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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 10, 1919 



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Tennessee Red Cedar 



Common Sap Oum 



" and Chestnut 



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of all kinds of Cooperage, Box Shooks and Hardwoods 



WHAT HAVE YOU TO SELL? 

 W. R. Grace & Co. Buudi^g New Orleans, La. 



FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT 



DRY MAPLE 



80 M 

 14/4 No. 1 C&B, 80% FAS 



600 M 

 4/4 No. 3 Common 



60 M 

 5/4 No. 3 Common 



100 M 

 6/4 No. 3 Common 



80 M 

 8/4 No. 3 Common 



SOFT GREY ELM 

 47 M 



6/4 No. 2 C&B 



BEECH 



60M 

 5/8 No. 3 Common 



20 M 

 4/4 No. 3 Common 



60 M 



6/4 No. 3 Common 



100 M 

 6/4 No. 3 Common 



East Jordan Lumber Co. 



Manufacturers 

 IMPERIAL Maple F'looring 



East Jordan, Michigan 



War Department Disposes of Lumber 



It is announced \>y the \V;ir Department that up to Monday, May 26, 

 it liad disposed of 52,080,039 feet of surplus lumber at prices ranging 

 from $9 to .$28 per thousand feet. This spread in prices is attributable, 

 according to the statement, to the fact that greater part of the lumber 

 suffers in comparison with new lumber because of deterioration while in 

 pile. 



The bulk of the lumber was sold to the lumber industry which is mar- 

 keting it to the building trade, sales being made through J. L. Philips, 

 and John Stevens of Jacksonville, Fla., as representing the lumber in- 

 dustry. The total surplus available to be disposed of is estimated at 

 approximately 70.000.000 feet. 



Hardwood Market Report 

 The Lumbermen's Bureau. Munsey building, Washington, D. C, has 

 published, under date of May 30, 1919, a market report on hardwood 

 lumber and dimen.sion stock, showing actual selling prices in all im- 

 portant markets, with stock for sale by principal producers. The report 

 is published as a pamphlet of forty-two pages and sells at one dollar a 

 copy, or $4 a year. It is published monthly. 



Complaint Dismissed Involving Rates on Spokes 



The Interstate Commerce Commission has dismis.sed the complaint in 

 the suit of the Rock City Spoke Company, Nashville, Tenn., against the 

 Louisville & Nashville Railroad. 



The complainant, a manufacturer of oak and hickory spokes located 

 at Nashville, Tenn., alleges that the carload rates on spokes in the white 

 from that point to Louisville, Ky., Evansville, Ind., and other Ohio river 

 crossings and to points in centra! freight association and western trunk 

 line territories are unreasonable and subject complainant to undue prej- 

 udice and disadvantage to the undue advantage of complainant's com- 

 petitors located at Memphis, Jackson, McMinnville, TuUahoma, Man- 

 chester, and Algood, Tenn. The complainant also alleges that rates on 

 spbkes in the white which exceed the rates on hardwood lumber from 

 and to the same points are unduly prejudicial to shippers of spokes and 

 unduly preferential of shippers of lumber and prays for the establishment 

 of rates on spokes from Nashville no higher than the rates maintained 

 by the defendants on hardwood lumber. 



The commission dismissed the complaint because the complainant did 

 not make the director general of railroads a party to the suit, although 

 he was given an opportunity to do so. 



Early Reports on Steamship Situation 



In an interesting letter to Ilonoralde James W. Good, chairman of 

 the committee on appropriations of the House of ReiJresentatives, chairman 

 E. N. Hurley of the United States Shipping Board gave an interesting 

 summary of the development and present situation of the board. During 

 the nineteen mouths during which this country was actively engaged in 

 the war, the shipbuilding capacity of the United States was increased 

 from a very unimportant position to first place among the nations. At 

 the sanxe time the overseas merchant marine has been brought up to second 

 place. Plans have been laid so that shipbuilding and ship operation may 

 strike out in the future and develop on a commercial basis. The con- 

 summation of these efforts is now dependent upon funds and on the proper 

 disposal of the government fleet. Since the armistice the board has sus- 

 pended or canceled contracts for 754 ships, the cost of this cancelation 

 being $200,000,000, and the saving effected thereby $594,000,000. The 

 financial statement shows $2,861,000,000 to be accounted for in ships. 

