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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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i Importers and Manufacturers 



I Mahogany and Cabinet Woods — Sawed and Sliced 



■ Quartered INDIANA White Oak, Red Oak, Figured Red Gum, American Walnut, Etc. 



Rotary Cut Stock in Poplar and Gum for Cross 

 Banding, Back Panels, Drawer Bottoms and Panels 



The Evansville Veneer Company 



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pany, Memphis, Tenn., made one of Ins frequent visits to Chicago, leaving 

 for Grand Rapids a short time ago. 



F. L. Brown of Crandall & Brown, Chicago, left last Saturday night for 

 a week's trip as far south as New Orleans. Mr. Brown is going south in 

 the inteiest of his cypress stocks. He bad something mysterious to say 

 about a mill, stating that they will probably have a more definite state- 

 ment in the near future. 



G. H. Holloway of the Utley-Holloway Company, Conway building, 

 Chicago, just returned from a week's trip to the company's mill in 

 .\rkansas. He reports that the Dtley-Holloway mills are especially favored 

 in the matter of high water. Mr. Holloway says that he doesn't think 

 there will be enough lumber shipp^ed into the big central markets in 

 advance of the high water to result seriously. 



W. A. McLean, president of the Wood-Morale Company, New Albany, 

 Ind., spent a day in Chicago last week on his way to Canada. 



J. M. Attley and J. D. Attley of J. M. Attley & Co. are among the 

 northern lumbermen who spent some time south recently, the Messrs. 

 Attley having returned the early part of last week after an absence of 

 several days. 



H. H. Heinoman of the Heineman Lumber Company, Merrill, Wis., was 

 one of*the northern visitors to this territory recently. 



J. W. Wells of the J. W. Wells Lumber Company, Menomonee. Mich., 

 passed through the city a few days ago and stopped off for a limited 

 period. 



W. H. White of Wm. H. White Company, Boyne City, Mich., was in 

 Chicago for a few days. 



W. X. Runge, formerly of the Merrill Veneer Company, Merrill. Wis.. 

 spent several days in the city last week. Mr. Runge states that he has 

 resigned as secretary of the Merrill Veneer Company. 



Weaver Haas, manager of the Issaquena Lumber Company, Issaquena, 

 Miss., spent several busy days in Chicago last week. Mr. Haas says that 

 the company's stocks are moving out in very good shape and things are 

 looking very rosy. 



The Commercial Handle & Novelty Company, Chicago, has filed an 

 involuntary petition in bankruptcy. 



The capital stock of the Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company, Chi- 

 cago, has been increased to $4,000,000. 



The Weckler Boat Company is reported an involuntary bankrupt. 



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The first direct report of the new movement to boom lumlier as against 

 the aggressive substitutes for It was made in the Hoo-Hoo meeting of 

 February 3 by Fred T. Peitch. head of the F. T. Peitch Lumber Com- 



pany, Cleveland. He spoke of the earnestness with which the move- 

 ment had been taken up there, and gave as proof the fact that about 

 .$250,000 had been pledged to be used in advertising and in other ways 

 in the interest of lumber. 



It is expected that a number of meetings will be held here and at 

 other places along the Niagara frontier in the near future In order to 

 promote the use of lumber. Speakers of prominence will be present and 

 the meetings will have the support of the Buffalo Lumber Exchange, 

 which has appointed a committee to devise methods of publicity. F. A. 

 Hofheins, president of the Transfer Lumber and Shingle Company, 

 North Tonawanda, who is a member of the advisory board of the Na- 

 tional Lumber Manufacturers' Association, is actively interested in see- 

 ing that these meetings accomplish results. 



Building permits for January in this city showed a total cost of 

 ?510,000, as compared with ?3S1,000 in the same month of last year, a 

 gain of about 34 per cent. The number of permits granted was 240, 

 which is the largest in several years. 



Taylor & Crate have been selling oak, birch and maple in fair volume 

 lately. The firm has a large cotton crop In Mississippi, which has all 

 been secured for the present season. 



Frank F. Reilley sailed a few days ago from Yokohama, Japan, after 

 a visit to that country and China. W. W. Rcllley & Bro. report a good 

 demand for poplar. 



Anthony Miller states that the unseasonable weather has had a bad 

 effect upon hardwood receipts from both Pennsylvania and the South 

 during the past month. Trade is not active at present. 



R. D. McLean of the McLean Mahogany and Cedar Company has lately 

 been on a business trip to Michigan. He reports improvement in the 

 furniture trade during the past tew weeks. 



The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company states that prices are in- 

 clined to more strength this month and that trade, while not active, is 

 holding up fairly well. The company has a well-assorted stock of the 

 hardwoods now most in demand. 



O. E. Yeager is the delegate of the Chamber of Commerce to the meet- 

 ing of Chamber of Commerce of the United States at Washington, Feb- 

 ruary S-10. The Yeager Lumber Company reports improvement in trade 

 in a number of hardwoods. 



Miller, Sturm & Miller report that the demand just now is running 

 largely to oak and maple. 



The Atlantic Lumber Company expects to see a scarcity of hardwoods 

 this year, owing to the severe weather in the South, Trade is not rush- 



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