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quartered red oak. Plain oat remains active. 

 Poplar is holding its own well, especially the 

 lower grades. Ash continues in fairly good 

 liemand. 



NASHVILLE 



The hardwood market has been showing a 

 decidedly better tone during the last week 

 and the volume seems to have been generally 

 satisfactory. Some good exports were made 

 during the week, one concern shipping twelve 

 cars to England. No special attention is being 

 paid to export business for the prices quoted 

 are not better than domestic figures. Holiday 

 demands upon furniture and other consuming 

 factories have influenced the activity on this 

 market. Prices have remained steady. Heavy 

 rains throughout this section lead to the hope 

 I hat there will be early activity in the logging 

 business. Log operators in the upper Cumber- 

 land river section, from which Nashville secures 

 annually a large per cent of logs each season, 

 have been very busy of late and they will 

 begin sending large shipments down the stream 

 as soon as the condition of the tide permits. 

 Orders continue chiefly for immediate delivery, 

 but some reports of orders tor future delivery 

 are being received. The interior finish, vehicle 

 and furniture people are making the chief 

 demands for hardwoods. Hardwood floor people 

 continue very busy also. Plain oak has been 

 leading in the demands for the last two weeks. 

 Poplar and red gum have been sharing in the 

 activity. There have been better prices and 

 improved sales for chestnut. Birch and maple 

 are moving well. Quartered oak is still rather 

 slow. Ash and hickory are active especially 

 with the vehicle makers. 



CHATTANOOQA 



The general market condition locally is all 

 that could be expected. Nothing remains on 

 hand at the mills excepting wide poplar. The 

 factories consume a good share of the low grades 

 in both oak and poplar. Common and better 

 grades, with the exception of the wide poplar, 

 are mostly sold right up to the saw. The mills 

 that depend upon getting their logs by rail are 

 getting plenty of them and of a little better 

 grade than usual. 



BRISTOL 



The hardwood business is improving. It is 

 believed that the slight improvement that has 

 characterized the trade in the last few weeks 

 will continue through the winter, and that with 

 the coming of spring business will be more 

 active than for some time. There is activity In 

 manufacturing in this section, though the roads 

 are getting in bad condition and hauling is not 

 as free as it has been. The weather thus far 

 has not been unfavorable to manufacturing. 



LOLISVILLB 



The tendency of consumers to buy more lilv 

 erally as the winter season approach^ is 

 becoming more marked and is affording dis- 

 tinct gratification to Kentucky lumbermen. 

 .Activity is well up to normal, but there is no 

 sign of a boom. Plain red and white oak main- 

 tain their positions as staples. Quartered oak 

 is improving and poplar is holding stead.v at a 

 very satisfactory level. JIabogany is still a 

 prominent feature. 



ST. LOUIS 



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mediate shipment, and there does not seem 

 to be any inclination on the part of buyers 

 'to increase their holdings. It shows that hard- 

 wood is being used and that buying will continue 

 because of the lack of stocks all through this 

 section. Most of the demand is for plain oak 

 and red gum. There is also a fair call for cer- 

 tain items in the cottonwood, poplar and ash 

 lists. There is a normal demand for items 

 entering into the manufacture of agricultural 

 implements, car building and box making. Deal- 

 ers are well pleased with cypress conditions, 

 particularly on mixed car lots. Most of the 

 cypress demand is coming from Iowa, northern 

 Illinois and other parts of the north. Requests, 

 however, are for small orders for yard stock. 

 There is only a moderate trade for factory 

 use. Nearly all the orders received call for 

 quick delivery. Prices are steady. 



SEW ORLEANS 



Hardwood conditions show general improve- 

 ment, although the log movement is slow in 

 starting and there are no indications of great 

 optimism in this line. Staves continue fairly 

 steady, and while prospects are perhaps not as 

 favorable as they were two or three months ago. 

 there is little to complain of. 



MILWAUKEE 



Hardwood trade has become somewhat lighter 

 although Jobbers and dealers say business is 

 better than it was a year ago. All are look- 

 ing forward to the opening of the new year, 

 when hardwood consumers will have completed 

 their inventories. It Is the general feeling that 

 business will then take on new life. Stocks 

 in all lines are low and it would seem that 

 if conditions in general show any improvement, 

 demand for hardwood is bound to be improved. 

 The furniture factories are buying fairly well. 

 A fair demand from the box manufacturers 

 is causing more activity in lower grade hard- 

 wood. The fact that orders from nearly all 

 sources are of the rush nature seems to be 

 ample proof that stocks are low. Birch, maple 

 and elm seem to be in leading demand, although 

 basswood is selling fairly well. Plain oak Is 

 selling about as usual and jobbers say that 

 if demand is at all good this winter, stocks 

 in this line will be about depleted by spring. 

 Quartered white oak is moving more slowly. 

 Dry birch stocks, as usual, are light and spring 

 surely will see a shortage in this line. 



WAUSAU 



Manufacturers of Wisconsin report that the 

 hardwood trade is very irregular — up one week 

 and down next. Birch, hard maple, soft elm, 

 basswood, soft maple and ash rate in demand 

 as enumerated. More than fifty per cent of 

 Wisconsin hardwoods is birch. Interior finish 

 factories are quiet. Furniture factories are 

 doing some buying. Salesmen report that con- 

 suming industries are low in stock, as a rule, 

 and must begin to buy soon. The bottom In 

 price and demand has been reached, and the 

 next movement must be upward. Conditions may 

 be unsettled until after the next presidential 

 election, is what most dealers think. 



CADILLAC 



The hardwood trade is still fair and shows 

 improvement, but it is still far from satis- 

 factory. Orders are still for small lots for Im- 



Market conditions in this vicinity are con- 

 sidered good for this season of the year, with 

 light stocks of lower grades of both hardwoods 

 and hemlock, and with a growing demand for 

 both of these commodities. The lumbermen hope 

 that better prices may prevail, as the unusually 

 low prices for both of these woods have made 

 it unprofitable for the lumbermen to log closely 

 and obtain a fair average price for their lumber. 



