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HARDWOOD RECORD 



AugUBt 2S, 1016. 



were not a brilliaut Kalcsninn, tliiin oiio who pouieHscs the ^ft of 

 >;ab and all of tho other qimlitios of tlio J. Hufun Wiilliiiuforil typo, 

 no matter how alltiriiiK, liiit iliil uot know the luisiness. And my 

 policy has been to see that the salesmen learn all that oiui be 

 told them on the subject of lumber. Tho greatest weakness of 

 tho average salesman is that he doesn't know what ho is talking 

 about. Tho lumberman who knows lumber and can apply his 

 knowledge to tho needs of liis customers is going to get business; 

 and my organ' •■■•■■•■ '-•■- 'i^on slowly and carefully built >ip of that 

 kind of men 



It goes without saying that the man with an organization that 

 produces results in normal times is nut going to tear it to pieces 

 when business slumps a little, owing to temporary conditions which 

 cannot possibly last for a lung time, .lust as a sawmill man would 

 bo foolish to let a good sawyer, flier and yard forem.in go just 

 because the mill is to bo down for a short time, the manufacturer 

 or wholesaler with stock to sell cannot afford to turn loose sales- 

 men who know tho trodo and who know lumber, hoping to pick up 

 equally good ones when business revives. Salesmen who are also 

 lumbermen do not grow on every bush. 



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Suggestion for Perpetual Inventory 



In this connection is shown a reproduction of a scheme for 

 what might be called perpetual inventory, which has been used by a 

 large hardwood manufacturer in the South for a number of years. 

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 should have been ruled across in the regular way such as foolscap 

 paper is ordinarily ruled. However, these rules did not show up 

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This record is kept in the form of a book which is used for taking 

 stock each month. It shows the pile number, length and age and 

 is so ruled that one has to do very little writing. 



In this instance the manufacturer starts with %" quartered white 

 oak and under this heading all this stock is listed. The next thick- 

 ness is then taken. The cross lines are ruled up and the headings 

 inserted before taking stock and then all that is necessary is to 

 enter the stock under the correct notations. 



The pile number is first inserted, then the age, then the letter 

 "W" if the stock runs wide or "N" if the stock runs narrow. 

 The last is the amount of feet in the pile. The number of feet in 

 the pile is put under the right heading showing the actual length 

 of the stock. 



It is a ■4"ery easy matter to make a selling list from this record 

 as the list can bo made up without recapitulation. 



In further explaining, it will be noted that some of the figures 

 have lines drawn through them. This is explained as follows: When 

 the yard foreman is handed an order, for instance, for a car of 

 % good quartered white oak, he refers to the book and from this 

 record makes a memorandum on the order, saying what piles are to 

 be loaded from. Right here we might describe the inspector's order 

 blank, which merely has the notation at the top for tho name of 

 the company, under which are spaces for the date, car initial, in- 

 structions for destiny of car on card, name of inspector, order 

 number and other necessary information. Under this is left a space 

 for notations, and at the bottom the space is ruled up, showing 

 columns for pile number, kind, length, amount, age and quantity 

 left. The inspector who fills the order makes out the memorandum. 

 The order is then returned to the office with the tally as soon as it 

 is completed. 



Going back again to the previous paragraph, say, for instance, 

 that the inspector selects piles 2803, 261C and 2630. He makes a 

 mark across the number of feet as shown in these piles. This 

 shows that these piles are to be given out for loading. Wlicn the 

 inspector turns in his order the order will show how much of these 

 piles, if any, is left. The foreman then turns to this book and if 

 all the pile is taken out he puts a ( . ) just above the line he drew 

 through the number. If another pile shows that there is still some 

 of the stock left he simply erases the old figures on the book and 

 replaces same with what the inspector shows is left in the pile. With 

 this book the yard foreman can ship his dryest stock and can work 

 off any narrow lumber with wide and clean up all the little butts. 

 He can tell at all times just what he has and all about it. 



These inspectors' orders are turned in with the tally and the super- 

 intendent always has them pinned to the bill of lading which is 

 handed him to check weights. It is very easy to tell what tho ship- 

 ment should weigh from the age of the stock shown. The stacks are 

 all dated as soon as completed. 



The mistletoe which the young folks like to have hanging around 

 at Christmas time is a parasite growth that it is estimated has 

 killed off 25 per cent of the larch timber in large areas of the 

 Oregon forests. 



The man who repaired his mill and put it in good order for 

 greater efficiency while the heavy dullness hung over the land may 

 now profit from his effort. 



Hickory planks and flitches make a too inviting field for worms 

 and insects, especially if piled close to the ground. Hickory keeps 

 better cut up into dimensions nnd carefully piled. 



