March 10. 1919 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Lumber Exports During Year 



The value of all exports of forest products from this country during 1916 

 was $59,839,256; in 1917 the value was $71,362,591, and in 1918 the total 

 was $87,306,371. Much of the increase in value, when late years are 

 compared with earlier. Is due to advance in prices, but there was some 

 increase in quantity as well as in value. 



The export of yellow poplar in 1916 amounted to 11,859,000 feet, and 

 in 1918 to 23,488,000 feet. Redwood. 29,710 feet in 1916 and 35.835,000 

 in 1918. But the export of oak totaled 65,184,000 feet in 1916 and only 

 64.663,000 in 1918, but the value in 1916 was .f2,746,097 and in 1918 it 

 was $3,710,479. Nearly twice as many railroad ties were exported in 

 1916 as in 1918. The value of furniture exported in 1916 was practically 

 the same as in 1918. 



Oak and Osage Orange Treenails 



Speaking of the use of woods other than locust as treenails, a govern- 

 ment official bulletin says : 



The use of live oak and osage orange for treenails in addition to locust 

 was recommended after a thorough investigation of the "suitability of 

 various species for this purpose. The inclusion of these two woods relieved 

 the seriousness of the situation caused by the failing supply of locust. 



Canadian Lumber Census 



.4 census of the lumber imlustry in Canada has been completed by the 

 Dominion Bureau of Statistics, embracing 2879 operating concerns, of which 

 52 were in .\Iberta, 251 in British Columbia, 29 in Manitoba, 255 in New 

 Brunswick, 462 in Nova Scotia, 603 in Ontario, 60 in Prince Edward Island, 

 1151 in Quebec and 16 in Saskatchewan. 



The total invested capital is $149,266,019, number employes of on sal- 

 aries is 3,159 and the average number of employes on wages is 54,336. 



The value of the annual output is $115,777,130. The census covered 29 

 kinds of lumber, the principal kinds and the yearly production being: 

 Feet. Feet 



i^pruce 1,466,558,000 Norway pine 119,321,000 



White pine 791,609.000 Balsam 102,373,000 



Douglas flr 706,996,000 All others 483,133,000 



Flemlock 322,722,000 1^ 



fedar 149,999,000 Total 4,142,711,000 



A Large Timber Raft 



A large raft containing 4.000,000 fei^t of sawed lumber, arrived safely 

 in Copenhagen some days ago, having been towed from Finland by two 

 ocean-going tugs. It is said that many sawmill concerns in Finland and 

 in Sweden have been watching the experiment with great interest, and 

 now that it has proved successful, will send many more similar rafts to 

 various Baltic ports. The lumber is much needed in Denmark as the 

 country has suffered greatly from lack of building materials. A company 

 has now been formed by a number of corporations tor building houses on 

 an area of 800 acres of land south ot Copenhagen. The buildings will be 

 villas and three-story houses, giving room in all for about 50,000 people. 

 The city administration has spent more than $10,000,000 during the war 

 in building barracks tor the homeless and is now about to appropriate 

 another million for building more permanent houses. 



Using Waste Wood 



The government forest laboratory at Madison. Wis., continues its war 

 on waste. Wood flour and wood silk are among the articles to which 

 special attention has been paid of late, though they are not new. 



Wood flour is an important material in the manufacture of linoleum, 

 phonograph records, and explo.sives. It is made by grinding spruce or hem- 

 lock on the end grain against a revolving grindstone, the wood being kept 

 continually wet while grinding. It is then mixed with other materials 

 for the manufacture of the articles named. Because of the high price of 

 cotton, the use of wood pulp and wood flour has been greatly extended. 

 Tanbark has been successfully substituted for rags in the making of roofing 

 felt, and a similar wood product is us«i in the manufacture of fibres for 

 wood silk. Many thousands of pairs of army socks have been made ot 

 this artificial silk sometimes reinforced as to toes and heels with cotton. 

 Another method of treating wood is the paper making process in the pro- 

 duction of twine, rope, webbing, furniture reed, basket braid and rugging. 

 Paper made from this chemical wood pulp is twisted into strands, and in 

 furniture reed, shellac is applied for waterproofing. 



