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magnolia, Cottonwood and red gum are all 

 classed as hardwoods. Pines of all varie- 

 ties are classified as softwoods, while as 

 before noted the classification of cypress 

 would, perhaps, be questionable. You can 

 get further information on this classifica- 

 tion from Giflford Pinchot, chief of Forest 

 Division, United States Department of 

 Agriculture; from Lewis Doster, secretary 

 of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion of the United States, First National 

 Bank Building, Chicago; from Frank F. 

 Fish, secretary of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association, Sector Building, Chi- 

 cago; from A. E. Beebee, secretary of the 

 Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's Asso- 

 ciation, McMillan, Wis.; from Bruce Odell, 

 secretary of the Michigan Hardwood manu- 

 facturers' Association, Cadillac, Mich.; 

 from J. X. Pritchard, secretary of the In- 

 diana Hardwood Lumbermen's Association, 

 Indianapolis, lud. — Editok. 



The Irrepressible McMahon. 



Philadeli-hia, Aug. 27. — Editur Hardwood 

 Record : We are enclosing a communication just 

 received from J. O. McMalion, which is interest- 

 ing as an invitation to lumber dealers. We re- 

 ceived a communication not long ago from this 

 Bame party saying that he had a trade among 

 wholesalers, retailers, consumers, builders and 

 everyone else you could think of. We thought 

 perhaps you had a representative in Xew York 

 who could look up this man and post some of 

 the hardwood mills about the country concerning 

 him. 



Enclosed with this letter from our es- 

 teemed Philadeljiliia correspondent is a 

 wretchedly printed circular letter from J. 

 O. McMahon, "attorney and counsellor at 

 law," 1387 Madison street, Brooklyn, N. 

 Y., in which he says he has calls for the 

 lumber products described within and asks 

 for prices f. o. b. New York, Syracuse and 

 Bochester. Very ingenuously he closes his 

 letter with "do you offer these bargains to 

 the wholesale or retail dealers?" In his 

 communication he alleges that "large deal- 

 ers in New York have given me their 

 schedules of immediate lumber needs." and 

 he would be happy to connect manufactur- 

 ers with large dealers in New York "who 

 want to buy what you want to sell." His 

 list of stock includes poplar of all grades, 

 ash, red gum, plain and quartered white 

 and red oak, yellow pine, cypress, spruce, 

 wormy chestnut, soft elm, sycamore, hick- 

 ory, birch and "any similar kind of lum- 

 ber." 



The Hardwood Record has never heard 

 of any business that has been transacted 

 by this limb of the law and would-be lum- 

 berman, but it is possible that he may 

 break into the lumber trade of New York 

 and cut considerable ice. Other people who 

 apparently had no more lumber sense than 

 he evinces have done so in the past, with 

 success. — ^Editor. 



The writers of the above letter are 

 among the largest producers of hardwoods 

 in Missouri, and the Eecord has supplied 

 them with the names of a few purchasers 

 of this wood and would be glad to have 

 those who have need of this class of stock 

 supply their address, when it will be fur- 

 nished to this company. A considerable 

 portion of persimmon goes into export for 

 the manufacture of golf heads and shuttle 

 blocks and is exported iu the form of bolts. 

 — Editor. 



Virginia Scnib Pine for Pulp Wood Pur- 

 poses. 



PURCELLVILLE. Va.. Aug. 20. — Editor Habd- 

 WOOD Kecord : Is there a market for the scrub 

 pine which abounds in this state for pulp wood 

 purposes? The people I buy for use only poplar, 

 which is getting scarce in this section. I have 

 asked the parties to whom I ship poplar but tbey 

 do not .seem to know, or it they do will not tell 



The above correspondent has been ad- 

 vised that so far as the Hardwood Record 

 knows there is no market for Virginia scrub 

 pine for pulp wood purposes. There has 

 been a great deal of money spent in ex- 

 perimenting in the use of many varieties 

 of yellow pine for this purpose, but thus 

 far without commercial success, so far as 

 is generally known. The difficulty in re- 

 ducing yellow pine to pulp seems to be 

 that in eliminating the resinous gums con- 

 tained in the v\-ood the strength of the 

 fiber is so far disintegrated as to render 

 the resultant product of no value for the 

 purpose. Undoubtedly experiments with 

 woods now unemployed for pulp purposes 

 will eventually meet with success. — Editor. 



Investment in Saw Mills in the United 



States. 



