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HARDWOOD RECORD 



people iu denouncing tlie "faii-y storii-s" sent 

 out by so-called eucalyptus growers. The plain 

 facts in the case and the simple truth about 

 this tree sufficiently approach fairyland with- 

 out resorting to exaggeration. 



It is our belief, based upon very careful re- 

 search and study, that under proper climatic 

 conditions, with proper soil and modern for- 

 estry, eucalyptus trees will reach a size in ten 

 years to be readily marketable for $1,250 per 

 acre. There is substantial evidence that this 

 ratio of return may be exceeded, but con- 

 servative business judgment causes us to ac- 

 cept this as a reasonable estimate. 



You will note that there is only the slight 



difference of $1,000,000 between our estimate 



of the value of 160 acres in ten years and that 



, of the concern you quote— $200,000 vs. $1,200,- 



000. 



A large part of the plantings of the Euca- 

 lyptus Timber Corporation for Investors has 

 been for Investment purposes. True, we have 

 invited the investing public to share with us, 

 but always on the basis of "come and see for 

 yourself." Together with our association, we 

 own and control the largest man-made hardwood 

 forest in existence, outside of government re- 

 serves. 



This is not the place or the occasion to dis- 

 cuss the merits, the adaptability and the future 

 of eucalyptus. 



We do not question the sincerity of Messrs. 

 White Bros, and the Dieckmann Hardwood Com- 

 pany, but we have not only the result of our 

 own investigations, but letters from a score of 

 reputable mill owners and hardwood operators 

 in California, who have used eucalyptus and are 

 using it, whose views are diametrically opposed 

 to those of the gentlemen above named. 



The Hughes Manufacturing Company, of Los 

 Angeles, under date of April 26, 1910, says : 



We have found a practical method whereby we 

 can drv eucalyptus about the same as plain oak, 

 and when dry use it for manufacturing all kinds 

 of cabinet work. 



We have used eucalyptus for different classes 

 of work for the last four or five years. We 

 have used this wood for the manufacture of 

 bank and office fixtures, interior house finishing, 

 decoration work, fiooring, and for various other 

 uses where a high polish is needed, and find it 

 very satisfactory for construction and wagon 



The wood is very hard and takes a high polish. 

 When the lumber is thoroughly dry we do not 

 have any trouble about its %varping or cracking, 

 and see no reason why it should not take its 

 place in the commercial world as one of the most 

 beautiful cabinet woods. 



Mr. W. H. Ames, superintendent of the Loma 

 rrieta Mill at WatsonviUe, says : 



My experience in milling and working eucalyp- 

 tus lumber from the log io the finished product 

 covers a period of fifteen years. Incidentally I 

 have been in the milling and lumber business 

 for thirty-five years, fourteen years of this time 

 in Grand Rapids, Mich., and vicinity, where vast 

 amounts of hardwoods are consumed. I have 

 found the eucalyptus timber to be quite as good, 

 if not better, than oak, ash or hickory for wagon 

 and implement stock, and it is equally as ser- 

 viceable for all purposes where great strength 

 is required. That it is destined to a general use 

 in furniture, interior finishing and flooring there 

 is no doubt. 



Manager De Hart, of the White & De Hart 

 Company, Inc., at WatsonviUe, say8: 



I have sawed and used eucalyptus In my 

 establishment here for the past ten years and 

 found it equal or better than any of the other 

 hardwoods. It stands the strain in every case. 

 No one can doubt that it will admirably take the 

 place of hickory, ash, oak, or even any of the 

 precious woods for all purposes. It takes a fine 

 finish and is very beautiful in furniture and 

 indoor finishing. 



Eucalyptus is not a difficult wood to dry or 

 to mill. It does take a perfect finish, and it is 

 adapted to practically any use to which any 

 of our domestic hardwoods can be placed. 



The durability of eucalyptus is knoxon. We 

 are prepared to submit in confirmation of this 

 unquestioned data. The Australian governmen* 

 vouches for the fact that ties of this wood 

 have been in use for thirty years. The harbor 

 commissioner of San Francisco is authority for 



the statement that eucalyptus piles show ■ no 

 sign of deterioration or ravages from the teredo 

 after having been in the water over eleven 

 years. 



No reputable eucalyptus grower has ever used 

 the term mahogany in connection with the 

 wood. This has probably come into use by 

 virtue of the fact that for many years the 

 limber imported from Australia has masque- 

 raded under the name of Australian mahogany. 



We are with you heart and soul in driving the 

 unscrupulous promoter out of the business, 

 but we do insist that the industry is too thor- 

 oughly established and its future too well as- 

 sured to merit condemnation as a whole. 



Conservation is the watchword of the coun- 

 try today. Look over the records of the meet- 

 ings of the hardwood associations during the 

 past two years and see the resolutions and 

 addresses along the line of conserving our pres- 

 ent timber resources and planting for the fu- 

 ture. The eucalyptus tree, by reason of its 

 rapid growth, demonstrated adaptability, and its 

 wonderful reproduction powers, demands atten- 

 tion. It is due to play an important part in 

 the hardwood field of this country, and the 

 startling claims of ill-advised promoters will not 

 affect the stability and the development of the 

 Industry. 



The best bankers, business and professional 

 men of California are a unit in their indorse- 

 ment of the industry, and they, with us, say 

 to the investor, satisfy yourself fully as to the 

 financial standing, the integrity and the ability 

 of the people you do business with. 



