Music Trade Review
Issue: 1915 Vol. 60 N. 13 - Page 71
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
FIGHT LUMBER JRATES IN CANADA.
Proposed Increase in Freight Rates on Lumber
Meets with Strong Opposition—Prices Made
by Lumbermen Based on Present Rates.
(Special to The Review.)
OTTAWA, ONT., March 22.—Strenuous opposition
was offered to the proposed increase in the freight
rates on lumber at Saturday's session of the Board
of Railway Commissioners. Frank Hawkins, sec-
retary of the Dominion Lumbermen's Association,
stated that the big lumber companies of the Ottawa
Valley had sold millions of feet of their cuts in
December and January last based on the then ex-
isting railway rates, and it would be unfair to
advance the rate a cent per hundred pounds now,
since the increase might make the difference be-
tween profit and loss. He maintained that the
lumbermen were willing to do their share toward
helping the railways, but considered that lumber
was already doing its share, especially since the
increase of 1908. The increase, he set forth, would
mean that the rate had advanced from 5 cents
in 1913 from Ottawa to 6MJ cents for export
and 7V2 cents local, or from 30 per cent, to 50 per
cent, increase, plus a charge of $2.50 a car for
switching at the harbor, which the railways de-
clined any longer to absorb. He therefore asked
that the board order the issuance of the same
rates as those in effect in 1914, and also that the
cancelation of the summer tariffs should be with-
drawn since the movement of lumber naturally
occurred in the summer.
COPPER AT HIGHEST POINT OF YEAR.
Moves Up to 15% Cents a Pound—Demand
Good from Domestic Sources.
Copper was moved up to 15% cents a pound
Monday, the highest price reached for considerably
more than a year. Sales were made at better than
15V6 cent thirty day basis, while cash transactions
were booked at 15.10 cents, equal to slightly more
than lo 1 /* cents. The demand was good from do-
mestic sources, with an indication that the export
business would improve shortly.
England and Ttaly have been buying copper and
lead very freely. The only drawback to further
improvement comes in the inability to get sufficient
vessel room within the next month. Rates have
stiffened to certain ports and war risks have
jumped to 2 per cent, to Havre and other ports in
the danger zone.
Phelps, Dodge & Co. received an average price
of 13.57 cents a pound for copper sold in 1914. The
sales department marketed 188,687,378 pounds for
the Phelps-Dodge properties and for the Calumet
The Ohio Veneer Co.
CINCINNATI, O.
Importers a n d Manufacturers of
Figured Mahogany, Circassian Wal-
nut and Foreign Woods for high-
grade piano cases and cabinets.
New York Office and Sample Room
Grand Central Palace Building
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
G. H. VAUGHAN, Eastern Representative
GRUBB & KOSEGARTEN BROS.
71
and Arizona Mining Co. The average price here
noted was cash New York, whereas most producers
report their average price to include commissions
and other Eastern charges. Of the total sold 107,-
708,494 pounds were for export and 80,978,884
pounds for domestic consumption.
VENEER PROBLEMSJN KILN=DRYING.
Henry Hunter, of Indianapolis, Ind., in a paper
read before the National Veneer and Panel Manu-
facturers, made many useful suggestions which in
condensed form are :
Troubles from improper drying are blistering of
veneer, veneer shrinkage, opening of joints, warp-
ing, casehardening, honeycombing and checking.
Casehardening, honeycombing and checking re-
sult from excessive heat or lack of moisture or
from both, the surface drying lirst and preventing
escape of moisture from center of stock. Other
troubles are caused by underdrying.
Unsuccessful drying is the result of improper
conditions of heat, humidity and circulation in the
drying chamber. These conditions may be due to
insufficient humidity, insufficient circulation, ex-
cessive heat, lack of uniformity as to heat, humid-
ity and circulation in all parts of the kiln, and the
variation of these conditions during the drying
period. While perhaps not possible to dry each piece
of wood in the same degree, it is true that approxi-
mate uniformity can be attained only where con-
ditions are uniform throughout the drying chamber.
