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HARDWOOD RECORD 



HARDWOOD 



LUMBER 



CLEAN-UP 



Being' about to put into commission my hard- 

 wood sawmill at Memphis, want to clean up the 

 present stock of well-manufactured, good aver- 

 age length and width, and thoroughly dry hard- 

 woods in Memphis yard, before piling any new 

 stock. 



The following is a list of the jjrincipal items 

 contained in this assortment: 



ASH 



l" is & 2s 15,000 feet 



1 ^" C & Btr 75,000 feet 



2" C & Btr 30,000 feet 



3" C & Btr 30,000 feet 



4" C & Btr 25,000 feet 



QTD. RED GUM 



1^" C & Btr 30,000 feet 



1 Yz" No. 1 Com 20,000 feet 



2" No. 1 Com 10,000 feet 



POPLAR 



1 54 " 1 s & 2s 20,000 feet 



IJ^" IS & 2S 50,000 feet 



2" IS & 2s 10,000 feet 



2" Signboards 25,000 feet 



QTD. WHITE OAK 



1 J4" is & 2s 25,000 feet 



M" No. 1 Com 25,000 feet 



1" No. 1 Com 50,000 feet 



1 Va" No. 1 Com 20,000 feet 



1x2 J^ to 4" is & 2S Strips. . . . 50,000 feet 



1x2 to 4" No. 1 Com. Strips. . . .150,000 feet 



QTD. RED OAK 



l" is & 2s 20,000 feet 



i%" is & 2s 25,000 feet 



IJ^" is & 2s 8,000 feet 



W C & Btr 19,000 feet 



1" to 2" No. 2 Com 35,000 feet 



1x2 to 3" No. 1 Com. Strips. . . . 54,000 feet 



PLAIN RED OAK 

 54" is & 2s 12" & up wide. . . . 22,000 feet 

 Yi" No. 1 Com 1 8,000 feet 



PLAIN WHITE OAK 



fl" IS & 2s 100,000 feet 



J4" IS & 2S 47,000 feet 



Ys" IS & 2s 27,000 feet 



WORMY QTD. WHITE OAK 

 1" C & Btr 60,000 feet 



Address Chicago office for quotations. 

 Ask for price on any item listed herein or on mahogany 

 lumber, or fancy wood veneers of any description. 



C. L. WILLEY, Chicago 



Largest Mahogany Veneer and Lumber Producing Plant in 



the World 



grades are very strong. Quartered oak is moving well and commanding 

 a better price than formerly. Ash is a ready seller, thicii stock being 

 very strong. Poplar, basswood, gum and cottonwood are high in price 

 and very scarce. 



The market is very active on low-grade cypress at stiff prices. Shop 

 and better is in good demand but will be much improved by the opening 

 of the building season. Planing mills are very good users of the latter 

 grades at this time. Dressed or yard stock Is a little off at the present 

 time. 



There is a growing demand for the better grades of poplar, and while 

 prices remain as during the past several months, the opinion is general 

 that better prices will prevail should the demand continue. Low-grade 

 stock is in strong demand and is very scarce. Prices are the highest in 

 years. 



All planing mills are still very busy getting out stock for immediate 

 use. This is principally in the finishing lines, but quite a little of it is 

 for work on buildings recently started. The popular trend is still toward 

 red gum for interior finish where a moderately priced hardwood is 

 desired. Builders have found that gum has stood the test, the results 

 obtained being very satisfactory. Architects do not hesitate to specify 

 gum and a steady increase in its use is assured. There is, of course, 

 much oak used, both fumed and early English finish, also mahogany in 

 the more expensive homes and buildings. Birch is another wood that is 

 popular and is used largely as a substitute for mahogany. 



=-< TOLEDO >•= 



There is but little change in the local hardwood situation. Prices 

 are holding firm with an upward tendency. There is a decided scarcity 

 in certain lines, especially in low grades, which are in great demand. 

 Plain oak is strong at present and there is also a good market for 

 hickory, dry stocks being scarce. The conditions in the South are still 

 unfavorable, owing to the heavy floods of last season and the open winter 

 which has made it difBcult to get out the timber. Inquiries are numerous 

 and orders are coming in well for bending material, while sash and door 

 concerns have been ordering liberally. Hardwood flooring is in good 

 demand, especially from the local field. Boxing and crating materials are 

 scarce and high and much wanted. The outlook generally is considered 

 good. Speculative buying is not being indulged in, but some moderately 

 heavy orders are being placed to take care of the spring business, which 

 it is believed will be even larger than last season, which was a record 

 year in Toledo. 



-< INDIANAPOLIS > 



Hardwood interests are well pleased with the volume of business 

 they had in January and with the prospects for the immediate future. 

 The January business was better than that of the corresponding period 

 last year and prices are steady. It is predicted that some grades of hard- 

 wood will advance shortly. 



The veneer mills are having an excellent business and predict that they 

 will have a much larger demand for veneers this year than last. Furni- 

 ture factories are looking forward to a record-breaking trade. The 

 automobile business is slow at present, but doubtless will show improve- 

 ment in the spring. 



Building operations are breaking previous records and much building 

 is in sight that will require considerable hardwood for interior trim. 



=^ MEMPHIS y 



The demand for hardwood lumber here continues good. Some members 

 say there is perhaps not quite as much activity as there was a short 

 time ago. while others say they are having all the business they can 

 handle. The tone of the market is quite good. In fact there is a 

 tendency toward a slightly higher level in some directions. The smallness 

 of dry stocks has been a feature for some time. At present production 

 is on a pretty good scale but the outlook for a large timber supply is not 

 particularly bright, especially in the late spring, with the result that 

 1 litre is a disposition in some quarters to anticipat(* a further reduction 

 in shipping dry holdings in the South. The demand is particularly good 

 for the lower grades of cottonwood and gum, which are somewhat scarce 

 and which are firmly held. Box factories are working on full time and the 

 other industries consuming these grades are also taking their full quota. 

 There is also a very satisfactory call for all grades of plain oak both 

 red and white, with the preference for thin. Quartered oak is about 

 steady at the recent level and the same is true of ash and cypress. It is 

 expected that the adjustment of the differences between the steamship 

 companies and the railroads west of the Mississippi river will stimulate 

 export business because facilitating the handling of export shipments. 

 After March 3. these exports will be handled on through bills of lading 

 instead of on local bills as heretofore. 



=■< BRISTOL >■- 



Trade conditions here are favorable. Business is brisk and is improv- 

 ing steadily. The prospects are considered the most favorable for a 

 long while. A large volume of business is being done and much more 

 would be done but for the scarcity of stocks. Most of the mills arc run- 



