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HARDWOOD RECORD 



DecPinber 25, 191S 



THE WILLIAMSON 

 VENEER CO. 



BALTIMORE 

 MD. 



American Walnut 



Mahog'any Quartered Oah 



<gi. 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. 



SPECIAL 

 Qnartered Black Gnm 

 the Indiana Mahoganj 



Seymour, Ind. 



"He Found a Million Feet" 



in the tract he bought from yo%i which he didn 't knov: 

 he was gettini] iind you didn't know you had. Thit 

 million feet was neither a gift nor a purchase. It did 

 not figure in the price. It xcas a find — for him. But 



you ? 



You Lost a Million Feet 



or maybe vice iYrA'«. Firliitps ymt .sold him a mil- 

 lion feet which you thought you had hut which he 

 didn't get, in which case 



He Lost a Million Feet 



No matter which way the cat may jump, the truth 

 is that in a sound commercial transaction running into 

 .•six or seven figures there ought not to be any "cat." 

 If the H6 years' experience of James I). Laccy i)- Com- 

 pany had been consulted the transaction might hare 

 been based on a LACEY SEPORT, internationally 

 recognized as the standard of timber values. Satis- 

 faction and certainty tcould have resulted. 



May ice send you our Booklet, "Pointers"* 



CinCAOO 

 1750 Mccormick Bldg. 



SEATTLE 

 C.?6 Henry Bldg. 



'SEWORLEAyfl 

 l&lSMMtncy-CentraJBldg. 



heavy enough to indicate any pronounced shortage. Thick maple is in 

 heavy request, with the supply seemingly exhausted in this locality, 

 mainly because of the car shortage. 



The harrlw<iod flooring Cfmcerns are handling more maple than for some 

 time, wh.'n they can get it, the public of late showing a decided inclina- 

 tion to favor the maple floor over oak or other hardwoods. Nearly all 

 cypress items are enjoying more than a fair demaml. the cypress market, 

 in fact, being better than for some time past. Tank stock is active and 

 the volume of inquiry indicates still bigger business in the near future. 

 The retail trade, particularly the small town dealers, make up the bulk 

 of their requirements in mixed car orders. Prices show no tendency 

 toward dropping with the coming of the New Year, business getting 

 still better, with the result that those who were allowing stocks to get 

 low anticipating easier quotations near the holidays, find themselves forced 

 to pay even higher prices in order to replenish their deplettxi stocks. 

 Shingles and lath are in good request, with the supply low and inade- 

 quate to meet any sudden large demand, with the result that prices are 

 being maintained on a high level. 



=-< CLEWELAND >- 



Although woather comlitions have been severe during the last fort- 

 night, contractors as a rule have kept their word that they would con- 

 tinue building right through the winter, and this has been cause for 

 niovcnu'nt of additional supplies of many hardwoods into consuming 

 channels. Much of the work in which these materials is used is residence 

 construction, which the owners want completed by early spring. This 

 winter activity has s<^rveil to strengthen the market from the retailer's 

 point of view. AH low-gratle hardwood Ivimbcr, including poplar, bass- 

 wood, chestnut and gum. is very scarce, and while not actually higher in 

 jirices, is sparingly offered. Maple flooring, which is being used largely 

 of late, is getting firmer, and subject to early advance, as local interests 

 believe. No. 1 oak flooring is oversold in virtually all tpuirtcrs. and prices 

 are considerably higher. Mahogany is somewhat firmer than it has l)een, 

 there being a little more call for it among the high-class residence 

 builders. For the most part, however, there is little call for this material 

 in Cleveland, birch being used Instead. While these activities speak 

 well for the retail yards at present, the early future is not bright, according 

 to the wholesalers. Because of the embargo put on goods by all rail- 

 roails. the hardwood business has been crippled for the wholesaler, and 

 his market is practically at a standstill. Kfforts \it relieve the car con- 

 gestion have been witlunit residt. This has served to iiirlh<*r the stagna- 



< TOLEDO >- 



There is little change in the hardwood situation here. I'onsidering the 

 perio<l of the year, there is a good call for hardwooils both from the fac- 

 tories and other sources. The general demand is excellent and pros- 

 pects point to a nice line of railroad orders for the coming season. The 

 nntouuddle industry in Toledo will be far above anything ever experienced 

 here before and will helj) out the lumber market to a considerable extent. 

 The Willys-Overland Automidule Co.. in an unprecedentecl convention, where 

 salesmen from every section of the country were brought to Toledo on 

 special rullmau trains, placed before they left orders which have already 

 aggregated more than lUt.iKUl cars or $l(iO,)ino.OO() worth of business. 

 This was a stupendous umb-rtaking and marvelously successful. liuild- 

 iug operations in Toledo continiu- active cb'spite the e.vtremely ccdd 

 wejiiber. and plans for spring business are heavy. Owners of yards are 

 now preparing for their annual inventory after whiah they will be in 

 the market for renewed supplies. 



— -< INDIANAPOLIS >— = 



liusiness ronditions with the hardwood lumlier traiie hjive been such 

 during tlie last week as to assur<' the steady current of orders that has 

 prevaib'd throughout lUlti until the close of the year. .Many of the 

 b'ailing men in the hardwood industry are pleased to admit that the 



iiirrent year has brought a larger voluii f hiislness than they had 



anticipated, and with the ai>priiaih of a new year they face the future 

 with optimisni. 



The closing of the months generally regarded as a part of the active 

 liuiliUng season has brought no perceptible ilecrease in orders as the 

 I'otisuniing indtistries have lieen vi'ry iiusy. ami already have bookeil orders 

 iti iiiatiy instances that will deijiaml rapjicity production for sever.al months. 

 I'ractically all <if the ciuisuming plants in Iiidianapidis and tbriuigbotlt 

 central Indiana are <iperjiting at lapacity, this aiiplying to veneer mills, 

 furniture manufactories, car buibling shops, implement faitories, and kin- 

 dred industries, 



-Much heavy timber is being used in bridge i unstriict inn work, and 

 contracting buiblers report lively I'stimating for work to be undertaken 

 next .year, Trans|iortation ditticulties lontinue to trouble the luiiilier trade 

 although the feeling prevails that the situation is s(.mi'\vhat relieved over 

 conditions prevailing two weeks ago. 



■< EVANSVILLE >— = 



Trade with the hardwood lumber manufacturers of Evansville and 

 southi'rn Indiana is only fair as many of the manufacturers are getting 



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