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HARDWOOD RECORD 



September 10, 1921 



Care All the Way 

 Through 



For years this firm has operated on a 

 solid basis of conservatism. Care has 

 characterized its every department. In 

 log selection only the best is accepted; 

 in manufacturing, quality outweighs 

 quantity. 



Soft textured oak ideal for good furni- 

 ture, splendid v^alnut, a fine stock of 

 poplar, chestnut, gum, hickory, maple, 

 elm, Cottonwood, beech and quartered 

 sycamore make available to any line of 

 woodworking a thoroughly reliable source 

 of raw material. 



Quick shipment, domestic or export, 

 straight or mixed cars, all N. H. L. A. 

 grades. i 



Try Stimson the Next Time 



J. V. Stimson & Co. 



Manujacturers of Fine Hardwoods 



OWENSBORO KENTUCKY 



WE WANT TO SELL 



the following 



Dry Northern Michigan 



HARDWOODS 



BIRCH 



4/4 FAS 40,000' 



4/4 Selects 20,000 ' 



4/4 No. 1 Common 80,000' 



4/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 50,000' 



4/4 No. 2 Common 100,000 ' 



5/4 FAS 30,000' 



5/4 Selects 65,000' 



5/4 No. 1 Common 50,000' 



5/4 No. 2 Common 150,000' 



8/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 40,000' 



SOFT ELM 

 4/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr.... 75,»0O' 



S/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 90,000' 



8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr.... 20,000' 



ASH 

 4/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. .. .100,000' 

 S/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr.... 25,000' 



HARD MAPLE 

 4/4 6" and wider, 8' and longer 



No. 1 Com. & Btr 75.000' 



5/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 200,000' 



5/4 No. 2 Common 200,100' 



6/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 70.000' 



6/4 No. 2 Common 150,000' 



8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 200.00O' 



10/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr... 60,000' 

 12/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr... 30,000' 



SOFT MAPLE 

 4/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. .. .150,000' 

 6/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr.... 14.000' 

 8/4 No. I Com. & Btr.... 40,000' 



BASSWOOD 

 4/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr.... 200,000' 

 .100,000' 



4 '4 No. 2 Common. 



HARD MAPLE FLOORING STOCK 

 FOR RAIL OR WATER SHIPMENT 



Band mills at 

 Chassell and Ontonagon, Michigan 



C. H.Worcester Co, 



NOT INCORPORATED 



19 So. La Salle Street, CHICAGO 



rates are so high that there is very little chance for active buying thereof. 

 There Is, on the other hand, an increa.sing disposition on the part of 

 owners of No. 1 common and better to ask stlffcr prices in the l)eliet that, 

 with the reopening of business and with the general suspension of manu- 

 facturing operations, there will be an opportunity of getting rid of this 

 sort of lumber on a better basis. 



LOUISVILLE 



Husiness has boen so niucU better during tin; \};\i>\. Ihm? or four weeks 

 that almost all reports received arc optimistic, and tell of good sales 

 and slilpmonts. with inquiries heavy. It is held that many of the con- 

 cerns which are not handling good business are at fault in that they are 

 not traveling enough men, working hard enough, or making any real 

 drive for business. The high cost of traveling has resulted in some con- 

 cerns traveling light, which means that they can't hope to secure the 

 large business that they secured during the period pri<ir to the war. 



Demancl for walnut has been very active, while fnr poplar, gum, ma- 

 hogany and chestnut it has been good. Sound wormy chestnut for core 

 stock, has been in better demand. Oak is fair in quartered and better In 

 plain. Ash and hickory are showing very little improvement. One feature 

 of the market is that there is not much cheap lumber being offered, and 

 nrices as a whole are much better maintained, and the producer who is 

 holding for his price, Is managing to get it. The furniture trade con- 

 tinues active, while better prospects are showing in the implement, auto 

 and wagon trades. Interior trim is fair, but hardwood flooring manu- 

 facturers are not buying much lumber. 



ST. LOUIS 



Trading in hardwoods is on a shopping basis — an unusual feature being 

 that most of the buying is in assorted carloads. There is very little op- 

 timism in the trade. 



There Is an encouraging sign in the increase in the number of btiildings 

 being erected. During the months of June. July and -\ugust. 1920. there 

 were 2,211 building permits issued, mostly for commercial purposes. Dur- 

 ing the months of June, July and August, 1921, there were 2,921 permits 

 issued. Of those issued in 1920, 86 were for dwelings and in 1921, 215 

 were for dwelings. 



There has been some buying of car materials, especially for repair 

 purposes. 



TORONTO 



Hardwood stocks of most of the retail lumbermen in Toronto are low, 

 and buying continues to be from hand to mouth and in mixed cars. One 

 of the reasons for the dullness in trade is the uncertainty in the matter 

 of price and the possible production next year, coupled with the uncer- 

 tainty as to the proposed reduction in the freight rates. It is the general 

 impression, however, that the reduced freight rates will not go into effect 

 until the end of the year. The bright spot in the situation is, the reopen- 

 ing of a number of furniture factories and other wood-working plants 

 which have been closed for some months. These have now resumed opera- 

 tions and renewed activities in these lines is expected to stimulate business 

 to some extent. Labor conditions are still unsettled and business generally 

 is dull. Little change is looked for until the hope<l-for revival in industry 

 becomes general and labor costs for building purposes become lower. Some 

 forced sales are still causing prices to be lowered in individual cases, but 

 it is claimed that there cannot be much reduction, if any, in prices, in the 

 regular w-ay. Word from Northern Ontario is to the eflfect that operations 

 will be the smallest in many years. Wages still remain high and operators 

 are determined that they must come down. Today the wage offered by 

 lumber companies seeking men is $26 per month, as against last year's 

 peak of .fTO per month and .$90 per month paid the winter before. At 

 North Bay last week the first call for help tor the lumber camps for the 

 present season came into the Government Employment Bureau, when a 

 north shore contractor asked for fifteen men. Wages offered were $26 

 to .$32 a mouth with board. It is stated that men have been hired for 

 other camps at as low as $18 per month. 



NEW ORLEANS 



The hardwood market for the New Orleans territory continues to be 

 iliiiet and there are but few changes to be chronicled for the preceding 

 lortnight. 



.\s for production, this phase of the industry is still far below normal ; 

 being, in fact, almost negligible, in some quarters; but the tendency to close 

 down seems now to have been quite definitely checked in all sections and 

 the tendency is to start up operations again or to increase the output 

 wherever |>ossible where the mills have begun to open up. 



The local market shows some, rather wholesome signs of improvement 

 anil local retailers apparently are doing a thriving business. 



The export movement for Mexico. Cuba and a few other Latin-American 

 lioints shows some improvement and inquiries from interior points are 

 a bit more active than tor any time before the preceding fortnight. Prices 

 remain firm and the downward tendency on the lower grades seems defi- 

 nitely to have reached the very bottom and to have lieen checked. 



