HA R D W O O D RECORD 



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Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1911 and 1912. The report shows that there was a 

 decrease in hardwood cut durhig 1912 as compared with 1911 of 10 per 

 cent. On the other hand, there was an increase in hardwood shipments o£ 

 23 per cent. The decrease in hemlocli cut during the same periods was 

 S per cent and the increase in hemlocl; shipments 30 per cent. Thus the 

 total decrease in hardwood and hemlock cut of 1912 as compared with 

 1911 was 9 per cent, and for the same years there was an increase In 

 total shipments of 28 per cent. 



During 1912 hardwood shipments exceeded hardwood production by 

 21 per cent and hemlocli shipments exceeded hemiocli production by 3G 

 per cent : thus shipments of hemloclt and hardwood combined exceeded 

 production by 30 per cent. 



The total stock' of hardwoods held by sixty firms, sold and unsold, 

 was, Jan. 1, 1912, 119,744,000 feet, and on Jan. 1, 1913, was 79.060,000 

 feet, a decrease of 34 per cent. The total hemlock stocks held by the 

 same firms was, Jan. 1, 1912, 300,619,000 feet; on Jan. 1. 1913, 195,- 

 490,000 feet. 



The proportion of total hardwoods on hand sold Jan. 1, 1012, was 45 

 per cent, and for Jan. 1, 1913, was 49 per cent. 



Smithsonian Annual Report 



The report of the Smithsonian Institute of Washington, D. C, for 

 1911 has been published. These reports are looked for each year by 

 scientists who find in them summaries of progress during the preceding 

 year in all lines of research. It is a sort of bringing up-to-date, a 

 checking off, of the work of the world's greatest workers and thinkers. 

 Among other interesting discussions and conclusions are these : Photo- 

 graphs by ultra violet, light will show black as white and white as black; 

 that there is only one known wild pigeon re- 

 maining in the world ; that the age of the earth 

 is between eighty and ninety million years ; that 

 some stars are so far away that their light re- 

 quires 10,000 years to reach the earth, and that 

 all stars are in motion ; that the first use of 

 iron seems to hare been about 1,800 years B. C, 

 and originated among the Mediterranean islands, 

 probably in Crete ; that some progress is being 

 made in discovering the kind of oil used by the 

 firefly to produce light ; that forests once grew 

 hundreds of miles north of the Arctic circle ; 

 and that the Kabyles of Africa are really white 

 people tanned black by the sun. 



Chicago Association Elects New Officers 



On Monday, Jan. 27. the board of directors of 

 the Lumbermen's Association of Chicago held a 

 meeting for the purpose of electing ofBcers for 

 the ensuing year. F. L. Brown retired from two 

 years of useful service as president of this asso- 

 ciation, and was succeeded by Murdock MacLeod 

 of the Oconto Company. 



V. F. Mashek was elected Tice-president in 

 place of Mr. MacLeod, while George J. Pope and 

 E. E. Hooper were again elected treasurer and 

 secretary, respectively. 



After the election. President MacLeod called 

 a meeting of the directors, in which they passed 

 a resolution on the death of George Farnsworth 

 of the Oconto Company. 



Comhined Interests 



The Advance Lumber Company of Cleveland, 

 O., and the West Virginia Timber Company of Charleston, W. Va., have 

 Just completed arrangements whereby the affairs of both companies will 

 be materially increased. These two concerns are closely linked in a 

 financial way. 



The Advance Lumber Company is increasing its capital stock from 

 .$331,000 to $500,000. This will result in practically eliminating the 

 wholesale and retail end of the business. As it is planned the Advance 

 Lumber Company will then become the holding company of a number of 

 important smaller concerns. Among these is the Baskin Lumber Company, 

 Baskin, La., which concern now holds about 27,000 acres of yellow pine 

 and hardwood timber. 



The West Virginia Timber Company has headquarters at Charleston, W. 

 Va., and mills at Vaughan, same state, and owns about 16,000 acres of 

 timberlands in the vicinity of its mill. The principal growth is oak, 

 poplar, chestnut and basswood. 



The Horse Creek Lumber Company is another of the subsidiary concerns 

 to the Advance Lumber Company. This company's operations are in 

 Boone and Nicholas counties, W. Va. The Horse Creek Lumber Company 

 controls 14,000 acres of hardwood timberland in the vicinity of Altman, 

 W. Va. 



This merging of intircsts will give to the organization a daily out- 

 put of approximately 150,000 feet of hardwood, while the timberland 

 aci-eage will, in the aggregate, be suflJcient for ten years' cut. 



George E. Breece of Charleston, W. Va., will be president both of the 

 holding company and the West Virginia Timber Company. A. G. Webb 

 of Cleveland will be vice-president and treasiv'er of both eompanies with 

 his office at Cleveland. 



