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HARDWOOD RECORD 



JCI.T 10, lOlS 



Of course it is true that 



Red Gum 



is America's finest cabinet wood — but 



Just as a poor cook will spoil the choicest 

 viands while the experienced chef will turn 

 them into prized delicacies, so it is true that 



The inherently superior qualities 

 of Red Gum can be brought 

 out only by proper handling 



When you buy this wood, as when you buy a new 

 machine, you want to feel that you have reason for 

 believing it will be just as represented. 



We claim genuine superiority for our Gum. _ The 

 proof that you can have confidence in this claim is 

 shown by the letter reproduced herewith. 



Your interests demand that you remem- 

 ber this proof of our ability to preserve 

 the wonderful qualities of the wood 

 when you again want RED GUM. 



Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



CONWAY BUILDING 111 W. WASHINGTON ST. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Biuid IflUs: Helena and BlytheriUe, Ark.; OreeaTlUe, Mlu. 



offers "mother's cooking" in its dining room. A w'oman cools of tlie first 

 order lias been secured and results are already more than pleasing. Every- 

 thing is fresh, well made and well served. All the dining room needs now 

 is loyal boosters. 



First Lieutenant Tullio Raggio, a lumberman and stave importer from 

 Genoa, Italy, Is a new man in charge nf p\iri>hnses of airplane stock for 

 the Italian Military Mission at Wasliinuion, n. r. He has been a lum- 

 berman for some years and will acceptalily s, i \ . liis country and no doubt 

 be glad of the opportunity of meeting bi^ ,,lii Hi, mis in the American lum- 

 ber trade at Washington. 



J. F. Mingea, who has been out of the lumber field for the past two years 

 engaged in advertising specialty work, now is in charge of the hardwood 

 department of the Hayden & Westcott Lumber Company, Railway Ex- 

 change building. Chicago. 



TEXAS 



Local hardwood men returning from the Chicago convention report it 

 one of the most important in the history of the organization and, while they 

 regretted the failure of the so-called Brown resolution to pass, they believe 

 that the full discussion engaged in will result In much good. The South- 

 western Hardwood Manufacturers' Club will meet in .Alexandria, La., on 

 July S, when they will receive a full report of the convention. They will 

 also give much attention to the proposed hardwood price fixing by the 

 government. 



Arthur H. Gulssler, a prominent capitalist and politician of Oklahoma 

 City, is the owner of a new hardwood mill twelve miles southeast of Lufkin, 

 Texas. S. S. Moss, a well-known Texas sawmDl man, will have charge of 

 the new plant. It is equipped with a circular rig manufactured by the 

 Lufkin Foundry and Machine Company and will have a capacity of 30,000 

 feet a day. It is a new member of the Southwestern Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Club. 



C. G. Grible has resigned as sales manager of the Martin Wagon Com- 

 pany of Lufkin and will go as assistant manager to D. H. Foreman of the 

 Pine Belt Lumber Company, Ft. Lawson, Okla. 



--■< BUFFALO >= 



The Yeager Lumber Company received a cargo of birch during the past 

 month and expects to have another in soon. It is some time since the 

 company engaged In the lake lumber trade, but the present season offered 

 a good opportunity to re-engage in it. 



The building situation In Buffalo continues to be disappointing, with 

 the number and cost of permits running slightly behind a year ago. This 



local factories are requiring 



affects the hardwood trade, thoi 

 large sujjply of various woods. 



Lumbermen and other shippers are giving much attention Just now 

 to the Erie barge canal, because, so far as they can use it, they are 

 independent of the railroad complications and delays. There is no delay 

 by canal, in spite of its being called a slow route. A boat once loaded 

 is never sidetracked in a congested yard somewhere and forgotten for 

 months. Its arrival at destination can be foretold by a few hours. Two 

 leading difficulties are in the way at present ; one is the high freight rate, 

 which every effort Is being made to reduce, and the other is the lack of 

 trackage and other facilities at the terminals and landing places. 



Even Buffalo, with its elaborate new docks and harbor at the foot of 

 Genesee street, has neither w'arehouses nor track so far, but the govern- 

 ment canal authorities report that they have lot fo\ir contracts for the 

 larrying on of this work. Points further cast will be covered as fast 

 as possible in the same way. They report that plenty of freight will be 

 really as soon as the rates are satisfactory, ami meanwhile the govern- 

 ment is shipping considerable freight, mostly flour. Buffalo for a long 

 time has shipped only small amounts of lumber by canal, as practically 

 everything in that trade intended for canal shipment has been sent to the 

 Tonawandas. But with equal facilities here In future It Is quite likely 

 that lumber shipments will be resumed. 



The receipts of lumber by lake at this port during June were 8,583,000 

 and for the season to date 14,286,750 feet. This is slightly ahead of last 

 season, when receipts were 14,055,000 feet for the same period. The 

 trade has been on a larger scale than many persons expected. Shingles, on 

 the other hand, have made a very disappointing showing so tar this year. 

 The June lake receipts were 6,800,000. For the season to date the 

 receipts were 12,310,000, or less than half the number to the same date 

 last year, when the total was 28,740,000. It is very likely that the 

 shingle trade will continue smaller than usual during the present sea- 

 son, as the demand in the East is small and vessels are giving preference 

 to other freight. 



The James Elgar Corporation, Hornell, N. Y., furnished the Interior 

 woodwork for four of the ships which were launched at the Bristol, Pa., 

 shipyards on July 4th. They will do much more similar work. 



-< BALTIMORE >■= 



The first meeting of any body connected with the Baltimore Lumber 

 Exchange to be held in the new headquarters in the Southern hotel, took 

 place there July 1 when the managing committee gathered for the month's 

 business. Lewis Dill, of Lewis Dill & Co., was designated as the repre- 



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