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mostic manufacture may be infen-ed from the 

 fact that imports have greatly decreased during 

 a period in which production has grown from 

 $5,U(J0.O0O to nearly $200,000,000. 



Most of the automobiles exported from the 

 United States go to British territory. The value 

 exported to Canada in 1902 was $37,430. while in 

 1910 it had increased to $4,383,487. and in 1911 

 to $7,180,547, or one-third the entire exports of 

 this class of manufactures. 1o the United 

 Kingdom, the total last year was $3,700,095, 

 against $948,995 in 1906 and $671,553 in 1902. 

 To France the exports grew from $59,051 in 1902 

 to $532,121 in 1911 ; to Germany, from $24,491 

 a decade ago to $281,608 least year ; to Mexico, 

 from $27,710 to $794,559; and to British 

 Oceania, chiefly Australia, from $9,581 in 1902 

 to $1,362,902 in 1911. To various other parts 

 of the world, including South America, Asia and 

 Oceania, the exports of automobiles last year 

 were large, in some casrs the largest on record. 



Membership of Chicago Club 

 Accompanying is a list of the charter members 

 of the Chicago Lumbermen's Club joining up to 

 Feb. 9. With such a fair representation there 

 is every prospect that tb« membership will in 

 short order reach the limit of four hundred. The 

 non-resident membership is progressing propor- 

 tionately. At the recent meeting of the club, 

 it was definitely decided to levy an initiation 

 fee of $50 for resident members and $10 tor non- 

 resident members, which will be applied after 

 Feb. 15. Those intending to join should certain- 

 ly take advantage of the privilege of charter 

 membership and get in their application to Secre- 

 tary E. H. Klann, 1210 Masonic Temple, Chi- 

 cago, prior to that date. 



RESIDENT CHABTEE IMEMBEBSHIP OF THE LUMBER- 

 MEN'S CLUE OF CHICAGO 



Abbott, Frank I. 

 Adams, Elmer H. 

 Adams, H. L. 

 Agler, O. O. 

 Allen, Amos. 

 Allen, E. A. 

 Andersen, J. P. 

 Anderson, B. L. 

 Anderson, Burdis. 

 Andres, R. L. 

 Anguera, S. C. 

 Ansley, F. J., Jr. 

 Arthur, L. P. 

 Bacone, A. E. 

 Bader, Wm. 

 Baird, D. W. 

 Baker, F. M. 

 Barchard, John L. 

 Bartelme, T. E. 

 Real, Wood. 

 Bennett, S. C. 

 Bishop, H. H. 

 Boles, Frederic T. 

 Bowering. Wm. P. 

 Boyle. Clarence. 

 Braun, J. A. 

 Brooks, A. B. 

 Brown, F. L. 

 Buckner, S. W. 

 Caryl, A. H. 

 Casebeer. C. H. 

 Christiansen, C. M. 

 Clancy, Wm. 

 Claney, John. 

 Cowen, James C. 

 Cook, E. C. 

 Cook, E. L. 

 Cooledge, E. E. 

 Corson, Robert S. 

 Conklin, C. E. 

 Crane, O. F. 

 Crane, W. B. 

 Crawford, O. E. 

 Crow, L. W. 

 Daniels, Geo. B. 

 Darling. Chas. 

 Darlington, H. B. 

 Davis, D. H. 

 Davis, W. Harry. 

 Deeves, Griflen H. 

 Defebaugh, E. H. 

 De Witt, W. L. 

 Dial, Morris R. 

 Dierssen, E. W. 

 Dodd, L. H. 

 Dodge, E. F. 

 Downey, N. I. 

 Duthie, James B. 

 Eager, Wm. A. 

 Ehrhotf, Joseph. 

 Ely, L. D. 

 Fall, H. T. 

 Farnsworth, L. J. 



Fish, Frank F. 

 Flanner. Frank. 

 Flanner, Geo. C. 

 Fletcher, P. S. 

 Flinn, C. B. 

 Ford, George R. 

 Ford, P. 

 Fox. Dan B. 

 l'"rver, James. 

 Gadd, F. R. 

 Garnet. C. E. 

 Gardner, Wm. H. 

 Gibbons, H. R. 

 Gibson, Henrv H. 

 Gilbert, P. E. 

 Gilbert, Wm. C. 

 Gillespie, R. H. 

 Goodwlllie, C. F. 

 Goodwillie. P. M. 

 Gorin, Chas. B. 

 Gregertsen, Arthur. 

 Gregertsen, N. 

 Griffith, Geo. D. 

 Gruninger, P. F. 

 Halpin, J. F. 

 Hand, N. T. 

 Hankey, James P. 

 Hansen, John T. 

 Hardy, F. A. 

 Haring. Louis C. 

 Hathaway, F. J. 

 Havden, Harvey S. 

 Herbert, W. A. 

 Hettler. H. H. 

