRCH FAS, sap, 4/4". good wdths., 50<7c 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo. N. T. FAS, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, S/4, 10/4 .S: 12/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4. 5/4. 6/4: NO. 2 C„ 6/4". THEO. FATH- AUER CO.. Chicago, III. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4-10/4". JACKSON & TINDLE. Grand Rapids. Mich. NO. 1 & BTR., 4/4 to 16/4", good wdths. & Igths., unselected for color, dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO.. Boston. Mass. FAS, NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. dry. THE KNEELAND-BIGELOW CO.. Bay Citv. Mich. NO. 1 C, 4/4. 5/4: NO. 3 C, 4/4": NO. 1 & BTR., 12/4". MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4". iy,-2 vrs. dry. TAYLOR & CRATE, INC., Buffalo.'N. Y. NO. 1 & BTR., %", 4" & wider. 6-16', IS mos. dry; NO. 2 & BTR., S/4". 4" & wider. 6-16'. 1 yr. dry; NO. 3 C, S/4". 4" & wider. 6-16', 1 vr. dry. A\'HKELER-TIMLIN LUMBER Wausau. \\'is. CO., Igth. Ft. BUTTERNUT COM. & BTR., 4/4". reg. wdth. & 10 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Wayne, Ind. CEDAR NO. 1 C. & BTR., red. 4/4". reg. wdths. .S: Igths.. dry. BUFFALO H.i\^RDWOOD LUM- BER CO., Buffalo, N. T. CHERRY NO. 1 C, 4/4-S/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 1-2 yrs. dry BLAKESLEE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo, N. T. FAS, 4/4", S" & up. S' & up. HOFFMAN BROS. CO.. Ft. AVavne. Ind. nu>^ r mAss FAS, 4/4". 6" & up; NO. 1 C, 4/4". KOSSB SHOE & SCHLEYEB CO.. Cincinnati, q LOG RUN, 4 -4". ran. wdths. & Igths., 18 mos. dry, J. V. STIilSON. Huntingburg. Ind NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4". 2 vrs. drv. TAYLOR & CRATE. INC., Buffalo, N. Y. ' CHESTNUT FAS, 4/4", good wdths.. 50% 14-16' 2 vrs dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO.. Buffalo. N y' FAS, 4/4". reg. wdths.. V^ 14-16' long, l' vr' Buffal^^N^Y ^° HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.,' FAS, 4/4-8/4", 6" wide, S'& longer, 6 mos dry. THE MOWT3RAY & ROBINSON CO Cincinnati, Ohio. r^^-P^- ■■ ^- *■ ^TR-. 5/4 & S/4", 2 vrs drv TAYLOR & CRATE. INC., Buffalo, NY. COTTONWOOD _ NO- 1& PANEL, 4/4" IS & up. ANDERSON- TULLY CO.. Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 8/4 & 12/4", reg. wdths. & Igths . S mos d;T: NS^ r°®4-/4V'"- '-'T;.'-''^- '^'hs.' 9 mol: drv^ no' 9 r" l^A"- '■''^- '"I'l!''- ^ 'eths.. 6 mos. 2^ • '^™?.''-' ■^'^^ • '■«'S- wdths. & Igths . 6 mos Teii,,. • ^- J^HEMANN & CO^, Memphis, NO. 1 C, 5/4", 1 vr. drv INC.. Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 1 C, 4/4", 4" & up. 10-16', 8 mos drv P.^J. L.MA-RENCE LUMT^ER CO., sT Louis! SEL., 4/4" & S/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., drv; SHOP, 4/4, S/4 & 12/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., dry; NO. 1 C, 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. dry; NO. 2 C, 4/4". reg. wdths. * Igths., drv; NO. 1 & NO. 2 C., S/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., drv. THANE LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. G. ELIAS & BRO.. Mo. CYPRESS FAS, 8/4"; SEL., 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & S/4"- <5Hnp A BTR., 10/4 & 12/4"; NO 1 SHOP 4/4 5/4 6/4, 8/4 & 12/4"; PECKY, 4/4, 1/4 6/4 & 8/4'^' "^^OM^f ?.^^TJ^t^7<, CO:. Memphis. Tfnn. ' COM. 4/4. 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", ran. wdth. & Igth ^5"°/;/?;! ^^®A.?^'- '^"'^ NO. 1 shopT aii LUMBER ??}5.. It. Lol^i^ ^T- CORNELIUS TAILOR & CRATE, INC., Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 6/4". reg. wdths. & Igths. FERGUSON & PALMER CO., Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR., 6/4. 8/4 & 10/4". GAYOSO LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. COM. & BTR., 4/4-12/4-. KRABTZHR- CURED LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR., 4/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 8-11 LOG RUN, 5/4. 6/4 .^ 10/4". BELLGRADE ^°lTA''v^^'^i^tijll!''lolW,7i^.. ^^^ FAS, 4, 4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 6 mos. drv; NO. 1 C, 5/4". reg. wdths.. 6II'-,. 14-16'. 1 y"r dry: NO. 1 C. & BTR., 6/4". reg. wdths.. 60% 14-16'. 1 yr. dry. J. V. ST1M.SON HARDWOOD CO., Helena. Ark. ELM— SOFT LUMUKU CO.. Memphis. Tenn LOG RUN 6/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO., BlissviUe. Ark. FAS. 12/4". leg. wdths., 45% 14-16'. yr. drv. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo. N. Y. LOG RUN 4/4, 8/4 & 12/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo, LOG RUN, S/4, 10/4 & 12/4". GAYOSO LUM- BER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C, 6/4", 2 yrs. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC.. Buffalo. N. Y. LOG RUN, 12/4". reg. wdths. & Igths. FER- GUSON & PALMER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 C. & BTR., S/4 & 12/4". MASON- DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. LOG RUN 6/4-12/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. LOG RUN, 12/4". ran. wdths. & Igths.. 1 vr.. dry: LOG RUN, 4/4", ran. wdths. & Igths!. 6 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON. Huntingburg. Ind. NO. 2 C. & BTR., gray. 4/4-16/4". T. SUL- LIV.\N * CO.. Buffalo. N Y LOG RUN. 4/4. 6/4. S/4. 14/4 & 16/4", reg. wdths. ..t Igths. dry: FAS, 12/4, reg, wdths. & Igths.. dry. TH.\NE LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 2 & BTR., 6/4". 4" & wider. 6-16'. 1 vr. dry: NO. 2 & BTR., S/4". 4" & wider. 6-16'. 'is mos. ,lry. WHEELER-TIAH^IN LUMBER CO , Wan. sail. Wi.-<. ELM— ROCK o m9;, ^ *• ^■^f'- '"''■• * I-'*"- JACKSON & TINDLE. Grand Rapids, Mich. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 6/4. S/4. 10/4 & 12/4" reg wdths. & Igths.. dry; NO. 3 C. 6/4 & 8/4" reg wdths. & Igths.. dry. THE KNEEL.4nD- BIGELOW CO.. Bav Citv. Mich. NO. 2 & BTR.. S/4. IVIASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO.. Rhinelander. Wis. GUM— SAP ^ P'AS, 4/4. 5/4. 6/4". ANDERSON-TULLT CO., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4-8/4": NO. 1 C. & BTR.. Qtd.. 6/4 & S'4". BELLGR.ADB LUMBER CO., Men.phis. Tenn. FAS, 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4": NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, 4/4 5/4 & 6/4". BROWN & HACKNEY, INC , Memphis. Tenn. ALL grades 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 ,fe S/4", 4 mos drv CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis Mo LOG RUN, %". reg. wdths. & Igths.; NO. 1 C. & BTR.. 4/4". reg. wdths. ..t Igths ■ NO. 2 C. 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.; BOX BDS., 4/4" !)-12*l.-i-17. reg. Igths.; FAS. 4/4". 13 & up. reg' Igths. FERCIUSON & PALMER CO.. Memphis Tenn. T tV,9S,.5H!1 4/4-6/4-. KRAETZER-CURHD LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C, 4/4". 4" & up. in-ifi'. 6 mos. drv: FAS. 4 '4". 4" it un. 10-16'. 6 mos. drv P 'j LAWRRNCE LUMBER CO.. St. Louis' Mo ' ' tJ%°-^1 '^- 2^* t ^^^"- RUSSB & BURGESS, INC.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4". ran. wdths. & Igths.. IS mos. dry: NO. 2 C, 4/4". ran. wdths. & Igths 16 mos. dry: BOX BDS.. 4/4". 13-17. ran Igths 16 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON. Huntingburg. In'd NO. 3 C. 4/4". reg. wdths. &- Igths.: 5 mos dry; BOX BDS., 4/4". 13-17'. reg. Igths.. 6 mos' dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO Helena. Ark. GUM-^LAIN RED _-^AS. NO^ 1 C., 4/4. 5/4. 6/4". ANDERSON- TULLY CO., Memphis, Tenn. .r NO. 2 C. & BTR.. 4/4-S/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn Dif*',,,^ 9-. *''*'• BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Bllasvllle, Ark. ALL grades 4/4. 6/4. 6/4 & 8/4". 4 mos drv CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis Mo FAS, 4/4". reg. wdths.. 10-12' long. 1 'vr drv- NO. 1 C, 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., S mos drv' NO. 1 C. 6/4". reg. wdths. c^i Igths.. 13 mos' dry; FAS. 6/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 13 mos dry. GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO.. Memphis Tenn. GUM— QUARTERED RED ■rJ^P^'' ^- *- BTR., 4/4-12/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. All Three of U« Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD GUM— TUPELO ALL grades 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4". 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis, Mo. NO. 1 C, 4/4". 4" & up. 10-16'. can dress & resaw, S mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUM- BER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. HACKBERRY LOG RUN, 4/4". reg. wdths. &- Igths.. 5 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON H.\RDWOOD CO., Helena. Ark. HICKORY NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, 12/4", reg. wdths. & Igths. FERGUSON & PALMER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 6/4, 12/4, 14/4 & 16/4", ran. wdths. & Igths.. green. J. V. STIMSON, Hunt- ingburg, Ind. MAHOGANY FAS, NO. 1 C, SHORTS &. WORMY, l/J- 16/4", plain & figured, Mexican & African. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOGANY CO., Chicago. MAPLE— HARD NO. 1 C, 4/4", good wdths., 50% 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 5/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. sap two sides. 8 mos. drv. BLAKESLEE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffal'o, N. Y. NO. 1 C, 8/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo, N. Y. FAS, 4/4 & S/4": NO. 1 C, 4/4 & 5/4". THEO. FATHAUER CO.. Chicago. 111. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 10/4, 12/4 & 14/4"; NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4; NO. 3 C, 4/4 & 5/4". J.VCKSON & TINDLECO. Grand Rapids, Mich. FAS, 4/4. 5/4. 6/4, S/4, 10/4 & 12/4"., reg. wdths. & Igths.. dry; NO. 3 C. 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., drv; NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, S/4. 10/4 ,>t 12 4". reg. wdths. & Igths., dry. THE KNEELAND-BIGELOW CO.. Bay City, Mich. FAS, 4/4": NO. 1 & BTR.. 10/4 & 12/4". MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhine- lander. Wis. LOG RUN 12/4". PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN. INC., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 & BTR., IL' 4". ran. wdths. ,'ne. Ind, ANY thickness. LOUIS\aLLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville. Ky, SWD., white, all thicknesses. NICKET BROTHERS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. POPLAR ',•8- A up to 22' long. HOFFMAN BROS CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. WALNUT ANY thickness, sawed or sliced, THE DEAN-SPICKER CO., Chicago, III. ANY thickness, LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. SL. & RTRY, CUT. HUDDLESTON- MARSH MAHOGANY CO., Chicago. 111. ANYTHING In walnut, veneers, pi. & fig., rty. and sliced. PICKREL WALNUT CO.. St. Louis, Mo. CROSSBANDING AND BACKING GUM ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. POPLAR ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. BIRCH STOCK SIZES, 1/4, 5/16 & 3/8", good IS and 2S, HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOG- ANY CO., Chicago, 111. GUM QTD. FIG., any thickness. LOUISVILLK VENEER MILLS. Louisville, Ky, MAHOGANY ANY thickness, LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. STOCK SIZES, 1/4, 5/16 & S/8", good IS and 2S. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOG- ANY CO., Chicago. IlL OAK ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville. Ky. PL. & QTD. 1/4. 5/16 & 3/8", stock sizes, good IS and 2S. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOGANY CO., Chicago, iii. ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville, Ky, NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 6/4". reg. wdths. & Igths. FERGUSON & PALMER CO.;, Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR., 4/4". KRAETZBR-CURBD LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO, 1 C, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. dry. PENROD. .lURDEN & McCOWEN. INC., Memphis, Tenn, COUNTERFEIT CHECKS are frequent except where onr^ Two Piece Geometrica Barter Coin \B in use, tbea iraltatton "su't possible. Sample If you ask for it ' S. D. CHILDS &C0. CHICAGO Wa also make TI Checks, Stencils Log Hammers Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co. HOME OFFICE, FACTORY AND VENEER MILL, ALGOMA, WIS. VENEER AND SAWMILL. BIRCHWOOD, WIS. Every pound of glue we use is guaranteed hide stock. We do not use retainers. Our gluing forms are put under pow- erful screwrs 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. We manufacture at our Birchwood plant single ply veneers • f 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 & Qtd. -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. AH Three of Us Will Be BeneRted if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 54 HARDWOOD RECORD December 10. 1918 At the Front n The Saws used in most of the American "Over There" were "MADE IN AMERK "Silver Steel" by ATKINS. ^.Profit by the astut ness of those in command of Democracy's greatest armies, and use Atkins "Silver Steel" Saws, "The Finest on Earth." Help Win the War Catalog descriptive of Atkins Saws can be had by writing nearest point below. ATKINS ALWAYS AHEAD E C. ATKINS & CO., Inc. ^'^'^''ri^rilr '*•""'' Home Office and Factory, Indianapolii, Indiana Canadian Factory, Hamilton, Ontario Machine Knife Factory, Lancaster, N. Y. Bnmchmm carrying complete ttock* in all large dittributing cmteit at foUowt: A^";^ MinnwpolU Portland. Ore. Vancourer, B. C MmiphM N.w York City SMttia Paris. Fiane. %9. J'J'. a v/ "^M,. December 10, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD Bait -0 THE most relentless fisherman in the world is the salesman. His study of his customers is unceasing. He must be able to offer his proposition so that it will appeal. The most popular bait among that element of salesmen who are not com- petent to sell on a merit basis, is price. But the man who knows through years of experience that the very quality of his goods and his ability to give right service will make and hold customers, thinks more of what his lumber costs him than he does of what the other man sells for. Our lumber is of that description. It is sold absolutely as it is cut without any board of any kind picked out of any grade. It comes from a large, solid tract of St. Francis Basin timber and is manufactured and yarded with scientifically designed equipment. In short, it is exactly as represented — the best procurable at any price. The New Idea Stock List describing it gives valuable information. Write for it. LUT^ryS-ER Sincerely, lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllll AU Three of Us WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD STIMSON'S MILLS We have to offer from the Hunting- burg Mill the following list of well manufactured, band saw^n lumber: } 2 car 4 4 Iiog- Run Beech Va car 5 4 log Bun Beech 1 car 4 4 Iiogr Run Cherry 1 car 3 IiOg' Run Elm '2 car 4 4 ImOS Run Elm 2 cars 4 4 No. 1 Com. Sap Gum 3 cars 4 4 No. 2 Com. Sap Gum 2 cars 4 4K13-17 ' Gum Boxboards 1 car 21,. 3, 3'2, 4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Hickory 1 car 3" No. 2 Com. & Btr. Hard Maple V4 car 4 4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. Soft Maple 1 car 4 4 No. 1 Com. Poplar 1 car 4. 4 No. 2 Com. Poplar V4 car 5/4 No. 2 Com. Poplar J. V. STIMSON, Huntingburg. Indiana STIMSON VENEER & LUMBER CO. Memphis, Tennessee J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO. Memphis, Tennessee, & Helena, Ark. Three States Lumber Co. MEMPHIS, TENN. Manufacturers of SOUTHERN HARDWOODS BAND MILL: BURDETTE, ARK. The Following Is a List of a Few of the Items We Now Have in Stock: Dry, Ready for Prompt Shipment COTTONWOOD 4 Cars 1" Boxboards, 13" to 17" 1 Cars 1" Boxboards, 8" to 12" 4 Cars I" FAS., «" to 12" 5 Cars 1" No. 1 Common fi Cars V/4" No. 1 Common 4 Cars 1" No. 2 Common 2 Cars 1V4" No. 2 Common 1 Cars 2" FAS. CUM < Cars 1" FAS. Sap 5 C&rs IVi" FAS. Sap 1 Cars lY," FAS. Sap 6 Cars 1" No. 1 Common S Cars 1" No. 2 Common 2 Cars IVi" FAS. Red 2 Cars IW FAS. Red 1 Car 1V4" No. 1 Common 3 Cars 2" FAS. Qtd. Red 2 Cvs 2" No. 1 Com. Qtd. Red OAK S Cars I" FAS. Red 2 Cars I" FAS. White 2 Cars V/i" No. 1 C. St. Btr. Red S Cars 1" No. 1 Com. Red 2 Cars 1" No. I Com. White S Cars 1" No. 2 C. Red A White Z Cars ZM' No. 1 Com. A Btr. Plain Red Oak 2 Cars 3" No. 1 Com. A Btr. Plain White Oak ; Cars 2" Log Run Elm S Cars I" Log Run Elm 3 Cars Wt" Log Run Elm 4 Cars IM;" Log Run Elm 3 Cars 2" Log Run Maple 2 cars 12/4" Log Run Maple 2 cars 6/4" Log Run Maple Z cars 5/4" Log Run Maple 3 Cars 1" N*. 1 Com. A Btr. Sycamore 5 Cars 1" No. 2 & No. 3 Com. Sycamore 2 cars 2" Select & Better Cypres, Our stock is manufactured from a nice class of timber and there- fee runs to nice grade and extra good widths and lengths. We «o7io!!iiiiiii'iii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiy THIS MARK MEANS Quality-GOLDEN RULE-Service THE ANDERSON-TULLY company MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Southern Hardwood Manufacturers 70,000.000 feet a year llllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllillllllllHIIIIIIIIMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllliyillillliliiliillill^ AH Three of U» Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuii December 2ri, 191S HARDWOOD RECORD Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality Basswood Selects Bass^vood, No. 1 Common Basswood, No. 2 Common Basswood, No. 3 Common Gray Elm, No. 1 Common & Better Gray Elm, No. 2 Common & Better Gray Elm, No. 2 Common & Better Gray Elm, high grade Maple, Step Maple, high grade Maple, high grade Maple, high grade Also have ample stock 4/4 Maple and can furnish any grade No. 2 Common or better. We are now sawing Beech lumber, 5/8, 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4, and Maple 4/4. 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 16/4 thicknesses. Cobbs & Mitchell INCORPORATED Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan 134 M 4/4 66 M 4/4 43 M 4/4 79 M 4/4 78 M 4/4 60 M 6/4 100 M 8/4 46 M 12/4 32 M 5/4 75 M 5/4 92 M 6/4 95 M 8/4 "FINEST" Maple and Beech FLOORING We are members of the Maple Flooring Mfr'i. Association Flaoring itamped M. F, M. A, insures quality /. Michigan .*. Hardwood Lumber BIRCH OAK SOO.OOO' No. 2 Com. & Btr. 4/4" 50,000' No. 2 Com. & Btr . 4/4- 75.000" No, 2 Com, & Btr. 6/4" MAPLE SOFT EI.M 50.000' Ists & 2nds, 4/4" to 16/4- 300,000' No, 2 Com. & Btr. 4/4- WHITE MAPLE 60.000' No, : Com. & Btr. 10/4- 14.000' Uts & 2nd3, 4/4". end dried 15.000' No 1 Com. & Btr. 12/4- HEMLOCK 300.000' No. 2 Com, & Btr, CHERRY 4/4- 125,000' Merchantable 4/4" ASH IT.OOO' No. 2 Com, & Btr, 4/4- 15,000' No. 2 Com, & Btr, 4/4- WHte for Pricet W. D.Young ^ Co. BAY CITY MICHIGAN Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality We have dry — 4/4 Betsswood, Birch, Gray Ebn, Birdseye Maple, Soft Maple and Beech 5/4 Beech 6/4 Beech and Gray Ebn 8/4 Gray Ebn In addition to above we a"-* new sawing — 5/8 Beech 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12 4, 14/4 and 16/4 Hard Maple Some grades and widths are piled separately to better meet the requirements of the trade Mitchell BrothersICo. Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan WE WILL QUOTE ATTRACTIVE PRICES ON THE FOLLOWING: 20,000 ft. 1 1/16" X 2" Clear Maple Flooring 35,000 ft. 13/16" X 4" No. 1 & Btr. Maple Flooring 24,000 ft. 1 1/16" X 4" No.l & Btr. MapIeFlooring 40,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Common & Better Ash 20,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common Ash 200,000 ft. 5/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 60,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 250,000 ft. 5/4 No. 3 Common Beech 14,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2nd Birch 60,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 & No. 2 Common Birch 500,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 225,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 65,000 ft. 10/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 75,000 ft. 12/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 150,000 ft. 6/4 No. 3 Common Elm 40,000 ft. 8/4 No. 3 Common Elm 30,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common & Better Red and White Oak 10,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better White Oak 5,000 ft. 10/4 No. 2 Common & Better White Oak The Kneeland-Bigelow Company Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber Bay City Michigan AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD December 2r». VMS 'I tm U'< BUFFALO The Foremost Hardwood Market of the East A T. SULLIVAN & CO. Hardwoods Ash afid Elm NIAGARA— CORNER ARTHUR Taylor & Crate HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS A stock of 24,000,000 feet of hardwoods car- ried at all times at our two big Buff^o Yards Established 53 Ye Rail or Cargo Shipments G. ELIAS & BRO. HARDWOODS White Pine. Tellow Fine. Somce, Hem]«ck. Fir, Lnmber. Timher. Mlllwork. Boxea. Maple and Oak Flooring 955-1015 Elk Street Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling A Complete Stock of Seasoned Hardwood* aSBWood. Blroh. Cbonr, Cbestni Upls, PUln A Quartered Oak. 1100 Seneca Street ir.cludln^ Aah, Basswood. Blroh. Cbonr, Cbestnut, Cjpresa, Elm, Onm. Hlokorr, Mapla, Plain A Qnart«r«d Oak. Poplar & Walnnt, Yeager Lumber Company INCORPORATED EVERYTHING IN HARDWOODS 932 Elk Street Atlantic Lumber Company HARDWOODS WEST VIRGINIA SOFT RED AND WHITE OAK Onr Specbkltj: West Virginia aud PennaylTiuila Cberrr 1055 Seneca Street Miller, Sturm & Miller Hardwoods mf All Kinds 1142 Seneca St. Hugh McLean Lumber Co. OUR SPECIALTY: QUARTERED WHITE OAK 940 Elk Street BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. SPECIAL FOR SALE 2" to 4" No. I Common and Better Elm 2", IVz". 3" and 4". .No. I Common and Better White Ash 2'/3" and 3" No. I Common and Better Plain Oak Hardwoods & Red Cedar Plain and Qrtd. Oak has been our hobby for years Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT 1075 Clinton Street The above firms carry large and well assorted stocks of all kinds and grades of Hardwoods, artd have every facility for filling and ship- ping orders promptly. They will be pleased to have your inquiries. 4>*(i^ * All ThrPA ^ Ua Will Re Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD December 25, 191S HARDWOOD RECORD oc LOUISVILLE THE HARDWOOD GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. General Offices and Distributing Yard LOUISVILLE, KY. _. , _ , ....■ Fayette, Ala. Eight Band Mills Cuin, Aia. '^ Brasfield, Ark. Allport, Ark. Furth, Ark. Geridge, Ark WHITE OAK 31.000' 5/8" FAS. Qtd. 75.000' 4/4" FAS, Qtd. 250,000' 4/4" 2% to 5V4" in clear strips, sap and select 230,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. BED OAK 60.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com., Qtd. 40.000' 5/4" No- 1 Com., Qtd. 50.000' 4/4" 2M to 5%" clear strips • PLAIN \%-HITE OAK 260.000' 4/4" FAS 40,000' 5/4" FAS 110,000' 10/4" Com. & Btr, 87,000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. 100.000' 4/4" Clear Strips, 2% to 5%" 80,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 100.000' 5/4" No. 1 Cora. 117,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com, 200.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 100,000' 4/4" FAS 220,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 210,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 194,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com, QUARTERED RED GUM 200,000' 4/4" FAS 100,000' 5/4" FAS 150.000' 6/4" FAS 175.000' 8/4" FAS 725,000' 4/4" FAS 175,000' 5/4" FAS 115,000' 6/4" FAS 175.000' 8/4" FAS 600,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com Norman L umber Company Lonsv II.I.E, KENTUCKY POPLAR 4-4 No. 1 Com., 200.000 ft. 5-4 No. 1 Com., 15,000 ft., 10 in. and up. 8-4 No. 1 Com. 30,000 ft. 10-4 No. 1 Com. 12,000 ft. 12-4 No. 1 Com. 10,000 ft. 4-4 No. 2 Com. 300,000 ft. 8-4 No. 2 Com. 75,000 ft. W. R. Willet Lumber Co. LOUISVILLE, KY, PLAIN WHITE OAK 4/4 Is & 23, 4 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. & Sel, 100.000' 4/4 No. 2 Com., 6 cars 5/4 No. 1 Com., 5 cars 4/4 Sound Wormy, 6 cars 4/4 No. 3 Com., 10 cars PLAIN RED OAK 4/4 Is & 2s, 1 car 4/4 No. 1 Com., 2 cars 4/4 No. 2 Com., 2 cars QUARTERED WHITE OAK 4/4 Is & 23, average 8", 1 car 4/4 No. 3 Com.. 8 cars 4/4 C. & E. strips, 2 >C SC ELL AN E OXJ S 5/4 No. 1 Com. & No. 1 Shop Cypress, Rough, 1 car 4/4 No. 1 Shop Cj-press, I car 5/8 No. 2 Com. Poplar, 1 car 4/4 Nos. 2 & 3 Poplar, 3 cars 5/4 No. 1 & Bet.. Chestnut. 1 car G/4 Is & 2s. Sap Gum. 14' & longer, 1 car 4/4 No. 3 Common Gum, 3 cars Wood Mosaic Co., Main Office, New Band Mills: New Albany, Ind. POPLAR 21,000' 5/8" PAS 105,000' 4/4" FAS, sap no defect 11.000' 5/4" FAS. sap no defect 15.000' 6/4" FAS. sap no defect 32,000' 8/4" FAS, sap no defect 20,000' 5/8" Saps and Sel. 7.000' 3/4" Saps and Sel. 30,000' 4/4" Saps and Sel. 24.000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. 68.400' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 12,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 18.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 4/4" No. 2A Com. 18.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 27.400' 6/4" No. 2 Com. 50.700' 8/4" No. 2 Com. Albany, Ind. Highland Park, Ky. Asn 20.500' 5/4" FAS 10.800' 6/4" No. 1 C. & Btr 11.200' S/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 10.600' 10/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 18,000' 12/4" No, 1 C. & Btr 31.500' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 12.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 12.300' 5/4" No. 2 Com. ELM 3.000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 8.000' 8/4" Com & Btr. 12,000' 12/4" Com & Btr. GUM 35,000' 4/4" Log Run PliAlN SYCAMORE 18,000' 8/4"3il2" Com. & Btr QUARTERED SYCAMORE 14,800' 4/4" Com. & Btr. HICKORY 13.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr, 18.000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. Edward L. Davis Lumber Co. Kentucky and Indiana Ash Walnut and Hickory We have a very complete stock of Ash «nd are pre- pared to make special grades for Automobile, Aeroplane, and Bending Purposes. PLEASE SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES DIMENSION STOCK Mahogany and Walnut Aside fr«ia eur praductisa at lumber and veneeri— We are manufacturine kiln-dried mahopranj- and walnut dimension stock at the rate of 2,000.000 feet annually, and this department has been steadily growing since 1902. We think that these simple facts make detailed argument unnecessary — as to our prices, quality of out stack, and promptness of service. Hawever, wa have ready far mailing a circular which explains in detail how and why you can sava time, money and trouble — through our dimension stock But if yau don't care for the circular, and if you realize what an expensive luxury your waste pile is. len^ us your cutting bills, as you would give them ta yaur stock-cutters. We will quote a specific price for each style yau manufacture. C. C. Mengel & Brother Co. f. BIB Ian AH Three of Us Will Be BeMp»»J « v.,.. ^A,„^;„„ HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD December 25, 191S Double Band Mill For Sale Including: Carriages Niggars Loaders Trimmer Edgers Resaws Sprockets and Chain Shafting and Pulleys Engine — 28% x 62 Log Machinery All the Machinery for a Clothes Pin Mill Filing Room Equipment crk< § TEARNS SALT & LUMBER CO. LudingtohMich. WM. WHITMER U SONS INCORPORATED Manufacturers and Whole- salers of AH Kinds of "If Anyboay Ca We Can" HARDWOODS Wast Virginia Spruce and Hemlock Long and Short Leaf Pine Virginia Framing Finance Building PHILADELPHIA May your Christmas this year be merry indeed, yet celebrated with reverence and thanksgiving in keep- ing with the Almighty's greatest blessing. The Return of Peace And may you share generously in the abounding Prosperity which in- evitably will follow^. This is the Holiday wish of TheLong-Bell Lumber Company KANSAS CITY, MO. ■■■Ill liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiii NORTH CAROLINA PINE AND WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Capacity 300,000 Ft. per Day Conway, S. C. Jacksonville, N. C. Hertford, N. C. I MILLS [ Porterwood, W. Va. Wildell, W. Va. Mill Creek, W. Va. Willson Bros. Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS MAIN OFHCE: PITTSBURGH, PA. IBIhl ^^ for VENEER No checks or splits. Enor- mous output. Low labor cost. The Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. PhlladelphU Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT UCK KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF ^^ Oak Flooring Complete stock of 3/8" and 13/16" in all standard widths All Three of Us Wai Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD December 25, 191S HARDWOOD RECORD ^lilllilll ^^ ('See page 5) ^=T Fin» Veneeri and Hardwood Lumber s Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc. ^^ New Albany, Ind. ^= Manufacturer ^=^ Veneer* and Hardwood Lumber = HoflFman Brothers Company Manufacturer Ft. Wayne, Ind. t "See page 4';i Minufacturera tt Hardwood Lumber «nd Floortng The Mowbray & Robinson Company Cincinnati, Ohio Write for List and Price* North Vernon Lumber Company Manufacturer N«rtb Vernsn, INDIANA (*;?ee page ij ' Long-Bell Lumber Company Banri Saw 0*erater« in Southern Hardweedi Kansas City, Missouri A. B. C— 15 years* aupply aaeured by 32,000 acree Tlrgln St. Francla Basin Timber, largely Oak. TBcbady Lumber Company, Maoofactiirer. KanHan City, MISSOURI I •.'>e(? rage — i We hate a fine stock of 4/4 No. i Com. Plain White Oak; 4/4 FAS Quartered White Oak. GAI.I-OW AY-PEASE COMPANY.. .,^^^, ^. Manafacturer, Poplar Bluff, MISSOURI We carry a complete stock of plain and quartered Red and White Oak In all speclflcations. Our facIUaes for prompt shlpmeDts are second to nsoe. BAKEB.3IATTBEWS LBR CO. ..-o*o5f,*?iI', Momphij. Tenn. Manufacturer MlooOURl {•^ee page — ) Charles H. Bamaby Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and Veneera Greencastle, Ind. ( "Sff page 41";) We haTe to offer at present 1 car 4/4 FAS Quartered White Oak. 1 car 4/4 Ne. 1 C. & Bet. Quartered Red Oak SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. ,^,^. . „ . Manufacturer Seymour. INDIANA ("See page 56) J. V. Stimson Manufacturer and Whelesaler Hardwood Lumber Huntingburg. Indiana (*Sef page 43) Miller Lumber Company Manufacturer and Dealer in AU Kinds of Hardwwd Lumber ^ Marianna, Arkansas ('See page 56) Nlc« stock of dry 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4 Plain Red and White Oak on hand at Burdette, Ark., for prompt shipment THREK STATES LUMBER CO.-™^n^,-„„-,_ Manufacturer. Memphlg I r.NNESSElE H * 7>^ ' We Manufacture Hardwood From Fine West Ylrglaia Timber. WARN LUMBER CORPORATION RayTvood. W. Va. )*See i.ase 111 J. H. Bonner & Sons Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Memphis, Tenn. Mill: Jonquil, Ark. A. B & C— Carr Lumber Company, Inc. Blltmore Hardwoods Pisgah Forest, N. C. Manufacturer {•See page 5) . W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber C«. H 9 Bsnd Mills manufacturing hardweedi === Louisville, Ky. ^^ Band Sawed, Steam Dried, Arkanaas Hardwoods Edgar Lumber Company Wesson, Arkansaa (•See page 6) Salt Lick Lumber Company Hardwood Manufacturer Salt Lick, Kentucky (■•See page 10) Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwood lAimber ftB4 Quartered Oak, Aeh and Gum Memphis, Tennessee Our Lumber Is Well Manufactured and Well Takaa Care of. Write ui for prices In anything la hardwood*. THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMPANY, Alexandria, LOUISIANA ( 'Set' I'aee 11 ) GoocUan<3er-Robert8on Lumber Co. Manufacturer of Hardwoods Memphis, Tennessee We have for fall shipment large stock of 16/4 and 12/4 C. & Bet. Oak: other thicknesses from 4/4 t« S/4 in all grades. FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Manufactorer, Nashville, TENNESSEE SpeciaL ALTON LUMBER COMPANY 1 car 9/4 Government Quality White Oak ■ 1 car 14/4 Government Quality White Oak ^= 20 cars 4/4. 5/4. 6/4 & 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut ^^ Buckhannon, West Virginia ^^ f^r anything in OAK write these representative firms Manufacturers Band Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oak and other Hardwood Lumber Sabine River Lumber & Logging Ce., Inc. San Antonio, Texas 5 cars 4/4 White Oak FAS & No. 1 C. !• ears 5/4 Plain Red Oak Steps FAS & No. 1 C. WlLUtAMSON-KCNT MILL ft LUMBEB C». Manufacturer, Mound City, ILLINOIS Special— 5I0.IK ft. LAMB-FISH LUMBER C*. Manufacturer, Charleftten, 4/4 FAS Plain Whit. & Bed Oak MISSISSIPPI I "See jiage lii) Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company SOUTHERN HARDWOODS General Offices, Conway Building, Chicage Manufacturer Bedna Young Lumber Compeuiy Manufacturers Band Sawa Hardwoed Lumber Sales (ITIce: Band Mill: fiREENSBURe. IND. JACKSON, TENN PIsase let us have your Inquiries We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber C. & W. Kramer Company Riciimond, Indiana B— We specialize In White and Red Oak and in Quartered Red Gum. We solicit your inquiries. ALBXANDEB BROTHERS, ..fceieeiooi Manufacturera, BelionI, lV1133l33IrrI C — Special 1 car 6/4i20" Qtd. Red Oak Seat Stock 1 car 6/4iI8" Qtd. White Oak Seat Stock 1 car 4/4il2" & wdr. Plain Oak ARKLA LBR. * MFG. CO., .,icc/-kl lOI St. Louis, MISSOURI A. B i C— Triple Band of The Meadow River Lumber Company Rainelle, W. Va. Manufacturer Hlgh-Grade Hardweodi f"See page Hi QUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY Memphis Band Mill Company Mannfaetnrer. Memphis TENNESSEE Ifaaufacturars of Plain and Quartered Oak also Oak Timbers and Brldsa Plank ■abute tram company, bkaiimont. TEXAS All stock cut from eur Virgin Timber en madara band mills. THISTLETHWAITK LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturer Washington. LOUISIANA IS, c— ' Tallahatchie Lumber Company Manufacturers of Band Sawa Hardwecds Philipp, Mississippi ARLINGTON LDSIBEB COMPANY Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardweod Lumber Mills: Arlinetan, Ky., and Parli _„_, ,_ „ Place. Arlt. Write Arlington KENTUCKY (•See page 14) 6.000.000 Feet of Oak Always on Hand In 1 to 2" Stock BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, . _„ . „- a c Manufacturer BllssTllle, AKKA1N3A3 ino.OOO ft. 1" la & 2a Qtd. White Oak 50.000 ft. 1" No. I Cora. Qtd. White Oak, 8" & wdr. JOHN B. RANSOM ft CO,, Manufacturer. NastiTlIle 'ri?ivTiuc>ccc*c EverythinB In lumber lr.PlINE.33CJ:. A, B & C— Chas. F, Luehrmann Hard^vood Lbr. Co. Manufacturers and Wheiesale Lumber Dealers St. Louis. Missouri Yellow Poplar Lumber Campany Coal Grove, Ohio Manufacturer A & B— If you want Sound, Soft Textured White 4 Red Oak, both in Plain and Quartered, write DCHLMEIER BROTHERS ft CO., f\Um Manufacturers, Cincinnati KJtllKJ Tbe Bana MIU. Planing Mill and Dry Klin ef the WQliams Lumber Company is located at Fayetteville, Tennessee Ail lumber piled In same lengths and similarly loaded in cars. CLAY LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturer, u/ VA Middle Fork, "• ''•^• All stock graded up to quality — knocked dowa t« price. IJTLEY-HOLLOWAY LCMBES COMPANY CoBwax Boildine Manufacturer Chlcaca. ILLINOIS Band Sawed, Equalized, Forked Leaf White Oak ^^ Thin Oak and Asb Specialtlea = MANSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. S Manufacturer 8HREVEPORT, Ul. ^m For 25 years we hare made Oak and still speoiallae ^^ in this, the best ef American hardwoods. Our prices, ^= grades and serrice are worth considering. ^= LOVE, BOYD ft CO.. TrMXlirccirir ^ Manufacturer, NashTllle, 1 tJNriE.a3EJi ^g B & C — High Grade Lumber ^= Hyde Lumber Company ^ South Bend, Indiana ^= Band Mills: Arkansas City. Ark. Lake rrevUenee. La. = Botanists who are looked upon as autherlty ^^ in such matters, have agreed te change the ^^ book name of Northern red oak from quercus ^^ rubra to auercus borealls. ^^ Carrier Ltanber & Mfg. Co., Inc. S Sardis, Miss. ^s Kiln Dried Stocks a Specialty ^= Hanufaotzirer ^^ A— 150,001 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Com. Plain Oak ^s Specialists in Bone Dry, Good Widths A Lengths — = Prompt Shipment - BABR-HOLADAY LUMBER CO., rtuirt ^S Manufacturer, Greenfleld, ""'*-' ^g We are cutting off 20,000 acres of the finest Oak in ^^ West Virginia. For the fery best, try ^^ AMERICAN COLUMN ft LUMBER CO., ^S Manufacturer, St. Albans, W. VA. ^3 Babcock Lumber Company ^ Pittsburgh, Pa. ^= Annual Capacity. 150,000,010 Feet = Manufacturer ^^ Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company ^ Sales Office — Clarksbnrg, W. Va. ^m Band Mills— -Cnrtin, Coal Sid- „. y . ^= Ing and Hemlny Falls. Specialties Quarter-sswed White Oak. Plain Red and White Oak C. L. RITTER LUMBER COMPANY, ROCKCASTLE LUMBER COMPANY, Manufacturers. Hnntington, W. Va. ( •.-.;.:■.-■ pa^iL' 47) Kentucky Soft Texture White Oak, Bed Oak and Poplar. High-class, sound, square edged Whit* Oak Timbers, 10x16 ft. ,„.._. _t AMERICAN LBR. ft MTO. CO., Plttsbnrrh. Maaufactursr and Whelasaler PENNSYLVANIA All Three ol Us WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD lOlS VON PLATEN LUMBER CO. IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN Manufacturers of NORTHERN HARDWOODS 75 M ft. of 4/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 150 M ft. of 4/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Birch 100 M ft. of 5/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Birch 75 M ft. of 5/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 100 M ft. of 6/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 100 M ft. of 8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. Birch We Offer for May Shipment 40,000' 4/4 No- I C. & B. End Dried White Maple 45,000' 8/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 40,000' 5/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 60,000' 6/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 150,000' 1x6" up No. 1 C. & B. Hard Maple 200,000' 4/4 to 16/4 No. Z C. & B. Soft Elm 40,000' 4/4 No. 2 C. & B. Birch 113,000' 8/4 No. 2 C. & B. Beech Jf rite 115 for prices today East Jordan Lumber Co. Manufacturers "IMPERIAL" Maple Floorinc East Jordan Michigan Northwestern Cooperage and Lumber Co. GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN Western Office: Mills at Gladstone and 516 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn. Escanaba, Mich. Chicago Office: 812 Monadnock Block Manufacturers of the following "PEERLESS" STANDARD BRAND PRODUCTS Hardwood Flooring, Staves, Hoops, Heading and Veneers, Hemlock Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Posts, Poles and Ties, and Hemlock Tan Bark . COUNTERFEIT CHECKS are frequeot except where o^» Two Piece Geometrical Barter Coin li in use, tnen imltntlon iwi't possible. Sample If you ask for It S. D. CHILDS &C0. CHtC&GO yV« also make Tli Checks, Stencils Log Hammers All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD December 2.j, 191S HARDWOOD RECORD r^ c- / .'V ;ii^4 'i«f^'0jM r;v *1»1p-Jf. .^mkii.m !r~>i ;^;,;J.^„ ^ II" 'I 'i^^ Pecan Hickory tfrifl- N, / .A ->•- ■*> .C Pecan is one of the hickories, but it is a sort of outcast in the lumber business. It does not stand very high in comparison with some of the other hickories, but is considered somewhat inferior in most of the qualities which give hickory its good reputation. Without attempting to pass final judgment in this matter, it seems in order to say a few good words for pecan, for it may be a better wood than some people think it is. In the first place, it is abundant in most districts where it grows at all, and it grows from Missouri to the Gulf and is found in a range ex- ceeding 300,000 square miles. It is the largest of the hickories. It grows rapidly, and v^fhile it is growing it produces enough nuts to pay for the space it occupies. When common white oak and pecan are both equally sea- soned, the pecan is the stronger by six per cent, and it is nearly ten per cent stifler than white oak. These figures are worth considering in its favor, particularly when it is remem- bered that pecan is two pounds per cubic foot lighter than white oak. It does not measure up vfhh some of the other hickories. Its breaking strength is 16,200 pounds to the square inch; shellbark's is 20,500, and pignut's 22,500. The differences are considerable, but it must be borne in mind that these hickories are far above the average strength of woods. Pecan is lighter than either of the hickories named, and if compared with them on the basis of weight, the differences in strength would not be so great. iTo be continued} [^'~sii»5 AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 10 HARDWOOD RECORD December 23. 191S I § = i I r I I ii ii i M]^MF>MIIS *>^«>S!j!S»»S»««iSS^S!S^!iS5S55JS!SSi^;iSS^^ 150.000' FAS. 4/4". 10.000' FAS. 5/4". 10.000' FAS. 6/4". 200.000' No. 1 Com., 65.000' No. 1 Com.. 20.000' No. 1 Com.. 4/4". 5/4". 6/4". (JUAKTERED HED GUM 60.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 4/4". 80.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 5/4". 60.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 6/4". 25.000' FAS, 8/4". 90.000' No. 1 Com., S/4". SAP, NO DEFECT No. 1 Com. & Btr. 8/4" COTTONWOOD 110.000' No. 1 & Panel, 4/4-18" CYPRESS 40.000' FAS. 8/4". 20.000' Selects, 4/4", 40.000' Selects. 5/4". 40.000' Selects, 6/4". 75.000' Selects. 8/4". 30.000' Shop & Btr.. 10/4". 70.000' .,ftop & Btr.. 12/4". 60.000' No. 1 Shop. 4/4". 70.000' No. 1 Shop. 5/4". 50.000' No. 1 Shop. 6/4". 25.000' No. 1 Shop. 8/4". 27.000' No. 1 Shop. 12/4". 200.000' Pecky. 4/4". 22,000' Pecky. 5/4". 20.000' Pecky, 6/4". 23.000' Peeks-, 8/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO. PLAl.V RED OAK 200,000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 230,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 60.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 20.000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. 100.000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 75.000' 6/4" Common 125.000' 8/4" Common 15.000' 12/4" Common QUARTERED WHITE OAK 50 200, 200 25, 4/4" FAS 6/4" FAS 4/4" Common 6/4" Common ASH 12/4" Com. & 1 5/4" Common ELM 8/4" Log Run 10/4" Log Run 12/4" Log Run PL,AIX RED Gl-M 150.000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 250.000' 3/4" Com. & Btr. 300,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED SAP GUM 200.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 200.000' S/4" Com. & Btr. 100.000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. 100.000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM 200.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 150.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. PLAIN SAP GUM 150.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 300,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 150.000' 4/4" Common 200.000' S/4" Com. & Btp. 600,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 125,000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. GUM 150.000' Wide Box Boards 100. OOO' Narrow Box Boards QUARTERED RED GUM 51.000- 4/4" FAS 210.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 90.000' 5/4" FAS 255.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com 4.50(1' 6/4" FAS ,55,000' 6/4" No. I Com. 40.000' S/4" FAS 19.S00' 8/4" No. 1 Com 18.500' 10/4" FAS .S.500' 10/4" No. 1 Com. 8,500' 12/4" FAS PLAIN RED GUM 59,000' 4/4" PAS 47.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 39.500' 5/4" PAS 142.000 ' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 16.000' 0/4" FAS 20.000' 0/4" No. 1 Com. 26.500' 8/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN S-AP GUM 44.000' Box Boards. 9 to 12 243.000 4/4- FAS. 6 to 12" 59.000' 4/4- FAS, 13" & up 100.000' 4/4- No. 1 Com. 149.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 72.000' 5M- FAS 230.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 375.000' .S/4" No. 2 Com. 14.000' .5/4" 6.000' 6/4" PAS 15.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. BELLGRADE LUMBER CO. GAYOSO LUMBER CO. BLAINE. MISS. bandmills MEMPHIS, TENN. This lumber has been manufactured on our own band mills. It is thoroughly dry. runs good average widths and contains 60 per cent 14' and 16' lengths Write or wire for prices. SAP GUM 200.000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. i Btr. 45.000' 4/4" Boi Bda., 13 to 17" 60,000' 4/4" Box Bds„ 9 to 12" 90,000' 4/4" 1&2, 13 to 17" 150.000' 4/4" 1&2, 6 to 12" 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 250.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com 250.000' 5/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 200.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED GUM 100.000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. 75.000' 4/4" 1&2 30.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 15,000' 8/4" No. X Com. & Btr QUARTERED RED GUM 150,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr 30,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 15,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM 4/4" Common and Better 5/4" Common and Better 6/4" Common and Better 8/4" Common and Better 10/4" Common and Better 12/4" Common and Better PLAIN RED GUM 4/4" to 6/4" Common and Better QUARTERED UNSELECTED GUM 4/4" to 12/4" Common and Better PLAIN SAP GUM 4/4" Common and Better 5/4" Common and Better 6/4" Common and Better 4/4" to 8/4" No. 2 Common QUARTERED WHITE OAK 4/4" Common and Better 8/4" Common and Better 8/4" Common and Better QUARTERED RED OAK 4/4" to 6/4" Common and Better PLAIN OAK 4/4" to 16/4" Common and Bettor ELM 6/4" to 12/4" Log Run ASH 5/4" Common and Better 6/4' Common and Better 8/4 ' FAS CYPRESS 4/4" to 8/4" Log Run COTTONWOOD 4/4" Log Bun TUPELO 4/4" Log Run The Kraetzer-Gured Lumber Go. All Stock Runs Regular Widths and Lengths 75.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. SOFT MAPLE 40,000' 8/4" Log Run 30,000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 15.000' 4/4" 1&2 1&2 1 - -. 1 No. 2 No. 1 .w, . ' No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 75,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. k Btr. 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 15.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. SOFT ELM 75.000' 6/4" Log Run 45.000' 12/4" Log Run 50.000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. 50.000' 5/4" 60.000' 5/4" No. 30.000' 6/4" No. 30.000' 4/4" 45.000' 6/4" 45.000' 10/4" Com. Com. Com. Com, PRITCHARD-WHEELEB ICJIBEB CO Band Mills: Madison. Ark.. Wisner. La. SAP GUM 150.000' la & 2a 6/4" 200.000' No. 1 Com. 5/4" 150.000' No. 1 Com. i B. >/4- RED GUM 100.000' la 4 28 5/4" 100.006' No. 1 Com. 5/4- ■50.000' IB & 2b 8/4- 50.000' No. 1 Com. 8/4- WTLLOW 100.000' Is & 2s 4/4- 50.000' No. 1 Com. 6/4- ASH 100.000' No. I Com. 4/4" 15.000' Is & 28, 2x12" Sl up 80.060' Is A 2a, 3x12- & up 80,000' Is & 2s, 2H- Dry 35,000' No. 2 Com. 5/4" PLAIN RED OAK 90,000' No, 1 Com. 6/4' PLAIN OAK 40,000' No, 1 C, & B. 16/4" COTTONWOOD No. I Com. 5/4" 200.006 100.000 100.009 30.000 Is 4 28 5/4" No. 1 Com. •/«' 1x6- Boi Bds^ CYPRB88 40,000' Is 4 2s S- 100,000' No. I Shop 6/4" 50.000' No. 1 Shop 4/4 30.000' R«I«^* K/J- 50.000 to U- Select 6/4* Select 4/4- E. SONDHEIMER CO. 70.000'il/ 45,000' 100,000- 20.000- 25,000- 30,000- 65,000' 42.000' 500.000' 70.000' 17.000' 10,000' 70.000' 100.000' 50.000' 14.000' 100.000' ASH No. 1 Com. ELM 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 12/4" No. 2 Com. 4 Btr. RED GUM 5/8" FAS. 5/4" FAS. 6/4" FAS. 5/8" No. 1 Com. 3/8" No. 1 Com. 4/4" No. 1 Com. 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6/4" No. 1 Com. 8/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 1/2" PAS. 5/8" FAS. 4/4" FAS. S/4" FAS. 4/4" Box Boards. 13 to 17 15,000' Box Boards 16,000' 15,000' 100,000' 37,000' 40,000' 45,000' S2S to 13/16" 13 to 17". 1/2" No. I Com. 5/8" No. 1 Com 4/4" No. 1 Com. CYPRESS 4/4" Is & 23. 4/4" Selects. 4/4" Shop. TUPELO 40.000' 4/4" Is 4 2s 15,000' 4/4" Bos Boards 13 to 17" HICKORY 20,000' 6/4" No. 3 Com. OAK 140.000' 4/4" Sound Wormy 60.000' 4/4" No., 3 Com. 50.000' 8/4" No. 3 Com PLAIN OAK 10.000' 2 3/4" Com. & Btr . — — ^, . — , — u — ir,j i^uiu, ut jJLr RUSSE & BURGESS, Inc., Memphis. Tenn. KILN-DRIED LUMBER Our dry kiln capacity of 200,- 000 feet per month is at your service and 8,000,000 feet of air-dried lumber on sticks. JAMES E. STARK & CO., Inc. 1 J ^^ AU Three of U» Will Be Benefited if You Mention HiWOOD RECOReT December HARDWOOD RECORD li ii WHITE ASH cars 10/4" to 16/4" Slraiglu Grained car 1" Is & 2s car l"xlO" up Is & i:s cars 5/4" Is & 2s cars 5/4" Is & 2s. all 8-10' car 6/4" Is & 2s car 6/4''xl0" up Is & 2s cars 8/4" Is & 2s car 8/4" 10" up Is & 23 car 8/4"xl2" up la & 2s cars 10/4" Is & 2s car 10/4"10" up Is & 2s cars 12/4" Is & 2s car I2/4"xI0" up Is & 2s car 14/4" Is & 2s 1! rai-i lG/4" Is & 2s 1 car 5/4" Selects 1 car R/4" Selects 2 cars S/4" Selects 1 car 5/4"x3% to 5W . 1 Face Clear 1 car 8/4". 1 Face Clear, Shorts J/i car 10/4". 1 Face Clear. Shorts 1 car 12/4". 1 Face Clear. Shorts 1 car 5/4" C. B. Sound Wormy ASH 3 cars 3/4" No. 1 Cora. 2 cars 6/4" No. 1 Cora. 8 cars 8/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 10/4" No. 1 Cora. 1 car 12/4" No. 1 Com, 1 car 8/4" No. 2 Com. Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. PL.iIN WHITE OAK PLAIN RED GUM 15,000' 4/4 1st & 2nds 30,000' 4/4 1st & 2nds 50,000" 4/4 No. 1 Com. 20,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com. 30!000' 6/4 No. 1 Com, 30,000' V4 No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 12,000' 5/4 No. 2 Com. 30.000' Wide Box Boards 18,000' 6/4 No. 0 Com. 50.000' Narrow Box Boards PLAIN RED OAK 200.000' 4/4 1st & 2nds 250.000' 4/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 70,000' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 40,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com. 100.000' 140.000' 30.000' 5/4 1st & 2nds 5/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 6/4 1st & 2nds PLAIN MIXED OAK 95.000' 6/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 40,000' 4/4 Sound Wormy MISCEI.T.ANEOIIS eo.OOO' 4/4 No. 3 Com. 75.000' 6/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Elra 30.000' 6/4 No. 3 Com. 25.000' 6/4 Nos. 2 & 3 Com. Elm QUARTERED RED Gill 15,000' 4/4 Log Run Locust 200,000' 8/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. 45,000' 4/4 Log Run Sycamore ' 30,000' 4/4 No. 1 Cora. 30,000' 4/4 9" to 12" Cottonwood QUARTERED SAP GUM 15.1)00' 8/4 & 10/4 STiop & Btr. 150,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Cyp ress BROWN & HACKNEY. Inc. Regular Widths and Lengths 100.000' 12/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM 200.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 17.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM 150,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. SAP GUM 30,000' 5/3" Log Run 1,50.000' 4/4" No, 1 Com. i Btr. 15.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 60.000' 4/4" Box Bds.. 9-12" 100.000' 4/4" Box Bds.. 13-17" 30,000' 4/4" FAS. 13" up HICKORY 32.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 31.000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 27.000' 4/4" FAS 82.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 10,000' 10/4" FAS 12.000' 12/4" FAS 12.000' 16/4" FAS PLAIN RED OAK 15.000' 4/4" FAR-, 8-10' 45.000' 4/4" FAS 40,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 75,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED AN1) WHITE OAK 100,000' 10/4" No, 1 Com. & Btr 300.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com, & Btr, Ferguson & Palmer Co. This Stock Is Dry and Runs in Regular Widths and Lengths HONEY LOCUST ' 4/4" Log Run SAP GUM ■ 4/4" FAS ' 4/4" No, 1 Com. ' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 4/4" No. 3 Com. ' 4/4" Box Boards. 8 to 12" 4/4" Box Boarda. 13 to 18" ' 5/4" FAS ' 5/4" No. 1 Com. ' 6/4" FAS . ' 6/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN \VHITE OAK "■ 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 6/4" No. 1 Com. &. Btr. ' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. ' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN BED OAK ■ 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. ' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr^ PENROD-JURDEN & McCOWEN, ASH 50.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. tr Btr. 10.000 230,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com, tr. Btr. 3.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com ft Btr. 20.000 9.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com H. Btr. 66,000 75,000' 4/4" No, 2 Com. 214,000 30.000' 12/4" Log Run MAPT.F. 100.000 30.000 30.000 12/4" Log Run 40,000 10.000' 8/4" Log Run 18,000 PLAIN RED GUM 105,000 15.000' 4/4" FAS 10,000 350.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000 35.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED SUM 25.000 40.000 4/4" No. 1 Com. CYPRESS 65.000 23.000 40.000 4/4" Log Run 66,000 6.000 5/4" Log Run 3.000 6/4" Log Bun 125,000 9.000 8/4" Log Bun 100,000 OUR AIM To make well and to trade fairly. To prolit not alone in dollars but in the good will of those with whom we deal. To correct our errors. To improve our op- portunities and to rear from the daily work a structure which shall ho known for all that's best in business. OAK. HICKORY, ASH CYPRESS, TUPELO, COTTONWOOD GUM. SYCAMORE, ELM, MAPLE MEMPHIS BAND MILL CO. M.Wl'F.ACTURERS SAP GUM 5 cars 1" FAS 3 cars 5/4" FAS 5 care 6/4- F.iS 7 cars 4/4- Box Boarda. 9 to 12 12 carl 4/4" 13 to RED 17" Box GUM Bo ards 5 cars 13/17- FAS 2 cars 5/4" FAS 2 cars 6/4- FAS 5 cars 4/4- No. 1 Com. 1 car 5/4- Nil. I Com. 9 cars e/4" No. 1 Com. QUAHTERZD SAP GUM 4 o«re 8/4" No. 1 Com. A Btr. 2 cirs l»/4" No. 1 Com. h Btr. I can 12/4' No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK b cars 4/4- FAS 1 car S/4- FAS 1 car 6/4" FAS f cars 4/4- No. 1 Com. 2 cars 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6 cars 4/4' No. 2 Com. 1 car 5/4- No. 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 10 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr 3 cars 5/4- No, 1 Com. & Btr. 2 cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. A Btr. S cars 4/4- No. 2 Com. 1 car 6/4- No. S Com. 10 cars 6/4- No. 3 Com. ELM 4 cars 5/4- Log Run 2 cars 6/4- Log Run 2 cars «/4- Log Run 2 cars 10/4 " tx)£ Run « cars ia/4- Log Bun J. H. BONNER Sc SONS POPLAR 35.000' 1" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 28.000' I'i" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 15.000' 1%" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 28.000' 2" No. 2 Com. 16.000' 4" No. 1 Com. & FAS ELM 12,000' 1%" Log Run 27,000' 3" Log Bun QUARTERED BED GUM 14,000' 1%" No. 1 Com. & FAS 41,000' 2" FAS 15,000' 2" No. 1 Com. PLAIN RED GUM 12,000' 1" FAS 46,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 6,000' IVi" Dog Boards 9,000' 2" Dog Boards SAP GLTII 35.000' 1x13-17" Box Boards 24.000' 1x8-12" Box Boards 75.000' 1" FAS 15.000' 1" No. 1 Com. 16.000' 1" No. 2 Com. PLAIN OAK I'lS.OOO' I" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 45, CO' Hi" No. 2 Com/ & Btr. 48,000' 1%" No. 2 Com. & Btr. .tS.OOO' 2" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 85.000' 2%" No. 2 Com, & Btr. 52.000' 3" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 48,000' 4" No. 2 Cora. & Btr. 135,000' 1", I'A", H4" No. 3 Com. MISCELLANEOUS STOCK 12,000' 2" Log Run Hickory 27,000' 2%" Log Run Maple 4,000' 1" Log Run Walnut 12,000' 1" Tenn, Red Cedar Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. SAP GUM 35,000' 4/4" Panel. 18" & up 100.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 13 to 17" 200,000' 4/4" Box Boards. 7 to 12" 100.000' 4/4" FAS. 13 to 17" 150,000' 4/4" FAS, 6 to 12" 200,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 150,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com, SELECTED RED GUM 250,000' 4/4" FAS 300,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 5/4" FAS 50.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 60.000' 6/4" PAS 150,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 40.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 100.000' 4/4" FAS 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 15,000' 40,000' 15,000' 20,000" 50,000' 50.000' 30.000' 5/4" 5/4" 6/4" 6/4" 8/4" 10/4 12/4 FAS No. 1 Com, FAS No. 1 Com. Cora. & Btr. ' Com. & Btr ' Com. & Btr. SOFT ELM 150.000' 20.000' 200.000' 75.000' 60.000' 4/4" 5/4" 8/4" 10/4 12/4 Log Run Log Run Log Run ' Log Run ' Log Run SOFT MAPLE 20,000' 35,000' 50.000 ' 25.000' 4/4" 6/4" 8/4' 10/4 Log Run Log Bun Log Bun ' Log Run PECAN 35.000' 8/4" Log Run GEO. C. BROWN & CO. iiiiiiiiiHiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iHiiiiHHnniiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinirTb;^YiiiMM^^^ 1^ il li i 111 i III ^1 I s? I li I AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited If You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD December 25, 191S IW i § MBMF>Hl Regulur It itltlis and Lengths; Dry gUARTEHEII WHITE OAK 15.000' 4/4" Select. 29.000' 3/8" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED OAK 13.000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora. 8.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 8.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 43.000' 4/4" FAS. 27.000' 5/4" FAS. 8.000' 6/4" FAS. 8.000' 3/8" No. 1 Com. 198.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com, 85.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 76.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 150.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 12.000' 12/4" FAS. 50,000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. ELM 18.000' 4/4" Log Run. 71.000' 6/4" Log Bun. 63.000' 8/4" Log Run aiiU.UUII' 12/4" IjOg Hull. 157.000' 16/4" Log Run COTTONWOOD 150,000' 4/4" No. 1 and No. 2 Com. 12,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com., 12" up. ASH 13.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Blr. 16.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 39.000' 6/4" No. 3 Com. MAPLE 14.000' 16/4" Log Kun QTD. BLACK GUM 13,000' 4/4" FAS. HICKORY 16,000' 8/4" No. 2 & Btr. 15.000' 12/4" No. 2 & Btr. QUARTERED SYCAMORE 14.000' 4/4" Log Run, CYPRESS 23.000' 8/4" Selects, 20.000' 12/4" Selects. 80.000' 4/4" Shop. 125.000' 8/4" Shop. Stimson Veneer & Lbr. Co. Regular H'idths and Lengths, 7 Months' Dry SAP GIM COTTONWOOD 100.000' 4/4' Box Bds,. 9-12" 80.000' 4/4" FAS 130,000' 4/4' Box Eds.. 13-17" PLAIN OAK ino.ooo' 4/4' FAS 11. .500' 5/4" FAS ,50.000' 4/4' No. 1 Com, 6.000' 8/4" FAS 100.000' 4/4' No. 2 Com. 25,000' 10/4" FAS PLAIN RED GUM 13,000' 12/4" FAS 65.000' 4/4- FAS 22.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 195.000' 4/4' No. 1 Com. 22.500' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 1,500' 8/4' FAS 6.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com, 4.50(1' 8/4' No, 1 Com. 75.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com, QUARTERED RED GITH 39.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com, 10.000' 4/4' FAS 18.000' 4/4" No, 2 Com. 4.000' .S/4' FAS CYPRESS 2.000' 6/4' FA.S 19,000' 4/4" Shop & Btr, 15.000' 8/4' FAS. 12 mos. dry 26.000' 8/4" Shop & Btr. 31.000' 4/4' No. 1 Com, MAPLE 16,000' 5/4' No. 1 Com, 25.000' 12/4" Lug Run 500' 6/4' No, 1 Com. ELM 17.600' ,V4' No, 1 Com,. 12 mos. 15.000' 6/4" Log Run dry 22.000' 12/4" \,.K ll'ih BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO. DRY' ASH 38.000' 4/4" FAS, 10-12", 8-16' 10,000' 6/4" FAS, 10-12", 8-16' 15.000' 8/4" FAS. 10-12". 8-16' 28.500' 12/4" FAS. 12" up. 8-16' 11.500' 16/4" FAS. 12" up. 8-16' 12.500' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. 10" up. 8-16' 79.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com., 10" up, 8-16' 45.000' 5/4" FAS. 6-9". 8-10' 24.000' 5/4" FAS. 6-9". 8-16' 12.000' 8/4" FAS. 6-9", 8-10' 120,000' 8/4" FAS. 6-9". 8-16' 150.000' 12/4" FAS. 6" up, 8-16' 18.500' 16/4" FAS. 6" up. 8-16' 17.500' 20/4" FAS. 6" up. 8-16' 10..500' 6/4" to 16/4" Aeroplane (Regular Widths and LengthJ 7.000' 4/4" No, 1 Com. 66.500' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 76.400' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 300.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 40.000' 10/4" No, 1 Com. 4.000' 4/4" STiorts 6.000' 4/4" Strips, 2l4-5%4" 15,000' 5/4" Strips, 2%-5i4" 15.500' 6/4" Strips, 2^4-5%" 17.500' 8/4" Strips. 2%-5%" 43.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. 11,500' 12/4" No. 2 Com. MAPLE 15.000' 12/4" Irf>g» Run DUDLEY LUMBER CO., Inc. ASH 10.000' 8/4" No, 1 Com, BEECH 1 car 6/4" Log Bun 10.000' 8/4" Log Run 2 cars 10/4" Ix»g Run CYPRESS 50.000' 4/4" Sliop & Btr, 40,000' 5/4" Shop & Blr. 6.000' 12/4" Shop & Bir. ELM 12.000' 5/4"Log Run 11,000' 16/4" No. 1 Com. i ' RED GUM 15.000' 4/4" Cum. & Btr 25.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr, 25.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. SAP GUM 255.000' 4/4" Cora. & Btr. ■200.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM 2 cars 4/4" Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK -1 ,,.J^T^ ' 1" Is fi 2s 2 cars 8/4" Is & 2s PLAIN RED OAK 1 car 1/4" Cora. & Btr, 3,000 5/4" Is & 2s 5.000 6/4" Is & 2s 3.000 8/4" Is & 2s ,50.000 4/4" No. 1 Com, 9.000 6/4" No. 1 Com, 57.000 5/4" Ixig Run 35.000 8/4" Log Bun 12,000 12/4" Bridge Plank POPLAR 15,000' 4/4" Cora. & Btr, 15,000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 50.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 100. 000' 8/4" No. 2 Cora. 3.000' 10/4" No. 2 Cora. 3.000' 12/4" No, 2 Com. SAP GUM 75.000' 4/4" FAS 50,000' 4/4" FAS. 13" & up 1110.0(10' 4/4" No. I Com, 1(1(1 ()()((' 4/4" No, 2 Com. 15.000' 5/4" FAS 30.00(1' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 38.000' 6/4" FAS 42.00(1' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. 30,000' 8/4" FAS 22.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. BED GUM 70.000' 4/4" PAS 150. OOO' 4/4" No. 1 Com, 2,5. 000' 5/4" FAS 35.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 18.000' 6/4" FAS 20,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. GUM no. 000' 4/4" Bos Bds.. 13-17" 33,000' 4/4" Box Bds,. 9-12" QUARTERED RED GUM 12.000' 4/4" FAS QUARTERED GUM (Sap No Defect) 75.000' 6/4" FAS 75.000' 6/4" No, 1 Com. COTTONWOOD 15.000' 4/4" FAS. 10" & up 15.000' 4/4" FAS. 6-12" 50.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora.. 13" & up 100,000' 5/4" Nos, 1 & 2 Com. BED OAK 15.000' 4/4" FAS 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 (3om. 100.000' 4/4" No, 2 Com. WHITE OAK 15.000' 4/4" FAS 75.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 75.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 30.000' 8/4" FAS 30,000' 8/4" No, 1 Cora THANE LUMBER CO. Paepcke Leicht Lumber Co. i I Manufactureri v^m^-.^ SPEaAL'HE.S: BAND MILLS: ^^ Cottonwwxl, O0lltnem Helena. AHt. Red and Sap Gum, u • i BlythavUU, Ark. i S ^ Red and White Oal<, HaraWOOdt CreenvllU, MIm. |g| Crpras, Elm. Cair*, HI. _ , General Olfica CONWAY BUILBING CHICAGO, ILL This Stock Is Dry and Runs in Regular Widths and Lengths ELM 1 car 8/4" Log Run 1 car 12/4" Log Run I car 16/4" Log Run BLACK GUM 1 car 4/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM 1 car 6/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED BED GUM 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 6/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 8/4" FAS 1 car 8/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 1 car 4/4" FAS. 13" wide 1 car 4/4" Box Bds., 9 to 12" wide 1 car 4/4" Box Bds., 13 to 17" wide PLAIN RED OAK 1 car 4/4" FAS 1 car 6/4" FAS SOUND WORMY OAK 1 car 4/4" Com, & Btr. QUARTE^IED WHITE OAK 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Com. The Mossman Lumber Co. Regular Widths and Lengths 10.000 Com. COMPANY COTTONWOOD 30,000' 8/4" Is & 2s, 9 mo, dry 10.000' 12/4" Is & 2s. 9 mo, dry 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com., 6 mo. dry 100,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com.. 6 mo. dry RED GUM 25.000' 4/4" Is & 2s. 9 mo. dry 12.000' 4/4" Is & 2s, 10-12'. 12 mo. dry 50.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com,. 8 mo, dry 15.000' 6/4" Is & 2s. 14 rao, dry 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 0)m., 14 mo. dry SAP GUM 12.000' 4/4" Box Bds., 8-12", 11 mo. dry 40.000' 4/4" Box Bds,. 13-17", II m(i, dry 100,000' 4/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com., 6 rao. dry 50,000' 6/4" Is & 2s, 14 mo, dry 30.000' 4/4" Is &. 2s, 6 mo. dry SOFT ELM 75.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr., 7 mo. dry 75,000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr., 9 mo. dry 15.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr, 9 rao, dry 30,000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 14 mo. dry SYCAMORE 9.000' 10/4" No, 2 Com, & Btr,. 13 mo. dry GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO. ^1 SS!SS?SSSSSSS»SSS lllillllllliililllllilllilliiiiiiliniiiiilliliiii!iiiiiiiiHiiH!iiiMni:.Hit»jg»^ AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD DecemlpiT 2ri. IftlS HARDWOOD RECORD 15 ililiiilSil^iiiMI 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 mi tht above statements, try our polished surface floor- ing, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, with matched ends and holes for blind nailing— you'll find it reduces the expense of laying and polishing. Our Booklet teU9 all about Hardwood FUTinp and how to care for it — also prices — and is free. The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. 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 •f 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 & Qtd. -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 oa 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. r iiiiiiiiiiC]iMiMiiiiii[]itiiiiiiiMi[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiitiiniiioiMiiiiiiiit]iiniiiiiiiic]iiniiMiiiiE]iiniiiitiiin^ COMMERCIAL I KILN DRYING Modem Kilns i We do a large amount of this work and are in a position to quote prices that will be satisfactory. Wire or write us, or better still, send along your ship- ments of lumber for kiln drying and they vv^ill be taken care of, WILLIAM HORNER REED CITY, MICHIGAN Lidgerwood Cableway Skidders with Mechanical Slack Puller Multiple Skidding Lines These exclusive features of the Lidgerwood Skidders reduce time of hooking on logs to a minimum. Send for catalogues LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO. Originators of Overhead and Ground Steam Logging Machinery Chicago 96 Liberty St., New York Seattle New Orltam: Canada: Woodward. Wljtit i Co.. Ltd. Canadian Allls-Chalmera, Ltd.. Toronto •>BiiiiniiiDiiNiiijiinniiiiiiiiiiii[]ijiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiii!iii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiimiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiii*^ All Three of U. Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 14 HARDWOOD RECORD December 25. 1918 SAP AND RED GUM ALL KINDS SOUTHERN HARDWOODS CRATING "We specialize in furnishing Fac- tory Stock, including all grades and thicknesses of Cypress, Sap, Red, Tupelo and Black Gum, Cot- tonwood, Oak, Elm, Sycamore and Ash. Permit us to take care of your orders." WRITE us QUALITY & SERVICE OUR MOTTO CORNELIUS LUMBER COMPANY St. Louis Missouri THIN POPLAR 1/4'', 3/8", 1/2", 5/8", 3/4", 7/8" SURFACED TWO SIDES 5/8", 3/4", 4/4", 5/4", 6/4", 8/4", 12/4", 16/4" ROUGH QUARTERED WHITEOAK Plain White and Red Oak RED— GUM—SAP WHITE, ASH CYPRESS G. H. Evans Lumber Co. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. J BUSS-COOK OAK CO, BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS MANUFACTURERS Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. As Well As OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried or kiln dried, rough or dressed MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 'TOTOft^Ka;iii3^t'a!>ii';jtW)!iiiTOitW!)^^ Table of Contents REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: General Market Conditions IS-lft Hardwood Manufacturers Are Organized 16- SPECIAL ARTICLES: Important Announcements from Washington 34, 36 and 38 A Year of Healthful Growth 33 Expiration of Certain Lumber Prices 33 Traffic Bureau in Contemplation 33 Log Scarcity in South , 33 Farmer Will Repair and Build 3? The Future of the Veneer and Panel Business ! 25, 25a and 28a Wood- Mosaic Company, Inc 28e-32 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Hardwood Manufacturers* Amalgamation Completed 17-24 and 33 Miscellaneous v 39-41 WITH THE TRADE 40 PERTINENT INFORMATION 41-42 HARDWOOD NEWS 42-47 HARDWOOD MARKET 47-49 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 50-51 ADVERTISING DIRECTORY 53 HARDWOODS FOR SALE 51-52 and 54 ..SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: In the United Statei and Us possesalona, and Canada, |2.00 the year; In foreign countrtea, Sl.OO extra poatage. In conformity with the rules of the poatofflce department, aubacriptlvn* are payable In advance, and In default of written orders ta the centr&ry, are continued at our option. I nat ructions for renewal, discontinuance, or change of address, should be sent one week before the date they are to go into effect. Both old and new addresses must be given. Both display and classified advertialng rates furnlahed upon appUcatlen. Advertising copy must be received five daya In advance of publication dates. Entered aa second-class matter May 26, 1902, at the poatofflce at Chicago. 111., under act of March 3. 1879. YOU Don't have to make claims on our shipments. We keep the doubtful boards. SATISFY YOURSELF Your inspector, your shop foreman, with the uni- formly high grades of our perfectly manufactured stock. Oak, Gum, Ash, Elm, Cottonwood, Hickory EVERYTHING IN SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Tell us to quott you. Then wire us to ship. Beaumont Lumber Co. BEAUMONT, TEXAS All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD ^A^i!i^m!;^^!/^ii!Mi^^mm^^ Copyright, The Haedwood Company, 1918 Published in the Interest of the American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Loggin>. Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery, on the 10th and 25lh of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Edgar H. Defebaugh, President Edwin W. Meeker, Managing Editor Hu Maxwell, Technical Editor Seventh Floor Ellsworth Building 537 So. Dearborn Street. CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087-8088 Vol. XLVI CHICAGO, DECEMBER 25, 1918 No. 5 General Market Conditions POOR BUSINESS OR GOOD BUSINESS is almost entirely de- pendent upon the mental attitude of the trade in question. Reviewing the matter from this standpoint, then, there never was a time when the hardwood business had such a promising future as at present. The unanimous opinion of the sellers of hardwood lum- ber and veneers is that the immediate future holds great prospects" ^nd that the outlook for extremely strong business is based upon the strongest kind of a foundation. While there is a scattering of price cutting, this is to be expected even under active demand, for there are always some items piled up here and there throughout the country which must be moved in order to meet individual con- ditions. In general, though, there has been no development in regard to prices which gives any promise of degenerating into wholesale cutting and it is extremely unlikely that anything of this sort will materialize. At the same time, hardwood men should consider the situation carefully before quoting and not make even individual offerings at a sacrifice. The old lack of backbone that has always charac- terized lumbermen, primarily because they have not known their <50sts, and have not been sufficiently organized, has crept into the situation during the past two or three weeks. It is typified very pointedly in the story of a man selling another product to the woodworking factory trade in the middle west. He recently has returned from an extensive trip which he devoted mainly to analj'Zing the situation and lining up the views of the factory heads. In the main, the attitude of the factory man was that he does not ■expect any very large orders immediately, as he believes the furni- ture retailer is waiting for lower prices. The unanimous opinion ■of the furniture men, however, is that furniture prices are going to stick, and in fact, go even higher. There is a very firm and unani- mous opinion on this question and undoubtedly this prediction will come true. At the same time, the very same men retaining the aljove view- point are showing indisposition to buy raw materials, believing that prices may come down. The traveling man in question pointed out to numerous factory men the inconsistency of these two viewpoints, asking if they had been given any encouragement so far as lower price is concerned. The general verdict was that there had been no indication of lessened values in raw materials except lumber and lumbermen had shown sufficient disposition to cut list prices as to give encouragement to the factory man to anticipate further reduction, and it seemed to be the old story over again — the lum- bermen are showing themselves the weak sisters and are willing to let their material go at less prices in spite of the fact that the goods into which their raw material is manufactured will show the same price for an indefinite time in the future. The most stimulating thing possible for any hardwood man is to attend any meeting at which hardwood men gather. There has not lieen a. meeting since peace was declared that has not been a very strong tonic to those present. At least, in their intercourse among themselves, the hardwood men are showing a healthy and normal viewpoint whicli is bound to have a very strengthening effect throughout the trade. Probably this optimism would not serve to effectually control the situation without being backed by condi- tions which any man can see as offering logical reasons for holding up values. The same conditions that have maintained for the past month or six weeks still hold true as being snbst«ntial argument in support of a strong tone throughout the hardwood business. They involve absolute certainty of general resumption in building, which will call for vast quantities of hardwoods; decreased stocks in the North and South as at present on mill yards, and assurance that greatly curtailed log supply will further reduce winter cuts in both regions. This situation will be further aggravated by the fact that under the recent lumber embargo many mills figured that they could not profitably operate and hence closed down and disbanded their organizations, and with labor so tight it was impossible for them to resume even though they might want to do so. To the above is added the mental eft'ect of more accurate determining of lumber costs and the fact that every mill man realizes that the stuff he now has on pile must be sold on the basis of the cost of manufacturing that maintained in the past, and not according to cost of production that will materialize in the next few months. The labor situation seemingly is easier. This does not mean necessarily that wages are any less, but it does mean that the laboring element is less independent and is developing a greater efliciency. Illustrating this point is an interesting case cited by one large southeastern manufacturer. It seems that the company had a blowout of a steam pipe in its hotpond and desired to have repairs completed over Sunday to run on Monday. It required the services of an engineer for this work and when approached on the question, the engineer stated he would not work on Sundays except on double time. He was ordered then to call at the office for his money and the next day approached the general manager of the operation, saying he had been discharged and excused himself by saying he was only "kidding" the foreman when he said he would have to have double time. This little incident comes pretty near typifying the attitude that is developing among the laboring class throughout the country, and while it is certain it will not be taken 16 HARDWOOD RECORD December 191S advantage of generally, as an exeuse for wholesale wage cutting, it will develop greater efficiency and more zeal for the work. Thus it may be expected that lumber put on sticks during the late winter months may possibly show a slightly decreased cost, but none of this stock will be available for shipment before six or eight months at least, and no buyer can count upon decreasing cost of manufacture securing for him less cost for lumber sold which has been man- ufactured on the present cost basis. While producers are being more generally encourageil by the government attitude toward contracts and surplus of high priced materials piled up at the government's orders to handle war work, the machinery is now pretty well organized for handling all of this surplus material in a way that will eliminate any influence on the general market and there is no possibility of radical price reduction to move this material or the dunii>ino of large accumulations so as to disturb the normal situation. The business element throughout the country is rapidly getting back to a normal state of mind and is meeting the problems of read.iustnient sanely and in a way that promises successful solution. The whole question of successful outcome is dependent upon proper organization and upon the general mental attitude. Industry is better organized today than ever and it is entirely likely that war organization may be maintained in peace times under proper con- trol through revision of present federal statutes that are disastrous to co-ordinated work. As to the mental state, no one can question the strength of the country from this standpoint. Hardwood Manufacturers Are Organized WITHOUT THE 8PIK1T BEHIND JT any action .sought through resolution or other parliamentary ways would have little chance of lasting influence. The big thing, then, that resulted from the Louisville amalgamation meeting, the most important gathering of hardwood manufacturers ever brought together in one point, is the fact that the hardwood manufacturing trade is now a solidl.v estalilished body and has put itself in condition to ilo the many things which need to be done in order that the future of the industry may be marked by progress. It is true that the most imposing topic on the program was the grading rules question. It remains a fact thougli, that regardless of what action ma.v have been voted upon as regards grades, such action would constitute merely going through the motions of legislation were the final results not fully backed up by the entire membership. This backing up is not possible without a thorough-going spirit of harmony in the trade. Therefore, as the meeting developed such harmony and awakened a unified desire for eo-operation, the manu- facturing element has put itself in a condition or a situation under which a satisfactory working out of the question of grading rules with the vision of one uniform set of rules for the entire trade as the ideal'Of all is more probable than ever. It appeared at first that the minority report counseling further discussions and conferences between the different flements in the hardwood trade and making possible the avoidance of any conflict within the ranks of the indus- try, was the wiser course of the two. However, with the convincing evidence of unity of spirit within the association membership and the evidence that has already developed showing the desire to really accomplish a sound position and solid alignment on the question of grades, it seems that the action taken is the most promising. This seems, true because had the suggestion to defer action and seeking further conferences prevailed, the position of the industry so far as the question of grades is concerned, would have been much the same as it has been right along. On the other hand, with definite action taken on grades, the manufacturing industry now has its attention definitely focused on this question and has behind it the firm resolve to follow the thing through now that the stai't has been made. The process of following the matter out to a final satis- factory conclusion will be directed along more certain channels and will be assured of success by the fact that the resolution bringing the grading question to a head has resulted in making this a definite • issue and on putting the manufacturers as a single, solid organization behind such effort. .Action toward this end will comprehend intelli- gent consultation with all elements involved and this consultation would not have been easily possible before, as the manufacturing element was never in a position, due to lack of co-ordination, to lend its voice forcibly and with sufficient weight of authority. But the amalgamation has before it the prospects of far-reaching accomplishment in many other directions aside from the question of hardwood grades. Probably the most immediately pressing need is a thorough and intelligent working out of the question of manu- facturing costs. No one thing has a greater liearing on markets, and in the present pei'iod of reconstruction it is evident that the trend of prices in order to intelligently represent value of materials must be governed by changes in the cost of producing the lumber. If these figures are not actually and definitely known, there is no possibility that market changes may reflect anything more than a desire to get business by cutting the other man's figures. If, on the other hand, with the hardwood market in its present strong position, with short stocks at the mills and on the consuming factory yards, the trade can speedily work out a comprehensive cost system that will be elastic and practicable enough to meet every man's individual conditions, a gradual easing down to a more normal state of business will be accompanied by price changes directly reflecting costs'. Another consideration involves the matter of conservation — of bringing before the manufacturing trade as a practical business problem, the question of more fully utilizing the product of the forest. Under this head is comprehended a more sane attitude toward dimension i/rodnction; a more thorough-going study of the final utili- zation of the wood so that the tree may be cut up as nearly as possi- lile to fit in with the ultimate consuming market needs. The lumber trade has always been represented as the proverbial tail wagging or attempting to wag the proverbial dog, meaning that lumber has usually been cut merely to pile on the yards and the consumer has lieeu limited in his choice of purchase by the standard grades of stock that have been turned out. With the best brains of the manu- facturing industry now combined and focused on the question of Mualyzing the consumer's cutting problems, boards may in the ulti- mate future and it is hoped in the near future, be cut not to suit the lumber manufacturer's ideas, but to suit the ideas of the man who cuts it up in the shop. If this is accomplished, the millennium in the hardwood trade would seemingly be on the way, for in any business the most successful operation can come and the most satis- fartory prices result only when the needs and problems of the ulti- mate user are the governing factors in production. It is said that a rolling stone gathers no moss, but all of us can remember that in the kid days when we wanted to roll a giant snowball, we made as big a ball with our hands as we could so as to get a good start when we began to roll. The bigger the ball grew, the more snow it picked up. The idea of the hardwood manu facturing trade has been organization of the whole industry. Here tofore there have been scattered groups here and there, each repre- senting a different element, but no one of them was big enough to- pick up a membership accumulation merely because of its size and weight. 80 this amalgamation may be considered as a nucleus of such formidable dimensions that it gives promise of becoming truly as its name suggests, an association of American hardwood manufac- turers. As it exists now, it is sufficiently representative that it will be able to do big things in a much bigger way than was ever before jiossible. Plans are on foot to push membership development and the result is surely going to be a gradual taking on of hardwood manu- facturing groups here and there until the organization has a real, national scope. This will enable it not only to carry on the progress- ive administration work outlined in its various resolutions adopted at Louisville, but will help it to carry on a vigorous and extensive- trade extension campaign in behalf of hardwoods that will be pro- ductive of more and greater returns than was ever even hoped for under the present system of limited group campaigns. Without question, the Louisville meeting, which was unique not only because of the spirit of organization and of the optimism of everyone present, but because of the cleanness of the entire proceed- ings both in and out of the sessions, will be remembered as the most impressive and result-producing gathering that has ever taken place. December 2S, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 17 The Following Resolution Provides for New Manufacture-Consumer Rules Whereas, The hardwood lumber industry has for many years been confronting serious problems touching the manufacture and distribution of its products, which problems, due to lack of co- operative effort within the industry, remain unsolved today; and Whereas, By reason of the revolutionary changes takmg place today in the spiritual and economic life of the world, due to the great war, we find these problems confronting us with more insistent demand for solution, and in addition new and per- plexing problems whose meaning and force we are as yet unable to grasp or measure, although they must be met and solved; and Whereas, Our old national isolation is gone and our country is at the beginning of a new economic life in which it must battle with the world for commercial existence, and while we vvill eventually win is not doubted, that we will do so while clinging to the old self-centered chaotic and wasteful industrial spirit is impossible. We cannot blink the facts, we dare not ignore them; and • -.i, n Whereas, We have come together at this convention with all those who see the need of co-operative effort within our indus- try united in the common cause of our nation, our industry and ourselves, to attack and solve our problems, to define the prin- ciples which shall guide us and to outline policies squaring with these principles, thereby welding our forces into a mighty con- structive power; and . Whereas, Our success depends upon a clear and unequivocal adoption of principles and a specific, practical, constructive pro- gram in full accord with these principles as well as the letter and spirit of the law; therefore, , .. , Be it Resolved, by the American Hardwood Manufacturers Association in convention assembled this eighteenth day of De- cember, 1918, that this is an organization of manufacturers to deal with problems which are fundamentally manufacturers problems, chief among which are a uniform cost-finding system, scientific grading rules, market stability, advertising of our products, improvement and standardization of our manufacturing processes, the compilation of reliable statistics, the labor prob- lem foreign trade, elimination of unfair practices, and close con- tact'with our government in matters affecting our industry. We propose to meet these problems in a spirit of unity, earnest co- operation and loyal adherence to the will of the majority and by exercising our right to handle our own problems without inter- ference or limitations except that imposed by fundamental eco- nomic principles, the laws of the land, and the highest ideals of public policy. ■• , j it Resolved, That this association immediately adopt rules tor the grading and measurement of hardwood lumber and that the definition, application and administration of such rules be gov- erned by the following general principles, to-wit : In general the purpose of grading lumber is to so classify the product of the log with relation to its dimensions and the nature and location of the defects as to enable the consumer to readily get that portion of what the log produces as is best suited to his needs; and further, that the price may bear a logical relation to the qualitv of the product, recognizing that as values rise and supply diminishes there is greater need of grade refinements. That under this broad principle it is clear that the only party interested in the definition of grades besides the manufacturer is the consumer, and his needs must of necessity be scientifically ascertained and accorded full weight. That the rules must be applied by a corps of trained inspectors under a competent chief inspector who shall be especially charged with the duty of seeing that his inspectors are compe- tent, honest and impartial and thoroughly grounded in the rules and their intelligent and uniform application. As a further means of securing correctness and uniformity in application the inspectors shall be assembled at least once in sixty days for examination and instruction under the chairman of the rules committee, at which meetings all members are entitled to bo present to observe the work and offer criticism and advice for the consideration of the rules committee. That the function of the inspectors be confined to three pui- poses only: First: As arbitrators after a difference on grade or measure- ment on a particular shipment has arisen between buyer and seller. Second: To instruct inspectors employed by members of the association at their mills upon request of the member for the purpose of securing uniformity in the application of the rules. Third: To inspect shipments destined to the Pacific Coast and to foreign countries and issue official association certificates therefor. That the inspectors shall not be kept permanently in one place but shall be rotated in their work in order to keep them entirely free from local influences. The committee on inspection rules shall formulate inspectioa rules and a sales code, under the above general instructions, and report the same to the board of directors, and the said rules shall be finally approved and become effective on or before February 1, 1919, and shall be under the control of the board of directors. The committee on inspection rules shall also carefully con- sider and work out any proposals looking to the establishment of a single standard for the inspection of hardwood lumber under the general principles set forth above, and make recom- mendations to the board of directors. Manufacturers Amalgamation Completed President R. L. .luia.-n c,f Memplns called together one of the most momentous meetings in the history of the hardwood business at Louisville on Tuesday, December 17. The meeting, which took ,.lace at the Seelbach hotel, lasted for two days and resulted in the adoption of important resolutions, resolving itself in the main around the question of whether the association representing the merger of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association and the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States, should formulate its own rules for the grading of hardwood lumber and administer those rules. It went on record in the affirmative by adopting the resolution presented by E. O. Eobinson, chairman of the resolutions committee, the resolution providing that rules must be completed and be made effective by the rules committee not later than February 1, 1919. The association also organized itself for a vigorous and extensive uniform cost investigation, and is committed to a broad trade ex- tension campaign. Delegates Welcomed The meeting opened with an address of welcome delivered by Joseph Dawson, assistant district attorney of Louisville, who spoke in behalf of Mayor Smith, who was unable to be present. He ex- tended an invitation to the association to locate its headquarters at Louisville. .lames L. Hamill, attorney for the W. M. Bitter Lumber Company, Columbus, O., responded very humorously in behalf of the asso- ciation. President's Address ■ President .Uirdeu then delivered his address as follows: This meeting has been called by your executive committee, as a special meeting of vour association, in compliance with an agreement made be- tween the executive committees of this association ana the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States, the conditions of which are entirely familiar to you all. It is likewise the arst annual meeting of the association. A little less than a ye:ir ago this organization had its l)irth in Memphis, Tenn being, as vou know, the outgrowth or consolidation of the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association and the American Oak Manufactur- ers' Association. The Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association was born of desire to improve their conditions as gum lumber producers and It has been and is still spoken of in general lumber circles as one of the conspicuously successful lumber organizations. The American Oak Manu- facturers' Association was only one year old but was a husky infant and was making rapid strides. It was the thought that a consolidation of those two organizations and the enlargement of their work for the pur- pose of administering to the needs of other woods was desirable and would be highly beneficial. The association started under many difficulties of operation. Our secre- tary and manager, Mr. Pritchard, being in Washington on government work his services to the association were not available for some time after the organization started. His assistants, however, rendered valu- 18 HARDWOOD RECORD December 25. 1918 able service. Confusion existod in the minds of members which took much time to correct and likewise it was difl5cult to change the system of sales reports from a monthly to a weekly basis. I am very happy to say that practically all of the moinbors of the two old organizations are active members of the present organization. It is also pleasing to -have had the support of .so many new members who were not members of either of the old organizations. At our semi-annual meeting in June, the hope was expressed that our membership would grow until we reached a total annual log scale produc- tion or one billion feet and our records show that figure was reached and passed on November 1. ' During the past month we have received the application of eighijty-five ■concerns not before affiliated. These come from the membership of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association in response to the request from the executive committee of that association that their members join the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. I sincerely hope that all of our members fully appreciate the unselfishness and the broad atti- tude taken by the officers, directors and guiding men of the Hardwood Manufacturers" Association in giving up an organization which they founded and had supported for twenty years. They stood steadfastly by its standards and were faithful to the principles it stood for and it means no small sacrifice to them to see it disbanded. We hold in our bauds today, at this meeting, the golden opportunity to enlarge this organiza- tion to the point where it is truly representative of the great industry of hardwood lumber manufacturers. I lay stress on the fact that it is to be a manufactureis' association. I hold that the wholesaler or dealer has no inter- est or place in the organization and its work. The problems of the manufacturer, whether he is in the hills or the delta, are much the same. He is conducting the same operation of felling trees. sawing them into lumber and marketing their product. Therefore, such an organization as we have here and propose to expand and enlarge, should handle only the problems of common inter- •est to hardwood lumber manufacturers. For fear I may be misunderstood, let me make it clear that I am not one who feels that the wholesaler and dealer of lumber has no proper place in the scheme of lumber merchandising. I hold that the reputable wholesaler and dealer of lumber occupy a very necessary place and perform an essential function and there should be close co-operative effort between the manufacturer and the whole- saler or dealer. Some of my best friends and customers are wholesalers and dealers and I do ■quite a bit of it myself, therefore, I know his problems, and I likewise know the problems of the manufacturer and the wholesaler are totally and entirely different. The agreement between the executive commit- tees of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States and this association provides that the question as to whether or not this asso- ciation will adopt and administer rules of inspec- tion to be decided at this meeting and this is to be done after a full, frank and impartial discus- sion of the matter and the majority vote of the membership shall decide the question. At the first meeting of the membership of this association held last January in Memphis, a resolution was adopted and under the conditions of this resolution the association was to refrain from taking up the question of inspection rules and was to give its best efforts to bringing about uniform and standard inspection of hardwood lumber. The ofl5cers of your association have rigidly adhered to that policy and have lent aid to every plan that had uniform inspection for its purpose. I am sorry to say that all of those efforts have failed. It is. however, quite right and proper for this matter to be brought up again at this meeting, and. this being an annual meeting, the same- power that existed in the annual meeting last January to vote for the adoption of a neutral policy on inspection rules has now the^same right to reserve or reaffirm that policy. For the past year we have labored under many difficulties of opera- tion ; serious car shortages ; labor situation ; embargoes and at times governmental restrictions and regulations. It has required the continued efforts of the best brains in the industry to solve these problems. Thank God, and the staying qualities of our allies on the western front, holding out until our boys could come with the necessary reserves, the restric- tions and regulations at Washington are no longer necessary. We have heard in the past few weeks much of the word "reconstruc- tion." It is a tremendous word at this time and full of meaning to us all. We have for months been discussing after-war conditions and many of the government departments have gently hinted we should so shape our course and policies that we might be in a position to reap the bene- fits that are sure to be ours if we stand shoulder to shoulder and pursue wise and sound policies. The sudden ending of the war has produced an unprecedented condi- tion in the general lumber markets and undoubtedly, as the building pro- R. M. CARRIER, SARDIS, WHO HEADS NEW HARDWOOD MERGER gram will occupy first place, it will be true that the so-called soft woods will be the first to feel the benefits and increased demands. Naturally, however, the hardwoods will follow closely. It is unquestionably true that the stocks of hardwoods in the hands of mills today are low and that the supplies of hardwood lumber in the hands of the consuming trade are much below normal. Facing as we are the winter season and with perhaps the lowest production of hardwood by the mills ever known, there is no reason why hardwood values should decline. There are cer- tain special items in hardwoods which, due to war demands, have sky- rocketed in prici- and these prices on such special items must come to normal levels of value, but the majority of standard grades and thick- nesses and kinds "of hardwood lumber can be expected to hold the present values. The hardwood nuiuufacturer is not in a position to reduce the price of his lumber and there is no commodity of anything like such importance as hardwood lumber that has advanced in price so little, and yet the increased cost of manufacturing hardwoods has been proportionate with the increased cost of manufacturing other important commodities. The consumer of hardwood lumber, naturally pessimistic on hardwood values, will refrain from buying as long as possible but when he has found the mills cannot make reduction in their lumber, buying will commence and there will be good business for the hardwood industry for some time to come. The labor situation is better but far from being normal. We are un- doubtedly even now getting greater efficiency from our labor than we have for the past twelve or eighteen months and while wages continue high, they will undoubtedly remain high, and, In my opinion, it will be unwise to attempt to, mate- rially reduce wages until the high costs of living are materially reduced. The problem, therefore, must solve itself and it must be a gradual solu- tion. There are a few matters which I wish to call to the attention of this meeting and which I sug- gest should be very fully discussed and acted upon : First : That the meeting give very serious con- sideration to the question of this association's affiliating with the National Lumber Manufac- turers' Association. Second : That careful consideration be given to the question of affiliation of this association with the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and likewise affiliation with the American Chamber of <'ommerce in London : Third : That the meeting also give considera- liou to the retention of and the expansion of the legal department, and work out a plan having in view a permanent legal department. Fourth : There has been, in the past, two dis- tinct plans of gathering and disseminating sales and stock information by the two associations. The American Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa- tion has followed the plan of reporting each actual sale, without name of customer or destination, and it has been compiled into a weekly report showing the actual transaction as regards feet- age, grade and price; the Hardwood Manufactur- ers' Association has been using the "open com- petition" plan wherelty the fcetage, grade and price of past sales are shown. In connection with that, they have operated an inspection service to test the grades of the shippers and to make com- parisons of the grades furnished by each shipper. Both plans have for their object the purpose of assisting the manu- facturer to market his lumber. There can be no question but what either one or both of the plans have immense value, but every plan has value only so far as it has the united support of every manufacturer in the industry, and it is only by each member sending In promptly the information that he may be called upon to furnish that the information has value and if it were possible to get 100 per cent report from each member, the information so, compiled would be of tremendous value to every hardwood manufacturer. In closing, please do not forget that you have here in this great or- ganization a vehicle, tremendous in its possibilities, to help you and your business. I urge you to use it and use it freely, your suggestions and your constructive criticisms, it and I speak knowingly. Remember that the only and sole limitation organization to you depends entirely and wholly upon the use you wish to make of it. Offer to your officers They will appreciate »n the value of this Address of the Secretary John M. Pritchard, secretary-manager of the association, deliv- ered an informative and interesting account of the association work during the past year. He referred to the work of the Southern December 2r,. 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 19 Hardwood Emergency Bureau wliich he headed at Washington, 1). C. He told of the very valuable assistance the association had given to the government in the way of securing information on manufacturing capacity of the hardwood trade and said that the work had greatly clarified the government's ojnnions and under-, standings of the hardwood business. He referre^l to the organiza- tion of the rotary gum veneer association, which was consummated as a war measure through the American Hardwood Mannfacturers ' Association. Secretary Pritchard dwelt u[icui tin- niriiibershiii developiuent of the association, which was co.'ored more fnlly in the membership commi'ttee's report. Reference was also made to the departmental work carried on by the gum. oak, rotary veneer and dimension de- partments. He referred to traile extension work, stating that it will be kept up by the different de]iartments. The report then touche 34.74 Sap gum. No. 1 Com 17.50 30.25 Sap gum, No. 2 Com 14. uU 2G.7r» lie said that he does not claim all of this progress for the asso- c-iatioii work, but that at least fifty ])er cent of it is due to the association 's campaigns. lie maintained that a si.v cent assessment is too suiall and recom- nieuded that the association conn' up to the full ten cents a thon- santl as an absolute minimum. Treasurer's Report The secretary then read the report of Treasurer William M. Pritchard, who was absent, showing receipts, $79,374.40; disburse- ments, .$75,314.82, leaving a balance on hand of $4,0.59.58. Recommends Interesting Oak Publicity Features K. A. Lang, chairm.-in i>f the oak department, reported for his section, showing that a mail campaign resulted in fixing an assess- ment of four cents a thousand feet log scale. Referring to the advertising, he said that this ran from June, 191S, and will be maintained up to March, 1919, under the present schedule. One third of the advertising has appeared in engineering .and railroad publications to boost the sale of liill stock and similar materials. The appro- priation was assessed on a total cut of 309,- 475,000 feet. He recommended direct and follow-up work in many directions. One of the most inter- esting features recommended by Mr. Lang was the inauguration of a national oak furniture ^^,^^^^_, week which would involve a several months' • ^^^^*' campaign to organize the furniture retailers all over the country offering prizes for the best window displays of oak furniture, and also prizes to the manufacturer whose lino is in the winning exhibit. The only condi- tion would be that the stores would have to exhibit three signs, one prior to the exhibit calling attention to the coming oak week; one during the exhibit stating that it was being carried on by the oak association, and one general sign devoted to oak. The ex- hibits would be judged by competent men on the basis of photographs. He estimated that this work would cost from $30,000 to $3.5,000, including magazine advertising. IRIxii PRESIDENT Mr. Lang recommended the establishment and maintenance of oak exhibits and asked tor the continued sujiport of the association. C. L. Harrison Reports for Advertising Committee ^ (', L. Harrison, chairman of the advertising committee, then sub- mitted the following report: Large as this association has gmwu and important as,its other functions have become, our older members at least will not forget the fact that we iniginall.v built upon the rock of trade extension and in order to per- petuate ourselves, we must continue to give our first thought to the broad principle of how it is possible to nniintain a demand which is in excess of our ability to supply. The law has said that it is not proper liy agreement to curtail production in order to meet a sluggish market and avoid overstocking with the result that prices tumble down to where there is no profit left for the producer. However, tliere is no law against going out and creating a demand that is so active and so far in excess of normal supply that an active market is automatically created and prosperity results for the industry. The common term "advertising" does not really cover the scope of the work under review. We can probably more gracefully and accurately classify it as "trade extension," and with your permission, I will use that term bereafter In this report. For a number of years I have come before the annual meeting of this association and its predecessors each time pleading for ample funds to carry on the advertising of gum and oak in a way that will bring maxi- mum results to the membership. Considering the fact that for a great many years no attentiim was given by the lumber industry to the problem of publicity in any of its phases, mir progress under limited advertising 20 HARDWOOD RECORD December 25, 1918 or trade extension budgets has been marvelous, but we have only scratched the surface of our possibilities. During this past year we have not only advertised to the consumer, but we have advertised to those in our own Industry who have not become as yet fully convinced thiit trade extension is a vital aid to salesmanship. It is most difficult to trace the results of any advertising campaign, but such maximum results have been shown during the past year that a chart has actually been made showing some of the concrete results which have been obtained. Never again will opportunity come to increase the use and prestige of hardwood lumber in as great a degree as during this period of recon- struction that Is before us. There Is every indication that the demand for steel products, our principal competitor, will be greater than the ability of the producers to supply, and there will consequently be many avenufs of use opened to us which, if intelligently developed, will create a permanent outlet for our product even after the steel situation has leveled itself to a normal basis again. While we have heretofore been content to tai;e care of the development of demand in domestic mariiet, we absolutely must recognize that this country has now become the source of supply for the entire world in the matter of hardwood lumber and we must give very considerable attention to the developments of the export market. Artificial conditions during the past eighteen months have contributed to create and maintain a strong demand for hardwoods, but we must not forget that right around the corner iurlts our competitor, substitute, with a big stuffed club labeled "'advertising" ready to knock us silly if we are not prepared with a similar weapon to retaliate and maintain our ground. My own feeling is that we should not play second fiddle to cypress, but it Is probably impossible to prevail on you to spend fifty cents per thousand feet of .your production to insure such increased mar- ket as will enable the present price levels of gum and oak to be main- tained. There is no question but that such an expenditure would more nearly bring about that condition than any other method which could be devised, but if we are not willing to pass abruptly from the creeping to the running stage, let us at least get up on our hind legs and walk. A careful review of the situation, and analysis of what it Is necessary to do, calls for a budget for gum of $50,000 and for oak of twice that sum. Figuring on last year's cuts, this would mean assessments of approximately 121/2 cents on gum and 33% cents on oak as maximum amounts, but with the very much Increased membership, that is going to result from the plans consummated at this meeting, these sums will un- doubtedly be cut down considerably and the oak assessmeut especially can probably be put at a much less figure and still bring about the result desired. There is not a member of this association who would not gladly pay on tlie above basis for assurance tliat the lumber he produces during 1919 will not tumble off the high perch it now occupies and who believes that without constant repetition of the demand "use wood," the market will not weaken appreciably enough to effect values several dollars per thousand feet. Therefore, this proposed trade extension fund should be considered absolutely in the light of price iusurance. As for the proper u.se of any sum allotted for advertising, I feel that the past performances of our department managers for gum and oak absolutely Insures that every dollar will be wisely and economically spent. This meeting Is destined to go down in lumber history as the most eventful one ever held and I do hope that it will also be marked as the turning point where we lumbermen cast off our old theories and prejudices about advertising being a gift or an expense and consider it instead as a proper and legitimate Item of investment. Feeling that the statements I have made merely reflect the individual feelings of the members present I desire to conclude this report at this stage and offer the following resolutions : Whereas, This association is founded on the broad principle that in order to create stable and satisfactory conditions in the Industry, it is necessary' to enlarge the demand for its products by legitimate means so that the supply shall not exceed the demand, and Wheheas, This purpose has been accomplished In the past by means of advertising and exploiting the products of the industry to the general public in a manner which has greatly stimulated consumption, and Whereas, It has I>ecomo apparent that unless much greater efforts are mode in the future than in the past to hold the prestige already acquired for wood, and increase it, the substitutes will encroach on our market to uur great detriment ; therefore, be It HcsoJuciI, That the membership of this association recognize fully the needs of a vigorous trade extension campaign on oak and gum and to this end will pledge itself to raise a trade extension fund of $50,000 for gum and $100,000 for oak to be realized by assessment of each member at the rate of not over 12% cents per thousand feet of his gum cut, and 331/3 cents per thousand feet of his oak cut for the year 1918. Said assessment to l3e levied and collected in the same manner as heretofore and the expenditure of these funds to be made under the direction of the executive committee of the association in such manner as to accomplish all the recommendations sot out in the reports of the chairman of the onk and gum division. The resolution embodied in the report was referred to the resolu- tions committee. Report of Assessment Committee J. W. McClure, chairman of the assessment committee, said that tliere had been very little workj as the co-operation of the member- sliip had been so general. The general assoeiation work was based on an assessment of 1,110,128,101 feet, gum and oak being based on amounts formerly given. This gave revenues of $.30,806. 29. for the general fund; $11,607.83 for oak, and $22,113.72 for gum, a total of $64,527.84 for total work carried on. Mr. MeClure went on to elaborate on the method of assessment .iiiil sliowed the ease witli which it worked. Report of Membership Committee In the absence of W. A. Ransom, Assistant secretary J. T. Kendall read the report of the membership committee, which showed that including eighty-five members brought in through the amalgamation with the Hardwood Manufacturers' Assoeiation, the total Class A membership was 273. This is offset by the loss of seven, giving a net total of 266. The veneer department gives a membership of twenty two, making a total of 2SS. Report on Statistics M. B. Cooper then reported for the committee on reports and sta- tistics. He told of a conference with the secretary at which the E. A. LANG, CHAIE.MAN FOR OAK V. I'lilTCHAED, EE-ELECTED SECRE- TAEY-MANAGEE C. L. HARRISON, CHAIRMAN ADVERTISING COMMITTEE December 23, 191S HARDWOOD RECORD 21 stock and sales reports had Ix'en iiroperly arranged, saying tliat tli(> object has been to make it easy for the meniljei's to send in their reports and to refer to the information later. He snggested that members send in copies of all orders, leaving off customers' names, if they wished, stating that this would make a very simple and easy way of gathering this information. He maintained that the reports have very great value and insisted that no member can keep prop- erly informed on markets without them. There were no reports from the following committees: Inspec- tion rules, terms of sale, costs, rotary veneer department. Report on Dimension Stock E. L. Muse in speaking at the close of the morning session in behalf of the dimension members, said that that business is very freakish, due to the class of labor employed by the manufacturers and to the lack of accurate cutting knowledge on the part of both the manufacturer and the laborer. The result is that the business is very hazardous, but the most hazardous part is the sales price. He deplored the general and overwhelming ignorance which makes it imjiossible to arrive at uniform figures at which the material should be sold. He also deplored the fact that most lumber manufacturers cut out a certain amount of dimension materials as a side line, figuring that it is a side issue, and are willing to dump it for almost any amount they can get for it. Mr. Muse stated that the dimension business must show some profit just as does any other business or the manufacturer will eventually be bankrupt. Among the forty members of the dimension department there ex- ists very little co-operation, and hence it is difficult to get more mem- bers. This in spite of the fact that, according to Mr. Muse, over 12,000 mills cut dimension stock; ten times as many as cut hardwood lumber. This is divided np, however, into small units, there being myriads of small mills which will always remain small because of lack of organization and knowledge of the business. Appointments President Jurden then appointed as members of the resolutions and officers' committee, K. O. Robinson, chairman; C. L. Harrison and J. W. McClure. Afternoon Session James L. Hamill opened the afternoon session, offering a resolu- tion putting the convention on record as favoring the maintenance of an American merchant marine, continuing the building of ships and so controlling the operation of the merchant marine through legislation so that it can successfully compete with foreign business. The resolution was submitted to the resolutions committee. Manss Delivers Wonderful Address II. \V. Manss, chairman of the War Service Committee of tho ilmrTiber of (lommorce of the United States, gave a wonderfully stirring address ile\*^P WISCONSIN "VENEEER CO. MANUFACTURERS RHINELANDER, WIS. ■|i All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD December 25, 1918 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 28e 28f Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section December 25, 1918 HIS story centers around an organ- ization which in turn centers around a personaUty, that of W. A. McLean, presi- dent of the Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc., New Al- bany, Ind. A study of the organization is in- teresting because it fairly bristles with Scotch ag- gressiveness and pep. The Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc., has been built along sound busi- ness lines, with a thor- ough knowledge of the business as a foundation. Its president was formerly connected with the well- known McLean interests of Buffalo, styled Hugh McLean & Co., which operate in Indiana and the South generally. Mr. McLean, in organiz- ing the first plant of the Wood-Mosaic Company, had in mind quality and availability of timber. While Indiana is con- sidered on the decline as a timber producing state, there are still worlds of fine saw logs to be cut, and the Wood - Mosaic location keeps its supply of unexcelled timber well within reach. Also, the wonderful oay territory of Ken- tucky and West Virginia is easily available. This gives a varied and wonderfully high quality field to draw from. The organization has increased since it was started so that now there are four plants operating, the home plant. New Albany, Ind.; the Highland Park plant in Louisville, Ky. ; the rotary veneer plant in Huntington, W. Va., and the splendid walnut operation at Cincin- nati, O. Mr. McLean founded his business on parquet flooring manufacture, originating in Rochester, N. Y., since sold out. The parquet flooring turned out there and at the New Albany plant has made an international reputation. It is found in clubs, hotels, institutes, churches, apart- ment buildings, private mansions, and, in fact, any~where and everywhere where distinctive and exclusive flooring are desired. The business though has been increased along lines which have brought its production of lumber and veneers up to an equally important level. The out- put of the four plants makes available to the factory consumer anything in the way of high-grade hardwood lumber, veneers and factory and wagon dimension. The company has been specializing since the war be- gan in war work, having turned out many thousands of gunstocks and vast quantities of propeller walnut. It has shipped its goods to many foreign ports. They have reached markets in England, France and New Zealand. Far Egypt, too, has received the products of these well- organized plants. The organization and timber behind the company permit of its furnishing highly selected materials in all of the native woods, and the company prides itself on meeting the needs of quality buyers, as the unusual selec- tion of timber behind the operation permits the furnish- ing of distinctive and specialized items. The geographical location of the operations is very fortunate, six well known trunk lines being available for shipments of logs and finished lumber. Being situated on both sides of the Ohio river and actually in the heart of both the log producing and wood-consum- ing territories, the company is able to make shipments without going through the congested western gateways to reach outside territory. Thus the 20,000,000 feet capacity involved in the operations moves smoothly. It is said of this operation that the stock of logs on mill yards and within three days' delivery is 3,500,000 feet, with probably as much more available within ten days" delivery. This naturally means capacity opera- tion when other conditions do not interfere. This is espe- cially true of veneer and hardw^ood lumber output. Necessarily, in order to keep such a quantity of logs on hand, a considerable log buying organization is required. Twenty-three competent log men are employed con- stantly scouring Indiana and Kentucky for the very finest selection of logs obtainable. The high points in a review of the operations of the Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc., the things that stick in the mind in a mental survey of that remarkable organization, are in its unusual ability and organization for maintain- ing an unceasing supply of high grade logs and its re- markably thorough equipment for and knov/Iedge of the production of specialties in all lines, be it flooring, furni- ture, veneers, panels or dimension. Any firm which makes a success of specialty production in the working up of saw logs can do so only because it has an absolute command of the situation; because it has so thoroughly studied and analyzed the complex and interesting prob- lems of manufacturing hardwood products, and has so thoroughly mastered the many serious questions of waste and side products that it can so convert its logs as to have an outlet, or rather a means of utilizing in the form of highly finished and specialized articles, for every item that passes through its mills. This specialization and its perfection of manufactur- ing, which is the very essence of the company's business policy, extends beyond the details of manufacture and up to the question of organization. Its plants are so December 25, 1918 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 28g INTKKliii; \1F.\V OI' FLOORING FACTORY AT NEW ALBANY FLOORING STOCK ROOM AND PART OF LUMBER YARD NEW ALBANY PLANT 2dh Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section December 25, 1916 nXK OF LARGE H'MBER ALLEYS HIGHLAND PARK organized that each has a proper relation to the other and so that the stream of production may continue to play uninterruptedly and with the highest possible serv- ice to the buying consumer. One special feature of this specialty organization is now being developed to a much more finished degree than ever before at the Highland Park plant. The reference is to the remarkable dry kiln capacity that is just being completed at that outfit. When this perfect dry kiln arrangement is finally ready for full operation, the Wood-Mosaic Company will have one of the most imposing commercial dry kiln organiza- tions in the country. It will be able to handle hardwood lumber and similar products from the bulk of the south- ern shipping territory and to pass it through its kilns and then on through or around almost any of the important gateways into almost any northern or eastern consuming market. To this end the company has just about completed a series of kilns which will give it 250,000 feet a month of dry kiln capacity. These kilns are all of thoroughly modern construction and have made a wonderful record in kiln drying gunstocks during the war. In fact, gov- ernment officials have pronounced the Wood-Mosaic Company record of dry kilning gunstocks as represent- ing the most successful effort of any concern handling this class of work. The experience thus gained has taught to the Wood-Mosaic Company the value of analysis and the importance of the personal element in successful dry kiln work. It therefore approaches a gen- eral commercial drying business not only with an impos- ing equipment but with a remarkable knowledge of the business and ability to analyze the requirements of each individual dry kiln order and to finish such orders not only in the most perfect manner, but in the shortest pos- sible length of time. An especial feature of the dry kiln work is the addi- tion of a large tempering kiln. The dry kilns are so laid out that lumber can be loaded directly from the box car on to the kiln trucks under a vast covered shed, per- mitting of handling the stock in all seasons and December 25, 1918 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 29 ■;evi:k.\i. i.Aitm-: iutt white oak logs ix a davs switch higiu.axd park LOG YARD AND LUMBER DRYING RACKS, HIGHLAND PARK 30 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section December 25, 1918 \'E\KER MILL AND SAWMILL— LOG VAKI) IX FOREGROUND, NEW ALBANY A DAVS SWITCH OF WHITE OAK LOGS AT HIGHLAND PARK LOGS TO BE UNLOADED-THIN OAK IN DRYING RACK, HIGHLAND P ARK December 25, 1918 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 31 SHOWING 350.0fl(l FEET A MONTH DRV KILNS AND TEMl'EKIXG KILNS CHARGING END OE BIG DRV KILN LAVOUT AT HIGHLAND PARK 32 Hardwood Record — ^Veneer & Panel Section December 25, 1918 regardless of the weather, without any damage to the stock. The lumber comes out at the other end of the kilns in a similar closed shed on to the transfer tracks, and right across the transfer tracks with an entrance under the same shed is the tempering shed. This is merely a large brick building with proper ventilation and heat so that lumber may be stored therein at precisely the right condition of temperature so as to maintain it in perfect condition after coming out of the kilns. In its kiln drying, the Wood-Mosaic Company has made a point of loading lumber direct from the kilns under its covered sheds into the box cars. The idea of this is that lumber so loaded in bulk into the cars may be shipped wh'le it is still hot and will arrive at its desti- nation with absolute guarantee that the ordinarily dis- astrous conditions of the weather will be entirely over- come, as lumber may be shipped hot when bulk piled in the car directly from the kiln and will arrive at desti- nation several hundred miles away, still retaining a con- siderable part of its temperature. The company has so worked out its dry kiln v^rork as to arrive at a scientific basis. in fact, it is so sure of itself that it is in position to guarantee the percentage of dryness on all kiln drying of lumber. It has worked out a system of tests that enable it to adopt this policy with perfect safety. The officers of the company are: W. A. McLean, president. Angus McLean, vice-president. H. H. Barclay, secretary. Merritt Rogers, treasurer. T. J. Christian, lumber sales manager. W. H. Day, manager. Highland Park operations. Alex Schmidt, manager, Cincinnati operations. Mr. Barclay gives most of his personal attention to the development and operation of the flooring department. (Adv.) Uei'cmljer 25, 1018 HARDWOOD RECORD 33 (Coiidiiuid from page 241 proper entertainment of the visiting lumbermen of whom there were about 250 present. The chief feature took place on Tuesday night, it being in the form of a sumptuously arranged smoker. The prin- cipal entertainment was a series of lively boxing matches between soldier toxers from Camp Taylor, outside of Louisville, under the direction of world renowned Packey McFarland. There was a series of six or eight extremely good bout.s. In fact, the exhibition was far better as a whole than one would be apt to see by paying admission to view scrappers in the professional ranks. The final number was a burlesque feature between Packey Mc- Farland on one side and a big husky stevedore^ on the other. Max Sondheimer was unanimously elected to referee the match and after he had raised the hand of Packey 's opponent as a sign of victory, McFarland stated Mr. Sondheimer had the honor of being the first referee rendering a decision against him. As a side issue to this show the side tables around the rooms and in the anterooms were heavily burdened with everything that the hungry and thirsty lumbermen might desire. John M. Pritchard Presented with Silver Service One of the incidents at the meeting was a dinner given by the former members of the Southern Hardwood Emergency Bureau, which was organized to carry on war work at Washington. AU the members were present, including John M. Pritchard, secretary- manager of the association, who was in charge of the Washington oflSce. A very pleasant dinner was served, the surprise of the evening being the presentation to Mr. Pritchard of an extremely beautiful silver service tendered to him in appreciation of his serv- ices at Washington. Another surprise of the meeting was a state- ment of fact that the bureau has a substantial surplus on hand. Log Scarcity in South Production of hardwood lumber is progressing with only moderate speed in the southern field, and stocks are pronounced by the major- ity of the trade as rather limited despite the fact that sales recently have been of comparatively small proportions. There is little excess in any direction, and meantime there is one phase of the situation looming up that is attracting considerable attention. This is the lightness of logging operations and the comparatively small quan- tity of hardwood logs coming out. There was distinct slowing down of logging immediately after the embargo order, requiring permits for the shipment of lumber into important consuming and distributing territory, went into effect, and those who slowed down at that time have never resumed this work on an anything like normal scale. Now, even if there were desire to manufacture lumber on a normal scale, it would be impossi- ble to do so for the reason that the logs would not be available. Unfavorable weather has already exercised something of a restrict- ing influence on work in the woods and winter is at hand, during which it is regarded as improbable that it will be possible to make much headway with cutting and hauling logs to the rights of way of the railroads. There is a more plentiful supply of labor now than for quite a while, but even this does not avail to restore logging conditions to normal for the reason that weather and not labor is the determining factor. Officials of the Valley Log Loading Company report that there are quite limited supplies of logs awaiting loading on the two railroads that are the principal log carriers in the southern field. They further say that the company will have comparatively little loading to do in the near future unless there is decided increase in the rate at which logs are prepared for loading. The statements of this firm furnish the most conclusive evidence that there is a real short- age of hardwood logs ahead of the mills and that efforts to substan- tially increase production of hardwood lumber would be met with considerable, if not insuperable, difficulty. Some of the larger producers are in the position of getting out very little timber now and of having brought out comparatively lit- tle when weather conditions were favorable because the condition of the market did not justify, in their opinion, anything like full logging operations. They admit that, if they attempted to operate their mills now on full time, they would encounter difficulty in doing so for there has been a slowing down of logging on the part of those who offer logs in the open market, as well as on the part of those who cut their own timber and convert it into lumber. Stocks are known to have increased during the past few w-eeks, but emphasis is laid on the fact that the increase has been com- paratively slight and well distributed for the reason that produc- tion itself has not been anj' where near normal. There is an actual shortage of oak, and plain and quarter sawn white in the higher grades and in No. 1 common are reported very scarce. There is no large stock of firsts and seconds plain sawn red or of the lower grades of plain red and white. There are plentiful supplies of Cot- tonwood and gum with the exception of box boards. In cypress there is a relatively fuller supply than of any other southern hard- wood as measured by relations between supply and demand. The trade generally anticipates a larger business after the turn of the year, and they are making preparations to that end in a num- ber of directions. There is nothing indicating, however, that they are making plans to increase production in proportion to the increase they expect in demand for hardwood lumber and in proportion to the anticipated shipment thereof. A Year of Healthful Growth The official bulletin of the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- tion presents an encouraging summary as regards the member- ship. The past six months has witnessed the accession of seventy- three new members, while the losses from all causes has been less than twenty per cent of that number. The total membership is now 972, and if a similar rate of growth can be maintained during the next .six mouths, a total membership of 1,000 will be attained. The semi-annual meeting of the board of directors has been called for January 24. That meeting will decide upon the time and place of holding the twenty-second annual convention of the association. Expiration of Certain Lumber Prices On December 14 the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' As- sociation notified its members of the expiration of certain lumber prices as follows: The price fixing committee of the war industries board, in accordance with the request of the industry, announces that the maximum prices on lumber shall expire on the several dates fixed by existing agreements : Midnight, December 20, Pennsylvania Hemlock. Midnight, December 23, Alabama-Mississippi lumber. Midnight, December 23, Georgia-Florida lumber. Midnight. December 23, Southern Pine lumber. Midnight, December 31, Long and short-leaf yellow pine for North and South Carolina and Virginia districts. Traffic Bureau in Contemplation The announcement comes from the National Lumber Manufac- turers' Association that under the auspices of that organization a fully equipped lumber traffic bureau will shortly come into existence at Washington. It is expected that the name of the traffic man- ager will be announced within a few days. The result is the outcome of a movement which began in the lumber mass meeting recently held at the Congress hotel in Chi- cago, and after discussions, some between individuals and others in group meetings, the steps were finally taken which are expected to lead to the organization of the bureau in a short time. It is confidently believed that such a bureau will greatly strengthen the National association. Farmers Will Repair and Build According to reports from the agricultural district of which Kansas City is the center, farmers have decided that they will not longer postpone the building and repairing which are needed. The change in plans began to be noticed from the time the armistice was signed. Up to that time the disposition among the farmers was to do no more building and repairing than was absolutely necessary; but plans are now being worked out that will call for the use of much lumber on the farms. The result is expected to be noticeable in the lumber trade. 34 HARDWOOD RECORD December By H. C. Next to the settlement of the price question, as a problem of reconstruction, the lumber trade is interested in the disposition that is to be made of the half billion feet, more or less, of surplus lumber stocks the government now has on hand. All sorts of plans liave been suggested for sueh disposal, ranging from the exporta- tion of the stuff to the allied countries for rebuilding devastated regions to the peddling of surplus government luml>er in retail lots to the consumers of this country. Xo plan has yet been decided upon, so far as has been learned in Washington, but there have been numerous conferences held on the subject and a decision may be arrived at shortly. Efforts are being made to obtain co-operation among several government departments having surplus lumber regarding its disposal and also co-operation between the government and the trade in regard to the same matter. The probable results of a policy of reselling were indicated by slight breaking of the market, or rather by a few private sales well below the market, following the temporary authorization that was granted to local purchasing officers of the army at Petersburg, Va., and perhaps otlier places, to sell surplus government lumber in small lots up to a maximum of .$.5,nOO. This authorization is reported to have been withdrawn. It is not believed there will be any trouble about the government lumber provided no attempt is made to dump.it on the market at low ijrices, and the liest information is tliat the government has no intention to do that. On the contrary, it is reported that Cajit. Chambers, lumber purchasing officer of the construction division of the army, may be placed in charge of the disposal of most if not all government lumber. Lumbermen have been conferring with sale agents of the gov- ernment and there are signs of a general getting together all along the line. It has been proposed that a meeting of representatives of the retail, wholesale and manufacturing lumber interests with government officials on the subject be held soon. Partial relief for the situation is promised by the railroad ad- ministration which has offered to take from 20,000,000 to 40,000,000 feet of lumber per month from the government at present market prices. Surplus government holdings of lumber may aggregate as much as 600,000,000 feet, according to some authorities. The total is understood to include a quantity of hardwood material, also some hemlock, a good deal of spruce and fir, but the bulk of the aggregate is understood to be yellow pine. The navy will not have much lumber or other material to un- load, it is said. Mr. McDonald says that the housing bureau will not have over 5,000,000 feet of lumber to dispose of unless congress completes the enactment of proposed legislation requiring abandon- ment of the government housing projects that are not 7u per cent or more completed. While United States government orders for lumber are few and far between now, it is learned that the United States naval academy at Annapolis wants bids on some oak by December 30. Foreign governments have not entirely withdrawn from the American market since the signing of the armistice. The Italian government, for instance, has placed orders recently for 10,000,000 feet of big timbers, mostly with the fir people, although it is under- stood that some 2i/-j million feet went to the southern pine pro- ducers. Some sizable bills of railroad car material are being shipped by yellow pine emergency bureaus, which are closing up. Army con- struction lumber orders that have been held up for some time are being canceled. Charles Edgar has retired as director of lumber and has left the city. Major A. Mason Cooke is sitting on the lid at the director's Hallam office until the death of the war industries board with the coming of the New Year, and there is little or nothing under the lid. Major Cooke is expecting his discharge from the army almost any day. With him are still Mr. Justus, a West Virginia lumberman drafted into the army and who has been specializing in Appalachian hardwoods and spruce, and Earl Smith, secretary of the lumber section, who has been dickering with the department of justice with a view to obtaining employment in connection with the prose- cution of a number of retail lumbermen at Newark for alleged fraud in getting lumber shipments through the freight embargo. The last hardwood bureau will close up in Washington .January 1.3, when the Northern Hardwood Emergency Bureau will cease existence. Eoy H. Jones, manager, is away for the holidays. L. M. Tully has shut up the Cypress Emergency Bureau and gone back to St. Louis. M. L. Wootten, manager of the Alabama and Mississippi Emergency Bureau, has left the national capital and that bureau has closed. The Southern Pine Emergency Bureau has closed and its men have left except W. J. Hartman, who tem- porarily occupies a desk in the office of the Georgia-Florida Emer- gency Bureau. The latter will close with the year 1918. Looking After Export Matters There is just one war lumber bureau here that may last in- definitely. It is the National Bureau of Wholesale Lumber Dis- tributors, which is jilauning to enter into the field of foreign trade with a big stride. The scheme is to organize an export trade cor- poration among members of the wholesalers' bureau, making the corporation subsidiary to the bureau. It is contemplated to send out sales agents to foreign fields and to allocate orders received among members of the corporation. An interesting report on the foreign trade propo.sition has been sent to members of the bureau, who are responding freely with statements that they are interested in the matter. The report referred to is by .1. W. Turnbull, chair- man of the e.xport committee of the bureau. It says that American business men do not have to enter the export business, but if they are to take their part in the world's business the scope of their operations must be broader than ever before. "We all agree," the report says, "that the future in the lumber business will be influenced to a great extent by lumber which is exported. ' ' If the wholesale lumbermen decide not to do anything in that field, the report declares, they will surely seal the fate of them- selves. At least seventy per cent of the export business has been done by wholesalers, the report says, but millions of feet of lumber have been exported by firms which are not lumbermen because there was a demand which they were too self-centered to grasp. The report goes on to state that the possibility for margins in the export business far exceeds that in the general wholesale trade. If wholesale lumbermen enter it in the right way and apply the right methods, the report says that the name of the American wholesale lumberman will be placed on a pedestal never attained before. The projjosed foreign trade corporation, it is claimed, would place the wholesaler in a position to enter the export trade while carrying on his regular business. Alluding to the fact that lum- ber manufacturers are preparing to engage actively in the export trade, the report says that wholesalers are in a better position to do so because they are not confined to one particular line. They are declared to be the greatest salesmen in the industry. The manufacturers are said in the report to be interested in the export trade only spasmodically, according to the condition of the domes- tic market and the character of their stocks. The wholesaler can afford to sell in competition witli the manu- yContinucd .patjt: 3fi) 191S HARDWOOD RECORD The Cruel Test of War Service — Has proven American Black Wal- nut to have the most dependable structural characteristics of any known wood; Has shown that the visible sup- ply is probably 1,000,000,000 feet rather than 100,000,000 feet formerly considered the limit; Has focused public attention on walnut and awakened public ap- preciation of Walnut as the wood to use in furniture that is bought to keep. IVoodworkers, consider these signs of the times in making your plans! American Walnut Manufacturers Association McLachlen Building Washington, D. C. AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 36 HARDWOOD RECORD December 23. 1918 {Continued from page 34) facturer in foreign markets and he can sell at a lower price than the manufacturer. Declaring that allied governments are anxious for this government to continue control of foreign shipments, the Turnbull report says that it is because they need help and want to have the way shown to them. The organization that shows the way will get the business. The wholesalers should do it, it is stated. Outlining the plan, the report says that the firoposed corpora- tion should be able to finance all foreign trade; that it can be done with equal rights to all; that members of the bureau could receive equal interest with others with a small initial cost; that the organization will secure the best brains available in all de- partments; that the export company could be fully protected in all countries; that banking arrangements can be made; that shipping will be had; that licenses have already been granted for lumber shipments to Spain; that concerted action is necessary; that good must come to the body as a whole as well as to the individual members. Wooden Box Matters J. C. Nellis, secretary-manager of the national emergency bureau of the wooden box industry, is advising members that it will be better for box manufacturers to accept immediate suspension of ordnance department contracts for ammunition boxes when ordered without awaiting cancellation or taking advantage of the period of grace allowed in the contract. Early settlement of claims for adjustment under such contracts may be obtained through the dis- trict ordnance offices, it is stated. Announcing the plans of the wooden box bureau, Mr. Nellis says that the principal lines of its work in Washington are the develop- ment of specifications for export boxes for commodities which are expected to move in large quantities in the future, work on the exportation of shooks especially in the North Carolina pine region, and a co-operative study of dry goods boxes wdth the railroad ad- ministration. Ships and Barges The shipping board in its rejjort gives anew the facts about the wooden ship program, etc., from which it a)]prars that contracts and commitments by the board were for building complete 181 wooden ships of 707,000 tons, 519 wood hulls of l,8il,000 tons, 162 wood tugs, and 140 wood ship barges of 350,000 tons. Senator Fletcher of Florida has put into the Congressional Bec- ord a mass of data bearing upon the wooden ship situation and showing the performance records of government wooden ships. It is understood that the shipping board has canceled contracts for all wooden ships on which the contractors have spent less than $200,000 each. These cancelations will include a ninnbor of the 160 contracts that were suspended some time ago. The senate during the past week passed a resolution offered by Senator Jones of Washington asking the shipping board whether it has removed restrictions on American ship yards for wooden and steel vessels for foreign account; if so, when;- if not, why not; also what applications have been received for building ships for foreign account in American yards, when they were presented, and what action has been taken on them; finally, what information the shipping board has concerning the policy or action of other coun- tries relative to the building of ships for foreign account in their respective yards. Director General McAdoo of the railroad administration has given assurances that the administration is committed to the con- struction of 40 barges for barge routes on the Mississippi Eiver. He says, however, that it is imirossible to tell what will be the result of the project if the railroads are turned back soon to their private owners; hence he suggests that the business interests get behind his recommendation to congress that government control and operation of railroads be given a trial to see how it will work out in peace time and under normal conditions. Announcement was made recently that the shipping board has determined to discontinue work on a considerable number of wooden steamers which are in the early stages of construction, and to cancel a considerable number of contracts for the construction of vessels of this type on which work has not yet been started. The cancellations will be made with every effort to do justice to the contractor and the action of the board looking to cancelations will be determined by the question of the ultimate cost to the govern- ment taking into consideration the actual progress of the work under these contracts, and the resultant cost of cancelation. Where the work is advanced and it appears that the completed ship can be disposed of by the government at a less loss than would be in- volved in indemnifying the contractor upon cancelation, the ves- sels will bo completed. Where, however, an accurate survey indi- cates that the loss to the government can be held to the minimum by cancelation, that will be the course pursued. Aside from contracts covering sixty vessels, as to which the work is in its initial stages, it cannot be said at the moment how many cancelations of building contracts will result from the board's action. This depends upon the result of a survey. Land for Soldiers Interest is rapidly increasing in plans for ijlaciug soldiers on the land. Secretary of the Interior Lane's plan to develop new irri- gation projects, have a survey of lands made to determine what are capable of agricultural development, to drain swamp lands and to buy cutover timber lands or lend money for their purchase the same to be reimbursed by soldier farmers in long-term pay- ments, is considered good, but it will take time to work it out, especially the survey feature, while a million men are coming home as soon as practicable. As a supplementary or companion measure it is proposed by some interested in the land for soldiers movement that Congress should appropriate funds this winter for the survey and at the same time should authorize the purchase of cutover lands that may be deemed suitable without delay. The United States reclamation service and A. G. T. Moore, as- sistant secretary of the southern pine association, co-operated re- cently in the preparation of motion pictures for booming the plan to place soldiers on cutover lands. Pictures were taken in the south to be shown througliout America and France. A Proposed Tax Measure The revenue bill bids fair to pass before the New Tear. It has made remarkable progress in the Senate since republican leaders decided not to fight it. The bill provides for $6,000,000,000 taxes to be collected in 101!) and $4,000,000,000 in 1020 from internal revenue sources. The bill contains a provision of special interest to lumbermen. It includes in legitimate claims that may be made for deductions from gi-oss income, allowance for depletion ami depreciation on lumbering propositions, which reads as follows: In the case uf mines, oil and gas wells, other natural deposits, and timber, a reasonable allowance for depletion and for depreciation of im- provements, according to the peculiar conditions in each case, based upon cost including cost of development not otherwise deducted ; provided, that in the case of such properties acquired prior to March 1, 1913, the fair market value of the property (or the taxpayer's interest tbprein) on that date shall lie token in lieu of cost up to that date. Furniture Problems Washington is full of second-hand office furniture and equipment that is not needed b}' war service committees and war bureaus that are closing up shop. This has been dumped onto, the market at half price or less and it is understood that this furniture has been shipped by the carload to many eastern and southern jioiuts which have been suffering from a freight embargo on furniture. Specu- lators are figuring on making big profits on some of this stuff. The opinion has been heard expressed that furniture manufacturers would do well to take back the slightly used furniture with which Washington is full and resell it after refinishing. It is said that they would thereby protect the market for their new goods. General R. E. Wood, acting quartermaster general, states that the army has on hand in depots, forts, camps, etc., at home and abroad, 60,800 small field desks, 13,250 large field desks, 3,900 commissary chests and millions of dollars worth of other supplies and eq.i:j'-nient. December 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD WALNUT We are concentrating almost entirely on v^alnut lumber and veneer and offer an ample supply and complete selection. Our average stock is three to four million feet of dry lumber. We are operating our own band mill at Cincinnati and are in splendid condition to handle present and future orders. Our Stock List Will Convince You. Write for It. MANUFACTURERS EXPORTERS WHOLESALERS ^•^KOSSE,SHOE- SCHLEYER CO. CINCINNATI OHIO Ail Kinds of Hardwoods AU Three of Us WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 38 HARDWOOD RECORD December 25, 1918 J. C. WieklifE of the hardwood section, Aircraft Production Bu- reau, is reported to be slated to have cliarge of the disposition of hardwood lumber of which the government has some surplus, it is believed. Mr. Wiekliff is member of a committee of lumber experts attached to the several government departments who are meeting in Wasliington frequently and making arrangements for disposing of government lumber. Other members of the committee are Capt. George M. Chambers, construction division of the army; J. B. Ec- cleston of the shipping board emergency fleet corporation; C. il. Morford of the navy department bureau of supplies and accounts; M. E. Towner of tlie railroad administration's purchasing depart ment, forest products section; Major James E. Schuyler of the housing corporation. Major T. F. Archer of the United States marine corps, Major .John Cowdin, softwood expert of the aircraft bureau, and Hugh McDonald of the housing bureau. It is understood that they have decided it would be best if sur plus government lumber could be exported. If not, they think the railroads should and would take considerable government lumber. Then there are exchanges being arranged between various govern- ment departments, each taking what lumber it needs from surplus stocks of other departments, so far as may be practicable. Finally, surplus lumber is to be marketed, it is understood, according to present plans. Capt. Chambers is secretary of the committee men- tioned, Mr. Eecleston, its secretary. It is proposed that the trade associations name several men to cooperate and advise with the government lumber sellers. Members of the committee believe that the lumber can in time be absorbed by the market. Capt. Chambers resigns from the arnn- January 1, but will assist the government as a civilian. He estimates that the government has 400,000,000 feet of lumber it does not need, of which the construction division has 280,000,000 feet, shipjiing board 70,000,000 feet and housing corporation 10,000,- 000. Messrs. Eecleston and Hayncn will have charge of selling sur- jdus shipping board lumber. Assistant Secretary of War Crowell is responsible official; W, J. Hare, general supervisor; Brig. Gen. C. C. Jamieson, director of sales, and Capt. Chambers probably lum- ber sales agent, for the war department in the sale of its surplus materials, ecjuipment and supplies. While lumber wholesalers are making plans for engaging exten- sively in the export trade, manufacturers are doing likewise. Manu- facturers are understood to feel that they produce the lumber and naturally might have an advantage in organizing for export trade. It is suggested that the wholesalers inii;ht have to depend upon small mills for the stuff they export: The price fixing committee of the war industries board has ruled substantially as follows relative to prices on commercial orders: Conimorcial orrter.'; entered since .Tune 14 and unshipped December 23 (iu the case of southern pine) at ngreed uprtn item prices. :ire not sui>.iect to renegotiation as to price .\ny commercial orders placed at tlie prices and conditions contDrmiug to the orders of the war industries hoard, if unshipped December 23, would be subject to renegotiated prices. In this connection it is pointed out that there would be no power to enforce compliance with government-fixed prices. Orders placed in good faith at agreed upon prices at maximum or lower figures after June 14 and unshipped December 23, are not subject to renego- tiation. The Building Program The house committee on public luiildings and grounds has decided not to prepare and report an omnibus public building bill at this session of Congress. Private interests are offering to take over government housing projects. A concern iu Eock Island, 111., has offered to do this in the case of the Eock Island project, and to complete all buildings, paying the government cost. Secretary of the Interior Lane in his annual report tells of the sale of timber from 4197 acres of Oregon and California grant lands for which .$145,288 was received. The report shows that the Indian bureau during the last fiscal year gave special attention to the sale of timber and the production of material suitable for war industries. Substantial assistance was rendered in supplying walnut for gun- stocks and airplane propellers, spruce for airplane frames, and con- struction material for government and industrial building. The House of Eepresentatives refused the other day to provide a few millions for the postoflSce department to build airplanes to carry the mail. Instead the house voted that the mails should be carried by army airplanes, of which Eepresentative LaGuardia of New York, who served as an aviator with the Italian army, said there were 1495 De Haviland 4 's, some Curtiss JN-4's and about 200 Handley-Page pianos in this country. .\11 restrictions imposed by the war industries board on the indus- tries of tlic country have been cancelled and all pledges made by industries at the suggestion of the board have been withdrawn, according to official announcement by the board, which goes out of existence January 1. Senator Kenyon wants to revive the so-called luxury taxes of twenty per cent. At his suggestion the Senate has passed over temporarily the Senate finance committee's amendment to the reve- nue bill striking out these taxes, which would apply to certain furni- ture, ])icture frames, trunks, and other articles. "In the vehicle branch of the work the most serious problem faced was the supply of hardwood stock,'' says the annual report of the quartermaster general of the army. ' ' The first few orders placed used up the available dry supply and it at once became necessary to use, on account of immediate deliveries required, improved drying kilns to season the stock. Additional facilities of this sort have lieen provided and it is now thought that the industry, properly handled, is in a position to take care of any future ]u-ogram. " The re]iort shows the following as to vehicle contracts entered into liv the (|uartermaster 's department of the army: T'nit money Total Number Number value i>f value of contracted for. delivereil. eacli. contracts. Ciimbat wagons 1,^.500 7.000 $,-.2." .$8,137,500 Escort wagons 91,728 3(l,ono 210 19.202.880 Water carts 13,500 13,00(1 27.-| 3,712.500 Medical carts 2,500 2.50(1 150 375.000 Station carts 12,000 7,000 125 1,500,000 Ambulances 3.500 3.500 350 1,225,000 Restrictions Removed The war trade board announces that the limitations placed upon the importation of mahogany logs and maliogany hmdier, announced in W, T. B. R. 222 of September 12, 1918, have been removed, and licenses may now be issued freely. The board announces that pecky cypress has been added to the several kinds of wood listed officially November 30 which may be licensed iu usual and reasonable quantities, under bunker licenses, when intended solely for use as dunnage aboard vessels on which shipped and not for commercial use abroad. Cars, carriages and other vehicles have been removed by the board from the list of restricted imports No. 1, and it is stated that licenses may henceforth be issued freely provided the applications are otherwise in order. According to a report by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Comnu'rce, Department of Commerce, exports for November amounted to $.522,000,000, against $503,000,000 in October and $487,- 000,000 in November, 1917. For the eleven months of this yeai exports were valued at $5,585,000,000, which is not quite up to the total of $5,(i33,000,000 recorded for the corresponding period of 1917. November imports totaled $251,000,000, against $247,000,000 in October and $221,000,000 in November of last year. For the eleven months ended with November of this year the imports were valued at $2,821,000,000, a gain over 'the $2,725,000,000 in the same period of last year. The indications are that for the full calendar year imports will exceed $3,000,000,000 and exports $0,000,000,000 in value. Gold imports as well as exports amount to much less than for the previous year. For the eleven months ended with November imports of gold amounted to $60,000,000, against $535,000,000 in 1917, and exports to $39,000,000, as against $3fi7,000,000 a year ago. Imports of silver in the eleven months period of 1918 amounted to $(i7,000,000, an increase of $20,000,000 during the year, while sil- ver exports were valued at $205,000,000, against $74,000,000 in the eleven months period of 1917. Decembf-r 27>, lOlS HARDWOOD RECORD 39 November Inspection Work During; November the ins[>t'ct»>rs of hardwood luiiiluT in the employ of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, inspected 13,824,113 feet. Approximately three-fourths of it was handled by salaried inspectors and the remainder by those who worked for fees. Indiana Hardwood Men to Meet On January 16 the twentieth annual meeting of the Indiana Hard- wood Lumbermen's Association will be held at the Claypool hotel, Indian apolis, and a banquet will constitute part of the program, at seven p. m, of that day. The business session will be held in the afternoon and an interesting program has been prepared. The call for the meeting was sent out Decemlier 15 by Edgar Richardson, secretary-treasurer of the associa- tion. Lumber Inspection Fees Increased The National Hardwood Lumber Assofintiun lias made the following notice prominent in its monthly bulletin fur I>ecember, concerning the fees and costs of inspecting lumber : Beginning the first of August, 191S, the fees for the measurement and inspection of hardwood lumber were increased to seventy-five cents per thousand feet on all woods excepting cherry, rock elm, figured and quar- tered gum, hickory, pecan, mahogany, walnut, quartered woods and strips, for which the charge will be $1.00 per thousand feet. This increase was made necessary by the advance in salaries which, in conformity with present conditions, we were obliged to pay all of our inspectors. For the present the charge of ?6 per day on account of time lost, and the mini- mum fee of $3 on small lots will not be increased. Change Date for National Directors* Meeting The National Hardwood Lumber Association office at Chicago announces that the date for the semi-annual meeting of the board of directors has been changed from Friday, January 24, to Friday, January 17. The change was made in order to avoid conflict with other meetings to be held in .different parts of the country that might interfere with the attendance of some of the directors. The meeting will take place in the association offices at 10 a. m. Knoxville Lumber Club Election E. M. Vestal, vice-pn'sident and secretary of the Vestal Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Knoxville, Teun.. was unanimously re-elected president of the Lumbermen's Club of Knoxville at the meeting held in the Atkin Hotel, Saturday, December 7, as were also the other officers, vice-president Walter McCabe, secretary H. C. Kopcke and treasurer J. C. Kimball. The society is not yet one year old, and because of the good work done in such a short time it was decided that the first officers de- served another good, full term. W. W. Barnard, the well known lumberman of Greeneville, Tenn., was elected an associate member and C. D. Newport, the new manager for the Knoxville office of the Frampton-Foster Lumber Company of Pitts- burgh, was taken into full fellowship. Colonel J. W. Andes of the Andes Lumber Company, who has been in the officers training camp at Atlanta, told how he went over the top there. The meetings of this club have their greatest value in the exchange of ideas, practically every member taking part. A forward step was taken by the club in se- curing a clubroom in the Sterling hotel ar- ' ade. adjoining the mod- ern nine-story Farragut hotel, just being com- pleted in the heart of Knoxville's business dis- trict. This will be open at all times for members and lumbermen visiting in the city. The club is growing rapidly taking in new members every week, especially since it wid- ened its scope to receive members from all east Tennessee. F. R. Gadd was a re- cent visitor to the club We have the Following Stock: ONE YEAR DRY loo.nOD ft 4/4 No. 1 C. riain Reil OhU 10(1,11110 ri 4/4 No. 2 C. Plain Keel Oak 1 100.000 ft 4/4 No. 1 C. Plain M iiilc <>nK 100.000 ft 4/4 isel. Cypress HIGH CLASS STOCK FOR PROMPT DELIVERY PELICAN LUMBER CO. MOUND, LA. E. M. VESTAL, Re-elected President Knoxville Club. und sciiin-d (inilr ;i miinlifr (if uiL-niberships fur llie new hartlwncMi nssoeia- tion. Northern Lumbermen Organize New Export Bureau At a meeting (it the emergency committee of the Northern Harilwood Emergency Bureau, held in Chicago, Tuesday, December 17. steps were taken looking to the formation of a corporation to handle the export trade in birch, beech, maple, basswood, elm, and ash. The Northern Hardwood Emergency Bureau is made up of the menibers of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Association, Oshkosh, Wis., and of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, Cadillac. Mich. Its work in meeting government lumber requirements has been practically completed and under the plans proposed at Chicago the new organization will in effect move the emergency bureau branch office from Washington to Paris. It is the belief of the northern lumbermen from Wisconsin ami Mi<'higan who atteniled the ctmference that northern hardwoods have not been properly exploited aliroad and that new markets await these woods if an energetic campaign is undertaken at once. Under the plan worked out by the committee, a sura will be raised immediately sutScient to finance a thorough investigation of the hardwood markets in England. France. Belgium, Spain. Portugal and Italy. This sum will be underwritten by such members of the two northern associa- tions as care to participate in the direct foreign trade. The flrms which bear their pro-rata share of the <'cist of the investiga- tive work for thr' next six mouths will be eligible to membership in the t^xport corporation which will then be fprmed- Roy H. Jones, who has represented the emergency bureau ut Washington to the great satisfaction of the northern manufacturers, has been engaged to represent the new organization abroad and will leave this c-ountry shortly after January 1. During the investigation period the management of the work will be vested in an executive committee selected by the underwriters and will be administered by the present officers of the emergency bureau, C. A. Bigelow. Bay City. Mich., chairman : O. T. Swan. Oshkosh, Wis., manager, Every producer of northern hartlwoiid proil- ucts will have the oppor tunity to participate in the underwriting and so t o establish eligibility for membership in the export corporation. Among those present at the organization meeting were: C. .\. Bigelow. Bay City. Mich. ; W. L. Saunders. Cadillac, Mich. ; R. B. (Joodman. Marinette-, Wis. : G. N. Harder, Rib Lake, Wis. ; A. L. Os born. Oshkosh, Wis. ; M. J. Fox. Iron Mountain. Mich. : M. P. .McCul lough. Schofield. Wis. ; Mr. Jackson, G r and Rapids, Mich. ; (). 'I'. Swan, Oshkosh, Wis. Mr. Jones Is splen didly qualified to carry on investigation, having been directly connei-ted with the lumber busi ness all his life. roy h. JONES WILL GO ABROAD 40 HARDWOOD RECORD December 2.1, 191S Our Customers Truly Control the Output of Our Mills -^- We endeavor to avoid putting the cart before the horse, that is, sawing lumber and then seeking a market for it. Rather, it is the first principle of our organization to determine the exact market requirement and then school our five separate manufacturing organizations to cut exactly according to what the buyers want. The result is that manufacturing buyers are just as truly in control of our production as they would be if they owned the mills themselves. This principle coupled with original selection of mill sites to guarantee uniformity of product and with unvarying full, straight grade shipments is responsible for a clean reputation that is acknowledged by competitors as well as customers. Clean Dealing Is Our Business Policy Aberdeen Lumber Company Manufacturers and Wholesalers Pittsburgli, Pennsylvania Five Mills: Ten Million Feet on Sticks, Oak, Gum, Cypress, Cottonwood, Sycamore, Elm. Memphis Club Annual H. .7. M. .lorgi'iiscn, heart of the .TorKi'iisiMi-Hennett Manufacturing Company, will preside over the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis dur- ing the ensuing year. He was elected to the highest oflice in the gift of this organization Saturday evening, December 14. He defeated W. C Bonner of J. H. Bonner & Sons, Memphis and Heth, Arlt. Otlier officers and directors elected at the same time were : J. V. Rush, MofEett, Bowman & Rush, tirst vice-president : W. E. Hyde. Hyde Lumber Company, second vice-president ; J. Staley Williford. secre- tary-treasurer ; C, L, Wheeler, Pritchard-Whceler Lvimber Company : Bol> PALMER & PARKER COMPANY TEAK MAHOGANY ebony ENGLISH OAK \/iriVIC-c-OC DOMESTIC CIRCASSIAN WALNUT VENEERS HARDWOODS 103 Medford Street, Charlestown Dist. BOSTON, MASS. TUPELO RED GUM HAic CHESTNUT UA^ CYPRESS WISTAR, UNDERHILL & NIXON Real Estate Trust Building Philadelphia iiiiini:iiiimiiiiiiiinii iiiiiiiiiiNii»iNiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiimi{imiiiiuiiiiiiiiii)iiiii'j= Godfrey Loer Conveyor* | For the Mill Yard, | Handle Your Iiogs Meclianically 1 PRACTICAI,, BUBABI.E, ECONOMICAi; | Write for detailed information % John F. Godfrey, Dept. 4, Elkhart, Ind. I 4^ iJiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiininiuiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH^^^^ Cooper, Memphis Band Mill Company, and Frank Coukling, Korn-Conk- ling Lumber Company, directors for two years. There are three directors who still have a year to sen^e, bringing the total number to six, J. F. Mc>Sweyn, retiring president, becomes chairman of the advisory board which is composed of e.x-presideuts of this organization. The election passed without special feature beyond the good fellow- ship which prevailed throughout the week of campaigning which preceded it. The candidates hustled for votes to the limit of their ability but they displayed the spirit that has characterized this organization for many .vears and that has made it the peer of anything of the kind in this or any other country. The successful candidates were profuse in their thanks to their friends who had voted for them and pledged their best efforts in iiehalf of the club with a view to keeping it on the same high level on which it has been niaiutained for years. The defeated ones, however, ileclared that they had enjoyed the race, that it had brought them into closer contact with the membership, that it had aroused new interest in the club and that it had made them more anxious to serve it than ever before. The blue ticket carried off most of the honors. It elected the head of the ticket and all but two of the other officers and directors. The new officers will be installed at the next regular meeting. Retir- ing officers will make their reports at the same time. Refreshments were ser\*ed during the evening and a talk was made by Col, S. B. .Anderson, director in the United States Chamber of Commerce, who attended the reconstruction conference of the latter at Atlantic City, December 4-0, and who took a very optimistic view of the outlook for business. Earl I'almer of Ferguson & Palmer Company does not favor con- tinuation of present high wages any more than he favors present arbi- trar.v prices for commodities. He believes that commodities should come down to a more normal level and he further believes that reduction in wages should be the first step in bringing about this lower range of com- modity prices. A purse of $100 was presented to the Misses Corrington for the effi- cient wt)rk they had done in looking after the affairs of the club during the period since they took the place of their sister who resigned some time ago to get married. Traffic Association Will Hold Annual The annual of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association will be held at the Hotel Gayoso, Memphis, Tuesday, ,Tanuary 7, according to decision of the board of governors. No fixed program has yet been arranged but it is expected that the AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD December 25. 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 41 meeting will be the most important in the history o£ this organization because the growth in membership has been larger than in any previous year and because of the many problems with which the association has had to deal on ac«nint of the war. Added interest is also derived from the fact that there are many new phases of traffic and transportation matters because of the sudden ending of the war and the readjustmen that is involved in transition from a war to a peace tooting. Ana it may also be noted that the association is on the eve of launclung an export department that will handle bookings, rates, charters and other phases of the foreign and coast-wise movement of lumber aid forest products It is also considering opening other offices m important hard- wood lumber manufacturing and distributing centers and has other big matters on which the membership will be asked to pass. Features of the meeting will be the report of J. H. Townshend, secre- tary-manager. dealing with the activities of this association ;l""°g ''>" past year, and the address of James E. Stark, retiring president, who will have important recommendations to submit to the body. The election of officers will be held during the forenoon of the day ot the annual meeting. Two nominating committees have been appointed by President Stark to select candidates for president, first vice-president, second vice-president, treasurer, and seven directors for three years. These committees are known as "Boxes" and •■Flats." The former is composed of John W. McClure, S. B. Anderson and W. A Kansom^ Th. latter consists of R. L. Jurden. Frank B. Robertson and C. B. Dudlej . It is regarded as highly probable that these committees, following a well-established precedent, will nominate the same set of officers. Giles Wright Leaves Lenox Saw Mill Company The following announ,ement comes from W. D. Johnston, vice-presldeivt of the Lenox Saw Mill Company. I.enox. Ky.. and president of the Amer- ican Lumber & Manufacturing Company. Pittsburgh. Pa., regarding the resignation of Giles Wright, who has been vice-president and general man- aeer of the company : . , . . on account of ill health. Giles Wright ^'^^ ^'^^fi^^^^^'l^' ■■"»% Co?lins the operation of a saw mill. William Morse Dwight Dies William Morse Dwight. vice-president and manager of the Dwight Luni- ber Company. Detroit, Mich., died at his home. 125 Lodge avenue. Detr.u . on the evening of December 19. With his father, the late A. A. Dwight. he founded the Dwight Lumber Company in 1866 and was active m its affairs until taken ill late in Novenil)er. , ^ „ ^.- ,,„<, Mr Dwight was born in Detroit on July 8. 184G. and at all times has taken active interest in city affairs and everything associated with the '""Cf^n^^^as held from the home at 2 o'clock Monday afternoou. December 23. Pertinent Information The Fifth Liberty Loan It has now been detinitely announced that the fifth liberty loan will be called "in the spring." The exact time has not been fixed, nor has any official announcement been made of the amount of loan, or the rate of interest. Unofficially, it has been stated that the call will range between five and seven billion dollars, and it is believed that the rate will be four and a half per cent and the term considerably shorter than the forme. loans. Colors and Combmattons Clothing matters and lumber terms do not always go well together An exchange says that "Mrs. Wilson wore a dark mahogany gown trimmed with punk." The Cut of Hardwood Lumber The December offlcLal bulletin of the National Hardwood Lumber As- sociation contains some interesting figures on the sawmill output of hard- wood lumber during the past year. Speaking of the manner of collect.nfe the statistics, and the reason for doing it. the bulletin has this to say : At the request of the government, we have lately placed before our members an official questionnaire requesting figures touching the volume of their annual outputs. The object of this inquiry was of a dual nature, the information in question being wanted not only tor statistica pur- noses but also as a distributional guide in connection with war work. While the war has ended, the pertinent need of the data covered by Walnut Of Character and Color Manufactured ut Kansat City, U. S. A. Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness Thirty-five years' experience IN WALNUT ONLY Prompt Shipment, and Guaranteed Inspection FRANK PURCELL 515 Dwight Building, KANSAS CITY, MO. The following stock is in excellent condition, ready for immediate shipment 5/4" No. 2 Com. 4 BU. ASH^ \]S'' 5/8" No. 2 Com. & Btr. BEECH 27.0OO_ 5/4- No. 2 Com. & BU. BEECH mSoSS- 8/4- No. 2 Com. & Btr. BEECH.... tJ'XJS. i/4" No. 2 Com. & BIT. SOFT EUa "■»»» 4/4- No. 3 Com. SOFT KLM.j^ IS nSS- 3/4- No. I Com. i Btr. BIRCH iMS- 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btl. BIRCH 'Sf'SSS- 6/4" No 2 Com. & Btr. BIRCH 51.000 8/4" No. 2 Com & Btr. BIRCH """J, 4/4- No. 3 Com. BIRCH llmi- 5/4- No. S Com. BIRCH SSSm. 4/4- No 1 Com. & Btl. MAf.!^-- iromo" 4/4" No. 1 & No. 2 Com. MAPLE VuiVr,- 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. MAPLE. ^}S'S?,S' 8/4" No 2 Com. i Btr. MAPLE lO-J^O It: -: i SS: I iff: SilJ:!;::::::;:::::: : ; . , $?j:: S°o: I SS-. ^t^soFT •MAPii;::::::iiSS. Aril Duttino In pll» "very month two and on»-lialt mi'lion Iwt' of cholcMt North.™ m.hH.n Hardwood. Stack Lumber Company MasonvUle, Michigan All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 42 HARDWOOD RECORD December 25, 1918 the questionnaire is not affected either in regard to its abstract or its practical purposes. The requirements of peace, as they pertain to lum- ber at least, may prove even greater than those of war. Immense quanti- ties of it must be shipped to Europe during the next year or two. In all of the allied countries having devastated sections to deal with, it is under- stood the decision was reached some time ago that to begin with prac- tically all of this work must be done with wood. It is also understood that for the present the bulk of the lunilier supplies to be drawn from the United States for shipment to Europe will he moved under a centralized control. Moreover, the tenure of the purchasing commissions established in this country during the war by the different allied governments will be prolonged, and the relations of this organization with these will continue as close as heretofore. The questionnaire was mailed to each and all of our 972 members so as to make sure that every bona fide manufacturer of lumber among the membership would be brought into the record. The returns are now sub- stantially complete (only a few producers out of the entire list having for reasons best known to themselves refused to co-operate) and the total shown strikes high. According to the figures received and tabulated to this writing the aggregate annual output of the manufacturing element in this organiza- tion is 5,907,000,000 feet. These figures are based strictly on accomplished production and in no instances on mere capacity outlines. The number of integral mills involved in this volume of industry as shown by the returns is 1,010, many of our producing members of course carrying on more than one operation. No small significance attaches to these figures. Apparently they indi- cate that the cut of lumber for the year just closed has much overrun the cut of 1016. our latest official figures. This is inferred from the fact that 1,010 sawmills this year show production ninety-six per cent as large as 1,770 sawmills in 1916. If returns from all the hardwood mills in the country were collected, and the same ratio would hold out, the indica- tions point to a total hardwood cut of 10.000,000,000 feet, which would be considerably above the reported hardwood production in 1916. The census returns of lumber cut for this year will be awaited with interest, and it is probable that the size of the cut, when full figures shall be received, will contain surj)rises. Building Permits for November The total value of building permits, issued in 151 principal cities throughout the United States, as officially reported to The American Contractor for November, 1918, was $6,593,857, as compared with $45,617,- 590 in November, 1917, a decrease of 85 per cent. The following talde gives an interesting comparison of construction work in November for the past five years : Number of Cities Estimated Vaiue Reported. of Buildings. 1918 151 .$6,593,857 1917 151 45,623,885 1916 114 69,278,617 1915 114 69,465,791 1914 75 34,342,475 Gains are shown in 29 of the 151 cities listed, but these are only sig- nificant as indicating centers of war activities. Foreign Restrictions Still Hold Down Exports All business in hardwood lumber and forest products in England and France today is government business, and, so far as all other foreign countries are concerned, there are no ships for the transportation of these commodities. This is the significant statement made by G. A. Farber. vice-president of Russe & Burgess, Inc., who has been .spending some time at the head- quarters of this firm in Memphis. He is foreign representative of this firm and has already left this city enroute to London, his headquarters, for which point he will sail about the tenth of January. He is at present in Baltimore and will visit other eastern points before sailing. He said : I anticipate that there will be a big business in American hardwoods in Great Britain, France and other foreign countries and particularly in the two former when the present timber control has been eliminated. Until it has been eliminated, however, the government will have charge of both the importation and distribution of American hardwoods and the quantity purchased will probably be somewhat restricted. There will certainly be no open market as long as this timber control is maintained and I would like to emphasize the fact that it is up to American exporters to use their influence toward elimination of this control. They have ample ground in the fact that the market is not an open one under present regulations and that there is, in a measure, restraint of trade. I would suggest formal protests on the part of exporters to the proper authorities in the United States, letting the latter take the subject up in proper manner with the governments of Great Britain and France. I am rather Inclined to believe that this control is likely to remain in effect for almost a year unless something is done to hasten its removal. I base my views of ultimate large business on the fact that stocks of hardwood lumber and timber in Great Britain, France and other foreign countries are smaller than they have ever been, and on the additional fact that there is most notable shortage of stocks of furniture and other products manufactured therefrom. Prices of furniture in Great Britain today are practically double what they were before the war and the same is true of France. Second-hand furniture, almost the only kind available, has advanced quite as much as new. If furniture manufacturers were able to enter the market in an unrestricted wav now tliey would buy very freely in order to get this industry on a satisfactory "basis and in order to meet the enormous demand that is ahead of them. But thev will have to take what the government gives them and this conditioii will continue tor some time unless I am very much mistaken. The gov- ernment of Great Britain has already purchased some 12,000,000 to 14,000.000 feet of American hardwoods which is now at southern and eastern ports awaiting transportation. This will not go very far, how- ever, toward supplying the needs of furniture manufacturers or other interests but they will have to be content, for the present at least, with wliat the government provides for them. Speaking of the basis on which lumber would have to be sold in Great Britain. France and Belgium, Mr. Farber said : I anticipate that importers in England, when present timber control is removed, will be able to pay cash for whatever they bu.v' in America. I am rather inclined to believe that some credit arrangement will have to be effected in the case of French buyers and I am certain that con- siderable credit accommodations will have to be worked out in the case of buyers in Belgium. Hardwood 'News Notes ■< MISCELLANEOUS > The capital stock of the Huntiogburg Wagon Works has been increased to $90,000 at Huntingburg, Ind. The Bolivia Lumber Company has been incorporated at Bolivia, N. C. The death is announced of J. A. Covode, secretary of the Berkey & Gay Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., and also of Charles S. Holt, secretary of the Holt Lumber Company, Oconto, Wis. —< CHICAGO >■ Prominent southern hardwood men who. came on to Chicago from the big Louisville meeting were W. B. Burke, Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, Charleston, Miss. ; Sam Thompson, manager lumber department, Anderson- Tully Company, Memphis, Tenn. ; R. J. Lockwood, manager of the Memphis Hardwood Flooring Company, Memphis, and D. B. Frampton, Frampton- Foster Lumber Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. All these men had business to do in Chicago and all of them reported that they had succeeded with their work. Members of the Chicago Hoo-Hoo held an interesting concatenation on Thursday night, December 19. Twelve kittens were put through the ropes and three former members were reinstated. The event took place in the Lumbermen's Association quarters and was preceded by a banquet. Vice- gerent Snark G. A. Vangness was in charge. W. G. Collar, manager of the West Lumber Company, Lugerville, Wis., passed through Chicago last week on a hurry-up trip to Washington, where, he went to see his son, Lieut. G. C. Collar, just returned from France in a severely wounded condition. Mr. Collar had no knowledge of the injuries of his son until a wire was received from Lieut. Collar on this side. Lieut. Collar received his injuries in the Chateau Thierry fighting, and is now in the government recuperating hospital in Wasliington. He rose from private in the marine corps to first lieutenant. Wm. Beebe, general sales manager for the Long-Bell Lumber Company, Kansas City, passed through Chicago last week on his way to the big Louis- ville amalgamation meeting of the two hardwood manufacturing associa- tions. Mr. Beebe was very optimistic over the general situation. H, H. Butts, sales manager of the Park Falls Lumber Company, Park Falls, Wis., was in town for a couple days last week. John F. Ross of the Brooks & Ross Lumber Company, Schofield, Wis., was a prominent local visitor in the Chicago market a week ago. =-< BUFFALO >= The Buffalo Lumber Exchange at a recent meeting appointed a com- mittee of three to draw up resolutions of regret and sympathy at the death of Sergeant Maurice A. Wall, reported as dying of wounds received in action in France, The committee is composed of William L. Blakeslee, -Millard S. Burns and H. A. Plumley. Lieut. Fleming Sullivan, son of Fred M. Sullivan, and former man- ager of the retail business of T, Sullivan & Co., has written home several interesting letters recently in regard to the fighting in the Argonne, in which he took part. The Curtiss Aeroplane & Motors Corporation has reduced its force to about one-fourth its former number and is giving up the Elmwood avenue plant, which covers twenty-six acres of fioor space and is the largest air- plane plant in the world. Work will now be centralized at the Churchill street factory ou a much smaller scale than during war time. The de- mand for airplanes has of course greatly decreased since the cancelation of the government's orders, but the company is hopeful of doing a fair business the coming year. The Elmwood avenue factory is well-adapted to automobile manufacture and it Is possible that it will be used for such purpose. The .$1,650,000 housing program at Niagara Falls was about five per cent completed when the United States Senate adopted a resolution call- ing for the suspension of such projects when less than seventy-five per cent completed. The Falls interests behind the project believe that work will not be entirely stopped and assurances have been obtained that labor can be secured to carry on the work. The .\eroplane Lumber Company, wUch was organized by Frank T. Decenibpr HARDWOOD RECORD 43 Sullivan of Buffalo, did quite a good business for a while, liut has now retired and been dissolved. In this connectiou Mr. Sullivan obtained con- trol of a sawmill at Jamestown, N. Y.. where considerable of the stuff was sawed out. The Jamestown member of the company was Warren Ross, proprietor of the mill. Mr. Sullivan also bought a large amount of rejected Pacific coast lumber at the Curtiss plant here, for which he ob- tained a ready market. The Buffalo Automobile Club held an athletic contest and boxing match at Elmwood Music Hall a few nights ago and the members presented to President Orson E. Yeager a beautifiil Turkish rug in recognition of his services in office. In his reply he stated that the club now had a mem- bership of 4,500, and though these are record-breaking figures he hoped to see them doubled. James B. Wall was elected a director of the club. The building of wooden canal boats is progressing rather more slowly than friends of that class of work would like to see. The fact that every- body is hesitating over It is shown by the fact that the Buffalo Marine Construction Company states it went out of wooden shipbuilding last August, when it completed twenty lighters for the government. Since that time no orders have been obtained, although the company looks for something in wood for the canal next summer. -< BOSTON >-= The annual meeting of the Massachusetts WTiolesale Lumber Associa- tion, Inc., was held at Youngs hotel, Boston, Wednesday evening, Decem- ber 11, and the following officers were elected : President, H. M. Bick- ford of the H. M. Bickford Company ; vice-president, Welles Blanchard of the Blanchard Lumber Company ; treasurer, E. Carleton Hammond and secretary, Arthur M. Moore. The directors are the first three named officials, with Martin A. Brown, H. W. McDonough, Wm. Bacon, Donald F. Cutler, C. F. Leatherbee, R. H. Stevens, H. C. Philbrick and Wendell M. Weston. Delegate to the Massachusetts State Board of Trade, Martin A. Brown, and delegate to the Chamber of Commerce of United States of America, Wm. E. Litchfield. The reports of the president and secretary developed the especially valuable work of the association during periods of rapid changes in con- ditions indicating the continued advantages of organized effort through the many readjustments to come. Resolutions were adopted by the as- sociation on the death of Waterman A. Taft. The speaker of the evening was S. A. Linnekln of Babson's Statistical Organization whose subject was "The Building Outlook." He was opti- mistic as to the trade in 1919 especially the first half of the year, citing many elements of the situation which could not he disregarded as factors of heavy consumption. He believed that a "breathing spell" after the excessive activity of the last few years was certain to take place, but the buying power and necessities were very real facts, while the disposi- tion to use personal initiative and private enterprise for constructive purposes had been so deeply implanted that, to him, the outlook for a commodity of the character of lumber was good. W. W. Schupner of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Associa- tion brought to the meeting a better realization of the mode and objects of the Atlantic, City conference. W. S. Phippen, traffic manager of the National association expressed the view that traffic conditions were to improve still more, even to the state where the Trunk Lines would soon be soliciting business. T. H. Shepard of Shepard & Mor.se Lumber Company made some interesting statements of several causes of enforceti curtail- ment in production in the northeastern field. Kelly Brothers. Inc., have been organized at Gardner, Mass., with capital of $100,000 for the manufacture of chairs, baby carriages, etc., the incorporators being John B. and R. T. B. Kelly. Bankruptcy is reported of the Stockbridge Body Company of Spring- field, Mass., with liabilities of $14,000 and assets of about $4,000. --•<, KNOXVILLE >= S. O. Moore, formerly Framptou-Foster's manager here, has organized the Tennessee Saw Mills Company and has opened offices in the HoIstOD Bank building. He already has several nice orders from the railroad administration, making a specialty of railroad supplies. =< BALTIMORE >• Fire broke out in one of the ouildings of the Spedden Shipbuilding Company plant, on December 7, and destroyed a lot of patterns, together with much other valuable material, causing a total loss estimated at perhaps $100,000. Some $1,200 or $1,500 of this falls on the Canton Lumber Company, whose place adjoins. Hardwood men display decidedly more inactivity than they have shown, as far as this activity is indicated by business trips, and a number of visitors have been here in the last two weeks. Among them were R. H. Darnell of R. J. Darnell, Inc., Memphis, Tenn. ; Mr. Ransom of the Gayoso Lumber Company of Memphis ; C. L. Drawbaugh of E. W. Mc- Clave & Son of New York and N. Atwood Hanlng of the West Virginia Aircraft Company .of Wheeling. W. Va. Messrs. Darnell and Ransom All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 44 HARDWOOD RECORD December 2.j. 1918 miinmiiiJiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiinBiHiniiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiH ^tiiitiifliiiniiiimuiiiitiiiujiiiiiiiim nnnimniiinininiauiiiij THEO. FATHAUER CO. 1428 CHERRY AVENUE Telephone "Diversey 1 824 HARDWOOD LUMBER YARD CHICAGO. ILL. Direct Shipments in CAR AND CARGO LOTS a Specialty MILL HELENA. ARK Address Correspondence to Chicago Offic uaiaiwiwiiiBiimiimiiuiiiBimuiMifliwiHimiitflinHimiBmmiinrotmrmntMiiiiirtmHmMimmiiimimiiniBiiiiiuuiMiiiiiitimim iiiiiintiyiiiai lllllllinillllllllllllMSIMIIMIIBDII^ lllUillllllllillUllllllllllllllllMllllllllllllUllllllUIIIIIlilllllillllllllBIIWIIIIOIII had been to Washington nnd stopped here on the way to the reconstruc- tion congress at Atlantic City, while Mr. Haning came in search of wal- nut for aircraft construction. =-< EVANSVILLE >.= The new officers of tbe Evansville Lumbermen's Club, elected at the last meeting, will be installed at the next regular monthly meeting of the club, that will be held at the Hotel McCurdy on Tuesday evening, January 16. The new officers are as follows : President. Joseph W. Waltman of the Evansville Band Mill Company ; vice-president. J. C Greer of the J. C. Greer Lumber Company: secretary and treasurer, William S. Parting- ton ; directors. Elmer D. Luhring of the Luhring Lumber Company. D. B. ALTcLaren of the D. li. MacLaren Lumber Company, and Louis Iloltman of the Schnute-IIoltman Lumber Company. Mr. Waltman takes the place as president of George O. Worland of the Evansville Veneer Company, who served faithfully in this capacity for tbe past two years. Mr. Partington was re-elected secretary and treasurer of the club. He has held this position for a number of years and has helped to make the Evansville Lumbermen's Club what it is. It is expected that John C. Keller will be reappointed traffic manager of the club, which position he has held since the formation of the club. At the January meeting the standing com- mittees will be appointed by President Waltman and he is expected to outline his policy for the coming new year. The Evansville Lumbermen's Club is one of the "live wire" organizations of this section and has done much for the lumber industry and allied trades since its organization about fourteen years ago. The lumber manufacturers of Evansville are interested In the proposi- tion of E. H. Hyman, secretary and manager of the Evansville Manufac- turers' Association to establish Ohio river terminals here that will cost between $150,000 and $200,000. Mr. Hyman has drawn the plans for the proposed terminals aud they have been submitted to Colonel Lansing H. Heach of Cincinnati, engineer in charge of the United States work on the Ohio river and the latter has approved the plans. Both the Evansville Manufacturers' Association and the Chamber of Commerce have appointed committees to arrange ways and means to build these river terminals. B. F. VonBehren of the VonBehren Manufacturing Company, makers of spokes and hubs, is at the head of both committees. Among others named on the committees are George O. Worland, Frank W. Griese, Evansville Bookcase and Table Company, John H. Rohsenberger of the Buehner Chair Company, and field secretary of the National Rivers and Harbors congress nnd Henry J. Karges of the Indiana Stove Works. Many of the cities along the Ohio river are arranging to build river terminals to be prepared to handle the freight properly after tbe system of locks and dams on the river has been completed. Charles A. Wolflin, general manager of the Wolflin West Side Lumber Company reports trade showing some signs of improvements and he is of the opinion that next spring will find things booming in the retail line. Veneer manufacturers in Evansville and other cities in the tri-state territorj- say that trade has been picking up steadily for the past month or two and that in most instances the plants are being operated on steady time and they are looking for a nice volume of trade in 1919. ::-< COLUMBUS >- The I^akeviow Luniln-r Cunipauy. Lakcvicw, o., has Iieen chartered with a capital of $15,000 by Peter Kuntz, Martin Kuntz, JLary Kuntz, E. R. Allbaugh and Ada R. Allbaugh. C. H, Foote, president of the C. H. Foote Lumber Company of Cleve- land is on the road to recovery after a severe attack of pneumonia. The Meek Lumber Company of East Palestine has sold out to the East Palestine Lumber Company, The Streb Brothers Company of Zoar has been reorganized into the Streb I..umber Company. It is announced that Earl Matbis of Barberton, O., has purchased his father's interest in the firm of C. W. Mathis & Son. Edgar C. Weybrecht, a sergeant in the American Expeditionary Force who before enlistment was in charge of the olBce of the J, T, Weybrechts Sons Company of Alliance, O., has been killed in action. R. W. Itorton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, reports a rather quiet hardwood trade in central Ohio territory. He says prices, however, are well maintained at the levels which have prevailed tor some time. =-< NASHVILLE >--- R. S. Maddux, state_ forester of the State Geological Survey has re- turned to Nashville from Knoxville where he made investigations of ex- tensive forest fires in that district, especially along the Tennessee Central Railroad. An extensive area of trees was burned, some two, five and ten years old. Forest fires are also reported in the vicinity of Dickson and Waverly. Tenn,. west of Nashville. Black locust trees have been planted along the watershed of the Tennessee river and the Mississippi. This watershed extend.s from Henry and Weakley on the northwest to Hardeman and Fayette counties in the southwest parts. Hotel Farragut, Knoxville, elegant new hotel in which appears much fine hardwood work and southern products opens on January 15. It is reported that the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad under con- All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD December 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 45 struction to Jackson, Tenn., will be completed by May next according to Federal manager K. V. Taylor. =•< LOUISVILLE >= An interesting feature In connection with production ot talking machine cabinets is the fact that a number of producers of low-priced but fairly »ood cabinet machines are featuring black walnut cases. Bohon & Sons of Harrodsburg, Ky.. manufacturing consumers who deal direct with consumers, have been featuring walnut cases, at prices around $60, and claiming that no first class $150 cabinet machine costs more than about .$50 to build. The company in its efforts to sell machines direct by mail is telling a few secrets out ot school, or making some allegations which would be hard to prove. In this advertising the company calls attention to the material and workmanship in a piano and in a talking machine, and then the rela- tional prices of the two, as an argument that a large percentage of the cost of high-priced talking machines Is in the name, patents and selling costs Several other manufacturers of lower-priced talking machines are going to walnut, which can be utilized in dimension stock and common grades where solid cases are made. A consuming hardwood manufacturer recently cautioned the hardwood manufacturers to hold up prices, claiming that price cutting would result in the furniture and other trailes cutting prices, whereas labor is high and showing no indications of going loner tor some time to come. This consumer further stated that he didn't believe labor should be cut, and that he felt that every effort should be made to hold prices instead of cutting He had been 'approached with a lower offer, after one offer had been turned down, and explained that it wasn't a question of price which had kept him from buying, but the fact that he just wasn't in the mar- ket, and advised the manufacturer to stick to his guns. This coming from a consumer is unusual, but it is told on authority. The Louisville Point Lumber Company, which had a quantity of aero- plane stock on its hands when cancellations came out, is straightened up on this matter, as the government inspectors have recently taken up the stock As aeroplane stock doesn't include sap as a defect cut walnut for propellers would be very hard to sell for ordinary furniture or cabinet wood It is believed that the government will protect dealers holding such woods to an extent where they can be utilized to advantage, while It Is also believed that there will be greater extension of the aeroplane service after the war than heretofore, which will result In a good demand for such material. When peace was declared the Wood-Mosaic Company at New Albany, Ind had quantities of walnut logs purchased, some en route to the plants, and as a result has had a considerable quantity of walnut logs on hand since the government demand let up. The company's plant at Cincinnati, O which was purchased from the government during the war in connec- tion with a sale of alien owned property in this country, will manufacture walnut stocks exclusively hereafter. W P Brown & Sons Lumber Company of Louisville has made arxange- ments to immediately rebuild its two band mills which were destroyed by fire at Fayette, Ala., late in November. In this lire two mills were destroyed, but the kilns and lumber on the yards were not hurt. Preston P Joyes of the company, who was in the Officers' Training School, Camp Taylor for several months, was recently commissioned a first lieutenant, on "the reserve list, then mustered out, and is again on the job at the Brown office. Edward B. Devol, formeriy sales manager of the Louisville Point Lumber Company, but more recently a lieutenant with the Coast Artillery at Fortress Monroe, was recently given honorable discharge and returned to his home at New Albany. He will join the company shortly after the first of the year. Charies C. Mengell, III, grandson of C. C. Mengel of Louisville, head of the Mengel Box Company and an officer in the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Co., recently died at his home in Louisville of pneumonia, following an attack ot influenza. Master Mengel was seven years of age. John Churchill of the Churchill-Milton Lumber Company, Greenwood, Miss arrived in Louisville a few days ago and will remain here over the holidays. He came a bit earlier than he had intended in order to attend the convention of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. Raymond O. Embrv, brother of Harry and Norris Embry, of the Embry Lumber Company and Embry Box Company, died a few days ago In Louis- ville as a result of having been shot down while entering his office In the Starks building by E. D. Burch, a contractor who has been mixed up in numerous gun plays, and who claimed to have a grievance. Burch has been in jail awaiting trial. , „ » .. H J Miller ot Seattle. Wash., known as the "Lumberman s Poet, was in Louisville on necember 11 and 12. in attendance at the meeting ot the Ohio Valley Improvement Association, a work in which he is interested sufficiently that he subscribed to the campaign fund with a liberal sub- scription "considering the distance he is located from the Ohio Valley. The association discarded rumored plans of asking tor a Federal appro- priation of $10,000,000 for barge lines, and concentrated on the greater work of first having the Ohio river improved to a nine-foot stage. R R May, manager ot the Louisville branch of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, has gone to his old home at Dlow, Miss., where he will spend the holidays. _ ., «.oc rim\ The City Mill & Lumber Company, which recently suffered a $25,000 MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWOOD - HEMLOCK - PINE wausau, wis. -Shawano County Hard Maple Is Our Specialty Complete Stock of Northern Hardwoods SPECIALS BASSWOOD 2 Cars 8/4", 6" and wider, 10' and longer, No. 1 Com. and Bet. SOFT ELM 2 Cars 6 4", good widths, 60'^t , 14 and 16' WAUSAU, ■WISCONSIN —GILL-ANDREWS LUMBER CO.— Vestal lumber & Mfg. Company INCORPORATED POPLAR 100,000 4/4" Com. 150,000 6/4" Com. 25,000 3" Com. 20,000 3" 2 Com. 200,000 4/4" 2 Com. 100,000 6/4" 2 Com. OAK 10,000 3" 1&2 Plain Red 50,000 2" Com. Plain Red 50,000 6/4" 1&2 Plain White & Red 50,000 4/4" 1&2 Plain White 35,000 4/4" 1x2 Quartered White Oak 75,000 4/4" 2C Plain Red & White ALL BAND— GOOD WIDTHS— DRY KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE BAND MILLS AT yrpa'YX'l a suburb of KNOXVILLE FONDE,KY. AU Three of U. Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 46* HARDWOOD RECORD December 25. 1918 POU all \ LUMBEF, coX a„t, 3 bf rp (;\gg^j ?^appp i^eto fear WE MANUFACTURE bandsawed, plain and quarter lawed WHITE and RED OAK and YELLOW POPLAR We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- ment, Wagon and Vehicle Stock in the rough I'our Inquiries Solicited ARLINGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentucky Swain-Roach Lbr. Co. SEYMOUR, IND. -We Manufacture- Ash Walnut Cherry Chestnut, Etc. AND LENGTHS White Oak Elm Red Oak Maple Poplar Gum Hickory Sycamore ,^^.9^''^'"' WIDTHS »„L, L.i,nuitii ElmNo ic'-A^n- r^ •''vAi"' ■«";'■,;• '" 6 '"«■ -i'-y. Soft Hrh„f.: \ 7 -J "';„^> '' "" ~ ' ereen to 6 mos. dry. ^'rs°"h-\Z7b"l^"Ai -\ ^^-^"^ Breen to 6 mos. dry. Two V<^' r,,?''^''''''''' ^°- ' C^- * B., 3 to 12 )no( drv Three 'JiKJ'i'" ^''*- '^ii ' ^- ^ ^- ^ '" 12 «'oV.dr^ 0«ec7r 4/4 Qld. Sycamore. No. I C. fr B. dry At Two Band' Mills STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS PROMPT SHIPMENT |niimiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiriiiiiiii riiiiiirniu [ Flam & Qtd. Red & White " I OAK AND OTHER HARDWOODS I Even Color Soft Texture | MADE (MR) RIGHT OAK FLOORING We have 35.000,000 feet dry itock— all of = = jur own manufacture, from our own tim- = = fcer grown in Eastern Kentucky. E I PROMPT SHIPMENTS I I The MOWBRAY i I & ROBINSON CO. i = (inoorporatsd) = I CINCINNATI, OHIO I ?fimiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiit Mill iiiiiimiMiiiJ All Three of U« Will Be Benefited if Are at its plant on Baxter avenue, has moved its main office to its branch plant, which was purchased a short time ago from the old Mehler & Eckstenkemper Lumber Company. L. W. Lindlay, former well-known lumber broker of Louisville, recently died at his home in Louisville, due to a general breakdown. Mr. Lindlay was born at Shoals. Ind., March 22, 1841, and won a commission as a first lieutenant in the Federal army during the Civil war. M. A. Pattison, examiner for the Interstate Commerce Commission recently heard in the Federal court at Louisville the complaint of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, Scott Brothers of Carrollton, Ky Adkinson Brothers and others relative to rates from southern points to Carrollton, which it was claimed were discriminatory and favored Cin- cinnati. It was alleged that in some instances rates were three to four cents higher than to Cincinnati. =-< BEAUMONT >.= "There is nothing hut optimism, optimism of the kind that vou can see sticking out a foot among the lumbennen," said W. A. Priddie Snark of the Universe, after a six weeks' trip through the North and East to look over conditions. Mr. Priddie is vice-president of the Beaumont Lumber Company which deals in both yellow pine and hardwoods. His trip extended as far north as Moutreal and east to Boston. He stated that the northern factories were short on stocks and the moment the government told the automobile factories and furniture factories to go ahead, there would be one of the biggest demands the hardwood men had ever experienced. Mr. Priddie pointed out that much of the stocks on hand in many of the factories were special cuts for war purposes and would be of little value in the general run of work. Of course it will not be wasted entirely but will be worked up at a considerable loss. =-< WISCONSIN >= Glenn W. Priestley, who was president of the former W. E. Priestley Lumber Company, has re-engaged in the wholesale lumber business at 1201-6 Wells building, the new firm being known as the Priestley Lumber Company. Mr. Priestley enlisted early in July after making disposition of the business. At the close of the war he was a candidate In the Cen- tral Infantry officers' training school. Camp Grant, 111. News comes from Wausau, Wis., that sawmill operators in that district believe that the amount of logging which will be done during the coming winter will practically he equivalent to that of a year ago. It is stated that conditions in the woods are favorable and there is less difficulty of obtaining labor than for months past. The Crocker Chair Company's mill at Antigo, Wis., completed delivery on a large government order for breech sticks for cleaning guns, tent stakes and pegs of various sizes and collapsible tent poles just a few days before canceUation was received. The plant devoted much of Its capacity to war work for a year, but now has resumed the manufacture of chair stock and IS running at maximum capacity with a full force. The sawmill has been entirely overhauled and will go into operation shortly after January 1. The company is operating the usual number of logging camps this winter. The Menasha Woodenware Company, Menasha, has disposed of a large tract of timberland in .Sections 10, 11, 14 and 15, in Elton, Langlade county. Wis., to the Hatten Lumber Company. New London. Wis. The considera- tion was private. The timber will be shipped over the Wisconsin & North- ern road to New London as fast as logged. The International Toy Company has been organized with a capital stock of $100,000 at Eau Claire, to engage in the manufacture of children's express wagons, sleds, doll cabs, kindergarten equipment and other hard- wood products and specialties. L. D. Pangborn, president and general manager, is now supervising the establishment of a large factory in Eau <'laire. Thomas V. Johnson. Inc.. wholesale lumber. Milwaukee, has increased its capital stock from ,$25,000 to ,$,50,000. Thomas V. Johnson, formerly of the Johnson Lumber Company. Milwaukee, is president and manager of the company bearing his name. The C. II. & E. Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, recently booked an order for cross-cut saw rigs of the portable type from the government for shipment to France for use in the reconstruction. The order amounts to $36,324. The plant and property of Thomas Driver & Sons Manufacturing Com pany. Racine, a pioneer maker of interior woodwork and general millwork. recently was acquired at public auction by W. H. Miller, Racine, at $22,800. The Driver company has been in liquidation since the death of Its founder about a year ago. The plant contains 30,000 square feet of floor space. Scharff & Mann. Butternut, successors to Bauer & Knoop. manufactur ing hardwood lumber, recently issued notice that because of the unsettled condition of log prices since the close of the war, it will pay last year's prices for hardwood logs and guarantee to protect sellers on any advance in price that may be made before the end of the season next spring. This is done to facilitate an early marketing of hardwood logs and in anticipa- tion of a firmer market. The Holt Lumber Company, dconto Company and Menominee Bay Shore Lumber Company have selected about 100.000 acres of the best cut-over You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD December 25, 191S HARDWOOD RECORD 47 lands whieli they own in Oconto and Forest counties, Wis., for a large colonization and settlement project. A. L. Moldt, formerly of Crandon. Wis., lias been engaged to handle the work, which comprises one of the largest land development propositions ever undertaken in northern Wis- consin. The demand for wooden shoes in Europe and in some sections of the United States has resulted in the establishment of a new industry at Kiel, Manitowoc county. Wis., by V. P. Baivier, a native of Belgium. The shoes are made from whole basswood logs. Jlr. Baivier plans on an output of 1,000 to 1,500 pairs during the first year. The Burger Boat Company. Manitowoc, Wis., has resumed operations in its wooden shipyard, its government contracts having been satisfactorily adjusted. Two of four boats ordered by the government will be completed at once. ^:;tmaiwy)w^w!>tPMtmi)ti»iiW!Wii» The Hardwood Market -< CHICAGO >■ While things are still quiet locally and probably not much general buying will take place until after the first of the year, there is a little more desire to open up and in the past week quite a few orders have been placed in and iiround this city. A great many inquiries are going out from local factories. Probably for the most part they may be considered as feelers, may be one out of five being backed by a real desire to buy. Slow business has resulted to a certain extent in lower prices, but any cutting continues to be but an occasional proposition, carried on by those people who have accumulations and desire to turn over this or that item. The psychology of the situation is very favorable, as there are very few lumbermen who are not fully confident of big developments in hardwood ■consumption that will show up within the next month or two. Many antici pate that active buying will be resumed in January, and it is not at all unlikely that their predictions may come true. --< BUFFALO >- The hardwood trade is feeling the effects of the inventory season and business just now is generally reported quiet. Some inquiries are being received, but not for shipment as a rule until after the new year starts. The furniture factories, notably, are beginning to show interest and are expecting a large increase in their trade the coining year. They have been restricted not only by government regulation, but also by the short- age of labor, and now they can go ahead without these drawbacks play- ing any great part. Automobile factories expect also to be large pur- chasers of lumber the coming year. The general impression is that hardwood demand is going to be good the coming year, though some think that it will be several months before things start up briskly. Builders are planning to carry out some large ■undertakings, though they may have to wait until the next Liberty Loan is out of the way before doing so. Hardwood prices are likely to be shaded in some lines, according to some of the wholesalers, and they predict a little less strength in the lower grades, which have btfen in strong demand on account of war needs. Inventories will show that local yards are well stocked with lumber which is likely to be much needed the coming year. BOSTON The hardwood market here may be accurately characterized as dull. The season and general business situation furnish logical reasons for this condition. There is a certain amount of mixed demand always in evidence but no trade movements and buying on a basis broad enough to offer any important conclusions. Reports of reduced prices are more numerous than actual cases known, except in a few items where reputable -dealers are free to acknowledge their present quotations several dollars less than they would have made six weeks ago. It is safe to say, how- ever, that the list as a whole is firm in figures even though weak in volume. -< BALTIMORE >• The hardwood trade has followed some of the other divisions of the lumber business and slowed up a little. It cannot be said that pronounced quiet prevails, for new orders are always coming in, and especially dur- ing the last week some interest in stocks has been shown. But the volume of business is not large, which will not cause surprise, as the corresponding periods of other years have not been productive of any more activity. Of course, some of the avenues of distribution have not yet been reopened after a prolonged close, which naturally adds to the ■uneventfulness, and there are diverse problems confronting the hardwood men which do not obtrude themselves in normal times. This fact should afford a measure of positive satisfaction, for it furnishes a basis for the ■expectation that when such avenues are opened, the volume of business ^iiiiiiiiiii]iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii[iiiii]iii[iiiiii[iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii[iiiii[iiiiiiiiiii!i[iiiiiin ^ J SHOOT IT AT US | 1 Your Inquiry for | I 4/4 to 8 '4 Plain Red and White Oak. | i 4 4 to 1 2/4 Cypress. | 4/4 and 5/4 Gum. j 4/4 to 12/4 Ash. 1 6/4 to 1 0/4 Hickory. I 6/4 and thicker | Oak and Hickory Dimension Stock | LET us DEMONSTRATE THE 1 REAL MEANING OF SERVICE S Memphis Hardwood Flooring Company AMERICAN LUMBER & MFG. COMPANY PENNSYLVANIA PrnSBURGH Exclusive Selling Agents Lenox Saw Mill Company Lenox, Ky. PRODUCERS OF tWiJA NKr LUmDtK ▼ TEXTURE SOFT WHITE OAK and POPLAR AU Three of Us WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 48 HARDWOOD RECORD December 25. 191S Jackson & Tindle ELM and BIRCH 4/4 to 12/4 All Grades Well assorted stock 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, & 8/4 No. 3 Hardwood MUls at PELLSTON, MICH. MUNlSlNa MICH. JACKSONBORO, ONT. Main Office BUFFALO, N. Y. Send your inquiries to SALES OFFICE: 303-304 Murray Building Grand Rapids, Mich. Here's bomething Unusually Caood MAPLE 12/4" 2 & Better 24,000 feet 10/4" 2 & Better 150,000 feet ELM 6/4" 3 & Better 30,000 feet 8/4" 3 & Better 40,000 feet 12/4" 3 & Better 25,000 feet BIRCH 4/4" 3 & Better 80,000 feet The above stock is of a fine quality, — the best in the land. We also carry a complete stock of Hemlock of all sizes and lengths up to 20 ft., in good shipping condition. balling Oanson Company GRAYLING, MICHIGAN The Tegge Lumber Co; High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukee,^ Wisconsin will frain to a very material extent. In other words, if the hardwood men are able to do as well as they have done, they have reason to look for- ward tt> very substantial gains when once the necessities that are nowl held in abeyance begin to reassert themselves. All things considered, thel interest shown in stocks is gratifying and the results achieved under prevailing circumstances indicate fundamental soundness. With war restrictions practically removed, the mills and the dealers have an op- portunity to make delivery which was lacking before, and if the demand is not quite up to records, the fact must be taken into account that the readjustment of lines of business that call for the use of hardwoods is not yet completed, and has for that matter hardly begun. When the shift from war to peace activities has been made, there is almost certain to be a good business, and there are those among the hardwood men who look for a season of prosperity seldom, if ever before, equalled. Of course, others take the opposite view, but the optimists are in a great majority, and since prosperity, on the authority of President Wilson, is a mental state, the good feeling that prevails should go far to bring about a very marked revival. The range of prices is very satisfactory, and no reces- sions are to be noted. The absence of extensive accumulations at pro- ducing points gives promise of a maintenance of values. There are no further developments to be reported In the export trade, though interest in American woods is evidently on the increase, as is indicated among other things, by the intimations from steamship men that they are open to requests for space at greatly reduced rates. — < COLUMBUS > The hardwood trade in central Ohio territory has been rather quiet during the past fortnight. Buying is limited to actual needs and there is a disposition to hold off in stocking until after the tirst of the year. The tone of the market continues rather good and lumbermen generally anticipate a better demand after the first of the year when inventories are completed. The factory trade is quiet, although that branch of the business has been holding up the best. Concerns making various products in which hardwoods enter, are disposed to use up their stocks before orders. This applies to box and implement concerns. It is believed that furniture fac- tories will be in the market after the first of the year. Retail trade is quiet as dealers generally are busy with their inventories. Their stocks are generally sufficient for present needs. Indications point to a gradual resumption of building operations when financial matters are straightened out. Architects and contractors are getting busy on plans and sijecifications for quite a few buildings. Many of the building projects which were laid over because of war work are being revived. Prices are generally firm at the levels which have prevailed for some time. There is practically no cutting in order to force trade. Shipments are coming out much more promptly than formerly. •< EVANSVILLE >■ Trade with the hardwood lumber manufacturers of southern Indiana, southern Illinois and western and northern Kentucky Is only fair at this time, the closing days of each year being rather "off." to use the words of a local manufacturer. Following the close of the war there was a slight slump in business, but manufacturers say that this was to be ex- pected as none of them knew exactly where they stood and they had to get their "bearings." In spite of war conditions the closing year has been quite a good one and manufacturers say that they did more business than they had anticipated. Things look exceedingly good for the new year and there is a great deal of optimism per^'ading trade circles just now. Manu- facturers say in their opinion they will not only increase their domestic business next year but they expect to regain a great deal of their foreign trade that was lost during the war just ended. Local manufacturers say with the improvement of the Ohio river they are looking for a big picking up in trade with the republics of South and Central .America. There is a fair demand for lumber just now and prices are holding rather firm. Gum is in better demand now than it has been for a long time. Manu- facturers say they believe that in most instances lumber prices will hold firm during the next year or two but that on some grades like walnut that was in demand by the federal government for war materials, that there is likely to be some decrease. Many of the manufacturers during the past month have received a good number of inquiries from automobile and furniture manufacturers and they look to these two industries for a great deal of prosperity during the next few years. Many of the box factories in this section, working on war contracts, have gotten down to the peace basis and are looking after domestic orders. Building opera- tions in this section are showing more activity than for two or three years past. It Is expected that by the first of next March the contractors and architects will have plenty to do. Owners of country lumber yards are getting ready to stock up in order to handle increased business which they expect will come to them early next year. =-< LOUISVILLE >= Either there has been some little price cutting practiced or else some consumers are endeavoring to beat down prices by turning down quotation on inquiries, with the notation "your price is out of line," or "your price is too high." Considering the fact that production is light, has been AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD December :j5, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 49 light, and there isn't much stock on hand, relatively speaking, it is believed that some consumers are making an effort to beat down prices by playing one producer against another, through making everyone think that the other fellow is cutting prices. Except for tlie fact that some con sumers say prices are off there is not much actual indication of it. Some prices are off slightly, but principally in woods for which there was a heavy government demand, which left them flat when the demand slumped. Government requirements are more specific than other requirements, and carry a slightly higher market in some instances. In marketing such woods for commercial purposes it is natural that a sligbtly lower market has to be accepted, but on general commercial woods there is no real indication of a lower market. There has been a fairly active demand for the better grades of poplar, there also being a fair demand for quartered oak, while ash in straight grades is fair. Beech is not in big demand at the present time. Walnut is in big supply and light demand, due to heavy supplies of low grade on the market. Veneers are more active than they have been and are showing up to better advantage-. =-< NASHVILLE >= A little lull in trade precedes the holidays hut much contideuce pre- vails in IftlO activities. Local business bodies are looking to the avail- ability of the powder plant section at Hadley's Bend for manufacturing and industrial possibilities later on, when its use for present purposes becomes no longer essential. That is, such features as the electric plant, power systems, trackage, etc.. would form very valuable industrial pos- sibilities. --< BEAUMONT >-= -< MILWAUKEE >.- From the number of inquiries received, hardwood men expect a big in- crease in shipments immediately after the first of the year for the re- adjustment in northern factories will cause a demand for different stocks from what they have on hand at the present time. That the demand has been slow and prices weak in southern hardwoods for some time there is no denying, but stocks are also low and the big demand which inquiries indicate will find little from which to draw. Throughout the fall and up until the present time, the mills have been handicapped by heavy rains and the influenza epidemic. This made it im- possible for them to make headway, many being closed down entirely for days at a time. >In view of these facts, hardwood men say that a stiffening of prices is inevitable. The feature of the week has been the amount of inquiries from foreign fi.rms, although not enough time has elapsed since the signing of the armistice to allow some of them to figure out their wants and get the information across. One Beaumont concern received an inquiry for 2,000,000 feet of plain oak, but was in position to take only part of it. The size of this order is taken to indicate that foreign yards are bare and everyone will be trying to get all they can before the general rush comes. The inquiry mentioned came from a London concern. Labor conditions continue bad and mill men expect improvement to come slowly. The lifting of the ban on essential industries has caused some men to return to their former occupations, while relief through re- turning soldiers is expected to be exceedingly slow. Some may not return to the mills, while others will be retained in the service for many weeks to come. Lumbermen who have been over the country, state that there is a general demand among the business interests to have the railroads re- turned to. private ownership. They state that this will bring about an earlier rehabilitation of the lines and create a big demand the moment the bill is signed. In fact the inquiries will be out the moment congress assures the owners that such action will be taken. In addition to the material needed for the "lines already in operation, the development of the country since the war began has created a demand for some extensions which the lines cannot overlook in their own interest. This will call for still more construction material and cars to make them serviceable. Cars are plentfiul and shipments are prompt when stocks are at hand. Gradual relief of the shortage of labor for woods work in northern Wis- consin makes it appear now that logging operations during the winter of 191S-1919 will be at least equal to those of last winter in respect to the volume of Input. Some sections report that various companies are operat- ing only a part of their usual number of logging camps, because not enough men are available, but others say woods operations are in full swing with complete quotas. The United States Employment Service is doing good work in placing men released from essential war industries with the log- ging and lumber concerns of the North. The impression prevails that hardwood logs will advance in price before the end of the new logging season, and at least one firm in Northwestern Wisconsin is now buying cut timber at last year's prices and guaranteeing sellers against a possible advance. The weather in the logging districts has been rather mild during the last two or three weeks, offsetting the advantage furnished late in November and early in December by a fairly heavy snowfall. However, conditions in the woods are regarded as favorable and only the shortage of labor will limit the production of logs. RED BOOK SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE Published semi-annually in February and August It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyere it lum- ber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their financial standing and manner of meeting obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as the authority en the lin* it coven. A well organized CoUecUOD Department la also oper- ated and the aame la open to you. Write for tenna. Lumbermen's Credit Association ms 6M So. Dearborn Street CHICAGO Mention Thia Paper 55 Jobs Street NEW YORK CITY New York— Chicago— SeatUe Buying, selling, financing. Investigating Timberlands and every service connected therewith which is best performed by an organ- ization of 38 years of experience. I JAMES D <' I I ^-> acey|imber(q. 1750 Mccormick building. Chicago New York— Chicago— Seattle SERVICE FIRE INSURANCE SERVICE AND PROTECTION Davis Service was organized to furnish to lumbermen in every branch of the trade com- plete and immediate protection for buildings, equipment and stocks. No matter howr many yards and plants you have, nor where they are located, we can cover you. The value of Davis Service consists in the fact that your insurance is placed at one time on all your risks, through one office, which acts as your fire insurance clearing house and insures full coverage everywhere all the time. Let our Engineering Department show you how to reduce the cost of your fire insurance. Full Coverage, Correct Forms, Lowest Rates A. J. DAVIS & CO. Speciatists in Lumber Fir* Insurance Insurance Exchange, Chicago All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 50 HARDWOOD RECORD December 191S CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Advertisements will be Inserted in this iec- tion at the following rates: For one insertion 25c a line For two insertions 40c a line For three insertions 55c a line For four insertions 65c a line Eiglit words of ordinary length mnke one Hue. Heading counts as two lines. No display except the headings can be ad- mitted. Remittances to accompany the order. No extra charges for copies of paper containing the advertisement. BIRCH LUMBER When you are buying BIRCH consult us. V/e have it JONES HARDWOOD COMPANY 10 High Street BOSTON, MASS. FOR SALE— BASSWOOD 5/4 & 6/4 No. 1 common. Can dress and resaw. if desired. WALTKR C. MANSFIELD, Menom- inee. Micti. LUMBER WANTED MANUFACTURERS TAKE NOTICE We are always in the market for hard- woods and white pine. Please mail us your price and stock lists. R. H. CATLIN CO., Equitable Building, WILMINGTON, DEL. LUMBEB WANTED FOR GOVERNMENT WORK THE DAILY BULLETINS of the Lumberjnen's Bureau, S09 Munsey BIdg., Washington, D. C, contain rush inquiries for all character of Hard- woods for government departments and govern- ment contractors with lists of new contracts, prices, etc. Write for free sample bulletins. WANTED TO BXJY Hard and soft wood Slabs and Edgings, 12", 16", 24", 30" and 48" for fuel wood. .41so Cordwood. Write COVEY-DDRHAM COAL CO., *31 S. Dear- born St., Chicago. WANTED CARLOAD LOTS Hickory, JIaple, Beech or Oak Cordwood, dry Hardwood Sawdust. Cash with order. J. C. MALONEY, Swissvale, Pa. WANTED TO BUY Two or three million feet of Black Walnut logs and timber to manufacture gunstocks tor the government. Also oak and other hardwood. J. W. FRXE LUMBER CO., Dayton, O. WANTED FOR CASH 20 cars Rock Elm, FAS & No. 1 Com. We want this for green shipment during the winter. JOHN I. SHAFER H.\RDWOOD CO., South Bend, Indiana. WANTED ALL GRADES Chestnut lumber to sell, .\ddress, "BOX 123," care HAnnwooD Record. ALFRED P. BUCKLEY Lumber Commission 932 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Will cut to order 8 to 10 cars Locust in the log in New Jersey. Also Poplar and Sweet Gum in the log in sizes and lengths desired. FOR SALE— WE OFFER the following for prompt shipment : 1 car 2" No. 1 Com. and Bet. Soft Maple. 1 car 1" No. 1 Com. and Bet. Soft Maple 1 car 2" sound wormy Chestnut 1 car IVi" sound wormy Chestnut 1 car 1" sound wormy Chestnut 4 cars IH" log run Beech 1 car IVi" log run Beech 6 cars 2" log run Hard Maple 1 car 4x4 No. 1 Com. & Bet. squares Hard Maple. R. R. PARK & COMPANY, Jamestown. N. Y. TIMBER FOR SALE FOR SALE — i80 ACRES (Timber Only) in Shelby County, Tex., near rail- road, 607<> Oak, ranging from 2 to 5 feet in diameter. Also 040 acres Yellow Pine in Lee Co., Fla. J. D. LEISURE, Columbus, Ind. FOR SALE LARGE TRACT OF Timber un Quatsiue Sound. British Columbia. Ocean going vessels can go right up to the prop- erty. Write for price. T. A. White, Middle- town, O. DIMENSION STOCK WANTED LUMBER FOR SALE FREE SERVICE FOR BUYERS Our Daily Bulletins containing inquiries from Buyers, are sent to five hundred responsible saw- mills. The mills make their best competitive quotations direct to the buyer, by mall or tele- graph. Send us your Inquiries. The service Is free to buyers. Daily Bulletins, Lumbermen's Bureau, 810 Munsey Building, Washington, D. C. AU Three of Us WANTED TO BUY 5 cars 2x2-30" Clear Oak Squares. 5 cars 2x2-19" Clear Oak Squares. 5 cars I%il%-19" Clear Oak Squares. 10 cars l%xiy2.20 and 40" Clear Oak Squares, 5 cars 1 "4x2 14 -5' clear Oak. 5 cars iy2x2%-5' clear Oak. 10 cars 114x2 and 214 -40" clear Oak. Write for orders to cut. We are always In the market. THE PROBST LUMBER CO., Cincinnati, Ohio. c VENEERS FOR SALE OHIO VENEER COMPANY Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE VENEER WANTED WANTED 1/16" QUARTER SAWN White Oak, select grade, 10" and 11", clear of sap, by 44", 28" and 19" long. Address, "BOX 124," care Hardwood Record. LOGS WANTED WANTED— BLACK WALNUT LOGS 500 cars good black walnut logs, 12" and up in diameter, 6 ft. and up long. Will Inspect at shipping point and pay cash. GEO. W. HARTZELL, Piqua, Ohio. I RAILWAY EQLIPMENT FOR SAIE| LOCOMOTIVE rOR SALE A 22-tun CUiiss A, 36" gage, Climax locomotive, with Radley Hunter stack, in perfect working orrler. Bought new 1916, used eighteen months. Also eighteen skeleton logging cars, 36" gage, in perfect condition, $250.00. each. f. o. b. Redwine, Ky. LENOX SAW MILL CO.. Lenox, Ky. MACfllNERY FOR SALE WANTED— SEVERAL CARS 2x2x30" and 2yox2i^x30" Clear Birch or Maple Squares. THE MAY LUMBER CO., 949 Broad- way, New York, N. Y. DIMENSION STOCK FOR SALE DIMENSION STOCK FURNISHED OR SUPPLIED We are in position to supply manufacturers with Hardwood Dimension Stock in all sizes B. J. HARRISON MFG. CO.. Arkvillp, N. Y. FOR SALE Electric power plant, now on skids at Redwine, Kentucky, can ship quick. Recently overhauled and is in perfect working order. Price, $6,750, f. o. b. cars Redwine, Ky., sight draft and B/L attached. Can be inspected any time. 1 General Electric Curtis Turbo Unit, consist- ing of : Generator : 1-750 K. W. General Electric ver- tical, 3 phase, 60 cycle, 2300 or 440 volts, 1800 R. P. M. Turbine : 750 K. W. condensing (550) K. W. non-condensing Curtis vertical, 1800 R. P. M. 150 lbs. steam pressure at throttle, 28" vacuum. Above complete with all piping equipment. No condenser equipment. LENOX SAW MILL CO., Lenox, Ky. FOR SALE 1 Fay & Egan 54" Lightning band saw mill, on ball bearings, without carriage or feed works, left hand mill. 1 Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton band saw sharp- ener, stylo 411. 1 Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton band saw rolling machine. C' Band saws. 7" by 20 guage. 