January 25, 1916 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The NorthwesternCooperage & Lumber Company 



The Home of the "Peerless " Standard Brand Products 



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 616 Lumber £.x('lianRe. Alinneap*U8, Minn. 



GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN 



Mills at Gladstone and Escanaba, Michigan 



Manufacturers of the following "Peerless" Standard Brand Products: Hardwood Flooring, Staves, 

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

 and Hemlock Tan Bark 



"Peerless" Rock Maple, Beech & Birch Flooring \ 



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The Mai) Bag 



Clubs and Associations 



B 983— Wants 9' to 9]^' Rotary Cut Maple 

 Chicago, III., January lu. — Editor Hardivood Kecokd ; We are in tbo 

 market for rotary cut maple veneer, which must be 9' to 9^' long. Most 

 of the manufacturers have machines to cut up to 8'. We have been 

 Informed that a concern up north is equipped with a 10' machine. 



Those in a position to supply stock as above, will be placed in 

 touch with this eoneern upon request. — Editor. 



B 894 — In Market for Rotary Cut Stock 



Cambridge, Mass., .Tanuar.v 14. — Editor Hardwood Hecohd : We are 

 writing to ask if you will kindly give us the names of manufacturers of 

 rotary cut stock, either in gum, poplar, whitewood or basswood. We wish 

 to procure some 3/16" and %". No doubt you have these names and if 

 you would kindly give them to us, we would appreciate it. . 



This correspondent is a large manufacturer of furniture. Those 

 interested will be given his name upon application. — Editor. 



B 985— Wants Oak Cutting Boards 



Philadelphia, Pa., January IS. — Editor Hardwood Record: W'ill you 

 kindly furnish us with the names of your planing mills which can furnish 

 and quote on finished cutting boards of 5/4 and 6/4 oak, from oak cuttings, 

 made in oblong with cleated ends, and plain ovals in various sizes? 



Those having stock as listed to offer can have the address of the 

 inquirer by writing H.-vrdwood Eecord. — Editor. 



B 986— Interested in Shoe Pegs 



The General Shipping Company, 4 Great Tower street, London, 



Eng., has written to H.iRDwooD Record as follows: 



We are interested in an article headed "Uses of Wood by Shoemakers" 

 which appeared in your issue of December 10. We shall be glad if you 

 will let us know the names of manufacturers of the shoe peg which you 

 mention, or better still, to save time, kindly communicate with the different 

 manufacturers and ask them to send direct to us samples of different sizes 

 and also price for large quantities together with discounts. 



Manufacturers of pegs and pegwood ribbons will be able to get 

 in communication with the London firm by using the foregoing ad- 

 dress. — Editor. 



Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Association Will Meet 

 The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Association will 

 be held at (he Hotel Walton, Philadelphia. January 26-27. On the 

 evening of January 26 there will be an entertainment to the members 

 of the Pennsylvania association by the Philadelphia Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association on the roof garden of the Hotel Adelphia. The open- 

 ing day will be devoted to committee meetings and routine business. On 

 the morning of the second day the following program has been arranged : 

 "Workmen's Compensation," by representatives of the State Fund, a 

 mutual company and a stock company; "The Economy and Efficiency of 

 Delivery by Motor Trucks." by Harry J. Meyers of the Brown-Borhek 

 Company ; "The Duties of a Member of the Association," by J. J. Mll- 

 leisen. In the afternoon the big banquet will be held. Prominent speak- 

 ers will address the diners, the names being kept a secret for the present. 



Permanent Lumber Display 



At a meeting^of Ihe board of directors of the National Lumber Manu- 

 facturers' -Association in Chicago January 1.3 and 14, an appropriation 

 was made for sufficient space to install a large permanent display of all 

 kinds of lumber, samples of finished wood, etc., in the building material 

 exhibit, in the Insurance E.xchange building. Chicago. The plan for the entire 

 exhibit is to be arranged by competent architects, and the exhibit is to be 

 opened not later than May 1, 1916. 



New York Adopts National Rules 



One of the most important events in the New York market of recent 

 months was the adoption of the National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 rules as official by the New York Lumber Trade Association. For the 

 past few years this market has been without any official rules for grading 

 hardwood lumber and frequent delays and embarrassment have resulted 

 from this situation. By adopting the National rules the New York Lum- 

 ber Trade Association gives the market a standard rule, and inspectors 

 licensed by that association have been notified of this action. 



The late Patrick Moore, who was a member of the national association 

 inspection rules committee and chairman of the inspection committee 

 of the local organization, in his last report to the New York Lumber 

 Trade Association recommended this course and the matter was referred 



