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HARDWOOD RECORD 



chief work that lies before the Michigan Forestry Association. Al- 

 though not at all pessimistic with regard to the outcome, the Hard- 

 wood RECORD believes that only harmonious and united effort on the 

 part of the many influential people already interested can carry the 

 aims of the association forward to ultimate fulfillment. 



Primarily, any movement in this direction will be resented bythe 

 many political henchmen of the audi al's office, who in the 



aggregate, receive an immense sum foi handling thi clerical work 

 incidental to Michigan tax-title lands. The association "ill also be 

 opposed by the average Michigan country newspaper, a large source 

 of whosi revenue lies in the annual publication of t:i\ sale advertis- 

 ing. Again, the average Michigan lumberman is chary of ai 

 estry legislation, as he tears it may mean a serious expense to him 



in requiring that he rid his forest of debris as he | leeds with his 



work, and ala that he maj be required to provide against fire inci 

 • lent t,, the operation of his logging railroads. Furthermore, the ma- 

 jority of northern Michigan railways will fight shy of the movement, 

 as thus far their education in the development of that section has 

 been chieflj in inducing settlers to locate in the vicinity of their lines. 

 They claim that timber growth is too slow a proposition for a rail- 

 road to wait tor; a s.ttler on a "new forty" will deliver them three 

 carloads of potatoes to haul the first year he establishes his farm. 

 spending more or less money with them for travel, Noi i- 

 the southern Michigan farmer interested in a Eon rtrj pi pi aition, as 

 it does not appeal to nor affect him directly and in his opinion 



pei tains to a remof antrj . 



So there is work ahead of this association. It musl needs interest 

 tie Gentle in Michigan farmer in forestry bj securing legislation that 

 shall relieve him from taxation if lie wishes to propagate a wood lot 

 on his farm. It must interest the railroad man in the remote future 

 of his railway property. It most educate the lumberman to the be- 

 lief that from a commercial standpoint the proposition is a g I one. 



It must impress upon the country new-paper editor that the up I. ml. I 

 ing of his country means more to him financially than the little rove 



hi. in.ni tax Bales advertising, ami it doubtless will have to coax the 

 jobs away from the auditor general's force by promising them Letter 



IS in the forestry sen ici . 



Here's g I luck and hard work to the Michigan Forestry Abso 



cnition ; 



Small Towns as Manufacturing Sites. 



in a recent interview, T. .1. Wilcox, vice president and general 



_ i ol the l.indermau Box it Veneer Company of Ean Claire, 



Wis., talked frankly concerning the advantages which mauufactur 



ioy iii being located in cities of the size and tyj t his Wis 



cousin town. He declares that In- is provide, 1 with a class of help 

 which, for intelligence and energy, cannot be duplicated in any of 



the larger cities; t li:it his business is never disturbed by labor 



troubles, ami that th. cost of his laljor is below that of larger 

 places. lie says nearly all his men own their own homes in the 



vicimiv .,i the plant, and that generally they are of high character, 

 indue! ri..iis an I thoroughly reliable. 



The industrial situation prevailing in Eau Claire i- typical of that 

 in the majority of towns of corresponding size in all parts of the 

 : . and is in marked counterdistinction t.. the conditions ob- 

 taining in practically all the large cities ■•! the United States. The 

 constant re.ru. hs, ,n t la), or troubles of the type ..1 



Chicago is becoming such a menace to manufacturing enterprises 



that if a halt is not called very soon on the iniquitous methods pur 

 SUfid by tin leaders of labor unions, many important industries u ,|l 



be lost to tin- Lie cities, and will sick locations remote from such 

 disturbances. 



Announcement. 



