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its profits, and an ohia tie proposition will pay according as the 
slabs, sidings, and crooked and defective logs are utilized for 
commercial purposes, at a profit. 
The wood of ohia lehna, if properly seasoned, may be used for 
almost any purpose for which hardwood is ordinarily used, and 
with the growing scarcity of such wood on the continent there 
should be no question about finding a ready market for it. How- 
ever, in introducing a new wood in the lumber market numerous 
Clearing a right-of-way for a logging railroad in the ohia forest 
obstacles are encountered, the greatest of which is to overcome 
the indifference or the suspicion of the lumbermen. It must be 
proved to the prospective user that the product is not only as 
good as, but is superior to the wood which it is to substitute. 
The product should be worked up in the most careful manner, 
for any shortcoming or defect in the manufacture will be at- 
tributed as a defect to the qualities of the wood itself. 
The above statements are almost axiomatic but seem to be 
necessary in view of the circumstances surrounding the onl}^ two 
attempts to introduce this wood on the market. An attempt was 
