HARDWOOD RECORD 



xrcuUHl noit •inl«fi»rlftrr tmnd for 



l>lti» rurr- ■ • '■■ ■' ' 



OurtaR l^ 



ilri - ! :i ml ■iiliilmiiiii 



. u ~lx llioiinand 



r -nwiiiilln, mill luiiuliiK i-aiilpmpnt 

 ! ,• llio prcucrllird i|uantll)' of limber 



II til. .ll-iri.i III M iriliinw Willi till- 



., 1 ■.■,;,'■ . 1 ..1 I- '. <'.■•!' of callliT- 



liu- ■■.-<•■■.:■■■ 1. II ,■ (Inlc of ilii- 

 11... , . 1 .| >' ' •! ■•< .Mtiiiiil lIci-nncK 

 It. ' .. it>. tin -1.. .1 V <:: '.Mm iM'rntlODii until 



t.>r of forcslry r«'«TVM< tin- rlclit to Krnnt IIci'Iihpii within 



Irrrliorv <Tiil>rnc«l In tlio llct-n-i- iiirn'i-nii'nt for the 



' nt- of ilnihiT to lii> iiHod In piilillc works ns provWli'i! 



t I- .111. 1. 1.. I it.H r.r 111!' i-onBtnuMlnn of riillrondM 

 I :li]i|ilni' ComnilMNlon. 



(Itf linldir of Ihi' PxclimlTc 



.. • prodiiili for use wllliin Ilio 



I' ir.iiii nii.v pnri of tltf lorrllory 



.i.ri . .Mtt iM. i!. . ti- :i.r. • til. tit II ill 1^ lint 1,1 till, tliiin of such Krnntlne 

 rtcttittliv liflng oporntod ovpr by t!io lioldnr of tin* llri^nw nproi'mont ; 

 provlilril thnl no nnnuni tlnilior lli-pnui- Hlinll bo ls<<ui>d undor thU prorUlon 

 wilboiii congultlns Ibc holder of tbc i-xcliislvc llcpnxc B(rr<'''inont or his 

 ncpnt 



S. Thnf the fon-Kt ni-l. :i- nn. nl i it. -I rectilnllons. nnd tho Inslnio- 

 lions of thn r.tir.nii of Kor. -i- i i I 1 1 ■ tn ilmn to time. novi'riilnK thi> 



propi*r tmtbrrln'r of forest t.:-' .' i ^ i ■ iili..d with. 



!>. Tbnt In order to previ til ; .1 ~;i iti "f the forest by eninilnmnkfrs 



And -ither trespnssers. the ^n ;ii! ' ,.|i| r shf.ll deposit with the Director 



of Torcfitry within thirty (''.Oi dnv« iifler the execution of the llcenHP 

 acreement and on the first diiv of .Tnlv of each year tberenfter d-'rlnT the 

 .•ontlnnance of the llcen-e ncreement the sum of six hundred frOOOl pesos. 

 Philippine currencv. which sum sbnll be spent In iirovldlne two or more 

 forest Tunrds. who shall be employed under the direction of the director of 

 forestry or the local forest omc"r In prevontlnR Arcs. calncln-mAklni; and 

 other forest destruction within and continuous to the iireii embraced In the 

 llcen«e R"reement. 



10. That all timber be measured nnd appraised In the woods, or at the 

 mill before sawn, at the discretion of the director of forestry. 



11. If the successful bidder does not take ndvanlace of the terms of 

 If license a"re.»ment within «lx months from the date of Its approval. It 

 nny he declared null and void, and the security forfeited. 



12. The underslened reserves the rlehf to reject any and all bids. 

 Information reeardini; the public forest tract may be secured from the 



liirector of Forestry. 



All prot>osals should be plainly marked "Proposal for an exclusive twenty- 

 \..nr license for n forest tract In the Province of Ta.vabas and Ambos 

 'nmnrlnes." 



Note: There Is a fair percentasc of first and second (irnup timber 

 .tittered throughout this area. 



