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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Cypress Manufacturers' jiss'n. 



At a meeting held at the St. Charles hotel. 

 New Orleans, May 10 and 11. thirty-three 

 cypress manufacturers of Louisiana perfected 

 an organization to be known as the Southern 

 ress Manufacturers' Association. The 

 combined output of the concerns identified 

 with the organization is 460,000,000 feet of 

 Imub t and 430,000,000 shingles. The asso- 

 ciation follows very eloEely the Southern 

 Lumber Manufacturing Association which 

 has been invaluable in forwarding the inter- 

 ests of all connected with it. 



The subjects of uniform gages, terms of 

 sale and the advisability of collaborating 

 with the Louisiana Immigration Association 

 in increasing the supply of labor for the 

 South were thoroughly looked into and after- 

 ward referred to the proper committees. Tn 

 scope the associ; tion intends including manu- 

 facturers of cypress lun ingles and 

 lath everywlisre. 



Southern Cypress Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation starts out with a list of thirty-three 

 of the prominent cypress manufacturers of 

 Louisiana, which includes: 



P. Ii. Williams i ed, latter- 



son. 



A Wllbert's Sons Lumber & Sbingle Co., 

 Plaquemine. 



Burton Swartz Cypress Co., Burton. 



i "ii Cypress Li Garj ville. 



Bon le Lumber Co., ] Bow le. 



1 iwl Baj j press ' o . Limited, st 



Jx-s Alb-mauds Lumber Co., Limited, Des Alle- 

 mand 



Kj le Lumber Co., Limited, Franklin. 



R. Lee E ■ , Patterson. 



St. Louis Cypress Co., Limited, Houma. 



Alberl Hanson Lumbi r Co I united. Franklin. 



B ownell Drews Lumber Co., Limited, Morgan 



Dlbert. Stark ,v. Brown Cypress Co., Limited. 

 Donner 



Cotten B Cj press i 'o., 1 al d I organ 



jeanerette Lumber .*< Sbingle Co., Limited, 

 Jeanei 



Iberia Cypress Lumber Co., Limited, New 



i Limited, Har- 



vey. 



Ramos Lumber & Manufacturing Co., Limited, 

 Ramos. 



Southwestern Lumber S Bi i Co New Orh 



Levert i ber .\: Shingle Co., Limited, Pla- 

 quemlne 



Bake] Wakefield Cypress Co.. Limited, Plat- 

 tenvllle 



Whltecastle Lumber & Shingle Co., Limited, 

 White 



Schwlng Lumber & Shingle Co., Limited, Pla- 

 quemin, 



Baldwin Lumber Co.. Limited, Baldwin. 



Lake Arthur Lumber Co., Limited, Lake Ar- 

 thur. 



Lutcher 4 M Lumber Co., Limited, 



Luti hi 



Norgres Menefee Cypress Co., Limited. Ber- 

 wick 



Napoleon Cypress Lumber Co., Limited. Na- 

 ii ill' 



Gibson ' rpress Lumber Co., Limited, Gibson. 

 eyer cypress Lumber Co., Limited, New 

 Orb'. 



ara Lumber Co., Limited, Bayou Sara. 

 erl Shingle < lo., Limited, New [be 



Salmen Brick & Lumber Co., Limited, Slldell. 



The meeting adjourned until June 14. when 

 reports of (he various committees will be re- 

 per- 

 iod. 

 A ci pted and 



all i d. \ ine standing 



committees will be sustained. The following 

 office) 



Pr. i V Will,, it's Sons 



Lumber S • ,.<ny, Plaquemine. 



First vice president. R. H. Downman, New 

 Orleans. 



Second vice president, S. M. Bloss, Lyon 

 Cypress Lumber Company, Garyville. 



Secretary and treasursr, George W. Dodge 

 of Dodge & Sunbury, Napoleonville. 



Directors: F. B. Williams of F. B. Wil- 

 liams Cypress Company, Patterson; John Di- 

 bert of Dibert, Stark & Brown, Donner; E. 

 G. Swartz of E. G. Swartz Company, Ltd., 

 Swartz; II. L. Baker; John A. Bruce; H. B. 

 Hewes, Jeanerette Shingle & Lumber Com- 

 pany, Ltd., Jeauerette; J. A. Peterman; Jo- 

 seph Bathborne, Louisiana Cypress Lumber 

 Company, Ltd., Harvey; L. II. Price; J. C. 

 Tevis; J. P. Wiggington; A. T. Gerrans. 



During the last few years, the need for 

 such an association has been so apparent that 

 it is somewhat remarkable that it was not 

 organized long ago. The new association is 

 launched with an abundance of support, and 

 with its effii ient officers will promote the 

 cypress industry of the South as a whole and 

 will bi n 1 1 '• in conserving the interests of 

 all affiliated with it. 



could doubtless he more conservatively done. The 

 lumberman naturally argues: Why leave stand- 

 ing seed trees or trees of even smaller dimen- 

 sions only to be destroyed by Are? 



It is argued that if the state would throw 

 around the forest but a tithe of the fire pro- 

 tection furnished business enterprises of the 

 cities, lumbermen would immediately respond 

 with methods suitably adjusted to the better 

 business risk. 



Hardwoods in New Hampshire. 



