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HARDWOOD RECORD 



May 10, 1S21 



The Successful Mahogany Manufacturer 

 Must Have an Adequate Log Supply 



Sliowinc our (resh water pond within the Mississipui River at New Orleans, where our 

 steamers dischart'e tlicir logs after coniplctinR a lonn journc-y from the tropics This pond 

 is approximately one-half mile long; has a storaKe capacity of three to four million 

 feet of Mahogany loKS. so that we arc always assured of adequate supply; there our choice 

 MahoKany loes are stored in a most advantaKeous manner, safe against the river currents 

 and storms, floating freely without chains, ready to go thru our mill. 



This Mahogany pond is the only one of its kind; all other features of our operations have 

 been worked out with equal care. 



.\ IH'W hill |ii(p\ iiliii^j fcir i'rilrr;il idiitri)! of the liinibor industry 

 li:is liiH'ii iulniiliu-i'il in thr SriKite by Scnatiir Cuppor of Kans;i.s. 

 Tlir bill, SiiSUM.'i, uiiicli li:is brcii ilcsinniitiMl "tHxntion of forest 

 products, ;ict l!»:il," nnd c;irrirs tlir s:iini' priiieiplos of socialistic 

 control as tlic foriuor Capper bill, with ;i taxation section which is 

 new ;ind more drastic tlKin tlie original propositions. 



Tliis section provides ''tli;it for each calendar year after IH-I 

 tlierc shall be levied, assessed and collected, and sliall ho paid liy 

 every ojierator, an excise tax on the privilege or franchise of co)i- 

 ductinf; the business of harvesting forest crops on commercial 

 b'liids, measured liy tlie (|H;intities of tax.alde ]irodiicts produced liy 

 liiiii in such year, as follows: 



l'"cir the I'lilenihir year. V,\T2, at the rate nt five cents per thcmsaiid Imnnl 

 I'eet, standard hiys scale, in respect of all tnxnble iji-oducts ; and for each 

 and every calendar year thereafter at thi' rate of five cents per thousand 

 hoard feet, staiidanl lojis scale, in respect of standarii products, and at 

 the rate of five dollars per thousand hoard feet, standard loss scale in 

 respect of products helow standard. 



"Standard logs scale" is defined by the hill as tlie uniforni scale 

 for nieasureiiieiit in board feet of the \(iluiiie of .all raw forest prod- 

 ucts, such :is tlie forester, with the ajiproval of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, sli:ill prescribe liy regulation. The t:ix:ilile product 

 ine;ins r:uv forest products originating in trees felled on ;i commer- 

 cial tr;ict by a private o|)er;itor for commercial pur)ioses, while 

 standard jiroduct means a t.-ixable product produced from thiit ii:irt 

 of a given forest crop that is li;irvested in conformity to st;ind:irds 

 defined ;iiid estaldished by regional :ind local regubltion. 



The )irovision of the ;ict for .'in ;issessmeut of •$■"> per tlious.-ind 

 board feel nil liiiiiber below standard is the one lli:it is cert:iin to 

 piovohe llir most biller opposition. 'I'he propose. I iiicMsiire st.'iles 



tli:it "]iroiluct below standard'' nie:ins tax;ible product produced 

 from that part of a forest crop which is iKirvested in a manner 

 different from the standard establisheil by the forester. Enforce- 

 ment of these conditions are provided for in section seven, which 

 makes it obligatory upon the lumber oper;itor to make return, 

 under oath, on or before March 1.5, 1923, and each year thereafter, 

 for the preceding calendar year, st;tting exactly the qutmtities in 

 board feet standard log scale, or sf;(iidard products and of products 

 below standard, produced by him during the preceding year. 

 Copies of this statement are to be filed with the Collector of 

 Intern:il Revenue for the distriit and ;i dttplicate sent to the 

 regioiuil forester. 



The ]iroposed bill was drafted by the Xatioii.il Conserv;itioii 

 .\ssociation and introduced at its request. 



K.-ites from points east of the Rocky Monnt:iins lo inter-moun- 

 tain territory were declared to be neither unreason;ilile nor preju- 

 dicial by the Interstate Commerce Commission in the complaint of 

 the Intermediate Bate Association against the carriers. 



In the opinion of the commission the present commodity rates 

 should not be graded and the carriers are warranted by conditions 

 to continue the ]iresent bl.anket adjustment on ni.any, and perhaps 

 most of the commodities that move in consider;ible vohimt^ In its 

 decision the commission stated in part: 



"The slii])s fliat now jily between the .\tlantii- :iiid Pacific ports 



:ire not nearly so numerous :iiid tlic lonn;ige now moving is not 



iie.arly so lie:ivy .as during the period tli;it followed the opening of 



the I'.-inani.i ('aii;il .iinl preceiled our entry into tlie w.ir, but if is, 



I ri:iilhiiiril nil ii'iin JT i 



