HARDWOOD RECORD 



It's 

 Coming 



Better Times and a 



Bigger Demand for Timber 



\\ c arc encroaching; steadily nTi our timber supply. 



It is not inexhaustible. 



The inevitable result will be a competitive demand 



for timber. 



You know what happens to prices when buyers 



begin to compete. 



Before "It C.nu-- 

 flood. 



demand sets 



Investigate and BUY 



James D. Lacey & Co. 



Timberland Factors 



Chicago, 111., 1750 McCormick Building 



Portland, Ore., 1313 Northwestern Bank Bldg. 



Seattle, Wash., 1009 White Building 



q Fitzgibbons & Krebs Patent Ele- 

 vated Traveling Derrick propels itself 

 on 28-ft. gauge track. 



^ No guy wires. 



q Write to O. M. Krebs, Mallory 

 Branch, Memphis, Tenn., or to P. F. 

 Fitzg'bbons, Chattanooga, Tenn., for 

 pamphlet fully illustrating and explain- 

 ing the derrick. 



Also ask for list of users. 



<» liiialiii-Ka. tint tbere In a good aati of bulldlnc.gotns on localljr katf 

 III- ilcMiiaiKl fur ItinilxT fur thin work Id large. 



I'rniik T. TIndlc. iiifiiilMT of iln- liardwiMjd and i-<Hi|M'rnKi- flrm of Jack- 

 nn & TInillr, linn nunc In llunton niid nilicr New KtiKlnnd phIdI* on • 



vii.nll.in of iilioiii two H<-ekii. 



I-riink II. It.lll.y, ..f W, \V. Il-lllr 

 liiiiird, <'>|M'clliiK l<> mki- pnwinitc will 

 nfliT nncliInK lluolnn Hint tbi' Hlcnn 

 liiiH liii'n ubllKi'd l» flinnci' his vniiill 



4 Ilro . ri'riMilly Icfl for lh<> •»«• 

 bU fiiinlly for Ktiropc, liul Iraroed 

 ■r KallliiKK bad l)i-<>n caorcled. Mr 



=•< PHILADELPHIA >= 



Tbo M'lnl'iinniiiil iiifllii;: nl tli. I'. iirj-.\ hmiiii l.niiilit'rnipn'N Mutual KIrr 

 InHurnncp Cuni|inuy was bold July I'.s, I'rrHblriii ICdwiird F. llenMin, In tb<- 

 I'hulr. Arcurdinu to tbv report KUbniiltcd, t>uiilni>«a for tbc flral nix ini>ntbp> 

 iif tbc year wan naturactory In every reapert. At thia ini't'tInK William 

 llcnry Smidlcy o( Kracdle/ nrotbcrn wat elcrtcd Hecond vlreprcaldcnt to 

 Kuccced \V. Z. S<*uer, recently deccnned. C. I'ranli Wllllamiton of Media, 

 I'n., was cicrtc-d to auccced Mr. Bencr na n dirertor of the coinpnny. also 

 elected member of the llnoncc committee. 



.1. W. Turnhull of the .1. \V. Turniiull l.rfinihcr Cnnipnny anyH u lielter 

 feclInK prevails In trade eiroles, uiid nlthouub be doea not look fur an 

 curly boom In tradluK, he feels conlldcnt that huslncsa will Improve very 

 mnti'rinlly with the advent of the fall aeasou. The hardwood branch 

 of the business Is crowing stronKcr every day. 



The I'biJndclphIa Lumbermen's *iolf Club will play Its next cnme ou the 

 links of Ihe White Marsh Country Club, on AUKUSt 12. 



William II. Fritz of W. H. Fritz & Co. says the outlook gives couOdence, 

 and predicts that next month will sec a considerable acceleration In trade. 



Jerome It. Sbelp says a lull In business Is to be expected at this period, 

 but by fall he looks for a lively advance. His large new mill at Mobile, 

 -Vhi., Is nearly completed and by August 1.' will be In full operation. 



Eugene W. Fry. president of the Henrico Lumber Company, also of the 

 rhlladelphla Lumbermen's Golf Club, has been appointed by Governor 

 Toner of renusylvauia one of the delegates to represent this state at the 

 sivcntb annual convention of the Atlantic I^eper Waterways Association 

 lo be held In New York September 22 to 20. 



Owen M. liruner, president of the tiwen M. Bruner Company, Is optimistic 

 over tbc outlook. He reasons that the European war will prevent tbe 

 interested powers from risking shipments to South America, consequently 

 where wc formerly held to the Monroe doctrine, and tbc other side got the- 

 bu.slness, we will now get tbe business and still maintain the doctrine. 

 He anticipates a general advance In trading before long. 



J. H. Campbell of t'urrle & Campbell Is making a tour of tbe lumber 

 camps In West Virginia. William N. I.,awton of this house Is looking after 

 shipments at Jacksonville, N. C. and Ben C. Currlc says last month's 

 business was ahead of same month of last year, lie feels encourage<l over 

 nullook so far, but what effect the foreign war will have on tbe affairs of 

 this company is a matter of speculation. 



S. I". Bowers of the S. V. Bowers Company reports more liberal Inqui- 

 ries than for some time, resulting in some good orders. The New York 

 liranch Is doing well. The railroads have been buying more freely during 

 the last fortnight and outlook Is promising. 



Frank T. Kunibnrger has associated himself with the Warren-Uoss Lum- 

 1 i r Company, Jamestown, N. Y., manufacturer of Philippine mahogany. 

 lie will cover eastern rennsylvania, Maryland and Uelaware, District of 

 ' olumbia and tbe South. This concern recently erected a plant at Folcner 

 -tiition, Soutli James-town, where it :ilso will mnnnfneturc cherry. It will' 

 1.1 rcnrtcr specialize In these two w<hmIs. 



.-<, PITTSBURGH >• 



The Aberdeen Lumber Company has been unloading two barges of 

 Cottonwood at Joppa, III., which gave It 2.500,000 feet to distribute. 



Louis Germain, Jr., president of the Germain Lumber Company, has 

 ri'turned from a visit to his ranch In western Canada. 



A. P. L. Turner of the W. P. Craig Lumber Company, Is now associated' 

 with tbe Babcock Lumber Company as a salesman. 



The Fred S. Morse Lumber Company, whose Pittsburgh agent Is W. R. 

 Cornelius, at 4140 Jenkins Arcade, Is doing a nice business In gum, oak 

 and chestnut. 



The Kendall Lumber Company has broken all records for business this 

 year. Its contract bids have been exceptionally satisfactory. 



Manager Brown of tbe hardwood department of tbe American Lumber 

 and Manufacturing Company spent a few days In New York last week. 



Tbe Bangor Casket Manufacturing Company, capital $00,000, will 

 ilouble the capacity of Its plant at Bangor, Pa. 



Miles A. Varner, president of the Somerset Lumber Company at 

 Somerset. Pa., has bought the i)lant of the Berkebilc Lumber Company of 

 I bat place, which lately went Into bankruptcy for $4,000. 



.< BOSTON >.= 



The lumber teamsters of liottoii arc endeavoring to make an agreement 

 with their employers for Ave years as the contract made at the time of the 

 last strike expires at this time. Favorable reports for a peaceful settlement 

 are being made and It is stated that most of the firms will sign the new 

 , contract. 



Prominent among the visitors to the market last week were James H_ 



