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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Si|)t>'inb"T 'I'l. 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 walnut, a fine stock of 

 poplar, chestnut, gum, hickory, maple, 

 elra, 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. 



Try Stimson the Next Time 



J. V. Stimson & Co. 



Manujaclurers of Fine Hardwoods 



OWENSBORO KENTUCKY 



AVE WANT TO SELL 



the follozving 



Dry Northern Michigan 



HARDWOODS 



BIRCH 



4/4 FAS «,M0' 



4/4 Selects 2»,t00' 



V4 No. I Common 80,000' 



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



4/4 No. 2 Common 100,0N' 



S/4 FAS 30,000' 



S/4 Selects SS.OOO' 



5/4 No. 1 Common 50,600' 



S/4 No. 2 Common 150,0*0 ' 



HARD MAPLE 

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



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



SOFT ELM 

 4/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr.... 7S,*00' 

 6/4 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' 



No. 1 Com. & Btr 

 5/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 

 5/4 No. 2 Common... 

 e/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 

 t/4 No. 2 Common... 

 8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 

 li/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. 

 12/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. 



75,000' 

 .200.000' 

 .200,000' 

 . 70,000' 

 .150,000' 

 .200.000' 

 . 60,000' 

 . 31,000' 



SOFT MAPLE 

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

 6/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr.... 14,000' 

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



BASSWOOD 

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

 4/4 No. 2 Common 100.000' 



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 



gettiujk' lower pricHh, Some of the wholesale interests feel that the mar- 

 ket would l»e niufh more healthy if prices were raised a notch or two. 

 It is pointed out that stocks in tlie hantls of the wholesalers and manu- 

 facturers are much below normal and a brief spell of active buying would 

 be suffici'-nt to create something akin to famine con<litioiis. There is some 

 mystery about the extent to which hardwood operators will cut during the 

 coming season. Reports have been almost unanimous that little or no 

 cutting would be done by the various lumber compaiii^'s. That would 

 indicate that present prices an* nut attractive enough to tempt the pro- 

 ducers to risk an active season's operations in tlie lumber camps. The 

 slocks tliiit are actuiilly taken out will be manufacturi-il intii lumber at a 

 much lower cost than last year. Riulical wage cuts have been announced 

 as scheduled for the coming season and it is a foregone conclusion that 

 many fewer men will go into the lumber camps. 



NEW ORLEANS 



The recent rise in lh(? price of cotton had a stimulating pflfecL on busi- 

 ness to a certain extent, but with a considerably larger number of 

 inquiries and a few more sales due to this little flurry and the seasonal 

 changes for the better, there is not much improvement to tlirnnide in the 

 New Orleans hardwood market. 



Troductiou is still far below norma!, it being estimated that in the 

 extreme South dnd Southwest the amount probably does not exceed 25 

 per cent of normal. A gradual change on this score has been noticeable 

 for the past two or three weeks. No further closing down has occurred 

 for a month or two, while, on the other hand, the hardwood plants 

 throughout the belt seemingly are slowly but steadily swinging back into 

 action. 



Stock on hand at the mills seems to be plentiful for the present demand. 

 Hut the attitude of the Southern and Southwestern manufacturers seem;- 

 to be that they should begin to turn out more stuff wherever practicable 

 to meet subsequent demands, to which they look forward with substan- 

 tially-based anticipation for the near future. Of the better grades, the 

 over-stock is not so pronounced, for there has l>een more or less steady 

 movement of the upper grades of hardwood lumber. But of the lower 

 grades there is a very pronounced surfeit. In many quarters, it is esti- 

 mated that stock of the lower grades on hand at the mills run-^ as high 

 as 200 per cent of normal. 



MILWAUKEE 



In the last two or three weeks a change for the better ha> tome about 

 in the northern hardwood industry, which is intluencing some important 

 changes in the plans which many concerns had formulated in July and 

 August to suspend production for an indefinite period because of the slow 

 movement and heavy accumulation of stocks at mills and shipping points. 

 The abandonment of logging operations this winter by a considerable num- 

 ber of interests in Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan likewise is said 

 to be affected favorably by the recent developments. 



The demand for lumber of all kinds has becu more active in the past 

 few weeks than during most of the year, and a much better feeling pre- 

 vails now than in the first half. Around .Tuly 1 the northern industry was 

 quite sharply committed to a policy of discontinuing production in woods 

 and mills because of the large surplus and lack of volume in demands, but 

 there has now come a reaction which is believed likely to change plans for 

 the winter considerably. It will, however, be October 1 before a final 

 decision is nuide by most of the important operators. 



Industrial demand for hardwoods, while continuing on a band-to-mouth 

 basis, has increased somewhat, due to better conditions in the furniture. 

 cabinet and interior woodwork fiehls. Prospects are that the improve- 

 ment will W greatly accentuated during the winter, with a relatively heavy 

 demand 4*arly in tlie spring of 1922. It is with this better demand in view 

 that production plans probably will be chaugi'd. for presi-nt stocks, while 

 large, would not last long if a real call for lumber is experienced in the 

 next four or five months. 



In the north, a good many mills have completed the season's run and 

 are closing down for general overhauling and to await more delinite infor- 

 mation concerning future requirements upon which resumption will 

 depend. 



Tlie genera! feeling throughout the industry in the North is said to be 

 distinctly betterj although there is mucli room for improvement.. 



ENGLISH 



rhurchill vK; Sim, of London, have the following to say in their September 

 review of I'nited Kingdom trade in American hardwoods: 



The improvement in market conditions noted last mouth has be*'U main- 

 tained, and a moderate amount of forward business has taken place. The 

 chief demand has been for oak, more particuhirly for prime grade, the 

 value of which has appreciated, but for medium grade shippers have in 

 some cases accepted lower rates. More interest was also shown for prime 

 whitewood. It is anticipated that when the holiday season i.-; over a 

 w ider development in trade should be possilde. 



