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The Mail Bag 



Any reader of HARDWOOD RECORD desiring to communlcat. 

 with any of the Inquirers listed In this section can have the ad- 

 ?.'',^*l'r? °"^)^'il'"^" '■«''""* *o *^^e Mall Bag Department, HARB. 

 WOOD RECORD. o37 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, and referring 

 to the number at the head •f each letter aid enclosing a self- 

 addressed stamped envolepe. 



B 873— Wants to Buy Three-ply Veneers 



Newport News, Va., March 6. — Editor Hardwood Rkcoud : Will you 

 kindly give us the names of a few of the most up-to-date three-ply 

 panel manufacturers? Thanking you in advance for this information, 

 we are. 



Those interested should write Hakdwood Record. — Editor. 

 B 874 — Wants to Sell Dimension Stock 



Kilmioliaol, Mi.ss.. March .5.— Editor Hakdwood Rkcciiid ; We have a 

 list of sizes for sale and would lilie to hear from possible buyers. The 

 sizes are: 600 tongues 31.4x4 and 4x4-12'; 200 reaches 2x4-18; ISOn 

 bolsters 3x4-4'6". 3i4x4%-4'6", .•5V4x4%-4"' ; 1700 pieces bone dry bol- 

 sters 3«/ix4Vi-4' and 4'2", 314x5-4', 4'2", 3?ix4%-4' and 4'2" ; 6,000 

 pieces 114x1 Vi-4S"; 2.000 pieces 114x114-44"; 2,000 pieces l%x2V4, 

 2l4x2%-54"; 1,000 pieces IV2X214 and 2i4x2?i-4S". The entire stoclc 

 is for sale at a price that should be attractive. 



Habdwood Kecokd will supply interested parties with the address 

 of the above correspondent. — Editor. 



B 875— Wants to Buy Kiln-Dried Poplar 

 New Yorlj, March 5. — Editor Hardwood Record : Will you put us in 

 touch with anyone who could furnish 4/4 and ;")/4 poplar No. 1 common 

 grade, and the same in 4/4 S2S to 7/S and 5/4 S2S to I14, length IS" 

 to 30", kiln dried ? Any information you can give us w'ill be appre- 

 ciated. 



Poplar manufacturers in a position to supply this stock can have 

 the information on addressing H.utDWOOD Eecord. — Editor. 

 B 876— Wants to Sell Bending Stock 



Bingham, Ky.. JIarch 2. — Editor Haudwood Uiccord : Kindly give me 

 the addresses of good, responsible parties who will be in the market for 

 green beecli and hard maple. Also someone who buys bending oal; as 

 I can furnish this stock green from the saw. 



Interested parties should write Hardwood Record. — Editor. 



B 877 — Wants Market for Plain Oak Dimension 

 Dermott, Ark., March 3. — Editor Hardwood Record : We have nearly 

 a million feet of regular lumber lengths and widths in 1" oak, red and 

 white, which w'e are figuring on sawing up into plain oak dimensions. 

 We would like to hear from any and all factories using rough plain oak 

 dimensions of any kind 1" thick. We want to hear from table top 

 users, filing cabinet manufacturers and makers of bookcases, desks, 

 kitchen cabinets, users of plain oak strips from IH to 5" wide, regular 

 lumber lengths;, and from anyone who has use for any width or length 

 of 1" oak. Our oak is of good mild texture, and it positively necessary, 

 we might arrange to kiln dry it for those who need it so. 



Anyone in the market for these varieties of stock should write 

 Hardwood Record. — Editor. 



B 878 — Wants Information as to Black Gum 



Grand Rapids. Wis.. February 2.".. — Editor [lARPwrxiD Record; We 

 have had a numlier of comments made on black gum with which we 

 are not familiar in detail. Can you tell us who is manufacturing 

 this, and has a distributing point in Chicago or this vicinity, and where 

 we might also get information regarding the quality of the lumber 

 and its value? ■ 



This inquiry comes from a large furniture manufacturing institu- 

 tion. Hardwood Record has advised as foUows: 



Black gum is lumbered throughout the hardwood region from New 

 England to Texas, but the trees do not occur in thick stands. They 

 are scattered sparingly through forests of other timber, and logs go 

 to sawmills a few at a time. It is doubtful if any mill makes a spe- 

 cialty of this lumber. 



It is often marketed as tupelo or cotton gum, and the trees are 

 closely related and their wood much alike. The best black gum grows 

 among the mountains from Pennsylvania to Tennessee, but it occurs 

 throughout the entire Ohio valley. In making inquiries of mills you 

 should be explicit in stating that it is black and not tupelo gum that 

 is wanted ; otherwise you may get tupelo. — Editor. 



