REDWOOD LUMBERING. I I 



of his house, and in this way furnished a capital illustration 

 of industrial art. The day will come when, as in the case of 

 black walnut, redwood will no longer be used for fencing ma- 

 terial, because it will be too costly. Then it will be found 

 that furniture, including book-cases, bedsteads and bureaus, 

 will be constructed of this material ; in the face of the objec- 

 tion, too, that it is too soft a wood for such uses. Old stumps 

 will be dug up and sent to the mills, to be converted into the 

 choicest lumber for interior finish, and many a carved root of 

 redwood will figure in the future house. The transition has 

 already begun. 



" What a pity that so much of this material will go into 

 house interiors only to be covered up with unwholesome and 

 glaring white lead, more glaring frequently in the finish 

 known as China gloss! If one is to build a costly wood 

 house, why not enjoy it for its truthful qualities? Why cover 

 up all the interior, as if one were ashamed that wood has 

 been employed at all ? The industrial art to be employed in 

 house-building in the future will go quite beyond the external 

 architecture. Whatever the exterior walls may be, the interior 

 finish will be largely of wood. There will be more simplicity 

 and more truthfulness in interior decorations. Honest native 

 woods will be employed. It will also occur to the coming in- 

 dustrial artist that these woods, for the most part, need not 

 be disguised in paint, but may be left in their native honest 

 tones and colors." 



In connection with the above, we may here state that 

 variety of shade in redwood is one that recommends itself 