 HoUoway, G. H. 

 Hooper, E. E. 

 Hooper, W. E. 

 Hopkins. W. H. 

 Howe, W. C. 

 Hubbard, Chas. C. 

 Hurd, John S. 

 Hurler, L. P. 

 Johnson. F. L.. Jr. 

 Keehn, Geo. W. 

 Kerns. G. K. 

 Kilgour. H. B. 

 Klniball. Wallace D. 

 King, W. O. 

 Klann, E. H. 

 Klapproth. Fred. 

 Lane. J. L. 

 Lang. E. A. 

 Leicbt. Edw. A. 

 Lesh, L. B. 

 Lill. James E. 

 Limbach. Chas. H. 

 Lovedale. H. N. 

 Ludington, N. J. 

 Lunow, Martin F. 

 Lurya. I. 

 McCaulev. Irvine. 

 McClelland, R. L. 

 McCullough, Hiram. 



^IcDouucll, John. 



M(llnllll,.|l. M. W. 



.AlrGlnshcn. Joseph. 

 McLean. David. 

 Macintyre. E. J. 

 Mackenzie, A. II. 

 MacLeod. Murdock. 

 McMullen, F. B. 

 Macv, W. A. 

 Marsh. Chas. A. 

 Masters, B. F. 

 Mather. N. C. 

 Matthias. W. H. 

 Meeker, Edwin W. 

 Merrill. Jas. S. 

 Miller. Geo. A. 

 Miller. H. C. 

 Miller. James G. 

 Miller. Milton. 

 Mlngi-a, J. F. 

 Moore. T. A. 

 Morris. Harry. 

 Osgood, Geo. B. 

 Paepcko. Hermann. 

 Page, llarlan E. 

 Peftibone. H. D. 

 Pike. Francis J. 

 Pope. Geo. J. 

 Porter, Mark S. 

 Prvor. F. B. 

 Quixlev. A. C. 

 RatclifF. A. O. 

 Reitz. Alexander. 

 Reitz. Henry. 

 Reynolds, T. E. 

 Richardson. A. M. 

 Ridley. L. E. 

 Riel. J. M. 

 Rinn. Geo. P. 

 Ritchie. Chas. T. 

 Roedter. F. W. 

 Ross. H. C. 

 Rudderhnm. Fred H. 



Ruth, A. II. 

 Schmechel. Paul L. 

 Schultz, Jas. M. 

 Schultz. Wm. W. 

 Serrell. W. L. 

 Sine. .lohn L. 

 Skeele. Edw. E. 

 Slavton. R. W. 

 Smith. C. E. 

 Smalley. C. M. 

 Soper, Jas. P. 

 Sprv, John C. 

 Sprv, Wm. T. 

 Starr. Lewis E. 

 Stewart. A. T. 

 Stokely. O. F. 

 Stone. Frank B. 

 Street. Harry L. 

 Sullivan. Robt. D. 

 Tegtme.ver, C. W. 

 Thompson. J. W. 

 Thornton, E. A. 

 Thornton. Edw. L. 

 Truman. M. G. 

 ITtley. J. B. 

 Van Norstrand. 

 Wagner. C. H. 

 Wallerstein. Al. 

 Wistcott. Charles ^\ . 

 Walsh. J. C. 

 Weidi'moor, Hessel. 

 Welch, H. D. 

 Wheeler. L. H. 

 White, Chas. B. 

 Willi". Harvey E. 

 Wilce, Geo. C. 

 Wlire, Thomas E. 

 Wiiileman. Chas. 

 Wilms. Wm. 

 Wilson, James A. 

 Yegge. C. Fred. 

 Zigler, Howard 11. 



Chicago Hardwood Men Meet 

 Division "C" of the Lumbermen's Association 

 of Chicago, composed of the local hardwood 

 wholesalers, have inaugurated the custom of 

 giving little monthly noon dinners for the pur- 

 pose of getting together more frequently than 

 the gatherings of the general organization gives 

 them opportunity to do. The meetings are 

 strictly informal and combine both social and 

 business features. 



The second of these dinners was held at the 

 Hofbrau restaurant, Feb. 6. with an attendance 

 of about thirty representative members of the 

 division. The business of the day was the ap- 

 pointment of the members of new committees 

 for Division "C" as follows : 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



Geo. D. GrifBth. chairman. 

 H. S. Havden. 

 H. R. Foster. 

 S. C. Bennett. 

 F. B. McMullen. 



TRADE RELATIONS. 



F. B. McMullen. chairman. 

 Paul Schmechel. 



John S. Hurd. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



A. H. Ruth, chairman. 

 Geo. H. Bulgrin. 

 J. C. Ulrich. 



MARKET CONDITION'S. 



Park Richmond Company, chairman. 



A. .T. Cross, 



Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Company. 



G. W. Jones Lumber Company. 

 Wheeler-Timlin Company. 



ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. 



