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HAKDWOOD RECORD 



New Furnttoro Factory In lUiiiuis 

 ll U rr|K.rirU Ihal pr<M>|M-rU .iro lirlBhl fur a u. » furiiltur.' facUiry nl 

 Bomonauk. III. At a iwi-ul nin-llni: .imuBli niomy wnn plfflcrU !•> Kliiri 

 the work. A forci- uf «l<ou( Ihlrly .•ui|iloyii. will I>p pni{«B<Ml wIipii iln- 

 faclory, which In un Ihr •He i>f ilir uliI fiiriiiluri- fnrlory of Ihnt town. 

 U fomplrlMl. 



Table Plant WtU Be OonUnued 

 SlockliLldrrv lii ilu Wiirnii I urnllun- roinimny. Jnim.l.iwii. N V., 

 haro purrlmninl a ronlrollltiK liil.-n'«t In tin- »loi-k of Un- llnlhy Talil.- 

 anil hav.- tnk.n iM..^»«l..n of the |>lanl. Th.> llnll.y Tiil>l.- 

 hua iMvn m Hnanrlal dimrultli'* and tlif crcilllorK Honir tlmi- 

 aco g»\e Ihe omf^'m nn ••n.-n»lon of ilmo for the pnynii'ni of It* ohllitn 

 (loa and placiil Walter I. Bly»ion<- In chareo of the fnclory. TUv n<>\v 

 coDcrrn lia» put In onousli moni-y for working rapllnl and nay* Ihni 

 rrrrythlUK iHwIlil.- will W dom- to i xicnd the trndc. 

 Buys Woodworking Company 



It l« n'i>"rti-d thm St.- 

 chaml thi' plant of ilo' Sn 

 pinni hB« Im-< n Idle for n.'; 

 to Ihp iX'opli- of the vlllii( 



A. fpiimh "f lliisllnKK. Mich., hnvc |inr 

 •r W.Midinwnrc CoinpHny of CohnHHol. The 

 II >('ni iind till' ni'HN of Its Rnip Ih pleiiHlni; 



1( iiii'tins Ihi- cmiiloymi-nt of n niinilHT of 



mon durInK ihi' cniln- yi-nr. 



Will Develop Northern Cutover Lands 

 John II. ^olnlc■^ nnd McArtluir Itlttcnhoiicc of liny Clly, Mich., arc rt- 

 Itorlpd to havi- formi'd (he Ilolin> !>RittonhflUs<- l.uud Company to dciil In 

 cuiovor hnrdwoiKl lands In northoastorn Michigan. The firm will co- 

 operate with Ihe Norlheastcrn Mlchlcnu Ucvclopmcnt nureou. which 1« 

 adrertliilne the diotrlct extensively. The company owns and controls 

 through opllonK about 100,000 acres In Chehoygon, Pre8<|Up Isle and 

 Otsego counties. 



If All Thought This What a Difference It Would Make I 



U. II. .Inni'> < rf Ihr i;. W. .lonis Lumber Company. Appleion, \V1».. has 

 done quit.- a fiw thinKs which hove attracted atlonllon. One uf (he 

 most pertinent and loRlcal of his accomplishments Is a leeent letter 

 which IlARPWoiiii HKionu takes pleasure In puhllshlng herewith. Consid- 

 ering that the present conditions, as far as oar domestic markets are 

 concerned, are. os President Wilson snys. psychological. It will he readily 

 appreciated tbat If every one felt ns Mr. .lones (as they should) a very 

 different thought would be evident throughout the entire business fra- 

 ternity of this country. The letter follows : 



.V pessimist — One who chews his quinine pills. 



Whv be a pessimist? Why go around with this "ain't war hell" ex- 

 pression? It's all right to be conservative, but this crawl-ln-tlie-lioio-and- 

 I)ull-thc-hole-in-after-you spirit gets you nothing. 



• Sit tight and don't rook the boat" is mighty good advice, but that's 

 no reason why you should worry yourself sick for fear the planking will 

 come off. and you'll go to the bottom. 



