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ing in the trade at that place and business 

 Is in exceUent shape. His company has sev- 

 eral mills in that state and a part of them 

 are running full time. Stocks are fairly lib- 

 eral and the outlook favors good business at 

 that place up to the close of the year. 



The Schleyer Lumber Company reports 

 business very good and the outlook favorable 

 lor increased activity. This company started 

 business about September 1 and has enjoyed 

 a good trade since that time. 



The M. A. Hayward Lumber Company is 

 doing a good business in oak flooring and has 

 an excellent trade in poplar. This company 

 has no fault to find with the trade, and ex- 

 pects to see better times in the near future, 

 or as soon as the election is over. 



Mr. Ely of the American Column & Lumber 

 Company of Albans. W. Va., has decided to 

 make his headquarters at Columbus and will 

 bring his family to this city in the near 

 future. 



The C. T. Nelson Lumber Company reports 

 trade as fair but nothing sensational in the 

 situation. The company expects to see grad- 

 ual improvement in the trade as soon as the 

 election is over. 



The W. M. Ritter Lumber Company con- 

 tinues to receive a good volume of orders, and 

 the total for September was very satisfactory. 



According to several of the local companies, 

 the shorts have about covered their orders 

 in yellow pine, and as a result the market 

 has been rather quiet during the past week. 

 It is believed by some that the market ad- 

 vanced too rapidly and that a slight reaction 

 is due before the close of the year. Build- 

 ing operations are showing improvement, and 

 work on a residence costing $100,000 was 

 begun this week. Several other large struc- 

 tures are being erected, and work on new- 

 homes seems to be fairly plentiful. It seems 

 ;is if many are disposed to take advantage 

 of the low cost of material and will build this 

 fall instead of waiting until next spring, when 

 prices of material will likely be higher than 

 they are now. 



For some time retail lumber dealers have 

 been complaining that jobbing prices have 

 been advancing and their list has remained 

 unchanged for many months. Among some 

 of the dealers there has been vigorous com- 

 petition for new business, and that has helped 

 to keep retail values down. 



CINCINNATI 



The resrular monthly meeting of the Clncln- 

 n.-itl Lumbermen's Club was held October 5 at 

 the Stage Cafe, the attendance being the largest 

 of many monUis. The meeting proved a great 

 surprise to many of the member.*, for something 

 thty had never thought of turned up. The in- 

 spection rules of 1908 have long been the topic 

 of conversation among the lumber dealers here, 

 and their efforts of the past to have the 1905 

 rules readopted have proved futile. At the In- 

 spection conference Jield at Philadelphia nothing 

 definite was done in favor of the readoption of 

 the rules, and now the local dealers are going to 

 use more drastic measures to see if their task 

 cannot be accomplished. President B. F. Dul- 

 weber of the club attended the meeting held at 

 Philadelphia September 24, and submitted his 

 report to the members, after which a lively 

 discussion took place and after much comment 

 William A. Bennett moved that the secretary 

 issue letters to all dealers of other cities favor- 

 ing the 1905 inspection rules to attend a special 

 meeting to be held here on November 19. This 

 was overwhelmingly received, and the meeting 

 will be held here on date specified. There was 

 also some talk of the local members withdraw- 

 ing from the National Hardwood Association in 

 a body, if need be, and they will get other large 

 cities Interested In the movement and possibly 

 form an entirely new organization. The Cincin 



nati dealers have long been trying to get a 

 return of tne 1905 inspection rules and will now 

 use every means to have them restored. 



Letters will be mailed to all cities tor the 

 meeting of November 19. and a general big time 

 is e.\pected. A committee will be appointed to 

 make arrangements to accommodate a large 

 crowd, and there seems a strong possibility of a 

 new organization being formed. 



The banquet took place at 6 :30 p. m. at the 

 Stage Cafe and was of the most delightful kind. 