It is with pleasure thai tin- Hardwood Record announces that it 

 will soon issue as supp two handsome photogravure repi 



C wash drawings from the pen and brush of the artist-lumber- 

 man, Robert I.. Stearns of l.udington, Mich., and Stearns, Kv. The 

 subject! two work- ..|' .in are The Axeman and The Cant 



hook Man. Both are forceful and lifelike character sketches of atal 

 wart lumber jacks, and aside from their intrinsic merit as works of 



art. should appeal to tile average lumberman. They are to be executed 

 on fine Japanese paper and plate marked. From the proofs submitted 

 by the photogravure artist, the Hardwood Record can assure its read- 

 ers that the supplements will be of a higher type than any which 

 have heretofore accompanied tins publication, and both will be well 

 worthy a place on the walls of the finest office. 



l'or the privilege of reproducing these pictures, acknowledgment is 

 made to the owner, W. I.. Wallace, the expert timber man of Chicago. 



Decadence of the Lumber Industry. 



It is estimated that tin- visible supply of lumber in th states of 



Wi-coiisiii, Minnesota and Michigan on Aug. 1 was 200,000, feel 



short of the stocks in th rresponding period of last year. The 



reason for this decline in the quantity .d' lumber in first hands is 

 manifestly occasioned by the cutting out of many of the old plants, 

 and an inability to secure additional stumpage lands tor new opera- 

 t i..ns in the sections named. 



The South and the Northwest have supplanted the upper Missis 

 sippi valley and the lake regions as large producers ol' lumber. The 

 output in Oregon ind Washington is shi wing a remarkable increase 

 and the supply on hand awaiting shipment is larger than is to be 

 found in all other states ,,t the Union. The building and industrial 

 activities of tin North, middle W st and East require the importing 

 of a very large quantity of lumber. It is not infrequent in a 

 modern lumber yard to see Br from Washington. mi;:h pin. and 



redwood from California, cypress fr Louisiana, yellon pine from 



Texas, oak from Arkansas-, maple from Michigan and hemlock from 

 Pennsylvania. 



Thus freight rates are an important feature in the lumber busi- 

 ness ,,i" today, ami materially tend to increase the cost to the con 

 sinner. There is no immediate promise ,,f lower prices while freight 



rates are mainlai 1 at their present standard, and it is doubtful if 



freight rates can consistently be lowered to anj considerable extent 

 ami leave tin- hauling oi lumber a profitable portion of railroad earn- 

 ings. Rates now in many instances are within the recognized just 



Standard of half a cent a ton per mile, and on an ordinary haul of 

 500 I" 1.1*00 miles, there cannot be very much fault with rates a- 

 low as th, Be. 



Expert Opinion. 



Robert Mitchell Floyd, tl minent editor of th,- Trade Press list, 



,,f Huston, pays his compliments to The Great Central Market, a 

 new trade publication, fathered ami clitd by the < hicago Commer- 

 cial Association. He says that th enterprise will be a tremendous 



absorbent in two ways: first, its pages will I pen for -ill, i.. the 



manufacturing concerns of tin- whole of the [Jnited States win, sell 

 any of their manufactures or merchandise in that city; second, it 

 will force the trad, press of ' hie ago t., I,,- financially subservient, 

 and make them. too. advertisers in its page-. To him The Great 

 Centra] Market is but a new form of the • ' hous organ" honor. 



Mr. Floyd continues by saying that "it has been stated by eminent 

 authority that the trade press ,,f Chicago is alidelv receiving its 

 most substantial support outside of Chicago." 



Timber in Brazil. 



\oi\ few people have an adequate idea of 'he vast timber 

 ,s,,,ir,,s ,,( Brazil. Thai country is rich in mahogany, oak and 

 many oilier varieties of the highest type of timbci growth. ll is 



alleged that the timber region of South America contains mor< 

 standing mahogany than there ever was while pin,- in the Unite I 

 s'litcs. Brazil is onlv waiting for American energy to make it on 

 of the greatest and most profitable lumber producing areas of the 

 world. Reciprocity will eventually prevail between the South 

 Vmericau countries and the United States, and then will be seen 

 an impetus Of the lnmbei business that will provide a source of 



future supply for this eountrj -., most extravagant user of liurbi 

 entirely independent of onr own forests. 



