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The Mail Bag 



Any reader of HARDWOOD RECORD desiring to communicate 

 witii any of the inquirers listed in thiis section can have the ad- 

 dresses on written request to the iVIaii Bag Department, iHARD- 

 WOOD RECORD, 537 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, and referring 

 to the number at the head of each letter and enclosing a self- 

 addressed stamped envelope. 



B 497 — Seeks Oak and Gmn Dimension 

 Benton Harbor, Micb., June 30. — Editor Habdwood Record : We have 

 a special contract which will take small piece stock in oal£ and gum. 

 We shall be pleased to have you advise us as soon as possible of any 

 lumber company that will be able to furnish us shorts in these woods. 



Company. 



The above inquirer is a leading furniture house which has been 

 supplied with a brief list of oak and gum dimension manufacturers. 

 Any others interested can have the inquiry on application. — Editor. 



B 498 — Seeks List of Canadian Consumers and Exporters 



Algood, Tenn.. June 1!S. — Elditor Hardwood Record : Can you supply 

 us with a list of wholesale hardwood consumers in the Dominion of 

 Canada ? We would also like to have a dozen names of good export con- 

 cerns that are thoroughly reliable tinancially and that you can recom- 

 mend to be good men to handle our foreign trade. 



Lumber Company. 



The above inquirer lias been supplied with a complete list of whole- 

 sale hardwood consumers in Canada, and a brief list of reliable 

 American exporters. Any others interested in the inquiry can have 

 the address on application. — Editor. 



B 499 — Seeks Curly Maple Logs 



Brooklyn. N. Y., June 24. — Editor Hardwood Record : We have a 

 customer in Austria, Europe, who is in the market for curly maple 

 logs. Will you kindly put us in touch with such people as may be able 

 to supply the above stocks, 



This inquirer has been supplied with a list of possible sources of 

 supply of curly maple logs. Any others interested can have the 

 address on application. — Editor. 



B 500 — Wants to Sell Boxwood 



New York, June 23. — Editor Hardwood Recokd : We expect in a few 

 days a visit from W. G. M. Edwards of the firm of Edwards & Sons. 

 Constantinople, Turkey, who is coming to this country to extend the 

 connections of his firm with American concerns. He is particularly 

 interested in the marketing of boxwood, and would like to be put in 

 touch with American buyers. 



The above correspondent has been supplied with a brief list of 

 American buyers of boxwood. Any others interested can have the 

 address on application. — Editor. 



B 501 — Concerning Hardwood Rules 



Columbus, O., June 30. — Editor Hardwood Record ; In your recent 

 editorial on the subject of inspection rules, you are wrong in the assump- 

 tion that "1905" National hardwood inspection rules are obsolete. I 

 have secured several copies published by the New York City Lumber 

 Exchange as "Northern Hardwood Rules." I believe that more hard- 

 woods are loaded out in West Virginia under these rules than all others. 



B 502 — A Business Opportunity- 

 Cleveland, O., June 23. 1913. — Editor Hardwood Record : The writer 

 is interested in a prosperous concern manufacturing store and saloon 

 woodwork, bars and bar fixtures, coolers, work-boards, and brass goods 

 used in this line. This is an old established business, having been 

 started many years ago and having been built up from nothing to a most 

 satisfactory condition. The owner died recently and, in the absence of 

 anyone directly connected with him competent to run it. it has been 

 decided to dispose of it as a going concern. This offers a mighty good 

 opportunity for some strong concern or individual to come to this city 

 and get a line on a favorable basis. It is already so well established 

 that it undoubtedly could be built up to large proportions. We would 

 be pleased to hear from anyone interested in the proposition. 



B 503 — Seeks Connection with Exporters of Gitm Logs 



Macon, Ga.. June 10. — Editor Hardwood Record : We have a party 

 who is interested in getting in touch with exporters of gum logs. Will 

 you kindly give us a list of exporters of this class of material? 



Company. 



The above inquirer has been supplied with the names of a few 

 exporters of gum. Anyone interested in communicating with this 

 correspondent direct, can have the address on application. — Editor. 



B 504 — Wants Information Kegarding Veneer Operations 



Wells, N. Y.. July 3. — Editor Hardwood Record : Can you give us 

 the name of any published work in book form which covers the different 

 operations in the manufacture of veneers'- We do not refer to govern- 

 ment reports or statistics. 



We have advised our correspondent that as far as we know there 

 is no published work in book form covering the different operations 

 in the manufacture of veneers. — Editor. 