 Congressman Herman P. Goebel addressed the 

 members on ■Politics and Merchants' Marine." 

 He was also asked to talk on the inland water- 

 way, which he did, and stated that the nine- 

 foot stage in the Ohio river is a certainty and 

 will be completed as soon as possible. 



President B. F. Dulweber then heard reports 

 from the various committees present. A com- 

 munication from the widow of the late M. B. 

 Farrin was read thanking the members for their 

 kindness in her bereavement. 



The following new concerns were admitted to 

 membership : I^ilierton-Powell Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Company. James Kennedy & Co., Ltd., and 

 the William 11. Perry Lumber Company. 



The next monthly meeting of the Lumbermen's 

 Club will be held on Tuesday, when an effort 

 will be made to receive the election returns. 

 Among those present were : Hon. H. P. Goebel, 

 B. F. Dulweber, W. E. Talbert, P. V. Shoe, A. 

 Ilelder, Joseph Buckley, George M. Morgan, Jo- 

 seph H. McEntee, J. D. Serena, H. K. Willing. 

 J. S. Zollar, J. Watt Graham, Ben Bramlage, 

 Ferd Brenner, J. A. Bolser, Charles Duee, A. B. 

 Ideson, C. II. Pease, C. J. Walker, W. A. Ben- 

 nett, A. Howard, Edward Barber, P. E. Radlna. 

 A. E. Hart, J. A. Van Ovsdal, E. J. Walker, 

 S. E. Glffen, U. L. Gilbert, E. J. Thuman, J. II. 

 Wehry, George W. Hand, H. K. J)lckcrson, B. A. 

 Kipp, W. A. Earle, T. P. Scott, C. F. Shiels, P. 

 Kichardson, II. J. Pfelster, W. J. Eckman, W. S. 

 Sterrett and W. C. Gabennesch. 



Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fredelake celebrated their 

 fiftieth wedding anniversary at their residence at 

 1028 Flint street. Mr. Fredelake has been con- 

 nected with the Wiborg & Hanna Company for 

 a number of years. He arrived In Cincinnati 

 about fifty years ago and has lived here ever 

 since. 



The local members of the Business Men's Club 

 and Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce left in a 

 special car for New Richmond, Ind., to attend 

 the Manufacturers' Day at that place. The af- 

 fair proved a most successful one. The local 

 delegation was led by a brass band and made a 

 very good impression. The town was beautifully 

 decorated. 



The Buckeye Handle & Lumber Company of 

 New Bremen, O., Increased Its capital stock from 

 .$10,000 to $35,000. 



The il. B. Farrin Lumber Company has elected 

 II. J. Pfelster president : W. J. Eckman, vice- 

 president : A. L. Metcalf, secretary and treas- 

 urer. 



The quarterly dividend of one and one-half 

 per cent on the preferred stock of the Globe- 

 Wernicke Company has been declared, payable 

 October 15 to holders of record of September 30. 

 The Greenwood Street Ijumber Company of 

 Marion, 0., with .". capital stock of $50,000, was 

 incorporated last week by J. A. Schroeter, W. 

 W. Wilson. F. A. Isslleb. Charles A. Schroeter 

 and D. K. Crissinger. 



The regular quarterly dividend of one and 

 one-half per cent has been declared on the pre- 

 ferred stock of the New Klver Lumber Company. 

 The Pfau Manufacturing Company of Hunt 

 street will build a $100,000 plant In Norwood 

 next year. The present lease on the quarters 

 does not expire until next July and until that 

 time they will be located on Hunt street. 



The Middle Lumber & Tile Company of Cin- 

 cinnati, with a capital stock of $10,000, has been 

 incorporated by \V. S. Sandifer, P. N. Simon, 

 J. P, Tyree, I. B. Bullock and Fred Frazee. 



"Both pine and hardwoods are doing a great 

 deal better than months ago," said W. W. Stone, 



of the T. E. Stone Lumber Company. "We have 

 been doing a much better business so far this 

 month, and last mouth was the best of the year. 

