HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Hardwood Record f&ail 'Bag. 



[In this department it Is proposed to reply 

 to such inquiries as reach this office from the 

 Hardwood Record clientage as will be of enough 

 general interest to warrant publication. Every 

 patron of the paper 's invited to use this de- 

 partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt 

 will be made to answer queries pertaining to all 

 matters of interest to the hardwood trade. In 

 a succinct and intelligent manner.l 



Dry Kiln Processes. 



Dresden, Ont., Dec. 14. — Editor Habdwoop 

 Record: Can you tell us how to kiln dry 2% 

 in. x 4 in. x 10 ft. pieces of green white and 

 red oak, if possible, so that they will have no 

 season checks in them at any time during the 

 drying process? 



The inquirer has been furnished the ad- 

 dresses of several firms claiming to make a 

 dry kiln which will accomplish this task, and 

 others wlm would like to communicate with 



the inquirer will be furnished his nam 



application. — Editor. 



How to Burn Cottonwood Sawdust. 

 A correspondent writes: "If there is anything 

 harder to burn than Cottonwood sawdust, those 

 who operate mills cutting this wood will be hard 



PRINT OF RIVER BIRCH LEAF. 



to convlnc f the fact. However, the Otis 



Manufacturing Company of New Orleans, La., 

 has discovered how- to gel results from this 

 fuel. The company is burning all its cotton- 

 wood sawdust, and it saws nothing but cotton- 

 wood on the night run, and does not lind it 

 necessary i" us,' any dry wood at all, keeping 

 steam entirely with Ihe sawdusi anil the small 



blocks direct from, ihe saw. All the firevi 



is sold. For this gratifying condition of affairs 

 the company gives credit to Ho- Gordon Hollow 

 Blast Grate, manufactured by the Gordon Hoi 

 i..w Blast Grate Company of Greenville, Mich. 

 Before this grate was put in the company could 

 ir t burn mere than halt tie' sawdust, and had 

 to tit-.- 1 ■ r > almost entirely on dry wood, \..w 

 it is never delayed by lai k of Steam and fre- 

 quently has to shut off the blast while running 

 on good-sized logs." 



Who Uses Willow? 



Columbus, O., For. 17.— Editor Hardw 



Record: Can you give me the address ■ 

 firm which uses willow in the manufacture 

 artificial legs? 



The writer has been supplied with a list ol 



a dozen manufacturers of artificial legs. The 

 name of the writer will be furnished to any 

 others interested. — Editor. 



Felloes Wanted. 

 Stockton, Cal., Dec. 12. — Editor Habdwood 

 i;i,, ,1:1,. We tire seeking tor some felloe manu- 

 facturer who will saw for us thr r tour car- 

 loads of saw.'.l oak felloes, consisting of the fol- 

 lowing sizes ; 



:: s :i', 

 ::cx4 

 4 x3 

 4',x4> J 

 4 -\4 1 1 

 These felloes i" be all circles from :: feet to 

 I feel 10 inches high. If you know of any one 

 who can furnish such material, kindly put us in 

 touch with them. — — Manupactubing 



Compact. 



Anyone wishing to communicate with the 

 above inquirer will be furnished the address 

 on reouest. — Editor. 



Greasy If Not Slippery. 

 I'tiTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 19. — Editor Hardwood 

 Recobd : Enclosed please find copy of corre- 

 spondence which we have had with the Reliance 

 nil i: Crease Company of Cleveland, O., in ref- 

 erence to a carload of lumber which we sold 

 them a short time ago. 



They intended evidently to catch us bj their 

 old time trick, 1ml we told them that we could 

 not take oils in exchange, and they instructed 

 us to go ahead and ship the car at regular 

 terms. When it arrived at destination they 

 wired us finding fault with thr stock and ask- 

 ing a reduction, which we refused to allow. 



We then instructed them to turn this car 

 over to the Mills Carlton Company of Cleveland. 

