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HARDWOOD RECORD 



and a fair amount ot activity is prevailing at 

 the various yards. Most dealers expect a fair 

 business in comparison with last year's records, 

 and they are not inclined to the opinion that 

 politics will cause much interruption. Prices 

 of all kinds ot lumber hold firm. 



There is a better demand for oak than for any 

 other stock. Dry oak is hard to find, much of 

 the lumber offering being too green for present 

 use. Birch, maple, chestnut and ash are in fair 

 demand, while elm and basswood are firmer than 

 a short time ago and more active. In the lower 

 grades of most hardwoods there is a general 

 scarcity of stock and this has occasioned some 

 declination of orders and a good deal of strength 

 to prices 



PHILADELPHIA 



The local hardwood situation has been well 

 maintained and prices are holding firm. It is 

 evident that stocks are short in all high-grade 

 woods, and the call for low-grade lumber has 

 increased beyond possible supply. Although 

 there has been no notable movement of hard- 

 woods during the first quarter of 1912, the 

 volume of trading has exceeded expectations 

 considering the continued adverse weather. 

 Wholesale; consumers are buying cautiously, 

 and boxmcn are seeking desirable woods in the 

 hardwood camps now that softwood prices are 

 scaring. Building work, although slightly be- 

 Idw last year's figures, is beginning to show- 

 more life with the arrival of seasonable weather. 

 It is conceded from a reasonal)le standpoint, that 

 the spring has opened favorably for a moderately 

 aggressive trading. The outlook is encouraging 

 and good business may be consistently looked 

 for. 



Ing the markets, therefore, have not assumed 

 extensive proportions, and the climatic condi- 

 tions have also interfered more or less with 

 the demand. On the other hand yards, which 

 had been holding off, have found themselves im- 

 pelled to make provisions for larger stocks in 

 order to be in a position to take care of the 

 growing wants ot their customers. Therefore 

 at times there has been a decidedly active iu- 

 (lUiry. Dealers have gone in search ot stocks, 

 and all have come back with the information 

 that dry lumber is scarce, and that the trend 

 of prices is upward. Any holder ot supplies 

 ready for the market can get liberal returns, 

 and the inciulry is certain to become still more 

 active in the near future. 



Oak is perhaps the strongest wood on the list 

 just now. The relative scarcity, of course, has 

 tended to make calls more urgent, hence quota- 

 tions have gone up. The range of poplar prices 

 is about the same, with some slight modifica- 

 tions In the list. Stocks in hand are not ex- 

 tensive, even low-grade lumber being taken up 

 as fast as it reaches the market. Only the extra 

 wide lumber still halts and caunot be placed on 

 a basis of values which manufacturers feel they 

 should realize. Ash, beech and olher woods are 

 in increasing request. 



The export business is satisfactory in most re- 

 spects, although the coal strike abroad inter- 

 feres with the demand, and is looked upon as 

 perhaps the main cause for the advance in ocean 

 freight rates. 



PITTSBURGH 



The hardwood market has not exhibited such 

 a degree of firmness for several years as at pres- 

 ent, and with spring building about to commence 

 there Is every reason to believe tliat the trade 

 will be a profitable one for the man who has 

 lumber to sell. There is no trouble in getting 

 good prices for almost everything in hardwood 

 lumber. It Is simply a question of finding dry 

 stock at the mills and ot getting cars to move it 

 out promptly. Yards are very low in stock, as 

 also are the country mills. Furniture and imple- 

 ment concerns arc taking all the dry stock they 

 can get and requisitions from railroads are fairly 

 satisfactory. The eastern trade is better in gen- 

 eral than throughout tliis section. 



BOSTON 



MenilH-rs of the hardwood luiiilpii 1 laiie >iieak 

 cheerfully of the state of business this week. 

 Even the demand for quartered oak, for so 

 long more or less discouraging, has shown Im- 

 provement. An interest is being shown in plain 

 oak, and prices arc well maintained. There has 

 been some call recently from automobile manu- 

 facturers for white ash and resulting sales have 

 been at firm prices. Orders have been obtained 

 without much difficulty for poplar selects and 

 No. 1 common. The Interest In red gum Is grad- 

 ually Increasing. 