 The letter states that for this sum the board has built and expects to 

 build 2.434 vessels aggregating 13.885.100 deadweight tons. The financial 

 statement coming with the report maintains that the average net cost of 

 ships per deadweight tons was $180. 



Lumber Injured by Sea Water 



The transportation of large lumber rafts from Norway to England has 

 led to a discussion of the question whether lumber is damaged by being 

 soaked witU sea water. Instances are cited which seem to prove that 

 injury occurs, particularly when lumber that has been soaked with salt 

 water lies a considerable time in contact with other lumber. Stains re- 

 sult. It is claimed that veneer will come loose from furniture made of 

 lumber which was formerly soaked in sea water. 



Air Planes at Date of Armistice 



Complete figures have now been compiled, showing the relative airplane 

 strength of the allies and the central empires at the date of the armistice. 

 On the I'>ench and Belgian fronts the number of planes were ; 



French 3,321 



German 2,730 



British 1,758 



American 740 



Belgian 153 



Total Allied 5,972 



Total enemy 2,730 



Italian Front — 



Italian 812 



Austrian 622 



However, the Germans had 26 more balloons than the Allies, but the 

 Italians had six more than the Austrians. 



African Hardwood Forests 



Cttnsul J. O. Spence who is stationed at Lovenzo Marquez. Portuguese 

 East Africa, recently reported to this government the economic situation 

 in that region, and had the following account of certain hardwood re- 

 sources : 



Many parts of the province are covered with large forests of timber 

 mostly of the hardwood type, but their proper exploitation is hindered 

 by lack of transportation facilities. A company recently formed for 

 exploiting the forests in the Gaza district has, since the war, supplied 

 a considerable number of sleepers to the railway department. Gratifying 

 results await anyone starting a milling and lumber business on a large 

 scale, on modern lines and with considerable capital, as nothing has, as 

 yet, been attempted in that direction. One of the principal kinds of tim- 

 ber is known as mucrusse. a type between native mahogany and teak, and 

 very suitable for sleepers as it is not subject to attack by white ants. 

 There are also large forests of cedar, probably Widdringtonia whytei or 

 the Malange cedar, for supplies of which the Austrian firm of Fabre 

 shortly before the war made contracts at .$2.43 per cubic foot for use in 

 its pencil factories. 



Potash from Wood Ashes 



An Investigation concerning the production of potash from wood ashes, 

 conducted by the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., 

 disclosed the following facts : 



The ash content of hardwoods ranges from .05% to 3.02% with an 

 average of .61%. 



The potash content of pure, well-burnt ashes may be very high, ranging 

 from 10% up to 35%. These figures are, however, of but little value, 

 since all commercial ashes contain impurities, such as sand, sawdust, or 

 charcoal, and these impurities may make up a very large per cent of the 

 total ash. The potash content of commercial wood ashes may vary over 

 a comparatively wide range, depending somewhat on the wood and the 

 kind of furnace or stove used. The average of 111 analyses made in 

 Connecticut from 1906 to 1915 was 3.6%. 



The Initial cost of a potash plant of 24 leachers. Including building, is 

 between three thousand and four thousand dollars. The cost of manu- 

 facture of potash, not including the cost of the wood ashes, will vary 

 from about 7 to 17 cents a pound, depending upon the kind of ashes ob- 

 tained and whether or not the plant is running at full capacity. 



It is evident, therefore, that the manufacture of potash from wood 

 ashes will not be a paying proposition when normal prices are resumed, 