 1 1. The following day they wired us that they 

 bad seen their customer again and that they 

 would take the ear as per their original order. 

 of course, we naturally overlooked the fact 

 of their original order calling for an exchange 

 of oils. We wired them. ■All right, go ahead 

 and take the car," and confirmed same by letter 

 asking them to promptly hand us freight bill 

 and check covering the amount of the car. 



This was nolo.' 10 1I10 Reliance Oil & Grease 



Company that we undersf 1 their telegram to 



mean that they would take tin' stock as per out- 

 original invoice. 



As a matter of fact, we do n..i believe that 

 they ever showed ibis lumber to any customer 

 in Cleveland, 0., but merely duplicated their 

 trick in handing us this last telegram. Wo 

 immediately got out a circular to find out 

 where the car was finally disposed of, and we 

 finally learn. rd thai it was purchased by the 

 Brown Lumber Company, Massillon, O., for 

 1. net .sum of $465.74. By referring to our 

 Invoice, copy of same herewith attached, to the 

 Reliance Oil & Grease Company, you will, see 

 1 h.n ibis car cosl them $595.55. 



Consequently, on the face of it they would 

 make a loss of $129.81. This of itself is evi- 

 dence of gross fraud and we are informed by 

 quite a number of the lumber drains in Cleve 

 land that Ibis firm has been in this line of 

 business for manj years past and are practically 

 a standing joke among the lumber trade of 

 .land. At the same time we are informed 

 that the Reliance nil & Grease Company make 

 a hal/ii of buying anything which they can get 

 a hold of, either a carload of boots and shoes, 

 a carload ol hardware, a carload of grain, or 

 hay, or lumber, of anything else, working the 

 ame exchange "i oil game right along 



They have certainly picked us up. but al the 

 same time we believe that we are i" a position 

 to prove'fraud and false pretenses without any 

 question, and we have therefore placed our claim 



in the hands of McGraw & Messick, attorueys- 

 at law. Cleveland, O., and at the same time we 

 have requested R. 1;. Dun & c... Bradstreel and 

 also He Cleveland Wholesale I. umber Dealers' 

 Association to co-operate with our attorneys 



As far as the question of libel is concerned 

 you need not have any fears whatever on this 

 score, as tins concern's reputation is too well 

 established to justify them to think for a mo- 

 ment of bringing a libel suit. 



It seems that nearly every business house in 



Cleveland has 1 a on t., their game for many 



years, but the difficulty is that no one victim 

 has taken the trouble to give the matter proper 

 publicity. As far as we are concerned we are 

 certainly not proud of the fact of our having 

 been picked up. and any advertisement in con- 

 nection with the same would not be at all de 

 sirable. However, for Ihe benefit of the lumber 

 trade, we are willing you should use our name 

 and the information we give you in any way 

 which you mas see tit. Yours very truly. 

 American Lumber & Mfg. o>. 

 W. It. Johnstos , President 



The above letter is accompanied in 1 0] 

 ..I voluminous correspondence by mail and 

 wire covering the transaction noted. It peri 

 ties the facts set forth herewith, it is pub 

 lished not so much as n warning againsi the 



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Reliance Oil & Grease Company's busini 

 methods as it is in illustrate how even careful 

 and painstaking business houses get caught 

 on technicalities. The Hardwood Record is 

 especially pleased to publish tins eommuni a 

 nun because the average lumberman when he 

 gets "soaked" iu a transaction like the fore 



g o. keeps the matter to himself ami pd 1 



.•is his loss rather than confess ins di 

 lilure and warn other: in I he I rade. There 



i, our readei - eai I fail t mmend the 



attitude of the American Lumber &■ Manu- 

 facturing Company in frankly fessing that 



ia been stuck by a scheme and 

 others to profit ■ perience. Editor,. 



The- W. F. Williams Company of Trs 

 City, Mich., which makes a specially of m 



Hg, had one of the most 

 in its history in 1906. The factory put out 

 last year over 7,500,000 feet of flooring, which 

 was shipped all over the country. 



