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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Co., W. B. Chiwis, Hafner Manufacturing 

 Co., Lloyd G. Harris Manufacturing Co., A. 

 J. Lang, J. A. Holmes Lumber Co., C. F. 

 Liebte Hardwood Mill & Lumber Co., C. E. 

 Strifler Lumber Co., Teckmever & Weliinger 

 Lumber Co. 



Those ■nlio operate in St. Louis and ship 

 direct from the mills are: Ozark Cooperage 

 Co., Stoneman-Zearing Ijuniber Co., Valley 

 Lumber Co., J. N. Woodbury, The F. H. 

 Smith Co., John F. Scobee & Co., J. P. & 

 W. H. Eichardson, The Moore Co., Milue 

 Lumber Co., L. Methudy, Willard Case Lum- 

 ber Co., Berthold & Jennings. 



In the early eighties it became apparent 

 that some kind of an organization was nec- 

 essary. What at first was only random talk 

 gradually took definite form, culminating in 

 1890 in a mass meeting of all St. Louis 

 lumbermen. The direct result of this meeting 

 was the organization of the Lumbermen's 

 Exchange. R. M. Fry was clpctod president, 



GEORGE W. STOXEM.VN, I'ltKSIUEXT STONE- 

 MAN-ZEAUING LUMBER COMPANY. 



William Druhe vice president, and W. E. 

 Barns secretary. Although the Lumbermen's 

 Exchange was an organization of the gen- 

 eral lumber interests, the hardwood men pre- 

 dominated. One of the first great works of 

 the Exchange was the promulgation of a set 

 of inspection rules and the operation of said 

 inspection system. This action was finally 

 passed in January, 1891. This was the be- 

 ginning of the now imiversal system of issu- 

 ing inapection certificates, which are recog- 

 nized as legal documents. It is noteworthy 

 that this inspection system, born in St. Louis, 

 has universally been adopted. The Hakd- 

 WOOD Becokd has from time to time spoken 

 of the influence of the Exchange upon the 

 St. Louis market in the way of eliminating 

 and preventing rascality and the putting of 

 all dealers on an crjual htmia. It is a last 

 court of refuge in cases of dispute regarding 

 grades. The Exchange is now in the most 

 flourishing condition of Its history. The 

 headquarters are located in the Security 

 building, in charge of Secretary P. J. David- 



son. The rooms are provided with all the 

 lumber publications, at the service at all times 

 of the members. A recent innovation of the 

 Exchange is the inauguration of a series of 

 monthly banquets, given at the Missouri 

 Athletic Club, where the members discuss 

 good things to eat as well as matters of 

 general importance to the industry. At pres- 

 ent the officers are: E. H. Warner, presi- 

 dent; F. Waldstein, vice president; P. J. 

 Davidson, secretary; J. K. Massengale, treas- 

 urer; W. A. Bonsack, J. A. Braun, W. W. 

 Dings, J. E. Massengale, R. J. O'Reilly, J. 1". 

 Richardson, C. E. Thomas, directors. 



No lumber concern in St. Louis enjoys a 

 wider prominence and a more deserved one 

 than the Chas. F. Luehrmanu Hardwood 

 Lumber Company. This concern was organ- 

 ized in October, 1890, with Charles F. Luehr- 

 mann, president, and George Luehrmann, sec- 

 retary and treasurer. The concern was capi- 

 talized at .$J5,000, then considered quite a 

 comfortable sum for a lumber company. In 

 1899, however, the capital was increased to 

 $120,000, and again in 1890 to $200,000. A 

 year before this the senior partner, Chas. F. 

