HARDWOOD RECORD 



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in Itn.-:iting this stock. 



Company. 



The foregoing letter is from a leading 

 automobile body manufacturing concern, which 

 has been supplied with a list of black wal- 

 nut lumber producers Any others interested 

 in the inquiry can have the address by writ- 

 ing II.utDwooD Record and referring to 

 B lis.— Editor. 



B 116 — Inspection Work National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association 



President Digging and Secretary Fish of 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 are out with a report to its members cover- 

 ing its very satisfactory showing of inspec- 

 tion work during the month of October, 

 which is reproduced herewith; 



Chicago, 111., Not. 15, 1911. 

 To the Membership : — ■ 



Our last letter accompanying the September 

 statement, advised you that the report of the 

 bureau for that month constituted a record of 

 the largest month's work in the history of our 

 association, but we did not say anything that 

 would lead you to expect that we would beat 

 that record in the next month's work, and we 

 feel that we should apologize for our neglect, 

 because we have beaten it badly. 



The enclosed statement of official inspections 

 for October shows that our licensed men in- 

 spected the enormous amount of 15,146.475 feet 

 during that month, which exceeds our previous 

 red-letter month by 2.165,745 feet and stands as 

 the record for the inspection bureau. 



We beg to advise that we do not expect the 

 winter months to bring us as large an amount 

 of work, because navigation on the Great Lakes 

 has practically closed, which will result in some 

 reduction in the volume of shipments. 



On account of the tact that some of our 

 recently installed salaried inspectors have not 

 likd time to become thoroughly established and 

 have therefore not secured enough business to 

 make themselves self-supporting, the work of the 

 bureau cost us $55.57 for the month, instead 

 of showing a profit as it otherwise would have 

 done. 



Since our last letter, we have received fifteen 

 applications for membership, making a total of 

 sixty-seven since our last annual convention. 



We trust that every member will feel the same 

 amount of pride on account of this record as do. 



Yours truly, 

 F. F. Fish, F. A. Diggins, 



Secretary-Treasurer. President. 



B 119 — Seeks Cedar Lumber 



New Orleans, La., Nov. IS. — Editor Hardwood 

 Recobd : Can you refer us to some luml)er con- 

 cerns that handle cedar? We wish this stock 

 for the making of box couches. 



Fdrnitdre Company. 



The above inquiry is from a furniture 

 manufacturing house of the Crescent city. 

 The writer has been supplied with a list of 

 producers of red cedar, which is probably 

 the variety sought. Any others interested 

 in the inquiry can have the address by writ- 

 ing Haedwood Eecord and referring to 

 B 119.— Editor. 



B 120— Seeks Market for Hickory 



Falkville, Ala., Nov. 16. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Have you a list of hickory users in 

 line of manufacturers of handles, wagon and 

 carriage stock, etc., with which you could supply 

 us? Also advise what the cost of membership 

 in the National Hickory Association is, and tell 

 us about this organization. 



Company. 



The above letter is from a hardwood lum- 

 ber manufacturing house, which is an adver- 



tiser in Hardwood Record, and has been ad- 

 vised that we can supply it with a list of 

 hickory handle manufacturers as well as a 

 list of users of hickory wagon and carriage 

 wood stock, if it so desires. 



The writer has been referred to the secre- 

 tary of the National Hickory Association for 

 information concerning this organization. 

 Anyone interested in making a connection 

 for a source of hickory supply can have this 

 address by writing and referring to B 120.^ 

 Editor. 



B 121 — Seeks Market for Locust and Beech 



Cobden, 111., Nov. 17. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Enclosed find post-office order for my 

 subscription for coming year. I am operating a 

 small band mill cutting bos lumber and miscel- 

 laneous hardwoods. Can you tell me what is 

 the best outlet for my oak cut from twelve to 

 twenty-four inch logs? We also have a consid- 

 erable quantity of both black and yellow locust, 

 which we think is superior to oak for many pur- 

 poses. The wood is strong and withstands rot 

 for a long time, and the grain is straight and 

 fine. Please give me any comparative figures 

 you may have on the relative strength of locust, 

 oak, hickory, etc. Would not locust make a de- 

 sirable material for the framework of automo- 

 bile bodies? 



I also have a large quantity of beech here. 

 Isn't it about time it will pay to cut and mar- 

 ket this wood? 



