August 25. 191!) 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



51 



all the hardwood lumber now available at prices that are considered quite 

 satisfactory. This, no doubt, accounts for the fact that the decrease in 

 export business is causing so little concern even among those firms which, 

 prior to the war, did practically nothing but business with overseas coun- 

 tries. 



Every item on the hardwood list is In very steady call. There is no 

 complaint regarding the movement of a single class of hardwood lumber. 

 "You can just say that everything is wanted at about top prices for the 

 season," said a prominent authority recently. "When you have said that, 

 yon have told the whole story." 



BEAUMONT 



The Increase In the number of mills in the Texas hardwood district is 

 resulting in an increase in production and this will be further augmented 

 several thousand feet by other new mills before the close of the year. Due 

 to the fact that the mills were cleaned up of dry stocks during the time 

 they were closed down or production curtailed when the woods were too 

 wet to permit of logging, this increased production can not have any 

 effect on present market conditions, for the reason that it will take some 

 time for stocks to dry out. 



Gum, a quick drying wood, is moving more freely than other varieties, 

 the box factories coming into the market strong. The mills are entirely 

 bare of oak and it will be several weeks before stocks now being cut will 

 be in condition to be put on the market. There is a big demand for oak 

 rig timbers In the West Texas oil fields, but the scarcity of stocks is being 

 helped out by a tight embargo due to the lack of sidings In that territory. 



While they have been constructed or plans drawn for constructing about 

 twelve new hardwood mills in the Texas-Louisiana belt, only one mill has 

 gone to yellow pine during the year, that being the Boynton Lumber Com- 

 pany at White City. Rex Brown has been cutting some pine at his hard- 

 wood mill, but that was for the purpose of keeping his crew intact until 

 the woods got into a condition which would permit logging crews to reach 

 the hardwood timber. 



Purchases of hardwood for export have fallen oCf considerably on account 

 of the inability of the exporters to secure stocks that would meet their 

 requirements. The gradual equalizing of prices on both sides of the 

 Atlantic, due to the heavy demand from the interior ot the United States, 

 has cut the margin to a point where exporters have little to play upon. 

 This condition Is made a still greater factor on account of the extreme 

 high ocean rates. 



Up to the present time mills have not lost any appreciable amount of 

 labor as a result of the harvesting season, but are considerably embaras.sed 

 by scarcity of cars. Prices remain firm with an upward tendency when a 

 mill is fortunate enough to possess desirable dry stocks. Considering the 

 small amount of lumber and timber on hand, shipments have been satis- 

 factory. 



MILWAUKEE 



The hardwood market was thrown in further peril by light shipments 

 during the past weeks due to the complete tie-up of the railroads. How- 

 ever, with the settlement recently affected, it is expected what little wood 

 has been worked will readily find its way to the market to slightly relieve 

 the tension. The demand for hardwoods is without a precedence, and 

 particularly heavy for birch and oak, which is setting the pace in keep- 

 ing the prices ot all hardwoods high and steady. The great underproduc- 

 tion, due to the inability of obtaining logs and the abnormal clamoring ot 

 industries for hardwoods, particularly of the more select grades has vir- 

 tually depleted the markets. Hardwood manufacturers report that un 

 filled orders on hand will cover the cut until December 1. The resumption 

 of building operations at the settlement of the allied building mechanics 

 strike has also brought a most noticeable demand from contractors for 

 hardwoods at this market. 



The labor situation in the northern logging and milling districts is 

 especially acute. The ofiice of the United States Government Employment 

 Bureau reports that men now in the woods are taking to the farms for 

 harvest time. Urgent appeals for labor are received daily from lumber 

 Interests in the northern woods. Luring salaries offered by manufacturers 

 and farmers makes it difficult to secure this type of labor at any price. 



GRAND RAPIDS 



There is no apparent shortage of any of the hardwoods in this market 

 at present, but dealers are somewhat apprehensive as to the near future. 

 Stocks at the northern mills are below normal, and the demand is far 

 ahead of the supply, which condition has obtained for some time and 

 promises to continue. 



Stocks which were purchased months ago are arriving with regularity, 

 the recent railroad shopmen's strike having had no effect on arrivals or 

 supplies of cars for shipment in this district. 



Deliveries are coming along all right, but furniture, automobile and 

 piano manufacturers are making larger demands upon the trade. Prac- 

 tically everything in the line of hardwood is in fair supply, and culls are 

 rather plentiful. But if the demand keeps up the probability is that there 

 will be a shortage in another four to six months. If demand falls off. 

 dealers anticipate they will be able to supply customers. 



Prices, which have been on the upward trend for some time, give no 

 indication of recession. 



^IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIU 



I Plain & Qtd. Red & White I 



OAK 



AND OTHER 

 HARDWOODS 



= Even Color 



Soft Texture | 



MADE (MR) RIGHT 



I OAK FLOORING i 



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



E our own manufacture, from our own tim- E 



E ber grown in Eastern Kentucky. E 



I PROMPT SHIPMENTS | 



[ The MOWBRAY i 



I & ROBINSON CO. I 



— (incorporated) — 



I CINCINNATI, OHIO | 



niiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!? 



For QUICK SHIPMENT We Offer 



MAPLE BIRCH 



6/4 J*o. 1 C. & B. . . 30,000' 5/4 No. 3 Com 39,000' 



8/4 No. 1 C. & B. . . 30,000' 4/4 No. 1 C. & B. . 50,000' 



4/4 No. 3 Com 500,000' rpfth 



5/4 No. 3 Com 40,000' . ,„ ^, .,5*'*'*'^ o«„An. 



6/4 No. 3 Com 100,000' »/» No. 3 Com ?2'SXS. 



S/i No. 3 Com 85,000' S/4 No. 3 Com ,«.000 



BASSWOOD "^^ No. 3 Com 100.000 



4/4 No. 2 C. & B. 150,000' SOFT ELM 



10/4x7 No. 1 C. & B. 8,000' 16/4 No. 1 C. & B. . 7,000' 



THOROLY DRY WELL MANUFACTURED 



LO"WER PENINSULA STOCK 



East Jordan Lumber Co. 



IMPERIAL Mapi^^'^Fiooring East Jordan, Michigan 



