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HARDWOOD RECORD 



ing knowledge of a source of supply for this 

 material is invited to communicate the facts 

 to us for transmittal, referring to B 215. — 

 Editor. 



B 216 — Wants Market for Applewood 

 Cicero. Ind.. Mar. 12. — Editor II-iiunvoOD 

 Record : I desire the addresses of some houses 

 that use apple tree wood, as I have quite a 

 quantity of logs that I desire to sell. 



The writer of the above letter has been 

 given the addresses of a few concerns who 

 employ applewood in their line of produc- 

 tion, and any others interested can have the 

 address of the inquirer on request, by re- 

 ferring to B 216. — Editor. 



B 217 — Seeks Addresses of Moulding 

 Manufacturers 



Werden-Ruhr. Germany, Feb. 28, — Editor 

 Uardwood RKroRD : Wo should feel obliged to 

 you if you would give us the addresses of mould- 

 ing factories in the United States, as we in- 

 tend to import American mouldings and would 

 like to secure a source of supply. 



The foregoing is from a German hardwood 

 jobbing house. It has been advised that 

 moulding manufacture in the United States 

 is specialized, and if it wiU communicate the 

 variety of mouldings required, and the kinds 

 of wood that it wants, it will te supplied with 

 a comprehensive list of producers who have 

 facilities to supply the German trade. Any 

 moulding manufacturer who -would like to be 

 put in direct communication with this cor- 

 respondent can have the name and address on 

 application, by referring to B217. — Editor. 



B 218 — Wants List of Hardwood Mills in 

 Various States 



Cincinnati, (i.. Mar. 12.— Editor II.iudwood 

 Record: Can .vou supply us with lists of the 

 hardwood mills in West Virginia. Tcnnsylvania, 

 Virginia, Ohio. Kentucky and Tennessee? We 

 want to get in touch with mills cutting oak 

 plank for export. Lumber Co.MrAXY. 



Tlie above inquirer has been advised on 

 what terms H-\rdwood Record will supply the 

 comprehensive list involved in this request. — 

 Editor. 



B 219— Want Copies of Steel vs. Wood 

 Articles 



Cincinnati. O., Mar. 12.— Editor H.irdwood 

 Record : Our Glasgow house writes that it has 

 been much interested in reading your articles 

 on steel vs. wood for car building, and particu- 

 larly in the illustrations of the several train 

 wrecks. It wishes you to kindly mail It a 

 duplicate set of nine copies of these articles. 

 Kindly render us billing, and we will make 

 payment from this office. 



James Kennedy & Company. 



The WTiter of the above letter has been sup- 

 plied with sets of reprints of the larger 

 number of the articles which appeared in 

 Hardwood Record on the subject noted.— 

 Editor. 



B 220— Cause of Steel Car Wrecks 

 Burnslde, Ky., Mar. 1,3. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : A few years ago the rennsylvanla 

 Company put in n section of steel lies on Its 

 road, and published strong announcements that 

 there was nothing at all suitable for rallroadH 

 but stei'I ties, and could not say enough In 

 favor of them until It had a serious wreck near 

 Horseshoe Bend. The company's engineers re- 



ported that the wreck was caused by the steel 

 ties, as there was no resiliency in steel as 

 there is in wood. So the Pennsylvania Com- 

 pany pulled up its steel ties and put in wooden 

 ones. 



Does it not occur to .vou that probably the 

 large number of steel car wrecks in this coun- 

 try, with the accompanying loss of life and 

 in.1ury to many^ to say nothing of damage to 

 property, is naturally attributable to the rigidity 

 of steel cars? There is nothing al>out them to 

 give. There is no resiliency in their structure 

 as there is in the case of wooden cars. 



The writer of the above letter has been 

 advised that to the rigidity of steel cars is 

 attributable the fact that they are unable to 

 hold the rails on curves, switches and cross- 

 overs when running at any considerable 

 speed, and that this argument against the use 

 of steel cars has been repeatedly urged bv 

 Hardavood Record for months past. — Editor. 

 B 221— Thanks Record 



Bay City. .Mich.. Mar. 1.'!.— Editor IIahli\v..i>ii 

 Record ; I wish to thank you in behalf of oiu" 

 association for the editorial concerning its work 

 in your current issue. In view of the' fact that 

 this editorial was not written at the time we 

 were holding one of our quarterl.v meetings it 

 appears to me all the stronger, and I am glad 

 to know you believe that the Michigan Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association is the best 

 organization of its kind in existence. I do not 

 believe any set of executive officers ever bad a 

 more loyal and hard working membership to ■ 

 back it up in its efforts than that enjoyed by 

 the executive otficers of this association. 



('HAS. .\. Kic;i:miw. I'resident. 



B 222 — What Are Hardwoods? 



Brooklyn. N. V., Mar. 12. — Editor Hardwood 

 Rixord : Will you kindly advise me what the 

 term "liardwood" implies? I made a statement 

 today that it did not necessarily mean a hard 

 wood, but that hardwoods were designated by 

 the nature of the growth or foliage, regardless 

 of whether the wood was a hard or soft one. 

