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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Ma.v 25, 1!)22 



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 



Manufacturers 



Hardwood Lumber, Maple Flooring 



ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES 



MODERN DRYKILNS AND PLANING MILL 

 Insist upon 



_^ Wolverine Maple Flooring 



'A!/MiV>-^y "Bent by Tent" 



'^'uS:^.V^lZ Maple, Birch, Basswood. Elm, Beech 



VENEER 

 DRYING 



MACHINERY 



PROCTOR &^ 

 SCHWARTZJNC. 



PHILADELPHIA. 

 CATALOGUE ON REQUEST 



effect that tlicHp plants are doing a i;ood business and that the check 

 noted some time ago has heen overcome. Dealers, it is statetl, are stocking 

 Hp in anticipation of a pood fall trade, and even the summer promises 

 to lie better than there seemed reason to expect not so long n^n. There 

 are indications of increased buyinj; by the railroads and other big con- 

 sumers, and the outlook is regarded as promising decidedly better things. 



COLUMBUS 



A decidedly strong demand for all varieties of hardwoods has dcveluped 

 in Columbus and central Ohio territory during the past fortnight. I'.uying 

 of hardwoods on the part 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 autiuuffbiles. boxes and pianos are buying liber- 

 ally and niilmads are also showing an inclination to come into the 

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

 pli'iiish Ihem has been the rub?. 



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

 waters have subsided. I'rices are generally tirm at former levels and 

 every change is upward. There is now less cutting to force trade than 

 h;is been known for some time. Scarcity uf the higher grades is as 

 m.'irki'd as fnrnu'rly. 



CINCINNATI 



Wliile there is still no rush in Ibr di'iiinnd U'V bardwnod lumber, the 

 trade is fairly active and deciiledly better than it was a month ago. Local 

 dealers report an improved demand for the better grades, duo largely to 

 the fact that nmre building work is in pr()gress. Prices have not <'lianged 

 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 denuind centers around one or two factors. 

 Thf automobih' 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 :irid gum among the 

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

 in the sale of poplar has also taken place Iat<dy. after a long period of 

 quiet in this wond. Many of the wood consuming factories in and around 

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

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

 of impdries from the railroads. Members of the local trade look for sonn> 

 ndghty good business from this industry before nmny weeks. The I'xport 

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

 was a few weeks back. Owing to the tlood conditions in the Scnith. local 

 dealers are not eager to disjKise of their stocks at present (piotalions. 

 There is ni> pressure to sell and concessions are more dillicult lo srcure. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



AltliMiigb the act nai ilemaii 

 to be at a standstill, neither 

 lloru'ing fa<-ti>ries seem to be 

 with orders and some arc work 

 from the retail yards means 

 arc .-ibout Ilw level at which 

 an<l summer. Oak and gum 

 struction interests. There is 

 factories and the box factories 

 the talking nnichlne cabinet 

 change. Prices are stifTening 

 construction demand. Uppers 

 week there has been some imp; 

 ci>n>p:iili'"^. bill np tt» the )ir 



i tor iKirdwiMMls Iroin the retailers ai>pears 

 gaining mu- losing, the interior tinisb and 

 IS busy as usual. .Many of them are behind 

 ing overtime to catch up. The demand now 

 the approxinmte consumption since stocks 

 they will be cjirricd during the late spring 



continue to rnb- favorites with the con- 

 a little more activity aimmg the furniture 

 also report a little increased denuinrl. With 



and piano factories there appears little 

 a little, due. it is believed, to the general 

 especially show strength. During the past 

 dry from the railroads and electric railway 

 111 1 iiiM- veiv litt le Inisiness. 



LOUISVILLE 



'I'lic lianhVDdd iiiarki't Is very linn inul (Iciiuind ciiiilr slcndy fnini i.'i'n- 

 cnil Hues, iilthoti^h tin- I'uniiturt' tradi^ hasn't ho'n iiu.\ in;i ns frrcly as it 

 WHS. IlDWevi'r. (Icniand Inr hiinlwimd himliiT for iiiti'i'ior iisi\ in liulldine 

 opiTiitions. llimrinK, popliir sidinib', etc.. is very s,'"f>d. and the ccnpral 

 demand from J(il)l)prs and planiTs is lii'ttcr than for some tinii' past. There 

 is some little 4'xport business Itein;: handled, and hox factoi-y demand is 

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

 at almost or full capacity in vli^w of tlie very lijilit southern production 

 and prospects for many mills coritiniiin« ilowii for ihirly In sixly days 

 account of high water. 



NEW ORLEANS 



With iniiulries beconiiiitx umre ueneral and e.\Iensi\'e than at any pre- 

 vious time since the booni days of I'.U!) and doinaiui beciuuinu nuuv and 

 more ;iotive and prices reniaiuinif firm in the main, the manufacturers 

 and others interested in hardwoods throuKh(mt the Southwest are Hndinff 

 themselves being rapidly engulfeil in a Keuuiue (Uiod of optimism over 

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

 oloud of blackness which persists In hanitlns low ovcu' the horizon of 

 production. 



I'roduction, as a whole throughout the Siuithwest continues, as for 

 several weeks past, to anuuint pi'actically to nil liecause iif the Hood situa- 



