May 10, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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For Greatest Range of Uses 



and 



Easiest Handling 



Th3 "HOOSIER," the rip saw which makes profitable 

 dimension manufacture and grade reflnlng at the mill 

 possible. Hundreds of users already — you will be an- 

 other If you will let us tell you all about It — Will you? 



buy the 



Hoosier Self Feed Rip Saw. This machine has earned thousands 

 of dollars for owners in the manufacture of dimension lumber, crating, 

 etc., because its entirely novel design, resulting in surprising ease of 

 operation and adaptability, makes possible a profit where a loss is 

 often expected in this work. The 



Hoosier Self-Feed Rip Saw 



has a positive and powerful feed which handles the heaviest material 

 the sawmill takes just as readily as the lightest. 



The table, raised and lowered with the crank in front of the ma- 

 chine, is always level — always securely locked. 



The Hoosier rips anything up to 6 inches thick and 17 inches wide. 

 It feeds 35, 75, 100 or 150 feet a minute. 



Manufactured exclusively by 



The SINKER -DAVIS COMPANY 



INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 



Supply Compan.v .iDci the John A. Denie Sons Company have consolidatetl 

 and will In future operate under the name of the Denie Company. L. J. 

 Moss is president of the consolidated firm, while Clarence DeVoy is secre- 

 tary-treasurer. 



Ralph May. president of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis ; John M. 

 Pritchard. secretary of the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' .Association, and 

 F. E. Stonebraker. secretary of the Southern Alluvial Land .Association. 

 are the three gentlemen who will represent the southern hardwood lumber 

 industry at the conference of business interests at St. Louis May S-9 to 

 devise ways and means of rehabilitating transportation on the Mississippi 

 and its tributaries on a large scale. They are really the delegates named 

 to represent the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, but they will represent 

 also the other organizations with which they are identified. Lumbermen 

 believe that they are going to be forced in future to make increased use 

 of the Mississippi and other inland streams for the handling of shipments 

 of lumber and logs nnd they further believe that no time should be lost in 

 seeking to work out methods by which proper facilities and adequate service 

 may be realized. Other business organizations here have named delegates 

 and the city government will be adequately represented. 



=■< LOUISVILLE >= 



April closed with a gain of seventy-five per cent over any month on the 

 records of the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company, which operated its dimension 

 mill from 6 o'clock m the morning until 8 o'clock every night, and its band 

 mill on a full twenty-four-hour schedule, using several shifts. The com- 

 pany is very busy getting its new additional band mill set up, and will , 

 shortly increase production. The demand for mahogany is far greater than 

 ever before known, and while the company is getting plenty of logs it is 

 unable to cut stock fast enough to supply the demand. 



O. L. Hays of Bowliug Green. Ky.. a prominent timber man, recently di.-^- 

 cussed the log situation before a meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club. 

 He stated that many mills were having trouble in getting logs enough to 

 operate to capacity on account of the car shortage situation and a num- 

 ber of other factors. l-iogs are costing a great deal to handle at this time 

 and prices are high and advancing. In the South the roads have been in 

 bad shape, and have held up transportation of logs. Just now labor is 

 very scarce and high, and farmers are too busy planting crops to figure 

 much in log hauling. Mules are hardly to be had either, and a mule that 

 two years ago was worth $150 is today worth §250, and going higher. These 

 conditions have resulted in unsatisfactory production and handling of 

 southern timber. 



Louisville lumbermen in a recent discussion of the effect of the war on the 

 hardwood industry were of the general opinion that the demand for woods 



used in manufacturing luxuries would show a slump, and that building 

 lumber with the exception of farm buildings would show a slump, but that 

 the demand for hardwoods for use in government work of one kind or an- 

 other would be so large that it would take care of other losses. It was also 

 stated that with, the close of the war the European demand would prob- 

 ably be so great that consumers would be coming to the mill after lumber, 

 and that the demand would set the price to such an extent that lumber 

 would bring any price t-he millman chose to ask. 



The great demand for lumber and the shortage of stocks was brought 

 out in the remarks of a jobber, who stated that out of an average of fifty 

 inquiries sent out for lumber and quotations, he was receiving an average 

 of one answer. The market is so strong that more orders are being offered 

 than the manufacturers can accept or take care of, and at prices that are 

 very satisfactory. The demand is generally greater than the production at 

 this time, stock is selling as fast as it can be cut, and a steady increase 

 in demand and price is looked forward to. 



The Spoke Manufacturers' Association, composed of leading spoke manu- 

 facturers in the South and Central West, held a two-day get-together meet- 

 ing at the Seelbach hotel. Louisville, on May 2 and 3. About twenty mem- 

 bers were present to discuss car shortage, troubles in getting stocks of oak 

 and hickory, and the general business condition. The lumber demand 

 and the stave and heading demand have caused spoke material to be high, 

 scarce and hard to obtain. Joseph H. Ashcraft is president and J. E. 

 Buscher, secretary-treasurer. H. B. Owens of E. C. Atkins & Co. of Indian- 

 apolis, Ind.. handled the entertainment of the convention. 



Reports from Lexington, Ky.. are to the effect that bids will shortly be 

 asked for about 7.000,000 feet of lumber to be used in constructing 200 box 

 barracks for a military encampment for Kentucky soldiers. It is under- 

 stood that plans for the camp have been drawn. 



At a meeting of the Kentucky Railroad Commission held at the Seelbach 

 hotel, Louisville, May 3, the Kentucky railroads asked for the moral en- 

 dorsement of the commission to increase intrastate rates fifteen per cent in 

 conformity with the proposed interstate increases, effective July 1, if the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission upholds the contention of the carriers. 

 The Kentucky commission hasn't the authoritj- to suspend increases, with 

 the result that the roads may increase intrastate rates without the moral 

 endorsement of the commission. The matter has been taken under advise- 

 ment, 



C, M. Sears of the Edward L. Davis Lumber Co., Louisville, has returned 

 from a lumber buying trip to the southern district. Business with the 

 company has been excellent, there being a big demand for ash, which is 

 one of the lines featured by this concern. 



April closed as ^^he biggest month on the records of the Wood-Mosaic 



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