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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



which actuated the committee iu atloptiug 

 it, and the Northwestern Lumberman and 

 Hardwood had not the courage to defend 

 the committee or even treat the new sys- 

 tem fairly: so the efforts of the committee 

 l3ore but little immediate result The as- ' 

 sociation inspection had so bad a name 

 that but few yards had the courage to 

 issue its certificates, even when those cer- 

 tificates made no reduction in the ship- 

 per's invoice. In one case to which my 

 attention was called, a Chicago dealer re- 

 ceived a shipment from a manufacturer 

 with whom he had been doing a satisfac- 

 tory Iiusiness for a number of years. The 

 shipment was satisfaetniy in every way. 

 find an a.ssociation certificate was issued 

 in accordance with the shipper's iuvoici?. 

 This certificate was inclosed with a- check 

 to the shipper, who replied by return mail, 

 acknowledging receipt of check by return- 

 ing the certificate, saying he was satisfied 

 to acceiJt the dealer's inspection as in the 

 past and to ship as long as that inspection 

 Avas satisfactory, but that he didn't want 

 any association inspection and wouldn't 

 have it. 



So the chief inspector had but little 

 Work to do, and the committee had to 

 lieep going down in its pockets to pay Iiis 

 salary. Tlien they began to consider the 

 matter of cutting louse from the Lumber- 

 men's association and organizing a hard- 

 wood association. 



There were a good many reasons why 

 the hardwood lumbermen should have u 

 separate organization, and none at all wliy 

 they should not. 



Some of the hardwood members of the 

 Lumbermen's association had no sym- 

 pathy with the new movement, took no 

 part in it and gave it no support. Otliers, 

 who had not joined the Lumbermen's as- 

 sociation, and for various reasons would 

 not, exiaressed a wUliuguess to join an in- 

 dependent organization. 



Another drawback was that the hard- 

 Wood branch of the Lumbermen's asso- 

 ciation had no separate treasury. The dues 

 which they paid to the association went 

 to pay the running expenses of the asso- 

 ciation and were not available for pushing 

 any of the special work of the committee. 



Another thing was' that the white pine 

 dealers of the Chicago market rather 

 looked down on the hardwood dealers and 

 ■considered themselves a superior class of 

 beings, of finer mental and moral fiber. 

 Some of the pine men had made a begin- 

 ning in manufacturing hardwoods. They 

 made their hardwood lumber as they 

 made their pine, on gang saws, and with- 

 x)ut turning their logs. This lumber was, 

 «f course, scant thickness when dry, with 

 the best boards in the logs spoiled by 

 Laving a heart running through them. 

 "V\'hen this lumber was sold to the hard- 

 wood dealers it naturally ran almost en- 

 tirely to culls, and the pine men howled 

 and were certain that all hardwood deal- 



ers were thieves and robbers. Tliey had 

 no sympathy witli nor respect for the 

 hardwood dealers, and were inclined to 

 sneer at any attempt they made iu the 

 direction of reform. 



So. after mature deliberation, the hard- 

 wood committee decided to call a meeting 

 of the general trade to organize the Chi- 

 cago Hardwood Lumber Exchange. 



LOCAL GOSSIP. 



T. K. Edwards, the popular lumber 

 agent of the Illinois Central Railroad Com- 

 pany, has been enjoying a summer outing 

 for the past two months on Golden Lake, 

 near Oconomowoc, Wis., where he has a 

 cottage. The colonel says it is the prettiest 

 ■• initry out of doors. He will attend the 

 Hoo-Hoo annual at Milwaukee and return 

 to Chicago from there to stay. 



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George W. Stoneman has just returned 

 with his family from a month's sojourn on 

 the Atlantic coast. He says: "Maine, you 

 know, is the old original lumber state. 

 Well, they are decidedly aliorigiiial in their 

 method of manufacturing lumber. They 

 will cut anything that will make as large 

 a piece as a 2x4 and they don't edge or 

 trim it, either." 



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C. L. Willey has completed the removal 

 of his yard and office from the old loca- 

 tion at Thirty-fifth street bridge to Robey 

 and Blue Island avenue, where his veneer 

 mill is located. He has one of the mo.st 

 tastefully decorated offices in the city. 



