HARDWOOD RECORD 



not a motlel but w«» of full ■!««, and it wni. H.lviriiii-.l h. h pn/i 

 for thv Dparmt kucu to the ii|:<' of n rvproH* trunk flvi- fn-t in 

 ■liaiii^tcr which »too.l in ono >«rnpr of tho per|{ola. Thi« j:«<'»»'"K 

 wnii iiHnnllv doth brisk nnil iMtrroMlinc. C'anual olixiTvation r<- 

 vimiIfiI the fml that (juewiMi rangf.! from fifty to 4,.'><H1 yoarit. Tho 

 corrcpl att«> will lio nnnounccil lati-r, when it will (irolmMy t>o 

 liiiuul l.ptwcfn -loit anil tUHi jt-nrjt. 



I hi- rcniainint; •tiiml nf i-y|>ri'«-< .n tho rnili-<l Statoti hns ln-i'O 

 •.in«t.-.l l.y tho Hur.Mu of ( ,iri,..riition- ill 4(i,40(i,(iml,iiiKl fort. 



AMEKICAN WOOD PRESEBVEBS' ASSOCIATION 

 Tho motto whirh hung in n oonM|iicuoiifi plnro on the wnll of 



t'onniilor trontf 



vou oonHnlor 



thia exhibit roml, ' 

 •lubMitutoM. " 



That »oun<l biisi 

 ni«!>!t iKiliry wu^ sup- 

 plonu-ntoil by ti(;iiri~< 

 xhoninc that tho los'* 

 in the l'nilo<l Stiiio* 

 nnniially, duo to pro 

 vontablo ilii-ay of 

 wood, roaohos tho 

 ononnous total of 

 *100,0mi.0iXt. Whon 

 it is oon.«i<loroJ that 

 the mill yard valui- 

 of all the luniK-r 

 ^awod in this coun 

 try in 1912 was loss 

 than »600.000,00»i, 

 tho great waste duo 

 to decay is apparent. 

 It represents a loss 

 of sixteen i>er cent a 

 year. No business 

 oan stand a drain 

 like that without 

 .seriously feeling its 

 effects. 



People are sn 

 thoroughly imbupii 

 with the idea that 

 wood is bound to de- 

 cay in a short time, 

 that the fact that 

 such a fate is no 

 longer necessary is 

 lost sight of. 



The display of 

 wood, methods, nia 

 t«'rials, and results 

 in eridence at tho 

 exhibit made by the 

 American Wooil Pre- 

 servers ' Association 

 at the Coli.seum will 

 go far to educate 

 the public in what is 



lieing done to les.sen the loss of decay. The exhibit was in charge 

 of E. A. Sterling of Baltimore, Md., which city is headquarters of the 

 association. 



The scope of work carried on is wide. The samples on exhibit 

 included railway ties, fence posts, telegraph poles, paving blocks, 

 farm timbers and lumber, particularly that used in the construc- 

 tion of silos, and shingles and roofing materials. Wherever wood 

 must be employed in situations exposed to dampness, it is bene- 

 fited bj- preservative treatment, which, as is generaly known, is 

 accomplished by forcing certain chemicals into fibers of the 

 wood which render them poisonous to the fungus which is respon- 

 sible for the decay. 



The same poisonous materials are equally repellant to boring 



aiMiiiiils, ••ilhir on lan<l or iu watvr, auch aa t«re<lo««, anta, and 

 lar\u of bootloK. An inter«itin|{ part of the dii<play connisted 

 of tronted ami uiitronlod wharf pileM, arrniigeil i>i<lo by iiide in a 

 way to Nhow tho gront advantage in UNing Ireatod timbers. The 

 ilifforonce in the I'omlition of tho two oIunhoii of timber* told tho 



Ntory in a iphntic way, and oxplainoil liuw il woulil be poaai- 



bio to save ♦liiii,(Mi(i,ti(Mi a year in thin country. • 



OUM MANTJFACTUBEB8* ASSOCIATION 



Tho ro.l fU'ii niMi.nfii.lur.Ts »,-ro .|os|lx |.rni,.| ,.( tho showing- 

 niado by Iholr wuoil at tho 1 iiroxt rnnliirth llxpoKition. Thoy 

 brought together its boauties nH n building material an<l dia- 

 plnyod Ihoni with exceptional Rkill and laBle. They attempted 



nothing novel. They 



^ 



w 



M KXIIIBIT. 



tljo ordinary uses 

 mid adaptability of 

 gum. They had on 

 exhibition only what 

 :iiiy buyer can pro 

 • lire at any time and 

 ill as large amounts 

 MS he may ne<>d it. 

 It was one of tho 

 wooils which ha<l no 

 ayo to show. None 

 <pf the samples went 

 back to colonial 

 times. Kverything 

 rolated to the pres- 

 ent anil was prophet- 

 ii- of the future. 



The exhibit was in 

 charge of J. M. 

 I'ritchard, of Mem- 

 phis, Tenn., who is 

 si-<'retary of the as- 

 sociation. The presi- 

 dent, (". L. Harri- 

 son, was in attend- 

 :ince much of the 



Interior Finish 

 The display was 

 arranged to show 

 interior finish. That 

 le one of the principal ways in which red gum is used, 

 t years its use has b(?tn so much extended that it 

 has become one of the important finish woods of this country. 



It may be had in figured stock, or plain. It exists in different 

 colors from the light tones of sap gum to the richest shades of 

 heartwood of old trees. Figures vary greatly so that almost any 

 combination may be had. 



This is the wood which has long sold in England and on the 

 continent of Europe as satin walnut, and it likewise is known 

 commercially in England as hazel or hazel pine. The tree is a 

 first cousin to the small witch hazel whose yellow flowers attract 

 attention late in autumn when other trees are shedding their 

 leaves. 



Willi 



L-en 



