HAKDWOOU RECORD 



G. H, EVANS LUMBER CO 



CHATTANOOGA, TENN. 



FIFTEEN ACRES OF DRY LUMBER. EVERY WIDTH. LENGTH, GRADE AND 

 THICKNESS IS PILED SEPARATELY. A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT POPLAR. 



OAK. GUM 



Planing Mill and Resawing 



Capacity 100,000 feet daily 



We Save You Money 



If you use wide Poplar, write our nearest 

 office for prices 



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to t!.% Iftt and 2nU 



and up iBt and Sod 



I to 17 lot and Znd 



Poplni 

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 ■it to 35 lot und 3nd 

 2G and u|> Int and 2nd 

 to n iNt und Ind 

 i and up 1st iinil '.Mul 



Band sawn — cood lengths — thoroughly dry 

 — Nili.«!i3l Grades. We have live million 

 l^-i-t I'oplar and Oak awaiting your inquiries 



Faust Bros. Lumber Co. 



Fisher Building 

 CHICAGO. ILLINOIS 



City Bank Building 

 PADUCAH, KENTUCKY 



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Q Table of Contents Q 



COVER PICTURE:— E. V. Babcock. Pltti(purgh. Pa.. Newly Elected 

 President of National Hardwood Lumber Association. 



REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions / 17 



The Convention 17 



More Regarding the Grading Controversy 18 



Advance in Railroad Rates 18 



Native Woods In Furniture 18 



The Sawmill and Its Customer* 18 



The Wooden Passenger Car and the Farm 19 



A Lesson from Africa 19 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Regarding the Grade Agitation 20-23 



New Use for Hardwood— Fibre Plaster 23 



Brief Sketch National Association 24-25 



An Unwelcome Compliment 2S 



Some Facts Regarding Buffalo 2$-30 



Baltimore Export Figures for May 41 



Eastern Retailers Lose Final Appeal *' 



The Intermountain Rates 41 



NIaaara Falls Trip 42-42C 



At Niagara Falls in 1750 42d-44 



The Woods Used in Manufacturing 45 



MAIL BAG 46 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATION: 



Annual National Hardwood Lumber Association 31-41 



Chicago's Annual Golf Tournament 42C 



WITH THE TRADE 47-50 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 50-53 



HARDWOOD NEWS 53-62 



HARDWOOD MARKET 63-68 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 70-71 



8TIBSCRIPTI0N TEHM8: 

 2.00 the jear; In foreign 

 In rouformllj with the 



L'nltril States anil Its p< 

 ■s. $1.00 extra poatage. 



f the pontofflce ilei)artmenl. aubwrlptlotia sr» 

 of written ordera to tlit contrary. »ra roatlno>-4 

 at aur option. 



toHtrurtlona for renewal, diicontinuance, 

 one wffk bffore tha data tbtj are to go In 



llotk display and olaaallled adTertlalng ratea fnrnlKhfd upon appllf 

 tlalng copj muat br rerelTed Ht* daja In adfance of publication datca. 



Eatfrcd as arcond claaa matter May 2fl. 11>02, at the poatolBce at Chicago. III.. 

 nniler art of March 3, IISTQ. 



and Canada 



AdT«r 



ICHABOD T. WILLIAMS & SONS 



Foreign and Domestic Woods 

 in Logs, Lumber and Veneers 



11th Ave. and 25th Street 

 NEW YORK 



910 So. Michigan Avenue 

 CHICAGO 



