HARDWOOD RECORD 



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ORD : In looking over your estimable paper of 

 Jan. 25 I notice on page 13 (which by the way 

 should be an unlucky one) "Uetrospective." 



I have sent you so many choice hits for your 

 paper that have apparently lieen turned down, 

 lost in the mails, sidestepped, turn up, burned 

 or put in the pocket book in the right hand 

 drawer of your desk, with Shakespeare and other 

 noted gems of thought, that I am "up in the 

 air" as to whether 1 shall contribute, at the 

 same salary, any more brain-fag propositions for 

 your publication. But here is one more In an- 

 swer to yours above, of the kind that is consid- 

 ered choicest by artists of high ability — I forget 

 the name, but I know it is not a limerick. It 

 is entitled : 



PROSPECTIVIS. 



When stock is sold, 

 1 think you're bold 

 To talk of "scads" 

 That come from "ads" — 

 When stock is sold ! 



This looks as cute to me as the old maid I 

 saw at the opera house the other night with 

 her best fellow who had her hair pulled up so 

 tight in the back that she couldn't wink until 

 after she had taken out two hairpins ! — Wm. J. 



W.\GSTArF. 



Not Involved in a Fire. 



In the issue of the Hardwood Eecord of 

 Jan. 25 a paragraph giving the details of a 

 fire in a Manitowoc veneer plant had at- 

 tached to it, incorrectly, the name of the 

 'Wisconsin Veneer Company. This concern is 

 located at Khinelander and, as will be noted 

 by the following letter, has suffered no recent 

 loss by fire: 



Rhinelaxder, Wis., Jan. 25. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : We notice in your issue of Jan. 

 25, a copy of which is just received, that on 

 page 35 is an account of the burning of the 

 plant of the Wisconsin Veneer Company. This 

 is an error, because we are running full blast at 

 the present time. We have had our trouble 

 with tires, and the error in this issue will 

 make it embarrassing for us to explain the mat- 

 ter to our friends. — Wisconsin Veneer Com- 

 pany. 



'Wants Oak and Ash Dimension. 



The following letter comes from a prom- 

 inent English importing and manufacturing 

 concern, whose address will be supplied to 

 any one interested: 



LiVEKPOOL, Eng., Jan. 20. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We are buyers on this side of oak and 

 ash dimension stock. If you can give us names 

 of gentlemen on your side who can execute 

 orders promptly, we should be much obliged. 

 Among other things, we are open for 1,000 ash 

 scantlings. 3i/4x5-14 feet, and a (|uantity of dif- 

 ferent sizes of oak scantlings. Shotild be pleased 

 to send specifications of what we require. 



many points of advantage, but it is doubtful 

 if even a minority of the lumber trade would 

 consent to have the system of measurement 

 that has been in force so many years over- 

 hauled and upset by the adoption of the 

 French system. About the only inducement 

 that could be offered to the lumber trade to 

 change its system of measurement, which 

 ■would involve a change of lumber thicknesses 

 and all that sort of thing, would be to make 

 ten standard inches to the foot, and it is 

 doubtful if the trade could be induced to 

 adopt even this scheme. TJnfortunately, even 

 this method would not be practical from the 

 fact that the meter is not a multiple of the 

 inch. — Editor. 



Piling Hard'woods. 



Johannesburg, Mich., Jan. 23. — Editor 

 Hardwood Record : We read in your issue of 

 Dec. 25 an article on the sub.)ect of piling lum- 

 ber. We enclose a small photograph of one of 

 the alleys in our yard, and wish to say that we 

 find some stained lumber in these piles. You 

 will note that these piles are well up from the 

 ground and have a ten-inch chimney all the 

 way up. We And stain next to the chimney and 

 are going to try your suggestion to pile with a 

 two foot chimney for about six feet and then 



Metric System Applied to Lumber. 



New York, Jan. 31. — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 ord : The New York Herald is agitating the 

 adoption by Congress of the metric system. It 

 makes the claim that the commercial bodies are 

 in favor of such action. So far as the lumber 

 trade is concerned we believe this statement is 

 incorrect. To our minds the adoption of the 

 metric system would lead to confusion, and would 

 not in any way be an acceptable substitute for 

 the present method of measuring lumber. Will 

 you give me your views on this matter? — New 

 York Lumber Trade Journal, J. D. Crary, 

 Managing Director. 



