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Interesting Traffic Developments t3& 



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> III wuK ti ° of a foriiml 



Inu m-cks. A lr» iiiirrjiurtvU lumber 



iritli OIK exception. Ilicv »iniply roilcTiiti'd 



«ill k!i..\\n principles Uiat Imvo U>en laid <lo»ii iiri«viouhly. .Mori' 



ilijui li'O lu>nriu(pi Imvo boon lUMUgucd througln" ' '■ nntrv. Tlicsc 



include ninny lumber cnw». 



Tlic commission's docJcct, however, is in vcrv ^^oocj ^liiipc. Tlion- 

 arc a Inrge number of cases jicnding but tlicy nrc being hnndlod 

 systoiiiutit-nlly niid tlicir study and dt■l•i^^ioIl will not bo delayed 

 uiiiitilr. So many fundniiionliil rulings liiive been made in lumber 

 -. tliiit it is expected that the number of c;ises will decrease 

 ratli'T than increase in the future. 



Answers to the quei^tions submitted by the commission to the 

 lumber trade arc coming in slowly. This is proving something of u 

 iisappointment as the commission had hoped in grunting an e.xtcnsion 

 that full advantage of the increased time limit would not bo taken 

 and the un.swcrs hurried in. On these answers much important work 

 depends which is being held up. 



The annual report of the commission, which will be released shortly 

 after Congress convenes, is expected to contain an unusual amount 

 of interesting data this year. It probably will touch upon questions 

 of changes in the commission's organization. It has been suggested 

 that the commission be enlarged so as to insure decisions with greater 

 promptness. It has been suggested also that it be divided fo that 

 certain members could specialize on certain sections of the country. 

 It b possible that the commission may express its own ideas on these 

 questions. 



In an unreported opinion the commision has upheld the complaint 

 of the American Land, Timber and Stave Company against the Frisco 

 Line in which the rate from several Arkansas points to Eastern cities 

 was found unreasonable. Reparation was awarded. 



A protest against being placed in the southern rate group has 

 been filed by the Dennett Land and Lumber Company, Fee Crayton 

 Hardwood Lumber Company and the Bliss Cook Oak Company. The 

 case is brought against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern. 

 Thesj companies manufacture hardwood lumber in Arkansas, just a 

 few miles south of the line dividing the northern and southern Missis- 

 sippi valley lumber districts. The logs used are produced north of 

 the line. These companies want Dermott and Bliss\'ille, Ark., where 

 their mills are located, to be included in the northern rate group. 

 It is specified that this is to apply to the shipment of hardwood 

 lumber only. 



In an effort to widen the reconsignment privileges that are being 

 granted by the Louisville & NashviUe the United Lumber Company 

 has filed a complaint against that road. 



A brief has been filed by the Chattaheochee Lumber Company 

 sustaining its ca.<!e brought against the Atlantic Coast Line. The case 

 has to do with rates between Leia and Eleanor Siding, Ga., t<» 

 Danville, Va. 



Hearings have been assigned as follows: 



November .'JO, South Bend, Ind., Examiner Horton ; Nappanee Lumber & 

 Manufact'irlnK Company v. Baltimore & Ohio ftwo cases) ; Fullerton- 

 Powell Hard.vood Lumber Tompany v. Gulf Coast & Santa Fe ; Fullerton- 

 Powell Hardwood Lumber Company v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois ; noUis- 

 ter-P'rench Lumber Company v. Michigan Central. 



December 1, South Bend, Ind., Examiner Horton ; Powell-Myers Lumber 

 Company v. Louisville & Nashville (three cases) : Powell-Myers Lumber 

 Company v. Baltimore & Ohio ; Powell-Myers Lumber Company v. Loul.*- 

 TlUe, Henderson & St. Louis. 



