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befoie winter sawed stock is put on the mar- 

 ket. Tlie encouraging feature is a steady call 

 from furniture factories and a continuation of 

 buying on the part of sash and door factories, 

 which are still making up some delayed orders 

 tor special work. From now until the building 

 season cpens again these concerns will work 

 almost entirely with pine, but they will make 

 up considerable basswood tor moldings, and iu 

 fact the basswood situation is stronger than 

 it has been for a long time. Dealers here sav 

 it is not because the large consumers have 

 gone back to basswood after using substitutes, 

 but because they have been doing little or noth- 

 ing, and are now coming back to old trade 

 conditions again. At any rate the surplus of 

 bass'.vood uppers has about disappeared and 

 culls are noticeably stronger, on account of the 

 scarcity and high prices of white pine box lum- 

 ber. 



The furniture factories are most of them 

 short of birch and oak stock, and are havinfr 

 some ditBculty in getting a supply that is 

 satisfactory in grade. Extra stock sells read- 

 ily for prices in advance of the list. Elm, both 

 soft and rock, is selling fairly well, and there 

 is some call for ash. Flooring is quiet now, 

 and so is yard stock generall.v, 



Uetaii lumbermen who gathered here for the 

 convention did very little buying, but will start 

 the stocking up process in a short time. They 

 have light stocks on hand, and will be sending 

 in for a good raan.v mixed car orders in a 

 little while. 



Reports from the woods indicate that the 

 deep snow is still quite a hindrance to logging 

 operations, especially in eastern Wisconsin and 

 Michigan. However, the loggers are working 

 like Trojans and the mills doing winter saw- 

 ing are as a rule working to full capacity. 



G-rand Bapids, 



As the year advances hardwood market con- 

 ditions continue to improve. While prices do 

 not advance as yet the feeling is strong that 

 this will follow the increasing inquiry on the 

 part of consumers — not sensational advances, 

 Imt a general hardening of values in consonance 

 with the general prosperity of the countrv. 

 Mills in the lower peninsula have been well 

 stocked with logs this winter, on account of 

 favorable winter weather, backed by no surplus 

 of snow, but excellent sleighing. 



New York, 



The heavy snowstorm of last week, which 

 was in reality a blizzard, paralyzed traffic and 

 business all along the line, and brought the 

 lumber and building trades to a standstill and 

 although the weather has continued extremely 

 cold since the storm and has necessarily cur- 

 tailed a resumption of operations, the general 

 lumber situation has received no setback other 

 than a suspension of activity, which, of course, 

 will rapidly adjust itself with a moderation 

 in temperature. It was a corker, though, and 

 New York has seen nothing like it since the 

 blizzard of 1888, Up to the time of the storm 

 the genera! movement of hardwood lumber in 

 both wholesale and retail channels was very 

 satisfactory for this season of the year. Of 

 course, during the severe weather there isn't 

 a great deal doing, but so long as the market 

 remains firm everybody is satisfied to take 

 things easy and to prepare for the spring rush. 

 As a matter of fact, the spring seasdn is the 

 keynote to the situation at the present time 

 and one that is cutling the biggest figure in the 

 calculations today, and it can be truly said 

 that those wholesale houses in the district 

 who have any amount of hardwood bought at 

 mill points are taking things mighty easy and 

 not sacrificing a foot of it. Ever.vthlng indi- 

 cates that such a course is a wise one. for the 

 reason that practically all the bu.vers who have 

 recently returned from mill points, as well as 



wholesalers who have made similar Itineraries, 

 report a decided shortage of many items of 

 stock at hardwood mill points, with little 

 likelihood of any great addition to stocks for 

 the spring trade, although of course the middle 

 summer season will witness a slight improve- 

 ment in this particular after new stock becomes 

 marketable. On the other hand, stocks in the 

 hands of buyers in the local district are con- 

 siderably depleted, owing to a procrastinating 

 policy assumed during the fall In the hope of 

 lower prices. With such a combination of con- 

 ditions it is easily appreciable that there is 

 nothing to fear in the hardwood market for 

 the present year and that it is going to be a 

 manufacturers and wholesalers' year from now 

 on. 



Bristol, Va.-Temi. 



