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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 10, 1916 



WE MANUFACTURE bandsawed, plain and quarter sawed 



WHITE AND RED OAK AND YEUOW POPUR 



We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- 

 ment, Wagon and Vehicle Stock in the rough. 

 Y our Inquiries soMclte d 



ARUNGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentucky 



Wistar, Underhill & Nixon 



Real Estate Trust Building 

 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 



CHOICE DELTA GUM Dry and Straight 



(Leading Manufacturers) 



OUR SPECIALTY 



St. Francis Basin Red Gum 



WE MANUFACTURE 



Southern Hardwoods 



Gum, Oak and Ash = 



J. H. Bonner & Sons 



«in«i.AT. Ajuc 



P««t«flo« ma4 T«lerr«»h 



Bakar-Mafthews Manufacturing Co. 



Sikeston, Mo. 



Band Sawn 

 Southern Hardwoods 



SPECIALTIES 



RED GUM, PLAIN OAK 



IKND US YOUR INQUIKIKS 



BLISS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARK. 



MANDFACTCRER8 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anythinc in Oak, air dried 



or kiln dried, rough or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



gum, the falling o£E in the demand having a risible effect upon the price. 

 Slumps in sap gum are reported frequently now, while red gum maintains 

 previous price levels rigidly and is in excellent demand. Stocks of the 

 latter are beginning to get pretty low and in various cases are badly 

 assorted. Oak, which had been rather neglected for some time, is be- 

 ginning to liven up. During the depression the oak price list did not 

 suffer so much as other woods. Although the actual cutting is said to be 

 considerably below normal, the call for quartered white oak within the 

 past two weeks has enjoyed a pronounced increase with a resultant 

 hardening of prices. Inquiry for all oak items is developing strength day 

 by day, plain oak by no means being neglected in this respect. Oak 

 seems to be returning to its own. 



Hardwood flooring concerns and oak door manufacturers are especially 

 prominent in the oak market at present. Approaching winter has caused 

 something of a boom in the storm door and outside vestibule trade, 

 although the present long spell of fine weather has retarded this busi- 

 ness. The furniture manufacturers are good hardwood customers, but 

 their consumption is not increasing materially, as had been expected at 

 this season. Cypress prices rule firm, stocks are low with the manufac- 

 turers and accumulating in the yards of the southern mills, and no can 

 available to move the stock. Premiums are being paid for much of this 

 lumber that is being moved. Substantial advances before winter in cypress 

 items are predicted. Laths and shingles command good prices, stocks 

 scarce and deliveries much delayed. 



=■< CLEVELAND >-= 



Oak and maple flooring still stand at the top of the list of hardwoods 

 mostly in demand. During the last two weeks nearly all descriptions 

 show further improvement, with consequent stiffening of prices. In 

 some descriptions advances have been noted. Such is the tendency in 

 oak and maple flooring. Other descriptions of maple are a little less 

 active for the moment, but Inquiries now are coming in for next season's 

 delivery. Much of this business is from automobile manufacturers, who 

 need the materials for body building. 



Increased buying power of the country at large, and the consequent 

 improvement In demand for furniture, has made for bigger orders here 

 for common grades of oak. In both plain and quartered. Firmer prices 

 are noted in all quarters, but holders have been slow to raise so far. 

 Medium grades of poplar have been Influenced by the same condition, 

 both medium and lower grades being taken in larger quantities now. 

 Prices on these grades of poplar are about the same as they have been. 

 Little No. 1 or No. 2 poplar is being called for in this district. 



Absence of plentiful supplies of ash has- tended to strengthen prices, 

 and this has stimulated demand, but there is still room for improvement. 

 Birch continues strong and active here. No change in prices is noted 

 for higher grades, but the tendency is upward. Prices on lower grades 

 still are a little weak. Basswood demand Is about fair and prices firmly 

 maintained. High grades of chestnut show more actlvit.v in the last two 

 weeks tlian for some time previous. Because of this an Increase in quo- 

 tations is anticipated. This Is due to the fact that the figures this 

 market has been accustomed to of late have been much lower than the 

 actual value of the wood warrants. Lower grades are in fair demand 

 and prices are normal. 



All grades of cypress on hand in this market are now selling actively. 

 Because of the slow arrivals into this market holders are not offering very 

 freely. Kellcf from car shortage Is expected to improve the position 

 of this wood materially. Soft elm is only In fair demand at present. 

 Stronger tone to gum. No. 1 and No. 2, both red and sap, has developed 

 in the last week, following a revival of buying interest. In some quar- 

 ters higher prices arc named and being received. 



Excessive demands of all kinds of business for wood for shipping 

 purposes has brought out many orders for -low grades of hard woods for 

 crating purposes. Car shortage continues to affect the lumber Industrj- 

 here, however, thus Interfering with the arrival of materials and the 

 delivery of the wood. 



=^ EVANSVILLE >.= 



Trade with manufacturers of southern Indiana, southern Illinois and 

 western Kentucky has been fairly active and manufacturers are looking 

 for a good trade. The uptown mills here have been running on steady 

 time for the past several weeks and the river mills also report more 

 business than they had this time Inst year. Prices are holding up very 

 well and collections are reported good. There is a good demand now for 

 both quartered and plain white oak. Red oak has been moving actively. 

 Poplar Is In normal demand, and ash and gum arc moving briskly. Fur- 

 niture factories in Evansville continue to operate on full time and arc 

 still taking a great deal of gum. Manufacturers report that walnut II 

 almost at a stiindstlU. It has been In poor demand all season, with no 

 prospects that the demand will get any better before next spring. Hickory 

 Is in good demand, and quartered sycamore and elm are moving along 

 fairly well. Logs arc coming in well and prices are high. Manufacturers 

 expect to get all the logs they want during the fall and winter. Taken 

 as a whole, the trade situation in this section is much better than It 

 was this time last year. Business has moved right along and practically 

 all of the large wood consuming plants here are operating on full time. 

 Book case factories, as well as chair and desk factories, are busy. Plow 

 and buggy manufacturers also rejmrt a good trade aud say that reports 



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