THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



23 



BtTFFALO BITS. 



Buffalo. N. Y.. April 15, 1WJ2. 



There seems to lie a difference of opinion 

 as to whether the larger southern mills are 

 justified in advancing the jirices on yellow 

 pt>l)lar lumber from $2 to .$.j per thousand 

 as the.v have done, while from other sec- 

 tions of the country poplar can be bought 

 at the old prices. However, as these same 

 larger mills seem able to dispase of all 

 their stoclc at the advance prices without 

 :iny apparent difficulty on iiceomit of jjrice 

 asked, that iu itself seems to be a satisfac- 

 tory aiisiwer as tO' the wisdom of the ad- 

 vance. 



All southern stocks have advanced in 

 price, previous to the recent floods, and 

 these floods will cause quite a curtailment 

 iu lumber that was being figured on as a 

 sure thing from certain sections. This 

 state of affairs will naturally cause prices 

 to go still higher. 



Quartered oak and plain oak are still in 

 the ascendent, with every prospect of prices 

 going still higher. I do not think there is 

 any wood in the countr.v that is being used 

 to so great an extent, and iu such a variety 

 of ways as oak is to-day. Some use the low 

 grade alone, others nothing but the best. 

 while a large proportion seem to find it to 

 their interest to buy all grades. It is the 

 Idggest kind of a boom to the mill man or 

 dealer to have a ready sale for all grades 

 iu any certain kind of lumber, and not have 

 to think that while he is making a good, 

 fair margin on one end of his stock, he may 

 have to drop part of this in getting rid of 

 the other end. 



Ash lumber remains rather quiet, al- 

 though prices are good. The demand is 

 an.vthing but brisk. There are those who 

 th.ink ash is good stock to hold on to for 

 a possible .future trade. Still it is not 

 everyone who is able or willing to keep 

 good money tied up on an uucertaiuty. 

 The average mill mau cannot, that is very 

 sure. 



With advanced prices on all kinds of 

 lumber, there never was a time when lum- 

 \>er sold so readily and with so little exer- 

 tion on the part of the .seller as it does to- 

 day. This is not exceptional with one or 

 two, but seems to be the experience of al- 

 most everyone who has the stock to sell. 

 The great ti-ouble appears to he how to re- 

 place the stock you ship out. I don't think 

 there ever was a time like the present, 

 when there was such a general demand 

 for lumlier of all kinds^and so little dry 

 lumber in the aggregate to draw from. 



True, there is a sti'ike of lO.OW) miners 

 riow on in the B. R. & P. mines in Tennsyl- 

 vania. But so long as the strike is confined 

 to the mines in question, and there are other 

 coal supplies adequate to supply the general 

 wants of the country, the principal sufferers 

 from this will be the mine owners and the 

 strikers. The question at isstie is whether 

 the men can be coerced into doing certain 

 ■\>'ork in the mines that heretofore has been 

 done by mules. The general impression 

 seems to be that the po.sition taken by the 

 mine owners and their bosses is untenable 

 and an early settlement is looked for. 



EVANSVILLE LETTER. 



Evansville. Ind.. .Vpril It. l'J02. 



Evansville lumbermen are busy people 

 nowadays. Orders are plentiful and prices 

 are gradually moving uiiward. That tired 

 feeling which seemed to be prevalent in 

 this section last year has disappeared, and 

 orders have taken the place of sarsaparilla 

 as a bracing tonic. Xearly all of our mills 

 are running full time — no night runs, how- 

 ever — we expect that to come later on. 



The plain oak men on Pigeon Creek are 

 shipping out as fast as they can saw the 

 stock — largely car oak — and the quartered 

 oak mills in the East end of town have 

 shipped out largely in excess of production 

 this year. 



An effort to organize the Evansville lum- 

 bermen is in progress, and a meeting at 

 the Acme Hotel Monday, April 7, resulted 

 in issuing the following call for a seconil 

 meeting: 



Evansville. Ind., .\pril 7, 1902. 

 At a called meeting of representative 

 lumbermen of Evansville. Ind., Mr. Wni. 

 Threlkeld presiding, the following firms 

 were represented: .John A. Reitz & Sous, 

 Henry Maley Lumber Co.: May, Thompson 

 & Tha.ver; Chas. AVolflin; Evansville Lum- 

 ber Company, and Mr. ,J. W. Hale, National 

 Hardwood Lumber Inspector, The sub- 

 ject of organization of Evansville lumber- 

 men was discussed, the object being to 

 establish a feeling of con.idenee and busi- 

 ness stability amongst the hardwood man- 

 ufacturers and dealers, not only of Evans- 

 ville, but of the entire state of Indiana. 

