May 10. 1022 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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as $10 and $13 right down the line of the different haidwoods. Though 

 tinish demand constitutes but about a iifth of the demand for hardwoods 

 here, yet much was expected of it here. The demand for it has improved, 

 but not at all as much as had been loolied for. The fact is that the dealers 

 do not now looli for a decided improvement of any particular kind in finish 

 till the houses now started are nearing completion, say long toward the 

 t-nd of the summer. 



BEAUMONT 



Wet woods in all sections and floods in many, has practically put the 

 hardwood manufacturers out of business in this district for the time 

 being. Within the past ten days the Xeches and Sabine rivers have been 

 falling, but the comparatively small area of bottom lands from which the 

 water has receded is still too wet to permit of logging operations. Further 

 heavy rains have fallen in the %icinity of Dallas and Fort Worth which 

 will keep the Trinity river up for some time. 



It is expected that the amount of hardwood started north iu transit 

 to keep out of the way of floods will affect the market for some days, 

 but the general outlook is considered very favorable. There has been 

 but little change, however, in the actual demand. Favorable logging and 

 operating weather will find stocks very much depleted. 



BALTIMORE 



Conditions in the hardwood trade at Baltimore, Md., are much the same 

 as they were fifteen days ago. though the improvement noted some time 

 ago appears to cnntinue, with fairly steady progress being made toward a 

 greater demand and more remunerative returns. With railroads and other 

 big consumers going into the market for far larger stocks of lumber 

 and timbers than they called for months ago, there has been a stiffening 

 in the price list, and the fact has received further confirmation that stocks 

 are not at all large and that, in fact, very little would be required to create 

 a shortage. .\nd the immediate future holds out no prospect of such addi- 

 tions as might turn the scantiness of the assortments into important 

 accumulations and a cause of possible congestion. Information from the 

 producers here is still to the effect that orders come only with determined 

 effort, and that anything like freedom in the inquiry is still missing. The 

 buyers, however, manifest more of a disposition to enter into commitments, 

 which, of course, they can only do at better figures than those that pre- 

 vailed not long ago. Stocks in the yards here are held down to moderate 

 proportions, though such wants as happen to develop from time to time 

 are met promptly enough. The best informed and cautious hardwood men 

 are of the opinion that anything like a boom is not to be looked for but 

 that the expansion in the movement will keep up. 



COLUMBUS 



The hardwood trade continues Ann in every particular. Buying on the 

 part of retailers is the best feature; but, on the other hand, better orders 

 from all classes of industrial concerns are being booked. The tone of the 

 market is good and prospects for the coming few months are said to be 

 bright. Hardwood prices are expected to advance within a few weeks at 

 the most, as the entire price list is firm. There is now practically no cut- 

 ting to force trade and e%'ery change is towards higher levels. 



Concerns making boxes, furniture, automobiles and caskets are buying 

 better. Orders from railroads are also increasing, showing a disposition 

 on the part i^f railroads to buy more supplies. Retail yards are not heavily 

 stocked and dealers are now buying to replace broken stocks. Prices for 

 oak and pojdar are rather firm at former levels. The better grades are 

 scarce and this has the effect of switching the demand to the medium 

 grades. 



CLEVELAND 



The Cleveland hardwood market has shown a decided improvement dur- 

 ing the past few weeks and indications are that the demand will grow 

 even greater as the season progresses. The late start in building will have 

 no effect on total seasonal movements, according to wholesalers. 



Prices are firm at recent levels, and this factor, too, is doing much to 

 encourage retailers in the construction industries to buy more heavily 

 than has been the practice during the past winter. Outside industries, 

 including automobile and other consuming interests, which usually repre- 

 sent a small fraction of the gross, have thus far this season been the 

 main standby, and with the resumption of construction the demand from 

 this quarlf-r is actually increasing. 



Leaders are optimistic in the extreme: hence movements are increasing 

 daily and cars are being placed as rapidly as they become available. It is 

 common knowledge that stocks are low; hence this condition may continue 

 Indefinitely. 



CINCINNATI 



The hardwood trade in Cincinnati no longer is at a standstill but is 

 improving gradually week by week. Demand for all grades of hardwoods 

 during the past two weeks was better than the average, but the total vol- 

 ume of orders was not extraordinarily large. Buying is pretty evenly 

 divided between consumers and dealers. From all reports oak, elm, ash 

 and gum are showing the most activity at the present time. Gum has 



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