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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 10. 1918 



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Godfrey Conveyors | 



Will handle your logs by Power. Durable — Simple — Economical | 



Investigate! Immediate Deliveries | 



JOHN F. GODFREY Dept. 4 Elkhart, Ind. | 



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CHESTNUT 

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WISTAR, UNDERBILL & NIXON 



Real Estate Trust Building Philadelphia 



TUPELO 

 RED GUM 



HOW ABOUT YOU? 



When commodity prices fall you will feel 

 the effect of the policies you dictate now. 

 Our recent FORECASTER has vital in- 

 terest for the credit, sales and advertising 

 manager. 



FREE COPY 0\ REQUEST 



BROOKMIRE ECONOMIC SERVICE 



56 PINE STREET, NEW YORK 



We Offer for May Shipment 



4(,000' 4/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 

 45,000' 8/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 

 40,000' S/4 No. 1 C. & B. End Dried White Maple 

 60,000' 6/4 No. I C. & B. End Dried White Maple 

 150,000' 1x6" up No. 1 C. & B. Hard Maple 

 200,000' 4/4 te 16/4 Ne. 2 C. & B. Soft Elm 

 40,000' 4/4 No. 2 C. & B. Birch 

 113,0M' 8/4 Ne. 2 C. & B. Beech 



Write us jor prices today 



East Jordan Lumber Co. 



Manufacturer* "IMPERIAL" Maple Flooring 



East Jordan Michigan 



VON PLATEN LUMBER CO. 



IRON MOUNTAIN 



MICHIGAN 



Manufacturers of 



NORTHERN HARDWOODS 



75 M ft. of 4/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 

 150 M ft. of 4/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Birch 

 100 M ft. of 5/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Birch 



75 M ft. of 5/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch 

 100 M ft. of 6/4 No. 1 Com. &. Btr. Birch 

 100 M ft. of 8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. Birch 



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Pertinent Information 



All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if 



Lumber for Reconstruction 

 Reports from France and Belgium indicate that the people of those 

 devastated countries are earnestly inquiring whether lumber for rebuilding 

 can be had from America, and, of course, the probable price is a matter 

 of interest. Lumber will probably be one of the most reasonable in cost 

 of all building materials. It has not advanced in the same degree as brick, 

 concrete, cement, and steel. 



, Individual Export License Required 



According to a list issued by the war trade board, export of the following 

 items must not be undertaken without individual license. Ash, birch, 

 chestnut, fir, mahogan.v, oak, quebracho, spruce, walnut, and yellow pine 

 12x12 and larger, and 25 feet long or more. Veneer and ply wood of all 

 kinds are on the list, without specifying the woods of which they are made. 



August Exports of Wood 



Offlcial figures show that for August last year the total e.xports of forest 

 products were worth $5,797,564, while during the corresponding month 

 this year the value was $7,lit8,95!l, or an increase exceeding ,$1,500,000. 

 The largest increases were shown in Itouglas fir, oak, and pine. 

 Valuable Wood in Panama 



Large growths of bright purple nazarene wood is lying idle in Panama, 

 only awaiting development, according to Dr. Henry Pittier, who recently 

 led a botanical expedition to the Darien section of the isthmus. Before 

 the war this beautiful wood commanded $125 to $200 per thousand feet. 

 It is estimated that there are 40,000,000 feet of the timber along the Tuyra 

 river and other navigable streams of that region, to say nothing of the 

 less accessible sections of the country. 



The timber has most unusual qualities. The trees reach a large size, 

 sometimes a diameter of three feet, and have very little sap wood. The 

 interior is a rich purple color and the wood is hard, heavy, strong, and 

 extremely resistant to water and weather; it contains an essential oil and 

 it takes an excellent polish. When the wood ages and is at the same time 

 exposed to the sunlight it turns much darker in color. 



In a house in Panama is a beam of this wood over a century old ; as It 

 is in a place protected from the sunlight this beam still has the original 

 bright purple color. 



Solving Railroad Problems 



\\Tien the railroads of this country were taken under Federal control 

 they were suffering from the effects of a long period of various sorts of 

 adversity. The measure of their recovery under government manage- 

 ment has now been put into figures by Mr. McAdoo. the Director General. 



Taking the cases of the railroads of Class 1 — which are roads having 

 an operating income of more than a million dollars a year — he finds that 

 the number of tons of revenue freight carried has increased 8.9 per cent. 

 The number of freight cars in service has increased 5.1 per cent. The 

 number of tons hauled per train has increased 6.9 per cent. The average 

 carload has lieen increased 14.4 per cent. 



Taking Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as experimental points, he finds 

 that the tonnage there delivered has increased 9 per cent and the numl>er 

 of cars used has decreased 7 per cent. The number of tons per car has 

 incrc.-ised 18 per cent. This increase, he says, "if it were general through- 

 out the country would be equivalent to the addition of 432,000 cars to the 

 e(iuipment of the country's railroads." 



lender Federal control the number of railroad officials drawing salaries 

 of $5000 a year or over has been reduced by 400 and .$4,615,000 a year has 

 been savedl The expenses of the law department have been reduced 

 $1,500,000 a year. By the consolidation of ticket oflicos. and the aban- 

 donment of competitio'n, it Is estimated that $2,3,566,633 will be saved. 

 And of this amount $8,000,000 will be saved on advertising bills. - 



.At the same time wages have been raised : the eight-hour da.v has been 

 granted ; women are receiving the same pay as men for the same sort of 

 work ; and negroes are no longer being discriminated against in their wages 

 and conditions of employment. 



Freight routes have been shortened, cars and locomotives are being 

 standardized. A universal mileage book, good on all roads, is being adopted. 

 By the consolidation of terminals efficiency has been increased and one 

 cause of great inconvenience to travelers has been removed. 



A Remarkable Story 

 A story comes out of India that sounds suspicious, yet it may be trn«. 

 .\crurding to the report, bears ha\-e been taught tit gnaw flic liark and 

 by that means girdle undesirable forest trees and give good trees a chance 

 to grow. The animals were taught by accident. Foresters girdled the 

 trees that were not wanted, and bears came to lick the sweet sap that 

 oozed from the wounds. They learned the kinds of trees which provided 

 the sap, and when they could not find enough that were already girdled 

 to supply the demand, they girdled others with their teeth. Thus, it is 

 said, tbi'y -.in- hi'Ipiiii; the foresters kill trees which are not wanted. 



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