1 P. B. Rich & Son brazing clamp and table. This machinery is practically new, having cut less than one carload of lumber. EVANSVILLE VENEER CO.. Bvansville. Ind. FOR SALE Victor Talking Machine Company, Camden, N. J. Three semi-trailers arranged tor handling hardwood lumber. Will carry four tons. Will Be Benefited if You Mention HAROWOOD RECORD December 25, 1918 HARDWOOD RECORD 51 EMPLOYMENT WANTED WANTED POSITION AS superinteDilPut or geuerul forcuuiu iu interior trim, office or general cabinet work and veneer room ; 20 years' experience -nitli well known firm. Change aesired. Address, "BOX 129," care Hardwood Record. MlSCEllANEOUS Loose Leaf Tally Books TALLY SHEETS With WATERPROOF LINES Sample Sheets, Price List and Catalog of Other Supplies Will Be Sc7it on Request FRANK R. BUCK & CO. 2133 Kenilworth Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE FOR SALE OR TRADE 15,000 acre.<; Chestnut, Hemlock, Oak, etc.. in N. c'. G C. BLANKNER, 60 Wall Street. New York City. N. Y. OVER ONE HUNDRED MILLION feet Itcd Cypress, Cottonwood, .\sh. Willow, (ium, Red and Overcup Oak, Hickory and Pecan. Ready to operate. Bargain for quick sale. ROBERT YORIv & CO., Memphis, Tenn. FOR SALE OR TRADE 5,200 acres Yellow Pine, Oak. Chestnut, etc., in Tenn. G. C. BLANKXER, 60 Wall Street, New York City, N. Y. BUSINESS OPPORTINITIES HIGH-CLASS MANUrACTURING AND wholesale lumber company, holding unusual loca- tion and opportunity, desires to increase capital from $50,000.00 to $100,000.00. Have position for experienced hardwood office man, also man- ager of entire hardwood operation. Don't apply unless you have both capital and ability. Or we offer an absolutely sound 10% investment for money without services. Good investment for retired lumberman ; the funds of an estate : or we can use a young man with capital and stenog- raphic ability who desires to learn the lumber business. Address "OPPORTUNITY," care Haed- wooD Record, HARDNVOODS FOR SALE ASH ABER- NO. 1 C. iS. SEL., white cane, 4/4". DEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 1 C, White, 6/4", good wdths., 50% 14- 16' 2 yr.s dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C, white. S/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 1 yr dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. T. NO. 1 C, brown, 4/4", 18 mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO. INC., Buffalo, N. T. FAS, % & %", reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos dry. FAS, %", 10" & up, reg. Igths., 6 mos. dry. h6FFM:aN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. FAS, black, 4/4, 6/4. S/4", reg. wdths., good 14 & 16' long, dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO., Boston, Mass. FAS, Ark. white, 5/4. 6/4, 8/4 & 10/4", 6-10"; FAS, Ark. white, 8/4 & 12/4", 10" and up: SEL., Ark. white. 4/4, 6/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4 & 16/4' 6" & up: NO. 1 C, Ark. white. 4/4, 5/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4 & 16/4": CLR., shorts. Ark. white, 4/4". KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEYER CO., Cin- cinnati, Ohio. COM. 4 BTR., 4/4-8/4". ICRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 & 3, 4/4", 4" & up. 10-16', 8 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. SEL,, 4/4", 5/4". 8/4": NO. 1 C, 4/4", 8/4". NICKEY BROS., INC., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C, & BTR., 4/4 & 8/4". PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 & BTR., 4/4". SALLING-HANSON COMPANY", Grayling. Mich. NO. 1 C. & FAS, 12/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. green to 6 mos. dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUM- BER CO.. Seymour, Ind. FAS, 5/4", all S-10': ONE FACE CLR., 5/4x 3V- to 5>/i"; CLR. SHORTS, 8/4", 12/4": NO. 1 C.7 5/4", 8/4": FAS, 10/4x10", 12/4x10" up. THOMPSON-KATZ LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. „ , NO. 2 & BTR., 4/4". 3" & wdr., 6' & longer, vr. drv: NO. 1 & BTR., 5/4", 6" & wdr., 8' & longer." 18 mos. dry. WHEELER-TIMLIN LBR. CO., Wausau, Wis. NO. 2 & BTR., S/4". 4" & wdr., 6' & longer, . 18 mos. dry. WHEELER-TIMLIN LBR. CO., Wausau, Wis. „ , ,,. •, ALL grades 4/4", good wdths. & Igths., dry. WILLSON BROS. LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 to 8/4", reg. wdth., ;std. Igths 1 to 2 vrs. drv. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. COTTONWOOD BEECH NO. 2 C. & BTR., 6/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 30% FAS, 10 mos. dry: NO. 3 C, %x6/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 10 mos. dry. EAST JORDAN LUMBER CO., East Jordan. Mich. ^ ,„,„„_ LOG RUN, 6/4, 10/4". WELSH LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. , j., „ , .v, NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4", good wdths. & Igths., dry. WILLSON BROS. LUMBER CO., Pitts- burgh, Pa. BIRCH , sap, 4/4". good wdths., 50% ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., NO. 1 C. & BTR., 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. F/VS?'4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4 & 12/4"; NO. 1 C. 4/4! 5/4, 6/4: NO. 2 C, 6/4". THEO. FATH- AUER CO., Chicago, 111. NO. 1 & BTR., 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, S/4, 10/4, 12/4, 16/4", reg, wdths. & Igths., dry. JONES HARD- WOOD CO., Boston, Mass. FAS, 4/4" to S/4": NO. 1 C, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4": NO 1 C. & SEL., red. 4/4": NO, 3 CRATING, 4/4, 5/4". MASON-DONALDSON LBR. CO., Rhinelander, Wis. NO. 2 & BTR., 4/4, 5/4": NO. 2. C, 4/4": NO. 1 & BTR., 5/4". SALLING-HANSON COM- PANY, Grayling, Mich. FAS, 4/4". 6/4", 6" & wdr., 8' & longer, IS to 20 mos. drv: NO. 1 C, 6/4". 6" & wdr.. S' & longer. 18 to 20 mos. dry: NO. 2 C. & BTR., 8/4", 6" & wdr.. 8' & longer. 18 to 20 mos. dry: NO. 3 C, 8/4". 4" & wdr., 6' & longer, 18 to 20 mos. dry. WHEELER-TIMLIN LBR. CO., Wausau, Wis. FAS, 4/4", 6-12" wide; BOX BDS., 4/4", 9-12 ; NO 1 C & SEL., NO. 2 C. & SEL., 5/4": DOG BDS. ABERDEEN'LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh. Pa. NO. 1 & PANEL, 4/4", 18 & up. ANDERSON- TULLY CO., Memphis, Tenn. F/iS, 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths. BROWN L.AND & LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. FAS, S/4 & 12/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 9 mos. drv NO. 1 C, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. drv- NO. 2 C. 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths 6 nnos. dry. GEO. 6. EHEMANN & CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C, 5/4", 1 yr. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo, N. T. FAS, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4", 4" & up, 10-lS', 8 mos. dry P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. ^ FAS, 4/4", 6-12". NICKEY BROS., INC., Memphis, Tenn. CYPRESS BUTTERNUT BASSWOOD COM. & BTR.. 4/4", reg. wdth. 10 moa. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. Wayne, Ind. CO ISth. . Ft. CHERRY NO. 1 C, 4/4". good wdths.. 50% 14-16', 2 yrs. drv. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4", reg. wdths. .& Igths., 9 mos. dry; NO. 3 C, 4/4", reg. wdths. & igths., 4 mos. dry. EAST JORDAN LUMBER CO., East Jordan, Mich. NO. 2 C, 5/4". 18 mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo. N, Y. COM. & BTR., white, 5/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 4 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO.. Ft. Wavne, Ind. NO. 2 & BTR., 4/4, 5/4. 10/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO., Boston, Mass. NO. 1 C, 4/4": NO. 1 & BTR., 4/4, 5/4"; BOX & CRATING STK. NO. 3, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4". MASON-DONALDSON LBR. CO., Rhinelander, Wis. NO. 1 C, 4/4-8/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 1-2 yrs. dry. BLAKESLEE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 4/4". 8" & up, S' & up. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. FAS, 4/4", 6" & up; NO. 1 C, 4/4". KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEYER CO., Cincinnati, O. CHESTNUT FAS, 4/4", good wdths.. 50% 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO.. Buffalo. N. Y. FAS, 4/4", reg. wdths., % 14-16' long, 9 mos. drv. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. ALL grades 4/4", good wdths. & Igths., dry. WILLSON BROS. CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 1 C, yellow, 5/4"; SHOP, yellow, 4/4 & 5/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, ^%A& 8/4"- SEL., 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4"; SHOP f^^S, 8/4 stL.., Y„. / 1'sHOP, 4/4, 5/4, f/4 8/4"& 12/4"; PECKY, 4/4, 5/4 6/4 & 8/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO Memphis Tenri. LOG RUN, 5/4, 6/4 & 10/4". BELLGRADB LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. SEL., 8/4". reg. wdths.. good Igths.. 9 mos. dr? BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., ""'cO^lm^/*. 6/4 & S/^-'/^Jfo^fsHOP^^aii 4 mos. dry; FAS, SEL., and NO. 1 SHOP, all 4/4, B/4, 6/4 & 8/4", ran wdth. & 'S'^- « /JO^g dry. straight or mixed cars. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. Mr. 1 ^HOP & BTR., 4/4-16/4", reg. wdths., std^ iktht T-2 7rs dry. 'yeAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y'. ELM— SOFT LOG RUN 6/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO., ^"N^?.!"rc^1-BTR., 4/4-16/4" reg wd|hs § Igths.. 75% FAS, 9 mos. dry. EAST JORDAN LUMBER CO.. East Jordan, Mich NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths 7 mos. dry; NO, 2 C. & BTR., 6' 4 & S/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 9 mos. dry; NO. 2 C.& BTR., 12/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 14 mos^ dry. GEO. C' EHEMANN & CO.. Memphis -Tenn. LOG RUN, 12/4", reg. wdths. & 'gths. t hiti- GUSON & PALMER CO., Memphis. 'Tenn. LOG RUN 12/4". reg. wdths. ,>c Igths.. S mos. drv GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER '-"ZoG'RU^N"6/'4-r2/4-. KRAETZER-CURBD ^\'^W'^UN%fr^fi'^:r'Tnp. 10-16', 6 mos. dry P J LAmiENCE LUMBER CO., St. '"°rSn' ^S BTR 5/4"- NO. 2 & BTR., 5/4, 8/4 & 1°A"- NO T BOX & CRATING, 4/4. M.ASON- DONADDSON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. ' All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 52 HARDWOOD RECORD December 25, 191S HARDWOODS FOR SALE LOG RUN, 8/4 & 12/4". NICKET BROS., INC., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C, & BTR„ S/4 & 12/4", reg. wdths. & Ig-ths.. sreen to 6 mos. drv. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO.. Seymour. Iiid. ELM— ROCK NO. 2 & BTR., S/4". M.X.SON-DONALDSON LUMBIOR CO.. Rhinelander. Wis. NO. 1 & BTR,, 6/4": NO. 2 & BTR,, 6/4, S/4, 12/4 & 16/4"; NO, 3 & BTR., 6 4". SALLING- HANSON CO., Grayling, Mioh. GUM— SAP NO. 1 C. & SEL., 4 4 & r,/4". No. 2 C, 4/4 & 5/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO.. Pittsburgh, Pa. FAS, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4 '4-8/4"; NO. 1 C. & BTR., Qtd.. 6/4 & 8/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO., Men, phis, Tenn. FAS, 4/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4"; NO. 2 C, 4/4". THE BE.\UMONT LUMBER CO., Beaumont, Tex. FAS, 4/4": NO. 1 C, 4/4": NO. 1 & 2 C, 6/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville, Ark. BOX BDS., 4/4"; S-12", 13-17, 7 mos. dry; FAS, 4/4", reg. wdths. &■ Igths., 7 mos. dry; NO, 1 & 2 C, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 7 mos. dry. BP.OWX LAND & LUMBER CO., Mem- phis, Tenn. ALL grades 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. LOG RUN. -'s & 6/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.; NO, 1 C. & BTR., 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths. FERGUSON & PALMER CO., Memphis. Tenn. FAS, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. 10 mos. drv; BOX BDS., 4/4". 13-17", 12-16'. 10 mos. dry. GOODL.-VNDER-ROEERTSON LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. LOG RUN 4/4-6/4". KRAETZER-CURBD LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 3 C, 4/4 & 8/4". RUSSE & BURGESS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 6/4". WELSH LUMBER CO., Mem- phis, Tenn. GUM— PLAIN RED NO, 1 C. & SEL., 4 4 & n 4". .ABERDEEN LUMBER CO.. I'ittshurgh. Pa FAS, NO. 1 C, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4". ANDERSON- TULLY CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C, 4/4 it 5/4". THE BEAUMONT LUMBER CO., Beaumont, Tex. NO, 2 C, & BTR., 4/4-8/4". BELLGRADE LT.IMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn NO. 1 C. 4/4'. BLISS-COOK OAK CO., BlisBvlUe, Ark. ALL grades 4/4, 6/4, 6/4 & 8/4". 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis. Mo. COM. & BTR., 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 7 mos. dry. BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 6/4", reg. wdths. & Igths. FERGUSON & PALMER CO., Memphis, Tenn. — . COM. & BTR., 4/4". reg. wdths. &- Igths., 10 mos. dry. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUM- BER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS & NO. 1, 4/4 .(t 6/4", 6" & up, 10-16', 6 mos. dry. P. ,1. LAWRE.NCE. LU.MBER CO , St. Louis. I\Io. GUM— QUARTERED RED NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-12/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR., all tiiiclinesses. reg. wdths & Igths.. 7 mos. dry. BROW.N LAND & LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. , NO. 1 C. & BTR.. 4/4 & 6/4". reg. wdths & iKths. FERGU.SOX & PALMER CO"., Memphis, Tclm. COM. & BTR., S/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 1 vr. dry. GOOriLA.N'DER-ROBERTSON LUMBER C< 1.. Memiihi.s. Tenn. COM, 4 BTR., 4/4-12/4". KRABTZBR- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn COM. <• 8 4". \VI';LSH LUM- BER CO.. .Mem)ihis. Tenn. GUM— TUPELO ALL grades, 4 '4. 5/4. 6 4. 4". 6" .t up. 10-16' S mos. dry. P. .1. LAWREXCE LUMBER CO., .St. Loui.'j. Mc. ALL grades 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4". 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Loui.s. Mo ,.J^'°-J ^- *■ S^"--' ■J/''". ABERDEEN LUM- BER CO.. Pittsl:.urgh, Pa. HACKBERRY ABERDEEN LUMBER NICKEY BROS., INC., LOG RUN, 4/4' CO., Pittsliurgh. Pa LOG RUN, 6/4" Memphis, Tenn. NO. 3 C, 4/4 to 6/4", good wdths. & Igths., dry. \\'ILLSON BROS. LBR. CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. HICKORY NO. 2 C. & BTR., 6/4 & 12/4", reg. wdths. & Igths. FERGUSON & PALMER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 C, & BTR., 8/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. dry. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. LOG RUN, 6/4 & S/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., green to 6 mos. dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUM- BER CO.. Seymour, Ind. MAHOGANY FAS, NO. 1 C, SHORTS, WORMY, 14-1G/4", pl. & fig.. Mex. ct African. HUDDLESTON- MARSH MAH0G..\NY CO.. Chicago, 111. MAPLE— HARD NO. 1 C, 4 4", gn(Ml wdtlis., 50% 14-16'. 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo. N. Y NO. 1 0. & BTR., 4/4 & 5/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., sap two sides, 8 mos. dry. BLAKESLEE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 12/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 6 mos. drv. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo, N. Y. NO, 1 C, & BTR., 4/4-16/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 50-00 ':c FAS, 0 mos. drv. E.4ST JOR- DAN LUMBER CO., East Jordan, Mich. FAS, 4/4 & 8/4"; NO, 1 C. 4/4 & 5/4". THEO. FATH.A.UER Cri., Chicago. 111. NO. 1 & BTR., 5/4 & 10/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., dry. JONES H.\RUWOOD CO., Boston, Mass. LOG RUN, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4", 4" & up, 10-16'. 6 mos. dry. P. J. LAAVRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. FAS, 4/4": NO. 1 C. & BTR., 10/4 & 12/4"; NO. 2 C. & BTR., 5/4, 6/4 & S/4"; NO, 3. CRATING, 4/4. 5/4". M.ASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO.. Rhinelander, Wis. LOG RUN 12/4". PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, INC.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 & BTR., 12 1". SALLIXG-HANSON CO.. Gravling, Mich. LOG RUN, S/4". WELSH LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. MAPLE— SOFT FAS, 4/4-16,4", 1 yr. clr\-. G. EILIAS & BRO.. Buffalo, N. Y. LOG RUN, 10/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. 10 mos. dry. G(.)ODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 2 & BTR.. 4/4 & 6/4". MASON-DON- ALDSON LUMBER CO.. Rhinelander, Wis NO. 3 & BTR.. 5/4". S.A.LLING-H.4NSON CO., Gravling. Mich. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 10/4". rep, wdths. & Igths., 3-12 mos. dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO , Seymour, Ind. ALL grades 4/4-8/4", good wdths. & Igths., dry. WILLSON BROS. CO.. Pittsburgh. Pa NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4". reg. wdths., std Igths.. 1-2 yrs. dry. YE.-\GER LUMBER CO Buffalo. N. Y. OAK— PLAIN RED NO. 2 C. & BTR., 3/4, 4/4 & 6/4". BELL- GRAOE LT'MBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn FAS 10/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. dry. BLAKES- LEE. PERRIN .S.- D.\RLING. Buffalo N Y FAS & NO. 1 C. all thicknesses, reg. W(lths .>l- Isths.. 7 mos. dry. BROWN 'LAyiY)"& LUM- BER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. FAS. 4/4". good wdths., V, 14-16' long. 1 vr dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO ', Buffalo, N. Y. ALL grades 4/4 & 6/4". 4" 6" & up. 10-16'. S mos. dry. P. J. LAAAT^ENCE LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. FAS. 5/4, 11" & up, 10' & up, 1 vr. drv. HOFFMAN EROS. CO.. Ft. Wavne. Ind. NO. 1 C, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4: NO. 2 C, 4/4; FAS, 5/4, 6/4". NICKEY BROS., INC., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 12/4", reg. wdths. & Igths 3-12 mos. dry. SW.\IN-ROACH LUMBER CO . i^evmour. Ind. FAS, %, hi, %". RUSSE & BURGESS, INC., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4", reg. wdths., std Igths., 1-2 yr.s. dry. YE.4GER LUMBER CO , Buffalo, N. Y. OAK— QUARTERED RED FAS 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Bliss- ville, Ark. COM. & BTR., 4/4-6/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn, NO. 1 C, 4/4". 7" i>Cr wider. BLISS-COOK 0.\K CO., Blissville, Ark. FAS, %, 4/4"; SEL., 4/4. NICKEY BROS., INC., Memphis, Tenn. OAK— PLAIN WHITE FAS, 4/4". good wdths.. btV/c 14-16'. 2 yrs. dry. ATL.\NTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C, 4/4"; NO. 2 C, 4/4": FAS, 4/4". THE BEAUMONT LUMBER CO., Beaumont, Tex. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 6/4. BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4-, reg. wdth. & Igth.. 1-2 yrs. dry. BLAKESLEE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 1 C. & 2 C, 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Blissville, Ark. FAS, 10/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 1 yr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo, N. Y. FAS, % & %■'. 18 mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 4/4", 10/4, 12/4 & 16/4", reg, wdths. & Igths.; NO. 1 C, 4/4. reg. wdths. & Igths.: NO. 1 C. & BTR., 5/4", reg. wdths. & Igths. FERGUSON & PALMER CO., Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR., 4/4-16/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. ALL grades 4/4 & 6/4". 4" & 6" & up, 10-16', 5 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis. Mo. SEL,, %", 6" & wider: NO. 1 C, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4"; NO, 2 C, 4/4"; NO, 3 C, 4/4". NICKEY BROS., INC.. Memphis. Tf-nn. NO. 1 C, hi. %"; NO. 2 C„ 4/4". RUSSE 4 BURGESS, INC.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C, & BTR,, 4/4". 16/4". reg. wdths., std. Igths., 1-2 vrs, drv; FAS, 12/4", 6" & up, std. Igths.. largely 14 ^.- 16'. 1-2 vrs. drv. YE.VGER LUMBER CO.. Buffalo. X, V. OAK— QUARTERED WHITE NO, 2 C, & BTR., 4/4. BELLGRADE LUM- BER CO., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C, 4/4" & up. BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Blissville, Ark. NO, 1 C, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. 2 yrs, dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, % & hi". 6" & up. 8' & up, 8 mos. dry; FAS, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. 4 mos. and over dry; STRIPS, 4/4", 2%-5^4, reg. Igths.. 6 mos. dry: BCKG. BDS,, %, 5/4, reg. wdths. & Igths., 8-12 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wavne, Ind. FAS, 4/4", S" & up. KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEYER CO., Cincinnati. Ohio. FAS, %, %", 6/4": FAS. 4/4", 8-9"; NO, 2 C, % & 5/4"; NO. 1. 4/4.& 6/4": SEL., 4/4", 8" & wider: SEL,, 6/4": CL?EAR STRIPS, V2". 4-5yo". NICKEY BROS.. INC., Jlemphis. Tenn. OAK— MISCELLANEOUS NO. 1 C. & SEL., mixed, laigelv red, 4/4, 8/4 6 10 4": NO, 2 C, & SEL.. 4/4": FAS. 10/4"; NO. 3 C, 4/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. FAS, mixed red & white. 4/4"; NO. 1 C, mixed red * white, 4/4". THE BE.\UMONT LUMBER CO., Beaumont. Tex. ALL grades R. & W., 4/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. NO, 3 C. 4/4": CROSSING PLANK 12/4". PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, INC. Memiihis. Tenn. COM. & BTR., red and white. 12/4". W^LSH LU.MBER CO., Wausau, Wis. NO. 2 & 3 C, 4/4", good wdths. & Igths., drv, WILLSON BROS. LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. PECAN LOG RUN, S/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. POPLAR NO. 1 C, S'4", good wdths., 50 % 14-16', 2 yrs. dr.v. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buf- falo. N. Y. NO, 1 C, 6"x6", IS mos. drv. G. ELIAS & BRO,. INC., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, soft yellow, 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4 & 12/4"; SAP & SEL,, soft yellow, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4 & 12/4"; NO, 1 C, soft yellow, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4 & 12/4", KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEYER CO., Cincinnati. Ohio. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD December 2ri. 191S HARDWOOD RECORD 53 ~| Advertisers' Directory NORTHERN HARDWOODS. American Lumber & Manufac- turing Company "-4i Atlantic Lumber Co.. Buffalo. . . 4 Barnaby, Charles H " Blakeslee. Perrin & Darling. . Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co Cobbs & Mitchell: Inc Kast Jordan Lumber Co Elias. G., & Bro Fathauer. Theo., Company 44 Gill- Andrews Lumber Company. 45 Hoffman Bros. Company 7-28c Jackson & Tindle 48 Jones Hardwood Co 51 Kneeland-Bigelow Co., The 3 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co.. The 37 Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co.. 8 Gayoso Lumber Company Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Company Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co Memphis Band Mill Co Miller Lumber Co Mossman Lumber Company .... Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co Penrod. Jurden & McCowen Pritchard-"V\Tieeler Lumber Co. 7 Probst Lumber Company Russe & Burgess, Inc Sondheimer, E.. Co Stark. James E., & Co Stimson, J. V ' Stimson. J. V. Hardwood Co. . . . Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . Thane Lumber Co Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. . . . 7-n . 10 .7-11 .7-43 . 12 .7-12 .1-11 Mcllvain. J. Gibson. & Co 2 McLean, Hugh. Lumber Co 4 Three States Lumber Co ( Welsh Lumber Co 12 .10 50 10 10 10 -5S 12 12 11 56 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 East Jordan Lumber Company. S Horner, William Long-Bell Lumber Company. . Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. Miller. Sturm .t Miller 4 Mitchell Bros. Co 3 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-46 Northwestern Cooperage & Lbr. Co 8 Palmer & Parker Co 40 Sailing, Hanson Co 48 Stack Lumber Company 41 Arlington Lumber Company. . Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 4 Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo. Stearns Salt & Lumber Co 6 Beaumont Lumber Company. Stimson. J. V. 7-66 Bellgrade Lumber Company. . Sullivan, T.. & Co Aberdeen Lumber Co American Lumber & Mfg. Co. Anderson -TuUy Company. .2-7 Archer Lumber Company Taylor & Crate Tegge Lumber Co Von Platen Lumber Company. . . A\"heeler-Timlin Lumber Co Willson Bros. Lumber Company Wistar, Underbill & Nixon Wood-Mosaic Company 5-7 Yeager Lumber Company, Inc . . 4 Young. W. D., & Co 3 4 4 48 g 45 6 40 OAK. See List.s of Manufacturers on page Evans. G. H., Lumber Co 14 Long-Bell Lumber Co 6-7 Mowbray & Robinson Company. 7-46 POPLAR. Anderson-Tully Company. .2-7-10-55 Arlington Lumber Company. . . .7-46 RED-GUM. Anderson-Tully Company. .2-7-10-55 Bellgrade Lumber Company 10 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Blake.slee, Perrin & Darling 4 Bonner. J. H.. & Sons 7-11 Brown. Geo. C, & Co H Brown Land & Lumber Co 12 Brown, W. P., & Sons Lbr. Co. . 5 Brown & Hackney. Inc H Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co . . 4 Catlin, R. H., Company 50 Cornelius Lumber Company 14 Davis. Edw. L., Lumber Co 5 Dudley Lumber Company 12 Ehemann. Geo. C. & Co.; 12 10 Nickey Bros., Inc -' Norman Lumber Company 5 Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co 7-12 Pelican Lumber Company 39 Penrod, Jurden & McCowen 1-11 Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. 7-10 Probst Lumber Company 50 Richardson, A. M., Lumber Co. . Russe & Burgess, Inc 10 Salt Lick Lumber Company 6 Sondheimer, E.. Company 10 Standard Hardwood Lumber Company ^ Stark, James E., & Co 10 Sterner Lumber Co 46 Stimson. J. V., Hardwood Co... Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . 12 Sullivan, T. . & Co 4 Swain-Roach Lumber Co 7-46 Salt Lick Lumber Company Taylor & Crate 4 Thane Lumber Co 12 Thompson-Katz Lumber Co 11 Three States Lumber Co 7-56 40 Utley-Holloway Company 7 .7-47 Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing 10-55 Co Welsh Lumber Co .7-46 •RTiitmer, Wm., & Sons 4 Willett, W. R., Lumber Co 14 Willson Bros. Lumber Co 6 10 Wisconsin Lumber Company.. . Wistar, Underbill & Nixon. Yeager Lumber Co.. Inc , The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co Long-Knight Lumber Co 28 Mengel, C. C. & Bro. Co 5 Palmer & Parker Co 40 Pickrel Walnut Company 2Sa Purcell, Frank ^1 Rayner. J., Company 13 13 6-7 8 45 12 6 5 40 4 Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co. 47 Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Northwestern Coop. & Lbr. Co. 8 Stearns Salt & Lumber Co 6 Wilce, T., Company, The 13 Y-oung. W. D., & Co 3 SAWS, KNIVES, ETC. Atkins. E. C. & Co Hill-Curtis Co 56 SAWMILL MACHINERY. Hill-Curtis Co ^6 Sinker-Davis Co Soule Steam Feed Works WOODWORKING MACHINERY. Mershon, W, B., & Co LUMBER COMMISSION. Alfred P. Buckley =1 VENEERS AND PANELS. Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co. . 13 Anderson-Tully Company. .2-7-10-55 Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co. 2Sd Bird's Eye Veneer Company 26 Dean-Spicker Company, The... Hoffman Bros. Company 7-2Sc Grand Rapids Veneer Works. . . Huddleston - Marsh Mahogany Philadelphia Textile Machinery Company 28 Company Kosse. Shoe & Schleyer Co. Long-Knight Lumber Co 56 LOGGING MACHINERY. Chickasaw Cooperage Company. Godfrey, John F Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co. . DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. 54 40 13 Elias, G.. &Bro 4 Evans. O. H.. Lumber Co 14 Kosse. Shoe & Schleyer Co.. The 37 Fathauer. Theo., Company 44 ^ong-Knight Lumber Co 28 LUMBER INSURANCE. Ferguson & Palmer Company.. 11 Louisville Veneer Mills 26 (^g^itral Manufacturers' Mutual Galloway-Pease Company 5-7 Mengel, C. C & Bro. Co. Gayoso Lumber Company 10 jjickey Bros., Inc Goodlander-Robinson Lumber Company 7-11 Hoffman Bros. Company 7-2Sc Howe Lumber Company Kosse. Shoe & Schleyer Co., The 37 Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co.... 10 Kurz-Downey Company Lawrence, P. J.. Lumber Co Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Long-Bell Lumber Company. .. . 6-7 Bonner, J. H., & Sons 7-11 Long-Knight Lumber Company 28 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 11 Mcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co 2 Brown & Hackney, Inc 11 McLean. Hugh, Lumber Co. . . . 4 Brown Land & Lumber Co....: 12 Memphis Band Mill Company. . .7-11 Brown, W. P.. & Sons Lumber Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co. 47 Q^ 5 Miller, Sturm & Miller 4 Ehemann, Geo. C. & Co 12 Miller Lumbei; Co 7-43 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co '14 Mossman Lumber Company. ... 12 Ferguson & Palmer Company. . . 11 Mowbray & Robinson Company .7-46 27 Ohio Veneer Company 50 Palmer & Parker Co 40 Pickrel Walnut Company 2Sa Rayner, J., Company 13 Stark, James E., & Co 10 St. Louis Basket & Box Co 28d Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . 12 Wisconsin Cabinet & Panel Co. 2Sb Wisconsin Veneer Company 2Sd Wood-Mosaic Company & 28e to 32 ETC. Insurance Company Davis, A. J., & Co Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mu- tual Fire Insurance Company. TIMBERLANDS. Lacey, James D., Timber Co... MISCELLANEOUS. Brookmire Economic Service... Buck, Frank R., Co Childs. S. D., & Co Kane Manufacturing Company. 49 49 MAHOGANY, WALNUT American Walnut Mfrs. Assn ... 35 Davis, Edw. L., Lumber Co 6 Hoffman Brothers Company. . .7-28c Huddleston - Marsh Mahogany Lumbermen's Credit Assn 28 Perkins Glue Company '"* 49 54 HARDWOOD RECORD December 23, 191S tContinnrfl from pnijr 52> COM. voocl Selects Basswood, No. 1 Common Basswoodf No. 2 Common Basswood, No. 3 Common Gray Elm, No. 1 Common & Better Gray Elm, No. 2 Common & Better Gray Elm, No. 2 Common & Better Gray Elm, high grade Maple, Step Maple, high grade Maple, high grade Maple, high grade Also have ample stock 4/4 Maple and can furnish any grade No. 2 Common or better. We are now sawing Beech lumber, 5/8, 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4. and Maple 4/4, 5/4, 6/4. 8/4, 10/4. 12/4. 14/4 and 16/4 thicknesses. Cobbs & Mitchell INCORPORATBD Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan "FINEST" Maple and Beech FLOORING W« are members of the Maple Flooring Mfr's. Association FIcoriat stamped M. F. M. A. insure! quality /. Michigan .*. Hardwood Lumber BIKCH OAK 800.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 4/4" 50.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr . 4/4- rs.ooa- No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 6/4" M*PT.F. SOFT ELM 50.000' Ists & 2nds. 4/4" to 16/4- 800.000' No. 2 Com, & Btr., 4/4" WHITE MAPLE 80.000' No. I Com. & Btr.. 10/4" 14.000' Itts & 2nds. 4/4", end dried 15.000' No. 1 Com. 4 Btr., 12/4" HEMLOCK 800.000' No. 2 Com. k Btr., 4/4- 125.000' Merchantable 4/4" ASH 17.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 4/4" 15.000' No. 2 Com. 4 Btr. 4/4- Write for Prices W. D.Young ^ Co. BAY CITY MICHIGAN Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality We have dry — 4 4 Basswood, Birch, Gray Elm, Birdseye Maple, Soft Maple and Beech 5/4 Beech 6/4 Beech and Gray Elm 8/4 Gray Elm In addition to above we «'■■» ocvr sav%'ing — 5/8 Beech 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 16/4 Hard Maple Some grades and widths are piled separately to better meet the requirements of the trade Mitchell Brothers Co. Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan WE WILL QUOTE ATTRACTIVE PRICES ON THE FOLLOWING: 20,000 ft. 1 1/16 " X 2" Clear Maple Flooring 35,000 ft. 13/16" X 4" No. 1 & Btr. Maple Flooring 24,000 ft. 1 1/16" X 4" No. 1 & Btr. Maple Flooring 40,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Common & Better Ash 20,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common Ash 200,000 ft. 5/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 60,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 250,000 ft. 5/4 No. 3 Common Beech 14,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2nd Birch 60,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 & No. 2 Common Birch 500,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 225,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 65,000 ft. 10/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 75,000 ft. 12/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 150,000 ft. 6/4 No. 3 Common Elm 40,000 ft. 8/4 No. 3 Common Elm 30,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common & Better Red and White Oak 10,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Belter White Oak 5,000 ft. 10/4 No. 2 Common & Better White Oak The Kneeland-Bigelow Company Manufaclurers of Hardwood Lumber Bay City Michigan All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD January lu. 1919 BUFFALO The Foremost Hardwood Market of the East A T. SULLIVAN & CO. Hardwoods Ash and Elm NIAGARA— CORNER ARTHUR Taylor & Crate HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS A stock of 24,000,(KI0 feet of hardwoods car- ried at all times at our two big Buffalo Yards Established 53 Years Rail or Cargo Shipments G. ELIAS & BRO. HARDWOODS Whit* Pine, Tellaw Pla*. Bpraee, Bcmlaek, Fir, I/ombcr, Timber, BfUlwork, Bezel. Msple and Oak Fleerlas 955-1015 Elk Street Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling A CooipUU Stack ef Seaioned HardwoocU lnolnitsf Aak, Buiweed. Blroh, dhtrT. Obutnut, Orpreu, Elm, aim, mekerr. Kaple, rUia ft aoartered Oak, Peplar* Walnut. 1100 Seneca Street Yeager Lumber Company INCORPORATED EVERYTHING IN HARDWOODS 932 Elk Street Atlantic Lumber Company HARDWOODS WEST VIRGINIA SOFT RED AND WHITE OAK Onr Specialty: West Tirvlnia aud PeiuaTlTaiila CTtaerry 1055 Seneca Street Miller, Sturm & Miller Hardwoods •f All Kinds 1142 Seneca St. Hugh McLean Lumber Co. OUR SPECIALTY: QUARTERED WHITE OAK 940 Elk Street BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. SPECIAL FOB SALE 2" to 4" No. I Common and Better Elm 2", ZVi". 3" and 4".. No. I Common and Better White Ash 2!/a" and 3" No. I Common and Better Plain Oak Hardwoods & Red Cedar Plain and Qrtd. Oak has been our hobby for years Standard Hardwood Lumber Coe OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT 1075 Clinton Street * The above firms carry large and well assorted stocks of all kinds and grades of Hardwoods, and have every facility for filling and ship- ping orders promptly. They will be pleased to have your inquiries. All ThrM nf Us Will Ra Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD THE Howe Lumber Company of Helena, with operations at Wabash, Ark., owns some 8,000 acres of timber similar to that illustrated above. The mill turns out 30 to 35 thousand feet a day of mixed hard- woods, running about SO per cent oak, the balance gum, ash and elm. The company also manufactures veneer flitches. The timber is logged by the Howe Lum- ber Company with its own equipment and trackage, ten miles of rail line being maintained. The company's plant and timber are located in Phillips county, where there is piled a stock of about 5 million feet. The output is sold through the Howe-Nealy Company of Helena. The present mill was built in 1907 by two sons of S. E. Howe, founder of the com- pany, there being three of the sons in- volved in the Howe operation. W. D. Howe is secretary of the com- pany, O. D. Howe is treasurer and John Howe is president. W. D. Howe is also general manager, while O. D. Howe is manager of the plant. ELENA ARKAN S AS Integrity Quality Service Efficiency It is these vital sparks of industry that are keeping the lights burning and the wheels humming at Helena. It was the steadfast adherence to these principles that has made Helena the greatest producing center of Hcirdwoods and Hardwood Veneers west of the Mis- sissippi river. The satisfaction of profitable trade binds our custom- ers to us. From all Hardwood consumers who appre- ciate a product in which these qualities are inherent, we respectfully solicit correspondence. A. M. Richardson Lumber Co. Chicago Mill & Lumber Co. Theo. Fathauer Co. I. V. Stimson Hardwood Co. Penrod-Jurden Company Rex Hoop Co. Howe Lumber Co. Archer Lumber Co . Van Briggle Veneer Co. AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD Januai-y 10, 1919 Double Band Mill For Sale Including: Carriages Niggars Loaders Trimmer Edgers Resaws Sprockets and Chain Shafting and Pulleys Engine— 281/^ x 62 Log Machinery All the Machinery for a Clothes Pin Mill Filing Room Equipment cTk. § TEARNS SALT is- LUMBER CO. LudingtokMich. <>iiiiiiiiii[]iriiiiiiiiii[UMiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiliiiiiC]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiMiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiii[]iniilliiico i COMMERCIAL I KILN DRYING j I Modem Kilns | 1 5 I We do a large amount of this I I work and are in a position to quote | I prices that will be satisfactory, j i Wire or vv^rite us, or better | I still, send along your ship- | I ments of lumber for kiln | I drying and they will be i I taken care o£ I = 3 i WILLIAM HORNER | 1 REED CITY, MICHIGAN | coimiiitnniiMiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiimiiiii[]iiiiiiiiMii[]itiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiniiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiioiiinmi? WM. WHITMER & SONS INCORPORATED Manufacturers and Whole- salers of All Kinds of "If Anybody Can. W« Can" HARDWOODS West Virginia Spruce and Hemlock Long and Short Leaf Pine Virginia Framing Finance Building PHILADELPHIA NORTH CAROLINA PINE AND WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Capacity 300,000 Ft. per Day Conway, S. C. Jacksonville, N. C. Hertford, N. C. MILLS Porterwood, W. Va. Wildell, W. Va. MUl Creek, W. Va. Willson Bros. Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS MAIN OFFICE: PITTSBURGH, PA. ?pcic>r ^^m^h for VENEER No checks or splits. Enor- mous output. Low labor cost. The Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. Philadelphia Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT UCK KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF Oak Flooring Complete stock of 3/8" and 13/16" in all standard widths All Three of Us WUI Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD A— Manufaoturer of Impleffient Stock. B— Manufacturer tf Car Hattral. C — Hakufacturar af Factory BImenalaa. (*See pages — ) Fine Veneers and Hardwood Lumber ^ Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc. New Albany, Ind. Manufacturer ^^ Veneer* anrf Hardwood Lumber = Hoffman Brothers Company ^g Manufacturer Ft. Wayne, Ind. ^^ r "See page 40 ^^ Manufaclurera ef Hardwood Lumber aDd Floortnt ^^ The Mowbray & Robinson Company ^^ Cincinnati, Ohio ^^ Writ* for List and Price* ^^ North Vernon Lumber Company ^^ Manufacturer tK.T^t a &t & = NTtb Vernen. INPIANA ^^ (*See rage — ) M Long-Bell Lumber Company ^^ Band Saw •perater* In Southern Hardwoadi p= Kauisas City, Missouri ^= A. B. C— ^^ 15 yeara' iupply aaaured by 32.000 acrei Tlrgla St. = Francia BasiD Timber, largely Oak. ^= Tschndy Lnmber Company, «*icerMmi ^ Maaqfactorer, Kansas gty. MISSOURI ^^ Not one of them possesses much value &b a ^^ source of lumber, and only the Southern live i=^ oak Is abundant. We cam a complete stock of plain and quartered Red and White Oak In all apeclflcationa. Our facIllUe* for prompt shipments are second t* nsos. BAKER-MATTHEWS LBB CO. .,ile5f™'f Memphis. Xenn. Manufacturer MlboUUKl (•See rage 47) Charles H. Bamaby Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumbar and Veneers Greencastie, Ind. (•See page 39) U'e haie to offer at present 1 car 4/4 FA8 Quartered White Oak, 1 car 4/4 Ne. 1 C. & Bet Quartered Red Oak SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. ,^^,»„. Manufacturer Seymour, INDIANA (*See page 56) J. V. Stimson Manufacturer and Whelesaler Hardwood Lumber Huntingburg, Indiana ('See page 45) Miller Lumber Company Manufacturer and Dealer In All Kinds of Hardwved Lumber Marianaa, Arkansas ('See page 56) "" Nice stock of dry 4/4, 6/4 & 6/4 PlalD Bed tod Whits Oak on band at Burdette. Ark., for prompt stilpment. THREE STATES LUMBER CO. Manufacturer. Slemphls BAG— We Uanufaetun Hardwood From Fins West Tlrfliiia Timber. WARN LVMBEB CORPORATION Raywood. W. Va. (•See page 12) J. H. Bonner & Sons Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Memphis, Tenn. Mill: Jonquil, Ark. A, B & C— Can* Lumber Company, Inc. Blltmore Hardwooda Pisgah Forest, N. C Manufacturer TENNESSEE ' Has Individual Display Ad ss Psi« Dssliistsi. ("See page ^) ^^ W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber C*. ^ 9 Band Mills manufacturlno hardwssds ^^ Louisville* Ky. ^^ Band Sawed, Steam Dried, Arkanaaj Hardwoods =^ Edgar Lumber Company ■ Wesson, Arkansas ^si (•See page 6) ^^ Salt Lick Lumber Company M Hardwood Manufacturer ■ j Salt Lick, Kentucky ^^ (•See page H) j Prilchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. ^^ Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwood Lumber sb4 ^^ Quartered Oak, Ash and Gum ^^ Memphis, Tennessee ==3 Our Lumber la Well Manufactured and Well Takes ^^ Car* of. Write us for pric«s In anything In hardwoods. ^^ THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMPAKT, H Alexandrlst, LOUISIANA H (•See page 12) ^^ Goodlander-Robertfton Lumber Ce. ^^ Manufacturer of Hardwoods ^^ Memphis, Tennessee ^= We have for fall shipment large stock of 10/4 sod ^^ 12/4 C. & Bet. Oak; other thicknesses from 4/4 t« 8/4 ^= in all srades. =^ FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., ^ Manufacturer, NashvlUe, TENNESSEE ^ SpeciaL ALTON LUMBER COMPANY 1 car 9/4 Government Quality White Oak 1 car 14/4 Government Quality Wliite Oak 20 cars 4/4, 5/4. 6/4 & 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut Buckhannon, West Virginia For ariythms in OAK write these representaiive firms ^= B & C ^= Manufacturers Band Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oak ^^ and other Hardwood Lumber ^g Hillyer-Deutsch-Edwards, Inc. ^^ San Antonio, Teza» ^= 5 cara 4/4 White Oak FAS & Ne. 1 C. ^s !• can 6/4 Plain Red Oak Steps FAS & No. t C. ^ WILLJAMSON-KCNT MILL * LCMBEB C*. ^M Muinfsctnrer, Moand City, ILLINOIS ^B Sseclal— SSt.lll ft. 4/4 FAS PIilo White & Red Oak H LAMB-FISH LUMBER C». wiccICCIDOI ^m Mannfnctarer, Charleston, MISSISSIFPI == I "See iiase 43) ^s5 Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company ^= SOUTHERN HARDWOODS ^^ General Offices, Conway Bolldlns, Chlcaeo =^^= Manufacturer = Bedna Young Lumber Company ^^ Manufacturers Band SawR Hardwood Lumber = Sales fffUce: Band Mill: ^ SREENSBURe. IND. JACKSON, TENN ^^ Please let ui have your Inquiries = We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber M C. & W. Kramer Company ^== Richmond, Indiana * ^H B— ^^ We specialize tn White and Bed Oak and la Quartered ^= Red Gum. We solicit your Inquiries. ^ AUSXANDEB BBOTHBBS, micciccidbi ^s ManotacttirerB, BeUonI, MiaSlaSirri ^^ C — Special = 1 car 6/4i2(C Otd. Red Oak Seat Stock ^m 1 car 6/4x18" Qtd. White Oak Beat Stock ^g 1 car 4/4x12" 4 wdr. Plain Oak ^ ARKLA LBR. & MFG. CO., ..iccrkltDI ^ St. Louis, IVIISSOURl ^= A, B * C— ^^ Triple Band of ^^ The Meadow River Lumber Company = Rainelle, W. Va. ^^ Manufacturer Hlflh-Grade Hafdweedi ^^ (•S'-e r.-ise 12) ^g (lUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY ^s Memphis Band Mill Company ^B Maanfactnrer, Memphis TENNESSEE ^^ ManuTacturen of Plain and Quartered Oak ^^ also ^= Oak TUnbers and Bridge Plank ^m SABINE TRAM COMPANY. TCVAi: ^S BEAUMONT. • tAAS All stock cut from our Virgin Tlsaber on sasdeni band mills. THISTXETHWAITE LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturer Washington, LOUISIANA B. €— Tallahatchie Lumber Company Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwoods Philipp, Mississippi ARLINGTON LUSIBER COMPANY Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Mills: Arlington, Ky., and Park„r.KT.T-r ir^ w Placo, Ark. Write Arlington tvt-l'l m*-*^' ("See page 14) 6.000,000 Feet of Oak Always on Hand In 1 to 2" Stock BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, .„„.„_ .5 Manufacturer BUssvUle, ARKANSAS It l3 believed that the combined stand of all other species ot oak In the United States would not equal that of the common whlto oak It Is fortunate that it possesses so many good qualities and grows In bo many parts of the country A. B i C— Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lbr. C». Manufacturers and Whelesale Lumber ■aalers St. Louis, Misscmri Yellow Poplar Lumber Company Coal Grove, Ohio Manufacturer i*See page 2) Manuf;ictiirer? of Hardwood Lumber— Veneers— Packing Boxes — Egg Cases Mills: Memphis. Tenn.: Vicksburg. Miss.: Ra.wille. La.; Aik MEMPHIS. TENN.. U. S. .V. Anderson-Tully Co. The Band MIU, Planing Mill and Dry Kiln of the WQliams Lumber Company Is located at Fayetteville, Tennesseo All lumber plied In same lengths and almllarly loaded In cars. CLAY LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturer, w VA Middle Fork, "' ^ "~ All stock graded uy to auality — ^knocked doWB to prloe. UTLEY-HOLLOWAY LUMBK* COMPANY Coaway Building Manufacturer Chlcaro. ILLINOIS Band Sawed. Equalized. Forked Leaf Whit* Oak Thin Oak and Ash BpeclalUes MANSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. Mannfactnrer SHREVEFORT, LA. For 25 years we have made Oak and still specialise In this, the best ef American hardwoods. Our prices, grades and serrlco are worth considering. LOVE, BOYD Jt CO.. Manufacturer, NashTiUe, TENNESSEE U & C — High Grade Lumber == Hyde Lumber Company ^ South Bend, Indiana ^s Band Mills: Arkansas City. Ark. Lske PreyUense. La. ^^ Botanists who are looked upon as authority ^^ In such matters, have agreed to change the ^^ book name of Northern red oak from ^uercus ^^ rubra to Quercus borealis. " Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc. ■ Sardis, MUs. ^ Kiln Dried Stocks a Bpeolaltr ^^ Manufaotur«r ^^ A— 150.001 fL 4/4 No. 2 Com. Plain Oak ^^ Specialists In Bone Dry. Good Widths A Lengths— ^^ Prompt Shipment ^^ BABB-HOLADAY LUMBER CO., r^UI/^ ^ Mannfactnror, Oreenfleld, Afited if Ynn Mention HARDWOOD RECORD Jnnuary 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD HPPDERCITY or HARDWQ0EffiRi0DUCTI© Pecan Hickory {Continued front last issue) Few woods are at a greater disadvantage than pecan when statistics are quoted. It makes no showing at all. So far as there are any figures to be found, they are so near nothing that they need not be quoted. That condition is not due to the total lack of use of pecan. It is a matter of common knowledge that it is sawed into lumber in considerable quantities and of course somebody uses it. The trouble is, it goes along with hickory and is measured and counted as such, and that explains why it is not named in reports of mill output and factory use. This is pfima facie evidence that it gives satisfactory serv- ice for the most part. Were it not so, the time w^ould have come long ago when the savirnills w^ould have been forced to quit cutting the wood. No one claims that it is the equal of hickory in strength, stiffness, and toughness; but it is not so far beneath as many persons have supposed. Deficiency in toughness may be accepted as its worst defect, and in that property it is lacking only in comparison with some of its tough relatives in the hickory family. It measures above black ash in most of its qualities, being lighter, stronger, and more elastic. It is more elastic than white ash while falling less than two per cent below it in elasticity; but to make up for this, it is twelve pounds lighter per cubic foot than white ash. Similar comparisons might be made with a number of other well known woods in common use, and pecan will stand well in every comparison. It is a wood which has not been accorded the credit it deserves. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 10 HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 r iE=l I i^ III lE i i II 1^ = MEME^HI I ■ AS|[ 1". I' S/4" .No. 1 Com. BEECH 1". ■ S/4" Log Run ■1 cnr^ 10/-1" Log Run CYPRESS .ill.llllU' 4/4" Sho]) & Rtr, 4(1.1100' 5/i" Shop & Btr. In.noo' 8/4" Shoji & Btr, "• 12/4" Shop & Btr. ELM 5/4" Log Run Ili/4" ^o. 1 Com. i RED OUM 4/4" Com. Sc Btr. .1/4" Com. & Btr. 0,000' l:!.ooo' 11,000' 15.000' 25,000 • 25,000' 0/4" Com. & Btr. SAP GUM 255,000' 4/4" Com, & Btr, 200.000' 5/4" Com, & Btr 1 r.tr C/l" Is uiAiiTKitEii KEii i;i;.\i 2 cRYs J/4" Com. & Btr. 2 cars S/4" Com, & Btr, PLAIN WHITE OAK 1 car S/4" Is & 2s PLAI.X REP (lAK 1 i-ar 4/4" Com. & Etr. 4.500' 5/4" Is & 2s 5,000' G/4" 1.S & 2s S.OOO' S/4" Is & 2s 50,000' 4/4" .\o. 1 Com, 4,000' 0/4" .\o. I Cora. 57,000' 5/4" Log Run :i5,oou' .s/4" Log Run POPLAR 15,000' 1/4" Com. & Etr, 15,000' 5/4" Com, & Btr, 50,000' 8/4" Com, & Btr. 100,000' .S/4" No. 2 Com, 3,000' 10/4" No, 2 Com, 3,000' 12/4" No. 2 Com 10,0011' 10/4" No, 2 Com, QUARTERED WHITE O.IK 15.000' 4/4" Select. 29,000' 3/8" No, 1 Com, QUARTERED RED OAK 13,000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora. S.OOO' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 8,000' 4/4" No, 2 Com, PLAIN RED OAK 43,000' 4/4" FAS, 27,000' 5/4" FAS. 8,000' 6/4" FAS, 8.000' 3/8" No, 1 Com. 19S.0OO' 4/4" No, 1 Com, 85,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 76,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 150,000' 4/4" No, 3 Com, 12.000' 12/4" FAS, 50.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com, ELM IS. 000' 4/4" Log Run, 71.000' 6/4" Log Run. C3.000' 8/4" Log Run. 329,000' 12/4" Log Run. 157.000' 16/4" Log Run, COTTONWOOD 150,000' 4/4" No, 1 and No, 2 Com. 12,000' 4/4" No, 1 Com.. 12" up. ASH 13.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 16,000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 39.000' 6/4" No. 3 Com. MAPLE 14,000' 16/4" Log Run, QTD, BLACK GUM 13,000' 4/4" FAS. HICKORY 16,000' 8/4" No. 2 & Btr. 15.000' 12/4" No, 2 & Btr. QUARTERED SYCAMORE 14,000' 4/4" Log Bun, CYPRESS 23.000' 8/4" Selects, 20,000' 12/4" Selects. 80,000' 4/4" Shop. 125,000' 8/4" Shop. Regular IVidths and Lengths 30,000' 10.000 100,000' 100,000' COTTONWOOD 8/4" Is & 2s, 9 mo, dry 12/4" Is & 2s. 9 mo, dry 4/4" No. 1 Com.. 6 mo. dry 4/4" No. 2 Cora., 6 mo. dry RED GUM 4/4" Is & 2s, 9 mo. dry Is & 28. 10-12'. 12 25,000 12,000' 4,/4 mo. dry 50,000' 4/4" No, 1 Com,. 8 mo. dry 15,000' 6/4" Is & 2s, 14 mo, dry 30,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com,. 14 mo. dry SAP GUM 12.000' 4/4" Bo.x Eds., 8-12", II rao, dry 40,000' 4/4" Box Bds.. 13-17", II rao, dry 100,000' 4/4" Nos, 1 & 2 Com,. 6 mo. dry 50,000' 6/4" Is & 2s. 14 mo. dry 30.000' 4/4" Is & 2s. 6 mo. dry SOFT ELM 75.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr., 7 mo. dry 75.000' e/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr., 9 mo. dry 15.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 9 mo. dry 30,000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 14 mo. dry SYCAMORE 9,000' 10/4" No, 2 Com, & Etr, 13 mo firy WELSH LUMBER COMPANY GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO. CYPRESS Stimson Veneer & Lbr. Co. Regular Widths and Lengths, 7 Months' Dry KSOM ft. 4/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. mm ft. 4/4 No. 1 Shop IDOM ft. 4/4' Select 30M ft. 4/4 F.A.S 75 M ft. 8/4 Shop 75IVI ft. 8/4 Select 25M ft. 8/4 FAS 150M ft. 8/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 20M ft. 12/4" Shop & Better THANE LUMBER CO. S.\P OUM 100,000' 4/4" Box Eds,, 9-12" 130,000' 4/4" Box Bds., 13-17" 100.000' 4/4" FAS 50,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com, 100,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN BED GUM 65.000' 4/4" FAS 195.000' 4/4" No, I Com, 1.500' 8/4" FAS 4.500' 8/4" No, I Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 10,000' 4/4" FAS 4,000' 5/4" FAS 2.000' 6/4" FAS 15,000' 8/4" FAS, 12 mos. dr? 31,000' 4/4" No, 1 Com, 16,000' 5/4" No, 1 Com, 500' 0/4" No. I Cora. 17.600' 8/4" No. 1 Com.. 12 mos, dry COTTONWOOD 80,000' 4/4" FAS PLAIN OAK 11.500' 5/4" FAS 6.000' 8/4" FAST 25,000' 10/4" FAS 13,000' 12/4" FAS 22,000' 4/4" No, 1 Com. 22.500' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6,000' 8/4" No. I Com. 75.000' 10/4" No. I Com. 39.000' 12/4" No. I Com, 18,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. CYPRESS 19.000' 4/4" Shop & Etr, 26.000' 8/4" Shop & Btr, MAPLE 25.000' 12/4" Log Run ELM 15.000' 6/4" Log Run 22.000' 12/4" Log Bun BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO. ASU 400' 4/4". 6-9", 8-10' 1,000' 4/4", 6-9", 12' 1,200' 4/4", 0"S", 14-16' 17,700' 4/4" in" up, S-IO' 14,200' 4/4", 10" up, 12' 18,000' 4/4". Ill" uii, 14-16' 36.400' 5/4", 6-0", S-10' 11,400' 5/4". 6-9". 12" 10,700' 5/4". 6-0". 14-10' 9^000' 5/4". 6-9". S-IO' Select l.SOO' 5/4". 10" up, S-12' 1,.S0II' 5/4". 10" up. 14-16' OOO' 5/4". 12" up. 8-12' .SIIO' 5/4". 12" up, I4-IG' 1,500' 0/4". 6-9", 8-10' 2. .500' 6/4", 0-9". 12" 1,500' 6/4" 0-9", 14-16' 7,000' 6/4", 10" up. 8-12' 6,2011' 6/4". 10" up, 14-10' tlOII' 6/4" 12" UTi. S-12' 4110' 6/4" 12" lip, 1 116' 3.500' S/l" r.-!*", S-lll' 45.3011' ,S/4". 0-0", 12" 87,400' 8/4". 6-9". 14-16' 8,200' S/4", 6-9", 8-16' Select 32,600' S/4", 10" up, 8-12' 28,000' 8/4". 10" up. 14-16' I3.50O' 8/4". 10" uij. 8-16' Select 4.400' 8/4", 12" up. 8-12' 4.000' S/4", 12" up, 14-16' 1.000' 10/4", 6-9", 8-12' 1,000' 10/4", 6-9", 14-16' 1,200' 10/4". 10" up. 8-12' 700' 10/4" 10" up, 14-16' 71,000' 12/4", 6" up. 8-12' 85,000' 12/4", 6" up, 14-16' 9,500' 12/4", 12" up, 8-12' 20,100' 12/4", 12" up, 14-16- 1.000' 14/4". 0" up. 8-16' 3,100' 10/4", 6" up, 8-12' I3,S00' 16/4", 6" up, 14-16' 6,500' 10/4". 12" up. 8-12' 6.000' 16/4", 12" up. 14-16' 111, mm' 20/4". 6" up. S-16' 8-16' DUDLEY LUMBER CO., Inc. Paepcke Leicht Lumber Co. SPECIALTIE.S: Cottonwood, Red and Sap Gum. Red and White Oak. Cypress, Elm. Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods General Oflices CONWAY BUILDING BAND MILLS: Helena, Ark. BIytheville. Ark, Greenville, Miss. Cairo, III. CHICAGO. ILL. This Stock Is Dry and Runs in Regular Widths and Lengths ELM 1 car 8/4" I/oe Run 1 car 12/4" Log Run I car 16/4" Log Run BLACK GUM 1 car 4/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM 1 car 5/4" No. I Com, QUARTERED RED GUM I car 5/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 6/4" No. 1 Com. I car 8/4" FAS 1 car 8/4" No. I Com. SAP GUM I car 4/4" FAS. 13" wide 1 car 4/4" Box Bds,. 9 to 12" wide 1 car 4/4" Boi Bds.. 13 to 17" wide PLAIN RED OAK I car 4/4" FAS 1 car 5/4" FAS SOUND WORMY OAK 1 car 4/4" Cora. & Btr. QUARTERED ^VHITE OAK I car 4/4" No. 1 Com, The Mossman Lumber Co. in:iiiniiiHiirp'ir!Hiiiiiiiiini!iiiniiiiiiirTnn ME I ]^ All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January In, 1!IU) HARDWOOD RECORD 11 ^ssjssss$s$ssss$ssssssssssssssssssssss$$ssss$ssssss^^ 150. 200. ISO. 100. 100. SO, so. 100. so. 100, IS so so. •/«- SAP OUII ll & 2s 6/f No. 1 Com. 6/4" No. 1 Com. i B. KBD GUM Is ft 28 5/4- No. 1 Com. 5/4- la & 2s 8/4' No. I Com. 8/4' WILLOW Is & 2s 4/4- No. 1 Com. 6/4- ASH No. 1 Com. 4/4- Is & 2s. 2il2* & op Is & 2s. 3il2- 4k up Is & 2s. 2H* 35.000' SO.OOO' 40.000 200.000 100.000 No. 2 Cora. 6/4' FLAW KED OAK No. 1 Com. 6/4- PLAIN OAK No. 1 C. & B. l«/4' COTTONWOOD No. 1 Com. S/4' Is & 2s 5/4- m 30.000' Box Bds., lOO.OOO' No. 1 Com. t/V - - ■ 1x4' I CTPBB88 40.000' Is 4fc 2s S* 100.000' No. 1 Shop 8/4' 60.000' No. 1 Shop 4/4' 30.000' Sslect 6/4' 50.000' Sslsct 4/4- E. SONDHEIMER CO. 100.000' FAS. 4/4". 50.000' FAS, 5/4". 70.000' FAS. 6/4". PLAIN RED GUM 150.000' FAS, 4/4". 10.000' FAS. 5/4". 10.000' FAS. 6/4". 200.000' No. 1 Com.. 4/4". 65.000' No. 1 Com.. 5/4". 20.000' No. 1 Com.. 6/4". QUARTERED BED GUM 60.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 4/4". 80.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 5/4". 60.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 6/4". 25.000' FAS, 8/4". 90.000' No. 1 Com.. 8/4". SAP. NO DEFECT 100.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 8/4". COTTONWOOD 110.000' No. 1 & Panel. 4/4-18" up. CTPEES3 40.000' FAS. 8/4". 20.000' Selects. 4/4". 40.000' Selects, 5/4". 40.000' Selects. 6/4". 75.000' Selects. 8/4". 30.000' Shop & Btr.. 10/4". 70,000' ,hop & Btr.. 12/4". 60,000' No. 1 Shop. 4/4". 70.000' No. 1 Shop. 5/4". 50,000' No. 1 Shop. 6/4". 25,000' No. 1 Shop. 8/4". 27.000' No. 1 Shop. 12/4". 200.000 ' Pecky. 4/4". 22.000' Pecky. 5/4". 20.000' Pecky, 6/4". 23.000' Pecky. 8/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO. PLAIN RED OAK PLAIN RED GUM 200.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 150.000- 4/4" Com. & Btr. 230,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 250.000- 5/4" Com. & Btr. 60,000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 300.000' 6/4" Cora. & Btr. 20,000' 10/4" Com. i Btr. QUARTERED SAP GUM 100.000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. 200.000- 6/4" Com. & Btr. 'LAIN WHITE OAK 200.000- 8/4" Com. & Btr. 75.000' 6/4" Common 100.000- 10/4" Com. & Btr. 125.000' 8/4" Common 100.000- 12/4" Com. & Btr. 15,000' 12/4" Common QUARTERED RED GUM QUARTERED WHITE OAK 200,000- 6/4" Com. & Btr. 50,000- 4/4" FAS 150.000- 8/4" Com. & Btr. 20,000- 6/4" FAS PLAIN SAP GUM 50,000- 4/4" Common 160.000- 5/4" Com. & Btr. 50,000- 6/4" Common 300.000- 6/4" Com. & Btr. ASH 150.000- 4/4" Common 50.000- 12/4" Com. & Btr. 200.000- 8/4" Com. & Btl. 200.000- 5/4" Common 600.000- 4/4" No. 2 Com. ELM 125.000- 5/4" No. 2 Com. 200.000 - 8/4" Log Run GUM 25.000 10/4" Log Run 150,000 Wide Box Boards 50.000 12/4" Log Run lYOSO l 100.000 UM Narrow Box Boards BER C< BLAINE, MISS. BANDMILLS MEMPHIS, TENN. AH Stock Runs Regular Widths and Lengths 45.000- 100.000' 70.000' 100.000' 50,000' 14.000 100.000 ASH 1/2" No. 1 Com. ELM 6/4" No. 2 Com. & 12/4" No. 2 Com. & RED GUM 5/8" FAS. 5/4" FAS. 6/4" fas;. 5/8" No. 1 Com. 3/8" No. 1 Com. 4/4" No. 1 Com. 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6/4" No. 1 Com. 8/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 1/2" FAS. 5/8" FAS. 4/4" FAS. 8/4" FAS. 4/4" Bo.\ Boards, 13 Btr. Btr. 15.000- S2S to 13/16" Boi Boards 13 to 17". 16.000' 1/2" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. CYPRESS 37,000' 4/4" Is & 28. 40.000' 4/4" Selects. 45.000' 4/4" Shop. TUPELO 40.000' 4/4" Is & 2a. 15.000' 4/4" Boi Boards 13 to 17". HICKORY 20.000' 6/4" No 3 Com. OAK 140,000' 4/4" Sound Wormy. 60.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 50.000' 8/4" No 3 Com. PLAIN OAK 10.000- 2 3/4" Com. & Btr. RUSSE & BURGESS, Inc. KILN-DRIED LUMBER Our dry kiln capacity of 200,- 000 feet per month is at your service and 8,000,000 feet of air-dried lumber on sticks. JAMES E. STARK & CO., Inc. 102.000' r./4" No. 1 Com. 34.000- (1/4" Is & 28 SO.OOO- 6/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000- 8/4" No. 1 Cora. QUARTERED SAP GIM 30.000- 6/4" Is & 23 ■ 43.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 10.400' 8/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 40.1)00- 4/4" Is & 2s. 13" wv 100.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 100,000- 5/4" No. 1 Com. 316.000- 0/4" No. 1 Cora. 120,000- 8/4" l.s & 2s 115.000- 8/4" No. 1 Com. BELLGRADE LUMBER CO. DO YOU WANT IT? QI ARTEKEI) KKD GIUI 30.000- 4/4" Is & 2s 215.000- 4/4" No. 1 Com. 86.000- 5/4" Is & 2s 255.000- 5/4" No. 1 Com. 38,000- C/4" Is & 2s 148,000' 6/4" Nn. 1 Com. 55,000' 8/4" Is & 2s 31,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 18,000' 10/4" Is & 2s 8.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. s..^oo- 12/4" Is & 2s PLAIN RED GUM 59.000- 4/4" Is & 2s 22.000- 4/4" No. 1 Com. 40,000- 5/4" Is & 2s ASH 15.000- 8/4" .Js & 2s. 10" & wider 15.000- 8/4" Is & 2s, 6 to 10" 25.000- 6/4" Is & 2s, 30 to 35% 10" & \vi.U'r 25,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com., 25 to 30% 10" & wider 35,000' 5/4" Is & 2s, 20 to 25% 10" & wider 75,000- 5/4" No. 1 Com., 10 to 15% 10" & wider 20,000- 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. CYPBESS & 2s, 65 to 70% 12 1 car 8/4" Is & wider 1 car 8/4" Selects 2 cars 5/4" Is & 2s, 65 to 70% 12 & wider 2 cars 5/4" Selects 2 cars 5/4" No. 1 Shop I car 4/4" Is & 2s 1 car 4/4" Selects 2 eais 4/4" No. 1 Sliop 1 car 3/1" No. 1 Shop & Btr. The Kraetzer-Gured Lumber Co. This lumber has been manufactured on our own band mills. It is thoroughly dry. runs good average wldtis and contains 60 per cent 14' and 16- lengths. Write or wire for prices. SAP GUM 200.000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. 4 Btr. 45 000' 4/4" Boi Bd8.. 13 to 17" 60.000' 4/4" Box Bds., 9 to 12" 90.000' 4/4" I&2. 13 to 17" 150.000' 4/4" 1&2. 6 to 12" 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 250.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 250.000' 5/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 200.000- 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED GUM 100,000' 5/8" No. I Com. 75.000' 4/4" I&2 30.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000- 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM 150.000- 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 30.000- 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 15.000- 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Bir. 75.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. SOFT MAPLE 40.000' 8/4" Log Run 30,000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 15.000' 4/4" 142 50,000' 5/4" 1&2 50,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 45.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 45,000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. * Bit. PLAIN WHITE OAK 7S.O00' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 15,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & BU. SOFT ELM 75.000' 6/4" Log Bun 40.000- 12/4" Log Bun 50.000' 10/4" Com. &. Btr. PRITCHARD-WHEELEB LUMBER CO. Bund Mills: Madisuu, Ark., Wlsner, La. ^^'(IIIIIIIUIIUIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIUUIIil AU Tliree of Us Will Be Benefited If You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 11 III i III I I ill '■■ = I ■■■ si III i I 12 HARDWOOD RECORD January 10. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSiS^SiSSSSSS&SSJSSS&S^^ This Stock Is Dry and Runs ASH 50.000' 4/4" Nu. 1 Com. & Btr. 230,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 3.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. i Btr. 9.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. &. Btr. 75,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 30.000' 12/4" Log Run MAPLE 30.000' 12/4" Los Run 10,000' 8/4" Log Hun PLAIN RED GUM 15.000' 4/4" FAS 350.0011' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 35,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com QUARTERED RED GUM 40.000' 4/4" No. I Com. CYPRESS 40.000' 4/4" Log Run 6.000' 5/4" Log Run 3.000' 6/4" Log Run 9,000' 8/4" Log Run in Regular Widths and Lengths HONEY LOCUST 10.000' 4/4" Log Run SAP GUM 20,000' 4/4" PAS 66.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 214,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 100.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com 30.000' 4/4" Boi Boards. 8 to 12" 40.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 13 to 18" 18.000' 5/4" FAS 105,000' 5/4" No. I Com. 10.000' 6/4" FAS 15.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 25.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 4 Btr. 65,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Blr 23.000' 8/4" No. 1 Cora. & Btr. 66.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr PLAIN RED OAK 125.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 100.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr PENROD-JURDEN COMPANY ASH 1 car 4/4" Ls & 2s. 6 to 9" 3 cars 5/4" Is A: 2.^, 6 to 9" 2 cars 5/4" Is & 2s, 6 to 9", 8 to 10' 1 car 6/4" Is & 2a, 0 to 9" 5 cars 8/4" Is & 28 1 car 10/4" Is & 2s 2 cars 12/4" Is & 2s 2 cars 16/4" Is & 2s 1 car 8/4x10" up. Is & 2s 1 ear 8/4x12" up. Is & 2s 1 car 10/4x10" up. Is & 2s 1 car 12/4x10" up. Is & 2s 1 car 16/4x12" up. Is & 2s 1 car "./4" Select Cora. 1 car 6/4" Select Com. 1 car 8/4" Select Com. 4 cars 5/4" No. 1" Com. 2 cars. 6/4" No. 1 Com. 10 cars 8/4" No. 1 Com. 2 cars 10/4" No. 1 Cora. 1 car 12/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 6/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 8/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 10/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 12/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 8/4". 1 Face Clear. Shorts 1 car 10/4", 1 Pace Clear. Shorts 1 car 12/4", 1 Face Clear. Shorts 1 car 5/4x3" to 5%", 1 Face Clear. Sound \Vormy Strips 1 car 5/4" Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. PLAIN WHITE OAK 15.000' 4/4 1st & 2nds 50,000' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 20.000' 4/4 No. 2 Com. 30.000' 5/4 No. 1 Com. 12.000' 5/4 No. 2 Com. 18.000' 6/4 No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK SO.OOO' 4/4 1st & 2nds 70.000' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 40.000' 4/4 No. 2 Com. PLAIN MIXED OAK 40,000' 4/4 Sound Wormy 60,000' 4/4 No. 3 Com. 30.000' 6/4 No. 3 Cora. QUAKTERED RED GUM 200.000' 8/4 No. I Com. & Btr 30.000' 4/4 No. I Cora. QUARTERED SAP GUM 150,000' 8/4" No. 1 Cora. & Btr. PLAIN RED GUM 30.000' 4/4 1st & 2nds 15.000' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 30.000' 6/4 No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 30,000' Wide Box Boards 50,000' Narrow Box Boards 200,000' 4/4 1st & 2nds 250,000' 4/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Cora. 100.000' 5/4 1st & 2nds 140.000' 5/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com 30.000' 6/4 1st & 2nds 95,000' 6/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. MISCELLANEOUS 75.000' 6/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Elm 25.000' 6/4 Nos. 2 & 3 Cora. Blra 15.000' 4/4 Log Run Locust 45.000' 4/4 Log Run Sycamore 30.000' 4/4 9" to 12" Cottonwood Box Boards 15,000' 8/4 & 10/4 Sliop & Btr, Cypress BROWN A HACKNEY. Inc. ELM 15,000' 4/4" Log Run 100,000' 12/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM 75.000' 4/4" FAS 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 17.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM 7.i.000' 100,000' 30,000' 4/4" FAS 4/4" No. 1 Cora 6/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN GUM 25,000' 50,000' 5/8" PAS 5/8" Log Run SAP GUM 75.000' 4/4" FAS 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com 30.000' 4/4" No. 2 Cora. 130.000' 4/4" Box Bds., 9 to 12" 100,000' 4/4" Box Bds.. 13 to 17" 30.000' 4/4" PAS. 13" & up HICKORY' 26,000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 15.000' 4/4" FAS, 8 to 10' 45,0011' 4/4" FAS 40.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 75.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 27.000' 4/4" PAS 82.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Blr. 15.000' 10/4" FAS 15.000' 12/4" FAS 15.000' 16/4" FAS PLAIN WHITE AND RED OAK 100.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 300.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Ferguson & Palmer Co. 35, 100. 200 100, 150, 200, 25, 150, 25. SAP GUM 000' 4/4" Panel, IS" & up ,000' 4/4" Box Boards, 13 to 17' .000' 4/4" Box Boards. 7 to 12" 000' 4/4" FAS, 13 to 17" 000' 4/4" FAS, 6 to 12" 000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. Ono' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. SELECTED RED GUM 000' 4/4" FAS 4/4" No. 1 Com. 5/4" FAS 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6/4" PAS 250 300, 25, 50, 60, 150.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com, 40, - 1,000 >,000 1,000 ),000 ),000' 8/4" No. 1 Com, QUARTERED RED GUM 100,000' 4/4" FAS 150,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 40.000' 15.000' 20,000" 50,000' 50,000' 30,000' 150,000 20,000 200,000 75,000 60,000 5/4" PAS 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6/4" FAS 6/4" No. 1 Com. 8/4" Cora. & Btr. 10/4" Com. & Btr. 12/4" Com. & Btr. SOFT ELM 4/4" Log Run 5/4" Log Run 8/4" Log Run 10/4" Log Run 12/4" Log Run SOFT M.iPLE 4/4" Log Run 6/4" Log Run 8/4" Log Bun 10/4" Log Run PECAN 35.000' 8/4" Log Run 20.000' 35.000' 50.000' 25.000' GEO. C. BROWN & CO. OUR AIM To make well and to trade fairly. To profit not alone in dollars but in the good will of those with whom we deal. To correct our errors. To improve our op- portunities and to rear from the daily work a structure which shall be known for all that's best in business. OAK, HICKORY, ASH CYPRESS, TUPELO, COTTONWOOD GUM, SYCAMORE, ELM, MAPLE MEMPHIS BAND MILL CO. MANUFACTURER.^ SAP GUM 5 cars 1" FAS 3 cars 5/4" PAS 5 cars 6/4" FAS 7 cars 4/4" Box Boards, 9 to 12 12 cars 4/4- 13 to 17" Box Boards BED GUM 5 cars lS/17" PAS J cajs 6/4- FAS I cars e/4- FAS 6 cars 4/4- No. I Com. 1 car 6/4- N.. 1 Com. S cars e/4- No. 1 Com. QUARTERKD SAP GUM 4 oars »/«- No. 1 Com Ic Btl. 1 cars H/4- No. 1 Com. ib Btr. 1 can H/4- No. 1 Com. & Btr. 5 cars 1 car 1 car ( cars cars fl care 1 car 10 can S care •A cars s care 1 car 10 care 4 care 3 care 2 cars 2 care 4 care PLAIN RED OAK 4/4" FAS 6/4" PAS 6/4" PAS 4/4" No. 1 Com. 5/4" No. 1 Com. 4/4" No. 2 Com. 5/4" No. 2 Com, PLAIN WHITE OAK 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 5/4- No. 1 Com. t Btr. 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 4/4- No. 2 Com. 6/4" No. S Com. «/4- No. S Com. ELM 5/4- Log Bun 6/4- Log Run 8/4- Log Run 10/4" Log Rub 12/4- Log Bun J. H. BONNER & SONS POPLAR 35.000' 1" Nos. \ & 2 Com. 28.000' 114" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 15.000' IH" Nos. I & 2 Cora. 28.000' 2" No. 2 Com. 16.000' 4" No. 1 Cora. & FAS ELM 12.000' IW Log Run 27,000' 3" Log Run QUARTERED RED GtTM 14,000' H4" No. 1 Cora. & FAS 41.000' 2" FAS 15.000' 2" No. 1 Com. PLAIN RED GIM 12.000' 1" FAS 46.000' 1" No. 1 Cora. 6.000' 1%" Dog Boards 9.OO0' 2" Dog Boards SAP GUM S.i.OiHi' 1x13-17" Eox Boards 24.000' 1x8-12" Box Boards 75.000' 1" FAS 15,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 16.000' 1" No. 2 Cora PLAIN OAK 195.000' 1" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 45,CflO' Hi" No, 2 Com, & Btr, 48,000' 1%" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 58,000' 2" No. 2 Com. & Btr 85.000' 214" No. 2 Com. & Btr 52.000' 3" No. 2 Cora. & Btr. 48.000' 4" No. 2 Com. & Btr 135,000' 1", IK", 1V4" No. 3 Com. MISCELLANEOUS STOCK 12,000' 2" Log Run Hickory 27,000' 2V4" Log Run Maple 4,000' 1" Log Run Walnut 12,000' 1" Tenn. Red Cedar Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. 1 - % 1 ll 1 ^ - 1 s ^ .%^< :^^ ■I II Pi 1 = 1 1 = 1 II AH Tliree of U» Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD .lamiary lij. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 13 A Perfect Saw for Every Purpose »,™"Z« E. C. ATKINS & CO., Inc. ^'-^^' The Silver-Steel Saw People Home Office and Factory, Indianapolis, Ind. Machine Knife Factory, Lancaster, N. Y. Canadian Factory, Hamilton, Ont BRANCHES CARRYING COMPI.El E STOCKS IN ALL LARGE DISTRIBUTING CENTERS, AS FOLLOWS: hii Minneapolis New Orleans New York Cily Portland, Ore. San Francisco Cashinglon. IX C. Vancimvor. B. C. Sydney, M. S. W. Paris, France All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 14 HARDWOOD RECORD January In. 1919 CHICAGO, ILL. FI8HER BLDG. DETROIT, MICH. FORD BLDG. Our system of monthly Stock Sheets and Specials OAK and TUPELO tells you in an instant what your requirements will cost delivered. If you are not receiving them, let us know. Everything in Southern Hardwood P. J. Lawrence Lumber Co. SYNDICATE TRUST BUILDING ST. LOUIS, MO. REFORM, ALA. MESSLER, MO. Walnut Of Character and Color Manufactured at Kansas City, U. S. A. Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness Thirty-five years' experience IN WALNUT ONLY Prompt Shipment, and Guaranteed Inspection FRANK PURCELL 515 Dwight Building. KANSAS CITY. MO. BUSS-COOK OAK CO. BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS — MANUFACTURERS Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. As Well As OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried or kiln dried, rough or dressed MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 'vy}iaic^'i;^itTOaiW'j^tM)iK>iiw>iwtg^^ Table of Contents REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: General Market Conditions 15 Problem of the Scrap Pile 15-16 Surprising Quantity of Timber 16 An Unpopular Stewardship 16 SPECIAL ARTICLES: Important Announcements from Washington 17-19 Wagon Standardization Accomplished *. 19 Federal Taxation 19 Committee Down to Business ^ 22-23 Validation of War Contracts 24 Meeting of Industrial Advisory Council 24 Hen Makes Some Observations on Hot Cauls 25-26 Veneer for Bee Keepers 26 Lumber and Veneer Compared 26 The Origin of Veneer Panels 26 Glue and Glue Substitutes in Germany 28 Birdseye Figure in Veneer 28 Ages Attained by Trees 34 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Lumber Traffic Bureau Established 19 Hardwood Traffic Men Meet 20-22 Lumber Club Installs Officers 23 M ISCELLANEOUS 38 THE MAIL BAG 38 WITH THE TRADE 35-36 & 38 PERTINENT INFORMATION 39-42 HARDWOOD NEWS 42-47 HARDWOOD MARKETS ; 47-49 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 50 HARDWOODS FOR SALE 51-53 & 54 ADVERTISERS' DIRECTORY 52 ..SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: In the United States and Its poaaeaslona, and Canada. |2.00 the year; In foreign countrteB, $1.00 extra postaEe. In conformity with the rules of the p08tofl3ce department. subscrlptUns are payable In advance, and In default of written orders to the contrarj. are continued at our option. Instructions for renewal, discontinuance, or change of address, should be sent one week before the date they are to go Into effect. Both old and new addresses must be given. Both display and classified advertising rates furnished upon application. Advertising copy must be received five days In advance of publication dates. Entered as second-class matter May 26. 1902. at the postofllce at Chicago. III., under act of March 3, 1879 YOU Don't have to make claims on our shipments. We keep the doubtful boards. SATISFY YOURSELF Your inspector, your shop foreman, with the uni- formly high grades of our perfectly manufactured stock. Oak, Gum, Ash, Elm, Cottonwood, Hickory EVERYTHING IN SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Tell tts to quoit you, Tt.en wire us to ship. Beaumont Lumber Co. BEAUMONT, TEXAS AU Three of U$ Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD '^^m^mmmwwmmwmm^^mm^m^^^^^^mr^w^^^mM^^^^mmf' Copyright, The Haedwood Company, 1918 Publiihed in the Interest of the American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Logging, Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery, on the lOth and 25th of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Edgar H. Defebaugh, President Edwin W. Meeker, Managing Editor Hu Maxwell, Technical Editor Seventh Floor Ellsworth Building 537 So. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087-8088 Vol. XLVI. CHICAGO, JANUARY 10, 1919 No. 6 Review and Outlook General Market Conditions THE HAEDWOOD TRADE IS (iOIXC INTO THE NEW YEAR with growing confidence, as it becomes clearer with each pass- ing week that optimism is justified. Each order placed for hard- wood products adds its mite to tlie accumulating proof of the wisdom of looking forward to good demand. There has been noth- ing in the past week or two which has caused any radical change in the situation except that there is increasing confidence and it is that factor which will count more in the coming months than anvthing else. Fundamentally, and so far as busiuess and industry at large are concerned, the outlook has every influence supporting it. The national viewpoint has come to take in the world at large and the prospects for world-wide commerce. This holds from the small business man up through the ranks of business and into the offices of men in charge of national affairs. With the whole business and administrative vision focused on the question of trade expansion, the results must come in satisfactory proportions and quick time. It has been said by a ranking economist that the entire outcome of the period of readjustment will be dependent both as to the duration of tliat period and as to the satisfactory condition of the world when the period is completed, upon the ability of the nations to get in touch with buyers and their needs. Inasmuch as the world is pretty thoroughly organized to this end, and as much real progi'ess has been made in this country in the same direction, it is safe to assume that the prospects for an early and complete meet- ing of buyer and seller are good. It is also interesting to know that leading proguosticators ex- pect that building materials of all kinds will be in that group which will be most apt to hold the present markets. This view not only conforms to the history of those years immediately fol- lowing the Civil War, but seems to be indicated by developments that have transpired so far since the end of the great war. It is becoming more evident each month that no prophecy as to prices can comprehend the movements of all commodities. Some groups are reversely aifected by influences which tend toward the move- ment in one direction for other groups. Thus it is not wise to follow the trend of prices on any leading material nor to consider that any one commodity is safe as a barometer for all other com- modities. So in considering lumber tendencies the actual facts regarding supply and demand of lumber are the things to bear in mind rather than merely those other conditions possibly that cer- tain wise men seem to think are absolute criterions for everything. If one will remember the situation surrounding stocks, which re- main distinctly strong so far as any OVM' production or accumula- tion goes, and will remember that the market is pretty well cleaned up on almost everything, and that there is very little chance of the producers catching up with the supply during the coming winter, there will be very little in the way of price-cutting and the buyers will come to a realization that in fairness to themselves they should not count on a waiting game necessarily insuring them lictter prices. Problem of the Scrap Pile THE SCRAP PILE furnishes one of the problems of the wood- working factory. Most manufacturers have made and are making honest efforts to prevent waste about their premises. Short boards and narrow strips that are useless fof regular operations are used for other things where it can be done, or they are sold to others, if any buyer can be found. It is often difficult to use scrap lumber or sell it, although advice to that effect is plentiful. It is much easier to preach than to practice. Some people suppose that because a manufactured article is small, like a shoe peg, toothpick, or clothespin, it can be prof- itably made from scraps and small pieces. It seems to be assumed that such scraps can be shoveled into a machine, and finished prod- ucts will come out, and therefore woodworking factories ought to use their scraps, or ought to sell them to somebody who will use them. It is a nice theory, but it falls down in practice. Most machines, which are made for working wood, are not designed to handle scraps, but full-sized lumber or logs. Such machines cannot do anything with odd, small sizes. Consequently, when a factory has scraps and small pieces on hand, they cannot be handled through the regular machines. The owner of the factory is opposed to throwing away stuif of that kind, but he can do nothing with it on his regular machines, and the quantity is too small to pay for installing new machines. It is cheaper to burn the scraps or throw them away. A large number of woodworking factories have the same experience exactly. In the absence of any buyer offering to purchase the odds and ends, nothing remains but to consign them to the waste heap or the furnace. No one should imagine that the matter has not been properly and seriously considered by a great many factory owners. Not a wagonload is thrown away that can be profitably used. A spirit of wastefulness and carelessness does not prevail as a general thing; but circumstances must be recognized as they are. Some years ago the United States Forest Service undertook, in 16 HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 a systematic way, to find markets for such stuff as accumulates about factories because it could not be used there. It was believed that what one could not use, perhaps another could, and that a sort of clearing house might find markets for the refuse. A little success attended the efforts. A few lots of waste were sold, and a list of prospective users and probable sellers was compiled. It was an intelligent, well-planned effort to reduce wood waste in factories; but success was quite moderate. Presumably, the effort has been abandoned by the Forest Service, as nothing has been heard of it for some time. In spite of discouragements and partial failures, .some progress is being made toward lessening waste of wood in factories. One of the measures contributing to that end is the policy of buying lumber of the precise dimensions needed so that it can be cut up without many .scraps being left over. That plan has its limitations and it cannot wholly dispense with waste. Each manufacturer makes a special study of his own factory and finds ways to save, which an outsider might never see. Hakdwood Eecord receives frequent letters from managers of factories asking where small pieces of certain sizes and shapes can be sold. It is usually impossible to give a specific answer, but this paper pursues the policy of suggesting articles that might be made of such sizes, and of the kinds of wood listed, and oc- casionally by that means markets are found. But no one should imagine that there is any sure and easy way of finding markets for odds and ends of factory offal. The problem is worth thought and care, but its solution has not yet been wholly worked out. Surprising Quantity of Timber ACCORDING TO A VERY ANCIENT STORY, there was once a meal barrel which was never quite empty, no matter how much was taken out. • Forest resources are a counterpart of the meal barrel. Two hundred years or more ago an officer of the Britisli admiralty sounded a warning that the forests of our Atlan- tic coast were approaching exhaustion; and one hundred and sev- enty-five years ago Benjamin Franklin repeated the warning, so far as Pennsylvania was concerned. More than one hundred years ago the United States navy prepared to plant live oaks for future ship timber; and warning after warning of the same kind has been repeated at intervals since. The cry was heard a few years ago that black walnut was practically a thing of the past; and a similar prediction concerning white pine has been heard constantly during the last thirty or forty years. In all of these cases it has turned out that the predictions were too pessimistic. Some timber has always been forthcoming when wanted. Black walnut, which was supposed to have been exhausted nearly forty years ago when the big run was made on it by furni- ture makers, proved to exist in sufficient quantities to furnish gun- stocks and airplanes for ourselves and our allies during the late war, and that was the heaviest demand made on walnut in all past history. It is not yet exhausted, and somebody has said that a similar drain would not have wholly exhausted the walnut supply had the war continued five years more. A surprise now seems due us from France. We might have ex- pected that the lumbering during the past four years would have laid France bare of trees; but the claim is now being put forward that France has enough timber left to take care of its own recon- struction needs, and that it will not be under the necessity of going outside its own borders for any. If that is true, it will come as a surprise to many persons who supposed that France was sacrificing the last of its woodlands in a desperate struggle to beat the foe back. When the war began, England and Scotland were not supposed to possess timber resources of any consequence. Those countries had shade and park trees, but these were about the limit. Yet millions on millions of feet of timber were cut in England and Scotland, and surprise at the quantities furnished was universal. Nobody seemed to know just from where it all came. No less an authority than Joseph G. Cannon, for years the vigor- ous speaker of the House of Representatives, has been quoted as saying that Indiana now has more timber than it had when he was a boy, seventy years ago. There probably is not more, but he lias .1 better understanding of the matter, and it seems to hiin there is more. However, there are persons who are confident that A'irginia has more timber now than it had seventy years ago, and that is true of some of the lodgepole pine regions west of the Rocky mountains, and of paper birch in tlie northern and north- eastern states, and of niesquite in Texas. One trouble in arriving at timber stand by guess work is that so many persons are poor guessers, yet their guesses may be ac- cepted by somebody as correct. One case to the point will illus- trate. Not long ago a lumber company bought the timber in a boundary lying on the border of Maryland and West Virginia. One farmer with a little tract of timber above his field refused to sell or set a price. Not that he was holding out for a higher figure, but he wanted to "show the corporations that there was some- thing they could not buy, etc." Finally, he lost his temper when they continued to try to buy the few acres; and, thinking to silence them, once for all, by naming a price which ho knew no sane man would pay, he replied: ''Put up or shut up. You can have that timber for fifty dollars, and not a cent less. Decide now what you will do. Take it or let it alone. ' ' The buyer said he would take it, and the farmer lost his breath; but he lost it again afterwards when he found that the company had cut $2,'200 worth of timber on the tract. The moral is that many people don't know how to estimate tim- ber, or even guess at it. That is why there is often so much timber in places where there is supposed to be but little. An Unpopular Stewardship No VOICE IS HEARD these days demanding that the manage- ment of railroads by the government be continued. The experi- ment that was tried as a war measure did not achieve enough suc- cess to create a demand that the same experiment continue as a peace policy. The inconveniences and failures, such as they were, escaped criticism while the war continued, because the people were reconciled to suffer some hardships for the country's good; but the attitude may be expected to change rapidly if the same manage- ment continues to manage in the same way. Poorer service at greater cost is not popular. It is going to be harder to get back to the old method of rail- roading than it was to get away from it. One of the hard parts in reestablishing railroading as it was, will be to secure experienced help in place of that thrown out and dispersed when the govern- ment took over the railroads. The services of thousands of trained men were dispensed with, and these people have found places else- where, and few of them will go back to the railroads again. New men will have to be trained before the old order will again work smoothly. It will take time. Some people used to think they wanted a different kind of rail- roading from what they had; but now, after the experience with government control, they will be pretty well satisfied to get the old kind back. It may be taken for granted that advocates of government ownership of railroads will not find much sympathy for some time to come. The latest suggestion from those supposed to be in the confidence of the railroad administration is that the government will need about five years to accomplish its let-go in good style, and some law making will be necessary if the best results are to follow. Is there not a shorter way out? Five years is a long time. More than 2.50 different sizes, kinds, and patterns of brush handles are in use. Factories in the business of making them are prepared to turn out new styles according to order. In size handles range from that intended for a cant hook, wliich is about the largest iu regular use, down to that for the button hook, the smalh'st. January 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 17 Important Announcements from Washington By H. C. Hallam Surplus furniture not required for abandoned housing projects of the government is to be disjjosed of on a considerable scale. Some has already been sold to the trade, and more will probably be sold, but a detinite policy controlling its disposition has not yet been worked out by the operating division of the United States Housing Corporation. Preparatory to the execution of such a policy an inventory of housing furniture not now needed is being made. One method of disposing of surplus government materials is in- dicated by the following statement issued by the commission for relief in Belgium: In order to remedy this situation to some extent the commission for relief in Belgium has ohtained the services of one hundred ami fifty volunteers from the American navy, and is taking over a large amount of second-hand barrack material from the navy and army. Those bar- racks are in course of erection adjacent to the destroyed villages, under the superintendence of the navy volunteers. The War Service Committee of the Millwork Industry is e-xpected to close its Washington office soon. George Hicks, chairman of the Southern pine war service committee, is understood to liav-e re- signed. The joint office of the Southern pine and Georgia-Florida emergency bureaus have decided to remain open in Washington for another month. About sixty per cent of the projects of the housing bureau have been abandoned, states Robert Watson, assistant to the secretary of labor and assigned to duty with the bureau. There is a hearing scheduled before the house committee on public buildings and grounds on the resolution for abandoning all government housing projects not sevcnty-tive per cent completed. Organizing for Export Trade With the purpose of engaging in export trade in office equipment, the Globe-Wernicke Company, Cincinnati; The B. L. Marble Chair Company, Bedford, Ohio, and the Commercial Furniture Company, Chicago, have filed with the Federal Trade Commission a statement of their combination under the Webb export law. The statement sets forth that the concerns will appoint a joint representative to be the manager of their association which shall be known as the United States Office Equipment Export Association. Necessary funds for putting the enterprise into operation, the statement says, are to be contributed as follows: Globe-Wernieke, $10,000; Marble Company, $.5,000, and Commercial, $5,000. All foreign business of the three concerns, except Canadian, shall go through the association; the costs of carrying on which shall be pro-rated among the three on the basis of volume of sales of each party through the association. Bad debts will be treated as joint expense. The manager will have no authority to contract debts for the association, but shall have authority to act "in all matters per- taining to prices and terms, also endorsing for discount or collec- tion drafts, notes, checks, etc., in favor of the association and to pay the necessary expenses of operation and shall carry on a bank account for these purposes." Most active in preparing for the foreign trade is the National Bureau of Wholesale Lumber Distributbrs, which proposes to form a subsidiary corporation to engage in the export business. A meet- ing of subscribers to the proposed corporation has been called for Philadelphia at the Bellevue-Stratford Ijotel on January 10. Domestic Trade Activities For the domestic trade the wholesalers' bureau has been select- ing a committee on trade relations of fifty members to study local conditions and report on them and on the relation of other branches of the lumber industry to the wholesalers cult, to watch for things adverse to the wholesalers, etc. It is also creating a committee on arbitration and inspection to settle disputes between the parties to a transaction in which members of the wholesalers' bureau partici- pate as to grades, quality, etc.; also a committee on costs and a committee on traffic. The wholesalers' bureau has energetically protested in a letter from its secretary, C. W. CantreU, to the railroad administration, and from J. E. Davies, its attorney, to John Skelton Williams, head of the railroad department of purchases, against the new plan of centralized purchasing of railroad and car material west of the Mississippi River, as being discriminatory, unfair, tending to create a monoi)oly, and otherwise undesirable. The following instructions have been issued by the railroad ad- ministration regarding the purchase of hardwood railroad material: The purchasing agent on each administration line should purchase all the hardwood he can un his own lines at the best prices obtainable. If necessary to purchase on another line within his region, requisitions should be referred to regional purchasing committee for handling. If necessary to purchase from another region requisitions should be re- ferred by regional purchasing committee to the forest products section for allocation to an exporting region. Each road will furnish a list of all producing mills along its line with information as to capacity, etc., to be forwarded by regional purchasing committee to the forest products section. Regional purchasing committee will report bi-monthly prices paid within their region for switch ties, bridge ties, car and engine oak, and crossing plank. Steps are being taken to issue uniform specifications and to act uniformly in the use of the grading rules. Trade Restrictions Modified Licenses will be issued freely for the exportation to Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway of liousehold furnishings, certain furniture, musicial instruments, phonograjihs, pianos, sewing ma- chines, turners' wares of wood, walking sticks, and umbrellas. It is also announced by the board that wooden baskets, bamboo, compositions of wood, etc., have been removed from lists of re- stricted imports Nos. 1 and 2 and that licenses will be issued freely for importing the same, when applications are otherwise in order, and when the shipments are from any primary or overseas market, beginning with this month. Shellac and extracts for tanning, except chestnut and quebracho, also sumac, have been removed by the war trade board from the export conservation list. A license has been issued by the British government permitting unlimited imports until March 1 of a large variety of sawmill and woodworking machinery. The Wooden Ships Wooden ships are expected to receive more attention in connec- tion with investigations of war activities as a result of the adop- tion recently by the senate committee on commerce of Senator Nelson's resolutions asking the shipping board for full information about all its work since the shipbuilding program was undertaken. It calls speciticall.y for information concerning reports that the building program has slowed up. Director General Piez of the fleet corporation testified before the committee that deliveries have slowed up so that the corporation can have time to learn whether peace conditions will bring about a change in the specifications of ships. It is understood that Chairman Hurley of the shipping board is conferring in Paris on questions pertaining to the shipping situa- tion, including the following phases: Whether the American mer- chant marine should be government or privately owned; whether there should be a system of American ship subsidies; whether the seamen's law should be amended, etc. Official announcement is made at Washington that ships up to 4,000 tons deadweight capacity that have been requisitioned by 18 HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 tlie sliipping lioanl will he rcleaspil so far as military considera- tions permit. Most of llio reipiisitioned ships were steel. Owing to criticism of the wooden ships, special precautions are taken to prove their worth, among Ihem being a twenty-four luuir test of sailing on the ojien sea. The former test wa.s four liours. In case the ship is rejected by the .\nieric;in Bureau of Shipping and the United States Steamboat Inspection Service, the defects must be corrected at the expense of the contractor. Building Matters Secretary of War B;iker favors I li" purchase of the army canton- ment sites, which may cost .•!;12,(HI0,000 (they being on leased ground), which would mean the maintenance of the great wooden cities and tlie continuance of a considerable demand for forest prod- ucts for maintenance purpose, but it has also been decided by the War Department to quit work on ten army hospitals at Eochester, Cincinnati. Chicago, Cleveland, Camp Shelby, Miss.; Des Moines, and Nashville, Tenn., and also to abandon building and construc- tion projects at Cleveland, American University, Washington, D. C; Fort Omalia, Neb.; Chapman Field, Fla., and Camp Pike, Ark. The army will retain the new artillery proving ground at Aberdeen, Md., and the big gun manufacturing plant at Neville Island, Pa. The promotion of building in the United States is planned by the secretary of labor, who has organized a special division in his de- partment for the purpose. The division will use every effort to help building, will mobilize ex])erts for the purpose, and will co- operate with building trades industrial organizations and seek to obtain financial assistance for those embarking upon building op- erations. The division will have the support of organized labor, which is trying to promote a building boom in order to prevent unemployment of labor. Forty portable school houses have been contracted for by the District of Columbia authorities. They are expected to be ready for use by next month. A hundred De Haviland airplanes have been returned by the postoffice department to the army as unsuited for mail carrying. They had previously been turned over by the army to the postal service in accordance with the provisions of a recent act of con- gress. The postoffice department wants to get its own airplanes for mail carrying at the expenditure of millions of dollars. The railroad administration has established a bureau to give in- formation to homeseekers as to opportunities for farming, etc., on cutover and other lands in the west and south. J. L. Edwards will have charge of the bureau. Miscellaneous Matters Price fixing in concert by the lumber industry or other industries is forbidden and beginning this month the department of justice will enforcs the anti-trust law against it, it is said. During the period of hostilities the government virtually encouraged agree- . ments within the industries establishing prices to the government and to the public. The brief of Gen. L. C. Boyle, representing the lumber industry, that was filed with the senate finance committee seeking amend- ment of the revenue law so as to take better care of the industry under the income tax law in the matter of invested capital, value of stumpage, depletion, etc., bore some fruit, for although the bill as it passed the senate did not contain all the provisions wanted by the lumbermen, some of them think they got at least an even break. Their attention is now devoted to efforts to retain in the bill during its consideration in the conference committee the pro- visions they were successful in having inserted in the senate. Director General of Eailroads McAdoo in testifying before the senate interstate commerce committee in favor of his proposition that the railroads be retained under government control and opera- tion for five years, said that the short lines should b^ a part of the national railroad system. It was brought out at the hearing that last year the railroads got only 14,000 new cars, whereas their needs were 100,000, but McAdoo said that increased efficiency in handling cars really made many more available for use. By proclamation of the president, considerable changes have been made in the areas of national forests, some of tliose in the West losing thousands of acres, and areas nearly as large were added to the forests in the Appalachian region. Disposing of Government Surplus Lumber Ou .lauuary 8 plans and policies were formulated at a meeting here (or disposing of surplus lumber in the liauds of the govern- nieut. Tlie meeting was attended by representatives of the govern- ment anil of the lumber trade. Among the lumbermen attending the icinfereuee were George R. Hicks, Kansas City; Roland Parry, Wash- ington, D. C. ; D. J. C'oit of the Georgia-Florida emergency bureau; Lynde Palmer, representing the West Coast Lumbermen's Associa- tion; C. I. Millard of the North Carolina Pine Association; Dr. Wil- son Compton, National Lumlier Manufacturers' Association; Mr. Nicholson, representing New England spruce interests; George Ward; Capt. G. M. Chambers; Major A. Mason Cooke, acting Director of Lumber, and A. L. Justus, member of' his staff; J. W. M;illison, representing Pennsylvania hemlock; C. W. Cantwell, secre- tary of the wholesale lumber bureau; J. M. Gibbs and J. E. Hume of tlie North Carolina Pine Association; Roy H. Jones of the North- ern Hemlock and Hardwood association, and Harry DeMuth of the Soutlieru Pino Association. It was decided at the conference tliat government officers in local- ities where the surplus is, should sell in lots up to 3,000,000 feet in any one district for cash at market prices. This will take care of the stocks at 420 government jobs, it is planned, quickly, which is believed to be best for the government and the industry. The bulk of the 400,000,000 feet estimated aggregate government surplus is at twenty other jobs, as to which it is proposed the Southern Pine, Georgia-Florida and North Carolina associations shall evolve a plan and report details of it by .lanuary 18 for some agency of theirs to dispose of the big lots of more than 3,000,000 feet each. It is ]ilanned to sell the large lots after joint inspection by gov- ernment and trade organization representatives, and it is under- stood that customary commercial practices shall govern such sales. There are big lots at West Point, Ky.; Fayetteville, N. C; Gilmer- ton and other places. The sooner the government surplus lumber stocks are cleared o\it of the way the better it will be for government and trade, was tlie opinion expressed at the conference. Government officers made it clear that they wanted to get busy and unload their surplus. It was intimated that lumbermen need the government trade more than Uncle Sam needs the help of the industry. If trade associations want to have a hand in distributing surplus government lumber in lots of less than 3,000,000 feet it was said they might have it. The government will endeavor to have lists of stock at big jobs ready by February 1. It appears the government surplus is not what it was first esti- mated at. The emergency fleet corporation, for instance, which had 70,000,000 feet surplus, according to reports some time ago, now has none and will need more lumber. Some of its timbers, perhaps 4.5,000,000 feet in the South and East, are described as not up to grade, owing to deterioration, and it is jilanned to use them after resorting and resawing, for building dry-docks, marine railways and barges. The fleet corporation has about 100,000,000 feet on the Pacific coast of which sixty per cent is in the hands of lum- bermen and loggers. The housing bureau has not more than 10,000,- 000 feet surplus. That the surplus walnut lumber stock of the government is a very small percentage of the total surplus lumber supply in the hands of Uncle Sam is the belief of men in Washington in touch with the negotiations for the disposition of surplus lumber. Surplus walnut will probably be handled separately from the general program and polic3' for the disposition of government lumber, is also the belief atlcr conferring with officials ou the subject. There is not much millwork in government surplus stocks, accord- ing to information received by the war service committee of the millwork industry, which plans to close its Washington office about February 1. The surplus is represented by sash, doors and blinds January 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 19 ordered for housing projects that have been dropped or canceled by the government, it is said. The millwork industry will not have to worry about a glut on the market of sash, doors and blinds from the army cantonments that it was feared for a while would be wrecked, if the policy of Secretary of War Baker to buy the can- tonment sites for $12,000,000 and maintain the cantonments, is finally adopted by the government. Lumbermen in Washington are wrestling with a new embargo problem that has arisen as a result of orders to hold shipments to many eastern and southern ports and camps. The lumbermen are protesting through their bureaus against the enforcement of the orders on shipments duly accepted by the railroads, and especially against being held responsible for demurrage accruing on such held shipments that were sent in good faith by the mills. The navy department bureau of supplies and accounts has issued calls for bids for furnishing miscellaneous lots of lignum-vitae, mahogany, white maple, domestic white live oak, yellow pine and New England spruce lumber for the Brooklyn navy yaid. It also want's quotations on miscellaneous lots of ears for various navy yards. M. E. Towner, head of the forest products section, central advisory purchasing committee, railroad administration, says that many western firms that protested against the new method of central- ized purchasing of railroad material west of the Mississippi Eiver have withdrawn their protests; that others stated that they did not know their names were signed to protesting telegrams; and that many protestants have and have had government railroad orders. He says that the administration's representative is getting the facts about the situation in the West and that if the present system of purchasing does not do justice to everybody a different method will be adopted that does insure justice. Land Purchase Bill Lumbermen are showing interest in a bill recently introduced by Representative Byrnes of South Carolina appropriating $100,000,- 000 for the purchase, drainage, reclamation, irrigation, and develop- ment of waste, swamp, arid, cutover and other unutilized lands to provide employment and farms with improvements and equipment for returning soldiers. The bill is understood to be endorsed by Secretary of the Interior Lane, and it is reported the administration will seek to push it to passage at this session of congress. It pro- vides that there shall be at least one land project undertaken in each state if feasible, and that the investigation and improvement of land shall be carried on under the direction of the secretary of the interior, and that the lands shall be disposed of under regu- lations by him with the idea that the government shall be reim- bursed for its expenditures on purchase, improvement, development, equipment, etc., by the settler on the basis of forty years install- ment payment plan with four per cent interest on its investment. manufacturer would be permitted to sell wagons of the old pattern, which he had made up to December 31, and were on hand; conse- quently, it is likely that some of these wagons will appear for some time, but they will be followed by those of the new standard as the low stocks now in the hands of manufacturers are exhausted. It will be apparent to those who consider what this movement . means to the. industry that the efEects and benefits are far-reaching to all whose interests are involved. The manufacturer will find it necessary to tie up less capital in materials and manufactured stock. He will gain greatly in factory operations because of greater uniformity and as well in this distribution, because of it being possible to send the standard wagon throughout the entire country. The dealer will share in these benefits, for in time the economies made will be reflected in prices, although in the beginning this will not be possible. The consumer will be furnished a wagon which will be standard in all its essential points, and should he determine to move from one part of the country to another, he will not have to sacrifice his wagon, for it will be standard where he is going. The matter of his securing repairs and extra parts without costly delays is another advantage, and it will be only a short time when the sizes of boxes, barrels and crates in which farm products are shipped will be adjusted to meet the standard wagon boxes. The manufacturers who have joined in this movement will shortly issue a four-color jjamphlet of information to the consumer, which will bear the names of all concerns making standardized wagons. This pamphlet will be distributed through the retail dealer every- where and will deal with the question of wagon and truck stand- ardization. Dealers wiU find it very helpful in placing the mat- ter properly before their customers, although standardization needs no defense. This step by the wagon makers is indicative of what must surely follow throughout all lines of farm operating equipment, for this war has indicated through the work of the conservation division of the war industries board that former competitive conditions have produced great waste in manufacture, and the consumer, as usual has paid the bill, but now that the light of common sense has been thrown in and all see the folly of excessive and unneces- sary variety it is believed that the manufacturers in other lines will join in this effort to make the elimination of such waste permanent bv adhering to their elimination programs. Wagon Standardization Accomplished The manufacturers of wagons and trucks throughout the country have agreed to adhere strictly to their plans covering the adoption of the fifty-six-inch track and thirty-eight-inch beds throughout the United States, and these standards will probably be adopted in Canada. The conservation division of the war industries board approved the standardization program of the wagon and truck makers, which, of course, includes in addition to the track and box width, the height of wheels, oval edge tires, tire widths; but some fear was expressed that with the passing of the war industries board, manufacturers might resume the old, ruinous variety. But the wagon makers, through their department in the National Implement and Vehicle Association, immediately sent out an agreement form, which to date has been signed by over forty-five manufacturers, including every manufacturer of influence throughout the country without a single exception, and in the case of one concern doing business in all parts of the country, they have been making and shipping nothing but the new standard wagons for the past sixty days. Many plants began their manufacture with the new year. In order to avoid unnecessary waste, it is understood that every Lumber Traffic Bureau Established It was announced in a former issue of H.\RDWOOD Record that the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association had in contemplation the establishing of a traffic bureau in Washington. The further announcement has now been made that the bureau has been organ- ized for work and that Frank Carnahan of Chicago has been placed in charge. He was selected because of his wide familiarity with rate making and general traffic. He formerly was with the Hilgard Lumber Company of Chicago, and before that had long training in statistical work with the Rock Island and Chicago & Alton railroads. Prior to his connection with the lumber business Mr. Carnahan was office manager at the Tiltonville, Ohio, plant of the Mineral Point Zinc Company. Federal Taxation A bill will be presented to Congress within a few days providing safeguards against taxation of paper profits consisting of inflated inventory values. This will provide that inventories shall in cer- tain cases be taken upon such basis as the commissioner of internal revenue shall prescribe, a provision flexible enough to afford ade- quate protection provided that appropriate rulings are made by the commissioner of internal revenue. The purpose will be to use ac- counting methods which are appropriate for each industry, which are in accord with the practices of the particular industry and which will reflect the true income. If such a bill becomes law it will add another argument to the already long list of arguments for better accounting methods in the lumber industry. HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 All the officers of the Southoru Hardwood Traffic Association were reelected at the annual of this body in Memphis, January 7, as follows: James E. Stark, of James E. Stark & Co., Memphis, president; K. L. Jurden, Penrod-Jurden Company, Memphis, first vice-president; and Frank B. Robertson, Eerguson-Palmer Company, Inc., Memphis, second vice-president. Directors elected for three years are: Charles Dugger, Hudson & Dugger Company, Memphis; George C. Ehemann, George C. Ehemann & Company, Memphis; T. M. Brown, W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, Louisville, Ky.; S. B. Anderson, Anderson-Tully Company, Memphis; C. H. Sherrill, Sherrill Hardwood Company, Merry ville, La.; Max Miller, Miller Lumber Company, Marianna, Ark., and W. A. Ransom, Guyaso Lum- ber Company, Memphis. The association also chose W. Brown Morgan, president of the Morgan Veneer Company, Pine Bluff, Ark., as a director for one year to fill out the unexpired term of the late F. L. Gregory of the Bliss-Cook Oak Company, Blissville, Ark. The directors at their first meeting re-elected J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager. He has been with the association in that capacity practically ever since it was organized and through his able and efficient management of the affairs of the organization he has endeared himself in a peculiarly strong manner to all mem- bers of the association. It is freely admitted by the officials of the association that a very large measure of the credit for its accomplishments belongs to him. He has proven himself able, efficient, affable, energetic, progressive, up to date in all things affecting the welfare of the membership and he has been imbued throughout with but one idea: Thati of rendering the maximum service to the members. The association is congratulating itself on having the able guid- ance of President Stark during 1919 which is regarded as the most important year in the history of this organization because of the many problems which must be worked out. Mr. Stark is thoroughly familiar with what the association has undertaken and with what it has accomplished during the past two years. He is also keenly aware of the problems, reconstruction and otherwise, that lie just ahead. In President Stark's address upon taking the chair, he attri- buted the rapid growth in membership, 101 during the year, to the service of the association in the difficult traffic problems. He said that every member had received results which paid him hand- somely on the investment represented by his annual dues, and which would strengthen his loyalty to the association. He re- garded successful combating of the demurrage rules promulgated by the United States railroad administration as among the most important work of the year and believed that, during 1919, fur- ther reductions in demurrage charges would be brought about, together with the reinstatement of the average agreement plan on cars for loading. He also referred to the tremendous saving that had been effected in behalf of members in defeating the pro- posal of the director general of the railroads to inaugurate switch- ing and car-spotting charges that, in some instances, would have run as high as $12 per car. He referred to the practical absence of export business during the past year, except that done directly with the foreign govern- ments that furnished their own transportation facilities, but called attention to the fact that establishment of a booking and forwarding department had been placed in the hands of an effi- cient committee which would make report during the day and which he felt sure would work out a plan that would be available when there is resumption of export business. ^ He urged the members to avail themselves of the services of the claim department which has been collecting from $10,000 to $20,000 a month for members. He declared that the Louisville and Helena branch offices of tlie association, under the management of R. R. May and J. A. Koehler, respectively, had made an excellent record during the year, and justifying the policy of establishing branch offices. He announced, in this connection, that there would be a meeting be- tween representatives of the association, the executive committee of the United Cooperage Industries and other prominent lumber- men, at St. Louis early in the year for the purpose of perfecting ]ilans for the opening of a branch office at that point to handle tlie traffic problems of the cooperage interests and lumbermen of that city. Secretary Townshend's Report Among the prominent features of the report of J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager, were the rapid growth of membership of the association; the unusually large amount of money collected for its members in the form of claims; the far-reaching rate victories if had gained over the carriers; the wide range of activities of til is organization and the magnificent accomplishments in behalf of the members; and the manner in which this association has developed because it exists for the purpose of serving its members in every possible way and because it stops at nothing that will contribute legitimately to the business of the men who are identi- fied with it. He said that the experiences of the year had proved conclu- sively that President James E. Stark and Attorney J, V. Norman had "spoken more wisely even than they themselves anticipated" when they prophesied, at the last annual meeting, that there would be greater need for the association during 1918 than in any prev- ious year. He added that, in his opinion, because of the question of railroad ownership and other important developments that lie not very far ahead, there will be even greater need for the as- sociation during 1919 than during the year that had just passed. Mr. Townshend devoted practically all of his report to a review of the activities and accomplishments of the association. A few of the things accomplished may be summarized as follows: Secured an amendment to the order of the United States railroad ad- ministration by which it was possible to obtain minimum rates regardless of the long or short route. Brought about amendment ot the new demurrage rules issued by the United .States railroad administration so. as to greatly reduce the charges. Secured abolishment of the plan of the United States railroad ad- ministration for greatly increasing the revenue of the carriers without increasing rates. This plan called for a charge ot $2 for pushing cars to industrial traclis, etc. Obtained from the Interstate Commerce Commission in the fifteen per cent case, a ruling by which the advance on lumber and lumber products was placed at one cent per hundred pounds instead of the flat advance of fifteen per cent. Obtained withdrawal by the United States railroad administration, in connection with the twenty-five per cent advance that became effective June 2.5, 1918, of the $15 minimum per car charge as applied to logs, bolts, billets, cordwood, fuel wood, etc. Kept so closely in touch with the embargo situation that it was able, from time to time, to forecast accurately when embargoes would be re- moved, thus giving members the benefit of this service in a most concrete and profitable manner. Obtained from the United States railroad administration an order establishing flat net rates on logs, bolts and billets into all milling points. Materially aided members of the association in securing cars for the Inbound handling of logs and outbound shipments ot lumber and forest products during the period when there was such a notable shortage of cars. Handled the labor situation for its members, in co-operation with the United State? employment service bureau and the educational service of the Department of Labor at Washington, in such manner as to bring excellent results and as to draw most favorable comment from officials of the two agencies already named. Presented its ease to the United States railroad administration in November for the establishment ot transit arrangements at Memphis, Louisville and Evansville for the protection of the through rate on lum- ber and forest products from point of origin to destination, plus two cents per hundred pounds, with a minimum charge ot $10 per car, when January 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 21 stopped at these points for yarding, grading, drying, manufacturing and reshipraent. Secured withdrawal by the Texas &, Pacific, Gulf, Mobile & Northern and other roads of the arrangements by which local rates on logs were collected and refunds to the net rates were made on shipment of the outbound product, thus preventing the tying up of a large part of capital of members on these roads in the shape of refunds. Secured a decision from the interstate commerce commission preventing the Rock Island system from advancing rates from points on its lines to western destinations approximately 20 per cent. Circumvented the increased all-rail rates to Pacific coast points on hardwood lumber and forest products by being able, through its export department, to handle these commodities to Pacific coast destinations via southern gulf ports and the Panama canal. Gave assistance to all members in the exportation of their commodities. Laid the foundations for the re-establishment of the through bill of lading on export shipments of lumber in the near future. Perfected arrangements for the opening of its third branch office, that at Alexandria. La., which will begin operations February 1, under the direction of Lieutenant A. C. Bowcn. There are certain important matters which confront the members dur- ing the year and which will make the association more essential and necessary than during any year in which it has existed. Briefly, these are: (1) Establishment of transit arrangements on lumber and forest products at points where such an arrangement is needed; (2) proposed radical advances from all points west of the Mississippi river to Central Freight Association and Eastern Trunk Line territories: (3) establish- ment of through rates from Arkansas. Louisiana, etc.. to Carolina points : (4) reissuance of the rate book of the association ; (5) further handling of export matters, and (6) establishment of a mileage scale of rates on logs, bolts, billets, etc. Following is a record of claims during th? year: Uncollected at the beginning of 1918, $32,741.83; filed during 1918, $10,843.83; collected, $51,677.97; withdrawn, $5,958.47; inicollected at the end of the year, $83,781.76; number of claims filed during last six months compared with first six increased more than 100 per cent. The receipts for the year were $40,395.95, expenditures, $39,729.65; balance in bank, $660.30. Report of Export Booking Committee The report of George C. Ehemann, chairman of the committee appointed to work out plans for a forwarding and booking depart- ment is given below; The creation of this committee was recommended by President Stark at our annual meeting last yea,r and was referred to the governing board for such action as they deemed necessary. In a pamphlet issued by Secretary-manager Townshend on July 16, 1918, the general purpose of the export booking committee was outlined. Briefly, this consists of the booking of export shipments for members, either in single car loads or in making charters of vessels for the pur- pose of transporting cargoes of forest products together with such other cargo as it might be advantageous to handle in connection with forest products. The committee is to have nothing, whatever, to do with the sale of the lumber but is merely to assist in making the bookings and forwarding the shipments through the instrumentality of the association. The actual work is to be in charge of the secretary-manager and the records are to be kept in such a manner that an individual member or a committee is not to be given information that would tend to divulge the trade secrets of a member. It was further proposed that charges for the services should be made against the members on a per car basis. Later in the year at a meeting of the governing hoard, the president was authorized to appoint a committee of fifteen with an executive com- mittee of three to develop the plans of a department for the booking of export freight through this association, and this committee was appointed on September 3. On November 19 a general meeting of the committee was held in the offices of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association for the purpose of discussing the work of the committee and the consensus of opinion of those present was that this branch of the service of the association could be made very useful and profitable to the members, its opportunities, how-ever. being limited at the present time by the existing situation in the export trade. Owing to the import regulations which are still in effect in the prin- cipal foreign markets for American hardwoods, the volume of lumber exported will be comparatively small until these restrictions are modified or removed. Buyers of lumber abroad are anxious to return to the cus- tom of free individual trading in effect before the war and it is hoped that this condition can be brought about in the near future. In view of the control that is still exercised over the steamship lines by the various governments and under which space for lumber shipments can only be secured by special government allotment, the opportunities for booking parcel shipments with the regular liners is very limited and. in the opinion of those who have studied the situation, this condition will exist for some time. It is evident, therefore, that if hardwood lumber is exported in any considerable quantities, it must he done through the medium of chartering vessels not under government control. To successfully handle these charters, it will doubtless become necessary for the association to carry cargo other than lumber in order to profitably handle the business. Your committee feels that this can be done, as we have already been approached by cotton shippers, who wish to include some of their ship- ments with ours. Shippers of pine lumber have also expressed a desire to join with us in making up the cargoes. In recommending the chartering of vessels as the best plan available at the present time for forwarding export shipments of lumber, your committee realizes that the question of fixing the financial responsibility for these charters is an important one. One method under which these charters might be handled would be for those making shipments on a chartered vessel, to be held individually liable to, the extent in which they participated in the charter, but the plan favored by the executive committee, is the formation of a company within the association, incorporated under a separate name, for instance, such as the Southern Hardwood Export Shipping Company. This could be capitalized, for illustration, at $50,000, divided into one hundred shares of $500 each ; no member of the association to hold over one share. The amount of capital .stock could be made sufficiently large to admit any member wishing to join. As the fund so created would merely be used for the purpose of giving the shipping company a financial standing with the ship owners, it could be paid in liberty bonds. With an established financial responsibility, the Export Shipping Company would be in a better position to secure favorable rates than otherwise. As it is proposed that the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association attend to the detail work in connection with the booking and forwarding on a percentage basis, practically no working capital is required. A further advantage in the plan favored by the executive committee is that the liability of members for losses incurred could in no case exceed the stock that they held in the shipping company, but members contracting for space would be expected to enter into a contract under which they would guarantee to make good to the company any loss sustained by reason of their failure to furnish the cargo for which they had made their booking. Members joining the shipping company would be accorded the first opportunity for making bookings in vessels chartered by the company and any profit resulting from the charter could be pro-rated among the members on some plan that can be adopted later. A question that naturally arises in connection with the chartering of a vessel, is that of the ability of the members of the association to fur- nish the cargo. For the purpose of determining this, as well as with a view of rendering assistance to members having export business in hand, we asked, in one of the association bulletins, for a statement of the quantity of export lumber and other forest products that members could ship on orders, provided tonnage could be secured. Replies received showed the following : About 30 cars for Liverpool. 20 cars for London. 20 ears for Glasgow. 800,000 ft. for a South African port (includes pine). 1,000,000 ft. for a Spanish port. 1,000,000 ft. for a Holland port. Our secretary-manager w^as in position to quote rates and had offers from vessel owners for transporting some of the business mentioned. These were submitted to the prospective shippers, but owing to the high rates asked and the possibility of lower rates being obtainable later, he was not instructed to accept the offers. This amount of Itusiness, in hand at this time, indicates the possibili- ties of the future, when something like pre-war conditions exist in the export trade. With a membership of about 300 shippers, there would be no difficulty experienced in making up cargoes of hardwoods for shipment to the important markets abroad. With a well organized export booking department, the membership of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association will increase, as a number of prospective members will join in order to participate in its service. To render the most efficient service, it will ultimately become neces- sary for the traffic association to maintain representatives at the prin- cipal ports of export, and this can be done as the business grows to a degree justifying the expense. It is also contemplated to operate in connection with the export book- ing department, a marine insurance department. Arrangements can be made with reliable American or British companies for an agency and the revenue thus derived will materially assist in defraying the expenses of the export booking department. If the suggestion made in this report, that a separate organization be created within the association for the chartering of vessels, meets with your approval, and you authorize us to carry out the plan outlined, we will, at once, take the steps necessary to put it into active operation. The matter is of such importance to the Southern Hardwood Traffic As- sociation that it merits your careful consideration. We welcome any suggestions or criticisms that you will offer, as It is the desire of your committee to discharge its duties in a manner that will result in the greatest possible benefits to the members. 22 HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 The Railroad Question The following series ol" resdlutioiis regarding the operation of railroads was adopted by the association: Whereas, The government of the United States has been engaged in the operation of the railromls iluring the war, as a necessary war measure, and under present legishition the railroads will be returned to private operation within twenty one (21) months after the close of the war; and Whereas, The congress of the United States especially declared the operation of the railroads by the government to be an emergency measure growing out of the war ; and Whereas, The occasion and necessity for the operation of the rail- roads by the government, to successfully prosecute the war, ended with the termination of hostilities ; now therefore, be it Resolved, 1. That it is the sense of the Southern Hardwood TrafHc Association that the operation of the railroads by the owners is preferable to government operation and that government operation should be al)andoned and the roads returned to their owners. 2. That we are convinced that before the railroads are returned to their owners for operation, additional legislation is necessary in their Interest as well as for the protection of the public. 3. We are opposed to the extension of the period of government opera- tion beyond the maximum time now provided in the Federal Control .\ct, twenty-one months from the ratification of treaties of peace. 4. That we favor the extension of the powers of the Interstate Com- merce Commission so as to give them jurisdiction over the distribution of equipment. 5. We also favor increasing the Interstate Commerce Commission, either by providing additional commissioners at Washington or by ap- pointing regional commissioners whereby complaints of the shippers can be immediately heard and deoisions promptly rendered, but that we are opposed to extending the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission over the inland or coastwise water traffic. 6. That we urge upon our representatives in the congress of the United States, the necessity of promptly providing, by law, for the return of the railroads to private operation under such governmental regulations as will permit the operation as a unit, at least to the extent of continuing the pooling of cars ; unification of terminals ; handling of traffic by the shortest and most economical route : be it further Resolved, That the president of this association shall appoint a com- mittee to have power to consider such additional legislation and measures as may be deemed necessary and to present the views of this association before the Interstate Commerce Committee of the United States congress. Whereas, Prior to and during the war the ports of the nation were congested to such an extent as to make it impossible to handle expedi- tiously the exportation of all commodities from the South to foreign countries ; and, Whereas, It appears that the proper solution of this will be to enlarge the Gulf and South Atlantic ports to such an extent as shall permit the free, economic and uninterrupted movement of traffic through these ports ; therefore, be it Rcxolred, Ky the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, that we earnestly urge upon the port and harbor facilities commission of the United States shipping board and the rivers and harbors committee of the United States congress the development and proper maintenance of these Gulf and South Atlantic ports ; and, be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the hoard of port and harbor facilities commission and to the members of the rivers and harbors committee of the United States congress. President Stark, in accordance with these resolutions, appointed the following committee to confer with the national league of owners of railroad securities in the United States and to take such other steps as will insure the return of the railroads to their private owners under as satisfactory terms as possible to members of the association: S. M. Nickey, chairman; R. J. Hackney, M. B. Cooper, S. B. Anderson, S. H. Swenson, W. H. Day, T. M. Brown, "W. A. Ransom, R. L. Jurden, J. F. Barrow, Walker Wellford, Frank F. Fefe, George Land, C. H. Murphy and W. E. Hyde. J. H. Townsliend announced that there would be an important conference at St. Louis January 14 in connection with proposed advances in rates from west side, and in some instances from east side, points to destinations in Central Freight Association and Eastern Trunk Line territories and urged that as many members as possible attend this conference and take part in it. President Stark, in this connection, was authorized to appoint a committee, which will be announced later to represent the association. He urged, however, that all members of the association attend who could. At a meeting of the governing board, held immediately after adjournment of the annual, J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager was re-elected at a substantial increase in remuneration; F. B. Larson, who is now in Denver, Col., for his health on a leave of absence, was chosen to succeed himself as assistant secretary; J. S. Thompson, who has recently filled the place of Mr. Larson, was elected acting assistant secretary, and Elliott Long was re- elected treasurer. Committee Down to Business The inspection rules of the American Hardwood Manufacturers ' Association are now being drawn by the inspection rules commit- tee of the orsanization, of which B. F. Dulwcber of the Kraetzer Cured Lumber Company, Memphis, is chairman, and they will be submitted to the executive committee, to be called together at Memphis by President R. M. Carrier, for approval as soon as they have been whipped into satisfactory shape. It is known that rapid progress is being made on the drafting of these rules and that this work will be shortly completed. It may be stated, however, that nothing of the rules themselves will be given out for publication until the committee has finished the draft and until the rules, as drafted, have been approved by the executive committee. It IS also known that the committee, in drawing up the rules, is following well defined principles which were adopted at the joint meeting of the executive committee and the inspections rules com- mittee of the association held in Memphis December 30. In this connection, it may be stated that the committee is proceeding on the theory that the manufacturer and the consumer are the two big factors in the hardwood situation to be protected and that it is endeavoring to afford all the protection to the latter consistent with the interests of the former. The consumer is invited to co- operate with the inspection rules committee in the application of the rules, and a special committee, to be known as the co-operative or propaganda committee, has been named to bring about all co- operation possible on the part of the consumer of hardwood lum- ber. The committee wants to adopt the best of everything in the drafting of these rules and asks that the National Hardwood Lum- ber Association join with the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association in working out a single standard of inspection. It also has adopted the inspection rules of the Southern Cypress Manufac- turers' Association applying on cypress and tupelo gum and will co-operate with that organization in working out the single stand- ard so far as these woods are concerned. The need of haste is clearly recognized and it is pointed out that the rules must be adopted and in use not later than February 1, 1919. Principles Followed The principles which are being followed by the committee in drafting the new rules are fully set forth in the following resolu- tions drawn by the inspection rules committee and approved by the executive committee recently: First : That the rules governing the inspection of hardwood lumber is a problem mutually affecting the producer and the consumer of this com- modity : that the inspection rules should be based on the utilization of the lumber and every effort made to prescribe such rules as will minimize the waste in utilization ; that the producer and consumers should co- operate, each lending his experience and knowledge to, the end that these purposes may be accomplished. Second : That inasmuch as a set of inspection rules based on the prin- ciijles laid down in the first paragraph of this resolution will require much careful thought and study and considerable time to work out, and believing that some fair basis of determining values should be adopted until the matter can be more satisfactorily determined, this committee believes that a set of inspection rules should be put into effect as quickly as possible and not later than February 1, 1919, such inspection rules to January 10. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 23 follow the same general classification as has previously been adhered to in the making of inspection rules on hardwood lumher, but eliminating some of the weak points from the rules now applying on hardwoods and providing for a somewhat better quality of lumber in the various grades than is now called for by such rules, the rules so adopted to remain in effect until the more scientific method of inspection of hardwoods can be mutually worked out by the producer and consumer in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of this resolution. Third : That this committee condemns the practice know-n as grade manipulation, or the intentional shipping of Uunher below the specifica- tions of the grade for which it is shipped and pledges itself to do every- thing within its power to discourage and eliminate this practice and in- vites the co-operation of the consumer to this end. Fourth: That a single system of inspection is highly desirable and that an.v organization interested in the matter of inspection rules be, and hereby is. invited to co-operate with this committee for the purpose of working out a set of hardwood inspection rules based on the principles laid ilown in this resolution and this committee hereby pledges Ttself to do its utmost to bring about a single standard of hardwood inspection. Fiftli : That an ailministrative committee be named from the membership of this committee by the chairman, in whom shall be vested the full powers of this committee when same is not in session, to proceed with the work in hand in line with the principles herein set forth. Committee Membership Tlie other members of the inspection rules committee, asicle from Chairman Dulweber, are: W. E. DeLane3*, Kentucky Lumber Company. Lexington, Ky. E. O. Robinson. The Jlowbray-Robinson Company. Cincinnati. Ohio. M. W. Stark, American Column & Lumber Company, St. Albans. W. Va. F. M. Pearce. Cherry River Boom & I>umbi'r Coni|iany. riiiladelphia. I'a. B. B. Burns. C. L. Hitter Lumlier Company. Huntington. W. Va. W. II. Russe. Russe & Burgess. Inc.. Memphis. Tenn. It. L. Jurden. Penrod-Jurden Compan.v. Jlemphis. Tenn. Ma.\ Miller. Miller Lumber Company, Jlarianna, Ark. W. B. Burke. Lamb-Fish Lumber Company. Charleston. Miss, J. B. Robinson. Pelican Lumber Company. Mound, La. R. II. Darnell, R. .T. Darnell, Inc., ilemphis, Tenn. T. A. Washington. Hunt, Washington & Smith. Nashville. Tenn. E. A. Lang. I'aepcke Leicht Lumber Company. Chicago, 111. S. M. Xickey, Green River Lumlier Conipany, Memphis, Tenn. The five members composing; tlie administrative board, provided for in the foregoing resolution, are: Messrs. DeLaney, Stark, Robinson, Darnell and Lang. Resolutions Adopted The executive committee also ajiproved tlie following resolu- tions which were offered by the inspection rules committee and, in offering these for publication, calls special attention to the preamble: WiiERE.\s, This committee, selected by the .\merican Hardwood Manu- facturers* Association for the purpose of drafting a set of inspection rules applying on hardwood lumber and handling other matters pertaining to the inspection of limiber, is proceeding on the principle that the manu- facturer of lumber, taking Into full and careful consideration the needs and requirements of the consumer, should make the rules on the lumber he produces ; and Where.\s, The Southern Cypress JIanufacturers' Association, officially representing a larger portion of the cypress and tupelo production of the United States, has adopted a set of inspection rules applying on cypress and tupelo lumber ; now therefore, be it Reftolveil, First : That this committee, representing the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association hereb.v officially approves and adopts the rules of the Southern Cypress Association on cypress and tupelo lumber. Second : That, inasmuch as tills committee has not yet had an oppor- tunity to consider these rules in detail and that in adopting them is proceeding on the principle set forth in the preamiile hereto, a committee of three be selected from the membership of this committee by the chair to carefully consider these rules on cypress and tupelo and the result of their application on such characters of these woods as are produced by the members of the American Hardwooil Manufacturers' Association. Third : That the Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Association be asked to give full consideration to any changes or additions that ma.v be sug- gested by said committee and that assurances be requested to the effect that all future grade and inspection adjustments and revisions be made with a full understanding of the requirements of the members of this association and with full protection of their interests. The committee appointed in accordance with this resolution con- sists of J. B. Robinson, chairman; W. B. Burke, and E. A. Lang. The co-operative committee, authorized by the executive com- mittee, which will attempt to bring about maximum co-operation on the part of consumers in the application of the rules, as drawn, and in perfecting them by such changes as may be suggested from time to time, has as its chairman Roland H. Darnell, of R. J. Dar- nell, Inc., Memphis. He will name his own associates thereon, two in number. The meeting of the executive and inspection rules committee set a new mark in point of attendance as well as in point of in- terest in the business in hand. Every member of the executive committee was jircsent and virtually every member of the inspec- tion rules committee attended, although these gentlemen were not officially advised of their appointment until three days before the. date for the conference in Memjihis. The utmost harmony pre- vailed throughout. The members of the American Hardwood Manufacturers who came in as a result of the discontinuation of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, Cincinnati, December SI, showed the fullest degree of loyalty to, and interest in the meeting, and put their shoulder to the wheel in carrying the organization forw'ard in a manner that has created the most intense enthusiasm regarding its future. The executive committee discussed advertising, finances, assess- ments and other subjects but these matters will be placed in the hands of strong committees who wuU work out the necessary de- , tails. It can be stated in a general way that there will be plenty of funds to carry on the work of the association successfully and that the advertising and trade extension work promises to be on a larger scale than ever before. The names of members of the advertising and inspection rules committees have been made pub- lic. The other committees will be named, bj- President Carrier at an earlv date. Lumber Club Installs Officers Xew officers of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis were in- stalled on the evening of January 8 at a dinner give^ by that organization at Hotel Gayoso in honor of visiting lumbermen who were in the city attending the sixth annual of the Southern Hard- ' wood Traffic Association. A very interesting jirogramme was ren- dered by talent gathered by F. E. Stonebraker and S. C. Major, members of the entertainment committee. There were solos by Mrs. W. P. Murrah, Mrs. W. E. Hyde, Mrs. Mark H. Brown and Mrs. Black and quartette numbers by Mrs. Murrah, Mrs. Hyde, Ben Karr and John R. Kinney. The principal address of the evening was made by Hilton U. Brown, managing editor of the Indianapolis Xews and father of Mark H. Brown, a promineut member of both the club and the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. He told of the wonderful growth of the South since the time he, while on his honeymoon, visited Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederacy. He commended them for the manner in which they have surrendered their time, money and other resources in the winning of the war but believed that, in the future, they should insist upon the right to seek new markets and develop their business without undue restrictions by the government. The report of J. S. Williford, secretary-treasurer, showed the club to be in splendid financial condition. J. D. Allen, chairman of the house committee, said the employ- ment bureau of the club found positions for 512 persons, includ- ing 135 inspectors and 4U sawyers, between January 1 and Septem- ber 1, 1918, when it ceased activities on its own account and co- operated with the federal, state and municipal authorities in em- ployment activities. The report of C. R. Tustin, chairman of the membership com- mittee, showed that thirty active members and one associate had been added during the year and that the club had a total of 206 members. President J. F. McSweyn, who had presided up to this time, sur- rendered the gavel to H. J. M. Jorgensen, his successor. The latter, on taking the chair, announced the standing committees for the year. The chairman of these are given herewith: Enter- tainment, F. T. Dooley; house, J. D. Allen, Jr.; river and rail, George C. Ehemann; membership, "W. L. Crenshaw; civic affairs, Earl Palmer; law and insurance, J. H. Hines; river terminals, F. E. Stonebraker. 24 HARDWOOD RECORD 6I6T '01 j^Jtinu-Bf Forest Products Statistics There has been established in Washington a bureau of informa- tion which is called "The Statistical Clearing House." It is pre- sumably a government organization, although it is not clearly stated to be such. Its purpose is to furnish information along certain lines, regarding government work. A bulletin of fifty-three pages, dated November, 1918, has reached Hardwood Eecord, and a quotation from the preface is here given: The purpose of this bulletin is to show the principal source of statistics on forest prociucts. It Includes both original and secondary sources and the various offices in Washington from which the tabulations may be secured by properly accredited persons. Supplementary issues will be Bent out later, as our files are constantly being revised and enlarged. An examination of the bulletin reveals that it lists all sorts of information regarding the production of forest products, and the promise that an inquirer on any particular point will have his questions answered, so far as the government possesses the infor- mation in any of its bureaus, divisions, and departments. In order to make use of the facilities for securing this informa- tion, the prospective inquirer should secure a copy of the bulletin, which presumably will be sent free upon request addressed to the General Bureau of Planning and Statistics, Eoom 113 New Interior Building, Washington, D. C. Validation of War Contracts The following summary of the present status of settlements on informal war contracts was sent out this week from the office of the secretary of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association: Many war contracts made in good faith and upon reasonable authority were, at the time of the armistice, not evidenced In formal writing. The question has arisen as to the equitable settlement of these contracts and the claims under them. The comptroller of the treasury who determines when public money may legally be paid out, has held that the only legally binding contract Is one complying with all technical requirements. Thus where proper signatures or proper form have been lacking no adjustment has been possible. Some cases have gone to the court of claims. Settlements are now proceeding on contracts existing In the form re- quired by law. Frequently the formal contract has not been made out, for several months after the order has been given and work started on the contract. The armistice left many contracts thus uncompleted. The comptroller has ruled that, after the armistice was signed, many of these contracts cannot be validated by writing as the military need for the ma- terials Involved no longer exists. Therefore additional legislation Is needed to secure an equitable settlement. The War Department has offered a bill for an equitable adjustment. With a slight modification by the comptroller of the treasury this became the so-called Dent Bill which was introduced in the house. The Dent bill does not validate any contract. It merely authorizes the secretary of war to use his discretion in making a settlement on an in- formal contract or order. The bill does not make provision to protect agreements or contracts not in writing, for example, made by telephone and not yet confirmed in writing. It does not cover cases where material has actually been delivered to the War Department but the contract not evidenced in proper form. Here of course some relief sometimes can be had through the court of claims. To secure settlement under provisions of the Dent bill, the contractor must waive all right to take the matter to the court of claims. The bill might be so interpreted as to prevent adequate settlement where the contractor had made delivery in part, but had had large expense for remaining goods as yet undelivered. It touches only contracts with the War Department. The house committee on military affairs on December 9 reported a revision. This bill covers "all agreements express or implied," but it does not validate outstanding contracts. It leaves the settlement wholly to the secretary of war. It affects only materials used in prosecution of the war, a wording susceptible to a narrow interpretation. All settle- ments to be allowed must be made by July 30, 1919. The war Industries board has proposed a bill which is broader than the house bills and has some distinct advantages. It recognizes that where production has been greatly stimulated by war orders, there must be a gradual "tapering off" to enable such plants to get to a peace basis. It covers more kinds of contracts, contracts for production, for mate- rials, for services, etc., incident to furnishing military equipment and supplies. It authorizes the secretary of war to enter Into new contracts in proper legal form, covering all necessary and reasonable expenditures incident to the original contract, however informal the original contract may have been. The senate military committee, on January 3. unanimously rejected the War Department recommendations for legislation to validate informal con- tracts. It reported favorably the Hitchcock bill. Introduced on January 3, which provides for validating such contracts, but places the adjustment of the claims in the hands of a disinterested commission. Instead of in the hands of the Secretary of War. The lumber Industry has many such informal contracts. The above describes their present legal status. Meeting of Industrial Advisory Council A meeting of the industrial advisory council, which is composed of the chairmen of the war service committees of the different in- dustries, met in New York under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, on January 3 and 4. About 200 industries were represented. The main purposes of this convention were to take action with reference to validation of informal war contracts; disposal of sur- plus stocks of war materials; commission of American business men to France during peace conferences; legislative program. A war service executive council of the national chamber has been named, including W. M. Bitter of Columbus, Ohio, representing wood and wood products. The Chamber of Commerce will shortly issue to its members, a referendum touching this subject, which is now in preparation. Protection for Memorable Oaks The city of New Orleans has appointed a tree doctor to look after the health of two of its memorable live oaks, known locally as George and Martha Washington. They stand in Audubon park, and each tree is eleven feet in diameter, and has a wide spread of branches, as is customary with live oaks. The two oaks are very old and age is beginning to affect their health. Certain points of decay are putting in an apperance on the truks, and the tree doctor is expected to do some plugging with cement, as a dentist plugs teeth with gold; and where the heavy branches droop so much that they are in danger of breaking, they are to be shored up with chains, bridles, stirrups, and props. The Italians Are Rebuilding The Italians have lost no time in getting to work rebuilding where war destroyed. The devastation was worst in northeastern Italy, in that region overrun by the Austrians before they were held up by the Italian army on the Piave rilfer, and finally driven back by General Diaz. The destruction of buildings in that region was great, and rebuilding must be carried out on a large scale. Italy has little building timber of its own and must depend upon imports. The lumber for rebuilding will come in large part from America. The Italians have been builders with stone principally, because of the scarcity of timber and the abundance of good quar- ries; but to build with stone is such a slow process that wood will be more largely used than in the past. First Aid Outfits Owners of sawmills and woodworking factories in England are required by law to provide tirst aid outfits for the benefit of their workmen. The law went into effect January 1, 1919. Practically all large mills and factories in the United States have some similar arrangement in force for the care and protection of their employes, though the law may not require it to be done. Provision for insur- ance, or compensation for the injured, usually includes the neces- sary measures for adequate care of those who may be hurt while at work. Tree botanists have had a hard time giving the northern red oak a name that would stick. They follow the name bestowed by Lin- neus 175 years ago, Quercus rubra, until it was recently discovered that the tree to which he gave that name was the yellow oak. That left red oak without a book name, and it has been re-christened, Quercus borealis, which means northern oak. January 10, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 25 Hen Makes Some Observations on Hot Cauls Dec. 23, 1917. Dear Jim: Well, Jim, you know we came home on the twelfth so as to have a few days to straighten up things at the house before I went back on the job. We was going to spend the night at the hotel and get the furniture we sent from Chicago out of the freight house the next day. 1 sent word to Phil Johnson when I'd likely be back, and when we got off the train 1 got the surprise of my life. All the veneer room bunch was there with Johnson and John Malo and Ed Ford. They rushed up and shook hands, and before we knew what was doing they carried us to Ed's auto that was all tied up with pink and w^hite rib- bons and had a big sign on the back "Welcome Home." They pushed us in the auto and drove to the house and carried us in. I was beginning to get sore at their fresh- ness, but I got over it. What do you suppose that gang done ? They had got all our stuff from the freight office and fixed up the house. Some of the w^omen folks had brought in some grub and the table w^as all set and v/e all set down to a feed and had a regular party. The bunch went home about nine bells. They had got to- gether and made us a present of a big phonograph with lots of records. I got your letter yesterday in which you ask what I think about toothing stuff to be veneered. You say the old man saw it done somevirhere, and has been talking about it and thinking of putting in a toothing scraper. Well, Jim, my private opinion is that toothing is all poppy- cock, though I know some do it. You know all wood is some porous, and that all that we use is plenty porous to let enough glue soak in to give a good grip. Now those that tooth say they do it to make grooves that will hold more glue and give a better holding surface. But it can't be proved that the more glue there is left between the surfaces the stronger the joint will be, and I don't believe it. I think that the closer the contact between the surfaces of the wood the more strength there will be in the joint. That is, depending on the kind of glue used and the pressure applied to bind the surfaces together. If you will get the old man to make some tests with you by gluing up some pieces that have been toothed and some that are nice and smooth, I don't believe he will go to the expense of buying a new machine for toothing. If the smooth joint is properly made it will be stronger than the wood itself, and will break in the wood before it will break in the joint. As long as this is so why should we spend the coin to tooth stuff to be veneered? You say you had some argument with the old man about hot cauls, and he thinks you sometimes get them too hot. Well, Jim, you're on the job and will have to judge that work for yourself. You sure know that too hot cauls will make lots of trouble. They will burn the glue and destroy its sticking quality. And on softwoods they drive the glue in so far that there is none left on the surface to hold the veneer. Then you have panels that the veneer will peel off easy. When I speak of burning glue, I mean to destroy its sticking quality by some heating process, and you can burn it with a caul as well as by too much heat in the tank. Warm wood will take up moisture quicker than cold w^ood, and hot water will soak into wood quicker than cold water. So when hot glue is put on warm wood, both glue and water in the glue soak in a little way, then the wood begins to pull the water from the glue and leave it in a nearly dry state. By putting on the hot caul about this time the soaking up qualities of the wood are made greater, and soon the glue is without protec- tion of moisture and is at the mercy of the hot caul. Then the glue loses its life and grip, and when the stock is taken from the press the glue is brittle. A few hours after being exposed to the air a knife blade ma}- be pushed under the veneer and separate it from the core stock. A too hot caul is the cause of the trouble. You sure know that too hot cauls make blisters, al- though they are not the only things that make blisters as I have written you before. So I say it is all right to have warm cauls, but not hot ones, and if you are having any trouble with loose veneers, or blisters, you better look into the hot caul business. Well, Jim, if you get any more troubles for a while don't w^orry if I don't answrer your letter quick, because I'm going to have some of my own. That vegetable glue outfit I told you about is here, and some bags of the vegetable glue. If that stuff will stick anything I'm your grandmother. I opened a bag. The stuff looks like so much flour. I stirred some in a little cold water, and some in some hot water, and the stuff it made wouldn't stick paper on the wall. For machines there's two big kettles and a spreader. The kettles are made of cast iron, and there is a big paddle inside that has to be run by a gear arrangement. I don't know what to say about the spreader. I never saw one like it. I told the old man about trying the glue, and that it was no good. He told me not to w^orry because there was a fellow com- ing from the company that makes the stuff to show us how to get the machines in place and how to make the glue. He is coming Thursday morning. Jim, I expect 26 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section January 10, 1919 there's going to be hell to pay and no hot pitch. Tell whole operation is orderly and clean. Not a drop of honey is you about it some day. Sue sends her best to Min. Tell wasted. the gang hello for me. Your friend. HEN. Veneer for Bee Keepers In former times they made hives for bees by hunting a hollow tree and sawing of! pieces two feet long, or more, nailing a board across one end for a covering or roof, setting the hive upright on the other end, and it was ready for the entry of the swarm of insects that were to inhabit it. The thing was generally called a bee gum." There was not a partition or compartment in it. The bees fastened the comb to the walls with wax, filled the comb with honey, and the bee keeper harvested his share by prying the board off the top and digging out a bucketful of sweetness, bee moths, dead mice, spider webs, and unhatched bees. It was a crude sort of bee culture, dirty and wasteful; but it has given place to better methods now. Improvements are largely due to the use of veneer in the manufacture of beehives. The hollow log which once was the home of the honey gatherers has been superseded, rejected, abandoned, and kicked over the creek bank, and its place has been taken by a clean, cheerful hive made of planed lumber. The real machinery for honey making consists of small wooden frames, three or four inches square, arranged in order, tier upon tier and row beside row, inside the hive. These frames are made of narrow slats of veneer. The honey comb is built in these frames, each frame holding a square of comb, separate and dis- tinct from all others. When the owner wishes to take his harvest, he simply opens the hives, lifts out as many of the filled honey frames as he wants, inserts empty ones in their place, and the PERKINS GLUE COMPANY SOLE MANUFACTURERS AND SELLING AGENTS PERKINS Vegetable Veneer Glue (PATENTED JULY 2, 1914) 805 J. M. S. BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA The manufacture of the honey frames is an industry of large size; for the frames are supplied by the million to bee keepers. The best are of basswood which is preferred because of its light weight, white color, and freedom from disagreeable odor and taste. It is tough and strong and is good for long service and is a guarantee of general satisfaction. Cottonwood, white pine, spruce and yellow poplar are much used, and other woods occa- sionally. Sheets of rotary veneer are the raw material for the honey frames. The sheets are reduced to long, narrow strips, and these are cut in proper lengths and each is made into a square frame, ready for the honeycomb. When the old hollow logs were used for hives, and even when rough boxes were substituted for the hollow logs, the bee moth and other insects or reptiles often robbed the hive of its honey and destroyed the bees. Such pests are easily controlled when the thin, sanitary frames are in use, because the frames may be lifted out and all intruders removed in a few minutes. Lumber and Veneer Compared Approximately 1,000 feet of logs are made into veneer for each 80,000 feet cut into lumber in the United States. When viewed in this way it becomes apparent that the veneer industry still lacks much of ranking with the lumber industry in point of quantity. According to government statistics, fifteen species of softwoods and 37 species of hardwoods, a total of 52, are cut into lumber in the United States: while veneer makers use nine softwoods and 30 hardwoods, a total of 39. It thus appears that while the makers of veneer use less than one and a half per cent as much wood as the lumber manufacturers use, they employ nearly as many woods. Veneer manufacturers use eleven imported woods, which is a larger number than is used for lumber. Veneer is cut much thinner than lumber, and for that reason it goes much farther in actual use, and though eighty feet of logs are cut into lumber for one that is made into veneer, the veneer is proportionally more important from the standpoint of use. Three times as much softwood as hardwood is manufactured into lumber, but the proportion of the two kinds of wood con- verted into veneer is very different, being about six feet of hard- wood to one of softwood. The lumber manufacturer finds his prmcipal source of material in the softwoods; the veneer maker finds his in the hardwoods. Most of the expensive foreign woods go to veneer mills and a relatively small amount is converted into lumber. Mahogany, which is the most important foreign wood brought to the United States, is divided nearly equally between lumber and veneer, but veneer gets the larger part; while Spanish cedar, the second for- eign wood in point of quantity, is all made into veneer. Records don t show that any of it is sawed into lumber. Though the name indicates that Spanish cedar is a softwood, it is not. It is as much a hardwood as mahogany, though not quite so hard. The Origin of Veneer Panels The origin of the veneer panel dates back a long time in the past, and the first cross-banding seems not to have been done with sheets of wood, but with sheets cut from the stem of a plant known in Egypt as papyrus. The plant has a triangular stem which was split in very thin sheets and layers were placed at right angles. The substance was soft and pressure was applied to make the layers stick together. No glue was needed. The small panels thus made were used as we use writing paper, and some of the oldest manuscripts in the world are on them. The idea of the veneer panel of two, three, or more plies, was present. Pres. sure IS now applied in the panel factory to cause the wooden sheets to join with the glue spread between them. Sheets of papyrus had adhesive substance in them to take the place of glue. AU Three of U. WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 27 (iscoiDai f A Big Point to Panel Buyers From the time the log enters our veneer house to its shipment in the freight car as high grade panels, every phase of the transformation is based on methods thoroughly proven in our own cabinet departments to be productive of the most perfect product for cabinet work. \% From the log yard to the loading platform Wiscoway panels follow well defined manufacturing methods, which result from years of manufacture for our own use as well as for the general trade. So varying are the requirements of different types of panels that the successful buyer should ask himself before each purchase, "why can this firm make my particular panels as they should be made?" One thing alone indicates the answer — if that company has already made those panels successfully it can do so again. Is there any surer way of learning the proper manufacturer of any type of panels than to use it in your own goods and locate and remedy any defects of manufacture or material in your own shop? THE WISCONSIN CABINET & PANEL CO. NEW LONDON, WISCONSIN movDai J Ksua. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section January 10, 1919 Glue and Glue Substitutes in Germany A German technical journal of recent issue states that raw bones are now being made into glue by treatment with sulphur dioxide, the fat being removed with benzine and the mass being boiled in water under pressure. The resulting substance is a very good glue. German papers contain numerous advertisements for glue and other adhesives. Frequently the advertisements state that the material is required for army orders. It is understood that no more animal glue is being released for the civilian shoe trade except in limited quantities for the manufacture of artificial sole leather, but that this material is reserved exclusively for factories which are working on military orders. According to report the government carefully apportions the limited amounts of different kinds of adhesives among the various consuming trades. The February 10 issue of Bohemia contained an article stating, in regard to the general shortage of dextrin and gum arabic, that the juices from the stems of certain creeping plants and from certain kinds of bulbs, if properly evaporated and treated, would make a very suitable gum substitute for certain purposes. Stocks of wax and shellac in Germany are understood to be entirely exhausted. years of the tree, but die and disappear later. That condition is often met with in yellow poplar. Birdseye is rather common near the heart of that tree but is rare in the outer portions of larger trunks. The figure may escape notice in poplar because little contrast of color appears; but a close examination will fre- quently reveal it. The figure is most advantageously studied in rotary veneer, no matter what kind of ^vood is under consideration. Veneer for Cheese Boxes They do not keep separate the wood that is converted into cheese boxes from that made into other dairy equipment, and pre- cise figures cannot be quoted. The cheese box calls for both lumber and veneer, lumber for the top and bottom and veneer for the circular side. The side is formed by a single sheet. The wood used for the veneer depends upon the region where the manufacturing is done; many are suitable, since no special qual- ities are required, other than that no disagreeable odor be present. Among the woods found suitable for the veneer parts of cheese boxes are ash, butternut, bassv^ood, aspen, maple, tamarack, and white pine. The list need not end there, for many others are doubtless suitable. Birdseye Figure in Veneer A notion prevails among many people that the figure known as birdseye belongs exclusively to maple. It is seen in maple oftener than in other woods, but the figure may occur in a num- ber of trees. The figure is due to abnormal buds which never are able to break through the bark but may live many years in the outer layers of the wood, disturbing the fibers of the new growth and causing the figure which is seen later when the knife or saw cuts across the bud. Many buds persist during the early Machines have been invented that will cut wood in veneers of 1 I 0 sheets to the inch. That is pretty thin, but some of the lunch counters have machines which will cut meat in slices still thinner. They are used in sandwiches which at the price of ten cents each will make one ham fetch ten thousand dollars. By reducing logs to veneer by the rotary or slicing process waste is kept down to the minimum, because no saw dust is produced. If provision is made for utilizing cores, slabs, and other rejected parts, the waste heap gets very little. The careful crating of veneer for shipment prevents breaking and splitting of sheets and further lessens waste. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 29 Ml IIIMIIIIIIIiiilllllMM lilllillllllilllllilMIMIIilllilllilllililllllllillllllillllim Figured Red Gum A most charming and dignified cabinet wood A beautiful panel 14 by 22 inches in two finishes will be sent free upon request. Finished natural, this beautiful wood works up most satisfactorily into furniture, show- cases, interior trim — any place where the artistic and the practical serve in harmony. You can give your customers unparalleled values by using Figured Gum for living room, dining room, bed room, hall, den and miscel- laneous furniture. The beautiful effects that can be produced with Figured Red Gum and produced at a very moderate expense, certainly recommend it for your first consideration. You can get splendid values as well as exceptional service from our organization. Our specialty is Figured Red Gum Veneer. We carry an immense stock and will give your orders immediate and detailed attention. Manufacturers who buy Veneer in small lots will save local freight, eliminate damaged goods, and get better prices thru buying Veneer in cars with HARDWOOD LUMBER J^ICKEY gROTHERS, JNC. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited If You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 30 Hardwood Record — ^Veneer & Panel Section January 10. 1919 Mr. Furniture Man: Is WALNUT getting scarce? We say, emphatically, No ! You can secure WALNUT for all your requirements for the next several years. Do not hesitate to adopt WAL- NUT for your LEADING LINE. We can furnish your require- ments in: Veneers Dimension Stock Lumber Walnut Exclusively PICKREL WALNUT CO. Clara Ave., near Natural Bridge St. Louis, MisSOUri All Three of U« WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 10. 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 31 Red Gum Red gum belongs in the witchhazel family and it and witchKazel are the only members of the family among the trees of this country. Gum may attain a diameter of four feet, but an average size is not more than half of that, and while some trees exceed a height of 1 00 feet, the majority do not grow that tall. The principal range of red gum lies south of a line drawn from Virginia to Missouri, and the finest timber is found in the lower Mississippi valley, and the best development is usually credited to Arkansas and Mississippi. It is more abundant . than any other single species of hard- wood in this country, though all oaks taken together exceed gum in total quantity. The entire stand of red gum in the United States is believed to amount to about 45,000,000,000 feet, of which 1 1,000.000,000 are credited to Arkansas and 9,000.000.000 to Louisiana. This tree grows well in very swampy ground, but it thrives also in well-drained soil. Its seeds are enclosed in a bur and they depend to some extent for dispersal upon becoming entangled in the w^ool, hair or feathers of quadrupeds and birds. The trees are disposed to grow in thick groves. The crowd- ing shades off the lower limbs and this results in clean, smooth trunks, tall and straight. This produces ideal material from which to cut veneer, and accounts, in part, for the favor in which gum is held by veneer manufacturers; but the quality of the wood, as to texture, grain, and color, are gum's chief recommen- dations as veneer w^ood. In color, gum is of two kinds, heart which is reddish, and sap which is of paler tint. The tree itself is called red gum; but some- time? a distinction between heart and sapwood is recognized, and the former is spoken of as red gum, while the latter is called sap gum; but both kinds are cut from the same tree. The usual figure of gum is due to dark coloring matter dis- persed through the lighter w^ood, forming clouded and mottled effect in patterns somewhat irregular in form, yet arranged according to a general system. The figure is similar in arrange- ment to that characteristic of walnut but is lighter in tone than that of black walnut, but more nearly resembles the figure of Circassian walnut. The figure of gum exists in both sapwood and heartwood, but it is not found equally in all trees. In some there is so little figure that it can scarcely be noticed, or it may escape notice altogether. The most strongly-figured gum may successfully pass for Circassian w^alnut. Gum has another figure, w^hich is brought out by quarter- sawing; but while the figure is quite pleasing, it is not very strong and is usually held as less important than the other. The growth rings are not sharply defined in gum and not much attention is given to the figure produced by cutting obliquely across the rings, as is often done with chestnut and ash. Red gum is generally reduced to veneer by the rotary process. Quite a small percentage of the total output of gum veneer is made by slicing and sawing. The rotary process is follow^ed in manufacturing ninety-nine percent of the total. The uses of gum veneer are so various that it would be easier to make a list of places where it is not used than of those w^here it is. Most is employed in the manufacture of furniture, interior house finish, musical instruments, shipping boxes, and sew^ing machines. Two species of cypress grow in the South. The common one is bald cypress. It is the main source of cypress lumber and occurs near the coast from Maryland to Texas and up the Mississippi valley to Missouri. The other is scarce and is more abundant in Georgia than in any other state. In English it is called swamp cypress, but botanists call it Taxodium imhricanuirij which means shingle cypress. VENEERS IN MAPLE BIRCH BIRDSEYE MAPLE Plain Maple Plain Birch Can be furnished promptly in \os^ run or dimension stock in local ship- ments or car lots. Write, wire or telephone BIRDS EYE VENEER COMPANY ESGANABA, MICHIGAN AU Three of Us WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HAlU)WOOD RECORD 32 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section January 10, 1919 1919 ^fjat pour ^mu^^ iiibirectlp means our succes^g. HtVi get togetfier. ®2li£ifjing pou a ^rosperousJ i^eto ^ear* ^fitovia "Veneer Mill^ S: Bocfe Co. J?eh) gorfe CitP The Dean - Spicker Co. Manufacturers of Oak— Mahogany— Walnul AND LUMBER 22n(l St. and So. Crawford Ave. CHICAGO 1. KANE VEGETABLE VENEER GLUE Quality — None Better We guarantee that the process used in the manufacture of Kane Vege- table Veneer Glue, and also the dis- solving and usage of same by the consumer, do not infringe any pat- ents, and particularly the patents recently construed by the Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit or the Decree of the U. S. District Court at Chicago, signed August 5, 1918. Manufactured and sold exclusively by KANE MANUFACTURING CO. 28 E. JACKSON BLVD., CHICAGO AH Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 33 I^T — -K5JS ' i il i4'' i. ^^ \k. _,_ i (PP START your 1919 Christmas saving fund now by placing orders with us for your needs in hardwood kimber during the next three hundred and sixty-five days. Your large savings will be surprising. Write or wire us for prices. With best wishes for a Pros- perous New Year. The G.W: Joi^es Lxjmber Compa^jy MANUFACTURERS OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Ai»Pi-ETON^, Wisconsin AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 34 HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 A tree's size is no guiile to its age. A good many people fail to get a grip on that fact. From time to tim? articles make the rounds of magazines and papers, purporting to give instances of very old trees in various parts of the %vorld: and the farther away these trees are^-thie greater interest some people take in them. In almost every such instance, the estimate of the tree's age is based on its size. However, a tradition is sometimes cited to give authenticity to the claims of great age. There are two reliable methods of fixing a tree's age, and only two. One is, to count the growth rings from the center to the bark. It will not do to count part of the rings and estimate the balance, because a tree does not generally grow at a uniform rate during its whole life, and some of the rings are wider than others. The num- ber of rings gives the tree 's ag3 in years, because each year pro- duces one ring. The other method of arriving at a tree's age is to consult a record of the time when it began its existence and of the time when it fell. The included period represents the tree 's age. In some instances such records are obtainable for old tre^s, but usually they are not. It is not ordinarily practicable to count the rings of a standing tree, though it may occasionally be done. For that reason, the ages of standing trees are seldom determined by counting their rings. The conclusion that because a tree is very large it must be very old, is the result of faulty reasoning; but there are many instances where such conclusions have been announced as facts. A certain cypress tree in Mexico, that Humboldt measured, is a familiar example. Because this trees is nearly forty feet in diameter, its age has been variously estimated from 5,000 to 7,000 years. The esti- mate is absolutely worthless. That massive trunk is made up of a dozen or so smaller trees which stood so closely together when young that they grew fast to one another, thus forming one bale of many smaller ones. The age, of course, is no greater than the age of the oldest of the individuals forming the trunk. Certain South American trees are credited with being nearly 10,000 years old because they are very large; and in India and Australia there are others of the same sort. Yet those treos may be smaller than others in other parts of the world that are known to be less than a thousand years old. What, then, is the greatest age that trees can attain! Nobody knows. Some kinds of trees live longer than others. Every tree lives until it meets a fatal accident. If it succumbs to "old age," even that is an accident that never fails to prove fatal, for it weakens the tree so that insects, fungus, or malnutrition kills it. So long as a tree bears leaves, it grows. The average ages of mature trees of certain kinds are pretty well known. The jack pine of our northern states and Canada lives from eighty to one hundred years, if it escapes fire and the ax. Some oaks may attain 500 years, but probably not one in ten thousand is that old. That is believed to be about the extreme limit of the age of white pine; but in the lumbered tracts one would likely count the rings on many thousand pine stumps before finding one as much as 400 years old. Bald cypress may attain an age of 800 years. Some stumps have nearly that many rings. Western red cedar has been known to exceed an age of 1,200 years, and that is about the limit of Douglas fir. The sequoias or redwoods of California are generally conceded to be the longest-lived of American trees, but a great deal of fiction and guesswork concerning their ages has been published. They are said to be "the oldest living things," and that may be true; but no dependence should be placed in claims of 4,000 or 5,000 years as the ages of these trees. It is true that John Muir counted 4,000 rings on one of these trees, and he was worthy of belief. He was io worthy of belief that he was careful not to state that the tree was 4,000 years old. He said the rings were so wavy and folded that he was uncertain. Ages exceeding 2,000 years for some of these trees appear to be well authenticated. An exact count and measurement of a tree a little less than 28 feet in diameter is a record iu the Tuited States Forest Service, showing an age of 1,245 years when that tree was cut in 1864. It was one of the largest seijuoias on record, though not the oldest. It is not possible to determine an average age of trees, without being particular to specify the kind of trees, their number, and soveral other factors. The average age of merchantable trees encountered by one walking through the forests in those parts of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains is probablxJess than 200 years, though many are much older. Persons who wish to have first-hand knowledge of forest trees will do well to cultivate the habit of counting rings in sawlogs and stumps in various localities and of different species. Such experience will lead to a good deal of practical knowledge of tree ages. It will assist in checking up on some of the wild guesses one often hears concerning ages of trees. An oak tree that grew in the court house yard at Monroe, La., was 49 inches in diameter and 55 yoars old. In northwestern Okla- homa and southern Kansas there are thousands of oaks older than that and not one inch in diameter. A pine near Monterey, Cali- fornia, was 35 inches in diameter and 42 years old. On the higl mountains of the same state there are pines much older, yet not large enough for canes. These instances serve to emphasize the fact that size is not a reliable guide to the ages of trees. No Wood Exports from Russia The bolslu'viki of Russia are systematically killing all business which yet remains in that wretched country. The latest move- ment in that direction was an announcement or order that all timber shall be worked only by committees directly responsible to the government, and that no wood shall be exported. This order is in ' effect only in those parts of Russia under control of the red forces, or anarchists represented by Lenine. That means only the region tributary to Petrograd at this time. So far as the result can be foreseen, it will prevent the shipment of lumber of any kind from that region to other European countries, and will provide that much more market for the output of American saw mills. The order will probably have little effect, because Russia is not now in a position to export lumber, veneer, timber, or anj-thing else that civilized countries will want to buy. The Comparative Value of Lumber A correspondent writes to the Parkersburg, W. Va., Sentinel to prove that lumber is one of the cheapest commodities in that mar- ket and that since 1913 it has advanced in price less than the average of other commodities. It is asserted that the increase in the average price of lumber there has been 39 per cent in five years, while other commodities, arranged in groups and averaged, have advanced 100 per cent. These conueeclities which would have been required in exchange for 1,000 feet of lumber in 1913, could now be exchanged for 1,440 feet of the same grade of lumber. Ships for ocean voyages were built on the Ohio river at Pitts- burgh and below about 120 years ago. Some of the vessels visited Europe, and one of them was held tip in an Italian port because the authorities suspected that its papers were forgeries, because its home port. Marietta, had never been heard of in that part of Italy. The Ohio river ships were constructed largely of black wal- nut. They sailed from Pittsburgh with cargoes of coal, and with walnut, cherry, and birch furniture. , January 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 35 Unearthing Black Walnut Logs The Plckrel Walnut Compauy, St. Louis, recently landed four black walnut logs at its mill, and the history of the logs is a little out of the ordinary. Beginning earlier than there was any history in that region, and coming down to about 1870, a fine walnut tree stood on the bank of the Missouri river on the northern boundary of St. Louis county. An old wagon road had long led down the river bluCE to the ferry and the walnut tree stood by that road, well known to wagoners and travelers since pioneer times. Finally, about fifty years ago, the old walnut tree fell and lay by the road until a flood in the river buried the log from sight and it soon passed from the memory of most people who had known it ; but a few old people remembered it. During the march of improvements, the river was bridged, the ferry was abandoned, and the old wagon road was gradually almost obliterated by sediment deposited by the muddy Missouri. Nothing happened until early in the present year when the river began to cut its bank, and in a short time the top end of the old log was ex- posed to view where the bank was being under- mined. The exposed portion of the trunk was deep under water, and an extra long saw was used to cut it. Walnut was worth more iu 191S than it had been in ls70 when no one went to the trouble of cutting the trunk that lay on the surface of the ground. Having sawed off the top of the log, the men dug the rera.-inder from under many feet of earth, until they had brought to view a log forty-six feet long, and thirty-seven Inches in diameter at the small end. The highest part of the log as it lay buried was thirteen feet above low water, and the lowest part was sev- eral feet under water. The trunk was cut into four logs, three of twelve and one of ten feet. The wood was fouuil sound and perfect, not even the sap showing signs of decay. The trunk contained no defects. This is not a solitary instance. The chang- ing course of the river each year brings out sev- eral carloads of these river logs, but such large and perfect specimens ,-re not usual. Lumbermen's Protective League Dis- bands At a meeting of representative lumbermen and loggers at the Washington Hotel in Seattle a few days ago, the Lumbermen's Protective League, which was formed in the summer of 1917 to represent the interests of employers iu the lumber Industry, was formally disbanded and the funds remaining in the treasury were voted to the American Red Cross. Since the formation and successful operation of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumber- men the employers have had no need for a separate organization of their own and the league, therefore, has been inactive tor nearly a year. At the time the league was formed, there was much agitation on the part of the I. W. W. and other irresponsible elements for strikes and disturbances in the lumber industry, and the employers were compelled to form an organiza- tion to represent their interests to combat the agitation. Shortly thereafter the War Department, through Colonel Brice P. Disque, effected the organization of the Loyal Legion, which since has adequately represented the interests of both employers and employees in all activities of the industry. Now that the Loyal Legion is to be continued on a peace basis, aban- donment of the league was unanimously agreed upon. The meeting in Seattle merely was for the purpose of taking formal action toward this end. Virginia Lumber Company Organized The Virginia Lumber Company has been organized as the successor of L. F. Jackson. The main office is in Chicago but the mills are at Coe- burn, Va. The manufacture of dimension stock will be continued, and poplar and oak will predominate. These two woods are abundant in that part of Virginia. The company will also produce wagon and farm Implement stock and material for furniture. Death of Howard S. Jennings On January 1, 1919, at his home in Munising, Mich., occurred the death of Howard S. Jennings, general manager at that place for the Superior Lumber & Cedar Company, which is a concern allied with Jackson & Tindlo of Grand Riipids, Mich., and Buffalo. N. Y. Mr. Jennings had been in the employ of the Superior Lumber & Cedar Company about three years, during which time he lived at Munising. He was elected mayor of ILLUSTRATIXC, THE ENDURING QUALITY OF WALNUT. THESE LOGS WERE BURIED IN \ RIVER BED FOR HALF A CENTURY AND CAME OUT WITHOUT A BLEMISH. EVEN THE SAP BEING INTACT. that town, but later resigned because of press of business. Mr. Jennings was well known and highly esteemed in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and likewise among lumbermen of Chicago. Death was due to pneu- monia. He was a native of Bridgeport. Conn., and leaves a widow, son, and several brothers. New Hardwood Operation in Texas Rex H. Brown, until recently manager of the hardwood department of the Beaumont Lumber Company at Beaumont, Texas, is now in business for himself with offices in Houston. His plant is located at Dyersdale, eleven miles from Houston. It has a capacity of 25,000 feet a day of oak and gum lumber. Cracks iu the heart of trees are sometimes attributed to strokes of Ughtuing, and such splits are known as "thundershakes." Neither lightning nor thunder has anything to do with them. 36 HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 Dawson Lumber Company Starts Business Feeling that the future of the hardwooJ industry is more promising than at any previous time in several years the Dawson Lumber Company of Louisville opened for business on January 2. This concern was organ- ized several months ago, hut decided to sidetrack its plans until the close of war. Now conditions are again promising, and the company has gotten ready to make a hard drive, featuring poplar and other hardwoods. The Dawson Lumber Company is Incorporated with, a capital of $30,000. J. L. Dawson of Louisville is president ; .Tohn W. Kitchen of Ashland, vice-president, and K. S. Dawson of Louisville, secretary-treasurer. Mr. J. L. Dawson has been connccteut the half savage native was not dis- posed to abide by the law. National Receipts from Interest The receipts from interest wliiib foreign governniouts will pay yearly to the United States will amount to $500,000,000. This is for money loaned during the war. That will go a long way toward paying the interest to our own bondholders and should reduce by that amount the taxes which our people must pay in order to take care of our indebtedness on account of the war. We have more gold than any other country in the world, and our resources exceed those of any other country, while our national debt is comparatively smaller than the delits of most countries. The president of the National City Bank of New York recently expressed it as his opinion that we came out of the war actually richer than we went in. The Englishmen Are Puzzled Where some of the English forests were recently cut, a growth of furze has taken possession of the log roads and tracks, causing green lanes and lines by which the roads can be traced in all their meanderings and branchings. The grounds outside of the roads are for the most part bare. Some people are puzzled to account for what they regard as a miracle or special creation ; for it is claimed that the furze was not on the ground before the trees were cut. and whence came the seeds from which the new growth has sprung up? t It is not easy to account for it. as far away as we are; but it is prob- ably no more mysterious, or miraculous, or a "special creation," than is the phenomenon seen frequently in this country when fire cherry springs up by millions on tracts suddenly stripped of timber by fire or otherwise. Nobody had noticed any cherry on the ground before, and some people are sure none was there, and they concluded that only some sort of special creation can account for such multitudes of seedings springing up from nothing. A little scientific investigation, however, has revealed that the cherry seeds were on the ground before the trees were removed, having been carried there by birds. The seeds may lie a long time on the leaves and litter, and cot germinate; but remove the tree canopy and the leaf cover and the seeds will germinate. Fire usually is the agent that removes the leaf cover to let the cherry seeds down in the mineral soil where they liogin to grow. The growth of gorse which seems to be puzzling some of our kinsmen in England, can probably be accounted for in the same way. In the log roads the mineral soil is stirred and the seeds come in contact with it and grow there rather than where the soil has not been disturbed. Gorse is a shrub closely resembling our ground cypress or ground juniper iJiiniperug communis:) in the northern states. We have the Following Stock : ONE VEAK DRY 100,000 ft 4/4 No. 1 C. Plain Red Oak 100,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 C. Plain Red Oak 100.000 ft 4/4 No. 1 C. Plain White Oak 100.000 ft 4/4 Sel. Cvpress HIGH CLASS STOCK FOR PROMPT DELIVERY PELICAN LUMBER CO. MOUND, LA. Swain-Roach Lumber Co. SEYMOUR, IND. White Oak Elm Ash Red Oak Maple Walnut Poplar Gum Cherry Hickory Sycamore Chestnut, Etc. Plain Oak — i car 2~ , 2 cars zM,', i car % FAS. Soft Maple — 2 cars 2%" No. i com. (r better. Soft Elm — ^4 Mr .1", % car 2^2" and 4 cars 8/4 hog Run. i car 4/4 No. t & No. 2 com. Red Gum, ^/2 car 10/4 No. i com. & better. Quartered Red Gum, i car 4/4 Log Run Quartered Blmck Gum; 3 cars 4/4 FAS Quartered IV hilt Oak. At Two Band Mills STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS PROMPT SHIP.MENT We Want to Buy "POPLAR" 1" Firsts and Seconds, Selects and Saps. Any quantity. Can use stock 30 days or longer on sticks J.V.STIMSON&CO. OWENSBORO, KY. All Three of Us WiU Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 40 HARDWOOD RECORD January lo. inift Shawano County Hard Maple Is Our Specialty Complete Stock of Northern Hardwoods SOFT ELM 2 cars 6/ 4' ls-2s, 60'; 14 & BASSWOOD 16' 2 cars 5 /4 ' No. 1 Common WAUSAU, WISCONSIN GILL-ANDREWS LUMBER CO. ^HEELER-XlMLIN LHM„1,IE, C2MP,^NI MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWOOD - HEMLOCK - PINE WAUSAU, WIS. Northwestern Cooperage and Lumber Co. GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN Western OfBce: Mills at Gladstone and 516 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn. Escanaba, Mich. Chicago Office: 812 Monadnock Block Manufacturers of the following "PEERLESS" STANDARD BRAND PRODUCTS Hardwood Flooring, Staves, Hoops, Heading and Veneers, Hemlock Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Posts, Poles and Ties, and Hemlock Tan Bark The Tegge Lumber Coi High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukee, Wisconsin Rattan Restrictions Removed Tlic Hill- ii-iiiU' lioanl auuoimcfs that W. T. B. R. 176. issuert July 26, 1918, restricting the importation of rattans and reeds has been revoked, and that henceforth applications for licenses to import rattans and reeds will be considered by the war trade board for shipments from any coun- try by any means of transportation. Building Permits for October The darkest hour comes just before the dawn. The total value of build- ing permits issued for private cons^truction worlj in 142 cities throughout the United States in October was less than for any month during the past six years. The nearest approach to this low-water mark was In January. 191S. when the returns from 110 cities showed a total of only $400,000 greater value. Official Reports prom 142 Citie.s The total value of these building permits. Issued in 142 principal cities throughout the United States, as officially reported to the American Con- tractor for October, 1918, was $26,279,711, as compared with $43,244,788 in October, 1917, a decrease of thirty-nine per cent. The following table gives an interesting comparison of construction work in October for the past five years : No. of cities reported 1918. 1917. 1916. 191.T. 1914. 142 142 111 111 73 Estimated value of buildings $26,000,000 43,000,000 99,000,000 78,000,000 44,000.000 The recent ban on buildings which went into effect during September was fully operative during only one entire month, namely, October. It is obvious that once the government decided to eliminate private construction work, the measures it took to do so were very effective. Gains are shown in twenty-six of the 142 cities listed, but these are only significant as indicating centers of war activities. Portable Sawmills Reports issued by the government are seldom interesting reading though they may be valuable as sources of information. The Forest Service has done the unusual thing by publishing bulletin 71.S — dealing with small sawmills. It was written by Daniel F. Seerey, logging engineer, and it is readable. It contains human interest which is a rare thing in any government rei)ort. -Mr. Seerey has evidently been through the mill himself, for he speaks with too much understanding to have acquired his knowledge from hear- say. He gives fatherly advice to those who contemplate going into the small sawmill business, pointing out the dangerous places. Some of his maxims and aphorisms sound like Emerson's philosophy or Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanack." His commentary on the unprofitableness of green bands is very pointed, and he dpes not hesitate to say that many of them do not do enough to pay their board. His advice on the subject "f kinspeople who tag around after the proprietor of a portable mill is lull of pep. "lio not." Mr. Seerey advises the operator in a calm, fatherly way. "do not make your camp a dumping ground for all your male relatives. You are supposed to be running a sawmill, not a rest t'ure." He has a good word to say for hens and hogs that are kept about the niills to eat the peach seeds and bread crusts that may be thrown out. He likewise puts in a good word for the horses which do the hauling. "An operator," sa.vs he, "will save money by keeping his horses idle in the barn, no matter how l>adl.y their services are needed, rather than allow a brainless teamster to pound them through the timber and over rocks, stumps, and mud holes." Mr. Seerey sa.vs there is no money in sour dough grub although it may be all right in novels. Some of the highbrow experts on "cost find- ing," may think the author of the bulletin too primitive in his plans for keeping the books in a small sawmill : but he shows some ways of doing it which sound a little like the old bookkeeping with chalk on the barn door ; nevertheless, he says, "Do not keep your accounts on a shingle," Mr. Seerey is very strong on little maxims and suggestions for the small millman. "If you are financially unable," he says, "to make more than $300 in advance payments, do not sign a contract to pay $500." Siniilarly be suggests that a man whose mill can cut only 500,000 feet a year, should not sign a government contiVK-t to cut 5,000.000 feet in three years. "Do not try to keep axes sharp with a rusty file. Try a grindstone." "Do not try to manufacture merchantable lumber with a dirty, rusty engine set on a rotten foundation with a shaky mandrel, rotten belt- ing, a saw out of true and running at half speed under insufficient steam from a leaky boiler. It can't be done." "Blow your whistle at seven every morning and go to work at seven, not nine." The bulletin contains 68 pages and it cannot be adequately reviewed in 1 the small space that can be given it here. It is presumed that the Forest Service will send It tree to those who ask for it, as no sale price is printed on it. .\11 operators of small mills will find it interesting reading : and doubtless many a large mill owner, who passed through the small-mill stage long ago. will find it a stimulation to his early recollec- tions when he "used to be so happy and so poor." All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 41 McAdoo's View of the Railroad Problem On December 11 a letter rlcaling with tin- railmnd iirnlilem was written by Director McAdoo to. T. W. Sims, cliairmaii of tlie interstate commerce Committee of the House of Representatives. Washington. The letter was intended to give the views of Mr. Mc.\rtoo as to what policy should be adopted. His conclusion is that the roads ought to be speedily returned to their owners, or else the government should operate them for a period of five years, and carry out a system of improvements Involving the ex- penditure of $500,000,000 a year during the five years. If the latter course shall be adopted, the necessary laws must be enacted by congress. Areas of National Forests The net area of all National forests at the close of the last fiscal year was 155,374,fi02 acres. That was about :i 10,000 acres more than the forests included one year earlier. Changes are constantly tailing place, areas being added or taken away. Four new forests were proclaimed in 1918, namely, the Alabama, Shenandoah, Natural Bridge, and White Mountain. The combined area of these four forests is 730,894 acres. At this time the total area of all the national forests is 16,000,000 acres less than in 1910. This cutting down of areas has resulted chiefly from land classification by which lands which ought not to he retained in tim- ber permanently are set aside for other uses. Baltimore Exports The much delayed report of exports fnoji Baltimore for October does not afford evidence of a change for the better as far as the foreign situa tion is concerned. Of course, it is to he said that this month fell entirely within the war period, when no one could predict with any degree of certainty that the conflict would not coutiiiue for an indefinite time longer, and when all the restrictions were in full effect. None the less. the exhibit indicates a further narrowing of the movement, the month being among the smallest and least satisfactory recorded. The ship- ments of spruce attained some volume, and oak in fairly goo.T constructing a float in the form of a ship's hull, it may interest your readers to know that in the early days of the nineteenth century Wood Hrothers, shipbuilders. Port Glasgow, the builders of the Comet, used a similar method of bringing timber from Canada, the float being barque rigged and sailing over." Today, too. the idea of using overseas timber rafts is not solely confined to the Baltic trade, for we hear that a firm of T= The folluwinj; recent incurporations are noted : The Perrine Saw Mill Company, Montclair, N. J. ; The VaUlosta Casket Company, Valdosta, Ga. ; the T. J. Woodward Lumber Company, capital ?100,000, Asheville, N. C. ; the Little Rock Casket Company, Little Rock, Ark. At New Haven, Conn., the David H. Clark Company has been reincor- porated with a capital of $2,000. The capital stock of the Central Lumber Company, Jackson, Miss., has been increased from $30,000 to .tJlOO.OOO. The death is announced of John F. Dinkel of the Dinkel & Jewell Com- pany, Tarrytown, N. Y. The Norfolk Hardwood Lumber Company has been incorporated at Nor- folk. Va., with a capital of $50,000. The Central Hardwood Company has recently beffun a wholesaling hardwood lumber business at Meridian, Miss. -< CHICAGO >• The annual convention of the Xorthern Hemlock and Hardwood Manu- facturers' Association will be held at the Pflster hotel, Milwaukee, on Thursday and Friday, January 30 and 31. The annual meeting of the Northern White Cedar Shingle Manufacturers' Association will be held at the same time and place. The regular scheduled mid-winter meeting of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association is dated tor Wednesday, January 29, to be held at the Statier hotel, Detroit. The regular program will be carried out. Friday. January 31. is the date for the second annual meeting of the Southern Alluvial Land Association, which is to be held at the Chisca hotel, Memphis, Tenn. An interesting program is promised. L. L. Thomas, director and treasurer of the Negros-Philippine Lumber Company. San Francisco, Cal.. and with offices at Cadiz, the island of Negros, P. I., passed through the city this week on his way East. Mr. Thomas is very optimistic over the future of ■ woods coming from the Philippine Islands, and says that the markets are rapidly expanding. He seemed to be very well satisfied with the situation in general. I. A. Minnick, president of the National Dry Kiln Company of Indian- apolis, was in town for a few days of this week having been In Chicago on a business trip. Mr. Minnick is confident that developments indicate a strong future for the dry kiln business. O. E. Ellis of the Hoosier Panel Company. New Albany, Ind.. was in the city for several days of this week on business in connection with his company. W. W. Brown wlio. as noted elsewhere in this issue, has started a All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 43 AH Orders Shipped Strictly on Grade Our manufacture is the product of the best equipment obtainable; our timber the result of a decade's selection; our service insured by the scope of our organization. THE JANUARY LIST INCLUDES: Plain White Oak 4/4" Ists & 2nds 75,000' 4/4" No. 2 Common 15,000' 5/4" No, 1 Common 6,000' Quartered White Oak 5/4" 1st & 2nds 3,000' 5/4" No, 1 Common. '. 7,000' 6/4" Ists & 2nds 3.000' 6/4" No. 1 Common 4,000' Plain Red Oak 4/4" No, 2 Common 60,000' 5/4" No, 2 Common 15,000' 8/4" Ists & 2nds 2,000' 8/4" Log Run 3,000' 8/4" No. 2 Common 3,000' Mixed Red and White Oak 4/4" No. 3 Common 250,000' 5/4" No. 3 Common 20,000' 6/4" No. 3 Common 40,000' Quartered Red Gum (Plain Wood) 4/4" No. 1 Common 11,000' Plain Red Gum (Figured Wood) 4/4" Ists & 2nds 75,000' 4/4" No. 1 Common 40,000' 5/4" Ists & 2nds 15,000' Plain Red Gum (Plain Wood) 4/4" Ists & 2nds 100,000' 4/4" No. 1 Common 75,000' 5/4" Ists & 2nds 10,000' 6 '4" No. 1 Common 7,000' 8 4" No, 1 Common 8,000' Sap Gum 4/4" Ists & 2nds, 6" & up 200,000' 4'4" Box Boards, 13"t17" 50,000' Cottonwood 4/4" Ists & 2nds, 6''-12' ' 75,000' 4/4" Ists & 2nds, 13" & up 50,000' 5/4" Ists & 2nds, 6" & up 7,500' 4/4" Box Boards, 13"-17" 50,000' Cypress 4/4" Ists & 2nds 30,000' 4/4" Selects 45,000' 4/4" No, 1 & 2 Common 150,000' 5/4" Selects 6,000' 8/4" Ists & 2nds 2,000 8/4" Selects 25,000 Elm 44" No, 1 Common & Better 50,000' 6/4" Log Run 100,000' 10/4" Log Run 11,000 12 4" Log Run 200,000 Maple 5/4" Log Run 5,000; 6/4" Log Run 35,000 8 4" Log Run 35,000 10/4" Log Run 9,000 12/4" Loi Run 21.000' PAEPCKE LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY SPECIALTIES: COTTONWOOD, S.\P and BED Gl'M. RED anil WHITE 0.4K, CYPRESS, EEM. GENERAL OFFICES Conway Building, 111 W. Washington St. MANUFACTURERS SOUTHERN HARDWOODS BASD MILLS: UELEN.i, ARK., BLVTHEVILLE, ARK,. (iREENVII>LE, MISS., C.iIRO, II^L. CHICAGO All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 44 HARDWOOD RECORD January 10. 1919 sales agency for northprn mills, with Chlc-ago office, left town Wednes- day night for a week's trip to the mills which he will represent. John Utloy of the Utiey-Ilolloway Lumber Company, city, says that he believes, according to what ho can Jearn, that Glenn liolloway, as- sociated with him in the company, will be back on the job now inside of a very few weeks, pos.sll)ly by the early part of February. Mr. Holloway is serving as first lieutenant In the Twentieth Engineers, Forestry Regi- ment, and has been in France for the jiast year. Charles S. Holt, secretary of the Holt Lumber Company, city, passed away recently. The Balkwill & Patch Furniture Company, city, has lost one of its mem- bers through death, as has also the T). 11. Fritts & Co., whose vice-presi- dent, George B. Fritts, died. =■< BUFFALO >- An event of much interest to linnbcirjieii is the War Exposition being held at the Broadway Auditorium and Klmwood Music Hall from January 4 to 12, with a great display of war equipment of all kinds. The ad- vance sale of tickets indicated that this affair would he very largely attended and the lumber yards and offices planned to be there in force. The following members of the lumber trade were appointed members of the committee of business men who co-operated to make the exposition a great success: Fred M. Sullivan, J. K. Wall, Hugh McLean, 0. E. Yeager, W. K. Jackson, H. F. Taylor. W. II. Gratwick, C. W. Hurd, E. J. Sturm and M. S. Tremaine. Hugh McLean spent the week prccedin;,- New Year's at his old home at Thurso, Canada. Lieut. John H. Wall, who has been stationed at Aberdeen, Wash., In connection with the spruce production division of the army, has returned to this city and resumed work with the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Com- pany. =-< BALTIMORE >■= The attention of the members of the National Lumber Exporters' As- sociation and of all other shippers, is turned to the future in the foreign business, and the question most frequently asked is when the movement to Europe will open up. For the present, those informed as to the situa- tion say, there are important obstacles in the wav, one of them being the lack of tonnage and others are yet to be solved. The steamship men have thrown out feelers and suggested an early prospect of taking consign- ments on the basis of $3.50 per 100. pounds as soon as cargo space be- comes available. But for the present the British government is using all of the ten per cent that is theoretically available for the purpose and other shippers have no chance whatever. Just how long it will take for the steamship lines to be in a position to accept shipments is entirely a matter of speculation. The British government itself is in the market as a seller, having contracted for great quantities of lumber, oak and other woods, which the sudden termination of the war rendered super- fluous. It is estimated that such stocks amount to from 1,'3,000 000 to 1., 000,000 feet, some on the other side and some at various points in the United States. Xaturally Ihe British government desires to get rid of Its acquisitions as soon as possible and in pursuance of this aim it is in a position to benefit by various advantages. One of these, of course. IS trade control. While the private shippers have a dim prospect of being able to forward stocks on the basis of ,f,S.r,0 per 100 pounds, the British authorities have been able to place their shipments in the home market on a freight rate of approximately $17 per 1.000 feet, a difference so great that the private shipper simply cannot do Inislness. Gustave A. Farber, Loudon representative of the Russe & Burgess, Inc of Memphis, Tenn., who has been in the United States for several weeks, sailed last Monday on the Mauretania for England to resume his work on the other side. In the annual report of President S. W. Fordyce of the Houston Oil Company of Texas, the stock of which is largely held in this city, there is given information about the damage done to the timber tracts of the company last August by the hurricane. On this subject the report says that It is practically impossible accurately to estimate the damage done cq'oo^.w?V*1'' ""^^ available sources of information, it is believed that h9,^<{2,000 feet of yellow pine and hardwoods have been practically de- stroyed, or, if uninjured, are left subject to grave risk of ultimate de- struction by fires and by the ravages of insects. It remains to be seen to what extent the damage may he offset by salvage, as this question Involves not only legal complications, but also the matter of accessibilitv. C. P Rook, sales manager of the R. E. Wood Lumber Company, this city who returned the day before Christmas from a trip south as "far as I-ontana, where his company owns a large sawmill, states that on his way back. December 19. he attended a banquet of furniture manufactur- ers at the Hotel Elwood in High Point, N, C. The members of the or- ganization generally inclined to the view that inasmuch as the furni- ture dealers were either not buying at all or in a very small way, they (the manufacturers) would h,dd back with purchases of lumber, regard- less of price. There is no disposition to haggle over the cost of such stocks of hardwood as may be wanted, but when it comes to buying for ■future requirements the purchasers are disposed to wait, and even at- tractive figures constitute no inducement. Notices have been sent out to the trade here that with the end of the year (be old firm of Amos Bright & Co., Baltimore and Holliday streets, wholesale dealers in hardw Is. oak staves, walnut logs and other forest products, ceased to exist, ami that it has been succeeded by the firm of Thos. F. Christopher & Co. Mr. Christopher is the proprietor of the new firm as he was of the old one, Mr. Bright having retired some time in 1918. There will be no change in methods or otherwise. =-< COLUMBUS >• The name of the King Lumber Company, Canton, has been changed to the Walker Lumber Company. The authorized capital of the Atlas Lumber Company of Cincinnati has been increased from .$25,000 to $50,000, Representative Longworth of Ohio has been promised by Chairman Small of the house committee on rivers and harbors that adequate pro- visions for continuing the improvement in the Ohio river from Pittsburgh to Cairo would be made in the next rivers and harbors bill. For some time the work was held up owing to war necessities. It is planned to have a nine-foot stage the year around between the two named cities. I'aul B. Sisson. secretary of the Western Lumber Company, Columbus, who was recently commissioned a first lieutenant of artillery, has been In Columbus over the holidays on a furlough. He will soon be permanently discharged from the service. Ben L. Stephens & Company of Toledo has purchased the yard and business of Cotteral & Son at Curtis. R. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, reports a quiet trade during the holiday period but that is the usual state of affairs. He says factories are going slow while dealers' stocks are generally pretty fair. Mt^re buying is expected when the semi-annual inventories are completed. =-< EVANSVILLE >-= Carl Wolflin, son of Charles A. Wolflin, manager of the Wolflin West Side Lumber Company, was here for the holidays visiting his parents, Mr. Wolflin is with the government aircraft production department and has been stationed at Niles. O., for the past several months. J. C. Rea, president of the Indiana Cooperage Company, whose large plant in this city was destroyed by fire several months ago", is home from Jackson, Miss., where he spent several months superintending the cut- ting of a large tract of timbered laud that was left him by his late father, Thomas Jefferson Rea of Columbia, Tenn. A large part of the lumber cut from the tract was sold to the government. Mr. Rea says he is un- decided about the rebuilding of his cooperage plant here. William H. McCurdy. president of the Hercules Buggy Company, is at the head of the Hercules Mining Company that filed articles of incorpora- tion a few days ago with the secretary of state at Springfield, 111. The capital stock of the company is $200,000. The company will operate flour spar mines in Ilardln county. 111. The principal office of the company will be at Elizabethtown, III. A few days ago fire destroyed one of the buildings of the Knight- Brinkerhoff Piano Company at Brazil. 111., the blaze having been caused by the explosion of a tank of gasoline. The loss is about $40,000 with part insurance. The factory will be rebuilt at once, it is announced. A. W. Lawson, head of the Lawson Aircraft Corporation of Green Bay. Wis,, was in the city a few days recently interviewing officials of the Chamber of Commerce in regard to locating his plant here. The com- pany is incorporated at $200,000 and Mr. Lawson wants Evansville citi- zens to take $,30,000 worth of the stock in the concern. If they do this he will move his plant here. John D. Craft, vice-president of the Hercules Buggy Company, says the new year has started off with much promise for the carriage" manu- facturers of the central west and that they are looking for this year to bring them in a much larger volume of business than last year. D. B. MacLaren of the D. B, MacLaren Lumber Company, says the outlook for the hardwood manufacturers for this year is very good and within a short time he expects to see a big improvement in business. The tact that the United States government during the recent war with Germany conducted an investigation to find out how much walnut timber is standing in the country developed the fact that there Is con- siderable walnut in southern .Indiana that is uncut. There is quite a lot of it too in southern Illinois and western and central Kentucky. -< MEMPHIS >= The Lumbermen's Club of Memphis is preparing a memorial tablet which will show the total amount of money invested by lumbermen of Memphis in Liberty bonds and war savings stamps, as well as contributed by them to the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and other war work funds during the" period of the war. President McSweyn, acting under a resolution unanimously approved by the board of directors of this organization, has appointed a committee of five to secure the necessary data and make the compilation, F. E. Stonebraker, secretary of the Southern Alluvial Land Association, is chairman. The other members are: S. C. Major, John W. McCIure, W. S. Darnell and George C. Ehemann. Speaking of the tablet. President McSweyn said : "This tablet will be fashioned in such manner that it will be a delight to the eye and a record of the participation in general war work by the lumbermen which will undoubtedly be pointed to with great pride as the years go by." January Id, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 45 m RED GUM y lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN 12M' 8/4 FAS PLAIN 3M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED 15M' 8/4 FAS QUARTERED 8M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED We have the above amounts on hand in dry stock, manufactured on our own band tnitls, and can make PROMPT SHIPMENT MILLER LUMBER CO. MARIANNA, ARK. ir— II Wi . '^mm^^ » F. E. Stonebraker, secretary of the Southern Alluvial Land Association, says that formal program is now being arranged for the forthcoming annual of that organization to be held in Memphis January 31. He inti- mates that there will be a number of unusual features and says that everything points to an exceptionally large attendance. Erskine Williams has become sales manager for the General Lumber Company, of this city, and has already entered upon his new duties. He only recently secured his discharge from the officers" training camp at Camp Gordon, near Atlanta, following signing of the armistice by Ger- many. He is in line for a commission in the reserve corps of the regular army. Before entering the training camp last September, Mr. Williams was sales manager for the Bliss-Cook Oak Company, Blissville, Ark., and prior to his connection with that firm he was assistant sales manager for the Lamb-Fish Luml>er Company. He therefore brings to his new connec- tion, which handles all hardwoods but which specializes in cypress, wide experience in the selling end of the lumber business. =-< LOUISVILLE >= Berry Norman of the Holly Ridge Lumber Company, has gone South for a few days to inspect the company's southern mills, and go over the general situation. R. R. May. Louisville manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic As- sociation, who has been in the South, is expected back about January 15. Preston Joyes of W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, Louisville, reports the arrival of Preston Joyes, Jr. Mr. Joyes was recently com- missioned a lieutenant at Camp Taylor, but has been mustered out and is back at the office again. B. F. Avery & Sons, Louisville manufacturers of plows and tillage im- plements, have recently taken over the Champion line of harvesting machinery, formerly made by the International Harvester Company, which is being regulated by anti-trust laws. The Louisville concern will erect several additions to its plant, and increase its force from SOO to 1,200 people. The Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company has recently declared a three per cent somi-annual dividend, the first of several years. Efficient management and excellent progress on war orders finally took the old concern out of the hands of the bankers and placed it on its feet. With a capital of $18,000 the Vine Grove Lumber Company, Vine Grove, Ky., has been incorporated by Neff Jenkins, William M. Essex, E. H. Massie and T. O. Gatton. The same men have incorporated the Glendale Lumber Company, Glendalf. Ky.. capital .$20,000. The Wirth, Long & P.orgcl Coiiiiiany. manufacturers of interior fixtures. Louisville, has recently <'hanged its title to the Wirth-Long Company, and increased its capital from $20,000 to $30,000. The Louisville Board of Trade has recently adopted resolutions calling on Congress for the return of American railroads to their rightful owners at the earliest possible moment. The organization favors a continuation of open terminals, car pooling and direct routing of freights, however. Announcement was recently made by tho C. C Mengel & Brother Com- pany of Louisville, to the effect that it would spII at public auction 2.500 shares of common stock and 1.1S8 shares of preferred stock in the Rich- land Parish Lumber Company, a Kentucky corporation, which has a fine, but idle mill in Louisiana. =-<; BEAUMONT >.= Ben S. Woodhead, president of the Beaumont Lumber Company, has been re-elected president of the Beaiunont chamber of commerce, the first time that honor has been conferred upon a citizen in the history of the organization which dates back eighteen years. Mr. Woodhead was in- duced to rescind his determination not to accept another term when It was made known to him that the election was unanimous and the direc- tors had refused to consider any other name. Mr. Woodhead first began his career as a lumberman as a stenographer for thp old Texas Tram & Lumber Company. He rapidly rose in that organization until it was purchased by the Kirby Lumber Company when he removed to Houston for a short time, being connected with the Con- tinental Lumber Company. Returning to Beaumont, he organized the Beaumont Lumber Company, dealing in hardwood and yellow pine. WTien elected president of the chamber of commerce it was in debt and its activities at a low ebb. He promptly called the most Influential mem- bers together, a large part of them lumbermen, and stated that if he was to have anything to do with the work it would have to be run on the same principle as he applied to the lumber business. At this meeting $28,000 was raised to place the organization on its feet and, under his guidance, has accomplished more than in any previous five years of its history. "Enormous business to follow," is well taken, according to a statement of L. L. Chipman, manager of the export department of the Long-Bell Lumber Company in a review of European conditions. Before the war Mr. Chipman was a frequent visitor to Europe in connection with the business of the company and has kept in close touch with lumber condi- tions on the other side of the Atlantic during hostilities. AH Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 46 HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Company INCORPORATED POPLAR 100,000 4/4" Com. 150,000 6/4" Com. 25,000 3" Com. 20,000 3" 2 Com. 200,000 4/4" 2 Com. 100,000 6/4" 2 Com. OAK 10,000 3" 1&2 Plain Red 50,000 2" Com. Plain Red 50,000 6/4" 1&2 Plain White & Red 50,000 4/4" 1&2 Plain White 35,000 4/4" 1x2 Quartered White Oak 75,000 4/4" 2C Plain Red & White ALL BAND— GOOD WIDTHS— DRY KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VESTAL * SUBURB OP BAND MILLS AT K.VOXVILLE FONDE, KY. =■< WlSCONSllsl >= ^MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlillliiiiMllllli:^ I Plain & Qtd. Red & White | I OAK ! AND OTHER HARDWOODS I Even Color MADE (MR) RIGHT OAK FLOORING We havt 35,000,000 feet dry itock— «11 of •ur own manufacture, from our own tim- ker grown in Eastern Kentucky. = PROMPT SHIPMENTS = 1 The MOWBRAY i I & ROBINSON CO. I = (INCSRFOIUTBO) 5 I CINCINNATI, OHIO | 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii inn nil iiiiiiiiuiiiiT All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if Thf Wisconsin .Uito Body & Sales Company, Milwaukee, bas been incor- porateil with a capital stock of $15,000 to manufacture commercial and passenger car bodies, frames, cabs, etc. The incorporators are W. A. Roscnwald, G. Steger and B. M. Rosenwald. E. J. Young, wholesale lumber dealer, Madison, is reorganizing his busi- ness as a corporation, styled the E. J. Young Lumber Company. Leo L. Luenenschloss, for six years manager of the Madison branch of The Avery Company. Peoria. 111., has resigned that position to biv-ome associated with Mr. Young. He formerly was engaged in the himbcr business in Richland Center, Wis., and Des Moines, la. The Young company bas extensive hard- wood and general lumber interests in Marinette and Wausau, W'is., and in Montana. .Alabama and Louisiana. \ The Laun Lumber & Furniture Company, Elkhart Lake, has been incor- porated with a capital stock of .$10,000 Ijy J. B. Laun, Alfred R. Raeder, Henry Ross and Louis Laun. G. JI. Collins, Amberg. has completed the erection and equipment of a new sawmill in place of the plant which was destroyed by Are about two years a^o. The .Multitoue Manufacturing Company, Eau Claire, which has been manufacturing talking machines, cabinets, etc., in leased quarters for six months, is planning to build a plant of its own at an estimated cost of $35,000 to relieve the congestion of its present factory. E. J. Sailstad is president and manager. The Bissell Lumber Company, Marshfield, with saw and planing mills and veneer works at Tripoli, has moved its general offices into the new building of the Marshfield State Bank. The J. S. Stearns Lumber Company. Odanah, recently resumed operations in its big saw and planing mill at that point after a shut-down of about six weeks during which the entire plant was overhauled and placed in shape for a continuous run until late next fall. The Appleton Wood Products Company, . Appleton, which was awarded a government contract for 50,000 saddle trees, received cancellation of the order just as the initial shipment was to have been nuide late in December. The .Tanesville Housing Corporation has been organized at Janesville l>y leading manufacturers and business men to undertake an important home building program during the coming spring and summer. The cap- ital stock is $300,000. The incorporators include J. P. Culleu, Roger .M. Cunningham. J. M. Connors and William McVicar. The Curtis & Y"ale Company, Wausau, surprised its 350 employes at Christmastide by presenting each with a free life insurance policy. Issued under the group insurance plan by the Aetna Life. The policies were de- livered January 2. A. L. W'ashburn, for many years general superintendent of the Browu- Mitcheson Company, Marinette, resigned January 1 to engage in business on his own account. His successor has not lieen chosen. Employes pre- sented Mr. Washburn with a solid gold watch, chain and Masonic charm. The International Toy Company, Eau Claire, a new manufacturing in- terest now operating in lea.sed quarters, is making plans to erect its own plant, to be 60x300 feet in size, of frame and stucco construction, designed to carry out the idea of a huge toyhouse. Work will liegin March 15. L. D. I'angborn is president and general manager. The General Manufacturing Company. Milwaukee, has been incorpo- rated with a capital stock of $100,000 to manufacture talking machines and other musical instruments. The organizers include J. P. Shea, Michael = Levin and Joseph G, Konop, attorney. Soft TeXttlT6 5 '^^'^ Kenfleld-Lamoreaux Company. Washburn, manufacturer of boxes, Z crating stock, veneers, etc., has completed important improvements which £ increase the general efficiency of the plant and promote economy in opera- tion. \ bonus system has been instituted for the benefit of its employes. V. I'. Baivier, Kiel, Manitowoc county. Wis., who has been manufactur- ing wooden shoes tor domestic and export consumption on a small scale for many years, is greatly increasing the capacity to meet a broad demand from European countries. Employes of the Badger Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Oshkosh, presented the three principal officers, H. O. Diestler, E. E. Meelus and Paui Steinhilber, with three fine office chairs at Christmas. The presentation was made when the officers entered the factory to make the annual distri- bution of gifts. The Brown-Mitebeson Company, Marinette, distributed about $2,500 among its 175 employes as a bonus on the .vear's wages. The Lake Side Craft Shop, Sheboygan, manufacturer of hardwood art goods, furniture, novelties, etc.. will build a two-story frame factory addi- tion, 70x100 feet, as soon as weather conditions permit. Six of seven large sawmills at Antigo, Wis., have resumed operations and anticipate a busy run throughout the new year. The seventh mill, that of the Kellogg Lumber Company, has no hot pond and therefore will not be able to start work until spring. The other mills now running are: Charles W. Fish Lumber Company : Crocker Chair Company ; Henshaw- Worden Company ; Faust Lumber Company, and Langlade Lumber Com- pany. The logging camps of these concerns have not been fully manned because of a shortage of labor, but relief is expected to come before the middle of this month. The Phonograph Improvement Company, Port Washington, Wis., has You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, I'JlV HARDWOOD RECORD 47 l)een organized witli a capital stock of $300,000 to mauufacture talking machines and parts, including a newly patented wooden sound box for Itlionographs to be made for the commercial trade. The incorporators are William 11. Thommen. Harry W. Bolens, Olaf Elton and J. B. Thiery. Mr. Thommen has lucn works manager of the Wisconsin Chair Company. Port Washin^tiin. for many years. Dr. (ieorge W. Earle. president of the Wisconsin I-= The Chicago market seems to be gradually devclopiug a forward momen- tum. The movement is represented in more general interest in hardwood offerings both in the form of inquiries sent out and of orders. The loeal trade has not at any time lost its full confidence in eventual developments, and the mental effect now, at the beginning of better business, is very strong. The trade feels that this evidence is justification for its past ideas and is ample reason for full confidence in the complete develop- ment of big business with the opening of the spring months. The local factory trade is not yet out from under the influence of war production entirely, but is making greater and greater progress towards getting in line for its usual commercial business. Production is develop- ing and expanding in a satisfactory manner, and in the meantime with no appreciable lessening of raw material values, there is decreasing tendency to hold out on the placing of orders. In the meantime there is a grow- ing appreciation of the poor prospects for any large production of hard- woods during this season, and so there is less and less chance of any demoralization of markets because of such hopes on the part of the buyers. =-< BUFFALO > The hardwood trade is Quict with the wholesnle yards mostly engaged in taking their annual inventories, as are their customers. The ini mediate outlook is for a rather small amount of activity. January is quite apt to be a dull month as the furniture buyers wait until after the annual shows are held before they make their purchases. They will certainly do so in many instances this year. Agricultural implement and vehicle manufacturers are reported to have quite an amount of stock on hand. Builders will wait for warm weather before doing much. While the startup in business is likely to be delayed more than usual this year, because of the readjustment from a war to a peace basis, it is expected that this spring will see quite an amount of activity. Various commercial lines, which have been working almost altogether on war or- ders, will welcome the opportunity to turn back to regular work, and they will find it easier to get a labor supply and to ship their goods than has been the case for many months. Thoy already find conditions in these respects greatly improved. Among the woods which are holding strongest in price today are quar- tered oak and poplar in the better grades. A good demand in both these lines is anticipated this year. Low grades are not moving as well as up to a short time ago and this causes some easiness in stocks which were much in demand for crating. It is a quiet time with most woods just now. so that no special activity can be cited for any sort of stock. Buffalo received 42.108,195 feet of lumber by lake during 191S, or about twelve per rent less than during the preceding year, when receipts were 48,101,000 feet. The falling off was to be expected, owing to the decrease in the number of lumber carriers and the consequent rise in lake freight rates. Not much was done in bringing in hardwoods, though two or three firms had one or more cargoes each. The shortage of boats was generally complained of and had conditions been otherw^ise as to ton- nage it is likely that a good hardwood lake trade would have resulted. Less hemlock than usual was brought in and a great falling off occurred in the movement of shingles, of which less than ten per cent of the num- ber recorded in 1916 arrived here the past season. =■< BALTIMORE >-= The old year has gone and a new one has gotten under way, but so far no material changes in the situation with respect to hardwoods are to be reported. During the holidays and the end of the year the business has been very quiet, with buyers withdrawn from the market for the time being, and with the movement reduced to exceedingly small proportions. The quiet, if anything, was emphasized this year by the prospect of important reconstruction and readjustments to be made as a result of the return from war to peace, and of extensive changes which this transition will ASH Tou-l 1, whit J kuiihei . ll at s; just w hat ymi w ant toi liody o ■ w; ig'- n work. 40,000 40,000 10/4 No. 12/4 No. 1 Com 1 Com. & & Btr. Btr. Runs shows 35-40% 14 & 16 509,' or better ft.; 10" 6; & %_ FAS wider fa and ces. OTHER ASH ITEMS 1 car 14/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. 1 car 16/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. 