HARDWOOD RECORD 



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lallons. II also has [!»' iiowt'i- t<> .v,.|| 

 tri'fs on llif ti.i.st rcs.Tvati.iiis. and a 

 ::. Tin- coiniuission Is fnipiiw't'i-nl t 

 uiannccimnt. to lakv mi'Msun's i<i |ir. 



operation with the T. S r..nst S. . , 

 ivntTs Id thi- iiroirrtlon, nianau. 



tire llncUiiliii): 

 public and private 



II niav islalillsh a fonst 



rltl/.flis under proper rej;u- 



I. inainre or lar^e (trowtli ot 



mineral rl::hts. 



on Investigations In forest 



lestnicil.in of forests hy 



l<'ei, and to assist 



•place- 



Wood Imports and Exports , 



The linrean of Forelt-n and Iiomistic Comnieree has published export and 

 import figures on lumber for January, ot this year, and coiuparlsons with 

 similar datu from January ot last year. Summaries of these statistics 

 follow ; V 



I.Meoiirs 



.laniiary. January, 



l!>i;i. ]!)H. 



,"'i^'' '■•"•' * :m.:i'<7 s -.M.-Ti 



Cedar l.-,i' ncs .-,■■ mtj 



Mabot'any Ulis r.tVi'.iKi 



All other cabinet woods !)7 '.i.'i ' 'is .">().>> 



Logs nnd round timber 41.17ii 4U 4S9 



Pulpwoou i!r>;!,-J3U 440J07 



Sawvd icmber 877,6ua 740,335 



If tl'S 75,094 e4.458 



Shlnples 07,097 99,845 



All other innibcr 38,570 6,364 



Wood pulp 1,269,774 1.418,792 



Total Imports $3,845,655 .■?3,.S39.796 



Exports 

 The value ot the exports for the two periods are shown below. 



Januar5', Januarv, 



1913. 1914." 



Uound logs, hi'jkory ? 18,020 .f 60,696 



Oak 10,710 6,393 



Walnut 56,693 48,751 



All other .339,237 245,870 



Total round timber $ 425,260 $ 361,710 



Hewed timber 45,967 39,888 



Sawed timber 1,018,126 436,923 



Lumber, cypress 48,509 24,933 



Douglas Hr 521,179 746.693 



Rel gum 157,772 157.063 



Kale ^ 1,031,374 009.421 



White pine .* 115,011 9.1.SS5 



Longleaf pine 1,726,728 1.420,538 



Shortleaf pine 70.24S 17 347 



Ail other pine 427,305 166.127 



Yellow poplar 168,799 148,332 



Hcdwood (six months in 1913) 41.149 167,026 



Spruce 11.797 47,392 



All other lumber 450,778 425,372 



Total sawed lumber $4,770,649 $4,326,129 



Joists and scantlings 29,103 12,911 



Railroad ties 172.786 146,657 



Shingles 20.627 2.716 



Box i-hooks 131. .S70 155.576 



Barrel shocks 238.258 101,261 



Staves 754,239 396,450 



Heading 9,700 16,479 



Ail other cooperage 214,720 203.660 



Doors, sash and blinds 102,880 72,806 



Furnitur-i 638,679 463,665 



F,mpty barrels 35,593 52.265 



Incubators 21,516 19.747 



Trimmings 71,944 36.079 



Woodenware 47,569 20,592 



Wood pulp 86.846 37,175 



All other manufactures ot wood 028,371 597,855 



Total exports $9,477,4:10 $7,516,912 



New Indiana Housing Law 



The Indiana legislature recently passed a new law, known as tin- 

 "housing law" l)ecause It prescribed certain rules which builders must 

 observe in order to lessen fire risks. Among its provisions are the fol 

 lowing : 



AH tenement houses more than three stories high must be ot tlreproof 

 construction. 



The law defines a fireproof tenement house as "one the walls of which 

 are constructed of brick, stone, cement, iron or other hard, incom- 

 bustible material, and in which there are no wood beams or lintels : and 

 in which the floors, roofs, stair halls and public halls are built entirely 

 of brick, stone, cement, iron or olber hard Incombiisllble material: In 

 which no woodwork or other inflammable material is usc*l in any ot the 

 partitions, furrings or ceilings. 



"This dennltlon," the law states, "shall not !» construed as prohibit- 

 ing elsewhere in the stair-halls or entrance-halls, the use bf wooden 

 floorings on top ot wooden sleepers ; nor as prohibiting wooden hand- 

 rails or treads of hardwood not less than two Inches thick, nor doors 

 or wooden lath in partitions." 



The law definitely states that no closet of any kind, except one of 

 fireproof construction, may be placed under a stairway leading from the 

 llrst floor to an upper story. Such space must be left entirely open. 



