Hardwood floors are very popular features in new homes. Many individuals are also installing hardwood floors when they renovate their residences. Consumers realize that this feature adds value to their investment.

We have 90% more hardwood standing inventory in U.S. forests than we did 60 years ago. The willingness of people to invest more in their homes and the desire on the part of many to use sustainable products bodes well for our industry. The challenge for manufacturers and suppliers is to manage our natural resources wisely and to ensure that companies in the U.S. are being as competitive as possible.

If the Chinese can't buy U.S. products, they'll buy them from European countries and then develop stronger economic ties with France and Germany and perhaps side more with those countries when international issues flare up.

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.

What worries you, masters you.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.