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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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tain items and prices arc advancing as a result. Spot cars are hard to 

 find and are readil.v sold. Curtailment of production at the mills is now 

 the rule because of transportation difficulties. Oak. poplar and chestnut 

 are the strongest Tarieties. 



CINCINNATI 



Uncprtaintj- in shipping due to the rail difficulties is holding down buying 

 in the Cincinnati hardwood market to a considerable extent. Inquiry for 

 all grades of hardwoods is active, but local houses say it means nothing to 

 them from a financial standpoint as many of them are without adequate 

 supplies to take advantage of this opportunity. The furniture industry 

 generally is buying only what is absolutely needed, but it is known the 

 manufacturers have large orders and it is only a question of time until 

 they are forced into the market more heavily. Business with the flooring 

 and interior finish manufacturers is reacting slightly with the smaller 

 volume of new construction started, but most of the plants are working 

 to capacity. Prices remain virtually the same, though here and there are 

 negligible changes. Practically all items in the upper grades are in active 

 demand, with oak, gum and poplar heading the list. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The improveinont in the rail transportation problem has worked both 

 beneficially and the opposite so far as the hardwood situation is concerned. 

 Those wanting stocks are able to get them more promptly, but on the other 

 hand, the industrial executives who had begun to fear there might be a 

 car shortage and a congestion, resulting in a lack of raw materials, and 

 who were just about to begin buying for reserve supplies, have changed 

 their minds. This is particularly noticeable in the furniture industry 

 where the buying is almost entirely of an emergency nature. The purchas- 

 ing agents are buying only what they have an immediate demand for and 

 they are shopping around considerably. There is no future buying to speak 

 of and in spite of this and the fact that new construction is declining in 

 Indianapolis and other cities of the state, prices maintain their levels of 

 the past two weeks. With the settlement of the coal strike there was a lot 

 of optimism expressed by the various industrials on the fall business and 

 most of them are increasing their production. This increase has been 

 noticed in the box factories, indicating that the upward trend is general 

 with all industries. 



EVANSVILLE 



The hardwood lumber manufacturers of Evansville and southern Indiana 

 report trade coming along all right only for the railroad strike that has 

 created a car shortage in this section of the county. With the settlement 

 of the railroad strike, it is believed the car shortage would be relieved and 

 then business would start off all right again in the opinion of the lumber 

 men. Stocks are reported low in many sections and this leads the lumber 

 manufacturers and wholesalers to believe that after the demand for lumber 

 picks up along late in the fall there will be a gradual increase in prices. 

 Few of the large hardwood mills in this section are being operated at this 

 time. The mills have been getting in some logs from the south and from 

 points along Green and Barren rivers in western Kentucky. Log prices 

 are reported to be rather high. The railroad strike is delaying the shipment 

 of logs from the south, while the logs from points along Green and Barren 

 rivers are brought here in rafts. Lumber men say that the whole state of 

 the fall and winter business now depends upon how soon the strike of the 

 railroad shopmen has ended. Collections have been holding their own very 

 well. Trade in the rural communities is holding up well. The various wood 

 consuming plants in Evansville and other towns and cities in the tri-state 

 section have been operating on an average of about 52 hours a week and 

 were the railroad strike at an end it is believed that they would run on 

 even a better schedule. The ending of the coal strike in the northern field 

 stimulated business to a certain extent and for a few days it was believed 

 that trade was going right ahead. Now the car shortage has prevented 

 the moving of much of the coal after it is mined and as a result some 

 of the mines in this part of the state have been forced to close down as 

 they were not able to get sufficient cars. Manufacturers are expecting 

 to pay high prices for coal this coming winter. 



LOUISVILLE 



Demand for hardwood is reported as fairly active in the local market, 

 for stocks that can be shipped at once, as many operators are not able 

 to accept much new business, or promise anything in the way of delivery 

 from southern mills. Gum has been more active and oak is in fair move- 

 ment. Ash has been considerably better and is bringing better prices. 

 General prices are firm, with some items advancing. Walnut in FAS is 

 cheaper, as the consuming trades have been going to common because of 

 the advancing prices of FAS. Local demand has been fair, the box trade 

 taking considerable low grade, while the flooring and planing mill demand 

 has been good. 



NEW ORLEANS 



Inquiries continue rather active, though actual bujrtng has slackened 

 down somewhat within the past few days, and the effect of the railway 

 strike is growing daily from bad to worse throughout the southwestern 

 territory. 



The pinching effect of the railway strike, much more acute now than 

 tor any time heretofore during its several weeks of duration, Is the out- 

 standing feature of the hardwood market, the same having proven to be 



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