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parts, tool handles, and insulator pins. In California "gum" is the 

 usual term for eucalyptus, and as a result many homes are finished in 

 what is supposed to be eucalyptus but, as a matter of fact, it is one of 

 the gums usually (Liqutdambar) of the southeastern United States. 



J. K., Jr. 

 Byers, Charles Alma. Lumber, 878 :21-22, 1821. 



Discusses the relation of the timber market to 

 Crises in the general economic conditions, and traces the fluc- 

 Timber Market tuations in timber imports and in timber prices 

 in the important German states, in relation to 

 cycles of general prosperity and depression. This relationship began 

 with the development of a world trade in timber, in the 1860's. Tim- 

 ber has certain advantages over coal, iron, or wheat, as an indicator 

 of economic conditions, because coal and iron production and prices, 

 being manipulated by syndicates, do not respond readily to changes in 

 the ratio of demand to supply, while wheat production and prices de- 

 pend very largely on crop conditions and to some degree upon the 

 tariff. Timber does not have to be marketed if conditions are unfavor- 

 able, except in certain cases, such as forced cuttings due to wind or 

 other damage. W. N. S. 



Rubner, K. Die Krisen am Holzmarkt. Forstwiss. Centralbl., 42:353-360; 

 405-415, 1920. 



