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The Exposition at New York 



The Forest Products Expo- 

 sition moved from Chicago to 

 New York with the advantage 

 of ten days of valuable ex- 

 perience in staging the show 

 and presenting it to the peo- 

 ple. That was worth a good 

 deal. 



The exhibits were not 

 wholly the same in New York 

 as in Chicago. There were 

 some additions and subtrac- 

 tions. New York has aii evHii 

 dozen exhibits which were not 

 shown in Chicago, but to offset 

 these there were some which 

 were seen in Chicago only. It 

 is claimed that the additions 

 have more than made good 

 the deficiency caused by those 

 which did not go East for the 

 second show. 



New York is a lumber cen- 

 ter quite different from Chi- 

 cago ; it is more in need of an 

 exposition. Wood has not 

 held its place there as it has f,,.,^.p pr v , ■ 

 in the western city. Ordi- 

 nances have ruled it out of 



a number of places which it once held, and which 

 hold, and the times and the occasion are opportur 

 of wood which will remove the unfounded and 

 dice which architects and owners in Ne 

 as a finishing material. 



Convincing Argument 



The displays of interior finish made by the hemlock and hard- 

 wood people from the Lake States; by the gum and oak manufac- 

 turers, as well as the other producers of hardwoods; the manufac- 

 turers of southern yellow pine, whether from Virginia and Caro- 

 lina, or from the far South or Southwest; the northern white pine; 

 the showing made by the California redwood producers and the 

 manufacturers of Douglas fir and the Idaho pine; these exhibits 

 have placed wood in a most favorable light in New York as an 

 interior finish material. 



There can be no doubt that the effort of the lumber manufac- 

 turers will produce results. It is too early yet to quote figures, but 

 not too early to venture a prophecy concerning the results. 



Additions 

 Among the exhibits on show in New York which were not seen 

 in Chicago are the following: 



American Saw Mill M.ichinery Compauy. 



The Estate of William S. Doig. 



Lumber, Tie, and Timber Vulcanizing Company. 



Mossman Wood Turning Company. 



Newman Clock Compan.v. 



Morthern Lumber Company. 



Philadelphia Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association. 



Koyner & Parker. 



Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company. 



Stevens-Eaton Company. 



Official Headquarters 



As far as there were official headquarters outside of the exposi- 

 tion building itself in New York, the Vanderbilt hotel, Park 

 avenue and Thirty-fourth street was selected. 



Some of the exhibitors in New York went to the trouble to 



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it still ought to 

 ; for an exhibit 

 Qable preju- 

 York hold against wood 



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tomers to what would be 

 shown. That was done in a 

 particularly prominent way 

 by the North Carolina Pine 

 Association, the Idaho white 

 pine manufacturers, the Stev- 

 ens - Eaton Ccompany, the 

 Philadelphia lumbermen, and 

 the California redwood deal- 

 ers. 



It was likewise advertised 

 in the trade press that a cer- 

 tain number of tickets were 

 available for distribution to 

 interested parties who might 

 apply for them. That ought 

 to help swell the attendance. 

 New Materials Shown 

 In some instances exhibit- 

 ors who appeared both in 

 Chicago and New York had 

 a new and fresh exhibit in 

 the latter city, it being con- 

 sidered easier and more desir- 

 able to install a new one than 

 to take the old. That was no- 

 tably the case with Northern 

 Hemlock and Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers ' Association. The 

 favorably commented upon in Chi- 

 I New York, but was sold as it 

 new building, an exact duplicate. 

 The first was not built 



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bungalow which was so 

 cago was not removed ti 

 stood in the Coliseum, and 

 was erected in the Grand Central Palace 

 with the purpose of moving it, and it was necessary to leave it 

 behind. Most of the bungalows and other buildings were built 

 in sections and were taken apart, packed, and shipped without 

 injury to the parts. That this is feasible was demonstrated in 

 the ease of one of the yellow pine cabins which was serving for 

 the thirty-third time in the Coliseum, and when it was set up the 

 thirty-fourth time it was as fresh as at first. 

 The Panama Canal 



The pains taken by the lumbermen from the Pacific coast to 

 present their products in the most favorable light in New York 

 were doubtless due to expectations of trade with the opening of 

 the Panama canal a few weeks hence. New York and the northern 

 part of the Atlantic coast are in the field where the western lum- 

 bermen expect to develop trade. 



There ought to be opportunities in that region to. enlarge the 

 market for all kinds of forest products, and in view of the fine 

 showing made along all lines, this should result immediately. 



It is too early yet to form judgment as to the attendance in 

 New York. In view of the advertising which Chicago gave the 

 exposition. New York should succeed in drawing an even larger 

 attendance than was recorded in the Coliseum. This does not 

 take into consideration the fact that New York and the various 

 suburbs contain a slightly larger population than was within easy 

 distance of the exposition in Chicago. 



advertise in 

 thus calling 



the trade 

 attention 



advance of the opening, 

 of customers and prospective cus- 



papers. 



Injury to Saw Operator 



Where an operator of a circular ripsaw, by working at the ma- 

 chine for several months, had acquired better means of knowledge 

 than his employer as to its condition, the employer was not liable 

 for injury sustained by the operator, through unexplained failure of 

 the saw to work properly at the time of the accident. (Michigan 

 Supreme Court, Dombrowski vs. Roe-Stephens Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, 146 Northwestern Reporter 666.) 



