Title: Canadian forest industries January-June 1922
Identifier: canadianforjanjun1922donm (find matches)
Year: 1922 (1920s)
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Subjects: Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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44 CANADA LUMBERMAN
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Panoramic group picture of the happy gathering at the noon-day luncheon tendered the visiting li Vigorous Defence of Wooden Shingle Secretary Lamar, of Vancouver, Speaks of High Quatity of Product and Conveys Greetings Fred H. Lamar, of Vancouver, secretary of the Shingle Manu- facturers' Association of B. C, was given a cordial welcome. He gave a splendnid talk on the wooden shingle as an excellent roofing material, and told of the progress that had been made in its quality, extended use and production. Mr. Lamar bore greetings from the Pacific Coast province. The lumbermen from British Columbia had thought they were carrying all the burdens of the entire lumber trade, but, after listening to the discussions at the convention here, he found that they had not all the problems on their hands out there, although they seemed to be bearing" the whole load. He felt that the attacks levelled against the wooden shingle were not warranted. There were on the roofs of certain houses erected fifteen or twenty years ago, shingles which are poor and rotten but, instead of the assaults being directed against these, the whole pro- duct had to bear the brunt. Cheap, flat grain shingles used and sold two decades ago, did not begin to compare with the high grade, edge grain wooden shingle now turned out. In the old days the manu- facturer would take a log and endeavor to produce the largest number of shingles from it without any regard to grade or thickness. The shingle manufacturers had gone to work and studied the problem, which had led to the production of the present edge grain shingle, which made a roof covering that could be used for years and years and give satisfaction. Of all the fires started directly from sparks on the roofs it was stated by Mr. Lamar that during the last five years, statistics showed less than three per cent were chargeable to the wooden shingle. The B. C. manufacturers had recently decided to enter upon a campaign of wide publicity, and would advocate the proper shingles for the proper roof and enlist the support of the retail dealers. They believed that flat grain shingles should not be used except on side walls, and it would be, through the co-operation and goodwill of the eastern lumber dealers, that the sale and popularity of British Colum- bia shingles could be expanded. Mr. Lamar felt that there had not been the co-operation between the eastern and western lumbermen that there should have been. They were too widely separated by distance, perhaps, to get in close touch, and he had come to the con- vention to thank the Canadian Lumbermen's Association for the strong fight it had put up against the attacks being made on the use of the wooden shingle. He belived that the C. L. A. was, as a body, fighting the battle for the Pacific Coast manufacturers. The West had to depend on the retail lumber dealers in the east, and .also the manufacturers, to resist these attacks. Mr. Lamar then went into a detailed explanation of the cost of manufacture, and said from a M. ft. log the average output obtained Was 9000 XXX shingles, No. 1, and about 1000 of No. 2. In XXXXX shingles the. output was about 8000 of No. 1 and about 1000 of No.2, commonly known as the "dropoings." The most popular selling shingle in the east was the XXX. He produced several diagrams showing that the swelling in ord- inary, flat-grained shingles is 104% greater than those cut in an op- posite direction. 'Shingles that were not cut parallel were apt to warp or distortion occur when shrinking or swelling takes place due to moisture or other atmospheric changes. In 100% edge-grained shingles all the forces were parallel to the edge and also to the face of the shingle; hence no warping, curling or cupping of the shingle when swelling or shrinkage occurs. Mr. Lamar showed a circle, containing various sectors which set forth solme timely data. Freight rates and raw material repres- ented 75 per cent of the cost of the shingles or finished product per M. laid down in Toronto. On a M shingles shipped from Vancouver to Toronto weighing 180 pounds, the freight rate at the present carrying charge of $1.02j^,per 100 pounds amounted to $1.85 or 32 per cent of the delivered price. The cedar timber at $20 base price for logs used in turning out the shingles, represents—$2.53 per M or 43 per cent of the delivered price. Thus raw material and freight rates made up 75 per cent of the cost per M in the East. General milling expenses ran 32 cents per M or 5*/2 per cent. This included saws, oil and grease, belting, shingle straps, bands and nails, general mill repairs, etc. Overhead and general expenses ran 40 cents per M or 7 per cent. This included insurance, depreciation, selling expenses, taxes, Work- men's Compensation, H. O. expense etc. General labor, (outside of sawing and packing) cost 44 cents per M or 7^-2 per cent. This includes cut-off sawers, filers, knee bolts, kiln tenderers, roustabouts, car loaders, etc. Sawing and packing cost 29 cents per M or 5 per cent of the delivered price, making ud the one hundred per cent or the figure received for the goods laid down in Toronto. In explanation of cutting, Mr. Lamar said that from the cen- tre portion of small logrs flat grain shing-les were made and the edge grain were obtained from the outer portion. In answer to a question, Mr. Lamar said that kiln drying, if poroerlv done, improved the efficiencv of the shing-le. Thev were kiln dried at 180 degrees for about eight davs. Concluding he declar- ed that if thick, edee grain shingles were used on roofs and prooerly laid with the rigLit kind of nails—and nothing; was more imnortant than prooer nails,—a covering would be secured that would last for forty years.. The Part That Lumber Plays J. Grove Smith, of Ottawa, Dominion Fire Commissioner, gave one of the most acceptable addresses of the session on "The Part Lumber Plays." Years ago lumbermen may have mined the for- ests, culled the trees and left a trail of fire-inviting slash and reck- less waste, yet such practices had long since been discarded by op- erators. In recent years lumbermen had taken a new stand and are enthusiastically looking for the conservation of the natural wooded wealth of the country. They were much interested in the preservat- ion and perpetuation of the forests. Mr. Smith said that although fire may wipe out a large area of timber resources, nature reclothed the area, but when buildings and

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