1 car 4/4 FAS 2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common 3 cars 4/4 No. 3 Common WRITE FOR OUR COMPLETE LIST WITH PRICES \\'e own and operate two band mills and are prepared to sur- face and resaw. Can also furnish dimension crating. NORTH VERNON LUMBER CO. NORTH VERNON, IND. EVERY BOARD MARKED "NVLCO" Have you seen aBy better Walnut logo than these? nnHEY all grew right in Indiana where ■*■ hardwoods have always held the choicest farm lands. The best growth of timber as well as the best yield of wheat comes from good soil. The soundness of the log-ends shows that they fed on the fat of the land. My Indiana Oak comes from the same soil CHAS. H, BARNABY Greencastle, Indiana All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 48 HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 i^ For Greatest Range of Uses ^ and Easiest Handling buy the Hoosier Self Feed Rip Saw. This machine has earned thousands of dollars for owners in the manufacture of dimension lumber, crating, etc., because its entirely novel design, resulting in surprising ease of operation and adaptability, makes possible a profit where a loss is often expected in this work. The Hoosier Self -Feed Rip Saw has a positive and powerful feed which handles the heaviest material as readily as the lightest. The table, raised and lowered with the crank in front of the ma- chine, is always level — always securely locked. The Hoosier rips anything up to 6 inches thick and 17 inches wide. It feeds 35, 75, 100 or 150 feet a minute. M> ifactured The "HOOSIER," the rip saw which makes profitable dimension manufacture and grade reflnlne at the mill possible. Hundreds of users already — you will be an- other If you win let us tell you all about It — Will you? ixclusively by The SINKER -DAVIS COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA doubtless call for. Tlie government having relinqulsbed all control of the hardwood supply, the business again becomes a matter of private initia- tive, but it remains for the members o£ the trade to develop sources of demand, the war having brought much unsettlement and shifting in lines. The views of the trade are necessarily rather mixed, but the preponderance of opinion seems to be that no decided recessions in valuS are to be loolsed for, though some are expected by certain hardwood men, chiefly for the reason that at present there is no prospect of a marked cheapening in the cost of production. Stocks have been manufactured at high cost and cannot be sold for less than they have brought for some time. The belief prevails that the requirements of the trade, when the revival does come, will be large and that there will be calls for all of the stocks which can be shipped. Information here is to the effect that the holdings of the producers are not large, even though all of the grades are to be had In some quantities, and that with anything like an active inquiry, the present holdings would soon be absorbed. The general feeling continues hopeful, and sellers are averse to holding out important inducements. They do not believe the situation calls for the forcing of sales, and are quite content to wait and let the demand catch up with the offerings. In this connec- tion it is suggested that no important additions to the supplies are to be looked for this winter. Labor, in the opinion of hardwood men, will not be eager to go into the backwoods and resume work at the mills or in the logging camps, so that no great saving in the matter of wages is at all likely. As for the hardwoods, the outlook Is as yet very uncertain, and largely a matter of speculation. -■< COLUMBUS > = The hardwood trade in Ohio territory has been rather quiet during the past fortnight but that condition usually prevails at this time. Dealers and also factories have been busy with their semi-annual Inventories and as a result have not been in the market for lumber stocks. The tone of the market is not quite as good as formerly although lumbermen profess to look upon the future with encouragement. Retail stocks are fairly large and they are not accumulating a surplus until the trend of con- struction work develops. Rural dealers are probably the shortest in stocks and some buying from agricultural sections is reported. Some of the city dealers are placing small orders to replace depleted stocks. Building operations are being revived slowly. Quite a few larger projects that were postponed because of the war are being revived. It is believed that construction work will be rather active in the spring. Factories are going slow in buying and the policy appears to be to use up surplus stocks. Implement and vehicle plants are the best customers. Orders are expected from the furniture trade after the show period. Quartered and plain oak are both strong and the same is true of poplar. There is a fair demand for ash and basswood. Chestnut is rather weak. Prices generally are well maintained at previous levels. •< EVANSVILLE > The hardwood lumber manufacturers of Evansville and southern Indiana report that trade has been rather dull since the first of the year, this be- ing what they expected, as they assert things are usually dull following the holidays each year. They are looking for a gradual improvement in trade conditions by the middle of January. Many men who are in the market for lumber at this time seem to be holding off, having the im- pression that lumber prices are going to drop some before long. Manu- facturers say these buyers are going to be disappointed, as they look for prices to remain firm all of this year. The demand for gum is better now than it has been for several months past and indications are that the local furniture plants will use a great deal of gum during the com- ing year. Walnut is not as brisk as it was before the signing of the armistice. There have been a good many inquiries received by local lum- ber manufacturers from owners of automobile and furniture factories and this leads the manufacturers to believe that there will be consider- able activity in both these industries during the next twelve months. Collections are good. The veneer manufacturers of Evansville and other cities in the tri-state territory report that their trade during the past year was very satisfactory and they are looking for a nice business this year. Most of the woodworking factories in Evansville, Tell City. Jasper, Ind., Henderson, Owensboro, Madisonville, and Hopkinsville,, Ky., are being operated on steady time and the owners say that things look very good for the future. Buggy, wagon and plow manufacturers are looking for an increase in trade from the south and southwest. Retail lumber dealers of this section report trade dull at this time but by the first of next March it is expected trade will open up in great shape and that there will be a great deal of building under way by that time. .Archi- tects and contractors are preparing for one of the best seasons they ever had. =-< MEMPHIS y- J. W. Dickson, president of the Valley Log Loading Company, which loads the majority of the logs transported over the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley and Missouri Pacific roads, is authority for the statement that the quantity of logs awaiting loading on these lines will not exceed 5,000,- 000 feet compared with 25,000,000 to 30,000,000 the corresponding time last year. He furthermore states that there are not enough logs in sight to keep his firm loading more than thirty days longer, whereas last All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 49 year this company and all firms doing their own loading wrro overwhelmed with logs. This represents a shortage of more than eighty per cent com- pared with last year and shows how serious the shortage of logs <-on- fronting mills throughout the southern field really is. This company loaded 1000 to 1100 cars of logs during December, 191S, which was w?ll above its • record in 1917, but this increase is attributed entirely to difference in weather conditions. In December, 191S, there was almost no interruption. In December, 1917, the ground was covered with sleet, ice and snow to unusual depth. Logging just now, according to all reports, is making exceedingly slow progress. Many Arms are attempting to do nothing at all. Others are trying but are making comparatively little headway. "There are very few logs coming out,'* remarked >Ir. Dickson. "The weather is such that little progress can be made in cutting and hauling timber to the rights of way of railroads for some time. There will probably be short periods when headway can be made. But the point I am emphasizing is this : There can be no successful general pi'ogress made with logging operations until well into the spring and in the meantime mills must do the best they can with the logs that are available. We are being offered very few logs for loading and indications are that the bulk of the timber now ottered will be loaded and cleared out of the way within the next thirty days." Production of southern hardwoods is well below the average for this time of the year. The shortage of logs is one trouble. Scarcity of labor is another. Indisposition of manufacturers who are carrying full stocks to produce more lumber now, pending developments in the general situation, is still another. But the outstanding fact about production is that it is below normal and that, if an attempt is made to increase it substantially, it cannot be done for the reason that the logs are not ready for immediate delivery to the mills. This is the way members of the trade here see it, and they do not believe there will be much, if any increase, in hardwood I)roducti-= Sufficient time has not elapsed since invoicing to create any appreciable change in the hardwood market with the exception that inquiries have become more numerous and that the mills are steadily holding to what is considered established prices. Offers to accept shipments at a lower rate have steadfastly been refused and the mill men claim that the low stocks and the demand bound to come will not only stiffen prices, but probably cause a slight advance. Inquiries at hand indicate that the demand for oak will exceed all other hardwoods for the present time, with gum a close second. The inquiries, .however, cover all stocks. The abatement of the influenza wave has enabled practically all the SERVICE FIRE INSURANCE SERVICE AND PROTECTION Davis Service was organized to furnish to lumbermen in every branch of the trade com- plete and immediate protection for buildings, equipment and stocks. No matter how many yards and plants you have, nor where they are located, v^e can cover you. The value of Davis Service consists in the fact that your insurance is placed at one time on all your risks, through one office, which acts as your fire insurance clearing house and insures full coverage everywhere all the time. Let our Engineering Department show you how to reduce the cost of your fire insurance. Full Coverage, Correct Forms, Lowest Rates A. J. DAVIS & CO. Speeiatists in Lumber Firm Insuranc* [nsurance Exchange, Chicago SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE RED BOOK Published semi-annually in February and August It conUins a carefully prepared list of the buyert tf lum- ber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturera. The book indicates their financial standing and manner •f meeting obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as the aut*:ority on the lino it covers. A well organized Collection Department Is also oper- ated and the eamo la open to you. Write for terms. Lumbermen's Credit Association 6M So. Dearborn Street ir,^...„ «,i,j n ._ CHICAGO Mention Thi» Paper E*ub. 1878 55 Joha StrMt NEW YORK CITY mills to resume operations with full crews, but the continuous rains have seriously retarded logging operations. =< MILWAUKEE >>: As usual, hardwood trade during the early days of the New Year is quiet and doubtless will continue so until the Inventory period is past and manufacturers and other consumers have definitely settled upon their requirements. A broad industrial demand Is expected to develop with the resumption of the manufacture of furniture, cabinets, talking machines and pianos and similar merchandise requiring the better grades of hard- wood and veneers. The box and crating trade also is expected to be enlivened shortly. In some sections of the North, there is plenty of help, both for logging camps and mills. In others, however, complaint still Is heard over the lack of men. This condition probably will be relieved within the next tew weeks, since some industries in the centers of population will release some men who have been retained up to the end of the year to finish up various contracts and are no longer needed. Logging conditions have improved greatly since January 1 by reason of a severe cold snap and some snow. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 50 HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Advertisements will be inserted In this sec- tion «t the following rates; For one Insertion 25c a line For two Insertions 40c a line For three Insertions 55c a line For four Insertions 65c a line Bight words of ordinary length make one line. Heading counts as two lines. No display except the headings can be ad- mitted. Remittances to accompany the order. No extra charges for copies of paper containing the advertisement. LUMBER WANTED 3 MANUFACTURERS TAKE NOTICE We are always in the market for hard- woods and white pine. Please mail us your price and stock lists. R. H. CATLIN CO., Equitable Building, WILMINGTON, DEL. LUMBER WANTED FOR GOVERNMENT WORK THE DAILY BULLETINS of the Lumbermen's Bureau, 809 Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C, contain rush inquiries for all character of Hard- woods for government departments and govern- ment contractors with lists of new contracts, prices, etc. Write for free sample bulletins. WANTED CARLOAD LOTS Hickory, Maple, Beech or Oak Cordwood, dry Hardwood Sawdust. Cash with order. J. C. MALONEY, Swissvale, Pa. WANTED TO BUY Two or three million feet of Black Walnut logs and timber to manufacture gunstocks for the government. Also oak and other hardwood. .7. W. FRYE LUMBER CO., Dayton, O. WANTED FOR CASH 20 cars Rock Elm, FAS & No. 1 Com. We want this for green shipment during the winter. JOHN I. SIIAFER HARDWOOD CO., South Bend, Indiana. WANTED ALL GRADES Chestnut lumljcr to sell. .Vrtdress, "BOX 123," care Hardwood Record, WOULD LIKE TO CONTRACT Fit ihf nntpnl nt" :i l»and mill riittiTi;: Poplar and Oak larsply, but would buy other woods also. Would have an inspector locate at the mill and receive the lumber before being put into piles or would pay on estimate. Will pay cash. Would be glad to have full particulars of .vour proposi- tion. Address. MrLEAN MAHOGANY & CEDAR CO.. Buffalo. N. T. LUMBER FOR SALE FREE SERVICE FOR BUYERS Our Daily Bulletins containing inquiries from Buyers, are sent to Ave hundred responsible saw- mills. The mills make their best competitive quotations direct to the buyer, by mall or tele- graph. Send us your inquiries. The service Is free to buyers. Daily Bulletins, Lumbermen's Bureau, 810 Munsey Building. Washington, D. C. BIRCH LUMBER When you are buying BIRCH consult us. We have it JONES HARDWOOD COMPANY 19 High Street BOSTON, MASS. FOR SALE— BASSWOOD 5/4 & C,/4 No. 1 common. Can dress and resaw. if desired. WALTER C. MANSFIELD, Menom- inee. Mich. ALFRED P. BUCKLEY Lumber Commission 932 N, Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Will cut to order 8 to 10 cars Locust in the log in New Jersey. Also Poplar and Sweet Gum in the log In sizes and lengths desired. TIMBER FOR SALE FOR SALE— 480 ACRES (Timber Only) in Shelby County, Tex., near rail- road, 60% Oak, ranging from 2 to 5 feet In diameter. Also 640 acres Yellow Pine in Lee Co., Fla. J. D. LEISURE, Columbus, Ind. FOR SALE LARGE TRACT OF Timber ou (Juatsine Suund, British Columbia. Ocean going vessels can go right up to the prop- erty. Write for price, T. A. White, Middle- town, O. FOR SALE Tract 11,000 acres Virgin Oak, Ash and Hickory timber. Average 3,000 No. 1 logs per acre. Reasonaljle logging cost to railroads. Good bar- gain. Address. "BOX 14," care Hardwood Record. TIMBER WANTED WANTED 200,000,000 FEET Maple, Birch, Beech. Elm on stump. Principals only. .Vddress, "BOX 12. " care H.\rdwood Record. DIMENSION STOCK FOR SALE ORDERS WANTED FROM Manufacturers. Have two mills specializing on dimension stock of Oak and Hickory, such as Poles, Axles, Reaches and all smaller stock. Capacity 10 to 15 ears per month. Ready to contract for 1919. Begin shipments February 1. .Vlsn rim strips and billets. r,KD 0.\K ro:MPANY. Vickshurg. Miss. LOGS WANTED WANTED— BLACK WALNUT LOGS 500 cars good black walnut logs, 12'* and up !■ diameter, 6 ft. and up long. Will Inspect at shipping point and pay cash. GEO. W. HARTZELL, Plqua, Ohio. I RAILWAY EQUIPMENT FOR SALE I LOCOMOTIVE FOR SALE A 22-ton Class A, 36" gage. Climax locomotive, with Radley Hunter stack, in perfect working order. Bought new 1916, used eighteen months. Also eighteen skeleton logging cars, 36" gage, in perfect condition, $250.00. each, f. o. b. Redwine, Ky. LENOX SAW MILL CO., Lenox, Ky. VENEERS FOR SALE OHIO VENEER COMPANY Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE VENEER WANTED WANTED 1/16" QUARTER SAWN White Oak, select grade, 10" and 11", clear of sap, l)y 44", 2.S" and 19" long. Address, "BOX 124." care H.vrdwood Record. MACHINERY FOR SALE FOR SALE Electric power plant, now on skids at Redwine, Kentucky, can ship quick. Recently overhauled and is in perfect working order. Price, $6,750, f. o. b. cars Redwine, Ky., sight draft and B/L attached. Can be inspected any time. 1 General Electric Curtis Turbo Unit, consist- ing of : Generator : 1-750 K. W. General Electric ver- tical, 3 phase, 60 cycle, 2300 or 440 volts, 1800 R. P, M. Turbine : 750 K. W. condensing (550) K. W. non-condensing Curtis vertical, 1800 R. P. M. 150 lbs. steam pressure at throttle, 28" vacuum. Above complete with all piping equipment. No condenser equipment. LENOX SAW MILL CO., Lenox, Ky. FOR SALE Victor Talking Machine Company, Camden, N, J. Three semi-trailers arrangedifor handling hardwood lumber. Will carry four tons. EMPLOYES WANTED WANTED— AN EXPERIENCED .Sawmill sJtfnographer and assistant bookkeeper. State age. experience, references and salary in strict confidence. Do not apply unless you are ambitious, have ability, and looking for a perma- nent position. Mill at Lenox, ^lorgan County. Ky. LENOX SAW MILL CO.. Pittsburgh, Pa. WANTED GOOD MAN As bookkeeper and take cbarire of office. Must be capable of handling records and correspondence. I..arge band mill in Louisiana. Good opportunity. .\ddress "BOX 10," care H.4RDW00D Record. FOREMAN WANTED To operate mill cutting oak dimension employing about twenty men. Address. P. S. MACE COMPANY, Terre Haute, Indiana. c EMPLOYMENT WANTED WANTED POSITION AS superintendent or general foreman in interior trim, office or general cabinet work and veneer room ; 20 years' experience with well known firm. Change desired. Address. "BOX 129," care Hardwood Record. AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 51 HARD\VOODS FOR SALE ASH ABER- NO. 1 C. & SEL., white cane. 4/4". DEKN H'.MBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 1 C, white, fi/4", good wdths.. 50% 14- 16 ■■ 2 vrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo. N. T. NO. 1 C, white. 8/4". reg-. wdths. & Igths.. 1 vr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.. Buffalo. N. T. ,^.^ NO. 1 C, hrown. 4/4". IS mos. dry. G. ELL\S & BRO. INC., Buffalo, N. T. FAS, % & V'". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 6 mos drv: FAS, %". 10" & up. reg. Igths., 6 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne. Ind. FAS, black. 4/4. 6/4. S/4". reg. wdths.. good 14 & 16' long. dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO.. Boston. Mass. FAS, Ark. white. 5/4, 6/4. S/4 & 10/4". 6-10"; FAS, Ark. white. 8/4 & 12/4", 10" and up; SEL., Ark. white. 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4. 12/4 & 16/4". 6" & up; NO. 1 C, Ark. white. 4/4. 5/4, 8/4. 10/4. 12/4 & 16/4"; CLR., shorts. Ark. white, 4/4". KOSSE. SHOE & SCHLETER CO.. Cin- cinnati. Ohio. COM. i BTR., 4/4-8/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 & 3, 4/4". 4" & up. 10-16'. 8 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. SEL., 4/4". 5/4". S/4": NO. 1 C, 4/4", S/4". NICKET BROS.. INC., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR.. 4/4 & 8/4". PENROD. JURDEN & McCOWEN. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 2 & BTR., 4/4". SALLING-HANSON COMPANY. Grayling. Mich. NO. 1 C. & FAS, 12/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. green to 6 mos. dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUM- BER CO.. Seymour. Ind. FAS, 5/4". all S-10': ONE FACE CLR., 5/4x ZV- to SVo"; CLR. SHORTS, 8/4". 12/4"; NO. 1 C' 5/4".' S/4"; FAS, 10/4x10". 12/4x10" up. THOMPSON-K.-VTZ LLIMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 2 & BTR., 4/4". 3" & wdr., 6' & longer, vr drv; NO. 1 & BTR.. 5/4". 6" & wdr.. S' & ioiiger, 18 mos. dry. WHEELER-TIMLIN LBR. CO.. Wausau. Wis. NO. 1 & BTR., 4/4. 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4. 12/4. 16/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., dry. JONES HARD- WOOD CO.. Boston, Mass. FAS. 4/4" to 8/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4. 5/4. 6/4"; NO. 1 C. & SEL., red. 4/4"; NO. 3 CRATING, 4/4. 5/4". M.A.SON-DONALDSON LBR. CO.. Rhineiander. Wis. NO. 2 & BTR., 4/4. 5/4"; NO. 2 C, 4/4"; NO. 1 & BTR., 5/4". SALLING-HANSON COM- PANY. Grayling, Mich. FAS, 4/4", 6/4". 6" & wdr., 8' & longer, 18 to 20 mos. drv; NO. 1 C, 6/4". 6" & wdr.. 8' & longer. IS to 20 mos. dry; NO. 2 C. cS. BTR., S/4". 6" & wdr.. 8' & longer, is to 20 mos. dry; NO. 3 C, 8/4". 4" & wdr.. 6' & longer. 18 to 20 mos. dry. WHEELER-TIMLIN LBR. CO.. Wausau, Wis. BASSWOOD NO. 1 C. 4/4". good wdths.. 'O'X- 4-16'. 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO.. Buffalo. N. T. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 9 mos. drv; NO. 3 C. 4/4". reg. wdths. X: Igths.. 4 mos. dry. E.IlST JORDAN LUMBER CO.. East Jordan. Mich. NO. 2 C, 5/4". IS mos. drv. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC.. Buffalo. N. T. COM. & BTR., white. 5/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 4 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO.. Ft. Wayne. Ind. NO. 2 & BTR.. 4/4. 5/4. 10/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO., Boston. Mass. NO. 1 C. 4/4"; NO. 1 & BTR., 4/4, 5/4"; BOX & CRATING STK. NO. 3, 4/4. 5/4. 6/4". M.\SON-DON.4LDSON LBR. CO.. Rhineiander, Wis. NO. 2 & BTR.. 8/4". 4" &■ wdr.. 6' & longer, IS mos. drv. WHEELER-TIMLIN LBR. CO.. Wausau. Wis. " ALL grades 4/4". good wdths. & Igths.. dry. "mLLSON BROS. LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 to S/4". reg. wdth.. std. Igths.. 1 to 2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO.. Buffalo. N. T. BEECH NO. 2 C. & BTR.. 6 '4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 30f5'r FAS. 10 mos. drv; NO. 3 C. =;.x6/4". reg. wdths. .. 1 C . I 4". 7" ,fc wider. BLISS-COOK niK rn . pii»ovi"e .A.rk. FAS. 5,i. 4 4": SEL.. 4/4". NICKEY BROS.. INC., Memphis. Tenn. OAK— PLAIN WHITE FAS. ''/4". food wdths,. 50% 14-16', 2 vrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C. 4/4"; NO. 2 C, 4/4"; FAS, 4/4". THE BEAUMONT LUMBER CO.. Beaumont, Tex. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4 &■ 6/4. BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4'. reir. wdth. & l«th.. l-I yrs. dry. BLAKESLEK. PERRIN & DARLING. BufTalo. N. T. NO. 1 C. & 2 C, 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Elissville. Ark. FAS. 10/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 1 vr. drv. BUFFAI>0 HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo. N. Y. FAS, =4 & \". 18 mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO,, INC.. Buffalo. N. Y. FAS, 4'4, 10/4. 12/4 & 16/4", reg. wdths. * Igths: NO. 1 C, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.: NO. 1 C. & BTR., 5/4". reg wdths. ,.2, 4" No. 1 Com. & Btr, Hickory 1 car 3' No. 2 Com. & Btr. Hard Maple ',2 car 4/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. Soft Maple 1 car 4 4 No. 1 Cora. Poplar 1 car 4 4 No. 2 Com. Poplar '2 car 5 4 No. 2 Com. Poplar J. V. STIMSON, Huntingburg, Indiana STIMSON VENEER & LUMBER CO. Memphis, Tennessee J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO. Memphis, Tennessee, & Helena, Ark. Three States Lumber Co. MEMPHIS, TENN. Manufacturers of SOUTHERN HARDWOODS BAND MILL: BURDETTE. ARK. The Following Is a List of a Few of the Items We Now Have in Stock: Dry, Ready for Prompt Shipment COTTONWOOD * Cars 1" Boxboards, 13" to 17" i Cars 1" Boxboards, 8" to 12" * Cars 1" FAS., «" to 12" S Cars 1" No. 1 Common i Cars IVt" No. 1 Common 4 Cars 1" No. 2 Common Z Cars 114" No. 2 Common 3 Cars 2" FAS. GUM i Cars 1" FAS. Sap 5 Cars IVi" FAS. Sap 1 Cars IVj" fas. Sap 6 Cars 1" No. 1 Common 5 Cars 1" No. 2 Common 2 Cars ly." FAS. Red 2 Cars IVj" FAS. Red 1 Car IVi" No. 1 Common 3 Cars 2" FAS. Qtd. Red 2 Cars 2" No. 1 Com. Qtd. Red OAK 5 Cars 1" FAS. Red 2 Cars 1" FAS. White 2 Cars 11/4" No. 1 C. A Btr. Red S Cars 1" No. 1 Com. Red 2 Cars 1" No. I Com. White S Cars 1" No. 2 C. Red & Whitf 2 Cars 2V4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Plain Red Oak 2 Cars 3" No. 1 Com. Sk Btr. Plain White Oak 5 Cars 2" Log Run Elm 5 Cars 1" Log Run Elm 3 Cars IVt" J-oe Run Elm 4 Cars IVz" Log Run Elm 3 Cars 2" Log Run Maple 2 cars 12/4" Log Run Maple 2 cars 6/4" Log Run Maple 2 cars 5/4" Log Run Maple 3 Cars 1" No. 1 Com. A Btr. Sycamore 5 Cars 1" No. 2 & No. 3 Com. Sycamore 2 cars 2" Select & Better Cypres, Our stock is manufactured from a nice class of timber and there- fo. e runs to nice grade and extra good widths and lengths. We. eoHeit your request for delivered prices {■KQn|^i^^i ) ^' 1 ^^H ^HSHb^ j| i^^SI ^^^^^^^^^^^^B^B^pIv^ ^'•''' '^'^'^'^'"^^^^oii^^SBi IffiWIWI Lidgerwood Cableway Skidders with Mechanical Slack Puller Multiple Skidding Lines These exclusive features of the Lidgerwood Skidders reduce time of hooking on logs to a minimum. Send for catalogues LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO. Originators of Overhead and Ground Steam Logging Machinery Chicago ^® Liberty St., New York Seattle Now Orleans: Woodward. Wffht & C*., Canada: Allls-Chalmers. Ltd.. How Many SAWYERS QUIT because they must PUSH all day long on the lever of a Fric- tion Feed. The throttle of a SOULE STEAM-FEED can be moved with the finger. CATALOG H GIVES PARTICULARS WRITE FOR A COPY SOUIE STEAM FEED WORKS Box 352 MERIDIAN, MISS. Semi-Monthly Twenty-Fourth Year P 537 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO, JANUARY 25, 1919 Subscription $2. ^ , Vol. XLVI, No. V ' PENROD-JURDEN COMPANY MEMPHIS, TENN. irnTT wm ]] II ]| II II IMI II n H II I' II II II II IT 11 II II U II II II II M II II n II II II II M M II 11 l| |t l! II Ij jl II II M II II || || || ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER MAT 26, 1902, AT THE POSTUFFICE AT CHICAGO. ILL., UNDER ACT OF MARCH S. 1819 HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 ESTABLISHED 1?98 J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. LUMBER Hardwoods A Specialty PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA Manufacturers Wholesalers iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;;iiiiiii:iiip;iHiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniii!i«!::iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiii:;»iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiniiiiiii"!s:iiiHiitii!iiii;ii:ii^ THIS MARK MEANS Quality-GOLDEN RULE-Service THE ANDERSON-TULLY company MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE Southern Hardwood Manufacturers 70.000,000 feet a year iiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii IllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII^^ All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1019 HARDWOOD RECORD Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality Basswood Selects Basswood, No. 1 Common Basswood, No. 2 Common Basswood, No. 3 Common Gray Elm, No. 1 Common & Belter Gray Elm, No. 2 Common & Better Gray Elm, No. 2 Common & Better Gray Elm, h!gh grade Maple, Step Maple, high grade Maple, high grade Maple, high grade Also have ample stock 4/4 Maple and can furnish any grade No. 2 Common or better. We are now sawing Beech lumber, 5/8, 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4, and Maple 4/4. 5/4. 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 1 6/4 thicknesses. Cobbs & Mitchell mCOBPOEATED Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan 134M 4/4 66 M 4/4 43 M 4/4 79 M 4/4 78 M 4/4 60 M 6/4 100 M 8/4 46 M 12/4 32 M 5/4 75 M 5/4 92 M 6/4 95 M 8/4 "FINEST" Maple and Beech FLOORING We are members of the Maple Flooring Mfr's. Association Flooring stamped M. F. M. A. insures quality .'. Michigan /. Hardwood Lumber BIRCH OAK 800,000' No 2 Cora. Si. Btr.. 4/4" 50.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr. , 4/4- 75.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr.. S/4" MAPLE SOFT ELM 50.000' Ists & 2ncl3. 4/4" to 18/4" 300.000' No 2 Com. & Btr.. 4/4" milTE M.4PIJ3 60.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr. 10/4- 14.000' Ists & 2nd3, 4/4". end dried 15.000' Wo. 1 Cora. & Btr., 12/4" 300.000' No. 2 Cora. & Btr.. 4/4" 125.000' Merchantable 4/4" ASH 17.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr., 4/4" 15.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr. 4/4- Write for Prices W.D.Young 6? Co. BAY CITY MICHIGAN Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality We have dry — 4/4 Basswood, Birch, Gray Elm, Birdseye Maple, Soft Maple and Beech 5/4 Beech 6/4 Beech and Gray Elm 8/4 Gray Elm In addition to above we ar» new sawing — 5/8 Beech 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 16/4 Hard Maple Some grades and widths are piled separately to better meet the requirements of the trade Mitchell Brothers Go. Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan WE WILL QUOTE ATTRACTIVE PRICES ON THE FOLLOWING: 20,000 ft. 1 1/16" X 2" Clear Maple Flooring 35,000 ft. 13/16 " X 4" No. 1 & Btr. Maple Flooring 24,000 ft. 1 1/16" X 4 " No. 1 & Btr. Maple Flooring 40,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Common & Better Ash 20,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common Ash 200,000 ft. 5/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 60,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Belter Beech 250,000 ft. 5/4 No. 3 Common Beech 14,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2nd Birch 60,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 & No. 2 Common Birch 500,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 225,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 65,000 ft. 10/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 75,000 ft. 12/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 150,000 ft. 6/4 No. 3 Common Elm 40,000 ft. 8/4 No. 3 Common Elm 30,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common & Better Red and White Oak 10,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better White Oak 5,000 ft. 10/4 No. 2 Common & Better White Oak The Kneeland-Bigelow Company Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber Bay City Michigan All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 BUFFALO The Foremost Hardwood Market of the East Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT 1075 Clinton Street Atlantic Lumber Company HARDWOODS WEST VIRGINIA SOFT RED AND WHITE OAK Our Bpeclaltr: Weit TtrdHla mui PenniylTBiila Cherrr 1055 Seneca Street Miller, Sturm & Miller Hardwoods •f All Kinds 1142 Seneca St. Hugh McLean Lumber Co. OUR SPECIALTY: QUARTERED WHITE OAK 940 Elk Street BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. SPECIAl, FOR SALE 2" to 4" No. I Common and Better Elm 2". 2. 1 Com. 105,000' No. 2 Com. PLAI.V RED AND WHITE OAK ';no,iiiHi' 8/4" Com. & Btr, i:.ii, I' 10/4" Com. & Bir. lOri.ouo' 12/4" Com. & BU. POPLAR 125,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 103,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 90,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 135,000' 4/4" No. 2 Cora. Brasfield, Ark. S5,oo0' 3/4" No. 2 Cora. 110.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. SAP GUM 525,000' 4/4" FAS 175,000' 5/4" FAS 110,000' 6/4" FAS 175,000' 8/4" FAS 215,000' 4/4" Xn, 1 Cora. 135,000' 5/4" No. 1 C. di7 105,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 145,0(]0' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 385,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 105,000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 165.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. 185,000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 115.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 145,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 103,000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. Norman L umber Co mpany LOCISVII-LE, KENTUCKY POPLAR 4-4 No. 1 Com., 200,000 ft. 5-4 No. 1 Com., 15,000 ft., 10 in. and up. 8-4 No. 1 Com. 30,000 ft. 10-4 No. 1 Com. 12,000 ft. 12-4 No. 1 Com. 10,000 ft. 4-4 No. 2 Com. 300,000 ft. 8-4 No. 2 Com. 75,000 ft. • W. R. Willet Lumber Co. LOUISVILLE, KY. PI,AIN WHITE OAK POPLAR 4/4 1st & 2nd, 4 cars 4/4 1st & 2nd. 1 car 4/4 No. 1 Com, & Sel,. 4/4 No. 2 "A". 3 cars 500.000' 4/4 Nos. 2 & 3. 10 cars 4/4 No. 2 Com., 10 cars 5/8 No. 2 Com.. 1 car 5/4 No. 1 Com.. 5 cars 4' Lath. 1 car 4/4 Sound Wormy, 6 cars 4/4 No. 3 Com.. 10 cars MISCELLANEOUS PLAIN RED OAK 5/4 No. 1 Com. & No. 1 Shop 4/4 No. 1 Shop Cypress, 1 car 4/4 No. 1 Com,. 2 cars 6/4 l.st & 2nd Sap Gum, 14' 4/4 No. 2 Cora., 2 cars & longer, 1 car QU.ARTERED WHITE OAK 4/4 No. 3 Common Gum, 3 cars 4/4 1st & 2nd, average 8", 2x6 & »nder, Sd. & Sq. Edge 1 car 4/4 Com. & Btr. Strips. 2"— Can load separate cars each 4", 3 cars width. Wood Mosaic Co., Inc. Main Ofifiee, New Albany, Ind. BAND iVIILLS: New Albany, Indiana: Louisville, Kentucky; Cincinnati, Ohio: lackson. Tennessee, POPLAR ELM 56 300' 3/8" FAS 10,600' 8/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 22,000' 5/8" FAS 8,000' 12/4" Log Run 42.300' 4/4" FAS 9,000' 5/4" No, 1 C. & Btx. 32.000' e/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 34,000' 8/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 16.000' 10/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 45,000' 4/4" 1st & 2nds 40,000' 12/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 28,000' 8/4" Ists & 2nds 15.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 10,100' 5/8" No. 1 C. & Btr. 14,000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 10,000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 14,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 35.000' 4/4" No. 2 Cora. HARD >LU>LE 18.000' 4/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 15.000' 8/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. CHERRY WALNUT 50,000' 4/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 11,000' 4/4" Isls & 2nd3 CHESTNUT 50.000' 4/4" Ists & 2nd3 58.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 25,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 87,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. QUARTERED SYCAMORE 37.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 18,000' 4/4" No. 2 C. & Btr. 35.000' 4/4" Selects Edward L. Davis Lumber Co. Kentucky and Indiana Ash Walnut and Hickory We have a very complete stock of Ash and are pre- pared to make special grades for Automobile, Aeroplane, and Bending Purposes. PLEASE SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES DIMENSION STOCK Mahogany and Walnut Aside fram our pr«ductt«a ef lumber and Tcneert — We are manufacturing kiln-dried mahogany and walnut dimension stock at the rate of 2,000,000 feet annually, and this department has been steadily growinj: sine* 1902. We think that these simple facts make detailed argument unnecessary — as to our prices, quality of our st©ck, and promptness ef service. However, we have ready f«r mailing a circular which explains in detail how and why you can save tioie. m»ncy and trouble — through our dimension stock But if you don't care for the circular, and if you realix* what an expensive luxury your waste pile is, Bcnd us your cutting bills, as you would give them t« your stock-cutters. We will quote a specific price for each style you manufacture. C. C. Mengel & Brother Co. ■ ■ Ian All Three of Us Will Be Benefited If You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 191^ Double Band Mill For Sale Including: Carriages Niggars Loaders Trimmer Edgers Resaws Sprockets and Chain Shafting and Pulleys Engine — 28i^ x 62 Log Machinery All the Machinery for a Clothes Pin Mill Filing Room Equipment CTfi e § TEARNS SALT is- LUMBER CO. LudingtokMich. WM. WHITMER ^ SONS INCORPORATED Manufacturers and Whole- salers of All Kinds of "If Anybody Can, We Can" HARDWOODS West Virginia Spruce and Hemlock Long and Short Leaf Pine Virginia Framing Finance Building PHILADELPHIA <'ii c: ii[:iiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiim[]miiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiiii[]iii [iiiiMiniiiiciiMiiiiiiiiiciiiiiiumc*:- I COMMERCIAL I KILN DRYING | I Modem Kilns | i s I We do a large amount of this I I work and are in a position to quote | j prices that will be satisfactory. } i Wire or w^rite us, or better | I still, send along your ship- | I ments of lumber for kiln i I drying and they w^ill be | I taken care of, I I WILLIAM HORNER | I REED CITY, MICHIGAN f •>]iiimiiii[]iiiiiiniiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiMii;]iiiiiiii!iMt]iiMiiniiii[]ii»iiiiiiiir3MmiiMiiit:iiiiiiiiijii[]iiiiimii? NORTH CAROLINA PINE AND WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Capacity 300,000 Ft. per Day Conway, S. C. Jacksonville, N. C. Hertford, N. C. ) Porterwood, W. Va. MILLS - Wildell, W. Va. i Mill Creek, W. Va. Willson Bros. Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS MAIN OFFICE: PITTSBURGH, PA. ^%^5s for VENEER No checks or splits. Enor- mous output. Low labor cost. , The Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. Philadelphia Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT UCK KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF Oak Flooring Complete stock of 3/8" and 13/16" in all standard widths All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January HARDWOOD RECORD A— Manufacturer of Implement Stock. B— Manufacturer of Car MatflTil. C — Manufacturer of Factory Dlmenilon. * Has Individual DUplay Ad on Paf* DMiiiated. ^=^ Fine Veneer9 and Hardwood Lomber ^ Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc. ^^ New Albany, Ind. ^^ Manufacturer ^^" ( *Seo pa^e ;u 1 === Veneers and Hardwood Lumber M Hoffman Brothers Company M Manufacturer Ft. Wayne. Ind, =^ \*See page 46) ===; Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber and Flooring ^^ The Mowbray & Robinson Company ^^ Cincinnati, Ohio ^^ Write for List and Prices ^^ North Vernon Lumber Company F=?= Manufacturer tx.Tr\i a ki a ^ North Vernon. INDIANA M Long-Bell Lumber Company ^^ Band Saw Operators In Southern Hardwoods ^^ Kemsas City, Missouri ^= A. B. C— == 15 years' supply assured by 32,000 acres Virgin St. ^^ Francis Basin Timber, largely Oak. ^^ Tschiidy Lumber Company, »>riooi^i tdt ^m Mannfacturer. Kansas City. IVIIbbUUKI Not one of them possesses much value as a source of lumber, and only the Southern live oak is abundant. We carry a complete stock of plain and quartered Red and White Oak In all specifications. Our facilities for prompt shipments are second to none. BAKER-MATTHEWS LBR CO. .-,ccAV?oi Memphis. Tenn. Manufacturer MIooUUKI (-Sfp page 15) Charles H. Bamaby Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and Veneers Greencastle, Ind. ("See rasi^ 1 I) We have to offer at present 1 car 4/4 PAS Quartered White Oak. 1 car 4/4 No. 1 0. & Bet Quartered Red tiak SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO, ,.,_., ...» Manufacturer Seymour, INUIANA (•See page 56) J. V. Stimson Manufncturer and Wholesaler Hardwood Lumber Huntingburg, Indiana {'■> 4i} Miller Lumber Company Manufacturer and Dealer in All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Marianna, Arkansas ( ■ Sr. TENNESSEE Nice stock of dry 4/4, 6/4 & 6/4 PlaJn Red apd White Oak on hand at Burdette. Ark., for prompt shipment. THREE STATES LUMBER CO. Manufacturer. Memphis h & C— \\ > Manufacture Hardwood Prom Fine West Virginia Timber WARN LUMBER CORPORATION Raywood. W. Va. (*See page li>) J. H, Bonner & Sons Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Memphis, Tenn. Mill: JonquU, Ark. A, B & C— Carr Lumber Company, Inc. Btltraore Hardwoods Pisgah Forest, N. C Manufacturer W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. ^ 9 Band Mills manufacturing tiardwiods ^= Louisville, Ky. f^^ Hand Sawed. Steam Dried. Arkansas Hardwoods ==^ Edgar Lumber Company ^ Wesson. Arkansas ^^ ('See page 6) ^^ Salt Lick Lumber Company ^ Hardwood M^ufacturer r tj Salt Lick, Kentucky ^^^ (*See page V^) ^^ Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. ^^ Manufacturt^rs Band Sawed Hardwood Luml>er and ^^ Quartered Oak, Ash and Gum =; Memphis, Tennessee ^^ Our Lumber la Well Manufactured and Well Taken =: Care of. Write us for prices in anything in hardwoods. =j THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMPANY. ^ Alexandria, LOUISIANA H {*See page 11) ^~ Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. ^^ Manufacturer of Hardwoods f=^ Memphis. Tennessee ^^ We have for fall shipment large stock of 10/4 and ^^ 12/4 C. & Bet. Oak: other thicknesses from 4/4 to 8/4 e^ in all grades. ^^ FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., ^ Manufacturer, Nashville, TENNESSEE ^ Special. ALTON LUMBER COMPANY J 1 car 9/4 Government Quality \^^^ite Oak ^^ 1 car 14/4 Government Quality White Oak ^^f= 20 cars 4/4, 5/4. 6/4 & 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut ^es Buckhannon, West Virginia ^^ for anything in OAK write these rgpreserrtaiive firms B & C Manufaclurera Band Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oak and other Hardwond Lumber Hillyer-Deutsch-Edwards, Inc. San Antonio, Texas 5 cars 4/4 White Oak FAS & No. 1 C. 10 cars 5/4 Plain Red Oak Steps FAS & No. 1 C. WILUAMSON-KCNY MILL & LUMBiat CO. Mannfacturer, Moimd City, ILLINOIS Special— 500,000 ft. LAHrB-FISH LUMBER CO. Manufacturer, Charleston, 4/4 FAS Plain White & Bed Oat MISSISSIPPI (' Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company SOUTHERN HARDWOODS General Offices, Conn-ay Bullillng, Chtcagro Manutacturer ^ Bedna Young w pace 1,1) Lumber Compsuiy Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Sales Office: Band Mill: GREENSBURG, IND. JACKSON, TENN Please lot ut have your Inquiries We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber C. & W. Kramer Company Richmond, Indiana B— We specialize In White and Red Oak and In Quartered Red Oura. We Bollcit your Inquiries. ALEXANDER BROTHERS, ««fcciccir»Dl Manufaotnrfrs. Belzonl. lVII55135lrrl C — Special 1 car 6/4x20" Qtd. Red Oak Beat Stock 1 car 6/4j18" Qtd. White Oak Seat Stock 1 car 4/4il2" & wdr. Plain Oak ABKLA LBR. ft MFG. CO., St. Louis, All stock cut from our , Virgin Timber on modern band mills. THISTLETHWAXTE LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturer Washington, LOUISIANA 1!. C— Tallahatchie Lumber Company Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwoods Philipp, Mississippi ARLINGTON LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Mills: Arlington, Ky., and Parli„__j™, ,-,„-- Place. Ark. Write Arlington tS-t.l'l 1 m-IVI (•See page 14) 6,000.000 Feet of Oak Always on Hand in 1 to 2' BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY Manufacturer Blissville. Stock ARKANSAS It is believed that tlie comtilned stand or all other species of oak in the United States would not equal that of the common white oak It is fortunate that it possesses so many good qualities and grows In so many parts of the country. A. B & O— Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lbr. Co. Manufacturers and Wholesale Lumbar Dealers St. Louis, Missouri MISSOURI A, B & C— Triple Band of The Meadow River Lumber Company Rainelle, W. Va. Manufacturer HIgh-Grade Hardwoods CS.'c paeo Ifil QUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY Memphis Band Mill Company Mannfactnrer, Memphis TENNEISSEE Manufacturers of Plain and Quartered Oak also Oak Timbers and Bridn Plank SABTNE TRAM COMPANY. BEAUMONT, Yellow Poplar Lumber Company Coal Grove, Ohio Manufacturer (•See piises 2-12-5S) ^nderson-Tully Co. Manufacturers of H:irdwood Lumber— Veneers— Packing Boxes— Egg Cases Mills: Memphis. Tenn.; Vick?burg, Miss.: Rayville. La.: Madisnii. All:. MEMPHIS, TENN,, U, S, A, rbe Planing UlU and Dry of the Kiln Buna Mill, Williams Lumber Company iB located at Fayetteville. Tennesaee All lumber piled In aame lengths and similarly loaded In care. CLAY MJRrBER COMPANY. Manufactnrer, w VA Middle Fork, "' ^ ^' All Btock graded up te quality — knvcbed d*wa t« Frlee. UTLEY-HOLLOWAY LUMBER COMPANY Cob way Boll dins Manufacturer Chic«r»- ILLINOIS Band Sawed, Eauallzed, Forked L«af Whlt« Oak Thin Oak and Ash Specialties MANSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. Manufacturer SHBEVEPORT, LA. For 25 years we have made Oak and itlll apeciallze i in this, the beat of American hardwoods. Our prices, : gradea and service are worth considering. LOVE, BOYD & CO., -nrMwirccirir Manufacturer, NaehviUe, 1 LININt^SIlt:. li ^ -n ' •,;! The distinction between farm tools and agricultural im- plements is not always clear. Some people consider a tool is an appliance operated by hand power, as a hoe, scythe, fork, flail, while an implement is worked by draft animals or a tractor, like a plow, mowing machine, harrow, or reaper. It is not always easy to say which is which, as in the case of a fanning mill run with a crank, or a hand-operated cornsheller or cider mill. The difference is not important so far as the wood is con- cerned of which the tools and implements are made. The same wood goes into both. Yet, certain woods are preferred for particular uses. By pretty common practice, handles for hoes, shovels and rakes are of ash. This wood meets require- ments well. It is strong, stiff, and of medium lightness. It has plenty of spring for long and slender fork handles, and is stiff enough for shovel handles, which are not expected to bend much. The wood takes a sufficiently smooth polish to fit it for use in the bare hands. It resists decay well and seldom deteriorates after long service as handles in rain and sun. The annual use of this wood for handles in the United States exceeds 60,000,000 feet. All of it does not go into handles of farm tools, but most of it is put to that use. Hickory is the only wood in this country employed in greater quantities than ash, and hickory goes chiefly to tools other than those for farms. So, ash is the leading wood for farm tool handles. Fourteen species of ash, some authorities count fifteen, grow in the United States, and the wood of all of them is good for tool handles; but white ash is the most abundant of them all and leads all others in quality. It is highly developed and abundant in the lower Mississippi valley. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 10 HARDWOOD RECORD January 25. 1919 § MEMF>MI § II I ^ r t.'^J I 1 = 1 I i = 1 = 1 - ^*K'-'"-^''' I! l;. ■t/r Regular Widths and Lengths Ewr 100,000' 12/1" Los, Bun PLAIN RED OUM 73,000' 4/4" FAS 1110,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 17,000' 0/4" No. I Com, & Blr. QUARTERED RED GUM 73,000' 4/4" KAS 100,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 30,000' C/4" No. 1 Com. & Blr. PLAIN SAP GUM 23.000' 5/S" FAS 30.000' 6/S" Loe Run 73,000' 4/4" FAS 1011,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 30,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 30.1100' 4/4" FAS, 13" & nv r.(l,000' 4/1" Box Bds,, it to 12" 100,000' 4/4" Bo.x Bds,. 13 to 17" HICKORY 2C.000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 15,000' 4/4" PAS, 8 to 10' 45,000' 4/4" PAS 15,000' 4/4" No, I Com. 75,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 27,000' 4/4" FAS 65,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 17.000' 10/4" PAS 18,000' 12/4" FAS 17,500' 16/4" FAS PLAIN WHITE AND BED OAK 100,000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 300.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Ferguson & Palmer Co. Regular Widths and Lengths COTTONWOOD 30.000' 8/4" Is & 2s. 9 mo. dry 10,000' 12/4" Is & 2s. 9 mo. dry 100,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. C mo. dr,v 100,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com., 8 mo. dry RED GUM 25.000' 4/4" Is & 2s, 9 mo. dry 12.000' 4/4" Is & 2s. 10-12'. 12 mo. dry 50,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com., S mo. dr.v 15,000' 6/4" Is Sc 2s, 14 mo. dry 30,000' 0/4" No. 1 Com., 14 mo. dry SAP GUM 12.000' 4/4" Box Bds.. 8-12". 11 mo. dr>' 40,000' 4/4" Box Bds.. 13-17". 11 mo. diy 100.000' 4/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com., G mo, dr>' 50.00(1' 0/4" Is & 2s. 14 mo. dry 30,000' 4/4" Is & 2s, 6 mo, dry SOFT ELM 75.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Blr., I mo. dry 75.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. ! mo. dry 15.000' S/4" Ko. 2 Com. i Btr.. 1 mo. dry 30.000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 14 mo. dry SYCAMORE 0,000' 10/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 13 mo. dry GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO. CYPRES.S 15UM ft. 4/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. lOOM ft. 4/4 No. 1 Shop lOOM ft. 4/4' Select 30M ft. 4/4 FAS 7.iM ft. 8/4 Shop 7SM ft. 8/4 Select 2SM ft. 8/4 FAS ISOM ft. 8/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 20M ft. 12/4" Shop & Better THANE LUMBER CO. ASH 400' 4/4". 6-9". 8-10' 1,000' 4/4". C-9". 12' 1.200' 4/4", C"9", 14-16' 17.700' 4/4" 10" up, 8-10' 14.200' 4/4". 10" up, 12' IS.OOO' 4/4". 10" uj), 14-10' 30.400' 5/4". C-9". 8-10' 11,400' .5/4". C-9". 12" 10.700' 5/4". C-9". 14-16' 9.000' 5/4". C-9". S-IC Select 1,800' .5/4". 10" up. 8-12' 1,800' 5/4". 10" up. 14-16' 600' 5/4". 12" up. 8-12' 800' 5/4". 12" up. 14-16' IMSV 6/4". 6-9". 8-10' 2,500' 0/4". 6-9", 12" 1.500' 0/4" 6-9". 14-16' 7,000' 6/4". 10" up. 8-12' 0.200' 0/4". 10" up. 14-10' 000' 6/4" 12" up, 8-12' 400' 6/4" 12" up. 14-10' 3.500' .S/4" 0-9". 8-10' 43,300'. S/4". 0-9". 12" 87,400' S/4", 6-9". 14-16' 8.200' S/4", C-9", 8-16' Select 32.000' 8/4", 10" up. 8-12' 28,000' S/4". 10" up, 14-16' 13„5n0' 8/4", 10" up, 8-10' Select 4,400' S/4", 12" up. S-12' 4.000' 8/4", 12" up. 14-16' 1,000' 10/4". 6-9", 8-12' 1,000' 10/4". 6-9". 14-16' 1,200' 10/4". 10" up, 8-12' 700' 10/4" 10" up. 14-16' 71,000' 85.000' 9,500' 20,100' 1.000' 3,100' 13.S0O' 6,500' 6.000' 10,000' 000' 12/4", 6" up, 8-12' 12/4". 6" up. 14-16' 12/4". 12" up. S-12' 12/4". 12" up, 14-16' 14/4", 6" up. 8-16' 16/4", 6" up, S-12' 10/4", C" uii, 14-16' 16/4". 12" ull, 8-12' 16/4", 12" up, 14-16' 20/4". 6" up, 8-16' 4/4", 6" up. 8-16' DUDLEY LUMBER CO., Inc. ASH 10,000' S/4" No. 1 Com. BEECH 10,000' S/4" Log Run 2 cars 10/4" Los Run CYPRESS 50.000' 4/4" Shop ,!c Bti. 40.000' 5/4" Shop & Btr. 15,000' 8/4" Shop & Btr. 6,000' 12/4" Shop & Btr. ELM 12,000' 5/4" Los Run 11,000' lG/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. RED GUM 13.000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 23,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 25.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. SAP GUM 235.000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 200,000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 1 cnr 0/4" Is & 2s QUARTERED BED GUM 2 cars 4/4" Com. & Btr. 2 cars 8/4" Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 1 car 8/4" Is & 2s PLAIN RED OAK 1 car 4/4" Com. ,& Btr. 4,500' 5/4" Is & 2s 5,000' 6/4" Is & 23 8,000' S/4" Is & 2s 50,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 4.000' 6/4" No. 1 Coiu. 57,000' 5/4" Log Run 33.000' 8/4" Log Run POPLAR 151000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 15,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 60,000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 100.000' 8/4" No. 2 Cora. 3,000' 10/4" No. 2 Com. 3.0110' 12/4" No. 2 Com. 1.1. (.110- lC/4" Nn. 2 Com. WELSH LUMBER COMPANY QUARTERED WHITE OAK 15,000' 4/4" Select. 29.000' 3/8" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED OAK 13.000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora. 8.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 8.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 43,000' 4/4" FAS. 27,000' 5/4" FAS. 8,000' 6/4" PAS. 8.000' 3/8" No. 1 Com. 198,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 85,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 76,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 150.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com 12,000' 12/4" FAS. 50.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. ELM 18.000' 4/4" Log Run. 71.000' 6/4" Log Run. 63,000' 8/4" Log Run. 329,000' 12/4" Log Run. 157.000' 16/4" Log Run. COTTONWOOD 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 and No. 2 Com. 12.000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora.. 12" up. ASH 13,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 16,000' S/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 39.000' 6/4" No. 3 Com. MAPLE 14.000' 16/4" Log Run. QTD. BL.\CK GUM 13,000' 4/4" FAS. HICKORY 16,000' 8/4" No, 2 & Btr. 16,000' 12/4" No. 2 & Btr. QUARTERED SYCAMORE 14,000' 4/4" Log Run. CYPRESS 23,000' 8/4" Selects. 20.000' 12/4" Selects. 80,000' 4/4" Shop. 125.000' S/4" Shop. Stimson Veneer & Lbr. Co. Stock Regular Widths and Lengths and 6-10 Months Dry QI-TAI'.TERED RED Gl'.M 10,000' 4/4" P.AS 15,000' S/4" FAS 30,000' 4/4" Com, 16.000' 8/4" Com. MAPLE 29,000' 12/4" Log Run OAK (Mixed) .15,000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora. 2 Com. 3 Cora. 5/4" No. 1 Com. 10/4" FAS 10/4" No. 1 Com. 12/4" FAS 12/4" No. 1 Com. PECA-N 10/4" Log Run tl.lHIII' litM.nMO' 200.1100' (•(.TTONWODT) 4/4" Wide P.x. B:ls., 4/4" Nar. Bx. Bds. 4/4" F.\S 4/4" No. 1 Cora. 13-17" S-12" 40,000' ASII 4/4" Log Run 13,000' 35,000 ELM 6/4" Log Run 12/4" Log Run 200.000' 200,000' 130,000' 250,000' SAP GUM !/4" Wide Bx. Bds.. 1/4" Nar. Bx. B.ls. 4/4" PAS 4/4" Com. 13-17" S-12" 100,00)' 250,000' 20.000' PLAIN RED GUM 4/4" FAS 4/4" Cora. 3/4" Cora. 80.000' 4/4" No. yu. 0(1(1' 4/4" Xo. liG.oixr H5.(IOO 100,000' 10.0(10' 30.000' 40,000' BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO. This Stock Is Dry and Runs in Regular Widths and Lengths ELM 1 car S/4" Log Run 1 car 12/4" Log Run 1 car 16/4" Log Run BLACK GUM 1 car 4/4" Log Run PLAIN RED Girai 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 6/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 8/4" FAS 1 car 8/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 1 car 4/4" FAS. 13" wide 1 car 4/4" Box Bds.. 9 to 12" wide 1 car 4/4" Box Bds.. 13 to 17" wide PLAIN BED OAK 1 car 4/4" FAS I car 5/4" FAS SOUND WORMY OAK 1 car 4/4" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Com. The Mossman Lumber Co. = 1 = 1 ii ii ii ssfsr^fsress^^^^^f^^^^ mi'llillllllllllllllllillilMlllMllimillM^ All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You MenUon HARDWOOD RECORD „„., ;,,; ,, .,, ,, ..., .. "'/:T''i %V| January 25. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 11 :i i MBME>HIfS SSSSSSSSSS5SSSSSS!SSi!SSSS^5S^^ This lumber has been manufactured on our own band mills. It is thoroughly dry. runs good average widths and contains 60 per cent 14' and 16' lengths. Write or wire for prices. SAP GUM 200.000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 45.000' 4/4" Bol Bds., 13 to 17" 60.000' 4/4" Boi Bds.. 9 to 12" 90.000' 4/4" 1&2. 13 to 17" 150.000' 4/4" 1&2. 6 to 12" 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 250.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 250.000 ' 5/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 200.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED GUM 100.000' 5/8" No. I Com. 75.000' 4/4" I&2 30,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com, & Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM 150,000' 4/4" No. I Com. & Btr. 30,000' 5/4" No, 1 Com. & Btr. 15.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 75,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & SOFT MAPLE Btr, 40,000' 8/4" Log Bun 30,000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & PLAIN RED OAK Btr 15.000 4/4" 1&2 60,000' 5/4" 1&2 50,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com, 30,000' 6/4" No, I Com. 30,000' 4/4" No, 2 Com, 45,000' 6/4" No. I Com. 45,000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 75.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. SO.OOO' 6/4" No, 1 Com. & Btr. 15.000' 8/4" No. I Com. & BU. SOFT ELM 75.000' 6/4" Log Run 45.000' 12/4" Log Run 50,000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. PRITCHARD-WHEELEB LUJIBER CO. Band Mills: Madison. Ark., Wisner, La. COTTONWOOD 36.000' 12/4" Is & 2s 28.000' 16/4" Is & 2s 40.000' 8/4" Is & 2a 68,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 75,000' 4/4" 82,000' 4/4" 325,000' 4/4" 114.000' S/4" 255.000' 8/4" 285,000' 8/4" 112,000' S/4" CYPRESS Select No. 1 Shop No. 2 Com. Select No. 1 Shop No. 1 Com. No. 2 Com. JAMES E. STARK & CO., Inc. IK. QUARTERED RED GL'M 30.000' 4/4" Is & 23 215,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 86,000' 6/4" Is & 23 255,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 38.000' 6/4" Is & 2s 148.000' 6/4" No. I Com. 55,000' 8/4" Is & 2s 31.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 18,000' 10/4" Is & 2s 8,000' 10/4" No, 1 Com. 8.600' 12/4" Is & 2s PLAIN RED GUM 59.000' 4/4" Is & 2s 22,000' 4/4" No, 1 Com. 40.000' 5/4" Is & 2s 162,000' 5/4" No, 1 Com. 34,000' 6/4" Is & 2s 80.000' 6/4" No, 1 Com, 25,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 30.000' 6/4" Is & 23 43,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 10.400' 8/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 40.000' 4/4" Is & 2s, 13" up 160,000' 4/4" No, 2 Com. 160,000' 5/4" No, 1 Com. 316,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 120,000' 8/4" Is & 2s 115,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. BELLGRADE LUMBER CO. DO YOU WANT IT? ASH 15,000' 8/4" Is & 2s. 10" & wider 15,000' 8/4" Is & 2s. 6 to 10" 25.000' 6/4" Is & 2s, 30 to 35% 10" & w-*ier 25.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com., 25 to 30% 10" & wider 35.000' 5/4" Is & 2s. 20 to 25% 10" & wider 75.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com., 10 to 15% 10" & wider 20.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com, & Btr, CYPRESS 1 car 8/4" Is & wider & 2s, 65 to 70% 12 1 car 8/4" Selects 2 cars 5/4" Is & 2s. 65 to 70% & wider 2 cars 5/4" Selects 2 cars 5/4" No. I Shop 1 car 4/4" Is & 2s 1 car 4/4" Selects 2 cars 4/4" No. 1 Shop 1 car 3/4" No. I Shop & Blr. The Kraetzer- Cured Lumber Co. Dry 150,000' 200.000' 150.000' 100.000' 100.000' 50.000' 50.000' 100.000 50.000 100.000 15.000' 30.000 30.000 BAP OUU Is & 29 3/4' No. I Com. 5/4- No. 1 Com. & B. 8/4" RED GUM li & 2s 5/4- No. 1 Com. 5/4- Is & 28 8/4- No. 1 Com. 8/4- WILLOW I« & 28 4/4- No. 1 Com. 6/4- ASH No. I Com. 4/4- la A 2b, 2il2- & Qp Is & 2s. 3il2" & up ll & 28. 2H- 35.000 50.000' 40.000 200.000' 100.000' 100.000' 30.000' 40.000' 100.000' 50.000' 30,000' 60,000 No. 2 Com. 6/4- PLAIN RED OAK No. 1 Com. 5/4- PLAIN OAK No, 1 0, & B, H/4-. I COTTONWOOD No, 1 Com. 5/4- U & 2» 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6/4- Boi Bds,. lii" to 13- CTPRES8 Is & 2b 3- No. 1 Shop 6/4- No. 1 Shop 4/4- Belect 5/4'' Select 4/4- E. SONDHEIMER CO. SAP GUM 100,000' FAS, 4/4", 50.000' FAS. 5/4". 70.000' FAS. 6/4". PLAIN RED GUM 150,000' FAS. 4/4". 10.000' PAS. 5/4". 10.000' FAS. 6/4". 200.O0O' No. I Com.. 4/4". 65.000' No. 1 Com.. 5/4". 20.000' No. I Com.. 6/4". QUARTERED RED GUM 60.000' No, 1 Com. & Btr,. 4/4". 80,000' No, 1 Com. & Btr.. 5/4". 60.000' No. 1 Com. & BU-., 6/4", 25,000' PAS, 8/4". 90.000' No. 1 Com., 8/4". SAP. NO DEFECT No. 1 Com. & Btr,. 8/4", COTTONWOOD No, I & Panel. 4/4-18" up. CYPRESS FAS. 8/4". Selects, 4/4". Selects. 5/4". Selects. 6/4". Selects, 8/4". Shop & Btr.. 10/4". .^hop & Btr., 12/4". No. 1 Shop. 4/4". No. 1 Shop. 5/4". No. 1 Shop. 6/4". No. 1 Shop. 8/4". No. 1 Shop. 12/4". Pecky. 4/4". Peclw. 5/4". Pecky. 6/4". 40.000' 20.000' 40.000' 40.000' 75,000' 30,000' 70,000' 60,000' 70,000' 50,000' 25,000' 27.000' 200.000' 22.000' 20.000' 23.000' Pecky. 8/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO. PL.VIN RED OAK 200.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 230,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 60.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 20.000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. 100,000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 75.000' 6/4" Common 125.000' 8/4" Common 15.000' 12/4" Common QUARTERED WHITE OAK 50.000' 4/4" FAS 20.000' 6/4" FAS 50.000' 4/4" Common 50.000' 6/4" Common ASH 50.000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. 200.000' 5/4" Common ELM 200.000' 8/4" Log Run 25.000' 10/4" Log Run 50.000' 12/4" Log Run PI^I.N RED GUM 150.000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 250.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 300.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED SAP GUM 200.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 200.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 100.000' 10/4" Com, & Btr. 100,000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM 200.000' 150.000' 150.000' 300.000' 150.000' 200.000' 600.000' 125.000' 150,000' 100.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 8/4" Com. & Btr. PLAIN SAP GUM 5/4" Com. & Btr. 6/4" Com. & Btr. 4/4" Common 8/4" Com. & Btr. 4/4" No. 2 Com. 5/4" No. 2 Com. GUM Wide Box Boards Narrow Box Boards GAYOSO LUMBER CO. BLAINE, MISS. BANDMILLS MEMPHIS, TENN. ELM 25.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 100.000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. SAP GUM 72,000' 1/2" Is & 23 50,000' 5/8" Is & 2s 100,000' 4/4" Is & 2s 14,400 ' 8/4" Is & 2s 15,000' Eoxboards, S2S to 13/16", 13/17" 16.000' 1/2" No. 1 Com. 24,000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. 500,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 36,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. 13" & up 20.000' 100,000' 40.000' 45.000' 13.000' 42.000' 165.000' 600,000' 70,000' I1U,(I0I)' 19.000' RED GUM 5/8" Is & 23 4/4" Is & 2s 5/4" Is & 2s 6/4" Is & 23 8/4" Is & 2s 3/8" No. 1 Com. 5/8" No. 1 Com. 4/4" No. 5/4" No. 6/4" No, S/4" No. 1 Com. 1 Com. 1 Com, 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 18.000' 4/4" Is & 2s 40.000' 8/4" Is & 2s 70,000' 4/1" No. 1 Com. OAK 180,000' 4/4" Sound Wormy RUSSE & BURGESS, Inc. $S$SSS^5SSSSSS8^JSSSg^SJ^^g^^^^^^^S^^^^SS%-^-.^SSJSSS5S3SSSSS8SaSSSS^^ ii:iiii':''i:ii|iniiniii:ii'^;T?TTTiTT 'iiiiiiiiaiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuii^ AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 *^ ^ i MEM RHUS >^^i ^SSiSSSiSSSSSSSSSSSSSSiSSSSSSSSSS^^ Valley Log Loading Co. J. w. DICKSON, Pres. W. ,\. W. WADDINGTON, TONEY, Vice-Pres. MEMPHIS, TENN. LOAD LOGS ON RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN MEMPHIS AND VICKSBURG This Slock Is Dry and Runs in Regular fVidths and Lengths ASH 50.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 230.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 3.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 9.000' 12/4" No. I Com. & Btr. 4/4" No. 2 Com. 12/4" Log Run MAPLE 12/4" Log Run 8/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM 4/4" PAS 4/4" No. 1 Com. 35,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED BED GUM 40,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. CYPRESS 40.000' 4/4" Log Run 6.000' 5/4" Log Bun 3.000' 6/4" Log Run 9.000' 8/4" Log Run 75,000' 30,000' 30,000' 10,000' 15,000 350.000 HONEY LOCUST 10,000' 4/4" Log Run SAP GUM 20,000' 4/4" FAS 66,000' 4/4 214,000' 4/4 100,000 30,000 40.000 18.000 105,000 10,000 15,000 1 Com, 2 Com. 3 Com. Box Boards, 8 to 12" 4/4" Box Boards, 13 to 18" ■ 5/4" FAS ' 5/4" No. I Com. • 6/4" FAS ■ 6/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 25,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 65.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 23,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 66,000' 12/4" No, 1 Com. & Btr. PI^IN BED OAK 125,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 100,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. No. No. 4/4" No. 4/4" " PENROD-JURDEN COMPANY 4 cars 16/4" FAS. choice stock, about IS^c Selects 5 cars 12/4" FAS, choice stock. about 2(]'7c Selects 5 cars 10/4" FAS. choice 8tock, about 20% Selects 1 small car 14/4" No. 1 Cora. & Btr., bone dry, 10% No. 1 Com. 5 cars 8/4" FAS & SelecU. about 25'fc Selects 1 car 6/4" FAS & Selects, about 257c Selects 2 cars 5/4" FAS & Selects, about 257c Selects 2 cars 4/4" FAS & Selects, about 25% Selects 3 cars 4/4" to 8/4x10" & up FAS & Selects, 15% Selects WHITE ASH 1 car 10/4x10" & up FAS & Selects. 3Q7o Selects 1 car 12/4x10" & up FAS & Selects. 30% Selects 3 cars 4/4x3" & up No. 1 Com. 5 cars 5/4x3" & up, No. 1 Com. 2 cars 6/4x3" & up No. 1 Com. 5 cars 8/4x3" & up No. 1 Com. 1 car 10/4x3" & up No. 1 Com. 1 car 12/4x3" & up No. 1 Com. 1 car 8/4x3" & up, 1 Face Clear. Shorts. Bone Dry, Special Price 1 car 12/4x3" & up, 1 Face Clear. Shorts, Bono Dry, Special Price 1 car 5/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr Wormy, Nice Stock 5 cars 6/4" to 12/4" No. 2 Com. We specialize in White Ash Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. 15.000 60,000 20,000 30,000 12.000 18.000 30,000 70.000 40.000 40,000' 60.000' 30.000' PLAIN WHITE OAK ' 4/4 1st & 2nds ' 4/4 No. 1 Com. ' 4/4 No. 2 Com. ' 5/4 No. 1 Com. ' 5/4 No. 2 Com, ' 6/4 No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK ' 4/4 1st & 2nd3 ' 4/4 No. 1 Com. ' 4/4 No. 2 Com. PLAIN MIXED OAK 4/4 Sound Wormy 4/4 No. 3 Com. 6/4 No. 3 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 200,000' 8/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. 30,000' 4/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 150,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED GUM 30,000' 4/4 1st & 2nds 15.000' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 30,000' 6/4 No. 1 Com. SAP GITM 30,000' Wide Box Boards 50,000' Narrow Box Boards 200,000' 4/4 l8t & 2ndB 250,000' 4/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 100,000' 5/4 Ist & 2nds 140.000' 5/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 30.000' 6/4 Ist & 2nds 95,000' 6/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. MISCELLANEOUS 75,000' 6/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Elm 25,000' 6/4 Nos. 2 & 3 Com. Elm 15,000' 4/4 Log Run Locust 45,000' 4/4 Log Run Sycamore 30.000' 4/4 9" to 12" Cottonwood Box Boards 15,000' 8/4 & 10/4 Stop & Btr. Cypress BROWN & HACKNEY. Inc. SAP GUM 48,000' 1x13-17" Box Boards 22.000' 1x0-12" Box Boards 22,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 6.600' 2" No. 1 Com. PLAIN BED GUM 12.000' 1" PAS 5.000' 2" PAS 58,000' 1" No. 1 Com. 5,000' 2" No. 1 Com. 3.000' 1V4" Dog Boards 12.000' 2" Dog Boards QUARTERED RED GUM 28.000' 2" FAS 20,000' 2" No. 1 Com. POPLAR 15.000' FAS. S. N. D. 75.0011' 1" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 29.000' 114" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 10.000' 1%" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 30.000' 2" No. 2 Com. PLAIN OAK 150.000' 1" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 105.000' IVi" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 90.000' 1%" No. 2 Com. & Btr, 65,000' 2" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 116,000' 2Vi" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 66,000' 3" No, 1 Com. & Btr. 30.000' 4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. ASH 11.000' IVi" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 15,000' Hi" No. 1 Com. 25,000' 2" Nos. 1 & 2 Com, 7,500' 2%" No. 1 Com. . MISCELLANEOUS STOCK 34.000' 2%" Maple Log Run 31.000' 3" Elm Log Run 17.000' Hi" Qtd. Sycamore Log Run 11.000' 1" Tenn. Red Cedar 4.500' 1%" Com. & Btr. Qtd. Black Gum Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. • S.VP GUM 35,000' 4/4" Panel. 18" & up loO.OOO' 4/4" Box Boards. 13 to 17" 200.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 7 to 12" 100.000' 4/4" FAS. 13 to 17" 150,000' 4/4" FAS, 6 to 12" 200.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 25,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 150,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. SELECTED RED GUM 250.000' 4/4" FAS 300.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 6/4" FAS 50,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 60.000' 6/4" FAS 150,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 40,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 100.000' 4/4" FAS 150.0011' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 5/4" FAS 40.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 6/4" FAS 20.000" 6/4" No. 1 Com. 50.000' S/4" Com. & Btr. 60.000' 10/4 ' Com. & Btr 30.000' 12/4 ' Com. & Btr. SOFT ELM 150.000' 4/4" Log Run 20.000' 5/4" Log Run 200.000 ' 8/4" Log Run 75,000' 10/4" Log Run 60,000' 12/4" Log Run SOFT MAPLE 20.000' 4/4" Log Run 35,000' 6/4" Log Run 50,000' 8/4" Log Run 25,000' 10/4" Log Bun PEC.\N S/4" Log Run GEO. C. BROWN & CO. OUR AIM To make well and to trade fairly. To profit not alone in dollars but in the good will of those with whom we deal. To correct our errors. To improve our op- portunities and to rear from the daily work a structure which shall be known for all that's best in business. OAK, HICKORY, ASH CYPRESS, TUPELO, COTTONWOOD GUM, SYCAMORE, ELM, MAPLE MEMPHIS BAND MILL CO. Nr.\NUF.\CTURERS SAP GUM 5 cars 1- FAS 3 cars 6/4- FAS 5 cars 6/4" FAS 7 cars 4/4- Box Boards, 9 to 12 IJ cars 4/4" 13 to 17- Box Boards RED GUM S ears 13/17- FAS 2 cars 5/4" FAS 2 cars 6/4- FAS 5 cars 4/4- No. 1 Com. 1 car 5/4- No. I Com. 3 cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 4 cats 8/4- No. 1 Com. & Btr. 2 cars H/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 2 can 12/4' No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN BED OAK 6 cars 4/4" PAS 1 car 6/4- FAS 1 car 6/4" FAS 8 cars 4/4- No. 1 Com. 2 cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. 6 cars 4/4- No. 2 Com. 1 car 6/4- No. 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 10 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btl. 3 cars 5/4- No. 1 Com. & Btr. 2 cars 6/4- No. 1 Com. & Btr. 8 cars 4/4- No. 2 Com. 1 car 6/4- No. 3 Com. 10 cars 6/4- No. 3 Com. ELM 4 cars 6/4- Log Run 2 cars 6/4" Log Run 2 cars 8/4- Log Run 2 cars 10/4- Log Run 4 cars 12/4' Log Bun J. H. BONNER & SONS r ii = i All Three HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 13 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 al)reast of modern methods and the advanced de- mands of the tr.ide. To convince yourself of the above statements, try our polished surface floor- ing, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, with matched ends and holes for bUnd nailing — you'll find it reduces the expense of laying and polishing. Our Booklet telle all about Hardwood Flooring and how to care for it — also pricee — and ia free. The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. iSipiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 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 of all native northern vtroods and deliver stock that is in shape to glue. Fronn 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 & Qtd. -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 oa 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. FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT HARD MAPLE 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4, 16/4 No. 1 Com. & Better BEECH 4/4 and £/4 No. 2 Common and Better BASSWOOD 4/4 and 10/4 No. 2 Common and Better SOFT ELM 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4 and 16/4 No. 2 Com. and Bet. A full line of crating lumber in all thicknesses. East Jordan Lumber Co. Manufacturers "IMPERIAL" Maple Flooring EAST JORDAN, MICHIGAN 9r^ You Knew What our BULLETIN SERVICE ivas doing for your competitor in the lumber business, youd not only want the service yourself, but YOU'D HAVE IT. Let Us Tell You About It. Hardwood Record Chicago Lidgerwood Cableway Skidders with Mechanical Slack Puller Multiple Skidding Lines These exclusive features of the Lidgerwood Skidders reduce time of hooking on logs to a minimum. Send for catalogues LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO. Originators of Overhead and Ground Steam Logging Machinery Chicago 96 Liberty St., New York Seattle New Orleans: Woodward. Wight &. Co.. Ltd. Canada: Canadian AlliS'Chalmers. Ltd., Toronto All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 14 HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 U4'':,v''««'i<%it&,f^ ^ ''^-^' ''**^ ^,^pwjll'#¥v^ I .a\\ Straight or Mixed Carloads Prompt Shipment MANUFACTURE White Oak Red Oak Poplar Hickory Elm Maple Gum Sycamore Ash Walnut Cherry Chestnut, Etc. Plain Oak — 1 car 2", 2 cars 2J4", I car ^ FAS Soft Maple— 2 cars ly^" No. 1 com. & better. Soft Elm— 'A car 3", 'A car 2'A" and 4 cars 8/4 Log ««"• , 1 car 4/4 No. \ & No. 2 com. Red Cuvt. A car 10/4 No. 1 com. & better. Quartered Red Gum, 1 car 4/4 Log Run Quartered Black Gum, 3 cars 4/4 FAS Quartered llliilr 0,ik. AT TWO BAND MILLS Swain-Roach Lumber Co. SEYMOUR, INDIANA Indiana Quartered Red and White OAK 1,000,000 feet of dry stock carried at all times. ALSO PLAIN OAK AND ASH W^e manufacture all stock carried EvansviUe Band Mill Co. FRANK M. CUTSIXGER, Pres. GEO. H. FOOTE. Vice-Pres. & Treas. JOSEPH WALTMAN, Secretary. MILLS AT EVANSVILLE, INDIANA ESTABLISHED 1898 MANUFACTURERS OF Snbiana ^arbtooob %\imhtx AND FACTORY: MIL MONON RY. ^alcm, Sniiiana OFFICE AND FACTORY: MILL ST. & MONON RY. Local and Long Distance Telephone BOTH 9 3 PHONES S.P.COPPOCK&SONS LUMBER CO. Manufacturers and Dealers Indiana Quartered Oak a Specialty Hardwood Lumber FORT WAYNE, IND. INDIANA HARDWOODS January 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 15 II -^8 Poplar We offer the following dry, band sawed lumber. Remember that there is thirty years of experience back of every board : 80,000 5 8 FAS Pi. White Oalt 80,000 5 8 No. 1 Com. PI. White Oak 30,000 5 8 FAS Plain Red Oalt 20,000 5 8 No. 1 Com. PI. Red Oak 40,000 5 8 No. 2 Com. PI. Red Oak 20,000 5 8 No. 1 Com. Sap Gum 27,000 5 8 No. 2 Com. Sap Gum 20,000 5 8 No. 3 Com. Sap Gum 20,000 5 8 FAS Poplar 30,000 5 8 No. 1 Common Poplar 30,000 5 8 No. 2 Common Poplar WRITE FOR OUR COMPLETE LIST WITH PRICES North Vernon Lumber Co. NORTH VERNON, IND. LOUISVILLE, KY., DYERSBURG, TENN. Have yoit s ; .,,,w: :;,■, ^, nPHEY all grew right in Indiana where hard- ■*■ woods have always held the choicest farm lands. The best growth of timber as well as the best yield of w^heat comes from good soil. The soundness of the log-ends shows that they fed on the fat of the land. My Indiana Oak comes from the same soil CHAS. H. BARNABY GREENCASTLE, INDIANA BEDNA YOUNG LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS Quartered White Oak Here are some attractive quick movers 1 car 9/8 Is & 2s Qtd. White Oak 1 car 5/4 Clear Qtd. White Oak Strips, 4 and 41/2" Wide 2 cars 4/4 Clr. Sap Qtd. White Oak Strips, 2 to 31/2" wide 4 cars 4/4 Sound Wormy Qtd. White Oak 1 car 5/8 Clr. Sap Poplar 2 cars 4/4 Clr. Sap Poplar 1 car 5/8 No. 1 Common Poplar 1 car 8/4 Is & 2s Ash 1 car 10/4 No. 1 Common & Btr. Soft Elm 3 cars 12/4 No. 1 Common & Btr. Soft Elm HIGH GRADE HARDWOODS GREENSBURG, INDIANA We Operate 4 Band and carry large stocks of: Quartered White Oak Quartered Red Oak Plain White Oak Plain Red Oak Ash Poplar Hickory Walnut Gum Elm Maple, Etc. Can furnish you high- ly satisfactory stock at the right prices. TRY US MALEY AND WERTZ Evansville, Ind. Ask Grandad,He Used ThemX^ 16 HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 SAP AND RED GUM ALL KINDS SOUTHERN HARDWOODS CRATING "We specialize in furnishing Fac- tory Stock, including all grades and thicknesses of Cypress, Sap, Red, Tupelo and Black Gum, Cot- tonwood, Oak, Elm, Sycamore and Ash. Permit us to take care of your orders." WRITE us QUALITY & SERVICE OUR MOTTO CORNELIUS LUMBER COMPANY St. Louis Missouri EVANS CHATTANOOGA OAK GU Would like to quote you on the following : BEECH Z cars S/4 Loc Run CHESTNUT I car «/4 No. 1 C. & Btr. COTTONWOOD I car 7/8 No. 1 C. & Btr. S2S WHITE OAK 1 car 4/4 CIr. Sap Stps., Qtd.. zyj-sy," f cars 4/4 FAS, plain Z cars 5/4 FAS, plain 5 cars 19/4 FAS, plain i cars 12/4 FAS, plain . 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C, plain I cars 10/4 No. 1 C, plain RED GUM 2 cars 4/4 FAS 2 cars 8/4 FAS 3 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. 2 cars 6/4 No. 1 Com. 1 car 8/4 No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 5 cars 4/4 FAS 1 car 8/4 FAS cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. I car 6/4 No. 1 Com. 1 car 8/4 No. 1 Com. I car Rotary Manufacturers Organize 24b Half Century Meeting Held 3Za-32b Miscellaneous 33-34 Walnut Men Join American 32b THE MAIL BAG 33 WITH THE TRADE 34-36 PERTINENT INFORMATION 36-4» HARDWOOD N E WS 40-46 HARDWOOD MARKET 46-49 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS SO-Sl HARDWOODS FOR SALE SI, 52 and 54 ADVERTISERS' DIRECTORY 53 ..SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: In the United State* and Its possessions, and Canada, $2.00 the year: In torelgn countries, $1.00 extra postase. In conformity with the rules of the postofBce department, subscrlptlens are payable In advance, and In default of written orders to the cantrar;, are continued at our option. Instructions for renewal, discontinuance, or change of address, should be sent one week before the date they are to ga Into effect. Both old and new addresses must be given. Both display and classified advertising rates furnished upon appllcatUa. Advertising copv must be received five days In advance of publication dates. Entered as second-class matter May 26, 1902, at the postofflce at Chicago. 111., under act of March S. 1879 CHATTANOOGA. TENN. YOU Don't have to make claims on our shipments. We keep the doubtful boards. SATISFY YOURSELF Your inspector, your shop foreman, with the uni- formly high grades of our perfectly manufactured stock. Oak, Gum, Ash, Elm, Cottonwood, Hickory EVERYTHING IN SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Tell us to quou yu, Tt.en wire us to ship. Beaumont Lumber Co. BEAUMONT, TEXAS All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD floMwol MM Copyright, The Hardwood Company, 1919 Published in the Interest of the American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and hogging. Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery, on the 10th and 25th of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Edgar H. Defebaugh, President Edwin W. IVIeeker, Managing Editor Hu Maxwell, Technical Editor Seventh Floor Ellsworth Building 537 So. Dearborn St., CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087 Vol. XLVI. CHICAGO, JANUARY 25, 1919 No. 7 General Market Conditions As FAR AS THE EFFECT on trade is concerned the reeonstrue- tion months show the same influences in the lumber industry as in other lines. Fundamentally the situation is not exactly the same, but the period of making over is reflected with the same effect. The situation has been aptly described as a contest between the buyers and, sellers to see which can hold out longer. During the development of war industry it was not safe to base one's prophesies for any individual line of business entirely upon the fundamental matters of economics with which all lines of business are involved in their respective manners. It was not safe to say: "Business in general looks good, therefore, my business will be good," or: "Business in general looks bad, therefore, my business will be bad." It all depended upon the position of the individual business. So it is not safe today to base one 's theories of the future entirely upon the broad outlook, but to be sure one must just as care- fully consider those conditions whieli have an especial bearing on, one's own line of endeavor. The terse description of business given above surely holds true in a general way, and it is equally true so far as the immediate present is concerned in respect to the lumber business. It must be remem- bered, though, that the fundamental law of supply and demand is just as important a factor. Today sellers and buyers of hardwood lumber are continuing to see-saw back and forth, the buyers taking only those quantities that they will need and confidently expecting a break in prices. The lumbermen, on the other liand, are gathering optimism rather than losing it as the weeks go by, and undoubtedly are holding out now with greater confidence in the outcome than they felt in the be- ginning of the reconstruction period. It is reaUy not necessary to go much further than consideration of supply in arriving at one's con- elusions, because the supply in sight is so far short of what the nor- mal demand might be that any falling off in realization of this de- mand would have to be extremely marked in order to bring demand down to the point of supply as it promises at this date. This phase of the situation has been emphasized repeatedly in this column in late issues, but at no time has a prophecy of short supply been based upon such certain figures as can be quoted at present. It is stated on the best authority that taking in the whole southern hard- wood producing region the average input of logs during the winter logging period will not be fifty or at best fifty-five per cent. Log buying practically ceased at the time the lumber embargo went into effect several months ago, and Was never actively resumed while the prospect of the continuance of the embargo faced the southern opera- tors. When the war was over and the embargo lifted it developed that it will be impossible to organize logging crews before the wet season sets in, and now it is absolutely certain that the quantity of logs cut already is practically the limit of what may be cut during the winter. This quantity is as above stated. Careful analysis of northern statistics reveals but slightly more favorable outlook, but the very definite prospect of an almost equal shortage in northern log cut. The open winter has played havoc with plans and in the main the prospect for cut slightly over what was estimated is practically wiped out by difficulty in the woods. In some regions the logging country is just a mire, as it never has been solidly frozen. The result is that logging is extremely difficult and slow in some places, and absolutely impossible in others. This bad weather condition on top of continued shortage and inferiority of labor will keep the winter input of logs down to less than seventy per cent of what it should be. The prospect is, therefore, for less than sixty per cent of a normal hardwood log input the country over. Hardwood buying during the past year or year and a half has beea mostly on war business. The biggest percentage of any stocks of this character that have been accumulated are unsuited to commer- cial production and, therefore, may be discounted. We come down to the fact then that hardwood buying, except for specialized war business, requiring specialized stocks, has been from hand to mouth, or merely as the business on hand required for the past year and a half or two years. This means that stocks in the wholesale and factory yards are very little more than what is actually required for work on the books. At the mills some items that have played an important part in war work have accumulated, but the government has established a definite policy of giving ample protection on such materials as may be fitted for commercial consumption. In very few instances, therefore, are there any accumulations of hardwood stocks which might have a. tendency to flood the market. In fact, it is surprising how many items it is difficult to buy at any price. It is further significant that these difficult items are almost entirely in the normal commercial lines- of hardwood output. The items that appear to be plentiful are those which have been manufactured in quantity because of the pressing need in war work, and as stated, the government is shovring a very fair disposition in this direction. There has been a good deal of speculation as to the outlook for such special items as mahogany and walnut propeller lumber. Here is a very high grade of material manufactured at excessive cost that would ordinarily be unsalable at a ijroper figure on the commercial market. There is now a reasonable assurance that continued pur- chases by the French government will take care of a very large pro- 18 HARDWOOD RECORD January 25. 1919 portion of this accumulation. Ou other special items that have been cut the prospect is for definite government assistance, and Washington authorities are in fact now busily engaged in appraising the situation so far as the amount of .stock and valuation is concerned for the pur- pose of working out the matter with fairness to all. It is possible that Uncle Sam may finally decide to purchase outright all of this material, and take it out of the market altogether for a .year or two ahead. On the whole, anyone interested in the situation regarding hard- woods ia safest in figuring the matter from the viewpoint of supplies of commercial lumber, as accumulated stocks of war materials not only are relatively insufiicient to play any very important part, but are going to be rendered less of an influence because of government co- operation in marketing. In the matter of commercial products then a broad view will taie into account the certain shortage of production, and the prospects for brisk demand. The furniture shows developed not only a distinctly optimistic attitude on the part of the furniture manufacturers, but revealed that the furniture manufacturing trade is at heart pretty well reconciled to paying present prices, and this state of mind is strengthened by the fact that the retailers seemingly are reconciled to present figures prevailing in furniture. The furniture trade is exhibiting its confidence in the situation by holding up its own prices, and in this they seem to be justified by reports of active demand from retailers all over the United States. There has been a further reflection of this situation in the form of contracts, which come at more and more frequent intervals wherein woodworkers have contracted for the entire 1919 supply, evidently figuring that it is safer to be assured of material at present prices than to leave the question of supply uncertain with the prospect that prices may go even higher. The standing of some of the buyers who have ceased to hesitate gives room for thought to others who may still be on the fence. The Leftovers THE SUDDEN ENDING OP THE WAR not only left many war supplies on the hands of the government, but likewise left large quantities of such supplies in the hands of contractors who have been furnishing the army and navy. The government has announced its purpose of disposing of such supplies as it now holds and will not need; and they will be put on the market in course of time, in small or large quantities. The leftovers in the hands of contractors constitute a more serious problem. While the war was in progress the government let it be known that it would need vast stores of many articles to win the victory, and contractors were asked, indirectly if not directly, to get the stores together, ready to meet this call. The materials included all things needed in modern war; but wood of many kinds was what most concerned lumbermen, and they were expected to acquire the raw material and in some cases partly manufacture it, and have it at hand when it should be needed. They did so. They acted from patriotic motives as well as for business reasons. While they expected to make a fair profit for themselves, they also stood ready to aid in pushing the war; there- fore, they accumulated timber and lumber, and in some cases passed it through one or more stages of manufacture. This material was in the contractor's hands when the armistice was signed. Much of it had been so far manufactured into war stores that its value for civilian uses was lessened or destroyed. The government will not take it off the contractors' hands, and the problem of disposing of it is one of considerable seriousness and perplexity. For example, if in anticipation of the need of enough walnut to make three million more gunstocks, the lumbermen went ahead and gathered the wood together, sawed it into articles of regulation thickness, and then came the end, the government refused to take the walnut, what are the contractors to do about it? It has been reduced to dimensions disqualifying it for most civilian uses. This is an instance only. Similar ones exist by scores. Thou- sands of lumbermen have stuff left on their liruuls in precisely the same way. Their zeal and energy in providing for the government's war necessities make them liable to suffer serious loss because the stuff can now be sold only at a sacrifice, if at all. Doubtless others arc in the same boat as the lumbermen, and have been left with stock on hand which was intended for the government, and which will not sell readily elsewhere. Apparently, those left with such war supplies will have to stand the loss, although it seems unfair that they should thus be made to suffer from their zeal and industry in rushing to the government's assistance when it was in trouble. They took care of the govern- ment in its time of need; but it does not seem disposed to recipro- cate when the situation is reversed. It is not the first case of the kind in history, for did not Cardinal Woolsey exclaim: Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in my age Have left me naked to my enemies. Searching for Trade RESULTS OUGHT TO BEGIN to come in before long from the work done during recent years by trade commissioners appointed by the Department of Commerce and sent to various countries to investigate opportunities for increasing our business along many lines in different parts of the world. No fewer than six investigations have been completed or are under way which have for their object the extension of American lumber business. One was made by Franklin H. Smith in Japan, China and Aus- tralia; one by Eoger E. Simmons in South America. These were completed three years ago. Four others are under way: By Sim- mons in Russia and Siberia; by Oxholm in Scandinavia and Finland; by Walker in England, France and Switzerland; by Brown in southern Europe and northern Africa. The field work has been completed in Russia and Siberia. Mr. Simmons entered Siberia at Vladivostok and after two years came out in Sweden, after many adventures and escapes. Mr. Walker was safer in London and while making his headquarters there he established an exhibit of American woods which will help introduce our lumber in that market. No detailed information is at hand concerning the work done by Mr. Oxholm and Mr. Brown in their particular fields, except that they have been at work. During the whole time that the commissioners have been in Europe their work has been hindered by the w-ar, and it is remark- able that anything was accomplished. Working conditions should improve from this time on, and the final reports by these commis- sioners should be made public before long. Then what? Whether their work shall lead to large sales of lumber will depend chiefly upon what lumbermen do to push sales. The printed reports of the commissioners who investigated condi- , tions abroad will not, of themselves, "sell much lumber. Those men were not sent abroad to sell lumber directly. Their mission was to ascertain where lumber might be sold and in what way and under what conditions. There the work of the trade commissioners ends, and there should begin the lumbermen's part of the job. First class salesmanship will be needed if much is to be accom- plished. The lumbermen who want this foreign business must find ways to get it. It will not come unless they fight for it, and the problem now is, how to make a winning bid; how to sell lum- ber, after the commissioners have explored and mapped the markets. The hardwood associations in Wisconsin and Michigan intend to send their own man, Roy H. Jones, to Europe to sell lumber. He will have his headquarters in Paris. As much use as possible will be made of the work done by the trade commissioners who have gone before, but something additional will be done to get practical results in the way of lumber sales. It is, in a measure, something new in the way of pushing the sale of export lumber, and results will be watched with interest. If successful in France, it may be assumed that salesmen wUl be sent to other countries. January 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 19 By H. C. Hallam Much dissatisfaction prevails in the lumber trade regarding prices and methods prevailing in the purchase of hardwood and other materials by the railroad administration. Some of the points made in the complaints have been laid before the officials'. In answer it was stated that a plan is in formation by which the rail- road administration will try to get in touch with all producing factors whether they sell direct or through wholesale organizations, not overlooking any one, and to obtain better cooperation between producers, wholesalers and railroad purchasing forces. Lists of hardwood mills on various roads are being compiled together with the methods by which the mills make their sales, and the capacity of the mills. It is contemplated that when this information is complete that a plan can be worked out whereby individual roads can send out their bid requests and make purchase direct without reference to the purchasing committee; each purchasing agent having in hand information which vrill give him a good mailing list, an idea of the producing territories, and the best sources of supply, particu- larly keeping out of the hands of brokers. It is not felt, however, that this action can be put in force until uniformity of specifica- tions and grading rules is properly established. There has been criticism of methods of purchase which have necessitated too much red tape and have vastly increased the cost of doing business with the railroads, but officials of the railroad administration say they do not see where there should be any necessity for increased cost in doing business with the railroads. From the manufacturers' standpoint, it is claimed in Washing' ton, the administration system is better than the old system, because the manufacturer can sell to one road for all roads and does not have to rely on the brokers. The practice has been for the order for railroad material to come from the railroad line on which the material originates for other lines, although the payment comes from the final user. Hard- wood men say that this requires a good deal of time in selling and necessitates the selling to two or three people rather than one as formerly. As to this, it is stated at the railroad administration that if the lumberman understands the system he need not sell to or see several people, but only one. If he does not understand the system, or if he wishes to try to disregard it, he might approach purchasing agents for several lines, only to be told that he should go to the line on which his material originates in order to dispose of it. This method on the part of the lumberman, it is said, might increase his selling expenses. Lumber Representative Louis Germain of Pittsburgh, president of the wholesalers' bureau, has been suggested for appointment on the national com- mittee of the United States Chamber of Commerce as representa- tive of the wood and wood products industries of America. J. H. Kirby, president of The National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa- tion, has also been nominated for this appointment, which is to be made by Harry A. Wheeler, president of the national chamber. The committee, which will contain twelve members representing the twelve basic industries or groups of industries in America, may go to Paris to offer its advice on industrial and reconstruction problems to members of the peace conference. Whether this is done or whether he is apjioiuted to the committee, it is understood that Mr. Germain is contemplating a trip to Paris to represent the wholesalers' bureau and the distributing business of the country as a whole, to gather and give information 'regarding American business problems, especially as to the lumber and distributing businesses, and to see about firospects for American lumber in foreign markets. In that connection it is reported that the export sales corpora- tion of the wholesalers' bureau may handle other things besides lumber in its foreign trade. The Surplus Lumber Stocks Capt. G. M. Chambers, XJ. S. A., resigned, who has gone with the Kendall Lumber Company, Newark, N. J., is reported to have been selected to take charge of the distribution of surplus lumber stocks belonging to the war department. A conference is scheduled for Washington during the week of January 20 to get reports from representatives of various branches of the lumber industry, including leading trade associations, on the uniform plan for the disposal of surplus stocks of building mate- rials in the possession of the government that was unanimously agreed to at a joint conference January 8. The surplus government stock of building materials is stated to be small, except in the case of lumber. It is further stated that representatives of the building materials industries are pleased with the manner in which the government is arranging for the dis- posal of this material. It is reported that there are some 18,000,000 feet of airplane lumber on hand for the government at airplane factories and else- where. This stuff has been cut of special quality and in special sizes and can not be utilized by the trade, it is said, and the opinion is expressed that the best thing for the government to do is to handle it direct. The opinion is further expressed that if the government could utilize or sell to the allied countries or to com- mercial aircraft builders half of the aircraft material or even less at something like the cost of the same, which ranged as high as from $100 to $600 per 1000 feet, that it could afford to burn up or give away the balance of the surplus stock. If the trade were to take the whole stock of aircraft stuff, it is estimated that it could not afford to give more than $15 per 1000 for it. It develops that the navy as well as the emergency fleet corpora- tion will have no surplus lumber to dispose of. In connection with plans for handling surplus government lum- ber, it is pointed out that lumber manufacturers, who have been expected to take over this stuff and distribute it, labor under a grave difficulty because they have no complete information as to the kind, grade, quantity and location of it. This information will not be at hand in full inventories of government stocks before February 1, according to the present understanding. Yet some officials expect the manufacturers' representatives to offer prices for the surplus stocks. If the manufacturers' agencies do this at this time the national wholesale lumber bureau will do likewise, it is said, although in the dark as to what the government stocks are. The United States Housing Corporation is planning to open an office at Thirty-fourth street and Eighth avenue. New York City, in charge of P. R. Iseman, to dispose of surplus furniture and fur- nishings not now required by the government as a result of aban- donment of part of the housing program. Samples of the stuff will be on exhibition there and sales will be made chiefly to jobbers, dealers and contractors. Half a million dollars' worth of stuff, chiefly bedroom furniture, is to be sold, but also including furnish- ings of various kinds. D. M. Kelly, old-time furniture man, will travel around the country and assist in the sale of the surplus furniture. Of special interest to the woodworking industries is the action of the house in passing the Dent bill to validate $3,000,000,000 worth of informal war contracts of the government. Industrial firms can now go ahead without bankruptcy, which threatened many of them that had their resources tied up in materials and partly or wholly finished products for the government under informal contracts. 20 HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 some of which had been canceled and others held illegal by the ruling of the comijtroller of the treasury. It is stated at the office of the wholesalers' lumber bureau in Washington that many requests for stock in its Export Sales Cor- poration are being received and referred to Mr. Underhill of Wistar, Underhill & Nixon of Philadelphia, who is acting as treas- urer of the corporation. Planting Memorial Trees The movement for planting memorial trees in honor of soldiers and sailors who lost their lives in the war is gaining headway, but it has not yet advanced beyond the talk stage. The move- ment is spreading in foreign countries as well as in America. The Boy Scouts will be asked to gather tree seeds to send to France. It has been suggested by the American Forefetry Association that English walnut trees be planted to furnish shade in towns of suit- able locality, the nuts being a source of profit to the community. Brigham City, Utah, is reported to be carrying out this plan. Miscellaneous Items Concerning the proposed tax measure. Gen. Boyle, representing various lumber interests, understands that the conferees have agreed upon a provision in the bill insuring fair allowance for depletion in the lumber industry under the income tax and profits tax laws. He believes that other provisions of the bill will be agreed to in conference that are of special interest to the trade. Eight hundred large public school buildings are needed in the United States, according to F. T. Miller of the public works divi- sion of the department of labor, which is taking steps to promote the building industry as a means of providing employment for labor. These schools will call for $80,000,000, or perhaps $100,000,- 000, which is only $1 per head for the American population, or on the basis of twenty-year bonds to pay for them, only five cents per head per year. i The shipping board has reported to tlie senate that war-time restrictions upon the construction of wooden ships in American yards for foreign account were removed by the board on December 6. No country but the United States builds wooden ships on a large scale, the board states. It submitted a list of such applica- tions as were granted, denied and pending. The board has also reported to the senate on its housing program, in which it states that it has no definite plan for disposing of its housing property; that much of it will be needed for some time, and suggests that as other branches of the government have hous- ing projects it might be -njell to consolidate the task of handling them. The report states that 547 buildings have been eliminated from shipping board projects since the signing of the armistice, and that two projects, at Pensacola and Tacoma, involving 300 houses on which work had not been started, were dropped. The resignation of James Ormerod Heyworth of Chicago, man- ager of the Wood Ship Division, United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation, is announced. Mr. Heyworth with- drew from the service of the corporation for the reason that he is no longer able to disregard the demands of his private business as engineering contractor. Some progress was made on the plan of disposing of surplus govern- ment lumber at a conference in Washington January 20 between E. L. Humphrey, of the war industries board, and A. J. Justus, on behalf of the government, and representative lumbermen. It was agreed tentatively that the lumber manufacturers should take the government's surplus that is in lots of 2,000,000 feet or more, and resell it at market prices on terms of either 2 per cent in ten days or 60 days net for a commission on. 12 per cent. They wanted 20 per cent, but the government oflScials at first offered only 5 per cent. The lumber manufacturers told the conference that their cost of doing business with the government lumber would be high, owing to the expense of rehandling, resorting, repiling, reinspecting, etc.^and the necessary allowance that must be made for deterioration. The whole- salers stated that several years' record showed that it cost them $2.67 per 1,000 feet to seU lumber. It was said the manufacturers expect to lose money handling the government lumber. The tentative understanding was that the producers would take care of the big lots of government lumber by August 1 next or within six months after the government inventories are completed ; that they should have an option also to purchase small lots of government lumber by May 1. The conference developed the fact that the preliminary figures of the government inventory of its surplus stock of building materials seem to indicate that the amount of lumber of the several species owned by it in various parts of the United States in excess of its re- quirements would probably not exceed 150,000,000 feet. The navy department is out with an announcement that a quantity of mahogany and walnut lumber for airplane propellers belonging to the navy will be sold by sealed proposal at the oflice of the navy cost inspector, Lang Products Co., Whitestone, Long Island, N. Y., Febru- ary 15. The lots include about 190,000 feet mahogany. It has been announced by the war department that the First Bat- talion, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 15th and 21st companies, 20th forestry engineers have been withdrawn from the list for early sailing from France. Nelson C. Brown, another lumber trade commissioner of the same department, has already returned from abroad with a mass of data on lumber markets and sources of supply for the Mediterranean re- gions. Brown has left Washington to visit lumber trade associations and give them information regarding the Mediterranean lumber situ- ation. The department of commerce will publish a report by him. The house committee on public buildings and grounds has reported amendments to the Keed resolution which proposed abandonment of all government housing projects not 75 per cent completed. Instead the committee recommends that 24 projects be completed so that the government can realize the utmost possible salvage out of them, and for other reasons. The projects decided to retain include these: Aberdeen, Md.; AUiance, O.; Bath, Me.; Bridgeport, Conn.; Charles- ton, W. Va. ; Davenport, la. ; Bock Island, HI. ; Erie, Pa. ; Hammond, Ind.; Indian Head, Md.; Mare Island, Cal.; New Brunswick, N. J.; New London, Conn.; Newport, R. I.; Niagara Falls, N. T.; Water- town, N. Y.; Niles, O. ; Portsmouth and Norfolk, Va.; Philadelphia, Puget Sound, Quincy, Mass.; Waterbury, Conn. Song of the Axe By Will F. Griffin I'll sing you a song of the axe : I am the pioneer My faithful steel has blazed the way for the onward march ot man ; Through desolate, wooded wastes my voice has echoed clear, Making a trail for the hardy sons whose blood for freedom ran. Blazing the wooded way, A sturdy pioneer ; Deep in the forest mesh My voice has echoed clear. From shores where the gray dawn breaks to the slopes by the Western Seas, O'er valley and hill and river and plain my ringing song's been heard ; Where sparkles the frozen \orth to the Carib's balmy breeze, I've been the guide to point the way with ever a cheery word. Ever a faithful guide, Ready my task to fill ; Close at my master's side — True to his every will. Towering pines are mine, and cedar and giant oak — A pigmy I — grim monsters they — but all are my prey and spoil ; .■ind little I heed their moan, as with steady and forceful stroke, I lay them low to meet their death at my relentless toil. They are my prey and spoil. And little I heed their moan ; With my relentless toil 1 garner them for my own. Deep from the treasured earth by man have I been brought. Shaped to a keen and smarting edge and tap'ring, gleaming face; And I, when the world is old, when I have my mission wrought, Shall crumble away with my master's bones back to the earth's embrace. When struggle and strife are past, And ended the fevered race, Back to the earth at last — Close in Its true embrace I January 25, l'J19 HARDWOOD RECORD 21 Working to Develop Export Shipments The export trade at Baltimore is greatly interested in the out- iook for the resumption of foreign shipments. So far nothing has been done to facilitate the movement, and the British government is holding down the lid as closely as ever. Although it might be supposed that the embargo imposed for so long a time vrould have resulted in reducing the stocks on the other side to proportions that made additions imperative, the authorities of the United Kingdom have so far given no indications of a relaxing of the impediments, in spite of the very distinct murmurs of protest from English importers and the growing impatience of the American exporters. The latter have been urging the Washington officials to take some action, so far without success; but they now see a chance of get- ting results. At a conference which Harvey M. Dickson, secretary of the National Lumber Exporters' Association, had on January 16 he obtained a statement from the railroad administration that it was expected at a time in the near future lumber would be placed in the same position as cotton with regard to through bills of lad- ing, such documents being now issued on cotton, which elicited complaint of discrimination. Members of the shipping board, with whom Mr. Dickson also conferred, stated that as soon as possible American slmis would be put in service, and that when this was done lumber^would be among the freight received for shipment to foreign countries. The failure of the British authorities to raise any of the prohibi- tions against the importation of lumber from the United States has given rise to many protests and is beginning to be interpreted as part of a deliberate plan to keep such lumber out of the United Kingdom by the exercise of the arbitrary powers conferred under stress of war. The British importers as well as the American exporters are now beginning to demand that, since the purposes in the furtherance of which the prohibition was imposed no longer are to be subserved, the trade should be freed from the checks that not merely limit business, but prevent it altogether. It is being sug- gested that the British authorities are actuated by a desire to dis- pose of the 15,0(!^0,000 to 17,000,000 feet of lumber bought by them for war purposes and left on their hands by the rather sudden ending of the conflict. Some of this lumber is in the United King- dom and other stocks are still on this side of the Atlantic; and in this connection it is charged that the officials are arbitrarily using the powers which they wield to retain a monopoly of the market, not merely in the United Kingdom, but also in the United States. This latter purpose is accomplished by means of refusal to issue permits for the shipment of stocks to British ports, so that private shippers are entirely out of the running. Moreover, the British government enjoys an enormous advantage in the shape of a freight rate, which makes it impossible for private exporters to compete. Regular shipments are excluded, and only dunnage is allowed to go forward. But it has been observed that whereas it takes very little lumber to dunnage a steamer, five or more carloads have been put ashore from some vessels, which furnishes ground for the suspicion that large quantities of lumber not intended as dunnage go over under this classification. Dunnage is controlled absolutely by the government, the purchase of such stocks having been taken away from private parties, so that no one is in the market except the British ministry of shipping or other oificials. To make the advantage in favor of the British government still more decisive, no room is to be had for the shipment of other stocks, the ten per cent of space on steamers, which has recently been increased to fifteen per cent, .ivailable for general cargoes, being taken up with other freight, laigoly for the government. Besides, the steamship companies are asking a freight rate of not less than $3.50 per 100 pounds, or approxinintoly $140 per 1000 feet on lum- ber; while the government is getting stocks put over on the other side at twenty-one shillings three pence, a reduction of late from forty-one shillings three pence, or about $9 per 1000 feet. Under these circumstances there is absolutely no chance for private ship- pers to get any of the business. The grievance of the exporters here, however, goes even further than this. There can be no very well-founded objection to the British government desiring to get rid of the lumber purchased and for which it now has no use; but it is rumored that purchases in the United States on government account are being continued, and that the British authorities are engaged in nothing more nor less than a big scheme of profiteering. The situation has still another angle, this being its relation to the use of the American merchant marine. Although this country is stated to have some 3,000,000 tons of vessels, not one of this vast fleet has so far been available for the transportation of lumber, which in turn suggests that England is endeavoring by artificial means to sidetrack American ships and reserve the business for her own carriers, apart from the opportunity afforded by absolute control of the British market for dictating prices here and getting stocks on her own terms. This is the view expressed by exporters who have given the mat- ter serious thought and who have followed developments as far as they can be followed from the information available. It is giving rise to suspicions involving the good faith of our ally, and is regarded by many as calling for a decidedly vigorous and emphatic assertion of American rights. The foreign situation, of course, will receive thorough considera- tion at the annual meeting of the National Lumber Exporters' Association, to be held at the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans next Wednesday and Thursday. At this meeting, it is expected, Frank Tiffany, the foreign representative of the association, will make an exhaustive report on export conditions, which he has had exceptional opportunities for studying at close range. Mr. Tiffany is now on the way over, having sailed on the steamer Lapland. He was to have gone on the Mauretania, but an accident to that vessel caused delay and a change in plans. Baltimore will be represented at the meeting by John L. Alcock, John L. Alcock & Co., the treasurer; Mr. Dickson, the secretary, and D. W. Hartlove of Price and Heald. It is also possible that Frank Heim of K. P. Baor & Co., who is now in Bogalusa, La., look- ing after the completion of the new sawmill there, will join the party in the Crescent City. Building Code Revision Campaign E. S. Whiting of the engineering bureau of the National Lumber Manufacturers ' Association is on an extended trip through the South in the interest of a campaign for building code revision in those cities where lumber is discriminated against in municipal ordinances affecting construction work. The need for material changes in the building laws of many cities throughout the country is urgent, now that an unexampled era of construction appears about to set in. Lumbermen everywhere have complained of conditions in their localities, and the subject has been repeatedly discussed at national gatherings, until finally action of the right sort is in prospect. Mr. Whiting is one of the best known architectural experts in the country, and has been making a special study of the municipal build- ing ordinary problem. It is his purpose to get into touch with leading men of the industry in the various cities vnth the idea of making constructive suggestions concerning such legislation. When basswood received its name the bark was more important than the wood, as the name means "bark wood." The inner bark was used to make ropes and cords. 22 HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 No question is engaging public attention at the present time more than that relating to the effect on business of the ending of the war. Every industry is bound to be affected, and business problems will be more or less difiicult of solution. For over a year the United States government kept a tirm hand on the industrial as well as other enterprises of the country, and it had become a custom to ask what was desired or thought best. Now restrictions are being rapidly removed and again individual initiative will have a free hand and competition between separate companies in related in- dustries will have its effect on both materials and labor and, there- fore, on production and costs. Beacuse of the proximity of Canada to the United States, the problems of like industries in both countries are somewhat similar, and since the writer chanced to be on the Canadian side during the past few weeks this article is prepared in the hope that it may contain something of interest to the reader in the States. The fates decreed that I should celebrate the signing of the armistice in the province of Ontario. So this investigation began on November 1& instead of the date originally planned. In the weeks that followed, nearly fifty users of lumber in twenty-two localities were visited, as were also many buyers and retail fur- niture merchants. While the manufacturers as a whole appear optimistic, and pro- fess no fear of a slump, one occasionally finds a doubt expressed. For one piano manufacturer said: "It is too soon to tell anything about what business will be, and to be frank we are somewhat in doubt as to what to do and so will go slowly. Lots of pianos have been sold to munitions workers on the installment plan, and many of them have not been paid for. If these workers are thrown out of employment, the chances are that they will stall along for some ti.me before taking up some other work at lower wages than they have recently had. Then they will fail to meet payments when due and the pianos will be turned back on the market. That also applies to phono- graphs, and should this condition come about, the manufacturers of these instruments will face a slump. ' ' In marked contrast were the remarks of another high-grade piano manufacturer who, about a week later, said: "We think the piano business is going to be better than ever. There are between 20,000 and 30,000 wives of Canadian soldiers in England who went over with the early contingents. Then there are said to be around 6,000 wives of Canadian soldiers who married over there. One cannot tell how many of these families will re- turn to Canada, because of the sad fact that one cannot tell how many of the women are war widows, but it is reasonable to as- sume that within the next year or two there will be many thousands of new homes started in Canada by these families, and they will be added to by soldiers who have been waiting for the war to end before marrying. All of these will not be in position to buy musical instruments at once, but many will, and users of pianos and phonographs are certain to be on the increase as time goes on. ' ' The two extremes of optimism and pessimism have been cited, and, of course, both rest on unknown conditions. Other manufac- turers confirmed these two in a conservative manner. Interviews emphatically brought out the fact that these men are greatly broadening their scope and looking beyond domestic consumption for the building of future business. The element of labor enters largely into the situation, and it goes without saying that neither piano manufacturers nor any of the other re-manufacturers of lumber expect to pay the relative high wages that have been in vogue during the war. At the same time, skilled labor is urgently needed in the piano industry to meet the domestic and export de- mands for Canadian-made musical instruments. For a long time makers have been unable to turn out a sufficient number to keep pace with demands. The enlistment of all employees eligible for service, and other causes, have contributed towards reducing the output of Canadian factories. Stringent regulation of "non-essen- tial" industries tended to curtail the export shipments of pianos from the United States, and since the Canadian industry has not been wholly under the same disability, it may be expected to secure some of the export business that previously was secured for the other countries. So one gets the impression that these manufac- turers are going after some of that business. The close study that has been given the export field was brought out in conversations with the different manufacturers. This is briefly summed up in the following paragraphs. One factor that in the past operated against the displacing of foreign pianos from some of the export markets was the relatively higher price of the Canadian-made commercial piano, as compared with that of some of the German-made instruments, which were produced at as low a cost as $75 f. o. b. Hamburg. Some cheaper American pianos also had an extensive sale in Argentina. The prejudice against enemy goods created an opening for Canadian pianos, and inquiries from importers have been received from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and England. In order to meet these demands as well as home requirements, an increase of output is necessary and, to secure this, skilled piano makers are in demand. It has been estimated by trade interests that 5,000 German pianos a year were imported into Argentina, while a correspondingly large number went to Australia. With the enemy shut out of this field, and the inability of British piano firms to continue their business came some expansion of Canada's trade. While the pianos made in Canada were somewhat higher in price than the majority of those mentioned, many enquiries were received by firms in Toronto and elsewhere. After trial shipments had been made, the orders began to come, and difficulty has been experienced in keeping up with the demands. It has been found that ten per cent of the total exports to for- eign markets were of high grade pianos, and the other ninety per cent were of commercial instruments. Grand pianos for concert pur- poses have been in request to some extent. Exports during the last three fiscal years were: $59,908 in 1916; 95,857 in 1917 and 123,552 in 1918. The fiscal year ends in March, and it is believed that the current year will show considerable increase over that of 1918. So far as the furniture manufacturers are concerned, they have the problem of filling depleted labor ranks, though they will be able to use less skilled operators than piano manufacturers. Still with the production hanging around forty per cent of possible capacity on account of labor shortage, one can readily conceive that many months will pass before maximum production will be be reached. Not one manufacturer was found who did not have on the books more orders than could be taken care of to the satis- faction of the buyer. When asked if the merchants did not com- plain because of slow shipments, the manufacturers would state that they used to but for the most part they had got used to it and were glad to get the goods when they could. Some manufacturers seem to feel that the high prices may hold back an immediate increase of business in spite of the new homes that are sure to be started as a result of the ending of the war. Most of them, however, expressed the ojjinion that the increase would come about as fast as they could take care of it. Some retail merchants possessed the idea that there might be a slight depression for a few months while the change from a war to a peace basis was being made. Still the whole situation was rather ably expressed by the buyer of one of the largest retail establishments in the Dominion, whose words, as correctly as the January 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 23 writer is able to record them and leave out his own leading ques- tions, were: "Our business has been good. Generally speaking we have not been able to get all the goods we needed, notwithstanding the fact that we adopted the policy of ordering similar goods from several manufacturers. If it occasionally happened that these lines all came in at the same time we temporarily had an excess of very similar goods, but that condition did not happen frequently enough to cause us any embarra.ssment. With the readjustments that are now certain to take place in the home life of the people, it is incon- ceivable that business will be other than brisk. When I speak of readjustments I have reference to the re-establishment of old homes as well as the making of new ones. During the war many homes were broken up, and the goods were either sold or put in storage. The men either went to war or into munition plants, and many of the women went to work. These people had a good deal of boarding house life, and will get back to home life as soon as possible. The average Canadian, you will find in most cases thinks more of his home life than any other people. You have, no doubt, noticed in your travels that with scarcely an exception, the com- mercial man in Ontario packs his bag and baggage every Friday night and goes home, there to remain until Monday morning. Well, those people who sold their goods will get more to replace them, and those who put their goods in storage wiU in many instances want some new things. They may buy only one new piece or it may be a complete suite, according to their desires and how much money they have saved from their munitions wages. Speaking of suites in a ■ comparative way, I may say that we have sold scarcely any for two years, and when it comes to the complete outfit for a home we have a sort of a celebration every time a sale of that kind occurs. "So we look for some big business. Why, there are not only the homes of munitions workers to be refitted, but think of all those soldiers and their wives that are coming back from England. No doubt the wives have been making money while their men were fighting. The wives' savings may amount to more than those of the husband, but the pay coming to soldiers will be no insignicant sum. Then, too, there will be many deferred marriages taking place, and by deferred marriages I have in mind not only the soldiers that are coming back to their old sweethearts, but also those men, and women, who have postponed the wedding day because of the uncer- tainty of war and the attending consequences. In consideration of these facts we base our conclusion that business will boom." Manufacturers advanced like opinions, yet so far as their stocks of raw materials are concerned they say that they will not replenish them any more rapidly than is necessary. They feel that there will be considerable reaction in the prices of lumber, finishing materials and all other supplies, and they have no desire to be too heavily loaded with high-priced raw materials. They admit that those from whom they buy goods may have some stock on hand that must be sold at the prices that have been prevailing, but they argue that there are sure to be lower price days coming, and they would rather be a little embarrassed by having too little stock on hand than by buying goods at a higher price than their competitors. So, as the saying goes, "buying from hand to mouth" seems to be the policy they will adopt for a few months. Business in the building trades has been at a low ebb during the war, and is now expected to take on renewed activity. Both public works and private business construction, put off on account of war conditions, are now being taken up. In Toronto one sees the mag- nificent (and much needed) Union station with the external appear- ance of being nearly completed, but the contract for the interior wood work had not been let up to the close of the war. In the same city, it is rumored, two large department stores, each to a very large value, are to be erected in the near future. The land for these buildings was acquired before the war, and plans were well under way when it became necessary to hold up the work on account of the material situation. It is further said that the T. Eaton Company plans to commence soon to build its "Mail Order Building, ' ' which will cost several million dollars. That the builders and contractors are taking cognizance of the problems of the reconstruction period is evidenced from the organi- zation of the Association of Canadian Building and Construction Industries. This association was formed at a conference of the builders and contractors held at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, November 26-28. It was the consensus of opinion expressed by those in attendance that days of much activity were at hand. So from the several industries interested in the use of lumber one finds the unanimous belief that the wheels of their industries, instead of slowing down, now that the demand for war goods is vanishing, will, in the demand for peace goods, move even more swiftly. — B. A. To Return Railroads to Owners The directory of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa- tion has put itself on record as in favor of the return of the rail- roads to private ownership. At a recent meeting of the board the directors declared themselves ready to support any adequate meas- ure which may be placed before congress looking to the return of the railroads to their former owners under proper safeguards. In the discussion it developed that manufacturers generally through- out all sections of the country were much in favor of a speedy settlement of the problem of rail transportation, and that most of them believe that government control or ownership is not desir- able at this time. ' The board endorsed the appeal of the government authorities that public construction work be started immediately in all sections of the country, in order that positions may be found for the returning soldiers and sailors. The association has undertaken to partici- pate in the work of the new division' of construction development which has been created in the department of labor for the purpose of interesting the nation in public works and private construction. The idea for a survey of business conditions which will be made by the department with a view to learning how labor and capital may be profitably employed during the critical period when factories are being made over for peace production, and markets are being canvassed for future outputs, met with the special approval of the board. Meaning of Standardizations in Wagons Dealers have heard so much about standardization of farm wagons, some may have reached the conclusion that radical changes were taking place, and that standardization meant to them that there would be only a few styles of wagons and all built in exactly the same manner. Such, however, is not the case. Farm wagon standardization has eliminated unnecessary types and sizes, but only so far as these were so near some other type and size as to make their purpose or use practically identical. Farm wagon standardization brings all types of vehicles to one standard width of track, fifty-six inches center to center of tires on ground, or what is more generally knovim as "automobile track." It provides for one width of box, thirty-eight inches between bolsters, and for two combinations of wheels, forty to forty-four inches and forty-four to forty-eight inches high, with an assortment of suitable widths of tires. All other changes are of a minor char- acter and do not alter to any great extent what have previously been constructed. Details of construction, the individuality of the manufacturer and his own ideas as to the proper method of building wagons for strength and wear have the same latitude as heretofore. The adoption of a standard width of track should work no hard- ships anywhere, because automobiles are running over every road that farm wagons travel, in proportion of at least two to one. Usage will prove that the standard width box will fulfill all require- ' ments of the old width box and in every way be as convenient. Two heights of wheels, giving both a low and a high wheel selec- tion, meet the requirements as satisfactorily as an unlimited variety. The new heights are only one or two inches over or under tkt height wheels that have been used. 24 HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 191» Latest Regarding Hardwood Grades At the semi-annual meeting of the board of tlircetors of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, January 17, it was decided 10 give full publicity to all correspondence with the American Hard- wood Manufacturers' Association on the subject of a single standard of grading rules. In pursuance of that policy, Secretary Frank F. Fish of the National Hardwood Lumber Association has made public a letter received from B. F. Dulweber, chairman of the inspection rules committee of the American Hardwood Manu- facturers' Association, and enclosing the resolutions adopted at the Memphis meeting (which resolutions were published in Hardwood Eecord of January 10, 1919). Mr. Dulweber says in the letter referred to: In pursuance of a resolution passed by the Inspection Rules Committee of the American Hardwooey used 4x4s for posts, and 3x2s for cross pieces, and inch boards for the floor. Holes were put in the bottom of the floor for the snouts of the pots to come through. Then the steam and w^ater pipes w^ere connected to these mixers and the belts hooked up. The spreader don't have steam connections because the glue is used cold. While some of the mechanics 'was fixing up the pipe connections for the mixers another bunch put the spreader in place and got it belted up, and by two o'clock it was ready to use, but the boss thought he would rather wait until the next day to start on it. And the guy that come to start us off said that would be all right, but I thought he was pretty cocky when he told me to tell my men to be sure and say good-bye to the old soreader that night, because they wouldn't see it again. Of course, my men didn't work setting up that out- fit. I wasn't taking no chances of fall- ing behind in my work. We have to hustle too much to keep up our end, any"way. TTie boss was running around for all the world fussing bad as a hen with a brood of THE VKGETABLE GLUE OUTFIT young ducks near a pond. You could see he was some uneasy even if he had heard frcm other places that the stuff was all right. Well, Friday morning Warren w^as on the job when the whistle blew. Warren is the guy that was there to show us how to get started. He sure is some talker. 1 bet he could talk the horns off a billy goat. But I got to hand it to him. He sure knows how to use glue and build panels. He showed us a lot of short cuts that we ought a had brains enough to use on animal glue. Still, when we started in Friday morning I said to myself that that guy ■would be so sick by night that he would pack his grip and beat it and his machines w^ould follow^ him. But 1 am glad I didn't tell any one what I was thinking. If I had I sure would be eating crow right now. I am sending you a picture that will give you some idea of the way our vegetable glue outfit looks. This was took before v^e got the second mixer completely rigged. You see that one does not set right over the spreader because there is not room, and vi^e didn't have a 45 -degree elbow to put on the pipe so the glue would flow over to the spreader. In the picture you see the two mixers all piped up for steam and water setting on the platform, and the spreader under. That is some spreader, I'm telling you. It is a machine, not a toy. on the side that the stock comes through as it runs between the rollers to get the glue spread. These are called fingers and they keep the thin cross bands and veneers from wrap- ping around the rolls and getting broke. This spreader don't have straight-edge scrap- ers to adjust the glue spread, but what is called roll scrapers. These scrapers revolve slow^, and you can fix them so you can't get any glue on the rolls or you can get a great lot. Those little jiggers you see on it are THE AXni.KL GLUE OUTFIT 26 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section January 25, 1919 American Walnut Veneers The finest Walnut timber obtainable grows in the Ohio Valley. Ve- neer produced from this timber not only is of sound, close texture, which is one very important item in finishing', but it also produces that gray and black stripe which shows up to such good efi^ect. We are pleased to announce to the trade that owing to steadily increas- ing demand for our American Walnut Veneers, we feel amply justified in considerably enlarging our operations in that wood. Therefore, we are now in position to oft'er excellent selections in choice half round, grain figured; sliced stripe; figured butts and crotch Veneers. Connections have been made for guaranteed supply of prime Walnut logs, assuring our ability to continu- ously supply your requirements. We shall be pleased to sii1)mit for your inspection and approval, full sized samples, faithfully rc]ircsciiting stocks offered. Prices right. IT WILL PAY YOU TO SEE OUR LINE OF WOOD BEFORE BUYING The Louisville Veneer Mills Also Specialists in Figured Red Gum. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY No chips or small pieces of veneer will hang behind this kind of a scraper and keep glue from spreading good on the stock you are running through. But you have to see the spreader, and, in fact, the whole outfit, to get a good idea of what it is. Well, Jim, in mixing a batch of glue we use a little more than two times as much water as glue. That is, counting in pounds. So for our first mix v^^e v^eighed out the water we wanted and put it in the pot. Then we made a gage so that we could measure the water after that and save time. Then we started the agitator, or paddle, to going and put in the glue v^^e had weighed. We put this in slow so it could get well stirred and not have any lumps. The mixer is made with a water jacket, into w^hich steam or water can be turned. While the glue and w^ater was being stirred we opened the steam valve and let the mix get a little warm. Then we made another solution by putting some powdered chemical they call solvent into water, and when the glue and water in the mixer was a little warm we added the solvent solution. Pretty quick after that solvent was added we had the messiest stuff I ever saw to call glue. I threw up my hands in disgust. But Warren only laughed and told me to cheer up and in a few minutes I would see something. Sure enough, soon that mess began to clear up and thin down, and in about 20 minutes it was as clear as a window pane. Then it turned a little brown or amber, and we shut off the steam and turned on water to flow through the shell All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if of the mixer, and the glue mix cooled off. In the meantime the gang had got the stock ready, and about our regular time, 9 o'clock, we started to work with that new glue. We didn't warm any stock or any cauls. Instead of putting a caul between every panel we used a caul to each four panels. Now on some stock w^e use no cauls at all, and on some use more, we just use enough to keep the stuff laying straight. Jim, you couldn't believe it if you didn't see it, but now, after only a week of using that new glue we are beginning to make the departments behind us hustle, and w^e sure are having it our vi^ay in my department. In fact, the boss asked me yesterday if I couldn't get along with a man or two less now. He says he has hard work to get help and he wants to transfer from my room if possible. I told him he was boss but he'd better wait and see how^ this vegetable glue was going to stick before he put my department in a hole. He said that he would wait a little w^hile, but that I better be thinking who I would rather do without because the glue w^as sure to be all right and I wouldn't need so many men. VENEERS FOR AEROPLANE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY WRITE. WIRE OR TELEPHONE BIRDS EYE VENEER COMPANY, Escanaba, Mich. You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 27 Figured Red Gum A most charming and dignified cabinet wood A beautiful panel 14 by 22 inches in two finishes will be sent free upon request. Finished natural, this beautiful wood works up most satisfactorily into furniture, show- cases, interior trim — any place where the artistic and the practical serve in harmony. You can give your customers unparalleled values by using Figured Gum for living room, dining room, bed room, hall, den and miscel- laneous furniture. The beautiful effects that can be produced with Figured Red Gum and produced at a very moderate expense, certamly recommend it for your first consideration. You can get splendid values as well as exceptional service from our organization. Our specialty is higured Red Gum Veneer. We carry an immense stock and will give your orders immediate and detailed attention. Manufacturers who buy Veneer in small lots will save local freight, eliminate damaged goods, and get better prices thru buying Veneer in cars with HARDWOOD LUMBER J^ICKEY gROTHERS, JNC. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 28 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section January 25, 1919 LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER COMPANY CYPRESS WALNUT- HARDWOODS WALNUT 25,000 ft. 4/4 " FAS, 6 " and wider 200,000 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com., 4 " and wider 15,000 ft. 5/4" No. 2 Com., 3" and wider 15,000 ft. 6/4" No. 2 Com., 3" and wider 15,000 ft. 8/4" No. 2 Com., 4" and wider PLAIN RED OAK 13,000 ft. 4/4" FAS 16,000 ft. 5/4" FAS PLAIN WHITE OAK 10,000 ft. 3" No. 1 Common ASH 12,000 ft. 8/4" No. 1 Common 15,000 ft. 6/4" No. 1 Common Manufacturers and Wholesalers Indianapolis, Indiana Well, Jim, of course you know what an animal glue outfit looks like, but 1 am sending you a picture of a side view of ours. See all those pails with glue sticking around and the mess of glue sticking around the small trough that runs from the converter to the spreader? Then look at the vegetable glue outfit. Some difference. And, get this, Jim. No stink. We made a mix the Saturday War- ren was here and I said that we ought to wait til Mon- day so not to have a stinking place and bad glue. He laughed and said to forget all 1 ever knew about animal glue getting rotten and stinking because those troubles was over. Sure enough, on Monday that vegetable glue was sweet as new milk, and the way it sticks is a caution. Still I keep my eyes open. I seen too much glue trouble to feel easy in my mind before some of the goods get out in the trade. But so far it is the best veneer glue ever I saw. Will tell you more about it as things happen. Jim, you ought to see me. Sue's cooking is so blame good that I am getting fat as a hog ready for the killing. Sue says she didn't marry a fat man, and don't want none, and if I get fat she'll leave me. And I tell her if I get fat it will be her fault for making such good eats. She says 1 don't have to be a pig, and 1 tell her may be 1 won't be forever but her stuff is such a change from boarding house hash that a guy can't keep away from It. That tickles her and the next meal is the best ever. She sends her regards to Min. My best to you and the gang. Your friend, HEN. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if Sparks Heads Rotary Men G. W. Sparks, Des Arc Veneer & Lumber Co., Des Arc, Ark., will serve as chairman of the Commercial Rotary Veneer Depart- iTient of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association dur- ing 1919. This was decided at the meeting of the department held at Memphis, January I 4 when he was re-elected by unanimous vote. He will name his own associates. In the discussion of inspection rules, market conditions, stock and sales reports, and other features of special interest, it was the consensus of opinion that there is a large demand ahead and that stocks of logs are very low. Most of these veneers are cut to order and no stocks are carried. But stocks of logs are highly essential and it was agreed that, just now, there is a most notable shortage of these. Furthermore, it was contended that prospects point to exceptionally light logging operations and therefore to very light stocks for some weeks. Prices, it was held, should remain firm if not actually advance for the reason that demand is increas- ing, that log stocks are light and that manufacturing costs are not declining in the least. Three new members were elected: Mississippi Veneer Company, Sandersville, Miss.; Ashby Veneer & Lumber Company, Jackson, Tenn., and Lovelace Veneer & Stave Company, Cotton Plant, Ark. The next meeting of the department will be held at Memphis the second Tuesday in March. One of the finest birdseye woods of this country is seldom cut into veneer because the centers of the eyes are liable to fall out and have holes in the sheets. It is the silverbell tree. It is some- what restricted in its range and no large amount is available for the veneer factory; but if the product could be cut and handled satis- factorily, it would hold a place of considerable importance in the veneer industry. The largest silverbell trees grow in eastern Tenn- essee and western North Carolina. It is closely related to the snow- drop tree which is often planted in yards as an ornament. You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 Hatdwood Rccord — Veneer & Panel Section 29 American Black Walnut Pre-eminently The finest CABINET WOOD in the world Unquestionably American Walnut has BEAUTY and DURABILITY beyond compare The richness of figure developes in the finish of this wood better than any other and, without a doubt, is the best wood to use in furniture and interior finish where high class work is desired. WRITE PICKREL WALNUT CO. Clara Ave., near Natural Bridge Road St. Louis, Missouri WALNUT EXCL USIFEL Y All Three of Us Will Be Benefited tf You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 30 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section January 25, 1919 moidai A Big Point to Panel Buyers From the time the log enters our veneer house to its shipment in the freight car as high grade panels, every phase of the transformation is based on methods thoroughly proven in our own cabinet departments to be productive of the most perfect product for cabinet work. which result (rom yt li : pl.ilfoini Wiscoway panels follow well defined manufacturing methods, rs of manufacture for our own use as well as for the general trade. So varying are the requirements of dififcrent types of panels that the successful buyer should ask himself before each purchase, "why can this firm make mv particular panels as they should be made?" ' One thing alone indicates the answer— if that company has already made those panels successfully it can do so again. Is there any surer way of learning the proper manufacturer of any type of panels tiian to use it m your own goods and locate and remedy any defects of' manufacture or material m your own shop? THE WISCONSIN CABINET & PANEL CO. NEW LONDON, WISCONSIN T (iscoiDai iimemmmmimr^-'W-'''' ^ "■■ All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 31 ARE YOU IN THE MARKET FOR Hard Beautiful Northern Grown BIRCH RED OAK BASSWOOD ELM ASH VENEER 9 If so, we are Kere to supply you the best that experience and close attention can produce. Any thickness, any length up to 98 inch, any specification and amount. Specialists in BIRCH DOOR STOCK Kiel Woodenware Co. KIEL MELLEN WISCONSIN PERKINS GLUE COMPANY SOLE MANUFACTURERS AND SELLING AGENTS PERKINS Vegetable Veneer Glue (PATENTED JCI.Y 2. IftlS) 805 J. M. S. BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mentiox. HARDWOOD RECORD 32 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section January 25, 1919 ? lumber or veneer Are you making, or are you consider- mg the makingf of airplane or sea- plane parts where Spanish Cedar Mexican Mahogany African Mahogany will te used ? We Kave tlie logs — We nave a moaern veneer ana saw^mill — We are experiencea in man- ufacturing such material. Conclusion : You can entrust to us your orders and be sure of delivery witnin a reasonable time. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Company Plant and Yard, Long Island City, N. Y. General Offices, 347 Madison Ave., N. Y. W^.^i^Tf~"^'V^ ? ■'.T"'';7W?'?^"< '\^.'\^-T."T'^.T VENEERS AND PANELS .UT^^dlH .IN OAi^ BROWN ASH GREY ELM MAPLE '"" lASSWOr WISCONSIN VENEEER CO. MANUFACTURERS RHINELANDER, WIS. c,J St. Louis Basket & Box Co WE MANUFACTURE a complete line of Built-up Stock in most any size or thickness, including Walnut, Ma- hogany, Quartered and Plain Oak, Ash, Gum, Plain or Figured Birch, Yellow Pine, S y c a m ore, Cotton- wood, etc. ESTABLISHED 1880 WRITE for COMPLETE PRICE LIST All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 2.'5, 1919 E. HOOPER. SECRETARY GEO. D. GRIFFITPI, TREASDRBR Half Century Meeting Held On tlie evening of January :2U the Lumbermen's Association of Chicago held its tiftietli annual meeting, and the usual reports were made by the officers. The business meeting was held in the after- noon and the customary banquet came in the evening. One of the pleasant features of the banquet was the presenta- tion of a fine gold watch and $150 in cash to E. E. Hooper who has served the association as secretary for thirty-one years. The handsome present came from members of the association as an expression of appreciation of Secretary Hooper's long and faithful service. Tlie presentation was made by C. B. Fliun in a timely address to which Mr. Hooper responded in kind. At the business meeting in the afternoon aii address by President Quixley went fully into the association's activities during the past year. His address took the form of the annual report and was as follows: The members of the Lumbermen's Association of Chicago, assembled for the annual meeting and to celebrate the golden anniversary of this association, represent a great industry organized under one head and divided into separate divisions, working harmonlousl.v together to make the best use of their opportunities, thus accomplishing a tremendous in- fluence for the good of the lumber fraternity. We are entering a period of reconstruction after passing through an epoch of war which was the greatest tragedy the world has ever known. We can face the future with the greatest confidence because of the era of prosperity that Is before us. We are years Ijehlnd In our normal build- ing, but now that the War Industries Board has removed the restrictions on the building industry, there must be a great development of public work, which will make trade far above normal. At no time in the history of this association has there been a greater need for an organization of this kind in which we may work in closer harmony with our competitor. It has been with a great deal of satisfacv- tlon that I witnessed the addition of the divisions to our association this year — the box manufacturers and the cooperage manufacturers ; and I fully appreciate the loyal support they have given us. A great deal of credit should be given our secretary, Mr. Hooper, and his assistant. Miss Cowper, for the work they have so successfully carried on. They have been forced to do a great amount of extra work, owing to the war activities In which we took part. All our committees have worked hard and our war board especially has had a tremendous amount of work to do, which they did willingly and thoroughly. This committee has reported that our members contributed a vast sum of money to the various war relief organizations and it is my belief that we shall all have to continue to contribute to numerous calls for aid for the wounded and the widows and orphans of our soldiers who, so nobly and gallantly answered our country's call in our hour of peril. This association has a great deal of power which I think should be used in behalf of better legislation. We should work more closely with othrr himher associations and aid all we can in the Chicago plan. We should not overlook the opportunity we have in helping our Government to solve the railway and other problems. I appreciate the great honor that you conferred on me when you elected me president of this association. I have served you to the best of my ability and want to thank you for the loyal support you have given me. Xo presiding ofllcer could ever have better support, and in retiring to the ranks I want you to feel at liberty to call on me for anything I can do to help make this association a better and more powerful organization than it is today. In order not only to maintain this power, but to carry on the work more successfully, we should not be continually hampered with financial difficulties. 1 believe the dues should be raised or some other plan adopted to obtain revenue sufficient to allow the as.sociatlon to do its utmost for you. A few dollars invested in this manner would mean hun- dreds or thousands to you in your business. I notice on the books an item of furniture and fixtures carried as an asset. I would like to see this eliminated and a real asset of dollars and cents take its place. The association should be put on a basis in keeping with the wealth and standing of the lumber industry in this, the greatest lumber market In the world. The Secretary's Report Figures connected with the association's activities during the past year were presented in detail in the report read by Secretary Hooper. A summary of the leading points in the report is given below: From the best information procurable, the total lumber cut of the United State-s during the year 1918, was approximately 34,000,000,000 feet which was 8,000,000,000 feet below the production in 1917. The principal decline is attributed to war conditions which diverted labor to other occupations. The lumber industry was one of the first to mobilize for war work and an emergency bureau was organized in Washington which handled all government rorders for lumber. The total receipts of lumber at Chicago during 1918 aggregated 2.327,- 017,000 feet of lumber and 292,011,000 shingles by rail and lake. Of the figtires given 62,930,000 feet of lumber were reported from the United States Custom House as lake receipts, leaving 2,266,141,000 feet of lum- ber to represent receipts by rail. The total volume of receipts shows a decrease in lumber of 1,025,046,000 feet for the year 1918, and in shingles 319,710,000. Following is an analysis of the disposition of lumber and shingles at Chicago for 1918 and 1917 for comparison: LUMBER 1918 1917 Inventory at beginning of year 299,956,264 270,811,981 Receipts during year ■ 2,329,071,000 3,354,117,000 Total stocks 2,629,027,264 3,624,928,981 Inventory at close of year 281,749,897 299,956,264 Total consumption 2,347,277,367 3,324,972,717 —32a— 32b HARDWOOD RECORD January 25. 191!> Shipments 1,064,199,000 1,518,866,000 City consumption 1,283,978,367 1,806,106,717 Decrease in total consumption 977,695.350 Decrease in shipments 454,667,000 Decrease in city consumption 523,028,350 SIIINCl.ES Inventory at beginning of year 52.863,250 53,338,750 Receipts during year 292,011,000 611,721,000 Sales and shipments 294.588.500 612,198.000 Inventory at ciose of vear 50.275.750 52,863,250 Decrease 317,607,500 About 85 per cent of this volume of receipts is estimated to represent soutliern pine, hardwood and Pacific coast lumber. During 1918 the association held eight meetings, the board of directors seventeen. Division A six. Division B fifteen. Division C twent.v-three. Division D six. Division E two. Division F one, Division G ten, besides many meetings of different committees, especially the war board. The assocLition added 47 members during 1918, lost thirty-nine, which left a net membership of 318. Those lost by death during the year were Ira M. Smith, Von Platen & Dick Company ; Robert Maisey, Robert Maisey Lumber Company ; C. W. Rudderham, Soper Lumber Company ; George D. Burgess. Russe & Burgess ; Edmund A. Allen, Edmund A. Allen Lumber Company ; Adair Lockman, Germain Company and Arthur Gourley. Want Railroads Returned to Owners The following resolution, introduced by M. S. Truman, sets forth the attitude of the association on the railroad problem now fore- most in this country: Resolved, That the railroads of the United States should be returned to private operation as promptly as possible with such remedial legislation as will protect them from political or financial persecution and that a committee be appointed to draft a suitable statement to. the Chamber of Commerce of the United States on our attitude in the mater. Treasurer Griffith made the customary report showing tlie finances of the association. The War Board's Report C. B. Flinn presented the report of the association's war board for 1918 which showed the collection of $8,297,.500 was subscribed to Liberty loans by members, and the sum of $157,810.22 for war relief work. The details of this work was. given as follows in Mr. Flinn 's report: It is with great pleasure and satisfaction that I present to you a report of the war work of soliciting funds for the Liberty Loans, Red Cross, Toung Men's Christian Association, Salvation Army and the United War Work campaign. The first call to our association was the second Liberty loan, October, 1917 $2,601,600.00 Connected with this loan Was a publicity fund, October, 1917, of 1,000.00 We collected a fund for the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion, November, 1917 29,208.00 And we collected for the Fort Sheridan Association, Janu- ary, 1918 2,425.00 These first four contributions were in charge of Frederic T. Boles, who had been selected by the Chicago Association of Commerce to look after this work in our association. In January, 1918, a different plan was adopted through- out the city for collecting these funds. We were classed and associated with the trade divisions of the city of Chi- cago, there being tbirty-four of these divisions under one executive board. In this group we were known as Divi- sion 18. On February 13, 1918, our association formed a war board composed of the chairmen of our divisions, each chairman selecting two assistants. Afterward others were added to this war board and classed as members at large and the board continued the class of work already started. ^ We collected for the War Camp Community Service, February, 1918 3,116.00 Third Liberty loan, April, 1918 1,203,900.00 Second Red Cross war fund, May, 1918 32,225.97 Salvation Army war fund, August, 1918 11,090.00 Fourth Liberty loan, October, 1918 4,492,000.00 Fourth Liberty loan publicity fund, October, 1918 1,130.00 United War Work fund, November, 1918 , 77,615.25 the National Chamber of Commerce, of the United States, made- a report on the meeting of that big organization of business men held at Atlantic City, December 4, 5 and 6. He told how that body was working for better business legislation and what it has ac- complished for the business welfare of the nation. L. W. Crow for Division A, pine yards; F. J. Heidler, for Divi- sion B, hardwood yards; G. A. Vangsness, for Division C, hard- wood wholesalers; M. G. Truman, for Division D, pine wholesalers; R. C. Clark, for Division E, manufacturers, who, being in the South, sent a written report; and John J. Andei'son, for Division P, commission salesmen. No reports were made for Division G, millmen; Division H, box men; nor for Division I, the cooperage interests. The latter two recently joined the association and activi- ties for their divisions have just got started. Each chairman told what had been done for the good of the association as well as for their own divisions. The report of the inspection committee, of which George J. Pope is chairman, showed a good year's record and made the comment that the inspection work is a means of gaining new members, and that inspection privileges should be confined to members only. Frank Stevenson, vice-chairman of the arbitration committee, re- ported that nine cases were heard during the year and only one was taken before the committee on appeal. The report of the committee on appeals showed that the committee on arbitration was upheld in that one instance. John G. Hodges for the traffic committee reported that there was an unfounded rumor current that the United States railroad administration intended to do away with the Cairo-Thebes gateways, but the truth was that even addi- tional tariffs were going to be permitted through the gateways. A talk by Perley Lowe, a veteran of the Chicago lumber trade was a pleasant feature of the meeting. The banquet was successfully managed by J. L. Lane, chairman, and E. D. Dierssen, L. E. Eollo, H. D. Welch, and W. E. Trainer of the entertainment committee. Total $8,455,310.22 Of this total fund $8,297,500 was for Liberty loans and $157,810.22 was contributed to the war relief organizations. Various Official Reports A number of other reports were presented by different members of the association. C. B. Flinn, as councilor of the association to Walnut Men Join American Manufacturers of walnut lumber and veneers have been organized as the American Walnut Manufacturers' Association for some time past. The original purpose of the organization was to co-ordinate effort in behalf of war work and, hence, problems up to now have had to do vyith that branch of consumption. Walnut has filled such a naturally strong position in the production of rifles and airplanes that the country's resources of supply and manufacture needed organiza- tion. So the larger producers of this important American cabinet wood have maintained this association for some time past. The production of airplane walnut and gunstocks has been greatly accelerated, due to the co-ordination of effort. The association has maintained an office at Washington, under the direction of George N. Lamb, secretary, and has at all times been very closely in touch with the government's and the Allied requirements for airplane and rifle purposes. Mr. Lamb is still in Washington. At a meeting held at Chicago last week the majority of the mem- bership was present, and many important questions were discussed. One of the most important was the question of further stimulating the vastly increased call that has been noted for walnut furniture and interiors during recent years. There has been quite a little publicity work along these lines and in order to bring the matter to a head and organize plans for still further development, to take advantage of the favorable situation, the membership voted a substantial appropriation for advertising and placed the matter in the hands of Crosby-Chicago, advertising agency. In addition the members voted to join the Amer- ican Hardwood Manufacturers' Association as a body, thus bringing into that organization quite a few additional members. The work win be carried on as heretofore as a department of that association. The advertising will be in support of the manufacturers of walnut furniture and interiors. January 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 33 The Mail Bag B1208 — Poplar Squares Sought New York, N. Y., Jan. lit. — EihT'ik ilAiii'WtiuD Record : Can you advise where we can locate a car or two of 4x4 firsts and seconds poplar squares? We could use this stock either all firsts and seconds or No. 1 common and better, and may be able to use a small amount of 3x3's or 4x4, or 6x6 to fill out the car, if we cannot secure a full car of the 4x4's. B 1207 — Army Man Seeks Logging Connection , N. Y., Jan. 15. — Editor I^Iardwood Record : Doubtless you know, or knew of , who was with a Michigan concern for several seasons after finishing Biltmore. He was woods manager and I believe he filled the place successfully and with credit. He resigned to enter the air service. Now he expects to be let out in a few weeks, or has the option of staying for six months, but it may not be permanent. He is getting $166.50 a month and allowance of $30 for town quarters, since he is married, showing that he has advanced rapidly and to a high rank (mechanically, he is engaged in ground work, and nence has not sought commission). He does not care to go back to the Michigan concern, as It has less than ten years* work left, growing constantly less, with no western holdings. He wants to go where there is a future. He is an X No. 1 surveyor, quick and reliable as a woods foreman, and produces results, gets along fine with the men. In fact, I think he has done about as well as any Biltmore man, although not in a spectacular way at all. Can you suggest anything or any place for him? I might add that I learn his wife's health is poor and he has a desire to locate where he can have good town living quarters or conditions, and yet get back and forth to his work. Is there any opportunity in the trade journal line for him? He is well educated, writes a fine letter. Sorry to bother you to this length, but I am still sufficiently interested In the Biltmore Forest School boys to try to help any who are worth it, and he is well worth it. . Clubs and Associations Hardwood Club Meeting Announced The Southwestern Hardwood Manufacturers' Club will hold its next meeting at the Grunewald Hotel, New Orleans, Febi^uary 24. The election of officers is among the important business to be transacted at the meet- ing. The Southern Pine Association holds Its meeting in New Orleans on February 25, and the meetings are thus close enough together to permit members to attend both,' if they desire to do so. Annual Meeting of Hardwood Lumber Association The board of directors of the National Hardwood Lumber Association met In Chicago, January 17, and fixed the date for the twenty-second aunual meeting, which will be held June 19 and 20, 1919, in Chicago. At the directors' meeting fifty-four new applications for membership were passed upon and accepted. Thus far during the current fiscal year ninety-four new members have been received into the association. In no other year in the history of the association has this record of new mem- bers been equalled. The losses in membership during the same period have not amounted to twenty per cent of the gain. Wood Preserving and Timber Men Will Meet The fifteenth annual meeting of the American Wood Preservers' Asso- ciation will be held at the Hotel Statler, St. Louis, Mo., January 28 and 29. The tie and timber division of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce and the initial organization formed as a nucleus for the national association will meet the two following days. There will be a joint dinner of the two bodies on Wednesday evening and prominent speakers will attend. The Tuesday session will be devoted to the consideration of preservative materials. Wednesday afternoon will be given over to the discussion of the tie problem. The program as already formulated is very interesting. Wholesalers' Trustees Hold Meeting The board of trustees of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso- ciation held an important meeting at the association headquarters on Wednesday, January 15. Many matters of interest were discussed, among them being surplus of government lumber. Other questions were in con- nection with the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the National Federation of Building Construction. A resolution was adopted advocating the return of the railroads to private ownership with proper government regulation at the earliest feasible moment. It was voted by the trustees that the next annual meeting be held at Philadelphia on Wednesday and Thursday, March 19-20. This will be the twenty-seventh annual of the association. There were reports from the various committees, the membership com- mittee reporting a total enrollment today of 455. Plow Makers to Meet at Pittsburgh The plow and tillage implement department of the National Implement and Vehicle Association will hold a meeting In Pittsburgh, Pa., February 5 at the William Penn Hotel. Although the rulings of the War Industries Board still hold as affecting standardization and elimination in the plow and tillage implement lines, this department of the association In its usual progre-ssive manner will review all of the standardization work under- taken during the period of the war with a view of further Improving them. The meeting at Pittsburgh will be the first held by the department In the East for a number of years, but an occasional meeting further east- ward than Chicago is becoming more advisable because of the large num- ber of eastern and southern manufacturers now belonging to the association. The meeting of February 5 at Pittsburgh will be open to all manu- facturers in the plow and tillage implement lines regardless of association affiliation ; in fact, non-members are most cordially urged to attend. Industrial Medical Advisers The government announces its purpose of furnishing manufacturers with the names of physicians who are competent to look after the health and well being of industrial plants, but this service will be provided on request. The organization by which this work will be done is connected with the Department of Labor, and belongs to the division of industrial hygiene and medicine, of which A. J. Lanza, Washington, D. C, is chief. This organization is prepared to furnish industries with the names of skilled industrial medical advisers on request. The demands for com- petent medical directors for the factory departments of hygiene are being met by the service with an adequate list of physicians, all of whom had experience and training in this particular function. Hundreds of such physicians are listed in the government's registry bureau in Washington and hundreds are being added to the registration files. In each instance the service satisfies itself of the training of the physi- cians before their names are allowed on the list. Thu.s only those best qualified are listed and manufacturers have the advantage of knowing that by availing themselves of this service their dispensary section will be In competent hands. Program for Alluvial Land Meeting The program for the second annual of the Southern Alluvial Land Association, to be held in Memphis Friday, January 31, beginning with a luncheon at 12 o'clock, is given herewith : Greeting — John W. McClure, president. Report of F. E. Stonebraker. secretary. Report of John M. Pritchard, treasurer. Addresses : "The South," by Hon. H. G. Pleasant, Governor of Louisiana. Baton Rouge. "The Live Stock Industry," by Arthur C. Davenport, general manager Corn Belt Farm Dailies, Chicago, 111. "Diversified Farming," by E. R. Lloyd, manager Farm Bureau, Cham- ber of Commerce, Memphis. "Federal Farm Loans and Their Application," by L. K. Thompson, president Mississippi and Arkansas Joint Stock Land banks, Memphis. Election of Officers. New Business. .Adjournment. Invitations have already been mailed and acceptances indicate that the attendance will be larger than ever before. The association has had an exceptionally active year and it faces a period in which a number of problems of vital interest to its members must be solved. The meeting is therefore regarded by officers and members alike as of unusual im- portance. Evansville Lumberman's Club Joseph Waltman, the newly-installed president of the Evansville Lum- bermen's Club at Evansville, Ind., at the last meeting appointed his stand- ing committees for the ensuing year, as follows : Me.mbership — Charles A. Wolflin of the Wolflin West Side Lumber Company, chairman ; Louis Iloltman of the Schnutte-Holtman Lumber Company and Daniel Wertz of Maley & Wertz. Publicity and Resolutions — William B. Carleton, chairman ; Elmer D. Lubring of the Luhring Lumber Company and George O. Worland of the Evansville Veneer Company. River and Rail — William S. Partington of Maley & Wertz, chairman; John C. Keller, traffic manager of the club, and D. B. MacLaren of the D. B. MacLaren Lumber Company. Entertainment — J. C. Greer of the J. C. Greer Lumber Company, chair- man ; Elmer D. Luhring, and Henry Kollker of the Mechanics Planing Mill Company. Co-operative — George O. Worland, chairman ; Daniel Wertz, and William Heyns of the Evansville Dimension Company. The next meeting of the club will be held on the second Tuesday night in February, when the bill recently introduced in congress to give the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to fix railroad rates the same as before the war, will be taken up and discussed. J. C. Greer is working on a plan to get up some sort of an entertainment for the members and their friends, and this matter also will be brought up at the next meeting. Members are interested in the suggestion of E. D. Tennant, secretary and treasurer of Hoo-Hoo, that the order be revived in Evansville, and it Is probable that a concatenation will be held soon. At one time the order had a large number of members In Evansville. John 0. Keller has been reappointed traffic manager for the club. 34 HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 Traffic Conference at St. Louis . J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager of the Soutliern Hardwood TrnfEc Association of Memphis, attended a joint meeting of the St. Louis, Dallas and New Orleans district freight traffic committees on Januar.v 21. at which consideration was given to proposed advances in rates on hard- wood lumber and forest products from west side points to destinations In Central Freight Association and Eastern Trunk Line territories, notably the latter, amounting to one to eight cents per hundred pounds. Mr. Townshend said before leaving for the meeting that operators of saw mills and yards on the west side of the Mississippi had advised him that, if the rates were ad%'anced as proposed, it would mean shutting them entirely out of Eastern Trunk Line territory, which includes Canada. He further said that he would propose to the Joint conference that tariffs be issued showing just exactly what the three committees desire to do. and that the association would make its position known when it had this definite, tangible evidence on which to proceed. It therefore looks as if the conference will be rather preliminai'y and that no decision will be reached regarding the question of advances in west side rates. Thus far it appears that the different freight traffic committees participating in the conference have not yet definitely agreed among themselves as to what they want and that there is something yet to be done in the way of har- monizing their position. With the Trade Will Re-enter Wholesale Business The announcement is made that J. C. West will take up again the wholesale lumber business in Cincinnati, Ohio, Room 2506 Union Central building, under the name of J. C. West Lumber Company. Mr. West sensed the government in the airplane work, his particular function being the purchase of southern hardwoods for propellers. When the armistice was signed he tendered his resignation, but was induced to remain to help adjust some of the contracts, and he was not released from government duty till December 31. He at once perfected his arrange- ments to take up business along his former line, selling lumber by whole- sale. Lumber Company Reorganized The Johnson-Tustiu Luml)er Cnnipany, Memphis, Tenn.. has been reor- ganized and its name changed to the Tustin Hardwood Lumber Company. J. F. Mingea was elected secretary and sales manager to succeed J. T. Jones, who resigned recently to become identified with the Cherokee Lum- ber Company. Mr. Mingea began his lumber activities as yard clerk for the C, M. k St. P. railway and the Western Steel Car Company. That was in 1902, after he had served two years in the Philippines. Subsequently he was in the purchasing department of the Central Locomotive & Car Works, and from there he rose by promotion to buyer, and in that capacity traveled through all the southern states during five years directing the work of assistant buyers and inspector.s. purchasing yellow pine and hardwoods for building freight and passenger cars. He was of an inquiring mind and spent much time in the woods, where he became acquainted with logging and sawing operations. Experience thus gained has greatly assisted him in his subsequent work as salesman and sales m;mager. When Mr. Mingea decided to enter the selling field, he joined the Faust Brothers Lumber Company, then located at Paducah, Ky., and soon after- wai'ds opened an office in Chicago, where he became manager of sales. He remained with that company several years, when he resigned to go with Ila.vden & Wescott Lumber Company of Chicago. The next year he decided to quit the lumber business and devoted two years to other work ; but he returned to his former calling and opened a Chicago sales office for the Arkla Lumber & Jtanufacturing Company of St. Louis, but soon afterwards he returned to his old position with the Hayden & Wescott Lumber Company and remained in that work until he went south to take a position as assistant to Mr. Tustin, president of the Johnson-Tustin Ijumber Company. He took up his position in November, 1918, and on January 6, at the company's .annual meeting, he was elected secretary, lie is well known to a large number of manufacturers of lumber, having bought lumber in the markets for years, and he enjoys the friendship of a large number of factory buyers. The Johnson-Tustin Lumber Company was organized in 1913 with a capital of $15,000. Under the direction of its president, C. E. Tustin, the business has grown from an average of twenty cars per month in 1913 to an average of 150 cars per month during the last year. The volume of business in 1918 was around $800,000, and the capital has grown to .$75,000. Mr. Tustin has been in the lumber business since he was fifteen years olil, having begun with the Citizen's Lumber Company, Parkersburg, W. Va. Death of George Mercereau On January 5, 1919, at his home in Uuion, N. Y., occurred the death of fieorge Mercereau at the age of eighty years. He was for many years a dealer in lumber and ties at Huntington, W. Va. After leaving Huntington he retired from active business. He was formerly connected with the Mer- lereau-Hawkins Tie Company, with which his nephews are still identified at Staunton and Roanoke, Va. Korn-Conkling Closes Out at Memphis At the annual meeting of the board of directors of the Korn-Conkling Company of Cincinnati and Memphis, held on Tuesday, January 16, a new board of directors and officers were elected. The officers are : Chester F. Korn, president and treasurer; Mrs. Francis H. Korn, vice-president: John H. Horst, secretary. Mrs. Korn is the wife of Chester F. Korn and Mr. Horst is cashier of the Winton Savings Bank, of which Mr. Korn is president. The new board of directors is composed of Mr. and Mrs. Korn, Mr. Horst, Miss Alice A. Wolkert and Frank A. Conkling. Walter C. Palmer resigned as secretary and emplo.ve of the company, effective January 1, and has taken a position with Maley & Wertz of Evansville, Ind. Mr. Conkling has since resigned and has made no definite plans as to his immediate future. It is probable though that he will shortly be established in a strong connection in the southern hardwood field, as he has spent his entire business life in this line of work. According to instructions of Mr. Korn, the Memphis office is now being closed up and the records are being prepared for shipment to the main office at Cincinnati, O. Mr. Conkling temporarily maintains bis address at 906 Bank of Com- merce & Trust building, Memphis. J. C. WEST, CINCINNATI, O, C. R. TUSTIN, MEMPHIS, TENN. J. P. MINGEA, MEMPHIS, TENN. Jaiuinry 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD The Cruel Test of War Service — Has proven American Black Wal- nut to have the most dependable structural characteristics of any known wood; Has shown that the visible sup- ply is probably 1,000,000,000 feet rather than 100,000,000 feet formerly considered the limit; Has focused public attention on walnut and awakened public ap- preciation of walnut as the wood to use in furniture that is bought to k^ep. Woodworkers, consider these signs of the times in making your plans! Linerican Walnut Manufacturers' Association McLachlen Building WasKington, D. C. AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 36 HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 Big Fire at Woodworking Plant Fire destroyed the big plant of the Fitzgerald-Speer Company at Pen- argyle. Pa., on the night of Tuesday, January 21. The concern is a large manufacturer of fancy bar fixtures. The loss sustained approximates $800,000, it being stated that between 300 and 400 carloads of high-grade lumber were consumed. John M. Woods Lumber Company Elects Officers The annual meeting of the John M. Woods Lumber Company of Mem- phis, Tenn., was held at Memphis on January 14. The following officers were elected for the year : President, John M. Woods ; vice-president, W. E. Chamberlin ; secretary- treasurer, AI. E. Philbrick ; manager, R. H. Goodspeed. The board of directors received a letter from E. D. Walker, who has been treasurer of the corporation since its organization, in which he expressed hi.s desire to relinquish that office because of ill health. Gill-Andrews Opens Chicago Office The Gill-Andrews Lumber Company of Wausau, Wis., has opened up offices in the Lumber E.xchange building, Chicago, in order to be more closely and constantly in touch with trade in and around this big market. Two salesmen will handle the company's business out of the Chicago office, namely, W. H. Abbott, who has been in the Wausau office for some time, and H. W. Waffett, who for several years has been asso- ciated with the Steven & Jarvis Lumber Company of Eau Claire, Wis. The new offices are at 503 Lumber Exchange building. Thomas Perry Becomes General Manager .«ter a great many years of close application to the development of the business of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works of Grand Rapids, Mich., Z. Clark Thwing has determined that he will gradually retire from active direction of the business, which he has built up to such a permanently strong basis. Therefore, about the first of the year Mr. Thwing made his arrangements to take a protracted vacation to Florida and thus begin Lis period of gradual retirement. He still remains the head of the insti- tution, now being president, but is succeeded as general manager by Thomas D. Perry, who was formerly in charge of the dry-kiln department of this organization. Mr. Perry also becomes vice-president, and In these two offices is the active head of the whole institution. Mr. Thwing left Thursday night for his Florida trip. Both Mr. Thwing and Mr. Perry are deserving of congratulation, Mr. Thwing for his great success in building up the business and Mr. Perry because he comes Into such a responsible position. Major Allen Goes to Siberia C. B. Allen of the Allen-Eaton I'auel Company, Memphis, Tenn had just reached Chicago last Tuesday in starting out on a two weeks' 'busi- ness trip when he got iu long distance connection with his son. Major C. D. Allen of Camp Lee, Va., and learned that he had been given instruc- tions to await traveling orders that will take him to the American forces now engaged in the Siberian campaign. Major Allen is attached to the medical corps of the regular army and has won very rapid promotion. Haedwood Record was pleased to be able to mention his war work last July, at which time he was lieutenant. He gained his majority August 31 Naturally Major Allen's family is very much upset over the sudden call for such a far distant point, as it may be several years before he will be released from duty at that post. This eventuality, of course, depends upon developments in Russia. The orders, however, seem to indicate that Major Allen will have to start out immediately, possibly without even having time to visit his family. Pertinent Information Identification of Mahogany A report has been published by the Royal Dublin Society (Vol XV No 34 December, 1918) by Henry H. Dixon, on the identification of mahogany.' The report contains plates and a key for identifying different species which pass commercially as mahogany. This report should be of interest to manufacturers and users who are called upon in course of business to distinguish between the different woods which pass as mahogany. The publication is probably not on sale in book stores, but may be consulted n. public libraries which have a department of scientific publications. No More Lumber Out of Russia The forests of those parts of Russia under Bolshevik control will no longer furnish lumber for building purposes in the rest of the worid unless something is done to eliminate the Bolshevik control. The timber trade, outside of the White sea district, has been dealt a death blow by !vL^r^ f ^"° °^ " '^'"'^ "''"" '"'^ ^°"«t government, which forbids s^Zll for™" """''^' ''"' ''^'^'"^^ "^''^ ^" "^'-'^ '-»"•'"»" --' -^e t J",' le in this country for the next couple of years. They are (1) the government housebuilding program. (2) shii)l)uilding and (3) developments and repairs to our rail- ways. These throe industries have suffered terribly during the war from the lack of labor and of raw material, and as permits or priority certifi- cates will be necessary in regard to the use of imported wood for some time, quantities of timber will have to be reserved for these three great objects. Engineering, road repairing, horticultural work, etc.. will claim a share, but timber merchants, in looking forward to the needs of the country during the next two seasons, may well fix their attention on housing, shiptmilding and railway requirements, and, as soon as they are permitted to make any purchases, to look out for timber suitable for the purposes in question. In regard to housing, merchants say that the present prices of wood and other materials will entirely prohibit any speculative build- ing, and that only government and municipal house-building will be under- You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 39 Forests and Shoes In the report by the United Stiites Forester, just published, occurs the following paragraph containing some interesting facts regarding the war and its requirements : "There might seem to be little conuoctiou between the army's require- ments for shoes and the forests, but in point of fact the Immense quantity of heavy leathers required for the large order of the new Pershing shoes brought the country face to face with a serious shortage of tanning ma- terials. Under normal business conditions the tanning industry of the United States uses about 175,000 tons annually of imported tanning materials. Owing to the scarcity of ships it was impossible for the shipping board to provide space for such a large amount of material. The Forest Service therefore undertook a study of the domestic tanning industry. A canvass was made of the chestnut extract plants in the South- ern Appalachians and of the bark producers in the North. It was found that the supply of wood on hand at the plants was only about forty per cent of the normal supply, and that the plants were producing only about seventy per cent of their possible output. The reasons for this situation were found to be lack of woods labor and of transportation facilities, shortage of coal, shortage of labor at the plants, and delayed transporta- tion of the finished products and the return of tank cars. Owing to the labor situation the price of acid wood in many localities has advanced from $5.50 to $10 per cord of 160 cubic feet. The amount of chestnut, oak bark and other barks on hand was also. found somewhat below nor- mal. As a result of the investigation measures were taken so that extract plants could run at increased capacity. Luther Burbank's Walnut An article in the Pioneer Western Lumberman, San Francisco, tells some remarkable things concerning a hybrid walnut produced by Luther Burbank by crossing the black walnut and the California walnut. The reading of the article is apt to rouse a suspicion that it is a paid adver- tisement, because it insists so strongly that persons who want to plant trees for future timber, or for nut growing, should purchase the nursery stock from Mr. Burbank, and be sure of getting this wonderful walnut. But whether an advertisement or not, some of the statements made are interesting, and if they are true, persons about to plant woodlots would do well to look further into the merits of this hybrid tree, which is called "royal walnut." According to these statements, the tree was originated between thirty and forty years ago, and trees less than twenty- flve years old are ninety-six feet high, and three feet in trunk diameter twelve feet above the ground. Mr. Burbank declares that no other American tree of his knowledge grows so rapidly. Trunks may increase two inches in diameter a year. He says he has submitted samples of the wood to makers of musical instruments and furniture in New York and Chicago and they pronounce it hard and of close grain and fine and silky texture. But nothing is said of the figure. He says the tree will thrive in climates where the thermometer does not fall lower than twenty- two below zero. The tree has wide-spreading branches and is a prolific bearer of excel- lent nuts. The claim made for it as a producer of lumber is of most interest to lumbermen, because there can be no question that walnut, for timber, will be largely planted in this country during the next few years to make up for the depletion caused by cutting walnut for gun stocks during the war. If the royal walnut will produce a trunk diameter of three feet in twenty-five years, or even in fifty years, it is worth investi- gating. The California walnut, with which the black walnut was crossed, is a rather inferior tree in it.s native country, and seldom exceeds a height of sixty feet or a diameter of eighteen inches. The nuts are about half the size of the common black walnut, but their flavor is fine. The wood is hard and dense, resembles black walnut in color, and is occasionally finely figured. The tree grows slowly, and is found growing naturally in cer- tain parts of California only. It has long been known as suitable stock on which to graft Circassian walnut now so extensively grown in California and Utah. Chinese Varnish Made of Sumac The lacquer work for which the Japanese are famous is made of th« say drawn from a species of sumac and dried in the air. Its principal use U on metals, and its usual color is black, although it may be had in other colors. The account of a Chinese varnish, which follows, is from the London Timber Trades Journal: Varnish manufacturers and users are more or less familiar with Chinese wood oil or nut oil, but there is another oil in China from which is derived an odd varnish that, it is said, is kept a secret and controlled by only a few Chinese. The varnish is known as Ningpo, and Is said to be made from the sap of a tree called the varnish tree, known botanically as Rhua vemiclfera. One of the peculiar features of this Ningpo varnish is that It is said it will not dry in fine, clear weather, but dries best in moist, damp weather, under which conditions it will harden in two hours. When using this varnish when the weather is dry a series of damp cloths are hung in the room to accelerate the drying of the varnish. This is odd in that it differs from the usual varnish and the methods followed for drying it. There is a suggestion, too, that varnish of this odd type would be excellent for boats and outside work where there is exposure to weather, for it It hardens under the influence of water It should be water-reslstln£. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if Woods Used in Making Violin Bows The general reader know.s very little about the violin bow or the making of it. The expert violinist tells us that the same is true of the professional bow maker. The quality and value of a bow can be determined best by the expert violinist who understands thoroughly the technique of both the bow and violin. There is a great difference between a bow commonly used liy the fiddler and the favorite bow of the recognized master of the violin. I'.ow makers with many years of experience may turn out hundreds of ordinary bows to one possessing the properties sought by the best players. It is true that a bow may be considered to possess the requisite charac- teristics by one player and not by another, but the fact remains that only .'i very small percentage of those turned out annually are high-class bows. The character and quality of a bow are naturally dependent very largely upon the workmanship, but the kind of wood used is perhaps the chief factor determining the value of a bow, and the object of these notes is simply to outline briefly the woods that have been employed and to describe the kind now most commonly used in bow making. A number of our native woods have been tested, but only a few of tbem have been found satis- factory for making only the cheaper grades of bows. Beech, maple, dog- wood, persimmon, holly, yellow poplar and red gum are among those which have been used, but they all lack certain essential characteristics of a good bow wood. Thus far bow makers have not been able to make high- class bows from any of our native woods. Snakewood, satin wood and boxwood from tropical .\merica have been used to a certain extent ; snake- wood makes a fancy bow, but it lacks the qualities of the true Pernambuco, which appears to be the only satisfactory wood for this purpose, and a brief reference to this little-known tree and the wood may prove to be of interest to the general reader. The name Pernambuco i.s a little confusing, because it is applied in the trade to a number of related trees growing in Brazil. Several different woods were originally shipped into Europe under this name long before the trees producing them were described botanically. The first consign- ments were shipped from various parts of Brazil and the wood was desig- nated in the trade as Brazil wood. This word was later corrupted to brasil, brasillete, braslletto, etc., which are names given also to other dye- yielding woods in different parts of tropical America. After the dyewood industry in Brazil had attained considerable com- mercial importance in the early part of the eighteenth century the gov- ernment formed a royal monopoly. The exportation of the wood except on account of the government was strictly prohibited under severe penal- ties. Government agents were instructed to gather all the wood avail- able and bring it to Pernambuco for shipment to Europe. It then came to be called Pernambuco wood, which name was soon corrupted to Fer- We Want to Buy "POPLAR" 1" Firsts and Seconds, Selects and Saps. Any quantity. Can use stock 30 days or longer on sticks J.V.STIMSON&CO. OWENSBORO, KY. You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 40 HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 nambuco. In the tra.lo the wcmI is referred to sometimes also as Para, Bahia, Victoria and Rio wood, wliieh are tlie names of ports from wblcli the wood is occasionally shipped. The experienced liow maker knows the wood as Pernamhuco and he knows Just what he wants. He is exceed- ingly careful in his selection of the logs, and it Is safe to say that on an average a carload of Pernamhuco loss intended for dye making contains only a few articles suitable for the bow makers' use. The logs arc usually from thirty to forty-five inches in length and from Ave to fifteen inches' in diameter; the larger logs are always split into halves or quarters. Nearly all of tliem are faulty, that is, they show knots, serious cross grain, rot or other defects which make them unfit for bows.' The logs must not be less than thirty-six Inches in length, and in thickness from six to eight-inch logs are preferred. The wood of the young trees is said to be more vigorous and "nervous." It is claimed by users of this wood that large logs have not got the qualities of the young and small trees. However, if the grain in the woo4l is reasonably straight and is free from knots or other defects, logs fifteen inches in diameter can be used with satisfaction. The trees attain a diameter of two feet at the base and upward to fifty feet in height. As a rule, the trunks are almost perfectly straight and clear of branches for over three-fourths their total height. It is said to be one of the most beautiful trees in South America. If the bow maker is successful in securing the desired logs he immediately reduces the sticks into what he calls blanks; these are the bows in the rough Jind in this condition he seasons them sometimes for many months. The drier they are the better will be the bow. Every operation from the selection of the wood to the finished bow requires expert knowledge of the wood as well as of the method of handling and working it. Great care is exercised in cutting the log' radially. This is of the greatest importance, and unless this is done the bow will not assume the characteristic curvature, which keeps the hair on the bow always uniformly taut. Special planes, draw knives and other tools are required to work the bow down to its desired dimensions. As a matter of fact, there is no other small article that is made of wood which requires so much time, energy and precision as the first-class violin bow. Australian Spotted Gum Spotted gum (Eucalyptus maculata) is one of the best known and most used of the group of trees known as Australian hardwoods. It is a grayish-yellow timber, with a close grain, which Is sometimes straight but occasionally interlocked, hard, tough and elastic. It is extensively used where resilience and lightness combined with strength are the desiderata, as in coach building and similar industries. Recently it has been much used for cabinet-making purposes, as the color somewhat resembles that of oak. Considerable use is also made of the timber for street paving ; blocks that have been down for many years show no signs of wear. On account of its strength it is much used in the building trade. Spotted gum is now generally employed by boat builders for timbers or ribs of vessels, formerly of ash or elm. When steamed or boiled It readily bends to conform to the shape of the vessel and has very little tendency to split or crack. Strength tests recently made with three pieces of timber each 38 by 3 by 3 Inches showed a mean breaking strain of 7,375 pounds. The weight of a cubic foot of spotted gam Is 55 Mi pounds. Cloth Made of Wood Twine, thread, and cloth have long been manufactured from paper, but something new has been announced in Germany. A summary in the British Board of Trade Journal, April 25, says of this new luvention : There has been much discussion in the German press during recent weeks concerning a wood-pulp fiber named "cellulon," for which large claims are made as an eCBcient substitute for jute, cotton, and other fibers. Swiss spinners and weavers are keenly watching the develop- ments of this textile substitute and already regard it as of considerable Importance. The British consul general at Zurich, who has seen a sample of the cloth made from cellulon, describes it as extremely strong, although It Is made directly from wood pulp. It Is not easy to reconcile the various descriptions of the process of manufacturing cellulon from pulp, and it may be that more than one method is employed. It appears to be certain that the fiber is not made by spinning long strips of paper run off reels through water in the manner which German paper textile substitutes have made familiar. The accounts agree in describing the process, or processes, as a direct manufacture from wood pulp. The British consul general states that the method employed is on the same general lines as artificial silk manufacture ; that Is, by squeezing pulp under high pressure through small holes in plates. He Is familiar with the artificial-silk works at Krefeld and considers that the methods employed there are adaptable to making cellulon. But however cellulon may he manufactured, there is no doubt that It Is being exploited very actively in Germany, especially as a substitute for jute. The Munchener Neueste Nachrichten, which describes the extent of Its adoption In Germany up to last month [March], states that many of the largest Industrial concerns in the cellulose, paper, and textile Indus- tries have already taken out licenses for the working of this invention. Some large factories are already at work exploiting it ; other factories for such exploitation are being buil't or projected. The Cellulon Company has been formed by the existing license. According to the Correspondenz Textllindustrie, the production of cellulon yarn will have to be reserved exclusively for the supply of the army for a considerable time to come, and its appearance on the open market therefore can not be expected for the present. The experiments made so far have shown^ says this technical journal, cellulon to be a thoroughly equivalent substitute for cotton, hemp, jute, and linen. Wood cellulose has thus acquired a new and unexpected Importance In German economic life as a textile raw material. South African Boxwood An article in the July number of the South Africa Journal of Industries, Pretoria, gives figures on the use of South African boxwood, which is probably the tree known to botanists as Oonioma kamassi, and locally as cape boxwood, knysna boxwood, and kamassihout. Following is an extract from the article : The total quantity of boxwood exported during the financial year 1916- 17 was 5,204 cubic feet, and the average net return for these shipments was approximately 41 cents per cubic foot. As opposed to this method of departmental working, 5,000 culnc feet were purchased standing at Fort Grey by a leading timber company at 36 cents per cubic foot, the net return to the Department being 35 cents per cubic foot. The different uses to which this wood is put are as follows : Wood engraving and inlaying in cabinetmaking ; manufacture of croquet mallets and other small turned articles, such as chessmen ; manufacture of rules, measures, etc., including slide rules ; making plumbers' tools and oc- casionally handles for joiners', carpenters', and wood-turners' tools ; manu- facture of shuttles and parts of bobbins for use in textile industry. It is also stated that small quantities have been sold to munition works, where, it is believed, the wood is used in making fuse parts. Owing to the difliculty and uncertainty of obtaining freight and the prohibition of the Importation of boxwood into the I'nitcd Kingdom, the exportation of boxwood abruptly ceased and arrangements were made to dispose of the quantities on hand to local buyers, as far as possible. Statement Regarding Mahogany Prices The following statement comes from a leading manufacturer of mahogany lumber and veneers relative to the price situation on mahogany, and rea- sons for such figures : Below are current prices on mahogany lumber, as follows, viz. : 4/4" Per M ft. Ists & 2nd.s $30n.0O No. 1 common 200.00 No. 2 common 100.00 Moulding .strips, 3"-5"x6' ,& up 200.00 Shorts. 4" & up X 2' to 5' 1^9-5*^ No. 1 wormv 75.00 Short shorts. 2" & up x 1' to 4' 60.00 Thinner and thicker .stock in customary proportions. The compelling economic factors that are present in any manufac- tured line, such as increased cost of labor, domestic freight rates, etc., apply with equal force to mahogany, and in addition thereto are the increased ocean rates wliich represent a goodly proportion of the cost of mahogany. Nevertheless the increase in mahogany prices as con- trasted with pre-war prices is relatively small when compared with other manufactured articles, which in some cases amount to several l^undred per cent. Hardwood News Notes -•< MISCELLANEOUS >= The Atlas Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati, O., has changed its name to The Atlas Lumber Company. Other concerns which have altered their titles ai'e : The Hargrove Moye Lumber Company, Columbia, Miss., now the H. W. Hargrove Lumber Company, and at Toledo, O., the Allen A. Smith Company has succeeded the Goodsell Manu- facturing Company. The Glendale Lumber Company has been incorporated at Glendale, Ky. The Wayne Spoke & Bending Company, Ft. Wayne, Ind., is closing out its business. The Lynch Hardwood Lumber Company has incorporated at Indian- apolis, Ind., with a $25,000 capital stock. The capital stock of the Landau Cabinet Company, St. Louis, Mo., has been increased from $20,000 to $100,000. A voluntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed by the Lee Chair Company, Oneida, N. Y. The Tennessee Saw Mills Company has recently commenced business at Knoxville, Tenn. At Helena, Ark., the Helena Band Mill Company has been incorporated. The capital stock of the Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company, city, has been increased to $100,000. The Belleville Coflin & Casket Company has been incorporated at Belle- ville, 111. -< CHICAGO >• W. O. King & Co., city, have leased their yards and sheds to the Red River Lumber Company. J. J. Fink has withdrawn from the Fink-Heidler Company here. The Haskelite Manufacturing Company, manufacturer of panel stock, has removed its general office from Grand Rapids, Mich., to 133 W. Wash- ington boulevard, Chicago. There have been a number of important meetings in Chicago in the past two weeks which brought many prominent lumbermen to town. These are noted elsewhere in the issue. The January furniture shows also contritiuted their share of visitors. January 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 41 RED GUM y lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN 12M' 8/4 FAS PLAIN 3M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED 15M' 8/4 FAS QUARTERED 8M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED We have the above amounts on hand in dry stock, tnanufactured on our own band mills, and can make PROMPT SHIPMENT MILLER LUMBER CO. MARIANNA. ARK. ir—ii =-< WISCONSIN > TlK- Nortln-ru W""i'"i'i<''''"'<°™''i''''"0™™'''''''''''''''°'"''''"''''''"'' iiniiirriiiiiiir i hit iiiiiniintiininiiinnniinininmiiiai«iiijiiiiiioini iMiimniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiffliiniiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ C. W. Fish Lumber Company. Birnamwood, Elcho and Antlgo added a night shift on January 8, having started with a day force on December 29. The Langlade Lumber Company reopened January 9. The Croclier Chair Company and the Henshaw-Worden Company have been in opera- tion since the early days of the New Year. All companies anticipate a busy season. According to Fred J. Schroeder, secretary and treasurer of the John Schroeder Lumber Company, Milwaukee and Ashland, Wis., the recent influenza epidemic seriously affected logging operations of this and other companies in the North. The epidemic has now run its course and opera- tors are experiencing little or no difficulty. Late last fall, however, the situation was extremely serious, and in several camps it was necessary to establish hospitals with regular staffs of physicians and nurses. The men were given the best of care and in this manner the spread of the disease was checked and finally overcome. While the epidemic raged the amount of logging worlc actually done was almost insignificant in some of the camps. Powell & Mitchell, Escanaba. Mich., whose broom handle plant at SIdnaw was destroyed by fire some time ago, have completed a new factory at Ewen and are now turning out from 18,000 to 20,000 pieces a day. The mill is cutting about 12,000 feet a day for raw material. Thirty-five opera- tives are employed. Additional machinery will be installed to work up Kiull stuff and waste into small hardwood products. A. H. Stange, widely known lumberman of Merrill. Wis., has presented the First Presbyterian church of that city a new church, parsonage and pipe organ. The donation includes a site and the entire investment will amount to about $30,000. William D. Ilarrigan, formerly a prominent lumberman of Ehinelander, Wis., but in more recent years a large timber and mill operator In Alabama, died at Mobile on January 16, aged sixty-two years. He was born in Brown county. Wis., in 1857 and in 1882 engaged In business at Rhine- Jander. He moved to Fulton, Ala., in 1907, and became one of the most extensive lumber operators of the district. He also had extensive interests in the West. For the past year he suffered from heart trouble, which -caused his death. Mrs. Harrigan and three children survive. -< BUFFALO >• One of the events of the month of January is always the Chamber of Commerce election. That body has 4,200 members and it is no easy matter to get on the board, even after once nominated. The election of January 15 was quite as spirited as any previous one, some members calling it the best of the series. The lumbermen were represented on the ticket by James B. Wall, and the way they rallied showed once more how they can work together. Mr. Wall was elected, standing third in number of votes received. A device, suggested by Charles N. Perrin, was a square of resawed basswood lumber, which was worn a la sandwich man, on a ribbon about tlie neck. It assisted much in the canvass. It read in big stencil, ■Put Wall on the Board." They did it. The bondholders of the Steuben Lumber & Furniture Company of Hornell, which went bankrupt sometime ago, have arranged for a pay- ment of eighteen cents on the dollar. This is expected to be all they will receive. The business was sold to the Oriental Furniture Company. About $33,000 worth of bonds are unsatisfied. President Horace F. Taylor of the Buffalo Lumber Exchange and of various other lumber bodies has spent most of his time lately attending meetings of committees of these bodies in Chicago and New York, and now he goes on jury duty for two weeks. He was lately south and finds everybody sure that business will boom lumber before long, though it may be some months hence. The twenty-fifth anniversary convention of the New York Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, held in Buffalo on January 21-23, brought out a large number of people, who assisted in various ways to make it the usual success. The local dealers worked hard to assist in making it pleasant for the visitors, with apparent entire success. The "Prosperity Smoker" of the first evening w^as given by the Niagara Frontier members of the trade. The big banquet of the second evening was, as usual, a leading feature, and after the sessions of the third day were concluded the con- vention took a trip in a body to the mills of the Beaver Board Companies of Thorold, on the Welland canal of Canada, which is connected with Buffalo by trolley. With such men on the program as C. C. Beiihan, national councillor of the D. S. Chamber of Commerce; Sidney Linnekin, specialist of building material, Wellsley Hills, Mass. ; Spencer Kellogg, first presi- dent. Utica ; Gen. L. C. Boyle, counsel, Washington, D. C. ; S. T. Russell, Ilion ; J. S. Williams, West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Seattle, Wash. ; Charles A. Mason. Plattsburg, and man.y others, there was surely a wealth of material for a convention. The address of welcome was given by Arthur W. Kreinhcder, city councilman and a lifelong lumberman. It was followed by the addre.ss of the president, C. C. Harper. :< PITTSBURGH >-= George N. Glass, president of the Keystone Lumber Company, repre- sented the Pittsburgh Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association and also the Pittsburgh Lumbermen's Club In the campaign for the Armenian-Syrian relief fund. AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 25. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 43 UR Wide SKipping Facilities -y Are of Great Benefit ^;^ The manufacture and shipment of lumber are subject to many retarding influences. Frequently, though, trouble in one region will not affect another. Therefore, in building our organization we were mindful of the question of lOO'f service to our customers and carefully selected our manufacturing points so that if there were disturbances at one mill we would be free to handle your orders from others. Our five mills, situated in three principal producing states in the South, are your guarantee of prompt, orderly handling of your business, and their location in the heart of the choicest timber regions is your in- surance of its quality as our unvarying policy is shipments with absolutely no deviation from straight National grades. Clean Dealing Is Our Business Policy "M/6SZ^' Aberdeen Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA FIVE MILLS: Ten Million Feet on Sticks, Oak, Gum, Cypress, Cottonwood, Sycamore, Elm. The Universal Lumber Company is getting some gooa contracts this winter for industrial building. Its connections make it one of the hard competitors to beat in this line and its officials look for a very good spring business. Pittsburgh whole-salers are much pleased to learn that the window glass plants will be run on a two-period operation this year. Wage matters have been adjusted and the chances are that a large amount of chestnut and other hardwoods will be sold to the glass concerns soon. A new concern in Pittsburgh is the George Dubarry Lumber Company, which has been organized with the following incorporators : Elma E. Murphy, Bert L. Murphy and Hugh Murphy, to do a general wholesale business in this city. West Penn Lumber Company, according to Manager E. H. Stoner, finds business in hardwoods pretty quiet this month. The manufacturing and industrial trade is not getting into the market so fast as usual, but Is expected to produce a large amount of business in the early spring. The Ricks-McCreight Lumber Company has added to its force of sales- men W. C. Brown, who has been for several years past with the Monon- gahela Lumber Company of this city. He will work the city trade for this company. The Kendall Lumber Company reports general business very quiet this month. Even the mining trade is not producing as many inquiries and orders as usual, although this is showing more activity than most other industrial lines. The Acorn Lumber Company is looking for quite an uplift in hardwood trade, but reports that it is very hard to make a guess as to just when this will start. The tendency of everything now is to hold purchases down tight until prices readjust themselves more to the liking of the buyer. President J. N. Woollett of the Aberdeen Lumber Company is confident that there will be a good market this year for gum and Cottonwood. In fact, he looks for much more business along this line than last year, as so many manufacturers are low on stocks. Mayor E. V. Babcock. Babeock Lumber Company, was in Harrisburg recently, acting as chief marshal in the big parade at the inauguration of Senator William C. Sprou! as governor of Pennsylvania. A recent fire at Worcester, Mass., destroyed nearly all of the property of the P. W. Wood Lumber Company. The fire occurred at a location adjoining that of the Sawyer Lumber Company and like the two large flres in the latter yard the circumstances point to incendiarism. Wm. A. Gregg of Gregg & Son, Nashua, N. H., was recently killed in an automobile accident while returning with the firm's payroll funds. In addition to serious injury, he was caught In the wreck of the car and his charred body was found after an ensuing fire. In the great Massachusetts chair-town of Gardner, several factories have found it necessary to discharge a considerable portion of the help on account of the small volume of business available. ■< BALTIMORE > =-< BOSTON y The Young Lumber Company of Boston has been incorporated under the style of the Young Lumber Corporation, L. M. Young, president and treas- urer, the other incorporators being M. E. Young and C. R. Mcintosh ; capital. i!;25,000. The only change which was made in the lumber trade here with the beginning of the year, as far as is known, is the disappearance of the name of Amos Bright & Co., wholesale dealers in and exporters of hard- woods, oak staves, walnut logs and other forest products, and the suc- cession to the business of Thos. P. Christopher & Co. The change is one in name merely, Mr. Christopher having controlled the old firm, as he does the new one. He was for years with Amos Bright & Co., and when Mr. Bright, who Is from West Virginia, desired to curtail his activities and concentrate his interests, Mr. Christopher acquired his share. A new bidder for exports is to enter this field in the near future and make Baltimore the center of its activities as far as foreign trade is con- cerned. The newcomer is the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company of Columbus, O., which has just closed a lease with the city for some property at Key Highway and Hughes street in South Baltimore, and intends to establish a yard there. The company, it is said, has been looking for a site in the East on which to locate a depot, and finally decided that Baltimore offered greater advantages than other cities on the Atlantic seaboard. Shipments are to be made from here to other American ports, the local yard becoming in reality a distributing center for the company's products in the East as well as abroad. The lot has connection with all of the railroads and affords facilities for direct shipment by water. The managing committee of the Baltimore Lumber Exchange, at its first monthly meeting held this year on the afternoon of January 6, reelected L. H. Gwaltney secretary and J. H. Manken assistant secretary. Both have held these positions for some years. The committee also discussed various matters of general interest to the lumber trade, but took no formal action. Among the visiting lumbermen here ten days ago were J. Crosby Fort All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 44 HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 Walnut Of Character and Color Manufactured at Kansas City, U. S. A. Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness Thirty-five years' experience IN WALNUT ONLY Prompt Shipment, and Guaranteed Inspection FRANK PURCELL 515 Dwight Building, KANSAS CITY, MO. Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Company INCORPORATED POPLAR 100,000 4/4" Com. 150,000 6/4" Com. 25,000 3" Com. 20,000 3" 2 Com. 200,000 4/4" 2 Com. 100,000 6/4" 2 Com. OAK 10,000 3" 1&2 Plain Red 50,000 2" Com. Plain Red 50,000 6/4" 1&2 Plain White & Red 50,000 4/4" 1&2 Plain White 35,000 4/4" 1x2 Quartered White Oak 75,000 4/4" 2C Plain Red & White ALL BAND— GOOD WIDTHS— DRY KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE BAND MILLS AT VESTAL -KN^^^ig^ FONDE,KY. of Willi:nris, Richards & Co. of Liverpool and M. J. Sapperton of the Liverpool Hardwood Company. Both called on Harve.v M. Dickson, secre- tary of (ho National Lumber Exporters' Association. While they did not speak of the special reason for coming to the United States at this time, it is surmised that tliey desired to see about space on steamers for the ship- ment of lumber. Information has been received of the death in that city of Mrs. Flor- ence Bryan .Simmons of Hagerstown, mother of Roger E. Simmons, one of the five special commissioners who were sent abroad about two years ago by the I'nited States government to .study lumber trade conditions and get information as to the opportunities for an expansion of the markets for American woods. =-< COLUMBUS > The Itnltie Bending Company of Baltic. (_»hio, ha.^ been chartered with a capital of ^1.5,000 to deal in lumber and do woodwork manufacturing. The incorporators are C. Aukerman, J. G. Crill, G. I. Schumaker, A. W. Stantz and Charles B. Klein. M. M. Farber of Ft. Wayne. Ind., who has been with the Dayton branch of the Curtis Sash & Door Company, has accepted a position with Charles T. Abies & Co., Little Rock. The Prospect Lumber Company of Prospect. Ohio, has been incorporated with a capital of .$15,000 by Peter Kuntz, Martin Kuntz, J. A. Payne, G. F. Hill and H. C. Dietenbach. D. J. Peterson of the D. J. Peterson Lumber Company, Toledo, accom- panied by his wife, has left for a long trip in California. The capital of tbe Winn Cypress Company of Dayton has been increased from .$10,000 to $20,000. The Ea.st Ohio Lumber Company of Warren has been chartered with a capital of $100,000 by J. W. Walsh, W. R. Miller, R. M. Smith, C. C. McConnell and Sol Lowendorf. The Ilaines-Walker Lumber Company of Warren has been incorporated with a capital of $50,000 by John F. Haines, Henry G. Welker, C. C. Clawson, William J. Hyde and George Hunting. E. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a better feeling in hardwood circles. Inquiries both from retailers and manu- facturing plants are more numerous. Prices are well maintained in every locality and he expects a better trade when the spring building season opens. =-< EVANSVILLE >-= .John (_'. KelliT, traffic manager of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club, has been notified that the freight rates on shingles from the north Pacific coast to points in the East have been increased eighty cents on the hundred and rates on lumber have increased seventy cents on the hundred. J. C. Greer of the J. C. Greer Lunlber Co. has returned from a trip through the South and reports that he found business conditions coming along all right. Mr. Greer sees nothing of a discouraging nature in the lumber situation at the present time, he says. He does not look for any lowering of lumber prices during the present year. Daniel Wertz of Maley & Wertz reports that the business of his com- pany during the past year ran over the million dollar mark and he looks for the company to do as well, if not better, during the present year. Mr. Wertz is of the opinion that the export lumber liusiness will begin to look up soon. In fact, he has received numerous inquiries from foreign buyers since the ending of the European war. "We expect to see foreign buyers put in their appearance in this city before very long," said Mr. Wertz. William H. McCurdy, head of the Hercules Buggy Company, has been re-elected president of the Morris Plan Bank of this city. Daniel Wertz of Maley & Wertz has been re-elected vice-president and Edward Wemyss of the Wemyss Furniture Company has been re-elected treasurer of the institution. . John C. Keller, traffic manager of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club, has been notified that there is no longer any discrimination in freight ship- ments from and to Evansville. Beds, dressers, chairs and other commodities are now on an equal footing with searchlights, steam shovels, gasoline engines and plows. A shipment of furniture from this city now gets to Chicago as quickly as a carload of coal. Another order from the war trade board permits the shipment of all kinds of commodities to Holland, pro- vided they are consigned care of the Netherlands Overseas Trust and are sent on Dutch vessels. The Netherlands Overseas Trust is a serai-official organization, which hamlles virtually all importations into Holland, guar- anteeing payment and distribution. H. H. Schu, president of the United States Furniture Company and sec- retary and treasurer of the Crescent Furniture Company, both of this city, is expecting a big increase in the foreign business of Evansville manu- facturers during the nest year. He says that in the past local manu- facturers have not gone after this foreign business to, any great extent, but now that the war is over and new conditions have arisen he believes the manufacturers will be more anxious to expand their markets, F. Webster McClure, aged twenty-seven years, manager of the branch of the Simpson Lumber Companj' at Vincenues. Ind.. died of pneumonia at his home in tlmt city a few days ago after a short illness. He was one of the best known lumbermen in that section of the state and widely popular. The Evansville Manufacturers' Association has elected A. V. Burch of AH Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1019 HARDWOOD RECORD 45 the Blount Plow Company president tor the ensuing year. Among the directors chosen are B. F. VonBehren of the VonBehren Manufacturing Company, Daniel Wertz of Maley & Wertz. Eward W. Ploeger of the Globe- Bosse-World Furniture Company and II. C. Kleymeyer of the Sta.ndard Brick Manufacturing Company. John H. Rohsenherger of the Buehner Chair Company and field secretary of the Xational Rivers and Harbors Congress was "elected as the vice-president for the association in the Chamber of Commerce. =-< MEMPHIS >• Endorsement by unanimous vote of the wori; of the farm development bureau of the Chamber of Commerce and appropriation of $500 for Armenian relief were the outstanding features of the regular semi-monthly meeting of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis this afternoon. H. J. M. Jorgensen presided and the usual luncheon was served. The attendance was full. C. J. Haase, chairman of the farm development bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, addressed the club, with particular reference to the bear- ing of the activities of this organization on the growth of Memphis as an industrial center. The burden of his statement was that Memphis would grow industrially and commercially in proportion to the development ot the agricultural "resources of the territory tributary to this city and that lumbermen who were operating saw mills in Memphis would be able to sell their hardwood output for nearer full value to industries in Memphis than to those in other centers. He further declared that lands owned by lum- bermen would appreciate in value as the advancement of scientific farm- ing, under the leadership of the bureau, proceeded, and that they would be the direct beneficiaries of this increase. Col. S. B. Anderson, Walljer L. Wellford. J. H. Uines and A. C. Lange spoke in support of the work of the bureau and on motion the activities of this organization were unanimously indorsed and a committee of five was appointed to help raise funds to carry on its work. The bureau lias already secured $84,000 of the $90,000 required, leaving only $6000 to be secured. The committee is composed of S. B. Anderson, chairman ; J. H. Uines, J. W. McClure, R. H. Darnell and W. L. Crenshaw. The house committee reported that it had employed Miss Corrington as assistant secretary of the club for another year, and that it had rein- stated its employment bureau, which merged its activities last September with the employment service maintained by the government. F. T. Dooley, chairman of the entertainment committee, announced that there would be a dance, under the auspices of the Lumbermen's Club, at the Colonial Country Club the evening of January 31, and that this would be preliminary to another big social function that would be given by this organization February 22. The club practically suspended its social acHv- Ities during the war, but the plans of the entertainment committee are such as to indicate that these will be resumed on a big, it not an unprece- dented, scale. Two new members were elected, L. K. Salsbury, head of the Mississippi Delta Planting Company, which has a big hardwood mill at Scott, Miss., and J. F. Mingea, Tustin Hardwood Lumber Company, Memphis. This brings the membership to 208. Two new applications were reported l)y the membership committee. =■< LOUISVILLE >- At a meeting ot the Louisville Hardwood Club held on Tuesday, January 21, several members reported receipts of very good orders, principally in oak and poplar, and the general trade reports a far better demand and a better outlook than has been experienced since the armistice was signed. All members had secured enough business during the week to make them optimistic and cheerful. An interesting feature of the present demand is in that it is all for immeiliate shipment, and the trade is enabled to tak.' care of immediate shipment due to not being tied up on contracts, and due to good traffic conditions. Xo contract business is being booked at the present time. The Louisville Hardwood Club at a meeting held the previous week went on record as being opposed to government control of railroads, and adopted resolutions similar to those adopted by the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, calling on congress to return the roads to private owners at the earliest possible moment. It is reported that high water in the South is interfering somewhat with production; due to inability to get logs out. However, there has been very little snow or ice south ot the Mason and Dixon line this year, and streams are generally open. The Wood Mosaic Company at New Albany has a very fair log stock on hand, and is getting logs in nicely at the present time. The company is working up a considerable amount ot stuff into fiooring, figuring upon an excellent demand a little later on. The Kentucky Retail Lumber Dealers' Association is scheduled to meet in Louisville on February 11 and 12. Headquarters will be at the Seelbach hotel. About one hundreil or more lumbermen will be present at this meeting, as a number of important matters relative to spring business are to be taken up. It is reported that retail lumber dealers out through the state have been buying very well during the past ten days for immediate delivery to take care of spring business. It is believed that there will be a consider- able volume of small building undertaken in the spring, as high paid LONG-BELL LUMBER BRANDED The Long-Bell Lumber Company, the largest manufacturer of Southern Pine in the United States, announces that hereafter all its lumber and timbers will be branded. All lum- ber will carry the trade-mark, which is mechanically stamped on one end of each piece, and timbers will have the same mark stenciled upon them. That trade-mark — ipnG-ReLL is "The Mark on Quality Lumber." Long-Bell lumber products have long held a well merited reputation for uniform high quality. Since they are now trade-marked, the re- tail lumber dealer who sells these products will get the full benefit of their good reputation. For bigger, better business, place your orders for Long-Bell branded lumber. THE LONG-BELL LUMBER CO. R. A. Long Bldg. Kansas City, Mo. Manufacturer of Southern Pine, Itardwood, oak fiooring, and creosoted posts, poles and wood blocks. AU Three of Us WUl Be Benefifc« if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 46 HARDWOOD RECORD .Tauiiary 2.j. 1919 LIGNUM VITAE BOXWOOD SNAKEWOOD WE HANDLE ALL TROPICAL HARDWOODS EBONY ROSEWOOD COCO BOLO C. H. PEARSON 29 Broadway New York City WE MANUFACTURE bandsawed, plain and quarter sawed WHITE and RED OAK and YELLOW POPLAR We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- ment, Wagon and Vehicle Stock in the rough Your Inquiries Solicited ARUNGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentucky iiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiiiii'iimiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiniiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiililiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiii'l Godfrey Loe Conveyors | Tor tlie Mill Yard, | Handle Your IiOg's Mechanically | FRACTICAI., STTRASIii:, ECONOMICAIi f IVrite far detailed information i John F. Godfrey, Dept. 4, Elkhart, Ind. | Wistar, Underbill & Nixon PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA Manufacturers of CYPRESS and GUM ^IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1IIII'£ i Plain & Qtd. Red & White I I OAK I AND OTHER HARDWOODS = Even Color Soft Texture I MADE (MR) RIGHT OAK FLOORING We have 35,000,000 feet dry stock— all of our own manufacture, from our own tim- ber grown in Eastern Kentucky. PROMPT SHIPMENTS = The MOWBRAY I & ROBINSON CO. I (incorforatbd) = CINCINNATI, OHIO I skilled workmen have been making good money, and are expected to build regardless of possible lower prices. The Louisville Point Lumber Company was recently down for a few days as a result of high water in the Ohio River getting into the boiler room, but the river went down without doing any damage in the valley, due to a cold spell, which held the rise in check. Box factories have been handling an excellent run of business during the past few weeks in connection with the heavy bottling by distillers, who are moving stock out of bond rapidly so that the country can get fairly well stocked up before prohibition becomes effective next July. =-< BEAUMONT >■= The Beaumont Lumber Company held its annual stockholders* meeting oil January 15. with the following results: Ben S. Woodhead, president; W. A. Priddie. active vice-president; Geo. D. Anderson, secretary; Harry C. Weiss, treasurer, together with P. A. Heisig. M. L. Womack, Jr., T. S. Keed, isr., M. Geuiterman and Ed. Paggi forming the board of directors. The regular semi-annual dividend of six per cent was declared. The city of Beaumont is making preparations to plank sufficient water front ro accommodate an additional one million feet of lumber for export purposes. The appropriation of $50,000 by the government to cut away part of harbor island will give vessels loading lumber greater leeway in turning ami loading. \t^u^;^im^;5^.\^;;;:^>^m^ii\yi;:^^^ The Hardwood Market { -< CHICAGO >- Wliile the Chicago market is still slow there seems to be an increasing number of converts among the*buyers with the idea that it is not reason- able to expect a break in hardwood prices. The general tendency is still in that direction, but the impossibility of the market going off becomes more impressive with each gathering of lumbermen who are in position to compare lack of stock statistics and manufacturing cost. There have been quite a few sizable orders placed lately and local hardwood men are for the most part sitting tight and refraining from turning over any large accuimilath'ii at reduced figures. ^■< BUFFALO >-- The members of the hardwood trade do not see much iu sight yet that looks like improvement. Some of them think there is a slight stir, but others deny that there is anything yet but the regular midwinter slack- ness. They are not disturbed, though, for they seldom sell much in either December or January. For all that some of them find their books showing a better movement than took place a year ago. Inventories indicate a good assortment of everything, but the really encouraging thing just now is that so many of the yards are already laying in new stock. In fact about all of them have begun to receive cars that will go into the spring supply and the plan is to get as much as can well be carried, for if the trade does not set in strong soon it is sure to do so after a little. The fact is that nobody is at present able to say just what the business of the country is going to do this year. The belief is general that more building will be done, outside of army camps, than was done last year, for the country needs it more and more every year and there is money to pay for it. Complaint is made that wages and material are too high for much speculative building, but there is so much to be done outside of that class that the trade ought to be busy if the capitalist is not very active. Every city is short of houses and the workingmen can pay the rents required. Dealers who have been taking the remnants of Pacific-coast lumber that were not used up by the aviation factories are pleased to find that they can sell It to manufacturers. The prices are not very high and there is a special inducement to take such lumber and adapt it to the needs of the country as they appear. This lumber is not going to last long and it is of special quality. It will help get the consumer into line for more when it is gone. As to the grade and sort of stock that is to go into stock now dealers pretty nearly agree that it will be of everything that goes to make up an assortment. The low grades are wanted for boxes and crating, tor those Industries are active and the high grades of oak are wanted for special pur- poses. The manufacturers are not well supplied and if they are to do any business this year they must have lumber and they mean to do business. Buffalo did a fair amount of building last year, the aggregate being $7,014,000, as against $10,501,000 in 1017 and $13,127,000 in 1916. This is a falling off, but it is as good a showing as could have been expected. This year there is to be the inspiration of the $8,000,000 in new school building that has Jn.st been adupted by the city council. =-< PITTSBURGH >-= Il.udwood men are taking life easy nowadays. Very little is ■ The hardwood trade in central Ohio territory continues firm in every particular. Buying on the part of retailers is better and factory demand is also holding up well. The tone of the market shows considerable improvement since the holiday period when inventories were made. These Inventories showed that dealers' stocks are not large and that they will t)e compelled to increase them In order to take care of the expected spring trade. Indications point to a rather active building season when the weather opens. Architects and contractors are busy figuring on plans and specifica- tions for business blocks and dwellings. Retail stocks are not large and there is a tendency to increase them. Rural dealers are probably the best customers at this time. Manufacturing plants are buying better as their . reserve stock of hardwoods is not large. Orders are coming mostly from plants making agricultural implements and vehicles. Buying on the part of furniture dealers is expected in the near future. The price list is well maintained all along the line. Few reports of cutting in order to force trade are heard. Dealers realize that lower prices will not stimulate buying to any extent, and the tendency is to maintain present levels. Shipments are coming out well, as there is no congestion or "car shortage reported. The tendency is to increase orders and take a chance. WE WANT YOUR ORDERS" OAK— POPLAR— CHESTNUT Soft Texture Virginia Stock OAK DIMENSION, PINE DIMENSION The Kerns Lumber Co., Roanoke, Va. PALMER & PARKER COMPANY TEAK MAHOGANY ebony ENGLISH OAK UFMFFDC DOMESTIC CIRCASSIAN WALNUT VtlNttKa HARDWOODS 103 Medford Street, Charlestown Dist. BOSTON, MASS. War & Reconstruction 1860-70 And Its Relation to the PEACE PERIOD Write for particulars BROOKMIRE ECONOMIC SERVICE 56 PINE STREET, NEW YORK |iiNiiiiimmiiiiiiiiraimiiiiiiii![iiii[iiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiinimiiiiiMiiii iiiiiNiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiinii m\M I SHOOT IT AT US \ j Your Inquiry for | I 4/4 to 8/4 Plain Red and White Oak. | I -.- .