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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Hickory, Oak and Ash Dimension Stock 



"BUTTCVT" BRanio 



High-Gi-ade White Hickory a Specialty 



¥I//_r V" D A V HIGH INLAND AND OCEAN O 



W n I r /\ I FREIGHTS ON WASTE MATERIAL . 

 Stock Eawed free and clear of defects to specified sizes in the rough 



WASTE ELIMINATED AT SOURCE 



Operating Numerous Mills Throughout the Choicest 

 HARDWOOD BELTS in the United States 



BROWN BROS. CO. 



GAINESVILLE, FLA. MANUFACTURERS MEMPHIS, TENN. 



General Sales and Export Offices 

 11 BROAD WAY NEW YORK 



Cable Address LIGNIS, NEW YORK 



Why Costs Are High 



The Council of National Defense, Washington, D. C, has prepared a 

 report covering Its investigations into the high prices that prevail. The 

 council's flnilings indicate that high cost is primarily due to curtailment 

 in the production of nearly all commodities except raw food products, 

 to hoarding of storage food products, to profiteering, conscious and uncon- 

 scious, and to inflation of circulating credit ; and that the situation may 

 be most advantageously met by stimulated production : the repression of 

 hoarding and profiteering ; the improvement and standardization of 

 methods and facilities for distributing and marketing goods, and the per- 

 fecting of means of keeping the nation informed regarding probable 

 national reiiuirements and current production nnd stocks, 



Louisiana Timber Changes Hands 

 Halbert & Williams of Inverness, Miss., have purchased in fee simplt 

 7,280 acres of hardwood timber near Kayville, Uichland parish, La., from 

 the Wisconsin-Louisiana Land Company, JInnsHeld, Wis., the considera- 

 tion being $225,000. 



An \ip-to-date band mill is to be installed inunedlately and the timber 

 will be cut shortly. .\ spur track to the mill site is now being laid. 



Saves Money in Handling Lumber and Logs 



There is no disputiuK the fact that the era .if eeeilumiral hamlliii.i; of 

 all nmterials ha.s come. The transportation lu-oldem was hut partially 

 solved when the automobile truck demonstrated its feasibility, hut the 

 conviction is rapidly developing iu all hauling circles that the truck alone 

 is but the beginning — the truck and trailer oifer the real solution. 



In the past some difficulty has been experienced in attempts to introduce 

 trailers as originally trailers were designed as four-wheel outfits to couple 

 onto the back of the trucks. This made an awkward loading and hauling 

 arrangement and one which put such strains and peculiar stresses upon 

 the trucks as to warrant the truck manufacturers withholding guarantees 

 where such trailers were used. The development of the truck into a 

 power plant rather than a carrying vehicle was. how-ever, so logical that 

 proper solution has been constantly aimed at and finally attained. It is 

 fimnd in the semi-trailer, a two-wheel vehicle having a special attachment 

 to the truck, making possible easy hauling and alisolutely eliminating the 

 ob.]ectional strains that held back the trailer development originally. 



The King trailer made by the King Trailer Company of .4nn Arbor, 

 Mich., probably best typifies what the modern trailer should be. This is a 

 vehicle that has already been demonstrated in practical operation and the 

 demand for it is growing marvelously. The apparatus is of splendid 

 construction in every particular and Is made to fit all requirements. The 

 particular feature is the King-Irwin fifth-wheel attachment to the truck 

 which is an arrangement worked out by the King people for their own 

 use. It is a very simple apparatus that can be placed on any truck which 

 immediately converts the present truck from a carrying vehicle, with a 

 possible use of about one-third its actual capacity, to a pulling power 

 plant, which, equipped with the trailer can transport three times the 

 goods that it could carry on its own back if operating without the trailer. 

 In addition the truck as a power plant can be operated all the time, 

 one trailer taking on a load at the receiving end, one trailer being hauled 

 by the truck and a third trailer being unloaded at the end of the trip. 



The demonstrations have been so thoroughly successful and revolu- 

 tionizing and have so thoroughly proven the absolute necessity for the 

 trailer as an adjunct to tractor hauling as to result in an increasing 

 demand for King trailers, necessitating a radical expansion in the organi- 

 zation. Briefly the history of the King trailer is as follows : 



Three years ago L, H. Hoover, the organizer of the successful Hoover 

 Steel Ball Company of Ann Arbor, Mich., saw the possibilities in the 

 trailer business. His close contact with the automobile industry put him 

 in position to analyze the problems of the truck industry and it was soon 

 obvious to him that the truck to become the ideal hauling factor must be 

 made to utilize a greater proportion of its potential hauling capacity. 

 Therefore he brought into association with him leading bankers and 



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Forked Leaf 



OAK FLOORING 



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An ifn-retoiiclicd photo- 

 graph of Long-Bell Fork- 

 ed Leaf Oak Flooring. 



In homes where the best is considered 

 worth while oalv will always be selected for 

 the flooring. But there's a difference in oak 

 flooring. For beauty in grain and color, 

 for uniformity, for durability, for smooth- 

 ness, f ono-RcLL Forked Leaf Oak Flooring- 

 has never been surpassed. Dealers and 

 users substantiate our claim that it is the 

 1 est graded flooring on the market. You 

 will please your most exacting trade by 

 ])roviding this superior stock. 



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R. A. Long Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. 



.Manufartnrer of 



Forked Leaf Oak FloorinK, <>ak. Giini, Southern Pine Lumber; Creo- 



soted Lumber, Posts, Poles, Piling, Ties, Wood Blocks: 



California White Pine. 