Philadelphia, Aug. 19. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : I want to know if you know and will 

 advise me how much money is invested in saw- 

 mill plants, including the entire equipment but 

 not including timber lands, in the United States ? 



The latest available data on this subject 

 is Bulletin No. 203 of the twelfth census 

 of the United States, published June 24, 

 1902. In table 13 of this report is sum- 

 marized by states the invested capital in 

 sawmill properties, based on statistics gath- 

 ered in 1900. In this report the investment 

 iu planing mills and timber camps is' ex- 

 cluded. The summary alleges that in 1900 

 there were 31,833 distinct sawmill establish- 

 ments in the United States, in which there 

 was invested capital of $30.5,78.5,226. It is 

 more than likely that the figures embraced 

 in these government statistics are much be- 

 low the total sum invested at the present 

 time. — Editor. 



Wants Maiket for Persimmon. 



St. Lodis, Mo., Aug. 24. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We are sawing some persimmon logs 

 at our mills and will ask if you know of any 

 parties who handle this wood. 



Can Supply OaK, Hickory and Ash. 



Crab Orchard, Ky.. Aug. 20. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : In your mail bag section of July 

 23 is a query from someone who wants 1 to 4 

 inch flrst and second oak, hickory and ash, 10 

 inches and up wide, 12 to 20 feet long. I wish 

 you would have them write me. as I can furnish 



more or less of the stock, particularly in oak. 

 Am also able to supply chestnut and red oak ties 

 for trolley line purposes. • 



The Hardwood Record's files fail to re- 

 veal the author of the communication re- 

 ferred to and has so advised its correspond- 

 ent at Crab Orchard. If the writer of the 

 original communication printed in the Hard- 

 wood Record of July 25 will kindly supply 

 us his address it will be exchanged with our 

 Kentucky correspondent. — Editor. 



Wants Market tor Magnolia Lumber. 



Saxdersville, Miss., Aug. 28. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : As a subscriber to your paper I 

 beg to inquire whether you are able and would 

 be so kind as to give me some information on 

 the following : I am sawing a good deal of mag- 

 nolia, which is very nice stuff. It is band sawed 

 and kiln dried. Can you tell me the name of 

 some good concern using this class of lumber? 

 It looks to me that it would make a very good 

 substitute for poplar, as it runs very clear and 

 very wide. — • . 



The Hardwood Record regrets that it 

 cannot at the present time suggest a market 

 for magnolia lumber. Incidentally, it is 

 known that magnolia is a wood of good 

 grade, light in color and soft in texture, 

 that grows in considerable quantity in the 

 Gulf coast country. Throughout Florida, 

 Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiaua and Texas 

 there should be a market developed for the 

 wood, and it possibly would make a very 

 good substitute for poplar, Cottonwood and 

 basswood. The H.vrdwood Record will de- 

 scribe this wood more fully in an early 

 issue, with illustrations, and will analyze 

 its wood physics and the possibilities of its 

 use for a variety of purposes. In the mean- 

 time if any reader is interested in experi- 

 menting with this new lumber material he 

 will be put in communication with the 

 writer of the above letter on application. — ■ 

 Editor. 



Wants Cedar for Boat Building. 



Dlsseldokf, Germaxv, Aug. IG. — Editor Hard 

 WOOD Record : We beg to inform you that we 

 have a demand for practically clear white cedar 

 for boat building purposes and would be much 

 obliged if you could put us in connection with 

 a good firm manufacturing this stock. . 



I anticipate that your inquiry may possi- 

 bly be for the white cedar of the north. If 

 such is the case, I fear that you will have 

 considerable difficulty in securing suitable 

 qualities of this wood for boat-building 

 purposes, as it runs rather defective in char- 

 acter. A concern which might be able to 

 supply it is the I. Stephenson Company, of 

 Wells, Mich. If your inquiry is for west- 

 ern white cedar, would refer you to the 

 Simpson Lumber Company, of North Bend, 

 Ore. It could supply both the quality and 

 ' quantity you require. If your requisition is 

 for white cedar of the lower Atlantic coast, 

 which is known locally as juniper and which 

 is a very excellent cedar for boat-building 

 purposes and the one usualty employed by 

 the United States government for its 

 launches, would refer you to the John L. 

 Roper Lumber Company, of Norfolk, Va., 

 or the Richmond Cedar Works, of Norfolk, 

 Xa. — Editor. 