Wm. A. Eager, chairman. 

 S.j:. Bennett. 

 A. C'. Quixley. 



Coining Meeting Illinois Builders 



The Illinois Lumber & Builders Supply Deal- 

 ers' Association Ifas issued the program for the 

 twenty-second annual convention to be held at 

 the Sherman House, Chicago, on Feb. 13, 14 

 and 15. Among the speakers who -will address 

 the convention will bo Judge Peter S. Grosscup, 

 who will talk on business in general ; Albert G. 

 Flinn of Minneapolis, whose talk will cover the 

 importance of the National Federation of Retail 

 Merchants ; Hon. C. D. Joslyn of Detroit, who 

 is defending the lumber secretaries in the pend- 

 ing suit Instituted by the government and will 

 tell of the status of those suits ; Paul Lachmund, 

 secretary of the Wisconsin Mutual Insurance 

 Company, who will talk on mutual insurance : 

 Dwight S. Bobb, attorney of Chicago, who will 

 discuss the lein law, and Charles E. Davidson of 

 Greenville, 111., who will talk on the same sub- 

 ject. 



Among the entertainment features will be 

 Hoo-Hoo concatenation on Wednesday evening, 

 Feb. 14, preceded by a dinner in the evening. In 

 addition there will be a vaudeville entertain- 

 ment. 



Exports of Manufactures and Their 

 Distribution 



More than a billion dollars' worth of manufac- 

 tures passed out of continental United States in 

 the calendar year 1911. The estimate of the 

 Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Com- 

 merce and Labor made some weeks ago, that the 

 total value of manufactures sent to foreign coun- 

 tries and the noncontiguous territories of the 

 TTnited States in 1911 would aggregate more than 

 one billion dollars, is justified by figures just re- 

 ceived by that bureau showing in detail the for- 

 eign commerce of the year. They give as the 

 total value of manufactures sent to foreign 

 countries in the year ending December 31. 1911, 

 $964.773.968 ; to Porto Rico. .?21,861.137 : and 

 to Hawaii. $15,337,758, making a total of $1,- 

 001,972,863 as the value of manufactures pass- 

 ing out of continental United States last year. 



Exports of manufactures from the United 

 States have more than doubled in ten years, and 

 quintupled in twenty years. In 1891 they aggre- 

 gated $190,000,000; in 1901, $447,000,000; and 

 in 1911. $964,750,000, or $1,002,000,000 if we 

 include shipments to Porto Rico and Hawaii, 

 foreign countries in 1891. 



Four leading articles of domestic manufacture 

 (iron and steel, copper, mineral oil and wood) 

 supply over half the entire exportations of manu- 

 factures from the country, and to them the gain 

 of over $500,000,000 in ten years is largely due. 

 The record of our foreign trade in these articles 

 during the last twenty years is set forth in the 

 following table ; 



EXPORTS OP LEADING ARTICLES OF DOMESTIC MANU- 

 FACTURE FRO.M THE UNITED STATES, CALEN- 

 DAR YEARS, 1891, 1901, 1911 



1891 1901 1911 

 Millions of Dollars 



Iron and steel 31 103 250 



copper 9 3;^ 103 



Refined mineral oil 41 67 lOO 



Wood manufactures 23 46 91 



All other manufactures 86 197 421 



Totals 190 ■I'i^ 965 



American manufactures are sold in all parts 

 of the civilized world. Last year the exports of 

 agricultural implements from the United States 

 to Russia aggregated $7,273,203, those to Canada 

 and Argentina, each about $6,000,000. to Ger- 

 many, $2,378,953, and to France, $3,088,298. 

 .\bout three and one-third million dollars' worth 

 of automobiles went to the United Kingdom last 

 year, and nearly double that sum to Canada. 

 Mexico, Cuba and Argentina, as well as Canada, 

 are taking large amounts of railway equipment, 

 the value of freight and passenger cars alone 

 sent to each of those countries last year ranging 

 from $1,000,000 to $2,500,000. Europe took 

 nearly $1,250,000 worth of American clocks and 

 watches in 1911, and Canada an almost equal 

 amount. Our growing exports of copper pigs 

 are mostly sent to the industrial countries of 

 Europe. All grand divisions and practically all 

 important countries are represented in our high 

 record exports of iron and steel in their numer- 

 ous forms— rails, typewriters, structural forms, 

 cash registers, adding machines, locomotives, sew- 

 ing machines, windmills, printing presses, etc. 

 Cuba. Canada and Great Britain offer large and 

 growing markets for our boots and shoes. De- 

 tailed information regarding the trade in the 

 various articles exported, including their dis- 

 tribution by countries, is available in the annual 

 volume. Commerce and Navigation of the United 

 States, shortly to be issued by the Department 

 of Commerce and Labor, through its Bureau of 

 Statistics. 



The distribution to the world of the billion 

 dollars' worth of manufactures exported is the 