June Imports and Exports 



The Bureau of I'orelin .ind nomesllc Commerce has published figures 

 howlni Imports and exports for .lune. inn. from which the followlnc 

 iinmary Is taken : 



IlIPOKTS 



Kind. Value. 



Round lo-is f -.W- M n 



Pulpwood 802 7'5 



Briar root P.S7.1 



Snnnlsh cedar .'iS 0(^7 



Mahoeanv 217 0(?'t 



Oiber cahlDet woods r.!>..'-.'?!> 



I.umb'r I.nfl2 noo 



Fnrnlt'tre (\n ^Ofi 



Wood pulp I.fl-l.».n27 



The Increase over .June, Ifll.l. of all wood Imports was about Jl.OOO.dOO. 

 The largest increase was In pulp. 



Exports 



Below are given the figures on exports for .Tune, 1914 : 



r.tigs $ 20 1 o'li 



Hewed and sawed timber 072 nr,r, 



l/umher 4.C72 2"1 



.Toisis nnd scantling r.s or.o 



Rdl'ro^d ties 210 1(!7 



!5>tiniies in r,m 



Box shooks 02 o-| i 



Barrel shooks fl7'7R0 



55faves nno r.^o 



IleadluT WW 2< 0'!2 



Other cooperage 237 1"»() 



Poors e'c P0 10J 



Ftirn'tiire 410 J04 



Rinpty barrels 204.004 



Other exports of forest products raise the total to ?8.6.''>8..'?.1t. which Is 



i=';.in.404 less than for .Tune. 1013. It Is seen that Imnorts of wood 



■ mmoditlos have grratly Increased, while exports have fallen olT to an 

 I mount almost ns groat. 



Latest Reports of Surpluses and Shortages 



The last report of the American Railway Association, dated .^September 22, 

 showlni a statement of car surpluses and shorta-res. gives the total sur- 

 plus Sentember l.") as I.IS.IOS car«. against surplus September 1, 165.244 

 ears. The surplus on September 15. 101.3. was G1.7n3 cars. 



'Ilic RliorUiKv 110 84>ptoiDb<>r Ki of ibU foar wa> S.OIiO rum. ■nd uik 

 Septrmltcr I was l.Dlti car*. The Hvptpmber 1&. 11)1.1. •borlajtr wai 21,nu4 



II will be seen that condlllon* In IhU dlrerllun an- gradually approach 

 iti^ wore normal cnndltloni which prevailed a year ajo. That U, the 

 MirplUM-H and nhortncea are Krndunlly appronihlnii eoch other, and It 1* 

 probable IhnI befon very long tiny will be In a mere nurmnl P-lallon 

 Building Operations for August 



In Uioae tllatractlng llniea n biixl k that maintain* Ita furrocr high 



ricord may 1h< asaumed (o be itatl«rnclory. (lu tbul aNnumptlon the iin>al 

 liulldlnB Industry Ihroushoul the country may be regarded a« forlunaU. 

 For the month of Augtiat, the llrsi month of Iho war, riiverlng the period 

 of Initial nnaneliil BlioCk, new couMtrucllon wan entered Into almo»l fully 

 ei|ulvnlent to that undertaken d'lrlnu the cornnpondlng month laat year 

 The loss was four |ier r<>nt, but >niall loHses like thnl may well be Ignored 



The olllclal npurti o( building pirmllN. Isiiued by 72 of the principal 

 cities lhrou.:liout the country during the month of Aiigual, received bjr 

 The American Contraclor. C'hlcaxo. reach a total of $.',l.:t:t,'..4ll.">. aa com- 

 pared with $.'>0,7I1,!),'IT for August, ini:i, o loss of 4 per cent. Tbia, bow- 

 ever, I'oiupures with a gain of 12 per cent, acored by the .luly atalempDl, oo 

 that had It not been for the foreign tumioll. August would doubtleaa bare 

 ahowo a aubstaotlal gain. Earlier In the year there bad been comparallTc 

 losses. .Not all cities, however, have shown recession In point of activity. 



