HAKUWOOD RECORD 



April 10. IflKI 



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HK popular Birds Eye Maple FLirniture 

 is made from our Bleaehed Veneers 

 that will not Turn Yellow. 



Send for Samples 



BIRDS EYE VENEER COMPANY 



Escanaba. Michi^nn 



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rowlli will pnxlurf one croiwtic nn<l nne fence post, the liirijor portion 



f the tnink lieInK iinltnlile for the tie. nnil the smnller for pouts. 



Planning a Handle Factory 



WlllUm Ilaan & Son will .-iiilillsh ii sh..v.'l hiin.lle fii.tory lit Tine 

 •.!uir. Ark., n^ w>on as ii site i» swur.il. Th- mill Ik seeklnu -.'.-(Miiio feet 

 1 M-con.I Krowth n.h tlmlM-r. The fnetory will have n inpiKlly of 200 

 ;..ien hamllen |>or iloy anil will employ alioiil Iwenty-Hve men. 



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Pertinent Information 



Lumber Still Crosses the Seas 



Th.iuch ships iir.- >eiir<c and chnrters hliih. the lunilierinen of the north- 



rn rnclflc roast »tlll lluil ways of senillne their produet iilirouil. Dnrlng 



iry thirty seven vessels loa<le<l with lumlier li'ft ports In WashlnKton 



• reRon for forelun lands. earrylnB IT.'^ilMl'^ feet of Innilier. <on- 



.....1 to EnglaDd. Tcni. Chile. New Zealand. I'anauin. Chlnn. .lapan and 



vustralla. Soventwn of the lumber-carrying ships floated the .\ini>rlran 



■'ag. 



Export Record Broken 



Another n-cord hus p.ne to snln^h. Ain'-rlran eximrts for February 



• lalwl »-»09.S30.5"jr.. which was the highest mark ever reached by the 



\port trade of this country. During no month In the past did our 



shipments nbroail ever come within fifty million dollars of that mark. 



It now seems probable that the exports for the fl.scnl year which ends 



liine 30 will reach J4.OO0.OOO.0O0. The Imports for Fi'bruary were 



.renter than for the lorresponding month In ijny preceding year. Over 



iwothinis of the months Imports entered ihiiy fn-e. 



By-Products of the American Lumber Industry 

 Prof. II. K. Benson has completed a careful study of the progress 

 being made In this country In utilizing the billions of feet of wood that 

 have hitherto been wasted. The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic f'om- 

 merce has published the results of this investigation In the form of a 

 bulletin which It is anxious to place in the hands of every person and 

 concern directly connected or indirectly interested in this subject. 



The report includes chapters on wood distillntion. the manufacture of 

 tannin extract, the production of wood pulp, the manufacture of ethyl 

 alcohol from sawdust, the manufacture of pro<lucer gas. and the progress 

 that has been made Id manufacturing a number of minor wood products, 

 rrof. Benson has described the processes in use. but he has also paid 

 particular attention to the commercial obstacles that have stoo<l In the 

 way of a more rapid development of some lines. When the war Is over 

 a study will be made of these Industries in the European countries 

 where the.v have lieen highly developed. 



The bulletin Is entitled "By-products of the Lumber Industry," Special 

 Agents' Series No. 110, and Is sold for the nominal price of 10 cents 

 by the District Offices of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce 

 and by the Superintendent of Documents. Wnshlngton. 



Extending the Lumber Embargo 



Recent developments in connection with the lirltish order In council 

 requiring shippers of lumber to the United Kihcdom to get licenses for 



crrltiln liliiit" iri '.(inks forwiinli'd iiidbale a tiiiibioy <'ii iIm' part of the 

 Knglish niilhorllleK to narrow the unresirlctitl list more and more, with 

 the ulllmnte aim of Including all of the wooils. KInce Ihi' llmt Interpre- 

 tations of the onler were rei-elvi-d. oak has lieen shifliil from the unre- 

 Ktrlct<-<l to the reHlrlcttsI class, and as oak Is one of the chief Items of 

 export It will readily be seen Ihnt the change means much to the trade. 

