64 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



April 



? LOOKING FOR ? 



DRY HARDWOOD; 



Here are a fezv Hems of year old 

 stock that we want to ship quick: 



Ail Regular Widths and Lengths 



Send ui TOUH 

 Inquiries for 

 NOHTHEBN 



HABDWOODS 



ind hi:mi/>ck 



No. 

 No. 



ASH — Wisconsin Brown 



1 & Btr.. 5/4 8 mos. dry 



i & Blr. 6/4 8 mos. dry 



BIRCn 

 No. 1 & Btr. 4/4. 10 mos. dry (good widths and lengths) 



.\o. 1 & Btr. 5/4, 8 mos. dry 1 car 



No. I & Btr. 0/4. 8 mos. dry 1 c«r 



No. 1 & Btr. 8/4. 8 mos. dry 1 c«r 



No. 1 & Btr. 10/4. 7 mos. dry 2 can 



BASSWOOD 

 No 1 & Btr. 6/4. 10 mos. dry 2 cars 



Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co. 



WAUSAU, WISCONSIN 



Foster-Latimer Lumber Co. 



OFFER THE FOLLOWING 



DRY HARDWOODS 



BIRCH 



4/4 1st & 2nd 33.000- 



4/4 Select 100.000 ' 



4/4 No. 1 Common 50.000' 



4/4 No. 2 Common 35.000' 



«/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr L'0.000' 



SOFT ELM 



4/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 75.000' 



6/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 30.000' 



10/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 20.000' 



WIRE, PHONE OR WRITE FOR PRICES 

 MAIN OFFICE AND MILLS 

 MELLEN, WISCONSIN 



VESTAL LUMBER 

 & MFG. COMPANY 



INCORPORATED 



Soft Textured Oak 



Poplar 



Black Walnut 



Tenn. Red Cedar 



KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE 



BAND MILLS AT VESTAL 



A SUBURB OF KNOXVILLE 



FONDE, KY. 



riie incentive to do this has been wanting for months, but it looks now as 

 il a turn had set in, 



COLUMBUS 



There is a gradual iinproveinent lu the tone of the hardwood trade in 

 I'olninbus and Central Ohio. Inquiries are coming in better, many of 

 which are showing more life. In other words, there are not so many 

 iucjuiries to get market information and a larger proportion preliminary 

 to placing orders. While the volume of business has not expanded to any 

 yieat extent, there are indications for a better trade in the near future- 



.V canvass of the situation shows that retail stocks are generally low 

 in all sections. This is particularly true of the rural sections. Gity 

 dealers have not large stocks and in most cases they are badly broken^ 

 Ketailers arc buying only what they need tor the present but these needs 

 are expected to be increased when the building season gets under full 

 headway. 



Factories are also showing an inclination to enter the market. This^ 

 is especially true of automobile concerns which are buying some. Furni- 

 ture factories are also placing small orders and the same is true of vehicle 

 and implement concerns. Piano factories are still holding off. Box con- 

 (■(a-ns are fair purchasers of low grade oak, basswood and poplar. 



Prices are still irregular all along the line and there is still a wide range. 

 Some cheap prices are still heard of and this has the effect of weakening 

 the price list. Shipments are coming out promptly from all sections. 

 Collections have Improved to a certain extent. 



CINCINNATI 



The "Buyers' Strike" in the hardwood market here is at an end. This 

 is evident from the fact that many buyers who were holding out for lower 

 prices have come into the market during the past two weeks and placed 

 considerable business. Candidly speaking the trade has taTien on a 

 brighter aspect, much to the satisfaction of the manufacturers and dealers 

 alike. Oak flooring is showing better than any of the other stocks. This 

 probably is due to the increased activity in the building of dwelling and 

 apartment houses. Wood consuming factories are more conspicuous in 

 the market than for some time, although many of them are still using 

 lumlKT for which they paid high prices. Retailers also are showing some 

 activity, but some of them are still holding out, despite the fact that they 

 need certain stocks badly. 



SOUTH BEND 



The only change noticeable in the hardwood market is that business is 

 being offered freely by buyers at their own prices. But the market seems 

 to be firm and no lumber being offered at ridiculously low prices. 



Buying seems to be for immediate requirements and the purchaser to be 

 in a great rush for what stock he buys, requesting wire car numbers, etc., 

 which is an indication his stocks are very low. Box manufacturers and 

 furniture plants are running moderately. 



It seems to be the opinion of the hardwood lumbermen of South Bend 

 that the hardwood business will pick up only when the automobile manu- 

 facturers resume something like normal buying activity which doesn't 

 seem to be far distant. 



Recent sales delivered this rate as follows: 



Plain oak ; 4/4 FAS $95 ; No. 1 Com. $48 : No. 2 Com. $34. Plain red 

 gum: 4/4 FAS $85; No.. 1 Com. $55. Sap gum: 4/4 FAS $45; No. 1 

 Com. $32; No. 2 Cora. $23. Poplar: 4/4 FAS $125; saps ami selects $90; 

 No. 1 Com. $55; No. 2 A Com. $40; No. 2 B Com. $34. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Demand for hardwoods continues active, though most of the activity 

 is coming from the retail trade. Business with the industries still is very 

 slow and only occasional cases are to be seen where a factory is able to 

 increase its production to any great extent. The furniture factories are 

 increasing their production a very little, while the box manufacturers 

 report times yet mighty dull. Prices appear to be fairly strong in spite 

 of the industrial condition. The good demand from the retail trade has 

 served to maintain prices and even give some of the higher grades some 

 indication of increases. 



EVANSVILLE 



There has been some improvement in the trade with the hardwood lum- 

 iier manufacturers of" southern Indiana, southern Illinois and western 

 and northern Kentucky during the past two weeks, although the improve- 

 ment has not been marked. "We know that business is getting better." 

 said Daniel Wcrtz of the Maley & Wertz Lumber Company, "but we could 

 not prove it it wc had to." Manufacturers say that the number of 

 inquiries are increasing from time to time and they believe that these 

 inquiries will lead to new business a little later on. But the actual 

 increase in business during the past two or three weeks has been small. 

 Pew of the mills in this section are being operated at this time; in fact 

 most of the plants have been closed down for the past four or five months. 

 Practically no logs are coming into this market and the manufacturers 



