H A R DWOOD RECORD 



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Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 



It is reported from the Cincinuatl oiEce of 

 the Hardwood JIanufacturers' Association of the 

 United States that Secretary Doster is maliing 

 a tour through the mills of the producing sec- 

 tions, studying conditions and accumulating in- 

 formation that will be of benefit to the associa- 

 tion membership. 



The association reports a steady demand for 

 all hardwoods, with shipments getting back to 

 about normal since the return of good weather. 

 Reports from producing sections are very en- 

 couraging, and mills should be able to take care 

 of all business with a reasonable degree of 

 promptness. 



The report of market conditions and prices 

 obtained during the past thirty da.ys is now be- 

 ing compiled by the association, and will soon be 

 forwarded to the membership. 



A Book of the Woods 



Hardwood REconD is in receipt of an unusual 

 publication from the office of James D. Lacey & 

 Co., the notable timber land factors. The book 

 is in pamphlet form, and is an excerpt from 

 the forthcoming work upon the wonders of the 

 western woods. H. D. Langille, coast manager 

 for James D. Lacey & Co., is the author of this 

 "hapter. 



The pamphlet is written in an intelligent and 

 thoroughly interesting manner, and is profusely 

 illustrated with a great many engravings — some 

 in colors — of beautiful bits of scenery in that 

 remarkable country. It is a publication of ex- 

 treme merit, and if the chapter already on hand 

 is a criterion from which to judge the character 

 of the whole book, it will certainly be a publica- 

 tion worth having. 



Imports and Exports, for April, 1912 



Reports for April, 1912, show an increase in 

 the import value of wood and manufactures of 

 wood over April, 1911. The total value of this 

 type of imports during this month was $3,61S,- 

 000. There is a noticeable decrease in the value 

 of mahogany received in this country during the 

 month, the total for April, 1912, being $237,000. 

 The value of logs and round timber brought in 

 was $133,000, which is more than triple that 

 of April last year. The total value of pulpwood 

 received here was $293,000, while boards, planks, 

 deals and other sawed lumber, amounting in 

 value to $1,031,000. were imported from for- 

 eign countries. The total value of all wood 

 pulp received during the month was $9,048, a 

 very noticeable increase during the year. 



A comparison of the export value of the same 

 commodities during April, 1911 and 1912, shows 

 a falling off of almost $600,000. The aggregate 

 value of wood and manufactures of wood this 

 year was $8,796,000. There is also a decrease 

 in the furniture export from $600,000 to $550,- 

 000. The box export stood about on an even 

 basis, while the export value of sash, doors 

 and blinds doubled. There was a very slight 

 falling off in the value of boards, planks, deals, 

 joists, scantling and other manufactured lum- 

 ber, the total for April, 1912, being $4,465,000. 

 The value of hewn timber shipped from the 

 United States during April was $1,142,000, a 

 decrease of about $50,000. There was also a 

 decrease in the shipment of logs and other round 

 timber of about $75,000, the aggregate last April 

 being $400,000. 



Eeforestation on Pennsylvania System 

 The Pennsylvania Railroad has for ten years 

 been one of the strongest advocates of applied 

 forestry in the country, and during this period 

 of time has planted in the neighborhood of four 

 and a half million trees. For some time the 

 company has maintained a nursery at Morris- 

 ville. Pa., and during the past year shipped 

 from there over 500,000 trees for permanent 

 planting on the railroad right-of-way. 



The nursery at Morrisville contains thirty-six 

 acres which are utilized to the fullest in the 



production of forest species. Not only is the 

 company doing extensive work in reforesting its 

 property, but it is applying the rules of con- 

 servative forestry to its already wooded hold- 

 ings. At present about 1,500 acres are being 

 worked on a conservative basis, from which it is 

 expected to cut some 750,000 feet of lumber dur- 

 ing the year. The object in each case is to 

 maintain the tracts in a productive condition, 

 thus not only maintaining a constant source of 

 supply for ties and such material, but improv- 

 ing conditions regarding run off and floods. 



The road last year produced about 215,000 

 bushels of charcoal. It also maintains treat- 

 ing plants, in which it can treat vast quan- 

 tities of ties and timbers. 



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Unique Autograph 



The accompanying unusual illustration is the 

 reproduction of an original design of J. V. 

 Hamilton, the walnut log man of Ft. Smith, 

 Kan. Mr. Hamilton has sent into Hahdwood 

 Record offices some of the most unique and 

 striking advertising copy which it has ever 

 had the pleasure of running. His ideas are not 

 only unique, but practical, and lack the ridicu- 

 lous feature which unusual copy of this type 

 sometimes betrays. The signature can be plain- 

 ly deciphered in the accompanying cut. 



