HARDWOOD RECORD 



ilio present consfitution and by-laws, but that 

 it was in favor of creating an adTisory board. 

 10 bo composed of all the ox-presidents of the 

 club. The last retiring president each year be- 

 comes the chairman of this board and the 

 executive committee and the club itself may call 

 upon it for assistance wlionever they see fit. 

 The report was unanimously adopted. 



The Entertainment Committee reported that 

 it had given two luncheons and a dutch smoker 

 to the delegates to the annual of the National 

 •Association of Box Manufacturers, a theater 

 party to the wives of the delegates and a sight- 

 seeing tour in automobiles to the gentlemen 

 who attended this convention. The report was 

 made through .Tohn W. McClure and W. B. Mor- 

 gan. Neither of these gentlemen is on the En- 

 tertainment Committee, but, as they looked after 

 all the details in the absence of the regular mcm- 

 liers thereof, the club voted them thanks for the 

 splendid manner in which they had performed 

 tlieir duties. 



Two new acti^'e members were elected at this 

 meeting. J. V. Stimsou and B. F. Katterhenry. 

 l>oth of the .T. V. Stimson Hardwood Company. 

 One new application was received, that of W. A. 

 Waddington of the C. S. Waddington Lumber 

 Company. 



The meetin.s; was exceptionally well attended 

 and proved thoroughly interesting. James E. 

 Stark was in the chair and the usual luncheon 

 was served. 



Program For Nineteenth Annual National 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Associa- 

 tion 

 .\ communication from I'resideut II. W. lligbie, 

 <i£ the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation relative to the pending meeting of that 

 body at Washington, March 1 and 2. states that 

 the committee having the banquet in charge is 

 pleased to report ha\'ing secured an exceptionally 

 good list of speakers for that evening, which will 

 include the vice-president of the United States, 

 Speaker-elect Champ Clark. Senator William A. 

 ."^mith, from Michigan, and Congressman James 

 I'rancis Burke, of Pennsylvania. In addition the 

 association will attend a reception by President 

 Taft on Thursday afternoon and listen to ad- 

 dres.ses by Forester Henry .Solon Graves and by 

 W. W. Finley, president of the Southern Railway 

 Company. The program, enclosed with the letter, 

 takes up the order of business. The morning of 

 AVednesday. March 1. will be given over to the 

 reports and addresses of officers and committees, 

 closing with the appointment of committees on 

 nomination, trustees, resolutions, etc. In the 

 afternoon of that day W. W. ITinley will be the 

 principal speaker ; other committees will submit 

 leports also. Forester Graves will talk on Thurs- 

 <lay morning, followed by committee reports, elec- 

 tion of trustees and suggestions for the new 

 president. Thursday afternoon President Taft 

 will tender a reception to the association in the 

 cast room of the White House ; the trustees will 

 meet at 4 :30 p. m. In the evening the ladies 

 will be favored with a reception, musicale and 

 dinner, simultaneously with the men's banquet, 

 which takes place at seven o'clock. 



Expansion of 'Webster Lumber Company 



The Webster I,umber Comi)any. manufacturer 

 ;ind wholesaler of northern hardwood and south- 

 vrn lumber, with mills at Swauton, East Fair- 

 field. Bakersfield and Greenboro, Vt., and Malone, 

 N. Y., has jusi incorporated with a capital stock 

 ■of .$100,000 the wholesale department of its 

 business under New York state laws at Malone, 

 N. Y., under the style of the Geo. Webster Lum- 

 ber Company. The officers of the new incorpora- 

 tion are A. G. Webster, president ; D. A. Web- 

 ster, vice-president and manager : C. A. Webster, 

 secretary, and O. S. Wel>ster, treasurer. 



The manufacturing di'iiartment of the busi- 

 ness will continue at Swanton. VI.. as formerly, 

 but the new selling company will take over and 



fulfill all the contracts of the old company, con- 

 tinuing along the same lines and management as 

 formerly. However, It will devote its attention 

 exclusively to the .selling end of the business. 



