THE HARDWOOD RECOKP 



More liiirtlniHHl Ik liflliK HKcd in tUc lioiiir 

 iiiiirkot tliiiii fVjT licfort'. mid looiil »1«'iili>rs 

 bnvf bt'fu iiiori- or less lU'liijinl In deliv- 

 eries li.v the frelKlit edliKestltHi. 



I'rlees iire stiff mid nites somewhat 

 tilKlier thmi lust year. Aiiioiik the tiest 

 postc'il dealers It Is the opinion that prices. 

 althou;:h still pointinK upward, have about 

 reaelieil the top. They do not talie the 

 tremendous demand now to he a sutllrlent 

 reason for owm-rs forcing priees any 

 hltilier. for tliey believe thai with hliiher 

 priees would eotne extensive sulistllutlon 

 of otlHT wochIs that enn he hoUKht cheaper. 

 On the other hand, they do not look for 

 any slump In prices like that of n few 

 years afso. Kven If the hulldiii); boom 

 should subside for a time there would 

 only result a season of slow sales, niit 

 H deddeil drop In prices. In ^jeneral tlic 

 eondition of the market is ver.v satisfac- 

 tory, and dealers have no trouble In get- 

 tlnj; pood pay customers lor every carload 

 of hardwood they can furnish. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The labor troubles in the various larsc 

 cities are causing some comment amont' 

 the local wholesalers, and they claim to 

 notice a slight decline in the demand as a 

 result. Despite this condition, however. 

 the demand is still greater than the ability 

 of the wholesalers to supply, and no fears 

 are entertained as to the future. Consid- 

 enible less business could be offered and 

 the market would still be loft in a very 

 satisfactory condition. All otlier condi- 

 tions are the best ever, and now that the 

 mills are able to turn out more lumber, 

 the only unsatisfactory featurt' — that of 

 supply — promises to be partially elimi- 

 nated. Ueports from tlio mills show that 

 a large number of those located in the 

 lowlands of Mississippi, Louisiana and 

 Arkansas are still unable to run because 

 of the flooded conditions, but each day 

 witnesses an increa.se of the southern pro- 

 duction, which is gratifying. So many 

 contracts have been made with the mills 

 that the buyers now in the southern coun- 

 try are not accomplishing very satisfac- 

 tory results and the mills are able to ob- 

 tjiin their own prices for whatever they 

 have to sell. This condition in Itself, ac- 

 cording to local opinion, will hold prices 

 to a tirm basis for an indelluite period. 

 and there is little local fear as to the 

 future. 



Local receipts are made up almost en- 

 tirely of stock which was sold before its 

 arrival, so that little stock is being offered 

 on this market. These receipts are also 

 almost entirely made up of absolutely 

 green lumber, which will not be ready foi- 

 the consumer for several months, so that 

 they are having little effect upon pres- 

 ent conditions. Everyone is anxious to 

 buy lumber, whether it is dry or green. 

 and the fact that all receipts are green 

 makes it practically impossible to secure 

 drv stock. 



BUFFALO. 



While business is so brisk and shipments 

 are being made with such increasing regu- 

 larity it seems almost impossilile to accu- 

 mulate stock, and consequently the yards 

 in Buffalo present rather a dilapidated con- 

 dition at the present time. There is not 

 nearly the amount of lumber on hand in 

 Buffalo to-day that there was a year ago. 



Prices keep up about the same as tliey 

 have been on almost everything, with no 

 signs of weakening. I hear of one promi- 

 nent hardwood dealer making the remark 

 that in the ups and downs of the lumber 

 business what one made in one good year 

 he lost the following year that was not so 

 good. I don't believe there is but one man 



We COD tract for 

 cash the output of 

 good firsi-class 

 mills and must have 

 lumber well manu- 

 factured and cared 

 for. No inferior 

 stock wanted >l 

 any price 



With U* It'* Strictly HIkH (Iradc 



COTTONWOOD 



OK .NONE. 



The Farrin-Korn Lumber Co.. 



Br«nchi..r,i f«IRO IlL CI N C I H N ATI . O H ID. 



We rc-manufacture 

 lor special uses 

 and supply factory 

 trade rouijh or 

 dressed Cottonwood 

 on annual con- 

 tracts, making a 

 specialty of filling 

 dliricult orders 



ARNABY, 



MAM I'ACTl'KBIi. ('t' 



BAND SAWED HARDWOOD LUMBER 



QUARTER SAWED INDIANA WHITE OAK A SPECIALTY. 

 0P>E:EIM04kS-rt_K - . - - . IIM^IA,ri.A. 



W. A. RUST, Presfdcot. 



F. R. aiLCHRIST. Vlct-Prcit. 



W. E. SMITH, Sec'; •ad Trcii. 



Three States Lumber Go. 



.manupacti;ri£rs of 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



COTTONWOOD AND GUM 



IWIII-l-^: 



MISSOURI ARKANSAS TENNESSEE. 



OFFICE AND YARDS: CAIRO, ILLINOIS. 



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



COTTON WOOD-GUM 



