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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Keys-Walker Lumber Co. 



JIANUFACTURERS 



West Virginia Hardwoods 

 Soft Yellow Poplar 



Oak — Chestnut — Bass — Hemlock, Etc. 



Rough or Dressed Write for Prices 



ROANOKE, VIRGINIA 



On the Following Stock We Will Make Special 

 Prices for Prompt Shipment: 



02,000 ft. IV2" No. 2 Common Pop- 

 lar, 

 91,000 It. 2" No, 2 Common Poplar. 

 10,000 ft. 1^4" No. 1 and 2 Qtd. 



Poplar. 

 45,000 ft. 1x24" and up No. 1 and 



Panel Poplar. 

 30,000 ft. 3x8 to 20 No. 1 and 2 



Poplar. 

 15,000 ft. 4x18 and up No. 1 and 



Panel Poplar. 

 55,000 ft, 6/8x18" and up No. 1 and 



Panel Poplar. 

 164,000 ft. 1" S. W. and No. 2 Com. 



Chestnut. 



69,000 ft. 1%" S. W. and No. 2 Com. 



Chestnut. 

 522,000 ft. 1% ' S. W. and No. 2 Com, 



Chestnut. 

 40,000 ft. 1x12" and up No. 1 and 2 



Chestnut. 

 49,000 ft. 1" No. 1 Com. Chestnut. 

 33,000 ft, 1%" No, 1 Com, Chestnut, 

 41,000 ft, ly." No. 1 Com. Chestnut. 

 32,000 ft, 2" No. 1 Com. Chestnut, 

 43,000 ft. IV2" No. 2 Plain Oak. 

 198,000 ft. 2" No. 2 Com. Plain Oak. 

 60,000 ft. ly." No. 1 Com. Plain 



Oak. 



The Atlantic Lumber Co. 



70 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass. 



Looking Backward, 1918 



I COULD have bought that tract of timber in 

 1913. It was offered at a low price on an 

 estimate showing the quantity of lumber it 

 would have produced had it been cut at that 

 time. It is worth double that price or more 

 today and through closer utilization it will pro- 

 duce one-third more in values than it would have 

 under methods then in vogue. That would have 

 been at least 



166 per cent, in five years 



ears from now what will your 



conclu- 



Five years 

 sion be? 



"I am glad I bought it," 



Or 



"I wish I had bought it?" 



If you live in the present, if you are interested in present 

 opportunities rather than in reviewing those of the last 

 decade, your conclusions will be "I am glad I bought it." 



If you are a member of the Ancient and Slothful Order 

 of Hindsighters you will tell future generations what might 

 have happened, if — 



James D. Lacey & Company 



Timber Land Factors 



Chicago, 1750 McCorinick Building 



Portland, 1104 Spalding Building 



Seattle, 1009 White Building 



men and better all this .vear, and also that wide stock will be in greater 

 demand than for some time. 



There is a splendid demand for all low grades of cypress, and good 

 prices are being obtained. Planing mills are fair buyers of the better 

 grades, but the heavy demand for this class of material w"ill not come- 

 for about thirty days when dealers expect a very good business. No. 1 

 shop in al! thicknesses is in good demand and growing stronger. Dressed 

 stock for building purposes and hard stock is a little slow at this time 

 but the numerous inquiries for this stock is evidence of early buying. 

 Prices are quite satisfactory. 



=-< TOLEDO y 



The hardwood market continues strong. Low grades are in heavy de- 

 mand, crating and boxing materials being practically out of the local 

 market. Oak continues a leader, with white asb a good second. Low- 

 grade basswood is being called for and shows unusujil strength, while- 

 firsts and seconds are slow. Hickory continues fairly strong. The 

 demand for hardwoods seems to be greatest from Ohio and Michigan ter- 

 ritory although inquiries are general and hardwood men are a unit in. 

 the opinion that the coming summer will prove one of the strongest 

 seasons known on this market for many a long day. Building plans con- 

 tinue and embrace some immense work, both municipal and investment. 

 Residence building has continued all winter, and it is l>elieved that the 

 coming season will embrace fully as much work as the season just past, 

 which was the biggest known in this city. Sash and door factories,, 

 hardwood flooring concerns and column manufacturers are running their 

 factories heavily for the season of the year and are making large plans 

 for the summer business. 



.-< INDIANAPOLIS > 



There has been no material change in the hardwood market in this 

 vicinity in the last two weeks. Business has been good and somewhat 

 better than for the corresponding period of last year. 



Prices continue stiff in all grades with no indications of any early 

 reduction. All grades of oak are in special demand and the prices are 

 much stronger than a year ago. There are many inquiries, which give- 

 promise of some nice contracts within the next few weeks. Most of 

 the local hardwood concerns appear to have fairly ample stock on 

 hand. 



=-< MEMPHIS y 



Business in hardwood circles is good and the movement of lumber is 

 quite large. The demand is relatively better for the lower grades of 

 Cottonwood and gum and all grades of plain oak than for the other 

 items. Offerings are rather scarce and this accounts for the fact that 

 prices are so firmly held. There is scarcely a large buyer in the market 

 for any one of the items who is able to secure prompt shipment of his. 

 needs. The movement of quarter sawn oak is fairly free and a satisfac- 

 tory business is reported In ash. The upper grades of Cottonwood are 

 not as active as the lower but they arc in reasonably good request. Red 

 gum is in pretty good demand in all descriptions with the exception of 

 4/4. This is slow, as has been the case for some time. Sap gum is. 

 wanted at pretty full prices. Cypress is in good demand and indica- 

 tions are that there will be an active business in this lumber during the- 

 remainder of the spring, as building operations throughout the country 

 are quite large. The demand for .\merican hardwoods on the part of 

 European importers and consumers is quite good and a large amount of 

 lumber is being sent from Memphis to foreign markets. .\ considerable- 

 portion of the demand for plain oak is for export. 



•<, BRISTOL y 



Lumbermen of Bristol and this section report the lumber business as. 

 brisk. The unusually mild winter has enabled the mills to turn out 

 much more stock than usual for the season of the year. The roads have- 

 been in fair condition and there has been much more hauling of logs andl 

 lumber than usual. Trade is better than for a long while, and the bard- 

 wood dealers say that the outlook is most encouraging. Further advances, 

 in prices are expected. The belief of the lumbermen here is that business, 

 will continue to improve rapidly during the spring and summer. They 

 do not believe that the shifting political situation nor the prospects of 

 tariff legislation will injuriously affect trade. 



=-< LOUISVILLE y 



Extremely favorable conditions now exist in the hardwood field, judg- 

 ing from the experience of local lumbermen. The demand is strong and' 

 general prices are good, with a decidedly upward tendency, and stocks- 

 are in fair shape, though of course badly broken by the brisk demand; 

 along certain lines. Plain oak. for example, has not been allowed to ac- 

 cumulate and any lumberman with an odd car or two of dry stock Is. 

 usually able to dispose of it without any effort. Quartered oak is also 

 improving, both the demand and the price being somewhat better than 

 heretofore. The poplar situation is also better, for while good poplar- 

 is not particularly strong, common grades are moving briskly. There s. 

 an improved demand for wide poplar from carriage and automobile- 

 builders, and though the latter have been using metal to a large extent,, 

 it is beginning to look as if the automobile manufacturers are inclining; 



