HARDWOOD RECORD 



September 10, 1918 



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Pertinent Information 



Dunnage Agents Appointed 



The British Government has appointed the Lucas E. Moore Stuvr Com- 

 Ijany of New Orleans, to act as exclusive dunnage agents at the porta of 

 New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans, to 

 cover the handling of all lumber and staves to go abroad by British ves- 

 sels from the mentioned ports. 



Speedy Work on Special Order 



Hoffman Bros. Company, Fort Wayne, Ind., have made a rather notable 

 record In the production of ash lumber on a special order. 



A short time ago the company received communication from a Cleve- 

 land house asking it to get out certain specifications in ash up to a 

 certain quantity. The order was received on a Friday afternoon, at which 

 time the company did not have at its Fort Wayne, Ind., yards any ash logs 

 from which the product could be produced. 



The wheels were started turning immediately, however, and on Sunday 

 night the logs arrived after a trip of 154 miles from where they had stood 

 in an Ohio woods, the trip being made in the company's specially designed 

 motor truck and trailer illustrated herewith with the logs in question. 

 The trailers carried a 

 total of 3,300 feet of 



ash 



35,- 



000 pounds, making a 

 fair average carload. 

 The material was 

 quickly put through 

 the mill and then 

 hauled away to an- 

 other part of the town 

 to be dressed. The en- 

 tire shipment of the 

 finished product was 

 receiv,fd via motor 

 truck at Cleveland on 

 Tuesday evening, fol- 

 lowing the receipt of 

 the order, Cleveland 

 being 1S7 miles from 

 Fort Wayne. 



Wood in Quick 

 Construction Work 



in construction work. 

 use wood. Chicagoans 

 saw the truth of thiN 

 statement in the lasl 

 few weeks through tlir 

 use of lumber in the 

 building of the wn) 

 exposition structuri>, 

 on the lake front, in 

 Grant Park. Within 

 less than three weeks, 

 actual building time, 

 buildings covering ten 

 acres were completed. 

 When the doors of 

 Chicago's war exposition opened on Labor day 



.UMBERING 



ugh 



the use of any other buildir 



Government Demand Stimulates Lumber Production 



In view of recent discussions of government lumber prices, it Is inter- 

 esting to note that the Treasury Department in a report to Congress on 

 profiteering takes the position that lumber production has been stimulated 

 by the sudden enormous government demand for lumber for war purposes, 

 and has yielded profits several times larger than in normal years to timber 

 owners, millmen, distributors and retailers. 



Short Line Railroads 



Early in August the director of railroads. W. G. McAdoo, issued the 

 following order regarding the operation and management of certain rail- 

 roads. It is known as Circular 46 : 



Effective July 29, 1918, the short line section of the division of public 

 service and accounting has been created, and Edward C. Niles has been 

 appointed manager, with oifice at Washington. D. C. 



The short line section will be charscd with the duty of seeing that short 

 line roade which nri' b'inc r.pi rntnil I.v thnir owners whether under Fed- 

 eral control based i ,,,,ti,,.i .,, ,.|hMi.t definitely relinquished from 



Federal control rr, , , i ,,1 1, , . :, ,,i ,:,ira. fair treatment in the rout- 

 ing of traffic, and n , ,1 ii,r available car supply, and such 



helpful co-operation :i.,ii, 11,, 1 nn.d si;,irK Railroad Administration as is 

 consistent with pre^.-m wai .junditiuns, and that in general in their rela- 

 tion to other railroads they are fairly dealt with. 



Chinese Lumber Market 



A recent consular report says that the difflculties encountered in keep- 

 ing the Chinese market supplied with lumber made the past year a most 

 unusual one. Owing to transportation difflculties the imports of Oregon 

 pine amounted to only 20,000,000 feet. The demand far exceeded the 

 supply, and as so-called Oregon pine is now the basic wood for modern 

 construction work in this country the market remained firm throughout 

 the year, wiih the result that large profits were made. Substitutes were 

 sought among native timbers and about 18,000,000 feet of yellow and 

 white pine were secured from Antung. This pine is similar to that of 

 Michigan and Wisconsin. 



On account of the high prices of softwoods, Philippine hardwoods found 

 a readier sale than usual, lauan, apltong, and palosapis being freely in 

 demand. Of these woods 4,000,000 feet were imported into Shanghai 

 alone, Tienstin taking about 1,000,000 feet. The market created for these 

 hardwoods is likely to be maintained, as the Chinese like the high-grade 

 hardwoods and will continue to use them for interior finish in their 

 buildings. 



As a substitute for Philippine hardwoods oak was extensively used, 

 about 3,000,000 feet coming from Japan and 1,000,000 from Manchuria. 

 Almost all of this cargo was prepared in mills in Shanghai and from there 

 distributed among treaty ports on the Yangtsze and through Tienstin. 

 Shanghai is generally considered the central distributing point for timber 



m China as an aver- 

 igc of 70 per cent of 

 all m a n u f a c t ured 

 woods d 1 s t r i b uted 

 through northern and 

 central China passes 

 through Shanghai. 



Million Dollars 



Loaned the Forest 



Service 



V loan of $1,000,000 

 h Is lieen made to the 

 Toiest Service from 

 thf Prtsident's special 

 di tense fund to coin- 

 bit fires in the na- 

 tional forests of the 

 noithwi-stein and Pa- 

 tihc Coast states. 



Forestiv officers re- 

 ,:riril the present fire 

 s( xson m the North- 

 west as being in some 

 rispttts the most se- 

 rujus with which the 

 i,oMrnment has ever 

 bid to deil. Early 

 di ought high winds, 

 ilictrical storms, la- 

 lior shoitage, and de- 

 pletion ot the regular 

 loKc because of the 

 w ir ha%e combined to 

 inti nsifv the danger. 

 Timber necessary for 

 war industries is in 

 danger. 



Resort to the Presi- 

 dent's special defense 

 fund was necessary, because the 1918-19 appropriation bill for the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture has not yet been passed by Congress. 



Schools for Employment Specialists 



The government has taken a hand in schools which will train men and 

 women as employment managers. Courses will be given at Harvard, Bos- 

 ton University, Columbia University, University of Rochester, Carnegie 

 Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh, University of Wash- 

 ington, Seattle, and University of California. There are thus far 172 

 graduates from these classes. These courses in employment management 

 are designed to train men or women, who already have a basic experience 

 of at least three years in industrial life and factory methods, and who 

 have come in actual contact with shop problems. Employers of labor, 

 particularly those having war contracts, are urged to suggest men or 

 women from their own organizations as candidates for these courses. The 

 courses run from six weeks to two months, and deal principally with 

 employment management. There is no tuition charge for the course ; but 

 the students pay their own board and buy their own books. 



The Philippines Heard From 



On August 22 a draft for $723.50 and a money order for $50, making 

 a total of $773.50. were received from the Philippine Islands by the Wel- 

 fare Fund for lumbermen and foresters in War Service. 



