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August 10, 1921 



to livestock aud divcisificd crops and li;ive enjoyed a good meaauie of 

 success in this. These two facts promise a substantial degree of 

 lecovery in the Soiitli. 



Payments from European debtors have been heavy in the past thirty 

 days and there is every indication of Europe's continued approach to 

 normal conditions. The physical daniaifus of the war have been largely 

 I'epairi'd, industry and agriculture are ;;etting near to old time produc- 

 livity, :mi(I the revolutionary spirits subsiding. 



Save the Mahogany Industry 



Till!'; FOBDNEY TARIFF BIIiL is so worded as to destroy the 

 m.-ihr.f.any lumbrr and veneer manufacturing industry in tlie 

 I'uited states witlmul anyone deriving the slightest benefit, ac- 

 i-ording jo the alarming statenieiil made by J. S. Otis of New- 

 Orleans. Mr. Otis's statement w.-is an appeal to the press of the 

 lumber industry for help in securing a change in the wording of 

 the monaeing paragra|)h on malinsjany. The statement, covers the 

 case for the mahogany industry jirctty thoroughly and accordingly 

 will be quoted in full: 



"Sinije the time of I he Civil War there has been a high duty 

 on the importation of mahogany lumber into the United States, 

 to protciit the large mahogany lumber and veneer manufacturing 

 industry of our country, so there are today large mahogany lumber 

 and veneer sawmills, employing thousands of American citizens, 

 in New Orleans, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Cleveland, 

 Cincinnati, Chicago, Louisville, Ky., San Francisco, Indianapolis, 

 Raltimore, etc. 



■'The Fordney T:n iff Bill is worded so all tariff protection will 

 be removed by making unmanufactured round mahogany logs |iay 

 the same duty as manufactured mahogany lumber and veneer, which 

 lumber and veneer is manufactured in foreign countries with $12 

 per month labor. 



"Further, wdien the American manufacturers go into foreign 

 markets they will find themselves terribly handicapped in meeting 

 competition, as they will have paid an enormous duty on the ma- 

 hogany logs and will have to meet competition of foreign mahogany 

 lumber and veneer manufacturers, who have paid no duty to any 

 government and get their labor for $12 per month, against $7.3 to 

 $100 per month for unskilled labor that the .Vmcricau mahogany 

 lumber and veneer manufacturer pays. 



"From the above it is very clear tlial unless the I'ln-.luev Tariff 

 Bill is made to read: 'No duty on unnianufactiired round maJiog- 

 any logs and duty on manufactured mahogany liunber and veneer,' 

 then the mahogany industry of the United States will be de 

 stroyed, throwing thousands of men out of employment, and will 

 result in the losing of millions of dollars of money invested in the 

 large plants and without benefiting anyone the slightest bit, as 

 mahogany lumber will still pay duty, so cannot be sold any 

 cheaper. There is, you know, no mahogany that grows in the 

 United States. 



"Won't the ]U-ess help to save this large industry that tilleil 

 such a vital part during tlie War, furnishing mahogany propeller 



lumber for battle planes, not only for our country, but also, fur- 

 nishing everything England aud France required in battle plane 

 mahogany propeller lumber. That is, they manufactured the logs 

 into lumber for these countries. 



"There is certainly enough unemployment now without adding 

 thousands to it, without benefiting a soul." 



The furniture industry should be particularly interested in pro- 

 tecting the manufacture of mahogany lumber and veneers in this 

 country. The industry should join with the mahogany manu- 

 facturers and other members of the lumber industry who may 

 want to see justice done, in seeing that the Fordney bill is changed 

 as Mr. Otis suggests. 



Repeal of High Freight Cost Reasons Demanded 



No 1{.\HHIKK POSSIHI.K Ol' KKMOVAL must be permitted to 

 stanil ill the way of getting transportation co.sts in this coun- 

 try, down to i-ock bottom. No industry in the country is suffering 

 more than the lumber industry from the fact that transportation 

 charges have resisted liquidation and are now so entirely dispro- 

 portionate to the general economic condition of the country. For 

 this reason the demand which the National Implement & Vehicle 

 Association makes, through its executive committee, for the repeal 

 of the Adamson Law and abrogation of national agreements, is 

 worthy of the most active support of the lumber illdust^J^ 



The plea for repeal of the Adamson Law exjiresses the executive 

 committee's "firm conviction" that the law should be repealed by- 

 Congress because of its "manifestly inequitable and discrimina- 

 tory features, which created and maintains an artificial work day, 

 during which the amount of Wages paid, is based on hours employed, 

 regardless of the character and quality of the work performed. 

 The resolution said further that the law is "fundamentally un- 

 sound and uneconomical in its effect, besides being a strong con- 

 tributing factor in the matter of the present high and prohibitive 

 freight rates, the effects of which are particularly adverse to the 

 interests of the basic industry of agricvdture and business gen- 

 erally." 



In part the demaiul for abrogation of the labor adju-rment agree- 

 iiii'uts is as follows: 



' • Whereas, all industries, including the basic one of agriculture, 

 cannot possibly prosjier, unless the credit of the railroads of the 

 country is both restored aud maintained, aud they be permitted to 

 pursue the same economical practices which prevail in other in- 

 dustries, throughout the country, therefore be it 



"Resolved, That we deem it imperative that the Railroad Labor 

 Board promptly abrogate all labor adjustment agreements, involv- 

 ing the unionization of our great transportation systems, which it 

 inherited when the Federal Government returned the railroad prop- 

 erties to their owners, which recommended action we regard as 

 unquestionably a prerequisite to the obtaining for tlie shippers and 

 traveling public, of substantial rate reductions, based on real eco- 

 nomical management, through the instrumentalit}' of the open 

 shop anil, a consequent reduction in living costs." 



REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 13-14 



Save the Mahogany industry 14 



Repeal of High Freight Cost Reasons Demanded 14 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Substitution of Oak for Other Woods lS-18 



Breaking in New Band Saws 21 



Grand Rapids Makes a New Start 35 



Care and Use of the Hygrometer in Kiln Drying 36 



Strength of Screw Fastenings in Plywood 36 



How Much Steam for Your Dry Kiln ? 12 



NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL: 



Miscellaneous 19 



POWER LOGGING AND LUMBER HANDLING: 



M iscellaneous 20 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: 



Miscellaneous 26 



Table of Contents 



LUMBER TR.4DE CUSTOMS 22 



HARDWOOD NEWS 28-34 



HARDV,'OOD NEWS 34 & 51-54 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 56-58 



HARDWOODS FOR SALE 58-60 & 62 



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