THE HARD W OOD RECORD. 



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large amouut of hanlwixxl t'ousniued here, 

 ruueh more than I bad any idea of until 

 I took particular pains to investigate the 

 subject. There are extensive interior fin- 

 ishing factories in Los Angeles and neigh- 

 boring towns, there being quite a good- 

 sized one in Pasadena, where I have my 

 home at present; and they all consume 

 more or less hardwood, largely oak. al- 

 though it is a fact that black walnut is 

 brought here in carload lots at times for 

 use. But the great wood is oak. both 

 white and red. and plain and quarter- 

 sawed. I think there is more quarter- 

 sawed than plain-sawed used in the fin- 

 ishing factories, but there is more plain 

 brought here, as it is required for car- 

 riage and wagon work, which consumes 

 a good many carloads in the course of a 

 year. Of course, the bulk of the carriage 

 and wagon and implement stock is brought 

 here in a partially finished condition, being 

 cut up. although there is a steady call for 

 thick oak to be used on repairs. I have 

 seen two. three and four inch oak hauled 

 out into the country thirty miles from rail- 

 roads or seaports to be used for different 

 kinds of repair work by the farmers and 

 lumbermen. 



The bulk of the oak brought here comes 

 directly from the manufacturers and 

 largely comes from the South, although 

 I saw a carload a few days ago being 

 unloaded, which came from Indiana, and 

 another one from some point in Wiscon- 

 sin. This was all finishing stock. The 

 Wiscon.sin was plain-sawed red oak, and 

 the other was about half and half plain 

 and quarter-sawed white oak. 



There" is a good deal of oak flooring 

 used here, for in no part of the country are 

 there a larger proportion of finely finished 

 residences than in Southern California. 

 The oak flooring is both plain and quar- 

 ter-sawed and also both red and white. 

 There is also a large amount of hard 

 maple flooring used here and considerable 

 ot that is shipped right through from the 

 Michigan mills, although I think the 

 largest part comes from Chicago. 



Furniture manufacturing is on the in- 

 crease here, and some really flue furni- 

 ture is made in Los Angeles, and there is 

 a concern in Pasadena which makes some 

 of the most ai-tistie furniture to be found 

 anywhere in any factory in the country. 

 They are using the native woods as far as 

 possible. They use as much orange wood 

 as they are alile to procure for fancy cab- 

 inet worli. but the bulk of their work is 

 in oak. which is mostly shipped here from 

 the East. They use as much native oak 

 as they can get, but it amounts to only a 

 small portion of their total stock. 



It is only a few years since it was said 

 that all the furniture in Southern Califor- 

 nia was bi-ought from tlie Hast, but this is 

 no longer true. Of course a great deal is 

 still brought here, as they can make it 

 cheaper there in the big factories than it 

 can be made here: but there is a good deal 

 of cheap furniture made on the coast from 

 coast woods, and it is made as cheaply 

 as it can be made in any eastern factory. 

 The l)nsiness is increasing rapidly, and 

 it would astonish a newcomer to tramp 

 oxer Los Angeles, as I have done, and see 

 how many factories of all kinds have 

 sprung up here within ten years. 



Prices for all kinds of hardwoods arc 

 very high and later I will endeavor to 

 quote some of them. 



The Markets. 



CHICAGO. 



The "edge is off of everything in Wall 

 street" is a saying ascribed to competent 

 authority appeai-ing in the daily papers 

 this week. That statement seems to be 

 too bearish to apply to the hardwood lum- 

 ber market, but there is certainly not that 

 keen activity that marked the condition 

 earlier in the year. And for that same 

 reason it can be stated in behalf of the 

 Chicago dealers that trade Is cou.sequently 

 more satisfactory. 



An abnormal demand and a scarcity in 

 the supply of marketable stocks is tempo- 

 rarily to the advantage of the manufac- 

 turer or holders of lumber, hut a normal 

 condition is better for everybody in the 

 long run. and that state of affaii's looks to 

 lie on the road. 



