May 25, 1915. 



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Practically all of the men in the Mueller offices are fighting r-ither In 

 the East or West, and several already have perished. 



The Japanese agent of the Mueller company was in Tsingtau during 

 the siege by the Japanese and volunteered his services there. 



It is little incidents of ■old-time friends and acquaintances who are 

 involved in the conflict, and who perhaps have fallen dead or wounded, 

 that bring home to us most closely the horrors of the war. 



HiiiDwooD Record Is sure that many American friends of these well- 

 known and well-liked Germans are united in hoping that they may come 

 through unscathed, and that when the coniflct Is finally over, they will 

 give to us the privilege of seeing them once more. 



William R. Gardy 



William R. Gardy, a well-known wholesaler of Philadelphia, died at 

 his home in Buckingham, Pa., on May 5 at the age of forty-nine years. 

 He was buried three days later in the St. James the Less Cemetery. 

 He started in business in Philadelphia in 1905, handling yellow pine 

 only, but soon embraced hardwoods. Mr. Gardy manufactured lumber 

 at Downings, Va., from 1.888 to 1S93, removing his mill to Leedstown, 

 Va., in the latter year. He had another mill at Garytown, Va., and 

 he also was a member of the firm of Gardy & Goad, which manu- 

 factured lumber at Lancaster Court House. When the firm of Gardy 

 & Goad was dissolved. Mr. Gardy went to Philadelphia and took up 

 his residence there. 



Pertinent Information 



Trade Opportunities Abroad 



Prospective buyers in lriigu;iy arr in the market for clothes pins and 

 wooden chair seats. Americans who care to inquire further into the 

 matter may address the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 

 Washington, D. C. The index number for the clothes pins is 10,704 and 

 for the chair scats, 16, 70S. 



Forest Products Available for Export 



The Forest Service is collecting inforniation concerning the lumber 

 and other forest products available for export from the United States. 

 The information will be compiled by ports and will be arranged to show 

 the particular products that may be sent abroad. Inquiries have been 

 sent to exporters and other persons who may be in a position to supply 

 commodities for export. 



Lists of particular woods will be compiled. That is a departure from 

 the usual custom of collecting statistics of lumber shipments. Such have 

 usually listed a few woods only, seldom more than half a dozen; but the 

 contemplated list will include the following : Longleaf pine, sliortleaf 

 pine. North Caroline pine, white pine, Norway pine, hemlock, spruce, red 

 cedar, white cedar, white oak, red oak, hard maple, soft maple, red gum, 

 .yellow poplar, chestnut, beech, birch, basswood, rock elm, soft elm, white 

 ash, brown ash, hickor.v, cottonwood, tupelo, sycamore, walnut, cherry, 

 locust, persimmon and dogwood. 



It may be noted that Pacific coast and Rocky Mountain woods are not 

 included in this inquiry, but will probably be covered by supplemented 

 lists. The schedule of articles to be included in the list of exports 

 embraces most commodities made of wood in any considerable quantity 

 in this country, and note is taken of raw material and partly manufactured 

 stuff. Special blanks are provided for the following articles : Logs, lum- 

 ber, timbers, dimension, scantling, billets, ties, shingles, lath, veneer, 

 poles, mine timbers, flooring, tight cooperage stock, slack cooperage stock, 

 box shooks, car material, chair stock, dowels, furniture stock, gun stock 

 blanks, handle stock, implement stock, last blocks, match wood, pattern 

 lumber, paving blocks, pegwood. ship timbers, shuttle and bobbin blanks, 

 sounding board stock, spoolwood, tank stock and vehicle stock. 



The chief purpose in collecting this information Is to have it available 

 for the use of consuls and commercial agents in foreign countries in 

 their campaigns for the extension of American trade. 



Porch Furniture in the Tropics 



A recent consular report speaks of a neglected opportunity for Ameri- 

 cans to sell porch furniture and accessories in the tropics south of us 

 where the people spend much of their time sitting or lying in the shade. 

 They build their houses with as much outdoor space under shelter as 

 possible, and live there. Swings capable of being used for a full-length 

 nap should prove very popular, as well as the two-seated arrangements 

 swung to wooden frames that are a familiar sight on so many lawns 

 in the tJnited States. A swing having some sort of adjustable sides, 

 which could be used to hold a fretful child on a hot night, in place 

 of a stifling bed inside the house, cut off from cool air currents, would 

 doubtless be well received. Any other porch equipment such as has 

 been developed in the United States should have a good prospect of 

 sale in all tropic countries south of us. The obviously natural life 

 is to be out of doors as much as possible there, and the houses repre- 

 sent the logical evolution of this instinct. Hammocks are not needed ; 

 the natives weave better ones than can be gotten from the United States 

 and for much less money than imported hammocks would cost, but any 

 other sort of appliance or feature for a semioutdoor life will in all 

 probability be bought extensively. 



