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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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 OFFICE: 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



MAIN OFFICE: 



PADUCAH, KY- 



E. F. PEERY 

 Uanager 



ESTABLISHED 1893 



LOUIS H. PARKEE 

 Asst. Manager 



Lumber Underwriters 



Every Kind and Form of 



Fire InsuRancE 



FOR LUMBERMEN 

 66 Broadway New York 



OAK FLOORING 



Kiln- 

 Dried 



Polished 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



& MFC. CO. 

 3A RDIS 

 . MISS. . 



Hollow 

 ?^ Backed 



and 



Bundled 



CYPRESS LUMBER 



Is and 2s: S/4" 

 6/4" 

 8/4" 



21845 

 8000 

 3220 



Tank: 8/4" 8360 



Selects: 5/4" 39320 



6/4" 11500 



Selects: 8/4" 2620 



Shop: 3/4" 715 



6/4" 13925 



8/4" 4340 



Common: 5/4" 142370 



6/4" 50925 



RUSSE & BURGESS, Inc. 



Memphis, Tennessee 



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Table of Contents 



COVER PICTURE: — Lake Carrier, Mississippi. 

 REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 15 



National Drainage Congress 16 



Menace in High Prices 16 



Lake Carrier 16 



Liverpool Mahogany Sales 16 



Evolution in Hardwood Demand 16 



Sabotage Illustrated 17 



An Experiment in Conservation 17 



A Ne\N Paper Material 17 



Venerable English Woodw/ork 18 



An Awakening IS 



CARTOON:— The Hardwood Situation 19 



AMERICAN FOREST TREES:— Western Larch 20-21 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Confusion of Common Names Sometimes Serious 21 



An Analysis of Durability 22-23 



Sources of Hardwood Waste 24-26 



Eliminating One Loss at the Sawmill 26-27 



A Remedy for Chestnut Blight 27 



Woods of the Pea Family 28-29 



Tanner's Demands on the Forest 30 



Northern Poplar for Paper Pulp 31 



Wood the Underwriter's Scapegoat 32 



Hardwoods Used in Logging Conifers 33 



Facts About Some Precious Woods 34 



Annual Chicago Lumbermen's Club 35-36 



Traffic Matters Around Memphis 36 



Advantage of Personal Contact 37 



Wood-Using Industries of Maine 38 



THE MAIL BAG 39 



NEWS MISCELLANY 40-44 



HARDWOOD NEWS NOTES 44-49 



HARDWOOD MARKET 49-53 



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

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

 under act of March 3, 1S79. 



ICHABOD T. WILLIAMS & SONS 



Foreign and Domestic Woods 

 in Logs, Lumber and Veneers 



11th Ave. and 25th Street 

 NEW YORK 



910 So. Michigan Avenue 

 CHICAGO 



