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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber is susceptible 

 of being thoroughly air dried or kiln 

 dried in less than one-half the time or- 

 dinarily required for seasoning un- 

 steamed wood. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber does not case- 

 harden, check, end-split or stain, and 

 dries without warping or buckling. 



CJ Kraetzer-Cured lumber has a uniform 

 tone of color. Its working qualities are 

 greatly improved, and the beauty of the 

 flake on quarter-sawed stock is en- 

 hanced. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber dries out to 

 materially less weight than unsteamed 

 wood, ranging from 200 to 500 pounds 

 per thousand feet. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber will neither 

 shrink nor swell, and the grain yvill not 

 raise when water stains are employed in 

 finishing. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber is not im- 

 paired in strength or quality by the 

 process. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber eliminates all 

 glue-joint troubles and "will stay where 

 it is put." 



^ A list of manufacturers of Kraetzer- 

 Cured lumber will be supplied on appli- 

 cation. 



Kraetzer-Cured Lumber is 



produced by the use of the Kraetzer Preparator, 



manufactured by 



The Kraetzer Company 





537 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO 



TRADE MARK 



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W.sl.y Wulls. agod fuity-lwo, son of A. B. Wells, ami a m-phew of John 

 \V. Wells. .Menominee lumberman, was killed on Oct. 31 at Whiteflsh. 

 Mont,, when his automobile \va.s struck by a train. Wells was In charge 

 "I' the Somers Lumber Company at Kalispell. The body was brought to 

 .Menominee for Interment. 



-V report from Catawba states that one of the largest and most Impor- 

 laiit deals In the history of that place was made when the saw and plan- 

 itij; mills of the lied lilrch Lumber Company were disposed of to the Beyer- 

 .Morner Lumber Company of Prentice. The deal Includes the sawmill, 

 planing mill, machine sliops, lumber sheds and all the land occupied by 

 the extensive plant. The Beyer-Morner Lumber Company has been engaged 

 in the lumber business at Prentice for many years. C. G. Beyer, the 

 senior member of the firm, owns and operates a mill at Worcester station, 

 just north of Prentice. The Beyer-Morner company has large timber 

 holdings In the vicinity of Catawba and will undoubtedly bring many of 

 tile logs to the newly acquired mill to ho manufactured into lumber. 



=-< ST. LOUIS y 



During the mouth of October the receipts of lumber at St. Louis were 

 1.S.030 cars. In October last year the receipts were 16,295, or a gain 

 during Octolwr this year of 1,735 cars. Shipments of lumber by rail last 

 October were 11,310 cars. This October the shipments were 11,998 or a 

 gain this year of 688 cars. 



Frank Liebke of the C. F. Liebke Hardwood Mill & Lumber Company 

 reports 'hat he received a big shipment of ash a few days ago. 

 This sliipment, approximating one million feet, will be sawed by the St. 

 Louis mill. The company Is now operating its mill fourteen hours a day 

 In order to catch up on orders. 



W. W. rjing^* of the Garetson-Greason Dumber Company Is In Chicago on 

 business this week. Before leaving he said that business was quite satis- 

 factory, nie company's mills In the South are all running but some time 

 has been lost on account of the scarcity of logs that it could not get to 

 the mills from the woods because of heavy rains. This year the rains 

 have been heavier than for many years. 



E. W. Siumer, sales manager of the Lothman Cypress Company, recently 

 returned from a selling trip. He said conditions in the East, where he 

 has been traveling, were quite good and lumbermen were very optimistic 

 over the prospects for tlie fall. 



E. II. Luehrmann of the Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany reports an improvement In business. He is well pleased with the 

 volume of business now being done. A great many inquiries are coming 

 in, the principal demand being for oak and gum, with quite a lot of ash 

 being sold. 



W. E. Barns. E. C. Robinson, S. H. Fullerton, C. A. Antrim and C. E. 

 .lennlngs have been appointed delegates to the Fifth National Conservation 

 i.'ongr.'ss to be held at Washington, D. C. on Nov. l.S-20. 



The Hardwood Market 



< CHICAGO >• 



Locally the condition is not satisfactory, but it can be safely stated 

 that nothing has developed during the last week or ten days that could 

 be used as an indication of any condition that would justify unusual 

 apprehension. The local trade has been promising itself an early renewal 

 of activities and it is disappointed in the postponement of return to 

 normal conditions. It Is very probable that local lumbermen will have ' 

 to prepare themselves for further disappointment in this line, although 

 tlie local trade is not justified In assuming an unusually pessimistic atti- 

 tude. Orders have been hard to get and when they are secured they are 

 not of entirely satisfactory proportions. These conditions mean, however, 

 that the securing of business requires greater eiTort. but it unquestion- 

 ably Is there for the right man to secure. 



Local wholesalers are complaining somewhat on account of the close 

 adherence to a satisfactory level of values on the part of northern mill- 

 men. They say they cannot realize a fair profit from transactions in 

 northern stock. It Is to be hoped that this condition of sale will eventu- 

 ally affect the state of mind on the part of the trade which prevails with 

 the operators themselves. The price-cutting method has not evidently 

 developed any further than it had several weeks ago. although most of 

 the hardwood stocks being offered in the local market are below what they 

 should be worth. 



=-< NEW YORK y- 



The hardwood market Is still moving on a small volume of business. 

 The much-looked-for Improvement has not yet materialized and some of 

 those who were most optimistic a few months ago are turning thg other 

 way. This does not mean that there has been any bad break — prices have 

 been well maintained. — but a little more snap to the market would work 

 a vast difference. Reports are that stocks at mill points are not large but 

 dealers here do not seem to fear a shortage. The volume of business 

 does not exceed that done In September. Poplar Is in fair call but chest- 

 uul and gum are slow. 



