I III'. 



II A K 1) W OUU K 1-. L u K 1). 



lire vJisitiiiK s<iiillit>rii mills thi>iiisi>lvos iiiul 

 iirt' tiikliii; xtDi-k i;ri'<*» frmii tlii' 8iiv\ 

 nillicr lliaii gii witlKuii. The ri'siilt is tliiu 

 tliprt' will lit- nil lu-t'iiiiiniiilion iIiIk Kfiison 

 Tiik«'ii iiitiiKclliiT it limy «iifi'ly lie sulci 

 tliiit tlio siiiitliiTii tliMiils will I'liuso II n- 

 (liictioii in iIk- output of iiliiiost -lii jxt i-i'iit 

 iiiul I'vt'rrtliitii; on the list, iiu'hiillim iIiom- 

 woimIs iilmuly nii-ntioni'<l. as \v»'ll ns :isli 

 l>lri-li. um|>li', lmsswo«>d, etc., iire extriMni'lx 

 source ninl arc advnncinK In iiricc rljilii 

 along. As the season ailvances lint litlli 

 rollof to the situation seems possible, e.spi' 

 eially if tile present ilemaml keeps up. 



ST. LOTJIS. 



While weather conditions in the soutli 

 ern coinitry have iinprovetl to some e.xteni 

 durlnj; the past few weeks, there are eer 

 tnin districts — and these districts are in 

 the ones usually looked to by St. Loui- 

 wholesalers — which are not yet blesscil 

 with eiiouph dry weather to permit of ac 

 tive opemtions. These districts, whicli 

 were overflowed by the hifili water a feu 

 weeks a;;o, are still too wet for lo'^;;in.: 

 operations. and the mills silu.'ited thiTclii 

 are doing practically notliiuji. St. Louis 

 continues to maintain an army of Vinyers 

 in the southern country, which thius far 

 have proved to be more a source of ex 

 pense than revenue, but It is believed thai 

 the next few weeks will witness a ehansc 

 in the sittiation. These bu.vers have made 

 every endeavor to contract for himlier still 

 to be produce<l, and while they have been 

 fairly successful in this, they report that 

 a great many of the manufacturers feel 

 themselves to be in such an independeni 

 position that they would rather sell their 

 product on a competitive basis to such buy 

 ers as bid the most for it after it is pro 

 duced. There are already many iustances 

 reported of stock being sold at miiU points 

 at higher prices than prevailed in St. 

 Louis, and this is entirely because of this 

 close comiK-titiou among the buyers. Some 

 stock is constantly arriving in St. Louis, 

 but the receipts are so much smaller than 

 is normal for this season that there is gen- 

 eral dissatisfaction. There is still more 

 lumber being shipiied out of St. Louis than 

 is being received, and, as this condition 

 has existed for several months, it requires 

 no diagram to prove that St. Louis stocks 

 are ratner low. In fact, they are smaller 

 than has ever before been experienced and 

 show no immediate prospect of improve- 

 ment — at least, so far as the next few 

 weeks are concerned. 



The demand for oak continues to be a 

 feature of the present market situation, 

 ami this demand is beginning to affeci 

 hull plain oak more than at any time thus 

 f:ir this year. While this item has been 

 handled in large quantities, and while the 

 demand has absorbed practically ail of the 

 available stock, prices have not advanced 

 as much as on other hardwood items, anil 

 it is believed that'it will begin to come 

 to the front in the near future. This be 

 lief is strengtliened by the high prices be 

 ing paid for quartered oak. as these -will 

 make it desirable for the mills to give 

 tlieir first attention to quartered lumber, 

 so as to take advantage of the high prices. 

 This will cause a lighter production than 

 normal of inch plain oak. and the effeci 

 should lie as stated. M least this is the 

 way the St. Louis wholesalers figure the 

 situation, and they are making every ef- 

 fort to increase their purchases. Quar- 

 tered white oak remains very high and 

 difficult to procure, and practically none of 

 it has arrivefl in this market during the 

 past few weeks. 



Cypress and poplar have been in in- 

 crease*" ■ 'ceipt during the past few weeks. 



W. A. RUST, PntUni. 



r. K. OltCttei^T. Vtu-Prcit. 



W. e. SMITH. Stc) ud Treat. 



Three States Lumber Co. 



MANUFACTURERS OP 



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MISSOURI ARKANSAS TENNESSEE. 



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