HARDWOOD RECORD 



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fcAS 



E LUMBER COMPANYs 



CHATTANOOGA. TENN. > 



Manufacturers 

 and Dealers in 



, HARDWOOD LUMBER 



LHiKh Grade Band Sawed Quartered Oak 

 and Poplar our Specialty. 

 Write us. We Have the Lumber. \ 



MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 

 LUMBER COMPANY. 



MAIN offices: 



Lincoln Trust BIdg. 

 Saint Louis. 



ilKANcUES: 



Cairo. III., Carulhersville, 

 Mo., and Memphis, Tenn. 



Cash Buyers ol Cypress. Cottonwood, 

 Gum and Oak and solicit inquiries from 

 the Consuming trade lor the following. 



CYPRESS: 



T.iO.OfO feet 1 inch Ists and 2nds. 



2(X).000 ■' Hi inch Ists and Suds. 



2,i.000 " 1 "^ and 2 inch Ists and 2nds. 



8.=i0.000 " 1 and I ^i inch select. 



175.000 " IJs inch select. 



90.000 '■ 2 inch select. 



1,610,000 ■■ 1, IK. 1!; and i inch shop. 



COTTONWOOD: 



2,000,000 feet 1-inch, log run or on grade. 



GUM: 



2,.500.000 feet 1-inch No. 2 and shipping cull. 

 .^00.000 ■' 1 and IJi inch furniture common. 

 390,000 " 1. l>i and i;.. inch sap clear. 



OAK: 



0.50.000 feet 1, I'y, and 2 inch Red and White 

 plain and quarter sawed Ists and 2iids, No. 1 

 and N*o. 2 common. 



M. R. CHIiZiZIS 



Successor to B J. Ehnts 

 WANTED AND FOR. SALE, 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



ASH, OAK, POPLAR, CYPRESS, 

 AGRICULTURAL AND WAGON STOCK, 



WALNUT AND CHERRY 



LESPERANCE STREET 



: AND THE :; 



IRON MOUNTAIN RAILROAD TRACKS, 



ST. LOUIS. 



WALNUT, 

 OAK, 

 ASH, 



POPLAR. 



rXhe King and Bartles Lumber Co. 



; CLEVELAND, OHIO 



) Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



f : : : Southern and Northern : : ; 



5 HARDWOOD \ 



, Aniwa, Wis. MILLS Merrill, Wis. ) 



not be claimed that a good volume of busi- 

 ness had Dot been expected, as the plans of 

 the rast six months have all been laid with 

 the idea that the new year would materially 

 sirenffthen the situation. At the same time, 

 the oiloits which would naturally be made un- 

 der such conditions to increase the holdings 

 of dry lumber have not been nearl.y as fruit- 

 ful as could have been wished. Bight now 

 there is a marked scarcity of dry lumber of 

 nearly every variety and tbere are a number 

 of items in such poor supply that orders for 

 St might cars are promptly refused, as the St. 

 Louig holdings are needed for mixed car or- 

 ders. During the fall purchases of green lum- 

 ber were rather heavy, as it was almost impos- 

 sible to secure dry stock at initial points and 

 much of this lumber is gradually coming^ into 

 a shipping dry condition. It is being shipped 

 out. however, as rapidly as it is dr.v euougli and 

 there is no chance whatever that the local 

 supply will be better during the next several 

 months. The present spell of cold weather is 

 also having its effect upon sawmill operations 

 in those portions of the southern terr'tory 

 reached by St. Louis buyers and the report 

 comes in that mill stocks have now been pretty 

 well cleaned out. The advances in prices noted 

 above are therefore entirely within reason and 

 it is firmly believed in St. Louis that further 

 advances will be made during the next sixty 

 t'a.vs. 



Quartered red and white oak have probably 

 shown less change in point of price and de- 

 mand than any of the woods handled in St. 

 Louis, and inch plain ook has undoubtedly shown 

 the greatest amount of improvement. Local 

 wholesalers are sufficiently sure of the future 

 of quartered oak to be willing to increase 

 their holdings and therefore whatever can be 

 located at initial points has been taken in at 

 ruling prices. At the same time, there are fair 

 slocks of reasonably dry lumber in St. Louis 

 and orders are receiving prompt shipment. So 

 far as inch plain oak is concerned red takes 

 the lead in point of preference, but both red 

 and white are unusually strong. Tlie supply 

 of dry is very limited and cannot be readily 

 increased, as mill purchases are perforce of 

 absolutely green stock. The local supply of 

 thick plain oak has improved somewhat of late 

 and wholesalers are prepared to take care of 

 an.v reasonable demand for this item. 



