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HARDWOOD RECORD 



POPLAR LUMBER 



4 cars Poplar Box Boards, 



10" to 12" wide. 

 2 cars 4/4" Sap Poplar, 6" 



and up wide. 

 12,000' 3/8" Sap Poplar, 6" 



and up wide. 

 11,500' 1/2" Sap Poplar, 6" 



and up wide. 



5 cars 4/4 " Panel & No. 1 



Poplar, 18 23" wide. 

 5 cars 4/4" Is and 2s Poplar, 



7/17" wide. 

 5 cars 4/4" Sap Poplar, 



6/12" wide. 

 2 cars 6/4" Sap Poplar, 



6/12 " wide. 

 1 car 8 4" Sap Poplar, 



6/12" wide. 



RUSSE & BURGESS, Inc. 



Memphis, Tennessee 



E. F, PEKEY 

 Manager 



ESTABLISHED 1892 



LOUIS H. PAKKER 

 Asst. Manager 



Lumber Underwriters 



Every Kind and Form of 



Fire InsuRancE 



FOR LUMBERMEN 

 66 Broadway New York 



OAK FLOORING 



Kiln- 

 Dried 



Polished 



z-,^ HAPDWOOP LUMBER 



& MFC. CO. 

 3A RDIS 

 -. MI35 - - 



Hollow 

 Backed 



and 



Bundled 



POPLAR 



A 4/4 to 12/4, All Grades 



We also manufacture Oak and Gum 



If you appreciate quality and service, 

 we will hold your business 



Faust Bros. Lumber Co. 



S.4LES OFFICE: 



CHICAGO. ILL. 



MAIN OFFICE: 



PADUCAH, KY 



'IC'iTOiMM^aw;<Lt-'0>tl'TOtt^i!>^>ilMWM^Wtt^^ " 



Table of Contents 



COVER PICTURE:— Moonlight on Lake Michigan. 

 REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 15 



Favorable Showing for Wooden Box Interests 15 



Strong Condemnation of Export Consignments 16 



Moonlight on Lake Michigan 16 



Available Foreign Hardwoods 16 



The Sundry Civil Bill Again 17 



All He Asked Was a Little More Time 17 



The New Thought 17 



Record Prices for Oak 17 



Who Is the Guilty Party? 17 



Shall We Worry? 18 



Hardwoods Constantly Becoming More Popular 18 



No Wood Indestructible 18 



CARTOON: — The Fishing Fever ' 19 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Profitable Lumber Advertising 20-21 



Gravity Lumber Conveyors 21 



Leaf-Seasoning Timber 22 



Marketing the Short Lengths 23 



The Penetrability of Wood 24 



Checking of Wood in Seasoning 25-27 



A New Wood Preserver 27 



Wanted — New Operating System 28 



The Worlds Timber Supply 29 



Available Foreign Hardwoods 30-32 



Soda Dipping for Sapstain 33 



The Rip- Saw in the Lumber Yard 34-35 



Import and Exports 35 



Michigan Hardwood Cut 35 



Car Surpluses and Shortages 35 



MISCELLANEOUS ASSOCIATION AND CLUB DOINGS 37-39 



THE MAIL BAG 36 



NEWS MISCELLANY 37-41 



HARDWOOD NEWS NOTES 41-47 



HARDWOOD MARKET 47-51 



8TJBSCEIPTI0N TERMS: In the United States and its possessions, and Canada, 

 $2.00 the jear; In foreign countrlt-s, $1.00 extra postage. 



In conformity with the rules of the postofflce department, subscriptions are 

 payable in advance, and in default of written orders to the contrary, are continued 

 at our option. 



Instructions for renewal, discontinuance, or change of address, should be sent 

 one week before the date they are to go into effect. Both old and new addresaea 

 must be given. 



Both display and classified advertising rates furnished upon application. Adver- 

 tising copy must be received five days in advance of publication dates. 



Entered as second-class matter May 2B, 1902. at the postofflce at Chicago. 111., 

 under act of March 3, 18T9. 



ICHABOD T. WILLIAMS & SONS 



Foreign and Domestic Woods 

 in Logs, Lumber and Veneers 



11th Ave. and 25th Street 

 NEW YORK 



910 So. Michigan Avenue 

 CHICAGO 