The American Lumher Industry 



The 1912 report of the National Lumber Manu- 

 facturers' Association entitled "The American 

 Lumber Industry" has just been issued from the 

 offices of Manager Leonard Bronson. The book 

 is well bound and printed, and contains the 

 complete proceedings of the Cincinnati meeting 

 of that association. It contains the papers on forest 

 conservation, lumbermen in the wood using in- 

 dustries, workmen's compensation, fire hazard in 

 timber, the trust question, industrial co-opera- 

 tion, lumber prices and cut-over land develop- 

 ment. As usual the book is of a character to 

 render it a distinct acquisition to the library of 

 any one interested in the lumber business. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



The Index Piano Bench & Cabinet Company 

 has been incorporated with an authorized capital 

 of $10,000. 



The Furst Lumber Company of Wilmington, 

 Del., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $100,000. 



The M. L. Hudson Lumber Company recently 

 began the manufacture of tables and boxes at 

 Shreveport, La. 



The plant of the King Lumber Company, 

 Peebles, O., was recently destroyed by fire entail- 

 ing a loss of $15,000. 



The Wood-Drewett Lumber Company, Ltd., 

 Winnfield, La., has been incorporated with an 

 authorized capital stock of $100,000. 



The L. E. Campbell Lumber Company. Meri- 

 dian. Miss., announces that it has installed a 

 single eight-foot band mill in the Meridian plant. 



Herbert E. Stiles associated with the lumber 

 trade in Grand Rapids. Mich., was married on 

 June S to Miss Anita Walker. The couple will 

 reside at Sparta, Mich. 



Fire recently destroyed the pier, warehouse 

 and ice house of the Napoleon Cypress Company 

 of Napoleonville, La., entailing a loss estimated 

 at $10,000 partially covered by insurance. 



The Hardwood Lumber & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany has been organized at Helena. Ark., with 

 $10,000 capital stock. The headquarters of this 

 concern are in Chicago, but it will operate in 

 Arkansas. 



The Florence Lumber Company has been in- 

 corporated at Florence, Ala., with a capital stock 

 of $10,000. The incorporators are U. O. Redd, 

 R. C. Redd, John R. Tuthill and the Bear Creek 

 Lumber Company. 



The Paxton Lumber Company of Bristol, Va.- 

 Tenn.. recently acquired a large tract of hard- 

 wood timber near Charleston, W. Va., and has 

 erected a modern mill near that city. The 

 capacity of the mill is approximately 25,000 feet 

 daily. 



The Knox Lumber Company, Bronson, Tex., 

 will develop 50.000 acres of timber land esti- 

 mated to contain 650,000,000 feet of timber. 

 The company will build a big saw and planing 

 mill, and has already begun the construction of 

 a thirty-six mile railway. 



The D. B. Murphy Lumber Company is the 

 style of a new organization at London, Ky. The 

 Krm has a $50,000 capital and will engage in 

 the general lumber business, including the pur- 

 chase of timber land and the manufacture of 

 lumber, cross-tics and staves. 



The Gate City Manufacturing Company is a 

 new concern that will commence business at 

 1108-12 Nicholas street, Omaha, Neb., about 

 July 1. The new company will manufacture high- 

 grade vehicle poles and patent truss rod sup- 

 porting surreys. This will give Omaha the only 

 pole factory in the West. 



The Campbell Lumber Company, Inc., Scotts- 

 burg, Va., has been incorporated with a maxi- 

 mum capital of $25,000 ; minimum, $10,000, for 

 the purpose of doing a lumber business. The 

 officers of the new company are George Cawley, 

 president ; R. F. Miller, vice-president ; M. J. 

 Campbell, secretary and treasurer. 



Kirk & McConnell of Bay Minette, Ala., have 

 recently purchased 4,000 acres of fine hardwood 

 timber near Latham, which they will cut up and 

 put on the market. They are at present con- 

 structing a mill on the river at Tensaw for 

 the purpose of turning out the timber, and will 

 endeavor to have it in operation by the end of 

 ninety days. 



The Nahon Company, Manhattan, New York 

 City, N. Y., has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $150,000 for the purpose of manufac- 

 turing and dealing in furniture, etc. The in- 

 corporators are Edward E. Nahon and Henry J. 

 Nahon of One Hundred and Forty-seventh street 

 and Convert avenue. New York City, and Wm. H. 

 Gay of Grand Rapids, Mich. 



The J. W. Johnson Company of Lexington, 

 Ky., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $100,000 to deal in timl>er and real estate 

 and manufacture lumber, etc., in Quicksand, 

 Breathitt county, Ky. The incorporators are J. 

 W. Johnson and P. A. Rutledge of Lexington, 

 Ky., G. A. Koontz, M. A. Simms and E. E. Wil- 

 liams of Huntington, W. Va. 