 Almost the only portion of the foreign business still unrestrictiil within 

 the limits of the curtnlletl shipping facllllles Is yellow pini'. and the 

 belief prevails that It is only a (|uesllon of time when IbiMisi's will Ih' 

 reiiulriil for yellow pine also. .\s was stati-il at the time, the llrsi diK-lanil 

 purpose of the British government In adopting the license ri'<|ulremi'nt 

 was to keep out of the market stocks which were not really needetl. and 

 with this deelnriil end In view It wan provldeil that licenses from the 

 British Hoard of Trade must be obtaineil for all cabinet woo<1k. Including 

 poplar, gum. basswood. beech, birch, hickory, maple anil some others. 

 The lirsl change was to take hickory out of the restricted class, but 

 Ibis was much more than comfv'nsnted for by Including oak. The pur- 

 pose of 111.' r.rlllsh government Is Ihouglit here to bi' l<i give the Hoard of 

 Trade eonipleie control of the lumber Imports Into the fnllisl Kingdom, 

 anil enable It to exilmle all Imports which In the opinion of the board can 

 be dispensed with. In addlllon. substitution of wooils from I'nuHila. for 

 instance, will be encouraged, the imporls from the T'nlti-d Stales being 

 reduced to n minimum. This policy, in the belief of the shippers. Is 

 intended to be permanent, to continue even after the war. as an economic 

 measure, ami suggests what may be ex|M'cte<l on a large scale. All the 

 nations of Kurope are i^xpectiil to economize. Iiiit It will none the less 

 cause a feeling of disappointment In the I'nlliil Slates that a country 

 which has beniilled most from the enornmus trafllc In certain materials 

 and which has so largely called to Its aid the resources of .\merlca. shouM 

 be vlrtuall.v the first to adopt arbitrary reslrirllons and discriminate 

 against the United States. 



Government's Attitude on Antitrust Prosecutions 



On March L's an ncblnss was delivc-r.-cl l.c ficn- the r.ccsic.n i imwiKn lal 

 Club by Kdward N. Hurley, vlce-i-halrniaii of the Kedenil Trade Com- 

 udsslon. Ills subject was "Trade Assoc lallons and Better Business 

 Methods." He touihed uiion the government's attitude toward prosecu- 

 tions uufler aniltrust laws. Some months ago, said he, a committee from 

 the Chamber of Commerce of the United States sought a conference 

 with the Department of Justice with a view to ascertaining the probable 

 attitude of the department of Justice with respect to future prosecu- 

 tions under the antitrust laws. It was explained to the attorney general 

 by representatives of the committee that If he would express himself. 

 it might be regarded as reassuring to the publb- mind and at the same 

 time dispel some uncertainty which heretofore has been said to exist. 

 A number of conferences were held and the result was that the attorney 

 general made a statement In wiilch among other things he outlined the 

 policy of the department as regards the method of enforcing the law In 

 those cases which are admittedly doubtful. He static! that where men 

 have entered Into a transaction, believing in good faith that the trans- 

 action is a lawful one and subsequently upon complaint made the depart- 

 ment reaches the conclusion that the transaction was not in accordance 

 with the statute, but Is yet satisfied of the good faith and innocent 

 purpose of the parties ami can see that there was ground for the view 

 upon which they acted. It has not been and will not be the policy of the 

 department to Invoke extreme penalties against them. In such a case 

 the department would consider that the Just and appropriate and (|ulck- 

 est way of enforcing the law would be by a civil proceeding in which 

 the queation Involved could be contested or a consent decree entere<l, 

 according as the defendants desired, or by a notice to the parties of the 

 department's conclusion with opportunity to abandon or niodlfy the 

 transaction. It was further stated by the attorney general that no 

 proceeding Is ever lnstltute<l until after the most painstaking and ex- 

 haustive Investigation, in the cour.se of which the person or corporation 

 against whom complaint is made is given full opportunity to submit Its 

 di'fense before any action Is taken. 



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