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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 10. lifJl 



May we quote you on 

 our present stocks of 

 Southern Hardwoods 



Oak Poplar 



Chestnut Ash 



MANUFACTURERS 



HARDWOOD lAJMBEn 



BAND mills: 



rAYETTVlLUE .TENN 



BASS.ALA. 



FAVETTVILLE ,TEHK. 



Tennessee Red Cedar 



(AROMATIC) 



Basswood Maple 



Elm Walnut 

 OTHER HARDWOODS 



J. V. Stimson & Co. 



OWENSBORO KENTUCKY 



Regular Width and Lengths; Dry 



White Ash Com. & Bet. 4/4 to 16/4 



Beech Log Run 4/4 to 8/4 



Chestnut Com. & Bet. 4/4 



Elm . Log Run 4/4 to 16/4 



Red or Sap Gum. . .Com. & Bet. 4/4 to 8/4 



Hickory No. 1 Com. 4/4 to 16/4 



Maple Log Run 4/4 to 16/4 



Qtd. White Oak... All Grades yi" to 8/4 



Qtd. Red Oak All Grades 3/4 to 8/4 



PI. White Oak All Grades 5/8 to 16/4 



PI. Red Oak All Grades 3/4 to 16/4 



Poplar All Grades 5/8 to 8/4 



Qtd. Sycamore Log Run 5/8 to 4/4 



Walnut All Grades 5/8 to 8/4 



You will like our careful method of handling 

 orders, either domestic or export for mixed 

 or straight car load shipments. 



BAND 



Owensboro, Ky. 



MILLS 



Campbellsville, Ky. 



their i)ro<lu<-ts. Sharp ciils in uiitoniobilf prici's Iiave failod to bring 

 rpsponsc from tlii> consumin'^ piil)lic. It is hclii'vcil that thero arc still 

 surplus stocks ot material in the hands of nianuracturers, and that tlieso 

 must lie al>sorlie<l pretl.v well liefore real (leinaiid is renewed. In ^'eneral 

 prices hold (iiille firm in spite of the adverse ((.nditiims in the marliet. 



BOSTON 



Dealers arc ratiier hiippil.v enconraKed tiian otherwise. While trade 

 is not j-et up to norniai, it is a whole lot lietler Ihau it was. Iniprove- 

 inont in demand and In in(iuir.v continues to show itself each week. To be 

 sure, this improvement is unevenly distriltute<l as amon^ th<' wholesalers 

 and mills and as anionK the different t.vpes of consumers. .Mso, as accumu- 

 lation still scriousi.v persists among the lower Kfades, improvement in 

 trade is less noted there than in the firsts and seconds grades. It is in 

 the latter grades that the market toda.v shows an imreased firmness of 

 t(tnc. In fact, in firsts and seconds, there have been some advances on 

 prices here, raufing from $.'> to $10. in birch items, in plain white oak and 

 cm poplar. In some other woikIs there have been reductions. 



Improvement in demand is still noted chiefl.v with the furniture makers 

 and the hardwood .vards. Piano people have come into the market for a 

 little, luit not for much. I'hair makers still show no disposition to liu.v. 

 Irade with them being ver.v dull. Not much of an.v improvement in demand 

 is noted from the niusi<-ai instrument makers or the automobile i)eople. 

 There is no export trade or business with the railroads to speak of. 



BALTIMORE 



Conditions in the hardwood trade, while not materially changed, show 

 a fairly steady drift tow-ard lietterment. with the demand more active and 

 the range of prices somewhat higher. More or less irregularity in the 

 iliiolations continues to prevail, of course. Iiut some jirogress in the direc- 

 tion of steadying influences is also to be observed, and there is that in 

 the trade which .justifies a more encouraging attitude. The users of hard- 

 woods, among them the woodworking establishments, such as furniture 

 factories and the like, find their requirements Increased, the reduction in 

 tlie assortments having been allowed to proceed to a point where material 

 additions became necessary. This, together with the demonstrations that 

 stocks of hardwood^ are not of large proportions, served to impart strength 

 to the list and placed the producers in a position where they could stiffen 

 up some of the weak spots and put the average of the prices given a little 

 higher. The opinion apiiears to be general that further revisicms down- 

 ward are not to Ije expectcil. and that it is quite safe for buyers to place 

 tlieir orders without any aiiprehension that the market will sag and leave 

 tliem with stocks acquiriMl at excessive low levels on their hands. Builders 

 are calling for hardwoods in some quantities, construction work having 

 gone forward on a ilecidedly wider scale than was the case not so long ago. 

 Many of the ))lants are still shut down or run on a greatly reduced 

 schedule, so that the distribution easily keeps pace with the production 

 JUKI probabl.v exceeds it. The one division of the trade that has made no 

 i^ains whatever is tliat of the exports. 



COLUMBUS 



Tlic hardwood traile is showing some increases holh in the number of 

 iiKpiiries received and In orders placed. Both retailers and factories are 

 showing a tendency to enter the market, and as a result there has been 

 a pretty fair run of Im.siue.ss. While orders are still far from being normal, 

 there is a good increase over the records of earlier in the year, and it is 

 believed that the wiu'st id' the slump is over. 



.\niong the factories furniture concerns are the lii^st customers. Some 

 buying from vehicle and implement concerns is also repm-ted, while liox 

 fac'torics are absorbing low gracb' poplar, oak and basswood. Factories are 

 apparently coming into the market lietter and ndning conc'erns are now 

 appi'aring with orders. K:iilidacls are still lioldin;: off because of the finan- 

 cial situation. 



Retail stocks are fairly good, but in certain sections they are broken. 

 Dealers are buying to replace hrokc^n stocks. