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HARDWOOD RECORD 



uoted at many of the yards. Plain white and 

 . red oak bas been somewhat scarce at some 

 yards, but others have been unable to get the 

 stock fast enough. Quartered oak is less firm, 

 but it has shown little tendency to sell below 

 recent quotations. Maple and birch are both 

 ■ strong in most iirades, four-quarter birch being 

 most in demand in that wood. Low grade 

 chestnut is more active, but prices are not very 

 satisfactory. Kim and ash are moving moder- 

 ately well. 



PHILADELPHIA 



The hardwood markt-t is running smoolhly on 

 a hand-to-mouth basis. Reports come in of 

 a spasmodic livening in trade, but most of the 

 orders are conditional and for some specific 

 purpose. Restocking is only partial, and only 

 where stock taking in July is the rule. There 

 seems to be an improved demand for car stock. 

 and in all lines the good grades hold firm. 

 Furniture factories are not rushed, but in- 

 creased activity is reported in the chair man- 

 ufacturing districts. I'looring men report a 

 profitable season 



PITTSBURQH 



Hardwood trade has been looking up the last 

 two weeks. Improvement is noted in the inquiry 

 and orders from manufacturing concerns. Rail- 

 road business also is better. Timbers are in 

 fairly good demand, cousidering the lateness of 

 the season. Considerable car stock has been 

 figured on as the car companies are very busy 

 and have more orders than for many months. 

 Yard trade is slow. It consisted chiefly during 

 the last two or three weeks of rush orders for 

 contractors who were in a hurry to finish up 

 their year's building. Yards are not buying 

 ahead and nobody is forecasting the situation 

 for 1912. 



BOSTON 



The general market for hardwood lumber has 

 shown a slight improvement in the last few 

 weeks, but dealers state that they have to 

 hustle for all the business they receive. The 

 fact that considerable hardwood lumber is being 

 offered consumers direct by manufacturers is 

 uiaking it more difiicult for the wholesale 

 dealers to get along. This idea of direct offer- 

 ing has grown extensively during the quiet 

 business of the last year but as demand im- 

 proves it is thought that many manufacturers 

 will be glad to again favor the middleman as 

 the latter will be able to get a better price. 

 being right on the ground and knowing how 

 badly the buyer needs stock. Prices are still 

 in an unsettled condition and in most cases 

 more favorable to the buyer than to the seller. 

 Id b few cases the asking prices are a little 

 firmer. Reports from some of the sections 

 where desks are manufactured arc much more 

 encouraging than they have been for a loni; 

 time. Mannfacturers of furniture are fairly 

 busy. Yard business Is fair 



BALTIMORE 



A revival of activity is evident and in point 

 of quantity, at least, the trade la doing well. 

 The range of prices Is still lower than It should 

 be to yield satisfactory profits, but an Improve- 

 ment Is apparent, and the outlook Is decidedly 

 encouraglntr. Requirements In the way of 

 hardwoods appear to Ix; expanding. Calls for 

 stocks are numerous enough to avert material 

 accnmulatlons at the mills. Furniture manu- 

 facturers and other consumers are placing orders 

 more freely, and even In divisions of the trade 

 that show DO actual advance at least i stiffen- 

 ing has taken place In the range of values. 



Less effort Is needed to place lumber, and th*" 

 yards, which for a time would not enter iul" 

 any commitments except for lumber actually 

 necessary, are providing for larger wants. Thf 

 interest in stocks shown by foreign buyers is 

 noticeably more spirited, and numerous inquiries 

 are being received. Intending purchasers are 

 also less exacting in their conditions and will 

 now take stocks which they formerly refused 

 as under grade. Oak planks are bringing better 

 prices than of late. The situation is somewhat 

 more favorable for the wholesaler and the ex- 

 porter in that they find the competition at the 

 mills for stocks less keen, and the pi-ices 

 they must pay have not moved up quite as 

 mucli as those received. Stocks are largt 

 enough to take care of all wants, but mere are 

 no such accumulations as would tend to I'Xert 

 pressure upon the market. As far as can be 

 learned, all the mills are running to capacity. 



COLUMBUS 



The cold wave early this mouth checked 

 building operations a great deal, but firmness 

 still characterizes the hardwood lumber trade. 

 Reports from manufacturers and jobbers show 

 increased demand for most varieties and grades. 

