mctches <nd used for this purpose in the U> ited States. It 

 has been difficult, however, to make up samples of these 

 v;oods for the reason that the Forest Service has no funds 

 r r hich can be used to pay railroad transportation charges 

 from the west to New York or to prepay ocean freight as re- 

 quired by the steamship companies. The necessity to trans- 

 port the samples across the continent, instead of sending 

 them direct to Rio Janeiro from San Francisco or Portland 

 is due to present shipping conditions on the west coast. 



That the Brazilian manufacturers have agreed to p' ;* 

 freight and customs charges, however, has encouraged a Mem- 

 phis concern to promise to furnish cottonwood samples. The 

 Forest Service is trying to get into touch with other^ firms 

 which could furnish the pine and basswood. 



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