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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Mahogany 

 Lumber and 

 Veneers 



In buying Mahogany Lumber and Veiteers 

 of C. L. Willey, the purchaser is assured of a 

 product cut from the finest figured wood that 

 money and a search of the world's markets can 

 secure. 



Beyond this he is assured of prompt and pains- 

 taking service, and a quaHty of product not usu- 

 ally obtainable. 



Right now stored in the log yard of the Willey 

 plant at Chicago is more than a quarter million 

 dollars' worth of the highest class figured mahog- 

 any ever imported to this country. 



The accompanying illustration shows a cor- 

 ner of the assemblage of these mahogany logs. 



The Willey warehouses are well stocked with 

 a superb collection of Mahogany, Vermillion, 

 Walnut and other fancy veneers. 



An inspection is cordially invited. Take Blue 

 Island Ave. car at the postoffice to Robey Street. 



C. L. WILLEY, Chicago 



Largest Mahogany Vcnccr and Lumber Producing Plant in 

 the World 



grades of cypress, but the upper gr.ides are in only moderate request. 

 Tile demand for asli is iarge enough to take up practically everything that 

 is offered here and prices are well maintained. Export business is still good 

 and the volume of business in that direction is about the average for 

 this time of year. 



=-< NASHVILLE >= 



There is continued strength in the local hardwood market. Trade is 

 brisk, prices rule steady and the members of the trade seem satisfied 

 with existing conditions. There is an increasing activity in building 

 operations, and the retail trade is being benefited accordingly. The call 

 from flooring factories, box and crate and furniture manufacturers is. 

 active. There are increased stocks of hardwoods on hand compared with 

 a week or two ago. Vehicle and implement makers are strong in their 

 demands for stock. Prices are stronger. Plain and quartered oak is still 

 the leader in demand. Hickory shows an improvement. There are ready 

 sales for ash ; gum, cottonwood and chestnut are each in good demand ; 

 poplar and basswood are steady ; cypress shows no change. Low grades 

 are showing more activity. Itailroads are placing good orders for imme- 

 diate use. There is no trouble in securing necessary cars for eastern 

 shipments and they are consequently heavier. Collections show improve- 

 ment. Yard trade will increase materially when farmers have time from 

 their crops for other work about their plantations. 



=■< BRISTOL y- 



Bristol lumbermen report that business continues brisk. I'rospects for 

 summer trade arc said to be bright. It is not thought that the usual 

 vacation lull will be as pronounced this year as usual, on account of the 

 general briskness that now characterizes trade and the eagerness of 

 buyers to secure stocks. Prices continue satisfactory in the main and 

 the general belief here is that there will be a further stiffening during 

 the next few months. The lumbermen have the utmost faith in the 

 future of Bristol and many are showing it by purchasing new timber and 

 installing new operations. 



=-< LOUISVILLE y. 



Conditions in this market have been satisfactory for some time, and 

 while they have been generally featureless during the past two weeks, thit 

 is a time when no news is good news. The trade is continuing opti- 

 mistic as to the immediate future, not appearing to take seriously occa- 

 sional predictions as to the dire influences of tariff revision. While it i^- 

 agreed that the revisionists are doing their work so thoroughly that cer- 

 tain industries will be set back for a time at least, It is pointed out 

 that there are comparatively few of these, iind that the generally sound 

 condition of the country will more than offset possible damage. With 

 the tariff factor looming large during the summer, however, normal 

 quiet is expected to reign during the next three or four months, and 

 then, if the crops are all that they are expected to be, a brisk fall trade 

 should be enjoyed. Right now it is difllcult to find room for complaint. 

 Lumber of all kinds is in good dem.ind and plenty of stock seems to be 

 moving, so that dealers are in a better position to take care of their cus- 

 tomers than at any previous time this year. With prices firm and con- 

 sumers apparently enjoying sufficient demand to insure continued calls for 

 material, good business is assured for some time to come. 



=-< ST. LOUIS y 



There has not been so much activity shown in the hardwood market 

 during the past couple of weeks as there was during the latter part of 

 April and the first couple of weeks in May. This can be accounted for be- 

 cause a great quantity of lumber was shipped north from the producing 

 territory just previous to the high water. Tretty nearly every order 

 received by the producers was increased during that period. This re- 

 sulted in the yards and consumers being pretty well stocked up and it Is 

 decreasing the amount of lumber now being bought. It is the general 

 opinion that trade wil not be brisk until that lumber has been used up. 

 The reduction in sales is being felt not only by the mills but by the 

 yards as well. There still continues to be a good demand for plain oak. 

 All low grade stocks are also in good demand. Strong prices prevail and 

 it is not thought that prices will go any lower for some time as so many 

 of the mills were compelled to close down during the high water that 

 production was curtailed. These mills will probably not resume opera- 

 tions for some weeks. Meanwhile the lumber dealers are taking advantage 

 of the quiet interval by making an effort to get in stock in anticipation 

 of a big call during the summer months. Dry stocks are very scarce not 

 only with the dealers but at the mills as well. Cypress conditions are 

 excellent and a continuation of the present good demand is looked for. 

 Yards aud consumers are buying freely, most of the items commanding 

 good prices. 



="< ARKANSAS y 



The demand for hardwood in the Arkansas market continues strong, 

 and the supply is unusually short. By reason of the recent floods, which 

 have prevented a large number of mills from operating at all and 

 reduced the run of a number of others, the stocks are tadly broken and It 

 is hard to find a complete assortment. The building in the rural districts 