 Prices rule very firm and there is no disposition 

 10 cut prices to force trade. Good orders are 

 coming from the retail trade. Stocks in the 

 bands of dealers are low. The movement of the 

 lower grades continues brisk, but the better 

 grades are the most active. Dry stocks In the 

 hands of manufacturers are not large. Oak 

 flooring is selling well at an advance of $2 a 

 thousand. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Hardwood business in this city appears to be 

 about normal for the time of year. Most of the 

 dealers report a fair volume of business and 

 regard the outlook as encouraging. Prices are 

 steady and compare favorably with those of a 

 year ago. All of the local veneer concerns anil 

 hardwood manufacturing plants are working full 

 time, though none are working at night. In- 

 creased activity is reported among aufomiibil.' 

 and vehicle manufacturing concerns. 



CINCINNATI 



Sound wormy chestnut, good, wide stock is in 

 active demand. Ordinary grades of sound 

 wormy are selling fairly well. Consumers 

 readily pay more for good grade of sound 

 wormy. Birch is called for, both red and white. 

 Cottonwood, ones and twos, is in fair request, 

 and there is an active demand for common. 

 Basswood is in fair demand. Buckeye, maple, 

 beech and other hardwoods are in fair move- 

 ment. Foreign buying shows a strong demand 

 for American walnut and oak boards. Red gum 

 is in fair request. Asli is in good demand, 

 especially the white. Demand for walnut logs 

 for export is good, and there is a steadily grow- 

 Inir srarclty at this point. 



.The feeling in the hardwood market steadily 

 grows better and business generally is good. 

 Confidence is expressed in that conditions will 

 improve until the normal stage bas been reached. 

 Collections have remained uniformly good. Oak 

 of all kinds is in active demand. Highly figured 

 white oak is in light inquiry. Quarler-sawe'd 

 oak, white and red, is in good demand, espe- 

 cially for common and better, with some move 

 ment In ones and twos. Plain oak, white and 

 red. Is In good demand, with fair selling of 

 the top grades, while the consuming manu- 

 facturers prefer common and better, as a rule. 

 Heavy oak timbers, car stock and oak ties are In 

 lively demand. Ited gum. ones and twos. Is mov- 

 ing well, and there Is a goixl demand for saps 

 and common, which arc short of the wants of 

 the market. Poplar, manufacturers' grades, is 

 in good demand, and a better feeling is notice- 

 able in the demond for wide stock for the auto 

 trade, though prices are very low. Wide panel 

 stock and box boards are In fair demand. Low 

 grade is moving very freely to the box traile. 

 Ash for manufacturers' use Is moving well to the 

 wagon and cnrrloge trade, while the furniture 

 trade Is showing better feeling. Heavy whit.' 

 ash Is In fair demand. Hickory for wheel and 

 .shaft makers' stock Is having good call, and a 

 shortage In supply Is noted. Hickory boards 

 are very scarce, with some Inquiry. Chestnut 

 Is In good demand, with some Inquiry for long 

 ones and twos. Heavy and rough stock are In 

 good demand. Low grade Is moving fairly. 



BVANSVILLB 



The local market bas not experienced any 

 notable change during the last fortnight, unless 

 it was a slight improvement in demand for 



Timber for Woodworkers 



A 5.000 to C.OUO acre tract lit a South- 

 eastern state, only 6 miles from the main 

 line of the Southern Railway, is now for 

 sale. This tract is estimated to comprise 

 15.000,000 feet of merchantable lumber, 

 consisting largely of poplar, oak and 

 chestnut, with considerable bass, hickory, 

 locust and maple. There is also estimated 

 to be 200.000 cords of chestnut acid wood, 

 4.000 cords of oak bark, 2,000 cords of 

 pulp wood, and great quantities of chest- 

 nut poles and oak ties. This is an excel- 

 lent proposition when one considers it is 

 all in one boundary, tributary to a com- 

 mon point, all down slight grade to rail- 

 road, and a graded public wagon road 

 running through the center of the prop- 

 erty. 'Ten years given to remove timber. 

 For prices, terms, etc.. refer to file 10074. 

 and write M. V. RICHARDS. Land and 

 Inilustrial Agent. Southern Railway. Room 

 i:i«7. Washington. I). C. or CH.4S. S. 

 CII.X.SE. Agent. Knnni 706. Chenilral Bldg., 

 .St. Louis, Mo. 



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38 Sooth DearUro St.. CHICAGO. ILL 



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White Pine, Oak, 

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