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Editor's Note 



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ni estal)llshed species may be able to analyze the possibilities of futnre competition with these 

 analysis on authentic Information. 



The I'liiliinjino Islands is |iractieally the only [.la.-c in tlie tropics 

 whore luiiilier conipanii's are usinj; nioileni Aiiiciieaii iiiothods of 

 l()S,'ging ami iipto-Uatc sawmills, nii.l as a result ol tliis these 

 islands are able to supply hinilier in ediiiinereial (|iiaiitities. 



Approximately one-third of the entire Archipelago is heavily 

 timbered, the estimated stand being 200,()00,000,0U0 board feet, of 

 which .142,000,000,000 belong to the dipterocarp family. This 

 family in the Orient takes the place of the conifers in the tem- 

 perate zone. There are about 500 different species of Philippine 

 trees which jiroduee lumber. Among these are quite a few cabinet 

 woods which can be procured in commercial quantities. Philippine 

 narra is the same as the Imlian and African padouk. Aele is the 

 nearest in color and grain to the American black walnut, but is 

 heavier. It is very similar but ligliter in color than the piugkadu 

 and jarabo of Burma 

 and British India, re- 

 spectively. Tindalo is 

 a very handsome, 

 cross - grained heavy 

 wood. The above spe- 

 cies are sold from 

 $75.00 to $200.00 per 

 thousand board feet 

 on the ^[auila mar- 

 ket. Aclo and narra 

 make handsome ve- 

 neers, both in rotary 

 and slice cut, while 

 tindalo is fit only for 

 slice cutting. These 

 species are now being 

 shipped to Europe 

 and a little to the 

 United States for ve- 

 neer purposes. 



Among the diptero- 

 carps are many woods 

 of excellent qualities. 

 The lauans of the 

 dipterocarp family 

 are comparatively 

 light woods, take a 

 fine finish and stain 

 exceptionally well. 

 The lauans run in 

 color from creamy white into a deep chocolate red. Selected and 

 clear lauan lumber can be had on the Manila market for $40.00 per 

 thousand board feet. Red lauan has been sold in the United States 

 as "Philippine mahogany." Tanguile and the lighter coloied 

 lauan are exceptionall3' fine for furniture and have been used in 

 Manila for that purpose for the last ten years. About a million 

 board feet of tanguile have been sent to the Pacific coast within 

 the past year for veneer purposes. Lumbayao, a Philippine wood 

 in the southern islands, is similar to mahogany in color and grain 

 but a trifle coarser in texture. It can be had for about $4.5.00 per 

 thousand board feet. When quarter-sawn it has a beautiful ribbon 

 grain. Lumbayao and red lauan when quartered are practically 

 the same as the Sapeli mahogany from Africa, which is sold in 

 Europe. The white lauans also show up a beautiful grain when 

 quarter-sawn. At present the lauans and lumbayao are being used 

 in the islands as construction material, some for interior finish 

 and for form lumber for concrete work. All of the above men- 

 tioned species of the dipterocarps can be bought on the local 



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market for less than $o0.00 per thousand board feet. <!ui.jo, 

 another of the dipterocarps, is being used extensively for heavy 

 construction. The lumber companies use guijo for their log-car 

 bunks. The quartermaster department of the United States Army 

 has been using guijo for bodies in its escort wagons, dump cars, 

 truck wagons, for felloes and spokes in the wheels, and for felloes 

 in its built-up wheels for automobile trucks, in its Manila shops. 

 It is the only wood used extensively for spokes and felloes and 

 shafts by the Philippine carriage and wagon manufacturers. 

 Uungon is used for hub stock and occasionally for spokes and 

 felloes, as is also yacal. 



Pick, mattock, shovel and garden tool handles are Ijeing made of 

 malugay, replacing the American hickory in the Philippines. The 

 Philijipines have several species of diospyros which can be used in 



place of the persim- 

 mon and dogwood of 

 the United States for 

 shuttles and wooden 

 parts of cotton mill 

 machinery. Quite a 

 few species make ex- 

 cellent carpenter tool 

 handles and mallets, 

 (iunstocks of several 

 varieties of Philip- 

 jiine woods have been 

 made at the Rock Is- 

 land Arsenal for use 

 in the United States 

 .\rm\- and have given, 

 good satisfaction. 



The Bureau of For- 

 estry of the Philip- 

 pine Islands expects 

 to make an extensive 

 exposition of Philip- 

 pine woods at the 

 Panama-Pacific Expo- 

 sition in 1915. All of 

 the woods which can 

 be had in commercial 

 quantities will be 

 shown. A bench and 

 tools will be avail- 

 able for visiting fur- 

 niture men to try out the Philippine woods for their own satisfac- 

 tion. A varnisher will be on hand to demonstrate the finishes the 

 Philippine woods will take. 



•lVl'lr.\r. I'llU.II'l'lNIO LOIJGINO SCENE— CUTTlXi: A FIXi: Sl'EClMEN OF NARRA. NOTE 

 TVI'IIAI,. lIl-(iE BUTTRESSED TRUNK AND METHOD OF FELLING. THUS TREE 

 HAD A LOG LENGTH OF 33 FEET ABOVE THE BUTTRESS. 



Being a jolly good fellow should not call for making a monkey 

 out of yourself for the amusement of every fellow that comes 

 along. 



The righteous man who likes to air his own virtue is very likely 

 to spoil it — if he really has any. 



When a man says he is getting too old to learn new tricks he 

 generally means that he is getting too firmly set in his ways to 

 depart from them. 



If there is a prize for the best showing at those Forest Products 

 Exposition, here's betting that hardwood gets it. 



More lumber and finished articles in hardwoods going abroad and 

 fewer logs would make the returns larger without drawing so 

 heavilv on our forest resources. 



