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The Mail Bag 



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 Mail 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 421 — Has Florida Cedar to Market 

 Ebensburg, ra., Apr. 3. — Editor Hardwood Record: I wish to securo 

 a marltet for Florida aromatic red cedar, estimate 3.000 cubic feet. I 

 can deliver at Jacksonville, Fla., and can load for export, it desired. 



Any reader wishing to be placed in touch with the above corre- 

 spondent, can have the address by referring to B 421. — Editor. 

 B 422— Not Affected by Floods 

 Indianapolis. Ind.. Mar. 2S. — Editor Hardwood Record: The reports 

 that have gone out from this city in regard to the situation caused b.v 

 the recent floods in this district may have caused some of our customers 

 and friends to think that we would not be able to fill their orders 

 promptly, but we are pleased to state that, fortunately, our plant was 

 not affected by the hish waters, and as we have our own water supply 

 and lighting system we have been able to run right along without any 

 interruption. Traffic is now fast resuming its normal condition and all 

 orders and inquiries will have prompt attention. 



E. C. ATKINS & CO.. INC., 

 N. A. Gladding. Vice-President. 



B 423 — Seeks Sawed or Sliced Gum Veneers 



Cincinnati. 0.. Apr. 1. — Editor II.vrdwood Record; You recently sent 

 us a list of the annual requirements of users of veneers in this country. 

 However, we would still be more interested in having a list of the 

 makers of veneers, particularly of any people who make sawed or sliced 

 gum veneers, as we do not want rotary cut stock. 



The writer of the above letter has been referred to several 

 producers of sawed and sliced gum veneers. Any others inter- 

 ested in the inquiry can have the address on application. — Editor. 



B 424^Wants Works on Flooring 



Detroit, Mich.. Mar. 23. — Editor Hardwood Record : I am thinking of 

 going into the business of laying nardwood floors in private residences. 

 I would like to get a book which treats of plain and fancy flooring, 

 giving an estimate of time to do the various kinds of work. If you 

 publish anything along this line, or know of anyone who does. I will 

 be pleased to hear from you. 



The writer of the above letter has lieen referred to various pub- 

 lications and sovtrces of information to secure the facts he seeks. — 

 Editor. 



B 425 — Wants ys-Inch Square Oak Strips 



Eastwood, N. Y.. Alar. 27. — Editor Hardwood Record ; We would 

 greatly appreciate it if you will give us the names of various concerns 

 who would be in a position to quote prices on fs-inch square oak strips, 

 random lengths, dre.ssed four sides to exact size, from clear stock. We 

 want from 10.000 to 50,000 running f.et. 



The writer of the above letter has been supplied with a list of 

 concerns that would likely be interested in this inquiry. Any 

 others can have the address on api.lication to "B 425. "—Editor. 



B 426 — Wants to Market Osage Orange Logs 



Goodland, Ind., Apr. 3. — Editor Hardwood Record : Charles C. Deam 

 of the State Board of Forestry of Indiana, advises me to write you for 

 information concerning Osage orange logs, which wood is used in Qnishini; 

 work of Pullman cars. I have a part of a carload of logs running from 

 8 to 18 feet in length, and from 12 to IS inches in dia.meter. 



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

 not aware that the Pullman Company ever employed any Osage 

 orange in the finishing of its cars. He is further advised that Osage 

 orange has but little general demand save in the form of fence 

 posts, but two addresses have been given him, in which it is 

 deemed possible he may be able to market the wood for inlay pur- 

 poses. — Editor. 



B 427 — Use of Sassafras 



Toxarkana, Tex., Apr. (J. — Editor Hauuwdod 1!ecord : Can you give 

 us an idea as to the class of trade that consumes sassafras? Also would 

 like an idea as to the prices for which is sells. 



Lumber Company. 