We believe that in justice to ihose wuo are 

 earnestly endeavoring to "make good," and are 

 doing so, you will give space to this com- 

 munication. 



Very respectfully submitted, 

 American Cobpobation for Investoks, 



J. J. Welch, President. 



It will be noted that even Mr. Welch dep- 

 recates statements made by a good many of 

 his rivals in eucalyptus exploitation. 



A perusal of his letter will evidence the 

 fact that the commendations of eucalyptus 

 that are involved in it refer entirely to Aus- 

 tralian Adrgin growth of the wood, and in no 

 instance is there any evidence that they refer 

 to California grown wood. This is the very 

 crux of the matter. Not one of these gentle- 

 men has yet demonstrated that eucalyptus of 

 the Australian type and quality can be re- 

 produced in one year, live years or fifty years 

 in California. 



Eucalyptus in Mexico 



Prof. Harvey C. Stiles, who has done con- 

 siderable work in Mexico in the culture of 

 various members of the tree family,' in con- 

 nection with the planting of eucalyptus, re- 

 cently said: 



I am leaving for Guanajuato to Initiate the 

 planting in forest form of over 200,000 euca- 

 lyptus trees of various varieties, previously pro- 

 pagated and prepared to be planted out at the 

 beginning of the rainy season. 



But few people understand that the various 

 varieties of the eucalyptus family are well 

 adapted to any of the various uses to which 

 wood may be applied. Indeed, it is one of the 

 most wonderful, useful, and least understood 

 on this continent of all the great tree family, 

 and the reason is that the first plantings of 

 these trees, initiated under the regime of Maxi- 

 milian, were invariably of the globulus or 

 "blue gum" variety, which has only limited ap- 

 plication and value. 



Certain sections of Mexico are perfectly 

 adapted to the cultivation of various other in- 

 finitely more valuable varieties. For example. 

 a single tree in Guanajuato, only 15 years old. 



has a trunk 50 feet to the first limb and 3 feet 

 in diameter at the base. It is of the variety 

 imported to this continent as Australian ma- 

 hogany, and a conservative estimate of the value 

 of this one tree at wholesale rates is $100. We 

 have one propagating plant that Is now turning 

 out 6,000 plants ready to set out every day. 

 The family, as a whole, is probably the most 

 rapidly growing of all the races of trees. 



Chicago Lumbermen to Contest for Baseball 

 Title 



At a recent meeting of the Entertainment 

 Committees of the three Chicago lumber organi- 

 zations final arrangements were made for the 

 coming joint outing of the Chicago trade. As 

 previously announced, the affair will take place 

 at Itavinia park and an extensive program, 

 which promises much in the way of amusement 

 and a general good time, has been formulated. 

 In addition to the sports planned by the lum- 

 bermen themselves, there will be the concert by 

 the famous Damrosch Orchestra of New York, 

 which should be a sufficient drawing card to 

 decide any who are in the least in doubt about 

 attending. 



The list of contests given below will furnish 

 no end of amusement and will be brought to a 

 close by a ball game between two picked teams 

 from which the Chicago baseball team will be 

 selected. Prospective players are urgently re- 

 quested to practice with the team at Washington 

 park on Saturday afternoon. The list of events 

 is as follows : 



Peandt Race 



Judges — E. H. Klann, J. J. Cochran, Douglas 

 Malloch. 



Fat Man's Race 



Judges — J. L. Lane, L. E. Fuller, E. H. Dalby. 

 Needle Race (for Ladies) 



Judges — C. T. Westcott, George J. Pope, C. L. 

 Cross. 



Foot Race (fob Ladies) 



Twenty-five-.vard dash ; age limited 80 years 



Judges — T. G. La Blanc, W. C. Schreiber, J. 

 H.- Dion. 



Shoe Race 

 Brown, V. F. 



Meshek, John 



P. S. 



Judges — F. 

 Clancy. 



Ball Throwing (fob Ladies) 

 Judges — Fred T. Boles, Ben Collins, 

 Fletcher. 



Foot Each 

 100-yard dash for boys over 16 or men 

 Judges — Robert H. Gillespie, E. A. Thornton, 

 E. E. Skeele. 



Foot Race (for Girls) 

 Thirty-yard dash for girls 12 to 18 

 Judges — George T. Mickle, E. W. Meeker, 

 George D. Griffith. 



Baseball 

 Prize to each of the winning nine 

 Manager — Carl Saye. 

 Umpire — T. A. Moore 

 Committee of Fans — E. F. Dodge, G. A. 

 son, T. G. La Blanc, G. H. Ostrander. 



Lar- 



Iioevenhart & Co. Buy Mill and Timber 

 Tract 



Arrangements were recently made by Loeven- 

 hart & Co. of Nashville, Tenn., to occupy the 

 large yards at Foster and Railroad streets In 

 East Nashville, formerly used by the Columbia 

 Hardwood Luml>er Company. Much of the pres- 

 ent stock of the company has already been 

 transferred from the yards at 100 Monroe 

 street to the new location, and the offices will 

 be opened at the new address shortly. The 

 move follows the purchase of a large boundary 

 of timber and a mill in Robertson county, Ten- 

 nessee. A cut of over a million feet, chiefly 

 white oak. is now being worked on by the 

 Loevenhart mill, and it was to accommodate 

 this stock that the company was forced to se- 

 cure larger quarters than were afforded at its 

 old location. 



