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Published lr\ the Interest of Ha.rdwood Lumber, Arrverica.n HaLrdwood Forests, Wood Verveer Industry. HsLrdwood Flooring, 

 Ha.rdwood Interior Finish, Wood Chemica.Is, Sa^w Mill zi.nd Woodworking Ma.cKlr»ery. 



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Vol. XXIX. 



CHICAGO, JANUARY 25, 1910. 



No. 7. 



Published on the lOlh and 25lh of each month by 



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Coming Association Meetings 



HAKDWOOD MANUPACTUEEES' ASSOCIATION OF 



THE UNITED STATES. 

 The eighth annual meeting of this association ■will be held 

 at the Sinton Hotel, Cincinnati, on Tuesday, Wednesday and 

 Thursday, Fehruary, 1, 2 and 3, 1910. 

 LEWIS DOSTEE, K. M. CAKKIEE, 



Secretary. President. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOX MANCJFACTUEEES 

 The annual meeting of this association vrlU he held on 



Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, February 23, 24 and 25, 



1910. at French Lick Springs Hotel, French Lick, Indiana. 



Hardwood manufacturers ai'e especially invited to attend. 

 E, H. DEFEBAUGH, C. FEED YFiGGE, 



NATIONAL WHOLESALE LUMBEE DEALEES' 

 ASSOCIATION 

 The next annual meeting of this association will be held at 

 the Sinton Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio, on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, March 2 and 3, 1910. 



E, F. PEEEY, GEOEGE F. CEAIG, 



Secretary. President. 



NATIONAL LUMBEE MANUFACTUEEES' ASSOCI- 

 ATION 



Tae Board of Governors of the above association have 

 fixed the dates for the 1910 aimual meeting for April 19 and 

 20 at New Orleans, La. 



GEOEGE E. SMITH, EDWAED HINES, 



Secretary. President. 



General Market Conditions 



Every prospect for an increased volume of business has been sailly 

 terfered with during the past fortnight by the continuation of the 

 >neral storm of snow and sleet that has spread over the entire 



north country from Denver to Portland, Me. The railroads have had 

 hai'd work to get theii' passenger trains through and little has been 

 accomplished in the way of moving lumber freight. The demand from 

 all sources is assuredly in excess of anything that could possibly be 

 suppUed from dry stock. Northern stock is practically stripped of 

 dry lumber. The same can be said of the south country in good end 

 of the product. Plans are well under way looking for a considerable 

 increase in hardwood production, but it is going to be mid-summer 

 before the supply is up to the demand on any desirable items of most 

 varieties of hardwoods. 



The furniture expositions at Chicago and Grand Bapids are just 

 about closing and thus far the sales have been disappointing. Fur- 

 niture people have been obliged to advance their prices materially 

 and while the number of people at these shows has been larger than 

 ever, the total sales do not foot up nearly as great as was expected. 

 The business is surely coming, but it is not coming in the rush that 

 was anticipated. 



The hardwood flooring people report an active trade in both oak 

 and maple. 



■ The veneer manufacturers say that trade was never as good as at 

 the present time. 



Hardwood interior finish mills are generally busy. 



There is a growing call and a corresponding increase in output on 

 hardwood dimension stock and this feature of the business promises 

 to become a very important factor in the aggregate of lumber trans- 

 actions before very long. Today prices on this material are much 

 lower than tliey should be, but if the user of this material can be 

 educated up to paying a decent price for it, it will be a good thing 

 l)oth for him and for the producer. 



The Record's Daily at Cincinnati 



Haedwood Eecord regards the forthcoming Cincinnati meeting of 

 the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States and 

 its afiiliated interests of so much importance that it wiU put out daily 

 issues of the paper on the first, second and third of February, at 

 Cincinnati. This paper will have fifty-two pages, more than one-half 

 the size of the regular issues of the publication, and will contain an 

 account of the daily "doings" at the meetings and a roster of at- 

 tendants. A number will be shown opposite each name corresponding 

 with the number on the badges worn by the delegates. Thus it will 

 be easy for those not acquainted to find out who is who. The paper 

 will contain considerable editorial matter, numerous eai-icatures of 

 prominent hardwood lumbermen and a lot of miscellaneous piffle 

 and spoof that will at least add to the gayety of the occasion. 



Hardwood Eecokd oifice headquarters at Cincinnati will be in 

 Room 909 on the same floor with the Convention Hall and next door 

 to the Assembly Room. Here a portion of the editorial staff will 

 lie stationed to carry on the work of the daily. 



At this time an exhibition will be made, for any who are not 

 familiar with it, of Hardwood Eecord 's Bulletin System, involving 

 the buyers of hardwood lumber, veneers and panels and dimension 

 stock, together T^ith their annual requirements, with which many 

 Eecord advertisers are already familiar. 



There will also be shown at these offices the new Gibson Hardwood 

 Tally Book, which it is hoped will there meet with as much interest 



