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The kind of timber that enables us to 

 maintain our policy of 



Honest Inspection 

 Intelligent Selection 



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Hoffman Bros. Company, Fort Wayne, Ind. 



Removal Notice 



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

 Paducah, Ky., to Jackson, Miss. 



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

 operations and wiil enable us to take better care of oup 

 customers in every way. 



We wiil continue our operations on the Tennessee River, 

 and at the same time wili considerabiy 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 



Morton Humidity System 



Progressive Kilns 



Compartment Kilns 



Pocket Kilns 

 We build 

 kilns to suit 

 every require- 

 ment in tbe 

 lumber indus- 

 try. 



[.umber prop- 

 erly kiln dried 

 Bells quicker 

 and brings 

 better priees. 

 The Morton 

 Kiln 

 Produces 

 Quality 

 Lumber 



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



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Table of Contents 



COVER PICTURE: A Logging Railroad. 

 REVIEW AND COMMENT: 



General Market Conditions 13 



Cover Picture 14 



Trade Opportunities 14 



Fashions in Furniture 14 



Flagrant Waste for Everybody 15 



Treated Wood in Factory Construction 15 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Problems in Southern New England 18-19 



The Lumbermen's Round Table 20 



Cost of Production 21-24 



November Wood Exports 24 



Pertinent Legal Findings 27 



The Furniture Expositions 29-30 



Baltimore Exports for 1914 30 



Interesting Traffic Developments 30a-30b 



Railroads Present Testimony at Memphis 31 



Decision In Southern Rate Case 33 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: 



Gum Manufacturers* Annual 16-18 



Gum Veneer Association Organized 24 



Chicago Association's Annual 25-26 



Annual of American Forestry Association 26 



North Carolina Forestry Annual 26 



Wood Preservers' Annual Meeting 28 



Forest Products Federation 30b 



Indiana Hardwood Annual 30c -30d 



National Exporters' Annual 32-33 



Miscellaneous 34-36 



THE MAIL BAG 34 



WITH THE TRADE 36-39 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 39 



HARDWOOD NEWS 39-46 



HARDWOOD MARKET 46-50 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 52-53 



STTBSCEIPTION TERMS: Id tbe rnlted States tnd Ita pUBeuloDS. and CtDada. 

 12.00 tht jear; Id forelf :ountrlpa. $1.00 extra poatage. 



Id coDformltj with thw rules of the postotUce depart meDt, aDbscTiptloDS irs 

 payable Id advaDce. aod Id default of written orders to tbe contrarj. ar* coDtiDaed 

 at oar optloo. 



iQtttmrtlAna for renewal. discoDtinuanca. or ohajiga of addrois. should be Mnt 

 OD* week before tbe date tliej »r« to go loto etre<?t. Botb old and new addreasM 

 must he cUen. 



Botb display aod claaalfled adTertlslne rates fumlfihed npoa appllratloD. Adrer- 

 tlslns copy must he reretved Ore days Id advance of pahli<^ttoD datfa. 



Entered as serocd class mattft U»T 26, 1902, at tbe postoffleo at Cblcafa. 111.. 

 DDder act of March 3. 1879. 



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