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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February 25, 1917 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-34 COLERAIN AVKNUB 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & Poplar especially 



Our location makes possible ouick delivery of anything in timber and tiardwood 

 lumber 



Swain-Roach Lbr. Co. 



SEYMOUR, IND. 



■We Manufacture 



Elm Ash 



Maple Walnut 



Gum Cherry 



Sycamore Chestnut, Etc. 



White Oak 

 Red Oak 

 Poplar 

 Hickory 



Can ship at once 3 cars 12/4 Elm 



At Tivo Band Mills 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



OUR SPECIALTY 



St. Francis Basin Red Gum 



WE MANUFACTURE 



Southern Hardwoods 



Gum, Oak and Ash — 

 J. H. Bonner & Sons 



MUta mm* OaM, FMtomM umt Telccnipk OMm. 



OCIOLBZ, AKK. 



BLISS-COOK OAK GO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARK. 



UANCFACTDRERS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Wall As 



OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER 



Can furnish »nythint In 0»k, lir dried 



or kiln dried, roucti or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



situation is not materially affected, and buyers are on the lookout for 

 stocks, while the mills are making every effort to increase the production. 

 In this they are hampered by the cold weather and the heavy snow that 

 prevailed of late, so that the output has certainly not run ahead of the 

 distribution, if it can be said to have kept up with the shipments, curtailed 

 as these are. 



It is probable that the freight blockades on all the railroads, but espe- 

 cially in the Atlantic ports, will greatly interfere with the forwardings 

 of hardwoods, and there is every probability that the hesitancy shown for a 

 time by the buyers will yield to the exigencies of prevailing conditions, 

 and that orders will be sent in freely in the hope that from some point 

 shipments will get through. The foreign trade is unchanged, existing 

 restrictions proving virtually prohibitive. The nations at war are evi- 

 dently exercising the most rigid economy and buying no supplies that are 

 not urgently needed. Substitutes are resorted to wherever poslble, and 

 the resumption of exports will probably have to wait until peace is 

 restored. 



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strength is the chief feature of the hardwood trade in Ohio territory. 

 Buying is active and is limited only by the railroad congestion and embar- 

 goes which makes deliveries a difficult matter. Jobbers as well as dealers 

 report a good demand with unusually bright prospects for the future. 

 Many building projects of consequence have been announced. 



Trade is about equally distributed between factories and retailers. 

 Dealers' stocks are light and many are trying to increase them in order 

 to be in a position to take care of the spring rush, when it comes. As a 

 result they are placing orders for immediate shipment and are anxious tor 

 shipments to come through. Factories making furniture, boxes and imple- 

 ments are also good, customers. 



Prices are strong and several advances have been announced recently. 

 There Is no cutting of prices now to move stocks and all salesmen are 

 sticking close to the list. Lumbermen generally believe that prices will 

 go even higher when the season starts. The railroad congestion and 

 attending car shortage are the worst drawbacks to a more active trade. 

 It is said that many purchasers are slow in placing orders, not knowing 

 when shipments can be expected. But a large majority are taking chances 

 and are placing orders for shipment as soon as possible. Collections are 

 generally good in every locality. 



Quartered oak is in good demand and chestnut is one of the strongest 

 points in the market, especially the lower grades ; poplar is moving well, 

 and plain oak, ash and basswood are strong. 



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The sudden and steadily maintained upward trend in the oak and gum 

 market in this section is generally attributed to the recent hardwood manu- 

 facturers' convention in Cincinnati, which brought out the fact, which 

 while generally supposed was not thought to be so serious, that stocks of 

 oak and gum, especially the former, were extremely low in many sections 

 and very light almost everywhere. The general trading of information and 

 ideas incident to the convention soon established this fact of very low 

 stocks and prices seemed to climb almost from the day of adjournment. 

 Up to this writing there has been little interruption in the stoailily strength- 

 ening gum and oak market. Realizing that prices probably will go much 

 higher as the spring building season approaches, dealers are tr.ving to ob- 

 tain sufficient stocks at once, creating a demand far in excess of that which 

 usually reigns at this period, and there is little quibbling over prices. Some 

 manufacturers report an unusually heavy demand for red gum and their 

 stocks are unusually low, with a consequent gain in price. This tremendous 

 upward movement in oak and gum has been reflected pretty thoroughly 

 throughout the entire hardwood list, cottonwood being especially sympa- 

 thetic, firsts and seconds advancing in a very material manner and the de- 

 mand is exceeding the volume of a year ago this time. Another grade of 

 oak to show a material gain is quartered white oak. While most of this 

 gain is noted in practically all the southern woods, the northern product 

 is responsive to a degree, although the Improvement in demand and price 

 has not been so great. Stocks are about as light as the southern product, 

 relatively, and the demand in this section is becoming more voluminous. 

 The northern manufacturers report continued difficulty In obtaining and 

 holding labor, thus retarding the production to a great extent, making it 

 difficult for wholesalers and retailers here to keep their yards up to the 

 standard desired. Birch and maple, the leading sellers in the northern list, 

 have lost none of their popularity, although maple seems to be in better call. 

 Maple flooring concerns report more maple floors being laid at present than 

 for a long time. Maple stocks are badly assorted, in many Instances some 

 standard items being unavailable. Cypress dealers are becoming in 

 self defense the most independent lumbermen to be found, inasmuch as 

 orders are plentiful and stocks very low and badly assorted, so that orders 

 as a rule are being accepted only as present assortment of stocks will read- 

 ily accommodate. In consequence, good and better prices are being realized 

 steadily. Retailers are buying in a large quantity when they can get It, 

 indicating the opening gun in the big spring trade. Lath and shingles are 

 enjoying a good request and both are scarce items and command high prices 

 always. Railroad embargoes and the ear shortage of course continue to 

 have adverse effects upon the market from every angle. All gains and 

 strengthening are relative to the ability of the shipper and buyer to move 

 the lumber. Collections are said to be satisfactory. 



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