HARDWOOD RECORD 



rurLAK SQUARES A SPECIALTY 



TRUCK LOADS OP WIDE CLEAR POI'LAIt 



are assorted from 7 to 17 iDclifs wide in %, %, 1, I14, 114 and 2 

 inch thicknesses, while 2V6. ;! and ^ inch thicknesses are put up 

 in wiilths of from 7 inches u;i. 



I'lear saps are manufactured in standard thicknesses of from % 

 to 2 inches, inclusive, and are piled 4 inches and up in width. 

 Selects are manufactured in standard thicknesses from % to 4 

 inches and assorted 6 inches and up in width. 



Xo. 1 (-'iimmon is made from % to 4 inches in thickness and 

 a.ssorted 5 inches and up. 



Xo. 1 Common and Xo. .S Common are assorted in the same way. 



The company also makes i|uarter-sawed poplar in firsts and 

 seconds, X^o. 1 Common and X'o. 2 Common, in thicknesses of 1 

 inch and 1% inches, for special trade. It makes a limited amount 

 of poplar squares in 4x4, .5x5, 6x6, 7x7, 8x8, 9x9, 10x10 and 12x12 

 inches, in both I-'iists and Seconds and Xo. 1 Common. 



.Another grade of yellow poplar manufactured by this company 

 is l-inch v.agon box boards, nut up in widths of from 8 to 12 

 inches and 13 to 17 inches. Eailroad car sign-board stock is an- 

 other grade in 2 inch thicknesses put up in 13 to 17-inch widths 

 and running from 12 to 16 feet and from 18 to 29 feet long. Bevel 

 siding is a specialty of the Yellow Poplar Company. This is made 

 in 4-inch, 5-inch and 6-inch widths and in grades of No. 1 Selects. 

 X'o. 1 Common and Xo. 2 Common. 



It also manufactures patent or drop siding in the same widths. 

 It produces ceiling and partition in X'o. 1, No. 1 Common and No. 

 2 Common, in thicknesses of "<-ineii, '/4-inch, %-ineh, ^-inch and 

 l?-inch. 



Further specializing in yellow poplar, the company produces 

 dimension stock surfaced two sides to {i in widths of 3, 4, 5, 

 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 inches. Several grades of this stock are 

 embraced in No. 1 Selects, Nn. 1 Common and No. 2 Common. 

 It also assorts special widths of rough stock in the same way. 



Beyond this assorting to si^es for the accommodation of its 



trade, the Yellow Poplar Lumber Company manufactures practi- 

 cally all specialties that can be made out of yellow poplar lumber. 

 This includes mouldings of all patterns, moulded base, casing, 

 electric wire casing, etc. 



The rough unmerchantable .-rock produced by the company is 

 remanufactured into box shocks and crating. For all this variefy 

 of work, in addition to its big sawmill equipment, the Yellow 

 Poplar Lumber Company employs a big battery of high-class dry- 

 kiins and a modern planing mill, each machine of which is equipped 

 with an individual electric drive. 



There is probably more attention given to the intricate details 

 involved in the fine manipulation of yellow poplar lumber and 

 its products by this concern than by any other in the United 

 States. The nature of the work demands thorough organization 

 and accurate systems in every t'epartment. 



To a great extent the employees cf the Yellow Poplar Lumber 

 Company have been brought up in the institution. It is only 

 through years of experience and training that competent subor- 

 dinates have been secured to handle all the manifold details of 

 this system of fine manipulation on absolutely correct lines, involv- 

 ■ ing, as it does, the acme of uniform inspection. 



The Yellow Poplar Lumber Company, the largest producer of 

 yellow poplar lumber in the world, makes it a part of its business 

 religion to take care of all its customers. If the company has an 

 opportunity to sell out a particular line or grade of stock com- 

 pletely it refuses to accept the business, since it feels itself in dutv 

 bound to care for the prospective wants of its regular trade. Per- 

 haps a good many patrons of the Y'ellow Poplar Lumber Company 

 are unmindful of this fact, but repeatedly the writer has seen 

 the sales manager of the Yellow Poplar Lumber Company turn 

 down desirable orders simply to comply with the policy of the 

 house to be ready at all times to protect the requirements of its 

 regular established trade. 



