Continuf'i 



HoxEs AND Crates 



ScventeoD itatos surpass Indiana in the itiiim.ii i>^< <'i wood for 



boxes and crates. Every one bordcriuf; on Indiana uses more. The 



1 \ ' ■ '. yearly demand upon the forests of the United 



'-•"3,180 feet. The five londing .states in the 



o ui iTiitos and lioxc-i, named in the order of their im- 



ire: Virginia, Now York, Illinois, Miis-snohtisetta and Cali- 



lOrnia. More than half of all the crnte.s and boxes of the vrholo 



ountry are made in these five states; California, the lowest of the 



!ivo, is credited with 309,000,000 feot. Indiana rates rather low in 



comparison, its total being 85,65.'?,410; bnt when compared with many 



other states, it rates high. 



Twenty seven woods are utilized in the manufacture of boxes and 

 crates in Indiana. There is abundant room for choice in selecting 

 the woods for this industry, yet convenience is often a controlling 

 factor in the decision, and price is always important. No other 

 industry in the stjite buys its lumber at so low a price as the box 

 maker. The average is $16.39, and the averoge for no wood in 

 the list exceeds $22.20, while the cheapest is $10. Boxes do not call 

 for the highest grades, since cutting into the necessary small 

 sizes allows trimming out the bad knots and shakes. 



Boxes and crates are listed together. Statistics show totals only, 

 not the quantify of each separately. The use of crates is rapidly 

 increasing. Wrapping with straw and burlap to protect articles 

 which are easily damaged is less common than formerly, and crating 

 is substituted. Numerous kinds of commodities are thus packed 

 for shipment. Even slabs of stone, and steel be.ims are sometimes so 

 protected, and stoves and other articles of hardware are commonly 

 shipped in crates. Wheels and other parts of wagons are not in- 

 frequently prepared in that way for shipment. Transportation com- 

 panies insist more strongly than formerly that articles be securely 

 packed in boxes or crates before being offered to public carriers. 

 The manufacturers themselves have seen the wisdom of doing so. 

 and they and the transportation companies have learned that 

 cooperation pays better than litigation over claims for losses and 

 damages. The requirements of the box and crate for various services 

 are receiving much more thought than formerly. Strength is secured 

 by reinforcing where once it was obtained by an extravagant use 

 of material. A wire-bound veneer box may serve as well for some 

 purposes as a box of inch lumber. Two-thirds of the wood is saved, 

 and though lumlx?r has advanced in price, boxes of a given size 

 and strength arc, in many instances, cheaper than ever before. 



Red gum is in more demand for boxes in Indiana than any other 

 wood, though only one-twentieth of the demand is supplied by home- 

 grown timber. Large quantities of rotary-cut gum veneer are worked 

 into boxes. Shortleaf pine, which as previously explained, includes 

 both botanical shortleaf and loblolly i)ine, imported into the state 

 from the South, is used much in the same way and nearly in the 

 same amount, and at a slightly lower cost. White pine from the 

 Lake states is still a favorite material for boxes, and in prices it 

 does not differ greatly from gum and shortleaf pine. Cottonwood, 

 at nearly $.5 a thousand more, is reported in five-sixths the quantity 

 of white pine. Beech, elm, birch, and oak are worked into boxes, 

 but probably more of these woods are made into crates. They are 

 strong and tough, just the qualities demanded of crate material. 



Certain box woods are popular because they are of light color on 

 which printing and stenciling may be easily seen. That is an im- 

 portant consideration with the manufacturers of certain kinds of 

 boxes, who wish to have advertisements printed on them. The com- 

 mon woods in that class are all the pines, hemlock, Cottonwood, 

 yellow poplar, basswood, tupelo or cotton gum, maple, and buckeye. 

 Some boxes produced are of rather high class, such, for instance, 

 as lock-comered and dovetailed boxes. Shippers of valuable mer- 

 chandise prefer that kind, though they cost more. Some of the 

 woods going into them are cottonwood, white pine, yellow poplar, 

 and basswood. 



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It in a matter of sonio Nurpriso that Indiana does not furnish 

 from it« own forests and woodlotn more of itn box lumlwr. It im- 

 ports nearly flvo feet fur each foot cut at home, and ineoU the whole 

 demand for only two wooils, hickory and black ash, neither of whicli 

 is of much inipurtanco in the box industry. 8<>ven woods come 

 wholly from outside the state, lu shown in Table ;17. 



Total 



.80.603.410 100.00 $10.39 tl, 408.5.59 10,480.450 70.100.060 



manltacti:bers ok 

 A. .1. rook, .\kron. 



Anderson Carrlngc Mfg. Co., Ander- 

 son. 

 .\nderson Oo-Cart Co., Anderson. 



Plersc Furniture Co., Anderson. 

 Computing Cheese Cutter Co., Ander- 

 son. 



HIU Stand.ird Mfg. Co., Anderson. 



Kckhart Cnrrlngc Co., Auburn. 



Zimmerman Mfg. Co., Auburn. 



American Furniture Co., Batesvlllc. 



Union Furniture Co., Batesvlllc. 



Indianapolis Basket Co., Bloomtng- 

 ton. 



King Piano Co., Bluffton. 