The George Webster T,uinl»er Company will 

 take over the mill plant at Malone. N. Y., and 

 will have the exclusive sale of all the Webster 

 mills, which will give it a large output of north- 

 ern hardwoods and softwoods, in adtiilion to 

 which it will also handle southern lumber 

 through first-class miTl connections. 



J. A. 



Fay & Egan Company Opens New 

 Sales Headquarters 



The J. A. Fay & Egan Company, the large 

 woodworking machinery house of Cincinnati, ha^ 

 recently opened a suite of offices in the Candler 

 liuilding, Atlanta, Ga. The new office will handle 

 all the business in the states of North and 

 South Carolina, Tennes.see. Georgia, Florida and 

 .Alabama (outside of Mobile), The Greensboro. 

 N. C, and Chattanooga, Teun., offices of the 

 company have been discontinued. This office was 

 opened in order that the busiuess of the J. A. 

 Fay & Egan Company miglit be done direct with 

 the customer, insuring [prompt and careful atten- 

 lion to each individual. 



The office and traveling force of the new head- 

 quarters include S. Lee Smith, Bcn.1. H. Cox, Jr., 

 and D. E. Gray. 



"Tofco" Brand Oak Flooring 



111 the ndvi rtisoment of the Tennessee Oak 

 Flooring Company of Nashvilb'. Tenn., which ap- 

 peared in the last issue of Hardwood Rkcord, 

 an error was mode in the spelling of the coined 

 word trademaik of the Tennessee Oak Flooring 

 Company. This trademark, which is made up of 

 the initials of the company's name, is "Tofco." 

 and as Manager II. A. Batchelor, Jr.. says, it 

 simply means that the product of the Tennessee 

 Oak Flooring Company is the "aristocrat of all 

 flooring materials." 



The Tennessee Oak Flooring Company has the 

 newest and one of the most modern flooring 

 plants that has ever been built. The product is 

 based on the superior type of white oak that 

 grows in (he Tennessee country, which is sup- 

 plemented by the aid of experienced flooring 

 manufacturers and the use of the highest type 

 of flooring machinery thai money will buy. 



The "Tofco" brand is growing in popularity 

 wherever it has been used. 



Pamphlet Published by the Chicago Hard- 

 wood Lumber Exchange 



At tlie ojieuing of the Chicago Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Exchange meeting on February 17, a very 

 unique and concise booklet was distributed among 

 those present. Harvey S. Ilayden. chairman of 

 the Publicity Committee, delivered a few re- 

 marks in regard to the efforts the committee has 

 spent in getting out this work. 



The pamphlet is gotten up in an effective man- 

 ner and contains about twenty pages. The out- 

 side covers are surfaced with a thin veneer of 

 wood, on which is printed "Chicago the Greatest 

 Hardwood Lumber Market." Among other data 

 contained in the pamphlet is a declaration of the 

 liurposes of the Chicago Hardwood Lumber Ex- 

 change, its history dating from 1S96, its officers 

 at that time and those now in office, together 

 with a list of the various committees, with chair- 

 man and membership. Much space is given over 

 to statistics, and a general discussion to prove 

 the greatness of Chicago as a lumber market. 



