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their relative value for specific purposes. The laboratory and the Office of 

 The second section is that of engineer- Wood Utilization are represented by 

 ing, and has to do mainly with design branch offices in Washington, Denver, 

 work. Whatever is accomplished in San Francisco, and Portland, Oreg. 

 cutting down wood waste in any line These carry on the work in certain dis- 

 will depend in great part upon the effi- tricts. The office which has admin- 

 ciencv of the machines which will be istrative charge of all the several lines 

 designed to do the work. This section of work, already mentioned as the 

 is consequently a very important one. Branch of Products, has hitherto been 

 Third in this group is the section of in Washington, but on June i wag 

 maintenance, which looks out for the transferred to ]\Iadison, from which 

 general maintenance and unimpeded op- place the assistant forester in charge 

 eration of the laboratory. will report to the forester in Wash- 

 Each section is in charge of a trained ington. 

 man who has under him the necessary All work conducted by the Branch of 

 assistants. , Over all the sections, and Products is done in close contact and 

 in charge of the laboratory is the di- cooperation with the lumbering and 

 rector, Mr. McGarvey Cline. He has wood-using industries. It aims for prac- 

 as assistant direcors Mr. H. F. Weiss tical ends which are linked with the 

 and Dr. H. S. Bristol. processes of those industries and which 



can only be accomplished through the 



OTHER WORK OF THE BRANCH OF improvement of their processes. Con- 



PRODUCTS sequently, it must keep in close touch 



with the industries to succeed at all. 



Correlated with the Forest Products even in a minor degree. The industries 



Lalwratory is the Office of Wood Util- do not resent this policy, but appreciate 



ization, with headquarters in Chicago, and favor it. They are anxious to see 



Its work is statistical, while the work its objects accomplished. As an ex- 



of the laboratory is altogether experi- pression of their spirit in the matter, let 



mental. The Office of Wood Utiliza- nie quote a part of a resolution adopted 



tion makes no tests, but is constantly by the National Lumber Manufacturers' 



gathering facts and figures which will Association at its meeting held in New 



promote economy in the use of wood. Orleans in April of this year: 



It makes studies of the wood-using in- "And, further, since the elimination 



dustries of cities and states, learns their of waste is as trulv conservation as the 



requirements, and aids them in finding growing of trees, we heartily approve 



supplies of cheap and abundant woods the efforts of the government, through 



to take the place of scarce and costly the Forest Service, to develop methods 



ones. It finds out what the waste is whereby material now wasted may be 



and proposes methods for its reduction, put to use, or for prolonging the life 



It is also gathering a record of whole- of forest products, and urge a continu- 



sale lumber prices at the mills and in ation of such research and a liberal ap- 



the principal distributing markets, propriation by the government for their 



These are base lines run through the support." 



lumber industry, by which prices in one With this sort of spirit prevailing 

 region or market may be compared with among the industries which are mainly 

 those in another, and by which may be concerned and with facilities such as 

 determined in a broad way what influ- are afforded by the new laboratory, it 

 ences operate to raise, lower, or hold may be expected that valuable results 

 steady the prices of lumber. This is a will be accomplished. It is the deter- 

 good thing, both for the public and the mination of those who make up the 

 lumber industry. In cliarge of the working force that the great opportu- 

 Office of Wood Utilization is Mr. H. S. nity which is presented shall be im- 

 Sackett, with offices in the Fisher proved to the fullest extent for useful 

 Building, Chicago. work. 



