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are carelesBlj' centered in the machines there is an unnecessary aniouut 

 bf this slab waste. W'liere they are carefully centered and the waste 

 is lieavy because the block is not round originally we have a form 

 bf waste that is practically unavoidable. It may be practical in 

 many instances to save this and work it into dimension veneer and 

 Utilize in the veneer work itself quite a lot that ordinarily goes into 

 tilti ♦fodd pile. 



The Wfeste incident to defects in the block and in cutting is a 

 waste that depends partly on the skill of the operator and the con- 

 dition of the machine and partly on the nature of the timber being 

 ■worked. Given a good souttd block and machine in good condition with 

 a sharp knife, there should be very little waste incident to damage in 

 cutting. Perhaps the heaviest waste in cutting comes from blocks 

 splitting before they are worked down. This may be checked a 

 little by careful handling. The general proposition of reducing waste 

 under this head involves the use of good machinery operated only by 

 skilled, competent men supervised by a foreman who will insist upon 

 the machines doing their work right and getting as much good stock 

 as possible out every block. 



What is true of the veneer cutting end is equally true of the veneer 

 using. There is waste in using veneer as well as in cutting it. It 



will probably average from twenty-five to thirty per cent and may go 

 as high as fifty per cent in some instances. It will never be jjossible 

 to entirely prevent waste in this work, but it should be practical to 

 reduce the amount of waste through the exercise of care and thought- 

 fulness in selecting and working veneer. 



Part of it is a matter of selection and of fitting veneer to the work 

 and part of it is a matter of closer manipulation just as in the case 

 of the end waste and the core waste. In trimming veneer and in mak- 

 ing up panels allowances are made for end trimming and for side trim- 

 ming, for cutting to exact size, and sometimes the.se allowances are 

 made with such a liberal hand that they unnecessarily increase the 

 waste. More care in the work and closer manipulation will reduce 

 this materially, and thoughtfulness and care in cutting and trimming 

 veneer will make it practical to use a fair percentage of trimmings 

 from one job on another and thus utilize material tliat otherwise goes 

 to waste. 



So both in the making and in the using of veneer there are many 

 opportunities to use up the product closer and reduce the item of 

 waste, and after all is said, this is the best utilization that can be 

 devised for veneer waste, and it liokis generally for wastes of all 

 classes and kinds. J. C. T. 



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Pertinent Legal Findings 



CONTRACT NOT REQUIRED TO BE IN WRITING 



A contract eMijiloyiiis :i leal estate broker to procure an option on 

 land to be purcliasi'd for usf as a lumber yard, is not such agreement 

 as is required by the laws of Indiana to be reduced to writing and 

 signed by the employing owner. — (Indiana Appellate Court, Pierson 

 vs. Donham, 104 Northeastern Reporter, 606.) 



COLLECTION ON FREIGHT CHARGES 



A railway company may lawfully discriminate between shippers 

 by requiring one to pay freight charges cash in advance, and by ex- 

 tending credit to another, and is not liable for damages resulting to 

 a shipper through refusal to accept his checks in payment of freight 

 charges. — (Texas Court of Civil Appeals, Eagle Pass Lumber Com- 

 pany vs. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company, 164 

 .Southwestern Reporter, 402.) 



LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY 

 A lumber company is not liable for injury to an outsider sustained 

 while assisting an employe in doing something beyond the Scope of the 

 latter 's duties. — (Kentucky Court of Appeals, Kentucky Lnnater Com- 

 pany vs. Meholm, 164 Southwestern Reporter, 84.) 



RIGHT TO ENFORCE BIATERIALMAN'S LIEN 



Must lumber or other building material ordered for a building be 

 actually used in the structure in order that the seller may enforce a 

 mechanic 's lien to secure payment of the agreed price? The decisions 

 of the highest courts of the several states on this important question 

 . are at wariance. For instance, the courts of Alabama, Connecticut, 

 Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New 

 York, North Carolina, Oregon and South Dakota have decided that 

 actual use of the materials is necessary, while the courts of Colorado, 

 Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin have taken the opposite view. 

 And in "those states where actual use of the material is required, it 

 is a rule that they must be incorporated in the structure as a perma- 

 nent part thereof — that there can be no lien for lumber furnished for 

 temporary use as a scaffolding or for concrete forms. But there are 

 decisions upholding the statement that, after lumber has been deliv- 

 ered on a building site, the builder's abandonment of the work does 

 not defeat the materialman's right to a lien against the premises, 

 especially if the materials were specially prepared for the job. It has 

 been further held lii a Minnesota case that the fact that a contractor 

 wastes material in erecting a building does not defeat a lien against 

 the premises for the value thereof. 



According to a Maine decision, if a buyer of lumber represents to 

 the seller that the material is to be used in a certain building, and 

 it is actually used in another, the seller is entitled to enforce a lieu 

 against the latter building. But the Iowa Supreme Court voices a 

 general rule in its decision that the materials for which a lien is 

 claimed must have been furnished for the particular building against 

 which the lien is sought, and that, where a contractor obtained ma- 

 terials ostensibly for one building, when they were in fact intended 

 for another, no lien could be enforced against the first mentioned 

 property. 



ARBITRATION OF FIRE INSURANCE CLAIM 



On arbitration of a claim for loss under a fire insurance policy, an 

 aw-ard decreed by the arbitrators is conclusive against the parties, 

 if made in good faith. (United States Circuit Court of A.ppgals^ 

 Third Circuit; Commercial Union Assurance Company vs. Dalzell, 

 210 Federal Reporter, 605.) But the award will be vitiated by fail- 

 ure of the arbitrators to properly discharge their duties. (United 

 States District Court, Northern District of New York, J. E. Davis 

 Manufacturing Company vs. Firemen's Fund Insurance Company, 

 210 Federal Reporter, 653.) 



February Imports and Exports of Lumber 



The imjiorts and exports of lumber and other forest products 

 make an unsatisfactory showing when compared with figures of 

 a yea* ago. Those for February, 1914, are the latest that have 

 been Jimblished by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 

 Both imports and exports are much below what they were in the 

 correspending month of 1913. The statistics of imports follow: 



Feb. 1913. Feb. 1914. 



Mahogany, feet 4,825.000 6,151,000 



Sawed lumber, feet 49,307,000 39,447,000 



Wood pulp, pounds 101,831,900 84,445,370 



Total value $2,272,915 $2,495,726 



The exports for the corresponding month of the two years are 

 shown below: 



Feb. 191.-?. Feb. 1914. 



Hewed and sawed timber, feet 35,371,000 18,074,000 



Lumber, feet 206,787,000 149,049,000 



Furniture value $608,052 $428,134 



Total value $6,552,.393 $4,463,031 



The imports of February, 1914, were ten per cent less than those 



of the same month in 1913; and the exports for the same period 



declined twenty-two per cent. 



