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HARDWOOD RECORD 



May 10, 19U'l 



the evening of April 2f), and whore the plan was enthusiastically 

 received. On this occasion Mr. Goodman had the following to 

 say on the council: 



PuWloity Is one-halt tlio Ijattle. The other liall' is servlco-llrst, tlic 

 Kcncral boosting service that the whole conimmilty should take part In. 

 If we all say. "Let us make Kenosha a city of homes," It will become a 

 city of homes. Hut there Is a very special service in home building that 

 must be performed. The progressive lumber dealer realizes this and so he 

 furnishes plans and assists the prospect in getting the bids and tells him 

 how to secure a building loan. The realtor does this, so does the bulldinf; 

 and loan association, the buildoi', the architect. Kach of you realizes that 

 no one wants luniber. brick, cement, building lots and liuildlng contracts. 

 What the prospect wants Is a hiune. Il<> has no experience lu liuildlng n 

 house or linamtng the operation. So when your publicity work has 

 created a prospect, you should be ready with some kind of co-operation 

 service to close the deal, 1 suggest, mind you, I merely suggest that you 

 have a Home Hulldlng Council with a cbalrinan In whose integrit.v, aljility 

 and fairness everyone has contidi'nce. Your secretary should be some one 

 who really wants to work on this job, possibly the secretary of our cham- 

 ber of commerce, who wants to be of service to the community, and who 

 should have an office where everyone can consult him. 



Yiiu will jiut on the council the publicity expert I have referred to: also 

 a house plan expert, who can get all the various home planning services 

 and architects llnc<l up to enable the secretary to show any one bow to 

 select a house plan, and what he will have to pay for It. 



You will need a building cost expert, who will get the builders' estimates 

 on typical plans and specifications, that will enable tiie Secretary to tell 

 the prospect what his house will cost. 



.\lso, a building loan expert, who will get all the banks and building loan 

 associations, private lenders of money and some of the big industrial em- 



ployers to draw up safe but liberal terms of making building loans, and a 

 real estate expert who knows Kenosha and can advise Impartially as to 

 real estate values. 



Y'ou may also find need for simie iither members to this council. They 

 must all be men willing to devnle their services iu this work. 1 know 

 you have such men with both ability and willingness to serve. 



This, in brief, is the plan for the council. In considering it the 

 name of any given community may be substituted for tliat of 

 Kenosha, as it is a proposition capable of application to any com- 

 munity large enough to need homes and to furnish the essential 

 personnel of the council. 



Mr. (loodman's conception is that this council should be formed 

 following a Home Building Conference, at which all the various 

 ]diases of the problem of home building in the community have 

 been carefully analyzed. The council will be permanent, or at 

 least exist through the period of the emergency, and w^ill make the 

 jiroposition of building a home easy for the average head of a 

 f.iiiiily. As the ;il)ove statement indicated, the council will give 

 dependable answers to all the technical and other details and 

 problems that stand between the prospective home builders and 

 llie realization of his desire for a home. These details are bound 

 to offer a certain measure of discouragement to the prospective 

 builder and thus a body that will work them out for him is certain 

 to furnish the best possible encouragement and leave no dis- 

 couraging features before even the most timid or busy prospect. 



Proposed National Hardwood Rules Changes 



The annual report of the Inspection Rules Committee of the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association has been issued. This 

 report, which will be presented at the twenty-fourth annual con- 

 vention of the association in Philadelphia, Pa., June 9 and 10, by 

 John W. McClure of Memphis, Tenn., Chairman, is expected to 

 furnish one of the chief topics for deliberation, as is usual at the 

 annual conventions of the National association. 



The committee this year proposes seven changes for the purpose 

 of clarifying certain moot sections of the rules, five distinct 

 changes and one actual addition. The addition to the rules applies 

 to Standard Turning Squares and is recommended at the request 

 of the Association of Wood Using Industries. 



The members of the committee, in addition to Chairman McClure, 

 are as follows: D. 0. Anderson, J. L. Benas, Jos. H. Dion, E. B. 

