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HARDWOOD RECORD 



September 10. 1922 



Plain and Qtd. Red and White 



Even vJ l\ JV Soft 



Color AND OTHER Texture 



Hardwoods 



Soft Yellow Poplar 



MADE (MR ) RIGHT 



OAK FLOORING 



PROMPT SHIPMENTS 

 The 



Mowbray 8C Robinson Co. 



(INCORPORATED) 



CINCINNATI, OHIO 



The Tegge LiJitiber Co^ 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee,. Wisconsin 



Foster-Latimer Lumber Co. 



OFFER THE FOLLOWING 



DRY HARDWOODS 



BARSWOOD 



4/4" FAS. Hes. Widths & Lengths 5 Mos. Dry 



5/4" Ko. 1 & Btr.. Beg. Widths & I«tlis.l2 Mos. Dry 



BTRCH 

 4/4" No. I & Btr.. Rei;. Widths & Lgths. 5 Mos. Dry 

 4/4-5/4" No. 3. Bee. Widths & Lengths.. 12 Mos. Dry 

 6/4" No. S. Rec, Widths & Lengths 5 Mos. Dry 



SOFT ELM 

 5/4" No. 2 & Btr., Reg. WId, & Lengths. 12 Mos. Dry 

 8/4" No. 2 & Btr., Reg. WId. & i,engtha.l2 Mos. Dry 

 10/4" No. 2 & Btr., Beg. WId. & JLgthB.12 Mos. Dry 



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 MAIN OFFICE AND MILLS 



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The Hardwood Market 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood market shows a good amount of activity for this time 

 of year, business at some yards at least being ahead of a year ago. The 

 transportation difficulties on the southern roads are helping out the local 

 yards and furnishing them with orders from customers who generally buy 

 their lumber direct from the mills. It is expected that cars will be short 

 lor some time, and that embargoes will be more or less in evidence, as they 

 are today. Some wholesalers have found their regular sources of supply cut 

 off by these transportation upsets. 



.\ number of woods are heavy in demand, including oak, ash, maple and 

 cypress. Poplar has shown a good deal of strength lately, owing to the 

 lack of stock from some mills and the increased buying on the part of 

 automobile concerns. Gum is also firmer, because of a picking up in the 

 demand from the furniture factories. The building trade continues to 

 make good demands for various hardwoods. Wholesalers believe that 

 hardwood trade will be good this fall, especially if some way is found to 

 make transportation more satisfactory. 



CLEVELAND 



.\ccording to latest reports from dealers in this city the hardwood market 

 is stronger than it has been for some time, 



.\t the present time building is creating the biggest market for hardwood, 

 but leaders of the industry here say that if the railroad strike continues 

 they fear a letdown will be felt, which of course would be bound to have 

 an ill effect on the hardwood market. 



The automobile manufacturers and furniture men are also big buyers of 

 hardwood. 



Oak is beginning to pick up, dealers claim, but the biggest demand is for 

 birch and gum. 



The upper grades of hardwood are in great demand, while the lower 

 Kiades are not going so well. 



BOSTON 



Inquiry for hardwoods has increased notably the past week here. 

 Demand has increased somewhat also for early delivery. But there are 

 many who feel they have enough on hand to enable them to hold off the 

 market for some time and who believe that soon there will be plenty and 

 lower prices. The tone of the market is very firm here at the present time 

 but in firsts and seconds even there continues to be a pretty wide range 

 of prices. But on account of the railroad strike situation the common 

 grades are firmer than they were. The bulk of trade passing at present 

 is with hardwood yards and furniture and piano makers. Also there Is 

 much inquiry at present from the interior finish people. That demand and 

 inquiry Is a feature of the market here but unfortunately even normally 

 that demand would only include about 12 to 20 per cent of the total hard- 

 woods trude here. There is also a pretty active demand here for hardwood 

 flooring, and as stocks are light prices are very firm. Maple flooring specially 

 is scarce. 



BALTIMORE 



Conditions in the hardwood trade at Baltimore, Md., are decidedly 

 unsatisfactory because of the checks upon the distribution Imposed by the 

 interference with shipments by the railroad strike. As a result of the 

 inability to make delivery on orders, some of the saw mills are shutting 

 down, thus further curtailing the available supply of lumber and bringing 

 the risk of a famine with subsequent skyrocketing of the market nearer, 

 at a time when practically the whole hardwood list is in good demand and 

 when users find themselves seriously hampered in their activities. Naturally 

 enough, the difficulties of filling orders are causing advances in prices, 

 tlii.tugh these gains do not bring the intending buyers any nearer to getting 

 what they want, and the figures might as well be anything else. The stocks 

 li'dd here are being reduced without any definite prospect of replenishment, 

 and there is a possibility of the activities that call for the use of hard- 

 woods being badly hampered by the scarcity of material. The foreign 

 liusiness also is affected by the prevailing state of affairs. With hundreds 

 and thousands of railroad cars held upon sidings, the mills cannot get 

 any to load, and even if this result were achieved, the motive power to 

 haul them away would be lacking. Much of the lumber held up Is of the 

 kind manufactured for the foreign trade and could be disposed of. but In 

 the absence of shipping facilities the exporters are forced to remain Inactive, 

 with the volume of business actually done shrinking to small proportions. 



COLUMBUS 



X strong demand for hardwoods is reported in central Ohio. Buying is 

 aliout equally distributed between retailers and factories, with the former 

 piobalily placing the larger orders. Retail stocks as a rule are becoming 

 ilr|ibti-d and home building is going on actively in all sections. Factories 

 ni;iking boxes, implements, automobiles and furniture are good purchasers 

 K lilroads are also showing a disposition to come Into the market. 



Embargoes and railroad congestion are holding up shipments to a large 

 extent and much inconvenience has resulted. There is a scarcity in cer- 



