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HARDWOOD RECORD 



B 225 — Wants to Market Spoke Blauks and 

 Hickory Lumber 



Jenkins. Ky., Mar. 29. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : I would like to secure information 

 coTering tbe market value of spoke blanks in tlie 

 rough, and two-inch hickor.r. Kindly inform me 

 at your earliest convenience. 



The writer of the above letter has been 

 advised that in view of the present price situ- 

 ation on the two items in question, we do not 

 care to be responsible for market quotations, 

 and he has been referred to another source for 

 the quotations he asks. 



Anyone interested in this class of material, 

 who would like to communicate with the writer 

 can have the address by writing and referring 

 to B 225.— Editor. 

 B 226 — About to Buy Machinery EcLuipment 



Merrill, Wis.. Mar. 27. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We shortly expect to be in the market 

 for a complete equipment of planing mill ma- 

 chinery, possibly electrically driven. We will 

 also want several miles of twenty-five or thirty 

 potind rail, one or two electric or gas engines, 

 and a complement of small cars or trucks for 

 hauling the lumber from the mill to the yard. 

 Lumber Company. 



Wood-working machinery and other manu- 

 facturers interested in the above inquiry can 

 have the address by addressing this oflBce and 

 referring to B 226. — Editor. 



B 227 — Definition of Jiggered and Flat 

 Dimension Stock 



Dunn, La., Mar. 26. — Editor Habdwood 

 Record : Have carefully read your very interest- 

 ing article from George E. Breece about dimen- 

 sion stock, and I shall be pleased if you will in- 

 form me of the character of the dimension stock 

 which he calls "jiggered or flat dimensions." 



To the best of the knowledge of the editor 

 of Hardwood Eecokd, jiggered stock refers 

 to that which is cut out to form, by means of 

 a jig, a small band saw, like fancy chair backs, 

 scroll ornaments, etc., and flat dimension re- 

 fers to the general class of material employed 

 for the making of furniture and for kindred 

 purposes. — Editoe. 



B 228 — Sawdust and Magnesium Chloride 

 Flooring 



Hamburg, Germany, Feb. 23. — Editor Haud- 

 wooD Record : I am glad to learn from your 

 letter of the 8th Instant that my reports In regard 

 to magnesium chloride flooring have awakened In- 

 terest In the United States. I Judge from state- 

 ments made to me by other correspondents on 

 this subject that tbe state of this art in Germany 

 Is In advance of the practice In the United States. 



It Is true, of course, that sawmill waste Is 

 used to a considerable extent In this flooring ma- 

 terial, but not In sucb volume as to do very much 

 in the direction of absorbing tbe vast quantities 

 of sawdust available. 



I am advising Messrs. Held & Hoeppner, Buer- 

 gerwelde 30, Hamburg, of your Interest in this 

 subject and no doubt they will write to you. I 

 nm sending you (separately) samples of the build- 

 ing material, which are self-oxplanatory, and also 

 herewith a supplementary report In regard to the 

 matter. 



11" I can be of any further service to you in 

 this connection, I am entirely at your disposition. 

 Robert P. Skinner, Consul General. 

 In this issue of Hardwood Eecoed i^ 

 printed an exhaustive review of the subject 

 of sawdust and magnesium chloride flooring 

 that has been prepared by Consul General 

 Skinner. — EDITOR. 



B 229 — A Jobber's Analysis 



Pbiladelpbia, Mar. 29. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We think the Improvement in Habd- 

 wood Record has been especially marked during 

 the past year. The writer has been a buyer and 

 seller of lumber for about twenty years and while 

 there are jobbers who buy one thing, dishonestly 

 raise the grade and ship it to another jobber, who 

 does the same thing, until like a car we once took 

 away from a coiisignee, log run white pine was 

 masqueraded to the consumer as "cuts," this 

 class of trade is being pretty generally smoked 

 out, and the few left are seldom more than 

 "floaters." The manufacturer who can sell direct 

 to the consumer, who knows nothing about grade, 

 and is willing to gauge everything by the price, 

 can put over No. 3 common oak as "furniture 

 common," "D common" or by any other private 

 trade mark, but when the manufacturer's stock is 

 bandied by a competent, bonded National hard- 

 wood lumber inspector he invariably thinks he Is 

 "stung," because either through ignorance or de- 

 sign he did not ship what he contracted to. 