The foregoing letter is from a lumber 

 manufacturer of southern Illinois, and he 

 has been advised that the general use for 

 locust is coniined to the production of insu- 

 lator pins, although some is used for po- 

 licemen's clubs. He also is told that a 

 large quantity of beech is now going into 

 the market to furniture trade, for the mak- 

 ing of drawer ends and backs as it is re- 

 garded as the best lumber known for 

 drawer slides. Anyone who seeks a supply 

 of oak, locust and beech will be put in 

 touch with the writer on application, by 

 referring to B 121. — Editor. 



B 122 — Falsification of Classification 



San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 14. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : As you are interested in legiti- 

 mate lines of hardwoods, probably you are op- 

 posed, the same as all dealers, to the falsifica- 

 tion of deliveries of lumber under assumed 

 names. We frequently have read about wood 

 that is not at all mahogany being sold as Colum- 

 bian mahogany, and we believe that publicity 

 should be given all cases where dealers seek to 

 sell an inferior item classified as mahogany, or 

 some other well-known staple. It has come to 

 our notice that a good deal of wood is being im- 

 ported from Africa that is sold as Spanish 

 cedar, when as a matter of fact it is no more 

 Spanish cedar than cottonwood. 



It might be of interest to the hardwood trade 

 in general that these inferior and counterfeit 

 woods be investigated and publicity be given the 

 result. 



Company. 



The foregoing letter is from a leading 

 hardwood manufacturer and dealer of the 

 Pacific coast, and the points he suggests 

 are well taken. There is a good deal of 

 wood being imported into the United 

 States and sold as mahogany, which has no 

 right to this name, as it is very much in- 

 ferior to any of the several genuine vari- 

 eties of this aristocrat of woods. It is also 



equally true that wood that is in no wise 

 akin to Spanish cedar is being imported 

 and palmed off for the genuine. — Editor. 

 B 123 — From the Director of the Govern- 

 ment's Forest Products Laboratory 



Madison, Wis., Nov. IS. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : My attention has been called to an 

 editorial entitled "The Uses of Lumber," which 

 appeared in your issue of Oct. 25 on page 24. 

 I think you are laboring under a misapprehen- 

 sion regarding the work of the Forest Products 

 Laboratory. We have under way and have made 

 good progress in experiments to determine the 

 fundamental properties of different commercial 

 woods. A standard series of tests is being made 

 on practically all important species to deter- 

 mine the relative hardness, toughness, strength, 

 durability and variation in strength of wood in 

 different parts of the tree, and the effect of soil 

 and site conditions upon the properties of the 

 wood. We are also getting accurate data upon 

 the relative shrinkage and hygroscopic properties. 



Experiments are also being made to determine 

 the suitability of forest and mill waste for the 

 manufacture of paper and other fiber products. 

 Many other similar lines of work are being con- 

 ducted here. 



The laboratory has been in operation only 

 about two years and not many publications have 

 appeared dealing with our work, but during the 

 next year from fifteen to twenty publications 

 dealing with experiments under way here will 

 be submitted b.v us for publication. 



I was pleased with the editorial in that you 

 indorsed the principles that led to the establish- 

 ment of the Forest Products Laboratory, and 

 which have guided us mostly in determining its 

 program of work. 



I wish that you could find time to pay the 

 laboratory a visit and inspect in person our 

 facilities for work and what is actually being 

 accomplished. 



I am writing this letter in no sense as a pro- 

 test to your editorial, but merely to correct what 

 seems to be a wrong impression on your part. 

 McGarvey Cline, Director. 



Mr. Cline has been advised that the editor 

 of Hardwood Record will take an early 

 opportunity to visit him at his laboratory, 

 and carefully analyze with him the work 

 that he is conducting. — Editor. 



B 125 — Seeks Market for Broom Handles 



Dossville. Miss., Nov. 10. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Will you kindly put us in touch with 

 some users of beech broom handles? We have 

 the timber and would like to produce broom 

 bandies if we could sell them. 



The above letter is from a Mississippi 

 hardwood manufacturer, and Record has not 

 been able to supply him with very complete 

 information about a market for broom 

 handles, but he has been referred to sources 

 of information. 



Anyone desiring to communicate with the 

 writer can have the address by advising us 

 and referring to B 12.5. — Editor. 



B 12-1 — Seeks Hard Maple Floor Blocks 



London, E. C, Nov. 8. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : As we understand it, one of your 

 aims is to bring buyers and sellers together. 

 We will be extremely obliged to you, if you 

 will kindly give us a list of shippers in the 

 northern states or Canada who manufacture 

 1%-inch and li4-inch x 9 x 3, etc., rock maple 

 floor blocks. We have a considerable demand 

 for this class of goods, and trust you will be 

 able to put us in communication with the best 

 sources of supply. 



Company. 



The writer of the above letter is a lead- 