The lirst declaration made is that Chicago is 

 the greatest hardwood market in the United 

 States, stating that the yards and dealers of the 

 city distribute for consumption annually l.SOO.- 

 000,000 feet of hardwood lumber. It further 

 confends that Chicago is thi' hub of indusfrial 

 America, with forty railroad terminals and excel- 

 lent water transportation facilities, and also that 

 it is close to all sources of raw material. As 

 proof of the fact that Chicago is the world's 



greatest hardwood consuming point, it is shown 

 that this city produces more furniture than any 

 01 her. having 2'J.") furniture producing factories, 

 turning out in excess of $2.-), 000,000 worth of 

 this product annually. The city also leads in 

 the production of pianos, organs and agricul- 

 lura! machinery. The largest telephone plants 

 of fhe world are found in Chicago, as well as the 

 largest car factories. The wagon industry Is 

 more strongly seated in this city than at any 

 other point. The average annual gain in build- 

 ing operations exceeds that of any other city in 

 the country iu proportion to the total, the value 

 of all structures creeled in 1910 exceeding $12"),- 

 000,000. Other industries in which the "Windy 

 City" leads all competitors are manufacture of 

 school, office, store and hank furniture and fix- 

 tures, picture frames, interior finish, sash, doors 

 and blinds. These claims are all backed by in- 

 disputable statistics. 



The closing paragraph urges shippers in view 

 of Ihe foregoing facts to consider fhe advisability 

 of shipping lumber for distribution, to Chicago. 

 Other features discussed in greater or less detail 

 in the pamphlet are figures tolling the tale of 

 Chicago's greatness as far as a lumber center is 

 concerned ; a resume of the yard trade in Chi- 

 cago ; a list of the Exchange membership in 

 which the jobbers and w^holesalers are separated 

 from the yard man. and lastly, a table of weights 

 of all hardwood lumber. 



Our Hardwood Trade With Germany 



Th.' following statement is made by Consul 

 General Robert P. Skinner. Hamburg : 



Business in .imerlcan hardwood was satisfac- 

 tory to all during 1910, and the prospects for 

 1911 are not unfavorable. In some kinds of 

 wood contracts have already been closed in- 

 volving extensive transactions for the year. 



According to preliminary estimates, ,')4,900 

 cubic meters (1,93.S,7(>1 cubic feet) of hardwood, 

 comprising logs and lumber, w.Me imported ?nto 

 Hamburg in 1910. The preponderance of im- 

 ports is represented by logs, of which the prin- 

 cipal kinds are black walnut, poplar, oak, hickory, 

 ash. and red gum. The chief kinds of cut luniDer 

 (pl.auks. deals, and squares) are of oak, black 

 walnut, red gum, and Cottonwood. 



The largest shipments in walnut consisted of 

 hewn logs, which are used in Germany and .Aus- 

 tria for the manufacture of veneers as well as 

 for the i)urpose of being cut into iilanks. Manu- 

 factured veneers are chiefly sold to the manufac- 

 turers of furniture and sewing machines. Planks 

 produced in this country from imported logs, as 

 well as those imported from the United States 

 already cut, are also used by furniture factories, 

 by manufacturers of railway cars, and in the 

 electrical industries. The imports in 1910 were 

 19.79o logs, comprising 7.570 cubic meters (207.- 

 n30.21 cubic feet) ; DG8.22l> planks, etc., com- 

 prising 7. sot) cubic meters (275,4."i2.6 cubic 

 feet) ; and 2.'!0,G14 squares, comprising 450 cubic 

 meters (1:-..,S9].52 cubic feet). 



Poplar wood was almost exclusively imported 

 in round logs, the hark of which had been re- 

 moved. It is used for the manufacture of 

 veneers and is also cut into planks. Consumers 

 of this kind of wood are furniture manufacturers, 

 sewing machine manufacturers, accumulator fac- 

 tcu-ies, etc. The imports were 14,005 logs, total- 

 ing IS. 200 cubic meters (1342. 71S. 9 cubic feet). 



Oak wood was principally imported in planks 

 and only in superior assortments of while oak, 

 because there is no demand here for red oak or 

 for quartered oak. Logs imported with the bark 

 are used almost exclusively for veneers, and it 

 ciin be recommended that only really fine goods 

 of white color, the wood found in the .\orfhern 

 Stales, be exported to Germany, as the southern 

 American cak is not wanted here. Oak planks 

 and logs are chiefly used by furniture nianufac- 

 lurers. The imports were 782 logs, totaling 921 

 .iibic nvlers (.".2,524.004 cubic feet) and 401.- 

 r..s4 planks, total 9.040 cubic meters (319,454.407 

 cubic feet). 



