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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Importers and Manufacturers 



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 



EVANSVILLE, INDIANA 



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The Baffalo Lmmtier Exclinncc has fleeted the following officers: Presl- 



M. XI. Wall, suicoocllng W. T. Belts, who declined re election ; vlcc- 



;--Dt, Florace F. Taylor, who was re-elected ; secretiir.v and treasurer, 



S. Tyler, who has long served In that capaclt.v. .\s directors tlie 



f ■\\as were clio«en ; W. r. Betts. H. F. Taylor, t". N. I'errln, M. M. 



w... . .lotm MiI.eod. .\. J. Thestuiit. It. F. Krelnheder. E. J. .Sturm, B. H. 



Hurl. |;. ri. r: I'.rady and J. S. Tyler. The report of the secretary and 



tri.T-ur'T 'l.r.w.-.l the exchange to he In good flnanclal position. The 



members all look forward to n successful year In the lumber trade. 



Taylor k Crate are getting their logs together at their .Mississippi 

 mill and will be ready for sawing next month. They have a floe stock 

 'f oak, gum and cypress, with some ash. 



Elmer J. Sturm of Miller, Sturm & Miller has been on a business trip 

 to New York and New England, taking In also the wholesalers' conven- 

 tion before returning home. 



.\Ddrew Brown, a former well-known member of the hardwood trade, 

 • !',..l ■! Mir !i 11 at Short Hills, N. .!., and was burled In Forest Lawn 

 ■ I ■ ■ r r. ,"'.;<i. lie was In business In Toledo and Buffalo about 

 twc.u.. :><.!.-.- .L^o, making a specialty of black walnut logs In both do- 

 mestic and export trade. 



Fred M. Sullivan has returned from a trip to the lumber mills In 

 Michigan where he bought stocks of hemlock, brown ash and elm for the 

 jard of T. Sullivan Jc Co. 



The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company states that stocks arc com- 

 ing In very slowly from the .South, which Is having the effect of raising 

 prices on southern woods to a high level. 



The C. C. Slaght Lnmber Company has moved its office to 728 Marine 

 Bank building. .Mr. Slaght Is spending bis time at present as a juror In 

 Erie county, but expects to start up the omipany's mill at Genesee, Pa., 

 next month. 



The National Lumber Company finds the demand for hardwood floor- 

 ing fair, though tl:e bad weather has undoubtedly affected It adversely 

 I his month. Price?* on most flooring arc advancing. 



Davenport & Ridley have lately been getting In stocks of maple and 

 oak. The former wood Is stated to be the best mover among hardwoods, 

 and a good business is t>elng done in beech. 



M. M. Wall of the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company and Peter Mc- 

 Neil of the McNeil Lumber Comp.iny have been spending a few days at 

 the mineral baths at Aldcn, this connt.v. 



A. 3. Chestnut has been 111 for a week, but expects to be out soon. 



His eompiiny's lumber operations In Pennsylvania are continued satis- 

 factorily. 



The Hugh McLean Lumber Company states that hardwood prices are 

 holding strong, but that railroads are so much congested with freight 

 that deliveries are very slow and unsatisfactory. 



G. Ellas & Bro. report the hardwood trade as spasmodic. Some woods 

 are In strong demand, but embargoes arc holding up shipments to n 

 large extent. 



Blakeslce, Perrin & Darling report m;iple as the leading wood at their 

 yard this month. Western New York trade Is dull, but n good demand 

 comes from manufacturers In the East. 



The Y'eager Lumber Company s-tates that most all lumber Is stlffcnlni: 

 up In price. Oak and maple are among the best sellers, while poplar 

 shows some Increase In activity. 



:< PITTSBURGH >-. 



The Srilit.T-Iiamiltf'M l.uriitMT < <>ini>:ni\. which hancih'S considerable 

 hardwood, reports the market very qulot. There Is no yard trade and 

 In many casrs manufacturers are holding off their orders. 



The recent report of the Tnltoil .States Steel corporation shows an 

 unprecedented amount of unfilled orders on hand. This makes It evident 

 that the sti'el business all through the Pittsburgh district will be on the 

 Jump this year. 



C. E. Brcltwclser & Co. are doing a fairly satisfactory business and 

 arc going offer the manufacturing trade bard this spring. FYank Smith 

 of this firm was down ICagt this week looking after hardwood business 

 with big manufacturers. ^ 



The Framptonl'ofiter Lumber Company reports business good and says 

 that February wos the biggest month it ever had In orders, shipments 

 and actual profits. While oak sales have b'en very satisfactory of late. 



The Henders<in Lumber i'ompany, which makes a specialty of mining 

 stocks, reports that prices are holding tlrm In most case^ and on high- 

 grade hardwood they are going up. 



The Aberdeen Lumber Company reports a decided shortage of gum and 

 Cottonwood at the consumers' end of the market, owing to the floods and 

 car shortage ond the embargoes. President Woolett believes that prices 

 will continue high all the spring. 



The Monongahela Lumber Company has added to its force of salesmen 

 .\. C. MacCumbe, a former salesman of the West Virginia Lumber Com- 

 pany. It finds business very good, especially with the manufacturing 

 trades. 



The Pittsburgh Wholesale Lumber Dealers' .\s;oclatlon, at its weekly 

 luncheon at the Dufiucine Club, ebct-d the following ofllcers for the 



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