Relieve mel this good ship "Business" Is In Hne condition. We are 

 doing a better business todoy than we were doing August 1 : and No- 

 vember 1 we'll be doing better than we arc now — that is. If you and I 

 and everyone else keep on rowing — forget that this war Is having any 

 other effect on us but to spur us to greater effort. 



liod has blessed us this year with a wonderful crop, and He's blessed 

 us in a lot of other ways. lA;fs take what He's given us and be thankful, 

 and go out and PLUG ! 



Let's be like that original optimist. Mr. Smiley-Glad. who. having 

 fallen from the tenth story, waved his bond os he passed each floor, 

 shouting, "All right so far :" 



Vours tor more Optimism. 



Big Car Ferry Launched 



The big ocean ferry boat, "Henry M. Flagler," which Is the llrst of 

 several boats to be built for the Florida East Coast Rollway, was 

 launched from the yards of the William Cramp & .Sons Ship and Engine 

 Ilullding Company, Philadelphia., on September 22. 



The boat wll^ have u capacity of thirty of the largest freight cars 

 loaded. It will be capable of making the trip between Key West and 

 Cuba, a distance of nlnety-slx miles. In eight hours. The cars will be 

 carried on four tracks on the main deck. The vessel will be fitted with 

 an electric plant and two tanks to carry molasses. 



The boat Is the largest of Its kind in the world and was christened 

 Ivy Miss Florence Marie Beckwilb. doughter of .T. P. Beckwith. vice-presi- 

 dent of the Florida East Coast Itallroad Company. 



With the Memphis Mills 



Inquiry here develops the fact that there is sllll further curtiillment 

 in hardwood lumber circles. The policy of closing down mills os soon 

 as the timber already ont has been converted Into lumber Is being closely 

 followed, and this results in the shutting down of another mill here and 

 there almost every day. It was recognized In the beginning that this 

 process would be gradual and long drawn out. but results have been 

 highly pleasing to members of the trade. It Is estimated on good 

 authority that the output here Is not more than from fifteen to twenty 

 per cent of normal, and that about the same proportion holds good 

 for the entire Memphis territory. In the -meantime, it Is estimated that 

 demand Is somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty-five per cent of 

 normal, with the result that stocks of lumber ore decreasing rather than 

 increasing, thus lightening the load which lumbermen hove been forced 

 to carry since the war broke out. These figures, In both cases, are 

 approximate, but they represent views of some of the best posted men In 

 the hardwood lumber trade in this section. 



n. .T. iJarnell, Inc.. .<hortly after the war began, closed down Its mills at 



both Uland and Ilalenvllle, Mlaa. It waa necesaary for them to mump, 

 huwevi-r. In order to take care of timber which had alnady bin-n loi 

 ten out, but the ndll at Ix-lnnd haa been eloaed down allogetber and 

 only one aide of Ihe mill at Ilaleavllte la In operation at preM-nt. Thia 

 firm la doing a Illtle logging na occaalun arlaea, but la not ailempllng 

 much along this line, aa Indicated by the fact that It la worklw,^ only 

 about one-fourth of lla capacity. 



The Crittenden Lumber Company, at Karle, Ark., la running. It ha> 

 some limber already out which la being converted Into lumber, but It In 

 also doing n lillle lugging, and will continue Ihia p<dlcy unlll It haa 

 lllled all the fuuniliilions on Ha yarda. Aa aoon aa thIa haa iM'en flnlahed 

 ll la more Ihnn likely that thIa company will diacontlnue uperallona 

 unlll conditions have very much Improved. 



The only mill In Memphis which la working on double lime Is that of 

 the Gayoao I.iunlier Cunipany, In New South Memphla. ThIa iiiinpany 

 had a very large otnounl of logs out when war developed and It baa t>een 

 busy converting theae Into lumber. It la eallmnted that thla work will 

 be eoiiipleied wllhin Ihe next three or four weeks and nl the I'nd of 

 Ihnt time Ihe policy of Ihe company will be governed by condltlona then 

 obtaining. 



While there is a Utile hand-lo-moulh logging under way, operations 

 along this line linve almost altogether ceaRe<l. Aa evidenci' of thla fact, 

 it Is staled by a well-known lumberman here that, whereas laat year 

 there were some 40,000,000 or .'.0,000.000 feel of logs awaiting tranapor- 

 tallon between Memphis and Leland. Miaa. ; Ihe amuunl this aeaaon In 

 less than .100.(100 feel. Last year, at this time, logging operations were 

 in full blast in order that an adequate supply might be prepared for the 

 winter and late spring. This year they ore at a practical alandatlll. 

