HARDWOOD RECORD 



i-lly consumption ' 1.850,482.111" l.G4ri.(!il4.!) 17 



Total consumption 2.80.';.303.107 2.e42,6.'i0.a47 



IncToasi- in consumption Ilt;i.(1.52.1(i0 



Shipments slunv n decrease of 42.1:!.">.00(I 



nt.v consumption shows iin Incrense of. . 2<I4.787.1I!II 



.SlIlMn.KS. 



Inv.-ntorv at l..;;iiinin!; ot yeai- ti0.tlS4..'-.(iO ,-.«.S!)(!.(i2r. 



Receipts during year .107.7!)G.OOO n01.6.")1.0il(> 



Sales and shipments .'ii:i.43ri.250 407.S(!:!.1 ■-'.-. 



Stocks on hand at close of .year 54.045.250 60,084. 5(i(i 



Ahout 7<i per cent of this large volume of receipts Is estimated to rep- 

 resent yellow pine, hardwood and Pacltic Coast lumber. 



The liarilwood yards, from the best information at hand, show 

 stocks on hand to be larger this year than last, estimating from some 

 reports received, that they had about one hundred millions in their 

 yards on .Tan. 1. 1914. The past season was the banner year in the 

 Chicago lumber market, which continues to be tlie large.st in the 

 world. It recjuires the cutting of timber from about 4.i0.000 acres 

 for this market alone, and 180,000 cars to transport the himlier. 

 which would make a solid train of lumber 1,400 miles long. 



The building construction in Chicugo was larger in Un.'i than in 

 the [)receding year. 



The election of directors and committeemen re.sultcd as follows: 



Hoard ok Directors : Dlv. "A" — L. W. Crow ; I)lv. "B" — Theo. 

 rathauer : Dlv, -C"— S. C. Bennett : Dlv. "D"— F. .1. I'ike ; Div. "E"— 

 !■■. I{. Gadd: Dlv. "F" — F. L. .Tohnsou : Div. "C"— Geo. P. Rinn ; Div. 

 "II" — Louis Carson. 



Committee o.v Arbitration': 1'. .1. lleitmiinn. Fred D. Smith, F. B. 

 .McMullen. C. B. Flinn. E. A. Lang. 11. D. Tracger. 



CciMMiTTKE ON .\ppF.Ai.s : M. F. Kittenhousc. Chas. Darling. Geo. D. 

 Griffith. C. A. .Marsh. .Murdock MacLeod. .John Olsen. .Tr. 



The rei)ort of the nieinbership committee showed that the enroll- 

 ment .January 1, 19i;<, was 187; new members during the year nine- 

 teen; lost by death, three; lost by resignation, nine; total enroll- 

 ment .lanuary 1, 1914, was 194. It was urged that elforts be made 

 to increase the membership as there are still a number of good con- 

 cerns in Chicago who should become members of the association. 



A summary of work done in 1913 includes thirteen meetings by the 

 board of directors. A quorum was present at every meeting. The 

 association held five general meetings and an outing. A bulletin 

 board was installed in the association rooms for listing stocks for 

 sale and wanted. 



The building committee, consisting of George .1. Pope, E. A. 

 Thorntfin. and E. K. Skelle, read a report showing the present status 

 of the iiroposition to erect the Lumber Exchange Building on the 

 site of the old Roanoke building, corner of Madison and La Salle 

 streets. Negotiations have been so far completed as to warrant the 

 owner, the estate of S. .1. McCormick, to proceed with the erection 

 of the Iniilding. Many lumbermeti with headquarters in Chicago have 

 signified their willingness to sign five year leases for offices; and 

 steps are now under way to have all necessary contracts and other 

 papers signed in the immediate future. It is expected that the build- 

 ing will be ready for occupancy early in 1915. 



The association, by resolution of the board of directors, invited 

 the lumbermen of Missouri, who were recently not only fined, but 

 in many cases ousted from the state, to make their headquarters 

 in this city, and especially in the Lumbermen's Exchange building. 

 The letters in re()ly have been very encouraging and it may develop 

 that one or more of the large yellow pine companies will find it to 

 their advantage to make their headquarters in Chicago. 



