THE HARDWOOD RECORD, 



15 



Mr. Fitzgibbons said he had not as yet 

 taken out patents on the derrick, but he 

 intended to do so. It is certainly unique 

 and one of the best things we ever saw 

 on a mill yard. It can be moved any- 

 where about the yard and it does the 

 work well. For anyone having a limited 

 amount of yard space the machine is in- 

 dispensable. 



Then, in company with Mr. Brenner, I 

 called on the Loomis & Hart concern, and 

 found Mr. Cahagan ,as usual, up to his 

 eyes in business. Loomis & Hart's con- 

 cern is the largest in Chattanooga and 

 among the largest in the country, and Mr. 

 Gahagen finds time to manage it and at 

 the same time receive everyone well and 

 treat everyone well. 



I have noticed that the people who are 

 the busiest or should be the busiest, like 

 H. C. Christy of Buffalo, Billy Bennett of 

 Cincinnati, and A. J. Cahagan, of Loomis 

 & Hart, always seem to have plenty of 

 time. It is only the little bit of a con- 

 cern where you have to send in your card 

 and maybe wait an hour to see the man- 

 ager. 



Mr. F. W. Blair, who has a mill in 

 Chattanooga, was out of town and I failed 

 to see him, but the Chattanooga boys are 

 all doing well and Chattanooga as a lum- 

 ber market is of growing Importance. 



AT HEMFHIS. 



A few years ago the center of the hard- 

 wood lumber trade and the chief produc- 

 ing and distributing market was at In- 

 dianapolis, Ind., so far as southern hard- 

 woods were concerned. Then, following 

 Ihe woodsman, it went to Cairo, III., and 

 finally within the past ten years it has 

 been removed to Memphis, Tenn. 



Memphis Is a great market, great in 

 production and distribution, and it always 

 will be so long as the southern hardwoods 

 last. 



But they will not last forever. The south- 

 ern forests will not last so long as the 

 Indiana forests, for when a piece of oak 

 timber is cleared in the South it is cleared 

 thoroughly and for all time. Within the 

 next 25 years there will be a big change 

 in the lumber business. Within that time 

 the forests of the South will practically 

 become exhausted. What we will do then 

 for lumber I don't know. There is still 

 lots of lumber in the country and lots 

 of timber, but at the present rate of cut- 

 ting it anyone must see the end. We 

 are not worried about it, however. I am 

 not of those who believe that the people 

 will be compelled to lie on the ground or 

 do without chairs, buggies, etc., simply 

 because there is no lumber. Already iron 

 and steel is being substituted, and if I 

 should live until the forests have become 

 extinct I should expect to be as comfort- 

 able as I am to-day. 



There was a time in this country when 

 the alarmists were much exercised over 

 the rapid disappearance of the fuel sup- 



ply. In many localities fuel was getting 

 scarce, the known fuel, I mean, and some 

 even held bunches of scrubby timber ex- 

 pecting a vast rise in the value of cord- 

 wood. It is worth less to-day than at 

 any time in its history. A substitute is 

 found, and by the time that people have 

 exhausted the coal they will be warming 

 themselves by electricity or warming 

 themselves by means of the oxygen in the 

 air. 



But until the timber resources of the 

 South are exhausted Memphis will be the 

 center of the hardwood ti'ade. It Is of 

 growing importance, both as a producing 

 and distributing center. New offices and 

 new firms are springing up constantly un- 

 til the name has become a legion. In my 

 short experience I have seen the lumber 

 interests of Memphis double and treble, 

 and you can meet more lumbermen in 

 Memphis in a week than in any other 

 market in the world. In fact, if you wait 

 in Memphis long enough you will see 

 everyone engaged in the hardwood lum- 

 ber business. It is a great market, in 

 which the supply meets the demand. Those 

 in need of stock go to Memphis to buy 

 it and those having stock to sell go to 

 Memphis to sell it. 



