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HARDWOOD RECORD 



POPLAR 



M 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. PEREY 

 Manager 



ESTABLISHED 1802 



LOUIS H. PABKER 

 Asst. Manager 



Lumber Underwriters 



Every Kind and Form of 



Fire InsuRancE 



FOR LUMBERMEN 

 66 Broadway New Yerk 



OAK FLOORING 



Kiln- 

 Dried 



Polished 



y,^ hARDWOOD LOMBEB 



& MFC. CO. 

 3A RDIS 

 MISS- 



Hollow 

 Backed 



■nd 



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 II. T. WHITSON 



COOKEVILLE — TENN. - ALGOOD 

 PUTNAM COUNTY 



Table of Contents 



COVER PICTURE; Indiana White Oak. 

 REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 15 



Red Gum and Low Priced Furniture 15 



A Forest Primeval 15 



London Importer in Foolish Light ■ 16 



Express RuUng Offers Suggestion 16 



Canadians Steal the Lead 16 



An Indication of Progress 17 



Discovered, — World's Largest Forest, — 400 Acres 17 



Another Phase of Substitution 17 



A Poor Exhibition '. 18 



A Compliment to Wood 18 



Evidence is Necessary to Substantiate Claims 18 



CARTOON: A Real Asset 19 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Available Foreign Hardwoods 20-22 



Logging Conditions Around Memphis Good 22 



Woods Used by Wagon Makers. , 23-24 



Canal's Effect on Character oT Shipping 24 



Transportation of Lumber 25-26 



Wood Disappearing in Barber Shops 26-27 



Subletting the Labor Contract 27-28 



Hardwood Yard Machinery 28 



Refund Freight Cases in Arkansas 28 



About Mechanical Salesmanship 29-30 



The Manufacture of Canoes 30 



The Trend of Car Construction 31-32 



New Farmers' Alliance Needed 34-35 



Railroads Show Decrease In Net Earnings 35 



Marked Opposition to Currency Bill 35 



THE MAIL BAG 36 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS 36-37 



WITH THE TRADE 37-38 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 38-41 



HARDWOOD NEWS 41-48 



HARDWOOD MARKET 48-51 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 54-55 



SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: In the United States and Its possessions, and Canada. 

 $2.00 the year; In foreign countrlea, $1.00 extra postage. 



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

 payable In advance, and In default of written orders to tbe contrary, are continued 

 at our option. 



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

 one week before the date tbey are to go Into effect. Both old and new addreaaei 

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



Entered as second-class matter May 26. 1902, at the postofflce 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 



