March 10, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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they have been in the market for a good deal of this himher. Rive r_giills_ 

 have been getting some inquiries for q(i.artered syramofcT 



Collections are good, and the general tone of the local bvisiness world 

 is healthy. Building operations in Evausville are active in spite of the 

 recent bad weather. The various wood consuming factories in Evansville 

 and cities in southern Indiana and western Kentucky continue to run on 

 good time and the outlook for summer and fall trade is good. 



=-< TOLEDO >= 



There is no great change in the market conditions here and prospects 

 tor spring trade have never been better so far as demand Is concerned. 

 The call for lumber is strong, more so than usual at this season but the 

 car congestion does not seem to be materially improved. Some lumber Is 

 coming into Toledo, but it is next to Impossible to get cars for outbound 

 shipments. Prices have not changed much, although there is a fairly strong 

 upward tendency. The call tor factory consumplion is strong, and present 

 indications are there will be a big call from the building trades. Prospects 

 for spring building are unusually good, and many fine structures are being 

 planned and erected, all of which will call for considerable hardwood. 

 Taken altogether the outlook is one which is more than up to normal. The 

 only fly in the ointment is the car situation, and in this Toledo suffers less 

 than most of her sister cities, owing to the fact that this is the terminal 

 point for fifteen different railroads. 



=-< NASHVILLE >-- 



The shortage of cars has been the most serious hindrance to the hard- 

 wood lumber trade. The demand has been brisk, but shippers are far behind 

 in filling orders on account of lack of transportation facilities. Prices 

 have held steady. Lumbermen are well pleased with the situation, and re- 

 gard the outlook as bright, with the exception of the traffic troubles. Des- 

 perate efforts have been made to secure relief, but the situation is well be- 

 yond the control of the jailroads for the time being. 



=< LOUISVILLE >= 



Heavy snows during the early part of March and all through February 

 have resulted in most of the lumber concerns, operating in eastern Ken- 

 tucky, having to suspend until better roads and operating conditions exist. 

 Weather conditions have not aided any in relieving traffic congestion, and 

 car shortages and embargoes are giving the hardwood men a great deal of 

 trouble. However, the demand for all classes of hardwoods is extremely 

 good, not onl.v for southern varieties, but northern woods, which have 

 been selling more readily since southern hardwoods reached the present 

 price levels. The better grades of plain oak are in excellent demand, and 

 <iuartered oak is showing steady improvement. Thick stocks are moving 

 freely to furniture plants, which are also buying gum, walnut and ma- 

 hogany. Ash, elm, maple and hickory are all in good demand, ash and 

 •elm moving to the auto manufacturers, while hickory is in demand by 

 wheel and wagon concerns. Poplar is also moving freely to the furniture 

 trade, and the spring siding demand is beginning to open up. In fact, all 

 grades of poplar are good, hoxboards being in excellent demand at this 

 time. It is claimed that a large percentage of all southern hardwoods 

 have been sold, but are awaiting cars and lifting of embargoes for ship- 

 ment. Actual lumber on sticks that has not been sold is said to be light, 

 and higher prices are predicted, Cottonwood is very scarce, and hard to 

 ■obtain, very little being quoted by local concerns. Sound wormy chestnut 

 is also moving freely. Manufacturers are carrying the heaviest orders 

 on their books ever known, and report that there is no let up in the de- 

 mand, showing that stocks in the hands of the consumers are generall.v 

 light. 



^-< MILWAUKEE >^ 



It is not so much the difficulty of getting log supplies at the mills, but 

 the difficulty in moving the cut from the mills to manufacturers, that is 

 the most serious phase of the present situation in the northern hardwood 

 Industry, While it is true that numerous large mills have only enough 

 logs on hand to keep running for a few weeks' time at the most, pending 

 the starting of the annual drives, the real problem Is to find yard room 

 for the cut, which is piling up in monumental fashion. Furniture factor- 

 ies and other consumers of hardwood lumber appear to be fairly well sup- 

 plied for the time being, but if they were able to operate at the capacity 

 demanded by their orders, manufacturing stocks would soon disappear. 

 The fact is that the factories have only a small outlet for finished goods, 

 <Iue to the lack of cars, and as their warehouses are filled to the brim, 

 reduction of operations is a rule. When cars do become available, loadings 

 soon are lost in the maze of congested traffic all along the line to desti- 

 nation. 



Price lists on hardwoods of all kinds remain firm under the influence of 

 the unfavorable transportation situation. The demand for the finer grades 

 is the best in a long time, but deliveries are far below the actual require- 

 ments specified. Promised relief from the car shortage has not material- 

 ized, and no doubt much more business would be transacted if the move- 

 ment were fraught with less Impediment. Birch is in particular demand, 

 and prices have reached the highest point in the history of the industry. 

 An instance is recorded of a sale of a huge lot of No. 2 birch by a Wisconsin 

 ■wholesaler at $32 per M. The price, of course, is based on lumber sawn 

 to specifications, and having due regard to the exceptional quality of the 

 •wood involved. 



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