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definite revival, with the foreign buyers manifesting an interest such as 

 has not been shown for many months. Evidently the holding back with 

 orders, together with a resumption of activities and especially the elimina- 

 tion of some of the disturbing economic factors, has created an impression 

 of scarcity, which is sending the yards into the market. But whatever the 

 cause, the outlook has appreciably improved, and the exporters are more 

 hopeful as a consequence. With the exception of the direction indicated, 

 therefore, the hardwood trade may be said to iiresent a considerably more 

 promising aspect, and at least some of the producers and distributors feel 

 encouraged to predict real broad prosperity for the business. 



COLUMBUS 



There is considerable strength developing in the hardwood trade in 

 Columbus and central Ohio areas. Buying on the part of retailers is the 

 best feature, but on the other hand there is considerable buying on the 

 part of factories making automobiles, implements, boxes and interior 

 finish. Furniture factories are expected to be in the market after the 

 mid-summer shows. Retail stocks are not large in any section. Some are 

 broken and buying to replenish them is the rule. Prices are firm all along 

 the line and all recent advances have been maintained. Railroads are 

 showing some tendency to come into the market. The tone of the market 

 is good and there is less cutting to force trade than formerly. Scarcity 

 of stocks, especially in the higher grades of oak, chestnut and poplar, is 

 reported. The lower grades are moving better than formerly. 



CINCINNATI 



The trade in hardwood lumber is fairly active and the demand is slow 

 but surely getting stronger. Local dealers report a good inquiry for 

 upper grades, but not much demand for the low grades. Flooring manu- 

 facturers and manufacturers of sash, doors, interior trim and other con- 

 struction materials are actively in the market. Flooring interests are 

 really uneasy over the supply situation several months hence because of 

 the interference with production occasioned by flood conditions and because 

 of the tremendous speed with which available supplies of common oak are 

 being converted into finished product. Automobile interests are buying 

 fairly good and there has been a slight improvement in the buying of the 

 furniture manufacturers during the past two weeks. Export demand is 

 slowly but surely expanding, and there is good buying on the part of 

 some of the railroads. 



CLEVELAND 



Local hardwood interests are greatly encouraged by the improvement 

 in demand for hardwoods at this time. Lower grades of the material seem 

 to take better with the manufacturing element than the more costly 

 varieties, and this has resulted in a lirmlng tendency in practically all 

 lines in the last fortnight. This condition is emphasized somewhat by the 

 fact that there has never been an oversnpply of the lower grade during 

 the last year. 



High grade hardwoods, though not in as great demand as the lower 

 grades, appear to be quite as scarce as ever, and are far from being sold 

 at lower prices. It is the belief of distributors here that until the late 

 building gets well under way the industrial interests will prove to be the 

 more interesting element in the matter of sales. 



Prom the hardwood viewpoint there is nothing sensational in the build- 

 ing demand at the moment. The earlier season activities have about 

 quieted down and been well supplied, and the time is not ripe for the late 

 season building to take its quota of hardwood interior finish and other 

 materials. 



Prices on all varieties therefore are steady, tending to firmness and 

 advances. Shipments to this point are none too heavy, and supplies in 

 yard and in distributors' hands, while fairly good for the present need, 

 are not more than sufficient to care for a moderate outlet. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Hardwoods continue to expand so far as actual demand is concerned, 

 though the volume of inquiries is falling below the average, indicating that 

 probably a decline in demand will be noticeable soon. Had it not been 

 for the increased takings of the industrials during the past two weeks the 

 actual demand would just about have kept even with the demand of the 

 two previous weeks. The retail trade is showing some reaction against 

 the price expansion which featured almost every grade. 



EVANSVILLE 



Hardwood lumber manufacturers in Evansville and southern Indiana 

 report that there has been some little improvement in trade during the 

 past month, and that they are looking for June to bring in a larger 

 volume of business than May and May was an improvement over April. 

 Both orders and inquiries are increasing nicely, and there is a much bet- 

 ter tone to the trade than there was at the first of the present year. Logs 

 are coming in more freely than they have for some time past, although 

 there probably will be a falling off in logging operations for another month 

 now, owing to the fact that farmers are busy with their crops. 



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