Red Cro.<!S Mfg. Co.. BlulTton. 



.Tolin AV. Fisher & Sons. Borden. 



Wm. McKinley & Son. Borden. 



Carman Mfg. Co., Bristol. 



Brookvlllc Furniture Co., BrookvlUc. 



Butler Co., Butler. 



Butler Basket Co.. Butler. 



Standard Mfg. Co.. Cambridge City. 



llpcker Bros.. Clavpool. 



Harper Buggy Co.. Columbia City. 



.T. .\. Glanton, Columbus. 



Orinoco Furniture Co.. Columbus. 



Kceves Pulley Co., Columbus. 



Reeves & Co., Columbus. 



Connersvllle Buggy Co., Conncrs- 

 vllle. 



P. ri. & F. M. Roots Co., Conners- 

 vllle. 



Crawford.svllle Wire Bound Box Co., 

 Cinwfiirdsvllle. 



Letz Mfg. Co., frown Point. 



Pnlr-iik Mfg. Co., Iialevlllo. 



Mnring Ilnrt & Co., Dunkirk. 



Chicago Telephone Supply Co., Elk- 

 hart. 



Elkharl Carriage & Harness Mfg. 

 Co., Elkhart. 



Novos Carriage Co., Elkhart. 



Sldwav ^Mercantile Co.. Elkhart. 



Elwooil Lumber Co., Elwood. 



ludlann Box Co.. Elwood. 



Bnlicrck Carriage Co., Evansville. 



Beach & Fuller Co.. Evansville. 



Bock^tege Furniture Co., Evansville. 



Crescint Furniture Co., Evansville. 



Ev.insvlUe Crate & Dimension Mfg. 

 Co.. Evtinsvlllc. 



Hercules Buggy Co.. Evansville. 



Indiana Furniture Co., Evansville. 



Karges Furniture Co., Evansville. 



McFerson & Foster Co., Evansville. 



Eli D. Miller Furniture Co., Evans- 

 ville. 



Schflosky Table Co.. Evansville. 



Speclaltv Furniture Co., Evansville. 



United States Furniture Co., Evans- 

 ville. 



B.'ll Bottle Co., Falrmount 



.7. H. Beckman, Ferdinand. 



Flovds Knobs Box & Lumber Co.. 

 Floyd's Knobs. 



nnXES AND CIIATKS 



S. F. Bowser & Co., Fort Wayne. 



Fort Wnync Electric Works, Fort 

 Wavne. 



Horton Mfg. Co., Fort Wayne. 



Indiana Road Machine Co., Fort 

 Wayne. 



Packard Piano Co., Fort Wayne. 



Van .\rnnm Mfg. Co., Fort Wayne. 



Thompson Bottle Co., Gas City. 



I'aiita Furniture Co.. Goshen. 



Goshen Buggy Top Co., Goshen. 



Goshen Novelty & Brush Co., Goshen. 



Goslien .Sash & Door Co.. Goshen. 



Star City Carriage Co., Huntingburg. 



Win. Thies 4 Sou, Huntingliurg. 



Caswell-Runyan Co., Huntington. 



Aetna Cabinet Co.. Indianapolis. 



W. D. Allison Co.. Indianapolis. 



Atlas Engine Works. Indianapolis. 



Ballweg & Co., Indianapolis. 



Bank Furniture Co.. Indianapolis. 



Capitol Box Co., Indianapolis, 



Clark Roberts Co.. Indianapolis. 



Fred Dlefz Co.. Indianapolis. 



Eiiiricli Furniture Co., Indianapolis. 



Falrmount Glass Works, Indian- 

 apolis. 



Furnas Ofllcc & Bank Furn. Co., 

 Indianapolis. 



Hidsier Box Mfg. Co., Indianapolis. 



Indianapolis Brush tt Broom Mfg. 

 Co., Indianapolis. 



Ind'Tnapolls Cabinet Makers' Union, 

 Indianapolis, 



Indianapolis Wire Bound Box Co., 

 Indianapolis. 



Kottkamp & Schmltt. Indianapolis. 



Thomas Madden Son & Co., Indian- 

 apolis. 



.Marietta Glass Mfg. Co., Indianap- 

 olis. 



Nordyke & Marmon Co., Indianap- 

 olis. 



Parrv Mfg. Co., Indianapolis. 



Plel Bros. Mfg. Co.. Indianapolis. 



Hnblilns k Co., Indianapolis. 



I!..ckwood Mfg. Co., Indianapolis. 



SlfTlIng Wired Box Co., Indianap- 

 olis. 



Udell Works, Indianapolis. 



Western Furniture Co., Indianapolis. 



Wiegel Show Case Co.. Indianapolis. 



.Taspor Veneer & Saw Mill, .Tasper. 



.leffersonvllle .Mfg. Co., Jefferson- 

 vllle. 



McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendall- 

 villc. 



Speclaltv Case Co.. Kendallvllle. 



Central "Closet Mfg. Co., Kokomo. 



Ilavnos .\utomol)llc Co., Kokomo. 



Lapel Bottle Co.. Lapel. 



Inillnna Moulding & Frame Co., La- 

 porte. 



I.aporte Carriage Co., Laporte. 



George H. Bishop & Co., Lawrence- 

 burg. 



