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that comes along. Still, with all the lum- 

 ber that is on sticks here at the present 

 time and with business in the shape it is 

 in, there are certain kinds of lumber that 

 are to call none too plenty and not any 

 too easy to get hold o(, notably black ash 

 and plain red oak, firsts and seconds in 

 both. And should business become at all 

 brisk, as it was a year ago, it would not 

 take very long to cause a scarcity in many 

 other lines. 



LOUISVILLE. 



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

 Correspondence.) — The outlook in the 

 lumber trade in Louisville is promising, 

 dealers and yardmen generally reporting 

 an improvement all along the line in the 

 inquiry, and also regard the demand as 

 being heavier at this time than for many 

 months. Prices also are moving upward 

 in many instances and stiffening per- 

 ceptibly in others. The election seems 

 to have removed the ban on business that 

 had been hanging over the lumber mar- 

 ket all summer. Factory trade is espe- 

 cially active just now, manufacturers' 

 stocks having been permitted to run 

 down in the face of increasing business 

 for finished products, and, in consequence, 

 at present they find themselves hard 

 pressed for raw material. The prices of 

 all grades of oak have advanced. Poplar 

 is also showing some stiffening in price, 

 and while this is very slight, the increas- 

 ing inquiry gives hope of better prices. 

 Quotations on poplar remain unchanged, 

 but quoted prices are being secured, gen- 

 erally. Furniture, plow and box factories 

 are running full force and in some in- 

 stances working overtime. The general 

 volume of trade other than the lumber 

 trade is greatly improved over what it 

 was November 1. 



The yellow pine market is strong, 

 prices continuing firm and the demand 

 heavy. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 20, 1904.— (Spe- 

 cial Correspondence.) — Every dealer in 

 the city is wearing that much advertis?d 

 smile that will not come off. The good 

 times are apparently here at last. In 

 practically every branch of the lumber 

 trade prices are better and the demand 

 for stock far in excess of that of any 

 period for many months. The spurt in 

 business came unexpectedly and with 

 such suddenness as to create astonish- 

 ment in trade circles. After the lumber- 

 men caught their breatn they hustled vo 

 get in enough stock to satisfy all de- 

 mands. Almost all of them are at the 

 present time back in their deliveries, and 

 if the demand continues as it has been 

 for the past two weeks, November, after 

 a dull and unusually inactive October and 

 September, will be a long remembered 

 month in the history of the local trade. 

 Practically every line can be said to be 

 a feature of the market. Many good or- 

 ders for hemlock are being received by 

 the local dealers, and not much dry stock 

 is to be had in the city. The yellow pine 

 situation is equally encouraging, prices 

 are stiffening and the future appears 

 bright. In hardwoods there has been a 

 decided stiffening and a steady growth 

 in orders. 



MINNEAPOLIS. 



Dennis Bros, of Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 will erect two saw mills near Dighton, 

 Mich. 



Minneapolis. Minn., Nov. 21, 1904 — 

 (Special Correspondence). — An unusual 

 amount of late building has been under- 

 taken in Minneapolis and St. Paul, some 

 ol it just getting under way. 



The sash and door people are enjoying 

 a good fall business in the special lines 

 that call for hardwood stock, and they are 

 also in the market for oak and birch. 

 Prices on these staple woods are holding 

 firm, but will not advance for the present. 

 Elm is a fairly good seller, and not at all 

 plenty. Basswood is more active, especi- 

 ally siding and ceiling, and prices are be- 

 ginning to stiffen somewhat. They cer- 

 tainly needed it. Culls are also in some- 



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what better demand for the box factories. 



Retail yard trade is rather dull, but 

 quite a little hardwood is going out to 

 fill mixed car orders, and these small bits 

 count up in the long run. Flooring and 

 wagon stock are features of this trade. 



The car shortage which troubled the 

 northern mills for a while has been lifted, 

 and shipments are now reasonably prompt, 

 but the South is still afflicted, and the old 

 trouble of getting southern hardwood de- 

 livered at this distance is felt as bad as 

 ever. 



CINCINNATI. 



Cincinnati. Nov. 22, 1904.— (Special Cor- 

 respondence.) — The expected improve- 

 ment in the local hardwood market, which 

 was to make itself felt immediately after 

 the recent national election, has been 

 conspicuous by its absence. The trade, 

 while naturally disappointed, cannot be 

 said to be worried. The market in its 

 present shape, which is about the same 

 as it has been for the past five or six 

 weeks, is eminently satisfactory. Locally 

 there is a great deal of building going on, 

 and lumber used in such construction 

 finds ready buyers at full prices. In the 

 surrounding cotmtry the farmers seem to 

 be well supplied with money, the result 

 of good grain crops, and they are pur- 

 chasing quite extensively from the coun- 

 try dealers, who in turn are replenishing 

 their stocks from this market. Fairly nu- 

 merous inquiries from expert sources have 

 been received, and the prospects are that 

 by the first of the coming new year heavy 

 shipments will be made to England and 

 Germany. 



Quartered oak. first and second grades, 

 has been the best seller. Demand for pop- 

 lar no more urgent, but with constantly 

 decreasing stocks the feeling has been 

 healthier. Chestnut and hickory moving 

 well at previous prices. The box manu- 

 facturers have easily absorbed the little 

 Cottonwood that has been received here. 

 Red gum a star actor. Basswood, as in 

 other markets, is off. 



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