THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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A STRICTLY FIVE=QUARTER PROPOSITION. 



We offer a fine lot of I J4 Gum and Cottonwood which is dry and ready for sliipment by 

 rail direct from mill near Carruthersville. Mo. 



We have very favorable rates to all points East and West. Will sell on grade and in 

 lots to suit purchaser. 



oNSELLTHif? STOCK CHEAP. The FarNn-Kom lumber Co., Cincinnati. 



(.ARIMA.BY, 



aAM FACTL'HEB OF 



BAND SAWED HARDWOOD LUMBER 



QUARTER SAWED INDIANA WHITE OAK A SPECIALTY. 



OPtE:eiMC3A,s~ri_E: - - - . . iim^ia,ima. 



W. A. RUST, Pruldent. F. R. QILCHRIST, Vlcc-Preat. W. E. SMITB, Scc'y and Treas. 



Three States Lumber Go. 



MANUFACTURERS OP 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



COTTONWOOD AND GUM 



IVIIt_L.S: 



MISSOURI ARKANSAS TENNESSEE. 



OFFICE AND YARDS: CAIRO, ILLINOIS. 



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



COTTON WOOD-GUM 



mand. Next to culls the common grade 

 seems to be most favored. Mill culls have 

 been in better demand than at present. 



Firsts and seconds in gum are the fa- 

 vored grades now. though the demand for 

 common and cull is satisfnctorv. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The business of the local people is some- 

 what demoralized this week because of the 

 tloods, a great number of the north end 

 .vards being so inundated that nothing can 

 be done in the way of either receiving or 

 loading out lumber. Many cars have been 

 loaded with lumber merely to save the 

 bmiber from the water, and that which is 

 arriving has been left on the cars for want 

 of a place to put it, but there is practically 

 no movement out of the city, as the m.ijor- 

 ity of the railroads are tied up and are not 

 even moving their passenger trains. Your 

 rorrespondent has made a trip among the 

 flooded yards and has learned that the 

 I line yards will be the chief sufferers, be- 

 ing on lower ground and all of their lum- 

 ber being afloat. Some of these yards are 

 <overed with water to a depth of at least 

 I en feet, but booms have saved the lum- 

 I'cr. and the heavy loss will be in labor in 

 rrpiling the stock. The hardwood yards, 

 at least many of them, are covered with 

 water, but the piles are holding and the 

 only damage will be from mud and water 

 and this only on the lower tiers 

 Nothing in the way of city deliveries is 

 Ining attempted by many of the yards, the 

 main object being to fight the water. Those 

 in the neighborhood of the C. F. Liebke 

 saw mill are working on a dike which thus 

 far has given ample protection. Should 

 this give way a wide area will be inun- 

 dated and the loss will mount into the 

 thotisands of dollars. 



Wliile the mails are irregular and no de- 

 liveries can be made, local wliolesalers re- 

 liort that there has been little change in the 

 demand, except such as has been caused 

 by the labor troubles in many of the larger 

 rities. These have undoubtedly caused a 

 decrease in the number of orders offered, 

 but there is still as much business as can 

 be taken care of. The future continues 

 to show many alluring features, and in 

 \icw of the present flood, which will uu- 

 (ioubtedly still further retard the produc- 

 tion of southern liardwoods, the indica- 

 tions are that there will be a greater de- 

 mand than supply for some time. Prices 

 are holding up to the high basis estab- 

 lished some time ago, and the tendency 

 thus far has been towards an advance 

 rather than towards a decline. The floods 

 in the western and northern country have 

 had practically no effect upon hardwoods, 

 except so far as they will act as a stimu- 

 lant to the demand for bridge plank and 

 (ither common oak. Nevertheless, there 

 has been great suffering in the western 

 country, and the yellow pine people have 

 calletl a meeting for June l(j of all the 

 manufacturers of yellow pine to take ac- 

 tion in the way of raising a large fund to 

 lie loaned out to farmers in sums not to 

 I'xceed y.i.50, to be used in reconstructing 

 their homes. Something of this kind is 

 very necessary and the meeting promises 

 to bo very large. 



The demand for oak continues about as 

 it has been, the chief call being for quar- 

 ter-sawed stock, and this being in poorest 

 supply. Inch plain oak is coming in for 

 an excellent demand and is wanted by all 

 of the local people. Gum is in better sup- 

 ply than for some months, but this has not 

 in the least diminished the demand or the 

 price and many heavy contracts have been 

 made within the past few weeks. Cotton- 

 wood remains very scarce and is so high 

 that few people are willing to buy. Still, 



