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F. W. Peters, I. F. Force Handle Company, 

 New Albany, Ind. 



A. P. Steele. Carrier Lumber & Manufacturing 

 Company, Sardis, Miss. 



G. A. Lambert, American Central Lumber Com- 

 pany, Anderson, Ind. 



H. O. Burkart, J. Burkart & Son, Caldwell, 

 Ohio. 



J. Burkart, J. Burkart & Son, Caldwell, Ohio. 



B. F. Von Behren, Von Behren Manufacturing 

 Company, Evansville, Ind. 



The Mitchell Wheel Company, Miamishurg, 

 Ohio. 



W. A. Snyder, Pioneer Pole & Shaft Company, 

 Piqua, Ohio. 



E. L. Oillett, L. A. Gillett & Sons, Boston, 

 Mass. 



A. T. Oillett. Gillett Bros., Memphis, Tenn. 



A. J. Gillett, Gillett Bros., Memphis. Tenn. 



K. H. Guthrie, Royer Wheel Company. Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio. 



G. A. Trinler, American Handle Company. 

 Jonesboro, Ark. 



W. E. Small. W. E. Small Spoke Manufactur- 

 ing Company. Corinth, Miss. 



0. B. Bannister, Muncie Wheel Company. Mun- 

 cie, Ind. 



J. L. Dann. Campbell & Dann Manufacturing 

 Company. Tullahoma, Tenn. 



R. L. Shoyer. Campbell. Mo. 



Peter Lesh, Weis & Lesh Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Memphis. Tenn. 



Joseph Ashcroft. Bimel-Ashcroft Manufactur- 

 1ns Company, Poplar Bluff, Mo. 



T. J. Gregory, T. J. Gregory Handle Works, 

 Cookeyille, Tenn. 



W. H. Braddon, Columbia Handle Company, 

 London. Ont. 



Henry C. Rudman. Southern Wheel Stock Com- 

 pany, Ironton. Ohio. 



W. W. Merriman, Vehicle Woodstock Company, 

 Chicago. 



J. W. Herron, .Tr., Royer Wheel Company, Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio. 



H. E. Sheets, Sheets Manufacturing Company, 

 Eotkins. Ohio. 



Arthur Ryan, Crane & MacMahon, Inc., Rich- 

 mond. Va. 



L. A. Bruner. Paoli Spoke Company. Paoli, Ind. 



E. K. Cunningham. Cunningham Manufactur- 

 ing Company. Fostoria, Ohio. 



G. W. Sallie. Sallie & Rone. Rison, Ark., and 

 Sallie & Brown. Kingsland, Ark. 



W. L. BYwell. Meridian. Miss. 



W. C. Howe. American Lumberman, Chicago. 



Henry H. Gilisou, Hardwood Record, Chicago. 



S. M. Skeon. Empire Bending Works, Lancas- 

 ter. Pa. 



Frank L. May, May Bending Works, Loudon- 

 ville, Ohio. 



W. M. Hamilton. Pioneer Pole & Shaft Com- 

 pany, Muncie. Ind. 



M. E. Leming. La Crosse Wagon Stock Manu- 

 facturing Compauy, Cape Girardeau, Mo. 



D. P. Cooper, J. A. & D. P. Cooper Company, 

 Struthcrs. Ohio. 



A. E. Mahannah. Mahannah Lumber Company, 

 Memphis, Tenn. 



J. H. Keyes, Standard Wheel Company, Terre 

 Haute. Ind. 



George C. Hore, F. W. Hore & Son, Ltd., Ham- 

 ilton. Ont. 



Hugh Ford, Pioneer Pole & Shaft Company, 

 Akron, Ohio. 



Carl n. Fischer, Wapakoneta Wheel Company. 

 Wapakoneta. Ohio. 



L. A. Heston. McCrillis Handle Company, Nor- 

 walk. Ohio. 



Charles Duee. American Lumberman, Chicago. 



F. N*. Hara, Canada Wheel Works, Merritton. 

 Ont. 



George A. Dobbie, Victoria Wheel Works, Gait. 

 Ont. 



J. Hunsucker. Conover. N. C. 



C. F. Colyille, Metropolis Bending Company, 

 Metropolis, III. 



J. C. Scobee, Scobee-Williams Spoke Company, 

 Winchester, Ky. 