House Building in Canada 



Canada, as well as the United States, is facing a housing shortage, and 

 the Dominion government has stepped in to help solve this imperative 

 problem by creating a housing fund of $25,000,000. This fund will be 

 available by way ot a loan to the several provincial governments for the 

 carrying out of a program for the construction of model houses for in- 

 dustrial workers. The amount of the loan to each province is based upon 

 Its proportion of the total population ot Canada. On this basis, in 

 Alberta, for instance, the loan will provide fjr about 530 houses at a cost 

 ot $3,000 each. It is designed that the money shall be used in the larger 

 industrial centers only and for workingmen's dwellings hut it is probable 

 that some of the smaller mining sections will receive aid because of their 

 great need. 



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Hardwood News Notes 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Arkansas Dimension Mill recently began its saw milling business at 

 Marked Tree, Ark. 



The Australian Hardwood Company, San Francisco, Cal., has changed 

 its name to the Richards Hardwood Lumber Company. 



The Ohio Casket Company, Columbus, O., has increased its capital stock 

 to $60,000. 



The Barnwell Saw Mill Company has moved from New York N T to 

 Ellenton, S. C. 



The Lake Lumber Company, Bush, La., has incorporated under the same 

 name with a capital of $14,000, 



Recent incorporations are : The Watson Wooden Toy Company, Boston, 

 Mass.. capital $60,000 ; the Steves Sash & Door Company, San Antonio, 

 Tex. : the Grand Saline Lumber & Supply Company, Grand Saline, Tex. ; 

 the Pan-American Trading Company. Brewton, Ala., capital $4000 ; the 

 Liberty Lumber Company, Kimbrough, Ala., capital $6000 ; the Hunting- 

 ton Casket Manufacturing Company, Huntington, W. Va., capitalization 

 $50,000 : the Liberty Lumber & Manufacturing Company. Bristol Tenn 

 capital $15,000. 



The Badger State Lumber & Land Company. Arnott. Wis., has been suc- 

 ceeded by the Clifford Lumber Company, with a capital ot $75,000. 



There have been a number of changes in Tennessee concerns, viz. : The 

 E. & N. Manufacturing Company, Nashville, has reorganized ; Cohn & 

 Goldberg. Nashville, have been succeeded by A. L. Goldberg & Son ; Hen- 

 derson Baker has retired from the Joseph Scheffer Lumber Company, Nash- 

 ville, as has J. L. Duann from the Campbell & Dann Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Tullahoma. 



The capital stock of the Red Cedar Works, Richmond, Va., has been 

 increased from $900,000 to $1,425,000. 



There has been a change in ownership in the Climax Saw Mill Com- 

 pany, Climax, Ala. 



The Johnson City Lumber Company recently began business at Johnson 

 City, Tenn., and at Corinth, Miss., the Short Dimension Sales Company 

 is a new outfit. 



The Caldwell & Gates Company, Rio, Wis., has increased its capital from 

 $150,000 to $300,000. 



The Swain-Karmire Lumber Company has moved its office from Shelby- 

 vllle, Ind., to Fulton, Ky. 



The Wolverine Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Mich., has sold out 

 to the Trippensee Manufacturing Company. 



The Huff-Stickler Lumber Company, South Bend.. Ind., will increase 

 its capital to $200,000. 



The Clover Leaf Lumber Company has incorporated at Wausau, Wis., 

 with a capital of $10,000 ; at Rhinelander, Wis., the McDonald-Krause 

 Lumber Company is a recent incorporation at $10,000 ; at Sidney, O., the 

 Mull Woodwork Company has been incorporated with $250,000 capital ; 

 a $15,000 corporation is the Reliance Wood Heel Company, at Boston, 

 Mass. ; the Carolina Lumber Products Company, with a capitalization ot 

 $5000, has been incorporated at Augusta, Ga. : Portland Burial Case Com- 

 pany, Portland. Me., capitalized at $25,000, and at Farmville, Va., the 

 Taylor Manufacturing Company has incorporated at $25,000. 



The capital stock of the Holly Ridge Lumber Company, Louisville, Ky., 

 has been increased from $250,000 to $350,000. 



CHICAGO 



The E. A. Mercadal Lumber Company is liquidating here. 

 A fire on February 21 destroyed part of the office of the Mears-Slayton 

 Lumber Company, city, most of the barn and the lumber shed between 