 This fact. In itself, will have a most Important bearing on the amount 

 uf lumber produced In this territory when operations are resumed. 

 Thc.re is no indication of the latter developing unlll there has been a 

 most decided change In market condlliuns and in Ihe gi'neral bualneas 

 silualion. < 



Memphis Lumbermen in Commendable Bole 

 It Is a well established foct Ihot war entails much sacrifice and 

 nobility of spirit, but few Instances In proof of Ibis foct come lo llghi. 

 It Is learned at Memphis, however, that a prominent hardwood lumber 

 exporter recently made on offer to one of bis friends In Belgium to lake 

 care of the children of the latter, being three daughters and one son. 

 until the war In Europe Is over. He not only agreed to do thla, bul 

 offered to meet the children at New York and sec Ihem safely to his home 

 in Memphis, where they were lo be token care of without cborge until 

 such lime ns conditions were suitable for their return to their home. 

 The olYer has been deellned by the father of the children because the 

 latter thought that It their parents had to remain In the war lone, their 

 duty was there also. The son has already entered the Belgium army 

 and Ihe daughters are serving as nurses in tiie army hospitals. Tlie 

 mother Is engaged In distributing food among the poor and in oilier- 

 wise helping to care tor the needy. In writing to express his very great 

 appreciation of the offer made by his Memphis friend, the father said 

 that conditions were Improving somewhat from a financial standpoint, 

 but that busln.^ss was at a practical sland.jtlll, and that probably heavy 

 losses would result. He pointed out that there was no possibility of se- 

 curing Indemnity from any source. He also called attention to the fact 

 lliat over half of his creditors would Incur enormous losses resulting 

 from the war and would not be oble lo poy their Indebtedness In full. 

 so that the outlook was not particularly bright from the standpoint of 

 the wriler. He has a well established business In Belgium. He writes 

 that the war Is more horrible than can be described. He further asserts 

 that indications point to a long continued war, since the plan of Ger- 

 many for pushing to Paris, inveslin^- tliiit t-ily and then repelling Ihe 

 Hussions has gone awry. 



More of the Bight Kind 



C- II. Pearson, 20 Broadway, New York Cily, handles foreign and do- 

 mestic woods and Incidentally gets a grcot deal of pretty accurate 

 information os to Just how the consumers of these lines ore feeling. Mr. 

 Pearson gets out a ^rcat deal among the trade and his analyses of con- 

 liltions are based on first-hand information and on bis ability to under- 

 sland what he sees and hears. Mr. Pearson has recently written Haup- 

 wiioD IlKCORD as follows : 



There are limes that I mny be over-optlmlstlc. but I cannot under the 

 jiri'Si'nt conditions be other than optimistic for the near future. 



I visit frequently the manufacturing centers of Ihe Eost and tlie West, 

 and I have just returned from a short visit In the East, and discover 

 among many of the manufacturers quite an Increase In their l.uslness 

 over a month or two ago. The furniture line must be exceptionally busy, 

 Judglnc from the vast amount of orders in the hands of manufacturers 

 of casters, which are used on practically every piece of furniture made. 

 There are now orders tor immediate delivery of something over 1.000,000 

 casters, and as there are four casters to practically every piece of furni- 

 ture, it Is on Indication that business In tnls line Is on the improve. 



The manufacturers of hardware tools are likewise very busy, the 

 export trade having materially improved, due to the renewed facilities 

 for shipping and hanking, but there arc lines which ore unusually dull : 

 but. taking the silualion on the average, I conclude that we are. as a 

 nation, enjoying an unusual percentage ot the manufacturing demand, 

 taking into consideration the present unsettled conditions throughout 

 the world, and I can but forecast In the very near future a great increase 

 In every and all lines of manufacture. 



There has l>een an unusual demand for Circassian walnut, and stocks 

 have been arriving quite freely from England, to take the place of the- 

 stocks which have been exhausted on this side. 



