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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



soldiers to training mecliauics. But they 

 "won't do it— uot for a long time, at least. 

 The people of Ameriea are accustomed 

 to talk in a big way of the snnxriurity of 

 the American, but if the people of Europe 

 could be brought to a point where they 

 would reorganize their goverumeut on an 

 economical business basis, dispense with 

 their expensive armaments, tear down 

 their tariff walls and get dowi; to business, 

 they could make it Interesting. Our safety 

 lies in the fact that they won't do it now, 

 and that it will take another eentui-y or s i 

 of siiffering and enlightenment to bring 

 them to a point where they will. Unless 

 another Napoleon should arise and meet 

 with greater success. 



THE FORESTRY MEETING. 



At the midsumuu'r meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Forestry Association, held at Lansing. 

 Mich., August 27 and 28, the principles of 

 the association were fully Ueated in sev- 

 eral papers that were read before the con- 

 vention. As was natural, the papers in a 

 great measure treated of the forestry sul)- 

 ject as it related to the State of Michigan. 



The "Forest Fire Problem" was dis- 

 cussed by Mr. H. B. Ayres of the tl. S. 

 Bureau of Forestry. 



The "Jack Pine Plains of Michig.-ui," by 

 Professor Roth of the General Land Office, 

 was an interesting discussion of the im- 

 portant function of the jack pine in cover- 

 ing up and restoring the waste lands and 

 sand plains of the lake states area. He 

 described the barrenness and desolation of 

 .1 the land found to be too poor for 

 agriculture and alxindoned by the farmer, 

 who waits for tlie forest to heal up tho 

 many scars he has inflicted on the land. 

 "Fortunately for the hike states," said 

 I'rofessor Roth, "there is a climate and 

 there is a tree which make this possible, 

 and which in time will heal and cover up 

 the dreariest sands. This tree is the pretty 

 jack pine, that frugal scrub among the 

 stately race of northern evergreens. A 

 fertile seeder, with long, closed, resistant 

 cones, a rapid grower, with abundannce of 

 crown and foliage, this tree spreads over 

 those barren lands, whether abandoned by 

 other forest trees, I'Uined by fire or left 

 to waste by the farmer." The peculiari- 

 ties of the species were described and it-; 

 usefulness shown in furnishing a substitute 

 for Norway and white pine, while prepar- 

 ing the way for the return of better spe- 

 cies, securing the land against impoverish- 

 ment and protecting it when reclaimed. 



The "Management of Michigan Hard- 

 wood Forests" was discussed by Mr. Wal- 

 ter C. Winchester of Grand Rapids, Mii)i. 

 Jlr. Winchester's view of the forests .if 

 Michigan was that of the practical lumber- 

 man. He deseril)ed the conditions at pres- 

 ent existing and reviewed the operations 

 of the lumber industries. "The lumberman 

 buying timberlands to-day," said Mr. Win- 

 chester, "is naturally not in sympathy with 

 the principles of forestry." All the prod- 



ucts of the forest are utilized; even the 

 ferns growing in the timber are picked 

 and sold in the Chicago market to florists. 

 In Mr. Winchester's"- view, the "ta'xes oiv 

 timlierlands are very high, and some rem- 

 edy must be found in the way of a rebate 

 of taxes to persons who are willing to liold 

 their lauds after cutting off the mature 

 limber. In his opinion, the undergrowth 

 which springs up very rapidly on hemlock 

 and cedar lands will keep the ground from 

 drying out. The protection of trees of fifty 

 years' growth and under is necessary to 

 preserve large areas of hardwood lands for 

 a new crop. The enactment of taxation 

 laws was urged with this object in view, 

 which would make it a business proposi- 

 tion. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



We have read that Ajax at one time de- 

 fied the lightning, and can conceive that a 

 man might work himself up to a pitch 

 where, in a moment of excitement, he 

 would do such a thiug, but we cannot be- 

 lieve that the coal trust will deliberately 

 compel the editors of this country to pay 

 .flO a ton for their winter's coal. 



And now Jerry Simpson, the erstwhile 

 sockless statesman of Kansas, is a lum- 

 berman, he having formed a company for 

 the wholesaling of lumber in Oklahoma. 

