AprU 10. 191S 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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WONDEECITY OF HARDWOOGlELQniJ^ONl 



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The Common Chair 



|wt> The common chair, that is, the dining room r-hair. 



' " K kitchen chair, or the chair that serv^es in halls where perma- 



I nent seats are not wanted, fills a prettj- Icirge place in the 



■ woodworking industries of this countr\-. The annual de- 



') : mand for w^ood in the manufacture of chairs of that class 



is not much under 300.000.000 feet, board measure, a 



year. Such cheurs are not usueJly Usted cis furniture in 



statistics, but are kept separate. Factories which make 



them do not, as a rule, make many other kinds of furniture. 



and it is easy, for that reason, to keep them in a class to 



themselves. 



Such chairs Eu-e of hardwoods in most instances, and 

 perhaps oak leads cdl other woods, though maple, hickory, 

 elm, beech, birch and several others eire used. Strength is 

 wanted, and w^eight is not objectionaible. In fact, a heavj' 

 chair is sometimes preferred to a light one. because many 

 persons associate w^eight with class and quality in chairs. 



Some sawmills specialize in chair stock. They cire 

 equipped •\\-ith machines for producing small squaires and 

 other pieces in the rough. These are sent to central fac- 

 tories where they are finished, ready to be assembled in 

 chairs. Sometimes a chair mill works up what Wcis left 

 by a regulcu- sawmill formerly occupying the same site. 



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