. Canadian forest industries 1885. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 294 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. THE VICTORY OF THE S. A. WOODS MACHINE CO. AT THE NEW OR- LEANS EXPOSITION. It is generally acknowledged by persons con- nected with wood working business, who had the pleasure of visiting the New Orleans expos- ition, that what was called the wood working maehinery annex contained the most varied and complete display of wood working machinery ever seen on the continent; and as the United States is far ahead of any other countries in the manu
. Canadian forest industries 1885. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 294 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. THE VICTORY OF THE S. A. WOODS MACHINE CO. AT THE NEW OR- LEANS EXPOSITION. It is generally acknowledged by persons con- nected with wood working business, who had the pleasure of visiting the New Orleans expos- ition, that what was called the wood working maehinery annex contained the most varied and complete display of wood working machinery ever seen on the continent; and as the United States is far ahead of any other countries in the manufacture of this particular class of machinery- it may be confidently stated that the exposition exhibit of wood working machines was the greatest the world has ever seen. As almost all the prominent manufacturers of wood working machinery in the United States had their machines entered for competition, the keenest anxiety was felt as to its results, and no trouble or expense was spared by the com- petitors to make as good a display of their machinery as possible, not only from its advan- tage as an advertisement to the wood workers who visited the exposition from all parts of the country, but from the much more important aduantage which would result from the securing of an award over so many well-known competi- tors. There was also, at the opening of the exposi- tion, a struggle to secure the most desirable positions for a favorable display, and in this espect the concern which was most disadvant- eously located was the S. A. Woods Machine Co. A public street, which the exposition management found it impossible to close, passed directly through the machinery annex and cut oft a large amount of space which would other- wise have formed a part of the S. A. Woods Machine Co.'s exhibit. This was a very dis- couraging state of afiairs, but the company, although occupying such an unfortunate position for the display of their machines, made the best of their situation, and by cutting
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