Temperature cannot be permitted to vary. Mois-
ture must be uniform throughout the room. There
must be a continuous and rapid supply of fresh
air to all parts of kiln and prompt removal of air
after use. Problem, therefore, is to produce these
conditions and to control them.
TO DULL=FINISH WALNUT.
Some Interesting Pointers on How to Achieve
Results in This Field Told by J. C. Carmen.
We
serve
you
right
CFGDEPELACD
137 E A S T I3 T -* ST.
NEWYORK
on in one day. When the last coat is dry, sand
lightly but smoothly with 000 sandpaper and finish
off with wax in the usual way. If you do not de-
sire a wax finish effect, thin the wax with turpen-
tine a little more than usual and wipe it off thor-
oughly immediately after applying. This will take
away any harshness to the touch and give it the
highest quality ol finish without the wax effect."
A C. CHENEY CO. HOLDS ELECTION.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of
the A. C. Cheney Piano Action Co., held in Castle-
ton, N. Y., recently, Arthur C. Cheney, H. II. G.
Ingalls, C. D. Morgan, George Schlemmer and
Seth Wheeler were chosen as directors, and they
elected the following officers: President,
. H.
G. Ingalls; vice-president, Seth Wheeler, and
secretary and treasurer, Arthur C. Cheney.
How to get a dull finish on walnut that has been
filled is told by J. C. Carman in a recent issue of
Veneers, thus: "There are various ways for doing
this, each process depending on the result desired.
One way is to apply two or three coats of shellac
and rub dull with pumice and oil. Another way is
to apply one thin coat of shellac and two coats of
Frederick W. Taylor, originator of the Modern
lacquer, and rub this to a dull finish with oil and
pumice. There are some light-bodied, quick-drying Scientific Movement, died in Philadelphia on
varnishes on the market that might be used in place Monday of pneumonia. He was formerly presi-
of the lacquer, and perhaps with better satisfaction. dent of the American Society of Mechanical En-
"If a high-class finish is desired, body up with an gineers, and an authority on scientific efficiency,
oil-rubbing varnish and rub down with oil and his system having been installed in many large
industrial establishments throughout the country.
pumice.
"If a dead, lusterless finish is desired, and one One of Mr. Taylor's most important inventions
that will stand lots of wear and any climate, pro- was the Taylor-White process of treating mod-
ern, high-speed tools for which he received a
ceed as follows: After the filler has had plenty of
time to become thoroughly dry and hard, apply a gold medal from the Paris Exposition of 1900,
coat of very thin shellac. This shellac should not and the Elliott Cresson Medal of Franklin Insti-
tute. Mr. Taylor had received about a hundred
be heavier than one and one-quarter pounds of
patents for various inventions.
gum to a gallon of solvent. When this is dry, sand
lightly with 000 sandpaper and apply three or four
coats of pure banana oil. These coats will dry
very rapidly and the three coats may easily be put
DEATH OF FREDERICK W. TAYLOR.
SOSS INVISIBLE HINGES
Piano Manufacturers
"OUT OF SIGHT
EVER IN MIND"
^
soft yellow poplar for cross band-
Ing is unapproached in this country.
A large supply always on hand.
When you fail
to see an un-
sightly hinge
protruding you
know SOSS is
the answer.
The Central Veneer Co., Huntington, W. Va.
Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE
PIANO-FORTE ACTIONS
H
OFFMAN BROS. CO.
FORT WAYNE, IND.
(Est. 1867)
(Inc. 1904)
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneer*, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments.
N A S S A U , Rensselaer County, N. Y.
WHITE, SON COMPANY
H »nuf*otur mtw
ORGAN AND PLATER-PIANO LEATHERS
REG.US PAT OFT
VENEERS
53O-54O Atlantlo Avtnu*. Boilon, M a s s .
George H. Harper Co.
Orange, N. J .
VENEERS
Write to-day.
No. lOt
SOSS MFG. GO
M
435 ATLANTIC AVE.
BROOKLYN. N. Y.
Circassian Walnut, Oak, Walnut
and Specializing on Mahogany.
