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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 23, 1919 



Build Railroad Into West Virginia Timber 

 Charter was Issued early in tl.e in....t:. at Cliarleslou, W. Va., for the 

 construetlun and operation of a railroad In Itoone eounty, extending tor 

 twelve miles from I'ond Fork to Skin Fork, tapping a rich timber and 

 mlninK district liitlierto inaeeessil.le. The eompan.v whi.h will be financed 

 by the fole & Crane interests is eapitaii-z.ed at .$,".0,00(1. 

 Wax from Red Gum 

 The advance in price of storax from twenty cents to five or ten dollars 

 a pound on account of the war may open a new field tor the sale of the 

 wax from red gum. Storax was formerly secured in Asia Minor from 

 trees very similar to red gum, and the wax from the American tree may 

 be substituted for it. In the southern portion of the range of red gum 



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Tribute to Captain Richard Cushman Priddie 



On February 1,S Capt. Richard Cushman Priddie, son of W. A. Priddie, 

 Beaumont Lumber Company. Beaumont, Tex., died of influenza while in 

 army service, and ILiiiiiwoon Recoiid acknowledges receipt of a very beauti- 

 ful memorial booklet attributed to Capt. Priddie by Rev. Wm. McFaddin, 

 Alexandria, La. The tribute is a beautiful piece of work not only from 

 an aesthetic standpoint, but because of the sentiment expressed in its 

 pages. 



History of War Prices 



The War Trade Hoard at Washington anuounce.s the forthcoming pub- 

 lication of the history of prices during the war. The price inquiry ac- 

 count by the War Industries Board covers thoroughly the whole field of 

 prices from the beginning of 1913 to the end of 191.S. The history will 

 be in the form of bulletins. .the first of which will be entitled "National 

 Price Comparison." The series comprises fifty bulletins. 



Who Is Responsible? 



Under that head a correspondent of the Timhrr Traiirs Journal of 

 London, Bng., writes : 



Who is responsible for good or bad cutting on a band mill? Is it the 

 fault of the .sawyer or saw filer? 



Hy bad cutting we take it that snaky cutting is meant, or saws running 

 in and out of cut, etc. This Ls generally due to the bad condition of the 

 saws, and is the fault of the saw doctor or filer. 



The chief causes are as follows: (1) Irregular tension: (2) too little 

 tension; (3) too much tension; (4) fast under the tooth; (5) hollow on 

 the back: (6) dished and lumpv saws; (7) too little hook: (8) too much 

 hook; (9) teeth of bad shape; (10) improperly ground; (11) set irregular 

 or to one side. 



The sawyer is responsible only if he runs: (1) With guides improperly 

 set; (2) siiws which are dull; (3) forces the feed; (4) runs a saw which 

 • lodges or crowds back when sharp, even in the first cut, when he should 

 very properly call the saw filer's attention to it ami have it corrected. 



The bad condition of the saws may be due to the saw filer's lack of 

 attention to: (1) Light and its direction; (2) hammering on the leveling 

 plate. therel\v making it round in such a way that it is not possible to 

 nse it for the purpose it was originally intended for ; (3) rolls not in lin^ 

 with the leveling plate, etc., causing saws to be dished: (4) insufficient 

 knowledge of the use of hammers and saw, level; (5) swage and shaper 

 not properly set; (6) lack of attention to grinding; (7) carelessness and 

 Insufficient attention to detail. 



Strong for the Forest Products Laboratory 



The splendid record of achievement and energetic effort that has been 

 made and is being added to every day by the staff of the Forest Products 

 Laboratory at Madison, Wis., is earning recognition from all industrial 

 groups of a nature to bring them in contact with the laboratory and its 

 work. One of the latest and most enthusiastic endorsements is in the 

 form of a resolution by The Waterproof Wrapping Paper Manufacturers' 

 Association which is affiliated with the American Pulp and Paper Asso- 

 ciation. The resolution, which was adopted at a recent meeting of the 

 wrapping paper association, and is strongly seconded by the pulp and 

 paper association, follows : 



Whereas, The Forest Products Laboratory's various research investiga- 

 tions on methods of packing war materials for overseas and domestic 

 shipment were the means of saving many millions of dollars in cost of 

 packing, in reduction of losses in damaged goods, and in the value of car, 

 storage and ship space, and 



Whereas, It is of vital importance from the standpoint of conservation 

 anfl efficiency that steps be taken immediately to bring about some reform 

 which will reduce the enormous damage claims resulting from improperly 

 pa<-ked goods for both domestic and foreign shipment, and 



Whereas, It is believed that the Forest Products Ijaboratory, because 

 of its past experience, is the proper org:inization to determine by research 

 what reforms are needed in present packing nietbods ; therefore, 



Be It Resolved, That the Waterproof Wrapping l*aper Manufacturers' 

 Association respectfully urges that the tlnited States tJovernment give the 

 necessary financial support to the Forest Products Laboratory to enable 

 it to continue efficiently and on a larger scale its exceedingly essential and 

 valuable investigations on containers, packing materials and methods of 

 packing for both domestic and export shipment. 



The Forest Ranger 



The United States Forest Service may not yet have developed or dis- 

 covered a first-class poet, one to compare with Kipling or even with 

 Joaquin Miller ; but something in that line has developed there, which 

 deserves a place in American literature, and, fortunately, steps have been 

 taken to give it such a place. John D. Gutherie. formerly forest super- 

 visor, has collected about fifty poems written by Forest Service men, and 

 they have been published in a volume of 175 pages by Richard G. Badger, 

 the Gorham Press, of Boston. The introduction of the book was written 

 by Giftord Pinchot. formerly U. S. chief forester. 



The poems appeared originally in various newspapers and magazines, 

 scattered over a perioil of fifteen years. The central idea in all of them 

 is "the forest and the man" ; but the topics are varied and the scenes 

 have so wide a range that they include the river and the rivulet ; the 

 path, pass, and peak ; the leaf, the fiower, and the seeds fiying before the 

 wind; the forest fire and the rapture of the fight and victory. There are 

 light veins, serious tones, and an appreciation of beauty that can interpret 

 a sunset among the pinnacles, or the pale purple blossoms of alfilerria on 

 the mountain meadows. One might read the book in an hour or two, but 

 it will pay better to spread the reading over a month or two, a poem a 

 day. The reader will get more out of it by taking plenty of time for 

 reflection between readings. The book sells at $1.50. 