Viewed in this light, there is much en- 

 couragement to be had from the prospects. 

 While the supply has not reached the point 

 where it can be said that it equals the de- 

 mand, there is less anxiety on that score 

 and trade serenity is added to on the 

 further account of demand not so exciting. 



The falling off in demand is attributed 

 in part to the usual midsummer dullness. 

 There is more or less relaxation from busi- 

 ness all around from now on through the 

 season, and, following another custom, a 

 great many of the woodworking factories 

 are getting ready for inventory July 1. 

 This is particularly true in the furniture 

 manufacturing line and a slackening de- 

 mand is particularly noticeable in these 

 quarters. In the meantime they are also 

 curtailing their output just now prior to 

 and on account of completing their new 

 designs for fall trade. 



The woodworking lines are singularly 

 free from labor troubles, although Chicago 

 is all covered over with strikes. These 

 troubles have had only an indirect bearing 

 with consumers of lumber in the way of 

 making them conservative In their pur- 

 chases, fearing such ditBculties in their 

 own line. 



The Richard Baer Lumber Company is 

 erecting a hardwood saw mill near Mobile, 

 Ahi.. with a daily capacity of 40,000 feet. 

 They will have about 12 years steady cut. 



MINNEAPOLIS AND ST, PAUL. 



The hardwood supply of the great North- 

 west will have to be drawn more and more 

 from the southern states. Already ship- 

 ments from that direction are greatly in- 

 creased, and dealers contemplate sending 

 buyers into the South lo pick up available 

 stocks. Xot only is northern dry stoclc 

 about gone, but the outlook for this sea- 

 son's production in the northern woods in- 

 dicates that the shortage next winter and 

 spring will be much worse. The log crop 

 is very light, and the lumber cut is bound 

 to fall off' a very large per cent. 



One new move in the trade is the im- 

 portation of plain white oak lumber from 

 the South. I'ntil recently dealers here drew 

 only the quartered oak from the South, 

 and got their supply of plain oak lumber 

 from the northern mills. That supply has 

 lieen cleaned out entirely, and what white 

 oak is coming in now comes from southern 

 mills. List prices are the .same, and are 

 being strictly adhered to. The stock of 

 red oak is very limited and demand strong. 



The birch situation is also very interest- 

 ing. Karly in the season dealers had large 

 stocks, and pushed them hard to clean up, 

 making concessions in the price. Soon the 

 scarcity in other woods started a demand 

 for liirch and trade pickeii up. It contin- 

 ued briskly until stocks were reduced, and 

 are now practically exhausted. Every 

 stick of birch could have been sold at list 



TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE. 



HERE'S A BARGAIN. 



Thirty Thuusand acres on The boundary 

 between North CaroUna and Tennessee ; 

 railroad runs through it : can commence 

 operation at once ; it has never iieen on 

 the market befi>re ; absolute titles and care- 

 fully estimated bv a Wisconsin lumberman 

 to cut IL'.OOii.noO white pine. 15,000,000 

 poplar, 2,.j(i(i,oiiii diestnut. L.'iOCOOU oak, 

 l.dOO.OOo hasswood, i:i.oi)0,0(io hemlock, 

 o. 000.000 yellow pine, sno.oiio ash ; other 

 woods sucli as bcacli. bircli, l)U(*keye miiple, 

 hickory, cherry and walnut not included in 

 the estimate; the tract will cut about two 

 cords of chestnut l>ark per acre, which 

 brings ?S per cord on a '2\~- cent rate to 

 tannery, or .$2 per cord in the tree. The 

 diestnut oak can be used for export, bridge 

 and car timber or railroad ties : man on the 

 property to show it : price Sliio.ooo, half 

 cash, balance on easy icrms. File 215. 

 TriHBER AND COAL LANDS. 



Twenty thousand acres in Southern Vir- 

 ginia. Will cut C.doii feet of yellow poplar. 

