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HARDWOOD RECORD 



POPLAR 



JL 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. 



SAXES OFFICE: 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



MAIN OFFICE: 



PADUCAH, KY. 



E. F. PEEEY 

 Manager 



ESTABLISHED 1892 



LOUIS H. PAHKEE 

 Asst. Manager 



Lumber Underwriters 



Every Kind and Form of 



Fire InsuRancE 



FOR LUMBERMEN 

 66 Broadway New Y«rk 



OAK FLOORING 



Kiln- 

 Dried z^- 



Polished 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



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 \V. L. WHITSON II. T. WHITSON 



COOKEVILLE — TENN. - ALGOOD 

 PUTNAM COUNTY 



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COVER PICTURE:— The Pioneer Basket Maker. 

 REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 15 



Oak Still in the King Row 15 



The Pioneer Basket Maker 16 



The Business Horizon 16 



Increase in Use of Low Grades 16 



Forest Products Exposition Definitely Organized 16 



Strong Enough to Walk Alone 17 



Crops and the Railroads 17 



Steel People Behind This? 17 



Further Indications of Car Shortage 18 



Labor a Factor 18 



A Foolish Attack 18 



False Fire Reports Harmful 18 



CARTOON: — American Hardwoods 19 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Available Foreign Hardwoods 20-21 



Wrong Uses of Wood 21-22 



Transportation of Lumber 22-23 



Hardwoods Crowd Out Pine 23 



Manufacture of Picture Molding 24-25 



The Revised Newlands River Bill 25-26 



Profits from Paper Birch 27 



Handling the Credit Bugaboo 28-29 



Interstate Commerce Commission Reports on Railroad Weights 29 



Scientific Lumber Production 30-32 



Manufacture of Musical Instruments 32 



Good Sales at Furniture Exhibits 33 



Export and Import of Forest Products 33 



Hardwoods and the Dry Kiln 34 



THE MAIL BAG 35-36 



WITH THE TRADE 36-37 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 37-42 



HARDWOOD NEWS 42-48 



HARDWOOD MARKET 48-52 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 54-55 



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

 $2.00 the jear; In forelsn coiintrlfa. SI. 00 extra postage. 



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

 payable In advance, and In default of written orders to the contrary, are contlnaed 

 at our option. 



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

 one week before the date they are to go Into etfect. Both old and new addreafle. 

 must be Kiven. 



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

 tising copy must he received five days In advance of publication dates. 



Entered as necond-class matter May 26. 1B02. at the postofflce at Chicago, III., 

 under act of March 3. 1S70. 



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 



