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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 25. 1916 



THE WILLIAMSON 

 VENEER CO. 



BALTIMORE 



MD. 



American Walnut 



Mahogany Quartered Oah 



(Si Cabinet Veneers of all Kinds 



SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. 



Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



Of All Kinds of 



Indiana Hardwoods 



A Large Stock of Dry, Plain and 

 Quartered White and Red Oak 

 always on hand. 



S P E C I A ly 

 Quartered Black Gam 

 the Indiana Mahogany 



Seymour, Ind. 



This Is 1916-Not 1816 



Only of comparatively late years have we of the 

 lumber and timber industry begun to adopt modern 

 methods. In all too many cases we have not yet 

 begun. 



The latest types of management, machinery, manu- 

 facturing methods, reclamation of by-products, 

 merclMndising and advertising still have been 

 adopted all too grudgingly. 



So in the buying, selling and estimating of timber- 

 lands the 36 years' experience of James D. Lacey 

 ^- Company represent by far the most successful 

 effort to improve on the methods of a century ago, 

 a LACEY SEPOKT remains the one real guaran- 

 tee of virtually accurate knowledge of stumpagc 

 values, and the International Files of James D. 

 Lacey <f- Company constitute by far the greatest 

 existing body of facts concerning timberland (both 

 in and out of the market). 



All rnir facilities are at your service in any timber- 

 land transaction. It often transpires that we know 

 more about a tract of timber tlmn tlie owner of it. 



We should be pleased to send 

 l/ou our Booklet, '■Pointerg" 



CnWAGO 

 1750 UcCormick Bldg. 



SEATTLE 



1009 White Bldg. 



NEW ORLEANS 



ISIS Whitney-Central Bldg. 



quiet, has Improved considerably of late. Prices on oak flooring have 

 stiffened and those for maple flooring have increased $2 per thousand 

 within the last two weeks. Advances also are noted in cypress. For 

 interior and exterior finish this material seems to have become a staple 

 commodity, and holders are finding a readier outlet for it In all chan- 

 nels, notably in house construction. Prices have been advanced all along 

 the line in cypress. Hardwoods are in fair demand suflicient to sustain 

 prices at the levels established earlier in the month. 



=-< CINCINNATI >■ 



Higher prices are being realized in this market for good birch with 

 guaranteed delivery, the demand for it continuing to be a feature of the 

 local market and recently has reached a stage where the supply at the 

 mills Is beginning to fall short of the actual demand. This advance, 

 however, has not been confined entirely to the upper grades. Box manu- 

 facturers have been ordering in increased volume of late, thus producing 

 an active movement in the lower grades. Thick stock of maple is moving 

 in considerably increased volume, while the request for inch maple con- 

 tinues very satisfactorily. Maple flooring is coming into more popular 

 favor here, rivaling the call for oak flooring. Furniture and piano manu- 

 facturers have been ordering in increased volume of late, thus producing 

 make high-grade products. This may be due to the difficulty experienced 

 in importing the fancy hardwoods, such as mahogany, rosewood and 

 Circassian walnut. Activity is seen in the walnut market, American 

 black moving in good volume, while the inquiries would indicate a 

 healthy state of affairs during the midwinter months. Upstate there Is 

 a good call from the vehicle Woodstock concerns, their chief demand 

 seeming to center on the most scarce articles. Hickory is in urgent 

 demand by the spoke factories, while the turners of elm bub blacks are 

 calling for elm. Buggy and wagon manufacturers are using considerable 

 ash and hickory. Basswood prices are firmly maintained, despite a 

 rather reduced volume of business the past fortnight. Red gum continues 

 to lead the southern hardwoods, although there has been a very notice- 

 able improvement In the demand for the various grades of oak. Furniture 

 manufacturers are taking a large part of the better grade of gum, while 

 the lower grades are finding a ready market with the box concerns. 

 Inquiry is developing along a broad basis for white and red oak and 

 prices are being maintained in a more satisfactory manner than a few 

 weeks back. There has been a very pronounced recovery in this market 

 recently. The most encouraging feature to the local oak market Is the 

 fact that despite the reduction in the volume of shipment, prices have 

 not suffered to the extent of other woods which have undergone a similar 

 depression. Quartered white oak, however, is not maintaining its values 

 so well as other items In the oak list, and in some quarters fear is felt 

 that should the car situation suddenly right itself, the entire oak list 

 will be due for a setback. The face of the demand assumes greater 

 proportions as the facilities for shipping decrease. Dry ash stocks are 

 reported quite badly depleted in numerous places in this section ; the call 

 is quite urgent, with little likelihood of any decided relief in the near 

 future. As is usual at this season of the year, those hardwoods entering 

 largely into interior trlmwork are finding the most ready market. 



•< INDIANAPOLIS > 



The excitcniont incidental to a national and state election has had no 

 depressing effect on the hardwood trade in this city and throughout cen- 

 tral Indiana, and although the trade is glad it is all over, business has 

 been going on about as usual. Hardwood trade has been good during the 

 last two weeks, and a spirit of optimism prevails for the future. It is 

 the general belief that the demand will be good all winter and timber Is 

 being bought accordingly. 



Large quantities of logs are being shipped into Indianapolis despite 

 car shortage conditions, and even more would be arriving if transporta- 

 tion conditions were normal. Top prices are being paid, and the supplies 

 at the mills are large. 



A shortage of labor is being felt throughout the lumber industry, and 

 the same complaint is being heard from the building trades. High wages 

 are paid in order to Induce first-class workmen to remain. Despite the 

 high wages, however, there is considerable shifting at the mills. 



Conditions among furniture manufacturers are excellent. It is not 

 unusual to hear that some manufacturer has refused orders, having all 

 the orders that can be filled before furniture styles change. Veneer man- 

 ufacturers continue to operate their plants to capacity. 



=^ EVANSVILLE >.= 



Trade with the hardwood lumber manufacturers in southern Indiana, 

 southern Illinois and western Kentucky remains steady, as it has for 

 several weeks past and manufacturers say that they can see nothing 

 discouraging in the outlook. Things have been moving along nicely since 

 the election and business has become more settled. Jlost of the up-town 

 mills in Evansville continue to run on full time and they have been re- 

 ci'ivlng a good many orders and inquiries during the pa.st few weeks. 

 The river mills are not being run on full time, but have been getting a 

 very nice line of business for some time past. Manufacturers here report 

 that they can not recall a time when there was a greater scarcity of 

 labor. The various free state labor bureaus have been unable to fill the 



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