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it lay in the customer's yard; and I wanted some suggestion as to 

 how to compromise it (laughter). 



Mr. Lennox : How is it possible to re-saw B and better 1 x 12; 

 that is to say, if the 1 x 12 be in the rough, and it is re-sawed, how 

 thick could it be made ? 



Mr. Jones : Well, they couldn't re-saw it within less than l /% 

 inch, I don't think. I am not a machinist. I never ran a planing 

 mill, and I really couldn't answer that question. 



Mr. Moss : Mr. Jones, what is select No. 1 ? 



Mr. Jones : There is no such a specification as select No. 1, No s e i ect 

 common. It is a misnomer. No. 1 Common 



Mr. Isbell : Why do some mills ship No. 1 common 90% free 

 from knots, and other mills ship No. 1 common 90% with knots, 

 both inspected under the official inspection rules? One of them 

 runs 90% free of knots, and the other runs 90% with knots 

 both No. 1 common? 



Mr. Jones: Both No. 1 common? 



Mr. Isbell: Yes. 



Mr. Jones : Well, there are other defects that make it No. 

 1 common. It is the defects in the board that make it No. 1 

 common; it is not the board itself. 



Mr. Isbell : The customer can't discover them, though. 



Mr. Jones: Can't discover the defects? 



Mr. Isbell : No, sir. 



Mr. Jones : Well, he is unfortunate. 



A Salesman : Some time ago an order was taken for 6-inch 

 board ; nothing said about thickness. The customer expected 

 13/16 and received 3/4. The shipper acknowledged that he was 

 willing to stand the difference. What should the difference be? 



Mr. Jones : That is a question of price, and I am not in 

 position to answer that. That is a. matter that he would have 

 to settle satisfactorily with his customer. If the customer ordered 

 flooring he had a perfect right to expect 13/16, and if he didn't 

 get 13/16 it wasn't flooring. 



Mr. Houston: In grading No. 2 center matched, you said 25 Cente? 

 per cent waste. How many cuts ? Matched 



Mr. Jones : It is based on the standard of 16-inch centers, 

 and in that way you will figure that each cut will consume 16 

 inches waste. Therefore in a 10, 12 and 14-foot, we would 

 allow two cuts. In 16, 18 and 20, we would allow three cuts; 



