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HARDWOOD RECORD 



September 25, 1919 



American Trading Co. (''(^oast ) 

 Imported and Domestic Hardwoods 



AUSTRALIAN GUM TEAK COCOBOLO (Rosewood) 



CENmi: AMER MAHOGANY IRONBARK SPANISH CEDAR 



GENIZERO MAHOGANY CAL. LAUREL LIGNUM VITAE 



And Numerous Other Varieties 



244 California St. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 



Shawano County Hard Maple 



Is Our Specialty 



Complete Stock of Northern Hardwoods 



MAPLE 



FIVE CARS 

 5/4" No. 2 C & B Soft 



THREE CARS 

 7/4" No. 1 C & B Hard 



THREE CARS 

 9/4" No. 1 C & B Hard 



WAUSAU, WISCONSIN 



— GILL- ANDREWS LUMBER CO.— 



On -Vu^'list 1. lylT. Tile t<»r:il car ^^urpiuse.-^ reported tbrnuuhuul the country 

 were 43.481 cars, whereas on August 1. 1919, the total car surpluses 

 were 107.900. The total nuiulicr of unfilled car retiulsitions on August 1, 

 1917. was 77.257. whereas total number of unfilled car requisitions on 

 August 1. 1919, was onl.v 19.271. 



Director general of railroads authorized the statement that during the 

 week ending September 13. 5,341 of new cars ordered constructed b.v 

 administration were placed in service. 



It is announced from London that quarterly shipbuilding returns from 

 Lloyds show that at the end of June 2,524,050 tons was the total for the 

 Dnlteil Kingdom, which represents an increase of 269,000 tons. 



According to a statement to the House September 16 of Representative 

 (jood. republican, chairman of the Appropriation Committee, a deficit of 

 53.591.273,343 faces the United States Treasury by the end of the fiscal 

 year 1920. Total probable expenditures are ?10,S31,201,5S5. total receipts 

 $7,239,928,240. 



National Forests for Vacationing 

 The U. S. Forest Service is trying to bring to the attention of the public 

 the unexcelled vacation resources of the national forests and is empha- 

 sizing that one need not go to the far west but that there are two national 

 forests east of the Mississippi that have wonderful vacation opportunities 

 for camping, tramping and motoring. The White Mountain National 

 Forest in northern New Hampshire entertains far fewer visitors than ii 

 deserves and there is the .\ppalachian National Forest in North Carolina 

 and Tennessee, although vacation resources have not been so greatly devel- 

 oped there as in the White Mountains. 



Small Items Make Large Totals 



The New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse has been compiling 

 figures to show that shoe manufacturers are paying 33 per cent more than 

 Is necessary for the maple that is used for wooden heels. They are paying 

 for needless waste. At present, shoe manufacturers buy heart wood maple, 

 of the highest quality, in large sized pieces, tnelve and fourteen feet long, 

 eight inches wide and two inches thick. After reaching the shoe manu- 

 facturer, this large dimension maple lumber is cut into four-foot lengths, 

 two Inches square, and the heels turned from these pieces. 



The distribution of this large sized maple lumber is costly, while small 

 pieces can be secured of equally good material, out of what is now waste 

 in manufacture. The sawmill cost of cutting waste pieces of maple to the 

 four foot, two by two inch size is small, and a cost which the shoe manu- 

 facturer now bears. In addition, the lumber manufacturer would sell the 

 finished small sizes at a price far lower than that for which he can afford 

 to produce the large sized pieces. 



The investigation shows that prices roughly are .«100 for the large 

 sized material while the same amount of what is now waste could be sold 

 by the lumber mantifacturer. ciit to size desired by the shoe men, for 

 about $75. 



The campaign against waste Is one of the most important fights now 

 going on in this country, and the little wooden shoe heel furnishes a text 

 for many a sermon on economics and con.servatlon. 



The New York College of Forestry has Just closed a contract with the 

 Dnited States Forest Service for a joint survey of wood utilization In 

 New York State. An excellent survey of that kind was made in 1913, and 

 another to follow so closely is proof that the New Yorkers are not asleep 

 at the post. 



Hardwood News Notes 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Seymour Woodworking Company. Seymour, Ind., has been succeeded 

 by the Seymour Cabinet Company. 



The Charleston Lumber Company has been incorporated at Charleston, _ 

 Miss., with an authorized capital of $30,000. 



