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HARDWOOD RECORD 



plain. Mill orders for heavy oak for bridge 

 and car stock and oak timbers are good. 



Tile demand for chestnut is again improving, 

 with good inquiries for long ones and twos for 

 the l)nil(iing trades of the East. Sound wormy 

 <hestnut is meeting with a good demand, and a 

 read.v sale for good stock, with a noticeable in- 

 crease in the volume of trade. I*oplar is steadil.v 

 working to the front again, with better inquiry 

 for the wide, clear stock for the automobile 

 trade and panel stock, and an improvement in 

 the demand for box boards. The prices for wide 

 poplar have hit the bottom and it is certain 

 that before warm weather sets in there w-ill be 

 good advances. Manufacturers' grades of poplar 

 are in good supply, with only a fair movement. 

 Low-grade poplar lias been moving steadily, and 

 the stocks now on hand are no longer looked 

 upon as a menace, as, in fact, slight advances 

 are asked for good box lumbei'. There is an 

 improved inquiry for Cottonwood, and more at- 

 tention is being brought to bear on the qual- 

 ities of tnpelo for manufacturing purposes. Red 

 gum is steadily coming to the front as a market 

 feature, with reports of weakness in the stocks 

 <f the top grades, and indications of advances in 

 prices. Walnut is meeting with an improved 

 movement for the foreign market, while the 

 stocks are in a good condition to meet a heav.v 

 demand. Birch, basswood, buckeye, and ash 

 and hickory for the wagon and carriage in- 

 dustry are meeting with a fair demand. 



The export business is considered b.v some mem- 

 bers cif the trade here as exceiitionally gofKl. 



BRISTOL 



Bristol hardwood dealers report that there 

 are already indications that March will be a 

 better month than February. Some say that 

 February was not as good as January, and all 

 admit tliat business is not as good as they bad 

 expected. The general opinion is that the out- 

 look is most encouraging and that prices will 

 advance this spring. More activity than usual 

 is expected in manufacturing in this section this 

 spring. 



MEMPHIS 



The hardwood .situation continues healthy and, 

 while business is not booming, the aggregate 

 ■volume is quite large. Inquiries are coming in 

 light along and orders are being booked at a 

 fair rate. It is. a well-known fact that lumber 

 i.s being shipped out right along and in many 

 cases the view is held that stocks of dry lum- 

 ber are decreasing. Furthermore, logging con- 

 ditions are highly un.satisfactor.v, and this con- 

 dition is regarded as a certain forerunner of 

 < ven a greater scarcity of hardwood lumber 

 than now exists. As a result it is not surpris 

 ing to find there is a Brmer feeling and a better 

 lone 1o the market. There have been no ad- 

 vances during the jiast fortnight, but there is 

 no disposition to shade prices in order to move 

 lumber, and buyers are having lo pay good prices 

 In order to secure their needs. 



The leaders in the selling movement at the 

 moment are plain red and white oak and red 

 gum. The demand for these items is exception- 

 !.!ly .good, and tliere is no difliculty about sell- 

 ing what is offered. This applies to both (he 

 higher grades and to No. 1 common. Asb is 

 moving at a fair rate in the higher grades. Thi- 

 best call is for thick stock. In the lower grades 

 the demand is only moderate. Cypress is still 

 a good seller in all grades above No. 1 common. 

 Cottonwood is selling fairly well in both lite 

 uiiper and the lower grades and the same is 

 true of sap gum. In fact, the movement in both 

 items has shown some increase during the past 

 three or four weeks, and tliere has lieen some 

 improvement in prices also during the period. 

 Cottonwood box boards are very scarce. (iurti 

 box boards are offering in larger volume than 

 Cottonwood and prices arc showing some im- 

 provement as compared with a short time ago. 



LOUISVILLE 



lUisiuess has shown a notie<'able improvement 

 during the past few weeks. Orders have come 

 in much more freely, and there has been a snap 

 to the demand which was lacking for a while 

 following the opening of the new year. The ill 

 effect of the rate decision on the railroads, if 

 there was any, has not been reflected in any 

 smaller buying than has been noted heretofore, 

 and the lumber interests locally approve the 

 action of the commission. 



(^u.'irtered oak is stronger, especially the coin- 

 nitm grades, while plain oak is also in good di"- 

 niand. Gum and Cottonwood are selling well, 

 and poplar is moving out in normal volume. 

 Prices are steady but firmer and a stiffening lu 

 (juotations is expected. 



ST. LOUIS 



The hardwood business has not commenced to 

 show the improvement expected a few weeks ago. 

 but everything points to a brisk spring busi- 

 ness. Rains have dela.ved logging at the mills 

 and they are now short. Many of them have 

 even shut down for lack of logs. This has re- 

 duced the supply of timber and there will bi> 

 quite a shortage of dry stock. The demand is 

 • Mcellent for red gum and the prices obtained 

 are better than they have been, rialn oak is 

 selling fairly well, but quartered oak is not be- 

 ing called for to any great extent. Prices on 

 the latter are rather weak. Thick ash and wide 

 poplar are having a fair run. Cottonwood box 

 I'oards are in good request, but other items in 

 (Ottonwood are not in good call. Maple anil 

 liirch are having a good sale, with prices of 

 maple showing an upward tendency. 



There is a fairly active market in cypress. 

 The volume of sales for this time of the year 

 is good. This condition is notably true in re- 

 L.;rd to the factory demand. The prospects for 

 till' l'uliin> are quite good and, with the antici- 

 pated advance in yellow pine, cypress will go up. 

 Cypress dealers are well pleased with the situa- 

 tion. 



MILWAUKEE 



A change for the better has taken place in 

 the local hardwood market. Inquiries are show- 

 ing more lite and actual orders are larger and 

 more frequent in all lines. There is every indi- 

 cation that the amount of spring building which 

 will be carried on in Milwaukee this spring will 

 be in excess of that of last season. The sash 

 and door factories and general interior finishing 

 plants are buying stock a little more readily, 

 while the hardwood flooring factories are ex- 

 ceedingly busy. The furniture factories are in 

 the market for birch. The box plants are placing 

 some fairly good orders, and this has resulted 

 in a little more life in lower grades, although 

 ,i;reater improvement is looked for a little later. 

 Prices are unchanged, with the exception of 

 birch, which is a little higher. Dry birch stocks 

 are low, as usual at this time of the year. 'l"he 

 demand for quartered and plain oak is brisk 

 and advances in this line are expected. New 

 birch stocks are not expected in the local market 

 before May, although new basswood stocks will 

 probably make their appearance in April. Maple 

 i.s in l>risk demand. 



SAQINAW VALLEY 



■frade in all kinds of hardw 1 lumber is 



active, with the exception ot basswood, wliieh 

 for some reason has moved slowly, with only 

 a moderate demand. Maple is extraordinarily 



r.ctiye and is firm at a higher range of prices 

 than obtained a .year ago. Basswood, first and 

 second, is moving sluggishly. Birch has ruled 

 very firm, the supply of this lumber being lim- 

 ited. Beach is in good form and is wanted. Ash 

 is selling about as usual, while elm has shown 

 considerable improvement. The prospects are 

 decidedly optimistic. 



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