HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Experimental Work in the Philippines 



Intert'stiug' exi)erimeutal work is now being 

 carried on in tlie forest lands of nortberu Negros 

 and Bataan. A sufHcient force of foresters and 

 rangers is out of the question for tbe Philippines, 

 L'ccause of the lack of trained men no less than 

 of money, and while there has been felt a de- 

 cided lack of information and results which only 

 Iborough study could furnish, intensive work 

 over tbe whole forested area is impossible under 

 such circumstances. 



The difficulty has Ijoen met by the establish- 

 ment of an efficient service on two permanent 

 Iracts of public forests, one in northern Negros 

 and the other in Bataan, opposite Manila. Among 

 ibe questions to be studied are the seeding con- 

 ditions of the different forest trees, the best 

 pinuting methods, protection of the forests from 

 cMifigin making and indiscriminate cutting, and 

 other important problems. This work will give 

 I he student rangers practical experience in the 

 woods, which can be later supplemented by work 

 in the Forest School at the College of Agriculture 

 in Laguna Province, a branch of the new uni- 

 versity. 



For protecting the forests from fire and misuse 

 (rails are constructed or reopened, giving easy 

 and quick access to the different portions of the 

 Iracts. Every effort is made to interfere as 

 little as possible with the people who are living 

 in or near the forests. They will not be per- 

 luitted to destro.v unnecessarily the commercial 

 growth, which now has a cash value to tbe peo- 

 ple of more than ,flOO per hectare, but instead 

 they will be given agricultural land covered with 

 (ogon grass, brush or poor timber. Records of 

 the cost of all the different classes of work will 

 be kept, and it is expected that the results of 

 the work will be such as to warrant its extension 

 to other -provinces during the next few years. 



Chicago Concatenation 



As tlie thirteen kittens, w'ho were initiated 

 I'tbruary 17 in the Ball room on the nineteenth ■ 

 floor of the La Salle Hotel, will testify, ample 

 homage was paid the Great Spirit of the Hoo- 

 Hoo of northern Illinois, notwithstanding the 

 string of unfortunate events which seriously up- 

 set the plans of Vicegerent Snark Carl Saye of 

 Chicago. 



The notices, though mailed at 1 o'clock on 

 Tuesday, February 15, were held up in the Chi- 

 cago postofflec with a vast amount of similar 

 matter, anu it was only due to the strenuous 

 work of Mr. Saye, who personally dug up a large 

 number of the notices, that the affair was so 

 v\ell attended. Even under these conditions there 

 V ere seventy-five lo.val IIoo-Hoo present at the 

 concatenation, and about forty attended the ban- 

 quet which preceded it in the East Room on the 

 mcs^zanine floor. 



Another serious misfortune was the failure of 

 the express company to deliver the trunk, and 

 when those present assembled at 9 o'clock for the 

 sacred ceremony, after a pleasant and quiet din- 

 ner, the paraphernalia available was only such 

 as had been hastily gotten together from the 

 Chicago stores. 



However, as is usually the case with a hastily 

 arranged, affair, the program went oft" smoothly, 

 considering the circumstances, and the thirteen 

 kittens emerged well curried and with a deep 

 reverence for the great Hoo-Hoo, but probably 

 wishing they had been one more or one less in 

 number. 



A 'Wise Principle 



The newly revised constitutiou which the Lum- 

 1 ermen's Club of Cincinnati has adopted embodies 

 in its improvements features whicli might well 

 be considered in similar organizations. 



Of particular interest to the trade is the prin- 

 ciple set forth in the preamble, in whicli the 

 club pledges itself "by united action to better 

 make the demands of this organization forcible ; 

 and, above all, in demanding and maintaining 

 a high ^andard of commercial honor and in- 



tegrity among those engaged in the lumber busi- 

 ness in this vicinity." 



Section 5 of Article 1 in the body of the con- 

 stitution states the manner in which this policy 

 is to be carried out. Upon receipt of requests 

 from a responsible person, firm or corporation 

 for investigation of charges of misconduct, or any 

 irregular business practices preferred against 

 local parties, whether members of the club or 

 not, the president shall appoint a commission 

 with power to act, three members being named 

 by him and one l)y each of the interested parties. 



It is further stated that this commission shall 

 be authorized to require both principals in dis- 

 pute to produce evidence bearing upon the case 

 before that body, which, after deliberation, shall 

 render its finding to the Executive Board, which 

 body will communicate them in writing to both 

 parties. 



Another paragraph reads that "Any member 

 of the club refusing to abide by the decision of 

 the commission, or who declines, in case of com- 

 plaint being lodged against him, to submit his 

 case to the special commission, shall be subject 

 to expulsion from the club by a unanimous 

 vote of the Executive Board ; any principal to 

 the dispute not a member of the club who refuses 

 to abide b.y the decision of the special commis- 

 sion forfeits all right to again call upon the 

 club for arbitration of dispute." 



The saving of time and expense in cases which 

 v.'iil be affected by this new ruling alone justify 

 its adoption. 



Spring "Work of Yale Forest School 



Yale Forest School aunouuos the spring plans 

 of the Senior class as follows : 



In accordance with tlie established custom of 

 the Yale Forest School, the spring term of the 

 Senior class will be on the holdings of a southern 

 lumber company. Through the courtesy of J. B. 

 White of Kansas City, the instruction will be 

 given on the lands of the Louisiana Central Lum- 

 ber Company near Clarks, Galdwell Parish, 

 liOuisiana. 



