HARDWOOD RECORD 



Lumber Exports for May 

 Till- exports of various forent iiroilucts iliirlnR May of tliU year, and 

 fleiires for eoiii|iarlKon with tUe sniiie iiioutli limt year arc 8hown Id the 

 folIoivlDg list : 



1917 1918 1917 1918 



Uoun.l logs..? 136,128? 37,«12lt Poplar « 33,.«S2 J lfW.733 



I lewe.ll. .!,-<.. 209,409 138.953 Keilwoo.1 . . . 2.'>,s.'.2 52.833 



358,«57 281.000 Spruee -115,807 1,259.743 



191,528 229.10'.! lioors. Kanb 



ml l.lliiiU. 2S.«57 43.223 



281.000 

 Kail 



Kir luinli.r. . 204,290 1,090.314 

 liiim liiinlicr. 49,983 225.041 Kuriilture 



Dak liiiulxr.. 349,020 4G8.3,'->1 llarreli 



White pluc. 90,298 150.211' Boxes 



Yellow pine.. 408,203 

 ■ihortleaf pine 2,009 

 Mloth.rpliie 101. 8911 



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Total 



320.N(il 344.941 



01.7K0 53.027 



190,429 208,830 



. 203,044 335,4?3 



.J5,9Dii.379 $10,348,259 



To Improve Cleveland's Housing Conditions 



Chniiie for lianlwooil business with local Interests, of the kind that 

 Is generally recognized as the mainstay of the business here, Interior finish- 

 ing of housing, developed this week when federal control of the bousing 

 situation, as It affects war workers. Iiecarae a fact. The Federal Housing 

 lUireau was represented here this week by F. A. Blnkc and W, A, 

 McClatchey. government field agents, who Invostlgateil the situation. 



As a result of their Inquiry n eonimlltee of thirty-three Clcvelanders 

 was organized, which will be known as the Cleveland Homes Registration 

 Klvl.slon of the Housing Bureau of the United States Department of labor. 

 It will have power to Increase Immediate housing of war workers, even to 

 the rerouting of car service so as to give the maximum service between 

 homes and plants. Paul L. Felss Is chairman and Louis A. Moses, man- 

 ager of the Cleveland Real Estate and Housing Company, secretary. 



The federal Investigators told the committee that besides providing 

 Increased housing for war workers. It will be expected to provide bousing 

 that will make for the efficiency of the workers. If additional contracts 

 are to come from the government purchasing departments. They explained 

 that although the government has appropriated $100,000,000 for emer- 

 gency housing, already applications are for five times that amount, and 

 that the appropriation must be spread out where the greatest need exists. 

 They could not estimate the amount that Cleveland may get, however. 



Baltimore Exports for June 



.The statement of exports of lumber from Baltimore during .lune shows 

 that stocks are still going forward in considerable volume, although, of 

 course, the bulk of the shipments must be credited to refpilrementa occa- 

 sioned by the war. Thus spruce holds a prominent place on the list with 

 not less than 022.000 feet, declared to have a value of $48,791, while fir 

 occupies first position with 1,382,000 feet, of a declared value of $103,- 

 397. Oak also showed up fairly well, especially when compared with the 

 same month last year, giving the Impression that stocks abroad must have 

 run very low and requirements correspondingly pressing. Poplar also was 

 shlppe<l in some quantities, and the demand for Implement and tool handles 

 Is holding its own. Very probably the presence of increasing numbers 

 of .Vmerlcan troops on the other side will account for the bulk of these 

 export.s. For the rest only "other manufactures of wood" cut any decided 

 flsure, these exports having been of a value of $24,057 during the month. 

 Ihe movement -of spruce is less than half as large as It was, but fir seems 

 t.i hove taken Us place, this wood, like spruce, being used for airplane con- 

 -uuction and being drawn from the same section of the country. The 

 lutal declare<I value of the exports was almost $70,000 ahead of June. 

 1917, and to this extent is to be regarded as favorable. The detailed state- 

 ment for June last, as compared with the same month of 1917, is as 

 follows : 



June, 1918. June. 1917. 



Quantity, ft. Value. Quantity, ft. Value. 



Boards, yellow pine 162,000 $3,734 



Boards, fir 1.382.000 $103,397 



Boards, oak 418.000 3.1.099 38,000 2,200 



Boards, poplar 223.000 12.547 23,000 3,417 



Boards, spruce 622,000 48.791 1,716,000 129,125 



Boards, hardwoods 23,000 1,800 



Boards, all others 174.000 15.455 



Staves 12,923 2.600 



Iinplriii.nt Imndles 10.023 



Sh""k^ 3.000 6.300 



runiiiure 800 429 



l)..iirs :i ml blinds 608 



Dth.r iiiauufaetures of wood 24.057 540 



Lumber Exports to South Africa 

 During the years 1916 and 1017 lumber from the United States 

 I sported to South Africa to the values shown in the following list : 



Tnplar 137.930 



Walnut 



-Ml other lumber 



Flooring and ceiling 



Other planed lumber 



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Hardwood iSlews l^otes 



< MISCELLANEOUS > 



Miiiuifa. luring Conipi 



.Airplane Lumber Company has been 



The C. W. Zlinmeritiiin Miiiiufacturlng t'onipany. Jackson, Ala., has sus- 

 tained a loss by lire. 



