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Hardwood Record Mail Bag 



[In this department it is proposed to reply 

 to such lB(|iiiries from Hardwood Uecoud read- 

 ers as will I)e of enougli general interest to 

 warrant puldication. Every patron of tiie paper 

 is invited to use this department freely, and 

 an attempt will be made to answer queries per- 

 taining to all matters of interest to the hard- 

 wood trade in a succinct and intelligent man- 

 ner. ] 



Wants White Oak Dimension 



Mdskegon, Mich., Jan. 15. — Editor H.\RDWOOD 

 Record ; If you linow of anyone who is in a 

 position ,to cut wliite oak dimension stock at 

 this time we will be very glad to have him take 

 up the matter with us. Company. 



Such hardwood patrons as are interested in 

 opening a trade with a high-class manufac- 

 turing house can have the address of the 

 writer of the above letter on application. — 

 Editor, 



Distinctly Complimentary 



Morris School, Jan. 10. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record: I cannot resist the impulse to tell 

 j'ou how much I appreciate your unfailing in- 

 terest in helping me to a liberal education on 

 the subject I am responsible to the city of 

 Chicago for. 



The last number of Hardwood Kecokd was 

 especially made for me, and I welcomed it as 

 warmly as I should a human romance. 



Thanking you most sincerely, 1 am, very truly 

 yours. — L. Heinroth, Principal. 



Mr. Heinroth is engaged in the study of 

 forestry, sylviculture and kinrlred pursuits, 

 and makes a specialty of imparting informa- 

 tion on these subjects to the students of the 

 Chicago public schools. He is enthusiastic 

 on these subjects, and undeniably is perform- 

 ing in a very capable way an excellent and 

 praiseworthy service. — Editor. 



Amends the Statement 



Antwerp, (Belgium), Jan. 7, 1910. 

 20, rue de la Commune. 

 Editor Hardwood Record, Chicago : Your 

 favor of December 22 to hand and contents 

 noted. 



From one of my American friends I received 

 a clipping of your esteemed paper, concerning 

 the dissolution of my old firm and which read 

 as follows, under the head of "Chicago." : 



"The Record is advised that the firm of 

 Brants, Franck & Co., Antwerp, Belgium, was 

 dissolved on October 1, and the business will 

 be continued under the style of Amedfie C. 

 Franck & Co." 



The advice you received concerning the liqui- 

 dation and dissolution of Brants, Franck & Co. 

 certainly emanates from a false source, and as 

 ex-active partner of the firm in question I beg 

 you respectfully herewith to insert in your first 

 next issue following correct report ; 



"Brants, Franck & Co., in liquidation, Ant- 

 werp, Belgium, will have no successor at all ; 

 hence, the new firms, August Brants or A. C. 

 Franck, are not at ail entitled to use the mis- 

 leading style of 'successor of Brants, Franck 

 & Co.' The fact is that both ex-partners, Mr, 

 Brants and Mr. Franck. are establishing a busi- 

 ness separately of their own." 



This is the truth concerning the dissolution 

 of B. F. & Co., and I beg you respectfully to 

 have your erroneous report corrected by the 

 above mentioned lines. 



I beg to inclose you herewith official state- 

 ment of dissolution of my firm in question. 



My subscription to your esteemed paper will 

 follow by one of the next mails. 



Thanking you in anticipation for your prompt 

 attention to this matter, I remain, yours truly. 

 — August Brants. 



Referring to the above communication, it 



may be stated that the information on which 

 the paragraph in question was based was re- 

 ceived from Amedee C. Franck. It transpires 

 that Mr. Brants does not entirely agree with 

 Mr. Franck on the subject involved. — Editop.. 



Looking for the "Lumber Queen" 



Mrs. Emma A. Chamblis of Memphis, Tenn., 

 writes the editor a letter, asking for informa- 

 tion about Mrs. Effie Eolston of Kentucky. 

 The lady incloses a letter from Hampton 's 

 Magazine, stating that it is extremely anxious 

 to hear at an early date in regard to the 

 apple woman, and that it has just learned that 

 Mrs. Eolston is one of the largest lumber deal- 

 ers in the world, generally known as the 

 "lumber queen." 

 . Mrs. Chamblis is anxious to get information 

 for this magazine, about the mythical lumber 

 queen in question. She has been advised that 

 Mrs. Solston may be one of the foremost 

 apple women in the world, but she is not gen- 

 erally known in the lumber trade, and unde- 

 niably is not "one of the largest lumber 

 dealers in the world." As a matter of fact, 

 the lady is unknown in the Hakdwood Kecokd 

 office. — Editor. 



