September 25, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



53 



A good many logs arc being gotten out along Green and Barren rivers in 

 western Kentucky, and these will be rafted to the EvansvUle mills. I-um- 

 bermen say that the next two or three months ought to witness a marked 

 improvement In their business, although they are not looking for anytliins 

 like a boom this year. The furniture factories, as well as the other wood 

 consuming plants here and those at Owensboro, Ky., Jasper, Ind., and 

 other towns in this section are being operated on part time, although a 

 tew of the large plants in IJ\'ansvllle are running as high as fifty and 

 tifty-fonr hours a week. Tilings are looking better, especially with tlic 

 furniture manufacturers, and tliey express the belief that the recent fur 

 iiiture market held here had the effect of stimulating trade to a ccrtniTi 

 oxtent. Box manufacturers have been fairly busy. Sash and door maiiu 

 I'acturers say the future is brighter than it has been tor some time past. 

 riow manufacturers believe that their fall business will show sonn' Im 

 lirovement. Carriage numufacturers also are looking upon the briglit sid.- 

 '■! the trade picture. 



LOUISVILLE 



The hardwood trade is coming l)ack Into its owu, and local Uimbciincn 

 arc very well satisfied. Inquiries have been brisk and orders very satis 

 factory, it being felt that late fall business will be good, and that things 

 will be more active in the spring. Car supply will have some effect on 

 volume this fall it is felt. The furniture trade is busier than it has been. 

 and the veneer and panel trade is more active. Wagon and automobile as 

 well as Implement concerns are a little busier as a result of better agricul- 

 tural conditions. It is reported that present business is better than at any 

 previous time in a period of six months. 



Oak is moving better and poplar is in fair demand. Ash is showing 

 renewed activity and gum is selling well in red, but quiet in sap. Walnut 

 has been good all season and there is a fair demand for mahogany. Then- 

 is a demand for quartered oak, but practically no good stock to be ha<l 

 Just now, resulting in quartered oak of 4-4 thickness being quoted at ,$130 

 a thousand. Quartered red gum is quoted at $100 for inch FAS and plain 

 red gum at $90. Common quartered red is $55 and sap gum $45 for FAS 

 and $26 for common. Poplar FA'S is $95 and sap $75, with common at 

 S40. No. 1 common quartered oak is quoted at $60 ; FAS, plain red oak. 

 .S93. and white oak at $95. 



ST. LOUIS 



The market has picked up during the past two weeks, due to specubi 

 tive buying. Oak has been very much in demand and No. 1 common is 

 the strongest grade of wood on the market. 



Yellow cypress is still very weak and some lumbermen look for it to go 

 --till lower. 



There has not been much factory buying. 



One lumberman would not speculate as to whether the demand would 

 continue, saying he had guessed wrong for about two years, and the only 

 thing he cared to say was that things were better right now. 



BEAUMONT 



There is no hardwood market in this section to speak of. neitlier i> 

 there a movement to spenk of. There are practically no changes ti' !>•.' 

 noted, the few sales indicating anything but a market. 



The production still continues the lowest in history, with no immciliat*- 

 prospects for an increase. Mills are fearful of putting stocks on their 

 yards, for they are now experiencing some rather heavy losses by reason 

 of the fact that they must get rid of some stuff to keep it from deteriorating 

 into an unsalable condition. 



So far as the general feeling is concerned, it has been in the pn-si-nt 

 state so long that the manufacturers have become to consider it in the liiiht 

 ■ tf normal. They are certain it can got no worse on account of their plant-- 

 being closed down, tlicmlore nothing but improvement can be expected 

 in the future. 



TORONTO 



There is an improved undertone in some sections of the lumber trad*', 

 including hardwood, which has caused a slight brightening up in tb.' 

 wneral situation. Hardwood wbolesalers, who have been experiencins; 

 extreme inactivity for some weeks past, are beginning to see daylight again, 

 although business is still far from normal. lAindier prices have of lali' 

 receded to such an extent that production of the new cut was reduced t<< 

 a minimum. Practically ail the Uiniber that is now being offered for sale 

 liy the whidesale firms is of the olil cut. and no important sales of new 

 lumber have been reported by the producers, although inquiries indicatr 

 some measure of returning business. Consuming manufacturers at presciil 

 are faced with the necessity of replenishing their stocks and buying. tM.. 

 is picking up. Buyers have been holding off because of the possibility of 



BEDNA YOUNG 



Lumber Company 



Jackson, Tennessee 



Sales Office, Indianapolis, Ind. 



610 Lombard Building 



Manufacturers of 



Quartered White Oak 

 Quartered Red Oak 



and Other Hardwoods 



When in the market for 



High Grade Lumber 



please let us have your enquiries. 



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 



For Better Service 



The Chapman & Dewey Lumber Co., after thirty- 

 four years in Kansas City, Mo., announces the re- 

 moval of the main offices of the company to the 

 Bank of Commerce Building in Memphis, Tenn. 

 The Memphis office will be in touch, by long 

 distance telephone, with our yards and mills at 

 Marked Tree, Arkansas. Our stock of 15,000,000 

 feet of Southern Hardwoods will be immediately 

 availal)lc to fill your requirements. 



Ch 



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man 



& D 



ewey 



Lbr. Co. 



IMain Office, Bank of Commerce Bldg., Memphis, Teiin. 



W. f". Dtcwi V. Pii- W. B. CiiAPM.v:.-, \icePres. 



II r. Dfwkv. Tro.Ts. A. Smith, Salts-Manager. 



District Sales Office, 500 Rialto Bldg., Kansas- City, Mo. 



