HARDWOOD RECORD 



JaiUKiry !;.■>. 1917 



Dry Kiln Door Carrier Co. 



Heat 

 Money 



by using the 



Door Carrier System 



THOUSANDS ARE IN USB 



THEY OPERATE PERFECTLY 



on doors of any alxe, on 



OLD OR NEW KILNS 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



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Wanted 



CUSTOM WORK 

 CHICAGO MILL 



Modern Band Mill, Slicers, 

 Veneer Saws 



Best of Equipment Exceptional Facilities 



Address — Service, care Hardwood Record 



REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 15 



The Fiat of the Forest Service 16 



Specialization In Hardwoods Advantage to the Consumer.. 16 



The Top-heavy List of Questions 16 



Where the Automobile Hurts 17 



The Dimension Association 17 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



The Strength of Wood 18-21 



Status of the Country's Timber 22 



Crossbanding 33-34 



Buying and Laying Veneers 34a. 34d 



Try This If You Are Liable to Fits 34d 



Hints on Maklnn Veneered Doors ■ 35 



The January Furniture Show 38 



Uniform Hardwood Cost Accounting 39-41 



New Rate Making Opposed 41 



The Lumberman's Round Table ^ 42 



THE MAIL BAG 44 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: 



Annual of Traffic Association 21-22 



Gum Shows Great Progress 23-26 



Dimension Makers Finally Effect Definite Organization.... 26 



Oak Gets a Strong Start 27-30 



Chicago Lumbermen's Annual 31 



Indlanans In Eighteenth Annual 37-38 



Michigan Manufacturers Meet 43-44 



Miscellaneous 44-46 



WITH THE TRADE 46-47 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 47-49 



HARDWOOD NEWS 49-54 



HARDWOOD MARKETS 54-59 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 61 



HARDWOODS FOR SALE 62-63 



SUBSCHIPTION TERMS: In tbe Dnlted States aod Its possesstoaB, and Canada. 

 $2.0U Uie year: lu foreitin countries. $1.00 extra postajie. 



Id couformlty wltb the rules of tbe postotfice depBrtment. subBcrtptloDS are 

 payable (n advance, and in default of wrltteD orders to tbe contrary, are coDtluoed 

 at our option. 



iDStructloua for renewal, discontinuance, or change of address, abould be not 

 one week before tbo date tbey are to go Into effect. Both old and new addreiiea 

 must be given. 



Botb display and classified advertising rates furnlabed upon application. AdTcr 

 tlslDg copy must be received five days In advance of publication dates. 



Entered as second-class matter May 26, 1902. at the postoffice at Cblcago. 111., 

 under act of March 3. 1879. 



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Baker-Matthews Lumber Co. 



SIKESTON, MISSOURI 



Sales Office: CHICAGO 



1216 Fisher Bldg. J. H. Stannard. Mgr. 

 Phone: Harrison 1112 



A sales organization of practical lumbermen, familiar 

 with the cutting, seasoning and grading of southern 

 hardwoods. A sales organization that has made a close, 

 first-hand study of the problems the consumer has to 

 meet— hence, able to render you a double service. 

 We have made specialties of Red Gum and Plain Oak. 



Buy lumber from men who know lumber 



All Three of Us Will R-. Benefited if You Mention HARD VOOD RECORD 



