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finished woods are of various species, there- 

 fore make an agreeable contrast when the 

 pieces of one kind are matched in with 

 pieces of another. Whitewood is often com- 

 bined with the darkest of stock; black wal- 

 nut and whitewood go together in some pat- 

 terns; in others the object is to have very 

 little contrast. Often the shading is so 

 slight that it barely defines the intersec- 

 tions. In Fig. 11 is exhibited one of the 

 popular floor covers manufactured with these 

 varying pieces of hardwood, interlaid as 

 described. 



The base for one of these built-up carpets 

 must of course be substantial, as the pieces 

 depend xipon it for support. 



A flexible base is often wanted, in which 

 case heavy canvas or oil cloth is used. Again 

 sheet metal is employed to advantage. Often 

 the flooring is constructed direct on the 



original base, in which case the covering 

 can not be removed without tearing it into 

 pieces. Cement and glue are used for hold- 

 ing the parts together. The matching and 

 putting up of a design like that in Fig. 11 

 is very laborious and tedious. There are 

 many small pieces of wood and each piece 

 must be picked up separately and adjusted 

 before the adjoining one can be placed in 

 position. All this requires . time and pa- 

 tience. Weeks are often devoted to the 

 ijianufaeture of one carpet of sufficient size 

 to cover the floor of an ordinary apartment. 

 Some of the hardwood carpets are made 

 with the body of the surface of a certain 

 color, as in Fig. 12, in which case the pieces 

 may be of good size, and the operation of 

 setting is thus much simplified. A number of 

 other designs are shown in illustrations 

 13 to 16. 



Hardwood Record J\Iail Bag. 



[In this department it is proposed to reply 

 to such inquiries as reach this nlfice from the 

 HARDWftoD Heooud clientage as will be of enough 

 general interest to warrant publication. Every 

 patron of the paper is invited to use this de- 

 partment t(i the fullest extent, and an attempt 

 will be made tu answer queries pertaining to all 

 matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in 

 a succinct and intelligent manner.] 



Criticizes Hardwood Inspection. 

 Gkand ItAriii.s. Micji.. .lune :■.. — Kditur Hard- 

 wood Record : A point occurs to us that we 

 would like to lay before you, and which we be- 

 lieve should find space in the pages of the 

 Recobd, presented in the manner of which we 

 know you are so very capable. It is this : From 

 past experience, and especially during the last 



cnuiili- vf years, if we were asked to cite the one 

 ■bone of contention" in the lumber trade it is 

 that attention enough is not paid to the rules 

 Koverning the scaling of lumber. We refer now 

 In the National Hardwood Lumber Association's 

 rules of inspection. We firmly believe that a 

 great deal (if time and trouble and useless corre- 

 spondence might be saved if this rule were more 

 closely adhered to in the sale of lumber. For 

 instance, the writer a short time ago placed an 

 order for a certain grade of lumber. Upon re- 

 ceipt of the car he found five distinct grades in 

 the one car and all purporting to be in accord- 

 ance with the order placed. This, you see, natur- 

 ally necessitates delay and additional corre- 

 spondence that is not always of the pleasantest 



nature. We tliiuk a word from the Hardwood. 

 UKCtiiut along these lines would have a very 

 sahilary eflfect in promoting a closer observance 

 of the National rules in each instance of inspec- 

 tion. Trusting these remarks may appeal to 

 you, and with best wishes for the Hahdwood 

 Record, we beg to remain. Yours very truly, 

 BissELL, Carpet Sweeper Company, 



J. II. Shanahan. Supt. 



Tlie criticisms noted by the superintendent 

 of the Bissell Carpet Sweeper Company have 

 been repeatedly discussed in the Hardwood 

 Record and it is this very desideratum that 

 the hardwood associations are now so ener- 

 getically trying to work out. It is sincerely 

 to be hoped that before the year is over 

 corps of inspectors who are competent, ac- 

 curate and impartial will have the hamlling 

 of lumber, and that complaints of careless 

 inspection will finally be at an end. — Editor. 



Who Wants Oak Spokes? 

 The Blackstone Handshaved Handle Com- 

 pany of Blackstone, Va., manufacturer of 

 handmade and turned hickory handles of all 

 kinds, has added a spoke department to its 

 business and would like the name and ad- 

 dress of some concern that is in the market 

 for oak sjiukcs. 



Good Advice. 



I'u.sEMiTE, Kv., May :'.(i. — Editor IIardwuod 

 Record : For good sound information in a nut- 

 shell you have the only lumber journal in Amer- 

 ica today. While I have only been a subscriber 

 for two or three years, I have been a constant 

 reader for more than ten years. Would like to 

 see both associations get together and formulate 

 one set of inspection rules. A. E. M. 



More Good Advice. 



New YiiKK, .May :',!. — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 ord : The man, men or newspaper that will 

 succeed in securing uniform inspection of hard- 

 wood lumber throughout the United States will 

 have conferred the greatest good to the indus- 

 try. This most desirable end can be accom- 

 plished by compromise between the two hardwood 

 lumber associations, and I verily believe that 

 Clinton Crane and W. A. Bennett, both of Cin- 

 cinnati, hold the key to the situation. They 

 are both as stubborn as mules and are not dis- 

 posed to concede a point to each other, but they 

 should have the good of the trade at heart and 

 get together. They are good friends and 

 should belong to the same association. It makes 

 very little diflFerence how the grade of lumber is 

 defined in the rules for grading, because prices 

 will be made according to those grades anyhow, 

 hut it would prevent an enormous amount of 

 friction and consequent loss if only one court for 

 arbitration of inspection differences existed. Let 

 the Hardwood Record advocate conciliatlou and 

 compromise between the two associations so 

 that uniform inspection may come in the life- 

 time of the present lot of lumber dealers, manu- 

 facturers and users. & Co. 



A Friendly Ciiticistn. 



Rhinei.andkr. Wis.. May 29. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : I have no criticisms to make of 

 your paper, but as to suggestions of matters of 

 interest, like to see correspondents iaject news 

 of real value into what they write — not news of 

 how Tom, Hick or Harry, or Fred's wife has 

 been in Chicago or (.'aire, but real news, sales 

 of lumber, prices for which it is selling, etc. 

 While like every other man, I occasionally like 

 to see m.v name in the paper, yet, as with other 

 men, I don't care ver.v much for personal items 

 about some other fellow, hut prefer to get the 



