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HARDWOOD RECORD 



At a meeting of the board of directois of tliv 

 Lumbermen's Exchange of St. Louis, held April 

 27, the following resolutions were passed : 



Whereas, The holding of a Forest Products 

 Exposition (or the purpose of exploiting and in- 

 creasing the use and appreciation of all forest 

 products is now being agitated ; and 



Whereas, We believe the holding of such an 

 exposition would have a strong influence in off- 

 setting the encroachment of substitutes, and 

 would tend to increase materiall.v lumber con- 

 sumption by both increasing the use along 

 avenues now open, and the creating of new 

 avenues for consumption, be it 



Reisolved, That the Lumbermen's Exchange 

 of St. Louis is heartil.v in favor of the holding 

 of such an expositiou provided same is operated 

 through a compan.v formed tor that purpose, 

 which promotes the affair along self-supporting 

 bu.sinesslike lines, having always in view the gen- 

 eral exploitation of all species" of woods handled 

 liy the different branches of the lumber trade 

 upon this country upon as equal basis, and be it 

 further 



ISesolved, That a copy of these resolutions 

 be furnished the trade press. 



According to the report on receipts and ship- 

 ments of lumber for the month of April, as given 

 out by the Merchants' Exchange, there were 

 12,767 cars received by rail against 15,944 cars 

 received during April, 1911. This shows a de- 

 crease of 3.177 cars this year. The shipments 

 during April were 10,092 ears, against 10.323 

 cars during the same month a year ago. This 

 shows a falling oft this year of 231 cars. There 

 were no receipts or shipments by river during 

 April of this year or last. 



The following is the report of inspections and 

 measurements made by the Lumbermen's Ex- 

 change during the month of April, and furnished 

 by the secretar.v of the exchange, George Mc- 

 Blair : 



Gum 105,336 feet 



Oak, plain red 58,820 " 



Oak, plain white 61,898 " 



Cypress 32,239 " 



Tupelo 20,045 •• 



Yellow pine 14,759 " 



Pecan 21,185 " 



Walnut 3,541 " 



Cottonwood 1,465 " 



Elm 8,762 " 



Poplar 34,421 " 



Hickory 12,142 " 



rolal 374,613 feet 



This fell short 50,000 feet of the inspections 

 made during ILirch and 325,000 f<>et behind April 

 of last year. This shortage was caused by the 

 unprecedented adverse weather conditions that 

 have prevaib'd for scvc^ral months. 



LITTLE ROCK 



The lumber business and particularly the 

 hardwood trade, has been seriously interfered 

 with during the past month by the recent floods 

 in the lowland of eastern and southern Arkansas, 

 and there is at the present time very little move- 

 ment in lumber circles. In almost all parts of 

 4he hardwood producing area of the state it has 

 been to a large extent impossible to get into 

 the woods to cut stock and many plants have 

 been put out of business temporarily by high 

 water. In many sections of the state the small 

 sawmills have been forced to shut down until 

 better weather conditions prevail. However, the 

 waters are now receding to a great extent, and 

 it is expected that there will be n good move- 

 ment in hardwood circles. Just as soon as it is 

 possible for the men to resume the cutting of 

 tlml)er. 



The long pending suit of the C. E. Eerguson 

 Saw Mill Company against the Iron Mountain 

 and other roads, alleging discrimination in ship- 

 ments of lumber to Kansas City, has at last been 

 decided by the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 s'ion in favor of the complainant. In a recent 

 order the commission instructed that a rate of 

 eighteen cents per hundred pounds on carload 

 shipments of cypress lumber from Little Hock 

 and Woodson to Kansas City be put into effect. 



For the purpose of cutting hardwood from the 

 vast lands of the A. L. Clark Lumber Company, 

 a large stave and hardwood mill is being erected 



at Gleuwood, Ark,, by Short & Jones, who have 

 the contract to cut the wood. The timber is 

 principally white oak and covers about 100,000 

 acres. 



Henry Frederich, president of the Southern 

 Cooperage Company of St. Louis, Mo., recently 

 secured a site for a large stave mill at Swifton, 

 Ark., from X. L). Moon. The company has re- 

 cently purchased 1,100 acres of stave timber 

 which will be used as a basis for operations. 

 The cooperage company has a supply of timber 

 to last probably ten years. 



The Mclntyre-Mann Timber Land Company has 

 been organized at Pine Bluff, with J. F. Mc- 

 Intyre of that city at its head. W. H. Garanflo, 

 a prominent banker of tbis city, is secretary- 

 treasurer. The company is capitalized at $325,- 

 000, fully subscribed. The company intends to 

 develop a large tract of timber land in the south- 

 eastern part of the state. 



Preliminary arrangements are being made for 

 the state convention of the Arkansas Lumber- 

 men's Association, which will be held in this city 

 June 10 and 11. It is expected that the largest 

 attendance yet recorded will be present. An 

 elaborate program will be prepared, which will 

 include dinners, banquets, sight-seeing trips, etc.. 

 and it is expected that the convention will be 

 quite an auspicious aSair. 



