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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Hardwood Record J\foii "Bag, 



[In this (|c|iari[iieiit it Is iiio|ic>ti'd lo reply 

 lo siirli iiuinirlfs as i-Piuli tills nlBce from the 

 Hardw.m.ii ItKiiiitn clii;nt:ist' as will bi' of enouRh 

 eeneral Interest li> warrant pnblliation. Every 

 patron nt the paper is Invited tn use this de- 

 partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt 

 will be made t<> answer ijueries pertaining to all 

 matters of interest to the hardwood trade. In 

 a snotlnct and IntelllBent manner.] 



Discounting Freight Bill Question. 



A uorthein inaiuit'iicturer writes iinilcr rliite 

 of Octolior l-'i. iis follows: 



We have a lustonier who insists iipim discount 

 iiig the full amount of invoice for luqiher solrl 

 at a delivered price, before deducting the freiKlit. 

 lie makes the point iliat if we do not want 

 him to take dis.i.uiit on the full amount of the 

 invoice we should prepay the freijiht. We have 

 tried to explain that when a delivered price 

 is made it is done lor the convenience of the 

 purchaser, the price belns what the seller ex- 

 pects to realize f. o. h. cars shipping point with 

 freight added: that the seller in making a de 

 iivered price simply guarantees that the timber 

 will cost the iiurchasi'r a stipulated price f. o. b. 

 cars the statii.n to which it is shipped. We 

 would like to liavi- your views on the matter, 

 and reasons why discount should not be taken 

 on the full amount of invoice before freight is 

 deducted. lUid hope to be able to Influence him 

 to abide by the usual custom in future. — «'. 



Buyers of Uiiiiber sold on Oelivereil froiglit 

 fate have no right to take a cash discount on 

 the freight involved, for sundry reasons: 



1 — Freight is strictly a cash item aud heuci- 

 not subject to discount; it is the universal 

 custom of the traite that fveifilit shall be so 

 consiflered. 



■J, — riclivered price is made simply for the 

 accommodation of the customer, being a guar- 

 antee 01 the freight cost of the lumber from 

 the manufacturing or shipping point tn des- 

 tination. 



The instance recited is the tiist encoun- 

 tered in several yeare where a contention has 

 been set up on the grouml that the buyer 

 had the right to discount freight bills. The 

 Hardwood Record was in hopes that th-.- 

 question had been settled for all time an.', 

 thought it was so thoroughly understood that 

 there would be no further question about it. 

 Perhaps under strict legal interpretation, if 

 the sales tickets and invoices were not plain- 

 ly marked "Cash less .... discount after 

 freight has been ilcducted." a buyer purchas- 

 ing lumber on a given delivery might succeed 

 in maintaining a claim for discount on th.^ 

 face of the invoice, but this is doubtful, as 

 custom has so thoroughly established the 

 equity of such cases that it 'is hanlly likely 

 the technicality in the case would be con- 

 sidered by a i-ompetent judge. — Editor. 



Brash Cottonwood. 

 Mkaii'HIs. Tknn.. iici. 14. — Krlitor II.msdwihii. 

 Kkcoiu> : I enclose you in another package by 

 express a sample of cottonwood lumber. You 

 will see that this stock has broken off square 

 across the grain. We have endeavored to 

 ascertain ihe iei\-ion why. It has given ns con- 

 siderable trouble with onr trade, as it is not 

 apparent until the lumber is roughly handled. 

 This particular piece was broken <ifE in the edger 

 rolls. Vi'f have applied for information concern- 

 ing this !■! the Forestry Department, but noth- 

 ing satisfactory has come of it. In way of 



t\|>liiiuil lun. i uia\ sa> liiat I Ins is ire^li uicfh 

 liiulier. iinssibly lliiated ill water for ninety days, 

 and see no la-casion for its acting like this. If 

 yiiu are uiiabb* to lell us how to avoid this, 

 wish .voti would use your inlluence with the 

 l-'orest Service, from whom I enclose a letter. 

 :iiid as<'ertaln from them Ihi' reason, if possible. 

 .\nylliing ynii do In this will be highly appre- 



.ialed. & Co. 



W.vshini;t<in. li. I'.. Aug. 1*. — liear Sir: Your 

 letter was referred to the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, with the understanding that they \vere 

 lo re|)ly lo yoti din'<-l. I have today received a 

 leiter, however, in which it is stated that the 

 cnltouwoiKl board you sent lias been examined 

 at the p<iint of breakage, and seems to show no 

 evidence of fungus infection. The ISureau of 

 Plant Industr.v has therefore been forced to the 

 conclusiiui that the defect must be either a 

 natural one or is due to the treatment of the 

 timber after it is feile<l. I regret that I have 

 b-'cn unable to iibtalti for you the information 

 you re(|iiest. W. V. Shkrfksee, 



.\cting Chief. 



This specimen of wood analyzes as being 

 from a tree of hypermature growth— one that 

 had jia-ssed its fullest stage of development 

 and was on the decline. Wood of this character 

 of almost any variety will fracture mori- 

 easily than live, young timber. This, in my 

 judgment, accounts for its breaking oii 

 square. Of course there is a |)ossibility tli:it 

 the bed of your edger was so much out of 

 line that an excess of weight on your rolls 

 would have broken it otl' ip this way, Init 1 

 doubt that very much. There is no evidenci' 

 in the specimen that it.s treatment either in 

 the log or in the lumber has causeil the fr.tc-- 

 ture iinti'd. — F.DITdi;. 



Who Will Make These Handles? 