Wants Large Flake Quartered Oak and 

 Cherry 



The following letter is self-explanatory, and 

 anyone desiring to get in touch with this whole- 

 sale consumer can have the address by writing 

 this office. — Editor. 



Grand Haven, Mich., Jan. 17. — Editor 

 Hardwood Record : We have always had con- 

 siderable trouble in getting quarter-sawed oak 

 with a nice, large flake. Our trade insists on 

 quarter-sawed oak well figured and with large 

 flakes. Will you advise us in what manner 

 or from whom we can purchase quarter-sawed 

 oak so that we shall obtain the kind desired. 

 We use the No. 1 common grade in 4/4, 5/4 

 and 6/4 thicknesses. Will you advise also 

 where we can buy to the best advantage No. 1 

 common cherry in 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4 thick- 

 nesses? Company. 



Miscellaneous Exploitation of Lumber 



Grand Rapids, Mien., Jan. 18. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : In response to your favor of the 

 14th inst., directing attention to the proof 

 sheet of our annual requirements of hardwood 

 lumber, etc., and asking whether or not it is 

 necessary for you to make any corrections on 

 same, beg to advise that as you have enumerated 

 our requirements here they appear to be quite 

 correct. 



We might take this occasion to say, despite 

 this fact, however, we do receive many letters in 

 the course of a day quoting us on lumber 

 that we do not use, and we are in hopes that 

 with our requirements correctly before the lum- 

 bermen, we will soon feel the good effects of 

 your system. 



Thanking you for your kind attention always, 

 we beg to remain. — Bissell Carpet Sweeper 

 Company, J. W. Shanahan, Supt. 



The above refers to a letter sent to the 

 Bissell Carpet Sweeper Company, and to many 

 thousands of wholesale consumers of hard- 

 woods who are listed in the Record 's Bulletin 

 Service, asking them to make any changes or 

 corrections necessary in their record of annual 



requirements as listed in this service. 



The Eecord finds that the majority of 

 wholesale consumers have amended the items 

 of stock they will buy during 1910 to a re- 

 markable extent, but the Bissell people have 

 a line of production which is standard, and in 

 which they do not change materials from year 

 to year. 



The paragraph in the letter which is par- 

 ticularly important to hardwood manufactur- 

 ers and dealers is that pertaining to the fact 

 that they receive many letters in the course 

 of the day making prices on lumber that they 

 do not employ. This is a general complaint 

 among manufacturers of hardwood lumber, 

 and militates very seriously against the mak- 

 ing of sales by concerns who keep in close 

 touch with the Hardwood Eecord Bulletin 

 Service (and by so doing know exactly what 

 the prospective requirements of each concern 

 is) and thus quote only on items of stock 

 employed. 



It is a point well worth the consideration 

 of houses who send out miscellaneous litera- 

 ture without this advance knowledge. Such 

 circulars, stock-lists and priee-Usts become 

 simply a nuisance, besides taking a lot of 

 time and postage, and do not contribute to 

 the desired end, the making of sales. — Editor. 



Interested to Know How the Fight Came Out 



.Sheboygan, Wis., Jan. 12. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record ; Those letters from the young man who 

 is studying- forestry in Germany make a "hit'* 

 with us. Let's have some more of 'em. Am 

 anxious to know how the boxing match came out 

 which the American boys were going to pull off 

 for the benefit of the "Choimans." How did 

 they like it? 



The letters of one of Dr. Sehenck's forestry 

 students engaged now in the study of German 

 forests is certainly receiving a lot of enco- 

 miums from Hardwood Record readers. The 

 editor of the Recced envies every one of the 

 boys. Each one is having the time of his life, 

 and there is a lot of knowledge being picked 

 up by all of them, in spite of the good time 

 they are having. — Editor. 



One on the Record 



Last midsummer the C. L. Ritter Lumber 

 Company of Huntington, W. Va., with sev- 

 eral milling plants throughout the mountain 

 country, purchased a miU of the Yellow Pop- 

 lar Lumber Company located at Whitewood, 

 Va., and in addition took over a large area 

 of timber land nearby from which the Yel- 

 low Po])lar Lumber Company had exhausted 

 the poplar timber. This is all there is to 

 the transaction. 



Ever since that time the country press of 

 the entire West Virginia and mountain coun- 

 try has been pregnant with stories stating 

 that the C. L. Ritter Lumber Company had 

 practically bought out the Yellow Poplar 

 Lumber Company at Coal Grove, O., and had 

 acquired the timber holdings of this company, 

 etc. The Record was entirely cognizant of 

 the transaction for months and has been 

 practically laughing in its sleeve at the way 

 the lumber press was being worked by these 

 palpably inaccurate statements. Much to the 



