June 2.-,. 1<J21 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



51 



HIGH HUMIDITY 

 DRY KILN 



WcUin.^'ton Piano 

 Case Co., Leomin- 

 ster, Mass., making 

 the highest grade 

 cases. P>attery of 5 

 kilns recently in- 

 stalled making a 

 total of 11 Sturte- 

 vant kilns. 



"THE KILN WITH THE CIRCULATION YOU CAN UNDERSTAND" 



B. F. STURTEVANT COMPANY, hyde park, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



Atlanta, Ga. Boston, IVlass. Chicago, 111, 



Rochester. N. Y. Seattle. Wash. 



New York, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pa. 



San Francisco, Calif. 



aud several other coinpanics tliat he knows of art* <nit of this itPiii hecausf 

 of the good ileninnd. 



N. C. Mather, presiilent of tlif laiinl>frni«'n"s Association of Chioago. 

 recently returned to Chioaso from a trip South, when* he tramped over a 

 number of tine golf links in pursuit i»f the white pellet. 



L. E. Cornelius of the Cornelius I,uml>er Company. St. Louis, was 

 among the out-of-town hardwood men who played in the tournament of 

 the Lumtiermen's Ciolf Association of 4'hirago at the Ueverly Hills Country 

 Club on June 21. 



J. H. Maossen, manager of the southern branch of the Chi<*ago lainiber 

 & Coal Compiiny »»t Memphis passed thntugh Chicago on his return from 

 Philadelphia, where he attended the National Hardw 1 Lumber Associa- 

 tion Annual am! campaigned for a sales code. He was chairman of the 

 committee which framed the Memphis code. Mr. Maassen visited the 

 Chicago office of his company while in Chicago. 



Technically tlie strike of li.^.OiiO building trades employes is settled, fol- 

 lowing the awards on wages by the joint arl)itration committee represent- 

 ing employers, employes and the puliMc e()ually. The average wage from 

 June 1 to February 1 will be $1.04 an hour, which rate the carpenters 

 receive. Since the awards liricklayers have decided to strike again to hold 

 out for a wage of $1.1*5 an hour. This will not affect any hranch of thi' 

 lund>er industry, leaders in this branch of the building trade assert. The 

 operatives lose altogether .$700,000 by the new wage awards, an insigniti- 

 caiit tigure compared to the weekly loss of $1,500,000 during the strike. 



Ri'gardless of the outcome of the big walkout as far as employers and 

 employes are concerned, the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, In a public 

 statement, declares that it will "use every proper means to break what we 

 believe to be a vicious monopoly by the Building Trades Employers' Asao- 

 <iati(m and the Bulbling Trades Council, in their own selfish Interests aud 

 in ilertance of the public interest." 



CLEVELAND 



PITTSBURGH 



Hardwooil inti'vests of Clcvi'laml ami Nortliprii (Hiii) an' iiI.Minlug to Join 

 with goiu'ral lumber interests Iit-rc in the campaign against the state tire 

 marshal's offiee. The movenieul is ilesigne.i to upset what most of the 

 traile iK'lieve to lie an iusidions effort to injure the lumber imlustry of 

 Ohio. First hint of this came to Clevelaml a few weeks ano when it was 

 stated that the state lire marshal woulil attempt to restrlet the use of 

 wood shingles in the state. 



Hardwood faetors here are favorin;:: the move, deliniteiy decided upon 

 l).v the beard of directors of the Ohio .Vssociation, for the establishment of 

 inspection linreaus for the various state districts, these Imreiuis to suppl.v 

 tally men and inspectors for the benetit of <'ousumers of all lumber who 

 desire accurate measurements of tlieir incoming cars. The i)lan will not 

 only c(miply with the request of tlie ccuisumers, but will till a long felt 

 want, lumbermen here believe, lioth for the benetit of the buyers and the 

 lumber trade itself. At the (.'oUmilMis meetings the Cleveland district was 

 represented by Chairman (Jeorue W. Meyers of No. 10; F. V. Potter, presi- 

 dent of the Cleveland board, and Mr. O'Brien. 



The hardwood branch of the hiinber industry of the country will pres- 

 ently be advised of its part that it Is expected to take In the next big 

 building show to he held here early next winter. The date will be fixed 

 later when the completion of the I'ublic hall, where the event will be helil. 

 is more certain. At the meeting this week of direct«>rs of the enterprise 

 the affair was offlcially nam^'d the American Huildlng Kxposition. An 

 architect has been appointed to plan the exposition settings, which will 

 occupy 52.000 square feet of tioor space. 



I I'on City TjUmiier Company reports sr>nn' industrial business on ver.v 

 much lower prices than were prevailing two months ago. The market 

 trouble is to take care of the many cars that are being held at present on 

 demurrage. 



The tight of the Pittsburgh contractors for an open shop market in build- 

 ing in Pittsburgh seems to be gradually winning out. A lot of shops are 

 going ahead open shop, hut the end is not in sight. 



The Superior Lumber Company in the Lyceum builrling rejiorts a fair 

 business, all things considered, which means that general business is mighty 

 qiilet. President H. W. Ilennlnger is working hard to get the industrial 

 trade lined up. 



The Clade Lumber Company of New Castle. Pa., has decrcaseil its cap- 

 ital from .$2,50,000 to $120,000. 



\V. P. Craig, who has been for many years in the Kmpirc building, 

 moved his offlces lately to tile eighth floor of the Wabash building. 



K. II. Shreiner Lumber Company i>f the Park building reports industrial 

 trade fearfully bad in all directions. Only now and then can a purchas- 

 ing agent be found whose orders are not to "sit tight" until the worst 

 is over. 



The plant of the Penn Wheelbarrow Company in the Fifteenth Ward 

 of this city was damaged $50,000 by tire June 15. The Are was supposed 

 to have caught in the company's garage. 



The plant of the Nufer Ce<lar Company at Port Vue, 20 miles up the 

 Mouongahela river, was hurned June 7, with loss of $200,000, in a Are 



