Jamiar.v 10. 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



THIRTEEN BAND MILLS 

 SIX PLANING MILLS 

 ELEVEN FLOORING UNITS 



Annual Capacity 

 130,000,000 Feet 



WE DO NOT URGE ANYONE TO BUY OUR LUM- 

 BER AT THE PRESENT MARKET PRICES. 

 Hartlwood hiniber prices art- now on an average 

 helow the figure represented by cost of production plus 



'axes. 



The prices ha\'e dropped so low tliat a great number, 

 probably a great majority, of tlie liardwood mills have sus- 

 pended production, and all not out of production are pro- 

 ducing at a reduced rate. 



Our yards are full, but not congested. 



WE HAVE CLOSED ALL OUR SAW MH.LS AND 

 PLANING MILLS. 



We look for a measurable fulfillment of the prophecy 

 of those who predict an actual shortage of hardwood lum- 



ber before the beginning of summer, possibly accompanied 

 by a sky-rocketing auction market. 



The more of our lumber we carry into the future when 

 price conditions shall have improved the better for us. 



But we believe in giving our customers the benefit of 

 our opinions in respect to hardwood lumber conditions. 



From the buyers' standpoint now is the time for all 

 buyers and users of lumber to load their stocks to max- 

 imum capacity. 



BUT WE DO NOT URGE THEM TO BUY, FOR WE 

 KNOW PRICES ARE GOING TO IMPROVE. 



Whatever the price, whatever the conditions, we render 

 the same uniform, unmatched, efficient service to our 

 patrons. 



W. M. RiTTER Lumber Co. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO 



1'2 per I'ciit gi'Mtle witli practicnlly a riglit angle turn half way up. 



Let us diagnose tliese conditions and without argument, it will be 

 granted that a single speed tractor would do this work just as easily 

 and just as well perhaps as the 10-ton machines which are now used. 

 Botli outfits would travel loaded with the .30-ton load at the same 

 speed viz: three miles per hour. What would be the results, if any, 

 when the 12% incline with its right angle turn, was reached ? The 

 writer does not believe that the single speed tractor which is already 

 loaded to capacity could negotiate this hill with its load. It would 

 seem that it would be necessary to cut the train and to climb the hill 

 with a short load and to then return for the balance of the train. 

 Altlioiigh the time lost in doing this does not cut a very important 

 item in regard to the individual haul, yet, when the day's production 

 is counted up, it will be found that perhaps one whole trip has been 

 losft, due to the delay occasioned in negotiating this one particular 

 hill. 



Tlie tractors which are now on this job have the three-speed trans- 

 mission and when the operator reaches the hill it is a matter of only 

 seconds for him to shift his gear into low and his power is increased 

 to such an extent that he has ample draw bar pull to bring the load 

 without breaking the train up the hill and past the turn without 

 overloading or straining the engine. 



La.>rtly, and equally important when returning empty on this job the 

 threo-sjieed tractor returns quickly on high gear at five miles per honr, 

 while a single speed tractor would have to "lumber" along with a 

 "snail-like-pace, ' 'x^onsuming time, and time is the most valuable asset 

 possessed liy any operator. 



,-l!cll Lumber Ciimpnny into the hidnslry 



Pertinent Information 



Long-Bell Enters Pacific Coast Field 



The recent purchase of 00.(100 acres of timlicr land in Washington, 

 reporter! to involve a consideration of upwards of several millions dollars. 



marks tl]|. entry of the Lo 

 the Paeifle Coast. 



The most recent purcha.se, just completed, was for 33,000 acres in Cow- 

 litz, Lewi.s and Wahkiahum counties, representing approximately two billion 

 feet of tir, cedar, spruce and hemlock timber, and was purchased from the 

 Weyerhaeuser Timber Company of Taconia, Wash. 



The beginning of operations of the Long-Bell company in Washington, 

 which will follow at as early a date as possible after mill sites are 

 definitely chosen and mills are constructed, will largely increa.se the dis- 

 tribution of Pacific Coast lumber products through Kansas City sales 

 oIBces. 



The entire acreage of timber lands purchased contains several billion feet 

 of the four species of commercial wood. 



St.' Louis Auto Makers to Resume Work 



(ioocl news for liardwood men bere is ecmtaini-d in the announcement 

 today of large automobile factories that they are to resume operations, 

 expecting to manufacture 415,000 cars this year. The only factory of size 

 which is not planning on starting soon is the General Motors" Company, 

 where they do not know when they will commence. 



The only plant to make a reduction in wages so far is the Traffic Motors 

 Company, which reduced wages 25 per cent, when it opened Monday, 

 January 3. Owing to the fact that material costs have declined but little 

 there is no anticipation of a reduction in the cost of cars. 



The following factories are the ones which have opened or have 

 announced their intention of oi)ening : Gardner Motor Car Company, 

 Traffic Motors Company, Moon Jlotor Car Company, Skelton Motors Cor- 

 poration, Dorris Motor Car Company and Luedinglians-Espenscheid Wagon 

 Company, 



The .Skelton Motors Corporation thrcnigh its vice-president, . W. \. 

 Chapman, said : "We are just building a few cars now for export. We 

 will proiiably start working Feb. 1, but not with many men. Wi" would 

 like to build 3,000 cars in 1921. Our representatives tell ns that de.ibTs 

 in the .South and West have enough cars to last for a year." 



Standardization of Dimensions Sought to Conserve Wood 



W. A. r.ahliitt. seci\tary of the National Wood Turners Association, is 

 cooperating with committees from the American Hardwood Manufact\irers' 

 Association, the Northern Hemlock Association and other organizations 

 representing both manufacturing and consuming interests, with a view to 

 bringing about standardization of dimension material so that this can he 

 manufactured just as other lumber is manufactured and so thatiit may bo 

 sold on a substantially lower basis as a result of the reduced cost thereof. 

 Mr. P.ahbitt was recently appointed a committee of one to take np this 



