HARDWOOD RECORD 



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MANUFACTURERS OF WASHING MACHINES, 

 LADDERS, LAWN SWINGS AND CHURNS 



will be accorded every assistance and 

 free sites for the establishment 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. 



Get Our Advice First 



As to the Best Location for Your Business. — 



Along the 10.000 miles of the Southern Railway, 

 Mobile & Ohio R. R,, Georgia Southern & Florida 

 Ry., and Virginia & Southwestern Ry. lines are 

 many desirable vacant factory buildings suitable 

 for nearly any kind of manufacturing enterprise; 

 there are towns and cities wishing new business 

 houses; there are undeveloped resources, as tim- 

 ber tracts, waterpower, and minerals. But great- 

 est of all are the wonderful agricultural possi- 

 bilities which are everywhere apparent. The 

 Southeast Has Locations for Every Kind of Farm- 

 ing. — Cut -over tracts from $5 an acre upward ; 

 run-down lands, which by scientific cultivation 

 are made very valuable, from $10 an acre up. 

 The most improved, highly cultivated lands, with 

 modern buildings, from $30 to $50 an acre. It 

 is an open winter country — its summers are en- 

 joyable. There are good schools, churches, roads, 

 rural delivery, and all other advantages. The 

 Southern Railway and associated lines will help 

 you find the location you desire. Our several 

 publications, free on application, give full infor- 

 mation. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial 

 Agent, Southern Railway, Room, 1367, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



JUST OUT 



A Great Book 



—FOR— 



TIMBER 



LUMBER MEN 



This book entitled "Timber 

 Bonds." by T. S. McGrath, ex- 

 plains clearly how the stump- 

 age owner, timber operator 

 and mill man can borrow 

 money for long periods of 

 time. 



Price. $3.00: by Mall. $3.25 . 



Craigf- Wayne Company 



38 Snth DearlwrB St.. CHICAGO. ILL. 



IN STOCK 



READY FOR SHIPMENT 



THE FOLLOWING: 



CLEAR WHITE OAK SQUARES. 



7.000 pieces 2".\2" — 35" 



7,200 pieces 2"x3" — 15" 



60.000 pieces I'xl" — 18" 



30,000 pieces l"xl" — 22 " 



20,000 pieces l"xl" — 12" 



100,000 ft. No. 2 Common and Sound 

 Wormy Chestnut 



WHITE OAK TIES 



12,000 7"x8"— 8' 6' Sawed 

 3,000 8' 6" Standard Hewn 



Write us for prices. 



Bluestone Land & Lumber Co. 



RIDGWAY, PA. 



iiiil is wiili'ly (Ustriliiiteri. altlioiigli plain i>:ili ami 

 Iinpiar still lead in demand. Quarlei-ed oak is slimv- 

 iiiK impruvfinpnt. but is still sluggish, with prices 

 nol niucli improved. Ash is selling well, as also 

 are cotronwood and gum. Chestnut is scarce, and 

 those who have thick chestnut in the upper 

 grades are able to get a premium price for it. 

 The outlook is for continued good business, as 

 most consumers are busy. Uailroads are buying 

 fairly well and the general situation is propitio\is. 



ST. LOUIS 



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Increased strength is being shown here in the 

 hardwood lumber situation. This is caused by 

 the demand which is growing, and because of 

 continued rains in the hardVood producing terri- 

 loi-y in the South, which continue to hamper 

 logging operations. While manufacturing opera- 

 tions aie handicapped, the demand is growing 

 lapidly, and there is an active request for every 

 Item on the hardwood list. Most of the lower 

 grades are scarce. Low-grade cottonwood and 

 gum are much in demand. 



There is an active demand for plaiu red oak, 

 No. 1 and No. 2 common being in especially 

 strong request. There is a moderate call for 

 plain white oak, but quartered white oak is still 

 a trifle slow in demand. There is a fairly good 

 movement in inch and thicker ash, but it is not 

 brisk. Poplar does not show up so well. How- 

 ever, the lower grades of this stock are in better 

 demand. 



The local demand for cypress has been retarded 

 by the had weather, but there is a fair business 

 being done in the yard stock line. However, 

 orders coming in are for small quantities and 

 call for quick shipment. Prices are steady and 

 the outlook is good for a strong market, as soon 

 as the weather moderates. 



There is a fair volume of business reported 

 by the local sash and door jobbers in spite of 

 the severe weather, and a brisk demand is 

 expected as soon as the weather becomes more 

 favorable. 



MILWAUKEE 



Now that the backbone of the winter is broken 

 and spring-like weather prevails, the hardwood 

 lumber business seems to be taking on new life. 

