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Mriiiy I'ilt.xliiirK llniis iiiiikiiit: Iiuk)' i>vi> - 

 • li.Mscs i>f tiinlicr on tlu- sliiiii|>. In W-.-t 

 \ Irt'lniii, Wi'stcrn I'onns.vlviinlii. Krii 

 liiiK.v, Tfiiiu-ssi'i'. i;«'<irKl;i anil Ilie C'liro- 

 liii:is lni;ii ilrnis liiivi' srcnritl Uxrec Irmi- 

 of cliolci' llnilitT fur llu'ir wlnlor's ■'ciii." 

 or iiri' iiruotiiitint; for liiK lots of Innih' r 

 :it ih(> mills. rrlccs of tlniborlnmlK in 

 Wi'st VlrulnlM iuul Ti-nnt'ssoc. n(vor(llii_' 

 to the loriil hnyt'Ps In tlio Hold, have .. 

 vanriHl fully 2(» iht oont within a year. 



T"r HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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HIlfirEAFOLIS. 



I.ooally llit> ilcniand for har(l\vootI i-^ 

 titful. as tlio fat-torlfs si'oni to be buyim; 

 only for iircsent mtMls. The only thlnt: 

 that they will take as fast as It Is olTcriMl 

 Is i|uiir!<'r<il oak. which the jobbers tlnd 

 il alniiist Inipossible to supply. Otlicr 

 st(K-k is hard to sell, as tlie factories won't 

 buy when tliey can fret it. and then come 

 askin;: for it wlicn there Is none to be had. 

 The ludk of the trade is heins done with 

 the country yards, and this is iinprovlic.; 

 fast. In fact, the only thin}; that is keeii- 

 in;r down the volnnie of trade is inabiliiy 

 to ill orders. There is an active call for 

 basswood. and even now stocks are hard 

 to find. Local jobbers believe they will 

 be able to supply the market all right this 

 winter, and accuse the small mills which 

 have not eontr;icte«l their oinput of hold- 

 Ins it up for a scineeze. At any rate, it 

 is hard to set the mlllmen to sell at pr.'- 

 vaillns prices. Birch is in fair demand, 

 especially from tlie factories. Jobbers 

 who have orders for cottonwocxl are hav- 

 iuft a hard time to supply them, and lind 

 prices higher than they had looked for. 

 (Jum continues to come here to supply tlie 

 local CIH11KTS with staves and heading, l>ur 

 shipments are very slow to arrive, and 

 some of the consumers are getting ver\ 

 impatient. 



Prices for all kinds of hardwood arc 

 tirm. and jobbers do not look for any nvi- 

 terial changi- here. They are satlsfe-d 

 that there will be no iireak. and while 

 coiulitions may waixant an advance on 

 oak. it is doubtful if the trade would stand 

 for it this year, and sentiment is against 

 any change this fall. 



NASHVILLE. 



The mantifacturers in Nashville open 

 the fall inquiries now with more frequency 

 than Is tisual so early in September as 

 this. The outlook for fall orders is good 

 and the price list is firm. The manufac- 

 turers have recently been doubling up, so 

 to speak, in order to get plenty of stock 

 with Avhich to enter the fall market. 

 Chestnut is a little more i)lentiful than 

 it has been and Is selling at .'?39 to §41 for 

 thicker. Poplar is bringing the list price 

 of .*4.3 for inch stock and inquiries ar-^ 

 free. Plain oak. both in white and red. is 

 more plentiful than it has been. It is sell- 

 ing at from Si'-i to .<:54 for inch stock, nj) 

 to .$43 and .'?44 for 'JV2 and 3 inch. Quar- 

 tered oak has hardly gotten as plentiful as 

 plain oak. First and seconds in the last 

 wood in inch stock are bringing !?04 to iJGi;. 



MEMPHIS. 



The mills here have been working very 

 hard to enlarge their stocks. The fall 

 trade has already given signs of opening 

 up and inquiries are much more free than 

 two weeks ago. The market is holding up 

 stiff with improvements to be noted on 

 quartered red oak. cottonwood and plain 

 oak. Cypress Is more plentiful. Gum is 

 the most plentiful thing on the marker, 

 but there seems to be no dull item. Quar- 

 tered white oak, while not broken in any 

 way, hardly seems to have its late pres- 



F, W. OILCHRIST. Prest, F. k. OILCHRIST. V,-Prc»t. W. B. SAtlTM, Sct> and Treas. 



Three States Lumber Co. 



HANUPACTURERS OF 



HARDWOOD LUMBER, 



COTTONWOOD AND GOM 



IVIII_I_S : 



AllSSOURI ARKANSAS TENNESSEE. 



OFFICE AND YARDS: CAIRO, ILLINOIS. 



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



COTTON WOOD-GUM 



