HARDWOOD RECORD 



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jioi'is IndU'litp that iisb Is not liuldliiK (|iiito as 

 llriu lis ii'i'i-ntly. Tlip demimd for this Is not 

 I'linilii); up to thi' I'xpectHtlons of the tiade but 

 iliort' Is very llttir of this lumber belns moved 

 I'Xiept at full <|uolatlons. 



Minneapolis. 



The factory trade here lontinues conservative. 

 Most of them are runnlnff light, with a lim- 

 ited supply of orders ahead, and they only buy 

 for Immediate wants, a car or so at a time. 

 However, there Is more business than last 

 month, and the amount of Intiuhy promises an 

 Impro'-ement soon. There Is a resumption of 

 buying from retail yards, and quite a little 

 mi.\ed car business Is reported, calling for 

 wagon stock, flooring and other items of yard 

 stock. The city demand for flooring Is goixl 

 for the time of year. 



The market here does not show any particular 

 weakness, owing to the extremely light offerings 

 of stock, excepting In plain oak. Hoth in red 

 and white oak It is ruling at ?4 to $(i a thousand 

 off the iiuotalions of last fall, the prevailing 

 local price being ?40 to $47. Quarter-sawed 

 red oak. on the other hand, seems about out of 

 the market, and (piartered white oak is scarce 

 and high in price, ruling about $3 over the quo- 

 tations made early last fall. Birch remains 

 steady at about $:; a thousand off the lists made 



An Open Letter to the 

 Lumber Trade 



DETROIT, MICH. , 



Dec. 24, '07. 

 Gentlemen: - 



In times like the 

 present when it is 

 difficult to make 

 money, is not the ques- 

 tion of saving it of 

 even greater than 

 usual interest? 



Russel Logging Ma- 

 chinery reduces cost 

 of operating when in 

 commission; it re- 

 quires NO feed when 

 out of commission. 



May we tell you 

 more? 



RUSSEL WHEEL & FOUNDRY CO. 

 DETROIT. MICH. 



POPLAR 



Rough and Dressed 



SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 



M. A. HAYWARD 



1021 Saring and Trust Bldg., Columbus, 0. 



in the fall, and there is no embarrassing surplun 

 of this stoi'k. The general reiiort indicates a 

 light log production. I'nseasonably warm 

 weather is hindering work In the woods, as 

 there is not enough snow for hauling, and un- 

 less It comes soon the winter's work will l)e 

 badly Interfered witli. Itasswood Is in very lim- 

 ited supply and the price is holding up well. 



Mr. Dealer: 



Toledo. 



There lias been no decline in prices here, 

 although the demand Is still inactive. Poplar 

 is perhaps more active than anything else, the 

 receipts being fairly heavy for Ihls season of 

 the year. The box factories are con.suming their 

 usual quota of basswood when it is to be had. 

 and when it cannot be secured they are tilling 

 in with such sul)slitutes as are at hand. (Jak is 

 still enjoying a fair demand, wliich is coming 

 largely from the various factories. Elm ami 

 birch are finding a very slow market here. 



Consumers are not disposed to buy heavily on 

 prospects, but seem to be awaiting I he develop- 

 ment of spring business before placing any very 

 extensive orders. Stocks, however, are not nearly 

 so large as they were a year ago, and any rush of 

 business will necessarily mean the placing of many 

 and large orders for materials. In the meantime 

 there is noticeable a slight improvement of con- 

 ditions, inquiries Increasing, factories adding 

 new help and the consumption along all lines 

 being a trifle enlarged within the past tew days. 



Bhinelander, Wis. 



The snows that struck Chicago and Milwaukee 

 last Sunday did not reach this vicinity and we 

 are still very much in need of it. Comparatively 

 little hauling has been done so far, for even In 

 making ice roads some snow is desirable to cover 

 up the stones and fill up the holes, and as for 

 ice roads there Is no water to make them. The 

 creeks, exposed to two months of cold weather, 

 have frozen almost solid and In most cases it is 

 Impossible to get water to till the tanks. Many 

 camps have been broken up as far as skidding 

 goes and more will be unless we get snow very 

 soon. 



The hardwood lumber business is very quiet 

 and many consumers seem to have an idea that 

 by holding off they will get lower prices, but 

 they are going to be mistaken in this. Prices 

 are steadily strengthening: the weak brethren 

 who have been cutting prices to get ready money 

 liave paid (lieir most pressing debts and are now 

 holding tlieir st<M'k. Tiie box factories are again 

 at work cutting up low-grade stock and some of 

 tliem will be in the market for lumber before 

 long. 



Liverpool. 



Trade here was almost entirely suspended dur- 

 ing the past fortnight for Clnistmas and .New 

 Year holidays and when one comes to look back 

 at the year which has passed there will not be 

 many who can say they are much richer as the 

 result of the years timber trading. There have 

 been very few bright spots aiul It has been a 

 year starting with prices at a high level and 

 almost In every case ending with a lower. Hick- 

 ory is perhaps tlie only Item wlilch can be truly 

 said to be more valuable on January 1, 190S, 

 Ihan it was one year ago. These logs are com- 

 ing in very slowly and the few parcels, mainly 

 shipped from New Orleans, have realized extraor- 

 dinary prices. All the buyers have been clamor- 

 ing for the wood and undoubtedly sllll higher 

 prices will be seen. Nothing less than several 

 cargoes would satisfy the present wants of buy- 

 ers on this market siicli Is the enormous demand 

 of all Interested. We do not anticipate inucli 

 movement in mahogany, imt the market, as is 

 usual at this perlo<l of the year, will have an 

 u|>ward tendency. With regard to other luml)er 

 ull look to a Arm market for most classes of 

 prime stock, but it is the opinion here that Nos. 

 I and '^ ciiuimon slo4'k in oak and poplar will 

 not maintain present values. 



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