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shortage in supply, and the increased demand 

 will naturally force up prices. 



(4) Answering your question as to whether 

 we will increase our output during the next six 

 mouths, would state it is probable we will grad- 

 ually do so. We always aim to .see that our 

 output does not exceed our sales, but as our 

 sales have been very heavy for the past month 

 it will be necessary to increase our output con- 

 siderably, if the present demand continues, and 

 we anticipate that it will, especially in a manner 

 above the average for the past year or two. 



Trusting this is the information desired, and 

 with best regards, we remain, Yours very truly, 

 J. W. Darling Ll-.mber Cumpany, 



R. L. Gilbert. 



Opinion of a Prominent Pittsturg Concern 



rittsburg. Pa., September 5, 1910. 

 The Hakdwood Record, Chicago, III. 



Gentlemen : Answering yours of the 2oth of 

 August, we are glad to advise that the market 

 on all the better grades of hardwood is in a 

 very satisfactory condition. ■ The demand seems 

 to be active and our stoclis are getting satisfac- 

 tory prices as soon as they are ready for ship- 

 ment. About the only thing that is dragging is' 

 sound wormy chestnut, which is apparently just 

 a shade better than it has been for some time. 



We are producing more hardwood than we 

 ever did before and our stoclss are sold close to 

 the saw on all better grades. We don't look 

 for any special improvement or decline in price 

 on hardwood this fall but if anything It ought 

 to be a little stronger. 



We anticipate, barring accidents, to continue 



our present output for several years to come, 

 aggregating 650,000 feet a day. 

 Yours very truly, 



E. V. Babcock & Co. 



Says Prices Axe Finn, Demand Sluggish 

 NAsnviLLEj Texn., Sept. 1, 1910. 

 Hardwood Record, Chicago, 111. 



Gentlemen : In answer to your inquiry of the 

 24th ult., would say that the volume of the 

 trade with us has been about the same, if not 

 better, during the last sixty days as during the 

 same period in 1909. The stock of lumber on 

 hand is about the same as last year, but we have 

 been cutting for the last four months more than 

 has been shipped. Prices are firm, demand very 

 sluggish, and we do not look for improvement 

 over present conditions earlier than October 1. 

 Yours very truly, John B. Raxsom & Co. 



Per B. B. 



Conditions with a Well-Known Fort Wayne 

 House 



Fort Wayne, Ind., September 2, 1910. 

 The Hardwood Record, Chicago. 111. 



Gentlemen : Your favor August 25. This is 

 our dull season, but sales are keeping up to 

 the average, if not better than a year ago. 



Our stock of dry lumber is much lower than 

 it was a year ago. We anticipate a good, big 

 fall trade. Present prices are satisfactory and 

 we see no indication of values declining. Our 

 Imsiness for next year will probably average 

 about like the past. Yours truly, 



Perrine-Armstrong Co. 



Van B. Perrine. 



The Record's jVf emp/?f5 Issue 



The last issue of Hardwood Eecord, which 

 was very largely devoted to the exploitation 

 of the timber, lumber and agricultural re- 

 sources of Memphis and vicinity, seems to 

 have been highly appreciated by the trade of 

 that city and district. 



The Kecokd is indebted to the News- 

 Scimetar of Memphis for the following re- 

 view of this issue: 



With page after page of almost dramatic facts, 

 figures and illustrations, the current issue of 

 Hardwood Record, a well known Chicago lumber 

 Journal, presents a strong argument for the 

 claims of Jlemphis as the ruler supreme of the 

 hardwood market. 



Pleasing especially to Memphis lumber inter- 

 ests and members of the Bureau of Publicity and 

 Development is the fact that the article has not 

 been measured by the manager of the advertising 

 department. It is an exploitation of Memphis 

 generously donated to the movement to improve 

 local hardwood conditions. 



The write-up of Jlemphis Is what may be called 

 a true "fairy story." From beginning to end It 

 sparkles with statements which are both thrilling 

 and wonderful. And every line of the entire 

 treatise is backed up by figures taken from cold, 

 hard statistics. 



The front cover of tlie magazine shows that 

 something concerning Memphis is spread over 

 the inside pages. At the very top of the front 

 cover, over the name of the journal, appears the 

 Me'mpbis lurabermen's challenge. "Memphis, the 

 Iliib of the Hardwood World." The first thing to 

 catch the eye of the reader in the middle of the 

 magazine is a picture of .Lames V,. Stark, the 

 woll-known local hardwood man. while opposite 

 his likeness is an article, featuring Mr. Stark, on 

 ■•BuibiiTs of Lumber History." From page 36 to 

 page 72, Inclusive, along with a beautiful gallery 

 of h.Tlf-tone art, is one of the best industrial 

 romances that has ever been written. This city, 

 with its immense garden of hardwood, stretching 

 through parts of Missouri, Louisiana, Arkansas. 



Tennessee and Mississippi, is taken from the time 

 of Don Gayoso in 1784, to the present, each line 

 of the description being a leap of development 

 and the conclusion finding Memphis exactly what 

 it has grown to be, "The Hub of the Hardwood 

 World." 



