HARDWOOD RECORD 



53 



CHECKING 

 SPLITTING 



^f^ROTTING 

 PREVENTED BY LORAC 



which ;it trilling cost protects Logs, Lumber 

 and Dimension Stock against weather and 

 time. A Boy Can Do the Work, 



THE LEAVITT I.AXU Ot LUMBER CO., Dermott, 

 Ark., says: 

 "Vv'e like Lorac. and are very much in need of 

 a barrel now, and we trust that you will rush 

 shipment." 



GUARANTEE — No Satisfaction, 

 No Pav : vour verdict to be final. 



TRY LORAC NOW 



WRITE IS FOR Fl I.I. I'AKTIClll.AKS 



THE GEORGE HENKE CO., 68 Bcekman St., N. Y 



NASHVILLE 



KITCHEN CABINET 

 MANUFACTURERS 



will be accorded every assistance and 

 free sites for the establisliment of plants 

 on the banks of the Ohio River. 



We offer a profusion of high-class raw 

 material, electric light, heat and power 

 at a minimum of cost. Labor troubles 

 unknown. 



The saving in rental and the fact that 

 you can be established with a growing 

 community, with every logical, natural 

 reason for a remarkable development, 

 should be sufficient inducement for you 

 to write Roy N. Adams, secretary, The 

 Commercial Club, Mound City, Illinois. 



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 time. 



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Craig- Wayne Company 



38 Sonth Dearb«rn St.. CHICAGO. ILL. 



BLUESTONE LAND & LUMBER CO. 



White Pine, Oak, 

 Poplar, Chestnut 

 and Hemlock Lumber 



WHITE PINE AND OAK TIMBERS ON 

 SHORT NOTICE 



RAILROAD TIES 



We own our own stumpage 

 and operate our own mill. 



Mill: GARDNER. VV. VA. 



Sales Office: RIDGWAY, PA. 



Very severe weather throughout this as well 

 as other sections of the country have necessarily 

 curtailed recent lumber operations, but the situa- 

 lion is generally satisfactory and all .members 

 of the trade seem to be confident of good things 

 for 1012. Country roads have been impassable, 

 causing much idleness with the rural mills, and 

 yard work as well as building operations have 

 been retarded considerably. With the inventory 

 season well advanced, dealers are finding out 

 their stock shortages and orders are beginning to 

 come in, some even for future delivery, a feature 

 which has been long absent. Many inquiries are 

 coming in, and moderate shipments are reported, 

 some being for export. Prices remain steady. 

 The leading demands continue for plain oak and 

 the different grades of poplar, while there is a 

 good call for red gum and an improvement in 

 quartered oak. Ash is steady. The railroads 

 are returning to the market for car and con- 

 struction timbers and cross ties. Calls from the 

 furniture makers are light. 



BRISTOL 



Trade is reported a little better since the first 

 of the year, though no radical improvement is 

 noted by local hardwood men. Indications now 

 are that business will be ijetter soon, and that 

 prices will stiffen somewhat. The demand for 

 some grades of lumber has been very weak, while 

 the call for others has increased. Sales of late 

 have been fair, but not as heavy as was antici- 

 pated a few weeks ago. Business may be said 

 to be holding its own with a slight upward ten- 

 dency to prices, and a better outlook for trade 

 during the spring and summer. 



LOUISVILLE 



Business in .the local market has been show- 

 ing gradual improvement during the past two 

 weeks, although it must be admitted that trade 

 in January has not come up to expectations. This 

 was natural, however, in view of the unusually 

 severe weather which was experienced ail over 

 ihe country. In addition to this, consumers as 

 a rule have been taking stock, and some, as in 

 the case of the furniture manufacturers, have 

 been waiting for the results of exhibitions before 

 determining what they would do during the com- 

 ing season. These factors are now disposed of. 

 however, and buying is expected to be on a larger 

 scale during the next few months. 



Plain oak continues to be the leader as far as 

 demand is concerned, with poplar also in good 

 demand. Quartered o>ak manufacturers report 

 a somewhat improved feeling on that com- 

 modity, while ash and Cottonwood are in about 

 normal status. Chestnut is somewhat scarcer 

 and is expected to command higher prices be- 

 fore long. Mahogany is in excellent call, but 

 mahogany veneers are not selling ns well as 

 thick stock. 