The Springfield Planing Mill Construction & Lumber Company, Spring- . 

 field. Mo., has Increased its capital to $130,000. 



Fire In the lumber district of Grand Rapids, Mich., affected the fol- 

 lowing concerns : The Luce Lumber Company, the Marquette Lumber 

 Company, the Spears Lumber Company and the Stiles Brothers Company. 



Recent incorporations are: The Robinson Handle Factory, Philippi, 

 W. Va. ; the Superior Box & Casket Company, Hancock, Mich.; the Fair- 

 field Manufacturing Company. Fairfield. Me., to manufacture furniture ; 

 the AmericiTi Wood Products Corporation, Wilmington, Del. : the Quimby ' 

 Saw Mill Company, Hadley, .\la. ; the Earl Lumber Company, Earl, Ark., _ 

 and the Green Land & Lumber Company at Forrest City, Ark. ; the Badger 

 Wood Products Company, Shawano, Wis. : the Beauregard Lumber Com- 

 pany, -Me-xandria, La. ; Schwanbeck Brothers, Pern. Ind.. to manufacture ^ 

 wood specialties. i 



The partnership of Lovett & Pierce, Rhinelander, Wis., has been dis- 

 solved. . 



The Embury-Martin Lumber Company, Cheboygan, Mich., had a fire ■ 

 recently. 



The Wood-Mosaic Poplar Veneer Company is the style of the business 

 formerly operated as the Central Veneer Company at Huntington, W. Va.. 

 it having been incorporated recently as above to be operated distinct from 

 the Wood-Mosaic Company's many other operations. 



.The death is announced of James E. Mooney, president of the Cincin- 

 nati CniEn Company, Cincinnati. O. 



The Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Company of Memphis, Tenn., has 

 increaseil its capital stock to $500,000. 



The Period Cabinet Manufacturing Company, New Albany, Ind., has 

 incorporated with a capital of $50,000. .Additional incorporations are: 

 The Metal & Wood Products Company. Piqua, O; : the Richland Basket 

 Company, Richland, N. Y. ; the Indianapolis Body Corporation, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind. 



The De Ruyter Manufacturing Company of De Ruyter. N. Y., has suc- 

 ceeded the H. Sheldon Manufacturing Company at Elkland, Pa. 



Early in September fire destroyed the lumber sheds and contents in 

 Minneapolis, curtailing a loss estimated at $150,000. The property 

 belonged to the Minneapolis Sash & Door Company, 926 Central avenue. 

 The sheds were well filled with doors, sash and' other millwork. 



CHICAGO 



M. D. Reeder has withdrawn from the W. O. King Lumber Company, 

 Chicago. 



The Chauncy Body Corporation, city, has discontinued btisiness. 



The Melville Clark Piano Company, De Kalb, HI., has been succeeded by 

 the Apollo Piano Company. 



BUFFALO 



Much complaint has been made lately of the growing shortage of c^rs 

 in all branches of business. There is somewhat of a lull in that line just 

 now, for reasons not well understood here, and it is not expected to last. 

 The fall movement of crops is setting in. which will take so much motive 

 power that everything will suffer. Lumber shippers try to take advantage 

 of the situation by reloading all cars coming in and sending them east- 

 ward, which is more easily done than when the whole supply was bulked 

 by government authority. 



The Buffalo Automobile Club held its annual gymkhana on September 

 20 at the Clarence club house, near this city. The chairman of the enter- 

 tainment committee was C. Walter Betts. with whom were associated A. 

 W. Kreinheder. Orson E. Teager, James B. Wall and I. N. Stewart. M. M. 

 Wall was one of the judges of the contests. 



The campaign for the nomination of councilmen for this city is now on 

 and eighteen candidates are in the race. Of these six who get the highest 

 vote are to be nominated in the primary next month, and of these six three 

 are to be elected in November. Commissioner A. W. Kreinheder is a candi- 

 date again, after serving four years. His nominating petition was remark- 

 ably large, containing about 40.000 names and this indicates that he will 

 be nominated and re-elected. The chairman of the nominating committee 

 is Orson E. Yeager and lumbermen will work hard for the renomination of 

 Mr. Kreinheder. 



Fred M. Sullivan and Fleming Sullivan were at Port Rowan, Ont., a 

 few days this month, shooting ducks and fishing, at which they had good 

 success. 



James B. Wall has been on a trip to the mills in the South this month 

 and also visited Chicago before returning. He looked over stocks bought 



