HARDWOOD RECORD 



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ber from the Weidman plant, which cleans up 

 an operation of many years* existence and one of 

 the eminently successful ones of Michigan. Mr. 

 Weidman left for the northern peninsula of Mich- 

 igan, where he and his father are interested in 

 sereral large timber properties, which eventually 

 they will probably operate. 



X. A. Gladding, vice-president and sales man- 

 ager of E. C. Atkins & Co., was a welcome Chi- 

 cago visitor on March 30. lie was on one of his 

 regular tours to the various branches of E. C. 

 Atkiu & Co. lie reports the volume of trade in 

 his line especially good at the present time. 



John W. Blodgett, the well-known capitalist 

 and timber man of Grand Rapids, Mich., was a 

 Record caller on March 29. 



A much appreciated visit was received by the 

 Record on March 29 from Frank rurcell, the well- 

 known walnut log purveyor and exporter of Kan- 

 sas City. Mr. Purcell was on his way to New 

 York on a business trip and expects to return to 

 Kansas City about April 15. 



J. W. McCausland, who has been manager of 

 the hardwood department of W. E. Kelley & Co. 

 for several years, has become identified with the 

 Southwestern Lumber & Box Company of New 

 Orleans. 



W. E. Kelley & Co., 201 Railway Exchange, this 

 city, was petitioned into bankruptcy a few days 

 ago. George .7. M. Porter was appointed receiver. 

 From a statement of the assets and liabilities, it 

 is fair to presume that the institution will pay 

 out in full. This concern has been largely in- 

 terested in PaciQc Coast woods, and has been 

 a large handler of these commodities for some 

 years. A recent railroad blockade delayed ship- 

 ments so that it was not able to secure delivery, 

 and the volume of stock tied up at mills in tran- 

 sit has caused this temporary embarrassment. 

 The sympathy of the entire trade Is with Mr. 

 Kelley and Allen J. Dou.gherty, his partner, in 

 this financial mix-up, but as before noted, the 

 assets are apparently ample to take care of the 

 total indebtedness, and leave a good margin for 

 the principals. 



The Record was favored with a call on March 

 25 from Vt. I. Barr of Greenfield, O. Mr. Barr, 

 in addition to operating a mill at Greenfield, is 

 also tlie principal in the Barr-Holaday Lumber 

 Company of Isola, Miss., where he produces about 

 6,000.000 feet of hardwoods annually, consisting 

 of oak, ash, gum, hickory and elm. 



J. C. Knox, secretary of the Michigan Hard- 

 wood JIanufacturers' Association, paid his re- 

 spects to the Record's sanctum on March 29. Mr. 

 Knox was in Chicago securing additional evi- 

 dence fur the Michigan Association's case before 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission, appealing 

 for a reduction of freight rates from lower penin- 

 sula points to the Pacific coast. 



The Record is Indebted to Frank E. Goodwin, 

 associate editor of "Farm Machinery" of St. 

 Louis, for a book entitled "Cost Accounting Path- 

 tinder." This work, although primarily written 

 fur the merchant, analyzes cost very thoroughly, 

 and is worthy of perusal by evcr.v business man 

 interested in knowing facts about this subject. 



The Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of 

 the United States, through its general office in 

 the First National Bank building, Cincinnati, has 

 just issued a new compendium of its hardwood 

 grading rules, a volume of 130 pages. The work 

 is very complete, and recites not only the grad- 

 ing rule-s in use by this association on all the do- 

 mestic hardwoods, but also covers Cuban, Mexi- 

 can and African mahogany, oak flooring, vehicle 

 and W'agon stock, dimension stock, cypress lum- 

 ber, etc. The price of this volume is 15 cents, 

 and a copy can he obtained through Lewis Dos- 

 ter, secretary of the association. 



C. H. Ketridge of Evanston, 111., has been se- 

 lected by the Board of Directors of the Ameri- 

 can Lumber Trades Congress as secretary of that 

 organization to succeed A. B. Wastell of Port- 

 land, Ore., who recently resigned as secretary of 

 the congress and also of the Oregon & Washing- 

 ton Lumber Manufacturcr-s' Association. Jlr. 