Cottonwood and gum are now coming in for 

 <onsiderable trading so far as the contracting 

 for mill stocks is concerned, but few of the 

 local factories are' yet buying in ver.v large 

 quantities. The latter promises to occupy a 

 strong po.sition sooner than will Cottonwood, 

 but 'according to St. Louis ideas, both have a 

 bright future. Cypress also has improved con- 

 siderably during the past few months and prices 

 are higher than those reigning during December 

 or Xovember. All of the other woods handled 

 in St. Louis are on a firm footing and show 

 a tendency toward hardening in values during 

 the next thirty or sixty days. 



Buffalo. 



A good seas^.n in the hardwood trade is gen- 

 erally predicted. The winter has been more 

 steady and severe than was expected, especially 

 on account of the amount that we had of 

 it a j'ear ago. yet if the building operations 

 are to be stopped off at all they may as well 

 be closed solidly. Buffalo wants to do a large 

 amount of building this year, though it is not 

 a great user of hardwood lumber. The eastern 

 market is extensive and appears to be in line 

 condition, if there are no extensive labor diffl- 

 culties. Dealers are selling plain oak always 

 more liberally than anything els^ and there 

 is some report of a better demand for quartered 

 oak. which has accumulated for a considerable 

 time, on account of the price being out of 

 line with plain oak. Sellers of flooring 



say that maple is still a better bargain at 

 present prices than yellow pine. 



Stocks of hardwoods are larger, especially 

 oak and maple, which have been in greater 

 demand for some time than any other woods. 

 Dealers have scoured the Pennsylvania maple 

 districts for it and have brought down liberal 

 amounts from Michigan. The report from 

 Michigan of late is that the cut is small and 

 sales are restricted. 



Nashville. 



The lumbermen of Nashville are awaiting a 

 slight lapse in some exceedingly bad weather 

 before they can get at some extensive logging 

 operations. The streams are full of ice and 

 the Cumberland river at Nashville has been 

 frozen over. It is believed that as the waters 

 come down they will bring a good many logs 

 and the firms are accordingly preparing to get 

 all they can, for the material is needed. The 

 demand for lumber has not seemed to suffer 

 from the cold weather conditions in the north, 

 and while mills have been out of the running 

 here to a considerable extent, the business and 

 correspondence departments have been busy an-, 

 swering a fair run of inquiries. Oak holds 

 the strongest position. Chestnut is doing well. 

 Poplar is still weak. Export advices are more 

 encouraging. Several large building projects 

 are announced for "Nashville and some realty 

 transfers were made this week that will mean 

 the ultimate erection of some handsome struc- 

 tures in the downtown district. 



Detroit. 



The hardwood lumber market has been rather 

 quiet for some time, but evidences are nor 

 wanting that a revival is at hand. There is an 

 ample stock in tne hands of manufacturers and 

 dealers are making trips to the mills and look- 

 ins over stock. Some transfers are being made. 

 The market is firm. Maple is held at shipping 

 points at $14 and .?15, birch is quoted at .?1S 

 and basswood at $20. This region has been 

 practically skinned of oak. There is consid- 

 erable basswood in the hands of both dealers 

 and manufacturers. It is not expected there 

 will be any weakening in the matter of prices. 

 A considerable number of mills in eastern Mich- 

 igan are being operated during the winter. There 

 is a moderate movement in maple flooring, but 

 the price is regarded as rather low. A good 

 portion of the output in the mills in this sec- 

 tion of the state is exported. With the ad- 

 vent of activity in the building trades in the 

 early spring a pronounced improvement is be- 

 lieved to be within bounds of reasonable prob- 

 ability. 



Pittsburg. 

 Two things have interfered seriously with 

 the lumber trade the last two weeks in greater 

 Pittsburg. One was the extreme weather, reach- 

 ing to 5 degrees below zero. The cold spell 

 forced a complete suspension of operations at 

 dozens of mills in western Pennsylvania and 

 West Virginia which are owned or controlled 

 by Pittsburg interests. This greatly curtailed 

 the supply of lumbei' put on cars and thus 

 reduced the visible stock for spring delivery. 

 It also put a stop to praetrcally all building 

 operations. A few jobs of finishing work where 

 buildings were enclosed and heated could have 

 gone ahead had it not been for the lockout in 

 the building trades, which was the other de- 

 terrent factor in the lumber situation. Al- 

 though many of the city contractors have not 

 yet acquiesced in the wish of the Builders" 

 Exchange League to make a complete lockout 

 until the unions agree to an open shop policy, 

 still there are at least 5,000 men idle, and ex- 

 perienced observers believe that the situation 

 will become more aggravated before March 1. 

 At all events it is quite likely that building 

 will be held up more or less by the prevailing 

 uncertainty in regard to a supply of labor ana 



