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practical purposes it cau sai.lj l.c said tUul prKvs of the better qualities 

 «t African mahofc-any liavc hocn well inulutaiiicil. In fact, first class board 

 logs are, comparatively speaking, selling at the same prices which they 

 realized before this big rush of logs came In. 



The demand Is collectively good and Is still uusatisflod, so that the logs 

 now coming on the market are fairly sure of a good reception. There Is 

 still time for some slight casing In prices, owing either to further very 

 heavy arrivals or the inability of the market to absorb the quantities com- 

 ing along, but even if this should take plact*. it can only be of a temporary 

 nature. .\s soon as the supply shows any signs of contracting, prices may 

 lie expected to move upward, and it is pretty certain that such conditions 

 will rule until the beginning of the next import season in September. A 

 feature which should not be lost sight of by all interested lu African ma- 

 hogany is that the last rain.v season on the West Coast was a very good 

 one — better, in fact, than has been experienced for years, and it is said, 

 with what truth we know not, that good rains are seldom experienced two 

 .vtars In succession. In the case of figured logs, the market is still very 

 strong, and tho.so showing good to fine character have found buyers at full 

 prices. The market could absorb larger quantities of figured wood than 

 have been coming to hand r. lenily. 



Many Uses for Oak and Ash 

 Tbe London Timbor News .says that to the uuiuitiaied in these matters, 

 the vast quantities of oak timber that are annually cut up to keep pace 

 with the trade for boards and all other converted wood sizes seem out of 

 all proportion to the number of trees that are annually felled. But then 

 it must be remembered that an oak tree of, say, fifty cubic feet content 

 will cut fnto a very large amount of boarding, posts, poles, or any of the 

 hundred-and-one uses to which the timber is applied. For furniture manu- 

 facture and wagons for mineral tralfic. building materials, dome and roofs 

 of public buildings, cart and wagon l>ottoms, wheel spokes, railway sprags 

 and nmny other important purposes where great strength and lasting prop- 

 erties of the wood are points of consideration, oak timber is largely in 

 use. Ash timber is no less useful, especially where strength and supple- 

 ness of the wood are qualities in request, and for this reason all kinds of 

 agricultural implements, tool handles, and light furniture are manufac- 

 tured from this wood. In cutting up a tree certain parts are allocated to 

 certain purposes, the best portions being utilized for the most important. 

 Profit and Loss of British Strikes 

 Consul Franklin D. Hale, at Huddersfield. England, has collected strike 

 statistics which will prove of interest. .\ profit and loss account of the 

 strikes of the last ten years, prepared from government returns, supple- 

 mented by details furnished by trade union leaders in the principal in- 

 dustries, show that the loss to the organized workers alone from stoppages 

 of work due to disputes of all kinds in the United Kingdom has been equal 

 to 584,741,000 in wages, not to speak of a vast sum spent in strike pay. 

 .Vgainst this, the net gain in wages resulting from disputes is returned at 

 *i:5,209,000, leaving a net loss of $71,531,000. 



In the same period the working classes as a whole have secured advances 

 in wages estimated at over ?:72,947,000, but the greater proportion of these 

 advances have been obtained through conciliation, machinery and working 

 agreements. Of every 100 strikes or other disputes recorded in the years 

 under review, 50 per cent have been won by the employers, 25 per cent 

 by the workers, and the remaining 25 per cent have been compromises. 

 ^1 Another* Myth Punctured 



^H For some years past there lias bim a report Hoating about that the 



^^^^ tallest trees in the world are in .\ustralia. Whenever an.vone spoke of 

 ^^^Ktbe extreme tallness of the California redwoods, some one else was almost 

 ^^^Bcertain to remark that there were taller trees in Australia, and tbe state- 

 ^^^^f ment has usually been accepted as a fact, even by persons very well posted. 

 ^^^V "When bills of particulars have been asked for. two instances have usually 

 ^^H been cited showing how tall certain .Vustrallan trees are. One was stated 

 ^^H to be 464 feet and another 325. The tallest trees were supposed to stand 

 ^B in places so remote that only explorers and adventurers liad ever seen 

 ^K them. For that reason there was some doubt concerning tlieir exact 

 ^F location. 



The Australians feel commendable pride in their forests. l)ut they wanted 

 a little more e.xact information concerning the tall timber which was so 

 much talked of. Consequently, at an expense of several hundred dollars 

 they recently sent an engineer into the remote district to locate and meas- 

 ure the trees, particularly the two which had been mentioned so frequently. 

 .\fter much si'arching he found the two explorers who had found the trees 

 originally, and who knew where they were. He hired the men to take hini 

 to the trees. They did so, but it turned out that both took him to the same 

 tree, so it turned out that instead of two, there was only one tree. 



Having settled the question as to the identity of the tall timber, the 

 engineer proceeded to measure its exact height, and found that, from the 

 level of the ground to the topmost twig, it was 219 feet and 9 inches. 

 That was a considerable comedown from 525 or even from 464. 



Since .Vustralla claims no trees taller than that, it Is no longer a competi- 

 tor with the Cnited States in tall timber. Trees above 219 feet could be 

 numbered In this country by tens of thousands. Such would Include the 

 "big trees" of California, the redwoods, Douglas fir, grand fir, noble fir, 



• white fir, sugar pine, and there were formerly white pines In New England 

 that tall. It cannot he stated what is the tallest specimen known In this 

 country. Sargent measured a standing tree .'140 feet high, and another is 

 en record which was measured after it fell, and its length was .■!65 feet. 



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Hardwood News Notes 



< MISCELLANEOUS y 



The Liberty Perch Pole Company of Liberty, X. C, has been incorporated 

 with 125,000 capital. 



The Columbus Handle & Tool Company, Columbus, Ind., has Increased 

 its capital stock to ?il 25.000. 



The Sellman Churn & Manufacturing Company has been incorporated 

 at Little Rock, Ark., with $12,000 capital. 



The Aurora Mill Work Company is the style of a recently Incorporated 

 Aurora, III., company, capitalized at |15,000. 



The N. C. Blanchford Company of Spring City. Tenn., manufacturer 

 of spokes and hubs, has moved to Ilarriman, Tenn. 



The Evans-Smlth-Viall Lumber Company has been incorporated at 

 Waynesville, N. C, with a capital stock of ?30,000, 







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