.film- 10. 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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While in a few quarters oak and poplar still are claimed to hold the 

 leao, in most yards and plants the principal demand right now is for gum 

 and birch, and since neither of these are being received in any excessive 

 quantities, values have stiffened, though they are not actually higher. 

 Meanwhile oak and poplar and some qualities of maple which still seem 

 to take well, are quite as firm as ever, but since none of these materials 

 ever were subjected to wide variations in price, there is nothing at the 

 moment to warrant significant changes at this .time, handlers assert. 



CINCINNA TI 



Demand for hardwood lumber is oa the increase. Buildiog trade inter- 

 ests, including the manufacturers of flooring, are active buyers and are 

 growing easily the heaviest consumers of southern hardwoods. The 

 flooring interests are using plain red and white oak in Nos. 1, 2 and 3 

 common, while the other building trade interests are taking gum, cypress, 

 oak and cottonwood. The automobile group appears to be the next most 

 active buyer, consuming large quantities of thick elm, some sap gum 

 and a little ash. The railroads are placing orders more freely, but the 

 furniture manufacturers are very inactive. They are not doing very much 

 according to reports and the large quantities of stocks which they bought 

 up in the early spring apparently will take care of their requirements 

 until business becomes more brisk in their line. Prices are stiffening a 

 little, due, it is believed, to the general construction demand. Some 

 wholesalers report that mill men want more for their stocks at the mills 

 than the wholesaler can realize for what material he has on hand or is 

 seeking to replace. Dealers, it is stated, are stocking up in anticipation 

 of a good fall trade and even the summer promises to be better than 

 there seemed reason to expect not so long ago. Indications are that the 

 coming month will see added movements in the higher grades of various 

 hardwoods with a slight shortage of dry stocks looming up as a possi- 

 bility. The export trade is rather quiet, but the exporters feel that 

 though buyers abroad have been holding back, they can hardly do so 

 much longer, and they anticipate an improvement in the foreign business 

 in the very near future. Box interests are fair consumers of the lower 

 grades and manufacturers of heavy crates are likewise in the market in 

 a substantial way, 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Demand for hardwoods continues active, with the industrials taking 

 more and more each week. Even with this increase the demand is far 

 from what it should be so far as the industrial demand is concerned, yet 

 the demand from the retail yards is greater than was expected. Prices 

 in all grades show increases and the top has not been reached, especially 

 if the retail demand continues. Interior finish and flooring manufacturers 

 report all the work they can do and some are working overtime. Retail- 

 ers say the volume of work already contracted for, but not yet begun, 

 assures a steady demand from construction interests for some time to 

 come. During the past two weeks there has been some activity among the 

 railroads in spite of proposed rate decreases. The demand is not what it 

 should be from this source, but is an increase over the past demand. 

 Piano factories are still slow, but business seems to be on the upgrade 

 with the furniture factories. Thus far the coal strike does not seem to 

 have had much effect with the industries, though the retail business in 

 the strictly mining regions is beginning to be affected. 



MEMPHIS 



The position of hardwood lumber continues to become stronger. De- 

 mand is broadening, shipments are steadily increasing, and the market is 

 advancing on practically all items under the stimulus of excellent demand 

 and lessening supplies in No. 1 common and better. Shipments have been 

 gaining steadily throughout the past five or six weeks and May proved 

 the month of heaviest movement of southern hardwoods for more than 

 two years, being within approximately 3,000 cars of the heaviest ever 

 recorded for a similar period. 



In the meantime, production suffered at the rate of 2,500,000 feet a 

 day, with the result that heavy inroads have been made on available sup- 

 plies. It will be some weeks yet before the full effect of the loss in pro- 

 duction, forced by flood conditions, will be felt, but it is suggested by con- 

 servative members of the trade that the time is not far distant when 

 something like a famine will be witnessed in dry lumber In No. 1 common 

 and better. Every day sees increase in the difficulty on the part of con- 

 suming interests in finding the kinds and quantities of lumber they need, 

 and they are already beginning to "shop around" in a way that suggests 

 that they realize the difficulties confronting them. 



