HARDWOOD RECORD 



34A 



At S p. m. the meeting reconvened, and Chair- 

 man Bruce Odell reported that the Market Con- 

 ditions Committee believed it was to the in- 

 terest of manufacturers generally to curtail 

 output as much as possilile, and that from in- 

 formation they had at hand this was being done 

 by all members of the association. They found 

 that many mills were runuing only part of the 

 time, or on short haacs. while others had found 

 it good policy to close down altogether. The 

 committee recommended that this course be 

 continued rather than dispose of valuable stock 

 at a sacrifice. 



Chairman D. II. Day reported for the Grading 

 Committee that it recommended strict adherence 

 to the rules of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association as they now stand. 



The following were present : 



G. E. Stone, Crowl Lumber Company, Harbor 

 Springs. Mich. 

 • M. E. Thomas, Mitchell Brothers Company, 

 Cadillac aud Jennings. 



R. W. Smith. Louis Sands Salt and Lumber 

 Company, Manistee. 



A. B. IClise. A. B. Klise Lumber Company, 

 Suurgeon Bay. 



C. R. Duggan, Tindle & Jackson. Tellston. 



R. B. Gillette. Bogardus Land and Lumber 

 Company, Pellston and Lakewood. 



W. N. Kelley, Kelley Lumber & Shingle Com- 

 pany, Traverse City. 



John P. Ott, John F. Ott Lumber Company, 

 Traverse City. 



W. C. Hull, Oval Wood Dish Company, Tra- 

 verse City. 



O. J. Smith, The R. G. Peters Salt and Lum- 

 ber Company, East Lake. 



O. L. Larsen, Buckley & Douglas Lumber Com- 

 pany, Manistee. 



James Danaher. Jr., Danaher Hardwood Lum- 

 bei- Company, Bollarville. 



William L. Curtis, Cook, Curtis & Miller. 

 Grand Marais. 



D. H. Dav. D. H. Dav. <;ipn Haven. 



F. A. Diggins, Murphv \ I >ii,'i.'ins. ladillac. 



F. L. Michelson. Jotianih -im- Manufacturing 

 Compan.v. Johannesburs; Sa I ;i n^ilin-en Com- 

 pany, Grayling; Michi-l-"h a lian^iu Lumber 

 Company, Lewiston. 



L. Jenson, Sailing. 



J. C. Knox, secretary, Cadillac. 



The Importance of Ample Power. 



IIow to burn sawdust satisfactorily is a prob- 

 lem with many mills — a problem upon the 

 solution of which much depends. If it is wet 

 or green, and especially if it is the product of 

 a band saw, it lies so compactly on the grate 



gross profit on only 20.0(J0 feet, aud is. there- 

 fore, only half of what it should be. 



Or, looking at it another way, when a mill 

 having a capacity of 100,000 feet cuts only 

 80,000 feet under the conditions cited, it is los- 

 ing an opportunity to make 20,000 feet of lum- 

 ber without any expense except the actual cost 

 of the logs themselves. 



It is these facts that lead users to say that 

 the Gordon Hollow Blast Grate, which adds 

 from 25 to 50 per cent to the steaming capacity 

 of boilers, and makes the user absolutely inde- 

 pendent of weather conditions, pays for itself 

 every thirty days ! The blast keeps the sawdust 

 loose, and gives the air a chance to thoroughly 

 permeate it, drying it out rapidly and causing 

 it to burn freely. Indeed, the grate is said to 

 give as good results with wet, green or frozen 

 sawdust as a draft grate gives with dry wood. 

 This grate is sold on approval, thirty days being 

 given in which to thoroughly test it, the manu- 

 facturers paying the freight both ways in the 

 event of re.iection. This speaks volumes, as 

 they would scarcely be likely to make this' lib- 

 eral offer unless they knew the grate to be all 

 right. They are not novices, having made the 



MPANY, AT FISHER. L. 



Ilarrv Nichols, Charlevoix Lumber Company, 

 Charlevoix. 



C. F. Williams, Williams Brothers Company, 

 Cadillac. 



Bruce Green, Williams Brothers Company, 

 Cadillac. 



J. A. Jamieson, J, A. Jamieson, St. Ignace. 



E. G. Carey. Harbor Springs Lumber Com- 

 pany, Harbor Springs. 



Charles A. Bigelow, The Kneeland-Bigelow 

 Company, Kneeland-Buell-Bigelow Company, Bay 

 City. 



Bruce Odell, Cummer-Diggins Company, Cadil- 

 lac. 



Chalmers Curtis. Harbor Springs Lumber Com- 

 pany, Harbor SpriuRs. 



Morgan Curlis. Ilarbor Springs Lumber Com- 

 pany, Harbor Springs. 



H. Ballou, Cobl.s & Mil.hell. Inc.. Cadillac. 



A. W. Newark. Cadillac Handle Company, 

 Cadillac. 



W. H. White. W. II. While Company. Boyne 

 City. 



B. H. Cook, Cook, CMirlis & Miller, Grand Ma- 

 rais. 



G. von Platen, G. von Platen, Boyne City. 



William F. Gnstine. A. F. Anderson, South 

 Boardman. 



Charles T. Mitchell, Mitchell Brothers Com- 

 pany, Cadillac. 



^1. I). Rceder, Boyne Citv Lumber Conipanv. 

 Boyne City. 



that the air cannot force its way through. As 

 a result the fire is poor, the boilers generate 

 but little steam, the engine lags, the shafting 

 does not run full speed and the output of every 

 machine in the mill suffers ; while it is not in- 

 frequently necessary to shut down to give the 

 Itoilers a chance to accumulate sufBcient re- 

 serve. The consequence is that while a full 

 corps of men are employed and all expenses are 

 normal, the cut of the mill is considerably less 

 than it should be — often as much as 20 per 

 cent. 



What does this mean ? A decrease of 20 per 

 cent in the output may mean a reduction of 

 50 per cent in the profits. Suppose, for in- 

 stance, you have a mill that should turn out 

 100,000 feet per day. Your expenses of every 

 kind are such, let us say, that you must make 

 00,000 feet per day in order to "break even." 

 Your net profit for the day is therefore repre- 

 sented by your gross profit — selling price less 

 cost of logs only — on the remaining 40.000 feet. 

 Now, if your output falls off 20 per cent, and 

 you cut only SO.iiOU feet, your net profit is your 



grate for sixteen years, during which more than 

 5,000 sets have been tried and found even better 

 than represented. 



For full particulars address the Gordon Hol- 

 low Blast Grate Company, Greenville, Mich. 



Louisiana Longleaf Liunber Company to 

 Manufacture Hardwoods. 

 The Louisiana Longleaf Lumber Company has 

 recently installed at Fisher, La., a new hard- 

 wood sawTnill, will, h will Ije run in connection 

 with ii ; la.- hardwood logs 



will t" ■ |.ine timber aud 



haul.,1 mpany's logging 



road. -I' I I .. I lie same facilities 



which are eniiilnved iu the pine operations, thus 

 effecting considerable economy. The company 

 has purchased the very best modern machinery 

 and devices in building Its new mill, with the 

 result that no more up-to-date and economical 

 operation can be found in the South. The hard- 

 wood mill is about a quarter of a mile from 

 the yellow pine plant and both are uear the 

 Kansas <'ity Southern main line. The com- 



