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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 25, 191T 



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Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber Company 



The Home of the "Peerless " Standard Brand Products 



Western OfBce: 

 516 Loimfaer Excbanse. MlnneapoUe, Mian. 



GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN 



MiUa at GladsteM* and Escanaba, Mlchlgaa 



Manufacturers of the following "Peerless" Standard Brand Products: Hardwood Flooring, Staves, 

 Hoops, Heading and Veneers, Hemlock Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Posts, Poles and Ties, 

 and Hemlock Tsui Bark 



"Peerless" Rock Maple, Beech & Birch Flooring L°,i!'a frSS.°HSd'carr:carVr'c.r^„': next 



Uemberi of Maple Flooring Uanulacturert' AsaociatienAWhen writing mention the Mardwaad Reeard.) 



own. are guaranteed TRY IT THF 

 r. to hold trade. We ^i^v-^ tIMF 



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B-1122 — Mahogany Dimension Stock 



ChicaKo, 111., .Tunc 1*. — IMiti.r ll.vLtiiw Kki nui. : Wmild jou kindly 



put us in touch with <(incenis best able to I'urnlsh us with dimension stock 



In mahogaijy ? • 



B 1123— Oak Dimension Wanted 



Muskegon, Mich.. .luiic LMi. — Eililur ll.ua'\v.i.ii> Ui:roia>: There is a 

 friend of mine who uses quite a go(Ml deal of dimension stock. His re- 

 quirements are tor kiln-dri.Ml stock, %" by 3 and % by 3Vj". He iniKht 

 possibly use A" thick, hut prefers %" thick. This stock must be sur- 

 faced on four sides. The dimenshuis given above are the net dimension. 



B 1124— Poplar Sought 



New York, N. Y., .Tune 20. — Editor II.MiuwiinD Uecoud : We are In the 

 market for FAS poplar, I)4S to the following sl7.es: IH", 13" wide, 12' 

 long: I'i"- 12" wide, T." Umg : IVl", 13" wide, 12' long. 



We would like price delivered on a New York rate, and you might state 

 that we can pay good prices for this stock. We would appreciate it if 

 you would advise who might be able to quote us on this lumber. 



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Clubs and Associations 



Oak Association Reaches 100 Membership 



Five more members lun-<- l>e<'U received by the ,\nifric;iii i lak Mauura. 

 turers' Association, as follows : Artman, Nichols & Cox Lumber Company. 

 Grand Uapids, Mich.; Uaker-Matthews Lumber Company. Sikeston, Mo.: 

 Bliss-Cook Oak Company, I'.lissvllle, Ark.: Little Rock Lumber & Manu- 

 facturing Company, Little Rock. Ark., and Perkln llrothers. Kelso. Ark. 



This brings the total membership to an even 100 and this number lacks 

 only two of making the incri'ase since the charier enrollment last Novem- 

 ber an even 200 per cent. There were 34 members enrolled on that occa- 

 sion. 



Secretary J. T. Keodall ha? Just returned from a stay of practically a 



week in Chicago. lie attended while there the annuals of the National 

 Veneer & Panel Manufacturers' Association and the National Hardwood 

 Lumber .Vssoeiation. He was In touch with many members of the asso- 

 ciation while in Chicago and reports the work of this organization as pro- 

 gressing both smoothly and satisfaetoril.v.' 



Interesting Facts on Cost of Lumber Production 



I'rank U. liadd. assislant ici liic pri'siileni oi the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' .\ssociatiou of the I'uited States, has issued an interesting pam- 

 phlet entitled "Why Lumber Prices Advance." It shows figures on advance 

 in raw materials over costs in 1914. 



The pamphlet contains the interesting observation that Uimhering, the 

 third largest industry, produces the only commodity which has not in- 

 creased in price to any appreciable extent in the past ten years. Prices 

 now are lower than in lIMii;. while the cos! of steel, iron, copper, coal, 

 cement and other buililiug niati'rials have more tlian doubled. 



That the cost of producing lumber has increased out of proportion to 

 selling price is shown in the following schedule : 



1017 vs. 1914 Costs 



Percentage 



of Increase 



Logs, bought on market .'51 



Stumpage 100 



Labor 20 



Horses and mules 40 



Oxen -41 



Feed 76 



Steel Kails 93 



Kailroad Supplies 88 



Wire Hop<' 91 



Manila ICope 103 



Machinery GO 



Oil .....' •_'!> 



Percentage 

 of Increase 



Saws 52 



Planer Knives Kin 



Belts 96 



Packing 32 



Files 101 



Emery Wheels 54 



Mill Supplies 58 



Coal 137 



Freight liates 8 



Stationerv 63 



Federal Taxes lOO 



Lumber 12 



Townshend Hopeful of Success 



J. H. Townshend, secretary-juiui.i^'er of llo' .'^•■uthi'rii Hardwood Tratiic 

 Association, has returned to Memphis after another week spent in Washing- 

 ton, (luring which he ami the attorneys of th<' association answered the 

 rebuttal testimony submitti'ii liy tlie carriers in the l."i per cent advance 

 case. 



Mr. Townshend said that he ilid not believe tlie Interstate Commerce 

 Commissictn would ail<!W advances to beconii- effective on lumber from 

 southern producing points before October 1, if then. He is still of the 

 opinion that the commission will not allow the la per cent asked by the 

 carrii's and that, if any advance is granteil. it will l)e postponed to a 

 materially later date than .July 1 and will be mm h smaller than that asked 

 by the railroails. He Is even hopeful thai the commission will not grant 



