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timber for the manufacture of pencils iocally, 

 there would appear to be an opening for the 

 export of suitable pencil woods to the Continent. 

 At the present moment red cedar is practically 

 the only wood utilized in the manufactui-e of 

 pencils in Continental factories, but the demand 

 is excessively heavy and the supply is giving 

 out rapidly. In Germany alone the annual out- 

 put of pencils is about 325.000,000. and at the 

 rate the pencil timber is being used up, it is 

 estimated that the supply will be exhausted in 

 about five years. Already inquiries are being 

 made in different parts of the world — in coun- 

 tries even as far remote as Aiaslta — for fresh 

 supplies, but we see no mention of India in 

 these inquiries. If the Indian Forest Depart- 

 ment is anxious to find an outlet for its sur- 

 plus timber it might communicate with the Ger- 

 man Forest Service, just to ascertain exactly 

 what is wanted, and, if possible, open up a 

 new avenue of Indian trade. In time, as those 

 with hoarded wealth realize tliat it is more prof- 

 itable to employ it in some paying industry 

 than to bury it. high-class pencil factories will 

 come as a matter of course in this country, and 

 the problem as to whether our pencil wood is 

 to be exported or converted locally into "leads" 

 (which, by the way, contain no lead — only 

 graphite) will settle itself without giving any 

 particular trouble to anyone, the law of supply 

 and demand holding sway in this as in other 

 matters. 



American Company's Works in Russia 



Con.'jul-General John H. Snodgrass reports 

 Hint the International Harvester Company of 

 America has organized a company in Russia 

 for the manufacture of Imrvesting machinery, 

 agricultural implements, engines, etc., at Mos- 

 cow, with a capital of $8,240,000. In addi- 

 tion to tlio purchase of the worits of the New 

 York Air Brake Company at Lubertzy, a sub- 

 urb of Moscow, the company has bought sixty- 

 two acres of land with a view of enlarging 

 the plant and the erection of several large 

 buildings for factory purposes. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



William Kedman has announced that he will 

 remove Ills basket factory from Mexico to Peru. 

 Ind. 



Wright Carriage Body Company of Moline, 

 111., has increased its capital from 5;iOO,000 to 

 $130,000. 



The Bitter Lumber Company, Tazewell. Va., 

 has recently increased its capital stock to 

 .?.300,000. 



The Arcadia Valley Manufacturing Company 

 has been incorporated at St. Louis, Mo., with 

 a capital stock of $2.1,000. 



A new concern tor Dallas, Tex., is the Gal- 

 loway-Daniel Lumber Company, capitalized at 

 $10,000. Its incorporators are C. C. Galloway 

 and W. F. Daniei. 



A destructive fire of unknown origin occurred 

 In the lumber yard of the Central Lumber Com- 

 pany. Portis. Ky. The loss is estimated at be- 

 tween .$1,-),00U and $20,000. 



The Yeoman Box Company was recently in- 

 corporated at Delroit, Mich., with a capital 

 stock of $30,000. The company will engage 

 in the manufactnie of boxes, box sbooks and 

 crates. 



A disastrous Are destroyed the plant of the! 

 Kurz-Towney Lumber Company near Bayfield, 

 Wis.. November 11. the excelsior mill being the 

 only building saved. The loss is estimated at 

 .$2.^.000. 



A new concern for Wilmington, Del., is the 

 Cumberland Luml)er Company. It is capitalized 

 at $100,000 and its incorporators are F. M. 

 Shive, S. E. Roberson and H, W. Davis of Wil- 

 mington. 



Fire recently destroyed the wftodworking plant 

 "'' Ibe T'phani Manut;icturing Company at 



Drier's Spur, near Hannibal, Wis. Considerable 

 lumber was consumed, entailing a loss of about 

 $10,000, fully covered by insurance. 



Fire of unknown origin destroyed the planing 

 mill of the Gulf Lumber Company, Stables, La. 

 about 2,000.000 feet of lumber in the yards and 

 twelve box-cars were also burned. The loss is 

 estimated at $75,000 and was only partially 

 covered by insurance. 



A new concern for Somerset, Pa., is the Paint 

 Rank Lumber Company, capitalized at $10,- 

 000. 'J'he incorporators are F. B. Granger, D. K. 

 Patterson and H. J. Beates of Somerset ; L. A. 

 Beatos, W. L. Hoover of Garrett, and T. M. 

 Gatbright of Covington, Va. 



The New State Lumber Company of Albu- 

 querque, N. M.. recently filed articles of incor- 

 poration. The company has a capital stock of 

 $25,000. Its incorporators and directors are 

 Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. Stitzer and Mr. and 

 Mrs. J. Homer Starr, all of Albuquerque. 



It has been announced that the National Lum- 

 ber Manufacturers' Association, which several 

 years ago tried to raise a fund of $100,000 to 

 endow a Chair of Applied Forestry at Yale 

 University, New Haven, Conn., has completed 

 its efforts and the fund is now ready for presen- 

 tation, the final $7,000 being obtained atmut a 

 month ago. 



Tlie Abernathy Furniture Company of Kansas 

 City, Mo., is planning to erect two new build- 

 ings to care for its constantly increasing busi- 

 ness. Work on the first addition has already 

 been begun. It will be five stories high, of 

 brick and concrete construction. The two build- 

 ings will cost about $150,000. The second 

 building, which will be six stories high, will 

 not be built until next spring. 



The Stearns Lumber & Coal Company of 

 Stearns, Ky., has recently completed an or- 

 ganization with a capital stock of $1,000,000. 

