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If you can put us in touch with the viglir 

 people, we shall again be extremely obliged to 

 your good selves- 



COMPAXT. 



The above inquirer has been referred to a 

 prominent manufacturer of boot lasts and 

 boot trees. Any reader having this material 

 to offer and desiring to be placed in com- 

 munication with the prospective customer, can 

 have the address by writing this office and 

 referring to B 304. — Editor. 



B 307 — The Natural DurabUity of Wood 



HARU^vooD Eecord is recently in receipt of 

 the following letter from a subscriber. 



Aurora, Ind.. Sept. 18. — Editor HARr>wooD 

 Record : We notice in your September 10 issue 

 under the head of "Natural Durability of Wood," 

 an article we have read with a great deal of 

 interest. The writer speaks of the heart-wood 

 of timbers being entirely separate from the sap- 

 wood, in this particular that the sap is onl.v 

 in the sap-wood part of the tree during the time 

 that it is up in the tree from the roots. That 

 being the case perhaps he would tell us why 

 hickory, particularly the heart, will check so 

 much more easily cut at the season of the year 

 when the sap is up, say from January to Au- 

 gust, according to the climate. 



We wpuld be glad to hear from you on this 

 subject, if possible. . 



The following answer was given to this 

 communication: 



We believe if you will read again the arti- 

 cle referred to, you will see that the author 

 thereof did not mean to say that "the sap is 

 only in the sap-wood part of the tree during 



the time it is up in the tree from the roots. ' ' 

 As a matter of fact, there is sap or water in 

 the sap-wood and also in the heart-wood at 

 all seasons; but it is more active during the 

 growing season. The wood of a green tree 

 is about as heavy in winter as summer, which 

 would not be the case if the sap or water 

 were absent in winter, since most green trees 

 are nearly one-third water. 



The causes of wood checking are somewhat 

 complicated, and probably no single explana- 

 tion will answer in all cases ; but primarily, 

 cheeking is due to drying, and it may be that 

 hickory checks worse in summer than in 

 winter because it is warmer then, and the 

 wood dries faster. — Editor. 



B 308 — Wants Ash and Hickory Export 



Logs 



A prominent London concern writes as fol- 

 lows: 



Perhaps you can assist us in our quest for 

 veliab'e shippers of ash and hickory logs. We 

 have a good market in this country for the 

 jjoods in question and have room on our books 

 for two or three shippers. We will esteem it 

 a favor if you will give us the names of any 

 shippers with whom we might make a business 

 arrangement. . 



This concern has been supplied ■with the 

 names of exporters of such stock. Those 

 wishing the name of this concern can have it 

 by writing H.iRDWOOD Eecord and referring 

 to B 308. — Editor. 



S gat i atMrotliTOiTOMMJiTO^ 



"News Miscellany 



Meeting of Cincinnati Club 



The first fall meeting of the Lumbermen's 

 Club of Cincinnati took place at the German 

 garden called "Heidelberg," in the Kentucky 

 Highlands near the city on Sept. 10. This was 

 the first meeting of the club since June and was 

 attended by some fift.v lumbermen, who journeyed 

 to the park in special street cars. 



The usual good things to eat were provided, 

 and every effort was made to banish from the 

 minds of those present thoughts of the swelter- 

 ing heat. 



Vice-President J. S. Zqller presided in place 

 of President Charles F. SWiols. The first im- 

 portant business before thfr uieoting was the 

 report of the committee «ppoinrr<l to take up 

 the question of the proposed increase in freight 

 rates from the southern territory to Canadian 

 points. 



A letter from the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission was read, in which it is stated that 

 the increase as announced by railroads 

 which was to have become eBfective Sept. 1, 

 had been postponed until Dec. 30 in order that 

 the commission might have an opportunity of 

 fully looking into the equity of the proposed ad- 

 vance. 



The unanimous opinion of the club members 

 was that some action should be taken to defi- 

 nitely prevent increased rates from Ohio river 

 crossings to Canadian points, as well as on lum- 

 ber coming directly through from southern points. 

 Considerable feeling w-as expressed over the fact 

 that while the southern rates had been sus- 

 pended, the increased rates from Ohio river 

 crossings have been in continuance for several 

 months. 



It was moved that the chair appoint a com- 

 mittee to investigate the condition thoroughly 



with a view of relieving the Cincinnati territory 

 of the evident discrimination against it. S. W. 

 Ivichey, Emil Thoman and Ralph McCracken 

 were appointed on the committee. 



Communication from the Lakes to the Gulf 

 Deep Waterways Congress announced the date 

 of the convention to be held at Little Rock, Ark., 

 and asked the Lumbermen's Club of Cincinnati 

 to have delegates on hand at that meeting. 



