i8 



MAKDWOOD RECORD 



Noirrfflber 23, 1U13. 



but rompamtivrlr littlr of the red gum iinctl U cut in IiiJinnn. 

 Tl 'iliiti' murr lli:in 7:'. |«>r cciil of nil furni- 



tiK. Tlio Incut) MX otluT wooJh on the lint 



eoDlributo the Uahknco. Chr«tnut i« the niuxt iinjtortnnt of nhiit iniiy 

 U) rulliHl Uio minor furniture wooOa of Iiuliiinn, but dfnmuil for it 

 ia not one third that for rod oak whirh ik ix'xt nbovo in quiintitv. 

 Siij • .'tr> hliowH Uu' tjuan- 



tit ir by iMiJiuiiii furni 



turv luitoru^, tiiiir <•■ : \n:t Uiuuiv>i.<I foot, totiil cost, nnd 



tJio origin of the supi'i ' r in the »tJito or outtiido, Indiana 'h 



fonviLs luiil vroodlota lurniKh less tlian one third of the furniture 

 nrood» demanded by its factories. Kif^ht of tiic woods come wholly 

 from without. Thcr arc mahogany, sbortU-af pine, longloaf pine, 

 r«d cedar, hemlock, cotton gum, cyprewi, and Circassian walnut. On 

 the other hand, four of the species are supplied wholly by homo for- 

 ests. They are liackberry, white pine. Iiiikury, and black gum, all 

 of which combined amount tx> only .'i:i,000 fi'ot :i year. It is question- 

 able whotlier wbito pine was correctly reported in this case, as it is 

 hardly probable tliat tlie whole quantity usod by furniture makers 

 was state grown, Uiough the amount is small. 



Furniture produced by Indiana factories embraces all kinds in 

 ordinary use, and a number of extra kinds. The following heads 

 cover cla.«sos rather than single articles: Tables, beds, desks, 

 benches, cabinets, clothes chests, wardrobes, buffets, china closets, 

 chiffoniers, bookcases, racks, stands, porch furniture, and lounges. 

 £nch head is divided into several, perhaps dozens, of items; and 

 when to Uiese have been added the various and sundry articles of 

 special kinds, it is apparent that the manufacturing of furniture in 

 Indiana is amply diversified. 



Certain woods are devoted to particular purposes, while others 

 have nearly universal use in furniture making. Oak is one of tlio 

 universal woods in the furniture factory. It is useful and in good 

 taste nearly anywhere, whether as frames to give strength and form, 

 or as the outer, finely finished parts. As much can be said of red 

 gum. It appears in furniture as frames, dimension stock, and as 

 Teneer. It liUs obscure places, and it is selected to serve in other 

 positions where beauty of- color and figure is the chief requirement. 



Chestnut, yellow poplar, and basswood are among the best woods 

 for cores. The first is employed as outer material without any 

 attempt to conceal its identity under paints or varnishes. Poplar 

 may be finished to imitate cherry or birch, and it is employed with- 

 out disguise as the outer parts of kitchen furniture, but its prin- 

 cipal place is as drawer bottoms and sides, and partitions and lining. 

 Basswood is interior stuff only, except in cheap furniture. Ma- 

 hogany is next to Circassian walnut, the most costly wood in the 

 furniture industry in the state. 



Demand for birch is slightly below that for mahogany in furni- 

 ture factories of Indiana. It is not unusual for birch to be finished 

 to imitate mahogany. Furniture factories in the state pay an average 

 of $27.61 for birch, and four and a half times that for mahogany. 

 Ash is employed as bent wood and rod stock, and for other purposes 

 also. Its great strength creates demand for it as frames. The 

 relatively large use of red cedar is accounted for by the fact that it 

 is given preference over all other woods for clothes chests. 



AU of the elms are serviceable for furniture, but only the white or 

 gray elm is listed by this industry in Indiana. It is not often an 

 outside wood, but it responds readily to finishing. 



Circassian walnut is the costliest wood li.stcd In the industry, ex- 

 ceeding by more than $60 a thousand the cost of mahogany. 



TABLE 35 — FURNITURE 

 Quantity used Av. cost Total cost 

 per 



■To 1.000 ft. 



sn.na $.'?i .1 



annually. 

 F'^pt b. m. 

 .W. 773, 140 

 2S.fl32,»20 

 13.71.';,4.';0 

 4.507,042 



Kind of wood. 



■WTilte oak 



Red ffum 



Red oak 



Chestnut 



Sugar maple 4.327.809 



Silver maple 3.217.000 



Yellow poplar... 2,841.700 



Beech 2,lfil.47(i 



Basswood 1.S33.147 



Mahogany l,22fl.8!)4 



Birch 961.279 



■White ash 842.4,'>5 



Cottonwood 7fl9.500 



Shortleaf pine... 7.'>9,400 



Longleaf pine 640.000 



19.73 

 30.03 

 20,43 

 34.1.'> 

 2.';, 24 

 29.13 



28.76 

 1.3.78 



4. .'.3 



4.35 



3.23 



2.8.'-. 



