May 25. 1919 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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demand for bardwood lumber from tlie building trades and from otber 

 aource«. 



All hardwood lumber is in deraauil. The higher grades are still moving 

 lietter than the lower, especially Nos. 2 and 3 common. However, there 

 has been decided increase In the call for the lower grades within the past 

 few days. One order for 500,000 feet of No. 3 common oak has been 

 received within the past few days, and there is an appreciable increase 

 reported in demand for Nos. 2 and 3 common cottonwood and gum. 

 There is notable scarcity of the better grades of quartered white oals 

 aad quartered red gum. Buyers are having very great diSBculty, in fact, 

 in securing their requirements even though they are willing to pay prices 

 asked. No. 1 common cotton wood is likewise very scarce and a heavy 

 decrease has recently taken place in holdings of plain oak, cypress and 

 ash. Elm is moving well In all grades and there is no complaint about 

 the extent or character of demand for any item on the hardwood list. 



Shipments are materially exceeding the quantity of lumber being placed 

 on sticks. This Is only another way of saying that stocks are undergoing 

 material decrease and that items already scarce are becoming even scarcer. 

 There is every probability that this decreasing tendency in stocks will 

 continue for quite a while, especially as demand appears to broaden more 

 rapidly than hardwood production. 



Export buyers are after large quantities of hardwood lumber in addi- 

 tion to what they have already bought. There is very little ocean freight 

 room available, however, and export demand is lessened on this account. 

 Members of the trade here are confident that, with any increase in the 

 quantity of ocean shipping room available, there will be heavy enough 

 export buying to take up all the lumber that can be spared for the over- 

 seas trade. As matters now stand, there is all the demand that could 

 be desired, as indicated by the statement of a prominent manufacturer 

 that "orders are no longer considered particularly favorable because of 

 the scarcity of lumber with which to fill them." 



LOUISVILLE 



Considerable rain throughout the Ohio valley and the South during the 

 past three weeks has resulted in the log supply dropping off slightly 

 as a result of bad roads, but the log situation as a whole is much better 

 than It was a few weeks ago, and mills are generally operating again. 

 Production as a whole is much larger than it has been, but at that the 

 demand is so keen that stocks are far below normal, with the result that 

 jobbers are having trouble in filling orders, and some material is being 

 shipped almost green from the saw. There is a very heavy demand at this 

 time for the general cabinet, musical instrument and furniture trades. 

 The automobile and implement people have been buying well, with wagon 

 manufacturers and truck builders active. Veneers and panels are in good 

 demand, with interior trim brightening up. Flooring is much better than 

 it has been. Plain and quartered oak are two of the very best bets, with 

 gum much more active, especially the better grades. Ijow-grade gum 

 has been dull due to lack of activity in the box trade. Elm has been 

 meeting with a good demand from the North, while birch is also in de- 

 mand. Walnut is selling better as a result of furniture demand, while 

 mahogany is above normal. Poplar and chestnut are in excellent demand, 

 and such woods as ash and hickory are downright scarce. Ash is 

 especially good as a result of the heavy consumption on the part of spoke 

 manufacturers in connection with the great increase in automobile busi- 

 ness. 



BEAUMONT 



Hardwood men feel in better position than at any time since 1914 and 

 the small stocks which had been accumulated during the depression are 

 being rapidly exhausted. In fact practically all the mills say they are 

 turning down orders for everything except No. 3 oak, which has not re- 

 covered. 



The demand has struck the hardwood men with almost as much sud- 

 denness as the yellow pine men were hit three weeks ago. When week 

 after week passed by without the expected demand materializing, they 

 realized that when buying once started, there would be a rush to cover 

 and the prediction was realized. 



White and red oak lead in the demand with the various other woods 

 common to this section not far in the rear. The exporters cleaned up 

 practically all the high-grade white oak some time ago and what the 

 mills have been able to turn out since that time has been picked up as 

 fast as it left the saw. There Is a good demand for magnolia and FAS 

 gum. the exporters buying considerable quantities of red and sap gum. 

 Furniture factories still lead in buying, although wagon factories are 

 actively in the market for gum and cottonwood boxboards. 



One of the most encouraging features of the situation is that firms 

 which have not been buying a stick of timber for some time are sending 

 out feelers and many of them have already bought. Exporters will gladly 

 buy extensively if mills will hold stocks in their yards until bottoms can 

 be secured. 



Practically all the mills have been operating about 60 per cent normal, 

 but with a steady demand for their i3roduct, expect to get back as near 

 maximum output as the class of labor they are handling will permit. 

 The extreme rainy season was partially the cause of this condition and 

 they are making preparations to take full advantage of the approaching 

 summer. Cars have ceased to bother the millmen and labor troubles 

 bjive abiiut disappeared. 



'WE WANT YOUR ORDERS" 



OAK— POPLAR— CHESTNUT 



Soft Texture Virginia Stock 



OAK DIMENSION. PINE DIMENSION 



The Kerns Lumber Co., Roanoke, Va. 



PALMER & PARKER COMPANY 



TEAK MAHOGANY ebony 



ENGLISH OAK i/c-MCTDC DOMESTIC 



CIRCASSIAN WALNUT VENEERS HARDWOODS 



103 Medford Street, Charlestown Dist. 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



WE WANT TO SELL 

 For QUICK SHIPMENT 



1 00 M' 6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr Birch 

 50 M' 6/4" No. 2 Com. Birch 

 50 M' 6/4" No. 3 Com. Birch 

 1 00 M' 6/4" No. I Com. & Btr. Hard Maple 



(6" & ^vider) 

 50 M' 6/4" No. 3 Com. Hard Maple 

 lOOM' 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. Hard Maple 

 Send Its your inquiries for 

 NORTHERN HARDWOODS and HEMLOCK 



Wheeler -Timlin Lumber Co. 



WAUSAU, WISCONSIN 



QUALITY is remem- 

 bered long after price 

 is forgotten. When desir- 

 ing quality write us. 



A Few Dry Items Now Ready 



1 car 4/4 No. 1 Com. & Bet. Red Gum 



1 car 4/4 FAS Sap Gum 6" & wider 



1 car 5/4 FAS Plain Red Oak 



1 car 5/4 FAS Qrtd. Red Oak 



1 car 4/4 FAS Qrtd. Red Oak, 10" & w. 



1 car 4/4 FAS Qrtd. Sycamore 



J. V. Stimson & Co, 



OWENSBORO KENTUCKY 



ATISFACTORY 

 ERVICE 



