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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



February 25, I 92 f 



LONG-KNIGHT 



LUMBER COMPANY 



WALNUT- HARDWOODS 



Veneers 



Mahogany, American Walnut, Quartered White Oak 

 Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



Indianapolis, Indiana 



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 turer, he continued, because he could get more money for his 

 lower grade stock by cutting it into dimension than he could 

 selling it as lumber. This would reduce the heavy dissipation 

 of profits on first and second, occasioned by the handling of the 

 common grades. 



Mr. Van Camp said the w^ide variation of sizes demanded by the 

 wood users was what had forced the lumber people to stay away 

 from the dimension manufacture. "But the lumber manufac- 

 turer," he said, "realizes that he must consider the needs of the 

 consumer in cutting his stock and fixing his grading rules. The 

 lumber industry will take up the dimension proposition if they 

 are assured of a general market for standard sizes at fair prices. 

 They are not willing to manufacture stock that may fit the specifi- 

 cations of only a single manufacture or a very limited group. 

 The chances of loss are too great. 



He said the members of his association had considered the 

 dimension problem very carefully, and a number of ideas for 

 its solution had been advanced. One of these was the establish- 

 ment of centrally located dimension mills to which waste from 

 the saw mills could be shipped for manufacture into dimension. 

 But the discussion had resolved into the conviction that the general 

 manufacture of dimension can only be brought about by stand- 

 ardized grading rules and market. 



This is what- it is hoped the Association of Wood-Using In- 

 dustries and the lumber people may work out through mutual 

 consideration of the problem. Proposals for standards have al- 

 ready been formulated by both the wood-using and the lumber 

 interests, but an agreement has not yet been reached. 



Evansville Will Held Furniture Market 



The furniture and stove manufacturers of Evansville, Ind., have 

 decided to hold a market in Evansville, April 4 to April 9, that 

 will be patterned after the markets that are given in Chicago and 



Grand Rapids, Mich. Plans now are going forward to make 

 the market a great success. About forty manufacturers are 

 enlisted in the movement, which should bring at least 2,000 

 furniture, stove, harcKvare and paint dealers to the city for five 

 days. "It indicates that the manufacturers have a world of con- 

 fidence in each other and in the kinds of products that they are 

 making," said a well-known Evansville furniture manufacturer a 

 few days ago. Evansville, it is admitted by men who are familiar 

 with the furniture industry, has made more progress within the 

 last fifteen years in this respect than any other city in the busi- 

 ness. Market Week w^ill be the occasion of letting the Nation 

 know of it. The display of new lines of furniture at the Klamer 

 Building, the Furniture Exchange Building and the Soldiers' and 

 Sailors' Coliseum, April 4 to 9, will sell hundreds of thousands 

 of dollars worth of Evansville goods and will bring about a re- 

 vival of business in Evansville, it is predicted by the men w^ho 

 are back of the movement. It is planned to make the furniture 

 and stove market a permanent semi-annual event in Evansville, 

 and it is hoped that within time Evansville will rank next to 

 Grand Rapids as a furniture market. The event will bring the 

 widest publicity to the city, for double-page advertisements have 

 been secured in many of the leading trade journals of the United 

 States. A sixty -page bulletin on Evansville as a furniture and 

 stove center has been gotten up and will be mailed to 7,000 

 dealers in the United States. Letter enclosures will be sent out 

 in all business letters, and these pieces of publicity will be fol- 

 lowed by personal invitations to attend the market. 



There was a meeting a few nights ago of the Evansville Furni- 

 ture Manufacturers* Association, at which the members heartily 

 endorsed the program for the market, and they are enthusiastic 

 over the plan and believe it will mean more to the city of Evans- 

 ville and their business than anything they have heretofore at- 

 tempted. It was the annual meeting of the association and a 

 banquet was served, there being a number of out-of-town visitors. 

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