(Prom the Forest Service, U. 3. Department of Agriculture 



San Francisco Office) 



BRAZIL TO TRY 



AMERICAN MATCH WOOD Q-2 



Supply of Russian Aspen Stopped by War 



Samples of Substitutes Being Arranged by Forest Service 



Washington - - - : American manufacturers of mate* 

 wood may find market for their product in Brazil, if a sample 

 shipment now being arranged by the U. S. Forest Service 

 proves suitable to the Brazilian match manufacturers whose 

 ordinary supply of Russian aspen has been cut off by the Eu- 

 ropean war. As it is regarded as an excellent opportunity 

 for the introduction of North American forest products into 

 South America, the Forest Service is trying to enlist the co- 

 operation of private lumber concerns who are reaching out for 

 export business. 



The Brazilian match factories, according to a cable- 

 gram from a traveling agent of the Department of Commerce, 

 }\t ve been using annually about 7,000,000 feet of Russian aspen 

 ^nd have been forced by the war to seek a substitute, On the 

 agent's recommendation of American mptch woods, a request was 

 nade to the Forest Service for samples of western white pine > 

 sugar pine, cottonwood, and basswood, eight bolts of each, 

 7 feet 3 inches long and 12 to 20 inches in diameter. 



The National Forests contain large supplies of both 

 sugar and western white pine suitable for the manufacture of 



