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HARDWOOD RECORD 



The kind of timber that enables us to 

 maintain our policy of 



Honest Inspection 

 Intelligent Selection 



Beg. U. S. 

 Pat. Off. 



Hoffman Bros. Company, Fort Wayne, Ind. 



THE FAUST BROS. LUMBER CO. 



HIT THE MARK 



Our recent transfer from Paducah, Kentucky, to Missis- 

 sippi, was the aim we took for unequaled service in 

 giving our furniture, piano and other customers personal 

 attention. The Faust Service is a systematized careful- 

 ness by which we make absolutely certain of our cus- 

 tomers' entire satisfaction. 



Our products, like our service, are all branded ^ith the 

 mark of quality. Poplar 1 " to 3" thick, oak both plain and 

 quarter-sawed 1" to 2" our long suit. Get in touch with us. 



JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 



Morton Humidity System 



Progressive Kilns 



Compartment Kilns 



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 



Write for our 3 Complete Catalogs and Specialty Folder 60-G 



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



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Table of Contents 



COVER PICTURE: American Elm on the Capitol Grounds at 



Washington, D. C. 

 REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 13 



Cover Picture 13 



The Tendency Unmistakable 14 



Lumber Sold Without Grading H 



What Ocean Rate Increases Mean to America 14 



Menace of Carrying Charge 15 



Planing Mill Oak 15 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Some Wrong Uses for Wood 21 



Timber Charges and Lumber Markets 22-25 



No Chance for Over-Productlon In Memphis Territory 25 



Meeting the Consumers' Needs 26-27 



Oak Crating and Pickets 27 



Louisiana's Oldest Sawmill 29 



Modern Rip Saws Pay 29 



Interesting Traffic Developments 30 



Getting the Most Out of Hickory 35 



Lumbermen's Round Table 36 



Pertinent Legal Findings 37 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: 



Wisconsin Manufacturers' Annual 16-21 



Michigan Hardwood Meeting 28-29 



Hardwood Manufacturers' Annual 31-35 



Miscellaneous 38-41 



THE MAIL BAG 38 



WITH THE TRADE 41-43 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 43-46 



HARDWOOD NEWS 46-53 



HARDWOOD MARKET 53-58 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 60-61 



BtTBSCStPTION TEaVS: In tbe L'nlted 8tit» and Its (maieulons. sod Ciaida. 

 12.00 til* jeir; Id forelr' :ouotr1e«. $1.00 eitra poatase. 



Id coDformlty wltb tb. rule* of the poatofflce departmeot, anbacrlptloaa ar* 

 payabla la adraoce, aDd Id default of written ordera to tbe contrary, ara cootlnn»4 

 at oar option 



loBtmctlans for renawal, diacoDtinaanca, or oh&nca of addrasa. aboatd t>e aasl 

 one week before the data tbey are to co loto effect. Both old aDd new addraaaaa 

 muBl b« fl^eo- 



Botb dlaplay and claaalfled adTertlalnc ratea fnmlabed apon application. Adrer 

 tlalDK cap; muat t>« received At* daya Id advance of pabllcatlon datea. 



Entered aa aecond-claaa matter M.v ?.e, 1002. at the poatofflce at Cblcaia. lU.. 

 oDder act of March 3. 1879. 



What Veneer and Panel Consumers Will Use in 1915 



This information is shown in our service of veneer and panel consumers' requirements lists — complete 

 according to 1915 requirements. 



The information contained is all first hand and guaranteed to be authentic. It gives all details that you 

 want to know on which to base an intelligent quotation. 



It would cost you thousands of dollars and years of work to compile the same information — we know 

 because that is what it cost us. You can have it for 1 % of its real cost. 



As its best use is while it is fresh and it costs only two cents to write, drop us a line today and let us 

 give you the details. 



HARDWOOD RECORD, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



