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SELLING LUMBER 



Standardize 

 Association 

 Rules to 

 The Intent of 



Pitch in 

 No. 1 

 Pine Lath 



full width, which would be 



Mr. Blake: Would the same apply to thickness? 



Mr. Jones : Thickness ? No, sir. 



Mr. Blake: You would not have the privilege of setting the 

 machine to dress one side at % ? 



Mr. Jones : You can dress it to 1 inch, and still be counted 

 as rough. 



Mr. Blake : % is considered rough ? 



Mr. Jones : That is the minimum thickness. 



Mr. Blake: It seems to me I don't understand it it don't 

 seem right to me. If a man orders a car of 1x12 boards dressed 

 one side to %, he certainly has a fuller thickness to work on than 

 if he received the boards rough %. 



Mr. Jones: Well, he doesn't get them all % in the rough. 

 The same thing applies to the thickness as it does to the width. 

 That is intended for the occasional miss-cut piece that will occur 

 in the best regulated mill. 



Mr. Blake: The intent of the rules of the Association is to 

 standardize ? 



Mr. Jones: Yes. 



Mr. Blake: Well, now, it seems to me that there is a work- 

 ing difference there. You say he expects to get something better; 

 that is your answer to my question : he expects to get something 

 better. Didn't 'you answer my question that way that he ex- 

 pects to get something better than % flooring when he specifies 

 rough ? 



Mr. Jones: Yes. He has ordered 1-inch stock. He has a 

 right to something better than %. 



Mr. Blake : I should say so. 



Mr. Jones : Well, it says so it doesn't say so directly. 



The Chairman: Any other questions, gentlemen? 



Mr. Spencer: Mr. Jones, about how much pitch, if any, 

 should be allowed in No. 1 yellow pine lath? 



Mr. Jones : Very little. I would not undertake to specify 

 the amount of pitch that should be allowed in No. 1 lath. 



A Voice : It would not stay on when they put the mortar on. 



Mr. Jones : No. Very little pitch should be allowed in No. 

 1 lath. 



