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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber Company 



The Home of the "Peerless " Standard Brand Products 



GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN MUI" m Clu<l»t<inr and »>r«n«b». Michigan 



Wr«l»Tn «inlrr: 

 Atfl Lumber Excbansc. MlnnrapoU*. Minn 



Manufacturers of the following "Peerless" Standard Brand Products: Hardwood Flooring, Stave*, ' 

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

 and Hemlock Tan Bark ( 



"Peerless" Rock Maple, Beech & Birch Flooring xiHI 



tandarrl of Ihclr own. arc guaranteed TRY IT THE 

 eald by Jcalera to hold irade. We MrvT -rmjic 

 straight or mixed care — Car or Carso. i^t.A 1 I IMt 



iltmhcra 0/ Maple /ioonny llanufaciurcrs' Association. (Whan writing mention the Hardwood Record 



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The Mail Bag 



B 952— Wants to Sell Short Oak 

 Ky., October 27. — Editor II.\Iiti\vooD Kf.coud : 



Wc have on 



hand at onr plant about 30,000 fcft of 12/4 and .'iO.OOO feet of 4/4 oak 

 sawed from vcnccr cores. This stock run.s practically all S'4" long liy .I" 

 to 10" wide, and will average about 7" wide. Could you give us the names 



of some of the users of this class of material? . 



Anyone interested in this stock can have the address of the cor- 

 respondent on application. — EoiTon. 



B 953 — An Inquiry for Veneer from Argentine 



A prominent Tenne.'see veneering company sent H.MiDwooD Record 

 the following inquiry from an Argentine hardwood and veneer com- 

 pany, located at Buenos Aires: 



Buenos Aires, Scptcirbcr 22. — Dear Sirs : If we are not badly Informed 

 you arc very large manufacturers of fancy veneers and diets. If this be 

 correct, we shall esteem it a favor If you are so kind ns to send us on a full 

 set of samples of all the kinds you manufacture, with lowest prices c. 1. f. 

 Buenos Aires, and if reasonable, wc shall have pleasure In cabling a sample 

 order. We buy plain and quartered oak, sycamore, birds-eye maplo. gum. 

 magnolia, plain and quartered mahogany, rosewood and others. Wc are 

 greatly Interested In rosewood. 



We buy rotary and sliced cut. The tact is wc buy every kind of veneer 

 manufactured In yonr country, and not now mentioned. Wc also buy them 

 In colors and purchase colors to dye them. 



Hewn square oak logs : Wc arc open for sUty prime logs of 40x40 c/m 

 square and 12' and up long, and If you can see your way clear to offer us 

 them at a reasonable price c. i. f. Buenos .Mres in 4 sets of documents, i. e., 

 four Invoices 4/c/ of origin, specifications, four drafts and four insurance 

 policies covering all war risks, please cable us and refer to the code word 

 •Elisa." 



We buy veneers In thicknesses of 1/28" to 1/4" and also three and five- 

 ply wood. 



Oak planks in parcel lots : We might buy them from you more or less 

 In the following proportion, if your prices c. 1. f. are suitable: (Code 

 word "caste") 10 cubic meters 1x12" .ind 12' up long; 5 cubic meters 

 l%xl2" and 12' up long; 3 cubic meters 2x12" and 12' long: 3 cubic 

 meters 3x1" and 12' up long; 3 cubic meters 4x12" and 12' up long; 3 cubic 

 meters 5x12" and 12' up long.* 



We shall always esteem your lowest round price c. 1. f. BuenoB Aires by 

 cable. 



i'ayment : We as a rule pay cosh, less 2Vi per cent in Buenos Aires, by 

 our acceptance on three days' sight in exchange of all the shipping docu- 

 ments as mentioned. . 



If anyone is interested in the items these people are looking for, 

 they can have the address by writing Hardwood Record. — Editor. 



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Cluhs and Associations 



National Exporters to Meet in Cincinnati 

 Secretary .laims .\IlIi. l'ri<c of the Niitlonal LumKir ICxportiTs' Associ- 

 ation, Balllniore, Md., announces the sixteenth annual meeting of the 

 association will be liild nt the Hotel Slnton. Cinclnn.nti, on January 20-21. 



National Wholesalers in Executive Meeting 



The executive cMiiiuiiltio of the National Wholesale I..nniber Dealers' 

 Association met on Thursday and Friday, October 28-29, at the asgocio- 

 llon's headquarters in New York. Tlio.se present were Gordon C. Kdwards 

 of Ottawa, W. W. Knight of Indianapolis, F. R. Babcock of nttsburgh 

 and AI. K. rreiscli of BulTulo. There were also present four trustees, 

 n. n. Griswold. BIngliamton ; Alexander Willson, Pittsburgh ; T. M. Brown, 

 Louisville, and Charles Hill, New York City. 



A. L. Stone, Cleveland, O., chairman of the board of managers of the 

 bureau of Information, reported a great Increase in the activities of that 

 bureau and in the number of formal Inquiries made by members. Legal 

 and collection features also showed a remarkable gain. A plan also was 

 recommended by the board of managers for obtaining information on lum- 

 ber salesmen for the benefit of members. 



In discussing reclassification of lumber and lumber products the seven- 

 teen questions propounded by the Interstate Commerce Commission were 

 given serious consideration. Announcement may be expected as to the 

 association's position In the near future. 



Delegates to the national chamber of commerce as well as a committee 

 on the National Tariff Commission were appointed. A third committee to 

 act with a slnill.ir committee of the chamber of commerce on the question 

 of merchant marine was also appointed. 



Chicago Association Listens to Mayor Thompson 



Inaugurating a S'.-rieij of feature luncheons at the headquarters of the 

 Lumbermen's Association of Chicago, the committee In charge, of which 

 Francis L. .Johnson i« t\en'1. seenr") the nereptance by Mayor William Hale 



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