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beeu accepted by all but the southern mem- 

 bers of the other organization. The north- 

 ern manufacturers, and particularly those 

 of Wisconsin and Michigan, have not been 

 interested in the matter to any great ex- 

 tent, for the rules as they apply to north- 

 ern woods are the same in both associa- 

 tions. All the differences come in the 

 grading of southern hardwoods and it is up 

 to the manufacturers of that section to 

 take the steps that will bring about uni- 

 formity. 



That uniformity is to be desired Is not 

 doubted and jobbers and consumers who 

 use the southern hardwoods are particu- 

 larly interested. Since the National asso- 

 ciation was not disposed to take active 

 steps toward the desired end. it would 

 appear the part of good judgment to at 

 least have a committee appointed to give 

 the present rules committee power to meet 

 a similar committee from the other asso- 

 ciation and make an effort to get togetlier. 

 The rules of the National association are 

 in more general use and have been ac- 

 cepted by the government, hence it was 

 •entirely proper that that association should 

 have decided not to make any radical 

 changes at this time. But there is no rea- 

 .son for tlie existence of two sets of rules 

 for the grading of the same woods and the 

 trade would be infinitely better off if the 

 same Inspection were applied to all the 

 woods manufactured by the hardwood pro- 

 ducers. 



NOTHINGTO SAY. 



(.American Lumberman. Chicago.) 



Organized labor is a molecule. Accord- 

 ing to its views it is incapable of segrega- 

 tion. Unlike other organisms of the same 

 species, it is not susceptible to comparative 

 values. This strong point in unionism is 

 its weakest. This is due to a mistaken con- 

 ception of the basic principle of value. 

 From a union viewpoint the wage-earner 

 admits no distinction between competence 

 xind incompetence. A carpenter, a brick- 

 layer or a plasterer, who is capable of do- 

 ing more work and better than a less cap- 

 able craftsman is, according to the union 

 principle, of no more value than his in- 

 ferior workman. This theory, which other 

 labor unions seek to have admitted to prac- 

 tice, is the- stumbling block between em- 

 ploying capital and wage-earning labor. A 

 horse is a horse, but no one of ordinary 

 common sense would advance the argu- 

 ment that one horse is as good as another. 

 The distinction might be carried through 

 an inanity of comparisons. The workman 

 of brains, ambition, and a proper concep- 

 tion of relative values underates himself 

 and does himself an injustice when he tries 

 to elevate his inferior in skill and capacity 

 for work to his own level. The sooner 

 workmen of every trade come to a realiza- 

 tion of this, the sooner will the friction 

 between employer and employe be re- 

 moved. T'nionism and its principles are all 

 right when properly construed and prac^ 

 ticed, but all the principles in creation can- 

 not e(|ualize values where no equalization 

 exists. — .Architects' and F.iiilders' Journal. 



AN EXPERT OPINION ON CAIil- 

 FORNIA. 



Jlany of our readers will recall with 

 pleasure the excellent scientific articles 

 which formerly appeared in the Hardwood 

 Record on "Some Unfamiliar Woods of the 

 United States,'* from the pen of O. S. Whit- 

 niore. Mr. Whitmore is now in Pasadena, 

 California, reveling in the glorious climate 

 of that glorious country. 



With the keen and oI)servant eye of the 

 trained woodsman he has noted the char- 

 acteristics of the timber supply of the sur- 

 rounding country; witli tlie keen business 

 instinct of a former lumberman he has 

 noted the business opportunities in the lum- 

 ber line, and with the skill of the trained 

 j(-urnalist he has put his impressions on 

 paper, as follows: 



Los Angeles, Cal., May 22, 1903. 



This corner of the great republic is a 

 long distance from the hardwood forests, 

 and to most of the readers of the Record 

 it is prol.iably considered out of the reach 

 of the hardwood lumber trade; but like 

 a good many other things connected with 

 this countr.y, there is more or lei5S mis- 

 apprehension in regard to this subject in 

 till' minds of the majority of eastern peo- 

 ple. 



It is true that a limited amount of hard- 

 wood timl)er grows in tlie state of Califor- 

 nia from one end to the other, but there 

 is more than most outsiders suppose. As 

 far as lumber is concerned. California is 

 known best by the redwood and tlie big 

 trees, but there is more lumber of other 

 kinds manufactured in the state than 

 there is of redwood, although that is prob- 

 ably the most important branch of the 

 sawmill business. The redwood is con- 

 lined to a strip along the coast from 

 about the middle of the state north to the 

 region of Humboldt Bay. East of this 

 region and west of the great central val- 

 ley, which practically extends from end 

 to end of the state, petering out into a 

 narrow strip at the north, there is more 

 or less pine lumber and in the extreme 

 northern end practically clear across the 

 state, while across the valley on the east 

 side tlie Sierra Nevadas were originally 

 covered up to the timber line with a heavy 

 growth of yellow pine, white cedar, fir 

 and spruce, except in the southern part of 

 the range, in the neighborhood of Fresno, 

 where there are some extensive redwood 

 forests, but the redwood is not of the same 

 species as that on the coast, being the se- 

 quoia gigantea, which is a lighter wood 

 both in color and in weight, more brittle 

 and less valuable for most purposes than 

 the secpioia sempervirens growing on the 

 coast. 



