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man}- years. He is also a director of the 

 Lumber Insurance Company of New York, 

 and a member of the Board of Lumber Un- 

 derwriters of New York. President Dill has 

 carried on the executive work of the or- 

 ganization witli characteristic energy and 

 ability and all through the year just passed 

 his indomitable zeal combined with diplo- 

 matic fairness of the highest order and social 

 and maguetio qualities above the average 

 liave made his administration a distinctive 

 success, and his recent appointment insures 

 to the association another year of i5rosi)erity. 

 >rr. Dill married a young lady from his 



birthplace, and has one son, Alan Dill, a 

 youth of twenty, who is a senior at Johns 

 Hopkins University at the present time. 



At Walbrook, a pretty suburb, where the 

 Dill home is located, Mr. Dill is president 

 of the Walbrook Association. He was one 

 of the committee on improvements of the 

 city beautiful after the Haltiinore fire, and 

 he is also an incorporator and director of the 

 Lumber Storage & Wharfage Company, or- 

 ganized to build the largcs^t piers of the 

 city on which lumber arriving in that port 

 will be received and liandlod with modern 

 facilitv. 



Hardwood Record J\Iail Bag. 



[In this department it is proposed to reply 

 to such inquiries as reaeli this office from the 

 Hardwood Kkcohd clientage as will be o£ enough 

 general interest to waii-ant publication. Every 

 patron of the paper 's invited to use this de- 

 partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt 

 will be made to answer queries pertaining to all 

 matters of interest to the hardwood trade. In 

 a succinct and intelligent manner! 



Wagon Stock Is Quoted Green. 

 Ckoftox. Kt., Feb. 24. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We are in receipt of today's American 

 Lumlierman and note with surprise under the 

 report of the proceedings of the Dimension Asso- 

 ciation at CinciiiUati that the committee on 

 Wagon and Implement Steele recommend and 

 adopt a price for "dry" stoclc. I would state 

 that tlils is a aiistalie, as the writer was on this 

 committee and such a thing was not thought of. 

 The sizes are ail for "green" stock and the prices 

 rccouiinen<led arc tor green, and are the prices 

 iliat are being received today by some of the 

 larger manufacturers. We thinii this dry stock 

 matter was meant for the Chair and Furniture 

 leport. This is a matter of vital importance 

 to everyone getting out wagon stock and should 

 be righted at once, or it will do no end of harm 

 to the trade. We trust that you will have this 

 changed in your report, or left out entirely. 

 There is not a wagon manufacturer going on the 

 market for dry stock, unless lie is shoi-t and 

 forced to do it, and tlien he is going to pay 

 what the stock is worth, as the jobber is not 

 cutting the price and knows what stock Is and 

 the amount of loss that comes from drying same. 

 We trust you can devise some way to get this 

 matter before the trade in your paper. 

 I'R.VT-i'-WoKrnixGTOX Comi-axy, E. W. TriUt. Jr. 

 The error in quoting wagon stock "dry," 

 made by a local conlcniiiorary, was also fallen 

 into by all other lumber trade newspapers 

 which reported the proceedings of thLs con- 

 vention, and was occasioned by a stenogra- 

 pher's error in transcribing the report. As Mr. 

 Pratt states, wagfju stock is invariably quoted 

 green, while chair and furniture stock is sold 

 on the basis of being dry. — Editor. 



Pittsburg Fuel Company. 

 J'nTSiiti»;. I'A., Feb. 'JH. — Editor Hardwood 

 lEKcuRD : We understand from one of our cus- 

 tomers that your iiai)er has published an item 

 re(|ii('Stlng iuforin:itlon about our Arm. in an- 

 swer to this Item, It you write us direct for 

 the Information, we will be pleased to submit 

 you any Information that you may want. We 

 have been In business here for the past two 

 years, recenlly taken on hardwoods. If yon are 

 Htm deslrnus of obtaining Information fiom us, 

 we can give you same with the names and ad- 

 dresses of at least a dozen responsible coal com- 

 panies In this market for reference that we hare 

 been doing business with for the past two years. 

 We think .Vfui have a'-fed a little hasty In pub- 



lishing this item before writing us. We would 

 like to have you send us one of your papers, as 

 we uuderstaud that it is very beneficial to people 

 handling hardwoods ; also let us know your 

 rates of advertising. Trusting we can get to- 

 gether and understand each other, and that you 

 will let us hear from you by return mail, we beg 

 to remain, yours respectfully, rixTSRURG Fum- 

 CoMPAXY.. Louis N. Sturnman. 



The Hakdwood Eecokd will bo pleased to 

 publish any evidence tending to show the 

 reliability and competency of the Pittsburg 

 Fiu'l Comiiaiiy .-is hardwood dealers. — Editok. 



Advance in Hardwood Prices. 



The H.IRDWOOD Reccjrd is in receipt of the 

 following couununication from the secretary 

 of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association: 

 Columbus, O., Feb. 26. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record: During the past week our Valuation 

 Committees have been canvassed regarding any 

 changes in prices on the different woods, with 

 llie result that we are publishing a new price 

 list, effective this date, known as List No. 2, and 

 which makes the following changes from List No! 

 t. Ilmi; : 



roi'LAR. 



$2 advance on all Wide Slock. Box Hoards 

 and Better. 



