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HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 10. 1917 



SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. 



Msuiufacturers 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 I, 



Quartered Black Gum 

 tht* Indiana Malio};any 



Seymour, Ind. 



Mutual Fire Insurance 



Best Indemnity at Lowest Net Cost 

 Can Be Obtained From 



The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 

 The Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, 



Boston, Mass. 



Mansfield, Ohio. 



The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



The Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company, 



Van Wert, Ohio 



C I N C I N n A T I 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-34 COLEKAIN AVENCE 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & PopUr especialV 



Our locution raaUes poNnible quick delivery of anything In tlmb^'irf* 



and hardwood Ininber 



The Tegge Lumber Col 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, .Wisconsin 



will consume a larger volume of hardwoods during 1917 than ever before. 

 Many of these plants have doubled and tripled their outputs. 



Gum rind Cottonwood are showing a disposition to go higher because of 

 the difficulty in procuring shipments from the South. Manufacturers in 

 central Indiana are very busy and will lieep their plants in operation to 

 capacity during the winter if they can seqjire enough help. 



=^ EVANSVILLE >.= 



The hardwood lumber manufacturer.s of Kvansville and southwestern 

 Indiana have not been booming since the first of the year, yet most of 

 the uptown mills are being operated on full time and in some instances 

 the plants are running extra time. A good many inquiries are coming 

 in that indicate a steady healthy trade. Manufacturers believe that this 

 year is going to bring them in a large volume of trade. Logs are coming 

 in freely .ind the prices are rather high. During the past month there 

 was some delay in getting logs here from the southern states, due to the 

 cold weather that prevailed and the car shortage. This situation has Im- 

 proved. Manufacturers say that there has been some heavy buying lately 

 for the spring trade. Collections are reported good. The crop outlook is 

 promising, the heavy snows of the past few weelis having been of great 

 benefit to the growing wheat in southern Indiana and southern Illinois. 



.\sh and hickory are moving alotg briskly, and haudle manufacturers 

 have been in the market for considerable quantities of both woods. Beech 

 is good, cherry is in fair demand, while chestnut has been rather slow 

 for some time past. Cottonwood is in fairly good demand, box factories 

 and automobile plants having been in the market for this lumber. Elm 

 is good and gum has been brisk for many months past, due to the fact 

 that furniture factories are being operated on steady time and are using 

 a great deal of gum. Quartered and plain white oak have moved only 

 fairly well during the past two weeks and there is a belief among manu- 

 facturers that both these grades will advance in price before long. Maple 

 has been in good demand and there has been a strong demand for No. 2 

 .\ and B poplar, but not such a strong call for the better grades. Walnut 

 is moving fairly just now, and river mills are getting some inquiries re- 

 garding quartered s.vcamore. The local retail business has taken a spurt 

 since the first of the year. Pash and door men are busy and planing 

 mills are operating on good time and the building outlook for 1017 is 

 very flattering. Yellow pi-ie men say they are having a nice trade and 

 that the fu'ure iooks bright. Most of the large wood-cons\nuing fac- 

 tories in Evansville and neighboring cities are being operated on full 

 time and reports received from southern and western states are very 

 encouraging. 



=-< NASHVILLE >= 



Hardwood lumber trade has been w'ithout important features the past 

 two weeks. The usual lull of the holidays has been experienced, and 

 ilcalers are entering the new year ver.v confident as to the future. Stocks 

 are moderate, ami there is every reason to believe that denuind will be 

 good. JIany factories are running at increased capacity, and it is ex- 

 pected that there will be increased demand from many sources. Trices 

 hold steady and it is predicted that values will harden as the demand for 

 the new year gets under way. 



=■< KNOXVILLE >■- 



All of the yard and mill nn'ii an>un<l Kmixvillo report the past year, 

 rspc'cially the lattor part, as about the best for several years. Stocks are 

 low and the car situation is now beginning to be felt especially on account 

 nf the many embargoes in the North and East. 



Plain oak seems to be in best demand, but other woods are moving well — 

 some very good-sized orders having been taken for poplar and chestnut. 

 In fact, most any item in the hardwood line can be moved If desired. 



=-< LOUISVILLE >. 



With the exception of the serious difficulty tlie local liardW'Ood operators 

 are bucking in an effort to obtain cars and get shipments out under pres- 

 ent embargoes, the hardwood industry is in a generally thriving condi- 

 tion. t)rders on the books at jjrcsent are heavier than during aii.v previ- 

 ous January on re<ord, anil a lot of orders were held over from Decem- 

 ber, which could not be shipped. The autumoliile and furniture indus- 

 tries are large buyers this season, while there has also been a good de- 

 mand from the building trades for interior trim. It is estimated that 

 11*16 business showed a gain of about fifteen or twenty per cent ove.* 

 either 1910 or 1914. The veneer mills are operating full time, cutting 

 rotary, sliced and sawed veneers, principally in walnut and mahogany, 

 while the demand for walnut and mahogany lumber is extremely good. 

 Ituilt-up stock in various thicknesses is also active. Plain oak is one 

 of the most active sellers, hardwood flooring manufacturers being heavy 

 and consistent buyers, and it is said that prices will shortly advance 

 about $2 per thousand. Box factories are taking low-grade No. 2 gum and 

 poplar in quantities, giving a ready outlet for such stock. .\sh is in strong 

 demand, with supplies rather limited, thick stock G-4 and up being espe 

 cially good, and used largely by automobile and vehicle woodwork plants. 

 Little change has been shown in the gum, cypress, cottonwood, elm and 

 poplar markets, which are all satisfactory. Collections are good, and 

 with an improvement in traffic conditions, the hardwood industry is facing 

 what is said to be the best year on record. 



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