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HARDWOOD RECORD 



W^ Wl otto ^""J 



"Buy cheaper direct from the mill man" 



WE SELL- 

 SO", 40" AND 50" WIDE POPLAR 



Whitson Bros. Lumber Co. 



J. H. WHITSOj; W. L. WHITSON H. T. WHITSON 



COOKEVILLE — TENN. - ALGOOD 

 PUTNAM COUNTY 



E. F. PEHKT 

 llanager 



ESTABLISHED 1893 



LOUIS H. PARKER 

 Asst. Manager 



Lumber Underwriters 



Every Kind and Form of 



Fire InsuRancE 



FOR LUMBERMEN 

 66 Broadway New York 



OAK FLOORING 



Kiln- 

 Dried v^^ 



Polished 



MAPOWOOD LUMBER 



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. 



SALES OFFICE: 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



MAIN OFFICE: 



PADUCAH, KY. 



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COVER PICTURE:— Whitewater River, Swain County, N. C. 

 REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 15 



Undisturbed Forest 15 



Supreme Court Decisions Give Promise of Even Greater 



Turmoil in Rate Controversies 16 



The New Currency Bill 16 



Will Standardize Railroad Scales 16. 



Estimate of Lumber Consumed Annually by Railroads 17 



Car Statistics 17 



The Need of Forestry in Tropical America 17 



A Consumer on Dimension Lumber IS 



Lumber the Goat, as Usual 18 



The Buyer Sometimes to Blame 18 



Progress 18 



CARTOON: — Specious Non-Advertising Argument 19 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Eagle Wood 23 



An Enemy of the Hickory 24-25 



Workmen's Compensation 25-28 



Attack on the Wooden Car 28 



Available Foreign Hardwoods 29-32 



National Problems We Must Face 32-34a 



Remarkable Growth of Cement Manufacture 34a 



Profitable Lumber Advertising 34b -34c 



Production of Veneers In 1911 34c 



Useless and Useful Exhibitions 34d 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: 



National Veneer and Panel Manufacturers' Semi-Annuai 20-23 



Miscellaneous 36-37 



THE MAIL BAG 35-36 



WITH THE TRADE 38-42 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 43-44 



HARDWOOD NEWS 45-50 



HARDWOOD MARKET 50-53 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 56-57 



SUBSCBIFTION TERMS: In the United States and Its possessions, and Canada, 

 $2.00 the jeer: in foreign countries, $1.00 extra postage. 



In conformltj with the rules of the postofflce department, Bubscriptlons 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 addreasel 

 must be given. 



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

 tlslng copy must be received five days In advance of publication dates. 



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

 under act of March 3, 1S79. 



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 



