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HARDWOOD RECORD 



September 10, 1919 



ASH 



We manufacture a splendid quality of White, firm 

 textured, Louisiana ASH, in thicknesses 1 to 3 inch. 



Sound, Square-Edge Oak Plank 

 TIMBERS 



ALSO 



Gum Cottonwood Elm Pecan 



WIDTHS, LENGTHS AND GRADES TO PLEASE 



Pelican Lumber Company 



MOUND, LOUISIANA 



Here's Something 

 Unusually Caood 



MAPLE 



12/4" 2 & Better 24,000 feet 



10/4" 2 & Better 150,000 feet 



ELM 



6/4" 3 & Better 30,000 feet 



8/4" 3 & Better 40,000 feet 



12/4" 3 & Better 25,000 feet 



BIRCH 



4/4" 3 & Better 80,000 feet 



The above stock is of a fine quality, — the 

 best in the land. We also carry a complete 

 stock of Hemlock of all sizes and lengths 

 up to 20 ft., in gocvd shipping condition. 



oalling Hanson Company 



GRAYLING. MICHIGAN 



high. The demand for plain and quartered white oalt, as well as red 

 oait of all kinds, continues firm and prices are high. Gum has been mov- 

 ing briskly, furniture factories in this section being in the market for 

 liberal supplies. Gum prices in southern Indiana this summer have been 

 the highest ever known to the trade. Ash, poplar, maple, elm and syca- 

 more are strong. Hickory is hard to get and the prices are firm. Walnut 

 has been o£E for several months, In fact it has not been back to normal 

 since the end of the European war. Retail lumber trade is fair. Sash 

 and door men say their business is better than last year. Most of the 

 wood-consuming plants in Evansville are being operated on steady time 

 and the trade outlook is good. 



LOUISVILLE 



In early August there was a flight slump in inquiries for hardwoods, 

 but orders during that period kept coming in well, and inquiries have 

 regained lost ground. There is a demand for everything in the hardwood 

 lists, and operators claim that it is merely a question of being able to 

 supply dry stocks and secure cars for making shipments. Quartered oak 

 continues to be the best bet with most concerns, but gum, ash, hickory, 

 elm and other hardwoods are good and walnut is in more active demand. 

 Mahogany sales are reported as very good. Production as a whole Is 

 better than at any previous time in months, as mills in the far South which 

 were handicapped by long periods of rainy weather got back into the 

 game in August with a vengeance. Prices are firm and holding their own. 

 Veneers are especially active, manufacturers reporting that they are far 

 oversold and unable to take immediate business. The greatest drawback 

 is the car shortage, which is steadily becoming more serious and which 

 is now affecting all lines. The labor situation in Louisville has been acute 

 during the past month, but it hasn't affected the lumber Industry other 

 than that It has caused general industrial unrest. At least a dozen 

 Lstrikes have been called or were in effect during July and August (a street 

 car strike occurring in late August and still being in effect). 



BEAUMONT 



Hardwood men are expecting a resumption of the early heavy buying 

 of a few weeks ago and will be in better position to take care of It. It 

 has been pointed out that when the consumers did come into the market 

 in the spring it was in a body and they did not stop until they had their 

 plants stocked up. This will result in their coming back again for more 

 material, and is taken as the cause of the slight falling off in the number 

 of inquiries. Prices are holding firm. 



Periodical rains still make logging difficult, but stocks are improving in 

 gum and other quick drying woods. Wholesalers, who have had no oak 

 for several weeks, are investing freely in green stocks and will be In better 

 position to supply the domestic trade in this respect. From present indi- 

 cations, southern exporters have about all the white oak they can handle 

 in England at present and are not expected to outbid the interior con- 

 sumers for some time. 



The demand for oak rig timbers from west Texas is enormous, but the 

 gradual tightening embargo has curtailed shipments to a great extent. 

 Everything in that territory is handled by permits, even this privilege 

 being withdrawn for a period of two weeks In order that the railroads 

 might have an opportunity to clear their tracks. 



The car situation has become acute and many mills have been seriously 

 embarrassed on this account. 



MILWAUKEE 



The Tegge Lumber Go. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, . Wisconsin 



The hardwood market remaiu.s very strong, with a demand that is ever 

 increasing and a decided underproduction of woods. Great alarm is felt 

 over the car shortage, which threatens to cripple the lumbering Indus- 

 tries. Some mills report having shut down several of their planing 

 machines and other departments, owing to the shortage of cars. It is felt 

 that the already strained hardwood market would become more critical 

 because of the recently developd shortage of cars and the inability to 

 obtain labor at any figure. Men are at a premium in all parts of the state. 

 It is expected, however, with the starting of fall and winter logging 

 activities, men who are now working in the harvest fields will be attracted 

 to the northern fields by the excellent wages offered by lumber interests, 

 steady employment and the sanitary camp conditions. 



Industries are particularly active, imposing a heavy demand for better 

 grade hardwoods, which together with an abnormal demand from con- 

 tractors in immense building operations, has virtually cleared markets in 

 some places. 



Many of the logging camps have already started fall and winter opera- 

 tions. Others are making preparations for the coming season and will 

 start cutting within a few weeks. 



GRAND RAPIDS 



Conditions in the local market are practically unchanged from the last 

 report. No encouragement has been received from the northern mills and 

 their stocks continue low. Deliveries are being received with regularity 

 and the demand has remained about stationary against the hopes of 

 dealers that it might fall off enough to assure being taken care of properly. 

 Uttle hardwood lumber is going into buildings, but prospects are that 

 flooring and interior work soon will be in greater demand than at present. 

 Culls continue to be in fair supply. 



