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HARDWOOD RECORD 



December 25. 1916 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-34 COI.ERAIN AV£NCE 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 

 Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & Poplar especially 



Oqt location makes possible quick delivery of anything In timbers 

 and hmrdweod lumber 



Salt Lick Lumber Co. 



SALT LICK - . - KENTUCKY 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



^^ Oak Flooring 



Complete stock of % " and 13/16" in all 

 standard widths 



(Leading Manufacturers) 



OUR SPECIALTY 



St. Francis Basin Red Gum 



WE MANUFACTURE 



Southern Hardwoods 



=== Gum, Oak and Ash == 

 J. H. Bonner & Sons 



MUb am* OMoe. 

 QinOLJIT. AKK. 



PoeWffloo mm* Telerrayk OSes. 

 ■KTB. AKK. 



BUSS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARK. 



MANUFACTURERS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK, ASH and CUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried 

 or kiln dried, rouch or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



larger stocks of lumber of all kinds than they have for years. The 

 development seems to be general. 



Though the time Is approaching when, under the ruling of the municipal 

 authorities the rates for stocks piled up on streets and sidewalks will 

 be rigidly imposed, the supplies in the lumber district seem to have 

 increased, and the dealers are prepared to take care of a very consider- 

 able addition to the business. No large gains in values are noted, but 

 the tendency still seems to be upward, and with regard to such items as 

 maple flooring it is to be said that the producers are still withdrawing 

 lists, leaving the buyers dependent upon such figures as may be Quoted 

 at the moment. A more active demand for the lower grades of poplar 

 is reported, with No. 1 common oak also in excellent request. Appar- 

 ently the furniture factories are as busy as ever, and they seem to 

 have worked oft some of their earlier accumulations, so that they are 

 more receptive to offers than they were. Chestnut is called for quite 

 freely, with practically all other woods firm or even strong. 



The one division in which no improvement is to be noted is the export 

 trade. Shipments are about as limited as before, and there is no prospect 

 that a more active demand will develop before long. Some of the ex- 

 porters manage to get a few orders, but the great majority are still 

 confined to the domestic trade, with the time when a resumption of 

 the foreign business may be expected decidedly uncertain. Of consider- 

 able interest here was the report that a large contract for walnut as 

 material to be used in the construction of aeroplanes had been placed 

 in Memphis. Heretofore spruce seems to have had the preferenc. 



=-< COLVMBUS > 



The hardwood trade in Columbus territory has ruled firm during the 

 past fortnight. The worst feature is the car shortage. Buying has been 

 good and the tone of the market generally is satisfactory and prospects 

 for the future bright. 



Retail stocks are not large in any section and as a result there is good 

 steady buying on the part of dealers. But orders are generally small 

 as dealers are loath to accumulate supplies under present conditions. 

 Prospects for building in the spring are excellent and dealers are pre- 

 paring accordingly. In fact, there will be considerable building during 

 the winter months. Factories making boxes, furniture and implements 

 are good customers at this time. In fact, all lines of manufacturing are 

 in the market for hardwood supplies. 



Prices are firm and every change has been to higher levels. Because 

 of car shortage, which is reducing available supplies, there has been 

 little cutting of prices in order to force trade. Lumbermen with stocks 

 on hand are able to get market figures and in many cases can command 

 premiums. Collections arc generally good. 



Quartered and plain oak is in good demand. Poplar is moving well, 

 especially the lower grades. Wide sizes are being purchased by automo- 

 bile factories. .\sh is stronger and the same is true of basswood. Other 

 hardwoods are unchanged. 



=-< CINCINNATI >= 



Consuming stocks are becoming low in many instances in this terri- 

 tory, due to the car shortage. This condition has long been expected, 

 but only recently did it make itself felt in any widespread manner. 

 As a result there has been a pronounced strengthening of the hard- 

 wood market. Furniture concerns are very prosperous ; the mill work 

 factories are reporting an unusually heavy winter run of business, 

 considerable of this coming from the rush of late fall building due to the 

 open weather experienced throughout the autumn months. In fact, nearly 

 all branches of hardwood consumption here are doing extra business. 

 Talks of immense South American furniture orders, with prospects of 

 a good part of it being placed in and around Cincinnati, ambitious 

 aeroplane program on the part of the government meaning a need of 

 much good spruce, the ever increasing activity in the automobile busi- 

 ness, with local body building concerns arranging to increase their out- 

 put : all of this means an insistent demand for hardwood, with the mill 

 stocks sufficient, due to piling up at the outbreak of the car shortage. 

 High prices are being maintained and advances in various items are 

 noted and premiums are cheerfully paid if such will expedite delivery. 



One of the features of the present market Is the revival in oak, all 

 grades and items gaining fast during the past two weeks. The demand 

 has increased and notwithstanding the poor shipping facilities, consider- 

 ably more oak lumber is being moved. Aside from the activity displayed 

 by oak, in the southern list, gum continues to be a leading seller, with 

 prices strong. The visible supply is rather low, dry stocks at mills 

 showing the effect of heavy buying. While spruce constitutes the bulk 

 of the woodwork going into the makeup of the aeroplanes, some factories 

 near here are buying rather liberally of white ash for this work. Sap 

 gum is showing signs of gaining strength. Poplar is In better request, 

 although the demand for this wood is not keeping up with other Items 

 of equal strength a month ago. The northern birch continues to feature 

 the market, selling well in practically all grades and some good price 

 gains are recorded. Basswood is a little more lively but the average 

 demand for this lumber Is not heavy, although Cincinnati is considered 

 something more than a fair basswood market. The wood has slumped 

 somewhat. Two-inch stock is getting pretty low, but the call is not 



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