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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Sercncb N«w York r«i;linrDl. He wai ■& »it«D>lT« woodworker In, otbcr 

 IIDM Iban dninis. II<- xpfrliilliFd on plann li>e« and oo coundlns bourd*. 

 Fy>r yrmn he (upplird thr>p ■rtlrlo to plnno rankfm on tbc rsclflc cooat, 

 MOdlog hli product! on Mlllni: Hhlpn arnund Cii|>o Horn. 



Death of Overton W. Price 

 On June 11 occtirrrd the dratb of Overton \V. I'rlcc nl Ibe home of 

 bl* motber near Aabrvlllc, N. C, at tbe aec of Ihlrty-nloo. lie wan 

 form.rlv n-~.Hlnt,- I'nlled Stale* forentrr under GIfford Ptochot. lit bad 

 l> h for Rome time and recently nuffered a nervous break- 



il ii> iho niuunlalnH of wexicrn North Carolina In hope 



ilth. Ills boine wnii in Alexandria, Vn. He leavet 

 a lilldren. Mr. I'rlce was one of the nio8t competent 



totiii^ii lu ilic lulled Slates, bavlne received hiii education and much 

 of bin eiperlence In the schools and forests of Cierninny. He was a man 

 of sreal executive ability and was an earnest worker. He enjoyed tbe 

 confldence of Mr. rtncbot and was one of bis ablest helpers In forestry 

 and other conservation work Since severing his connection with the 

 Forest Service Mr. Price bad been connected with the American Forestry 

 Association, of which he was vice-president. He was a member of and 

 active worker In a number of associations, including the National Gco- 

 craphlcal Society. He recently spent some months In British Columbia 

 orcanliing the forest service of that province. 



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Pertinent Information 



Want No Rate Beduction 

 Full.- tiiuliir cou.-uming lirms of Spartu. Tcnn.. huvo protosK-d to the 

 Tennessee Hallruad Commission against the proposed reduction of lum- 

 ber rates to Nashville from points on the N. C. & St. Louis Railway. 

 Tbe reduction bad been asked for by the Nashville Lumbermen's Club 

 and the Nashville Business Men's Association. The four Arms which 

 Qled tbe protest were, Cumberland Lumber Compony, the Carter-Potter 

 Company, the Sparta Spoke Factory, and Lee & Forchoe, all of Sparta. 

 Opposition to lower rates to Na.sbville were based on the allegation that 

 such rates would take timber away from those componles and send It to 

 Nashville, and that Nashville already has rates so low that It can 

 compete on the most advantageous terms to herself with the firms at 

 Sparta. The reduction In rates asked for, It Is asserted, would drive 

 the Sparta Arms out of business. 



Decision in Knoxrille Case 

 At Washington, D. C, on June 18 tbe Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion decided what is known as tbe Knoxville rate case, which concerns 

 lumber rates to Kubxville and I>enoir City, Tenn., from points on the 

 Mobile division of the Southern Railway between Mobile and Marlon 

 Junction, and from points between Selma, Ala., and Meridian, Miss. The 

 commission decided that an increase of one cent per 100 pounds from 

 Decatur and Sbellleld was Justifled. and the carriers were authorized 

 to establish a t\velve-cent rate' from Decatur and a thlrteen-cent rate 

 from Sheffield. 



Car Snrplnses and Shortages 



The statement of car surpluses and shortages as Issued ou June 15 

 by Tbe American Railway Association, shows a reduction in surplus 

 cars, the surplus, however, being still larger than for any corresponding 

 date since 1909. The surplus on June 15 was 232,994, against 242.572 

 cars on June 1, a year ago, and a shortage of 660 cars on June 10, 

 1914, against 770 cars on June 1. 1914. 



A Book About Lumber 



A book of 352 pages, with the title "Lumber and Its Uses." Is the 

 work of Royal S. Kellogg of Wausau, Wis., secretary of the Northern 

 Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. Tliere are few men 

 In tbe United States better qualified to write intelligently of lumber than 

 -Mr. Kellogg. Figuratively speaking, he "has been through tbe mill." He 

 was for several years in charge of the Office of Utilization of the United 

 State Forest Service at Washington, and bis work there brought blm In 

 contact with all branches of wood manufacturing, as well as with all 

 lines of work in the forests. He wrote the government report on "The 

 Forests of Alaska," after a personal Investigation extending over thou- 

 sands of miles in that territory. Since he took the secretaryship of tbe 

 Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association be has been 

 active in tbc business end of lumbering. 



His book deals principally, as its title Implies, with the uses of tbe 

 principal commercial woods of the United States. It gives figures on 

 weight, strength, color and other properties and qualities : and in pre- 

 paring tbe tables and diagrams, of which be makes abundant use, be 

 avails himself of the latest and most authentic figures. 



He has written bis book with the special object in view of making It 

 serviceable to the architect and builder. In fact, the work was published 

 by The Radford Architectural Company of Chicago. It is amply illus- 

 trated and Indexed. Tbe discussion of prices presents the factors which 

 govern the cost of lumber ; and the cost of various styles of houses in 

 different regions is presented in an interesting analysis. 



