"TRUE TO LABEL."

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 172, 23 July 1928, Page 9

"TRUE TO LABEL."

HOW TO SELL TIMBER. REVISED GRADING RULES. VFATK> MUTUAL PACT. "i'u!v rii>.-i- -.1 111 ii- which adopt tit.* i;«*v\ uniform srradincr -ystem will be idiniMc 'i> *;t t«-r i eminent timber ixjtiiiv.i.i'nt-. l>'it in return for such «eriff t.hi' ■ 'i*'i:: sn ill ce will recommend that - .ii'y New Zeaiand timber- -hall !«> i !.\ tl lf - Depart ment« ■i 'Pi-i' i'i;.-i i." 1 i:f a !>i• \• • -f i."t*iii*f a i'- !n tli.» If rtr u which the -.-.retary ..f the I ift-a . " ::i»-;ii f I ndu-t ric- ai.d < •-m mere-. M . \V. < • ;i>i-. .•% - si w miller- i • ii>- uniform yradin-jr a i.d i-la-»ifioa.-ri*>i: drawn up the timber trade by 'he -;.«-■< :a! ■ .-n.mt a[(pointed by the ijvi- tin- a 11■•ii;a 1 ie- and draw ■•? the 2radium -y-teni on Equal to Life of Long-term Loan. ' "a- a "inaj wiisn the Xew Z.-i;a:;d uubitc had x>j taki: "hat tha r traUe provided. That time ended w ii- !i Aiiii-rs-a 11 timber invaded New Z"a:ar.d and Au>tra lia 11 markets in a !ar_f -uait? manner. Competition called for _ improvement in the Zealand timber mdu-try — impro\ ement in metiiod.-. :n x>r<.«l;i< -r-. and in the ;rradin;i 0:1 whi.-h the product -ells. At this end ru,> business the Departmental Committee tame The committee was formed, m the first plaee. of State departmental officer-. because the depressed timber trade had been askinjr that a larger proportion of the average New- Zealantl tree should be regarded as entitled to be u -e,l i n building a loneterm loan home. The Government recoa-ni-ed that there was something in the trade's plea that it could produce timber more cheaply if the lower ira.de- of limbei ••outd be -old to better advanra -' J - At the -atuf rihi-. when tin- Stat.' A-1\ an.-f- utfire money for t)4 or 3« \ea"--. r i-e.piii-.— a ho-;-- with a life f-.r '« r 'Hat perh|. v~n.• s• 1.i* 1-r r> a . aio ■ -oilr-; 1 ,m..i hici; fa.-hi tat- t.li- : t' y ,;■■■; ; - a . 2 - t', i n ft: r.or materia.. At".-,- a w h.h- 'he r.re-j -ident- »rui •-'tart ~f Domini.:'i jFedera-ted->awmilier-. .\«-o<- ; .i tion ;oine*i [the committee, and so .J;.i a. represent j.-. 1 r ive i unaa«oeiated mills.

In a circular "'to all sawmillera.' 5 -Mr. Collins, as chairman of the committee, recalls that the underlying principle acted upon is that in order to meet oversea eompetition, and to serve the interests of the ultimate consumer, a standard yrradinsr. "!>aeked up bv inspection.'' is essential. "It is desired to intimate that, the-e uniform grading rules and definitions of deferts for Xew Z«*al>ind timbers I'subject to anv amendtnenf the committee may a crept as calculate-! t«> improve them'i will bo definitely adopred Ijy all Departments or branches of the Government whi.-h 11-0 timber, •>r direct or control specification thereof, is the 1 ias;~ for all transactions with or -r.iu-erningr the use of timber in future. Phi- will apply equally to >tate Depart - men. - whi r *h actually u-e the timber and 'o those w.iicii make advances upon the -ecuriry of ianldinas or hon=e proprctv. He then proceeds to explain the mutual advantages, in term-, of the sentence 'hat heads this article, and he concludes"ln this way it is fully anti.-iuat.-.I- - jso loner as the price- of \"e v Zealand ' imber- remain reasonabl.—the •-•\ch;- : \ e n.-e of the. prrwlucr of X,»w Zea;and mil's will oecume general and will i,.•••reference to anv imported timber o|mporred wood s,,i- lST itutes. T'.;'- should immediately etlect ia i iit.nro-v j . men.r in tiie outlook for ti-.e u i,;e ilrnoeindustrv .if the Dominion." The draft rule- md detini-i-n - ".?. r or three i-l.iiipi 1..a-ed up..p he-j 1 * , n - f ent. They are heart liV) r,..r , - woo<!'. medium pie;- a• * I A'ood '. and ordinarv "• >-1 .in l heart . Medium nm-* c,-, n -.j; ; . 1 r han -I<> ;->er f-ont. heart -1 - I -lieee. and m.u-t contain not t'-.a-; ' per cent heart wood <■•!• a ! section, ordinary ma',- c.nt.i *" 1 ■iO cent, or may er.rir-iv :V-.- f 1 heart wood. These n.ai . are each subdnided i- . a : >x STades: ''lean, dr ; r>_' A. 2 ' c> >. building A. buildir 2 B and -r.r.. lean'' grade is ia dr seV. -ed ; ""imber free fro:., a 'd '-r hlerr.- ' ; shes r,n ail fire-. -• i r '» s-iit-•»ble for natural •' - 1 - -Dressing r r is suita'iie f.r '-a -••- v".i- *r -*>**red surfaces; -i : e ' '--r : -':-s -d or der-^TS *. illowahle i • -h -us de-.i-.e.-- ; but ar .-A i'- '•» -in e:'*Jier " t T: . :i„' A" •••.-■* :e as A "• r * ~ -, F* " « -• 1 h1 ** ~' ■* \H . ■:.--* *■' 1 v ' ! " ;l ' . M.-j-i " j n -f- -*• v is. • " n: -" " '' •,-p «r • h**2 : I <1 • '• . .-i.il u.. - ' o'i. A >-:ne-«.r •' r ~ A lft-—tH-i 5T