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HARDWOOD RECORD 



A vei'v valuable inachiue in the liriKnii 

 handle business is the tumbler for dryin}; and 

 l.oliHliing the handles after they are fumed 

 to shajie. This machine is made of steel and 

 aecomplislK s Iho drying and polishing of 

 liaiulles in nuu-h less time than by the olil 

 nietliiid. i-ouddning the two processes of dry- 

 ing and ]iolishing. The Cadillac Machine Com 

 pany. manufacturer of a complete line of 

 lirooMi li:in<lle nuudiinerv, makes a particularly 

 \:dualdc type cf sited tuinliler. 



Meeting Philadelphia Exchange 



rill' rcRular numthly meeting ot the Lum- 

 liirnicu's Exclumgo was lield February '■^. Presi- 

 <ient Herbert Uoljinson occupied the clinir. l)ut 

 as he was oliligert to leave befori' the close i.r 

 llie sessicni to attend the annual meeting of tln' 

 Xew Vcirk Lumber Trade Association. Viee- 

 I'rcsidc-ui I''riinklin A. Smith presided over the 

 remainder nf tlie meeting. 11. fl. Iiain<M- ^^ Co. 

 weie .leiii'd to membership iu tbi' I'.xcbange. 



S. B. Vrooman. chairman of the Forestry Cum- 

 niittee, who with Frederick S. rnderhili at- 

 tended the twenty-ninth annual meeting of the 

 American Forestry Association, held at Wash- 

 ington. .Tnnuary l.s-in. presented the following 

 ivpiu-t : 



At a ineeloig of the advisory boiu-il ii -.vus 

 decided III employ speakers to delivei- illustrated 

 lectures iu different localities ou forestry and 

 arouse sonu- enthusiasm on the subject, at b'asf 

 plan a campaign of education. A the banquet 

 speeches were made li.v the president: bv .Mr. 

 (iuild. former chief forester, and Mr. I'i'ucbol. 

 wbii reciov.-d a splendid ovation and who .issiu-eil 

 tbe members that the new chief would carrv out 

 the policy thai he himself had outlined: Maxwell 

 also made a whirlwind speech, pointing out I be 

 evils of deforestation and the pressing need uf 

 Immedinie aclion in aeijuiring the Aiiiialaebiau 

 and Wiiite .Mountain reserves and an.\- otiiei- de- 

 sirable tracts of timber hinds that raighl be 

 secured. At thi' meeting on Wednesday there 

 was considerable discussion and an adclri-ss, was 

 made by the chairman of the Women's Clubs of 

 the I'nited States, who assured the convention 

 that somelhing was liound to happen now, .-is 

 from now on the association would have the help 

 of XOO.dOii women, who were all desply inter- 

 ested in I he preservation ot our forests, and wlm 

 would bring the ne/ds of the cause before ■•the 

 man beliiml the roast." and either induce him 

 lo do somelhing or roast him. A list of the rep- 

 resentatives who voted for or against the Weeks 

 bill on .March 1. l!)ii!i. was circulated and a 

 motion was passed unanimously that each lann- 

 berman's i;xchange take the linatter up in the 

 differenl slates and tiud out. if possible, why 

 those who voted against the hill did so and if 

 possible get them to vote for the bill when ii 

 coi.nes up in the present Congress. 



Your committee would recommend I bat the 

 representatives of our own state be requesteil to 

 vote for the bill. It feels encouraged and hope- 

 ful of something being eventually accomplisheil. 

 S. 1!. Vroo-MAx. Chairman. 



The ripiiii from the Car Demurrage Hureau 

 of I'hiladelphia stated that during the monlh of 

 .lanuary there were received in the vicinity ot 

 I'hiladelphia t.T.jO cars ot lumber, amounting 



to IJ.-i.S-IIII.OIIII tei-t. 



New Red Book Out 



'I'lii' Ited Book, published by the Lumbermen's 

 Credit .\ssocialion. has just made its semi-annual 

 appearance. It is a careful revision of iire- 

 vions edit ions and shows the usual increase in 

 size commensurate with the growth of the trade 

 it has faithfully served for more than a (|uarter 

 of a century. William Clancy, president ot the 

 institution, is uncompromising in his de'volion 

 to the business he founded and therefore it re- 

 ceives the beneHt of his mature judgment iu all 

 matters appertaining to the agency business. 

