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First: That most air-dried lumber before it is placed into tlie liiln 

 has been dried to or sligbtly below the saturation point. 



Second: That the actual difference in tlie shrinkage of test pieces of 

 same length and moisture content, but of different species, is compara- 

 tively small and need not be taken into consideration. 



ITiird : That the amount of shrinkage of test pieces of the same length 

 varies in direct proportion to their moisture content. It is on these facts 

 that the Zighometer was designed. 



The catalogue contains some excellent illustrations showing the exact 

 working of the instrument. 



Death of M. F. Greene 



M. F. Greene, one of the foremost hardwood lumbermen of Nashville, 

 died suddenly at his home in that city, aged sixty-one years. Mr. Greene 

 was a member of the Davidson, Hicks & Greene Company, one of the 

 largest lirms in this territory. He was preparing to go to his oIBce. 

 when he was suddenly stricken at his home, and died in a few minutes. 

 Mr. Greene was a native of Youngville, Pa., and came to Nashville when 

 twenty-nine years old. At one time he conducted the Union IjUmber 

 Company, and later was associated with John B. Ransom & Co. For 

 sixteen years he had been one of the active members of the Davidson. 

 Hicks & Greene Company, having held the position of secretary and 

 treasurer a large part of the time. He was prominent in church and 

 fraternal circles. He leaves a widow and two sons, the latter being 

 J. L. and H. M. Greene, who are associated with the company. 



J. W. Thompson and E. E. Taenzer Leave Memphis 



Memphis is about to lose two gentlemen who have been prominently 

 identitied with the hardwood trade of this section for a number of years, 

 J. W. ThompsoA and E. E. Taenzer. They will leave Memphis within 

 the next few days to engage in the business of manufacturers' agents 

 on the Pacific coast. Mr. Thompson was for a number of years at the 

 head of the J. W. Thompson Lumber Company. More lately he has been 

 engaged in the commission business under his own name. E. E. Taenzer 

 was the principal owner of E. E.. Taenzer & Co., and when this business 

 was closed out he became a member of the Darnell-Taenzer Lumber 

 Compan.v. Several years ago he withdrew from the latter and reorgan- 

 ized E. E. Taenzer & Co., conducting a wholesale business in hardwood 

 lumber. Both of these gentlemen have been quite prominently identified 

 with the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis and with various other associa- 

 tions, and much regret is expressed in local lumber circles over the fact 

 that they' have decided to cast their lot in such a far country. 



Pertinent Information 



statistical Record of the Progress of the United States 

 An epitomized record of the nation's growth in area, population, and 

 resources is contained in a pamphlet just issued by the Department of 

 Commerce through its Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, en- 

 titled "Statistical Record of the Progress of the United States, 1800- 

 1D14." In all cases whore the statistical data permit, the tables cover 

 more than a century : the later inauguration of certain lines of sta- 

 tistics necessarily restricts, in those cases, the period covered. 



A half-century retrospect, readily available by reference to tables 

 appearing in the pamphlet, affords a clear perspective of the nation's 



growth. Since 1850 the population of the United States has more than 

 quadrupled, being approximately 100,000,000 at the present time. In 

 the same period, however, foreign commerce has grown from .$318,000,000 

 to $4,'.i59,000,000 and the per capita value of exports from JlO.'.iG to 

 $23.27. National wealth has Increased from $7,000,000,OCO in 1870 to 

 approximately If 1 40,000,000.000 : money in circulation from $279,000,000 

 to .$3,410,000,000, and New York hank clearings from approximately 

 $5,0(0,(100.00(1 to over $!)S,000,O0O,O0(), while for the entire country bank 

 clearings have grown from $52,000,000,000 in 1887, the earliest year for 

 which figures are available, to $174,000,000,000 in 1013. 



Evidences of improved social conditions among the people are also 

 found in the Statistical Record. For example, 1!),OCO,000 children are 

 now enrolled in public schools and about 200,000 students in colleges 

 and other higher institutions of learning, and the total expenditures on 

 behalf of education now approximate $.")()(),000.000 a year, the result 

 being a rapid increase in general intelligence and a marked decrease in 

 illiteracy. Over 22,000 newspapers and periodicals are disseminating 

 information among the people, and the report shows a steady growth in 

 the number of libraries in the country. In 1830 depositors in savings 

 banks were 251,000 in number; today the number is 11.000,000 with 

 deposits, exclusive of those in other savings institutions, aggregating 

 $4.7.'j0,000,000, or more than loO times as much as the middle of the 

 last century. 



Increased activity on the farms, in the factories, and in the great 

 transportation industries has also developed during the last half- 

 century. The value of farms and farm property increased from $4,000,- 

 000. Olio in 1S30 to $41,000,000,000 in ITIO : the value of manufactures, 

 from $1,000,000,000 to over $20,000,0(0,(100; and the number of miles 

 of railway in operation from 9.021 in ISoO to 2.58,033 in 1912. In the 

 last quarter-century the number of passengers carried has increased from 

 402,0r.0,000 to 1.004,000.000, and the volume of freight handled from 632,- 

 000.000 to 1.845.000.000 short tons. Nearly 20,000,000.000 pieces of out- 

 going mail matter are handled annually by the postotlice department, 

 which disbursed in this important pulilii' service last .vear $262,000,000, or 

 .$2.70 per capita. 



The range of subjects included in the Statistical Record extends to 

 many other factors of national life, such as farm production, production 

 of minerals, the consumption of liquors, prices of staple commodities, 

 and financial conditions : while broad outlines are shown with respect 

 to the world's development in population, production, commerce, carry- 

 ing power, etc. The book is_sold by the Superintendent of Documents, 

 \Yasliington, 1). C, for ten cents a copy. 



American Hardwoods in England 



Tiie London Timber Ti fides Journal says that American hardwood con- 

 ditions, as they affect that side of the Atlantic, continue to move in favor 

 of holders of spot stocks. The demand has been reduced considerably of 

 late, but, on the other hand, arrivals have gradually diminished, for a 

 variety of reasons. Apart from the holding up of contracts by buyers, 

 shippers have in some cases delayed shipment themselves. Then again 

 there was the tonnage available to bring shipments forward, and added to 

 this, buying since the war began has been very restricted. The factor, 

 however, which has had most influence on market conditions and prices is 

 the absence, or rather the gradual reduction, of consignment parcels. 

 There can be little doubt that so far as the outlook is concerned there is 

 no reason to suspect any increase in the volume of consignments in the 

 near future. Freight rates and other things will certainly tend to restrict, 

 if not indeed prevent, anything of the kind for some time to come. The 

 latist advices, if they can be relied upon, says the London paper, indicate 



THE LATE M. F. GREENE, NASIIVII.LK, TENN. 



TlKiMPSiiN. .MEMPHIS, TENN. 



E. E. TAENZEi:. MEMPHIS. TENN. 



