is a regular stock, in -,{ w:iy that it has not 

 been till late years. Thure is a prcdirlion that 

 poplar will advance early in the year, as the 

 demand has increased of late and the supply 

 is not large. Cypres.s sell.s well. Willi a ten- 

 dency toward higher prices. 



Saginaw Valley. 

 Til" iiiaiKi 1 is in niiirli hftler lonii il'aii it 

 was a luonth or so ago. Healers ami iiuuiiifai- 

 turers are <'arr.ving fairly geod stocks and the 

 trade is taking more Ininher than it did si.xty 

 days iiv:ii. Maple flooring men are contrai-liiig 

 tor large stocks of maple in expectation of <'on 

 tinned activity in hnsiness. The flooring liadi' 

 has been exceptionally good this year and tlicre 

 is no indication of any letting down in priies. 

 The foreign demand appears to hold on well. 

 Some mill men have contracted the maple cii! 

 of three or four months. There is more firm 

 ness to hasswood and lurch also and these 

 commodities are moving well for this lime nt 

 year, when the hardwood industry is usually 

 at ebb t;de. Lack of cars is interfering with 

 shipments to a large extent. The indications 

 lor next year are good and people who handle 

 hardftood are looUiug forward confidently. There 

 will be a large stock of logs put in this win- 

 ter, aside from the larger firms that operate 

 the year througli. Nol much oak has been 

 cut in eastern Michigan thi;5 year, a few firms 

 only receiving sloik. Some oak logs have been 

 railed to Hay riiy and manufactured. Ash 

 is becoming rather limited also, but there is a 

 large supply of maple, elm and beech and some 

 birch. After the holidays there will be more 

 doing, but hardwood men can en.joy their Christ- 

 mas with good reason, to.- on the whole the 

 j'car has not lieen a bad one in trade. I'rices 

 are holding up well and it is bc'lieveil Ihey 

 will improve. 



Indianapolis. 



The himlier siliialimi in Indianapolis conlin- 

 uea satisfactory for ilie dealers, who report that 

 the business for IIh' .\ear that is .just closing 

 has been very good. Likewise, it is said that 

 the Indiana dealers outside of Indianapolis have 

 also had a good year's business. However, the 

 volume of business transacted was hardly up 

 to what some of the optimistic dealers thought 

 it would be. although this is not to be taken as 

 being evidence of any real disappointment, for 

 the lumbermen of the city and state are by no 

 means disappointed. 



During the mouth of December the greatest 

 demand has been for plain oak and ash. In 

 fact, plain white and red oak led in point of 

 demand during the entire year. Prices on all 

 grades of hardwoods cimtinue flriu. with a slight 

 upward tendency. I'rospects for a good start 

 for thi' year I'Hir. -.wr bi-igbt. Dealers say the 



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Bristol. 



TrMdc conditions in this city and section re- 

 main in a satisfactory condition, with little 

 perceptible change. Dealers and manufacturers 

 seem to be emiiieiilly pleased with the situ- 

 ation, althoui^h they arc still expecting a slightly 

 lietler business in the spring. The export trade 

 is ileclared to be especially gi»od. and wilhiu 

 I lie past few months the volume of stock that 

 has been exported from tiiis section has in 

 creased until it is almcist as important as the 

 d(/mestic trade. AVitli this lirm conviction and 

 couJidence. in the future dealers are making 

 heavy contracts for export stock to be ent and 

 delivered next year. Tlie niills are all running 

 regularly except in a few instances where tbey 

 have been handicapped by the inclemency of the 

 v.eathei. There has been very little cold and 

 wet weather in this sectio i to date, which is 

 r<'garded as an index to * xceptioiially bad 

 weather in the winter and early spring of 

 loot;. 



The car famine seems i" he improving, vc 

 at least slujipers are mori' encouraged. The 

 large numbers of cars whicli have been out for 

 several weeks are fast returning and it is ex- 

 pected that this will greatly relieve the situ- 

 ation. The Vii-ginia tV. Southwestern railway 

 has placed five hundred additional box cars on 

 its road, which will aid shippers somewhat. 

 Uailroad ofHcial^' declare Ihni the i>resent car 

 sh( rtage is due tn tlie fari ilial the pasl tew 

 months has been one <;f the best business 

 periods in the history of this region, as repre- 

 sented hy railroad iiaffic. ami that the demand 

 made on railway -^(luipmenl was so great and 

 so unexpected that tlie supply of cars was soon 

 exhausted and nolliing could be done until they 

 began returning. "Tliis business condition i-ould 

 I'Ot have bee.i ani ict|:ated l)y the railroads." de- 

 clared a well known frei>;ht agent of the 

 Southern railway. "AVe have done everything in 

 cur power to aid shippers. On this division 

 IKnoxviile] about seven hundred more loaded 

 cars are being handled daily than at this tinu' 

 last year." The Southern .has done everything 

 prssible to relieve the situation and by strenu- 

 ous effort have succeeded in greatly improving 

 il. Coal operators have also been short of cars, 

 shippers generally in this region deeplj' aji- 

 prt ciate the efforts of ihe Sdutliern to aid them 

 in the car shoi'tage, 



Cincinnati. 