ST. LOUIS 



1 



A satisfactory number of orders has been re- 

 ceived by St. Louis liardwood dealers in spite of 

 the severe weather which has prevailed during 

 the past two weeks. The market is firmer, 

 although no advance is reported. The better 

 tone in the market is attributed to the heavy 

 rains and high water in the hardwood produc- 

 ing territory and also the unusually cold weather. 

 Low-grade gum is about sold out and many 

 mills are without No. 2 common and box common 

 gum. White and red plain oak has been in 

 stronger demand recently, especially in the lower 

 grades. Quartered oak h.as improved, but is not 

 in as good a demand as plain. Wide poplar. 



first and second Cottonwood. Cottonwood box 

 boards and thick ash are improving. St. Louis 

 dealers in cypress report some orders and inqui- 

 ries are coming in continually, but the weather 

 has prevented shipments from being made. 

 Prices show little change. The sash and door 

 people are doing little business. The planing 

 mills have resumed operations and with the 

 orders on hand are able to work full time. 



MILWAUKEE 



The local hardwood business is beginning to 

 show signs of improvement. While the volume 

 of new bu.siness that is being secured is not 

 increasing as rapidly as many lumbermen wish, 

 inquiries and orders are gradually increasing in 

 number. Most of the local industries are calling 

 for larger lots of dry stocks, the supply of which 

 is beginning to get low in many lines. 



Birch is in good demand and stocks in this 

 line are particularly light. No. 1 and No. 2 plain 

 sawed oak and plain red oak are selling well. 

 Maple is another northern hardwood that is in 

 good demand. Basswood is showing decided im- 

 provement in both the lower and upper grades. 

 Because of the light stocks and the increasing 

 demand there is slight chance for a decrease in 

 prices, while predictions are being made that 

 quotations will go higher. 



GLASGOW 



Since last report the steamer Meadonficld has 

 arrived from New Orleans with the usual assort- 

 ment of hardwoods, oak, hazel pine, pitch pine 

 board.s. etc., but buyers have not taken much 

 interest in this cargo. However, it is expected 

 that business will soon be resumed and respective 

 buyers will come into the market for various 

 requirements. Trade generally is good, with 

 perhaps the exception of house-building, which 

 has been stagnant for some years. Cabinet 

 makers are fairly well employed, and ship- 

 builders are starting work again with good pros- 

 pects for a boom year. Prime sawn pitch pine 

 logs, suitable for conversion into deck planks, 

 are in good demand, as also are the boards, par- 

 ticularly the flooring size, 7"sli.^". No stock is 

 held. Higher prices are being asked for for- 

 ward delivery. 



Red gum is not selling well and consignments 

 should be avoided. A fair business is being done 

 in sap gum in Vi", %" and %" prime quality 

 U" and up wide, also 16" and up x %". North- 

 ern oak logs are very scarce, and the demand for 

 fair-sized logs has been good for some time. 

 No stock is held. Oak squares are being called 

 for. especially 3"x3" and up, average lengths. 

 Numbers 1 and 2 common is in steady request 

 at fair prices, the best thicknesses being %", 

 %", %", 5/4", 6/4" and 8/4". Canary white- 

 wood logs, if of prime quality, should do well. 

 Poor logs are hard to sell at any price, and con- 

 signments of this grade should be avoided, as 

 the results will leave a loss to the shippers. 

 Canary whitewood boards, prime quality, are 

 completely off, especially in the wider stock, 18" 

 and up and 24" and up. Numbers 1 and 2 com- 

 mon shows a fair demand for S2S to %", %" 

 and Vs", preferably for mixed cars of these 

 thicknesses. The demand for prime walnut logs 

 is very good, there being no stock held. Parcels 

 arriving will meet with a ready sale. This also 

 applies to walnut lumber. No. 1 common ash 

 boards are in fair demand. There is a good 

 demand for prime quality hickory logs, but ship- 

 ments must be kept in moderate compass. This 

 also applies to white ash logs. Consignments of 

 hickory sticks for golf shafts should be care- 

 fully avoided. Honduras mahogiiny logs and 

 lumber demand good prices, and are very firm. 

 Arrivals will meet with a good reception. Bay 

 poplar or Tupelo has entirely disappeared from 

 this market and is never inquired for. 



