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The Prince Handle & Mfg. Co. 



DETROIT, MICM. 



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BROWNSVILLE, TENNESSEE 



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HARDWOOD 

 LUMBER 



OAK, POPLAR and 

 GLM LLIBER and 

 Dimension Stock 



TIMBER LANDS. 



We have a few bargains in 

 Hardwood Timber in Eastern 

 Tennessee, North Carolina, Ala- 

 bama ard Mississippi. Descrip- 

 tions upon application. Also one 

 large timber proposition embrac- 

 ing saw mills and fixtures, plan- 

 ing mill, logging outfit, 25 miles 

 of railroad, four locomotives and 

 rolling stock, 90 houses for opera- 

 tives teams, carts, wagons, etc. 

 Only half interest for sale but a 

 bargain. We are in a position 

 to point out available locations 

 for woodworking and furniture 

 factories where local capital will 

 take stock with competent and 

 responsible managers. 



SOUTHERN LAND COMPANY, 



134 Monroe St., Chicago. 



Dealers In Southern Timber, Hineral and 

 Farming Lands. 



I Niock are iirrlviiiK in SI. I.cmiIm. That 

 > lili'li Id ilry nr partlall.v no, anil niiM 

 ■ > uimhI wIiIiIim and KratlcH, <<oininanil!< 

 ii:lii'r iirlri's llian liavi-.cvfr prevailed In 

 tills niMi'kct ami the iinllrnlloas an- thai 

 lilt SI' pi'li'i>.<i will III- Mi.'ihitaiiii'il Tor an in- 

 ill' I hill- pi-rliiil. On I III- iillii'r lianil, the 

 L!ir!il iMill; 111' the slni'k now arrivlni; |m 

 I'l'lli Ki-i-i'n anil uf ver.v piioi' i|nnlil.v, hi> 

 llial lower prlecN prevail mi this. .\t llie 

 same lime loial Ktoeks of lioth i|iiarlei'i-il 

 white :inil i|iiarlereil reil are liadl.v hrokeii 

 and all Imvers are wllliiiK lo pay nHkin;; 

 inlees If tliese are wllliln reiLson. i'laln 

 ":ik has lieen In lieavler reeelpt for some 

 lime and the loeal stora^'e yards are now 

 fairly well supplied with ;:ri-eii lunilier. 

 I iry Is liadly needed, howi-ver. and llie 

 only availalih- snpply is that whieli is daily 

 ' iimiiiK into a shipping eondllioii. This 

 ipplies lo Imtli red and while Ineh stock 

 ^.nd there is really no prefercnee between 

 111!' two. Ill heavier thleknesses, however, 

 while is prel'i'i-ri'd. and prlees heiiiK paid 

 Inr this variety, espeeljilly in ."Mneh anil 

 thieker uniterial, show some .'idvaiiee over 

 l:ist i|UolMtions. There is a very iieavy ih-- 

 iiiand for oar oak and similar classes of 

 material, and. Iiei-ause of the- strong do- 

 m.'iiid and excellent jiriees for the ordinary 

 I nil of stock, it is dilheiilt to induce many 

 mills to take special orders. 



Cypress receipts have lieeii ipiite heavy 

 cliirinj; all of Seplemlier. and indications 

 .ire that a larfie iiuanlity of this sloclv will 

 lie coiiiin;; in durinj.' the rest of the year. 

 :is there is an excellent stajre of water 

 in the river — something umisnal at this 

 season — and the inclination is to take full 

 advantage of it. Cypress prices arc liold- 

 iii>: to a firm liasis and this wood is one 

 111 the most stalile of those handled in St. 

 l.ouis. 



Of the other woods handled in St. Loviis. 

 iriim and cottonwood take a loading posi- 

 tion, but these are closely followed by 

 pojilar and hickory. Some rejjort the }rnm 

 iiiaiket a tritle easier, but the fact that 

 iiiiitracts are still being made for future 

 delivery at as Rood prices as have pro- 

 vailed at any time this year, shows that 

 the market is strouR. Little poplar and 

 cottonwood are coining in. although all 

 dealers and consumers are anxious to buy. 

 Iliekory is jiarticularly scarce, as is also 

 ash in upper grades, although common ash 

 is somewhat easier than at last report. 



PITTSBURG. 



Kail trade has fairly opened in the lum- 

 ber business here and the indications are 

 tliat dealers will have a very fair season. 

 I'.nyers who have been out of the city on 

 vacation or business are mostly back and 

 are iiiilinid to look upon the situation as 

 l;:vorable. The great drawliack to selling 

 lumber in I'ittsliurg just now Is the ex- 

 tieiiie stringency of the money market, 

 which has greatly curtailed building oper- 

 .ilions and made retail buyers very cau- 

 tious in their purchases for winter stock. 

