THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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We contract for 

 cash the output of 

 good first-class 

 mills and must have 

 lumber well manu- 

 factured and cared 

 for. No inferior 

 stock wanted at 

 any price. 



With Us It's Strictly Higii Grade 



COTTONWOOD 



OR NONE. 



The Farrin-Korn Lumber Co., 



Branch Yard: CAIRO ILL. CINCIN NATI, OHIO. 



We re-manufacture 

 for special uses 

 and supply factory 

 trade rough or 

 dressed Cottonwood 

 on annual con- 

 tracts, making a 

 specialty of filling 

 difficult orders. 



W. A. RUST, PruldCQt. 



P. R. aiLCHRlST, VIce-Presl. 



W. E. SMITH, Sec'y aod Treas. 



Three States Lumber Co. 



MANUFACTURERS OP 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



COTTONWOOD AND CUM 



IMI1_L.S: 



MISSOURI— ARKANSAS TENNESSEE. 



OFFICE AND YARDS: CAIRO, ILLINOIS. 



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



COTTON WOOD-GUM 



liavo nssertpd their willinciiess to accopt a 

 compromise of forty-five cents an hour In- 

 stead of their original demana of fifty 

 cents. Many of the independent bosses 

 have signed an afrreeiuent with the men 

 at the compromise schedule, and it is stated 

 that, of the 5,000 men who (piit vi-ork on 

 May 1, nearly one-half of them have re- 

 turned to their tools. On the other side 

 the Master Carpenters' Association is firm 

 HI its determination not to yield to the 

 demands of the union and several state- 

 ments have been issued in which the asso- 

 ciation declares that none of its members 

 wdl pay the men more than forty cents an 

 hour. 



In spite of these adverse circumstances 

 there is no likelihood of a glut in the mar- 

 ket. The prices of all woods are high 

 and the demand from outside sources con- 

 ' -UPS to manifest itself in the activity 

 about the yards in all parts of the city 



Poplar, in all grades, is plentiful enougb 

 to fill the demand, but the tendency of the 

 price IS to advance rather than decline 



Quartered white oak has soared to "un- 

 precedented heights and is almost as ex- 

 pensive as mahogany. If the fashions in 

 furniture continue, there is no telliu" 

 where the price of the wood will be. 



Walnut and cherry are practically out of 

 the local market. Hemlock continues to 

 hold Its place among the rarities in the 

 lumber world. 



CINCINNATI. 



While this section has not been visited 

 by the heavy and destructive rainstorms 

 which have brought such havoc and loss 

 in the South and West, Jupiter Pluvius 

 did not forget us entirely and we have 

 just passed through quite "a lengthy rainy 

 spell. The smaller streams have been oil 

 a rampage and the farmers along them 

 have suffered some losses. The country 

 roads are too soft for heavy hauling and 

 many of the smaller saw mills are in 

 need of logs. Tlie mills along the river 

 are sawing away at a lively rate, and 

 their yards are slowly beginning to put 

 on the appearance they had before the 

 heavy demand cut such a hole in dry 

 stocks. 



The demand continues good, although 

 inquiries are not as numerous as they 

 were a month ago. It would not surprise 

 some of the local lumbermen very much 

 should the demand show still a greater 

 falling off during the next few months. 

 Un some of the woods even now a slump 

 is manifesting itself. 



The uncertainty of fri>iglit rates from 

 the yellow j)ine territory is causing no end 

 of dissatisfaction and is hurting trade 

 ijuite a bit. The strikes which have tied 

 up some of the roads are also a source 

 of great annoyance. On the other hand, 

 on the roads not .affected stock is moving 

 freely and the car question is no longer 

 one of the e.visting evils. 



The furniture manufacturers in this ter- 

 ritor.v are comnuMicing to complain of a 

 slump, and in carriage and buggy .circles 

 no improvement has been noted. 



In building circles, on the contrary, 

 however, everything is booming, and indi- 

 cations are that tliis year will go down 

 into history as a record-breaker. 



Kusiuess in retail yard circles is reported 

 as very good. Yellow pine prices have a 

 generally linn tone and sho^y an upward 

 tendency. 



The demand from abroad is pleasing and 

 the consumers over there seem to have be- 

 come reconciled to the high prices now in 

 effect. Quartered white oak seems still to 

 be the most felt want. 



Country mills report labor and teams 

 very scarce and hard to get, and this is 

 retarding the manufacture not a little, as 



