Septt'iiiht'i 



1(1, lif.'l 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



57 



Ijetirs to be for walnut Vfurei-s iinil crntini,' liimbcr. The furniture trade 

 expects to boost its business in Imllana by means of tlie industrial show- 

 to be held in Octol)er. At the present time, however, orders are small 

 and the furniture exeeutives believe It will be a question of some weeks 

 yet before there is any luerease iu demand. Some business is being done 

 by the automobile body plants here, but the business is not what it should 

 be JudKinK from the retail sales here In Indianapolis. Other Industrials are 

 weak, thnuKh there is quite a large volume of re|>alr work lieluK done In 

 tile terminal shops here of the various railroads. 



SOUTH BEND 



I'riees remain firm and unehauseil. Quite a volume of business has 

 been booked In this territory on hardwoods, and there has been prac- 

 tically no change iu prices for the past 00 ilays. 



Some of the large buyers are at last awakening to the fact that hiiuhcr 

 production has been curtailed to such an extent that if they wait longer 

 there is no assurance they will be able to get lumber wlien they need it. 



The hardwood men in this territiu-y are more optimistic than at any 

 lime during the past ninety days. They have ailopti'd the "watchful wait- 

 ing" policy, feeling they have reduced prices to a point even lower than 

 the closest of l)uyers ever expcctt>d to see again. 



FAS plain oak continues iu strong demand, witb \i'i'y little stock to be 

 had at any price. All grades of poplar, sap gum .ind hickory seem to be a 

 ■drug on the market. 



EVANSVILLE 



llardwothl lumber manufacturers of Evausville and the tri-state terri- 

 tory report that there has been some improvement in trade during thf 

 past two or three weeks, and they feel like they will have a very nice trade 

 during the next three mouths. They report there is less cheaper grade 

 lumber on the market than was found a few months ago, and prices ari' 

 holding firm and the market is becoming more and more stabilized. The 

 mouths of July and August were as good as the nmnufacturers had antici- 

 pated. They had not looked for any great amount of business during those 

 months. September has started off very well, and both orders and 

 inquiries are coming in fairly well. C<jllections are holding their own very 

 well. While many of the large hardwood mills in this section have 

 operated little during the past few months, there are evidences that they 

 ■will operate on better time during the next few months. Many of the 

 nmnufacturers have been laying in a good supjily of logs recently, and 

 are now well stocked on logs. Wood consuming plants in Evausville, as 

 "well as those at Henderson. Ky., Owensboro, Ky., Tell City, Ind., Jasper, 

 Ind., and other cities are being operated on part time. Most of the plants 

 in Evausville are running on an average of 50 hours a week, while a few 

 factories are operating 54 hours a week, this being the pre-war schedule. 

 Farm implement manufacturers report that the outlook Is better for them 

 than it has been for several months past, and that jobbers and retailers 

 report farmers buying more liberally now than for a long time past. Plow 

 manufacturers are especially optimistic over the situation. The retail 

 lumber trade has showu some signs of picking up since the first of Sep- 

 tember, and sash and door men say that there has been a marked increase 

 in their business. Planing mills are fairly busy now. Taking it as a 

 ■whole, the situation is quite encouraging, and it is generally believed that 

 the worst of the business depression has departed and that from now on 

 trade in most lines will continue to improve. 



MEMPHIS 



The ilemand for hardwood lumber dues not sliow niucli change. Tht-re 

 is, however, a rather more optimistic feeling among members of the trade 

 regarding the outlook, based in part on the better domestic inquiries and 

 in part on the larger l)usiness under way with lOurope. The American 

 Overseas Forwarding Company reports that shipments to Europe through 

 this agency during August were the largest for any single month sluc<' 

 1919. It qualifies this statement, however, by saying that, although 

 there has been a pretty fair business with Europe, the volume is very light 

 compared with normal for this time of the year. Flooring manufacturers 

 continue the best buyers in the domestic tield, and it is believed that they 

 will sulistantially increase their purchases iu the near future, for the 

 reason tlxat Ihey are ktmwn to be doing more business than at any time 

 for a whole year, and for the additional reason that they have been rather 

 slow about buying during the past several weeks. There is no large supply 

 of No. 1 common plain red or white oak, and holders believe that, with tlie 

 entrance of flooring manufacturers into the market on a larger scale, there 

 will be an appreciable imrease in prices. Some are talking ,$,"iO for No. 1 

 common white oak. Funnture manufacturers may l)e buying considerable 

 hardwood lumlier tbrougli wholesali-rs, but Ihey nri' making very limited 

 purchasi's tlirect froni manufacturers. Other consuniing interests, too arc 

 continuing their policy of Imying only against their more immediate needs. 

 There is a slightly larger movi-ment of very low grade lumber reported 

 because of the efforts being made in some quarters to get rid of this in the 

 view that there will he no apprecialde increase in prices on this class of 

 material even if there should be a general revival of demand for southern 

 hardwoods. This idea is liased on the largeness of the supply thereof and 

 on the relative smallness of the demand, as well as on the fact that freight 



A NAME that should be 

 *^ on your inquiry list for 

 hardwood lumber. 



American 



Column & Lumber 



Company 



Brunson Bldg. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO 



OAK & HARDWOOD 

 DIMENSION STOCK 



I Manufacturer! 

 of 



West Virginia 



SOFT 



YELLOW 

 POPL7VR 



PLAIN 

 WHITE 

 OAK 



PLAIN 



RED OAK 



QUARTERED 

 WHITE 

 OAK 



WHITE OAK 

 TIMBERS & 

 PLANK 



CHESTNUT 



BASSWOOD 



MAPLE 



HICKORY 



BEECH 



BUCKEYE 



BIRCH 



BUTTERNUT 



ASH 



CHERRY 



WALNUT 



SYCAMORE 



BLACK GUM 



HEMLOCK 



LOCUST 



FOR SALE 



Southern Hardwoods 



OAK, GUM, ASH, ELM, 

 MAPLE, CYPRESS, 

 HICKORY, POPLAR 



WRITE OR WIRE 



Jerome Hardwood Lumber Co. 



JEROME, ARKANSAS 



WE SHIP STRAIGHT OR MIXED CARS OF FLOOR- 

 ING, OAK, ASH, CYPRESS AND GUM LUMBER 



Results from Experience 



Our well selected logs, our careful manufacture and the 

 grading of our atock. demonstrate a service built on expe- 

 rience that should bring you into our family fold for fu- 

 ture business. We make Hardwood Lumber that brings a 

 follow-up order. Keep In touch with us when In need of 

 future supply. Dry stock Is scarce now. A careful con- 

 suming manufacturer, however, looks to the future for eup- 

 pllea that give satisfaction. 



We desire to get in communication with you so we may 

 know what your needs are and maybe by and by we can 

 help you. The erection of new mills and because of our 

 having a constant eye cast about for Increasing our timber 

 holdings, should put us at the head of the list of mlUa 

 when you want to buy Pine and Hardwoods. 



Kentucky Lumber Co. 



Manuffirturerii Oak. Tied and Sap fluvi, lioutlh 

 and Urcemtl Tupcln, Shnrt-Lea) V. Pine 



ctmT ■ ^^^ Security Trust Building, Lexington, Ky. 



"■ SAW AND PLANING MILLS AT SULLIGENT, ALA. 