- 4/4 to 12/4 Cypress. | I 4/4 and 5/4 Gum. | 4/4 to 12/4 Ash. I 6/4 to 1 0/4 Hickory. I 6/4 and thicker j Oak and Hickory Dimension Stock | LET us DEMONSTRATE THE I REAL MEANING OF SERVICE m Memphis Hardwood I Flooring Company I All Three of Us WUl Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 48 HARDWOOD RECORD January Jackson & Tindle ELM and BIRCH 4/4 to 12/4 All Grades Well assorted stock 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, & 8/4 No. 3 Hardwood MUls at PELLSTON, MICH. MUNISING, MICH. JACKSONBORO, ONT. Main Office BUFFALO, N. Y. Send your inquiries t* SALES OFFICE: 303-304 Murray Building Grand Rapids, Micli. Here's Something Unusually Caood MAPLE 12/4" 2 & Better 24,000 feet 10/4" 2 & Better 150,000 feet ELM 6/4" 3 & Better 30,000 feet 8/4" 3 & Better 40,000 feet 12/4" 3 & Better 25,000 feet ' BIRCH 4/4" 3 & Better 80,000 feet The above stock is of a fine quality, — the best in the land. We also carry a complete stock of Hemlock of all sizes and lengths up to 20 ft., in good shipping condition. balling Hanson Company GRAYLING. MICHIGAN The Tegge Lumber Coi High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukee,. Wisconsin All Three of Us Will Be Benefited Quartered and plain oak are both Arm. Chestnut is also in good demand and the same is true nt ijiiiilar. OthiT hardwoods are unchanged. =-< EVANSVILLE >-= Trade with the hardwood lumber manufacturers of Evnnsvllle and southwestern Indiana has been rather slow during the past few weeks. In fact trade has been in a chaotic state since the signing of the armistice, and manufacturers are graduall.v feeling their way and hoping for things to get better. Considerable optimism pervades the trade. .\s one large manufacturer stated the other day, all that the manufacturers have to do is "to sit steady in the boat, not attempt to roik it. and have a little patience." The furniture manufacturers of Evansville are doing but little buying at the present time, although many of them report their lumber stocks quite low. These furniture manufacturers, as well as other large buyers of lumber, seem to be imbued with the idea that by waiting they will be able to beat down prices, but in this the lumbermen say they will be mistaken, for in their opinion lumber prices are going to remain firm all of this year and perhaps for several years to come. The demand for quartered white oak, quartered red oak and plain white oak was never better, and there seems to be a scarcity of these grades and the manu- facturers express the belief that these grades will soar in price before the end of the year. Gum has been picking up for the past several weeks after being in little demand tor many months. Manufacturers say there is noth- ing discouraging in the trade outlook and they believei their volume of trade this year will be as large if not larger than last year. They say that as soon as the men who are in the market tor lumber and who have been holding off in the belief that prices are going to drop, find out that they can not get lumber at any lower figure they will start buying. In the opinion of some of the yellow pine dealers and planing mill owners there will not be much doing in their line until the Fifth Liberty Loan campaign in April is over. In the opinion of some of the building material men there will be no great boom in building this year, but there will be quite a number of residences constructeil during the year. The building material men say that many people who want to build are holding off because of the prevailing prices on lumber and other materials. Sash and door men are looking for a reasonably good season. Veneer manufacturers report a steady business with every indication that it will continue brisk all year. -< MEMPHIS > Consumers and distributors of hardwoods are facing rather serious conditions so far as the southern hardwood field is concerned, as is evi- denced by the followUng tacts gathered through conference with a num- ber of hardwood lumber manufacturers here : First : Demand is beginning to increase and some pretty sizable orders are already reaching this market. Within the past few days one firm has booked an order for 1,000,000 feet of plain oak from furniture Inter- ests and others have received orders in striking contrast, so far as their size is concerned, with those reaching Memphis lumber manufacturers dur- ing the past several months. Second : There are so many inquiries in circulation that they have led to the belief that consuming and distributing Interests are on the eve of entering the market in a large way. It Is suggested that these Inquiries may not Immediately develop Into actual orders, but it is regarded as .•ertain that their presence indicates a large demand looming up not very far ahead. These inquiries are coming from both domestic and foreign sources, and they have created a spirit of optimism among lumber inter- ests that has been lacking for some time. Third : Stocks of southern hardwoods on January 1 were admittedly only ninety per cent of the average for this date, despite the fact that there was some increase therein during the last two or three months of 1917. Fourth : Production Is on a very limited scale for the reason that there are so few logs available for the mills. Far more than 50 per cent of the large mills In Memphis are closed down now and it is questionable when they will be able to resume. Some of them may be able to pick up enough timber to enable them to resume sooner than others, but It is pointed out that because of the log scarcity and because of the impossibility of getting out logs for the next few weeks, It will be around the first of April before these plants will be turning out anything like normal quantities of lumber. The quantity of logs in sight is less than twenty per cent of what it was last year at this time, and the rate at which logs are coming out now is almost nothing as compared with 5.000,000 feet monthly a year ago. The woods are too wet for successful logging just now. Fifth : It will take anywhere from two to six months to air-dry this lumber after it has bei^n produced. This means that the below-normal stocks with which the year opened must last until well into summer before they are substantially replenished. Sixth : Prices are already showing some tendency toward advance, and this tendency Is expected to become more pronounced as the year proceeds. There has been virtually no decrease in the cost of hardwood lumber pro- duction, and it is the consensus of opinion .among hardwood Interests here that any man who sells lumber below ruling prices In the expectation of being able to replace it at a profit is going to reckon without his host and Is going to lose a "pretty penny." Indeed, it is quite generally agrefed that the smallness of production and the lightness of stocks, combined with if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD January HARDWOOD RECORD 49 the large demand which must be taken care of mainly through the stocks now on hand, will eventuate in materially higher prices before the year becomes much older. The foregoing applies altogether to the domestic situation. But there Is an increasing demand from Europe, and one of the big manufacturers said in regard to this : ■•I do not take much stock In the talk uf a big demand from Europe for the purpose of rehabilitating the devastated portions of France and Belgium. But 1 do attach vast importance to the talk of importing large quantities of hardwood lumber from .\merica on the part of England. Belgium and France for the purpose of rehabilitating the imlustries which were put out of commission to a very large extent through the war. The British government is maintaining timber control at the present time, but I do not anticipate that this will last very long, for the reason that the controller cannot handle the probbMU of securing the specml kinds of stock which these industries need. I have seen a furniture factory tied up because it did not have the special kind of timber required for table legs 1 have seen a wagon factory stopped because it could not ship wagons that were complete in every other respect except the poles which had to be made out of a special kind of timber. Some of the big indus- tries in England require as much as 25.000.000 feet of hardwood lumber in different stages of drying or manufacture and the government cannot look after all this. These industries are too Important a part of the indus- trial and commercial life of England, Belgium and France to be allowed to stop or remain closed flown because of lack of raw materials. I look for a big foreign demand tor hardwooil liimlier from .\merica, and I lielievc^ that this, coming on top of the indicated big requirements in America, will materially strengthen the market and play a big part in bringing about higher prices." =-< LOUISVILLE y- There has lieen a general improvement in the hardwood market during the past ten days with inquiries coming in extremely well, and a very fair volume of new business being placed on immediate shipment busi- ness. The inquiries from the furniture trade are especially heavy, while all lines are showing some improvement, and local demand is better than it has been for any period in the past six months. Some very good orders have been reported by leading local houses during the past few days, one house having received a contract for immediate shipment of one million feet of 4/4 common plain oak, another for 100,000 feet of 6/4 common and cull poplar, and a third for 100,000 feet of thick poplar, consisting of 2Vi-inch and up, the latter for export. Export business is not picking up rapidly, due to prohibitive ocean rates and shortage of bottoms. How- ever, it is believed that some of the eastern jobbers are beginning to place orders in order to get stocks ready to take care of export demand. Prices as a whole are very fair, and the trade is well satisfied in this respect. Flooring is showing some little improvement, and there is a lietter outlook for interior trim opening again. =< BEAUMONT >= Hardwood men are more pleased over the outlook than they have been since the early fall and expect a gradual improvement in the demand as the factories turn back to peace work. The demand for gum has already become very evident, while oak is a close second. Inquiries, however, are coming In for all kinds and grades, many of the consumers merely writing that they expect to be using the normal amount of material shortly and to send along stock sheets. Inquiries for foreign accounts continue to come in, and the gradual release of bottoms by the government is expected to make it possible to take advantage of this demand. Mill men are taking more consolation in the labor situation than any- thing else, for it indicates that they will soon be in position to take care of the business offered. The improvement is from an efficiency standpoint, and is largely due to men returning from factories and plants engaged In war work, which have closed down or diminished their activity. A little relief is being experienced from men returning from the army, the easy positions and high wages of a few weeks ago not being open to them they are asking for their old Jobs back and receiving them. =-< MILWAUKEE >- In the opinion of well-informed hardwood men, the coming season is hound to be an active one, and at this time the producers of the North are bending every effort to reach a maximum output, limited only by the log supply and by conditions that the future may develop in view of the tact that this is the period of reconstruction, or, rather, readjustment. There has been a hesitancy on the part of some buyers to make purchases In the usual volume, in the hope that buying may be done more advan- tageously later in case a declining market develops. However, it becomes more and more ajiparent that it is almost unreasonable to expect prices to soften materially since the cost of production at this time is the highest ever known and is above the level of the war time period. Logging costs are far beyond the highest point ever known, and manufacturing costs likewise are abnonnally high because of the greatly increased cost of labor and other factors entering into the situation. The demand for hardwoods among industries Is increasing, but is not yet in full swing. This is not considered unusual or unfavorable, as the season is young. The inquiries that are being put out, however, indicate that large requirements are in prospect. The movement of logs from the camps to mills of the North is rapidly reaching normal, and mill operations in many sections are being increased to a maximum as the result. WHEELER-TlMLIN I UMBER fOMPANY MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWOOD - HEMLOCK - PINE wausau, wis. Shawano County Hard Maple Is Our Specialty Complete Stock of Northern Hardwoods SOFT ELM 2 cars 6/4' ls-2s, 60% 14 & BASSWOOD 16' 2 cars S/4 ' No. 1 Common WAUSAU, WISCONSIN GILL- ANDREWS LUMBER CO. SERVICE FIRE INSURANCE SERVICE AND PROTECTION Davis Service was organized to furnish to lumbermen in every branch of the trade com- plete and immediate protection for buildings, equipment and stocks. No matter how many yards and plants you have, nor where they are located, we can cover you. The value of Davis Service consists in the fact that your insurance is placed at one time on all your risks, through one office, which acts as your fire insurance clearing house and insures full coverage everywhere all th« time. Let our Engineering Department show you how to reduce the cost of your lire insurance. Full Coverage, Correct Forms, Lowest Rates A. J. DAVIS & CO. Specialists in Lumber Fire Insarmnce Insurance Exchange, Chicago All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 50 HARDWOOD RECORD January 1919 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Advertisements will be inserted In this sec- tion at tbe following rates: For one Insertion 25c a line For two insertions 40c a line For three insertions 55c a line Fop four insertions 65c a line Eight words of ordinary length make one line. Heading counts as two lines. No display except the headings can be ad- mitted. Remittances to accompany the order. No extra cltarues for copies of paper containing the advertisement. j Ll'MBER WANTED^ | MANUFACTURERS TAKE NOTICE We are always in the market for hard- woods and white pine. Please mail us your price and stock lists. R. H. CATLIN CO., Equitable Building, WILMINGTON, DEL. LUMBER WANTED THE DAILY BULLETINS of the Lumbermen's Bureau, 809 Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C, contain rush inquiries for all character of lum- ber from responsible commercial buyers ; also, from government department?. Write for free sample bulletins. WANTED TO BXJY Two or three million feet of BlacU Walnut logs and timber to manufacture gunstocks for the government. .Vlso oak and other hardwood. .1. W. FRYE LUMBER CO.. Da.vton. O. WANTED FOR CASH 20 cars Rock Elm, F.\S & iNo. 1 Com. We watt this for green shipment during the winter. JOHN I. SIIAFER HARDWOOD CO., South Bend, Indiana. WANTED ALL GRADES Chestnut lumlior t.> sell. Address. "BOX 123." care H.\i:dwO(:»d Recoicd. WOULD LIKE TO CONTRACT For the output of a band mill cutting Poplnr and Oak largely, but would buy other woods also. Would have an inspector locate at the mill and receive the lumber before being put into piles or would pay on estimate. Will pay cash. Would be glad to have full particulars of your proposi- tion. Address, McLEAN MAHOGANY & CEDAR CO.. Buffalo. N. Y. WANTED TO BUY No. 1 Hard Maple and Hickory Cordwood F. O. B. Chicago. COVEY-DURHAM COAL CO., 431 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago. MEMPHIS WHOLESALER wants to buy for cash, log run Tupelo, Cotton- wood, Gum, Cypress, Oak. Will inspect at mill. Would consider financing mill cut, or contract block of lumber and pay cash, green on sticks. Address, "WHOLESALER," Box 205, Memphis, Tenn. LUMBER FOR SALE FOR SALE— BASSWOOD 5/4 & 6/4 No. 1 common. Can dress and resaw. If desired. WALTER C. MANSFIELD, Menom- inee. Mich. BIRCH LUMBER When you are buying BIRCH ^ consult us. We have it JONES HARDWOOD COMPANY 10 High Street BOSTON, MASS. FREE SERVICE FOR BUYERS Our D.aily Bulletins containing inquiries from Buyers, are sent to five hundred responsible saw- mills and wholesalers. They make their best competitive quotations direct to the buyer, by mail or telegraph. Send us your inquiries. The service is free to buyers. Daily BuIleUns, S09 Munsey Building, Washington, D. C. ALFRED P. BUCKLEY Lumber Commission 932 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Will cut to order 8 to 10 cars Locust in the log in New Jersey. Also Poplar and Sweet Gum in the log in sizes and lengths desired. WE WANT TO CONTRACT Our output of oak veneer sawdust to be shipped in carlots at the rate of about 75 to 100 tons per month. FLOYD COUNTY VENEER :miLLS, New Albany, lud. FOR SALE— SEVERAL CARS 4/4 and S/4 No. 3 common & better Soft Elm. The.se cars will be shipped from different points in Michigan and will contain 507d 4/4 and 50% 8/4. Address, "BOX 16," care Hardwood Rec- ord. DIMENSION STOCK FOR SALE~] ORDERS WANTED FROM Manufacturers. Have two mills specializing on dimension stock of Oak and Hickory, such as Poles, Axles, Reaches and all smaller stock. Capacity 10 to 15 cars per month. Ready to contract for 1919. Begin shipments February 1. .ilso rim strips and billets. RED OAK COMPANY. Vicksburg, Miss. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING Clear Ash for prompt shipment : 3935 Pes. 2x2-19". 849 Pes. 2%x2y2-19". THE PROBST LUMBER CO., Cincinnati, O. I DIMENSION STOCK WANTED WANTED HICKORY RIM STRIPS 10 cars 11/4x1% and l%xiy2, 6 & 7 ft. long. Clear stock for bending. Prompt cash. Write for prices to J. H. WILDER, Aurora, Indiana. WE ARE IN THE MARKET For some dimension stock — either red or white Oak, cut as follows : 5/4x2x42" long — what is commonly called "back post stock" in the chair factories. We are also in the market for Red Gum dimension stock such as is used in a chair fac- tory. Quote us your prices. Can use ten carloads of the oak and from 15 to 20 cars of the gum. S. KARPEN & BROS 636-078 W. 22nd St., Chicago, 111 WANTED— 10 CARS HICKORY SPOKE Billets or Hickory Squares l^xlVi to li/.xiy„, 24" long. Can use Hickory Treenails 24, 36 and 42" long; 42" to count as 2. Prompt cash. Write for prices. J. H. WILDER, Aurora, Indiana. VEINEERS FOR SALE OHIO VENEER COMPANY Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE TIMBER WANTED ] WANTED 200,000,000 FEET Maple, Birch, Beech, Elm on stump. Principals only. .Vddress, "BOX 12," care Hardwood Record. lOGS WANTED WANTED— BLACK WALNUT LOGS 500 cars good black walnut logs, 12" and up in diameter, 6 ft. and up long. Will inspect at shipping point and pay cash. GEO- W. HARTZELL, Plqua, Ohio. [RAILWAY EQUIPMENT FOR SALE| LOCOMOTIVE FOR SALE A 22-ton Class A, 36" gage. Climax locomotive, with Radley Hunter stack, in perfect working order. Bought new 1916, used eighteen months. Also eighteen skeleton logging cars, 36" gage, in perfect condition, .?250.00. each, f. o. b. Redwlne, Ky. LENOX SAW MILL CO., Lenox, Ky. [ MACHINERY FOR SAlF FOR SALE Electric power plant, now on skids at Redwlne, Kentucky, can ship quick. Recently overhauled and is in perfect working order. Price, $6,750, f. o. b. cars Redwine, Ky., sight draft and B/L attached. Can be inspected any time. 1 General Electric Curtis Turbo Unit, consist- ing of : Generator: 1-750 K. W. General Electric ver- tical, 3 phase, 60 cycle, 2300 or 440 volts, 1800 R. P. M. Turbine : 750 K. W. condensing (550) K. W. non-cundensing Curtis vertical, 1800 R. P. M. 150 lbs. steam pressure at throttle, 28" vacuum. Above complete with all piping equipment. No condenser equipment. LENOX SAW MILL CO., Lenox, Ky. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 1 COMPLETE PORTABLE SAWMILL Outfit consisting of ; 1 32 h. p. compound Pt. Huron Traction Engine 1 complete sawmill ; 1 edger 1 trimmer ; 1 slab saw 1 COMPLETE SAWMILL OUTFIT Consisting of : 1 Russell 30 h. p. Traction Engine 1 second-hand sawmill, complete 1 cut-off saw 1 stationary boiler, 50x14 ft. 1 Sinker-Davis 40 h. p. engine 1 Grimm 5-ton motor truck THE ELKHART HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Elkhart, Ind. January 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 51 FOR SALE 1 ice plow 100 bark spuds 1000# E. E. track bolts 5 60# E. E. frogs 2 complete blacksmith shop outfits 15 lumber buggies 600# % & ^~s bolts and burrs 200# horse shoes 150# horse shoe caulks 30# corner bind hooks 175# 4y2Xl" rivets 3 anvils At Gurney, Wis. UPHAM & WALSH, Throop & 22nd Streets, Chicago, 111. EMPLOYES WANTED FOREMAN WANTED To operate mill cutting oak dimension employing about twenty men. Address. P. S. MACE COMPANY, Terre Haute, Indiana. WANTED— AN EXPERIENCED Sawmill stenographer and assistant bookkeeper. State age, experience, references and salary in strict confidence. Do not apply unless you are ambitious, have ability, and looking tor a perma- nent positiou. Mill at Lenox, Morgan County, Ky. LE.XOX SAW MILL CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. " WANTED LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER Que Avho understands geared engines and has worked in mountain logging ; wages D5c per hour, steady work aud overtime. KENTUCKY LUMBER CO., Williamsburg, Ky. EMPLOYMENT WANTED SITUATION WANTED AS Sales ^Manager, Salesman or Office Manager by married man 33 years old ; 10 years all around experience in hardwood lumber including 4 year.s at southern mills. Qualified by actual experi- ence to fill positions mentioned. Best of ref- erences. Address, "BOX IS," care Hardwood Uecord. MISCELLANEOUS EDWARD F. HENSON & CO. The firm of Edward P. Henson & Co., com- posed of Edward F. Henson and Clayton W. Nichols, dissolved on September 10, 1918, by mutual agreement. Edward F. Henson has since, and will con- tinue, to conduct the business, trading as Edward F. Henson & Co. Loose Leaf Tally Books TALLY SHEETS With WATERPROOF LINES Sample Sheets, Price List atii (Catalog of Other Supplies Will Be Sent on Request FRANK R. BUCK & CO. 2133 Kenilworth Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. HARDWOODS FOR SALE ASH NO. 1 & NO. 2 C. 4/4". std. wdth.s., vr. drv. ABERDEEN LUMBER COMPANY, Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 1 C, white, fi/4", irood wdths.. 50% 14- 16'. 2 yrs. drv. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO.. Buffalo. N. T, NO. 1 C, white, C/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., vr. dry. BUFFALO H.\UDWOOD LUMBER COMPANY, Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 3 C. & BTR., brown, 4/4 & 5/4", re.g. wdth. & Igth.. n mos. drv. E.\ST JORDAN LUMBER COMP.ANY, East Jordan, Mich. FAS, white, 4/4"; yr. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC.. Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, % & %". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 6 mos dry: FAS, ?s". 1"" & up. reg. Igths., 6 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. "Wayne, Ind. NO. 1 & BTR., black, 6/4 & S/4". good wdths., reg. Igths., dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO., Boston, Mass. COM. & BTR., 4/4-8/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 2 & 3, 4/4". 4" & up. 10-16'. 8 mos. drv. P. J. LAWTRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis. Mn. NO. 1 C, 4/4. 6/4 & 8/4". LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER COMP.\NT, Indianapolis, Ind. NO. 1 & NO. 3 C, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dry; NO. 2 C, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. 6 to S mos. drv. NORTH VERNON LUMBER COMPANY, North Vernon. Ind. NO. 1 C. & BTR.. 4/4 & 8/4". PENROD- JURDEN COMPANY, Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR.. 12/4". reg. wdth. & igths., green to 6 mos. old. SWAIN-ROACH DUM- BER COMPANY, Seymour, Ind. FAS & NO. 1 C, 8/4". JAMES E. STARK & CO.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 2 C, 4/4 & in/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. S mos. dry. J. v. STIMSON HARDWOOD COM- PANY', Helena, Ark. FAS & SEL., white. 4/4 to 16/4"; NO. 1 C. & NO. 2 C, 4/4 to 12/4"; NO. 1 C. white. 8/4", hone dry; FAS & SEL., white. 5/4", all S & 10', bone drv; ONE FACE CLR. SHORTS 8/4", 10/4 & 12/4", 3" & up, bone drv; SD. WORMY, 5/4", bone dry. THOMPSON-KATZ LUMBER COMPANY. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 & BTR.. 5/4". 6" & wdr., 8' & Igr., 18 mos. rtrv; No. 2 & Btr., 8/4". reg. width & Igth.. yr. dry. WHEKLER-TIMLIN LUMBER COMPANY. Wausau, Wis. BASSWOOD NO. 1 C, 5/4", good wdths.. 50% 4-16', 2 yrs. drv. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 2 C. & BTR. 4/4 & 10/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 8 mos dry. EAST JORDAN LUMBER COMPANY, East Jordan, Mich. COM. & BTR., white, 5/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. 4 raos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO.. Ft. Wayne. Ind. No. 2 & BTR., 5/4 & 10/4" gd. widths, & Igths., dry. JONES HARDWOOD COMPANY, Boston. Mass. NO. 2 0. & BTR., 4/4", full product: NO. 1 C, 5/4". all sap; No. 1 C, 5/4"; No. 2 C, 6/4". BOX & CRATING NO. 3, 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4". MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER COMPANY, Rhinelander, Wis. NO. 2 C. & NO. 2 C. & BTR., S/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. yr. dry; NO. 3 C, S/4". reg. wdth & Igth.. yr. dry. WHEELER-TIMLIN LUMBER COMPANY, Wausau, Wis. ALL grades 4/4"; NO. 2 0. & BTR., 12/4", gd. wdths. & Igths., dr.v. WILLSON BROTH- •ERS LUMBER COMPANY. Pittsburgh, Pa. BEECH LOG RUN, 6/4, 10/4" CO.. Memphis. Tenn. WELSH LUMBER BIRCH NO. 1 C. & BTR., sap. 4/4". good wdths.. ^0% 14-16'. 2 vrs. dry. .-VTL.ANTIC LUMBER CO.. Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 2. C. & BTR.. 5/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 10 mos dry, full log run; NO. 3 C, 4/4 & 5/4", reg. wdth & Igth., 10 mos drv. EAST JORDAN DUMBER COMPANY, East Jordan, Mich. NO. 1 C, 10/4". vr. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 3/4 to 10/4; FAS, 10/4", 12 & wdr.; FAS, 12/4 & 16/4"; NO. 1 C. 4/4 to 6/4"; NO. 2 C, 5/4 & 6/4". THEODORE FATHAUER COMPANY, Chicago, 111. NO. 1 & BTR., unsel., red all in, 4/4 to 16/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., drv. JONES HARDWOOD COMPANY, Boston, Mass. FAS 4/4 to S/4"; FAS & NO. 1, sel. red, 4/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4"; NO. 3 CRAT- ING, 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4. MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER COMPANY, Rhinelander, Wis. NO. 2 & BTR.. 4/4". gd. wdth. & Igth.. dry. WILLSON BROTHERS LUMBER CO., Pitts- burgh, Pa. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4—16/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth.. 2 vr. dry. YEAGER LUMBER COM- PANY, Buffalo, N. Y. BUTTERNUT COM. <£. BTR.. 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth. 10 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO.. Ft. Wayne, Ind. CHERRY NO. 1 C, 4/4-S/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., 1-2 vrs. dry. BLAKESLEE. PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 1 C, 4/4", IS mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 4/4", 8" & up. 8' & up. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. CHESTNUT FAS, 4/4". good wdths.. 50% 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. .\TLANTIC LUJIBER CO.. Buffalo. N. Y. FAS, 4/4", reg. wdth. .% Igth.. yr. dry. BUF- FALO HARDW^OOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 to S/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., 2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. COTTONWOOD NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, 8/4", std. wdth. & Igth.. yr. dry. ABERDEEN LUMBER CO.. Pitts- burgh. Pa. NO. 1 & PANEL. 4/4". 18' & up. ANDER- SON-TULLY CO., Memphis. Tenn. • NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, 4/4 to 6/4", 4" & up, 10 to 16', 8 raos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE DUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. FAS, 12/4". JAMES E. STARK & CO., Memphis, Tenn. CYPRESS NO. 1 SHOP, 5/4", std. wdth & Igth., yr. dry. ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. FAS, S/4"; SEL.. 4/4, 5/4. 6/4 & .S'4"; SHOP & BTR., 10/4 & 12/4"; NO. 1 SHOP, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4. 8/4 & 12/4"; PECKV, 4/4. 5/4. 6/4 & S/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO.. Memphis. Tenn. SEL., 8/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., yr. dry. BUF- FALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. COM. 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 4 mos. dry; FAS, SEL., and NO. 1 SHOP, all 4/4, 6/4, 6/4 & S/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. drv. straight or mixed cars. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. SHOP & BTR,, 3/4 to S/4". KR.A.ETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 4/4", 6/4", 10/4 & 12/4"; SEL., 4/4, 6/4 &10/4"; SHOP, 4/4", 6/4. S/4 & 10/4"; COM., 4/4. 6/4 & 8/4". NICKEY BROTHERS, INC.. IMemphis, Tenn. FAS & NO. 1 SHOP, 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., vr. drv; FAS, 8/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., yr. dry. NORTH VERNON LUMBER CO., North Ver- non, Ind. AU Three of Us WiU Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 52 HARDWOOD RECORD January 25, 1919 HARDWOODS FOR SALE FAS, SEL. & SHOP, 4/4", res. wdth. & Igth. Rl"SSE & BfRGESS. INC., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C, S/4"; SEL., NO. 1 SHOP & NO. 2 C, 4/4 to .S/4". JAMES E. STARK & CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. 6 mos. dry, old rules. WISCONSIN LUMBER CO., Chicago, 111. NO. 1 SHOP & BTR., 4/4-16/4". reg. wdths.. std. Igths.. 1-2 vrs. dry. TEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. T. ELM-^OFT LOG RUN 6/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville, Ark. LOG RUN, 5/4. 6/4. 10/4 & 12/4". BELL- GRADE I.TMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4 to 16/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. 9 mos. dry; NO. 3 C, 6/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 10 mos. dry. EAST JORDAN LUMBER CO.. East Jordan, Mich. LOG RUN, 4/4 to 12/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. LOG RUN, 4/4 & fi/4". 4" & up, 10-16'. 6 mos. dry. P. J. LA'WTIENCB LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. NO. 3 CRATING, 4/4 & 6/4. MASON-DON- ALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. NO. 1 0. & BTR., 8/4 &12/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. green to 6 mos. drv. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO.. Seymour, Ind. LOG RUN, 16/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 5 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO., Helena, Ark. No. 2 & BTR., 8/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., 18 mos. dry. WHEELER -TIMLIN LUMBER CO., Wausau, Wis. ELM— ROCK NO. 2 & BTR., S/4". MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO.. Rhinelander, Wis. GUM— SAP FAS, NO. 1 C, N. 2 C, 4/4" & 5"4", all std. Igths.. S mos. dry. ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. FAS, 4/4. 5/4. 6/4". ANDERSON-TULLT CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4-S 4": NO. 1 C. & BTR., Qtd.. 6/4 .t S/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO., Memphis. TenVi. FAS, 4/4": NO. 1 C, 4/4": NO. 1 <£. 2 C, 6/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Blissville, Ark. ALL grades 4/4. 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. BOX BDS., 4/4", 9 to 12 & 13 to 17", 12 to 16', 10 mos. dry. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. LOG RUN 4/4-6/4". KRAETZBR-CURBD LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C, Sg". NICKEY BROTHERS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. GUM-^PLAIN RED FAS & NO. 1 C, 4/4 & 5/4". S mos. drv. ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. FAS, NO. 1 C, 4/4. 5/4, 6/4". ANDERSON- TULLY CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4-8/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4-. BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville, Ark. ALL grades 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 .S: 8/4"- 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. NO. 1 C, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. 10 mos. dry. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. ( COM. & BTR., 4/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 4/4", 6" & up, 10 to 16', 6 mos. dry; NO. 1 & NO. 2 C^ 4/4 to 6/4", 4" & up, 10 to 16', 6 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. FAS, % ,& 4/4, reg. wdth. & Igth.; NO. 1 C, •1/4, 5/4 & 6/4. reg. wdths. & Igths. RUSSE & BURGESS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. FAS & NO. 1 C, 4/4", 6 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO., Helena, Ark. GUM— QUARTERED RED NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-12/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR., 8/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 1 yr. dry. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. COM. & BTR., 4/4-12/4". KRABTZHR- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR., i 4". ran. w.itli. &lgth., S-12 mos. dry, sliced bds.. highly figured. LOUIS- VILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville. Ky. COM. & BTR., 6/4": NO. 1 C, 5/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., in mos. drv. J. V. STIMSON HARD- WOOD COMPANY. Helena. Ark. GUM— TUPELO ALL grades, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 4". 6" & up, 10-16', S mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. ALL grades, 4/4. 5/4. 6/4 & S/4". 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis, Mo. HACKBERRY LOG RUN, 4/4", reg. wdtlis. & Igths.. 6 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO., Hel- ena, Ark. HICKORY / COM. & BTR., 6/4". LONG-K^^GHT LUM- BER CO., Indianapolis, Ind. LOG RUN, S/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., green to 6 mos. dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO., Seymour, Ind. MAHOGANY FAS, NO. 1 C, SHORTS, WORMY, V.,-16/4". pl. & flg., Mex. & African. HUDDLESTON- MARSH MAHOGANY CO.. Chicago, 111. MAPLE— HARD NO. 1 C, 10/4", good wdths., 50% 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 1 C, & BTR., 4/4 & 5/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., sap two sides, 8 mos. drv. BL.\KESLEE. PERRIN & DARLING. Buffalo. N. Y. FAS, S/4", reg. wdth., gd. Igths., S mos. drv; NO. 1 C. TO/4", reg. wdth., gd. Igth., 6 mos. dry. BUFF.^LO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 to 16/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. S mos. dry. EAST JORDAN LUMBER CO.. East Jordan, Mich. FAS, 12/4". 12" & up-, yr. dry. G. ELI.\S & BRO., INC., Buffalo, N. Y. LOG RUN, 10/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 8 mos. dry. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO., ^lemphis, Tenn. NO. 1 & BTR.. 5/4 & 10/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO., Boston, Mass. FAS, 4/4": NO. 1 C. & BTR.. 10/4 & 12/4": NO. 2 C. & BTR., 5/4. 6/4 .t- S/4": NO. 3 CRATING, 4/4. 5/4". MASON-DONALDSON LUJIP.ER CO.. Rhinelander. Wis. LOG RUN, 12/4". PENROD-JURDEN CO., Memphis, Tenn. LOG RUN, 12/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 3 to 8 mos. dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO., Seymour. Ind. LOG RUN, S/4". WELSH LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. ALL grades, 4/4 to S/4". gd. wdths. & Igths., dry. WILLSON BROTHERS LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 to 16/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., yr. to 2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUM- BER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. MAPLE— SOFT LOG RUN, 4/4 to 8/4". 4" & up, 10 to 16", 6 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. No. 1 C, 4/4"; No. 1 C. & BTR., 5/4": No. 2 C, & BTR., 5/4 & S/4". M.\SON-DONALD- SON LUJIBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. LOG RUN, 10/4", reg. wdth. & Igths., 3 to 8 mos. dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO., Seymour. Ind. NO. 2 & BTR., 8/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., yr. dry. WHEELER -TIMLIN LUMBER CO., Wausau, Wis. OAK— PLAIN RED FAS, 4/4, S/4 & 10/4": NO, 1 C, 4/4, S/4 & 10/4"; NO. 2 & 3 C„ 4/4", all std. wdths., yr. dry. ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 3/4, 4/4 & 6/4". BELL- GR.4DE LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 10/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., dry, BLAKES- LEE, PERRIN & DARLING. Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 4/4", gd. wdths., 59% 14 & 16', 2 yrs. dry. ATL./VNTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 5/4, 11" & up, 10' & up, 1 yr. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. LOG RUN, 4/4 to S/4". KRAETZER-CI'RED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS & NO. 1 C, 6/4". NICKEY BROTH- ERS. INC., Memphis. Tenn. FAS, %", % & 4 4": NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, %" % & 4/4". all reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 to 8 mos. dry. NORTH VERNON LUMBER CO., North Vernon, Ind. COM. & BTR., 6'4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 8 mos. drv; COM. & BTR., 10/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., yr. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO., Helena, Ark. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4". reg. wdths., std. Igths.. 1-2 yrs. dry. Y^EAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. OAK— QUARTERED RED FAS, 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Bliss- ville, Ark. OAK— PLAIN WHITE NO. 2 C. cS. BTR., 4/4 & 6/4. BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4-. reg. wdth. & l«th., 1-2 yrs. dry. BLAKESLEH, PBRRIN & DARLING, Buffalo. N. T. NO. 1 C. & 2 C, 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville, Ark. FAS, 10/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 1 vr. drv. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo, N. Y. NO. 1 C, S/4", yr. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo, N. Y. LOG RUN, 4/4 to S/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1, NO, 2 & NO. 3 C, 4/4"; FAS & NO. 1 C, 6/4". NICKEY BROTHERS, INC., Mem- phis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 to 16/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., 1 to 2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. OAK— QUARTERED WHITE NO. 1 C. 4/4" & up. BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Blissville, Ark. FAS, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., yr. dry. BUF- FALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS. % & %". 6" & up, 8' & up, 8 mos. dry; FAS, 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 4 mos. and over dry: STRIPS, 4/4". 2^-5%, reg. Igths., 6 mos. dry; BCKG. BDS., %. 5/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 6-12 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. FAS, 4/4", 8" inH. Ind. ANY thickness. LOUIS\aLLB VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. SWD., white, all thicknesses. NICKKT BROTHERS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. _ POPLAR %-ft up to 22' long. HOFFMAN BROS CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. WALNUT ANY thickness, sawed or sliced. THE DEAN-SPICKER CO., Chicago, III. ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. SL. & RTRY. CUT. HUDDLESTON- MARSH MAHOGANY CO., Chicago, III. ANYTHING In walnut, veneers, pi. & flg., rty. and sliced. PICKREL WALNUT CO., St. Louis. Mo. COUNTERFEIT CHECKS are frequent except where our Two Piece Geometrical Barter Coin is ill use, tlien imitation isn't jjossible. Sararle if you ask for it. SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE U "P rv O n r\ IT Published semi-annually MXLaU DV/U1\ in February and August It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyerc aF lum- ber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their financial standing and manner of meeting obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as the authority on the line it covers. A well organized Collection Department la also oper- ated and the same U open to you. Write for tennA. Lumbermen's Credit Association 608 So. Dearborn Street CHICAGO Mention This Paper Estab. 1878 55 John Street NEW YORK CITY VON PLATEN LUMBER CO. IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN Manufacturers of NORTHERN HARDWOODS 75 M ft. of 4/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 150 M ft. of 4/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Birch 100 M ft. of 5/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Birch 75 M ft. of 5/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 100 M ft. of 6/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 100 M ft. of 8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. Birch 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. Endorsed by hundreds of lumber manufacturers and buyers. HARDWOOD RECORD CHICAGO All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD .iMiiiwry 25, liUil HARDWOOD RECORD 55 m^o IS' s A' m^. m ■sii ^id in Oroanization o The big achievements in industry are the result of intelligent co-ordination of effort, i. e., organization. Organization means greater buying power and the ability to manufacture more efficiently, more uni- formly and at less cost. This is not a business theory, but a fact provable in the records of any large in- dustry. The generation of study and experience that has entered into the building of our complete organiza- tion has created a FORCE in hardwood merchandis- ing. This force works not towards cheaper lumber, but towards better lumber for the money you pay; towards rigid adherence to the needs of your busi- ness; towards closest possible cleavage to the service policies under which we sell our products. Our organization offers you a wide selection in southern hardwood lumber and veneers and a max- imum of consideration for you in any business you may decide we are qualified to handle. 70,000,000 feet a year of Hardwood Production ANDERSON -TULLY CO. MEMPHIS TENNESSEE STIMSON'S MILLS We have to offer from the Hunting- burg Mill the following list of well manufactured, band sawn lumber: lyi car 4/4 Iiog Bun Beech M car 5 '4 IiO? Bun Beech 1 car 4 4 Iioer Bun Cherry 1 car 3 Iiog' Bun £lm H car 4 4 IiOg Ban Elui 2 cars 4 4 No. 1 Com. Sap Gum 3 cars 4 4 No. 2 Com. Sap Gum 2 cars 4 4x13-17 " Gum Boxboards 1 car2'2, 3, 3I2, 4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Hickory 1 car 3' No. 2 Com. & Btr. Hard Maple 14 car 4/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. Soft Maple 1 car 4/4 No. 1 Com. Poplar 1 car 4/4 No. 2 Com. Poplar '2 car 5/4 No. 2 Com. Poplar J. V. STIMSON, Huntingburg. Indiana STIMSON VENEER & LUMBER CO. Memphis, Tennessee J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO. Memphis, Tennessee, & Helena, Ark. THIS SAW MILL FOR SALE 1 OFFER for sale the above 9-fool Prescott Pacific Coast type band mill with full complement of auxiliary and power plant machinery; heart yellow pine frame. Modern in every way. Can be moved. Immediate delivery. PRICE ON APPLICATION TO W. A. GILCHRIST 1406 Union and Planters Bank Building, MEMPHIS, TENN. Dixie "E" Saw Mill Dixie Circular Mills America's Standard SEND FOR CIRCULAR HILL-CURTIS CO., Kalamazoo, Mich. DO YOU GENERALIZE IN YOUR MAIL? Thousands of dollars are wasted every month in promiscuous mail matter sent at random to lumber buyers in the hope that somebody may find something he wants. Write a Specific Letter to Actual Users of Each Item and See the Difference If you know exactly what quantity, kind, grade and dimension of hardwoods each factory uses and know the name of each buyer you can write a personal letter quoting only on those stocks each buyer really uses — and your total number of letters would not be any greater. Such intelligent mail work is possible — you can secure the necessary information cheaply and quickly. Write vis about it. HARDWOOD RECORD 537 So. Dearborn St. Chicago, 111. Semi-Monthly Twenty-Fourth Year 537 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 10, 1919 Subscription $2. Vol. XLVI, No. 8 PENROD FOR WALNUT Enough variety in figure and color to enable you to find anything you may need in the walnut line. It has had plenty of time to become thor- oughly seasoned and will be found in excel- lent condition for particular purposes. "IF WALNUT THEN PENROD" Penrod Walnut & Veneer Co. Kansas City, Missouri The quality of our walnut has always been above criticism. It has been so uni- formly satisfactory that many of our cus- tomers never think of inquiring elsew^here when they w^ant walnut. Our service w^ill convince you that you can do no better when you need walnut than to order from the Penrod Walnut & Veneer Co., Kansas City, Mo. A GENERATION IN THE BUSINESS nnnn II W ll II II II II II II II II II M II M II I! II II II M II II M II II II II II II II II II M M II II II II II M II M < I' II II II ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTEB MAT it, 1902, AT THE POSTOFFICE AT CHICAGO, UX., VNDEB ACT OF UABCH 3, 1379 HARDWOOD RECORD Kebniary 10, 1319 ESTABLISHED 1798 J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. LUMBER Hardwoods A Specialty PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Manufacturers Wholesalers aiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiieiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiira THIS MARK MEANS Quality-GOLDEN RULE-Service I m m :>/! L THE ANDERSON-TULLY company MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Southern Hardwood Manufacturers 70,000.000 fed a year iiaiiiiiiiiiMiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 1111,1,1 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiyiiiijiiiiiiiiiiuiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiimiB February 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality DRY STOCK FEBRUARY I, 1919 Basswood, Ko. 1 Common Basswood, No. 2 Common Basswood, mo. 3 Common Gray Elm, PAS Gray Elm, Selects G-ray Elm, No. 3 Common Gray Elm, FAS and Selects Gray Elm. No. 2 Common and Better Gray Elm, FAS and Selects Birdseye Maple, FAS End Dried Maple, Step, FAS Maple, FAS and Selects Maple, Common and Better Maple, FAS and Selects Also have ample stock of dry 4/4 Maple and can fur- nish any grade No. 2 Common or better. Since last September we have been sawing Beech lumber, 5/8. 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4, and Maple 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 16/4 thicknesses. Cobbs & Mitchell INCOBFOSATED Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan 100 M 4/4 50 M 4/4 50 M 4/4 12 M 4/4 27 M 4/4 100 M 4/4 60M 6/4 100 M 8/4 66 M 12/4 4 M 4 4 30 M 5, 4 43 M 5,4 60 M 6/4 58 M 8/4 "FINEST" Maple and Beech FLOORING We are members of the Maple Flooring Mfr's. Association Flooring stamped M. F, M. A. insures quality .'. Michigan /. Hardwood Lumber BIRCH OAK 800.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 4/4" 50.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr . 4/4" 76.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 6/4" MAPT.K SOFT ELM 60,000' Ists & 2nd». 4/4" to 16/4" SOO.OOO' No. 2 Com. & Btr, 4/4" WHITE MAPLE 60,000' No. 1 Com. & Btr. 10/4' 14.000' iBts & 2n(l3. 4/4". end dried 15.000' 300.000' No. No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 12/4' BEECH 2 Com. & Btr.. 4/4' HEMLOCK 126.000' Merchantable 4/4" ASH 17.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr., 4/4" Write f 16.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr or Prices 4/4" W. D.Young ^ Co. Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality We have dry, February 1 , 191 9 — 44 Ash, Basswood, Birch, Gray Ehn, Birdseye Maple, and Beech 5/4 Beech 6/4 Beech and Gray Elm 8/4 Gray Elm We have part dry — 5/8 Beech 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 16/4 Hard Maple Some grades and widths are piled separately to better meet the requirements of the trade Mitchell Brothers Co. Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan BAY CITY MICHIGAN WE WILL QUOTE ATTRACTIVE PRICES ON THE FOLLOWING: 20,000 ft. 1 1/16" X 2" Clear Maple Flooring 35,000 ft. 13/16" X 4" No. 1 & Btr. Maple Flooring 24,000 ft. 1 1/16" X 4" No. 1 & Btr. Maple Flooring 40,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Common & Better Ash 20,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common Ash 200,000 ft. 5/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 60,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 250,000 ft. 5/4 No. 3 Common Beech 14,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2nd Birch 60,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 & No. 2 Common Birch 500,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 225,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 65,000 ft. 10/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 75,000 ft. 12/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 150,000 ft. 6/4 No. 3 Common Elm 40,000 ft. 8/4 No. 3 Common Elm 30,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common & Better Red and White Oak 10,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better White Oak 5,000 ft. 10/4 No. 2 Common & Better White Oak The Kneeland-Bigelow Company Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber Bay Gity Michigan HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 1919 •^•IS iV2 COMMERCIAL ! KILN DRYING I — 5 ! Modem Kilns | i 5 I We do a large amount of this j I work and are in a position to quote | I prices that will be satisfactory, j I Wire or write us, or better | I still, send along your ship- | i ments of lumber for kiln | I drying and they will be | I taken care of 1 i 3 I WILLIAM HORNER ! E i REED CITY, MICHIGAN [ >]imniiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiK]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiii!iiic]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiimiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiimiu^ WM. WHITMER & SONS INCORPORATED Manufacturers and Whole- salers of All Kinds of "If Anybody Can, We Can" HARDWOODS West Virginia Spruce and Hemlock Long and Short Leaf Pine Virginia Framing Finance Building PHILADELPHIA NORTH CAROLINA PINE AND WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Capacity 300,000 Ft. per Day Conway, S. C. Jacksonville, N. C. Hertford, N. C. MILLS ) Porterwood, W. Va. [ Wildell, W. Va. \ Mill Creek, W. Va. Willson Bros. Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS MAIN OFFICE: PITTSBURGH, PA. fe^ for VENEER No checks or splits. Enor- mous output. Low labor cost. The Philadelphia Textile ' Machinery Co. Philadelphia Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT UCK KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF Oak Flooring Complete stock of 3/8" and 13/16" in all standard widths February 10. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD A— HaRofaeturer af Implement Stack. B— Manufaeturar af Car Mataral. C — Masufaoturar at Faetary •Inaaalaa. • Hat Individual DU*lay Ad •■ fmm D«al«Mtod. = Pine Teneen &nd Hardwood Lomber = Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc ^^ New Albany, Ind. = Manufacturer ^^ '*Soe luiKi' -:u ^^ Veneer* and Hardwood Lumber = HofiFman Brothers Company Maniifaoturar Ft. Wayne. Ind. Hanufacturera of Hardwood Lumber and Flooring The Mowbray &. Robinson Company Cincinnati, Ohio Write for List and Prlcea North Vernon Lumber Company Manufacturer iiurvi a ki a North Vernon. INDIANA Long-Bell Lumber Company Band Saw Operaten in Southern Hardwoadt Kanaaa City, Missouri A. B, C— 15 years' supplj assured by 32,000 acres Virgin Bt. Francis Basin Timber, largely Oak. Ttichady Lumber Company, »«icc*-kfTof Manofacturer, KanBan City. MISSOURI Not one of them possesses much value as a source of lumber, and only the Southern live oak is abundant. Wa carry a complete stock of plain and quartered Red and White Oak In all speclflcatlons. Our faclllUea for prompt ablpmenta are second to none. BAKER-MATTBEWS LBR CO. «,ccAVnSi Blemphla. Tenn. Manufacturer JJQlbolJUKl Why do your children like Oak beet? For the same reason that you did — they knew It iB not easily scratched or marred- Think It over. ( '^ee page — < We have to offer at present 1 car 4/4 FAS Quartered White Oak, 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C. & Bet Quartered Bed Oak SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. .fc—.. .... Manufacturer Seymour. INDIANA I 'See iiaee ■""■III J. V. Stimson ■TENNESSEE Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hardwood Lumber Huntingburg, Indiana Miller Lumber Company Manufacturer and Dealer In All Rinds of Hardwood Lumber Marianna, Arkansas (•See pase ''■^> N'lce stock of dry 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4 Plain Red and White Oak on band at Burdette. Ark., for prompt shipment. THREE STATES LUMBER CO.. Manufacturer. Memphis B * C— We Manufacture Hardwood Fron Fin* West Tlrclnia Timber. WARN LUMBER CORPORATION Raywood. W. Va. ( *See page 11 1 J. H. Bonner & Sons Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Memphis, Tenn. Mill: JonquU, Ark. A, B & C— Carr Lumber Company, Inc, Blltinore Hardwoods PUgah Forest, N. C Manufaeturar ( "See page — ) W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber C«. t Band Mills manufacturing hardwaodt Louisville, Ky. Band Sawed. Steam Dried. Arkansas Hardwooda Edgar Lumber Company Wesson. Arkansas (•See page 6) Salt Lick Lumber Company Hardwood Manufacturer Salt Lick, Kentucky (*Seo page rJ) Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwood Lumber and Quartered Oak, Aeb and Qum Memphis. Tennessee Our Lumber la Well Manufactured and Well Taken Care of. Write us for prices In anything In hardwooda. THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMPANY, Alexandria. LOUISIANA ('See page 10) Go odlander- Roberts on Lumber Co. Manufacturer of Hardwood* M emph is, Tennessee We have for fall shipment large stock of 10/4 and 12/4 C. & Bet Oak: other thicknesses from 4/4 to 8/4 In all crades. FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Manufacturer. NaehTlile. TENNESSEE Special. ALTON LUMBER COMPANY 1 car 9/4 Government Quality White Oak 1 car 14/4 Government Quality White Oak 20 cars 4/4. 5/4. 6/4 & 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut Buckhannon. West VlrginU for dnything in OAK write these representative firms B & C MaDufacturera Band Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oak and other Hardwood Lumber HiUyer-Deutsch-Edwards, Inc. San Antonio, Teaas 5 can 4/4 White Oak FAS * No. 1 C. 10 cars 5/4 Plain Red Oak Steps FAS & No. I C. WILUAMSON-KCNT UILL * LUUBEB CO. Muinfactnrer, Moand City, ILLINOIS Special— 500.000 ri. 4/4 FAS Plain Wlilte & Red Oak MISSISSIPPI LAMB-FISH LCMBER CO. ManafActnrer, Charleston, Bedna Young Lumbea" Company Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Sales Otnce; B.ind Mill: GREENSBURG. IND lACKSON. TENN. saijinbui jnoX aAgq sn jai asi^Jij The hardest oak lacks inuch of being as hard as lignum vltae; the strongest Is weaker than locust; the lieaviest i.s lighter than man- grove; but In average of good qualities It would be hard to find a wood superior to oak. We Maoufacture Hardwood Lumber C. & W. Kramer Company Richmond, Indiana B— We specialize In Wlilte and Red Oak and In Quartered Red Gum. We snllcit your inquiries. ALJtXANDEB BBOTHERS, ...ccieemDl MMofactgnTs, Belronl. IVH3al33lrrl C — Special I car a/4x2(r qtd. Red Oak Beat Stock 1 car e/4il8' Qtd. White Oak Seat Stock 1 car 4/4x12" & wdr. Plain Oak ARKLA LBR. A MFG. CO., St. Lotlis, MISSOURI A. B * C— Triple Band of The Meadow River Lumber Company Rainelle, W. Va. Manufacturer Hloh-Grade Hsrdweodi ( ■ See pace 1 1 1 OUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY Memphis Band Mill Company Memphis TENNESSEE Mannfactorer, klanuractureis of Plain and Quartered Oak also Oak Timbers and Brides Plank SABDTE TRAM COMPANY, BEAUMONT. TEXAS All stock cut (rsm sur Tlnln Tlsiket « sasdsn band milla. THISTLBTTHWAITE LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturer Waahtngton. LOUISIANA B. C— TsJIahatchie Lumber Company Manufacture!^ af Band Sawm Hardwoeda Philipp, Mississippi ARLINGTON LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturera of Band Sawn Hardwood LumtMr Mills: Arlington, Ky., and Park„_.,_, ,^„„ Place, Ark. Write Arlington KEN I UCK.T (•See page 14) 6,000,000 Feet of Oak Alwara on Hand In 1 to :* Stock BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, _„.„_ ._ Manufacturer BlissTille. AKlvAINOAO It Is believed that the combined stand of all other species of oak In the United States would not equal that of the common white oak It Is fortunate that it possesses so many good qualities and grows In eo many parts of the country- _^ A B * C— Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lbr. Co. Manufacturers and Wholesale Lumbar Ostlers St. Louis, Missouri Yellow Poplar Lumber Company Coal Grove, Ohio Manufacturer lia^'e- -12 Anderson-Tully Co. Manufactiiren) of Hardwood Lumber — Veneers — Packing Boxes — Egg Cases Mills: Memphis, Tenn,; Vlcia*burg. Miss.; RayriHe, La.; M,idison. Arl;. MEMPHl.S. TENN., U. S. A. The Band MlU, Planliit 11111 and Or? fUln of ttie WQIiams Lumber Company is located at FayettevUle, Tennessee Ail lumt>er piled in same lengtlis and similarly loaded in care CLAY LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturer, ur VA Middle Fork, "• *'^- The scarcest of all the oaks of the United States are believed to be Bartram oak and the Price oak. .\U known specinien.s of these two trees could stand on a single acre and still leave considerable ground unoccupied. Band Sawed, Equalized, Forked Leaf Whits Osk Thin Oak and Aab Specialties MANSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. Manufacturer 8HSEVEFORT, LA. For 25 years wo hare made Oak and still apeclalize in this, the beat of American hardwoods. Our prlosa, grades and aerrice are worth conaiderins. LOVE, BOYD St CO., TITMiairClIPB' Manufacturer, NashrlUe, 1 tJINbaatJ. a dc c — High Grade Lumber Hyde Lumber Company South Bend, Indiana Band Mllli: Arkansai City. Ark. Lake Prstldanes, La. Botanists who are looked upon as authority in such matters, have agreed to change the book name of Northern red oak from quercua rubra to quercus borealis, Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc. Sardis, Miss. Kiln Dried Stocks a Specialty Manufacturer A— 150,00s ft, 4/4 No i Com. Plain Oak Specialiau In Bone Dry. (Jood Widths A Lensths — Prompt Shipment BABB-HOLADAY LUMBER CO., /-kijir* Manufacturer, Greenfield, <-'""-' We are cuttlnf off 20.000 seres of the finest Oak In West Virginia. For the Tory best, try AMERICAN COLUMN « LUMBER CO., Manufacturer, St. Albans, W. VA. Babcock Lumber Company Pittsburgh, Pa. Annual Capacity, 150,800.000 Fast Manufacturer Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company Sales Office — Clarksburg, W, Va. Band Mills — Cnrtln, Coal 81d- ,„ „. tog and Hemtoy Falls^ "• '>^- Specialties Quarter-aawed White Oak, Plain Ked and WhIU Osk C. L. RITTER LUMBER COMPANY, ROCKCASTLE LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturers. Hnnttogton, W. Va. The stand of oak In Tennessee has been estimated at 25,000,000.000 feet, and that Is equalled by West Virginia, while Arkansas leads all others with 26.765.000.000. Kentucky Is credited with 22.600,000.000 feet. Pennsyl- vania with 13,300.000,000 and Ohio IS.BOO.- 000.000. " ""M HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 1919 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 find it reduces the expense of laying and polishing. Our Booklet tellt all ahout Bardwood Flooring and hou> to care for it — aUo prices — ond is free. The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. Grand Rapids Lumber Tester Test Your Lumber for Moisture Content: 1. When you buy it^ to be sure you are getting what you want. 2. When you put in your kitn, to see how long it should dry. 3. When you empty your kitn, to insure properly dried lumber. Don't Guess at It. Guessing Is a Poor Game So simple anyone can use it. Is direct reading. Requires no figuring or computations. No charts or rollers to bother with. Equally applicable to testing any material for moisture content. Accurately made, graduated to metric system, and can be used for ordinary weighing. Designed and manufactured for the GRAND RAPIDS VAPOR KILN Made by Grand Rapids Veneer Works Grand Rapids, Michigan Seattle, Washington THE GIBSON TALLY BOOK Is now used by more than a thousand lum- ber producers and buyers. By its use single, duplicate or triplicate tallies can be made. A dozen-piece-tally and other forms of tickets in plate. Circular and price list on application. Endorsed by Hardwood Manufacturers Association of the U. S. GET NEXT TO A GOOD THING ADDRESS Tally Book Department, HARDWOOD RECORD CHICAGO, ILL. February 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD / If^.l f 'M ;.r„ Handles do not constitute the only parts of farm tools and implements made of wood. Manufacturers of these articles must have more than 320,000,000 feet of wood a year, and the kinds of wood are so various that a place is found for nearly al sorts. More than thirty kinds of wood are regularly listed in this industry, and the more important, with the annual use in feet are here eiven: Feet Yellow Pine 98,000,000 Oak 69,000,000 Maple 48,000,000 Cottonwood 1 5,000,000 Yellow Poplar 1 2,000,000 Red Gum 1 2,000,000 Ash 1 0,000,000 Hickory 10,000,000 White Pine 8,000,000 Basswood 8,000,000 Elm 7,000,000 Beech 5,000,000 Birch 5,000,000 Spruce 3,000,000 Cypress 2,000,000 The South, and particularly the region contributory to Mem- phis, is well represented in this list of woods. The manufac- turers of farm tools and agricultural implements can draw upon the South to almost unlimited extent for the necessary woods for carrying on their business. The industry which produces this product is new in comparison with some of the other industries that use wood as raw material. Two or three generations ago there v^rere no agricultural imple- ments, but only tools, with the exception of the plow, harrow, and possibly one or two others; but in recent years hand tools have been dropping to an inferior place and implements of a larger kind, to be operated by some sort of power other than man's muscles, having been taking the field. The change has led to an increase of wood in the manufacture of apparatus for the farm. More w^ood is required to make a reaper than to make a grain cradle. :-:^-;| iMl:f. 10 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 1919 ss^^ S^ >4 ! E Ih c ■^^ 5?'^ n ii ii i is§ ^ MBMIi^rHIfS ^^iS SSSSSSSSSSSSS«SSSSSSiS&«SSS5SSSSSS^^ - ., ^viSSSSSSJSSSSSSSSSSiSSSSO; L. D. Murrelle Lumber Co. MANUFACTURER AND WHOLESALER Northern & Southern HARDWOODS CJIirA4" Qtd. Sycamore Log Run 11,000' 1" Tonn. Bed Cedar 4,500' 1%" Com, & Btr. Qtd. Black Gum Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. SAP GUM 35.000' 4/4" Panel. 18" & up 100.000' 4/4" Box Boards, 13 to 17" 200.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 7 to 12" 100.000' 4/4" FAS, 13 to 17" 150,000' 4/4" FAS, 6 to 12" 200,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 150,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. SELECTED RED GUM 250,000' 4/4" FAS 300,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com 25,000' 5/4" FAS 60,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com, 60.000' 6/4" FAS 150.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 40.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 100.000' 4/4" FAS 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com 15.000' 6/4" FAS 40,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 16.000' 6/4" PAS 20.000" 6/4" No. 1 Com. 50,000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 60,000' 10/4" Com, & Btr 30.000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. SOFT ELM 150,000' 4/4" Log Run 20.000' 5/4" Log Run 200.000 ' 8/4" Log Run 75.000' 10/4" Log Run 60,000' 12/4" Log Run SOFT MAPLE 20,000' 4/4" Log Run 35,000' 6/4" Log Run 60,000' 8/4" Log Run 26.000' 10/4" Log Run 35.000' 8/4' GEO. C. BROWN PECAN Loe Run & CO. RED GUM 5 cars 4/4" Com. & Bet. Plain Red Gum 2 cars 6/4" Com. & Bet. Plain Red Gum 4 cars 8/4" Com. & Bet. Qtd. Red Gum 5 cars 8/4" Com. & Bet, Qtd. Red Gum, S, N. D.. 1 car 12/4" Com. & Bet. Qtd. Red Gum, S. N. D, Tustin Hardwood Lumber Co. Formerly THE JOHNSON-TUSTIN LUMBER CO. Valley Log Loading Co. J. W. DICKSON, Pres. W. L. TONEY, Vice-Pres. W. A. WADDINGTON, Ireas. • MEMPHIS, TENN. LOAD LOGS ON RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN MEMPHIS AND VICKSBURG ASH 250,000' 8/4" Com. & Btr 10,000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. 50,000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. 100,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com, 200,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 100,000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 40.000' 4/4" Box Bds.. 13-18" 50,000' 5/4" FAS S60.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 12,000' 6/4" FAS 15,000' 6/4"'- No. 1 Com, SOFT MAPLE 35.000' 12/4" Log Rvm PLAIN VSTIITE OAK 51,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 0/4" FAS 100,000' 0/1" No. 1 Com, 15,000' 8/4" FAS • 20,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 65,000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. 60,000" 12/4" Bridge Plk. PLAIN RED OAK 10,000' 4/4" FAS 80.000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora. 20.000' 5/4" FAS 16,000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. 20,000' 4/4" Cora. & Btr, Sound Wormy PENROD-JURDEN COMPANY In A(trlition to Regular Stock of Ash Lumber We Have the Following Bone Dry Stock, Upon Which We Will Quote Especially Attractive Prices on Request. 40,000' 4/4' No. 1 Cora. 3,000' 8/4' PAS 5,000' 8/4' No. 1 Cora. PLAIN RED GUM 10,000' 4/4- FAS 300,000' 4/4' No. 1 Com. 60,000' 6/4' No. 1 Com. SAP GXIM 25,000' 4/4' FAS 05,000' 4/4' No. 1 Com. 300,000' 4/4' No, 2 Com. 70.000' 4/r No. 3 C/im. 32,000' 4/4' Box Bds.. ,S-12 ASH 5 cars 8/4" No. 1 Com., regular widths and lengths 2 cars 8/4", 1 face clear, shorts. 3" and up, 4 to 7' 1 car 10/4", 1 face clear, shorty 3" and up, 4 to 7' 2 cars 12/4" 1 face clear, short?. 3" and up, 4 to 7' 1 car 5/4x3H to 5^,^", 1 face clear, strips 1 car 5/4" Sound Wormy 2 cars 12/4x10" up, la and 2s 2 cars 10/4x10" up. Is and 2s 1 car 8/4x10" up. Is and 2s 1 car 8/4x12" up. Is and 2s 2 cars 5/4" Is and 2s, all 8 and 10' Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. k Ii! III ill \ I :| ^•(llllllllllllllllllllllllllllUllllllli -^sssss^^sss^ssss^^sss^^sssssss&^s^sssssssss^sssssssssssssssssssss^^ February 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 11 J TVlEMI^MTiS OUR AIM To make well and to trade fairly. To profit not alone in dollars but in the good will of those with whom we deal. To correct our errors. To improve our op- portunities and to rear from the daily work a structure which shall be known for all that's best in business. OAK, HICKORY, ASH CYPRESS, TUPELO, COTTONWOOD GUM, SYCAMORE, ELM, MAPLE MEMPHIS BAND MILL CO. MANUFACTURER.S DRY STOCK, FEBRUARY, 1919 SAP GITM 5 cars 1" FAS 3 cars 5/4" FAS 5 cars 6/4" FAS 7 cars 4/4" Box Boards. 9 to 12 12 cars 4/4" 13 to 17" Box Boards KBD GUM 5 cars 13/17" FAS 2 cars 5/4" FAS 2 cars 6/4" FAS 5 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. 3 cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. QUAKTERED SAP GUM 4 cai» «/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 3 can l«/4" No. I Com. & Btr. > can 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 5 cars 4/4" FAS 1 car 6/4" FAS 1 car 6/4" FAS 8 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. 2 cars 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 5/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 10 cara 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 3 cars 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 2 cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 3 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 6/4" No. 3 Com. 10 can 6/4" No. 3 Com. ELM 4 cars 5/4" Log Run 2 cara 6/4" Log Run 2 cars 8/4" Log Run 2 cars 10/4" Log Rtm 4 can 12/4" Log Hun J. H. BONNER & SONS ASH 10.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. BEECH 10,000' 8/4" Log Run 2 cars 10/4" Log Run CYPRESS 50,000' 4/4" Shop & Btr. 40,000' 5/4" Shop & Btr. 15,000' 8/4" Shop & Btr. 6,000' 12/4" Shop & Btr. ELM 12.000' 5/4" Log Run 11.000' 16/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. RED GnM 13.000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 25,000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 25,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. SA1> GUM 255,000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 200.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM 2 cars 4/4" Com. & BIT. 2 cars 8/4" Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 1 car 8/4" Is & 2s PLAIN RED OAK 1 car 4/4" Com. & Btr. 4.500' 5/4" Is & 23 5.000' 6/4" Is & 23 8.000' 8/4" Is & 2s 50.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 4.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 57,000' 5/4" Los Run 35.000' 8/4" Log Run POPLAR 15.000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 15,000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 50,000' 100,000' 3,000' 3.000- 10.000' I car 6/4" Is & WELSH LUMBER 8/4" Com. & Btr. 8/4" No. 2 Com. 10/4" No. 2 Com. 12/4" No. 2 Com. 16/4" No. 2 Com. COMPANY QUARTERED WHITE OAK 15,000' 4/4" Select. 29.000' 3/8' No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED OAK 13,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 8,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 8.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 43,000' 4/4" FAS. 27.000' 5/4" FAS. 8,000' 6/4" FAS. 8.000' 3/8" No. 1 Com. 198.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 85.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 76.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 150.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 12.000' 12/4" FAS. 50,000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. ELM 18.000' 4/4" Log Run. 71,000' 6/4" Log Run. 63,000' 8/4" Log Bun. 329,000 157.000 150,000 12,000 12/4" Log Run. 16/4" Log Run. COTTONWOOD 4/4" No. 1 and No. 2 Com. 4/4" No. 1 Com., 12" up. ASH 13.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 16,000' 8/4" No, 2 Com. & Bu. 39.000' 6/4" No, 3 Com. MAPLE 14,000' 16/4" Luc Hun. QTD. BLACK GUM 13,000' 4/4" FAS. HICKORY 16.000' 8/4" No. 2 & Btr. 15,000' 12/4" No. 2 & Btr. QUARTERED SYCAMORE 14,000' 4/4" Log Run. CYPRESS 23.000' 8/4" Selects. 20.000' 12/4" Selects. 80,000' 4/4" Shop. 125.000' 8/4" Shop. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 15.000' 4/4" FAS 75,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 8.000' 8/4" FAS 20.000' 8/4" .No. 1 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 19,000' 4/4" FAS 40,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 18,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 30,000' 4/4" Sound Wormy 80,000' 4/4" No, 3 Com. 25.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 9.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 22,000' 6/4" No. 2. Com. 30.000- 6/4" No. 3 Com. 20.000' C/4" Sound Wormy PLAIN RED OAK 42.000' 4/4" FAS sn.onn- .1/4" N-, l Com 000- 4/4" No. 3 Com. 50.000' 4/4" Sound Wormy S.iP GUM 90.000' 4/4" FAS 370.000' 4/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 330.000' 5/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 60.000' 6/4" FAS 320.000' 6/4" Nos. I & 2 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 175.000- 8/4" No. 1 Cora. & Btr. RED GUM 50.000- 4/4" FAS 30.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 8.000' 6/4" PAS 50.000- 6/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 330,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. ELM 130,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 60,000' 6/4" Nos. 2 & 3 Com. PECAN 30.000- ,S/4" I.CIS Run 411.1.1.1- 4/4" No -J .\iiii, 30.000- ,S/4" I.,is Run BROWN & HACKNEY. Inc. Regular ft'idths and Lengths ELM 15.000- 4/4" Log Run 100,000- 12/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM 75,000- 4/4" FAS 100,000- 4/4" No. 1 Com. 17,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM 75.000- 4/4" FAS 100,000' 4/4" No. I Com. 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN SAP GUM 25.000' 5/8" FAS 30.000' 5/S" Log Run 75.000' 4/4" FAS 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 30.000' 4/4" FAS, 13" & up 60.000- 4/4" Box Eds., 9 to 12" 100,000- 4/4" Bo.x Bds., 13 to 17" HICKORY 26,000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 15.000' 4/4" FAS, 8 to 10' 45,000' 4/4" FAS 15.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 75.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 27.000' 4/4" PAS 65.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 17.000- 10/4" FAS 18.000' 12/4" FAS 17.500' 16/4" FAS PLAIN WHITE AND RED OAK 100.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 300.000- 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Ferguson & Palmer Co. Regular IV id tits and Lengths 30.000 15,000 9,000 COTTONWOOD 8/4" FAS, 10 mo.s. dry 12/4" FAS. 10 nios. dry 16/4" FAS. 10 mo3. dry RED GUM 25.000- 4/4" FAS. 10 nios. dry 15.000- 4/4" FAS. 10- & 12-. 12 mos, dry 50,000- 4/4" No. 1 Com., 9 mos. dry 15.000' 6/4" FAS, 15 mos. dry 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com., 15 mos. dry SAP GLTM 12.000' 4/4" Box Bds.. 8"-12", 12 mos. dry 40,000' 4/4" Box Bds.. 13"-17". 12 mos, dry 100,000- 1/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com., 7 mos. dry 40.000- 6/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com., 15 mos. dr>' SOFT ELM 75,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr., 8 mos. dry 75.000- 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 10 mos. dry 15.000- 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 10 mos. dry 30,000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr., 15 mos. dry 1.000 mos. dry SYCAMORE 10/4" No. 2 Cora. & Btr.. 14 GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO. CYPRESS 150M ft. 4/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. lOOM ft. 4/4 No. 1 Shop lOOM ft. 4/4 Select 30M ft. 4/4 FAS 7SM ft. 8/4 Shop 75M ft. 8/4 Select 2SM ft. 8/4 FAS 150M ft. 8/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 20M ft. 12/4" Shop & Better = 1 il I 12 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10. 1919 lij i = i III r^^ J 1 E - - : : |: 1 = ■ I ; ; ? i i 40.0110' raos. 17,000' dry 14,000' dry 30,000' dry 15,000' 18,000' 30.000' 150,000' 150,000' 75,000' 15,000' 20,000' '.n.noo' .\.';ii 4/4" No. a Com. & Btr. dry 12/4" Com. & Btr.. 6 mos, CYPRESS 4/4" Shop & Btr, 8 mos. 8 mos. 8/4" Shop & Blr., ELM 6/4" Log Run. 8 mos. dry 8/4" Log Run. 8 mus. dry 12/4" Log Run. 8 mos. dry GUM 4/4" PAS. 8 mos, dry 4/4" No, 1 Com.. S mos. dry 4/4" No. 2 Com.. 8 mos. dry 5/4" No. 1 Com.. 8 mos. dry 8/4" Dog Bds., 8 mos. dry PLAIN RED GUM ■1/4" FAS. Ill Tiios. dry OUARTERED RED GUM O.llOii' 4/4" PAS. 10 mos. dry 32.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. 10 mos. dry 15.000' s/4" FAS. 10 mos. dry 18.0(10' 8/4" No. 1 Com.. 10 mo-«. dry 75.000' Gum Box Bds.. 13" to 17" 10 mos. dry ' 75.000' Gum Box Bds.. 8" to 12". 10 mos. dry MAJ'lJi 25.000' 12/4" Loc Run. 10 mos. dry OAK 5.000' 5/4" FAS. 10 raos. dry 25,000' 5/4" No.'l Com.. 10 mos. dry 30.000' 10/4" PAS. 10 mos. dry 60,000' 10/4" No, 1 Com.. 10 mos. dry in.iiliil' lj/4" K.l,< IM „„,s dry BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO. This Slock Is Dry and Runs in Regular Widths and Lengths ELM 1 car 8/4" Log Run 1 car 12/4" Log Run 1 car 16/4" Log Run BLACK GUM 1 car 4/4" Log Run PL^IN RED GUM 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 6/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 8/4" FAS 1 car 8/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 1 car 4/4" PAS, 13" wide 1 car 4/4" Box Bds.. 9 to 12" wide 1 car 4/4" Box Bds.. 13 to 17" irtde PLAIN RED OAK 1 car 4/4" PAS 1 car 6/4" FAS SOUND WORMY OAK 1 car 4/4" Com. & Blr. QUARTERED WUITE OAK 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Com. The Mossman Lumber Co. Dry 1.50.000' 200.000 ISO.OOO 100.000' 100. ono' 50.000' 50.000 ' 100,000' 50.000' 100, 000' 15.000' so. 000' so. 000' SAP OUM Is « 2s 8/4' No. 1 Com. 5/4'- No. 1 Com. ft B. 1/4* RED OUM It ft 2s S/4'- No. I Com. 5/4" Is ft 2» 8/4- No. 1 Com. 8/4" WILLOW Is ft 2a 4/4" No. I Cora 5/4- ASH No I Com 4'4- Is A 2b, 2x12- ft np Is ft 28, 3x12- ft up Is ft 2». 1\i~ S5.000' 50.000' 40.000' 200.000' 100 000' 100.000' SO.OOO' iO.OOO 100.000' 50.000' so. 000' 50.000 No. 2 Com. a/4- PLAIN RED OAK No. 1 Com. 8/4- PLAIN OAK No. 1 C. ft B U/4-. COTTONWOOD No. 1 Com. 5/4- 1" & 2s 5/4- No. 1 Com. 0/4- Rox Bds.. Iitf- to 13" CYPRESS Is ft 2a S- No. I Shop 8/4- No. I Shop 4/4- Rplect 5/4** Select */-- E. SONDHEIMER CO. SAP OUM 100.000' FAS. 4/4". 50.000' FAS. 5/4". 70.000' PAS, 6/4". PLAIN RED GUM 150.000' PAS. 4/4". 10.000' PAS. 5/4". 10.000- FAS. 6/4". 200.000' No. 1 Com.. 4/4". 65,000' No. 1 Com., 5/4". 20.000' No. 1 Com.. 6/4". QUARTERED RED GUM 60.000' No. 1 Com. ft Btr.. 4/4". 80.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 5/4". 60,000' No, 1 Cora, & Btr.. 6/4". 25,000' PAS. 8/4", 90.000' No, 1 Cora., 8/4", SAP, NO DEFECT 100.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr,. 8/4". COTTONWOOD 110.000' No. 1 & Panel, 4/4-18" up. CYPRESS 40.000' PAS. 8/4". 20.000' Selects, 4/4". 40.000' Selects. 5/4". 40.000' Selects. 6/4". 75.000' Selects. 8/4". 30.000' Shop & Btr.. 10/4-. 70.000' .^hop & Btr.. 12/4". 60.000' No. 1 Shop. 4/4". 70.000' No. 1 Shop. 5/4". 50.000' No. 1 Shop. 6/4". 25.000' No. 1 Shop. 8/4". 27.000' No. 1 Shop. 12/4". 200,000' Pecky. 4/4". 22,000' Pecky. 5/4". 20,000' Pecky. 6/4". "_>3.000' Pecky. 8/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO. WlllTK ASH 12.- 16.500' 4/4x6" to 1", 8-16' FAS 9. 17.500' 5/4x6" to 9". i-10' FAS 27. .500' 5/4x6" to 9". 8-16' FAS 3,700' 6/4x6" to <■', M6' FAS 135,000' 8/4x6" to 9". 8-16' FAS 10. 79, 9, 16, 27, ''85 11.500' 10/4x6' & up. 8-16 FAS 150.000' 12/4x6' ti up. 8-16' FAS 43.000' 16/4x6' & up. 8-16 PAS 5,000' 20/4x6' & up. 8-16' PAS 27.500' 4/4x10' & up. 8-16 PAS 3.000' 5/4x10' & up. 8-16' FAS 40 14.500' 6/4x10' a. up, 8-16' FAS 60.000' 8/4x10' & up. 8-16' PAS 14 1.000' 111/4x11 " & ur , 8-16 ' PAS 9 8.400' 8/4x12" & up 8-16 FAS 7 29.000' 12/4x12 ' & up 8-16 FAS 29 White Ash Our Specialty. 10/1x12" & up. 8-16' FAS ),000' 5/4x2%" to 5%". 8-10' Strips i.OOO' 6/4x2%" to 5%". 8-16' Strips No. 1 Common 1.000' 4/4x10" & up. S-16' I.OOO' 6/4x10" & up. 8-16' t.OOO' 4/4x3" up. 4' up ),500' 5/4x3" up. 4' up r.700' 6/4x3" up, 4' up i,000' 8/4x3" up, 4' up 1,000' 10/4x3" up, 4' up >,000' 12/4x3" up, 4' up 1,000' 4/4". 18-20' 1.500' ,S/4". 1,1-20' 7.500' 8/4" 18-20' No, 2 Cora. :9,800' 6/4" to 16/4" Nos. 2 ft 3 Your Inquiries Invited. DUDLEY LUMBER CO., Inc. This lumber has been manufactured on our own band mills. It Ls thoroughly dry. runs good average widths and contains 60 per cent 14' and 16' lengths. Write or wire for prices. SAP GUM 200.000' 6/8" No. 1 Com. ft Btr. 45,000' 4/4" Box Bds,, 13 to 17" 60,000' 4/4" Box Bds., 8 to 12" 90,000' 4/4- 1&2. 13 to 17" 150,000' 4/4" 1&2, 6 to 12" 150,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 250,000' 4/4" No, 2 Com, 250,000' 6/4- Nos, 1 ft 2 Cola QUARTERED SAP GUM 200.000' 8/4- No, I Com. ft Blr. PLAIN RED GUM 100,000' 5/8" No, I Com. 75.000' 4/4" 1&2 30.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. ft Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. ft Btr. 30.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. ft Btr. 15.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. ft Btr. PRITCHARD-WHEEtEB LUMBER CO. Band IMUIn; Madinon. Ark., Wisner. La. 75,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. ft Blr. SOFT MAPLE 40,000' 8/4" Log Run 30.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com ft Btr PLAIN RED OAK 15.000 4/4" lft2 60.000' 5/4" 1&2 60.000' 5/4- No. 1 Com. 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 80,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 45.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 45.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. ft Btr. 'LAIN WHITE OAK 76.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. ft Btr. 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 15.000' 8/4" No. 1 Cora, ft Btr. SOFT ELM 75.000' 6/4" Log Run 45.000' 12/4" Log Run 50.000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. COTTONWOOD 36.000' 12/4" Is & 23 28.000' 16/4" Is & 2s 40.000' 8/4" Is & 2s 68.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. CYPRESS 75.000' 4/4" Select 82.000' 4/4" No. 1 Shop 325.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 114.000' 8/4" Select 255,000' 8/4" No. 1 Shop 285,000' 8/4" No, 1 Com. 112,000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. JAMES E. STARK & CO., Inc. QUAR'l'ERED RED GUM 33.000' 4/4" FAS 100.000' 4/4" No, 1 Com. 80.000' 5/4" FAS 200.000' 5/4" ■No. 1 Com. 42.000' 11/4" FAS 160.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 30.00'!' X/V FAS 38 000' K/4" No. 1 Cora. 20.500' 10/4 ' FAS 9.OO0' 10/4 ' No. 1 Com. 9.000' 12/4 • PAS PLAIN RED GUM 60.000' 4/4' FAS 20.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 60,000' 5/4" PAS 200. 000' 5/4" No, 1 Com. 36.000' 6/4" FAS 78.000' 6/4" No. 1 Cnm.^ 18,000' 8/4" No, 1 Com, QUARTERED SAP GUM 12,500' 6/4" PAS 6,000' 6/4" No, 1 Cora. 4.000' 8/4" PAS 3.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN SAP OUM 62.000' 3/4" No. 1 Com. 47,000' 3/4" No, 2 Com, 38,000' 4/4" FAS, 13" & up 90,000' 5/4" FAS. 13" & up 200,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. BELLGRADE LUMBER CO. ||)^a^7^!iiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiH"7:i|iii'!!i!q'!i!';i'ii;in';i^::!:::i!::i'i:':i!i^^ i = i I \ I February 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD Ir« ssssss^^^^^^^^^^^^sssssssssssssssssss^ PLAIN RED OAK 200,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 230,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 60,000' 8/4" Com. & Blr. 20.000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. 100,000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 75,000' 6/4" Common 125,000' 8/4" Common 15,000' 12/4" Common QUARTERED WHITE OAK 50,000' 4/4" PAS 20,n00' 6/4" FAS 50,000' 4/4" Common 50,000' 6/4" Common ASH 50,000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. 200.000' 5/4" Common ELM 200,000' 8/4" Ixjg Run 25.000' 10/4" Log Run 50.000' 12/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GDM 150.000' 4/4" Cora. & Btr. 250.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 300,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED SAP GUM 200.000' 6/4" Cora. & Btr. 200.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 100,000' 10/4" Cora. & Btr. 100,000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED RED GUM GAYOSO BLAINE, MISS. 6/4" Com. & Btr. 8/4" Cora. & Btr. PLAIN SAP GUM 5/4" Com. & Btr. 6/4" Com. & Btr. 4/4" Common 8/4" Com. & Btr. 4/4" No. 2 Com. 5/4" No. 2 Com. GUM Wide Box Boards 100.000' Narrow Box Boards LUMBER CO. BANDMILLS MEMPHIS, TENN. 200.000' 150.000' 150,000' 300,000' 150,000' 200,000' 600.000' 125.000' 150.000' 35.000' 4/4' 45.000' 4/4' 25.000' 4/4' CYI'RESS FAS Selects Sltop ELM 100.000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btl RED GUM 25,000' 5/4" FAS 20.000' 6/4" FAS 16.000' 8/4" FAS 300,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 40.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 50.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 18.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 40.000' 8/4" FAS 70.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. Regular Widths and Lengths SAP GUM 100.000' 4/4" FAS 16.000' 1/2" No. 1 Com. 24,000' 5/8" No. 1 Coit. 20.000' 3/4" PAS 200.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 100.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. QUARTERED WHITE OA 500.000 ' 1/4" No. 1 Com. 190.000' 1/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK lOO.OOO' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 150.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. SOUND WORMY OAK 100.000' 4/4" 111 RUSSE & BURGESS, Inc. Change of Address On or about February IStli' 1919, our Memphis Office will be discontinued and our General Office, including our Sales Department, will be located at Greenwood, Miss. This move is made because it puts us in closer touch with our mills at Moorhead and Greenwood, Miss., which will enable us to better care for our growing business, and the closer co-operation between our Sales, Shipping and Operating Departments we be- lieve will make possible better service to our patrons. The Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co. We insure you experienced attention to your orders for southern hardwood lum- ber and high grade sawed and sHced southern veneers. Quartered oak and figured gum are specialties Nickey Brothers, incorporated MANUFACTURERS L Buy in Memphis Memphis is the nerve centre of the southern hardwood industry. Memphis leads in variety, quantity and qual- ity of hardwoods produced. Memphis offers a wonder- ful source for selection by careful buyers. The present and future of the southern hardwood industry revolve about the Bluff' citv. 14 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 1919 CHICAGO, ILL. FISHER BLU(;. DETROIT, MICH. FORD BLDG. Our system of monthly Stock Sheets and Specials OAK and TUPELO tells you in an instant what your requirements will cost delivered. If you are not receiving them, let us know. Everything in Southern Hardwood P. J. Lawrence Lumber Co. SYNDICATE TRUST BUILDING ST. LOUIS, MO. REFORM, ALA. MESSLER, MO. Walnut Of Character and Color Manufactured at Kansas City, U. S. A. Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness Thirty-five years' experience IN WALNUT ONLY Prompt Shipment, and Guaranteed Inspection FRANK PURCELL 5 1 5 Dwight Building. KANSAS CITY, MO. BUSS-COOK OAK CO. BLISSViLLE, ARKANSAS — MANUFACTURERS Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. As Well As OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried or kiln dried, rough or dressed MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY •v^JiwaJMOJiiaKiit^'j^mBiOKijigit^^ Table of Contents REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: - General Market Conditions IS The Government's Attitude on Business 16 Inland Water Transportation 16 SPECIAL ARTICLES: Resumption of Building Work a National Asset 17-18 Southern European Lumber Outlook IS Banks for Home- Builders 18 Important Announcements from Washington 19-20 Some Old Furniture 23 Letters from a Panel User 24-29 Severe Trial of Laminated Construction ',,.. 29 Origin of Commercial Shellac .... 29 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Michigiin Manufacturers Optimistic 20-21 Meeting of Cut-Over Land Association 21-22 Annual of Hemlock and Hardwood Association 22, 31 and 32 Miscellaneous 33-34 WITH THE TRADE 34.38 HARDWOOD NEWS 34.42 HARDWOOD MARKET .43.45 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 46-47 HARDWOODS FOR SALE 47, 48 and 50 ..SUBSCRrPTION TERMS: In the United Statei and Its poseesaiona. and Canada, $2.00 th« year; In forelfirn countries. $1.00 extra postage. In conformity with the rules of the poatofllce department, subscriptions are payable in advance, and In default ef written orders to the contrary, are continued at eur sptien. Instructions for renewal, discontinuance, sr change of address, should be sent one week before the date they are to ffo Into effect. Both old and new addresses must be given. Both display and classified advertising rates furnished upon application. Advertising copy must be received five days In advance of publication dates. Entered as second-class matter May 26, 1902, at the postofflce at Cbicaro. lit., under act ef March S. 1879. YOU Don't have to make claims on our shipments. We keep the doubtful boards. SATISFY YOURSELF Your inspector, your shop foreman, with the uni- formly high grades of our perfectly manufactured stock. Oak, Gum, Ash, Elm, Cottonwood, Hickory EVERYTHING IN SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Tell us to quoit ytu. Then wire us to ship. Beaumont Lumber Co. BEAUMONT, TEXAS IIMIIIIIMIIIIIMinilll ^ RMimi RecoM Copyright, The Hardwood Company, 1919 Published in the Interest of the American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Logging, Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery, on the 10th and 2Sth of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Edgar H. Defebaugh, President Edwin W. Meeker, Managing Editor Hu Maxwell, Technical Editor Seventh Floor Ellsworth Building 53 7 So. Dearborn St., CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087 Vol. XLVI. CHICAGO. FEBRUARY 10. 1919 No. 8 General Market Conditions THE MARKET in the past two weeks has assumed more definite- ness than has existed since November. This defijiiteness is not necessarily in the nature of any great increase in business trans- acted, but is rather the result of countrjrivide conviction regarding stocks on hand and susceptible of production in the next few months. This definiteness is expressed mainly in greater firmness of quotations and in the willingness on the part of the producer to hold onto his lumber rather than sacrifice it. This opinion of the attitude of the manufacturers need not be taken as unanimous, for in the face of good resolutions, of the strongest possible stock analysis, of the certainty of early growth in demand and steady decrease in supply, in the face of the consistently high cost of manufacture, there are many who are not only willing but seem- ingly anxious to sacrifice their stocks. Anyone who conscientiously maintains that lumber cannot be sold for several months in the future at less than prevailing prices is honestly entitled to that opinion because of the easily provable conditions that exist all over the hardwood field. Hardwood Record has since the armistice was signed urged against the probability of a break in the hard- wood market. It has maintained this position because elements bearing on the matter have consistently pointed in that direc- tion, and because it has felt that it would be unfortunate for buyer, as well as for seller, were purchases generally curtailed during this period in anticipation of more favorable quotations. Hard- wood Record is of the opinion that one of the main reasons why buyers are still hesitant is that there has been a scattering of manufacturers who have apparently disregarded black and white evidence and have willingly and voluntarily cut prices. There has been just enough of this influence to keep constantly stirred up the expectation that prices would go still further. Hardwood Record maintains that had it not been for this small element who have apparently disregarded facts rnd figures, the hardwood buying trade today would be placing orders with considerable consistency and considerable volume. Fortunately, the large majority of the trade has taken the time to analyze stock statistics and market developments. The inevit- able conclusion from such anlaysis is that present prices for hard- wood resulting from the steadily mounting cost of manufacture are justified by the relative position of supply and demand. It would not be correct to say that the volume of hardwood business trans- acted is increasing rapidly, but it is a fact that the undercurrent of buying during the past two weeks has shown a certain amount of developing strength. Some handlers of hardwood today support their pessimistic views by pointing out that buying is still carried on from "hand to mouth." This little phrase has always been a very convenient expression for the pessimist, but at no time before has it been used when the condition it described was less entitled to serious consideration as a determining factor. It must be remem- bered that business in all lines is necessarily from "hand to mouth," that the whole country is buying all of its commodities and supplies in the same way, that is, according to actual necessities. But one should not stop at the size of the individual order and tlraw gloomy conclusions. One should rather compute the total volume of orders. The furniture field offers a striking illustration of the miscon- ceived importance of this so-called band to mouth buying. This is true for two reasons: One, because those handling hardwood stocks have shown a reasonable amount of weakness in their quota- tions up to now, and the other because the furniture retailer, the man who buys the manufactured products, in turn buys only from hand to mouth. In other words, he buys as his stocks move. But, the fact remains that the retailer in buying is in almost all cases immediately replacing items and suits as they are removed from his stocks; he is not letting his stock run down for the reason that popular buying is continuing on the increase. Suits and entire home outfits are forming an increasing part of retailer sales. A survey of the whole circle of hardwood merchandising through the channels of furniture manufacture and distribution shows a steadily climbing volume of furniture turnover in spite of the fact that it comes about mostly through small transactions. One big outlet for lumber stocks which has been the cause of the greatest amount of speculation is the building industry. No one is justified in attempting a definite opinion covering the possible devel- opment in the building field. However, certain outstanding features give undeniable promise of considerable more activity in the build- ing industry than most people have looked for. The popular idea has been that high prices wovdd continue to stifle anything in the nature of speculative construction. This popular analysis left out of consideration the radical increases in rentals. Why, in view of the fact that every large city is literally hungry for new apartments and new houses and is absorbing mounting rents without a murmur, is not the speculative builder justified in making the increased investment ? His increased returns will show him a profit which will be increased in direct proportion as the cost of operation and main- tenance of his buildings decreases, for it is not likely that there will be any downward movement in rents for a long time. The sup- ply of buildings is too far behind the demand to make this possible. So far as the home bmlding circle is concerned there is every reason to anticipate a good deal of activity in the spring. Xo one will 16 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 1919 question either the need or the popular interest in new homes, and now that the government and every local industrial and trade organization recognizes the importance to the whole nation of resuming activity in this vital industry, it is reasonable to suppose that financial means will be available to any one who wishes to start building. This is going to be a feature of tremendous impor- tance as bearing upon the speed with which construction is resumed. The government support is likely to go beyond the moral stage and extend to actual financial assistance. In addition, government departments are showing disposition to immediately organize for necessary government construction of all characters. It is not necessary to again go over the facts of supply and demand so far as they have bearing upon the markets. Any one watching national developments in important wood-using indus- tries can form his own conclusion regarding the probable opening up of these fields. A fair analysis of these factors cannot lead to anything but optimistic opinions. As indicating the balance of supply and demand the same factors hold that have maintained during the past two months, namely: definite forced curtailment, due to natural causes, of forty per cent to fifty per cent of the win- ter's cut which will be put in pile at a cost fully equaling and in many cases exceeding any figures reached during the high markets of the last six months. Taking the northern situation in particular, the soft open winter win have an effect upon lumber markets, not only in the matter of supplies made available, but in that of cost of production. Tha almost total absence of favorable logging conditions has completelj upset the plans of many large northern operators, necessitating many changes and gi'catly increasing the cost of logging. This, ot course, is naturally going to reflect in the total cost of manufactur- ing the lumber. The Government's Attitude on Business ONE OF THE MOST SANE AND COMMON-SENSE utterances that has ever come out of official Washington, one that most nearly touches the problems of the average man of business as he must face those problems, is in the form of a statement coming from F. T. Miller, director of the Division of Public "Works and Construction at Washington. Mr. Miller's bulletin is in effect a statement of government support of the movement to resume build- ing. The main and really essential point and the one on which the success or failure of the ' ' Build Now ' ' campaign rests, is the mental attitude of a large majority of the people who still think that because of the end of the war the world has gone back to the conditions of ante-bellum days. In other words, to use the expression in the bulletin: "The majority of the people in this country now are still in the mental hoop skirts and pantalets of the before-the-war attitude of mind." This phrase applied to the condition that exists means that the average man unthinkingly calculates that now, with the war over, we may naturally figure along pre-war lines, using pre-war costs and jjre-war comparisons, whereas, as a matter of fact, we must not hopefully wait for something which cannot come about but rather must accept the condition as i*" is now and make our plans to adjust our businesses and to adjust industries to these conditions. This statement supports the contention Hardwood Record has repeatedly made that a good deal more building will be taken up this spring than is anticipated, as the people at large have become accustomed to the higher standard of costs and make their calcula- tions accordingly. The point of importance in the bulletin seems to be the fact that it represents the government's authorized support of efforts to stimulate the immediate resumption of the building industry. The statement is carried elsewhere in this issue and deserves the careful analysis of everyone interested in seeing the building situation definitely improved in the near future. Inland Water Transportation SOMEHOW THE MOVEMENT toward improvement of rivers and development of inland water transportation does not seem to make headway. It is not a new question. It is older than the railroads, and it has been before the people longer than any living man can remember. The movement has sometimes manifested itself in digging canals like the Chesapeake & Ohio or the Erie; sometimes in the form of locks and dams by which a river is converted into a series of pools extending scores or hundreds of miles, as the Monon- gahela; and at other times the improvement of inland navigation has taken the form of deepening rivers, removing bars, and clearing channels of logs or rocks, as in the case of the Mississippi. Much work has been done, and much has not been that should be. Inland navigation in the United States is in poor condition, and popular sentiment in favor of making it better is not strong enough or general enough to bring results of a positive kind. Nearly all results now, and for some years past, have been negative. Appro- priations which were formerly made by Congress for the improve- ment of inland waterways gradually came to be looked at askance because of charges that much of the money was wasted by being expended where the need was small. It was known as "pork barrel" politics; that meant, that congressmen would swap votes, one voting for an appropriation where none was needed, in order to get a similar appropriation in his district, where none should be. In that way, it was charged, money was wasted. There was little to show for large expenditures, and the whole system gradually f)ecame unpopular. The need remains, but it is hard to get anything done. Inland water transportation is now wanted more than ever in the past, to help the railroads carry the country's traf&c. The railroads are inadequate. But any movement in that direction gets a cool recep- tion, and why is it? Opposition comes from two quarters. Railroads do not want increased and improved water carriage that might cut in on rail- road business. Now and then a railroad magnate, as in the case of James J. HiU, may announce that railroads would welcome improvements in river transportation, as a relief from congestion; but the voices of railroads advocating river improvements are not loud enough or frequent enough to attract much notice. The impres- sion remains that the railroads would rather see a good deal of freight congestion and many embargoes, than to see boats and barges on rivers carrying any considerable portion of the coun- try's traffic. More telling opposition to river improvement comes from another quarter, from the indifference of the, public. The people generally do not say much, think much, or care much about river improve- ment. Now and then a board of trade or a chamber of commerce or some business convention will pass a resolution favoring better inland water commerce, and there the matter ends. There is no fol- low-up to the movement. The little life it had at the start soon tuckers out and that is the last heard of it until some other meet- ing passes another resolution, and the spurt begins over again. Doubtless much hindrance and harm to the cause of inland navi- gation have been done and are being done by too much small poli- tics. One section tries to work the wires to gain an advantage over other sections, and kills the whole thing. The view is not wide enough or the vision large enough. It is not a question of neigh- borhoods and townships, or of an outlet or inlet for this town or that town. River navigation is a bigger question than that. Con- gress should handle it; and district, county, and state lines ought to be ignored, and plans for the whole country should be formulated, and then all efforts should be directed toward general results. Once in a while some one still advances the theory that birdseye figure in maple is caused by birds picking the bark to procure the sweet sap. It is strange that an exploded theory should live so long. The fact that birds do peck holes in maple bark and drink the sweet sap is sufficient, in the minds of some people, to account for birdseye figure in that wood. Febiuary 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 17 Resumption of Building Work a National Asset Chief of Division of Public Works and Construction Development Says United States is a "Going Concern" with an Assured Future By F. T. Miller, Director The main issue now before our country is — are we in a state of liquidation, trying to settle up our aiifairs, or are we a going concern? This country has $265,000,000,000 of wealth; wealthier than four of the wealthiest nations of the world combined; we have $2,500,- 000,000 worth of gold in this country — the greatest amount ever known in the possession of this country, and considerably more than half of the gold of the world. We are over the war. We have shown moral characteristics in accepting the draft that have enabled us to put men on the Western front in numbers second onlj' to France, and our men have fought well. The war is over — and we do not expect attack from anybody, but we are still wondering what we are going to do — how we are going to get along. After the Civil war was over, when we had foreign complications and when we had but $133,000,000 in gold against $346,000,000 greenbacks. Secretary Sherman came out and said, "The waj' to resume specie payment is to resume." Payment was resumed and we did business, because the people had faith in the country. This is the greatest, strongest, wealthiest, healthiest co\intry in the world and it is a country that should be doing business and not a country in a state of liquidation; and yet, because of a psycho- logical status, everybody is waiting to see if somebody else is going to reduce his price on something. Copper consumption is down. Iron consumption is down. The great question is one of consump- tion. If we do not buy, we cannot exist and do business — this is the issue. Now if we had the 4,000,000 immigrants that this country would have received if the war had not commenced — if we had our 2,000,- 000 soldiers home again, if adjustments had been made and if we were all working steadily in the pursuits of peace — if we had the three to Ave billion dollars worth of domestic structures of which we are short, and the shortage of which is causing increase in rents (and rentals growing out of this shortage cumulatively increase the cost of every necessity of life) — if we had these things and were all working steadily, and if there were no exceptional draft on our products from abroad, prices might again be what they used to be. When the European war broke out we expected it to last but a few months and looked immediately for return to old conditions. In the meantime, different conditions have been arising and we still have our minds fixed on a return to the old conditions. The thought of a nation is one of an ante-bellum character. But, con- ■ditions have come about which have changed this country far more than conditions which came about from the Civil war. We cannot turn the clock back. When the armistice was signed in a Pullman car in France, and people tossed a lot of newspapers out of windows here, we all thought we were back to the old conditions. Many now know we are not to go back to those conditions, but it is hard to realize that we must adjust ourselves to new conditions and act promptly. The inertia of economic events is a continuing force and we must all take the new hand of cards that has been dealt to us, familiarize ourselves with them as quickly as possible and play with them. It will do us no good to sit and look at them and hope that in some mysterious way they will change back into the old hand we had before the war. After the Civil war, we characterized people who maintained their old ideas as "ante bellum." The darkies said "befo' the wah, " but the majority of people in this country now are still in the mental hoop skirts and pantalets of the beforethe-war attitude of mind, and they do not fully realize the strength of the nation or the close political and economic contacts that have been brought about with the world in general, and which will influence all of our future activities. We are not going to get the immigrants which we received formerly; prices of labor are higher in Europe than they were; prices of materials are higher in Europe than they have been for years, in some cases higher than they are here, and the influence of the European markets on our prices must be taken into consid- eration. Prices of materials in the building line have increased 60 per cent in the face of a declining demand. Prices of other com- modities have increased 109 per cent. Former Secretary McAdoo said in substance on November 17, 1918, in instructing the supervising architect to commence building for the Treasury Department, "The normal activity of the building industry will facilitate the transition of general industry from a war to a peace basis." The purpose of this division of the Department of Labor is to interest the nation in public work and private construction. When figures and principles are submitted to the public, each must use his own judgment as to the prudence of his individual undertaking. We are simply helping to bring about realization in this great basic industry that conditions have changed. During the reconstruction period, the labor and materials which might otherwise be idle can be fixed through this basic industry into permanent wealth which has earning power and pays taxes. Otherwise this labor and materials will go to waste. The activity of this industry is literal reeonstructon. Deferred construction is a part of our war debt — the first part to be paid, because through reconstruction we are making good our impaired facilities and putting ourselves into better condition to repay the remainder of our debt. This division is composed of men with practical training. Their desire is to present the truth to the nation. Information obtained is being furnished to the public and transmitted directly to parties interested. The Labor Department stands for increased production, while preserving the efiiciency of the capital value of the individual worker, as it is only by increased production that the comforts of life may be made more universal. A decrease in consumption may make them cheaper but the comforts of life become thus less and less available to all. All recognize that the working man would have been ground out of existence before now if it had not been for the union, but the value of the dollar received by him as wages is the value he established by the quality of the service he renders. It is probable that the cost per cubic foot of modern fire-proof buildings, up to three years ago at least, was less than the cost per cubic foot of the old six-story, non-elevator, non-tireproof buUd- ing of thirty years ago. This is because of the rapid advance in the art, the manufacture of materials in large quantities, and the more ready assembling of the component parts through standard- ization of forms. In the assembling of these materials there are one to two hundred skilled artisans. As inventions and improve- ments occur— as metal lath is substituted for the wooden, reinforced concrete for brick, the kalomine doors for wooden doors, etc., these trades suffer successively and yet the public is benefited. In the adjustment of the incidental trade disputes over such matters occurs 18 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10. 1919 our greatest trouble — yet this is just the same kind of trouble which occurred in Manchester, England, on the introduction of textile machinery, and as has occurred in every great industrial center upon the introduction of the labor-saving devices and improvements, each temporarily injuring one trade yet benefiting society as a whole. Less than 10 per cent of our labor difficulties in the building line are due to contests for wages. Home building and home owning is the basis of the strength of the nation. While the home is not a negotiable investment, histor^^ has shown that it pays very large financial returns in the increased efiieiency of the family. The home-owning spirit is awakened in about 120 cities throughout the United States in which agitation is now active. One of the greatest factors in making home owning possible is building loan associations. These associations are unable to supply the demand for money made on them because they are dependent upon the weekly payments of their members, but they possess nearly $2,000,000,000 worth of securities which they desire to pool in home loan banks in each federal reserve district, in order that they may borrow upon these collateral assets, and with the proceeds furnish home builders with the money to undertake their small projects. There are 7,200 such institutions throughout the country. Loss is practically unknown to them. Their directors serve without com- pensation and are the reliable men of the community. Last year they did a business of $1,250,000,000 at a cost of eight-tenths of one per cent. One factor in getting ourselves out of thi.s state of liquidation is settlement by the government on war contracts either verbal or written. It is confidently expected that during the current week Congress will give legal sanction to the moral commitments given by oflicials during our war emergencies, and that thus not only a large amount of capital will be immediately freed, for general industry, but, also, the past having been closed, thought and initia- tive may be directed to future undertakings of an active indus- trial nature. Southern Europe Lumber Outlook Nelson C. Brown has returned from a business trip of two years in southern Europe and northern Africa, where he studied the lum- ber situation, particularly as to the prospects of selling American products in that region. He was one of the four commissioners sent by the government to investigate the lumber markets of Europe, northern Asia, and northern Africa. He visited Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, the Balkans, and the countries along the southern coast of the Mediterranean sea. Since his return he has been attending lumbermen's meetings and giving an account of his work abroad. He is at present on the Pacific coast. It is his opinion that the opportunity to sell American lumber in that region is excellent, and this is the time to make a begin- ning, for the lumber from northern Europe, which would naturally compete with ours, is either not in the market at all or at prices much higher than ours. Russia is out of the game now, and Swedish prices are very high. Little lumber may be expected to come out of Austria or Hungary for a long time. Mr. Brown opened forty-nine lumber exhibits in the territory visited by him, and placed on display thirty kinds of American wood. He secured show rooms in business centers of the different countries, generally with the assistance of United States consuls, and arranged the lumber in a way to attract attention. These exhibits are necessary because many prospective buyers are not acquainted with our lumber; and some who have seen American lumber are prejudiced against it because of unfortunate circumstances. In some instances in the past, shipments of lumber not up to grade have been made to those markets, thus making a bad impression. Purchasers suppose that all our wood is similar to the inferior specimens they have seen, and they are naturally prejudiced. It will be necessary to overcome these unfavorable and unfortunate impressions, and to take constant and special care that nothing like it happens again. It may be recalled that Mr. Simmons found a similar situation in some of the markets in South America, where lumber other than first class had been shipped in. One of the first steps to take, in Mr. Brown's opinion, will consist in measures for inspecting the exports before thej' leave America and see to it that every grade is strictly what it claims to be. Otherwise, the business of the honest exporter may be hurt by objectionable material shipped by some one elae. Mr. Brown is enthusiastic in his belief that an excellent opening exists in southern Europe for the output of our mills. The needs are great, and much buying will be done. 'Selling methods are somewhat different from what we are accustomed to in this country, and it wiU be necessary to study their methods and conform to them; but if that is done, the opportunities are first class. Mr. Brown found red gum in much favor in Spain, Italy, and else- where, it having long been in use there. Workmen in those coun- tries understand this wood and like it. Much Japanese oak is to be m?t with in the markets of southern Europe, where it generally arrives in the form of square logs in good condition. The notion that Japanese oak logs are always of small size is erroneous. Mr. Brown saw Japanese oak logs in a yard at Milan, Italy, that were full three feet square. Japanese traders have been steadily pushing this oak in European markets. In quantity, class, and variety our woods go so much ahead of all competitors that half the fight for introduction is won at the beginning. Banks for Home Builders A bill is in course of preparation which will soon be introduced in Congress. Its purpose is to assist home builders who may not other- wise be able to command the necessary money for the construction of houses. There is a house shortage now and unless active building is soon taken up, the shortage will increase. The form of assistance which it is expected that the proposed banks wOl be able to give, and the manner in which such assistance may be furnished, are shown in the tentative outline of the bill which is here given: It is proposed that Congress shall enact legislation permitting the organi- zation of a federal co-operative bank in each of the existing federal reserve districts. Every such bank shall begin business with a paid-in cash cap- ital of at least $200,000, in shares of $1000 each. Only building and loan association.s may purchase or hold the stock of the bank. Whenever twenty or more building and loan associations in any federal reserve district, hav- ing aggregate resources of $10,000,000 or more, associate themselves together for that purpose they may organize the federal co-operative bank of saitl district, after having obtained a certificate of the comptroller of the treasury that they have complied with the provisions of this act, and have adopted by-laws in harmony herewith, approved by the comptroller. Every such bank shall be subject to visit and examination, at least annually, of representatives of the comptroller of the treasury. The shareholders of any such bank shall be known as members. Any member, in pursuance of the legitimate and prudent extension of Its busi- ness, may obtain advances from the bank in this manner. It will deposit with the bank first lien bonds and mortgages on developing properties within the district (in amounts for each mortgage not exceeding $5000) to an extent twenty-five per cent in excess of the loan or advance required, which loan may not exceed twenty times the par value of the stock in the federal co-operative bank owned by the borrowing number. No member may maintain borrowed money obligations, through the federal co-operative bank, or otherwise, that shall at any time aggregate an amount exceeding sixty per cent of all its mortgage assets. The idea thus put forward possesses great possibilities as an aid to building. The need of homes calls for no demonstration, it being too well known ; and if funds for building can be secured in adequate amounts by the plans here proposed, there can be no question that much will be accomplished. February 10, ]919 HARDWOOD RECORD 19 Important Announcements from Washington By H. C. Hallam The goveriiinent has issued tlie following statement regarding the proposed disposal of surplus hardwood stocks: A confereuce was held January 80 lietwtM-n representatives of the gov- ernment and of the lumber industry' to consider a unifortQ methotii of pro- cedure for the disposal of government surplus stocks of hardwoods. The conference developed the following facts : It was not the intent of the government to market these stocks in such a way as to adversely affect the lumber industry. The amount of these stocks is very small. A plan was under consideration by wbiidi these stocks would be disposed of in co-operation with the industry. Members of the industry in attendance c.vpressed complete satisfaction mith the practical methods which tbe government was employing. This statement contains meager details, l)ut it is the under- standing of lumbermen here that hardwood men stand ready to cooperate in the disposal of the stocks, which consist principally of airplane and gunstock material and other specialties. In connection with the formation of plans for the disposition of government hardwood surplus stocks, notice has been given of the withdrawal from sale of all or parts of eight lots out of eleven lots of mahogany and walnut lumber belonging to the navy that was to have been sold at the Lang Products Company, Whitestone, Long Island, N. Y., February 15. The stuff to be sold is now calcu- lated at less than 275,000 feet of lumber (propeller material) and 202,000 pounds of mahogany cuttings, board end.s, etc. A board of sales review has been organized in the War Depart- ment under C. W. Hare, director of sales for Assistant Secretary of War Crowell. Different members of the board have charge of the disposition of various materials, equipment and supplies of which the army has a surjjlus. Major Crunden, for instance, has building material, including lumber, millwork, roofing, wall board, refrigera- tion, etc. Captain Glover has trucks and motor equipment, animal and hand drawn vehicles. Colonel LaMar has woodworking tools and other tools and machinery. Mr. Hartman has furniture and many other articles, and so on. The board of sales review has given clearance for the construc- tion division of the army to sell surplus materials at Camp Grant valued at $867,000, including lumber, millwork, etc. The lumber is to be sold through producers in line with a general agreement with them. The remainder of the material is to be sold for cash at auction or to the highest bidder on sealed proposal, or at current market prices. The latter method is generally emj)loyed by the construction division in most instances. Probing for Profits The Retail Lumber Dealers' Association is much disturbed over a section of the revenue bill providing that business men shall report to the government the profits they made on contracts with or sales to the government. This, it is declared, it is impracticable to do. Plans for closer cooperation between the lumber manufacturers and the lumber retailers are expected to be worked out as a result of suggestions that the national retailers' and the national manu- facturers' associations appoint committees to meet and talk matters over. For some time only certain kinds of wood andlumber have been licensed as dunnage. Now it is announced that all grades of wood and lumber will receive bunker licenses for that purpose. Of special importance to the ship owner or agent is the further announcement that hereafter any commodity that has been licensed and used as dunnage or for containers may be sold or otherwise disposed of at the point of foreign destination, according to the owner's wish in the matter. In other words, vessels will not be obliged to retain their dunnage and to return it to the United States if they care to dispose of it otherwise. For a time it is said that wood dunnage was sold abroad as lumber, better grades and kinds being used as dunnage on that account, but it was understood that the war trade board stopped tliat practice under the license system. The Northern Hardwood Emergency Bureau is planned to close March 1. Eoy H. Jones, its manager for the past year or so, has gone to New York preparatory to sailing for Europe on a mission of exploiting northern hardwoods in foreign markets. The Crosstie Situation M. E. Towner of the raUroad administration expects good results .soon from recent conferences with gatherings of crosstie producers and contractors at Chicago and St. Louis, and a similar affair at Mobile, Ala. Mr. Towner hopes to have differences between the government railroad system and the tie interests adjusted so that there will be little friction. Where hardship has been suffered it is intimated that relief will be granted. One of the problems invcdves small ties. J. E. Pole}', also of the railroad administration, is engaged on efforts to settle troubles of the tie peojjle. He has gone into the southwestern States to stiuly the situation there, and thence to the Mc^ile conference. It is said thai liarmony reigns once more between the railroad administration purchasing forces and the southern pine industry. Mr. Towner conferred recently with President J. H. Kirby of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, and it was announced afterwards that the administration is not discriminating against southern pine or against certain yellow pine mills in purchases of railroad materials. A. L. Justus, who was one of the assistants to Charles Edgar, former director of lumber under the War Industries Board, has been transferred to the War Department, for which he is appraising lots of lumber commandeered by the government for construction purposes. This lumber was taken from retail yards and whUe in transit. Claims for j'ayment for it are being passed upon by the department. Concerning the purchase of ties, the railroad administration has issued a statement in which this paragraph occurs: As it stands now, there are no absolutely fixed prices of railroad oak car material. The individual purchasing agent buys in his zone if possible and, if not, instructs the regional purchasing agent to place his order tor him. This, of course, is done to the best advantage of the railroad admin- istration but not on the basis of a fixed price. Each railroad has been instructed in reporting the mills on its line to state wbether they sell direct or sell through a wholesale distributor in order that the bid requests may be sent to the proper party. Wholesalers Send Out Questionnaire The National Wholesalers' Bureau has sent out a questionnaire to wholesalers generally, asking for information relative to market conditions in the section in which each wholesaler does business, respectively. The intention is to compile this information and issue it in some form for whatever it may be worth to members of the trade. The questionnaire calls for data as to- the present condition of trade, the percentage of buying compared to last month, the outlook for the next three or four months, whether prices are main- tained on a uniform basis or there is considerable variation in cer- tain items, what items are being cut, what is the financial condition and outlook, tlie use of trade acceptances, whether the movement and cut of lumber is normal for this season of the year, whether there is a labor shortage and reasons for same. The agricultural appropriation bill has passed the House of Rep- resentatives carrying appropriations for the Forest Service and the national forests about as usual. During the discussion of the measure the statement was made authoritatively that the estimated receipts of the national forests during the fiscal year 1919 would be .$4,400,000. Senator Wadsworth of New York made the statement in the 20 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 1319 Senate recently tliat tlie American forestry troops in I'r.-uuo cut and sawed (50,000,000 feet of lumber for war purposes. Good tenant houses draw farm labor, says the Department of Agriculture, which offers free working plans for such houses to parties interested. The houses are of different sizes and of frame construction, which would be good news to lumbermen, but is tem- pered by the department reeonimendation that local materials be used wherever possible, including lumber cut on the ftirm. Return of Lumber Commissioners Roger Simmons, lumber trade commissioner for the Department of Commerce, who has been studying lumber markets and forest production in Kussia, Siberia and Scandinavia, has returned to the United States and is conferring with Department of Commerce officials prior to touring the country to see lumber trade associa- tion interests and tell them about foreign trade opportunities. John R. Walker, lumber trade commissioner to western Europe, at the last minute changed his sailing date homeward bound and is now expected to leave a British port February 14, arriving in Wash- ington about March 1. He, too, will confer with the department and then with the trade. There is a disposition in Washington not to give out much information about the reports of these agents, on the ground that their operations were financed largely by the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, and it is held to be entitled to information before the public generally. F. I... Driver of Thomasvillc, Ga., has been made member of the special committee of the National Wholesalers' Bureau that plans to sail for Europe on the liner France February 14 to study oppor- tunities in the foreign lumber markets for the benefit of the Export Sales Corporation of the Wholesalers' Bureau. Ocean Rates on Certain Commodities The United States Shipping Board is reported to be making good rates on lumber from south Atlantic and Gulf ports to British, French, Dutch and Belgian ports, as well as in the coastwise trade. It has also made a number of reduced rates from north Atlantic ports to British ports, including the following: Koat cars, .fl per 100 pounds; ompt.v casks from 75 cents to $3 each; cedar slats, oO cents per cubic foot; clothes pins, auto trucks, cooperage stock, pitch pine deck planks and crosstics, SI per 100 pounds; crutches, .'>0 cents per cubic foot : hickory dowels, ..ooo.oo(i feet less than the estimated cut for 191S and 46.000,000 feet less than the actual cut of 1917. The estimated cut. of hardwoods for 1919 is about 7.000.000 feet less than the cut of 191S. while the estimated cut of hemlock is only about 3.500,000 fnet less than the cut of 191S. With anything near normal consumption it would be hard to conceive of a more favorable stock condition than exists today. -A^s to what the future may have in store, the conditions confronting us make it difficult to offer even a suggestion as to what we may look forward to In the way of values. The one big object which Is always with us Is the cost of production, and until such time as the manufacturer of lumber can show a reduction in his costs it is absolutely essential that his product be marketed at the values indicated if he is to return to him- self or stockholders a reasonable return on the investment. February ]0, I'.ni) HARDWOOD RECORD 21 Tlierc was a great deal of discussion of the various points liroii^jlit nut li.v Mr. Abbott, quite a little of tliis centering upon the litiestiou of JVo. '.i and tlie market for hardwood ties. It was emphasized that it is very foolish to sliow any weakness whatsoever in the tie market at present, as every ])oint in the outlook indicates better prices in the very near future. Box plants, according to the sentiment of tlie organization, are rapidly working up tlie large quantities they took in under war conditions. It is anticipated that there will be a normal box busi- ness and that any over accumulation of lunilier will be worked up in the next few weeks. Orlando P. Barnes, member of the ta.v commission of the State of Michigan, then delivered a most interesting talk on the gen- eral question of fair taxation for timbered and cut-over lands. His report was in reality a reading of the report he has submitted to the Governor of Michigan, and outlined a plan for equitable taxa- tion based not upon the present system of ad valorem taxation, but iqicju the basis of classification of taxable properties. His theory regarding the proper method of taxing of timber lands involves a specified tax on stump land, the tax on the growing timber to be levied on the same principle as would be the tax on other crops, such, for example, as those produced by the farmers. This tax would be collected at the time of harvesting the timber. Following Mr. Barnes' talk the meeting adjourned for luncheon, resuming very shortly thereafter. The afternoon meeting was given over mostly to a discussion of the plans for developing export business. C. A. Bigelow, who is president of the Wisconsin and Michigan organization of manufacturers behind this movement, outlined what has been done and what will be done, telling of the proposed tour of Eoy H. Jones, who will leave this country on the seventeenth, sailing for a six-months' preliminary investigation. Upon favorable report being received from the preliminary trip, the Wisconsin and Michigan manufacturers contemplate forming a joint export company to operate under the Webb act, and with ample backing and facilities to develop a largo export volume. Meeting of Cut-Over Land Association The Southern Alluvial Land As.sociation held its second annual meeting January 31, at Memphis, Tenn., with President John W. McClure in the chair, and a large attendance of rej)resentati.ve land owners. In the president's address he stated that alluvial eut-over lands have increased in value at a ratio exceeding that of any other class of land in recent years, notwithstanding obstacles to development due to the war. He declared that the largest and most prompt re- sponse to publicity work had come from southern farmers, rather than from those of other jjarts of the country, and he recommended that, in future, greater attention be paid to these southern farmers for the reason that they are better adapted to the climate of this territory and that they have a much better understanding of living conditions in this area. He pleaded for a larger membership, both active and associate, and also for greater activity in community development, in improved clearing methods, in better road construction, in better living conditions and in higher standards of sanitation, and believed that the association should have the active and sympathetic support of every banker, merchant and business organization in the alluvial em- pire, as well as the owners of both wild and cut-over lands. Secretary Stonebraker, in his report, told of the vast amount of literature that had been issued and of the unusual activity in publicity work in behalf of the alluvial lands, with resultant inquiries from all parts of the United States, as well as from some foreign countries. He referred particularly to an inquiry for information regarding these lands which had recently reached the association from Paris, France. He said the membership of the association at the end of the year was forty-seven, a fair increase for the past twelve months. He also reported that the association had been active in sending out questionnaires to owners of lands in the alluvial area with a view to ascertaining those which were available for the soldier-farm settlement movement. In this connection he noted that the association had re- ceived 6.50 separate offerings of cut-over and other lands, involving 1,150,54.5 acres. Secretary Stonebraker said that drainage work, hindered materially by the war, was being resumed in Arkansas and Mississippi on a pretty liberal scale and he created genuine interest and enthusiasm when he said that several drainage districts in northeastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri had combined into big single drainage organization which was digging 1,500 miles of ditches that would drain approximately 1,500,000 acres of land near the border line of these two states. This particular project was brought to his atten- tion, he said, in a letter from Phil Gilbert of the Wisconsin Lumber Company, one of the largest land-owners in that territory. Election of Officers The principal work of the business meeting was the election of ofticers and the hearing of reports. All the old officers of the asso- ciation were re-elected as follows, despite the fact that they have already served during the two years the organization has been in existence : President — John W. McClure. FiiiST ViCE-PnEsiOE.\T — A. C. Lange. Second Vice-Pkesident — W. E. Hyde. Treasubeu — John M. Pritchard. Directors : S. B. Anderson, W. C. Bonner, R. !>. Darnell, S. JI. N'ickey, Earl Palmer, Rudolph Sondheimer, A. N. Thompson and J. R. Campljcll, Memphis ; L. P. Dubosc, Charleston, Miss. ; A. C. Lange, Blytheville, Ark. ; W. H. Dick, Phillip, Mis-s. ; Thomas W. Fry, St. Louis, Mo. ; Max Miller, Marianna, Ark. ; B. K. Simonson, Luxora, Ark. ; P. K. Conn, Yazoo City, Miss., and N. H. Walcott, Providence, R. I. F. E. Stonebraker, who had served as secretary during the past two years, tendered his resignation in order that he might re-enter the lumber export field in which he was employed when he assumed the duties of the secretaryship. His successor has not yet been selected. President McClure paid a high tribute to the splendid service ren- dered by Mr. Stonebraker while the latter, in turn, expressed sincere regret that it was necessary for him to sever his relations with an organization which had already accomplished so much and which had so bright a future ahead of it. Assessments Increased On the recommendation of the assessment committee, it was voted unanimously to increase the assessment to 3 cents per acre, with a maximum limit of $1,500 for any single member. The report of the treasurer, John M. Pritchard, showed that increase in the revenues of the organization was necessary if it was to go forward unhampered in its activities. Resolutions were adopted favoring the plan of Secretary Franklin K. Lane, of the Interior Department, for the settlement of lands in this territory with returned soldiers and sailors as well as the bill which has been introduced into congress providing $100,000,000 for the clearing, drainage and stocking of such lands as may be provided by the states or by individuals, firms or corporations for this purpose. This action followed a brief outline of the plan by Bolton Smith of Memphis, who was designated as its representative at this meeting by the Interior Department. Interesting Topics Discussed i Aside from the election of officers and the delivery of reports re- garding the business affairs of the association, the session was devoted chiefly to addresses on particular subjects by men particularly quali- fied to give advice and impart information. Arthur C. Davenport, manager of the Chicago Daily Drovers' Jour- nal and of other agricultural papers, declared that the South 's oppor- tunity consists in combining cotton growing and the raising of live stock. Climate and soil favor these industries. ' 22 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 1919 V. E. Stonebraker 's address called attention to the almost complete reversal of land market conditions since the association commenced advertising the alluvial regions. Two years ago many cut-over land- owners were seeking buyers, but today it has largely assumed the situ- ation of the buyer seeking the land. It was asserted that so great is the difference in price between cleared and uncleared lands, that as a business proposition it is a safe investment to buy uncleared ground and improve it. Dr. E. R. Lloyd, the newly elected agricultural expert of the farm development bureau of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce, speaking on ' ' diversification, ' ' said that the only solution of the serious cotton problem confronting the people of the South lay in raising enough foodstuffs to take care of their needs along this line. He did not lielieve it would be possible to reduce acreage to a sufficient extent to materially curtail production of cotton unless southern farmers were told what to produce that would either bring money, per se, or that would greatly save money by preventing the necessity of going into the open market to buy foodstuffs. ' ' The southern farmer is just now beginuing to get some of the (ir.st cheap money he has ever had," declared L. K. Thompson, presi- dent of the Mississippi and Arkansas Joint Stock Land banks, with headquarters at Memphis. ' ' We are loaning money on first mort- gages at 6 per cent interest, without^ commissions, and we do not make any limit as to the amount any individual may borrow, pro- vided he has adequate collateral, nor do we impose any restrictions as to the use to which the money is to be put." Annual Meeting ot Hemlock and Hardwood Men Coming at a time when export problems, tlic big ijuestiou of labor, wages, domestic markets, manufacturing costs and quantity production, are occupying the thoughts of every northern manu- facturer, the big annual meeting of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, held at the Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, on Thursday and Friday, January 30 and 31, was of unusual importance. It was a remarkably well attended meeting not only as to numerical representation of membership, but as to close attention to the execution of the program. The order of business included the usual addresses of oflficers and a great many very valuable reports covering questions of paramount importance to all northern operators. President George N. Harder of Eib Lake, Wis., was in the chair. His address, while largely in the nature of a review of the impor- tant war work accomplished through the association and its able secretarial offices, made important recommendations for the future in which were suggestions that the secretary be given further office assistance to the end that he may have more time for application to the general problems of the association. He also recommended general support of the plans for increasing export use of northern hardwoods, and further suggested that the trend of wood use in the future is being indicated by specifications worked out by various societies of technical men responsible for the installation of wood in structures of different kinds. In his historical review of the development of the association, he touched on the very efficient contact that has been maintained with tlie g(>\criiment tliroiigli tlie secretary's office and that of Eastern Manager R. H. Jones. President Harder said that the membership now is in excess of anything that has been maintained heretofore. In commenting on the cost of association work, Mr. Harder l)ointed out that the efficient office of the secretary has been main- tained at a less expense per thousand feet than that of any other association in a similar position. The report of Secretary Swan went further into such details, mentioning a membership of about ninety members, showing a total cut of 800,000,000 feet. In his report, Mr. Swan advocated an endeavor to bring a more general understanding between the producers of lumber in the northern States and those purchasing and utilizing lumber and lumber products. He then went on to tell something of the activities of the asso- ciation as represented by disbursements through his office, which he said now total more than .$100,000 a year. Bearing out the general opinion that building will be resumed in spite of higher cost, M. P. McCnllough, chairman of the bureau of promotion, stated in his report that there is much more call for the association 's literature bearing on the character and applica- tion of northern woods, including hemlock and hardwoods. The increased call for this information is most marked, according to Mr. MeCullough, since the signing of the armistice, the greatest increase being shown in the month of December. In that nujnth, \ Continued on par/r. .^1 t hEOnOE N. HARDER. RIB I,AKE, WIS., RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT (). T. SWAN, (ISIIKOSII, WIS., SEfRETARY UOY JONES, WHO GOES ABROAD TO VESTIGATE EUROPEAN MARKETS February 10, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 23 THE "HIGHBOY^' MADE BY SAVERY ABOUT 1860 Some Old Philadelphia Furniture The December number of the Bulletin of the Metropolitan Muse- um of Art, New York, contains an account, with pictures, of some early Philadelphia furniture, made in that city about 1 760, by William Savery, "at the sign of the chair, a little be- low the market in Second Street. " The subject of artistic furniture is now receiving much attention and for that reason the find is considered important. Savery appears to oc- cupy a place pretty high among fa- mous furniture makers, though he had been almost forgotten until the investigations brought the work again into notice. Savery is said to have made all of his furniture of "Virginia walnut" or of mahogany. Of course the Virginia w^alnut was the reliable black walnut which has been so long and well known in this country. It -was one of the earliest furniture woods used in America. It was abundant on the Atlantic coast south of New York, and it was one of the first woods w^ith which the early settlers became acquainted. A recent w^riter in discussing Savery's furniture said it was "made of mahogany or of Virginia walnut of a quality most difficult to distin- guish from mahogany." It is not quite clear why it should be difficult to distinguish black walnut from mahogany. The two woods do not look much alike, if the grain is ex- posed to view. Savery obtained rather good prices for his furniture, if a pricelist of the Philadelphia makers about that time applied to his production. The "lowboy" shown in the illus- tration would bring the equivalent of $165, and the "highboy" $350. That pricelist was in force in 175 7 and was adopted by six Philadel- phia furniture makers, but Savery's name was not on the list, it being believed that he did not begin to make furniture on his own account till about three years later. 24 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section February 10. 1919 The Question of Thickness Discussed Feb. 10, 1919. Dear Jim, I got your letter Friday and will reply at once because I suppose you are some in a hurry to know what 1 think about this thin veneer matter. Well, Jim, they can talk all they want to about their one 32nd-inch veneers, but just so long as your uncle Hen has any choice in the matter he is go- | ing to have his face veneers at least a 24th of an inch thick and his cross banding a 20th, and he don't care if they come thicker. It is all right for these fellows that make or sell veneers to come along and show you a fine flitch and tell ycu what a fine figure it has and how they got so many more beautiful faces by cutting it one 32rd than they could if they cut it thicker. And of course you can't blame a veneer man for getting as many a lot of thin veneers. The crate is shipped by freight and may be handled from one to a dozen times before it gets to the buyer. Parts of the crate work loose, some of the veneers slide beyond the edges of others and get broken edges. The more the crate is handled the looser the bundle comes and some veneers get broken in the bumps, because freight handlers don't handle a crate of veneers like a case of eggs — and they are none too blame careful of eggs. Then when the shipment gets in some one knocks open the bundle and starts looking over the veneers. The veneer foreman has to see them, and the superin- t e n d e n t, and may be the big boss, and a few others, and every time the stuff is handled a few more pieces get fractured a little, if not completely broken. Then the ve- neers have to be cut to the re- quired size, and' probably matched, jointed feet out of a log as he can when those that buy veneers and taped before they get to the glue room. The thinner are all the time kicking about the price. If a veneer they are the more damage is done in these operations, maker can get a half or a third as many feet again out especially if the stock is crotch or burl. Then comes one of a log by cutting it thinner he can quote a lower price or two more handlings in laying the stock for panel per foot for the veneer and still make more profit on the making before it goes under pressure and comes out in log. And lots of times the buyer will figure the cost and the panel. Up to that point there has been more or less find he is getting more feet for less money and think he breakage and it don't need any expert at figures to see is getting a good buy. that the piece that is broken in the laying of the bale for May be he is, but it is a ten to one shot that he isn't, pressure is worth a lot more than the piece that is broken and the reason he isn't is because there is more waste all in the crate, because more labor has been put on the lot. along the line with thin veneer than there is with thick. But where the cost of buying thin veneers really Suppose every piece is perfect when the shipper crates amounts to big money is after the panels are made. Per- SAVERY'S "LOWBOY," MADE AT HIS PHILADELPHIA SHOP. (See article on page 2.3) February 10, I9I9 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 25 miiyjIiU'liSJilMBBSMR FIGURED RED GUM for All Cabinet Purposes It works up beautifully in its own right, takes a charming and permanent finish, can be profitably used anywhere that a fine cabinet wood is desirable. We carry art immense stock of Figured Red Gum \^eneer. Rotary Cut Gum and Poplar Veneer, Sawed and Sliced Ash, Poplar and Gum Grand Piano Rims, Sawed and Sliced Quartered White Oak. Let us send you small lots of Veneers in cars of hardwood lumber. ]^ICKEY gROTHERS, JNC. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE l»^.lfr^l^fl,yfj|»y^^[t?^lti^fe^;ffiy^flfr^fl»i^^ Sismji 26 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section February 10, 1919 ARE YOU IN THE MARKET II '^^^ II Hard Beautiful Northern Grown BIRCH RED OAK BASSWOOD ELM ASH VENEER • If so, we are here to supply you the best that experience and close attention can produce. Any thickness, any length up to 98 inch, any specification and amount. Specialists in BIRCH DOOR STOCK Kiel Woodenware Co. KIEL MELLEN WISCONSIN 2?*^'». i^-^ .' Made in St. Louis by StLouis Basket & Box Co. WE MANUFACTURE a complete line of Built-up Stock in most any size or thickness, including Walnut, Ma- hogany, Quartered and Plain Oak, Ash, Gum, Plain or Figured Birch, Yellow Pine, S y c a m ore, Cotton- wood, etc. ESTABLISHED 1880 WRITE for COMPLETE PRICE LIST PERKINS GLUE COMPANY SOLE MANUFACTURERS AND SELLING AGENTS PERKINS Vegetable Veneer Glue (PATENTED JULY 2. 1912) 805 J. M. S. BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA VENEERS FOR AEROPLANE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY WRITE, WIRE OR TELEPHONE BIRDS EYE VENEER COMPANY, Escanaba, Mich. haps not so many are spoiled, but what are spoiled are costly and most of this spoilage comes from sanding, through the thin veneer. Then it is a case of patching and a poor piece of goods, or planing the whole face off and doing the job over. That is the reason I want my faces at least a 24th-inch thick and don't care if they are thicker. Of course 1 know that power feed sanders are good, and that they can be adjusted to take the least possible cut, but the man behind the sander is not always good, and if he isn't he can raise the dickens with 24th-inch faces, say nothing about thinner ones. Even when the belt sander is used and the pressure put on by hand it doesn't take much carelessness or absent-mindedness to put a hole in a thin veneer, especially when the belt is new. That applies to face veneers. When it comes to crossing, the stuff now costs almost as much as — and in some cases more than — good cabinet wood veneers did three years ago, and the thinner it is the easier it breaks. (ConliiiHrd on [uigc *J1») February 10, 1919 Hardwood Rccord — Venccr & Panel Section 27 American Black Walnut Pre-eminently The finest CABINET WOOD in the world Unquestionably American Walnut has BEAUTY and DURABILITY beyond compare The richness of figure developes in the finish of this wood better than any other and, without a doubt, is the best wood to use in furniture and interior finish where high class work is desired. WRITE PICKREL WALNUT CO. Clara Ave., near Natural Bridge Road St. Louis, Missouri WALNUT EXCL USIFEL Y 28 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section February 10, 1919 (iscoiDai A Big Point to Panel Buyers From the time the log enters our veneer house to its shipment in the freight car as high grade panels, every phase of the transformation is based on methods thoroughly proven in our own cabinet departments to be productive of the most perfect product for cabinet work. From the log yard to the loading platform Wiscoway panels follow well defined meuiufacturing methods, which result from years of manufacture for our own use as well as for the general trade. So varying are the requirements of dififerent types of panels that the successful buyer should ask himself before each purchase, "why can this firm make my particular panels as they should be made?" One thing alone indicates the answer — if that company has already made those panels successfully it can do so again. Is there any surer way of learning the proper manufacturer of any type of panels than to use it in your own goods and locate and remedy any defects of manufacture or material in your own shop? THE WISCONSIN CABINET & PANEL CO. NEW LONDON, WISCONSIN im uscoidai J February 10, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 29 (Cttntitnn (1 from intgc 28^ Besides, the cross banding is mostly rotary cut material which, as a general thing, breaks easier than sawed or sliced veneers. Now cross banding may get as much handling as 1 wrote about faces getting. But in addi- tion to this when five ply work is being made most places noviT run the crossing through the rolls of the glue spreader so that can lay the panel in what is called one operation. Now it stands to reason that in this operation thin stuff will break more than thicker material, and if it happens to be that loose cut stuff so common today the waste is terrible. So there you are. I found from experience that the cost of finished panels was far less when 1 used thick veneers than when I used thin, and 1 found that it didn't cost so much in the end if 1 used 20th-inch crossing as it did when I used 28th-inch. 1 don't say but what may be thin veneers would be all right in some work, but that work is not making good furniture, because furniture gets some hard knocks, especially when there are kids in the house, and thin stuff with thin veneer on the face will show up the knocks pretty quick. So Jim, lay off the thin veneer stuff long as you can. Of course things seem to be getting worse and worse all the time just at this time, and we have to take what we can get or go without. But we got a right to know what we want whether we can get it or not, and one of these days some of these veneer guys that's telling us what's what now will be mighty pleased to give a very attentive ear when we tell them what's v/hat from our point of view. Sue wants to know when you and the family are going to take a trip and see us. So do I. Regards to the gang. Your friend, HEN. Severe Trial of Laminated Construction A method of making laminated gun stocks was developed at the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., which w^ould. without reducing the strength, permit the use of the small pieces of walnut not suitable for single piece stock. This would facili- tate production and result in appreciable saving in costs and nnaterial. The application of laminated construction to many articles of trade is a development w^orthy of close study. Shoe lasts, bowling pins, saddle trees, oars and paddles, tanks, barrels and kegs, and various parts of vehicles and agricultural instru- ments may possibly be constructed with laminated wood. Origin of Commercial Shellac Shellac which is so extensively used as a finish for wood comes from India almost exclusively. Attempts to produce it elsewhere have been made but have not met with success. It is a resin which is produced by a very small insect that feeds on the sap of a certain tree. The resin accumulates about the body of the insect and sometimes so completely buries it that the insect perishes beneath the accumulation of resin. The deposits are scraped from the surface of the tree in the form of a thin crust, and this becomes the shellac of commerce. Before being put to its final use it is refined and converted into liquid form. 30 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section February 10. 1919 Are you making, or are you consider- ing tlie making of J airplane or sea- f plane parts wKere • Spanish Cedar lumber or veneer Mexican Mahogany African Mahogany will be used? We kave tKe logs — We liave a moaern veneer ana sawmill — We are experienced in man- uiacturing sucn material. Conclusion : You can entrust to us your orders and be sure of delivery witnm a reasonable time. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Company Plant and Yard, Long Island City, N. Y. General Offices, 347 Madison Ave., N. Y. The Dean-Spicker Co. Manufacturers of Oak— Mahogany— Walnut AND LUMBER 22nd St. and So. Crawford Ave. CHICAGO KANE VEGETABLE VENEER GLUE Quality — None Better We guarantee that the process used in the manufacture of Kane Vege- table Veneer Glue, and also the dis- solving and usage of same by the consumer, do not infringe any pat- ents, and particularly the patents recently construed by the Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit or the Decree of the U. S. District Court at Chicago, signed August 5, 1918. Manufactured and sold exclusively by KANE MANUFACTURING CO. 28 E. JACKSON BLVD., CHICAGO February 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 31 (ContinUi'iJ from ptn/c 22) according to Mr. McCullougli, the inquiry for bireli literature increased about 100 per cent, while the increase in inquiries for literature bearing ou hemlock showed an increase of o\'er SOU jier cent over any preceding month. In the afternoon session the report of lleorge E. Foster was read by Secretary Swan, showing a strong financial condition. The only other formal report was that of W. H. McDonald, chief inspector. The bulk of the afternoon was given over to addresses by Ucan Russell, College of Agriculture of the University of Wisconsin, and George H. Holt of Chicago. Dean Russell's talk covered the ques- tion of close association between the cut-over land problems and the question of taking care of soldiers as they return from France. Mr. Holt's talk dealt with the problems manufacturers in all lines must face and solve in connection with the gradual movement back to a peace basis. Dean Russell's talk was a practical analysis of the general ques- tion of the development of cut-over regions in the North. He expressed himself as earnestly opposed to the theoretical plans that are being develojied at Washington involving a more or less char- itable distribution of cut-over lands for returning soldiers and advocating the making of such lands available to these men on a long-payment plan. Dean Russell expressed himself as believing that one of the reasons for impractical theories being advanced at Washington is the fact that the men in charge have had experience only with the reclaimed arid areas of the West, and really have no conception of the remarkable value and quick-result-producing jiossibilities of cut-over timbered areas. The Thursday session was concluded with the appointment of a committee to collaborate with members of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association who are supporting the plan for sending a representative abroad to investigate the possibilities of the foreign markets. The usual pleasing banquet was tendered by the association to its membership and guests on Thursday evening in one of the private hotel dining rooms. It was very well attended, and while brief, went off very successfully. The banquet broke up shortly before 8 o'clock to enable the members to attend various local theaters. Friday's Session M. J. Fox of Iron Mountain, Mich., opened the Friday morning's session, telling of the trip he took with J. A. Moore of Fond du Lac, as delegate to the recent meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at Atlantic City. Mr. Fox brietly reviewed the spirit and purpose of that memorable conference. He was followed by M. P. McCullough, who discussed the ques- tion of market values for certain specialized products for the pro- curement of which the government had called upon the northern operators. He particularly referred to pric?s on the selected logs the government had intendeil taking for the manufacture of air- plane veneers. J. T. Phillips of Green Bay talked on the work of the committee appointed for the accomplishment of prohibition in Wisconsin, and was followed by A. L. Osborne, chairman of the transportation committee, who gave an exhaustive analysis of the whole trans- portation situation, particularly emphasizing the desirability of returning the roads to private ownership. Market Conditions Report The opening event of the Friday afternoon session was the report of the market conditions fommittee, which had been anticipated as one of the most important features of the meeting. This was pre- sented by H. H. Butts, chairman. Mr. Butts, by the way, now retires from that chairmanship, as he has given two full years of extreme usefulness and valuable service in that capacity and declines the honor for a longer period. He is succeeded by Alfred Klass of Oconto, Wis. Mr. Butts' report was given as follows: In assuming the responsibility of backing your government up in offer- ing all of your material — in fact, all of your resources — as a means to the successful conclusion of any constructive pnisram they might inaugu- rate it was as simply u unit of a vast collective bmly of InmbcrnuMi (hniugb out the country any one part of which, failing in the tlemanil npun il. cuulil easily shift the burden to sucb organization as could and did. and I believe statistics will show that in no case was the industry as a whole found wanting. Therefore it is now only natural for us to c.\pect, following the old adage that self-preservation is the lirst law of nature, that we turn our thoughts to the rehabilitation of our own individual interests, and as members of this association our interest, naturally common, must work collectively to that end. Government rnici:s .\nd Puodi'ctio.n Costs This annual meeting, as has been the custom heretofore, was no doubt called that we might review any possible shortcomings in the past, feel our pulse of the present and prescribe for the future, and, while the function of your various committees is presumed to be utilized to one common end, the lietterment of the industry, after all, the main object of our combined efforts, is realization, and particularly is this the goal of yunr comniittee on statistics. Let us review briefly, if you please, the status of our business covering a period from the date of our last annual association meeting up to the present one. Something like a year ago our members were called upon for a revision of prices to the government. A schedule was worked out at that time consistent, we thought, with the co.st of production and which lias been followed very closely up to the present time not only to the government but to the comnn-rcial consumption as well ; and while if we were to have followed the custom of other lines of industry working on government contracts on a percentage basis we would have been permitted to increase our prices according to the increased costs of production we stand today practically in the same position that we were at that time, and^et I believe that the most conservative of you will readily admit that our costs have materially increased since then. Take your woods' opera- tions alone, which is a very large percentage of your production, and they have advanced from 40 to 50 per cent, and yet I say we are realizing I)ractically no more for our products than we did a year ago, the govern- ment in a way having established our markets, the same markets naturally followed with other consumption. I presume nmst of you are through with your annual inventories, have balanced your books and are at this very moment carrying around in your inside pockets balance sheets of a very satisfactory nature, but I'll gamble there are not 5 per cent of them that actually represent last year's busi- ness but. on the other hand, the large majority of them showing possibly surplus and profits, due to the fact that you have reduced your stocks materially from a year ago, which were produced at considerably under the present costs of production. Whereas, if you were to figure your busi- ness for the year on a basis of what it would actually have cost you to replace your products as against your returns a decidedly diflterent con- dition Avould he reflected. True, this would all work out satisfactorily in the end if we were operating continually on a rising market, or with the average business that can replenish its stocks from time to time according to the trend of the market; but what business is there outside of yours that has to begin stocking up so far in advance of the demands of it, carry the .stock indefi- nitely, suffer depreciation and trust to God for a fair return, when it is in shape to dispose of? When you start to produce, as a rule you have got to keep on producing, whether costs advance or not, and I ask how many turnovers do you have in your business in a year that might enable you * to wash off the slate of a few months of possible depression, and more than recover, with the possibility of etiualizing the situation, in the lower costs of raw materials? Your source of supply was purchased five, ten, twenty and thirty years ago and represents cash and the almighty dollar very seldom goes below par. Coming Trade A prominent nuinufacturer states, "The demand tor lumber will be abnormal and at attractive prices." A wholesaler states, "We have many reasons for expecting a large volume of business during the coming year and at good prices." A conservative retailer states, "In my opinion, the, prevailing prices on lumber can not and should not be reduced," and yet there is an appalling number of our members today who seem to be trying in every way conceivable to make these prognostications fail to materialize. At any event, they are an actual menace to the indus- try and personally I should like to see them liquidate and go into the rag business : they'll find that "picking up" continuously, whether they want it to or not. Some Merchandi.sing Pointers This brings ine to a recollection of a printed leaflet I found on my desk one morning. Its author I do not know, or the source of its circulation. Theboss may have passed it on to me for careful thought and reflection, after being handed some advance cost figures ; In any event there were some pretty terse statements contained therein and they are worth repeating ■: "Selling goods without profit Is injurious to manufacturer, jobber, retailer and consumer." "It destroys reputation, depreciates quality and leaves ruin and demor- alization in its path." 32 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 19lS "U is the father of deooption, misrcprosontntion and busiuess hypocrisy." •■It creates strife, discord, distrust and dishonesty." "It opens the doors of bankniptoy and closes the gates of opportunity." "It deprives honest eft'ort of reward and puts a premium upon lying inconsistency." "Its pernicious infUicnce forces all to a commt)n level." "Cutting the price merely for the sake of getting an ujdcr regardless of the fact that you obtain a mighty small margin o£ profits is mighty prior busiuess and a deciilcdiy dangerous practice to follow." Now to some of you I know it was a waste of time to repeat those little invectives. To all, however, I would suggest, if the corp.se belongs to you, attend the obsequies, and I'll guarantee, if you're honest with yourselves, that one carriage won't accommodate all of the mourners. The trouble with a great many of us is that we do not seem to have acquired as yet some of the finer points in merchandising. Take a case of an inquiry for a rather large amount of any one particular item. The first inclination is to figure how much of a concession in price we ought to make to receive the order. Seriously, gentlemen, there has got to be more unified support given your committee than has been experienced the la.st several months, or It might .iust as well go out of business. We appreciate that the majority are co-operating, but it's the minority that are raising the devil, and It's up to you "Old Faithful" to get out and do a little missionary work on the side. We have been accused at times of not giving enough attention to what competitive woods were doing, more recently in connection with low grade birch and gum. Possibly No. ,S gum and even No. 2 gum at certain com- petitive points is being ofliered at less than No. 3 birch, but is there any concrete evidence that it has materially decreased the sales of lurch? A man without a policy, without a definite purpose, without a strong conviction of any kind, who believes a little of ever.vthing and not much of anything, who is willing upon pressure to relinquish his opinion or any idea he has conceived, whether it be feasible or not, who does not hold to any one thing tenaciously, will never accomplish much in this world. Build up barriers, fancy you have a grievance or two, condemn everything you see, worry about things that never happened and you haven't enough gumption and courage left to lick a sick cat. In the discussion following Mr. Butts' report the members, espe- cially referring to the continuance of high production costs, main- tained that lumber sold now cannot justifiably be sold at lower prices, as even though production cost might recede slightly in the new year, this lumber would not be ready for marketing for some months ahead. It was the conclusion, though, that as a matter of fact costs are still going up and that the soft, open winter that has prevailed through the North has not only been a serious factor obstructing production, but has greatly increased the cost of woods operations and, therefore, of the production of lumber. Following this, C. A. Bigelow of Bay City, Mich., who has been acting as chairman of the tentative organization seeking a formal getting-together for export development, talked to the members regarding the facts upon which those fostering the export move- ment base their contention that no time should bo lost in getting the thing thoroughly whipped into shape. He emphasized the conditions existing in various European mar- kets, reviewing the developments that have led up to a large poten- tial need for lumber in such European countries as Spain, Italy, France, England and Belgium, and dwelt particularly upon the fact that it would be diflicult for these countries for some time to come to secure any of their supplies from Europe and Asiatic sources hereafter relied upon to a considerable extent. He emphasized that the market is there, but that it must be immediately developed in order that early activity from other directions may not take these potential markets away from the probability of their being supplied with northern woods. He told of the tentative plan for an export organization, which contemplates a six mouths' investigation by Roy H. Jones, formerly manager of the Washington office of the Northern Hardwood Emer- gency Bureau, saying that Mr. Jones will have behind him a ten- tative organization offering for export about 12.'),000,000 feet of hardwoods and an adequate supply of maple and beech flooring. The plan is to conduct this investigation, after which Mr. Jones will return and make a complete report. If the expectations of those supporting the movement are fulfilled as to the potentialities of the European market, a corporation will then be formed for ilovelopraent of an export sales organization under the Webb- Pomerene act, backed by adequate capital and adequate stocks to carry on a continuous export campaign and on a basis that will call for an assessment of fifteen cents a thousand feet on the basis of export stocks, and will return to the corporation for its running expenses a certain selling commission. In outlining tlie plan for the organization, Mr. Bigelow dwelt upon the fact that the Scandanavian countries have marketed and inspected their forest products for European consumption through such export bodies which have enabled them to secure much better service and lower rates on ocean shipments, and expressed the belief that individual manufaeturejs in this country shipping abroad would be in far less favorable condition in these respects than would be a general export corporation. The sentiment of the association was enthusiasticall}' in support of Mr. Bigelow, it being realized that not only those directly inter- ested in selling abroad but those also who ship only to the domestic market would benefit materially from a developing export trade, the reason being, of course, that the strength of the domestic markets would be accelerated by increased quantities of northern products shipped out of the country. There followed then a report of the resolutions committee cover- ing the recent death of P. T. Latimer of Ashland, Wis., and support- ing federal appropriation for the continuance of the excellent' work of the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis. A resolution also covered the present vital question of utilization of cut-over lauds for future development on common sense and businesslike basis by returning soldiers. The association went on record in resolution as favoring every possible consideration for the immediate emploj'ment of returning soldiers, with the following memorandum: Wheiieas, Owing to the demobilization of the military forces of the country and the slackening manufacturing industries there will be a large amount of unemployment during the period of readjustment ; therefore be it Rcsohcil. That it is the sense of this meeting that this condition be ameliorated : 1. By all employers of labor giving tlie maximum emi)Ioyment to labor that circumstances will permit. 2. That particular attention be given to the employment of returning soldiers or securing it for them. 3. The immediate adoption of a policy of State and Federal improve- ment, particularly the building of roads in the cut-over land districts of Wisconsin and Michigan, thereby opening them for settlement. It advocated in the following resolution the immediate return of the railroads to private ownership: Wheiie.xs, The director general of railroads has recommended to the Congress of the United States that Federal control of the railroads be extended until Jan. 1, 1924, or that the railroads be returned at once to their owners, and has declared that it is wholly impracticable as well as opposed to the public interest for the government to operate the rail- roads for twenty-one months after peace under the present law ; be it Resolved, By the Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- ciation : 1. That we are opposed to the immediate return of the railroads to their owners or to the government control being extended for five years. 2. That w'e are opposed to government ownership of railroads either for the purpose of operation by the government or for leasing to corporate organizations for private operation. 3. That at the earliest practical date Congress sliould enact legislation directing the Railwa.v Administration to restore the integrity of the rail- roads and return them to their owners and at the same time enacting such revised regulatory measures as will insure adequate service to the public and fair returns to owners of these properties. 4. And tliat supervision and control should be vested in a body repre- sentative of all interests. Along the same lines it expressed its hearty condemnation of the growing inefficiency of the present telegraph service, advocating as a means for ameliorating the condition the return of the telegraph lines to the private companies. One of the last features of importance at this session was the election of officers, which resulted in the re-election 'of all those serving during 1918 with the exception of Mr. Butts, who, as above not'jd, resigned the chairmanship of the market conditions com- mittee, he being succeeded by Alfred Klass. The officers then are: President — George N. Harder of Rib Lake, Wis. Vice-Pkesidbnt — M. P. McCuilough of Schofieid, Wis. Treasdrer — George B. Foster of Mellen, Wis. Secretary — O. T. Swan of Oshkosh, Wis. Chairmax of- the Market Conditions Coilmittee — Alfred Klass of Oconto, Wis. February 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 33 Clubs and Associations Congress of Lumber Interests Plans have l)i'i'u aniiDUiiccd lor a lunilicr <-<)iii;re.ss to assemble in Chicago April 14, 1.5 anil li!. It will ininiediately i>rpcede the annual meeting ot the National Lumber Manufac-turers' Assoeiatiou, and it will take in all branches ot the lumber industry from logging to the selling ot the product to final consumers, and the proper use of wood. Members of every branch of the industry will be invited to attend the congress and take part in the program. Trade extension, lumber economics, logging', manufacturing, distribution, problems ot transportation, publicity and advertising, are some of the subjects that will come up for consideri^ion. Though the entire list of speakers cannot be announced bow, W. B. Colver, chairman of the Federal Trade (^\)niniission ; H. S. Graves, chief of the forest service, and li. 8. Cutler, head of the bure:iu of foreign and domestic commerce, will be on the program. Foreign Trade Convention to Meet The sixth annual nieetius; of the Xatiunal Koreigu Trade Council will convene in Chicago, April 24, for a three days' session. The body ot busi- ness men who are expected to come together on that occasion will have plenty of work before them, for the prime subject for discussion and action will lie, how shall we meet our foreign trade needs? The subject includes so much that it will afford abundant topics for papers and addresses for the whole three days. Noted trade leaders from all parts of the country are expected to be present to lend their assistance to the movement. Con- certed action is needed to meet the pre-sent uncertainty of the foreign trade situation. This can best be attained by assembling representative men from all lines of business and every secticm of the country, obtaining from them their expert opinion and then moulding this opinion into a vigor- ous policy, to prevent depression during the transition period. Wood Preservers and Tie Contractors Meet at St. Louis The annual meeting of the National Wood Preservers' Association and the annual conference of the tie contractors were held in the order above given at the Hotel Statler, St. Louis, Mo., on .January 2G to 31. During the session of the wood preservers an address was given covering service tests on ties and timber, by J. H. Waterman. John Foley, assistant manager of the forest products section of the federal railroad administration, addressed the meeting on the subject of procuring and preserving cross-ties. The National Organization of Timber and Tie Men was formed at the session on January 31, at which all the tic contractors were called into conference. The tie men were addressed Thursday afternoon by M. E. Towner, man- ager of the forest products section of the United States railroad admin- istration. Protest Demurrage On Lumber On Docks The managing committee of the Baltimore I^uniber Exchange,' at its monthly meeting held February 4, discussed the decision of the Merchants & Miners' Transportation Company to charge demurrage on lumber as if it were carried in railroad cars. The members of the committee failed to see how such a charge could be equitably imposed in view- of the fact that, unlike the railroads, there is no delaying of cars or other loss to the steamship company involved, the lumber being put on the dock as it arrives aboard the company's steamers. It is very probable that representatiiuis in the premises will be made. Chief Inspector J. G. Creamer was directed to augment the staff of lumber Inspectors, to the end that the work of handling shipments might go forward without delay, and that existing vacancies and others to come may be filled. President P. M. Womble occupied the chair. Memphis Has Jobs for Returning Soldiers "The finding of positions for the men who have returned or who are returning from the cantonments in this country or from overseas service is tlie most important issue confronting the business men of Memphis and every other city, village and community in the United States," declared Earl Palmer, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce soldier-employment committee at the semi-monthly meeting of the Lumbermen's Clul) of Jleni- phis Saturday. February 1. "We lumbermen cannot afford to turn a cold shoulder to these men when they are seeking employment with us after we cheered them so vociferously as they marched away to the cantonments. It is squarely up to us to take care of just as many of them as we possibly can and we must do it even if we have to let the women, who have been filling their places, go. The place of women is in the home. If the men are given employment on a profitable basis they will take care of the 'women by marrying them and making homes for them." George C. Ehemann, chairman of the river and rail committee, called attention to the big reduction in ocean freight rates on lumber and forest products — from $3.50 to $1 to $1.15 per hundred pounds. The club, according to announcement of F. T. Dooley, chariman of the entertainment committee, will give a lianquet at the Hotel Gayoso the evening of February 21 to be attended by members of this organization, their wives, daughters and sweethearts. Cabaret, dancing and other fea- tures will characterize this function. Mr. Dooley said the dinner dance at the Colonial Country Club the evening of January 31 was an exceedingly enjoyable affair. It was under the auspices of the Lumbermen's Club. H. J. M.' Jorgensen, president of the club, announced that he would attend the national waterways meet in Washington this week and was authorized to appoint other delegates because of the importance of this mei'tiug to the lower Mississippi valley, .including Memphis. Exporters Take On New Members At the annual meeting of the National Lumber Exporters' -Association in New Orleans, January 22 and 23, the addition to the membership of sixteen firms and corporations was announced, as follows : Ree.se-Scott Company, Ltd., New Orleans. Cyrus P. Shafer Lumber Company, South Bend, Ind. Samuel E. Barr, New York. W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, Louisville, Ky. George W. Hartzell. Piqua, O. James E. Stark & Co.. Memphis. Tenn. Liverpool Hardwood Company, is^ew York. O. H. Sample Lumber Company, St. Louis. !->. I>. Murelle Lumber Company, Inc., Memphis. Thompson-Katz Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn. Stimson Veneer & Lumber Company, Mejuphis, Tenn. Otis Manufacturing Company, New Orleans. C. L. Willey Company, Chicago. Pickrel Walnut Company, St. Louis. Cincinnati Walnut Lumber Company, Cincinnati. Wood-Mosaic Company, New Albany, Ind. Fred. .-Vrn, the retiring president, in the course of his address, severely criticized the authorities at Washington for discriminating in favor of cotton in the matter of through bills of lading, and withholding such a concession from lumber. A special committee was named, including John L. Alcock of Baltimore, to make proper representations in the prem- ises and also endeavor to secure! a removal of the restrictions which Great Britain continues to impose on the importation of American woods. The other members of the committee are A. S. Williams of the Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Company, New York, and M. J. Dukes of the R. A. & J. J. Williams Company. Philadelphia. Statement Regarding Ocean Rate Reductions The Southern Ilanlwood Ti'artic Association has issued the following statement to its members regarfling the redui'liun in ocean freight rates, both present and prospective : Shipping rates from the United States to the United Kingdom have been cut from $3.50 to $1 per hundred, a reduction of 66% per cent. In the past week we have been advised of three rates from New Orleans to Liver- pool, $1, $1.15 and $1.25. all British liners. The United States Shipping Board advises that it will equalize the New York-Liverpool rate through New Orleans. In other words, if you were shipping to New York on a 41-cent rate, your rate to Liverpool would be $1.41 either through New York or New Orleans. It will therefore be seen that the English rate is better than the United States Shipping Board rate. The steamship managers of New York state that the rate is fixed at the dead bottom, and that shippers will act wise if they contract in advance. We do not agree with their views, however, as the indications are that the rates will decline somewhat further. We feel that it will be quite unwise to book any large amount of business on the rates quoted here because, in our opinion, if a firm offer were made, the steamship com- panies would be inclined to still further reduce their rates. We quote these rates for the benefit of our members in order that they may see that there is good prospect of a stabilized and reasonable rate within the near future. Commenting on the foregoing, Mr. Townshend, secretary-manager of the association, said : I am inclined to think that the rate er write to his senator and congressman urging that the power of the commission to suspend advances be iiniu'-diately restored. The carriers have under con- sideration several radical aihan'ces which, under present conditions, they can put into effect without the approval of the commission. If the power of the commission is not immediately fully restored your rates may be advanced in excess of the 25 per cent increase already allowed, while other commodities will not lie advanced. L. W. Crow Becomes President of the Chicago Association Through the death of C. B. Flinn, a day after his election to the presi- dency by the directors of the Lumbermen's .Association of Chicago, L. W. Crow, who at the same time was elected vice-president, came into the presidency. Mr. Crow is an old-time member of the Chicago trade and is an able and popular lumberman. He served a term as president two or three years ago. Mr. Crow's office as vice-president is now filled by F. J. Heidler, mem- ber of the board of directors. 34 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 1919 With the Trade Northern Expert Makes New Connection H. G. Maisleiu, who ha-s been cuuiiectcd with iiortliern hardwood opera- tions for a good many years, has just accepted a position as lumber buyer Cor the Hamilton Manufacturing Company of Two Rivers, Wis. Mr. Mais- loin has had a thorough schooling in the lumber business in the operating. Inlying and selling ends. He is one of the best-known and best-posted men connected with the northern hardwood field. He terminates a period of fifteen years' employnnuit with the G. W. Jones Lumber Company of Appleton, Wis., for w^hom he has served as buyer and salesman of northern hardwoods in Wisconsin and Michigan. In his new connection, Mr. Mais- Icin will have charge of the purchasing of some 0,000,000 feet of northern hardwoods each year, this material going into the manufacture of printer's furniture, wood-type and special work. Grossman Lumber Company Organizes The Crossman Lumber Company has been organized and incorporated at Grand Rapids, Mich., the principals being A. C. Wells of Menominee, AHch., and Earle Crossman of Grand Rapids. Mr. Crossman has been associated with the A. L. Dennis Salt & Lnml^er Company of Grand Rapids, Mich., for a good many years, having up to the time of his resignation been secretary and sales manager. Mr. Wells is vice-president and gen- eral manager of the J. W. Wells Lumber Company and the Girard Lumber Company, Menominee, Mich. Mr. Wells is president of the new company. Mr. Crossman being secre- tary, trea.surer and manager. The concern will do a northern hardwood business in Grand Rapids, maintaining offices in the Murray luiilding, and is now making arrange- ments to install two yards. Sabine Tram Will Build Hardwood Mill The Sabine Tram Company of Beaumont, Tex., is about to taki' up a project which has been postponed for a eouple of years on account of the war. The company has extensive pine and hardwood holdings in Texas, and the one large mill at Deweyville has been operating on both pine and hardwoods. Construction of the hardwood mill will shortly be started, which will give two^^cperations, one exclusively pine and one exclusively hardwood. Joins New Deemer Manufacturing Company F. H. Stanford, who has been associated with the hardwood business for a number of years, and who recently served as assistant secretary to the erstwhile Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States, has joined the forces of the New Deemer Manufacturing Company, Inc., of Deemer, Miss. Mr. Stanford becomes sales manager and has already taken hold of his new work. At a meeting of the board of directors held during .January there was a thorough inspection of the entire operation, and it was decided to make a great many improvements and additions to the plant and logging equip- ment. It is expected that these changes will about double the present capacity and will bring the cut up to considerably over 100,000 feet a day of high grade southern hardwooiis. It is estimated that the company has a timber supply sufficient to give at least twenty-five years of cut, which will consist principally of oak and gum with a small percentage of pine and miscellaneous hardwoods. It is the company's intention to develop an extensive sale.s organization. enabling it to market direct to. the consumer. Tie Company Elects New Officers At the annual meeting ut entirely through his own efforts. His first job was with Banks & Company at Hernando. Miss. This was back in 1905 when he was paid $1.25 a day for work in the woods. After two years he was put on the lumber buying end. where in his five years of work he acquired a well grounded knowledge of grades. In 1910 he went to Memphis with the E. Sondheimer Co., and a little over a year later he launched his own craft at Ilolcomb, Miss., where he started a lumber jobbing business, doing all the hard work himself. This w-a.s really the beginning of a remarkably successful career, for while he shippeil only about ten cars a month in the old days at Hol- enmb, he had passed the one hundred cars a month mark in 191S. Mr. Darby opened his headtjuarters in Meniphis in March. 191S. having come there from Grenada, Miss., to which point he had moved in 1914. His organization now markets the entire cut of his six nulls, all operating on Mississippi timber. Richards originates in Chicago, but has spent most of his twenty years of lumber history right down on the job where they make the sawdust. His beginning was unccmspicuous but his rise consistent and rapid. He had Chicago connections till 1905 though most of this period was spent right out in the sticks. In that year he became receiver for the Tigertail (Tenn.) Mill & Land Co., which job took him three years to finish. From here he jumped into the game on his own hook, start- ing up a mill of his own in Louisiana. He surrendered this project July 1, 1914, when he returned North and became a Chicago commission man. A year and a half later he again went South, this time as sales manager for the Tallahatchie Lumber Co., Philip, Miss. This was his last venliirr up to the tinu^ he joim-d J. II. Bonnrr & Sons. L. W. CROW, NOW PRESIDENT CHICA(;0 LU-MBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION R. G. MAISLKIX. HUVKIl FUU HAMILTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY. TWO RIVERS. WIS. II. STANFORD, SALES MANAGER, NEW DEEMER MANUFACTURING COM- PANY, DEEMER, MISS. February 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 35 BUY and HOLD Vajhich UCCESS Now that the pressure of active warfare is lessened, take good counsel and forestall the natural impulse of the thoughtless (and the partially informed) to stop buying or to "cash in" their War Savings Stamps. Especially, see that all your men realize that fo cash in their stamps now IS the same thing as not to have bought them. Then^make it easy for them to buy MORE. OUR BOYS ARE STILL "OVER THERE jj This advertisement published in our country's cause by — PAEPCKE LEICHT LUMBER COMPANY CHICAGO 36 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 1919 ^ For Greatest Range of Uses ^- and The "HOOSIER/' the rip saw which makes profitable dimension manufacture and grade refinlnir at the mill possible. Hundreds of users already — you will be an* other If you will let us tell you all about It — Will you? Easiest Handling buy the Hoosier Self Feed Rip Saw. This machine has earned thousands of dollars for owners in the manufacture of dimension lumber, crating, etc., because its entirely novel design, resulting in surprising ease of operation and adaptability, makes possible a profit where a loss is often expected in this work. The Hoosier Self-Feed Rip Saw has a positive and powerful feed which handles the heaviest material as readily as the lightest. The table, raised and lowered with the crank in front of the ma- chine, is always level — always securely locked. The Hoosier rips anything up to 6 inches thick and 17 inches wide. It feeds 35, 75, 100 or 150 feet a minute. Manufactured exclusively by The SINKER -DAVIS COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Chicago Loses Interesting Character With the sudden death of Charles P.. Flinu, the lumber trade of Chicago has lost one of its most virile, interesting and useful members. Mr. ninn was seventy-two years of age when he died, and was in the harness every minute. As a matter of fact, it was a curious coincidence that just five minutes prior to his sudden passing away at his desk he had expressed to his partner the wish that he might stay in harness up to the end and die at his desk. He had hardly ceased talking and taken up his routine work when his wish was granted. Mr. Flinn had just the day before been elected by the board of directors of the Lumbermen's Association of Chicago to the presidency of that important body. He had been associated with the lumber business in this city since 1S68, at which date he came here from Maine at the close of the Civil war. He had always been considered one of the mainstays of association work and particularly during the period of the war when the Chicago association was so active in war endeavors. Mr. Flinn is deserving of a good share of the credit for the remarkable record made by the Chicago lumber fraternity. His success is this work covered subscriptions to the various war causes and was due to the unquestionable patriotism that inspired him to devote practically all of his time to it. Himself a veteran of the Civil war, he expressed himself as feeling that as he was unable to take up active service he could best express his feeling by "carrying on" behind the lines. Mr. Flinn's personality was very vivid and his character was such that he held the cordial respect, esteem and affection of everyone in the industry. Funeral services were held in the chapel of Oakwoods Cemetery, there being a large delegation of local lumbermen present. Services were In charge of Rev. Erwin Thompson and of Mr. Flinn's comrades of the Phil Sheridan Post of the G. A. R. of Oak Park. The services were held accord- ing to the G. A. R. ritual. During the services, Mr. Flinn's war record, as prepared several years ago for the benefit of his sons, was read. It makes a most interesting recital as follows : My Dear Son : I enlisted in Bangor, Me., in September^ 1863, at the age of 16. I was sent as a recruit to the 19th Maine regiment. This regi- ment was then serving in the second army corps of the army of the Potomac. I went from Bangor by boat all the way to Alexandria, Va. There I rode on the flat cars loaded with hay and grain — the first ride I ever had on a railroad — and joined my regiment at Culpeper, Va. The regiment was lying in the field without tents ; in fact, the whole army was In this condition at the time I joined. I slept in the open field under a blanket the first night and for many nights afterward before I had the luxury even of a small tent. The army started moving the day I joined the company and was on the move most of the time tor two months, with very bad weather prevailing In October and November of '63. Three weeks from the day I left Bangor I was in the battle of Bristo Station. At the beginning of the winter of 'G3 and '6-1 — after the armv had made its celebrated raid to Mine Run in the rain and mud — we went into winter quarters. There I bad a sick spoil for about three weeks but did not leave the regimental hospital. I served part of the winter of '63 and '64 in the provost guard. In the meantime, for some reason or other, the captain made me a corporal. The second day of May, 1864, the army moved across the Rapidan River, a small stream in Virginia, into the country where the Battle of the Wil- derness was fought. On May 3 the company I was in had about one-halt of its men killed and wounded and taken prisoners in a battle. Then the army moved by the left flank to Spottsylvania and fought there for twelve days ; then another flank movement from the left took them to Cold Harbor. We were there for twelve days. Here I was in the celebrated charge of Gibbons' division, General Gibbons being our division commander. This charge is said by some authors to be equal to General Pickett's charge at Gettysburg. Being unable to break General Lee's lines at either the Wilderness, Spottsylvania or Cold Harbor, our army took another flank movement by the left across the James River and marched for Petersburg. And history tells us that when we arrived at Petersburg we might have captured the town, but we waited two days for Lee's army to get around and confront us again and then you know from history that the siege of Petersburg waged for about ten months and the works were never taken by assault ; but Grant increased his army and continued to move by the left flank and the enemy had to retreat. The movement on the left was continued and when General Lee's army surrendered the.v were marching directly west. The army of the Potomac had succeeded in cutting off their southern retreat. I was slightly wounded at Petersburg, June 28, 1864, and was away for a few weeks, returning to the company and being made sergeant, never leav- ing it after that until Lee surrendered at Appomattox. After the surrender we marched back to Washington. On that march we made twenty miles a day. The roads were in fine condition and happier men never marched, as every step took them nearer home. I marched in the grand review with- the army of the Potomac down Pennsylvania avenue. After this review the regiment was mustered out so all of the early enlisted tnen in my regi- ment went home. The recruits of my regiment and those of several other Maine regiments were assembled and consolidated into the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery. I served in this regiment — Company K — during the summer of '65 doing all kinds of soldier's work around the city of Washington. In September, 1865, we were ordered to Bangor, Me., and mustered out, I having served just two years. I write this to you thinking, perhaps, if anyone should ask you where your father served and in what regiment you would not be able to tell them. If you will be kind enough to keep this you will always have some- thing to refer to should you wish to do so. The eulogy in behalf of the Chicago association was delivered by Col. Henry Stephens, lifelong friend of Mr. Flinn. In closing his remarks Mr. Stephens said : The life's work of Comrade Flinn will endure as a monument to his name : a heritage to those who are left here to mourn his loss, while cherishing the recollection of his generous and kindly deeds. Faithful in hi.s boyhood, firm in his service wherever duty called, fidelity marking every footstep throughout his long business career, devoted hus- band, fond father, genial friend and comrade, we bid him farewell. February 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 37 ,^^> We Are Always In Touch Witli Our Customers and Mill To give the full measure of service it is not sufficient that the lumber merchandiser confine his attention exclu- sively to the customers, leaving his shipping connections to take care of themselves. Nor can a man successfully merchandise his product if his entire time is taken up with the manufacturing end. TTie basis of our organization is a system which makes pos- sible a constant, direct current from the factory customer through us to the mill, and from the mill through us to the factory consumer. It is easy enough to camp with your customers and make all kinds of promises, trusting to luck that you will find ways of fulfilling them afterwards. The point is that with our direct contact with the customer and with the mill at the same time, we know exactly what we can do and so can guar- antee our ability to live up to our agreements. Now, while the tide of industry is slowly ebbing back to normal it is gratifying to anyone to know that he can absolutely count on a thing working out exactly as planned. So, as your lumber re- quirements develop you can well afford to fill them through an organization that has a national repu- tation for strict dependability and straight grade shipments. Clean Dealing Is Our Business Policy ABERDEEN LUMBER COMPANY MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA FIVE MILLS: Ten Million Feet on Sticks, Oak, Gum, Cypress, Cottonwood, Sycamore, Elm He has fought his last great fight, his tired hand folded above his faith- ful heart. He has passed through the darls niglit of death into the light and brightness of an eternal morning. Many old-time members of the Chicago trade e.xpressed them.selves as feeling a distinct loss over the death of their old-time associate. The Lumbermen's Association tlirough a committee composed of William Kurz, John J. .\iiderson and John A. Olson, compiled and adopted the fol- lowing resolutions : Whereas. The board of directors of the Lumbermen's Association of Chicago learns with deep regret and profound sorrow of the sudden death on Friday, Jan. 24, 1919, of C. B. Flinu, president of this association, also of tlie Metropolitan Lumber Company, for over fifty years our asso- ciate in the lumber trade and one of the few remaining members of the trade of the earlier days of Chicago, a man whose enterprise, foresight and business integrity had won for him not only a competency, but furnished also an inspiration and example of business energy and ethics worthy of emulation ; therefore be it Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Flinn, the lumbermen of Chicago have lost a friend and associate whose affability and many splendid qual- ities of character had endeared him to all who knew him ; be it further Resolved, That we tender to his bereaved family our deepest and heart- felt sympathy in this hour of their great affliction, and remind them that their surest consolation may be found in the unsullied record of his earnest and faithful lite. Watchful, untiring and unsparing of himself he laid down his life unfinished, but faithful to the end. Mr. Flinn was born in Maine in 1S47. He had been very active in lum- bering in the operating as well as the selling end during the entire period since he came to Chicago. He leaves a widow and two sons, Franlj B. Flinn and Charles F. Flinn of San Francisco. Charles F. Latimer Dies Charles F. Latimer of Ashland, Wis., died suddenly on Wednesday morn- ing, January 29, in his apartment in the Kenwood hotel, Chicago. Mr. Latimer had been associated with the banking business and lumbering industry for a good many years, being sixty-two years old at his death. His first connection in the banking business was at Musliegon, Mich., at the age of fourteen, and he thereafter made rapid advancement. Muskegon, Mich., in those days was a distinctly lumbering city, and through his con- stant association with lumbermen he naturally became involved in the lumber business. He left there for Ashland, Wis., in the 'SOs, and soon became interested in the lumber business, and in 1895 he organized the Ashland Lumber Company. This was back In the old, white pine days of Wiscon.sin, and this concern shortly became one of the most important factors in the production of that famous material. In addition to his connection here Mr. Latimer was director and vice-president of the Foster-Latimer Lumber Company of Mellen, Wis. He was an officer in the Peninsula Lumber Company of Portland, Ore. ; was interested In the Lyon Cypress Company of Loui.siana, and with the West Coast Timber Company of Oregon, and the West Side Lumber Company of California. Barge Line Loses Money The barge line operating under government control between St. Louis and New Orleans, consisting of five tow boats and twenty-nine barges, in Its operation to the last of November, earned $4.S.500 and expended $52,000, exclusive of overhead expenses. The boats averaged five round trips each between the two cities. Atlas on World War The Rand, McNally Company of Chicago and New York has issued a remarkably complete Atlas of the World War, showing maps of all the nations engaged in the conflict ; continental and world maps, shoTylng national interrelations, world commerce routes and colonial interests of warring nations. Also a chronological summary of the principal events of the war from its inception to the present time, with a general analysis of conditions and progress of the great conflict. The Atlas is undoubtedly of such a character as to be of great value to those contemplating foreign trade endeavors, as it gives a vast amount of valuable information and a graphic idea of trade routes and extent of foreign markets. Government Will Have Regular Sales Force Plans have finally been completed for a formal sales organization to dispose of surplus material in the hands of the War Department. The work will be divided under various directorships, under the general super- vision of C. W. Hare. The sale of all building materials of all kinds, including finished mate- rials, fabricated stock and equipment will be under the direction of Major Crunden, while the sale of automotive vehicles as well as horse drawn trucks will be under the direction of Captain Glover. The quartermaster stores, including such items as food, clothing, cots, horses, mules, paints, etc., will be handled by L. H. Hartman. It is stated that materials on hand will be sold from time to time as demand requires in the following manner : Lumber will be sold through producers in line with a general agreement with producers. The remainder of the material will be sold cither for cash at auction to the highest bidder under a sealed proposal or at current market prices. If there is a current market for the respective articles. 38 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 191» Great Increase in Trade The little table below tells a remarkable story of trade development for the United States in ten years. The figures show the balance of foreign trade in our favor for each of the spciilied years: 1909 $ 252.677,921 1914 $ 324,348,049 1910 303.354.753 1915 1,776.074,152 1911 560.167.5S6 1916 3,091.005,766 1912 581.144.938 1917 3.281.044,642 1913 691.421,812 191S 3,050,000.000 Scarcity of Homes and Apartments It has been known for some time, in a general way, that, because of non-activity in building operations a shortage of dwelling places has occurred in this country : Ijut this knowledge has been supplemented by investigations carried out by the Department of Labor, and a report on the subject has just been made public. In many localities the house short- age is acute, while in fewer than five per cent of the cities covered by the investigation was it found that no shortage of houses is felt. The shortage will increase as demobilized soldiers return home and begin a search for places in which to live. Hardwood ^ews ISlotes --< MISCELLANEOUS >-- The Kansas Veneer Products Company has been incorporated at Wamego, Kan. The Harwell Lumber Company, Crooked Bayou, Ark., has just com- pleted a band saw mill cutting oak and other hardwoods. Jackson Boyd has been appointed receiver for the Greencastle Cabinet Company, Greencastle, Ind. The capital stock of the Chickasaw Lumber Company, Demopolls, Ala., has been increased from $150,000 to $275,000. The Alston-Parker Lumber Company, Tuscaloosa, Ala., has dissolved as a corporation, but continues as a partnership under the same name. The following have Incorporated : The Kirkpatrick Lumber & Tie Com- pany, Birmingham. Ala. : the Romine Woodworking Company, Orange, N. J. ; the P. & M. Table Company. Baltimore. Md., and the Klncalrd-Swaln Furniture Manufacturing Company. Asheville. N. C. The Twin City Box Factory. Minneapolis, Minn., has been succeeded by the Twin City Box & Lumber Company, which company has incorporated. The death of N. B. McClanahan, president of the Ship Island Lumber Company, Sanford. Miss., is announced. J. W. Wlnborne has been appointed trustee for the Blue Ridge Fur- niture Company. Marion, X. C. The United States Spruce Lumber Company, New Tork, N. Y., has incor- porated with a capital of $100,000. Other incorporations are : The Arlington Casket Company, Arlington, Mass., capital $20,000; the Cal- casieu Saw Mill Company, Lake Charles. La., $90,000 capitalization. The General Manufacturing Company has succeeded the Minn Billiard Company, Milwaukee, Wis. The capital stock of the Miller Lumber Company, Marianna, Ark., has been Increased from $100,000 to $150,000. An Involuntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed by the Howard Shipyard & Dock Company, Jeffersonville, Ind. The Pekin Hardwood Lumber Company, Pekin, Ind., has sustained a loss by fire. < CHICAGO >- Harry Freiberg of the Freiberg Lumber Company, Cincinnati, O., was m the city about two weeks ago following the export meeting at New Orleans, La., when the exporters made a visit to the mahogany plants of the Freiberg Lumber Company and the Otis Manufacturing Company. Julius Spicker of the Dean-Spicker Company, Chicago, just returned from Cincinnati, O., and will leave in a few days for the East. Bob Lockweed of the Memphis Hardwood Flooring Company, Memphis, Tenn., was in the city la.st week. Garrett Lamb of the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company came from the mill at Charleston, Miss., recently en route to Clinton, Iowa, to pack his trunk for a trip to Los Angeles, Cal., where he will join Mrs. Lamb. "Duby" (L. P. Du Bose) of the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, Charleston, Miss., was in the city the other day spending a day or two in court, winning a suit for his company. George Kerns of the George F. Kerns Lumber Company, city, has been spending the past several weeks in Florida. He testifies that it is "some place" for rest and recreation, although confessing that this millionaire class is a little high-stepping for him. W. O. King of Chicago in speaking of his son, William, formerly con- nected with him before joining the army, regrets that the young man seems to be a permanent fixture in France ; the captaincy no doubt has added to his responsibilities. The Ottawa Pianophone Company of Chicago and Geneva, III., has changed its name to the Hiawatha Phonograph Company. The L. D. Murrelle Lumber Company, with headquarters at Memphis, Tenn., has an office at 705 Tacoma building, Chicago. The A. H. Vilas Company, city, has been succeeded by the Vilas-Harsha Manufacturing Company. Wni. M. Messer, M. G. Wesenberg and Isadore Simon have incorporated the Western Hardwood Lumber Manufacturing Company, city, with a capital of $10,000. The Roseland Mill & Lumber Company, Chicago, has been succeeded by the A. T. Stewart Lumber Company. Nelson C. Brown, a member of the trade commission of the Department of Commerce at Washington, recently returned from an investigation of Mediterranean lumber markets, passed through Chicago about ten days ago on an educational or rather a reporting tour, which will take him to the principal lumber producing territories interested in foreign trade development. Mr. Brown has issued a statement which appears elsewhere In this issue. J. M, McLaughlin, sales manager for the Wisconsin Cabinet & Panel Company, New London, Wis., was in Chicago for two or three days of last week on his way back from an extended eastern trip. Mr. McLaughlin is selling the goods and says that the orders are there, but it is necessary to go out and get them. P. J. Lawrence of the P. J. Lawrence Lumber Company, St. Louis, spent a little time in Chicago as one link in a cycle trip around through the middle-western consuming points. Mr. Lawrence says he is selling a good deal of lumber and finds if he goes after business in the right way and keeps a good, stiff backbone he can get it. He anticipates a very good year during 1919. Friends of Jack Dean of the Dean-Spicker Company, Chicago, are begin- ning to get used to seeing him back again in citizens clothes. Mr. Dean came out of the aviation service with lieutenant's bars and has gradually eased back into his old connection. He is now completely equipped and on the old job ready for business as usual. Ben S. Woodhead, president of the Beaumont Lumber Company, Beau- mont, Tex., was in the city for a brief stop about a week ago, leaving Chicago for Kansas City. J. C. Knox, secretary of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- ciation, and C. A. Bigelow, Bay City, Mich., president of the organization of Wisconsin and Michigan manufacturers to boost foreign trade, and C. A. Hamar of Chassell, Mich., were "northern notables" who briefly graced Chicago last week. J. A. Brost of the sales force of the Paepeke Leicht Lumber Company, Chicago, has obtained his release from Great Lakes and is now in citizens' clothes and calling on the trade in and around Chicago. =-< BUFFALO > James H. Walsh, eastern representative of the Paepeke Leicht Lum- ber Company of Chicago, who makes his headquarters in Buffalo, has been awarded an indefinite furlough from the U. S. Marine Corps in which he has been serving and will be back calling on his trade again immediately. Charles Clifton, president of the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company, has written an optimistic forecast of the year 1919 in the automobile industry, in which he says that the manufacturers regard present unsettled condi- tions as only temporary and look ahead to certain future great activity and prosperity in industry and commerce in those countries not adversely affected by the war in Kurope. All such activity will call for more gen- eral use of motor trucks and passenger cars. He concludes : "Normally the production and sales of motor vehicles in this country Increased at a rate of forty per cent a year. In 1915 and 1916 the pas- senger car increase was fifty and eighty per cent, and last year there was a decrease of nearly forty per cent. If the normal increase had been maintained throughout this fourth year period the output last year would have been approximately 2,250,000, instead of the actual production of 1,044,754, and there would have been built about 700,000 more cars than were actually made. So there is an apparent shortage of that many care. For the year 1919 there should be a potential market tor 3,000,000 cars, but not more than half of this number will be produced, in all prob- ability." R. D. McLean of the McLean Mahogany & Cedar Company and H. A. Plumley of the Hugh McLean Lumber Company were in New Orleans In attendance at the convention of the lumber exporters. Both also visited some of the Southern mills before returning. A. E. Davenport has retired from the lumber business and his ipterests in Davenport & Ridley. Inc.. of which he was one of the organizers, have been bought by B. F. Ridley, Raymond S, Ridley and William A. Quast, who are continuing in the hardwood trade at 1128 Seneca street. Mr. Daven- port has had no active connection with the company for some time, but has been giving his attention to the automobile business. The Atlantic Lumber Company lately purchased the Scatcherd yard at 1055 Seneca street, which it has been occupying for several years, and . where it has probably the second largest stock of hardwoods in this mar- ket. The consideration is said to have been about $100,000, though the amount has not been made public. The yard for many years was owned and occupied by the lumber business of Scatcherd & Son. It appears that the opposition to the plan of certain congressmen for this country to put money into the Welland Canal Improvement has had February 10. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 39 FI RED GUM U lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN 12M' 8/4 FAS PLAIN 3M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED 15M' 8/4 FAS QUARTERED 8M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED We have the above amounts on hand in dry stock, manufactured on our own band mills, and can make PROMPT SHIPMENT MILLER LUMBER CO MAR I ANNA. ARK. ir-rr ' its effect here, (nnminr Smitli rmw H'-wn ir.mi Alliany a lew days ai;o and gave a hearing to citizens .at which they presented their views on various legislative matters. Buffalo has a gooil many staunch barge canal supporters, among them ex-State Senator Henry W. llill, who with others easily showed what an injury a deep waterway north of us would do to this territory and our own ocean ports besides. It was the old Erie Canal, drawing not more than six feet of water, that made New Yorlc city our leading seaport, and our new canal will continue this advantage, if It is handled properly and is not offset by competition. Governor Smith there- fore promised that he would malse every effort to induce the Legislature to request representatives in Congress to oppose this measure. A. J. Elias was one of the citizens present at the meeting of protest held here and made a few remarks in favor of a larger use of the Erie barge canal by shippers. =^ PITTSBURGH >-= The annual convention of the Retail Lumber Dealers' Association of Pennsylvania will be held in the William I'enn hotel, tills city, next week. A splendid program of speakers has been arranged. The woodworking plant of the Ea.stman Manufacturing Company, Union City, Pa., was damaged .$3000 by Are January 20. A large amount of finished hardwood lumber was consumed. The Frampton-Foster Lumber Company reports that railroad business in hardwoods is picking up rapidly. Inquiries this month are very much better than in January. The plant of the United States Chair Company at Corry, Pa., was burned January 21, with loss of .$40,000. .\ carload of finished chairs was de-stroyed. It is likely that the plant will be rebuilt at once. The Peoples Lumber Company of Columbiana, Ohio, will shortly locate a big yard In Wellsville. Ohio. The Homer D. Biery Lumber Company of Pittsburgh is doing a nice business in railroad ties, but finds that mining trade is slumping off con- siderably. The American Lumber & Manufacturing Company says that business is just about one-half what it ought to be at thi.s season. General Manager Harding looks for a big buying movement to start in the early summer. The Burnsville Rim & Spoke Company, capital $5000, has been organ- ized at Burnsville, W. Va., to operate a dimension and planing mill. The members are : J. C. Remage of Gassaway. R. M. Johnson, M. W. Hefner, John S. Bender and W. S. Barnes, all of Burnsville. A new handle factory will be built soon at Hillsville, near Llgonier, by . I anus I'.erk of Hillsview and other men of that place. It will manu- facture axe, pick and hatchet handles. The Acorn Lumber Company reports industrial business in hardwood trade slow this spring. There is no demand and wholesalers are not trying to push the situation, but are going to wait until business conditions are better, adjusted. .< BALTIMORE >■= F. L. Winchester of the Champion Fibre Company, who makes his head- quarters at Asheville, N. C, was in Baltimore last week. He stated that operations were proceeding satisfactorily and the outlook was good. Frank Heim of Richard P. Baer & Co. has returned from a trip of five week.s spent at Mobile. Ala., where the firm operates a sawmill as the Magazine Hardwood Company, and at Bogalusa, La., where a big plant for the manufacture of gum lumber especially is about to be put Into operation. Work on this plant has been greatly delayed, but it is expected that actual sawing of lumber can be commenced within a very short time. Mr. Heim states that the labor situation in the South still presents diffi- culties, the shipbuilding yards in particular being able to offer high wages and attract workers in large numbers. Otherwise the outlook appeared to be quite promising. Building operations here still proceed at a very moderate pace, the stated value of the new structures for which permits were issued by the build- ing inspector during January being not more than .1114,058. Included in the structures to go up were forty-six two-story brick dwellings, twenty- four garages, a one-story brick warehouse, a one^tory store building and a frame stable. Additions and alterations called for an outlay of about $170,000 more. The outlook is regarded with much hopefulness, and In this connection the statement is made that a number of new building projects are in contemplation. Campbell V. Helfrich, who virtually managed the lumber tirm of George Helfrich & Sons, on West Baltimore street, this city, died January 23 after an illuess of only a few days of influenza. He was tbirty-seven years old and leaves a widow and three children. His father, Samuel D. Helfrich, has been in ill health for a number of years. =-< COLUMBUS >- The Sandusky Sa.sh, Door & Lumber Company, Sandusky, has been char- tered with a capital of $100,000 by Martha M., Mary A. and Edward H. Weitmeier, William J. Fisher and Mary ,F. Meyer. The partuer.sbip of E. J. Jones & Co., located at 406 West Spring street. 40 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 1919 builders' mlllwork, has been reorganized under the name of E. J. & W. E. Jones & Co. Emerson M. Jones has been admitted to the partnership, which formerly consisted of Evan J. Jones and William Eugene Jones. The concern has added to its former line manual and carpenter benches. At the annual meeting of the Cleveland Board of Lumber Dealers, held recently, the report showed n rather prosperous year, despite the draw- baclis which attended the lumber industry. Secretary J. V. O'Brien made a lengthy report in which he reviewed the business of 1918. The Kirlipatrick Lumber Company. Cincinnati, has purchased a con- trolling interest in the Constance Lumber Company of Mansfield, 0. Wistar, Underhill & Nixon PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA Manufacturers of CYPRESS and GUM iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'^ GODFREY CONVEYORS I Will handle your logs by Power j Durable — Simple — Economical | Investigate! Immediate Deliveries M John F. Godfrey, Dept. 4, Elkhart, Ind. 1 iiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiNiiuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiii? WE MANUFACTURE bandsawed, plain and quarter sawed WHITE and RED OAK and YEUOW POPLAR We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- ment, Wagon and Vehicle Stock in the rough Your Inquiries Solicited ARUNGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentucky LIGNUM VITAE BOXWOOD SNAKEWOOD We handle all TROPICAL HARDWOODS EBONY ROSEWOOD COCO BOLO C. H. PEARSON 29 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY VON PLATEN LUMBER CO. IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN Manufacturers of NORTHERN HARDWOODS BASSWOOD 5/4 No. 3 Com. No. 2 Com. and No. 1 Com. & Btr. 6/4 No. 3 Com. No. 2 Com. & Btr. 8/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. H. B. Smitli, formerly connected with tlie E. M. Lang & Sons Company, Cadiz, O., has accepted a position with the Pacific Lumber Company, Los Angeles, Cal. Nicholas Kuntz, a brother of the late Peter Kuntz ot Dayton, Ohio, and one of the pioneers in the lumber industry in that section, died recently at the age of eighty-six years. Two sons survive. The Winn Cypress Company, Dayton, has been given authority to Increase its authorized capital from $10,000 to $20,000. D. E. Winn Is chairman ; O. W. Bloom, vice-president, and W. B. Stewart, secretary. The South Napoleon Lumber & Planing Mill Company, Napoleon, O., Is now managed by James F. Market, who has been the junior member of the firm for ten years. Jacob Leonhart, the senior member, retires from active business to manage his extensive farm. R. W. Ilorton, manager of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, Columbus, reports a better demand for hardwoods since the semi-annual inventories have been finished. He says factories are buying better and that yards are trying to increase their stocks in preparation for the spring building. Prices are well maintained in every locality. •< EVANSVILLE >■ Lieutenant Clyde Martin, who recently was mustered out of the national army, after receiving his commission at Camp Hancock, Oa., has taken the old position with the J. C. Greer Lumber Company of this city, Lieutenant Martin being in charge of the company's Clarksville, Tenn., stave mill. Mr. Greer visited Clarksville recently and reports the stavj! business Is quite active at the present time. At the next monthly meeting of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club, which will be held on Tuesday night, February 11, at the New Hotel McCurdy, the question of reviving the order of Hoo-Hoo in this city will be taken up and discussed. Charles A. Wolflin, manager of the Wolflin West Side Lumber Company, received a letter a few days ago from E. D. Tennent, secretary of Hoo-Hoo, in which he expressed the wish that the popular order might be revived here. At one time there were many Hoo-Hoo here, but many of the members dropped out of the order. Another thing that will be brought up at the next meeting of the club will be the question of holding some kind of an entertainment for the club members and their friends in the near future. J. C. Greer is chairman of the entertainment committee. Ground has been broken for a new 14,000 square feet addition for the Wertz-Klamer Furniture Company, this city, and the addition will be built ot brick. When the addition is completed the company will employ a larger number of workmen. Daniel Wertz of Maley & Wertz Is vice- president of the Wertz-Klamer Furniture Company. The R. Buttles Handle Company's factory at Greencastle, Ind., was destroyed by fire a few days ago, the loss being about $5,000, with part insurance. It is expected the plant will be rebuilt. Owing to the fact that local manufacturers are anxious to keep the wages of their workmen up to the war standard it is not expected the furniture manufacturers here will make any reduction in the prices of furniture during the coming year. The manufacturers have raised the wages of their workmen several times during the past year and they desire to keep the wage up. There are a few unemployed men in the city at the present time, according to W. B. Tieman, who is in charge of the local United States employment bureau. But the number of unemployed men is not as large as three or four weeks ago. The Brown Bros.' Lumber Company at Dale, Ind., is making several Improvements around its plant and yards, and when the improvements have been completed it will have a larger yard space. Edward D. Wemy.ss has been re-elected president of the Wemyss Fur- niture Company of this city, and Daniel Wertz of Maley & Wertz has been relected vice-president of the concern. The business of the company dur- ing the past year was most satisfactory, according to Mr. Wemyss and he is looking for a larger volume of trade during the present year. D. B. MacLaren of the D. B. MaoLaren Lumber Company, who returned a few days ago from a business trip on the road, says the lumber busi- ness is looking up right along and he is looking for a nice volume of trade during the present year. A sawmill at Pekin, Ind.. belonging to Charles I. Hoyt and J. W. Heistand was destroyed by fire a few days ago, the loss being in the neigh- borhood of $25,000, with part insurance. In addition to the plant three carloads of quarter-sawed white oak were consumed in the flames and five other carloads of timber were damaged. -■<, BEAUMONT >= The action of Senator Morris Shopard in securing a survey of the upper Neches river above Beaumont to the Angelina river will open up millions of feet of first class hardwood stumpage, not available at the present time, but will be the moment the river is cleaned out. The condition of the bottoms is not suitable to tramways or logging teams, and the many snags and dead heads which interfere with navigation has allowed this timber to stand untouched. On account of its present inaccessihility for com- mercial purposes no estimate is available on the amount, but it will run into the millions of feet. Another great advantage is that the timber along the upper Neches and Angelina rivers is of much better quality than that found along the coast and will compare favorably with Tennessee and Arkansas. The timber that can be reached when the river is cleared February 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 41 for navigation consists of red, white, post and pin oals ; red, sap, black and tupelo gum ; hickory, cypress, beech, magnolia and elm. The Sabine Tram Company, the Sabine Tram & Lumber Company and the Geo. W. Smyth Lumber Company have elected the following ofBcers, who will serve in similar capacities in three companies : J. Blewett Smyth, president ; C. E. Waklen, vice-president ; L. M. Smyth, vice-president ; Frank Alvey, vice-president and treasurer ; R. F. Cheesman, secretary and assistant treasurer, together with W. A. Smyth, A. B. Alvey, E. H. Alvey and J. (i. Smyth forming the board of directors. A cypress log which had been lying on the bed of the Neches river for more than a century was brought to the surface when the Beaumont Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company was compelled to remove an obstacle encountered in driving piling. The log measuring 40 feet in length and 36 Inches in diameter required the services of a five-ton Brown hoist with locks to release it from the mud bottom. When it was carried to the mill to be worked up into stop waters for ships it was discovered that the woodsman had dated the log before consigning it to the Neches to be floated to the mill and it was cut in 1810. 109 years ago. The Beaumont Material Men's Association at their annual meeting passed resolutions refusing to do business with anyone without bond or known rating in an effort to eliminate the irresponsible contractor, who has been considered the disturbing factor in local construction work. The associa- tion elected L. E. Lochart. president ; J. E. Birdwell, first vice-president, and N. A. Simons, second vice-president. L. L. Chipman, export manager of the Long-Bell Lumber Company, has returned from San Antonio, where he has been recuperating from an attack of the flu, suffered in Kansas City. =-< WISCONSIN y- The LaCrosse Plow Comiiany, LaCrosse. has made a large purchase of hardwoods for plow and other implement handles and a variety of pur- poses from sawmills at Hokah, Minn. The purchase, made by August Bartz, superintendent of the woodworking department of the plow con- cern, will keep Hokah mill.s busy for the greater part of the year. George L. Waetjen & Co., 110-120 Reed street, Milwaukee, manufac- turers of veneer panels, at the annual meeting voted to increase the capital stock from $10,000 to $50,000. George J. Waetjen is president and gen- eral manager. The Ladysmith Chair & Furniture Company, Ladysmith, Wis., has created a general sales headquarters in Chicago with O. J. Lutter, who has been general manager of the plant, in charge as general sales agent. Clyde Crandon succeeds Mr. Lutter in charge of works. The Ladysmith plant employs sixty hands and in 1918 had an output valued in excess of $100,000. The Kenfield-Lamoreaux Company, Washburn, Wis., has added a night shift in its sawmill and is increasing its output of lumber to such an extent that the box and crating factory will be enabled to operate at maximum capacity within a short time. The company operates one of the largest exclusive crating plants in the United States, but has been obliged to run on a somewhat reduced schedule for several months because of the scarcity of stock. The Bekkedal Lumber Company, Couderay, Wis., has resumed the opera- tion of its sawmill, which was closed about six or eight weeks over the holidays for repairs and overhauling. A busy season is anticipated. M. J. Smith, formerly of Bruce, Wis., has been placed In charge as mill super- intendent. The Northern Furniture Company, Sheboygan, Wis., expects to award contracts within a short time for the erection of a six-story factory addi- tion, 50x145 feet, of heavy mill construction. The architect is W. C. Weeks. Edward Hammett is general manager of the company. S. A. Konz & Co., Appleton, Wis., box manufacturers, have broken ground for a new plant costing $35,000. It is to be ready for occupancy about June 1. The -American Store Fixture Company has been organized at Milwaukee with a capital stock of $10,000 by Fred E. Scheiner, Emmet Horan, Jr., and August C. Moeller. attorney. The W. H. Collins Lumber Company, Madison, Wis., has acquired the plant and business of the Madden-Schaible Lumber Company at Eapid Elver, Mich. Jerry Madden has purchased several hundred acres of timber in the Upper Peninsula and will devote his time to logging the tract, which contains considerable hardwood. Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Mitchell Window Device Company, Milwaukee. The capital stock is $25,000 and the objects to manufacture and market appliances for pivoting sash horizontally and vertically. The incorporators are Arthur E. Mitchell, Harry F. and Edward C. Nevermann. The Challoner Company, Oshkosh, Wis., manufacturer of woodworking and sawmill machinery, etc., contemplates the erection of extensions and additions costing about $50,000. Plans and estimates are now being prepared. The Zaifrann & Schauz Company, Milwaukee, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $7,000 to manufacture windows, sash, moulding, etc. The plant is located at 994 Kinnickinnic avenue. The owners are Fred Zaffrann, Joseph Schauz and C. F. ochmidt. The Fraser Lumber & Manufacturing Company. Appleton, Wi.s., is estab- lishing a branch at Nichol. a new station on the Wisconsin & Northern Eailroad Company's extension from Snawano to Appleton. LONG-BELL BRANDED LUMBER Nationally Advertised In order that the public may become familiar with the uniform high qual- ity of Long-Bell branded lumber, we have inaugurated a large na- tional advertising campaign. Con- sumers will be told that Tone-ReLL is "The Mark On Quality Lumber." Each advertisement refers the con- sumer to the retail lumber dealer. Such magazines as The Saturday Evening Post, Literary Digest, Re- view of Reviews, Scientific Ameri- can, Country Life, and architectural, building, engineering, manufactur- ing, railway and farm paper publi- cations will carry advertisements impressing readers with the fact that Long-Bell branded lumber is lumber of quality and that every piece is trade-marked. Long-Bell, nationally adver- tised, trade-marked lumber will satisfy your customers and increase your sales. Place your orders now^. The Long-Bell Lumber Co. R. A. Long Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. Manufacturer of Southern pine, hardwood, oak flooring, and creosoted posts, poles, and wood blocks 42 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 1919 We Want to Buy "POPLAR" 1" Firsts and Seconds, Selects and Saps. Any quantity. Can use stoch 30 days or longer on sticks J.V.STIMSON&CO. OWENSBORO, KY. VESTAL LUMBER & MFG. COMPANY INCORPORATED Soft Textured Oak Poplar Black Walnut Tenn. Red Cedar KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE BAND MILLS AT VESTAL A SUBURB OF KNOXVILLE FONDE, KY. The Folding Furniture Company, Stevens Point, Wis., has been incor- porated with a capital stock of $50,000 by J. J. Bukolt and others. The Tinsel Manufacturing Company, Manitowoc, Wis., which for several years operated a large toy factory at 51 Oneida street, Milwaukee, has moved this department to the main works at Manitowoc. William C. Protz is president and general manager. The Janesvllle Housing Corporation, incorporated recently at Janesville, Wis., with a capital stock of $300,000 by leading manufacturers, business and professional men, will build 500 dwellings, about 250 of which are planned to be undertaken this year, J. P. CuUen is in general charge of the project. L. A. Black, for five years connected with the J. R. Andrews Lumber Company. Escanaba, Mich., nas resigned to accept the position of pro- iluition manager of the Iron Range Lumber Company, Pentoga, Mich. The Appleton Hub & Spoke Company, Appleton, Wis., sustained a heavy loss by fire, which on January 28 destroyed its main factory, a landmark of the vicinity. John Tracy, who has been connected with the interest since 1S65 and is now principal owner, intends to resume operations in a new location at once. J. R. Meyers, Chicago, who owns several tracts of hardwood timber and considerable stocks of hardwood material in, the vicinity of Sheldon, Wis., is planning to establish a woodenware and novelty goods manufacturing plant at that point. It will employ about twenty-five operatives at the beginning. The John Schroeder Lumber Company, Milwaukee and Ashland, Wis., will build a .?10,000 addition to its general office building at the foot of Walnut street in Milwaukee. The West Side Manufacturing Company, 3100 Walnut street, Mil- waukee, a large maker of store fixtures, interior woodwork, etc., has Incorporated its business without change of style, with an authorized cap- ital stock of $200,000. Jesse Cappon, Albert Quast and Edward Schild- knecht, who have been the principal partners, are the main stockholders and principal officers of the new corporation. The Wisconsin Shiplmilding & Navigation Corporation, Milwaukee, which was organized In May, 1918, with a capital stock of $5,000,000, is ready to proceed with the establishment of plant and yards. The city of Kewau- nee, Wis., has contributed a forty-acre site on the Inner harbor, at the mouth of the river and Lake Michigan. Provision will be made to build six boats of 3500 tons each year. George F. J«hnson, head of the Johnson Lumber Company, Milwaukee, and other well known lumbermen of Wis- consin are interested in the project. The United Phonographs Corporation, Sheboygan, Wis., which is owned and controlled by the same interests as the Wisconsin Chair Company, and operates in the three plants of that company in Sheboygan, Port Washington and Grafton, Wis., is preparing to increase its facilities. The first extension to be made will be that of the Sheboygan factory. Twelfth street and Illinois avenue. Fred R. Dennett is president and general manager. The Northland Lumber Company, Green Bay, Wis., which lost its sawmlf! by fire several months ago, has not completed definite plans for the future, but it is reported that an arrangement will be made with the Sawyer- Goodman Company, Marinette, to do its sawmill work. This, however, is not confirmed. The Milwaukee Talking Machine Company, 41C-418 Fourth street, Mil- waukee, has lea.sed additional floor space and is installing much new wood- working equipment. The company is having tentative plans and estimates prepared for a complete factory group of its own, which may be under- taken late this year or in the spring of 1919. Stanley F. Roth is secre- tary and general manager. An interview by E. Schroeder, vice-president of the Joseph Flxter Coop- erage Company. 