 If this situation is relieved within two 

 wiM'ks. as many think it will be. there is 

 likely to lie a perceptible increase in the 

 ili-mand for lumber for building. If money 

 dees not liecoine easier and the downward 

 tendency in the stock market continues 

 there will follow a slump in lumlier trade 

 undoubtedly, although it is not expected to 

 be serious. 



In general, prices hold steady to firm, 

 'till- local market has not yet responded to 

 the sudden rise in the price of poplar an- 

 nounced farther south last week, but the 

 local lumber dealers' association is con- 

 siderljig the advisaliility of putting up the 

 price proportionately. This has not yet 

 iiecoine a large poplar market and the 

 change in quotations will, if made, cause 

 no groat anxiety. 



Oak prices remain firm with the market 



sli'iidy. oilier grades of bill slunf ri-niaiii 

 about Hie mime In price Willi the ileninnd 

 rnllliig onr a irllle. The rurnltiin- and ear 

 fiirforles an- taking llielr full iiiiola of 

 iirders and in the trade for rallniail lleH 

 i.nd piili'N ihere Is no Klimip evident. I.eHs 

 iiilll ciiiisti'iii'lliiii work Is going on tliiiii 

 last fall, »hli'li I'litN down the oiili-rH for 

 heavy lilll NliilT. It Is the opiiiioii of the 

 niiist eiiiiKervatlve wholeKiili-rs that there 

 K II slight teiideiiey Inwiird InereaMing 

 stocks at the nilllH, lint this Is not HUlllcietit 

 111 give tlii-ni eiiiise for aiixli-ty. 



MINNEAPOLIS. 

 Uelail yaiil- .i> will as tin' large eon- 

 siiniers uf hardwiiiids in tin- .\iirthwi-«l are 

 still buying from hand lo mouth, and make 

 no attempt to keep any supply of stock on 

 hand. Wet .'itid cold weather, injuring the 

 crops and threatening their ruin, has lield 

 back the retailers and depressed the situ- 

 ation. 'J'rade is spasniodle. but on Ihe 

 wliole dealers have little complaint of the 

 dem.'ind. They are afraid that when fall 

 buying starts in there will be a deluge of 

 rush orders, and it will not be possible to 

 get the stock lo till them. Kven now It Is 

 very hard to supply oak in any grade, and 

 some jobbers are entirely out of it. Ilasg- 

 wood is in fairly good supply at present, 

 but with the stC'idy demand coming from 

 the box factories, stocks are considered Iihi 

 light to last all season. I'.irch is having 

 a good sale, and is not plentiful. There 

 is a good sale for two-Inch maple. Heal- 

 ers are looking to the South more, and are 

 tiguring on poplar, cottoinvnod. gum and 

 cypress to take the plai-e of corresponding 

 northern woods. They are having great 

 trouble, however, to get southern slocks, 

 and still harder work lo get them shipped. 

 Cum barrel slock is very sc.'irie ami loiii- 

 iiig slowly. 



Prof. S. U. Green, in discussing the sub- 

 ject of forestry education in agrlcnltural 

 colleges, at the recent meeting of the 

 -Vmerican Foresti-y Association, said: 



"It seems to me that it is the duty of 

 our agricultural colleges to teach forestry, 

 for they are better lilted to do so than any 

 other class of educational institutions and 

 can add it to their curriculums witn less 

 expense. Not only should they aim to 

 give their students a general knowledge 

 of this subject, but they should offer 

 enough special training in it to make good 

 practical foresters. 



"Tliese colleges now aim to train men 

 to see the possibilities of rural life, and 

 the forester needs much the same training, 

 lor he will probalily spend his life in rural 

 communities, where he will be thrown 

 largely on his own resources in dealing 

 with a thousand natural problems at first 

 hand. He will have charge, perhaps, of a 

 forest that contains a consideralile amount 

 of farm or pasture lands, and he should 

 understand the best method of developing 

 it. He may have iiroblems in feeding 

 range cattle and sheep, and perhaps in 

 tinishing them in order to get the best re- 

 turns from the land; and he will be the 

 liest forester who is most versatile in snch 

 matters and able to turn his attention 

 effectively from one thing to another. This 

 can only be done to the best advantage by 

 the bro.idly trained man." 



The Standard Wheel Company of Terre 

 Haute, Ind., have purchased certain tim- 

 ber rights on a 10,000-aere tract near Matt- 

 son. Miss., and will locate factory for wheel 

 stock there. 