But the article in Hardwood Record does not 

 neglect the hundreds of other virtues claimed by 

 Memphis. The lumber feature is the feature of 

 the story, but liberal attention is paid to the 

 Bluff City's excellence in other directions. 



The article is one worth the time and atten- 

 tion of even those who are, best acquainted with 

 •the Memphis hardwood market. 



Tlie Commercial Appeal of Memphis also 

 eulogizes on the :Memphis story in the fol- 

 lowing : 



"Memphis, the Hub of the Hardwood World," 

 is the title of an exhaustive write-up which ap- 

 pears in the August 25 issue of the Hardwood 

 Record, a prominent Chicago lumber journal. 

 The article consumes thirty-seven pages, and 

 while the lumber industry is featured, there is 

 a great deal of data pertaining to the manifold 

 resources of Memphis and her wonderful terri- 

 tory in other lines. 



One hundred aud sixty engravings, ranging in 

 width from a single column to two pages, are 

 employed in the illustration of the Memphis 

 article, a staff photographer having spent weeks 

 in gathering the photographs. Views of up-town 

 business sections, public buildings, office build- 

 ings, the great stretch of river front, the lumber 

 industries of North and South Memphis and pho- 

 tographs of more than a half hundred prominent 

 Memphis lumbermen are presented In attractive 

 form. It also includes views of many big lum- 

 ber industries outside of Memphis but in the 

 Memphis territory. 



Coming at a time when Memphis is in the 

 midst of a great publicity campaign, launched 

 by the bureau of publicity and development of 

 (he Business Men's Club, the article in the trade 

 paper is calculated to do much toward making 

 the movement successful. The most gratifying 

 feature is the fact that the big article comes in 



the nature of a gift to the bureau from the mem- 

 bers of the lumber interests of Memphis, who are 

 responsible for its appearance. 



Attached herewith are several letters of 

 encomiums from lumbermen and others re- 

 ferring to this number of the Eecord: 



Memphis. Aug. 28. — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 ord : Replying to your letter of August 25. 

 Copy of the Memphis Special Issue of Hardwood 

 Record has been received. 



As a member of the Bureau of Publicity, I de- 

 sire to compliment you upon the manner of the 

 advertising for the Bureau. I feel sure it will 

 do the town a great deal of good. The adver- 

 tisements for the hotels are more than satis- 

 factory. 



Hoping we may have the pleasure of seeing 

 you in Memphis again soon. Very truly, 



HoTBi. Gayoso, 

 A. L. Parker, Asst. Manager. 

 Memphis, Aug. 30. — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 ord : We have yours of the 25th inst., which 

 was received during the absence of the writer 

 from the city, hence our delay in replying. 



We wish to compliment you on the Memphis 

 issue which you have just gotten out. It is a 

 great credit not only to Memphis, but to your 

 paper. We feel that it will do a great deal of 

 good. Even to a careless observer it reveals 

 the immense amount of work, expense and trouble 

 which you put Into this issue, and we are very 

 glad that we had the opportunity to join the 

 other Memphis lumbermen and make this splen- 

 did issue possible. 



We shall distribute the hundred copies which 

 you have sent us in accordance with your sug- 

 gestions. We will send a good many of them 

 abroad. 



Thanking you, we remain. Yours truly. 



Bellgeade Lumber Co., 

 J. W. McClure, Sec. & Treas. 

 Memphis, Aug. 29. — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 ord : We are in receipt of the Memphis issue 

 of the Hardwood Record, August 2oth. We 

 wish to compliment you on this issue. It is of 

 great credit to yourselves and we feel that it 

 will be of great benefit to Memphis and Memphis 

 lumbermen. 



■ There is one error which you make, however, 

 in the personnel of the C. D. Hendrickson Lum- 

 ber Co., and we are going to ask you to correct 

 in some future issue. Y'ou give M. H. Price as 

 secretary and treasurer of this company. Mr. 

 Price has not been connected with this com- 

 pany for eighteen months, Mr. E. E. Sweet, our 

 sales manager, having succeeded Mr. Price as 

 secretary and treasurer. Yours very truly, 

 C. D. Hexdrickson Lumber Co., 



By C. D. Hendrickson. 



Charleston, Miss., .Vug. 30. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : We have your kind favor of the 

 25th and note you are sending us by express 

 prepaid one hundred copies of the special Mem- 

 phis issue of Hardwood Record of August 25. 



We wish to thank you for sending us these 

 copies and assure you we will take pains to 

 send them out where they will do the most 

 good. 



We received cur regular copies through the 

 mail, and spent a good portion of yesterday in 

 reading them. We surely appreciate what you 

 have done in exploiting the hardwood business 

 in Memphis and the lower Mississippi valley, 

 and especially that which you have said about 

 our interests and the cuts shown of our opera- 

 tions. We really believe the efforts you have 

 made will prove very beneficial to the entire 

 lumber interests in this vicinity. 



With kind regards from the writer, we are. 

 Wry truly, 



Lamb-Fish Lumber Company. 

 A. G. Fritchey, Sales Manager. 

 Memphis. Tenn., Sept. l.^Bditor Hardwood 

 Record : We acknowledge receipt of your 

 letter of the 23th ult., which we have delayed 