 Luehrmann, died, and the weight of his grow- 

 ing business fell upon the shoulders of his 

 son George, who had in the meantime been 

 receiving splendid training for these new re- 

 sponsibilities. Under the recu-ganization 

 which followed the death of the senior part- 

 ner, George E. W. Luehrmann was elected 

 president, Edward H. Luehrmann, vice presi- 

 dent, and Thomas Fry secretary. In 1890 

 these three young gentlemen organized the 

 Indiana &" Arkansas Lumber & Manufactur- 

 ing Company, a concern of much inii)Qrtance 

 in the manufacture of hardwood lumber. 

 This concern operates a modern mill plant, 

 complete in every particular, at Marianna, 

 Ark. Here a stock of 12,000,000 feet of dry 

 and mixed hardwoods is carried at all times. 

 The Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber 

 Company manufactures about 25,000,000 feet 

 of hardwood yearly. The company owns 

 .^500,000,000 feet of stumpage; in ad- 

 dition to this the company owns and operates 

 a considerable stretch of railway which, while 

 it is being used at present only for logging 

 purposes, may easily be transferred at any 

 time into a part and parcel of some large 

 railroad system. The Luehrmann Lumber 

 Company is a concern worth practically 

 $1,000,000. 



By the removal of the general olliccs of 

 the Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Company from 

 Chicago lo St. Louis, the Mound City gains 

 another factor of strength in this great in- 

 dustry. This concern is milling 30,000 feet 

 of hardwood at DeV'alls Biull', Ark., and 

 owns 2,000,000 feet on sticks. Hotli Mr. 

 Stoneman and Mr. Zearing are lumbermen of 

 wide experience and occupy a respected po- 

 sition in the lumber trade. 



One of tli(! most inii]resslve plants in Si. 

 Louis is that of the Hafner Manufacturing 

 Company. This concern, while doing a tre- 

 mendous sash and door business, also deals 

 extensively in hardwoods. The company was 



organized in 1880. The capitalization is 

 $150,000. 



It is ofScered by H. F. Hafner, president; 

 Joseph A. Hafner, vice president, and J. A. 

 Breckinridge, secretary. Joseph Hafner is 

 manager of the hardwood end of the busi- 

 ness. He is a young man of excellent quali- 

 ties and knows this Inisiness thoroughly. The 

 concern operates a first-class modern mill at 

 Sterlington, La., and carries a large stock of 

 cypress, both at St. Louis and the mill. 



The Thomas, Proetz & Cavanaugh Com- 

 pany, now- one of the solid institutions of St. 

 Louis, was incorporated in 1896 with a cajii- 

 tal of $25,000. In 1900 the name wa.s 

 changed to the Thomas & Proetz Lumber 

 Company and the capital increased to 

 $175,000. The two moving spirits in this 

 large business are Charles E. Thomas, presi- 

 dent, a ad Edward W. Wiese, vice president, 

 both expert lumbermen and shrewd busines.s 

 men. The concern carries a stock of about 



GEORGE E. IIir.llAKIi, STEELE & Illlll'.AllH 



8,000,000 feet, consisting principally of oak, 

 ash and poplar. 



The Garetson-Grcason Lnmbcr ('iMn|iany, 

 which operates from St, Louis, is wril iiml 

 favorably known to the lumber trade, 'V\n^ 

 companj' owns mills at Fisko and CamjilH'lJ, 

 Mo., and also operates a large box factory 

 at each place. While oak is a specialty with 

 the concern, all kinds of hardwoods are also 

 handled. 



The Lothman Cypress Company is one of 

 the largest dealers in this commodity in 

 America. The yards of this company at St. 

 T.ouis are stocked at all times with about 

 18,000,000 feet of air-dried I.ouisiana red 

 cypress, while the yards at Stamboul, St. 

 .lames and Xapoleouville, La,, carry jninlly 

 about 30,000,000 more in stock. William 

 l.othnmn is the head of lliis inuui'nse con- 

 cern. 



The hardwood department, now a large 

 feature with the Ozark Cooperage Company, 

 is in charge of a shrewd, practical, all-round 

 lunilicraiaii. Roland V. KnOis. f'orincrlv with 



