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Any reader of HARDWOOD RECORD desiring to communicate 

 with any of the inquirers listed in this section can have the ad- 

 dresses on written request to the Maii Bag Department, HARD- 

 WOOD RECORD, 537 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, and referring 

 to the number at the head of each letter and enclosing a self- 

 addressed stamped envelope. 



B 409 — In Market for Basswood 

 Kiel, Wis., Mar. S. — Editor Hakdwood Record : We are in the market 

 for several carloads of IH inches and IH inches No. 2 and No. 3 com- 

 mon dry basswood, and also some ash. Do you know where we can get it? 



The above inquirer has been supplied with a brief list of possible 

 sources of supply for this lumber, and any others interested in the 

 inquiry can have the address on application. — Editor. 



B 410 — Has Birch for Pacific Coast Market 

 Springfield, Mass., Mar. IS. — Editor Haedwood Record : Kindly advise 

 us as to a list of wagon manufacturers on the Pacific coast who use birch. 



The foregoing letter is from a leading eastern manufacturer who 

 has been supplied with a list of wagon manufacturers on the Pacific 

 coast, and has been advised that a large portion of them employ a 

 greater or lesser quantity of birch. — Editor. 



B 411 — Seeks Timber Census 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 15. — Editor Hardwood Hecord : Some months 

 ago, if I remember correctly, you published a very interesting and valu- 

 able article in regard to the standing timber in the United States, and 

 a map showing its location. Can you send us a copy of this issue of 

 your paper? 



The writer of the above letter has been advised that we think 

 the article to which he refers appeared in Hardwood Kecokd, Decem- 

 ber 25, on pages thirty-four and thirty-five, copy of which was mailed 

 him. This graphic map and text referred to lumber production and 

 did not involve a census of the standing timber. The writer has 

 been advised that the latter is absolutely an unknown proposition, 

 even after aU the work that has been done by the census department 

 and the Forest Service. The quantity of standing timber remaining 

 in the United States is simply a guess. — Editor. 



B 412— Wants ys-Inch Beech 



Reading, Pa., Mar. 17. — Editor Hardwood Record: Can you put us in 

 communication or give us the names of some firms that handle beech 

 lumber? We are in the market for % inch stock. 



Manufacturing Company. 



The foregoing inquiry is from a specialty manufacturing house, 

 and anyone interested in marketing 5/8 beech can have the address 

 on application. — Editor. 



B 413 — Seeks Oak, Poplar and Spruce 



Glasgow, Scotland, Mar. 1. — Editor Hardwood Record : As we are 

 very anxious to increase our business for the sale of northern hardwoods, 

 we take the liberty of writing you to ascertain if you could favor us 

 with the names and addresses of some reliable shippers of northern white 

 oak lumber, railway oak planks, poplar and West Virginia spruce. Also 

 if you know of any reliable southern shippers of ash and hickory logs 

 and hickory dimension stock. 



The above letter is from a leading Scotch timber brokerage house, 

 ■which has been supplied with a brief list of possible sources of sup- 

 ply for the woods mentioned. Any others interested can have the 

 address on application. — Editor. / 



B 414 — New Cabinet Woods 



Louisville, Ky., Mar. 11. — Editor Hardwood Record : We have some 

 sample logs of new cabinet woods, with whose properties we are desirous 

 of becoming acquainted before we attempt marketing them. Hardwood 

 Record has been carrying a series of articles on the cell structure, 

 strength, etc. of various woods, and it has occurred to us that the author 

 of these articles might be prevailed upon to analyze these woods for us. 

 We want as complete a report as possible on the cell structure, texture, 

 strength, dry weight, density, etc., and the probable availability of them 

 for cabinet or other purposes. 



The writer of the above letter has been advised that if he wlU 

 supply this office with specimens of the wood in question they will 

 be carefully analyzed for him, and a report made thereon. — Editor. 



