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THE
OCTOBER 19, 1918
MUSIC
TRADE
41
REVIEW
H. A. NICKEL AT OFFICERS' CAMP
DENUDED U. S. OF BLACK WALNUT
Well-Known Supply Man in Training for Army
Commission at Camp Lee, Va.
German Agents Bought Up This War Timber
Years Ago—Replanting Urged
Henry A. Nickel, treasurer of Wessell, Nickel
ALBANY, N. Y., October 14.—Evidence in pos-
& Gross, is now at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., session of the United States Forestry Service
and of George D. Pratt, State Conservation
Commissioner, discloses that the Germans vir-
tually denuded America of black walnut timber
as far back as twenty years ago as part of their
great plan of military preparedness to conquer
the world. Shipload after shipload of black
walnut trees were collected by German agents
and transported to Germany for military pur-
poses. This forehandedness means that Ameri-
can black walnut is now being used against
American troops. German shrewdness and fore-
thought, combined with American neglect,
brought black walnut to the point of extermina-
tion. That is the condition of this immensely
valuable and useful tree to-day. When the
plants working on Government orders discov-
ered that the country had been stripped almost
clean, and that there were no known tracts of
black
walnut left, President Wilson called on
Henry A. Nickel
where he is a candidate for a commission at the Boy Scouts to seek out individual trees that
could be used for airplane propellers and for
Officers' Training School.
Mr. Nickel is a son of Adam Nickel, one of gun stocks. The Forestry Service now reports
the founders of the great piano action manu- that the Boy Scouts reported 14,038,560 board
facturing firm of Wessell, Nickel & Gross. He feet or about 3,667 carloads of black walnut.
grew up with the industry and together with Much of this timber has been cut or will be
F. A. and Arthur L. Wessell has for many cut for military uses.
The Forestry Service realizes that it is essen-
years carried on this business along the high-
grade lines initiated by the founders.
tial to replant these trees at once and to make
Mr. Nickel has always been much interested an effort immediately to restore the black wal-
in things military. He is a graduate of the Co- nut forests of America. Dr. William T. Horna-
lumbia Institute of New York, a military insti- day, who has made a special study of the situa-
tution, and for a period of five years was a lieu- tion, says that trees should be planted in Oc-
tenant in the First Battery, Field Artillery, N. tober or November and that the process is ex-
G., N. Y. He has looked forward for some tremely simple and easy. The walnuts should
time to placing his services at Uncle Sam's com- be planted in good soil with the hulls intact,
mand.
lying sidewise. The depth should be about
four inches.
RUBBER BELLOWS CLOTH OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
The black walnut is a beautiful tree, which
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grows rapidly and produces nuts in five years.
Future Governments, Dr. Hornaday points out,
will need the black walnut lumber for airplane
For Automatic Pianos and Piano-Players
propellers and for gunstocks, because black wal-
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nut does not warp, and it does not splinter when
hit by bullet or shrapnel. Future furniture
makers will require it because of its rich brown
color and easy working qualities. Also the food
value- of the nuts is not to be overlooked.
Conservation Commissioner Phillips, of Penn-
sylvania, in a recent statement says:
"We are gladly assisting the French to re-
build their towns and plant trees to replace
those destroyed by the Hun, and I think we
should do a little work for ourselves along the
same lines, as the Hun is directly responsible
for the threatened disappearance of our walnut
trees."
PIG IRON BREAKS RECORD
Daily Average of 113,942 Tons Produced During
the Month of September
Pig iron production in September broke all
previous records with a daily average of 113, ( M2
tons, a gain of approximately 4,f)00 tons over
the record of August. For the present month,
according to trade reports, the daily average is
likely to exceed the average reported during
September.
F. A. WESSELL VISITS BOSTON TRADE
BOSTON, MASS., October 14.—F. A. Wessell,
president of Wessell, Nickel & Gross, called
upon a number of his friends in the piano manu-
facturing industry in this city during the first
part of the week.
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