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since most of the trees are young and limby, 

 the lumber is full of knots. It passes as cotton- 

 wood where it is given a name. Most of it 

 finds its way to box factories, or is used for 

 rough lumber. In years to come, when the 

 trees are larger, and new growth of wood has 

 covered the early knots, the lumber will have 

 a wider range of uses. There apepars to be 

 no reason why it may not become as valuable 

 as the same wood in Europe, when it has ac- 

 quired the requisite age. Recent sales in Eng- 

 land were made at $60 a thousand. The 

 London Timber News in discussing a sale of 

 this wood said : "The trees were exceptionall.v 

 pice and clean, and averaged seventy cubic feet 

 each. It is seldom that so valuable a lot of 

 poplar Is to be seen, and the merchant who 

 bought it told us that it was required for special 

 work at the docks. For railway brakes it is an 

 invaluable wood, and as it teases rather than 

 splits is frequently employed in the making 

 of carts and barrows for the conveyance of 

 stones or other commodities that are apt to 

 hit hard in loading. In the manufacture of 

 cheap packing-cases poplar wood is also largely 

 employed, and vast quantities of it are used in 

 the making of soap boxes and other cases where 

 lightness takes precedence of lasting properties." 



Regarding the Ten-Hour Law in Mississippi 



The Mississippi Lumber Company of that 

 state recently received a valuable verdict from 

 Judge Buckley in the circuit court at Quitman. 

 Miss., in which the concern was vindicated of 

 its charge of having violated the ten-hour law. 

 The court banded down the decision in- which 

 the law was pronounced inconsistent and iu 

 violation of both state and federal constitutions. 

 While this is the second severe reverse the 

 defenders of the law have received, it is antici- 

 pated that they will carry the case to the su- 

 preme court of the state. 



A British View 



The London Timber Kews of Sept. 14 takes a 

 rather discouraging view of American efforts to 

 sell lumber directly to English consumers. It 

 says : 



"A representative of the Bureau of Manufac- 

 tures, Department of Commerce and Labor, of 

 the United States, has been in this country on 

 a mission, of which part was to study the condi- 

 tions of the English cabinet manufacturing trade 

 from the viewpoint of the American producer of 

 hardwoods. The question as to the possibility of 

 direct trading between English consumer and 

 American producer was, doubtless, the principal 

 object of investigation. What conclusions were 

 derived as a result of these inquiries we do not 

 know, but we feel confident that the knowledge 

 gained will banish any idea that may be enter- 

 tained among the lumber manufacturers in the 

 United States as to the feasibility of any scheme 

 of such direct trading. No doubt the possibilities 

 of such methods would appeal to lumbermen in 

 America ignorant of the organization of the 

 manufacturing furniture business here. In 

 America the conditions are very dissimilar ; the 

 business there is in fewer hands, operations 

 are on a much wider scale, and material can be 

 bought by the large factory men iu huge quan- 

 tities. 



"These conditions enable the producer to sell 

 economically to the manufacturer, whereas in 

 this country the difficulties in the way of such 

 a trading are insuperable. Here business would 

 be impossible without the distributing firms, and 

 to this conclusion we are certain the bureau's 

 official will agree." 

 Tennessee to Conserve Its Forests 

 The Nashville board of trade at a recent meet- 

 ing went so far In the direction of conserving 

 the Tennessee forests as to appoint a committee 

 to investigate measures for such an object. The 

 committee is headed by C. M. Morford, promi- 

 nent in a local lumber fraternity, and is com- 

 prised primarily of Nashville lumbermen. 



The Nashville board of trade and the local 

 lumbermen's club will co-operate in the effort 

 to conserve the forest resources of the state, and 

 il is hoped that sufficient information and data 

 will have been obtained by the next meeting 

 of the state legislature to ask for an appropria- 

 tion for this purpose. 



■ One of the main objects of the committee is 

 to secure a general enforcement of state laws 

 covering forests, which it is claimed are equally 

 as efficient as those of any other state in the 

 iL'nion. 



One of the most practical provisions, which 

 an eifort will be made to enforce, is that de- 

 manding that railroads provide their locomo- 

 tives with spark arresters to mln:m:ze the dan- 

 ger of forest fires, and also that they be re- 

 quired by law to keep the right of way one 

 hundred feet wide clear of combustible mate- 

 rial. 



It is anticipated that an appeal will be made 

 by the committee to reforest lands. 



"The Profession of Forestry" 



One of the newest publications of the Forest 

 Service is a bulletin under the above caption 

 by Chief Forester Henry S. Graves. The bulletin 

 outlines the remarkable development of forestry 

 in the United States as compared with its mucli 

 slower development in foreign countries, al- 

 though, of course, it is recognized that the 

 profession has actually advanced further abroad 

 than here. 



It takes up the various phases of the life of 

 the forester, describing the profession as a vo- 

 cation : giving a summary of the requisites of 

 the profession and the necessary training. 



The field of work is outlined under four 

 headings, namely, government work, state work, 

 private work and research work. Under the 

 head of government work is outlined the adminis- 

 tration and protection of the national forests; 

 investigation and co-operation, and how the 

 force is recruited. 



Will Propagate Black Locust 



The Indiana State Forester, at Indianapolis, 

 has taken up the work of propagating black 

 locust from seeds grown in that state. Collec- 

 tions will be made from healthy young trees In 

 various localities. It is believed that trees thus 

 grown will resist attacks of borers better than 

 t-tock shipped from nurseries in this country and 

 in Europe. Trees growing wild in Indiana are 

 said to be comparatively immune to the attacks 

 ol borers. The value of locust for fence posts 

 is well known. The wood resists decay so well 

 that it stands at the head of post timbers in this 

 country. It grows rapidly, and the tree is of 

 good shape when produced in tolerably dense 

 stands. 



