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HARDWOOD RECORD 



So when he's missln' from yum' side 

 Ami ain't In sight mnvhere. 



Just sneak into his olIU-o 



And you'll find him wrltln' ilicrc. 



I .euess that daddy doesn't know 



That a poet, when alive. 

 Folks don't appreciate half so much 



As when he's "up and died." 



And though the wrinkles haven't c-ome 

 And dad's hair's not yet gray, 



For overworklu' his dear hrain 

 He'll some time have to pay. 



^^lien Peter lets him In the gate, 

 Tlie streets of gold to roam. 



Ills strong right arm will grasp a hoard 

 And his brave left— a "pome." 



Hardwood Record J\Iail Bag, 



I In this department It Is proposed to reply 

 10 suih Inquiries as reach this ofHce from the 

 Hahiiwcioii KKCiiiin clIi'ntiiKo as will be of enough 

 general Interest to warrant publication. I-^vei'y 

 patron of the paper Is Invited to use this de- 

 partment (o the fullest extent, and an attempt 

 will be made to answer (pieries pertaining to all 

 matters of Interest to the hardwood trade, Id 

 ft succinct and intelllgenr manner.] 



Wants Small Bread Boards. 



l'iiii..ir>KLrui.v. Dec. i;;. Kditoi- IlAiiinvooD 

 Hecoiid : Could you kindly give us the names 

 and addresses of a few good woodworking and 

 planing mills, not too remote from Philadelphia, 

 which have the facilities, machinery and also 

 lumber cuttings to make small meat and cutting 

 boards, also bread boards, etc., 4/4, 5/4, G/4 

 and S,''4 oak, maple, poplar, etc.'/ We use a 

 large variety of pieces cut in ovals and oblongs, 

 and must obtain special prices from first hands. 

 Maniifactckixg Company. 



Doubtless many manufacturers have a good 

 deal of stock which they could work up in 

 this way, and they may have above addres.s 

 on ajiplication to this office. — Editor. 



Kiln-Dried, Planed Stock Wanted. 

 Lo.NG Island City, N. Y., Dec. 13. — Editor 

 Hardwood Kecokd : If you know of a mill that 

 can supply us with kiln-dried and smoothly 

 planed plain and quartered oak. chestnut, poplar 

 and basswood, we would like to have the name 

 of it. With proper connection in this line a 



good business could be bad. — LuitBER 



Company. 



Any one wishing to make an alliance with 

 the above concern will be put in communica- 

 tion with it on request. — Editor. 



Hickory Slats. 

 New York, Dec. 14. — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 ord : We are in the market for five to ten cars 

 of ^xl'i-inch X C2-inch hickory sound slats, 

 bundled fifty to the bundle, and delivered in 

 New York. We shall be obliged if you can put 

 us in communication with any mills that can 

 cut these to advantage from their waste. 

 Company. 



The above is self-explanatory, and the 

 Record will be glad to assist any one inter- 

 ested to secure this contract. — Editor. 



.Locust Insulator Pins. 

 RoebucKj S. C, Dec. 17. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : I want to dispose of between 80.000 

 and 100.000 locust insulator pins. Can you help 

 me out?— D. W. S. 



Any letters addressed to the above corre- 

 spondent, in care of the Record, will be 

 cheerfully forwarded to him. — Editor. 



Approves Export Policy. 



MBMPnis, Dec. 13. — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 ord : We are just in receipt of your issue of 

 December 10, and wish to congratulate you 

 upon the cartoon entitled "Foreign Hardwood 

 Trade," and also the article appearing on page 

 14, touching upon the evils of consigning lum- 

 ber to the ports of Europe. The lumberman 

 who Is foolish enough during these times to 

 send j:oods to Europe on consignment will cer- 



tainly suffer great losses. Trade in Europe is 

 as dull as it Is in the Lulled States, and there 

 will be no improvement until money becomes 

 cheaper in the European money centers. At the 

 present time Great Itritain has a 7 per cent 

 bank rate and Germany 71A per cent to S per 

 cent. This absolutely puts a stop to all build- 

 ing, and importers will not consider proposals 

 for new contracts until money is cheaper. In 

 a recent article the writer read from a Urltish 

 authority on hanking, this man stated : "We 

 should not forget that such high rates for 

 money as we have witnessed lately must be 

 Injurious to trade, and must also bring about 

 a reaction in business." He also goes on to 

 say that for some time to come the borrowing 

 public may not look for low rates, for the 

 simple reason that there are too many borrowers 

 having good enough security to offer, and are 

 only waiting for a favorable opportunity to 

 make a loan. — Russe & Burgess. 



Quaj:tered Oak. 



Chicago, Dec. 12. — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 ord : I note the article in your issue of De- 

 cember 10, headed "Historical," and believe 

 Henry Maley, of Edinburg, Ind., can come pretty 

 near substantiating the fact that he is the 

 original manufacturer of quartered oak. — Esta- 

 brook-Skeele Lumber Company, by J. H. West. 



Biln-Dried Oak Wanted. 

