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HARDWOOD RECORD 



March 10. 1917 



\7S7E own large tracts of selected timber in the 

 ^^ Knoxville territory and cut a really high 

 grade line of lumber in oak, maple and other 

 southern hardwoods. 



We are honestly convinced that there would 

 be a mutual advantage in our knowing each other. 



IF YOU ARE BUYING NOW OUR 

 STOCK LIST WOULD HELP YOU 



Maples Lumber Co. 



KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE 



TRADE MARK 



Oak Maple 



Chestnut 



Manufacturers and Dealers 



; — in — 



West Virginia and Southern 



HARDWOODS 



The Atlas Lumber & Mfg. Co. 



Union Trust Building, CINCINNATI, OHIO 



BUSS-COOK OAK 00. 



BLISSVILLE, ARK. 



MANUrACTURERS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER 



Can furnish inythinf in Oak, air dried 

 or kiln dried, rouch or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



OUR SPECIALTY 



St. Francis Basin Red Gum 



WE MA^JUFACTURE 



Southern Hardwoods 



^= Gum, Oak and Ash == 

 J. H. Bonner & Sons 



miu »4 oibm, 



OPIOLKT. ASLK. 



HXTH. AKK. 



-< BALTIMORE >= 



The hardwood lumber trade situation continues to present serious diffi- 

 culties by reason of the interference with transportation, which prevents 

 the business from attaining the volume it would reach otherwise, and 

 which has occasioned more or less uncertainty for some time. Producers 

 not less than dealers can get plenty of orders, but find themselves in 

 many instances prevented from filling them. Cars are on the way to points 

 of destination from places of origin for weeks and even months, if they are 

 obtainable at all, which latter is frequently not the case ; and the volume 

 of business is thus held down to relatively small proportions. At that it 

 has sufficed of late to talie up the output of the mills, so that it cannot 

 be said that large accumulations of lumiier prevail at producing points. 

 The weather has interfered with work at the mills, and the scarcity of 

 labor has proved another impediment. The climatic conditions may be 

 expected to change for the better with the advance of the season, but there 

 is no prospect of an improvement in the working forces, and the cost of pro- 

 duction is certain to undergo a further increase, which will, of course, 

 necessitate a revision of prices. Freight emliargoes imposed by the rail- 

 roads have prevented shipments going into the eastern territory, but are 

 also to be regarded as general, with the result that the stocks of hard- 

 woods in the hands of the users have in numerous instances run very low. 

 Earnest efforts are now being made to replenish them, though with very 

 indifferent results. At the present time it is not a question of prices, but 

 almost entirely of ability to make shipment. The seller who can guarantee 

 delivery at a certain time will get the business regardless of other con- 

 sideration. Doubt had been expressed early in the year regarding the 

 permanence of the then prevailing values, and some members of the trade 

 had hesitated to place orders on that account ; but all such hesitancy has 

 disappeared, though with no better results to the trade than before. All 

 woods are affected about alike, and the range of the quotations is as a 

 whole higher. All the members of the trade hure state that they have been 

 quite busy, and that they could have done much more but for the railroad 

 car shortage and other similar drawbacks. As for the exports, they are 

 likely to be still more restricted in the future than they have been. The 

 decision of the British government is to exclude lumber and logs entirely 

 as articles of import ; and since the United Kingdom has for many months 

 constituted the principal foreign market, a virtual cessation of shipments 

 may be expected, with perhaps the exception of spruce, which is needed in 

 large quantities for military purposes. 



=-< COLUMBUS > 



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

 I'.uying is good and is about equally distributed between retaib'rs and fac- 

 tories. Lumbermen, generally expect a good hardwood demand during the 

 early spring months. 



Retailers are rather short of stocks as shipments have been slow. Car 

 shortage and railroad congestion have worked havoc In deliveries, and 

 many orders are on the road for from two weeks to two months. Mill 

 stocks are rather good and much awaits shipment North. Box and furni- 

 ture concerns are active buyers of certain grades of hardwoods. There is 

 also considerable buying on the part of vehicle and implement concerns. 

 Building operations, while slow during l"^el)ruary. because of severe 

 weather, show prospects of being quite active when the spring season 

 starts. Collections are usually good. 



Quartered oak is active and there is a good demand for plain oak stocks 

 at former levels. Poplar is being called for, the lower grades being espe- 

 cially strong. Chestnut, basswood and ash are moving well. Other hard- 

 woods are unchanged. 



=-< CLEVELAND y- 



Continuance of embarKoos. or. ns the railroarls like to call it. car short- 

 age, which amounts to the san^e thing as far as cutting down the supplies 

 of material coming into the hands of local interests, has scn'cd to bring 

 about the predicted advances in hardwoods in this district. The most 

 signiticant advances have been in oak and maple flooring, for which there 

 is the heaviest demand in this division of the lumber trade. Oak flooring 

 is from $1 to $2 higher in the last two weeks. Similar advance has been 

 effected in maple flooring. The new prices now arc in effect in all yards. 

 Ash also has been advanced $1 to $2. This material is now being taken 

 more liberally than at any time in the last six months. Owing to the long 

 drawn out winter yard stocks are falling off. With no material replenish- 

 ment of supplies, there is reason to believe the market generally will go 

 still higher. No actual change in prices on the finer hardwoods has been 

 announced, although all descriptions are firming steadily, and lack of re- 

 ceipts is almost certain to bring higher prices. Cypress is stronger in sym- 

 pathy with other varieties, following resumption of building activities that 

 have been neglected during the recent severe weather. Most of this ma- 

 terial is moving on contract, and distributors are not anxious to do new 

 business under present conditions. 



=-< CINCINNATI y- 



An unusually large list of orders for large blocks of timber gives ample 

 evidence of a steadily improving market. Immense lumber requirements of 

 the railroads, which are just beginning to come into the market indicate 

 that business fro^l this consuming source will this spring be tl>e heaviest 



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