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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. XXII. 



CHICAGO. SEPTEMBER 10, 1906. 



No. 10. 



Published on the lOlh and 25th of each month fcy 



THE HARDWOOD COMPANY 



Henry H. Gibson, President 



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COMING HARDWOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS 

 Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's Association 



The eleventh annual meeting of this association will be 

 held at Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, Wis., Tuesday, September 

 18, at 10:00 a. m. 



Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 



A district meeting of this association is scheduled to be 

 held at Cape Girardeau, Mo., Tuesday, September 25. 



National Hardwood Lumber Association 



A semi-annual meeting of this association will be held 

 at Hotel Havlin, Cincinnati, on Thursday and Friday. 

 October 25 and 26. 



General Market Conditions. 



As evidenced by the reports from nearly all hardwood centers of 

 the United States, general hardwood conditions may be regarded as 

 entirely favorable, especially when the season of the year is consid- 

 ered. The slight lull in demand of the last two months is giving 

 way to a steady inquiry and increased sales of hardwood from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific. Wood workers in all lines are enjoying 

 a very remarkable trade, which has been secured at prices based on 

 current lumber values. The little hesitancy in buying which has 

 prevailed owing to a hope of diminution in prices seems to be giving 

 way, and orders are being freely placed at as good prices as have 

 prevailed at any time during the year. 



The extra effort that has been made in the oak producing sections 

 to increase stocks on hand has not been successful owing to bad 

 weather conditions. The country is just as short of oak today as it 

 has been at any time during the past two years. 



The shortage of poplar and Cottonwood is so marked that trading 

 among manufacturers and wholesalers at the top of the price list 



prevails to a considerable extent. There surely is not enough of either 

 wood in sight to go around, and there is little hope of an increase in 

 stocks for months to come. 



The minor southern hardwoods are all in good call, of which 

 hickory is perhaps the scarcest item. A part of the northcrti hard- 

 woods are doing very well, but still there is little accretion in value 

 anywhere along the line. 



The hardwood ilooring factories are still very busily employed, as 

 the vast number of new high-class structures being erected throughout 

 the country is making a tremendous call for both maple and oak 

 ilooring. 



The veneer and jjanel people are having a good volume of business, 

 but very few of them are satisfied with the prices being received. 



Mahogany lumber is increasing in consumption, as its unusual 

 merits and relative low cost as compared with high-class domestic 

 ^voods become more fully realized by the trade at large. There also 

 seems to be an increased demand for black walnut for both home 

 and foreign consumption. The price of neither mahogany nor walnut 

 is showing any advance. 



Cypress is well pieked-up and the prices ruling are high. It is 

 doubtful if ever cypress comes on the market again in sufficient 

 quantities to depress current values. Considering prevailing general 

 commercial conditions the hardwood trade may be said to be enjoying 

 its full measure of prosperity, and the fall trade in sight augurs to 

 carry this condition forward for the remainder of the year. 



Association Meetings. 



At the head of the editorial columns of this issue of the Hardwood 

 Record will be found the announcement of three important hardwood 

 meetings. The first is the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Hardwood 

 Lumbermen's Association, which for many years has been an impor- 

 tant function of the hardwood fraternity of the Badger state. 

 This meeting, coming just before the opening of the fall trade, will 

 probably call out an unusually large number of manufacturers and 

 jobbers. 



Another meeting announced is a district conference of the Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association of the United States, to be held 

 at Cape Girardeau, Mo. 



The third meeting noted is an innovation of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association — a semi-annual meeting at Cincinnati. The 

 executive board of this association, in response to many requests, 

 have deemed it wise to call this general meeting for the considera- 

 tion of many subjects of importance that have transpired since the 

 annual meeting held in Memphis early in May. It is understood that 

 one important topic of consideration will be the admission of whole- 

 sale consumers of hardwoods throughout the L^nited States as asso- 

 ciate members. There are also some changes in the constitution and 

 by-laws projected. This meeting will doubtless call out an attend- 

 ance second only to that of the big Memphis annual meeting. 



Conservatism of Michigan Hardwood Men. 



Early in July leading hardwood manufacturers of Michigan gath- 

 ered in a conference to thresh out among themselves certain points 

 of manifest interest. While the hardwood producing section of 

 Michigan is of comparatively small area, although the annual out- 

 put of the state is upwards of 600,000,000 feet, it was found that 



