THE HARDWOOD RECORD 



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mill business," he said, "is the question 

 of labor. I tell you, the young men of 

 to-day are not raised right. They are not 

 raised to work. I used to work out when 

 I was a boy and I wasn't thinking about 

 getting the boss to let me off with eight 

 or nine hours' work. Why, we are just 

 getting started to work in that time." 



On my next trip to Princeton, having 

 been through the saw mill and lumber 

 plant, I am going to take a drive with 

 Mr. Nickey out to some of his farms and 

 see what he knows about farming. I 

 would like to talk farming with as sen- 

 sible a man as he is. I used to be a 

 farmer myself. 



Altogether I enjoyed my trip to Prince- 

 ton very much. I always enjoy talking 

 to a man of sense, with no frills on him. 

 Mr. Nickey, as a result of his sixty years 

 of life and observation, has figured out a 

 philosophy very similar to my own, only 

 Mr. Nickey's philosophy has brought bet- 

 ter results to him than mine has to me. 

 He is worth nearly a million dollars in 

 property of his own, besides which he has 

 a couple of boys that are worth a million 

 dollars more. I have a wife and children 

 that I wouldn't take a million dollars for. 

 but otherwise. I haven't anything worth 

 speaking of. And I like to meet him and 

 talk over old times. 



» * * 



But I forgot one thing, and must go 

 back a little. At New Albany. Ind., I had 

 a peculiar experience. I went over to see 

 the McLean boys, and there was none of 

 them in, so I went over to the Southern 

 depot, after a meal at a cheap restaurant, 

 to await the departure of the train. It 

 was funny about that restaurant. Three 

 men were engaged in putting up a stove. 

 When I went in they were discussing the 

 necessity of buying two joints of pipe. I 

 gave my order and one of the men said 

 he would go out and buy the two joints 

 of pipe, but he didn't go. 



I waited and ate my dinner, anxiously 

 watching to see if they would purchase 

 the two joints of pipe. They took down 

 a portion of the pipe and hammered some 

 soot out of it, then they put it back up 

 again. It was as much short as ever, and 

 one of the men said he'd as soon go 

 out and get some more pipe; that they 

 always needed it; that It would be as good 

 next year as it was this. But he didn't 

 go. I became much interested, and 

 watched the men closely. I finished my 

 dinner, paid my quarter, and regretfully 

 went out. The stove was just where it 

 was when I came in with the three men 

 looking at it, and they hadn't bought the 

 pipe yet. I don't know whether they did or 



not. 



* * * 



But that was not the strange experience 

 I meant to speak about. When I got to 

 the depot, I still had two hours to wait, 

 and the question arose as to employing 

 them profitably. There was no news- 

 stand where I might buy something to 



read, so I could see nothing for It but 

 to waste the two hours. So I concluded 

 to wait. 



After about half an hour four men en- 

 tered the depot, two of them carrying 

 lumber rules, and I pricked up my ears. 

 I inferred from their conversation that 

 they were going out on the same train 

 I was. and two of them sat down near me 

 and started a conversation from which it 

 was plain that they were in the hardwood 

 lumber business. They mentioned some 

 familiar names. Ryan and McParland, 

 Deering Brothers, and others with whom I 

 am well acquainted. 



Finally, after about a half hour of this, 

 I heard one of the men call Mr. Young, 

 and come to find out it was A. M. Young 

 of New Albany and Mr. Poe of Marengo, 

 Ind , old subscribers of ours, and there 

 was a joyful reunion. Mr. Young told me 

 that he had been knocked out in a busi- 

 ness way two or three years before and 

 was striving to get on his feet again. 

 Mr. Poe impressed me as being a very 

 capable man, and a very intelligent man, 

 too. 



"Ten years ago," he said, "I was afraid 

 to ship lumber to Chicago. They would 

 simply bold a man up and take his lumber 

 away from him. Not being able to ship 

 to Chicago was a great inconvenience to 

 me. Now I ship ninety per cent of my 

 lumber to Chicago and would not know 

 what to do if Chicago was taken out of 

 the trade. 



"Under the changed conditions," he 

 said, "I consider Chicago the safest market 

 in the country to ship to. You get fairer 

 treatment and a better grade in Chicago 

 than you get elsewhere." 



It was ten years ago that the Hardwood 

 Record was started, and we claim our 

 share of the credit for the improved con- 

 ditions. And we were glad, for a man. 

 like Mr. Poe to bear witness to the fact. 

 AT NASHVILLE. 



