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. 



"-riHE IMOA/ IVIII_L." 



IS 



in most sections of the country, and the 

 prices of tracts of timber land are very 

 high. These conditions, however, do nut 

 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, 

 Commtrcial Bldg , St. Louis, Mo. 



a probable car shortage this fall, but the 

 railroads have promised that the difficulty 

 will be of as short duration as possible, if 

 there is any. 



ST. LOUIS. 



There .-ire few thiniis to say ctincernin^: 

 the St. Louis situation that are different 

 from what has already been written of the 

 conditions in this eity, as it is still a case 

 of unusual demand for dry lumber with 

 small stocks in a shipping condition. For 

 some months past it has been no trick at 

 all to secure as much business as could 

 Ik- handled, and it has really taken a diplo- 

 mat to avoid getting the Ijooks so tilled up 

 with orders that only a tangle would re- 

 sult. The consumers, as a rule, have been 

 inclined to buy on a hand-to-mouth basis, 

 but, at the same time, this method of plac- 

 ing order has easily given as mucli busi- 

 ness as could be taken care of, as prac- 

 tically all of the orders have been for 

 either dry or shipping dry lumber, which 

 is a scarce commodity in all markets. It 

 may be that the high prices now prevail- 

 ing prevent many of the factories from 

 buying ahead, through the belief that 

 there can hardly be a further advance, but 

 if this be true the condition has existed 

 for upwards of a year, during all of which 

 time there has been a steady hardening of 

 values. Even to-day prices at initial 

 points are as strong, if not stronger, than 

 those in the central distributing markets, 

 which is a condition that could not pre- 

 vail on a declining market. The one thing 

 over which there is general .satisfaction in 

 >St. Louis is the fact that the local whole- 

 salers will be in very good shape to take 

 care of the business of next spring. Both 

 purchases and receipts of green lumber 

 have been rather heavy during the past 

 few months, and a large numlier of mills 

 are under contract to St. Louis parties 

 and are shipping green stock as rapidly as 

 the car situation will permit. By next 

 spring there should be an ample supply ot 

 dry lumber in St. Louis, in view of the 

 f.ict that the winter period of dullness is 

 almost at hand during which the ship- 

 ments will be rather light. .\s conditions 

 have been thus far this year, stock has 

 been shipped out as rapidly as it became 

 diy enough to ship and. while the market 

 h.as been doing an excellent business dur- 

 ing all this time, stocks of dry lumber 

 have been continuously exhausted. In 

 other words, shipments have only been 

 limited by the amount of dry lumber on 

 hand and there have always been a suf- 

 ficient number of orders on hand to absorb 

 that stock which was available. All sec- 

 tions of the consuming country have been 

 equally aggressive in placing orders and. 

 as has been stated, the market is being 

 kept depleted of stock ready for shipment. 

 Considerable lumber has been coming into 

 this market by river during the past few 

 weeks, and. with a plentiful supply of cars, 

 the rail receipts should be quite heavy 

 tluring the rest of the season. .\s a severe 

 car shortage is now on west of the river, 

 however, there will be some difiiculty in 

 moving lumber promptly, and it is thought 

 that much stock will, perforce, be held at 

 the mills until next spring. (Jeneral prices 

 in St. Louis are holding to an excellent 

 basis, although some of the wholesalers 

 report a decrease in the dem \nd for some 

 varieties of common stock. This is not the 

 general report, however, and it can be 

 stated that general conditions are practic- 

 ally as they have been for some months 

 past. 



Present quotations on quartered white 

 oak show a very wide range, but this Is 

 largely because all sorts and conditions 



you want cash for 

 your lumber, write 



M. BOEDER, 



I440 Roscoe St.. CHICAGO. 



Empire Lumber Co., 



CHICAQO. 

 WANTPn i CHhRRV, 0»K, CYPRESS, 



Or anything you have for sale in hardwoods. 



THE 



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Oak. Ash, 

 Cypress 

 and Gum 



MILLS: 

 BARLE, ARK, 



OFFICE : 

 336-337 Scimitar Building;. 



MEMPHIS, TENN. 



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