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HARDWOOD RECORD 



S.»l>ltiiil>Hr 1(1. l:r.'-.' 



In Veneer Mills 

 Everywhere — 



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 VENEER DRYER 



\/OU will find the "Proctor" Automatic 



■*■ Veneer Dryer used and recommended 



by the best-known veneer mills from coast 



to COclSt. 



Whether drying fir in Oregon, pine in 

 Maine, or hardwoods in the Mississippi Val- 

 ley, the "Proctor" Dryer has proven satis- 

 factory and economical beyond the best work 

 of any other equipment. 



Whether drying fine figured woods or the 

 more lowly crate or core stock, the "Proctor" 

 Dryer has always made its users sure of uni- 

 formly perfect drying, without warping or 

 checking — a matchless quality of flat, pliable 

 veneer. 



Send for our Catalogue No. 57. 



PROCTOR & SCHWARTZ, INC. 



FORMERLY THE PHILA. TEXTILE MACH'Y CO. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



disaster of interrupted transportation and mob rule by directing the rail- 

 roads to generally resume operations, accompanying such direction with 

 orders to the regular troops to afford adequate protection to the carriers, 

 including the operation of their shops, in order that interstate commerce 

 and the operation of the United States mail be no longer interfered with 

 tmr fraught with extraordinary danger. 



"We further urge that you render every possible sympathetic aid to the 

 railroads in protecting the seniority rights of their loyal employees, both 

 itld iiiid new, who responded to the call of duty in this national crisis. 



•"Vi> do If^ss than this is simply to invite anarchy." 



Who Should Receive Benefit of Freight Rate Reduction? 



Thf National Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association has been asiied for 

 ;iii opinion as to who is entitled to the reduction in freight rates effective 

 .Inly 1 on orders entered before that date at a price delivered at a given 

 point, where oio specific rate was mentioned and no understanding was 

 had as to who would benetit by the rate reduction. Secretary Schupner, 

 in r»'plying to the members, states: 



"An opinion must necessarily be based on the contract entered into at 

 the time of sale. As the result of suggestions made by the association 

 prior to the increase in freight rates most orders carried an explicit uaider- 

 standing that prices were based on the rates then existing — -the buyer to 

 pay any increase and likewise to benefit by any reduction accruing before 

 shipment. In the abseuce of any such agrecnuoit in a contract calling for 

 .I.'Iiv.red prices. THE BUYER IS NOT PROPERLY ENTITLED to the 

 I'n-iiiht ratf reduction. When lumber is sold delivered, and nothing is 

 sai'i regarding increase or decrease in freight rates, the seller assumes 

 thf freight cost necessary to make delivery at the agreed upon destination, 

 and while it has l>een stated that members should be willing to coaicede 

 thf freight rate reduction to their customers, such argument can only be 

 considered as a matter of business policy. Under opposite conditions, when 

 finlcrs did not specifically cover the obligation for advances in freight 

 rates, members us sellers, recognized their liability and assumed the 

 trr'igbt rate ioicreasi' — which, as a matter of fact, practically every cus- 

 tomer insisted upon as a matter of contract. 



"While some sellers may be in position to benetit by the freight rate 

 reduction, the fact that the opportunity for lower transportation costs 

 exists places a seller in position where he may now partially recoup himself 

 for some unforeseen transportation charges necessarily assumed when 

 fri'ight rates advanced. 



"This opinion is applicalde only where lumber is sold delivered and in 

 the absence of any understanding regarding increase or decrease in freight 

 rates. Where sales are made f. o. b. mill and the buyer pays the freight, 

 tie is. of course, entitled to all freight reductions. 



"There are some cases where a general statement of this character will 

 not apply amd if members are in doubt as to their position on any par- 

 ticular case and will submit the file, it will receive individual attention 

 and specific reply." 



Institute Issues Descriptive Booklet 



The Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute is widely distributing among 

 the trade a flfty-two page booklet completely describing the purposes 

 and functions of that organization, giving its officers, directors 

 and complete transcript of its conatitution and by-laws. In its letter of 

 transmittal the Institute says that "it proposes a careful and scientific 

 survey of the wood-using industries so as to determine their needs and 

 how best those needs can be met by producers of hardwood lumber.**** 

 It is committed to the policy of affording a maximum of gruarantees to 

 the public and to consumers. •**♦ The inspection service of the Institute 

 is available to everyone, whether they are members or not, and it cor- 

 dially invites the use of its sales code, grading rules and inspection 

 service by all phases of the industry whether producing, distributing or 

 consuming." 



With the Trade 



Siam as a Source of Hardwoods 



lu view of the lack of certain tropical hardwoods in America, Americna 

 tiriil>er importers and manufacturers of hardwood specialties may be inter- 

 i/stod in a new source of supply for timber of possible value to them. Slam 

 can furnish the following woods in large quantities for export : Teak, 

 y.in^ (a fine straight-grained timber), kabec or tabcc (close-grained wood 

 with soft gray silky finish), padu or pradu (known in America as East 

 Indian mahogany), takien (a close-grained, heavy, yellow to brownish 

 »<)(p(i), cedar, rosewood, and keelek (a fine dark wood). There are two 

 r.impanies now operating in Siam with ample facilities for dellveriii-- 

 tinil>er on board at Bangkok or at Koh-si-chang, the deep-water anchora- 

 "I the port, — Consul James P. Davis, Bangkok, United States Commer. . 

 liep'irts. 



(CoiitinurtI on pui/i' 51) 



