111-. 11 A K D W O O D RECORD. 



mill ilif lU'W work In not <-oiiiIiik in. TlioiU.' 

 who intcnil lo |in( up Iiii-ki- iiml (.-oslly 

 bullillnt.'!* iin- Mwiiltln^ i|!(8uriin>'i> lliiit tlior'c 

 will 111- III! ili-liiy or loss i!iUNc<t liy Ilic 

 ilillli-ullli-s Willi liilmr. Till' liiisliicss or 

 liuililiii); li:i> I'liiiic III such ii |>:i'-s t|i:i| niiihc 

 proti-i'llN r nii-iiMiri'S jiri- Mrii-.»:ir_v to Insuii' 

 llii iiniKiTss of ini|in>vciiii'iits. Cost of 

 itiiisiriulinii lias Im'ou liniTiisluf; lM>.von<l 

 nil ri'Msiiii iiiiil nil liuililiiiK iipcnitiuns iiri' 

 l«>in.v' lu'lil III iitii-jniiiH'." 



BUFFALO. 



Tlu' proinisfil iKlvnuct- In poplar luin- 

 lu-r xvliii'li I incntioiicHl lis pnibable In my 

 lust loltiT. wont Into t-ITi-rt on the ITitii 

 liisl. Tliis !!ilviinci> Is oriliTiil lij- tlio pop 

 lar assoclMtioii. WlictluT this atlvtiiicc will 

 really make any material ililTereiiee In the 

 IMiplar siliiatiiiii is a iiuestlmi. It is the j;eii- 

 eral Impresslun wry freely exjirpssod that 

 poplar Itiiiilier was lilch eiiiini;h for any 

 use Ix'fore this last raise, and that dealers 

 and users of the wood simply can't staml 

 it to pay the association (irices now asked 

 aiiil will havi- to look for a substitute at 

 less money or sell at old prices. It Is a 

 pMKl thin;; for ev<'i\voiie when any uiaiiu- 

 factnrtHl article brings a fioml price, espe- 

 cially if this article is of ;;eiieral use and 

 one that cannot very well be got along 

 without. Hut when the iirice on any arti- 

 cle is advanced so that one cannot han- 

 dle .sjiiiic at a profit, or tinds the article 

 hang on his hands on account of the price 

 — then he is forced to look around for 

 something that will take its place at less 

 money, and it is iiincli easier, by the way, 

 to lind a substitute for poplar than it 

 would be for iiuartered oak. Talking 

 almut <|uartere<l oak. I think there is a 

 luueh better feeling all round with re- 

 gard to this wood than there was two or 

 three weeks ago. At the same time it 

 must be confessed that there has been 

 more or less cutting of prices in order to 

 make Siiles. It does not seem as though 

 this win- :.'i,iiil pulicy at the present tiliie 



—neither should It be nei'essary. How- 

 ever, aH I said befon-. I ilo not believe 

 there Is any real cutting In siralght grades, 

 aed when any such cutting Is done It Is 

 with the Idea of making the grade Qt the 

 |irlce. 



I. limber of all kinds has bei-ii eoming In 

 ■ joile liTely lately. .Maple by the lioal- 

 liiail from .MIcliigan, and basswiHid, maple, 

 cherry, birch, oak and poplar by the car- 

 lii.'id. .Maple Is i|uile linn in price, espc- 

 ci.-illy three Inch and four Inch. While 

 orders may not have been coming in <|ulte 

 so freel.v or so easily I do not think it Is 

 a sign of any falling o(T of business. Kur- 

 iiiliire factories all over the country are 

 riiiiiiing full time and behind with their 

 iiiileis. .\t the same time thi'y have been 

 buying ipiite heavily and are all pretty 

 we'll slocked up on present rei|ulrement.s 

 .-ind for some little time to come. 



Then after vacalioii everyone is putting 

 fcrlli ail extra elTort to secure orders, to 

 make up for lost time, and it would bo 

 siii.-ill wonder if thei-e were not some little 

 intliiig :iiid slashing of |irices In the scrnm- 

 ble after orders. Taking it all round I 

 do not lielieve anyone Is worrying vei\v 

 much over the business conditions, and 1 

 lliiiik when the monlli closes it will be 

 loiind that it will average up all riglit 

 along side of September a year ago. 



CINCINNATI. 



