May 10. 1U22 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



|iauy. whilst' headquarters are at Grand Rapids. Mich., will close out their 

 entire interests in Canada until the fall of 1923. 



The Canadian lumber trade has been advised that the Indian Govern- 

 ment desires *,'anadian spruce and is calling for tenders for a year's suppl.v 

 nf lumber for packing cases. 



The Thompson-Kneeland Lumber Company. Ltd.. has been granted a 

 priivincial charter with headfjuarters at Montreal with power to engage in 

 a general lumbering business. The capital fs .'>40.000 and two of the in- 

 cciriionitors are W. II. Thompson and A. T. Kneeland of Outremout. Que. 



LOUISVILLE 



C. r. Mfu;^!-], rhiiinnan of th..- board ui directors of tht- Mendel Company, 

 is being discussed as a probable candidate for Congress in the fall elections. 

 Newspapers have run some stories concerning the matter. 



The Louisville & Nashville railroad has recently established the transit 

 privilege at Winchester. Ky., on request of the Louisville division. South- 

 •'rn Hardwood Traffic Association, for the Kentucky Flouring i'ompauy. 

 Winchester. 



Since Louisville secured the milling-in-transit privilege eight mouths 

 ago there has been much development of transit business, and J. S. Thomp- 

 son, secretary of the Louisville Hardwood Club and manager of the Louis- 

 ville division. Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, reports that in the 

 tight months with the piivilege. as compared with the eight months previ- 

 ous, there has been an increase of 100 per cent in the rehandling at Louis- 

 ville, based on statistics secured. 



.1. L. Dawson, head of the Dawson Lumber Company, reports that he 

 has taken a new member into the organization, this new member being 

 J. L. Dawson. Jr.. weight 7% pounds, who arrived on the job May 3. 

 J. L., Sr., is so pleased with his new partner that he is strutting like a 

 game rooster after winning his tirst fight. 



The lirst time in the history of the country that the milling-in-transit 

 privilege has been granted on wirebound box material outbound has been 

 granted at Louisville for the account of the Embry Wire Bound Box Com- 

 pany on application tiled by J. S. Thompson of the Louisville division. 

 Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, with the Southern Freight Rate 

 Committee at Atlanta. Ga. 



George B. Wilcox of the \. B. Wilcox Lumber Company has been spending 

 :i good deal of time at the mills and aiding in holding the Mississippi leeves 

 with his mill workers, the mill having been forced down by high water 

 and inability to log. Mr. Wilcox is in a district where iJ.ouii men were 

 working at one time to save the levees. 



The Hardwood Market 



MEMPHIS 



E>eman(l lur hardwotid lumber is reported as stea<UIy expanding, while 

 prices, in the main, are showing an upward tendency. Growing apprecia- 

 tion by consuming interests of the severity of interference with hardwood 

 production, occasioned by unprecedented flood conditions throughout the 

 lower valley area, is having the eflfect <»f stimulating them to greater 

 efforts to secure at least a f\\\v portion of their needs while stocks are 

 available. 



Flooring manufacturers, whn are generally in quite close touch with 

 the seriousness of the productii»n outlook, are particularly active pur- 

 chasers of the lumber they require, principally Nos. 1. 2 and 3 common 

 plain red and white oak. If they were as far away from the flooded area 

 as the average consumer of southern hardwoods, they would probably uot 

 be in such a hurry about buying. But they know what has happened and 

 they know how little lumber will be produced during the next sixty days, 

 under even the most favorable conditions and it is therefore regarded as 

 significant that they are turning their knowledge to as good account as 

 possible. Other building trade interests are good buyers, too. while furni- 

 ture manufacturers are increasing their takings of lumber and veneers in 

 oak. gum and other southern hardwoods. Automobile manufacturers are 

 buying some ash. but they are taking relatively more thick elm, cypress 

 and gum than ash. There is a broadening demand from manufacturers of 

 agricultural vehicles and implements, while the box manufacturers are 

 absorbing reasonably large quantities of low grade cottonwood. gum and 

 other items. The railroads, either directly or indirectly, are in the market 

 for increasing quantities of timber and lumber. Indeed greater activity 

 is reported from practically every source with the exception of overseas. 

 Export buying is quite limited, according to all information obtainable 

 here. 



LOUISVILLE 



It seems that good demand for southern hardwoods is available but 

 that supply is a question of how long the South is to be flooded and how 

 soon lumbermen will again be making the woods ring to the sound of the 

 axe and saw. Prices are advancing on some grades and are stiffer all 

 along the line, there being less shading. Demand is coming from all of 



King Mill & Luiiil^er Co. 



PADUCAH, KENTUCKY 

 Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods 



Ash, Elm, Oak, Gum 

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Cypress Shingles 



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VESTAL 



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Knoxviile, Term. 



White Oak Timbers 



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SWITCH TIES 



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DRY HARDWOODS 



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No. 1 & Btr. 10/4' 



No 1 & Btr. 12/4" 



No. 3 & Btr. 6/4' 



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