457 Fourth street, Milwaukee, is to the effect that the company does not anticipate an extensive loss Ijy reason of the progress of the dry movement to the point of absolute prohibition. Coopers, he says, have turned to other lines and already have compensated largely for the loss of business which the decline of brewing and distilling has suffered in recent years. There are so many other sources of business, Mr. Schroeder says, that in time the absence of demand for cooperage from liquor sources will be entirely overcome. Maj. Edward Scofleld, Oconto, Wis., former governor of Wisconsin and a pioneer in the timber, logging and lumber manufacturing Industry of the North, is reported to be seriously ill at his home. Maj. Scofleld is seventy-two years of age and it is feared that this may be an unfavorable factor in his recovery. R. Bruce Stewart, vice-president of the Rieckboff Box & Lumber Com- pany, Superior, Wis., died January 25 after a long illness with a rheumatic trouble. He was thirty-four years of age and is survived by his widow and two small children. Lieut. William Lee, U. S. A., formerly lumber expert for the Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Two Rivers, Wis., and widely known in the hard- wood industry, died of disease in France on December 24, according to notice received by his brother, T. E. Lee, general manager of the Below Lumber Company, Marshfleld, Wis. Henry I.,. Colman, secretary of the C. 1... Colman Lumber Company, LaCrosse, Wis., died February 1 at the age of flfty-seven years. For many years Mr. Colman was manager of the Colman company's saw and planing mills at LaCrosse, but since these were abandoned he took only an inactive interest in the management of the business. February 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 43 The Hardwood Market -< CHICAGO y The Chicago market is picking up noticeably ; not, o£ course, to any exhilarating extent, but at the same time orders are coming with gratify- ing increasing frequency. The local building situation is giving increasing fulfillment of promise that has held out for some time of development, and with rents everywhere increasing, the probability for a certain degree at least of speculative building, in addition to the private building that is certain to develop, is becoming more marked. Orders still continue to be let to meet developing demands, but no one care« so much about the nature of orders as they do their persistency and quantity. It is true that there has been a slumping off here and there in value, but taking the situation as a whole the market is standing up well, and with mill stocks offered in Chicago in decreasing quantities the trade is finding greater reason for confidence in the spring. =-< BUFFALO y- The hardwood trade i.s dull, but an improvement in inquiry has occurred during the past few weeks. Some wholesalers say that the past two weeks have been more fruitful of inquiries than the previous three months. This is not the general report, and some say they can as yet see little or no improvement over a month ago. But for the long pull there is much optimism. It is generally felt that the furniture, automobile and other leading industries are going to have a good business before the year end, though this improvement may not be much in evidence for some weeks. The building trade is also expected to show up well this year. The long period of curtailment has brought about a condition where many aew buildings are needed ami various cities in this territory, including Buffalo, are going aht'ad with large expenditures for schools and other public buildings which are much needed. It is estimated that the expendi- ture in this city alone will run into the millions, possibly as much as $20,000,000. The trend of lumber prices shows little, if any. decline In the leading hardwoods. Mill stocks are small and bad weather has kept them from much increase. :< PITTSBURGH >.= Prices on some lines of hardwood are likely to bold firm and may even go higher, according to reports received from whnlesaler.s. Already the price of railroad ties has been advanced within a month 10^, the standard quotations now being $1.49 for ties 7x9x8 14. Inquiries from automobile manufacturers are beginning to come in and wholesalers look for consider- able business from this line in the near future. Furniture business is also beginning to look up. There is very little doing In yard trade. Retailers are bound that they will not buy until prices are lower and only now and then a mixed car is sold. The hardwood mills in tri-state terri- tory have considerable lumber on hand. Many of them prolonged the usual Christmas shutdown and are just starting up. Business in general in hardwoods is very quiet, and wholesalers are not trying to pu.sh demand forward by quoting low prices. < BALTIMORE >■= ^IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII*£ 1 Plain & Qtd. Red & White I I OAK I The bardwood business Ls perhaps in better shape than any other divi- sion of the lumber trade, orders since the year got fairly started having come in with considerable freedom and the volume of business attaining proportions which compare favorably with some other periods of time, when there were no reconstruction problems to contend with. But it is to be said that the outlook appears decidedly uncertain. No hardwood mill man will venture to predict that the demand will keep up or express a feeling of assurance that certain other things will happen. They may come about, but there is no certainty on this score, and the dealers as well as the producers are content to go ahead from day to day, taking what is oflEered and ho/ding themselves in a state of preparation for unexpected developments. It Is not difficult to get very attractive prices if a buyer really wants the lumber; but on the other hand, if he has no actual requirements to meet he cannot be temptt-d to place orders except at such concessions probably as he could not afford to resist. The sellers, for their part, do not regard the situation such .is to call for a material marking down in the quotations. They point to the fact that the labor problem, especially in the hardwood producing sections of the southern states, has not been solved in the way of making the outlay in wages appreciably less or even to the extent of giving the mills adequate forces. Men released from military service do not seem eager, in many instances, to return to their former occupations in the woods or in other sections away from the big cities, and the South in particular is .stated to have no surplus of workers, while the rates of pay are about as high as they have been. Nor does it appear that stocks at producing points have attained exceptional proportions. For that matter, many of the grades are not in such supply as to furnish a guarantee against shortages. The output is still helil down to a considerable extent, and the market is under no real pressure because of accumulations. So far the reconstruction period has brought no violent disturbances in the hardwood trade, and members generally are hopeful of being able to prevent such dislocations. Just how long it AND OTHER HARDWOODS i Even Color Soft Texture i MADE (MR) RIGHT OAK FLOORING We have 35,000.000 feet dry stock— all of our own manufacture, from our own tim- ber grown in Eastern Kentucky. = PROMPT SHIPMENTS = 1 The MOWBRAY 1 I & ROBINSON CO. I = (incorporated) =: I CINCINNATI, OHIO | 5/8 LUMBER When you want 5 8 lumber remem- ber that we specialize in this thick- ness in all kinds of woods. This is all sawed from the log — not resawed — and shows good widths and lengths. We offer the following for prompt shipment : 80,000 5 8 Is & 2s Plain White Oak 40,000 5 8 Selects Plain White Oak 50,000 5 8 No. 1 Com. Plain Wh. Oak 40,000 5 8 No. 2 Com. Plain Wh. Oak 90,000 5 8 Com. & Btr. Sap Gum 15,000 5 8 Com. & Better Red Gum 20,000 5 8 Is & 2s Poplar 90,000 5 8 No. 1 Common Poplar 90,000 5 8 No. 2 Common Poplar Write for Our Complete List and Prices NORTH VERNON LUMBER CO. NORTH VERNON, IND. I 44 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 1919 CO-ORDINATION I To produce lumber of such cliaracter and quality that I our customers' reception, working and delivery of fin- I ished goods smack with a feeing that all interests have I been profitably served. I PLEASED I PRODUCER — MANUFACTURER — CONSUMER ! Our entire effort is directed to the production of lumber I like you want it. High class manufacture, good widths, i good lengths, dry. I TRY US FOR I Cypress, Oak, Ash, Elm, Gum PELICAN LUMBER COMPANY aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitit MOUND, LA. H S, ere s something Unusually Ciood MAPLE 12/4" 2 & Better 24,000 feet 10/4" 2 & Better 150,000 feet ELM 6/4" 3 & Better 30,000 feet 8/4" 3 & Better 40,000 feet 12/4" 3 & Better 25,000 feet BIRCH 4/4" 3 & Better 80,000 feet The above stock is of a fine quality, — the best in the land. We also carry a complete stock of Hemlock of all sizes and lengths up to 20 ft., in good shipping condition. iballiner H c, g 1 lanson ^^ompany GRAYLING. MICHIGAN will take for matters to become somewhat settled is entirely a matter for speculation. The process may take two or three months or a much longer period. Meanwhile, however, the well-informed hardwood men are dis- posed to take a hopeful view of the outlook, and no attempt is being made to force the absorption. Not a few of the mills are getting ready to increase their output, feeling that they should have more adequate selec- tious to draw from. =■< COLUMBUS >- strength characterizes the hardwood trade in Ohio territory. Inquiries are more numerous and orders are coming in better. Retailers are realiz- ing that they will be compelled to increase their stocks In order to take care of the expected building boom. The tone of the market is better and future prospects are considered brighter. Buying on the part of manufacturing plants has also increased within the past fortnight. Orders are being received from concerns making Imple- ments and vehicles. Furniture concerns are in the market. Building operations are better than were expected. The unusually warm weather has caused builders to look up their plans and specifications, and quite a few projects are being pushed. The projects are usually small, consist- ing of dwellings, apartments and small store buildings. Some larger build- ing projects are being discussed and may be carried forward. But gener- ally speaking the outlook for larger structures is not so good as for home building. Orders are now coming out promptly, as there is no railroad congestion to hold up shipments. Some reports show that mill stocks are not very large. It is generally conceded that yard stocks are not large, especially In the rural sections. Quartered and plain oak is strong and prices con- tinue high. Poplar is moving well and the same is true of ash and bass- wood. Chestnut is slightly stronger. Other hardwoods are firm. =-< EVANSVILLE ^ Trade with the hardwood lumber manufacturers of EvansvIUe and southern Indiana has been rather sluggish since the ending of hostilities in Europe, although things during the past week or two have been showing some signs of improvement, and the manufacturers are of the opinion that business Is going to be better than it was last year. Some railroad stocks have been sold here recently by the local manufacturers, both car stock and switch ties. This would indicate that the railroads are going to start a campaign of improvements in the near future. Business Is better now than It has been for several weeks past, and while prices have fallen on a few Items the prices in the main are holding firm, and in the opinion of the manufacturers prices are going to remain firm all of this year, and on some Items, such as quartered white oak, quartered red oak and plain white oak, it is expected the prices will advance because of the scarcity of these items. General trade conditions in this city are gradually getting better, and banks have plenty of money, which is being loaned at a low rate of interest. The sawmills in this section are being operated pretty steadily and logs are plentiful, although the prices are rather high. The various wood consuming plants in Bvansville and those at Tell City, Ind., Jasper, Ind., Owensboro, Ky., Henderson, Ky., and HopkinsvlUe, Ky., are being operated on steady time. Local furniture manufacturers who attended the furniture shows at Chicago recently returned home with the feeling that this is going to be a splendid business year. The local fac- tories have been buying more lumber recently. For several weeks the fur- niture men held off buying lumber, as they believed they would be able to get cheaper lumber later on. They were disappointed In this, and in some instances the manufacturers had to buy or close their plants, as their stocks were practically exhausted. The retail lumber business is hold- ing its own very well, although no marked improvement Is expected until after the Fifth Liberty loan campaign has been put over. Sash and door men and planing mill owners are looking for an Increased trade after the opening of spring. =< MEMPHIS >- The Tegge Lumber Col High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukee,, Wisconsin The demand for hardwood himlier Is expanding at a very satisfactory rate and the volume of business Is steadily Increasing. Demand is far better now than It was even ten days ago and Inquiries are coming in at a rate that suggests for the near future quite a large increase over present proportions. Indeed, the average manufacturer of hardwood lumber Is certain that the tide has turned and that the volume of business will con- tinue to expand during the spring and summer months. The call at the moment is more largely for oak, ash, gum and poplar, but Cottonwood, hickory, elm, other hardwoods and cypress are In very satisfactory call. Here Is a summary of conditions, present and prospective, based on state- ments of a number of prominent members of the trade within the past day or two : The volume of business is becoming more satisfactory, with indications that there will be a still bigger demand in the near future. Box interests, manufacturers of agricultural Implements, improved farm machinery, farm wagons, motor trucks, automobiles, furniture and other products are in the market and they are buying as If they appreciated the fact that there was nothing to be gained in delaying purchases. They are also buying as if they were in urgent need of stocks. The demand for these products is much larger than it has been at any time since the armistice was signed, February 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 45 and the view is held that the prosperity of the country will result in a big call for furniture and other wood products, and that it will also result in material increase in building operations, with corresponding gain in the quantity of hardwood lumber, flooring and interior trim required. Prices are holding quite Arm, with a tendency toward a higher level. There is no room for a cut in prices of hardwood lumber until there is material reduction in the costs entering into its production. A thousand feet of hardwood lumber, on the basis of present prices, will buy less lard, meal, meat, machinery and other essentials than at any time. There is a disposition to anticipate higher prices within the next thirty to sixty days, and this Is believed by some Interests to be largely responsible for the decided increase in buying. Production is not increasing. Many of the mills in Memphis are still closed down because of lack of logs and there appears to be no immediate prospect of an increase in log supply for the reason that the ground throughout the southern hardwood producing territory is so wet that little can be done toward either cutting or hauling. A shortage of hardwood logs exists in the southern field and reports indicate a similar condition in Minnesota, Wisconsin and other northern states. The increase in the volume of business is resulting In much larger ship- ments, and the quantity of lumber going out from the mills and yards is larger than the amount being placed on sticks. Stocks are therefore begin- ning to decrease. They were below normal at the beginning of the year. The extent to which they will decrease from the present level will be determined by the length of time production Is restricted. Export rates are steadily decreasing, but there is not much foreign demand at the moment for the reason that foreign consumers are disposed to go slowly in purchasing pending an adjustment of the ocean rate situa- tion. A big export inquiry is not expected until ocean freight rates have become stabilized. =-< BEAUMONT >-= =•< MILWAUKEE >- The nupiber of orders following upon the heels of inquiries starting the first of the year has given new life to the hardwood industry, and some of the manufacturers are predicting a general strengthening in the market within the next thirty days. The railroads are still clamoring for material, and the manufacturers who have orders from them are being constantly prodded to hurry up shipments. The new oil fields in west Texas are heavy buyers of standard rig timbers, although the embargo to this section of the state, due to scant railroad facilities, is holding up business to a certain extent. While hardwood men are reticent about what course they will pursue, it would not be surprising to see them take under serious consideration the action of the Southern Pine Association at their New Orleans meeting February 25 and 26. The yellow pine men have felt keenly the action of the British government in handling all lumber imports to the United Kingdom on a war basis, and should the yellow pine men form an export association to counteract this movement the hardwood men may find It to their advantage to take similar action. At the present time, however, the local men seem to be at sea and have no plans whether they would prefer to come In In the nature of an auxiliary to the yellow pine men, or go on their own hook. The yellow pine men state they are getting tired of doing all the anteing while the other fellow does all the dealing, and the hardwood men are not overly anxious to got a similar lick below the belt. Plain oak and sap gum continue to lead in shipments, while the output of the mills has been noticeably curtailed by the extremely bad logging conditions. Mills which have been shipping regularly have lost in stock rather than gained during the dull season. The almost Insurmountable logging conditions, due to heavy rains followed "closely upon the flu epi- demic, which closed down some of the mills temporarily. Although a cold wave reached northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan during the first few days of February, the logging season has been entirely unfavorable, and it is feared that the Input this year will be far below normal. Even with temperatures more seasonable, It has been extremely difllcuit to remake logging roads and get the cut timber out of the woods. Mills, however, have been able to maintain fair schedules with the material cut earlier in the season, when conditions were better than normal. Some of them are running out of logs and it probably will be necessary for these to, interrupt sawing operations until it is possible to replenish the supply. A report from the upper peninsula of Michigan says that fifty per cent of the car orders for January were cancelled, the heaviest month of the logging season. In most sections logging has been at a standstill because of the mild weather and the absence of snow. Conditions in northern Wisconsin are similar. Wholesale dealers In hardwoods report industrial demand improving. Requirements of concerns manufacturing cabinets for musical instruments and the furniture trade In general are gradually expanding. On the whole, however, there still is apparent a waiting attitude, and while trade is virtually as active as In normal years at this season. It leaves something to be desired. The impression is that within a month or two there will be more or less of a scramble for m'ateriai, and that then the manufac- turers will not be able to fill more than a part of orders because of the unfavorable season for logging. \yHEELER-XiMLIN LuMBER C2„M,?^„^,NX MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS HARDWOOD - HEMLOCK - PINE Wausau, wis. Shawano County Hard Maple Is Oar Specialty Complete Stock of Northern Hardwoods BASSWOOD 4/4" No. 2 Common and Better, All Grades WAUSAU, WISCONSIN GILL- ANDREWS LUMBER CO. SERVICE FIRE INSURANCE SERVICE AND PROTECTION Davis Service vfas organized to furnish to lumbermen in every branch of the trade com- plete and immediate protection for buildings, equipment and stocks. No matter how many yards and plants you have, nor where they are located, we can cover you. The value of Davis Service consists in the fact that your insurance is placed at one time on all your risks, through one office, which acts as your fire insurance clearing house and insures full coverage everywhere all the time. Let our Engineering Department show you how to reduce the cost of your fire insurance. Full Coverage, Correct Forms, Lowest Rates A. J. DAVIS & CO. Specialists in Lumber Fir* Insurmne* [nsurance Exchange, Chicago 46 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 1919 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS AdTcrtlsements will be Inserted In tbia sec- tion at the foUowtne ntei: Fop one Insertion 25c a line Fop two Insertions 40c a line For three insertions 55c a line For four Insertions. 65c a line Eight words of ordinary length make ene line. Heading couDts as two lines. No display except the headings can be ad- mitted. Remittances to accompany the order. N« extra charges for copies of paper containing the adTertlsemeot. LUMBER WANTED MANUFACTURERS TAKE NOTICE We are always in the market for hard- woods and white pine. Please mail us your price and stock lists. R. H. CATLIN CO., Equitable Building, WILMINGTON. DEL. LUMBER WANTED THE DAILY BULLETINS of the Lumbermen's Bureau, 809 Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C, contain rush inquiries for all character of lum- ber from responsible commercial buyers ; also from government departments. Write for free sample bulletins. WANTED ALL GRADES Chestnut lumber to sell, .\ddress. "BOX 123," care Hardwood Record. A WELL-KNOWN RESPONSIBLE Firm with oif,Miiizi'il office ami sabs iHr. !• would like to oontrart with band mill to market output on percentage ba.sis. Address, "BOX 27," care Hardwood Uecord. ACTUAL SELLING PRICES Actual current wholesale selling price, f. o.. b. all the principal markets, on all grades and sizes of Hardwoods, Southern Yellow Pine and North Carolina Pine, with a comprehensive market review and forecast, are published monthly by the Lumbermen's Bureau. Still Munsey Building, Washington. !>. ('. Write for sample copy. WANTED TO BUY No. 1 Hard Maple and Hickory Cordwood F. O. B. Chicago. COVEY-DDRHAM COAL CO., 431 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago. MEMPHIS WHOLESALER wants to buy for cash. log run Tupelo, Cotton- wood, Gum, Cypress, Oak. Will inspect at mill. Would consider financing mill cut, or contract block of lumber and pay cash, green on sticks. Address, "WHOLESALER," Box 205, Memphis, Tenn. LUMBER FOR SALE FOR SALE— BASSWOOD 5/4 & 6/4 No. 1 common. Can dress and resaw. If desired. WALTER C. MANSFIELD, Menom- inee. Mich. ALFRED P. BUCKLEY Lumber Commission 932 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Will cut to order 8 to 10 cars Locust In the log in New Jersey. Also Poplar and Sweet Gum in the log in sizes and lengths desired. BIRCH LUMBER When you are buying BIRCH consult us. We have it JONES HARDWOOD COMPANY It High Street BOSTON, MASS. FREE SERVICE FOR BUYERS Our Dally Bulletins containing inquiries from Buyers, are sent to five hundred responsible saw- mills and wholesalers. They make their best competitive quotations direct to the buyer, by mail or telegraph. Send us your inquiries. The service is free to buyers. Daily Bulletins, 809 Munsey Building, Washington, D. C. FOR SALE— THREE CARS I'cr week VOODS FOR SALE NO. 1 SHOP & BTR., 4/4-16/4", reg. wdths.. std. Igths., 1-2 yrs. drv. TEAGBR LUMBER CO., Buffalo. N. Y. ' ELM— SOFT LOG RUN 6/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Bllssville, Ark. FAS, 12/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., yr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER COM- PANY,- Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 2 0. & BTR., 4/4 to 16/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 9 mos. drv. EAST JORDAN LUMBER COMPANY, East Jordan, Mich. NO. 2 0. & BTR., 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., S mos. dry. GEORGE C. EHEMANN & CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 0. & BTR., 4/4, 8/4, 10/4 & 12/4". JACKSON & TINDLE, Grand Rapids. Mich. LOG RUN, 4/4 to 12/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. LOG RUN, 4/4 & 6/4", 4" & up, 10-16', 6 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis. Mo. NO. 3 C, 4/4". MASON-DONALDSON LUM- BER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. LOG RUN, 10/4 & 12/4". NICKEY BROTHERS, INC.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 0. & BTR., 12/4", reg. wdth. & Igth. RUSSE & BURGESS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 C. 10/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., S mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD COM- PANY, Helena, Arli. ELM— ROCK NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4", av. wdth.. 14 & 16', yr. dry, btr. than jacket bds.: NO. 1 C. & BTR., 10/4", av. wdth., good Igth.. green. GILL- ANDREWS LUMBER COMPANY, Wausau, Wis. NO. 2 &. BTR., 8/4". MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. GUM— SAP NO. 1 C. & SEL. & NO. 2 C, 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. FAS, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 3/4 to 8/4"; NO. 1 0. & BTR., QTD., 4/4 to 8/4". BELGRADE LUM- BER COMPANY, Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 4/4": NO. 1 C, 4/4"; NO. 1 & 2 C, 6/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville. Ark. ALL grades 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis, Mo. BOX BDS., 4/4", 9 to 12 & 13 to 17", 12 to 16', 10 mos. drv. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. LOG RUN 4/4-6/4". KRAETZBR-CURBD LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS & NO. 1 C, .5/S". gd. wdths. & Igths., 4 mos. dry. NORTH VERNON LUMBER COM- PANY, North Vernon. Ind. FAS & NO. 1 C, 5/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dry; NO. 3 0, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON H.ARDWOOD COM- PANY, Helena, Ark. GUM— PLAIN RED NO. 1 C. & SEL., 4/4 & 5/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. FAS, NO. 1 C, 4/4, 5/4. 6/4". ANDERSON- TULLY' CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 & BTR., 4/4 to S/4". BELGRADE LUMBER COMPANY, Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4'. BLISS-COOK OAX CO.. BllaaylUe, Ark. ALL grades 4/4. B/4, 6/4 & 8/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. FAS, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 10 mos. dry; FAS, 4/4", reg. wdth.. 10-12', yr. dry; FAS & NO. 1 C, 6/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 15 mos. dry. GEORGE C. EHEMANN & CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. 10 mos. dry. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR., 4/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 4/4", 6" & up, 10 to 16', 6 mos. dry; NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, 4/4 to 6/4", 4" & up, 10 to 16', 6 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. COM. & BTR., 4/4". TUSTIN HARDWOOD LUMBER COMPANY, Memphis, Tenn. GUM— QUARTERED RED NO. 1 C. & SEL., 4/4". ABERDEEN LUM- BER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-12/4". BELLGRADB LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR., 8/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 1 yr. dry. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. COM. A BTR., 4/4-12/4-. KRAETZBH- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR.., 4/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 8-12 mos. dry, sliced bds., highly figured. LOUIS- VILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. NO. 1 C, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dry; NO. 1 C, 5/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., yr. dry; NO. 1 C & BTR., 6/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., yr. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD COM- PANY, Helena, Ark. FAS & NO. 1 C, 8/4": COM. & BTR., 12/4", sap no def.; COM. cS. BTR., S/4". TUSTIN HARDWOOD LUMBER COMP.'\NT, Memphis, Tenn. GUM— TUPELO NO. 1 C. & SEL., 4/4". .\BERDEEN LUM- BER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. ALL OPades, 4/4. 5/4. 6/4. 4". 6" & up. 10-16'. 8 mos. dry. P. J. LA WHENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. ALL grades, 4/4. 5/4. 6/4 & S/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. FAS, NO. 1 C & NO. 2 C, all 5/4". TUSTIN HARDWOOD LUMBER COMP.\NY, Memphis, Tenn. GUM— MISCELLANEOUS LOG RUN, 4/4". std. wdth. ct Igth.. 2 to 6 mos. drv. C. M. CRIM & SON. Salem, Ind. HACKBERRY LOG RUN, 4/4 & 6/4". NICKEY BROTHERS. INC.. Memphis. Tenn. LOG RUN, 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. dry. J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO., Hel- ena, Ark. HICKORY LOG RUN, 6/4 & S/r'. std. wdth. & Igth., green. C. M. CRIM & SON, Salem, Ind. LOCUST LOG RUN, 4/4". NICICTIY BROTHERS, INC., Memphis. Tenn. MAHOGANY No. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4. 5/4, 6/4 & S/4", reg. wdth. & Igth. KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEYER CO.. Cincinnati. O. FAS, NO. 1 C, SHORTS, WORMY, %-16/4", pi. & fig.. Mex. & African. HUDDLESTON- MARSH MAHOGANY CO.. Chicigo. 111. MAPLE— HARD NO. 1 C, 4/4". gon.l wdths.. SO'r 14-16', 2 vrs. drv; NO. 1 C & BTR., 10 '4", good wdths., 50C-,. 14 & 16', 2 vrs. drv. ..\TLANTIC LUM- BER COMPANY, Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 5/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. sap two sides. 8 mos. dry. BLAKESLEE. PERRIN &. DARLING. Buffalo. N. Y. FAS, S/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 9 mos. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER COM- PANY. Buffalo. N. Y. COM. & BTR., 8/4 to 12/4", std. wdth.. 10- 16'. 2 to 3 mos. dry. C. M. CRIM & SON, Salem. Ind. NO. 1 C & BTR., 6/4", av. wdth. & Igth., 14 mo.i. drv: NO. 1 C. & BTR., 10/4 & 16/4". av. wdth. & Igth. vr. dry. GILL-ANDREWS LUMBER COMPANY, Wausau, Wis. LOG RUN, 10/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. 8 mos. dry. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 & 16/4": NO. 2 C & BTR., 5/4. 6/4 & 8/4"; NO. 3 C. 4/4 & 5/4"; QTD., 6/4 & 8/4". JACKSON & TIN- DLE. Grand Rapids, Mich. FAS, 10/4"; NO. 1 & BTR., 5/4"; NO. 2, 5/4", all good wdths. & Igths., dry. JONES HARD- WOOp rOMPANY, Boston. Mass. FAS. 4/4": NO. 2 & BTR., 5/4". MASON- DON.\LnSON LUMBER COMPANY, Rhine- lander. "^^is. LOG RUN, S/4 Welsh Lumber Co., Memphis, Y'oG RUN, 12/4". PENROD-JURDEN CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 3 C, 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4", 4" & wdr.. 4' & longer, 14 mos. dry; NO. 2 C. & BTR., S/4", 4" & wdr.. 4' & longer, 14 mos. dry. WHEELER- TIMLIN LUMBER COMPANY, Wausau. Wis. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 to 16/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., vr. to 2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUM- BER Co., Buffalo, N. T. MAPLE— SOFT LOG RUN, 4/4 to 8/4". 4" & up, 10 to 16', 6 mos. dry. P. J. L.AWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis. Mo. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 6/4". MASON-DONALD- SON LUMBER COMPANY. Rhinelander, Wis. OAK— PLAIN RED NO. 2 C & BTR., 4/4 .S: 6/4". BELGRADE LUMBER COMPANY, Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 10/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., dry, BLAKES- LEE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 5/4, 11" & up, 10' & up. 1 yr. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft, Wayne. Ind. LOG RUN, 4/4 to 8/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 3/4 & 6/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4 & 6/4"; NO. 2 C, 4/4". NICKEY BROTHERS, INC., Mem- phis. 'Tenn. NO. 2 C. 4/4". RUSSE & BURGESS, INC., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4", reg. wdths., std. Igths.. 1-2 vrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. OAK— QUARTERED RED FAS, 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Bliss- ville. Ark. COM. & BTR. 1/2"; FAS %" . NICKEY BROTHERS, INC.. Memphis. Tenn. OAK— PLAIN WHITE FAS 4/4", good wdth., 14-16 ',2 yrs. dry. AT- LANTIC LUMBER CO.. Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 6/4. BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4'. rep. wdth. & Urth.. 1-2 yrs. dry. BLAKBSLEB, PERRIN & DABLINO. Buffalo. N. T. NO. 1 C. & 2 C, 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Blissville, Ark. FAS, 10/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 1 yr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo. N. Y. LOG RUN, 4/4 to S/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. BRIDGE PLK. 12/4", 6" & up, 10-18', green. C. M. CRIM & SON, Salem. Ind. SEL. %", 6" & up; NO. 1 C. 3/4 & 4/4"; NO. 2 & 3 C. 4/4". NICKEY BROTHERS, INC., Memphis. Tenn. FAS, SEL., NO. 1 C & NO. 2 C, all %" , reg. wdth. & Igths.. 6 mos. dry. NORTH VERNON LUMBER COMPANY. North Vernon, Ind. NO. 2 C. 4/4". RUSSE & BURGESS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 to 16/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., 1 to 2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. OAK— QUARTERED WHITE NO. 1 C. 4/4" & up. BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Blissville, Ark. NO. 2 C. & BTR. 4/4". BELLGRADE LUM- BER COMPANY, Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4". vr. drv. BUFFALO HARD- WOOD LUMBER COMPANY, Buffalo, N. Y^. FAS, % & %", 6" & up, 8' & up, 8 mos. dry; FAS, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 4 mos. and over dry; STRIPS, 4/4", 2^4-5%, reg. Igths., 6 mos. dry; BCKG. BDS., %, 5/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 6-12 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wavne, Ind. FAS, 4/4", S" & up. KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEYER CO.. Cincinnati. Ohio. FAS 1/2", 6-9"; FAS 4/4", 6-7"; NO. 1 C.4/4", NICKEY BROTHERS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. OAK— MISCELLANEOUS NO. 1 C. & SEL. 4/4", S/4" & 10/4": NO. 1 C, NO. 2 C. & NO. 3 C, 4/4"; FAS, 10/4". ABER- DEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. ALL grades R. & W., 4/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. FAS. 4/4. red & white, 6" & up, 8-16', 1 to 2vrs. dry; NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, red and white, 4/4", 3 to 6 mos. dry; C. M. CRIM & SON, Salem, Ind. NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, red & white, 4/4 & 5/4", 4" & up, 10 to 16', 8 mos. dry. P. J. LAW- RENCE LUMBER CO.. St. Louis, Mo. NO. 3 C, 4/4"; CROSSING PLK., 12/4'. PENROD-JURDEN CO., Memphis, Tenn. SD. WORMY & NO. 3 C. 4/4". RUSSE & BURGESS. INC., Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR., red and white, 12/4". WELSH LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. PECAN LOG RUN, S/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. POPLAR NO. 1 C, 8/4", good wdths., 50% 14-16', 2 yrs, drv. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO.. Buffalo. N. T. NO. 1 C. 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 10 mos, dry. BUFF.\LO HARDWOOD LUMBER COM- PANY. Buffalo, N. T. NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, 4/4"; NO. 2 C, 8/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dry; FAS, sap no def., 16/4" reg. wdth. & Igth., 8 mos. dry. GOOD- LANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO., Mem- phis, Tenn. i Continued on page 50) February 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD i9 Advertisers* Directory NORTHERN HARDWOODS. Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo... 4 Barnaby, Charles H — Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling ... 4 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co. . 4 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 Coppock, S. P., Lumber Co — Crini, C. M., & Son — East Jordan Lumber Co 50 Elias, G., & Bro 4 Evansville Band Mill Company. — Fathauer, Theo., Company — Gill-Andrews Lumber Company 45 Hoffman Bros. Company 7-29 Jackson & Tindle — Jones Hardwood Co 46 Kneeland-Bigelow Co., The 3 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The — Maley & Wertz — Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co.. — Mcllvain, J., Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 4 Miller, Sturm & Miller 4 Mitchell Bros. Co 3 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-43 North Vernon Lumber Co 43 Palmer & Parker Co — Sailing, Hanson Co 44 Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 4 Stearns Salt & Lumber Co 6 Stinison, J. V 7-52 Sullivan, T., & Co 4 Swain-Roach Lumber Company 7 Taylor & Crate 4 Tegge Lumber Co 44 Von Platen Lumber Company. . 40 Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co.... 45 Willson Bros. Lumber Company € Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 40 Wood -Mosaic Company 7 Teager Lumber Company, Inc.. 4 Young, Bedna Lumber Co — Young, W. D., & Co 3 OAK. [See Lists of Manufacturers on I page 7 'Evans, G. H., Lumber Co — Long-Bell Lumber Co 41 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-43 POPLAR. Anderson-TuUy Company 2-7-12 Arlington Lumber Company 7-40 RED GUM. Anderson-Tully Company 2-7-12 Bellgrade Lumber Company.... 12 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Bonner, J. H., & Sons 7-11 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 10 Brown & Hackney, Inc 11 Brown Land & Lumber Co 12 Brown, W. P., & Sons Lumber Company — Ehemann. Geo. C, & Co 11 E^ans, G. H., Lumber Co — Ferguson & Palmer Company.. 11 Gayoso Lumber Company 13 Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Company 7-10 Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co.... 13 Memphis Band Mill Co 7-11 Miller Lumber Company 7-39 Mossman Lumber Company. .. .7-12 Paepcke-Lelcht Lumber Co 35 Penrod-Jurden Company 10 Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. 7-12 Russe & Burgess, Inc 13 Sondheimer, E., Co 13 Stark, James E., & Co 12 Stimson, J. V 7-52 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . 11 Thane Lumber Co 11 Thompson-Katz Lumber Co.... 10 Three States Lumber Co 7-52 Welsh Lumber Co 11 SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. Aberdeen Lumber Co 36 Anderson-Tully Company 2-7-12 Arlington Lumber Company.. . .7-40 Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo... 4 Beaumont Lumber Company... 14 Bellgrade Lumber Company.... 12 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling.... 4 Bonner, J. H., & Sons 7-11 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 10 Brown Land & Lumber Co 12 Brown, W. P., & Sons Lbr. Co. . — Brown & Hackney, Inc 11 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.. 4 Catlin, R. H., Company 46 Cornelius Lumber Company .... ^ Davis, Edw. L., Lumber Co — Dudley Lumber Company 12 Ehemann, Geo. C, & Co 11 Elias, G., & Bro 4 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co — Fathauer, Theo., Company — Ferguson & Palmer Company.. 11 Gayoso Lumber Company 13 Goodlander - Robinson Lumber Company 7-10 Hoffman Bros. Company 7-29 Kellogg Lumber Company 10 Kerns Lumber Company — Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The — Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co.... 13 Lawrence, P. J., Lumber Co 14 Long-Bell Lumber Company. .. .7-41 Long-Knight Lumber Company — Mcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 4 Maley & Wertz — Memphis Band Mill Company. .7-11 Memphis Hardwood Flooring Company — Miller. Sturm & Miller 4 Miller Lumber Co 7-39 Mossman Lumber Company. .. .7-12 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-43 Murrelle, L. D., Lumber Co 10 Nickey Bros., Inc 25 Norman Lumber Company North Vernon Lumber Co Paepcke-Lelcht Lumber Co Pelican Lumber Company Penrod-Jurden Company Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co.7- .Russe & Burgess, Inc Salt Lick Lumber Company.... Sondheimer, E., Company Standard Hardwood Lumber Company Stark, James E., & Co Stimson, J. V., & Co Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co.. Sullivan, T., & Co Swain-Roach Lumber Co Taylor & Crate Thane Lumber Co Thompson-Katz Lumber Co Three States Lumber Co 1- Tustin Hardwood Lbr. Co Vestal Lumber & Manufactur- ing Co Welsh Lumber Co Whitmer, Wm., & Sons Willett, W. R., Lumber Co Willson Bros. Lumber Co Wisconsin Lumber Company. . . Wistar, Underhill & Nixon Yeager Lumber Co., Inc Yoimg, Bedna. Lumber Co LUMBER COMMISSION. Alfred P. Buckley 46 VENEERS AND PANELS. Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co.. Anderson-Tully Company 2-7- Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co Bird's Eye Veneer Company. . . . Dean-Spickler Company, The... Hoffman Bros. Company 7. Huddleston - Marsh Mahogany Company Kiel Woodenware Co Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The Long-Knight Lumber Co Louisville Veneer Mills Mengel, C. C, & Bro. Co Nickey Bros., Inc Ohio Veneer Company Palmer & Parker Co Penrod Walnut & Veneer Co Pickrel Walnut Company Rayner, J., Company Stark, James E., & Co St. Louis Basket & Box Co Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . Wisconsin Cabinet & Panel Co. Wisconsin Veneer Company.... Wood-Mosaic Company MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ETC. Davis, Edw. L., Lumber Co.... Hoffman Brothers Company 7- 26 29 Huddleston - Marsh Mahogany Co _ Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The — Long-Knight Lumber Co — Mengel, C. C, & Bro. Co — Palmer & Parker Co — Pearson, C. H 40 Penrod Walnut & Veneer Co. . . 1 Pickrel Walnut Company 26 Purcell, Frank 14 Rayner, J., Company 8 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-14 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 East Jordan Lumber Company. 40 Horner, William g Long-Bell Lumber Company. . .7-41 Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co. . — Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co. — Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Salt Lick Lumber Company.... 6 Stearns Salt & Lumber Co 6 Wilce, T., Company, The 8 Y'oung, W. D., & Co 3 SAWS, KNIVES, ETC. Atkins, E. C, & Co 5 Hill-Curtis Co _ SAWMILL MACHINERY. Hill-Curtis Co Sinker-Davis Co 36 Soule Steam Feed Works 62 LOGGING MACHINERY. Chickasaw Cooperage Company 8 Godfrey, John F 40 Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co. 52 DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. Grand Rapids Veneer Works... 8 Philadelphia Textile Machinery Company 6 LUMBER INSURANCE. Davis, A. J., & Co 45 TIMBERLANDS. Lacey, James D., Timber Co... — MISCELLANEOUS. Brookmire Economic Service... — Buck, Frank R., Co — Catlin, R. H., Companw 46 Childs, S. D., & Co 60 Kane Manufacturing Company. 30 Lumbermen's Credit Assn 60 Pearson, C. H 40 Perkins Glue Company 26 Valley Log Loading Co 10 50 HARDWOOD RECORD February 10, 1919 (Continued from page 40) NO. 1 C. 10/4 & 12/4", reg. wcUh. & Igth., 6 to S mos. drv: SAPS & SEL. 12/4", regr, wdth. & Igth., 6 to S mos. dry. KOSSE, SHOE A.- SCHLEYER CO.. Cincinnati, O. COM. & BTR. 5/8 & 4/4", ran. wdth. & Isth., 6-8 mos. dry. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville. Ky. „,,„ „ FAS. & NO. 1 C. 4/4", NICKET BROTHERS, INC., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. & NO. 2 C. %". reg. wdth & Igth., 3 mos. drv. NORTH VERNON LUMBER COMPANY, North Vernon, Ind. NO. 2 C, 8/4". WELSH LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 0. & BTR., %-16/4", reg. wdths., std. Igths., 1 to 2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. T. SYCAMORE NO. 1 C. & SEL. G/4"; NO. 2 C. 1/4". ABER- DEEN LfMBER CO., Pittsburgh. Pa. LOG RUN, 4/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER COMPANY. Memphis. Tenn. COM. & BTR. 10/4". NICKEY BROTHERS, INC.. MEMPHIS. Tenn. WALNUT NO. ? C. 4/4', reg. wdth. & Igth. BLAKIIS- LEE, PERRIN & DARLING. Buffalo. N. T. FAS, 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. dry; NO. 1 C. 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. dry; COM. & BTR., 5/4", 8" & up, reg. igths., 9 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO.. Ft. Wayne, Ind. FAS, NO. 1 C, %" to 8/4". very dry. HUD- DLESTON-MARSH MAHOGANY CO., Chicago. ni. ALL grades & thicknesses. KOSSE. SHOE & SCHLEYER CO., Cincinnati, O. NO. 1 C. 4/4 to 12/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., 1 to 2 vrs. drv. YEAGER LUMBER COM- PANY. Buffalo, N. Y. VENEER ASH %-A up to 22' long. HOFFMAN BROS. CO.. Ft. Wayne, Ind. CHERRY 1/20-A. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne. Ind. GUM— RED QTD., FrG'D, any thickness. LOUISVILLB VENEER MILLS, Louisville. Ky. FIG., all thicknesses. NICKEY BROTHERS. INC., Memphis, Tenn. OAK— QUARTERED WHITE, any thickness, sawed »t sliced. THE DEAN-SPICKER CO., Chicago, lU. MAHOGANY ANY thickness. THE DEAN-SPICKER CO., Chicago, m. PLAIN & FIGURED, 1/28 to 1/4', Mexican and African. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MA- HOGANY CO., Chicago. lU. ANY thickness. LOUISVILLB VBNKER MILLS. Louisville. Ky. MAPLE QTD., H-A; PL.. %-^^ up to 22 ' long. HOFF- MAN BROS. CO.. Ft. Wayne. Ind. MISCELLANEOUS ALL Southern hardwoods, rotary cut, any thickness, any size. PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, Memphis. Tenn. OAK— PLAIN ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE TKNEER MILLS. Louisville, Ky. WHITE, 1/20. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. ANY thickness. LOUISAaLLE VENEER MILLS. LouisviUe. Ky. SWD., white, all thicknesses. NICKBT BROTHERS, INC.. Memphis. Tenn. POPLAR %-A up to 22' long. HOFFMAN BROS CO.. Ft., Wayne. Ind. WALNUT ANY thickness, sawed or sliced. THE DEAN-SPICKER CO.. Chicago, m. ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville. Ky. SL. & RTRY. CUT. HUDDLESTON- MARSH MAHOGANY CO.. Chicago. 111. ANYTHING In walnut, veneers, pi. & flg., rty. and sliced. PICKREL WALNUT CO., St. Louis, Mo. Crossbanding and Backing GUM ANY thickness, LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. POPLAR ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. Panels and Tops BIRCH STOCK SIZES, 1/4. 5/16 & 3/3", good IS and 2S. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOG- .\NY CO., Chicago, 111. GUM QTD. FIG., any thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. MAHOGANY ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. STOCK SIZES, 1/4, 5/16 & 3/S", good IS and 2S. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOG- .\NY CO., Chicago. 111. OAK ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Ixjuisville, Ky. PL. & QTD. 1/4, 5/16 & 3/8", stock sizes, good IS and 2S. HUDDLESTON-MARSH M.\HOGANY CO., Chicago, 111. ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville. Ky. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 6/4", reg. wdths. & Igths. FERGUSON & PALMER CO., Memphis, TENN. COM. & BTR., 4/4". KRAETZER-CURED H'MBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., dry. PEN- ROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, INC., Mem- phis, TenxL 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 veneeri 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 & Qtd.-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. FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT, THOROLY DRY IVIAPI.E 200.000' 4/4 No. 1 C. & B. 24,000' 5/4 No. 1 C. i B. 38.000' 6/4 No. f C. & B. 300,000' 8/4 No. 1 C. i B. 100.000' 10/4 No. 1 C. & B. 80,000' 12/4 No. 1 C. & B. 80.000' 14/4 No. 1 C. i B. 50,000' 16/4 No. 1 C. & B. KLM 22.000' 6/4 No. 2 C. i B. 1 20.000' 12/4 No. 1 C. i B. 180.000' 8/4 No. 2 C. 4 B. I 102.000' 16/4 No. 1 C. & B. BASSMOOD 165.000' 4/4 No. 2 C. i B. 1 5.000' 5/4 Piano key stock. 1 (green) ISIKCH 40.000' 5/4 No. 2 C. & B. 1 38.000' 5/4 No. 3 Common 15,000' 4/4 No. 3 Common I A Full Line of HiBh Grade Maple East Jordan Lumber Co. iMPERrAr'-'MtX^Vioorin, East Jordaii, Michigan SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE RED BOOK'""'' semi-annually in February and August It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyers df lum- ber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. Tk. b«ok indicates their financial standing and manner •f meeting obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as the authority on the line it covert. A wet] orguilzed Collection Department li alfo oper- ated and the same U open to you. Write for t«nill. Lumbermen's Credit Association 608 So. Dearborn Street CHICAGO Mention This Paper EsUb. 1878 5S Jshn Street NEW YORK CITY February 10, llilSi HARDWOOD RECORD 51 / ^ f^C:^^ ->^\. There s! no Time Like the present \T /"E would like to give our friends a little inside dope on the hardwood situation, ' ' particularly as to stocks and the possibility of any general softening in the market. Just taking the conditions at the mills as they stand, we find a radically cur- tailed input of logs, both in the North and the South. It can be stated with authority that southern operators cannot hope for more than fifty per cent log input, while in the North the soft winter will not make possible more than fifty-five to sixty per cent at the most. Conservatively the total hardwood cut this year will not go over sixty per cent of normal production. So "THERE IS NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT" for making your calcula- tions as to 1919 hardwood requirements. The cards are against any permanent or general softening of the hardwood market. Manufacturing costs have NOT gone down and won't. Line up now with us and buy your southern hardwoods from the choicest St. Francis River Basin of Missouri timber, shipped absolutely according to National grades. AVISCONSIN LU7V1BER CO. Sincerely, ^ STIMSON'S MILLS We have to offer from the Hunting- burg Mill the follow^ing list of well manufactured, band sawn lumber: Vz car 4/4 IiOff Buii Beech y^ car 5/4 log Bun Beech 1 car 4/4 Iiog' Bun Cherry 1 car 3" liOg Bun Elm ^2 car 4/4 IiO? Bun Elm 2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Sap Gum 3 cars 4/4 No. 2 Com. Sap Crura 2 cars 4/4x13-17' Gnm Boxboards 1 car 2I2. 3, 3I21 4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Hickory 1 car 3' No. 2 Com. & Btr. Hard Maple Vi car 4/4 No. 2 Com. Ic Btr. Soft Maple 1 car 4 4 No. Poplar 1 car 4 4 No. Poplar '2 car 5 4 No. Poplar 1 Com. 2 Com. 2 Com. J. V. STIMSON, Huntingburg, Indiana STIMSON VENEER & LUMBER CO. Memphis, Tennessee J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO. Memphis, Tennessee, & Helena, Ark. Lidgerwood Cableway Skidders with Mechanical Slack Puller Multiple Skidding Lines These exclusive features of the Lidgerwood Skidders reduce time of hooking on logs to a minimum. Send for catalogues LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO. Originators of Overhead and Ground Steam Logging Machinery Chicago 96 Liberty St., New York Seattle New Orleans: Woodward, Wight & Co.. Ltd. Canada: Canadian Allls-Chalmers. Ltd.. Toronto THIS SAW MILL FOR SALE 1 OFFER for sale the above 9-foot Prescott Pacific Coast type band mill with full complement of auxiliary and power plant machinery; heart yellow pine frame. Modern in every way. Can be moved. Immediate delivery. PRICE ON APPLICATION TO W. A. GILCHRIST 1406 Union ^and Planters Bank Building, MEMPHIS, TENN. On the SAWYER depends the get- ting out of lum- ber at least cost. Give him a SOULE STEAM-FEED and he will cut more lumber with the same payroll. CATALOG H TELLS HOW WRITE FOR IT SOULE STEAM FEED WORKS Box 352 MERIDIAN, MISS. uuu m iiniMllMlllllll|||||i||||||||MMLM4|||H II II II II I iMMiniiMNMiiMiini nil Semi-Monthly Twenty-Fourth Year 537 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 25, 1919 Subscription $2. Vol. XLVI, No. 9 - M Wimm ■tIg ■ r .-^-^^ —-•i- i A BUFFALO The Foremost Hardwood Market of the East BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. SPECIAL. FOB SALE 2" tt 4" No. I Common and Better Elm 2". 2'/2". 3" and 4*'. .No. I Common and Better White Ash I'A" and 3" No. I Common and Better Plain Oak Hardwoods & Red Cedar Plain and Qrtd. Oak has been our hobby for years Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT 1075 Clinton Street Atlantic Lumber Company HARDWOODS WEST VIRGINIA SOFT RED AND WHITE OAK Onr Specialty: WMt Ttrgrlnla aud PennsylTanla Obem 1055 Seneca Street Miller, Sturm & Miller Hardwoods 0f All Kinds 1142 Seneca St. Hugh McLean Lumber Co. OUR SPECIALTY: QUARTERED WHITE OAK 940 Elk Street Yeager Lumber Company INCORPORATED EVERYTHING IN HARDWOODS 932 Elk Street T. SULLIVAN & CO. Hardwoods Ash and Elm NIAGARA— CORNER ARTHUR Taylor & Crate HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS A stock of 24,000,000 feet of hardwoods car- ried at all times at our two big Buffalo Yards Established 53 Years Rail or Cargo Shipments G. ELIAS & BRO. HARDWOODS Whlt« Pine. Tellow Pine. Sfimca, HeDaJ«ck, Pir, Lomber, Timber, MUlwork. Bozea. Mjtple And Oak FIootIbk 955-1015 Elk Street Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling A CompUt* Stock of Seasoned Hardwoods luoludlnir Amb, Ba«Bw»oil, Biroh, Glierry, Cbeitnut, Cyprau, Elm, Onm, Hiekory, UapU, Plain h QoartcrMi Oak, Poplar k Walnnt. 1100 Seneca Street Tl>e above firms carry large and well assorted stocks of all kinds and grades of Hardwoods, and have every facility for filling and ship- ping orders promptly. They will be pleased to have your inquiries. * Fpliniary ij, 1!)1'.) HARDWOOD RECORD LOUISVILLE. THE HARDM^OOD GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH SC W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. General Offices and Distributing Yard LOUISVILLE, KY. Allport, Ark. r" i . r« i ««'ii Fayette, Ala. Furth. Ark. Eight Band Mills Guin, Ala. Geridge, Ark. Brasfield, Ark. PLAIN WHITE 0.\K ■1.-0. nofi' 4/1" FAS li;:>.00n' 4/4" No. 1 Cora. ■MIIMO' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 115.000' 4/4" FAS JIO.OOO' 4/4" No. 1 Com. l:i,5.0U0' No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED AND WHITE OAK 300.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 150.000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. IC5.000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. POPLAR 125,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 105. 000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. OO.OOO' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 135.1)00' 4/4" No. 2 Com. .S5.000' 5/4" No. 2 Cora. 110.000' S/4" No. 2 Com, SAP GUM 525,000' 4/4" FAS 175.000' 5/4" FAS 110.000' 6/4" FAS 175.000' 8/4" FAS 215.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 135,000' 5/4" No. 1 C, dry 105,000' C/4" No. 1 Com. 145,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 385.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 105.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 165.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. 185.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 115.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 145.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 105.000' S/4" Com. & Btr. Norman L ■"■■ ■ ""I .umber Company 1 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY POPLAR 4-4 No. 1 Com., 200,000 ft. 5-4 No. ,1 Com., 15,000 ft., 10 in. and up. 8-4 No. 1 Com. 30,000 ft. 10-4 No. 1 Com. 12,000 ft. 12-4 No. 1 Com. 10,000 It. 4-4 No. 2 Com. 300,000 ft. 8-4 No. 2 Com. 75,000 ft. W. R. Willet Lumber Co. LOUISVILLE, KY. 4 cars & Sel.. 10 cars 5 cars PLAIN WHITE OAK 4/4 1st & 2nd, 4/4 No. 1 Com. 500.000' 4/4 No. 2 Com., 5/4 No. 1 Com.. 4/4 Sound Wormy. 6 cars 4/4 No. 3 Com.. 10 cars PLAIN RED OAK 4/4 1st & 2nd. 1 cjr 4/4 No. 1 Com., 2 cars 4/4 No. 2 Com.. 2 cars QUARTERED WHITE OAK 4/4 1st & 2nd. average 8", 1 car 4/4 Com. & Btr. Strips, 2" — 4", 3 cars POPLAR 4/4 1st & 2nd. 1 car 4/4 No. 2 "A". 3 cars 4/4 Nos. 2 & 3, 10 cars 5/8 No. 2 Com.. 1 car 4' Lath, 1 car MISCELLANEOUS 5/4 No. 1 Com. & No. 1 Shop Cypress, 1 car 4/4 No. 1 Shop Cypress, 1 car 6/4 1st & 2nd Sap Gum, 14' & longer, 1 car 4/4 No. 3 Common Gum, 3 cars 2x6 & wider, Sd. & Sq. Edge Oak. 5 cars Can load separate cars each width. Edward L. Davis Lumber Co. Kentucky and Indiana Ash Walnut and Hickory We have a very complete stock of Ash and are pre- pared to make special grades for Automobile, Aeroplane, and Bending Purposes. PLEASE SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES DIMENSION STOCK Mahogany and Walnut Aside {r«m our pr«ducti«B of lumber and Tcneers— We are manufacturing kiln-dried mahogany and walnut dimension stock at the rate of 2,000,000 feet annuallj, an4 this department has been steadily growing since 1902. We think that these simple facts make detailed argument unnecessary — as to our prices, quality of our stock, and promptness mi service. However, wc have ready for mailing a circular which explains in detail hew and why you can savo tin*, money and trouble — through our dimension stock But if you don't care for the circular, and if you realiza what an expensive luxury your waste pile is, tend us your cutting bills, as you would give them to your stock-cutters. We will quote a specific price for each style you manufacture. I C. C. Mengel & Brother Co. " " ( Wood Mosaic Co., Inc. \ Main Office, New Albany, Ind. j BAND MILLS: New Albany. Indiana: Louisville, Kentucky: j Cincinnati. ,Ohio: lackson. Tennessee. i POPLAK ELM 56,300' 3/8" FAS lO.r.00' 8/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 22.i;00' 5/8" FAS 8,000' 12/4" Los Kun 42.300' 4/4" FAS 14,200' 5/4" FAS 9.000' 5/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 13,000' 6/4" FAS 32,000' 6/4" No, 1 C. & Btr. 34,000' 8/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK IC.OOO' 10/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 45.000' 4/4" 1st & 2nils 40.000' 12/4." No. 1 C. & Btr. 28,000' 8/4" Ists & 2nds 15,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 19,100' 5/8" No. 1 C. & Btr. 14,000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 65,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 10,000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 14 000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. HARD MAPLE 35.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 18.000' 4/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 15.000' S/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. CHERRT WALNUT 50,000' 4/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 11.000' 4/4" Ists & 2nds 58.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 50,000' 4/4" Ists & 2nd3 25.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 87,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. QUAKTEBED SYCAMORE 37.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 18,000' 4/4" No. 2 C. & Btr. 35.000' 4/4" Selects HARDWOOD RECORD February 25, 1919 Double Band Mill For Sale Including: Carriages Niggars Loaders Trimmer Edgers Resaws Sprockets and Chain Shafting and Pulleys Engine — 28 ^/^ x 62 Log Machinery All the Machinery for a Clothes Pin Mill Filing Room Equipment (rrft< ST EARNS SALT ^-LUMBER CO. LudingtokMich. I ^iiiiiiiiiic]iMiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiMiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiuiiiiiic]iuniiHi[< I COMMERCIAL KILN DRYING I Modem Kilns I We do a large amount of this j I work and are in a position to quote | I prices that will be satisfactory, j I Wire or write us, or better | I still, send along your ship- | I ments of lumber for kiln | I drying and they will be i I taken care of, I = 5 I WILLIAM HORNER | 1 REED CITY, MICHIGAN | *]iiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiinc]iiiiiiiiiinc]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]niiiiii'.iiii]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiniiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiinH*:< NORTH CAROLINA PINE AND WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Capacity 300,000 Ft. per Day Conway, S. C. Jacksonville, N. C. Hertford, N. C. I MILLS ) Porterwood, W. Va. \ Wildell, W. Va. ) Mill Creek, W. Va. WiQson Bros. Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS MAIN oFncE: PITTSBURGH, PA. ^^^ for VENEER No checks or splits. Enor- mous output. Low labor cost. The Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. PhiladelphU Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT UCK KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF Oak Flooring Complete stock of 3/8" and 13/16" in all standard widths "WE ARE GETTING RESULTS" WRITES ONE ADVERTISER This Means That He Is Getting NEW BUSINESS 'I'hrough 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 February 25. 3919 HARDWOOD RECORD A— Manufaetunr of Ifflplement Stock. B— Hanufacturar af Car Matara C— Haaufaoturar af Faoter> DlmeBtlaB, (•See patre 51 Fine Ven«era and Hardwood Lomber s Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc. New Albany, Ind. Manufacturer Veneers and Hardwood Lumber ^ HofiFman Brothers Company Manufaoturar Ft. Wayne. Ind. (*See page 43) Manufacturers of Hardwosd Lumber and Flooring The Mowbray & Robinson Company Cincinnati Ohio = Write for Ust and Prices ^^ North Vernon Lumber Company ^^ Manufacturer tKTT>t * ikt a ^m North Vernon, INDIANA ^^ (*See page — ) B Long-Bell Limiber Company ^^ Band Saw Operators In Southern Hardwoods = Kansas City, Missouri ^M A. B. C— = 15 years* supplj assured by 32.000 acres Virgin 8t. ^^ Francis Basin Timber, largely Oak. ^^ Tschndy Lumber Company, m«ioei-\i toi =^ Mapqfacturer, Kansas City. IV1I33UUK1 ^^^ Not one of thera possesses much value aa a ^= source of lumber, and only the Southern live ==^ oak is abundant. We carry a complete stock of plain and quartered Red and UTilte Oak In all speclficatlonB. Our faclUUes for prompt shipments are second to none. BAKKB-AIATTHBWS LBB CO. ,,,ecA^*?oi Memphis. Tenn. Manufaoturar MU>bUUKl ni Iitltnnillll (•Sfe page 15,i Charles H. Barnaby Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and Veneers Greencastle, Ind. ("See page 141 We have to offer at present 1 car 4/4 PAS Quartered White Oak. 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C. & Bet. Quartered Red SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. «,^. » „ . Manufacturer Seymoqr, IINUIAINA (*See page r<'2) J. V. Stimson Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hardwood Lumber Huntingburg, Indiana 1 '.See ]}iig(f ?>7 1 Miller Lumber Company Manufacturer and Dealer In All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Marianna, Arkansas (*See page 52) Nice stock of dry 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4 Plain Bed and White Oak on hand at Burdette. Ark., for prompt shipment. THREE STATES LUMBER CO. Man of acturer. Memphis B & O— We Manufacture Hardwood From Fine West Virginia Timber. WARN LUMBER CORPORATION Raywood. W. Va. (•See page 111 J. H. Bonner & Sons Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Memphis, Tenn. Mill: Jonquil, Ark. A. B & C— Carr Lumber Company, Inc. Blltmore Hardwoods Pisgah Forest, N. C Manufacturer •TENNESSEE ndlvldual Display Ad sn Pafls DsalfMtM. (•See page 5) W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. 9 Band Mills manufacturing hardwoods Louisville, Ky. Band Sawed. Steam Dried, Arkansas Hardwoods Edgar Lumber Company Wesson. Arkansas {•See page 6) Salt Lick Lumber Compcmy Hardwood Manufacturer Salt Uck, Kentucky (•See i-age IS) Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwood liumber and Quartered Oak, Ash and Gum Memphis, Tennessee Our Lumber Is Well Manufactured and Well Taken Care of. Write us for prices In anything In hardwoods. THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMPANY, Alexandria, LOUISIANA ('See page 10) Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. Manufacturer of Hardwoods Memphis. Tennessee We have for fall shipment large stock of 10/4 and 12/4 C. & Bet. Oak: other thicknesses from 4/4 to 8/4 In all Erades. FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Manufactnrer, NashvIUe, TENNESSEE Special. ALTON LUMBER COMPANY 1 car 9/4 Government Quality White Oak 1 car 14/4 Government Quality White Oak 20 cars 4/4. 5/4, 8/4 & 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut Buckhannon, West Virginia for anything in OAK write these rMresentative firms B & C Manufacturers Band Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oak and other Hardwood Lumber Hillyer-Deutsch-Edwards, Inc. Sem Antonio, TeKas 5 cars 4/4 White Oak FAS & No. 1 C. 10 care 5/4 Plain Red Oak Steps FAS & No. 1 C. WILUAMSON-KCNT MILL & LUMBEB CO. Manufacturer, Monnd City, ILLINOIS Special— 508.000 ft. 4/4 FAS PlalD Whlta & Red Oak MISSISSIPPI LAMB-FISH LCMBER CO. Mannfacturer, Charleston, Bedna Young Lumber Company Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Sales Office: Band Mill: GREENSBURG. IND. JACKSON. TENN. Please let us have your inquiries The hardest oak lacks much of being as hard as Itgnuni vltae; the strongest Is weaker than locust: the heaviest is lighter than man- grove; but In average of good qualities It would be hard to find a wood superior to oak. We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber C. & W. Kramer Company Richmond, Indiana B— We apeclall2e In White and Bed Oak and in Quartered Red Gum. \\'e Bollclt your Inquiries. ALEXANDKB BROTHERS, ..iceiec-ronl Mannfacturers. BelionI, IVIiaaljalrrl C — Special 1 car 6/4x20' Qtd. Red Oak Seat Stock 1 car 6/4x18" Qtd. White Oak Beat Stock 1 car 4/4x12" & wdr. Plain Oak ARKLA LBR. & MFG. CO., ...certllDI St. Louis. MISSOURI A. B * C— Triple Band of The Meadow River Lumber Company Ralnelle, W. Va. Manufacturer Hlgh-Grade Hardwpodt (*See page 11) QUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY Memphis Band Mill Company Mannfactnrer, Memphis TENNESSEE Maaufacturera of Plain and Quartered Oak also Oak Timbers and Brldgs Plank SABINS TRAM COMFANT, -rc-V A C BKAUMONT. » tX AIJ All stock cut from our Ylrfln Tlisber oa modem band mills. THISTLETHWAITE LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturer Washington. LOUISIANA 1!. C— Tallahatchie Lumber Company Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardw(»odB Philipp, Mississippi l«S(-f pasi. -IJi ARLINGTON LCMBER COMPANY Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Mills: Arlington, Ky., and Park„_-,_, ,^^„ Place, Ark. Write Arlington KENT ULK.T CSi^e l-ag.- I'ii 6.000.000 Feet of Oak Always on Hand in 1 to 2* Stock BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, . „^ .„-. _ Manufacturer BUsBvllle. ARKANSAS It Is believed that the combined stand of all other species of oak In the United States would not equal that of the common white oak. It is fortunate that it possesses so many good qualities and grows in so many parts of the country, A. B & C— Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lbr. Co. Manufacturers and Wholesale Lumbar Osslers St. Louis, MissooH Yellow Poplar Lumber Company Coal Grove, Ohio Manufacturer (•See pages 2-131 Anderson-Tully Co. Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber — Veneers — Packing Boxes — Epg Cases Mills: Meraphis, Tenn.; Vlcksburg, Miss.: Rayrllle. La.; Madison. Ark. ME^IPHIS, TENN.. U. S. A. Tbe Band MIU. Planing MIU and Dr7 Kiln of tlia Wniiams Lumber Company ia located at FayettevUle, Tennessee All Itunber piled In same lengths and similarly loaded In ears. CLAY LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturer, «/ VA Middle Fork, "• "'** The scarcest of all the oaks of the United States are believed to be Bartram oak and tbe Price oak. All known specimens of these two trees could stand on a single acre and still leave considerable ground unoccupied. Band Sawed. Eaualized, Forked Leaf White Oak Thin Oak and Ash Specialties MANSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. Manofactnrer 8HBBVEPORT, LA. For 25 years we have made Oak and still specialise in this, the beat of American hardwoods. Our prices, grades and serrlce are worth considering. LOVE, BOYD & CO.. TC-MMCCCirir Manufacturer, NashviUe, TENNt.33CJ!. B ^ c — High Grade Lumber Hyde Lumber Company South Bend, Indiana Band Mills: Arkansas City. Ark, l-ake Pra»ldsne«. Botanists who are looked upon as authority in such matters, have agreed to change the book name of Northern red oak from ^uercus rubra to quercus borealls. Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc. Sardis, Mis*. Kiln Dried Stocks a Specialty Manufacturer A— 150,001 ft 4/4 No. 2 Com. Plain Oak Specialists in Bone Dry, Good Widths & Lenfftlis — Prompt Shipment BABR-BOLADAY LCMBER CO., r\tjin Manufaetnrer, Oreenfleld, v'"!'-' Wo are cutting oBT 20.000 acres of the anest Oak in West Virginia. For the Tery best, try AMERICAN COLUMN * LCMBER CO., Manofacturer, St. Albans, W. VA. Babcock Lumber Company Pittsburgh, Pa. Annual Capacity, 150.660,000 Foet Manufacturer Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company Sales OfBce — Clarksburg, W. Va. Band Mills— Curtin, Coal Sid- ,,, ... tag and Hamlny Falls. ". VA. Specialties QuarUr-sawed White Oak, Plain Red and White Oak C. L. RITTER LUMBER COMPANY, ROCKCASTLE LUMBER COMPANY, Manufacturers. Hnntlngton, W. Va. The stand of oak in Tennessee has been estimated at 26.000,000.000 feet, and that is equalled by West Virginia, while Arkansas leads all others with 26,785,000,000. Kentucky is credited with 22,600,000,000 feet. Pennsyl- vania with 13.300,000,000 and Ohio 18,500.- 000,000. HARDWOOD RECORD Febniar.v 25. 191» 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 find it reduces the expense of laying and polishing. Our Booklet tells all about Hardwood Flooring and how to care for it — also prices — and is free. The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. 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 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, v^e produce panels of all sizes, flat or bent to shape, in all woods, notably in Mahogany & Qtd. -Sawed Oak. ^X'e 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 OQ 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. Get the M-D Habit [t's a money-saver. The saving doesn't lie only n value for the money, but comes also from the Fact that our hig stock enables you to buy at less expense. Shopping around is always costly, ind there is more satisfaction and less chance for a slip-up if you concentrate your orders as much as possible. DO YOU NEED BASSWOOD 400IVI' 4/4" No. 2 4 Btr. 200M' 5/4" No. 2 i Btr. 2 cars 6/4" No. 2 Com. BIRCH 4/4 to 8/4" 1st S. 2nd5. 250IVI' 4/4" No. I Com. lOOM' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 200M' 5/4" No. I Com. I50M' 6/4" No. I Com. 1 car 4/4" No. I Com. Set. Red. 2 cars 4/4" 1st & 2nd Sel. Red. HARD MAPLE 3 cars 4/4" 1st & 2nds. 300M' 5/4" No. 2 & Btr. 400M' 6/4" No. 2 Sc Btr. 500M' 8/4" No. 2 & Btr. lOOM' 10/4" No. I & Btr. lOOM- 12/4- No. I & Btr. SOFT IVtAPLE 2 cars 6 4" No. 2 & Btr. SOFT ELM 60M' 6/4" No. 2 i Btr. I50M' 8/4" No. 2 «. Btr. ROCK ELM MM' 8/4' No. 2 & Btr. BOX &. CRATING STOCK 5 cars 5/4" No. 3 Basswd. 2 cars 6/4" No. 3 Basswd. 300M' 4/4" No. 3 Birch 200M' 5/4" No. 3 Birctl lOOM' 4/4" No. 3 Maple 6 cars 4/4" No. 3 Soft Elm I car 6/4" No. 3 Soft Elm We're also mixed car specialists^ and offer Flint Flooring in maple and birch, iitnl a complete line of pine and liemlock. Mason-Donaldson Lumber G)mpany 'ebruary HARDWOOD RECORD ■'A>»'.tf'k'!'.ir3fr^^ !. > l' ^^/!^ :-is§y JHE-WGNDER CITY OF HARPWOODiiRODUCTlOl J'1'' *:■ *■ Handles and Handlewoods A former article of this series spoke of the use of white ash in the manufacture of farm tool handles and of the forests in the Memphis district as a source of supply for this commodity. Handles for farm tools are only one kind out of many. Nearly as many sorts of handles are made as there are tools for using them, and each class of tools has a pattern of its own in its handle equipment. Not only has each tool a pattern of its own, in regard to shape and size; but to a considerable extent each tool calls for a handle of some particular wood. Custom is not the same in all places, and each region is likely to have some one handlewood w^hich is given preference by the people w^ho live there. Of course hickory holds first place as a handle wood for a large class of tools. More than 40 per cent of all the handle wood in the United States is hickory. That may look like a high percentage, in view^ of the many kinds of handles in use and the many excellent woods for making them and the abundance of those woods. Many articles are provided with handles made of woods other than hickory, for tools are not the only articles that need handles. There are buckets, baskets, boxes, pans, dippers, and scores of other things wthout entering into an enumeration of the different kinds of tools from the cant hook, one of the largest, to the button hook, one of the smallest. There are softwood handles as well as those of hardw^ood; for the little grip or handle for a package, and one quite similar in form for a pail, need not be of hardwood. However, the hardwoods are far more important than the softwoods as ma- terial for handles. {To be continued) HARDWOOD RECORD February 25, 1919 ^5| I 11 i ^1 M IBM If^ Hits ^^SlSSSSSSSSSSSS!55SSSS5SiS&«SSSSSSSSS^^ CYPRESS 35,000' 4/4" FAS 45.000' 4/4" Selects 25.000' 4/4" Slwp ELM lOO.OOO' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Blr. RED CUM 25,000' 5/4" FAS 20,000' 6/4" FAS 16.000' 8/4" FAS 300.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 40.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 50.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 18,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 40.000' 8/4" PAS 70.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. Regular Widths and Lengths SAP GfM 100.000' 4/4" FAS 16,000' 1/2" No. 1 Com. 24,000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. 20.000' 3/4" FAS 200.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 100.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 500.000' 1/4" No. I Com. 100.000' 1/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 100.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 150.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. SOUND WORMY OAK 100.000' 4/4" RUSSE & BURGESS, Inc. QUARTERED RED GUM 33.000' 4/4" FAS 100. ono' 4/4" No. 1 Com. SO. 000 200.000 42.000 160.000 30 0011 3S.000' 20.500 9.000 5/4" FAS 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6/4" PAS 6/4" No. 1 Com. 8/4" FAS S/4" No. 1 Com. 10/4" FAS lu/4" No. 1 Com. 9.000' 12/4" FAS PLAIN RED GUM 60.000' 4/4" FAS 20.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 60.000' 5/4" FAS 200.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. ,36.000' 6/4" PAS ^ 78.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 18.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 12.500' 6/4" FAS 0.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 4.000' 8/4" PAS 3.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN SAP GUM 62.000' 3/4" No. I Com. 47.000' 3/4" No. 2 Com. 38.000' 4/4" PAS. 13" & up 90.000' 5/4" FAS, 13" & up 200,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. BELLGRADE LUMBER CO. 100,000 100.000 50.000 142.000 311.000 247.000 73.000 5.000 73.000 24.000 22.000' 1,000 45,000 46.000' 175.000' ill.nOO' 236.000 50.000' 75.000' SAP GUlI ■ 4/4 FAS ■ 5/4 FAS ■ 6/4 FAS ' 4/4 Boxboards ' 4/4 No. 1 Com. ' 5/4 No. 1 Com. ' 6/4 No. 1 Com. ' 8/4 No. 1 Com. ■ 5/4 No. 2 Com. ' 6/4 No. 2 Com. ' 8/4 No. 2 Com. 4 4 No. 3 Com. ' 6/4 Dogboards RED GUM 4/4 FAS 5/4 PAS ■ 6/4 PAS 5/4 No. 1 6/4 No. 1 QTD. RED GUM 4/4 Com. & Bet 125.000' 5/4 Com. & Bet. 17.000' Doglxiards RED OAK 52.000' 4/4 FAS 60,000' 4/4 No. 1 12,000' 4/4 No. 2 PLAIN WHITE OAK 11.000' 4/4 PAS 41.000' 4/4 No. 1 42.000' 4/4 No. 2 1.000' 4/4 No. 3 QTD. WHITE OAK 7.000' 4/4 Log Rim ELM 24,000' 4/4 Log Run 45.000' 8, '4 Log Rmi CYPRESS 37.000' 4/4 Log Rira 15.000' 4/4 to 8/4 Los Bun 15.000' 4/4 Pecky ASH 5.000' 6/4 to 8/4 No. 3 KELLOGG LUMBER COMPANY BANK OF COMMERCE BUILDING SAP GUM 1.000' 1x13-17" Box Boards 1.000' 1x9-12" Box Boards 1.000' 1" No. 1 Com. .600' 2" No. 1 Com. PLAIN RED GUM :,000' 1" PAS ,000' 2" FAS .000' 1" No. 1 Com. .000' 2" No. 1 Com. .000' 1%" Dog Boards .000' 2" Dog Boards QUARTERED RED GUM .000' 2" PAS ,000' 2" No. 1 Com. POPLAB .000' FAS. S. N. D. .000' 1" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. .000' l',4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. .000' 1%" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. .000' 2" No. 2 Com. PLAIN OAK 150.000' 1" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 105.000' Hi" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 90,000' 1%" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 65.000' 2" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 115,000' 2%" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 56.000' 3" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 30.000' 4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. ASH 11.000' IVt" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 15.000' 1%" No. 1 Com. 25,000' 2" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 7,500' 2V4" No. 1 Com. MISCELLANEOUS STOCK 34.000' 2%" Maple Log Run 31.000' 3" Elm Log Bun 17.000' IVi" Qtd. Sycamore Log Run 11.000' 1" Tenn. Red Cedar 4.500' 1%" Com. & Btr. Qtd. Black Gum Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. PLAIN RED OAK 200.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 230.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 60.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 20.000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. 100.000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 75.000' 6/4" Common 125,000' 8/4" Common 15.000' 12/4" Common QUARTERED WHITE OAK 50.000' 4/4" FAS 20.000' 6/4" FAS 50.000' 4/4" Common 50.000' 6/4" Common ASH 50.000' 12/4" Com. & Btr 200,000' 5/4" Common ELM 200.000' 8/4" Log Run GAYOSO BLAINE, MISS. 25,000' 10/4" Log Run 50,000' 12/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM 150,000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 250.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 300,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED S.AP GUM 200,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 200.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 100.000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. 100.000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. QUARTERED BED GUM 200.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 150.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. PLAIN SAP GUM 150,000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 300,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 150,000' 4/4" Common 200,000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 600.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. LUMBER CO. MEMPHIS, TENN. BANDMILLS RED GUM 5 cars 4/4" Com. & Bet. Plain Red Gum 2 cars 6/4" Com. & Bet. Plain Red Gum 4 cars 8/4" Com. & Bet. Qtd. Red Gum 5 cars 8/4" Com. & Bet. Qtd. Red Gum, S. N. D. 1 car 12/4" Com. & Bet. Qtd. Red Gum, S. N. D. Tustin Hardw^ood Lumber Co. Formerly THE JOHNSON-TUSTIN LUMBER CO. Valley Log Loading Co. J. VV. DICKSON, Pres. W. L. TONEY, Vice-Pres. W. A. WADDINGTON, Treas. MEMPHIS, TENN. LOAD LOGS ON RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN MEMPHIS AND VICKSBURG ASH 250.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 10.000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. 50.000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 200.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 100.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 40.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 3,000' 8/4" PAS 5,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN BED GUM 10.000' 4/4" FAS 300.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 60.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 25.000' 4/4" PAS 65.000' 4/4" No. I Com. 300,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 70.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 32.000' 4/4" Box Eds.. 8-12" 4/4" Box Bds.. 13-18" 5/4" PAS 5/4" No. I Com. 12.000' 6/4" FAS 15.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. SOFT MAPLE 35.000' 12/4" Log Run PLAIN WHITE OAK 21,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6/4" FAS 6/4" No. 1 Com. 8/4" PAS 8/4" No. 1 Com. 12/4" Com. & Btr. 12/4" Bridge Plk. PLAIN RED OAK 4/4" FAS 4/4" No. 1 Com. 5/4" FAS 10/4" Com. & Btr. 4/4" Com. & Btr.. Sound 40.000 50.000 350.000 15.000 100.000' 15.000' 20.000' 65.000' 60.000' 10.000' 80.000' 20.000' 16.000' 20.000' Wormy PENROD-JURDEN COMPANY 1^y\.vy 1^ February 1910 HARDWOOD RECORD 11 ^ al PI I" ii M IBM RHUS SAP GUM 35.noO' 4/4" Panel. 18" & up ino.ono' 4/4" Box Boards, 13 to 17" 200.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 7 to 12" 100.000' 4/4" FAS. 13 to 17" 150.000' 4/4" FAS, 6 to 12" 200.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 26,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 150.000' 6/4" No, 1 Com. 25,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. SELECTED RED GUM 250.000' 4/4" FAS 300.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 5/4" FAS 60,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 60,000' 6/4" FAS 160,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 40,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 100.000' 4/4" FAS 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com, 15.000' 5/4" FAS 40.UU0' ,S/J" Au. 1 Com. 15.000' 6/4" FAS 20.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 50.000' 8/4" Com. & Btr. 50,000' 10/4 ' Com. & Btr 30.000' 12/4 ' Com. & Btr. SOFT ELM 160,000' 4/4" Log Run 20,000' 5/4" Log Run 200,000' K/4" Log Run 75,000' 10/4 ' Log Run 60,000' 12/4 ' Log Run SOFT MAPLE 20.000' 4/4" Log Run 36,000' 6/4" Log Run 50.000' 8/4" Log Run 25.000' 10/4" Log Run PECAN 35,000' S/4" Log Run GEO. C. BROWN & CO. OUR AIM To make well and to trade fairly. To profit not alone in dollars but in the good will of those with whom we deal. To correct our errors. To improve our op- portunities and to rear from the daily work a structure which shall be known for all that's best in business. OAK, HICKORY, ASH CYPRESS, TUPELO, COTTONWOOD GUM, SYCAMORE, ELM, MAPLE ^MEMPHIS BAND MILL CO. 1I.\NUF.\CTURERS SAP GUM 5 cara 1" FAS 3 cars 5/4" FAS 5 cars 6/4" PAS 7 cars 4/4" Box Boards. 9 to 12 12 cars 4/4" 13 to 17" Bol Boards BED GUM 5 cars 13/17" FAS 2 cars 5/4" FAS 2 cars 6/4" FAS 5 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. S cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 4 cara 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 2 cars 18/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. > cara 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. J. H. BONNER & SONS PLAIN RED OAK 5 cars 4/4" FAS 1 car 6/4" FAS I car 6/4" FAS « cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. •2 cars 6/4" No, 1 Com. 6 cars 4/4' No. 2 Com. 1 car 5/4- No. 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 10 cara 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr 3 cars 5/4" No, 1 Com. & Btr. 2 cars 6/4" No. 1 Cora. & Btr. 3 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 6/4" No. 3 Com. 10 cars 6/4- No. 3 Com. F.l.M 4 care 5/4" Log Run 2 cars 6/4" Log Run 2 cars 8/4" Log Run 2 cars KI/4 - Log Run 4 cars 12/4 " Log Run III Addition to Regular Stock of Ash Lumber We Have the Following Bone Dry Stock, Upon Which We Will Quote Especially Attractive Prices on Request. ASH 10.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. BEECH 10,000' 8/4" Log Run 2 cars 10/4" Log Run CYPRESS 50,000' 4/4" Shoe & Btr. 40.000' 6/4" Shop & Btr. 15.000' 8/4" Shop & Btr. 6,000' 12/4" Shop & Btr. ELM 12.000' 5/4" Log Run 11.000' 16/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. RED GUM 15.000' 4/4" Com. & BU. 25.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 25.000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. SAP GUM 256.000' 4/4" Com. & Btr. 200.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. : car 6/4" Is & 2s QUARTERED RED GUM 2 cars 4/4" Com. & Btr. 2 cara 8/4" Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 1 car !/4" 9 * 23 PLAIN RED OAK 1 car 1/4" Com. & Btr. 4.600 6/4" la » 2s 5.000 6/4" Is * 2s 8.000 8/4" Is & 2s 50.000 4/4" No. 1 Com. 4.000 6/4" No. 1 Com. 57.000 5/4' l^g Run 35,000 8/4" Log Run POPLAR 15.000 4/4' Com & Btr. 15.000 6/4' Com. & Btr. 50,000 8/4' Cora & Btr. 00,000 8/4' No 2 Com. 3,000 10/'. " No. 2 Com. 3,000 12/' " No 2 Com. 10,000 10/4 " No. 2 Com. WELSH LUMBER COMPANY ASH 5 cars 8/4" No. 1 Com., regular widths and lengths 2 cars 8/4", 1 face clear, shorts, 3" and up. 4 to 7' 1 car 10/4", 1 face clear, shorts, 3" and up. 4 to 7' 2 cars 12/4" 1 face clear, shorts, 3" and up, 4 to 7' 1 car 5/4x3^ to 5W. 1 face clear, strips 1 car 5/4" Sound Wormy 2 cars 12/4x10" up. Is uid 3i 2 cars 10/4x10" up, Is and 25 1 car 8/4x10" up. Is and 2s 1 car 8/4x12" up. Is and 23 2 cars 5/4" Is and 23, all 8 and 10' Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. DRY STOCK, FEBRUARY, 1919 QUARTERED WHITE OAK 15.000' 4/4" FAS 75.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 8.000' 8/4" FAS 20.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 19.000' 4/4" FAS 40.000' 4/4" No. I Com. 18.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 30.000' 4/4" Sound Wormy 1.000' 4/4" No. >.0OO' 5/4" No. 3 Com. I Com. 25.1 6.000' 5/4" No, 2 Com. 9.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 22.000' B/4" No. 2 Com. 30.000' 6/4" No. 3 Com. 20.000' 6/4" Sound Wormy PLAIN RED OAK 42.000' 4/4" FAS 80.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 40,0n.>' 4/4" Nn 2 Cnnl. 60.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 50,000' 4/4" Sound Wormy SAP GUM 90,000' 4/4" FAS 370,000' 4/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 330.000' 5/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 00.000' 6/4" FAS 320.000' 6/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 175.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. RED GUM 50.000' 4/4" FAS 30.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 8.000' 6/4" FAS 50.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 330,000' 8/4" No. I Com. & Btr, ELM 130.000' G/4" Com. & Btr. 60,000' 6/4" Nos. 2 & 3 Com. PECAN 30.000' S/4" Ls. dry RED GUM ."".11.110(1- 4/4" FAS. e mos. dry 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com,. 6 mos. dry SAP GUM 100.000' 4/4" FAS. 0 mos. diT 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. 6 mos. dry 100 000' 4/4" No. 2 Com., 6 mos. dry .-.fi.Oilll' 4/4" No. 3 Com.. 6 mos. dry .'.,00(»' dry 5.000' 1/-1" Box. i:i^U". 6 mos. 4/4" Box. 9-12". 6 mos. dry OAK (SOS Red) 30.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com.. 6 mos. dry 30.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com.. 6 mos. dr^- 40.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com.. 6 mos. dry 15,000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 6 mos. dry luo.lioil' lo/.l" Cora- & Btr.. 6 mos. 10.000' 12/4" dry Com, & Btr.. 6 raos. lli.OOO' do- WHITE OAK s/i" Com. & Btr.. 6 mos. Average widths and lengtlis. MAl'LE 25.000' 12/4" Log Run. 0 mos. dry BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO. 100,000' FAS, 4/4". 60,000' FAS. 5/4". 70.000' PAS, 6/4", PLAIN RED GUM 150,000' FAS, 4/4". 10.000' FAS. 5/4". 10.000' PAS. 6/4". 200.000' No. 1 Com., 4/4". 65,000' No. 1 Com., 5/4". 20.000' No. 1 Com.. 6/4". QUABTERED BED GUM 60.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 4/4". 80.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr., 5/4". 60.000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 6/4". 25,000' FAS, 8/4", 90,000' No. 1 Com.. 8/4". SAP. NO DEFECT 100,000' No. 1 Com. & Btr., 8/4". COTTONWOOD 110.000' No. 1 & Panel. 4/4-18" u CYPRESS 40,000' FAS, 8/4". 20.000' Selects, 4/4", 40,000' Selects. 5/4". 40.000' Selects. 6/4". 75.000' Selects, 8/4". 30,000' Shop & Btr.. 10/4". 70,000' ^bop & Btr., 12/4". 60.000' No. 1 Shop. 4/4". 70.000' No. 1 Shop. 5/4". 50.000' No. 1 Shop, 6/4". 25.000' No. 1 Shop. 8/4". 27.000' No. 1 Shop, 12/4". 200.000' Pccliy. 4/4". 22.000' Pecky, 6/4". 20.000' Pecky. 6/4". 23.000' Pecky. 8/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO. Dry 150.000' 200.000' 150.000' 100.000' 100.000' 50.000' 50.000' 100.000 50,000 100,000 15,000 30.000 30.0011 SAP GUM 1> & ia 5/4* No. 1 Com. 6/4" No. 1 Com. & B. 3/4- BED GUM Is & 2s 5/4' No. 1 Com. 5/4- 1» & 2» 8/4" No. 1 Com. 8/4- WILLOW Is & 2s 4/4" No. 1 Com. 5/4" ASH No. 1 Com. 4/4" Is & 2s. 2x12" & up IB & 28. 3x12" & up ll & 28. 2^" 35.000' 50.000' 40.000' 200.000' 100.000' 100.000' 30.000' 10.000' 100.000' 50.000' 30.000' 50.000 No. 2 Com. 5/4- PLAIN RED OAK No. 1 Com. 5/4- PLAIN OAK No. 1 C. & B. 16/4-. I COTTONWOOD No. 1 Com. 6/4" Is & 2s 5/4" No. 1 Com. «/*" Box Bds., lZ)f" to 13- CYPRES8 Is & 2a 3- No. 1 Shop 6/4- No. 1 Shop 4/4- Seleet 5/4" Select 4/-- E. SONDHEIMER CO. ISOM ft. 4/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. lOOM ft. 4/4 No. 1 Shop lOOM ft. 4/4 Select 30M ft. 4/4 FAS 75M ft. 8/4 Shop 7SM ft. 8/4 Select 25M ft. 8/4 FAS 150M ft. 8/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 20M ft. 12/4" Shop & Better THANE LUMBER CO. WHITE ASH 10.500' 4/4x6" to 9", S-)G' FAS 17,500' 5/4x6" to 9", S-10' FAS 27.500' 5/4x6" to 9". 8-16' FAS 3.700' 6/4x6" to 9". 8-16' FAS 135,000' 8/4x0" to 9", 8-16' FAS 11.500' 10/4x0" & up. 8-16' FAS 150.000' 12/4x6" & up. 8-16' FAS 43.000' 16/4x6" & up. 8-16' FAS 5.000' 20/4x6" & up. 8-16' FAS 27.500' 4/4x10" & up. 8-16' FAS 3.600' 5/4x10" & up. 8-16' FAS 14.500' 6/4x10" & up. 8-16' FAS 60.000' 8/4x10" & up. 8-16' FAS 1.900' 10/4x10" & up. 8-16' FAS 8.400' 8/4x12" & up, 8-16' FAS 29,600' 12/4x12" & up, 8-16' FAS White -Vsh Our Specialty. 12.500' 16/4x12" & up. 8-16' FAS 9.000' 5/4x2%" to 5'A". 8-16' Strips 18.000' 6/4x2%" to 5%". 8-16' Strips No. 1 Common 10.000' 4/4x10" & up, 8-16' 79.000' 6/4x10" & up. 8-16' 9.000' 4/4x3" up. 4' up 10,500' 5/4x3" up. 4' up 27.700' 6/4x3" up. 4' up 2S5.000' 8/4x3" up. 4' up 40.000' 10/4x3" up. 4' up 15.000' 12/4x3" up. 4' up 14.000' 4/4". 18-20' 9.500' 8/4". 18-20' 7,500' 8/4" 18-20' No. 2 Com. 29.800' 6/4" to 16/4" Nos. 2 & 3 Your Inquiries Invited. DUDLEY LUMBER CO., Inc. This lumber has been manufactured on our own band mills. It is thoroughly dry. runs good average widths and contaius 60 per cent 14' and 16' lengths. Write or wire for prices. SAP GUM 200.000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. i Btr. 45.000' 4/4" Box Bds., 13 to 17' 60,000' 4/4" Box Bds., 9 to 12" 90,000' 4/4" 1&2, 13 to 17" 150,000' 4/4" 1&2, 6 to 12" 150,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 250.000 ' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 250.000 ' 5/4" Nob. 1 & 2 Cohl QUARTERED SAP GUM 200.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED GUM 100.000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. 75.000' 4/4" 1&2 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. QUABTEEED BED GUM 150.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 30.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 15.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. FRITCIIABD-WHEELEB LCMBEB CO Bund Mills: Madison, Ark., Wisner. I.^. 75.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. SOFT MAPLE 40.000' 8/4" Log Bun 80.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 15.000' 4/4" 1&2 50.000' 5/4" I&2 60.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 80.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 45.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 45.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 75.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 30,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 15.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. SOFT ELM 75.000' 6/4" Log Run 45.000' 12/4" Log Bun 50.000' 10/4" Com. & Btr COTTONWOOD 36.000' 12/4" Is & 2s 28.000' 16/4" Is & 2s 40.000' 8/4" Is & 2s 08.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. CYPRESS 75.000' 4/4" Select 82.000' 4/4" No. 1 Shop 325.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 114.000' 8/4" Select 255.000' 8/4" No. 1 Shop 285.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 112.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. JAMES E. STARK & CO., Inc 11 I IIJ I ^fiiiiuimiiiniiiiiiinimiuiiini^v _™____ February 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 13 This is Form R UPHAM & AGLER CAIRO, ILL. Order No „ Date - - Car No _ Initial Capacity _ Tare_ From — — • To. Of Single Duplicate or Tripli- cate Lumber Tally Ticket (without Loose Carbon Sheets) used in the This tall ito mi de on. llck ets Of wn en mil i> nu EACH PCS. FEET 6 10 15 20 25 SO 35 to 15 BO 56 60 S5 70 75 80 8S 90 96 00 ~ — — ~ ~ ~ ■~ — — ■"" — ~ ~' — -- — " — — — — — — — - ^ , ■^ -L -L^ =L ir =L J- ^L i- ^ it fr - Gibson Aluminum Tally Book Covers MANUFACTURED BY HARDWOOD RECORD 537 S. Dearborn Street CHICAGO Let us send you catalogue and price list of scores of forms of lumber, flooring and log tally tickets. The Gibson Tally Book System has more than 2,500 users. 14 HARDWOOD RECORD February 25, 1019 Straight or Mixed Carloads Prompt Shipment WE MANUFACTURE NVhite Oak Gum Red Oak Poplar Hickory Elm Maple Sycamore Ash Walnut Cherry Chestnut, Etc. ^ Plum Oak— 2 cars 3" No. 1 Com. and Better. I car 4/4 Ao. 1 Com. Soft Maple— 2 cars 2'A" No. 1 Com. and Better Elm—i cars 2" L. R. Quar. Red Gum— Vi car 2y2 No. 1 Com. and Better. Ash — 2 cars 3" Ao. 1 Com. and Better; 2 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Qitar i>ycamore-~l car 4/4 No. 1 Com. and Better. AT TWO BAND MILLS Swain-Roach Lumber Co. SEYMOUR, INDIANA Indiana Quartered Red and White OAK 1,000,000 feet of dry stock carried at all times. ALSO PLAIN OAK AND ASH We manufacture all stock carried Evansville Band MM Co. FRANK M. CUTSINGER, Pres. GEO. H. FOOTE, Vice-Pres & Treas JOSEPH WALTMAN, Secretary. MILLS AT EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Indiana Hardwoods We Cut Indiana Hardwood Lumber Exclusively — No Southern Timber Write us for prices and list of stock in shipping condition Just Now We Are Anxious to Move: 2 cars 4 4 Plain Oak, Bone Dry, Is & 2s 2 cars 6 4 & 8 4 Hickory, Green, No. 1 & 2 Com. 1 car 8 4 & 10 4 Hard Maple, Com. & Btr. 2 cars 4 4 Plain Oak, No. 1 & 2 Com. 1 car 4 4 Maple — No. 2 Com. & Btr. 1 car 6 4 Beech — No. 1 Com. & Btr. 2 ceu-s Beech Green, cut to order, any thick- ness, from prime logs CM.CRIM&SON SALEM, INDIANA S.P.COPPOCK&SONS LUMBER CO. Manufacturers and Dealers Indiana Quartered Oak a Specialty Hardwood Lumber FORT WAYNE, IND. INDIANA HARDWOODS rebniary 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 15 /V'ui,(HP>/;\V 5/8 LUMBER When you want 5 8 lumber remember that we spe- ciaHze in this thickness in all kinds of woods. This is all sawed from the log — not resaw^ed — and shows good widths and lengths. We offer the following for prompt shipment: 80,000 5 8 Is «& 2s Plain White Oak 40,000 5 8 Selects Plain White Oak 50,000 5 8 No. 1 Com. Plain Wh. Oak 40,000 5 8 No. 2 Com. Plain Wh. Oak 90,000 5 8 Com. & Btr. Sap Gum 15,000 5 8 Com. & Btr. Red Gum 20,000 5 8 Is & 2s Poplar 90,000 5 8 No. 1 Common Poplar 90,000 5 8 No. 2 Common Poplar Write for Our Complete List and Prices North Vernon Lumber Co. NORTH VERNON, IND. BEDNA YOUNG LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS Quartered White Oak Here are some attractive quick movers One Car lfi/4" Is & 2s Popular. Sap no defect One Car 5/8" Clear Sap Poplar One Car 4/4" No. 1 & No. 2 Common Bung Poplar One Car 8/4" No. 1 Comroon & Better ^^^ute Ash. 10" & up wide Three Cars 12/4" No. 1 Common & Better Soft Elm Five Cars 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. titd. Red Gum. Sap no defect Three Cars 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Qtd. Red Gum. Sap no defect Four Cars S/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Qtd. Red Gum, Sap no defect One Car 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Qtd. Red Gum, Sap no defect Three Cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Qtd. Gum. 18" & up wide Four Cars 4/4" Gum Box Boards, 13 to 17" wide One Car 4/4" Gum Box Boards, 9 to 12" .wide One Car 4/4" Is & 23 Qtd. White Oak. all 6" wide One Car 5/4" Clear Qtd. WHiite Oak Strips. 4/4^" wide Thrw Cars 4/4" No. 2 Com Qtd White Oak HIGH GRADE HARDWOODS GREENSBURG, INDIANA Have you seen tuiy better IValnut logs tliun these? THEY all grew right in Indiana vs^here hard- woods have always held the choicest farm lands. The best grow^th of timber as well as the best yield of w^heat comes from good soil. The soundness of the log-ends shows that they fed on the fat of the land. My Indiana Oak comes from fr th e same soi CHAS. H. BARNABY GREENCASTLE, INDIANA We operate FOUR BAND MILLS and carry large stocks of: QTD. WHITE OAK ASH POPLAR QTD. RED OAK HICKORY, WALNUT PLAIN WHITE OAK GUM ELM PUIN RED OAK MAPLE, ETC. Can furnish you highly satis- factory stock at the right prices TRY US MALEY & WERTZ EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Ask Grandad.He UsedTheih 16 HARDWOOD RECORD Febi-uary lOl* SAP AND RED GUM ALL KINDS SOUTHERN HARDWOODS CRATING "We specialize in furnishing Fac- tory Stock, including all grades and thicknesses of Cypress, Sap, Red, Tupelo and Black Gum, Cot- tonwood, Oak, Elm, Sycamore and Ash. Permit us to take care of your orders." WRITE us QUALITY & SERVICE OUR MOTTO CORNELIUS LUMBER COMPANY St. Louis Missouri THIN POPLAR SURFACED TWO SIDES 5/8", 3/4", 4/4", 5/4", 6/4", 8/4", 12/4", 16/4" 1/4", 3/8", 1/2", 5/8", 3/4", 7/8" ROUGH QUARTERED WHITEOAK Plain White and Red Oak RED— GUM— SAP WHITE, ASH CYPRESS G. H. Evans Lumber Co. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. BLISS-COOK OAK CO. BLISSVILLE. ARKANSAS MANUFACTURERS . Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. As Well As OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried or kiln dried, rough or dressed MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY HyAy.viTOi:^.\^W»a»;A^it^aM»a^^ Table of Contentsi REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: General Market Conditions 17 Production and Wages -ij American Money to Finance Our Foreign Trade jg Angle of the Housing Problem »<, SPECIAL ARTICLES: Something New in Lumber Export jq Victory in Vehicle Stock List 20 Only 3.000,000 Feet of Logs in Memphis— 50,000,000 Feet Normal Supply.. 20 The Building Situation 21 Important Announcements from Washington 22 Letters From A Panel User 23 Foreign Parcel Post Service 24 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Eastern Salesmen Full of Confidence 19 Inspection Rules Committee to Meet 20 Open Price Operators Enthusiastic 21 Further Views On Inspection Miscellaneous THE MAIL BAG WITH THE TRADE ...[.........[ PERTINENT INFORMATION 31 31-32 31 32-33- 33 36 HARDWOOD NEWS „ ., HARDWOOD MARKET '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 4245 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 45'4, HARDWOODS FOR SALE 4/4. ADVERTISERS' DIRECTORY ......................" 49 ..SCBSCRIPTION TERMS: In the Unltea States and Its Dossesslonn .nrt Canada, $2.00 the year; In foreign countries. $1.00 ' xt"a po8tS« ' ' .r;°„=^.h''i'""i ^^ J"'" "" ''i!'?^ of the postofflce department, subscrlptlsn. ar" c''oYtlni^ed"at*tr.%'ti.'n°'* '" "•"""' " "''»'■' "'""' '« ">• ""^n^. •..'"f ^""^"""^ for renewal, discontinuance, or change of address, should be sent one week before the date they are to go Into effect. Both old and new addresses must be given. . ^°^^. 'J'^P'^y and classified advertising rates furnished upon application Advertising copy must be received Hvo days In advance of publication dates' Entered as second-class matter May 26. 1902. at the postofflco at Chicaco' 111., under act of March S. 1879. v-...>-.,w. Shawano County Hard Maple Is Our Specialty Complete Stock of Northern Hardwoods BASSWOOD 4/4" No. 2 Common and Better, All Grades WAUSAU, WISCONSIN — GILL-ANDREWS LUMBER CO.— RMmi MM Cof'yuglit, The Hardwood Company, 1919 Published in the Interest of the American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Logging, Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery, on the 10th and 25th of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Edgar H. Defebaugh, President Edwin W. Meeker, Managing Editor Hu Maxwell, Technical Editor Seventh Floor Ellsworth Building 537 So. Dearborn St., CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087 Vol. XLVI. CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 25, 1919 No. 9 Review and Outlook General Market Conditions TAKING the country over, hardwood purchases have shown a slight improvement during the past few weeks, though the change is rather spotty and not well enough distributed for every- body to have seen the benefit. This has undoubtedly resulted from greater use for hardwood lumber among factory lines which in turn has been brought about by developing orders for manufactured goods. Conferences at Washington have considerably clarified the situa- tion regarding government owned lumber and there is little like- lihood of any of this material getting into the market precipitously. At the most the volume of stock in government hands is not large enough to be a serious factor, although had it been turned loose without regard to commercial transactions it might have had a very injurious effect. With the matter now well worked out there is no chance of government owned material influencing the com- mercial trend to any noticeable extent. The passing weeks show developing scarcity in log input, strengthening the forecast of inadequate hardwood production dur- ing the winter months. The season of favorable logging will not come around for another month or six weeks and in the meantime stocks are lessening and log piles rapidly vanishing. A serious drawback in export business is difficulty in getting shipping space and favorable rates, but it appears that the near future must bring about some improvement in this matter as the call from importing sections abroad is so insistent that it must eventually be heard. The most promising feature of the building prospects is the real strength and influence behind the movement to build now as with government recognition of the desirability of activity in the build- ing fields, which recognition will undoubtedly take the form of financial help, many people will take advantage of this condi- tion enabling them to build on a cost basis which will be spread over a number of years. Arguments against building on ac- count of high cost of investment are very logical, but they will not necessarily hold indefinitely if those costs continue high for some time to come. The demand for building is increasing radically and someone is going to start operations just as soon as it becomes evident that there is no immediate hope of a decided cut in the cost of construction, in taxes, in supply and in maintenance. In the meantime it may be expected that prices in general will reflect this situation. As a matter of fact reports coming from many sources lately have shown a tendency to clarify rather than recede. On the whole, therefore, the outlook is very good so far as the value of hardwood products is concerned but it is all a question of how necessary it is for the trade to market its lum- ber. There is no doubt whatever as to the intrinsic value of stock based on cost of production alone. The main question is as above stated, one rather involving the ability of those responsible' for marketing hardwood lumber to stand out for what they con- sider the worth of their product. Production and Wages SOME OF THE STRIKERS in the English miues recently de- manded a five-hour day with more pay than they formerly re- ceived for ten hours. Nothing quite so radical has been demanded by real laborers in this country, though some of the walking delegates, who are agitators and loafers by profession, advocate measures equally impossible. A great many articles are being written these times, intended to show that labor must be paid from the proceeds of labor, and that if a workman receives in wages as much as he produces by his labor, he has reached the limit of possibilities. The only way to receive more is to produce more. If hours are continually being shortened, without a corresponding improvement in methods whereby production is in- creased, the logical result will be that wages must be accordingly low- ered. That may not follow at once, but must follow ultimately. Strikers usually take it for granted that increased wages can be paid, whether production increases or not. They usually do not rea- son far enough to draw conclusions from the fact that it is physically impossible to pay to labor more than labor produces, and keep it up very long, though the wish is general to pay the workman as well as business will permit. Take the lumber industry as a concrete case to the point. Prac- tically every meeting of lumber manufacturers, furniture and vehicle makers, and others who depend on lumber for raw material, since the signing of the armistice has expressed the wish to keep wages as nearly up to the present level as possible ; but everyone recognizes the impossibility of doing so, unless good markets can be found for plenty of lumber. Similar sentiments have been voiced by nearly aU indus- tries. There must be plenty to sell, and markets must be good, if wages are to remain high. Suppose that a general shortening of hours ia many industries cuts production down until a scarcity of commodities results? The manu- facturer's income will decrease, and he will have less wherewith to pay his workmen, though he might receive a higher price for the re- duced output which he lias for sale. 18 HARDWOOD RECORD February 25, 1919 The tendency to shorten hours, if carried beyond a reasonable point, must curtail production, thereby restrict wealth, and conse- quently the workmen 's share of it, like other people 's share, must be less. Manufacturers generally are showing an open mind and a liberal attitude toward the shorter hour movement. They want to go as far as possible with it, but they recognize the limit beyond which it is im- possible to go without destroying industry. The same conclusion holds true in regard to increased wages as to shorter hours. The striking shiiibuilders at Seattle demanded eight dollars a day. If their work produces that much wealth, they should liave it; but suppose it does not, should they have it, auyhow? If so, where is it to come from? Since wages can be paid only from the products of labor, ii one set of workmen receive more than they pro- duce, some other set must receive less. That point is often overlooked. There is interdependence, more than some people think. It is pretty difficult for the individual workman to ascertain just liow much he is producing; but it is not so difficult to strike an average for the whole industry; and if cost is above the value of production, that industry must stop. If shipbuilders will not work for less than eight dollars a day, and the ships which they build cannot earn enough to pay it, the yards must close. If coal miners in Eng- land will work only tive hours a day, and the coal which they dig will not seU for enough to pay the wages of the miners, the mines must close. It is no answer to this to say that accumulated capital should be iiiiiiiiE]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiiit]iiiii{iii|ii[]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiii|[]iiiiiiiiiii|[]i|iii{iiiii|[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iniiiiiii»^^^^^^ VENEERS FOR AEROPLANE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY WRITE, WIRE OR TELEPHONE BIRDS EYE VENEER COMPANY, Escanaba, Mich. a big improvement over the hand press, but it has got to give way to the up-to-date hydrauHc. With the hydraulic you have the widest possible range of pressure, and you can tell exactly what pressure you are putting on the bale because the pressure gage on the press reg- isters the amount of pressure. And of course you get even pressure with the hydraulic that you are not apt to get w^ith the hand press. 1 guess you will find that any one w^ho has used different kinds of pow^er presses will boost for the hydraulic every time. Tell Min that Sue says she is all right, but I'm a little worried. She's been looking a little peaked and pale the last few^ weeks. Sort of ailing and don't seem to eat much. But when I talk to her she says there is nothing unusual the matter and pretty soon she will be blossoming out like the roses that bloom in the spring. I sure hope so. I guess may be she is a little home sick for the mother. So we have invited the old lady to see us. Haven't seen the mother-in-lavi' since the wedding, and am wondering if she will be like some of those the jokers write about. Our regards to you and your family, and my hello to the bunch. Your friend, HEN FLASCH. Foreign Parcel Post Service The United States government is making efforts to extend and improve parcel post service to all parts of the v^rorld. The Postoffice Department, State Department, and Department of Commerce are co-operating to that end. The matter should be of some interest to manufacturers of veneers, particularly to the makers of such panels as enter into foreign trade, or might enter into it. Not that it will be practicable to ship panels extensively by parcel post; but samples may be sent, and in that w^ay, an introduction may be secured which can be followed later in a business way. Speaking along that line, a recent article by S. M. Jones, assistant chief of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- merce, said: It is in the extension of markets for manufactured goods that the parcel post will have its greatest value. The parcel post is, so to speak, a wedge by which foreign markets are entered. Before large orders are placed foreign importers w^ill usually insist on having samples of the goods, or a small trial order will be placed. If the goods are delivered satisfactorily and econom- ically, the way is opened to a profitable business. On the other hand, if the exporter is obliged to decline the initial request because facilities for making shipment are lacking, his prospects of doing further business have vanished. Rather than decline orders from countries to which no parcel post service is in force, some of the larger houses adopt indirect means of making shipment at greatly increased expense, such as shipping the pack- ages to British ports to be forwarded through the British parcel post. The United States has parcel post treaties with very few countries compared with some of the European governments. Great Britain, for example, reaches ten times as many places as are reached by our foreign parcel post. February 25, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 25 Jm'liy}IMIMIMIMIMIMIMIMIMIiU'IM!iyiliy!IMIMIMI«^IM 1 I i I I 2 FIGURED RED GUM for All Cabinet Purposes It works up beautifully in its own right, takes a charming and perniaiient finish, can be profitably used anywhere that a fine cabinet wood is desirable. We carry an immense stock of Figured Red Gum Veneer, Rotary Cut Gum and Poplar Veneer, Sawed and Sliced Ash, Poplar and Gum Grand Piano Rims, Sawed and Sliced Quartered White Oak. Let us send you small lots of Veneers in cars of hardwood lumber. ]>JICKEY gROTHERS, JNC, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE I I I I I I I I I I I aiJHiiiT^iJTttffraiifariirftri^^ 26 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section February 25, 1919 PLYWOOD For Makers of Made of FURNITURE QUARTERED OAK CABINETS, CHAIRS ^[AHOGANY TABLES, DESKS BLACK WALNUT TRUNKS QUARTERED GUM MOTOR TRUCKS PLAIN RED GUM FILING CABINETS PLAIN OAK INTERIOR TRIM e^ ASH, BIRCH, ELM FINTURES BASSWOOD & MAPLE Flat or Bent Work Machined ..r ill Panels. With or Withont I'art Cal)inet Work l^inished or in the White Send Us Yiinr Specifications WISCONSIN CABINET & PANEL COMPANY NEW LONDON, WISCONSIN LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER COMPANY WALNUT- HARDWOODS Veneers 750,000 ft. 1-20 inch Quartered Oak 800,000 ft. 1-28 inch American Walnut Manufacturers and Wholesalers Indianapolis, Indiana February 25, 1919 Hardwood Rccord — Veneer & Panel Section 27 American Black Walnut Pre-eminently The finest CABINET WOOD in the world Unquestionably American Walnut has BEAUTY and DURABILITY beyond compare The richness of figure developes in the finish of this wood better than any other and, without a doubt, is the best wood to use in furniture and interior finish where high class work is desired. WRITE PICKREL WALNUT CO. Clara Ave., near Natural Bridge Road St. Louis, Missouri IVALNUT EXCL USIFEL Y 28 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section February 2 5, 1919 ARE YOU IN THE MARKET II ^^^ II Hard Beautiful Northern Grown BIRCH RED OAK BASSWOOD ELM ASH VENEER If so, we are here to supply you the best that experience and close attention can produce. Any thickness, any length up to 98 inch, any specification and amount. Specialists in BIRCH DOOR STOCK Kiel Woodenware Co. KIEL MELLEN WISCONSIN PERKINS GLUE COMPANY SOLE MANUFACTURERS AND SELLING AGENTS PERKINS Vegetable Veneer Glue (PATENTED JCiT «, 1912) 805 J. M. S. BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA February 2 5, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 29 Quartered Oak Veneer This is typical of the kind of logs we manufacture into our Quartered Oak Veneer — genuine forked leaf white Oak of good texture — from Kentucky and Indiana. Do not use any of the rapid growth "so-called" Southern White Oak — hard, streaky and no figure. We manufacture all of our own flitches, developing the best figure. Not dependent upon inexperienced country saw mills for our supply. Eight Mule Team Hauling IVlute Oak Veneer Log Our veneers are preferred on account of their superior smooth face work. Our saws are not operated for quan- tity. Sawyer's first duty is to see that the manufacture is right. Have ready for immediate ship- ment, large stock of I 20" sawed veneers, flitch stock, including choice figured sawed 1 3" and up wide for special w^ork. Our prices are "RIGHT." The grade and figure is superior to the general run. We can show^ you. May we? Sawed Veneer from "A True Keniuckian" The LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS Also Manufacturers Rotary Poplar Cross Banding LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 30 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section February 25, 1919 Are you making, or are you consider- ing the making of airplane or sea- plane parts where Spanish Cedar ? lumber or veneer Mexican Mahogany African Mahogany will be used ? We liave tlie logs — - We nave a moaern veneer and saw^mill — We are experienced in man- ufacturing sucn material. Conclusion : You can entrust to us your orders and be sure of delivery witnm a reasonable time. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Company Plant and Yard, Long Island City, N. Y. General Offices, 347 Madison Ave., N. Y. VENEERS AND PANELS BIRCH PLAIN OAK pROWN ASl i GREY ELM MAPLE SSWOOl WISCONSIN VENEEER CO. MANUFACTURERS RHINELANDER, WIS. February 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 31 (Conihitt€(l from page 22) motor vehii-les had been ordered by the War Department up to December 31 for militai'y uses. Of this gn^and total some 212,000 were completed and 200,000 canceled, the balance being due. The amended revenue bill as agreed to by Congress in the form of a conference report is considered by Geo. L. C. Boyle, counsel for hardwood and other lumber interests, is deemed much more sat- isfactory than before it underwent amendment at the hands of the senate finance committee and of the conference committee. The bill provides for the following taxes among others: Three per cent on automobile trucks, five per cent on automobiles, five per cent on pianos, organs, players, talking machines, music boxes, etc.; ten per cent on athletic goods, ten per cent on pleasure boats, ten per cent on antique furniture and other art objects, also on certain picture frames, etc. The army appropriation bill as passed by the house carried many million dollars for the construction of barracks and quarters, main- tenance of cantonments, construction and repair of hospitals, etc. Congress is trying to do its best to encourage building construc- tion. It has prepared a bill authorizing public buildings to cost $50,000,000. President Wilson will attend a conference of governors, mayors and others early in March to consider plans for reviving business to remove unemployment. Secretary of the Treasury Glass regards high cost of labor and materials as the chief cause of inactivity in the building trades and not lack of credit for building enterprises. Community buildings are being generally favored as soldier memorials, it is reported in government quarters. The building outlook is better than it was according to some authorities. A statement has recently been issued by the Depart- ment of Labor. The Mail Bag Further Views on Inspection There has been a further exchange of letters between the Ameri- can Hardwood Manufacturers ' Association and the National Hard- wood Lumber Association, relative to the effort towards effecting a single basis of hardwood inspection. The communications are given as follows: Chicago, III., February 17, 1919. B. F. Dulweber, Chairman, Inspection Rules Committee, American Hard- wood Manufacturers' Assn., Memphis, Tenn. Dear Sir : — I have your letter of the 1st and note from its contents that your committee, representing the American Hardwood Manufacturers' As- sociation, i^ not prepared at this time to submit any definite rules or specifications on hardwood lumber. Such being the case it will doubtless be satisfactory to you and to those whom you represent for the National Hardwood Lumber Association to hold the entire matter in abeyance until you are prepared to submit the conclusions drawn from the result of your investigation. Upon receipt from you of a summary of those conclusions I shall be pleased to submit them, in turn, to the membership of the National Hard- wood Lumber Association for the consideration that they may merit. F. F. Fish, Greenwood, Miss., February 1, 1919. Mr. Frank F. Fish, Secretary-Treas., National Hardwood Lumber Associa- tion, Chicago, Illinois. Dear Sir : — Your letter of the 17th instant, relative to the matter of hardwood inspection, received and very carefully considered. It is extremely gratifying to know that you are committed to a single standard of inspection, and with the sincere and earnest efforts and co- operation of all of those who are interested in this project, I feel certain that our purposes will eventually be accomplished. Relative to the concluding paragraph of your letter, If in making this suggestion you had in mind our submitting any definite rules or specifica- tions on lumber, I am sorry to state that we are not prepared to do this at the present time. The basis on which we are proceeding, and as ex- pressed in copy of resolutions sent you with my letter of January 11, Is that all inspection rules must be constructed with a view of answering as closely as possible the specific use to which the lumber is to be put, thereby reducing waste to the minimum. To work this out properly, will require time and a careful study of the manufacturing conditions and problems existing in the various consuming trades. As this work Is proceeded with, we will be very glad to submit for your consideration the conclusions drawn from the results of our investigations, and I sincerely hope that this will eventually result in one standard of inspection, which will mini- mize waste In hardwoods, and prove beneficial alike to the producer and the* consumer. Thanking you very kindly for your letter, I remain, B. F. Dulweber. B 1209 — Dimension Hardwoods Wanted Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 11. — Editor IlAitnwooD Record : One of our friends in Liverpool, England, C. Noel Legh & Co., Ltd., is anxious to find a source of supply for ten carloads or less of the following : %x2Vj" and '/2x3Vi", lengths 3 to 6 feet, in either white birch, sap gum, tupelo gum, basswood, ash or oak. B1210— Built-Up Panels Wanted San Francisco, Cal., February 17. — Editor H.\rdwood Record : Will you please advise us the names of built-up panel manufacturers, \i and % inch thicknesses? We await this information with interest. B1211 — Dimension Stock Manufacturers Philadelphia, Pa., February 13. — Editor Hardwood Record: We are interested in securing the names of several responsible concerns who make a specialty of manufacturing dimension stock — quarter-sawn gum, plain birch and quarter-sawn white oak. Is it possible for you to put us in touch with such concerns? If so, we would appreciate their names and addresses very much. POOLEV FCRXITURE COMPANY. B1212— Indiana Oak Wanted Herkimer, N. Y., February 10. — Editor Hardwood Record : We are in the market for two or more carloads 4/4 No. 1 common quartered Indiana white oak. Must have fine texture, light colored stock. Quote liest price f. o. b. Herkimer. Clubs and Associations Monthly Meeting at Memphis Members of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis are looking forward with much pleasure to the address that will be made at the next meet- ing of this body, Saturday, March 1, by Nelson C. Brown, trade com- missioner, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington, on export con- ditions, from the standpoint of hardwood lumber and forest products, in Italy, the Mediterranean countries and the Balkan States. The club at its meeting Saturday, February 15, Invited all members of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association to hear this address. The entertainment committee announced that everything was in readi- ness for the banquet to be given by the club at the Hotel Gayoso Friday evening, February 21, in celebration of Washington's birthday. While the menu is being served, there will be addresses by well known speakers and a number of highly original stunts planned by the entertainment committee. After dinner has been enjoyed, there will be dancing. One application for active membership was filed at this meeting. J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, reported that the delegation which went to Louisville for a conference, February 12, with the Louisville district freight traffic com-- mlttee, with reference to milling-in-transit arrangements for Memphis, Louisville, Nashville and Evansville, met with some encouragement. He expressed the belief that these arrangements would be granted although he intimated that it might be some time before they became eOfcctive. The usual luncheon was served and the attendance was quite full. Lack of Space Holds Up Export Shipments Although there is a considerable quantity of southern hardwood lum- ber already sold to the United Kingdom, the movement to that country is extremely small, for the reason that there is so little shipping space available therefor, according to J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. Speaking on this subject recently, Mr. Townshend said : The association, through its export booking department, has more than 100 cars, approximately 1.500,000 feet, of hardwood lumber already sold to the United Kingdom and awaiting shipment thereto. It Is possible to ship an occasional car but there is no general movement for the rea- son that there is no supply of ocean freight room. We have attempted to secure freight room tor the remainder of this month, as well as for March but we have met with practically no success. We have taken the subject up with the United States Shipping Board In the hope of being able to secure more freight room. Chairman Hurley has held out comparatively little encouragement, although he is working on the proposition. It would seem, from what we have been able to learn that there is already a vast amount of freight at the ports which must be moved before those having shipments in the interior will be able to secure accommodation in the way of ocean shipping space. This Is the situation at the moment and we do not know when there will bo a change for the better. W^e are hopeful, however, that It will not be long in coming because the quantity of lumber that could be moved, If space were available, is already large and is steadily increasing. 32 HARDWOOD RECORD February 25, 1919 In connection with the export booking department, Mr. Townshend announces that this is being rapidly completed and that the association "expects to have a representative in New Orleans in the near future employed by this body to render all possible assistance in handling ship- ments of hardwood lumber and forest products overseas." The association quotes the following cablegram, received from the consul general at London, as showing that the way has been paved for shipments to the United Kingdom : Order issned from March 1 abolishing restrictions on dealings in hard- wood timber outside the United Kingdom. Existing stocks in this coun- try will be sold by public auction. .Stocks are approximately as follows, in carload lots: fypress. 220; gum, 138; Cottonwood, SI; chestnut, 13; ash. 40 ; walnut, 40 ; oak, 176 ; birch. 02 ; poplar. 525 ; various, 220. In addition there are about 300 carloads still to arrive. The association also quoted the following rates from gulf ports : The United States Shipping Board quotes .$1.15 to the United Kingdom; $1.40 to Rotterdam, Antwerp, Havre and Bordeaux; $1.75 to Genoa and Xaples, and $60 per ton of 2,240 pounds to Alexandria, Egypt. Foreign vessel rates are in line with those of the U." S. Shipping Board, with the exception that the former have been quoting ship op- tions. Some bookings have been made at rates less than quoted. Traffic Association Meets at Louisville T. M, Brown, Louisville, was reelected chairman of the Louisville divi- sion of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, and R. R. May was reelected manager at the annual meeting of the organization, following a big dinner at the Seelbach hotel, on the evening of February 11. About twenty of the twenty-six members were present at this meeting, which was by far the best ever held. Plans were started whereby the organiza- tion expects to meet monthly, with a dinner preceding the meeting. The association has plans for opening branch offices at St. Louis and Cincin- nati shortly. In the annual report of T. M. Brown, chairman, Mr. Brown called atten- tion to the need of better support of the organization, stating that those who used it the most would get the most out of it. He also stated that with the increase in membership and work membership having tripled during the existence of the club, but with small increase in operating force it would be necessary to increase assessments and secure more members in order to increase the budget tor higher salaries to the present operating force and a larger force. He spoke highly of the ability of Manager May and the present office force, which will at once be Increased by another man. The budget was properly increased by voluntary increases in assess- ments of the larger local members. A new board of directors was named to serve for three years, the per- sonnel of this board being as follows : Chairman, T. M. Brown, Louis- ville ; C. H. Barnaby, Greencastle, Ind. ; John Churchill, Greenwood, Miss. ; B. L. Davis, D. E. Kline, A. E. Norman, Jr., E. B. Norman and W. R. Wlllett, all of Louisville ; W. A. McLean, New Albany, Ind. ; C. E. Platter, North Vernon ; Daniel Wertz, Evansville. The year's work was highly complimented by J. Van Norman of Louis- ville, who stated that the organization had become a power In the traffic world and was known throughout the country. He stated that he was proud to represent the organization before the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, as it has built up an excellent reputation. He spoke highly of the efficiency of Mr. May, as well as officers in the Memphis office. The annual report of Mr. May covered the work of the year, which was by far the hardest year that the organization has ever experienced, and probably the worst it will ever have to contend with. The report cited the many results obtained through the association's efforts in the direction of rates, shipping conditions, routings and the guarding of the members' interests in regard to legislation that would have proved burdensome and unfair. It outlined some of the general policies advocated by the association which have been adopted by the railroad administration. Mr. May emphasized the necessity for the export booking department pointing to the hardships individual members would suffer in matters of rates and services if not backed by an associated body. He referred to the activity looking toward securing a fair and uniform ruling in the matter of transit arrangements and then recited some of the Individual cases that the association has handled successfully. He closed with a very enthusiastic summary of the outlook for further development and service to the trade membership. Favorable Log Rates Not Yet in Effect The railroads have not yet applied the net scale of rates on logs, bolts and billets into milling points, as per the order of Director Cham- bers of the U. S. Railroad Administration, issued December 24, follow- ing a conference with officials of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Associa- tion at Washington December 3, 1918. Failure of the railroads to apply these rates is another subject that is just now engaging J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager of the as- sociation. He is planning to take this matter up with the regional director at Atlanta and also with the authorities at Washington, with a view to securing compliance with the order. "The association feels that, since it has secured the issuance of this order, it is entitled to the benefits that will accrue under its application. Some of the railroad officials have intimated that application of these net rates would be against the interests of the railroads if the latter were turned back to their private owners. But this is not a point that concerns us and, If the railroads are going to take the position that they are unwilling to give shippers the benefits which should accrue under government operation, on the theory that such action would be against their interests when the roads are turned back to their owners, it may be possible that their attitude may force a complete change of front on the part of the association regarding the subject of railroad ownership. This organization has already gone on record as favoring return of the railroads to their owners as soon as possible and it is quite clear that a change of attitude on its part can mean only one thing." Wisconsin Loggers Meet At Rib Lake The Northern Wisconsin Loggers' Association will hold a meeting at Rib Lake, Wis., at the operations of the Rib Lake Lumber Company, on Wednesday, February 25. Geo. N. Harder, president and manager of the Rib Lake Lumber Company, has everything well organized for an exceedingly pleasant meeting, in tact, his invitation has the earmarks indicating that the meeting will be more of a social affair than a business conference. The Rib Lake Lumber Company will entertain at its camp No. 9 for dinner, the party leaving Rib Lake for camp In the morning via log hauler train "limited" operating smoothly over nine miles of ice road. The visitors will then go over the logging operations and return to Rib Lake at about 4 :30 in the afternoon. Here the big sawmill will be inspected and later a special train will run over to Chelsea to make connections with the night train for Chicago. Vigorously Pursue Transit Privileges Referring to the conference held at LouLsvllle. Ky., with the Louis- ville district freight traffic committee, February 12, by a delegation from the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association with regard to milling-in- transit rates, J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager, recently said : We filed a brief with the committee showing that there are approxi- mately 1,000 points in the United States already enjoying milling-in- translt privileges and that it is necessary to give similar privileges to Memphis, Nashville, LouL^ville and Evansville in order to remove dis- crimination and in order to meet public necessity. The committee gave us no intimation as to what its recommendations to the U. S. Railroad Administration would be but we feel that these privileges will ultimately be granted. We are prepared to carry the contest to the regional director at Atlanta and also to the regional director at Chicago if necessary. And. furthermore, we are ready to put the issue squarely up to the railroad administration at Washington if this has to be done. We have been discussing this subject now for more than a year and we want it brought to a head one way or the other, and we do not propose to let any grass grow under our feet. With the Trade Long-Bell Increases Hardwood Outfit The Long-Bell Lumber Company with operations at numerous points in the South is increasing its outfit at Quitman, Miss. The Quitman opera- tion is known as the Long-Bell Company. It is announced that plans are being laid to build an up-to-date hardwood mill on the timber east of Quitman. The mill will have a capacity of 30,000 feet per day. A New Casket Factory A new casket factory will be located at Huntington, W. Va., and a fund of $100,000 has been provided for building and equipping, accord- ing to reports which seem to be reliable. The only man whose name has thus far been publicly associated with the enterprise is Frank Bosley of the Gallu Lumber Company, Huntington, but it is announced that he Is acting for other business men of Huntington. No Cut in Price of Farm Implements The secretary of the National Implement and Vehicle Association recently published a correction of a report that farm implements are soon to be cheaper. He explained that little decline in prices need be expected until manufacturers work up and resell the raw materials now on hand and which were bought at war prices. Change in New York Concern Announcement comes from Rochester, N. Y., that A. W. Ocorr, for several years president and general manager of the A. H. Rugg Company, miiiwork, and interior finish manufacturer of Rochester, is no longer connected with that firm. The affairs of the corporation are now under the control of an attorney who is the executor of the Estate of H. A. Ocorr, former president, now deceased. Perkins Glue Company Brings More Infringement Suits According to bills of complaint filed in the United States District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., the Perkins Glue Company has brought suit against the West Michigan Furniture Company of Holland, Mich., George P. Hummer of Grand Rapids and Hood & Wright of Big Rapids. The suits are for infringement of the Perkins vegetable glue patent. The Perkins company has also brought a similar suit in the district court at Frankfort, Ky., against the Carrollton Furniture Manufacturing Com- pany and Henry Schuerman of Carrollton, Ky. The Perkins company claims that the defendants have infringed their patent by mixing up and using vegetable glue in gluing together veneered stock for furniture. February 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 33 Change in English Concern Hardwood Record Is informed that the personnel of the firm of Tickle, Bell & Co., Royal Liverpool building, Liverpool, Eng., has been added to in the person of William Redfearn, who Join.s the organization as partner. Mr. Redfearn is one of the best-known figures in the lumber trade of northern England and has had a lengthy experience in the business. He Is Intimately acquainted with all of the requirements of the British market, being greatly respected and very widely known in all lumber circles throughout the British Isle. His entrance into the Arm ought to be of material benefit to Tickle, Bell & Co. and hence, of course, to the various American firms that Tickle, Bell & Co. represent. This is one of the oldest timber firms in the Isles and has been promin- ent in international lumber circles for many years. It was founded by the late Gilbert Y. Tickle, who during his life time paid many visits to America and who in his work abroad became one of the best known African mahogany experts operating on the Liverpool auction sales for American buyers. Since his death in 1916 the business has been con- tinued l)y the surviving partner, his son, Ernest W. Tickle. "E. W." ha-s also made many trips across the water and is rapidly becoming a familiar figure in lumber circles as his father was. He had a very thorough training in the mahogany business under his father and is given recognition everywhere as a ranking expert in that particular branch of the business. He will continue to give his personal attention to American requirements in this wood and will retain all of the trans- At'.antlc end of the business under his own direction. Mr. Tickle has expressed himself as intending to keep up the good reputation this firm has always enjoyed in America, and will visit his business friends in the United States and Canada at frequent Intervals. Ill fact, we are informed that Mr. Tickle expected to sail from Liverpool about the seventh of January, and probably is on this side of the water now. Ernest W. Tickle went into active military service with Great Britain in 1917, and after a short training in England went into the field as a gunner In a siege battery of six-inch Howitzers. It was pretty rough going for a man who had been used to more or less sedentary life at home, and one over thirty-fi%-e years of age to Jump into the heavy work incident to feeding "compliments" in the form of 100 pound shells to the Germans, particularly when the operation was carried on in the mud of Flanders under the characteristic winter conditions of that region. It resulted in a pretty serious breakdown of Mr. Sickle's health, and after a period of dodging about from hospital to hospital, he was trans- ferred to "Blighty" and by chance landed in a hospital in his own home town. He was discharged from this hospital last October because of trench fever and by his doctor's advice has taken three months' com- plete rest at his home in the country several miles outside of Liverpool. The ex-gunner states he is now practically back to normal health and hopes that his most effective offensive weapon will be a two-foot rule and a mahogany gauge. Mr. Tickle is looking forward to renewing old friendships on this side, and he says the following in anticipation of his trip : Whilst in Chicago I hope to spend some pleasant hours with the Inter- national Secretary of Rotary, of which 1 am a member in the Liverpool Club, and also to be able to take back with me to England new ideas. I am very interested in watching what effect the drawing together of our nations has had at our end. England has come on splendidly under this influence, and feels as if she had a part proprietorship in the "Yanks" who are now part and parcel of the crowds in English streets, and are quite as popular as her own boys in khaki. This is particulariv true of Liverpool where you will see almost as many "Old Glories" at the mast- head of the buildings as you will find "Union Jacks." Lockwood Heads Flooring Men One of the distinguished visitors in Chicago tliis week wa.s Robert Lock- wood, general manager of the Memphis Hardwood Floorinmg Company. He, like Q. Ransom of Nashville and H. A. Batchelor, Tennessee Oak Floor- ing Company, Nashville, Tenn., were in attendance at the hardwooer Association, with over 1,000 members, has made satisfactory arrangements for marketing the 0,000,000 or 7,000,000 feet of northern hardwoods in the government's hands. The birch plywood and veener men of Wisconsin and other sections were represented before the material section. Mr. Lemke of Wausau, W. H. Roddis of Marshfield, and Charles Allen of Memphis, Tenn., made sat- isfactory arrangements for the manufacturers to handle this product instead of having it peddled around to consumers, thereby doing in- jury to the market. The disposition of Lieutenant Colonel Shotwell and the board of the aircraft division is, so far as possible, to cooperate with the hardwood men to market their surplus stock to the advantage of the government with- out doing harm to the market. Fred C. Leavy of the Williams Company of New York was in Wash- ington last week to join other mahogany manufacturers In cooperation with the government in disposing, through regular channels If possible, of the 5,000,000 feet of mahogany in the hands of the government air- craft division. A New Republic The United States has received official notice of the formation and organization of the republic of Georgia, including that mountainous tract stretching from the Black sea to the Caspian. The region is of interest to lumbermen, for one thing at least, because It produces some of the finest Circassian walnut in the world. The wood takes its name from that region which has been known as Cireassia. The Caucasus mountains are in that country, and the Caucasian races are named from those mountains, it being supposed that the mountains were crossed by those races in course of their prehistoric migration from Asia to Europe. The inhab- itants of the republic are reputed to possess greater physical beauty than any other people. The country was long a bone of contention between Turkey and Russia. It will be welcomed Into the growing family of republics. The collapse of both Russia and Turkey furnished the occasion for declaring its independence. The Germans seized it about a year ago, but withdrew from the region last May. Horsechestnut Lumber No horsechestnut lumber is quoted under its own name in markets here, yet a little of this wood is cut, but it probably passes under the name of buckeye or poplar saps. It is put to a special use in southern Europe and might be in this country. Horsechestnut lumber is there in demand for fruit store shelves and display racks. The porous nature of the wood causes it to absorb the moisture from the fruit and thereby hinder the decay of the fruit at the point of contact with the wood. That advantage is sufficient to craate a demand there for horsechestnut lumber for the fit- tings of fruit stores. This tree is not native of the United States, but It has been extensively planted here for ornament, and large trunks are occasionally cut for saw logs. State Timber in Minnesota In selling state timber in Minnesota — that is, timber cut from state land — disputes and controversies have come up as to measurement and fees, it appearing that two officers handled the same matter. In order to bring peace to the situation, a bill has been introduced in the Minne- sota legislature to combine the two offices in one. The officers are the forester and surveyor general. Minnesota has more state land in forest than is owned by most states, and the sale of public timber is important there. rebiuaij 25, I'Jlsi HARDWOODRECORD 35 WALNUT OVER 2 MILLION FEET OF WALNUT LUMBER shipping dry to bone dry, available on our yards now to meet the requirements of woodworkers for carefully graded stock. WE ARE MANUFACTURING EVERY DAY on our Cincinnati band mill, thus assuring a dependable supply in all grades and all thicknesses. THE KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEYER co. Eastern Branch Main Office and Band-mill Baltimore, Md. Cincinnati, Ohio 36 HARDWOOD RECORD February 25. 1910 Building Permits for January, 1919 The total value of building permits for January, 1919, as ofBclally reported to the American Contrnctor from 152 of the principal cities of the United States, is $23,869,215. As compared with previous years the total value shows a decline of 12 per cent for the same cities from Janu- ary, 1918, and a decline of over 50 per cent for about two-thirds as many cities reporting in 1917 and 1916. Compared with normal years before the war one-half as many cities reported nearly twice as much building in January. And to these facts should be added the consideration that at present prices total values now represent only from one-half to two-thirds the same amount of building as before the war. If all of these factors are given due weight it may safely be assumed that actual building during January, 1919, is only about one-quarter normal. Small Projects Predominate Again, comparative analysis of the total value and the total number of permits granted in January shows a decided change in the character of construction. Prom an average value of about .$4,000 in January, 1916, and 1917, the average value of permits in January, 1919, declined to about $1,700. It Is evident that for the greater part construction is still con- fined to comparatively small projects. Total building permits in January : No. No. of Cities of Permits Est. Value Year. Reporting. Granted. of Bldgs. 1914 72 $46,447,497 1915 72 34,712.718 1916 108 13,379 50,490,041 1917 108 14,227 55.910,349 1918 152 9,683 27,291,218 1919 152 13,545 23,869,215 Unusual Improvement Over Decembei: There is some encouragement, however, in the fact that building during January showed an improvement over December. Usually the reverse is true. The gain is only a small one, but anything which may be taken as an indication of improvement cannot be wholly disregarded In these times. The following comparisons are significant of this conclusion : No. of Cities Est. Value Reporting. of Bldgs. January, 1919 152 $23,000,000 December, 1918 151 17,000,000 January, 1918 152 27.000.000 December, 1917 144 28,000,000 January, 1917 108 56,000,000 December, 1916 109 69,000,000 January, 1916 108 50.000,000 December, 1915 109 66,000,000 January, 1915 72 35,000,000 December, 1914 76 37,000,000 Exports for December, 1918 The state of the export trade in hardwoods is clearly shown by the report for December shipments from this port. From this statement it appears that the total declared value of the exports for the month was only about half of that for the corresponding month of 1917. But it is to be noted that the great bulk of the forwardings in December, 1917, con- sisted of spruce, which made up all but about $28,000 in value, with not less than 2,286,000 feet of spruce sent out. The heavy shipments, of course, were conditioned by the requirements last December in the way of airplane material, which is clearly indicated by the fact that the exports of fir, spruce and cypress, three woods which might be available for war purposes, did not amount to more than about 538,000 feet, valued at approximately $50,000. When allowance is made for this decline, which is attributable, of course, to the signing of the armistice and the suspen- sion of hostilities, the comparison is distinctly in favor of last December, with a pronounced gain in the shipment of manufactures of wood, and *'other hardwood boards" going forward in some quantities. The state- ment shows that the shipments of cypress were 390,000 feet, of a declared value of $24,203 ; fir, 223,000 feet, of a value of $15,944 ; oak, 51,400 feet, $4,966 ; poplar, 240,000 feet, $19,493 ; spruce, 125,000 feet, $10,080 ; "other hardwoods," 69,000 feet, $19,425 ; other lumber, $1,828 ; implement handles, $7,808 ; trimmings and moldings, $3,751, and "other manufactures of wood," $16,989. The total declared value for the month was $138,410 against $269,640 for the same month of 1917. It is stated in connection with the export trade that intimations have been forthcoming in the last week or so that the British government will shortly abate the war restrictions whereby imports of lumber into the United Kingdom have been barred. The furthsr statement is made that purchases on account of the British government, which gave rise to much criticism, have been discontinued, and that rapid progress is being made In getting stocks bought for account of England over on the other side. It Is said that some twenty or thirty cars will clean up the stocks held at this port, and that the situation at other points along the seaboard is much the same. As a consequence, the exporters are in a state of expect- ancy and expect soon to be in a position to take orders without having them virtually canceled by the refu.sal of the authorities to issue the necessary permits. Harvey M. Dickson, secretary of the National Exporters' Association, has kept in touch with the officials at Washington and is doing all he can not only to keep informed on the situation as far as the available tonnage is concerned, but also following developments relative to the raising of the bars against imports into the United Kingdom and other countries. Hardwood News Notes --< MISCELLANEOUS >= The Eagle Utilities Manufacturing Company, Kirkwood, Mo., has filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy. Increases in capital stock have been made by the Stow & Davis Furni- ture Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., to $150,000, and by the Wallace Furniture Company, same city, to $350,000 ; also by the Holly Ridge Lumber Company, Louisville, Ky., to $350,000. The Michigan Seating Company, Jackson, Mich., has sustained a loss by fire. The Cote Piano Manufacturing Company, Fall River, Mass., has been succeeded by the International Piano Manufacturing Company. The Ashland Lumber Company, Ashland, Ky., has been succeeded by the J. A.Merrldith Lumber Company. The following are recently incorporated concerns : The E. W. Park- hill Company, Burlington, Vt. ; the Menominee Box & Lumber Company, Menominee, Mich. ; the United States Hardwood Corporation, New York, N. Y. ; the Bent Oak Chair Manufacturing Company, Siler City, N. C. ; the Louisiana Western Lumber Company, Lake Charles, La. The Yellow Poplar Lumber Company with headquarters at Coal Grove, O., has opened New York ofiices at 2 Rector street. The death is announced of J. W. Reynolds, treasurer of the Arkansas Oak Flooring Company, Pine Blufl', Ark., and also of R. B. Stewart, vice- president of the Rieckhoff Box & Lumber Company, Superior, Wis. An involuntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed by the American Auto Body Company, North Milwaukee," Wis. The capital stock of the La Crosse Wrecking & Lumber Company, La Crosse, Wis., has been increased to $50,000. =-< CHICAGO >• Capt. J. B. White, general manager of the Missouri Lumber & Mining Company, Kansas City, Mo., accompanied by E. B. Grandi, Jr., and several other directors of the compan.v with which he is affiliated, was a Chicago visitor this past week. He said the company is doing little except arrang- ing to build a new saw mill in Louisiana. A new wholesale concern in Chicago' to be located in the Lumber Exchange building after March 1 is the New York Lumber Company. H. R. York, who for many years lived in Memphis, will operate it as well as continue the operation of the York Lumber Manufacturing Company at Memphis. They have two oak mills cutting oak dimension and bill stock and will do a wholesale business in yellow pine and Pacific Coast products- Mr. York was for many years connected with the yellow pine and hard- wood manufacturing at Pine Bluff, Ark., and while present operations in the South will continue, the new organization anticipates a very active business in the Chicago field. W. S. Grey of Brooks Bros, and H. B. Sutton of the Twin City Hardwood Lumber Company, both of St. Paul and Minneapolis, visited Chicago recently. These gentlemen are finding the hardwood situation improving right along — not in leaps and bounds as in normal times, but in the old- fashioned way the hardwood consumer is again in the market. H. E. Gibson, president of the Twin City Lumber Company, St. Paul, Minn., is making a trip through the South with headquarters in New Orleans. Of the visiting lumbermen in America at this time we find Mr. H. Hall of William Mallinson & Sons, Ltd., timber and veneer merchants, 130 Hackney Road, London, England. Mr. Hall has been over several times during the past year and is looking forward to a larger business in the importation of hardwoods. He attended the meeting of the National Lumber Exporters' Association in New Orleans last month, and antici- pates after readjustments are fully completed that the trade between Europe and America will be on a larger scale than before the war. Louis Germain, Jr., president of The Germain Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., left on February 18 on the steamer La France from New York to spend some time on the Continent and the British Isles, looking over the prospects for business in behalf of the American Lumber Export Corporation, formed by the National Bureau of Wholesale Lumber Dis- tributors. Mr. Germain is one of the progressive wholesalers in this country and there is no doubt he will form some valuable hardwood con- nections while on the other side, where he expects to remain for six or eight weeks. The H. L. Winter Manufacturing Company, Alton, 111., has sustained a loss by fire. The Independent Piano Bench Company and the Midland Wood Turn- ing Company have both been incorporated in Chicago, 111. Charles Gill, president of the Gill-Andrews Lumber Company, Wausau, Wis., put in a few days in Chicago a week ago on his way home from Fel.iUilr.v -J. liU'J HARDWOOD RECORD 37 ICZIE RED GUM y lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN 12M' 8/4 FAS PLAIN 3M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED 15M' 8/4 FAS QUARTERED 8M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED JVe have the above amounts on hand in dry stock, manufactured on our own band mills, and can make PROMPT SHIPMENT MILLER LUMBER CO. MARIANNA, ARK. 3C an eastern trip. Mr. Gill said that things appeared to be going along splendidly, and that his experience indicates a delinite tendency towards increased hardwood movements. Mr. and Mrs. Sam A. Thompson of Memphis were in the city two days last week. Mr. Thompson is manager of the lumber department of the Anderson-TuUy Company there. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were just com- pleting a circuit of a two weeks' trip which took them to important eastern markets, and after spending two days in Chicago left for home. Mr. Thompson says that while his volume of sales is not up to normal, he is very well satisfied with the results of his trip and judges that the near future will show considerably increased call for hardwood. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thompson of Memphis also took in some of the sights of Chicago last week. Mr. Thompson is president of the Thompson-Katz Lumber Company and was taking Mrs. Thompson with him on an east- ern trip, having come up from Memphis to Chicago as a stopping point on the eastern route. B. P. WhedoD of W. D. Young & Co., Bay aty, Mich., spent several days in the city on business. =< CANADIAN > W. C. Irvin, general manager of the Irvin Lumber Company, Toronto, has been elected chairman of the Lumbermen's Credit Bureau of Toronto, of which he was one of the organizers. It has been decided that a seat on the bureau after April 1 will in addition to the regular fees cost each Incumbent $100. President W. Gerard Power, St. Pacome, P. Q. ; Alexander MacLaunn of Montreal and D. Champous of Restigouche, P. Q., have been nominated as delegates from the Canadian Lumbermen's Association to the annual meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, which will be held in Philadelphia next month. E. P. Foster has been appointed manager of the operations of the Holt Timber Company, Bolger Bridge, Ont. He succeeds Geo. W. Taylor, who has gone to Florida to take charge of some large enterprises with which Mr. Holt is associated. W. W. Schupner of New York, representing the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, recently spent a few days in Montreal, St. John and other cities. P. L. Canfield, for several years with the K. B. Butler Lumber Company, Woodstock, Ont.', has embarked in the wholesale line and opened an office in that city. J. M. Donovan, Toronto, who recently returned from an extensive trip to the Pacific coast, is entering upon the wholesale business and is spe- I'ializing in southern hardwoods. A. C. Manbert, president of the Canadian General Lumber Company, Toronto, who has been appointed by the lumbermen of Ontario to visit Great Britain in the interests of wider markets and to conduct an exten- sive publicity campaign on behalf of the wood products of the province, sails next week for the old country. His work will be undertaken under the auspices of the Ontario government, but his salary will be paid by the sawmill men who have joined in this cooperative move. Mr. Manbert is a former resident of Buffalo and previous to coming to Toronto eleven years ago was a member of the firm of Graves, Manbert, George & Co. He is president of the Lumbermen's Section of the Toronto Board of Trade and one of the directors of the Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, Inc., Toronto. At the eleventh annual meeting of the Canadian Lumbermen's Associa- tion, which was held in St. John, N. B., W. Gerard Power, St. Pacome, P. Q., was reelected president for the coming year. Twenty-one new directors were appointed, seven of whom will retire annually for the next three vears. One of those selected was A. E. Clark, Toronto, who is a director of the National Hardwood Lumber Association and also chair- man of the Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, Toronto. The present membership of the association is 128, being an increase of 31 over last year. The next annual will be held in Quebec city. The association is calling upon the Provincial and Federal governments to conduct a national survey of the standing forest wealth of Canada, showing the various kinds of timber, quality, location and accessibility, together with the available means of transportating same to the nearest market. An important step which is being undertaken in Canada is the estab- lishment of a statistical service by the Canadian Lumbermen's Association. Heretofore any shipments regarding the cut, sales, stocks on hand, etc., so far as lumber is concerned have been largely guess work. In future all leading manufacturers will supply on printed forms to Frank Hawkins, secretary of the Canadian Lumbermen's Association. Ottawa, monthly reports of their cuts, sales, shipments, stocks on hand, etc., from which aggregate statments will be compiled for the use of the members. The eastern spruce manufacturers who formed an association in Mon- treal last November with Sir Wm. Price of Quebec as chairman and Angus McLean of Bathurst, N. B., as vice-chairman have decided to Join forces with the Canadian Lumbermen's Association and will form a section of that body to be known as the eastern spruce section. It is expected that the white pine men of Ontario will organize in the near future and form another section. 38 HARDWOOD RECORD Febi-uai-.v 'Jo, 1919 ^uramnmiiiiiii nHiiMiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiHiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii uiiiDiiiiiHn inmiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiu imiiu iiiniiiiiiiiiiuiniiiniinuiiiiiiaiiiiiuiianiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniimiiiiiiii iiiimiiiRiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiininmiiiiiiiiMiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiii^ fiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiimiiiiniiiiiiiniiiitiiniiiniiiii HHiiniiiiiuiuiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiHimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiffliitiinittiuiiwimiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim THEO. FATHAUER CO. 1428 CHERRY AVENUE Telephone Diversey 1 824 HARDWOOD LUMBER YARD CHICAGO. Address ILL. Direct Shipments in CAR AND CARGO LOTS a Specialty MILL HELENA. ARK Co rrespondence to Chicago Office I iiiraranimiiiiiiiiiimimnnimmnmiiinimiiHiiimiwiiiimuraiiiii h miiiiiiiiiiiumii iiiiiiiiminiiiiiiiiiiiimnmimiiiiiiiraimnnmramiicimmiiiraimimnmmmiiiiiraiTOmmmiiinmniHiiniiimniiiiiniiiw uJ I ISUIIIIIIIIBII iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiimiiiiiiiiii =-< BUFFALO >= Miss Ethel Morrison, Uaugbti-r ul Frauli MorrlsoD, a prominent lumber- man and veneer-mill owner at Warren, Pa., sailed a few days ago from New Tori; for service with the T. W. C. A. in France. The lumbermen are represented on Chamber of Commerce committees this year as follows : Charles N. Perrin, acquaintance and entertainment ; H. Ernest Montgomery, executive ; Orson E. Yeager, railway terminals ; Millard S. Burns, transportation. A reduction of wages of woodsmen has occurred in northwestern Penn- sylvania, as the lumber mills have little business a^d the chemical factories are in the same position. The chemical plants are running on short time, as the price of acetate has declined from ?5 per hundred to $2.50. Miss Catharine McLean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McLean, wae married on February 1.5 to Emerson E, Coatsworth of this city. The cere- mony occurred at the home of the bride's parents in Lincoln Parkway, and was performed by the Rev. Murray S. Howland of the Lafayette Pres- byterian Church. Seneca Falls, N. Y., i,s anticipating good times in the building trade, as Louis J. Stauff, owner of the Hoag House site, will build a seventy-two- room hotel, which it is said will be modern in every way. M. M. Wall Is spending two or three weelis on a vacation trip to Mount Clemens, Mich. Orson E. Yeager is planning to join him there shortly for a couple of weeks' rest. The letting of a contract by the government for a neet of twenty sea- going tugs to be available mostly for use on the barge canal shows that an effort is to be made to connect this waterway across New York state with deep water navigation, both on the lakes and the ocean. The immediate future of the barge canal is not very well defined, because the government has neither taken It up vigorously itself nor provided a way for private capital to use it. Still this season ought to deraonStrate that it is needed, and to show by actual accomplishments by the fleet of more than 100 boats to be provided that there is a profitable business possible. The old opposi- tion to the canal was that it was sufficient to float all business offered, but the reply was that the canal was not large enough to carry business at a profit. Burwell S. Cutler, who Is now chief of the export division of the Depart- ment of Commerce, spoke at a dinner of the Purchasing Agents' Association here on February 17, telling what the government is trying to do to stabilize business conditions. The big export trade counted on is not going to materialize immediately, he said, mainly because credits are restricted. Business in domestic lines, he added, is waiting for bottom prices in raw materials. :< PITTSBURGH >.. iiiiiuiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiJiiiJiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiioi Ihe Aberdeen Lumber Company reports some week spots in quotaUons on gum and Cottonwood. This is due chiefly to the fact that some manu- tadturers are tired of holding out for present prices and have cut away for business. The Frampton-Foster Lumber Company is doing a splendid business this winter and is getting a good share of industrial and railroad trade The company's country mills are busy and Manager P. M. Frampton states that prices are up to stay. The Acorn Lumber Company reports demand much less than was antici- pated a few weeks ago. Until the spring-buying movement is more fully determined business will be slack, according to its officials. The American Lumber and Manufacturing Company announces that more inquiries are coming in for lumber and that indications point to a larger market for hardwoods in the near future. The Daily & Allen Lumber Company has added to its force of salesmen Charles Zender, who was for a long time with the Pennsylvania MiU and Sash Company. The Duquesne Lumber Company reports that business in the East seems to be no better than in the Pittsburgh district. Demand is hesitating all along the line. G. C. Adams, Philadelphia representative of this com- pany, will soon be back at his desk after a year's absence for Uncle Sam in Washington. =-< BOSTON >.- Two organizations involving the use of hardwood lumber are reported in New England, the Portland Burial Case Company, Portland, Me., and the Reliance Wood Heel Company at Somerville, Mass The store houses and dry kilns of the W. H. Sawyer Lumber Company, 06 Lincoln street, Worcester, which were recently destroyed by Are, are to be rebuilt. Bids are now being received for the reconstruction Morris A. Hall of the Hall Lumber Company was severely injured In an automobile accident ; his father, Hon. James M. W. Hall, who accompanied him, was fortunate In escaping with slight bruises. =-< BALTIMORE >= Frank Tiffany, foreign representative of the National Lumber Exporters' Association, who came to the United States from London, where he Is stationed, to attend the annual meeting of the organization at New Orieans and who has since then visited various cities, meeting exporters and other lumbermen, and discussing the foreign situation, stopped at Baltimore and on February 15 was the guest of honor at a dinner given by members of the association in this city at the rooms of the Old Colony Club in the Febiuai-y 20, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 39 The Whole South To Draw From This is the day of "hurry up" orders — of urgent needs. Our five mills each has a well assorted stock. Frequently our ability to turn loose all five shipping points on one order has enabled us to complete ship- ment in 24 hours on 1 0 or 15 cars of some particular grade or thickness of urgently needed lumber. That would be impossible with but one shipping point. Would such facilities help you now? Try them out with a guaranteed straight grade shipment. Clean Dealing is Our Business Policy Aberdeen Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA FIVE MILLS: Ten Million Feet on Sticks. Oak, Gum. Cypress. Cottonwood, Sycamore. Elm Southern hotel. The export situation came in for discussion and Mr. Tiffany gave much Information not embodied in his report to. the organiza- tion. The visitor left on February 16 for New York and sailed on the fol- lowing day. T. A. Ralston, representing William Horner of Keed City, Mich., one of the largest maple flooring concerns in the country, stopped in Baltimore last week on his way to New York. He stated that the demand for maple flooring and other stocks was not urgent or large at this time, but that the outlook was promising. It was his intention to stop over at Wilkesbarre, Pa., in the expectation of securing a large order. An organization to be known as the Export and Import Board of Trade is to be formed here for the purpose of aiding every effort made to augment the foreign business of this port, with lumber as one of the commodities to receive encouragement. A board of directors has already been elected, and will act as incorporators of the new organization. This board Includes among Its members John L. Alcock, John L. Alcock & Co., and Walter B. Brooks, Hyland & Brooke Lumber Company. The details are yet to be mapped out, but some of the leading men of the city have been interested in the project. The board as such will not engage in business direct, but will hold Itself ready to assist all efforts to build up the foreign business. According to the chief harbor master, F. J. Dodson. the lumber received on the city wharves here during the last year amounted to not less than 93,000,000 feet, against 105,550,109 feet the year before. The drop is ta be accounted for on the score of the great freeze last winter, when for nearly three months vessels were unable to move in the river. Frank Helm of Richard P. Baer & Co. is back from a five weeks' trip to Mobile and Bogalusa. At the former place he went over the operations of the sawmill run there by the Magazine Hardwood Company, the manu- facturing end of the firm, and at Bogalusa he looked after some matters in connection with the completion of the sawmill erected there for the manufacture of gum chiefly. This plant is about ready to start, and Is expected to turn out large quantities of lumber. The logs are to be fur- nished by the Great Southern Lumber Company. Mr. Heim stated that the labor situation in the South continued to be troublesome, and that the output of plants was curtailed largely on that account. =■< COLUMBUS > The Edon Lumber Company, Bdon, O., has been chartered with a capital of $10,000 by J. O., M. A., F. M. and R. O. Stine and C. E. McFadden. The Pickaway County Lumber Company, Clrcleville, has been incor- porated with a capital of $20,000 by Wm. F. and Carrie S. Cellar, Frank Brockman, John B. and Ada S. Miller. The Columbus Builders' and Traders' Exchange is preparing to send a large delegation to the eighth annual convention of the National Associa- tion of Builders' Exchanges to be held at Milwaukee the latter part of February. The authorized capital of the Pasadena Lumber & Supply Company, Dayton, has been increased from $50,000 to $75,000. The capital of the Robert Hixon Lumber Company, Toledo, has been increased from $100,000 to $200,000. The Federal Screen & Weatherstrip Company, Cleveland, has been char- tered with a capital of $25,000 by J. H. Deitz and others. The announcement is made that the Central West Coal & Lumber Com- pany of Columbus will enter the lumber business after March 1. The lum- ber department, which will be entirely in the wholesale line, will be In charge of J. M. Andrew, who has become a vice-president in the cor- poration. The Kosse, Shoe & Scbleyer Company. Cincinnati, has completed a baud mill at St. Bernard, a suburb of Cincinnati. It is especially equipped for the manufacture of walnut for the furniture trade. R. W. ilorton of the W. M. Hitter Lumber Company reports a good demand for hardwoods, both from retailers and factories. Concerns making vehicles and Implements are making inquiries for hardwoods. Prices are generally well maintained, as there are only a few cases of cutting to force trade. Retail stocks are not large. Quite a few lumber dealers in Ohio attended the annual convention of the Ohio Builders' Supply Association held in Columbus about the middle of February. Reports from the dealers showed that the tone of the market Is better than was the case several weeks ago, and builders generally expect a fairly active building season. Scott Bennet, owner and manager of the Medina Bending Company, Medina, left recently on a business and pleasure trip to Florida and other southern points. J. A. Salmon has been elected president of the Portsmouth Lumber Com- pany, Portsmouth ; S. C. Peebles, vice-president ; E. B. Steed, manager, and H. B. Murray, secretary and treasurer. V. R. Gebhardt, Columbus, formerly with the Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company of Rhinelander, Wis., has severed that connection and is now with the Sawyer-Goodman Company of Marietta, Wis. Gen. S. B. Stanbery, a Cincinnati lumber dealer, with his two sons, Sergt. Sanford Stanbery and Private Carroll Stanbery, will soon be back from France and will resume the lumber business. Gen. Stanbery was a colonel In the Ohio National Guard at the time America entered the war and was promoted to brigadier general. His son Carroll has been his orderly and chauffeur. 40 HARDWOOD RECORD February 25, 1919 ^■< CINCINNATI >•- Among the concerns reporting to the U. S. Employment Bureau that It has reemployed its workers who have returned from the army or navy Is the Mowbray & Robinson Company. The M. B. Farrln Lumber Company has prepared plans for the construc- tion of a frame warehouse of two stories, 64x108 feet, to be built in con- nection with its plant. The structure will be used for the storage of lilln- dried lumber. Capt. H. J. Pfiester, U. S. Army, who has been with the American expe- ditionary forces in France in the air service since November, 1917, returned to Cincinnati last Thursday and resumed his duties as president of the M. B. Farrln Lumber Company. The Louisiana Red Cypress Company has not yet announced a successor to the late J. D. Farley, who died January 31 from influenza. Miss Mary Kauffmnn, who was Mr. Farley's stenographer, is at present in charge of the office. W. H. Lockwood has again opened his office, 910 Provident Bank build- ing .where he operates the Lockwood Service Company, handling traffic problems for Cincinnati lumber concerns. W. E. Heyser of the W. B. Heyser Lumber Company is back from an extensive selling trip. He predicts a big revival in the hardwood industry within sixty days. Candidates for officers of the Lumbermen's Club of Cincinnati will be selected by nominating committees, which will be at its meeting March 3. Members of the Tellow Pine Association here were recently taken in as associate members. At the club's last meeting resolutions were adopted calling for the deportation of enemy aliens and early return of the rail- roads to their owners. A settlement has been effected in the estate of Melvin R. Short, lumber- man, who committed suicide June 28, 1917. Under it hie son receives the bulk of the estate. •< EVANSVILLE >■ J. C. Greer of the J. C Greer Lumber Company, Daniel Wertz of Maley & Wertz, and Elmer D. Luhring of the Luhring Lumber Company, were among those from this city to attend the recent state convention of rotarians at Indianapolis. Claude Wertz of Maley & Wertz, hardwood lumber manufacturers, has been re-elected secretary and treasurer of the Evansville Press Club, an organization of newspaper men. He has ably filled this position for the past two years. Oak, Ash, Hickory Poplar, Walnut Our Ash is the best texture for AEROPLANE construc- tion, or for any purpose vv^here tensile strength is an item. Ash Walnut 32,160 ft. 4/4" 15,675 ft. 5/8" 1,875 ft. 5/4" 2,025 ft. 3/4" 28,585 ft. 6/4" 155,327 ft. 4/4" 2,840 ft. 8/4" 19,195 ft. 5/4" 13,875 ft 10/4" 13,840 ft. 6/4" 2,650 ft. 12/4" 13,990 ft. 8/4" 4,475 ft. 14/4" 1,800 ft. 10 4" 12,670 ft. 16/4" 1,200 ft. 12/4" 800 ft. 16/4" J. V. Stimson & Co. Owensboro, Ky. Some time ago Mayor Benjamin Bosse appointed a port commission to devise ways and means of building and maintaining Ohio river ter- minals here. Plans for these terminals have been drawn at the instance of E. H. Hyman, secretary and manager of the Evanaville Manufacturers' Association and provide for machinery to hoist and lower freight on the wharf here. J. C. Greer of the J. C. Greer Lumber Company, returned a few days ago from a business trip through the southern states and reported trade conditions better than a month ago. His company's three large etave mills in Tennessee have been operated steadily for several months and the business outlook is quite encouraging. Veneer manufacturers in Evansville and in other towns along the lower Ohio valley say trade has been gradually picking up during the past few weeks and that they are looking for a very nice trade during all of the present year. Labor is easier to get and there is now little or no trouble on the car shortage situation. In fact the whole situation is better from many angles and manufacturers are looking upon the bright side of the trade picture. Mayor Benjamin Bosse, who Is Interested in many wood consuming factories in Evansville, says the situation from the standpoint of the furniture manufacturers is quite encouraging and that the furniture mak- ers are looking for quite a good trade all of this year. =■< LOUISVILLE >-= In spite of the reluctance of consumers to build under existing high prices of material and labor, indications are that there will be a fair volume of building in Louisville this season, and a corresponding increase in the demand for flooring, interior trim, etc. Whereas annually Louis- ville has permits of $4,000,000 to $6,000,000 in new construction, and there has been hardly any building for two years past, much work Is likely to come out. Architects report that they are carrying a consider- able volume of prospective business on their books, and are making numer- ous sketches, which may and may not develop business. Plans are now being drawn for large additions to the Bank of Commerce building, and also to the twenty-story Inter-Southern building. In the housing way Louisville has outgrown herself, with the result that the demand for medium to good residences, apartments, etc.. can't be filled. Finding a house or apartment in Louisville is like looking for the proverbial needle, as the real estate men haven't anything to offer, and even sale property Is scarce. A big building boom is bound to come sooner or later, and the plans are to get it through this season. The general lumber and supply houses, building trades, etc., are start- ing a campaign through the newspapers to show the public that prices won't go lower and may go higher. The trades have gotten together, being led by the lumber interests, and are planning a very active pub- licity campaign, which it is believed will bear fruit. Retailers out in the state are in some instances guaranteeing the prices of building lumber against decline in order to create Immediate business and keep things moving. James C. Hannan, formerly assistant secretary of the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company, has been elected secretary, succeeding J. Cripps Wicklifee, who resigned about the first of the year to go with I. F. Williams & Sons of New York. Mr. Hannan in discussing the hardwood situation said : Inquiries are fine and so are orders, and the past three weeks have been hummers. We have secured a couple of good parcels of logs for delivery in the United Kingdom and also in Scandanavia, these parcels running from 300 to 400 logs each, shipped from New York, to which point they will be brought by our own steamers and transferred. Veneers are very good, and we have received some excellent dimension orders, especially in the East. Our present demand for walnut lumber and veneers is running ahead of mahogany, which Is also very good. John Churchill of the Churchill-Milton Lumber Company, Greenwood, Miss., was recently in Louisville. He reported a very active volume of business, especially on gum lumber. Good water in the South has resulted in the company's getting in about 2,000,000 feet of logs at the Greenwood mill. The plant at Glendora was sold some time ago. The Louisville and Memphis divisions of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association are making a hard drive to secure the milling-in-transit privilege on lumber for Louisville, Evansville, Nashville and Memphis. Another hearing on the subject was held in Louisville a few days ago before the Louisville District Freight Traffic Association, the hardwood Interests being represented by J. H. Townshend, R. R. May and J. Van Norman, while a number of lumber operators were present, and representa- tives of the Illinois Central and Louisville & Nashville railroads. K. Uchida, Tokio, Japan, was recently in Louisville where he investi- gated operations at a number of veneer plants, lumber plants and var- nish factories, going over the manufacture of high grade woods, and finishing preparations. Mr. Dchida is reported to be a millionaire lum- ber operator of the Orient. W. C. Hanafoe, who for several years has been with the timber depart- ment of the Wood-Mosaic Company, New Albany, Ind., has been trans- ferred to Jackson, Tenn.. where he takes charge of the company's new mill, recently purchased from T. J. Sprague, who had previously bought it from the Arlington Lumber Co., and sold without turning a wheel. It is reported that Hoyt & Hiestand, operating a sawmill at Pekin, Ind., forty miles from Louisville, will rebuild the plant which was de- stroyed by fire at a loss of $15,000. February 191!) HARDWOOD RECORD 41 At Lebanon, Ky., Lancaster, Wallace & Neilson will establish a hard- wood flooring plant, having purchased the equipment of the old Lebanon Hardwood Flooring Company, planning to refurnish and remodel the old plant, installing modern equipment. From the numbers attending the annual auto show in Louisville dur- ing the week of February 17, and from the number of sales reported. It would appear as though the auto industry should have a good year In Louisville. Reports from other sections of the country would go to show that the auto shows are doing exceptionally well everywhere, as was the case with the furniture shows. Lieut. Walter Cumnock, brother-in-law of W. R. WlUett, W. R. Willett Lumber Company, who prior to entering the army was salesman for the Roth Lumber Company, Louisville, has been stationed at Camp Stuart, Va., since returning from France, but expects to be home within a few -days. Percy Clancy, who prior to entering the army, where he was com- missioned a lieutenant, was with the Louisville Point Lumber Company, has been mustered out, and is taking a rest before again entering business. He was very ill of pneumonia a few weeks ago, and hasn't recovered bis ■strength as yet. The Savage-Smith Lumber & Coal Company, Richmond, Ky., capital $20,000, has been incorporated by Earl Savage, William Smith and D. C. Field. At Somerset, Ky.. the Crescent Stave Company, capital $10,000, has been incorporated by A. R. Humble, J. S. Cooper and H. C. Cooper. Mr. Humble is one of the best-known stave men in the state. At Middlesboro, Ky., the Bell County Lumber & Coal Company, has tieen organized by F. R. Whalin and others, to do a wholesale and retail business in soft and hardwoods, building materials, etc. The company lias taken over the Rennebaum Lumber Company's yard. The Wood-Mosaic Company, New Albany, Ind., recently gave a big fare- well banquet at the Pendennis Club. Louisville, in honor of Thomas R. Bunt, representative of the British War Mission in the United States, on the eve of the latter's sailing for home. Mr. Bunt is a walnut tim- •ber expert and was in charge of a large corps of men in this country. About thirty men from the company, and friends of Mr. Bunt's were present at the banquet. W. A. McLean of the company presented Mr. Bunt with a handsome diamond ring as a token of the esteem in which the company and those present held him. following long and agreeable relations. -■<, WISCONSIN >= The General Manufacturing Corporation, Milwaukee, has been incor- porated with an authorized capital stock of $100,000 to engage in the manufacture of veneers, cabinets, billiard and pool tables, talking ma- chines, etc. The company has taken over the plant and equipment of the Minn Billiard Company at 15201530 BufEum Street, Milwaukee, and will continue its operation. The principal product will be a phonograph and it is planned to make initial shipments by March 1. Edward A. Heaney, formerly head of the Milwaukee Talking Machine Company, and Walter H. Schwab are the principal owners of the new company. The Wisconsin Textile Manufacturing Company, Two Rivers, Wis., maker of hardwood devices and appliances for the textile industry, has Increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $50,000. The new Issue is made to finance enlargement of operations, including the business of the Alberts & Meyer Manufacturing Company, which was taken over several months ago. Gust. C. Kirst is president, and Oscar B. Alberts, secretary and treasurer. The Appleton Hub & Spoke Company, Appleton, Wis., which recently lost its plant and equipment by fire, has awarded contracts for the erec- tion of a new factory, 45x75 feet in size, of fireproof construction. A complete new equipment of machinery and woodworking tools Is being purchased. John Tracy is president and general manager. Herman Meister, for many years employed by church furniture and top manufacturers in Milwaukee, has established a wooden toy factory at Oconomowoc, Wis., in the Brown building, 120-122 North Main street. Mr. Meister is an expert wood carver and cabinet maker and has ample financial backing in his new enterprise. The Sturgeon Bay (Wis.) Fruit Package Company has completed ar- rangements for the enlargement of its lines of production to include cheese boxes and other veneer containers besides berry boxes, crates, «te. A new dado heading machine and considerable other equipment Is t)elng installed. The company also contemplates the erection of two wing additions, 50x90 feet, and 20x35 feet, and a new warehouse during the course of this year. Orders for more than 150,000 cheese boxes have .already been booked. George Weickhardt, vice-president and one of the founders of the Wangerin & Weickhardt Company, 112-124 Burrell street, Milwaukee, manufacturers of pipe organs, died February 15. at the age of sixty-one years. He was stricken with apoplexy at his office on February 10. The Randolph Wagon Works, Randolph, Wis., has contracted with .4mos Preston, Portage, Wis., to furnish a large quantity of oak lumber and bolts for its operations this year. Mr. Preston has reopened his sawmill at Anacker, near Portage, and is now sawing logs for this pur- pose. The Milwaukee Talking Machine Company, 416-418 Fourth street, MilwanJiee, is increasing Its output of phonographs about 35 per cent by Walnut Of Character and Color Manufactared at Kansas City, U. S. A. Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness Thirty-five years' experience IN WALNUT ONLY Prompt Shipment, and Guaranteed Inspection FRANK PURCELL 515 Dwight Building, KANSAS CITY. MO. VESTAL LUMBER & MFG. COMPANY INCORPORATED Soft Textured Oak Poplar Black Walnut Tenn. Red Cedar KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE BAND MILLS AT VESTAL A SUBURB OF KNOXVILLE FONDE, KY. 42 HARDWOOD RECORD Fpbniciry 25, 1919 leasing an additional floor and installing much new machinery and equip- ment. The company is planning to build a new plant on another site ■within the coming year, since it is possible to extend its facilities in the present leased quarters only with great difficulty and inconvenience. Clem F. Romadka is president and Stanley E. Roth, secretary and treas- urer. Frank Abbott, for many years active in the management of the Mat- thews Brothers Manufacturing Company, 61-75 Fourth street, Milwaukee, a large manufacturer of bank and store fixtures and hardwood finish, died at Los Angeles, Cal., on February IS, at the age of seventy years. Mr. Abbott went West in October last. He was a brother to William I*. 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Send for catalogues LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO. Originators of Overhead and Ground Steam Logging Machinery Chicago 96 Liberty St., New York Seattle N»w Orleans; Woodward. Wight & Co., Ltd. Canada: Canadian Allls.Chalmen. Ltd.. Toronto The Willow River Lumber CoDipany, Hayward, Wis., expects to resume the operation of its main sawmill in that city on March 1. The company has been greatly handicapped in its logging work by mild weather, but the recent cold wave has made it possible to 1511 all camps and proceed with loading at the rate of about thirty carloads a day, employing three loaders. The Schlecht & Wilson Lumber Company, Mlnocqua, Wis., has started the work of rebuilding its logging camp buildings, which were destroyed by fire late in January, retarding its woods operations materially. The Kenfleld-Lamoreaux Company. Washburn, Wis., operating one of the largest exclusive box and crating factories In the world, has taken steps to insure an ample supply of logs for operations during the re- mainder of the year by contracting with H. Marion Juel, Cornucopia, Wis., for a large quantity of hardwood logs now being put In at Bark Bay. More than ITS, 000 feet already have been cut. The Washburn company operates its own sawmill. The Eust-Owen Lumber Company, Drummond, Wis., shut down its sawmill about ten days ago for repairs and overhauling after a continu- ous run of ten months. The mill will be reopened about March 1 or & and the company expects to carry on operations at maximum capacity throughout the remainder of the year. The Fuller-Goodman Company, Oshkosh, Wis., manufacturing lumber and operating line yards in northeastern Wisconsin, has increased Its capital stock from .$100,000 to .$200,000. Frank A. Fuller is president, and Robert B. Goodman, secretary-treasurer. Victor Jacques, logging jobber, Walsh. Wis., has concluded work on a large contract with the Goodman Lumber Company, Goodman, Wis., by which more than 1,000,000 feet have been put in for the purposes of the Goodman mill during the present year. Edwin Reynolds, a pioneer lumberman of the Door County peninsula in northeastern Wisconsin, died at his home in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., on February 7 nt tlie age of sixty years. After devoting several years to logging and lumbering in Florida. Mr. Reynolds and his father took over the .\. W. Lawrence mill at Sturgeon Bay and operated it as the Rey- nolds Lumber Company. Later the operation was transferred to Minne- sota, with headquarters at Duluth. Mr. Reynolds retired about ten years ago. The Hardwood Market < CHICAGO >- Orders are showing up in a little greater volume each week in spite of the fact that no real improvement in the building situation has de- veloped. There is a very strong movement on locally, however, in the interest of resuming building and it appears that the proper forces are behind the movement to make it economically logical for this campaign to bear fruit. Chicago rents have climbed materially and the result is that speculative builders may be suflSoiently attracted to building invest- ments, in view of the absolute dearth of accommodations, to go ahead on a fairly sub.stantial scale. The factory trade locally is doing very well in the matter of orders, although the trading is still pretty closely restricted by the immediate needs of the buyers. However, these needs are being maintained in very substantial proportions and the result is a good total movement of lum- ber. Prices locally are not showing any falling off to speak of. in fact,, the growing knowledge of decreased mill stocks and prospective short cut this winter is having a stimulating effect on quotations except where individual tirms may face the necessity of making a quick turnover. =^ TORONTO y- There is no marked activity in the local hardwood situation at the present time, but values are holding firm, and it is expected there will be considerable demand before another month elapses. Buyers, with a few exceptions, are holding back and average stocks at present are rather low. This applies particularly to dry lumber. Some lines, notably 4x4, 5x4 and 6x4 birch are almost off the market, and prospects for replenishing these sizes are not very promising. The mild weather and absence of snow in many parts of Ontario have delayed logging operations to a con- siderable extent, and the season's cut in hardwoods will be from twenty- five to thirty-three per cent below normal. Factory work is rather quiet, but a number of good orders are expected for export as soon as ocean tonnage is available. Buying is largely on present requirements only. ■Certain mills are holding very firm and declare there will be an advance of five per cent on maple and birch before the spring opens up. Manu- facturing costs are as heavy as ever, while wages and other operating items show no sign of a decline. The importation of southern hardwoods in which two or three firms in Toronto specialize is limited at present. Furniture manufacturers, implement men, wagon makers and grafaphone producers are purchasing only for immediate needs. Thi;^ is in accordance with the spirit prevailing in many trades in wliich hinilier cuns;umers are not different from other February 25. 1910 HARDWOOD RECORD 43 allied interests. However, the conviction Is growing that business will open up considerably as soon as the building season starts and a better tone will prevail. =-< BUFFALO >• Little improvement in trade has thus far occurred at the hardwood yards and orders are coming in slowly. Some increase In inquiry is reported over a month ago, but the prospective purchasers generally come back with the comment that prices are too high and that they will wait until they can buy cheaper. They are not likely to have their hopcjs ful- filled, for mill costs are high and lumber stocks are not being added to largely. Some big mills have been closed down for thfe past month, while the general report is of running at reduced capacity. The outlook for business is regarded as more or less uncertain, and some dealers do not anticipate that much will be doing before the middle of the summer. Others think that April will start things moving in a fairly active way. Most everybody believes that this is going to be a busy year, though the activity may be late in making its appearance. Manufacturers are eager to get to work, but wish to feel assured that raw materials are somewhere near bottom before they start their operations. Buffalo is planning to spend some millions in carrying out municipal building this year. New schools alone will be erected at a cost of about $8,000,000. and it is stated that the plans will be ready for beginning work on the first of these schools within ninety days. Councilman A. W. Kreinheder has outlined work in public Improvements which are much needed, and which will run into several hundred thousand dollars and give employment to several thousand men. =-< PITTSBURGH >-= Hardwood men are waiting patiently tor what they feel sure will come soon, a larger and more varied demand for hardwood. Just now every- body is marking time. Nobody is buying. Retailers are determined that prices must come down. Purchasing agents for manufacturing and indus- trial concerns take much the same view of the situation. The market suffers chiefly from this belief that quotations will be lower. Add to this the fact that mining operations are falling back steadily and that many plants are shutting down or laying off a large proportion of their employes and it makes a lack of orders and Inquiries for hardwood which is keenly felt even at this season. It is predicted that the automobile and furniture trade will do much to bring up this demand within the next few months. It is believed that a building movement cannot be delayed much longer. Meantime wholesalers are sitting tight and trying to look cheerful. > BOSTON > ^ Those who made optimistic predictions regarding the season's trade have been more or less justified. The hardwood demand has kept a slight but steady improvement and is relatively stronger than other branches of the trade. Cancellations upon a large scale have not seriously affected this field, and prices remain well up to the figures of last fall. Buyers are still holding that there is more to be gained by waiting, but this is not borne out as a sound position when the state of available stocks is considered with relation to the very large normal usage of New England. Credit conditions, so far as open embarrassments are concerned, are very good ; numerous agencies are at work, both public and private, in and out of the lumber business, to rapidly develop industry and construction, and there seems to be a good support to the forecast of many dealers that the present piecemeal and mixed car buying, while it now totals up to a fair volume, will soon have to be extended radically toward heavier purchasing. < BALTIMORE >= The hardwood trade continues to enjoy a fair volume of busines-s, with orders coming in more freely than might have been supposed under the circumstances, but with the movement naturally affected by conditions that prevail. Much uncertainty prevails as to what the near future may bring forth, and buyers are not disposed to make provision for needs in the more distant future. They enter into commitments when there are imme- diate wants to be met, but are influenced, like many other divisions of business, by the feeling t±at the quotations will go lower. So far nothing has occurred to make recessions a certainty. Labor has not become more plentiful, at least as far as the sawmills and lumbering camps are con- cerned, and rates of wages are as high as ever, so that it is necessary for the producers of hardwoods to get about the same amount of money for their stocks as they obtained before. That a readjustment will take place in course of time is generally admitted, but all indications now show that it will not be precipitate and is likely to extend over a considerable period of time. Buyers are not disposed to hold back on prices when they really need .stock, but cannot be interested when it means merely making addi- tions to their holdings. Much business waits on developments that shall afford a clearer indication than has yet been furnished of what turn events may be expected to take and what the effect of certain measures now under consideration will be. Wtih these questions once settled there is every reason to believe that the demand will come and that the mills will be in a position to book all the orders they can take care of. Stocks in the hands of the dealers here are sufficient for such necessities as are likely to develop at this time, but they do not attain proportions which might be expected to cause real pressure upon the market. All kinds of lumber ^iiiiiiiiiinMiiiiiiMiiiiiiMMiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiitiiiiiiiuir 1 Plain & Qtd. 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IVIlft Jackson & Tindle ELM and BIRCH 4/4 to 12/4 All Grades Well assorted stock 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, & 8/4 No. 3 Hardwood MUls at PELLSTON, MICH. MUNISING, MICH. JACKSONBORO, ONT. Send your Main Office BUFFALO, N. Y inquiries to SALES OFFICE: 303-304 Murray Building Grand Rapids, Mich. Here's Unusually Something llv Ciood MAPLE 12/4" 2 & Better 24,000 feet 10/4" 2 & Better 150,000 feet ELM 6/4" 3 & Better 30,000 feet 8/4" 3 & Better 40,000 feet 12/4" 3 & Better 25,000 feet BIRCH 4/4" 3 & Better 80,000 feet The above stock is of a fine quality, — the best in the land. We also carry a complete stock of Hemlock of all sizes and lengths up to 20 ft., in good shipping condition. Oallins H c, anson v^ompany GRAYLING, MICHIGAN The Tegge Lumber Coi High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukee, Wisconsin are to be had in fair quautitios. The productiou, however, is also held down by various causes, so that troublesome aocuniulations are being avoided. As for the export business, it still awaits the removal of the restrictions imposed by foreign governments, and the movement is con- sequently limited to such shii»ments as are made for account of the Rritish government. The outlook, however, is said to show a very decided improvement, and expectations are being entertained that before very long the exporters will have a chance to get into the market again. -^ COLUMBUS > The hardwood trade in Ohio territory has been fairly active during the past fortnight. Demand has been gradually increasing both from retailers and from factories. One of the best features is the increase in the num- l»er of inquiries. Generally speaking the trade is in fair condition and future prospects are good. Concerns making vehicles and implements are in the market for hard- woods and some buying is reported from furniture factories. Stocks In the hands of factory consumers are small, and with the gradual expansion of business it is believed the demand from that source will be increased. Retail stocks are not exceptionally large and in many instances rather low. Rural dealers are the best customers at this time. Indications point to . unsiderable building activity in the rural sections. Architects and contractors are now busy figuring on plans for new con- struction work. It is believed that there will be considerable building of dwellings and homes. Some business building is also under way. Public construction work is being stimulated by public officials. Prices are firm all along the line. This applies especially to oak. both quarter sawed and plain. Chestnut is stronger and poplar is in fair ilcmand. Other hardwoods are generally well maintained. =■< CINCINNATI y Ilardwooa manufacturers in Cincinnati are gradually adjusting them- selves to the conditions brought about by the reconstruction period. What business exists is fairly well distributed. People having large stocks are making slight concessions, but in general prices are holding up fairly well, according to a survey made among local manufacturers. There is a strong demand for auto body and furniture material, but the planing mill busi- ness is very slow and manufacturer-s say it will not open up until build- ing becomes general. Quartered oak is bringing abnormal prices, owing to the scarcity, and those having stocks of this lumber are getting almost what they ask. The flooring business is fairly good. Much optimism is expressed over the outlook for mahogany. There are lots of inquiries concerning it. and it is expected to be very good in the next four months. Manufacturers say that since the government has cea.sed cornering the supply for airplanes the supplies will be turned back into the regular trade channels. There is a fairly active demand for poplar, ash. beech and quartered oak. =-< EVANSVILLE >= The hardwood lumber manufacturers of Evansvillc and southern Indl ana report that trade during the past two or three weeks has shown con- siilcrable signs of improvement and that more lumber has been shipped out of here during February than during the month of January. In the opinion of the manufacturers trade will continue to improve and while they are not expecting to see anything like a boom in business they do- expect to keep busy and say conditions ought to improve right along. An quartered white oak is in good demand, while plain white oak is holding its own. Gum has been picking up and prices are stronger.i Hickory is about holding its own, while poplar has been dragging for some time. Some of the hardwood mills in this section hare been forced to close down off and on during the past month owing to shortage of logs. Log prices are rather high and probably will be no lower this year. Lumber prices are holding firm and no reduction is looked for. Building material men think there will be no reduction in building material prices hut that on some grades there is likely to be an increase during the year because of their scarcity. Box manufacturers who operated their plants on war contracts, are fast getting back to their domestic business and report orders coming in nicely. The situation, as a whole, is not one of discouragement to the manufacturer and whole-saler, while the retailer too, is quite optimistic. General trade conditions are good in Evansville and wdiile there are some unemployed men, the number is not so large as it "was a month ago. =< MEMPHIS > The hardwood market is gradually improving. Buyers are displaying more interest. There are more consumers and distributers who are under the necessity of replenishing their holdings, and this means that there are more buyers in the market than for a very long while. There is no apparent disposition on the part of either consumers or distributers to anticipate their requirements to an appreciable degree. They are buying against their more immediate needs. Orders are largely for immediate shipment. There are practically no contracts being made involving deliv- eries over any considerable period. This absence of buying ahead is per- haps one of the most striking features of the hardwood lumber situation at the moment. It is equally true of boxes, barrels, flooring and other February 25, 191 ft HARDWOOD RECORD 45 hardwood products. Buyers in all o£ these woodworking lines appear to believe that they will be able to buy cheaper, and that they have every- thing to gain and nothing to lose by a policy that calls for purchase on a hand-to-mouth scale. Commodity values generally arc declining, and this declining tendency in most item.s is regarded as responsible for the present method of buying. Hardwood lumber manufacturers, however, enjoy a rather unique position in the respect that, while prii'es on other raw mate- rials are declining, those on lumber are well maintained for the reason that production is on such a restricted scale. Prices on low-grade cottonwood have advanced $1 to .$2 per thousaml during the past ten days because of the scarcity of offerings in the open market. Prices are being advanced on some other items ; but, even where advances are not being made, prices are well maintained and appear to have struck bottom. One prominent tirm here is authority for the state- ment that it has sold more than 1. 000.000 feet of hardwood lumber since January 1. and that it has not deviated in the slightest from its list prices. Others say they are asking full quoUitions, and that they are refusing to make concessions. The smallness of production, both present and pros- pective, is responsible for the independent attitude assumed by the majority of holders. If they were producing stock normally and had large payrolls and other operating costs to meet they might feel different about prices. But the majority are otierating in a very limited manner, their expenses are comparatively light and they are in position to go slowly in selling. In addition to the lightness of stocks, it may be noted that there is con- fident belief in decided expansion in demand from both domestic and for- eign sources. More orders have been received here during the past ten days than dur- ing any similar period for several months. lucjuiries are being received on a scale that suggests a further largo increase in buying in the imme- diate future, and lumber interests are taking the stand that, when buyers realize that there i.s no chance of a recession in values, there will be a distinct change in the attitude as well as in the policy of consuming and distributing interests. The better demand at the moment is for oak, ash, gum and poplar. Other items, however, are moving in a larger way than a short time ago, and altogether the average lumber manufacturer describes the situation as showing many elements of soundness and healthiness. There is considerable export demand, but very little lumber is being exported from the southern hardwood field for the reason that there are so few boats on which to handle overseas shipments. The car situation is quite favorable and the volume of shipments is showing substantial increase. Production, however, is quite small and stocks of lumber are decreasing rather than increasing. =-< LOUISVILLE >- Business during February has been better than it was during the en- tire months of November, December and January, according to some of the leading local concerns, reports showing a very active volume of in- quiry, and numerous orders received. The demand for veneers at the present time is especially good, white oak, walnut and mahogany veneers all selling well. There is also a very good demand for hardwoods, with plain and quartered oak excellent .sellers. Poplar is in good demand, while such woods as hickory and ash are downright scarce. Gum is showing a notable improvement and chestnut is picking up for core stock. Elm and sycamore are not so active as they were, but a few truck con- cerns are buying the former. Beach is selling to chair factories. A considerable percentage of the demand at present is coming from the furniture and cabinet trade.s, with the talking machine and piano trades buying well. Box plants are fairly busy and are taking up low grades, mooring manufacturers are more active, and figure on a fair year after things get started. Prices as a whole are good, and stronger than they have been at any time since the armistice was signed. Ship- ping conditions are generally good. With a return of building and de- mand for interior trim it is felt that the trade will be in good condition. =< MILWAUKEE >■= While the logging season of 1918-1919 will go down in history as one of the most unfavorable in the experience of the northern lumber in- dustry, there is basis for the hope that the remaining four weeks of the winter period will be accompanied by a more favorable brand of weather and temperatures than those of the last two or three months, enabling loggers to finish with a fairly good average. Colder weather and several •snowfalls during the last ten days or two weeks have improved conditions materially and many camps have found it possible to carry on woods work at a maximum capacity. On the whole, however, the season prob- ably will amount to less than half of the normal, both in duration and log input. The cost of logging has never been so abnormally high as this season, and this unquestionably will be reflected in the manner of stabilizing prices of manufactured products in coming months, despite any strong influences that might develop in favor of a declining movement. The demand for hardwoods is improving. Furniture and similar in- dustries are taking hold with more confidence, but buying still is largely a matter of filling urgent needs. The musical instrument manufacturing industry is one of the most active buyers and much is expected from this source from now on because of the readiness with which the product is being absorbed by the public. ''WE WANT YOUR ORDERS" OAK— POPLAR— CHESTNUT Soft Texture OAK DIMENSION, Virginia Stock PINE DIMENSION The Kerns Lumber Co., Roanoke, Va. PALMER & PARKER COMPANY TEAK MAHOGANY ebony ENGLISH OAK i/iTMirirDC DOMESTIC CIRCASSIAN WALNUT VENEERS HARDWOODS 103 Medford Street, Charlestown Dist. BOSTON, MASS. WE WANT TO SELL For QUICK SHIPMENT 100 M' 6/4" No. I Com. & Btr Birch 50 M' 6/4" No, 2 Com. Birch 50 M' 6/4" No. 3 Com. Birch lOOM' 6/4" No. I Com. & Btr. Hard Maple (6" & wider) 50 M' 6/4" No. 3 Com. Hard Maple I 00 M' 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. Hard Maple Scud us vo:tr inquiries for \ORTHER\- HARDWOODS and HEMLOCK Wheeler -Timlin Lumber Co. WAUSAU, WISCONSIN SERVICE FIRE INSURANCE SERVICE AND PROTECTION Davis Service was organized to (urnisb to lumbermen in every branch of the trade com- plete and immediate protection for buildings, equipment and stocks. No matter how many yards and plants you have, nor where they are located, we can cover you. The value of Davis Service consists in the fact that your insurance is placed at one time on all your risks, through one office, which acts as your lire insurance clearing house and insures full coverage everywhere all the time. Let our Engineering Department show you how to reduce the cost of your fire insurance. Full Coverage, Correct Forms, Lowest Rates A. J. DAVIS & CO. specialists in Lumber Fir9 Jnsttrmnem [nsurance Exchange, Chicago 46 HARDWOOD RECORD February 25, 1919 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Adyertlsements will be Inserted in this iec- tlon at the following rates: Fop one Insertion 25c a line For two Insertions 40c a line For three insertions 55c a line Fop four insertions 65c a line Eight words of ordinary length make one line. Heading counts as two lines. No display except the headings can be ad- mitted. Remittances to accompany the order. N« extra cliarges for copies of paper containing the adTertlsement. LUMBER WMTED MANUFACTURERS TAKE NOTICE We are always in the market for hard- woods and white pine. Please mail us your price and stock lists. R. H. CATLIN CO., Equitable Building, WILMINGTON, DEL. LUMBER WANTED THE D.\ILY BULLETINS of the Lumbermen's Bureau, 809 Munsey BMg., Washington, D. C, contain rush inquiries for all character of lum- ber from responsible commercial buyers ; also from government departments. Write for free sample bulletins. WANTED ALL GRADES Chestnut lumber to sell. Address, "BOX 123," care Hardwood Record. ACTUAL SELLING PRICES Actual current wholesale selling price, f. o. b. all the principal markets, on all grades and sizes of Hardwoods, Southern Yellow Pine and North Carolina Pine, with a comprehensive market review and forecast, are published monthly by the Lumbermen's Bureau, S09 Munsey Building. Washington, D. C. Write for sample copy. WANTED TO BUY No. 1 Hard Maple and Hickory Cordwood F. O. B. Chicago. COVEY-DURHAM COAL CO., 431 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago. MEMPHIS WHOLESALER wants to buy for cash, log run Tupelo, Cotton- wood, Gum, Cypress, Oak. Will inspect at mill. Would consider financing mill cut, or contract block of lumber and pay cash, green on sticks. Address, "WHOLESALER," Box 205, Memphis, Tenn. LUMBER FOR SALE FOR SALE— BASSWOOD 5/4 & 6/4 No. 1 common. Can dress and resaw. If desired. WALTER C. MANSFIELD, Menom- inee. Mich. ALFRED P. BUCKLEY Lumber Commission 932 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Will cut to order 8 to 10 cars Locust in the log in New Jersey. Also Poplar and Sweet Gum in the log In sizes and lengths desired. BEECH 6/4 No. 2 Common and Better or on grades, thoroughly dry ; 8/4 No. 2 Common and Better, good widths. HANIEL CLARK & SON, P. O. Box 923, Union City, Pa. BIRCH LUMBER When you are buying BIRCH consult us. We have it JONES HARDWOOD COMPANY 10 High Street BOSTON, MASS. FOR SALE— THREE CARS Per week of Oak Veneer Sawdust. One car per week Hardwood Ashes. NICKEY BROTHERS, Inc., Memphis, Tenn. WE WANT TO CONTRACT Our output of oak veneer sawdust to be shipped in carlots at the rate of about 75 to 100 tons per month. FLOYD COUNTY VENEER MILLS, New .\lbany, Ind. DIMENSION STOCK WANTED j ASH SQUARES WANTED Short lengths, 32"xl,'c".\li';,", must be straight- grained and free from knots and other defects. Give lowest quotations to this Journal, c. i. f. Glasgow, Scotland, for quantities of 1,000 doz. at a time, sample 250 doz. first instance for approval. Address, "BOX 21," care H-vrdwood Record. WANTED TO HEAR FROM Anyone having carload or more Hickory Treenails. Address, J. H. WILDER, Aurora, Ind. WANTED FOR CASH One car 1x1 1.. or 2" Ofoot good bright sticking strips. State kind. Stained or doty strips not acceptable. JOHN I. SHAFER H.\RDWOOD CO., South Bend, Ind. WANTED— OAK BENDING Clear, straight grain Oak Strips cut iysxl%x7 and 8 ft long. 30 to 60 day.s dry. Can use a num- ber cars. .Also 6/4 log run Hickory, green from saw. 'ftTiat have -you to offer? DETROIT CEDAR & LUMBER CO., 2011 Dime Bank Bldg., Detroit. Mich. RAILWAY EQllPMENT FOR SALE| LOCOMOTIVE FOR SALE A 22-ton Class A, 36" gage. Climax locomotive, with Radley Hunter stack, in perfect working order. Bought new 1916, used eighteen months. Also eighteen skeleton logging cars, 36" gage. In perfect condition, $250.00. each, f. o. b. Redwlne, Ky. LENOX SAW MILL CO., Lenox, Ky. LOGS WANTED WANTED— BLACK WALNUT LOGS 500 cars good black walnut logs, 12' and up Id diameter, 6 ft. and up long. Will Inspect at shipping point and pay cash. GEO. W. HARTZELL, Plqua, Ohio. HICKORY AND PERSIMMON LOGS Wanted up to 10 carloads (in half or carloads or more). Shell Bark, Black or Tight Bark Hick- ory, Pall cut, 8, 11, 15 ft. lengths, 9" to 15" mean diameter. Also Persimmon Logs 9" upwards. .\lso state if mill available for cutting up. Will pay cash against selection after loading on cars. Quotations to "BOX 28," care H.4rdwood Record. LOGS FOR SALE FOR SALE 50,000 feet of Walnut Logs. Address, W., 255 North Greenwood Ave., Kankakee, 111. c VENEERS FOR SALE OHIO VENEER COMPANY Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE CINCINNATI, OHIO TWO OR THREE CARLOADS Kiln dried Gum Veneer cut-downs 3/16" stock, 6" to 18" wide, 16" to 60" long ; $6.75 per 1,000' surface feet. F. A. CARRIER, Finance Bldg., Kansas City. Mo. [ MACfllNERY FOR SALE FOR SALE Electric power plant, now on skids at Redwlne, Kentucky, can ship quick. Recently overhauled and is in perfect working order. Price, $6,750, f. 0. b. cars Redwlne, Ky., sight draft and B/L attached. Can be inspected any time. 1 General Electric Curtis Tnrbo Unit, consist- ing of : Generator : 1-750 K. W. General Electric ver- tical, 3 phase, 60 cycle, 2300 or 440 volts, 1800 R. P. M. Turbine: 750 K. W. condensing (550) K. W. non-condensing Curtis vertical, 1800 R. P. M. 150 lbs. steam pressure at throttle, 28" vacuum. Above complete with all piping equipment. No condenser equipment. LENOX SAW MILL CO., Lenox, Ky. FOR SALE— BAND SAW MJIi Having finished cutting out our standing timber in West Virginia, we are now offering for sale our complete sawmill outfit, consisting of one Smith, Meyers and Schnier 6' band saw. Mill fitted with steam feed, one Bull wheel, one log turner, saw carriage equipped with Knight dogs and good set rig. One engine Two boilers One side edger One cut-off saw Band saw filing room equipment together with shafting pulleys, belting, lumber, trucks, etc. Mill and equipment now located near Renick, W. Va., and in charge of J. H. Powell, Renick, W. Va. MACHINERY FOR SALE 1 three drum Berlin Sander; practically new. 1 10-inch Houston four side Moulder. 1 seven-inch Houston four side Moulder. 1 twenty-four-inch Greenlee iron table rip saw, f. o. b. cars our plant. Priced to sell. WESTERN WHEELBARROW MFG. CO., South Fort Smith .\rk. MACHINERY FOR SALE A great variety of woodworking machinery ; flooring machine, automatic wood lathes, back knives, table saws, swing saws, Emerson dry kiln, band saw, and flooring matcher and borer Schimer heads. List too numerous to mention, together with pulleys, shafting and all kinds of mill acces- sories. Manv of machines new, none old or worn. State your wants. Send for list. ULSTER LUM- BER COMPANY, Livingstou Manor, N. Y. EMPLOYES WANTED FOREMAN WANTED To operate mill cutting oak dimension employing about twenty men. Address, P. S. MACE COMPANY, Terre Haute. Indiana. February 25, 1919 WANTED LOCOMOTIVE ENGINIiER One who understands geared engines and has worked in mountain logging; wages 55c per hour, steady work and overtime. KENTUCKY LUMBER CO., Williamsburg, Ky. WANTED LIVE WIRE To take active interest in small chair factory with little capital. Address, "BOS 20," care Hard- wood Recohd. WANTED— SALES MANAGER with Hardwood experience to take charge of sales. Give experience, age, reference in application. Address, "BOX 29," care H.\I!DW00D Recird. EMPIOYMENT WANTED SALES CONNECTION WANTED Salesman with est;iblishcd trade wuuts connec- tion with two or more mills to handle Flooring and Lumber out of Minneapolis and Chicago, or North Shore on jobbing base or commission. Address, "BOX 24," care Hardwood Record. HARDWOOD RECORD 47 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WOODWORKING INDUSTRY The advertiser owns a tract of valuable timber and plant New York state, for manufacturing a special staple line. Operation requires little skilled help. Whole operation can be let stump to cars under contract and hold contract for all the product spot cash as delivered. Nets ten thousand annually. Owner in poor health wishes to meet reliable, practical business man with 115,000 capital who will manage same. Willing to pay liberal share of profits to such party, donate plant and take payment for stumpage when sold or sell timber and plant at $25,000 spot cash. It will net an annual profit of $10,000 annually for ten years. Parties looking for salary alone need not reply, (,'apital alone not consid- ered. A reliable business manager absolutely necessary, preferably man used to woodworking industry, or willing to buy at great sacrifice. Highest references given and expected. Address "OPPORTUNITY," care Hardwood Record. TEN TO TWO HUNDRED MILLION As desired. Hemlock and Hardwood, Northern Wisconsin or Michigan. Manufacturers wanted. No commission. Address, INDUSTRI.\L COM- MISSIONER SOO LINE, Minneapoli.<^. Minn. HANDLES. RELIABLE AGENT IN Glasgow, Scotland, is open to con.sidcr first-class agency for Agricultural and Mining Tool Handles. Advertiser well known to the trade in the U. K. Open to develop Continental market. Address, "BOX 23," care Hardwood Record. MISCELLANEOUS Loose Leaf Tally Books TALLY SHEETS With WATERPROOF LINES Sample Sheeta, Price Hat and Catalog of Other Supplies Will Be Sent on Regueat FRANK R. BUCK & CO. ZUJ Kenilworth Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. HARDWOODS FOR SAL^E ASH No. 1 C, white, 4/4", good wdths.. 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, white, 6/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 1 yr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 4/4". 1 yr. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 1 C, 6/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 1 yr. dry; COM. & BTR., 10/4", reg. wdth, & Igth., 4 mos. dry. EVANSVILLE BAND MILL CO., Evans- viile, Ind. FAS, % & %", reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos dry: FAS, %", 10" & up, reg. Igths., 6 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne. Ind. COM. & BTR., 4/4-8/4". KRAETZEB- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR., =& & =4"; FAS, 4/4. 5/4. 8/4 & 10/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4. 5/4 & 8/4"; SEL., 5/4, 6/4, S/4, 10/4 & 12/4". NICKEY BROS., INC., Mem- phis, Tenn. _ „„ NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & S/4". PENROD- JURDEN COMPANY, Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 12/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., green to 6 mos. dry; NO. 1 C, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., green to 6 mos. dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO.. Sevmour, Ind. FAS, S/4"; NO. 1 C. & BTR., %"; NO. 1 C, 4/4-S 4". BEDNA YOUNG LUMBER CO., Jackson, Tenn. BASSWOOD NO. 1 C, 5/4", good wdths., 50% 4-16", ! yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., 1 yr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo. N. Y. NO. 2 C. & BTR., and NO. 3 C, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 9 mos. dry. EAST JORDAN LUMBER CO.. East Jordan. Mich. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 10/4". 1 yr. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO.. INC., Buffalo, N. Y. COM. & BTR., white, 5/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 4 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind, _ ,,„ NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 5/4"; NO. 2 C, 6/4"; NO. 3 CRATING. 5/4 & 6/4". MASON-DON- .\LDSON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. BEECH NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 6/4", std. wdth., S-16', 2-4 mos. dry. C. M. CRIM & SON. Salem, Ind. NO. 2 C." & BTR. and NO. 3 C, 6/4". reg. wdth. & Igth,. 11 mos. dry. EAST JORDAN LUMBER CO., East Jordan. Mich, LOG RUN, 6/4", reg, wdth, & Igth,. 1 yr, dry; LOG RUN, QTD., %", reg, wdth, & Igth,. 1 yr. dry. EVANSVILLE B.\ND MILL CO., Evans- ville. Ind. _ _ NO. 2 C. & BTR., 6/4, 8/4 & 10/4"; No. 3 C, 5/8". JACKSON & TINDLE, Grand Rapids, Mich. LOG RUN, %". reg. wdth. & Igth,. green to 6 mos. dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO., Seymour, Ind. BIRCH FAS, sap, 4/4", good wdths,. 50% 14-16'. 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N, Y. NO. 1 C. iS. BTR., 10/4", 8 mos. dry, G. ELIAS & BRO,, INC, Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 5/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. 9 mos. drv, full log run. EAST JORDAN LUM- BER COMPANY, East Jordan, Mich. FAS, 3/4 to 10/4; FAS, 10/4", 12 & wdr.; FAS, 12/4 & 16/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4 to 6/4"; NO. 2 C, 5/4 & 6/4". THEODORE FATHAUER COMPANY, Chicaeo, 111. NO. 2 C & BTR., 4/4 to 10/4". JACKSON & TINDLE, Grand Rapids, Mich. FAS, x/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4"; NO. 2 C, 4/4"; FAS & NO. 1 C, SEL. RED, 4/4"; NO. 3 CRATING, 4/4 & 5/4". MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. NO. 1 C. & BTR., red & white, 4/4 to 16/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., 1 to 2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER COMPANY*, Buffalo, N. Y. BUTTERNUT COM. & BTR., 4/4", reg. wdth. & Itth. 10 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO.. Ft. Wayne. Ind. LOG RUN, 4/4 & S/4", 3" & up. 4-20', 8 mos. dry. P. J, LA'WRENCE LUMBER CO,, St, Louis, Mo, CYPRESS SHOP, 5/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. . _„ FAS, 8/4"; SEL., 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4"; SHOP & BTR., 10/4 & 12/4"; NO. 1 SHOP, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4 & 12/4"; PECKY, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO., Memphis. Tenn. SEL., 6/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. yr, dry, BUF- FALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N Y COM. 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", ran. wdth, & Igth., 4 mos. dry; FAS, SEL., and NO. 1 SHOP, all 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 6 naos. dry, straight or mixed cars. CORNELIUh LUMBER CO.. St. Louis, Mo. SHOP & BTR., 3/4 to S/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 SHOP & BTR., 4/4-16/4", reg wdths^ std Igths., 1-2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo. N. Y, CHERRY NO. 1 C, 4/4-8/4". reg, wdth, & igth,, 1-2 yrs. dry. BLAKESLEE, PERRIN & DARLING. Buffalo, N. Y. ^_ , NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4", good wdths., 50% 14- 16', 2 yrs, dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo. N. Y. „ „ NO. 1 C, 4/4", IS mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC.. Buffalo. N. Y. FAS, 4/4", 8" & up, 8' & up. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. CHESTNUT FAS, 4/4", reg. wdth. & igth., 1 yr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo. N. Y. COM. & BTR., 4/4", 6-16", 10-14'. 6 mos. dry. C. M. CRIM & SON, Salem, Ind, COTTONWOOD BOX BDS., 4/4", 9-12"; DOG BDS., 8/4"; FAS, 4/4", 6-12". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. ,„„„ NO. 1 & PANEL, 4/4". 18' & up. ANDER- SON-TULLY CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 8/4, 12/4 & 16/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 10 mos. dry. GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO.. Memphis. Tenn. ,„ ^ NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, 4/4 to 6/4", 4" & up. 10 to 16'. 8 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. ELM— SOFT LOG RUN 6/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville. Ark. , , FAS, 10/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., y, «ry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER COM- PANY, Buffalo, N. Y. j»v, » NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4", reg. wdth. & Igth 4-11 mos. dry, mostly No, 1 C. & Btr.; NO. 3 C, 4/4 & 6/4". reg, wdth, & Igth,. 4-9 mos. dry. EAST JORDAN LUMBER CO.. East Jor- dan, Mich. ,^ , NO 1 C, 6/4", reg, wdth, & Igth,. IS mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO.. INC.. Buffalo. N. Y, COM. & BTR., 12/4", reg. wdth, & Igth,. 1 yr. dry, EVANSVILLE BAND MILL CO,, Evans- ville, Ind, , , „ ,_.. „ NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. » mos. dry. GEORGE C. EHEMANN & CO., Memphis, Tenn. io/<„ NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4, 8/4, 10/4 & 12/4". JACKSON & TINDLE. Grand Rapids, Mich LOG RUN, 4/4 to 12/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. LOG RUN, 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4", 4" & up. 10-16 ,6 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. „„.,-. K,/~ NO. 2 & BTR., 6/4 & 8/4"; No. 3 CRATING. 4/4 & 6/4". MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. „ , ^. ^ LOG RUN. 8/4". reg. wdth. & igth.. dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO.. Seymour, Ind. FAS, 12/4", reg. wdth,, std, Igth,, 2 yrs, dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo. N. Y. ELM— ROCK NO. 2 & BTR.. 8/4": MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhinelander, Wis. GUM— SAP NO. 1 C. & SEL. & NO. 2 C, 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh Pa. FAS, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4". ANDERSON-TULLT CO., Memphis, Tenn. 48 HARDWOOD RECORD February 25, 1919 HARDWOODS FOR SALE NO. 2 C. & BTR., 3/4 to S/4": NO. 1 C. & BTR., QTD., 4 4 lu Si/4". BELLGRADE LUM- BER COMPANY, Memphis. Tenn. FAS, 4/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4"; NO. 1 & 2 C, 6/4'. BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville. Ark. ALL grades 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4". 4 mos. (3ry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. FAS, NO. 1 C. NO. 2 C. & NO. 3 C. all 4 4", av. wJth. &• Igtli.. « nios. drv. RKi i\VX LAND & LU.MBER C(i.. Mempliis, Tpiiii, LOG RUN 4/4-6/4". KRABTZER-CURBD LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, NO. 1 C & NO. 2 C, 4,4, 5/4 & 6/4", 4" & up, lu-iK', i; ,11,1.^ di\-. r. J. LA\\T?ENCE LUMBER Ci>., St. Louis. Mo. GUM-^LAIN RED NO. 1 C. & SEL., 4/4 & 5/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. FAS, NO. 1 C, 4/4. 5/4, 6/4". ANDBRSON- TULLY CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 & BTR., 44 to ,s 4". BELLGR.VDE LUMBER COMPANY, Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4*. BUSS-COOK OAJC. CO« BllssTlUe, Ark. COM. & BTR., 4/4", av. wtlth. & Igth.. 6 mos. dry. i;i;(i\\N LAND & LUMBER CO.. Mem- phis, Tenn. ALL grades 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis, Mo. FAS, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 10 mos. dry; FAS, 4/4", reg. wdth., 10-12'. yr. dry; FAS & NO. 1 C, 6/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 15 mos. dry. GEORGE C. EHEMAKN & CO., Memphis, Tenn. COIVl. & BTR., 4/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, NO. 1 C. & NO. 2 C. 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4", 4" & up. 10-16 ■, f, mos. drv. P. J. L.\WRENCE LUMBER CO.. St. Louis, Mo. GUM— QUARTERED RED NO. 1 C. & SEL., 4/4". ABERDEEN LUM- BER CO., PittshurRh, Pa. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-12/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. COM. A. BTR., 4/4-12/4-. KRABTZHR- CURED LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR.., 4/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 8-12 moB. dry, sliced bds.. highly figured. LOUIS- YILLB VENEER MILLS, Louisville. Ky. GUM— TUPELO NO. 1 C. & SEL., 4/4". ABERDEEN LUM- BER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. ALL grades. 4/4. 5/4, 6/4, 4" t^i up. 10-16'. 8 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. ALL grades, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. GUM— MISCELLANEOUS BOX BDS.. 4/4". 13-17" & 9-12", av. Igth.. 6 mos. dry. BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. LOG RUN. 4/4", std. wdth., 8-16', 2-3 mos. dry. C. M. CRIM & SON, Salem. Ind. HICKORY LOG RUN, 6/4 & 8/4", std. wdth. & Igth., 1-3 mos. dry. C. M. CRIM & SON, Salem. Ind. LOG RUN, 6/4 & 10/4". NICKEY BROS.. INC.. Memphis, Tenn. LOG RUN, 6/4 & 8/4", reg. wdth. ,&: Igth., dry. SW.\IN-ROACH LUMBER CO., Sevmour, Ind. FAS, 8/4, 10/4. 12/4 & 16/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., 12-18 mo.s. dry. Y-B.\GER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. MAHOGANY ALL grades HONDURAS, 4/4-8/4". KOSSE SHOE & SCHLEYEll Cci.. Cincinnati, Ohio. MAPLE— HARD NO. 1 C, 4/4", good wdths.. 14-16'. 2 vrs drv FAS, 10/4", good wdths., 14-16', 2 vrs dry' ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, n" T NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 5/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., sap two sides, 8 mos. dry. BLAKESLEE, PBRRIN & DARLING, Buffalo, N. T. FAS, 10/4". reg. wdth. & igth., drv. BUF- FALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4", std. wdth., 10-16', 4-6 mos. dry. C. M. CRIM & SON. Salem, Ind. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., 5-12 mos. dryy EAST JORDAN LUMBER CO.. East Jordan. Midi. FAS, 5/4". 1 yr. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo. N. Y. LOG RUN, 4/4-8/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. 1 vr. dry. EVANSVILLE BAND MILL CO., Evans- viilf. Ind. FAS & NO. 1 0., 5/4", 1 yr. drv; FAS & NO. 1 C, 4/4", 6" & wider, 1 yr. dry. VTM. HORNER, Reed City. Mich. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 & 16/4"; NO. 2 0 & BTR., 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4"; NO. 3 0, 4/4 & 5/4"; QTD., 6/4 & 8/4". JACKSON & TIN- DLE, Grand Rapids, Mich. FAS, 4/4": NO. 1 & BTR., 111/4 & 12/4"; NO. 2 & BTR., 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4". .MASON-DONALD- SON LUMBER CO.. Rhinelaniler. Wis. LOG RUN, 12/4". PENROD-JURDEN CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 & BTR., 4/4 & 6/4". 6" & wdr.. S' & longer, IS mos. dry; NO. 1 & BTR., NO. 2 C. and NO. 3 C, 5/4". reg. wdth.'Je Igth.. 1 vr.. drv; NO. 1 C, 6/4". 6" & wider. S" & longer, 18 mo"s. di-y; NO. 2 C. & NO. 30., 6/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., l,s mos. dry. WHEELER-TlMLlN LUM- BER CO.. Wausau. Wis. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 to 16/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., yr. to 2 yrs. dry. YE.AGER LUM- BER CO., Buffalo, N. T. MAPLE— SOFT FAS, S/4". 1 vr. drv. G. ELI.\S I'i BRO., INC.. Buffalo, N. Y. LOG RUN, 8/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 1 yr. drv. EVANSVILLE BAND MILL CO., Evansville. Ind. LOG RUN, 4/4, 6/4 & 8/4". 4" & up, 10-16', 4 ir.ci.s. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 6/4". MASON-DONALD- SON LUMBER COMPANY, Rhinelander, Wis. LOG RUN, 10/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., drv. SW.VI.X-ROACH LUMBER CO., Sevmour, Ind. OAK— PLAIN RED NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 6/4". BELLGR.\DE LUMBER COMPANY, Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 4/4". good wdths., 14-16'. 2 vrs. drv. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N.' Y FAS, 10/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., dry, BLAKES- LEE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 5/4, 11" & up, 10' & up. 1 vr. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wavne. Ind. LOG RUN, 4/4 to 8/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 3/4 & 6/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4 & 6/4"; NO. 2 C, 4/4". NICKEY BROTHERS, INC., Mem- phis, Tenn. FAS, 5/4, 6/4 & 12/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4-12/4"; NO. 2 C, 4/4 & 5/4"; SD. WORMY, 4/4". BEDN.A I'OUNG LUMBER CO.. Jackson. Miss. OAK— QUARTERED RED FAS, 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Bliss- ville. Ark. NO. 1 C, 4/4": FAS, 5/4". NICKEY' BROS., INC., Memphis. Tenn. FAS & NO. 1 C, 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4", band-sawn; SEL., NO. 2 C. & SD. WORMY, 4/4". BEDNA YOUNG LUMBER CO., Jackson, Miss. OAK— PLAIN WHITE NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 6/4. BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 0. 4/4', reg. wdth. * Irth., l-I yrs. dry. BLAKKSLBB, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo. 'no. 1 C. & 2 C, 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Blissville, Ark. FAS, 10/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 1 yr. dry. BUFF.\LO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO , Buf- falo, N. Y. LOG RUN, 4/4 to S/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C, 4/4 & 6/4". NICKEY BROS., INC., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C, 4/4. 5/4, 6/4, 8/4 & 12/4". BEDNA YOUNG LUMBER CO., Jackson, Miss. OAK— QUARTERED WHITE NO. 1 0. 4/4" & up. BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville, Ark. NO. 2 C. & BTR. 4/4". BELLGRADE LUM- BER COMPANY, Memphis, Tenn. FAS, % & H", 6" & up, 8' & up, 8 mos. dry; FAS, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 4 mos. and over dry; STRIPS, 4/4", 2H-5V4, reg. Igths., 6 moa. dry; BCKG. BDS., %, 5/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. 8-12 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. FAS, Vn". 10" & up. 10 & 12'; FAS, 4/4", 8" & up. KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEYER, Cincin- nati, Ohio. FAS, hi". %". 4/4 & 6/4"; NO. 1 C, %", 4/4, 5/4 & 8/4". NICKEY BROS., INC., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C, 5/4 & 6/4"; NO. 1 C, NO. 2 C. & SD. WORMY, all 4/4". BEDNA YOUNG LUM- BER CO.. Jackson, Miss. OAK— MISCELLANEOUS NO. 1 0. & SEL. 4/4", 8/4" & 10/4"; NO. 1 C, NO. 2 C. & NO. 3 C, 4/4"; FAS, 10/4". ABER- DEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. COM. & BTR., 1(1/4 & 12/4", av. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dr\-. BROW.X L.\ND & LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 & 2 C, 4/4". std. wdth., reg.. Igth., 2-4 mos. dry: FAS R & W.. 4/4", 6-15". 8-16', bone dry. C. M. ('HIM & SON. Salem. Ind. ALL grades R. & W., 4/4", 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, red & white, 4/4 & 5/4'*, 4" & up, 10 to 16', 8 mos. dry. P. J. LAW- RENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. NO. 3 C, 4/4": CROSSING PLK., 12/4». PENROD-JURDEN CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., lL'/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO., Seymour, Ind. FAS, 4/4-16/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., 12-18 mos. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. PECAN LOG RUN, S/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. POPLAR , NO. 2 C, S/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. 1 vr. dry. EVANSVILLE BAND MILL CO., Evansville, Ind. NO. 1 C, yellow, 10/4 & 12/4"; SAP & SEL., 12/4". KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEYER, Cincin- nati, Ohio. ALL grades 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4", 4" & up, 10-16', S mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Jin. COM, & BTR. 5/8 & 4/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 6-8 mos. dry. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, I-ouisville. Ky. NO. 1 C. & BTR., %-16/4", reg. wdths., std. Igths.. 1 to 2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. SYCAMORE NO. 1 C. & SEL. 6/4"; NO. 2 C. 4/4". ABER- DEEN LUMBER CO.. Pittsburgh, Pa. LOG RUN, 4/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER COMPANY, Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., drv. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO., Seymour. Ind. WALNUT NO. 2 C. 4/4', reg. wdth. & Igth. BLAKES- LEE, PBRRIN & DARLING, Buffalo. N. T. FAS, 4/4". reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. dry; NO. 1 C. 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. dry; COM. & BTR., 5/4", 8" & up, reg. Igths., 9 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO.. Ft. Wavne. Ind. ALL grades & thicknesses, KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEYER CO., Cincinnati, O. February 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 49 Advertisers* Directory NORTHERN HARDWOODS. Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo. .. 4 Barnaby, Charles H 7-15 Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling ... 4 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.. 4 Cobbs &. Mitchell, Inc 3 Coppock, S. P.. Lumber Co 14 Crim, C. M., & Son 14 East Jordan Lumber Co 50 Elias, G., & Bro 4 Evansville Band Mill Company. 14 I^thauer. Theo.. Company 3S Gill-Andrews Lumber Company 16 Hoffman Bros. Company T-2S Jackson & Tindle 44 Jones Hardwood Co 46 Kneeland-Bigelow Co., The 3 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The 35 Maley & Wertz 15 Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co.. .S Mcllvain, J., Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh. Lumber Co 4 Miller. Sturm & Miller 4 Mitchell Bros. Co 3 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-43 North Vernon Lumber Co 15 Palmer & Parker Co 45 Sailing, Hanson Co 44 Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 4 Stearns Salt & Lumber Co 6 Stimson, J. V 7-52 Sullivan, T., & Co 4 Swain-Roach Lumber Co 7-14 Taylor & Crate 4 Tegge Lumber Co 44 Von Platen Lumber Company.. 50 Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co 45 Willson Bros. Lumber Company 6 Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 42 Wood-Mosaic Company 5-7 Teager Lumber Company, Inc. . 4 Young. Bedna Lumber Co 7-15 Young, W. D., & Co 3 OAK. See Lists of Manufacturers on page 7 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co 16 Long-Bell Lumber Co 7 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-43 POPLAR. Anderson-TuUy Co 2- Arlington Lumber Company. RED GUM. Ander.son-Tully Co 2-7-12-51 Bellgrade Lumber Company 10 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-16 Bonner, J. H., & Sons 7-11 Brown. Geo. C. & Co 11 Brown & Hackney, Inc 11 Brown Land & Lumber Co 12 Brown, W. P., & Sons Lumber Company 5 Ehemann, Geo. C, & Co 11 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co 16 Ferguson & Palmer Company. . 