HARDWOOD RECORD 



We Are Lar^e Manufacturers 



Our stock is l)acked by a long reputation for the 

 careful handling of consumers' needs of high- 

 grade northern forest products. We produce 

 large stocks of all northern hardwoods, including 



Basswood, Maple, Birch and Elm 



SAWYER -GOODMAN COMPANY 



MARlNHTPi:, WISCOiNSIN 



GOODMAN LUMBER COMPANY 



(GOODMAN, WISCONSIN 



very line quality. The Wood I'roducts Company has three Ohio mills, one 

 at Sanduslvy, one at Ridgeway and one at Whitmore. 



Many prominent liirabennen from distant points came on to Chicago 

 two liays ahead ot the hardwood meeting to participate In the annual 

 tournament of the Chicago Golf Association. These were : Garrett E. 

 Lamb and L. P. Du Bcsc of the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, Charleston, 

 Miss. : R. L. Jurdcn. Pcnrod, Jurden & McCowen, Inc., Memphis ; F. R. 

 <5add, assistant to the president of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 'Clation. Cincinnati, and E. O. Robinson, president ot that organization ; 

 A. M. Richardson of Helena, Ark. : J. T. Baldwin of Laurel, Miss., and 

 ■Chicago ; Mark H. Brown of Brown & Hackney, Inc., and W. E. Hyde, 

 Memphis ; W. D. Brewer, Alexandria, La. ; E. E. Courneiius and Mr. 

 Lawrence ot St. Louis ; McEwen Ransom, Nashville, and Lewis Doster, 

 Indianapolis. 



Divisions "B" and "C." respectively Hardwood Yards and Hardwood 

 Wholesalers ot the Lumbermen's Association of Chicago, were hosts at a 

 lunch. -..n extended to some twenty-five visiting lumbermen attending the 

 National meeting. F. J. Heldler presided. Among those present who made 

 ■ remarks bearing on the hardwood situation were : P. A. Ryan, Lutkin, 

 Tex. ; H. C. Fowler. Macon, Ga. ; C. F. Korn, Cincinnati : Frank F. Fee, 

 Dermott. Ark. : F. J. Darke. Waheno. Wis. ; J. H. Markelduff, Philadelphia, 

 Pa.: .\ E. rinrk, Toronto: H. H, Alexander. Belzoni. Miss. 



TEXAS 



Till' lUiMiiuil lor hardwood has steadily increased in liiis liistrict, and 



this Includes every item on the list. Prices generally are stitfer than they 



were two weeks ago. and millmen and wholesalers are divided on the cause 



fc.r this. Some contend that the manufacturers have gone the limit to 



-tick up before the increase in rates. On the other hand, the existing 



ircity of stocks would furnish adequate reason for the strong demand, 



I iking it difficult to define the controlling factor at the present time. 



I'he box factory demand shows no sign of letting up. while orders from 



railroads are being placed freely up to the capacity ot the mills to take 



care of them. Sales of thick oak at very satisfactory figures are being 



made, while common grades, especially one-inch stuff, is in excellent 



• liinand. An adequate supply of empty cars has enabled the mlUmen to 



• 1 ke full advantage of the unusual conditions up to the capacity of their 



Hardwood men are still anxious to learn the final details ot the new 

 L-cvernment ship schedules in order to determine Just how much they wiil 



Mllli 



uu, uijerations accordingly, and probably save to the government 

 ks now being cut Into commercial stocks If they had an Idea of 

 unted. 

 are elated over tin 



iilislimcnt of the $15 minimum order of 

 ' "1' ' nn Ml ,jf which would have put many 

 ~s in the Texas and Louisiana 

 ' ill liic streams, and the majority 

 1 11 ilmr logs. To have forced them 

 tor the short hauls many of them make 

 curtailed the production. 



the railroad administration, 

 of them out of business. T 

 districts has long since cr. 

 of the mills depend upon r 

 to pay a minimum of ?15 

 would have been prohibitive 



It is expected that within the next few days one of the largest lumber 

 companies in the South will make formal ahnouncement that it will install 

 three or four hardwood mills in Texas. While the company declined to 

 have its name made public, it is probably the largest holder of hardwood 

 in the state and lias enough stumpage to keep it running tor a number of 

 years. This timber is scattered over the east Texas forests and embraces 

 practically every variety ot hardwood common to this district. 



One of the old landmarks in the manufacture of hardwood In Texas 

 disappeared when the mill of the Liberty County Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany near Big creek, tributary to the Trinity river, was dismantled and 

 shipped to Montgomery county, where It will be used in the manufacture 

 of ties. It WMS a pioneer in the exclusive manufacture of hardwood and 

 was probably the first modern hardwood band mill erected In the state. 

 It had been in continuous operation for over fourteen years. 



The lumber manufacturers in Texas and Louisiana have benefited by 

 the slack work in the ship ynr.Is caiiscl l,y the .lelay of llu- Kr.vernment In 

 geltirii.- ..lit til.- ;.;.; '. I',, i ■ ■ . v, liich will be 



ail..|.ii.l ill 111. iM , ,.,. would be 



a ^,iirj ..1 in. 11 : . ,y from the 



sawmills ail, I i,,i;^|.!_ , - - ,, ,, I , , . . j,,|js^ Their 



too much on the lure of high wages. They found condii in i i.iuh.T 



in the cities that the difference in the wage was qui ! . .m.' I for. 

 Instead of getting a comfortable cottage for ?8 or ilij ai,.: l.cu less a 

 month, they were called upon to pay from $20 to $50 in the ship building 

 centers. Cheap garden truck was not to be had and they missed the free 

 ground given them by the sawmills. 



The Long-Bell Lumber Company, w'-' ' ■- ntract for furnishing 



the English government with its w bas leased 400 feet 



of river front from the city of Bca mload ail its lumber 



into the Neches river. Lloyd H. Cliii ..f the export depart- 



ment of the Lons-Bell Lumber Coiii|.ai.y ami a member of the advl ■.-. 



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