MILWAUKEE 



Tile Kneeland-Mel^urg Lumber C^ompauy has 

 been organized in Milwaukee by D. M. Knee 

 land, a well-known lumberman of Milwaukee, 

 and E. S. McLurg. who has been connected with 

 the ICneeland interests in Michigan and Louisi- 

 ana. Offices have been opened on the second 

 floor of the Caswell building. A general whole- 

 sale business is being carried on and prepara- 

 tions are being made for opening a string of 

 yards about Wisconsin. D. M. Kneeland is presi- 

 dent of the Kneeland-Bigelow Company of Bay 

 City, Mich., and is also interested in the Gray- 

 ling Lumber Company of Monroe, La., of which 

 Mr. McLurg, the other member of the new firm, 

 lias been manager for some years. 



Charles Abresch. president and treasurer of 

 the Charles Abresch Company, manufacturer of 

 automobile and wagon bodies, died Apr. 27 at 

 his home In Milwaukee. Mr. Abresch is sur- 

 vived by a widow and a daughter, two step- 

 sisters and two step-brothers. 



The contract for the furniture for the state 

 capitol of Idaho, which is being erected at Boise, 

 Idaho, has been awarded to the Wollaeger Manu- 

 facturing Company of .Milwaukee. 



.\ large number of mills have started up in 

 different sections during thi^ past few days. 

 The flooring, saw anfl planing mills of tl^e Rob- 

 bins Lumber Company of Ithinelander have begun 

 operations. The John Schroeder Lumber Com- 

 pany of Ashland started running its mill with 

 a day crew until rafts can bo brought in. At 

 Washburn, the J. S. Stearns Lumber Company 



has started up its mill on the night shift while 

 the M. H. Sprague Lumber Company will start 

 operations as soon as some necessary machinery 

 is installed. The Waehsmuth Lumber Company 

 of Bayfield has started on the season's run. 

 About 18.000,000 feet of timber have been put 

 in by this concern. 



H. (i. Miller of Sheboygan, president of the 

 IT. G. ililler Lumber & Manufacturing Company, 

 died Apr. 25 at St. Nicholas hospital. 



Secretary R. S. Kellogg of the Northern Hem- 

 lock & Hardwood Manufacturers' Association has 

 called a meeting of timberland owners of north- 

 ern Wisconsin to be held at Wausau. The pur- 

 pose is to form plans (or mutual protection 

 against forest fires. 



The Mellen Lumber Company has started opera- 

 tions on the site of its new buildings in Glidden, 

 where the company has decided to locate its of- 

 fice, roundhouse and machine shop now located 

 at Shanagolden. 



The Fond du Lac Church Furniture Company 

 of Fond du Lac is preparing to erect a rein- 

 forced concrete and brick addition 20x90 feet to 

 its present plant. 



A steam power w-ood cutting machine will be 

 installed by W. E. Hallenbeck in the woods at 

 the J. W. Wells Lumber Company camps on the 

 Peshtigo river near Wausaukee. The machine 

 will be built on two flat cars so that it may be 

 moved from camp to camp to cut refuse timber 

 left by the logging crews. 



A new dr.v-kiln and an oflice building to cost 

 .$15,000 will be erected for the Garton Toy Com- 

 pany of Sheboygan. 



Theodore Ellenbecker has opened his wood- 

 working factory at Sturgeon Bay and is manu- 

 facturing a line of hardwood articles, including 

 mission furniture, ironiug boards, etc. 



GRAND RAPIDS 



Maple flooring for Idaho's new .$2,000,000 

 slate house at Boise City will be supplied by the 

 Nichols & Cox Lumber Company of this city. 



The Kindel Bed Company of Chicago will re- 

 move its manufacturing plant to this city. The 

 new factory will be located near the Macey plant 

 in the south end, and will be completed and in 

 operation early in the fall. 



G. von Platen of this city plans to enlarge 

 bis planing mill at Iron Mountain by adding 

 four machines. His double band sawmill is run- 

 ning steadily, and it is probable that a large 

 flooring plant will be built in the near future. 



The Hart Cedar & Lumber Company has bnilt 

 a new mill at Hart, with capacity of 30,000 feet 

 l)er day. 



The distribution of seedling forest trees from 

 the nurseries of the state agricultural college 

 at Lansing has been larger than ever before, 

 exceeding 100,000 trees to date. Many orders 

 for trees have come from southern and eastern 

 sections of the state for the development of farm 

 w oodlofs. 



CHICAOO 



Local opinions of the geueral condition of the 

 Chicago consuming trade differ considerably, but 

 it is safe to say that the general aspect of the 

 situation is favorable. A number of local con- 

 cerus report, however, that the past two or three 

 weeks have been marked by a noticeable slackness 

 in trade. In all probability this condition is due 

 to the sudden stimulation in prices during the 

 last month. There is an apparent belief among 

 the buyers that this strengthening of values is 

 artificial and will not be of any duration and 



they are consequently hesitating in placing 

 orders, following their belief that old prices will 

 be restored in the not far distant future. That 

 they are doomed to disappointment is assured by 

 the universal reports from all producing sections 

 showing abnormal shortage of stock, with no 

 prospect of getting any considerable amount of 

 dry stock for some time to come. It is seriously 

 predicted that the present advance in prices will 

 not only hold but will be increased, and that 

 bu.vers will do well to get in on the present basis 

 rather than hold out for lower prices and have 

 to pay even more. 



The rather sudden jump has hit a number of 



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