The Hakdwood Record is entirely in ac- 

 cord with the views of the publisher of the 

 New York Lumber Trade Journal on the 

 subject of the application of the metric sys- 

 tem to lumber measurement. It possesses 



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FINE EXHIBIT OF MAI'LE LUMBEIt I'lLIXG. 



pile over it and have none from there up. We 

 pile with a good pitch, pile loose and roof over 

 every pile when finished. This picture shows 

 2,000,000 feet of maple cut for the Thomas 

 Forman Company of Detroit. You will note that 

 we take pride in our piling and are trying to 

 overcome stain. We saw winter and summer 

 and this year we began to run nights. We 

 have 7,000.000 feet of hardwoods on hand and 

 timber enough in sight to run us for twenty 

 years. Our timber is around us on all sides in 

 one solid body. We have at present a saw and 

 veneer mill, also a lath and wood mill and 

 expect to build an up-to-date flooring plant this 

 year. We read your paper with interest and 

 find many useful suggestions. — Johannesburg 

 Mpg. Co., p. L. Michelson, Secretary and Gen- 

 eral Manager. 



The foregoing letter is from one of the 

 foremost hardwood manufacturers of the 

 state of Michigan. Mr. Michelson 's training 

 of years in the hardwood business has been 

 with the allied concern of Sailing, Hanson & 

 Co., Grayling, Mich. — Editor. 



Great Interest in Hardwood Dimension 

 Meeting. 



DECATun, Ala., .Tan. 31. — Editor Hardwood 

 R'ecobd : I want to thank you for your inter- 

 est in this dimension association enterprise. 



There is no question but that it is a very im- 

 portant feature of the hardwood manufacturing 

 business, and it has been seriously neglected. 

 Much timber is waslcd every day that should be 

 utilized in the different dimension consuming 

 establishments of the country aud thus save the 

 hardwood forests and prolong the life of the 

 hardwood business. I think your article in the 

 Record of Jan. 25 very timely and to the point. 

 Earring accident, I shall be in Cincinnati on the 

 morning of the 21st and hope to lend what as- 

 sistance I may to the furtherance of this meet- 

 ing. Hope to .see you there. — Huntsville Lum- 

 ber Co., F. W. Webster, V. P. 



The foregoing letter is a specimen of scores 

 of similar communications that have been re- 

 ceived on the subject of the forthcoming 

 meeting at the Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, Feb. 

 21 and 22. Every indication points to the 

 presence of at least 150 representatives of 

 houses interested in dimension production, 

 and the meeting is one that will undoubtedly 

 result in a great deal of good to this line of 

 the trade. 



New York Hardwood Values. 



New YoRii, Jan. 2(1. — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 ord : Looking through the columns of your is- 

 sue of Jan. 25, I find in the New Y'ork letter 

 some discrepancies I can hardly reconcile. Your 

 correspondent quotes prices that are anywhere 

 from $3 to .$6 or ?7 out of line. As an illustra- 

 tion he refers to southern oak moving freely at 

 .$67 to $68. I have never heard of any stock 

 olfered at this figure, with the possible exception 

 of a little narrow stock that came out of West 

 Virginia, which was poorly manufactured and 

 sold here at $68. Southern oak is bringing right 

 along, even though it is not selling briskly, $72 

 a thousand for good stock. Good Indiana aver- 

 aging about eight inches is bringing $76 to $77, 

 while some Arkansas stock is sold as- high as 

 .'?78. One inch sap poplar is firm at $40, where- 

 as your market reporter quotes it at $36 to $38. 

 -\gain he is out of line on inch basswoort which 

 he quotes at $43 for firsts and seconds, whereas 

 the most we expect to get from large buyers is 

 .'?37 to $38. Likewise common hasswood sells 

 freely for $27 to $28. 



The above letter is from one of the large 

 liardwood jobbers of the metropolitan dis- 

 trict and the prices he names are doubtless 

 accurate from his viewpoint. New York is 

 such a catholic market, receiving stock from 

 so many sources and of such manifest dif- 

 ference in physical qualities, variations in 

 grade, manufacture, etc., that it is very diffi- 

 cult for any correspondent to make an esti- 

 mate of values that are in any wise accurate 

 or that can be used as a base for estimating 

 the probable price that various grades of 

 lumber will stand in New York. There is 

 not a market in the country that has more 

 variations in price than this one. — Editor. 



Wlo Caoi Inform Us? 



Pap.kersburg, W. Va., Feb. C. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record ; Can you give us any informa- 

 tion about the Pittsburg Fuel Company, with 

 ofl3ce in the Bijou building, Pittsburg, Pa.? 

 This concern's letter heads allege that it is in 

 the hardwood lumber and coal business, but we 

 do not find them rated in any of the com- 

 mercial agencies, and as it asks for quotations 

 on large quantities of lumber should like to 

 have some information about the character of 

 the concern and its financial responsibility. 



The Hardwood Eecord is unable to supply 

 the information asked for by its correspon- 

 dent, but should be glad to have any of its 

 readers who are acquainted with this company 

 supply such data which it will gladly com- 

 municate to this correspondent. — Editor. 



