THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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ruend that .111 iulvance bo made on the 

 pojjlar list as adopted at Lexiugton of $1 

 a thousand feet ou all grades covering No. 

 1 common and better ou rough lumber and 

 stock surfaced two sides, to take effect at 

 once. 



AVe recommend that the secretary take 

 up with each member the matter of price 

 ou oak. ash, chestnut and other hardwoods, 

 securing as nearly .as possible the present 

 selling price as used by each member; also 

 the stock on hand, whether it is increas- 

 ing or diminishing and the opinion of the 

 members so reporting as to the advisa- 

 bility of an advance or otherwise in the 

 price of each kind of hardwood, 



Wlien tliis information is compiled, say 

 within the next thirt.s- days, the commit- 

 tee on values to meet and consider the 

 matter and adopt an official price list on 

 these goods, 



J. H, BASKETTE, 



Chairman, 

 FRANK F. FEE, 

 R, T, McKEEN, 



Committee. 



There was some dissent on the part of 

 Mr. Lieberman in advancing the price on 

 poplar, but the report was finally adopted 

 unanimously. 



It was further decided that dues should 

 be computed on shipments made after 

 April 18 on poplar and after .Tune 3 on 

 othef hardwoods. 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



Claude Jloore is about the same size as 

 Billy Smith and got there with the 6-inch 

 and up Cottonwood just the same. 



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E. C. Atkins <V: Co., the saw manufac- 

 turers of Indianaptflis, Ind., were reijre- 

 sented at the meeting by Messrs. N. A. 

 GJp.dding, the secretary of the company, 

 and J. G. Tate, southern representative. 

 Mr. Gladding brought down some sou- 

 venirs in the shape of cigar clippers, 

 whicli were passed around. 



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Claude Maley, who recently acquired 

 his father's interest in the firm of Maley 

 & Wertz at Evansville, Ind., was present, 

 and is gi-eatly interested in the success of 

 the association. He had just returned 

 from a three months' trip abroad, but as 

 he was on his honeymoon, did not gather 

 much information as to the state of trade 

 in the foreign markets. 



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The Kentucky Saw Works of Louisville 

 were popularizing themselves with the 

 trade by giving lumber rules away. 



* * * 



George K. Smith, secretary of the 

 Southern Manufacturers' Association, 

 made an able presentation of the work- 

 ings of their organization and a rising 

 vote of thanks was given him before ad- 

 journment. 



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John A. Thompson, of the firm of May, 

 Thompson & Thayer, Evansville, Ind., is 

 getting the convention habit — he hasn't 

 missed any of them lately. Frank May 

 of tlie same firm was also present, 



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A, G, Wetmore, of the Paepcke-Leieht 

 Lumber Company, Chicago, was an active 



participant in the proceedings and showed 

 himself thoroughly posted in cottonv,-ood 



matters. 



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That old wheel horse from Indiana was 

 tnere. too — Sam P. Burkholder. The .1. P. 

 Walter Lumber Company were not 

 eligible to membership, not being manu- 

 facturers, but Mr. Burkholder couldn't re- 

 sist looking in on some of the boys. 



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It is always said that there are a few 

 who control the actions of the many in 

 convention work, but if any one thinks 

 that tliat Nashville crowd can be con- 

 trolled, we would like for them to take a 

 look at the faces of that same delegation 

 as the.v appear on another page. 

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In using illusti'atious produced from 

 other papers it is customary to give credit 

 therefor, so we presume we should say 

 thank you to the American Lumberman 

 for the Nashville picture used in this 

 issue, which, however, is more than they 

 did when they used about twenty of ours 

 in their issue containing report of the 

 National association meeting. 



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Mr. E. J. Poster, of the N. C. 'Foster 

 Lumber Company, Fairchild, Wis., came 

 all the way from Wisconsin and was the 

 only representative from that state pres- 

 ent, but he took good care of the interests 

 of the Wisconsin hardwood manufactur- 

 ers. 



NO FEAR REGARDING POPLAR. 



Ford, Ky., June 4, 1902. 

 To the Editor:— It is amusing to get let- 

 ters abSut like this: "You are getting pop- 

 lar so high people will quit using it." Will 

 they? It is not nearly as high as pine was, 

 I and is, which is an inferior wood to poplar. 