2.17 



1.84 28 31 



1.23 124.34 

 .97 27.61 

 .85 27.19 

 .77 23.75 

 .76 19.06 

 .64 20.95 



f.o.b. 



factory. 



»1. 057.111 



565.003 



411.884 

 :i2.0!)8 



H7.S11 

 8i,:;lo 

 s-J,7SS 

 ■t^l.lOO 

 ,'M.S!)2 



l,-.2,.'.48 

 2i;.53S 

 22.905 

 18.273 

 11,472 

 13.405 



Grown 

 Inlnd. 

 Feet b, m. 

 14.560.041 

 1,078.000 

 7.762.200 

 65.000 

 1.901.500 

 1.467.000 

 1,405.000 

 1.838.476 

 826.200 



38,600 



622,455 



20,000 



Grown 



out of Ind. 



Feet b. m. 



16,213,099 



27.554.920 



0,953,250 



4,442.042 



2.426,309 



1.7.50.000 



1.4.10,700 



323.000 



1,000,947 



1,226,894 



923,279 



220,000 



749,500 



759,400 



640,000 



lli-d codar aiB,000 



llla.'k ash 44(t.00a 



\vi>ii€< «iin ain.uw 



lilii.k walnut.,, MXOOO 



II--I-'- 340,000 



100.000 



o«.apo 



111' K,.l> 

 lilark gum 

 t'hrrry . . . , 



Total 



00.Ma.HI3 100.00 120.00 



.03 ftO, 



,4.'. .111 



,a,'. :•" 



..i.n HI 



.24 .'X 



.17 .'111 



,IM1 M. 



so,«iM> ai»,ooo 



13,7SU 10B,000 



7,217 XOI.MNI 



27,tHHI •Ml.WOl 



r..B20 



o.uiuk lao.ooo 



1,313 



7110 



B.n-s 



440 30.000 



4W> 30.0UU 



32& lt.OO0 



1N5 fi.UdO 



lf>& 1,0U0 



$3,801,303 33,400,073 07.080,840 



S&O.OUO 

 144. WNi 

 T&.unu 



24U,(HIU 

 ICI.tHIO 

 04,O(lu 



aft.duo 



80,600 



1.000 



• l#r«s than I.'IOO of on«^ pf-r r^-nt 



UlllKCTOltV OK M.^NlTACTfllEltS 



The following lists, which follow the various industries, are of 

 those manufacturers who co-oiicratcd in tho collection of Uio data 

 contained in this report. Tho omission of firms from the directory 

 inilicntOH that they failed to reply to repented ro(|ueata for data 

 concerning their operations. A great many wood-using ostablinh- 

 ments, including manufacturers of cooperage, polcD, ties ami veneer, 

 are not covered by this investigation, but wore rejiortod on by tho 

 United States rensiis nnd tlio data arc summarized in this report. 

 Assembling extablihliiiK'nts which do no actual manufacturing are not 

 included. Manufacturers who produce several products ap|>car in 

 this list under more than one industry. Many firms listed under 

 boxes and cratos make containers or crating for their own use only. 



OP FIIINITL'RE 



I.. W. ott Mfg. Co.. InillnnapullK. 



I'uritnn Bed SprlnK Co., Indlnn- 

 npolln. 



I'llvll Works, Inillnnnpollg. 



Wi'nti'rn Kurnlturc Co., Indianap- 

 olis. 



Jasper Kurnlluro Co., Jnsp'-r. 



•laMHT Novelty Works. Jasper. 



Ji-lT.'rsonvlllc Mfg. to.. Jcffcrson- 



Vllle, 



Win, Kolkner & Son, Lafayette. 



Itotiert Iluck & Son, I.jiportc. 



Kuslic Hickory I-'urnlturc Co., I.n- 

 portc. 



.•\. Wloinnn & Co., r.,awrcoceburg. 



Loguosport Furniture Co., Logana- 

 port. 



McKlmm-Cochran rurniturc Co., 

 KluOison. 



J. J. Ilradner, Marlon. 



Dearborn Desk .Mfg. l,'o., Marlon. 



SpoiKcr Tabic Co., Marlon. 



Old Hickory I'halr Co.. Martinsville, 



Kail Creek Mfg. Co.. Mooresvllic. 



Fulsnioro .Mfg, Co.. Morganlown. 



.American Lawn .Mower »-"o., Munrlo. 



Coppcs, Zook JE Mutscbler Co,, Nap- 

 pa nee. 



George L. Lamb, Nappnnec. 



I'etor Klerner. New Albany. 



HnolT Uros., New Albany. 



Capital l-'urnlturc Mfg. Co., Nobleg- 

 vllle, 



rciihody School Furniture Co., 

 .N'ortfi Manchester. 



Orleans Cabinet Co.. Orleans. 



I'aoll Cabinet Co., I'aoll. 



Hooth Furniture Co., I'eru. 



.Arts & Crafts .Shop, I'lalnHcld. 



lilchmond Furniture Mfg. Co., Rich- 

 mond, 



I'litnam Veneer & Lunihcr Co., 

 Uoadid.nle. 



Ferguson Lumher Co., Itoekvlllc. 



