lumber of various sizes as imported into the 

 United States decreased from $1,093,534 in 1010 

 to $1,48-1.364 in November, 1011. 0£ this the 

 hulk was imported from Canada. The total 

 value of the wood pulp importation in November. 

 1911, was $999,767 as against $1,304,214 in 

 November. 1910. 



The value of all saw logs exported during the 

 past November was $141,253 as against $196.- 

 131 in 1910. Of this the most important were 

 hickory, oak and walnut. The export value of 

 timbers, both sawn and hewn, aggregated $534,- 

 438 this year, a decrease of $65,500 during the 

 year. The United Kingdom took the bulk of this. 

 The total value of manufactured lutnber includ- 

 ing boards, planks and deals, as exported from 

 the United States'in November. 1911, was $4,368,- 

 706, an increase of $1,100,000 over the export 

 trade in November, 1910. This includes all hard 

 and soft wood in various dimensions and classes 

 of manufacture. Among consuming countries 

 the United Kingdom ranked easily first, with 

 Canada second. The foreign consumption of 

 American shingles increased from November, 

 1910. to November, 1911, over $9,000 and totaled 

 in 1911 $15,610. The export trade in shooks. 

 staves and headings, showed rather marked de- 

 creases in quantity and value during the year, 

 while the value of snsh. doors and blinds shipped 



E. W. niLL. PI{E81DENT OF TUE HILL 



BROTHERS TIE & LUMBER CO., 



CHARLES! ON, W. VA. 



to other countries was almost doubled. There 

 was a decrease in the value of furniture exports 

 during 1911 from $564,020 to $471,436. The 

 total value of exports of wood and manufac- 

 tures of wood was $7,239,862 in November, 1911, 

 and $6,441,828 in November. 1910. 



New Tie and Lumber Company 



Growing out of the original partnership estab- 

 lished a year or more ago by the Hill brothers, 

 with headquarters at Columbus. O.. has been in- 

 corporated the Hill Brothers Tie & Lumber Com- 

 pany, with headquarters at Charleston, W. Va.. 

 in the Alderson-Stephenson building. The in- 

 corporators of the company are E. W. Hill, presi- 

 dent, formerly inspector for the Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association of the United States ; J. 

 V. Hill, vice-president and general manager, 

 formerly chief inspector of the same association : 

 G. S. Hill, secretary and treasurer, formerly 

 with the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company. Charles- 

 ton. Miss. ; Miss Vernon J. Elder, assistant to 

 General Manager Hill ; Charles M. Bynner and 

 Alta Bynner. formerly of Columbus. O. 



The company is organized for the purpose of 

 manufacturing railroad ties and timber, and in 

 doing a general wholesale lumber business. The 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



present mills of the company are located near 

 Maynor. W. Va., on the Virginian railroad, at 

 which place the company has a liranch oflice. 



Court Denies Application of Eastern Asso- 

 ciations 



In the case of the government vs. the Eastern 

 States Retail Lumber Dealers Association, et al, 

 for alleged violation of the Sherman anti-trust 

 law. Judge Coxe of the United States district 

 court on Jan. 4 denied the application of the 

 lumber associations to have the testimony in this 

 suit taken in open court, a point for which 

 the as.sociations have been strongly contending. 

 The testimony will therefore be taken before a 

 commissioner and, when completed, will be pre- 

 sented to the three circuit court judges for trial 

 and decision. In denying the application. Judge 

 Coxe stated that he refused it because it would 

 create a precedent which, if followed, would 

 result in a hopeless congestion of the business 

 of the court. It seems that all such cases are 

 invariably heard by a commissioner : hence the 

 decision of the court Is simply in line with reg- 

 ular procedure ; but it seems too bad that such 

 is the case, for the reason that the taking of 

 testimony in this way involves much greater 

 expense and hardship upon the defendant, as 

 well as eliminating many benefits to be derived 

 through the personality, etc. of witnesses before 

 the entire court. 



The -next step in the suit will be the appoint- 

 ment of a commissioner to proceed. 



"It's Good To Be Remembered" 



Many engaged in the hardwood industry have 

 openly demonstrated that they have the welfare 

 of their fellow-workers at heart as expressed In 

 the many Christmas and New Year's cards they 

 have sent out. and among those received by 

 IlARnwooD Record are from the following : E. 

 C. Atkins & Co. Inc., Indianapolis, Ind., Mitchell 

 Brothers Company, Cadillac, Mich., Tennessee 

 Oak Flooring Company, Nashville. Tenn.. Si- 

 monds Manufacturing Company, Fitchburg, 

 Mass., Riemeier Bros. & Cummings. Evansville, 

 Ind. 



