. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN and WOOD-WORKER Volume XXVIII. Number 4. TORONTO. MONTREAL - APRIL. 1907 WINNIPEG. VANCOUVER THE MUNIFICENCE OF A CANADIAN- AMERICAN LUMBERMAN. The people of Canada are indebted to dif- ferent capitalists Tor magnificent gifts in the interest of education. Of some of these bene- factors little has been heard, and to this class belongs Mr. M. F. Rittenhouse, now a resident of Chicago, and one of the leading lumber- men of the United States. Mr. Rittenh
. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN and WOOD-WORKER Volume XXVIII. Number 4. TORONTO. MONTREAL - APRIL. 1907 WINNIPEG. VANCOUVER THE MUNIFICENCE OF A CANADIAN- AMERICAN LUMBERMAN. The people of Canada are indebted to dif- ferent capitalists Tor magnificent gifts in the interest of education. Of some of these bene- factors little has been heard, and to this class belongs Mr. M. F. Rittenhouse, now a resident of Chicago, and one of the leading lumber- men of the United States. Mr. Rittenhonse was born near St. Cathar- ines, Ontario, in 1846, and early in life went to Chicago. After spending a short time in the office of the Chicago Morning Post, he f Terms, $ Per Year l Single Copies, 10 Cents Mr. M. f. Rittenhoise secured a position as tally-boy with Giese & Gantine, lumber inspectors, but, realizing ' the necessity of broadening his education, he returned to Canada for more schooling. This being acquired, he returned to Chicago, and was soon promoted to the management of a branch lumber yard for McMullen, Funk & Company. Still not satisfied, he dropped out of the business to take a course at Eastman's Business College. Then he became connected with B. L. Anderson & Company and the J. Beidler & Bro. Lumber Company, and, in 1883, severed his connection to organize with Jesse R. Embree the wholesale lumber firm of Rittenhouse & Embree, now the Ritten- house & Embree Lumber Company, of which he is now president. The annual turn-over of this company is in the neighborhood of 50,000,000 feet. Mr. Rittenhouse is also pre- sident of the Arkansas Lumber Company, of Warren, Arkansas, and is interested in the Chandler Lumber Company and other prom- inent concerns. While thus engaged in climbing the ladder of business fame, Mr. Rittenhouse did not. for- get the land of his birth. A few years ago he assisted to the extent of one-half the en- ti
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