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HARDWOOD RECORD 



March 10. 1922 



gestion of others, or the suggestion of our own conscious mind. 

 This latter is called auto-suggestion. The key which fits the lock 

 then, of latent powers, is auto-suggestion. That is, success lies 

 within and not without. We suggest to ourselves what we want 

 to do and to be, and if we suggest it often enough and earnestly 

 enough, the sub-conscious shapes our lives along these lines. 



There is nothing mysterious about it. It is as scientific and 

 natural as the coursing of the blood through the veins. That blood 

 is healthy and vigorous, or sluggish and poisoned, according to our 

 manner of life and the perfection of our body functioning. 



The use of the sub-conscious through auto-suggestion is as plain 

 as sunlight, and yet as lofty as the sun itself. The sub-conscious 

 is most active during sleep or when the conscious mind is quiescent. 



Consequently auto-suggestion is most potent in developing latent 

 powers and especially will power, when definite, clearly crystallized 

 desires are reviewed and held in solution in the mind just before 

 sleep. 



This explains why problems which are diflScult to understand at 

 night are clear in the morning, and why people without knowing 

 the reason are so likely to say, "I will sleep over it," or, "I will 

 give you my answer in a couple of days." 



Know what you want. Be able to visualize it. Develop yowr will 

 power. Set your sub-conscious as well as your cotiscious mind to 

 worTc, and behold the miracle of latent powers springing into active 

 being, the miracle of increasing personal efficiency, and of poise and 

 power in marveloiis degree. 



British Hardwood Import Statistics 



Many readers of Hardwood Eecord engaged in exports may be 

 interested in statistics on the hardwood lumber imports into Great 

 Britain during the year recently ended, and a comparison of the 

 prices ruling there with those of former years, more especially as so 

 large a proportion of British imports come from the Lnited States. 

 For the last two peace years since the conclusion of the war 

 British imports of hardwoods have been as follows: 



Hewn hardwoods of every description, except mahogany, imported 

 into Great Britain: 



1920 1921 Decrease 



Cubic feet $7,832,000.00 $3,782,000.00 $4,050,000.00 



3,082,100.00 1,781,400.00 1,300,700.00 



Per foot 2.rA 2.12 .42 



Sawn Hardwoods 



1920 1921 Decrease 



$40,957,000.00 $17,678,000.00 $23,279,000.00 



Cubic feet 13,333,700.00 8,386,700.00 4,947,000.00 



Per foot 3.07 2.10 .97 



. Of the above quantities the f()no%ving came from the United 



States and the rest mainly from Canada, Indi.a, Russia and Sweden, 



leaving a large market, which tlie ITnited States could appropriate: 



Hewn Hardwoods Received from the United States 



1920 1921 Decrease 



Cubic feet $1,293,000.00 $674,000.00 ,$619,000.00 



480,000.00 260,600.00 219,400.00 



Per foot 2.69 2..59 .10 



Sawn Hardwoods Received from the United States. 



1920 1921 Decrease 



Cubic feet $17,612,000.00 $8,757,000.00 $8,855,000.00 



5,621,100.00 4,409,500.00 1,211,600.00 



Per foot 3.13 1.98 1.15 



Sawn Mahogany Imported into Great Britain 



1020 1921 Decrease 



Cubic feet $3,297,000.00 $806,000.00 $2,491,000.00 



815,000.00 321,000.00 494,000.00 



Per foot 4.04 2.51 1.53 



The figures given above show the difference between the boom 

 year 1920 and the slump year 1921; there are, of course, optimists 

 who can see portents of revival of trade, large demand and reason- 

 able prices; but really future prospects are gloomy, there are large 

 stocks to be cleared before a healthy demand can be reasonably ex- 

 pected. The current year will probably be one of small demand 

 not much exceeding that of 1921. Bad trade abroad prevents an 

 increase of British imports and bad trade abroad is entirely due to 

 the preposterous peace treaty, which crippled and impoverished 

 Central Europe; and until it is practically altered, continental pros- 

 perity is impossible. 



A comparison between the hardwood requirements of Great Brit- 

 ain during the years 1920-21 and previous years is not possible, as 

 the available statistics are now issued in an altered form; but the 

 details below may be of use. Hewn oak is imported into Great Brit- 

 ain in large quantities and the bulk of it comes from the United 

 States, as the following figures show: 



Last First 



pre-war peace pa.st-\var ])e:icc 



vear, 1913 vear, 1919 Increase 



Tot.al British imports $7,927,000 ,$12,907,000 $4,980,000 



From the United States, . ..5,395,000- 11,624,000 6,229,000 

 Mahogany during those years was also imported in increased 

 quantity from America: 



British Imports 

 1913 1919 Decrease 



Total quantitv $5,885,000.00 $.5,424,000.00 $461,000.00 



Two tons ..." 141,800.00 66,400.00 75,400.00 



Increase 



Per ton 41.44 82.18 40.74 



The increase in the price of mahogany shown above of 

 nearly 100 per cent is a strictly war result. Out of the above ma- 

 hogany imports into Great Britain the following came from Amer- 

 ica: 



1913 1919 Increase 



$453,000 $3,206,000 $2,753,000 



Tons 10,600 37,500 26,900 



Walnut is imported from the United States into Great Britain in 

 small quantities, as shown below: 



Hewn Walnut — 1920 



Value Cubic feet Per foot 



Total quantity $227,000 75,550 $3.00 



From tlie United States 28,000 10,970 2.55 



Sawn Walnut 



Value Cubic feet Per foot 



Total quantitv $542,000 182,700 $2.96 



From the United States 294,000 98,900 2.97 



Teak is a hardwood imported in large (juantities from Asiatic 

 countries, during 1920 to tlie value of $13,396,000; the quantity was 

 2.569,0(10 I'liliic feet, equal to $5.21 per foot. 



Northern Manufacturers Request Rate Cuts 



Requests for rate reductions on Northern liardwood products pro- 

 portionate to the reductions recently granted to Southern hardwood 

 manufacturers have been filed by the Northern Hemlock and Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association and the Michigan Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association, with Central Freight Association and 

 Trunk Line railwaj's. Ofiicials of the former association, headed 

 by M. J. Fox of Iron Mountain, Mich., jiresident, and O. T. Swan, 

 secretary-manager, conferred with officials of these railroads in 

 Chicago on March 7 relative to rate reductions. They were assured 

 their request would be given every consideration. 



On March 8 .1. C. Knox, secretary-manager of the Michigan Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association, came down to Chicago from 

 Cadillac, Mich., to interview railroad officials on the same subject. 

 Mr. Knox stated that rates on Northern hardwoods have been 

 increased all out of projiortion to the increases on Southern woods, 

 but that tlie latter woods are getting the first reduction. 



Free Bulletin on Cutter Head Grinding 

 A bulletin on grinding cutter heads, showing how fast feeds, constant 

 operation ami large production, insuring a greater margin of profit in addi- 

 tion to increasing capacity for handling a large output nri' possible, is 

 now ready for distribution to the trade of the S. A. Woods Machine Com- 

 pany, Boston, Mass, 



This bulletin is picturized and shows clearly how to do a number of 

 things on a cutter head grinder that are not understood by all mlllraen, 

 such as grinilin;; clearance bevel on ordinary earltttn knives while in i)laee 

 in the sUindard sipiare head ; grindiug thin high-speed knives in place in 

 the round bead ; grinding the cutting or so-called back bevel used -for hard- 

 wood planing on the ordinary carbon knives in the standard sqoftre 

 bead, etc. 



