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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 25. 1922 



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. • 



The Tegge Lumber Co. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



cither to return within a definite period or lose their employment privi- 

 leges. The men le'ft their machines to press demands for an eight-hour 

 day, the question of wages not figuring in their demands. 



STRABLE 

 Lumber & Salt Company 



SAGINAW, MICHIGAN 



Manufacturers 

 Hardwood Lumber, Maple Flooring 



ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES 



MODERN DRY-KILNS AND PLANING MILL 



Insist up«D 



Wolverine Maple Flooring 



"Best by Teat" 



l^'AV^Z Maple, Birch. Basswood, Elm, Beech 



MEMPHIS 



Firm and advancing prices, increasing demand and decreasing stocks are 

 the principal characteristics of the hardwood situation at Memphis and 

 throughout the southern producing territery. Cause and effect are closely 

 intermingled, so closely that it is difficult to determine which is cause and 

 which is effect. But the fact remains that consuming interests are show- 

 ing more desire to secure a substantial portion of their requirements, that 

 they are bidding the marlset up in the effort to do so, and that they are 

 maliing serious inroads on available supplies of southern hardwoods, 

 especiall.v in No. 1 common and better. 



Furnit»ire manufacturers have changed their attitude more perhaps than 

 any of the other major consuming groups. They bought from hand-to- 

 mouth for an almost indefinite period, but they are now making strenuous 

 efforts to lay in lumber against their later needs. They are placing orders 

 by both wire and letter. In some instances wire orders are being received 

 after mail offers have been made and declined over a period of two or three 

 months. 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood market remains firm and activity is on a fairly satisfac- 

 tory basis. Some curtailment of orders has been taking place lately, owing 

 to the new freight rates, effective July 1, and some orders now on the 

 books are not to be shipped until after that time. The possibility of a 

 railroad strike has created some concern among consumers, who are 

 inclined to hold back for developments. Lumbermen do not believe the 

 strike will take place, but of course have no more information on the 

 subject than their customers have. 



Among the woods most in demand are plain oak, poplar, gum, maple and 

 birt-h, and prices have lately had an advance at the mills. The price 

 situation is strong, because of the large demand in the building industry 

 for all kinds of lumber. Industrial plants are in some cases increasing 

 their purchases, and a good deal of activity has been shown by automo- 

 bile plants for some weeks past. 



BOSTON 



The turn of the tide seems to have come to the hardwood trade in Bos- 

 ton at last. Demand and inquiry are both very much improved. The 

 numbers of grouches among the wholesalers who habitually complain most 

 of the time of no trade are much reduced. Demand is showing marked 

 activity with those who use flooring and finish from those who make 

 furniture and chairs, and from those engaged in the business of making 

 automobile bodies and agricultural implement and other woodenware 

 products. While the tone of the market is much firmer generally on 

 firsts and seconds, there is still to be met with the occasional mill that 

 quotes well below most competitors, because In need of ready money or for 

 some other reason. There is improvement noted with the railroads also. 

 The bulk of the business here is probably still with the hardwoods yards. * 

 Export trade here is of very little volume and consequence at the present 

 time. The buying of hardwood flooring here continues to be as active as 

 recently reported. Maple, birch and beech are very firm, also oak, and 

 advances are looked for. The unfortunate situation continues to exist 

 here of people being so generally insistent on the best grades and so unwill- 

 ing to use the common grades which are so much lower In price. 



BALTIMORE 



Opinion as to the state of the hardwood trade here is slowly getting 

 around to an acceptance of the belief that a material Improvement has 

 taken place during the current year, and that there is every indication of 

 this improvement continuing. So far the effect of the gains made upon 

 prices, however, has been rather a steadying than a decided advance, 

 though various items are distinctly stronger. It Is also to be said that the 

 gains are not uniform, some divisions of the trade showing up far better 

 than others. Thus the furniture manufacturers of North Carolina are 

 finding a let-down in the demand for their products, which, of course, Is 

 natural enough, since many persons go away for the summer and during 

 that time give little attention to the furnishing of homes, besides putting 

 out money In different ways. The return of autumn must be awaited for 

 a really brisk demand upon the furniture dealers, which in turn is reflected 

 in a broader inquiry from the dealers than Is felt at the factories. Aoart 

 from this department, however, the requirements In the way of hardwoods 

 Is gaining in quite a regular mqnner, with the better grades in particular 

 relatively scarce. This applies not only to oak, but also to walnut, ash and 

 chestnut, along with other woods In general use. Big consumers, like the 

 car builders and others, of course, are placing orders on far larger scales 

 than before, as they have numerous orders of impressive proportions on 

 their books, and there is every reason to anticipate a continuance of this 

 activity. In addition the export business has lately shown signs of a 



