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HARDWOOD RECORD 



true of ill! grades of oak. Prices are miicli higher than they were a 

 jear ago and there is no indication«of a break in the market soon. 

 Business throughout the winter has been much better than it was during 

 the corresponding period of last year. According to manufacturers anc'. 

 wholesalers the retailers are somewhat timid about taking hold and 

 placing orders for large quantities. Some of them seem to feel there 

 will be a reaction later on. accompanied by a reduction in prices, but 

 there appears to be no foundation for this. 



=■< NASHVILLE >■= 



Bluestone Land & Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS 



WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 

 Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock 



RIDGWAY 

 PENNSYLVANIA 



COMPLETE PLANING 

 MILL FACILITIES 



Band Sawed Stock 



The Tegge Lumber Go. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



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The hardwood lumber market of Nashville continues satisfactory. There 

 i.n a greater demaud than supply of oak. and large manufacturers have 

 stopped takins orders in this department. High-grade poplar has been 

 in better demand, and chestnut is moving in a satisfaciory way. Whole- 

 sale lumbermen generally express themselves as well pleased with th-? 

 business conditions. The main question now is securing adequate suppUes^ 

 ol' raw material. 



! Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 1 

 SWANN-DAY LUMBER CO. 



Mfrs. YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK 



SALES OFFICE— SECOND NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 



SHAWNEE LUMBER CO. 



HARDWOODS, WHITE PINE and HEMLOCK 



Snips Office — South Side Station — C. H. & D. R. R. 



RIEMEIER LUMBER CO. 



OAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT 



SUMMERS AND GEST STREETS 



JAMES KENNEDY & CO., Ltd. 



OAK, POPLAR AND OTHER HARDWOODS 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 



The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co. 



WALNUT, OAK, AND OTHER HARDWOODS 



103-4-5 CAREW BUILDING 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 



Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-34 COLEBAIN AVENUE 



CHARLES F. SHIELS & CO. 



SPECIALISTS IN WIDE STOCK 



POPLAR, OAK, CHERRY, BIRCH 



GEORGE LITTLEFORD 



^RED CEDAR, CHERRY 



^ OFFICE: 1263 RICHMOND STREET ^ 



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Hardw<iods arc exceedingly good property just now. and a bill of ladini; 

 for a car of plain oaU is regarded as about as good collateral as a 

 two per cent government bond. Lumber is really scarce, and buying 

 aggressive, a combination which means one thing at least — exceedingly 

 stiff prices. The demand for plain oak is regarded as a constant factor, 

 inasmuch as it has been a feature of the situation for many months. 

 Quartered oali has had a few ups and downs in that time, but at present 

 is in excellent call, and prices have responded to the improved demand, 

 handlers of the commodity reporting that buyers want material and are 

 willing to pay the advances. This is believed to be largely due to the 

 scarcity and high price of mahogany lumber, which has caused furniture 

 manufacturers and others who were intending to feature the imported 

 wood to return to quartered oak as being the best buy, in view of 

 prices and availability. Other woods are almost as active as oak. Ash. 

 for instance, is almost out ot the market on account of extreme scarcity, 

 and buyers who need the stock arc continuing to take it unaged. Maybe 

 some of the trade will begin to specify "Kraetzer-Cured" in the near 

 future, if the current scarcity continues. Chestnut is also pretty well 

 sold out. with little surplus of any grade. Poplar is improving in the 

 upper grades, the lower having been brisk all season. Red gum is 

 scarcer, and the upper grades particularly are hard to find. The outlook 

 is for continued good business, and thus far Tresidcnt Wilson has not 

 scared a single soul. 



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The general hardwood situation is strong. The upper grades in oak, 

 gum and cottonwood are in splendid demand. The lower grades are also 

 good sellers. The best item in demand is oak. Ash, too, is being much 

 sought after. Poplar is not selling well ; in fact it is the poorest sellei- 

 in this marljct. Dry stock in all items is very scarce and on this account 

 there have been advances in prices. Buyers in the South can find but 

 little dry stock, owing to the continued wet weather which has prevented 

 logging and which has curtailed the output seriously. There is consider- 

 able activity in cypress, some slight advances being reported. Those 

 having good stocks on hand can obtain any reasonable price for theif 

 holdings. 



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The stormy weather of the past week or so has delayed small buildinc 

 operations in this city and about the state, but there is more large build- 

 ing going on in Milwaukee than ever before at this season of the year. 

 A record number of permits are being i.ssued by the building inspector 

 and there is every indication that the spring building season will be un- 

 usually active. 



Retailers all over the state have been ru.shing in their orders of late, 

 so that their stocks may be in readiness lor the spring rush. Stocks in 

 retail yards are much lighter than usual at this time. The scarcily of 

 dry stocks makes it necessary in most cases for the jobber to postpone 

 delivery on orders and there is considerable uneasiness, because the sit- 

 uation is becoming complicated by a shortage of cars in some sections 

 of the northern Wisconsin lumber country. Manufacturers are finding 

 it hard to secure adequate transportation facilities, while loggers in 

 many cases have to deck their logs at an extra expense of fifty cents 

 per thousand feet. At the present time more than 300 carloads of logs 

 arc being received daily in Marinette and Menominee over the Chicago 

 & Northwestern, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, the Soo and other 

 roads. This is about fifty carloads more than last winter at this time. 



The scarcity of snow and labor has been felt in Wisconsin, Michigait 

 and Minnesota logging districts during the winter, but lumbermen say 

 that the Wisconsin and Michigan districts will produce more than a 

 normal output. Practically every large mill in the lumber country is iu 

 the market for logs, most of them having heavy orders booked. Stocks 

 at all the big mills have been decreased greatly during the past six 

 months and many concerns are sold well ahead of their season's cut. 



The light shipments of oak whiih are being received from the South 

 are resulting in higher prices for both quarter-sawed and plain oak. 

 Ijemand during the past year has been much stronger, while it is said 

 that logging and lumbering operations in the South have been hindered 

 by the excessive rains. Northern stocks, including birch, maple, l)asswoo(t 

 and rock elm, are practically exhausted iu upper grades. .Tobbcrs say 

 that if the market continues to hold so firm with prices high, It may 

 tend to restrict business, but trade has been active thus far. It is true. 

 however, that the sash and door concerns are buying only enough to 

 satisfy their Immediate wants, and are inclined to await developments. 

 Demand from other sources is strong. 



