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were Lewis C. Slade. retiring president of the 

 association: Lewis Dill, president elect; former 

 Mayor Charles F. Warwick of Philadelphia: 

 Emerson Collins. Williamsport. Pa. ; Richard H. 

 White of New York, president of the Eastern 

 States Lumber Dealers' Association. Robert C. 

 Lippincott of Philadelphia, an ex-president of the 

 association, was toastmaster. as well as chair- 

 man of the committee of arrangements which 

 proTided the banquet. 

 The menu follows : 



Chateau Comns Celer.T Deep .Sea (l.vsters 



Amontillado Sherry Puree Argentine 



Salted Almonds and Pecans 



Planked Shad with Roe 



N«w Potatoes Parlsienue Cucumbers Bi'llevue 



Mlgnor. of Young Lamb Dordogue 



Tomatoes Farcies 



Moet & Chandon White Seal Champagne 



Cigarettes Mh" P"'"" 



Partridge Stuffed and Roasted 



Heart of Lettuce 



Moutrose Pndding fancv Cakes 



Camamhert Toasted Crackers 



Coffee 



Liqueurs— White Rock Water Cigars and Cigarettes 



George E. Hibbard. 



The Harpwood Record is pleased to print 

 herewith a counterfeit presentment of George 

 E. Hibbard of Steele & Hibbard, St. Louis, 

 Mo. 



For thirty years Mr. Hibbard has been fight- 

 ing his way upward out of the ranks until 

 he has now reached a position and standing 

 second to that of no one in St. Louis. The 

 firm of Steele & Hibbard is known through- 

 out the hardwood territory tor a square deal- 

 ing, honorable and upright concern. Their 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



and about half as much as was inspected in 

 the state of Michigan. The lumber business 

 in St. Louis, by reason of the inspection, is 

 carried on differently than in any other market. 

 TTie lumbermen meet at the exchange and buy 

 and sell inspection certificates, calling for a 

 certain kind and quality of lumber. This in- 

 spection system, which may be said to be the 

 father of all inspection systems, was, of course, 

 the growth of years. It contains the best 

 thought of many minds. It represents the com- 

 bined wisdom of a half century of experience, 

 and is not the work of any one man. But 

 what one man could do to perfect the work 

 has' been done by Mr. Hibbard. 



Personally. Mr. Hibbard is a gentleman in 

 the best sense of the word, and the Hardwood 

 Record rejoices at his prosperity. While he 

 is of youthful appearance, he admits to forty- 

 nine years, and besides being a member of 

 Steele & Hibbard is the Tice president of the 

 S. C. Major Lumber Company of Memphis, 

 Tenn. He is a solid, substantial business man ; 

 a genial, social and interesting gentleman, and 

 an honor to the hardwood trade. 



GEORGE E. HIBBARD, ST. LOUIS. 



prosperity is built upon the only reliable basis. 

 They have been years in building up a repu- 

 tation for integrity and notwithstanding the 

 fact that they possess great wealth a good 

 name is their chief attribute. In writing a 

 sketch of Mr. Hibbard for this paper one quite 

 naturally refers to the St. Louis Lumber Ex- 

 change, for Its history has been largely in- 

 fluenced by Mr. Hibbard. The St. Louis Lum- 

 ber E.xchange is one of the oldest organiza- 

 tions of hardwood lumbermen in the United 

 States. After an unfortunate split in the as- 

 sociation a suitable man to harmonize the 

 differences of the two factions was sought for. 

 George E. Hibbard was selected. He was 

 elected president, the two lumber exchanges 

 were reunited and has prospered ever since. 

 The St. Ixinis Lumber Exchange inspected last 

 year about 33,000,000 feet of lumber, more 

 than twice the amount inspected by the Na- 

 tional Hardwood Lumber Association in all 

 of the rest of the central markets combined. 



company. Bay Mills is located on cue of the 

 best harbors on the lake and has been a flour- 

 ishing manufacturing place. A year ago the 

 plants of the Hall & Munson Company were 

 destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $300,000. 



Passing of Bay Mills to New Hands. 



Unless a liigher bid is received, all the prop- 

 erty of the Hall & Munson Company will pass 

 into the hands of the Cleveland-Cliffs Company 

 next week. The Cleveland-Cliffs Company has 

 made an offer tor the property of $370,000. The 

 property consists of 82,000 acres of timber land, 

 mostly hardwood : 23,000 acres of farm land 

 and the entire town of Bay Mills, twelve miles 

 from the Soo. The properly has been in the 

 hands of R. H. Munson. receiver, who was ap- 

 pointed by the United States district court in 

 1902. The court will confirm the sale unless 

 higher bids are received. It will then be pos- 

 sible to settle the obligations of the company 

 at .Sn cents on the dollar. 



