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There is no question in mind but that the ap- 

 pointment of this man to mal^e investigation 

 as to trade conditions and the lumber industry 

 in foreign countries is a grievous error. We 

 have spent many thousands of dollars of our 

 own money in developing a business abroad, and 

 to make an investigation of these conditions 

 through a man who knows absolutely nothing 

 whatever regarding the export lumber business, 

 will do a great deal of harm. 



B 197 — Allowance for End Matching 



Boardinan. X. C, Feb. 12. — Editor II-iuDwni)i> 

 RiccoRD : It is our understanding that it is 

 customary, where flooring is end matched, to 

 allow three inches on the count for end match- 

 ing, but we are unable to locate any authority 

 for same. Can you cite us such an aiuliorily 

 or advise us what you know regarding the 

 custom ? 



LU.MBER CO.MPAN'V. 



The above inquirer has been advised that 

 so far as Hardwood Eecokd knows, end- 

 matched flooring is tallied on net measare 

 from the end of the tongue, and while there 

 is an allowance of three-fourths of an inch 

 made for jointing, tongue and <i;foovs on 

 the width of hardwood flooring, there is no 

 allowance made for end matching. For 

 example, a two and a quarter inch face 

 finished floor strip is counted as three-inch 

 width, with the net length of the piece 

 over all. — Editor. 



B 198 — Dyeing Black Walnut Sap 



Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 12. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Tour last issue just received. Under 

 the heading "Dyeing Black Walnut Sap" there 

 is much truth in what is stated, but, bear in 

 mind when we say but, there are buts and 

 buts, as there are first and seconds and first 

 and seconds. 



Dyeing w'alnut is one thing, but properly 

 steam treating it is another thing. When the 

 white wood is colored by a dyeing process, it 

 is only a dye, but when properly steam treated, 

 and don't forget for a minute the "properly," it 

 is another thing. 



The walnut tree each year grows on the out- 

 side, taking on a layer of new wood, and al- 

 ways white sapwood. The nest year, the black 

 acid from the heartwood. we will say, perme- 

 ates and colors this white sapwood. the new 

 growth always being white or sapwood, and year 

 after year this continues, white turning to 

 black. 



There are some manufacturers who have 

 studied out what nature does, and by artificial 

 means help nature where she left off. that is, 

 by a tried out process, draw the natural black 

 acid that nature has already provided through 

 the white sapwood and so color it, as nature 

 would do the subsequent year, if the tree was 

 left growing. There is a big difference in doing 

 things. 



This firm properly steams all its walnut, he- 

 cause the lumber so treated has pleased its cus- 

 tomers for twenty odd years, and this firm is 

 willing to stand or fall on its walnut sales, 

 which are considerable (don't forget). Each 

 board of every grade has passed through our 

 special process of steaming, drawing the black 

 nature's acid through the white sapwood, as 

 nature would do were she allowed the time. We 

 know we are right, because we always have 

 orders booked ahead to cut, stick and ship when 

 in condition. Walnut so treated, if we were not 

 right, how could we book, repeat after repeat 

 orders for twenty odd years for the same cus- 

 tomers? 



As this is Lincoln's Birthday, the following 

 will fit in just right : "You can fool all of the 

 people some of the time, and fool some of the 

 people all the time, but you can't fool all the 



people all the time." We have been rlealing 

 with the same people all the time for twenty 

 odd years. Give them credit for as much intel- 

 ligence as ourselves. If we were fooling them, 

 they would have discovered it inside of tw-enty 

 odd years, but, and again there is the "but" 

 wc know how to ilo it, and we arc not telling. 

 Your correspondent claims to he the originator 

 of the Walnut Steaming Process, and has had to 

 he the butt (►f many cussings where the other 

 fellow tried it. Yours truly. 



VAX P,. PrCRRIXE. 



E 199 — Seeks Literature for the Manufac- 

 ture and Use of Lumber 



San Francisco, Cal.. Feb. S. — Editor Hard- 



wood Record : I am a subscriber to Hardwood 

 Record, and am going to ask you to supply me 

 with a list of books and aiMcIes dealing with 

 all or any of the following subjects ; growth, 

 location, manufacture and uses of any or all 

 kinds of hardwoods. 



Allen & Higgixs Lumber Comtaxv. 

 The writer of the above letter has been 

 given a list of sundry books published on 

 the various phases of the liunber industry, 

 and is further advised that the larger vol- 

 ume of literature, covering the subjects 

 named, is involved in the volumes of H.\rd- 

 wooD Record. — Editor. 



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Memphis Lumbermen's Club Meeting 



The Luml.iermen's Club of Memphis, at the 

 regular meeting held at Hotel Gayoso, Feb. 17, 

 voted unanimously to authorize the river and 

 rail committee to invite the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission to come to Memphis to hold the 

 hearing at which the question of estimated 

 weights on lumber shipments is to be discussed. 

