December 10. 191C 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



51 



=■< NASHVILLE >= 



Business in the harilwuod juarkft for the past two -weeks has been very 

 •satisfactory, with prices well maintained. Stocks are getting low. being 

 far below the normal for this season. This has been due to the curtail- 

 ment of production following the outbreak of the war, and then came 

 the shortage of cars, which interfered with movement of logs. The car 

 siUiation has improved considerably at Xashville. and shippers have been 

 fairly well supplied. The demand has been brisk for plain oak, and pop- 

 lar of all kinds has been in good demand. Hickory and ash are good 

 sellers, and it is said that some walnut is again being bought for gun- 

 -stocks. Quartered oak and chestnut have been slow. Business is fairly 

 ictive with box factories and flooring concerns. 



=-< LOUISVILLE y 



AVhile there is still a considerable shortage in cars in the South, hard- 

 wood lumber concerns of Louisville report that they are getting a much 

 larger percentage, and conditions are showing improvement. The demand 

 for lumber is greater than ever before in the history of the industry, and 

 orders now on the books are heavier than ever before known. Deliveries 

 are bejig held back somewhat for want of cars, but conditions are gen- 

 erally satisfactory. Every item in the hardwood stock list is now moving 

 freely, it is said, there being an especially heavy movement in poplar 

 and oak. Gum is so active that it is not being pushed, while all grades of 

 walnut and mahogany, including veneers and glued-up stock, are in great 

 demand. Elm, hickory, ash and cottonwood continue in steady movement. 

 Several good orders have been placed for walnut during the past few days, 

 and heavy buying orders out through the state have been given to secure 

 logs with which to fill this demand, which is for gunstocks and aeroplane 

 propeller blades, for use by the English government. Mahogany panels 

 and veneers are selling freely and, in fact, the demand for all classifica- 

 tions of hardwood material is entirely satisfactory at present. It is 

 intimated that a number of orders will be carried over into 1917, and 

 considering the present unfilled demand for hardwoods it is the prevailing 

 opinion that the spring of 1017 will show a still greater demand and 

 higher prices. 



=-< ST. LOUIS >= 



Hardwood conditions are nncouraging to a certain extent and quite a 

 good volume of business is being done by the local yards. Deliveries from 

 the southern mills are slow in arriving, owing to the continued scarcity 

 of cars. Quite a few inquiries are coming in for next season's delivery 

 and everything looks encouraging for a good active demand at that time. 

 In fact indications point to an excellent demand during the entire winter. 

 There is considerable ordering being done by the factory trade. Reports 

 from the mills are to the effect that stocks there are in better condition 

 than that usually prevailing at this season, owing to good logging weather 

 conditions prevailing. Shipments are slow, however, on account of equip- 

 ment being scarce. All items of hardwood are firm. A good demand for ash 

 prevails and gum is also in good request. There is a betterment in the 

 number of requests for red and white oak. Poplar is moving fairly well. 

 A seasonable volume of cypress is moving witli a better demand than the 

 local yards can supply and this is keeping prices strong. Considerable 

 stock is moving, however, and the supply is running low. Most of the 

 orders call for quick delivery and mixed car orders are most called for. 



=■< MILWAUKEE >-. 



While the demand for hardwood in this market continues to remain in 

 a very satisfactory condition, the one disturbing feature, the car shortage, 

 also has not changed appreciably. The grain and iron and steel interests 

 have kept the cars Dioving eastward with few returning, so that manu- 

 facturers, wholesalers and retailers in lumber have been unable to make 

 their shipments. However, this shortage is partly responsible for the 

 present healthy state of the market as it has prevented overloading the 

 supply. 



Buying at this time is principally for immediate delivery as users of 

 hardwood are enjoying excellent business conditions and their stocks are 

 running low in view of the fact that the end of the year will soon be 

 here. Prices remain firm and from the present outlook there is very little 

 chance of weaker quotations. The demand generally is ver.v satisfactory 

 at these prices and for the season. 



Building activities continue in fine shape. In Milwaukee November 

 showed a fine increase over the same month in 1915, there having been 

 issued 286 permits representing ¥1,703,180. A year ago 278 permits were 

 issued for only $1,040, 3o7. This promises to be one of the best years in 

 the construction line here, as the total for 1916 to December 1 reached 

 $13,665,764, compared with $11,289,439 for the same period a year ago. 

 Operations in other Wisconsin cities are more extensive this year than 

 ever before, while the prospects for 1917 are unusually bright. Madison, 

 La Crosse, Green Bay, Eau Claire, Racine, Beloit and Oshkosh have wit- 

 nessed most prosperous years in the construction line, with the result that 

 the lumber business felt a corresponding prosperity. 



The weather has been ideal for logging operations in the northern woods 

 and everywhere record cuts are contemplated and well under way. 



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. 



SPECIAL 

 Qaartered Black Gam 

 the Indiana Mahogany 



Seymour, Ind. 



Mutual Fire Insurance 



Be«t Indemnity at Lowest Net Cott 

 Can B« Obtained From 



The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 



Boston, Mass. 



The Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, 



Mansfield, Ohie. 



The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Csmpany, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, 



Indlanapells, In4. 



The Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company, 



Van Wert, Chi* 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-34 COLEBAIN AVENUE 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & Poplar especially 



Our location makes possible qnick deliveir of anTttiins in timbers 

 and tiardwood lumber 



The Tegge Lumber Co. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



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