 Tlic agency is free from entanglements with 

 outside intltiences or affiliations with business 

 men in the lumber trade, so that every clement 

 of favoritism is eliminated and reports and 

 ratings are bound to be unbiased, which ac- 



counts tor the Red Book service being generally 

 i-ecognized as the authority for lumber credit 

 iiitornmtion. The Red Book has a larger circu- 

 lation tlian other publications designed for the 

 same trade and more care Is exercised and more 

 money is spent Judiciously in securing accurate 

 information ; therefore, those who place quality 

 above the idea of saving a few dollars on the 

 inilial cost of a credit service should subscribe 

 fur 111.' lied Book. 



Meeting Memphis Lumbermen's Club 



The semi-miinthl.v meeting of the Lumber- 

 men's Club of Memphis was held at the Hotel 

 Cayoso. February 5. at 1 o'clock, and the usual 

 . luncheon was served. One of the features of 

 I he gathering was the discussion of the co- 

 iilJeration of the club with the committee of 

 forly appoinled by the Business Men's Club frimi 

 among the business organizations of Memphis in 

 bringing new industries to this city and in 

 otherwise increasing the prestige of Memphis in 

 the matter of population and commercial ami 

 industrial importance. There were si'veral 

 members of this committee pivsent who ad- 

 dressed (he chill, including C. I'. .1. Mooney. 

 managing editor of the Memphis Commercial 

 -Vppeal : President Tutwiler of the Memiihis 

 Street Itallway Company : President F. W. 

 Faxon of tlu' Business Meu's Club, and F. X. 

 Fisher, supei-iutimdent of the Louisville i\c Nasli- 

 \'ille Railroad, with headquarters ai .Meiiipbis. 

 At the last meeting of the club. C. 1). Ueu- 

 drickson inlroduced I'esolutions providing for the 

 appointment of a committee of five to solicit 

 funds to be used in bringing new woodworking 

 enterprises to Memphis. His resolutions were 

 referred to the publicity committee, who. after 

 a conference with the committee of forty from 

 the Business Men's Club, recommended that the 

 Lundiermen's Club join with the committee of 

 lorly in efforts to secure new woodworking en- 

 terprises instead of launching an individual 

 movement of its own to the same end. This 

 recommendation was accepted by the Lumber- 

 men's Club and the latter wdll have representa- 

 tion on the executive committee of ten as well 

 as on the larger committee ot forty. The club 

 does not. as an organization, agree to jiay any 

 specilied amount, but the lumber firms in Mem- 

 iihis \\ill be asked to make such contributions 

 as I bey may be able iu connection with this 

 matler. 



W. U. Barksdale. ebairman c<f the ontenain- 

 uient committee, recommended Februar.v 21 as 

 the dale tor the annual banquet of the club. 



.1. W. Thompson, one ot the trustees of the 

 Xaiional Wholesab' Lumtier Dealers' Associa- 

 tion, appealed to the lumbermen present to at- 

 tend the annual convention of that body which 

 will be held at Hotel Sinton, Cincinnati, March 

 U and '.',. He furthermore moved that a com- 

 mittee of three be appointed to represent the 

 Lumbermen's Club at that gathering. This com- 

 mittee will be appointed by President S. C. 

 .Major. Jlessrs. Thompson and Starke will spend 

 some time diudng the coming week in solicit- 

 ing new members for the association. 



Three new associate members were elected : 

 W. E. lloshall of Iloshall & McDonald. New 

 urieans; .lohn McDonald of .dcDonald Brothers. 

 Helena, Ark., and W. T. TTpdegraff of the 

 Helena IIooi) Company, Helena, Ark. Mr. 

 Iloshall was the first secretary ot the Liuniier 

 men's Club of Memphis and it was in his office 

 that the club was launched. 