MURDOCK MACLEOD, NEW PRESIDENT 

 CHICAGO LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



The Porter Lumber Company Incorporated in West Virginia 

 The Porter Lumber Company Is the style of a DCvy Incorporation which 



has started operations In the state of West Virginia. The company will 



manufacture lumber on a single band mill which is located at Chelyan, 



W. Va., on the main line of the Chesapeake & Ohio. 



The company owns 17,000 acres of timber running mostly to oak and 



poplar. The balance is the regular proportion of West Virginia hardwoods. 



The mill will start cutting about April 1. The annual output of the plant 



will he In the neighborhood of 10,000,000 feet. 



Hearing on Hardwood Bates from the South 



The proposed hearing, which will be inaugurated by the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission to take evidence in the investigation as to the reason- 

 ableness of asked-for advances in rales by carriers on hardwoods from 

 Arkansas, Louisiana and other southwestern points to Memphis, St. Louis 

 and other points of destination, is being held at the Hotel JetEerson, St. 

 Louis, Mo., today. 



Committees for Wisconsin Association, 1913 

 President Ilamar of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association has appointed the following committees on asso- 

 ciation work for 1913. 



Railroad Committee.— W. G. Collar. Merrill. Wis., chairman: Murdoch 

 MacLeod, Chicago ; Thomas Noble. Marquette, Mich ; W J Kessler Fan 

 Claire, Wis. ; J. H. Johannes, Wausau, Wis. ' ' 



Legislative Committee for Wisconsin. — W. A. Holt, Oconto Wis 

 chairman ; A. L. Osborn, Wausau. Wis. : C. II. Werden, Mason,' Wis.': 

 H. W. Moore, Fond du Lac, Wis. ; H. H, Stolle, Trinoli, Wis. 



Legislative Committee for Michigan. — ^T. A. Green, Ontonagon 

 Mich., chairman ; John Pryor, Houghton, Mich. :' 

 R. E. MacLean, Wells, Mich. 



Advertising Committee. — M. P. McCulIough, 

 Schofleld. Wis., chairman ; W. B. Earle Her- 

 mannsville, Mich. : J. W. Kaye, Westboro, Wis. 

 E. J. Gillouly of Mellen, Wis., has been reap- 

 pointed association auditor. 



Panama Beetles Damage Veneer Logs 



Last summer a shipment of logs from the west 

 coast of Panama arrived at the plant of the 

 .\storia Veneer Mills & Dock Company on the 

 East river, Astoria, N. Y. In a short time mil- 

 lions of flying beetles were hatched from the 

 cargo and circulating among the logs, and the 

 yards of that company have sustained damages 

 to the extent of between .$10,000 and $25,000. 

 As a result the .\storia Veneer Mills & Dock 

 Company instituted a suit before the Queens 

 County Supreme Court of Long Island, and asked 

 damage from the shipping brokers handling the 

 cargo, and also cancelled its ciratract with 

 that concern, which contract gave it the privi- 

 lege of storing its Panama timber shipments in 

 the yard of the Astoria company. 



Several other veneer concerns situated in the 

 Astoria district adjacent to the Astoria veneer 

 mills also experienced some damage from the 

 depredations of the beetles. Among these were 

 the George D. Emery Company, Uptegrove & 

 Beckwith, Inc., Lewis Thompson & Co., J. J. 

 Bonneau Company and E. L. Sinsabaugh. 



State entomologist, E. P. Felt, in testifying, 

 said that the scientific name of the beetles is 

 platypus punciulatus. They are about one-eighth 

 of an inch long and enter the logs through pin holes, but once inside 

 they begin to make themselves at home by fitting up a series of 

 chambers in which they lay their eggs. The complainants testified that 

 if the beetles had been left to themselves they would probably have eaten 

 up hundreds of tliousnnds of dollar.s' worth of logs. 



The cargo which brought the pest was of a wood somewhat resembling 

 mahogany, which the shippers were anxious to have tested in the United 

 States. The first cargo was received July 10, 1912, and by August 15 

 the whole lumber district was swarming with flying beetles. They were 

 traced to the cargo of logs from Panama. For a short time the veneer 

 mills were compelled to shut down, and before they got through with the 

 pest it was found necessary to steam all the wood. Some of the yards 

 threw their lumber overboard alongside the dock, and saved it by sub- 

 mersion. Liberal application of petroleum and the cold weather put an 

 end to the pest, and the state entomologist testified that It Is not likely 

 they will make thfiusolves felt again nrxt s|iiing 



Statement Lumbermen's Underwritins; Alliance 

 The financial statement of the Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance. 

 U. S. Epperson & Co., attorney-in-fact. Kansas City, Mo., shows that 

 organization to be In an excellent condition. 



The company has assets on hand aggregating $871,232.43. Of this 

 cash in banks amounts to $514,721.30, and the rest is made up of bond 

 investments, including bonds of the state of Louisiana, the city of Dallas, 

 Texas. Kansas City Terminal Railway. Sedgwick County, Kansas., city 

 of Omaha, Neb., city of Los Angeles and Canada-Southern Railway Com- 

 pany. Accounts receivable, deposits In course of collection, etc., on Jan. 9 

 aggregated $100,169.32. 