 Poplar will answer every demand of pine, 

 and lap over and make or be used for 

 many piu-poses that pine does not reach, 

 for instance, coach panels, car finish, grain- 

 ing work, pinnacles, columns. I can show 

 older, and in better conditions, doors, sash 

 and siding made of poplar than any man 

 North or South can show in pine, or any 

 other wood. A good many folks don't 

 know poplar. "People will quit using it." 

 I think they will, for very soon this most 

 useful of all woods will be, like the best 

 pine, used up. AVe are at the largest man- 

 ufacturing point of poplar lumber in Ken- 

 tucky. If the party writing about "too 

 high" could see the number of orders re- 

 ifused from first-class concerns, iind the 

 other number of solicitations from second 

 and third class concerns, scalpers and com- 

 mission men, that go daily in the waste 

 basket, he woidd not write "too high, peo- 

 ple will quit." Poplar wnll never be too 

 high while the best wood for exposure and 

 last is in demand, nor while the smooth- 

 est finish for finest paint work is wanted. 

 The strange thing about it is that it was 

 ever so low. It should go higher, at least 

 as high as the best pine, I had rather 

 have an investment in poplar timber than 

 any bank or railroad stock. This is no 

 advertisement, none is needed, a man who 

 has poplar need not di-um. He can "say 

 nothing and saw wood." 

 Yours truly, 



J. M. THOMAS. 

 Ford Lumber .t Manufacturing Co, 



NE'WS SUMMARY. 

 The saw mill at Danville, 111., belonging 

 to Jacob JIahley, will be removed to Sul- 

 livan. Ind. 



The Fort Smith Lumber Company is put- 

 ting in a five-mile t'pur to their timber 

 from near Oasa, Ark. 



The Pike City Lumber Company of 

 W^ausau, Wis., has filed its charter, allow- 

 ing it to do business in Arkansas, 



The Cartier Lumber Company of Lud- 

 ington, .Mich., have purchased 980 acres of 

 hardwood timberland lying on Hamlin 

 Lake. 



The Farrar Lumber Company will re- 

 build its mill, recently destroyed by fire. 

 The juoperty destro.ved amounted to about 

 $35,000. with no insurance. 



S. T. McKnight of Minneapolis has 

 sold all his interests in the Northwestern 

 Lumber Company of Eau Claire to the 

 Eau Claire stockholders for $1.2.50,000. 



The Avei-y saw mill at Alpena. Jlich., 

 owned by the Richardson Lumber Com- 

 pany, was destroyed by fire on the 22d 

 inst. There was onl.v partial insurance. 

 The mill will be rebuilt. 



Fire completely destroyed the woodwork- 

 ing plant of the Illinois Car & Equipment 

 Company at Hegewisch, 111.. June -t. The 

 loss was near $75,000. fully insured. They 

 will rebuild immediately. 



The I.#sh, Prouty. iVi Abbott Company, 

 who.se mill at East Chicago burned re- 

 cently, are installing the Leslie I-umber 

 , Company's mill on the old site, which they 

 .purchased and removed from Mii-higan 

 (City, Ind. 



The old and well-known firm of P. E. 

 Brenan & Co., hardwood lumber dealers. 

 Baltimore, Md., are selling out the stock 

 on hand for the purpose of reth-ing from 

 business. The firm was organized in 

 1801. In its long career of 101 years the 

 business has passed through three gen- 

 erations without a failure or e>;tension of 

 time asked for on an.v obligations. The 

 present meniljers of the firm are Matthew 

 •S. Brenan and Edward M. Breiian. The 

 former will continue as president of the 

 Mutual Life Insurance Company of Bal- 

 timore, and the latter will retire from 

 business entirely. 



INTERCHANGEABLE MILEAGE. 



We take pleasure in announcing tliat, 

 effective June 1. 1902. the intf rchangeable 

 mileage credit system of the Western Pas- 

 senger Association (the Red Booki will 

 become operative on the ilobile & Ohio 

 Railroad, between stations north of the 

 Ohio River (St. Louis to Cairo, inclusive'i. 

 C. M. SIIEPAIU), 

 General Passenser Agent. 

 JNO. M. BKALL. 

 Assistant General Passenger Agent. 