The class, numbering about thirty-five students, 

 will reach Clarks. March 7, and the term will 

 close .Tune 11. 



The instruction is of a very practical nature. 

 It comprises a study of the logging and manu- 

 facturing methods employed by the lumber com- 

 pany, practice in topographic mapping with 

 special reference to logging operations, timber 

 estimating, and a study of the problems con- 

 cerned in tbe management of yellow pine tim- 

 ber lands. 



Special lectures on different phases of the 

 lumber industry will be given by visiting lum- 

 bermen. 



The student camp will be located about eight 

 miles from Clarks on a spur of the logging 

 railroad where the ccmpan.v has erected quar- 

 ters for the accommodation of tbe men. 



The work of instruction in mapping and esti- 

 r.ating will be in charge o£ H. H. Chapman, 

 assistant professor of forestry, and tbe logging 

 and manufacturing study in charge of R. C. 

 I.r.^ant, assistant professor of lumbering. 



The "World's Shipbuilding 



The annual shipbuilding report of the Glasgow 

 Herald, covering the period HiO.S-lOOO, has been 

 forwarded by Consul .1. W. McGum and a brief 

 digest of its contents is given herewith. 



While the industry in the United Kingdom has 

 not regained the position it was expected to hold 

 by this time, still it sl^ows gratifying improve- 

 ment over the depressing figures of 190S. The 

 Clyde is the pulse of the Scottish shipbuilding 

 traae, and by showing a decrease in number of 

 vessels turned out, tiiough an increase in tonnage 

 and lioi'sei)ower, indicates the general condition 

 Ihrcughout the country. Nineteen hundred and 

 rine Clyde figures are 21,"), 000 tons lower than 

 these of 1908. 



In the United States the 1909 market shows 

 a decrease from the previous year and there 



\.as one less battleship built. In the Great 

 Lakes region the American Shipbuilding Company 

 continues to do an extensive business in the 

 manufacture of freighters, but is practically lim- 

 ited to that line of work. Government contracts 

 have been let to concerns in Newport News, Cam- 

 den and Philadelphia for the construction of 

 Iiattleships, destroyers and submarines ; those 

 houses now busy on government work are Cramps, 

 the Newport News Company and the Harlan & 

 Hollingsworth Company. A peculiarity of the 

 trade in this country is the falling off in motor 

 boat construction. 



The German market is not as brisk in this 

 line as in 1908, though the decrease in tonnage 

 is not alarming. Four large new warships were 

 completed in the past year. 



Returns from France indicate an increase in 

 tonnage turned out, there being four battleships 

 completed and a comfortable production of mer- 

 chant vessels. 



Contrary to the usual rule, Holland is reported 

 to have added a battleship and a coast defense 

 cruiser to her naval forces. 



The Danish output is the same character as 

 that of Holland, though the tonnage is consider- 

 al;ly less. 



The industry in Norway is in a healthy con- 

 dition though, showing a decrease from 1908 

 figures. This can also be said of shipbuilding 

 conditions in Sweden and Belgium. 



The Dodge Manufacturing Company as a 

 Consumer of Hardwood 



Operating the largest factory in the world for 

 the manufacture of power transmission ma- 

 chir.ery, elevating and conveying machinery and 

 water softeners, the Dodge Manufacturing Co., 

 Mishawaka, Ind., is among the largest users of 

 I'.ardwood lumber in the country. 



High grade maple and oak are consumed in 

 enormous quantities by this concern, a large 

 percentage being consumed in making the "Inde- 

 pendence" split wood pulley. Considerable is 

 also required for the wood rims of iron center 

 pulleys and flywheels, as also for the hardwood 

 laggings for changing iron belt wheels to rope 

 drivers. 



For Dodge wood products there is annually 

 consumed 7,000,000 feet of lumber. The com- 

 pany cuts in its own sawmill which is one of 

 the most complete in tbe Middle West, the 

 capacity being 1.5,000 feet per day. More than 

 6,000,000 feet is carried in the yards and a dry 

 kiln capacity of 500,000 feet maintained at all 

 times. Logs are received constantly by wagon 

 and by rail from the adjacent neighborhood and 

 also from other localities. 



The mill is right in the heart of the lumber 

 and log yards and is operated by power inde- 

 pendent of the main plant. Recently there was 

 installed a 125 horsepower Corliss engine with 

 two return tubular boilers, 60-inch by 16-foot 

 Dutch oven attachment. Refuse is used for fuel. 

 The cutting is done by band saws with all the 

 cs.sential auxiliaries for convenience, rapidity and 

 elliciency. 



In connection with the sawmill there is a box 

 factory equipped with saws, planers and nailing 

 machines, providing all the boxes and crates 

 lecessary in shipping certain Dodge goods. 



An idea of the importance of the lumber end 

 at Dodge's is gained from the fa :t that there are 

 annually produced over 250,000 rood pulleys. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



The Batesville Lumber & Veneer Company 

 has been incorporated at Lawrenceburg, Ind. 

 Its capital stock is ,'i;20,000. George Bessler is 

 pifsident of the new concern. 



The Singer Manufacturing Company is plan- 

 ning to establish a large sawmill and veneer 

 plant at Truman, Ark. 



11. L. Mains of Portland. Ore., has Just 

 opened a shop where he will manufacture hard- 

 wood interior finish, veneered panels, staved 

 turned columns of large dimensions and every- 