 The trafDc situation is clearing up and lumber 

 is again moving freely. Probably one of the 

 brightest features of the local situation is the 

 fact that retailers all over the state are begin- 

 ning to place orders for spring stocks. Manufac- 

 turers are in the market for more stocks than 

 they were two weeks ago. Plans have been 

 made for the erection of more large buildings in 

 this city this spring than at any time in recent 

 years, and lumbermen believe that business will 

 make new records. Reports from the northern 

 mills indicate that there are few lines of desir- 

 able hardwood in which a shortage may not be 

 expected. Local jobbers say that stocks on hand 

 are exceptionally light. 



Birch stocks are particularly low, it being 

 almost impossible to secure good upper grades at 

 this time. Maple is in brisk demand, and the 

 slight surplus stocks in this line reported from 

 some quarters will undoubtedly be absorbed. The 

 demand for quartered and plain oak, is strong. 

 Basswood is moving well, even in lower grades, 

 as a result of the good demand from the box 

 factories. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



There has been practicall.v no change in the 

 situation during the last two weeks. Business 

 has not opened up on account of the continued 

 cold weather, and factories are buying only in a 

 moderate way. Birch, oak and low-grade hard- 

 woods are firm in price, while the higher grades 

 of basswood are slow of sale. Man\ifacturers in 



lines allied to the hardwood industry are not 

 optimistic as to the outlook and. while not ex- 

 pecting panicky conditions, do not look for any- 

 thing like a heavy trade. 



DETROIT 



Trade has been quite active in the Detroit 

 hardwood market within the past few days or 

 since the advent of more favorable weather. 

 Stocks are moving more freely and prices have 

 strengthened all along the line. There has been 

 an especially strong demand for white ash and 

 walnut, while there has been a considerable de- 

 mand for hard maple. Because of the scarcity 

 of dry stocks in white ash and hard maple, 

 prices on these woods are due for a sharp in- 

 crease within the next sixty days. The flooring 

 trade has been rather quiet, although manufac- 

 turers of hardwood flooring declare the outlook 

 is favorable for a very busy season. Dealers who 

 have dry stocks on hand at the present time will 

 have no trouble disposing of them at very favor- 

 able prices. 



LIVERPOOL 



Business in the whole country has been much 

 disorganized by the complete lookout of the 

 colliers, t'ntil this is settled business will con- 

 tinue on a very limited scale. In fact if the 

 strike is long continued many leading factories 

 will be forced to close down. Already the rail- 

 way companies have announced reduced train 

 services, but there is some hope that a satis- 

 factory solution will soon be arrived at. 



In mahogany, business has taken a ver.v firm 

 tone during the past week, especially among the 

 cheaper classes. The view" has long been held 

 that some of the cheaper mahogany, such as the 

 tiaboon shipments, is priced far too long in 

 comparison with other competing woods. The 

 valuable i)roperties of Gaboon mahogany are be- 

 ing realized and it is expected that the near 

 future will see a large and increasing demand 

 with enhanced valties. 



American hardwoods have arrived more freely 

 during the past fortnight, and have provided a 

 much needed relief to a position which was 

 quickly becoming intolerable. In fact if some 

 shipments of hickory and ash had not arrived 

 quickly, this market would have been absolutely 

 bai-e of stock. Xatxirall.^- under these circum- 

 stances, shippers have reaped good prices. Ash 

 prime stock finds good prices, but as previously 

 reported, serious difHculty is found with parcels 

 containing ten to fifteen per cent of No. 1 com- 

 mon. No. 1 common ash is also firm, though 

 there is some stock on hand which does not find 

 very ready sale at current prices. Ash, 3 Inches 

 and up in all grades, is always well received, and 

 any offers shippers may give will always be 

 snapped up quickly. 



Wagon oak planks are also scarce. The few 

 shipments landing have been readily sold at ad- 

 vanced prices. Several large orders have also 

 been placed tor dimension oak, and numerous in- 

 quiries have been put forward which have still 

 to be settled. If the labor diflSculty could be 

 removed, the timber market here would be en- 

 joying a very profitable boom. 



OLASaOW 



"rhe timber trade in common with others, is 

 suffering severely from the coal strike which has 

 been going on for some time. Nothing can be 

 taken from the docks or yards except by horse 

 and lorry, and as Glasgow is a large distributing 

 center, the trade is very much handicapped. 

 Unless the strike is settled soon, business will 

 be at an end for the time being. The railway 

 companies are refusing everything except perish- 

 able goods. They will not even take delivery of 

 their own oak planks for wagon and carriage 

 building, which are now on the quay. 