A. R. Palmer, Pioneer Pole & Shaft Company, 



J. M. Skinner, J. M. Skinner Bending Com- 

 pany, Toledo, Ohio. 



H. D. Hartley, Windsor Turned Goods Com- 

 pany, Windsor, Ont. 



A. R. Friedmann, Pioneer Pole & Shaft Com- 

 pany, Piqua, Ohio. 



F. B. Anderson, J. M. Skinner Bending Com- 

 pany, Toledo, Ohio. 



C. T. Stearns, Stearns Bros., Pontiac, Mich. 



E. F. Stearns. Stearns Bros., Pontiac. Mich. 



E. S. Mills, Muncie Wheel & Jobbing Company, 

 Muncie. Ind. 



W. L. Clark, Muncie Wheel & Jobbing Com- 

 pany, Muncie, Ind. 



M. R. Campbell, Tullahoma, Tenn. 



C. K. Elliott, Henderson Lumber Company, 

 Henderson. Ky.. and Poole. Ark. 



John Siog. Corydon Hub Factory, Palmyra, Ind. 



'^.eorge McMastor, Mutual Wheel Co., Mollne, 



J. F. Haurv, J. F. Haury Bending Works, Er- 

 hart, Ohio. 



.1. Frank Hutcheson, Spokesman, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



W. H. Braddon, Columbia Handle & Lumber 

 Company, London, Ont. 



C. M. Clark, Swann-Day Lumber Company, 

 Clay Cit.v, Ky. 



J. J. Wiesner, Bookwalter Wheel Company, 

 Miamisburg, Ohio. 



A. L. Johnson. Weis & Lesh Company, Mun- 

 cie. Ind. 



H. Rogge, Zwick-Greenwald Wheel Company, 

 Dayton. Ohio. 



Louis H. Rogge, Zwick-Greenwald Wheel Com- 

 pany, Dayton, Ohio. 



H. Hegner, Arkansas Bending Company, Stutt- 

 gart, Ark. 



F. M. Falk, Jonesboro Bending Company, Jones- 

 boro, Ark. 



C. A. Timlar, American Handle Company, 

 Jonesboro, Ark. 



E. J. Skinner, Skinner-Russell Company, Louis- 

 yille, Ky. 



T. A. White, St. Marys Wheel & Spoke Com- 

 pany, St. Marys. Ohio. 



J. H. Leippe, J. A. Leippe's Sons. Reading. Pa. 



F. X. Hara. Canada Wheel Works, Merritton, 



Ont. 



F. A. Curtis, Vehicle Woodstock Company, Chi- 

 cago, 



C. C. Hore, F. W. Hore & Son, Ltd., Hamil- 



J E. Buscher. Louisyille Spoke & Bending 

 Company, Louisyille, Ky. 



T. B. Clark, Manchester Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Manchester, Tenn. 



W. H. Frechtling, Frechtling & Horner, Shel- 

 byyille, Ind. 



William Lebzelter, Philip Lebzelter & Son, Lan- 

 caster, Pa. 



B. G. Lynch, Jonesboro Bending Company, 

 Jonesboro, Ark. 



Mr. Kelsey, Detroit Bent Goods Company, De- 

 troit, Mich. 



Mr. Thompson, Kelley-Maus & Co., Chicago. 



Mr. Treadway, John Ernsdorff Iron Company, 

 Dubuque. Iowa. 



Mr. Kneecamp, Beck & Corbitt Iron Company, 

 St. Louis, Mo. 



Mr. Davis, Shadbolt & Boyd Iron Company, 

 Milwaukee, Wis. 



Hardwood Record Mail 'Bag. 



[In this department it is proposed to reply 

 to such inquiries as reach this office from the 

 H.iRDWooD Record clientage as will be of enough 

 geaeral interest to warrant publication. Every 

 patron of the paper Is Invited to use this de- 

 partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt 

 will be made to answer queries pertaining to all 

 matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in 

 a succinct and intelligent manner.] 



Is This a Reflection on Perrlne as a Lum- 

 ■bennan? 



