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that destroys tbo tension of the saw blade, and 

 also creates heat in tlie rim of the wheel — 

 rosult, is only one alternative, viz. : increase 

 side pressure on the top wheel, thus making 

 matters worse. Then it is only a question of 

 the weakest point going first, for something is 

 bound to break. All this trouble and annoyance 

 can be avoided by the cross-lining arrangement." 



H. B. Smith Exhibit at Buenos Aires Cen- 

 tenary Exposition 



The Centenary Exposition, which has been in 

 session at Buenos Aires during the last several 

 months, is in honor of the one hundredth birth- 

 day of the Argentina Republic, and therefore as 



hihited lis well known 30-inch standard Iiand 

 saw machine. 



The machines shown in this exhibit are only 

 a few of the many which the H. B. Smith Ma- 

 chine Company l>uilds. They were so well 

 received by the visitors of the exposition and 

 by various woodworkers that it has resulted in 

 considerable business to the company. At this 

 writing it has a number of unfilled orders on 

 hand fur that part of South America. 



Forester Graves Makes Annual Report 



Chief T'orester Henry S. Graves, in his re- 

 cently published annual report, shows that 

 there are now 102.041.107 acres in national 



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forests, on which are employed 2,500 persons. 

 On this area grow 530,000,000,000 feet of timber, 

 which figure does not include the Alaskan stand. 

 Sixty-three per cent of this is on the Pacific 

 coast, twenty per cent in Idaho and Montana, 

 twelve per cent in Arizona. Colorado and New 

 Mexico, and five per cent in other forests. In 

 speaking of water power. Forester Graves says 

 that the question rests on three principles: (1) 

 That the government as owner of the land has 

 the right to fix the conditions under which 

 a private individual may take possession for 

 private business use; (2) That as trustee for 

 the public, it is the duty of the government 

 not to permit the use of public property without 

 flue return, which return should not be obtained 

 on terms to lessen the supply of an industrial 

 (ommodity of importance; (3) It is the govern- 

 ment's duty to prohibit the tying up of power 

 by speculators who intend to profit by selling at 

 a high price. 



The cost for the past fiscal year was $3,752,- 

 310 for the administration of the forests. The 

 total cut during the year was 484,412,000 feet, 

 nt which 370,000,000 feet were cut under sale 

 and 105,000.000 under free use. The average 

 slumpage price last year was $2.44, compared 

 with $1.0S in 10()0. 



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 EXPOSITION, 



KXnil'.ITS OF THE H. B. SMITH MACHINE COMPANY AT CENTENAUY 

 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 



Summaries of foreign Markets for 1910 



According to reports of British houses, the 

 mahogany business of the year 1910 was gener- 

 ally more satisfactory than for the preceding 

 year. A considerably higher rate of values was 

 maintained, which is rather remarkable con- 

 sidering that the total increase in importations 

 was about forty-five per cent over the 1909 

 trade. Tlie steady active demand throughout 

 the year kept stocks down to a moderate figure, 

 which, with fairly regular supplies, maintained 

 a steady, reliable market. Eighty-nine per cent 

 ul" the import arrived from the west coast of 

 .Vfrica. most of this wood being absorbed by the 

 American trade. The market for Mexican ma- 

 hogany was exceedingly steady, with the other 

 varieties in a similar position. 



The import of American logs was rather 

 light, and materially below the figure for the 

 year of 1900. Logs of good quality have enjoyed 

 an active market throughout the year, and have 



a celebration is not very different from the Cen- 

 tennial Exhibition at Philadelphia some thirty- 

 five years ago. 



Accompanying this article are cuts of only 

 one of the buildings and in which machinery 

 and various mechanical products are located. 

 The Record is indebted to the H. B. Smith 

 Machine Company of Smithville. N. J., for these 

 half-tones, which include two interior views, 

 showing its exhibit of some five or six wood- 

 working machines. The exhibit was in charge 

 of Messrs Storer & Cia of Buenos Aires, who 

 represent the H. R. Smith Machine Company in 

 Argentina. Paraguay and Uruguay. 



The machines exhibited were as follows : First, 

 a hand planer or jointer, with a substantial 

 frame and both tables having horizontal and 

 vertical adjust men ts^ The machine is pro- 

 vided with a safety guard, an adjustable guide 

 and a countershaft. Second, a bevel saw table 

 in which the table adjusts up and down to 

 regulate the depth of cut, and it is fitted with 

 cross-cutting and slitting gauges. A counter- 

 shaft and saw are included in the equipment. 

 Third, a single-end tenoner. with copes for door 

 and sash work. These machines may be fitted 

 with single or double heads, and with or with- 

 out copes. The carriage is mounted on roller 

 bearings so as to move easily and true across 

 the ways. Fourth, a reciprocating mortiser, 

 which, in this case, is fitted with a boring at- 

 tachment and with a compound table having a 

 rack and pinion feed for working all kinds of 

 hardwoods. The fifth machine is a jig saw of 

 modern design, for doing all kinds of inside work, 

 such as fret work, etc. The company also es- 



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ANOTHER EXHIBIT OF THE H. B. SMITH M.\(I1I.\E COMPANY AT CENTENARY EXPOSI- 

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