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HARDWOOD RECORD 



thnt are oval, quarter-round, O. G. and serpen 

 tine, and If a cllair seat lias two shapes It will 

 sand the same with one handling and still do 

 hotter Uian hy hand, leaving no humps or mean 

 spol-s. This Is done by uslny a roller and cim- 

 cave shoe to lit (he shape to be sanded. When 

 serpentine shapes are sanded the roller Is used 

 to get into the short curves. 



The pedestal carrylns the tight and loose 

 pulleys and upright sliui't Is cast in one piece 

 and can be swung around, permit ling the ma- 

 chine to be belted from any direction, no matter 

 where it may be placed. An adjustable belt 

 shifter is provided which will receive the belt 

 at any angle. The Idle pulley receiving the sand 

 l)elt is self-ad;iusUng by means of counter- 

 weights and can be lilted to malie the belt tracli 

 on its center. The table, shoe and roll can be 

 ad.iusted in any direction to suit the work, and 

 the table Is arranged to tilt to sand beveled 

 edges. The bearings, being fitted with grease 

 cups, are dust-proof and all working parts are 

 enclosed, .so that no dust or grit can enter. The 

 machine is furnished complete with one shoe 

 and one roll and is built first class in every 

 way. 



Tight and loose pulleys have 10-iuch diameter 

 by :!-incb face, and should make COO revolutions 

 lier minute ; floor space. .3x7 feet ; weight, i)00 

 pounds : contents, TO cubic feet. For further 

 Information address the E. & B. Holmes Ma- 

 chinery Company, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Receiver Appointed. 



.Tohn II. Chapman of Sutton. W. Va., has been 

 appointed receiver for R. M. Smith & Co. of 

 Parkcrsburg, a large and well known concern. 

 The company's assets are given as $.500,000 and 

 its liabilities as only $350,000. M'hUc the con- 

 cern is said to be entirely solvent, the money 

 stringency affected it, in that it could not get 

 ready money to carry on its affairs. It has a 

 branch office at Detroit and mills in Louisiana 

 and West Virginia. 



The Messrs. Smith are well known to the 

 hardwood trade, and their associates have every 

 reason to believe their present difficulty is due 

 in no wise to mismanagement or incompetency, 

 but solely to unavoidable conditions in the finan- 

 cial world. 



The Lumberman-Poet Outdoes Himself, 



The jo-companying verses were delivered by 

 Van B. Perrine of Fort Wayne at the banquet 

 of the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's Associa- 

 tion, held at the Grand Hotel, Indianapolis, .Jan- 

 uary 16, and, as may be imagined, made the hit 

 of the evening. The ILvhdwood Ukcokd is pleased 

 to be the first to publish them : 

 'Twas down at Indianapolis, most hearty was 



the greeting 

 When Lumbermen met Lumbermen, at the 



Indiana meeting. 

 A Jolly lot of fellows, from North, South, ICast 



and West, 

 Representing almost everywhei-e, and from every- 

 where the best. 

 ,Of course there's no reflection on those who 



stayed at home ; 

 They had the best of reasons or else they would 

 have come. 



A lot were old-time Iloosiers, born and lired 



right there, 

 Coming hack most every chance they had the 



time to spare ; 

 Some had made a fortune, some had lost their 



pile, 

 But on every face, rich or poor, was the same 



contented smile. 

 No matter how far you wander, or to where you 



emigrate. 

 You always feel contented when back in your 



Native State. 



Some came on from Boston town, some from 



farther East. 

 And old New York was also there attending 



friendship's feast. 



\\'liile the South was represented by a few good 



men you know, 

 Vou'd meet an old acquaintance most every place 



you'd go. 

 .\s we grow a Utile older our thoughts still more 



Incline 

 To tile friends of youth and struggles, to days 



of Auld Lang Syne. 



Von can buy a bran new sawmill, with timber 



stanfiing near, 

 And can make a pile of money by the einl of 



every year — 

 And with this roll of greenbacks tucked down in 



yiuir pants, 

 Buy anytldng hut friendsliip, with the mimey to 



advance ; 

 But friends — you i-:iniiot l)uy tiu-m. don't lose 



one on your way. 

 They'll be your gretitest asset when comes the 



.Judgment Day. 



On that day — so surely coming — we'll each 



one look around. 

 Searching there most au.xiously till u friendly 



face we've found. 

 I'p there they call things by their names —spades 



are written spades, 

 And Common won't pass for Number One, no 



mixing there of grades. 

 If you've lived real good, or otherwise, it don't 



take much reflection 

 To know that friends can help you wlien comes 



the Final Inspection. 



Exporters' Association — Special. 



Besides going on record as being opposed to 

 export sliipments of lumber on consignment, the 

 National Lumber Exporters' Association, in an- 

 nual session here January 22 and 2:i, transacted 

 a great deal of other business and before ad- 

 journing today reelected the following officers : 

 John L. .\lcock, Baltimore, president ; <_leorge M. 

 Spiegle, Philadelphia, and Harvey M. Dickson, 

 Norfolk, vice presidents. D. T. Rees and Ludwig 

 Haymann, New Orleans ; Fred Arm, Chatta- 

 nooga, and R. P. Baer. Baltimore, members 

 board of directors. E. M. Terry was unanimously 

 reappointed secretary. The meeting was well at- 

 tended and enthusiastic. 