Ihe .iirciieeiiiint of the law rests with the building inspector of each 

 « ity. In case lils oHlee exists. If not. the local board ot health Is re- 

 sponsible for seeing that property owners conform to Its requirements. 

 In case the board of health cannot enforce the law, the city mayor is 

 held responsible. The Ore marshal Is urging local offlclals everywhere, 

 to take particular pains to see that the law is enforced. 

 Clyde Stump-PuUer Bought for Siberia 



The Kussian government, through William I'. .Vnderson. agricultural 

 commissioner for America, has purchased a stump pulling and piling 

 machine to be used In reclaiming land along the Amoor river in Siberia. 

 The machine pulls, skids and piles all stumps, leaving the ground entirely 

 clear and ready for Immediate cultivation. 



Mr. .\nderson declares that the agricultural future ot Siberia is almost 

 beyond imagination ; the country contains no less than one-sixth ot the 

 total farm land of the world, the greater part ot which remains un- 

 cleared. He compared the climate along the Amoor to that found In 

 western Canada and announced that the Kussian government has under- 

 taken the work ot clearing thousands of acres to be given to industrious 

 Kussians. with a view to settling the country with prosperous and inde- 

 pendent farmers. 



'I'his flr.^t stump puller will be shipped within a few days, its arrival 

 being anxiously awaited by the community for whom it is to work. 

 The machine is similar to one now being operated on the lands ot the 

 Houston Oil Company at Klrbyville, Tex., which has proved decidedly 

 successful under somewhat trying conditions, clearing an average ot two 

 and a half acres a day in yellow pine stumps with big tap-roots. These 

 Klrbyville lands have been cut-over for many years and In consequence 

 the tops of the stumps are badly rotted, making it necessary to dig for a 

 hold around a main root in a great many pulls. But for this, the capacity 

 ot the machine would be even greater. However, this difficulty will not 

 be encountered in the Siberian operations, since the timber has not yet 

 been felled. 



These stump pullers are built by the Clyde Iron Works at their factory 

 in Duluth, lliiiii. 



Philippine Forestry Report 



The annual reporr i.f tlie I'hilippine Bureau of Forestry, for the fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1913, has been published in .Manila and copies 

 1-ave been received in this country. It was prepared liy Major George P. 

 Ahern. Director of Forestry. The public forests in the Philippines aggre- 

 gate about 40.000,000 acres. The working force includes ten foresters 

 and seveu«y-eight rangers and guards.* Total expenses are $227,000 a 

 year, and the net income $163,000. 



One of the troubles which the Philippine foresters have to contend 

 with is the activities ot the squatter who clears land in the forest, de- 

 stroys timber, and carries on crude agriculture without much concern 

 about the real owner of the land. These clearings are called "caingins" 

 — a name which is anything but English, but which, for some reason, 

 the Philippine foresters persist in using instead of its English equivalent. 

 They also use the measure "hectare" when they might express it In acres 

 so that the American readers can tell what is meant without being 

 under the necessity of consulting a dictionary and then working a sum 

 in decimal tractions to translate the term into English. They likewise 

 use an arbitrary sign for the dollar mark, or for whatever it Is they use 

 in place ot American money. The American government has gone to 

 considerable trouble and expense to send school teachers to the Phiilp- 

 uines to teach English to the people there. It seems a little inconsistent 

 to do this, while American foresters over there show preference to what 

 is not English in writing their reports. 



Nevertheless, the report under review is an excellent one and gives a 

 great deal of information concorning the forests of the Philippines. 



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Hardwood ^ews ^otes 



< MISCELLANEOUS y 



The Georgia Show Case Company ot Columbus, Ga., has removed to 

 Montgomery, Ala. 



The Greenwich Sash & Door Company of Greenwich, Conn., has been 

 Incorporated at that place. 



The Nichols & Shepard Company, Baltimore, Md., has Increased Its 

 capital stock to $2,220,000. 



The Conneaut Carriage Wood Work Co. has a capital of $25,000 and 

 will operate at Cincinnati, O. 



The Cleveland-cllIT Iron Company ot Munlsing, Mich., has been suc- 

 ceeded by the Munlsing Company. 



The Globe Casket Manufacturing Company, of Kalamazoo, Mich., has 

 increased Its capital stock to $100,000. 



The Cincinnati Fireproof Door Company has been Incorporated at 

 Cincinnati, O., with $15,000 capita! stock. 



The Atlantti Hardwood Company Is the style of a recently incorporated 

 concern at Atlanta, Ga.. with a capital of $3,000. 



The Twin illy Hardwood Company, St. Paul, Minn., has been suc- 

 leeded by the Twin City Hardwood Lumber Company. 



