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Wood of exceptional texture and uniformity 

 of color for a great variety of purposes — cut 

 from the Saline River bottom of Arkansas 

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The T onG-Rei.1. Ijimber r ompanii 



R.A.LONG BUILDING Lumbermen since 1875 KA.IMSA.S CIT>t^. IVlO. 



Retailers National Association to Meet 

 The fifth ftnnual con\oiition of the National Retail Lumber Dealers' 

 .\ssociation will be held at the Congress Hotel in Chicago on October 19 to 

 21. The sessions will be presideil over by John E. Lloyd of Philadelphia, 

 I'a., president. The big annual banquet will be held Thursday evening, 

 October 20. 



With the Trade 



Plan Resaw to Make Excelsior 



The McDonough Manufacturing Company of Eau Claire, Wis., a largo 

 manufacturer of sawmill, planing mill and other woodworking machinery, 

 is considering the matter of bringing out a new design of resaw for box 

 lumber factories, which will produce excelsior instead of sawdust. This 

 development is in line with the widespread movement for greater utiliza- 

 tion of waste lumber, according to W. B. Brady, general manager of the 

 company. As Is generally known, escelsior as a by-prodnct would be a 

 valuable commercial commodity, while sawdust has few if any important 

 uses. The proposed new resaw design is to be developed as the McDonougli 

 company's contribution to the campaign of the National Lumber Manu- 

 facturers' Assoeiati<»n, involving a nationwide contest for the best new 

 method, new idea or new machine to save labor, time, material or expenses 

 in connection with tlie production of lumber, now being conducted by the 

 Utilization and 'Waste Treventive Committee of the National Association. 



Charting Better Times 



At considerable cost of time and money the .7. W. Darling Lumber 

 Company, Cincinnati, O., worked out the chart here shown, hoping to 

 drive home at a glance the fact that now is a good time to buy lumber. 



Note the almost perpendicular drop from the peak of March, 19'20. 

 Glance at the beginning of the upward trend in September, 1921. 



The company sent copies of the chart to Its customers saying : "Tack 

 it on the wall of your office and show it to that skeptical customer of 

 yours who is waiting for lower prices. HE WILL WAIT IN 'VAIX I 



"The National Lumber Trade Barometer published by the National 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association shows the following percentages of 

 normal : 



Orders Production 



May, 1921 71% 69% 



September, 1921 79% 71% 



"This proves conclusively orders are increasing faster than production. 

 A continuation of this condition can have but one result — HIGHER 

 PRICES. 



"Higher costs of stumpage, labor and saw mill machinery, to say 

 nothing of excessive freight rates, have in reality, reduced the net to 

 the mill below their 1914 level. Can the mills continue long to operate 

 on this basis? The answer plainly is, 'NO.' 



"In our opinion, never could the old slogan, 'BUY NOW,' be more 

 aptly used than at the present time. Preserve this chart and it you 

 think it teaches a good lesson we will be glad to hear from you. Better 

 times are on the way — be ready for them." 



