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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Latest From the Cypress Country. 

 \i v. inu.KiNs. I. v., Aug. 21, L905 Editor 



[[AitDW Record: Thei s nothing 



to add i" the circular mailed you last Sun- 

 day, except i" send the enclosed replies from 

 mill* 1.11 this subject. STou will And thai 



s in this which 'li'l 

 ome i" in time i" go in the circular. 

 The situation is very rapidli clearing up 

 from point of view, as the physi 



in charg< hei e foi 1 1 taken 



sslike way 

 and seem to have ii undi r absolute control 

 Tl,.- ■ . press mills aci ording daily 



still running on full time 



ire making prompt shipment of what- 



orders they receive. The statements con- 



i in ..in circular are absolutely true, as 



the actual conditions are so thoroughly bright 



and reassuring that then- was n :casion to 



stretch things Geo. K. Watson, Sec'y South. 

 ern Cypress Mfg. Assn 



A Big Ash Log. 

 Wilmamspobt, Tess., Aug. 10, 1905. Editor 

 ElAEDWOOD Recobd: We have just sold to the 

 Southern Hardwood Companj Of Nashville, 

 twenty-live carloads of logs. In the shipment 

 ash log scaling 2,000 Eeei of No. 1 

 stuff, wii- it ? M lYBERirt Mn. i. Com 



PANY. 



A Lumberman's Letters to His Son. 



Chicago, Aug. 20, 1905. 



Bj Hear Son: When I went through 

 irders you seat in from Canada 1 was 

 „, proud of 3 ou thai I came near Bending 

 you a letti Since I have 



Lad three kicks on youi four cars, 1 am 

 -till more inclined than evei to think that 

 "colleges don 't n ake tools but 'I' 



" Don't you know any better than 



I] a man mill run bassw 1 and gua 



11 i tin sixty pe m I 



ds ! Promises, like chickens, 



Wool, l suggest that von 

 change the variety of .lope yon are taking, 

 or gel back under the sink w 

 the pipes. Mill run basswood don't run 



-ixtv percent firsts and s "Is by a hot 



sight. 



In the future don't recommend your stock 



highlj . Hon '( gel pinned dow n to an) 



.,„ ■, iii. j - oi first 9 and seconds on 



mill run sales. Indulge in airy persiflage. 



Pass such questions up as jokes and tell 



people that your lumber tun- 

 as anybody's. Be diplomatic; learn to be a 

 der. Those Canucks were not born 



. and they have landed yon for a 

 sucker, and I 'vc got to pay for the bait, 



i and bob. 

 axiom 1 want to fully impress on 



liter your sale is made, stop 



talking. 



Another I aing j ou want to av oid in ' an 

 a. la is s.oteli whiskey. Your head isn't the 

 I shape for it. Those Canadians tackled 

 iniquity when they g 

 from the nursing bottle. You d 

 .-an catch up with tin ii experieni • 



By the way. my lawyer tells mi that - ane 

 young woman in Detroit is making tnqt 



our "commercial prospects." 

 This nquin i* probably from "Dai 

 > ,u haven't any commercial prospects; you 

 , red erustai at and ) out color lias not 

 come from boiling, lot just from 

 soaked. Don to saj anything 



mole i,, you on this Daisy proposition. I 

 still keeping the matter from 



thei. Your affectionate Father. 



p. S. I'm-', anyone with a knot-hole of 

 sense ought to know the kind of girl that 

 goes with a name like that. 



in his home. Box33 are often hand painted. 

 and every other means imaginable resorted 

 to to touch the Filipino's artistic side, but 

 the hand-carved article is preferred to all 

 others. "Built-up" designs on cigar boxes, 

 in which clay figures are molded and then 

 I ainted, have been attempted by Spanish 

 manufacturers but the native is shrewd and 

 not easily deceived. Figure 4 is an artistic 

 1 ox with a floral design in front. Figure 5 

 repi esents a neat design which seems to be 

 pi pular from the number of boxes bearing 

 n displayed. 



