THE HARDWOOD RECORD, 



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bit gloomy, but the opinion is unanimous 

 tliat this condition is only temporary. 



Plain white oak and plain red oak have 

 been, perhaps, the best sellers. Quartered 

 sawed grades have had a fair call. Cy- 

 press has been a good second to oak, with 

 prices showing a rising tendency. Ash has 

 found a ready outlet at satisfactory prices. 

 Poplar has been in steady demand, but 

 prices have not improved. What cotton- 

 wood there is in the market is being 

 quickly absorbed by box manufacturers at 

 strong prices. Other hardwoods have not 

 deviated in price, while the demand has 

 been iair. 



2-inch and thicker and very little 1-inch 

 that anyone wants. 



The demand for black ash seems to 

 have fallen off in a marked degree and it 

 looks as though this wood had reached the 

 limit on price and would probably take a 

 tumble before very long. Basswood is 

 very quiet, with large stocks in hand in 

 most of the Buffalo yards. 



BUFFALO. 



Buffalo, Dec. 6, 1904.— (Special Corres- 

 pondence). — There is not much change 

 in the local situation. Plain oak is in 

 good demand, although prices do not go 

 up to any marked degree. The Buffalo 

 lumbermen are exercised over the fact 

 that certain irresponsible parties are of- 

 fering lumber below market prices, thus 

 keeping market conditions in a demoral- 

 ized state. These parties have a regular 

 standing in the lumber world and get hold 

 of occasional cars of lumber which they 

 are compelled to dispose of and offer at 

 low prices in order to unload. While low 

 prices are more or less of a temptation, 

 it seems as though the buyer is taking 

 big chances under these conditions. 



Quartered oak is rather quiet, with little 

 change so far as prices are concerned. 

 The tendency, however, seems to be toward 

 lower prices. The demand for ash seems 

 to be improving, especially for 1-inch lum- 

 ber that runs good for width. The great 

 trouble about ash is that the average mill 

 man has been devoting all his attention to 

 manufacturing thicker stock and only put- 

 ting the smaller logs and edgings into 

 1-inch lumber, making whatever inch he 

 does make narrow and undesirable. The 

 consequence is there are large stocks of 



NEW YORK. 



New York, Dec. 3, 1904.— (Special Cor- 

 respondence.) — The local hardwood situa- 

 tion continues in a very satisfactory con- 

 dition for this season of the year. Not- 

 withstanding the fact that we are fast ap- 

 proaching cold weather there is quite an 

 activity noticeable among the hardwood 

 dealers, particularly those supplying the 

 manufacturing trade, such as cabinet and 

 furniture makers, piano and picture frame 

 manufacturers, etc. These branches of 

 the manufacturing trade are, of course, 

 very active taking care of the big Christ- 

 mas demand for these lines of goods. The 

 trim people are also quite busy finishing 

 up on buildings started in the early fall, 

 and taken as a whole there is a good deal 

 of hardwood being utilized in the local 

 district. Then again, the outlook for quite 

 an amount of building during the winter, 

 especially in the outskirts, is good, and 

 all indications point to a fairly active busi- 

 ness for the hardwood dealers throughout 

 the winter, while the entire trade is most 

 optimistic as to the outlook for spring, 

 concerning which every indication points 

 to one of the biggest years the Metropolis 

 has ever seen in the building line during 

 1905. 



LOUISVILLE. 



Louisville, Ky., Dec. G, 1904.— (Special 

 Correspondence.) — The situation in Louis- 

 ville remains practically unchanged from 

 what it was during the latter part of No- 

 vember. The improvement which began 



Clearance Sale 



We want to move a million feet Bone Dry 

 Quartered White and Red Oak before 

 January ist, 1905. This means low prices 

 for quick shipment. Will not book orders 

 for spring delivery. 



LOVE, BOYD rSl CO. 



WE MANVFACTURE 25.000,000 FEET BAND SAWED 



COTTONWOOD, POPLAR AND CYPRESS 



PER ANNUM 



Are always in position to supply the trade. 

 National Hardwood Association Grades Guaranteed 

 and certificates furnlslied wlien requested. 



JEFFERSON SAW MILL CO., Ltd. 



FRONT and ROBERT STS. NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



immediately after the election has con- 

 tinued and lumber interests generally 

 show a disposition to increase stocks all 

 along the line. Prices are steady, gen- 

 erally, although in oaks there seems to 

 be a tendency toward stiffening. Oaks are 

 in good demand all the way through. 

 Poplar, however, is rather dull and, while 

 there is a much better demand than 

 earlier in the fall, the situation is not 

 greatly encouraging. Prices remain at the 

 quotations which have prevailed for some 

 time, although there seems to be a little 

 more firmness than was the case a month 

 or two ago. 



The factory trade is very good, in con- 

 sequence of the free movement of finished 

 products. The plow- factories are espe- 

 cially busy and are taking large quantities 

 of oak and ash. The chair factories are 

 also very busy and the movement of furni- 

 ture is heav}-. The box factories are work- 

 ing full time and with all available facili- 

 ties in use. 



MXITITEAPOLIS. 



Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 6, 1904. — (Spe- 

 cial Correspondence.) — A strong feeling is 

 noted in factory stocks, as the demand is 

 good and promises to remain fair all 

 through the winter season. Birch and oak 

 are not heavily carried, and are selling not 

 in large lots but steadil.v. Yard stock is 

 very quiet, but some flooring is in demand 

 on account of the late building operations. 

 It is predicted that flooring will be higher 

 next season on account of the advance in 

 yellow pine. Basswood is firmer, and 

 looks good for the future. Dealers here 

 report that dealers who have tried to sub- 

 stitute gum for basswood are coming back 

 to basswood. Stocks are not heavy, and 

 logs are in better demand for barrel head- 

 ing, so that prices will be stronger next 

 season. The crop will not be heavy. The 

 log crop of northern hardwood will be 

 lighter on the whole this coming v.'inter 

 than for some years before. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Philadelphia, Dec. 4, 1904.— (Special 

 Correspondence.) — Local lumbermen are 

 well pleased with the present conditions 

 in the trade. The weather has continue.-l 

 mild, keeping the yards busy with orders 

 from building operations. Buying, though 

 belated, has been of such volume since the 

 election that there is now every indication 

 that there will be as much lumber car- 

 ried as in 1903. The demand for deliveries 

 is naturally not heavy, owing to the near- 

 ness of real winter weather, but the deal- 

 ers rejoice in the unusually early inquiries 

 for spring stock. All wholesale dealers re- 

 ports more encouraging reports from their 

 customers than have been received for 

 months. 



NASHVILLE. 



Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 7, 1904.— (Spe- 

 cial Correspondence). — The manufactur- 

 ers and dealers in this district express 

 the view that lumber is improving in 

 values and that the demand is growing 

 apace as the old year of 1904 moves out. 

 Poplar is apparently in some better posi- 

 tion. All of the oaks, except quartered 

 red, are doing well. Stocks are light com- 

 paratively for entrance into the winter. 

 The lumbermen here and in East Ten- 

 nessee will be on the lookout for early 

 tides and make the most of them. 



The Wabash Lumber Company of Mount 

 Carmel, 111., is erecting a saw mill in North 

 Grayville, 111. 



