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HARDWOOD RECORD 



year, and aggregated $252,000 in December, 1911. 

 The total export value of all timbers decreased 

 from $928,000 to $5.59.000. while the total export 

 ol all kinds of lumber, including planks, boards 

 and deals, increased from $3,745,000 to $8,709.- 

 000. The exports of joists and scantling showed 

 a slight increase also, with the result that the 

 total export nf boards, joisls. planks and scant- 

 ling aggregated $,'?.S41.000 in December. 1911, 

 as against $3,777,000 in December, 1910. The 

 shingle export showed a slight increase, but it 

 was not very material. There was a slight 

 decrease in the export of shooks and staves, 

 while the export trade in heading and sash, and 

 doors and blinds, showed a slight improvement. 

 The total value of furniture sold abroad aggre- 

 gated $540,000, a decrease of $9,000 during the 

 year. 



An Absorption 



The latest development in Cincinnati lumbei 

 circles is the absorption of the Karrin-Korn 

 Lumber Company by the M. B. Farrin Lumber 

 Company. These concerns have ranked among 

 the foremost lumber organizations in Cincinnati. 

 and have maintained adjoining yards In Winton 

 Place. They have had a large output of various 

 kinds of dressed and rough lumber, flooring. 



U. .1. PFIESTICU. I'UKSIDEXT M. 1!. FARIUN 

 LfMBEK COMI'ANV. CINCl.NNATI, O. 



Interior finish, boxes, etc., and have consumed 

 annually a vast quantity of hardwoods. The Idea 

 of the consolidation was primarily one of econ- 

 omy, as the two concerns were operating formerly 

 along similar lines. The M. B. Farrin Lumber 

 Oompanj* will take over the entire business of 

 the Farrin Korn Lumber Company, and will have 

 an aggregate capital equal to the combined cap- 

 itals of the two old organizations. 



Chester F. Korn. formerly president of the 

 Farrin-Korn Lumber Company, and F. A. Conk- 

 Kng, secretary and treasurer of that concern. 

 have sold out their Interests in the business and 

 will retire. W. S. Sterrltt, formerly sales man- 

 ager for the Farrln-Korn Interests, will occujiy a 

 similar position with the new organization. 11. .1. 

 ITiester will continue as president, W. ,J, ICcknmn 

 as vice-president and A. L. Metcalf, secretary 

 and treasurer. 



A Great Photographic House 



Times without nunilM-r ILiniiWoon IjKcour* has 

 been complimented on the line character of Its 

 half-tone portraits of lumbermen appearing In Its 

 ci'lumns. It Is no more than due the makers of 

 the majority of these photographs to place credit 

 where credit belongs. The greater number of the 



photographs from which these illustrations are 

 made are produced at the famous Moffett Studio, 

 57 East Congress street. Chicago. 



Beyond question the Moftett Studio is the most 

 expert photographer of men in the United States. 

 These experts with the camera have photographed 

 the majority of men of prominence in all lines of 

 business, politics and professions that visit this 

 city. It is said the best photographs ever made 

 of ex-President Roosevelt, President Taft and 

 the members of their cabinets were made at the 

 Moffett Studio. 



Building Operations for January 



11 is somewhat dillicult to take au optimistic 

 view of the building operations for .lanuary, 

 which, with some exceptions, show quite a sub- 

 stantial falling off as eomi)ared with those of 

 January, 1011. Ihc net loss in some fifty cities 

 reported by Ihe American Contractor. Chicago, 

 amounts to 21 per cent, which is not so very 

 discouraging when the remarkably cold weather 

 that has prevailed is taken into account. Out- 

 side work was almost entirely suspended and 

 interior work could only he carried on under 

 favorable conditions. Hence, it is not surpris- 

 ing that permits were not asked when there was 

 no chance of starting operations. Gains were 

 made in only fifteen of the cities listed. Among 

 the most pronounced of these are the following : 

 Baltimore, 57 per cent ; Buffalo, 55 ; Dallas, 278 : 

 New Orleans, 157; Brooklyn, 52; Bronx, 464: 

 I'aterson. 35 ; Seattle, 53. Particulars will be 

 found in the following table: 



Jauuaiv, Jaimarv, 

 l;il2. I'Jll. Percent. 



City. Cost. Cost. Gain Loss 



Atlanta $ 21)4.195.1; 42U,77S .. 31 



Baltimore , 725.285 4UU,1«0 57 



I'.inningham 243.277 201). 570 . . 1) 



Buffalo 427.000 274.000 55 . . 



I'etiar Rapids 50,000 115, ()00 5U 



Chicago 1.1)1)U,300 3.143.200 .. 3(i 



I'incinnati 11)5.045 545,350 .. 04 



i-leveland 328,107 5114.122 .. 41 



Columbus lil).l)3U 123.1s;i . . 1.S 



Dallas G71,020 17S.289 27S 



Denver 327.050 207,225 22 



Detroit (iU2,2S5 l,:i41)..'<0U .. 51 



Duluth 67,625 03.082 7 



I'jvaiisville 24,250 31.45S . . 22 



ciranrl Rapids 78,885 72,375 .s 



Harrisburg 66,750 242.500 72 



Hartford 1.57.1S5 192,253 18 



Indianapolis 142.955 186.265 . . 23 



Kansas City 426,851 373.010 . , 14 



Los Angeles 2,456,872 2,104,875 16 



Manchester 23,035 22,827 1 . . 