There are several species of live oaks 

 found nowhere else but in California and 

 the neighboring territories, and there are 

 also si'veral species of wliite and black 

 o::ks fiiund in scattered groves, largely in 

 the nortliern and central part of the state, 

 ill tlie foothills on the cast side of the 

 Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys and 

 so on north. 



.\nother liardwood specie's is the ina- 

 drona. This is practically an evergreen, 

 shedding its leaves in June or a little later 

 each year, after the new leavi^s have come 

 out and are nearly grown. The shedding 

 of tlie old leaves is riuHe an event. They 

 roll up into a ball after the dry season 

 comes on. and when perfectly ripe, they 

 drop off the tree with a snap of report 

 something like a popgun, and the effect is 



Timber Lands 



We offer the following bargains in southern 

 timber lands and saw mills. 



CO.VL AND Tl.MUICR BARGAIN. 



Teu thousand acres oi hardwood timl)GP, 

 including oak, ash, poplar, hicliorr. etc., in 

 Eastern Tenne.ssee, estimated to cut 40,- 

 000,000 feet, underlaid by several line 

 veins of coking coal ; quick deal ; $5 per 

 acre. Refer File 90. 



IN WESTERN TENNESSEE. 



Four-thousand acre tract ; located in 

 Hatchie River bottom, a floating and navi- 

 gable stream, seven miles south of Browns- 

 ville, Tenn. : lies in one solid and continu- 

 ous body ; longer river front than other 

 way ; has white oak, red oak, hickory, gum, 

 cypress, ash, elm, beech, maple and other 

 varieties of timber common to this country ; 

 price is $3 pec acre ; good title. File 72. 

 A VALUABLE TRACT. 



Twenty thousand acres in Haywood 

 County and 5,000 acres in Madison County. 

 N. C. ; a 25,000-acre tract of virgin tim- 

 ber — poplar, oak. chestnut, cucumber and a 

 little cherry ; will cut 5,000 feet per acre, 

 about 3,500 merchantable timber : Pigeon 

 Itiver is the boundary line for 9 miles ; the 

 railroad is now running to Waterville, just 

 across the river ; the railroad is building 

 up about four to five miles on same side of 

 the river, and then near Cold Spring Creek 

 they are to cross the river and will run 

 over this tract four or five miles ; Ten- 

 nessee state line is another boundary line ; 

 price of this tract is .$7.50 : title is good ; 

 this will make good cattle rancli when tim- 

 ber is taken off. File 1. 



DO YOU WANT A SAW MILL? 



Four saw mills in Western Tennessee: 

 two of 20.000 feet capacity and two of 

 10,000 feet : timber adjoining and access- 

 ible to all these mills : details upon appli- 

 cation to interested parties. Refer to File 

 72. 



HERE'S A FORTUNE. 



Thirty-five thousand acres hardwood tim- 

 ber in Arkansas, at S8.50 per acre : guaran- 

 tee it to cut 12,000 feet to the acre, mostly 

 white and red oak. hickory, ash. and gum ; 

 lies on navigable river less than 100 miles 

 from Memphis, and trunk line railroad runs 

 through it north and south, east and west, 

 affording exceptional shipping facilities ; 

 property must be sold to settle an estate, 

 but it takes money : land for agricultural 

 purposes, fully worth $0 per acre after 

 timber has been cut. File 156. 



AN ARKANSAS BARGAIN. 



Twenty-two thousand acres hardwood at 

 $9. The following are the estimates in 

 millions : White oak. 60 ; i-ed oak. 36 ; elm. 

 40 : Cottonwood, 25 : gum. 12 : hickory, 15 : 

 white ash, 10, with considerable cypress 

 and about 50 ties to the acre : title perfect ; 

 average haul to shipping point, two miles : 

 no dreamers, but actual purch.asers or their 

 responsible representative. File 15. 



A WISCONSIN TRACT 

 Df over 6,500 acres and estimated to cut 

 10,000,000 feet of basswood, 3,000,000 oak. 

 6,000,000 birch. 3.500,000 elm, 2.000,000 

 maple, 5,000,000 hemlock. 1,000,000 ash, 

 with several thousand railroad ties, with 

 100,000 cords of wood : land for farming 

 is very best and should sell readily at from 

 $6 to $10 per acre : 720 acres of this is 

 under permit and timber only is included 

 in this offer: 5,855 acres of land goes with 

 the deal : price .$65,000, part cash, balance 

 in annual payments for three or four years 

 at 6 per cent. File 16G. 



But why enumerate? We handle large 

 and small 'timber tracts in all parts of the 

 country. We also handle Southern larm 

 lands, "old colonial estates, improved farms 

 suitable for general farming and stock, as 

 well as unimproved lands, especially suited 

 for goats and sheep. We make a specialty 

 of locating woodworking factories, saw 

 mills and kindred industries. 



Being familiar with the South and Its 

 many advantages and opportunities for in- 

 vestment, we ask ynu to consult us. 



SOUTHERN LAND CO., 



134 MONROE STREET, CHICAGO. 



J. F. OLSEN, Formerly Agent for the 

 Laadand Industrial Department for 

 the Southern and the Mobile and 

 Ohio Railniivs, Manager. 



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