HARDWOOD RECORD 



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immediate wants of the trade are increasing daily, liowever, with the ad- 

 vance of the season. Prices in some lines, particularly in birch, oak 

 and maple, have advanced recently. It is reported that maplo flooring 

 has advanced about $1 per thousand during the last two months. 



Logging operations in northern Wisconsin are about at an end, as a 

 rosult of the warm weather which is being experienced. Some of the 

 camps with only a short haul to contend with are still in operation, 

 but the majority of the camps have broken up. Very few logs have been 

 left in the woods, however, as efforts have been made to keep them 

 hauled out this season. Reports from lumbering centers say that despite 

 the shortness of the season, the total log output this year will be con- 

 siderably above the average. 



Building operations in Milwaukee are fully up to the average and the 

 indications are that the record of last year, when the total amount of 

 building exceeded $15,500,000, will be exceeded. Building permits for the 

 week ending Mar. 15 soared well above the $100,000 mark, bringing the 

 figures of the month to date for permits issued by Building Inspector 

 W. D. Harper to three times what they were at the corresponding time 

 a year ago. 



Receipts of oak from the South are as light as ever and wholesalers 

 say that they are having trouble in meeting the demands of the trade 

 in both plain and quartered oak. 



=-< GLASGOW >■ 



The carters" strike in this district having now been settled, business 

 has begun to pull up and in some instances it is decidedly brisk. Mer- 

 chants are more anxious to buy from what stock is available and at 

 enhanced prices. Removals from the quays are now proceeding briskly 

 but it will take some time before the congestion is cleared. Imports of 

 late have comprised of spruce deals, birch logs and American hardwoods. 

 Both spruce and birch timber have sold well and fair prices have been 

 the rule. Shippers here are not too well pleased with the results 

 of these consignment parcels of spruce as compared with other ports. It 

 must be borne in mind, however, that parcels have been going into some 

 other ports with fair regularity with the result that prices have eased 

 up gradually, while to this port consignment lots have been few and far 

 between, hence the difficulty of getting buyers to face high prices all at 

 once. 



The import of Riga deals to this market must also of course be taken 

 into account. The shipment of American hardwoods per steamship 

 "Marina" has sold particularly well and some little difficulty has been 

 caused through wagon builders, who are particularly busy, not being 

 able to get delivery of goods bought. The oak, walnut and poplar logs 

 are reported to have been sold at good figures. The lull in the pitch 

 pine market still continues and seems to be general in all the markets. 

 Chartering from the gulf is very slow although two fixtures are reported 

 at considerably less than rates current a few weeks ago. 



Several fixtures of steamers are reported to carry spruce deals from 

 New Brunswick and Xova Scotia at about £1 pel- standard over last 

 year's rates and taking into consideration the increased f. o. b. price, dear 

 spruce is inevitable. 



Ash and hickory logs are selling well and a number of contracts for 

 fair lines are reported during the past few days. Quebec timber contracts 

 are practically unknown, so tar only a few contracts for deals having 

 been closed. Gaboon mahogany, of which Ihcre was a large import the 

 latter part of 1912, is now being quoted at over 2s for stock to come 

 forward, which represents a considerable advance over prices current 

 last year. 



=-< LIVERPOOL y- 



Market conditions are keeping quite brisk though values in many in- 

 stances show considerable reductions. This is regarded in this market 

 as a more healthy state of affairs as the general opinion is that prices 

 were too inflated. At the same time the reduction in values has fright- 

 ened buyers of the market and at the moment there seems little inclina- 

 tion to buy any stocks except for immediate requirements. Shippers are 

 advised on no account to send stocks on consignments wherever they can 

 avoid doing so. The market is in no mood for large shipments of the 

 character and if any volume of stock comes, quite an extensive slump 

 will surely follow. The position of hickory is an excellent testimony of 

 the tendency of the market. Consignment parcels have arrived during 

 the last few months in quantities quite out of proportion to the demands 

 with the result that the market price has had to be reduced. In fact 

 hickory has not been bringing as much during the last month as ash, 

 which is of course quite absurd. 



Round ash is very firm and buyers are all keen to purchase. Lumber 

 is also good. Prime parcels are moving promptly and buyers now are 

 not so keen on the "white" stipulation. Hard brown ash is quite salable 

 though it is difficult to define this description in a contract. 



