SeplembiT 25, 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



57 



This Is the result of efforts to locate lumber available for reasonably 

 prompt delivery. Consuming interests appreciate the fact that different 

 railroads are furnishing widely variant service and they are broadcasting* 

 their inquiries in the hope of locating stock that can be moved. 



LOUISVILLE 



According to local hardwood men transportation is the keynote of the 

 fall situation. Demand is better for hardwoods and veneers, and the 

 southern roads are now in much better shape to move supplies, but trouble 

 is being experienced in turning movement over to northern and eastern 

 carriers at Ohio River crossings and beyond. There is still much car 

 shortage, especially in log cars, but roads are able to move stuff that is 

 loaded, and there are not as many embargoes. 



Demand is better, both for domestic and export trade. The auto, box, 

 furniture and flooring trades are all buying, and general jobber and planer 

 demand is better. Yard stocks at Louisville and points favorably situated 

 during the more severe railroad period have reduced stocks materially. 

 Some of the local operators are anticipating better demand and rising 

 prices in hardwoods. Many mills in the South are still down due to in- 

 ability to move logs into the mills. 



BEAUMONT 



The hardwood situation in this section is considered very satisfactory 

 and manufacturers are enjoying the usual amount of business. Stocks are 

 still badly broken, which causes some embarrassment from that source. 



The strike situation, of course, has had its effect upon the market, par- 

 ticularly with reference to large orders. Buyers have been inclined all 

 along to limit their purchases, and when deliveries are uncertain they are 

 still more inclined to follow this practice. A few, however, hove ventured 

 to take the risk and some such orders are being placed. 



Orders for immediate need are plentiful and mills that can get cars are 

 securing all of this class of business they want. Manufacturers claim that 

 present condition of the market more closely resembles normalcy than for 

 some time. 



Much to the satisfaction of the mill men, low grades are showing a de- 

 cided stiffening with a tendency to advance. Surplus stocks of Nos. 2 and 3 

 are disappearing and will soon be cleaned up. 



NEW ORLEANS 



The hiirdwood market has takeu a sharp turn for the hotter withiu the 

 past week or ten days. It is true that the effects of the railway strike still 

 are very acute, that it is exceedingly hard to get a siifHeioncy of cars 

 either to convey the logs to the mills or others to ship the lumher from 

 the plants to the consumers, and also that it is very diflieult to obtain 

 prompt movement of such cars as are finally obtained and loaded : but at 

 least one difficulty has been abated considerably within the past week : 

 namely, the buyers are no longer standing back awaiting a settlement of 

 the strike and a clearing up of the transportation situation before placing 

 their orders. Inquiries of the preceding week have ilevelopinl into actual 

 demands for the week just closed with the result that buying is rather 

 active again at the present writing. 



Demand is well distributed and comes from practically all regions and 

 sources. The export market continues fairly good. The American Over- 

 seas Forwarding Company, which is generally regarded as a fair index 

 of what's doing "over there," reports that it has booked eighty -five cars 

 for shipment during the past week, and that the total for the month up 

 to the present writing (about September 20) has approximated the 300 

 ma rk. 



The railway strike has caused some of the mills in this territory to close 

 down : but while the situation is serious here it is not so much so as it hap- 

 pens to be in some other sections, notably that of the Memphis district. 



TORONTO 



Hardwood flooring plants have enjoyed the busiest mouth in their his- 

 tory, and there has been a general improvement in the hardwood market 

 generally, although the big bulk of the trade is still with the United States 

 dealers. Building activity in Ontario has not materially abated, and a 

 considerable quantity of hardwood is being used in the construction pro- 

 grams. Large woodworking establishments are getting busier and are 

 consuming more hardwood than they have been for some months past. 

 Prices are now showing a stiffening tendenc.v, and, according to the testi- 

 mony of many of the large dealers, there is not that disposition to haggle 

 which more or less characterized most uegotiations during the summer 

 months. A. E. Clarke of Toronto, president of the Canadian Lumbermen's 

 .\ssociatlon, believes that the coming year will witness a decided improve- 

 ment in both the volume and value of hardwood forest products, and 

 states that the outlook is improving daily. Ocean freight rates are 

 gradually coming down, and stocks of Canadian lumber, which have been 

 in the hands of outsiders, are reduced to a point where they require 

 replenishing. It is pointed out that the lumber industry has been retarded 

 In its return to normalcy by the coal strike and transportation difficulties. 



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