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HARDWOOD RECORD 



May 2.-.. I'.lllt 



Great Britain Looking Ahead 

 ' Preliminary steps are being taken tn plant 1.770.000 acres of timber to 

 provide for the future. The work will extend over a period of eighty 

 years, at an estimated expenditure of $72,000,000. This planting is 

 intended to make good, in part, the excessive cutting of home timber 

 during the war; but it will not half make it good. The cutters stripped 

 3,000,000 acres in England and Scotland, and much of it was old, mature 

 timber, such as will not grow in a century. While the new plantings are 

 coming on, it will be necessary to secure large imports of timber from 

 other countries. 



BUSS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS 



MANUFACTURERS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK. ASH and GUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried 

 or kiln dried, rough or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



Hardwood Lumber and Hardwood flooring 



1534 AmAt^Tw€A^«^ <'^j6nAieA.^<r 



THIN POPLAR 



SURFACED TWO SIDES 



5/8", 3/4", 4/4", 5/4", 6/4", 8/4", 12/4", 16/4" 

 1/4", 3/8", 1/2", 5/8", 3/4", 7/8" 



ROUGH 



QUARTERED WHITEOAK 

 Plain White and Red Oak 



RED— GUM— SAP 



WHITE, ASH 

 CYPRESS 



G. H. Evans Lumber Co. 



CHATTANOOGA, TENN. 



Organize to Make Furniture 



The making uf fiiiiiiturc on a large sialc lias been undertaken in 

 Belgium to replace some of that lost in the dstruction of 60,000 houses 

 during the German invasion. The work is In charge of an organization 

 nearly nation wide. The furniture will be constructed in accordance with 

 approved plans, and simplicity will be constantly held in view. It is 

 not the purpose to enter the field of expensive designs, but to make sub- 

 stantial furniture to meet the pressing needs of the people. Among the 

 woods recommended are American oak, white pine, elm, cherry, basswood, 

 beech, and yellow poplar. 



Figuring the Cost 

 The Items of damage suffered by France in the war are many and large. 

 Exact or fairly accurate surveys of these losses are being made. The 

 Germans cut down areas of timber which in the aggregate would constitute 

 a tract forty-four miles square, or 1436 square miles. That is in addition 

 to what was destroyed by shell Are in battle. Other destruction of wood 

 products is shown in the complete loss of 250,000 buildings and damage to 

 250,000 more, 84,000 plows, 56,000 cultivators, 30,000 mowing machines, 

 115,000 farm wagons, 88,000 harrows, 50,000 land rollers, 48,000 hoes, 

 32,000 reapers, 36,000 seed drills, and so on through an almost Interminable 

 list. The replacement of these articles will call for much wood of various 

 kinds and quantities. France has prepared a bill of $13,000,000,000 which 

 it will ask Germany to pay, all of it on account of destruction of property. 



Educating Disabled Soldiers 



Employers in touch with former employes who have been disabled In 

 service owe as a humane service to those men that they be impressed with 

 the facilities the government offers for their care and recovery. 



The government is resolved to do its best to restore him to health, 

 strength, and self-supporting activity. Until his discharge from hospital 

 care, the medical and surgical treatment necessary to restore him to health 

 and strength is under the jurisdiction of the military or naval authorities. 

 The vocational training which may be afterwards necessary to restore his 

 self-supporting activity is under the jurisdiction of the Federal Board for 

 Vocational Education. 



If he needs an artificial limb or other orthopedic or mechanical appliance 

 the Bureau of War-Risk Insurance supplies it free upon his discharge, 

 and renews it when considered necessary. If, after his discharge, he again 

 needs medical treatment on account of his disability the Bureau of War- 

 Risk Insurance supplies it free. 



Any man whose disability entitles him to compensation under the war- 

 risk insurance act may be provided by the Federal Board with a course of 

 vocational training for a new occupation. 



The government strongly recommends each man who needs it to under- 

 take vocational training and put himself under the care of the Federal 

 Board, but the decision to do so is optional with each man. 



If his disability does prevent him from returning to employment without 

 training and he elects to follow a course of vocational training provided 

 by the board, the course will be furnished free of cost, and he will also 

 be paid as long as the training lasts a monthly compensation equal to 

 the sum to which he is entitled under the war-risk insurance, or a sum 

 equal to the pay of his last month of active service, whichever is the 

 greater, but in no case will a single man or a man required by his course 

 of instruction to live apart from his dependents receive less than $65 per 

 month, exclusive of the sum paid dependents ; nor will a man living with 

 his dependents receive less than $75 per month, inclusive of sum paid to 

 dependents. 



If his disability does not prevent him from returning to employment 

 without training and he elects to follow a course of vocational training 

 provided by the Federal Board, the course will be furnished free of cost 

 to him, and the compensation provided by the war-risk insurance will be 

 paid to him, but no allowance will be paid to his family. 



In addition to the above, the family or dependents of each disabled man 

 will receive from the government during his period of training the same 

 monthly allotment and allowance as that paid prior to his discharge from 

 the army or the navy. 



Upon completion of his course of training he will continue to receive the 

 compensation prescribed by the war-risk insurance so long as his disability 

 continues. 



In nearly every case, by following the advice and suggestions of the 

 Federal Board, he can either get rid of the handicap caused by his dis- 

 ability or acquire new powers to replace any that may have been lost. 



If he is willing to learn and to take advantage of the opportunities to 

 increase his skill offered him by the Federal Board he can usually get a 

 better position than he had before entering the service. If he fails to take 

 advantage of these opportunities he will find himself badly handicapped 

 when he is obliged to compete with the able-bodied men who come back 

 to work after the war. 



On the satisfactory completion of his training the Federal Board, through 

 its employment service, will assist him to secure a position. 



Public authorities and other large employers will in many cases, at least, 

 give the disabled soldiers and sailors preference when filling vacant posi- 

 tions, provided they possess the training necessary to fill them. 



All disabled soldiers, whether In or out of the hospital, should address 

 their communications to the Federal Board for Vocational Education, 

 Washington, D. C. 



