HARDWOOD RECORD 



Afriiau cedar . . . 



Tonquin 



Ebony 



English oak 



Hackberry 



Prima Vera 



Marblewood 



Satinwood 



Holly 



Locust 



Madagascar tulip 

 AH others 



25,000 

 29,000 

 19,750 

 15,000 

 6,000 

 1,000 

 4,000 

 2,600 

 2,200 

 2,000 

 1,500 

 7,000 



Total 557,699,550 



Diversified Manufacturing 



The manufacture of wood products in Chicago is highly diversi- 

 fied. Forty-three industries are separately listed and reported 

 upon. This includes nearly all of the regular and some of the 

 special wood-using industries of this country. No large industry 

 is omitted. The largest, in its demand for wood, is that which 

 makes boxes and crates. This is to be expected from the fact 

 that Chicago is a great shipping center for almost all kinds of 

 merchandise, and immense numbers of boxes are demanded to 

 carry the products to the retail merchants in the surrounding towns 

 and states. 



Though 273,84'1,000 feet of lumber are yearlj' manufactured into 

 boxes in Chicago, it is well known that this is not the whole 

 quantity used. Shooks ready to nail together into finished boxes 

 are shipped in from states as far away as Michigan, Wisconsin, 

 Kentucky, and Tennessee. No records are kept of those which 

 thus come in from outside regions, but it is known that the num- 

 ber is large, and that if it were added to the boxes and crates 

 ninde in Chicago the total would be greatly increased. 



The manufacture of cars is next to the largest wood-using 

 industry in Chicago, according to the accompanying table. The 

 annual demand, as shown by Mr. Simmons' report, falls only a 

 little below 250,000,000 feet. This does not look as though the 

 campaign which steel interests have been carrying on against the 

 wooden car has greatly lessened the use of wood in that industry, 

 as far as Chicago is concerned. The whole quantity of wood made 

 into cars in the course of a year in the state of Illinois is given 

 at 407,.3.33,000 feet, of which Chicago uses 60 per cent. Compared 

 with totals for the entire state, Chicago produces the following 

 percentages of certain commodities: 



Percentage 



Industries. Made in Chicago. 



Cars 60.3 



Bo.xes and crating 73.6 



Sash, doors, etc 74.9 



Farm machinery S5.1 



Furniture 64.1 



Heavy wagons 32.5 



Store and office fixtures 74.8 



Chairs 100.0 



Coffins and caskets 75.6 



Signs and billboards 100.0 



The table which follows gives the various wood-using industries 

 of Chicago, the quantity of wood annually demanded, and the 

 average cost at the factory: 



Wood Used in- Cnic^fio ui' Indlstries. 



.iverage cost per 



Industries. Feet. B. M. M at Factory. 



Boxes and crates 2T:!.S4-J.000 .?14.99 



Railroad ears 24.5.745.500 31.13 



Sash, doors and planing mill products.... 1(!7.072.840 33.68 



Farm machinery 



Furniture 



Picture and fancy molding 



Pianos and organs 



Flooring (hardwood) 



Butter tnbs 



Chairs 



Store and office fixtures 



Mantels and cabinet work 



Heavy wagons 11,590,000 



Cooperage 10,600,000 



Tanks 7,810,000 



Tables ' 7,612.520 



Electrical apparatus 7,510,000 



School and lodge furniture 6,527,000 



Parlor furniture .... 

 Signs and billboards. 



Miscellaneous 



Coffins and caskets. . . 



Couch frames 



Greenhouse fixtures . 

 Window and door 



Plumbers' woodwork 



Hcfrigerators 



Laundry machinery 



Basket and fruit packages. 



Trunks and valises 



Ladders 



Stairs 



Cigar boxes 



Light vehicles 



Barber furniture 



Elevators 



Musical instruments 



Sewing machines 



Handles 



Sporting goods 



Machine parts 



Meat blocks 300,000 23.00' 



Novelties and toys . . 290,000 40.21 



Total 1,116,855,120 $28.63 



The total cost of the wood manufactured in Chicago, according 

 to the accompanying table, is $31,97.5,688. The total value of the 

 wood used by manufacturers in the whole state of Illinois is 

 •li.?!, 229,693. It thus appears that Chicago uses 61 per cent of the 

 annual demand by the whole state. 



$.39.35 

 21.93 

 30.88 

 24.24 

 22.66 

 47.54 



31.48 

 25.88 

 42.34 

 20.78 

 29.25 

 30.93 

 51.26 

 90.39 

 48.45 

 41.99 

 33.99 

 94.86 

 37.79 

 51.67 

 21.67 

 44.72 



46.57 



Mississippi River Conditions Favorable to 

 Logging 



The Mississippi river at Memphis is falling after having reached 

 a stage of about thirty-three feet. This is directly in line with the 

 forecast made by the weather bureau here. The idea now obtains, 

 that, regardless of the character of weather in the immediate future, 

 all danger of flood conditions has passed. It is pointed out that 

 the crest of the present rise will disappear before it can be overtaken 

 by another and those who have interests subject to interference by 

 high water are resting easy and congratulating themselves over the 

 outlook. Lumbermen are included in this number as they have been 

 badly hurt within the past two years by the overflow in the Mississippi, 

 with the consequent breaking of the levees and flooding of their 

 plants, yards and mill stocks. 



The present stage is high enough to insure a good movement of 

 timber by water and this is what lumbermen here are anticipating. 

 Much timber is now available that has heretofore been inaccessible 

 and prospects are that river receipts of timber will be materially in- 

 creased. So far as rail receipts are concerned, they are comparatively 

 light. There has been so much bad weather lately, too, that logging 

 operations have been halted for the time being, and some uneasiness 

 is evident among manufacturing interests over the timber supply 

 outlook. Much will depend on weather conditions in the immediate 

 future and these will be closely watched by lumber interests, not 

 only here but elsewhere, throughout the Mississippi valley. There 

 has already been some curtailment of manufacturing operations on 

 this account and more is promised if the weather does not soon be- 

 come favorable for work in the woods. 



The Handle Sells the Ax 



'it is said that the popularity of American axes in many foreign 

 countries is due more to their hickory handles than to the metal in 

 the bit or the pattern of the tool. Foreign factories can work metal 

 about as well as it is worked in this country, but foreign forests do 

 not grow hickory or any other wood like it. That must come from 

 America. The same observation holds in regard to many slender- 

 handled hammers. Their hickory handles sell them in many foreign 

 markets. This has been shown in numerous instances when attempts 

 to sell the hammers without the handles have been unsueeepsful. 