 No date lias been set for the hearing, but lum- 

 bermen are anxious that it shall be held here 

 in order that proof may be furnished that there 

 is some reliability to be placed in estimated 

 weights where these are borne out by records 

 covering a long period. It is pointed out that 

 ^lemphis lumbermen have a very complete set of 

 files covering this subject and it is believed that, 

 if proper presentation is made, the commission 

 may be prevailed upon to allow estimated 

 weights to obtain. At present these are not 

 accepted by the commission in the face of "clear 

 track scale" weights claimed by the railroads, 

 and it is alleged that lumber shippers are very 

 much discriminated against on this account and 

 that they are subject to all sorts of irregu- 

 larities, practiced by the railroads in connection 

 with the weighing and re-weighing of cars. 



It was suggested by W. B. ^Morgan, secretary- 

 treasurer of the Anderson-Tully Company, that 

 the traffic committees of the three leading lum- 

 l)er organizations — the National Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Association, the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 -Association of the United States and the Na- 

 tional Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association — 

 take up the subject of estimated weights and 

 reach some uniform basis. He said that, with 

 each organization having a different basis for the 

 various hardwoods, it would be well nigh im- 

 possible to get the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion to agree to estimated weights. He thought 

 that the commission would not accept these 

 weights unless the members of these different 

 organizations could get together and agree upon 

 some basis among themselves. 



Although the river and rail committee reported 

 in favor of the acceptance of the plan of com- 

 bining the Memphis Freight Bureau in the estab- 

 lishment of the freight traffic department to 

 protect the interests of lumber shippers, as out- 

 lined in the last issue of the Habdwood Record, 

 no definite action was taken. The committee 

 was instructed to look further into the matter 

 and to make additional report at the nest meet- 

 ing. It was suggested that it might be possible 

 to get the newly organized Memphis Manufac- 

 turers' Association to co-operate with the Lum- 

 bermen's Club in this matter, as the members of 

 that organization will need to have some means 

 of protecting their interests in connection with 

 rates, refunds, claims, overcharges and other 

 similar matters. 



It was decided at this, meeting to ask the 

 new'Iy appointed commissioner, who Is to be sent 

 by the United States government to Europe, to 

 create a larger market abroad for American 



hardwood lumber, to be the guest of the club 

 during his stay in Memphis. He is to come 

 south to study manufacturing conditions and 

 other phases of the hardwood lumber industry 

 before leaving to assume his new duties. If there 

 is not a regular meeting scheduled to take place 

 during his stay in Memphis, it was ordered that 

 one should be called to suit his convenience. 



H. B. Weiss, George C. Brown & Co. : R. .1. 

 Carter, Blanton-Wyatt Lumber Company : H. B. 

 Sutton, Twin City Hardwood Company, and 

 Richard Pctrus, VandenBoom-Stimson Lumber 

 Company, were elected to active membership in 

 the club. 



Several communications were read from the 

 steamship companies in response to the action 

 taken by the club at the last meeting. These 

 indicated that conditions were improving and 

 that lumber and other freight could be handled 

 promptly soon. It was also announced that the 

 embargo affecting shipments of lumber and other 

 freight to London and Antwerp had already been 

 removed. 



Chicago Association Appoints Committees 



The board of directors of the Lumbermen's 

 Association of Chicago, at a meeting on Feb. 12, 

 appointed the following standing committees for 

 the year : 



Credit Committee: F. J. Heitmann, chair- 

 man, James Fryer, R. S. Huddleston. 



Traffic Committee : H. H. Heftier, chairman, 

 George T. Mickle, F. T. Boles, F. E. Bartelme, 

 C. A. Marsh, W. M. Hopkins. 



FiXAXCE Committee : Murdock McLcod, chair- 

 man. H. S. Hayden, L. W. Crow, E. A. Thorn- 

 ton. E. II. Wilce, F. R. Gadd. 



Me.mbership Committee: F. B. McMullen, 

 chairman, H. E. Stewart, L. E. Starr, A. J. 

 Cross, A. H. Ruth, J. P. Konzen. 



Entertainment Committee : O. O. Agler, 

 chairman, H. B. Welch, L. E. Rollo, George B. 

 Osgood, Ben Collins, Jr., J. S. Trainer. 



IxspECTioN Com:mittee : George J. Pope, chair- 

 man ; Pine : V. F. Mashek, E. L. Thornton, H. 

 W. Chandler, J. A. Nourse ; Hardwood : Theodore 

 Fathauer, S. C. Bennett, W. O. King, F. J. Heid- 

 ler. 



Publicity Committee: Paul Schmechel, chair- 

 man, A. C. Quisley, John McDonnell, A. J. 

 Schultz, W. C. Schreiber, J. H. Dodd. 



Magnificent Mahogany and Circassian 



C. L. Willey, the veneer and fancy wood mag- 

 nate at Robey street and Blue Island avenue, 

 Chicago, spent December of last year with his 

 buyers in the Liverpool mahogany and fancy 

 wood log markets, attending the auctions, at 

 which he purchased very generously, and also 

 secured a large quantity of wood at a private 

 sale. It is said that in figured mahogany alone, 

 his purchases amounted to more than a quarter 

 of a million dollars. The sum involved in hi3 

 tremendous purchase of Circassian walnut logs, 

 more than seven hundred pieces, is unknown. 