At < 'leal water. Wash., the yu 

 Incorpiualeil. 



The Triangle Lumber Company. Percy, Miss., has increased Its capital 

 stock to $100,000. 



The VIcksburg Furniture Manufacturing Company Is orgnnlzlng at 

 VIcksbiirg, MIsM. 



.\ pc-tlllnn In bankruptcy has been filed by the Tennessee Cedar Com- 

 pany. Murfroesboro, Tenn. 



A reurganlzatlyn has been elTccted by the Mobile Ship Building Com- 

 pany, Mobile, Ala. 



Fire losses were reported as recently occurring In the plant of the 

 Northern Wood Products Company, Glldden, Wis.; the Union Saw Mill 

 Company. Huttlg, .\rk. ; the Allen Lumber & Box Company, Nashville. .\rk. ; 

 the Lothnmn Cypress Company, St. Louis, Mo., and the Peerless Tank & 

 Seat Works Company, KvansvlUe. Ind. 



The capital stock of the .Atlantic Lumber Company, Boston, Mass., has 

 been Increased to $400,000. 



The death is annonnceil of James T. Gill, president of the IT. B. Poor- 

 man Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, Mo. 



The Dubberly Manufacturing Company, Dubberly, La., has recently re- 

 organized. 



The capital stock of the Decatur Manufacturing Company, Decatur, 

 111., was recently Increased to $60,000. 



The Scarrltt Furniture Factory Company, St. Louis, Mo., has Incor- 

 porated at $25,000. 



The Emliry Box Company's capital, Louisville, Ky., has been Increased to 

 $250,000. 



The M. \. Oltutt Lumber Company. Huntington, W. Va.. has been suc- 

 ceeded by the Offutt Morgan Lumber Company. 



The Shebo.vgun Couch Company, Sheboygan. Wis., has changed Its name 

 to the Xorthfield Company. 



At Jonesboro. Tenn., the Mountain Land & Lumber Company has been 

 incorporated with $100,000. 



The George P. Morgan Lumber Company, Parkersburg, W. Va.. is clos- 

 ing out. 



The capitalization of the Hamilton Manufacturing Company. Two 

 Rivers. Wis., has been increased to $75,000. and that of the Sherrlll- 

 Russell Lumber Company, Paducah, Ky., to $150,000. 



N. A. Webster Is now out of business at Texarkana, Ark. 



The capital stock of the Chevrolet Motor Company, St. Louis, has been 

 decreased to $550,000. 



It is reported that Frank R. Stratton is operating under the style of 

 Stratton Brothers, Athol, Mass.. in bankruptcy. 



Through increasing Its capitalization, the Bellgrade Lumber Company, 

 Memphis, Tenn., has brought the figure up to $200,000. 



.\t Nashville, Tenn., the Angucra Lumber Company has incorporated. 



=-< CHICAGO > 



The capital stock of the Mctri.|M.litiui I'icture Frame (■ompany, Chicago, 

 has been increased to $15,000. 



II. B. Sale, secretary of the Hoffman Brothers Company, Ft. Wayne, Ind., 

 was in tlie city for a day this week on a business trip. Mr. Sale says that 

 the doubled production of his company is working out in a highly satis- 

 factory manner and enabling them to do many things to the advantage of 

 their customers that were not heretofore possible. 



Il.utDwooD Recohd acknowledges receipt of the July hand book of the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association. This book contains the usual 

 valualile information anil supersedes ail previous issues. It should be in 

 the hands of every hardwood lumberman in the country. 



Another Interesting publication cnme to ILvrdwood Eecori>^7'7ic Clyde 

 Loij. which Is a wartime publication replacing the C7(/de Diamond and 

 Loijijiiiit previously Issued by The Clyde Iron Works of Duluth. Minn. The 

 Cljidv Lofi is a snappy little sheet with quality all the way through It. 



Chicago was host two weeks ago to the members of the Northern Hem- 

 lock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. Edward Hincs acted as 

 iniliviilual host to the quarterly meeting which was held at the South 

 Shore Country Club. A full account is carried elsewhere In this Issue. 



Gcr^e W. Butz, secretary to the R. H. Catlin Company, Wilmington, 

 Del., slopped in Chicago this week on his way to West Virginia, Virginia 

 and iJeorgia points. Mr. Butz has been on a business trip of several 

 weeks duration. He reports business brisk and everything O. K. 



Ke.s II. Browne, manager of the hardwood department of the Beaumont 

 Lumber Company. Beaumont, Tex., spent most of last week in the city on 



the Gill-Andrews Lumber Company, Wausau. Wi 



well- 