The writer of the above letter has been advised that sassafras is 

 marketed in the form of fence posts, staves for buckets, 2x4 fence 

 rails, 4x6 arbor posts, railway ties, and often in the form of lumber 

 for the production of coffins and moth-proof chests. There is no 

 established price for this wood, but it ranges along pretty closely 

 with poplar values. — Editor. 



'News Miscellany 



Meetings of Memphis Club 



John A. Fox, secretary-manager of the Mississippi River Levee As- 

 sociation, successor to the Interstate Levee Association, delivered an 

 address before the meeting of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis at the 

 Hotel Gayoso. Saturday, Mar. 29, in which he asserted that this or- 

 ganization had been launched for the specific purpose of securing from 

 the LTnited States government an appropriation sufficiently large to 

 build and maintain a system of levees adequate for the complete pro- 

 tection of the property and lives of the people of the Mississippi valley. 

 He said that he and those who are associated with him, including some 

 of the most prominent professional and business men in the United 

 States, had come to the conclusion that it was impossible to handle this 

 gigantic problem without the aid of the United States government and 

 that he proposed to go forward with the work of education of public 

 sentiment to such an extent that it would demand this work at the 

 hands of the Federal authorities. He stated that the best engineering 

 thought of the country agreed that the building of the levees and revet- 

 ment work was the only means of solving this problem and that the 

 separate levee boards could not cope with it. He also declared that it 

 would require a considerable sum of money, about $50,000 per year, to 

 defray the expenses of the educational campaign which is to be waged 

 during the next three or four years. He thought Memphis ought to 

 contribute at least $10,000 a year because this city and section would be 

 a direct beneficiary of the work planned. He further expressed the 

 view that the lumbermen of this city and territory should pay at least 

 $2,000 of this amount. 



At the conclusion of his address the club authorized the appointment 

 of a committee to canvass the lumbermen for subscriptions. This work 

 will have to be done by the individual lumbermen rather than through 

 the Lumbermen's Club. 



K. D. McKellar, Congressman from the tenth Tennessee district, was 

 also present and told the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis that he would 

 be very glad indeed to draw up a bill authorizing the division of the 

 United States into shipping zones so that hearings before the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission might be facilitated. This was in answer to the 

 request made recently by the club for the introduction of such a bill 

 into Congress. He also said that he was hopeful that it would be pos- 

 sible at the forthcoming session to bring the steamship companies within 

 the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. He said h? 

 regarded the commission as one of the most important arms of the gov- 

 ernment service and that its jurisdii'tion over the steamship com- 

 panies in the matter of rates would be of very great assistance to ex- 

 porters of lumber as well as other commodities. 



Mr. McKellar heartily endorsed the address of Mr. Fox and declared 

 that be would he very glad indeed to lend every possible assistance to 

 the plans looking to federal handling of the levee problem. He as- 

 serted that he was confident that it could be successfully handled only 

 through the financial resources of the United States government and 

 that the question of states' rights, which had been raised by some in- 

 terests, could be disposed of without difficulty. He said that it was 

 necessary to have someone on the spot who was responsible for the 

 work to he done and that he did not believe the Mississippi would be 

 properly restrained until someone was placed in charge of the work and 

 gave it his undivided attention. 



J. M. Card of the J. il. Card Lumber Company, Chattanooga, was 

 also present. He has been in Memphis for the past few days attend- 

 ing the meeting of the rules committee of the National Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Association. He said that some changes had been made but that 

 these had been comparatively few. He also said that the committee was 

 counting upon the support of the Memphis delegation to the annual of 

 the association. 



S. B. Anderson of the .Vnderson-Tully Company, was named as the 

 delegate from the Lumb'.'rnien's Club of Memphis to the hearing at Chi- 

 cago in the case of the Pridham Box Company vs. the Southern Pacific 

 Railroad. This involves the question of uniform rates on goods shipped 

 in both wooden and straw board packages. At present goods shipped In 

 the straw board cases take a lower rate than those shipped in wooden 

 ■.ontainers. Tliis is a matter which is of very great interest to Memphi.s 



