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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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 partlcn to lbi> milt. The lit'iirlni: Is nwnlti'd with much Intercut. 



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BaTival of Mexican Bualness 



Th»re W a very good pri>si>oct of the early revival of the Mexican 

 4kmaDd (or lamber as well as other auppllex. Neal M. Leach, traffic man- 

 ncer of the Texas and Pacinc Hallroad, states that through alcepcm will 

 be run to Torreon. Mexico, following a meetlnK of tbe directors of the 

 National Linos of Mexico on Oetolier 7. These lines were conllscnteil 

 daring the Inte revolution, and much of the trnck. bridges and equipment 

 destroyed. It Is understood that the Constltullonnllst sovernment will In 

 time indemnify the stockholders (or the losses sustained, but tbe llnex 

 will of necessity t>c operated on a small scale until repairs are made 

 and new equipment procured. 



Tie dealers seem to be reluctant to go Into Mexico, considering the chaos 

 that has existed In the republic (or several years, but with the resump- 

 tion o( railway service It Is believed that there will be n heavy movement 

 lictwevn New Orleans and tbe Mexican border. Heretofore tbc .\merlcaii 

 railroads have declined to iM>rmlt their cars to cross the border without a 

 government guaranty of their return, but with the transfer o( tbe Mexican 

 lines to tbclr original stockholders, and the reinstatement of tbe operating 

 and traUlc force formerly In cbar?c. tills barrier will bo removed. 



Harclwood DistiUation Hzperlments 



The Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., has prepared and 

 the Forest Service has published Bulletin 129, giving the results of a 

 series of experiments with the destructive distillation of certain hard- 

 woods. The eiporlments were conducted by L. T. Ilawley and R. C. 

 Palmer. The chief Interest in this publication will be taken by those 

 engaged In hardwood distillation. The work Is somewhat technical, Imt 

 the layman can understand It. It gives tbe yield of several kinds of 

 woods, and those from different regions are compared. Tbe principal 

 woods considered arc beech, birch, and maple, but llgurcs are likewise 

 given for chestnut, oak, red gum, hickory, and tupelo, which are not 

 usually regarded as distillation woods. Chestnut is lowest In value. 

 tupelo Is next, and red gum falls somewhat below oak. None of these 

 woods measures with beech, birch, and maple. Hickory's yield of alcohol 

 Is above that of any other wood tried In the experiments, but is not 

 above In other distillates. 



Statement of Ownership and Management 



.\greeablc to tbc act of Congress of August 24, lOl'J. leiiuiiiui; publishers 

 of periodical.* to flle with tbe postraaster-gcneral and tbe postmaster in 

 ibc office at which such publication Is entered, a .^worn statement setting 

 forth the names and postofllce addresses of editors and managing editor, 

 publisher, business manager and owners, and in addition tbe stockholders, 

 if the publication is owned by a corporation, and also tbe names of 

 known bondholders, mortgages, or other security holders, and that such 

 sworn statement shall be published in such newspaper or other publication, 

 tbc following statement is herewith printed : 



Haedwood Recoiio Is published twice a month at Chicago, 111. 



The names and postolDce addresses of the editors are as follows : 



Editors : E. H. Defebaugh. 537 South Dearborn street, Chicago, HI. : 

 E. W. Meeker, 537 South Dearborn street, Chicago, 111. 



E. W. Meeker, Managing Editor, Chicago, Hi. 



Hu Maxwell, Technical Editor, 927 Asbury avenue, Evanston, 111. 



Business Managers : E. H. Defebaugh, E. W. Meeker. 



Publisher: Tbe Hardwood Company, nsj South Dearborn street, 

 Chicago, 111. 



Owners : The Hardwood Company, 537 South Dearborn street, Chicago, 

 III. : E. H. Defebaugh, 537 South Dearborn street, Chicago, III. ; Estate 

 H. H Gibson, 537 South Dearborn street, Chicago, 111. 



There are no known bondholders, mortgages and other security holders 

 holding any bonds, mortgages or other securities of this company. 

 E. H. DEFEB.\ncn, Editor. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this eighteenth day of September, 

 1014, .1. S. Pen.nington, Notary Public. 



My commission expires October 24, 1916. 



OoTenunent Purchases of Hardwoods 



On September 1 the government opened its divisional purchasing to 

 bids for material for naval construction and repair work. Its present 

 rcnuirements include a large amount of hardwood lumber of various 

 kinds, for the grading of which tbe latest rules of tbe National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association are stipulated. Full Information on tbc sub- 

 ject can be had by addressing Bureau of Supplies and .\ccounts, Navy 

 Department. Washington, D. C. 



