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The kind of timber that enables us to 

 maintain our policy of 



Honest Inspection 

 Intelligent Selection 



Hoffman Bros. Company, Fort Wayne, Ind. 



Cypress 



Gum 



Oak 



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Sycamore 

 Elm 

 Ash 



IPLANKS 



VvSi, vveii maae <' /r 

 Dry Stocks Prompt Service 



Dry Kiln Door Carrier Co. 



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 Money 



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Carrier System 



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THEY OPERATE PERFECTLY 



un <loor* of any alsv, on 



Ol.l* (Hi SF.W Klf.SS 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



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T) Table of Contents (Jf 



COVEH PICTURE— Would You Swap Joba with Him' 

 REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General M.irket Condltlonii 



The Cover Picture 



Imposing on the Public 



A Bill for a Natlon.il Highway 



The Trouble with Oak 



Rumor of Big Timber Deal 



When Are Salesmen Salesmen? 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Chestnut Blight and Crottties 



Figure In Sap Walnut 



Ready for Southern Rate Fight 



Why Woods Vary In Weight 



Experience Talks on Woodworking 



Lumberman's Round Table 



Pertinent Legal Findings 



Wood Damaged by White Anta 



Forestry and the Cropping System 



Reg.nrdlng Export Embargo 



Elephants In England. 



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Conditions Around Memphis 24 



The Uses for Hornbeam 24 



THE MAIL BAG 25 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS 25-27 



WITH THE TRADE 27-29 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 29-30 



HARDWOOD NEWS 32-40 



HARDWOOD MARKETS 40-45 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 47 



HARDWOODS FOR SALE 



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S1TBSCBIFTI0N TEBMB: In the United States and Its possessloni, and Canada. 

 $2.00 tlip year; In forelso counlrlea, $1.00 extra posta(;c. 



Id conformity wllb the rulea of the postofBce department, aobscrlptlona ir* 

 paynMe In adTBUce. and In default of written orders to the contrary, are cootlnued 

 at our option. 



[natructlonn for renewal, dlncontlnuance. or change of addreM, abonld be sent 

 one wpFk before the dale they are to go Into effect. Both old and new addreaaes 

 unint be given. 



Roth dixplay and claa^ilfled advertlalng ratea furnlahed npon aiipllcatlon. Adrer- 

 tlslnie copy muKl be recelvetl flTe days In adrance of publication dates. 



Knt.T."! n" •.-. r.l •■1"»« ra.ltter May 20. 1902. at the pontomce at Chicago. Ul.. 



Kolo number o: 



An expression from a wholesaler, who handles most 



every kind of lumber and who knows values: | 



•■In clnaine the ^ ear lOI.I we wuni to Infiirm .Mill of what our e\p-ri.'nc<' hno g 



Iwen Willi viiiir Kc-d (.iim. «> nrr kIuiI I<i -m tli:il wliiil wc linve wild lo mir = 



whol.-.ilr iVh.I.- hii- i:i»--n prrdrl . ill.'ii. I i..ii. It. > niir m.lhoil of .Ir.vlnE 111.- § 



liimliiT il <lri.-» out •.Iruliilil im.l tliil. un.l 111.- mmiiifii. lure i. .-vc-H.-ril. ^.llll g 



Mip hich slutiiliir.l of Krii.l.- Iliiil ...I'l iili.ii..-. «lii|i. IIi.k,- fa.l. mjik.- ...iiir g 



prodiiit nil iirlirl.- w.- ore Khi.l l.i r.-<omni.-nd l.i our fri.-n.li.. \\i- I..- l.'vo Hint ^ 



will! >.iiir niplli.'d of manufiKliirlnic and drjlnn IliU nlork, II i« Koinit to lie ^ 



.er.i popular." zi 



I hink this over— If a wholesaler can buy our lumber and it pleases his trade so thai g 



' brings forth such remarks, rail vou affnnl not to try our Kractzer Cured Gum? g 



GEO. C. BROWN & COMPANY | 



Mannfactnrers St. Francis Basin Hardwoods. Tennessee Aromatic Bed Cedar. g 



Band Mill — Proctor, Ark. General Offices, Memphis, Tenn. | 



All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 



