AMERICAN FORESTRY'S ADVERTISERS 



Lumber Conditions and Problems 



A SERIES OF IMPORTANT ARTICLES BY RECOGNIZED 

 EXPERTS, PREPARED FOR AM^.RICAN FORESTRY 



What are the relations of Lumbering and Forest Conservation? 

 What are the inside problems of tile Lumber Industry? 

 What are the economic conditions affecting the Lumber Trade? 



Here are three big questions vitally affecting the present and the future 

 forest conditions of the United States and Canada. 



WHAT ARE THE ANSWERS ?^^ 



They will be found in the series o£|^pecial articles prepared for AMERICAN 

 FORESTRY by the big expats on the subjects. 



Recognizing that these questiiphs are of such vital importance that they 

 cannot be adequately pr^ented except in a series of articles written 

 by the men best fitted j^y experience and knowledge, AMERICAN 

 FORESTRY has completed arrangements for getting them. They 

 will form the most valuable contributions to forestry and lumbering 

 literature ever published by any one magazine. The subjects are 

 discussed under the following titles : 



"THE CALIFORNIA REDWOOD"— by J. H. 



Browne, General Sales Manager of the Pacific 

 Lumber Company, appearing in AMERICAN 

 FORESTRY for November, 1914. 



"EFFECT OF THE WAR ON LUMBER IM- 

 PORTS AND EXPORTS"— by Prof. R. C. 

 Bryant, instructor in lumbering at the Yale 

 Forest School. To appear in December. 1914. 

 This deals with opportunities afforded this 

 country by the war and with the losses caused 

 by the restriction of lumber exporting. In the 

 December 1914 number. 



"CANADIAN COMPETITION"— by H. D. 



Langille, Portland, Ore., Pacific Coast manager 

 of J. D. Lacey & Co. This is a study of com- 

 parative l^or, transportation, taxation and 

 other factors and is especially valuable owing 

 to the cfe-.nges caused by the tariff bill. To 

 appear in the February' 1915 number. 



"THE AMERICAN LUMBER MARKET"— by 



E. B. Sfazen, of Portland, Ore. This discusses 

 what.JPhe consumer should be taught and how; 

 honesty, fairness and effectiveness in market 

 extension campaigning and suggests methods. 

 Tl^is is essentially practical and does not con- 

 sist of general platitudes. To appear soon. 



'CLOSER FOREST UTILIZATION" — by 



George M. Cornwall, Editor of "The Timber- 

 man." This is full of important facts regard- 

 ing the use of odd lengths, special products, by- 

 products and how to secure more than is now 

 secured out of each tree cut. To appear soon. 



'FOREIGN LUMBER MARKETS"— Author 

 to be selected The European war and the 

 trade contraction of the countries involved 

 gives special point to this article, which will 

 discuss the present situation, the natural 

 probabilities, and the possibility of foreign 

 extension through expert studies of foreign 

 consumption, transportation problems, etc. 

 To appear soon. 



'PROFITS IN LUMBER MANUFACTURE"— 



Author to be selected. An analysis of the 

 existing profits and future possibilities which 

 will be found of absorbing interest by the 

 practical man. To appear soon. 



'FROM MILL TO MARKET"— Author to be 



selected. This will deal with the problem of 

 transporting lumber from the mill to the mar- 

 ket, by rail, coastwise and off shore shipments, 

 and will contain many wise suggestions for 

 overcoming difficulties. To appear soon. 



ARTICLES PUBLISHED PREVIOUSLY 



Fitting in with this ir^eries are these articles recently published: 



'THE LUMBER TRADE AND THE CANAL"— 



by Robert Dollar, of San Francisco, Cal. In 

 AMERICAN FORESTRY ioT July, 1914. 



'THE WORLD'S GREATEST WOODLOT"— 



by George S. Long, of Tacoma, Wash., in 



AMERICAN FORESTRY for September- 

 1914. 



"FORESTS, LUMBER AND CONSUMER"— 



by E. T. Allen, of Portland, Ore., in AMERI- 

 CAN FORESTRY for October, 1914. 



Everyone interested in the conservation and the utilization of our forests 

 should carefully read and study these articles. They are the best that 

 can be secured. They are worth while. 



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