BALTIMORE 



grades are plentiful at prices that are low and 

 acceptable to box makers. 



Black Atnerican walnut is in good call for the 

 wholesale foreign market. Oak boards, red gum 

 boards, white, wide and thick chestnut are also 

 in good demand for the foreign market. 



Cypress is scarce in some of the low building 

 grades, and the prices obtained arc fair. Heavy 

 or tub cypress is scarce and hard to get. Good 

 prices prevail for medium grades of cypress for 

 building purposes. 



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INDIANAPOLIS 



While the hardwood trade is opening slowly, 

 it is nevertheless showing encouraging progress, 

 and a good season is expected. Prices, thus tar, 

 have not assumed an upward tendency, and busi- 

 ness will have to become considerably more brisk 

 than it is now to bring about higher prices. 

 Indications are that there will be a record 

 breaking trade this year in hardwoods tor in 

 terlor finish. There will be more large building 

 in Indiana this year than tor many years. A 

 fair trade is also anticipated from vehicle and 

 uutoiiiobile concerns. 



COLUMBUS 



Improved weatlier conditions which appeared 

 about the middle of March caused an increased 

 activity in the hardwood trade in Columbus and 

 central Ohio. Dealers and factories came into 

 the market with a better demand, and the volume 

 of business increased considerably. Concerns 

 making implements and vehicles have bought 

 heavily, and in many other lines there has been 

 good buying. Uetailers have not been placing 

 heavy orders recently, but that is due to the 

 fact that they had stocked up well ■earlier In the 

 season. Indications are bright for active building 

 operations Just as soon as the weather will 

 I)ermit. Prices have ruled firm and the move- 

 ment of the lower grades has been exceptionally 

 good. As a result there is a tendency to advance 

 quotations in the lower grades. Firmness char- 

 acterizes every part of the market. 



CINCINNATI 



The weather during the past two weeks has 

 been lacking too much In steadiness for the 

 hnrdwowl movement to attain impressive pro- 

 portion!*. Mills have found it Imposwible to 

 carry on niieratlons with the logs water soaked, 

 and there could be little hauling with the roads 

 axle deep In mud. Throughout the lumbering 

 sections practically the same conditions prevail 

 and thi' manufacturers have had to contend with 

 formidable dlfflcultles. .Stocks of lumlxr rcach- 



NASHVILLE 



('oniiiiii.'d \y.\<\ weather causi'd an absence of 

 special features on the Nashville market during 

 the early part ot the past fortnight. However, 

 far more favorable weather conditicms are now 

 prevailing in this section, which is expected to 

 boom business. Tliere is an increased activity 

 among the mills, many ot which were closed 

 down during the severe weather. There have 

 been additional heavy receipts of logs recently 

 of which poplar, oak. chestnut, ash and other 

 hardwoods constituted the major portion. There 

 is a continued scarcity ot good, dry, hardwood 

 stocks. Kail roads and consuming factories are 

 looking the south over for the kind of stock 

 they need both for immediate use and future 

 shipments. The consuming factories are showing 

 more of a disposition to buy low-grade stock than 

 formerly. Plain white oak continues to lead in 

 demand, ash. gum, hickory and poplar are also 

 in good request. There has been soini> improve- 

 ment in the quartered oak situation. Prices con- 

 tinue steady with an upward tendency. Foreign 

 buyers are placing some good orders, and some 

 shipments have been made. 



LOUISVILLE 



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Improved weaiber i onditions have supplied the 

 missing factor needed to make business in this 

 market good. Trade is now about all that could 

 be desired, and shipments are heavy. The de- 

 mand is holding up well, and the first quarter 

 will be ime of the best in several years. The 



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During the last few days a ebunge for the 

 Ijetfer has been noted In the local market. 

 Weather conditions have become more propitious, 

 thus fnellltating outside work. 



The denmnd for oak hoards from the consumers 

 has been vi'iy good. The prini-lpal sales, how- 

 ever, have been for common and better stock. 

 Highly figured quartered oak Is being called for 

 In gomi widths. Mahogany iuinlM'r for furniture 

 manufacturers Is In fair reqtiest. Birch, red 

 gum, hickory and chi'stnut are In good demand. 

 Thin widi' poplar Is ncllve. The common and 

 better grades are slow just nl present. Low 



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