 Ketridge is well qualified to discharge the respon- 



sibilities of this new position. He will take up 

 his new duties In a few days. 



A. P. .Steele of the Carrier Lumber & Manufac- 

 turing Company, Sardis, Miss., was a recent 

 visitor to the Chicago trade. 



The first large lumber cargo to be received hy 

 water, for the season of 1910, arrived at the dock 

 of the Edward nines Lumber Company last week, 

 from Manistee. Mich. The cargo came on the 

 Jiaggie Marshall, and consisted of 500.000 feet of 

 birch and maple. 



Lewis R. Glavis, chief accuser of Secretary 

 Rallingor in the Pinchot controversy, recently 

 registered at the La Salic Hotel. His mission 

 in the city is somewhat of a mystery, but it 's 

 reported that he is on his way to Alaska and in- 

 tends to bring back .Tohn W. Dudley, former land 

 office registrar, to testify at Washington. 



The Fisher Furniture Company has been in- 

 corporated, with offices at 400 North May Street, 

 for the manufacture of mission furniture. 



Charles Westcott of the Hayden & Westcott 

 Lumber Company, Railway Exchange building, 

 has returned from a two weeks' visit to his son 

 at Amherst College. 



Rolf Thelea, who has charge of the timber- 

 testing operations at the Madison, Wisconsin. 

 Forest Products Laboratory, was in Chicago one 

 day last week on business. 



The G. W. Jones Lumber Company, with head- 

 quarters at Appleton, Wis., has taken out papers 

 of incorporation at Springfield, III., in order to 

 l>e able to operate under the laws of this state. 

 The new incorporation involves a capitalization 

 of $25,000. As formerly, the offices are in the 

 Railway Exchange building, Chicago, A. H. Rutn 

 being in charge. 



The John S. Benedict Lumber Company has in- 

 corporated under Illinois laws, with a capital of 

 $50,000, and will carry on the Inisiness heretofore 

 conducted by John S. Benedict. 



The new veneer and box factories of the 

 Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company at Greenville, 

 Miss., are completed .ind are already producing 

 daily an output of two and a half cars. The 

 new factories are an addition to the already ex- 

 tensive plant operated by this concern at Green- 

 ville. 



W. R. Smith of the Stearns Company, Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., recently visited Chicago on busi- 

 ness. There is a surprising demand for thick 

 maple stock in that region, and prices are now 

 $6 higher for such stock than at this time a year 

 ago. 



T. M. Brown of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lum- 

 ber- Company of Louisville, KJ-., was among the 

 distinguished Chicago visitors last week. 



The Record acknowledges receipt of a remark-* 

 ably handsome catalogue, showing the line of 

 chairs manufactured by the Kendallville Furni- 

 ture Company, Peru, Ind. It is one of the hand- 

 somest furniture catalogues that has reached this 

 office for many a day, and reflects credit* on the 

 artistic taste of the company's designer and 

 shows to good advantage the high-class dining- 

 chairs, rockers and mission furniture produced 

 by this company. 



The redoubtable Hon. John M. W'oods. mayor 

 of Somerville, Mass., has received an acceptance 

 from President Taft to visit Somerville on the 

 Fourth of July next. Probably the next "stunt" 

 John M. will do will be to secure the next an- 

 nual meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association at Somerville. 



S. N. Perrigo, Chicago manager for E. C. At- 

 kins & Co., reports a thriving and constantly inr 

 creasing business at the local office, 28 Lake 

 Street. From that office is handled all the Illi- 

 nois trade, as well as that of Wisconsin, along 

 certain lines, the main volume of luisiness being 

 with the general hardware houses. Besides band 

 saws and circular saws of all types and for all 

 purposes, Mr. Perrigo is responsible for the sale 

 of veneer knives, paper-trimming knives for pub- 

 lishers, metal-saws, ha<rk-saws, in fact anything 

 coming under that class of hardware, for which 



this territory offers an excellent and growing de- 

 mand. 



