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The Old Windsor Chair 

 I'he Windsor chair was a familiar bouscbolU article In thla country 

 ^cneratluiis ago. It was a substantial piece of furniture, usually plaiu. 

 and was luanufactuicd In Eni;land, tliouKb duubtloss many ImltatlunH were 

 produced In tbis country. A late number of tbe L.ODdon Timber Newi 

 says tbnt tev of England's borne Industries are In a more QourlsblnK con- 

 dition thnn tbe making of chairs on the Chlltcrn Hills. Tbe consumption 

 of beech timber for this time-honored work Is far In excess of what It n jh 



■ few years back, and curious as it may appear, timber from tbeae chalk; 

 regions Is found preferable to any other for the making of tbe well-knuwu 

 Windsor chair. The manufacture of tbeae chairs gives employment of a 

 lucrative kind to hundreds of workmen, while side Issues connected either 

 directly or Indirectly with tbe flourishing Industry form no mean part of 



■ most important business In conjunction with the' home-grown timber 

 trade. 



Wating for Slow Letters 



Most trade papers have their patience tried at times while waiting tor 

 tbe arrival of letters overdue, and tbe slowness of the correspondent is 

 apt to be the subject for strong language. But a rather unusual case Is 

 mentloneil In the London Timber Trade Journal In Its Issue of Feb. 7, 

 191S. It says : 



"We had not heard anything of our Riga correspondent for very many 

 months until this week, when a letter from him reached us. On examina- 

 tion, however, wc found that It was posted In Riga on Feb. 14, 1015, and 

 had evidently passed through the Petrograd post ofBce, being stamped 

 8/12/17 at that place. The London postmark Is Jan. 21. 191S. Wo nre 

 left wondering, If it had tbe power to do so, what this letter could tell us 

 during Its nearly three years' eilsten.o between the time It was despntrhod 



H ardwood 'News Notes 



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A. R. Vlnnedge, Kvanston, 111., is reported to have assigned. 



Irank R. Gadd, .issistant to tlie president of the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Assoclotion, gave an optimistic view of market conditions when 

 he was In the city attending the National Chamber of Commerce meeting. 

 Mr. Gadd said the ear situation was easing up considerably in his terri- 

 tory with the exception of certain specific lines which do not get suf- 

 ficient Incoming freight to bring In enough cars. He said since the 

 February meeting of his organization, eighteen new members of the open 

 price competition plan had been added and that the plan Is to got In as 

 representative a list of firms as possible. It being assured that others will 

 follow the load of the big institutions. 



During the sessions of the Federation of Furniture Manufacturers In 

 Chicago last week were gatherings of prominent hardwood men who were 

 here on a variety of purposes. Some came through In the course of their 

 regular business trips and others came for the sessions of the Federation. 

 The entire liardwood producing territory of the country was represented 

 ny prominent lumbermen, and it was noted that officials from the five 

 loading hardwood organizations of the country happened to be here 

 simultaneously. The list of visitors Is impressive and among others con- 

 tains the following : R. L. Jurden. James E. Stark, T. E. Jones. J. E. 

 W^alsh. John M. Prltehard, John W. McClure, Earl Palmer and H. J. 

 Richards, all of Memphis; Chester Korn, W. E. Johns and E. O. Robinson 

 of CinclnnaH; F. N. Milne, New York City; T. M. Brown, Louisville; 

 Chas. n. Barnaby, Greencastle, Ind. ; J. V. Stimson, Huntingburg. Ind. ; 

 T. W. Fry and E. H. Trum, St. Louis, Mo. ; H. W. Baker, Jr., SIkeston, 

 Mo. ; C. A. Blgelow, Bay City, Mich. ; C. A. Goodman, Marinette, Wis. ; 

 A. L. Osborne, Oshkosh, Wis. ; Garrett E. Lamb, Clinton, Iowa and 

 Charleston, Miss. ; and R. J. Wiggs, Leland, Miss. 



The Huddleston-Marsh Mahogany Company, New York City, yards also 

 at 2254 Lumber Street, Chicago, announces that It will move its New 

 York office from Aeolian Hall to the 14th floor, 347 Madison Ave., 

 Equitable Trust building. The change will take place on May 1. 



It is announced locally that a Concatenation will be held Friday even- 

 ing. April 20, in the rooms of the Lumbermen's Association of Chicago. 

 This will be the last Concatenation until the big annual to be held in 

 Chicago September 9. 



Martin D. Harden was the chief speaker at a luncheon given at the 

 Lumbermen's Association quarters on Tuesday noon, April 23. Mr. 

 Harden returned a few days previously from a two-months tour of the 

 fighting lines In France. 



The Chrlstensen Lumber Company, headquarters In the Gas ballding. 

 Chicago, announces that owing to the fact that John L. Wcndl, secretary, 

 has entered military senice. the office has been temporarily transferred 

 to the First National Hunk builflinK, Milwiuikoc. 



=■< MISCELLANEOUS >- 



The capital stock of tbo Joliii J. 

 N. Y., has been increased to .?:^o.rll 



■ioble Lumber Company at Rochester, 



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The Henry Quelln 

 Ark., Is reported to 1 



r i Manufacturing Company, Brookings, 

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