HARDWOOD RECORD 



March 25. 1917 



First Band Mill erected by Hoff- 

 man Brothers in 1869 on our present 

 site. Half a century experience be- 



hind our goods. 



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EADQUARTERS 



OOSIER 



ARDWOODS 



Reg.U.S. 

 Pat.Off. 



Hoffman Bros. Company 



FORT WAYNE, IND. 



E • t a b I ! s h e d 1867 Incorporated 1904 



X^E own large tracts of selected timber in the 

 '^' Knoxville territory and cut a really high 

 grade line of lumber in oak, maple and other 

 southern hardwoods. 



We are honestly convinced that there would 

 be a mutual advantage in our knowing each other. 



IF YOU ARE BUYING NOW OUR 

 STOCK LIST WOULD HELP YOU 



Maples Lumber Co. 



KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE 



Dry Kiln Door Carrier Co, 



Curler Ready to Lift Deor 



Heat 

 Money 



by usfnr the 



Door Carrier System 



THOUSANDS ARE IN USB 



THEY OPERATE PERFECTLY 



on doors of any Bize, on 



OLD OR NEW KILNS 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



Table of Contents 



THE COVER PICTURE— Index Mountain In Washington 



REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 13 



Cover Picture 13 



To Standardize Wooden ShUis 14 



Down to First Principles 14 



Estimating the Loss 14 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Colored Woods of the United States 15-17 



Railroads Appoint Lumber Committee 17 



Warehousing Veneers 25-26 



Finishing Quartered Oak Veneers 26 



Warping of Veneer Work 28 



Rodahaffer Joins Penrod 30 



Letters from a Panel User 32 



Guiana Letterwood and Mahogany 32 



Traffic Conditions Around Memphis 33 



New Woods for Distillation 33 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: 



Annual of National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association. .18-23 



Miscellaneous 34-35 



THE MAIL BAG 34 



WITH THE TRADE 35-36 



PERTIENT INFORMATION 36-37 



HARDWOOD NEWS 37-43 



HARDWOOD MARKETS 43-47 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 49-51 



HARDWOODS FOR SALE 50-51 



STTBSCSIPTION TEBMS: In tbe Dnited States and Its poasesslona, and Canada, 

 $2.00 tbe year; In foreign countriea. $1.00 extra postage. 



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 payable In advance, and in default of written orders to tbe contrary, are contlBnfld 

 at oar option. 



[nstructlonB for renewal, discontinuance, or cbange of address, aboold t>e sent 

 one week before tb^ date tbey are to go Into effect, Botb old and new addreaaea 

 must be given. 



Both display and classtfled advertising rates fumlabed open application. Adrer 

 tlslng copy must be received five days In advance of publication datea. 



Entered as second-claas matter May 26, 1902, at tbe poatofflce at Oblcaco, lU., 

 noder act of Uarcb 3, 1879. 



Baker-Matthews Lumber G), 



SIKESTON, MISSOURI 



Sales Office: CHICAGO 



1216 Fisher Bldg. J. H. Stannard, Mgr 



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DRY STOCK 



? S"^! '-J No- I Common White Ash 



, S ?'. "0. I Common White Ash 



i S i'l Loorun Southorn Sott Elm 



2 Cars 6-4 Logrun Southern Sott Elm 



B Cars 4-4 Logrun Southern So'l Maple 



10 Cars 12-4 No. I Com. i Btr. Southern Soil Maple 



i S"'' ";''.■•;■,•■ u-'i'-.V ""• ' '^'""- O"- Reii Oak 



2 Cars 4-4x6 Inch an* wider No. I Com. Qtd. White Oak 



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