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Pertinent Information 



Where the Tree Goes 



The animal that passes tluouKh a iniiiliin packing house is not more 

 widely distributed amonj ultimate consumiTs than is the tree that falls 

 beneath the blows of the lumberman's ax. 



The old cabinet makers of Europe had quite a habit of keeping all of 

 the material of a tree together, and they do so to quite an extent now. 

 We do, too. in a few instances ; we keep the product of certain fine veneer 

 flitches together ; but the way we scatter the product of the general run 

 of trees is really astonishing. For example, it has been tigured that there 

 are over 500 different kinds, sizes and grades of lumber material made 

 from oak. It is pretty widely separated in the first grading and piling, 

 and in marketing and using it is scattered all over the country. A promi- 

 nent spoke manufacturer says he makes fifteen different sizes of oak 

 spokes, in sl.x patterns for each size and four different grades, which mak<'s 

 360 items, which may get farther scattered on bi'ing used. It sounds 

 like taking the product of a tree and sowing if broadcast, but it is really 

 a matter of sorting out so as to get the most out of timber. 



Lumbermen Push Dixie Highway Project 



Lumber manufacturers of southern Itidiaiia ami western and central 

 ICentucky, as well as the owners of wood consuming plants, are greatly 

 interested in the proposed Dixie Hee lane Highway that will run in almost 

 a straight line from Danville. 111., to Nashville. Tenn. A meeting was 

 held in this city today that was attended by several hunilred delegates 

 and boosters from cities and towns in Indiana. Kentucky and Tennessee, 

 the proposed Dixie Bee Line Highway is to be built independently of the 

 Dixie highway and it will start at Danville. III., and pass through Terr*- 

 Ilaute, Viucennes. Sullivan and I*rinccton to Kvansville. It will cross the 

 Ohio river near here and pass through nenderson. Ky. ; Madisonville, 

 Hopkinsvllle and through either Guthrie, Ky.. or t'larksville. Tenn., to 

 Nashville. 



At the meeting held recently at Evansville a committee was appointed 

 whose duty it will be to select the direct route for the road. .lohn (^ 

 Keller, secretary of the Evansville Business Association and traffic man- 

 ager of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club, is known as the "Father of 

 the Dixie Bee Line Pligbway." by reason of the fact that he was the first 

 to suggest the idea. Mayor Benjamin Bosse. i)resident of the Globe- 

 Bosse-World Furniture Co. and well known auutng the lumber manufac- 

 turers of this section, is also a great booster for the proi)osc(l highway. 

 The meeting at Evansville was attended by large delegati<tns from cities 

 from Danville, III., to Nashville, Tenn. It is expected that work on the 

 proposed highway will be started soon. As most of the roads between 

 Danville and Nashville are already improved it will, he necessary to 

 complete but a few gaps and the road will no longer be a dream hut a 

 reality. It is figured that the road will lie completed long before the big 

 Dixie highway, ruuniuir from Chii:ign lo tb'' Suutli. 



European Willow Cut Off 



Because the European supply of willow rods has been largel.v cut off 

 several American manufacturers of willow furniture and baskets have 

 asked the Department of Agriculture for the addresses of persons in 

 this country who have taken up willow growing. For some years the 

 department has distributed willow cuttings of imported varieties with 

 a view to developing the production of high-grade willow rods in the 

 United States. The usual imports of willows come chiefly from England, 

 Belgium, Holland, France, and Germany, but these sources have been 

 practically closed for several months. 



One manufacturer reports that Japanese osiers are taking the market 

 formerly supplied by Germany, at a slightly higher price. Finished willow 

 baskets from Japan have come in where split bamboo was the only 

 Japanese basketware on sale before the war. As a consequence of the 

 shortage of imported osiers, it is said, the price of American willows 

 has increased and growers here are meeting with a heavy demand for 

 their product. 



Nearly two million willow cuttings have been distributed free by the 

 Forest Settee among state experiment stations, forest schools, and indi- 

 vidual growers. The value of willow culture as a profitable means of 

 utilizing overflow lands not suitable for other crops has been demon- 

 strated, and the Department of Agriculture maintains a small willow 

 holt on the government farm at Arlington. Va.. for further tests and for 

 the continued production of cuttings for free distribution. A bulletin 

 on basket willow culture recently published by the. department discusses 

 the varieties and methods which have proven most satisfactory in this 

 country. 



Wants Shoe Pegs 



The shoe peg is said to be the smallest commercial article made of 

 wood. The United States is the leading source of supply. An American 

 consular officer in Canada transmits a request for the names and addresses 

 of manufacturers and exporters of wood pegs to be used in making 

 boots. Nos. 145, 144, 144%, and 12.") are desired. The pegs should 

 be packed In barrels or bags. Those who wish to obtain the address of 

 the inquirer may write to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- 

 merce, Washington, D. C, and quote the index number 17,227. 



