Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-13
The DUTY ON LUMBER
Some Of the Conditions obtaining
In Vermont.
(From the Congressional Record)

MI Smith of Maryland. When Sena-
tor ,McCumber OF No. Dokota) says
that lumber is brought from the saw
and carried through the planer and
It ought to cost only abont IS cents
thousand to plane 1t instead OF 30
cents, I do think that he has accur-
ate Information.
want to say that when lumber
is manufactured from the saw that
lumber has to be transported to dry
kiln. It IL carried there and after II
Ia put in there and dried II II piled.
The planning mills are not located In
sawmills They are located at some
distance from the sawmills. and necs-
sarily so. The lumber IL then taken
from those piles and loaded on cars
or wagons. whatever 1t may he. and
carried to the planning mill there Ia
the expense OF running 1T through the
machinery. After that. there Is the
expense o. taking II out and running
1t back again. IF the senator asserts
that you can do that for Is cents, 7
do not hesitate to say that he knows
nothing about the business do not
care who he Is.
growing and dressing lumber as II
comes from the log, that Is one
proposition, but after the lumber IL
tongucd and grooved and dressed on
one side you have got TO ut it for the
| purpose for which IT Is to he used.
The lumber that tongued and grooved
and dressed on one side Is used for
/ flooring or wainscoating or somethin &
of that kind and is cut mp into strips.
as 1t were Probably you run a ten
inch board through the planer You
| cut that boa d up into three strips and
YOU tongue and groove II afterwards.
| say II will cost three times as much
to 40 It as TO run the lumber through
and dress 1T on one side. You have
put the lumber in condition where
1t will sell. and the market requires
that It shall he manipulated and man
ipulated In way that costs this ex-
ira expense.
Mr.. Carter. Mr. President. | desire
TO ask the senator from North Da :
kota If ! understand he takes issue
with the witness cited by the senator
from Minnesota? understand it to
he the statement of Mr. scanlon.
|
ator from Minnesota that it did not
cost any more to surface lumber on
two sides and size and tongue and
groove 1t than to run it through n
planer and surface 1t on the one side
In cutting short. narrow strips how
ever. as In the case Of the Louisiana
! lumber 1t costs IS cents thousand
more. possibly 40. Now under
stand the senator from North Dakota
to admit that II costs probably II
cents Thousand additional to plane
the respective sides. Did corrcctl,
understand the senator?
Mr.. Mc(umher on the average &C
cordrg to my Information. 1t will
cost we will say. additional about
IL cents per thousand for the mere
planning on one side; and the planning
OF all sides, the tonguing and groov-
ing. at the greatest figure, would no,
reach above so cents. That so cents
would be very fun estimate OF the
additional cost The range is from
Is cents for the first to 80 cents for
all the work that is done.
Mr.. Carter That U.s. for planning
both sides. squaring one. and tongu-
Ing and growing the other?
Mr.. McCumber. Yes sir.
Mr. Nelson. II the senator will al.
low me, I do not know what the con
ditions are in preparing lumber IT
the South. but ! want to describe the
modus operandi in our state. After
the lumber Is sawed, they size" it
as they call it-they strip It up int
proper sizes Then they run it into
the dryer; that is. II they want tc
riane it, where they dry II in order
to make II easier for planning and ir
order to reduce the weight. Their
they take II from the dryer and the,
put IT through the machine and plane
It. There is an immense saving in ths
matter Of freight by the mere dryins
and the operation Of planning, Wher
you come 10 the matter Of planning tn,
cost Is not any bigger In one case thar
tho other. There may be little diff
ference
in the matter OF stripping the lum
Der up from the size that is original
~ cut in at the mill. they always SIZE
it as II is put through. They siz,
ordinary boards when they saw them
Sometimes they can even do that /,
the same operations III tIe MOST I'M
prove mills It is done In the operation
OF saving. They saw them and GU
them UP into the size they want
Mr. Carter. ! yield to the senator
from Vermont (Mr. Page
Mr. Page. Mr.. President, 7 hav'
listened with good dead OF interes
to the remarks Of the senator from
Maryland (Mr, SMITH in regard to thu
cost OF planning lumber. He Is rich
In regard TO the lumber which the,
have at Baltimore; but II he Will e.
into the northern country, he will FINE
that the cheaper grades Of lumber ar
oftentimes sawed and RUIZ through I'll,
planer the planer standing exactl'
in front Of the saw, and the greer
lumber is surfaced for what they cal
siding"
This Is especially true in regard Il
hemlock. 1t Is also true in regard L
what we call the stock length" o
spruce. 1t Is run through a machine
which surfaces md tongues an'
grooves II at the same time. II goe
directly into the stack and is air dried
and that drying Is sufficient for TIT
usual New England manufacturer
understand that In Baltimore the,
use class of lumber which Is strip
ped into 2, 3, and inch strips. and IL
that case the statement Is absoluel.
correct, ! think In regard to the ex
pepse The expense of passing lum
her through a machine Is very large
You can not take up thousand Zee