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HARDWOOD RECORD 



March 25, 1917 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-34 COLEBAIN AVENCB 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & Poplar especially 



Our location makes possible auick delivery of arythlno in timber and hardwood 

 lumber 



Swaiii-Roach Lbr. Co. 



White Oak 

 Red Oak 

 Poplar 

 Hickory 



SEYMOUR, IND. 



-We Manufacture — 



Elm 

 Maple 

 Gum 

 Sycamore 



Ash 

 Walnut 

 Cherry 

 Chestnut, Etc. 



Can ship at once 3 cars ^ No. 1 Com. Plain Oak 



At T'cvo Band Mills 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



(Leading IHanulacturers) 



OUR SPECIALTY 



St. Francis Basin Red Gum 



WE MANUFACTURE 



Southern Hardwoods 



Gum, Oak and Ash — 

 J. H. Bonner & Sons 



vuivuei. kXK. 



HXTH. ABK. 



BLISS-COOK OAK 00. 



BLISSVILLE, ARK. 



MAMTTFACTUREBS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anythinc in Gale, air dried 



or Iciln dried, roufh or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



=-< BALTIMORE >- 



No important changes are noted in the hardwood situation. The troubles 

 of the shippers have not diminished and it is far more a case of ability to 

 make delivery than of price that figures in the ordinary transactions. 

 Buyers are willing enough to pay the amounts asked if the latter -will 

 promise that stocks will be delivered at a certain time ; but this the sellers 

 cannot promise, and it is therefore very difficult to do business. The general 

 movement is held down to relatively small proportions. Freight embargoes 

 not less than car shortages have served to interfere with the activities of 

 the hardwood men to a very great extent. The weather has also proved a 

 factor in the situation, the aeavy' rains and snows of the recent weeks 

 having interfered with work it the mills and especially with the hauling 

 of lumber to stations. Logging has had its difficulties also. 



While there are no large increases in the quotations, the market has kept 

 up at the figures previously quoted, with here-and there a revision of figures 

 upward. Naturally, the causes that held down the movement in lumber 

 also operated to narrow the activities of the factories that use hardwoods, 

 many of which have been unable to work at their full capacity. 



The main factor that stands out in the hardwood trade is the ability of 

 the domestic market to take care of the stocks that would otherwise have 

 found their way abroad. The foreign business is practically suspended. 

 Some stocks are still going forward, but they amount to only a small 

 proportion of the normal shipments. It is highly gratifying to note that 

 in spite of the stoppage of the foreign movement, there has been no conges- 

 tion in the market. The high grades, generally an export proposition, are 

 being taken up with sufficient freedom to prevent accumulations, and the 

 lower classifications are in distinctly better request with some stiffening In 

 the quotations. One of the developments that has worked apiinst a freer 

 inquiry for the lower grades, especially such woods as chestnut and oak, Is 

 the quiet that has prevailed in the manufacture of trim. This has been 

 due, of course, to the interference with building by the weather. But re- 

 cently signs of a revival are being noted, and the market as a whole is in 

 good shape. 



=-< COLUMBUS > 



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

 .\11 varieties and grades are in demand and prices are firm. The holding 

 up of shipments by the car shortage and railroad congestion is by far the 

 worst feature. The tone of the trade is generally good and prospects are 

 for a good demand and probably improvement in railroad facilities. 



Buying is pretty evenly distributed betwen the retail trade and factories. 

 Furniture, automobile, implement and box concerns are good customers. 

 Retail stocks are rather low, especially in rural sections. Most of the 

 dealers are making strenuous efforts to accumulate stocks before the spring 

 Imilding rush appears. Prospects for building are exceedingly bright in 

 the larger cities as well as in the smaller cities and towns in the state. 

 Contractors and architects have been busy on plans and specifications tor 

 new structures. 



The threatened railroad strike of a week ago tied up traffic almost com- 

 pletely, as many of the railroads announced complete embargoes. Mill 

 stocks are large and many ca^s are waiting shipment to the North. The 

 hearing on the railroad congestion, held before the Ohio Utilities Commis- 

 sion, has had beneficial results as the railroads are trying harder to move 

 cargoes. Collections are fairly good in most sections. 



Quartered oak is strong and prices are firm. There is a good demand 

 for plain oak at prices which prevailed a fortnight ago. Poplar Is moving 

 well, especially the lower grades. Chestnut is strong and the same is true 

 of basswood. Ash is in good demand and other hardwoods are unchanged. 



=-< CLEVELAND >= 



Virtually all hardwoods in the Cleveland market are now at a premium, 

 as a direct result of the extension of embargoes by all railroads, and prices 

 have stiffened accordingly in all descriptions. The lockout of 20,000 work- 

 men by the employing contractors, practically cutting off all outlet for hard- 

 woods, has little effect here, as there has been none too much material to 

 meet the current demand to the present. Only limited offerings are heard, 

 and these are at advanced prices. No. 1 oak flooring has been more in de- 

 mand than any other description, and this is about the scarcest lumber on 

 the market now. Maple flooring is still held at the new price list estab- 

 lished at the beginning of the month, but in most instances these figures 

 are nominal. Where this material Is obtainable higher prices are looked for 

 with the turn of the month. Birch, mahogany, walnut and similar varieties 

 w'ill find outlet in housing construction only if the labor war continues, but 

 even this business is not keenly sought. 



=•< CINCINNATI >.= 



Unusual obstacles were in the way of maliiiig any progress in the hard- 

 wood lumber market in this section during the past week. There can be no 

 complaint iu regard to the demand, unless the call was too heavy and 

 insistent. Little or no trouble is experienci d iu making sales. The diffi- 

 culty begins as soon as a deal is consummatiil. Practically all the Staple 

 woods are in demand, the call for the leadrs being more or less urgent. 

 What is true of the local market probably is true throughout the middle 

 western lumber field. Even after what at first appears to be insurmount- 

 able obstacles have been hurdled and a Jiw cars obtained, the shipper's 

 worries begin to multiply. Embargoes stop the shipments here and there 

 and even the lack of locomotives, owing to tlif congested freight conditions 



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