A Gratifying List of Customers 



The remarkable growth of the dry-kiln de- 

 partment of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works of 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., is best indicated by a short 

 summary of the actual work installed recently 

 by that company. The following are names of 

 concerns prominent in the lumber field, which 

 have during the past few months purchased dry- 

 kilns from this progressive concern ; 



Henry Shenk Company, Erie. Pa. ; Mersman 

 Brothers Brandts Company. Celina, O. ; Interior 

 Woodwork Company, Milwaukee, Wis. ; Kindel 

 Bed Companv. Grand Rapids, Mich. ; United 

 Refrigerator & Ice Machine Company. Kenosha, 

 Wis ■ Day Lumber Company, Seattle, Wash. ; 

 Duluth S'how Case Company, Duluth, Minn. ; 



5 N. Brown & Co., Dayton. O. ; Youngsville 

 Manufacturing Company, Youngsville, Pa. ; 

 JIassev-Harris Company, Brandtford, Ont. ; 

 Woodstock Woodworking Company, Woodstock, 

 N B. ; Western Steel Car & Foundry Company, 

 Hegewisch, 111. : Colter & Company, Bucyrus, O. ; 

 Canada Furniture Manufacturers, Ltd., Berlin 

 and Woodstock, Ont. ; Binghamtpn Lounge Com- 

 pany, Binghamton. N. Y. : Pressed Steel Car 

 Company, "McKees Rocks, Pa. ; Sporleder Manu- 

 facturing Company, Wauwatosa. Wis. ; Schwager 



6 Nettleton Mills, Seattle, Wash. : W. S. Milne, 

 Cleveland, Tenn. : Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., Cadil- 

 lac, Mich. ; Y'cllow Poplar Lumber Company, 

 Coal Grove, O. : Appalachian Furniture Com 

 pany, Bluefleld, W. Va. ; Gall Lumber Company, 



Toronto. Ont. ; Hammond Lumber Company, 

 Hammond, La. : G. R. Refrigerator Company, 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Building Material Advance 



The advance in the cost of building material 

 is not confined to this country alone. An ex- 

 haustive consular report from Russia, contain- 

 ing a summary of conditions in several of the 

 principal cities of that country, shows that in- 

 crease in cost is almost everywhere observable. 

 In a number of large towns the authorities have 

 undertaken to manufacture material, particularly 

 brick and cement, because the sharp advances iu 

 cost in the open market have embarrassed opera- 

 tions under way. One of the causes assigned 

 for this increase in Russia is the tendency of 

 country people to move to cities, and the con- 

 sequent need of additional houses and factories. 

 Another cause is stated to be the increase of 

 available capital which is seeking investment in 

 cities. Though more building material is manu- 

 factured than ever before, it is not sufficient to 

 meet the increasing demand. In Moscow, for 

 example, 3,000 buildings were erected last sum- 

 mer: and though 300.000,000 bricks were manu- 

 factured in that district, being an increase of 

 forty per cent, the price advanced. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



The Queens Lake Lumber Company at New 

 Memphis, 111., has dissolved. 



The Grobhiser Cabinet Makers Company has 

 reduced its capital to $150,000. 



The Cadillac Handle Company is building a 

 factory at Harbor Springs, Mich. 



The E. C. Ganahl Lumber Company at Mobile, 

 Ala., is closing out its business there. 



The Harris Player Piano Company has been 

 incorporated at Binghamton, N. Y., with a $75,- 

 000 capital. 



The Illinois Cabinet Company at Rockford, 

 111., has increased its capital stock from $100,- 

 000 to $200,000. 



The Louisiana Logging Company has been 

 incorporated at Louisville, Ky., with a capital 

 stock of $50,000. 



The name of the Standard Lumber Company 

 at Montgomery, Ala., has been changed to the 

 Atlas Lumber Company. 



The Aberdeen Furniture Manufacturing Com- 

 pany has been incorporated at Aberdeen, Wash., 

 with a capital of $75,000. 



The Thomas R. Riley Lumber Company has 

 been incorporated at Winston-Salem, N. C, with 

 a capital stock of $75,000. 



A new incorporation at Binghamton, N. Y., 

 is the Binghamton Box & Veneer Company, with 

 an authorized capital of $16,000. 



W. II. Cook & Co. have commenced operating 

 their sawmill and veneering plant located on 

 North Detroit street, Warsaw, Ind. 



Roy Patton, William F. Netling and Ignatz 

 Herz are the incorporators of the 'Roy Patton 

 Lumber Company at Jackson, Ky., with a cap- 

 ital of $25,000. 



The Memphis Coffin Company is enlarging its 

 already big wood-working factory at Memphis, 

 Tenn., and has increased its capital stock from 

 $30,000 to $230,000. 



The Swartzwelder Lumber Company, Hudson, 

 W. Va., has purchased timberland containing 

 two million feet of timber, and will install a 

 sawmill for its development. 



The big planing and wood turning mill of the 

 Robinson Lumber Company at South Brand, 

 Mich., was destroyed by fire on Sept. 10. The 

 loss is estimated at $50,000. 



The large veneer factory, mills, dr.y-kilns and 

 drying sheds of the Niagara Veneer and Basket 

 Company at Perry Sound, Ontario, Canada, were 

 destroyed by fire on Sept. 11. 



The Irving Park Furniture Company has been 

 formed at Chicago by Johann Waage, Frank H. 

 Culver and John .4. Brown, and will manufac- 

 ture and deal in lurniture and other household 

 goods. 



The Meyer Brothers Furniture Company has 

 been organized at Cincinnati, O., with a capital 



