HARDWOOD RECORD 



26c 



M:[ii_v have utilizod all of tliei» vard room. Movement of luniljer now 

 ■ nriouiits to practically nothing, ami there is now practically two 

 years cut awaiting a market. Much of this is of low grade. The 

 I>roblem of the manufacturer now is to place these low grades in the 

 consuming markets of the central states in competition with sub- 

 stitutes and northern hardwoods. He cannot do it with the present 

 rate adjustment. Chart No. 6 clearly shows there has been no money 

 in the hardwood business for five years. I do not believe that the 

 carriers expect us to develop tonnage for them at a loss to ourselves. 

 Even though we have done this in the past, sound business judgment 

 will not jiermit a continuance of this ])ractice. We believe rates 

 U]ion which gum has been transported during the past ten years are 

 rea.sonal)ly compensatory. Of that fact we feel certain, and I doubt 

 if any of our railroad friends will question this statement. The re- 

 ductions we are recommending to you will be offset by increased 

 tonnage, and it is my understanding that volume in transportation 

 makes the profits. Chart No. 6 shows that we cannot get any profit 



from gum at present rates. We believe the carriers can derive a 

 profit from its transportation at lower rates. We are willing to con- 

 tinue producing gum if the carriers will join in the burden. Other- 

 wise, we will be compello<l to cease manufacturing gum, and lose 

 value of the stumpage and time and money spent in former years 

 in trying to establish a trade for this wood. 



The manufacturer of wood products who is not keenly alive to 

 the offerings of new machinery and appliances to further his busi- 

 ness is likely to overlook something that will leave him in a rut 

 and falling behind the procession. 



Considerable trade may be developed under the Hag right at 

 home as well as by following it into foreign lands. 



Many a man has learned from experience that it is much easier 

 to make money out of a sawmill on paper than when soiling the' 



product. 



CROSS SECTION OF LOG 16" TO 19" IN DI.\METER. 

 SEE TABLE BELOW. 



CROSS SECTION OF LOG 12" TO 15" IN DIAMETER. 

 SEE TABLE BELOW. 



PRODUCT OF GUM LOGS 

 I2toI5 inches DIAMETER 



CHART No. 4. 



Ninctj-two pir 

 and larttiT iimld Ix; manufactured Willi 

 rates, and but 40."i feet per acre would lio 



Feet 



Arkansas 10.«8;".Miii,iMiri 



Louisiana .S.KTL'.iKMi.iioci 



.Mississippi T.lMO.UUii.iiiio 



nt, or 4,095 feet, of i-'inn timber per acre of this size 

 reduction or o cents 



destroyed. 



Cars 



712,400 



558,100 



475,.".00 



In freight 



FrelKh t 



f5:!.4;m.(ioo.oo 



4 L.S.'.T. 5(10.00 



••;5,i;4T.5oii.oo 



26,187.800,000 1,745,800 $130,9.3.5,000.00 

 Additional revenue for railroads $89,18u,000.00 



A careful analysis of what ma.v be cut from small tlmiur will assist the 

 landowner iu haiidllnc one of the vexatious problems thai confront him : 

 l)Ut the mere Unowledce of what such tlml)er Is capable of producing is 

 only part of the main problem. .\ market must be foiuul for this material 

 before It tau be regardwl as an asset, and the practlini part of the problem 

 lies In thai direction and one of the flrst steps to be taken Is to revise 

 freight rates to sucli an extent that the lumber ctit from small logs wlU 

 not be debarred from going to market. 



