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Specialty Quartered White Oak Veneer 

 Cut From Northern Grown Trees 



Hoffman Bros. Company, Fort Wayne, Ind. 



ESTABLISHED IX(\; 



IN< OKTOK \Tf;i> I9III 



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. 



PADUCAH 



Lumber Co. 



KENTUCKY 



Morton Humidity System 



■'rogressive 



mpartment Kilns 



Pocket Kilns 



We build 

 kilns to suit 

 I'very require- 

 ment in the 

 lumber indus- 

 try. 



Lumber prop- 

 erly kiln dried 

 sells quicker 

 and brings 

 bettor prices. 

 The Morton 

 Kiln 

 Produces 

 Quality 

 Lumber 

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



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COVER PICTURE — Port Orford Cedar. 



REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 13 



The Cover Picture 14 



The Building Situation 14 



Little Hardwood Being Sold on Contract 14 



Wood Still ?n Important Car Material 15 



Prosperity Inspired by Confidence 15 



Good Business for Yards to Buy Now 15 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



World Markets for American Lumber 16-19 



The Letters You Write 19 



Kentucky's Compensation Law Invalid 19 



The Lumbermen's Round Table 20 



Pertinent Legal Findings 21 



Building Revival Prospects 22-23 



The Inch Board 23 



Interesting Traffic Developmentr 24 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: 



Forest Products Federation 24 



Meeting of Traffic Association 25-26 



Miscellaneous 26-28 



THE MAIL BAG 26 



WITH THE TRADE 28-29 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 29-31 



HARDWOOD NEWS 32-42 



HARDWOOD MARKET 42-46 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 49 



BUBSCSIPTIOir TEBUS: In tbe United Statu and Iti pMaeulona. and Canada 

 $2.00 tba year; In foreign countrtea. $1.00 extra poatage. 



In ranfornilty with tbe rnlea of tbe postofflce department, anbacrlptlona ar* 

 payabla In adrance. and In default af written ordera to tbe contrar;. are contlnne4 

 at oor optloa. 



Infltructlana for renewal, diicontinaanca, or ohanpa of addreia, abonld be aant 

 one week before tha date tbe7 are to so Into effect. Botb old and new addraaaea 

 □BQBt be flren. 



Botb dlaplB7 and claaalfled adTertlelne ratea fomlsbed npoa appUcatlOB. AdTar- 

 tlBloc capj moat b« received flTe daya In adrance of pabllcatlon datea. 



Kntered aa aecond-claae matter May 28. 1902. at tbe poatofflce at Clllct(«i HL, 

 onder act of Marcb 3. 1879. 



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