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HARDWOOD RECORD 



May 10, 1919 



FOR SALE TO HIGHEST BIDDERS 



4,000,000 ft. (B. M.) OREGON PINE 



THICKNESSES— 2 in., 2% in., 2J4 in., 3 in., 4 in., S in. and 6 in. WIDTHS— 5 in. to 12 in. LENGTHS— 10 ft. to 34 ft. 



3,000,000 ft. (B.M.) VANCOUVER SPRUCE 



THICKNESSES— 2 in., 2% in., 2^ in., 3 in., 4 in., 5 in. and 6 in. WIDTHS— 5 in. to 12 in. LENGTHS— « ft. to 34 ft. 

 EVERY PIECE OF PINE AND SPRUCE IS DRY, FREE OF DEFECTS, AND STRAIGHT GRAINED. 



2,700,000 Sq. Ft.) BIRCH PLYWOOD VENEER 



THICKNESSES— 1-8 in., 5-32 in., 13-64 in., 15-64 in., 5-16 in. and 25-64 in. WIDTHS AND LENGTHS— 36x48 in. and 

 48x60 in. 



EVERY PIECE OF PLYWOOD IS DRY, FREE OF DEFECTS, PLANED AND WATERPROOF. 



EVERY THICKNESS, WIDTH AND LENGTH IS SEPARATELY CRATED AND STRAPPED. 



FIVE CARLOADS OR MORE OF SPRUCE OR PINE WILL BE SOLD WHERE STORED. 



ONE CARLOAD OR MORE OF PLYWOOD WILL BE SOLD WHERE STORED. 



ALL THIS MATERIAL HAS PASSED RIGID INSPECTION BY U. S. GOVERNMENT OFFICERS. 



SPRUCE AND PINE ARE IN STORE AT PORT ARTH UR AND HOUSTON, TEXAS. PLYWOOD IS IN STORE 

 AT NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. 



Terms: Certified Check or Sight Draft with B/L when loaded. Buyers shall pay loading charges. 



Address all communications to 



ITALIAN MILITARY MISSION 



Holland House, 5th Ave. & 30th St. 



Telephone MadUon Square 2993 



New York City, N. Y. 



Cable Address Italyarm 



Stop-off Service on Lumber in Canada 



Consul Woodward, at Cambellton, New Brunswick, has made the fol- 

 lowing report on the cost of the stop-off service on lumber cars in Canada : 



A Canadian publication reports that lumber manufacturers are opposed 

 to certain proposed changes contemplated by Canadian railways in regard 

 to stop-over privilcgos on cars containing lumber tor the purpose of dress- 

 ing, resawing, etc. Last spring it was proposed by certain railways that 

 the stop-off charge, so far as dressing lumber in transit was concerned, 

 would be increased from 1 to 2 cents per 100 pounds, and the minimum 

 charge per car would be raised from $5 to $S. A vigorous protest was 

 made by lumber companies on the ground that some mills would be ad- 

 versely affected, and the matter was then dropped. It was thought that 

 the question was definitely settled, but since the first of the year it has 

 again been brought fonvard. 



In consequence the transportation department of the Canadian Manu- 

 facturers' Association recently sent notice to lumber manufacturers to the 

 effect that the Crand Trunk Railway had issued another draft of proposed 

 regulations along these lines, and that it was understood that other 

 Canadian lines, among them being the Canadian Pacific and Canadian 

 National, intended adopting the same regulations. 



Withdrawal of Enemy Trading Lists 



The war trade board on April 28 announced the withdrawal or cancel- 

 lation of all enemy trading lists, in the following formal notice : 



On and after April 29. 101!), all disabilities heretofore attached to trade 

 and communication with persons included in such lists shall cease to 

 operate and all persons in the United States will be authorized, subject 

 to the other ruli'S and regulations of the war trade board and except as 

 hereinafter provided, to trade and communicate with all persons outside 

 of the United States with whom trade and communication is prohibited 

 by the trading with the enemy act. 



The foregoing action does not modify or affect In any respect the 

 present restrictions against trade and communication between the United 

 States and Germany or Hungary, nor does this action authorize trade 

 with respect to any property which heretofore, pursuant to the pro- 

 visions of the trading with the enemy act as amended, has been reported 

 to the alien property custodian or should have been so reported to him, 

 or any property which heretofore, pursuant to the provisions of said act, 

 the custodian has seized or has required to be conveyed, transferred, 

 assigned, delivered or paid over to him. 



The associated governments, in taking the foregoing action, have re- 

 served the right to reissue the enemy trading list and to revive the dis- 

 abilities hereinabove mentioned, should such action become necessary. 



Baltimore Exports for March 



Unmistakable progress is being made in exports. This the statement 

 iif forwardings from Baltimore for March, which has just been Issued, 

 dearly shows. It cannot be said that any of the items on the list are 

 so nuich larger than tliey have lieen, the gains being rather in the greater 

 variety of the shipments, taken together with the fact that the move- 

 ment of certain woods used for war purposes may be said to liave stopped, 



so that the shipments now are to be regarded as approaching normal. 

 With all war restrictions canceled, the chief check upon the business Is 

 lack of tonnage. Many shippers are ready to send out stock, but they 

 are either unable to get space or they find it wellnigh impossible. The 

 exhibit for March of this year is especially striking when contrasted with 

 the showing for the same month last year. That period, although it does 

 not represent the low mark in the trade, is perhaps the record as far as 

 the narrowness of the movement is concerned. The number of items on 

 the list for last March reaches a total of fourteen, the largest recorded 

 for a long time, while that for March, 1018. includes not more than five, 

 with spruce making up all but about ll^.OOO of the total declared value. 

 Spruce shipments no longer dominate the market, the woods in more gen- 

 eral use having the call. And there is every indication that the demand 

 will become more urgent as soon as the foreign buyers fully rcaliee that 

 a very great shortage in the supply of hardwoods existK here. 



Donation of Machines Suggested 



A new course in carpentry and furniture making is being intrmluced in 

 Copenhagen Technological Institute. Students are being solicited to take 

 such course in practical mechanics to render the country less dependent 

 upon importations. American manufacturers of woodworking machinery 

 would be making a good investment in advertising, says the commercial 

 attache, by donating this institute some characteristic machines. 



Hardwood News Notes 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Snyder Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., is now operat- 

 ing under the title of the Shaw Furniture Company. 



The following concerns have Incorporated recently : The Russell Hard- 

 wood Lumber Company, Russell, Ky. ; the Walker Lumber Company, Dar- 

 danelle. Ark. ; the Acme Lumber & Manufacturing Company, New York, 

 N. Y. ; the Standard Woodworking Company, Lafayette, Ind. ; the Abeles 

 & Taussig Tie Corporntiojo, St. Louis, Mo. 



The William-Bailes Lumber Company has succeeded the Commercial 

 Lumber & Timber Company at Shreveport, La. 



The Alexander Brothers Lumber Company, Cleveland, O., has changed 

 from a corporation to a partnership. 