Capacity—5 Million Feet
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
FIGHT LUMBER JRATES IN CANADA.
Proposed Increase in Freight Rates on Lumber
Meets with Strong Opposition—Prices Made
by Lumbermen Based on Present Rates.
(Special to The Review.)
OTTAWA, ONT., March 22.—Strenuous opposition
was offered to the proposed increase in the freight
rates on lumber at Saturday's session of the Board
of Railway Commissioners. Frank Hawkins, sec-
retary of the Dominion Lumbermen's Association,
stated that the big lumber companies of the Ottawa
Valley had sold millions of feet of their cuts in
December and January last based on the then ex-
isting railway rates, and it would be unfair to
advance the rate a cent per hundred pounds now,
since the increase might make the difference be-
tween profit and loss. He maintained that the
lumbermen were willing to do their share toward
helping the railways, but considered that lumber
was already doing its share, especially since the
increase of 1908. The increase, he set forth, would
mean that the rate had advanced from 5 cents
in 1913 from Ottawa to 6MJ cents for export
and 7V2 cents local, or from 30 per cent, to 50 per
cent, increase, plus a charge of $2.50 a car for
switching at the harbor, which the railways de-
clined any longer to absorb. He therefore asked
that the board order the issuance of the same
rates as those in effect in 1914, and also that the
cancelation of the summer tariffs should be with-
drawn since the movement of lumber naturally
occurred in the summer.
COPPER AT HIGHEST POINT OF YEAR.
Moves Up to 15% Cents a Pound—Demand
Good from Domestic Sources.
Copper was moved up to 15% cents a pound
Monday, the highest price reached for considerably
more than a year. Sales were made at better than
15V6 cent thirty day basis, while cash transactions
were booked at 15.10 cents, equal to slightly more
than lo 1 /* cents. The demand was good from do-
mestic sources, with an indication that the export
business would improve shortly.
England and Ttaly have been buying copper and
lead very freely. The only drawback to further
improvement comes in the inability to get sufficient
vessel room within the next month. Rates have
stiffened to certain ports and war risks have
jumped to 2 per cent, to Havre and other ports in
the danger zone.
Phelps, Dodge & Co. received an average price
of 13.57 cents a pound for copper sold in 1914. The
sales department marketed 188,687,378 pounds for
the Phelps-Dodge properties and for the Calumet
The Ohio Veneer Co.
CINCINNATI, O.
Importers a n d Manufacturers of
Figured Mahogany, Circassian Wal-
nut and Foreign Woods for high-
grade piano cases and cabinets.
New York Office and Sample Room
Grand Central Palace Building
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
G. H. VAUGHAN, Eastern Representative
GRUBB & KOSEGARTEN BROS.
71
and Arizona Mining Co. The average price here
noted was cash New York, whereas most producers
report their average price to include commissions
and other Eastern charges. Of the total sold 107,-
708,494 pounds were for export and 80,978,884
pounds for domestic consumption.
VENEER PROBLEMSJN KILN=DRYING.
Henry Hunter, of Indianapolis, Ind., in a paper
read before the National Veneer and Panel Manu-
facturers, made many useful suggestions which in
condensed form are :
Troubles from improper drying are blistering of
veneer, veneer shrinkage, opening of joints, warp-
ing, casehardening, honeycombing and checking.
Casehardening, honeycombing and checking re-
sult from excessive heat or lack of moisture or
from both, the surface drying lirst and preventing
escape of moisture from center of stock. Other
troubles are caused by underdrying.
Unsuccessful drying is the result of improper
conditions of heat, humidity and circulation in the
drying chamber. These conditions may be due to
insufficient humidity, insufficient circulation, ex-
cessive heat, lack of uniformity as to heat, humid-
ity and circulation in all parts of the kiln, and the
variation of these conditions during the drying
period. While perhaps not possible to dry each piece
of wood in the same degree, it is true that approxi-
mate uniformity can be attained only where con-
ditions are uniform throughout the drying chamber.
