HARDWOOD RECORD 



51 



=-< COLUMBUS >- 



Activity prevails in tlie hardwood trade in Columbus and central Oliio. 

 Since the spring building season has opened up there has been a good 

 demand from the retail trade £or stocks of all kinds. Retail stocks, which 

 were fairly large earlier in the season, have been reduced, with the result 

 tl-.at dealers are in the market for immediate shipments. Prices are 

 ruling Hrm and there is no disposition to cut prices in order to force the 

 market. Buying of hardwoods Is pretty well distributed between factories 

 and the retail trade. The former are good buyers of all stocks. Furni- 

 ture, implement, automobile body and vehicle concerns are probably the 

 best buyers. 



Some trouble is being experienced from a shortage of cars, but to date 

 the situation is not serious and railroads are now able to care for freight 

 shipments better than formerly. 



Quartered oak is in good demand and prices are ruling strong. There 

 is also a good demand for plain oak. Poplar is selling better and prices 

 a'"e firm. Chestnut is also in good demand and the volume of business is 

 increasing. Ash and basswood are in good demand. Other hardwoods 

 are unchanged. 



One of the best features of the trade is the good feeling shown in 

 business circles generally. While the flood was a serious blow to central 

 Ohio, it has not been so bad as was expected, and the flooded districts are 

 rapidly recovering from the effects of the high waters. People havt 

 cleaned up to a large degree and repair work has begun on the damaged 

 buildings. A great many now buildings will be erected to replace those 

 destroyed by the flood. 



^-< CINCINNATI >■ 



There is a steady demand for most all of the hardwoods, the better 

 grades of poplar being the only items that are not moving satisfac- 

 torily, although there is a very active market for No. 2 and No. 3 com- 

 mon. Plain oak is moving freely at top prices, as is also quartered oak. 

 Ash is in good demand and thick stock is short, many dealers being in 

 search of it most of the time. Chestnut is moving well at good prices, 

 sound wormy being particularly in demand right at this time. Cotton- 

 wood and gum in low grades are in a strong position and command stilT 

 prices. At producing points manufacturers claim that they are sold up 

 to the saw right alon^ and have no surplus stocks of any hardwood. 

 They are not booking orders very far ahead ; if they do, the top price is 

 asked for the product. The market is as firm now as at any time during 

 the last six months, the only change noted being a little more stock 

 than formerly, due to good logging and milling conditions during the 

 winter. The early summer business is expected' to be good and there is 

 not likely to be any summer dullness during July and August as the 

 demand is of a steady kind and comes from wood consuming plants that 

 are well supplied with business, sufficient to carry them along for some 

 months to come. 



The best of weather continues in this district, which has been very 

 favorable to lumbering. At the big hardwood yards one hears nothing 

 but optimism as to the prospects for nice business this year. 



=-< TOLEDO y 



Local hardwood conditions are about as they have been for some time 

 past. Toledo yards are not very well filled and practically all offerings 

 of dry stocks find ready buyers. Owing to the floods in the South dr> 

 stocks are extremely scarce and shipments are slow. There is a brisk 

 demand for plain oak from the building trades. Automobile concerns are 

 also using a large amount of hardwoods. Boxing and crating materials 

 are extremely scarce and high. Prices are being well maintained all 

 along the line and there are no concessions being made. 



-< INDIANAPOLIS >- 



With prices steady, a good demand and shipments moving promptly, 

 hardwood interests express themselves as well satisfied with present 

 trade conditions. The amount of business is not phenomenal but it is 

 better than it was at this time last year. 



There is some fear, however, that the strike among the building trades 

 in the city will affect to some extent the demand for hardwood interior 

 trira. in which there has been an excellent trade so far this year. The 

 furniture factories, however, are still having a heavy run and are buyinij 

 in large quantities. 



Automobile factories are winding up their season and are preparing for 

 the new season. Most of them are expecting a continuation of good 

 business during the ensuing season. 



All grades of oak are in special demand. There is also a big demand 

 for poplar and for mahogany veneers. 



=-< MEMPHIS >.= 



The demand for hardwood lumber here is not quite so active as it 

 was a short time ago. Several firms have complained of a falling off 

 in the number of inquiries received as well as in the number of orders 

 booked. Still there is a reasonable amount of business under way and 

 there is no particular change to record in prices. Stocks of shipping-dry 



lumber, as a rule, are not large and members of the trade here believe 

 that there will be no weakness developing in the immediate future. There 

 is a particularly good demand for all grades of plain oak in both red 

 and white, and the situation is wholesome so far as quartered oak is 

 concerned. There is an excellent demand for the lower grades of gum 

 and Cottonwood, and box manufacturers make no effort to conceal the fact 

 that they are meeting with difficulty in securing all of this character of 

 lumber needed in their business. Prices are exceptionally well maintained. 

 Sap gum is seling readily and red gum is in good demand in thin stock, 

 which is being used for export. There is a good demand for the lower 



CIRCASSIAN 



We are slicing a large shipment of 

 genuine Circassian logs which are 

 developing some striking figure ; in 

 fact — 



We have secured some unusually 

 dark and beautifully figured veneer 

 for the finest cabinet work. 



Your inspection is solicited 



Fred W. Black Lumber Company 



Chicago 



Take Douglas Park "L" te 40th Ave. and walk one block south 



Bluestone Land & Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS 



WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 

 Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock 



Band Sawed Stock RIDGWAY 



COMPLETE PLANING nc<Mi.TO^r tt a xf^ I 



MILL FACILITIES PENNSYLVANIA 



The Tegge Lumber Co. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



