HARDWOOD RECORD 



Douglas fir 



Yellow pine timbers. 



Yellow poplar 



Shortleaf piue 



Red gum 



3,639,000 



3,528,000 



297,000 



27,000 



22,000 



Cypress 8,000 



Other yellow pine 2,822,000 



All other boards 1,312,000 



78,895 

 25,571 

 1,451 

 1,198 

 436 

 52,386 

 100,911 



Doors, etc 



Incubators 



House trimming 

 Barrel headings , 

 Railway ties . . . 



22,578 



22,545 



22,380 



2,500 



1,493 



All other manufactures of wood 199,760 



Total 251,892,000 $5,775,765 



Other forest products shipped from /the United States to Argentina 

 in 1913 are shown below: 



Article Value 



Harrel shocks $2,321,689 



Horse vehicles ] ,712,048 



Furniture 778,404 



Wheelbarrows 169,152 



Box shooks 38,977 



Woodenware 25,620 



Total $5,317,146 



Most of tlie lumber which reaches Argentina from the United 

 States is shipped from the Gulf states; but some cargoes reach that 

 country from our Pacific coast states by passing through the Straits 

 of Magellan or around Cape Horn. It is not probable that much 

 lumber for Argentina will pass through the Panama canal, since 

 the distance would be shortened but little, if any. Argentina is well 

 supplied with harbors, inland navigable waters, and has 18,516 miles 

 of railways. In means of transportation it is superior to any other 

 South American country. 



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Probable Scarcity of Toys 



There will be a scarcity of wooden toys during the coming holiday 

 season. The supplies from Germany have been wholly cut off, and 

 it is not within the range of possibilities that the avenues of trade 

 will be opened in time for toys to come from the war zone this year. 



In 1912 Germany exported to the United States toys to the value 

 of $7,020,000. Figures for 1913 are not yet obtainable. The exports 

 from Austria were considerable, but the exact value cannot be here 

 stated. It is not known what proportion of all the toys sold in the 

 United States come from abroad, but the quantity is large. 



Toymakers in the United States use 29,000,000 feet of lumber 

 yearly in their production. This wood costs them about $600,000; 

 but it is not known what is the value of the finished toys. The 

 largest part of the American product consists of sleds, wagons, carts, 

 and other vehicles on wheels or runners. These kinds are not ex- 

 tensively imported, and the supply for the holidays will be adequate. 

 The greatest shortage will be felt in handmade toys which the 

 German and Austrian cottagers have been accustomed to make in 

 their homes. Games are included in this list, as are the familiar 

 Noah's ark and all the accompanying animals, ^menageries, village 

 scenes, mills, churches, schools and the like. Toy musical instru- 

 ments are largely imported. 



Children in this country will have to do without many of these 

 this year. American factories can make toys as well as Germany 

 when machines are used; but the handwork will never be attempted 

 in this country. It is too slow, and the workers cannot earn wages 

 high enough to tempt them. The following partial list of toys 

 exported from Germany gives an insight into the details of the 

 industry : 



Houses, household implements of every kind, tops, dolls, wooden 

 soldiers, wheelbarrows, popguns, cheap cricket bats and croquet 

 sets, skipping-rope handles, bowls, tool boxes, pencils and pencil 

 cases, rulers, writing and other cabinets, pipe racks, wooden 

 brackets of all kinds, puzzles, fretwork of all kinds, clock cases, 

 wooden clogs and sabots, walking-sticks, billiard cues, golf sticks, 

 fancy boxes and small cabinet ware, writing-desks, slates and school 

 fittings, draughts and chess sets, ninepins, brush backs and ware, 

 clothes pegs, wooden handles and knobs of all kinds, spokes, ham- 

 mer and pick handles, gun stocks, boot lasts, brooms and brushes, 

 broom handles, cornice poles and rings, wooden platters, spoons and 

 butter prints, wooden hoops, spades, wickets, table and chair legs, 

 balusters, bungs and spile pegs, wood wool, wooden pipe lighters, 

 veneers, treenails, railway keys, dowel pegs, wooden boot heels, 

 mangle rollers, saddle trees, hubs, felloes, and cart and carriage 

 ware, prepared woodwork for casks, bentwood furniture, parquet 

 flooring, blind and builders' laths, electric light casements and 

 fittings, wickerwork, chip boxes, jewel cases, tea chests, writing 

 desks, pen holders, wood screws, photographic cameras and stands, 

 serviette rings, paint brushes and handles, vast quantities of cheap 

 picture frames and mouldings. Nearly all these articles can be 



made by machinery, even toy horses' legs being shaped on a dummy 

 copying lathe. 



The annual sale of German toys in the British Isles is of nearly 

 as great value as the exports to the United States. The trade papers 

 in England are agitating the proposition that steps be taken to 

 capture that business by doing the manufacturing in England. 

 Americans will do well to give the subject more than a passing 

 thought on their own account. 



Inquiries among toy makers in the United States, a few days 

 ago, revealed the fact that they are all taxed to their utmost to 

 meet increased orders. Nearly all have added to their working 

 force, and new machinery has been installed. Some are running their 

 factories night and day. The last shipment of toys from Germany 

 arrived a few days ago, and was valued at $500,000. No other 

 consignments are expected this year from Europe. 



Chance for Panels 



The present abnormal circumstances will open up a great many 

 new avenues of sale for various commodities, among them being 

 lumber and veneers. Already it is stated that one southern concern 

 has sold a very considerable quantity of wide poplar boards for 

 British mess tables. Poplar, of course, is very well suited for this 

 purpose and if properly treated should stand up well as far as 

 warping, twisting and splitting are concerned. However, it would 

 seem that well-built panels made up with waterproof glue would 

 give even greater assurance of permanence of form. It would seem 

 that the game would be worth the effort. 



Difficult of Understanding 



During the last few weeks Hakdwood Recokd has received a con- 

 siderable number of letters of inquiry as to the source of supply 

 for certain sizes and grades of sap gtmi, most particularly in the 

 upper grades. It seems that this stock is a difBcult thing to secure 

 at this time, as in reply to letters of inquiry sent out from this 

 oflSce for the purpose of locating the source of supply for the 

 original inquirers, Hakdwood Eecord has received the almost unani- 

 mous answer that the mills addressed were entirely out of this line 

 of lumber. 



Considering the situation, it is rather difficult to comprehend the 

 reason for quotations on this stock which have been noted recently. 

 Without giving actual figures, a considerable sale was recently made 

 in Chicago at a figure that would make it absolutely impossible to 

 realize even a modest profit. In fact, a real loss was very likely 

 sustained. 



Why is it necessary to give way entirely to the desire to move 

 lumber? It is impossible to see any justification for selling at a 

 below market price stock which is generally credited with being dis- 

 tinctly short. Even war times do not justify such a procedure. 