All that part of New Hampshire lying north 

 ,,t Squam Lake and cast of the low agricultural 

 lands along the Ci for the most 



part covered with forest growth. It contains 

 more than ,'!0 per cent of the total area Of the 

 siatc. or nearly 2,000,000 acres. 



In the winter of L903 be tate legislature 



appropriated $5,t for an Lnation of this 



region by the Bureau of Forestry. The region 

 comprises two timber areas of varying charac- 

 ics. The part south of the White mountain 

 region, which contains approximately 812,000 

 acres. Is very rough and rugged, with numerous 

 broken mountain ranges intersecting It, and with 

 deep, narrow valleys, steep slopes, rapid streams 

 and all conditions which invite soil erosion and 

 anenl denudation ,,f : \ t Ii on the 



higher slopes. It requires careful lumbering 

 and that lires be kept out ,,i it. In the ex- 

 treme southern part of this region the second 

 growth white pine forms a valuable part of the 

 forest "ii tin is the lead- 



ing commercial species. 



The region north of the White mountains is 

 characterized by hills and wide valleys and con- 

 tains many lakes. Spruce .and balsam form the 

 greater proportion of the growth, more than in 

 the White mountain region. This section is ad- 

 mirably suited to continued timber production, 

 and, owing to its inaccessibility, forest fires are 

 not severe. 



Until 1869 the greater part of the White 

 mountain region was owned by the state. Since 

 then the state has sold large an<l small tracts 

 at nominal prices, until today all the forest 

 land is in private hands, most of it being 

 held by large lumber and pulp companies. Seven 

 companies own nearly all the timber land and 



three of them cut annually about 7.5,000, ' 



feet, mostly from virgin forests. To this must 

 be added the tremendous loss by lire. In 1893 

 nearly 85.000 acres were destroyed by fire, with 

 a loss of over S'jou.oim 



Of the total area examined, approximately 

 2,000,000 acres, nearly 1,000,000 are covered 

 with soft woods, nearly 33.000 acres with pine, 

 and nearly 500,000 with hardwoods. 



The paramount forest menace in New Hamp- 

 shire, as elsewhere, is hie lather than lumber- 

 ing, and but for the seemingly infallible rule 

 that tire always follows lumbering, the cutting 



Hardwoods in Mexico. 



The hardwood industry in Mexico is mate- 

 rially hampered by the lack of transportation 

 facilities. .1. A. Gillies, head of the J. A. Gillies 

 Brothers' Lumber Company of Braeside, On- 

 tario, recently made a trip through Mexico 

 looking over timber lands and making pur- 

 chases for his concern. His investigations 

 were principally confined to the states of Vera 

 Cruz and Michoacan. 



In speaking of conditions in Mexico. Mr. Gil- 

 lies said that he is of the oplniou that it will 

 be some time before Mexico can compete with 

 Cuba in the hardwood industry. Most of the 

 hardwood tracts in Mexico are so situated as 

 to make the expense attached to placing the 

 product on the market enormous. The very 

 best hardwoods are to be found in forests 

 in which the sound of the axe has never been 

 heard, and until railroads are built or other 

 means of transportation provided, the hard- 

 wood Industry can in t progress to any great ex- 

 tent. 



There is considerable railroad building in 

 prosp vico. and the demand for ties 



and bridge t unlets is always good. The 

 greater portion of these materials come from 

 the United States. The survey of the pro- 

 the Parral & Durango 



Railr i Ii practically completed, and the 



work • i , i i mi, i em will soon be commenced. 

 ■ i in' [. Long, manager of this road, owns 

 large tracts oi tin, lei land along that road 

 and its extension will pass through one of the 

 rii hest timber sections of Mexico. 



Lumber Insurance Companies. 



Within tin- number of the Hardwood Recoiid 

 will lie found Hie announcements of several of 

 the leading lumber insurance companies of the 

 country. All of these companies have had a suc- 

 cessful and enviable record, and it is just dawn- 

 ing on the minds ,,i ih, aveiaite lumberman that 

 the insurance offered bj these companies is not 

 only the besl that can be secured, hut guarantees 

 In the ■ on, , i hre. absolutely fair treat- 

 ment an, I pri n oi id ustment of loss, and besides 

 effects an economj In est. of from twenty-five 

 to fifty per cent. 



'Hi companies comprise the .Manufacturing 



Lumbermen i nderwriters of Kansas city. Mo.: 

 the Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, of 

 Mansfield, <>.: the Lumber Mutual fire Insur- 

 ance C piny ,r Boston, Mass.; the Pennsyl- 

 vania Lumbermen's .Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 



1 P idi Iplna. Pa. ; the Toledo fire & 



Marine insurant C pany, the Lumber Under- 



ivrlters, and the Lumber Insurance Company of 

 New Stork, '""I'r i he management of the Lum- 

 ber [usurer Generi 'gency, at 00 Broadway. 



In this connection two very able papers on 

 the subject of lumber fire insurance will be 

 i' iiiei incorporated in the proceedings of the 



'l n lin.' of the National Hardwood Lum- 



ber i held at Buffalo last weeK. 



These papers were by E. .s. Neil, president of the 

 Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, Mang- 

 le M. O., and by R. 11. McKelvey, secretary of 

 the Lumber Insurers General Agency, controll- 

 ing the business of the three New York lumber 

 insurance companies Che documents are espe- 

 cially worthy the careful reading of every lum- 

 berman. 