As a result of a canvass of the political senti- 

 ment among the members it developed that there 

 were eighteen Wilson men present : thirteen for 

 Roosevelt ; ten for Taft and one follower of 

 Debs. 

 National Conservation Congress Meeting 



Beginning Oct. 1. the National Conservation 

 Congress will convene for four days at Indian- 

 apolis, Ind. Governor Woodrow Wilson will ad- 

 dress the meeting of Oct. 3 at the State Fair 

 Coliseum, which has a seating capacity of 20.000. 

 It is expected that President Taft and Colonel 

 Roosevelt will be in attendance at some time 

 during the convention. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley is 

 announced as speaker at the first night's meet- 

 ing. Another prominent figure who will be 

 present is Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale. The lum- 

 ber industry will be represented by Hon. J. B. 

 White of Kansas City, who is president of the 

 congress. 



Coming Deep Waterways Convention 



There is every indication that the meeting of 

 the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways conven- 

 tion held Sept. 2-t. 25 and 26 at Little Rock, 

 Ark., will be marked by a record attendance. 

 Secretary Lovelace claims that four thousand 

 delegates have already signified their intention 

 of being present. Cities and sections from all 

 over the affected districts are sending in lists 

 of delegates, which in some instances run into 



hundreds. There is a probability that both 

 Colonel Roosevelt and Governor Wilson will be 

 ir attendance at the meeting, in which case it 

 will be marked by a greater degree of interest 

 than were these eminent characters not present. 

 In addition to these distinguished citizens, other 

 n.en of prominence throughout the country have 

 signified their intention of attending. Among 

 them will be Governor Colquitt of Texas and 

 Governor Deneen of Illinois, both of whom have 

 been strong advocates of the deep waterways 

 system from its incipiency. 



The largest number of delegates from any 

 one point will probably come from St. Louis, 

 from which city it is planned to send a total of 

 five hundred. All arrangements are being made 

 to facilitate the work of the convention, and 

 to take care of a vast amount of clerical and 

 stenographic work attached to it. 



Letters have been and are continuing to be 

 sent out to all commercial organizations, mayors, 

 governors and others likely to be interested. Re- 

 ports continue to come in from various sections 

 contiguous to the Mississippi valley that they are 

 actively at work appointing delegates who will 

 assuredly be on hand. 



Manufacturers' Meeting Postponed 



The meeting of the executive committee of the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the 

 tnited States, which was to have convened a 

 week ago in Cincinnati, was postponed on ac- 

 count of the fact that several members of the 

 committee had not yet returned to their offices 

 from their summer vacations. The time of meet- 

 ing was put two weeks ahead. 



Fiber Box Manufacturers to Have Hearing 



On Oct. 3 manufacturers of fiber containers 

 will have a hearing before the Uniform Classi- 

 fication Committee, at which time they will en- 

 ter objections to various shipping requirements 

 as covering fiber boxes. Some of the questions 

 have been brought up at previous meetings, but 

 will be reopened for discussion. 



The fiber box people contend that present in- 

 spection of their containers is much too tech- 

 nical. For instance, they are endeavoring to 

 secure the removal of the requirements by which 

 they must place metal strips as cross-reinforcing 

 on their packages, which strips they contend 

 are unnecessary. If this demand is granted 

 the producer, it is contended by the user that 

 with the removal of such reinforcing it will be 

 easily possible to penetrate the fiber container, 

 remove some of the contents and reseal it with- 

 out leaving any evidence. Thus it would seem 

 that the fiber box people are working against 

 their own interests. 



The meeting should be interesting to wooden 

 box manufacturers. 



Golf Tournament in Philadelphia 



One needed only to attend the meeting and 

 tournament of the recently organized Philadel- 

 phia Lumbermen's Golf Club, held at the St. 

 Davids Golf Club grounds on Sept. 12. to he 

 assured of its howling success as a social and 

 recreative experiment. A handicap game had 

 been arranged in which twenty-eight golfers in 

 groups of two two-somes and six four-somes 

 participated. The eighteen hole course proved 

 unexpectedly one of the most difficult 

 grounds to play on. consequently the scores 

 were not startling, but the contest was spirited 

 throughout and the interest and fun prodigious. 

 Thomas N. Nixon. J. Anderson Ross. W. H. 

 Fritz and Joseph W. Janney tied for low gross 

 net. but as Mr. Janney had already won one 

 prize, and no pla.ver could receive mo'-e than 

 one. his name was withdrawn from the tie. 

 The matching of coins was resorted to, resulting 

 in first prize, a handsome scarf-pin. poing to 

 ^Ir. Nixon, and second prize, a fine driver, to 

 Mr. Fritz. Joseph W. Janney and Morris C. 

 Burton won each an iron club for the best 

 four-some ball net. 



