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mission, either by an allowance in tbe rate a 

 hundred pounds or by a fixed allowance on each 

 carload. Some lumbermen think that reduction 

 of 1 to IVz cents a hundred pounds in the rate 

 on forest products shipped on open cars would 

 l)e a satisfactory way oi settling the matter. I 

 do not agreed with that view, but am willing 

 to leave it to the wisdom of the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission ! tbe only point on which 

 I am insistent being that the rate or allowance, 

 or whatever it ma.v be called, be fixed and pub- 

 lished bv the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 as its investigations may determine to be .iust. 

 If you can again call this matter to the at- 

 tention of the committee and secure the incor- 

 [Kiration of this idea in the committee's reported 

 hill .vou will be- doing a service to several of the 

 leading industries of the country, and a^ the 

 Siime time, I believe, be doing no injustice to the 

 railroads, but simply be placing upon them a 

 duf.v which is properly theirs. The exact word- 

 ing' and form of the amendment desired I am 

 glad to leave to the wisdom of yourself and the 

 other gentlemen of the committee. 



Mattison Turning Machines 



In contemplating the Infinite variety of turned 

 articles in common use there comes to the mind 

 of tlie thinking person the wonderful machines 

 which produce these turnings, of necessity rap- 

 idly, accurately and at small cost. But few 

 people, even among the woodworking trade, have 

 any idea of the accomplishments of tlie modern 

 turning machine. That it might prod'.ice numer- 

 ous turnings of the same type but varying pat- 

 terns is not surprising, but that it should be 

 capable of making turnings of many different 

 shapes and a great variety of patterns is re- 

 markable. 



The C. Mattison Machine Works, turning ma- 

 chinery specialists of Beloit. Wis., produce a 

 line of tools of this type that have a wider 

 range of variety turning than perhaps any other 

 macliines on the market. 



One of the features that has made the Matti- 

 son machines so successful is the patented cut- 

 ter-head of a design used exclusively on these 

 tools. Knowing the kind of work produced by 

 the hand turner with his chisel, the same prin- 

 ciple has been applied to these machines, the 

 knives operating and cutting in exactly the 

 same manner that the hand turner applies his 

 chisel in cutting across the grain of the wood. 

 For instance, in forming a bead, or other orna- 



mental member, the turner always starts his cut 

 at the highest point, and shears down, first to 

 the right and then to the left. In this way he 

 is cutting just as much with the grain as against 

 it, and the result is an easy cut and a smooth 

 one. The Mattison cutter-head acts on iden- 

 tically the same principle — the knives are all 

 made in pairs, right and left, and stand at an 

 angle so that one shears one way and its mate 

 the other, always downward and with the grain 

 of the wood. 



The Mattison people have studied turning 

 machinery thoroughly and have learned the 

 weaknesses and difficulties encountered in most 

 tools of this sort, with the result that their 

 machines have overcome many of these annoying 

 features. For instance, there is no getting 

 around the fact that where centers are used to 

 hold long, slim stock, it is impossible to prevent 

 springing and vibration, no matter what style 

 of cutter-head is used. This is due mainly to 

 the end pressure exerted by the centers, and 

 when the stock is turned down so slim that it 

 becomes weak this pressure has a tendency to 

 spring it into the knives. To overcome this the 

 Mattison people have provided a work-holding 

 device for use on slim turnings, which consists 

 of a pair of hollow chucks that grip the stock 

 at each end, close up to the cut, holding it 

 firmly and without end pressure. 



Now that turnings are again going to be used 

 extensively on good furniture, it is quite a seri- 

 ous proposition for tbe average manufacturer to 

 provide a practical and economical way of mak- 

 ing the turnings. Ordinary round turnings can 

 of course be gotten out by a hand turner, but 

 when it comes to square and octagon turnings 

 that are coming into general use, it is an abso- 

 lute necessity to have some practical machine 

 for the work, not only on account of the pro- 

 hibitive cost of making square and octagon work 

 by hand, but the difficulty of doing it smoothly 

 and true to patterns. 



