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servation, and improvement of taxation methods. In South Caro- 

 lina a similar survey is in progress. 



The new specifications for southern yellow pine bridge and 

 trestle timbers recently issued by the Yellow Pine Manufacturers' 

 Association can be obtained from the secretary, Mr. Geo. K. 

 Smith, Lumbermen's Building, St. Louis, Mo. 



Persistent effort is being made by cypress manufacturers toward 

 establishing a much wider market for this species. Good results 

 from this special endeavor have been noted in Minnesota, Maine, 

 Colorado, eastern Canada and the British Isles. The exports to 

 the British Isles and the Continent show an increase of 300% 

 over what they were twelve months previous. The California 

 Wine Growers' Association on March 17, 1908, decided that 

 Cypress was the best substitute for White Oak in tight cooper- 

 age suitable for wine barrels. Other woods in competition with 

 the Cypress were Redwood, California Cedar, Washington Cedar, 

 Western Spruce and Idaho Cedar. This will open a large field 

 for cypress lumber. 



A movement is on foot to adopt log grading along the Col- 

 umbia River. Such grading has been practiced for several years 

 on Puget Sound with good results. The advantages of log grad- 

 ing are mutual to loggers and millmen. 



A recent decision of the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New 

 Orleans makes it prohibitive for non-residents to cut timber from 

 school lands. This decision affects large lumber concerns to the 

 extent of fully $5,000,000. 



A classified list of more than 5,000 consuming concerns is given 

 in the "Southern Lumbermen's Directory of Lumber Consuming 

 Factories of America." The book is to be issued annually with 

 quarterly supplements. The consuming factories embrace those 

 manufacturing furniture, vehicles, implements and tools, boxes 

 and coffins, and toys, as well as planing mills, mill work shops 

 and others. The list is presented alphabetically by states, towns 

 and cities, and gives the nature of the output in each case. 

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