Offerings of firsts and seconds, in nearly all items, are very much broken 

 and heavy inroads have been made on Nos. 1, 2 and 3 common plain red 

 and white oak. No. 1 common plain red gum and No. 1 plain sap gum. 

 There is very little thick elm for sale in the Memphis territory, while offer- 

 ings of red gum in firsts and seconds are quite limited, especially In 5/4, 

 6/4 and 7/4 stock. One firm here which sold short on this particular 

 class of material has found extreme difficulty in extricating itself from 

 Its unenviable position. 



Some consuming interests are striving to place orders now for de- 

 liveries after July 1. the effective date of rate reductions on hardwood 



WE WANT TO SELL 



the following 



Dry Northern Michigan 



HARDWOODS 



BIRCH 



3 4" Selects & Better.... IS.OflO' 

 4/4" Ists & 2nds 25,000' 



4 4" Selects 10,000 ' 



4 4" No. 1 Common 35,000' 



4 4" No. 2 Common 100,000' 



5/4" Ists & 2nds 5,000' 



5 4" Selects 35,000 ' 



5' 4" No. I Common 5,000' 



S/4" No. 2 Common 80,000' 



SOFT ELM 



4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr... 20,000' 



8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr 20,000' 



8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr 30.000' 



A5H 



4/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. . 25.000' 



S/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr . 15,000' 



4/4" No. 3 Common 50,000' 



6/4" No. 3 Common 30,000' 



HARD MAPLE 

 4 4x6 & Wider, 8' & Longer 

 No. 1 & Btr, SCo FAS. 100,000' 



6/4 

 6/4 

 6 4 

 8 4' 



No, 

 No 

 No, 

 No 



8 4" No, 

 10/4 

 12 4' 



I Com. & Btr 



1 Com. & Sel. . 



2 Common .... 



1 Com. & Btr. 



2 Common.... 

 No. I Com. & Bfr 

 No. 1 Com. & Btr 



SOFT MAPLE 



100,000' 

 60,000' 

 95,000' 

 90,000' 

 25,000' 

 80,000' 

 25,000' 



4 4" No. 2 Com. & Btr ..150,000' 

 8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr... 85,008' 



BASS'WOOD 



4/4" Ists & 2nds 15,000' 



4 4" No. 1 Common 15,000' 



4/4" No. 2 Common 15,006' 



HARD MAPLE FLOORING STOCK 

 FOR RAIL OR WATER SHIPMENT 



Band mills at 

 Chassell cind Ontonagon, Michigan 



C. H.Worcester Co, 



NOT INCORPOBATEB 



19 So. La Salle Street, CHICAGO 



Thomas Forman Company 



DETROIT, MICHIGAN 



Lumber and Interior Finish 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 



FOREMAN'S FAMOUS IXOOBING 



OAK AND MAPLE 



We Specialize in Less than Carload Shipments 



Foster-Latimer Lumber Co. 



OFFER THE FOLLOWING 



DRY HARDWOODS 



B.4.SSWOOD 



4/1" PAS. Re». Widths & LeneUis 5 : 



5/1" No. 1 & Btr., Beg. Wirtths & L^t^3.12 : 



BIBCH 

 4/1" No. 1 & Btr.. Beg. Widths & Lgths. 5 : 

 4/4-5/4" No. 3. Keg. Widths & Lengths.. 12 : 



6/1" No. 3. Ref. Widths & Lengths 5 Moa. DO' 



son- ELM 



5/4" No. 2 & Btr.. Reg. Wld. & Lengths. 12 

 8/1" No. 2 i Btr., Beg. Wld. & Lengths. 12 

 JO/4" No. 2 & Btr., Beg. Wid. & Lgth3.12 Mos. Dry 



Dry 

 I Mos. Di-y 



■ Mos. Dry 

 ! Moa. Dry 



Mos. Dry 

 Mos. Dry 



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MELLEN, WISCONSIN 



