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HARDWOOD RECORD 



POPLAR 



I 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. 



E. F. PEEEY 

 lianas er 



ESTABUSHED 1892 



LOUIS H. PAKKEE 

 Asst. Manager 



Lumber Underwriters 



Every Kind and Form of 



Fire InsuRancE 



FOR LUMBERMEN 

 66 Broadway New Yerk 



OAK FLOORING 



Kiln- 

 Dried 



Polished 



PDWOOO LUMBER (jS 



Hollow 

 Backed 



and 



Bundled 



Motto 



"Buy cheaper direct from the mill man" 



WE SELL- 

 SO", 40 " AND 50" WIDE POPLAR 



Whitson Bros. Lumber Co. 



J. H. WHITSON W. L. WHITSON H. T. WHITSON 



COOKEVILLE — TENN. - ALGOOD 

 PUTNAM COUNTY 



Table of Contents \ 



COVER PICTURE: — Clingman's Dome. 

 REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 15 



Clingman's Dome 16 



Good Business Versus Good Morals 16 



The Box Controversy in New Light 16 



Forest Products Exposition on Definite Footing 16 



The Steel Car Craze 16-17 



First Indications of Car Shortage 17 



Will Gum Succeed Circassian? 17 



Who Is Responsible? 17-18 



A Big Idea 18 



A Trip of Great Importance 18 



Equitable Classification of Forest Products Possible 18 



A Good Indication 18 



CARTOON:— The Present Situation 19 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Available Foreign Hardw/oods 20-21 



Improving the Small Mill Product 22 



Transportation of Lumber 23-24 



Lumbering In the Philippines 24 



Wood Using Industries of Virginia 25 



Differentiating Between the Maples .• 26-27 



Rate of Natural Reforestation 27-28 



Suggestions for Cost Accounting 28-29 



Waste from Edgings and Trimmings - 29-30 



Sawing the Swell-Butted Log 30-31 



Veneers and Hardwoods in Fixtures 31-33 



Tree Records of Climatic Changes 33-34 



The Evolution of the Band Saw 35-36 



Wood Finish for Automobiles 36 



THE MAIL BAG 37 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS 37-38 



WITH THE TRADE , .' 38-39 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 39-42 



HARDWOOD NEWS 42-49 



HARDWOOD MARKET 49-52 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 54-5b 



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Entered as second-class matter May 26, 1902, at the postofflee at Chicago, 111., 

 under act of March 3, 1879. 



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 



