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HARDWOOD RECORD 



CYPRESS LUMBER 



Is and 2s: 5/4" 

 6/4" 



8/4" 



Tank: 8/4" . . . 



Selects: 5/4" . . 

 6/4".. 



21845 Selects: 8/4" 2620 



8000 „, _,.„ 

 3220 ^'•°P= ^/^ 



8360 



715 



6/4" 13925 



8/4" 4340 



39320 Common: 5/4" 142370 



11500 6/4" 50925 



RUSSE & BURGESS, Inc. 



Memphis, Tennessee 



E. F. PEERT 

 Uanager 



ESTABUSHED 1898 



LOUIS H. PAEKEE 

 Asst. Manager 



Lumber Underwriters 



Every Kind and Form of 



Fire InsuRancE 



FOR LUMBERMEN 

 66 Broadway New York 



OAK FLOORING 



Kiln- 

 Dried ^^ 



Polished 



HARDWOOD 



Hollow 

 Backed 



Bundled 



POPLAR 



A 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. 



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Table of Contents 



COVER PICTURE: — A Trout Stream in the Smokies. 

 REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General l\/larl<et Conditions 15 



Next to Nature 16 



Flood Problems 16 



Forestry Work of the Pennsylvania Railroad 16 



Canada's Lumber Output 17 



An Extravagant Disease 17 



Mechanical Properties of Wood 17 



Foreign Tariff Information 17 



Forthcoming N. H. L. A. Meeting 18 



The New Tariff Law 18 



Imports and Exports for February 18 



The Floods and Collections 18 



Liverpool Mahogany Sales 18 



Continuance of Box Hearing 18 



CARTOON:— Help! 19 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Profitable Lumber Advertising 20 



Theory and Practice of Discounts 21 



Wood-Using Industries of Connecticut 22-23 



Lumber Transfer Buggies 23 



Second Growth Defined 24 



More Hardwoods in the Home 24-25 



The Filer and the Sawyer 25 



Three Unusual Trees 26 



More Efficient Utilization 27-30 



Forest Products of Canada 30 



Big Holdings of a Scarce Wood 31 



The Flood Situation 32-33 



The Oldest Living Thing 33 



THE MAIL BAG 34 



MISCELLANEOUS CLUB AND ASSOCIATION MEETINGS 34-35 



NEWS MISCELLANY 34-38 



HARDWOOD NEWS NOTES 38-45 



HARDWOOD MARKET 45-49 



STJBSCEIPTION TEEMS; In the United States and Its posseesloos, and Canada, 

 J2.00 the jear; In foreign countries. $1.00 extra postage. 



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 at our option. 



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 must be given. 



Both display and classified advertising rates furnished upon application. AdTer- 

 tlslng copy 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 3, 1879. 



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 



