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HARDWOOD RECORD 



May 2.-,. 1322 



Manufacturers 

 of 



Stimson's 



HARDWOOD 

 LUMBER 



Annual Output: 50 Million Feet 



J. V. Stimson 



Huntingburg, Ind. 



Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. 



Memphis, Tenn 



J. V. Stimson Hardwood Co. 



Memphis, Tenn., and Helena, Ark. 



STRABLE 

 Lumber & Salt Company 



SAGINAW, MICHIGAN 



Manujacturers 

 Hardwood Lumber, Maple Flooring 



ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES 



MODERN DRY-KILNS AND PLANING MILL 



Insist upon 



Wolverine Maple Flooring 



"Best by Test" 



Maple, Birch, Basswood, Elm, Beech 



The sign to follow 

 for Maple Flooring 



VENEER 

 DRYING 



MACHINERY 



PROCTOR &^ 

 SCHWARTZJNC. 



PHILADELPHIA 

 CATALOGUE ON REQUEST 



i-ffi'it that these phiuts are doing a j:ood buyinrss and that the check 

 noted some time ago has been overcome. Dealers, it is stated, are stocking 

 ni> in anticipation of a good fall trade, and even the summer promises 

 to he better than there seemed reason to expect not so long ago. There 

 iire indications of increased buying by the railroads and other big con- 

 sumers, and the outlook is regardeci as promisinj,' decidedly better things. 



COLUMBUS 



A decidedly strong demand for all varii'ties of hardwoods has developed 

 in Columbus and central Ohio territory during the past fortnight. Buying 

 «tf hardwoods on the i)art of retailers is still the best feature, but on the 

 other hand there is a decided increase in the demand from industrial 

 plants. Factories making automobiles, boxes and pianos are buying liber- 

 aiiy and railroads are also showing an inclination to come into the 

 market. Stocks in the hands of dealers are only fair and buying to re- 

 plenish them has been the rule. 



Shipments are coming out promptly from most sections, since the high 

 waters have subsided. Prices are generally firm at former levels and 

 every change is upward. There is now less cutting to foi'ce trade than 

 has been known for some time. Scarcity of the higher gi'ades is as 

 marked as formerly. 



CINCINNATI 



While there is still no rush in the demand for hardwood lumber, the 

 rrade is fairly active and decidedly better than it was a month ago. Local 

 (b'abTs report an improved demand for the better grades, due largely to 

 the fact that more building work is in progress. Prices have not changed 

 since the slight flurry two weeks ago, and lumbermen say that there may 

 be a slight increase soon because of a shortage of certain items in the 

 better stocks. Shipments are not coming in as promptly as they were a 

 few weeks back. The industrial demand centers around one or two factors. 

 The automobile manufacturers are the best customers, while the furniture 

 interests have not been buying up to their standard for several weeks. 

 The demand covers a variety of woods, with oak. elm and gum among the 

 leaders and a little better call for birch, walnut and maple. An increase 

 in the sale of poplar has also taken place lately, after a long period of 

 (piiet in this wood. Many of the wood consuming factories in and around 

 Cincinnati now are operating on almost a pre-war basis and business is 

 looking uj) right along. An improvement has been noticed in the volume 

 of inquiries from the railroads. Members of the local trade look for some 

 mighty good business from this industry before many wei'ks. The export 

 business is nothing to boast about, but the outlook is brighter than it 

 was a few weeks back. Owing to the flood conditions in the South, local 

 dealers are not eager to dispose of their stocks at present rpiotatious. 

 There is no pressure to sell and concessions are more diflicult to secure. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Altliciii;;!] thi' actual dcmanil fcir liardn-dculs fi-cmi the rct:iilcrs appears 

 In !)!■ at a standstill, iiciiluT Kainin;; n<ir lusiiic, tlin intcriur finish and 

 HiMirin^r factories seem to be as busy as usual. Many of them are hehiiul 

 with orders and some are workinir overtime to catch up. The demand now 

 from the retail .vards means the approximate consumption since stocks 

 are about the level at which they will be carried during the late spring 

 and summer. Oak and Kum continue to rule favorites with the con- 

 struction interests. There is a little more activity among the furniture 

 factories and the box factories also report a little increased demand. With 

 the talking nmehine cabinet and piano factories there appears little 

 change. Prices are stiffening a little, due. it is believed, to the general 

 construction demand. Tippers especially show strength. During the past 

 week there has been some incpiiry from the railroads and electric railway 

 companies, but up to the present rime very little business. 



LOUISVILLE 



Till' hariiwood markel is very tirni and demand cpiite steady fnun gen- 

 eral lines, although the furniture trade hasn't been buying as freely as it 

 was. However, denuind for hardwood lumber for interior use, in building 

 operations, flooring, poplar siding, etc., is very good, and the general 

 demand from jobbers and planers is better than for some time past. There 

 is some little export business being handled, and box factory demand Is 

 better. Collections are quiet. Lumber plants in this vicinity are running 

 at almost or full capacity in view of the very light southern production 

 and prospects for many mills continuing down for thirty to sixty days 

 account of high water. 



NEW ORLEANS 



With inquiries becoming more general and extensive than at any pre- 

 vious time since the boom days of 1919 and demand becoming more and 

 more active au'i prices remaining ttrm in the main, the manufacturers 

 and others interested in hardwoods throughout the Southwest are finding 

 themselves being rapidly engulfed in a genuine flood of optimism over 

 the immediate outlook. And this, too. it should be added, in spite of the 

 cloud of blackness which persists in hanging low over the horizon of 

 production. 



Production, as a whole throughout the Southwest continues, as tor 

 several weeks past, to amount practically to nil because of the flood situa- 



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