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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 10, 191& 



SOFT ELM. 



ROCK ELM. 



28.00 18.00 13.00 



30.00 20.00 14.00 



32.00 22.00 15.00 



36.00 26.00 15.00 

 40.(10 30.00 

 4/4" & No. 2 Btr. Thick out 



(Jacket Boards) 22.00 



4/4" & thicker No. 2 Btr. (Prod- 

 uct of the log) 30.00 



4/4" 36.00 26.00 18.00 13.00 



5/4" & 6/4" 42.00 32.00 22.00 14.00 

 8/4" 46.00 36.00 26.00 14.00 



10/4" 50.00 40.00 



12/4" 53.00 43.00 



4/4" No. 2 & Btr. Jacket Boards 25.00 

 4/4" and Thicker No. 2 Com. & 



Btr $33.00 to 35.00 



BARD MAPLE. 



Int. Points 



East Shore 



Int. Points 



East Shore 



Int. Points 



East Shore 



Int. Points 



East Shore 



East Shore 



East Shore 



. 4/4" 

 : 4/4" 

 . 5/4" 

 . 5/4" 

 . 6/4" 

 . 6/4" 

 . 8/4" 

 . 8/4" 

 . 10/4" 

 . 12/4" 



34.00 

 36.00 

 37.00 

 39.00 

 40.00 

 42.00 

 44.00 

 46.00 

 47.00 

 48.00 



22.00 

 24.00 

 24.00 

 26.00 

 26.00 

 28.00 

 30.00 

 32.00 

 37.00 

 38.00 



17.00 

 19.00 

 18.00 

 20.00 

 18.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 22.00 

 25.00 

 25.00 



9.00 

 11.00 

 10.00 

 12.00 

 10.00 

 12.00 

 11.00 

 12.00 



SOFT MAPLE. 



ASH. 



4/4" 



5/4" 

 6/4" 



8/4" 



4/4" 

 5/4" 

 6/4" 



4/4" 



No. 2 & Btr. 



Do 



Do 



Do 



32.00 

 22.00 

 26.00 

 28.00 

 30.00 



48.00 

 51.00 

 53.00 



22.00 15.00 11.00 



36.00 22.00 12.00 

 39.00 25.00 13.00 

 41.00 26.00 13.00 



8/4" 56.00 44.00 30.00 15.00 



4/4" No. 2 & Btr., $31.00 and up, according to 

 quality and sawing. 



OAK PLAIN RED. 



BEECH. 



4/4" 

 5/4" 

 8/4" 



& 6/4" 



56.00 38.00 24.00 10.00 

 60.00 50.00 30.00 12.00 

 65.00 55.00 32.00 12.00' 



4/4" No. 



4/4" 

 5/4" 



6/4" 

 5/4" 



& Btr. 21.00. Interior points means 

 inland points. 

 No. 3 11.00 



No. 2 & Btr. 23.00. East Shore means 

 points on west shore* 

 No. 2 & Btr. 24.00 



& 6/4" No. 3 12.00. Lake Michigan and 

 also Upper Michigan. 



Mr. Chapman maintained that if members would hold on now 

 they would certainly get better prices. He said that in thirty 

 days the list would be out of date, as the demand is just begin- 

 ning to develop, and that the change in birch is bigger than in 

 any other hardwood. Birch, he said, should be watched and 

 boosted. 



Then came a discussion of the relative increase in price as 

 compared to cost of production. Here he said that going prices 

 on logs are now: Birch, $17; maple, $13; beech, $12; and hem- 

 lock, $13. According to this speaker, everything is up, that is, 

 everything going into the manaufacture of lumber, and prices- 

 are still far too low to compensate for the increased cost of mak- 

 ing the lumber. He said that there is a 14 per cent increase in 

 the prospective input of logs for this winter. 



Following a general discussion on this subject, on which all 

 agreed as to the essential points, the meeting adjourned. 



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Michigan Manufacturers Meet 



The Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association held its fall 

 meeting at the Hotel Statler, Detroit, ou Wednesday, October 25. 

 There were forty members and several guests present, among them 

 beiug C. N. Stamats, purchasing agent for the Willys-Overland 

 Company, Cleveland, O. J. T. Phillips, president of the Northern 

 Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, E. S. Kellogg, 

 secretary of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association were 

 also among those in attendance. 



Following the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting 

 and their approval. Secretary Knox ip his report read an indication 

 of the activities of the association. He reviewed the excellent 

 basic conditions in the country and went on to report the stock 

 situation for October 1, saying that it makes an excellent com- 

 parison with the figures of a year ago. He said that as the cut of 

 hardwoods is considerably decreased the assessment for dues would 

 have to be increased to meet expenses. 



There were no reports from the railroad, legislative or employers' 

 liability committees. 



Chairman Herman Lunden of the forest fire committee recom- 

 mended the maintenance of the Forest Fire Protective department 

 for another year and suggested the listing of acreage by members 

 at an early date. 



Chief Warden Morford gave a report of the activities of the 

 Forest Fire Protective department. This was accepted. 



Coinciding with action taken later at Milwaukee by the Wis- 

 consin manufacturers, the Michigan people after discussing terms 

 of sale, which subject was introduced by a letter from President 

 K. H. Downman of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion, appointed a special committee consisting of Henry Ballou, 

 O. L. Larson, F. L. Michelson, E. 6. Karey and J. B. Deutsch to 

 formulate recommendations to be presented at the next meeting of 

 the association, and then to the National Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association. 



The discussion of dues brought out a motion which carried, pro- 

 viding for future assessments which necessitate amending the 



articles on dues in the constitution, including both hardwoods and 

 hemlock on the basis of shipment of not to exceed four cents per 

 thousand feet. On motion, a regular assessment of two cents per 

 thousand feet of hemlock and hardwoods was levied. 



On account of the development of entirely different conditions- 

 in the upper and lower peninsula, the discussion on uniform woods 

 wages did not get very far. 



There followed the adoption of resolutions expressing apprecia- 

 tion of the work of President Downman of the National Lumber 

 Manufacturers' Association, a resolution authorizing the associa- 

 tion to furnish the necessary lumber for the complete building 

 exposition at the Grand Central Palace, New York, next month, 

 and then Chairman C. R. Abbott of the market conditions com- 

 mittee read his report, which was accepted and filed after con- 

 siderable discussion. The report follows: 



Report of Market Conditions Commitee 

 A careful study of the secretary's stock reports when boiled down 

 give the net result as follows, — stocks compared with one year ago. 



All No. 2 common and better stocks, with the exception of ash, show 

 a decrease as follows : 



Basswood 3,568 M 



Beech 2,219 



Birch 3.479 



Rock Elm 894 



Soft Elm 309 



Maple 7,366 



17,835 M Decrease 

 Ash 31 M Increase 



17,804 M Net DcorcaVe 

 No. 3 common stocks show the following Increases and decreases : 



Increase Decrease 



Ash 257 M 



Basswood 988 



Rock Elm 301 



Beech 2,0,5.S M 



Birch 4,762 



Soft Elm 446 



Maple 1.604 



8,870 M 1,540 M 

 1,646 M Decrease 



7,324 M Net Increase 



