SELLING LUMBER 



93 



grade; but the standard heart grade makes distinct specification 

 as to the heart and sap which apply equally to Douglas fir or 

 long leaf yellow pine. A man, in other words, may furnish either, 

 according to the option of the engineer who calls for the requisi- 

 tion. 



Mr. Ash : Then there is a standard grade covering Douglas 

 fir? 



Dr. von Schrenk : There is a standard grade covering 

 Douglas fir, as far as the engineering bodies are concerned ; but 

 the Douglas fir people never accepted that, and that is what is 

 creating a great deal of discussion at the present time, and caused 

 their recent action, because so much of the Douglas fir was 

 being objected to for that reason. 



Mr. Moss: I would like to ask the Doctor, what is the 

 relative strength of long and short leaf dimension, and if there 

 is any real basis for the prejudice which 'exists in some sections 

 of the country against the use of short leaf pine? 



Dr. von Schrenk : Well, that is a pretty hard question to 

 answer, because the two overlap. The chances are going to be 

 that the long leaf dimension is going to exceed in strength, when 

 you take it as a whole, short leaf dimension; because the mere 

 fact that this new designation does not necessarily change the 

 strength value of the botanical species, as a general rule it means, 

 cut from long leaf pine, whether it be stringers, or two-by-fours, 

 or whatever the character of the product may be. It will, as an 

 average, be stronger than those either of short leaf or of loblolly. 



The Chairman: Any other discussion, gentlemen? Mr. 

 Sterling is here, and Mr. Sterling has one question which has 

 been referred to him. He is going to answer it, and if any of you 

 have any other questions you would like to put to Mr. Sterling 

 while he is on the platform we would be very glad to have you 

 do so. 



Mr. Sterling: As a matter of fact, there are several ques- 

 tions here, but I am not going to tackle them all. 



"Question : What are the chief talking points on wood when 

 in competition with" and then there are several kinds of material. 



Metal lath. I should say that metal lath is getting into a 

 competitive class where they are not in all cases very well pre- 

 pared to urge its merits in competition with wooden lath. The 

 greatest drawback to metal lath which I know of personally is 



Long Leaf 

 and 



Short Leaf 

 Dimension 



The Talking 

 Points of 

 Wood in 

 Competition 

 with 

 Substitutes 