The .Mattison machine will handle all this 

 work, either round, square, octagon or any other 

 polygonal shape. It will handle any of the deli- 

 cate patterns that can be made by hand, do the 

 work as well or better, and every piece comes 

 out exactly alike in size and shape. It requires 



only one size machine for all kinds of work, as 

 it handles anything from a small spindle to a 

 table pedestal or bed post. 



For handling Flanders style of turnings, which 

 are now so popular, it is also very valuable. It 

 will put a turning on a back post after it is bent, 

 doing away with the necessity of doweling or 

 splicing. Turned parts can also be built out 

 and made larger than the square portions. 



Further details in regard to these interesting 

 machines, together with profusely illustrated and 

 clearly written descriptive matter, can be had by 

 those interesfr'd by writing to the C. Mattison 

 Machine Works at Beloit, Wis. 



Factory Waste 

 In drying lumber the factory waste will aver- 

 age thirty to thirty-five per cent. This is ad- 

 mitted by careful manufacturers who know. 

 This waste is produced all the way from the 

 .^ ard to finished wood w'ork, in about this order; 

 If lumber is not i^roperly piled on the yard to 

 air-dry, overhanging boards will check, twist and 

 bend down by tbe weight ; they become weathered, 

 and these projecting ends are practically worth- 

 less. Stickers are not put over each other and 

 not put in thick enough, and no attention is paid 

 to uniformity of thickness; hence, the lumber is 

 kinked, whicli necessitates cutting out ; the 

 proper pitch of piles is lacking, and tlus causes 

 the lumber to stain. When i>ut in the kilns the 

 same slipshod methods are pursued, and a woe- 

 ful lack of knowledge of proper means of drying 

 is universal. The lumber is baked dry, causing it 

 to twist and warp, cheek and honeycomb. Some 

 of it is overdried and some is underdried, even 

 in the same car, and when this much-abused 

 lumber reaches the saw it is literally cut all to 

 pieces to remove the defects that have been 

 hugely produced by carelessness. Xow, twenty- 

 five per cent of the above average waste can be 

 saved by yarding, sticking and drying this lum- 

 ber properly. This twenty-five per cent on $20 

 lumber equals $5 for 1,000 feet. If a manufac- 

 turer cuts 10,000 feet a day, it is $30 a day, or 

 a saving of $15,000 a year of 300 working days — 

 lather a tidy sum to be thrown away in useless 

 waste. The Grand Rapids Veneer Works believes 

 that with its new vapor system of drying manu- 

 facturers can .save this twcnty-flve per cent. 



S.\MPLES OF WORK DONE ON MATTISON MACHINES 



Atkins Pioneers Get Together 



'I'lie iM.lii y »'f rccipr«.>city In twi'cn lanployers 

 and employes is yearly gaining ground in all 

 lines of business. Instances are noted almost 

 daily. wliQre industrial leaders have become con- 

 vinced of the folly of maintaining an unsur- 

 n uuutable barrier between themselves and those 

 under them, and by exhibiting an interest in 

 their help, personally and as a body, show them- 

 t^clves good business men as well as beneficiaries 

 of mankind. 



In no instance have attempts of this nature, 

 to get together with the laboring element, failed 

 '0 produce gratifying results from a business 

 as well as from a humanitarian point of view. 



A recent event in Indianapolis brings the idea 

 uicre forcibly home to tbe lumber trade. On 

 Ihe evening of January 2.5 one hundred and 

 twelve members of tbe so-called "Atkins I'io- 

 ueers" met for their third annual l>aniiuet in 

 tbe Spencer House in that city. Incidentally it 

 may be said that this hostelry is the property 

 of members of this vast concern. The Pioneers 

 are composed of all employes who have been 

 with the Atkins concern for twenty years or 

 more, new members being admitted as eligible. 

 .\ roster of the membership will be exhibited 

 with pride by the Atkins people. Few concerns 

 can show a better record of faithful employees. 



The affair was a source of gratilication to 

 everybody and emlmdied many features indicative 

 cf the general hearty spirit of good fellowship 

 that prevailed. I. H. Wilde, for thirty years 

 fureman of the band saw department and now 

 retired with a life pension, was toastmaster and 



