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HARDWOOD RECORD 



not take the place of the finer teeth. Tlie thin- 

 ner the saw, the more teeth will it require to 

 carry an equal amount of feed at each revolu- 

 tion. In this case the power is always sac- 

 riliced. 



New Catalogue 



The J. A. ray & Egan Company has just is- 

 sued a new catalogue. No. 84. containing 384 

 pages. The catalogue is printed in two colors, 

 profusely illustrated with line half-tones and 

 nicely bound in a live-color cover. It is a re- 

 duced reproduction of (he company's large gen- 

 eral catalogue, and will make a valuable addi- 

 tion to any woodworker's or millman's library, 

 as it shows the latest models in all kinds of 

 woodworking machinery. It is sent free to any 

 address upon request to the manufacturer at 

 414-434 We-st Front street, Cincinnati, 0. 



Teak for Interior Finishings 



I'or a thousand years or more in China, as 

 well as other parts of the Orient, teak has been 

 the highest-prized wood for furniture, shrines 

 and religious objects. The famous blackwood 

 furniture of that part of the world is made of 

 Siam or .lava teak. In Europe, more espe- 

 cially in England, the highest class of bank fix- 

 tures have been invariably made of teak wood. 

 In the southern part of California, in Loa 

 Angeles, San Diego, Pasadena, and thereabouts, 

 teak is now being used in a large number of 

 the magnificent mansions erected by wealthy 

 eastern people in that section, so aptly termed 

 the millionaire's playground. In the majority 

 of these palaces teak wood is used for interior 

 finishings, staircases, etc.. with artistic spe- 

 cially designed leak furniture to match. One 

 beautiful new residence is being fitted up with 

 doors, wainscotting, beamed ceilings and floors 

 of teak, and hand-carved furniture of the same 

 wood. One of the San Francisco furniture 

 makers is busy at the present time on a large 

 order of special designs in teakwood fniniture 

 for one of the wealthiest and best known fami- 

 lies. The members of this family have always 

 possessed the most correct taste in matters of 

 art, and a number of the designs were drawn 

 by the ttt'o talented young daughters of the 

 house. 



Supply of Pulp Wood and Wood Pulp 



.\ careful study of the pulp wood situation 

 of Quebec Province and of the timber resources 

 on private and settlers' lands, not subject i,o 

 restrictions and regulations on the part- of the 

 provincial government, justifies the statement 

 that the action of the government of this prov- 

 ince, prohibiting the exportation of pulp wood 

 cut on its crown lands under lease from and 

 after May I, 1010, and on settlers' lands taken 

 i:p from and after September ], 1910. will not 

 have the effect of reducing the quantity of pulp 

 wood for export for some years to comt;, and 

 perhaps never. 



This conclusion would not be justified if set- 

 tlers' lands located on prior to September 1. 

 1010, <otdd have been made subject to llie same 

 restriction. That cannot be done for obvious 

 leasons, legal and otherwise. 



According to the reports of the minister of 

 lands and forests of the Province of Quebec 

 for the year ended June 30, 1009, there were 

 under license about 70,000 square miles, or about 

 45,000,000 acres. There is no report available 

 ' for the past fiscal year and no figures can be 

 obtained until later in the year, but It may be 

 safely assumed that no material change has 

 taken place during the past year. 



The larger part of the wood cut from crown 

 lands under lease In former years was used in 

 the province, the remainder only being export- 

 ed. It may bo assumed that the lands under 

 lease to limit holders did not contribute to ex- 



ceed 20 per cent of the total pulp wood exports 

 from this province in past years. 



Inasmuch as the late order in council cuts 

 off the further supply of this percentage from 

 export, the question arises whether the quan- 

 tity can be had for export from the other lands 

 in this province in addition to the quantities 

 furnished heretofore. 



The lands whicii liave heretofore supplied the 

 greater part of the pulp wood from this prov- 

 ince for export are capable of yielding the same 

 quantity in tlie future. Slorc than that, they 

 will be able to supply the additional 20 per 

 cent heretofore obtained from the crown land 

 limits of this province. 



The idea that these lands soon will become 

 exhausted is a most erroneous one. The follow- 

 ing extracts from a statement written by a man 

 in position to know the pulp wood situation 

 in all its bearings, which was published in the 

 I'ulp and Paper Magazine of Canada for July, 

 1010, will bear out this fact : 



"Probably it would surprise you to know that 

 from a very conservative estimate there are 

 over 2.000.000 acres in forest land-s on the 

 seignories in Quebec, and about 3,000,000 acres 

 of patented and located lands, none of which 

 will be subject to the prohibition. 



"This would approximately give 50,000,000 

 cords of pulp wood free to go to the United 

 States, which means that we can supply the 

 United States market (taking as an average 

 the greatest quantity already shipped in one 

 year to the United States, namely, 1.000,000 

 cords) for fifty years to come. I have not in 

 this estimate given lands granted for railway 

 subsidies, as the position of these lands is not 

 quite clear." 



In the speech of the Hon. S. X. Parent, for- 

 mer prime minister of Quebec, delivered in thi' 

 legislative assembly April 25, 1903, on the ques- 

 tion of pulp wood, among other things, be said : 

 "We shall never be able to force the Ameri- 

 cans to open up manufactories in our midst so 

 long as it is possible for them to obtain raw 

 material elsewhere than from our crown lands. 