Birch stocks are very low and the new wood should come to a good 

 market. Few sales have been reported but they do not seem to he ex- 

 tensive. The cheaper lumber stocks are coming forward with freedom 

 and are meeting with a ready acceptance from buyers. 



The mahogany position keeps firm. General anticipation seems to be 

 that prices will show an early reduction and in all probability the market 

 would be more healthy at lower figures. 



Carolina Spruce Co. 



M.\NL'FACTURER.S 



SPRUCE & HARDWOOD 



Mi7/a,Pensacola.N.C, LUMBER *''""' 



city 



90.000 ft. perday 



4 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common 



Foplar 

 3 cars 4/4 No, 2 Com, A Poplar 

 1 car 4 4 Clear Sap Poplar 



1 car 4/4 1 & S Poplar 



•Z cars 5 4 No. 1 Com. & Hct. 



Poplar 

 1 car 4/4 1 & 2 Basswood 



Charles K, Parry & Co. !^.",!,p^ifK?.^ i^.ff^: Philadelphia 



On the Following Stock We Will Make Special 

 Prices for Prompt Shipment: 



SJ.nnO' 2" No. 2 Conimon Poplar. 

 ril.ooic IH" No. 1 & i <|td. Poplar. 

 ■JO.OIM)' 1x34" & up No. 1 and Panel 



Poplar 

 40,000' 3" No. 1 & 2 Poplar 

 1S,()00' 4" X 18 to 30" No. 1 & Panel 



Poplar 

 ::ii,ii(io' 4" X 7 to 25" No, 1 & 2 



Poplar 

 H.-..1MMI' 5 8 X 18" & up No. 1 & 



I'anel Poplar 

 117,000' 6 4 S. W. & No, 2 Common 



Chestnut 

 38.000' 1 X 12" & up No, 1 & 3 



Chestnut 

 ."iK.OOU' 1" No. 1 Com. Chestnut 

 47.000' .5, 4 No. 1 Com. Ch»'stnut 



58.000' 

 30,000' 

 38,000' 



nut 

 41,000' 



nut 

 69,000' 



nut 

 12,000' 

 19,000' 

 86,000' 

 6,000' 

 31,000' 

 10,000' 

 88,000' 

 19,000' 

 iO.OOO' 



6 4 No. 1 Com. Chestnut 

 8/4 No. 1 Com. Chentnut 

 4/4 No. 1 & 3 Com. Chest- 



S/4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Chest- 



6 4 No. 1 & 2 Com. Chest- 



6/4 No. 

 8/4 No. 

 3 " No. 

 4" No. 

 5/4 No 

 8 4 No. 

 4/4 No. 

 5 4 No. 

 8 '4 No. 



1 & 2 Red Birch 

 1 & 2 R«d Birch 

 1 & 2 Red Birrh 

 1 & 2 Red Birch 

 . 1 & 2 Cherr.v 

 1 & 2 Cherry 

 1 Common Cherry 

 1 Common Cherry 

 1 Common Cherry 



The Atlantic Lumber Co. 



70 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass. 



INVESTMENTS 



If satisfactory they must be safe and profitable. 

 Timber investments are both. 



Certain fundamentals must be taken into account in 

 buying timber. The buyer should know something of 

 the intrinsic value of the timber. It should be bought 

 at an opportune time. It should be protected from fire 

 and other enemies. It should be resold or manufactured 

 when the time is ripe. 



Such procedure calls for intimate knowledge, such as 

 we have acquired during our connection with the timber 

 trade of America embracing a third of a century. 



Our faith in timber is as firm now, when it commands 

 high prices, as it was years ago when timber was sold 

 by the acre at nominal prices. 



We make a specialty of managing tiinber investments, 

 carrying on the detail work from date of purchase to 

 date of sale, our compensation being a part of the net 

 profits. 



We will handle an investment for you on that basis. 



If you wish to share in the profits to be derived 

 by those who buy timber and hold it until needed, 

 investigate this offer. 



James D. Lacey & Co. 



Timber Land Factors 



Chicago, 1750 McCormick Building 



Portland, 1104 Spalding Building 



Seattle, 1009 White Building 