Temperature cannot be permitted to vary. Mois-
ture must be uniform throughout the room. There
must be a continuous and rapid supply of fresh
air to all parts of kiln and prompt removal of air
after use. Problem, therefore, is to produce these
conditions and to control them.
TO DULL=FINISH WALNUT.
Some Interesting Pointers on How to Achieve
Results in This Field Told by J. C. Carmen.
We
serve
you
right
CFGDEPELACD
137 E A S T I3 T -* ST.
NEWYORK
on in one day. When the last coat is dry, sand
lightly but smoothly with 000 sandpaper and finish
off with wax in the usual way. If you do not de-
sire a wax finish effect, thin the wax with turpen-
tine a little more than usual and wipe it off thor-
oughly immediately after applying. This will take
away any harshness to the touch and give it the
highest quality ol finish without the wax effect."
A C. CHENEY CO. HOLDS ELECTION.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of
the A. C. Cheney Piano Action Co., held in Castle-
ton, N. Y., recently, Arthur C. Cheney, H. II. G.
Ingalls, C. D. Morgan, George Schlemmer and
Seth Wheeler were chosen as directors, and they
elected the following officers: President,
. H.
G. Ingalls; vice-president, Seth Wheeler, and
secretary and treasurer, Arthur C. Cheney.
How to get a dull finish on walnut that has been
filled is told by J. C. Carman in a recent issue of
Veneers, thus: "There are various ways for doing
this, each process depending on the result desired.
One way is to apply two or three coats of shellac
and rub dull with pumice and oil. Another way is
to apply one thin coat of shellac and two coats of
Frederick W. Taylor, originator of the Modern
lacquer, and rub this to a dull finish with oil and
pumice. There are some light-bodied, quick-drying Scientific Movement, died in Philadelphia on
varnishes on the market that might be used in place Monday of pneumonia. He was formerly presi-
of the lacquer, and perhaps with better satisfaction. dent of the American Society of Mechanical En-
"If a high-class finish is desired, body up with an gineers, and an authority on scientific efficiency,
oil-rubbing varnish and rub down with oil and his system having been installed in many large
industrial establishments throughout the country.
pumice.
"If a dead, lusterless finish is desired, and one One of Mr. Taylor's most important inventions
that will stand lots of wear and any climate, pro- was the Taylor-White process of treating mod-
ern, high-speed tools for which he received a
ceed as follows: After the filler has had plenty of
time to become thoroughly dry and hard, apply a gold medal from the Paris Exposition of 1900,
coat of very thin shellac. This shellac should not and the Elliott Cresson Medal of Franklin Insti-
tute. Mr. Taylor had received about a hundred
be heavier than one and one-quarter pounds of
patents for various inventions.
gum to a gallon of solvent. When this is dry, sand
lightly with 000 sandpaper and apply three or four
coats of pure banana oil. These coats will dry
very rapidly and the three coats may easily be put
DEATH OF FREDERICK W. TAYLOR.
SOSS INVISIBLE HINGES
Piano Manufacturers
"OUT OF SIGHT
EVER IN MIND"
^
soft yellow poplar for cross band-
Ing is unapproached in this country.
A large supply always on hand.
When you fail
to see an un-
sightly hinge
protruding you
know SOSS is
the answer.
The Central Veneer Co., Huntington, W. Va.
Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE
PIANO-FORTE ACTIONS
H
OFFMAN BROS. CO.
FORT WAYNE, IND.
(Est. 1867)
(Inc. 1904)
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneer*, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments.
N A S S A U , Rensselaer County, N. Y.
WHITE, SON COMPANY
H »nuf*otur mtw
ORGAN AND PLATER-PIANO LEATHERS
REG.US PAT OFT
VENEERS
53O-54O Atlantlo Avtnu*. Boilon, M a s s .
George H. Harper Co.
Orange, N. J .
VENEERS
Write to-day.
No. lOt
SOSS MFG. GO
M
435 ATLANTIC AVE.
BROOKLYN. N. Y.
Circassian Walnut, Oak, Walnut
and Specializing on Mahogany.
Capacity—5 Million Feet
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