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nut, mill this is one of the main reasons \v!iy prices will be kept up. 

 Qnartprerl and plain white oali continue In strong demand. All grades o£ 

 red oak also are well up in price and demand. Gum is getting stronger 

 at firm prices. Poplar, hickory, ash, maple and beech are in excellent de- 

 maml. Walnut shows no signs of picking up soon. Logs are rather scarce 

 yet, and because of their inability to get logs many of the smaller mills are 

 closed, (ieneral business conditions are good. Most of the wood consum- 

 ing plants are being operated on steady time. Building operations in 

 Evansville are more active than they were a month or two ago and con- 

 siderable building is now under construction. Sash and door men report a 

 nice improvement in their out-of-town trade. 



LOUISVILLE 



I'.usiness continues very gi: 1 with the Louisville trade, there being an 



e.Ncellent demand for all hardwoods, with plain and quartered oak two of 

 the best bets. Poplar is very active and there is a steady demand tor 

 sound wormy chestnut, elm, ash and hickory, while gum is much better. 

 Mahgoany and walnut are in good movement. Veneers and panels are 

 better than ever. The mills are selling production with ease, and dry 

 stocks on sticks are down to a minimum. The labor situation is better 

 than it has been at any previous time since the war started, with improve- 

 ment being reported on every side. Flooring is picking up, and interior 

 trim demand is coming back. The bulk of the present demand is from 

 the furniture, musical Instrument and auto Industries. 



BEAUMONT 



The market for hardwood in the Beaumont territory has practically 

 disappeared for the simple reason that there is practically no hardwood 

 to speak of. Rainfall of the present year has not been equaled for many 

 years, and it comes at a time when the mills were in the greatest need of 

 fair weather. Not only have the rains stopped logging operations for 

 days at a time, but they have interfered seriously with loading what little 

 dry lumber was left. 



The upper grades are kept cleaned up about as fast as they leave the 

 saw. while no complaint can be found over the demand for the lower grades. 

 The eratic market has caused millmen to be a little nervous in regard 

 to prices and instead of quotations there is more dickering than anything 

 else. It resembles a ca.se of one owning something he does not know the 

 correct value of while the other is trying to secure it at the lowest price. 

 This has resulted in some quotations being out of reason. 



Exporters seem anxious to pick up everything in the upper grades, but 

 And little offered. Millmen state that it will be at least thirty days with 

 clear weather liefore they can expect to be running smoothly and feel 

 certain of their log supply. Much of the hardwood is in the lowlands 

 with insufficient drainage and the drying out process is a slow one. 



Producers are sure of their po.«ition and maintain that the industrial 

 demand alone would be sufficient to keep them going without the aid of 

 exporters. Exporters, on the other band, feel certain that they will 

 eventually get all the ships they want and would like to have stocks on 

 hand to take advantage of the big rush to follow. 



The condition of the woods has made these same exporters cautious 

 about making contracts for deliveries beyond what they can lay their 

 hands on. One exporter shipping out of ,southern ports stated that the 

 inaliility of the mills to maintain an expected production came near 

 catching him in an embarrassing position, and he would take no further 

 chances on having bottoms tied up in port drawing demurrage -while mills 

 were closed down for want of logs. 



The labor condition has Improved very little and millmen find it almost 

 impossible to secure a sufficient number of track laborers. Beaumont 

 busines.s men are maintaining not only an employment ttffice for all classes, 

 but a separate one for discharged soldiers. The latter reveals some sur- 

 prises that the millmen did not contemplate. Some who were mule skin- 

 ners when they went away and had their jobs held open for them return 

 with the expectation of finding something better. Others have seen so 

 much of the world that they do not care to go back to the woods and 

 many experienced men are being lost from this cause. 



MILWAUKEE 



The law of supply and demand i.s exerting an enormous pressure upon 

 hardwood prices, since requirements of all kinds are so far in excess of 

 the production that the trade is beginning to feel that it is going to be 

 fortunate to be able to get stocks at all, regardless of price. The eon- 

 sumption of hardwood lumber, from choice to lowest grade, is unusually 

 heavy and is restricted only by the inability of producers to furnish larger 

 supplies for manufacturing into finished products. 



Northern hardwood mills are being operated at the greatest possible 

 capacity, and while immediate output is perhaps up to or at normal, it is 

 not believed that operations can long be kept at this point, due to the 

 small log input of the past winter. At some mills the end of June will 

 find log stocks at the lowest point in many years and these plants will 

 have great difficulty in making a full sawing season of it this year. The 

 disappointing feature of this situation is that it should arise at a time 

 when requirements are enough to cover a far greater production than 

 would be possible under the most favorable conditions. 



