THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



25 



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. 



"THIE IME\A^ IVIII_L." 



IS 



in most sections of the country, and the 

 prices of tracts of timber land are very 

 high. These conditions, however, do mn 

 apply to the territory in Southeast Missouri 

 and Northeast Arkansas traversed by the 

 lines of the 



White and red oak, hickory, 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 working 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., St. Louis, Mo. 



tige iu the market. The firms shipping 

 West make some complaints on the recent 

 workings of the railroads and their em- 

 liargo. The eastern business is livening 

 up somewhat. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



Lumber Vmsiness generally, and the 

 hardwood lines with it, is rapidly increas- 

 ing the range and scope of its activity in 

 New Orleans and the country round 

 al)out. September 1 will see a great ac- 

 tivity in the barrel and cooperage lines, 

 while exports of staves have been very 

 heavy during the entire summer and con- 

 tinue in consideiiible quantities. The 

 hardwood resources of Mississippi, 

 Louisiana and Arkansas are being cx- 

 jiloited. and the two weeks elapsed to- 

 (l.iy have seen at least three new estab- 

 lishments which will handle thesj various 

 woods. 



.July was the period of renovation, mil! 

 cleaning, repairing, and taking stock with 

 all the mills in and about New Orleans. 

 The early weeks of August witnessed the 

 completion of nearly all these mill vaca- 

 tions, and by the latter part of the month 

 nearly all mills were running full force to 

 till tlie heavy demands for lumber of all 

 grades. Purchases of mill supplies, extra 

 s;iws. and machinery, and machinery hard- 

 ware have been very general from all the 

 yellow pine belt, and also from the hard- 

 wood districts of the neighboring states. 

 These, however, will shortly cease to a 

 great extent. 



BUFFALO. 



you want cash for 

 your lumber, write 



M. BOEDER, 



i 440 Roscoe St., CHICACO. 



The market here is iu an unsettled con- 

 dition, or rather there seems to be quite 

 a difference of opinion as to .iust what the 

 condition of the market I'eally is. One 

 will say that prices on quartered oak are 

 firm with no signs of a decline; another 

 will say that he has come across prices 

 ■SIO per thousand below what he has been 

 asking. And on poplar it is even more 

 ilitficult to find out where one is. For 

 instance, the general impression is that 

 the poplar Association is going to put 

 prices up !f.j per tliousaud in a few days, 

 perhaps before this letter gets into print. 

 At the same time I know for a fact that 

 poplar lumber has been freely offered dur- 

 ing the past month at prices away below 

 association prices, the explanation being 

 that the cheaper lumber is stock from the 

 smaller mills', and that when it is sold and 

 out of the way the iwplar market will ad- 

 vance steadily. 



As for quartered oak. if there is any 

 cutting on prices there is probably good 

 reason for it. for I do not believe you can 

 l)uy a good grade of firsts and seconds or 

 Xo". 1 common, dry, well manufactured, 

 well figured stock at any less money to- 

 day than you could a montli ago. AVhile 

 Imsiness is not to call lively, still there 

 is something doing right along, much 

 more than ordinarily at this time of the 

 year. 



Some people seem to be looking for a 

 slump in prices on general principles, 

 claiming that the good times and good 

 prices have lieen with us as long as we 

 have any right to expect, and much longer 

 than at "any one continuous spell in many 

 years. 



Rut where there is no accumulation of 

 stock at any one jioint in the country, as 

 is the case to-day, and while business con- 

 tinues fairly good. I do noc see what 

 there is to waiTant such conclusions. 

 There has either got to be a complete 

 stagnation of business or a very large 

 output from tlie mills— much larger than 



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CHICAGO. 



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MANUF.'VCTURERS 



Oak, Ash, 

 Cypress 

 and Gum 



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 EARLE, ARK. 



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 336-337 Scimitar Building. 



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