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HARDWOOD RECORD 



August 10. 1922 



George Washington's Hatchet Would Have Been Too Small for 

 This Cherry Tree 



importing state, and render unproductive vast areas of land suitable only 

 for growing timber. 



If there are any wlio doubt that there is still l»lg cherry timber to be 

 had in this country the photograph of the log of this species, which was 

 cut in Ontario county, N. Y., by (!. Ellas & Bru.. Inc., to be sawn at their 

 mill in P.ufCalo. N. Y., will reassure them. The butt of this log is six feet 

 in diameter, as its comparison ^vith the man standing in front of it sug- 

 gests. 



Forest Service Studies Michigan's Timber Needs 



.Michigan, which as late as 18H() led the United States in the amount of 

 hnaher cut, today produces only one-half of the timber it uses, according 

 to an investigation on the economic effects of forest devastation there made 

 by the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture. 



Each year, the study disclcses, Michigan cuts about 750,000.000 hoard 

 feet of sawed lumber and uses twice that amount. This lumber deficit 

 is met at present by imports from distant states ; freight bills, already 

 burdensome, increase as the tind)er frontier recedes before the lumber- 

 man's ax. The state's lumber sh(u-tage, according to the Forest Service, 

 is the direct n^sult of deforestation by tire and ax, without any attempt 

 at replacing the original forests. 



At the height of its great lumber boom, from 1880 to 1890, Michigan 

 cut from her forests each year approximately 4,500,000,000 feet of lumber, 

 of which four-fifths was exported to other states or countries. Ninety 

 per cent of the cut was virgin white pine, one of th(x finest timber trees 

 in America. Michigan today is practically negligible as a source of this 

 valuable species and now actually cuts less than half as much as Massa- 

 chusetts. The great bulk of home-grown timber is low-grade material, 

 such as fuel, distillation wood, posts, poles and pulpwood. Michigan now 

 has to depend on imports foi- a large part of its high-grade material, such 

 as construction lumber anil turniture and vehicle stock. 



Forty years ago Michigan was cutting annually three times the amount 

 of lumber it now uses each yeai-. It still has. according to forestry experts. 

 enough forest land to grow yearly more than twice its present annual 

 consumption, but this can be done only by planting denuded land and pro- 

 tecting existing timberlands from fire and overcuttlng. 



This problem is not merely of state-wide but of nation-wide importance, 

 the Forest Service points out, because under proper forest protection and 

 management Michigan can produce not only all the timber it needs, but 

 large quantities for export to the treeless states. The net effect of forest 

 devastation in Michigan, according to this study, was practically to 

 Icstroy the softwood lumber industry, convert Michigan into a lumber- 



Clubs and Associations 



Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute Announces Committee 



Membership 

 The following important announcement has come from the offices 

 of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute: 



The appointment of the committee on standardization and rules has 

 been made, and in addition to the undersigned consists of the following : 

 G. V. Patterson, Weiss-Patterson Lumber Company, Pensacola, Fla. 



F. K. Conn, Bayou Land & Lumber Company, Yazoo City, Miss. 



W. M. Stark, American Column & Lumber Company, Columbus, Ohio. 

 C. M. .Sears, Edw. L. Davis Lumber Company, Mobile, Ala. 



G. Vi. Allport, I,ong-Bell Lumber Company, Kansas City, Mo. 

 W. E. DeLaney. Kentucky Lumber Company. Lexington, Ky. 

 S. M. Nickey, Nickey Bros.. Inc., Memphis, Tenn. 



G. W. Martin, Tremont Lumber Company, Rochelle, La. 



The committee fully realizes the enormity of the task before it, but 

 with the earnest and sincere co-operation of the membership feels con- 

 fident that it can accomplish our objective and produce constructive 

 results that ■will bring great benefits to the entire hardwood industry. 



An adequate inspection corps is being built up, and It is hoped within 

 a very short time to prove reasonably prompt service in the administration 

 of association inspection. The inspectors for this department are being 

 selected with great care, and the membership can be of great assistance 

 to the cummittee if the individual members will recommend to the com- 

 mittee such inspectors as they know to be thoroughly competent to hold 

 these positions. 



It is hoped at a very early date to inaugurate a system of mill instruc 

 tion inspection service. This plan has not been worked out in detail, but 

 in a general way the Idea is to have a chief inspector, or a particularly 

 capable inspector employed for the purpose, visit the member mills at 

 regular intervals, check grades, exchange ideas with the inspectors em- 

 ployed Ity the members, etc. ; the purpose being to make the inspection 

 of all the mills belonging to the Institute as uniform as possible. 



The committee particularly desires the co-operation of all members in 

 two matters, ' which it regards as extremely important; these are as 

 follows ; 



(1) In the shipping of lumber have your inspectors use extreme care 

 and make the lumber shipped conform to the rules of inspection of this 

 Institute as closely as possible. The Institute through this committee 

 expects to carry on an extensive advertising campaign, making an appeal 

 to tile consumers of lumber for their support, confidence and co-operation. 

 If the suggestion that has been made is adopted by the membership It 

 will be but a comparatively short time until all consumers of lumber will 

 realize that the purchase of lumber from members of this Institute is a 

 guarantee of proper quality and fair honest treatment, and the results 

 that will accrue must be beneficial alike to this organization and to each 

 Individual member thereof. Y'ou can help the work of this committee 

 tremendously by complying with this request ; your failure to do this will 

 increase the difficulty of the task that lies before us. 



(2) Each individual member should make quotations only on the rules 

 of the Institute and should accept orders on no other basis. If objections 

 are made by the prospective purchaser, these can almost invariably be 

 overcome by diplomatic handling. Such objections must be due to lack 

 of understanding on the part of the purchaser, and the individual mem- 

 bers can promote the interests of the Institute, as well as his own indi- 

 vidual Interest, by patiently explaining the principles that control the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute and what it Is seeking to accomplish. 

 In very extreme cases, at the request of the individual member, the com- 

 mittee will be glad to do what it can to remove the objection of the pros- 

 pective purchaser, but will do this only upon specific request, as It has no 

 desire to Inject itself into the private transactions of any of the memliers. 



In conclusion the committee desires to state that it is organized for the 

 purpose ot serving not only the members of the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Institute, but the entire hardwood manufacturing Industry, and the 

 inteiists ot all the consumers of hardwood. It will welcome suggestions 

 from all hardwood manufacturers, whether members of this organization or 

 not. and ot all consumers of hardwoods, and will appreciate your loyal 

 support In the important work it has undertaken. 

 Y'ours very truly, 



(Signed) B. F. Dii.webbk, 

 Chairman Standardization and Rules Committee. 



Sct-ndinavian Demand for American Hardwoods Increases 



Thi I 'mand for American hardwoods in the Scandinavian nmrkets has 

 greatly ncreased during the past two months, wires the Federal Trade 

 ComiuUv|,,ner to the Lumber Division of the Department of Commerce, at 

 Wasbiii^'I'in. under date of .Tune .SO. 



