March 10. 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Manufacturers 



SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 



Ash 



Poplar 



Red Gum 



Mixed Oak 

 Elm 



Sap Gvim 



Soft Maple 



Tupelo 



CUMMER LUMBER COMPANY 



SALES OFFICE: 



280 MADISON AVENUE 



NEW YORK, N. Y. 



MAIN OFFICE 



JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 



Pertinent Information 



Pennsylvania's Proudest Oak 



According to a report from Wayuesboro, I'a.. what is perhaps the largest 

 or at least the most valuable tree in the .State of Pennsylvania stands 

 on the old Craig farm soutii of Welsh Run, very close to the Mason 

 and Dixon line. The farm is now owned by John O. Craig. Representative 

 from Franklin county, in the State Assembly, and he attributes the un- 

 usual size of the tree to the fertility of the soil. The tree, a white oak, 

 is six feet across at the ground and carries its thickness without branches 

 for 45 feet. It is at least 85 feet in height, and an estimate of the sale- 

 able lumber it would make places this at 3.000 feet. Foresters from all 

 over the State have made the trip to Welsh Run to see the tree and they 

 pronounce it the finest specimen of its kinil which they have ever viewed. 



Ayer Timber Lands Sold 



Negotiations, which have been pending between the trustee of the 

 Ayer Estate of Boston, Mass., and G. von Platen of Grand Rapids. Mich., 

 tor the purchase of the Military Wagon Road Tract of timber lands in 

 the Upper Peninsula of Michigan have recently been consummated, 

 whereby G. von Platen acquires the entire Ayer tract. 



Subsequently large parts of the tract have been purchased liy the fol- 

 lowing concerns : Wisconsin-Michigan Lumber Company, Eagle River. 

 Wis. ; Goodman Luml)er Company, Marinette, Wis. ; Marathon Paper 

 Mills Company, Rothschild, Wis. ; J. W. Wells Lumber Company. Menom- 

 inee, Mich. ; East Jordan Luml)er Company, East Jordan, Mich. ; Weid- 

 man & Son Company, Trout Creek, Mich. : John Malila, Wainola, Mich. ; 

 Von Platen-Fox Company, Iron Mountain, Mich. 



This transaction, comprising 172,000 acres in Houghton, Iron, Gogebic, 

 Ontonagon and Keweenaw counties, places on the market a large body of 

 timber and excellent farming lands available to actual settlers. 



Rail Relief Bill Passed 



The following statement relative to the passage of the railroad relief 

 bill was issued by the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association : 



With the help of the members of this association the Winslow-Townsend 

 bill has passed Congress and has been signed by the President. 



Your officers and trustees have given this matter attention ever since 

 the ru'jng of the comptroller of the treasury that partial payments could 



not be made to railroads under the guarantee clause of the railroad act. 

 Upon the request of the board of managers of the bureau of information 

 many members have energetically followed up their senators and congress- 

 men, and we have been very actively cooperating \vlth the Chamber of 

 Commerce of the United States, the Railway Business Association and 

 others, in order to secure the enactment of the bill. 



This was achieved by the combined cooperation thus extended and will 

 bring relief to the railroads, because, as we are informed, partial pay- 

 ments will be resumed as soon as the amounts claimed by the various 

 carriers are certified to the treasury department by the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission. 



Washington dispatches indicate that $100,000,000 is available to meet 

 all certified payments until March 15. 



Spain and Portugal as Markets for American Lumber 



.Spain, under normal conditions, requires about .jOO,nOu,000 board feet 

 annually to supply its needs for lumber and forest products, according to 

 .\merican Trade Commissioner Nelson C. Brown in a special report on the 

 market just published by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce 

 of the Department of Commerce. 



Limited native production necessitates large imports. Of the imported 

 supply, amounting to about 348.000.000 board feet in 1913, the countries 

 bordering on the Baltic furnished about half. The United States supplied 

 about 75,000,000 feet, most of which was southern yellow pin6 and tlie 

 remainder largely red gum and white oak. 



"There was a great expansion in the demand for lumber prior to the 

 war, particularly for American woods." says the trade commissioner, who 

 points to the fact that "before 1000 practically no American hardwoods 

 had been brought to Spain, whereas in 1914 about 12,000,000 board feet of 

 hardwoods was imported from the United States." "In the two years 

 from 1912 to 1914 the exports of southern yellow pine lumber from this 

 country to Spain increased nearly 100 per cent," states the Government 

 expert, who is of the opinion that there is a "distinct opportunity," as he 

 expresses it, "not only for pine but for a greater variety of American 

 woods." 



In discussing the market in Portugal the trade commissioner states 

 that while import tariff regulations and domestic supplies somewhat 

 restrict lumber imports, the market is worth more than passing considera- 

 tion, as is substantiated by imports of 25,000,000 board feet, of which 

 about 9,000,000 was southern yellow pine. 



Trade Commissioner Brown's report is based on extensive investigations 

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