B 415 — Forked Leaf Oak Trademark 



Pine Bluff, Ark., Mar. S. — Editor Hardwood Record: We are getting 

 up stationery for our new hardwood company, and it is our intention to 

 show the foliage of a forked leaf white oak with an acorn as a trade- 

 mark for our oak flooring. Will you kindly supply us with a picture 

 showing the form of the leaf of this tree, and very much oblige? 



The writer of the above letter has been supplied with a leaf print 

 of forked leaf white oak. — Editor. 



B 416 — Condemns Oak Price Boosting 



Detroit, Mich., Mar. 12. — Editor Hardwood Record : In the interest 

 of good common sense and conservative action, we want to ask you to 

 use your influence to check the radicals who are at this time seeking to 

 boost the price of oak lumber beyond a safe and normal condition. Tou 

 know that we are interested on both ends of the game as our sawmill 

 plant at Kentucky gets the benefit of high prices in rough lumber, but 

 just from a common sense standpoint, remembering what happened to 

 poplar five years ago, we think it is time to call a halt in boosting the 

 prices of oak lumber, and your journal will have a very marked influence 

 in this matter through your editorial columns. Please advise us what 

 you think of this proposition. 



Thanking you for attention, we are, 



The foregoing letter is from the president of a foremost concern 

 engaged in the manufacture of oak lumber and the production of 

 oak flooring. The writer's attention has been called to the cartoon 

 published in Hardwood Eecord, February 10, and the editorial com- 

 ment on the oak situation made on that date, which is entirely in 

 accord with the opinions expressed in this letter. Beyond question 

 there is a serious menace in continued prosperity in the hardwood 

 lumber business when values are placed at an unreasonably high 

 level. Substitute materials other than lumber take the place of fancy 

 priced wood, and once these substitutes are established in publio 

 appreciation, they are very hard to dislodge. — Editor. 



B 417— Seeks White Ash Logs 

 Dayton, O., Mar. 13. — Editor Hardwood Record: We are continually 

 in the market for prime second-growth white ash logs. Can you furni&b 

 us with the names of parties who can supply us the logs or small mills 

 that manufacture this stock? 



The foregoing letter is from a leading specialty manufacturer who 

 has been supplied with a brief list of possible sources of supply 

 for ash logs. — Editor. 



B 418 — Seeks White Ash 

 Columbus, O.. Mar. 15. — Editor Hardwood Record : Can you give us 

 the names of some parties in West Virginia who can saw ash in special 

 dimensions for me? 



The writer of this letter has been given a brief list of possible 

 sources of supply of the stock desired. — Editor. 



B 419 — Who Wants Sassafras? 



Owensboro, Ky., Mar. 13. — Editor Hardwood Record : We have several 

 cars of sassafras logs we would like to find a market for. Would thank 

 you to put us in touch with buyers of this wood. 



The writer of the above letter has been advised that while there 

 is a limited market for this excellent wood we are unable to give him 

 a specific place for its dsiposal. Hence, anyone interested in the 

 purchase of sassafras logs or lumber can have the address of the 

 writer on application. — Editor. 



B 420 — Has Applewood to Sell 



Front Royal. Va., March 17. — Editor Hardwood Record : Is there a 

 market for applewood, and if so, are you in position to put us in touch 

 with somebody interested in this wood? We could furnish a carload In 

 the log. ^- 



The above manufacturer has been supplied with a brief list of 

 users of the material he has to offer. — Editor. 



In cutting a tree into logs the sawyers too often do not take 

 pains to secure the highest quality of material. The rule should 

 be to keep the best portion of the bole in separate logs from the 

 knotty portions. It is not uncommon to find several feet of clear 

 length put into a log with several linear feet of knotty material. 

 Such action is costly since the value of the log is largely deter- 

 mined by its poorest section. It may often prove more profitable 

 to waste a few feet of rough log if by so doing the amount of high- 

 grade lumber can be increased. 