Reparation Asked on Gum Wood 



The Auderson-Tully Company, Memphis, Tenn., on Juno 9, at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, filed a complaint against the Illinois Central and other 

 railroads alleging excessive rates have been charged on compound guru 

 wood from southern points to Wisconsin, Central Freight Association. 

 West Trunk Line, Trunk Line, and Buffalo-Pittsburgh territories. The 

 rate to many points is made up of an eleven-cent rate to Cairo and the 

 fifty class rate beyond, sometimes a total of fifteen cents. Complainant 

 has sought for several years to obtain a rate on compound gum wood 

 at three cents over the regular lumber rate. The Illinois Central agreed 

 to that some time ago, hut later said the northern lines would not par- 

 ticipate in through rates. That is the basis prevailing from St. Louis. 

 Sometimes the carriers have shipped compound gum wood at the regular 

 lumber rates. Anderson-Tully Co. seeks reparation on all shipments made 

 in two years past on the basis of three-cent basis over the regular lum- 

 ber rate. 



The complainant points out that many other forest products and wood 

 manufacturers get the regular lumber rates. 



In the same complaint the Memphis Veneer & Lumber Co. asks 

 reparation on shipments moving after June 1, 1915, on the same basis. 

 The rates in excess of three cents over the regular lumber rate arc de- 

 clared unreasonable and unlawful. 



The comnnssion is asked to establish a rate on compound gum wood 

 made of gum lumber and logs that shall not exceed by more than three 

 cents the rate on ordinary gum lumber. 



Uses of Wood in Ireland 



.\uierieau lumbermen and .-.xporters who are looking for markets abroad, 

 will be interested in a recent consular report on the uses of woods in 

 Ireland. It appears that Ireland is an exporter of wood as well as an 

 iiuiiorter. The exportation from Ireland of blocks for clog soles has 

 always been a substantial trade. Originally alder was used, but birch and 

 beech are superseding it. and the value of wood for this purpose is $2.42 

 to $.'!.14 per ton in the log. Bobbins are made from beech, birch, or 

 sycamore, obtainable at .$1.50 to .f2.25 per ton. Butter barrels are of 

 beech staves, and the wood costs .$2.42 to $3.14 per ton. Aspen from 

 Russia has been used In certain of the Dublin match factories, but Irish 

 poplar has now taken its place. 



For furniture umking, willow osiers, oak, ash, sycamore, and beech 

 are used, at prices varying widely with tlieir quality, but in general 

 at rising costs. For telegraph poles, aside from imports, Irish larch 

 and pine are available. The lengths required range from 22 to 40 feet, 

 and the top diameters from 5 to 10 inches. Except iu sheltered locations 

 the larch in Ireland is apt to be curved at the base, owing to the strong 

 and continual winds, and is thus unsuited for telegraph poles. 



Were it not for the freight situation, American timber could have 

 been profitably brought to Ireland during recent months, as former 

 sources of supply are restricted. 



Illegal Interference Not Countenanced 



.Vny efforts to use mineral locations to restrict illegally the exploitation 

 of timber in the national forests will be given especial attention by the 

 DeiJartment of Justice, the Attorney General has advised the Forest 

 Service. The Forest Service has had some trouble with unscrupulous 

 persons who take up so-called mining properties with the idea of extortion. 



.\ good example Is in a case where the Forest Service made a contract 

 with a lumber company for the sale of a tract of flre-killed timber. The 

 timber was so located that it could be removed only through the mouth 

 of a gorge. When the lumber company started to work it developed that 

 two men had taken up a mining claim at the only point of egress. They 

 demanded a large sum for permission to pass over their claims. Investi- 

 gation developed the fact that minerals did not exist on the property in 

 quantities that could be worked. In the face of determined Federal 

 action the mining property was abandoned. 



Lumbering is being handicapped in several places in the national forests 

 by similar tactics. To stop this the Department of Justice is prepared 

 to take vigorous avtion. 



United States Employment Bureau 



Through the Department of Labor, the United States government estab- 

 lished .some time ago. as a part of the division of information, a country- 

 wide employment bureau. Its distribution branches have been established 

 throughout the country, on the one hand, to develop the welfare of the 

 wage earners of this country and improve their opportunities for profit- 

 able employment, and. on the other hand, to afford to employers a method 

 whereby they may make application for such help as they need, either 

 male or female, citizens or alien residents, and have their wants supplied 

 through these distribution branches. 



Comparative statistics show that there has been a surplus of labor in 

 some sections of the country and a deficiency in others. It is believed 

 this condition will be eliminated by the new work. 



The Department of Labor sends out a suggestion that employers gener- 

 ally will find the bureau of a good deal of help, and also suggests that 

 if any readers of Hardwood Record are now or expect shortly to be in 

 need of help of any description they use the coupon provided by the 

 division of information. Department of L.abor. Washington. D. C. which 

 will give the necessary information on the basis of which the inquirer 

 may be put in touch with proper help. 



