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not fl\u'liinti> liiit %'ory little. TIk' ileninml 

 ill tlii> plaiii-SiiwiHl sliM'k Is Im>s( for tin* 

 (iiuili'S Ih'Iow lirsts mill sci-omls. 



Till' ciiltoinvdiMl situation Is sllll very 

 iictlve. |>iirti(-iiliirl.v so in i-nll iiittonwoiKl. 

 lU'spiie tlio fiict timt II ko(m1 iiian.v liox 

 iiiiiniifiu-turfrs art^ usIuk );nin IuiiiIht. and 

 iiiiiny iiioro Koinj; liaek to poplar, the di-- 

 inaiul for 1>o\ coiiinion cottoiiwood con- 

 tiinu's uiiabattHl, even at llu- present liiKli 

 prices. Select c-oinnion cottoinvood is also 

 In Rood shape, wliile lirsts and .seconds 

 niv a tritle less in demand than they were 

 a nionfli ajio. Mill culls are also (rivatly 

 souKht after. The trade on Cottonwood 

 \va>;o!i-liox tioaixls is jjoimI. 



Ahont the most notal«l<" Ihint: in poplar 

 is the e.xceediiiKly heavy demand for the 

 jrrades of culls and mill culls. The de- 

 mands of the lio.\ manufacturers are heavy 

 and prices on the lower jrrades may climli. 

 The demand foj- the other jrrades is fair. 



Kcd jrum in lirsts and seconds of all 

 thicknesses is iiuprovinji in demand. Ued 

 common has not yet commence*! to follow 

 suit. Sap common is also a little bit 

 tardy. Cull aud mill cull gum, on the other 

 hand, is easy sale. Clear sap gum is also 

 enjoying a ready call. 



Among the other woods ash, chestnut 

 and maple arc most favored. 



NEW YORK. 



Anyone who knows the conditions sur- 

 rounding the building trades of New York 

 at the present moment is not at all sur- 

 piiswl that the hardwood market of the 

 metropolis is denominated dull and fea- 

 tureles.s. The retail yards arc buying not 

 at all or else in very small quantities. 



In fact, what business there is being 

 done is strictly of the hand-to-mouth or- 

 der and everything seems to conspire tt> 

 make it so. It is held that this is a bad 

 time for wholesalers to buy because of 

 the famine in manufactured lumber. It 

 is argued along this line that jirices are 

 likely to be much easier after the lumber 

 gets on the sticks. This may be true, but 

 if the demand coracs in the meantime, the 

 wholesaler will be compelled to liuy and 

 tlius strengthen the manufacturer in the 

 stand he is taking now when good stocks 

 are scarce and the demand is not so very 

 ui-gent. 



Quartered oak is still the stiffest item 

 on the list, with much ditlicully experi- 

 enced in getting desirable stock. One-inch 

 grades range in price from .$78 to .^so. 



Manufacturers of poplar are not anxious 

 to quote prices on some stocks, for they 

 ate experiencing unusual ditliculty in get- 

 ting them moved. Cai-s are almost as 

 scarce as the lumber itself. Still $M to 

 ?r>2 is a good quotation for the better 

 gtades. 



The improvement in plain oak continues, 

 and the day of comparatively low figures 

 for this lumber seems to have gone by. 

 For good jrrades. $43 and .$14 is asked. 



Ash is scarce and high at al>out §4.5. 



The Cummins-Meyer Lumber Company, 

 composed of S. W. Cummins, Charles 

 Meyer and il. A. Rarick, have succeeded 

 the S. T. Dering Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany of Petersburg, Ind. They will con- 

 tinue the business on the same general 

 lines at the old stand, manufacturing In- 

 diana hardwoods. 



. They have built a little town right in tlie 

 woods aud have named it Koehlen. They 

 have their own store and all necessary 

 equipment and employ 1.50 people. 



W. A. RUST, I'rulilcot. 



P. R. UILCHKIST, VIct-Prcit. 



W. E. SMITH, Sec') and Trc<9. 



Three States Lumber Co. 



MANUFACTURERS OK 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



COTTONWOOD AND CUM 



IWIIi-l-^: 



MISSOURI ARKANSAis TENNESSEE. 



OFFICE AND YARDS: CAIRO, ILLINOIS. 



GET OUR PRICES. TRY OUR LUMBER. WE SHIP ROUGH, DRESSED, RESAWED. 



COTTON WOOD-CUM 



The DuplexTally Sheet System 



Is a self-computing' ami mistake proof sheet for countins; hardwood lumber by piece tally— in dupli- 

 cate if desired. It is designed to meet the wants of a hardwood lumber proposition In every respect- 

 They are put uji In blocks of 200, one Ihin sheet alternatlni; with a cardboard sheet, so that you can, 

 if you wish, use carbon paper and pet two copies at the same time. Price $6 tor ten blocks— 2,000 sheets. 



For sanijile sliccts .nid fvirtlu-r infi>nii;ition :i(l(ln-^;s 



nri-IS M AFRDNA/OOD REOORD, 



I3^k IWIonro^ S'fcr^^'fc, Cl-klcsais^. 



Maple, Soft and Rock Elm, 



Basswood, Birch, Beech, 



Cedar Posts and Ties, 



Hemlock Ian Bark, 

 RAIL OR WATER SHIPMENTS. 



