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HARDWOOD RECORD 



May 10. 1921 



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VENEER 

 Re-dryinR 



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We have very complete stocks of 

 dry lumber in 4/4 to 16/4 thickness 



DOMESTIC HARDWOODS, he. " ^|'^^ ^^"oir ' 



Thomas Forman Company 



DETROIT, MICHIGAN 



Lumber and Interior Finish 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 



KOKKMAN'S FAMOUS FLOORINC 



OAK AND MAPLE 



We Specialize in Less than Carload Shipments 



We offer COMPLETE STOCK 



WISCONSIN OAK 



••TRY U S ' 



MAI'LE 



</4* No. 1 Com. & Blr..S can 



4/4' No. 3 Com « ran 



5/4- No. 2 Com. & Btr..« can 

 8/4* No. 1 Com. & Btr..4 ovi 

 10/4- No. 2 Com, A BIT. 2 ctn 

 H/4- No. 2 Com & Btr.I Mr 



BIBCII 



4/4" No. I Com. & Btr..3 Mrs 



4/4" No. 2 Com 5 car* 



5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr..3 cars 

 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr..3 cars 

 8/4" No 1 Com. & Rtr..J fii.s 

 12/4" No. 2 Com. A Blr.l car 



Brooks & Ross Lumber Co. 



SCHOFIELD, WISCONSIN 



(SALES OFFICE AND MILL) 



The Tegge Lumber Co^ 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



of II strlki' i)f HcviTiil unions engaui'd in this class of work. This affair is 

 holding up till' ronsliu<tlon of (Iwollins; ami uiiartinents, whifb are badl.v 

 needcil in this vicinit.v. Ilaidwofiil dealers believe that the long expecteil 

 boom In tile trade has arrived and started in u jieneral way. Production 

 at tills time Is ver.v liiiilted. but it is steadllj- increasing as demand grows. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Itidleatlons point to a steady resuiiiptlon of production ainon^ the wood 

 working Industries here. I'robablv the tirst and most certainl.v the hardest 

 hit "t all till' various lines of woodworking industries wei^ the automobile 

 IhmIv hiilldlng plants and such other jilants as depended upon the auto- 

 inoblli' industr.v for their demand. These factories, during the past two 

 weeks, have shown much more aetivit.v. While the increase has not 

 been what it should have been, llgures at the various plants, judging from 

 the prodiielion schedules, show that since the low production record ol 

 some little time back, production has increased nlKiut 1)0 percent. So far 

 production In these allied lines has not Incri'ased yulte to the point the 

 automobile production itself has attained, but the factor.v e.xecutives sa.v 

 it is oni.v a (juestion of time and they are looking for a gradual improve- 

 ment during the remainder of the summer months. I'lants manufacturing 

 phonograph cabinets are also increasing their production. During the past 

 I wo weeks several men interested In this Industry have returned from the 

 I'last, where most of the product is sold, witli the report that businesi 

 conditions In the East are much mori' favorable than they were a month 

 ago. The furniture factories are not doing much. Some have Increased 

 their pnMliictioii slightly, but in these cases the Individual factory just 

 happened to he lucky and get sonu? good orders. Taken as a whole, there 

 is not much Improvement. Box factories here report some improved 

 demand. This is attrlbute<l to a general quickening of other industries hen 

 that use the product. I'rices on the uiiper grades of lumber are consld 

 erably stronger than they were two weeks ago, but prices on the lower 

 grndes are yet weak, there being little demand. 



EVANSVILLE 



Tlio hartlwcuHl lunihcr manufacturors of Kvaiisvilli.' ami ^t^utliLTii ludjaua 

 say tbat lliiTt* is a mm-h better feeling iu the trade than there was a month 

 a;;ip and Inquiries are incn-asin;; some, but that the actual number of 

 orders has increased hut little. Manufacturers, however, are looking on 

 the bright side of the trado picture aud l>elievo that it is only a (juestion 

 of time until there is a marked imi)n)vement in business. Ttie l>etter grade 

 stocks are running low, and as many of the mills are clos(>I down and are 

 not turning out any stocks to speak of, the manufacturers believe that 

 prices of lumber are going to advance before long, i'ollections are fairly 

 good and general business conditions are better than they were a mouth or 

 two ago. Manufacturers are buyiug few if any logs at this time aud iiave 

 not been in the market for any for a long time. Log prices are rather 

 liigh. Wood consuming i)lnnts are running on part time, and in fact have 

 for some time past. These manufacturers say they can see u silver lining 

 to tlie clouds and they believe that May or .June will witness some picking 

 n|» iu their trade. Kox manufacturers report they are operating their 

 plants on part time only. 



MEMPHIS 



Virtuall.A no progress Is being made with tin* manufactiirt- of southern 

 hardwoods for the reason that precipitation has been so heavy through- 

 out the valley territory during the past mouth that all streams are out 

 "f their banks and that the lowlands are covered with flood or surface 

 waters, rreeipitatlon for the month in question broke all previous 

 records for this particular period and it Is not overstating the case to 

 say that, so far as the more heavily timbered lands are concerned, there 

 Is "water, water everywhere.'" The vast majority of manufacturers are 

 closed down because they are unwilling, in the present comlition of the 

 market, to produce additional lumber, but those firms which are attempt- 

 lug to run on fresh timber, or which are trying to take care of old logs 

 to prevent them from .spoiling, are having much dimculty in keeping 

 their plants iu operation. So far as Immediate logging is concerni'd. this 

 is practically at a standstill and cannot be resumed for some time. Very 

 few tiriiis are making efforts to bring out new logs and Iliose which are 

 attempting anything in this Hue are meeting with scant success. 



In the meantime, the volume of business is steadily increasing and 

 shipments are. unquestionably, considerably heavier than production, with 

 the result that stocks are on the decrease. In the case of the higher 

 grades, such shipments as are being made represent almost absolute loss, 

 for the reason that there Is so little lumber of this grade lu'lng produced. 

 The percentage of firsts and secomls iu current produ.-tion is extremely 

 light, and. when It is refleettnl that current production itself is the 

 smallest ever known at this time of the .vear, it is u.it difficult to see 

 how little Is being placed on sticks in lumber of this character. Members 

 of the trade complain of a growing shortage of firsts and seconds and 

 there Is such general agreement regariliug the shortage of this class of 

 stock that the ligbtness thereof is accepted as an established fact. There 

 is also :iu increasing scarcity in Xo. 1 common plain nd and white oak. 

 .\o. '2 pbiiu rtxi and white oak, and Xo. 1 common red gum. The suppl.v 

 of sap gum. in firsts and seconds, in stock thicker than one inch, is also 



