The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09
USING INFERIOR PINE.

From one of our exchanges. the name
OF which we unfortunately omitted to
preserve. and therefore cannot give
proper credit. We take the following:
A new industry has been started in
Charleston which bids fair to-greatly
Of pine lumber. 1t is q plant which
will transform such material into tmi'
tation Of oak. maple. mahogany, etc..
for use In the manufacture 2f furni-
ture and cabinet articles. This pro.
cess will supplant the old ones Of
staining the surface or veneering with
the genuine hard wood. The change
In the apparent nature of the wood
will be made In the log before 1t goes
through the saw mill. and when sawh
It viii have all the appearances Of the
manipulstss wOSd can be given 2 an ua
when made into furniture or other ar
ticles will present so perfect an ini-
tation that detection OF its inferior
quality win be almost impossible. i
this process 10 that very Inferior pine
lumber can be used to equal advantage
as superior grades: Lumber which IL
Of little value can be made to take the
and other valuable hard woods
There are some features In the rs-
ported new process that are not exact
ly clear. To make pine lumber re-
semble fine wood has not been dim
cult heretofore. OF course veneering
the pine with thin sheets of mahogany.
rosewood or ether fine and expensive
wood was the most perfect plan. for
then no one could tell by merely look
Ing at the finished product that 1t was
not made of the solid wood II repre-
scented on the outside. Then. too. the
skillfui painter who fully understood
the arts OF polishing. granting and
vanishing. could take ordinary pine
duce a good imitation of the finer and
more expensive woods used in cabinet
work.
All the processes are old and famil-
lar to cabinet makers. but this new
process begins with the log itself. as
we are told though Just how log of
pine is to be treated so as to change
it's appearance is not explained. We
can understand how 1t may be pos
sible to force some kind OF coloring
matter into log OF wood SO that
when 1t Is sawn into boards thew will
have the color OF the wood they are
designed to represent. but that Is all.
No process that we can imagine will
90 change the grain Of pine that IT
will resemble any of the hner woods
It may have the appearance OF fine ma
there Just as It was In the original
tree. For all that, however. 1t may
he that they have found q way to 50
improve the lower grades of pine as to
largely increase its value and IL this
can be done 1t will add largely to the
value of the cheap quality of pine that
IL vet in the South.
Many have been the plans and sug-
gestions put forth regarding the uti-
lization OF the inferior grades of pine
timber in the Southern States. II
most sections all the best timber has
been cut. leaving only that which wal
not considered worth cutting. There
IRE also large quantities of swamp
pine left which has not been looked or
as desirable. For the most part these
varieties Of pine are coarse, sappy, anc
decay SO quickly that the timber Il
not wanted for building purposes. ex'
eept as last resort For the same
reason It is not considered desira blt
for cabinet work or inside fnishings
because It requires too much time anC
Ilbor 10 put a fine finish on 1t. II thii
reported new discovery Is what 1t pur,
ports to be 1t will open up a new
source of wealth in MANY sections o.
the South and prove highly proatah!i
to the land owners. We may expee
to hear more about It,
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