July 2j. 1019 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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fiictury adJition. 35x125 t'cet. to his plant at 842-844 Thirtieth StriM't. 



The Plymouth (Wis.) Phonojiiapli Corporation, organized with a capital 

 stock of $400,000. -n-ill make iuiportant improvements ami enlargements 

 in the factory acquired from the C. V. Kade Fixture & Showcase Company 



unpany are : 



I'ort Wash- 



suviM", Frank 



at Plymouth, for $110,000. Officers elected by the new c 

 President. William 11. Thomiiien, Wisconsin Chair Company, 

 ington ; vice-president, J. H. Thlery, .Milwaukee; sccretary-tre; 

 Mclntyre, I'lymouth. 



The Stonghton Wagon Company, 8toughton, which added : 

 for nuinutacturing manure spreaders a year ago, is erecting 

 45x90 feet, for this purpose. 



, department 

 an addition, 



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I Plain & Qtd. Red & White i 



I OAK i 



The Hardwood Market 



AND OTHER 

 HARDWOODS 



= Even Color 



Soft Texture I 



CHICAGO 



lu spito of the rapid cliiiUiuij^ of Imnhvuud values, buying oontinues 

 practically uinliniiuished with the exception of a slight lotting up in orders 

 which might be expected at this season of the year. There is recognition 

 among woodworkers that in many cases they are uncovered on w<)ods actu- 

 ally stdd anil many factory buyers are now l)eginuing to get worried over 

 possible dittic-ultics in the future in getting enough lumber to fill actual 

 needs. The result is a continuance of very heavy ilemand which is being 

 kept up by new trades getting into the buying fiield and the continuance 

 of export improvement. The building situation locally is gradually swing- 

 ing back i!ito normal strides with the opening of many subdivisions and 

 the starting of numerous apartment constructions. Strikes are. of course, 

 interfering to a considerable extent, but there seemingly is a tendency to 

 overcome these difficulties and the future looks exceedingly bright. 



MADE (MR) RIGHT 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood yards are all busy, though some of tliem report a slight 

 decline in trade the past few days, which may be the result of the hot 

 weather. Some are inclined to believe that the higher prices are making 

 the buyers pause and consider, but there seems to be little prospect of any 

 declines of ctmsequence occurring. Mills have plenty of orders, while the 

 labor and car supply are both inadequate. Now the export demand is 

 opening up and this is going to make a still greater call for stock. Prices 

 are showing great strength in all woods. 



The present demand is pretty well distributed, and some dealers say 

 that everything is moving, so it is hard for them to specify what woods 

 are in the lead. Everybody mentions plain oak, however, and remarks 

 upon the advances which havi' occurred in price, which amount to quite a 

 few dollars over the figures of early summer. Another strong wood is red 

 gum. which is much in demand from the furniture manufacturers. Cypress 

 i:; showing more strength than formerly. 



OAK FLOORING 



We have 35,000,000 feet dry stock— all of 

 our own manufacture, from our own tim- 

 ber grown in Eastern Kentucky. 



= PROMPT SHIPMENTS = 



i The MOWBRAY I 

 I & ROBINSON CO. I 



^ (incorporated) =: 



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PITTSBURGH 



In some respects the lumber market here is looking up considerably 

 this month. This is chiefly in industrial developments, that is, so far as 

 it affects hardwood men. Pittsburgh has voted a bond issue of $22,000,000, 

 wliicli will be available September 1 for municipal improvements, includ- 

 ing a !j;(i,(>UO.000 subway. The steel business is looking up a great deal 

 since .Tune lu and some very large undertakings have been started, espe- 

 cially up the Mahoning and Shcnango valleys. These, together with addi- 

 tions to old steel industries, are making (luite an active demand for hard- 

 wood in certain localities. The furniture and automobile trade is rath'-r 

 quiet at present. Yard business increases slightly but not in proportinn 

 to the season by any means and orders are scattered and hard to fill. 



BALTIMORE 



Conditions in the hardwood trade are much the same as they have been 

 in the last few months, except perhaps, that the extraordinary state of 

 affairs, both as to prices and demand, has been further emphasized in the 

 last fortnight. Reports from the liardwood men here are unanimously to 

 the effect that not only has the inquiry not abated, but buyers seem even 

 more eager than before to place orders, while the mills find themselves 

 unable to take care of the calls received, and are compelled in numerous 

 instances to turn down business. Dry stocks generally seem to have been 

 disposed of, and the shortage in the supply of logs prevents the plants 

 from augmenting their production to an extent that would have some effect 

 upon the situation as a whole. All woods are in most urgent demand, and 

 under the influence of the inquiry the quotations have been marked tip 

 still more. Price lists are all out of date, and hardwood men feel uncer- 

 tain whether they are charging too much or too little when they send out 

 quotations in answer to requests. Often by the time a buyer foi-wards the 

 price named to the home office for confirmation and gets a reply that par- 

 ticular lot of lumber has been snapped up by someone else, although the 

 figure appeared to be high enough to keep off' competition." Much depends 

 upon the conditions attending such transaction, and a feeling almost of 

 hysteria is being manifested in the trade. As for the foreign business, it 

 continues very active, considering the circumstances, with every prospect 

 that the movement will attain even larger proportions. For the present, 



FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT 



10n:Mlx«" up >'o. 1 Com. 

 * Belter, fiO'/c IWS 



:.-. Al 14/4 No. 1 Com. & 

 Keller, 80% FAS 



500 M 4/4 No. 3 Common 

 75 >I 5/4 No. 3 Conimon 



150 M fi/4 No. 3 Common 

 80 >l 8/4 No. 3 Common 



BIKCH 



80 yi 4/4 No. 3 Common * 



Better 

 15 >I 4/4 No. 3 Common 

 «0 M 5/4 No. 3 Common 

 B.-VS.SWOOD 

 150 M 4/4 No. 2 Conimon * 

 Better 

 30 M 4/4 No. 3 Common 



East Jordan Lumber Co. 



Manufacturers 

 IMPERIAL Mapio flooring 



East Jordan, Michigan 