.Memphis 252,170 840.725 .. 72 



.Milwaukee 1)4,230 251.213 . . 02 



.Min:ieapolis 204,355 280. 28U 7 



Xashville 33,698 04.082 . . 47 



Newark 589.401 938.091 . . 37 



New Haven 391,183 1,012.325 01 



New Orleans 2.S.S,085 112.035 157 



Manhattan ll,l'47.250 13,670,777 49 



Brooklyn ■J.o57,l)47 1,348,205 52 . . 



Bronx :i. 442. 754 009,000 404 .. 



New York 12,447.051 15,028,582 .. 20 



Oakland 255,704 388.669 . . 34 



Oklahoma City . . . 219.078 303.280 . . 27 



Omaha 134,850 32:1.700 58 



Pnterson 99,143 72,893 35 



Philadelphia ...... 1.205,020 2.057,460 5J 



Pittsburg 256.351) 594.005 40 



Portland 1)06.023 11110.010 ., s 



Rochester 284,629 208.0K5 . . 1 



Salt Lake City 217,050 240.300 .. 9 



San Francisco .... 1.870,017 1.017,008 13 .. 



Scranton 00.080 71.713 15 



Seattle 774.810 506.000 53 .. 



Shrovenort 70.870 104,687 32 



Spokane 83,438 120,940 .. 31 



Toledo 114.435 105,308 8 



Washington 757,9.54 1,278.1)52 .. 41 



W'llkea-Barre 41,670 95,003 .. 58 



Worcester 138.040 298.830 . . 54 



Total $31,208,885 .$40,085,370 .. 21 



Annual National Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association 



The tenth annual mc'Ctlng of the .Vallonal 

 Lumber Manufactunrs' Association will be held 

 on Tuesday and Wednesday, May li and 7, at the 

 Sinton hotel, Cincinnati, i>., ngrei'able (o an 

 announcemi'nt of presldi^nt Crlggs. Arrange- 

 ments have also been made whereby the conven- 

 tion may be contlnuid a third day. If It proves 

 necessary In order to compble Its business. 



As a great many Important innlters will he 

 considered at this meeting. It Is earnestly desired 

 that each afllllaterl association be represented at 

 (he meeting by Us full i|Uota of delegates. Each 



allied association is entitled to two delegates as 

 a minimum, and one additional delegate for each 

 one hundred million feet production or fraction 

 thereof, and three alternate delegates for each 

 delegate. While only delegates will be entitled to ■ 

 vote, visitors will be w-eicome. Manager Leonard 

 Bronson asks that delegates be appointed as 

 early as possible, and that he be notified at his 

 liradquarters. Fidility building. Tacoma. Wash. 



Growing Exports of Automobiles 

 Over $20,000,000 worth of automobiles were 

 exported from the United States in the calendar 

 year 1911, or twenty times as much as a decade 

 ago. The exports to foreign countries last year, 

 including tires and other parts, were valued at 

 $21.G30.);01 and the shipments to our own non- 

 contiguous territories. Hawaii. Porto Rico and 

 Alaska, $1,843,165. Ten years ago the exports to 

 foreign countries were but $1,069,782 in value: 

 by 1906 they had grown to $4,409,186; by 1910, 

 to $14,030,226, and in the calendar jear just 

 ended had ri.sen to $21,636,661, this increase of 

 $20,000,000 in the exports of American-made 

 automobiles within a single decade being one of 

 the most notable achievements of our foreign 

 commerce in recent years. 



Meantime imports of automobiles info the 

 United States show a decreasing tendency. From 



W. J. ECK.MA.N, VICE-I'RKSIUE.M- .M. U. FAR- 

 RIN LUMBER COMPANY, CINCINNATI, O. 



1902 to 1906, before the industry had developed 

 in this country, imports rapidly increased, from 

 about $500,000 to $5,000,000, the high record In 

 imports of this class of vehicles. Since 1906, 

 however, the imports have steadily decreased, 

 last year's total having lieen less than $2,500,000. 

 The course of our trade in imports and exports 

 of automobiles Is Illustrated by the following 

 llgures covering quadrennial years from 1902 to 

 1911 : 



SHIPMENTS 



TO NON-CON- 



LAI.EiNUAIl TIOUOUS TEB- 



yuAllS IMTOIiTS KXPOHTS UITORIICS 



19112 •$ 550.000 $ 1,069.782 $ 34.704 



1906 4.9111,2118 4.409,186 185,870 



1910 2,737.2118 14,1130,226 1.458,650 



1911 2.446,248 21.636.661 1,843,165 



•Fiscal year Imports for consumption. 



This rapid Increase In exports of automobiles 

 from the United States Is In |)art due to the 

 rapid development of the domestic Industry. In 

 part to Ihe growing use of vehicles of this char- 

 acter throughoul Ihe world. In 1900 the value 

 of automobiles manufactured In the United States 

 was $5,000,000; In 1905, $30,(K10.I)0(I ; and In 

 1909, $249,000,000. That the Increased con- 

 suui|itlon of automobiles In this country Is he- 

 liiu' rnr)re and more supplied by machines of do- 