 Ford, Harry C. Fowler, M. J. Fox, George Kersley, C. H. Kramer, 

 0. M. Krebs, H. W. McDonough, Bay McQuillan, Charles N. 

 Perrin, Frank Purcell, W. T. Roberts, L. L. Shertzer, Daniel Wertz. 



The changes recommended follow: 



PART I 



FOR CLARIFylXG PRESENT RULES 



I'liragraph 1 : 



Measurement of the Grade of Shorts in Mahogany. 

 (See page 53 of present rules.) 



The following change In the method of measuring and tallying the grade 

 of Shorts in Mahogany is recommended by a number of mahogany produc- 

 ers. It has been adopted by the Timber Trades Federation of England and 

 by the National Lumber Exporters Association of the United States. This 

 change in method of nieiisurement does not affect the final result nor the 

 grade. It is proposed as a convenience in order to make it possible to use 

 the ordinary board rule. The change, if adopted, will make the present rule 

 for shorts read as follows : 



SlIOliTS must be 4" and over wide. 



Standard lengths are 2, 2Vi, 3, 3i/.. i. -iV', 5 and 5'A feet. Fractional 

 lengths other than standard must be measured as of the next lower 

 standard length. Shorts must be measured and tallied as if four times the 

 actual standard length and the resulting tally divided by four. 



Pieces 4" and 5" wide must be clear. 



Pieces 6" and over wide will admit standard defects according to the 

 above basis of surface measure (four times the actual surface measure) 

 as follows : 



8 feet, 1 standard defect or' its equivalent. 



IG feet, 2 stan<l;iid dc feet^ <ir their equivalent. 



22 feet, 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 



26 feet. 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 

 I'aragrapn 2 : 



No. 2 Wagon Stock. 

 (See page 107 present rules.) 



The addition of the following sentence under the caption of No. 2 'Wagon 

 Stock has been suggested by the National Implement and Vehicle Associa- 

 tion to remove a cause of misunderstanding without changing the present 

 interpretation of the rules : 



Heart and shake will not be admitted. 

 Paragraph b ; 



Wagon Eox Poards. 

 (See page 102 present rules.) 



A retpiest condng from the National Implement and Vehicle Association 

 luis been approved b,v our committee regarding the grade of Box Boards. 

 It is recommended that the words "and checked" be inserted after the word 

 "warped" in the last paragraph, page 102, This would not change the 

 present interpretation and if adopted would make the paragraph mentioned 

 read as follows : 



Woolly cottonw'ood and lumber so warped and checked that it cannot be 

 used for box boards must be excluded from this grade. 

 Paragraph 4 : 



Quartered Woods. 



The insertion of the followlug definition of the term "Quartered" when 

 used in connection with woods which now have no rules for quartered is 

 recommended : 



In woods where figure is not required, lumber shall be considered as quar- 

 tere<l when the radial grain is at an angle of fort.v-five degrees or less with 

 SO per cent of one face of the piece. 

 Paragraph 5 : 



Measurement of Strips. 

 (See pages 95 and 96 present rules.) 



Our present rules contain no instructions for the measurement of strips 

 under special inspection. The adoption of the following rule is recom- 

 mendiKl as being in conformity with the interpretation now Ixung used: 



Strips may be >i" scant of standard widths when shipping dry. In the 

 grades of clear and clear sap strips, tapering pieces must be measured at 

 the narrow end. In the grades of common strips, tapering pieces must be 

 uu^asured one-third the length of the piece fnun the narrow end. 

 Paragraph 6 : 



neflnition of Sound Cutting. 

 (See page 13 present rules.) 



The insertion of the word "heart" after the word "rot" is recommended 

 for the purpose of removing a cause of frequent ndsuuderstanding and is 

 in accordance with the present interpretation. This insertion would make 

 the paragraph read as follows : 



The term SiH'ND CUTTING as used in these rules means a cutting free 



