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Published in the Interest of Hardwood Lumber, American Hardwood Forests, Wood Veneer Industry, Hardwood Flooring, 

 Hardwood Interior Finish, Wood Chemicals, Saw Mill and Wood^vorking Mactiinery. 



Vol. XXI. 



CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 10, 1905. 



No. 2. 



Published on the 10th and 25th of each month by 



THE HARDWOOD COMPANY 



Henry H. Gibson, Presidem 



Frank W. TUTTLE, Sec-Treas. 



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General Market Conditions. 



The couseusus of opinion voiced by the Hardwood Record market 

 reporters in praetieally every hardwood center of the United States 

 indicates that the trade never was in as strong condition as it is 

 at the present time. 



It seems to be only a question of having the lumber for manu- 

 facturers and jobbers to make large sales of practically every variety 

 of American hardwoods. The only thing that militates against busi- 

 ness at the present time is the remarkable car shortage. Some 

 railroads are thousands of cars behind on their orders, and even after 

 lumber is loaded from the points of production, the congested con- 

 dition of the roads is such that it seems impossible to get it delivered 

 with anything like reasonable promptness. 



There is every reason to believe that November and December 

 are going to be the two best months ever experienced in the hardwood 

 lumber industry, and that on Jan. 1 there will be the smallest stock 

 of hardwood lumber in first hands ever known in the history of the 

 trade. 



Plain oak is still the strongest seller in the market, with the 

 general run of other southern hardwoods a close second. Northern 

 hardwoods, notably maple, birch, basswood and elm, which dragged 

 ■considerably earlier in the season, are now having a very good sale. 



Hardwood Dimension Stock Meeting. 



The Hardwood Record is pleased to announce that there will 

 be a meeting of hardwood dimension stock manufacturers held at 

 10 a. m., Tuesday, Nov. 21, in Glub Room L 38, Great Northern 

 Hotel, Chicago. 



On Nov. 1 the following letter was sent to upwards of 2,000 

 hardwood manufacturers throughout the United States, seeking to 

 reach everyone interested in hardwood dimension stock: 



Chicago, Nov. 1, 1905. 

 Dear Sir : The editor of the Hardwood Recokd has been 

 requested by many manufacturers of hardwood dimension stock 

 utilized in the manufacture of wagons, furniture, chairs, etc., 

 to take the initial steps in calling a convention of concerns in- 

 tetested in this line of production, to meet in the city of Chicago, 

 for the following purpo.'^es: 



1. By mutual conference to establish an estimate of the 

 value of hardwood dimension stock. 



2. By mutual agreement to establish a basis of just 



manufacture and grading. 



3. Through acquaintance and deliberation, to arrive at 



a thorough understanding of the requirements of 

 this business, to the end that it^may be placed on 

 a more satisfactory commercial basis. 



4. If it be deemed wise, to organize a National Hard- 



wood Dimension Association. 



This movement has been brought about by discussion through 

 the columns of the Hardwood Kecoed by leading producers, bj 

 contributors, and by editorials, through which it has been made 

 manifest that the hardwood dimension business is in a very 

 unsatisfactory condition, while naturally it should be a most 

 lucrative pursuit. 



You are requested to sign and return enclosed call at once, 

 and to send a representative of your house to the conference, if 

 interested. If not, you will confer a favor by so advising. 



It may be explained that the editor of the Hardwood Rec- 

 ord calls this meeting solely from a desire to insure a better- 

 ment of commercial conditions incident to the i)roduction of 

 dimension stock. 



Trusting to have your favorable consideration and co-opera- 

 tion, sincerely yours, Henrt H. Gibson, Editor. 

 The following slip was enclosed with this letter: 

 Henry H. Gibson, Editor Hardwood JJecord, 355 Dearborn' 

 Street, Chicago. 



Vou are hereby authorized to attach our name to a call for 

 a meeting of manufacturers of hardwood dimension materials, to 

 be held in Chicago at 10 a. m. on Tuesday, November 21, 1905, 

 with headquarters at the Great Northern Hotel. 



The responses have approximated 1,000; in many instances manu- 

 facturers receiving the letter were not producers of dimension stock, 

 and therefore not interested in the proposed meeting; but a great 

 many who do make hardwood dimension material have signed and 

 returned the call, or have signified their intention to be present and 

 participate in the deliberations of the meeting. Selected from this 

 number are the following: 



Edward L. Davis & Co., Louis- 

 ville, Ky. 



Earl Palmer, Paducah, Ivy. 



J. V. Stimson, Huntingburg, 

 Ind. 



W. H. Pelsue, East Walllng- 

 ford, Vt. 



Brittingham & Young Compa- 

 ny, Madison, Wis. 



W. H. Lyons, Lyons, Ky. 



Albert Kampf, Louisville, Ky. 



Wm. H. White & Co., Boyne 

 City, Mich. 



Bacon Lumber Cpmpany, Grand 

 Kapids, Mich. 



G. W. Stiles & Son, Stow, N. Y. 



Cadillac Handle Co., Cadillac, 

 Mich. 



North Vernon Pump & Lumber 

 Company, North Vernon. Ind. 



Pratt-Woi-thington Company, 

 Sacramento, Ky. 



FullertonPowell Hardwood 

 Lumber Company, South 

 Bend, Ind. 



Snyder & Bisbee, Athens. Mich. 



Geo. M. Waters, New Palestine, 

 Ind. 



H. R. Soovill Company, Ypsi- 

 lanti, Mich. 



Freeman Lumber Company, 

 Gleason, Ark. 



Doud Sons & Co., Winona, Minn. 



J. S. Goldie, Cadillac, Mich. 



John R. Davis Lumber Compa- 

 ny, Phillips, Wis. 



Houston & Curtis, Chicago, 111. 



B. F. McMillan & Bro., McMil- 

 lan, Wis. 



J. E. Reiler, Levering, Mich. 



John C. Frey, Lafayette, Ind. 

 D. H. Hinkley, Brutus, Mich. 

 Charles Bogardus, Pellston, 



Mich. 

 R. G. Jester, Perrysville, Ind. 

 J. E. Stewart, Fontanet, Ind. 



0. A. Rowland, Uesperia, Mich. 

 G. A. Dwiggins, Fountain City, 



Ind. 



C. I. Hoyt & Co., Pekin, Ind. 

 James Buckley, IBrookville, Ind. 

 Briggs & Cooper Company, Ltd., 



Saginaw, Mich. 



J. W. Wells Lumber Company, 

 Menominee, Mich. 



Girard Lumber Company, Me- 

 nominee, Mich. 



1. Stephenson Company, Wells, 

 Mich. 



Bird & Wells Lumber Company, 

 Wausaukee, Wis. 



South Arm Lumber Company, 

 Marquette, Mich. 



Simmons Lumber Company, Sim- 

 mons, Mich. 



L. Van Winkle, Van's Harbor, 

 Mich. 



Swan-Day Lumber Company, Clay 

 City, Ky, 



D. S. Lumber & Supply Company, 

 Berwick, Pa. 



Cummings Lumber Company, Pe- 

 tersburg, Ind. 



Lunenburg Lumber Company, 

 Richmond, Va. 



D. P. Whisnant, Newark, Ark, 



W. B. Wild, Asheville. N. C. 



H. C. Schneider, Shermerville, 

 111. 



H. A. Liberty, Curtiss, Wis. 



