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THE HA R D WOOD RECORD. 



price, they are returning to their first love, 

 finding it more satisfactory. The sash and 

 door factories here are talking oak and 

 birch in somewhat larger quantities. The 

 demand for special work continues and 

 will be felt all through the winter season, 

 as some large buildings are being com- 

 pleted on the inside in the late fall and 

 winter. Elm is in steady demand and is 

 growing scarce, some of the large dealers 

 being entirely out. Ash is also rather hard 

 to find in quantity. 



LOUIS VILLE. 



Louisville, Ky., Oct. 21, 1904.— (Special 

 Correspondence.) — The hardwood market 

 in thi.s section for the past two weeks has 

 been rather quiet. However, there is a 

 steady improvement in the demand, which 

 has encouraged dealers and mill men to 

 look for a pretty good fall trade. In this 

 connection, however, it is pointed out that 

 no boom is expected and that beyond a 

 cleaning up of present stocks, no heavy 

 movement is indicated. In poplar the de- 

 mand is very much better than it was two 

 weeks ago and prices are moving steadily 

 upward. For five, six and eight quartered 

 oak the demand is good, but No. 1, or four- 

 quartered oak, is rather quiet. Plain oak 

 is still in very good demand, with prices 

 firm. Cottonwood is quiet, but prices are 

 steady. Mill men report a broadening de- 

 mand locallj' and also a better inquiry 

 from outside points. Yard men also report 

 a pretty fair demand. Inside finish men 

 report business very active, there being 

 orders ahead for several weeks, with con- 

 tinued reports of improving business from 

 their men on the road. Hardwood floor 

 men are working hard and are unable to 

 cope with the demand. This is in conse- 

 quence of the numerous old buildings be- 



ing converted into flats and the replacing 

 of old floors with hardwood floors. The 

 box factories and stave and barrel plants 

 are very busy. Chair and furniture fac- 

 tories are a little slack at the present 

 time, but expect to run full within a short 

 time. 



The local yellow pine market is still 

 booming, prices being from 50 cents to 

 $1 50 above those of a month ago. 



NEW OKLEANS. 



New Orleans, La., Oct. 22, 1904. — (Spe- 

 cial Correspondence.) — Hardwoods during 

 the last fortnight have assumed a 

 stronger position in the markets, and the 

 demand and prices have been showing 

 a material improvement. The increase in 

 the exports gives evidence that the ex- 

 port trade is improving. All in all, condi- 

 tions are favorable for a betterment of 

 the market. 



For cypress there is a good demand 

 and the prices are steady. 



MEMPHIS. 



Memphis. Tenn., Oct. 22, 1904. — (Special 

 Correspondence.) — The lumber trade is 

 showing some improvement at Memphis 

 and a more optimistic feeling is exnressed 

 and felt in the controlling lumber circles 

 here. Cypress is in better position, oaks 

 continue strong, ash is in good demand. 

 The undertone of gum, first-class cotton- 

 wood and cull cottonwood a little more fa- 

 vorable. The Memphis exporters have 

 also received advices that stocks abroad 

 are growing less, and it is hoped that the 

 export trade will look up right soon, and 

 the number of inquiries coming in al- 

 ready give a favorable view to domestic 

 market conditions. 



JOHU H. BUBBELL & CO.'S WOOD 

 CIBCTJLAR. 



Liverpool, Oct. 1, 1904. 



Ash Logs. — The arrivals as usual have 

 been principally of round wood on con- 

 tract. 



Ash Lumber. — There is a fair inquiry 

 for prime stock of good specifications. 



Black Walnut Logs. — The arrivals have 

 been moderate, and prime large logs con- 

 tinue in good demand, though medium, 

 small and inferior wood is hard to sell 

 even at low prices. 



Black Walnut Lumber. — Demand quiet, 

 supplies ample, and values ruling low. 



Chestnut Logs. — No inquiry. 



Hickory Logs. — The slightly improved 

 demand noted in our last continues for 

 strictly prime clean butts, but rough and 

 interior wood is very unsalable. 



Oak Boards. — The supply of both plain 

 and quartered stock is more than ample 

 for the limited demand. 



Oak Planks (Cabinet). — There has been 

 a little more inquiry for strictly prime 

 stock, but there is no improvement to 

 record either in the demand or value of 

 average parcels. 



Oak Planks (Coffin).— There is rather 

 more demand for prime parcels of good 

 specification, but inferior planks continue 

 to be very unsalable. 



Oak Planks (Wagon). — There has been 

 slightly more inquiry for prime parcels of 

 suitable sizes, but it must be remembered 

 that first quality planks 15% feet and up 

 5x12 coupled with a large percentage of 

 3%xl2 constitutes the only salable speci- 

 fication, as short 5x12 and thicker sizes 

 are not now in demand, while second-class 

 and inferior planks of any specification 



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