There has been no nv'tiecable falling: off iu 

 ilie hardwood movement during; the past fori- 

 riighl and the volume of business for December 

 will prove the best for the month in a number 

 of years. Consumers, instead of restricting 

 their purchases to necessary wants have been 

 in the market on an active scale, the known 

 shortage in stocks causing free buyingr and 

 more than counterbalancing the desire to pur- 

 chase as little as possible to make the most 

 favorable showing on the year's balance sheets, 

 a nee sheets. 



The outlook for a heavy winter'.s business is 

 very encouraging. Building operations so far 

 have not been hampered by weather conditioi^s 

 and by the time real winter sets in enougli 

 buildings will be under way to insure good 

 business until spring. Furniture, coffin, wagon, 

 carriage, handle and piano manufacturers will 

 continue heavy imn-hasers for some time. 

 Trouble is still lii ing experienced in getting 

 cars promptly, and no immediate relief is 

 promised by the railroads. Receipts are being- 

 delayed, in some instances as long as a week, 

 and when cars are wanted they have to be 

 ordered five or six days in advance, and it is 

 necessary to keep prodding the railroads to get 

 Ibf^ cans then. The retail yards are entering 

 the winter season with a nice assortment of 



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hardwoods, which, however, are limited in 

 • luantity. Advices from mills are to the effect 

 that they are running behind; that there will 

 be a decided shortage in di-y stocks this win- 

 ter seems a foregone conclusion. 



The demand the last fortnight has been best 

 for plaiii red and white oak and with dry 

 stocks in desirable grades at a low ebb prices 

 have displayed a stronger tendency. Quar- 

 tered oak maintained its firm i)osition. Ash 

 met with urgent calls and with limited offer- 

 ings showed extreme firmness. Chestnut was 

 free to move at old values. Cypress was with- 

 out change, both so far as demand and prices 

 were concerned. Red gum stocks are not ex- 

 cessive and upper grades are meeting with a 

 brisk demand and a lirm feeling prevails. Com- 

 mon and cull grades remain rather featureless. 

 'Ihe trade which makes a specially of cotton- 

 wood has been in the market for lieavy sup- 

 plies and prices have been sustained witiioiit 

 ditflculty. Firsts and seconds met with the 

 best inquiry but mill culls were not a drug 

 by any means. The poplar situation has been 

 without feature. The demand, which has been 

 steadily increasing, has assumed liberal pro- 

 portions. 



Export trade has not exhibited the expected 

 increased activity, the difference in the views 

 of buyers and sellers being so great that deal- 

 ers across the pond are not showing the in- 

 terest in the market that was anticipated. 



Chattanooga. 



.iudaing by lu-esellt indications every lum- 

 berman ill tills city should spend a merry 

 Ihristmas and a Happy New Year. The hard- 

 wood fraternity in this city has much to be 

 proud of. as business is looking up and in- 

 quiries are double what they were only a month 

 ago. One of the best indicaticms of a heavy 

 winter trade is that large luanufacturers have 

 cemiueu<'ed to buy more heavily. I''or the past 

 eighteen montlis buyers have been making pur- 

 chases only in small lots for immediate use, but 

 dining the past week or two several buyers have 

 purchased as many as ten or twelve carload^ 

 from the lumbermen of this city. The hard- 

 wood situation almost parallels the yellow pine, 

 and hardwood dealers are in high spirits. 



While the demands for Nos. 1 and 2 poplar 

 has been reasonably good all along, there is 

 great activity in the common and <ull grades 

 whiili IS a splendid indication. Mills handling 

 or mannfactnring poplar siding hare more than 

 they can do hist now. 



Plain oak still leads, with quartered oak a 

 cltse second. There is practically no ilry stocks 

 in plain oak. however. 



Chestnut continues in good demand, and es- 

 pecially is this true of sound wormy. The cotBn 

 concerns are now laying in large quantities of 

 this stock. 



With the increasing demand and tlie com- 

 paratively short supplies a steady advance in 

 prices -s contidently expected during the next 

 tew weel<s. In fact, there has been a slight 

 ad\ance in the market within the past few 

 weeks. None of the mills here depending solely 

 cm the railroads for log supplies is well stocked, 

 and a suspension in operation of some for a 

 short time is almost certain. 



St. Louis. 



The hardwood market continues fairly active 

 in regard to most woods. Both red and white 

 oak is making a good show'ing. Red, plain 

 sawed, is in good demand, and stocks of it are 

 getting low in most yards. White, plain sawed, 

 is stronger in price, and is still a good seller. 

 Poplar continues to move out in a fairly satis- 

 factory way. particularly in the upper grades. 

 Prices are reported well maintained. The 

 lower grades of poplar are in larger movement 

 than for several weeks past. Both cottonwood 

 and gum are in increased demand, and at 

 somewhat higher prices on the better grades 

 of gum. The demand for both red and white 