''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 "ony 



ENGLISH OAK MCMCCDC DOMESTIC 



CIRCASSIAN WALNUT VElMEERt> HARDWOODS 



103 Medford Street, Charlestown Dist. 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



WE WANT TO SELL 

 For QUICK SHIPMENT 



100 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" & wider) 

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

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

 Seud lis \our inquiries for 

 \'ORTHERN HARDWOODS and HEMLOCK 



Wheeler -Timlin Lumber Co. 



WAUSAU, WISCONSIN 



QUALITY is remembered long after 

 price is forgotten. When desiring 

 quahty write us. 



STOCK LIST JUNE 16, 



ASH 

 BOO' a/.l" FAS 

 35.000' 4/4" FAS 

 5.000' ^/V FAS 

 2.000' 6/4" FAS 

 6.700' 8/4" FAS 

 3.200' 16/4" FAS 

 38.000' 4/4" No. 1 Cora. 

 4,000' ,'i/4" No. I Com. 

 24. .500' e/4" No. 1 Com. 

 8.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 

 3.500' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 

 2.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 

 5.000' e/4" No. 2 Com. 

 3.000' 5/4" Nos. 1&2 C. 

 2,000' 6/4" Nos. 1&2 C. 

 l.TOO' 2%" C. & Btr. 

 7.000' 3" Com. & Btr. 

 1.100' 3V4" C. & Btr. 

 9.700' 4" C. & Etr. 

 2.500' 6/4" Loe Bun 

 3,000' 4/4" No. 1 Stps. 

 3%-5^" 



CHEBRT 

 1.000' 4/4" Aeroplane. 



8" & up 

 2.000' 4/4" Log Bun 

 500' 6/4" LoK Run 

 COTTONWOOD 

 2 cai-s FA.S. 13" & up 

 1.200' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 

 1.500' 4/4" Box Bds., 

 13-17" 



BED GUM 

 I car Common & Btr. 



SAP GUM 

 1 car 5/4" Qtd. 

 12.000' 4/4" FAS 



4.000' 4/4" PI. No. 1 C. 

 1.500' 6/4" Com. & Btr. 



5,000' B. Bds.. 13-17" 

 HICKORY 



2.000' 4/4" FAS 



2.000' 6/4" FAS 



2.500' 8/4" FAS 

 950' 3" FAS 



6.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 



5.500' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 

 10.000' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 



1.200' 2%" C. & Btr. 



7.000' 3" Com. & Btr. 



3.500' 5/4" Loe Run 



8,000' 6/4" Log Run 

 QTD. WniTE OAK 



8.000' 4/4" Sel. Com. 



14.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 



PLAIN WHITE OAK 



9.000' 5/8" No. 1 Com 



1.000' 

 14.000' 

 4.000' 

 600' 

 20.000' 

 2,500' 

 3,000' 

 4.000' 



6/4" No. 1 Com. 

 4/4" No. 2 Com. 

 5/4" No. 2 Com. 

 6/4" No. 2 Com. 

 4/4" Sel. Com. 

 5/4" Set. Com. 

 3" Com. & Btr. 

 5/4" C. & Btr. 



Com. 



15.000' 2%" 

 & Btr. Wormy 

 QTl) BED OAK 

 1 car 4/4" FAS 

 1 car 5/4" FAS 

 4,500' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 

 1.600' 2" No. 1 Com. 

 600' 6/4" C. & Btr. 

 7.400' 4/4" Clear Stps. 

 2V4'-5%" 



1919 



1,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 



Strips 

 2.500' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 



Strips 

 tPLAlN BED OAK 

 25.000' 4/4" FAS 

 4.000' 6/4" FAS 

 3.000' 8/4" FAS 



1 car 4/4" No, 1 Com. 



2 cars 5/4" No. 1 Com. 

 7.000' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 

 2.500' 8/4" No. 1 Com. 



10.000' 4/4" No. 2 Com. 

 3,000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 



POPLAR 

 5,500' 4/4" FAS 

 500' 5/4" FAS 

 200' 4" FAS 

 2.000' 4/4" Sap no 

 defect 



200' 6/4" Sap no 

 defect 

 1.800' 8/4" Sap no 



defect 

 6.000' 5/4" C. & Etr. 

 12.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 

 195.000' 5/4" No. 1 C. 

 1.500' 6/4" No. 1 Com. 

 24.000' 5/4" No. 2 Com. 

 3.500' 6/4" No. 2 Com. 

 4.500' 8/4" No. 2 Com. 



OTD. SYCAMORE 

 13.000' 4/4" FAS 

 8.500' 5/4" FAS 

 7.000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 

 5,000' 5/4" No. 1 Com. 

 MAPLE 

 300' S/4" FAS 

 9,000' 4/4" No. 1 Com. 



J. V. Stimson & Co, 



OWENSBORO KENTUCKY 



s. 



4TISFACT0RY 

 ERVICE 