' Cffli)yMtJiv^ ' >i>K;iTOiTO W}tmi>5t^^ 



"5^ ^A/^ood'-Usmg Industries of l^ewYork ^^ 



A valuable report on the wood-using industries of Xew York 

 for the year ending .July 1, 1912, has been published by the 

 Syracuse University. The w'ork was done under a co-operative 

 agreement between the New York State College of Forestry 

 and the United States Forest Service. The field work was carried 

 out by Nelson C. Brown and Edward F. McCarthy of the state of 

 New York, and .lohn T. Harris, representing the Forest Service. 



New York exceeds every other state in the amount of wood 

 used in factories, with the exception of Illinois, which uses about 

 27,000,000 feet more in a year. There is pretty close agreement 

 between the two states in the number of wooils reported, but 

 Illinois is slightly in the lead with eighty-four to New York's 

 eighty-three. In total cost of wood delivered at the factories, 

 however, New York leads with $.53,969,90,5, compared with $51,- 

 229,693 for Illinois. The average cost of all lumber at Illinois 

 factories is $28.76 per thousand feet, and $30.76 in New York; 

 but the latter state outdistances Illinois in the amount of lumber 

 cut from state grown forests. Nearly one-thir<l of what New 

 York factories use is grown in the state, while Illinois grows less 

 than two per cent of what its factories buy. 



The uses of wood in New Y'ork are greatly diversificil. Th<'rc 



• ■ fortv-six industries specially reported, besides a ■iiumber 

 iiped as miscellaneous. Aerojilano manufacturers are the new- 

 -t in the fieM and are the smallest in point of quantity of 

 material used, i'laring mill products are the largest industry; 

 ■ igar boxes demand the highest priced lumber, considering the 

 whole amount used, and excelsior the cheapest. Sixteen woods 

 are bought by weight and it is somewhat diflScult to reduce their 

 cost to the board measure scale. The .Vmerican woods bouglit liy 

 weight are haw, orange and peach. 



Of the eighty three woods used, twenty-seven come from uIIkt 

 countries. The foreign wood bought in largest amount is ma- 

 hogany, 11,208,720 feet. This excee<ls the amount of this wood 

 inanufaeturod yearly in any other state. Its average price is 



.$138.84 per thousand feet. Spanish cedar is second of the foreign 

 woods in the annual demand; but New York uses less of it than 

 Florida. However, the manufacturers in the Empire State pay 

 a total of .$970,798 for what Spanish cedar they buy, or $113.11 

 a thousand feet, while the annual cost in Florida is only $254,185, 

 or $24.95 a thousand. The difference is due principally to the 

 fact that in Florida the wood is bought in the log while the 

 factories in New York purchase it in finely-sorted veneers. 



The highest priced wood reported in New York is English oak 

 at $341.34 a thousand; vermilion second at $300; Circassian walnut 

 third at $267.22, and teak fourth at $262.42. The cheapest foreign 

 wood is balsa or corkwood at $40. 



The native wood bought in largest amount is white ])iue, 422,- 

 686,634 feet at an a\eragc jirice of $27.70. Nearly one-fourth 

 of all the wood used in the state is this pine. Spruce, including 

 both eastern and western species, stan<l,s second, 169,107,607 feet, 

 at an average cost of $21.31. White oak, including several 

 species, is third, and the annual purchases reach 130,421,577 feet, 

 at an average cost of $46.25. The purchases of various red oaks 

 aggregate 59,868,300 feet, the average cost of which is $38.49. 

 The southern yellow pine, hemlock, and western pines, cedars, 

 and firs lontributo largely to the annual supply of lumber in the 

 state. In addition to the oaUs mentioned, the important hard- 

 woods listed are maple, chestnut, yellow poplar, basswood, birch, 

 beach, red gum. cottouwood, and twenty others useil in sm;iller 

 amounts. 



The table which follows lists the forty-six industries and gives 

 statistics concerning amounts of wood used by each, cost, etc. 

 Simm.m:v or Woods Used bv Ixdistries i.n New York 



Quantity Average 

 used annually cost per 



Iiirtuslry. Feeth. m. 1.000 ft. 



IManlng mill products 388.191.060 $2-..W 



Ho.\es and crates, packing 370,550.400 21.7:! 



Sash, doors, l.lind- and ginernl mill work 341.277,062 33..S7 