New Idea in Fuming Oak 



A new process of fuming oak was described in a recent number or 

 the London Timber Trades Journal. The usual way of evaporating am- 

 monia for fuming has been to allow it to drop from a tank outside the 

 vat on a series of slides inside, and finally into a jar on the floor, this 

 dripping process extending over a period of from twelve to twenty-four 

 hours. 



The new method is to place in a long, shallow pan about one-third 

 the quantity of ammonia usually required, and place this over a coil 

 of steam pipes. The advantages claimed for this way over the old method 

 are that a more uniform color is obtained, the work is done in halt the- 

 time, and much less ammonia is required. 



Timberland Assessment Annulled 



A matter of great interest to timber land owners of Louisiana, and 

 indirectly of interest in the country generally, was disposed of by the 

 Louisiana Supreme Court in a decision handed down on May 11. In 

 that state a jury of experts was employed to fix the value of timber 

 land, and the assessors simply adopted the values set by the experts. An 

 appeal was taken on the legal ground that the assessors did not exercise 

 their own judgment, as the law requires, but accepted values fixed by 

 others. The court held that by doing so, the assessments were rendered 

 null and void. The question has been very prominently before the 

 people of Louisiana and has caused much discussion. The owners of 

 timber appealed to the courts because they regarded the assessments 

 unreasonably high. 



Philippine Trade Review 



The first number of a monthly paper published at Manila, Philippine 

 Islands, has been receiijed. It is devoted to the interests of lumber, 

 hemp, sugar, copra, tobacco, engineering, mining, and shipping. The 

 lumbering interests are well represented. The paper is edited by A. W. 

 Marnham. The beginning promises well, and the field is large. At the 

 present time the export trade of the islands is suffering greatly for 

 lack of vessels to carry products to market. That trouble will be 

 remedied in course of time. 



Heavy Cut on Government's Arkansas Lands 



The report of .\ctins' Forest Supervisor II. C. lluoy of Hot Springs, 

 covering the period from Jul.v 1, 1914, to .\pril 30, 1915, has just been 

 forwarded to the Department at Washington. 



The report shows a total cutting of 6.373,000 feet for the period. This 

 cutting represents a sale price of .$16,836.58, and while the cut was 

 slightly less than for the same period last year, the amount of timber sold 

 this year has been njuch greater than the sales of last year. This year's 

 report shows sales aggregating 18,795,500 feet, the price being $58,776.60, 

 as against last year's sales of a total of 11,463,000, for the price of 

 $33,873.31, or an average this year of $3.13 per thousand against an 

 average price of $2.9G per thousand for last year. 



The report indicates that settlers and small mills have been heavy 

 purchasers during the year, and it would appear that in spite of the 

 somewhat depressed condition of the timber market generally there are- 

 good prospects that in the future the 20,000,000 feet allowed annual cut 

 from the Arkansas National Forest will be reached, and at steadily 

 advancing prices. 



Twenty-five per cent of the net receipts from these sales of timber is 

 given to the state for use in schools and roads in the counties wherein 

 the forest lies. An additional ten per cent is also used by the Forest 

 Service in improving the roads through the national forest. 



Wood Exploitation on Java 



The director of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce in Dutch Indies 

 states that on June 19, 1915, the resident of the district "Rembang" will 

 give out by public tender the exploitation of the djati wood forests of 

 Ngrapah during the four coming years. Maps and calculation of the 

 present quantity of wood can he obtained at resident's office at "Rembang." 



The minimum price for timber of at least 16' 8" long is $9.50 per cubic 

 meter (1 cubic meter is equal to 1,308 cubic .yards). It is expected that 

 there will be about 548 cubic meters of timber of 16' 8" and up : 1,097 

 cubic meters of timber of 10' to 16' 8" ; 3,839 cubic meters of timber under 

 10', and 20,000 cubic meters of fire wood. — (Translated from De Indische 

 Mercuur, Amsterdam.) 



Nail Holes in Flooring Make It Dutiable 



Nail holes bored in hardwood flooring make it subject to duty as a 

 manufactured article, according to a decision last week by the Board of 

 General Appraisers. A protest by the Canadian Pacific Railroad had been 

 registered in connection with the classification of hardwood flooring, 

 planed, tongued, grooved and bored, which had been denied free entry. 

 General Appraiser McClelland in his opinion says, in part : "Every effect 

 produced on the flooring in question, except the boring of the nail holes, 

 was produced by a machine known as a matcher and planer, and but for 

 these nail holes it unquestionably would be entitled to free entry as claimed 

 and it remains therefore only to determine whether the addition of the nail 

 holes changes its classification. These holes are made at regular distances 

 apart — from four to eight inches — by what is called a boring machine 

 attached to the planer, and are designed to serve two purposes, viz., to- 