The markel diiiiiii: llic past two weeks 

 las been char.ictcrized by e.\ception;il 

 aclivit.v. and according to one prominent 

 wliolesale dealer, the demand is more 

 active than at any time for the same 

 period within the last thirty years. 



While this is rather a broad statement in 

 \iew of the activity of former years, there 

 .•ire i|uite a number of well-posted manu- 

 lacturers iuid wholesale and retail dealers 

 lo be found wlio are of the same opinion. 



On the other hand, though they aiT" in 

 the minorit.v, some wholesalers slate that 

 III. recent ri.tiiiii nl' tlii> llMrdwond M:iii- 



iifiiclnrers .Vssoclatlon, In adviincing prices 

 of the ilifTereiit liaril wihhIh. has had the 

 elTecl of <-nrlailliig to a cuiislderable e.\lellt 

 the Mctnal volume of traiiHaclioiis. but they 

 admit that the liuiulry has shown wonder- 

 ful, though not entirely uncxpcctiil, Ini- 

 pi'oveiiieiil. 



Theposlliiiii of poplar In regarile<l at pres- 

 ent as the one illifavorable fealnre of the 

 market by more llian one the dilTerenee 

 III vli-ws as regards the prii'cs most of the 

 nianufacliircrs holding that the supply Ih 

 iiiaile<|iiale to the di'liiaiid. and that, there- 

 fore, prii'cs aske<l arc Jnslillable, while 

 iiolli wholesale and retin, dealers declare 

 they have been ofTcrcil lots In large 

 amounts jil lignn's ranging from $1 to fii 

 below the old llsl i|Uolalions — having re- 

 snlti'd III the market for this wo(h1 being 

 ill a more or less nnsellletl conilition. 



The bo.\ iiiaiiufacturerH are placing 

 oi-ders in fairly large amounts for the dlf- 

 f I rent grades of coilonwood. and as the 

 snpidy is rather sliort. holders, in most 

 instances, are asking advam-ed prices, and 

 an getting Ihi'iii, tiMi. The call for ipiar- 

 ti red oak has sIiowihI iiiiprovemeiit, in 

 proportion to the other hardwoods, and 

 Willi the supply as light as for some tliuo, 

 Ibi're is a lirnii-r feeling to the market. 

 The orders being i-eceive<l are mostly for 

 small amoniils. but this has oceasloiKMl no 

 complaint, owing to the limited stock on 

 hand, and no detinite prospects of In- 

 ireased rcceipls. l''or the rest of the 

 woods the ini|uiry has showed materia! 

 ^'1 iieral improvement and numerous salcR 

 have been reported for larger iinaiitities 

 than at any time since last si)ring and 

 winter. 



l-'uriiiture iiianufactnrei-s have decided 

 on their wants for the winter trade, and 

 are placing their orders without delay, 

 though there is some dissatisfaclion man- 

 ilisti'd over the inability to secure desire<l 

 .1 mounts of the better grades of their class 

 !•[' lumber. 



.\licady there is some apprehension over 



THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER CO. 



CHATTANOOGA, TENN, 

 Hanufacturers and Wholesalers of 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



For Home and Export Trade. 



t^"We are in the market to buy all South- 

 ern Hardwoods, Corre-pondence solicited. 



THEO. FATHAUER CO., 



YARDS QOOSE ISLAND OFFICE, 235 CHERRY AVE, 



TKI.I'.I'IIDNE. NOKTII 907. 



CHICAGO. 

 WHOLESALE HARDWOOD LUMBER 



IN CAR AND CAKQO LOTS. 



SMALL DIMENSION STOCK IN MAPLE. ELM. BEECH AND OAK A SPECIALTY. 



Desire to contract with resi'onsible manufacturers for large blocks of 

 I'oplar El d Pluln and Qnar ered Oak. 



TAYLOR & CRATE 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Write them to-day if you have any to offer now or for 

 the future. 

 (E5t>blislie<l 40 Year* ) 



D'HEUR & SWAIN LUMBER CO., 



SEYMOUR, INDIANA. 



— IManufacturers and Wholesalers^ 



Indiana H ardwoo d Lumber 



Quartered White Oak Our Specialty. 



FOR SALE. 



2 cars %-\n poplar. 18 Inch and up. 2 cars 1 In. qtd. red oak, common. 



I car 1 in. pop ar. IS-lnch. H-car lln. q'd red oak strips. 



car iin. r\ d n-d.iak. Isi andSnds. I ca- 2 in. com. and bet. hickory. 