Oral argument in Washington of the case of the Union Lumber Com- 

 pany v. Gulf Coast & Santa Fe, which was set for November 27, has 

 been cancelled and reassigned for December 1. 



comiiii-nion has i'<»iiird a'l ordri \n:irri;; the Himpeiixion order. 

 l<i'|>iiralioii hnx l>ii-n i.'>'ii>t''d in <Im' fnlluwiiig lunilicr caseti: 

 .'^liilter .MauufiirturliiK Ccmipniiy ". Kock iKland h PBrKli' ; 



I*. J. 8hl|i|K-l LiiiijIh r Company v ' nlrnl; K. KuiidheliiiiT Coni- 



pany v. Ynioo & .Mlki<li»lppl \ u<i^ llrnOford Lumber Company 



v. Kt. IaiuU, Iron .\I>>iinliiln A K. .\. KiiKlir Lumber Compnny 



v. Cnnndlnn Norlbrrn ; Lindi.li'". .i rtb LuimImt Ci>mpnny v. North 



ern I'liririr; If. It. Wnltr Lumlier I'oiiiiuiny v. ClilcnK" A NorlhWi-iiIeni ; 

 Gibiiuii Lumber & Fuel Company v. .\Irhliiun, Topeko & Sonta Fe : Lilly 

 LumlH'r Company v. Cliennpeake & Olilo ; J. 8. Ueltii Company v. Bvutbern 

 GeorKla Itallroad ; Stout Lumhrr I'otntinny v. Thornton & Alrinndria 

 Ilallroad. 



W. A. Oloeson of St. .Mhaiiit, pi..ii-tid iiguiiiHt duty a^M•.s^ed mi a 

 shipmimt of lumber but his prott"<t u.is overruled. .\n extract from 

 the ruling is as follows: 



Mcrchandinc returninl by the apprainer as birch lumber, planed two 

 sides, tongued, grooved, and l>ored, claMilfled ns manufnctureii of wood at 

 15 per cent ad vnloniii under paraurjiph 170. tariff act of HUIl, la claimed 

 free of duty under parncraph 0-17. It U further claimed that certain 

 non-dutlable IteniK w»'r<* Included In the invoice value. 



The opinion by MeCK-lland gays : "The lumber wan found to he birch 

 flooring, iilaned on two sides, loncnoil. grooved, and Imri'd, wllli the nail 

 holes made at the saim' time and with the same marhlne that does the 

 grooving, tongueing, and planing. In .\bBtroct 37717 It was held that 

 similar merchandise was dutiable at l'> per cent under paragraph .185, 

 the same rate as here asseoscd. The protest was therefore overruled lo 

 this respect. The Invoice value was found to be the same as the entered 

 and appraised value, and that claim was also overruled." 



Smooth Glue Joint Best 



In making veneerid work und glued joints the question is some- 

 times raised as to "toothing" the surfaces to bo glued, so as to 

 give the glue a bettor hold on the wood. This, however, is a ques- 

 tion that is open to argument. 



All wood is porous, and most, if not all of it, would seem suf- 

 ficiently so to allow enough glue to enter the pores to give it a 

 good grip. The object of toothing is, of course, to form recesses 

 in the surface to form a reservoir for the glue, by having parts of 

 the surface lower than other parts, allowing the glue to be re- 

 tained therein. Some insist that this is necessary in order to ob- 

 tain maximum holding power for the glue, while others maintain that 

 the nearer we can come to obtaining a perfect contact between all 

 surfaces of the wood, the more strength there is in the .ioint, and 

 depending on the pressure applied in clamping to force enough glue 

 into the wood to bind the two together, driving out the surplus from 

 beneath the surfaces. 



It is not a fact that the more glue left between the surfaces the 

 stronger the joint will be, and here is where the merits of toothing 

 come in, for it is calculated to leave in more glue and give less 

 absolute board contact. Sometimes workmen are seen talking great 

 pains to tooth the surfaces of stock, believing that therein lies their 

 salvation of perfect work, while others say it is all a waste of time 

 and does no good whatever. It is a fact, however, that most of 

 the work that U veneered is not toothed, and it is a fairly accepted 

 fact that good work can be done without it. 



Some people tooth the edges of joint work on a hand planer. 

 We have seen knives used on this machine that had the inside, pr 

 side next to the head, full of little grooves or "Vs" so that when 

 the knife was ground in the regular way the edge would be a 

 series of fine teeth, giving a multitude of fine grooves in the work 

 turned out. 



It is well known, though, that a smooth joint properly made with 

 glue is as strong, or stronger, than the wood itself, and will break 

 in the wood before it will break in the joint, and as long as this is 

 the case it really looks like a waste of time and money to go to the 

 trouble of toothing the work. 



As the carriers have cancelled their proposed increases in rates 

 on lumber from Wisconsin points as treated in I. & S. 687, the 



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Hardwood for floors and interior trim keeps gaining favor at a 

 rate that insures hardwood becoming one of the most important mate- 

 rials of the home building of the future. 