Your Mail Bag B 223 is not an uncommon one — 

 the woods are full of them. Personally, we would 

 rather ship honest jobbers than to any other trade 

 for they usually know their business. Most mill- 

 men are willing to use the jobber so long as they 

 can not get by to his trade, or when he gets quick 

 cash, and tbe "uncommon" one is the man who 

 holds the grade where it belongs, ships what he 

 sells, and protects the trade of those who bring 

 it to him, and tries hard to protect the millman's 

 lack of experience, natural mistakes or uninten- 

 tional blunders. Intentional blunders do not de- 

 serve any protection. Ordinarily a kick happens 

 oftenest where some cheap foreman is trying to 

 show that he is "on the job." The boss thinks 

 he knows and backs him up, and unless a jobber 

 can tell him "what tree makes shingles," Mr. 

 Consumer is likely to be the autocrat of tbe 

 buyers' table. 



Morality is the keynote of the whole question 

 when it is backed by real lumber knowledge and 

 good horse-sense. Dishonesty of purpose is as 

 destructive to the business fabric as "broom 

 shake" or "rotten heart" elsewhere. Some pop- 

 lars look fine as a fiddle until they are "down," 

 and it is the same with men, whether in the woods 

 (H- in the counting room. Then you can see what 

 they are good for. Few men are perfect, but we 

 have a Just right to let every man work out his 



own destiny in his own way, and experience 

 usually gets the dullest of us before the whistle 

 blows. 



Lumber Company. 



B' 230 — Approves Record's Editorial 



Savannah, Ga., Mar. 30. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We have read your editorial in Hard- 

 wood Record deprecating the sending of an emis- 

 sary abroad by the Bureau of Commerce and 

 Labor, to investigate lumber affairs. We tender 

 our thanks to your publication. We consider the 

 action of the government an incorrect one, and 

 shall make our protest to the Bureau of Commerce 

 und Labor. 



The Hilton-Dodge Lumber Company. 



B 231 — Seeks Information About Artificial 

 Lumber 



Buffalo, N. Y., Mar. 29. — Editor Habdwood 

 Record : Referring to your issue February 25 

 and the article on artifleial lumber made from 

 sawdust, we are much interested in this proposi- 

 tion and would appreciate any further informa- 

 tion you can give us relative to same. 



U. S. Hamb Company. 



The writer of the above letter has been ad- 

 vised that a digest of this subject appears in 

 this issue of Hardwood Record. — Editor. 



B 232 — Commission on Lumber Sales 



Kokomo, Ind.. Mar. 25. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record: Will you please inform me the cus- 

 tomary commission for selling hardwood lumber. 

 Suppose a person is selling on commission and is 

 given a price of say fifty dollars on first and sec- 

 onds plain white oak, and is able to make sales 

 at fifty-two dollars. 



The writer of the above letter has been ad- 

 vised that commissions on hardwood lumber 

 sales are variable, running from two-and-a- 

 half per cent to five per cent on net avails, or 

 from twenty-five cents to as high as two dol- 

 lars a thousand. Occasionally a commission 

 man is quoted the lowest net price that the 

 seller is willing to accept, involving a payment 

 of a minimum commission, and is permitted to 

 get as much more as possible and receive as 

 commission the additional amount secured, or 

 a portion of it. Commissions on lumber are 

 entirely a matter of contract between the 

 owner of the stock and the agent. — Editor. 



B 233 — Seeks Market for Persimmon Timber 



Columbia, Tenn., Mar. 30. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : I would very much appreciate It if 

 you can give me the address of someone who Is 

 in the market for persimmon timber. 



Anyone interested in the purchase of per- 

 simmon timber can have the address of the 

 writer of tlie above letter by addressing this 

 ofticc, and referring to B 233.— Editor. 



'News Miscellany 



Meeting of New Orleans Lumbermen's Club 



At the .Minch meeting of the Lumbermen's 

 Club of New Orleans, which was held on March 

 12, In the Progressive Union quarters, the fol- 

 lowing officers were elected for the ensuing 

 year : 



Ludwig Ilaymann, president ; C. W. Robinson, 

 first vice-president ; W. A. Scott, second vice- 

 president ; L. Palmer, secretary-treasurer; 

 committee chairmen : George E. Watson, mem 



bership; W. J. Gallon, entertainment: W. P. 

 'Toung, transportation: Bryan Black, law and 

 Insurance: Frank N. Snell, arbitration; James 

 lioyd. statlsllcs and publicity. 



After the usual excillenl dinner, the business 

 srs.sion opined with Ihe rending of a very satls- 

 l.Mctory financial report by Treasin-er Palmer. 



("Imlrman Foxley of the membership com- 

 nilltee submitted the applications of the follow- 

 ing, who wore duly elected to membership : D. 

 T Rees of the UeesScott Company, New Or- 



