May 10, 191. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Canadian Lumber Industry 



A recent trade report concerning the Canadian lumber situation says 

 that the industry was carried on at a considerable disadvantage in 1916. 



The labor shortage was severely felt, for it was not only difficult to 

 secure woodsmen, but the efficiency of those secured was far below the 

 standards of former years. On account of higher wages and the advanced 

 cost of supplies, logs will probably cost double what they did in 1915, but 

 perhaps only about 50 per cent more than the normal cost in the years 

 immediately preceding the war. The effect of this increased cost will not 

 be fully felt, however, until late in 1917 or in 1918. 



Spruce for Aeroplanes 



Western railroads are maliing every effort to rush the transportation of 

 large quantities of Oregon spruce lumber to the Curtis aeroplane factory 

 at Buffalo, N. T. This action has been taken as the result of a request 

 from the chief of the Aviation Corps of the United States Army. Oregon 

 spruce has been in heavy demand for the last two years by the Entente 

 Allies and large quantities have been exported to Europe for the frames 

 of flying machines. The movement of spruce by the railroads has been put 

 ahead of almost all other classes of freight. 



The Government Economizes on Paper 



The government is urging that the people practice economy in all mat- 

 ters, and it is setting an example in the matter of paper. The daily com- 

 merce reports are now printed on paper not up to the standard maintained 

 by the ordinary newspaper. These reports were formerly printed on paper 

 good enough for writing purposes. Economy is a good thing, but too much 

 economy may be worse than a little waste. 



Statistics on Camp Food 



The recent bulletin of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manurac- 

 turers' Association contains a letter from a large manufacturer giving 

 statistics on the number of potatoes used in feeding northern camp men. 

 The letter follows : 

 O. T. Swan, Sec'y, Oshkosh, Wis. 



Dear Sir : Tli'is statement of potatoes used in different camps last winter 

 may be of sufficient interest to be published in the Bulletin ; 



Potatoes Used in CAiirs September 1, 1916, to April 1, 1917 



Number 

 of 

 Potatoes , Weight Number pounds 



in Potatoes per day of per 



Days bushels weight per man meals meals 

 McCausIin Brook ; 



Farm Camp 2,309 54 3,240 1.40 7,273 .445 



Camp No. 1 S34 21% 1,290 1.54 3,081 .418 



Camp No. 2-L 11,779 265 15,900 1.35 40,133 .396 



Camp No. 3 18,358 425 25,500 1.39 59,251 .430 



Camp No. 4 9,859 228 13,680 1.39 30,519 .448 



Camp No. 2 'B 1,014 23 1,380 1.36 3.266 .422 



Camp N(ji. 6 'B 9,657 264V2 15,870 1.64 30,673 .517 



53,810 1,281 76,860 1.42S 174,196 .441 



The number of days is arrived at by taking the actual number of days 

 worked and adding one-sixth for Sundays. The numljer of meals, if cor- 

 rectly kept, is more accurate, as it includes meals eaten by men who were 

 transients or visitors or jumpers who were not on the time roll. A recent 

 article in the Sentinel states that the consumption of potatoes in Germany 

 before the war was three pounds per day for each man. woman and child, 

 which would seem to be excessive. As far as possible during the last winter 

 we did not permit the cooks to peel potatoes, and they used the smaller 

 potatoes, which have heretofore undoubtedly been thrown out to the hogs, 

 so that they used a much smaller amount of potatoes than usual. 

 Yours truly, 



Holt Lumber Co., 

 WAH/LK W. A. Holt, Vice-President. 



Estimating Building Costs 

 More attention is paid now to finding exact costs than ever before, be- 

 cause high prices make it necessary that this matter receive prompt and 

 careful attention. For that reason a small book just published by the David 

 Williams Company, 239 West Thirty-ninth street. New York, is particu- 

 larly to the point. Its title is "Estimating Building Costs," and its author 

 is William Arthur, who is widely known to readers of technical books that 

 deal with estimating building material. The volume contains only 200 

 pages, but it is more replete with concise, up-to-date information of use to 

 builders than many a book of much larger size. Publications by the same 

 company cover various parts of the building trade, and their extensive use 

 has made them of great value to the country. 



Referendum on War Taxes 



The Chamber of Commerce of the United States is sending a referendum 

 to the business men of the country, asking a vote on a plan to raise $1,600,- 

 000,000 a year in war taxes. Under the plan, the tax may be levied under 

 eight heads, listed below : 



1. — Approximately .i;400,000.000 of the amount raised by taxation in 

 the first year should be obtained as a war measure, from increased indi- 

 vidual income taxes, through such increased super-taxes and decreased 

 exemptions as the committee recommends. 



2. — -Approximately $200,000,000 of the amount raised in the first year 

 should be obtained by additions to the present excess profits tax, with 

 amendments to the law which tbe committee recommends. 



3. — The first-class postage rate, as a war measure, .should be increased 

 by 50 per cent to yield approximately $100,000,000 in the first year. 



4. — Stamp taxes should be imposed to yield approximately $2o0,000,000 

 in the first year. 



