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Demand for Lumber in the Azores 

 The luinl)or miirkets of the wnrlil will be laife-el.v reorganized after the 

 war, and .\merlean material will (ill an Important place. For that reason 

 It Is proper to follow the trend of events as closely as possible In various 

 countries. In order to be prepared to take all advantages that are pre- 

 sented. On April 20 the Consular and Trade Report, by the Bureau of 

 Foreign and Domestic Commerce, published an account of the Azores lum- 

 ber market by Consul John Q. Wood, and a summary of his report is 

 lierc given : 



The principal woods used here, of local growth, are pine, acacia. 



" ' ' le. cryptomerla, and cedar 



floors, rafters, beams, and 



practically no wooden houses 



■ ipted for furniture. Car- 



ns and carts and is also 



-in view of the smallness 



voods have come into use. 



u k; :ii:i . I I merit attention. In normal 



n iiiiikii]^' hoxps for the export trade in pine- 



. and c.ranges. There are twenty-seven saw- 



,■ mil l>v steam, six bv water power, and one 



St opinion available is that the local output 



?r twice as much as the Imported product in 



? Industry has created a demand for 

 come from the United States. There 



Ircnt Tlritiiin nnd Oermanv bv persons 

 .1 in tl,U ■.i.I.i^trv— J:..rmanv s..n,Ilng 



normal times. 



The development of the plneappl 

 Imported wood, most of which has 

 have been some rnnslsrnments frnm C] 

 In those cnnrrl-s ,liro,-tlv [nu-r, ■«.■,'. 

 Russian tiln-. ■ i-:mi--1 K.p. .1 ' ■ 

 shipped for I , ; , :, , 



assume tliai 



market fc.r pi hpi' ■ !■ i :i 



are practically the onlv w. 

 structlon of portions of Ii.n 

 and fishing boats, and aN- 

 engaged in the commerce "i 



stmcted of wood during thi 



prices of the linnorted articles ]r.iv : 



the amount In board feet decreased. 



up to the commencement of the war. 



ceased and at the present time freidits an. ..,, bish that nric 



at the local ports are prohibitive, although there Is practically no foreign 



timber on the Islands. At the conclusion of the war there will he n 



limited demand for this same purpose, even at the high prices that will 



Prices of lumber from the United States before the war and at present 

 are here shown: Southern yellow pine, before the war, $71.43: now. 

 Sl.'iO. White pine, before the war. JlOO: now. not anv sold. Rlack wal- 

 nut before the war. tS~)7.i5 : none sold now. Oak was $214.29 : now. $Snn. 



In 1917 about 250.000 feet of lumber were \ised for furniture in the city 

 of Ponta Delgada. Practically all kinds of furniture are made there. 



The Italian Lumber Market 



Consul F. T. F. Dumont. Florence, Italy, sends the following report In 

 regard to Italy's lumber needs : 



The yearly cut from Italian forests, excluding firewood, before the war 

 amounted to not more than 000,000,000 feet, board measure, per year. 

 Up to date the lack of Imported lumber and the demands of the war have 

 made such Inroads upon the supply that for about 15 years no more 

 timber can be cut. If the war ends within a year or two, Italy must 

 import at least 2.000.000,000 board feet per year ; but If lumbei; prices 

 abroad are approximately the same in gold as they were before the war, 

 it will import from 3,000,000.000 to 4,000,000,000 board feet for about 3 

 years and 2,000.000.000 board feet for the 12 years following. Many 

 Italian lumber concerns had their own tracts of timber and mills in that 

 part of Austria bordering upon the Italian Veneto. These concerns will 

 not go hack Into Austria If lumber can be imported from elsewhere and 

 lumber p'-iccs are at all within reason. 



Outside of southern pine from the United States, practically all the 

 wood Imported was of the kind known In Italy as "abete" (European 

 pine or fir). In my opinion, there will be a postwar market for American 

 spruce, hemlock, southern pine, swamp cypress, redwood and Douglas fir 

 or Oregon pine, as well as for a fair quantity of American white oak, the 

 last named In the form of railway ties particularly. The market for 

 American pitch pine will always be here on account of its use for hard- 

 wood Cooring and similar purposes. I suggest that American manufac- 

 turers begin to exhibit In Italy. In the .\merican consulates or elsewhere, 

 small samples of all the woods mentioned, except pitch pine and whit, 

 oak, both of which are well known. Several qualities of each variety, with 

 the prices of each quality, should be exhibited and goods guaranteed to 

 sample. I believe that southern pine and southern swamp cypress are 

 just the- woods to take the place of the "abete," and that Oregon pine and 

 rcdwiMPd can not help finding a good market. All, however, must be fur- 

 nished at a price to compete with .\ustrlan lumber, otherwise Italy would 

 be compelled to turn to .\ustria again. The great requirement is to have 

 samples of American wood in Italy now. so that Italian dealers may see 

 just what the United States can furnish in the way of cheap lumber. 

 Early Users of Emery 



The use of emery for grinding and cutting hard surfaces Is commonly 

 supposed to have been an Invention of a few years ago, but some of the 

 dates need tn he revised In view of Investigations made In the forgotten 

 work shops burled under the sands of Egypt. Flinders I'etrle has found 

 emery tools plainly showing that they had been used for i)ollshlng and 

 grinding purposes by Egyptians of the prehistoric period, dating back at 

 least 7,000 years ago. 