 This is a consolidation of the Stearns Lumber 

 Company, the Stearns Coal Company and the 

 Kentucky & Tennessee Railway Company. The 

 properties of tlic new organization include 113,- 

 000 acres of coal and timber lands. Its mills 



have a 24-hour capacity of 130,000 feet of 

 lumber. 



Representatives of the Escanaba Lumber 

 Company of Kscanaba, iMich., are buying up the 

 hardwood timber, especially red birch, in Manis- 

 lique township, Schoolcraft county, Michigan. 

 The company will erect camps for cutting the 

 timber this winter. The logs will be shipped 

 over the Soo line to Masonville. where the 

 company has Just put in operation a new $00,- 

 000 flooring mill. The company will also build 

 a sawmill in Masonville. 



It is stated that Greeneville, Miss., is to have 

 a new enterprise in the nature of a large chair 

 factory. The factory had been located at 

 High Point. N. C. until recently, when 

 negotiations were entered into looking to its 

 removal to Greeneville. Additional stock was 

 required and a suitable lot on which to 

 locate the factory, all of which have been 

 arranged and agreed upon. Work on the neces- 

 sary new buildings will be commenced imme- 

 diately. 



The Penn Lumber Company of Georgetown. 

 Ky.. has bought out the Georgetown branch 

 of the Combs Lumber Company, the principal 

 office of which is in Lexington. Following this 

 purchase, the Penn company increased its capi- 

 tal stock from $25,000 to $35,000. It will also 

 engage in the hardwood business and will erect 

 a box and tobacco hogshead factory at George- 

 town. Thomas Trimmel, formerly manager of 

 the Combs company, will become manager of 

 the new corporation. 



Walter J. Reynolds has been elected presi- 

 dent, ,1. M. Truscott vice-president, and J. G- 

 Rose secretary of the new .$10,000,000 combina- 

 tion of boat builders, headed by the Racine 

 Boat Company of Muskegon. Others are the 

 Truscott Boat Company, St. Joseph ; Pope Boat 

 Company. Fond du Lac ; Pierce Motor Boat 

 Company. Kacine ; Shell Lake Boat Company, 

 Shell Lake : Western Boat & Engine Company. 

 Miciiigan City ; West Mystic Company. West 

 Mystic. ;ind the Inland Boat Company. Geneva. 



Hardwood JVeWs, 



(By HABDWOOD BECOBD Special CorrespondentB.) 



CHICAQO 



W. E. Williams of W. E. Williams & Co.. the 

 weli-known flooring manufacturers of Travers'^ 

 City. Mich., visited his Chicago representative. 

 M. L. Brown of the Monadnock building, last 

 week. 



George F. Williams of the Williams Brothers 

 t^ompany. lumber and last block manufacturers 

 of Cadillac. Mich., was in Chicago last week 

 accompanied by his wife. 



G. von Platen, the well-known hardwood man- 

 ufacturer vf Boyne City, Mich., was in Chicago 

 a few days this week and incidentally visited 

 the Land Show. 



H. I. Cutsinger of the Putnam Veneer & Lum- 

 ber Company, manufacturer of hardwood lumber 

 and veneers of Indianapolis, Ind., was In the city 

 last week and paid his respects to the Recokd 

 otfice. 



F. L. May of the May Bending Works. Steu- 

 benville, O.. was a Chicago visitor November 14. 



John D. Phillips of the Diamond Lumber Com 

 pany, manufacturer of hardwood and hemlock 

 at Green Bay. Wis., was a Chicago visitor last 

 week. .Mr. I'hillips' new mill is now in full 

 operation, and he will have a full stock ready 

 for the market early in spring. 



.Major W. Ji. Barksdale of the Dooloy-Stern 

 Lumber C.impany and other institutions in (he 

 Memphis district, was a welcome visitor at the 

 ItKcoiii) office on November D. Tlie major is 

 always an optimist on lumber affairs and wsis 



ill a )i:iii:ciilarly liaiiiiy mood on his recent 

 visit. He says all his institutions made a fair 

 profit during the current year, and he sees no 

 reason wliy business should not show a reason- 

 able improvement during the next few months. 

 Major Barksdale is chairman of the committee 

 liaving in charge the forthcoming annual meet- 

 ing of the National Hardwood Lumber Asso 

 <-iation, and is already making arrangements fox 

 the entertainment of visitors. He expects that 

 the date of this meeting will be changed to 

 April or May next year in place of being held 

 as formerly during the month of June. 



J. D. Lacey of the big timber house of J. D. 

 Lacey & Co., this city, is spending the week in 

 New Y'ork on business connected with his house. 

 He expects shortly to transfer his residence to 

 New Orleans for the winter, as is his usual cus- 

 tom. 



John S. Weidman, the lumberman-banker of 

 Mt. I'lea.sant. Mich., was in Chicago a few day.« 

 ago on ills w'ay home from an extended Pa- 

 litic coast trip. His son, John S. Weidman. 

 Jr.. is expected to return from the coast in a 

 lew flays, where he has been looking over tim- 

 ber for some months. 



C." L. Willey's new fireproof veneer w-are- 

 house. in connection with his Chicago plant, 

 is already doing service. He has stored in 

 the new building about 11.000,000 feet of ve- 

 neer, whicli is the largest stock in the United 

 States. The new building Is four stories high 

 and of brick. 



The Chicago trade was visited recently by 

 S. B. Anderson, president of the Anderson- 