PKi.N'Ciifux. Ind.. April 10. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We notice in your March 25 issue an 

 item from the Indianapolis News, to the effect 

 that we have purchased a tract of land in Cali- 

 fornia on which there are said to be 3.000,000 

 ftet of cedar. Will say that this tract is in 

 British Columbia, about two and one-half hours' 

 ride with a horse and buggy from the center of 

 Vancouver. We expect to run an electric line 

 out into the timber and haul the logs in to the 

 bay in this way. 



Want to say that the poem our friend Perrine 

 had published in this number, entitled "Who 

 Would Be a Camel?" is surely worth the price 

 of your paper for one year. Have had more 

 laughs over that thing than over anything I ever 

 took up. He surely ought to have those pub- 

 lished in book form. He would make more money 



Wants Dredge and Ship Timbers. 



Fort Wayxe, Ind., April 11. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : We are particularly anxious to 

 be put in touch with some firms that use dredge 

 and ship timbers, and will appreciate It If you 

 will make a request for these in the "Hardwood 

 Record" Mail Bag. LtMBER Company. 



Any reader of the Record interested in 

 the above inquiry will be cheerfully supplied 

 the address of the correspondent on applica- 

 tion to this office. — Editor. 



III. 



H. J. Wildermuth. Lamb-Fish Lumber Com- 

 iny, Charleston, Miss. 

 J. H. McCormick, Chatfteld, Ohio. 



The Consignment Evil. 



New Orleans, April 13. — Editor H.irdwood 

 Record : The consignment evil seems to be get- 

 ting worse from day to day, in spite of all the 

 endeavors of sensible shippers to stop this prac- 

 tice, and in spite of all the protestations from 

 shippers on this side that they do not ship on 

 consigncient. I give you herewith an extract 

 from a letter from our foreign house, which 

 speaks for itself, and I wish you would publish 

 It, that it may have as wide publicity as pos. 

 sible. 



"Of course we expect that you have not bought 

 this stock, for we did not telegraph you an order 

 for It, and only said that could possibly sell this 

 quantity. From our letters you will have seen 



in the mcintime that we did not take this 

 order, first of all, because you wanted $1 more 

 and the buyer would not pay this : in fact, this 

 buyer sa.vs he will not even uphold his last 

 offer, for he claims this special stock is arriving 



at now by almost every steamer and he 



can buy these consignments at cheaper prices 

 than he has to pay on firm orders. Of course, 

 he is perfectly right in this and from his 

 standpoint it is certainly the best he could do, 

 not to close any firm order if these consign- 

 ments continue, for there is no doubt that he 

 can buy such consignments at any old price he 

 wants to pay, for anybody will be glad to turn 

 the stock loose at cost price or less, to avoid 

 the storing of same. The fact that we could 

 not get this order through at our price on 

 account of these consignments proves the fool- 

 ishness of the American shippers, who consign 



.lust that stock which is badly wanted at 



and for which the buyers would have had to 

 pay the regular price or any price that the 

 shipper would ask, if there was no stock for 



sale. — ■ has made a contract with the 



government, he is bound to furnish, he can 

 only get the stock in America, and would finally 

 have to pay whatever price the seller wants 

 for it. Now, these fools of shippers over there 

 go ahead and consign this stock, and let them- 

 selves be slaughtered by this man, who this 

 year is the only buyer for this special stock, 

 as he is the one who got the government con- 

 tract and nobody else. Instead of waiting 

 quietly until his want becomes so urgent that 

 he must pay a good price, they give their lum- 

 ber for nothing. Of course, under such circum- 

 stances you understand that we cannot touch 

 this order now." Lumber Company. 



Trouble in Kiln Drying Gum. 



Pittsburg, Pa., April 9. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We have a customer who is very anx- 

 ious indeed to use red gum for the purpose of 

 making mouldings and store fixtures. He has a 

 car of red gum now in kilns, but apparently does 

 not know how to properly kiln dry it, for it is so 

 badly warped at the present time it does not 

 look as if he would be able to use any of it. 

 In the interest of encouraging trade we write to 

 ask if you have any data on this subject, as he 

 would like very much indeed to know a method 

 of properly kiln drying red gum, and any infor- 

 mation will be highly appreciated. — 



Company. 



Specifically, the writer knows very little 

 about kiln-drying. However, thoroughly atr- 

 dried gum lumber, when dried in a good 

 kiln, can be seasoned without serious warping 

 or checking. About two-thirds of the kilns 

 that are in use to-day are of little account, 