P. A. Ryan, of the wholesale hardwood 

 lumber firm of Ryan & McParland. is an- 

 other lumberman who is looking back on 

 his vacation. He and his^ family spent 

 three weeks in the far AYest. 



F. J. Heidler. the walnut lumber manu- 

 facturer of Chicago, showed the writer 

 some very choice walnut planks tlie other 

 day. They were 3 and -1 inches thick and 

 running 20 inches and over in width. 



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A welcome caller at the Record otlic? 

 this week and one that it isn't often our 

 pleasure to greet, was E. E. Taenzer. of 

 E. E. Taenzer & Co., Memphis, Tenn. Mr. 

 Taenzer was on his way home from a very 

 brief trip in the East. He is firm in the 

 belief that hardwood lumber of all kinds 

 and classes Is destined to be in heavy de- 

 mand and stiff in price during the balance 



of the year. 



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Mr. L. H. Bell, of the newly organized 

 Bell-Thompson Lumber Company firm of 

 Memphis. Tenn., was a Chicago visitor this 

 week and a caller at the Record office. 

 Mr. Bell says their new piill in Arkansas 

 will begin operations next week, cutting 

 cyiiress principally. 



Anotlier Memphis lumberman— a recent 

 addition to the growing ranks down there. 

 Mr. .T. N. Woodbury— called at the Record 



office this week. Jlr. Woodbury is the 

 southern representative of the J. W. Dar- 

 ling Lumber Company of Cincinnati, one 

 o£ the big Cottonwood factors in the trade. 

 They recently established an office in Mem- 

 IJhis, as previously mentioned in the Rec- 

 ord. \\nth the idea of not only widening 

 their operations, but also extending their 

 line. Mr. Woodbury states that they have 

 secured some very desirable contracts for 

 a supply of oak, asli and poplar. 

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 Among the other visitors on the local 

 market this week were .J. W. Tliompson 

 of the .1. W. Thompson Lumber Company. 

 Jlemphis, Tenn.; W. E. Smith, of the Throe 

 States Lumber Company, Cairo, 111.; C. G. 

 Powell, of the Fullerton-Powell Lumber 

 ■'l>any. South Bend, Ind.; P. Benson, of 

 the exporting firm of Jas. Kennedy & Co., 

 Fort AVayne, Ind., and J. N. Peurod, of the 

 Penrod Walnut Corporation, Kansas City, 



Mo. 



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Mr. Peiu'od, mentioned last, is on the 

 eve of starting abroad. He will sail from 

 New York next week for various business 

 centers in Europe. 



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Mr. A. J. McCausland. of the A. J. ilc- 

 Causland Lumber Company, has just re- 

 tiunied from Memphis and other southern 

 points. AVhile in.tlie South he completed 

 the purchase of the Gladden Lnmber Com- 

 pany's saw mill plant, at Devalls BlufC, 

 Ark., together with several acres of tim- 

 ber. It is one of the best constructed 

 band saw mill plants in tlte South, with 

 a capacity of 35 M. feet per day and well 

 located in reference to logging and ship- 

 ping. Mr. McCausland informs us that 

 there will be some slight alterations made 



1 cperations will begin the first of Sei> 

 tember. They will cut oak, ash, gum, Cot- 

 tonwood and a general line of hardwoods, 

 making a specialty of thin stocks. Russe 

 & Burgess have leased the yard opposite 

 their mill to the McCausland Company. 

 The latter firm will iu time have a com- 

 plete stock at Mempliis. and maintain their 

 principal office there. 



GOTHAM GLEANINGS. 



A stay of two montlis here is contem- 

 plated by F. AV. Barth. .Jr.. of the timber 

 firm of F. W. Barth & Co., Dusseldorf, 

 atJermany, who passed througli New York 

 recently on his way West. Mr. Barth is 

 hopeful of good conditions abroad this 

 summer. He claims that the combine 

 among the manufacturers in Northern 

 Germany has resulted in bringing up lum- 

 ber prices, but for all that, he says, they 

 are just about where they were a year 

 since. He was surjirised to find prices so 

 stiff here, although he had been advised 

 of the firm conditions. 



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Some idea of the splendid hardwood 

 trade of the summer is given by John 

 Cathcart. the well-known exporter. He 

 has shipped from his yards 1.000,000 feet 