I used to could go to Memphis and see 

 all the lumbermen and get out in a day — 

 but I didn't. Now it takes a day to get 

 started. I had my trip in Memphis cut 

 in two and only spent a day and a half 

 tliere and then hurried home in response 

 to a telegram. I spent a day in the north 

 side of Memphis and saw a few of the 

 Memphis mills and yards. 



I called on Russe & Burgess and found 

 Mr. Burgess of that great exporting firm 

 up to his eyes in business. Mr. Russe 

 was in Europe and George had a saw mill 

 to run, lumber to ship out, orders to fill 

 and was pretty near the busiest man I 

 ever saw. 



Mr. Russe was in Europe, in England, 

 where he said trade is not good. At pres- 

 ent the people of that country are paying 

 the Boer war debt and are hard up. Russe 

 & Burgess have consistently followed the 

 trend of the hardwood trade. They were 

 originally in Indianapolis, then Cairo, and 

 finally they removed to Memphis. Origi- 

 nally they bought all their lumber and 

 had no difficulty in so doing. Of late 

 years, however, they have found that to 

 maintain a regular supply and get what 

 they wanted cut as they wanted it was 

 necessary for them to own a saw mill, and 

 they own one in Memphis, one of the 

 principal saw mills there, and make 90 

 per cent of their own product. It is need- 

 less to say they have done well. 



Another Indiana product who has done 

 well in Memphis is J. W. Thompson, the 

 tall Red Gum of the Delta. I saw Jesse 

 flourishing his arms out on the yard some 

 time before he saw me. J. W. does not 

 spare himself where the interests of his 

 firm are at stake. North, south, east or 

 west, he has traveled, until his figure is 



E. E. Taeozer & Co. 



(Incorporated) 



MANUFACTURERS 

 AND DEALERS 



— HIGH-GRADE — 



Hardwood Lumber 



Band 5a mm Th!n Slock 

 a Specialty 



MAIN OFFICE AND MILL : 



Florida Ave. and Y. & M. V. R. R. 



MEMPHIS, 



TENN. 



ALSO MILL AT SHORT BEND. ARK. 



WANTED. 



We are in the market for 

 the following lumber, must be 

 in good dry condition, and if 

 can furnish any or all, please 

 quote us f. o. b. cars shipping 

 point, describing stock, and 

 how soon same can be 

 reached. 



10 to 20 cars 1 In. 1st and 2nd Plain White 

 Oak. 



2 cars Hi In 1st and 2nd Plain White Oak. 



1 car I'i In. 1st and 2nd Plain White Oak. 



3 cars 15i in. 1st and 2nd Plain White Oak. 



2 cars 2 In. 1st and 2nd Plain White Oak. 

 1 car 2;4 in. Ist and 2nd Plain White Oak. 

 5 cars 3 In. 1st and 2nd Plain White (jak. 

 1 car 4 in. 1st and 2nd Plain White Oak. 



The above stock must be well manufact- 

 ured, equalized trimmed lengths. Prefer 

 band sawn stock. Could take 15^ to25<;b of 

 good Common with same. 



We are also In the market for the following; 

 10 cars 1 In. Common Plain White Oak. 



5 to 10 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nd Plain Red Oak. 

 10 cars 1 in. Common Plain Red Oak. 



FOR SALE. 



2 cars 1 in. 1st and 2nd Quartered Red Oak. 

 2 cars 1 in. Common Quartered Red Oak. 

 1 car 1 in. x 10 In. and up 1st and 2nd 



Plain Red Oak. 

 1 car IJi In. x 10 in. and up 1st and 2d Ash. 

 Va car IVs in. X 10 in. and up 1st and 2nd Ash 

 1 car IX in. x 12 In. and up 1st and 2nd Red 



Gum (two years old). 

 1 car 2 in. X 6 In. and up 1st and 2nd Red 



Gum (3 to 4 months old). 

 10 cars 1 in. Gum Crating lumber, can ship 



rough or d. 2 s. 



3,000,000 ft. 1 in. Poplar. 

 IX. IH and 2 in. bang up stock, all grades 

 and good lengths. 



E.E.TAENZER&CO. 



(Incorporated) 



MEMPHIS 