 3.000 feet white oak, and 4,000 feet of 

 other kinds of timber to the acre. The en- 

 tire tract is underlaid with coal. Five 

 openings have been made, tlie principal 

 vein being over ten feet thick and all of the 

 I'ocahontas seam. Twelve miles to one sta- 

 tion, 22 miles to another. Title perfect, 

 fee simple. Price. .'?2."j per acre. File 209. 

 POPLAR TREES. 



Five thousand poplar trees in Kentucky. 

 20 inches and up. I-^ach tree is branded 

 and measured and will cut T.OOO.OoO feet. 

 Warranty deed, perfect title, $25,000. File 

 155. 



800 ACRES HARDWOOD TIMBER IN RANKIN 

 COUNTY, .MISSISSIPPI. 



This land is situated in Itankin County, 

 ilississippi. four miles from Jladison sta- 

 tion, on the main line of the I. C. R. R., 

 and only one-fourth mile from Pearl River, 

 a navigable stream to ,Iackson. Miss., the 

 state capital, and a distance of only ten 

 miles where timber can be floated for cheap 

 freight rates. This is virgin timber, esti- 

 mated to cut f»,t)t»0 feet of white oak and 

 short-leaf pine pev acre. Price .$4 per acre. 

 File E. D. II. 

 1,280 ACRES IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, 

 MISSISSIPPI, 



This land is situated six miles from 

 Charleston, ten miles from the I. C. R. R. 

 and three miles from the Tallehatchie River. 

 The average on this tract w-ili be about 

 5.000 feet to the acre, and consists of 

 white oak. ash, and short-leaf pine. Price, 

 $7.50 per acre. File I-:. !>. II. 



A BARGAIN IN HARDWOODS. 



Five thousand acres hardwood on Cumber- 

 land Mountain, within three miles of rail- 

 road ; estimated to cut lo.OOO.OOO white 

 oak. 5,iiiHi,o0o poplar. 5.000.000 chestnut 

 and 5,250,000 hickory and other timber, in- 

 cluding walnut ; a portion underlaid with 

 coal ; price. $3 per acre. File 21. 

 PINE. OAK AND POPLAR. 



We offer 1,440 acres of stumpage within 

 75 miles of Chattanooga. Tenn.. at $0.5o 

 per acre cash. It will cut 1,750,000 feet 

 yellow pine, 1,500,000 white oak, I.IOO.OOO 

 poplar. Logging easy, can be cut and 

 logged to mill site for $250 per M ; level 

 road to railroad, team can make four trips 

 a day. Put in a mill and go to work. l<"ile 

 125. 



One thousand to l.fioo acres of liardwood 

 timber stumjiage at $2.50 per M feet as 

 ctit. Only a nominal i)ayment down as evi- 

 dence of good faith. Halance can he paid 

 as timber is cut and marketed. Here's an 

 oi>portunity for a man and mill to go right 

 to work. ' Refer to File No, 1. 

 NORTH CAROLINA DEAL. 



VCe have for sale !).00o acres in Hender- 

 son and Transylvania counties, N. C.. of the 

 linest virgin hardwood timber at $5.50 per 

 acre. This is rive miles from the railroad 

 and will cut :1000 feet to the acre of mer- 

 chantable lumber. Title perfect. File No. 1. 

 MICA. 



Five thousand acres of hardwood In 

 North Carolina, estimated to out ;5.000 feet 

 to the acre. This tract contains two veins 

 of excellent mica, which has been opened 

 up in two places, and several Iilocks of 

 mica have been taken out. Price, with min- 

 eral rights reserved. $3,25 i)er acre, or 

 $5 per M'-re net in I't-e ';inir'l'> I-"ile No. 1, 



SOUTHERN LAND COMPANY, 



134 Monroe street, CHICAGO. 



.J. F, Olsen, formerly agent for the Land and 

 Industriiil liepartnieni for the Soutliern and 

 Moliile .^l Ohio Railways. Manauer. Dealers In 

 Southern timber, mineral and farming lands. 



