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HARDWOOD RECORD 



were adopted iavoring an adjudication by tlie coBimissiou. At a 

 meeting on July 12 Fred W. Upbain and W. H. Burn moved resolu- 

 tions that no blanket objection sliould be filed or that no rates be set 

 aside except on specific complaint. This resolution was referred to a 

 committee whose report in part is as follows: 



Your committee recommends that the resolutions of Mr. Upham and 

 Mr. Burns be laid on the table and it further recommends that no fur- 

 ther bulletins bearing on this question be issued until the commission 

 has reached its decision on the cases now before it, and it further 

 recommends that in the future no protest be filed with the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission on the part cf the association concerning any rates 

 except speeiflc complaint by members of the association. 



From the present situation in freight matters it is probable that 



there will be no advance in rates on lumber shipments for the 



present at least. 



and it was unanimously decided that the only reason that yellow pine 

 lumber is being manufactured and sold at cost today is because the 

 owners do not ask more ioi it. 



The meeting will doubtless result in causing a material stiffening 

 in yellow pine values, and very likely will have a reflected influence 

 on the lower grades of hardwoods. 



On Advertising 



Former Vice President C. W. Fairbanks, in an address before the 



convention of Associated Advertising Clubs of America held at 



Omaha last week, went on record on the subject of advertising in 



the following words: 



Does advertising pay? The best advertiser and the best merchant are 

 synonymous, and the poorest adver- 

 tiser is usually the one who finds 

 himself in a court of bankruptcy. 

 Of course, all advertisers do not 

 succeed, but I think it will be gSn- 

 eraily admitted that there are fewer 

 failures among them than among 

 those who do not possess the faculty 

 of bringing their business fairly 

 and favorably before the public. 



Mr. Fairbanks ' analysis of the 



proposition is certainly a sensible 



one. Business nowadays goes only 



where it is invited, and the more 



attractive the invitation the more 



business it gets for the advertiser. 



Furniture Sale Situation 



The furniture sales period at 

 the big expositions at Chicago and 

 Grand Rapids is about two-thirds 

 over, and as noted in last issue 

 of the Record continues to wit- 

 ness a larger number of sales than 

 has obtained for several years. 

 Individual orders are generally 

 not large, but in the aggregate 

 the sales doubtless involve moie 

 money than they have for any 

 time during the past two years. 



The trade seems to be partic- 

 ularly strong in chairs, fancy fur- 

 niture, dining tables, parlor 

 tables, etc., but case goods do not 

 seem to share the measure of 

 prosperity that other lines are meeting, 

 goods is better than was expected. 



It goes without saying that the furniture factories almost with- 

 out exception will be busy in the execution of orders for some months 

 to come, which undeniably means the immediate purchase of a good 

 deal of furniture lumWr. It is a well-known fact that the average 

 furniture factory stock of lumber at the present time is at very low 

 ebb. 



Most of the trade in case 



Tallying Lumber on the Twelve-Foot Scale 



All lumber that goes into the export trade on the demand of the 

 consignee is measured and marked on the basis of twelve-foot lumber 

 scale; that is, the inches in width of every jjiece are marked there- 

 on, and the tallying is done by making one dot or one stroke for 

 every piece in the proper eolunjn of the tally tickets. 



This system of measurement constitutes a piece tally, indicating as 

 it does the width and length of every board in a shipment. Wlien 

 these tallies are extended, of course, the talley of the six-foot lengths 

 is divided by two; five-twelfths is deducted from the seven-foot 

 lengths; one-third from the eight-foot lengths; one-quarter from the 



nine-foot lengths ; one-sixth from 

 the. ten-foot lengths; one-twelfth 

 from the eleven-foot lengths. 

 Twelve-foot lengths are carried out 

 as shown ou the tally ticket, while 

 to the tally of the thirteen-foot 

 lengths is added one-twelfth; to 

 the fourteen-foot lengths, one- 

 sixth ; to the fifteen-foot lengths, 

 one-quarter; to the sixteen-foot 

 lengths, one-third; to the seven- 

 teen-foot lengths, five-twelfths; to 

 the eighteen-foot lengths, one-half; 

 to the nineteen-foot lengths, seven- 

 twelfths, and to the twenty-foot 

 lengths, two-thirds. Of course, if 

 the lumber is thicker than an inch 

 the fractions are also added. 



It is contended by some in- 

 spectors that this twelve-foot 

 system of measurement gives the 

 buyer a slight advantage in over- 

 run, but it is the just and logical 

 way to carry lumber tallies, be- 

 cause if there is an error in ex- 

 tension is can readily be oetected. 

 If a tally ticket shows 157 

 pieces of 1x10x16 feet, it is very 

 easy to decide whether all the 

 pieces of that description are in 

 the consignment or not. 



H.\KDWO0D Record makes a 

 special form of two-page ticket 

 for its Gibson Aluminum Tally Book on which can be carried in sin- 

 gle, duplicate or triplicate form piece tallies made up in this way. 

 This form of ticket has already been adopted by more than a score of 

 leading hardwood manufacturers. Specimen tickets will be mailed 

 to anyone interested, on application. 



PLUCK WINS 



Pluck, wins; 



It always wins, 



Though days be slow and nights 

 be dar\ 'twixt days that come and 

 go, still — 



Pluck will win. 



Its average is sure. 



He gains the prize who can the 

 most endure; 



Who faces issues; 



He who never shirks, 



Who waits and watches, and 



Who always worlds. — Selected 



The Yellow Piners 



The Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Association held its semi-annual 

 meeting at Chicago on July 19 and 20. The secretary states that 

 reports from the mills show that during the first six months of 1910 

 shipments were a little in excess of the quantity of lumber manufac- 

 tured. The meeting resolved itself into a mutual confession of faitli. 



The Condition of Hardwood Stocks 



Appatently every desirable item in nearly all kinds of hardwoods 

 is in short supply in first hands. This is particularly true of oaks, 

 jioplar, Cottonwood, red gum, maple, birch and basswood. With a 

 renaissance of demand of even fair size there is surely going 

 to be a scramble for everything from No. 1 Common and 

 better in all these woods, and the buyer who has any desire to protect 

 his interests wUl surely get his purchasing orders in very soon. On 

 the other hand, there is some surplus of No. 2 and No. 3 lumber 



