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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 10. 1922 



Offering 



Thoroughly Kiln Dried 

 Lumber and an Efficient 

 Kiln Drying Service 



A thoroughly modern kiln equipment at 

 Owensboro enables us to make prompt ship- 

 ment on our own stock, thoroughly kiln dried 

 and also to offer kiln drying service of proven 

 efficiency for handling either green or dry 

 lumber. We offer quick shipment, either 

 domestic or export, straight or mixed cars, 

 all N. H. L. A. grades in our soft texture 

 oak ideal for good furniture. We also have 

 splendid walnut, a fine stock of poplar, chest- 

 nut, gum, hickory, maple, elm, cottonwood, 

 beech and quartered sycamore. Thus prac- 

 tically every line of woodworking is offered 

 a thoroughly reliable source of entirely de- 

 pendable material. 



Try STIMSON at Owensboro 

 the next time 



J. V. Stimson & Co. 



OWENSBORO, KY. I 



Scott & Howe Lumber Co. 



Mill — Ironwood, Michigan 

 Sales Office, Oshkosh,WIs. 



"Gogebic County" Birch, Soft Elm, Ash— The Best 



WK H.WK CHOICE STOCK 



.V4" 

 V4" 

 5/4" 

 6/4" 

 »/4" 

 3/4" 



4/4" 

 6/4" 

 S/4" 



BIRCH 

 & Btr. 



jtr.OOn 



& Btr loo.OOO' 



No. 1 & Btr .W.OOD' 



No. 1 & Btr .'iO.OOo' 



No. I & Btr SO.OIK)' 



& 4/4" No. 2 



SOFT EI.SI 



No. 2 & Btr 100. 0011 • 



No. 1 & Btr 30.000' 



No. 1 & Btr ;f0.(l0O' 



BROWN ASH 



4/4" No. ■>. & Btr 100.000' 



.■)/4" No. I & Btr 5.000' 



6/4" No. 1 & Btr lO.OCO' 



8/4" No. 1 & Btr 10.000' 



HARD MAPLE 



4/4" FAS lOO.OOO' 



r./l" No. 2 .■iO.OOO' 



li/t" Xi>. 2 100. OOO' 



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 Soft MHple. Baftsvvood, >Vhite Pine. Henil(M-k, Sbiii^leg, Posts, XiUth 



in the movement of lumber is undoubtedly due in large degree to the 

 improvement in the building business. Conditions are more satisfactory 

 in this line than for a long time. An improvement has also occurred in 

 the demand from the automobile plants, the latter having been very heavy 

 purchasers of hardwoods in the past month or two. In some woodworking 

 lines, including the furniture trade, orders are not coming in to as large 

 an extent as hoped for, but increased business is looked for soon. 



Most hardwoods participate to a fair extent in the demand. Oak has 

 been in the lead, but a good deal of poplar has lately been placed, and an 

 increase in basswood sales is also noted. Maple has shown some gains 

 in the past few weeks in volume of orders and birch is keeping up well. 

 Some larger sales have taken place in cypress. Prices are not altogether 

 satisfactory in the different hardwoods, as a good deal of competition is 

 shown and much business Is taken on a small margin. 



BOSTON 



There is some improvement noted generally here in the hardwoods 

 trade in all lines, but it is certainly not commensurate with the improve- 

 ment that has been taking place in the softwood branches of the lumber 

 trade here and elsewhere. Moreover the Improvement that there is seen 

 in both demand and in inquiry is very unevenly distributed as among the 

 various wholesalers here. .\nd while the tirst and second grades continue 

 to be pretty firm within the rather wide ranges that are prevailing, on the 

 other hand the common grades are disproportionately weak. The bulk 

 of the business and of the improvement In same seen here obtains among 

 the hardwoods .vards and in the furniture trade. Neither the piano people 

 nor the chairmakers are yet purchasing what is normally to be expected, 

 though the automobile people are buying a little better. There is quite a 

 little feature to be noted in the demand for ash, which has improved around 

 here quite a bit of late, the bulk of the demand being from the implement 

 handle people. There is also some activity in the demand from specialty 

 box people, machinery makers and others, for poplar. There is a slight 

 improvement noted in demand from the railroads. But the really good 

 feature of the market here, the one that pleases the most when so many 

 hardwoods people are in a state of disappointment, is the firmness and 

 improvement steadily noted in demand for hardwood flooring. Sales are 

 good in this and the tone is continually firm and prices for birch, maple 

 and beech flooring hold up strong. There is a slight improvement noted 

 in the demand for hardwood finish here, but even that is not coming along 

 at full blast yet. 



BALTIMORE 



Conditions in the hardwood trade here, though not materially changed 

 during the last two weeks, have shown further progress in the direction 

 of greater activity and increased interest in the offerings of lumber so 

 far as the domestic market is concerned, and the quotations are perhaps 

 steadier than they were. Any gains made, however, come very gradually 

 and nothing in the shape of a boom is to be observed. It can be said 

 that the hardwoods as a whole hold their own compared to other commodi- 

 ties, with the requirements of the consumers broadening and especially 

 the bigger buyers having augmented needs to take care of. The expansion 

 takes in virtually the whole list, with stocks at the mills and in the hands 

 of the dealers not yet of such proportions as to indicate that congestion 

 may not be far off. Some items may even be regarded as in decidedly 

 scant supply, and this state of affairs would be more acutely felt than 

 it is but for the continuance of pronounced quiet in the export division. 



COLUMBUS 



The Tegge Lumber Go. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



There is a strong demand for hardwoods in Columbus and central Ohio 

 territory. Buying is well distributed over the country. While retailers 

 are still the best customers, orders are coming in from factories making 

 automobiles, caskets, musical instruments and boxes. Furniture factories 

 are laying low until after the mid-summer furniture shows. The tone 

 of the market is generally good and prospects for the future are con- 

 sidered bright. Shipments are coming out promptly as a rule. There is 

 a growing scarcity of stocks in the higher grades, especially oak, poplar 

 and chestnut. The medium grades also are not as plentiful as formerly. 

 One of the best features is the fact that the lower grades are moving 

 better than formerly. Prices are generally firm at former levels and 

 there is now less cutting to force trade. The tendency of the price list is 

 upward. 



CLEVELAND 



Encouraging immediate future for hardwoods is seen by leaders in the 

 Cleveland market since the turn of the month. Contrasting with the 

 rather spasmodic movement of material into consumption during May Is 

 a markedly steady demand since June 1 from all sources, with particular 

 Improvement from the manufacturing industries, notably the furniture 

 and automobile trade, though the building demand still offers the best 

 and most prospects to those hardwood factors that have the material to 

 offer. 



The change in popular demand in hardwoods becomes more significant 

 as the new building operations, to finish the year with, get under way. 



