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HARDWOOD RECORD 



August 10. 1922 



Offering 



Thoroughly Kiln Dried 

 Lumber and an Efficient 

 Kiln Drying Service 



A thoroughly modern kiln equipment at 

 Owensboro enables us to make prompt ship- 

 ment on our own stock, thoroughly kiln dried 

 and also to offer kiln drying service of proven 

 efficiency for handling either green or dry 

 lumber. We offer quick shipment, either 

 domestic or export, straight or mixed cars, 

 all N. H. L. A. grades in our soft texture 

 oak ideal for good furniture. We also have 

 splendid walnut, a fine stock of poplar, chest- 

 nut, gum, hickory, maple, elm, cottonwood, 

 beech and quartered sycamore. Thus prac- 

 tically every line of woodworking is offered 

 a thoroughly reliable source of entirely de- 

 pendable material. 



Try STIMSON at Owensboro 

 the next time 



J. V. Stimson & Co. 



OWENSBORO, KY. I 



Thomas Forman Company 



DETROIT, MICHIGAN 



Lumber and Interior Finish 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 



FOREMAN'S FAMOUS FLOORING 



OAK AND MAPLE 



We Specialize in Less than Carload Shipments 



Scott & Howe Lumber Co. 



Mill— Ironwood, Michigan 

 Sales Office, Osiikosh.Wis. 



"Gogebic County" Birch, Soft Elm, Ash— The Best 



\\K HAVE f'HOICF. STOCK 



BASSWOOD 



4/4" TAS .-iO.OflO- 



4/4" Sel. & Btr 40.000' 



4/4" No. 2 60.000 • 



EIBCH 



& Btr 50.000' 



& Btr lOO.OflO' 



& Btr 30,000- 



& Btr 15.000' 



& Btr 15,000' 



3/4" 

 4/4' 

 5/4" 

 6/4- 

 8/4" 

 3/4" & 4/4" No. 2 



No. 

 No. 

 No. 

 No. 

 No. 



.200,000' 



SOFT ELM 



4/4" No. 2 & Btr 100,000' 



n/4" No. 1 & Utr .10,000' 



8/4" No. 1 & Btr 30,000' 



BROWN ASH 



4/4" No. 2 & Btr 100.000" 



.5/4" No 1 & Btr 5.000' 



6/4" No I & Btr 10.000' 



HARD MAPLE 



4/4" Set & Btr 100,000' 



5/4" No. 2 18.000' 



ALSO 



Soft Maple, Basswood, White Pine, Hemlock, Sliinsles, Posts, Ijlth 



that for glued stock is showing just a little improvement and the 

 year as a whole has been fair. One of the principal problems of the 

 hardwood men is that the present partial tie-up of car movement 

 may result in an acute shortage this fall when they expect to do 

 considerable business, especially with the building industry. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Tlie hardwood market here continues to expand in spite of strikes. 

 Contrary to all expectations the retail lumber end of the demand 

 is holding up to a high level. Prices are strong and only in some 

 instances are some grades difficult to secure of transportation 

 troubles. Taking the general situation all around the local market 

 is in good shape. Distributors here report an unusual demand from 

 the rural yards and building during the month of July showed more 

 new construction started than in any July in the history of the 

 city — in fact more than twice as much as last year which until that 

 time had been the banner in the city's building industry. The really 

 bright spot in the demand is the furniture industry. One distrib- 

 utor who returned from .Shelbyville. where there are several such 

 factories, sai dthe outlook was the best he had seen for many years. 

 Tlie Grand Rapids and Chicago shows brought a veritable flock of 

 orders and some of the factories are turning down orders because 

 of production uncertainty. Most of the plants in the central section 

 of the state have sufhcient business to warrant their operation at 

 full capacity until November and many of them until the first of the 

 year. Box business is expected to pick up this month some time. 

 Officials of various box plants here say they are being handicapped 

 somewhat because of the strikes, their patrons withholding orders 

 until there is a more norntal situation for their products. The auto- 

 mobile business appears slack at the present time and the takings 

 are light. In spite of the strike, the railroads are doing some buying 

 for repair work along the rights of way. 



MEMPHIS 



Shortage of cars, congestion of freight and resultant embargoes 

 are giving hardwood lumber interests more trouble just now than 

 any other phase of the situation The scarcity of cars has become 

 much more pronounced since the recent priority orders were issued 

 by the Interstate Commerce Commission. There is a scarcity of 

 Hat and gondola cars for moving logs to the mills, with the result 

 that, in the language of J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager of the 

 Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, "'many mills have been 

 forced to close down while others are receiving only about 50 per 

 cent of their requirements." There is likewise quite a shortage of 

 gondola and box cars for handling out bound shipment.^, with the 

 result that the movement of lumber and forest products to consuming 

 destinations is restricted. Conditions are worse at smaller interior 

 points where mills are served by only one or two lines. At Memphis 

 and other larger centers, the situation has not yet become very acute. 

 At the same time. tlie fact lemains that car shortage and delayed 

 transportation are looming ahead as the most serious problem con- 

 fronting the hardwood industry at Memphis and throughout the south- 

 ern producing territory. It is believed tliat conditions will gradually 

 become worse as the crop-moving period arrives. Already the South- 

 ern Hardwood Traffic Association has arranged for a special member- 

 ship meeting August 9 to deal almost exclusively with the transpor- 

 tation situation. 



In the meantime there is a very good demand for southern hard- 

 woods. In fact there is less complaint on this score than is usual at 

 this time of the year. Demand appears to be much above normal as 

 stocks of dry lumber in No. 3 common and better are below normal. 

 Manufacturers of flooring, interior trim, sash, doors, automobiles, 

 furniture, boxes and heavy packing crates are in the market in a 

 substantial way while there is a fairly active call from manufacturers 

 of agricultural vehicles and implements, musical instmments and 

 miscellaneous products. Export business is not particularly active 

 but the American Overseas Forwarding Company reports that it 

 booked approximately 250 cars during July compared with its previous 

 best record this year of 450 cars. 



Increase is reported in the sale of low grade lumber, especially Nos. 

 2 and 3 common. Prices on this class of stock, too. are somewhat 

 improved. Quotations are generally firm on No. 1 common and better. 

 Offerings are restricted in dry stock. Production, which should be 

 normally expanding, is growing less on account of car shortage and 

 present indications are that limited offerings in the better grades will 

 be a feature of the situation for an almost indefinite period. 



Weather conditions ai'e favorable for logging in the greater portion 

 of the valley territory. The only complaint on this score comes from 

 northern Louisiana where mucli rain has fallen. 



LOUISVILLE 



1 iardwood operators are having troubles in moving logs to mills 

 as a result of car shortage resulting from the strike, and severer 

 shortage is anticipated if the strike is not settled shortly. Due to 



