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HARDWOOD RECORD 



l^aefer- cure f ) 



// TF.AI.K .MAI;K \\ 



^ 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. 



^ 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 will 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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ewre 



LUMBER 



lii.v is lociilud tho 

 ■ ntiiig a very large 

 :ih-cil. That the I'ubl 



ilqiiiirli'i-s of nuuiorous lumber and lie linns. 

 l>iuil invf'Stinent ; be It Hereby 

 Service rommission Is urged to locate such 

 In St. Louis for tlie convenience of both the Commission and tlie 

 iH:niiy inien-slcd lumber and tie tirras mentioned; and be it further 



l!'s,,h:il. 'I hat a copy of these resolutions he furnished the newspapers 

 ;iii.l ihai (.III.]- business bodies of the city be requested to cooperate in the 

 l.i-.i. .11 iiiL; ..I Ibis otlice. 



rhi' Mi-<si.iirl Intrastate Rate Committee of the Exchange held a me.'t 

 ill;; \\i.(in.-sil;iy afternoon, November 12, in the rooms of the Exchani-'e 

 This ciiiiiiiiiiti.e is composed of two yard dealers, two tie firms and two 

 nianufactur.'rs out in the State, all of whom are members of the 

 ICxchange. W. F. Woerner, Public Service Commissioner of Missouri, 

 attended the meeting as an invited guest There was a general discussion 

 in regard to the troubles of the lumbermen of Missouri in securing the 

 full value (if the new rates, which the United States Supreme Court in a 

 recent decision upheld as valid. These were laid before Mr. Woerner, who 

 told till' committee that there was a careful investigation l)eing made 

 and tliat the attorney for the Commission was familiarizing himself 

 with all the facts and would secure a more thorough compliance with 

 ih.' law from the railroads. Specific information of law violations will 

 I..' furnished the Commission hy the Exchange. 



=•< LOUISVILLE y. 



The trip of the Louisville Hardwood Club 1o Mi'mphis, November 14, 

 provided an unusually eii.ioyable occasion, the Memphis Lumbermen's 

 Club entertaining the Nashville and Louisville lumbermen with marked 

 hospitality. Memphis was even more of a lumber town that day than 

 usual, on account of the visiting clubmen being there, while a red gum 

 meeting and a cooperage convention likewise brought to town a lot of 

 people interested in forest products. 



It is probable that the Louisville Hardwood Club will celebrate a 

 "ladies' night" in the near future. On previous occasions when ladles 

 have been at club meetings the enjoyment has been sufficiently keen to 

 justify a repetition of the event. 



Hughes Moore, heretofore engaged in the wholesaling of yellow pine 

 and other woods used for building purposes, has joined the sales depart- 

 ment of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company. This concern is now 

 making some yellow* pine at its Fayette, Ala., mill., so that the acquisition 

 of Mr. Moore is regarded .is a wise stroke. 



W. H. Vanderbilt, formerly with E. J. Darnell, Inc., of Memphis, and the 

 Grand Rapids Veneer Works, has become assistant superintendent of the 

 Louisville Veneer Mills. 



A good demand for dimension stock is reported by the C. C. Mengel & 

 Bro. Cnmpan,v, whose business in this direction is handled by Emmet Ford. 

 The dimension mill is l>eing run up to capacity right along. 



The Ohio river rose sufficiently last week to make some of the lumber- 

 men on the Point wonder whether they were in for another flood, but cold 

 weather stopped the rise before it was anywhere near the danger line. 

 The engineers of the city are trying to figure out a practicable plan for 

 fllling in the Point so as to eliminate flood danger, and the lumbermen in 

 that section are hopeful that their efforts will amount to something. 



K. W. Hobart and W. E. Chamberlain, with Hobart & Co. and John M. 

 Woods & Co.. respectively, were Boston lumbermen in the Louisville 

 market recently. 



Prospects with interior finish manufacturers are good, most of the 

 hardwood men i-eport. This seems to indicate that 1914 will make up 

 for the poor business done in this line during the current year. 



=-< ARKANSAS >-= 



riie Kansas City Hardwood Flooring Company, which erected a large 

 plant in the Little Rock factory district during the summer months, Is 

 now operating under tuU sway. The plant was completed and began 

 operations in September of this year, but not until recently has it been 

 able to run with a full force. They are now turning out about 3.5.000 

 feet of finished products daily. 



Mr. Phillip Slimmer of the Slimmer Manufacturing Company of Chi- 

 cago is at present in Little Kock to superintend the construction of the 

 new factory buildings which that concern is building in Little Rock's 

 Factoria Addition. This plant will be pushed with the greatest possible 

 speed to completion, when it will be used for the manufacture of book- 

 cases, china cabinets and like commodities. 



On November 11 the Little Rock Handle Factory filed a certificate of 

 surrender of charter with the Secretary of State of Arkansas. 



The Chess & Wymond Stave Company of Mountain View. Ark., has 

 recently installed two big stave mills in the country southeast of that 

 town. The company is employing a large crew at each of these plants, 

 and will work there throughout the winter. 



According to report received in Little Rock on November 15, Federal 

 Judge Sanborn, sitting at St. Paul. Minn., on Friday, Novemlwr 14. 

 refused to issue a temporary restraining order against the Railroad Com- 

 missioners of Arkansas, to prevent them from enforcing the flat rate on 

 rough material. Mr. W. W. Wilson, President of the Arkansas Stave 

 Manufacturers' Association, was advised of this ruling by telegram. 



Stirritts Brothers have recently purchased a 700-acre tract of hardwood 

 timber in the northwest portion of Poinsett county, and will erect a 

 large sawmill as soon as the machinery can be shipped in. They pro- 

 pose to open up the land for agricultural purposes as fast as the timber 

 is removed. 