 Will api)reciate an opinion from headquarters. 



T. A. GlTILLAl'DEC, Jr. 



The writer of tlie above letter has been ad- 

 vi.sed tliat the term ' ' hardwood ' ' as applie<l 

 to lumber indicates that the tree from which 

 the lumber was produced was a liroad-leaved 

 tree. This is the general way in which hard- 

 woods are classified commercially. What arc 

 known as soft ■woods are produced from cone- 

 bearing trees. The term "hardwood" docs 

 not indicate that the wood is a hard wood. — 

 Editor. 



B 223 — A Manufacturer's Opinion 



The following letter is fmni an Indiana 

 hardwood manufacturer, and is ratlier an ex 

 parte statement of the complaint situation on 

 lumber shipments. In the opinion of Hard- 

 wood Record neither all the rascality nor all 

 the virtues of the lumber trade are confined 

 to one clement of it. This sentiment was 

 very definitely expressed in an editorial in the 

 March 10 issue, entitled "Who will survive?" 

 However, the view of tlie writer is not an ex- 

 ceptional one among lumber manufacturers, 

 and an equal number of jobbers contend that 

 the majority of their troubles come througli 

 irregular shipments made by inanufactiirers. 

 It looks like six of one and a half dozen of 

 the other, but the unbusinesslike methods 

 prevailing with some in both divisiun.s of the 

 trade should not only be most heartily depre- 



cated, but stamped out by those interested in 

 having the hardwood lumber business on tlie 

 higliest standard of commercial integrity. — 

 Editor. 



, Ind.. -Mar. 11. — Editor Hardwood 



Record : From time to time you have articles 

 in Hardwood Record that show a tendency to 

 put the blame on the manufacturer or shipper 

 when there is a kick on a car of lumber. 



The other day, in a conversation with sev- 

 eral prominent hardwood manufacturers, this 

 matter of kicks was brought up. In comparing 

 notes we found that practically all the kicks 

 were where lumber was sold through or to a 

 jobber. Our own experience is that in the last 

 six months we have not had a single kick where 

 wo went over the heads of the Jobber and sold 

 direct to the consumer. It was the opinion of 

 all of us that the jobbers were cutting oft their 

 own heads: that where we lumber manufactur- 

 ers used to have one customer among the manu- 

 facturers using lumber we now had four or five. 



A great deal of this trouble is caused by the 

 Jobber or one of his men being so anxious to 

 secure an order, for instance for a car of I's 

 and 2's quartered oak. that ho will promise an 

 extra nice figure and an extra nice car. Tlicn 

 the order will be given to a manufacturer who 

 has quoted on a regular run of I's and 2's. 

 When the lumber is delivered of course there 

 will l>e a kick. The Jobber will slide out from 

 under it and pass it on to the manufacturer to 

 hold the sack. Whenever one of our men is 

 selling to a manufacturer or consumer who 

 wants an extra good grade, and we happen to 

 have it, wo Just ask a couple of dollars a thou- 

 sand more for the stock and the buyer gets 

 just what ho has bought and there are no kicks. 



Hardwood Record is too great a force in the 

 trade today to go into any question without 

 first thoroughly studying both sides, especially 

 a question as vital to the lumber industry as 

 this is. Not presuming for a second to tell 

 you how to run your paper ; because we know 

 you know more about it than we do and know 

 that you know you do. but would like to make 

 the suggestion that you take this question ui> 

 with other lumber manufacturers and see if the 

 experiences of the above mentioned manufac- 

 turers are common, or if we uncommon ones 

 just hai)pened to get together. 



B 224 — Work of National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association 



Accompanying a detailed inspection report. 

 Hardwood Record has received the following 

 letter from President Diggins and Secretary 

 Eish, covering the ins]>ection work of the Na- 

 tional Hardwood Lumber .Association for 

 February, which is a good sliowiug for the or- 

 ganization: 



Chicago. HI., March l.-j. V,)12. 

 To the Membership : 



Vou will note from tlu' enclosed statement of 

 the work of our inspection bureau, that oiu' 

 licensed men inspected !i,r.H.:i,'!.'! feet of hard- 

 wood lumber during the short and stormy month 

 of Fel)ruary. 



'J'his is the largest amount ever inspi'ctod by 

 the employes of this asst)clatlon in any Febru- 

 ary, and exceeds that of February I'.HI by 

 2.710.818 feet. 



The amount Inspected in January and l-'obru- 

 nry 1S112 exceeds that for the same months In 

 1!)11 by 4.'.ISO.i)12 fort, a gain of approxlmalely 

 live million feet. 



It Is evident that tlierc> is not only an im- 

 provement In trade conditions but also an In- 

 creased demand for our olliclal Inspection, and 

 we are constantly being asked to place Inspectors 

 In new territory or to Increase our force In 

 some market already supplied with one or more 

 men. We are striving to comply with these 

 i'e<|uests promptly, but If thei'i' should be some 

 d( lay In furnishing men, please remember that 