 Associated with him is J. C. Callahan, who 

 was formerly a populist congressman from 

 Oklahoma. It is understood that since the 

 great prosperity has come to Kansas and 

 Oklahoma, both of the gentlemen are wear- 

 ing socks and changing them regularly. 



The Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con- 

 gress, at its recent convention, elected John 

 H. Kirby, the well-known Texas lumber- 

 man, president. Mr. Kirby was not pres- 

 ent at the convention, so that his selection 

 for the position from among all the great 

 men of that great section of the country 

 was doubly a compliment. Mr. Kirby is 

 coming to the front rapidly, and great as 

 has been his achievements in the past, we 

 e.xpect more of him in the future. Even 

 the lumberman who does not know Mr. 

 Kirby or has never heard of him, if there 

 is such a lumberman, must feel that the 

 trade has been honored by the selection of 

 a lumberman as president of this august 

 body, one of the most powerful commercial 

 organizations in the world. 



There has recently been organized In 

 San Francisco a strong company to pro- 

 mote commerce between this country and 

 China. The incorporators are among the 

 .greatest liuanciers and business men of 

 tlie Pacific slope and have associated with 

 them Ho Yow. a well-known Chinese capi- 

 talist. 



These prominent men have banded them- 

 selves together for the avowed purpose of 

 promoting the commercial relations of the 

 two countries and of exploiting the prod- 

 ucts of each in the otlier. The capital stock 



of the compauy has been fixed at $1,00U.- 

 OOO gold, of which $135,000 has been sub- 

 scribed, each of the nine incorporators sub- 

 - scribing for $15,000 of the stock. 



The professed purpose of the Chinese- 

 American Commercial Company is to de- 

 velop I)nsiuess and trade between the two 

 n.ations. The company will establish com- 

 mercial museums for the exhibition of 

 American manufactures and products all 

 over China, and will do the same in the 

 United States for Chinese products. It 

 will deal directly with the consumer on be- 

 half of the manufacturer, thereby dis- 

 pensing with all unnecessary brokers and 

 other agents. It is hoped in this way to 

 obviate the necessity of each manufacturer 

 and producer maintaining at great expense 

 an iudividual agent. 



Consul-General Ho Yow announces that 

 he will temporarily resign from the Chinese 

 consular service for the purpose of man- 

 aging the affairs of the compauy at the 

 start, and in this he will be assisted by a 

 competent staff of American and Chinese 

 clerks and salesmen. He already luis his 

 furlough papers from the Chinese Gov- 

 ernment, and expects to leave this city 

 about the first of the coming mouth. 



Ho Y'ow will go to China and remain 

 there for the present, with a view of doing 

 everything i)ossible to secure and foster 

 the introduction of American goods 

 throughout the empire. .The company will 

 be alive to all contracts which may be let 

 in China for railroads, shipbuilding, min- 

 ing, water works, telephone systems and 

 the like. The market will be opened and 

 fleveloped likewise for machinery, lumber 

 and implements of all kinds. 



This is an enterprise in which it would 

 seem the lumbermen of the Pacific Coast 

 would take an active interest. 



Tlie iloffett-Bowman Lumber Company 

 of Madison, Ind., recently secured, at a 

 purchase price of $7,450, one of the finest 

 ti-acts of oak and iioplar timber In the 

 state. It is known as the Bayliss prop- 

 erty, and lies within six miles of Madi- 

 son. They will begin logging operations 

 at once, and in view of the great amount 

 of work this one lot ^^•ill give, and to be 

 prepared for future emergencies, the com- 

 pany indicate their purpose of taking out 

 their circular mill and erecting in its stead 

 a modern, up-to-date band mill and other 

 equipment necessary for the correct and 

 rapid manufacture of the timber. 



REMOVAL NOTICE. 



On September! we will move from 7on 

 Sectirity building, to our new ottice and 

 ^ard. 3130 Hall street (the old Joy Hay 

 warehouse propert.v), where we invite you 

 to call on us. We have there the best lo- 

 cated and arranged yard in the city, 100.- 

 000 square feet, and private tracks through 

 the entire yard, enabling us to handle lum- 

 ber quickly and cheaply. 



PLU.MMER-BEXEDICT LUMBER CO., 

 St. Louis Mo. 