Market conditions continue good in this sec- 

 tion, and dealers and manufacturers are hold- 

 ing a great deal of their stock, looking for 

 further stiffening up of prices. Several mills 

 have started up in and near Bristol within the 

 past two weeks, and are all well supplied with 

 logs. The inclemency of the weather in this 

 section for the past two months has proved 

 quite a deterrent element and especially the 

 country mills are handicapped by the cold 

 weather. The climatic conditions are fast be- 

 coming more favorable, and many are of the 

 opinion that better weather will pervade this 

 section during the remainder of the winter 

 and early spring months. Oak continues scarce, 

 but owing to the fact that numbers of mills 

 are opening up and will cut all of the oak logs 

 available, the supply will be materialy aug- 

 mented withid the next few weeks. Poplar is 

 bringing good prices, and bids fair to soon 

 resume its normal market condition within t-e 

 next few months. The higher grades of this 

 stock are in good demand, while an unpre- 

 cedented demand for shipping cull poplar is 

 being experienced in this section. Much more 

 attention is being given to the manufacture of 

 white -^ine and hickory products, and the out- 

 put from east Tennessee and southwest Virginia 

 mills of this stock, has been very materiallv 

 augmented. 



Kansas City. 



lAical dealers announce that they are not ex- 

 periencing any difiicuity in securing supplies of 

 hardwood lumber for the Kansas City market 

 excepting 1st and 2nd plain dry oak. This is 

 a very scarce item, and green stock has ad- 

 vanced quite materially during the past few- 

 weeks. The local dealers are looking forward 

 to a good demand for the coming year. 



Louisville, 



Local hardwood dealers are much encouraged 

 over the condition of the market at present. It 

 shows such a decided improvement that the 

 prospects are bright for a very active business 

 this year, with the majority of woods at ad- 

 vanced prices. Plain oak leads the list, being 

 in strong demand at an advance of about $2 in 

 the past month, the advance since last reports 

 being difBcult to figure. Quartered oak is in 

 much better demand than it was two weeks 

 ago and the price is slowly moving up. Ash. 

 dry. is sjcarce and is in good demand, although 

 prices have not changed materially. Hickory 

 is in strong demand and unusually scarce, with 

 prices moving upward. Poplar is in better 

 demand than for several months and the prices 

 show advances pretty much all along the line. 

 Firsts and seconds are up about $2 : saps about 

 $1 and common and culls are about steady, the 

 advance being slight. 



Conditions in the market generally are en- 

 couraging. Chair factories lare working full 

 time and the box factories and barrel planjts 

 are also running up to the limit. 



Liverpool. 



Business on the whole has a brighter look 

 and more promising than has been the case for 

 some time. Inquiries, though small, are more 

 numerous. Arrivals of walnut logs, especially 

 of poor quality, have been fairly heavy, and 

 prices are not improving for this class of stock. 

 Large logs of good quality are in demand and 

 will realize full value. 



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V. 



BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 



FOR SALE. 



Fifty Thousand capacity Single Band Saw 

 Mill, also band resaw. A complete mill with 

 gang edger, automatic trimmer, cut-off saws, 

 lath and shingle machine, electric light plant, 

 lumber conveyor and sorting deck 100 feet 

 long ; horses, dump carts, wagons, sleighs, 

 lumber trucks, etc. 



Log pond will hold Eight Million feet. Fine 

 large piling yard with tramway for Ten Mil- 

 lion feet of lumber. Will also sell Six to 

 Eight Million feet of logs, largely White Pine, 

 it buyer wishes. Mill is located in one of the 

 best hardwood districts of Wisconsin. Address 

 SAW MILL. & LOGS, 

 care Hardwood Recori). 



CYPKESS MILL ANB TIMBEK, 



Well located Cypress mill and timber in Mis- 

 sissippi now iu operation, fully equipped band 

 mill, steel tram standard gauge, light locomo- 

 tives, teams, buildings, etc. : 15-20 million feet 

 cypress timber, one-half of which can be cut 

 and fioated to mill, for $1.25 per M feet, and 

 farthest log haul only one and one-half miles. 

 More timber can be had. Nothing better in 

 the South. Particulars and price only to those 

 meaning business and able to handle a deal of 

 this size. No agents. 



THOS. W. GILL, 

 1207 N, Spring Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 



BUSINESS CHANCE. 



Would buy $8,000 or $10,000 active interest 

 in established wholesale lumber firm and man- 

 age financial or sales department ; or would 

 start new company with first class buyer with 

 some capital. Replies confidential. Address 

 NO. 50 Hardwood Record. 



NORTHERN WISCONSIN RESOURCES. 



Northern Wisconsin offers the finest oppor- 

 tunities for manufacturing and settlement. 

 Fine grazing lands, hardwood timber and splen- 

 did soil for the settler : iron ore, clay, marl and 

 kaolin for the manufacturer are awaiting those 

 who seek the opportunity. Transportation facil- 

 ities are of the best. Interesting booklets, 

 maps, etc, are yours for the asking, W. H. 

 Killen. land and industrial commissioner ; Jas. 

 C. Pond, general passenger agent, Wisconsin 

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