Cains are shown In thirty-tbr illes. among which with percentages the 



following are rather notable: ClucloDati. 124; Pateriion. 317: Salt l^ke 

 City, 270: Scranton. I'Jl : Seattle, 100: Worcester, IKl ; New Haven. 04. 



For the first eight moniha of the .venr the totol cost of building permlta. 

 Issued In 72 cities totol J400,.'501.ri9rt, as compared with »52.1,10«.S6."5 for 

 the same months last year, a decrease of per cent. The statement In 

 detail is as follows: 



Clty- 



APr 



Btilt 



BIr 



ngham 



1U14 

 002. Sir. 

 47P.085 

 .172.n3» 

 1.012. 84n 



!il-i,r.4i» 



I.IXM 



.ir,4.rjr. 



Tor Cent 

 <;«l'i I^ai 



17 



Brl.lgeport l-17.en.1 



Buffalo "•o "«■> 



r, rt.ir Rapids 282.00*1 



Chnltnnooga IJS.kki 



Chicago .'i.7n'> .'."n 



Cincinnati l.lM.OCu 



Cleveland 2.S18 470 



Columbus n47.32.'> 



Dallas 220.170 



Denv"? '. ir.O.ono 



Des Moines lii.inn 



Detroit •J..tr.3.4<.''i 



Duluth 238.023 



Fast Grange 43.210 



PI. Wavnc ir.S.Sno 



Harrlsburg 101.27r. 



Hartford ISBOno 



l-tllannnolia 472.430 



Jersey City 401,804 



Kansas City .•i27.3'>n 



Lincoln l.<in8H.''i 



I OS Anicelcs 1.287 408 



Louisville 420.860 



M->nch,ster 137.2.'.'. 



Memphis 17r..00n 



Milwaukee 1121.284 



Minneapolis ... P43 flT.1 



Newark 3.1(111.233 



New Haven .-.Oi.r.OT 



New Orleans 2.30.111(1 



New v„rk City- 

 Manhattan 1.470.170 



Bronx 1.272.343 



Brooklvn -1. 203.140 



Borough of Oiirens 1.020. 7.''.8 



Borough of Rlrhnionil 220 237 



Total 11.288.0n4 



o-Vlnn,| 411.88(1 



Oklahoma nn.lin 



Omnha .-.21.00r. 



P-lerpoii 221 Ors 



Peoria . 203.081 

 2.042.R1O 

 1.127.000 

 •t"n 300 



I'ntl 



174.170 



DO.rnK 



OI'4.4?R 

 700,708 

 213.437 

 827.470 

 70.110 

 3.001.003 

 440,210 



«'<.oi>n 



321.110 



i.ii;3.ni3 



1,080 fliO 



4.870 



,'■.30 .'.10 



^ « 



Pit 



118 



18.'i,388 03 020 101 



Seattle l,.'jnn.S2r. .'.82,420 109 



Phrevenort -n..'.oo 104 4'18 28 



Sioux CItv 223.480 12O.00O SO 



South Bend 111.310 113.472 



Springfield, III. . 72 800 TO 02.', 3 



Svracuse :!.too.*8 .'.'.t t.i.', 40 



Tacoma 130.400 l.'-2."37 9 



Toledo 100.047 S.'.T ta". 37 



Tooeka 20 030 4'i 3'!.'. . 08 



rtle™. N. y 80 070 .371.2.'.0 77 



'n'ashlnglan 401,070 027.472 . . 22 



WIehlta .34.020 0^020 . . 42 



Wllkes-Barre . . 28.731 1.37 «44 . . 79 



Worcester (!7(l.0n2 241.093 181 



Total ».-,4. 335.405 ?00.711.n37 4 



Movement to Purchase White Mountain Beserve 



.\t a recent meeting of the NatlonnI Forest Reserve Commission the 



purchase of .3.'!.000 acres in tbe White mountains was approved, the price 



