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chases to small quiintitics. Their uecds in most cases are not larjic scp 

 they are unwilliDg to buy, except for immediate use. Some wholesnlrrs 

 believe that the market is showing a slightly larger amount of aotivh.v, 

 while others say comlitions are unchanged from a month ago. It is gc>n- 

 erally believed that it will be fall before any brisk business Is seen. 



More strength has developed in the better grades of hardwoods during 

 the past two weeks, and especially in plain oak. This is regarded as quite 

 an encouraging sign and as indicating that the mill curtailment is begin- 

 ning to show its effects. iSome of the recent specialists in hardwoods at 

 cheap pricis have been revising their lists, and turning down some of Hi'' 

 uR'ers which not long ago would have been accepted. 



BOSTON 



Improvement of a gradual kind continues to show itself right along in 

 the hardwood market here. Of course the business continues to be some- 

 what irregularly distributed and there are some dealers who will tell y<in 

 there Is no improvement in business. Apparently there is to be no boom 

 in trade, but improvement is to be of the slow and sure kind. The weak 

 tone to the lower grades is still admitted, as there continues to be con- 

 siderable accumulation. But in the upper grades there is a decidedly 

 (irmer tone and no more of the concession making which a while ago su 

 characterized the whole market. Improvement is chiefly noted in thr 

 demand from the furniture makers and from the hardwood yards. ThiTc 

 is as yet no appreciable bettering in the demand from the railroads or in 

 the export field. There is a little more being called for by the piami 

 makers, but they are not as yet at all encouragingly in the market, t'lu' 

 same is rather true still of the automobile body people and of the rbair 

 makers. 



CLEVELAND 



I'rices of hardwoods are stationary, with demand weak. The demand 

 for cypress has weakened further during the past week and recovery is not 

 looked for in the near future. 



The almost complete tie-up in the building trades continues and the 

 larger hardwood dealers who have their fingers on the pulse of the situa- 

 tion do not see mucli hope in the immediate future. There are, however. 

 a few interior jubs not affected by the strike, and a small amount of hard- 

 wood is moving out in those directions. 



Aside from the temporary lull in activity on account of the strike, funda- 

 mental conditions are good, and this accounts for the fairly firm prices 

 In spite of the weakened demand. This condition is well backed, and it is 

 the general opinion that the strike will be over and the men back at work 

 long before a break in the market occurs. 



Atitomobile, furniture and other manufacturing industries are consnin 

 ing hardwood steadily, but they show no tendency to buy very far into the 

 future. 



COLUMBUS 



A much improved tone to the hardwood trade in Columbus and central 

 Ohio territory is reported, liuyers are now coming into the market better 

 and orders average a good deal more than formerly. The better feeling is 

 seen not only in retail circles but also among manufacturers, especially 

 those making boxes, automobiles and vehicles and furniture. All of these 

 industries show a tendency to buy and a number of fair-sized orders have 

 been booked from that source. 



Retail stocks are not large iu any territory and they arc also ratbir 

 broken. With building operations increasing there is a better demand U>y 

 many hardwoods from that class of trade. Retailers apparently realizr 

 that the bottom has been reached and they are buying more liut^'rally than 

 formerly. There is a growing scarcity in the better grades, especially of 

 oak and poplar. This is having the effect of turning the demand towards 

 the medium and even lower grades. 



With production at the mills still curtailed little Increase in dry stocks 

 is anticipated and as a result prices are expected to strengthen. There is 

 still a rather wide range but many of the extreme low quotations are not 

 heard. Strongest points are interior trim, lirsts and seconds oak and pop 

 lar and automobile stocks. Low grade stocks for box manufacturing are 

 also moving fairly well. Shipments are coming out promptly ami collec- 

 tions are hetti'r than formerly. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



I'roductiou remains on the increase among the woodworking industries 

 here and in the central Indiana district. The automobile body manufac- 

 turing plants are increasing production steadily and appear to have 

 sufficient orders to carry them for at least sixty days at present output. 

 The furniture factories are reporting some orders, though the increase 

 in business is not comparable with that in the body plants. During the 

 past week several furniture factory executives have returned from eastern 

 markets with reports that the East looks much more prosperous than it 

 has looked for some time. Some orders were placed, also, and these 



A Few Bargains in Dry Hardwoods 



fdUrdI hy 



Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co. 



4 '4" No. 1 & Btr. Birch 4 cars 



6/4" No. 1 & Btr. Birch 4 cars 



8/4" No. 1 & Btr. Birch 1 car 



10/4" No. 1 & Btr. Birch 1 car 



4/4" No. 3 Birch 10 cars 



5/4" No. 2 Birch 1 car 



6/4" No. 1 & Btr. Soft Elm 10 cars 



6/4" No. 3 Soft Elm ■ • 4 cars 



We are sawing at both Wittenberg and Dorchester 



mills and can get out special items of N'orthern 



Hardwoods 



MAIN OFFICE, WAUSAU, WISCONSIN 



Foster-Latimer Lumber Co. 



OFFER THE FOLLOWING 



DRY HARDWOODS 



SOFT ELM 



No. 2 & Btr. 4/4. rcc wUtlia. & Igllis 12 mo9. dry 



No. 2 & Btr. 5/4. rcB. wdths. & Igtlis 1 1 roo<. Ory 



No. 2 & Btr. 6/4. res. ivilllis. & leths 15 mos. il:y 



(I.ar^'ely No, 1 CoramoiiJ 



No. I & Btr. 8/4. ree. wcltlis. & Iglhs i mos ilry 



No. 1 & Btr. 10/4. reg. wilths. & Iglhs 1.1 mos. dry 



No. 1 & Btr. 12/4. reg. wdths. & Igths 2 mos. dry 



.No. 3 4/4, rcg, wdtla & Igths 12 mos, dry 



No, 3 C/4. ro2, wdtlis, & Is-hs 5 mos. diy 



WIRE, PHONE OR WRITE FOR PRICES 

 MAIN OFFICE AND MILLS 

 MELLEN, WISCONSIN 



VESTAL LUMBER 

 & MFG. COMPANY 



INCORPORATED 



Soft Textured Oak 



Poplar 



Black Walnut 



Tenn. Red Cedar 



KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE 



BAND MILLS AT VESTAL 



A SUBURB OF KNOXVILLE 



FONDE, KY. 



