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...section of the House-Democrats and midwest and western Republicans- wanted special votes on at least three items: sugar, cement, soft lumber. It was their last chance to vote these rates lower than they are in either the Senate or House Bill. Another section of the House- members from 13 beet sugar states- combined to protest any vote on sugar, lest, somehow, it be reduced below the possible maximum (3? per Ib.) set by the House Bill. A third section of the House - regular eastern Republicans - wanted the bill sent directly to conference without any voting which might alter their...
...Lumber, Soft (1,000 Ft.) Free Free...
...harvested-perhaps by Paul Bunyanesque mowing machines-and put through a process which will reduce their fibres to a mossy mat; then remolded, remade into wood, of any dimension, any hardness. This process is now being used in Mississippi to manufacture "Masonite" from sawdust, chips and other refuse lumber...
...being made into board called Celotex, which is used as the plaster base and insulator. Reversing the old order, sugar is now the by-product in some places where cane is planted to yield the board material. Cornstalks are used to produce paper and a kind of lumber, "Maizewood"' (TIME, Dec. 24, 1928). Straw, virtually valueless as a fertilizer. has always been a problem. Farmers burn a large percentage of the 50 million tons produced each year. Some is being used (250.000 tons) to produce an insulating board whose heat conductivity is comparable to balsa wood and cork. Also...
Once more in command, Old Guardsmen were prepared to force fresh votes on lumber, aluminum, hides, shoes, leather, oil?all the items on which the Coalition had won primary victories, and on which it now faced ultimate defeat...