The ever welcome and useful memorandum 

 books, handsomely bound in red or black leather 

 have reachced us from Russe & Burgess, Inc., 

 Memphis. Tenn.. Cherry River Boom & Lumber 

 Company. Scranton. Pa!, R. S. Bacon Veneer 

 Company. Chicago, and Louis Wuichet, Chicago. 



A novelty in the way of a Christmas remem- 

 brance is a ten year, prettily decorated desk 

 calendar from the M. B. Farrin Lumber Com- 

 pany, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Then there is the ever-handy desk pad from 

 Scatchtrd & Son. Buffalo. N. Y.. containing fifty- 

 two sheets, each divided into the six working 

 tJays of the week. 



The Anderson-Tully Company. Memphis. Tenn. 

 has assisted in beautifying the editor's sanctum 

 by presenting him with a handsome inkwell 

 reposing in a miniature log made of brass. 



Beautiful calendars were received from : 



Geo. C. Brown & Co.. Memphis, Tenn., en- 

 titled "In the Days of Auld Lang Syne" ; 

 Robert Black & Co.. Bay City, Mich., "Trailing 

 Arbutus" ; "Lady Caprice," from the John Dul- 

 weber Company, Cincinnati, O. ; John M. Woods 

 & Co., East Cambridge, Mass. and Memphis, 

 Tenn. ; "Monarchs of the Forest." from the 

 HoUey-Baker Lumber Co., Sikeston. Mo. : "Sun- 

 set Near Land's E'nd. England." from Chas. K. 

 Parry & Co.. Philadelphia. Pa. ; "A Chat by the 

 Wayside" from the Anderson-Tully Company, 

 Memphis, Tenn. Other beauties from the Esta- 

 brook-Skeele Lumber Company, Chicago ; John 

 W. Coles. Philadelphia, Pa. ; "Sunset over the 

 Hill" from the R. E. Wood Lumber Company, 

 Baltimore, Md. ; Barker & Co., New Haven, Conn, 

 and Boston, Mass. and from the Southern Pine 

 Compan.v of Georgia. Savannah. Ga. 



Weekly calendars have reached us from the 

 Holley-Matthews Manufacturing Company. Sikes- 

 ton, Mo. and from Wistar. Underbill & Nixon, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



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Other calendars have reached H-\rdwood Rec- 

 ord's otBce from the Huddleston-Marsh Lumber 

 Company, dealer in foreign and domestic fancy 

 woods, veneers and glued-up stock. Chicago. 111., 

 and "Rosetime," from The Prescott Company, 

 manufacturer of sawmill machinery, Menom- 

 inee, Mich. 



Russia's Timber Export 



Second among Russia's exports are shipments 

 of timber, which, according to late consular re- 

 ports, are increasing yearly. In 1909 the amount 

 was 6,872,161 tons, value $65,066,645. Last 

 year it was 6,606,338 tons, value $70,879,450. 

 Deals, battens and boards to the value of $43,- 

 239,915 were included in this total. Great Brit- 

 ain took $29,914,805 worth : Germany, $19,934.- 

 620: Netherlands, $5,297,290; France, $2,860,- 

 065 ; Belgium, $2,505,090. 



A New Mechanical Tree Felling Device 

 A writer in Scientific American says that at- 

 tempts have been made from time to time to fell 

 trees with a wire heated by electricity, but so 

 far these have not given satisfactory results. 



A Berlin inventor. Hugo Gantke, has recently 

 designed a simple device for the mechanical 

 felling of trees, in which the trunks are cut by 

 the friction of an ordinary eighteen-gauge steel 

 wire. It is alleged th;-Lt a practical test has 



J. V. HILL. VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL - 



MANAGER. HILL BROTHERS TIE & 



LUMBER CO., CHARLESTON, W. VA. 



demonstrated that it is able to fell a twenty- 

 inch tree in six minutes. The steel wire, driven 

 by an electric motor, is heated so intensely by 

 friction on the wood as to burn a thin carbon- 

 ized kerf, w-hich is both smoother and cleaner 

 than the cut of a saw. The charcoal layer ad- 

 hering to the trunk is extremely thin and al- 

 lows the structure and any disease of the wood 

 to be distinctly recognized. It enables the tree 

 to be marked with chalk, and at the same time 

 tends to preserve any trunks that may be tem- 

 porarily left in the woods. 



The writer states that this felling machine 

 will work freely even on the largest trees with- 

 out requiring any wedges to be inserted into 

 the cut ; for instead of any sawdust there is 

 only smoke and steam, and hence there is no 

 danger of the cut becoming obstructed. It 

 enables the operator to cut the trees very close 

 to the ground. 



A new piece of steel wire costing but a few 

 cents is taken for each cut. and there is no 

 loss of time such as is Involved in hand labor 

 between cuts, or time taken for the sharpening 

 of saws. Only one man is required to operate 

 the machine against two men working with 