G. C. Pratt of the G. C. Pratt Lumber & Tie 

 Company recently returned from a business trip 

 in the South, and reports having purchased sev- 

 eral million feet of lumber. Mr. Pratt states 

 that members of the southern trade are some- 

 what disappointed in the poor opening of busi- 

 ness and in the low prices, but that as they ex- 

 pect good prices for the summer trade they are 

 not unduly disturbed. 



J. II. Suttboff, active head of the Insular Lum- 

 l>er Company, exploiters and dealers in Philip- 

 pine mahogany, was a recent visitor to Chicago, 

 enroute to the company's western office. Mr. 

 Suttboff states that there is already a fine trade 

 in Philippine mahogany along the Pacific coast, 

 and tliat most of the wood is used for interior 

 finish and sells for as much as $100 and $110. 



Wm. Jones, president of tife Jones-Woolfolk 

 Company, Lexington, Tenn., has been in Chi- 

 cago for several days booking orders for his con- 

 cern. An encouraging business is reported in 

 that section of the country and prices have re- 

 mained firm. 



Secretary McMulIen announces that the next 

 meeting of the Chicago Hardwood Exchange will 

 lake place at the La Salle Hotel, on April 23. 



F. L. Brown of Crandall & Brown left April 6 

 for a two weeks' trip through the South. He 

 will be back about the 20th. 



Among the welcome callers at the Record of- 

 fice during the past week were D. E'. Kline of the 

 well-known Louisville Veneer Mills, Louisville, 

 Ky., manufacturer of veneer, panels and thin 

 lumber, and Burdis Anderson of the Great Lakes 

 Veneer Company, Munising, Mich., specialist in 

 fancy birch and maple veneers. 



The Record is in receipt of a notice from the 

 B. Heinemann Lumber Company of Antigo and 

 Wausau. Wis., stating that a fire In the plant of 

 a corporation of a name similar to theirs has 

 resulted in the report that this company has suf- 

 fered from a fire loss. The B. Heinemann Lum- 

 ber Company has had no fire and Its plant 

 is In daily operation with a good stock of lumber 

 on hand. 



The Keith Lumber Company is opening up a 

 new yard at Loomis and 22d street, to receive 

 northern hardwoods. As yet no dock facilitie-5 

 have been provided. 



H. H. Heftier of the Herman Hettler Lumber 

 Company returned from a pleasure trip to Flor- 

 ida on April 9. Mr. Hettler has been enjoying 

 some very exciting and successful tarpon fishing 

 on the Florida coast. 



The Belton Lumber Company is a new Chicago 

 institution, which engaged In the hardwood busi- 

 ness on March 15 last. Edwin F. Moore is presi- 

 dent and treasurer and Walter F. Clark is secre- 

 tary. The office is located at 512 Union Bank 

 building, 115 Dearborn street. C. L. Wallace is 

 the company's buyer and salesman. 



NEW YORK 



Secretary Lewis Doster of the Hardwood Man- 

 ufacturers' Association, headquarters Cincinnati, 

 ()., spent several days in town the past week. 

 He brought with him good reports of the hard- 

 wood manufacturing trade. 



TherL' has been a great deal of activity among 

 the local lumber trade in connection with the 

 tlireatened apjilication of the maximum clause of 

 the present tariff law against Canada, but 

 wliich event, it has just been announced, has 

 been happily averted. Had the maximum clause 

 foue into effect it would have practically made 

 the importation of Canadian lumber of all kinds 

 impossible. Headed by Colonel W. M. Cromble 

 and Van W. Tyler, a big delegation of lumber- 

 men waited on Secretary Knox at Washington 

 on March 23. at which time the lumbermen's 

 cause was ably presented by Governor Prouty of 

 Vermont, L. P. Graves of Buffalo and F. E. 

 I'arker of Saginaw. The delegation received 

 considerable assurances and, as is well known. 