It is announced that the Cleveland-Cliffs Com- 

 pany will build a new line of railroad along the 

 shore of Ijike Superior and through the timber 

 lauds connecting Munlsing and Bay Mills, and 

 it is expected that the line will be extended to 

 Sault Sic. Marie. By connecting a number of 

 logging roads now in existence it Is claimed 

 that it will he possible to accomplish this by 

 the construction of only thirty-five miles of now 

 track. 



This is one of the biggest Michigan deals in 

 timber made in some time. It is said that it 

 is the first time in the history of the state that 

 an entire town has been sold outright to one 



Woodworking Machinery. 



Ever siucei the advent of woodworking ma- 

 chinery these tools have taken, in the matter 

 of construction, in some range of accuracy and 

 perfection of product, a place between machine 

 tools and an old-fashioned Wood's mower. They 

 have been the unhappy intermediary in construc- 

 tion between high-class iron working tools and 

 a pretty low class of agricultural machinery 

 production. 



There has been made thousands of alleged 

 planers that have been produced strictly on the 

 principle of the Connecticut jack-knife — strictly 

 to sell — and even today there is a large quantity 

 of Inferior woodworking machinery produced, 

 whose ownership by any planing mill man is a 

 calamity, even if it were obtained as a gift. 



These reflections were brought about by a 

 recent visit to the splendid woodworking ma- 

 chinery plant of the S. A. Woods Machine Com- 

 pany of Bnston. This house is one of the oldest 

 in the United States, and even its primitive ma- 

 chines of an early date were noted for being the 

 best that could be produced at the time. Even 

 in early days of comparative poverty, S. A. 

 Woods, the founder of this house, would break 

 up and throw into the scrap heap a machine on 

 which he had spent thousands of dollars if it 

 did not fully meet the requirements of the pur- 

 pose to which it was to be put. This principle 

 of producing the best has always been continued 

 as the watch-word of this company and its re- 

 sultant success has fully justified the infinite 

 pains that has always been taken in the selec- 

 tion of material, In the casting of frames. In 

 the turning of cylinders, in every particle of 

 lathe work, in the making of every nut and bolt 

 and set-screw, and in every other detail that 

 goes to the building of a tool that shall accom- 

 plish the best results. (Jne of the principal 

 things that has contributed to the success of 

 this great institution can be set down to the 

 one element of taking infinite pains. 



Ten thousand feet of quartered-sawed oak 

 was recently brought down the fearl river from 

 the vicinity of Carthage. Miss., and shipped to 

 Buffalo. There is now ready for shipment 

 1.000.000 feet plied along the Pearl, north of 

 Jacltson. for a distance of sixty miles. 



Hardwood Market. 



(By HABD'WOOD BECOSD 



Chicago. 



Business is picking up lu Chicago, following 

 tile cold weather of the past two weeks. During 

 the cold snap luislness was practically suspended. 

 The result was that the month of February 

 made a rather bad showing. With the advent 

 of spring, however, there is a better feeling all 

 around. The cold weather, which delayed ship- 

 ments and otherwise Influenced business ad- 

 versely, seems to have only postponed good trade. 



I'oplar is doing much belter in a local way. 

 There Is a good movement and strong demand 

 at firmer prices than lias been the case for some 

 time. 



Plain sawed oak in the higher grades is still 

 strong, about the strongest thing on the market ; 

 there Is. however, too great a supply of the 

 common grades. 



Quarter-sawed oak seems to have reached a 

 figure that is high enough. It is offered freely 

 and the opinion seems to prevail among the pro- 

 ducers that prices are high enough. If they go 

 much higher it will mean an overproduction with 

 all its attendant evils. 



Cottonwood continues about the same; ash Is 

 in good demand: gum sells readily at the pre- 

 vailing prices. 



Ezclasive Market Reporters.) 



.N'orlhem hardwocpils are a trifle heavier, with 

 maple somewhat weak and slow. Birch is In 

 good demand and so is elm. Basswood still is 

 slow, but will soon follow poplar values. 



Taken all together, the market is not a bad 

 one, but some of the lumbermen are not asking 

 quite enough for their lumber. When Ihey go 

 to replace it they find It about as high In the 

 country as they have been selling It at In the 

 market. 



New York, 



Existing conditions during the past fortnight 

 iu the local hardwood trade cannot be taken as 

 any criterion for actual conditions and th& 

 future prospects for business. The weather has 

 continued very much against the conduct of any 

 business, the heavy flows of Ice In the harbor 

 making rail deliveries very discouraging, while 

 the hard going has very much handicapped de- 

 liveries from the yards. Building has also 

 been very much at a standstill. Xotwithstand 

 lug these handicaps, however, a visit among 

 the hardwood yards shows a very fair amount 

 of business being booked, particularly among 

 manufacturing trade, some yards even re- 

 porting .lanuaiy and February to have been far 

 better months than for years past. However, 



