HARDWOOD RECORD 



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 '<ul(l III' inoiil 

 Imndli- Kuch 



MMting of Bomrd of Ooveiuors National Manufacturers' 



Association 



Sf-cTolary J. K. UhsMliii .if ilip NntlonnI I.iiiiiIht .M«inifiicHir<T»' AHKodii 



lion announoM tlint thoro will Ih- n mwllnB "f H"- I'onnI of govornors of 



ih«t asisoclnllon nt riilcaRo on Tucsrtny. Octolirr «. Tlio inei'tlnij will con- 



v.np nt til." Coni!r.\«» hotil nt IO:no a. tii. 



It U nnnouncoci Hint n n.nKlcIornblo numlxT i>r mntlprs of Imporlnncp In 

 Mil- liinilMT Industry will l>' oonsUlorcd. 



iind 17.0011 to 111.' IV 



N«w North OaroUna 



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With the Trade 



New Chicago Company 



in.- r.-.iu ..ii;^.ii./.ai...i. ..f 111.- Stiiiuiard W.-.id rrmliicls Coiuijiiu.v, Willi 

 hcadqunneis iu tin- mw »:..ntln.ntiil and Commcrelnl Bank building. 20S 

 Soutli La Salic street. Cliiriiso. Inir.iduces ii new method of i-cnderlnK 

 service to wood coii!<unieri-. 



The compnuy will miik.' n s|i<>cliilly of caterlnc to tlic wants of the 

 factory trade, and in addition t» perfonnlng Hi.- function of merely taklnj; 

 orders for lumber and othi-r similar products, will add a consulting service 

 which Is sure to be appreciated by factory managers and those responsible 

 for the most efficient and economical use of 111.- raw material, wood. This 

 phase of the work, which will be entirely gratis to the clieuts ot the 

 company, contemplates a complete and detailed technical report on the 

 present use of wood with recommendations for increasing the efficiency of 

 Its u&c by the introduction of other grades ot the same wood, or by tli.' 

 substitution of entirely new species, which in view ot their physical anil 

 mecbanicai properties, may be even more suitable for the purpose reqiilred 

 than the woods which are in use at present. 



Many factory buyers, who have kept In touch with the ra^ld development 

 of railroad building in this country, which has meant the opening up of 

 new fori.'st regions, have been able to materially reduce the cost ot their 

 raw material by the introduction Into their factory ot the new and 

 cheaper woods thus thrown on the market. Others, however, have not been 

 so progressive and have continued to use the woods from which their 

 products were originally made, even though they have become scarce, and. 

 consequently, much higher In price, rurthermcre. it has been toun<l 

 proQIable in many factories to utilize material which formerly has been 

 wasted. This Is done by installing additional machinery to make smaller 

 products, or by passing the waste on to an.ilher taetoi-y for Its raw- 

 material. An Interesting example ot this method ot utilization is the 

 interchange ot wood by a brush factory and a spool manufacturer, one ot 

 whom wanted the red heart wood ot the birch log and the other the white 

 sap wood. Sonic factories burn their sawdust and shavings and other 

 refuse as wastefully as possible under large boilers for the production of 

 power (usually Just enough for their own needs i ; others burn It econoni 

 Ically In gas producers and sell Iheir surplus power at a good profit. 



Many wood consumers experience dlfflculty in properly seasoning ami 

 preparing their raw material : others find that a car load of presumably 

 the same kind of wood .as always used, docs not measure up to the past 

 standard, forgetting, or possibly not realizing that due to soli, climate. 

 and other conditions, the white oak that grows In Mississippi is not the 

 same as the white oak that Is prodnced in Indiana. 



The Standard Wood Products Company, with its experienced technical 

 forest engineers. Is in a position to render a service to wood consumers In 

 the field of work Just discussed which cannot fall to be profltable to them. 

 Such a service the company proposes to give grails to the Arms for whom 

 It Is given an opportunity ot buying annual reiinirements. guaranteeing 

 to make purchases as Cheap, or cheaper, than are made at present. By 

 reason ot Its thorough knowledge of the various forest regions ; of the 

 physical and mechanical properties of the commercial and seml-commercla; 

 woods; ot the t^-chnlcal requirements in strength, stiffness, weight, groin, 

 dnrabllity. hardness, etc.. ot various manufactured wood products ; and by 

 means ot its information on logging, manufacture, freight rates, and 

 methods ot marketing, the Standard Wood Products Company Is able to 

 render a character of service to the co«sumers of wood which they have 

 never enjoyed heretofore. 



The affairs of the company will be under the Immediate supervision ot 

 H. S. Sackett. formerly chief of the Office of Wood Utilization, United 

 States Forest Service, whose wide and practical experience in the industrial 

 use ot wood, insures a maximum ot efficient service to the company's 

 clientele. 



Serious Fire at Fenton, Mich. 



On September IT fire ot unknown origin wiped out five buildings com- 

 prising the X. J. Phillips factory at Fenton, Mich., causing a $10,000 loss 



Tile ItnnKiim l.iiiuber Company has been Incorpornled In lb.- ulnle of 

 North Carulinn to operate at Oriental. I'amlico county, N. C. The com 

 pany will develop llmberlands and will nl«o buy and oimtbIc vnrlouH iiaw- 

 inlllH. The capital stock Ik $-.>iio,im)U, of which 140.0011 wan paid in at the 

 time ot incorporation. 8. B. ItnnH.im. 11. V. Xewiiou^e nnd 11. I,. (JIIiIim nrf 

 the uccn-dtled incorporators. 



