. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. October, 1903 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 15 the buyer the right to throw out everything- up to a common grade. (3) I think under this clause a con- tract drawn in this way and mutually agreed to by seller and buyer would compel the buyer to take everything the log produced except the heart. Con- tracts should be drawn in this way, " mill run, hearts and dead culls ; This would only throw out such lumber in hardwood as would not be worth the freight to the buye
. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. October, 1903 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 15 the buyer the right to throw out everything- up to a common grade. (3) I think under this clause a con- tract drawn in this way and mutually agreed to by seller and buyer would compel the buyer to take everything the log produced except the heart. Con- tracts should be drawn in this way, " mill run, hearts and dead culls ; This would only throw out such lumber in hardwood as would not be worth the freight to the buyer. Contracts are often made to read "mill run, mill culls ; Mill culls are boards in hardwood which, while valueless for manufacturing purposes, are often used for rough planking or boarding up ; the next grade would be called shipping culls, out of which grade manufacturers of furniture could cut many small clean pieces suitable to their trade. To avoid legal quibbles and chances for dishonesty in inspection all contracts should be worded as outlined above. Some time ago I was called as a witness in a lumber suit re. Stinson vs. Purdy. Stinson made a contract with Purdy for 200 M teet, the contract read "mill ; When he went to ship it he was throwing out all the mill culls ; Purdy stopped him saying that he sold it to him mill run. Stinson brought suit to re- cover damages. He brought many witnesses who swore that in basswood "mill run" meant mill culls out. I was called for the defendant and explained that we always specified in oiy contracts "mill run, also to any other part of the British Empire with which reciprocal preferential trade can be arranged; recom- mending the establishment of a permanent commission of experts to have constant supervision of tariff policy and changes ; urging the Dominion Government to general Dominion insolvency act ; and urging the amendment of the present preferential regulations as applying t
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