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Features of New York Exposition ^i^ 



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 -moil, h.'l.l ill til.' (iraii.l iViitriil I'.'ilno- l.iiil.liiit', Nrw York, from 

 Miiy L'l to ;iO, \\a» tlio .lisplny of E. C. Atkiim & Co., In... of Iiuliaii' 

 :i|>oli!i. Intl.. in clinr(»o of A. «', Kiillor, tlio " LivivWiroMiijor Donio" 

 i.f the Atkins biinoli. It onii triitlifiilly Ih> Huiil tlint tlioro wbb iilwnys 

 n orowil iirouiiil KuIUt. He wiis iilwiiys on tli«> joli iiiul his toomin); 

 brain wii.s rvor iuvouting ttomotliiiiK novel to attriii-t the oyo — if 

 •here were any visitors iit the shoiv who diil not hear all about the 

 Atkui!) smws, it was no fault of FiilK'r. With Mr. KuHer were \V. L. 

 I'lnipone, New York, a live Hoohoo, ami t^harles L. Rei»l. New Y'ork, 

 I new iKirii kitten initiated into the mystery of the black cat oil 

 May "JT. Mr. Henhani of this honse also spent a few days with the 

 'oys. and John K. .lohnston, demonstrator of saws, was also in evi- 

 (••net'. A ineunphone with Fuller at the Binall end from time to 

 Time announ('e<l the iH'ginniiiK of a eross-sawing contest n(;aiiist time, 

 »liirh, it may Ik- believed, drew an instantaneous crowd around the 

 l.ootli. Ik'fore beginninjj the performance, however, everybody Imil 

 to listen to Fuller's rnpidtire talk on the wonderful Atkins saws. 

 Then, after an ample distribution of advertisinR literature, the two 

 (jood looking husky expert sawyers. Ralph Zwicky and Louis I'olier, 

 manned an immense log, facing each other from the ends of a cross- 

 saw, timeke<>|H-r Johnston, with watch in hand waiting the signal 

 from the Major- Poino to go ahead. The l)est reconl made was the 

 sawing through a twenty-three-inch North Carolina hill pine log in 

 forty-three sei'onds. These sawing contests always wound up with 

 a distribution of souvenirs in the shape of puzzles, whirling saws 

 and jumping j^aw-meu. It is evident that the genial A. C F'ulli-r 

 has mistaken his ]irofessioii — he should be leading announcer aud 

 ••rowdgetter for some large .show enterprise that had money enough 

 to engage a man so abundantly equipped for getting business for 

 his employer. 



Rayner & Parker of Philadelphia, wholesale lumber and manu- 

 facturers of handmade cypress shingles, had a booth near the entrance 

 to main hall where they exhibited sheds shingled with their well 

 known product, illustrating in this way that the shingle made by 

 hand as in 1754 is the most reliable shingle on the market. They 

 use also antiquated tools which they consider the best. Among the 

 samples of hand-made goods they showed cypress shingles 6 x 20 

 and 7 X 24 inches, and Whiteville sawed cypress shingles 20 x 24 

 inches, which are regarded by them as practically everlasting. The 

 booth was in charge of David T. Rayner, son of B. B. Rayner, senior 

 partner of the firm. 



Joshua Oldham & Sons, Brooklyn and New York, one of the oldest 

 and most reputable manufacturers of band saws, band resaws, narrow 

 band saws, circular saws, inserted tooth saws and many others for 

 which this house has been famous for fifty years, were located next 

 to Hardwood Record's booth. They had on exhibition some of their 

 large solid tooth and inserted tooth circular and band saws. The 

 genial heads of the concern. Edward R. Oldham, president, and 

 Gilltert V. Oldham, vice-president ond secretary, with William Mar.sh 

 and H. L. Tomkins, divided the time greeting their many friends 

 and explaining to hundreds of interested visitors the merits of the 

 saws on exhibition and other wonderful saws of theirs, such as 

 shingle, combination grooving saws, metal band saws, etc., etc. As 

 a sjiecial feature this firm had on exhibition band saws twenty inches 

 wiile, this size being the largest ever used in cutting lumber. Two of 

 these band saws were sold to Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle Comj)any, 

 Ho(|uiani, Wash. 