¥1 advance on Firsts and Seconds, 7 to 17". 



.51 advance on No. 1 Common. 



.50c advance on No. 2 Common imd No. a 

 Common. 



!f2 advance on Squares. 



.$1 advance on Kevel Siding. I)ro|) Siding, 

 Celling. Partition and Dimension Strips. 

 Plain Wuiri; and Plaix Rkd Oak. 



?1 advance on Firsts and Seconds, all thick- 

 nesses. 



Chestnut. 



i^l advance on 1 and 2 and No. 1 Common ; 

 Thick Sound Wormy advanced $1 and .$2. 

 CiiKRRY AXD Walnut. 



Slight advances in 1 aiul 2 and No. 1 Common. 



Slight changes In Ash, Plain and Quartered 

 Sycamoi'C, ISutternul, Soft iOlm .-niil Soil -Maple. 

 ItBu Gu.vi. 



5:1 and .$2 advance on Hox Hoards; .$1 advance 

 on 1 and 2 Red and 1 and 2 Sap ; oOc advance 

 on No, 1 aiul No. 2 (.'ommoii. 



$1 and .?2 advance on Box Boards : .f 1 advance 

 on 1 and 2, ],'{" and up: ,'iUc advance on No. 2 

 Common. 



Every Indlcallou shows that a new price list 

 should he issued March ].". I.i:wis Do.stur, 

 Secretary. 



Getting to the Center. 

 The following letter is from a prominent 

 iiiauufiMturcu' of oak dimension stock, and 

 reflects some of the results attained by the 

 recent organization of the dilneimion people 

 and their affiliation with the Hardwood Man- 



ufacturers ' Association in the way of prices. 

 The Hardwood Kecord is creditably advised 

 by at least a score of manufacturers of 

 variovis varieties of dimension material that 

 they are readily getting an advance of fully 

 thirty per cent over any prices heretofore re- 

 ceived for dimension stock. 



Editor Hardwood Record : Enclosed find 

 check in payment of our account. Our congrat- 

 ulations to you on the success of the meeting 

 at Ciniinnatl. It is working wonders. The 

 buyers, while openly treating it as a joke, are 

 secretly coming up and contracting at the list 

 recommended. We know this for a fact in the 

 felloe business. 



MFG. Co. 



Spanish Cedar Wanted, 

 Cologne, Ger.manv, Feb, 24. — Editor Hard 

 wood Record : We are consumers of consider 

 able Cuban and Mexican cedar wood in the log. 

 which is used exclusively in the manufacture of 

 cigar boxes. However, w-e are aware of the fact 

 that quite lai-ge quantities of cedar strips ai-c 

 imported from Cuba to the United States and 

 substituted for the logs on account of there 

 being a great many advantages for shipping the 

 strips. From this you will find it only too 

 naiural that we should try to avail ourselves 

 of those advantages by getting into connection 

 with a concern in Cuba or the United States 

 manufacturing or exporting said lumber, bin 

 nnfortunately we do not know any such ad 

 dress, and if you could give us tlie name 01 

 some reliable sliipper whom we might apply to 

 for shipments over here, we would greatly appre 



elate it. Co.mpanv. 



The writer of the above letter is evidently 

 in the market for Spanish cedar flitches for 

 conversion into cigar bo.\ lumber. If any of 

 the readers of the Hardwood Record can sup- 

 ply this material or offer the writer any sug- 

 gestions, it \^ould bo a pleasure to put them 

 into connection with hiui. — Editor. 



Who Supplies Golf Blocks? 



New VukKj Fell. 2s.-- Editor IIaiidwuod Rec- 

 ord: We shall greatly appreciate your assistance 

 in furnishing us the following information: Who 

 manufactures golf blocks in the rough, for us. 

 hy nuikers of golf clubs'; We understand thai 

 certain concerns make a specialty of furnishiiig 

 them, and desire to learn who they are if posssi 

 ble. Thanking you in advance for the informa 



tion. AlANt I ACTURING COMPANY. 



The 1L\RDWOOD Record will be pleased to 

 supply tlie name of the above inquirer to any 

 one wlio can furnish the required inform;i- 

 tion. ^Editor. 



Oak Squares Wanted. 

 .Such of tile clients of the ll.vitDWoOD Um 

 ORD as would like to make prices on quant i 

 ties of oak squares 2x2-3;!Vm, '27 and 47 

 inches long, delivered at Cirand Kapids, Mich., 

 are invited to send their addresses to tlii.- 

 oftiee ami they will be put into comnninication 

 with a large prospei'tive buyer of this mate- 

 rial. — Editor. 



Handle Factory Burned. 

 Ilic phml of S. .\. Wellman & ('<i.. handle 

 iiiaiuu'ai iMiers at South Iloai'dman. .Mich.. wii>^ 

 drslroyed by fire the night of Feb. 22. (IwIhl 

 lo the high wln<l which prevailed. It was liii 

 possible to save anything, and as tlu^re was n< 

 Insurance on plant or stock, the loss Is heav.\ 

 The enlire factory, including tlie Wtdlman elec- 

 tric light plant which lights the village, was 

 consumed, with $0,lliio worth of bundles stored 

 In the dry sheds of (lie .nininniy. 



