The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30

has been mentioned for the chairman ship of the caucus. Two names are
 now discussed for the chairmanship or the congressional campaign com
 mittee, Messrs. Harry D. Flood, of vir-
 ginia, and Jacob Ruppert, IT., of New
 York. Mir. Flood was first brought out by his friends and seems to have the advantage MT. Ruppert is serving
 ms fourth term. He is one of the pest or the Democrats from New York ana has always carried his district, the sixteenth. which is normally close, by about thirty-eisht years old and a wealthy brewer.i
 The choice of a Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriatfons ts
 said still to be a hard nut still uncrack- ed. Speaker Cannon Is understood to
 be no little embarrassed to find a man
 that will suit him. McCleary of Min.
 nesota. by right of rank, ought to have
 the place. but 1t Is doubted if he is sufficient leadership calibre to suit\ths Speaker.
 There are seventeen members of the Appropriations Committee. and the Democrats have been allowed six mem- bers In view of the reduction of their number in the present House, 1t is said that the representation of the minor- ity on the committee will be reduced to five.
 Three of the Republican members of the Committee in the last Congress Hemenway, now Senator from Indiana; Van voorhis of Ohio, and Burkett, now Senator from Nebraska-were not re- elected. Two of the Democrats--Rice A. Pierce of Tennessee and Maecenas E. Benton of Missouri--were also kept at home. In addition to having the coveted single vacancy to fill Mir. Will Hams. the minority leader. will have a recurrence of embarrassment in the presence of two Democrats on the Committee from the same state Messrs. Taylor and Underwood of Ala bama. Mfr. Taylor is the senior in length of service on the committee. Mr. Underwood went to 1t from the Com- mfttee on Ways and Means. As on that committee there will be two va- cancies. Sam Bronson Cooper of Texas and Claude Swanson, elected Governor of Virginia--presuming there is no doubt Of that event--it Is possible Mir. underwood will get back to his old place on the Committee.
 Important to Wood Workers.
 The study of woods used in vehicle manufacture. which is being carried on by the United States forest service, who has been assigned to the work, has so far visited nearly 100 nnanufac- turing plants where buggies wagons, farm implements, automobiles and are made.
 The question of woods for boxes was found to be vital to the wagon manu- facturers. Poplar and cottonwood have reached a price which almost pro- hibits their use. Poplar is expected to | rise yet higher, and the manufacturers l VIII then be forced either to use other | or to raise the price of their | wagons. The rigid grading which | place on poles and | shafts makes it difficult to meet the | requirements for wood for these pur- | poses, and it is said that unless the | grading Is broadened timber for poles | and shafts will soon fall behind the de- mand. The strict specifications of | white oak for wagon pole stock has already weakened and red oak. is be- Ing largely used in It's stead. Birch is slowly gaining favor for hub manu- lecture, taking the place of white oak. the excessive checking of which Is said | 10 occasion considerable loss to the Red gum is gradually gaining place for itself for use in the various parts of buggies, sleighs, au- ,omobiles and other like vehicles.
 In the implement trade long leaf | pine has practically replaced red oak. md shows strong tendency also to II 'upercede white oak as well. Red yum, in combination with Western 'pruce or red fir, has entered into this Inc Of manufacture for panel work