Foreign Bicycle Handles 



The Cheboygan Wood Turning Works at Cheboygan, Mich., »«• tumloc 

 bicycle handles for the foreign traiie when the war began, nnd ordern 

 stopped KO suddenly that the factory closed. It wan able to pick up other 

 work .ind resume operntlons after a f.w- days ot IdleneM. 



Beceivers for Michigan Company 



11 Is slal.'d by the Bay City, .\llili.. 7'(hii-« Ibat receivers liav.' \m'U 

 appointed by the superior court of Pender County, North Carolina, for 

 the Crocker-Buell Lumber Company, oi which Frank Biiell of Bay City. 

 Is one of the prlncl|jal owners. The company Is a Miehlgan corporntlon. 

 with its home office In Boy City, but its businesH is conducted In North 

 Carolina. The company has a sawmill at Bannermnn's Bridge, which ban 

 a capacity ot 00.000 tcet per day, nnd owns large tracts of land and 

 timber In North Carolina. 



The receivers arc !•'. M. Dobson. who represents the creditors ami Jay U. 

 Iluell.-who will represent the company's Interests. It Is said that inability 

 to realize quickly on its assets and pressing demands of some small 

 creditors forced the application for a receivership. A Wilmington. N. C. 

 paper, at which city ll.e company has Its principal offlci-. says the liope Is 

 .'Xprcssed by tht-se interested that the company's difficulties will be short 

 lived, and that it will be enabled to resume business in a short time. 

 Wood in Storage Batteries 



The Klectrlc Storage Battery Company. Thlrlyllflh and Shields avenue. 

 Chicago, manufactures various kinds ot storage batteries tor electric usi-. 

 The Chicago factory Is mainly an assembling oni\ the main plant being 

 located nt Philadelphia. Pa. In the manufacture ..t storage batteries the 

 .■ompnny uses a large amount of wood In the form of veneer. This veneer 

 varies In thickness from l/16th Inch to .VlOth. and In the flnlHh.-d product 

 the sizes run from 4x5 Inches up to 42x78 Inches. The wood is 

 used for separators which prevent the metal parts of the battery from 

 touching. For this purpose a wood Is desired which Is as near aeld proof 

 as possible. The manager of the factory says that poplar and gum. and 

 also another wood called "gulf," are now being used. What this latter 

 wood Is, he did not know, but it is undoubtedly cypress. The manager 

 said the company had experimented with a good many kinds of wood and 

 really liked redwood as well as any, l)ut found it rather high priced f. o. b. 

 Philadelphia. Before using, the wood is given a treatment, the purposi- 

 of which is to remove all mineral matter from the wood. No treatment Is 

 given to make it acid proof. 



The company has also Irl.'d .siibslitutes for wood in tile form ot pulp, 

 hard rubber fibre, etc.. but has found nothing as suitable os wood veneer. 

 The Chicago branch uses many millions of wood separators annually and 

 no doubt the Philadelphia factory consumes more than a million board 

 feet of ninlerlal In tin- course of a y.'ar. 



Death of George W. Ransom 



On Tuesday, September 1.1. i;<-org.' \\. Hansom, father nf Ih.- .Nashville 

 lumberman ot that name, died at the liomc ot his daughter at Sliclbyvllle. 

 Tenn. Mr. Uansom was a lumbennnn before his retirement from active 

 business, and is the father ot various mi'mbers ot the organization ot .Tohn 

 B. Kansom & Company, all of whom arc still living with the exception of 

 the late .lohn B. Kansom. He Is also survived by two daughters. Mrs. J. K. 

 Frlerson and Mrs. Gladstone Wardlaw. 



.Mr. Ransom has had a varied commercial career, having been successful 

 in the various lines In which he operated. He formerly was In business 

 near Murfreosboro. Tenn., and nl that point established a cotton broker 

 business with his brother. Ills first entry Into the lumber business occurred 

 in 187.".. and he had been prominent In lumber cflrcles ever since. In 1890 

 he moved to Shelb.vvillc and has not been actively engaged in business since 

 that date. 



The funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 

 at Shelbyville. on Wednesday, September 10. Interment occurred at Mur- 

 freesboro in the afternoon. 



New York as a Buying Center 



II. F. Davenport, secretary of the Brunswick-Ealkc-Collender Company. 

 Chicago, imporler of r.>relgn woods and of Ivory, has addressed a circular 

 letter to the furniture trade, urging a combined effort lo change the market 

 tor such products from Liverpool and London docks to New York. 



For many years the Germans have controlled the bulk ot the Ivory trade 

 from East Africa. Much against their Inclinations they have been 

 compelled, by long established custom, to send Ihls valuable stock to the 

 London docks, where It is assorted into grades suitable tor the various 

 trades. The various lots are sold by auction to buyers, many ot whom 

 have crossed two continents for the special purpose ot attending the sales, 



The countries producing ivory, an Item ot very small consideration as 



