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dant ; and in New Orleans some years ago, while 

 ■ XI, nations were being made in a trench, a 

 cypress stockade was found which had been 

 erected in 1730 by the French as a protection 



against the Indians. Son t the pieces meas- 



nred twenty-one inches in width, with a thick- 

 ness of about twelve inches! ami, although it 

 had been buried for so many years, it was In 

 perfect condition when exhumed, even the tool 

 marks being still visible. 



By a series of experiments extending over 

 many years it has been found that cypress 

 wood endures the varying conditions of green- 

 house work better than any other wood. Green- 

 houses are exposed to all the vicissitudes of 

 heat, cold and moisture, and changes of tem- 

 perature show the cypress timber used in their 

 construction to be practically unchanged after 

 more than fifty years of use. Many old doors of 

 this wood made by the early Spaniards are 

 still serviceable, although exposed to a most 

 trying climate. 



It has also been found to be one of the most 

 durable materials for the manufacture of tanks, 

 its close structure and strong fiber resisting the 

 influence not only of water but also of the 

 chemical elements which are used or engen- 

 dered in the manufacture of spirituous liquors 

 and fermented beverages. 



cone of the wheel. This of course does away 

 with the use of rivets and the consequent annoy- 

 ance from their working Loose, etc., and maket 

 1 be wheel much stronger. 



These fans arc scientifically built and are so 

 strong and solid that thej may be run at maxi 

 mum speed without any DOticeable vibration. 

 They are provided with increased pulley sur 

 face, the crown sheet and inlet being made of 

 steel. There is no buckling of suction side while 

 running at high speed. The fans are fitted with 

 universal adjustmenl of bearings, and the bear 

 ings are double ring oiling <it the best babbitt 

 and reamed to size. 



The New York Blower Company manufactures 

 its reversible fan in sizes from 30 inches to 60 



inches, either single or double.. They have 1 



with appreciative users all over the country, as 

 they give most satisfactory results. AH in 

 quiries addressed to the New York Blower Com 

 pany will receive prompt attention. 



Exports of Wood. 

 Wood and manufactures of wood are forming 

 a constantly and rapidly increasing share of the 

 exports of the United States. The total value 

 of wood and its manufactures exp< rted in the 

 nine months ending witli September, 1:1111;, ex- 



of the principal European countries, but to most 

 of the countries of South and Central America. 

 Australia. Philippine Islands, Japan and even 

 Africa. The value of this class of wood, namely. 

 "Logs and sawed and hewn timber," exported 

 to the United Kingdom in 1906 was five and one- 

 half million dollars against three millions in 



in 1S90; to British North America nearly 



against one million In 1896; to Netherlands one 

 and one third millions against one half million 

 in ism;; to British North America nearly ane 

 and one half millions: to Mexico one million; 



to Italy practically one million ; to France tin 



quarter million; to Central American states one 

 half million; and to British Australia over four 

 hundred thousand in 1:11a; against one hundred 

 and thirty thousand in 1S90. 



The largest value of this class of exports Is 

 found in the two groups designated, respectively, 

 as "boards, deals and planks," and "joists and 

 scantlings," the bulk of this being "boards, deals 

 and planks," and, therefore, a class of merchan- 

 dise popularly designated as "lumber." til' this 

 the expiration in 1906 was over twenty tune 

 million dollars, exclusive of that sent to our 

 linn eontiguous territory/ or over thirty millions 

 in all, and it went not only to the principal 

 countries of Europe, hut tn Mexico, Central and 



REVERSIBLE FAN, MANUFACTURED BY NEW YORK 

 BLOWER CO., CHICAGO. 



FAN Willi SUCTION SIDE REMOVED, SHOWING CON- 

 STRUCTION OF WHEEL. 



"Built Right, Run Right." 

 A little over a year ago the New York Blower 

 Company, with general offices at Twenty fifth 

 place and Stewart avenue, Chicago, and works 

 at Bucyrus, O., conceived the idea that a tan 

 to handle shavings, wool, cotton dust, sawdust 

 and stringy material should he reversible so as 

 to feed and discharge, and should be provided 

 with a wheel that would be unobstructible. 



The officers o£ this concern worked diligently 

 with this end in view, and after the expenditure 

 of much time and money succeeded in bringing 

 about what is practically an evolution in [dan 

 ing mill exhausters. These fans have proven 

 their worth, shown the truth of the company's 

 axiom, "built right, run right," and have made 

 for the company an enviable reputation in this 

 line of manufacture. 



The first cut shown herewith pictures the New 

 York Blower Company's reversible fan, with a 

 right hand vertical up discharge. Anyone fa- 

 miliar with fans will readily detect the strong 

 points of this one. The second cut shows I he 

 fan witli the suction side removed, revealing the 

 inside of the fan, from which may be received 

 a fairly clear idea of how the wheel is con- 

 structed. The chief recommendation for this 

 wheel is that the blades are east directly in the 



ceeded by thirty three per cent those of the 

 corresponding period of last year and aggie- 

 gated, for the nine months, no Less than fifty- 

 nine million dollars. If to this are added the 

 shipments of this character to the non-contig- 

 uous territory of the ["luted States, not now 



Included in our foreign trade figures, the total 



value of wood and its manufactures leaving our 

 ports in the nine months in question will aggre 

 gate sixty-one million dollars or at lie rate of 

 eighty-one million dollars a year. A decada agtJ, 



in the fiscal year 1896, the total value of w 1 



and its manufactures exported was practically 

 thirty two million dollars, and in the fiscal year 

 L906, was in round terms, sixty-nine millions, 

 and if to this are added the shipments to non- 

 contiguous territory, the total, in round terms, 

 would he seventy-one millions. The increase in 

 the single year 1906 over 1905 was eleven mil 



lion dollars in the shipments to foreign terri 

 tory. 



Practically the whole world is asking for 

 American wood and its products. Even <f 'logs 

 and sawed and hewn timber" the total exports 

 lor the fiscal year 1906 were fifteen and 1 ne 

 third million dollars against seven and one third 

 millions in 1896, and the shipments of the ma- 

 terial in this crude form went to not only all 



South America. Cuba and the other West Indian 

 islands, the South American states. China, Hong- 

 kong, Philippine Islands, British Australia. 

 British North America and smaller quantities to 

 Africa and Oceanica. The value of lumber senl 

 to the United Kingdom in 1906 was five and 

 three-quarter million dollars against less than 

 two millions in 1896; to Germany marly two 

 and one-quarter millions against one-third of a 

 million in 1896; to British North America, lum- 

 ber producing country, over two and one-half 



millions in L906 against a littli ire than a 



half million in L896 ; 10 Cuba practically two 



and half millions in 1906 against less than 



One-third of a million in 1896; to Mexico, prac 

 lieally two millions against less than three 

 fourths million in 1896; to Argentina three ami 

 one-half million dollars' value in i906 against 

 a little less than one million in 1898; to British 

 Australasia over a million dollars in L906 

 against a half million dollars in 1896; to lei 

 glum more than three-fourths million; France, 

 a half million ; Italy, a half million ; Nether- 

 lands, two and one half millions; Brazil, a half 

 million; Chile, more than a half million; Cen 

 tral American states, over three hundred thou 

 sand dollars' worth: Hongkong, thirty-five thou 

 sand dollars' worth, and Japan, titty two thou- 

 sand dollars' worth in 1906. 



