CHAPTER IV 



Little Wooden Toothpicks to Big Lumber 

 Wagons 



Various diversified and interesting uses of wood; 

 boxes and barrels, and their manufacture; pencils; 

 scientific instruments; toys; paving blocks; sawdust; 

 excelsior, etc. 



Some time ago in an Ohio town there appeared 

 across the entire front of a lumber dealer's estab- 

 lishment this legend: "Everything from little 

 wooden toothpicks to big lumber wagons." There 

 is no doubt that the advertising power of the slogan 

 caught the public eye, for it remained blazoned 

 along the main street of the village for several 

 years. If, however, this one dealer really pretended 

 to keep even a sample of every wood product, his 

 yards would have extended over half the town. 



Among the more important articles made from 

 wood are packing boxes and crates. In fact, some 

 fourteen to twenty per cent of our total annual lum- 

 ber-cut is thus applied. To be suitable for box 

 making, wood must be soft and yet reasonably 

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