April 



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has uot yi't progrcssod far oiiDugU to I'xhaust tlie surplus stocks o£ the 

 automobile body and other parts nianufaeturers. All lines continue t" 

 buy small quantities of hardwood lumber, establishing a fair average 

 demand. One feature of tlie marliet is tlie relatively heavy buying nf 

 harihvoods by retail yards. This is said to be occasioned by the tad 

 that many wood using nnuuU'acturers are buying small lots of 5.000 fei't 

 or more from retailers to patch out their needs until tlie lumber marki'l 

 grows more stable and the demand for their finished product improves. 

 They appear just now to be too cautious to put much money into lumber 

 The failure of a great many of the sellers to fix a price and stick to it is 

 greatly disorganizing the market. It destroys the confidence of the buyers, 

 makes them afraid to buy and at the same time forces prices down to 

 ruinous levels. The buyers are just as anxious as the lumbermen to see 

 the market put upon a firm and logical basis. They will then feel safe 

 lu going ahead with their deferred purchases. 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood business has not picked up much during the past few 

 weeks and buyers are taking only small quantities in most cases. Indus- 

 trial plants are busier in a few cases than they were a month ago, but 

 generally they are not running near full time. Ordinarily the spring 

 season is a pretty active one in the hardwood business, but as time passes 

 without any particular Increase in trade, the wholesalers are inclined to 

 feel that it will be fall before trade becomes really active. 



Prices continue depressed, owing to the competition prevailing from all 

 sides. Sellers are desirous of turning over their stocks, even though little 

 or no profit is shown in the transaction. The receipts of hunber at local 

 yards are small, as assortments are as a rule fairly good. Until business 

 Is on a more substantial basis uncertainty of prices is expected. 



Building has been on a more satisfactory basis this month, the nuuilor 

 of permits greatly exceeding those of preceding months. 



PITTSBURGH 



Two things are seriously holding back the hardwood business. One 

 Is the lack of building. For this trouble there seems to be no remedy 

 in sight for several months as wage scales do not expire until June 1 

 and so far the labor unions are fighting any reduction of wages. The 

 other is the lack of railroad buying. Until the railroads get their wage 

 matters adjusted more to their liking there will be very little money spent 

 by them and this is seriously crippling the hardwood business. Also, 

 manufacturing concerns which use large quantities of hardwood in their 

 products are going very slow, for so many of these plants are down or 

 are working at only part capacity that every bit of money spent is 

 watched very carefully. The mining business is extremely dull. Al- 

 together, it does not look as if hardwood buying would be resumed on 

 any large scale this spring and wholesalers are proceeding with great care 

 in making contracts and purchases. Prices arc just about holding 

 their own. 



BOSTON 



The hardwoods trade here is very much encouraged with the way both 

 inquiry and demand have Improved the past fortnight. This is not to be 

 taken to mean that business is in any way rushing. The fact is that 

 trade in hardwoods here is below normal. It is not what it ought to be 

 in an average April. But things have been so bad that a really noticeable 

 spurt in trade has started. 



This is all the more to be marveled at in view ^>f the fact that tlie 

 building trades strike, that began here on Jan. 19 and has tied up all con- 

 struction work in this city and vicinity, is still in progress, with no bright 

 outlook for settlement. The improvement in demand and inquiry is taken 

 as indicative of an improvement in basic conditions quite outside of the 

 building industry. It is in better grades of stock that Improvement is 

 being most felt. The common grades are still rather slow of sale and 

 accumulation is principally in them. Also it is lu the common grades 

 that the tone and prices show whatever weakness there may be to the 

 market. For the fact is that the firsts and seconds are fairly firm now 

 and are getting firmer each day. 



BALTIMORE 



Conditions in the hardwood trade are not materially different from 

 those that have obtained for some time past. More or less pressure is 

 exerted upon the market, with the result that despite the comparatively 

 small stocks available there has been no recovery in values, though it is 

 to be said that the downward trend appears to have been stopped, with 

 perhaps some stiffening in certain divisions of the trade. The rebound, 

 however, has not so far attained consequential proportions, and a holding 

 back on the part of buyers with orders except those that must be placeil 

 to take care of the more immediate requirements, is still in evidence. 



The yards here are far from overstocked, and probably all of them 

 could take up much lumber without approaching a state of congestion, 

 are not particular about buying any logs at this time. The logging camps 

 in the southern south are not getting out any logs to speak of, and it is 



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