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factiired articles as lath, shingles, cabinet 

 ware, house furniture, etc., showed, on the 

 other hand, a slight falling off in most lines, 

 compared with 1909 figures. 



The total exports of wood and wood manu- 

 factures approximated in March, 1910, $7,160,- 

 000, which was a decided advance over the 

 volume of trade for 1909, in that month. For 

 the term of nine months ending March, 1910, 

 the total value of exports amounted to $54,- 

 970,000, .which is likewise a very material in- 

 crease. Ag in the case of iron and steel in- 

 dustries, a much more varied line of articles 

 is exported from this country than is shipped 

 in from outside, and with but few exceptions 

 an added trade is indicated by the figures. 



The exportation of rough timbers, hewn and 

 sawn, and the various other types of unmanu- 

 factured lumber such as logs and firewood, has 

 not been as active as was anticipated and 

 hoped for. There was a considerable falling 

 off in the value of logs and other round tim- 

 bers, clearing from American ports, and a 

 summary of the whole indicates that there 

 were exported in March about $45,000 less of 

 this class of lumber than in that month a 

 year ago. The total value for the nine months 

 was $9,725,000. The United Kingdom, as in 

 various other lines, took more of this shipment 

 than any other country, the total export to her 

 ports being $459,300 for March. Belgium 

 ranks next, being ahead of both France and 

 Germany. 



A contrary condition is evident for this 

 month, in the export trade of such manufac- 

 tured lumber as boards, deals, joists, planks, 

 scantling, etc., the total volume of which was 



for March 157,580,000 board feet, valued at 

 about $3,500,000. For the nine-month period 

 before referred to, the value of exports showed 

 an increase of about $0,000,000 over that 

 period for last year, and amounted to $26,- 

 340,000. The United Kingdom was, of course, 

 by far the leading importing market, and as 

 in the last named instance, Belgium ranked 

 second. Such by-products as shingles, staves, 

 heading and shooks of all kinds, and sash, 

 doors and blinds, all showed a weakening both 

 in quantity and in value of export, except the 

 last named group, and box shooks. 



The furniture manufacturers report a grati- 

 fying advance in foreign trade, over figures 

 for 1909, of more than $100,000, the whole 

 volume of export being $520,000. Cooperage 

 firms also are on a better footing with the 

 foreign market, the sale of hogshead and 

 empty barrels almost doubling for March the 

 figure which existed for that month in 1909 

 and footing up to about $44,000. Wood pulp, 

 valued at $36,000, was shipped from American 

 ports during March. This is about $2,500 

 less than the value of March exports a year 

 ago. For the nine-month period ending in 

 March there were 12,800,000 pounds exported, 

 the value being $265,000, a very material les- 

 sening in foreign trade over last year 's figures. 



While the merchandise trade in general 

 showed an increase along all lines, both in 

 shipments and in receipts, and for the period 

 named resulted in a favorable balance of trade 

 for this country, money shipments for the 

 nine months were in favor of the foreign mar- 

 ket, with an excess of exported gold and 

 silver over that brought in of $53,613,000. 



NeWs Miscellany 



A Magnificent Lumber Office 



The accompanying picture is not a Carnegie 

 library, but the handsome, modern and unusually 

 complete ofBce building at Cadillac, Mich., built 

 and occupied by Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., the 

 Mitchell Brothers Company, and the Cadillac 

 Chemical Company. Although this office was 



built two years ago, it has but recently been 

 fully completed and equipped. The structure is 

 of white pressed brick, with Bedford stone trim- 

 mings and approaches. The main floor is divided 

 into sundry offices for the accommodation of the 

 officers of the various institutions, directors' 

 rooms, offices for superintendents, sales man- 



ager, sales departments, etc. The basement is 

 fitted up for a club room and general meeting 

 place for the heads ot all managerial and oper- 

 ating departments. In these rooms are held the 

 meetings of the Cadillac Lumbermen's Associa- 

 tion, which includes all the lumber manufac- 

 turing institutions of the city. In addition to 

 the main club room, there is a dining-room, with 

 adjoining kitchen, lavatory, bath rooms, etc. 



The interior of the building is beautifully deco- 

 rated, the woodworli of each room is o£ a 

 standard type of Michigan woods, and all 'arc 

 different, some being finished in natural tones 

 and others in imitation of mahogany. The main 

 club room in the basement is finished in grey 

 cim, while the dining-room is in stained hemlock, 

 which, incidentally, is the most striking room in 

 the building. The woods used throughout the 

 building are maple, beech, birch, grey elm and 

 hemlock. 



This structure is probably the handsomest and 

 best arranged lumber office building in the United 

 States, and reflects credit on the enterprise ot 

 the owners in building such a structure, which 

 beautifies the city as well as affords handsome 

 and comfortable headquarters for the trans- 

 action of their business affairs. 



There is another oflice building in Cadillac 

 that is fully as ornate and in some respects 

 even handsomer in general finish — the home of 

 the Cummer-Diggins Company, Murphy & Dig- 

 gins, and the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association. 



They not only do things well at Cadillac, but 

 do them in the best way possible. This is not 

 only true of the lumber and flooring they manu- 

 facture, but in the general conduct of ail their 

 business affairs. 



New Eastern Concern 



The Cumberland Lumber Company, manufac- 

 turer and dealer in southern lumber, is a recent 

 incorporation under Connecticut laws, with of- 

 fices at S39 Main street, Hartford. The concern 

 will specialize in oak, ash, hickory, whitewood, 

 gum and pine. The company has a mill at 

 Peavie, Tenn., where it is building a railroad 

 to the plant ; it will soon be ready to ship lum- 

 ber. The officers are C. E. White, president ; D. 

 C. Hayes, vice president ; C. T. Roe, treasurer ; 

 F. J. Allen, assistant and E. M. Yeomans, sec- 

 retary. 



Prominent Maryland Concern Incorporates 



The Billmeypr Lumber Company, the well- 

 i;nown hardwood manufacturer and wholesaler 

 at Cumberland, Md., lias incorporated under the 

 same style to continue the business heretofore 

 carried on as a partnership under the same 

 name, consisting of A. H. Frank and H. D. Bill- 

 meyer. The incorporated company purchased 

 the assets and has taken over the liabilities of 

 the old partnership. 



The Biilmeyer concern has long been known 

 for its specialties in Flint sawn white oak and 

 heavy ship, dock, and breaker timber and plank. 

 It has built up a large eastern trade and is en- 

 joying excellent and constantly growing business. 

 The officers of the incorporated concern are A. 

 H. Biilmeyer, president : Frank Biilmeyer, vice- 

 president ; H. D. Biilmeyer, secretary-treasurer. 



HANDSOME OFFICE BUILDING OF COBBS & MITCHELL, INC.. AND THE MITCHELL BROS. CO. 



CADILLAC, MICH. ' 



The Timber Industry In Russia 

 Consul-general John H. Snodgrass of Moscow 

 states that the Russian Empire ranks far ahead 

 "f any other world power in the extent of Its 

 timber resources, the value and quality of two- 

 thirds of which are practically unknown. 



He states that the total area of the Russian 

 empire is 8,647,657 square miles, which is about 

 one-seventh of the entire landed area of the 

 globe, and 37 per cent of this territory Is for- 

 ested. The Russian government owns 65 per 

 cent of the total forest area, or almost 1,000,- 

 000,000 acres. 



Estimates state that In western Siberia alone 

 there are approximately 465,000,000 acres of virgin 



