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HARDWOOD RECORD 



The kind of timber that enables us to 

 maintain our policy of 



Honest Inspection 

 Intelligent Selection 



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 toott 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 with 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 



Compartment Kilns 



^\■riIe for our 3 Complete Catalogs and Specialty 



Pocket Kilns 

 We build 



kilns to suit 

 every require- 

 ment in tbe 

 lumber indus- 

 try. 



Lumber prop- 

 erly kiln dried 

 sells quicker 

 and brings 

 better prices. 



The Morton 



Kiln 



Produces 



Quality 



Lumber 



Folder 60-G 



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



Table of Contents 



COVER PICTURE — A Wild Bear in Fir Tree. 



REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 11 



The Cover Picture 12 



Lumber Changes in Thirty Years 12 



Home and Foreign Markets 12 



Where Blue Sky is Expensive 13 



Do Lumbermen Take Themselves Too Seriously? 13 



The Theme of the Massmeeting 13 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Letters to a Miiiman's Salesman 14-15 



Review of Scotland Timber Trade 15 



Sawdust Unsuitable for Bread 16-17 



Knife Whetting as an Art 17 



The Sale of Wood Ashes 18 



Logging Conditions Around Memphis 18 



Interesting Traffic Developments 19 



December Lumber Exports 19 



Pertinent Legal Findings 20 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: 



Chicago Club Farweil Dinner 21 



Forest Products Federation Meeting 22-24 



Miscellaneous 26-27 



THE MAIL BAG : 25 



WITH THE TRADE 27-29 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 29-32 



HARDWOOD NEWS 32-37 



HARDWOOD MARKET 37-42 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 44-45 



S1TBSCEIFTI0N T£BKS: In tbe United State! and Iti posieulont. tnd Caaada. 

 $2.00 th« year; Id forelf countr1e«, $1.00 extra poatage. 



to coDforiDlty with tti« rule* af the postoffice department, anbacrlptlona ara 

 payabla la adrance. and In default of written orders to tiia contrary. ar« continaed 

 at oar option. 



InBtrnctlana for renewal, diacontinuanco. or ohanga of addraia. ahoald b« aaat 

 ona week before tta* data tbej ara to lo Into effect. Both old and new addraaaea 

 tanat be gl^^n. 



Botb diapla; and claaallled adrertlalDC ratea romlshed npoa appllcatlOB. Adrar- 

 tlalnf capj Boat b* recelTad Are days In advance of pabUcatlon datea. 



■Catered aa aecond-claaa matter Um-r 2«, 1902. at tba poatofflca at Oilcata, III-. 

 nnder act of March 3. 1879. 



BUTTING SAW 



Flooring Fewctories 



For cutting out defects and making square and 

 smooth ends for end=matching machines. Used by 



the largest producers. Write for particulars and prices. 

 Marwjfactvired by 



Cacdilla.c Machine Co. 



CADILbAC, MICH. 