Fierce InnU .S: Co., Kiishvllle. 



I'ark Furniture Co., Itushvlllc. 



Stout Furniture Co., Salem, 



I.ouls F. Oreemann t^o,, Seymour. 



lilnnclmrd Hamilton Furniture Co., 

 Shelbvvlllc, 



C. H. Campbell Furniture Co., Shel- 

 bvvllle. 



Conrcy-Dnvis Mfg. Co.. Shelbvvllle. 



D. L. Conrcy Furniture Co., Shclby- 

 vllle. 



Pavls-BlrelT Table Co., ShelbTvlllc. 



Ilodell Furniture Co.. Shelbyville. 



Hoot l-'Tirnllnre Co.. Slielbvvllle. 



Shelbvvllle Desk Co., Shelbyville. 



Shelhvvllle Wardrobe Mfg. Co., Shel- 

 byville. 



Sniegol Furniture Co., Shelb.vvllle. 



Ilenrv Erkler Mfg. Co., South Rend. 



Slilfller Bros. Mfg. Co.. South Bend. 



South Bend Toy Mfg. Co., South 

 Bend, 



John Stigleman Mfg, Co., Splcclnnd. 



Souttiwestern Furniture Co., Tell 

 City. 



Tell citv Desk Co., Tell City. 



Tell Citv Furniture Co.. Tell City. 



Chautauqua Mfg. Co., Valparaiso. 



Fnloii Furniture Co., Vevay. 



Vincennes Furniture Mfg. <^o., Vln- 

 cenncs. 



Wabash Coblnet Co., Wabash. 



B. Walter & Co., Wabash. 



MANfPACTL-RKRS 



rierse Furniture Co., .Xnderson. 



Crown Talile & Spi ilalty Co., Argos, 



Standard .Mfg. Co.. .\ul>urn. 



Aurora l-'urnllnri- *'<»., .\tirora. 



American I-'urnlture <-o.. Batesvllle. 



t'nlon l-'urnlture Co.. Batesvllle. 



Western Furniture Co., Batesvllle. 



A. B. WveolT, Iteeelver for Grcenian 

 Bros. .Mfg. Co., Balcsvllle. 



Southern Indiana .Mfg. Co., Birds- 

 eye, 



Showers Bros. Co., Bloomlngton. 



Brookvlllc Furniture Co., Brook- 

 vllle. 



McNown Mfg. Co., Columbia City. 



J. A. Glanton. Columbus. 



Orinoco Furniture Co., Columbus. 



Connersvllle Furniture Mfg. Co., 

 Connersvlllc. 



Frank N, Clinmne, Dublin, 



Carl .Muehler, Kdwards, 



Elkhart Furniture Works, Elkhart, 



Bockstege Furulturo Co., Kvansvllle. 



Evansvllle Bookcase & Table Co., 

 Evansvllle. 



Evansvllle Couch Co., Evansvllle. 



Kvansvllle Desk Co., Kvansvllle. 



Evansvllle Furniture Co., Kvans- 

 vllle, 



Evansvllle Surprise Bcdspring Co.. 

 Kvansvllle. 



Globe-Bosse-World Furniture Co., 

 Evansvllle. 



nohensteln-Hartmetz Furniture Co.. 

 Evansvllle. 



Indiana Furniture Co.. Kvonsville, 



Karyes Furniture Co,, Evansvllle. 



K lamer & Goebel, Evansvllle. 



Midland Furniture Co,, Evansvllle, 



KM D. .Miller Furniture Co., Kvans- 

 vllle. 



Never Split Seat Co,, Evansvllle, 



Srlielosky Talili- Co., Kvansvllle. 



Specialty Furniture Co., Evansvllle. 



Stoltz-Schinitt Furniture Co,, Kvans- 

 vllle. 



United States Furniture Co., Evans- 

 vllle, 



Franklin Coll Hoop Co., Franklin, 



.\rt Novelty Co., Goshen. 



Banta Furniture <^o., Goshen. 



t;oshen Mfg. Co., Goshen. 



Goshen Novelty & Brush Co., 

 tloshon. 



Hawks Furniture Co.. Goshen, 



I X I. Furniture Co., <;o>lien. 



Maywold Furniture Co.. Goshen, 



Chicago Lounge Co., Hammond, 



Frank S, Bctz Co,, Hammond. 



Wm. Thies & Son. Huntlngburg. 



Uuntingburg Furniture Co., Uunt- 

 ingliurg, 



Caswell-Hunyan Co., Huntington. 



Aetna Cabinet Co.. Indianapolis. 



W. D. Allison Co.. Indianapolis. 



Bank Furniture <'o., Indianapolis, 



Capitol Rattan Co,. Indianapolis. 



Columbia School Supply Co., In- 

 dianapolis. 



Emrlch Furniture Co.. Indianapolis, 



Furnas OfHee & Bank Furniture Co,, 

 Indianapolis, 



Indianapolis Cabinet Makers' Union, 

 Indiannnolis. 



Kramer Mfg. Co,, Indianapolis. 



H. Lauter Co,. Indianapolis. 



Thomas Madden Son & Co., Indian- 

 apolis. 