11 Gayoso Lumlier Company 10 Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Company 7-10 Memphis Band Mill Co 7-11 Miller Lumber Company 7-37 Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co.... — Penrod-Jurden Company 1-10 Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. 7-12 Russe & Burgess, Inc 10 Sondheimer, E., Co 12 Stark, James E.l & Co 12 Stimson, J. V 7-52 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . 12 Thane Lumber Co 12 Thompson-Katz Lumber Co.... 11 Three States Lumber Co 7-52 Welsh Lumber Co 11 SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. Aberdeen LumlJer Co 39 Anderson-TuUy Co 2-7-12-51 Arlington Lumber Company 7-42 Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo. . . 4 Bellgrade Lumber Company 10 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-16 Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling 4 Bonner, J. H., & Sons 7-11 Brown. Geo. C, & Co 11 Brown Land & Lumber Co 12 Brown, W. P., & Sons Lbr. Co. . 3 Brown & Hackney, Inc 11 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.. 4 Catlin, R. H., Company 46 Cornelius Lumber Company 16 Davis, Edw. L., Lumber Co 5 Dudley Lumber Company 12 Ehemann. Geo. C, & Co 11 Elias, G., & Bro 4 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co 16 Fathauer, Theo., Company 38 Ferguson & Palmer Company.. 11 Gayoso Lumber Company 10 Goodlander - Robinson Lumber Company 7-10 Hoffman Bros. Company 7-28 Kellogg Lumber Company 10 Kerns Lumber Company 45 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The 35 Lawrence, P. J., Lumber Co — Long-Bell Lumber Company... 7 Long-Knight Lumber Company 26 Mcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 4 Maley & Wertz 15 Memphis Band Mill Company.. 7-11 Memphis Hardwood Flooring Company 43 Miller, Sturm & Miller 4 Miller Lumber Co 7-37 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-43 Murrelle, L. D., Lumber Co 10 Nickey Bros., Inc 25 Norman Lumber Company 5 North Vernon Lumljer Co Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co.... Pelican Lumber Company Penrod-Jurden Company 1 Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. 7 Russe & Burgess, Inc Salt Lick Lumber Company.... Sondheimer, E., Company Standard Hardwood Lumber Company Stark, James E.. & Co Stimson, J. V., & Co Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . Sullivan, T., & Co Swain-Roach Lumber Co 7 Taylor & Crate Thane Lumber Co Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. . . . Three States Lumber Co 7 Tustin Hardwood Lbr. Co Vestal Lumber & Manufactur- ing Co Welsh Lumber Co Willett. W. R., Lumber Co Willson Bros. Lumber Co Wisconsin Lumber Company... Wistar, Underbill & Nixon Yeager Lumber Co., Inc Young. Bedna, Lumber Co 7 LUMBER COMMISSION. Alfred P. Buckley 15 46 VENEERS AND PANELS. Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Co. . Anderson -Tully Co 2-7-12- Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co Bird's Eye Veneer Company... Dean-Spickler Company, The.. Hoffman Bros. Company 7- Kiel Woodenware Co Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The Long-Knight Lumber Co Louisville Veneer Mills Mengel, C. C, & Bro. Co Nickey Bros., Inc Ohio Veneer Company Palmer & Parker Co Penrod Walnut & Veneer Co.. Pickrel Walnut Company Rayner, J., Company Stark, James E., & Co St. Louis Basket & Box Co Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . Wisconsin Cabinet & Panel Co. Wisconsin Veneer Company Wood-Mosaic Company MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ETC. Davis, Edw. L., Lumber Co Hoffman Brothers Company... 7 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The Long-Knight Lumber Co Mengel, C. C, & Bro. Co 5 Palmer & Parker Co 45 Pearson, C. H — Penrod Walnut & Veneer Co. . . — Pickrel Walnut Company 27 Purcell, Frank 41 Rayner, J., Company 8 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-16 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 East Jordan Lumber Company. 50 Horner, William 6 Long-Bell Lumber Company... 7 Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co. . S Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co. 43 Mitchell Bros. Company 3 ^alt Lick Lumber Company 6 Stearns Salt & Lumber Co 6 Wilce, T., Company, The 8 Young, W. D., & Co 3 SAWS, KNIVES, ETC. Atkins. E. C, & Co — Hill-Curtis Co 52 SAWMILL MACHINERY. Hill-Curtis Co 52 Sinker-Davis Co — Soule Steam Feed Works — LOGGING MACHINERY. Chickasaw Cooperage Company 34 Godfrey. John F 42 Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co. 42 DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. Grand Rapids Veneer Works... — Philadelphia Textile Machinery Company 6 LUMBER INSURANCE. Davis. A. J., & Co 45 TIMBERLANDS. Lacey, James D., Timber Co... — MISCELLANEOUS. Brookmire Economic Service... — Buck, Frank R., Co 47 Catlin, R. H., Company 46 Childs, S. D., & Co 50 Certus Cold Glue Company 24 Kane Manufacturing Company. — Lumbermen's Credit Assn 50 Pearson, C. H — Perkins Glue Company 28 Valley Dog Loading Co 10 so HARDWOOD RECORD February 25, 1919 VENEER ASH V6-A up to 22' long. Ft. Wayne, Ind. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., ANY thickness. LOmSVILLE! VBSNEKR MILLS, LouisvlUe, Ky. SWD., white, all thicknesses. NICKKT BROTHERS. INC.. Memphis, Tenn. POPLAR CHERRY FMAN BROS. GUM— RED 1/20-A- HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. H-A- up to 22' long. Ft. Wayne, Ind. QTD., FIG'D, any thickness. LOUISVTLLB VENEER MILLfi, Louisville, Ky. FIG., all thicknesses. NICKET BROTHERS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. OAK— QUARTERED WHITE, any thickness, sawed or sliced. THE DEAN-SPICKER CO., Chicago. Hi. MAHOGANY ANY thickness. THE DEAN-SPICKER CO., Chicago, ni. PLAIN & FIGURED, 1/28 to 1/4', Mexican and African. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MA- HOGANY CO., Chicago, lU. ANY thickness. LOUISVTLLB VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. MAPLE QTD., %-ft: PL., %--ft up to 22' MAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. long. HOFF- MISCELLANEOUS ALL Southern hardwoods, rotary cut, any thickness, any size. PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN. Memphis, Tenn. OAK— PLAIN ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. WHITE, 1/20. HOFFMAN BROS. CO.. Ft. Wayne, Ind. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., WALNUT ANY thickness, sawed or sliced. THE DEAN-SPICKER CO.. Chicago, ni ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville. Ky. SL. & RTRY. CUT. HUDDLESTON- MARSH MAHOGANY CO., Chicago, 111. ANYTHING In walnut, veneers, pi. & flg., rty. and sliced. PICKREL WALNUT CO., St. Louis. Mo. CROSSBANDING AND BACKING GUM ANY thickness, LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. GUM QTD. FIG., any thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. MAHOGANY ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville, Ky. STOCK SIZES, 1/4, 5/16 & 3/S", good IS and 2S. HUDDLESTON-MARSH. MAHOG- ANY CO., Chicago, 111. OAK ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. PL. & QTD. 1/4. 5/16 & 3/S", stock sizes, good IS and 2S. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOGANY CO., Chicago, 111. LOCUST ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville. Ky. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 6/4", reg. wdths. & Igths. FERGUSON & PALMER CO., Memphis, TENN. COM. & BTR., 4/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., dry. PEN- ROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, INC., Mem- phis, Tenn. POPLAR ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. PANELS AND TOPS BIRCH STOCK SIZES, 1/4, 5/16 & 3/3", good IS and 2S. HUDDLESTON-MARSH MAHOG- ANY CO., Chicago, 111. COUNTERFEIT CHECKS are frequent except where our Two Piece Geometrical Barter Coin is in use, then imitation isn't possible. Sample if you ask for it. FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT, THOROLY DRY MAPLE 200.000' 4/4 No. 1 C. & B. 24,000' 5/4 No. 1 C. & B. 38.000' 6/4 No. 1 C. i B. 300,000' 8/4 No. 1 C. & B. 100.000' 10/4 No. 1 C. & B. 80.000' 12/4 No. r C. 4 B. 80.000' 14/4 No. 1 C. i B. 50.000' 16/4 No. 1 C. & B. ELM 22.000' 6/4 No. 2 C. & B. 1 20.000' 12/4 No. f C. &. B. 180,000' 8/4 No. 2 C. & B. 1 102.000' 16/4 No. 1 C. & B. BASSWOOD 165.000' 4/4 No. 2 C. & B. 1 5.000' 5/4 Piano key stock. 1 (green) BIRCH 40.000' 5/4 No. 2 C. 4. B. 1 38.000' 5/4 No. 3 Common 15.000' 4/4 No. 3 Common I A Full Line of High Grade Maple East Jordan Lumber Co. ,MPER,"Ar"'Mtpr"nooring East Jofdan, Michigan VON PLATEN LUMBER CO. IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN Manufacturers of NORTHERN HARDWOODS BASSWOOD S/4 No. 3 Com. No. 2 Com. and No. 1 Com. & Btr. 6/4 No. 3 Com. No. 2 Com. & Btr. 8/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE f> T* TV T% f\ f\ IZ Published semi-annually IvIliLI OvIi/IVin February and August It centains a carefully prepared list of the buyere if lum- ber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. Tlia b*ek indicates their financial standing and manner •f meeting obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as the authority sn the line it cover*. A well organized CollecUoQ Department Is alio oper- ated and the aame la epen to yon. Write (or tenna. Lumbermen's Credit Association 608 So. Dearborn Street CHICAGO Mention This Paper E*Ub. 1878 5S John Street NEW YORK CITY ^tj^ If_ You Knew What our BULLETIN SERVICE ipas doing for ^our competitor in the lumber business, youd not only Tvant the service yourself, but YOU'D HAVE IT. Let Us Tell You About It. Hardwood Record :: Chicago Fi-liniary 23, 1910 HARDWOOD RECORD 51 •In touc/i wit/i t/ie THE vital need in shipping hardwood lumber to- day is the ability to fill the order from stocks on hand and to start it forward almost over night. This is true in all lines of hardwood consump- tion. Obviously, to handle such business conscien- tiously the shipper must be in an unusually strong position, as a distinctly curtailed hardwood produc- tion this year puts a frequent strain on the average shipper to properly handle even an ordinary shipment. The ability to meet just such a situation as prevails today has been the goal of our years of development. That goal was long since attained through a diversi- fied output embracing all the products common to our region and through a versatile manufacturing organi- zation cutting on timber picked out years ago when the selection v^as unbroken. Conditions are never so involved but that one or more of our mills can produce the goods on the spot. We have behind our sales a cut of 70,000,000 Feet A Year of SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Anderson -Tully Company Quality GOLDEN RULE Service Memphis Tennessee ^^;k.iv- STIMSON'S MILLS We have to offer from the Hunting- burg Mill the following list of vv^ell manufactured, band savv^n lumber: ^ car 4/4 Ziog' Rna Beech H car 5/4 IiOg Bon Beech 1 car 4/4 Iio? Bun Cherry 1 car 3 " IiOir Bon ELm y^ car 4/4 ZiOg' Bun BIm 2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Sap Gam 3 cars 4/4 No. 2 Com. Sap Gnm 2 cars 4/4x13-17 " Gam Bozboards 1 car 214, 3, 3i4, 4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Hickory 1 car 3 " No. 2 Com. ft Btr. Hard Maple V^ car 4/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. Soft Maple 1 car 4/4 No. Poplar 1 car 4 4 No. Poplar '2 car 5/4 No. Poplar 1 Com. 2 Com. 2 Com. J. V. STIMSON, Huntingburg, Indiana STIMSON VENEER & LUMBER CO. Memphis, Tennessee J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO. Memphis, Tennessee, & Helena, Ark. Three States Lumber Co. MEMPHIS, TENN. Manufacturers of SOUTHERN HARD WOODS BAND MILL: BURDETTE, ARK. The Following Is a List of a Few of the Items We Now Have in Stock: Dry, Ready for Prompt Shipment COTTONWOOD 4 Cars 1" Boxboards, 13 to 17 3 Cars r Boxboards. 8 to 12" 1 Cars 1 FAS., 6' to 12 5 Cars 1" No. 1 Common 5 Cars 1'4" No. 1 Common 4 Cars 1" No. 2 Common 2 Cars 1^4" No. 2 Common 3 Cars 2" FAS. GUM 6 Cars 1" FAS. Sap 5 Cars II4 FAS. Sap 3 Cars 1';' FAS. Sap 6 Cars 1" No. 1 Common 5 Cars 1" No. 2 Common 2 Cars Hi" FAS. Red 2 Cars lli" FAS. Red 1 Car IV2" No. 1 Common 3 Cars 2" FAS. Qtd. Red 2 Cars 2" No. I Com. Qtd. Red OAK 5 Cars 1 FAS. Red 2 Cars 1" FAS. White 2 Cars I'j" No. 1 C. & Btr. Red 5 Cars 1" No. 1 Com. Red 2 Cars 1 No. 1 Com. White 5 Cars 1" No. 2 Red & White 2 Cars 2> 2 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Plain Red Oak 2 Cars 3" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Plain White Oak 5 Cars 2" Log Run Elm 5 Cars 1 ' Log Run Elm 3 Cars 1^4" Log Run Elm 4 Cars 1^2 Log Run Elm 3 Cars 2" Log Run Maple 2 Cars 12 4 ' Log Run Maple 2 Cars 6 4" Log Run Maple 2 Cars S 4" Log Run Maple 3 Cars 1 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Sycamore 5 Cars 1 No. 2 & No. 3 Com. Sycamore 2 Cars 2" Select & Btr. Cypress Our stock is manufactured from a nice class of timber and therefore runs to nice grade and extra good widths and lengths. H'e solicit your request for delivered prices Dixie "E' Saw Mill HILL-CURTIS Dixie Circular Mills America's Standard SEND FOR CIRCULAR CO., Kalamazoo, Mich. DO YOU GENERALIZE IN YOUR MAIL? Thousands of dollars are wasted every month in promiscuous mail matter sent at random to lumber buyers in the hope that somebody may find something he wants. Write a Specific Letter to Actual Users of Each Item and See the Difference If you know exactly what quantity, kind, g^ade and dimension of hardwoods each factory uses and know the name of each buyer you can write a personal letter quoting only on those stocks each buyer really uses — and your total number of letters would not be any greater. Such intelligent mail work is possible — you can secure the necessary information cheaply and quickly. Write lis about it. HARDWOOD RECORD 537 So. Dearborn St. Chicago, III. Semi-Monthly Twenty-Fourth Year 537 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO, MARCH 10, 1919 Subscription $2. Vol. XLVI, No. 10 PENROD FOR WALNUT Enough variety in figure and color to enable you to find anything you may need in the walnut line. It has had plenty of time to become thor- oughly seasoned and will be found in excel- lent condition for particular purposes. "IF WALNUT THEN PENROD" Penrod Walnut & Veneer Co. Kansas City, Missouri The quality of our w^alnut has always been above criticism. It has been so uni- formly satisfactory that many of our cus- tomers never think of inquiring elsewhere when they want walnut. Our service will convince you that you can do no better when you need walnut than to order from the Penrod Walnut & Veneer Co., Kansas City, Mo. A GENERATION IN THE BUSINESS 1 II II !i ;: i I II II Mil II II II II II II II II II II " " I' " " " " " " " II " ' II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II ENTEBED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTEK MAY t«, 1U02, AT I'Ub. I •!. IDI- Kiri<: At <'HI<'4(;i> III rNnKK ACT OF MARTn S. 181» 2 HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 ESTABLISHED 1?98 J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. LUMBEPv Hardwoods A Specialty PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Manufacturers Wholesalers aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiii!!!iimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin^ THIS MARK MEANS Quality-GOLDEN RULE-Service THE ANDERSON-TULLY company MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Southern Hardwood Manufacturers 70,000,000 feet a year iiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii[ffliiiiiiyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiM iiiiiiiiiMiiuiiiiiyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniE March 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality DRY STOCK MARCH 1, 1919 100 II 4/4 Basswood, No. 1 Conuuon 75 M 4 4 Basswood, No. 2 Common 100 M 4 4 Basswood. No. 3 Common 100 M 4/4 Qray Blm, No. 3 Common 60 M 64 Gray Elm, FAS and Selects 100 M 8/4 Gray Blm. No. 2 Common and Better 4 M 4/4 Birdseye Maple, FAS End Dried 30 M 5/4 Maple, Step, FAS 80 M 5 4 Maple, FAS and Selects 50 M 6 4 Maple, Common and Better 70 M 8 4 Maple, FAS and Selects Also have ample stock of dry 4/4 Maple and can fur- nish any grade No. 2 Common or better. Since last September we have been sawing Beech lumber, 5/8. 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4, and Maple 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 16/4 thicknesses. Cobbs & Mitchell mCORPOBATED Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan "FINEST" Maple and Beech FLOORING We are members of the Maple Flooring Mfr's. Association Flooring stamped M. F. M. A. insures quality /. Michigan .'. Hardwood Lumber • OO.OOO' T5.000' SOO.OOO' 60,000' 15.000' 800.000' 17.000' BIECH 2 Com. & Btr. 2 Com. & Btr.. SOFT ELM 2 Com. & Btr.. 1 Com. & Btr., 1 Com. & Btr.. BEECH 2 Com. & Btr., CHEBRY 2 Com. & Btr.. 4/4" 6/4- 4/4- 10/4- 12/4' 4/4- OAK 50.000' No. 2 Com. & Btr., 4/4" mapt.t: 50.000' lst» & 2nds, 4/4- to 16/4- WHITE MAPLE 14.00^ « & 2ndfl. 4/4". end dried HEMLOCK lSt,««« il«rchantable 4/4- ASH 15.000' No. 2 Com. i Btr. , 4/4- Write for Prices W. D.Young & Co. BAY CITY MICHIGAN Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality We have dry, March 1 , 1919— 4 4 Basswood, Birch, Gray Elm, Maple, Birdseye Maple, and Beech 5/4 Beech 6/4 Beech and Gray Elm 8/4 Gray Elm We have part dry — 5/8 Beech 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 16/4 Hard Maple Some grades and widths are piled separately to better meet the requirements of the trade Mitchell Brothers Co. Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan WE WILL QUOTE ATTRACTIVE PRICES ON THE FOLLOWING: 20,000 ft. 1 1/16" X 2" Clear Maple Flooring 35,000 ft. 13/16" X 4" No. 1 & Btr. Maple Flooring 24,000 ft. 1 1/16" X 4" No. 1 & Btr. Maple Flooring 40,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Common & Better Ash 20,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common Ash 200,000 ft. 5/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beech 60,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Beec*- 250,000 ft. 5/4 No. 3 Common Beech 14,000 ft. 4/4 1st & 2nd Birch 60,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 & No. 2 Common Birch 500,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 225,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 65,000 ft. 10/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 75,000 ft. 12/4 No. 2 Common & Better Elm 150,000 ft. 6/4 No. 3 Common Elm 40,000 ft. 8/4 No. 3 Common Elm 30,000 ft. 4/4 No. 3 Common & Better Red and White Oak 10,000 ft. 8/4 No. 2 Common & Better White Oak 5,000 ft. 10/4 No. 2 Common & Better While Oak The Kneeland-Bigelow Company Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber Bay City Michigan HARDWOOD RECORD M;(irh 111, 1919 A i COMPLETE BUFFALO STOCK LIST BBOWDT ASH 9,300' 199,400' 155,200' 80,200' 96,100' 1,900 10,300 4,000 456,600 310,500 74,500 56,900' 7,400' 6,7M 2,000' 1/2 4/4 5 '4 6 4 8 4 10, 4 12 4 16 4 5 6 8 10 12/4 16/4 to 7/8 PAS PAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. WHITE ASH 4,900' 3 '4 145,100 4 4 121,900 5 4 219,100 6 4 134.800 8 4 92,200' 10 4 157,500' 12 4 155,200' 16 4 7,800 3 4 2 Com. 695,700' 4/4 325,400' 5/4 408,100' 6 4 410,800' 8 4 147,600' 10 4 161,400' 12/4 68,300' 16 4 to 7/8 FAI PAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS to 7/8 No. 1 & No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. BASS-WOOD 5,800' 3/4 153,900' 4/4 312,900' 5'4 123,200' 6/4 133,200 8/4 97,400' 10/4 14,700' 12/4 7,000' 16/4 5,700' 3/4 2 Com. 511,100' 4,4 484,000' 5,4 279,000' 6,4 173,800 8/4 67,800' 10/4 60,000' 12/4 13,200' 16/4 to 7/8 FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS to 7 8 No. 1 & No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 8S 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Cora. BED & -WHITE BIRCH 4,800' 600,500' 306,900' 456,200' 317,000' 32,800' 82,700' 12,100' 558,000' 83,600' 61,900' 71,800' 33,700' 18.000' 8,600 555,900 32,000' 125,000' 85,600' 11,700' 44,000' 28,600' 3 4 4 4 5/4 6 4 8,4 10 4 12/4 16/4 4/4 5/4 6/4 8 4 10 '4 12/4 FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No, 1 & 2 Com. CHEBB'X' 3/4 No. 2 C. & Btr. 4'4 No. 2 C. & Btr. 5 4 No. 2 C. & Btr. 6/4 No. 2 C. & Btr. 8/4 No. 2 C. & Btr. 10 4 No. 2 C. & Btr. 12 4 No. 2 C. & Btr. 16 4 No. 2 C. & Btr. CHESTNUT 17,800 3 4 569,900 4 4 179,300' 5 4 102,600' 6/4 114,900' 8'4 12,000' 10 4 10,000' 12 4 3,500' 16 4 59,900 3'4 2 Com. 475,800 4 4 294,000 5 4 225,900 6 4 577,600 8 4 12,000' 10/4 14,600' 12/4 3,200' 16 '4 to 7 8 FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS to 7 8 No. 1 & No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. CYPBESS 157,200 152,500' 121,600 136,500' 61,000 91,700' 1,000' 34,000' 262,200' 192,200 112,400 387,700 139,900 243,000 112,700 4 4 5 4 6 4 8 4 10/4 12/4 14/4 16/4 4 4 5/4 6 4 8 4 10/4 12 4 16 4 PAS FAS PAS FAS PAS PAS PAS FAS Sel., Sel., Sel., Sel., Sel., Sel., Sel., Shop & C. Shop & C. Shop a C. Shop a C. Shop a c. Shop a c. Shop a c. SOFT ELM 312,300 93,100' 226,300' 370,500' 169,800 333,200' 41,600' 670,000' 168,700' 554,400 832,200 329,800 433,100' 83,500 4/4 5/4 6/4 8 4 10 4 12 16 4 5 6 8 10/ 4 12/4 16/4 FAS PAS PAS PAS FAS PAS PAS No. 1 a 2 No. 1 a 2 No. 1 a 2 No. 1 a 2 No. 1 a 2 No. 1 a 2 No. 1 a 2 Com. Com. Com. Com. Com. Com. Com. RED GUM 2,000 3 4 299,400' 4/4 117,300' 5 4 118,000 6 4 117,300' 8 4 1,500' 3/4 186,000 4 4 97,600' 5 4 69,700' 6/4 66,300' 8/4 19,500' 8/4 15,000' 8'4 FAS FAS FAS PAS FAS No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. Qta. PAS Qtd. No. 1 C. SAP GUM 144,700' 33,000' 19,500' 36,700' 2,500' 58,900' 59,200' 108,000' 61,500' 13,000' 5,500' 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 3/4 4/4 5'4 6/4 8/4 8/4 8/4 FAS PAS PAS PAS No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. Qta. FAS Qta. No. 1 c. K&BD MAPI.E 4,500' 164,100 269,700' 284,900' 561,000' 363,400' 365,900' 8,600' 191,800 7,900' 2 C 616,500 355,000' 285,300' 673,800' 426,100' 353,100' 3.000 ' 123,300 3/4 4/4 5/4 6/4 8 4 10/4 12/4 14/4 16 4 3 4 om. 4 4 5'4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 14/4 16/4 PAS to 7 8 PAS PAS PAS PAS PAS PAS PAS FAS to 7 8 No. 1 a No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. SOFT MAPLE 142 44, 45, 259 64, 105 51 2 ,200' 800 900 ,600 ,900' ,800' 500 800' 200' 3 4 4/'4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16 4 3/4 to 7 8 FAS PAS PAS FAS PAS PAS FAS FAS to 7 8 No. 1 a Also Beech, Butternut, Ceaar, Cottonwood, Bock Elm, Hickory, Mahog'any, Plain ana Qaarterea Sycamore. 152,900' 4/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 56,900' 5 4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 35,600 6 4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 196,500 8/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 30,100 10 '4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 118,100' 12/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 36,900' 16/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. PLAIN BED OAK 296,900' 3 8 to 7 '8 PAS 780,000 4 4 FAS 303,500' 5 4 PAS 409,100 6 4 PAS 475,500 8 4 PAS 273,600 10 4 FAS 248,600' 12/4 PAS 105,200' 16 4 PAS 74,400' 5/8 to 7 8 No. 1 a 2 Com. 931,900 4/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 351,200' 5/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 239,300' 6/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. 455,800' 8/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 238,500' 10 4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 200,600 12 4 No. 1 & 2 Com. 60,400 16 4 No. 1 a 2 Com. QUABTEBED BED OAK 9,700' 3/4 to 7/8 FAS 104,400' 4/4 FAS 29,800' 5/4 PAS 43,300' 6/4 PAS 7,700' 8/4 PAS 2,200' 10/4 PAS 1,500 12/4 PAS 3,800' 16/4 FAS 11,100' 3/4 to 7 8 No. 1 a 2 Com. 174,700' 4/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 45,700 5/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 41,300' 6/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 24,200' 8,'4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 4,000' 10/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 3,600 12/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. 1,000 I6/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. PLAIN -WHITE OAK 133. 533 318 208 353 355 409, 4, 132. 55 612, 227, 197, 666, 516, 585, 176, 100 ' ,100' ,400' ,800' ,200' ,600' 300' 50O' 700' ,200' 3 8 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 14/4 16/4 3/4 2 Com. 200' 4 4 600' 400' 600' 400' 400' 700' 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16 4 to 7/8 FAS FAS PAS PAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS to 7 8 No. 1 a No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. QUABTEBED -WHITE OAK 98,500' 277,100' 73,500' 126,800' 83,800' 18,000' 26,800' 6,900' 190,700' 2 C 273,500' 135,300' 112,500' 95,500' 3,900' 14,100' 2,800' 1/2 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16/4 1/2 om. 4,'4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16/4 FAS to 3 4 FAS FAS FAS pa:: FAS PAS PAS to 3 4 No 1 a No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. POPLAB 112,800' 158,400' 66,500' 62,600' 166,100' 42,800' 59,400' 91,900' 48,000' 373,500' 79,000' 66,600' 72,100' 27,000' 122,600' 17,500' 101,100' 2 C 779,800' 272,700' 322,400' 647,300' 105,900' 137,000' 33,800' 5 8 4/4 5 '4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16/4 5/8 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10 4 12 4 16 4 5/8 om. 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16/4 to 7 8 PAS PAS PAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS Saps a Sel. Saps a Sel. Saps a Sel. Saps a Sel. Saps a Sel. Saps a Sel. Saps a Sel. Saps a Sel. to 7 8 No. 1 a No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. -WALNUT 10,700' 5/8 to 7 8 No. 2 Com. a Btr. 273,100' 4/4 No. 2 C. a Btr. 37,600' 5/4 No. 2 C. a Btr. 70,600' 6/4 No. 2 C. a Btr. 62,800' 8/4 No. 2 C. a Btr. 12,500' 10/4 No. 2 C. a Btr. 16,500' 12/4 No. 2 C. a Btr. 7,500 16/4 No. 2 C. a Btr. Address all Inquiries to JOHN E. CHAMBERLIN BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER EXCHANGE 90 Johnson Pk., Buffalo, N. Y. i * >*fg> ^1 Marib 10. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 Double Band Mill For Sale Including: Carriages Niggars Loaders Trimmer Edgers Resaws Sprockets and Chain Shafting and Pulleys Engine — 28% x 62 Log Machinery All the Machinery for a Clothes Pin Mill Filing Room Equipment crpL< § TEARNS SALT i> LUMBER CO. LudingtokMich. NORTH CAROLINA PINE AND WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Capacity 300,000 Ft. per Day Conway, S. C. Jacksonville, N. C. Hertford, N. C. MILLS Porterwood, W. Va. Wildell, W. Va. MUl Creek, W. Va. Willson Bros. Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS MAIN OFFICE: PITTSBURGH, PA. Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT UCK KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF Oak Flooring Complete stock of 3/8" and 13/16" in all standard widths ^iiiiiiiii|[]iiiiiiiiiiric]iriiiiiiiiiii] IC3III iiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiii[] iiiiimuiiiiiiiiiiiiciiiiuiiiiic^ COMMERCIAL I KILN DRYING | j Modem Kilns | 1 s I We do a large amount of this j I work and are in a position to quote j I prices that will be satisfactory, j I Wire or w^rite us, or better | I still, send along your ship- | I ments of lumber for kiln | I drying and they w^ill be i I taken care of, I = g I WILLIAM HORNER I I REED CITY, MICHIGAN | •MiiiiiirtiiDiiii iiic]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiriiiiii[3iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiijii>iii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiijiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiii| for VENEER . No checks or splits. Enor- mous output. Low labor cost The Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. PkiUdelphia VON PLATEN LUMBER CO. IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN Manufacturers of NORTHERN HARDWOODS BASSWOOD 1 5/4 No. 3 Com. No. 2 Com. and No. 1 Com. & Btr. ' 6/4 No. 3 Com. No. 2 Com. & Btr. 8/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. .ii. March 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD A— Manufaoturer of Implement Stock. B— Haoufaoturer •1 Car Hattfttl. C— MaBufaotur«r •( Faetenr DImantiM ' Hat Individual Dliplay Ad •■ P«*» DaaliaatM. Fine Veneers and Hardwood Lamber Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc N«w Albany, Ind. Manufacturer Veneers and Hardwood Lumber HofiFman Brothers Company Manufacturer Ft. Wayne. Ind. (*See page 'VS) Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber and Flooring The Mowbray & Robinson Company Cincinnati, Ohio (•See page — ) Writ* for List and Price* North Vernon Lumber Company Manufacturer iwrki a m & North Vernon, INDIANA (•See pape 36) Long-Bell Lumber Company Band Saw Operators In Southern Hardwoodi Kansas City, Missouri A. B. C— 15 years' supply assured by 32,000 acres Vlrffln Bt. Francis Basin Timber, largely Oah. Tschody Lumber Company, .-iccrtiroi Manufacturer. KanBaw Caty. MISSOURI Not one of them posseeses much valufi as a source of lumber, and only the Southern l\v oak Is abundant. Ws carry a complete stock of plain and quartered Red and W^lte Oak In all specifications. Our facilities for prompt shipments ere second to none. BAKEB-MATTHEWS LBR CO. ---oJ'AVIS; Memphis. Tenn. Manufacturer MlooUUKI Charles H. Barnaby Manufacturers of Band Snwn Hardwood Lumber and Veneers Greencastle, Ind. (*See iKik'e — ) We have to offer at present 1 car 4/4 FAS Quartered White Oak, 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C. & Bet Quartered Bed Oak SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. ..,__ .... Manufacturer Seymour^ IINUIANA (*See page 5li) J. V. Stimson Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hardwood Lumber Huntingburg. Indiana " ('Sre page 41) Miller Lumber Company Manufacturer and Dealer In All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Marianna» Arkansas ( •See page 52) Nice stock of dry 4/4, 6/4 & 6/4 Plain Red and White Oak on hand at Burdelte. Ark., for prompt shipment. THREE STATES LUMBER CO.-.p.»«,v.cci?ir Manufacturer. Memphis * CPirMtLaaci!. B & C— We Manufacture Hardwood From Pine West Virginia Timber, WARN LUMBER CORPORATION Raywood. W. Va. (•See pase 1-) J. H. Bonner & Sons Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Memphis. Tenn. Mill: Jonquil, Ark. A. B & C— Carr Lumber Company, Inc. Blltmore Hardwoods Pisgah Forest, N. C Manufacturer W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. 0 Band Mills manufacturlno hardwsedi Louisville, Ky. Band Sawed, Steam Dried. Arkansas Hardwoods Edgar Lumber Company Wesson. Arkansas \ ("See page 6) Salt Lick Lumber Company Hardwood Manufacturer Salt Lick, Kentucky | (*See pa{;e 10) Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwood LumtMr and Quartered Oak, Ash and Gum Memphis. Tennessee Our Lumber Is Well Manufactured and Well Taken Care of. Write us for prices In anything In hardwoods. THE FERD BRENNEB LUMBER COMPANY, Alexandria, LOUISIANA CSee PUh'e 11 ! Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. Manufacturer of Hardwoods Memphis. Tennessee We have for fall shipment large stock of 10/4 and 12/4 C. & Bet. Oak; other thlckneaaea from 4/4 to 8/4 In all grades. FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Manufacturer, NashvlUe. TENNESSEE Special. ALTON LUMBER COMPANY ^ 1 car 9/4 Government Quality White Oak ^^ 1 car 14/4 Government QuaUty White Oak ^= 20 cars 4/4. 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut ^= West Virginia ^ Buckhannon, for ariyihi ng in OAK write these representative firms B & C Manufacturers Band Saned Plain and Quartered. Oab and otiier Hardwood Lumber Hillyer-Deutsch-Edwards, Inc. San Antonio, Texas 5 cars 4/4 White Oak FAS & No. 1 C. 10 care 6/4 Plain Red Oak Stepa FAB & No. 1 C. W1LUAU80N-KCNT HILL & LUMBBB CO. MannfBCtnrer, Mound City, ILLINOIS (•See page 15) Special— 500.000 ft. 4/4 FAS Plain Whit* & Red Oak LAHB-FISH LUMBER CO. ,,,ccicciddi Mannfacttirer, Charleston, MlSSISSIrPI Bedna Young Lumber Company Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Sales Office: Band Mill: GREENSBURG. IND. JACKSON. TENN. Please let us have your inquiries The hardest oak lacks much of being as hard as lignum vltae; the strongest Is weaker than locust; the hea\iest is lighter than man- grove; but In average of good qualities it would be hard to find a wood superior to oak. We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber ■ C. & W. Kramer Company Richmond, Indiana B— We specialize In White and Red Oak and In Quartered Red Gum. We solicit your Inqulrlea. ALEXANDER BROTHERS, n/iieeieeioDi Manofactnrfre. BeUonl. Ivllaal33lf rl C — Special 1 car 8/4120" Qtd. Red Oak Beat Stock 1 car 6/4x18" Old. White Oak Seat Stock 1 car 4/4zl2" & wdr. Plain Oak ARKLA LBR. ft MFO. CO., «og Run .\bove Stock is of Regular WnUlis .ind Lengths and all Air Dried KELLOGG LUMBER COMPANY BANK OF COMIVIERCE BUILDING 12.000 13.000 5/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. fi/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 23.000' 1x13-17" Box Boards 18,000' 1x8-12" Box Boards RED GUM 5.000' 2" FAS 30.000' 1" No. 1 Com. 5.000' 2" No. 1 Com. 4.000' IVz" Dog Boards 12.000' 2" Dog Boards QUARTERED RED GUM 27.000' 2" FAS 14.000' 2" No. 1 C'lin. POPLAR (Sap No Defect) 15.000' 4" FAS 65.000' 1" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 3.000' IW' No. 1 Com. 30.000' 2" No. 2 Com. 10.000' 1%" No. 2 Com. PLAIN OAK 140.000' 1" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 62.000' IVi" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 85,000' 1%" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 70.000' 2" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 85.000' 2%" No. 2 Com. & Btr. .58.000' 3" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 25.000' 4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. MISCELLANEOUS STOCK 11.000' 1" Tenn. Bed Cedar 34.000' 2^6" Log Run Maple 31.000' 3" Log Run Elm 4.500' Hi" Log Run Qtd. Blacl; Gum. Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. 2| 11 ^^^SSSS^^SSSJSSSSSSSSSSSSS5S^S^SS^^^^^^^^S^N^.^S^^SSSSS^SSS^^SSSSSS5S^ M<>iiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiui> TTTimTFTTiimi^ni!iinaiiiiiii'iiiiiilOfO% iiiMiiMiiiMimiini'ji ;i::.LU.i: i:iii:h:.ii: i,ii,'niinirn';,',i.-...iii ,. .•^^■uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiimii';^<t I.i-nctli Reg. 4/4". Reg. 4/4". Reg. Reg. Width Reg. Width Reg. Width Reg. Width Beg. Width Reg. Width Reg. Width GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO. In addition to Re;^ular Slock of Ash Lumber we have the following Bone Dry Stock upon which we will quote especially attractive prices on request: ASH 1 Car 8/4 FAS & Select Ash, modiuni texture 1 Car 8/4 FAS. regular widths and lengths ■2 Cars 8/4x10" & 11". FAS & Selects 1 Car 8/4x12" & up. FAS & Selects, all 8' to 10' 1 Car 10/4 FAS and Select Ash. me- dium texture 1 Car 12/4 FAS aiid Select Ash, me- dium texture 1 Car 5/4x3 to 5%", 1 Face Clear Ash Strips 1 Car S/4x3" & up, 1 face Clear Ash. 4' to 7' 1 Car 12/4x3" & up. 1 face Clear A.sh. 4' to 7' 2 Cars 6/4 No. 1 Cora. Ash, re^^lar lengths and widths G Cars 8/4 No. 1 Cora. Ash. regular lengths and widths 1 Car 10/4 No. 1 Com. Ash, re^lar lengths and widths 1 Car 6/4 No. 2 Com. Ash, regular lengths and widths 1 Car 8/4 No. 2 Com. Ash. regular lengths and widths 1 Car 5/4 Sound Wormy Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. tiTD. WHITE OAK IS.M' 4/4" FAS 20M' 4/4" No. 1 Com 12M' 4/4" No. 2 Cora •SM' S/4" FAS SM' 8/4" No. 1 Com PLAIN WHITE OAK IHM' 4/4" FAS 40M' 4/4" No. 1 Com ISM' 4/4" No. 2 Com. :)0M' 4/4" S. SOM' 4/4" No. 2.'')M' 5/4" No. 6M' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 9M' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 22M' 6/4" No. 2 Com. 30M' 6/4" No. 3 Com. 20M' G/4" S. Wormy :io.M' s/4" FAS 20M' S/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 42M' 4/4" FAS SOM' 4/4" No. 1 Com. Wormy 3 Cora. 1 Com 4o.\r 4/4" No. 2 Com, eOM' 4/4" No. 3 Com, JOJt' 4/4" S. Wormy 4.M' 6/4" FAS SM' fi/4" No. I Com. lOM' 6/4" No. 2 Cora, 12.M' 6/4" No. 3 Cora, SAP GUM 15M' 4/1" Wide Box Boards tlOM' 4/4" FAS 3-OM' 4/4" No, 1 & 2 Common 70M' 5/4" FAS 330M' 5/4" No, 1 & Comraon 60M' 6/4" FAS 320M' 6/4" No. I & Common QTD, SAP GUM 20M' 8/4" FAS 30M' 8/4" No, 1 Conr, BROWN & HACKNEY. Inc RIA) GUM 50JI' 4/4" FAS 30M' 4/4" No, 1 Com, ISM' 6/4" FAS 50.M' 6/4" No, 1 Com, QTD, RED GUM 40M' S/4" FAS 60M' S/4" No. 1 Com, jngCELLAN-EOUS 15M' 4/4" Wide Cot- iniiwood Box Boards 20M' 4/4" Narrow Cot- tonwood Box Boards 6M' 6/4" L, B, Soft .Mapio fiM' 4/4" L, R, Soft Maple 130M' 6/4" Com, & Btr, Elm 60M' 6/4" No, 2 & 3 Com, Elm 50.M' S/4" L. R, Pecan ELM 100,000' L, R,. 12/4" 7.'i, 100, 17, 50, 100, 13, PLAIN RED GUM 000' FAS. 4/4" No, 1 Com,, 4/4" No, I Com, & Btr,. 6/4" QUARTERED RED GUM 000' FAS. 4/4" 000' No, I Com,. 4/4" 000' No. 1 Cora, & Btr,. 6/4" PLAIN GI^I 000' FAS. 5/8" PLAIN SAP GUM 000' No, 1 Com.. 4/4" ,000' No, 2 Com,, 4/4" 000' B. B,. 4/4". 9 to 12" Aliorc Stoi.'It Is ot Rcgu! 100,(1110' B, li,, 1/4". 13 to 17" 20,000' FAS. 4/4". 13" & up HICKORY 26,000' No. 2 Com. & Btr., 12/4" PLAIN RED OAK 17,000' FAS, 4/4". 8 to 10' 15.000' FAS. 4/4" PLAIN WHITE OAK 15.001)' FAS. 4/4" S2.000' No, 1 Com,, 4/4" 17,000' FAS, 10/4" 16,500' FAS. 12/4" 22.000' FAS, 16/4" PLAIN RED OAK 100,000 • No, 1 Com, & Btr,. 10/4" 300.000' No, : Com, & Btr.. 12/4" lar Width,s and lAniKths Ferguson & Palmer Co. 15,000' 5/4" FAS 40,000' 6/4" No, 1 Com, 15,000' 6/4" FAS 20.000" 6/4" No, 1 Com. 60.000' 8/4" Com, & Btr, 50.000' 10/4 ' Com. & BIT 30.000' 12/4 ' Com. & Btr. SOFT ELM 150.000' 4/4" Log Run 20.000' 5/4" Log Run 200.000" 8/4" Log Run 75.000' 10/4 ' Log Run 60.000" 12/4 ' Log Run SOFT MAPLE 20.000' 4/4" Log Run 35.000" 6/4" Log Run 60.000" 8/4" Log Run 25.000' 10/4 ' Log Run PECAN 35.000' S/4" Log Run SAI> GUM 35.000' 4/4" Panel. 18" & up 100.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 13 to 17" 200.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 7 to 12" 100.000' 4/4" FAS. 13 to 17" 150.000' 4/4" FAS, 6 to 12" 200.000' 4/4" No, 1 Cora, 25,000' 5/4" No, 1 Com, 150.000' 6/4" No. 1 Cora, 25.000' 8/4" No, 1 Com, SELECTED RED GL"M 250,000' 4/4" FAS 300,000' 4/4" No, 1 Com. 25.000' 5/4" FAS 50.000' 5/4" No, 1 Com. 60.000' 6/4" FAS 150.000' 6/4" No, I Com. 40.000' 8/4" No, 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 100,000' 4/4" FAS 150,000' 4/4" .No, 1 Cum, GEO. C. BROWN & CO. OUR AIM To make well and to trade fairly. To profit not alone in dollars but in the good will of those with whom we deal. To correct our errors. To improve our op- portunities and to rear from the daily work a structure which shall be known for all that's best in business. OAK, HICKORY, ASH CYPRESS, TUPELO, COTTONWOOD GUM, SYCAMORE, ELM, MAPLE MEMPHIS BAND MILL CO. MANUFACTURERS SAP GUM 5 cars 1" FAS 3 cars 5/4" FAS 5 cars 6/4" FAS 7 cars 4/4" Box Boartls. 9 to 12 12 cars 4/4" 13 to 17" Box Boards RED GUM 5 cars 13/17" PAS 2 cars 5/4" FAS 2 cars 6/4" FAS 5 cars 4/4" No, 1 Cora. 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. 3 cars 6/4" No. I Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM i cai» 8/4' No. 1 Com. & Btr. ] cars 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. > car» 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. J. H. BONNER & SONS ASH 50.000' 5/4" Log Run 16.000' S/4" Log Run BEECH 12.000' 6/4" Log Run 26.000' 10/4" I,,OE Run CYPRESS 55.000' 4/4" Shop & Bet. 35.000' 8/4" .Shop & Ket. 12.500' 12/4" Sel. & Bet. ELM 25,000' 5/4" Log Run 25,000' 12/4" log Run 30,000' 6/4" Crini. & Bet, 7.009' 16/4" Com, & Bet, PLAIN RED GUM 60,000' 4/4" Com, & Bet, 52,000' .5/4" Com, & Bet, 27.000' 6/4" Com, & Bet, QUARTERED RED GUM 12,500' 4/4" Com, & Bel, 30,000' S/4" Com, & Bet, 50,000' 4/4" No, 2 Com, WELSH LUMBER COMPANY PLAIN RED OAK 5 cars 4/4" FA!" 1 car .1/4" FAS 1 car 6/4" FAS f cars 4/4" No, I Com. •.' cars 5/4" No, 1 Com, 6 cars 4/4' No 2 Cora. 1 car 5/4" No, 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 10 cars 4/4" No 1 Com, & BU 3 cars 6/4" No, 1 Com. & Btr. 2 6/4" No, 1 Com, & Bti, a cars 4/4" No 2 Com. 1 car 6/4" No, 3 Com, 10 cars 6/4" No, 3 Com, ELM 4 cars 6/4" Log Run •/. cars 6/4" Log Run cars 8/4" Log Run 2 cars 10/4 " Log Run 4 cars 12/4 ' Log Run QUARTERED S.A1> GUM 25,000' S/4" Com. & Bel. PLAIN SAP GUM 250 000 ' 4/4" Log Run 335.000' 5/4" Log Run 460.000' 6/4" Log Run PLAIN WHITE OAK 26,000' 4/4" FAS 4,000' S/4" FAS 50,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com, 10.000' S/4" No, 1 Cora. PLAIN RED OAK 2S,000' 5/4" FAS 11,000' S/4' FAS 100.000' 4/4" No. I Com. 25.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. IS. 000 S/4" No, 1 Com. POPLAR 10.000' 4/4" Saps & Bet, 15.000' X/4" Saps & Bet. 3S.000' 4/4" No, 1 Com, S5.0O0' S/4" No, 1 Com, it r March 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 13 M^ M^Mi;>MIfS ^is^SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS5SSS55SSSSS5S^^ 1 HHITE ASH 1 A SB 1 12.000' 4/4" FAS. Kefcular 4.000' 6/1" FAS. Regular 64,000' 12.000' 8/4" 12/4 FAS. Regular ' FAS. Regular 1.000' 14/4 ' FAS. Regular 20.000' 16/4 * FAS. Regular 2,000' 20/4 ' FAS. Regular 3.500' 4/4" FAS. 10" & ur 3.000' 6/4" FAS. 10" & up 2S.000' 8/4" FAS. 10" & up 11.000' 12/4" FAS. 10" & up l.noo' G/4" FAS. 12" & up OUR SPECIALTY e.noo' s/4" PAS. 12" & lip 18,000' 12/4" PAS. 12" & up 25.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 18.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 152.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 102.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. S.oon' 10/4" No. 1 Com. 4.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. 17.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 4.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 3,000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. 10. 000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. 2.000' 16/4" No. 2 Com. JOHN M.WOODS LUMBER CO I L. D. Murrelle Lumber Co. i MANUFACTURER AND WHOLESALER Northern & Southern HARDWOODS CHICAGO OFFICE: 605 Tacoma BuildinE MEMPHIS, TENN.: Cotton Exchange Building SPECIALS For QUICK SHIPMENT 3 cars 4/4 Select Cypress — 12 Mo. dry. S cars 8/4 No. 1 C. & B. Qtd. Sap Gum— 18 Mo. dry. 10 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Plain Red Oak— 18 Mo. dry. 5 cars 5/4 No. 1 Com. Plain Red Oak— 18 Mo. dry. 4 cars 6/4 No, 2 C. & B. Soft Maple— 12 Mo, dry. 5 cars 8/4 No. 2 C. & B. Soft Maple— 18 Mo. dry. 5 cars 12/4 No. 2 C. & B. Soft Maple— 18 Mo. dry. 3 cars 12/4 No. 2 C. & B. Soft Elm— 18 Mo. dry. , IVrite or wire for attractive prices Baker-Matthews Lumber Co. We insure you experienced attention to your orders for southern hardwood lum- | ber and hi gh grade sawed and sHced sou them veneers. Quartered oak and figured gum are specialties Nickey Brothers, Incorporated MANUFACTURERS Buy in Memphis Memphis is the nerve centre of the southern hardwood industry. Memphis leads in variety, quantity and qual- ity of hardwoods produced. Memphis offers a wonder- ful source for selection by careful buyers. The present and future of the southern hardwood industry revolve about the Bluff citv. 11 nI i 111 I >^ 1 1 I 1 1 1;?^ i!ii;iiiiiiiiiinniiiiNiiiiinniiiiiPiiiii(n[iii;iiiiniiiiiiiiiiiii[iniiiiiiiiiiliii;Mlll!iiilli>w-^'.-/v^>J■^^'■^'^^'-^-^~-^^;^>",.■i-^^-^l---J-v-'.■--;',^,'-' '^'-.^>^^-•^^~-'^^-'^'nV'-v^vv".'X^^^-- ■.V-.'.y5;'. WI0 '^0Mt. Oak Ked gum Cottonwood . . . . Cypress FCM-t 15-1,822,000 143,542,000 43,283,000 . . 29,795,000 Yellow poplar 15,939,000 While it is generally known that Mississippi is a big hardwood state, the importance of the Mis- sissippi product is seldom definitely considered, as usually it passes through other gateways where mingling with woods from other regions it loses its individual identity. Mississippi s u p- plies more than 9 per cent of the wood used by facto- ries in Illinois. This is a striking indica- tion of the impor- tance of the Missis- sippi product, as Il- linois is the biggest wood consuming state in the Union. The annual hardwood cut or Mississippi is as follows: Hickory 8.433.000 .\sh S.OliO.OOll Elm 4,646,000 Tupelo 1.877,000 Maple 847,000 Indicating the quality of Missis- sippi timber the southern red oak reaches its best de- velopment in that state and the same can be said of forked leaf white oak. Famous au- thorities pronounce the yciiow oak in the Yazoo Delta of Mississippi as unsurpassed by yellow oak from any part of '$:^wm Marob 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 15 ^!^^■:.^^-^'^ /<-:;;;?,<- ^4:'^.J:■■;::■?,;-.V^^SV'^";V!yA■'^V^/v^ Hi Mg0 *** "' ' Tuii-irf ^Wi^<■illi^ m::: '■'y'i'^-'.'-i;-:-' this country. This comes under the general clas- sification of red oaks and is grouped with turkey oak, Spanish oak, water oak and willow oak. Un- der white oaks the species in Mississippi com- prise common white oak, overcup or forked leaf, cow oak and post oak. The state has a big production of elm, includ- Not only is Mississippi now among the foremost liardwood producing states and up with the best in the point of quality, but it has resources of standing hardwood of the various species listed which will keep it in the running and up among the leaders for a good many years to come. All the figures and statement above are strictly iiig the lemiuig species. There is also one species each of tupelo, cypress, gum and poplar. While several kinds of hickory and two varieties of ash occur, the most important specie of ash is the famous white ash. Of late years there has been a strong trend toward factory location at sources of hardwood supply. Darnell-Love Lbr. Co. Leiand, Miss. authoritative and based on official information and pronouncement. Through this publicity Mis- sissippi hopes to gain your interest and your rec- ognition of its ability to stand on its own resources of raw material and producing capacity, of mod- ern equipment, of integrity of its operators and of its ability to make good on service. Tallahatchie Lbr. Co. Philipp, Miss. Lamb-Fish Lbr. Co. Charleston, Miss. E.L.Hendrick Lbr. Co. Oakville, Miss. Barr-Holaday Lbr. Co. Louise, Miss. Greenfield, O. Natchez Lumber Co. Natchez, Miss. Kraetzer-Cured Lbr. Co. Greenwood, Miss. Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Co. Sardis, Miss. >yy.f:'-k'i:-::-'i': '--.'.•--•■i'-'i-?, mm :■;^'y•'C■'^^^'■'^ 16 HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 CHICAGO, ILL. FISHER BLDG. DETROIT, MICH. rOKD BLDG. Our system of monthly Stock Sheets and Specials OAK and TUPELO tells you in an instant what your requirements will cost delivered. If you are not receiving them, let us know. Everything in Southern Hardwood P. J. Lawrence Lumber Co. SYNDICATE TRUST BUILDING ST. LOUIS, MO. REFORM, ALA. MESSLER, MO. Walnut Of Character and Color Manafactared at Kansas City, U. S. A. Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness Thirty-five years' experience IN WALNUT ONLY Prompt Shipment, and Guaranteed Inspection FRANK PURCELL 515 Dwight Building, KANSAS CITY, MO. BUSS-COOK OAK CO. BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS MANUFA CTURERS Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. As Well As OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried or kiln dried, rough or dressed MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY •^:;w!KtyAwy'iwiwi»i'roMMWwaKi)tiMa^^ Table of Contentsl REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: General Market Conditions 17 Organizing a Building Campaign 17 The Problem of the Immigrant 18 The Policy of Purchasing Now 18 Vigilance Necessary 18 SPECIAL ARTICLES: Important Announcements from Washington 19-20 Export Restrictions Removed 20 Lumber Market in South Europe 21 Expositions of American Lumber 21 The Uses of Birch Veneer , 23 Investigations Lead to Knowledge 23-24 Perfecting Waterproof Glue ^ 24 Douglas Fir Veneer for Trunks 24 English Walnut Veneer .24 Very Small Sawmilling 30i-30j New Rules American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 22c-22j and 30a-30h Pertinent Legal Findings 30j CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Wisconsin Loggers Meet 22-22b Lumbermen Meet at Memphis 22b American Lumber Congress 30j Miscellaneous 31-32 THE MAIL BAG 31 WITH THE TRADE * 32-34 PERTINENT INFORMATION 35 HARDWOOD NEWS 35-41 HARDWOOD MARKET .42-45 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 46-47 HARDWOODS FOR SALE .' 47-50 ..SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: In the United States and Its poseesBlons. and Canada, $2.00 the year; In foreign countries. $1.00 extra postace. In conformity with the rules of the postofflce department, subacrlptlona are payable In advance, and in default mt written orders to the contrary, are continued at eur eptlon. Instructions for renewal, discontinuance, or change of address, should be sent one week before the date they are to go Into effect. Both old and new addresses must bo given. Both display and classified advertising rates furnished upon application. Advertising copv must be received five days in advance of publication dates. Entered as second-class matter May 26, 1902, at the postofflc» at Chicago. III., under act et March 8. 1879. Shawano County Hard Maple Is Our Specialty Complete Stock of Northern Hardwoods BASSWOOD 4/4" No. 2 Common and Better, All Grades WAUSAU, WISCONSIN GILL-ANDREWS LUMBER CO. Cu^yiitjht, The IlMtDwooD Cumtany, 1919 Published in the Interest of the American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Logging, Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery, on the 10th and 25th of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Edgar H. Defebaugh, President Edwin W. Meeker, Managing Editor Hu Maxwell, Technical Editor Seventh Floor Ellsworth Building 53 7 So. Dearborn St., CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087 Vol. XLVI. CHICAGO, MARCH 10, 1919 No. 10 Review and Outlook 'H <;ii General Market Conditions THE PAST TWO WEEKS have brought trade forward consider- ably. In the furniture trade especially it has resulted in a marked increase in future buying. Several large orders have been recorded recently, some up to a half million feet for future delivery, and altogether the strength of the hardwood situation has been aug- mcnt<>d to a marked extent. The improvement might be attributed to various causes among them being the greater confidence instilled by final settlement of the question of government work, which ruling, giving protection to bona fide contracts, has benefited business and industry in aU directions. Contributing also to the renewal of demand is the growing need for hardwoods in the furniture trade and the in- creased efforts on the part of manufacturers of all articles to boost sales and increase markets. The psychological effect of the nation-wide desire to keep the wheels turning is having something to do with the noticeable improvement as the tendency is to recognize that commodity prices now standing will not break to any great degree. In spite of the pessimistic talk one usually hears on the building outlook, especially among those who apparently are closely in touch with the building situation, the actual records in the case are not nearly so gloomy. Ecports show Chicago permits to be in excess of what might reasonal)ly be expected, and our prediction that the man who builds for his own use will shortly go ahead is being borne out everywhere. Of course, many people who might otherwise do so will not buUd now because of the high cost of materials, but with the promise of financial assistance, most people who desire homes are not going to wait longer. It is the instinct of the average person nowadays to stay down to as normal a way of living as possible, and many people who have been held up in their building ideas because of the turmoil of war, are now willing to pay the premium in cost of products for the sake of getting out of that turmoil and back to' more liveable surroundings. In talking about cut prices for lumber one wants to bear in mind that this situation is very much the same as that which causes tend- ency to the belief that the world is getting worse all the time instead of better just because the newspaper reporters are right on the job in giving more frequent accounts of the bad things that humanity does. In this day, when everybody is anxiously scanning the horizon of lumber prices for the first sign of a possible disaster, every little evidence is eagerly spied out and described. Therefore, we hear about every cut in price, but do not hear about those sellers with a strong backbone and a square jaw who stick to their figure and get the busi- ness, anyway. The truth of the matter is there are more of the latter class and less of the former than there were even a few weeks ago. It can't be otherwise with the stock situation developing so seriously as it is. The chief criticism one hears on hardwoods refers mainly to low grades, and even there the situation is not serious. There is a very great chance of considerable improvement in that direction because of the fact that ties and railway material fit so handily into the low grade situation. As the matter stands today the railroads are verita- bly hungry for ties and anticipate that the quantities turned out will not even approximate the actual need. It is likely then that a great deal of material that would ordinarily go into low grade would be taken up in tie requirements, and this situation eased over very nicely. Taking the outlook as a whole, the last two or three weeks have shown a real brightening in the horizon and the striking feature of the whole situation is that buyers who are well informed are showing every appreciation of the actual conditions and overcoming their prejudice against buying now, seemingly realizing that it is useless to anticipate any general reduction in lumber values. Organizing a Building Campaign FIVE OF CHICAGO'S SUBURBS, lying in one body, have organ- ized a building campaign and will start it off with an exposi- tion which will be open to the public during the week beginning March 22. These suburbs are Oak Park, Austin, River Forest, May- wood, and Forest Park. Their combined population is 100,000, and the exposition will occupy a building at 1031 South Boulevard, Oak Park. The housing problem is difficult in that district, but probably no more difficult than in most other sections of Chicago, or in most other cities. Vacant houses are few, rents are high, and business men realize that it is time for a concerted effort for the purpose of improving the situation. It has been decided that an exposition should be tried, and plans have been laid accordingly. It is learned from the prospectus that the purpose is to acquaint probable home builders with the mate- rials of which houses are built, and with plans and specifications by which cost may be estimated, and concrete ideas obtained regard- ing styles and sizes of building. The prospectus does not show that the exposition aims at much more than that. It will be chiefly educational, but incidentally it will create a desire to build homes. Those who have been thinking in a sort of vague way of building, may become a little more definite in their ideas, when they see the available materials and learn from plans and specifications how these materials may be used. It does not appear that owners of vacant lots are making any 18 HARDWOOD RECORD March 10. 1919 concerted effort toward putting into practice the lessons which the exposition will teach. They do not seem to be encouraging, advis- ing, and assisting prospective home builders to get houses. It would seem that the people back of the building movement in the dis- trict under consideration will fail to rise to meet the whole situa- tion unless they take steps to assist those who want houses but who lack the ready money to buy or build them. Many an honest man of industrious habits, but of moderate means, has heard of plans of owning homes by "paying like rent." Moneyed men who own vacant lots might do well to consider whether it would not pay to evolve some scheme by which such an offer could be made. It would fit in well with the exposition which advertises materials and distributes specifications. Prospective home owners will have their desires whetted by the exposition, and it would be the psychological time to show them how to own a home, if property owners have any practical scheme to offer. The man with enough money to buy or build such a home as he wants is not in much need of propaganda in the form of expositions; but it is the man who has an equally strong desire but who cannot quite figure out how he can make ends meet. Some foreign gov- ernments, Canada among them, loan money to home builders at low interest and on long time. They pay it back "like paying rent." Our government has not yet decided to do that on a large scale; but while expositions are being held, it might be well to see if some practical plan could not be included, backed by vacant lot owners who can command the means. The work is only commenced when the desire is created. It can be completed by providing the means of satisfying the home-owning desire. The Problem of the Immigrant DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, by means of bureaus, commit- tees, or boards, the government is calling attention to the desirability of having foreigners in this country learn the English language. This is being urged upon business men as a matter of business as well as a matter of patriotism. Thirty-five languages are written and spoken in the United States, and the movement now on foot has for its object the substitution of English as far as possible. It is not a new problem. It has been present since the first settlement of this country, but in early times only three or four languages were represented here, besides English, they being Ger- man, French, Dutch and Swedish. These all quickly amalgamated with the English, except in parts of Pennsylvania where German is still spoken though the ancestors of the people came across the sea between the years 1720 and 1780. They formed community settlements, remained to themselves, and handed their language down. What happened there gives a hint of what is now happening elsewhere. Foreigners who crowd close together retain their lan- guages, while those who scatter will soon drop their native tongues and learn English. During recent years, immigrants have shown a tendency to crowd together in manufacturing districts, and being there able to carry on business in their native languages, they have little desire to learn English. The problem would go far toward solving itself if the immigrants could be induced to scatter; but it is easier to say than to do. They congregate where the work is, and the work is found in manufac- turing centers. The public schools, which are conducted in English, will take care of the children, but the adults cannot be reached through that medium. Many of them want to learn English, and will do so; but many others are indifferent, and they constitute the hard part of the problem. Too many of them are here solely to better their financial conditions, and they do not look much be- yond that. Government agencies are getting busy vnth the problem of the illiterate and indifferent foreigners in our midst. These people possess the material for good citizenship (most of them do), but something is needed to finish the job, and so long as the job is not finished, this element constitutes a danger and a menace, be- cause from that quarter come the recruits which swell the ranks of Bolsheviki and other trouble makers. The Policy of Purchasing Now BUSINESS MEN AND ASSOCIATIONS are almost unanimous in urging the policy of making necessary purchases at once, or as soon as possible. It is pointed out, and with reason, that only by such a course can industry be kept alive and stimulated. The people gener- ally have money ; they need commodities ; they intend to buy these commodities ; but the prospective buyers are waiting for something. Some imagine that prices will fall and buying can be done on more advantageous terms. Some are waiting to see how conditions will turn out. Some are watching the labor situation. AU may see what they are waiting to see: prices may fall; condi- tions may change ; wages may rise or fall or remain stationary ; but meantime, what is going to happen to business? It will slacken or stop unless some concerted and general action is taken to keep it going. Every prospective buyer who is waiting, but is not forced by necessity to wait, is assisting to put industry in peril, and to increase trouble. Therefore, it is the patriotic duty of every person to do what he can to keep the wheels turning. If he is able to make a purchase, and is planning to do so, let him do it at once. Let his effort, how- ever small it may be, go in the right direction. If a building is in contemplation, begin it as soon as possible. It wUl help along many lines. If the purchase of furniture is contem- plated, or farm machinery, or vehicles, or clothes, buy at once if pos- sible, and thereby keep the wheels turning. One wheel in motion may set others in motion ; but if nobody makes a move, the thing that is liable to happen is not pleasant to anticipate. There may be times when a waiting policy is a good policy, but this is not that kind of a time. Action and confidence were never more needed than they are now. Nobody is being urged to speculate at this time ; but the call has gone out earnestly for all who can do so, to buy necessities now, or as soon as possible, thereby assisting the country during a serious situation. Vigilance Necessary COMPLAINT HAS COME BACK from foreign countries that harm has been done to the reputation of American lumber, in some localities, by the fact that stuff below the grade it was supposed to be has been shipped. The purchaser of such lumber is disappointed and feels that he has been cheated. He would be more than human if he did not air his grievance and advertise the cause of his disappointment, and this has hurt the reputation of American lumber in some markets. Similar trouble has been reported from both sides of the world — South American and Europe — which leaves the inference that more than one instance might be cited where lumber below grade has been shipped to foreign buyers. Complaints of bad grades mixed with good have not been unheard at home; so the practice appears to have been handed around impartially among markets at home as well as abroad. It has done harm, and the sad part of it is, the man who has graded his stock carefully and shipped clean grades has had to suffer along with those who were not so careful or conscientious. The buyer who felt that he had been buncoed, held a grudge against all American lumber. Exporters, particularly associations of exporters, should, in self- defense, see to it that the mistake be not repeated, if it is possible to prevent it. It has been suggested that some oversight, a sort of trade censorship, be exercised over lumber exports in order to prevent objectionable stuff reaching foreign markets, where its power for harm is so great. Such safeguard is desirable, but diffi- culties are in the way of making use of it. Rules might be enforced among members of an association as to grades to be exported; but it would not be easy to prevent an outsider from shipping what he pleased and in that way the foreign market might be hurt, as it was hurt in the past, by the receipt of lumber not up to grade or specifications. This is one of the problems now confronting the lumber industry in this country. March 10. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 19 Important Announcements from Washington By H. C. Hallam The session of congress just closed failed to pass the agricultural appropriation bill with its provisions for the operation of the forest service, which aggregated from $4,000,000 to $5,000,000. The bill also carried a senate amendment appropriating $2,000,000 for the purchase of laud for forestry purposes under the Weeks law. The $750,000,000 appropriation for the railroad administration failed of enactment into law, which seems to mean that improve- ments on the railroads of the country- will be curtailed. The omnibus public buildings bill providing $60,000,000 for public buildings throughout the country did not have a look in, having passed neither house of congress. The Kitchin resolution to repeal the so-called luxury tax schedule providing for a 10 per cent levy on picture frames and other articles passed the house, but failed in the senate. Secretary Lane 's proposition for a $100,000,000 appropriation for the purchase and development of cutover, swamp and other waste lands to furnish employment and homes and farms for return- ing soldiers, came up in neither house, although it secured a privi- leged status in the house as a result of the reporting of a special rule for its consideration. Likewise the item of $100,000 in the sundry civil appropriation bill for continued investigation and survey of cutover and other land failed of enactment with the bal- ance of that bill. The Lane bill was endorsed by a number of state legislatures in the North, "West and South, several of which had delegations here working for it. There is some compensation for the lumber industry in the expec- tation that is well founded that Representative Joseph W. Fordney of Michigan, a veteran member of the house and an old time lum- berman, is slated to be chairman of the important committee on ways and means, which will frame revenue legislation in the next congress. M. E. Towner, head of the forest products section, central advisory purchasing committee, railroad administration, is confined to a Baltimore hospital, where he went for an operation that will keep him off duty for two or three weeks. J. H. Lauderdale, formerly of the New Orleans office of the forest products section, is on the job in Washington with John Foley in his stead. Mr. Foley says that ties are coming in more freely than for some time. He minimizes the tie troubles of the railroad administration. In the matter of uniformity of hardwood materials for the railroads, he says that a meeting of persons interested may bo called later, with a view to securing such uniformity. It is said to be the log- ical thing to try to make grades for railroad hardwood material uniform, as was done some time ago in the case of standardizing crossties. The practices of railroads vary so greatly that officials will not even hazard a guess as to the number of different sizes of hardwood car material, for instance, that are purchased by the railroads. As a result of recent conferences between representatives of the government and rei>resentatives of the plywoods and veneer industries, it is announced that a method of procedure has been unanimously agreed upon by which the surjilus stocks of the govern- ment in plywoods and veneers will be disposed of by the govern- ment in co-operation with the industry, it is believed, in the best interests of both the government and the industry. The plan covers only the surplus that is not absorbed through redistribution among the several bureaus of the government. The representatives of the industry expressed their gratification at the outcome of the conferences and the belief that the method of procedure which had been agreed to would remove the uncer- tainty and menace which those surplus stocks of the government have exercised over the veneer and plywood market. The contract for the disposal of government surplus lumber stocks has been signed at last. The stocks are being taken over by a lumbermen's committee, to be sold at market prices. The director of sales announces the following inventories of sur- X'lus materials furnished by the construction division of the army: 400,000 ties, millwork— 25,000 doors, 20,000 screen doors, 200,000 sash and miscellaneous millwork, total approximate cost $380,000. The sash, it is stated, are special, with special sized glass. Production of Walnut Government officials suggest that the planting of walnut trees might be stimulated by high prices of walnut lumber, but on the other hand it is admitted that changing fashions in furniture might make the wood less in demand in view of possible competition from various tropical American cabinet woods. If no other interest will take the matter up, it is urged that the government should plant walnut trees, owing to the need of this timber for war purposes. It is estimated that the total cut of walnut last year was 120,000,- 000 feet, or twice the 1917 cut, and it is estimated the cut would have reached 180,000,000 feet this year if the war had continued, or nearly a fifth of the total stand of a billion feet of this timber. It is stated that the production of gunstoek material increased from 33,000 feet per day early last year to 240,000 feet per day by last August, to 360,000 feet per day in September, and would have increased to 500,000 feet per day during the first half of this year. It is estimated that the production of walnut propeller stock reached 17,000,000 feet by September last and that it would have reached 30,000,000 feet during 1919. The total cost of horse drawn vehicles shipped overseas to Decem- ber 1 last was $7,247,000; nearly 28,000 escort wagons, water carts, combat wagons, ration carts, ambulances, medical carts and spring wagons. Twenty-three hundred standard gauge railroad cars and nearly 400 narrow gauge cars were held by the war department February 1. The cars were valued at about $4,000,000. The general supply committee of the government will open bids April 21 for furnishing government departments in Washington lumber, millwork and packing boxes. Two hundred thousand feet of beech, birch and maple lumber is wanted by bureau of supplies and accounts of navy department. Thomas W. Smith, pioneer lumber merchant of Washington and for fifty years a prominent figure in the affairs of the national capital, died recently. French Lumber Matters The department of commerce announces that the Ministry of Liberated Begions of the French government has asked for bids for supplying 75,000 articles of furniture, 62,000 doors, 37,000 windows and 25,000 shutters for use in reconstruction work in the devastated regions. The war trade board announces that the French government has removed restrictions from the importation of the following com- modities among many others: logs, fagots, brushwood, charcoal, fine woods, tropical and subtropical woods, dyewood, rattans, willow, wooden shoes, wooden spring rollers, wood for saddles, turnery, rims of bent wood, shuttles for looms, handles, other woodwork, cylinders and disks of wood. The British government has relaxed its embargo and permits the exportation to virtually all for enemy countries of rattans, household furnishings of wood, etc., office furniture, pianos, sewing machines, turners' ware of wood, walking sticks, etc. The British 20 HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 are also permitting freely exports to American countries of plywood and other articles. There have been six wooden ships allotted for training recruits for the American mercliant marine and two of these have arrived at Boston. The shipping board has cancelled contracts for 550 ships of 2,700,000 tons. Wooden ships were chiefly affected by early can- cellations, says Chairman Hurley of the board in a letter to con- gress. Further ship construction contract cancellations would be disastrous, Mr. Hurley says. The need for ships is illustrated by the fact that the board is undertaking a contract to carrj' to France during the next six months 3000 freight cars ordered for the Amer- ieau Expeditionary Forces, but not now needed by them, and which the French government has agreed to take. The Building Campaign Although congress did not do all it could to promote the campaign for reviving the building industry, that work is going ahead as well as practicable under all the circumstances, it is believed. "While Samuel Gompers from Paris urges the resumption of building, there has been a conference at the white house on this and other subjects related to the employment situation. Cabinet officers, governors, senators and others of prominence discussed public and private building, good roads, land development, etc. Congress passed a bill for government hospitals to cost $7,000,000, but Senator Kenyon 's bill for a commission to study methods of financing home building failed, as did, on the other hand, the sundry civil appropriation bill containing a provision requiring $32,700,000 to be returned to the treasury out of the special funds provided for housing war workers. In the Division of Building Construction, Department of Labor, R. S. Whitting has been employed as a lumber expert, H. V. Hay- maker as expert to co-operate with building and loan association interests, and William B. King, president of the Federation of Con- struction Industries, as head of the legislative branch of the division. Ten thousand members of the National Association of Real Estate Boards are pledged to co-operate with the Own-Your-Own-Home branch of the building campaign now being carried on by the TJ. S. Department of Labor. The building of school houses is urged with particular force at this time. For the two years of our participation in the war school house building almost ceased, and there are now both the need of 1916 and the accumulated need of the two years of the war, larger than in normal times because of the unprece- dented shifting of population. To supply these needs will require not less than $500,000,000 of building, to be completed by the time of the opening of the schools in the fall of 1920. Announcing the approval of standard contracts with short line railroads, which tap line and lumber interests have been agitating for for some time, the Railroad Administration said that two standard forms of co-operative short line contracts pursuant to an agreement with representatives of the short line railroads have been approved; the first covering roads having no competitive traffic, and the second covering roads having competitive traffic. The two forms are the same except that in the form for roads having competitive traffic, a clause has been added providing for reim- bursement for competitive traffic diverted from the short lines between April 1 and November 1, 1918, and for giving to the short lines subsequent to November 1, 1918, the same proportion of com- petitive traffic as it had in the years 1915, 1916 and 1917. Export Restrictions Removed According to recent advices received at Baltimore direct from Europe all war restrictions imposed, in the United Kingdom and regulations designed to prevent imports into England have been raised as of March 1, and there is now no impediment in the way of the exporters, whose activities were held in abeyance for more than four years, resuming their former connections or establishing new ones. No permits or other documents are required from the date mentioned, trade being in brief as free as it was before the conflict. This word came through Gustave A. Farber, London rep- resentative of Eusse & Burgess, Inc., Memphis, Tenn., and is to be regarded as authentic. Some doubt had prevailed as to the exact state of things, until the receipt of the message, which removed the last vestige of uncertainty. Mr. Farber had sent word about two weeks ago that the raising of the restrictions would go into effect on March 1, but a statement sent out by J. C. Woodruff, trade adviser of the War Trade Board at Washington, also con- tained a clause stating that an exception had been made with re- gard to one-inch oak, which is among the most important items of import. Mr. Farber, being further communicated with, in regard to what apjieared to be a vital discrepancy, confirmed his previous report and stated again that all restrictions were to go. Ap- parently, the confusion grew out of the inference that the state- ment sent out by Mr. Woodruff covered any period after March 1. As this statement bore the date of February 14, it is suggested that the interval between then and March 1 may have been re- ferred to alone. At any rate, the exporters are satisfied that they are able now to make shipment to the United Kingdom, provided, of course, they can get steamship lines to take their lumber. This, however, seems to present difficulties. The steamship representa- tives are quoting ocean rates of $1 per 100 pounds, to be sure, but they also inform shippers at the same time that space so far is not available; hence the reduction in the rate from $3.50 per 100 pounds fails to do the exporters any good. There is a fair prospect. however, that enough vessels will be turned back into regular commerce in a short time to permit space for lumber shipments, and preparations are being made by all the exporters to re-estab- lish their lines. Confirmation as to the raising of restrictions is also found in an article which appears in the last number of the London Timber Trade Journal to be received here. This article says: "In view of the termination on March 1 of the control of imported hardwoods the existing stocks of such hardwoods held by the Timber Supply Department, will, as far as possible, be disposed of in convenient lots by public auction. The first auction sale will take place to- wards the end of February in London. Further sales will be held in Liverpool and elsewhere." According to advices at hand here the sale was held and the prices obtained exceeded the private quotations. The stocks of lumber in the United Kingdom the Timber Con- troller had on hand last month are given as follows: Carloads C.vpress 220 Gum 183 Cottonwood 81 Chestnut 12 .^.-ih : 40 W'alnut 40 Total 1,349 In addition, there were about 300 carloads still to arrive. The government, however, has stopped all purchases, and it is expected that the stocks in hand will soon be disposed of, leaving the field clear to private enterprise. In the statement of Mr. Woodruff it is also set forth regarding exports of lumber to France that they can go forward freely under the W. T. B. RAC-63, or general import license, which is given to every American customs collector, but exporters should first have consignees in France secure permits to importers, as a serial num- ber of such permit must be stated on the export declaration. Carloads Oak 176 Birch 52 Poplar 525 Various other woods 20 March 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 21 Lumber Market in South Europe The countries of southern Europe, together with some of the northern states of Africa, will require from six to ten billion feet of yellow pine and hardwood lumber for reconstruction and indus- trial purposes each year for the next five years and, owing to the peculiar conditions affecting the supply and marketing of lumber native to the countries which supplied the pre-war demand for lum- ber in these countries, the biggest part of these jirospective needs must come from America. This was the message brought to the Lumbermen's Club of Mem- phis, Tenn., and its guests, the members of the American Hardwood Lumber Manufacturers' Association, March 1, by Nelson C. Brown, trade commissioner, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington, who gave first hand information regarding lumber conditions and lumber needs in these countries gathered during a period of more than a year. Before concluding his address he urged that this was an exceptionally rich field for American lumber interests and that the best method of taking advantage of this situation, in his opinion, was through the formation of a single, big, comprehensive export selling organization "that would make it possible to take care of the collective buying now in vogue in Europe and that would, at the same time, enable American industry to present a solid front in Europe in the case of lumber just as in the case of copper, steel, iron and other commodities." Among the more important statements made by Mr. Brown were: Portugal, Spain, Italy, the Balkan States, and the northern countries of Africa, are important consumers of lumber. There is a population in this territory of 100,000,000 people and the area Is equivalent to about one-half of that in tliis country. It is estimated that this region alone will require from six to ten billion feet, board measure, each year for the first five years at least following the resumption of normal conditions. Throughout this area there has been woeful lack of knowledge regard- ing American lumber and throughout the Investigation there was consider- able interest evinced in the possibilities of securing American lumber not only for reconstruction purposes but also for general building activities which have ceased absolutely for a period of over four years. There will be an especially strong market for hardwoods for the reason that the domestic supply in all of these countries under normal conditions was made up largely of hardwoods and, with the native forests cut off completely for war and other purposes, this great deficiency must be made up from foreign sources. Japan was just beginning to exploit its white oak in the Italian market where there was every opportunity for promoting the sale of white oak and a number of other hardwoods. The following figures show the total lumber exports from Japan and the quantity going to each of the coun- tries of Europe: Total, 250,000,000 feet; to Great Britain, 7,420,000 feet ; to Italy, 240,000 ; to Germany, 7,410,000 ; to Belgium, 18,000,000. I believe there will be a very large demand for both hardwoods and softwoods from these countries for the following reasons : These countries have been practically without lumlier imports for a period of over four years. Whatever lumber was imported was used directly for war purposes. In 1918 white oak lumber brought anywhere from $300 to $500 per thousand. Red gum and other species of American lumber disappeared entirely from the market. Those fortunate enough to have stocks on hand on the outbreak of the war held their stocks and conunanded almost any price asked. Native forests were practically destroyed. It is very evident that, with lumber imports shut off and an unusually strong demand for lumber for war purposes, native forests in all these countries suffered greatly. In normal times Italy supplied about 300.000,000 feet of hardwoods from its native forests and Spain about 150,000,000 feet. This consisted largely of native red and white oaks, with some beech, poplar and ash and a great variety of other hardwoods. Practically all this was slashed off and used for the support of the army of 5,000,000 in Italy. In the case of Spain, it was used for local purposes or sent to the allied nations. The American army alone contracted for more than 400,000 crossties from Spain. Italy even sent lumber for war purposes to Egypt, Palestine and the Balkan front. To further aggravate the situation, demand tor wood for fuel led to heavy cutting of whatever forests remained in these countries. Spain. Italy and Greece are without coal and it brought from $80 to $160 per ton. As a result it was used very little. Fine young growing forests, even roadside trees and olive and cork tree.s were cut for fuel. In Italy the so-called national parks were denuded of their timber to supply the urgent demand. Timber previously considered inaccessible was hauled 20 to 30 miles on motor trucks. Demands for reconstruction will be unusual. It is estimated that in Italy demand for lumber for reconstruction alone will exceed the total imoorted under normal conditions. Russia, the great lumber exporting country heretofore, will be out of consideration for a period of at least five to ten years because of com- plete economic and political prostration. Furthermore Austria, a hereto- fore important exporting country, will have serious domestic difficulties of her own to meet and will be unable to e.\port the quantities of lumber she formerly sent to Mediterranean countries. It is probably not stretching the truth to say that American red gum is better known both by the lumber trade and the public at large in Spain and Italy than in this country. It is considered a cabinet wood, par excellence, and is placed in the same category with mahogany and the local or native walnut, which are considered with great favor. The out- standing qualities of red gum, which command such high esteem from European buyers, are its attractive figure, pleasing grain and its work- ability, combined with its relative cheapness in price. Owing to the cutting off of the native white oak, American white oak, as well as red oak, should And large markets throughout this section. The output of Slavonian white oak is very limited and its exceedingly high price has made its adoption in these countries almost out of the question except for the very highest purposes of utilization. Already .\nierican red gum has driven Austrian white oak and beech very largely out of the Spanish market. There is a long-standing prejudice against red oak in this group of countries. This is due largely to the fact that local red oak is of exceedingly poor quality. Many consumers and users were amazed to learn that we use red oak in this country for practically all purposes for which white oak is used and that the former brings almost the same price as the latter. It Is merely another evidence of the fact that the European market has not been exploited generally and developed properly for the benefit of American lumber. Mr. Brown made it quite clear that the reconstruction needs in Italy, the Balkans, Greece, the Roumanian border, northwestern Russia and northeastern Germany would be quite heavy in com- parison with those in France and Belgium and pointed out that, prior to the first big reversal of Italian arms, the Italian front alone was measurably longer than the entire western line from the Swiss border to the North Sea. He pointed out that the war had raged over these areas and that they were in the position of hav- ing to rebuild towns, villages and cities and that they were also in the position of having to rehabilitate their industries set back so severely by the war. He did not believe there would be anything like as much lumber used for the framework of houses in any of these European coun- tries as in America but he was of the positive conviction that "large quantities of general construction lumber will be required for flooring, framing, rafters, interior trim, doors, sash, blinds, etc.," and that "large quantities of hardwoods will be used for flooring, doors, interior trim, car construction, shipbuilding, vehicle and implement production and a number of other equally important purposes." Expositions of American Lumber John D. Walker, U. S. lumber commission, who was sent to England two years ago, recently wrote a letter to Secretary Comp- ton of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, telling of steps he has taken to place American lumber before buyers in Belgium, France, and the British Isles. Mr. Walker is closing up his work abroad and is about to return to America and he is leav- ing these exhibits in the three countries as perpetual reminders and advertisements of American lumber. Each is to be in charge of a competent man. One exhibit will be established in Brussels, one in Paris, and one in London. Exposition room has been secured by renting or other- wise, and American firms have been offered space in which to show their special woods, at a yearly rental little more than nom- inal. In that way each man or firm can make such showing as he thinks proper, and will thus have a sort of headquarters in each of the three countries, if he sees fit to take space in each of the three exhibits. The polished surface of some woods feels cold to the touch, others appear warm; yet, the thermometer can detect no difference in their temperatures. The difference in the apparent coldness is due to the greater heat-conducting power of one over the other. The best conductor feels coldest. 22 HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 THE CA.MI' TERMINUS OF TIIK "CENTIPEDE & SNOW ROAD" Wisconsin Loggers^ Meeting Many oaiiie liiit few were frozen, even though it was tliirty degrees below zero, for those northern lumberjacks seem to get rugged and lusty on such mild perversions of Boreas. The occa- sion was the acceptance of Geo. N. Harder 's invitation to the Northern Wisconsin Loggers' Association, to hold its semi-annual meeting at Eib Lake, Wis., the home of the Rib Lake Lumber Com- pany, of which he is president. The logging roail connecting Eib Lake with the town of Chelsea on the main line of the M., S. P. & a Ste. M. rail- road, a distance of approximately nine miles, reached the acme of its rough and ready glory on the evening of Feb- ruary 26, for on that evening some twenty- five of Wisconsin 's logging pioneers AFTER DINNER THE WHOLE rfUNCII WAS READY FOR THE WOODS liounded over its higli centers and low joints, in the ju'ivate car of C. E. Urbalnis of Stevens Point, Wis., superintendent of the northern district of the Soo Line, a genial, generous gentleman who stands ace high with the northern Wisconsin lumber producers. As the speed of the special at no time was in excess of sixty miles per hour, the party arrived safely at Rib Lake, and at the hotel joined with a few who had pre- viously arrived. The liotel had never be- fore catered to such a large crowd of large men, apparent- ly, and the lack of beds necessitated a doubling up, which rather seemed to en- liance the camarad- eiio. Wednesday morn- ing all were up liright and early, for on Mr. Harder 's list 0 f entertainments was a journey to the LOG STORAGE ON FROZEN RIB LAKE OE'R THE HILL AND THROUGH THE WOODS TO CAMP March 10, 1910 HARDWOOD RECORD 22a l.\ IIAKliWDOI) .SECTION" KU; LAKK LUMI'.EK COlirANV YAKU woods operations of the Rib Lake Lumber Company, some nine miles from the town of Rib Lake. There are two things in Wisconsin, indi- genous to that state only, and but few of the natives have ever had the privilege of gazing upon them — namely, the reputed "Hodag, " and the centipede tractor utilized in some winter logging operations. The latter of these curiosities through Mr. Harder 's invitation was first seen by many of the loggers. The centipede tractor has been utilized by a few companies operating in Wisconsin for a great many years, and the pious folk of bygone days must surely have thought it an instrument of old Beelzebub, for it snorts and toots and has a world of power, snaking long sled trains of logs, inter- spersed with a load of hemlock bark, over the hills and through the woods with great eclat, over the necessary private right of way. As will be observed in the picture, this "mule" is a locomotive on which a pair of runners has been substituted for the front pony trucks, and the drivers by a tractor tread. A speed of four to six miles per hour is easily maintained on level roads pulling 80,000 feet of logs and a car or two of tanning bark, but in hauling such a train it is necessary to double over the hills. On account of doubling the hills only one round trip per day is possible; a train of this size is handled only by the night crew, but this gives ample time to inspect equipment and get it in good shape for the day crew. The day crew makes two round trips daily, but handling only half the size load hauled by the night force. The mil! of the Rib Lake Lumber Company is situated on the border of Rib Lake in the town of Rib Lake, and the logs are not hauled direct to the mill via the Snow Road & Centipede, but to the edge of the lake, about three-quarters of a mils from the mill, and thence by team onto the ice surface of the lake, and unloaded preparatory to the usual spring delivery. The company also operates a logging road direct to the mill; in all some twenty miles of road, and additional LOG TKAI.N HEADY Ft)U TRIP TO RIB LAKE mileage into the timber surveyed. This line is equipped with three logging engines, about 150 logging cars and twenty-iive bark cars. Howsomever, this Wednesday morning, Old Sol was shining his brightest, though Jack Frost was doing his bliglitest, and withal it was a wonderful day for a picnic, for such are these pleasure trips with a seasoning of business. About twenty-five Wisconsin loggers wended their way around the edge of Rib Lake to the terminus of the S. R. & C, and ere long a shrill whistle announced the arrival of a train of logs; the mule was soon uncoupled and swung around to a train of empties, the last sled of which was a bark car, and onto this the loggers were bustled, bag and baggage, and with a jerk they were on their way over a wonderful roadbed of snow and ice, o'er hill and down dale, through barren cutover lands blanketed with snow garnished with stumps and an occa- sional coppice, and thence through a wilderness of small hemlock in a dazzling coat of "ermine too dear for an earl." A temperature of sixty degrees below freezing is not conducive to a display of silk shirts nor blooming roses, and though fur coats, mackinaws and all else that tends to retain warmth were in ple- thoric evidence, the party was inclined to again resort to stunts of boyhood days, first to keep up a good circulation, and secondly because a man is only a big boy, and thus they were again hopping bobs, running races and the like. And when it comes to hopping bobs, they all took off their hats to R. B. Goodman of the Goodman Lumber Company, Marinette, Wis., for he surely must have been an expert when he was a kid. Mr. B. Clubine of the Park Falls Lumber Company, Park Falls, and G. W. Campbell of Park Falls were running races without bets, and, either because there was too much freight or too little wind, gave up when J. D. Twoniey came into competition. SWAN (LI(;iIT COAT) EXPLAINS THAT 30 P.ELOW ISN'T COLD RIB LAKE LI'MBER CO.MPANY SAWMILL AT RIB LAKE 22b HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 Abaut noon, the party arrived at camp, and made a quick get- away to the commissary department, housed in a structure of logs, where they took off their heavy coats and else that they might more easily thaw out before the cheerful radiation of the big camp heater. They then began to get a little restless, but Mr. Harder being of a psychological trend, told the chief wrestler of victuals to toot his tooter, and a happy, hungry crowd scrambled into the large dining building, also built of logs. It was a real meal, and appetites whetted by the riding, racing and hopping bobs in the open, showed keen appreciation. No, there was no pink tea, nor silver tureens and the like deftly juggled by parasitic prestigitators; and of all catastrophes, the cook forgot to garnish the meat. However, the roast pork and dressing, the mashed potatoes, and turnips, the half dozen kinds of cookies, pickles, jam, cranberry sauce, the cranberry pie, and other good things rapidly disappeared, and in further attestation Twomey, Clubine and two or three others when they thought Harder "wan't lookin' " sneaked into the kitchen, but the latter had his weather eye open and also tiptoed into the kitchen, spoiled the plot and saved the cook for the Rib Lake Lumber Company. It is hard to say whether Clubine was thinking of that "rhum" game the night before, but anyway he picked up an empty coffee basin, and insisted that every one "show their appreciation of the good works of the cook" by a little donation; Campbell was smiling at Galbraith, and between them they agreed they would get that too, but this shell game didn't work, because the cook did get it. The meal was also gen- erously flavored with several selections by a loggers' quartet com- posed of C. E. Claussen, F. E. Poole, D. C. Estes, and S. J. Wil- liams, and their renditions were well applauded, especially that good old one "Kindling Wood." When the guests had filled to satisfaction, they were turned over to the woods superintendent of the Rib Lake Company, W. B. Patrick, who led them a half mile into the woods for an inspection of the timber. In all the Bib Lake company controls over one hundred square miles of timberland, estimated to cruise approxi- mately 650,000,000 feet of timber, the larger percentage of which is hemlock, considerable birch, and the balance running into north- ern hardwoods. The tracts now being logged are served by the logging railroad, and also the Phoenix centipede tractor. The visit to the woods was short, and the "special bark car" was coupled to the rear of a train of logs, and the party walked and rode, and ran and hopped back to the mill of the Rib Lake Lum- ber Company which was on the list for a tour of inspection. Here they found a most modern and up-to-date sawmill. It is really a new mill, having been built about two years ago to re- place one that had been destroyed by fire. It rests on concrete, rail reinforced foundations, with concrete floor in basement and a full seven or eight-foot clearance for all shafting and overhead equipment. The mill is Clark equipped throughout. The original plans called for a double band mill, but owing to the unsettled conditions that have existed in the past few years, but one set of equipment was installed, though the company expects in the near future to complete the double installation which will double the present manufacturing capacity of 30,000,000 feet of lumber per year. The planing mill can also be called really modern, both in equipment and layout, and the planers, cut off saws, etc., are driven by individual electrical units. From the mill, the party was taken to the large lumber yards adjacent. Here about 10,000,000 feet of lumber are well sticked in concrete foundations. The alleys are wide and well maintained. Material is handled to the yard from the mill on ground narrow gauge tracks, and also on an overhead tramway. In all the plant and equipment met with the instant approbation of the visitors, who were not at all hesitant in giving voice to their approval. After the inspection of the yard, the business meeting of the association was held in the ofiice of the Rib Lake Lumber Com- pany. This was composed largely of informal discussions of dif- ferent matters, and after a vote of thanks was tendered to the Eib Lake Lumber Company for the privileges and courtesies ex- tended, and the acceptance of the invitation of the Scott & Howe Company of Ironwood, to hold the summer meeting in Ironwood, dates to be selected later, the meeting came to a close. It might be well to state here that the officers of the Rib Lake Lumber Company, are George N. Harder, president; W. G. Horton, vice-president; S. J. Williams, treasurer; Fred E. Knapp, secre- tary, and O. W. Steffeck, sales manager and assistant secretary. Lumbermen Meet at Memphis The chief inspector of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' As- sociation, together with the four deputy inspectors who will assist him, will be chosen by President R. M. Carrier and chairman of the inspec- tion rules committee, B. F. Dulweber, according to decision reached in Memphis, March 6, at the meeting of the executive and inspection rules committees of this organization. Their names will be made public shortly. It was also decided that John M. Pritchard, secretary-manager of tlje association, would have charge of the inspection department and that all applications for re-inspection would be made direct to him. The association plans, within the next few weeks, to have a several- day school at Memphis for tlie benefit of the inspection staff. It is therefore requesting that all members accumulate and place at the disposal of the inspection depai'tment all questionable boards in order that inspection work may be handled on as uniform basis as possible. The inspection rules of the association, as recently compiled and issued by the inspection rules committee, have met with most favor- able reception from consumers and all other branches of the trade. Original inspection by the force of the association wUl be made in the case of all Pacific coast, export and government business, and re- inspection will be made on all other business. Such re-inspection will be made only in the event of a dispute, between the parties at interest and, in all cases of re-inspection, charges for the service wUl be uni- form for all members regardless of their location. This represents a new feature, according to Mr. Dulweber, as it marks the elimination of payment by members of the traveling expenses of the inspector who is assigned to make re-inspection in settlement of a controversy. Practically no other business was transacted by the inspection rules and executive committee. Friday, March 7, the first sectional meeting of the association in this territory was held at the Hotel Gayoso following a luncheon. Mr. Carrier presided. About 60 members were present and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed. Mr. Carrier made a statement regarding the work the association is doing and the value of this service to its mem- bers. There was general discussion of the open competition plan, which is in charge of F. B. Gadd. Mr. Carrier and Mr. Gadd both made statements regarding the details of this plan and the latter re- ported that, since the association adopted this Jan. 20, 56 new mem- bers had become identified with it. Participation in this plan, it was pointed out, is not compulsory. Particular attention was called to the plan of Secretary Redfield in pursuance of which an industrial board has already been appointed for the purpose of stabilizing the price of lumber and other commodi- ties entering into the building trades and into industries generally. In the discussion of market conditions, it was pointed out that there was a great reduction in production of southern hardwoods which was coincident with a large increase in sales and shipments, with resultant heavy decrease in stocks and a much firmer tone to the market. It was decided to hold monthly open competition plan meetings at Memphis in the interest of members in this territory the second Friday in each month. It was also announced that there would be an open competition plan at Alexandria, La., Wednesday, March 19, and that such meetings would be held at that point tlie third Wednesday in each month. These will be for the benefit of members in Texas and Louisiana and wUl be held in conjunction with tlie meetings of the Southwestern Hardwood Manufacturers' Club. The open competition plan meetings at Cincinnati, for the especial benefit of members in that territory, are scheduled to be held the second Tuesday in each month. This means that the next will be held Tues- day, March 11. The association is also preparing for similar meetings elsewhere which will be announced later. I March 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD lie New Rules American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association The fifUowing terms, regulations and inspection rules were adopted by the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association on February 1, 1919. and are known as the "Inspection Rules and Sales Code of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association." The Sales Code contemplates that quotations, orders and contracts covering the sale of forest products in which the members of this Association deal, contain the clause: "Subject to the Inspec tion Rules and Sales Code of the American Harrl- wood Manufacturers' Association," and that all transactions shall be governed and controlled (with snch exceptions as are specifically made in writing) by said Inspection Rules and Sales Code. TliP rules 'follow in full: SALES CODE QUOTATIONS 1. All quotations are made subject to prior saie, immediate acceptance, and change without notice. ORDERS, CONTRACTS. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. All orders or contracts shoukl be submitted to the Home Office of the Seller, in writing, hut whether in writing or otherwise they .shall not be considered binding until accepted by the Seller in writing from his Home Office. Such accep- tance or acknowledgment of orders shall state fully and in detail the Seller's understanding of the tran.saction. and omissions, errors or misun- derstandings should be corrected by Purchaser by return mail. DELIVERED PRICE, FREIGHT RATES, SWITCHING CHARGES. GOVERNMENT TAX OR DUTY, DAMAGE, ETC. 1. The deli\ ered price (F. O. B. destination) includes only the usual freight charges to point of delivery mentioned, ba.sed upon published freight rates in effect at time of quotation; switching or other- terminal charges at destination, any ad- vance in freight rates, and any tax or duty as- sessed by the Government on freight, or the goods to be borne by the buyer. 2. The Seller does not guarantee safe delivery, nor insure against breakage, loss or damage to material while in transit. INVOICES 1. Promptly upon acceptance of shipment by initial line of Railroad, the Seller shall mail to the Purch?.ser an invoice giving full information in connection with shipment, and in all instances bearing date coincident with date of Bill of Lad- ing. Omissions, clerical errors, etc., subject to (iinection. TERMS OF PAYMENT 1 Prompt payment for each shipment is a substantial requirement of each transaction. Freight due upon arrival of shipment at destina- tion to be paid by the Purch?.ser ; original Ex- pense Bill {or certified copy thereof) to be sent promptly to the Seller. 2. A discount of two (2%) per cent will be al- lowed upon cash payment of ninety (90%) per cent of invoice, less estimated freight, on receipt of invoice; balance to be remitted upon receipt and inspection of lumber. 3. Or 2, di.'icount of one (1%) per cent will be allowed for settlement by trade acceptance, due thirty (30) days from, d?.te of invoice' for ninety (90'/r) per cent of invoice, less estimated freight: balance to be remitted upon receipt and inspec- tion of lumber. 4. Or settlement by Trade Acceptance, due ninety (90) days from date of invoice for ninety (90%) per cent of invoice, less estimated freight; balance to be remitted net upon receipt and in- spection of lumber. 5. No discount allowed on freight, whether or not prepaid. 6. All cash payments to be made in funds at par in Federal Reserve Bank Region in which Seller is located. GENERAL CONTINGENCY CLAUSE 1. Quotations are based upon and orders and contracts accepted under a "General Contingency Clause" which recognizes that in case of strikes, floods, fire, epideniics. inability to secure cars, delays of carriers, or any other causes whatso- ever beyond the control of the Seller, shipments and deliverie.T may be delayed until i;uLh causes and their effects have been reino\'.'d. REINSPECTION OR REMEASUREMENT 1. In the event of complaint by the Purchaser on the quality or inspection of material shipped, purchaser shall pay freight, unload shipment and hold rejected or di.sputed material intact, prop- erly protected, and shall file complaint with Seller within five (5) days from receipt of shipment. If complaint is on measurement, or both inspection and measurement, the entire contents of car must be held intact. Payment of freight or invoice shall not be considered as an acceptance of the shipment nor shall such payment work a for- feiture of the right to enter complaint and have adjustment of same. 2. Upon receipt of complaint from the Pur- chaser, the Seller shall immediately request the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association to provide reinspection or remeasurement, as the case may be by one of its licensed inspectors, ac- cording to the inspection rules of that Association in effect at the time of execution of contract. The Purchaser shall lend all reasonable assistance to facilitate the reinspection, or remeasurement. 3. Certificates to be issued by the said Associa- tion, showing the name of the Seller and Pur- chaser, and the results of the reinspection or re- measurement ; the original to be mailed to the Seller, the duplicate to the Purchaser. 4. In the event either the Purchaser or Seller is not satisfied with the result of a reinspection. he shall have the right to demand that a rein- spection be made by the chief inspector. All re- quests for reinspection by the chief inspector must be made within five days from the receipt of the inspection certificate. SETTLEMENT BASED ON REINSPECTION OR REMEASl RE3IENT 1. Such reinspection or remeasurement, when had. shall be final and be binding upon both Seller and Purchaser. 2. The Purchaser shall accept all material of the grade and kind purchased, and all of the next lower grade not in excess of five (5%) per cent of the total quantity involved, and shall pay for said degrade at the current proportionate price. All degrades in exces.s of fixe (5%) per cent shall be the property of the Seller. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS For the Manufacture, Inspection and Meas- urement of Hardwood Lumber 1. Lumb''T must bi? in.speoted and measured as the inspector finds it. of full length and width. He shall make no allowance for the purpose of raising the grade. 2. Exceptions to the general rules are stated under the caption of the re.spective woods. 3. Inspection must be made from the poor side of the piece, except as otherwi.-se specified. 4. These rules define the poorest piece in any given grade, but the respective grades must con- tain all pieces up to the next higher grade. 5. In the following rules all widths and lengths mentioned are inclwsive. MANUFACTURE 1. Lumber should be properly manufactured, trimmed and edged, of good average widths and lengths- It mu.st be of standard thickness when shipping dry. with the exception that in the grades of Common, the percentage not included in the cutting may be scant in thickness, provided the cuttings are of standard thickness and that there is no greater variation in the thickness of the board than is allowed in the rule describing n^issawn lumber. 2. Lumber showing greater variation in thick- ness than 1/lH" at any point in stock cut 1/2" thick or less, or 1/8" in 5/8" and 3/4" stock, or 1/4" in 1" to 2" stock, or 3/8" in 2 1/2" and thicker stock, must be measured at the thinnest part and classed as missawn, and graded and reported ae such. MINIMUM WIDTHS 1. 909c of the minimum widths mentioned in all grades of lumber must be full width; the re- maining 109c may be 1/4" scant in width. measure:ment 1. In the me?.surement of lumber of random widths, fractions of over 1/2', as shown on the board rule, must be counted up to the next higher figure; fractions of exactly 1/2' and less, as shown on the board rule, must be counted back to the next lower figure. 2. A board rule on which the 1/2" is clearly marked should be used. 3. Tapering lumber in standard lengths must be measurea one-third the length of the piece from the narrow end. TALLY 1. A piece tally in feet must be made of aU lumber. All lumber of standard grades and thicknesses must be tallied face or surface meas- ure, and this tally must be the number of feet, board measure, of 1" lumber. If the lumber is thicker than 1". then the tally so obtained must be multiplied by the thickness as expressed in inches and fractions of an inch. All lumber less than 1" must be counted face measure. When strips or stock widths are ineasur£'J, a tally show- ing widths and lengths must be made. HEART 1. Heart, where the extent or damage does not exceed the equivalent of standard defects allowed, will be admitted in the grade of Firsts and Sec- onds. 2. In the grade of No. 1 Cominon. no piece shall contain heart to exceed one-half its length in the aggregate. season checks 1. Ordinarily season checks are not to be con- sidered defects, but if of so serious a character as to damage the lumber they are to be considered by the inspector. SPLITS 1. Six inches of straight split in one end, or its equivalent in both end:;, will not be considered a defect in the grade of Firsts and Seconds. SAP 1. Bright sap is no defect unless so stated under caption of the respective woods. STAIN 1. Stain that will surface off in dressing to the standard thickness must not be considered a de- fect. BURLS 1. Burls that do not contain knots or unsound centers shall not be considered defects, WANE 1. In the grade of Firsts and Seconds, wane along the edge not exceeding one-sixth the length of the piece, or its equivalent at one end or both ends, not exceeding in thickness one-half the thickness of the piece, and not exceeding in width, as shown in the following table, is not a defect: 1/2" in width in 1/2". Tj/S" -nd 3/4" lumber. 3/4" in width in 1", 1 1/4", 1 1/2", 1 3/4" and 2" lumber. 1" in width in 2 1/2" and thicker lumber. Standard Defects 1. One Knot 1 1/4" in diameter. 2. Two Knots not exceeding in extent or dam- age one 1 1/4" knot. 3. Splits — In lumber of random widths, one split not diverging more than 1" to a foot, and not exceeding in length in inches the surface measure of the piece in feet; but not more than two defects of this character are admitted in a piece of the grade of Firsts and Seconds. Firsts and Seconds sold in any series of special widths 10" or wider will not allow more than one stand- ard defect of this character in any piece. 4. Wane in excess of free wane allowed in Firsts and Seconds grade must be considered as standard defects in the proportion of 1" in width, one-sixth the length of the board, extending par- allel with the edge, or its equivalent at one or both ends, as one standard defect. 5. Wonn, Orub, Knot, and Rafting Pin Ho1e.s, not exceeding in extent or damage one 1 1/4" knot. 6. Heart and other defects not enumerated as standard defects that do not damage the piece more than the standard defects allowed, are equivalent defects and must be so considered by the inspector. DEFINITIONS ClTTINCiS 1. The word Cutting as used in these rules means a portion of a board or plank obtained by cross cutting, by ripping, or by both. 2. The term Clear Face Cutting, as used in these rules, means a cutting having one face clear and the reverse face sound. 3. The term Sound Cutting, as used in these rules, means a cutting free from rot and shake and other defects which materially impair the strength of the piece. GOOD EDGE 1. The term Good Edge, as used in these rules, will admit no unsound defects, excepting a slight amount of wane, not to exceed one-third the length and one-third the thickness of the piece, or its equivalent in other defects. STANDARD GRADES 1. The standard grades of hardwood lumber are found under the caption of the respective v/oods. Firsts and Seconds are combined as one grade. 2. The percentage of Firsts in the combined grade of Fir.sts and Seconds to be as follows: 3- Poplar, not less than 509c. 4. African and Mexican Mahogany, not less than Sii%. 5 Tupelo. Plain and Quartered Sycamore, White Ash, Plain Oak, Chestnut, Red Gum, Sap Gum, Cottonwood, Black Gum, Magnolia. Locust, Hackberry. and Willow, not less than 33 1/3%. 6. Cherry, Beech, Soft Elm, Buckeye, Quar- tered Oak. Quartered Red Gum, and Quartered Red Gum sap no defect, not less than 25%- STANDARD LENGTHS 1. Standard lengths are 4', 5', 6', 7', 8', 9', 10', 11'. 12', 13', 14'. 15' and 16', but not over 1~>% of odd lengths are admitted. 2. In the grade of Firsts and Seconds the lengths are 8' to 16', but there must not be more than 20% under 12' and not to exceed 10% of 8' and 9' lengths, except ■.\s otherwise specified. STANDARD THICKNESSES 1 The standard thicknesses of hardwood lum- ber are 1/4". 3/H", 1/2", 5/S". 3/4". 1". 1 1/4". 1 1/2". 1 3/4", 2", 2 1/2", 3", 3 1/2". 4", 4 1/2". 5", 5 1/2". and 6'. 2. The standard thicknesses for surfaced lum- ber are as follows: Rough Surfaced 3/8" surfaced two sides to 3/16" 1/2" surfaced two sides to 5/16" 5/S" surfaced two sides to 7/16" 3/4" -surfaced two sides to 9/16" 1" surfaced two sides to 13/16" 1 1/4" surfaced two sides to 1 3/32" 1 1/2" surfaced two sides to 1 11/32" 1 3/4" surfaced two sides to 1 1/3" 2" surfaced two sides to 1 8/4" 2 1/2" surfaced two sides to 2 1/4" 3" surfaced two sides to 2 3/4" 3 1/2" surfaced two sides to 3 1/4^^ 4" surfaced two sides to 3 3/4" 3. Lumber surfaced on one side only must be 1/1(1" full of the above thickness. ASH 1. Thicknesses and lengths; Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be ii" and ovgr wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equivalent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 0" and -over wide. .2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5'. 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 8'. 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 stand?,rd defects or their equivalent. 16'. 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent. 22d HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not over 30% under 12' and not to exceed SCc of 6' and 7'. 2. Widths: 5" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear one face and sound on the reverse side. 4. Pieces 6" and over wide, 8' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse side of pieces S' and over long must work at least S0% sound. 5. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least S0% clear face, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings; 13' and longer, three cuttings. G. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. NO. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths: 4 ' and o\'er long, not over 30% shorter than 10', and not to exceed 10% of 4' and S' lengths. 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be clear. 5. Pieces 4" wide. 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 4" wide, 12' to 16" long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not o\ er three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long. 9" and over wide, may have two standaid defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide. 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces S" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cut- tings: pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. No 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, but not more than 10% of 4' and 5' lengths admitted in this grade. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over tour cuttings. 3. Pieces 8* and over wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces S" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 60% clear face in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. No. 3 COIVDION 1. Lengths; 4' and over long. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Each piece must contain at least 50% sound cutting. 4. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". No cutting to contain less than 72 square inches. No 4 COMMON 1. No. 4 Common shall include all lumber not up to the grade of No. 3 Common that can be used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating, etc. Worm holes are not to be considered defects, and un- sound lumber with sufficient substance to hold nails admitted. STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear, No. 1 Common. 2. Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 4. Widths: 2". 2 1/2", 3". 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5", 5 1/2". 5. Inspection on all grades must be nrxade from thft good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be m,ade at narrow part of strip inside of beveled edges. 7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches; all fractions of le.ss than 1/2" dropped. CLEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. Must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. No. 1 C03IM0N 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good 3. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 12' and over long, must work 66 2/SVf clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be con- sidered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 4. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. The reverse face must be sound. 5. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, ■ ' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 12 ' and over long, must work 66 2/3%i clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting must be sound. BASSWOOB 1. Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface measure may have one standard defect, or its equivalent. Pieces 16 ' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equivalent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 8', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not over 30% under 12' and not to exceed 5% of 6' and 7'. 2. Widths: 5" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear one face and sound on the reverse side. 4. Pieces 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. ' nnj*-t grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse side of pieces 8' and over long must work at least 80% sound. 5. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least 80% clear face, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings; 13' and longer, tliree cuttings. G. The minimum length of any cutting to be IS". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths 4' and over long, not over 30% shorter than 10' and not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be clear. 5. Pieces 4" wide. 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings, pieces 4" wide. 12' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces .t" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings: pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 6C 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings: pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. No. 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, but not more than 10% of 4' and 5' lengths admitted in this grade. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings, pieces 8" and over wide. 10' to 13' long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings, pieces S" and over wide. 14' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is lesa than 3" wide by 2' long. No. 3 COMMON 1. Lengths: '4' and over long. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Each piece must contain at least 50% sound cutting. 4. The minimum length of any cutting to be IS". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". No cutting to contain less than 72 square Inches. No. 4 COMIVION 1. No. 4 Common shall include all lumber not up to the grade of No. 3 Common that can be used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating, etc. Worm holes are not to be considered defects, and unsound lumber with sufficient substance to hold nails admitted. STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear. No. 1 Common. 2. Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 4. Widths: 2", 2" 1/2", 3", 3 1/2". 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2". 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of the strip inside of beveled edges. 7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches; all fractions of less than 1/2" dropped. CLEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. Must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. No. 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 3. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, S' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be con- sidered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 4. Pieces 3 1/2". 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. Narrow, 9" thick when ship- few 5. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting must be sound. W.VGON BOX BOARDS 1. Widths: Wide, 13" to 17 to 12". 2. Lengths: 11' to 16'. 3. Thickness: Must be ping dry. 4. Bright or sound discolored sap or a scattered pin worm holes may be admitted. 5. 11' lengths will admit 3" splits in one end, or their equivalent in one or both ends. 6. 12', 13', 15' and IG' lengths will admit of a 12" split in one end, or its equivalent in one or both ends. 7. 14' lengths will admit 6" splits in one end, or their equivalent in both ends; otherwise each piece in 11' to 13' lengths may contain defects that do not prevent the piece from cutting one side; or in each piece 14' to 16' long, one side and one end; sides to work 10' 6" long, ends to work 3' 6" long by the full width of the piece. Each side and end may contain one sound stand- . ard defect, or its equivalent, showing on one side. 8. NOTE — Five per cent, in feet of a ship- ment that can be reduced in measurement by cutting the end or edge or both to a size ordered must be accepted and measu'-ed as box boards; separate tally to be kept of such boards, showing reduction in measurement. 9. Inspectors are cautioned that lumber so warped that it cannot be used for box boards must be excluded from this grade. BAY POPLAR (TUPELO) Jointly Adopted by American Hartlwood Mana- facturers* .'\ssociation and The Southern Cy- press Manufacturers* Association. 1. Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equivalent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admited according to surface measure as follows: 5'. 1 standard defect or its equivalent. S', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects nr their equivalent. No. 1 COM3ION 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, not over 30% shorter than 10', and not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be clear. 5. Pieces 4" wide. S' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 4" wide. 12' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3'^- clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cut- tings. 8. Pieces S" and over wide. 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3*;^ clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cut- tings; pieces S" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or .S" wide by 3' long. No. 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must w^ork 50% sound in not over throe cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work 50% sound in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide. 4' to 9' long, must work rtO% sound in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" ■j.Tiil over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 50% sound in not over four cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50% sound in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. No. 3 C03EM0N 1. No. 3 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, and must contain at least 25% of sound cuttings. Minimum width of cuttings 1 1/2", and no cutting considered which contains less than 36 square inches. WAGON BOX BOARDS 1. Widths: Wide, 13" to 17". Narrow, 9" to 12". 2. Lengths: 11' to 16'. 3. Thickness: Must be 1" thick when shipping dry. 4. Bright or sound discolored sap or a few scattered pin worm holes may be admitted. 5. 11' lengths will admit 3" splits in one end, or their equivalent in one or both ends. 0. 12'. 13', 15' and 16' lengths will admit of a March 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 22e 12" split in one end, or its equivalent in one or both ends. 7. 14' lengths will admit 6" splits in one end, or their equivalent in both ends; otherwise each piece in 11' to 13' lengths may contain defects that do not prevent the piece from cutting one side; or in each piece 14' to 16' long, one side and one end; sides to work 10' 6" long, ends to work 3' 6" long by the full width of the piece. Each side and end may contain one sound stand- ard defect, or its equivalent, showing on one side. H. NOTE — Five per cent in feet of a shipment that can be reduced in measurement by cutting the end or edge or both to a size ordered must be accepted and measured as box board.s; separate tally to be kept of such boards, showing reduc- tion in measurement. 9. Inspectors are cautioned that lumber so warped that it cannot be usi'd for box boards must be excluded from this grade. B AND BETTER 1. Thicknesses: 1" to 2". 2. Widths: Shall be specified. 4", 5". 6", 8" 10" and 12", and may be furnished in assorted widths 4" to 12". admitting 209^ of 7". 9" and 11" widths. May also be furni.shed in random widths. 13" and wider. 3. Lengths: 8' to 20'. 4. Shall be graded from the belter side. Slightly discolored sap is no defect. 5. Pieces 4" and 5" wide shall be free from defects. 6. Pieces 6" to 8" wide may have one stand- ard knot or an equivalent defect. 7. Pieces 10" wide may have one standard knot and one other equivalent defect. 8. Pieces 12" wide may have two standard knots and one other equivalent defect. 9. Pieces wider than 12" will admit additional defects in proportion as width increases. C 1. Thicknesses: 1" to 2". 2. Widths: Shall be specified, 4", 5", 6". 8". 10" and 12". and may be furnished in assorted widths 4" to 12" admitting 20^c 7". 9" and 11" widths. 3. Lengths: 6' to 20'. 4. Shall be graded from the better side. Sound discolored sap is no defect. Standard knots, pin worm holes, and other defects will be admitted, but none that will prevent the use of each piece in its full length and width as a paint grade. BEECH 1, Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 2. Widths; 3" and over wide. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide. 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equivalent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 8', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12'. 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16'. 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not over 30% under 12' and not to exceed 5% of 6' and 7'. 2. "Widths: 5" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces C and 7' must be clear one face and sound on the reverse side. 4. Pieces 0" and over wide, 8' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse eide of pieces 8' and over long must work at least S0% sound. 5. This grade may also Include pieces other than those described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least 80% clear face, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings; 13' and longer, three cuttings. 6. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 8". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. No, 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, not over 30% shorter than 10', and not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear, 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and T long, must be clear. Ci. Pieces 4" wide, 8' to 11 ' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 4" wide, 12' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, r*" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long. 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide. 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cut- tings. 8. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide. 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings: pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. ri No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. No. 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and ovei wide. 4' and over long, but not more than 10% of 4' and 5' lengths admitted in this grade. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide. 11' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings 3. Pieces S" and over wide. 4' to 9' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces S" and over wide. 10' to 13' long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings; pieces S" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. No. 3 COMJION 1. Lengths: 4' and over long. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Each piece must contain at least 50% sound cutting. 4. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". No cutting to contain less than 72 square inches. No. 4 COMMON 1. No. 4 Common shall include all lumber not up to the grade of No 3 Common that can be used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating, etc. Worm holes are not to be considered defects, and unsound lumber with sufficient substance to hold nails admitted. STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear, No. 1 Common. 2. Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 4. Widths: 2". 2 1/2", 3". 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2". 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of the strip inside of beveled edges. 7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches: all fractions of less than 1/2" dropped. CLE.\R 1. Lengths: S' to 16'. 2. Must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. No. 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2 Pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 3. Pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be con- sidered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 4. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. 5. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide. S' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide and 2' long. Both edges, of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting must be sound. SELECTED RED BIRCH 1. Selected F;ed Birch must grade the same as Birch except as follows: 2. Pieces 5" wide must show one face all red. 3. Pieces G" and over wide must show at least 75% red on one face. BIRCH 1. Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide. 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 0' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equivalent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface meapure as follows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. S', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 standard defects or their equivalent, 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20'. 5 standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not over 30% under 12' and not to exceed 5% of 6' and 7'. 2. Widths: 5" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear one face and sound on the reverse side. 4. Pieces G" and over wide, 8' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse side of pieces S' and over long must work at least 80% sound 5. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above, below the grade ol seconds, that will work at least S0% clear face, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings; 13' and longer, three cuttings. 6. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, not over 30% shorter than 10'. and not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be clear. 5. Pieces 4" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 06 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 4" wide, 12' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long. 9" and over wide, rnay have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings: pieces 5" to 7" wide. 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide. 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide. 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. No. 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, but not more than 10% of 4' and 5' lengths admitted in this grade. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to lu' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces S" and over wide, 4' to D' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces S" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings; pieces S" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. No. 3 COMMON 1. Lengths: 4' and over long. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Each piece must contain at least 50% sound cutting. 4. The minimum length of any cutting to be IS". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". No cutting to contain less than 72 square inches. No. 4 COMMON 1. No. 4 common shall include all lumber not up to the grade of No. 3 Common thnt can be used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating, etc. Worm holes are not to be considered defects, and unsound lumber with sufficient substance to hold nails admitted. STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear, No. 1 Common. 2. Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 4. Widths: 2", 2 1/2", 3", 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2", 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of the strip inside of bevel'^d edges. 7. Must be tallied widtlis and lengths on half and even inches; all fractions of less than 1/2" dropped. CLEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. Must have one clear face and two good edges: the reverse face must be sound. No. 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. „ .^ „, ^ «., 2 Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3 wide, 6 and 7 long, must have one clear face and two good 3^ Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, S' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 12 and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face m not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the ^'4*^^' Pieces 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. The reverse face must be sound. 5. Pieces 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide. S' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings: pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2 , 5 and 5 1/2" wide. 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cut- ting must be sound. BUCKEYE 1. Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces, 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10 ' to 15 ' surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equivalent. SECONDS 1. Second must be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5'. 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 8', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not over 30% under 12' and not to exceed 5% of 6' and T. 2. Widths: 5" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear one face and sound on the reverse side 4. Pieces 6" and over wide, 8' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse side of pieces S' and over long must work at least 80% sound. 5. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above, below the grade of seconds, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings: 13' and longer, three cuttings. 6. The minimum length of any cutting to be IS". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". 22f HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 19lii The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, not over 30% shorter than 10', and not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. 3. Pieces 4 and 5' long must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, C and 7' long, must be clear. 5. Pieces 4" wide. S' to 11' long, ntust work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings: pieces 4" wide, 12' to 1(1' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces G' long, 5" to S" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, ii" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings: pieces Tt" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces S" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must w^ork 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings: pieces S" and over wide. 10' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide. 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. y. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by S' long. No. 2 COJOION 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over w^ide, 4' and over long, but not more than 10*^ of 4* and 5' lengths admitted in this grade. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work uO% clear face in not over four cuttings. 3 Pieces .S" and over wide. 4' to 9' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cut- tings; pieces S" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cut- tings: pieces S" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over five cut- tings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is loss than 3" wide by 2' long. No. 3 COMMON 1. Lengths: 4' and over long. 2 Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Each piece must contain at least 50% sound cutting. 4. The minimum length of any cutting to be IS". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". No cutting to contain less than 72 square inches No. 4 COMMON 1. No 4 Common shall include all lumber not up to the grade of No. 3 Common that can be used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating, etc Worm holes are not to be considered defects and unsound lumber with sufficient substance to hold nails admitted. VV.\GON BOX B0.4KI)S ,.,!• Widths: Wide, 13" to 17". Narrow. 0" to 2. Lengths: H' to 16'. 3. Thickness: Must be 1" thick when ship- ping dry. 4. Bright or sound discolored sap or a few scattered pin worm holes may be admitted 5. 11' lengths will admit 3" splits in one end. or their equivalent in one or both ends. ,„S' \r''.13'. 15' and 16' lengths will admit of a 1- split m one end, or its equivalent in one or both ends 7. 14' lengths will admit 6" splits in one end, or their equivalent in both ends; otherwise each piece in 11' to 13' lengths may contain defects that do not prevent the piece from cutting one side; or in each piece 14' to 16' long, one side and one end; sides to work 10' 6" long, ends to work 3 6 long by the full width of the piece tach side and end may contain one sound stand- ard detect, or its equivalent, showing on one S. NOTE— Five per cent, in feet of a shipment that can be reduced in measurement by cutting the end or edge or both to a size ordered must be accepted and measured as box boards: separate talley to be kept of such boards, showing reduc- tion in measurement. 9. Inspectors are cautioned that lumber so warped that it cannot be used for box boards must be excluded from this grade. BUTTEENUT 1. Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. All odd lengths must be measured. FIRSTS AND SECONDS 1. Firsts and Seconds are a combined grade and must be 6" and over wide, S' and over long and not to exceed 45% under 10' long. 2 Pieces S' and over long, 6" and 7" wide may have one standard defect or its equivalent! J. Pieces 8' and over long, 8" and 9" wide may have two standard defects or their equiva- lent. 4. Pieces 8' and 9' long, 10" and over wide may have two standard defects or their equiva- lent. 5. Pieces 10' and over long, 10" and over wide may have three standard defects or their equiva- lent. SELECTS 1. Selects must be 4" and over wide, 6' and over long, admitting 50% under 10' long and 10% may be 6' and 7' long. 2. Pieces 6' and over long, 4" and 5" wide must have one clear face and two good edges and the reverse side not below grade of No i Common. 3. Pieces 6' and 7' long, 6" and over wide must have one clear face and two good edges' and the reverse side not below the grade of No 1 Common. 4. Pieces 8' and over long, 6" and over wide must not grade below seconds on best face and not below No 1 Common on poor side. 5. Will admit pieces S' and over long with one clear face, the reverse side sound but not below the grade of No. 2 Common. 6. In lumber 5/4" and less in thickness 20% of the quantity may grade not below No. 2 Com- mon on the poor side, provided it will work 80% sound. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide, 4' and over long. 2. Pieces 4" and over wide must work 66 2/3% clear face; no cutting to be considered which does not contain 144 square inches. 3. The minimum width of anv cutting to be 3". the minimum length of any cutting to be 24". Each cutting in this grade must have one clear face and the rever.se side must be sound. No. 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common will admit all lumber below the grade of No 1 Common thn will cut 50% clear face in pieces containing 72 or more square inches. The reverse face of all cuttings must be sound. The minimum width of anv cutting to be 2". No. 3 COlniON ^1. No. 3 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, and must contain at least 25% of sound cuttings. 2. Minimum width of cutting 1 1/2", and no cutting considered which contains less than 36 square inches. CHEERY 1. Thicknesses and bngths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and o\er wide. 3. One inch of bright sap in the aggregate IS a standard defect in the grades of Firsts and Seconds and Selects. 4. Gum spots, if excessive, will reduce a piece one or more grades. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface meas- ure may have one standard defect or its equiv- alent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equivalent. SECONDS 1. Seconds mu.-jt be 0" and over wide. -. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. S . 2 standard defects or their equivalent 12 , 3 standard defects or their equivalent 16 , 4 standard defects or their equivalent 20 , a stnadard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS *; Lensths: 6' .-..nd over long, not over 30C4 under 12 and not to exceed 5% of 6' and 7'. 2. Widths: 4" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. 4 Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear red one face and sound on the reverse side. 5. Pieces 4" and 5" wide. 8' and over long must have one clear red face and be sound ori the reverse side. 6. Pieces 6" and over wide. 8' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face The reverse side must work at least 807o sound I. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above below the grade of seconds that will work at lea.st 80% clear red face, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings. 13' and longer, three cuttings. No. 1 COMJION 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 4 and over long, not to exceed 10% of 4' to * lengths. 2. In the common grades color shall be de- termined from the red face. 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear red race. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' am clear red face. Rc^'o/frf'^'''; "*" ■"'S'"' *' *° 11' '0"S, must work bb 2/3% clear red face in not over two cut- ■■o"^w,R"'''t^ ■*" ■*'"''''■ '-' '° l**' Ions, mu.st work bb 2/3% clear red face in not over three cut- l\^^%- ,,^° <="«ing to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long. 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard detect; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. Pieces b long must have one red face. ''■, l^'?'^^'',^^" '° ''" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work Ob 2/37^ clear red face in not over two cuttings: pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, niust work 66 2/3% clear red face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear red face in not ovfr two cuttings: pieces 8" and over wide. 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clear red face in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide 14' and over long, must work 66 2/37o clear red face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4 wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long No. i COiMMON 1. Gum spots are no defect. 2. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide 4 and over long, not to exceed 107c of 4' and 5' lengths. 3. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work i)07<, clear red face in not over three cut- tings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work 50% clear red face in not over four cuttings. 4. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 507o clear red face in not over three cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long must work 507" clear red face in not over four cuttings; pieces S" and over wide. 14' and over long, must work 507- . of sound cuttings. .Minimum width of cuttini.-' 1^", and no cutting considered which contaiiv less than 36 square inches. STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear, No. 1 Common, No. 2 Common. 2. Thickness: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 4. Widths: 2", 2 1/2", 3" 3 1/2" 4" 4 I/"" 5" and 5 1/2". ' " 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of strip inside of beveled edges. 7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches. All fractions of less than V," dropped. CLEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. No sap is admitted on face side of piece i>. Must have one cleir face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. No. 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Cuttings must be free of sap on face side 3. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 4. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 8' to 11' long must work 66 2/87o clear face in not over two cuttings: pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide 12' and over long, must work 66 2/H'7c clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be con- sidered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 5. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 6 and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. The reverse face must be sound. 6. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 8 to 11' long, must work 66 2/37o clear face in not over two cuttings: pieces 3 1/2" 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 12' and over long, must work 06 2/37(i clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide and 2' long Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting must be sound No. a COJIMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Bright or sound discolored sap is no de- fect in this grade. 3. No. 2 Common Strips must work 507<. clear face; no cutting to be considered which is less than 2" wide by 2' long. The reverse face of cuttings must be sound. CHESTNUT 1. Thicknesses and lengths: Standard 2. Widths: 3" and o\er wide. FIRSTS 1. Firsts mu.st be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface meas- ure may have one standard defect or its equiv- alent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their eouiv- ■ alent. SECONDS 1. Seconds mcst be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not over 3094 under 12 and not to exceed 5% of 6' and 7'. 2. AVidths: 5" and over wide. ' 3. Inspection to be made from the good side ' of the piece. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear one face and .sound on the reverse side. 4. Pieces 6" and over wide, 8' and over long must grade not below seconds on the best face! I The re\erse side of pieces 8' and over long must wo^rk at least S07o sound. ! 5. This grade may also include pieces other j than those described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least SO'/,, clear face, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings: 13 and long:er, three cuttings. 6. The minimum length of any /cutting to be 18 . The minimum width of any cutting to be 3 . The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. . No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. ! 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, not over 307i. i shorter than 10', and not to exceed 107o of 4' I and 5' lengths. 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear. ! 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be clear. sp'o/f,!,'''"'^ *" ^J''l"^' ^' *° "' '0"B. must work 00 J/37c clear face in not over two cuttings; Fi^'^o"?,™*" ,^^''1^' 1-' '° 18' Ions. '""■■3t work- bb 2/37o clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work bb 2/37c clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/37; clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces S" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2./37c clear face in not over three cuttings: pieces S" and over wide, 11' and over long, must Work 66 2/37o clear face in not over four cuttings. March 10. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 22o 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long: or 3" wide by 3' loner. No. 2 COjmOJi 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide. 4' and over long, not to exceed UY/c of 4' and 5' lengths. 2. Pieces 3'^ to 7" wide, 4' to 10' lung, must work 50';'r sound in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide. 11' and over long, must \ work 50^/c sound in not over four cutting.?. 3. Pieces .S" and over wide. 4' to 9' long, must ' work 507c sound in not over three cuttings; pieces S" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 507c sound in not over four cuttings; pieces S" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 507c sound in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. i Xo. 3 COMJIOX j 1. No. 3 Common must be 3" and over wide. 4' and over long, and must contain at least 25% of sound cuttings. Minimum width of cuttings 1 1/2", :ind no cutting con.-sidered which contains less than 36 square inches. FIRSTS AND SECONDS WORMY 1. l^engths: (>' and o\-er long. 2.~>c'f may be 6'. 7', and .S', and not to exceed 5% under 8'. 2. Widths; 6" and over wide. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be fi" and over wide, 8' and over long. Piece.? 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 1(1' to 1.")' surface meas- ure may have one standard defect or its equiv- alent. Pieces IG' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equiv- t alent. I SECONDS j 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. I 2. Standard defects are admitted according ; to surface measure as follows; -■''. 1 standard defect or its e(|Uivalent. *<'. 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12'. 3 standard defects or their equivalent. lt>'^, 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20'. 5 standard defects or their equivalent. 3. In addition to the above, the grade of rirsts and Seconds Wormy will admit worm Aoles without limit. No. 1 COMMON WORMY 3. Lengths; 4' and over long; 20% may be 4'. .'■>', «'. 7' and 8', and not to exceed 5% under R . 2. Widths: 4" and over wide. 3. Other widths and lengths must work 66 2/3% clear face as follows; [ Widths Lengths No. Pieces 4 to 11" 6' to 11' •> 4- to 11" 12' to IB' 3 ■4' to 11' 17- to 20' 4 12" to 15" B' to 11' 3 12" to 15" 12' to 16' 4 12" to l.T' 17- to 20' 5 16" and over fi' to 11' 4 16" and over 12' to IB' 5 16" and over 17' to 20' B ,o~' ''''"■ "I'l'Tium length of any cutting to be . ,f, " ' "lini'iiun-i width of s'.ny cuttmg to be 4 . The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. 5. In addition to above will admit worm holes without limit. COTTONWOOD 1. Thicknesses and lennths; Standard. 2. Widths; 3" and over wide FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure mu.st be clear. Pieces 10' to I.t' surface meas- ure may have one standard defect or its equiv- , alent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure • may have two standard defects or their equiv- Jalenf. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defect.s are admitted according to surface measure as follows; 5'. 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 8'. 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12 . 3 standard defects or their equivalent 16'. ■' standard defects or their equivalent. 20 , 5 standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS l- Lengths; 6' and over long, not over 30%, under 12' and not to exceed STr of 6' and 7'. 2. Widths: o" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear one face and sound on the re^'erse side. : 4. Pieces 6" and over wide. 8' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse side of pieces 8' and over long must work at least 80% sound. 5. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least 8091 clear race, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings; 13 and longer, three cuttings. -,oS' ^''^ minimum length of any cutting to be lis . The mmimum width of any cutting to be 1?.". """^ smallest cutting allowed must contain 1144 square inches. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. ' 2. Lengths; 4' and over long, not over 30% snorter than 10', and not to exceed 10%> of 4' .and 5' lengt^is. 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be clear. RR^';,fi'^'^'"' ■*" '"''''O' 8' to 11' long, must work t>D J/3%, clear face in not over two cuttings' s«^f; ■*" "''''"^- *2' '° 1"' 'one. must work TO _/3%. clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces B' long, 5" to S" wide, may have one standard defect: pieces 6' long, 0" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide. 7' to 11' long, must work 60 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces 5" to 7" wide. 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3%j clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings: pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. No. 2 COM.MON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide. 4' and over long, not to exceed 10%^ of 4' and 5' lengths. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% sound in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work 507c sound in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide. 4' to 9' long, must work 50% .sound in not over three cut- tings: pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long. n\ust work 507c sound in not over four cut- tings: pieces 8" and over wide. 14' and over long, must work 50% sound in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. No. 3 COMMON 1. No. 3 Conmion must be 3" and over wide. 4' and over long, anti must contain at least 257c of sound cuttings. Minimum width of cuttings 1 1/2", and no cutting considered which contains less than :16 square inches. STRIPS 1. Grades; Clear, No. 1 Common, 2. Thicknesses; Standard. 3. Lengths; 6' to 16'. 4. AVidths: 2", 2 1/2", 3". 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2". 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of the strip inside of beveled edges, 7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches; all tractions of less than 1/2" dropped. CLEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. Must have one clear face and two good edges: the reverse face must be sound. No. 1 COMMON 1, Lengths; 0' to 16'. 2, Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 3, Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3 clear face in not over two cuttings: pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3%r clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting must be sound. F.\NEL AND WIDE No. 1 1. Lengths: 0' to 16'. 2. Widths: 18" and over. 3. Thicknesses; 3/8" to 2". 4. Sound discolored sap is no defect. 5. Splits not exceeding B" in length in one end of the piece are not to be considered as defects, 6. Panel and Wide No. 1 is a combined grade and must contain at least .50% panel. PANEL 1. Lengths; 8' to 16', admitting of not to exceed 20%. of 8'. 9' and 10' lengths. 2. 50% of the total quantity must be clear on both side.s. The balance of the quantity mav contain defects, provided 90%, of the piece can be used for panels in cuttings 4' or over long bv the full width of the piece WIDE No. 1 1. Lengths; 6' to 16'. 2. Pieces 6' and 7' long must be clear. 3. Pieces 8' and over long will admit detects provided 75%^ of the piece can be used for panels m cuttings 4' or over long by the full width of the piece. WAGON BOX BOARDS 1, Widths; Wide. 13" to 17". Narrow, 9" to 12". 2. Lengths: 11' to 16', 3. Thickness: Must be 1" thick when ship- ping dry. 4, Bright or sound discolored sap or a few .scattered pin worm holes may be admitted. o. 11' lengths will admit 3" splits in one end, or their equivalent in one or both ends. (!, 12'. 13', 15' and 16' lengths will admit of a IL split in one en^'andard knot is sound and not to exceed 1 1/4 in diameter, ■,,',,, •■'^ small sound knot is one not exceeding 3/4 in diameter, 3. Two small knots not to exceed in extent or damage one 1 1/4" knot. ,.,■*■ °J'Jl ■■"r^'ght split not to exceed in length the width of the piece. 5. Worm holes not exceeding in damage one standard knot. 6. Ordinary season checks shall not be con- sidered a defect in any grade. 7. Ordinary season checks are such as occur in lumber properly covered on yard, or season checks of equal size in kiln dried lumber STANDARD LENGTHS 1. Tank, factory select, shop, select common heart select common. No. 1 common, flooring ceiling, partition, bevel siding, bungalow bevel sidmg and drop siding shall be 8' and longer 2. A. B and C shall be 10' to 20'. ' 8. No 2 common, box, peck, mouldings, panel stock and battens shall be 6' to 20' I'a.iei 3. Mouldings, panel stock and bkttens of all sizes, bevel siding, bungalow bevel siding floor- b"Ti "id"^ '^"'' P'"'''"°" ■>*■'" admit odd lengths **^1-*^T,'>?'' FINISHED SIZES OF CYPRESS .„«„■ J ."u"'V'" s'^'PPed in the iiugh shall be of sufficient thickness or width to S2S or S-'B to standard thickness or width as follows- THICKNESSES 4/4 lumber SIS or S2S shall be 13/16" thick. .1/4 umber SIS or S2S shall be 1 1/8" thick b/4 umber SIS or S2S shall be 1 3/8" thick 8/4 lumber SIS or S2S shall be 1 3/4" thick 10/4 lumber SIS or S2S shall be 2 1/4" th ck l-/"* '""l'^'^'- SIS or S2S shall be 2 3/4" thick ^ AM flooring and partition shall be S2S and 4/4 flooring shall be 1 3/16" thick 5/4 flooring shall be 1 1/8" thick. ,. 6/4 flooring shall be 1 3/8" thick, .3/8 ceiling shall be worked .VI 6". SIS only . 1/2 ceiling shall be worked 7/16", SIS only .5/8 ceiling shall be worked 9/16", SIS only 3/4 ceiling shall be worked 11/16', SIS only 3/8 panel stock S2S shall be 7/32" 1/2 panel stock S2S shall be 5/16". 5/8 panel stock S2S shall be 7/16". 3/4 panel stock S2S shall be 9/16". 2. ,5/4", 6/4" and 8/4" Baluster stock shall be worked to same finished thickness as lumber. -. /?;, ,^"3" to 8x8" Turning Squares S4S shall be 1/4 less than the rough sizes, 4. Ceiling up to 3 1/4" face to have one bead on one edge and celling wider than 3 1/4" face to be beaded center and edge. ,. ^;„ .'-"■"P Siding, either D. & M. or Shiplap, shall be 13/16" thick. 6. Shiplap. or D. & M.. shall be 13/16" thick 7. Grooved Roofing shall be 13/16" thick. WIDTHS 1. All lumber SIE takes off 3/8". S2E, 1/2" 2. 4/4" and thicker flooring, ceiling and'parti- tion shall be 2 1/4", 3 1/4", 4 1/4", 5 1/4" face. 22h HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 3 5/4" 6/4" and S/4" baluster stock shall be same width as finished thickness 4. Drop Siding. D. & M., shall be 3 1/4 and 5 1/4" face. When worked shiplap it shall be 5 1/2" over all, allowing 1/2" for lap. ^, 5 8" 10" and 12" shiplap shall be worked 7 , '"6^"s"''lO''^Sd'^12'' d' & M. shall be worked 7 1/4". b 1/4" and 11 1/4" face. , ^ wo- « ^ 7 Grooved roofing shall be worked 9 1/2 and 11 i/2" lace, size of groove 1/2" wide, 1/4 deep, located 1 3/16" from outer edge of groove to ^^8^ Bevef^ siding or bevel cribbing shall be worked 1/2" less in width than the rough strip measure. ^^^^ 1. Thicknesses: 1 1/2", 2", 2 1/2". 3" and 4". 2. Width: Shall be random widths, 5 and over wide. 3. Length: S' and longer. 4. Shall be graded from the poorer side. Shalt be free from s^p. . , ^, , , 5. Sound knots that do not impair the useful- ness of the piece for tank purposes will be ad- mitted A 1. Thickness: 1" to 4". , , 2 Width: Shall be specified widths. 4.0, ft" 'S" 10" 12", 14", 1(>". IS", 20" and wider and 24" and wider, and may be furnished in assorted widths 4" to 12". admitting 20% of 7", 9" and 11 widths, and may also be furnished in random widths 13" and wider. 3. Lengths: 10' to 20'. 4 Shall have a perfect face, free from sap. knots or other defects. The reverse side shall not be poorer than "B." B 1. Thickness: 1" to 4". , 2. Width: Shall be specified widths. 4 . 5 , 6 . 8", 10". 12", 14". 16", IS", 20" and wider and 24 and wider, and may be furnished in assorted widths 4" to 12" admitting 20% of 7", 9" and 11 widths, and may also be furnished in random widths 13" and wider. 3. Length: 10' to 20'. 4. Shall be graded from the better side, the reverse side shall not be poorer than C. 5 Pieces 4" and 5" wide will admit 1 ot bright sap and shall be free from knots and other defects „ ,,_.., 6. Pieces 6" wide may have 1 of bright sap and one small sound knot. 7. Pieces 8" wide may have 2" of bright sap and one standard knot, or in lieu of one stand- ard knot, two small sound knots. 8. Pieces 10" wide may have 3" of bright sap, and one standard knot, or in lieu of one stand- ard knot, three small sound knots. 9. Pieces 12" wide may have 4" of bright sap and one standard knot, or in lieu of one stand- ard knot, four small sound knots. 10. Pieces wider than 12" will admit any amount of bright sap and will admit other defects in proportion as width increases. C 1. Thickness: 1" to 4". 2. Width: Shall be specified widths. 4", 5", fi' . 8", 10", 12", 14", 16". IS", 20" and wider and 24" and wider, and may be furnished in assorted widths 4 to 12" admitting 20% of 7", 9" and 11" widths, and may also be furnished in random widths 13" and wider. 3. Pieces wider than 12" will admit defects in proportion as width increases. 4. Length: 10' to 20'. 5 Shall be graded from the better side but the reverse side shall not be poorer than No. 1 Com- mon. 6. Small sound knots, sound sap, bright or stained, a reasonable amount of pin worm holes and other defects will be admitted, but none that will prevent the use of each piece in its full width and length as a paint grade. 7. Pieces 8" to 12" wide will also admit one standard Knot. FACTORY SELECTS 1. Thickness: 1" to 4". 2. Width: 1" thickness shall be 5" wide oi wider. 1 1/4" and thicker shall not be less than 5 1/4" wide. 3. Length: 8' to 20', 4. Shall be graded from the poorer side. 0. In the cuttings bright sap shall be admitted. The cuttings shall otherwise be free from defects. Parts not included in the stipulated percentage of good cuttings may be thin and may be of any grade. 6. 1" thickness shall cut at least 80% of cut- tings or rippings or both, 5" wide or wider, by 3' long or longer, and 0 1/2" wide or wider, by 18" long or longer, and strips 2" wide or wider, ripped the entire length of the piece, from pieces 8' to 12' long, and 2" wide or wider, 12' long or longer, ripped from pieces 14' and longer. 7. 1 1/4" and thicker shall cut at least 80% of cuttings and rippings or both, as follows: 5 1/4" wide or wider, by 3' long or longer; 9" wide or wider, by 2' 4" long or longer, and strips 2" wide or wider, ripped the entire length of the piece from pieces 8' to 12' long, and strips 2" wide or wider, 12' or longer, ripped from pieces 14' or longer. SHOP 1. Thickness: 1" to 4". 2. Width ; 1" thickness shall be 5" wide or wider. 1 1/4" and thicker shall not be less than 5 1/4" wide. 3. Length: 8' to 20'. 4. Shall be graded from the poorer side. 5. This grade shall cut for factory use 50% to 80% of the same size cuttings or rippings or both as the corresponding thickness in the grade of Factory Selects. 6. Bright sap shall be admitted in the cuttings, which shall otherwise be free from defects. 7- Parts not included in the stipulated per- centage of good cuttings may be thin and may be of any grade. 6". 8" 4. SELECT COMMON Thickness: 1" and thicker. Width: Shall be specified widths, 3,4,5, 10" and 12" wide. "Length: S' to 20'. Will admit sound sap. bright or stained, sound knots, a small amount of tight shake, sea- son checks, also end checks not over 6" in length, and a reasonable amount of pin worm holes well scattered over the piece. 5. Pieces 3" to 6" wide will not admit knots over 1 1/2" in diameter. 6. Pieces 8" to 12" wide will not admit knots over 2" in diameter. 7. Shall be graded from the better side. On the reverse side the knots may be larger and coarser and a slight amount of peck will be ad- mitted, but such defects shall not be coarse enough to materially impair the strength of the piece. HEART SELECT COMMON 1. This grade shall be the same as Select Com- mon, except that sap and pin worm holes will not be admitted. No. 1 COMIVION 1. Thickness: 1" and thicker. 2. Width: Shall be specified 3". 4", 5". 6", 8", 10" and 12" wide. 3. LenE:th: 8' to 20'. 4. Shall be graded from the better side. Will admit pound sap. bright or stained, shake, sea- son checks, pin worm holes, tight knots, straight end splits not exceeding in length the width of the piece, a slight amount of peck on one or both sides of pieces comparatively free from other defects, slight wane on one or both edges, not to exceed one-third the length of the piece, and other de- fects which will not prevent Its use in the rough for common purposes in its full length and width. No. 2 COMMON 1. Thickness: 1" and thicker. 2. Width: Shall be specified widths, 3"» 4", .5", 6". 8", 10" and 12" wide. 3. Length: 6' to 20'. 4. Shall be graded from the better side. Will admit all defects allowed in No 1 common and will also admit unsound knots and slight peck on both sides. The defects shall not, however, be sufficient to prevent the use of each piece in its full length and width for common sheathing and fencing purp:>ses. BOX 1. Thickness: 1" to 2". 2. Width: Shall be random width 3" and wider. 3. Length: 6' to 20'. 4. Each piece shall contain 66 2/3% or more of sound cuttings, no single cutting to contain less than 72 square inches. No piece of cutting can be shorter than 2'. nor narrower than 3". Sound cuttings will admit all the defects allowed in No. 1 Common. The waste material may be thin or absolutely worthless. PECK 1. Thickness: 1" and thicker. 2. Width: Shall be random or specified, 3" and wider. 3- Length: 6' to 20'- 4. Shall admit the product of that part of the log known as pecky. Each piece shall have suffi- cient strength to permit its use as a low-grade sheathing, fencing, or foundation material. SWITCH TIES 1. Shall be cut to size and length specified. 2. Ends of ties shall be sawed square, and a variation of 1/2" longer or shorter than the length ordered will be allowed. 3. Shall be practically all heart, free front damaging knots, shake and splits. 4. Slight peck shall not be considered a defect. CROSS TIES STANDARD No. I PECK 1, Shall be cut to size and length specified. 2. A variation of 1" longer or shorter than the length ordered will be allowed. Shall be prac- tically all heart, free from damaging knots, shake and splits. Peck will be admitted, but there must be enough of sound wood in the ties to permit of proper spiking. PANEL STOCK 1. Thickness: 3/8", 1/2", 5/8" and 3/4". 2. Widths : Shall be random width, 8" and wider. 3. Lengths: 6' to 20', admitting not over 15% of 6' to 10', and not to exceed 5% under 10'. Odd lengths admitted. 4. Shall be graded from the poorer side, B and better, except that bright sap will not be consid- ered a defect. ELM— ROCK Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. Widths; 3" and ovi^r wide- In the grade of Firsts and Seconds 30% to 10' lengths will be admitted. FIRSTS AND SECONDS 1. Firsts and Seconds are combined as one grade. 2. Bird pecks not exceeding 1/2" in length. 1/4" in width, admitted if sound, but if exces- sive must be considered by the inspector. 3. Widths: 4" and over wide. 4. Pieces 4" wide must be clear. 5. Standard defects admitted in pieces 5" and over wide, according to surface measure, as fol- lows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. S', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 18'. 4 standard defects or their equivalent. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide, 4' and over long, not to exceed 5% of 4" widths. 2. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear 3. Pieces 4" to 7" wide, 6' to 11' long, must work 60 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings: pieces 4" to 7" wide. 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cut- tings. 4. Pieces 8" and over wide. 6' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face In not over two cuttings; pieces S" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must 1. of work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cut- tings; pieces S" and over wide, 14' and over long, , must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four j cuttings. , 5. No cutting to be considered which Is leas than 4" wide by 2' long, or 3" wide by 3' long. : No. 3 COMMON I 1. Lengths : 4' and over long, admitting 25% of 4', 5' and 6' lengths, but not more than 10% may be under 6'. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Pieces 4' long must be clear one face. 4. Pieces 5' and longer must work at least 50% clear face cutting. : 5. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18"- the minimum width of any cutting to be 3"; the smallest cutting allowed must contain 72 square inches. No. 3 COMMON 1. Lengths: 4' and over long. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Each piece must contain at least 50% sound cutting. 4. The minimum length of any cutting to be j 18": the minimum width of any cutting to be 3". i The smallest cutting allowed must contain 72 square inches. No. 4 COMMON 1. No. 4 Common shall include all lumber not up to the grade of No. 3 Common that can be used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating, etc. Worm , holes are not to be considered defects, and un- sound lumber with sulbcient substsance to hold nails admitted. ELM— SOFT 1. Thickness and lengths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equivalent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5'. 1 standard defect or its equivalent. S', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 0' and over long, not ovei 30% under 12' and not to exceed 5% of 6' and 7'. 2 W^idths: 5" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear one face and sound on the reverse side. 4. Pieces 6" and over wide, 8' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse side of pieces 8' and over long must work at least 80% sound. 5. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above, below the grade ot seconds, that will work at least 80% clear face, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings; 13' and longer, three cuttings. 6. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, not over 30% shorter than 10'. and not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be clear. 5. Pieces 4" wide. 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 4" wide, 12' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be le.es than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long. 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long. 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces S" and over wide. 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13', long must work G6 2/3% clear face in not over three cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. No. 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% sound in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work 50% sound in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 50% sound in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 50% sound in not over four cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50% sound in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. No. 3 COMMON » 1. No. 3 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, and must contain at least 25% of sound cuttings. Minimum width of cuttings 1 1/2", and no cutting considered which contains less than 36 square Inches. BLACK GUM 1, Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide, 8' and March 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 22i over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equivalent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be Q" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. S', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 standard defects or their (equivalent. 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, not over 30% dhorter than 10', and not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths 3. Pieces 4' and 5' lofVg must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and T long, must be clear. 5. Pieces 4" wide, S' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 4" wide, 12' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide. 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, musi work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 60 2/3% clear face in not over three cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. No. 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% Found in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work 50% sound in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 50% sound in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide. 10' to 13' long, must work 50% sound in not over four cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50% sound in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. No. 3 COMftlON 1. No. 3 Common must be 3" and over wide. 4' and over long, and must contain at least 25% of sound cuttings. Minimum width of cuttings 1 1/2", and no cutting considered which contains less than 30 square inches. QUARTER SAWN BLACK GUM 1. Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. 80% of the width of each piece must have the radial grain running 45% or less with one surface of the piece. 4. 10% of Quarter Sawn Black Gum may be 1/16" scant on one edge, provided the other edge is full standard thickness when shipping dry. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equivalent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 3" and over wide. 2. Pieces 5" wide must be clear. 3. Standard defects are admitted in widths 6" and over according to surface measure, as fol- lows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 8', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20' and over, 5 standard defects or their equiv- alent. SEI.ECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not over 30% under 12' and not to exceed 5% of 6' and 7'. 2. Widths: 5" and over wide 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear one face and sound on the reverse side. 4. Pieces 6" and over wide, S' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse side of pieces 8' and over long must work at least 80% sound. 5. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least 80% clear face, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings; 13' and longer, three cuttings. 6. The minimum length of any cutting to he 18". The minimum width of anv cutting to be 3" The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, not over 30% shorter than 10', and not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be Clear. o^^-« ^IS^^^ ^^ "Wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings- Fi^^ofo J" ■^id^' 12' to 16' long, must work b6 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide. 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings: pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide. 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. No. 2 COSrMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, but not more than 10% of 4' and 5' lengths admitted in this grade. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings: pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11 ' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings 3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide. 14' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. PLAIN SAWN RED GUM 1. In Firsts and Seconds pieces 0" and 7" wide may have 1/2", and pieces 8" and wider, 1" of bright or sound discolored sap on one face and not to exceed one-fifth in the aggregate on the reverse face. 2. Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 3. Widths; 3" and over. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their enuivalent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent 8', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Lengths : 6' and over long, not to exceed 30% under 12' and not to exceed 5% of 6' and 7'. 2. Widths: 5" and over wide. 3. Inspection to he made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear red one face and sound on the reverse side. 4. Pieces 6" and over wide. 8' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse side of pieces 8' and over long must work at least 80% pound. 5. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least 80% clear red face, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings: 13' and lonsrer. three cuttings. 6. The minimum length of anv cutting to be IS". The minimum width of anv cutting to be 3". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. No. 1 COMMON 1. In the common grades color shall be deter- mined from the red face. 2. Widths: 4" and over wide. 3. Lengths: 4' and over long, but not more than 10% may be 4', 5'. 6' and 7' lengths. 4. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear red face. 5. Pipces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be Clear red face. *»- -P^-^ces 4" wide. 8' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear red face in not over two pieces in cuttings 2' and over long by the full width of the piece. 7. Pieces 6' long. 5" to 8" wide, mav have one standard defect: pieces 6' long. 9" and over wide may have two standard defects. Pieces 6' long must have one red face. 8 Pieces 5" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear red face in not over two cut- tmgs; pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear red face in not over three cutings. 9. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear red face in not over two cut- tmgs; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long niust work 66 2/3% clear red face in not over three cuttings; pieces S" and over wide. 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear red face in not over four cuttings. 10. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4 by 2' long, or 3" wide by 3' long. , ^, No. 3 COMl\rON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide. 4 and over long, but not more than 10% of 4' and 5 lengths admitted in this grade. -■, '^l^S,^^ ^" ^"^ ''"' wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% clear red face in not over three cut- tmgs; pieces 3" to 7" wide. 11' and longer, must work r>0% clear red face in not over four cuttings. , ?i>^£^^ *" ^"^ '^^'^^ wide. 4' to 9' long, must work 50% clear red face in not over three cut- tmgs; pieces 8" and over wide. 10' to 13' long must work 50% clear red face in not over four cuttmgs: pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50% clear red face in not over five cuttings. *!-'*• ^.P S"**'"^ *'5 be considered which is less than 3 wide by 2' long STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear. No. 1 Common. 2. Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. and sTr''^^* ^"' ^ ^^^"' ^"' ^ ^^^"' ■*"• * ^/^''' ^" 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of strip inside of beveled edges. 7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches, all fractions of less than %" dropped. . CLEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. No sap is admitted on face side of piece. 3. Must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. No. 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16' 2. Cuttings must be free of sap on face side. 3. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 4. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 8' to 10' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 5. Pieces 3 1/2". 4". 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. The reverse face must be sound. 6. Pieces 3 1/2". 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face In not over two cuttings; pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which Is less than 3" wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting must be sound. PLAIN SAWN RED GUM FIGURED WOOD 1. Figure is required in these grades and each piece shall be especially selected for markings and color tones producing a variegated effect. In the grade of Firsts and Seconds 90% of one face of each piece, and in the Common grades the face side of each cutting to show such markings. Otherwi.se the regular rules for grading Plain Sawed Red Gum shall apply QUARTER SAWN RED GUM 1. Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. No figure is required in Quarter Sawn Red Gum in any grade. 4. S07c of the width of each piece must have the radial grain running 45 degrees or less with one surface of the piece. 5. 10% of Quarter Sawn Gum may be 1/16" scant on one edge provided the other edge Is full standard thickness when shipped dry. 6. In the grades of Firsts and Seconds and Selects, pieces 5" wide must be free of sap, pieces 6" and 7" wide may have 3/4" of sound sap in the aggregate, and pieces 8" and over wide may have 1" of sound sap in the aggre- gate. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equivalent SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 5" and over wide. 2. Pieces 5" wide must be clear. 3. Standard defects are admitted In widths 6" and over according to surface measure, as follows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 8', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', and over, 5 standard defects or their equiv- alent. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not to exceed 30% under 12' and not to exceed 5% of 6' and 7', 2. Widths: 5" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. 4. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear red one face and sound on the reverse side. 5. Pieces 6" and over wide. 8' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse side of pieces 8' and over long must work at least 80%' sound. 6. This grade may also include pieces other than those described abov3, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least 80% clear red face, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings; 13' and longer, three cuttings. 7. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18 . The minimum width of any cutting to be 3 . The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. No. 1 COMMON 1. In the common grades color shall be de- termined from the red face. 2. Widths: 4" and over wide. 3. Lengths: 4' and over long, but not more than 10% may be 4', 5', 6' and 7' lengths. 4. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear red face. 5. Pieces 4" wide. 6' and 7' long, must be clear red face. ^^^■o/?i^^^f ^" ^''^®' ^' ^° 1*' *°"&- must work bb J/S% clear red face in not over two pieces in cuttings 2' and over long by the full width or the piece. 7. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. Pieces 6 long must have one red face. ^■, K^J^^%^,^^' ^° '^" ^^^^. T to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear red face in not over two cuttings; pieces 5" to 7" wide. 12' and over long must work 66 2/3% clear red face in not over three cuttings. 22] HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 9. Pieces 8" and over wide. 7' to Jt' long, must work 66 2/3% clear red face in not over two cuttings: pieces 8" and over wide. 10' to 13' long, must work 6G 2/39'^ clear red face in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide. 14' and over long, must work f!6 2/Z% clear red face in not o\er four cuttings. 10. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long, or 3" wide by 3' long. No. 3 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide. 4' and over long, but not more than 10% of 4' and 5' lengths admitted in this grade. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide. 4' to 10' long, must work 509'^ clea.r red face in not over three cut- tings; pieces 3" to 7" wide. 11' and longer, must work 50% clear red face in not over four cut- tings. 3. Pieces S" and over wide. 4' to 9' long, must work 50% clear red face in not over three cut- tings. Pieces S" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 50% clear red face in not over four cuttings; pieces S" and over wide, 14' and over long, mu.st work 50% clear red face in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is le.sR than 3" wide by 2' long. 1. Grades: Clear, No. 1 Common. 2. Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 4. Widths: 2". 2 1/2". 3". 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2". 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of strip inside of beveled edges. 7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches, all fractions of less than 1/2" dropped. CLEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. No sap is admitted on face side of piece. 3. Must have one clear face and two good edges: the reverse face must be sound. No. 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Cutting mu.st be free of sap on face side. 3. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 6' and 7' long, naust have one clear face and two good 4. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings: pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 12' and over long, must -vfrork 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be con- sidered which i.s less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 5. Pieces 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. The reverse face must be sound. 6. Pieces 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 8' to 11' long, mu.st work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cuttint;^ in thia grade mu.'^t be good and the reverse f:u-t- of cutting must b.- sound. QUARTER SAWN RED GUM FIGURED WOOD l: Figure is required in these grades and each piece shall be especially selected for markings and color tones producing a variegated effect. In the grades of Firsts and Secohds 90% of one face of each piece, and in the Common grades the face side of each cutting to show such markings- Otherwise the regular rules for grad- ing Quarter Sawn Red Cum shall apply. QUARTEiv SAWN RED GUM SAP NO DEFECT The same rules apply as on Quarter Sawn Red Gum, except that bright or sound discol- ored sap shall not be considered a defect. SAP GUM 1. Thicknesses and length.s: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Bright or sound discolored sap is no de- fect in any grade. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide, S' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface meas- ure may have one standard defect or its equiv- alent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equiv- alent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows : 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 8', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not over 30% under 12' and not to exceed 5^'o of 6' and 7'. 2. Widths: 5" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6 ' and 7 ' must be clear one face and sound on the reverse side. 4. Pieces 6" and over wide, S' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse side of pieces 8' and over long must work at least 80% sound. 5. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least 80% clear face, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings: 13' and longer, three cuttings. 6. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. No. i COM3ION 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, not over 30% shorter than 10', and not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long mu.st be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must he clear. 5. Pieces 4" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings: pieces 4" wide. 12' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the fuU width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, mav have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 1" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces 5" to 7" wide. 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clecr face in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide. 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be con.sidered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. No. 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide. 4' and over long, not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% sound in not over three cuttings: pieces 3" to 7" wide. 11' and over long, must work 50% sound in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 50% sound in not over three cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide. 10' to 13' long, must work 50% sound in not over four cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50% sound in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. No. 3 COMMON 1. No. 3 Common must be 3" and over wide. 4' and over long and must contain at least 25% of sound cuttings. Minimum width of cuttings 1 1/2", and no cutting considered which contains less than 36 square inches. STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear. No. 1 Common. 2. Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 4. Widths: 2". 2 1/2", 3", 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2". 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of the strip inside of beveled edges. 7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches; all fractions of less than 1/2" dropped. CLEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. Must have one clear face and two good edges; the rever.se face mu.st be sound. No. 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 3. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 12' and over long, must work 66 2/37r clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be con- sidered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 4. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. The reverse face must be sound. 5. Pieces 3 1/2". 4". 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 8' to 11 ' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; piece.s 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 12' and over long, inust work 66 2/3'J'< clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting must be sound. PANEL AND WIDE No. 1 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Widths: 18" and over wide. 3. Thicknesses: 3/8" to 2". 4. Sound discolored sap is no drficl. 5. Splits not exceeding 6" in length in one end of the piece are not to be considered as defects. 6. Panel and Wide No. 1 is a combined grade and must contain at least 50% panel. PANEL 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. admitting not to exceed 20% of 8'. 9' and 10' lengths. 2. 50% of the total quantity must be clear both sides. The balance of the quantity may contain defects, provided 90*;;. of the piece can be used for panels in cuttings 4' or over long bv the full width of the piece. WIDE No. 1 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Pieces 6' and 7' long must be clear. 3. Pieces 8' and over long will admit defects provided 75% of the piece can be used for panels in cuttings 4' or over long by the full width of the piece. WAGON BOX BO.\RDS 1. Widths: Wide, 13" to 17". Narrow. 9" to 12". 2. Lengths: 11' to 16'. 3- Thickness: Must be 1" thick when ship- ping dry. 4. Bright or sound discolored sap or a few scattered pin worm holes may be admitted. 5. 11' lengths will admit 3" splits in one end, or their ecjuivalent in one or both end.s. 6. 12', 13', 15' and 16' lengths will admit of a 12" split in one end. or its equivalent in one or both ends. 7. 14' lengths will admit 6" splits in one end. or their equivalent in both ends; otherwise each piece in 11' to 13' lengths may contain defects that do not prevent the piece from cutting one side; or in each piece 14' to 16' long, one side and one end; sides to work 10' 6" long, ends to work 3' 6" long by the full width of the piece. Bach side and end may contain one sound standard defect, or its equivalent, showing on one side. s. NOTE — Five per cent, in feet of a ship- ment that can be reduced in measurement by cutting the end or edge or both to a size or- dered inust be accepted and measured as box boards; separate tally to be kept of such boards, showing reduction in measurement. 9. Inspectors are cautioned that lumber so warped that it cannot be used for box boards must be excluded from this grade. HACKBERRY 1. Thicknesst_-K an»I lengths: Standard, 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be <">" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface meas- ure may have one standard defect or its equiv- alent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equiv- alent. SECONDS 1. Seconds inust be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 8', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12'. 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not over 30% under 12' and not to exceed 5% of 6' and 7'. 2. AVidths: 5" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear one face and sound on the reverse side. 4. Pieces 6" and over wide, 8' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse side of pieces 8' and over long must work at least 80% sound. 5. This grade may also include pieces other than tho.se described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least 80% clear face, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings; 13' and longer, three cuttings. 6. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths ; 4 ' and over long, not over 30% shorter than 10', and not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be clear. 5. Pieces 4" wide, S' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 4" wide, 12' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces a" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces S" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, niust work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cutling.s; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. No. 3 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common n\ust be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, but not more than 10% of 4' and 5' lengths admitted in this grade. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide. 11 ' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work SOT^r clear face in not over four cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide. 14' and over long, must work 507c clear face in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. No. 3 COMMON 1. Lengths: 4' and over long. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Each piece must contain at least 50% sound cutting. 4. The minimuni length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". No cut ting to contain less than 72 square inches. (Continued on page 30a) March 10, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Sect ion 23 The Uses of Birch Veneer The Sources of the Material and Various Uses to Which It Is Put ABOUT HALF A DOZEN WOODS are more im- portant than birch in the veneer industry, and sev- eral dozen fall below it. Its rank, therefore, is pretty high among the woods on which Americans depend for their veneers. Nearly twenty-five million feet of birch logs are consumed annually in the manufacture of veneer, and about half of the material comes from the forests of Winconsin, with lesser amounts from Michigan and Maine, and a dozen other states. Birch veneer is not all of the same kind or class. Three or four species of birch are large contributors to the general supply, and three or four other contribute little or none. All the producers of veneer among the birches belong in northern states, for birch is rather scarce farther south, and what is found in the southern region is not often reduced to veneer. Sweet birch, that tastes like wintergreen, and yellow birch, furnish most of the veneer that goes into furniture, interior house finish, and musical instruments, while paper birch yields a pretty large quantity of certain kinds of veneer. Little difference exists between the woods of the sweet and yellow birches. Both have white sapwood and red or brown heartwood, and both may have curly or figured wood, but usually the wood is plain. It is not practicable to determine from statistics how much veneer is made from each of the different birches; but paper birch supplies a large share. Some of it is intended for the manufacture of thin dishes and plates, and some that is thicker is intended for the use of shoe manufacturers. A portion of the pegs with which heavy soles are fastened on are made from veneer. The shanks which are employed to stiffen the shoe between the ball of the foot and the heel, are cut from sheets of thick veneer, which is usually paper birch. When the shoe peg and the shoe shank reach their final use, they are not commonly recognized as veneer, having passed that stage and assumed another form. Birch veneer is made in many thicknesses, but most of it is one-eighth of an inch or thicker. The high per- centage of relatively thick stock is on account of the considerable quantity used in supplying shoe factories. The choice wood of sweet and yellow birch, when reduced to veneer, is usually cut thin. That is true in particular, if it is intended for the surface of furniture, musical instruments, or interior house finish, and these are the situations where the best grades of veneer are commonly seen. Nearly all birch veneer is cut by the rotary process. The quantity manufactured by sawing or slicing is almost negligible. Nearly twenty times as much birch is made into lumber as into veneer in the United States. The red heartwood of sweet and yellow birch is fre- quently substituted for mahogany by manufacturers of furniture, finish, and musical instruments. It can be stained or otherwise treated by the wood finisher until it very closely resembles mahogany. However, the two woods don't look much alike until they have been arti- ficially finished with stains. When that is properly done, the colors of the two so closely resemble that ordinarily birch will pass for mahogany. It is somewhat stronger than mahogany and is often substituted for that wood for spindles and posts where extra strength is wanted; but when these two woods are employed as surface veneer, one has little advantage over the other in the matter of strength. The red heartwood of birch is also substituted for cherry with satisfactory results. It looks as much like cherry as like mahogany, but it differs from both if the wood is left plain. It lacks the grain of mahogany and the luster of cherry; but these differences may be largely overcome by the skill of the wood finisher. Birch is more plentiful and less costly than either cherry or ma- hogany, and that leads to its substitution for those ex- pensive woods. However, the largest use of birch is not as a sub- stitute for any other wood, but under its own name and on its own account. Investigations Lead to New Knowledge The war has placed an opportunity in the hands of furniture and panel manufacturers to benefit by the increased knowledge of the peculiarities and characteristics of wood and glue. Under the stress of war and the necessity of furnishing aircraft to the fighting front in large numbers and a short time, it was found necessary to supplement the information available on wood and glue by extensive additional research work on these two im- portant construction materials. It was found in many instances that factories taking government contracts for aircraft and wagon work had in their desire to help, neglected to go into the situa- tion thoroughly and found themselves unable to produce on schedule. The rigid government inspection showed them that their equipment was inadequate to meet the special demands placed upon it, and their knowledge of the peculiarities of the material was not sufficiently exact. Many varied difficulties were encountered. Vehicle manufac- turers had trouble drying stock. Lumber for wagons to be used in the hot, sandy sections required more thorough drying treat- ment than lumber for wagons to be used in more moist districts, and it was necessary to dry heavy stock quickly. Propeller manu- facturers found that making propellers involved a great many more variables than the mere gluing of laminations and shaping the block internal stresses occurred that caused warping and open joints in seemingly perfect blocks. Though they had been using glues for many years they soon discovered that there was a wide difference between high grade laminated work and the class of work ordinarily accepted as commercial standard. It is not sur- prising that the panel manufacturers making aircraft plywood for 24 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section March 10, 1919 •MniiiiiiiiiEiiitiiiiiiiiiEi iiiioiiiiiiiiiiiE] niiioiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiMiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[] iiiiii[]niiniiiiiit]iiiiiiiii«l> TRADE MARK Rtft, Certus Cold Glue (The Original Water-proof Glue) | Joint Glue reinainitii^- liquid a | full workiug- day after mix- | iiig-. j 1. Highest adhesive and wa- | ter resisting quality. . | 2. In comparison lowest | priced glue on the mar- | ket. I I 3. Saves time, labor, heat | I and trouble. | I 4. When mixed with cold | I water ready for use in | I 15 minutes. | [ 5. Suitable for all outside j I gluing even in cold and | I wet weather. | I 6. May be used in jointing | I machines. I I 7. Glues natural damp (not | I wet or green) as well as | I dry lumber, steel, brass, | I stone, glass, linoleum, | I cork, cloth, etc., to wood | I and leather. | I 8. Stands all climates, even | I the most humid. | I 9. Especially adaptable for | I use in gluing hardwoods | I of all kinds. | I 10. Uniform government in- | I spected and sealed. | I Write for sample for testing on your special work. Our services | 1 are at your disposal. s I CERTUS COLD GLUE CO. j I DETROIT, MICH. | l.iiimioiiiiiiiniomimiiiiniiiii iHiimiiiiiiitiiiiniiiiiiitiiuiiiiiiiiiHiiiin iHiimiiiimc) iiiiiHimniiiiii.f. SPECIALISTS IN i . DIFFICULT ITEMS- We Manufacture ROTARY CUT VENEERS THIN LUMBER SPECIALTIES BIRCH DOOR STOCK MAPLE PIANO PIN BLOCKS ELM HOOPS AND LINERS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE BEHIND OUR PRODUCTS — MUNISING WOODENWARE CO. — MUNISING, MICH. VENEERS FOR AEROPLANE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY WRITE, WIRE OR TELEPHONE BIRDS EYE VENEER COMPANY, Escanaba, Mich. the various governments had some little difficulty at first in meet- ing aircraft specifications. While waterproof glues have been in existence for some years, they were not well known and little information was at hand as to the correct procedure for their successful use. During the war the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., has been work- ing on problems that seemed to give trouble to the plants engaged on war contracts. Much help has been given manufacturers and a large staff of specialists has been engaged in obtaining informa- tion and developing new ideas in the uses of glues and wood. It must not be inferred that absolute information is at hand concerning all phases of the uses of woods, and that the labora- tory will be at once a panacea for all ills. Even though much has been learned, there is still much to be done. It is merely pointed out that the government maintains under jurisdiction of the Forest Service an institution equipped to handle many of the difficult problems continually arising in the manufacture of furniture and panels. Douglas Fir Veneer for Trunks The use of Douglas fir veneer in the manufacture of trunks is becoming quite an important use for the material. Two Los Angeles trunk companies utilize nearly 400,000 feet in the manu- facture of trunks annually. English Walnut Veneer An English walnut tree which grew in Nuneham Park, England, was sold some time ago for $100. The log changed hands sev- eral times, finally reaching the United States, where it was re- duced to 60,000 feet of veneer which sold for $7,500. Perfecting Waterproof Glue Remarkable advances have been made in the manufacture of waterproof glue within recent months. Glue may now be had which is so resistant that panels made with it may be immersed under water ten days or boiled one day without showing any signs of separating into individual layers and without materially lessening their strength. Such panels have great possibilities in the manufacture of furniture, trunks, door panels, wagons, as well as airplanes. March 10, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 25 American Black Walnut Do not allow substitutes to enter into consideration when the proposition of using American Black Walnut is before you. American Black Walnut cannot be successfully imitated, and as the American people ha\'e learned the difference between the genuine and imitation, our suggestion is to use Genuine American Black W^alnut. And finish in the natural to show the real beauty of this wonderful cabinet wood. Walnut Exclusively PICKREL WALNUT COMPANY ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 26 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section March 10, 1919 |jnii»iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiii Hniuiiiaiiiiiuniittuiimiiiiiii iiiiii iiiiiiii»iniiii»ii>iiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiii«iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiniiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini niiiiiin ' """Ill" iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiniiiiin '''''"'"'""'MiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiii The superlative beauty, richness and dignity of our quartered white oak as illustrated in our Dit ^"""""" 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii mill I1IKIII1IMII riiittiitttiiii """""""""""' '"" iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiimiiiiiiii mil iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii II II I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Ill mil u iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii March 10, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 27 "I""" """> I""" iiiiiiiiiiiimmniiiiiiiiiiimi in iniiiiiiiiii ii i iitiiiiiiniiii niiiniiiiiiiiui niiiniiii mm miimimffliimimmmimiiiiiiiiimmmmiiimiiiiimmmiiiiiiiiiiii/mmii imjiimmiiiwmmimmuiiiiniiinmiii imiimumimmiiiiiiiniiimiimiiiiraimiiniiniimmminoimmiiiiis YOU CAN AFFORD ONLY THE BEST IN QUARTERED OAK VENEERS Oak has felt the progressive tendency in design and finish of interior work and furniture, and because of its wonderful adaptability for so many uses and finishes, it has kept abreast of the times. The degree of success w^hich you as a producer of modern woodwork can achieve is largely dependent upon the character of the oak you use. You can well afford to be very careful in your selec- tion of your veneers and lumber just as you are of your finishing material and designs. We therefore suggest that our many years of experience in producing char- acter veneers and lumber in quartered oak, from a choice selection of picked timber, and our carefully planned organi- zation and equipment, give you at least a reasonable assurance that you will get as good stock as is procurable an5rwhere. Concentrate your purchases; save local freight, damaged goods and higher prices, by ordering full mixed cars of veneers and Hardtvood Lumber. NICKEY BROTHERS, JNC. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE II ui u nn u u a 28 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section March 10, 1919 WATERPROOF GUM PANELS Built under C. B. Allen for- mula and passed Govern- ment inspection at Forest Products Laboratory with high average. ALLEN -EATON PANEL CO. MEMPHIS TENNESSEE PERKINS GLUE COMPANY SOLE MANUFACTURERS AND SELLING AGENTS PERKINS Vegetable Veneer Glue (PATENTED JULY «, 191«) 805 J. M. S. BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA North Wisconsin IRON-RANGE HARDWOODS The finest and most beautiful P>irch, Oak, Basswood, Ash and Elm grown in this country. We use this quality stock exclusively for our: ROTARY CUT LOG RUN ROTARY CUT DOOR STOCK ROTARY CUT FURNITURE ROTARY CUT PIANO STOCK VENEERS ROTARY CUT HOOPS AND LINERS THIN LUMBER SPECIALISTS REMEMBER we are specialists in LOG RUN VENEERS an_v thickness, any lengths up to 98 in. l.i't I's F'uiurc on Your Requirements Kiel AVoodenware Co. KIEL WISCONSIN MELLEN March 10. 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 29 PLYWOOD For Makers of FURNITURE CABINETS, CHAIRS TABLES, DESKS TRUNKS MOTOR TRUCKS FILING CABINETS INTERIOR TRIM & FIXTURES Made of QUARTERED OAK MAHOGANY BLACK WALNUT QUARTERED GUM PLAIN RED GUM PLAIN OAK ASH, BIRCH, ELM BASSWOOD & MAPLE Flat or Bent Work Machined or in Panels, With or Without Part Ca1)inet Work Finished or in the White Send Us Your Specifications WISCONSIN CABINET & PANEL COMPANY NEW LONDON, WISCONSIN 30 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section March 10, 1919 Are you making, or are you consider- mgf the making of ^ airplane or sea- | plane parts where • Spanish Cedar Mexican Mahogany African Mahogany lumber or veneer ill t Will be use d? We have tlie logs — We have a moaern veneer ana saw^mill — We are experienced in man- ufacturing sucK material. Conclusion : You can entrust to us your orders and be sure of delivery witnin a reasonable time. Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Company Plant and Yard, Long Island City, N. Y. General Offices, 347 Madison Ave., N. Y. The Dean-Spicker Co. Manufacturers of Oak —Mahogany —Walnut AND LUMBER 22nd St. and So. Crawford Ave. CHICAGO KANE VEGETABLE VENEER GLUE Quality — None Better We guarantee that the process used in the manufacture of Kane Vegetable Veneer Glue, and also the dissolving with water and caustic soda in the usage of same by the consumer, do not infringe any patents, and particularly the patents recently construed by the Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit or the Decree of the U. S. District Court at Chicago, signed Aug. 5, 1918. Manufactured and sold exclusively by KANE MANUFACTURING CO. 28 E. JACKSON BLVD., CHICAGO March 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 30a (Continued from page 22j) No. 4 COMMON 1. No, 4 Common shall include all lumber not up to the grade of No. 3 Common that can be used for cheap boxing, sheathins. crating, etc. Worm holes are not to be considered defects, and unsound lumber with sufficient substance to hold nails admitted. STRIPS I. Grades: Clear. No. 1 Common. II. Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 10'. 4. Widths: 2", 2 1/2", 3". 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2". ri. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of the strip inside of beveled edges. 7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches; all fractions of less than 1/2" dropped. C-LEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. Must have one clear face and two good edges: the reverse face must be sound. No. 1 COMIVION 1. Lengths: 6' to 10'. 2. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 3. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 8' to 11' long, mu.st work 66 2/39i- clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 12' and over long, must work (ifl 2/3% clear face In not over three cuttings. No cutting to be con- sidered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 4. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and S 1/2" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. The reverse face must be sound. 5. Pieces 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings: pieces 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3"^^ clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which 1.5 less than 3" wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting must be sound, HICKORY 1. Thicknesses ami lengths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. In the grade of Firsts and Seconds 307f of S' to 10' lengths will be admitted. FIRSTS AND SECONDS 1. Firsts and Seconds are combined as one grade. 2. Bird pecks not exceeding 1/2" in length 1/4" in width, admitted if sound, but if exces- sive must be considered by the inspector. 3. Widths: 4" and over wide. 4. Pieces 4" wide must be clear. 5. Standard defects admitted in pieces 5" and over wide, according to surface measure, as follows: !i', 1 standard detect or its equivalent. S', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12\ 3 standard defects or their equivalent. l.S , 4 standard defects or their equivalent No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide 4' and over long, not to exceed .''19', of 4" widths -. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear , '?.'„*' "^ ??„■•," •" "" "■'■*' •'*" '° "" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work oO% clear face in not over three cuttings- pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work :.0% clear face in not over four cuttings •, fi'^.S'^'' *" ^""1 "^^ wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings - pieces 8'' and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings pieces 8'' and over wide, 14' and over long, must work ^0% clear face in not over Ave cuttings. ,,- „ ° cutting to be considered which Is le.ss than 3" wide bv 2' long No. 3 COIMON 1. Lengths: 4" and over long 2. Widths: 3" and over wide, e i,- ^*'^'' P'*''^'^ "1"^' contain at least 50% sound ,ot' Ji'^ minimum length of any cutting to be 18 . The minimum -R-idth of any cutting to be 3" No cutting to contain less than 72 square inches' No. 4 COMMON 1. No. 4 Common shall include all lumber not up to the grade ot No. 3 Common that can be used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating etc Worm holes are not to be considered defects! and unsound lumber with sutlicient substance to hold nails admitteil, MAGNOLIA }■ Thicknesses and lengths: Standard 2. uidths: 3" and over wide FIRSTS I. Firsts must be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to Lj' surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. Pieces It) and over surface measure mav have two standard defects or their equivalent SECONDS I. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. -. Standard detects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent ■,?,,• 'i standard defects or their equivalent. is,' * standard defects or their equivalent lb , 4 standard defects or their equivalent -u , 5 standard defects or their equivalent ,, ^ SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not over 30% under 12 and not to exceed 5% of 0' and 7' -'. Widths: 3" and over wide, 3 Inspection to be made from the good side ot the piece. Pieces 0' and T must be clear one tace and sound on the reverse side 4. Pieces 6" and over wide, 8' and over long must grade not below seconds on the best fad The reverse side of pieces 8' and over long must work at least 80%, sound. 5. This grade may also include pieces other tnan those described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least 80%, clear face as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings; 13' and longer, three cuttings. ic"' Vi." "''."'.tnum length ot any cutting to be \?. ■ JT''^ minimum width of any cutting to be .i . The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, not over 30% shorter than 10', and not to exceed 10% ot 4' and 5' lengths. 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be clear. ee°'o /?if '^'=^, *" ■"■''*• *' •" 1'' '"le, must work bb Z/i% clear face in not over two cuttings- ?e'"if?o«" ^''^^■. '-' t° 1"' '""S. mu.st work 06 J/3% clear face in not over three cuttings No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full u-idth of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, '.)" and over wide may have two standard defects. „ "'; ^i'^SISJ'" }° '" ^■'l''' '" to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings - Si^o^/o^-" '? ''"' '"''<*''• 1-' ^"'3 "^'e'' 'ons, must work 60 2/3% clear tace in not over three cuttings. 5. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear tace in not over two cuttings- pieces 8" and over -n-ide, 10' to 13' long, musJ n;rk 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long must work 66 2/3%, clear face in not over four cuttings. ,,_*• ^,° ''"tting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long NO. 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide •1 and over long, not to exceed 10% ot 4' and 5' lengths. „ ^V ^-f,-'' *" '° ^" ^'<''^' *' to 10' long, must work 00% sound m not over three cuttings- pieces 3 to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work 50% sound in not over tour cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long must work 50%, sound in not over three cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long must work 50% sound in not over four cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide. 14' and over long must work 50% sound in not over five cuttings. .!,*• ,^° ■".""i"^^^" ^^ considered which is less tha 3" wide by 2' long. NO. 3 COJIMON 1. No. 3 Common mu.st be 3" and over wide * „^"'V°^'''' '""S. and must contain at least -.>%> of sound cuttings. Minimum width of cuttings 1 1/j , and no cutting considered which contains less than 36 square inches. STRIPS V Grades: Clear, No. 1 Common 2. Thicknesses: Standard ■i. Lengths: 6' to 16', 5"-'an7ri/l^. -"• - ''- '"■ ' ''■'■■■ *■■■ * I/--- tro^m {Ef ro'id"side" o?"thf'pt?e """=' "" """^^ „,',;; Measurement must be made at narrovy- part ot the strip mside ot beveled edges • ■ Must be tallied widths and lengths on halt dro "d" inches; all fractions of less than 1/2" , , CLEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. „,il'„=.*','i^' "^"^^ °,"'' ''''''"" fic'^ and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound , ^ NO. 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16', 2. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 6' and 7' e'dgl's '^ """ '^"^'''' '^^°* ^"^ '"O Sood 3. Pieces 2", 2 1/2", and 3" wide, 8' to 11' wr.,"li"" ^°''-^ ""^ 2/3% clear tace in not over two cuttings; pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in s'ld'er°e?'' 'hree cuttings. No cutttng"to be coi" wdth of-^be"^'^ '"'"' "'*" -' '°"S by the full wiatn 01 the piece. w,-d„ V^'''''' ,^-,'/,-"' *"■ * 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" •,n^ ■,!; "'' ,' \?"^' "list have one clear face be sound. ^^''^- ^"^ reverse face must Wide ^'.^'^f* ,^,.M-"' *"■ * 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 8 to 11- long, must work 66 2/3%, clear l"''^ "J ..j;."' -r^'^"" '"'° cuttings: pieces "3 1/2^' 4,41/2.0 and 5 1/2" wide, 12' and ovei^ th"r?e '"eoftl^™* "5 "^^ '^<' '^'«=''' ''^'^« '" ""t over which ?« f ^"V., No cutting to be considered which IS less than 3" wide and 2' long Both ^t^/%T? " cutting in this grade must be good .ind the reverse face of cutting must be sound 1 T, , ., WAGON BOX BOARDS to io.^ ^'dc- 13" to 17". Narrow, a" 2. Lengths: 11' to 16' pink a^y"'"''"'^- '^l""" '"' 1" thick when ship- 4 Bright or sound discolored sap or a few scattered pin worm holes may be admitted nr°;v,Ji; '<^"S"? will admit 3" splits in one end, or their equivalent in one or both ends 10" =„r,' - ■ ^^' "?'' '*' lengths will admit of a both ?nds'" """^ "" "" equivalent in one or „.^.i 1*' 'cngths will admit 6" splits In one end or their equivalent in both ends; otherwise each fhafi" "; '° '^' '""""'^ may' contain defects i,- A'. 1° pot prevent the piece from cutting one long, one side 6" long, ends — . ' I'.tvci.i I, It piece irom cutting one and-oo'e'end''''"-/"''''' '■'' '° !«' '""SJ' oue^sX ana one end: sides to work 10' 6" long ends n^ec^V i'"'-",""^ '^y 'he full width ^it?hl piece. Each side and end may contain one sound standard defect, or its equivalent, show! ing on one side. me^t ^?J, T f per cent, in feet of a ship- l^.t^LJ .t ^'^^ '"^ reduced in measurement bv cutting the end or edge or both to a size ordered must be accepted and measured as box boards- separate tally to be kept of such boards, show: ing reduction in measurement 9. Inspectors are cautioned that lumber so warped that it cannot be used tor box boards must be excluded from this grade ooaras MAHOGANY— CUBAN 1. Prime. Selects, Rejects, Shorts, Wormy Counters, and Clear Strips. "oimy, 2. Lengths: 2' and over long 3. Widths: 3" and over wide. 30b HARDWOOD RECORD March Ifr. 1919 4. Thicknesses: Standard. 5 All odd lengths must be measured, and fractions of over 1/2' in length must be counted up, and fractions of 1/2' and less m length must be dropped. .„,_ PREIE 1 Prime must be 6" and over wide 8 and over long, not to exceed 25% of S' and 9' lengths. ■> Standard detects are admitted accordmg to ^■f."'6"''Ld 'r-TT standard defect or Its equlva- '"4'' 8" and 9", 2 standard detects or their equiv- "'^''lO" and 11", 3 standard detects or their equivalent.^^ over, 4 standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Selects must be 4" and over wide. 6' and over long, and must work two-th.rds clear, with no cutting less than 4" wide and 3 long, or i Wide and 4" long. ^^^^^^ 1. There shall be no restrictions to heart in this erade.^^^ ^^__^ ^^ ^„ ^^^ ^^^^ ^.^^ g, ^^ over long, and must work 50% clear. No piece considered which is le.-ss than 4' wide and . long, or 3" wide '^nd^^'^'^^.l 1 Shorts must be 3" and over wide, 2' to 7' long, and must be Prime in quality. 1 Pieces 3", 4" and 5" wide must be clear. 3! Pieces 6" and over wide must be graded as Prime. ««„.,r WOBMY 1 This grade is to be the same as Selects, ex- cepting that worm holes are admitted without """"■ COCNTEBS 1 Counters must be 12' to 40' long, 18" to 24 wide, and must be free from all defects one face ; the reverse face must not grade below Prime. Splits measured out. ^.^.j^^^g 1. Grades; Clear, No. 1 Common, No. 2 Com- mon. „. J J 2 Thicknesses; Standard. 1 ^I^' r'. 2V2".'-3", 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2". 5" ^\. Ins'pection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 6 Measurement must be made at narrow part of strip inside of beveled edges. 7 Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches; all tractions of less than 1/. '"'°'"'"'- CLEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2 No sap is admitted on face side of piece. 3 Must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. No. 1 COMJION 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2 Cuttings must be tree of sap on face side. 3 Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 6' and 7 long, must have one clear face and two good ""^f^'pieces 2" 2 1/2" and 3" wide, S' to 11' long, must work 06 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the ^'T"' Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear lace and two good edges. The reverse face must be sound. 6 Pieces 3 1/2". 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 6 1/2" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 3 1/2". 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 12' and over long, must work 60 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3' wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cut- ting must be sound. No. 8 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Bright or sound discolored sap is no defect in this grade. , ^„_ , 3. No. 2 Common Strips must work 50% clear face- no cutting to be considered which is less than' 2" wide by 2' long. The reverse face of cut- ting must be sound. MAHOGANY— MEXICAN AND AFRICAN 1. Honduras. Nicaraguan, Guatemalan and other Central and South American Mahoganies. 2 Firsts, Seconds, Selects. No. 1 Common, No. 2 Common, No. 1 Wormy. No. 2 Wormy, Shorts and Counters. 3. Lengths: 2' and over long. 4. AVidths: 3" and over wide. .5. Thicknesses: Standard. 6 All odd lengths must be measured, and fractions of over 1/2' in length must be counted up, and tractions of 1/2' and less in length must be dropped. This does not apply to the grade of shorts. 7. 1" of bright sap in the aggregate is a stand- ard defect in the Grade of Firsts and Seconds. FIRSTS 1 Firsts must be 7" and over wide, 10' and over long, and free from all defects, excepting that pieces 10' and over surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 8'. 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 9', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 13', 3 standard defects or their equivalent, 18', and over, 4 standard defects or their equiv- alent. 3. For each additional 5' surface measure, one additional standard detect will be admitted. SELECTS 1. Selects must be 6" and over wide and must grade Firsts and Seconds on one face. The re- verse face must not be below the grade of No. 1 Common. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide, 0 and over long. , ^ , 2. Pieces 4" wide, 6' to 11' long, must work 06 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; 1- and over long, must work 60 2/3% clear in not over three cuttings. No piece to be less than ^ long by the full width of the piece. 3 Pieces 5" and over wide, 0' to 11 long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings: 12' and over long, must work bb 2/J7o clear face in not over three cuttings. Each addi- tional 4' in length in pieces over 16' long will admit one additional cutting. No cutting^ to be considered which is less than 4" wide and 2 long, or 3" wide and 3' long. No. 2 COMMON 1. There shall be no restriction to heart in this grade. „ , ., „, 2 No 2 Common must be 3" and over wide. 2 and over long, and must work 50% clear face. No cutting considered which is less than 3 wide ana 2' long. No. 1 WORMY 1 No. 1 Wormy must be 4" and over wide, 6 and over long. Worm holes are admitted without limit, otherwise to grade not below No. 1 Com- No. 2 WORMV 1 No. 2 Wormy must be 3" and over wide, 4 and over long. Worm holes are admitted with- out limit, otherwise to grade not below No. - Common. ,., SHORTS 1. Shorts must be 4" and over wide, 2' to 5 *' ' Pieces 4" and 5" wide must be clear. 3' In pieces 6" and over wide standard defects are admitted according to surface measure, as follows: 2' 1 standard detect or its equivalent. 4' 2 standard detects or their equivalent. 5%' 3 standard detects or their equivalent. 6%'. and over, 4 standard defects or their equivalent. ^ COUNTERS 1 Counters must be 12' to 40' long, IS" to 24 wide and must be tree from all detects one face; the reverse face must not grade below Firsts and Seconds. Splits measured out. STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear, No. 1 Common, No. 2 Com- mon. 2 Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. , 4. Widths: 2", 2 1/2", 3". 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2,5 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part ot strip inside of beveled edges. 7 Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches; all fractions of less than 1/2 dropped. CLEAR 1. Lengths; 8' to 16'. 2. No sap is admitted on face side of piece. 3. Must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. No. 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2 Cuttings must be free of sap on face side. 3 Pieces 2", 5 1/2" and 3" wide, 6' and 7 long, must have one clear face and two good 4 Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 00 2/3% clear face in not oyer two cuttings; pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 12 and over long, must work 66 2/3%. clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 2' long by the full width of "'5.'' Pieces 3 1/2". 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide 0' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. The reverse face must be ^"e" Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 06 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5' and 5 1/2" wide, 12' and over long, must work 60 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3' wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting niust be sound. No. 2 COIMSION 1. Lengths; 6' to 16'. 2. Bright or sound discolored sap is no defect in this grade. 3. No. 2 Common Strip.^ must work 50% clear face- no cutting to be considered which is less than 2" wide by 2' long. The reverse face of cut- tings must be sound. MAHOGAii Y— PHILIPPINE 1. All odd lengths must be measured, and fractions ot over 1/2' in length must be counted up and fractions of 1/2' and less must be dropped. This does not apply to the grade of shorts. 1" of bright sap in the aggregate in the grade ot Firsts and Seconds is a standard defect. 2. Pin worm holes not to be considered a de- fect in any of the grades, excepting boards show- ing pin worm holes, in the roUBh, following and tracking with the face, will be considered a de- fect in Firsts and Seconds and Selects, and will be estimated on a basis of standard defects or their equivalents. 3. Firsts and Seconds are combined as one grade, and are to contain not less than 40% Firsts. 4. Firsts and Seconds shall not contain less than 40% figured stock. 5. Firsts and Seconds and Selects Figured Ma- hogany must show figure on one face, not less than 90% in the aggregate. 0. In the common grades the cuttings must show figure one face. 7. All grades to admit between 30% and 40% of the White or Light Red Woods. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 0" and over wide, 8' and over long, and free from all detects, excepting that pieces 10' and over surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard detects are admitted according to surface measure, as follows: 6', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 9'. 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 13', 3 standard detects or their eiiui\alent. l.S', and over. 4 standard defects or their equiv- alent. 3. For each additional 5' surface measure, one additional standard defect will be admitted. SELECTS 1. Selects must be 6" r.nd over wide. 8' and over long, and must grade Firsts and Seconds on one face. The reverse face niust not be below the grade of No. 1 Common. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 6' and over long. 2. Pieces 4" wide, 6' to 11' long, must work 60 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; 12' and over long must work 66 2/3%) clear face in not over three cuttings. 3. No piece of cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width ot the piece. 4. Pieces 5" and over wide. 6' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; 12' and over long must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 5. Each additional 4' in length In pieces over 16' long will admit one additional cutting. 6. No piece to be considered which is less than 4" wide and 2' long, or 3" wide and 3' long. Bright sap is no detect in this grade. No. 2 COMMON 1. There shall be no restriction to heart in this grade. 2. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, and must work 50% clear face. No piece considered which is less than 3" wide and 2' long. SHORTS 1. Shorts must be 4" and over wide, 4' to 7' long. 2. Pieces 4" and 5" wide must be clear: 6 to 8" wide will admit one standard defect, and 9" and over wide will admit of two standard detects. COUNTERS 1. Counters must be 12' to 40' long, 18" to 24" wide, and must be free from all defects on one face; the reverse face must not grade below Firsts and Seconds. Splits measured out. STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear, No. 1 Common. No. 2 Com- mon. 2. Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 4. Widths: 2". 2 1/2", 3". 3 1/2". 4". 4 1/2". B" and 5 1/2". 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 0. Measurement must be made at narrow part of strip inside of beveled edges. 7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches, all fractions of less than 1/2" dropped. CLEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. No sap is admitted on face side of piece. 3. Must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. No. 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Cutting must be free of sap on face side. 3. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" ana 3" wide, 6' to 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 4. Pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 8' to 11' long, must work 60 2./3% clear face In not over two cuttings; pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 12' and over long, must work 00 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be consid- ered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 5. Pieces 3 1/2". 4", 4 1/2". 6" and 5 1/2" wide. 0' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. The re\-erse fa.ce must be sound. 6. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 8' to 11' long, must work 06 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 12' and over long, must work 06 2/3%. clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting must be sound. No. 2 COSIMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Bright or sound discolored sap Is no defect in this grade. 3. No. 2 Common Strips must work 50%. clear face; no cutting to be considered which is less than 2" wide, by 2' long. The reverse face of cuttings must be sound. MAPLE— HARD 1. Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. FIRSTS , 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide. 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measiure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface meas- ure may have one standard defect or its equiv- alent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard detects or their equivalent. March 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 30c SECONDS 1. Seconds must be C" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. S'. 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12'. 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not over 30% under 12' and not to exceed 59o of 6' and 7'. 2. Widths: 5" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6' to 7' must be clear one face and sound on the reverse side. 4. Pieces G" and over wide, S' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse side of pieces S' and over long must work at least 80 (/o sound. . 5. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least 80% clear face, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings; 13' and longer, three cuttings. 6. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. NO. 1 COMMON 1. No 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, not over 30% shorter than 10', and not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be clear. 5. Pieces 4" wide. 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 4" wide, 12' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces T)" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces S" and over wide. 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3 % clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings: pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings, 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. NO. 2 CORfMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, but not more than 10% of 4' and 5' lengths admitted in this grade. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% clear face in not over tliree cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings: pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50 % clear face in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. NO. 3 COJEVION 1. Lengths: 4' and over long. 2. "Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Each piece must contain at least 50% sound cutting. 4. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". No cutting to contain less than 72 square inches. NO. 4 COMaiON 1. No. 4 Common shall include all lumber not up to the grade of No. 3 Common that can be used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating, etc. Worm holes are not to be considered defects, and unsound lumber with sufficient substance to hold nails admitted. STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear. No. 1 Common. 2. Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 4. Widths: 2", 2 1/2", 3", 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 0 1/2". 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of the strip inside of beveled edges. 7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches; all fractions of less than 1/2" dropped. CLEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. Must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. NO. 1 COM3ION 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 3. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings: pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be con- sidered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 4. Pieces 3 1/2". 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. The reverse face must be sound. 5. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2"' wide. 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting must be sound. STEP PLANK 1. Grades: Firsts and Seconds and Common. 2. Widths: 11" to 15". 3. Thicknesses: 1 1/4", 1 1/2" and 2". 4. Lengths: 10' to 16'. FIRSTS AND SECONDS 1. Firsts and Seconds must be clear one face and one edge. The reverse side and one edge must be sound. Firsts and Seconds may have a split not exceeding in length the surface measure of the piece, COMMON 1. Must work 66 2/3% in cuttings 4' or over long by the full width of the piece. Each cut- ting must have one face and one edge clear; the reverse face and edge must be sound. MAPLE— SOFT i. ThlcknCBses and lengths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide, S' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface meas- ure may have one standard defect or its equiv- alent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equiv- alent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 8', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6* and over long, not over 30% under 12' and not to exceed 5% of 6' and 7'. 2 Widths: 5" and over wide. 5. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear one face and sound on the reverse side. 4. Pieces 0" and over wide, 8' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse side of pieces 8' and over long must work at least 80% sound. 5. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least 80% clear face, as follows: 12 ' and shorter, two cuttings; 13' and longer, three cuttings. 6. The minimum length of any cutting to be IS'. The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square feet. NO. 1 COMMON 1. No, 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, not over 30% shorter than 10', and not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. 3 Pieces 4' and 5' long" must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be clear. 5. Pieces 4" wide, S' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 4" wide, 12' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece, 6. Pieces 6 ' long. 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3 % clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over threb cuttings. S. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. NO. 2 C030ION 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. 2 Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% sound in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work 50% sound in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 50% sound in not over three cut- tings; pieces S" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 50 % sound in not over four cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50 % sound in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. NO. 3 COIVOION 1, No. 3 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, and must contain at least 25% of sound cuttings. Minimum width of cuttings 1 1/2". and no cutting considered which contains less than 36 square inches. STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear. No, 1 Common. 2. Thicknesses: Standard, 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 4- Widths: 2". 2 1/2", 3", 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2". 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of the strip inside of beveled edges. 7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches; all fractions of less than 1/2" dropped. CLEAR 1. Lengths: S' to 16'. 2. Must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. NO. 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 10'. 2. Pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 6' to 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 3. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings No cutting to be con- sidered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 4. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. The reverse face must be sound. 5. Pieces 3 1/2". 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide. S' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings- pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide and 2" long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting must be .sound, PLAIN SAWN RED AND WHITE OAK 1. Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. In the grade of Firsts and Seconds 1" of bright sap in the aggregate on the face side is no defect; each additional 1" of bright sap In the aggregate is one standard defect. 4. On the reverse side of 6" and 7" pieces, bright sap up to one-third the width of the piece in the aggregate is no defect; each additional 1" of bright sap in the aggregate is one standard defect. 5. On pieces 8" and wider, bright sap is no defect on the reverse side FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface meas- ure may have one standard defect or its equiv- alent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equiv- alent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. 2, Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 8', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not over 30% under 12' and net to exceed 5% of 6' and 7', 2. Widths: 5" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear one face and sound on the reverse side, 4. Pieces 6" and over wide. S' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best side. The reverse side of pieces 8' and over long must work at least 80% sound. 5. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least 80% clear face, as follows; 12' and shorter, two cuttings; 13' and longer, three cuttings. 6. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches, NO, 1 COM3ION 1. Bright sap is no defect in the Common grades. 2. Widths: 4" and over wide. 3. Lengths: 4' and over long, but not more than 10% may be 4', 5', 6' and 7' lengths. 4. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear, 5. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be clear. 6. Pieces 4" wide. 8' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two pieces In cuttings 2' and over long by the full width of the piece, 7. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect ; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 8. Pieces 5" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings 9. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces S" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings ; pieces S" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 10. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. NO. 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, but not more than 10% of 4' and 5' lengths admitted in this grade, 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide. 4' to 10' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" tq 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide. 10' to 13' long, must work 50% clear face in not over 30d HARDWOOD RECORD March H). 1019 four cuttings; pieces S" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long NO. 3 COMMON 1. Lengths: 4' and over long. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Each piece must contain at least 50% sound cutting. 4. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". No cutting to contain less than 72 square inches. NO. 4 COMMON 1. No. 4 Common shall include all lumber not up to the grade of No. 3 Common that can be used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating, etc. Worm holes are not to be considered defects, and unsound lumber with sufficient substance to hold nails admitted. SOCND WORMY 1. Must grade not below No 1 Common, ex- cepting that worm holes, bird pecks, streaks, small sound knots not exceeding 3/4" in diam- eter and other sound defects which do not ex- ceed in extent or damage the defects described, may be admitted in the cuttings. STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear, No. 1 Common, No. 2 Com- mon. 2. Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 4. Widths: 2". 2 1/2", 3". 3 1/2". 4", 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2". 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of strip inside of beveled edges. 7 Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches; all fractions of less tlian 1/2" dropped. CLEAR 1. Lengths: S' to IG'. 2. Bright sap is no defect in this grade. 3. Must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. NO. 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 10'. 2. Bright sap is no defect in this grade. 3. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 4. Pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide, S' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 12' and over long, must work 00 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the piece 5. Pieces 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. The reverse face must be sound. 6. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 8' to 11 ' long, must work 06 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", o" and 5 1/2" wide, 12' and over long, must work G6 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting must be sound. NO 2 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 10'. 2. Bright or sound discolored sap is no de- fect in this grade. 3. No, 2 Common Strips must work 50% clear face; no cutting to be considered which is less than 2" wide by 2' long. The reverse face of cuttings must be sound. STEP PL.4NK 1. Grades: First and Seconds and Common. 2. Widths: 11" to 15". 3. Thicknesses: 1 1/4". 1 1/2" and 2". 4. Lengths: 10' to 16'. FIRSTS AND SECONDS 1. Firsts and Seconds must be clear one face and one edge. The reverse side and one edge m.ust be sound. Firsts and Seconds mav have a split not exceeding 12" in length. Bright sap admitted on the face side up to one -third the width of the piece. COMMON 1. Must work 66 2/3% in cuttings 4' or over long by the full width of the piece. Each cut- ting must have one face and one edge clear; the reverse face and edge must be sound. 2. Bright sap is no defect in this grade. BRIDGE PLANK NO. 1 BRIDGE PLANK 1. Must be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. 2. 2" and thicker may be one-fourth of an inch scant in thickness exct:'pt when otherwise specified. One face and two edges must be sound, excepting that slight wane, sound heart and an occasional grub or knot hole will be accepted. 3. The reverse face may contain defects that do not seriously impair the strength of the piece in working its full width and length NO. 2 BRIDGE PLANK 1. May contain all pieces not up to the grade of No. 1 Bridge Plank, but there must not b© more than 25% waste in any piece. SOIND SQUARE EDGED PLANKS AND TIMBERS 1. Sound square edged plank and timbers shall be sawed to specified sizes and free from unsound defects which prevent the working of the piece in the full width and length for the purpose in- tended. Sound heart boxed or showing on the surface, worm holes, an occasional grub or knot hole (not extending through the piece), or slight wane on one or two corners mav be admitted PLAIN SAWN FLITCH 1. Lumber shall be graded according to the general rule applying to the kind of lumber in- spected, with the exception that it must be meas- ured on the narrow or sap side in the center of the piece inside the wane or bark, and graded into any of the grades of No. 3 Common and Better to which its quality entitles it. There is no re- striction to heart in the grades of Common. 2. THIS RULE DOES NOT APPLY TO VE- NEER FLITCH. VEHICLE LUMBER AND DIMENSION 1. Scattered pin worm.s, .-jpot or flag worm holes in net more than tliree to a cluster, not less than 12" apart, sound bird peck, sound small knots not over 1/4" in diameter, sap and streaks shall not be considered defects in the grade of Firsts and Seconds or in the cuttings of the Com- mon grades. There shall be no restrictions as to heart in the common grades. FIRSTS AND SECONDS 1. Firsts and Seconds are a combined grade and mu.'^t be 4" and over wide. 8' and over long. 2. Pieces 4" wide mu.-jt be free from defects. Standard defects admitted in pieces 5" and over wide, according to the surface measure, as fol- lows: r>'. 1 .standard defect or its equivalent. 8', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12', 3 stand2.rd defect.? or their equivalent. 17', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common niust be 4" and over wide, 4' and over long; not to exceed 5% of 4" widths, or 107r of 4" and 5" widths. 2. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be free of de- fects. 3. Pieces 4" to 7" Wide, C to 11' long, must work 66 2/39f in not over two cuttings; piece.s 4" to 7" wide. 12' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% in not o\'er three cutting.^. 4. Pieces S" a.nd over wide, 6' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% in not over two cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide. 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' to 16' long, must work 66 2/39/ in not over four cuttings. 5. Each cutting to be not less than 3" wide by 3' long. No. 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% in not over three cuttings; 11' to 16' long must work 50% in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 50% in not over three cuttings; 10' to 13' long, must work 50% in not over four cuttings; 14' and over long, must work 509c in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. SELECT CAR STOCK For Passenger, Refrigerator and Locomotive Work 1. Thickness cut to order, widths cut to order, lengths cut to order. Unless otherwise noted, must be cut from White Oak. This stock, wher- ever practical, should be cut outside of the heart and mu.st be free of heart shake in pieces under 6" square. No attempt should be made to box the heart in pieces smaller than 5" by 7" unless heart is very small and tight. "When heart is well boxed it must be firm and tight, and the center of the heart must not be nearer than 2" from any face; must be sawed full to sizes with square edges, and cut from sound timber and free from worm holes, with the exception of a few small pin worm holes well scattered, and an occasional spot worm. None of these defects, however, to affect the serviceability of the piece for the purpose intended. Must be free from split, rot or dote, large, loose, or unsound knots, or in other words, free of all defects affecting the strength and durability of the piece. Sound standard knots, well scattered, not considered a defect. FREIGHT CAR STOCK 1. Freight car dimensions, including all cars other than refrigerator and passenger cars. Sizes cut to order. Unless otherwise ordered, must be sawed from good merchantable White or Red Oak timber. This stock mu.«t be free of rot. shake and splits, large, loose, rotten or unsound knots, any of which will materially impair the strength and durability of the piece for the purpose in- tended. This stock is intended to work full size and length without waste for side posts, braces, and end sills and plat.-s. drafting timbers, cross ties, etc.. used in the construction of ordinary freight or stock cars. On pieces 3" by 4" or equiv- alent girth measurement and larger (nothing under 2" thick), heart check showing on one cor- ner or side admitted on 20*:/ of the pieces in each car shipment. Well boxed sound hearts admitted in this material in pieces 5" by 6" and larger. 2. On pieces 3" by 4" to 6" by 6". inclusive, or equivalent girth measurement and larger (noth- ing under 2" thick), in absence of heart defects, wane on one corner, 3/4" side measurement, ad- mitted on not to exceed 20% of the number of pieces in each car shipment. 3. Pieces over 6" by 6" square may contain 1" wane, side measurement, on one corner with other conditions same as 3" by 4" to 6" by 6" sizes. SWITCH TIES 1. Sawed switch ties shall be 6xS", 7x!t", 8x10". or other standard sizes as specified, in lengths varying 1' or 6", as the case may be, and should be trimmed not to exceed 1" and under, ur 3" and over. lengths specified. Must be sound timber. 2. As with other material under these rules, stock should be cut substantially full size, but to cover the necessary variation in the manufacture a reasonable percentage not to exceed 1/4" scant green, or 1/2" scant when dry will be accepted. 3. Reasonably sound tight heart will be ad- mitted on one side, edge or corner, provided other faces are solid. Large sound knots, pin or spot worm holes, or occasional knot or grub holes are no defect. Wa.ne allowed on one or more corners part or full length, provided that in the aggre- gate it does not reduce the bearing face to an av- erage of more than IV2" under the width specified. CROSSING PLANK 1. Must be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. 2. 2" and thicker may be 1/4" scant in thick- ness, except when otherwise specified. One face and two edges mu," to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long. 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' lung, must work 66 2/37r clear f:ice in not oevr two cuttings: pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/37 clear in not over three cuttings. S. Pieces 8" and over wide. 7' to U' long, must work 66 2/3 7r clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide. 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/37 clear face in not over three cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/37c clear face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long, or 3" wide by 3' long. No. 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, but not more than 107. of 4' and 5' lengths admitted in this grade. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 507 clef.r face in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work 507 clear face in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 507r clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, mu.st work 507r clear face in not over four cuttings: pieces S" and over wide. 14' and over long, must work 507r clear face in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. No. 3 COMMON 1. Lengths; 4" and o\er long. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Each piece must contain at least 50% sound cutting. 4. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3", No cutting to contain Less than 72 square inches. No. 4 COflLMON 1. No. 4 Common shall include all lumber not up to the grade of No. 3 Common that can be used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating, etc. Worm holes are not to be considered defects, and un- sound lumber with sufficient substance to hold nails admitted. March 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 30e 1. Grades: Clear, No. 1 Coninion. Xo. 2 Com- mon. 2. Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to Ifi'. 4. Widths; 2", 2 1/2". 3". 3 1/2". 4". 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2". 5. Inspection on all grades must be made froni the good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of the .strip inside of beveled edges. 7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches; all fractions of less than 1/2" dropped. CLEAK 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. 1/2" sap on 2" to 3 1/2". 1" sap on 4" to ."■ 1/2" strips in the aggregate allowed on face .side. 3. Must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. Xo. 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 1'. Bright sap i.-a no defect in this grade. 3. Pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 4. Pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3^0 clear face in not over three cutting.s; pieces 2". 2 1/2" I'-nd 3" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be consid- ered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. Pieces 3 i/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and .^i 1/2" wide, ver long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttjngs. 4. Pieces 8" and over wide, 6' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- lings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings; piece.^ 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 5. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long, or 3" wide by 3' long. No. 2 COMMON 1. Lengths: 4' and over long, admitting 25% of 4', 5' and 6' lengths, but not more than 10% may be under 6'. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Pieces 4' long must be clear one face. 4. Pieces 5' and longer must work at least 50% clear face cutting. 5. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18": the minimum width of 2.ny cutting to be 3"; the, smallest cutting allowed must contain 72 square inches. NO. 3 COMMON 1. Lengths: 4' and over long. 2- Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Each piece must contain at least 50%? sound cutting, 4. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18"; the minimum width of any cutting to b€ 3". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 72 square inches. NO. 4 COMMON 1. No. 4 Common shall include all lumber not up to the grade of No. 3 Common that can be used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating, etc. Worm holes are not to be considered defects, and unsound lumber with sufficient substance to hold nails admitted. POPLAR 1. Thicknesses and lengths; Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Sound gum spots are no defects in any grade. Open gum spots are to be considered by the inspector. 4. In the grade of Firsts and Seconds pieces 10" and wider, bright sap up to one- third the width of the piece in the aggregate on one face, is no defect: each additional 1" of bright sap in the aggregate is one standard defect; I" of bright sap in the aggregate on the re- verse face is no defect; each additional 1" of bright sap in the aggregate is one standard defect. 5. In the grades of Firsts and Seconds and Selects, mineral stain not exceeding one-sixth the surface measure of the piece in the asgre- gate will be admitted. In the grades of Sap and Common mineral stain is no defect. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 8" and over wide, 10' and over long. 2. Pieces 8" and !)" wide must be free of sap on one face. The reverse face may have 2" of bright sap in the aggregate. 3. Pieces 1.3' to 16' surface measure will ad- mit one standard defect or its equivalent. 4. Pieces 17 ' and over surface measure will admit two standard defects or their equivalent. SECONDS 1. Must be 6" and over wide. 8' and over long 2. Pieces G" wide m.ust be free from defects, including sap. 3. Pieces 7" wide will admit 1" of bright sap in the aggregate. 4. Pieces S" and 0" wide, 5' to 7' surface measure, will admit 1" of bright sap in the aggregate. .=i. Pieces S" and 9" wide, S' and over surface measure, will admit one standard defect and 1" of bright sap in the aggregate,, or 2" of bright sap in the aggregate, if there is no other defect. 6. Pieces 10" and over wide, 6' to 9' surface measure, may have one standard defect or its equivalent. 7. Pieces 10" and over wide, 10' to 14' surface measure, may have two standard defects or their equivalent. 8. Pieces lr>' to 20' surface measure may have three standard defects or their equivalent, 9. Pieces 21' and over surface measure may have four standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Lengths,: S' and over: 20% may be S', 9' and 10' and not, to exceed 5%5 under 10'. 2. Widths: 6" and over wide, * 3. Selects shall include the following differ- ent kinds of boards: (1) A board having a face side as good as a First, the other side must be as good as a Xo. 2 Common. Sun checks admitted on the poor side of this board. '2) A board having a face side as good as a Second, the other side must be as good as a X'o. 1 Common. <3) A board that has one more standard defect than would admit it to a Second. Ex- amples: fa) A board 6" to 7" wide with one standard defect, fb) A board S" wide with 1" of bright sap and one standard defect. . Pieces .^" wide. 0' and 7' long, must be clear: nieces 5" wide. 8' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings. 6. Pieces G" and over wide, 6' and 7' long may have one standard defect. 7. Pieces 6" to 9" wide, S' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings: pieces 6" to 9" wide. 12' and over long must work 66 2/3%, clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces 10" and over wide. 8' and 9' long must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings. 0. Pieces 10" and over wide, 10' to 13' long must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttmgs; pieces 10" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 10. Xo cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long, or 3" wide by 3' long. NO. 2 COMMON 1. Sound discolored sap is no defect in this grade. 2. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, but not more than 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. Pieces 3" to 7" wide. 4' to 10' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, H' and longer, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, muat work 50% clear fac.e in not over three cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide. 10' to 13' long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings: pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over five cuttings, 4. Xo cutting to be considered which is le.^s than 3" wide by 2' long, NO. 3 CO.M3ION 1. Lengths: 4' and over; 25% may be 4', 5' and 6', and not to exceed 10% under 6', 2. Widths; 3" and over wide. 3. No. 3 Common must contain at least 50% sound cuttings. 4 No cutting to be less than 3" wide and 2' long. NO. 4 C03I^I0N 1. Xo. 4 Common shall include all lumber not up to the grade of No. 3 Common that can be used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating, etc. Worm holes are not to be considered defects, and unsound lumber with sufficient substance to hold nails admitted. PANEL AND WIDE NO. 1 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Widths: 18" and over wide. 3. Thicknesses: 3/S" to 2". 4. Bright sap is no defect and not to exceed 3" sound discolored sap on each edge in the aggregate may be admitted on any piece. 5. Splits not exceeding 6" in length in one end of the piece are not to be considered as defects, 6. Panel and Wide No. 1 is a combined grade and must contain at least 50% panel. PANEL 1. Lengths: 8' to 16', admitting not to exceed 20% of 8'. 9' and 10' lengths. 2. 50% of the total quantity must be clear on both sides. The balance of the quantity may contain defects, provided 90 %> of the piece can be ^sed for panels in cuttings 4' or over long by the full width of the piece. WIDE NO. 1 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Pieces 6' and 7' long must be clear, 3. Pieces S' and over long will admit defects provided 75% of the piece can be used for panels in cutting 4' or over long by the full width of the piece. WIDE NO. 2 1. Lengths: 6' and over long; 20% may be 6' 7', S', 9' and 10', not to exceed 10% under 10'. 2. Widths; 18" to 23", 24" to 27" and 28" and over. 3. Thicknesses: 3/8" to 2". 4. Bright sap is no defect and not to exceed Z" sound discolored sa p on each edge in the taggregate may be admitted on any piece. 5. Pieces 6' and 7' long will admit one stand- ard defect. 6. 8' lengths will admit two standard defects, 7. IS' wide, except S' lengths, may contain five standard defects and one additional defect " for each 2" of additional width. 8. Splits equal in length to the width of the board are admitted in not to exceed 10%) of the boards, and are counted as a standard defect. WAGON BOX BOARDS 1. Widths: Wide. 13" to 17". Narrow, 9" to 12". 2. Lengths: 11' to 16', 3. Thicknesses: Must be 1" thick when ship- ping dry. 4. Bright or sound discolored sap or a few scattered pin worm holes may be admitted. 5. 11' length will admit 3" splits in one end, or their equivalent in one or both ends. 6. 12', 13', 15' and 16' lengths will admit of a 12" split in one end, or its equivalent in one or both ends. 7. 14' or their piece in that do side; or and one work 3 ' Each si standard one side S. X'^OTE — Five per cent, in feet of a ship- ment that can be reduced in measurement by cutting the end or edge or both to a size or- dered must be accepted and measured as box boards; separate tally to be kept of such boards, showing reduction in measurement. 9. Inspectors are cautioned that lumber so warped that it cannot be used for box boards must be excluded from this grade. STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear, Select, No. 1 Common. No. 2 Common. 2. Thicknesses: Standard, 3. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 4. Widths; 2 1/2". 3", 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5". 5 1/2", 5. Measurement must be made at narrow pa»*t of strip inside of beveled edges. 6. Must be tallied widths and lengths on ' lengths will admit 6" splits in one end, equivalent in both ends; otherwise each 11 ' to 13' lengths may contain defects not prevent the piece from cutting one in each piece 14 ' to 16 ' long, one side end; sides to work 10' 6" long, ends to 6" long by the full width of the piece, de and end may contain one sound defect, or its equivalent, showing on 30f HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 half and even inches, all fractions of less than 1/2" dropped, CLEAR 1. Lengths; 8' to 16'. 2. Must be clear both faces excepting 1" of bright sap showing on one 5=ide only. SELECTS 1. Will admit bright sap without limit. In absence of sap will admit two sound knots not to exceed 3/4" in diameter, or one sound S'tandard knot. NO. 1 C03mON 1. Bright or sound discolored sap is no defect. 2. S' to 12' lengths will admit 2 standard defects. 3. 14' to 16' lengths will admit 3 standard defects. NO. 2 COIVIMON 1. Must work 66 2/3% of its length by full tvidth of piece, sound ; pin worms, bright or sound discolored sap, sound tight knots ad- mitted. POPLAR— DRESSED OR WORKED General Instructions 1- Dressed Poplar shall be inspected from the best or face side. The reverse side may contain defective dressing but no other defects that would not go in the grade. 2. Slightly cnipped grain on face side ad- mitted, provided it doe? not exceed C" .square in Firsts and Seconds. 12" square In Saps and Selects, and IS" square in No. 1 Common In the aggregate. 3. Imperfect manufacture in dressed ot worked stock, such as torn grain, broken knots, mis-matched, insufficient tongue or groove, shall be considered defects and will reduce the grade accordingly. 4. Partition. Ceiling. Flooring or Drop Sid- ing, having less than three-sixteenths of an inch tongue, shall not be admitted in any grade above No. 2 Common. 5. Wane on the reverse side, not exceeding one-third the width, and running not to ex- ceed one-sixth the length of anv piece, pro- vided the wane does not extend into the tongue, or over one-half the thickness below the groove, will be admitted. Bevel Siding 1. Bevel Siding is made from 1x4", f." and 6" strips, S4S to 27/32xri 3/.S". 4 3/S" and 5 3/S" and resawed on a bevel. NO. 1 1. Lengths: 6' to 20', admitting 15% of odd lengths. Must be practically free of defects ex- cept 1" of sap or two knots on thin edge that will cover by lap. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' to 20'. admitting 15% of odd lengths. Will admit two sound knots 3/4" in diameter, or one standard defect. Sap admitted without limit. NO 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 4' to 20', admitting 15% of odd lengths. Sound discolored sap and scattering pin- worm holes not to be considered defects in this grade. In addition thereto boards may con- tam standard defects or their equivalent as follows: , 4' lengths, one. 5' to 0' lengths, two. 10' to 14' lengths, three. 15' to 20' lengths, four. NO. 2 COMMON 1. Lengths: 4' to 20'. admittlAg 15% of odd lengths. Will admit all pieces that will not come up to the grade of No. 1 Common which can be used for cheap siding without waste of more than one-third the length of any one piece. Pin-worm holes admitted. Drop Siding 1. Made from 1x4", r." and G" strips 2. Widths: 3 1/4", 4 1/4". 5 1/4" net face, counted as 4". 5" and 6" respectively. 3. Thickness: 3/4" net after surfacing. 4. The above cover.*: all grades. NO. 1 1. Lengths: 6' to 20', admitting 15% of odd lengths. Must be practically free of defects on face side. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' to 20', admitting 15% of odd lengths. Will admit two sound knots 3/4" in diameter, or one standard defect. Sap ad- mitted without limit. NO. 1 COIVOION 1. Lengths: 4' to 20', admitting 15% of odd lengths. Sound discolored sap and scattering pin-worm holes not to be considered defects in this grade In addition thereto boards mav con- tain standard defects or their equivalent as follows: 4' lengths, one. 5' to 9' lengths, two. 10' to 14' lengths, three. 15' to 20' lengths, four. NO. 2 COMMON 1. Lengths: 4' to 20'. admitting 15%, of odd lengths. Will admit all pieces that will not come up to the grade of No. 1 Common which can be used for cheap siding without waste or more than one-third the length of any one piece. Pin-worm holos admitted. Dressed Dimension Strips 1. Widths: 3" and over; stock S2fe 1/4" scant m width; stock S4S 1/2" scant in width 2. Thicknesses; Standard. NO. 1 1. Lengths: 6' to 20', admitting 15% of odd lengths. Each piece must bt. practically clear on one face, 7" to 9" widths. 1" of bright sap admitted on one edge showing on face side. 10" to 12" widths, 1 1/2" of bright sap admitted on one edge showing on face side SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' to 20'. admitting 15% of odd lengths. Bright sap admitted without limit. and in addition thereto one standard defect or its equivalent admitted in boards S" and under wide, and two standard defects or their equiva- lent admitted in boards 0" to 12", inclusive. NO. 1 COMMON L Lengths: 4' to 20'. admitting 15% of odd lengths. Shall admit of any number of sound knots that paint will cover, the board to work full length and width. Bright or sound dis- colored sap and scattered pin- worm holes not to be considered defects in tliis grade. NO. 2 COMMON 1. Length.^: 4' to 20'. admitting 15% of odd lenpths. Shall include all boards that will work twn-thirds or more of the same grade as No. 1 Common, in not to exceed three cuts the fult width of the boards, no cutting to be shorter than 3'. Casing and Base L Lengths: S' and over, admitting 15% of odd lensfths. 2. Widths: Net. 3 1/2". 4 1/2". 5 1/2". 6 1/2", 7 1/2", 8 1/2" and 9 1/2". counted 1/2" wider than net face. 3. Thickness: 13/16" after surfacing. 4. The above refers to and covers all grades. FIRSTS .4ND SECONDS 1 . Each piece must be practically clear on face side, 2. 7" to 10" widths, 1" of bright sap admitted on one edge, showing on face side. SAP AND SELECTS 1. Bright sap admitted without limit, and in addition one standard defect or its equivalent to be admitted In boards 8" and under, and two standard dpfpcts or their equivalent in boards 9" to 10" wide. NO. 1 COMMON 1. This grade will include all stock that will not come up to the grade of Saps and Selects, that will work two-thirds of its length clear face in pieces 3' long and longer, rearardle^-s of sap. Stained sap. without limit, where there are no other defects, admitted in this grade. POPLAR— QUARTER SAWN L Grades: Firsts and Seconds and No. 1 Common. 2. Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 3 Widths: 3" and over wide. FIRSTS AND SECONDS 1. Firsts and Seconds are a combined grade and must be 5" and over wide. Standard de- fects are admitted according to surface meas- ure as follows: 6'. 1 standard defect or its eauivalpnt. 0'. 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 13'. 3 standard defects or their equivalent. IS', and over, 4 standard defects or their equivalent. NO. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and ovpr wide. S' and over long, not to exceed 5% of 4" widths. 2. Pieces 4" wide must work 75% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 5" and over wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 75% clear face in not over two cuttings; 12' and over long must work 75% clear face in not over three cuttings. 3. No piece ©r cutting considered which i-^ less than 4" wide and -2' long, or 3" wide and 3' long. NO. 2 COM3ION 1. Lengths: 6' and over, admitting 10% of odd lengths: 25% mav be 6', 7' and 8', and not to excepd 10% under 8'. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Thicknesses- Standard. 4. Bright or slightly discolored sap no dpfect. 5. No. 2 Common shall include all lumber that will not come up to the grade of No. 1 Common that will work at least 50% into clear face quartered cuttinq:s No piece or cutting to be less than 3" wide and 2 long. SYCAMORE— PLAIN ^. Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. FIRSTS 1. Firsts mu.st be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface mea.-sure must he clear. Pieces 10' tn 15' surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. 2. Pieces 10' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equivalent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and ovpr wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5', 1 standard defpct or its equivalent. 8'. 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 1?'. 3 standard dpfpcts or their equivalent. 16', 4 standard defpcts or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not over 30% under 12' and not tn exceed 5% oif 6' and 7'. 2. Widths: 5" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear one face and sound on the reverse side. 4. Pieces 6" and over wide, 8' and over long, must grade not below seconds on the best face. The reverse side of pieces 8' and over long must work at least 80% sound. 5. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least 80% clear face, as follows: 12' and .shorter, two cuttings; 13' and longer, three cuttings. 6. The minimum length of any cutting to be IS". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. No. 1 CO^VOION 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, not over 30% shorter than 10', and not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths. 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6 ' and 7 ' long, must be clear. 5. Pieces 4" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 4" wide, 12' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces R" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over throe cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be considered which Is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. No 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must he 3" and over wide. 4' and over long, not to exceed 10%) of 4' and 5' lengths. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, .must work 50% sound in not over three cutting.^; pieces 3" to 7" wide. 11' and over long, must work 50% sound in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide. 4' to 9' long, must work 50% sound in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 50% sound in not o\er four cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50% sound in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. No. 3 COMMON 1. No. 3 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, and must contain at least 2570 of sound cuttings. Minimum width of cuttings 1 1/2", and no cutting considered which contains less than 36 square inches. STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear. No. 1 Common. 2. Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 4. Widths: 2", 2 1/2". 3", 3 1/2". 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2". 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of strip inside of beveled edges. 7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and e\ en inches, all fractions of less than 1/2" dropped. CLEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. Must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. No. 1 COMMON 1. Length: 6' to 16'. 2. Pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 3. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3%i clear face in not over three cutting.?. No cutting to be consid- ered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 4. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5' and 5 1/2" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 'The reverse face must be sound. 5. Pieces 3 1./2", 4". 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting must be sound. SYCAMORE— QUARTER SAWN 1. Thicknc-^sos and lengths: Stantlard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Firsts and Seconds and Selects Quarter Sawn Sycamore must sho'w figure on one face not less than 90% in the aggregate. The cuttings in No. 1 Conamon and No. 2 Common must show figure on one face. 4. Ten per cent of quartered Sycamore may be 1/16" scant on one edge, provided the other edge is full standard thickness when shipping dry. FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 0" and over wide, 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface measure may have one standard defect or its equivalent. Pieces 16' and over surface measure may have two standard defects or their equivalent. March 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 30g SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5'. 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 8',' 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12'. 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Lengths: 6' and over long, not over ZO'/c under 12' and not to exceed 59p of 0' and 7'. 2. Widths: 5" and over wide. 3. Inspection to be made from the good side of the piece. Pieces 6' and 7' must be clear one face and sound on the rever.se side. 4. Pieces 6" and over wide. 8' and over long, must grade not below second.s on the best face. The reverse side of pieces S' and over long must work at least 80% sound. 5. This grade may also include pieces other than those described above, below the grade of seconds, that will work at least 80% clear face, as follows: 12' and shorter, two cuttings; 13' and longer, three cuttings. 6. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18". The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 144 square inches. No. 1 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, noi over 30% shorter than 10', and not to exceed lO'/o of 4' and 5' lengths. 3. Pieces 4' and fj' long must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, G' and 7' long, must be clear. 5. Pieces 4" wide, S to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 4" wide 12' to 16' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work 06 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces 5" to 7" wide, 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face In not over two cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3%? clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide. 14' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 9. No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long or 3" wide by 3' long. NO. 2 COMiMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide. 4' and over long, but not more than 10% of 4' and 5' lengths admitted in this grade. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide. 4' to 10' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings. 3- Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, must work 50% clear face in not over three ■cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, must work 50% clear face in not over four cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50% clear face in not over five cuttings. 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. NO. 3 COMMON 1. Lengths: 4' and over long. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. Each piece must contain at least 50% sound cutting. 4. The minimum length of any cutting to be 18", The minimum width of any cutting to be 3". No cutting to contain less than 72 square inches. NO. 4 COM3ION 1. No. 4 Common shall include all lumber not up to grade of No 3 Common that can be used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating, etc. Worm holes are not to be considered defects, and unsound lumber with sufflcient substance to hold nails admitted. STRIPS 1. Grades: Clear, No. 1 Common, 2. Thicknesses: Standard. 3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 4. Width.'^: 2", 2 1/2", 3", 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2", 5" and 5 1/2". 5. Inspection on all grades must be made from the good side of the piece. 6. Measurement must be made at narrow part of strip inside of beveled edges. 7- Must be tallied widths and lengths on half and even inches; all fractions of less than 1/2" dropped. CLEAR 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. Must have one clear face and two good edges; the reverse face must be sound. NO. 1 COMMON 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 2. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. 3. Pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 2", 2 1/2" and 3" wide, 12' and over long, must work 06 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be con- sidered which is less than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 4. Pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide, 6' and 7' long, must have one clear face and two good edges. The reverse face must be sound. 5. Pieces 3 1/2", 4". 4 1/2" 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3%) clear face in not over two cuttings; pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 3/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in this grade must be good and the reverse face of cutting must be sound. WALNUT 1. Thicknesses and lenijthp: Standard. 2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 3. .Ml odd lengths must be measured. 4. Steamed sap is no defect. 5. These rules apply only to steam treated lumber, if lumber is not so treated. Sap is a defect and special contract should be made between buyer and seller, outlining to what extent the Sap is to be considered a defect. FTRSTS AND SECONDS 1. Firsts and Secnnd.s are a combined grade and must be 6" and over wide, 8' and over long, nnd not to exceed 45% under 10' loner. 2. Pieces 8' and longer, 6" and 7" wide, may have one stnnrlard defect or its equivalent. 3. Pieces 8' and longer. 8" and 9" \^ide, may have two standard defects or th^ir equivalent. 4 Pieces 8' and 9' long. 10" and over wide, may have two standard defects or their equiv- alent. n. Pieces 10' and over long, 10" and over wide, mav have three standard defects or their equivalent. SELECTS 1. Selects must be 4" and oxer wide, 6' and over long, admittintr 50% under 10' long and 10% m!iv be 6' and 7' long. 2. Pieces 6' and longer, 4" and 5" wide, must have one clear face and two good edges, and the reverse side not below grade of No. 1 Common. 3. Pieces 6' and 7' long. 6" and over wide, must have one clear face and two good edges, and th" reverse side not below grade of ^No. 1 Common. 4. Pieces 8' and over long, 6" and over wide, must not grade below seconds on best face and not belnw No. 1 Common on pnor Fide 5. Will admit pieces 8' and over long with one clear fnre, th'^' rex'ersp side sound but not below Jhe grade of No. 2 Common. 6. In lumber 5/4" and less in thickness. 20% of the quantitv may grade not below No 2 Common on the poor side, provided it will work 80% sound. NO. 1 COM5TON 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 4' and over long. 2. Pieces 4" and over wide must work 66 2/3% clear face, no cutting to bo considered which does not contain 144 sauare inches. 3. The minimum width nf any cutting to be 3". the minimum length of any cutting to be 24". Each cutting in this erade mu'^t havp one clear face and the reverse side must he sound. NO. 2 COMMON 1. No. 1 Common will admit all lumber b<^low the grade of No. 1 Common that will cut 50% "lear facp In pieces containing 72 or more t^uuare inches. The reverse face of all cuttings must be sound. The minimum width of any cutting to be 2". NO. 3 COMMON 1. No. 3 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, and must contain at least 25% of sound cuttings. 2. Minimum width of cutting 1 1/2". and no cutting considered which contains less than 36 square inches. WILLOW 1. Thicknesses and lonetbs: Standard. 2- Widths: 3" and ov»r wide, FIRSTS 1. Firsts must be 6" and over wide. 8' and over long. Pieces 4' to 9' surface measure must be clear. Pieces 10' to 15' surface mea.-sure may have one standard defect or Its equivalent. Pieces 16' and over surface meapure may have two standard defects or their equivalent. SECONDS 1. Seconds must be 6" and over wide. 2. Standard defects are admitted according to surface measure as follows: 5'. 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 8', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 12'. 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 16'. 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 20', 5 standard defects or their equivalent. NO. 1 COIVOION 1. No. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 2. Lengths: 4' and over long, not over 30% shorter than 10' and not to exceed 10% of 4' and 5' lengths 3. Pieces 4' and 5' long must be clear. 4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be clear. 5- Pieces 4" wide, 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings; .pieces 4" wide. 12' to 16' long, must work 60 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. No cutting to be le-ss than 2' long by the full width of the piece. 6. Pieces 6' long, 5" to 8" wide, may have one standard defect; pieces 6' long, 9" and over wide, may have two standard defects. 7. Pieces 5" to 7" wide, 7' to 11' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces 5" to 7" wide. 12' and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three cuttings. 8. Pieces 8" and over wide, 7' to 9' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- tings; pieces 8" and over wide. 10' to 13' long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not ovei three cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 60 2/3% clear face in not over four cuttings. 9 No cutting to be considered which is less than 4" wide by 2' long, or 3" wide by 3' long. NO. 2 COMMON 1. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, not to exceed 10%) of 4' and 5' lengths. 2. Pieces 3" to 7" wide, 4' to 10' long, must work 50% sound in not over three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, 11' and longer, must work 50% sound in not over four cuttings. 3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 0' long, must work 50% sound in not over three cuttings; pieces 8" ad over wide. 10' to 13' long, must work 50%, sound in not over four cuttings; pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over long, must work 50% sound in not over five cut- ^'"Ss. .^ , I,, w • , 4. No cutting to be considered which is less than 3" wide by 2' long. NO. 3 COMMON 1. No. 3 Common must be 3" and over wide, 4' and over long, and must contain at least 25% of sound cuttings. Minimum width of cuttings 1 1/2", and no cutting considered which contains less than 36 square inches. WAGON BOX BOARDS 1. Widths: Wide, 13" to 17". Narrow, 9" to 12" 2. Lengths: 11' to 16'. 3. Thickness. Must be 1" thick when ship- ping dry. 4. Bright or sound discolored sap or a few scattered pin worm holes may be admitted. 5. 11' lengths will admit 3" splits in one end, or their equivalent in one or both ends. 6. 12', 13' 15' and 16' lengths will admit of a 12" split in one end, or its equivalent in one or both ends. 7. 14' lengths will admit 6" splits in one end or their equivalent in both ends; otherwise each piece in 11' to 13' lengths may contain defects that do not prevent the piece from cutting one side; or in each piece 14' to 16' long, one side and one end; side to work 10' 6" long, ends to work 3' 6" long by the full width of the piece. Each side and end may contain one sound standard defect, or its equivalent, showing on one side. 8. NOTE — Five per cent, in feet of a shipment that can be reduced in measurement by cutting the end or edge or both to a size ordered must be accepted and measured as box boards; sep- arate tally to be kept of such boards, show- ing reduction in measurement. 9. Inspectors are cautioned that lumber so warped that it cannot be used for box boards must be excluded from this grade. WAGON STOCK NO. 1 AXLES 1 To be cut from live tough black or shell bark hickory, cut 6' in length, to include all the clear and perfect stock. Defects as fol- lows admissible: 2. Stain, penetrating not more than 1/16" and which has not developed into a rotting condi- tion. ,. _ ,-_ 3. Four sound pin knots, not exceeding 1/4 in diameter, or two sound knots 3/4" in diam- eter, near the center lines longitudinally on top or side, and not over 12" of center or more than 6" of ends. Knots (except pin knots) not to be closer than 12" apart. 4. Splits, on either end, extending not more than 6" In axle or 3" on both ends. 5. Season checks, not more than 1/2" deep and not more than 12" long. 6 Hearts or Heart Rings, none. 7. Shakes, that will plane out with 1/8" cut. 8. Not more than two pin worm holes not nearer than 0" to each other. Not more than two grub holes that will penetrate more than 6" of either end of the piece. 9. Bird pecks allowed if sound, or if unsound part is not to exceed 1/2" in diameter and not over 1/4" in depth. 10. Axles with wane will be measured exclud- ing the wane. 11. Bright sap considered no defect. 12. Grain can cross 3" in entire length of axle. 13. If defects not admitted can be cut out so as to reduce axle to a smaller size used and ordered by the buyer, it shall be so inspected. 14. Hewn axles shall be measured to square to the size they are ordered. 15. Defects at ends of axles that will admit of piece working 5' 6" long will be admitted. BOLSTERS 1. To be cut from good, tough, straight- grained Oak or Hickory (when Oak is specified it will be understood as being White or Red Oak) suitable for wagon material. To be clear and perfect stock, excepting the following de- fects, which will be admissible; 2. Stain, penetrating not more than 1/16", and which shows no sign of rot 3. One sound knot not over 1/2" in diam- eter, not more than 12" from the center of the piece, or three sound pin knots not exceeding 1/4" in diameter located in same manner. 4. Splits, none. 30h HARDWOOD RECORD March 10. 1919 5. Season Checks, not more than 1/2" deep, nor more than 12" long. 6. Heart Rings, none. 7. Shakes, if they can be planed out with 1/S" cut. S. Not more than six pin worm holes in a holster, these holes not to be in clusters of more than tlirce holes 6" apart. f>. Bird pecks, allowed if sound. 10. Will be measured excluding the wane. 11. Bright sap accepted 12. Grain can cross 2" in length of Bolster as maNinium. 13. If defects not admitted can be cut out so as to reduce Bolster to a smaller size used and ordered by the buyer, it shall be so inspected, NO. 1 SANDBO.\RDS 1. To be cut from good, tough, straight- srained Oak or Hickory (when Oak is specified it win be under-stood as being White or Red Oak) suitable for wagon material. To be clear and perfect .stock, excepting the following de- fects, which will be admissible: 2. Stain, penetrating not more than 1/lC", and which shows no sign of rot. 3. One sound knot not over 1/2" in diameter, not more than 12" from the center of the piece, or three sound pin knots not exceeding 1/4" diameter located in same manner. 4. Splits, none, o. Season checks, not more than 1/2" nor more than 12" long. i* Heart rings, none. 7. Shakes, if they can be planed out 1/S" cut. 8. Xot more than six pin worm holes in a Sandboard. these holes not to be in clusters of more than three holes 0" apart. 0. Bird pecks, allowed if sound. 10. Will be measured excluding the wnne 11. Bright sap accepted. 12. Grain can cross 2" in length of Sand- board as maximum. 13. If defects not admitted can be cut out so as to reduce Sandboai-d to a smaller size used and ordered by the buver, it shall be so inspected. NO. 1 REACHES ^2'- '^^^\^ ^"* ^^°^ ^'"°'^^- tough, straight- gramed Oak or Hickory (when Oak is specified It will be understood as being White or Red Uak) suitable for wagon material To be clear and pertect stock, free from knots, splits, hearts grub holes, heart rings, shakes, or bird pecks Bright sap accepted. The following defects will be admitted. deep w i t li than 1/16". deep or 12" -:. stain, penetrating not more and which S'hows no signs of rot. 3. Season check-?, not over 1/4" long. T?f'..^*il ^'"'L^ ,*^^" ^^^ P'" ^">-"i holes in a th«n ;>. ^^f ^°'*^i„"''* ^"^ ^'^ *» clusters of more than three holes 6 apart. POLES 1. To be cut from good, toush straieht- gra.ned Oak or Ash (when Oak il specified t Tu iabfe^nl"''''^"^ ^" '^^^"^ ^'l^'^^ or Red Oak suitable lor wagon mater al. To be clear and perfect stock, free from knots, splits hear?s grub holes, heart rings, shakes, or b?d pSs' ,„?i' ^^'•'"u' ,f«"etrating not more than and which shows no signs of rot. 1/16". long 4. Not more than six pin worm holos in a fhi^n- ,'^"^ i'°,'"^ ""^ '" be"n c°™to,s St more than three holes 0" apart. "loie EVENERS from good, suitable lor 1. To be cut grained Hiclsory tough, strai.ght- To he clonV ,' ''"•.""'<: lor wagon material. |°.t^s?;e7ts?"U=^'ha-°St'krrr^in':r\h\\°:^' aT/Tdm^i^^^gie?^ "'^"^ ^"^ ""'-"'"^ "e'ec^^ wh,>h'\'S"I' Pf^n^trat'ns not more than 1/18", and "hich shows no signs of rot Season checljs, not over 1/4" deep or 12" Worm holes, none. Bright sap no ob,1ection. Sound bird pecks admitted. NO. 1 SAWED FELLOES 3. long. 4. •■>. ■reo /^"J'", ""' '''°'" "0""^' WTilte or Red O ng thT !/■;?.'■ f" ''"' "'her defect" exce ittin shLyj,^ ■^""" ''■'" "" allowed if s ,,t'". _°^':. "° '^'=ns of rot. Must be mannf. sta tared so that grain Oak, ept- --- -- said Must be manufac- center of each Fiece "cut "'fnll ^.-i;'"^'" through circles. i"ei,e. cut full sizes and proper NO. 2 W.\GON STOCK for tJ ^ '" '™Pa"' the utility of the piece muted ""'"'""'^ intended, shall not be'^aS! out' s^ll J^f ''''', ""'admitted that can be cut ^i i:^^^-V'^rt:;^- 1. x;^e^- >0. 'i .\XLE8 1. No. 2 .\xles \\ill admit 3/4" sound knots. 1 1/4" sound knots not less than 12" apart, two 1 1/4" unsound knots showing on one face only, or their equivalent in smaller defects; season checks 1" deep and 24" long, end splits not exceeding S" in length, grain crossing in not less than half the length of the piece, one inch of wane, two grub holes showing on one or two sides, or other defects equivalent to the above. 2. Hewn axles shall be measured to square* to the .'^ize they are ordered. R. Defects at ends of axles that will admit working ."' fi" to be accepted. NO. 3 BOLSTER.S AND SANDBOARDS 1. lJ:^ame as No. 2 .Axles e.\cept that no splits are ailniissible.) NO. 2 POLES AND REACHES 1. No. 2 Poles and Keaches will admit 3/4" sound knots that do not show through the piece and three 1/2" un.^nund knots that do not extend more than half through the piece, two grub holes showing on bottom or sides, splits 0" long in one end or the equivalent in both ends, grain crossing in not less than one- third the length of the piece, a vertical or lateral bend diverging not more than 1 1/2" from a straight line the length of the piece, or other defects equivalent to the above. NO. 2 EVENER.S, SINfJI KTBEFS, BRAKE- BE.4MS ,4ND NECK YOKES 1. No. 2 Eveners. Singletrees. Brakebeams and Neck Yokes will admit two 1/2" knots not to be less than 6" from the center of the piece, or their equivalent in other defects. l^nsoufld knots shall not extend more than half through the piece. NO. 2 S.4WED I-ELLOES 1. No. 2 Sawed Felloes will admit two 1/2" sound knots or their equivalent, two 3/4" knots or their equivalent, well inside the edges of the piece on the tread side; grain diverging two inches from the center line of the piece, in three-fourths its length. SPECIAL INSPECTION LOf; KIN T. "I.o.g Run" me;ins the full run of the logs, with all gradep beinw No 2 Common excluded. NO. 1 COMMON .*ND BETTER 1. No. I Common and Better means the full run of the log with ail grades below No. 1 Com- mon excluded. jnLL RUN 1. "Mill Run" means the full run of the log. No. 4 Common and Better. NO. 1 COMTMON FACE 1. No. 1 Common Face to be inspected from the good side of the piece in the same size and number of cuttings allowed in the present rules for No. 1 Common. One face of the cuttings to be clear, the reverse side sound. NO. 2 COJmON FACE 1. No. 2 Common Face to he inspected from the good side of the piece in the same s-ize and number of cuttings allowed in the present rules for No. 2 Common One face of the cuttings to be clear, the reverse side sound. Squares 1. Grades: Firsts and Seconds, Sound, No. 1 Common and No. 2 Common. 2. Sizes: 3x3". 4x4". r^xrv. 6x6", 7x7" .SxS". 9xn", 10x10" and 12x12". 3. Lengths: Standard. 4. In the .grades of First;? and Seconds and Sound, one-third of the pieces ma.v have wane on one corner, that will be removed in turning the square to its working size. 5. Splits not exceeding fi" in length in one end in the grades of Firsts and Seconds and Sound are not to be considered defects: splits longer than 6" not to be admitted in these .grades. 6. Walnut, Cherry and Red Gum Squares will not admit more sap than will be removed in turning the square to its working size. Square.'i in other woods will admit any amount of bright sap. 7. Boxed Hearts not allowed In the grades of Firsts and Seconds and Sound, nor in the cut- tings of No. 1 Common and No. 2 Common Squares. FIRSTS AND SECONDS 1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 2. Sound standard defects are admitted ac- cording to the size of the square, as follows: 3x 3", 4x4" and .'ix.';", 1 .sound standard defect, and 7x 7", 2 sound standard defects, and 9x 9", 3 sound standard defects, and 12x12", 4 sound standard defects. SOI'NI) I>engths: 8' to 16'. 2. Sound discolored sap is no defect in this grade. 3. Sound squares must work sound full length. NO. 1 COMMON 1. Slightly discolored sap is no defect in this grade. 2 Lengths: 6' to 10'. 3. No. 1 Common Squares must work 6G 2/S% in cuttings 2' or over long by the full size of the square: three sides of each cutting must be clear: the fourth side may have one sound stand- ard defect or its equivalent. NO. 3 COMMON 1. Lengths; 6' to 111'. 2. No. 2 Common Squares must work r(0% 8x S" 10x10" 1. sound in cuttings 2' or over long, by the full size of the square. Kiln Dried Lumber 1. Measurement and inspection on lumber to be kiln dried shall be made before same is placed in the kiln. No inspection or measure- ment shall be made on kiln dried lumber after same has been kiln dried except by mutual agreement. OFFICIAL ST.4ND.\RD WEIGHTS H.ARDWOOn I.FMBER -Ash 3/8" 1/2" 5/8" 3/4" 4/4" .■J/4" 6/4" 8/4 Basswood 4/4" Beech 4/4" Birch 4/4" Black Gum 4/4" Butternut 4/4" Buckeye 4/4" Cherry 4/4" Chestnut 4/4" Cottonwood 1 1/4" 3/8" 1/2" 5/S" 3/4" 4/4" .V4" 6/4" 8/4" Cypress 1 /4" 3/8" 1/2" 5/S" 4/4" 5/4" 6/4" 8/4" 10/4" 12/4" 16/4" Elm l.Soft) 4/4" 5/4" 6/4" S/4" 1(1/4" 12/4" Elm (Rock) 4/4" Gum (Red I 1/4" 3/8" 1/2" 5/S" .■i/4" 4/4" 5/4" «,'4" S/4" Qum ( .Sap) 1/4" 3/8" 1/2" 5/8" 3/4" 4/4" 5/4" C/4" 8/4" Hickory 4/4" Axles and Reaches Rim Strips Holly 4/4" Locust 4/4" Magnolia 4/4" Maple (Soft) 4/4" 5/4" 6/4" 8/4" Maple (Hard) 4/4" Oak (Eastern) 3/8" 1/2" 5/.S" 3/4" 4/4" 5/4" 8/4" S/4" Chair and Furniture Stock Squares Wagon Stock and Felloes Plow Handle Strips Oak (Memphis Ter.) 1/4" 3/8" 1/2" 5/8" 3/4" 4/4" 5/4" 6/4" 8/4" Chair and Furniturt- Stock Squares Squares Wagon Stock and Felloes Plow Handle Strips Oak (La. and Tex.) 3/s" 1/2" 5/8" 3/4" 4/4" 5/4" 6/4" S/4" Pecan 4/4" Poplar x/i" 1/2" 5/S" S/4" 4/4" Sycamore 4/4" Tupelo . 4/4" 5/4" 6/4" Walnut 4/4" 8/4" Willow 4/4" OF Rough Drv 15U0 2000 2500 3000 3S00 ,1000 4000 2600 4000 4000 3400 2S(10 2000 4O0O 2800 1050 1050 1400 17.50 2O0O 2800 2000 :iooo 1200 120(1 1 500 1000 .3000 320O 3500 3200 3300 3500 3000 3.S0O 850 1300 1750 2200 2700 3500 3600 3800 800 1 250 170(1 210(1 2500 330O 3400 3600 5000 5000 5000 3500 4200 3500 3--'50 ,"i:! 51 1 3.")0l" 4000 2000 2200 2700 3200 3900 4000 4200 4200 4200 4500 42,50 1100 1700 2150 2700 32.50 4200 4800 4500 4200 4200 4200 4500 4250 17.50 2200 2750 3400 4400 4500 4S0» 4S00 1050 1400 1 600 2100 2800 3200 30(10 3100 4(100 3200 2800 March 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 30i By John B. Woods, Ex. Capt. Engrs. When the war burst upon France she mobilized every available man for some line of work. Unfortunately slie did not always choose the right man for the job, either at the front or behind the lines. Horseshoers became bakers and college professors were transformed by army order to officers of the army engineer branch with active charge over large sawmills and similar enterprises. Naturally there was confusion and some inefficiency, but generally speaking France showed that she was ready for war. This mobilization at- tended even to the smallest town in the country and embraced every activity that could assist in winning the war. For example. Monsieur Debec was a large manufacturer of wood goods who lived at Nantes in retirement, having made his fortune. But immediately there was war he received an order to proceed to Lorient, a naval base of Brittany, for the purpose of manufacturing wooden barracks for the French and British armies. He closed his Nantes residence, gathered his numer- ous family together, leased a big house in Lorient, and settled there for the duration of the war. The war department turned over to him advantageous con- tracts to justify him in invest- ing a large amount of money in plant and equipment, guaranteed to furnish labor. So he got back into harness, and incidentally added substantially to his fortune. Probably by now he has sold out and is back at Nantes. His Lorient factory, or ehantier, as it was called in French, con- sisted of several barracks, built by his personnel, in which were installed a band resaw with automatic feed, and several wood- working machines such as planers and tongue-and-groove machines. They all were European types, very slow feed and did poor work from our point of view, splintering the grain. Steam power was generated in several portable rigs, picked up second hand from one place and another. Men operated the machines and women took the output of planed lumber and dimension, placed them together in accordance vrith numbered patterns, and nailed them, making CUTTINi. iii.iiiKs Fdi: w(ii;x siiiiKs THEN BUCKED. sections of portable barrack buildings. Patent American roofing material was used for the roof sections. To the stranger it ap- peared very slipshod and expensive manufacturing, but as a matter of fact it was the best that could be done with men and machinery available, and returned the owner a pleasing profit. His greatest problem was in the sawmilling end. The forests of Brittany are largely state owned, and consist of shortleafed pine in mixture with hardwoods. Years ago the foresters planted noth- ing but hardwoods, beech and oak principally. But the soil is too sour for these species to do their best, and as a result the planters clianged over to pine as their principal crop. Yet they clung to the hardwoods which they loved, and often planted pine under small coppice or in mix- ture with open stands of mature lieecli and oak. The result is a composite forest, and now that much of the pine is merchant- able, the Forest Administration insists that whoever buys pine must cut the hardwoods and vice versa. Both are valuable crops, much sought after for war industries, but the difficulty lies in operating two very dif- ferent types of manufacture simultaneously. Certainly one did not care to convert oak and beech into portable barracks. Neither was it practicable to use a large percentage of the stand for railroad ties, for the transport of ties was a serious problem, stocks were large, and there could be no income from the timber until the ties were delivered to buyers. Up at the front they used cheaper ties for the Boche artillery to destroy, and great stacks of hardwood ties were to be found in every small station yard. The best solution of the problem was to use the hardwood for small products, the beech for wooden shoes and the oak for artillery wagons and the like. And this meant the preliminary sawing was to be done on small mills in the "woods. The oak could be cut into flitches, the beech into blocks, while the pine was squared into timbers or cut into dimension, for shipment to the ehantier. THE LOi: SLABBED H.\RDWOOD LUGS AT JIILL IN FRANCE. PEELING LOGS FOR SAWING. 30] HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 And they were small mills, so small that the daily output rarely crawled above the equivalent of two thousand feet board measure. Speed was unknown and not desired. The usual erevi" consisted of one man, his wife, his father usually if the old gentleman was able to get about under his own power, and half a dozen growing boys. They peeled every log before it went to the saw, and stacked all side boards for drying, shutting down the mill each time these tasks were to be done. The equipment ordinarily consisted of one portable steam engine and boiler combined, capable of delivering about fifteen horse power. The saw-rig was a light husk frame carrying a very thin circular saw, and a steel carriage with crank set-works, hand fed by the operator who walked along pushing from one end. No cut-off saw was used, while edging was done on the head-saw as well. The task of bucking a truck load of beech blocks on the main saw, with the carriage pushed out of the way at one side, was disgustingly laborious. Logging was done by main strength and awkwardness, using two wheeled carts. The mill crew would assemble with a horse and cart and going to the nearest stumps would proceed to lift each log aboard until a load was obtained. Then they drove to mill and dumped the load to the ground by the same lifting method. All logs were cut short, the longest being four meters only, while the standard log was two meters long. Naturally, with mills so small, the output of any one was not great enough to supply the needs of a barracks shop and a hard- wood shop as well. In fact Monsieur Bebec operated from three to six small mills continuously, and at one time was taking the product of twelve or more. These were scattered from one end of the department to the other, and the material came to Lorient on motor trucks and the big two wheeled carts of the country, which were wonderfully good load carriers. With one factory turning out wooden shoes for sale in the im- mediate vicinity, another working on wagon parts for the battle front and a third producing barrack buildings for both French ami British armies, there was business in plenty for one man. The writer was fortunate enough to accompany M. Debec on an auto- mobile run to the north coast of Brittany in search of lumber. The foresters had yielded up as much as they could to the army engineers from the vicinity of his plant, and he was obliged to call upon a distant engineer depot for manufactured material to supplement his small mills. The man with whom he traded was an ex-lawyer and knew very little about lumber. We inspected several stacks of American fir and French pine, and the army director promised to ship several carloads at once. But within three days the armistice was signed, so probabl.y the stuff never was nor will he shipped. Pertinent Legal Findings Negligent Burning of Timber When an owner of standing timber awards a contract for its cutting, authorizing use of a steam engine for that purpose, he is liable for loss sustained by another through a fire caused by op- eration of the engine by the contractor. Status as Employee Where defendant lumber company contracted to buy logs, and to allow the seller not to exceed $50 a month for the services of each scaler employed in scaling the logs, one who was working under the seller at wages of $70 per month could not be regarded as an em- ployee of the lumber company in such a sense as to render it liable under the Texas workmen 's compensation act for injuries sustained by such employee in the course of his employment as scaler. Contracts to Buy Machinery Plaintiff sold certain second-hand machinery to defendant, tak- ing an order on a regular printed form used an the sale of used machinery. This form contained a clause to the effect that the seller made no warranty concerning the condition or capacity of second-hand machinery. But as the agent did not have on hand a duplicate copy of the form, he furnished defendant with another form used in selling new machinery. In this form there was a war- ranty of the condition and capacity of machinery. The plaintiff's salesman indorsed on this form the statement: "This copy should be written on a second-hand order blank, but it is understood this blank takes its place. ' ' The machinery proved to be unsatisfactory and defendant re- sisted liability on the purchase price that there had been a breach of verbal representations made by the salesman concerning the capacity of the machinery. The controversy turned mainly on the question whether it was open to defendant to assert the making of verbal representations in the face of the clause in the order form above mentioned, expressly stating that there was no warranty of the condition or capacity of the machinery. Deciding the case in favor of the defendant (J. I. Case Thresh- ing Machine Company vs. Southern Veneer Company, 205 South- western Reporter, 978) the Arkansas supreme court holds that al- though one who signs a written contract is ordinarily bound by- its terms, this rule could not prevent defendant from relying upon the ambiguity created by the salesman 's act in writing the de- fendant company's copy of the contract on a form differing from the order sent in to plaintiff's office. Under the peculiar circum- stances of the case it is decided that the veneer company was en- titled to show that it honestly relied upon the salesman 's repre- sentations and supposed that they were covered in the order as sent in. American Lumber Congress Walker D. Hines, the new director general of railroads, will address the American Lumber Congress at its morning session, April 16. A wire just received by the National Lumber Manu- facturers' Association announces his acceptance of the invitation to speak on the day named. This general lumber congress to which all branches of the in dustry are invited, will be held in Chicago at the Congress hotel, April 14, 15 and 16. Methods of retail service and the merchandis- ing of lumber will occupy the first day's session; the manufac turers and distributors of lumber will discuss their problems in the meetings of the 15th and the next day 's sessions will be de- voted to governmental relations questions. It is hoped that the Congress will result in the formation of a national policy for the lumber industry and it is expected that the meetings will be an aid and stimulus to all interested in this great industry. Needed Work Must Stop At the time the armistice was signed the Forest Products Labora tory at Madison, Wis., was carrying on a number of experiments and tests in the utilization of wood and was accomplishing results of great value to the users of wood in practically every line. The work was being carried on at a cost of $700,000 a year, and the funds provided by regular appropriations were only one-fourth of that sum. The balance was being supplieil by the war and navy departments in order to keep the work going and to obtain results demanded by the war. The help from the war and navy depart- ments will stop, and the laboratory finds itself with a large, train?il working force, with a great deal of highly important work to be done, and no funds. It looks as if the tests and experiments must be called off and the working force disbanded. Congress has not provided the necessary money for going ahead. March 10, 191!) HARDWOOD RECORD 31 The Mail Bag B 1214— Chestnut, Birch, Beech, Etc. Boston, Mass., Feb. 27. — Editor Il.uiiiWdnu Uecuuu : We will appre- ciate very much having you list our j-eiiuirements for lumber in your Record, as we have noticed you have done for another firm who has recomniendeil you to us. We wovild like to have quotations at once on the following : Birch, beech and nuiple from 1 to 4" ; chestnut logs and wormy chestnut, whitewood, 1". . B 1215 — Logs Wanted Boston. Mass.. March 3. — Editor II.utDwiioD Recokd : Will you kindly refer us to some one who can furnish the following or make known in your issue that we are in want of the following ; Carload lots of roughly turned rollers, 7" diameter x lb" long with a 1V4" diameter hole bored through the center from end to end, and made from the center of green or seasoned gum (preferred) or any other hardwood logs. Logs from which the outside has been removed for veneer or any other purpose. We will write more fully to anyone who can furnish the.se. B 1216— Oak Logs to Offer Point Pleasant, Mo., JIarch 3. — Editor ll.\iinwo<)i) Kbcorii : I have out on the Frisco Railway about 2U.(i(i(> feet of oak logs 12, 14 and lU feet long, 15 to 36" in diameter. If you can advise me to whom I might sell them to good advantage I will appreciate same. My idea was to sell the larger ones to some veneer concern. . B1217 — Wants Three-Ply Veneer Brooklyn, N. Y., March 3. — Editor II.ihdwood Record: We would thank you for the receipt of a copy of your journal. We are in the market for a quantity of three-ply veneer and would like to hear from manu- facturers of same. B 1218— Has Tupelo Gum Maud, Miss., March 5. — Editcjr ll.*iii>wii(iii Recuud : Do you wish to Imy some tupelo gum, or can you tell me who doesV I could sell some to the railroad next summer. ■ . B 1219— Beech, Birch, Etc. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 28. — Eilitor II.miuwoud Record; We have for sale 25 carloads of cuttings composed of beech, birch, poplar, chestnut and mahogany, running from 1%" to 16" wide; 1" to 3" thick, cut from No. 1 common and better. This stock is 75 per cent clear, three years dry. Will .sell in bulk or in carloads. This stock can be used in any chair or furniture factory. Can be seen at our yard. — — . Clubs and Associations Foreign Trade Convention Called James A. Farrell, chairman of the Foreign Trade Council, has called a convention for that organization at the Congress hotel, Chicago, April 24, 25 and 26. This will be the sixth convention held by this body. A program for the meeting has been prepared, and experts have been secured to open discussions of important topics, .\mong the subjects accorded space on the program are the following : America's need of foreign trade; Post-war foreign trade problems; Com- mercial education for foreign trade; Foreign trade merchandising; Financ- ing foreign trade ; The .\merican merchant marine ; Foreign credits ; Direct selling: Export combinations; Ocean service. Annual of Wholesalers The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' -Association to be held at the Bellevue-Stratford hotel, Phila- delphia, Pa., Wednesday and Thursday, March 19 and 20, bids fair to be the largest convention in the history of the association. .\t each session. In addition to other business, a well-known speaker will address the convention on subjects of interest to the wholesale lum- tier trade. The banquet will be held In the Bellevue-Stratford hotel on Thursday evening. On W^ednesday evening the members and delegates will be guests of the Philadelphia Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association at a smoker and entertainment to be tendered by that organization. The Railroad Tie Association .\lthough the National -Association of Railroad Tie Producers, which was recently organized in St. Louis, is only a few weeks old, it is getting a grip on the situation which is very encouraging to those who have the association's affairs in charge. The membership Is increasing. Changes for the better in the inspection of ties are anticipated as soon as inspectors become more familiar with the interpretation of present rules. The last two months have furnished ideal weather for the production of ties. Con- ditions favorable to the hauling of ties is an extremely important Item to the producer with limited capital. These conditions account for the large production of ties which ordinarily would not come out at this season of the year. The transporting of ties by railroads has been speeded also, due to the fact that railroad operation ha.s not been hampered by the adverse climatic conditions usually prevalent at this time. The labor surplus has not helped conditions in the tie camps tor the producers. Tliere is still a shortage of experienced tie-makers. Delegates Appointed The Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, Tenn., will be represented in the .National Chamber of Commerce at its next annual meeting by John W. .McCiure, S. C. Major, and Sam Thompson. They were appointed at the time of the meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso- ciation at Philadelphia. Wagon Makers to Meet at Louisville Louisville has been selected for the place of bedding the next meeting of the farm wagon department of the National Implement and Vehicle .Association on March 20. .\n all-day session, beginning at 10 o'clock, will be held at the Hotel Seelbach. It is very fitting that the meeting be held at Ijouisville, not only on account of its convenience for southern and western members of the association, but because of the present wagon" standardization program having been determined upon at a meeting in that city. A review of wagon and truck standardization and other matters of equal importance will be made at the coming meeting. Issues Important Pamphlet on Forest Taxation Members of the .Michigan llanlwood Manufacturers' .Association had the pleasure last month of listening to a remarkably able and instructive talk on forest taxation by Orlando F. Barnes, member of the state tax commission. Mr. Barnes outlined an instructive and advanced idea he is advocating to the governor of Michigan for a new system of taxation on forest lands. The Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association has had the speech printed in pamphlet form, and this very instructive and interesting pamphlet may probably be secured by addressing J. C. Knox, secretary, Cadillac, Mich. May Ttirn to Sailing Ships There is such scarcity of ocean shipping freiglit room on the regular liners that there is a possibility that exporters of southern hardwoods may be forced to resort to the use of sailing vessels in order to get car- goes of tills commodity overseas, according t() J. II. Townshend, secretary- manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic -Assficlation. Mr. Townshend left March 5 for Washington for a conference with otHcials of the U. S. Shipping Board iiut before leaving he voiced the fore- going. He further saicl that the princii)al objection to the use of sailing vessels was the length of time required in putting lumber across the water. He intimated, however, that sailing vessels were preferable to the regular liners, in the respect that they could be secured, since there is a prospect of getting lumber across in the latter as against very little in the case of the former. There is virtually no freight room for March use on the regular steamers and so far the lumbermen have been able to make practically no engagements for .April sailing. There is a good demand from the United Kingdom and from other Euro- pean s(uirces but there is no way of taking care of the business, with the result that comparatively few orders are being accepted at the moment. The Southern Hardwood Traffic Association announces that its export department will be in "full operation" in the very near future and that a marine insurance department, capable of writing marine insurance, will be operated in connection therewith. The association asks all members to make inejuiries through the department in connection with exports, say- ing that it is booking several charters for its members now. It is also announced liy the association that some of the roads are already issuing through bills of lading on hardwood lumber expeirts and the hope is expressed that the other roads will soon do likewise. Meeting of Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club Captain II. J. I'hiester. president of the M. I'.. Farrin Lumber Company, was the cliief speaker at the meeting of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club held at the Hotel Metropole, March 3. He urged the lumbermen to make provision for the permanently crippled soldier on his return. He said the problem of employment of these men was a big one, but that in justice to the boys who had risked their all for the sake of America, every firm should make every endeavor to provide suitable employment for them. Captain Phiester had been overseas for a year. The meeting was very well attended. W. S. Sterrett, chairman of thi' committee on federal home loan banks, recommended that the club sup port such banks as soon as a resolution in the proper form was put before it. Ilall Hagemeyer. who attended the recent meeting in Washington calleil by the War Industries Board to see what disposition should be made of hardwood and other woods which the government had on its hands, reported that there was not sufficient lumber in the government's hands to affect the market and that could be disposed of by the various lumber organization heads. Secretary Thoman read a letter from the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' .Association inviting the president and two delegates from the club to attend the convention of that body as its guests in Philadelphia, March 19 and 20. The delegates will be named later. A letter of thanks was read from the Ohio Retail Lumber Dealers' .Asso- ciation for the club's hospitality to its delegates during a recent conven- tion in the city. 32 HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 President Morgan announced that the regular nominating committee to select officers for the year would be composed of the following: F. H. Dooling, Myles Byrnes and Dwight Hinckley. The following committee was named from the floor : R. W. Phillips, Roy Thompson and Newell Hargrave. John R. O'Neill, head of the committee on telephone service, was instructed to watch the course of the proceedings in the Ohio courts, where an injunction has been issued against the new rates. The club, on motion ot Harry R. Browne, went on record .as opposed to the repeal of the ordinance which would give an extra hour of daylight. The following firms were elected to membership : Howard-Barber Lum- ber Company, Harry F. Henry & Co., Lyon Lumber Company, Risley- Roudebush Lumber Company, Ward-Montgomery Lumber Company, Edgett & Fulton Lumber Company, Milne, Hall & Johns, Inc., and L. W. Rading &Co. Ryan Heads Southwestern Club At the meeting of the Southwestern Hardwood Manufacturers' Club held at New Orleans on February 24, Philip A. Ryan of Lufkin, Tex., was elected president ; F. L. Adams, Eunice, La., is first vice-president ; J. B. Robinson, Mound, La., second vice-president and A. N. Smith, Blanks, La., third vice-president, with A. C. Bowen of Alexandria, La., secretary. Directors for three years are : C. E. Walden, Beaumont ; H. J. Brenner, Alexandria ; Albert De Deutsch, Oakdale, La. The next meeting will be held at Alexandria, March 19. With the Trade C. W. Hill Represents Rib Lake Lumber Company The Rib Lake Lumber Company of Rib Lake, Wis., announces that C. W. Hill is now representing that firm in southern Wisconsin. Mr. Hill lives at Jlilton Junction, Wis., this being very accessible to all parts of the territory he covers. The company is sending out a monthly stock lii5t covering its hemlock and hardwood stocks. The Rib Lake Lumber Company has established a remarkably clean reputation for honesty of its methods and goods. J. T. Kendall Becomes Manager of Lumber Company J. T. Kendall, assistant secretary of the .\merican Hardwood Manu- facturers' Association, has resigned his position, effective March 15, to be- come sales manager of the Gayoso Lumber Company which has two large band mills in Memphis and Blaine, Miss., and which carries from 10,000,- 000 to 12,000,000 feet of southern hardwoods in stock. Mr. Kendall was Assistant manager of the old gum association until he was made secretary of the old oak association. When these two bodies were merged into the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, he was made assistant secretary of this. He is very popular with members of this body and his resignation has been accepted by officers of this organization with expressions of the most sincere regret. His successor has not yet been announced. He is no stranger to the selling end of the lumber business. He was. before becoming identified with the association work, assistant sales manager of the York Lumber & Manufacturing Com- pany, Memphis, and prior to that he was connected with the sales depart- ment of the Memphis Column Company. He is a comparatively young man and has such ability and such energy that his friends are making very optimistic predictions regarding his future. To Operate Casket Factory The old Bennett furniture factory at Charlotte, Mich., which has stood idle during the past ten years, has been sold to Grand Rapids parties who will convert it into a factory for making hardwood caskets. The firm will be known as the Charlotte Casket Company. The factory has a lot of good machinery, which can be put to good service. New Insurance Company Organized The Lumber Industries' Insurance Exchange has been formed In Chi- cago and authority granted by the Illinois Insurance Department to solicit members. The exchange is under the management of Fleming & Davis, a partnership made up of A. J. Davis of A. J. Davis & Co., insur- ance brokers, Chicago, and Walter S. Fleming, who has been associated with that company for some time. Membership in the exchange is limited to concerns engaged in lumber manufacturing whose financial rating is over $200,000, and whose risks me-asure up to a high physical standard. In announcing the exchange it is stated the object is to reduce the cost of insurance through the medium of personal service and the elimination of risks that are not in line with uniform standard. Perkins Sues North Carolina Company The Perkins Glue Company has brought suit against the Consolidated ■Veneer and Panel Company and W. G. Munyan of High Point, N. C, for Infringement of the Perkins vegetable glue patent. The Perkins company charges the defendants have infringed by mixing up and using vegetable glue in glueing up veneered stock for furniture and also that W. G. Mun- yan has sold vegetable glue for this purpose. Death of Prominent Lumberman Anthonj- Miller, a well-known lumberman of Buffalo and long at the head of a large hardwood business here, died at his home, 220 Emslie street, Buflfaio, on February 24, aged sixty-one years. He had been in poor health for the past six months or more and for two months had been able to give little attention to business. On February 14 he underwent an operation from which he failed to rally. His first experience in the lumber business was gained with the Buffalo and Pennsylvania firm of F. H. & C. W. Goodyear, with whom he started in 1875 and worked up to a responsible position. In 1894 he entered the hardwood trade on his own account, with office and large wholesale yard at 893 Eagle street. Two years ago he formed the Miller Lumber Com- pany, Inc., his associates being his sons, Oscar L. and Elmer C, and Eugene Nostrand. He was a man of quiet but genial temperament, popular among the many with whom he came in contact socially and in business. He was fond of automobiling and was a strong advocate of road improve- ment. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emilie Langner Miller, and by five children : Mrs. Edwin Maier, Oscar L., Elmer C, Ella and Alfred Miller. The funeral, which was held at the family home on February 26, was quite generally attended by the lumbermen of Buffalo. The business of the Miller Lumber Company is to be continued by Mr. Miller's two sons and their cousin, Eugene Nostrand. 1 THOMAS E. COALE, PRESIDENT AMERICAN EXPORT LUMBER CORPORATION. J. T. KENDALL, MEMPHIS, TENN. THE LATE ANTHONY MILLER, BUFFALO, N. Y. March 10. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 33 Death of W. S. Keith On Ffbruary IG, 1919, at his homo iu Waukugan. 111., occurroil the death of William Scott Keith, aged seventy-five years. He was born in Massa- chusetts, served in the Union army during the Civil War, aud afterwards located iu Chicago where he at first engaged iu banking but later idoutified himself with the lumber business, under the firm name of Hatch, Ilolbrook & Co. The name subsequently chauged to Hatch & Keith and then tu Keith Lumber Company. He was the first president of the Chicago Lum- bermen's Association. Death of Capt. R. C. Priddie The death of Capt. Richard Priddie, Beaumont, Tex., son of Supreme Snark W. A. Priddie. caused general regret throughout lumber circles, for "Dick," as he "was familiarly known, was one of the prides of the lum- bermen. His grandfather, Capt. William Wiess, was the founder of the Reliance Lumber Company, and Dick was considered a product of the lumber regions. He was in Pittsburgh, Pa., taking a technical course ■when the war broke out and although not yet twenty-one years of age. volunteered his services and was assigned to the Plattsburg officer's mili- tary training camp as an instructor. From there he was sent to France, and after a short time in the Paris artillery school was sent to the front. He proved so efficient in his work that he was returned to the United States and assigned to Ft. Sill, Okla., as artillery instructor. He was rapidly promoted to captain and regarded as one of the most efficient instructors in the service. Shortly after the signing of the armistice he resigned to resume his studies and was stricken with pneumonia while at the Pittsburgh University. Interment was in Beaumont, Tex. Death of Adolph Loveman Adolph Loveman, Nashville, Tenn., member of LiebermUn, Loveman & O'Brien, one of the largest hardwood lumber concerns in the South, died suddenly at his home in Nashville. Mr. Loveman was seventy-one years of age, and was one of the most highly esteemed business men of the city. He had been a member of the lumber firm since its organization, and was a type of man who was a credit to his city and state. He was a native of Hungary, and came to American when a child. The day before his death he was at his office, and apparently in good health. He was a man of genial disposition, and had a remarkable faculty for winning the friend- ship of the large number of employes of his firm, as well as men with whom he came in contact in business. He leaves a widow and one son. Death of Olin White News of the death in New York <»l nlin White caused much regret to members of the lumber trade. Mr. White removed from Nashville to New York about five years ago to accept a position wah Love. Boyd & Co. Previous to that time he had looked after Nashville interests of Wistar, Underbill & Nixon of Philadelphia. lie was thoroughly equipped for look- ing after the hardwood trade, and held high positions with various firms during his business career. He leaves a widow and two children. Chickasaw Plant Burns The plant of the Chickasaw Cooperage Company at McGehee, Ark., was destroyed by fire on March 4. The mill building was a total loss and the machinery was badly damaged. The loss is estimated at $10,000. The fire originated in the oil room of the building and there is rumor of sus- picion that it. was of incendiary origin. This plant was one of a chain of heading mills owned by the company whose main office is at Memphis. It is stated that the plant will be rebuilt and new machinery installed immediately. Building New Plant at La Crosse Ori J. Sorensen, designer and manufacturer of high-grade fixtures at La Crosse, Wis., is building a new fireproof factory of large proportions. The main building is 120x200 feet and will be equipped with the most modern machinery entirely electrically driven. All lumber will be kept under cover completely away from the weather. Hardwood Recoiid understands that the plant is really a model iu effi- ciency of design. It is all one fioor and so arranged that the raw material comes in at one end and the finished product, when ready for shipment, is in another part of the building. Thus there is no interference in any of the operations as they go through the plant. No part of the work travels over the same floor space twice. Also all elevator and handling expense is eliminated. This new plant will increase the production of the factory three times. Butz Lumber Company Is Incorporated One of the newest firms in the eastern trade is the Butz Lumber Com- pany, handler of wholesale lumber, Wilmington, Del. The company is incorporated for $100,000 and will do a wholesale business, specializing in white j)ines and hardwoods covering eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. George W. Butz, Jr., of Wilmington is president ; Robert H. Kay. North Tonawanda, N. Y., vice-president, and L. L. Maloney, secretary and treas- urer. Mr. Kay is general manager of Smith, Fassett & Co. of North Tona- wanda, and has been connected with the white pine industry in all its l>ranches for the last fifteen years or more. Previous to his connection with Smith, Fassett & Co., Mr. Kay w^as with E. B. Foss & Co. of Bay City, Mich., where he held the position of buyer. Mr. Maloney is one of the best-known bankers in Maryland and througli being connected with several lumber interests is thoroughly familiar with the lumber l>usiness. Oeorge W. Butz, Jr., has been in the lumber business for the past ten years. Previous to the organization of the Butz Lumber Company, he was associated as treasurer with the K. H. Catlin Company of Wilming- ton. Buffalo Compiles Co-Operative Stock List A new idea in community advertising has been instituted by members of the Buffalo hardwood trade, who a short time ago made a detailed .'^tudy of the hardwood stocks available in that city. All of the big bard- wood yard owners got together with a mass statement of the stocks on hand, which surely makes a big showing. The list gives a large assort- ment of all the leading woods and includes nearly a dozen sorts which have to be listed as "occasional" nowadays, although it includes some sorts that used to be available. The point of the new idea is that Buffalo recoguizes its own supremacy as the principal eastern depot for hardwood lumber and is preparing to maintain that reputation. Large Timber Tract Changes Hands A tract that will cut 8,000,000 feet of saw timber. 150.000 pit props, and 100 carloads of locust posts, located near Romney. W. Va.. recently was purchased by John Curry of Connellsville. Pa. The price has not been announced. The property has a mill with a daily capacity of 30.000 feet, and active operations will begin at once. The prevailing timber on the tract is oak. THE LATE W. S, WAUKEGAN, KEITH. ILL. THE LATE CAPT. R. C. PRIDDIE, BEAUMONT, TEXAS. THE LATE ADOLPH LOVEMAN, NASHVILLE, TENN. 34 HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1019 Lumber Office Opened in Memphis The Chicago Lumlier & Coal Company has opened an oflicp at Memphis. Tenn., where it will handle hardwoods cut by mills either owned or con- trolled by the company. The office is located in the Exchange building, where J. H. Maassen will be in charge ; S. B. Schwartz will be sales man- ager of the new department, and L. W. Tibbits will occupy the position of traveling representative. These men have had much experience and havi> been successful. Mr. Maassen for ten years was associated with the Ful- lerton Powell Hardwood Lumber Company; Mr. Tibbits was five years with the same company : while Mr. Schwartz was associated with the Gayoso Lumber Company for twelve years. The new department starts with an assorted stock of 30,000,000 feet of hardwood lumber, and will open an export office in New Orleans. The cypress and hardwood departments were formerly combined in the headquarters of the Chicago Lumber & Coal Company, at East St. Louis. 111. The department was in charge of F. T. Beck, sales manager, and Mr. Beck will remain in St. Louis to operate an exclusive cypress depart- ment, which the growth of the cypress trade neeessitates. The cypress shipped by the firm in 191S aggregated approximately 24.000.000 feet, and was secured from the band mills of the company in Louisiana. The Chicago Lumber & Coal Company started in a small way in 180G and the growth has been steady during the fifty-three years intervening between that time ami the present. Last year the company's busines.s reached a total of 10.910 cars of lumber. It controls five band mills, one of which, at Ravenwood, La,, it owns. The export business will be managed by W. N. Lynch, who was formerly connected with the Riggs-Terrell Lumber Company, New Orleans. Wholesale Organization Launched The American lOxpoil LuiiihiT Corporation, which is the export branch of the National Bureau of Wholesale Lumber Distributors, has perfected its organization. The executive committee met in New York the early part of the month and worked out the final plans for the movement, also appointing as temporary officers the following members : President, Thomas E. Coale, Philadelphia ; first vice-president, Benard L. Tin, New York : second vice-president, John I!. Montgomery, Pitts- burgh ; secretary -treasurer, F, S. Underhill, Philadelphia. The legal counsel of the organization is to be George B. Davie-s, New York, and Franklin D. Jones of Washington, D. C. The corporation will be a stock company owned by members of the National Bureau of Wholesale Lumber Distributors. It is incorporateil under the Webb act and as is indicated, is designed for the purpose of stimulating foreign trade among" members of the association, it being con- ceived that much more effective development will result with centralized action and distribution. The corporation will be in exceptionally strong condition, as it will handle all classes of stock. At present there are seven divisions cover- ing seven varieties of wood. Each division i.s represented by its own com- mittee and the whole plan contemplates close checking up on stocks, market prices, etc. Each member will receive but one vote regardless of the amount of stock he owns in the corporation, which charges a commission of five per cent for handling the busine-ss and makes its purchases from mem- bers only except where it may be absolutely essential to go outside. Thus the membership makes its profit on its sales to the corporation and the members holding stock get further returns from dividends. The association is now represented by an investigating committee, which is touring Europe. This committee is composed of the following well- known wholesalers ; Louis Germain, Pittsburgh ; J. W. Turnbull, Phila- delphia ; F. d'Anguera, Chicago ; Roy C. Daly, Seattle ; L. F. Driver, Thoma.sville, Ga. Stonebraker Enters Export Business F. E. Stonebraker, who since the organization of the Southern Alluvia] Land Association at Memphis has served mo.st efficiently as secretary and manager of that organization, has resigned to go into the export lumber business. Mr. Stonebraker has been a lumberman for many years and prior to becoming secretary of the land association was prominently known as a leading lumber exporter at Memphis. He has made a remarkably fine reputation and has built up the association to a very strong position, ilembers of the organization sincerely regret his leaving and have expressed their regret and their regard for Mr. Stonebraker in con- crete form. Mr. Stonebraker is succeeded by F. D. Beneke of Memphis, who has been connected with newspaper work in and around Memphis for a number of years. Mr. Beneke has served on the Memphis Commercial Appeal in a reportorial capacit.v and has made a specialty of working up articles on the Mississippi alluvial land region. Mr. Beneke has been closely asso- ciated with government publicit.v work during the progres.s of the war and in various directorships. He will have associated with him Vincent M. Carroll, who will act as field secretary. Mr. Carroll is very well qualified by experience to carry on this work. From War to Lumbering Lieut. H. D. Wilmoth and F. J. lloneymeyer. both fresh from the Euro- pean battlefields, have entered the employ of the J. C. West Lumber Com- pany, Cincinnati. Lieut. Wiimoth commanded a trench mortar platoon at Chateau Thierry, and also took part in the St. Mihiel drive and the .\rgonne I)attle. Just before the armistice w-as signed he was sent to .America to train troops in the use of trench mortars, and he was at Camp Sevier, S. C., when the war closed. He has now entered the service of and southern Michigan. He is a graduate of the West Virginia University. LUe company named above, and will enter the work of salesman in Ohio Mexico Proposes to Pay Its Debts Mexico has inaugurated a movement looking toward paying the nation's debts. No interest or principal has been paid during the past four years. Arrangements are now contemplated whereby payments can be resumed. .\ commission has been sent to the United States to discuss the matter with bankers. The national debt now totals $700,000,000, Mexican, which is about $47 per capita. That debt is not very large compared with the (lelits of some other nations ; but the Mexicans are proverbially poor pay. .\ny movement toward taking care of the public debt will be watched with interest by business men of the United States who wish to increase their operations in Mexico. Enameled Wooden Beads .\ new kind of beads are becoming fashiunalde. They are made of wood, covered with a coating of enamel, but so well is the wooden center concealed that the ordinary purchaser is not aware that the beads are made of wood. They pass for porcelain or some rare material and only when the coating is cracked is the wood visible. Woods with fine grain and capable of receiving a high polish are suitable for such heads. S»ft maple is one of the best. PHILIP A. KVAN. PRESIDENT SOUTH- J. WESTERN HARDWOOD MANUFACTUR- ERS' CLUB, LUFKIN, TEXAS. II. MAASSEN, IN CHARGE MEMPHIS OFFICE CHICAGO LUMBER & COAL COMPANY. SCHWARTZ. MKMrlllS SALES MAN- AGER. CHICA(;il Ll'.MBER & COAL COMPANY. March 10. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 35 Lumber Exports During Year The value of all exports of forest products from this country during 1916 was $59,839,256; in 1917 the value was $71,362,591, and in 1918 the total was $87,306,371. Much of the increase in value, when late years are compared with earlier. Is due to advance in prices, but there was some increase in quantity as well as in value. The export of yellow poplar in 1916 amounted to 11,859,000 feet, and in 1918 to 23,488,000 feet. Redwood. 29,710 feet in 1916 and 35.835,000 in 1918. But the export of oak totaled 65,184,000 feet in 1916 and only 64.663,000 in 1918, but the value in 1916 was .f2,746,097 and in 1918 it was $3,710,479. Nearly twice as many railroad ties were exported in 1916 as in 1918. The value of furniture exported in 1916 was practically the same as in 1918. Oak and Osage Orange Treenails Speaking of the use of woods other than locust as treenails, a govern- ment official bulletin says : The use of live oak and osage orange for treenails in addition to locust was recommended after a thorough investigation of the "suitability of various species for this purpose. The inclusion of these two woods relieved the seriousness of the situation caused by the failing supply of locust. Canadian Lumber Census .4 census of the lumber imlustry in Canada has been completed by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, embracing 2879 operating concerns, of which 52 were in .\Iberta, 251 in British Columbia, 29 in Manitoba, 255 in New Brunswick, 462 in Nova Scotia, 603 in Ontario, 60 in Prince Edward Island, 1151 in Quebec and 16 in Saskatchewan. The total invested capital is $149,266,019, number employes of on sal- aries is 3,159 and the average number of employes on wages is 54,336. The value of the annual output is $115,777,130. The census covered 29 kinds of lumber, the principal kinds and the yearly production being: Feet. Feet i^pruce 1,466,558,000 Norway pine 119,321,000 White pine 791,609.000 Balsam 102,373,000 Douglas flr 706,996,000 All others 483,133,000 Flemlock 322,722,000 1^ fedar 149,999,000 Total 4,142,711,000 A Large Timber Raft A large raft containing 4.000,000 fei^t of sawed lumber, arrived safely in Copenhagen some days ago, having been towed from Finland by two ocean-going tugs. It is said that many sawmill concerns in Finland and in Sweden have been watching the experiment with great interest, and now that it has proved successful, will send many more similar rafts to various Baltic ports. The lumber is much needed in Denmark as the country has suffered greatly from lack of building materials. A company has now been formed by a number of corporations tor building houses on an area of 800 acres of land south ot Copenhagen. The buildings will be villas and three-story houses, giving room in all for about 50,000 people. The city administration has spent more than $10,000,000 during the war in building barracks tor the homeless and is now about to appropriate another million for building more permanent houses. Using Waste Wood The government forest laboratory at Madison. Wis., continues its war on waste. Wood flour and wood silk are among the articles to which special attention has been paid of late, though they are not new. Wood flour is an important material in the manufacture of linoleum, phonograph records, and explo.sives. It is made by grinding spruce or hem- lock on the end grain against a revolving grindstone, the wood being kept continually wet while grinding. It is then mixed with other materials for the manufacture of the articles named. Because of the high price of cotton, the use of wood pulp and wood flour has been greatly extended. Tanbark has been successfully substituted for rags in the making of roofing felt, and a similar wood product is us«i in the manufacture of fibres for wood silk. Many thousands of pairs of army socks have been made ot this artificial silk sometimes reinforced as to toes and heels with cotton. Another method of treating wood is the paper making process in the pro- duction of twine, rope, webbing, furniture reed, basket braid and rugging. Paper made from this chemical wood pulp is twisted into strands, and in furniture reed, shellac is applied for waterproofing. House Building in Canada Canada, as well as the United States, is facing a housing shortage, and the Dominion government has stepped in to help solve this imperative problem by creating a housing fund of $25,000,000. This fund will be available by way ot a loan to the several provincial governments for the carrying out of a program for the construction of model houses for in- dustrial workers. The amount of the loan to each province is based upon Its proportion of the total population ot Canada. On this basis, in Alberta, for instance, the loan will provide fjr about 530 houses at a cost ot $3,000 each. It is designed that the money shall be used in the larger industrial centers only and for workingmen's dwellings hut it is probable that some of the smaller mining sections will receive aid because of their great need. War & Reconstruction 1860-70 And Its Relation to the PEACE PERIOD Write for particulars BROOKMIRE ECONOMIC SERVICE 56 PINE STREET, NEW YORK Hardwood News Notes MISCELLANEOUS The Arkansas Dimension Mill recently began its saw milling business at Marked Tree, Ark. The Australian Hardwood Company, San Francisco, Cal., has changed its name to the Richards Hardwood Lumber Company. The Ohio Casket Company, Columbus, O., has increased its capital stock to $60,000. The Barnwell Saw Mill Company has moved from New York N T to Ellenton, S. C. The Lake Lumber Company, Bush, La., has incorporated under the same name with a capital of $14,000, Recent incorporations are : The Watson Wooden Toy Company, Boston, Mass.. capital $60,000 ; the Steves Sash & Door Company, San Antonio, Tex. : the Grand Saline Lumber & Supply Company, Grand Saline, Tex. ; the Pan-American Trading Company. Brewton, Ala., capital $4000 ; the Liberty Lumber Company, Kimbrough, Ala., capital $6000 ; the Hunting- ton Casket Manufacturing Company, Huntington, W. Va., capitalization $50,000 : the Liberty Lumber & Manufacturing Company. Bristol Tenn capital $15,000. The Badger State Lumber & Land Company. Arnott. Wis., has been suc- ceeded by the Clifford Lumber Company, with a capital ot $75,000. There have been a number of changes in Tennessee concerns, viz. : The E. & N. Manufacturing Company, Nashville, has reorganized ; Cohn & Goldberg. Nashville, have been succeeded by A. L. Goldberg & Son ; Hen- derson Baker has retired from the Joseph Scheffer Lumber Company, Nash- ville, as has J. L. Duann from the Campbell & Dann Manufacturing Com- pany, Tullahoma. The capital stock of the Red Cedar Works, Richmond, Va., has been increased from $900,000 to $1,425,000. There has been a change in ownership in the Climax Saw Mill Com- pany, Climax, Ala. The Johnson City Lumber Company recently began business at Johnson City, Tenn., and at Corinth, Miss., the Short Dimension Sales Company is a new outfit. The Caldwell & Gates Company, Rio, Wis., has increased its capital from $150,000 to $300,000. The Swain-Karmire Lumber Company has moved its office from Shelby- vllle, Ind., to Fulton, Ky. The Wolverine Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Mich., has sold out to the Trippensee Manufacturing Company. The Huff-Stickler Lumber Company, South Bend.. Ind., will increase its capital to $200,000. The Clover Leaf Lumber Company has incorporated at Wausau, Wis., with a capital of $10,000 ; at Rhinelander, Wis., the McDonald-Krause Lumber Company is a recent incorporation at $10,000 ; at Sidney, O., the Mull Woodwork Company has been incorporated with $250,000 capital ; a $15,000 corporation is the Reliance Wood Heel Company, at Boston, Mass. ; the Carolina Lumber Products Company, with a capitalization ot $5000, has been incorporated at Augusta, Ga. : Portland Burial Case Com- pany, Portland. Me., capitalized at $25,000, and at Farmville, Va., the Taylor Manufacturing Company has incorporated at $25,000. The capital stock of the Holly Ridge Lumber Company, Louisville, Ky., has been increased from $250,000 to $350,000. CHICAGO The E. A. Mercadal Lumber Company is liquidating here. A fire on February 21 destroyed part of the office of the Mears-Slayton Lumber Company, city, most of the barn and the lumber shed between 36 HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 Why Tpne-RCLL Lumber Is Trade-Marked For a quarter of a century we have manu- factured lumber that has maintaindd a reputation for uniform high quality. For an equal period a constantly increasing number of consumers have purchased our products, and, in many cases, did not know who made them. Now all our lumber and timbers bear this trade-mark The Mark On Quality Lumber Because of our capacity and ability for service, our modern equipment, our care in grading and efficient supervision of each process of manufacture, we believe it should be possible for retail lumber deal- ers to take advantage of the quality of our products. Therefore, all TonG-ReLL lum- ber and timbers are branded with the above trade-mark. Our largest national advertising campaign, referring the reader to the dealer, will make bigger, better business for dealers who sell Tone-ReLL branded lumber products. The TpnG-ReLi. Tumtoer rompanvi R. A. Long Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. Manufacturer of SOUTHERN PINE, HARDWOOD, OAK FLOORING, and CREOSOTED POSTS, POLES and WOOD BLOCKS tliL' burii aiiil tbe ofBoe. Tbe Ios.s amounts to about $12,000, which was fully covered by insurance. After having been in New Orleans. La., in attendance at the Southern Pine Association meeting, A. M. Manning, who is vice-president of tbe Felger Lumber & Timber Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., stopped off in Chicago on March 3. George H. Ostrander, assistant sales manager of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, Columbus, O., was in the city for a few days last week. He made as quick a trip as possible because of the serious condition of his wife's health. Mr. Ostrander says that business is looking very good with liis concern, and that he sees no reason at all for any promiscuous cutting of values. The Ritter interests turn out an immense amount of hardwoods annually, but this year will put out probably not more than fifty or si.xty per cent of normal cut. H. Hall, representing William Mallinson & Sons, Ltd., of 130 Hackney Road, London, England, handlers of timber and veneers, has been visiting this country for the past two months, and is very optimistic about the future of the lumber business, particularly as it applies to his own country and the United States. ■^ C. B. Allen, Jr., of the Allen-Eaton Panel Company, Memphis, Tenn., was in the city on March 5. The Hardwood Mills Lumlier Company is now located in its new offi<"i' qiiartcrs at 717-718 Monadnock building, it having moved there from suite 1423-1424 in that building. Roy O. Martin of Nlckey Brothers, Inc., Memphis, Tenn., was in the city this week. The National Lumber Manufacturers' Association has been ably repre- sented at numerous recent eastern meetings held by its architectural engineer. R. S. Wliiting, and after a very busy time, Mr. Whiting returned to his desk here last week. J. F. Strack, well-known as representing the McLean interests of Buffalo, N. Y., and Memphis, Tenn., has now opened offices at 901 Lumber Exchange, Chicago. L. J. Pomeroy of the Landeek Lumber Company, Marquette building, Chicago, has returned to take care of his business here after having been on a selling trip to Wisconsin points during last week. BUFFALO The Hugh McLean Lumber Company has started up its mill at Mem- phis, which has been shut down tor the past month for repairs. The Buffalo Automobile Show began on March 4 with large crowds in attendance. The show had about 200 different cars on exhibition, rang- ing from the highest to the lowest in cost, and including a large number of motor trucks. Councilman A. W. Kreinheder spent a short vacation at Mount Clemens recently. He anticipates that the city will do a good deal of building and other municipal work this year. Tbe Cornell Wood Products Company, a Chicago wall board concern, has brought suit in Supreme Court here against the Plastergon Wall Board Company of Buffalo, asking $46,000 damages. It is claimed that former employes of the Cornell company conspired to injure its trade and to divert it to the Plastergon company by obtaining possession and using lists of cu.stomers and other confidential information. The government lately proceeded against three North Tonawanda lum- bermen— A. K. and F. W. Silverthorne and James McConkey — claiming a conspiracy to defraud on shipments to the Railroad Administration. Overbilling to the e\-tent of $250,000 to $500,000 is alleged. Bail was fixed at $15,000 in the case of A. K. Silverthorne and $7,500 each for the other two men. On complaint of the Silverthorne attorney, who claims that federal officers have unwarrantedly seized hooks and papers. Justice Hazel has ordered these taken over by the court. The attorney says $55,300 in Liberty bonds and other securities of the defendants is also missing. CANADA Lieut. W. S. Waldie, former sales manager of the Victoria Harbor Lum- ber Company, Toronto, who had been serving with the Canadian Forestry Corps in France and England, died recently of pneumonia in Wales at a Canadian demobilization camp where he was awaiting transport for home. The Fesserton Timber Company, Toronto, has leased the sawmill and rossing plant of the Montcith Pulp & Timber Company at Monteith, Ont. A newly incorporated lumber company, known as M. & M. A. Deans, Ltd., has been formed at Sprucedale, Ont., to carry on operations in that dis- trict. -\ deputation representing the Canadian Lumbermen's Association and the Canadian Pulp & Paper Association waited upon the Federal Govern- ment recently to urge employment of returned soldiers In reforestry operations in Canada. It is felt that many of them are particularly adapted for this line of work. Lalonde Bros. & Co., Cochrane, Out., have been granted a charter with a capital stock of $75,000 and will carry on extensive operations in log- ging, lumbering and pulpwood. The French River Lumber Company is a newly organized firm with headquarters at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., which will operate mills at Garden Miircli 10, I'jio HARDWOODRECORD 37 outhern Hardwoods Well Manufactured irom Good limber Unexcelled Quality and Service For twenty- five years Paepcke Leicht quality hardwoods have satisfied the most exacting users in the wood-working industries of the United States, Canada and Europe. Strict uniformity of inspection and quality year after year, with a truly superior service, have consistently kept old customers on our books. Your interest, also, lies where you can get the most in satisfaction and value. JVe Specialize in Oak and Gum Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company mtiinii Iiiiiiin iiiiii|iji«i i >it iini iiiiittiinii iiiiiiiiiiii Dimimiim niiit iriii iimiiiiii I lie siuiiig and summer season, due to the unfavorable conditions existing during the greater part of the regular winter season. The company is short of men and has asked employment offices in a numher of large cities to furnish additional labor. The Sawyer-Goodman Company, Marinette, Wis., has acquired about seventeen miles of the trackage and right-of-way of the Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad, which is being dismantled. The purchase will enable the Sawyer-Goodman interests to reach liy rail a large tract of timber which will be logged during the coming two or three years to supply the main sawmill in Marinette. The company has completed logging opera- tions near Crystal Falls, Mich., which covered a period of ten years. The large crew will be shifted to extensive holdings near Sagola, Mich., where the company owns a sawmill, acquired last year and since greatly improved and enlarged. The MacDonald-Krause Lumber Company, Ehinelander, Wis., has been incorporated for the purpose of specializing in northern hardwoods and dealing in all kinds of lumber and forest products. Offices have been opened in the Hiljerman building at Ehinelander. C. A. MacDonald is president and Harry H. Krause secretary. Until April 1 Mr. MacDonald will remain in his position with the C. C. Collins Lumber Company at Ehinelander. The Fraser Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Appleton, Wis., has opened a branch .sales office and distributing station at Nichols, a new station on the division which the Wisconsin & Northern Eailroad has con- structed from Shawano, Wis., south to Appleton, which is now the terminal. The Eissell Lumber Company, Eliinelauder, Wis., is engaged in the work of greatly enlarging and improving the former properties of the Stolle Lumber & Veneer Company at Tripoli, Wis., which were acquired by the Bissell interests a year or more ago. A new planing mill was completed and placed in operation late in January. It is equipped with an American No. 65 planer and a MacDonald resaw, and a Yates unit will be installed at once, together with a new Woods machine and a Greenlee rip table. The new sawmill is rapidly nearing completion. The equipment includes a new Murra.v resaw, a 20-foot trimmer, and a new edger and lath mill. The veneer mill has been entirely overhauled and two new boilers have been installed, giving a battery of four to, run the saw and veneer mill. The company is employing from 80 to 100 men in woods operations and uses two steam log haulers. The input by the end of the season is expected to reach 12,000,000 feet. The A. H. Stange Lumber Company. Merrill, Wis., according to reports from the North, is preparing to establish a sawmill operation at Star I^ake. Wis., in the vicinity of which town the company has extensive timber hold- ing.s, .^lai- LaliC mill- was a piuiiiainii iiuul'-.- in \\ iscniisin lumlier liroduc- tion, but of late years no operations have been carried on. The old sawmill at this point, the reports say, will be replaced with a new plant, since it will require from fifteen to. twenty years to exhaust the supply of timber. The Lawson Air Transportation Company, Milwaukee, has been organ- ized with $25,000 capital by Alfred W. Lawson, founder of the Lawson Aircraft Company, Green Bay, Wis., which he served as vice-president and general manager. The purpose of the new concern is to build a new type of bi-plane for passenger and express service in intercity traffic, at first between Milwaukee and Chicago. The first craft is being built by Mr. Lawson and ten experts from the Green Bay plant at the factory of the Cream City Sash & Door Company, Milwaukee. The -Vppleton Hub & Spoke Company, Appleton, Wis., has encountered some delay in the construction of its new mill, replacing the plant recently destroyed by fire, but hopes to be able to resume operations by April 1 or 5. The Wisconsin Shipbuilding & Navigation Company, organized nearly a year ago b.y prominent Milwaukee business men, and having an authorized capital of ,115,000,000, has completed arrangements for the establishment of plant and yards at Kewaunee, Wis., on Lake Michigan, where citizens have provided a forty-acre site on the inner harbor and agreed to invest .?100,000. The Thomas Engineering Company, 133 Liberty street, New York, has been engaged to desi,gn and supervise the construction of the plant, which will involve an initial investment of about $400,000. Among the buildings will be a sawmill, 50x100, and a joiner shop, 50x150 feet. J. W. Barber, Milwaukee, is secretary. The late Isaac Stephen-son, Marinette, prominent lumber operator and at one time United States senator, left a personal estate valued at $2,899,- 375 in an appraisal recently filed in the probate court at Marinette. This does not include the Stephenson Trust, organized in 1916 and having an estimated value of about $2,500,000. The personal estate includes princi- pally stock in the N. Ludlngton Company, numbering 3590 shares, valued at .$556,450 ; Stephenson Land & Lumber Company, 3000 shares, $420,000, and stock in banks at Marinette, Milwaukee, Chicago, Menominee, Mich., and other cities. , Michael Corry, Sr., a pioneer of the Menominee river lumber district, died at his home in Marinette, Wis., gn February 22, at the age of eighty-four years. He was a contemporary of the late Isaac Stephenson. Mr. Corry left an extensive estate. Carl Blumenthal, secretary and manager of the Ossit Bros. Company, Milwaukee, manufacturer of church furniture, carved goods, etc., was killed by a train on February 27, while returning to Milwaukee from a business trip. It is believed he may have fallen from a coach. 42 HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 LIGNUM VITAE BOXWOOD SNAKEWOOD We handle all TROPICAL HARDWOODS EBONY ROSEWOOD COCO BOLO C. H. PEARSON 29 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY VESTAL LUMBER & MFG. COMPANY INCORPORATED Soft Textured Oak Poplar Black Walnut Tenn. Red Cedar KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE BAND MILLS AT VESTAL A SUBURB OF KNOXVILLE FONDE, KY. The Hardwood Market CHICAGO Chicago is booming with build-now propaganda, and it is the firm beliff of everyone Involved that the results are going to show very soon. The basis ot the propaganda is entirely logical and true, mainly resting upon the two principles that a man may as well be contributing to the owner- ship of his own home as paying rent and with the cards being against any early cutting of building costs, it is hardly worth while to postpone construction further. The opinion of speculative builders seems divided as to the advisability of going ahead, some being prompted by the over- whelming necessity for new dwelling places to invest in speculative con- struction now and others feeling that the time is not opportune. The whole outlook, though, is more promising than it was and it is likely that a good deal of building will be carried on during the summer. In other lines developments are favorable and prices on most items of bardwoods are holding well. TORONTO Conditions in the hardwood situation are slowly reviving. With the approach of spring furniture factories, implement makers and musical instrument plants are looking for a better season. Prices of all hard- woods hold firm with the exception of maple and birch mill culls which have dropped somewhat owing to an end of the shell box business. Several representatives from Michigan and Wisconsin have been in Ontario re- cently offering maple and other woods at an attractive figure, but the high freight rates have prevented any very large orders being placed. It is encouraging news to firms in Ontario and the East which conduct an export business, that the British Government has eliminated control in the import hardwood trade and this is expected to stimulate export business In birch to a certain extent. With the approach of April many large building projects are under way and architects report the.v have never had such a busy season preparing plans and specifications. If only a portion of the contemplated structures are carried out the building permits in the larger Canadian cities will run higher than in any year since the outbreak of the war. Firms in Toronto and other cities representing southern hardwoods are going after the trade vigorously and some have formed new connections which have developed into very fair business. On the whole the outlook for 1919 is regarded as favorable and there is a spirit of confidence and assurance prevailing which fully believes that, with depleted stocks and an increased demand for wood products of all kinds, lumber is today worth every cent that is being asked for it. A number of lines in which there is a scarcity, such as basswood, will likely carry an advance of from 5 to 10 per cent before the building season is entered upon very far. The building permits in Toronto during the past month aggregated nearly a million dollars and this Is taken as a fair example of what will prevail in the other large cities in the East. From all appearances build- ing operation.s should be more extended during the present year than in any year since 1913 which was the banner one. Federal and various Provincial governments are making substantial appropriations to munic- ipalities and housing companies in order to encourage the erection of workmen's houses. The money will be loaned at a low rate of interest and the terms of repayment made very favorable. MEMPHIS There has heen no change for the better in conditions surrounding pro- duction of hardwood lumber during the past two weeks and the outlook is very unpromising. The whole trouble with manufacturers of hardwood lumber lies in the shortage of logs that are ready to be transported to the mills, and this shortage is directly traceable to the unfavorable weather which has prevailed during the past few weeks. There is now, and has been for some time, a strong desire on the part of hardwood inter- ests to get out logs, but the woods have been so water-soaked that they have been able to make but little progress. Further rains have occurred within the past two or three days and the ground is covered with water or is so wet that teams cannot stand on it. The log supply is the lightest in the history of this territory as a lumber producer, and the outlook for production is likewise the most unsatisfactory ever experienced at this date. The Valley Log Loading Company has practically all of its equip- ment idle for the reason that there are so few logs to load and the com- panies which do their own loading are generally working on very short time. Most of the mills are out of commission, in whole or in part, and the quantity of hardwood lumber going on sticks is extremely small compared with the average. In the meantime demand for hardwood lumber is steadily increasing and shipments are now well in excess of the amount being placed on sticks, with the result that a substantial decrease in mill stocks is under way. Speaking of this subject recently, one of the most prominent authorities in this center said : Xotwithstanding tbe holding back on the part of buyers in placing their March 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 43 orders for hardwood lumber, in the hope o£ being able to buy at lower prices, enough i>usiness has been placed to bring about, in conjunction with the heavy decrease in production since January 1, a startling reduction in mill stocks. This reduction since .Tanuai-y 1 ha.s been the greatest for a similar period in the history of the southern hardwood lumber industry and, unfortunately, there is such a shortage of logs and such an unfavor- able outlook for production, that there is every indication that this tendency toward reduction will not only continue for a time but that it will become even more marked, particularly since business is increasing while production is not. All items are affected by the reduction. This is notably true of the lower grades of all southern hardwoods, of the higher grades of plain and quartered red and sap gum and of all grades of quartered red and white oak. I'ractically everything is getting scarcer and the buyer who is over- looking this condition is overlooking perhap.s the most salient feature of the entire hanlwood situation. Consumers and distriljuters are now face to face with a fact and not with a theory, and holders, who are so con- versant with conditions, are showing a disposition to increase their prices, which is perfectly logical in view of the known tacts. The same authority said regarding prices : Buyers are overlooking the fact that the labor element in the cost of lumber has increased 100 per cent since the war began, and that the advance in the price of lumber, as a commodity, has been only flfty-two per cent. This puts prices on lumber at rock bottom, and it 'is confldeutlv believed that there will be an advance in the near future on practically every item on the list, especially as there is every indication that buyers are going to have to operate on an increasing scale in a market which offers comparatively limited selections. All manufac-turers agree that conditions surrounding production are the worst they have ever exeprienced, especially with reference to log supplies. Lack of logs is the very root of the situation and until it is relieved there is little chance for any increase in output. BUFFALO The hardwood demand has been only fair lately, though at most yards there is an improvement in Inquiry over the preceding month. Many of the buyers have been waiting because they expected a decline in the price of materials, but so far as lumber is concerned this does not appejir to materialize. It looks as if the market would hold strong, since better times are undoubtedly on the way in manufacturing and general business lines, while the cost of producing lumber will remain abnormally high. Quartered oak is showing some improvement in demand. Stocks of this wood are not extensive anywhere, though this market has a pretty gooil assortment. Ash is in better sale and chestnut is moving a little better. Some yards report most of the hardwoods in a little better demand than a short time ago. PITTSBURGH Hardwoods are still having the best of it in the market. The gniiliml increase in the demand for automobile lumber ha.s helped to pull the hard- wood men out of a hole. The orilers placed by industrial concerns and the small manufacturers from this district are largely in hardwood. Rail- roads are announcing a program of improvements which will include a large amount of bridge and trestle building and make an opening for a big lot of oak. This wood has been by far the best seller in the market the past year. Prices are still high. Hardwood mills throughout tri-state territory are running well, but are not rushing production and most of them are stacking some lumber. The building movement is not developing in the way it was hoped and retail trade waits on tliis advance. BALTIMORE Most of the hardwood men incline to the view that a better tone has developed in the trade here, with the buyers showing increased interest and with stocks moving in larger quantities. Of course, it is also to be said that the orders coming in are generally for immediate needs, and that to meet these the buyers are disposed to meet the figures asked by the sellers ; but that there is a marked reluctance to take up stocks ahead of the requirements, and that users of hardwoods are not to he interested in such transactions unless the quotations are made especially attractive, which the sellers are not inclined to do, seeing that the cost of manufac- ture has so far shown no great decline. The labor question has been by no means solved, and workers are not at all easy to get. The men willing to go into the logging camps and the saw mills ask about as much as they did at any stage of the war; so that the principal item in the expense of turning out lumber remains much the same. This also precludes the idea of a marking down of the quotations, with indications that values will remain high for an indeflnite period. Naturally some recessions here and there will occur, but hardwood men as a whole are trying to maintain lists, and in this they are meeting with a very fair measure of success. All of the woods are in moderately active request, with further business in sight, the chief drawback being the lack of permanency in the trade, which is on the from-hand-to-mouth basis. One of the most encouraging near-developments in the hardwood business is the removal of the war restrictions in the United Kingdom, it being possible now to make ship- ments to England, provided tonnage is obtainable. Even the scarcity of bottoms may be expected before long to be succeeded by more adequate facilities, and there is every reason to believe that at no remote time in the future the export movement will again attain very acceptable propor- tions after a suspension for years. The outlook has not been so bright for an extensive resumption of the foreign business In a long time as it is now, and preparations are being generally made to get a share of this trade. As for the domestic requirements, they are on the increase, the ^llllllllliilllllllliiiiiiiilllllliiiilllliiiiiilltiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiliilllliii!s I Plain & Qtd. Red & White i I OAK I AND OTHER HARDWOODS i Even Color Soft Texture | MADE (MR) RIGHT OAK FLOORING We have 35,000,000 feet dry stock— all of our own manufacture, from our own tim- ber grown in Eastern Kentucky. E PROMPT SHIPMENTS = I The MOWBRAY i I & ROBINSON CO. i = (INORPORATBO) = I CINCINNATI, OHIO % ~'MIIIIII|||IIIIIIIIII IIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIinillli/ 5/8 LUMBER When you want 5 8 lumber remem- ber that we speciaHze in this thick- ness in all kinds of woods. This is all sawed from the log — not resawed — and shows good widths and lengths. We offer the following for prompt shipment: 80,000 5 8 Is «& 2s Plain White Oak 40,000 5 8 Selects Plain White Oak 50,000 5 8 No. 1 Com. Plain Wh. Oak 40,000 5 8 No. 2 Com. Plain Wh. Oak 90,000 5 8 Com. & Btr. Sap Gum 15,000 5 8 Com. & Better Red Gum 20,000 5 8 Is & 2s Poplar 90,000 5 8 No. 1 Common Poplar 90,000 5 8 No. 2 Common Poplar Write for Our Complete List and Prices NORTH VERNON LUMBER CO. NORTH VERNON. IND. HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 ASH \\'e manufacture a splendid quality of White, firm textured, Louisiana ASH, in thicknesses 1 to 3 inch. Sound, Square-Edge Oak Plank TIMBERS Cium Cottonwood Elm Pecan WIDTHS. LENGTHS A\D GRADES TO PLEASE Pelican Lumber Company MOUND, LOUISIANA Here's Unusually Something llv Caood MAPLE 12/4" 2 & Better 24,000 feet 10/4" 2 & Better 150.000 feet ELM 6/4" 3 & Better 30,000 feet 8/4" 3 & Better 40,000 feet 12 4" 3 & Better 25,000 feet BIRCH 4/4" 3 & Better 80,000 feet The above stock is of a fine quality, — the best in the land. We also carry a complete stock of Hemlock of all sizes and lengths up to 20 ft., in good shipping condition. calling H; Uq] ling 1 lanson ^^ompany GRAYLING, MICHIGAN The Tegge Lumber Zol High Grade Northern and Southern Hardwoods and Mahogany Specialties OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR Milwaukee,. Wisconsin process of readjustment baviog progressed far enough to enable many of the factories to get back into peace time activities. Stocks held here are ample for any necessities likely to develop, but the market is without anything like real pressure, and tbe future is regarded with confidence. COLUMBUS There is more strength shown in the hardwood trade in Ohio territory during the past two weeks. With favorable weather there is more activity in building operations and that is reflected on the hardwood business. The tone of the trade is' generally good and prospects are brighter. In fact it is now believed that the worst of the slump is over and that the volume of business will gradually increase. The best feature is the demand from manufacturing plants, such as vehicle and implement concerns. Furniture factories are also buying to a certain e.\tent and more is expected from that source soon. There is a tendency among such factories to buy in liberally and to accumulate stocks. Retailers are buying only what th- need for current business. Some of the dealers, however, are making inquiries, which show that they contemplate buying for stocking purposes. .Architects and contractors are busy on plans and specifications for much Dew construction work. Prices are firm. Little cutting is reported and the tendency Is toward higher levels. Plain and quartered oak and poplar are in good demand. <;he£tnut Is moving better. Basswood and ash are strong. CINCINNATI The hand to mouth policy of buyers, who are purchasing hardwood suffi- . lent only for immediate needs, still characterizes the hardwood Industry here. Until general building operations are renewed on a large scale and export business picks up it is Improbable that there will be any plunging in the hardwood market. Prices undoubtedly are the main reason for refusal on the part of buyers to make any lirge purchases, but it is true that if general building is renewed they will not let prices stand in the way of resuming large purchases. The great activity in the furniture business and the resumption of industrial activity in the eastern markets is having a beneficial effect on the hardwood industry. The demands from automobile factories also Is increasing. These are all factors which tend to keep the market fairly active though on a reduced scale. There are numerous inquiries for hardwood, particularly from the East, hut those rejsulting in orders have for the most part been of a minor nature. From all indications, manufacturers of hardwood will not recede from present prices until their own costs of doing business are lowered. It is believed the present scale of prices will not show much deviation for some time. EVANSVILLE I There has been a big improvement in the hardwood trade during the past fortnight, and still greater improvement is expected in trade lines before next summer. Most of the bu.vlng has been for immediate shipment. Inquiries are numerous. Bad weather in the South has greatly retarded log men in their work during the past two or three months. Lumber prices are holding firm and manufacturers believe they will hold up well all of this year. There may be a reduction on certain items from time to rime, but on the other hand certain other items will advance because of Their scarcity. Quartered red and white oak were never before in better demand and prices are strong. Plain red and white oak are not so strong ; in fact they are Inclined to drag. Quartered sycamore is in fair demand and liical box factories have been in the market for considerable cottonwood of late. Gum is only fair : walnut is better than it has been at any time since the first of the year, while poplar, elm and maple have been in little demand for the past two weeks. Taken as a whole, the situation from a manufacturer's standpoint is most encouraging and things are moving along nicely. Furniture manufacturers report a good trade. Chair fac- tories In Evansville are being operated on steady time and the demand for chairs is now better than at any time since the armistice was signed. Buggy manufacturers are having a hard time getting all the hickory they want. NASHVILLE The hardwood trade here continues quiet. Manufacturers and dealers look for resumption of demand in the normal channels of trade durin;j the spring and summer. Prices are fairly well maintained. Stocks are not large and there is nothing In the general situation to disc9urage firm ideas as to values. Revival of building Is predicted. The high cost of labor and material still appears to cause some delay in plans, but as soon as the situation becomes adjusted so that those desiring to build can know just where they are it Is believed that active operations will get under way. LOUISVILLE February closed as an excellent month with hardwood manufaclurers and jobbers of the LouisvUle district. Many of the southern mills were handicapped by the long period of rainy weather in some sections of the South, resulting in short log supplies. Railroad conditions, however, were excellent, and shipments for the month were very heavy. Inquiries and March 10. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 45 orders continue excellent, although no especially big orders have been reported during the past few days. Walnut is in generally good demand and picking up steadily. Mahogany is also very active. Quartered oak is scarce and in good demand at high prices. Plain oak is moving freely and the demand for poplar, hickory, ash, gum and elm remains good. The furniture and automobile trades are among the best buyers, while there is also a steady and good movement to the musical instrument trade. Interior trim isn't showing much as yet and many operators believe that it will bo a quiet year for such products. Veneers are very active and the mills have good orders. There is a good demand for extra fine flitches and logs for veneer manufacturing. Prices are generally Arm and if anything a little stronger, due to the scarcity of numerous items. BEAUMONT Hardwood men in the Beaumont district are of the opinion that thv meetings in New Orleans will tend to simplify the entire situation, and if bottoms become available the present confusion over export business will be eliminated. Locally, the greatest trouble confronting hardwood men has been that the exporters, on account of the high ocean rates, wanted only the higher grades, thus leaving the mills stocked with the lower grades. This has been particularly true in white oak. There has also been a wide differeno" in the prices received at the mills and the amount some of the exporters were willing to pay. In one instance this amounted to ?26 a thousand on No. 1 white oak. Many of the mills, however, have let go of their whiti oak, and it is expected to cause the domestic trade to revert to red oak. which may cause greater activity in that wood. Ash has been in good demand and the mills are practically cleaned up on this stock. There is a ready sale for both green and dry at the present time. Green hickory is also in good demand. The prolonged rains which have interfered so seriously with logging operations for several months have diminished and mills are now not only better logged, but it is being done at less expense. Labor conditions have Improved slightly and this has had a tendency to increase production. Hardwood men claim that sufficient bottoms to bring the ocean rate down to a point where the lower grades can be exported profitably is the real key to the situation at the present time. MILWAUKEE The trend of the demand for hardwoods during the last fortnight has been one of considerable encouragement to manufacturers and distributors. While business continues to be rather closely confined, the buying grow.s freer from day to day and is assuming a constantly enlarging volume. There seems to be every reason to believe that market conditions are gradually reaching usual activity, since confidence in the future outlook is being restored all along the line. For the present, however, buying is kept closely to Immediate needs and while nearly every factor in the situation tends to indicate a maintenance of prices at the present or an even higher level few buyers will take more than they wUl absorb from time to time. It is felt, however, that this tendency will be overcome in due time. The results of the winter logging season are disappointing, although cold waves, snowfall and other favorable conditions have been granted operators during the last half of February and so far in March. In the main, loggers intend to prosecute woods work well into the spring and summer. Reports from the North say that several large concerns are intending to employ motor trucks to get logs out of the woods and to the railroad lines after iced roads have gone. It appears that the input during the regular season is far short of normal and extraordinary measures will have to be taken if manufacturers are to be able to maintain mill operations at a reasonable schedule during the regular sawing season. DETROIT The hardwood lumber situation seems considerably improved over a month ago. Dealers feel that the worst is over and although far from being normal, a gradual betterment is taking place, regardless of factors still existing to handicap the oldtime prewar movement. There is still an opinion among some buyers that prices must drop to lower levels before there will be any widespread stocking up of retail yards. On the other hand conditions in the logging camps and the mills in the North indicate a shortage of production and that no material changes can be looked for. Prices in general for the better grades have been firmly maintained, though some shading has been reported on lower quality lumber recently. Demand for oak. hickory, elm, etc.. has been stronger among manufac turers for actual requirements. It has been noted, however, that futures are held for some price concessions. The return of local manufacturers from munition making to their normal lines of production has stimulated business somewhat and this demand will increase as the firms get into the old time swing. Labor conditions have improved to some degree. Building operators are more hopeful for a good volume of construction and it is believed the demand from this source will be larger than was expected a short time ago. While there is still a considerable feeling of hesitancy the trade in general is more hopeful. WE WANT TO SELL For QUICK SHIPMENT 100 i\r 6 '4" No. 1 Com. & Btr Birch 5 0 .\r 6/4" No. 2 Com. Birch 50 i\r 6 4" No. 3 Com. Birch 1 00 M' 6 4" No. I Com. & Btr. Hard .Maple (6" & wider) 50 M' 6. 4" No. 3 Com. Hard Maple 1 00 M' 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. Hard Maple Send us vour inquiries for XORTHER\- HARDHOODS and HEMLOCK Wheeler -Timlin Lumber Co. WAUSAU, WISCONSIN WE MANUFACTURE bandsawed, plain and quarter sawed WHITE and RED OAK and YEUOW POPLAR We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- ment, Wagon and Vehicle Stock in the rough Your Inquiries Solicited ARLINGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentadsy Wistar, Underhill & Nixon PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA Manufacturers of CYPRESS and GUM A FEW items of band -^^^ sawed dry stock now ready for shipment. RED OAK 25,000' 4 4" FAS Plain 14,000' 5 4" FAS Plain 41,000' 4 4" No. 1 Com. Plain 14,000' 10 4 & 12 4" Com. & Bet. Plain 13.700' 4 4" No. 2 Com. Plain 6.600' 5 4" No. 2 Com. Plain 12,100' 5 4" FAS Qrtd. 16,200' 4 4" No. 1 Com. Qrtd. 12,900' 5 4" No. 1 Com. Qrtd. 12,700' 4 4" No. 1 Com. Qrtd. 10" and wider. Good textured stock, cut from our own logs. J. V. Stimson & Co, OWEiNSBORO KENTUCKY ATISFACTORY ERVICE 46 HARDWOOD RECORD Manh 10. 1919 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS AdTertisements will be Inserted In this tec- tloQ at the following rates: For one Insertion 25c a line For two Insertions 40c a line For three insertions 55c a line For four Insertions 65c a line Bight words of ordinary length make one line. Heading counts aa two lines. No display except ttie headings can be ad- mitted. Remittances to accompany the order. No extra charges for copies of paper containing the adTertliement. LUMBER WANTED MANUFACTURERS TAKE NOTICE We a^;e always in the market for hard- woods and white pine. Please mail us your price and stock lists. R. H. CATLIN CO., Equitable Building, WILMINGTON, DEL. LUMBER WANTED THE DAILY BULLETINS of the Lumbermen's Bureau, 809 Munsey BIdg., Washington, D. C, contain rush inquiries for all character of lum- ber from responsible commercial buyers ; also from government departments. Write for free sample bulletins. ACTUAL SEIiLING PKICES Actual current wholesale selling price, f. o. b. all the principal markets, on all grades and sizes of Hardwoods, Southern Yellow Pine and North Carolina Pine, with a comprehensive market review and forecast, are published monthly by the Lumbermen's Bureau, S09 Munsey Building, Washington. D. C. Write for sample copy. WANTED TO BUY No. 1 Hard Maple and Hickory Cordwood F. O. B. Chicago. COVEY-DURHAM COAL CO., 431 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago. HICKORY AUTO RIM STRIPS AUTO SPOKE BILLETS (SAWN OR SPLIT) 1%" No. 2 Cora, and Better Plank (Green) 2 Mi" No. 1 Com. anil Better Plank (Green) Can Handle mixed cars, inspection at shipping point, cash settlements. Write us, we have at- tractive prices to offer. We want .vour Hick(U'y. Address. "BOX 31," care II.uidwood Reihuh. WANTED TO BUY Several Million Crating Slats %" thick, 21/4" wi.lc, in lengths 32" to 38". This makes a good order to work from your slabs and waste. THE STEELhJ-ALDERFER CO., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. A WELLKNOWN RESPONSIBLE Firm with organized office and sales force would like to contract with band mill to market output on percentage bn.sis. Address, "BOX 27," care Hardwood Record. GREEN HICKORY TIE SIDING 1(1 .ais <; 4 No. 1 Com. and Better or lllgh- ^a-ade Log Run Hickory Tie Siding, shipped green, write for prices to "I'OX 33," care lI.via>W(jOD Recoud. LUMBER FOR SALE BIRCH LUMBER When you are buying BIRCH consult us. We have it JONES HARDWOOD COMPANY le High Street BOSTON, MASS. FOR SALE— BASSWOOD 5/4 & 6/4 No. 1 common. Can dress and resaw. If desired. WALTER C. MANSFIELD, Menom- inee. Mich. FOR SALE— BEECH 6/4 No. 2 Common and Better or on grades, thoroughly dry ; 8/4 No. 2 Common and Better, good widths. HANIEL CLARK & SON, P. O. Bo.^ 923, Union City. Pa. ALFRED P. BUCKLEY Liunber Commission 704 N. 20th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 1 shall be pleased to mail sheets containing extensive list of hardwoods now in various places, ready to load and ship. Prices are stated in most cases. Kindly write me. PINE AND HARD MAPLE FOR SALE 1 car pine 2" by 4 to lu" principally 12 ft. long, also car 2" and 3" Hard Maple 0" and wider, principally 12 ft. long. J. FINLAY & SONS COMPANY, Norwood, Out. DIMENSION STOCK WANTED | ASH SQUARES WANTED Short lengths, 32"xl,''i;"xli's", must be straight- grained and free from knots and other defects. Give lowest quotations to this journal, c. 1. f. Glasgow, Scotland, for quantities of 1,000 doz. at a time, sample 250 doz. first instance for approval. Address, "BOX 21," care Hardwood Record. WANTED— A REGULAR SOURCE of supply for Dimension cut and log run 1/20", Vs", A" and Vi" rotary cut Gum without sap. Address LEOPOLD DESK COMPANY. Burling- ton. Iowa. [RAILWAY EQUIPMENT FOR SALE| LOCOMOTIVE FOR SALE A 22-fon Class A, 36" gage. Climax locomotive, with Itadley Hunter stack, in perfect working order. Boitght new 1916, used eighteen months. .Also eighteen skeleton logging cars, 36" gage. In iii'i-fect condition. .$250.00. each, t. o. b. Redwine, Ky. LENOX SAW MILL CO., Lenox, Ky. LOGS WANTED WANTED— CHERRY LOGS WARREN ROSS LUMBER CO., Jamestown. N. Y. WANTED— BLACK WALNUT LOGS 500 cars good black walnut logs, 12" and up In diameter, 6 ft. and up long. Will Inspect at shipping point and pay cash. GEO. W. HARTZELL. Plqua, Ohio. HICKORY AND PERSIMMON LOGS Wanted up to 10 carloads (in half or carloads or more). Shell Bark. Black or Tight Bark Hick- ory, Fall cut, 8, 11, 15 ft. lengths, 9" to 15" mean diameter. Also Persimmon Logs 9" upwards. .\lso state if mill available for cutting up. Will pay cash against selection after loading on cars. Quotations to "BOX 28," care Hardwood Record. LOGS FOR SALE FOR SALE 50,000 feet of Walnut Logs. Address, W., 255 North Greenwood Ave., Kankakee, III. z VENEERS FOR SALE OHIO VENEER COMPANY Manufacturers £ Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE CINCINNATI, OHIO MACHINERY FOR SALE FOR SALE Electric power plant, now on skids at Redwine, Kentucky, can ship quick. Recently overhauled and is in perfect working order. Price, $6,750, f. o. b. cars Redwine, Ky., sight draft and B/L attached. Can be inspected any time. 1 General Electric Curtis Turbo Unit, consist- ing of : Generator : 1-750 K. W. General Electric ver- tical, 3 phase, 60 cycle, 2300 or 440 volts, 1800 R. P. M. Turbine : 750 K. W. condensing (550) K. W. non-condensing Curtis vertical, 1800 R. P. M. 150 lbs. steam pressure at throttle, 28" vacuum. Above complete with all piping equipment. No condenser equipment. LENOX SAW MILL CO., Lenox, Ky. FOR SALE Our Veneer & Panel Machinery One 100" Coe Lathe and Power Clipper. One 120" Capitol Knife Grinder. Two Double Cut-off Saws (Buss Machine Works — Fay & Egan). Four center Saw Tables, One Veneer Jointer ; One Swing Saw. One 4S" Royal Invincible Drum Sander One Knuckle Joint Veneer Press 42x72 (Bush- nell). Three Glue Kettles 14x22 (Francis). One 44" Double Roll Glue Spreader (Francis)J One Bolter (Baldwin. Tuthill & Bolton). One 24" Single Surfacer (Berlin Machine Works No. 153). Two Fan Dryers, 7x7 Engines, 60" Fans, about 2300 feet. One Inch pipe In each dryer (Mass. Pan Co.) .\lso a lot of Platform Trucks, Chain Hoists, etc. MICHIGAN VENEER CO., Alpena, Mich. MACHINERY FOR SALE A great variety of woridworking machinery; flooring machine, automatic wood lathes, back knives, table saws, swing saws, Emerson dry kiln, band saw, and flooring matcher and borer SchimerJ heads. List too numerous to mention, togethen~^ with pulleys, shafting and all kinds of mill accesJ series. Many of machines new, none old or worn. State your wants. Send for list. ULSTER LUM-. BER COMPANY, Livingston Manor. N. Y. March 10. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 47 EMPLOYES WANTED FOREMAN WANTED To operate mill cutting oak dimension employing about twenty men. Address. P. S. MACE COMPANY, Terre Haute. Indiana. FOREMAN WANTED To take chiirfjo of mill room in large picture moulding and picture frame factory. Must l>e competent machinist nnd under.stand handling of lumber. Address, "HOX 30." care IIakowood Record. WANTED EXPERIENCED FOREMAN OR Superintendent for a New York factory to make parlor suit frames. State salary and experience. Address. "BOX 25," care Hardwood Record. WANTED LIVE WIRE To take active interest in small chair factory with little capital. Address, "BOX 20," care Haed- WOOD Record. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES | WOODWORKING INDUSTRY The adverti.scr owns a triU't of valunble timber and plant New York state, for manufacturing a special staple line. Operation requires little skilled help, Whole operation can be let stump tt) cars under contract and hold contract for all the product spot cash as delivered. Nets ten thousand annually. Owner in poor health wishes to meet reliable, practical business man with .1^15,000 capital who will manage same. Willing to pay liberal share of profits to such party, donate plant and take payment for stumpage when sold or sell timber and plant at $25,000 spot cash. It will net an annual profit of $10,000 annually for ten years. Parties looking for salary alone need not reply. Capital alone not consid- ered. A reliable business manager absolutely necessary, preferably man used to woodworking industry, or willing to buy at great sacrifice. Highest references given and expected. Address "OPPORTUNITY." care Hardwood Record. TEN TO TWO HUNDRED MILLION As desired. Hemlock and Hardwood, Northern Wisconsin or Michigan. Manufacturers wanted. No commission. Address, INDUSTRIAL COM- MISSIONER SOO LINE, Minneapolis, Minn. FOR SALE— 400,000 FEET I'oplar and l.oOO.oun feet Pine and Hardwoods four miles from I'enibroke. <;:i. Mill, four mules and cart, lot, shanties, etc.. all complete and now running will sell for five thousand dollars in next two weeks. Have another mill complete and a heavy three-block carriage and twenty- barrel turpentine still that do not need. M. PERMAN SMITH, Pembroke. Ga. HANDLES. RELIABLE AGENT IN Glasgow, Scotland, is open to consider flrst-clasB agency for Agricultural and Mining Tool Handles. Advertiser well known to the trade in the V. K. Open to develop Continental market. Address, "BOX 23," care Hardwood Record. MISCELLANEOUS | WOOD TURNINGS We specialize in WOOD TURNINGS and SPECIALTIES of all kinds and want to con- tract with concerns requiring anything that can be turned. Send samples and we will quote prices. B. J. HARRISON MFG. CO., ArkvUle, N. Y. HARDNVOODS FOR SALE ASH No. 1 C, No. 2 C. & No. 3 C, white, all 4/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO.. Pittsburgh. Pa. NO. 1 C. & BTR., white. 5/4". good wdths., 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, white, 6/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 1 yr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, % & %", reg. wdths. & Igths.. 6 mos dry; FAS, %". 10" & up, reg. Igths., 6 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne. Ind. COM. & BTR., 4/4-8/4'. KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. COM. & BTR., %"; FAS, 4/4. 5/4 & S/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4 & ,S/4"; No. 2 C, 5/4": SEL., 5/4 & 8/4". NICKEY BRCS.. INC.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 8/4". PENROD- JURDEN COMPANY, Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1. C, .S/4"; SD. WORMY, 5/4"; FAS, .S/4", 10-11"; NO. 1 C, 6/4"; NO. 2 C, 8/4"; 1 FACE CLR. STRIPS, 5/4"; 3-5y,"; 1 FACE CLR. SHORTS, S/4" & 12/4", 3" & up. THOMP- SON-K.\TZ LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. FAS, 4/4". 10" & up; FAS, 4/4". 12" & up; FAS, 5/4"; NOS. 1 & 2 C, 4/4". T. SULLIVAN &• CO.. Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 1 C, 8/4". BEDNA YOUNG LUMBER CO.. Green.sburg, Ind. BASSWOOD FAS, 5/4". good wdths., 14-16'. 2 yrs. drv. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 2 C, 5/4", 1 yr. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO.. Buffalo, N. Y. COM. & BTR., white. 5/4". reg. wdths. & Igths.. 4 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne. Ind. LOG RUN, 4/4", fair wdths., good igths., S mos. dry. JONES HARDWOOD CO., Boston, Mass. NO. 1 C. & BTR.. 4/4 & 5/4"; No. 3 C, 5/4". MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO., Rhine- lander, Wis. BEECH NO. 2 C. & BTR., 6/4, 8/4 & 10/4"; No. 3 C, 5/8". JACKSON & TINDLE, Grand Rapids, Mich. LOG RUN, 6/4 & 10/4". WELSH LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. BIRCH NO. 1 C, sap. 4/4". good wdths., 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 3/4 to 10/4; FAS, 10/4", 12 & wdr. ; FAS, 12/4 & 16/4"; NO. 1 C. 4/4 to 6/4"; NO. 2 C, 5/4 & 6/4". THEODORE FATHAUER COMPANY, Chicago, 111. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4 to 10/4". JACKSON & TINDLE. Grand Rapids, Mich. FAS, 6/4". IS mos. dry; FAS, S/4", 12 mos. dry; FAS, 16/4", 10 mos. drv. all fair wdths. and good Igths. JONES HARDWOOD CO., Boston, Mass. NO. 3 C, 4/4 & 5/4"; NO. 1 C, 5/4". MASON- DONALDSON LUMBER CO.,Rhinelander. Wis. NO. 1 C, 4/4 & 6/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 14 mos. dry; NO. 2 C, 4/4"-S/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. 14 mos. dry; NO. 3 C, 8/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. 14 mos. drv; NO. 1 C. & BTR., 10/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. 14 mos. drv. WHEELER-TIM- LIN LUMBER CO., Wausau. Wis. NO. 1 C. & BTR., red & white. 4/4 to 16/4". reg. wdth., std. Igth., 1 to 2 yrs. drv. YEAGER LUMBER COMPANY, Buffalo, N. Y. BUTTERNUT COM. & BTR., 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., 10 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. LOG RUN, 4/4 & S/4", 3" & up. 4-20'. 8 mos. dry. P. J. LAA\-RENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. CHERRY NO. 1 C, 4/4-S/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., 1-2 yrs. dry. BLAKESLEE, PERRIN & DARLING. Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4". good wdths.. 50% 14- 16'. 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO.. Buffalo. N. Y. FAS, 4/4", 8" & up, 8' & up. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. CHESTNUT FAS, 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. 1 vr. drv. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo, N. Y. COTTONWOOD BOX BDS., 4/4". 9-12"; FAS, 4/4. 6-12". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO.. Pittsburgh. Pa. NO. 1 & PANEL, 4/4", 18' & up. AJSTDER- SON-TULLY CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 C, 4/4". 1 yr. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, 4/4 to 6/4", 4" & up, 10 to 16', 8 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO.. St. Louis, Mo. BOX BDS., 4/4", 9-12". NICKEY BROS., INC.. Memphis. Tenn. FAS, 4/4". 6-12". 6 mos. dry; FAS, 5/4". 6" & up, 4 mos. dry; FAS, 5/4", 13" & up. 10 mos. dry, all reg, igths. WISCONSIN LUMBER CO., Chicago. 111. CYPRESS SHOP, 5/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh. Pa. FAS, 8/4"; SEL., 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4"; SHOP & BTR., 10/4 & 12/4"; NO. 1 SHOP, 4/4, 5/4. 6/4, 8/4 & 12/4"; PECKY, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4". ANDERSON-TULLY CO.. Memphis. Tenn. SEL., S/4". reg. wdtli. & Igth.. yr. drv. BUF- FALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Bultalo, N. Y. COM. 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 4 mos. dry; FAS, SEL., and NO. 1 SHOP, all 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4", ran. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dry. straight or mixed cars. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. SHOP & BTR., 3/4 to 8/4". KRAETZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 6/4, 10/4 & 12/4"; SEL., 6/4. 8/4 & 10/4"; SHOP, 6/4". NICKEY BROS., INC., Memphis. Tenn. FAS & SEL., 8/4 & 12/4"; SHOP, 4/4. S/4 & 12/4". STIMSON VENEER & LUMBER CO., Memi)his. Tenn. NOS. 1 & 2 C, 4/4", 8 mos. dry; PECKY, 4/4". 5 mos. drv. all reg. wdths. & Igths. WIS- CONSIN LUMBER CO., Chicago, 111. NO. 1 SHOP & BTR., 4/4-16/4". reg. wdths., std. Igths., 1-2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. ELM-^SOFT LOG RUN, 6/4 & 8/4", ABERDEEN LUM- BER CO.. Pittsburgh. Pa. LOG RUN 6/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville, Ark. FAS, 10/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. yr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER COM- PANY. Buffalo, N. Y. LOG RUN, 4/4. 6/4. S/4 & 12/4". reg. wdth. & Igth. GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4, 8/4, 10/4 & 12/4". JACKSON & TINDLE, Grand Rapids. Mich. LOG RUN, 4/4 to 12/4". KRABTZER- CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. LOG RUN, 4/4 & 8/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. air- dried. KELLOGG LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. LOG RUN, 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4". 4" & up. 10-16', 6 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. 48 HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 HARDNVOODS FOR SALE NO. 3 C, -1 4". MASON-DOXALDSON LUM- r.KR CO.. Rliinelander. Wis. LOG RUN. 4 4-12/4". MICKEY BROS.. INC.. ileniphis. Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 5/4 & 6/4". T. SULLIVAN & CO.. liuffalo. N. Y. COM. &. BTR., 12/4". WELSH LUMBER CO.. Meinpliis, Tenn. LOG RUN, 4/4. .-) mo.s. ilrv; LOG RUN, 5/4. 4 mo.'!, dr.v; LOG RUN, 6/4. C inos. div; LOG RUN, S/4", 3-6 mos. dry; LOG RUN, 1(1/4. .S nios. dry. all reg-. wdth. & iRth. WISCONSIN LUMBER CO. Chicago, III. ELM— ROCK NO. 2 C. & BTR. & NOS. 2 & 3 C, ,<> 4". .MASON-DONALDSON LUMBER CO.. Rhine- lander, Wis. GUM— SAP BOX BDS., 4 4", ;i-12 and 13-17"; FAS, 4/4"; NO. 1 C, 4 4. 5/4 & 6/4"; NO. 2. C, 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4"; NO. 3 C, 4/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO.. Pittshursh. Pa. FAS, 4/4. 5/4. 6/4". ANDERSON-TULLT CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO. 2 C. & BTR., %-8/4"; NO. 1 C. & BTR., QTD., 5/4-10 4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. -Memphis. Tenn. FAS, 4 4": NO. 1 C, 4/4"; NO. 1 & 2 C, 6/4" BHSS-COr)K 0.\K CO.. Blissville. Ark. ALL grades 4 4. 5/4. 6/4 & S/4", 4 mos. drv. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO., St. Louis. Mo " NO. 1 C, 4 4". reg. wdth. & Igth. GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO., Memphis. Tenn BOX BDS., 4/4". 9-12 and 13-17", 12-16'. 10 mos. dry. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON . LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 5/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., air-dried; NO, 10., 4/4, 5 4, 6/4 & 8/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., air-dned; NO, 2 C, 4/4, 5/4 & S/4", reg wdth & Igth., air-dried; DOG BDS,, 6/4 & S/4", reg wdth. & Igth., air-dried. KELLOGG LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. LOG RUN, 4/4-6/4". KR.\ETZER-CURED T-UMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn FAS, NO. 1 C. ifi. NO. 2, C, 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4" 4" & up. 10-16'. 6 mos. dry. P. J. LAWHENCE LU.MBER CO.. St. Louis, Mo. NO. 1 C. & SEL. & NO. 2 C., 4/4". reg. wdth •fc Igth., 5 mos. dry; NO, 3 C, 4/4", reg wdth '^...'S'i'-. * "^o-"^- ''''>■■ WISCONSIN LUMBER CO., Chicago. III. GUM-^LAIN RED ^tT/'t®^'^"?.- \^-' *''*• S/^' S/''"- ANDERSON- TULLY CO., Memphis, Tenn NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-10/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn, ,;'^°-;'! ^- *^'^"- BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Illissville. .-\rk. ^^^.'- Blades 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4". 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis Mo FAS & NO. 1 C, 5/4 & 6/4". reg. wdth! & igth.. a.r-dried. KELLOGG LUMBER CO . Memphis. Tenn. LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. ^"^'=-'^ FAS, NO 1 C. & NO. 2 C, 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4", 4" di up. 10- If, , b mos. drv. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO.. St. Louis, Mo ^-^-wrtawct NO. 1 C. & SEL., 4/4 & 5/4", reg, wdth, & Igth., b mos. dry; FAS, 5/4". reg. wdth & lirth S. mos. J dry. A\qscONSIN LUMBER CO., Chi'- GUM— QUARTERED RED I nMC^D^-r>^ ^J"- t^^-12/4"- BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn FAS & NO. 1 C, S/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. 1 ri-^'^-nr^ "f^'l'LANDER-ROBERTSON LUM- LLR CO., Memphis, Tenn. COM. & BTR., 4/4-12/4" KRART^TTP CURED LUMBEr'co.. Memphis. Tenn ^^'" COM. & BTR., 4/4", ran. wdth. & Igth , S-12 vi'fv^^T',..'.'^??^^''''- l^ishly figured, LOUIS- ^ 'i-'I'? i ENEER MILLS, Louisville, Kv ., P^AS i NO, 1 C„ 4/4"; COM. 4 BTR.. S/4"- IN°C..'Mem'pM;'lt!?n"° "''■ ''"'^'"^^ ^«°S- Mf°piiii: TeTi^n:' '''"■ ^^^^^« l^VUBKJ, CO., ' NO. 1 C. & BTR., 6/4, 8/4 & 10/4" q M D BEDNA YOUNG LtTMBEri Vo.,"c;re4nlbm?: GUM— TUPELO Pia?burgh; ^a,"- -ABERDEEN LUMBER CO.. ALL grades. 4/4. 5/4, 6/4. 4" & up, 10-16', 8 mos, dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. ALL grades, 4/4. 5/4. 6/4 & 8/4". 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. GUM— MISCELLANEOUS NO. 3 C, Kum and mixed woods. 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4", reg. wdth. & Igth, GEO, C: EHEMANN &. CO., Memphis, Tenn, HACKBERRY ABERDEEN LUMBER NICKET BROS.. NOS. 2 & 3 C, 4/4 CO., Pittsburgh, Pa, LOG RUN, 4,'4 & 6/4 INC., ilemphis. Tenn. HICKORY LOG RUN, 6/4 & 10/4". NICKEY BROS., INC.. ilemphis, Tenn. LOG RUN, 6/4 & 8/4", reg, wdth. & Igth.. dry. SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO.. Seymour. Ind. FAS, S/4. 10/4. 12/4 & 16/4", reg. wdth., std. Igth., 12-18 mos. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. r. LOCUST LOG RUN, honey, 6 4". ABERDEEN LUM- BER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. LOG RUN, 4/4". NICKEY BROS., INC., Memphis, Tenn. MAHOGANY ALL grades HONDURAS, 4/4-8/4". KOSSE. SHOE & SCHLEYER CO., Cincinnati, Ohio. MAPLE— HARD NO, 1 C. & BTR., 5/4", good wdth., 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATL.\NTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, jST, "i . NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 5/4", reg. wdth. & Igth.. sap two sides. 8 mos. dry. BLAKESLEE. PERRIN & DARLING. Buflfalo. N. T. FAS, 10/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. drv. BUF- FALO HARDWOOD LI.IMBER CO.,' Buffalo N. Y. NO. 1 C. & BTR.. 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 & 16/4"; NO. 2 C & BTR., 5/4, 6/4 & S/4"; NO. 3 C, 4/4 & 5/4"; QTD., 6/4 & 8/4". JACKSON & TIN- DLE, Grand Rapids, Mich NO. 1 C. & BTR. & NO. 2 C, 5/4". good wdths. & Igths., 1 yr. drv. JONES H.\RD- WOOI) CO., Boston, Mass. NO, 1 C, & BTR., 10/4 & 12/4"; NO. 2 C. & BTR., 5/4"; NO. 3 C, 4/4". MASON-DON- .\LDSON I,UMBER CO.. Rhinelander. Wis LOG RUN, 12/4". PENROD-JURDEN CO., Memphis. Tenn. LOG RUN, 16/4". STIMSON A'ENEER & LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn .^9- 1 ^- *• ^''"f'- ■*/* to lS/4", reg, wdth,, std, Igth,, yr, to 2 yrs, dry, YEAGER LUM- BER CO,, Buffalo. N. T. MAPLE— SOFT FAS. 4/4-16/4". 18 mos. drv. G. ELIAS & BRO.. INC.. Buffalo, N, Y LOG RUN, 10/4", reg, wdth. & Igth., 10 mos. dry. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. LOG RUN, 4/4, 6/4 & 8/4", 4" & up 10-16' 4 mos dry, P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO , St. Louis, Mo. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 6/4". MASON-DONALD- SON LUMBER COMPANY, Rhinelander. Wis. , !1°- .^ ?■ *• ^'^^- ■» '•'-le 4". reg. wdth.. std. Buffalo,"N,''Y,- ""■■ ^'^•^"'^^ HTMBER CO., OAK— PLAIN RED NO. 1 C, NO. 2 C. & NO. 3 C, all 4 '4" ABERDEEN LUMBER CO.. Pittsburgh Pa ' NO. 2 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 8/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER COMPANY. Memphis. Tenn r ^^^' 10/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., dry, BLAKES- LEE. PERRIN & DARLING. Buffalo NY FAS, S/4", reg, wdth. .t Igth 1 v'r 'drv BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.,' Buf- falo, N. Y. INC.. Buffalo, N. Y. FAS & NO. 1 C, 4/4".. reg. wdth. & Igth . air- dned. KELLOGG LUMBER CO., Memphis Tenn. FAS, 5/4, 11" & up, 10' & up, 1 vr drv HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind LOG RUN, 4/4 to 8/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & SEL., s/4". reg. wdth, & Igth.. 10 mos. dry. WISCONSIN LUMBER CO., Chi- cago, III. FAS, 4/4", reg, wdth, & Igth,, 4-12 mos. drv; NO. 1 C. & BTR., 6/4 & 8/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 4-12 mos. dry. WOOD-MOSAIC CO., New Al- ban.\\ Ind. OAK— QUARTERED RED FAS, 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Bliss- ville. Ark, FAS, 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4", 6" & up; CLR, SAP STRIPS, 4/4", 2-3%", BEDNA TOUNO LUM- BER CD., Greenshurg, Ind. OAK— PLAIN WHITE NO, 2 C. & BTR., a; & 6/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER Co., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C, 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. 1-2 vrs. drv. BLAKESLEE, PERRIN & DARLING, 'Buffalo. N. Y'. NO. 1 C. i 2 C, 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville, Ark. FAS. 10/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. 1 yr. dry. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Buf- falo. N. T. FAS. % & %". IS mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO.. INC., Buffalo, N. T. LOG RUN, 4/4 to 8/4". KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. OAK— QUARTERED WHITE NO. 1 C. 4/4" & up. BLISS-COOK OAK CO.. Blissville. Ark. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4 4". BELLGRADE LUM- BER CO.. Memplus, Tenn. FAS, % & %", 6" & up, 8' & up, 8 mos. dry; FAS, 4/4". reg, wdths. & Igths., 4 mos. and over dry; STRIPS, 4/4", 2%-5%, reg. Igths.. 6 mos. dry; BCKG. BDS., %, 5/4", reg. wdths. & Igths.. S-12 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO.. Ft. Wayne, Ind. FAS. 4/4", 8", & up. KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEY'ER, Cincinnati, Ohio. FAS 4/4"; NO, 1 C. 4/4 & 5/4. NICKEY BROS.. INC.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 1 & 2 C. 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 4-12 mos, dry. WOOD MOSAIC CO.. New Albany, Ind. FAS 4/4". 6" wide; SD. WORMY 4/4"; CLR. SAP STRIPS 4/4", 2-31A". BEDNA-TOUNG l.r.MP.ER CO., Greensburg. Ind. OAK — MISCELLANEOUS FAS, R. & W., 4/4", good wdths,, 14-16', 2 yrs. dry, ATLANTIC LUMBER CO,, Buffalo. NY. NO, 2 C. & BTR., mixed R. & W.. 3/4 & 4/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. ALL grades R. & w.. 4/4". 4 mos. dry. CORNELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis, Mo. NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, red & white, 4/4 & 5/4', 4" & up, 10 to 16', 8 mos. dry. P. J. LAW- RENCE LUMBER CO.. St. Louis, Mo. NO. 3 C, 4/4"; CROSSING PLK., 12/4». PENROD-JURDEN CO.. Memphis, Tenn. FAS 5/4". A^-KLSH LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. FAS, 4/4-16/4", reg. wdth., std, Igth., 12-18 mos. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. POPLAR NO. 1 C. 4/4", good wdths., 14-16'. 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo. N. Y NO. 1 C. 6/4". 2 yrs. drv; NO. 1 C. 6x6, 2 vrs. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo, N. y". FAS 16/4", reg. wdth. l?.- Igth,, 6 mos. dry, sap no def. ; NO, 1 & 2 C, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dry; NO. 2 C. S/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. 6 mos. dry. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUM- BER CO., Memphis, Tenn. ALL grades 4/4, 5/4 & 6/4". 4" & up, 10-16', S mos. dry. P, J, LAWRENCE LUIVTBER CO,, St. Louis, Mo. COM. <£. BTR. 5/8 & 4/4". ran, wdth. A Igth., 6-8 mos. dry. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, l/oui.sville. Ky. NO. 1 C. 4/4 & 8/4"; NO. 2 C. S/4". WELSH I.r.MBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn. NO, 1 C. S/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., 4-12 mos. dry; NO. 2 B. COM.. 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. 4-12 mos. dry. WOOD-MOS.\IC CO., New Al- bany. Ind. NO. 1 C. & BTR., %-16/4", reg. wdths.. std. Igths.. 1 to 2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO.. Buffalo, N. Y. March 10. 1910 HARDWOOD RECORD 40 Advertisers' Directory NORTHERN HARDWOODS. Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo... 4 Barnaby, Charles H 7 Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling ... 4 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.. 4 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 Coppock. S. P., Lumber Co Crim, C. M. , & Son East Jordan Lumber Co 50 Elias, G., & Bro 4 Evansville Band Mill Company. Fathauer, Theo., Company Gill-Andrews Lumber Company 16 Hoffman Bros. Company 7-29 Jackson & Tindle Jones Hardwood Co 46 Kneeland-Bigelow Co., The 3 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The Maley & Wertz. .' Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co.. McIIvain, J., Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 4 Miller, Sturm & Miller 4 Mitchell Bros. Co 3 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-43 North Vernon Lumber Co 43 Palmer & Parker Co Sailing, Hanson Co 44 Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 4 Steams Salt & Lumber Co 6 Stimson, J. V 7-52 Sullivan, T., & Co 4 Swain -Roach Lumber Co 7 Taylor & Crate 4 Tegge Lumber Co 44 Von Platen Lumber Company. . 6 Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co.... 45 Willson Bros. Lumber Company 6 Wistar, Underhill & Nixon 45 Wood-Mosaic Company 7 Yeager Lumber Company, Inc.. 4 Young. Bedna, Lumber Co 7 • Young, W. D., & Co 3 OAK. [ See Lists of Manufacturers on I page 7 r Evans, G. H., Lumber Co Long-Bell Lumber Co 7-36 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-43 POPLAR. Anderson-Tully Co 2-7-10 I Arlington Lumber Company. .. .7-45 RED GUIV1. Anderson-Tully Co 2-7-10 [ Barr-Holaday Lumber Co 14-15 Bellgrade Lumber Company. ... 11 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-16 Bonner. J. H.. & Sons 7-12 Brown. Geo. C, & Co 12 Brown & Hackney, Inc 12 Brown Land & Lumber Co 10 ^ Brown, W. P., & Sons Lumber I Company ' Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Co 14-15 Darnell-Love Lumber Co 14-15 Ehemann, Geo. C, & Co 12 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co Ferguson & Palmer Company.. 12 Gayoso Lumber Company 11 Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Company 7-11 Hendrick, E. L., Lumber Co. . .14-15 Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co. .. .14-15 Lamb-Fish Lumber Co 14-15 Memphis Band Mill Co 7-12 Miller Lumber Company 7-41 Natchez Lumber Co 14-15 Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co.... 37 Penrod-Jurden Company 11 Pritchard -Wheeler Lumber Co. 7-10 Russe & Burgess. Inc 11 Sondheimer. E.. Co 10 Stark. James E.. & Co 10 Stimson, J. V 7-52 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . 10 Tallahatchie Lumber Co 14-15 Thane Lumber Co 10 Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. . . . 12 Three States Lumber Co 7-52 Welsh Lumber Co 12 SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. .Aberdeen Lumber Co 39 .Anderson-Tully Co 2-7-10 .Arlington Lumber Company. .. .7-45 .Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo. . . 4 Baker-Matthews Lumber Co... 13 Barr-Holaday Lumber Co 14-15 Bellgrade Lumber Company.... 11 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-16 Blakeslee. Perrin & Darling 4 Bonner. J. H., & Sons 7-12 Brown. Geo. C, & Co 12 Brown Land & Lumber Co 10 Brown. W. P.. & Sons Lbr. Co. . Brown & Hackney. Inc 12 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co. . 4 Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Co 14-15 Catlin. R. H., Company 46 Cornelius Lumber Company. . . . Darnell-Love Lumber Co 14-15 Davis. Edw. D.. Lumber Co Dudley Lumber Company 10 Ehemann, Geo. C. & Co 12 Elias. G., & Bro 4 Evans, G. H.. Lumber Co Fathauer. Theo. Company Ferguson & Palmer Company.. 12 Gayoso Lumber Company 11 Goodlander - Robinson I^umber Company 7-11 Hendrick, E. L., Lumber Co... 14-15 Hoffman Bros. Company 7-29 Kellogg Lumber Company 11 Kerns Lumber Company Kosse. Shoe & Schleyer Co.. The Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co. . . .14-15 Lamb-Fish Lumber Co 14-15 I^awrence, P. J., Lumber Co. ... 16 Long-Bell Lumber Company. . .7-36 Long-Knight Lumber Company McIIvain. J. Gibson, & Co 2 McLean. Hugh. Lumber Co 4 Maley & Wertz Memphis Band Mill Company. .7- Memphis Hardwood Flooring Company Miller, StuiTn & Miller Miller Lumber Co 7- Mowbray & Robinson Co 7- Murrelle. L. D.. Lumber Co Natchez Lumber Co 14- Nickey Bros., Inc 26- Norman Lumber Company North Vernon Lumber Co Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co.... Pelican Lumber Company Penrod-Jurden Company Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co.7- Russe & Burgess. Inc Salt Lick Lumber Company.... Sondheimer, E.. Company Standard Hardwood Lumber Company .Stark. James E., & Co Stimson. J. V., & Co Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . Sullivan. T., & Co Swain-Roach Lumber Co Tallahatchie Lumber Co 14- Taylor & Crate Thane Lumber Co Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. . . . Three States Lumber Co 7 Tustin Hardwood Lbr. Co Vestal Lumber & Manufactur- ing Co Welsh Lumber Co Willett, AV. R., Lumber Co Willson Bros. Lumber Co Wisconsin Lumber Company... Wistar, Underhill & Nixon AVoods. J. M.. Lumber Co Yeager Lumber Co.. Inc Young, Bedna. Lumber Co LUMBER COMMISSION. Buckley. Alfred r 46 VENEERS AND PANELS. Algoma Panel Company Allen-Eaton Panel Co Anderson-Tully Co 2-7- Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co Bird's Eye A'eneer Company. . . . Dean-Spicker Company. The... Hoffman Bros. Company 7- Kiel Woodenware Co Kosse. Shoe & Schleyer Co., The Long-Knight Lumber Co Louisville Veneer Mills Mengel, C. C, & Bro. Co Munising Woodenware Co Nickey Bros., Inc 26- Ohio Veneer Company Palmer & Parker Co Penrod Walnut & Veneer Co.. Pickrel Walnut Company Rayner, J., Company 50 Stark. James E.. A: Co 10 St. Louis Basket & Box Co 28 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . 10 Wisconsin Cabinet & Panel Co. . 2S AVisconsin Veneer Company.... Wood-Mosaic Company 7 MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ETC. Davis. Edw. L.. Lumber Co Hoffman Brothers Company. . . .7-29 Kosse. Shoe & Schleyer Co., The Long-Knight Lumber Co Mengel, C. C, & Bro. Co Palmer & Parker Co Pearson. C. H 42 Penrod AValnut & Veneer Co 1 Pickrel A\'alnut Company 25 Purcell. Frank 16 Uaynei'. J.. Company 8 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-16 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 East Jordan Lumber Company. 50 Horner, William 6 Long-Bell Lumber Company 7-36 Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co.. Memphis Hardwood FlooringCo. Mitchell Bros. Company 3 Salt Lick Lumber Company S Stearns Salt & Lumber Co 6 Wilce, T., Company, The 8 Young. W. D., & Co 3 SAWS, KNIVES, ETC. Atkins. E. C, & Co 5 Hill-Curtis Co SAWMILL MACHINERY. Hill-Curtis Co .Sinker-Davis Co 38 Soule .Steam Feed AVorks 52 LOGGING MACHINERY. Chickasaw Cooperage Company 8 Godfrey, John F 42 Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co. 52 DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. Grand Rapids A'eneer AA'orks... 8 Philadelphia Textile Machinery Company 6 TIMBERLANDS. Lacey. James D.. Timber Co... MISCELLANEOUS. Brookmire Economic Service... 35 Buck, Frank R., Co Catlin, R. H., Company 46 Childs, S. D., & Co BO Certus Cold Glue Company 24 Kane Manufacturing Company. 30 Lumbermen's Credit Assn 50 Pearson, C. H 42 Perkins Glue Company 28 A'alley Log Loading Co 11 50 HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919 CLR. SAPS 4/4"; FAS 16/4". sap no def. BKD.NA YdrN'C. I.l'MRKH CO.. Greeiisburg, Ind. SYCAMORE LOG RUN 4/4. .•; '4 *i (;/4", rcB. wtilli. & Igth. GKO. C. KHEM.VNX & CO., Memphis, Tenn. WALNUT NO. 2 C. 4 4", res. wtlth. &• Igth. BL.AKES- LEK. I'KKRIX & D.\RL1NG. Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igths., 6 mos. dry; NO. 1 C. 4/4", reg. wdths. & Igtha, 6 mos. dry; COM. & BTR., 5/4". S" & up. reg. Igths., 9 mos. dry. HOFFMAN PROS. CO., Ft. Wayne. Ind. ALL grades & thicknesses. KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEYER CO., Cincinnati, O. MISCELLANEOUS ALL Southern hardwoods, rotary cut, any thickness, any size PENROD, JURDEN & .McCOWEN, Memphis, Tenn. OAK— PLAIN ANY thickness. LOUISVTLLK TBNKER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. WHITE, i'V>l. HOFFMAN BROS. CO.. Ft. \Va\'ne Jnd ANY thickness. LOUISVILLB VBNKIR MILLS, LouisvlUe, Ky. SWD., white, all thicknesses. NICKKT BROTHERS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. VENEER ASH Vd-A up to 22' Ft. Wayne, Ind. POPLAR long. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., WALNUT lA-ft up to 22' long. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. THE CHERRY ■FMAN BROS. GUM— RED 1/20- ft. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne. Ind. QTD., FIG'D, any thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS. Louisville, Ky. FIG., all thicknesses. NICKEY BROTHERS. INC., Memphis, Tenn. OAK— QUARTERED WHITE, any thickness, sawed or sliced THE DEAN-SPICKER CO., Chicago. Hi. ANY thickness, sawed or sliced. DEAN-SPICKER CO., Chlcaeo, III ANY thickness. LOUISVILLB VENEEB MILLS, Louisville, Ky. SL. STIMSON'S MILLS We have to offer from the Hunting- burg Mill the following list of well manufactured, band sawn lumber: 1.^ car 4/4 IiOET Bnn Beech ■i car 5/4 IiOg Run Beech 1 car 4/4 IiO^ Run Cherry 1 car 3 " IiOg Run Elm 4 car 4/4 IiOg- Run Blm 2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Sap Gum 3 cars 4/4 No. 2 Com. Sap Gum 2 cars 4/4x13-17 " Gum BozboardB 1 car 21,2, 3, 3V2> 4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Hickory IcarS Nom2 Com. k Btr. ^krd Maple 14 car 4/4 No. 2 Com. Si Btr. Soft Maple 1 car 4/4 No. Poplar 1 car 4/4 No. Poplar '2 car 5/4 No. Poplar 1 Com. 2 Com. J. V. STIMSON, Huntingburg, Indiana STIMSON VENEER & LUMBER CO. Memphis, Tennessee J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO. Memphis, Tennessee, & Helena, Ark. KKII Hill I mill THIS SAW MILL FOR SALE FOR SALE — The above 9-foot Prescott Pacific Coast type band mill with full complement of auxiliary and power plant machinery; heart yellow pine frame. Modern in every w^ay. Can be moved. Immediate delivery — no 9 to 1 2 months' wait for delivery. PRICE ON APPLICATION TO W. A. GILCHRIST 1406 Union and Planters Bank Building, MEMPHIS, TENN. Lidgerwood Cableway Skidders with Mechanical Slack Puller Multiple Skidding Lines These exclusive features of the Lidgerwrood Skidders reduce time of hooking on logs to a minimum. Send for catalogues LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO. Originators of Overhead and Ground Steam Logging Machinery Chicago 96 Liberty St., New York Seattle New Orlsans: Woodward, Wight & Co- Canada: Canadian Allla* Chalmers. Ltd., How Many SAWYERS QUIT because they must PUSH all day long on the lever of a Fric- tion Feed. The throttle of a SOULE STEAM-FEED can be moved with the finger. CATALOG H GIVES PARTICULARS WRITE FOR A COPY SOULE STEAM FEED WORKS Box 352 MERIDIAN, MISS. I^JIp^l^p^UIIIIINNNNIIIIIIimJi^ Semi-Monthly Twenty-Fourth Year 537 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO, MARCH 25, 1919 Subscription $2. Vol. XLVI, No. U PENROD-JURDEN COMPANY MEMPHIS, TENN. i THHHnnnHHHnHHnHHnnHHnnnnnHnHnnnHHHnHHHHHnHHnHHHnnHnr KNTEBED AS SECOND-OIAS8 HATTER UAV XS, lIHn, AT TUl^ »-OST01'-*101i; AT CUIOAfiO. ILL.. UNTtER AOT OF MARrH 8. 1«T» II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II M II II II II II II II II II II II II II I II II II II II II II HARDWOOD RECORD March 25, 1919 ESTABLISHED 1798 J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. LUMBEPv Hardwoods A Specialty PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Manufacturers Wholesalers iiiiniiinniiiiiiiiHnwHMiiiiiiiiM^^^^^^ THIS MARK MEANS Quaiity-GOLDEN RULE-s ervice THE ANDERSON-TULLY company MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Southern Hardwood Manufacturers I 70.000,000 feet a year Ill" iiiiiHii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniii iiiiiiiiiiiiiin i yuiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiail March 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality DRY STOCK MARCH I, 1919 100 M 4/4 Basswood, No. 1 Common 75 M 4/4 Basswood, Ko. 2 Conrmon 100 M 4/4 Basswood, No. 3 Comjuou 100 M 4/4 Gray Blm, No. 3 Comjnon 60 M 6/4 Gray Blm, FAS and Selects 100 M 8/4 Gray Elm. No. 2 Common and Better 4 M 4/4 Birdseye Maple, FAS, End Dried 30 M 5/4 Maple, Step, PAS 80 M 5 4 Maple, FAS and Selects 50 M 6/ 4 Maple, Common and Better 70 M 8, 4 Maple, FAS and Selects Also have ample stock of dry 4/4 Maple and can fur- nish any grade No. 2 Common or better. Since last September %ve have been sawing Beech lumber, 5/8. 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4. and Maple 4/4. 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 16/4 thicknesses. Cobbs & Mitchell INCORPORATED Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan "FINEST" Maple and Beech FLOORING We are members of the Maple Flooring Mfr's. Association Flooring stamped M. F. M. A. insures quality .'. Michigan .*. Hardwood Lumber Write for Prices W.D.Young 6? Co. BAY CITY MICHIGAN Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality We have dry, March 1, 1919— 4 4 Basswood, Birch, Gray Elm, Mapie, Birdseye Maple, and Beech 5/4 Beech 6/4 Beech and Gray Elm 8/4 Gray Elm We have part dry — 5/8 Beech 5/4, 6/4, 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 14/4 and 16/4 Hard Maple Some grades and widths are piled separately to better meet the requirements of the trade Mitchell Brothers Co. Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan WE WILL QUOTE ATTRACTIVE PRICES ON THE FOLLOWING: 20,000 ft. 1 1/16 "x 2" Clear Maple Flooring 35,000 ft. 13/16" x4" No. 1 & Better Maple Flooring 60,000 ft. 8 4 No. 2 Com. & Better Beech 250,000 ft. 5/4 No. 3 Common Beech 60,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 and No. 2 Com. Birch 300,000 ft. 6/4 No. 2 Com. & Better Elm 150,000 ft. 6 4 No. 3 Common Ehn 40,000 ft. 8, 4 No. 3 Common Elm 150,000 ft. 6 4 No. 3 Common Beech 150,000 ft. 6 4 No. 3 Common Maple ', The Kneeland-Bigelow Company Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumbar Bay City Michigan HARDWOOD RECORD March 25, 1919 pras 11 A Following is a partial list of dry assorted stock carried on hand at Buffalo, N. Y., by representative lumbermen listed below. Quick shipments can be made of mixed cars BROWN ASH 9,300' 199,400' 155,200' 80,200' 96,100' 1,900' 10,300' 4,000' 456,600' 310,500' 74,500 56,900' 7,400 ' 6,700' 2,000' 1'2 4/4 5 4 6 4 8 4 10 4 12 4 16 4 4/4 5 4 6 4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16/4 to 7/8 PAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. 'WHITE ASH 4,900' 145,100' 121,900' 219,100' 134,800' 92,200' 157,500' 155,200' 7,800' 2 C 695,700' 325,400' 408,100' 410,800' 147,600' 161,400' 68,300' 3 4 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16/4 3/4 om. 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10 4 12/4 16/4 to 7 8 FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS to 7/8 No. 1 & No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. BASSWOOD 5,800' 153,900' 312,900' 123,200' 133,200' 97,400' 14,700' 7,000 ' 5,700' 2 C 511,100' 484,000' 279,000' 173,800' 67,800' 60,000' 13,200' 3/4 4/4 5 4 6 '4 8 4 104 12/4 16/4 3/4 om. 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10 4 12/4 16/4 to 7/8 FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS to 7/8 No. 1 & No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. BED a 'WHITE BIBOH 4,800' 600,500' 306,900' 456,200' 317,000' 32,800' 82,700' 12,100' 558,000' 83,600' 61,900' 71,800' 33,700' 18,000' 8,600' 555,900' 32,000' 125,000' 85,600' 11,700' 44,000' 28,600' 3/4 4/4 5/4 6 4 8 4 10 4 12 4 16/4 4/4 5 '4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 FAS PAS PAS FAS FAS PAS FAS PAS No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. CHEBBV 3 4 No. 2 C. & Btr. 4 4 No. 2 C. a Btr. 5 4 No. 2 C. a Btr. 6/4 No. 2 C. a Btr. 8/4 No. 2 C. a Btr. 104 No. 2 C. a Btr. 12/4 No. 2 C. a Btr. 164 No. 2 C. a Btr. CHESTNUT 17,800' 3/4 569,900' 4/4 179,300' 5/4 102,600' 6/4 114,900' 8/4 12,000' 10/4 10,000' 12/4 3,50O' 16/4 59,900' 3/4 2 Com.. 475,800' 4/4 294,000' 5/4 225,900' 6/4 577,600' 8/4 12,000' 10/4 14,600' 12/4 3,200' 16/4 to 7/8 PAS FAS PAS FAS FAS FAS PAS FAS to 7/8 No. 1 a No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. CYPRESS 157,200' 4/4 PAS 152,500' 54 FAS 121,600' 6/4 FAS 136,500' 8/4 FAS 61,000' 10/4 FAS 91,700' 12/4 PAS 1,000' 14/4 FAS 34,000' 16/4 FAS 262,200' 4/4 Sel., Shop & C 192,200' 5/4 Sel., Shop & C 112,400' 6/4 Sel., Shop a C 387,700' 8/4 Sel., Shop a C 139,900' 10/4 Sel., Shop & C 243,000' 12/4 Sel., Shop & C 112,700' 16/4 Sel., Shop a C SOFT EIiM 312,300' 93,100' 226,300' 370,500' 169,800' 333,200' 41,600' 670,000' 168,700' 554,400' 832,200' 329,800' 433,5 00' 83,500' 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16/4 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16/4 FAS PAS FAS PAS FAS PAS FAS No. 1 No. 1 No. 1 No. 1 No. 1 & 2 No. 1 a 2 No. 1 & 2 a 2 a 2 a 2 & 2 Com. Com. Com. Com. Com. Com. Com. BED GUM 2,000' 3/4 PAS 299,400' 4/4 PAS 117,300' 5/4 PAS 118,000' B/4 PAS 117,300' 8/4 PAS 1,500' 3/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. :PaOOO' 4/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. P7,FP0' 5/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. '■g.^oo' 6/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 66,300' 8/4 No. 1 a 2 Com. 19,500' 8/4 Qta. FAS 15,000' 8/4 Qta. No. 1 C. SAP GUM l''4,700' 33.000' 7 9,500' ?6,700' 2,500' 5^,900' £9,200' 108.000' Pl.'^OO' 13.Q0O' 5,500' 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 3/4 4/4 S/4 6/4 8/4 8/4 8/4 PAS FAS FAS PAS No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. Qta. PAS Qta. No. 1 c. HARD MAFXiE 4,500' 3/4 164,100' 4/4 269,700' 5/4 284,900' 6/4 561,000' 8/4 363,400' 10/4 365,900' 12/4 8,600' 14/4 191,800' 16/4 7,900' 3/4 2 Com. 616,500' 4/4 355,000' 5/4 285,300' 6/4 673,800' 8/4 426,100' 10/4 353,100' 124 3,000' 14/4 123,300' 16/4 to 7/8 FAS FAS PAS FAS FAS FAS FAS FAS PAS to 7/8 No. 1 a No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. SOFT MAFI.E 4,200' 3/4 142,800' 4/4 44,900' 5/4 45,600' 6/4 259,900' 8/4 64,800' 10/4 105,500' 12/4 51,800' 16/4 2,200' 3/4 2 Com. 152,900' 4/4 56,900' 5/4 35,600' 6/4 196,500' 8/4 30,100' 10/4 118,100' 12/4 36,900' 16/4 to 7/8 FAS PAS FAS FAS PAS FAS FAS FAS to 7/8 NO. 1 a No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. FI.AIN RED OAK 396,900' 3/8 780,000' 4/4 303,500' 5/4 409,100' 6/4 475,500' 8/4 273,600' 10/4 248,600' 12/4 105,200' 16/4 74,400' 5/8 2 Com. 931,900' 4/4 351,200' 5/4 239,300' 6/4 455,800' 8/4 238,500' 10/4 200,600' 12/4 60,400' 16/4 to 7/8 FAS PAS PAS PAS PAS FAS PAS PAS to 7/8 No. 1 & No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. QUARTERED RED OAK 9,700' 104,400' 29,800' 43,300' 7,700' 2,200' 1,500' 3,800' 11,100' 2 C 174,700' 45,700' 41,300' 24,200' 4,000' 3,600' 1,000' 3/4 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16/4 3/4 om. 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16/4 to 7/8 PAS FAS PAS PAS PAS PAS FAS FAS to 7/8 No. 1 a No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. Alco "^rech. Butternut, Cedar, Cottonwooa, Rock Elm, Hictory, Mahograny, Plain and Quartered Sycamore. FKAIN WHITE OAK 133,100' 533,100' 318,400' 208,800' 353,200' 355,600' 409,300' 4,500' 132,700' 55,200' 2 C 612,200 227,600 197,400 666,600 516,400 585,400 176,700 3/8 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 14/4 16/4 3/4 om. 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16/4 to 7/8 FAS FAS FAS FAS PAS PAS PAS FAS FAS to 7/8 No. 1 a No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 98,500' 277,100' 73,500' 126,800' 83,800- 18,000' 26,800' 6,900' 190,700' 2 C 273,500' 135,300 112,500 95,500 3,900 14,100 2,800 1/2 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16/4 1/2 om. 4/4 5/4 6/4 8/4 10/4 12/4 16/4 to 3/4 FAS FAS PAS PAS FAS FAS FAS FAS to 3/4 No. 1 a No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 & 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. POPI.AR 112,800' 5/8 158,400' 4/4 66,500' 5/4 62,600' 6/4 166,100' 8/4 42,800' 10/4 59,400' 12/4 91,900' 16/4 48,000' 5/8 373,500' 4/4 79,000' 5/4 66,600' 6/4 72,100' 8/4 27,000' 10/4 122,600' 12/4 17,500' I6/4 101,100' 5/8 2 Com. 779,800 ' 4/4 272,700' 5/4 322,400' 6/4 647,300' 8/4 105,900' 10/4 137,000' 12/4 23,800' 16/4 to 7/8 FAS PAS PAS FAS FAS FAS FAS PAS Saps a Sel. Saps a Sel. Saps a Sel. Saps a Sel. Saps a Sel. Saps a Sel. Saps a Sel. Saps a Sel. to 7/8 No. 1 a No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. No. 1 a 2 Com. 10,700' Com 273,100' 37,600' 70,F00' 62,800' 12,500' 16,500' 7,500' WALNUT 5/8 to 7/8 . a Btr. 4/4 No. 2 5/4 No. 2 6 4 No. 2 8/4 No. 2 10 4 No. 2 12/4 No. 2 16/4 No. 2 No. 2 C. a Btr. C. a Btr. C. & Btr. C. & Btr. C. a Btr. C. & Btr. c. a Btr. Atlsmtic Lumber Co. Miller, Sturm & Miller Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co. T. Sullivan & Co. Taylor & Crate Hugh McLean Lumber Co. Yeager Lumber Co., Inc. G. Elias & Bro., Inc. Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. * March 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 9C LOUISVILLE. THE HARDWOOD GATEWAX^ OF THE SOUTH W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. 1 General Offices and Distributing Yard i LOUISVILLE, KY. Allport, Ark. ," Li r« i»«-ii Fayette, Ala. Furth, Ark. Eight Band Mills Guin, Ala. Geridge, Ark. Braslield, Ark. PLAIN WHITE OAK S5,000' 5/4" No, 2 Com. 250,000' 4/4" FAS 110.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. 165,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 200,000' 4/4" No, 2 Com, 525,000' 4/4" FAS PIAIN RED OAK 175,000' 5/4" FAS 115,000' 4/4" FAS 110,000' 6/4" FAS 210,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 175,000' 8/4" FAS 215.000' 4/4" No. I Com. 135,000' 6/4" No. 1 C. in PliAIN KED AND WHITE 105,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. OAK 145,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 300,000' 8/4" Com. & Blr. 385.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 150.000' 10/4" Com. & Btr. 105,000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 165,000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. 165,000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. POPLAR 185.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. 125,000' 4/4" No, 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM i 105,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 115,000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 30.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 145,000' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 135,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 105,000' 8/4" Com, & Btr. Norman L umber Company I.Ori.SVILLE, KENTCCKY POPLAR 4-4 No. 1 Com., 200,000 ft. 5-4 No. 1 Com., 15,000 ft., 10 in. and up. 8-4 No. 1 Com. 30,000 ft. 10-4 No. 1 Com. 12,000 ft. 12-4 No. 1 Com. 10,000 i"t. . 4-4 No. 2 Com. 300,000 ft. i 8-4 No. 2 Com. 75,000 ft. W. R. Willet Lumber Co. LOUISVILLE, KY. PLAIN WHITE OAK 4/4 1st & 2nd, 4 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. & Seh, 500,000' 4/4 No. 2 Com.. 10 cars 5/4 No. 1 Com., 5 cars 4/4 Sound Wormy. 6 cars 4/4 No. 3 Com., 10 cars PLAIN RED OAK 4/4 1st & 2nd. 1 car 4/4 No. 1 Com., 2 cars 4/4 No. 2 Com., 2 cars QUAETERED WHITE OAK 4/4 lst"& 2nd, average 8", 1 car 4/4 Com. & Btr. Strips. 2"— 4". 3 cars POPLAR 4/4 1st & 2nd, 1 car 4/4 No. 2 "A". 3 cars 4/4 Nog. 2 & 3. 10 cars 5/8 No. 2 Com., 1 car 4' Lath, 1 car RHSCELLANEOUS 5/4 No, 1 Cora. & No. 1 Shop Cypress. 1 car 4/4 No. 1 Shop Cypress, 1 car 6/4 1st & 2nd Sap Gum, 14' & longer, 1 car 4/4 No. 3 Common Gum, 3 cars 2x6 & wider, Sd. & Sq. Edge Oak, 5 cars Can load separate cars each width. Wood Mosaic Co., Inc. Main Office, New Albany, Ind. ( BAND MILLS: New Albany, Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; Cincinnati, Ohio: Jackson, Tennessee. POPLAR ELM 56,300' 3/8" FAS 10,600' 8/4" No, 1 C. & Btr, 22,600' 6/8" FAS 8,000' 12/4" Log Run 42.300' 4/4" FAS 14.200' 5/4" FAS 9,000' 5/4" No. 1 C. i Btr. 13,600' 6/4" FAS 32.000' 6/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 34.000' 8/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 16,000' 10/4" No, 1 C. & Btr, 45,000' 4/4" 1st & 2nds 40,000' 12/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 28,000' 8/4" Ists & 2nds 15,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 19.100' 5/8" No. 1 C, & Btr. 14,000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 65,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 10,000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 14.000' 8/4" No, I Com. 35.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. HARD MAPLE 18.000' 4/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 15,000' 8/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. UHERHV WALNUT 50.000' 4/4" No. 1 C. & Btr. 11.000' 4/4" ists & 2nds CHESTNUT 68,000' 4/4" No, 1 Com. 50.000' 4/4" Ists & 2nd3 25,000' 5/4" No, 1 Com. 87.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com, QUARTERED SYCAMORE 37.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 18.000' 4/4" No. 2 C. & Btr. 35,000' 4/4" Selecu Edward L. Davis Lumber Co. INCORrOR.\TED Fourth and K Streets LOUISVILLE, KY. WHITE ASH 86,300' 4/4" 12,800' 4/4" 15,500' 4/4" 52,900' 4/4" & up 18.700' 4/4" & up 63,700' 4/4" 35.500' 5/4" 21,400' 5/4" 50,200' 6/4" & up 140,400' 8/4" 62,600' 8/4" 31,600' 10/4" 51,400' 12/4" 13,700' 12/4" 6.500' 16/4" 16,500' 16/4" Kel, & Btr. Sel, , 10" & up Strips, 3" to 5" No, 1 Com.. 3" No. 1 Com. 8" No. 2 Com. No. 2 Com. No 3 Com. No, 1 Com., 8" No 1 Com. No, 2 Com. ' No . 2 Com. ' No . 1 Com. ' No 2 Com. • FAS, 8" & up Com. & Btr. 7.000 4,000 27.400 3.200 5,900' 41,600' 28.100' 9,000' 1,200' 25,400' 19,900' 29,600' 10,600' 6,000' 3,100' HICKORY 6/4" No. 2 Com. 7/4" No, 2 Com, 8/4" No. 2 Com. 10/4" No. 2 Com. 8/4" 8/4" 8/4" 8/4" 10/4" 10/4" 10/4" 12/4" 12/4" 12/4" 16/4" FAS No. 1 Com. No. 2 Com. No. 3 Com. ■' FAS No. 1 Com. No. 2 Com. FAS No. 1 Com. No. 2 Com. No. 2 Com. DIMENSION STOCK Mahogany and Walnut Aside {r«m our producti«s of lumber and veneers— We are manufacturing kiln-dried maho.^any and walnut dimension stock at the rate of 2,000,000 feet annually, and this department has been steadily growing since 1902. We think that these simple facts make detailed argument unnecessary— as to our prices, quality of our stock, and promptness •i service. However, we have ready for mailing a circular which explains in detail how and why you can save time money and trouble — through our dimension stock But if you don't care for the circular, and if you realize what an expensive luxury your waste pile is, send us your cutting bills, as you would give them to your stock-cutters. We will quote a specific price for each style you manufacture. C. C. Mengel &> Brother Co. mm HARDWOOD RECORD March 25, 1M1S» ANNO UNCEMENT The sale and distribution of our products will hereafter be conducted from our main office, L'Anse, Michigan. We solicit the continued patronage of our old friends and welcome the opportunity to acquire new ones. Your business will receive the same care and attention given in the past. Our large and complete assortment of HARDWOODS & HEMLOCK enables us to guarantee PROMPT SERVICE We have a large stock of BIRCH, MAPLE AND BASSWOOD STEARNS & CULVER Lumber Company L'ANSE, MICHIGAN WILLIAM HORNER Reed City and Newberry, Mich. Head Office, Reed City, Mich. Manufacturer of Smoothest Maple, Birch and Beech FLOORING ALL SIZES COMMERCIAL KILN DRYING A SPECIALTY Sole European Representatives: TICKLE BELL AND CO. Royal Liver BIdg., Liverpool, Eng. NORTH CAROLINA PINE AND WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS Capacity 300,000 Ft. per Day Conway, S. C. Jacksonville, N. C. Hertford. N. C. Porterwood, W. Va. MILLS }■ Wildell. W. Va. Mill Creek. W. Va. Willson Bros. Lumber Co. MANUFACTURERS MAIN OFHCE: PITTSBURGH, PA. Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT UCK KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF Oak Flooring Complete stock of 3/8" and 13/16" in all standzu-d widths VENEER No checks or splits. Enor- mous output. Lo^v labor cost. Tha Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. rkUadelphia RED BOOK SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE Published semi-annually in February and August It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyerf «f lum- ber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their financial standing and manner of meeting obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as the authority on the line it covers. A well organtzeil Collection Department 1b also oper- ated and the same la opeo (xi rou Write for t«nn*. Lumbermen's Credit Association 608 So. Dearborn Street CHICAGO Mrnlinn ThiM t'ltjttT EsUb. 1878 55 John Street NEW YORK CITY March 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD A — Manufacturer of Implement Stock. B— Manufacturer of Car Hatw'al. C— Haoufaoturvr tf Factory DtmentUn. ^ Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc. New Albany, Ind. Manufacturer (•See imge 29) Veneer* and Hardwood Lumber Hoffman Brothers Company Manufacturw Ft. Wayne, Ind. (*See page 43) Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber and Flooring The Mowbray & Robinson Company Cincinnati, Ohio (*.See iiage ir>i Write for Llat and Prices North Vernon Lumber Company Manufacturer iKirhi a «.t & North Vernon. INDIANA ( ♦See paize — i Long-Bell Lumber Company Band Saw Operator* In Southern Hardwood* Kansas Ctty^ Missouri A. B, C— 15 years* supply assured by 32,000 acre* Vlriflo 8t. Francis Basin Timber, largely Oak. Tschody Lnmber Company. mjneertt tdi Manofsctiirer, Kanwaw City. MiasUUKI Several oaks in different parts of the United States are known locally as "rock oak," but that is not the proper name of any. (•See page 10) We carry a complete stock of plain and quartered Red and UHilte Oak In all speclScatlons. Our faclUUes for prompt shipments are second to none. BAKCR-MATTBBWS LBB CO. •-.IcAllOf MAinnhfa. T«nn. Manufacturer iVllODUUtU Memphis. T«iiii. (•See ra^e 15) Charles H. Barnaby Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and Veneers Greencastle, Ind. i*bVe i);i-e U) We have to offer ai present 1 car 4/4 FAS Quartered White Oak. 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C. & Bet Quartered Hed Oak SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. __,-., . . , . Manufacturer Seymour. INDIANA (*See page 52) J. V. Stimson Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hardwood Lumber Huntingburg. Indiana cSi-':- iiage 41) Miller Lumber Company Manufacturer and Dealer In All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Marianna, Arkansas (•See page 52) Nice stock of dry 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4 Plain Red and Wbtte Oak on hand at Burdette. Ark., for prompt shipment. THREE STATES LUMBER CO-^c-Knurcccir Manofacturer. Memphis IcnncoJCC B & C— W? Manufacture Hardwood From Pine West Vlrslnia Timber. WARN LUMBER COBPORATION Raywood. W. Va. (•See page 12) J. H. Bonner & Sons Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Memphis, Tenn. Millt JonquU. Ark. A. B & O— Carr Lumber Company, Inc. Blltmore Hardwoods Pisgah Forest, N. C Manufactursr Has Individual Display Ad sb Pjos D«lfliatftd. (•See page 5) W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. 9 Band mill manufacturing hardwood* Louisville, Ky. Band Sawed. Steam Dried. Arkansad Hardwoods Edgar Limiber Company Wesson. Arkansas (•See page 6) Salt Lick Lumber Company Hardwood Manufacturer Salt Lick. Kentucky |»See iKigc 11) Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwoud Lumber and Quartered Oak. Ash and Gum Memphis, Tennessee Uur Lumber Is Well Manufactured and Well Taken Care of. Write us for prices In anything In hardwood*. TUE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMPANY, Alexandria, LOUISIANA ('See page 12) Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. Manufacturer of Hardwoods Memphis, Tennessee We have for fall shipment large stock of 10/4 and 12/4 C. & Bet Oak; other thlcknessea from 4/4 to 8/4 In all grades. FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.. Mannfactorer. Nashville. TENNESSEE ALTON LUMBER COMPANY S SpeciaK 1 car 9/4 GoTemment Quality WTilte Oak 1 car 14/4 Government Quality White Oak 20 cars 4/4, 5/4. 6/4 & 8/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut Buckhannon, West Virginia for anythinfi in OAK write these representative firm ^^ Manufacturers Band Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oak I and other Hardwcxid Lumber = Hillyer-Deulsch-Edwards, Inc. = San Antonio, Texas ^B 5 cara 4/4 White Oak FAS & No. I C. ^p 10 can 9/4 Plain Bed Oak Step. FAS & No. 1 C. ^m WTLUAMSON-KUNY MIL.!. & LUMBEB CO. = Mannfactnrar, Monnd City, ILLINOIS ^^ S.eolal— SeO.OOO ft. 4/4 FAS Plain WhIU & Red Out ^= IAMB-FISH LCMBER CO. ,«,eoiccmDI ^= Manofactarer, Cliarleston, IVliaSiaSU'rl H Bedna Young Lumber Company ^^ Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber ^^ Sales Office: Band Mill: M GREENSBURG. IND. JACKSON. TENN. ^^ Please let us have your inquiries == The hardest oak lacks much of being as ^^ liard as lignum vitae; the strongest la wealcer ^^ than locust; the heaviest is lighter than man- ^^ grove; but in average of good qualities it =^= would be hard to find a wood superior to oalc We Manufacture Hardwood Lumber C. & W. Kramer Company Richmond, Indiana B— We specialize in White and Bed Oak and In Quartered Red Gum. We solicit your Inauirlea. AUSXANDEB BBOTHER8, luiceiectDDI Mannfactnrera. Belzoni. iWiaSiaSim „ Special 1 car 6/4x20" Qui. Red Oak Seat Stock 1 car 6/4il8" Qtd. While Oak Seat Block 1 car 4/4x12* & wdr. Plain Oak ABKIA LBR. & MFO. CO., St. Loois, MISSOURI A. B i C— Triple Band of The Meadow River Lumber Company Rainelle, W. Va. Wanufactur«r Hlglt-Grade Hardw«odi (•See page 12) QUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY Memphis Band Mill Company Manofactnrer, Memphis TENNESSEE Manufactiuvrs of Plain and Quartered Oak also Oak Timbers and Bride* Plsnk SABTNB TRAM QOMP4NY. -nrYAQ BEAUMONT. 1 E.A A3 All stock cut from our virfln Ttmber oo modern band mllla. THISTIxETHWAITE LITMBEB COSfPANY. Manufacturer Washington. LOUISIANA (•.S^.'e ]iase — ' Tallahatchie Lumber Company Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood* Philipp, Mississippi ARLINGTON lAJMBER COMPANT Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Mills: Arlington, Ky., and Parli„_»,_, ,_,-•, Place, Ark. Write Arlington K-t-IN I Ut-N. I (•See page I'j) 6,000.000 Feel of Oak Always on Hand in 1 to 2" Stock BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, .„j, .„_.- Manufacturer BUssvUle. AKKANbAS It Is believed that the combined stand or all other species of oak in the United States would not equal that of the common white oak It is fortunate that it possesses so many good qualities and grows in so many parts of the country. A. B & C— Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lbr. Co. Manufacturers and Wliolesale Lumbar Detltrs St. Louis, Mi*saor{ Yellow Poplar Lnmber Company Coal Grove, Ohio Manufacturer (•See pages 2-10-51) Andcrsoti-Tully Co. Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber— Veneers — Packing Boxes — Egg Cases Mills: Memphis. Tenn.; Vlciisburg. Miss.: Rayvllle. La.; Madison. Ark. MEMPHIS. TETJN.. U. S. A. Tbe Band MIU. Flanlng Hill and Dn Kiln of the WQliams Lumber Company Is located at Fayetteville. Tenne**** All lumber piled in same lengths and simllariy loaded In ears. CLAT LUMBER COMPANY. Mannfacturer, «7 VA. Middle Fork. "' '^ "" The scarcest of all the oalts of the United States are believed to bo Bartram oak and the Price oak. All known specimens of these two trees could stand on a single acre and still leave considerable ground unoccupied. Band Sawed, EQualized. Forked Lear wnil* uak Thin Oak and Ash Speclaltla* MANSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. Mannfactorer 8HBKVEPORT. LA. For 25 years we have made Oak and sUll specialise in this, the beat of American hardwoods. Our prices, grades and serrtce are worth considering. LOVE, BOYD & CO., TCVMir«:«!FF Manufacturer, Nashville, 1 LlNINt^StJ. it dt C — Hioli Grade Lumber Hyde Lumber Company South Bend, Indiana Band Mills: Arkansas City. Ark. Lake Provldeiice, La. Botanists who are looked upon as authority In aiich matters, have agreed to change the book name of Northern red oak from quercu* rubra to quercua borealla. (•See lia(;e — ) Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co., Inc. Sardis, Mis*. Kiln Dried Slocks a Specialty M anufactu rer (•St-e, rage 15) 150.00* ft 4/4 No. 2 Com. Plain oak SpeciaUsts In Bone Dry, Good Widths & Leogttis — Prompt Shipment BABR-HOLADAY LUMBER CO., MAnufaotnrer, Greenfield, We are cutting oft 20,000 acre* of ths finest Oak in West Virginia. For the rery best, try AMERICAN COLUMN « LUMBER CO., Mannfactorer. St. Alban*, W. VA. Babcock Lumber Company Pittsburgh, Pa. Annual Capacity. 150,000,000 Fe*t Manufacturer Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company Sales Office — Ciarksborg, W. Ta. Band Mills — Cnrtin, Coal Sid- ^j, ^. Ing and Hominy FaUs^ "• ''"• Spselaltlei Quarter-aawed white Oak, Plain Bed *nd Whit* Oak C. L. RITTER LUMBER COMPANY. ROCKCASTLE LUMBEB COMPANY. Manufacturers. Huntington. W. V». The stand of oak in Tennessee has been estimated at 25,000,000,000 feet, and that i* equalled by West Virginia, while Arkansas leads all others with 26,765,000.000. Kentucky Is credited with 22,600.000.000 feet, Pennsyl- vania with 13,300,000.000 and Ohio 18.800,- 000,000. OHIO HARDWOOD RECORD March 10, 1919. ^^H^ m if ^sm I ^^SHUKffi^ K^!y^V2v i :d "^S^tt^ §18881 ^^^ ^gj|^j|y[^|]^^j^l^^KL!u^tm»mMBB fissn ^^ 1 al xffi » J sa Wl» IT 1 2 ^^^^ ^Ss^^^M !^H ^^^M^J a» m^ fiflsfi i4 floor to adore For thirty-three years Wilce'a 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 find it reduces the expense of laying and polishing. Our Booklet tells all about Hardwood Flooring and how to care for it — also prices — and is free. The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop Sts., CHICAGO. ILL. 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. Endorsed by hundreds of lumber manufacturers and buyers. HARDWOOD RECORD CHICAGO March 25, 1919 r HARDWOOD RECORD .-hiiM, :'liir;''' ..i.i^ii/.. ^J , p, ^.-»^ ,i|jg 'ii^ ,»f'/jj ■^-<.r ""(j ^'tof""'" '" " —-nil iiru.iMiiiT.in 4. 4. ii:_3^ 'liliii-i!; _4iii;AS.!.\-,'.f fan, tl j^^a -~ hll ,K~i VJ i^li Ml »i^ 7 i ^: 'i'l #, .y7 Musical Instruments The notion prevails widely that musical instruments contain more foreign than domestic woods. It is quite commonly be- lieved that mahogany, ebony, rosewood, and foreign walnut are the only really important woods belonging in this industry. It will come as a surprise to most people that less than four per cent of the woods purchased by musical instrument manufacturers in this country are of foreign origin and more than 96 per cent grown in our own forests. The visible part of a piano, for instance, may be mahogany, and persons unacquainted with the construction of the instrument will natuurally conclude that it is mahogany through and through. It is quite otherwise. All the mahogany in it may not be equiva- lent to five board feet. The visible part may be veneer and in very thin sheets, and all the rest is some other wood. The annual consumption of wood in this country by makers of musical instruments totals 261,000,000 feet, board measure; and only slightly more than 9,000,000 feet of this can be classed as foreign. About a dozen foreign woods are on the list, notably mahogany, Circassian walnut. West Indies boxwood, ebony and rosewood. The other foreign woods are represented by smaller quantities. Mahogany exceeds tenfold all other foreign woods combined, as musical instrument material. Almost without exception the foreign woods are made into veneers and are used as outside finishing for the instruments, and this explains why it is that foreign woods make such a showing and give an idea of large quantity. They are all expensive and are all handsome; but because of the small quantity finding place in any one instrument, the foreign woods represent quite a small proportion of the total value of all the woods. (To be continued.) i r fft I \F' irs»ra i . i ' M '"^ th lU HARDWOOD RECORD March 25, 1919 M EM R Mils White Ash Our Specialty 5.000' 1.000' 46.000' 6,000' 1.000' 20.000' 2.000' 3,500' 2.O0O' 22,000' 11,000' 4/4" 0/4" 8/4" 10/4' 14/4' 16/4" SO/4" 4/4" 6/4" 8/4" 12/4" Asir PAS. Reg. Widtll FAS. Keg. Width FAS. Ree. Width FAS. Ree. Width FAS, Reg. Widtll " FAS, Reg. Width FAS, Reg. Width FAS. 10" & up FAS. 10" & up FAS. 10" & up FAS, 10" & up 1.1)00' 6/4" FAS. 12" & up 6.000- 8/4" FAS. 12" & up 17.000' 12/4 ' FAS. 12" & up 22.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 18.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 02.000' C/4" No. 1 Com. 98.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 4.000- 12/4 - No 1 Com. 17.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 4.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 3.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. 19.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. 2,500 ' 16/4 - No 2 Com. 5 LUMBER CO. Ten Million Feet of Hardwoods IN GOOD ASSORTMENT OF THICKNESSES AND GRADES DRY KILN of modern type, with 500,000 ft. per month capacity JAMES E. STARK & CO., Inc. CYPRESS 150M ft. 4/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. lOOM ft. 4/4 No. 1 Shop lOOM ft. 4/4' Select 30M ft. 4/4 FAS 75M ft. 8/4 Shop 7SM ft. 8/4 Select 2SM ft, 8/4 FAS ISOM ft. 8/4 Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 20M ft. 12/4" Shop & Better THANE LUMBER CO. WHITE ASH S cars li6-9" FAS. 8-16' 3 cars lil0-12" FAS. 8-16' 1 car 1x12" & up. FAS. 8-16' 2 cars l%xl0" & up. FAS. 8-16' 3 cars 2x10-12" FAS. 8-16' 1 car 2x12" & up. FAS, 8-16' 1 car li4xe-9" FAS. 8-10' 10 cars 2x6-9" FAS. 8-16' 10 cars 3x6" & up, FAS. 8-16' 3 cars 3x12" & up. FAS. 8-16' 3 cars 4x6" & up. FASl 8-16' 3 care 4x12" & up, FA3, 8-16' 1 car 5x6" & up, FAS, 8-16' 5 cars 1" No. 1 Com., Reg. Length 2 cars I'A" No. 1 Com.. Reg. Length 5 cars 1%" No. 1 Com.. Reg. Length 10 cars 2" No. 1 Com.. Reg. Length 1 car 1x10" & up. No. 1 Com., Rog. Length 4 cars IVSxlO" & up No. 1 Com., Reg. Length 1 car 1" No. 1 Com., 18-20' I car 2" iNo. 1 Cora., 18-20' 1 car 114x2H-5%" Strips 1 car 2x2'A-5W Strips 4 COTS 2" No. 2 Com.. Reg. Length 1 car 2" No. 2 Com., 18-20' 5 cars Hi" No. 2 Com.. Reg. Length All of the above stock dry and ready for immediate shipment DUDLEY LUMBER CO., Inc. SPECIALS For QUICK SHIPMENT 3 5 10 5 4 5 5 3 cars cars 4/4 8/4 4/4 cars S/4 cars 6/4 cars 8/4 cars 12/4 cars 12/4 Select Cypress— 12 Mo. drv No. 1 C. & B. Qtd. Sap Gum— 18 Mo. dry. No. 1 Com. Plain Red Oak— 18 Mo. dry No. 1 Com. Plain Red Oak— 18 Mo. dry No. 2 C. & B. Soft Maple— 12 Mo. dry No. 2 C. & B. Soft Maple— 18 Mo. dry No. 2 C. & B. Soft Maple— 18 Mo. dry No. 2 C. & B. Soft Elm— 18 Mo. dry IVrite or wire for attractive prices Baker-Matthews Lumber Co. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 1 car 4/4" FAS 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Cora. PLAIN WHITE OAK 3 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. 3 cars 4/4" No. 2 Cora. PLAIN RED OAK 2 cars 4/4" FAS 4 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. 3 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. 2 cars 4/4" Sound Wormy 6 cars 4/4" No. 3 Com. 3 cars 12/4" Crossing Plank 1 car 16/4" Crossing Plank SOFT ELM 1 car 4/4" Log Run 3 cars 6/4" Log Run 2 cars S/4" Log Run 4 cars 12/4" Log Run COTTONWOOD 1 car 4/4" Box Boards. 9-12" 1 car 4/4" Box Boards, 13-17" 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Com., 12" & up PLAIN BLACK GUM 2 cars 4/4" I,<]g Run QUARTKRED .SYCAMORE 1 car 4/4" L.g Run QUARTERED RED GUM 1 cars 4/4" No. 1 Cora. PLAIN RED GUM 2 cars 4/4" FAS 4 cars 4/4" No. I Com. SAP GUM 3 cars 4/4" PAS 2 cars 4/4" (No. 1 Cora. 3 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. 4 cars 4/4" .\o. 3 Cora. 4 cars 4/4" Box Boards. 9-12" 6 cars 4/4" Box Boards. 13-17" ,„ ^ YELLOW CYPRESS All Grades and Thicknesses _cars^l6/4 Log Run ^, ^.^ades and Thicknesses Stimson Veneer & Lbr. Co, 280, 300. 200, 100, 00, 325, SAP GUM ,000' 4/4" FAS ,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. .000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. .000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. ,000' 8/4" Dog Boards PLAIN RED GUM .000' 4/4" FAS ,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM .000' 4/4" FAS ,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. TUPELO GUM ,000' i/V FAS ,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. GUM 000' 4/4" Box Boards 50.000 10.000 15.000' 40.000' 110.000' 25.000' 10.000' 30.000' 15.000' 75,000' 30.000 40.000' ASH 4/4" Log Run 12/4" Com. & Btr. OAK (807o Red) 5/4" FAS 10/4" PAS 10/4" No. 1 Com. 10/4" No. 2 Com. 12/4" FAS 12/4" No. 1 Com. COTTONWOOD 4/4" Box Boards. 13-17" 4/4" Box Boards, 8-12" ELM 8/4" Log Run 12/4" Log Run BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO. 100,000' 50,000' 70,000' 150,000' 10,000' 10,000' 200,000' 65,000' 20.000' SAP GUM FAS. 4/4". FAS, 6/4". FAS. 6/4". PLAIN RED GUM FAS, 4/4". PAS. 6/4". PAS. 6/4". No. 1 Com., 4/4". No. 1 Com.. 6/4". No. 1 Com.. 6/4". QUARTERED RED GUM 60,000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 4/4". 80,000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 5/4". 60,000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 6/4". 25,000' FAS, 8/4", 90,000' No. 1 Com., 8/4" . 8/4- SAP, NO DEFECT 100,000' No. 1 Com. & Btr.. COTTONWOOD 110.000' No. 1 & Panel, 4/4-18" up. CYPRESS 40,000' FAS, 8/4". 20,000' Selects, 4/4". 40,000' Selects, 5/4". 40.000' Selects. 6/4" 75.000' Selects, 8/4". 30,000' Shop & Btr., 10/4". 70.000' ..hop & Btr.. 12/4". 60,000' No. 1 Shop. 4/4". 70,000' No. 1 Shop, 5/4". 50,000' No. 1 Shop, 6/4". 25.000' No. 1 Shop, 8/4". 27,000' No. 1 Shop. 12/4" 200,000' Pecky, 4/4". 22,000' Pecky, 5/4". 20.000' Pecky. 6/4". !3.000' Pecky, 8/4" ANDERSON-TULLY CO. If = i Hi 1^ i i . March 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 11 i i m I ^^ fr I M&Ml^rMIlS SSSSSSSiSSSS^SSSSSSSSSSSS^SSSSSSSSSSSS^^ ASil 30.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 60,000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr, 60.000' 10/4" No. 1 Cora, & Btr. 75,000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN BED GUM 200.000' 4/4" FAS 300,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com, 30,000' 5/4" FAS 30,000' 5/4" No, 1 Com. 60,000' 6/4" FAS 90,000' 6/4" No. 1 Cora. UtlAKTERED RED OI'M 140.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 100,000' 5/8" FAS 200,000' 5/8" No. I Com. 25,000' 5/8" No. 2 Com. 125.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 13-1' 175.000' 4/4" Box Boards, 9-12 50,000' 4/4" FAS. 18" up 100,000' 4/4" FAS, 13-17" 175,000' 4/4" FAS, 6-12" 300.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 300,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 90,000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. Above Slock Is of Regular Widths and Lengths Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. Band Mills: Madison, Ark., Wisner, La. 75,000 200.000' 150,000 30,000' 100.000' 20,000' 50,000' 70,000' 21,000' 17,000' 31,000 38.000' 300.000' 90,000 43.000' ASH Com. & Bet.. 4/4" No, 2 Cora.. 4/4" Com. & Bet.. 8/4" No. 1 Com.. 12/4" ELM No. 2 & 3, 4/4" Log Run. 6/4" Log Run. 12/4" CYPRESS Log Run, 4/4" Log Run. 6/4" Log Run, 8/4" SAP GUM FAS, 4/4" BOX BOARDS 8-12", 4/4" 13-18", 4/4" SAP GUM Com. & Bet.. 5/4" No. 2 & 3 Com.. 5/4" Com. & Bet, 6/4" PLAIN BED GUM 000' Com. & Bet.. 4/4" 000' Com. & Bet., 5/4" QU.VRTERED RED GUM ,000' No. 1 Com., 4/4" 000' Com. & Bet., 8/4" MAPLE (Soft) 000' No. 2 & Bet,. 12/4" PLAIN RED OAK 000' Com. & Bel., 4/4" too' No. 2 Com.. 4/4" 000' Com. & Bet.. 5/4" 000' Com. & Bet,. 6/4" 000' Com. & Bet.. 8/4" 000' Com. & Bet.. 10/4" SOUND WORMY 000' Com. & Bet.. 4/4" PLAIN WHITE OAK 000' Com. & Bet., 4/4" 000' No. 2 Com., 4/4" 000' No. 1 Com., 5/4" 000' Com. & Bet., 6/4" PENROD-JURDEN COMPANY 200, 200. 185. 12. 115. 122. 23. 12. 13, 7, 25 18, 21, 12, 11, 20, 35, 45 RED DAK 000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. 000' 6/4" Cora. & Btr. 000' 8/4" Com. ' No. 1 Shop 9/4- No. I Shop 4/4' Select 9/4'' Salact 4/*' E. SONDHEIMER CO. PLAIN WHITE OAK 200.000' 1/4" No. 2 Com. 100.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 50.000' 4/4" FAS .50.000' 4/4" Selects 100,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. OAK 100,000' 4/4" Sound Wormy PLAIN RED GUM 50,000' 4/4" FAS 100,000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. 100.000' 4,/4" No. 1 Com. 50,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 50.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 15,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED BED GUM 50.000' 8/4" FAS 75.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 5,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM lOO.OOO' 4/4" FAS 15,000' S/4" FAS 50.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 13-17" 200.000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora. 200.000 ' 4/4" No. 2 Com. CYPRESS 40.000' 4/4" Selects 40,000' 4/4" Shop RUSSE & BURGESS, Inc. QUARTERED RED GUM 50,000' 4/4" FAS 110,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 75,000' 5/4" PAS 120,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 40.000' 6/4" PAS 115.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 50,000' 8/4" FAS 35,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 20.000' 10/4" FAS 4.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. 9,000' 12/4" PAS PLAIN RED GUM 73.000' 4/4" PAS 57.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 60.000' 5/4" PAS 150.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 33.000' 6/4" PAS 65.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 21.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN SAP GUM 40.000' 4/4" FAS, wide 120,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 50.000' 4/4" Box Boards, narrow. 9-12" 85,000' 5/4" PAS. wide 115.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 127,000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 150.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 200.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. 103,000' 8/4" No. 1 Cora. 30,000' 8/4" No. 2 Com, 81,890' 8/1" Dog Boards BELLGRADE LUMBER CO. SAP GUM 50.000' 4/4' PAS 150,000' 5/4" FAS 50,000' 4/1" Box Bds., 13-17" 150,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 200,000' 5/4" No. X Com. 30,000' 6/4' No, 1 Com. 5,000' ■KM' No. 1 Com. 50,000' 4/4' No. 2 Com. 100,000' 5/4' No. 2 Com. 15,000' 6/4' No. 2 Com. 20,000' KM' No. 2 Com. 45.000' 6/4' & 8/4" Dog Bds. RED GUM 15.000' 4/4" FAS 75,000' 5/4' PAS 50.000' 6/4' FAS 16,000' 4/4' No. 1 Com. 100,000' 5/4' No. 1 Com. 30,000 6/4' No. 1 Com. Above Stock is of Regular W QUARTERED RED GUM 75.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. RED OAK 30.000' 4/1" FAS 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 12.000' 4/1" FAS 60.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 7.000' 4/4" Log Run ELM 24.000' 1/4" Log Run 30,000' 8/1" Log Run CYPRESS 30,000' 4/1" Log Run 30,000' 8/4" Log Run BLACK GUM 11,000' 4/1" Log Run Widths and Lengths and all Air Dried KELLOGG LUMBER COMPANY BANK OF COMMERCE BUILDING M^iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiv^ ii sl ill ii si ii 11 I inilinilllllinMiiiniiu iiiiinuiiHiiMiiiiniiiiHiLiiuniiiinniunuin ninif ^sy>,-iMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnmmmiii'g^-5«^5SSSSS^^ Valley Log Loading Co. J. W. DICKSON, Pres. W. L. TONEY, Vice-Pres. W. A. WADDINGTON, Treas. MEMPHIS, TENN. LOAD LOGS ON RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN MEMPHIS AND VICKSBURG SOFT ELM 000' 4/4" Log Run 000' 6/4" Log Run 000' 8/4" Log Run .000' 12/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM ,000' 4/4" FAS. 10' & 12' 000' 4/4" FAS ,000' 6/4" FAS 000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. QUABTERBD RED GUM 000' 8/4" FAS 000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED SAP GUM 000' 8/4" Com. &. Btr. SAP GUM 000' 4/4. Box Boards. 13-17" 000' 4/4" Boi Boards, 8-12" 000' 4/1" No. 1 Com. 000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 5,000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. GUM, ELM, HACKBERBY 15,000' 6/4" No. 3 Com. GUM 13.000' 4/4", 5/4". 6/4 No. 3 Com. COTTONWOOD 2.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 30.000' 8/4" FAS Small per cent No. 1 Com. 16,000' 12/4" FAS .Small per cent No. 1 Com. 9,000' 16/4" FAS Small iier cent No. 1 Com. 20.000' 4/4" Panel & No. 1. 18" up 100,000' 4/4" No3. 1 & 2 Com. 75 per cent No. 1 Com. SYCAMORE 5.000' 4/4" Log Run 2.000' 5/4" Log Run 9.000' 10/4" Log Run GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO. In addition to Regular Stock of Ash Lumber we have the following- Bone Dry Stock upon which we will quote especially attractive prices on request: ASH 1 Car 8/4 FAS & Select Ash. medium texture 1 Car 8/4 FAS, regular widths and lengths 2 Cars 8/4x10" & II". FAS & Selects I Car 8/4x12" & up, FAS & Selects, all 8' to 10' 1 Car 10/4 PAS and Select Ash. me- dium texture 1 Car 12/4 FAS and Select Ash, me- diuTQ texture 1 Car 5/4x3 to 5W. 1 Face Clear Ash Strips 1 Car 8/4x3" & up, 1 face Clear Ash. 4' to 7' 1 Car 12'/4x3" & up, 1 face Clear Ash. 4' to 7' 2 Cars 6/4 No. 1 Com. Ash, regular lengths and widths 6 Cars 8/4 No. 1 Com. Ash, regular lengths and widths 1 Car 10/4 No. 1 Com. Ash. re^lar lengths and widths 1 Car 6/4 No. 2 Com. Ash. regular lengths and widths 1 Car 8/4 No. 2 Com. Ash, regular lengths and widths 1 Car 5/4 Sound Wormy Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. QTD. WHITE OAK 15M' 4/4" FAS 20M' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 12M' 4/4" No. 2 Com. RM' 8/4" FAS 8M' 8/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 19M' 4/4" FAS 40M' 4/4" No. 1 Com. ISM' 4/4" No. 2 Com S. Wormy 30M' 4/4" „. ..^.^ 80M' 4/4" No. 3 Com 25M' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6.M' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 9M' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 22M' 6/4" No. 2 Com. 30M' 6/4" No. 3 Com. 20M' 6/4" S. Wormy 30M' 8/4" FAS 20M' 8/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 42M' 4/4" FAS 40M' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 60M' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 50M' 4/4" S. Wormy 4M' 6/4" FAS 8M' 6/4" No. 1 Com. lOM' 6/4" No. 2 Com. 12M' 6/4" No. 3 Com. SAP GUM 15M' 4/4" Wide Box Boards 90M' 4/4" FAS 370M' 4/4" No. 1 & 2 Common 70M' 5/4" PAS 330M' 5/4" No. 1 & 2 Common 60M' 6/4" FAS 320M' 6/4" No. 1 & 2 Common QTD. SAP COM 20M' 8/4" PAS 30M' 8/4" No, 1 Com, RHD GUM 50M' 4/4" FAS 30M' 4/4" No. 1 Com. ISM' 6/4" FAS 50SI' 6/4" No. 1 Com. QTD. RED GUM 40M' 8/4" FAS 60M' 8/4" No. 1 Com. jnSCELLANEOUS 15M' 4/4" Wide Cot- tonwood Box Boards 20M' 4/4" Narrow Cot- tonwood Bos Boards 6M' 6/4" L. R. Soft Maple 6M' 4/4" L. K. Soft Maple 130M' 6/4" Com. & Btr. Elm 60M' 6/4" No. 2 & 3 Cora. Elm 5nM' S/4" L. R, Pecan & HACKNEY. Inc. ASH 12.000' 5/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 12.000' fi/4" J^o. 1 Cora. 10.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. SAP GUM 36.000' 1x13-17" Box Boards 15.000' 1x8-12" Box Boards 6.000' 2" No. 1 Com. 3.000' 114" Dog Boards 12.000' 2" Dog Boards QUARTERED RED GUM 28.000' 2" FAS 13.000' 2" No. 1 Com. POPLAR 15.000' 4" FAS. Sap No Detect 27.000' IVi" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 4.000' 4" No. 1 Com. 47.000' 1" No. 2 Com. 10.000' Hi" No. 2 Com. 30.000' 2" No. 2 Com. Can have stock surfaced PLAIN OAK 75.000' 1" No. 2 Cora. & Btr. 90.000' IM" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 85.000' 1%" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 65.000' 2" No, 2 Com. & Btr. 110.000' 2%" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 50.000' 3" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 30.000' 4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 15.000' 1" No. 1 Com. 24.000' 1%" No. 1 Com. 12.000' 2" No. 1 Com. 14.000' 1" No. 2 Com. 8.000' 1V4" No. 2 Com. 8.000' I%" No. 2 Com. MISCELLANEOUS STOCK 12.000' 1" Tenn. Red Cedar 32.000' 3" Log Run Elm 5.000' 1%" Com. & Btr. Qtd. Black Gum 4.000' 1" Log Run Walnut and kiln dried if wanted Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. HEAVY OAK We are prepared to fill special and regular orders for sound square edge heavy red oak or white oak and oak plank, common and better, of fine quality in 12 to 16 foot lengths, width and thickness to order. Ask for prices and descriptions Dry ST. FRANCIS BASIN HARDWOODS and TENNESS'EE AROMATIC RED CEDAR in stock at all times. Buy mi-xed cars and save money. GEO. C. BROWN & COMPANY OUR AIM To make well and to trade fairly. To profit not alone in dollars but in the good will of those with whom we deal. To correct our errors. To improve our op- portunities and to rear from the daily work a structure which shall be known for all that's best in business. OAK. HICKORY, ASH CYPRESS, TUPELO, COTTONWOOD GUM, SYCAMORE, ELM, MAPLE MEMPHIS BAND MILL CO. MANUFACTURERS SAP GUM 5 cus 1" FAS S car» 5/4" FAS 5 cart 6/4" FAS T cira 4/4" Box Boards, 9 to 12 12 c«p« 4/4" 13 to 17" Box Boards RED GUM 5 cira IS/IT- FAS 1 can 5/4- FAS 2 can 6/4" FAS 5 can 4/4- No. 1 Com. 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. 3 c«r» «/4" No. I Com. QUARTERED BAP GtJM < carm $/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 1 can I(/4- No. I Com. & Btr. 1 can 12/4* No. 1 Com. & Btr. J. H. BONNER & SONS PLAIN BED OAK .1 can 4/4" FAS 1 car 6/4" FAS 1 car 6/4- FAS « cars 4/4" No. I Cora. 2 cars .1/4- No. 1 Com. 6 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 5/4- No. 2 Com. PLArN WHITE OAK 10 can 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btp 3 cars 5/4- No. 1 Com. & Btr. 2 cars 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. S cars 4/4" No. 2 Cora. I car «/4" No. S Cora. 10 can 6/4- No. 3 Cora. ELM 4 can 5/4- Log Run 2 can 6/4" Log Run : can «/«- Log Run I can 10/4 * Log Rod 4 can 12/4- Lol Bun i I ^ I t-lllllllUUIIIIIIIIIIIirillllllllllUI>^ March 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 13 I ii i^ ^SSiSSSSSSSSSSSSSiSi5SSSSSS5SS«SSS^^ ELM 50.000' 12/4" Log Kun PLAIN RED GUM 75,000' 4/4" PAS 75.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN SAP GUM 73.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 60,000' 4/4" Box Boards, 9-12" 175.000' 4/4" Eo.\ Boards. 13-17" 30.000' 4/4" FAS. 13" & up HICKORY 20.000' 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED OAK 17.000' 4/4" PAS. 8-10' 15.000' 4/4" PAS 15.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 76.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PLAIN WHITE OAK 15.000' 4/4" PAS 13.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 17.000' 10/4" FAS 20.000' 12/4" FAS 16..S00' lC/4" FAS PLAipi RED AND ^^ITE OAK 100.