5. — Customs duties should be imposed on articles to yield about $100,- 

 000,000 the first year. 



6. — Excise taxes should be imposed upon a list of articles of luxury and 

 general use which would yield about $500,000,000 the first year. 



1^- — Retroactive taxes should not be imposed upon incomes or profits. 

 8. — The amount of exemption trom the capital stock rax should be de- 

 creased from $99,999 to $24,999. 



Russian Lumber for New York 



Plans are being laid by a large Russian company to ship lumber to 

 New York and other eastern territory. .\ preliminary step in this plan 

 will be the establishment of a ship line from Siberia to New York. The 

 Siberian terminus of the proposed line will be on the coast of the Kara 

 Sea, which body of water is enclosed between the island of Nova Zembla 

 and tbe mainland of northern .\sia, just east of tbe line separating 

 Russia from Siberia. The ships will pass north of Norway and cross 

 the -Atlantic to New York. Large bodies of timber lie contiguous to the 

 Kara Sea coast, and large rivers flow into the Arctic Ocean in that vicinity, 

 affording means of rafting timber from the interior of Siberia. Large 

 sawmills are in operation in that region, and it is not improbable that 

 an outlet for some of thrt timber may be sought in .\merica after the war. 

 It is not likely that any shipping will be undertaken before the close of 

 hostilities. 



Box Business Brisk 



Reports from the Pacific coast say that the orders for box shooks have 

 assured the mills excellent business for months to come. The salmon pack 

 alone is expected to take 10,000,000 cases, while one-fourth as many more 

 will be required for the Hawaiian pineapple pack. The call from fruit and 

 vegetable packers on the Pacific slope will be very large. But tbe box- 

 makers say that large orders are on file for boxes to supply the Middle 

 West, and orders of considerable magnitude are booked from the Atlantic 

 states. In the face of this large prospective business, the Pacific coast 

 mills are short of box lumber, particularly dry pine. 



Hardwood ISleivs ISlotes 



< MISCELLANEOUS >• 



The Liverpool Hardwood Company of Liverpool, England, wholesale deal- 

 ers and exporters of lumber and mahogany, has opened up a branch office 

 in the Hudson Terminal biiUding, New York City, for the purpose of trans- 

 acting a domestic and export business. Maurice J. Saperstone is in 

 charge. 



The Weis Manufacturing Company, Monroe, Mich., is building an addi- 

 tional structure, to be used as a wood turning shop, with double the 

 capacity of the wood working department. The addition will be 90x140 

 feet, and three stories high, with basement. It will be completed about 

 September 1. The increased demand for the concern's hardwood desks 

 and office equipment made the addition imperative. About 100 more men 

 are to be employed. 



The capital stock of the Toledo Bending Company, which was recently 

 purchased by tbe Milburn Wagon Works, Toledo, O., has been reduced 

 from $45,000 to $30,000. 



Tbe Grant Trust & Savings Bank Company has been appointed receiver 

 for the Marion Bench & Cabinet Company, Marion, Ind. 



A petition has been filed for receiver to foreclose mortgage against tbe 

 Hastings Casket Manufacturing Company, Hastings, Minn. 



Tbe George Rost & Sons Woodworking Company, Newport, Ky., has suf- 

 fered a loss by fire. 



The Detroit Mill & Lumber Company recently began business at 416 

 Maybury Grand avenue, Detroit, Mich. 



The capital stock of tbe Western WTieelbarrow Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, South Fort Smith, Ark., has been increased to $150,000. 



Charles Oliver, F. H. Lewis and W. C. Stafiton have been appointed 

 trustees to liquidate the business of the Osgood, Blodgett Manufacturing 

 Company, St. Paul, Minn. 



The Glascock Brothers Manufacturing Company, Muncie, Ind., has been 

 succeeded by the Valentine Glascock Company. 



Mosier-Weny, Allegan, Mich., are manufacturers of phonograph cases. 



The American Parlor Frame Company, Sheboygan, Wis., will erect a 

 one-story brick addition to its plant. 



An involuntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed by the Northern 

 Hardwood Lumber Company, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Fred Joyce, secretary of the William G. Barker Company, Boston, Mass., 

 died recently. 



J. S. Otis and W. W. Carre have been appointed receivers for the W. W. 

 Carre Company, Ltd., New Orleans, La. 



At Newark, N. J., the Planing Mill Company has been incorporated 

 with $50,000 capital. 



The Atlanta Wood & Iron Novelty Company, Atlanta, Ga., is reported 

 bankrupt. 



A loss by fire has been sustained by the Anderson Handle & Lumber 

 Company, Alba, Mich. 



Leo. F. Hale, Gladys M. Hale. Oscar L. Palmer and Jesse H. Gleason of 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., have organized the Furniture City 'Casket Company, 

 that city, its capital being $5,000. 



The United Homes Company has recently begun the manufacture of 

 ready-cut house bills at Detroit, Mich. 



.\mong recent incorporations are : The F. S. Williams Manufacturing 



