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Published In the Interest of Hardwood Lumber, American Hardwood Forests, Wood Veneer Industry, Hardwood Flooring, 

 Hardwood Interior Finish, Wood Chemicals, Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery. 



Vol. XXIV. 



CHICAGO. JULY 10. 1907. 



No. 6. LIBRA 



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Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. 



The first annual meeting of this association will be held 

 at Cadillac, Mich., on Wednesday, July 31. This is a very 

 important meeting and a full attendance of the hardwood 

 manufactiirers of Michigan is solicited. 



WM. H. WHITE, President. 



BRUCE ODELL, Secretary. 



General Market Conditions. 



The reports of market eonditions received from the numerous hard- 

 wood centers of the United States, as given in this issue of the 

 Hardwood Eecoed, bear little indication of any midsummer dull- 

 ness in the trade. Manufacturers and jobbers at nearly all trade 

 centers report a large increase in inquiries during the last two 

 iveeks, indicative of a coming demand of much strength. Again, it 

 would seem that buyers are not going to be caught late in the fall 

 without stocks and no way of transporting lumber to their yards 

 and factories, as they were last year. There is every evidence that 

 there will be as great a car shortage this fall as there was last, and 

 the wise buyer is evidently trying to get himself in such a position 

 that car shortage is not going to interrupt his business. 



Undeniably every variety of dry stock is in short supply and 

 there is very little indication that there will be enough lumber pro- 

 duced to fully care for the wants of the trade during the remainder 

 of the year. Another spell of bad weather has prevailed in the 

 lower Mississippi valley during the last ten days, which has again 

 added an interruption of woods and sawmill operations to the many 

 of the past season. Lumber, especially oak, poplar and chestnut, is 

 being manufactured at a very fair rate in the mountain districts, 

 but the totality of this will not compensate for the immense shortage 

 in the great hardwood regions of western Tennessee, Arkansas and 

 >» Mississippi. 



=■ Flooring manufacturers still have about all the business they can 

 ' — handle, and there is no indication of cessation in demand. The 

 »*^ same can be said of veneer plants. The call for veneers and panels 

 *^ is increasing every day, as manufacturers of furniture and other 

 —J lines recognize their cheapness and high qualities as compared with 

 ~ other lumber. 



On the whole, the buying situation and its prospects are excellent.^'*'*" '^'^ 

 The general financial condition of both manufacturers and jobbers 0*Kft 

 is good and banks seem to have plenty of money to assist in further- 

 ing any legitimate business enterprise. As a matter of fact, bank- 

 ing funds are at present not going into bond issues and long-time 

 paper to any extent, but are being held for general and immediat* 

 commercial needs. ■ 



Distribution of Hardwoods. 



For more than a year the Hardwood Record has been engaged in 

 preparing a lis,t showing the amount of hardwood lumber by kind, 

 grade and thickness; dimension stock by kind, grade and size, and 

 veneer and panel stock by kind, grade, size and thickness, used an- 

 nually by the many thousands of hardwood consumers throughout 

 the United States and Canada. This information has been issued 

 in bulletin form, printed at regular intervals, and supplied gratuit- 

 ously to the lumber advertising clients of the Eecord. 



The work has thus far involved the sending out of nearly a half 

 million letters, and it has progressed to the extent that the list 

 already acquired comprises by far the largest and most compre- 

 hensive history of the hardwood consuming wants of the country that 

 has ever been gotten together. As a matter of fact the Record has 

 been the pioneer in this service, and it has been such as the clients 

 of the paper have highly appreciated, as is evidenced by the ydver- 

 tising patronage enjoyed. 



Specifically, the bulletins recite name of city and state; name of 

 concern; name of lumber buyer; line of goods manufactured; 

 kinds, grades and thicknesses of lumber used; kinds and sizes of 

 dimension stock used; kinds and thicknesses of veneers; kinds and 

 thicknesses and sizes of panels. 



The paragraphs of these bulletins are cut out by the recipient and 

 pasted ,on index cards having numbered tabs corresponding with 

 various kinds of lumber. Such tabs as do not represent kinds of 

 lumber employed by the given concern are cut off the card, and then 

 they are filed in alphabetical order between state guide cards. No 

 concern not in good commercial repute is listed. The many houses 

 employing this system are enthusiastic over it, as it enables them to 

 tell at a glance every user of every kind of lumber, dimension stock 

 or veneer anywhere in the country. It is invaluable to every lumber 

 sales department. 



There are many deductions that may be made from a study of 

 these card files, but one feature of particular interest is the popu- 

 larity and universal use of some woods as compared with the rela- 

 tively limited use of others. Of all hardwoods growing in the 

 United States oak is the most popular. As an evidence of this 300 

 of these index cards, selected at random from Canada and the states 

 of Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, 

 Idaho, Georgia, Illinois and Indiana, and carefully analyzed, 

 show that of this number 153 buyers are users of plain white oak ; 

 123 of plain red oak; 94 of quartered white oak; 54 of quartered 

 red oak. The next most used wood is poplar, of which there are 136 

 users in the group named. Of the other woods, descending the scale 

 of popularity, there are 87 users of hard maple; 85 of red gum; 80 

 of basswood; 71 of white ash; 69 of red birch; 63 of cypress; 60 

 of chestnut; 55 of cottonwood; 53 of hickory; 49 of mahogany; 48 

 of soft maple; 31 of white birch; 30 of gray elm; 29 of rock elm: 

 27 of black walnut; 27 of beech; 26 of brown ash; 25 of cherry; 