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr, 300,000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Above Stock is of Regular Widths and Lengths Ferguson & Palmer Co. L. D. Murrelle Lumber Co. MANUFACTURER AND WHOLESALER Northern & Southern HARDWOODS CHICAGO OFFICE: 605 Tacoma BuildinE MEMPHIS, TENN.: Cotton Exchange Building 50.000' 16,000' la^ooo' 26,000' 55,000' 35.000' 12.500' 25.000' 25.000' 30,000' 7,000' 60.000' 52.000' 27,000' QU 12.500" 30.000 ASH 5/4" Log Run 8/4" Log Run BEECH 6/4" Log Run 10/4" Log Run CTPKESS 4/4" Shop & Bet. 8/4" Shop & BeL 12/4" Sel. & Bet. ELM 5/4" Log Run 12/4" Log Run 6/4" Com. & Bet. 16/4" Com. & Bet. PLAIN RED GUM 4/4" Cora. & Bet. 5/4" Com. & Bet. 6/4" Com. & Bet. ARTERED RED GUM 4/4" Com. & Bet. 8/4" Com. & Bet QUARTERED SAP GUM 000' 8/4" Com. & Bet. PLAIN SAP GUM ,000' 4/4" Log Run 000' 5/4" Log Run 000' 6/4" Log Run PLAIN WHITE OAK 000' 4/4" FAS 000' 8/4" PAS 000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 000' 5/4" FAS 000' 8/4" FAS 000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 000' 8/4" No. I Com. POPLAR 000' 4/4" Saps & Bet. ,000' 8/4" Saps & Bet. 000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 000' 8/4" No. I Com. ,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. WELSH LUMBER COMPANY We insure you experienced attention to your orders for southern hardwood lum- ber and high grade sawed and sliced southern veneers. Quartered oak and figured gum are specialties Nickey Brothers, incorporated MANUFACTURERS 1: I i m Buy in Memphis Memphis is the nerve centre of the southern hardwood industry. Memphis leads in variety, quantity and qual- ity of hardwoods produced. Memphis offers a wonder- ful source for selection by careful buyers. The present and future of the southern hardwood industry revolve about the Bluff city. I I 14 HARDWOOD RECORD March :!5, 1919 Straight or Mixed Carloads Prompt Shipment WE MANUFACTURE While Oak Red Oak Poplar Hickory Elm Maple Gum Sycamore Ash Walnut Cherry Chestnut, Etc. Plain Oak — 2 cars 3" No. 1 Com. avd Better. 1 car 4/4 No. 1 Com. Soft Maple — 2 cars 2H" No. 1 Com. and Better. Elm — 5 cars 2" L. R. Quar. Red Gum — Vi car 2 54" No. 1 Com. and Better. Ash — 2 cars 3" No. 1 Com. and Better: 2 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. Quar. Sycamore — 1 ear 4/4 No. 1 Com. and Better. AT TWO BAND MILLS Swain-Roach Lumber Co. SEYMOUR, INDIANA Indiana Hardwoods We Cut Indiana Hardwood Lumber Exclusively — No Southern Timber Write us for prices and list of stock in shipping condition Just Now We Are Anxious to Move: 2 cars 4 4 Plain Oak, Bone Dry, Is & 2s 2 cars 6 4 & 8/4 Hickory, Green, No. 1 & 2 Com. 1 car 8/4 & 10 4 Hard Maple, Com. & Btr. 2 cars 4 4 Plain Oak, No. 1 & 2 Com. 1 car 4/4 Maple — No. 2 Com. & Btr. 1 car 6/4 Beech — No. 1 Com. & Btr. 2 cars Beech Green, cut to order, any thick- ness, from prime logs CM.CRIM&SON SALEM, INDIANA Indiana Quartered Red and White OAK 1,000,000 feet of dry stock carried at all times. ALSO PLAIN OAK AND ASH We manufacture all stock carried Evansville Band Mill Co. FRANK M. CUTSINGER, Pres. GEO. H. FOOTE, Vice-Pres. & Treas. JOSEPH WALTMAN, Secretary. MILLS AT EVANSVILLE, INDIANA S.P.COPPOCK&SONS LUMBER CO. Manufacturers and Dealers Indiana Quartered Oak a Specialty Hardwood Lumber FORT WAYNE, IND. INDIANA HARDWOODS March 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 15 ■iiSr; IK ^h Jh Pll)%f!^^>., 5/8 LUMBER When you want 5,8 lumber remember that we spe- cialize in this thickness in all kinds of woods. TTiis is all sawed from the log — not resawed — and shows good widths and lengths. We offer the following for prompt shipment: 80,000 5 8 Is & 2s Plain White Oak 40,000 5 8 Selects Plain White Oak 50,000 5 8 No. 1 Com. Plain Wh. Oak 40,000 5 8 No. 2 Com. Plain Wh. Oak 90,000 5 8 Com. & Btr. Sap Gum 15,000 5 8 Com. & Btr. Red Gum 20,000 5 8 Is & 2s Poplar 90,000 5 8 No. 1 Common Poplar 90,000 5 8 No. 2 Common Poplar Write for Our Complete List and Prices North Vernon Lumber Co. NORTH VERNON, IND. Have you seen any better IValnut logs than thesef ' I 'HEY all grew right in Indiana where hard- ■*■ woods have always held the choicest farm lands. The best growth of timber as well as the best yield of wheat comes from good soil. The soundness of the log-ends shows that they fed on the fat of the land. My Indiana Oak comes from the same soil CHAS. H. BARNABY GREENCASTLE, INDIANA BEDNA YOUNG LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS Quartered White Oak Here are some attractive quick movers car 16 4 Is & 2s Poplar Sap No Defect Sound ■Wormy Quartered 'White 4 cars 4/4 Oak 4 cars 4 4 2 cars 5 4 2 cars 6 4 2 cars 4 4 5 cars 4/4 4 cars 4 4 wide. Is & 2s Quartered Red Oak Is & 2s Quartered Bed Oak Is & 2s Quartered Bed Oak Gum Boxboards 9 " to 12 " wide Gum Boxboards 13" to 17" wide No. 1 & Panel Gnm 18" and up HIGH GRADE HARDWOODS GREENSBURG, INDIANA We operate FOUR BAND MILLS and carry large stocks of: QTD. WHITE OAK QTD. RED OAK PLAIN WHITE OAK PLAIN RED OAK ASH POPLAR HICKORY, WALNUT GUM ELM MAPLE. ETC. Can furnish you highly satis- factory stock at the right prices TRY US MALEY & WERTZ EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Ask Grandad.He Used Them 16 HARDWOOD RECORD laarch 25, 1919 SAP AND RED GUM ALL KINDS SOUTHERN HARDWOODS CRATING "We specialize in furnishing Fac- tory Stock, including all grades and thicknesses of Cypress, Sap, Red, Tupelo and Black Gum, Cot- tonwood, Oak, Elm, Sycamore and Ash. Permit us to take care of your orders." WRITE us QUALITY & SERVICE OUR MOTTO CORNELIUS LUMBER COMPANY St. Louis Missouri THIN POPLAR SURFACED TWO SIDES 5/8", 3/4", 4/4", 5/4", 6/4", 8/4", 12/4", 16/4" 1/4", 3/8", 1/2", 5/8", 3/4", 7/8" ROUGH QUARTERED WHITEOAK Plain White and Red Oak RED— GUM— SAP WHITE, ASH CYPRESS G. H. Evans Lumber Co. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. BUSS-COOK OAK GO. BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS MAJMUFACTURERS Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. As Well As OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried or kiln dried, rough or dressed MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY \:/8c/.v/s«LAIN OAK BROWN ASI GREY ELM i MAPLE tSSWOOD WISCONSIN VENEEER CO. MANUFACTURERS RHINELANDER, WIS. March 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 30a {Continued from page ZZb) co-operation between business and industry on one side and the government on the other, and proved the wonderful results that may be accomplished through this condition. It is also urged that business and industry -svill be impelled by their own desires for rehabilitation to join heartily in these conferences. Broad View of Economic Trend Many of the points which Hardwood Eecord has argued as prob- able developments in the future are already beginning to material- ize. In support of many of its contentions, statistics are beginning to appear and the trend of development is following very closely many of our prognostications. H.\RDWOOD Record is gratified to see one of the leading economic services of the country publishing views that coincide in many jjoints with views already expressed in these pages. One of the latest bulletins of the Brookmire Economic Service, Inc., New York City, has the following to say regarding the general trend of build- ing materials and lumber development which is strictly in accord in many of the points raised with numerous prophecies made in these pages heretofore. A much more hopeful view of the lumber sitiuitiou is reflected in the various market reports coming to this office, embracing yellow pine, the hardwoods, Douglas fir, white pine, hemlock and cypress. The following summary of conditions are equally applicable to all kinds of lumber. The basis tor this improvement is found in the fact that demands are crystallizing into orders ; that many sections are making plans for build- ing revival on an extended scale. Even though this planning is somewhat tentative it would appear as an evidence of the changing attitude of the public mind regarding the expectations of much lower prices for lumber products. A few facts, which warrant the conclusion that some time must elapse before lumber prices would materially decline, seem pertinent in this connection : First : During the Civil War lumber prices rose consistently through the war period from 100% in 1S60 to 183% in 1864, fell'to 179% in 1865 and then went to 187% in 1866. In 1867 the price fell to 163% and maintained that level until 1870. While not attempting to maintain an exact parallel between the two periods, nevertheless, we believe that suf- ficiently similar conditions obtain to warrant the conclusion that prices will follow substantially the same trend, especially in view of the fact that the rise of prices in the Civil War was considerably greater than dur- ing the late War. Second : Based on a normal demand present stocks of lumber are low, and production costs are so high and the margin of profit, as conceded by government authorities so small, generally speaking, that manufac- turers are waiting for a real demand to develop before increasing their output materially. Third : We believe that little likelihood of much decrease in labor costs exists. (See Forecaster March 17). The large number of former immi- grants who have returned to their home land, and the probability of their retention there, combined with the radical decline in the number of immi- grants into the United States during the last few years, and the indisposi- tion of native soldiers to resume their former employments, presage in the near future a serious shortage of laborers for the mills and factories, the forests and the mines. A higher wage rate than ever prevailed in peace times, therefore, seems necessary and inevitable. This conclusion is also supported by the trend of wage rates during and after the Civil War period. Fourth : There is developing a serious shortage of houses in many sec- tions, as well as a lack of buildings such as schools, office buildings and other buildings of a public character, a condition which cannot much longer exist without producing a grave social and economic problem. The point has about been reached when considerable activity to avert this problem should develop. Fifth : The fact of rising rents intensifies the acuteness of the housing problem and constitutes a strong factor towards its solution by a speedy revival of building activity. This is a matter which affects very vitally a large proportion of our population. We believe that large rewards await the enterprise and initiative of capital despite high costs of building ma- terials in the attempt to furnish better housing at reasonable rentals. The result of Mr. RedfleUl's attempt to stabilize prices will, of course, have some effect upon the general factors discussed above, and while we do not anticipate any radical change in lumber prices as the outcome of Mr. Redfield's policy, we do believe that whatever prices are arrived at as a result of his conferences with lumber manufacturers will prevail for a considerable time. It is very probable that in these conferences the re- sult will be largely determined on the basis of the controlling and funda- mental factors which we have enumerated. These factors standing alone seem to us to prove conclusively that the basis of expectation of much lower prices in lumber is more or less un- sound and unwarranted. The facts of history and the economic factors combined, prove it to be so. Range op Lujiber Prices prom 1913 to Date. Inclusive 1019 Av. 3 1913 191-1 1915 1916 1917 1918 months Yellow Pine. av. 14 grades 20.18 18.25 18.50 22.63 27.36 33.13 35.9S Hardwood Composite.. .46.71 43.75 42.36 46.06 52.57 57.47 5S.26 The general argument above in favor of steady lumber prices holds true regarding building materials generally. Brick : There has been considerable curtailment in the output of briclc in recent months but common brick is in large supply, face brick in good supply, fire and paving brick stocks are more or less depleted. All have been in poor demand compared with normal demands and all have shown considerable rise in price through the war period, having labored under high production costs so that not much recession In price is likely to be seen in the immediate future. Over a period of two or three years easier price conditions will develop. Lime : About 3,000,000 short tons of lime were produced in the United States in 1918, the smallest production since 1908 and 20% below that of 1917, which amounted to 3,786,360 short tons, which in turn was 7% below the record year 1916 when the amount produced was 4,073,400 .short tons. Cement : A very radical falling off in Portland cement production characterized the year 1918. The production in the United States alone amounted to about 71,000.000 barrels or 21,000,000 barrels less than 1917. Similar conditions prevail in England. The present rate of production Is only about 50% of normal with small reserve stocks. The recent advance in price is due in large measure to the increase in the cost of cotton bags from 10 cents to 25, or 40 cents to $1.00 per bbl. In view of these facts, of small production and low stocks combined with increasing demand when construction operations begin, it does not seem apparent that much de- cline in price will he seen. Paints and Glass : Paint and glass manufacturers have through gov- ernment orders largely, maintained a healthy business through the war period but are now feeling the generally depressed state of building, but should be able to meet all demands that may arise. As the subjoined table will show, paint prices have increased nearly 100% and some softening of this price is a reasonable expectation. The following table will illus- trate the range of prices on brick, cement, lime and white lead since 1913 to date inclusive. Range of Building M.\terial Prices 1919 Av. 3 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 months Brick. Hudson R. Com. 1000 6.83 6.77 5.82 8.16 8.85 11.45 14.83 Cement, Portland, bbl.. 1.58 1.58 1.44 1.69 2.02 2.36 2.85 Lime, Rockland, lump bbl 91 .92 1.10 1.33 1.69 2.29 2.56 Paint, White lead. lb.. .07% .07 .07 .0914 -11% .12% .13% Termination of British Lumber Control A cablegram has been received from Consul General Robert P. Skinner, London, dated March 14, stating that the British Board of Trade has canceled from March 31 all orders relating to the pur- chase of imported timber abroad, and also has withdrawn the maxi- mum prices for both imported and home-grown supplies other than pit wood. As regards importation, no licenses will now be required for the importation of hewn, sawn, planed, or dressed timber of all kinds, including hardwoods and sleepers. This does not include pit wood and manufactured or semi-manufactured goods, such as box boards, for which licenses will still be required unless produced in parts of the British Empire. Stocks of imported timber belong- ing to the government will be disposed of after March 31 at the prevailing market prices. These stocks, including goods yet to arrive, amount to about 500,000 standards. Applications to pur- chase such goods should be made to the Government Timber Buying, Salisbury House. 30b HARDWOOD RECORD March 25, 1919 B 1220 — Hickory Rim Strips Wapakoneta, O., March J, 1919.— Editor Haudwood Record: We are in the market this year for hickory rim strips suitable for bending, sizes ranging from 1%" square to 3" square, 6' and 7' long. If any of your members are in position to furnish this stock we would be pleased to have their quotations. - Date of Implement Manufacturers' Meeting The twenty-sixth annual convention of the National Implement & Vehicle .Vssociation will be held in Chicago in October, according to the decision of the executive committee of the association. Invitations from a number of leading cities were considered, but for many reasons it was deemed advisable to hold the big convention again in Chicago where is located the general offices of the association. Inspection Staff Changes The March issue of the official bulletin of the National Hardwood Lumber ABSOciation says that D. W. Ravesies, deputy national inspector at Col- fax, La., has resigned and A. H. Tucker has been appointed to succeed him, but will make his headquarters at ShreveiKirt, La, All applications for inspection work in that district should be addressed to A. H. Tucker, 1241 Oakland street, Shreveport, La. ,7. L. Benson, assistant deputy national inspector at New Orleans, La., lias re.-^igned and his successor will be appointed as soon as proper selec- tion for the position can be made. R. K. Boutwell, deputy national inspector at Jellico, Tenn., has resigned and his successor will bo appointed as soon as possible. Meeting of Southwestern Club The Southwestern Hardwood Manufacturers' Club met at Alexandria, La., on March 19. The meeting was held in conjunction with an open competition plan meeting of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' As- sociation. President P. A. R.yan of Lutkiu, Tex., was in the chair. A large delega- tion of southwestern hardwood men attended. The main subject for discussion was ways and means of increasing the membership in the club by members to be recruited from that section of the country. J. B. Robinson of Mound, La., who is chairman of the southwestern territory for the open price competition plan, presided at the open price meeting which followed the Southwestern club's session. The deliberations of the open price meeting were made up mainly of market discussions which brought out a marked curtailment In hardwood stocks, production being limited by about fifteen per cent. Members in attendance generally agreed that there is very little pros- pect tor early improvement in these conditions. Demand, according to the members, is Increasing consistently and the outlook is for still fur- ther activity for the spring months. New Orleans will be the next meeting place, it being planned to gather there at the St. Charles hotel on April 10. Meeting of Memphis Club The Lumbermen's Club of Memphis at its meeting at the Hotel Gayoso last Saturday, March 15, subscribed $125 to the Mississippi Valley Wat- erways' Association as its prorata of the fund it is raising from business interests along the Mississippi river. This action was taken on motion of George C. Ehemann, chairman of the river and rail committee. The club is very much interested in the proposed rehabilitation of transpor- tation on the Mississippi as a means of facilitating the movement of heavy freight, with special reference to lumber, cotton, coal, steel and iron. The members listened to an earnest appeal from Captain Henri Negre who fought three years in the recent war and who is now a member of the French High Commission. He is touring the United States in the interest of the "Fatherless Children of France" and he told the lumber- men what a pitiable plight would confront the more than one million of these orphans if their generous friends in America suddenly withdrew their support or failed to renew their pledges. He pointed out that most of the pledges ran for a definite period and he begged that the members of the club renew their pledges without delay, thus helping materially in taking care of the children whose fathers lost their lives in the strug- gle for freedom. President Jorgensen was authorized to, appoint a committee of inter- ested lumbermen tp investigate the best course to follow to protect those having sawmills on Little river, in Arkansas. The log supply is being cut off from a number of these mills as a result of recent legislation in Arkansas and their situation promises to be rather serious. J. C. Dean was elected an active member. He is president of the Cole Manufacturing Company, Memphis. Bright Prospects for Export Association Very little hardwood lumber is being booked now for export, according to the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. The same authority says that, while the U. S. Shipping Board advises that it does not contemplate changing its ocean rate.s at this time, "nevertheless the tendency seems to be toward a stiffening in the export rate" and adds : "We know of lumber that is being exported at higher rates than those published by the Shipping Board." The association says it hopes to obtain several steamers to United Kingdom ports within the next thirty days and announces that distribu- tion of such space as is secured will be made on the basis of the dates this organization was advised of tonnage by its members. The association says also that it has approached the U. S. Railroad Administration with respect to through bills of lading on lumber and for- est products on all roads and expresses confidence in the belief that, as soon as the situation clears somewhat and there is relief of some of the congestion at the ports, "through bills of lading will be ordered via all the railroads," Specifications Worked Out on Rotary Box Lumber The feature of the meeting of the Rotary Cut Box Lumber Manufac- turers' Association at New Orleans March 18, according to John M. Pritchard, secretar.v-manager of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, with which the former is identified, was the report of T. J. Morris of the Anderson-Tully Company, who is chairman of the inspection rules committee. He said his committee had had a joint meeting with a committee from the wire bound box manufacturers' association and that they had tentatively agreed upon inspection rules for recommendation to their respective bodies. The Rotary Cut Box Lumber Manufacturers' Association approved these recommendations with only such slight modi- fications as would not in any way impair the original draft. Much satis- faction was expressed over the fact that these two organizations, one rep- resenting manufacturers of rotary cut box lumber and the other repre- senting the largest consumers of this class of material, had been able to get together on a mutually satisfactory and wholly harmonious basis. Interesting reports were submitted by other committees and definite lines of action were marked out for the first year of this organization. In the discussion of market conditions, emphasis was laid on the short- age of logs and on the inability of rotary cut lumber box manufacturers, because of unfavorable weather conditions, to accumulate any surplus stock of raw material. The association, according to Mr. Pritchard, is optimistic regarding the outlook for business. It admits that there is comiiaratively little buying at the moment but it points out that demand is liroadening and the view is expressed that there will soon be a revival of industry which will make large calls for the output of members of the association as well as raw materials of all kinds. Ten new members were received at this meeting, as follows : Independence Lumber & Box Company, Independence, La. 1!. J. McCnughey. Hattiesburg, Miss. D. C. Anderson JIanutacturing Company, Houston, Tex. White Veneer Company, Moss Point, Miss. Hinton Manufacturing Company, McComb City, Miss. Beatrice Veneer Works. Beatrice, Ala. Ilepublic Fox Company, Inc. of Texas, Houston, Tex. Mississippi Veneer Company, Saudersville, Miss. Gilmer Ciate & Basket Company. Gilmer, Tex. .Vcme "N'oneer Company, Omaha, Neb. It was decided to hold the next meeting the third Tuesday in April which falls on the 22nd. Mr. Pritchard, who has just returned to Memphis, says that the rotary cut box lumber manufacturers were slow in getting organized but that, if one ma.v judge from the enthusiasm and energy displayed by the mem- bers of this body since organization was effected, it must be recognized as one of the most active and aggressive branches of the lumber industry. Mr. Pritchard attended the open competition plan meeting of the Ameri- can Hardwood JIauufacturers' Association meeting at .Mexandria, La., March 19. Open Price Members Support Redfield Plan Consideration of market conditions and approval of the plan of Secre- tary of Commerce Redfield to stabilize industry were matters which claimed the attention of members of the eastern division, American Hard- wood Manufacturers' Association, at a meeting under the Open Competi- tion Plan at the Sinton Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 11. Those present came from Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio and Penn- sylvania, about fort.v in all. "There is current a misconception of the Redfield plan," said Chairman M. W. Stark, of St. Albans, W. Va. He explained that the plan as out- lined by the secretary of commerce is to "bring about the operation of the laws of supply and demand which were interfered with by the war." The Redfield plan proposes a single cut in steel prices which will at once bring price levels down to the point where no further cuts are necessary. A number of speakers declared the Redfield plan was the best of the many proposed to stabilize industry and the association went on record as unanimously favoring Its adoption. A belief that the cost of living must also decrease before the wages of workers are cut, also was expressed by a number of speakers. Hardwood production in the eastern territory is sixty per cent of nor- mal, Frank R. Gadd, of Memphis, Tenn., statistical manager of the Amerl- March 25, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 31 (■an IliU'dwood Muuufacturers" Assooiatiun. de<-Iai'eil. He coutnisted this with the showing of the previous thirty days when production was fifty- seven per cent of normal. Mr. Oadd said that the car supi)Iy was good and that collections were fair, with an indication that there wouUI be a slight reaction. The outlook for the future, he .said, was very promising. The new grading rule-s promulgated by the association at a previous meeting were unanimously adopted and members will use these rules in selling lumber. A chestnut department was organized to advertise that wood. It was brought out at the meeting that inquiries steadily are increasing iind in general a satisfactory amount of business is being placed. The market has a firmer toue. It was reported that the figures for production lor tbe eastern division are the same in tlie Memphis and southwest dis- tricts. Stocks are l)a(ily broken and below normal in all these districts. The Open Competition Plan of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' lias received fifty-nine new members since January 21, according to F. R. (iadd, manager of statistics for thLs organization. The association itself, according to the same autbuiity. has recciveil thirty-seven new memliers since January 1. Dimension Men Determine Policies The meeting of the hai'dwood dimension department of the American Hardwood Manufacturers" Association at the Hotel Chisca Friday, March 14, was characterized by unusual enthusiasm. The attendance was les- sened somewhat by the fact that numerous members found it necessary to remain at home to complete their returns to the internal revenue department liut what was lacking in numbers was more than made up by the enthusiasm with which all present entered into the spirit of the gathering. R. L. Muse, of the R. L. Muse Lumber Company, who is chairman of the governing committee of the department, presided. After calling the meeting to order, he delivered a brilliant address on the benefits of organi- zation. He was particularly loud in his praise of the service rendered through the hardwood department, saying that benefits he had received had more than paid his dues many times. He declared the day had passed when any industry could afford to remain unorganized and elec- trified hLs hearers with the assertion that the hardwood dimension depart- ment is permanent for the reason that it is founded on correct principles and that it has the entire machinery of the American Hardwood Manu- facturers' Association at its disposal. He believed there were reforms which should be instituted with as little delay as possible in the hardwood dimension industry and he pledged him.self to bend every effort personally toward bringing every manufacturer of hardwood dimension material into the department to the end that these reforms may be instituted at an early date and in an effective manner. His address was particularly well received because of his earnestness and because, in expressing his own views, he was expressing the views of every other man in attendance. John M. Pritchard, secretary-manager of the association, and T. J. Kendall, who recently resigned as manager of the oak department of this body, made brief talks on the activities of the association and were in position to tell those present of accomplishments of which they had never dreamed. They pledged the support of the association in every way pos- sible to the hardwood dimension manufacturers and Mr. Kendall ex- plained the detail work of the department, laying particular emphasis on the necessity of making prompt returns if the sales and stock reports are really to be of value. F. R. Gadd. manager of statistics, told of the open competition plan of the association anci he did this so effectively that every member present agreed to become identified with this activity of the organization. It was decided, owing to the interest manfested at this meeting, that the hardwood dimension department should come together every^ "sixty" days for discussion of sulijects confronting the industry. The next' meet- ing will lie held about the middle of May. The exact date will be an- nounced by Secretary-Manager John M. Pritchard. It is planned to have President .jCarrier present and to get up a highly interesting and instruc- tive progi!a&. Six ne^ members were received as follows : Wagon Stock & Lumber Company, Tullahoma, Tenn. ; T. W. HarraLson, Brownsville, Tenn. ; G. L. Greent. Xe^-port, Ark. ; T. A. Thomas & Sons, Curtis, Ark. ; Haminans Land & Lumber Company, Stuttgart, Ark., and DuPuy Brothers, Abbe- ville, Miss. Those present at this meeting were : R. L. Muse, R. L. Muse Lumber Company. Walnut Ridge, Ark. Joiin L. Milner, John L. Milner, Grenada, Miss. J-.iV.' Wright, J. V. Wright, Bolivar, Tenn. P^oyd Mitchell, Wagon Stock & Lumber Co.. Tullahoma, Tenn. T. "W. Harralson, T. W. Harralson. Brownsville, Tenn. "V r™>' enjoyed as well as some trench service in fr.mt of Ypres with tlie Itrltish. I am still 100 per cent solid anemming, manager ; L. E. Shallberg. James White, Archie Schaller, Louis Steffes. Harry Hertz. Max Giedlinski. Roy White. Victor Walsh. The group picture of the team is shown on this page and it is interest- ing to note that three members of the organization are full-blooded Indians. They seem to have taken naturally and delightedly to the game, which lirings into play the strategy, agility and endurance for which the Ameri- can Indians are famous. Altogether the Edison boys can be proud and pretty well satisfied with the outcome for there is another year ahead, and that is a goal worth working for. The team came into Chicago a dark horse and went out a respected and popular organization, which had the crowd with it all the way through. Pertinent Information Regarding Government Owned Building Material It is announcfd l)y tlu> \V;ir Hi'iiiiitnif'iit th:U 90 pt-r c-cnt of all build- in!; materials owned by the War Department is held by the construction division of the army. An inventory of surplus of such materials as Of December 31 showed that the government has a total investment of approximately $12,000,000 in this material. A good deal of this material, though, has since been transferred to other construction work and a good deal of it has been retained for maintenance and repair. As a result of these transfers and several hundred thousand dollars in sales, the surplus on March 1 amounted to $7.ri()0.000. and the surplus stock of construction equipment, etc., hail shrunk to approximately .$2,000,000. The transfers to going jobs are continuing at such a rate that sales have been discon- tinued at many projects and the (imount of building materials that will actually be sold will run a very small figure. A contract for disposing of any considerable quantities of lumber held by the War Department has been made which will take care of the large items in the building material classification. Pass One Thousand Mark The National Ilarihvood I.umlii'r Assuciation has announced that its membership has passed the 1,000 mark and is still climbing. The March fifhrial liulletin of the association, in c'bminenting on the net result of the membership campaign, says : A few years ago the attainment of this high point of development seemed hardly possible, but for all that, it was an object kept steadily in view and every plan and effort bearing upon it were employed to the utmost. At times our gains were small and .slow and during the course of one year — that in which the w-ar broke out — we were carried backwards somewhat in the general recoil. The year following, however, saw us ahead again with all retrogression more than nmde good, and now near the close of the current association year — a >'car reidete with traile depressions, shift- ings and uncertainties — we have crossed the line. Knowledge Needed in Business The I'nited States Shipping Board has prepared lists of books dealing directly with matters connected with our foreign business and trade. It is assumed that much information will be needed by the American people in the new trade expansion that is believed to lie immediately ahead of us. This couutry is destined to take a great part In the world's work in the future, and education for it is part of the preparation. The shipping board has prepared lists of appropriate books for persons who desire to qualify tor more efBcient work. The names of the lists follow : Hooks descriptive of foreign countries with which we expect to do busi- ness. The books on this list relate to practically the whole world. Books on foreign languages, among which are French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian. .Japanese, Chinese, Hindustan, and Arabic. Books on world trade, covering numerous subjects. Books relating to ships and the mplete stock of 3/8" and 13/16" in all standau-d widths WILLIAM HORNER Reed City and Newberry, Mich. Head Office, Reed City, Mich. Manufacturer of Smoothest Maple, Birch and Beech FLOORING ALL SIZES COMMERCIAL KILN DRYING A SPECIALTY Sole European Representatives: TICKLE BELL AND CO. Royeil Liver Bldg., Liverpool, Eng. ?^^ for VENEER No checks or splits. Enor- mous output. Low labor cost. The Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. PhUadelphU VON PLATEN LUMBER CO. IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN Manufacturers of NORTHERN HARDWOODS BASSWOOD S/4 No. 3 Conx No. 2 Com. and No. 1 Com. & Btr. 6/4 No. 3 Com. No. 2 Com. & Btr. 8/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. April 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD (•See i-iage — ) Fine Veneers and Hardwood Lamber Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc. New Albany, Ind. Manufacturer ( *See page liSI) Veneers and Hardwood Lumber Hoffman Brothers Company Manufaoturar Ft. Wayne. Ind. (•See page 43) Manufscturera of Hardwood Lumber uid Floorlnt The Mowbray & Robinson Company Cincinnati, Ohio White oaks ripen their acorns In a slngia season, while those of red oaks hang on the trees and grow during two summers. They are usually quite small at the close of the first rrowlnff seaion. (•See paEe 38) Long-Bell Lumber Company Band Saw Operators In Southern Hardwoods Kansas City, Missouri A. B. C— 15 years* supply assured by 32.000 acres Virgin 8t Francis Basin Timber, largely Oatt. Tschady Lumber Company, ...oo^t mi Manufacturer, Kansaw City. MISSOURI Several oaks in different parts of the United States are known locally as "rock oak,*' but that is not the proper name of any. The "Conestoga wagons," famous a century ago, and sometimes called "prairie schooners," were made wholly of oak and Iron, and were good for a quarter of a century of hard usagre. They were made at Conestoga, Pa.. ("See rage — ; Charles H. Barnaby Manufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber and Veneers Greencastle, Ind. (•8ee page — ) We have to offer at present 1 car 4/4 PAS Quartered White Oak. 1 car 4/4 No. 1 C. & Bet. Quartei^^d Oak SWA EN-ROACH LC&IBER CO. Manulacturer Seymour. INDIANA (•.Ste page 52) J. V. Stimson Manutacturjr and Wholesaler Hardwood Lumber Huotingburg, Indiana (*Sfe [jage 41) Miller Lumber Company Manufacturer and Dealer In AU Klndj oj Hardwood Lumber ^ Marianna. Arkanaaa (•See page 52) Nlee itock of dry 4/1. 6/4 & S/4 Plain Bed and Whit* Oak on hand at Burdette, Ark., for prompt shipment THREE STATES LCMBEB CO.TrRiMi-Bepp Manufsfturer. MempMa 1 t-lNNESSEE BAG— Ue Manufacture Hardwood From Fine Weat TirdDia Timber. ^^ WABN LVMBER CORPORATION ^ Raywood. W. Va. J. H. Bomier & Sons Manufacturers Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber Memphis, Tenn. Milli Jonquil, Ark. A. B & C— Carr Lumber Company, Inc. Blltmore HardwoodB Piagah Forest, N. C Manufacturer 'for anything jfv OAK write these rMresentative firm B ft C Manufacturers Band Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oak and ether Hardwood Lumber Hilly er-Deutsch-Ed wards, Inc. San Antonio, Texas 5 cara 4/4 White Oak FAS & No. I C. 10 cars 5/4 Plain Red Oak Steps FAS & No. 1 C. WILUAMSON-KUNT MILL & LUMBEB CO. Mannfactorer, Moand City, ILLINOIS (*See page 14) Special— 50t. 000 ft. 4/4 FAS PlalD WhlU A Red Oa> LABIB-FISH LUMBER CO. «,,o<-.o^.«r*. MABufacturer, Charleston, MISSISSIPPI The golden oak which grows In California. Is not so named because of the color of Its wood, but on account of the yellow fuzz en the under side of Its leaf. The hardest oak lacks much of being as hard as lignum vltae; the strongest Is weaker than locust; the heaviest is lighter than man- grove; but In average of good qualities It would be bard to And a wood superior to oak. We Manufacture Hardwood Lumbar C. & W. Kramer Company Richmond, Indiana B— We specialize In White and Bed Oak sad la Quartered Red Ouri. We solicit your Inquiries. ALRXAVDEB BBOTHERS. miccicciodi MBBOfacturers. Belzonl. MISSISSIPPI C — Special 1 car 6/4x20" Qtd. Red Oak Seat Stock I car 6/4x18" Qtd. White Oak But Stock 1 ear 4/4x12* &. wdr. Plain Oak ABKLA LBR. A MFG. CO., .-lee^imi St. Louis, MISSOURI A. B & C— Triple BsBi sf The Meadow River Lumber Company Rainelle, W. Va. Manufacturer Hlgh»Grade Hafdwit (•See page 12) QUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY Memphis Band Mill Cempany Haanfaetarar. Memphis TENNESSEE Maaafaetnran mi Plain and Quart«n4 OaJt Oak Tlnben and Brldn PUak SABOn TRAM COUFANT, ■KACMONT. TEXAS All gtock out from our Tlrgln Timber oa raodsm band mlllB. THISTLETHWAITE LUMBER COMTANT. Manufacturer . Waghlngton. LOUISIANA (•See page 15) Tallahatchie Lumber Company Manulacturera of Band Sawn Hardwoodi Philipp, Mississippi ARLINGTON LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturera of Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber MUIb: Arlington, Ky., and PBrk,-_„__ ,_.,„ Place. Ark. Write Arlington KENTUCKY ('Ste page 16) 6.000,000 Feet Of Oak Alwars on Hand In 1 to 2" Stock BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, . ___ .--„._ Manufacturer Blissville, ARKANSAS It Is believed that the combined stand of all other species of oak In the United States would not equal that of the common white oak. It l9 fortunate that It possesses so many good qualities and grows In so many parts of the country. A. B & C— Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lbr. Ce. Manufacturers and Whalesale Lumber ••alert St. Louis, Mlssonri Yellow Poplar Lumber Company Coal GroTe, Ohio Manufacturer (*see pages 211) Andersoii-Tully Co. Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber— Veneers — Packing Boxes — Egg Cases Mills: Memphis, Tenn.: Vlcksburg, Miss.; RayvIUe, La.; Madiaon. Ark. MEMPHIS. TEXN., U. S. A. Tbe Band MIU. PlaQlns MJU and Dry KUn of the Williams Lumber Company Is located at F>ytt»vUle, Tennesaee AU lumber piled Id lame len^tlu and almllarlj loaded in can CLAT LUHBBK COHPAKT. IflBBafnctarer. u/ \/a aUddl* FTk. ^* ^A* The scarcest of all the oaks of the United States are believed to be Bartram oak and the Price oak. All known specimens of these two trees could stand on a single acr« and •till leave considerable ground unoccupled- (•See page — ) W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. m 9 Band mill manufaoturlni hardwesdt Louisville, Ky. Band Sawed. Steam Dried, Arkanaas Hardwoods Edgar Lumber Company Wesson, Arkanaaa (•See paee 6) Salt Lick Lumber Company Hardwood Manufacturer Salt Lick, Kentucky (•See page 11) Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Co. Manulacturera Band Sawed Hardwood LumtMT and Quartered Oak. Ash and Oum Memphis, Tennesae* Our Lumber Is Well Manufactured and WeU Taken Care of. Write us for prtceg in anything in hardwoods. THE FERD BRENNEB LUMBER COMPANT, Alexandria, LOUISIANA (*See page 12) Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. Manufacturer of Hardwoods Memphis, Tennessee We have for fall shipment large stock of 10/4 and 12/4 C. & Bet. Oak: other thicknesses from 4/4 to 8/4 In all grades. FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO., Manafactnrer. Nashville, TENNESSEE SpeciaL ALTON LUMBER COMPANY 1 car 9/4 Government Quality White Oak 1 car 14/4 Government Quality White Oak 20 cars 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 & 8/4 Sound Wormy Cheetnut Buckhannon, West Virsinta Band Sawed, Equalized. Forked Leaf Whits Oak Thin Oak and Ash Specialties MANSFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBEB CO. Manafactnrer SHBEVEPORT, UL, For 25 years we have made Oak and still specialize In this, the best of American hardwoods. Our prices, grades and service are worth considering. LOVE. BOYD & CO.. -re Knur- cc fir Manufacturer, NashvlUe, TENNESSEE ii 4c c — High Grade Lumber Hyde Lumber Company South Bend, Indiana Band Mills: Arkansas City, Ark. Lake Prevldencs. La. Botanists who are looked upon as authority In such matters, have agreed to cbangre the book name of Northern red oak from quorcus rubra to quercus borealls. I "Si-e page 15) Carrier Lumber & Mfg. Co.» Inc. Sardis, Miss. Kiln Dried Stocks a Speetalty Manufacturer (•See page 14) lSO,eQt ft 4/4 No. 2 Com. Plain Oak SpeclaUsta in Bone Dry, Good Widths A LcQftks— Prompt Shipment BABR-HOLADAT LUSIBER CO., rfcUlrt Manufacturer* Greenfield, UffHJ We are cutting off 29,000 teres of the finest Oak In West Virginia. For the very best, try AMERICAN COLUMN & LUMBER CO., Manufacturer. St. Albans, \^, VA. Babcock Lumber Company PittsbuTffh, Pa. Annual Capacity. 150.600,100 Fset Manufacturer Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company Sates Office — Clarkaburff, W, Ta. Band Mills — Cnrtln, Coal Sid- __. ... ing and Hominy FaUs. W, VA. Sptolaltles Quarter-sawed White Oak. Plain Bed and White Oak C. L. RITTER LUMBER COMPANY, ROCKCASTLE LUMBEB COMPANY, Mannfaotnrers. Hnntlnrton, W. Va. The stand of oak In Tennessee baa been estimated at 25,000,000.000 feet, and that la equalled by West Virelnla, while Arkansaa leads all others with 26.7e&.000.000. Kentucky ts credited with 22.000,000.000 feet. Pennsyl- vanla with 13.300.000.000 and Ohio 13.000.- 000,000. HARDWOOD RECORD April 10, 1919 ■liSIWiiiSiMiiili A floor to adore For thirty-three years Wilce'a 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 polif^hed surface floor- ing, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, with matched ends and holes for blind nailing — you'll find it reduces the expense of laying and polishing. Our Booklet tells all about Hardwood Flooring and how to care for it — also prices — and is free. The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. The Largest Table Company in the World The Imperial Furniture Co. GRAND RAPIDS are replacing their Dry Kibs by a battery of up-to-date GRAND RAPIDS VAPOR KILNS GRAND RAPIDS VENEER WORKS Grand Rapids, Mich., Seattle, Wash. '^ For Greatest Range of Uses ^ and Easiest Handling buy the Hoosier Self Feed Rip Saw. This machine has earned thousands of dollars for owners in the manufacture of dimension lumber, crating, etc., because its entirely novel design, resulting in surprising ease of operation and adaptability, makes possible a profit where a loss is often expected in this work. The Hoosier Self -Feed Rip Saw has a positive and powerful feed which handles the heaviest material as readily as the lightest. The table, raised and lowered with the crank in front of the ma- chine, is always level — always securely locked. The Hoosier rips anything up to 6 inches thick and 17 inches wide. It feeds 35, 75. 100 or 150 feet a minute. Manufactured e x c I u i i T • 1 y hy The SINKER -DAVIS COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA The "HOOSIER," the rip saw which makes profitable dimension manufacture and ^rade refinlng^ at the pilU possible. Hundreds of users already — you will be an- •tber If you will let us tell you all about It — Will you? April 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD , I i Vt^'AS ■^ Musical Instruments Manufacturers of musical instruments are large users of American woods. No one of them greatly predominates over all the others, though there is much difference in the totals. A few are demanded in small quantities only, but the fact stands out prominently that America is well pro- vided with excellent woods for musical instruments. The list which follows is not complete. It includes only the more important woods employed in this industry and omits such as are demanded in small quantities. The figures repre- sent the annual use in board feet. MAPLE 45,482,775 YELLOW POPLAR 40,371.925 CHESTNUT 38,125,141 SPRUCE 29,144,150 OAK 20,638,480 ELM 15,602,440 BIRCH 12,349,055 BASSWOOD 10,968,180 WHITE PINE 9,394,820 RED GUM 9,243,825 BLACK WALNUT 4,991,808 BEECH 4,186,000 ASH 2,377,332 COTTONWOOD 2,351,000 YELLOW PINE 2,107,994 SUGAR PINE 1,004,400 No wood is here listed unless it is used in amount exceed- ing one million feet a year. Some of the woods occupying places in this list are not important in the Memphis district ; but others, particularly oak, ash, cottonwood, yellow pop- lar, and red gum are abundant and at their best in the region tributary to this city. .j.^u: _ .i.<- :-i. IV HARDWOOD RECORD April 10, 1919 Regular Widths and Lengths ELM r»0,OaO' 12/4" Log Run PLAIN SAP GUM 75.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 30,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 100.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 9 to 12" 200.000' 4/4" Box Boards, 13 to 17" 30,000' 4/4" FAS, 13" & up HICKORY 26.000' 12/1" Loe Run PLAIN RED OAK 17.000' 4/4" FAS. 8 to 10' PLAIN WHITE OAK 82.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 17.000' 10/4" FAS 20.000' 12/4" FAS 15.000' 16/4" FAS PLAIN WHITE AND BED OAK 100.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 300.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. Ferguson & Palmer Co. White Ash Our Specialty ASH 7.000' 8/4" FAS. 12" & up 5,000' 4/4" FAS. Regular 17.000' 12/4" FAS. 12" & up 2,000' 6/4" PAS. Regular 25.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 35.000' 8/4" FAS. Regular 18.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 6.000' 10/4" FAS. Regular 98.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 22.000' 12/4" FAS. Regular 06.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 1.000' 14/4" FAS. Regular 1.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com. 24.000' 16/4" FAS. Regular 5.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com. 2.000' 20/4" PAS, Regular 1.000' 16/4" No. 1 Com. 3.000' 4/4" FAS, 10" & ur 18.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 2.000' 6/4" FAS, 10" & up 5.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 8.000- 8/4" FAS, 10" & up 5.000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. 12.000' 12/4" FAS, 10" & up 18.000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. 1.000' 6/4" FAS. 12" & up 2.500' lG/4" No. 2 Com. JOHN M. WOOE )S LUMBER CO. Ten Million Feet of Hardwoods IN GOOD ASSORTMENT OF THICKNESSES AND GRADES DRY KILN of modern type, with 500,000 ft. per month capacity JAMES E. STARK & CO., Inc. KILN-DRIED OAK 200M ft. No. 1 Com. Oak 9 to 12" wide Kiln dried S2S to 9/16" Wire or li'rite for price THANE LUMBER CO. II 35.000' 5/4' No. 1 Com. 23.000' 6/4' No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 250.000' 4/4' Log Run 335.000' 5/4' Log Run MAPTjF, 25.000' 6/4' Log Run 30.000' 8/4' Log Run 7.000' 10/' " Ltig Run 10,000' 12/, " Log Run 'LAIN WHITE OAK 40,000' 4/4' No. 1 Com. 10.000' 6/4' No. 1 Com. RED OAE 18.000' 8/4' FAS 80.000' 4/4' No. 1 Com. 26.000' 6/4' No. 1 Com. POPLAR 16.000' 8/4" Saps & Btr. 38.000' 4/4' No. 1 Com. 85.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. nil noil' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 50.000' 8/4' No. 2 Com. ASH 1 car 5/4" F.\S. 10" & up 2 cars 5/4" No. 1 Com. 2 cars 5/4" No. 2 Com. 15,000' 8/4" Log Run BEECH . 10,000' 6/4" Log Run 25.000' 10/4" Log Run CYPRESS 15.000' 4/4" FAS 40.000' 4/4" Selects 55.000' 4/4" Shop & Btr. 60.000' 8/4" Shop & Btr. 1 car 12/4" Sol. & Btr. ELM 30.000' C/4" Com. & Btr. 30.000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. RED GUM 35.000' 4/4" FAS 22.000' 5/4" FAS 28.000' 6/4" FAS 25.000' 4/4" .\o. 1 Com. WELSH LUMBER COMPANY SPECIALS For QUICK SHIPMENT Select Cypress — -12 Mo. dry. No. 1 C. & B. Qtd. Sap Gum— 18 Mo. dry. No. 1 Com. Plain Red Oak— 18 Mo. dry. No. 1 Com. Plain Red Oak— 18 Mo. dry. No. 2 C. & B. Soft Maple— 12 Mo. dry. No. 2 C. & B. Soft Maple— 18 Mo. dry. No. 2 C. & B. Soft Maple— 18 Mo. dry. No. 2 C. & B. Soft Elm— 18 Mo. dry. Write or wire for attractive prices Baker-Matthews Lumber Co. 3 cars 4/4 5 cars 8/4 10 cars 4/4 5 cars 5/4 4 cars 6/4 5 cars 8/4 .S cars 12/4 3 cars 12/4 QUARTERED WHITE OAK 1 car 4/4" FAS 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN W'HITE OAK 3 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. 3 cars 4/4" No, 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 2 cars 4/4" FAS 4 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. 3 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. 2 cars 4/4" Sound Wormy 6 cars 4/4" No. 3 Com. 3 cars 12/4" Crossing Plank 1 car 16/4" Crossing Plank SOFT ELM 1 car 4/4" Log Run 3 cars 6/4" Log Run 2 cars 8/4" Log Run 4 cars 12/4" Log Run 5 cars l(>/4 Log Run C0TTON\\*0OD 1 car 4/4" Box Boards, 9-12" 1 car 4/4" Bos Boards, 13-17" 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Com., 12" & up PLAIN BLACK GUM 2 cars 4/4" Log Run QUARTERED SYCAMORE 1 car 4/4" Log Run QUARTERED RED GUM 4 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN RED GUM 2 cars 4/4" FAS 4 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 3 cars 4/4" FAS 2 cars 4/4" P*Jo. 1 Com, 3 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com. 4 cars 4/4" No. 3 Cora. 4 cars 4/4" Box Boards. 9-12" 6 cars 4/4" Box Boards, 13-17" YELLOW CYPRESS AH Grades and Thicknesses Stimson Veneer & Lbr. Co. COTTONWOOD 75.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 8" to 12". 8 mos. dry ELM (Regular Width) 1 car 6/4" Loe Run. 8 mos. dry 2 cars 8/4" Log Run. 8 mos. dry 3 cars 12/4" Log Run. 8 mos. dry RED GUM (Regular Width) 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 ■Com. & Btr.. 3 mos. dry 200.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com., 6 mos. dry 30.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr., 10' to 12', 8 mos. dry QUARTERED RED GUM (Regular Width) 60.000' 4/4" .'No. 1 Com. & Btr., 3 SAP GUM (Regular Width) 300.000' 4/4" No. I Com., 250.000' 4/4" No. 2 G>m.. lOO.OOO' 4/4" No. 3 Com., TUPELO GUM 25.000' 4/4" FAS. 10 mo GUM 100.000' 1/4" Box Boards. 6 mos. dry 100.000' 4/4" Box Boards, 6 mos. dry OAK (80% Bed) (Regular Width) 35.000' 10/4" FAS. 8 mos 100.000' 10/4" No. 1 Com.. 25.000' 10/4" No. 2 Com.. 15.000' 12/4" FAS. 8 mos. 30.000' 12/4" No. 1 Com.. 5.000' 12/4" No. 2 Com.. 6 mos, dry 6 mos, drj' 6 mos. dry 8" to 12" 13" to 17" dry 8 mos. dry 8 mos. dry dry 8 mos. dry 8 mos. dry I I I I I I BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO. April 10. 11)1!) HARDWOOD RECORD Jf^ «r ^ .f^# « 11 tfi MJBMRMIfS ^ssssss^mssssm^^>s.,4- 100,000 100,000 50,000 50,000 100.000 60,000 100.000 15,000' 80,000' 80.000' 35.000' No. 2 Com. 6/4" PLAIN RED OAK 60.000' No. 1 Com. 5/4" PLAIN OAK 40.000' No. 1 C. & B. 16/4", ■rms COTTONWOOD 200.000' No. I Com. 6/4- 100.000 100.000 30,000 40,000' 100.000' 50.000' 30.000' 511,000 Is & 28 5/4" No. 1 Com. «/4- Boi Bda.. Ii5- to IJ" CYPRESS Is & 2s 3" No. I Shop 6/4" No. 1 Shop 4/4" Select 5/4'* Selocl 4/*" E. SONDHEIMER CO. PLAIN WHITE OAK 100,000' 1/4" No. I Com. 100. 000' 1/4" No. 2 Com. 100,000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 15,000' 4/4" PAS 7,000' 6/4" FAS 15,000' 8/4" PAS 100,000' 4/4" No. I Com. 75.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 45.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 75.000' 4/4" Sound Wormy PLAIN RED GUM 15.000' 4/4" FAS 30.000' 5/4" PAS 30.000' 6/4" FAS 75.000' 5/8" No. 1 Com. 60.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 25.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 40.000' 8/4" PAS 42.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 100.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 100.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com,. 18.000' 3/4" Nos. I & 2 Com. 75.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. 15.000' 8/4" FAS RUSSE & BURGESS, Inc. PLAIN RED GUM 45.000' 4/4" FAS 50,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 75.000' 5/4" FAS 85.000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 20,000' 6/4" FAS 45,000' 6/4" No. I Com. 18.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN SAP GUM 75.000' 3/4" No. 1 Com. 45.000' 4/4" FAS, 6-12" 60,000' 4/4" PAS. 13" & up 150.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 64,000' 4/4" Box Boards, 9-12" 75,000' 5/4" FAS, wide 107,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 100.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 100.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 200.000' 6/4" No. 2 Cora. 100.000' 8/1" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED BED GUM 30,000' 4/4" PAS 75.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 5/4" FAS 75,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 35.000' 0/4" FAS 70.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. ■ 45.000' 8/4" PAS 35.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. PLAIN OAK 150.000' 4/4" Sound Wormy BELLGRADE LUMBER CO. 12 HARDWOOD RECORD April 10, 1919 11 5 cars 4/4" Com. & Bet. Plain Red Gum 2 cars 6/4" Com. & Bet. Plain Red Gum 4 cars 8/4" Com. & Bet. Qtd. Red Gum 5 cars 8/4" Cora. & Bet. Qtd. Red Gum, S. N. D. 1 car 12/4" Com. & Bet. Qtd. Red Gum, S. N. D. Tustin Hardwood Lumber Co. Formerly THE JOHNSON-TUSTIN LUMBER CO. Valley Log Loading Co. J. W. DICKSON, Pres. W. L. TONEY, Vice-Pres. W. A. WADDINGTON, Treas. MEMPHIS, TENN. LOAD LOGS ON RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN MEMPHIS AND VICKSBURG COTTONWOOn 4n.fl0l>' 4/4" Panel & No. 1, 18" ul 1(1(1.000' 4/4" Nos. 1 & 2 ICOno' 12/4" F.iS, small percenl No. 1 Com. 9.000' 16/4" FAS, small percent No. 1 Com. ELM 75.000' 4/4" Log Run 35.000' 6/4" Log Run 12,000' 8/4" Log Run PLAIN RED GUM 18.000' 6/4" FAS 50.000' 4/4" No. 1 Cxim. 37.000' 0/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 20.000' 8/4" FAS 20.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. SAP GUM 30,000' S/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. PL.AIN SAP GUM 40.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 13-17" 12.000' 4/4" Box Boards. 8-12" 50.000' 4/4" No. 1 C^m. 15.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 5,000' fi/4" No. 2 Com. 15.000' 6/4" No, 3 Com. 13,000' 4/4". 5/4". 6/4" No. 3 Com. Gum. Elm and Hackberi-y. This is one nice car of mixed soft woods COTTONWOOD 2.000' 4/4" No. 3 Com. SYCAMORE 5.000' 4/4" Log Run 2.000' 5/4" Loc Bun 9,000' 10/4" Log Run PLAIN OAK ]r,,llOO' .'■>/4" No. 1 Com. GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO. ASH 1 car 4/4" FAS. 6 to 9" 1 car r>/4" KAS. 6 to 9" 1 car 6/4" FAS". 6 to 9" 2 cars 8/4" FAS. medium texture, bone dry 1 car 10/4" FAS, medium texture, bone dry 1 car 12/4" FAS. medium texture. bone dry 1 car 16/4" FAS 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Com. 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. 7 cars 8/4" No. 1 Com., bone dry W^e will quote specially attractive prices on the Medium Texture Stock — Also the 1 Face Clear Shorts and. the No. 1 and No. 2 Common — Also the Sound Wormy. Thompson-Katz Lumber Co. ^ car 10/4" No. 1 Com. V2 car 12/4" No. 1 Com. 2 cars 6/4" No. 2 Com. 2 cars S/4" No. 2 Com. 1 car 8/4x10 to 11" FAS. largely 8 & 10' ; special i)rice 1 car 10/4x10" up. FAS 1 car 12/4x10" up. FAS 1 car 8/4x3" up, 1 face clear shorts. 4 to 7 '. bone dry 1 car 10/4x3" up. 1 face clear shorts, 4 to 7 ' . bone dry 1 car 12/4x3" up. 1 face clear shorts. 4 to T. bone dry 1 car 5/4" sound wormy SAP GUM 50.000' 4/4' FAS 150.000' 5/4' ^^^ 50.000' 4/4' Box Bds., 13-17' 150,000' 4/4' No. 1 Com. 200.000' 5/4' No. 1 Com, 30,000' 6/4' No. 1 Com, 5,000' «/4' No. 1 Com. 50,000' 4/4' No. 2 Com. 100,000' 5/4' No. 2 Com. 15,000' 6/4' No. 2 Com, 20,000' X/4' No. 2 Com. 45,000' 6/4' & 8/4" Dog Bds RED GUM 15.000- 4/4" FAS 75.000' 5/4' PAS 50,000' H/4' FAS 15,000' 4/4' No. 1 Com. 100,000' 5/4' No. 1 Com. 30,000' 6/4' No. 1 Com. Above Stock is of Regular QUARTERED RED GUM 75.000' 5/4" Com. & Btr. RED OAK 30,000' 4/4" FAS 100,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 12.000' 4/4" FAS 60,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 30.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 7.000' 4/4" Log Bun ELM 24.000' 4/4" Log Run 30.000' 8/4" Log Run CTPRESS 30,000' 4/4" Log Run 30,000' 8/4" Log Run BLACK GUM 11,000' 4/4" Log Run Widths and Lengths and all Air Dried KELLOGG LUMBER COMPANY BANK OF COMMERCE BUILDING ASH 12,000' 5/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 12.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 10,000' 8/4" No. 2 Com. SAP GUM 36,000' 1x13-17" Box Boards 15.000' 1x8-12" Box Boards 6,000' 2" No, 1 Com. 3,000' H4" Dog Boards 12,000' 2" Dog Boards QUARTERED RED GUM 28,000' 2" FAS 13,000' 2" No. I Com. POPLAR 15.000' 4" FAS, Sap No Defect 27,000' IV," Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 4,000' 4" No. 1 Com. 47.000' 1" No. 2 Com. ,10,000' 1%" No. 2 Com. 30,000' 2" No. 2 Com. Can have stock surfaced PLAIN OAK 75.000' 1" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 90,000' Wt" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 85.000' IW No. 2 Com. & Btr. 65.000' 2" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 110.000' 2H" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 50,000' 3" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 30,000' 4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 15.000' 1" No. 1 Com. 24.000' H4" No, 1 Com, 12,000' 2" No. 1 Com. 14.000' 1" No. 2 Com. 8,000' Hi" No. 2 Com. 8,000' 1%" No. 2 Com, MISCELLANEOUS STOCK 12.000' I" Tenn. Red Cedar 32.000' 3" Log Run Elm 6,000' 1%" Com. & Btr. Qtd. Black Gum 4,000' 1" Log Run Walnut and kiln dried if wanted Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. .SAP GUM 15,000' I" FAS, 18" & up 100,000' 1" Box Boards, 13" to 17" 100,000' 1" Box Boards. 7" to 12" 100,000' 1" FAS, 13" to 17" 200,000' 1" Nos. 2 & 3 Com. 1 car 5/4" No. 1 Com. PL.MN RED GUM 200,000' 1" FAS 250,000' 1" No, I 30,000' 5/4" FAS 50,000' 5/4" No. 1 50,000' 6/4" FAS 150,000' 6/4" No. 1 35,000' 8/4" No. 1 QUARTEREH BED GUM 150,000' 1" FAS 200,000' 1" No. 1 10,000' 5/4" FAS 16,000' 5/4." No. 1 25.0011' 6/4" No. 1 40,000' 8/4" No. 1 14.000' 10/4" FAS 30.000' 12/4" Com. & Btr. PLAIN RED GUM (Figured) 40.000' 1" FAS QUARTERED RED GUM (Figured! 12,000' 1" FAS 5,000' 10/4" FAS PLAIN RED OAK 13,000' 1" FAS' 40.000' 1" No. 1 & Select 4,0,000' 1" No. 2 15,000' 5/4" Nos. 1 & 2 Com. 35,000' 6/4" No. I Com. & Scl. 25,000' 6/4" No. 2 Com. & Sol. QUARTERED RED OAK 6,000' I" FAS 3,000' 1" No. 1 St Sel. PLAIN WHITE OAK 5,000' 1" FAS 40,000' 6/4" No. 1 & .Sel. 60.000' 6/4" No. 2 GEO. C. BROWN & COMPANY OUR AIM To make well and to trade fairly. To profit not alone in dollars but in the good will of those with whom we deal. To correct our errors. To improve our op- portunities and to rear from the daily work a structure which shall be known for all that's best in business. OAK, HICKORY, ASH CYPRESS, TUPELO, COTTONWOOD GUM, SYCAMORE, ELM, MAPLE MEMPHIS BAND MILL CO. MANUFACTURERS i = i r April 10. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 13 25.00(1 50.000 20.000 56,000 100.000 47.000 75.000 55.000 6.000 7.000 21.000 20.000 12.000 50.000 75.000 25.000 7.000 20.000 • 3/4" • 3/1" ■ 3/4" • 4/4" ' 4/4" ' 4/4" • 4/4" • 4/4" ■ 6/4" • 6/1" ■ 6/4" PLAIN ■ 4/4" • 4/4" ' 4/4" ■ 4/4" ' 5/4" ■ 5/4" - 6/4" N RED OAK FAS No. 1 Com. No, 2 Com. FAS No. 1 Com. No. 2 Com. No. 3 Com. SouDd Wormy FAS No. 1 Com. No. 3 Com. WHITE OAK No. 1 Com. No. 2 Com, No. 3 Com. S'ound Wormy No. 1 Com. No, 2 Cora. No. 2 Oira. 20,000' 6/4" No. 3 Com. 30,000' 6/4" Sound Wormy COTTONWOOD 50 000' 4/4" FAS 20,000' 4/4" Wide Boi Boards 30,000' 4/4" Narrow Box Boards QUARTERED SAP Ot'M 20.000' 8/4" FAS 75,000' 8/4" No. 1 Com, PLAJN RED GITM 53.000' 4/4" FAS 15,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 60,000' 5/4" FAS 100,000' 5/4" Kg, 1 Com, 10,000' 6/4" FAS 60,000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED RED GUM 35.000' 8/4" FAS 60.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. BROWN & HACKNEY. Inc. L. D. Murrelle Lumber Co. MANUFACTURER AND WHOLESALER Northern & Southern HARDWOODS CHICAGO OFFICK: 605 Tacoma Building MEMPHIS. TENN.: Cotton Exciiange Building RED GUM 5 CETS IS/IT- FAS 1 cat S/4- FAS 1 ctit «/«- PAS 5 c»rg 4/4- No. 1 Com. 1 c»r 5/4" Ns, 1 Com. J ctn •/4" No, 1 Com, QOASTEBID SAP GUM 4 otn t/4' No, 1 Com, & Btt. > c»™ H/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr, I o*n 12/4' No, 1 Com. & Btr, 10 can S c«n 3 cars S can 1 car 10 can 4 can 3 can 3 can 2 can 4 can PLAIN RED OAK 4/4- FAS B/4" FAS 6/4" FAS 4/4- No. 1 Com. 5/4- No. 1 Com. 4/4- No. 2 Com. 5/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 4/4" No. 1 Com. tc BU. 5/4- No. 1 Com. & Btr. 0/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. 4/4- No. 2 Com. «/4- No. S Com. •/4- No. 3 Con. ELM 5/4- Lee Run 6/4" Log Run S/4" Lot Run 10/4" Log Ron 12/4" Log Bun J. H. BONNER & SONS We insure you experienced attention to your orders for southern hardwood lum- ber and high grade sawed and sliced southern veneers. Quartered Ocik and figured gum are specialties Nickey Brothers, incorporated MANUFACTURERS III 11 Buy in Memphis Memphis is the nerve centre of the southern hardwood industry. Memphis leads in variety, quantity and qual- ity of hardwoods produced. Memphis offers a wonder- ful source for selection by careful buyers. The present and future of the southern hardwood industry revolve about the Bluff city. i 14 HARDWOOD RECORD April 10, 1919 'S^'^;5S£;';i .■.•V.-_,V,';;;, , ;;-'.;;v',-.V-j':; ♦.'';'';V-\c''-'i'i pi It Is Our Aim to do business on a basis giving us sufficient return on our product to insure your getting the maximum in quality and service at all times. Our product is high grade SOUTHERN HARDWOOD LUMBER DARNELL-LOVE LUMBER CO. LELAND, MISS. Two Band Mills Here Are Some Especially Attractive Items 5 cars 13" to 12" Gum Boxboards 5 cars 9" to 12" Gum Boxboards 2 cars FAS Red Gum 2 cars No. 1 Com. Red Gum 2 cars No. 2 Com. & Btr. Cypress All hand-sawed and end-trimmed; good percentage of 14' and K;' lengths and extra nice stock in every respect. THE REGULAR LIST INCLUDES: The following band sawed, end trimmed stock in good widths and lengths: riain Oak, FAS. 4/4" Plain Oak, No. 1 Com.. 4/4" Plain Oak. No. 2 Com.. 4/4" Util. White Oak, FAS, 4/4" Cypress, Log Run. 4/4" Sap Gum, All Grades, 4/4" Red Gum, All Grades, 4/4" Tupelo, All Grades, 4/4" E. L. HENDRICK LUMBER CO. OAKVALE, MISSISSIPPI BARR-HOLADAY LUMBER CO. Manufacturers of High Grade Southern Hardwoods Sales Office GREENFIELD, OHIO Band Mill LOUISE, MISSISSIPPI Some Items That We Want to Move: 4/4" No. 1 Common Plain Oak 4/4" Sound Wormy PI. Mixed Oak 4 4" to 8 4" No. I Com. Plain Red Gum 4/4" to 8 4" No. 1 Com. Qtd. Red Gum 8 4" No. 2 Com. & Better Elm SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES THE LARGEST HARDWOOD MILL IN THE WORLD LAMB-FISH LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS Annual Capacity 40,000,000 Feet Southern Hard%Yoods CHARLESTON, MISS. Win '■' ''.**'•','-' '•'■/''*!'■ i>' April 10. 1019 HARDWOOD RECORD 15 ■^^^i^jiijft '^'v'wV^vWv .;-;'-:':-';ft';s''j y ... ..'X'riw; TALLAHATCHIE LUMBER CO. Manufacturers BAND SAWED HARDWOODS PHILIPP, MISSISSIPPI NATCHEZ LUMBER CO. Manufacturers of HARDWOOD LUMBER MILLS BUDE, FRANKLIN CO., MISSISSIPPI NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI SALES OFFICES CHICAGO. ILL., 19 SOUTH LA SALLE ST. BUDE. FRANKLIN CO., MISSISSIPPI NATCHEZ. MISSISSIPPI •^'^^;^'^■!;^l^^.O■rvv->^:Av!:,^o:!^^J■^;;■;.■!...v■l:Ji■!-..■J^ GREENWOOD VlL'^'^^C^V MISSISSIPPI Current Stock List ^<^:0}l QfARTERKU WIIITIO OAK 4 cars 4/4" Is & 2? I vav 5/4" No. 1 Coni. 1 oai li/4" Ls & 2s QUARTERED RED OAK '2 eai-s 4/4" Xn. 1 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK .S cars 4/4" >'ii. I Com. cars 4/4' 4 cars 5/4" Xo, 2 cars 5/4" Xo. 4 cars 6/4" No. 2 ears B/4" No. 3 cars 8/4" Xo. Com. 1 Cum. 2 Cum. 1 Com. 2 Com. 1 Cora. PLAIX RED OAK L' cais 4/4" Xo. i: cars 4/4" 'No. 4 cai-s 5/4" No. 1 car 5/4" Xo. 4 cars G/4" Xo, 2 cars 6/4" Xo. 1 Com. 2 Com. 1 Com. 2 Com. 1 Com. 2 Com. ASil 1 (Ml 4/4" Com. & Btr 2 cars .t/4" No, 1 Com. & Sel.. Iii-l.i';;. 10" & Wider 2 cars n/V No. 2 Com. 1 car 6/4" Xo. 1 Com. & Sel.. 20-25 SARDIS, MISSISSIPPI ^mmmmm ^^::-::':' 16 HARDWOOD RECORD April in, 191!) CHICAGO, ILL. FISBEB BLDG. DETROIT, MICH. FOKD BLDG. Our system of monthly Stock Sheets and Specials OAK and TUPELO tells you in an instant what your requirements will cost delivered. If you are not receiving them, let us know. Everything in Southern Hardwood P. J. Lawrence Lumber Co. SYNDICATE TRUST BUILDING ST. LOUIS, MO. REFORM, ALA. MESSLER, MO. Walnut Of Character and Color Manufactured at Kansas City, U. S. A. Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness Thirty-five years' experience IN WALNUT ONLY Prompt Shipment, and Guaranteed Inspection FRANK PURCELL 515 Dwight Building. KANSAS CITY. MO. BUSS-COOK OAK CO. BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS MANUFACTURERS Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior Trim, Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. As Well As OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried or kiln dried, rough or dressed MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 'VOTJJ^gJiiMatiTOros'j^TOMtitaiOT^^ " Table of Contents REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: General Market Conditions 17 You Should Attend the Lumber Congress 18 A Practical Workmen's School 18 SPECIAL ARTICLES: Important Announcements from Washington 19-21 Letter from a Gadder 21-22 Lumber Storage Sanitation , 22 The Business Barometer 22a The Making of Crutches 22a Lumber Prospects in Russia. 22b Practice and Theory in Common Cause 23-24 Estimated Lumber Cut in 1918 30a The Nation's Cut-over Lands 30a CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Export Shipping Conference Meets with Success 30a Miscellaneous 30b.-3I THE MAIL BAG 30b WITH THE TRADE 31-33 PERTINENT INFORMATION 33-34 HARDWOOD NEWS 34-42 HARDWOOD MARKETS 42-45 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 46-47 HARDWOODS FOR SALE 47-50 ADVERTISERS' DIRECTORY 49 ..SDBSCRIFTION TEBMS: In the United States and Its possessions, and Canada, $2.00 the year; In foreign countries. $1.00 extra postage. 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Chicago, April 10, 1919 No. 12 General Market Conditions No SINGLE FKATI'RE of reeoiistructioii lias been given more discussion than the slow development in building. The build- ing industry affects so many people and so vitally that the slack- ness in the building trades has become a paramount national issue. It seems though that while discussion has been almost feverish, and while the population as a whole has been considerably wrought up over the situation, building plans have gone quietly on and now that figures have been collected, the result shows not only a con- sistent improvement since the first of the year, but a figure for March that makes a very agreeable comparison with normal. As a matter of fact the private work projected since the first of the year will alone reach sufficient proportions to warrant a feeling of distinct satisfaction. Coming so early in the discussion of building costs and their effect upon the progress of the industry, the result so far attained is surely encouraging. It really has only been for the last few weeks that the propaganda, urging prospective build- ers to forget vain hopes of greatly reduced building costs and start work, has shown organized effort. Those who know the situation are unanimous in the opinion that this propaganda is based on absolute fact; that pre-war building costs will not be attained and that it is foolish to postpone construction in anticipation of greatly lowered cost figures. The "build now" jn'opaganda has taken the form of advertising, of exhibits, of lectures, of personal talks and all toward the same goal that the people at large may build now. With results so far secured through the campaign in this more or less disordered form, as it has so far been carried on, it is reasonable to expect far greater returns from a well organized propaganda which is now taking shape. It is conceded that the only thing necessary is to bring people to the realization that the present cost of building is approximately stable for a year or two to accomplish the objects of the "build now" campaign. Thus those selling lumber and those selling goods such as trim, doors and other articles made from lumber may reasonably expect that the immediate future market within the building industries will be of rapidly increasing proportions. , Two months ago the furniture industry was in a remarkable ■ state of uncertainty. Very few furniture manufacturers were in any way sure of their ground and the industry was in a distinctly unsatisfactory position. Today the same factories which two months ago were buying practically nothing are finding it very difficult to fill their requirements in some materials, and as a matter of actual fact are willing to jiay almost any reasonable price for many articles, particularly in hardwood lumber. The same condition holds true of other raw materials going into the furniture industry, and taken as a whole the furniture business is distinctly good. It can hardly be said that the automobile business is holding quite up to the standards promised by the exceedingly good start made at the end of the war. In fact, it is stated that the industry is considering the advisability of holding down production to a degree at least. The reason for this is of course obvious. An automobile represents such a substantial investment that many people who might otherwise buy figure they would be justified in waiting as any reduction in the price of an automobile would of necessity have to be of substantial enough proportions to make the saving worth while for the prospective purchaser. Furthermore here is a standard article in which stables such as metals make up a good part of the cost. The unsatisfactory outcome of the read- justment of steel prices necessarily has led the country to wonder just how far. down the metal prices really could go. As the advanc- ing cost of automobiles has been attributed to a considerable ex- tent to advancing steel costs, the average man will obviously con- sider that as there seem to be prospects for a still farther drop in the price of steel, he is justified in waiting for a cut in automobile prices. Therefore with this hesitation the business is not holding up so briskly as it started out, although it is likely that sales will practically keep pace with increasing production capacity. For the most part other lines of woodworking are showing a dis- tinctly strong condition and it can be anticipated with reasonable assurance, that the government will at an early date provide the means whereby all purchasing fields in which the government is interested, such as railroad construction and repairs, government housing, road and bridge building and other lines may proceed with rapid expansion. Figures on lumber production are showing more authentic and concrete form every day. Keports from the North now reflect a concrete idea of the amount of lumber which will there be pro- duced. The ultimate showing in logging is more favorable than was anticipated a month or two ago as the late snows and freezing greatly helped the log input. However, authentic figures now com- piled show as an absolute maximum only seventy per cent of normal log input and hence of prospective lumber production. The southern logging situation has been getting worse rather than better, and as matters now stand the input of logs throughout the entire southern region is hardly going to come up to the fifty per cent figure. In the face of these conditions there has still been a slight re- 18 HARDWOOD RECORD April 10. 1919 cession in hardwood values, but taking the aggregate iiguvo, this falling off has been so small as to bo practically imperceptible. As a matter of fact the groat trouble with the market now is that there is altogether too much uncertainty of values as when a man begins to cut he has a long ways to go before he even approaches figures that he used to get. Therefore, he feels safe in cutting in big .lumps. On the other hand, prices have reached a sufficiently high figure so that the man with the courage of his convictions regarding supply and prices, maintains a relatively high level. A story came out of an important southern consuming section a short time ago that pretty well illustrates the present hardwood situation. A certain large furniture buyer was negotiating with a salesman for the purchase of a large block of standard material. It happened that this lumberman knew what his stuff cost him and had no intention of shading his figures a nickle. He therefore made his quotation and backed it up with an adequate sales talk on quality. The buyer on the other hand naturally tried to do a little better by suggesting low quotations he had received but eventually conceded the excellence of this company's material and placed the order at the price asked. After the lumberman had left the office, the furniture man expressed himself as saying that if the lumberman had asked $10 more for the same material he would have been given the order. The big point that lumbermen should keep before them today is that no one blanket policy can cover a whole list of pros- pects. There was never before a time when salesmanship was so essential; when study of the individual buyer's needs was more likely to lead to profitable results. The absolute require- ment of conditions today is that each sale be treated by itself as an individual matter. If each lumber salesman would precede each visit by reviewing in his own mind his analysis of tlie man he is about to talk to and would formulate a special prop- osition to fit the particular set of conditions he is apt to meet, he would cume out fifty per cent better in his day's work. A well posted salesman will know exactly what his customer uses or can use;, will be conversant with conditions of supply, shipping and prices on that particular material, and will review those conditions to himself before going in to make a call so that when he gets inside and talks to his customers he will have the whole situation clearly in mind. Every salesman going out today to sell lumber should have con- stantly in his mind the impression of the strong position he is in, and should make his approach reflect the confidence which he is entirely justified in feeling. If every salesman would approach his prospects in this way there would be no question of the posi- tion or the future of hardwood stocks. You Should Attend the Lumber Congress LUMBERMEN FREQUENTLY COMPLAIN that they have dif- ficulty in accomplishing big results in matters of national trade importance because of the diverse interests and scattered factions represented within the industry. The American Lumber Congress to be held at Chicago this month is the one big opportunity before the lumber trade for establishing a national voice. The congress is called for a specific purpose. The trade is confronted wdtli problems of weighty importance which can be solved only through EVERYONE INVITED TO ATTEND BIG LUMBER CONGRESS Never before was the lumber industry confronted with so many big problems of vital interest to every member. The American Lumber Congress and the annual convention of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association to be held at the Congress hotel, Chicago, April 14-17, are both de- signed primarily to bring out a discussion and solution of these big problems. Everything points to a record-breaking attendance and accomplishment. It is emphasized by Wilson Compton, secretary-manager of the National Lumber Manu- facturers' Association, that even though the association can not hope to get in touch with every member of the trade, it is urged that all members be present at these tremendously important gatherings, the effect of which will un^joubtedly be epochal in lumber history. Hardwood Record in fact has been requested to extend this direct invitation in behalf of the Natonal Lumber Manufacturers' Association. YOU HELP MAKE LUMBER HISTORY AT CHICAGO, APRIL 14-17 complete discussion and action nationally significant, if not nation- ally binding. This congress is the opportunity the lumber trade has for ex- pressing its wishes in a concerted manner. It is neither a mere lumber convention nor a gathering engineered by factional politics. It is rather a spontaneously created council chamber for the in- dustry made possible by men big enough to see the absolute neces- sity for a national lumber voice. Lumbermen have complained that their business has never been given the recognition deserving of the third largest of America's industries. The reason this recognition has not come about is be- cause the demand for it has been individual and not united. Lum- bermen can appreciate the importance of their own industry but their force as individuals has never been sufficiently concentrated so that it might impress itself as a single force upon the country at large. The things needed by the lumber industry can be accom- plished only when the people and the government realize and recog- nize the overwhelming importance of this business. This recogni- tion can conic only wlipu the real proportions of the business are plainly reflected from an united body. The lumber congress gives this opportunity for united rep- resentation of America's third largest industry before the coun- try as a whole. Prominent gov- ernment officials will participate in the program and that they may carry back with them a proper appreciation of what the industry really is, lumbermen must show themselves united and forceful. An idea of the importance at- tached to the congress by the government can be gained by the fact that such national charac- ters as Walker D. Hines, director general of railroads; Henry Solon Graves, chief forester; William B. Colver, chairman, federal trade commission, appear on the program. Their addresses will be on nationally important subjects. The discussion of sta- bilizing lumber values is something which every lumberman should have a voice in. The congress will offer this opportunity. A Practical Workmen's School DURING MANY YEARS the shingle saws in British Columbia mills have been operated by Hindus or other orientals. It had come to be almost an unwritten law that no other kind of workman should run a shingle machine, and the orientals gradualy came to be- lieve that those particular jobs belonged to them. A slump came in the shingle business and the proprietors of the British Columbia mills found it necessary to reduce the wages of the shingle sawyers. When that announcement was made, the Hindus threw up their jobs and quit, and the mills were left without sawyers. It was then learned that there were no white men prepared to take the vacant places. The operation of a shingle machine is not very difficult, but it requires some training and instruction. There being no white workmen on hand ready for the jobs, it has become necessary to establish schools to give the necessary training. Candidates for the jobs are given a course under competent instruc- tors. This is somewhat new in the vocational training field. Schools are numerous enough which give vocational training, but it is unusual for a man to undertake preparation for a particular job, while the job waits for him. It is proving successful in the shingle business. April JO, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 19 Important Announcements from Washington By H. C. Hallam There will soon develop a cousiderable demand for hardwood flooring and interior trim, and for other hardwood materials and manufactures and other lumber and its products in the countries of western Euro])e, according to John R. Walker, who has returned after absence since August, 1917, as lumber trade commissioner for the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce of the Depart- ment of Commerce. He will submit a full report to the Chicago lumber congress and from there he will start on a tour of the United States to tell various lumber trade associations, conventions and other meetings about the prospects of the American lumber indus- try in European markets. His itinerary is being mapped out by the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. He predicts that America will be the chief source of hardwood for western Europe and that ocean freights will soon come down. He does not agree with the iiopular idea of the reconstruction of devastated areas in Europe. He does not think that there will be immediate and literal reconstruction. This belief is due to the fact that many whole cities and a great many industries have been wiped out in northern France. People and industries have moved away into other parts of France and become established there during four years of war. Many of them will not go back to their old locations, and in any event reconstruction will be gradual. However, even assuming that there is complete reconstruction undertaken in France, for instance, the total requirements for lum- ber will not be so great as might be supposed. On that basis the French government has estimated that 1,000,000,000 feet of con- struction timber will be needed, also 300,000,000 feet of interior trim and flooring, 1,200,000 doors and 1,200,000 windows. The above is understood to apply to buildings of various kinds. The requirements for timber are large for the rebuilding of rail- roads, bridges and canals. The fighting generally followed the lines of railroads, highways and canals and the result was large destruc- tion. The canal lock gates and lock floors generally have been made of wood and need replacement throughout the battle areas. There is an opportunity for American timber. The same is true of rail- road and car materials, which are needed badly in France to remedy lior transportation shortage. The destruction in Belgium was much less than in France, prob- abh- half. Little Salvage Possible French forests produced much oak before the war, but they were drawn on very heavily during the period of hostilities to obtain material for artillery roads. Three-inch planks were used for this purpose, to enable the heavy artillery to advance beyond the rail- roads. Much of the finest timber was sacrificed in this way, the ]>roduet being worth easily $250 per 1000 feet. It was suitable for furniture, but was laid in the mud and was ground under the tractor wheels. It is believed that there will be little salvage in this material. The American forestry troops tried to produce and accumulate a surplus of this oak planking for the expected cam- paign last winter, but were unable to do so, owing to the rapid advance of the allied armies during the latter part of 1918. Even the American forestry units used this high-grade oak for roadways around their camps. The French furniture industry is believed to be handicapped by the utilization of its material as above indicated and by the Ger- mans, and by the latters' removal of machinery from the woodwork- ing establishments in the northern part of France. Mr. Walker also saw fine ash timber they had cut in France to make airplane material, but which they were forced to leave in the haste of their retreat. He saw no evidence in Belgium that the invader had requisitioned pianos and furniture and interior trim from Belgian houses to cut up into propeller stock. "Tliere is a growing demand for plywood and veneer in Europe," said Mr. Walker. "Formerly much of the supply of these materials came from Eussia, but now there is an opportunity for American exporters." The European markets need education in the interest of American lumber. There is a considerable lack of knowledge about the kinds, properties and uses of American woods. Trade and technical pub- lications are short on such information. These conditions, and trade practices, over there result in discrimination against American woods. Nobody had ever before worked in Europe in the interest of American woods. Mr. Walker had planned to return home last fall, but the signing of the armistice changed conditions and it was thought best that he stay on the ground for a while and bring back an up-to-date report on the situation. Before the armistice the belief was held by many that government control of business and industry and commerce continue for a long period after the war, especially as regards the control of tonnage, restriction of imports and exports, purchase of materials, allocation of it to different members of a trade, etc., but it did not take long for other economists and for government officials to adopt another view. Germany May Pay in Timber The result is that government is withdrawing its control of indus- try. Prices were high. There was a shortage of many things, or there would have been at pre-war prices. Accumulations of the stock of lumber in the hands of government and government con- tractors are said to have been sufficient to meet immediate needs. The demand is said to be no greater than the supply at existing prices, but it is predicted that the demand will increase as prices decrease. It has been predicted that America's opportunity to export lumber to France may be curtailed to some extent by the peace conference, if it adopts the French policy of forcing the Hun to repay France for the devastation of her forests by furnishing lumber needed for reconstruction purposes. Northern French forests were largely destroyed by artillery fire, and trees left standing are so full of bullets and shell fragments that they will be of little use. The destroyed forests will gener- ally have to be replanted, as will much of the shell torn battle ground. The latter is useless for agricultural purposes at present, but can be brought around into agricultural condition again by forestation and the resulting addition of humus to the ground and filling of shell holes, the trees being cut off after many years, leav- ing the ground good for farming. Belgium, Italy, and even England, are asking for indemnity from Germany in timber on account of the forest losses suffered by allied countries. The War Finance Corporation has announced its readiness to lend money at 5% per cent to foreign trade concerns organized under the Webb law. These concerns include those built up in the lumber, furniture and other trades. The latest one of these, the export sales corporation of the National Bureau of Wholesale Lumber Distributors, has a committee now in Europe studying lumber mar- kets, but, according to information received from there, it is not being flooded with orders as yet. Looking Southward for Markets W. W. Ewing, trade commissioner of the Department of Com- merce, is author of a report recently published covering the market for construction materials, etc., in South America. This report shows that American lumber for construction and cabinet work and various other articles enjoys a preference in Chile, also that yellow pine and Douglas fir lumber will continue to find a ready market in Peru. 20 HARDWOOD RECORD Aiiril 10, 1019 More tlinn a million dollars worth ot furniture is imported aunually by the west coast countries of South America— Chile, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia — and there is to be in increase as soon as normal conditions are restored. A report by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce states that a great many of the inhabitants have accumulated money dur- ing the war and that they will buy high-grade, very ornate furniture as soon as they can get it. Unfortunately, only medium-iniced and cheap furniture has been imported from the United States In the past, all of the high-grade product coming from Europe. This has created the impression that American furniture is inferior, and it is urged that steps be taken to improve this impression as quickly as possible. The high-grade market is well worth trying for, as the wealthy people pay very high prices for what they want. It is not unusual for newly married couples to put off buying furniture until they get to Europe on their honeymoon, when they go in for the best to be had. Chile is the best market for furniture on the west coast, and the styles demanded range from the simplest patterns to highly ornate Louis XVI designs, which are most admired. The best grades ot Louis XVI furniture sell for $1500 to $2000 per suite. Marble tops are insisted upon for many pieces. Stabilizing Prices The question of stabilizing the prices of lumber and other impor- tant commodities seems to be very much up in the air just now. The announcement following conferences in Washington between the Industrial Board of the Department of Commerce and representa- tives of the lumber industry that the lumber situation presented unusual complexities and the reported decision of the Southern Pine Association at its New Orleans meeting to have nothing to do with a price fixing agreement, have been followed more recently by a split among government officials concerned in the Industrial Board plan and purchasing departments of the government establishment. The railroad administration head, Walker D. Hines, has let it be known that it will not be bound by the reduced steel prices agreed upon between the board and representatives of the steel industry. Conferences between the board and heads of other departments, including cabinet members, have gotten nowhere except an impasse represented by the statement of Secretary of the Treasury Glass that the price stabilization plan has gone back to the board for reconsideration, and a statement by Chairman Peek of the board that the point to be reconsidered was that of prices for railroad steel, which was later repudiated by Glass, who reiterated that the price plan was to be reconsidered. Then the navy announced that it must buy on competitive bids. President Wilson is understood to have been appealed to to order all government purchasing departments to observe the prices pro- posed to be stabilized by agreement between the Industrial Board and the various industries, but so far as known the president has not been heard from. It is reported that his policy will be to keep hands off. Nevertheless Chairman Peek of the Industrial Board seems opti- mistic. He says that the door is not yet closed on the possibility of an agreement. He is negotiating still with the Eailroad Admin- istration. With regard to the Southern Pine section, Mr. Peek says that the industry has never been invited to enter into a price agreement, but has been invited to cooperate with the Industrial Board in an effort to stabilize prices by getting industry voluntarily to make prices as low as present cost and labor conditions will justify. At the same time Mr. Peek made public a letter from J. E. Rhodes, secretary, manager of the association, transmitting a resolution in which the association endorsed the general purpose of the plan involved in the creation of the Industrial Board. It is the view of a lumberman who has been in touch with the Industrial Board that the situation will work itself out in satisfac- tory manner. In regard to differences between the board and other government people, the view was expressed that critics of the board were afraid there will be infringement of the anti-trust laws if the board's policy is carried out. They do not want pronouncements regarding prices to go out as though agreed upon between the indus- trj' and the government, for the direct guidance of the public or as indirectly fixing prices for the government. However, it is said to be perfectly agreeable to the critics that the board make recom- mendations and give advice to the purchasing departments as to the prices which they would be justified in paying. If the public draws its own conclusions from the government price, then well and good. One question seems to be, whether prices shall continue to be announced as a basis for public purchases or only as the basis on which the government will do its buying. Some officials object to the first course as verging on illegal price fixing, while the view of many lumbermen is that the board's plan might be considered viola- tive of the anti-trust law. Not Wholly Hopeful Most of the lumbermen who have been concerned iu conferences with the Industrial Board have left Washington. So far as known here, however, they do not seem to favor the board plan. L. C. Boyle, counsel for the industry, has gone to Kansas City, where he is reported to be ill. Before leaving Washington, liowever, he was pessimistic over the situation. He had been enthusiastic at first for the board's scheme, because he felt sure that lumber prices could not be reduced and business done at a profit, and therefore thought that the board would approve the present price schedule, but after conferring with the board he became convinced that its sole thought apparently was to reduce prices, regardless of facts about costs, etc. J. H. Kirby, president of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, also had been strong for the board plan as he orig- inally understood it, but later declared the association would throw out any member who sought to agree upon price fixing. Following the conferences between the board and lumber industry representa- tives about two weeks ago when no agreement was reached because only fragments of the industry were represented, the further confer- ence then expected never materialized, although Auditor Eickey of the Southern Pine Association did discuss cost data with individual representatives of the board. Charles A. Bowen, secretary of the National Retail Lumbermen's Association, declares his belief that the lumbermen will never again meet the Industrial Board. The latter 's plan is all off, he says. The lumbermen have stated their case and shown that prices can 't be lowered, while the board is said to have demanded reductions. Personally Mr. Bowen is satisfied with the situation, as he has contended that building will be revived and sales increase if present prices are maintained, provided the public once gets used to the idea that there will be no change. He states that certain of the Industrial Board people sought to bring about a $2 reduction in lumber prices, but that representatives of the industry refused to consider this. Canvassing the Situation At this conference the whole situation was canvassed and all of the details brought out. The lumber manufacturers submitted the fact that they were not in a position to make any offer, but felt that the board should make suggestions. This the board refused to do, saying that it was not a committee with any mandatory powers, but was there to help the industry in any way to stabilize prices with the thought and hope of stimulating a revival of com- mercial business. It cited the fact that the steel industry had met it and volun- tarily reduced prices in order to help bring this about, and the lumber industry should follow the steps of the steel industry and make some reductions in present prices for the same reason. The lumber manufacturers pointed out that the steel industry was in a different position; that steel prices had soared to a, very high figure during the war and had already begun a decline before the hearing of the Industrial Board; also that that industry was in a position to reduce prices because of the conditions which surrounded the business and without materially affecting the investment or a rea- sonable profit, and also that there were so few of them that they could unite through a national association or general agreement which would practically bind the whole industry. On the other hand they pointed out that there were something like 35,000 manufac- turers of lumber in the United States, only a small number of which are in any associations at all; that there was no association which could speak for the lumber industry as a whole, and that those present had no authority to bind the industry in anything, nor even April 10. 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 21 the association which they represented, and any statements which they might make would merely concern their own particular com- panies. They pointed out that the price of lumber had never gone beyond what would produce a small margin of profit, let alone an inflated margin, and that under existing conditions, and condi- tions which so far as they could see would maintain for some time to come, the selling costs being almost identical with producing costs, they could not reduce their selling prices without disaster to themselves and the industry as a whole. The Industrial Board was unable to make any suggestions, but was loath to stamp with approval the present prices which were being promulgated by the lumber manufacturers, although it was clearly pointed out that if the manufacturers could not lower prices without disaster to the industry, the Industrial Board should com- njend present prices in order to satisfy the public that present prices of lumber were so low that they could go no lower. The Industrial Board finally agreed to look over cost data offered, which had been prepared by the Southern Pine Association and checked with ajjproval by the Federal Trade Commission, and compared it with prices which the lumbermen were now asking in order to confirm the claims of the manufacturers' committee, all agreeing that this would be typical of all lumber manufacturers, and with a view of issuing a statement later on. No statements have been issued, however, from the Industrial Board since that date, and the negotiations have been practically broken off. W. M. Ritter, a wholesale lumber dealer of Columbus, Ohio, who was connected with the War Industries Board during the war, and who is now a member of this Industrial Board, is generally given credit for having suggested this plan of the Industrial Board as carried out by Secretary Eedfield, and he has been quite anxious that the lumber prices should be lowered in order to stimulate build- ing. It is generally thought that this would be a mistake and that what the public wants is not so much a lowering of prices, having now all practically been convinced that pre-war prices will not appertain, but to know that there is some authority and basis of fact for the statement being issued that there will be no lower prices than what are in effect today. Certain representatives of those on the board endeavored to have a meeting following the conference above referred to, and proposed that all lumber manu- facturing concerns simply agree to a flat reduction of $2 per thou- sand feet from their present prices, but important lumber repre- sentatives refused to consider this, taking the ground that such, or any other price concessions, would be suicidal to the industry in view of the fact that many of the larger producers have for some time past been losing money steadily even at present prices, and that owing to labor and wage conditions and other things con- fronting the industry many mills had shut down and many others would probably do so. Memorial Trees ' The American Forestry Association announces that it will register all trees planted as memorials of American soldier dead and will present a certificate of registration to the individual or organization that plants the trees. The association further offers advice as to the best kinds of trees to plant, how and when and where to plant, together with information about care of trees, etc. According to reports received by the association there will be memorial trees planted in every American country this spring. The impression was gained in Washington the other day that the Railroad Administration will not abolish the transit ear, despite the fight of the retail lumbermen against it. President Wilson has signed an executive order recently made public by the War Department which formally abolishes the air- craft board that was created early in the war. (Jeneral Menaher, head of the air service, says his department will not sell its high grade hardwood surplus at present, but will keep it for possible future use. He denies it has sold high grade spruce at low prices. Sales have been of side cuts. It has 15,000,000 feet fine spruce in stock drying, some of which may be sold later to commercial airplane manufacturers. The Postoifice Department has issued specifications for multi- motored airplanes of commercial type to be used for mail carrying. Bids will be opened June 2, deliveries being wanted in six months after contracts are awarded. The machines must have a minimum capacity of 1.500 pounds of mail and speed of 90 to 115 miles per hour. J. L. Philips is saying nothing and "sawing wood" in connection with his .job of disposing of 30,000,000 feet of surplus government lumber. E. B. Baldinger is here to collect bills for lumber furnished to the government by members of the southern pine bureau. W. H. Sowers is in the East in connection with the activities of the pitch pine export corporation, which is said to include represen- tative yellow pine mills east of the Mississippi river. Twenty cities are now engaged in the ' ' own your own home ' ' campaign inaugurated by the Department of Labor. Wilson favors forestry and minerals as well as agricultural devel- opment. An ofScial outline of the Wilson plan has been made public by Benton Mackaye of the Department of Labor. This outline says that land not meeting the test of suitability for farming can gen- erally be used for growing forests; that these should be handled through methods of "timber culture," not "timber ruining," and ' ' permanent forest communities of workers should replace tem- porary logging camps of hoboes." Letters from a Gadder Editor's Note This is not an imaginary letter but was written by a man familiar with lumber and the lumber buying trade and who is in position to get an accurate view ot conditions as they are in the factories. He has just finished the trip referred to. As it is said that the situation in the East is much more sluggish than in the middle West, his optimistic account of a trip through eastern territory mean:i eren more. April 2, 1919. Dear Editor: If I read right, in my sometimes hasty perusal of your publica- tion, you have a few friends among the producers of hardwood lum- ber who are still standing around with tear-dewed faces asking you to look at the corpse. Far be it from me to disturb their meditations, but my experiences recently lead me to suggest that you tell them to get their hearts out of their boots and quit scaring themselves to death. If they do less worrying and more working, the chances are that they will find that the door of prosperity is somewhat ajar, and if they drop a little faith oil on the hinges it is likely to swing wide open. Of course, I am not qualified to speak of the whole country. These observations are made at the end of a trip among some users of hardwood lumber in Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina. Still I recall once having read government statistics showing that the furniture manufacturers of North Carolina us6d more lumber than similar manufacturers in any other state. So perhaps these observations may be of slight interest. A trip covering the same field was taken in January, and the March trip showed such a different state of mind among the manufacturers visited that a few lines may put a little hope in the hearts of some mourners that are still lamenting about poor business. In January most furniture manufacturers were in the dumps. 22 HARDWOOD RECORD April 10. 1919 They could ?pc no silver lining in any overhanging cloud. One in particular voiced the seeming sentiments of many when he told me that unless there was a quicklyi marked change in the way orders were coming in he' was going to close the plant completely. Every- one complained of lack of orders. As for getting an order for sup- plies from one of them — well one just couldn't seem to do it, that's all. As you know, I have no direct interest in lumljer manufacturing or selling. I do have a vital indirect interest, because if a panel or furniture manufacturer uses lots of lumber the chances are that he uses lots of the product made by the house I represent. So I regard it as a valuable exjierience that, by chance, early in each trip I met a hardwood lumber representative who was making the same towns that were on my schedule. In January neither of us got an order from the man who talked of closing his plant. In March, exactly sixty-one days later, the lumber salesman received an order for eight cars of lumber, one car to be shipped every thirty days, and I got a very substantial order for my house. It is reasonable to suppose that a marked change in business had taken place, because no manufacturer is apt to buy raw materials if business is stagnant. There is a point about the lumber order that I want to em- jihasize, without any moralizing on my part. I'll leave that to your editorial pen, but some of your readers should find some food for thought. Between the buyer and seller there was the usual line of talk about prices. The buyer brought out evidence that he had been quoted prices ranging from one to three dollars per thousand feet less than what the salesman was offering the same grades of lumber for. The lumberman, however, stood by his guns and refused to change his original quotations. He talked about the quality of his product and the general satisfaction previous ship- ments had given, and was eventually rewarded with the order and a remark from the buyer to the effect that from previous experi- ence he knew what he was going to get, and would rather pay a few dollars more for that lumber than a few dollars less for an inferior product that would show more waste in the remanufactur- ing. This lumber representative and I got considerable enjoyment along the trip by developing a sort of competitive scheme. At night we would compare our so called efficiency of the day. If we made a sale at every call we were one hundred per cent efficient for the day. For five consecutive days we each ran perfect. At High Point our efficiency got bumjied. He ran about 60 per cent, while I checked in at 66% per cent. Here the advantage was with me, as I made less calls, but the total value of orders was far from disappointing. This efficiency game may mean little to you, but during tlie days we were together neither of us ran below 50 per cent, and we were booking orders for future as well as for im- mediate shipment. In general on the entire trij) I found that tlie only manufacturers to make any complaint whatever were a few who make the cheaper lines of furniture. Most of these said that they had orders for two or three patterns of their better grades that gave them enough to do. Walnut and mahogany veneered goods in period designs were in demand, but solid plain oak was "dead.'' Some were getting new designs ready for the New York exhibit which takes place during the fifteen days beginning March 30. Others were making ready for the Jamestown exhibit in April. The "blues" prevalent in January had vanished and there seemed a general feeling that by fall some of the retail furniture dealers would be "yelling their heads off" for goods. The manufacturers say that orders are coming in in such a way as to show that the dealer is simply buying to fill in sold stocks, and if the public should show a sudden tendency to buy, the dealer may find himself like the nigger in the scow "up the creek without a paddle." Skilled labor is in considerable demand. Almost without excep- tion I found manufacturers could use cabinet makers, finishers or skilled machine men, but they don't come around. So promising unskilled men are being taken on and developed as fast as possible. This isn't much of a letter, but I hope it may encourage some pessimist. If I told you the amount represented in the orders I took you would think I was boasting, but I will tell you a little about the lumber salesman. I don 't profess to know whether or not he did a good business, but in fourteen days he booked orders for seventy-two cars, and he didn't shade his prices one "two- bit" piece. He seemed reasonably well satisfied. M. A. B. Lumber Storage Sanitation Lumber stored in well-roofed sheds is usually in pretty fair con- dition, so far as decay is concerned, provided any sort of care is taken of the foundations; but that statement cannot be made of lumber yards generally. However, many large yards are models of orderliness, cleanness, and good arrangement. Most large com- panies are well aware of the deterioration which neglect of their piles and grounds will cause, and measures are taken accordingly, but elsewhere, neglect is too often apparent in damp situation, undraincd yards, and decaying foundations. In places like that, a lumber yard health officer is needed to prescribe rules and regula- tions for the welfare of the lumber. Perhaps the prescription might be worded about as follows: Strong efforts should be made to store the product on well-drained ground, removed from the possible dangers of floods, high tides, and stand- ing water. All rotting debris scattered about yards should be collected and burned, no matter whether it be decayed foundation and tramway timbers or stored lumber which has become infected. In the case of yards already filled in to considerable depths with sawdust and other woody debris the situation can be improved by a heavy surfacing with soil, slag or similar material. Weeds should be cut away from the piles to allow good ven- tilation. More attention should be given to the foundations of lumber piles In order to Insure freedom from decay and better ventilation beneath the stacks. Solid foundations should never be used. In humid regions the etock should not be piled less than 18 to 24 inches from the ground. Wood blocking used in direct contact with wet ground should be protected by the application of creosote or other antiseptic oils or else replaced by concrete, brick or other durable materials. Treated skid timbers would also be highly advantageous. Foundations should be built so that the piles will slope approximately 1 inch to every foot of length. In most regions lumber should not be close piled in the open, but should be stuck with crossers at least 1 inch thick. Lateral spacing is also very desirable. Roofing or coyer boards on the piles should not be neglected, »n„d *;hould extend over for several inches in front and back. Instead of throwing the stickers about on the ground to become infected with decay they should be handled carefully, and when not in use piled on sound foundations and kept as dry as possible. If pine, saturated with resin, or the heartwood of such durable species as white oak or red gum be employed, the danger of possible infection will be greatly decreased. In storage sheds the necessity for piling higher from the ground is very apparent In many cases. The same remedies apply here as for pile founda- tions in the open. The sheds should be tightly roofed and the siding should not be run down below the bottcun of the foundation sills. Free air cir- culation should be allowed from all sides beneath the Inclosure. Only thoroughly dry stock should be stored in close piles under cover. Should fungous outbreaks occur in storage sheds not constructed to meet sanitary needs the infected foundation timbers should all lie t(frn out and replaced with wood soaked in an antiseptic solution or by concrete or brick. In all cases the new foundations should be so constructed as to keep the lumber well off the ground, and the soil and timber immediately adjoining the Infected area should be sprayed or painted with an antiseptic solution of a water-soluble salt, like sodium fluorid, mercuric chlorid, zinc chlorld, or copper sulphate. Apiii in, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 22a The Business Barometer Things Every Business Man Should K Happenings in Basic Industries Steel. — By agreement of leading steel producers with tlie gov- er>!2i8nt steel prices are cut an average of about $12 a ton below the prices of 1917. Average agreed upon is $63 for eight basic steel products, compared with government price of $70.75 last year, a high of $116.69 in July, 1917, a high pre-war price of $40.63, and a 1914 low of $30.97. Director General Hines, of the Eailway Administration, refused to accept the price reductions agreed upon, and a new conference has resulted. Representatives of 96 per cent of nut, bolt and rivet manufac- turers of the United States and Canada have agreed to reductions of 20 to 40 per cent in their products, without any reduction in wages. Eeport of United States Steel Corporation for 1918 shows total »iet earnings for year of $158,631,8.56.20 after deducting interest, depreciation and charges; $88,107,052.16 less than 1917. Company paid 14 per cent on common stock in 1918. Balance carried to sur- plus, $aS,935,350.32, making total surplus of $466,888,421.38. Coal. — Bituminous coal operators, after conference with Federal Industrial Board on prices, broke off discussion, charging lack of cooperation in attempt to arrive at a fair price. Specifically, they charge attempt of Railroad Administration to secure coal for rail- roads at figures below cost, making prices to the public higher. Lumber. — Representatives of the lumber industry, in conference with Industrial Board of Department of Commerce, will adjust lum- ber prices, based on cost figures from all sections and other con- siderations. It is understood that lumber and other price arrange- ments have the approval of Department of Justice. Copper. — War Department has reached agreement with copper producers by which 100,000,000 pounds of government copper will be disposed of at market prices during next fifteen months, through the United Metal Selling Company, organized to handle the deal, at 5,000,000 pounds a month for the first ten months, and 10,000,000 pounds a month thereafter. A price agreement is also under dis- cussion. Building. — Information compiled by Department of Labor shows public and other building projects of a total value of $1,708,738,936 planned, as follows: Paving, sewers, public buildings, etc., 3,226 projects, $1,249,548,825; business buildings, factories, apartments, railroads, etc., 2,999 projects, $459,190,111. Railroads War Finance Corporation has sold $200,000,000 five per cent one- year bonds to secure funds for railroad and other purposes. The bonds are virtually tax free, and were taken immediately through federal reserve banks. Director General Hines, in an address at Pittsburgh, emphasized Tue intention of Railroad Administration to proceed with program of improvements, in order to keep roads in repair and employ labor. Eventual return to private operation of roads was suggested by him, with government supervision. ' War Finance Corporation has been making advances to railroads to meet current requirements, secured by certificates of indebted- ness issued to railroads by Railroad Administration. Analysis of 1918 railway earnings made by Bureau Railway Economics shows deficit of $214,000,000, of which $150,000,000, or 70 per cent, is chargeable to eastern roads, and $72,000,000 to western roads, while southern roads earned a surplus of $8,500,000 above government guarantee. Report of 1918 operation of British railroads by government, according tx> American Association of Railway Executives, shows deficit of $190,000,000, compared with surplus of $250,000,000 for now the year before, under private operation. Wages increased 160 per cent, passenger rates 50 per cent. Exports Exports of foodstuffs during 1918 were 5,005,987,010 pounds, including 2,500,000,000 pounds of pork and 1,250,000,000 pounds of beef; January, 1919, 434,812,025 pounds of food exports, an increase of 215,210,785 pounds over January, 1918. February exports, just announced, amount to $588,000,000 to all countries, an increase of 43 per cent over February, 1918. Eight months ending with February, exports were $4,386,000,000, com- pared with $3,862,000,000 for corresponding period. Exports of gold are going almost entirely to Latin-America, silver to Great Britain. Export figures for eight months of fiscal year show large increases in breadstuffs (50 per cent) and cottonseed oil (100 per cent), a slight decrease in volume of cotton, but increase in value, on account of high price, and a decrease in volume and increase in value of petroleum products. Permanent export, commerce and marine committee of Ameri- can Bankers' Association established in New York, John McHugh of New York, chairman. Miscellaneous Unemployment estimated by Judge Gary of U. S. Steel (March 28) at 400,000 for entire United States. Dissolution of Corn Products Refining Company as a trust decreed by Federal Court in New York, with sale of all but three plants. The company agreed to the decree; estimated proceeds of sales equal $15 a share of its stock. War Department has sold $200,000,000 of surplus war materials to forejgn governments. Conference of southern bankers, planters and ofScials at Memphis agrees to reduce cotton acreage this year by 27 to 30 per cent. Commercial stocks of wheat estimated by Department of Agri- culture at 197,277,000 bushels, 308 per cent of 1918 figure. War Department announces 263,026,000 pounds of wool in hands of government March 29, not including 300,000 bales of Australian wool also owned. Food Administration licensing of meat packers terminated by proclamation of President, effective April 1. Lines of Postal-Telegraph-Cable Company taken under entire control by Postmaster General Burleson, officers charged vnth obstructing government operation. President Mackay and other olBeers deny charges. Postmaster General Burleson announces 20 per cent increase in telegraph rates, effective April 1. War savings stamps sales in January aggregated $48,399,000, Ohio- leading in total and Vermont in per capita sales. Dow-Jones bond average for March declined to 70.78, compared with 67.79 in September, 1918 — the low level since 1914. The Making of Crutches The makers of crutches in Canada are unable to compete with manu- facturers of that article in the United States. They are produced on our side of the line and are shipped to Canada at a cost below what the Canadians can make them for. New Hampshire is the leading crutch-making state, and before the war it consumed 590,000 feet of wood yearly in the manufacture of this article, which was more than half of the total for the whole United States. The leading crutch woods in New Hampshire before the war were yellow birch, paper birch, sugar maple, hickory, lancewood, rosewood and cherry. These are named in the order of quantities used. No mahogany is listed as crutch material in the United States, yet it is a fact that some of this wood is used. 22b HARDWOOD RECORD April 10, I'JIU Lumber Prospects in Russia Russia, which together with Finland exported 52 per cent of the lumber needs of the world before the war, is out of the running for the next four or five years and England, France, Belgium, Holland and other European nations, wliicli were planning before the Bolshe- vik revolution to secure several billion feet of lumber from that vast empire, must look to the United States, Canada, and to Scan- dinavia, principally Sweden, for these huge needs, according to Eoger Simmons, trade commissioner. Department of Commerce, Washington, who recently delivered an extremely interesting address to the members of the Lumbermen 's Club of Memphis, Tenn., and the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association on the results of his investigations into lumber conditions in Russia, covering a period of eighteen months. He attributed the elimination of Russia from the export field to the chaos and economic ruin which have followed the world-wide war, the Russia revolution, and the policy of the Bolsheviks, especially in the nationalization of industry. He declared that the deplorable condition in which Russia finds herself gives the lumber manufacturers of the United States, Canada, and Scandinavia the greatest opportunity they have ever had. He believed that lumber interests in the United States should take steps that will make it possible for them to go after this huge busi- ness in a manner that will enable them to secure the profits to which they are entitled, and he made it quite clear that the organization of a strong combination for handling this overseas business should be effected with as little delay as possible. Ruined by Revolution Mr. Simmons also dealt in a most interesting manner with the Bolshevik revolution. He had no hesitancy in pronouncing Bol- shevism, which is absolute anarchy tempered but slightly with socialism, as the greatest menace in the history of humanity and civilization, and he urged that the United States and its allies should, instead of withdrawing their forces from the Archangel front, throw more men into Russia and check this tremendous evil by military force. Otherwise, he intimated, in striking language, there is no limit to which it may not extend in a surprisingly short time. He referred particularly to the ' ' nationalization of industry ' ' under the Bolshevik regime, saying that as a result thereof prac- tically every mill in Russia was dismantled or put out of commission, with the exception of those in the Archangel district, which is eon- trolled by the United States and the countries with which it is allied. According to Mr. Simmons, the Bolshevik do not represent more than ten per cent of the population of Russia, but he pointed out that they have control of the government, of the army, of the finances, of the food supply and of everything that pertains to the essentials of life, industry and commerce, and that, because of this control, they are in position to force their will absolutely upon the other ninety per cent. He said that they were ruling with an iron hand and that they were responsible for more murders than any other body in the history of the world. The ruling classes have suffered worse than other sections of the population, a man being better treated the lower he stood in the scale. For a man to show any prominence in finance, in commerce, in industry or in any other direction, meant that' he would be punished by starvation, imprisonment, or murder. He told of the terrible punishment meted out to women who were found wearing warm clothing, and of the murder of women and children by the hundreds, including all the boys in the schools in Russia corresponding to West Point and Annapolis in the United States. In referring to the position of the United States army in Russia, he said that the Archangel area, which is occupied by these forces and by men from the allied nations, is more nearly normal than any other part of that vast empire, vrith the schools in session, the rail- roads in operation and the banks doing business as usual. He believed that, if the allied forces were withdrawn, the Bolshevik would overrun this part of Russia and kill every man, woman and child therein on the alleged claim that they had interfered with the government of Russia in favor of the enemy. Change of Plans Necessary Mr. Simmons said that, with the exception of Ambassador David R. Francis, he was, so far as he knew, the last American in Russia to arrive in the United States, and thus explained why he had remained in that country under the terrible conditions existing under the Bolshevik regime in the following language: In view of the chaotic situation in Russia and the rapid disintegration of all economic life, I anticipate that a good many lumbermen question why I remained in Russia trying to prosecute a market investigation under such abnormal conditions. Soon after my arrival in European Russia I discovered that the revolution, although entirely changing the character of my fitudy. made it of greater importance to .American lumbermen than if carried on under normal conditions. For instance, the energetic efforts of the Germans to secure control of important sawmill properties in Russia and to dominate the important posi- tions as middle men for lumber exports indicated that the industry in thi hands of the Germans would afford much more formidable competition than if controlled by Russia. Further, after the Bolshevik campaign had changed from a political to a social revolution and was producing rapid disintegration of Russia's commercial and industrial life, it became evident that Russia would not be able to export lumber for some time. There- fore, to get information to determine definitely the true significance of these changes was of paramount importance, particularly in regard to forest devastation due to the war and destruction of sawmill properties resulting from the revolution. Resources and Prospects During Mr. Simmons' travels througli Russia he collected a vast amount of statistics on the subject of that country's forest resources and its past trade. Some of these investigations were original and resulted in bringing many important facts to light that will have bearing on future lumber business in that part of the world. Russia has more than 400,000,000 acres of forest west of the Ural Mountains, chiefly softwoods. It was Mr. Simmons' opinion that the resources of European Russia in hardwoods were scarcely one- tenth as great as similar resources in our southern states. Her hard- wood forests lie, for the most part, in the western part of the coun- try, and if exported, would naturally find an outlet through the Baltic sea or across the border into Poland and westward. But large hardwood exports from that region are no more to be expected in the near future than are exports of softwoods by way of the Baltic. Siberian Oak Mr. Simmons threw some new light on the subject of Siberian oak. It has been popularly supposed that a large part of the wood reach- ing the western world under the name of Japanese oak was really cut in Siberia, According to Mr. Simmons, that is not the case, little or no Siberian oak having been exported, and with little probability that any ever will be exported. The trees are small, and while they cover an extensive territory, the available quantity is small. Th? forests of southeastern European Russia contain much large timber, but not much as yet been taken out, except as staves and Circassian walnut logs. Beech trees seven feet in diameter occur there. It is a mountainous region and logging operations will be exjiensive. It is related somewhere in the New Testament that a certain preacher ate "locusts and wild honey." The phrase has set com- mentators guessing; but a reasonable explanation is that the wild locust was the mesquite tree and the honey was contained in its pod. The tree, known there as carob, grows abundantly in that country, and its pods and beans furnish food for men and cattle to this day. Many persons in those parts live part of the time on this wild food. The interpretation by former theologians to the eifeijt that John the Baptist ate honey and grasshoppers is not so widely held as it once was. Mesquite pods are more appetizing and sanitary. April 10, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 23 Practice and Theory in a Common Cause Woodworkers Study Technical Features of TTieir Business Under Direction of Madison Experts BEGINNING MARCH 1 7 and ending two weeks later, a school, unique of its kind, was held at Madison, Wis., under the auspices of the United States Govern- ment. The Forest Products Laboratory supplied from its staff of scientists the instructors, and the pupils came from factories which make chairs and furniture. TTie purpose was to bring together scientific specialists and manufacturing experts, for discussion of and instruction in certain problems which confront the progressive user of wood. No other school just like it has ever been held in this country, and if results come up to expecta- tions, the foundation has probably been laid for similar work along other lines which will join theory and prac- tice in wood utilization for the benefit of the industry and the public. The government furnished some of its best men in the special lines of work, and manufacturers were repre- sented by as good as they could send. The field was not general but included principally dry kilns, veneer panels, and glue. The men who attended as students were interested in these matters, and the lecturers had specialized in the scientific phases of that work. The manufacturers who took the courses follow: John H. Veneklasen and John Welmers, representing the John WicJdicomb Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. C. J. Baldwin, representing The Macey Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. H. Hubut, of the Berkey & Gay Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. W. H. Negley, representing himself. A. C. Devereaux, also of Grand Rapids, representing the Grand Rapids Chair Company. These men -were specially interested in glues and ply- wood in connection with the manufacture of furniture or similar products. Others who were most interested in kiln drying, with the firms represented, were the follow- ing: H. Kronexneyer, Peru Chair Works, Peru, Ind. C. A. Maxey, Grand Rapids Show Case Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. j. D. Halstead and Vander Kodde, Crocker Chair Company, Sheboygan, Wis. J. H. Dargie, P. Derby & Company, Inc., Gardner, Mass. B. F. Hilton, Berkey & Gay Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. H. Hoppe, Milwaukee Chair Company, Milwaukee, Mich. R. A. Kelley, Webster Manufacturing Company, Superior, Wis. A. K. Dewick, Wisconsin Chair Company, Port Washngton, Wis. Lectures and Demonstrations Every hour of the two weeks was filled with lectures, demonstrations and tests. Eleven lectures were given on the structure and other physical properties of wood; eleven on practical problems of kiln drying; six on glues; and four on veneers, either in connection with glue prob- lems, or along other lines. The lectures constituted only half of the course of study, for laboratory tests were made daily to emphasize and clear up points referred to by the lecturers. Every- thing was made as practcial as possible and as plain as circumstances would allow. A good deal of attention was given to the structure of wood,, so far as structure has a direct bearing on the working qualities of wood. Shrinkage, swelling, warp- ing, and checking are produced by or are due to the minute structure of wood, its cells, fibers, rays, pores. These elements, some of which are microscopic, others not, were pointed out and explained in a way to clear up the meaning of some of the laboratory tests which followed, and to show why woods cannot be mishandled and abused without producing undesirable results. Particular attention was given to the presence of mois- ture in the wood, and to the results which are apt to follow the presence of too much of it or the too rapid extraction of moisture. Methods of determining and measuring the presence of moisture in wood were ex- plained, and instructions were given whereby proper rec- ords could be kept. What the lecturers explained in the class room, the tests in the laboratory made clear and practical. The lecturers emphasized the fact from the beginning that they did not expect or intend to teach the manu- facture of furniture, but should content themselves with assisting in solving some of the troublesome problems which plague the worker in wood. The Dry KUn's Proper Work With a working understanding of wood's structure, its behavior in the dry kiln is not difficult to comprehend. With many manufacturers of wood commodities, the dry kiln is the weak point and gives most bother. No formula for drying wood in a kiln has yet been devised that will do satisfactory work without man's help, and a large part of that help must be brain work. The government laboratory at Madison has given a great deal of attention to dry kilns during the past six or eight years, and has sample kilns in which various phases of the drying pro- cesses can be watched and studied, thereby showing ex- actly what is taking place under conditions that can be regulated and measured. Facilities for these observations were provided for the class taking the course in kiln drying. The first step con- sisted of a descriotion of the kiln, its apperatus for regu- 24 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section April 10, 1919 CERTPg TRADEMARK Re&, ^i![iiiiiinic]iiiiniiiiii[]iiiiiiiniMC]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiMi»iiM I Certus Cold Glue I j (The Original Water-proof Glue) | Joint Glue remaining liquid a | full working- day after mix- | ing. I 1. Highest adhesive and wa- | ter resisting quality. | 2. In comparison lowest I priced glue on the mar- | ket. ' I I 3. Saves time, lahor, heat | I and trouble. | I 4. When mixed with cold | I water ready for use in | I 15 minutes. | I 5. Suitable for all outside | I gluing even in cold and | I wet weather. I I 6. A lay be used in jointing | I machines. | I 7. Cilues natural damp (not | I wet or green) as w^ell as I I dry lumber, steel, brass, | I stone, glass, linoleum, | I cork, cloth, etc., to wood | I and leather. | I 8. Stands all climates, even | I the most humid. | I 9. Especially adaptable for | I use in gluing hardwoods I I of all kinds. | i ^ I 10. Uniform government in- | I spected and sealed. | I Write for sample for testing on your special work. Our services | I are at your disposal. = I CERTUS COLD GLUE CO. I I DETROIT, MICH. | >IIUIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIII[]lllllllllll|[]||||IIIIIIIIC]||||||||||||[]|||||||||||IUIIIIIIIIIIIIC]|||||||tlll|[]llllllllllll[]IIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIII|l|l|.^ lating heat, humidity, air currents, and the like. Tlien the behavior of the wood when acted upon by different forces w^as shown. The kind of wood, its condition when it goes into the kiln and its condition at various stages of its progress, must be understood and watched; for if left to chance, something serious may happen, no matter how nearly perfect the kiln may be in its arrangement and facilities. The kiln furnishes the machinery but it has no brains. They must be furnished by the operator; and perhaps the main thing of all is to so train the man in charge of a kiln that he can both see what is happening and provide a quick remedy, if needed, and know just what the best remedy is. It is believed that therein lies the principal secret of successful kiln drying. In the manufacture of furniture, and in making anci handling veneer panels for other purposes, the manage- ment of the glue is of first importance. The course of instruction at the laboratory included lectures on glue and experiments and tests in mixing and applying it as it should be done to secure the best results. Proper kiln drying is the first step, but it is only half, and following that step comes the application of the glue to make strong joints and satisfactory panels. The instruction at the laboratory included discussion of kinds of glues and their properties and uses; tests for viscosity, jelly, grease, acidity, odor, decomposition, and, of course, the strength, which is one of the principal considerations. The tests for animal glues follow lines differing from tests for vegetable and casein glues, and wherever the differences may be of either advantage or disadvantage in a prac- tical way, the points of difference are brought out and emphasized. The sources of the various glues are ex- plained, together with methods of manufacture. The course included lectures on and demonstrations of ply^vood construction, including the effect of varying the angle of grain of successive plies; and the effect of the number of plies on the twisting and cupping of panels. This was followed by discussion and tests of the effect of varying the species of v/ood and the thick- ness of the sheets, on twisting and cupping. Joints and the methods of making them came in for practical con- sideration. Defect in plywood is, of course, a matter of much importance, and laboratory tests and demonstra- tions were devoted to that phase of panel making. Causes of defects and the remedies were carefully con- sidered. Among the experiments carried out were tests of specimens glued with animal and others with vegetable glues, with the compilation of results for future refer- ence. Similar work was done with casein and blood- albumen glues. This was followed by the examination and testing of plywood glued at different moistures and densities. The last day of the two weeks' course was devoted to clearing up points which seemed to need further dis- cussion. Questions were asked and many matters were reviewed. April 10, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 25 \mM^ 1 ^ii!^it^'i'^'m^i?ljgg EaiCTig3»|tj^|iij|iyi:LU'itvjiiLUiiijjiiiAji^^ ^ I The Home of N. B. Figured Red Gum !™— !™!1^^ "iiiiiiiiiiiiiii ,ii»i»»ii,i ,„„„„„„ „,„„„, , ,„„„ , Samples and Prices Sent on Request The word home is used here advisedly, for the spirit of the home is the spirit of our organization. That is why N. B. Figured Red Gum Veneer occupies a distinctive place in the minds of all buyers of this beautiful cabinet wood. It is the product of an organ- ization whose greatest pride is the quality of its output. The fast growing use of Red Gum in the manufacture of furniture, in interior trim, and in high grade fixtures, is an indication of the growing popularity of this hand- some Southern hardwood. An added advantage of buying N. B. Figured Red Gum Veneer is the saving in freight which may be accom- plished by buying small lots in cars with Sawed and Sliced Quartered Oak and Hardwood Lumber, of which we are extensive manufacturers. ]y[ICKEY gROTHERS, JNC. MEMPHIS, TENN. 26 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section April 10, 1919 PLYWOOD For Makers of Made of FURNITURE QUARTERED OAK CABINETS, CHAIRS MAHOGANY TABLES, DESKS BLACK WALNUT TRUNKS QUARTERED GUM MOTOR TRUCKS PLAIN RED GUM FILING CABINETS PLAIN OAK INTERIOR TRIM & ASH, BIRCH, ELM FIXTURES BASSWOOD & MAPLE Flat or Bent Work Machined or in Panels, With or Without Part Cabinet Work Finished or in the White Send Us Your Specifications WISCONSIN CABINET & PANEL COMPANY NEW LONDON, WISCONSIN PERKINS VEGETABLE GLUE <|> Same Old Glue yJwHV Same Old Process Same Old Service nMx Same Old Guarantee under the Same Old Name Perkins Glue Company You know what this has meant in your gkie room for years past A REAL vegetable glue, as good or better than Animal Glue, can- not be sold and used for wood joints, which does not infringe our United States Letters Patent, held valid and infringed by United States Circuit Court of Appeals. PERKINS GLUE COMPANY FACTORY: SALES OFFICE: Lansdale, Pennsylvania South Bend, Indiana April 10, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 27 "The Cabinet Wood Superior" Nature has given Cabinet Makers and Interior Trim Workers many ideas to realize their ambitions of producing designs of character. Nature has also given the ^'Cabinet W^ood Si/ per/or'' to assist in applying these designs. ''The Cabifiet Wood Superior'' Is, Without Question, American Black Walnut The soft tone, deep lustre and delicate shades of rich brown color of American Black Walnut places it above all others. Consider well the class of wood you use and we venture the assertion, your decision will be AMERICAN BLACK WALNUT " IT'S C L A S S Y " Walnut ExcIus/vcIy All Grades and Thicknesses Pickrel Walnut Company ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 28 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section April 10, 1919 War needs for veneers led to much advance in the manufac- ture of panels, particularly those of large size. The making of airplanes and hydroairplanes called for sheets of larger size than had ever been used before, and also for grades of work a little better than had been usual. The experience thus acquired will not be useless in civilian work which calls for high-grade panels. SPECIALISTS IN -DIFFICULT ITEMS- We Manufacture ROTARY CUT VENEERS THIN LUMBER SPECIALTIES BIRCH DOOR STOCK MAPLE PIANO PIN BLOCKS ELM HOOPS AND LINERS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE BEHIND OUR PRODUCTS MUNISING WOODENWARE CO. MUNISING, MICH. VENEERS FOR AEROPLANE CONSTRUCTION A SPECIALTY WRITE, WIRE OR TELEPHONE BIRDS EYE VENEER COMPANY, Escanaba, Mich. WATERPROOF GUM PANELS I'.uilt under C. B. Allen for- mula and passed Govern- ment inspection at Forest Products Laboratory with high average. ALLEN -EATON PANEL CO. MEMPHIS TENNESSEE North Wisconsin IRON-RANGE HARDWOODS The finest and most beautiful liJirch, Oak, Basswood, Ash and ILlm gTown in this country. \Ve use this quality stock exclusively for our: ROTARY CUT LOG RUN ROTARY CUT DOOR STOCK ROTARY CUT FURNITURE ROTARY CUT PIANO STOCK VENEERS ROTARY CUT HOOPS AND LINERS THIN LUMBER SPECIALISTS REMEMBER we are specialists in LOG RUN VENEERS any thickness, any lengths up to 98 in. I. el Us Figure on Your Rcquircinetils Kiel \Voodenware Co. KIEL WISCONSIN MELLEN April 10, 1919 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section .§ SI m n m * M EME im orraiG Fifty- two years ago this company started opera- tions on the same site it now occupies. During- that time the business has never gotten outside of the family nor varied from the old family tradition of integrity of product. Two generations have cut AMERICAN BEAUTY WALNUT nothing but the choicest northern grown hardwoods. The family pride in the business has maintained con- stant progressive development. In fact, the plant equipment has often been ahead of the times for many modern and indispensable mechanical im- nrHsPDM provements in sawmilling were developed at this mill. After two generations of contact with log supply, the present and future show just as pleasing a quality and quantity as was available fifty-two years ago. Sentiment and sound business judgment have for fifty-two years dictated our policy of unchanging integrity. i«P^¥ m FXDRT WAYNE INDIANA iO Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section April 10, 1919 M A L V H U E O M N G B E A E E N Y R R Astoria Veneei & Dock Com Plant and Yard, Long Islan General Offices, 347 Madiso • Mills pany dCity. N.Y. nAve..N.Y. The Dean - Spicker Co. Manufacturers of Oak —Mahogany —Walnut AND LUMBER 22n(l St. and So. Crawford Ave. CHICAGO KANE VEGETABLE VENEER GLUE Quality — None Better We guarantee that the process used in the manufacture of Kane Vegetable Veneer Glue, and also the dissolving with water and caustic soda in the usage of same by the consumer, do not infringe any patents, and particularly the patents recently construed by the Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit or the Decree of the U. S. District Court at Chicago, signed Aug. 5. 1918. Manufactured and sold exclusively by KANE MANUFACTURING CO. 28 E. JACKSON BLVD., CHICAGO April 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 30a A special committee of the National Lumber Exporters' Associa- tion, including R. S. Huildleston, of the HudiUeston-Marsh Mahog- any Company, New York; Wm. E. Weakley, W. M. Rittcr Lumber Company, Columbus, O. ; John L. Alcoek, John L. Alcock & Co., Bal- timore; Wm. H. Russe, Kusse & Burgess, Inc., Memphis; Fred A. Arn, J. M. Card Lumber Company, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Fred. W. Mowbray, The Mowbray & Robinson Company, and Harvey M. Dickson, secretary of the association, held a conference April 3 in New York with the Transatlantic Associated Conferences, an organi- ■ zation of steamship men, to discuss prepayment of inland and ocean freight, through export bills of lading, and stabilization of ocean freight rates. Practically all the steamship lines operating between North Atlantic ports and Europe were represented and every one of the pending questions was discussed at considerable length. The question of prepayment of freight, being so intimately con- nected with that of through ocean bills of lading, was left open till the latter issue can be adjusted. C. E. Spens, of the National Railroad Administration, who was present, announced that he had conferred with the steamship men and had given assurances that the Railroad Administration would meet the transatlantic lines half way, cooperating to the end that the matter of prepayment can be adjusted upon a mutually satisfactory basis. Mr. Spens is to see the railroads again and ascertain just what they are prepared to do, reporting their decisoiu to the steamship representatives. Included in the settlement of this issue is an extension of free time on exports. Assurances were given that the restoration of through bills of lading was sure to come in the near future. On the subject of stabilization of rates, the lumber ex]iorters stated that the trade had been subjected to serious losses as a result of the frequent important fluctuations in rates, which were reduced froin $3.50 per 100 pounds to $3, and then to .$1, being thereafter increased to .$1..50 and $1.75. The steamship men gave assurances that there would be no further wide changes and that every effort would be made to maintain rates at definite figures. It was agreed that in the future the difference between the rates on hardwoods and on softwoods should not be more than ten per cent, thus get- ting down to the pre-war basis, when the charge on oak was 20 cents and that on poplar 22 cents. It is now $1.50 on oak and $1.75 on poplar. In a general wa^- it is to be said that the results of the conference are viewed by the exporters with much satisfaction as making for a termination of the uncertainty that has prevailed in the trade. Estimated Lumber Cut in 1918 A total lumber production of 32,760,000,000 feet is the estimated cut for the year 1918, on the basis of partial returns received by the Forest Service, of the United States Department of Agriculture, from 731 sawmills, each one of which cut 5,000,000 or more feet in the years 1917 or 1918. In 1917 the total production amounted to 36,000,000,000 feet. The decrease in 1918 is not confined to any one region but is general. It is largest in the southern and eastern states and least in the western states. The attached summary shows the production liy states, the number of mills reporting and the reported cut. Xo. (if Reported State — Mills Cut (feet) Alabama 20 252.248,000 Arkansas 39 655,121,000 Florida IS 291,924,000 Georgia 13 134,688,000 Louisiana 91 1,674,662,000 Mississippi 55 929,444,000 Texas 31 560.987,000 North Carolina '. 26 287.783,000 South Carolina 15 197,819,000 Virginia 8 77,794,000 Michigan 37 412,249,000 Minnesota 16 418,751,000 Wisconsin 45 682.439,000 California and Nevada 38 951,367,000 Oregon 68 2,004,882,000 Washington 139 3,226,169,000 Idaho IS 548,469,000 Montana S 281,620,000 Arizona 4 76,652,000 New Mexico 5 48,854,000 Tennessee 4 47,751,000 West Virginia 16 160,117,000 Maine 9 82,430,000 Missouri 8 90,018,000 Two trees that bear the name mahogany occur in the Rocky Moun- tain region and westward, one designated as valley and the other 1 as mountain mahogany. Neither is any kin to mahogany, and the only claim to the name is that the wood is reddish. Neither attains large size and, so far as known, ever goes to the sawmill. The Nation's Cut-Over Lands The aggregate area of cut-over land in the United States is placed at 228,509,000 acres, the ten states having the largest areas being, in the order named: Georgia, Alabama, Minnesota, Arkansas, Wis- consin, Mississippi, Texas, North Carolina, Louisiana, and Mich- igan. Cut-over land is understood to mean ground from which the timber has been removed but farming has not been developed. Nearly half of the states are not credited with any cut-over land, though every state has a little. Among those not credited with any are Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Swamp and overflowed land is not included in this list. The three Pacific coast states have more than ten mil- lion acres of cut-over land, and the New England states over nine million acres. Fashion rules in many small items of wood utilization. The use of applewood for the handsaw handle is an example. It is a good wood for that purpose, but others ought to answer as well. The custom of using it became habit, and habit became fashion. The wood of tame cherry is as handsome as that of the wild trees. Large trees from superannuated orchards are occasionally cut into saw logs and sent to mills. The heartwood is the valuable part, and none but large trees are worth much. One of the most prolific fruit bearers of all wild trees is the service or shad bush; but unfortunately no use is made of the fruit because it is too soft to ship. In the northwestern part of the United States the berry is dried for domestic use the same as the huckleberry sometimes is in the eastern states. 30b HARDWOOD RECORD April 10, I'JH) The Mail Bag B-1221— Hardwoods for Export , March 2G. 1910. — Editcir ILMiiiwoon Record : We have an inquiry from a special friend in England, who is in the market for a variety of high-grade hardwood, all to be used for frames. This includes quartered white oak, basswood, black walnut, mahogany and a tew other of the ordinary woods. He wants to buy in about $1,000 lots. Will you Ijlease advise to whom we shall write to get quickest results? National Association Program The National Luinlier .Manufaelun-rs' Association will meet in Con- gress hotel. Chicago, April 15. and will remain three days in ses,sion. The program contains many interesting features, among which are the following : Standards of Wood Construction — Chairman. W. H. Merrill, Chicago, 111. Standards of Wood Construction from the Standpoint of the Architect — Sullivan W. .Tones, New York City. Commercial Uses of Treated Lumber — A. R. Joyce, Chicago, 111. Development in Heavy Timber Construction — C. E. Paul. Chicago, 111. Protection from Fire in Wooden Ruildlng.s — W. C. Robinson. Chicago. 111. Building Codes in Relation to Standards of Wood Construction — R. S. Whiting. Chicago. 111. Standards for Wooden Shingles and Their I'se — J. S. Williams, Seattle, Wash. Industrial Opportunity Through Organization — Charles S. Keith, Kansas Citv. Mo. Organization for Trade Extension — Chairman, John J. Comerford, De- troit, Mich. I»roblems of the Industry as Viewed by the Salesman — Harry T. Ken- dall. Houston. Tex. National Advertising from the Standpoint of the Retail Dealers — Findley M. Torrence. Xenia, Ohio. Ilarne.ssing the Advertising Forces of the Industrj- — Murray Springer, Chicago. 111. The Economics of Advertising — Charles Coolidge Parlin, Philadelphia, Pa. Retail Service — Chairman. J. C. Dionne. What the National I.nndier Manufacturers' .Association is Doing for the Retail Merchants — II. R. Isherwood. Chicago, 111. The Railroad Problem — Honorable Walker D. llines. Washington, D. C. Trade Organization in American Industry — Honorable William B. Col- ver, Washington, D. C. .V National Lumber Policy — Honorable Henry Solon Graves, Washing- ton. D, C. American Ships for American Goods — Charles E. Piez, Philadelphia, Pa. International Commercial Policy — Honorable Wm. S. Culbertson, Wash- ington, D. (?. The Opportunity for Foreign Trade in Lumber — Honorable F.urwell S. Cutler, Wa.shington, D. C. The Lumber Congress Program A program of twenty pages, printed in pamphlet form, has been issued, covering the four days' session of the American Lumber Congress in Chicago. April 14-17. The session, however, includes the meeting of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association as well as of the congress. The latter will be held April 14, 15. 16; the former 16 and 17. On the evening of .April 14 a dinner will be given at Congress hotel by the National Lumlier Manufacturers' Association to the secretaries of the regional and state associations of lumlier distributors and the secretaries of the associations of lumber manufacturers. Among the numbers on the program of the congress are the following : The National Responsibility of American Industr.v — John H. Kirby, Houston, Tex. Trade Extension and .Advertising — F. J. Ward, Clinton, la. .Adverti.sing That Sells Lumber — L. R. Putman. New Orleans. La. Originality in Lumber .Advertising — ^B. J. P.oorman. Great Falls, Mont. The Financing of Home Building — J. R. !Mof»rehead. Kansas City, Mo. The .Advertising of West Coast Woods — S. O. Krantz. Seattle, Wash, Coordination of Trade Extension .Activities by Manufacturer and Re- tailer— J. A. Mahlstedt. New Rochelle. N. Y. Lumber Merchandising Service — Horace F. Taylor. Buffalo, N. Y. Service That Sells Lumber — D. J. Fair. Sterling, Kans. Selling Homes — George P, Thompson. Minneaiiolis, Minn. Lund)er Merchandising Service — George K. Merrill, Salt Lake City, Utah. Selling Ideas — A. L. Porter. Spokane. Wash. Railroad Tie Makers Meet Officials of the Association of Railroad Tie Producers held a meeting in St. Louis late in March. It developed that the present financial outlook of the railroad administration, due to the failure of congress to provide sufficient appropriations before adjournment, is already having its effect upon the jilans of the tie producers, both large and small, as some roads have ceased their prompt payment for cross ties delivered, while others are seemingly adopting a policy of forcing a loan from the larger tie pro- ducers by withholding payments to them in preference to those producers who are less capable to carry the road accounts. This policy is declared to be hardly consistent with the administration's declarations made earlier in the year that there would be no difference made in the treatment of the large or small producer. The larger producers are quite willing to help the roads during their present financial embarrassment, providing the administration will recog- nize some nmre of the salient points in connection with the production of crossties. to which they have in the past seen fit to pay only scant attention. Forestry Troops Coming Home It is expected that all units of the Twentieth Engineers, or forestry troops, still in France will return to the United States by the middle of June. Host of the mills have been shut down and the men have been (levoting much of their time to road building. Vehicle and Implement Departments to Meet The plow anil Ullage department of the National Implement and Vehicle Association will hold its annual meeting at the Hotel La Salle. Chicago, on -April 16. The meeting will be featured by the annual election of offi- cers and reports of several important committees. The past season ■will be review-ed and future conditions thoroughly discussed. The farm wagon department will hold an important meeting in Chicago on April 22 at the Congress hotel, at which important announcements will be made for putting into effect publicit.'f propaganda relative to the advantages of farm wagons on Jarm and country roads as compared with Other methods of transportation. Discontinue Traffic Committee The Freight Traffic Committee for North .Atlantic ports, which has been in control of the movement and issuance of permits for freight traffic via the ports of Boston. New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Norfolk and Newport News, was disbanded as of April 3 and traffic managers were appointed as follows : Boston — L. II. Peters, Chamber of Commerce, New York — B. M. Flippin, 141 Broadway. Philadelphia — A. J. Bell, Room 463 Broad Street Station. Baltimore — F. J. Couse, B. & O. Central Building. Norfolk — C. H. Freeman. Newport News — W. L. Devine. These traffic control managers will receive applications for commercial export freight from the agents of the steamship lines booking the car- goes from ports and from the representatives of the foreign governments and the United States Food Administration upon their assurance of definite ocean tonnage being assigned. The permits for carload export freight will be issued at the port from which the property is to be ex- ported, bearing serial numbers with the prefix G. O. C. and the name of the port as a prefix. Announcement is also made that C. H. Markham, regional director of the Allegheny region, including Baltimore, has ordered the cancellation of all embargo restrictions on the shipment of domestic lumber to this city. The lifting of the embargo became effective April 1 on the eastern lines of the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania, and thus ends the last of the war restrictions imposed. Important Traffic Developments Recorded The Southern Hardwood Traffic Association is seeking to secure all possible available space for transporting overseas cargoes of hardwood lumber and forest products belonging to its members. To this end it has asked that the latter supply it, with all possible dispatch, an ap- proximate idea of the amount of tonnage they have ready for forward- ing. This information, when it has been compiled, will be forwarded to M. P. Billups of the U. S. Shipping Board, with headquarters at New Orleans. This compilation is being made at the special request of J. H. Rosseter, director of operation, for the board. The association announces that it will complete within the next few days its plans for writing marine insurance for its members. The association, in a statement issued to its members, says that prospects are quite bright for securing restoration of export rates via Pacific coast points in effect prior to June 35, 1918, on staves, heading, hoops, bolts and bungs, in carload lots, 40.000 pounds minimum. If successful, the rate from Memphis to Pacific coast ports will be cut from 80 to 58 cents and those from other valley points extending from Chi- cago to New Orleans will be reduced in proportion. The War Trade Board, according to the association, announces that it has information that "the British government has issued a general import license which exempts all raw materials from the operation of import restrictions." Commenting on this, the association observes : "The action of the British government removes all restrictions with respect to lumber imports." Traffic Association Has 350 Members New members are coming into the Southern Hardwood Traffic As- sociation at a very gratifying rate, according to J. S. Thompson, as- sistant to J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager. Since the recent annual of that body there have been thirty firms to become identified with this organization, bringing the total membership to about 350, representing an annual output of 350.000 cars annually. The association is notalily busy in its claim department. It reports having filed more claims during March than during any previous month in its history both as to numbers and as to the amounts involved. It has found it necessary to increase its force at headquarters here and is now employing eight men and two stenographers. The branch office at Louisville uses five persons and there are two each at the branch April 10, mm HARDWOOD RECORD 31 offices at Helena. Ark., ami AloNaiulria. La. This makes the entire force nineteen. The association announces that it is now formulating plans tor open- ing branch offices at both St. Louis and Cincinnati antl further dcvelop- ment.s in these tlirections may be anticipated at an early date. Mr. Townshend is still suffering from typhoid fever but is reported making reasonably satisfactory progress. Mrs. Townshend has Ijeen quite critically ill with the same disease during the past few weeks and last Saturday evening attending physicians despaired of saving her. saying she would not live through the night. She rallied, however, ami is now regarde-inch track and 38-inch box width. The results were very gratifying, .showing that more than 90 per cent of the output of the factories throughout the country at this time was vehicles of these standards, and less than three months have elapsed since these standards went into effect. In the southeastern part of the country les,s progress has been made than elsew'here, but an educational propaganda win be started at once to better inform the dealers and consumers as to the great advantages of the change. One of the most important actions taken was a resolution to the effect that the department would raise a fund on an equitable basis to be used for educational propaganda with reference to the utility and economy of horse drawn vehicles on the farm and also covering the new standardiza- tion program. There are many sections of the country where, until con- ditions materially change, the horse drawn vehicle will be by far the most economical and satisfactory vehicle to be used in the handling of farm work and the transportation of crop. An interchange of trade experiences among members showed that while wagon demand up to this time had been light generally, the prospects were that with the advance of agricultural activity which is bound to follow prices established on certain farm i>roducts the year would he an exceed- ingly good one for the wagon manufacturers. With the Trade New Philippine Company Formed American and Philippine capital is Interested in the Agusan Lumber Company, San Francisco, Cal., recently Incorporated for .$1.5.000. The company has large timber concessions on the Agusan river on the island of Mindanao. Many trees have already been cut preparatory to shipment to the market and to the mill. The incorporators are : J. Hagedorn, E. C. Bopp. chief of the Manila secret service : E. A. Helse, Lao Leing, a Chinese business man and Dolores Kalo, a native woman capitalist of Manila. The Philippine lumber business is growing rapidly. Formerly all the small ships and steamers for inter-island trade were built in China, but since the war yards have been established in Manila and other island cities, for building these boats at home. In this liusiness much native lumber is being used and the foreign demand for Philippine hardwoods is growing constantly. R. H. Browne Malces New Connection Rex II. lirowne. who purchased a hardwood mill at Dyersdale. Tex., several months ago, has incorporated tlie Dyersdale Lumber Company and will resume operation.s by April 10. The new company, which Is composed largely of local capital, has a capital stock of $15,000. The mill has a daily capacity of 15.000 feet with a plentiful supply of Trinity rixer misr'ellaiu'ous hardwood. Gammage in Business for Himself W. F. Gamma,ge for the past twelve years connected with Russe & Burgess. Inc.. of Jlemphls. Tenn., has opened a hardwood lumber office in the Xeave building. Cincinnati. Mr. Gammage Is well known in south- ern hardwood circles having lieen sales manager for Russe & Burgess. Inc., when he left on March 15. He has excellent mill connections and a thorough knowdedge of the business. In fact, is equipped in every way to make a success of tile wholesale domestic and export hardwood busi- ness which lu' is now starting. He will handle n. The plant at Brooklyn, N. Y.. in the Bush Terminal building, Is ex- clusively a parquetry flooring proposition and supplies all the eastern flooring connections. The company maintains flooring agencies in every large city from Pittsburgh east. The only other branch is a yard maintained at Winnipeg, Canada, on which is carried a complete stock of hardwoods for supplying the whole- sale and retail trade of that section. The Canadian business at present is reported to be rather slow. The company has just added to its force II. W. Franket of Derby. Conn. Until quite recently Mr. Franket was first lieutenant in the ordnance de- partment, small arms division. Ilis principal duty was stimulatiug the production of gunstocks and materials for airplanes, having spent about eighteen months in this work. He was a frequent visitor at the Wood- Mosaic plants, and having made a favorable impression upon W. A. Mac- Lean, president, was offered and accepted a position with the company. Mr. Franket is in charge of the timber department and located at the New Albany ofl5ce. The officers of the Wood-Mosaic Company and those in charge of the various plants are : W. A. MacLean, president and general manager ; Angus MacLean. vice-president; H. H. Barclay, secretary; Merritt Rogers, treasurer ; W. II. Day. manager of the Louisville branch ; Alexander Schmidt, manager Cincinnati branch ; J. J. Egan, manager of the Hunting- ton branch: Joseph E. Larkin, manager of the Brooklyn branch; W. C. Hanafee, manager of the new mill at Jackson. Tenn.. and T. J. Christian. New Albany, manager of lumber sales. Babcock Lumber Company in the West The Babcock Lumber Company of Pittsburgh. Pa., has purchased lum- ber interests on the Pacific coast and will be affiliated with the Wallapa Lumber Company, Portland. Ore., which company operates several large far western mills. It is announced that the Babcock Lumber Company expects to market through its Pittsburgh office 175,000,000 feet of lum- ber a year, representing both eastern and western varieties. The company maintains branch sales offices in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Providence, R. I., Johnstown, Pa., Rochester, N. Y., Detroit, Mich., and South Bend, Ind. Pertinent Information Plant Forms Used in Designs Furniture designers will find practical value in an exhibit of plants arranged to show the decorative use "of plant forms as shown by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The exhibition started March 15 and will run to and including April 20. Designers at all times have sought their inspirations at firsthand in the motives of nature. Ornament has developed chieflly because of the unlimited number of design features offered by flowers, leaves, buds and pods. Famous styles and periods of designs owe much of their life and present value to their careful and consistent use of motives drawn from nature. On the other hand it is claimed that modern designers do not faithfully study nature. Therefore, this exhibition has been arranged both because it is of interest to lovers of plants and flowers and because it is of value in the arts. The museum has issued a bulletin entitled "Plant Forms In Decorative Art," describing the exhibition. New York's Furniture Industry An exceedingly interesting and valuable boolilet has just been issued by the Merchants' Association of New York devoted to the complete analysis of the furniture industry of the metropolis. New York is given as the third largest furniture producing city in the country, Chicago being flr.st, Grand Rapids second. New York's industry though is seemingly on a different basis from that of any other big furniture center being made up mainly of small shops which turn out an especially high grade line of proiluct. a good proportion of which is on special order. In fact, the extra high-grade and the special made-to-ord^r furniture total $7,000 000 of the .'f;il,DOO,000 value for 1914. The book goes into detail as to raw material, manufacturing facilities and conditions, labor, markets, and all other points of interest. It can be secured by addressing the Merchants' Association of New York asking tor Bulletin No. 2. Building Statistics for March Contracts let in March for building and construction projects will be in excess of the normal average for March in money value. The statement is made on the authority of the U. S. Department of Labor which has issued figures on the contracts let in territory east of the Missouri and north of the Ohio rivers, for the first three weeks of March, together with an estimate for the remainder of the month. The total number of contracts let for the third week in March was 1,945, representing a money value of .$39.017,30.8. The New York district reported 186 projects involving $8,372,082 ; Pittsburgh. 163 projects in- volving $5,063,614 : Boston, 443 projects involving $2,602,000. The Chi- cago district reported 741 contracts let involving $19,212,298, The record for the first three weeks of March was : Week ending March 7, 1919 $27 751 076 ■ • • '.'.'.'.'.'.' 29;s'5l!407 39.017,308 Week ending March 14, 1919 Week ending March 21, 1919 '.'.'.'..'.'. Total $96,619,791 From these figures has been omitted the Minneapolis district from which rhe total would be less than one million dollars. It appears likely that the entire month's figures were between $125,- 000,000 and $150,000,000. The amount involved in contracts awarded in January of this year was about $51,000,000 and in February about $95,000,000: from which it appears the construction business certainly is "picking up." Figures for the month of March for several years, to the nearest million dollars, are as follows : ;■!" .$69,000,000 inio $ 76,000,000 }■>}?, 73.000.000 1916 95,000 000 l^J^ 64.000,000 1917 133,000000 1914 59,000,000 1918 116,000,000 The present month does not have large government contracts to increase its amounts, as did the corresponding month a year ago. Nevertheless, it will be seen that the total is very likely to be about equal to Marchi 1917, and to exceed the amount for any other March during the period included in the table. It is to be remembered, however, that costs are higher and that the amount of construction of one of the earlier years would now, in common parlance, "run into more money." Index figures have been compiled as carefully as the nature of the case would permit, for the general cost of construction for the years from 1013 on, and the figures for these years have been converted into the cost in 1918, or the present time. The results, in round numbers, are : 1913 $ 94,000,000 1916 $132,000,000 191| 89,000,000 1917 153,000,000 1915 118,000,000 1918 116,000,000 Average of the six years $117,000,000 From this it appears that, even with the proper allowance made for increasing costs, contracts have been awarded during the first three weeks of the present month for such an amount (nearly $97,000,000) that the entire month will undoubtedly present a total considerably above the aver- age of recent .year.s. January Lumber Exports The Department of Commerce ha.s published figures showing the export of forest products in January, 1919, and comparisons with similar data for January, 1918. Some of these figures are summarized below : Article— 191R 1919 Square timber $229,933 $312 994 Round logs 45,358 7 718 Railroad ties 204,647 251,601 Gum lumber 106,124 107,622 Oak lumber 241,226 26'7 128 Yellow poplar 94',747 82309 Doors, sash, and blinds 23,.'i49 25399 Wooden furniture 376 .392 429 733 Tool handles 93!827 143!350 House finish 26,072 69,648 Total wood manufactures of all kinds $6,184,216 $9,182,481 Sale of Government Ships Advocated In a speech delivered in New York on March 17, Edward N. Hurley advo- cated the sale at market prices of ships owned by the government. The United States now owns 555 ocean-going steel cargo ships aggregating 3,385,475 deadweight tons. In addition it has under contract 1,336 similar vessels of 9,275,006 deadweight tons. If our present program be carried out there will be under the American flag next year 16,732,700 deadweight tons of ocean-going steel cargo and passenger ships. This fleet will be the equivalent of almost half the merchant tonnage which plies the seas today under the flags of all nations combined. The government will own about 70 per cent of it. Mr. Hurley announced that he was opposed to government ownership except as a last resort. Considerable opposition has developed to the pro- posal of selling the ships at less than cost. 0-t HARDWOOD RECORD April 10, 101!) Export Shipments Gradually Approaching Normal Though Ihi- cxixirt luinbor trndi- <'(>ulinui-s to ho very much hampered hy various factors which cannot I'c ovorcome liy the shippers, among these factors belnc ilie lack of tonnage, which malio.s it very difflcuU for the members o! the trade to get consignments forwarded, regardless of the high ocean freight rates that prevail, a distinct impetus has been given to the movement, as is Indicated by the statement for last February, which has just been received in Baltimore from the office where it is compiled, .\ccording to this statement the declared value— and presum- ably the quantity of lumber also — for the month is the largest that has been ri'corded in lialtimore for a long time, and really begins to make an approach to the totals that were recorded prior to the war. Of course, the current shipments are still a long way from what might be regarded as a normal business, hut the foreign requirements seem to be asserting them.selves. and there is offered very substantial indication that the trade will before very long got back to somewhere near the rec- ords made during the period when exports were not interfered with. To lie sure, when considering declared values, the tact must be taken into account, in making comparisons with the pre-war period, that prices now are Tory much higher than they were then, and that the amount of money Involved perhaps represents only about one-third to a half of the shipments which the same sum would have stood for in the early part of 1014, for instance. Fir, oak. poplar and spruce are all represented with substantial quantities on the report, while a big addition is supplied by the designation of "other lumber." with staves also being called for to an extent quite gratifying. Little Prospect for Improved Logging Conditions The Mississippi river at Mciriplils is now practically within its hanks and all danger of serious flood conditions has passed for the present, much to the relief of hardwood lumber interests throughout the lower valley territory. The high water, which reached a stage of about thirty-eight feet, caused the overflow of all lands outside the levees but the only real interference with lumber interests came in the shape of the handicap im- posed on those bringing in their logs by water. It was impossible for a number of days for boats and barges to make landings in this territory and this inability precluded bringing in logs by this means. With the reces.sion of the water, however, ton-lioats and barges used in the logging service have resumed operations. There is considerable timber to be brought In by river but the quantity is far lighter than normal for the reason that logging operations have been interfered with so seriously for the past twelve to fourteen weeks by the abnormally heavy rainfall through- out the southern hardwood producing area. The railroads are bringing very few logs to mills at Memphis or to any other mill center in this part of the country, not because the carriers are not in position to handle them but because the logs are not offered for loading. The Valley Log Loading Company is operating only one of its log loading machines out of the five it usually has in commission and it is finding difficulty in keeping this one fully employed. The shortage of logs is the greatest in the memory of hardwood manufacturers here and the outlook is that it will be quite a long while before this .shortage can be made good. George McSweyn, of the Memphis Band Mill Company, said recently that his firm closed down its plant at Memphis .\pril 4 be- cause of Inability to get logs and intimated that it would probably be sixty days or more before there would be enough logs in sight to justif.v resumption of manufacturing in a large way. Many other firms in Mem- phis are having similar experience and production of hardwood lumber is far below the average for this time of the year. The weather has been a little more favorable during the past ten days and lumber interests are hopeful that the worst has been seen. The woods are still thoroughly soaked with water and it will take a long while for them to dry sufficiently to permit cutting and hauling timber even if there is no more precipita- tion. If further rainfall occurs, it will render extremely serious a situa- tion that is already regarded as quite acute. Regarding Mahogany Sales at Liverpool Tickle, Boll & I'o.. Livorijonl. England, advise that recent mahogany auction sales at Liverpool show-ed a slight decline in price. The opinion was expressed though that considering the cost of freight, handling, etc, the price will not be much lower, perhaps an average of two cents. Stocks hold in g<)vornment hands are now nearly cleared out and fresh woods are arriving in large quantities with bidding lively. The following is a statement of mahogany sales in Liverpool as of March 12 : Prices Mahogany Logs Feet Range Average Grand Bassam 41 68.310 9d to 1/5 10.28 pence per .super ft. BENIN 59 27,767 Sd to lid 9.46 pence per super ft. Grand Bassam 183 104,982 6d to 8d 6.65 pence per super ft. (old and defective wood) Honduras 2,873 .82,602 planks and l)oards 3d to 8d 5. 28 pence per super ft. Grand Bassam 22 19..597 8d to 1/3 10.75 pence per super ft. BENIN 626 411,856 8d to 1/7 10.37 pence per super ft. Grand Bassam. . . . 482 530.425 Sd to 1/5 9.0 pence per super ft. Also sold in LONDON on the 6th of March LAGOS 246 193,803 Sd to 1/9 11% pence per super ft. BENIN 169 79.896 Sd to 1/3 10^ pence per super ft. The above prices are in English pence (1 penny=2 cents) per foot Liver- pool mahogany measure, which averages fully 30% in favor of the pur- chaser, when compared with actual contents of logs. Use of Wood for Fuel The Forest Service has published a forty-page bulletin dealing with the use of wood for fuel in the United States. The subject is divided in two parts, the use of wood as fuel on farms, and that employed in villages, cities, and in factories. The total yearly demand for wood in this i-ountr.v may be placed at approximately one cord of 128 cubic feet for each person, or something more than 100,000,000 cords. The farms take nearly four-Htths of all. The average per farm, for the whole United States, is between 12 and 13 cords ; but when avorage.s for farms are worked out I'or different states some surprising results are shown. For example, the yearly average per farm in Arkansa.s, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia and West Vir- ginia is 17 cords. But the average consumption per farm is less than six cords in the following northern states : North and South Dakota. Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, and New Jersey. It might be assumed that the consumption of wood as fuel would be more in cold than in warm states, in the severe winters of the North than iu the mild southern climate.' Yet figures do not show that such Is the case. Different reasons may be assigned to account for the apparent incon- sistency. Wood is much cheaper in the southern than in the northern states, and that has something to do with totals. More coal is burned in the North than in the South, and that lessens the demand for wood. The wide, open fireplace is common in the South and rare in the North, and such fireplaces are wasteful. Alabama burnt more wood than any other state, and was followed, in the order named, by Georgia, Ken- tucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and North Carolina. The states which used the smallest number of cords were Nevada, Rhode Island and Delaware. Nevada is twice as large as Alabama, yet it would take 150 states like Nevada to use as much cordwood as Alabama. The cheapest cordwood in the United States is in Alabama. .^2 a cord : the dearest is in Nevada, 157. Hardwood News Notes MISCELLANEOUS The Davies County Planing Mill Company. Owensboro, Ky., is incorporat- ing under the same name. The headquarters of the latt Lumber Company of Alexandria, La., are now located at Colfax. La. The capital stock of the Artman. Nichols & Cox Lumber Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., has been decreased from J565.000 to $25,000 and name changed to the E. C. Artman Lumber Company. At New York. N. Y.. the Sloane & Moller Woodworking Company has incorporated with $250,000 capita! : at Shreveport, La., the Southern Rim & Spoke Company, capital $50,000 ; at Columbus, Ind.. the Columbus Wood Turning Company, $5000 capitalization. The T. L. Horn Trunk Company, St. Louis, Mo., has sustained a loss by fire. The American Housing Corporation recently began business at Wau- sau. Wis. H. D. Swayze. McCrory, Ark., has been succeeded by the Arkmo Lumber Company, with headquarters at Little Rock. The Cypress Tank Company has succeeded the Jennings Cypress Tank Company at Shreveport, La., and incorporated with a $100,000 capital. The Barley Hardwood Company has incorporated at Paris, Ark. The Arkansas Veneer Company at Helena, Ark., has Increased its capital stock to $150,000. The American Crate Corporation has incorporated at Richmond Hill, Va, Dams E. Becker, assistant manager of the New River Lumber Company, Cincinnati, O., died March 29, after a short Illness. He was thirty-six years old. The John M. Diver Lumber Company of Chatham. Out., has opened an ■office at Detroit, Mich. J. B. Montgomery, vice-president and secretary of the American Lumber & Manufacturing Company. Pittsburgh, Pa., has resigned and commenced business under the style of J. B. Montgomery & Co., in the same city. The Dry-Kold Refrigerator Company. Niles, Mich., has increased its capital stock from $56,000 to $75,000. The Sterling Furniture Company, Greensboro, N. C, has sustained a loss by fire. The business heretofore carried on under the style of the Salem Hard- wood Lumber Company, Salem, Ind.. has been dissolved. The Davis Lumber Company recently started its hardwood sawmill at Little Rock, Ark. M. B. Wood and C. P. Moon have been appointed temporary receivers tor the Eastern Shore Shipbuilding Corporation. Sharptown, Md. Recent incorporations are; The Greenpoint Packing Box Company, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; the Fort Smith Implement Company, Ft. Smith, Ark. ; the Palafac Shipbuilding Company, Pensacola, Fla. ; capital $75,000 ; the Universal Manufacturing Corporation, Evansville, Ind., to manufacture April 10, 19iy HARDWOOD RECORD RED GUM OUR SPECIALTY Pritchard -Wheeler Lumber Co. SOUTHERN HARDWOODS MEMPHIS, TENN. MILLS WISNER, LA. MADISON, ARK. C A P AC! TY 35,000,000 FEET PER ANNUM 36 HARDWOOD RECORD April 10, 1919 GET AT THE FACTS! Our latest SALES & CREDIT MAP shows at a glance conditions as they REALLY are SEND IN FOR SAMPLE COPY Brookmire Economic Service 56 Pine Street, New York millwc.rk :inil fixturps. capital $75,000; the Columljiis Wood Turning Com- Iiiiiiy. Coliimlnis, Inil.. and the Schadtl Manufacturing Company at Knox- villi', Tonn. The Johnston & Klarp Manufacturing Company, Lawrenceburg. Ind.. has increased its capital from $10,000 to $30,000. The death is announced of William Bassett of Bassett Brothers, Madison- ville. Ky. The Washington riow Company, Washington, Ind., has gone out of busi- ness. The Pensacola Shipbuilding Company i.s reorganizing at Pensacola, Fla. CHICAGO Maurice W. Wiley, president of the Sterner Lumber Company, Philadel- phia, Pa., was a Chicago visitor this week. He reports some improvements in the business situation, although delay in settling the peace and other features of the government has delayed matters somewhat. Harry Sutton of the Twin City Hardwood Lumber Company, Minnesota Transfer, Minn., spent a day in Chicago this week. He reports things looking up somewhat, but the labor situation in the Northwest is Inter- fering some with the progress of yard dealers and general building. It is his impression, however, that the thing will bear watching very closely, and probably a normal year's business will follow. Harry B, Weis.s of George C. Brown & Co., Memphis, spent a day in Chicago this week. The company started up its mill at Proctor, Ark., last Thursday, although the logging situation following the continuous rain- fall since last November is really no better. The recent rainfall of some- thing like nine inches, on top of the continuous rainfall, made the log- ging situation worse than if hampered by severe floods. There were some thirty-eight feet of water in the river last week, but having a fair run of logs at the mill the company is endeavoring to run part of the time until the weather situation clears up. The Liberty Lumber & Mill Company, Chicago, has increased its capital stock from $5000 to .ii20,00n. The Fred A. Curtis Lumber Company recently began wholesaling hard- woods and dimension stock at 1530 Monadnock building, city. The Ennis Hardwood Lumber Company has started a sawmill at Martius- vllle. 111. George N. Harder, president of the Rib Lake Lumber Company. Rib Lake, Wis., was East last week, attending a meeting of the board of directors of that company, Mr. Harder passed through Chicago on both trips. Hugh McLean of the Hugh McLean Lumber Company, Buffalo, N. Y., spent a few days in Chicago last week. J. R. North of the Wisconsin Lumber Company, Chicago, has gotten back from a trip South. Joe Thompson of the Thompson-Katz Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., passed through Chicago on his return from Wausau, Wis, BUFFALO A legal conflict has been on in the courts here recently In the case of the government against the Silverthorne Lumber Company, North Tona- wanda, accused of overbilling of lumber shipments to the railroads. Frederick W. Silverthorne, president of the company, was on April 1 found guilty of contempt of court by Judge Hazel and remanded to jail In the custody of the marshal. He had declined to turn over to the Federal grand jury the company's books, papers and documents on the ground that these might be incriminating. The company was fined $250 for contempt of court and a bond of $500 was ordered to guarantee the payment. Along wVth the above action comes a civil suit brought against the company by the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company for the govern- ment. This suit demands payment of $31,000, alleging that the railroad had been defrauiled of that amount through the overbilling of lumber shipments. The defendants are Mattie F., Asa K. and F. W. Silverthorne and James W. McConkey. Buffalo is sparring just now over the problem of tall buildings, and as usual the two factions are expressing small opinion of each other. One says that the limit of buildings to 150 feet high, as the common council proposes, would cripple the city's building industry ; the other says that skyscrapers are for towns that have not the land and do not know any better. Bufllalo's people do not wish to wander about at the bottom of a ravine in the way that New York and Chicago do. It rather looks, though, as if the highs have it, for the common council takes no final action and seems to be uncertain about the matter. The HufTalo Lumber Exchange took a fall out of the problem at its last meeting and did not agree any better than other people, so the situation stands at present. I'.uffialo is to continue its protest against the deepening of the St. Lawrence river at American expense and will set forth to the commis- sion before whom the matter is now pending, and to the country gen- erally, the facilities and advantages afforded by the improved Erie canal, which now connects the Great Lakes with tidewater. New York state should be deeply interested in the threat against its prosperity, accord- ing to the best-informed canal men, and see to it that the many millions spent on the waterway are rewarded by results. The value of buildings authorized in Rochester in March was $182,842 greater than in the same month last year. From other cities of the state also come encouraging reports of increase in building activity, and less is being heard as to the oversupply of labor. The opening of the lakes and the farm .season is expected to result in the further relief of the lalior situation to a large extent. PITTSBURGH Architects and contractors all over the Pittsburgh district are doing their utmost to promote the building of a large number of houses this spring. So far very little encouragement has been offered along this line. The Topliff-EIy Company at Washington, Pa., which is a big manu- facturer of baby and doll carriages, let the contract last "week for a $60,000 addition to its plant. The company is now employing 200 people. The Acorn Lumber Company reports hardwood business is very spotty. This is due largely to the falling off in mining demand. At Greenville, Pa., the Art Cabinet Company is a new concern which will use a large amount of hardwood in the manufacture of phonograph calnnets, etc. The contract has been let for a plant and the company has arranged to make ^,000 cabinets for a Chicago concern. J. N. Woollett. president of the Aberdeen Lumber Company, says that some concerns are coming into the market quite strongly for gum and Cottonwood. He predicts that high prices are going to stay for the rea- son that actual production of these factories in the southwest has been away below normal for the past year. Mayor E. V. Babcock of the Babcock Lumber Company is working over- time to put over the $14,000,000 bond issue which is proposed for Pitts- burgh. This will include a number of immense improvementt^ and will make a splendid market for lumber throughout the year if it carries. The Frampton-Foster Lumber Company is doing a splendid business In oak, but reports that medium and low-grade stock is a pretty hard seller. BOSTON Walter J. Barris, formerly with Lawrence & Wiggin and later con- ducting business on his own account, has joined forces with R. Garfield Fralick who was previously associated with Charles Holyoke of Charles- town, Mass. The new firm under the style of Barris-Fralick Lumber Company will conduct a general retail and wholesale business in Cam- bridge, Mass, The Grogan Lumber Company has closed its office at 88 Broad streeti Boston and its headquarters will be at 100 Arlington street, Charlestown where also a general stock of hardwood lumber will be carried. Tbe Bay State Builders Finish Company has been incorporated at Chelsea, Mass. BALTIMORE Among visiting lumbermen in Baltimore last week was E, Stringer Boggess, an exporter, who makes his headquarters at Clarksburg, W. Va., and who stopped here on the way to Philadelphia and New York to see about getting space for foreign shipments. It is stated here that the Baltimore Sash and Door Company, which occupies an establishment on South Howard street, also operating a fac- tory, will retire from business. According to, report no more orders are being taken. The concern has been a factor in the trade here for a number of years, I. J. Miley being the general manager. It is controlled by interests in Cumberland, Md. There is every indication that something like a building boom will be inaugurated before long under the pressure for additional housing ac- commodations which have been on the increase ever since the w'ar activi- ties attracted large numbers of people and swelled the population by many thousands, while construction work remained in abeyance. The declared value of new buildings for the erection of which permits were actually issued in March exceeds one million dollars, and applications calling for an expenditure of over $800,000, actually filed, are yet to be passed upon. Fire early on the morning of March 28 destroyed the lumber mill of April 10, lfli9 HARDWOODRECORD 37 Southern Hardwoods Well Manufactured from Good Timber Unexcelled Quality and Service For twenty- five years Paepcke Leicht quality hardwoods have satisfied the most exacting users in the wood-working industries of the United States, Canada and Europe. Strict uniformity of inspection and quality year after year, with a truly superior service, have consistently kept old customers on our books. Your interest, also, lies where you can get the most in satisfaction and value. We Specialize in Oak and Gum Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company iimimiiuiiiiii >i»i» GENERAL OFFICES /K BAND MILLS Conway Building /gj\ HELENA, ARK. Ill West Washington Street \ tj / BLYTHEVILLE, ARK. CHICAGO, ILL. \ / GREENVILLE, MISS. 38 HARDWOOD RECORD April 111. I'.IIO Making Business for Dealers Wtio Sell TonG-ReLL Trade-Marked Lumber Mr. Dealer, if you sell TonG-ReiX trade- marked lumber, our big national adver- tising campaign will help you satisfy and hold your customers and increase your sales. The combined circulation of the publications in which our advertisements appear is 7,500,000; the estimated number of readers is 37,000,000. Our advertising will impress readers with the fact that our lumber products bear this trade-mark — The Mark On Quality Lumber Readers are being told why our trade-mark stands for service and uniform high qual- ity. They are being told about our ca- pacity, ability and equipment to produce good lumber; our care in manufacture, grading, piling, drying, storage and ship- ment. And every advertisement carries this line, "Ask your dealer for Tono-ReiX brand." Benefit by this advertising cam- paign by placing your orders for TonG-ReLL trade-marked lumber. If you now handle lonG-Reix lumber, increase your stock of that brand and so increase your profits for 1919. THe Tone-ReLL T umber Companvi R. A. Long Bldg. Kansas City, Mo. Manufacturer of SOUTHERN PINE, HARDWOOD, OAK FLOOR- ING; CREOSOTED LUMBER, TIES, POSTS, POLES, PILING AND WOOD BLOCKS. Harry L. CoCfman, on North Prospect street, Hagerstown, Md., causing a loss of $12,000. covered partly by insurance. The Moller organ works was damaged. Roger B. Wood and Calvin P. Moon have been appointed receivers for the Eastern Shore Shipbuilding Company, a Delaware corporation, with a yard at Sharptown, Md. The receivers bonded in the sum of $30,000. COLUMBUS The newly elected board of directors of the Columbus Lumbermen's Club met recently and elected tlie following officers ; J. E. McNally, J. J. Snyder Lumber Company, president; A. T. Jones, E. J. Joues & Company, first vice-president ; Edwin A. Prentice, Edwin A. Prentice Company, second vice-president and A. D. Rogers, secretary-treasurer. Building operations in Columbus are becoming more active as is shown by the most recent report of the Columbus building department. Accord- ing to the report the department issued 295 permits having a valuation of .$281,670 in March, 1919, as compared with 236 permits and a valua- tion of $378,810 in March, 191S. For the first three months of the year the permits were ."5.57 having a valuation of $976,500 as compared with 366 permits and a valuation of $615,835 for the corresponding period in 1918. Papers have been filed increasing the authorized capital of the Cleve- land Lumber Company, Cleveland, from $25,000 to $100,000. General Disque, who, was the head of the spruce production division of the U. S. .\rray recently visited Cincinnati where he stopped with his parents. He said that it would take at least two years to liquidate the affairs of the organization formed to produce spruce in the northwest. Harry G. .\llen, formerly of Matheny, Allen & Mounts has severed his connection to accept a position with the D. T. McKeithan Lumber Com- pany, of Lumber. S. C. Robert L. Gilliam of Columbus is president of the company. O. L. Dargis of New Orleans has been appointed Cincinnati representa- tive of the Louisiana Red Cypress Company to succeed the late J. D. Farley. Lieut. Morgan L. Stewart, recently discharged from the army after serving overseas in the tank corps, has been made treasurer of the Enter- prise Lumber Company of Cincinnati. The organization of the Great Lakes-Ohio River Barge Canal Associa- tion via Sandusky, Marion, Columbus, Chillicothe and Portsmouth was effected at a meeting held in Columbus recently, attended by representa- tives of business organizations along the proposed route. Henry A. Williams, president of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce was elected president and J. T. Daniels, secretary of the same organization will act as secretary. A vice-president will he selected from each of the zones through which the proposed route passes. These vice-presidents will select an executive committee to have charge of pushing the route be- fore federal authorities. R. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, reports a better demand for hardwoods, especially from manufacturers. Concerns mak- ing automobiles, implements and furniture are in the market. Retailers are also buying some but their orders are generally small. Prices are well maintained all along the line and prospects are bright. The Prasse Lumber Company, Cleveland, has increased its authorized capital from $50,000 to $60,000. F. D. McCIure, Warren, is organizing a new concern to be known as the McClure Lumber Company, which will be located in that city. He was formerly connected with the Home Lumber Company, now known as the East Ohio Lumber Company. .\ loss of $10,000 was sustained recently by a Are at the Ward Lum- t>t'r Co.. Ironton. INDIANAPOLIS steadily improving business conditions throughout Indiana increase optimism regarding 1919 affairs, and the fear of trouble from unemploy- ment has practically vanished through an actual shortage of labor ap- pearing at many places throughout the state. The tone of improving business is reflected by conditions in Indianapolis, where in March 606 building permits were recorded with a valuation of $529,314, bringing permits for the first quarter of 1919 to within a few thousand dollars of the average for that period during the last seven years and more than doubling the figures for 1918. Governor Goodrich has announced the appointment of W. A. Guthrie, of Dupont. Ind.. a timber man and member of the state board of forestry, and Stanley Coulter, dean of the science school of Purdue university and also a member of the state board of forestry, as the Republican members of the new state conservation commission created by the 1919 general assembly. John W. Holtzman of Indianapolis, a former mayor of the city, and R. M. Holman of Crawfordsville. professor of botany in Wabash college, are the Democratic memliers. The board has appointed Richard Lieber of Indianapolis as secretary of the commission, and will complete its organization in a short time. Mr. Lieber has long taken an active interest in the conservation of Indiana's timber resources. The Anderson Investment Company of Anderson, an organization of real estate men, has increased its capitalization from $50,000 to $100,000 in order to begin immediately the construction of 100 houses in Anderson. Showers Brothers Company, Bloomington, Ind., has completed plans for April 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 39 Our Methods Typify Modern Lumber Merchandising WE are equipped to load and start shipment on special orders within twenty-four hours after receiving them. This strong statement is a fact based on our having planned our operating facilities to provide w^ell assorted shipping points. Frequently, by concentrating all five points on one order we have loaded out ten or fifteen cars of one grade and thickness w^ithin one day. In this era when you order what you need you usually need it immediately. Try out these facilities with a guaranteed straight grade shipment. Clean Dealing Is Our Business Policy Aberdeen Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA FIVE MILLS: Ten Million Feet on Sticks, Oak, Cum, Cypress, Cottonwood, Sycamore, Elm. erecting immediately a $300,000 aildition to its large furniture plant, to be devoted to the manufacture of kitclien cabinets. The new buildings will be of brick and steel construction, similar to the most modem units of the plant. Reports of Indiana incorporations are carrying an unusually large number of new building material and lumber firms throughout the state. Prominent features of these incorporations are the increase by the Huff- Stickler Lumber Company, South Bend, of its capital stock, from $10,000 to $200,000 ; the incorporation of the Rowlands Company, Ft. Wayi.e, furniture, for $100,000 ; and the incorporation of the Gordon Furniture Company, IndianapolLs, with $50,000 capital. B. C. Atkins & Co., Indianapolis, are finding in the coal shortage in Italy, Spain and other European countries, a decided boom for their for- eign business, with a fair home demand growing steadily and promising a bright future. Maurice Cahne, European representative of the firm, with headquarters in Paris, is in Indianapolis, and in an interview here said : "In Europe the .American to be a success must to a decided de- gree forget his livewiredness. Bustle and rush do not pay in Europe. The European business man does not act on an impulse, but gives every proposition close consideration. And he Is different from the American business man in another way. The American will buy from me today and from you tomorrow. In Europe, once the business man there buys from you and your goods are all you represent them to be, your busi- ness with him is secure. Another thing America must learn in her ex- port business — the European must see the goods he buys before he pays for them. Americans must give credit." Mr. Cahne says he has the brightest hopes for American exporters, declaring the opportunity of the nation's life is at hand. EVANSVILLE The Victory Liberty Loan campaign in Evansvllle and Vanderburg county will open April 21 and come to a close on May 10, and as on the previous campaigns lumber manufacturers of Evansvllle will take a lead- ing part in the big drive. Henry C. Murphy, local newspaper publisher, is chairman of the sales department in the drive and many lumbermen have been named on committees to take part, Louis Holtman of the Schnute-Holtman Lumber Company, who has been ill at his home here for several days past, is able to be out again. Charles Johann of the Evansville Planing Mill Company has been elected president of a new bank here, known as the Farmers' and Mer- chants' Trust Company. The new institution will open for business on May 1. The Carriage Woodstock Company, one of the largest wood working con- cerns of Owensboro. Ky.. has increased its capital stock from $100,000 to $500,000 and will greatly enlarge its business. Daniel Wertz of Maley & Wertz is one of the stockholders in the Evans- ville Baseball Fans' Association that was formed a few weeks ago for the purpose of placing an Evansvllle ball team in the reorganized Three I Baseball League. The Simpson Lumber Co., Poseyville, Ind., is erecting several buildings and sheds in its yards in order to Increase the storage space. The com- pany has been doing a very nice spring business. The Showers Brothers Company, manufacturer of furniture, Blooming- ton, Ind., is erecting an addition that will cost about $300,000 and will add kitchen cabinets to its line of manufactures. Edmou V. Ervin, aged seventy-six, died a few days ago at his home at Franklin, Ind. He had been sick for some time. Mr. Ervin was a native of Marion county, Indiana, and with the exception of the time he was in the Union army during the Civil war spent his entire life in the Hoosier state. After the war Mr. Ervin located in Indianapolis, where he was associated with the H. C. Long Lumber Company for a number of years. In 1899 he went to Franklin and established the Ervin-Pittman Lumber Company and remained with this company until he retired from active business a few years ago. Mr. Ervin founded the Farmers' Trust Company at Franklin and for many years was one of the leading business men of that city. He was twice married and is survived by his widow and several children by his first marriage. Work is progressing nicely on the new addition that is being built by the Wertz-Klamer Fumiture Company. The Faultless Caster Company is making arrangements to build an addition this summer. E. H. Hyman, who has held the position of secretary and manager of the Evansville Manufacturers' Association tor the past year, has been chosen secretary of the Evansville Chamber of Commerce to take the place of Frank Albus, who resigned a short time ago to embark in business here. Mr. Hyman will continue to hold both positions and the headquarters of the two associations will be in the same building, although they will remain separate and distinct organizations. Samuel L. May, president of the local Chamber of Commerce, has appointed several committees to arrange for the big industrial exposition that will be held here in October. NASHVILLE The committee which made a survey of the various state departments has determined to recommend the consolidation of the mining department and workshop and factory inspection, with the geological survey placed under the mining department as a special bureau. The committee will 40 HARDWOOD RECORD April 10. 1919 also recommend the establishment of a liiireau of forestry, to be under the direction of the Department of Agriculture. The state board of administration, composed of Got. A. H. Roberts, chairman ; Hill McAllister and Lewis Tope, general manager recently met at the office of the governor to discuss various institutions of the state and fix basis of action. The board appointed Thos. E. Wilson of Cum- berland county, a prominent timberman. . to supervise the cutting and manufacture of the timber of Brushy mountain tract. It was decided that one mill would be started and if the plan proves profitable, three other mills will be put to work. It is estimated that there will be several million feet of flrst-elass lumber manufactured from this tract, which is made up of virgin timber. The Welch-Mallard Company. Nashville, is operating lumber and stave mills In middle Tennitisee and in Arkansas and reports spring operations about normal. The Smyrna Lumber Company, Smyrna, Toun.. is getting out consider- able cedar stock in that section. Hannibal S. Seagle, aged fifty-three, died at his home in Chattanooga recently. For many years Mr. Seagle had been engaged in the lumber business. The Kon Air Lumber & Manufacturing Company, with oflSces in the Stahiman building, is developing some sawmill and timber properties on the Cumberland Plateau. O. I. Frazier Company, lumber and stave manufacturer, has moved from the eighth floor to offices at 629-631 of the Stahiman building re- cently. Mr. Frazier has returned recently from Chicago and Middle West points. D. S. Hutchison of the box department of the John B. Ransom & Com- pany, reports business fair in packing boxes, but a little quiet in wire bound boxes, and veneer material somewhat out of proportion on price schedules. Mr. Hutchison was formerly in Kansas City and other box centens and is one of the best informed box men in the South. A. L. Goldberg & Son hai-e succeeded the old firm of Cohn & Goldberg. Nashville. The National Body Company. Nashville, has been chartered with a capital stock of $10,000 by H. C. Blackwood, S. G. Holland, J. H. Whaley, Stanley Horn. C. R. Wood and J. N. Moorehead. The Cherokee Wood and Timber Company, Knoxville, has been chartered with a capital stock of .$50,000 by R. F. Calgan, T. G. McConnell, Chas. M. Seymour and others. LOUISVILLE The Wood-Mosaic Company has been operating full time at its mills at Louisville, New Alban.v. Cincinnati, O., and Jackson, Tenn., and at that Is not accumulating any stock to speak of, as the market is so active that full production doesn't equal demand for some items. The Louisville Point Lumber Company has been down for several weeks and reports making rapid progress in cleaning up stocks, but probably will not start the mill until better and cheaper logs are available than those now obtainable. Farmers are busy in the fields, well fixed financially, unposted on log markets and asking sky high prices. At the last meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club the Mengel Box Company was again taken into the club after an absence of several years. One or two additional members are in prospect. The members at this meeting discussed conditions freely, showing that orders were coming in nicely, but for small lots up to four or five cars for the most part. How- ever, orders and inquiries are numerous, and light and often buying is entirely satisfactory. Business with the Edward L. Davis Lumber Company has been holding up extremely well, as oak and ash have continued in big demand right along since the close of the war, and business has been if anything better than it was at that period, when it was very hard to locate requirements. W. R. Willett of the W. R. Willett Lumber Company in discussing con- ditions now existing said : "Business is much better than it was last month. and we've -been making considerable progress. We're feeling very much pleased with the way things are working out in both the hardwood and softwood departments, and feel that the reconstruction period has so far been very satisfactory." Business with C. C. Jlengel & Bro. Company is very active, as there Is an excellent demand for mahogany and high-grade walnut in the musical instrument trade, both lumber and dimension stock moving well. Harry Kline. Louisville Veneer Mills, is reporting nothing but good business for his plant, which has been operating at capactiy for some weeks. 1). E. Kline, head of the company, is expected back shortly from a trip to California. In the death of Daniel Boone Logan of Bell county, Kentucky, at St. Petersburg, Fla., early in the month, Kentucky lost one of her most Illus- trious citizens, and Bell county lost her richest resident and largest coal and lumber operator. Mr. Logan made Kentucky history in the eighties when he cleaned out the famous Tolliver gang, which had been responsible for a reign of terror and lawlessness in Rowan county, resulting in the deaths of more than twenty men. two of whom were relatives of Mr. Logan. After being warned to leave the county he asked the governor for per- mission to organize a force to arrest and bring to Justice certain members of the band. Being refused his request he personally armed a band of men. which went into the county and cleaned out the leader and several of his henchmen. Over 1500 shots were fired in pitched battles from the hills. Rowan county has since made excellent progress. The biggest tiniberland suit that has been filed in Kentucky in several years was filed at Frankfort on March 31 by almost one hundred heirs of Malcolm Hart of Virginia, this suit being in Federal court and against the Stearns Lumber & Coal Company. Intermountain Lumber & Coal Com- pany and other operators owning 20.000 acres of timber and coal land in Harlan and Leslie counties on the North Fork of the Kentucky river. The suit also asks damages of $500,000 and is based on a land grant made by the state of Virginia to Hart In 1787. W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company report demand so good at this time that production is keeping merely a jump ahead of sales, which have been good on almost every item produced. Harbey Miller, forty years of age, well-known eastern Kentucky lumber and coal operator, with important hardwood mills in the Whitesburg dis- trict, recently died of influenza, following a short Illness. The remains were taken to his old home in Lee county for interment. Louisville lumber interests are facing several forms of taxes In con- nection with a new licensing ordinance which has been introduced in the city council for the purpose of making up about $600,000 in revenue which will be lost when prohibition becomes effective. Brokers will be licensed at the rate of $50 annually, while manufacturers and salesmen will be licensed on a sliding scale, the former on the basis of number of employes. Almost every business interest and all professional men, merchants, etc., will be hit by the ordinance if passed as introduced. The Pope-Caywood Lumber & Supply Company, Harlan, Ky., capital $90,000, has been chartered by Jeff H. Rice, F. F. Caywood and J. M. Pope. A. E. Norman, Jr., of the Norman Lumber Company, Louisville, reports that the demand for box shooks is not especially good just now, due to the general dullness in the box trade, and that some classes of poplar are hard to secure. However, the poplar business as a whole is good. TEXAS W. A. Priddie, Supreme Snark of Hoo-Hoo. has left with his family for a six weeks' stay on the Pacific coast. While Mr. Priddie is going largely for a rest, he will go up the coast from Los Angeles as far as Portland and stage a few concatenations. The Neches Shipbuilding Company of Beaumont, has finally received a settlement from the Emergency Fleet Corporation which was very satisfactory, many Beaumont lumbermen being interested in the com- pany. The firm had a contract with the government for the construc- tion of six 3500-ton barges and had just completed the construction of four ways and placed orders for material when the fleet corporation can- celed the contract. It is unofficially understood that the government allowed it a pro£t of 32 per cent on its $100,000 capitalization. J. T. Sullivan, formerly in charge of the Detroit branch of the Mow- bray & Robinson Company, Cincinnati, has accepted the management of the hardwood department of the Beaumont Lumber Company and entered on bis new duties April 1. Mr. Sullivan succeeds Rex H. Browne who recently embarked into the hardwood mill business. Herschel E. Halskell. manager of the lumber department of Mayer & Loge, New York, has been spending several days in the Texas lumber belt looking over conditions and making a few purchases. R. W. Deshon who represented the export firm of H. Cuejell & Co.» Mobile, in Beaumont prior to the outbreak of the war, has returned to Beaumont after receiving his discharge from the army and will again enter into the export business. Mr. Deshon went through the campaign which resulted in the armistice. B. B. Hall, general sales agent of the Texas Tram & Lumber Company, has spent two weeks visiting the northern and eastern consuming dis- tricts. MILWAUKEE Articles of incorporation have been filed in behalf of the United Wood Products Corporation, Chippewa Falls. The capital stock is $75,000 and the object is to manufacture hardwood and similar products. The in- corporators are J. J. Phalen, Frank Roach, William Hebert and Abe Juster. The Bissell Lumber Company. Rhinelander, which took over the entire property of the Stolle Lumber & Veneer Company, centralized at Tripoli, within the past year, is making Important improvements In the enlarg- ing of the plant. Among the largest pieces of work Is to, double the capacity of the sawmill. The planing mill and veneer mills also are scheduled for extension and complete modernization. The Automatic File & Index Company. 145 South Pearl street. Green Bay, will spend $60,000 for additions and new equipment. The contract for the erection of new buildings has been awarded and work is now under way. The project Is In charge of P. T. Benton, architect. Green Bay. M. Strobel is president and general manager of the company. The P. B. Tates Machine Company, Belolt, formerly known aa the Berlin Machine Works, surprised its employes on Its latest pay day by inclosing in each pay envelope a check representing a bonus on 1918 earnings. The chocks ranged from $40 to $125, and the aggregate amount of the distribution Is said to have been approximately $50,000. The John Schroeder Lumber Company, Milwaukee and Ashland, Is April 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 41 RED GUM lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN 12M' 8/4 FAS PLAIN 3M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. PLAIN lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED 15M' 8/4 FAS QUARTERED 8M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. QUARTERED IVe have the above amounts on hand in dry stock, manufactured on our own band mills, and can make PROMPT SHIPMENT MILLER LUMBER CO. MARIANNA. ARK. fl 11- erecting a two-story addition to its manufacturing plant at the foot of Walnut street. Milwaukee, which will be 30x50 feet in size, and with new equipment will cost about $10,000. The Badger Show Case Company, 13S North Pearl street. Green Bay, has awarded contracts for the erection of a two-story factory addition, 40x80 feet in size. Some new equipment and machinery will be re- quired. J. Brickner is general manager. Sawmills at Oconto, are looking forward to one of the most active seasons in recent years. The logging operations along the Oconto river during the past winter have been of liberal proportions, considering the unfavorable weather conditions most of the period, and the banks are piled high with hardwood, hemlock and other logs. Authorities predict that the season's sawing will amount to nearly 30.000.000 feet of logs. The Blackmarr Machine Company, Bayfield, which some time ago per- fected a powerful machine adapted for heavy hauling, log decking, hoist- ing, stump-pulling and similar purposes, has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to .$50,000 to finance a quantity production of the machines b.v enlargement of the plant and facilities. The North American Casket Company, recently organized at St. Paul, Minn., to manufacture coffins and caskets, has taken an option on a fac- tory site at Fox I. ^/l"' X^" ^ "P- BEDNA YOUNG LUMBER CO., Greensburg, Ind. HICKORY LOG RUN 6/4-16/4". MALET & WERTZ Evansville, Ind. MAHOGANY ALL grades HONDURAS, 4/4-8/4", good S?^^- Tf;-ili*';4, 6 mos. dry. KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLETER CO., Cincinnati, Ohio. MAPLE— HARD w^th^ ^iTia'^°^ ■' ^- ^ ^■^'^- 1"/*"- both good BER^CO" B'uffa?o,^N" f ^^ ATLANTIC LUM- NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4 & 5/4", reg. wdth. & If^Ji'^^IP J^" ^'•'''^' ^ ™os- (''■y. BLAKESLEE. PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo. N. Y. „J:£^' ,^/*"' reg. wdth. & Igfh.. 1 vr drv BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.,' Buf- i^fi'-h SJ-ades, all thicknesses, reg. wdth. & J?A ■■,S'^r T"^-''- '^''^'- EAST JORDAN LUMBER CO., East Jordan, Mich. BuK^o^N'y '"^' '''^"' ■ °' ^""^^ ^ ^I^O., INC., r,M,°- 2 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4"; NO. 3 C. 4/4 & Mich ^^'^^^^'^ * TINDLE, Grand R^pidt; r^'^cK^^-' ^/^"' sood wdths. & Igth., dry JONES HARDWOOD CO., Boston, Miss NO. 1 C. 5/4"; NO. 2 C. 5/4 6/4 * 8/4" MASON^DONALbsON LUMB^S CO,'^Rhine: ALL grades S/4"; NO. 1 C. & BTR., 5/4 . STEARNS & CULVER LUMBER CO.. L'Anse, Mich. NO. 3 C, 5/4. 6/4 & 8/4", 4" & wider, 6-16', 1 yr. dry; NO. 2 & BTR., 5/4 & 6/4". 4" & wider, 6-16'. 1 yr. dry; NO. 2 & BTR., 8/4", 4" & wdr., 8-16', 18 mos. dry; ^0. 1 & BTR., 6/4", 6" & wdr., 8-16', 1 yr. dry; NO. 3 C, 4/4". 3" & wdr., 6-16', 1 yr. dry. WHEELER-TIMLIN CO., Wausau. Wis. COM. & BTR., S/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., 3-6 mos. dry. WOOD MOSAIC CO., New Albanv, Ind. FAS, 4/4-16/4", 6" & up. and NO. 1 C, 4/4- 16/4", 4" & up, both std. Igth., 1-2 vrs. drv. YBAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. MAPLE— SOFT LOG RUN. 4/4 & 16/4". GEO. C. BROWTST & CO.. Memphis. Tenn. FAS, S/4". 2 yrs. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO.. INC., Buffalo. N. Y. NO. 2 & BTR., 8/4". JACKSON & TINDLE, Grand Rapids, Mich. LOG RUN, 4/4, 6/4 & 8/4". 4" & up. 10-16', 6 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE, LUMBER CO , St. Louis, Mo. NO. 2 C. cS, BTR., 6/4". MASON-DONALD- SON LUMBER CO.. Rhinelander. Wis. OAK— PLAIN RED FAS, 4/4 & 10/4"; NO. 3 C, 4/4"; NO. 1 C. & SEL.. 8/4 & 10/4". ABERDEEN LUMBER CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. NO. 1 C. 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. 6 mos. drv. BARR-HOLADAY LUMBER CO., Greenfield, Ohio. NO. 2 C. •■V4-S/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO., Memphis. Tenn. FAS. 10/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. dry. BLAKES- LEE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo, N. Y. FAS, 5/4, 11" & up, 10' & up, 1 vr. dry HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. ALL grades. %-12/4". MALEY & WERTZ, Evan.sville. Ind. FAS & NO. 1 C, %", reg. wdth. & Igth., 5 mos. dry; FAS, 4/4", 12" & wdr.. reg. Igth.. 6 mos. drv. NORTH VERNON LUMBER CO North Vernon. Ind. r^^Pc: 1.?A *• ^°- 2 C., 4/4". RUSSE & BUR- GESS, INC.. Memphis. Tenn. .,f ^?V^/''"' '■«^- 'Wdth. & Igth.. 4-12 mos. dry; NO. 1 C. & BTR., 6/4 & 8/4". fine wdths.. reg. Igths., 4-12 mos. dry. WOOD-MOSAIC CO., New Albany, Ind. OAK— QUARTERED RED FAS, 4/4". BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Bliss- ville, Ark. ALL grades %-S/4". MALEY & WERTZ. Evansville. Ind. OAK— PLAIN WHITE t5a^?d\?A>''^''"' ^^«- ""f"'^- * 'Sth., 6 mos. drv. BARR-HOLADAY LUMBER CO., Greenfield, Ohio. T r'^S^^SJk ^■"■f'- ■*/*"• S/*"- BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis, Tenn T,r'^Pv,J,^- ^^^"- ^^^- Wdth. & Igth., 1-2 yrs. dry. BLAKESLEE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo, N. Y. n^'^h,''- ^- ,f 2. S-' */^"- BLISS-COOK OAK CO., Blissville, Ark. „fr^^' 10/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. 1 vr. drv. BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO.. Buf- falo, N. Y. ri^r/'^ m'\ 10 mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO.. INC., Buffalo. N. Y. ALL grades, 4/4-12/4". MALEY & WERTZ Evansville, Ind. TT'^,9;,tS- ^^S^"— ^/^' '^ mos. dry. NATCHEZ LUMBER CO.. Natchez, Miss. xtJ^J?,;,.?,^-- ^-'o"- ^^S- wdth. & Igth., 5 mos. dry NORTH VERNON LUMBER CO., North Ver- non, Ind. NO. 2 C. 4/4". RUSSE & BURGESS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. OAK— QUARTERED WHITE CO%iils?i-lle','i"rk^ "''■ BLISS-COOK OAK FAS. 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 4 mos. & over 5'"^' II5.T®' '*'■*"• 2%-5V4", reg. Igth., 6 mos. dir; BCKG. BDS., %-5/4". reg. wdth. & Igth.. 6-12 mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO , Ft Wayne, Ind. I .';AS, 4/4". 6" & up, good Igth.. 5 mos. dry., all wide in. KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEYER, Cin- cinnati, Ohio. ALL grades %-10/4". MALEY & WERTZ, Evansville, Ind. NO. 1 C. & NO. 2 C, 4/4, reg. wdth. & Igth., 4-12 mos. dry. WOOD-MOSAIC CO., New Al- bany, Ind. SD. WORMY, 4/4". BEDNA YOUNG LUM- BER CO., Greensburg. Ind. OAK— MISCELLANEOUS FAS, R. & W., 4/4", good wdths., 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. COM. & BTR., mixed, 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 10 mos. dry. BARR-HOLADAY LUM- BER CO.. Greenfield, Ohio. NO. 3 C. & BTR., % & 4/4".; SD. WORMY, 4/4". BELLGRADE LUMBER CO.. Memphis. Tenn. NO. 2 C. & BTR., 12/4 & 16/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 8 mos. dry. BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 3 C, mixed, 4/4 & 6/4". GEO. C. BROWN, & CO., Memphis. Tenn. ALL grades R. & W., 4/4". 4 mos. dry. COR- NELIUS LUMBER CO.. St. Louis. Mo. NO. 1 C, 5/4". GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 10/4 & 12/4, reg. wdth. & Igth., S-10 mos. dry, band sawn. GOOD- LANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO., Mem- phis, Tenn. FAS, NO. 1 C. & NO. 2 C, 4/4. 6/4 & 8/4", 6" & up. 10-16', 6 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., St. Louis, Mo. NO. 1 C. & BTR. SD. WORMY, 4/4". RUSSE & BURGESS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., 4/4-16/4". reg. wdth., std. Igth., 1-2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 & NO. 2 C, PI. R. & W., 4/4. BEDNA YOUNG LUMBER CO., Greensburg, Ind. POPLAR NO. 1 C, 8/4". good wdths.. 14-16', 2 yrs. dry. ATLANTIC LUMBER CO., Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C, 6/4". 2 yrs. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC.. Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 2 C, 4/4 & S/4", reg. wdth. & Igth., 6 mos. dry. well mfg. GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO., Memphis, Tenn. LOG RUN, 4/4, 6/4 & S/4", 6" & up, 10-16', 6 mos. dry. P. J. LAWRENCE LUMBER CO., .St. Louis, Mo. ALL grades, %-16/4". MALEY & WERTZ. Evansville, Ind. FAS, S. n. d., 6/4", 6 mos. dry; NO. 2 C, 4/4. 6/4 & 8/4". 7 mos. dry. NATCHEZ LUMBER CO.. Natchez, Miss. NO. 2 C, %", reg. wdth. & Igth., 4 mos. dry. NORTH VERNON LUMBER CO.. North Ver- non, Ind. SAP & BTR. & NO. 2 C, 8/4"; NO. 1 C, 4/4 & S/4". WELSH LUMBER CO., Memphis, ■ Tenn. NO. 1 C. & BTR., %-16/4". reg. wdths., std. Igths., 1 to 2 yrs. dry. YEAGER LUMBER CO.. Buffalo, N. Y. SYCAMORE LOG RUN, 4/4, 5/4 & 10/4", reg. wdth. & Igth. GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO., Memphis, Tenn. WALNUT NO. 2 C. 4/4", reg. wdth. & Igth. BLAKES- LEE, PERRIN & DARLING, Buffalo, N. Y. NO. 1 C, 4/4". 18 mos. dry. G. ELIAS & BRO., INC., Buffalo, N. Y. FAS & NO. 1 C, 4/4". reg. wdth. & Igth., ( mos. dry. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. NO. 1 C, 4/4". MALEY & WERTZ. Evans- ville. Ind. ALL grades and thicknesses, reg. wdth. & Igth., dry. KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLEYER CO., Cincinnati. Ohio. MISCELLANEOUS NO. 3 C, gum, elm, hackberrv, 6/4"; nice car of mixed wood. GEO. C. EHEMANN & CO., Memphis, Tenn. April 10, 1919 HARDWOOD RECORD 49 Advertisers' Directory NORTHERN HARDWOODS. Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo... 4 Barnaby, Charles H 7 Blakeslee, Perrin & TJarling. ... 4 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co. . 4 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 3 Coppock, S. P.. Lumber Co Crim, C. M., & Son 7 East Jordan Lumber Co 50 Elias, G., & Bro 4 Evansville Band Mill Company. GiU-Andrews Lumber Company 16 Hoffman Bros. Company 7-29 Jackson & Tindle Jones Hardwood Co 46 Kneeland-Bigelow Co., The 3 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The Maley & Wertz Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co.. Mcllvaln, J., Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 4 Miller, Sturm & Miller 4 Mitchell Bros. Co 3 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-43 North Vernon Lumber Co 43 Palmer & Parker Co Sailing, Hanson Co 44 Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. 4 Stearns & Culver Lumber Co. . . 6 Stimson, J. V 7-52 Sullivan, T., & Co 4 Swain-Roach Lumber Co 7 Taylor & Crate 4 Tegge Lumber Co 44 Von Platen Lumber Company.. 6 Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co.... 45 Willson Bros. Lumber Company 6 Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 45 Wood-Mosaic Company 7 Yeager Lumber Company, Inc. . 4 Young, Bedna, Lumber Co Young, W. D., & Co 3 OAK. See Lists of Manufacturers on page 7 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co Long-Bell Lumber Co 7-38 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-43 POPLAR. Anderson-Tully Co 2-7-11 Arlington Lumber Company 7-45 RED GUM. Anderson-Tully Co 2-7-11 Baker-Matthews Lumber Co... 10 Barr-Holaday Lumber Co 14 Bellgrade Lumber Company 11 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-16 Bonner, J. H., & Sons 7-13 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 12 Brown & Hackney, Inc 7-13 Brown Land & Lumber Co 10 Brown, W. P., Sons Lumber Company Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Co 15 Darnell-Love Lumber Co 14 Ehemann, Geo. C, & Co 12 Evans, G. H., Lumber Co Ferguson & Palmer Company. . 10 Gayoso Lumber Company 11 Goodlander - Robertson Lumber Company 7-12 Hendrick, E. L., Lumber Co.... 14 Kellogg Lumber Company 12 Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co 15 Lamb-Fish Lumber Co 7-14 Memphis Band Mill Co 7-12 Miller Lumber Company 7-41 Natchez Lumber Co 15 Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co 37 Penrod-Jurden Company 11 Pritchard-Wheeler Lbr. Co. .7-11-35 Russe & Burgess, Inc 11 Sondheimer, E., Co 11 Stark, James E., & Co 10 Stimson, J. V 7-52 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . 10 Tallahatchie Lumber Co 15 Thane Lumber Co 10 Thompson-Katz Lumber Co 12 Three States Lumber Co 7-62 Welsh Lumber Co 10 SOUTHERN HARDWOODS. Aberdeen Lumber Co 39 Anderson-Tully Co 2-7-11 Arlington Lumber Company 7-45 Atlantic Lumber Co., Buffalo. . . 4 Baker-Matthews Lumber Co... 10 Barr-Holaday Lumber Co 14 Bellgrade Lumber Company 11 Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-16 Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling 4 Bonner, J. H., & Sons 7-13 Brown, Geo. C, & Co 12 Brown Land & Lumber Co 10 Brown, W. P., & Sons Lbr. Co. . Brown & Hackney, Inc 13 Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.. 4 Butz Lumber Company 46 Carrier Lbr. & Mfg. Co. 15 Catlin, R. H., Company 46 Cornelius Lumber Company.... Darnell-Love Lumber Co 14 Davis, Edw. L., Lumber Co Dudley Lumber Company 11 Ehemann, Geo. C, & Co 12 Elias, G., & Bro 4 Evans, G. H. , Lumber Co Ferguson & Palmer Company.. 10 Gayoso Lumber Company 11 Goodlander - Robinson Lumber Company 7-12 Hendrick, E. L., Lumber Co... 14 Hoffman Bros. Company 7-29 Kellogg Lumber Company 12 Kerns Lumber Company Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co 15 Lamb-Fish Lumber Co 7-14 Lawrence, P. J., Lumber Co. ... 16 Long-Bell Lumber Company .. .7-38 Long-Knight Lumber Company Mcllvain, J. Gibson, & Co 2 McLean, Hugh, Lumber Co 4 Maley & 'Wertz Memphis Band Mill Company. .7-12 Miller, Sturm & Miller 4 Miller Lumber Co 7-41 Mowbray & Robinson Co 7-43 Murrelle, L. D., Lumber Co 13 Natchez Lumber Co 15 Nickey Bros., Inc 13-25 Norman Lumber Company North Vernon Lumber Co 43 Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co.... 37 Pelican Lumber Company 44 Penrod-Jurden Company 11 Pritchard-Wheeler Lbr. Co.. 7-11-35 Russe & Burgess, Inc 11 Salt Lick Lumber Company.... 6 Sondheimer, E., Company 11 Standard Hardwood Lumber Company 4 Stark, James E.. & Co 10 Stimson, J. V., & Co 45 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. . 10 Sullivan, T., & Co 4 'Swain-Roach Lumber Co 7 Tallahatchie Lumber Co 15 Taylor & Crate 4 Thane Lumber Co 10 Thompson-Katz Lumber Co 12 Three States Lumber Co 7-52 Tustin Hardwood Lbr. Co 12 Vestal Lumber & Manufactur- ing Co 42 Welsh Lumber Co 10 Willett, W. R., Lumber Co Willson Bros. Lumber Co 6 Wisconsin Lumber Company... 51 Wistar, Underbill & Nixon 45 Woods, J. M., Lumber Co 10 Yeager Lumber Co., Inc 4 Young, Bedna. Lumber Co LUMBER COMMISSION. Buckley, Alfred P 46 VENEERS AND PANELS. Algoma Panel Company 60 Allen-Eaton Panel Co 28 Anderson-Tully Co 2-7-11 Astoria Veneer Mills & Dock Co 30 Bird's-Eye Veneer Company 28 Dean-Spicker Company, The 30 Hoffman Bros. Company 7-29 Kiel Woodenware Co 28 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co.. The Long-Knight Lumber Co Louisville Veneer Mills Mengel, C. C, & Bro. Co Munising Woodenware Co 28 Nickey Bros., Inc 13-25 Ohio Veneer Company 46 Palmer & Parker Co Penrod Walnut & Veneer Co.. 1 Pickrel Walnut Company 27 Rayner, J., Company 8 St. Louis Basket & Box Co 28 Stark, James E., & Co 10 Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co.. 10 Wisconsin Cabinet cS: Panel Co. . 26 Wisconsin Veneer Company.... Wood-Mosaic Company 7 MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ETC. David, Edw. L., Lumber Co Hoffman Brothers Company.... 7-29 Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co., The Long-Knight Lumber Co Mengel, C. C. & Bro. Co Palmer & Parker Co Pearson, C. H 42 Penrod Walnut & Veneer Co 1 Pickrel Walnut Company 27 Purcell, Frank 16 Rayner, J., Company 8 HARDWOOD FLOORING. Bliss-Cook Oak Company 7-16 Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc 8 East Jordan Lumber Company. 60 Horner, William 6 Long-Bell Lumber Company 7-38 Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co. . Mitchell Bros. Company t Salt Lick Lumber Company 6 Stearns & Culver Lumber Co... 6 Wilce, T., Company, The 8 Young, W. D., & Co 8 SAWS, KNIVES, ETC. Atkins, E. C, & Co S Hill-Curtis Co VENEER MACHINERY. Coe Manufacturing Company... SAWMILL MACHINERY. Hill-Curtis Co Sinker-Davis Co 8 Soule Steam Feed Works 63 LOGGING MACHINERY. Godfrey, John F 42 Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co. 52 DRY KILNS AND BLOWERS. Grand Rapids Veneer Works 8 Philadelphia Textile Machinery Company 8 TIMBERLANDS. Lacey, James D., Timber Co... MISCELLANEOUS. Brookmire Economic Service... 36 Buck, Frank R., Co Catlin, R. H., Company 46 Certus Cold Glue Co 24 Childs, S. D., & Co 60 Kane Manufacturing Company. 30 Lumbermen's Credit Assn 50 Pearson, C. H 42 Perkins Glue Company 26 Valley Log Loading Co 12 50 HARDWOOD RECORD April 10, 1919 VENEER— FACE ASH %-A up to 22' long. Ft. Wayne, Ind. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., 1/20-A. Ind. CHERRY HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, GUM— RED QTD. FIG'D, anv thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. FIG., all thicknesses. NICKBT BROTHERS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. MAHOGANY ANY thickness. THE DBAN-SPICKBR CO., Chicago, 111. ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. MAPLE OAK— QUARTERED WHITE, any thickness, THE DEAN-SPICKER CO. WHITE, 1/20". Wayne, Ind. sawed or sliced. Chicago, III. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., Ft. GUM QTD. FIG., any thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. QTD. RED, anv thickness or wdth. WIS- CONSIN CABINET & PANEL CO., New Lon- don, Wis. POPLAR VJ- ft up to 22' long. Ft. Wayne, Ind. HOFFMAN BROS. CO., WALNUT THE ANY thickness, sawed or sliced. DEAN-SPICKER CO., Chicago, 111. ANYTHING in walnut veneers, sel. for stripe & fig., rotarv & sliced. KOSSE, SHOE & SCHLBYER, Cincinnati, Ohio. ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. ANYTHING in walnut, veneers, pi. & flg., rty. and sliced. PICKREL WALNUT CO., St. Louis, Mo. CROSSBANDING AND BACKING GUM M25°BROs"io'-W'wavne^°Ind '°"^- "°^^" ANY thickness, LOUISVILLE VENEER MAN BROS. CO., Ft. Wayne, Ind. MILLS. Louisville, Ky. MISCELLANEOUS ALL Southern hardwoods, rotary cut, any thickness, any size. PENROD, JURDEN & McCOWEN, Memphis, Tenn. OAK— PLAIN ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE MILLS. Louisville, Ky. SWD., white, all thicknesses. BROTHERS, INC., Memphis, Tenn. VENEER NICKEY POPLAR ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. PANELS AND TOPS BIRCH ANY thickness or wdth. WISCONSIN CAB- INET & PANEL CO., New London, Wis. MAHOGANY ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. ANY thickness or wdth. WISCONSIN CAB- INET & PANEL CO., New London, Wis. OAK ANY thickness. LOUISVILLE VENEER MILLS, Louisville, Ky. PLAIN & QTD., any thickness or wdth. WISCONSIN CABINET & PANEL CO., New London, Wis. WALNUT ANY thickness or wdth. WISCONSIN CAB- INET & PANEL CO., New London, Wis. COUNTERFEIT CHECKS are frequent except where our Two Piece Geometrical Barter Coin is in use, then iniilatiiin isn't possible. Sample if yim ask for it. S. D. CHILDS & CO, CHICAGO We also make ,, Time Checks. Stencils and Log Hammers AHNAPEE VENEER & SEATING GO. NAME CHANGED TO Algoma Panel Company MAIN OFFICE ALGOMA, WIS. Manufacturers of VENEER, PLYWOOD, PANELS, SEATING & HARDWOOD LUMBER IJ^SS^L*^ BIRCHWOOD, WIS. ?l?JlEV^oB, ALGOMA, WIS. ESTABLISHED i886 INCORPORATED 1892 JVe make a specialty of PLYWOOD BENT TO SHAPE COMPLETE FABRICATED VENEERS AND PARTS FOR AEROPLANES Use highest government approved water-proof glue as Vfell as other reUable adhesives SEATING FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS FINISHED AND IN THE WHITE Send for our monthly stock-list We are ready to help you solve your Veneer Problems Two generations of practical experience back of our products FOR PiROMPT SHIPMENT, THOROLY DRY MAPLE 50.000' 5/4 No. 1 C. & B. I 80.000' 12/4 No. I C. & B. 65.000' 6/4 No. I C. i B. I 80.000' r4/4 No. I C. i B. 250,000' 8/4 No. C C. & B. I 50.000' 16/4 No. I C. & B. fSO.OOO' 10/4 No. I C. {i B. I 500.000' 4/4 No. 3 Com. SOFT GKEY ELM 80.000' 4/4 No. 2 C. & B. I 50.000' 12/4 No. 2 C. & B. 30.000' 6/4 No. 2 C. & B. I B.4SSWOOD 200.000' 4/4 No. 2 C. 4 B. 15.000' 10/4x7 No. I C.&B. BEECH 160.000' 6/4 No. 2 C. & B. I 34.000' 4/4 No. 3 Com. 150.000' 6/4 No. 3 Com. I BIKCH 40.000' 5/4 No. 2 C. & B. I 15,000' 4/4 No. 3 Com, 38,000' 5/4 No. 3 Com. I ALL DRY STOCK A Full Line of High Grade Maple East Jordan Lumber Co. Manufacturers IMPERIAL Maple Ploorina East Jordan, Michigan SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE RED BOOK Published semi-annually in February and Au^st It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyers el lum- ber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. Tha baok indicates their financial standing and manner •f meeting obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as the authority •a the Una it covers. ▲ weU orruilzod Collection Department !• also oper* ated and the eame U open to rou. Write for tenu. Lumbermen's Credit Association 608 So. Dearborn Street CHICAGO Mention Thit Paper EaUb. 1878 S5 Jobs Street NEW YORK CITY Apiil 111, I'.llll HARDWOOD RECORD 51 ^u CariiijGo Wron^ EVERY interest of the purchasing consumer of high grade Southern Hardwoods is safe-guarded in the organization of our big plant in the heart of our St. Francis Basin timberlands. Excellence of timber, modern efficiency of plant equipment, scientifically planned and constructed drying yards, a conscientious service in load- ing and shipping — all are designed to fill a definite function in keeping up our na- tionally established reputation for honesty of product. Your final protection is that we will under no conditions make a shipment that does not contain full straight grade quality. Buy a sample car today while our stock is still in fair condition. WISCONSIN LUAIBER CO. V lllllllllllllllllll!!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllllllll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll^ STIMSON'S MILLS We have to offer from the Hunting- burg Mill the following list of well manufactured, band saw^n lumber: >'2 car 4/4 IiOgr Bnn Beech Yi car 5/4 Iiog Bun Beech 1 car 4/4 I.og' Bun Cherry 1 car 3 " Iiog Bun Elm >4 car 4/4 IiOg' Bun Elm 2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Sap Gum 3 cars 4/4 No. S Com. Sap G-um 2 cars 4/4x13-17 " Gum Bozboards 1 car 2^2. 3, 3'/2, *' No. 1 Com. & Btr. Hickory 1 car 3 " No. 2 Com. b Btr. Hard Maple Hear 4/4 No. 2 Com. b Btr. Soft Maple 1 car 4/4 No. Poplar 1 car 4/4 No. Poplar H car 5/4 No. Poplar 1 Com. 2 Com. J. V. STIMSON. Huntingburg, Indiana STIMSON VENEER & LUMBER CO. Memphis, Tennessee J. V. STIMSON HARDWOOD CO. Memphis, Tennessee, & Helena, Ark. THIS SAW MILL FOR SALE FOR SALE — The above 9-foot Prescott Pacific Coast type band mill with full complement of auxiliary and power plant machinery; heart yellow pine frame. Modern in every way. Can be moved. Immediate delivery — no 9 to I 2 months' wait for delivery. PRICE ON APPLICATION TO W. A. GILCHRIST 1406 Union and Planters Bank Building, MEMPHIS, TENN. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'. Lidgerwood Cableway Skidders with Mechanical Slack Puller Multiple Skidding Lines These exclusive features of the Lidgerwood Skidders reduce time of hooking on logs to a minimum. Send for catalogues LIDGERWOOD MFG. CO. Originators of Overhead and Ground Steam Logging Machinery Chicago 96 Liberty St., New York Seattle New Oriearts: Woodward. Wight & Co., Ltd. Canada: Canadian AIMs>Chalmers, Ltd., How Many SAWYERS QUIT because they must PUSH all day long on the lever of a Fric- tion Feed. The throttle of a SOULE STEAM-FEED can be moved with the finger. CATALOG H GIVES PARTICULARS WRITE FOR A COPY SOULE STEAM FEED WORKS Box 352 -> MERIDIAN, MISS. New York Botanical Garden Libran 3 5185 00256 2831 1 t: i X i