Resolutions were offered by the resolutions 

 committee in connection with the recent death 

 of I. M. Darnell, president of the Darnell- 

 Taenzer Lumber Company. These were formally 

 adopted by the club, copies were ordered spread 

 on I he minutes and also sent to the family ot 

 the deceased. 



New Wholesale Concern for New York 



The DeWitt Lnmber Company, a recent cor- 

 jjoralion under New York laws, has opened 

 offices at 1 Madison avenue. The officers are 

 George DeWitt, president and general manager: 

 .Tohn II. Ilillman, .secretary and treasurer. The 

 company will wholesale a general line of lum- 

 ber, making hardwoods a .specialty. 



(ieorge DeWitt is a popular young lumber- 

 man and one born to the trade: his affable smile 

 and pleasant personality renders him always a 

 pleasing party to deal with. 



He started in the lumber business about 

 iwenly years ago with the Laurel Hill Lumber 

 <'ompany at Somerset, Pa., commencing as lum- 

 ber handler in its yards. After a short period 

 he was promoted to the carrying of slabs, and 

 later filled every position connected with a 

 portable sawmill. After remaining some time 

 with this company he spent a year in the woods 

 tiiv the Otter Creek Lumber Company, after 

 which he accepted a position with the Mackie 

 Lumber Company of Piedmont, W. Va., with 

 wdiieh he remained about seven years as lum- 

 ber inspector, afterwards going with J. H. 

 I'.ecker & Co. of Marietta, which firm was finally 

 incorporaied under the name of Barr & Mills, 

 /.anesville. (I. He went East about five years 

 ago, when Barr & Jlills opened an office in 

 Xew York City, making his lieadquarters in 

 I'hiladelphia. A little more than two years ago 

 he took charge of the hardwood department for 

 Horace (i. Ha-iard & Co. ot I'hiladelphia. which 

 concern he succeeds in the hardwood end of 

 I be business. 



Destructive Baltimore Fire 



.V most destructive tire on Februar.v 1 swept 

 away the yard and stock of the Eisenhauer- 

 MacLea Company, on Central avenue, between 

 Eastern and Canton avenues, Baltimore, Md., 

 and destroyed other property in the neighbor- 

 hood to a value of more than .$300,000. The 

 stock of the Eisenhauer-JIacLea Company, the 

 largest and best assorted in the city, was com- 

 posed of tine grades of mahogany, walnut, oak, 

 ash, chestnut, poplar and other woods, and was 

 especially heavy at this time, as the company 

 was lu-eparing for a lirisk demand. Daniel Mac 

 Lea. a member of the company, estimates that 

 there was not less than 3.01)0.000 feet of all 

 kinds of woods in the sheds and adjoining yard. 

 Most of this stock was in tine condition, being 

 luider cover, and was perfectly dry. so that 

 when it began to burn there was no checking 

 I be tlanies. 



For hours the lire raged and the piles of 

 charred lumber smotildered for several days. 

 The cause of the blaze is unknown. The Eisen- 

 hauer-MacLea Company was well insured. It 

 has seeiM-ed a temporary office at Eastern and 

 Ccntrttl avenues, iu what was formerly a sa- 

 loon. It will be difficult, however, to assemble 

 such a fine stock of hardwoods as that de- 

 stroyed, which included mahogan.v and other 

 ( Iioice woods lliat had been seasoning for years 

 and required nuieh time and patience to 



Cce Manufacturing Company Reorganized 



Tlu' Coe Manufacturing Compan.v, Painesville, 

 O., has emerged from its receivership with a 

 complete reorganization, all creditors of the 

 concern luiving been satistied. 



The new directorate consists of the following 

 meu : 



R. C. Moody, president Cleveland Machine & 

 .Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, O. : A. W. 

 I';ilenherger, president Worden Tool Compan.v, 

 Cleveland, O. : Ira B. Bassett. president Bassett- 

 Presley Company. Cleveland, O. : L. .T. Cameron, 

 cashier Central National Bank, Cleveland, O. : 

 F. M. Murray, president Painesville National 

 Bank. I'aincsville, <). : H. A. Hammer, attorney, 

 I'ainesville, O. 



The officers are R. C. Moody, president ; F. H. 

 Murray, vice-president : Geo. P. Steele, treas- 



