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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 25. 1922 



BEDNA YOUNG 



Lumber Company 



Jackson, Tennessee 



Manufacturers of === 



Quartered White Oak 

 Quartered Red Oak 



AND 



OTHER HARDWOODS 



When in the market for 



High Grade Lumber 



please let us have your enquiries. 



BEAUMONT 



Foster-Latimer Lumber Co. 



OFFER THE FOLLOWING 



DRY HARDWOODS 



BASSWOOD 



4/4" FAS. Res. Widths & Lengths 5 Mos. Dry 



5/4" Ko. 1 & ntr.. Reg. Widths & I«ths.l2 Mos. Dry 



BIRCH 

 4/4" No. I & Blr.. Bcc. Widths & Lgths. 5 Mos. Dry 

 4/4-5/4" No. 3. Ree. \^'idth3 & Lengths.. 12 Mos. Dry 



6/4" No. 3. Bef. Widths & Lengths 5 Mos. Dry 



SOFT ELM 

 5/4" No. 2 & Btr.. Bee. WId. & Leneths,12 Mos. Dry 

 8/4" No. 2 & Blr.. Reg. Wld. & Lengths. 12 Mos. Dry 

 10/4" No. 2 & Btr., Beg. Wid. & LgtliB.12 Mos. Dry 



WIRE, PHONE OR WRITE FOR PRICES 

 MAIN OFFICE AND MILLS 

 MELLEN, WISCONSIN 



JACKSON & TINDLE 



INCORPORATED 



Sales Office 

 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



Main Office 

 BUFFALO, N.Y. 



Complete stock of 



Dry Northern Hardwoods 



HARD MAPLE BIRCH 



SOFT MAPLE BEECH 



BASSWOOD ELM 



MILLS AT PELLSTON AND MUNISING, MICHIGAN 



The rapid advance in the yellow pine market up to two weeks ago has 

 had a healthy effect upon the hardwood industry, especially where the two 

 kinds of woods were suitable for kindred uses. 



Inquiries have become more plentiful, but it has not reacted on prices. 

 Manufacturers are Inclined to think that when freight rates have been 

 finally adjusted there will be a freer movement of all grades. 



LOUISVILLE 



Demand for hardwoods continues fairly active, with prices steady. Oak 

 Is moving better, while poplar, walnut and gnm are very fair, and mahogany 

 Is again in better demand as a result of a big demand for interior trim. 

 Hardwood flooring plants are taking a good deal of oak and railroad buy- 

 ing is more active. Poplar siding for frame homes is quite good, and in 

 fact general grades of poplar lumber are moving, with supplies not so good. 



Oak prices are stiffer, some houses quoting quartered oak in FAS at 

 $150 a thousand and common at $80 and plain oak at $115 and $55. The 

 general market shows quartered oak at $140 in inch FAS and common $70 ; 

 plain oak, $115 and $55; walnut, $225; selects, $150; common, $100; 

 poplar, FAS, $110; saps and selects, $80; common, $50; quartered red 

 gum, $115 and $70; plain red. $100 and $62.50; sap gum. $47 and $34; 

 ash, $90 and $45. Demand has been keener for ash. elm and better move- 

 ment has been reported in hickory. 



NEW ORLEANS 



With prices firm, production slightly on the increase, demand about as 

 usual recently and stocks rather scarce and badly broken except in the 

 lower grades, where there is still a superabundance of practically all 

 varieties, the hardwood market situation throughout the lower Mississippi 

 delta region shows no marked change within the past fortnight, though the 

 general tendency continues for the better and Improvement has been qult^ 

 pronounced in some particulars. 



Perhaps the brightest star in the market firmament at this season is 

 the export trade, which beyond peradventure is increasing In volume from 

 week to week, and which some leading operators declare to be the main- 

 spring of their business. 



MILWAUKEE 



All grades of hardwoods are in relative stages of activity in the Mil- 

 waukee hardwood market. The higher grades. In the earlier part of the 

 season, were the only woods that moved to any perceptible extent. Now 

 augmented by the revival of industries, the building boom in the city and 

 state, and the presence of the auto body manufacturers in the market, 

 both high and low grade woods are in motion. The better quality lumber 

 is always in the keenest demand, still the movement in the poorer grades, 

 while not startling in its magnitude, nevertheless is encouraging, for a 

 strong market is always found when low grades are active. 



That lumber movement is in a process of acceleration is verified in the 

 Milwaukee market by receipt of a report from the Chicago & Northwestern 

 railway, giving figures on lumber movement in the Ashland division, 

 handling lumber from northern Wisconsin sawmills. From points on 

 this division 1,479 cars of lumber were shipped in the past four weeks, 

 compared with 853 cars for a corresponding period of the preceding year. 

 Averages continue to mount as the season advances. 



Freight rates are no inconsiderable factors in lumber movements, and 

 while the announcement of freight rate reductions for July 1 does not 

 mean any great change in the transportation costs, the smallest reduction 

 Is encouraging and assists in the general stimulation of the trade. 



Building activities are far more advanced and extensive than those of 

 any preceding seasons, reflecting an active trade in hardwood flooring, 

 sashes and doors. Factories in these lines working at capacity. 



TORONTO 



The movement of lumber in Ontario has been considerabl.v speeded up 

 during the past few weeks by the increase in construction activit.v, although 

 the market is still in an unsatisfactory condition. The course of prices 

 has been anything but uniform. The sale of hardwoods to American 

 buyers is proceeding at a good rate, but Canadian business constitutes 

 only a small fraction of the transactions of the wholesalers who specialize 

 in liirch, elm and maple. The automobile industry is taking fairly liberal 

 qu.Tntities of Canadian hardwoods, with furniture manufacturers in second 

 place as buyers, although that industry is somewhat quiet. Some hardwood 

 firms say that business is increasing satisfactorily. Michigan automobile 

 firms, for instance, are liberal users of 2 and 3-inch birch and maple, as 

 well as some ash in No. 1 common and better. The export trade is improv- 

 ing considerably. Quite a quantity of white basswood and 2% and 3-inch 

 end-dried white maple are being sent overseas for use In the manufacture 

 of pianos. Prices, however, are not satisfactory. Hardwood flooring 

 concerns for the most part are busy and many of the plants are running 

 at capacity. 



