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HARDWOOD RECOKU 



// TRADK MARK REGISTERED ] .N U 



cure 



LUMBER 



PATENT OFFICE 



Kraetzer-Cured kimber is susceptible 

 of being thoroughly air dried or kiln 

 dried in less than one-half the time or- 

 dinarily required for seasoning un- 

 steamed wood. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber does not case- 

 harden, check, end-split or stain, and 

 dries without warping (ir buckling. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber has a uniform 

 tone of color. Its working qualities are 

 greatly improved, and the beauty of the 

 flake on (|uarter-sawcd stock is en- 

 hanced. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber dries out to 

 materially less weight than unsteamed 

 wood, ranging from 200 to 500 pounds 

 per thousand feet. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured luml)cr will neither 

 shrink nor swell, and the grain will not 

 raise when water stains arc emjiloved in 

 finishing. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber is not im- 

 paired in strength or qualit}- by the 



process. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber eliminates all 

 glue-joint tnaibles and "will siav where 

 it is init." 



^ A list of manufacturers of Kraetzer- 

 Cured lumber will be supplied on appli- 

 cation. 



Kractrjcr-Curcd Lumber is 



produced by the use of the Kraetccr f'reparator. 



uiaiiufactured by 



The Kraetzer Company 



537 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO 



TRADE MARK KKGI.STERED IX I'. S. l'.\TEXT OFFICE 



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cure 



LUMBER 



moving up ; basswood in good request : flooring of all liinds is active ; gum 

 is moving along evenly : wide poplar a little slow ; cypress made a jump 

 and low grades of all kinds are fairly active. 



-■<, PITTSBURGH >.= 



Iliirilwoods arc showing a very good front considering the season, for 

 it cannot be denied that the retail midsummer dullness is here. Manu- 

 facturing orders, however, are lieeping up well. There is evidence that 

 demand along this line will be very good all summer. This is due partly 

 to the fact that recently purchasing agents have been following the hand- 

 to-mouth policy in buying which makes it necessar.v to replenish stocks 

 at very frequent intervals, Tlieir buying for next year's requirements has 

 not yet started. It is a little early to determine the probable status of 

 this business, for, until the course of all business is shaped up a little 

 more accurately than now, wholesalers arc guessing. The first six months 

 of this year have shown a very, substantial gain in sales of hardwood over 

 last year. It is evident that business in most lines is going to be good 

 and wholesalers in general believe tbnt in the fall there will be a strong 

 resumption of lumber buying. 



-< BOSTON y- 



The hardwood luniiter market has sliown ^■ery little change during 

 the past two weeks. Some dealers report considerable activity to 

 demand, while others state that the call is not so large as they antici- 

 pated it would be at this season of the year. The high prices that 

 are being asked by practically all manufacturers of hardwood lumber 

 tend to keep the demand down to actual wants. Few buyers_ are 

 willing to anticipate tlieii- needs, believing tliat the present liigh prices 

 cannot be fully maintained unless the demand for lumber becomes 

 mucli more active than it is at present. All reports received in this 

 market from mill points indicate that manufacturers arf' for the most 

 part very firm in their ideas for the future. During the two mid- 

 summer months demand is seldom really active, but late in August 

 business generally iniproves and it is expected tliat tills j'ear will be 

 no exception. Manufacturers of furniture for botli home and office 

 use are reported to be moderately busy and small chair manufac- 

 turers in New England are said to have a good volume of orders on 

 hand. The piano trade is fairly busy. ManufacUirers of interior 

 house finish are for the most part running their plants full and have a 

 good volume of business in sight. Tlie strongest feature of the hard- 

 wood market in the East is plain oak. This is scarce and very firmly 

 held at high prices. Quartered oak is also firm with a good demand 

 for stock one inch and under. Ash has attracted a fair amount of 

 new business. Veneers in this market have lieen in good demand and 

 manufacturers are busy. 



=■< BALTIMORE y 



Wlule no important modifications have taken place in the hardwood 

 iMisiness a feeling has l)egun to manifest itself that prices will .20 lower; 

 according to some reports a beginning has already been made. No. 1 

 common oak has cased off, it is asserted. Some members of the trade 

 profess to believe Ihat an easier feeling actually prevails, though the 

 moviuienl .still apjicars to be active enough, slocks being taken i:p with 

 marked freedom and the movement being large. The lime has arrived 

 vvlien tlic production is also cut down in consequence of mill hands taking 

 a vacation. Any curtailment in the demand, therefore, is likely to be 

 offset by a curtailment in the offerings, and there is apparently no 

 reason to become alarmed and mark down the quotations. 



It is true that stagnation or even demoralization prevails in the export 

 plank trade, liut this is due to the flooding of the foreign markets. 

 Attractive returns last winter encouraged tin* forwardin.gs, and conges- 

 tion has resulted, 'flie mills will have to turn tlieir attention to the manu- 

 facture of other kinds of lumber, in which tliere is no surplus. The 

 foreign situation is complieati'd by reason of the fact that much short 

 length stuff has gone forward. In times of a scarcity of stocks these 

 short lengths arc taken up with the rest, but wlien tlie offerings of 

 planks are as lilieral' as is the case at the present time, rejections are 

 certain and the accumulation of these short lengths is used to depress the 

 whole list. Some of the exporters, interpreting the signs accurately, gave 

 orders at an early stage of the recession to sell the short lengths for 

 anythino: they might bring, and to yard the full length stocks until a fair 

 price could be obtained, tlius escaping getting in deep, even though profits 

 were sacrificed. Other di\'isions of the export trade appear to be in fair 

 shape, with the inqtiiries rather slower than they have been, and with 

 the disturbances in southeastern Europe affecting the situation more or 

 liss. Low-grade poplar Is in such plentiful supply on the other side 

 Ihat the bu.vers are disposed to insist upon concessions, but the rest, of 

 the list is fairly steady. 



The home business continn.s good in point of quantity, while the returns 

 are holding up quite well. I'Mrms report that they :irc doing a larger 

 volume of business than ever iwfore, with basswood, gum and other stocks 

 in active request, and with the outlook sufficiently encouraging to Infltice 

 .■I continuance of operations at an undiminished rate. 



=-< COLUMBUS y 



Tlie hardwood trade in Columbus and all parts of central Ohio has 

 been very active during the past fortnight. While tliis is usually the quiet 

 period of the .year, due to tlie beainnins of the vacation perled and the 



