SeptiluliiT. 1(1. 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



55 



{Continued from pmje 34) 

 & Mlllwdrk Maniifiuturers' Association. Thp locnl membership of tlie 

 association are "keen" for holding the February meeting in the Crescent 

 (_'lty ami many outsiilers, also, have expressed themselves as being in ftivnr 

 of New Orleans as the most suitultle place for the conclave. 



W. 11. Lockwood. of Crystal Springs, Miss., has been appointed receiver 

 for the Thonias-Uhymes Company, operating a veneer and lio.\ manufactiir 

 ing plant. Application for a ri'ceivership was made by a number of cred- 

 itors. Tile liabilities were placed at Soii.mii) and the assets at .'fi^l.Sdii. 

 The company is owned by U. H. Thomas, A. .S. Thonnls and II. II. Uhymes. 

 'I'he troul)Ies of the company were said to have been caused by tlie general 

 slump in demand for package materials. 



The Lincoln County Lumber Company, of Krookhaven, Miss., has 

 recently increased its capital stock from $75,000 to iflOd.OOO and it will 

 add to its sawndll property a plant for the manufacture of liu.'i sbooks, 

 veneer and crates, it has been announced by the uuiuagement. 



The Hardwood Market 



CHICAGO 



Some slight improvement in demand may be recorded for the Chicago 

 market within the last fifteen days. The best demand is coming from 

 the yards, which are taking the opportunity of extremely low prices to 

 lay in stock for future. The furniture people are buying somewhat bet 

 ter. The sash and door manufacturers are making some substantial pur- 

 chases. There is not much but still some demand from box makers. The 

 flooring manufact\irers are very active, but ar<' not buying as mucli stock 

 as their activities might indicate. They are picking up distress stocks 

 and also are running largely on previous purchases. 



BUFFALO 



The hanhvnod yards roport that tin- sah-s arc slightly on tho iiuTPas*'. 

 nlthniigli thoy du not yet attain any large total. lUiyers are taking hold 

 rt'hictantly, owing to the dullness prevailing in thir own lines of business, 

 as well as to the feeling that prices may go lower as the result of a 

 reduction in freight rates. Lumbermen look for a fair trade to develop 

 in the next two months, with a little advance in prices in some cases. 

 At present the buying is confined mostly to mixed ears and a good many 

 different woods are being sold. 



A comi)aratively large amount of liuilding is going on and this gives an 

 impetus to the flooring trade, which is said to have been on a fairly active 

 basis during the past month, with prosiiects of increase this nmnth. 

 Prices are said to be holding steady in this line. Low grade lumber con- 

 tinues to be in ample supply. 



CLEVELAND 



Ilardwooil nnirket situati<»n here may lie said to be firmer in the last 

 fortnight as the result of speedier progress in c<tnstruction work wliicli 

 has been under way for the last two or three months. Contractors have 

 been buying heavier in finishing material particularly, and considerable 

 oak and maple flooring has been taken. Individually these orders have 

 not been large, but the total volume has resulted in a satisfactory amount 

 of business as a whole, something which could not be said at the l)eginning 

 of August. Ail this has served to reduce stocks and consequently firm the 

 situation here, although actual change In prices is lacking. It is the 

 intention of retail interests, apparently, to replace their stocks only as 

 they reach the vanishing point, and consequently it is quite as difficult 

 as ever for the wholesale distributors to interest the .yard factors. For 

 the same reason little new hardwood material is finding its way here. 

 Possibilities of improvement in the manufacturing trades, as an <i\itlet 

 for added hardwood consumption, are diminishing as the summer wanes 

 and fall approaches. 



BALTIMORE 



Orders for hardwoods are reported to be coming in more freely in the last 

 two or three weeks than was the case prior to that time, and the feeling 

 in the trade is accordingly improved. So far the expansion in the m(jve- 

 ment hat not approached a stage of real activity, but a noticeable gain 

 in the distribution Is none the less to be recordeii. and producers as well 

 as wholesalers again ask themselves If this is the beginning of a real 

 revival, repeatedly expected before, but always deferred. The orders that 

 come out are being placed on the old price levels, no advance in the iiuota 

 tions having resulted so far; but even under these conditions a good 

 impression has been made among harilwijoii men generally. The demand 

 has tended to emphasize the fact, which was known to experienced mem- 

 liers of the trade with facilities for getting information, that stocks of 

 hardwoods are not heavy and that comparatively little would he required 

 to bring on a positive scarcity. With many mills closed and with others 

 still running much below capacit.v, there has been no opportunity to make 

 extensive additions to the assortments of lumber in hand, which is an 

 additional factor that will have its effect when the buying movement once 



Foster-Latimer Lumber Co. 



OFFER THE FOLLOWING 



DRY HARDWOODS 



lluifular Wliltha mill LuHKll.i 

 SOFT ELM 



4/1" No. 2 & Heller 12 raonlhB dry 



5/4" No. 2 & Better 12 montlie drr 



6/4" No. 2 & Heller, larseljr No. I,...12 raonllw »lry 



8/4" No. 1 i BelUT ' . . . . S niorilhs dry 



10/4" No. 1 & Bettor 12 monlhs ilry 



12/4" No. 1 & Bettor n months diy 



4/4" No. 3 12 monlln dry 



6/4" No. 3 10 montliB dry 



WIRE, PHONE OR WRITE FOR PRICES 

 MAIN OFFICE AND MILLS 

 MELLEN, WISCONSIN 



A Few Bargains in Dry Hardwoods 



offered by 



Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co. 



HARD MAPLE 



12/4 No. 1 & Btr., S' & wdr., 8' & Igr., 3-6 mo. dry... 3 cars 

 10 4 No. 1 & Btr., 5" & wdr., 8' & Igr., 18-20 mo. dry 4 cars 

 6 4 No. 1 & Btr., 5" & wdr., 8' & Igr., 18-20 mo. dry 10 cars 



5 4 No. 1 & Btr., 5" & wdr., 8' & Igr., 3-6 mo. dry 5 cars 



4/4 No. 1 & Btr., reg. widths & lengths, 3-12 mo. dry 5 cars 

 10/4 & 12,4 No. 2 & 3, reg. wd. & Iglhs., 12-20 mo. dry. 2 cars 

 6/4 No. 3, regular widths & lengths, 12-20 mo. dry.... 10 cars 

 4/4 No. 3, regular widths & lengths, 12-20 mo. dry... 10 cars 



We are sawing at l)oth Wittenberg and Dorchester mills and 

 can get out special items oi Northern Hardwoods 



MAIN OFFICE, WAUSAU, WISCONSIN 



VESTAL LUMBER 

 & MFG. COMPANY 



INCORPORATED 



Soft Textured Oak 



Poplar 



Black Walnut 



Tenn. Red Cedar 



KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE 



BAND MILLS AT VESTAL 



A SUBURB OF KNOXVIU.£ 



FONDE, KY. 



