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HARDWOOD RECORD 



POPLAR 



M 4 4 to 12 4, All Grades 



We also manufacture Oak and Gum 



If you appreciate quality and service, 

 we will hold your business 



Faust Bros. Lumber Co. 



SALES OFFKK: 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



MAIN OFFICE: 



PADUCAH, KY. 



OAK FLOORING 



Kiln- ^^^ 

 Dried 4v 



Polished 



Hollow 

 Backed 



and 



Bundled 



CYPRESS LUMBER 



Is and 2s: 5/4" 21845 



6/4" 8000 



8/4" 3220 



Tank: 8/4" 8360 



Selects: 5/4" 39320 



6/4" 11500 



Selects: 8/4" 2620 



Shop: 5/4" 715 



6/4" 13925 



8/4" 4340 



Common: 5/4" 142370 



6/4" 50925 



RUSSE & BURGESS, Inc. 



Memphis, Tennessee 



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COVER PICTURE:— Handling and Assorting Logs at Mill. 

 REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 15 



A Condition, Not a Theory 15 



Preventive Appliances IS 



Lumber Cost. — Present and Future 16 



An Unreasonable Expectation 16 



Fire Risk in Wooden Buildings 17 



Milling- In-Transit Order Issued 17 



Will Arbitrate Firemen's Strike? 18 



Coming National Wholesalers" Meeting 18 



Condition of Shipments in Fiber vs. Wooden Packages 18 



Final Hearing on Car Weights 18 



Fully Digested 18 



CARTOON:— The Hardwood Situation ^9 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Hardwoods of the Pacific Slope , 20 



Traffic Matters Around Memphis 22 



Introducing New Woods 22 



Handling and Assorting Logs at Mill 23 



Lumbering in the Bahamas 23 



The Truth About Catalpa 24 



Co-operation and Sales Efficiency 25 



Car Conditions February 15 26 



In the Lair of the Eucalypts 27 



A Point to Remember in Selling by Width 28 



Climatic Changes Recorded by Trees ?9 



Kraetzer- Cured Lumber 30 



German East African Cedar 31 



Low- Grade Hardwoods on a Bull Market 32 



An Analysis of Wood Values 33 



The Lumber Trade Journal 35 



Conditions Abroad During January 36 



Impressions of a Tenderfoot 37 



Meeting of Box Manufacturers ^ 39 



THE MAIL BAG 40 



NEWS MISCELLANY 41-45 



HARDWOOD NEWS NOTES 45-49 



HARDWOOD MARKET 50-53 



SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: In tlie United Stiites and its possessions, an<l CHna<Ia, 

 $2.00 tlie jear; in foreign countries, Sl.OO extra postase. 



In conformity with tlie rules of tlie postofflce department, subscriptions are 

 payable In advance, and in default of written orders to the contrary, ace continued 

 at our option. 



Instructions for renewal, discontinuance, or change of address, should be sent 

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 must be given. 



Both display and classified advertisinj; rates furnislied upon npplicntlon. Adver- 

 tising copy must he received live days in advance of publication dates. 



Entered as second-class matter May 26. 1902, at the postotfice at Chicago. III., 

 under art of March 3. 1S79. 



ICHABOD T. WILLIAMS & SONS 



Foreign and Domestic Woods 

 in Logs, Lumber and Veneers 



11th Ave. and 25th Street 

 NEW YORK 



910 So. Michigan Avenue 

 CHICAGO 