In the resolution bearing on shipment on con- 

 signment it was suggested that members write 

 their foreign brokers to the effect that they will 

 withdraw their support from any broker handling 

 consignments. President Alcock was authorized 

 to appoint a local committee at eacli port to 

 have charge of affairs there. 



There was considerable discussion on the north 

 Atlantic steamship lines' agreement, the New 

 Orleans car service matter and other subjects. 

 It was recommended that tlie local committee for 

 New Orleans make an effort to secure an agree- 

 ment witli tlie Gulf lines on the same basis as 

 the uortli Atlantic lines' agreement. It was also 

 suggested that all members make contracts for 

 tonnage through the association. These sugges- 

 tions were endorsed by the meeting. 



Phoenix Manufacturing Company Builds 

 Large Addition, 



The Phoenix Manufacturing Company is said 

 to have been the first iron works and repair shop 

 to locate in Eau Claire, Wis., and the history of 

 its growth from a small shop In ISG.'j to the 

 great institution it is today is exceedingly inter- 

 esting. The plant now covers a large area of 

 ground and includes twelve buildings — machine 

 shops, warehouses, foundries and offices. 



It has recently erected a new machine shop 

 3G0 feet long by 92 feet wide. Modern machines 

 with the latest improvements and devices are 

 being installed to expedite the work of the plant 

 and increase its capacity. Among the con- 

 trivances is a large traveling crane running on 

 a track 42 feet wide and over 200 feet long, 

 lliiving two lifts, one capable of elevating a load 



of fifteen tons and the other five tons, with an 

 emergency lift of twenty-five tons. The crane- 

 man sits In a cage from which he directs opera- 

 tions, and the madilnory of the crane is run by 

 electricity and controlled to a nicety. It Is so 

 constrinted that a load may he delivered to any 

 portion of llie ground floor where a chalk mark 

 is made. Four motors conlrol the various parts 

 of tlie crane. In the new building arc offices, a 

 vault for storing drawings and plans, pattern 

 rooms, draughting room w-lth high-power electric 

 light and apparatus , for producing blue prints 

 and photographs. Itailriad track enters the 

 Unlldlng. thus facilitaling sending out products 

 from tlie shipping office located there. 



The company has recently constructed a new 

 boiler r<ioni, steel warehouse, foundry 140 feet 

 long by liMi fci't wide, and a building where 

 luiiiliej-nien's supplies are made, besides an erect- 

 ing room, line building is taken up in manufac- 

 turing logging sleighs, snow jilows. car-stake 

 pi>ckels and machinery for building logging 

 roads. .Mtogether the plant Is as finely equipped 

 as any of Its kind in the country. 



New Bate and Classification. 



The Indiana railroad commission has made 

 another ruling which favors the lumbermen as 

 against llie railroads by ordering a new rate on 

 ■■thin cut lumber, ■' not Including true veneers. 

 This will be a matter of great satisfaction to 

 veneer men. inasmuch as the.v have long con- 

 tended that it was ridiculous to place the same 

 classification on expensive fancy veneers as upon 

 lumlier cut thin for use in the manufacture of 

 boxes, crates, etc. By the new ruling thin-cut 

 lumber Is placed in the sixth class and rated 

 accordingly, taking effect January I.') and con- 

 tinuing for two years. This rate will be applied 

 to thin cut lumber valued at less than $10 a 

 thousand feet and when shipped in minimum 

 carload lots of .■!4.0uil pounds. A fourth class 

 rate applies to smaller quantities. Where the 

 value I'xceeds $10 a thousand feet the stock shall 

 be shipped on a fifth class rate, providing it is 

 in minimum c-irload lots of 30,000 pounds. The 

 old rates on tliin lumber were third and fifth 

 class. 



A Useful Tree. 



'■The carnahutia palm of Brazil, ■' said a lum- 

 ber dealer recently, ■■is the world's most useful 

 tre". a department store tree, you might call 

 it. for it gives everything from medicine to cattle 

 fMcd. 



'■Ds roots make a very valuable drug, a blood 

 purifier that is prescribed a good deal in the 

 spring. Its timber takes on a high polish and 

 is in demand among cabinet makers for fine 

 work. 'I'lie sap becomes wine or vinegar, accord- 

 ing to J he way it is prepared, and starch and 

 sugar are also obtained fi'om tills saji. 



■■The fruit of the tree is a cattle food : the 

 nut is a good coffee substitute ; the pith makes 

 corks. 



■■Can you beat that — medicine, sugar, coffee, 

 starch, wine, corks, cattle food, lumber and vine- 

 gar — all from this one tree, the carnaliuba 

 palnr;" 



Status of the Trade in England. 



Advices from correspondents in London state 

 that the year 1907 was a very trying one for 

 the wood trade of England. It witnessed con- 

 siderable reduction in values, which struck very 

 hard upon foreign shippers as well as on dealers 

 and importers in England and other countries 

 holding large stocks imported the previous year, 

 which had been added to without conservatism 

 the last of the season and the first few weeks of 

 1907, just before the lntimati(m of lessening 

 prices came about. 



A note or two of warning were struck the pre- 

 ceding fall, however, but foreign shippers and 

 continental buyers paid no attention, and the 

 level to which prices had advanced by January 