 New Y'ohk City, Dec. 7. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Can you give me the names of a few 

 quartered oak manufacturers who have kiln- 

 drying facilities? I have read your advertise- 

 ments, but can get no Information of that char- 

 acter from them. I have a number of calls 

 for kiln-dried quartered oak, but do not know 

 where to get It. — H. C. M. 



The writer of above letter has been sup- 

 plied with the names of several manufactur- 

 ers who kiln-dry their wood, and any others 

 interested will be put in communication with 

 him on request. — Editor. 



Who Has Dowels for Export. 



New York City, Dec. 10. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We are interested in and purchase at 

 all times, very largely for export shipment, 

 dowels of birch, beech, maple or similar woods, 

 assorted sizes from % to % diameter and 

 lengths from 18 to 36 inches. We would very 

 much like to get in touch with all of the large 

 manufacturers, and if you could aid us in this 

 matter it would be appreciated. — E. & J. M. 



The Record would be pleased to hear from 

 any manufacturers who would like to fur- 

 nish the above stock for export trade. — Ed- 

 itor. 



An Indiana Pioneer. 

 Cincinnati, Dec. IG. — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 ord ; I note your Mail Bag item in the Decem- 

 ber 10 issue asking who was the first in Indiana 

 to quarter-saw oak. and it occurs to me that 

 my uncle, Horace Blinn, now living in Clarks- 

 vllle, Tex., may be able to give you the infor- 

 mation. It was early in the seventies, maybe 

 back in '08 or '69, that he was running a mill 

 at Daggett : later the firm was changed to 

 Blinn & Daggett. In a recent letter from my 



uncle he mentioned that his mill was the lirst, 

 or one of the first, to cut quartered oak In 

 Indiana. I am writing him today, to the above 

 address, asking that if such are the facts, he 

 drop you a Hue on the subject. It may not be 

 possible to say positively who actually was the 

 first — It is a good deal like the oldest Mason, 

 etc., never satisfactorily settled. — H. K. ISi.inx. 



Hickory Buyers. 

 A Boston corrcsiKjuiliiit asks for a list of 

 the hickory buyers of the country. Ho has 

 been supplied with a considerable number, 

 but others who would like to have their ad- 

 dresses filed with this buyer may do so 

 through the Record. — Editor. 



Log Becords. 



Westchester, Pa., Dec. 19.— Editor Haiid- 

 wouD Uecoiid : We want to get a book In which 

 we can keep a record of logs In triplicate form. 

 Anything you can tell us in regard to securing 

 such a book will be appreciated. We would like 

 to have the leaves of the book detachable and 

 in handy form so that our men can use It in 

 the woods. 



Will some of our readers who have a satis- 

 factory system of this sort kindly send us 

 specimen leaves that we may suggest the 

 form to above correspondent? — Editor. 



Wants a Woodenware Line. 



RiCH.MOND, Va., Dec. 19. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : I have a large trade handling white 

 pine boxes from the West and yellow pine boxes 

 from this section, and am anxious to add to my 

 business the products of a reliable woodenware 

 factory. As secretary of the Handle Manufac- 

 turers' Association it is probable that you could 

 give me the names of three or four woodenware 

 manufacturers with whom I might correspond 

 with a view to placing their product in this ter- 

 ritory. Any courtesy you can show me will be 

 gladly reciprocated. — F. T. C. 



Any one wishing to make such an alliance 

 should write for above address. — Editor. 



Is Taking No Chances. 

 Boston, Dec. 17. — Editor Hardwood Record: 

 Provincialism is perhaps my strongest character- 

 istic and so 1 shall not answer your inquiry of 

 December 12 regarding prospective hardwood 

 conditions. This may or may not be complimen- 

 tary. I take this stand for the reason that the 

 longer I live the more I am convinced that there 

 is little profit in being a prophet. I like you 

 personally, but my like for you and your business 

 must be divorced. I'ours very truly, II. D. 



WiGGIN. 



Novel Use of Electric Flat Irons. 



It is not often that heating units from electric 

 flat irons are put to as severe a test as in the 

 instance given below. The problem was to re- 

 place a crank pin on the high pressure side of 

 a 500 horsepower cross compound Russell en- 

 gine. The new pin was 6 inches in diameter with 

 a taper of 1/64 inch and had to be fitted tightly 

 into the disk, which was 5 inches thick, with a 

 12-inch shaft. To expand the disk by heating 

 it with blow torches would have taken too long, 

 besides making a dirty and unsatisfactory job, 

 so several heating units from General Electric 

 6-pound flat irons were grouped around an iron 

 core 3 \i inches in diameter and placed in the 

 6-inch hole in the crank disk. In four hours 

 after the current was turned on the disk had 

 expanded sufliciently to allow the crank pin to 

 slip in. Although the heating units were at 

 about white heat all the time, they were not in- 

 jured except that the brass tubing on two was 

 slightly melted In one place. The heating units 

 were replaced in the flat irons and have been In 

 use for the last three months, one of them being 

 In a laundry, where their active service averages 

 forty hours each week. 