The Carbolineum Wood Preserving Company of New Y'ork. which 

 faced the south aisle, had an educational exhibit composed of a 

 collection of comparative specimens of preserved and untreated 

 timbers gathered from forty-three states of the Union and a dozen 

 foreign countries. Each specimen was authenticated by a state- 

 ment from the original sender and represented over thirty industries. 

 This evidence attested the general use of avenarius carbolineum, 

 and thus justifies the statement fl.-.t it ;.. th.- ?i\.wt u l.l.Ov ii~...l ,.'f- 



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|.rii'iiiry tvund presiTvutivc thai hiis vi'l Ih-cii proiliiced, ainl hii^ 

 served successfully over thirty eight years. To nul the conservation 

 of the ri'inaining forests and to get the In-st usi' from it by means 

 that are within control, is an immediate and must pressing duty. The 

 preservative treatment of timber used will mean giving the sap- 

 lings an opportunity to develop the mnturu trees. 



The 8tevens-Eaton (.'uin|iany of New York created «|iiite u stir 

 among visiting lumbermen. It displiiyed fifty-seven sam|des of com- 

 mercial lumber that can Im! iHiiight in the Metropulitiui district and 

 ofTered a money prize to the one )iiittlng in the grent4>st nuinlxir 

 of correct answers. The contest was a novel one and at the same 

 time a severe test for lumlN-rmen. The winner was Charles Gross- 

 kurth of A. P. Bigelow & Co.. local hardwood retail ilealers, who 

 correctly named forty six of the samples. Mr. (irosskurth forgot 

 everything else at the Palace and for three hours studie<l the many 

 small pieces on the table. There were a numlier of contestants, 

 some of them with as many as forty corrw-t answers, while some 

 lumbermen with years of experience flunked on the easiest and most 

 commonly used woods. A sample of Pennsylvania hemlock proved 

 the most serious obstacle for niauy of the gucssers who were going 

 strong, while the rare hardwoods ]uit most of them out of the run- 

 ning almost before starting. A box of cigars each day went to the 

 one with the most correct answers for the day and .1>2."> to the winner 

 for the whole time. 



Unsatisfactory Logging Around Memphis 



Weather cDiulit ions throimhoiit tnis s.cliDii mriitly have U-oii 

 extremely favorable for work in the woods. There lias been practi- 

 cally no rainfall in this territory now for about five weeks and the 

 ground is thoroughly dry. It is rejmrted, however, that not much 

 progress is being made with the cutting of timber for the lea.son 

 that labor is somewhat scarce. The cotton crop has needed chopping 

 aud other cultivation and most of the labor has been employed on 

 the farms, with a resultant scarcity of help in the woods. J. W. 

 Dickson, president of the Valley Log Loading Company, is .luthority 

 for the statement that comparatively little timber is offere<l for 

 loading and that all but one or two of the machines ojierated by his 

 firm are out of commission. These are being run only part of the 

 time and he says that the outlook is for a continuation of these 

 conditions until there is a more plentiful supjdy of laljor for timber 

 cutting. 



It necessarily follows, from what has been said, that the movement 

 of timber is quite restricted. Receipts by rail are very light and the 

 movement by water has been of rather small proportions. Owing to 

 the good supply of timber brought out some time ago, most of the 

 mills here are able to run on pretty full time and the same is true 

 of the majority of those in this immediate section. It is pointed 

 out, however, that the timber outlook is anything but encouraging 

 and that a very pronounced shortage of timber will follow if there 

 is not a decided increase in the rate at, which timber is being cut. 

 Manufacturing operations being full, heavy inroads are Ijeing made 

 on the present stock of logs aud the situation will srion be .■iciite. in 

 the ojiinitin of sonio iiieinbers of the liadi'. 



States May Regulate Fire Insurance 



The supreme court of the United States has handed ilowii u ilecision 

 in the Kansas rate regulation ca-se in which it is held that states 

 have a right to regulate the rates to be charged for fire insurance. 

 This ruling is based on the fact that such insurance is of public 

 importance, and the public has a right to it on rea.sonable terms. 

 The court's opinion was delivered by Justice McKenna on April 20, 

 1914. Three judges signed a dissenting opinion. The decision is 

 only a few weeks old and no state legislatures liave yet had oppor- 

 tunities to pass laws in conformity with it; but it is not improbable 

 that the ruling of the supreme court will have much infiuence in 

 shaping legislation intended for many kinds of regulation of prices 

 which the public must pny for comnui.liiips nn.l spwi.-ps. 



