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Published In the Interest of Hardwood Lumber, American Hardwood Forests, Wood Veneer Industry. Hardwood Flooring, 

 Hardwood Interior Finish. Wood Chemicals. Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery. 



Vol. XXIII. 



CHICAGO. NOVEMBER 10. 1906. 



Published on the 10th and 25th of each month by 



THE HARDWOOD COMPANY 



Henry H. Gibson, President 



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HARDWOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS. 



Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Association. 



The semi-annual meeting of this association will convene 

 at 1221 Hibernia Building, New Orleans, La., at 10 A. M., on 

 Wednesday, Nov. 14, and will probably last two days. 

 Matters of importance to cypress interests will be discussed, 

 and manufacturers, both members and non-members of the 

 association, are invited. 



Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. 



This association will hold an important meeting at the 

 Hotel Pantlind, Grand Rapids, on Wednesday, Dec. 19. 



General Market Conditions. 



There is not a eloud on the horizon of the hardw I trade from 



coast to coast. Business in every variety of hardwoods is from g I 



to strong. The quantity of plain oak being offered is still insuf- 

 lii'iiiit to meel the demand; this is true of poplar and of quite a 

 number of the minor northern and southern woods. Statistic eol 

 lated bj the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association indi- 

 cate that the supply of northern hardwoods is lower than it has 

 been since this branch of the' lumber trade became an importanl com 

 mercial pursuit. Even maple, birch and beech, which were supposed 

 to be in oversupply, arc found to be very low. The organization 

 which has been completed by the Michigan operators will probablj 

 insure a lessened rather than an increased log output for the coming 

 winter. 



In the South weather conditions have reduced the hardwood out- 

 put to a very Ion state, and buyers cannot expect any accretion of 

 stocks in the great southern hardwood section for months to come. 



The wagon making trade is still scouring the country in all diree 

 tions to secure sufficient stocks of oak and hickory to keep their 



plants going. There seems to be a general willingness on thi part 

 of this branch of the buying trade to paj even more than current 

 prices if they can be assured of supplies. 



Large building operations keep on apace and the demai both 



maple and oak flooring is practicallj up to the capacity of all the 

 flooring plants. 



There is a constantly increasing demand for mahogany and log 

 prices are showing considerable advance. Mahoganj lumbet stocks 

 are much depleted, but still prices have not materially advanced. At 



present prices this w .1 is certainly a wise purchase, as values can 



not very much longer remain stationary. 



The veneer people are doing a big business, but.it is questionable 

 if they are making very much money, as prices still range compara- 

 tively low. 



There is an increased call foi dimension hardwoods in many va-' 

 rieties of stock, and steadily advancing prices are being obtained. 



The average American producer who formerly took an occasional 

 shot at the export business has largely ceased that practice, an< 

 generally speaking the foreign trade is now in the hands of educated 

 exporters who know its requirements to a nicety and are getting very 

 good results from their business. This desideratum has been brought 

 about by the fact that every producer can sell his lumber at home al 

 tally as good or better prices than he can get across the ocean. 



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The National Association Meeting. 



The semi-annual meeting of the National llardw 1 Lumber Asso- 

 ciation at Cincinnati was surelj marked by no sins of commission. 



If the deliberations showed any errors of judgment thej et 



tainly those of omission. This meeting was railed to discuss and 

 legislate on the advisability of .admitting the consuming trade to 



associate membership, and for the purpose' of i lifying grading 



rules and bringing them up to date. While thi as of the 



meeting passing on these two subjects were supposedly executive, it 

 is generally known that it was deemed xpedient to admit con- 

 sumers to membership; and the element of "stand-patters" was so 

 strong that in spite of efforts on the part of some members of the 

 association to abrogate the resolution passed ai the Buffalo meet- 

 ing in May, 1905, which provided that the inspection rules then 

 adopted should not be changed until December, 1908, thi measure 

 was voted down. 



However, the association very sensibly formulated am 

 set of grading rales covering dressed poplar, and adopted a- a 

 part of its own rales the grading rales of the Dressed Glim \ss. 



ciatiim, of the Maple Flooring Association, of tl ak fl ing 



manufacturers and id' the Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Asso 

 eiation as amended. 



The Hardwood Record will not presume to criticize thi 

 Association's action m refusing to admit consumers to associate 

 membership, although the policy and fairness ot tin- measure has 

 been stronglj advocated bj some of the most uprighi and conserva 

 tive members of tie' organization. This mattei i^ one determinable 

 only by tin association itself. 



Regarding the refusal to amend its grading rules i" correspond 

 with present conditions and existing practices, with all ilue deference 

 to the National Hardwood Lumber Association, the Record begs to 

 submit the great principle that all human progress is based on the 



