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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



over the counti'y. Notwithstandinj;' the 

 high prices of lumber and otlier building 

 uiiiterial, and high wages paid carpenters 

 and builders, building operations are going 

 right along, without any apparent let uj), 

 and, stranger still, ready piirchasers are 

 found for the houses as soon as finished, 

 if not before. 



So long as general bu.siness conditions 

 ■continue in the same healthy way they are 

 now. without sti-ilkCS or any such disturb- 

 ing elements to breal^ in, there is no rea- 

 son why lumber should not sell at a good 

 profit to everyone. 



Quartered oak, firsts and seconds, 1- 

 inch, 114-inch and 1%-ineh sells readily at 

 good prices; thicker than 1%-iuch is slow 

 sale. Common is not moving as fast as 

 one would like to see it. 



There is a good deniand for cherry, bass- 

 wood and poplar, and stocks are very light 

 on all of these woods. 



Messrs. Hugh and Angus McLean, 

 of the firm of Hugli McLeau & Co., 

 Buffalo, N. Y., are visiting their mills in 

 Indiana, of which they have three, all run- 

 ning on quartered oak. 



The general impression in Buffalo with 

 the dealers seems to be at the present time 

 that the selling end can take care of itself 

 for the time being, and anyone wanting 

 lumber will buy it, without waiting for a 

 salesman to come around and take his 

 order. 



NASHVILLE NEWS. 



Nashville, Tenn. 



An event of much interest in lumber 

 circles and of great moment to the lumber 

 interests of Nashville is the permanent 

 organization of the Nashville Lumbermen's 

 Association, which was effected on Tue.^- 

 day night, April 22. The purposes of the 

 organization are both social and business, 

 and is expected to draw the members 

 more closely togetlier in fratexnal bonds, 

 as well as to afford an opportunity for 

 the interchange of business ideas and to 

 provide for concerted action on all mat- 

 ters which the general interests require 

 to be so dealt with. The association will 

 hold regular meetings on the third Fri- 

 day night in eacli month. Mr. John B. 

 Ransom was chosen president, and Mr. J. 

 H. Baird, of the Southern Lumberman, 

 seeretai-y and treasurer; the other olficers 

 are two vice-presidents and an executive 

 board, all of which Avere filled by promi- 

 nent members of the trade. The member- 

 ship includes practically all the lumbermen 

 of the city. 



There was also a preliminary organiza- 

 tion of the Jlutual Protective Association, 

 whicli was proposed by a number of lead- 

 ing lumbermen some weeks ago. The 

 plan is to begin by giving insurance only 

 to a limited amount and not to undertake 

 to at once carry the whole insurance of the 

 lumber interests. Mr. S. Lieberuian, of 

 Lieljerman, Liveman & O'Brien, was elected 

 president and a committee was appointed 

 to solicit members for tlie association who 

 will become holders of policies. 



\\'ith regard to business conditions, it 

 A\-as generally given out that trade is very 

 good indeed. The brisl< demand has very 

 materially reduced tlie amount of stock in 

 the yards, a conservative estimate placing 

 the dry stock at about half the amount on 

 hand at this time last year. There is a 

 tendency to advance the prices in every 

 line and the prices on poplar established 

 by the association at Lexington are being 

 maintained l\v all the lumbermen. Poplar 

 and chestnut are the most noticeably scarce 

 woods on tlie Nasliville niarl^et. 



The Benedict Company have sold the 

 lumber in tlieir yards to Love, Boyd & Co., 

 and their premises to Mr. A. L. Hayes, for- 

 merly of Erin, Tenn., who will erect a large 

 stave factory at their old stand. Messrs. 

 A. B., G. C. and C. T. Benedict have gone 

 to Calhoun, S. C, where they will erect a 

 large band mill and Ijegin operations for 

 the Benedict-Love Company. They expect 

 to have things in running order by July 1. 



Mr. JlcConnell, of the Prewett-Spurr 

 Manufacturing Company, left Monday 

 night for Columbus, O., where he will rep- 

 resent the Nashville lumbermen at the 

 meeting of the Yellow Foplar Manufac- 

 turers' Association. 



Mr. J. M. Card, of The J. M. Card Lum- 

 ber Company, Chattanooga, Tenn., was in 

 Nashville last week. 



Jlr. W. S. Taylor, of C. C. Mengel, Jr., & 

 Bro. Company, Louisville, Ky., was witli 

 tlie lumbermen of Nashville several days. 