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Clubs and Associations 



St. Louis Exchange in Monthly Meeting 



The meeting -of the Lumbermen's Exchange of St. Louis, held on 

 .rune 18 at a popular summer garden in the West End, was a success in 

 every way. It was shown by the report of Secretary George McBlair, 

 which was read and which was really the only matter of business that 

 came up, that there had been about 700.000 feet of lumber inspected in 

 May. in comparison with a very small amount inspected during the months 

 of January and February. The report also showed that the Exchange at 

 the present time was in a better condition in every way than ever before. 

 It showed quite an increase in membership also. 



Meeting of Quartered Oak Veneer Manufacturers 



A meeting of the Quartered Oak Veneer Association of the United States 

 was held at the Denison jHotel, Indianapolis. Ind.. on June 24, D. E. 

 Kline of the Louisville Veneer Mills presiding in the absence of the presi- 

 dent and vice-president. Meetings are held three times a year. A dinner 

 preceded the meeting. Representatives of thirteen veneer plants were 

 present. They reported the total amount of 1/20-inch quarter oak veneer 

 in their warehouses is 4.23,^5.000 feet, as against 2,255.000 at the January 

 meeting. Business was reported excellent during the last six months, but 

 slackening up at the present time. There was some discussion of employ- 

 ing Mr. Roche, now employed by the Rotary Veneer Club, to visit manu- 

 facturers in an effort to get them together in the way of prices and main- 

 taining prices. The matter was left to the executive committee, which 

 will report later. The matter of revising the constitution and by-laws 

 was left to a committee consisting of Mr. Kline, R. E. Cutsinger of the 

 William T. Thompson Veneer Company and Plerman J. Barnard of the 

 Central Veneer Company. 



Those present were : D. E. Kline of the Louisville A'eneer Mills, Louis- 

 ville : U. M. McCracken of the Kentucky Veneer Works. Louisville ; H. C. . 

 Hossefous of Dayton, O. : C. C. Boyd of C. C. Boyd & Co., Cincinnati. O. ; 

 O. JL Pruitt of the American Timber Products Co.. Indianapolis : C. H. 

 Earnaby of Greencastle, Ind. ; O. il. Mitchell of the Indiana Veneer & 

 Lumber Company, Indianapolis ; Fred Ashby of the Wabash Veneer Com- 

 pany, Indianapolis : Herman J. Barnard of the Central Veneer Comp.any, 

 Indianapolis : R. E. Cutsinger of the William T. Thompson Veneer Com- 

 pan.v, Indianapolis ; N. F. Owings of the Capitol Veneer Company. Indian- 

 apolis, and J. D. Maris of the Indianapolis Sawed Veneer Company, 

 Indianapolis. 



New Chamber of Commerce Quarters for Cincinnati 



On Wednesday, June 25, began the dedication of the new Chamber of 

 Commerce quarters of Cincinnati, which lasted for three days. The 

 quarters are located in the famous Union Central Life Insurance building, 

 which, not considering New York, is the tallest office building in the world. 

 It measures 535 feet from the basement to the top of the tower. The 

 Chamber of Commerce occupies the second and third floors. 



The Chamber of Commerce of Cincinnati is an historical institution. 

 It was organized October 22. 1839, when Cincinnati had a population of 

 about 40.000. It was continued successfully for seven years and in 1846 

 took over the Merchants' Exchange, which organization, like the Chamber 

 of Commerce, was organized by the Young Men's Mercantile Library Asso- 

 ciation, which was composed of the live wires of the town at that time. 

 Since the amalgamation of these two organizations as the Chamber of 

 Commerce, that organization has grown into a powerful and useful insti- 

 tution in the city from a business standpoint. It has effected numerous 

 important improvements of various kinds having direct bearing on the 

 development of Cincinnati. 



In 1882 the Chamber of Commerce purchased the plot at the corner of 

 Fourth and Walnut streets and erected a magnificent granite building, the 

 total cost of the building and lot being $850,000. This building was totally 

 destroyed by fire in 1911 and the Chamber of Commerce immediately took 

 up temporary quarters in the Burnett house. It recently moved into 

 larger quarters at Sixth and Vine streets, pending the acquisition of its 

 quarters in the Union Central Life building, which has Just been completed. 



New York Hoo-Hoo Holds Concatenation at Coney Island 



.\bout thirty full-grown cats made the trip to Reisenweber's Casino, 

 Coney Island, on June 26, when about twenty kittens were made regular 

 cats in accordance with the rules of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo. 

 The concatenation was the first held in New York for several years and 

 was conducted by Vicegerent E. H. Lewis, who was roundly applauded 



