HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Ad Ideal Xmas 

 Gift 



Did you ever realize that when 

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"How can you change 

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 We have a little Folder 

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 and we would like to 

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Just now — when the 

 evenings are getting 

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 way you will find good, solid comfort. 



It's a scace-saver 

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 both night and 

 day, and you can 

 do without that 

 extra cot or bed. 

 Indispensible in case of sickness and 

 indorsed by leading physicians. 



Get one now — 

 we have the 

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"EVERY CHAIR GUARANTEED IN EVERY WAy 



If not as represented, can be returned at 

 our expense. 



Prices, $25 to $85, complete and 

 delivered 



Write for detailed information 



Emil Guenther, President 



THE TIEDEMANN CONVERTIBLE 

 CHAIR CO. 



305 Pennsylvaaia B'l'd'g., Philadelphia, Pa. 



We are looking for "live-wires" to handle 

 this proposition in tlieir territory. Splen- 

 did opportunity for a worker. Write above 

 address for full information. 



ers expect a curtailment of orders until after 

 the first of tlie year. However, they are buying 

 heavily in anticipation of a good business after 

 .Tan. 1, owing to the scarcity of dry stock and 

 the improved condition of business Renerally. 

 Quartered oak has shown some signs of awaken- 

 ing, numerous inquiries having been received by 

 the dealers in this section. Mantel and furni- 

 ture factories are running to full capacity and 

 it Is the general opinion that 1012 will be a 

 good year in hardwood circles. Collections are 

 2;ood. 



MEMPHIS 



Perhaps the most striking development in 

 hardwood circles recently has been the growing 

 strength of Cottonwood resulting from the ex- 

 pansion in the demand therefore. Both the 

 lower and higher grades are in good request, 

 while prices are higher than they have been 

 for some time. The lower grades have been 

 freely bought by 1k>x manufacturing firms and 

 the supply immediately available has been 

 measurably reduced. The good demand for Xo. 

 1, No. 2 and No. 3 common Cottonwood also 

 finds reflection in the lower grades of gum, 

 which are in very satisfactory request at the 

 moment. The market for the upper grades of 

 sap gum has recently broadened somewhat, and 

 there is a very good business doing therein. 

 Ked gum is still in active call, with prices well 

 maintained. Quartered white oak is rather 

 slow in all grades, particularly No. 1 common. 

 Quartered red, on the other hand, is moving 

 well, and. while prices show no tendency to 

 advance, they are quite steady at the prevailing 

 level. There is only a fair business in ash 

 and cypress. Poplar is offering in only moderate 

 quantity and the market is broad enough to 

 take care of what is placed on sale. There are 

 very few orders calling for anything beyond im- 

 mediate shipment, and manufacturers here are 

 doing all they can to place themselves in a 

 position where they may take care of such 

 prompt-shipment business as they can secure. 

 The export business shows a slight tendency 

 tow.ard improvement and altogether members of 

 the trade here are inclined to take a little more 

 cheerful view of the outlook. 



NASHVILLE 



There has been a better volume of business 

 than was expected on the local hardwood market 

 during the past month. While great activity is 

 not expected to develop until after the close 

 of the annual inventory season, the demands 

 for prompt shipmsnts to flU out low stocks in 

 the hands of the retailers and the consuming 

 factories have been good on the local market. 

 There has been much activity among the box 

 manufacturers, which iu itself is a good indi- 

 cation of the general condition of business. 

 There has been a freer movement of lumber on 

 the Cumberland river during the past week, 

 and large lots of logs are' in the upper river 

 section awaiting a good tide to be transported 

 to this market. Prices continue steady, no 

 changes of moment being reported of late. The 

 car manufacturing companies are more active 

 with orders for additional rolling stock. The 

 furniture manufacturers are still busy. Plain 

 white oak has been the leader in the demand. 

 Low-grade poplar and red gum are in good 

 call. Hickory and walnut are active. The de- 

 mand for chestnut, elm and ash is about 

 normal. 



BRISTOL 



Hardwood lumbermen of Bristol report little 

 change in trade conditions during the past fort- 

 night. A fair volume of business is being done, 

 and lumbermen seem convinced that toward 



spring trade will be more brisk. Manufacturing 

 has not yet been seriously handicapped by the 

 weather, and the majority of the mills are now- 

 running and will do so as regularly during the 

 winter as the weather will permit. Shipments 

 for December thus far have been fair. 



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LOUISVILLE 



Ijocember is proving to be productive of but 

 light buying in the Louisville hardwood lum- 

 ber market. However, this state of affairs is 

 season.Tble, with consumers usually preferring 

 10 hold over until the new year with their buy- 

 ing. The extremely optimistic feeling of the 

 latter fraternity is viewed by the lumber trade 

 as an auspicious sign of a successful year 

 from the start-off of 1912. Stocks in the hands 

 of consumers are light at present and there Is 

 every indication for prices to rule steady after 

 the first of January. Poplar is now the best 

 seller in the Louisville trade while plain red 

 and white oak are also in good demand. Quar- 

 tered oak is moderately good. The mahogany 

 trade is excellent as regards both demand and 

 prices. 



ST. LOUIS 



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While the volume of business being done is 

 good, it is made up of small orders. Prices 

 generally are being maintained all along the 

 line. However, some concessions are being 

 made by dealers who have a surplus of stock 

 on hand to be disposed of. Dealers in this 

 section have been carrying small stocks, and 

 they need replenishing quite often. 



There is a fairly good demand for red and 

 white oak, and also for the bettor grades of 

 red gum. There is nothing new in quartered 

 oak conditions, although the demand is not 

 dull. Ash continues quiet. There is a fairly 

 good demand for poplar, firsts and seconds, 

 selects in wide widths being most in demand. 

 There is also a fair demand for cottonwood. 

 Box boards are scarce and can be sold at a 

 good price. There is a seasonable call for 

 northern maple and birch, and the same condi- 

 tions prevail for hickory and several other items 

 of the minor woods. The cypress trade for this 

 season of the year is good. 



MILWAUKEE 



The hardwood trade is keeping up fairly well 

 as a result of a better demand from manufac- 

 turing plants. \MioIesalers say that business 

 is much better than at this time a year ago, 

 despite the fact that the building season is 

 nearing an end. According to the jpresent 

 outlook, an unusually good trade should be re- 

 ceived after the opening of the new year when 

 inventories have been completed and trade in 

 all lines begins to take on new life. 



Considerable trouble is being experienced in 

 filling orders for the upper grades of birch, as 

 stocks in this line are getting low. Demand 

 is better for No. 2 and No. 3 birch and stocks 

 are getting scarce even in these grades. Oak 

 is moving well and maple is holding up better 

 than was anticipated. 



SAQINAW VALLEY 



The trade in hardwood lumber has held up 

 remarkably well. The movement has been active 

 and prices firm. There is estimated to be 

 twenty-five per cent less hard maple in dealers' 

 and manufacturers' hands at this time than a 

 year ago. Birch and beech have also been scarce 

 with a good demand. There has been a marked 

 improvement in basswood since early in the sea- 

 son. Stocks of diy lumber are reported gener- 

 ally light. 