Some handsome hardw 1 cigar boxes, 



made by the natives, are ornamented with 

 brass: The mass work is thin sheet metal 

 which is fastened to the corners and other 

 pi ii- of the box by means ot small brass 

 nails or serous. Sometimes, instead of us 



Artistic Cigar Boxes. 



h i s often the prtistic ornamentation on 

 the cigar box that attracts the buyer oi 

 .i^ars in the Philippines more than the 



lity of the , tents; es, ially is this 



i u. ,,i the traveler sojourning in the isl 

 The plain, strong boxes which are 

 nsualbj seen in most countries are there re- 

 placed by boxes ,,t fanciful design, carved 

 by hand at the expense of much ti and 



lal or. 



The rich hardw Is in which the islands 



abound, are use. I in the manufacture of 



bo\.s. lie ' ircular saw is unknown. 



•lie great hardwood logs are cut into 

 thin boards by the process of whip sa ■ 



men are often required '.. do this 



work. tWO I 'oi of a large saw. I'.v 



rsevera onsiderable quantity 



i-in lumber is cut in a .lay which IS re 



i kably true t.u handsawed work. 



'I'., provide a thick, linn body for the 



carving, the boards are out two or three 



thickness ordinarily used in cigar 



facture Bomet imes the box is 



r.pi 



completed before being carved, but usually 

 ihe front pi.-ee. ...\er an. I different parts 

 aie taken separately an. I tin- surface of each 

 decorated. Floral patterns predominate, al- 

 though quite a variety of other designs are 

 used. The native worker -it- Bat on tie' 



HOOT, take- the I OX between Ills knee- HI" 



pr .Is to carve the design prescribed. 



Hi' uses tools of .nole pattern, but ex 



tr. ui.lv sharp. Some of the simple] designs 



Bay turn out in an hour, but tie' i tni 

 i .i ones tax the Lnhi rent pat ience of t he na- 

 tive considerably and often .lays of ted - 



work are required for their completion. 



Figure I shows a completed box, orna- 

 ,,,, ute.i with a design of * ine work. Pat- 

 terns of the or.ler exhibit.'. 1 iii Figure 2 are 

 readily worke.l out by the native artisan 

 who uses Bharp-pointed tool- with which he 



i t he graduated pebble-like sur 



fa.es with great skill. Boxes are often seen 

 carved with hideous features as shown in 

 Figure 3. die Filipino is pleased with deco 



rations "t' this nature, ami many are seen 



T.cJ 



FILIPINI ' CIGAR B< »XES 



nig nails, the natives sink the brass trhn- 



_- into the wo... I. which when polished 



. ;, more beautiful surfaee. Figures 6. 



V ami 8 exhibit different styles of these 



I raSS t i lliline.l boxes. 



Vast quantities of eigars are consumed in 

 iio Philippines. The Spanish cigar fac- 

 tories in Manila are operated full running 

 i ,,,,,. ,,..,, ,(-,,., year, and yet are unable to 

 keep up with tlie demand. Several of the 

 k rgest factories have a year's orders ahead. 

 n,,. great bulk of the eigars exported is 

 vent out iii ordinary boxes, but occasionally 

 they are packed in hardwood boxes such as 

 represented in the sketches. The i »sl 



mi these boxes is relatively low, when the 



time and labor of manufacture are consict 



ere. I. The Wages roroivoil I ,V the native 



wood carver is less than fifty rents a .lay. 



With such a wage seale and an abumlai of 



hardw Is available at very low prices, in. in 



,,ii-, Hirers are enable. I to produce boxes at 



lew cost. Beautifully carved boxes requir- 

 ing .lays of labor in their completion that 



might suppose would be Worth several 



,1, Hi,, s are sold for a trifling sum. but when 

 il„ box i- brass-trimmed the price takes a 

 decided jump, owing to the high price of the 



no lal in the Philippines. 



