50 



HARDWOOD RECORD 





cure 



LUMBER 



I 



TRADE MARK REGISTERED IX U. S. PATENT OFFICE 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber is susceptible 

 of being thoroughly air dried or kiln 

 dried in less than one-half the time or- 

 dinarily required for 

 steamed wood. 



seasonmg 



un- 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber does not case- 

 harden, check, end-split or stain, and 

 dries without warping or buckling. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber has a uniform 

 tone of color. Its working qualities are 

 greatly improved, and the beauty of the 

 flake on quarter-sawed 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 lumber will neither 

 shrink nor swell, and the grain will not 

 raise when water stains are employed in 

 finishing. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber .is not im- 

 paired in strength or quality by the 

 process. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber eliminates all 

 glue-joint troubles and "will stay where 

 it is put." 



^ A list of manufacturers of Kraetzer- 

 Cured lumber will be supplied on appli- 

 cation. 



Kraetzer-Cured Luiiibfr is 



produced by the use of the Kraetzer Prcparator, 



manufactured by 



The Kraetzer Company 



537 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO 



TRADE MARK REGISTERED IN U. S. PATENT OFFICE 





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Easswood and gum are among the stocks in lenst plentiful supply 

 because of interference with production by the extensive spring floods. 

 The quotations on these woods, therefore, have kept up almost better 

 ihan any others. Concerning chestnut, on the other hand, reports vary. 

 Some har-lwood men assert that the quotations have root'ded. while others 

 are just as positive that they are holding up on sound wormy. Stocks 

 of chestnut increase very rapidly when once production gets well under 

 way, and it can hardly be doubted that an easier fenliug prevails. Oak 

 is also being offered with considerable freedom .ind th*,* quotations on 

 Xo. 1 common are easy, with the l>est grades practically unchanged. Ash 

 and other woods are about the same, the trade in them being of less 

 volume naturally. The lower grades of poplar are showing no advance 

 and the continuance of liberal offerings does not encourage expectations 

 that a positive rise will take place in the near future. The export 

 situation is still decidedly unsatisfactory, with stocks abroad very large 

 and pi-ices low. At the prevailing figures the exporters are unable to do 

 a profitable business, and a rigid holding bark is still in order. Oak 

 planks, especially, are unsettled and the foreign buyers are inclined to 

 make extensive rejections, which renders the net returns uncertain, even 

 wh( n planks are forward<*d on contract. 



=-< COLUMBUS >■ 



Trade in hardwoods in central Ohio has been fairly active during the 

 past fortnight. There is a fair demand for all grades- and varieties from 

 both factories and retailers, and buying is evenly divided lietwevn the two 

 branches of the trade. Trices are fairly well maintained and shading of 

 quotations is reported only in isolated cases. One of the best features of 

 the market is the active building operations which are reported in the 

 cities and towns of the Buckeye state. This means a ^ood consumption 

 of all kinds of lumber and is producing quite a demand for Cfrtain hard- 

 woods such as oak. poplar and chestnut. 



Dry stocks in the hands of mills are not large and this fact is taken 

 as an indication that no great weakness in quotations will come to pass. 

 Dealers' stocks are not large and their policy is still to buy only what is 

 needed for immediate wants. The same policy is followed by factories. 

 As a result bu.ving is steady and is up to the usual volume for the time- 

 of the year. Factory stocks are not large. Plants engaged in making 

 vehicles and farming tools are g'ood buyers. Some activity is shown also 

 by furniture concerns. 



Quartered and plain oak are probably the strongest points in the market 

 and the demand for both is good. Prices are strong. Chestnut is also 

 moving in good volume at steady quotations. Poplar is becoming stronger. 

 especially the lower jirades. I'asswood and ash are selling well. Other 

 bardwoods are imchanired. 



=-< CINCINNATI y 



With few exceptions, the building trades industry is at a standstill. 

 owing to the local teamsters* strike, and it is estimated that those inter- 

 ested in this line nf business alone are paying int'*rest upon .?.1, 000,000 

 of borrowed capital that is tied up on account of the strike in buildings 

 that are not progressing. Those anticipating trouble and who laid in 

 supplies of millwork and rough lumber are now about Inrced to stop and 

 lay off the mechanics. It is claimed that at this time more than S.OOO 

 skilled mechanics in building trades alone are idle on aciount of there 

 being no supplies. Millwork is one of the scarcest items, and with all 

 Ijhii'ing mills shut down for more than a week and the prospects of at 

 least another week of the trouble, there will be quite a knorkout in building 

 circles. This, coming at a time when business in the ntail lumber line 

 and millwork dealers, after having a very late start, were just getting 

 some real business for the first time this .year, is very discouraging, but 

 all parties concerned are determined to take their losses now and stop 

 ihc antagonism to business interests rather than have a constant inter- 

 ference from first one branch of union labor and then auothrr. 



There is a decidedly dull tone to market conditions and prices are being 

 held steady by the larger millmen and wholesalers, who refuse to part 

 with good stocks at anything but satisfactory prices, preferring to let 

 the small mills, who persist in sellinsj at a little off marki-t prices in 

 ordi r to move stock, continue until they are closed onl. Sbipm<'nts to 

 ernsumers continue good on old orders, but new business in quantities Is 

 lacking. JIuch business in a small way is Iwing don'-, indiiniing once 

 more the hand-to-mouth poliiy of buyers, who art' huyiu-^ only for 

 immediate needs. 



The poplar trade is quiet ; scarcely any improvement is noticed. Low 

 L'rades are in good demand, but Xo. 1 common and better are onlv moving 

 in spots and at unsatisfactory prices. Millmen are standing pat on price. 

 as a rule, and will not I.t go of choice stocks except at r'-asonable prices. 

 Some improvement, however, is noticed in demand f>»r wide stock, but 

 the general demand is far from satisfactory. 



=-< TOLEDO y 



LUMBER 



The hardwood markpt cuiiilmi'S quite fii'm drsplti' ili.> \v. ;ikii>-sfi noiico- 

 ;ible in yellow pini'. This is due largely to the fait ilia; hardwoods in 

 wanted quaiilies and sizes arc scarce and have lioen for soiue time. Hood 

 <lry stoclis are extremely liard to get and local yards are low In assort- 

 iiients and stoiks senerally. I'lain oak continues a leadi'r fU tills market. 