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Clubs and Associations 



Manufacturers' Association Board Meets 

 Under the constitution of the Hardwood Manufacturers' .\.sBOClatlon 

 of the United States, the executive board must meet not less than three 

 times each year. The first of these meetings was held at Cincinnati 

 on Thursday, March 4. A number of routine matters came up for con- 

 sideration. 



According to the report of Secretary W. H. WcUer, the new board seems 

 to be thoroughly Interested in its work, and scvpoteen out of nineteen 

 members were present. 



Northern Fire Protective Association Meets 



Seventy five timber owners in the upper peninsula, representatives of 

 northern Michigan railroads, and railroad men from, lower Michigan, 

 attended the fourth annual meeting of the Northern Forest Fire Pro- 

 tective Association at Marquette, Mich., on March 2. 



The discussion of fire prevention methods, such as use of locomo- 

 tive spark arresters and devices used in fire-flghtlng. took up the greater 

 part of the session. A number of the railroad men gave brief descrip- 

 tions of the work their railroads are doing in fighting the fire hazard. 

 Reports of the association show that more was done last year than ever 

 before in educating the public iu the prevention of forest fires, and 

 also that the railroads are co-operating with the association In every 

 way possible. 



The association started in 1911 and at that time faced a very serious 

 condition. The association employes cut out a fire line, figuratively 

 speaking, from the Montreal river to Detour, running laterals Into every 

 county in the upper peninsula. Today the association has a member- 

 ship of 175 corporations, firms, and individuals who realize that the 

 work is productive of excellent results. 



In his report Secretary Wyman said that the expenditures had in- 

 creased from .$11,879.78 in 1911 to ?19,f>14.12 in 1914. The fact 

 that all this money is raised on direct appropriation from firms and Indi- 

 viduals gives evideuce that the real value of the work Is fully realized. 

 The report goes on to tell of the season's work, which in the main was 

 highly satisfactory, outlining the increased evidence of co-operation, and 

 told of the enforcement of laws and forest education. 



Others who spoke were representatives of spark arrester manufactur- 

 ers, L. K. Pyle, fuel supervisor of the Soo line ; E. E. Wells of Mar- 

 quette, who spoke on the subject of oil fuel as a preventive of locomotive 

 fires, and many other railroad men. 



Final Plan for National Organization to Promote Use of Wood 



The Forest Products T'edcration has .inst issued elaborated plans recom- 

 mended by the special committee on organization as unanimously adopted 

 by the federation of I'ebruary 25. This committee is composed of A. T. 

 Oerrans, cliainnan, Frederick We.verhreuser, F. A. Uofheins, H. C. Scearce 

 and .lolin li Kaul. 



After reviewing the function of the massmeeting and the need of the 

 work, and the aim, the elaborated report outlines the organization and 

 administration of plans. 



The following plan of organization was proposed by the executive com- 

 mittee, approved by the special committee on organization and adopted b.v 

 the convention ; 



(1) That the new organization be a department of the National Lumber 

 Manufacturers' Association, koown as the department of tr.ade extension. 



(2) Tliat this departmei:t be administered by an advisory committee, 

 composed of one wholesaler, one retailer, one tlmberland owner and two 

 manufacturers, the number of members to be Increased later If desired. 



(3) That this advisory committee be given ruthority to act In all 

 matters relating to the work of the proposed department. 



(4) That this department have a separate executive head, with the 

 title of manager. 



(5) That the other ,->fncers consist of — 



A construction engineer, who will compile engineering data regarding the 

 use of wood as structural material, and apiwar before the city councils and 

 legislative and engineering bwiies in support of the rightful use of w.xkI. 



-V statistician, who will compile tigures on lire losses, insurance rales and 

 all other activities outlined under (ield of work, and furnish figures for the 

 use of the construction engineer and publicity representative. 



A publicity expert on a consulting Imsls. to aid In preparing and editing 

 puMlcltv matter, and In orocurng Its proper distribution. 



Consulting engineers in various cities to act as directed by the depart- 

 ment In matters relating to its educational and legislative work. 



The plan to centralize the promotion and educational efforts of the lum- 

 ber trade under the direction of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation is based on motives of eRlclency and economy. It seems to avoid 

 the many difficulties Incident to the creation of an entirely new organiza- 

 tion. 



The initial field of activity will Include the following; 



(1) Compilation of full and reliable Information upon; (a) fire losses; 

 lb! Insurance rales; (e) building codes; (d» uses of wood; (e) substi- 

 tutes for wood; (fl antl-wnod legislation; (Rl wood preservation 



(2) To co-operate with and assist other organizations of woodworking 

 and consuming interests. ,, . . 



rn To dis-emlnate Information by speakers, bulletins, newspapers and 

 magazine arUcles, exhibits, advertising, etc., upon the properties and uses 



" (4)" To oppose unfair discrimination against wood in building codes, 

 regulations, ordinances, legislation, etc. 



