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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Janimry 10, 1918 



icerriA 



UMBEF^ANDI 



EL-ira./^.y. 



Kovem^er 



1915. 



Fftepcke L«lght I^r. Co., 



Oilccigo , 



IIJ. 



Gentlemen:- ^ 



We are using your Red Sub luoi^er in the 

 manufacture of our high claes interior 

 trim and general |>lanii« iLill work. 



This gum iB giving excellent eatief action , 

 lieing highly graded, soft texture, good 

 widths, and long lengths, alao dry, straight 

 and flat. 



Respectfully, 



Harris , kcHenry It Baker Co. 



Diet. 

 HEK/LG. 



Of course it is true that 



Red Gum 



is America's finest cabinet wood — but 



Just as a poor cook will spoil the choicest 

 viands while the experienced chef will turn 

 them into prized delicacies, so it is true that 



The inherently superior qualities 

 of Red Gum can be brought 

 out only by proper handling 



When you buy this wood, as when you buy a new 

 machine, you want to feel that you have reason for 

 believing it will be just as represented. 



We claim genuine superiority for our Gum. _ The 

 proof that you can have confidence in this claim is 

 shown by the letter reproduced herewith. 



Your interests demand that you remem- 

 ber this proof of our ability to preserve 

 the wonderful qualities of the wood 

 when you again want RED GUM. 



Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



CONWAY BUILDING 111 W. WASHINGTON ST. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Band Mlllji; HeleDa and BIythevUle, Arte; GreenvUlc, J^lUs. 



ship, it is tlip gPDeral opiniuii that it is about the hest thing tliat could 

 talie place under existing conditions, and it is said that things could not 

 possibly be any worse than they have been. As was pointed out at a car 

 shortage hearing in Louisville late in 1916, the carriers have shown con- 

 clusively that they couldn't handle the big tonnage situation under the 

 old "dog eat dog" policy, and it was pointed out at that time that it was 

 about time the government stepped in and did a little regulating, which 

 should prove to the benefit of both shippers and carriers. Louisville lum- 

 ber concerns were forced to turn down many thousands of dollars worth 

 of business and profits during the past eighteen months on account of 

 traflic conditions, and would have stood to make the biggest money in 

 their histories if they could have obtained transportation for all of the 

 business that could have been secured. However, at that the past eighteen 

 months have been big ones for the hardwood trade, and almost everyone 

 has been making money regardless of car shortages, embargoes, labor 

 scarcity and high wages. However, sonic improvement has already been 

 shown, and cars are easier to obtain than they have been. 



That Ijouisville manufacturers passed through on a high tide of pros- 

 perity during the past year was shown in the annual report of the Louis- 

 ville Clearing House, which went over a billion dollars in 1917 for the 

 first time on record. This big showing was partially due to the placing 

 of Camp Zachary Taylor at Louisville, but more so on account of the 

 large war contracts which are held by a number of lumber companies, 

 wagon manufacturers, box plants, millers and other manufacturers. Louis- 

 ville reached its stride in taking on war orders during the past year, 

 having been slow in getting started, but clearings of a billion dollars would 

 go to show that the war is not hurting business in Louisville, and the lum- 

 ber trade has certainly obtained a nice share of the business. 



Amended articles of incorporation have been filed by the Churchill- 

 Milton Lumber Company of Louisville, in which the capital stock of the 

 company is increased to .$400,000 and the debt limit to a half million dol- 

 lars. This company is a Kentucky corporation, although it recently 

 moved its main offices to its big new mill at Greenwood, Miss., and has 

 another mill at Olendora, both featuring the production of gum and hard- 

 woods. The capital stock of the company is divided into 4,000 shares, of 

 which 350 shares are preferred, 6 per cent stock, which can be retired at 

 the option of the board of directors. 



A new poplar concern has been incorporated in Louisville as the Dawson 

 Lumber Company, this concern to manufacture beveled siding and handle 

 general hardwoods. The capital of the company is $30,000, while the 

 officers are John L. Dawson, president and general manager ; John L. 

 Kitchen, vice-president, and Robert Dawson, secretary-treasurer. John L. 



Dawson for several .years has been a representative of the Norman Lumber 

 Company, poplar manufacturers and jobbers; while Robert Dawson has 

 been a traveling agent for the North Vernon Lumber Company of Louis- 

 ville and North Vernon, Ind. Mr. Kitchen will not be active in the new 

 concern, as he is a member of Vansant, Kitchen & Co. of Ashland, Ky., and 

 devotes his time to that organization. The new company has secured 

 the old plant of the Kentucky Rim & Shaft Company, and Is iustalling 

 a planer, cut off saw, cross cut, beveling machine and other equipment. 



rians are being worked out by S. R. Rogers, formerly a local lumber 

 inspector, for the incorporation of the Ohio Falls Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany, a $10,000 hardwood .iobbing company, which will handle a general 

 line of hardwoods, doing a yarding business in Louisville, according to 

 Mr. Rogers, who will be vice-president and general manager. Robert B. 

 Bledsoe, retired builder, will be president, and W. Sanford, secretary- 

 treasurer. Mr. Rogers has plans for manufacturing some lumber in eastern 

 Kentucky. 



According to recent announcement the Louisville rianing Mills Com- 

 pany, Is planning to rebuild its plant, which was destroyed early in 

 December by fire at a loss of .?70,000. The plant Included a sawmill, 

 veneer plant and planer, the company featuring production of Kentucky 

 and Indiana hardwoods. Olaf .\nderson is president of the company. 



Heavy snows throughout the mountain district of Kentucky, and heavy 

 ice in all rivers and streams, has held back logging operations materially 

 during the past few weeks, and production is at a very light stage just now. 

 The heavy Ice in the Ohio river has caused the loss of a number of barges 

 and towboats, and endangered the holdings of numerous lumber mills 

 operated on the waterfront. The Ice is so heavy at many points that mill 

 operators are afraid it will carry out their log rafts, and much river 

 equipment is still in the open, as the big freeze came so suddenly that It 

 could not be placed in safety. 



The C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company, mahogany manufacturer of Louis- 

 ville, operating plants in Africa and South .\merica, with finishing mills 

 at Louisville, has the following to say concerning the condition of the 

 mahogany market : "The mahogany business during 1917 has been excep- 

 tionally good and active, due in a great measure to the demand of this 

 government and its allies for mahogany for the manufacture of aeroplane 

 propellers. While it has been difficult to charter tonnage, and enormous 

 freight rates have been asked, some of the provident exploiters purchased 

 steamers, thereby Insuring to themselves the necessary facilities in this 

 respect. The outlook for 1918 is bright. Large quantities of higher grade 

 mahogany will be required by the allies. It appears not unlikely that the 



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