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world attracted the Mengels to the ma- 

 Uogany liuo. TUo writer says "the Mengels" 

 —although this is ostensibly a story about 

 Clarence R. Mengel — because the business 

 life of those two brothers is so interwoven 

 that it is difficult to distinguish the achieve- 

 ments of one from the other. To illustrate 

 the perfect accord which exists between thcui, 

 Clarence B. Mengel once said, "You know 

 C. C. is the larger owner of this business, 

 and I am very proud of the fact that he is. 

 I don't begrudge him anything. He's the 

 best fellow on earth ! ' ' Although Clarence, 

 being the younger brother, keeps himself in 

 the background at times, there is no man 

 connected with the lumber business who is 

 more popular, and none have more real friends 

 and more nice things said about them than 

 have the Mengel boys. 



Thoir mahogany operations are located in 

 Africa and British Honduras. They own their 

 own timber, do their own logging, are person- 

 ally interested in the transportadon facili- 

 ties, delivering their logs to the ports of 

 New Orleans and Mobile. They then ship by 

 rail to Louisville, where they have a splen- 

 didly equipped band sawmill and veneer oper- 

 ations for putting their fine mahogany tim- 

 ber into the beautiful red lumber which 

 seems to be the rage at present, for interior 

 finish as well as for fine furniture. It took 

 their house only a few years to become one 

 of the largest factors in the mahogany busi- 

 ness of the world. No matter whether it be 

 interior finish of some private car, an auto- 



mobile body, or some suite of furniture — if 

 one happens to be about most anywhere with 

 one of thoir salesmen, he will point to some 

 of tho Mengel lumber which he recognizes. 



These operations and the success attendant 

 upon them in so short a time have been large- 

 ly attained by the management of 0. E. 

 Mengel, who once each year visits the com- 

 pany 's holdings iii Honduras, giving his per- 

 sonal supervision to the logging as well as 

 the manufacturing end of the business. 



Mr. Mengel is a man of family, having 

 two boys who will soon be factors in the busi- 

 ness themselves, one 12 and the other 15 

 years old. He makes his home in an old- 

 time southern mansion — arranged on modern 

 lines — on Third street in Louisville. He is 

 a member of the Pendennis and other promi- 

 nent clubs, although not ostensibly a club 

 man. 



Clarence K. Mengel is a man who knows 

 how to figure carefully all phases of his busi- 

 ness, and keeps in close touch with the details 

 of it every day. The officers of the company 

 are C. R. Mengel, president; C. C. Mengel, 

 vice-president; Arthur L. Musselman, secre- 

 tary. Their sales apostles of good mahogany 

 are Baron Julius Spicker and F. E. Procter. 

 The annual output of fine mahogany pro- 

 duced by this great concern totals probably 

 12,000,000 feet. 



Many of the readers of the Hardwood 

 Record are personal friends of Clarence E. 

 Mengel, and to those especially the accom- 

 panying portrait will be a welcome reminder 

 of him. 



Hardwood Record JMail Bag. 



[Tn this department it is proposed to reply 

 to sucli inquiries as reach this otfice from the 

 Hardwood Ivecord clientage as will be of enough 

 generai interest to warrant publication. Every 

 patron of the paper is invited to use this de- 

 partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt 

 will be made to answer queries pertaining to all 

 natters of interest to tiie hardwood trade, In 

 • succinct and intelligent manner.] 



Who Has These Copies? 

 Cincinnati, O., Nov. 26. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Our files of the Hardwood Record, 

 and consequently our articles on American For- 

 est Trees, are complete to date with the excep- 

 tion of May 10 and 25, 1905 ; June 25, 1905, 

 and July 25, 1905. If you know of any place 

 where we can get these four copies we will 

 appreciate the Information. — Wii. H. Perry 

 Lumber Company. 



If anyone happens to have these copies of 

 the Record, and will mail or express them 

 to the above concern, it will be a favor. — 

 Editor. 



ents either in Belgium or Germany asking for 

 white wood for creamery purposes. We have 

 had an offer submitted to us recently to acquire 

 a lot of willow along with other lumber and 

 want to get some information in regard to the 

 marliet on this stock, what purposes it is used 

 for, etc. Will you kindly write us, giving the 

 desired information, and put us In touch with 

 the consumers of this wood? — Lt7iiBER Coii- 



PANY. 



We have replied to the above correspon- 

 dent, mentioning the chief uses to which wil- 

 low is put — for bats, lapboards and wooden 

 limbs^and giving him the names of several 

 consumers. Anyone interested may have the 

 address on application. — Editor. 



Boiling Hoops. 

