HARDWOOD RECORD 



We Will Quolc Unusually Atlractive Prices 

 On the Following List ot Band Sawn Poplar: 



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No. 1 Com 

 1 Ci 



1'/," N<i 

 IV/' 





1 Commoo. 

 1. 1 Common. 

 5 cars 2'/y No. 1 Common. 

 fi cars S" No. 1 Common. 

 4 curs I" No. 2-A Common. 

 :t cars 1" No. 2-B Common. 

 fi cars 2" No. 2 A & li Common. 

 1 car 2>^" No. 2 A & R Common. 

 1 car X" No. 2 A & B Common. 



G cars 2Vi" Ih & 28. 

 ;l cars S" 19 & 2s. 



2 cars 1" Wide Box. 



3 cars 1" Narrow Box. 



4 cars 1" Sans & Selects. 



1 car 1V4" Saps & Selects. 



2 cars I'/j" Saps & Selects. 

 2 cars 2" Saps & Selects. 



WR HAVK A SPT.ENDID STOCK OF PI-AIN AND 

 QUARTERED RED AND WHITE OAK. ALL GRADES 



Faust Bros. Lumber Co. 



SAl.KS Ol'I'KE 



CHICAGO. ILL. 



■MAIN OFFICE 



PADUCAH, KY. 



OAK FLOORING 



hAPDWOOD LUMBEP <»\ 



Kiln- 

 Dried V^ 



Polished "^^^^^ 



& MFC. CO. 

 5A RDIS 

 Sw MI55. ^ 



Hollow 

 ?b> Backed 



and 



Bundled 



Mill n<<'. l-Jant and Yards 



MOUND CITV, ILL., adjoining Cairo, III. 



CHICAGO OFFICE— 1423 Monadnock Bldg. 



Hardwood Lumber 



ALL ORAL) US AND THICKNESSES 

 Oak and Ash Our Specialty 



VENEERS Sawed, Quartered White Oak 



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COVER PICTURE— Mangrove Tree. 

 REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 13 



Landed at Last 13 



Destruction or Conservation 14 



Tile Income Tax 14 



Anotiier Convert 14 



A Questionable Policy 15 



Important Precedents Established 15 



Are You Aware 15 



An Inteliigent Safeguard 16 



Seel<ing Independence of America 16 



Car Statistics 16 



WlTere Were tlie Lumbermen IS 



Important to Nortiiern Operators 16 



CARTOON: Good Advice 17 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Expert View of Export Conditions 20 



Measurement of Slirinkage 22 



Tlie Lumbermen's Round Table 24-25 



Tine Export of Oak Lumber 26 



Ontario's Wood-Using Industries 27 



Veteran Veneer Man Talks 28 



Fungus Enemies of Oak Trees 29-30 



Oak Flooring and ttie Retailer 32 



Reducing Workings of Wood by Kiln-Drying 32 



European Dock Measurements Unfair 33 



I. W. W. Pronounced a Failure 35 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: 



Red Gum Manufacturers Organize 18-20 



Fifth National Conservation Congress 34-35 



Miscellaneous 37-39 



THE MAIL BAG 36-37 



WITH THE TRADE 39-40 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 40-42 



HARDWOOD NEWS 42-50 



HARDWOOD MARKET 50-55 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 58-59 



SITBSCEIPTION TERUS: In the United States and Its possessions, and Canada, 

 $2.00 the jear; In forelEn countries, $1.00 extra postage. 



In conformity with the rules of the postofflce department, subscriptions ar« 

 payahle In advance, and in default of written orders to the contrary, are continaed 

 at our option. 



Instructions for renewal, discontinuance, or change of address, should be sent 

 ene week before the date they are to go Into effect. Both old and new addresses 

 must be given. 



Both display and classified advertising rates furnished upon application. Adver- 

 tising copy m'ust be received five days in advance of publication dates. 



Entered as second-clasR matter May 26, 1902, at the postofflce at Chicago, 111.. 

 under act of March 3, 1879. 



ICHABOD T. WILLIAMS & SONS 



Foreign and Domestic Woods 

 in Logs, Lumber and Veneers 



11th Ave. and 25th Street 

 I NEW YORK 



910 So. Michigan Avenue 

 CHICAGO 