 The principal objects of the organization 

 being to advertise to the lumber consum- 

 ing world the facilities of Evansville to 

 cater to their wants and to assist visiting 

 buyers of lumber in gaining desired infor- 

 mation. It was proposed that an associa- 

 tion be formed, to be composed of all the 

 firms manufacturing and dealing iu lum- 

 ber in Evansville and vicinit.v and that 

 each firm be requested to liave one or more 

 representatives present at every stated or 

 called meeting. It was agreed that the 

 cost of maintaining this association be a 

 matter for futiu-e consideration, and a 

 paper was drawn up for the signature of 

 the within named firms, who may desire ■ 

 to become members of said association. 

 Should you indorse the action of this meet- 

 ing kindly signify same by sending one or 

 more representatives of your firm to attend 

 a meeting to be held at the .Vcme Hotel. 

 Evansville, Ind., April 21. 7:3(1 p. m. 

 There is a pressing neeessit.v for an im- 

 mediate formation of a lumber association 

 in Evansville. because of the fact that the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 will hold its annual meeting iu St. Louis, 

 May 1,J and 16, at which time one of the 

 principal subjects to come before that 

 meeting will be the adoption or rejection 

 of the Evansville rules for inspection. 



These rules have been unanimouslv adopted 

 by the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's 

 Association and will lie unanimously urged 

 for adoption by the Indiana delegation to 

 St. Louis. Evansville should send a large 

 delegation to co-operate with fhe lumber- 

 men from other parts of the state. 



The call was sent to thirty-six hardwood 

 lumber manufacturers and dealers operat- 

 ing at Evansville or vicinity and a good 

 meeting is expected. 



MEMPHIS MATTER. 



.Menq)his. Tenn.. April 1.1. 1902. 



First and second and common i-ed gtmi 

 .show an improved demand at Memphis. Ash 

 !\as a tendency upward. Quartered and plain 

 oak occupy the same favorable positions. 

 Plain red oak in lirsts and seconds and 

 common also shows an improvement. Pop- 

 lar is dolAg well. The outlook on cypress 

 is good. Some of the last stock has been 

 shipped abroad recently in quantities. The 

 local building trade is opening up. 



The Bodley Wagon Works, a .$200,000 

 organization, will come here at once from 

 Norfolk, Va. The citizens of Memphis be- 

 came interested to the point of taking 

 stock in the enterprise. 



The J. W. Thompson Lumber Company 

 state that they Hud a general iuq>r()vement 

 In values all down the line, attributable 

 to the small dry stocks. As for the ash 

 outlook, in which they hold a very pronii 

 nent place in operations on that wood, the.v 

 think tiie tendency of the wood is up. The 

 firm has been in a rusli with orders, but 

 takes care of everything that comes in 

 a satisfactory way. 



The firm of Leland P. Arthur will, after 

 the first of the month, be known as the 

 Artiiur L'i'i-litr Company. Offices will con- 

 tinue as at present in the Randolph build- 

 ing and the firm will operate in wholesale 

 lines. 



Harr.v Saxton of Saxton «& Co., Kuox- 

 \ille. along with many other lumbermen, 

 attended the circus at Jlontgomery Park 

 tile last few days. 



Several iwominent Illinois Central offi- 

 cials have purchased a timber tract in 

 Xoitli Mississippi and will develop the 

 same. Stuyvesant Fish. Harrahan and 

 other officials are eonueoted with the en- 

 terprise, which, it is said, involved the 

 change of $100,000. 



E. H, Warner of St. Louis has been 

 dOlW^l in West Tennessee this weel< tak- 

 ing up a couple of barge loads of poplar 

 hnnber from Bomer Bros, of Bron^-nsville, 

 Tenn., and Redwood, Miss. 



The J. W. Dickson Lund>er Company re- 

 ports a good trade and thinks the shoe is 

 on their foot to remain all summer. 



"The Blauton-Thurman Lumber Com- 

 pany," said Mr. O. K. Blanton. to the 

 Record's representative, "is having a good 

 business. We made the past week a ship- 

 ment of several carloads of cypress to 

 Scotland. Orders and inquiries on all lines 

 of lumber are plentiful and show decided 

 improvement .-lO the time." 



WANTED 



WHITE ASH and 

 QUARTERED OAK. 



We will pay highest market price for above 

 stock, I to 4 lacb thick. 



LAWRENCE & WIQQIN, 



55 KILBY STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



lOUX T. BURIfORI), 



PItESIDENT. 



Cable Address 

 "BURFORD. ■ 



TOMM C. BURFORD, 



?.ECllETAHr. 



BURFORD LUMBER COMPANY, 



Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



Our Specialties: A Hig:h Grade 

 of Plain and Quartered Oak, 

 Poplar, Ash, Yellow Pine. 



CHATTANOOGA, TENN. 