Protest Against Duty on Beaded Stock 



111.- protiut of W. .M. Crouible & Co. iin.l ..ih.r N. w York imimrlera 

 UEalnst a rullni: of the Trennury departniiiii iii>»cni.|nii a duty at the rat* 

 of tltlei'n percent ad lalorem on beadc-d utmk wiis ark'Ui-d before the Board 

 of General Appralx'rs last we<'k. This U the heemid protest In a lumber 

 rase under Ibe new tariff act, the first IuvhIvIub a similar rullUK In lb* 

 case of novelty Hiding and was di-ilded lu favor of the Importem. Tbe 

 whole record In this latest cane Is slmilnr to that lu the novelty aiding 

 case and the testimony waa all to the effi'rt that bi'nded stock is made lu 

 a Hlngle operation producing tbe Imd while the lumliir Is being planed 

 and tungued and grooved. Tbc Uovi-rnnicnt contended that the bead effect 

 made the lumber dutiable becnUM- It was further mnnufaclured than 

 planecl and longtied and Krooved, which material la free of duty under 

 paruKraph 647 of the new tariff Oct. Duty at fifteen percent <kJ lolorem 

 means approximately ?;!.iio per thousand, while under the old tariff tbc 

 tax wuB but $1.50. 



The case will be diclded on the facts brought out at tbe bearing unless 

 the Government produces some evidence In support of Ita contention. A 

 liecislon is expected in September. 



Building Operations f on May 



Ilulldlng operations for May ran Jilong nl an almost perfect pace with 

 I hose of May last year. The difference In volume was only a small trac- 

 tion of one per cent. Official reports of the building permits Issued in 70 

 cities, received by tbe American Cuntractor, Chicago, aggregate a total 

 of $72,077,112 for the month as lorapared with $72,251,005 fof May, 

 1913. Of the 70 gains were shown by 37 and losses by 33. 



The more notable Instances of Improvement in building activities are 

 as follows: Omaha, 140 per cent gain; South Bend, 100 per cent; Minne- 

 apolis. 98 per cent; Grand Itapids, 93; I'itUburgh, 80; Albany, 77; Man- 

 hattan, New York, 70; Toledo, 65. 



For the first five months of tbe year the building permits Issued by 

 these cities totaled $297,275,608, as compared with $31,3,175,470 for the 

 corresponding five months of 1913, a decrease of 5 per cent. The detailed 

 statement Is as follows : 



Par Cent 

 City— May, 1914 May, 1918 Gain Loss 



Akron $ 890.680 $ S84,880 . ,.. 32 



Albany 669,660 309,666 42 



Atlanta 782.299 771.667 ... 6 



Baltimore 1,082,200 835.147 28 



Boston 674.968 2.614,400 ... 74 



Budalo 1,124,000 1,668,000 ... 28 



Cedar Rapids 821.000 208,000 » 



Chattanooga 78,400 70,800 11 



Chicago 6,910,150 8,916,600 ... 22 



Cincinnati 1,181.716 790,672 49 



Cleveland 2,201,820 1,058,028 12 



Columbus 841,000 018,888 37 



Dallas 840.100 1,107,406 ... 61 



Dayton 486,671 64,826 696 



Denver 218,080 224,480 ... 8 



Detroit 3.038.926 3.000,646 ... 22 



Duluth 340,308 282,760 20 



Evansvllle 168,186 188,698 ... 8 



Ft. Wayne 352.376 237,250 48 



Grand Rapids 304,759 820,957 ... 6 



Harrlsburg 129,176 124,050 4 



Hartford 4.'(0,159 674,530 ... 86 



Indianapolis 1,547,787 1,088,479 42 



Kansas City 1.177.916 1.129,660 4 



Lincoln 88,982 131.095 ... 82 



Little Rock 117,286 169,418 ... 81 



Loa Angeles 1,478.708 8,736,410 ,.. 60 



Louisville 459.880 367,460 28 



Manchester 149.805 206.917 ... 28 



Memphis 804,696 417,412 ... 47 



Milwaukee 1,684,989 1,390,866 21 



Minneapolis 3,160,685 1,260,648 160 



Newark 809,288 1,688,706 ... 82 



New Haven 807,200 361,936 ... 13 



New Orleans 204.687 418,086 ... 61 



New York: 



.Manhattan 8.656,959 4.926.644 76 



Bronx 1,610,288 3,247.084 ... 63 



Brooklyn 8,852,523 8,100,670 24 



Boro. of Queens 2,800,879 2,038,006 13 



Boro. of Richmond 350,168 442,406 ... 21 



Total 16,679,782 13,755.620 21 



Oakland 366.728 1,282.145 ... 71 



Oklahoma 28,162 18.445 88 



Omaha 1.146.863 477.000 140 



Paterson 178,471 101.660 71 



Peoria 272,016 607.488 ... 65 



Philadelphia 6,264,040 4,170.005 80 



Pittsburgh 1,M12.209 84L716 89 



Portland n '.S.880 848.830 ... 24 



Richmond 370,034 202,081 26 



Rochester 1,843,781 1,078,387 22 



Salt Lake City 800,914 240,776 26 



San Francisco 1.781,148 1,728,244 8 



St. Joseph 88,467 98,825 .,. 7 



St. Louis 1,017,000 900,000 18 



St. Paul 1,808,214 1,074.108 40 



Scranton 104,161 140,637 ... 26 



."S.altle 809,406 683.380 18 



Shrrveport 106,800 158,870 ... 83 



.'5IOUX City 196,888 169,135 23 



South Bend 466.956 233.030 100 



Spokane 103..-.42 1,344.990 ... 92 



Sprmgfleld, III 108.17.' 120.040 ... 10 



Syracuse 318.00.-. 276,375 15 



Tacoma 187,391 231.902 ... 19 



Toledo 792,189 479,930 65 



Topeka 33.291 121.204 ... 72 



Washington 1,054,404 976,332 8 .. 



Wllkes-Barre 58.978 83.256 ... 1 



Worcester 645.401 884,047 ... 27 



Total .. .$72,077,112 $72,251,905 ... 