 Kl.Iz.M'.KTH. N. .!.. Del. 1!). — Kdiloi- Il.viiuwooli 

 Kkcohd: We have been manufacturing dogwood 

 chisel handles for the past thirty years and 

 have <|uite a demand for onr goods, but owing 

 to going into another woodworking line we can 

 not devote as much time tn making handles 

 as we should, so were thinking of giving them 

 out to be made. In this perhaps you could help 

 us. Iio you know of any tiriii in the southern 

 dogwoiMl district that m:ikes chisel handles? We 

 make a b'alher top chisel liandle lliat is known 

 Ibroughont the Kasl. so that if we could get 

 siime one to manufacture the dogwood blanks 

 we could attend to putting i»n tlie leather and 

 tinisbing. If you could give us the names of a 

 few chisel liandle manufacturers we could com- 

 municate with them and see if they could do 

 onr work. Tbanking you in advance. 



& Co. 



We liavi' supplied the writer of this lette:- 

 with .several names but ilo not know that they 

 make dogwood handles particularly. .•Vnyone 

 who does, and who would be interested in 

 above proposition may have the address of . 

 corre,sponilcnt upon application to this office. 



— KlllTdK. 



Wants to Import Furniture Stock. 

 KoiHESTfii. X. v.. Oct. \H. — Kditor Il.iiuiwooii 

 IlKCoitu: One of our foreign customers is in the 

 market for hardwood lumber such as mahogany, 

 oak. satin walnut and »ttlier woods suitable for 

 furniture aud interior w<>rk. We have been re- 

 ferred to you for possible assistance in securing 

 a few good connections, and would therefore 

 suggest that .vou call your subscribers* attention 

 to the existence of this customer, who is of very 



high standing and with whom we have had very 

 Iileasant dealings, lie prefers correspondence in 

 ilerinan If possible. We shall be very glad to 

 learn that some of your subscribers will take 

 pains to secure this valuable connection. 



& Co. 



The above letter is from a well-known m:i- 

 ihiuerv concern, anil in response have for- 

 warded their customer several names of ex- 

 porters of furniture wood. The address of 

 the inqiiiri'i- will In- supplied on request. 



— Kditor. 



Hickory in Mexico. 

 Yoitic, I'A.. Oct. 21. — lOdltor II.\i[OWoou IlKC- 

 iiiiv: Can you. through the columns of your 

 paper, advise us what .vou know of Ilie iiuantity. 

 varieties and (juaiity of the hickory timber 

 thrtoigliout Mexico? ,\ny article you might pub- 

 lish on Ibis subject we are satisfied would be 

 ipiite interesting to liiindreds itf reailers of your 

 valualile paper. - I-:. .^. & Co. 



The ILvRDvvooD Record knows nothing 

 about tlie hickory of .Mexico, nor even that 

 there is any such growth in that region, but 

 will be pleaserj to h:ar from any one posted 

 on the subject. — Editor, 



Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company, 



The Mason I loualdsoii l,ninbf-r <_"oinpany of 

 Uhinelandcr. Wis., lias worked many changes 

 in the little town of State Line. Wis., where its 

 manufacturing interesis are located. The latest 

 of these is a change in the name of the post- 

 ortice lo "lionaldson." The compan.v's mill there 

 lias been completely remodeled and is now of 

 the band and band lesaw typc>. The mill began 

 tijierations last February and has been running 

 ctmiinuously since that timi*. The cut for this 

 season will Smount to ] i;.(Mhi.(II1u feet. Two 

 shifts are being operated — a day and a night. 



The Mason-lionaldson I.iimbei- Company lian- 

 clb-s lb.' cuts of the llackley-l'bi'lps-Bounell Com- 

 pan.v of Ilackley. the Forster- Whitman Lumber 

 foiiipany of lliles and the Ilundy Lumber Com- 

 paii.v of llundy in addition to its own stock. 

 rile sales during the past year have amounted 

 to over .«l.lili(i.<iO(i and a steady increase is 

 being noted continually, placing the company 

 among the largest and sirongesi in the state. 



Til'- rajiital stock of Ihi' Mason-lHinaldson 

 Lumber Company is :s::."(0.(iiiii. fully paid, and 

 owned by Ceoi-gi" W. Mason and C. II. lionald- 

 son. 



Pennsylvania Forestry, 

 Tlu' ll.vuLiwoMD Ukcoiui has received at the 

 bands of S. P.. Elliott, of Ueynoldsvllle, I'a., 

 member <if Ihe State I'lu-estry Keservatlon Com- 

 mission of I'ennsylvania. the otlicial report of 

 Uobert S. Conklin. Commissioner of Forestry, 

 for the years 3 90.1 and 19(IG. The book con- 

 tains H,')!! pages and a large ntimber of hand- 

 some Illustrations showing various jihases of 

 the work and typical views. It includes a 

 number of suggestions relating to the present 

 needs of the Tennsylvanla forest service, with 

 reviews of the experimental walnut jilantatioa 

 in Clinton county, private planting, game pre- 

 .serves. etc. Within it are incorporated reports 

 of the state forester, dealing with c<»uditions 

 on the reservations, papers on forestal and sana- 

 torium subjects, siatemenis of accounts, re- 

 ]>oi-t uf improvemenl work and other information 

 collected by the dejiartment. 



The work of the forestry department of the 

 state of I'ennsylvania is increasing in volume. 

 .\s the area of the reserves is ^nlal■ged and sys- 

 temaih- development pursued, that commonwealth 

 will endeavor to meet the increasing burden of 

 proper administration in a manner to incite the 

 emulaii<in of states less interested In these most 

 important sulijects. 



