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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 25, 1918 



Modern Hardwood Operations 



Dudley Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn. 



[I vKiiwuoD Record i"; pleased t < 

 suit hirewith a story of the bU( 

 still 1 ml hng up of an orgamza 

 n il ii„ \ single idea The idea 

 sp iili7ition in haidwoods has 

 t 1 u earned out Miv elaboi 

 h I lit in the instances in which 

 s p li \ his, been followed it his 

 Mn Mi\ successful 

 ilu Dudley Lumber Compiny in 

 niphis Tenn is a suc_ is ful i\ 

 nent ot the polic \ 1 s| 1 i 

 n in haidwoods ^1 I i 

 niphlh -ibout tiftuii i tl 



ni un fi^ht ^ 11 I . ii tl 



I II I I I llv €xtlusivel\ 



ht lequiies In the merLbaudisu 

 of ish theie aie so many requii 

 nient'5 foi speciil widths and ' 





The Dudley Lumber Company has 

 made it a policy of assorting all 

 stocks into thiee or four different 

 widths as, it goes into pile. For in- 

 stance it a customer wants all 6 to 

 7 inch widths or all 12-inch and 

 wider ttiese thicknesses are found 

 m respettne piles. The Dudley 

 (ompany has taken special pride in 

 Its ability to fuinish the unusual 

 requirements in ash. 



In building a specialized business 

 in this wood it has been necessary 

 to tike int account the peculiar 



n liti 1 1 unding its growth. 



\ I 1 I I 11 limited quantities 

 II \ I will 111 1 hardwoods and in 

 lilt I t th( variety of de- 

 minds, of tustimeis It Is necessary 

 to assoit an\ stocks brought in. 

 The compinv maintains an assent- 

 hjing \ii 1 It M inphis and also at 



I \TER CLr 



large i i 



pun ha I I I 



c_ lut special -nidths i 11 ki sis 



lies a good assortment trim wbict 



trade The yard at New Orlean 



rhich it 



UNLOADING A CAR ON THE MEMPHIS YARD 