In Tennessee they are needing rain to 

 bring out their logs. They have had no 

 rain for four months, and it is very dry. 

 The next morning after my arrival it 

 started to rain and sprinkled a little, just 

 to encourage the boys. If they had given 

 me a big lot of advertising, something like 

 a page or two, they could have had all the 

 rain they wanted. I tried to make them 

 see this, but they couldn't see it that 

 way. John Love, of Love, Bo>d & Co. 

 was the only one who gave me an 

 ad. I would like for his sake to have got 

 more and for the sake of the Nashville 

 lumbermen generally. They they could 

 have had rain, plenty of it. However, 

 John doesn't depend very greatly on the 

 river anyhow, and he offers a fine lot of 

 stock in this issue. If I could have ar- 

 ranged a little rain that would have bene- 

 fited John only I would have done it. I 

 would do almost anything for John. But 

 under the circumstances, and as he doesn't 

 depend on the river very much, we 



CYPRESS 



We make a specialty of rough or 

 dressed Cypress Lumber and 

 Cypress Shingles in straight or 

 mixed cars. Your inquiries solicited 

 for single car orders or good round 

 lots. Can also furnish Sound Cypress 

 Dimension Stock. 



The Borcherding Lumber Co. 



Northern Office. Cincinnati, Ohio 



FOR SALE 



20 cars 1st and 2nd quartered' white oak. 

 30 cars common quartered white oak. 

 25 cars common plain white oak. 

 20 cars poplar, common and better. 

 5 cars poplar shipping cull. 

 30 cars Southern gum. 



4 cars lyi inch Southern gum. 

 2 cars 2 inch Southern gum. 



1 car ^ inch plain red, 40^ common, 

 6o!{ 1st and 2nd. 



5 cars quartered white oak strips 2>^ 

 inches to 4^2 inches wide. 



2 cars quartered white oak strips 5 

 and 5;< inches wide. 



I car quartered white oak strips 4 inches 

 and 432 incheswide. 



I car quartered red oak strips 2}4 

 inches to 5 inches wide. 



10 cars quartered red 1st and 2nd and 

 common. 



I car 1% inch red 1st and 2nd and com- 

 mon. 



I car I X inch red ist and 2nd and com- 

 mon. Also I '4, i}4 and 2 inches plain 

 and quartered red and white. We are 

 now putting up tine plain red for spring 



J. V. STIMSON, 



HUNTINQBURG, INDIANA 



FOR SALE 



Poplar lumber; West Virginia stock. 



80 M fept 1 in. log run or on grade. 



30 M feet 2 in. No. 1 common, 7 in, and up 

 wide. 



20 M feet 2 in. Ists and 2nds, 7 in. and up 

 wide. 



11 M feet 3 in. and 4 in. Ists and 2nds, 10 in. 

 and up wide. 



11 M feet 3 in.. 4 in.. 5 in. and 6 in. Ists and 

 2nds. 10 in. and up wide. 



25 M feet 3 in.. 4 in.. 5 in. and 6 in. No. 1 com- 

 mon, 10 in. and up wide. 



40 In. 3 to 8x10 in. and up export poplar, 

 green. 



11 M feet 1 in. Ists and 2nds, 18 In. and up. 



1 car 2 in. log run beech. 



2 cars 1 In. log run bass. 



6 cars 1 in., IH in., lY, in. and 2 in. sawed, 

 wormy chestnut. 

 6 cars 1 in. log run wliite oals. 

 1 car 2x12 sawed white pine. 



To the Kentucky and Ohio river mills, the 

 following loss will be for sale at VaUey View. 

 Ky , after next tide, principally common and 

 better. 



RAFT OAK 



No. 1, 16 and 14 ft., 14 In. and up, 11,737 ft. 



No. 3. 14 ft., 14 in and up. ll,60a ft. 



No. 5, 16 ft,, 14 in and up, 14,245 ft. 



No fi 12 ft.. 22 in. and up, 12.500 ft. 



No. 7, 14 ft, 22 in. and up, 13.000 ft. 

 POPLAR 



No. 1. 16 and 14 ft., 14 in. and up. 2,386 ft. 



No. 3, 14 ft., 14 in. and up, 9.169 ft. 



No. 5, 16 ft., 14 in. and up, 2,032 ft. 



No. 6, 12 ft., 22 In. and up. 3,500 ft. 



No. 7, 14 ft., 22 in. and up. 3.200 ft. 



Will be glad to mail log tally sheet on each 

 raft at your request. 



MARIETTA LUMBER CO., Marietta, Ohio 