 Our opponents insist strongly upon the re- 

 establishment of the old duty of $1.90 upon pulp 

 wood exported to the United States, thinking 

 that they would thus compel Americans to man- 

 ufacture here. I have already explained that it 

 if. impossible for the provincial government to 

 cut off the supply of the Americans, because 

 they have other resources to draw from than 

 our crown lands. 



"It is claimed that the supply of our forests 

 will soon be exhausted. There are 222.000,000 

 acres of land in the province. Of this 10,670,000 

 acres form part of seignories and 11,442,903 

 acres have been granted under letters patent. 

 The crown, therefore, has at its disposition about 

 •200.000.000 acres of land, which for the greater 

 part is richly covered with timber. 



"There are at present 62.952 square miles of 

 land under license to cut timber. 



•'If the quantity of pulp wood contained in 

 that territory is estimated at 3,000 cords per 

 square mile, then we obtain a total of 200.000.- 

 000 cords. This number contains only the pulp 

 wood which it is lawful to cut according to 

 the r.-gulations — that is to say, trees measuriiiLC 

 7 inches or more at the stump. 



••To exhaust these 200,000,000 cords of pulp 

 wood at the rate at which it was cut in 1001-2 

 — that is, at about 50,000 cords per year— it 

 wovdd require about 4,000 years, and this is with- 

 out taking into account the trees under 7 inches 

 in diameter." 



This statement of the then premier minister 

 was based tipon estimates furnished by the su- 

 perintendent of forests. 



The supply from lands beyond government con- 

 trol may be increased so as to make up readily 

 the loss of 140,000 to 150,000 cords annually, 

 the amount heretofore exported from the total 

 cut on crown lands, and which, it is expected, 

 will now have to be manufactured in Canada. 



It can be said that it is not the lack of raw 

 material which in the near future will produce 

 a shortage for export of the pulp wood supply 

 in this province nor the restrictions Bow placed 

 upon the exportation of same from crown and 

 settlers' lands, but that the absence of demand 

 for the same, due to the large accumulation 

 iin hand because of the unusual demand just 

 prior to the new laws, may cause such short- 

 age by reason of a shrinkage in the cut of 

 the next season. From the best estimates at 

 liand such shrinkage may amount to from 50 

 to 75 per cent of the normal cut. 



As no proper survey has been made, it is im- 

 possible to obtain authentic data from the New- 

 foundland crown lands department or others re- 

 garding the area of the forests and the amount 

 of standing timber on the island : but by care- 

 ful calculations by this office and others it is 

 estimated that there are about 15,000 square 

 miles, or 25,000,000,000 superficial feet, of 

 standing timber, and of this amount from two- 

 thirds to three-fourths of it is pulp wood (spruce 

 and fir). There are also large tracts or areas 

 of pulp wood in certain sections of Newfound- 

 land Labrador, which have not been surveyed, 

 but it is said that the amount is inexhaustible 

 if properly managed. 



A feature of Newfoundland's pulp and paper 

 industry, which is worthy of the most favorable 

 consideration of all interested in such enter- 

 prises, is that the forest areas reproduce them- 

 selves so rapidly that any tract cut out or 

 burned over will have reproduced itself sufii- 

 ciently to be used in the manufacture of pulp 

 and paper again within twenty-five or thirty 

 years. The director of the colonial geological 

 survey, Mr. James P. Howley, F. R. S., who 

 has had over forty years' experience in that 

 service, and who is the best living authority 

 on the resources of the island, has carefully 

 studied this problem and supplied conclusive 

 testimony as to the accuracy of this statement 

 and the certainty that such conditions are to 

 be relied upon. 



It is especially noticeable that since 1907 

 there has been a decided decrease in the con- 

 sumption of the best known and highest priced 

 pulp wood in the United States, namely, spruce, 

 this species contributing 6S.1 per cent of the 

 total in 1007, 64.5 per cent in 1908, and 60.5 

 per cent in 1009. There has also been a slight 

 decrease in hemlock, whereas corresponding in- 

 creases have occurred in the consumption of 

 woods heretofore little used as pulp material, 

 such as balsam, white fir, and several hardwoods, 

 including birch, beech, maple, gum and bass- 

 wood. This increase is especially marked in the 

 case of balsam, the quantity of this species 

 consumed in 1009 being more than double that 

 reported for 1008. 



Argentina's Lumber Imports 



Under more favorable conditions of distribu- 

 tion, the forests of the Argentine Republic would 

 have great value, but as it is the timber is so 

 poorly distributed and so lacking in variety as 

 to render the country dependent on outside 

 sources for the bulk of its forest product. 



There is considerable wood in the southern 

 part of the republic, while the northern prov- 

 inces have a growth of no inconsiderable value. 

 These regions, however, are but poorly popu- 

 lated, while the central zone, which contains 

 the majority of the population and is the com- 

 mercially important section, is practically devoid 

 of timber, except for occasional groups of arti- 

 ficially planted eucalyptus. 



Some of the timber in the southern and north- 

 ern part, if accessible, would be exceedingly valu- 

 able, but owing to the total lack of railroads or 

 logging streams it Is practically all waste. The 

 character of the stand is unusually limited and 

 the valuable element consists principally of hard- 

 woods. Owing to this scarcity of accessible mer- 

 chantable stock, Argentina is forced to supple- 