E. E. Dennis, of Dennis Bros., Grand 

 Rapids, aiich., stopped over en route to Hot 

 Springs. 



A. L. Van Nuys, of The Ferd. Brenner 

 Lumber Company, Chattanooga, Tenn., has 

 been among the luniliermen of the Capital 

 City. 



Mr. J. II. Kidman, representative of 

 Churchill & Sims, London. Eng., is in 

 Nashville. 



MEMPHIS MATTER. 



Memphis, Tenn., aiay 1, 1902. 



Business in the Memphis market in the 

 hardwood lumber line is very good. In 

 fact, business in all lines in M'emphis is 

 good. The fact of it is that Memphis is 

 baoming. It is going ahead at a rate 

 which exceeds anything in its past his- 

 tory. 



The Memphis saw mills have received a 

 lot of logs during the past week and are 

 running full blast, turning out the kind 

 of lumber which has made Memphis fa- 

 mous. 



The demand for all kinds of hardwood 

 Is most excellent, at the highest prices 

 tliat have been obtained in a good many 

 years. The demand extends to all kinds 

 and grades of lumher, oak, ash and even 

 gum being eagerly picked up by the buyers 

 at about any price the seller chooses to 

 make. Cottonwood is vei-^' firm, but the 

 movement is quiet. 



J. P. Keiser, of Keiser & Leeke, Osceleo, 

 Ark., was a visitur in Jlemphis during the 

 present week. 



T. M. Cathey, of the Ilale-Cronsliaw 



Lumber Company, is in Loulsianfl looking 

 to the consummation of the purchase of a 

 large timber tract. 



A. C. McRo'bin of Nicola Bros. Company, 

 Cincinnati, is a visitor here. 



E. T. Borem, of the Farrin-Korn Lum- 

 ber Company of Cincinnati, Is in Memphis. 



Fred Sehaefer, of W*tts & Schaefer, has 

 returned from a two weeks' stay In this 

 city. He was shut off down there by a 

 heavy flood and reports that the saw mills 

 in that section sufEered considerably. 



John Peurod of Kansas City was in 

 greater Memphis for some days this week. 



Harold Petri, of Petri & Co., Antwerp, 

 Belgium, is here on a ti-ip through the 

 Iiardwood district. 



J. H. Keaton of Atwood, Tenn., lost both 

 his stave and lumber mill by fire last 

 week, the loss being about $5,000. 



CINCINNATI CONDITIONS. 



Cincinnati. O., April 30. 1902. 



Trade conditions in Cincinnati are about 

 the same as when last reported, with the 

 exception of a slight slump, which has 

 been noticed In the last few days. This 

 slight depression has not been taken se- 

 riously, however, as it is likely to 

 happen right in the midst of the most 

 prosperous times. Diligent inquiry among 

 the retailers in tlie city and neighboring 

 towns reveals the fact that trade is rather 

 quiet in their line, and, in fact, in almost 

 evei-y line. This will no doubt to some ex- 

 tent affect the present high prices on 

 yellow i)ine, and it would not be very sur- 

 prising if a reduction from the lists was 

 offered by some of the largest mills. 



■\Vithout a doubt, the main item of in- 

 terest under discussion locally is the enor- 

 mous advance in the price of poplar in all 

 grades; the result of the recent meeting 

 of poplar manufacturers held- in Lexing- 

 ton, Ky. As a result the demand for pop- 

 lar lumber has fallen flat and it is widely 

 predicted that the last sales have been 

 made until a general reduction is made. 

 Large consumers are already expei'iment- 

 ing with other woods, with a view of sub- 

 stituting in place of poplar. 



Cottonwood is also steadily increasing in 

 price, and this is not at all surprising, as 

 Cottonwood is now being used where pop- 

 lar is barred because of advanced prices. 



Scarcity of dry stocks is still the great- 

 est cause of complaint, as sales are gen- 

 erally limited to the amount of dry stock. 



Gum lumber has shown the greatest im- 

 provement in tlie past two weeks. Good 

 pi-ices are ijrevailing and dry stocks are 

 greatly sought after. Quite a number of 

 cars have been booked lately by exporters 

 for immediate shipment. Just at present 

 the foreign market is after red gum in 

 all thicknesses. Sap common gum is just 

 a little quiet, while the demand for com- 

 mon red gum is steadily increasing. First 

 and seconds red gum is easy sale. Mill 

 cull gum is meeting with great favor 

 among the retail yards throughout the 

 iieishliirhcod. It is being used chiefly for 

 slieatliing. 



