July 10, 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



Toronto. The rtefcndants had alleged undue delay in a delivery of lumber 

 and refused to accept a large portion of it. The market had fallen in the 

 meantime about 33 per cent on some classes of the wood ordered. De- 

 fendant's counter claim for $7,200 was dismissed. 



Laxity and inefficienc}' on the part of the Crown administrators and 

 willful dishonesty on the part of some of the big lumber companies and 

 their officials are charged in the final report of the Riddell-Latchford 

 Timber Commission, which was released by the Attorney General's de- 

 partment in Toronto a few days ago. The commissioners recommend 

 radical changes in the adniinisti-ation of Ontario's timber resources, criti- 

 cizing and commenting upon the existing system in practically every detail, 

 and suggesting curbs and checks on officials of the Department of Lands 

 and Forests from the minister down. In effect the report urges complete 

 reorganization of the department and its methods, and a change even as 

 regards the application of the much-discussed Doyle rule. 



The planing mill of the Hocken Lumber Co.. Limited, at West River. 

 Ont.. was recently destroyed by fire, with a loss of $15,000 which is partly 

 covered by insurance. The mill will be rebuilt. 



W. T. Cole, who for the past ten years has been sales manager for 

 Seaman. Kent & Co., Limited. Toronto, has resigned his position and in 

 company with W. C. Gardiner will embark in the manufacture of hanl- 

 wood Hooring. The new company, which has been incorporated, will take 

 over a property in Weston, near Toronto, and oak, maple, birch and beech 

 flooring will be produced. 



The Hardwood Market 



CHICAGO 



In spite of the seasonal lull, conditions in the Chicago hardwood lum- 

 ber market continue favorable. Prices are firm and, in the case of the 

 flooring grades of plain oak. have strengthened somewhat during the past 

 fifteen days. Plain oak is the strongest item in the market. As is usual 

 during the market season the furniture people are deferring buying. Are 

 expected to resume stmngly soon after the market closes the middle of 

 this month. The furniture people are enjoying a good business, which 

 Is bound to be reflected in increased demand for hardwoods. Demand 

 from the automobile makers is not as brisk as it was a short time ago, 

 but is still pretty good. The demand of the building industry continues 

 to be the feature of the market here as everywhere. 



BUFFALO 



Th«> hardwoofl trade is on a fairly active basis, altliougli l>uyers are not 

 taking large amounts of lumljer ahead. They have been waiting for lower 

 freight rates in some cases, and now that these have taken effect a re- 

 sumption in buying is looked for. Most yards found June business as 

 large, if not larger, than that of the preceding month. The tendency of 

 prices was upward in better grades, owing to the lack of large stocks 

 either at the mills or in the yards. 



While a fair amount of industrial buying is being done, the total is 

 not showing much increase. The building industry continues to use a 

 good supply of hardwoods of various kinds, including oak. maple anil 

 birch. Some yards report increased sales of chestnut. The amount of 

 flooring business is rather large, and both oak and maple flooring prices 

 are holding at a steady range of prices. 



PITTSBURGH 



Hardwoods are having rather the best of it this month. There is a 

 splendid demand for hardw<)Od flooring owing to the large number of 

 high-class houses now being built in the Pittsburgh district. -\lso. there 

 is quite a demand for bridge timber, and the trade with manufacturing con- 

 cerns which use hardwood extensively is beginning to pick up a little. 

 Prices are Just about marking time. Wholesalers believe that many buy- 

 ers are holding off their purchases and waiting to see how much reduc- 

 tion there will be in prices when the freight reductions are fully in effect. 

 The general opinion is that this will have very little to do with retail 

 lumber prices. Trade with the coal mines is practically cut off by the coal 

 strikes and it is a little uncertain just when a good buying movement will 

 step in there. -Altogether, business is fair to good. 



BALTIMORE 



The hardwood lumber trade situation, though in the main about the 

 same as It was two weeks ago. continues to show improvement, with some 

 of the weak points receiving further strength and the range of the quo- 

 tations being closer together than before. For a time it was quite pos- 

 sible to get figures from producers that varied greatly, differences of .$.j 

 and even more being rather common : but this broad margin has been 

 narrowed to a considerable e.xtcnt. and even though positive increases 

 are not alwaj-s to be noted, the gains in uniformity of prices ha^'e served 

 to make the feeling in the trade decidedly better. Reports about an im- 



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