 I have just returiied from a business trip East, 

 where I found things rather quiet. The middle 

 and extreme western sections, however, are doing 

 a fair volume of business, but not as good as 

 that of the Queen City merchants." 



J. W. Darling of the J. W. Darling Lumber 

 Company left this week for a trip to the South. 

 R. L. Gilbert of the J. W. Darling Lumber 

 Company has returned from a business trip 

 North. He said that the local trade with them 

 was very good, in fact it compared very favor- 

 able with that of last year, although the prices 

 realized were not as good. The carriage and 

 implement manufacturers are getting into the 

 market for larger quantities of lumber, but the 

 box manufacturers have restricted their demands 

 to a certain extent. 



The month of September in the hardwood 

 trade was the best on record so far this year and 

 the figures just issued by the Cincinnati Cham- 

 ber of Commerce show that trade has almost 

 eiiuaied that of the year previous. The past 

 month exceeded the month of August by fully 

 200 cars, and that speaks fairly well for the 

 situation. The receipts of lumber last month 

 were 5,615 cars, as compared with 6,078 cars 

 for the same month of the year previous. The 

 shipments last month numbered 4,280 cars, while 

 the year previous 4,866 cars were shipped. The 

 month of October, it is generally thought will 

 equal and possibly exceed September. 



J. Pease of the Galloway-Pease Lumber Com 

 pany of Johnson City, Tenn., was a visitor 

 among the local lumber dealers during the last 

 fortnight. 



The baseball contest between the Cincinnati 

 lumbermen and the furniture dealers resulted 

 in a glorious victory for the lumbermen — score 

 17 to 3. It was a good game on the lumbermen's 

 part but they seemed far to,, nir<;rrvslv. for the 

 old timers. It is possihl.' ihai iIh li.isoball 

 games will be an annual afl'air wiih ili.. Lumber- 

 men's Club, and challenges will !(.• is~iii. cl to out- 

 of-town teams. George M. Morgan and L. W. 

 Radlna had charge of the lumber boys. 



L. W. Radlna of the L. W. Radlna Lumber 

 Company states that trade in poplar and oak 

 showed a much better tone during the past 

 month. "As a general rule, I think the best 

 of the year in trade is yet to come," he said. 



G. M. Morgan of the Nicola, Stone & Meyers 

 Company reports trade with them is about the 

 same as that of a month ago. 



Thomas J. Mciffelt of the Maley. Thompson & 

 M"iT.ii I "ih|-:un >:i\- ii.1,1,- seems to be getting 

 li'ii I, ^ . I - )!-l\voods. although the 



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ilc.-il. [.. .11. I.ii\ 111.; iiiiMi.^ariy more liberally, but 

 prices have not iliangcd materially. 



Harry A. Freiberg of the Freiberg Ltmiber 

 Company states he found trade picking up con- 

 siderable. The demand for mahogany and other 

 high-class hardwoods was much better than a 

 month ago, due to the more liberal purchases of 

 the furniture dealers, interior finishers and plan- 

 ing mill men. The mill of the company will be 

 started up within the next month. 



W. B. Dunn of the Body Lumber Company of 

 Abingdon, Va., was a visitor among the trade 

 during the past week. 



Oscar Twcfchelle of Joseph Ross & Co., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., was registered in the Queen City 

 during the past ten days. 



J. A. Streck of the McLean Lumber Company, 

 Buffalo, canvassed the town for trade for his 

 concern during the past week. 



W. E. Johns of the William H. Perry Lumber 

 Company has returned from a business trip to 

 the mill of the company at Alabama. He said 

 things in the South were getting better and that 

 within a month he expected to resume opera- 

 tions with their mill. W. Wolfe of the company 

 reports the local trade as fair. 



Max Kosse of the K. and P. Lumber Company 

 says the foreign trade is much better for quar- 



