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HARDWOOD RECORD 



When you see this on our veneers 

 and lumber, you are assured of 



HONEST INSPECTION 

 INTELLIGENT SELECTION 



Specialty Quartered White Oak Veneer 

 Cut From Northern Grown Trees 



Hoffman Bros. Company, Fort Wayne, Ind. 



ESTABLISHED IKC; 



IXrOKI'ORATED 1904 



Morton Humidity System 



Progressive Kilns 



Compartment Kilns 



Writ.? for 



Complete Catalogs and Specia 



Pocket Kilns 

 We build 

 kilns to suit 

 every require- 

 ment in the 

 lumber indus- 

 try. 



Lumber prop- 

 erly kiln dried 

 sells quicker 

 and brings 

 better prices. 



The Morton 



Kiln 



Produces 



Quality 



Lumber 



ily Foid.fi- liO-G 



MORTON DRY KILN CO., 20 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, III. 



Removal Notice 



On January 1. 1915. we will remove our general office from 

 Paducah, Ky., to Jackson. Miss. 



This change will be made so that we will be nearer our 

 operations and will enable us to take better care of our 

 customers in every way. 



We will continue our operations on the Tennessee River, 

 and at the same time will considerably enlarge our Missis- 

 sippi operations and can furnish anything you require In pop- 

 lar, 1 In. -3 In.; quartered and plain oak; red and white, 1 In.- 

 2 in. thick; ash. 1 In. -4 in. thick: red and sap gum, 1 in. thick. 



Faust Bros. Lumber Co. 



PADUCAH KENTUCKY 



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COVER PICTURE: Christmas in the Forest 



REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 13 



The Cover Picture 14 



A Portentous Gathering 14 



A Practical Way of Differentiating Between Red and White 



Oak 14 



A Lesson from the Edison Fire 15 



Making Good the Waste 15 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



World Markets for American Lumber 16-19 



National Forest Fires in 1914 19 



Three Dozen Chances for Gain 20-21 



Baltimore Exports for November " 21 



Pertinent Legal Findings 22 



Easy Identification of the Oaks 23 



Wood Pipe for Conveying Water 24 



October Forest Products Exports 24 



Letters to a Millman's Salesman 25-26 



Makes Hit in Furniture Trade 26 



Asks Further Consideration of Tap Line Ruling 26 



Interesting Traffic Developments 27 



Reinforcing Poles with Concrete 27 



Lumber Merchandising Ideas 28-31 



Rate Increase Allowed 31 



THE MAIL BAG 32 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS 32-33 



WITH THE TRADE 33-34 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 34-36 



HARDWOOD NEWS 36-42 



HARDWOOD MARKET 42-46 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 48-49 



SUBSCBIFTION TERMS: In the PDltpd 8tat« anil Iti poaieuIoDa. and Canada 

 $2.00 th* }p«r; lo rorelgn couotrtpa. $1.00 extra poalSKe. 



Id ronroniiltj wltb tlie nilfS of the poKtoTflre depart meot. anbacrlptlona are 

 pa7al>te In advance, and In default of written ordera to tbe contrary, ara cootlnned 

 at our option. 



Inntrurilona for renewal, discontinuance, or ohanga of addreta. abonld be aant 

 one week before tba date tbej are to go Into effect. Both old and new addreaaee 

 must he a'^en. 



Bntb dlaplaj and claaalfled adrertlalnc ratea fnmlahed upon application. Adrer 

 tlelDg cepj mual he received Ave daya In adraoce of publication datt*a. 



Entered aa eecond claas matter Uaj 26. 1802, at the poatofflc* at Chlcafa, HI., 

 onder act of Marcb 3. 1S78. 



ICHABOD T. WILLIAMS & SONS 



Foreign and Domestic Woods 

 In Logs, Lumber and Veneers 



11th Ave. and 25th Street 

 NEW YORK 



910 So. Michigan Avenue 

 CHICAGO 