 West Chesterfield, Mass., Nov. 23. — Editor 

 Hakowood Record. Kindly give us the names 

 of some of the leading firms of your city which 

 are wholesale dealers In woodenware and toys, 

 and which you think might handle children's 

 rolling hoops. — Manufacturing Cosipany. 



Anyone interested in above inquiry may 

 have the address of correspondent on applica- 

 tion. — Editor. 



Historical. 



A correspondent of the Eecord wants to 

 know the name of the man who first cut 

 quartered oak and at what place in Indiana. 

 This distinction is claimed by several, but 

 quit© generally it is conceded that the first 

 man to saw quartered oak was the late H. 

 Herman, at his Evansville plant. Some claim 

 that Hoffman Brothers at Ft. Wayne were 

 the first. It is a mooted question, and if 

 anybody really does know should be glad to 

 have the information. — Editor. 



country of mangrove bark, log^vood, boxwood, 

 lignum vita;, etc., and has asked us for th« 

 names and addresses of half a dozen or more 

 Importers or manufacturers who are likely to be 

 interested, also for the range of prices during 

 the last two months, and what quantity of each 

 has been sold. Can you supply us with such 

 details? It so, the Information will be much 

 appreciated. They ask also what time of the 

 year mangrove bark Is most In demand. 



The above questions are so much out of 

 the ordinary lumber line that a reply from 

 one versed in the trade referred to will be 

 appreciated. — Editoe. 



History of the Lumber Industry. 



For a numijer of years students of lumber 

 alTalrs have realized that our forest resources 

 are fast approaching exhaustion, and that some- 

 thing must be done, and speedily, to conserve 

 those which are left to us. But It Is only lately 

 that the general public has commenced to awaken 

 to this great fact and to an understanding of the 

 Important part our forests have played In mak- 

 ing this country what It Is today. Even to those 

 well versed In such knowledge and comprehen- 

 sion, the History of the Climber Industry of 

 America, by J. E. Defehaugh, volume II of which 

 has just been pul)lished by the American Lum- 

 berman of Chicago, will prove an eye-opener. 



Volume I of this w^ork was of general char- 

 acter, treating as It did of early explorations 

 and settlement, geography, primitive forests, 

 public land policy, trade matters and statistics. 

 The new volume covers the lumber history of 

 individual states from pioneer days down to the 

 present time, beginning with Maine and con- 

 sidering separately and exhaustively the New 

 England states. New York, New Jersey and 

 Pennsylvania. Not only does It cover the prac- 

 tical and statistical portions of lumber lore but 

 touches as well upon the romantic and pic- 

 turesque side of camp life and the difficulties 

 surrounding lumbering In the early days. 



The work shows that our modern statesmen 

 are not the only advocates of timber preserva- 

 tion which the country has known, for colonial 

 history is replete with legislation to that end.' 

 It shows that the denudation of the forests 

 was a live subject and a threatening danger 

 decades ago, and that Nature nobly saved us 

 from such disaster, so that timber still covers 

 a great portion of the eastern country today. 

 Thus is the light of history thrown upon this 

 great national question as a guide for the fu- 

 ture, and it may be deduced that with the aid 

 of popular sentiment and legislation, scientific 

 methods and past experience the continuance of 

 the great lumber Industry is assured for an In- 

 dehnlte period. 



The volume includes brief biographical men- 

 tion of men who have played an important 

 part in the development of lumber aSairs, and 

 In fact throws so many Interesting side lights 

 upon the subject that it is impossible to do It 

 justice in this brief review. It shows extensive 

 and careful research into historical data, and 

 Infinite painstaking In leaving no stone unturned 

 which could possibly reveal something of inter- 

 est and value or contribute one detail to the 

 completeness of the work. 



The author's knowledge of his subject is well 

 known to lumbermen the country over, and for 

 that reason the work may be considered authori- 

 tative and Invaluable to the student of lumber 

 affairs ; indeed it may well be regarded a "labor 

 of love," rather than a commercial proposition 

 in any sense. 



Who Wants WiUow? 

 Cairo, III., Nov. 25. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We noticed on Inquiry In your paper 

 several issues back from one of your correspond- 



Foreign Woods. 

 New Tork City, Nov. 25. — Editor Habdwood 

 Record : One of our clients In the South desires 

 Information respecting the Importation into this 



Dispatches from Cairo, 111., announce the In- 

 corporation of the Schuh-Mason Lumber Company 

 by J. P. Schuh, O. E. Mason and U. S. Candee. 

 The capital stock Is $25,000, and the company 

 will manufacture lumber from stumpage which 

 it owns in the South. The main office will be 

 in Cairo. 