The dliict>\i'r> ol a lr«-Hk uruwtli Im re|Hirled from Plaint-, where n 

 M-cllon of a tree which Im aald In ■>•• KM) yearn old han throuKh the 

 iiildille of II two eednr nillH, the In-e havlnit grown completely around 

 Iheni. The tree Itself Is two and a half (wt In diameter and ea>... of the 

 rails slicks through on ■•llher side and has not yet been decayed In thf 

 leiixi. <^UI reHbb'niH said tiK'y have biM'n there for sevenly-nve year* 

 iiih iif the liHim' ends of the rail Is partly growii Inio the big oak Im- 



Report from Liverpool 



I'lidir date of Sipteinber 11 a Liverpool limber bouse sent out a clrcu 

 lar lelier wlilch has Just bi-.-n received, and which treats of rondlllons of 

 Mile and price's In that world renowned mahogany center. 



.Vecording lo the coinniunicntion, no auction sales have In-en held since 

 .luiy 2;: and arrivals up to the date of the letter ore moderate. Few 

 private sales arc reported and stocks are now heavy hut not excessive. 

 Values are normal but very uncertain. Itie secretary slates that (Jahoon 

 mahogany arrives freely but there Is very little demand for this typ.- 



Car Surplus and Shortage 



The October 8 bulletin of the .\iuericnn Hallway .\s8ocialiou sliuwn thai 

 the ear situation Is liuproviug somewhat with a slight but consistent 

 decrease In surplus and a similar increase in shortage. The surplus on 

 October 1 was 1.33,382 cars as compared with 138,108 cars on September 

 l.'i. On October 1 a year ago there was a surplus of 4,100 cars. 



The shortage on the first of October wag 2,350 cars as against a shortage 

 of 2.059 ears on September 15, and a shortage of 31,020 cars on October 

 1 a year ago. 



This barometer of shipping activity and Incidentally of commercial 

 activity shows that while Improvement is very gradual It has continued 

 very consistently during the last few months. 



Lumber Cut for August 

 .T. E. Rhodes, secretary of the Natlonnl Lumber Manufacturers' .\8so 

 elation, has sent out tbe report of tbe August cut by members of the 

 association. The total is 859,000,000 feet, of which 45,200,000 feet are 

 hardwoods. The output for the same month last year was 055,200,000 

 feet, of which 57,400,000 were hardwoods. The summary for the month 

 follows : 



Feet 



Decrease In cut during August, 1914, under August, 1913 51,600,000 



Decrease in shipments during August, 1914, under August, 



1913 96,200.000 



Excess cut over shipments during .\ugust, 1913 60,100,000 



Excess cut over shipments during August, 1914 104,700,000 



More Gun Stocks Needed 



If the Europeon war is lengthened 11 will create a market for walnut 

 suitable for gun stocks. During Napoleon's wars tbe price of walnut 

 rose to figures unknown before or since ; but that was principally Cir- 

 cassian walnut, or tbe same wood grown from planted trees In Europe. 

 American black walnut was not heavily drawn upon at that time. Tbe 

 great demand upon this wood was felt during our Civil War. The mod- 

 ern military arm requires less wood (or the slock than was used on the 

 musket of former wars ; but larger numbers of guns are made, and the 

 total call for suitable wood will be very large. 



Tbe London Timber ycir,«, September 12, says that for gun and rifle 

 stocks the demand for good, walnut timber of home growth Is consider- 

 able, tbe price varying from $1.20 to $1.60 per cubic foot — but It must 

 be clean, sound, and of a stipulated size. There Is little, un(ortunateiy, 

 for' sale in England, few plantations of the tree as a crop being planted, 

 liy old buildings, Indeed, on most estates where the soil is suitable, 

 walnut trees are to be (ound — single specimens as a rule : but a planta- 

 tion of tbe trees does not perhaps exist. 



These estate trees are rarely felled unless circumstances demand such 

 a course to be followed, and so the quantity o( walnut timber o( home 

 growth in England Is reduced to the lowest maximum. Certainly planta- 

 tions wholly composed of the trees have been formed, but tbe experi- 

 ments were not very successful, merely owing to the fact that tbe soil 

 was unsuitable: that required for the prodfiction of the largest quantity 

 of the most valuable walnut timber being a good yellow loam — in fact, 

 a wheat-producing soil. 



There Is still much good black walnut timber In tbe United States, 

 but it is scattered. However, satisfactory prices would suffice to bring 

 it to market. 



The Ownership of Timherlands 



'i'lie Bureau of Corporations has pul)lished another volume In tbe 

 series dealing with the ownership and other conditions relating to private 

 timberlands In the Dnlted Slates. The volume contains 264 pages and a 

 number of maps. The introduction, which includes three pages, gives a 

 good summary of what the whole report shows In detail. The chief 

 points brought out are the following: 



About 08,000 square miles of tbe most densely timbered regions of 

 the I'nited States are covered by the maps. The land lies chiefly in 



