THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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WALNUT. 



OAK. 



ASH. 

 POPLAR. 



BOYNE CITY 

 LUMBER CO. 



BOYNE CITY, MICH. 



Michigan Rock Maple and other 

 Michigan Hardwoods. 



Large Capacity. Prompt Shipments. 

 Rail or Cargo. 



"-TUB: IME>A/^ IVII1_I_" 



BECOMING SCARCE 



in most sections of tlic country, and the 

 prices of tracts of timber land are ver>- 

 higli. Tliese conditions, however, do not 

 apply totlie territory in Southeast Missouri 

 and Northwest Arkansas traversed by the 

 lines of the 



White and red oak, liickory, walnut, 

 poplar and ash of the very best quality 

 and of heavy growth can be secured, and 

 sawmills, stave and handle plants and 

 other wood workinfr industries will find 

 that section offers superior advantages as 

 a location. 



For maps, pamphlets and full informa- 

 tion address 



M. SCHULTER, 



INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER, 

 Commercial Bldg., Si. Louis, Mo. 



prIiTR If hiiiii; on to. \\li.it little stoeU Is 

 I'-fl Is imi-ti-d with |fni<l>;iii«ly iil the fufl 

 l^rlrc. 



liiisswood coiniimndK iln' lop of tli<> nmr- 

 Ivi'l. anil tlii> situiitlon hi Unit lint* Is fully 

 ;is serious ns with ri-ciiril to oak. iT.v 

 blocks of I'vcry Kriidc arc iiluiost oxliaustpil, 

 :lIu\ alrcmly sunic of tin- new cut Is lielnu 

 <liN|icisi'(l of. It luiM fulliiil Its way Into thi' 

 niMi'Ui't ill ('KK-easc slmoks. and soiiii* that 

 wiis I'Ut (liirlMf; the wImIit and Is partially 

 ilrlcd has ln-cii shlpp.'d In ri'ii-iilly to cus- 

 IiiUH'Is who were "up against it." Oih' 

 local l)ox factory goi a carload, whlcli 

 helped It out of a tlglit place. The new 

 -lock Is reported to be very light. Itarri'l 

 liending is at a iircmiuni price, and iiiueh 

 of ihe log supply will l>e worked up for 

 heading, leaving a very llnilled line for 

 luiiilii-r. At the rate new slock Is l)eliig 

 .■:illc(l for. some dealers predict that it will 

 lie used ui) !)>■ fall or early winter, and 

 I hat a liasswood famine will come. It is 

 no longer a <iuestion of i)rice with either 

 ili'alers or cu.stomers. 11 Is a (piestlon of 

 ;;etling the supply. It will probably come 

 lo the |)oint of liiiporling Cottonwood 

 -hooks for northern facl(jry supply. It the 

 South has any cottonwoijd to sujiply. No. 

 1 li.isswood now cominands ifo'i. and No. :: 

 si; I, while shipping culls or "No. U com- 

 mon" si'Us at .fill, anil mill culls at $14. 



Kim lumber is almost out of (he market, 

 as far as dry stock is eoncerned, and for 

 I lie lirst time in years dealers have actu- 

 ally a hard time to get elm stock. The log 

 supply is also understood lo be smallest 

 in years, so that conditions of this spring 

 will be repeated in aggravated form ne.xt 

 year. 



.\s a general proposition, the yard trade 

 is most of the dealers' concern. Furniture 

 faclories are pretty well stocked up, and 

 the sash and door people are not using 

 uiuili hardwood yet. The buildings that 

 call for liardwood are not far enougli along 

 yet to reiiuire the sash and doors. Yard 

 trade is not extremely heavy, but under 

 the circumstances it is strong enough to 

 L.'ive dealers great difficulty. 



PITTSBURG. 



The nijirket for all kinds of hardwoods 

 continues good with demand stiff and 

 prices on the rise. Poi)lar especially is in 

 e.Kcellent demand iu this market. fSo r;ipid 

 is the consumption that dealers complain 

 bitterly of the greeiini'ss of the lumber. 

 Where fen years ago it was the custom to 

 stick iiojilar for a year to dry, now it is 

 brought out in si.K months and forced upon 

 retailers as seasoned lumber. Constant 

 trouble with contractors and archite<'ts re- 

 sults, much to the loss of the city dealers. 

 Oak bill stuff is hard lo get and the mills 

 are all running full. Since the develop- 

 ir.ent of such large tracts of coal land in 

 the Western rennsylvania districts there 

 has been a steady and increasing demand 

 for oak for mine framiii'.;. cars, tipples, etc. 

 This year this dciiiaml is harder to fill 

 than ever before and the local markets 

 ari' being searched thoroughly by agents 

 of the big coal companies to get enough 

 stuff to meet their needs. 



The scarcity of timber is felt most 

 among large buyers who talce the timber 

 on the stump. Many liiins ni the city have 

 from two to a dozen luiyers out after tim- 

 lier tracts all the time. In I'ennsylvania, 

 \A Cst \irginia and .Michigan they are 

 forced to take up with many lots of only 

 a few hunilred thousand feet and the linns 

 art' kept busy moving Iheir mills. Sellers 

 ,ire aware of the condilioiis in the btiild- 



iiig liusiness and offei- no cpiarter. Top 

 notch prices are asked for all kinds of 



hardwpod on the stump and cash is de- 



manihtl on the Hpot with every Halo. To 



get time on ■' I ' Miile purchase Is prae- 



llcidly an i >. .\noilier illllleulty 



whlcli the I - are complaining of 



Kcvendy Is llie high waces that have to be 

 paid in the woodH. In many KeetiouH thoy 

 average fully twic-e what they were two 

 yenrH ago and everywhere the price of 



labor lias gone up fi i .'Ml to tiO per cent. 



I lend sawyers and teamslerK are hard to 

 git at even tliese lili.'h prices and many 

 delays are the result. 



ST. LOUIS. 



So far as strictly local slocks are con- 

 cerned the deiniind can hardly be more 

 satisfactory and xlocks can hardly be 

 lighter than at this time. All of the wood- 

 workin« factories aniuiid the city arc? run- 

 iiiiig on full lime and all of them have 

 much less lumber than they necil. .Ml are 

 iin.\lous to buy In almost iiiilimiled quan- 

 tities, but very little slock is being offered 

 to thoni. l!o.\ factories and furniture fac- 

 tories are especially busy, and, as both 

 of these are rather large consumerB of 

 Cottonwood and gum. they are able to 

 secure very little lumlier. 



With the oak jicople the present con- 

 dition of stocks is without a parallel. 

 There is practically no (piartered white to 

 be found in this or any other market, and 

 prices, as a con.seipnnce. are steadily ad- 

 vancing, and it is believed Ihat the top has 

 not yet been reached, tjuartered red Is 

 coming more prominently to the front 

 since white oak is so scarce, and is now 

 moving in fair volume in the upper grades. 

 Common stock is not wanted by the ma- 

 jority of the dealers, however, as the local 

 sujiply is still rather fair. This is the 

 only oak item which is in the least dull, 

 ami it might be said that it is steadily 

 improving. In other varieties of oak 

 there is a strong demand for inch plain 

 which is not nearly satistied, and this de- 

 mand includes both red and white. Heavy 

 thicknesses of plain oak are in very strong 

 demand, there being light stocks in all of 

 the local yards and the receipts being 

 unusually small for this season of the 

 year. It is believed, however, there will 

 be an increased wiiiler cut of thick oak, 

 as many of the mills prefer cutting their 

 thick stock while the sap is down. In 

 car oak and other siiecial items there is 

 a demand far beyond the ability of the 

 mills to satisfy, and the demand is so 

 strong for yard stock in oak that few mills 

 can be induced to accept special orders. 



(iuiii receipts have been heavier of late, 

 and a large numlier of orders have been 

 placed at the mills, which will increase 

 liie Lite summer receipts. Prices on gum 

 rimain the highest ever i-eachcd in this 

 niiirket and all of the stock procurable cau 

 be moved at these prices. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Many men familiar with the market con- 

 ditions freely prophesied some time ago 

 that it would be necessary for the yard 

 men to cut prices in order to stimulate 

 trade, but at present there seems to be no 

 immediate necessity of resorting to this ex- 

 pediency. The supply of inost woods is 

 exceedingly short, and although there is 

 sufficient to answer the present demand, 

 llie end of the dllHculties with the carpen- 

 ters may witness a de<-lded bull movement 

 in the market. In prepai'ation for this 

 emergency, many dealers are purchasing 

 large stocks and iiutting them in storage. 



The i)resent stains of the carpenters' 

 strike seems to |)iomise a settlement in 

 the near future. 'J'he union men have re- 

 trenched from their former position and 



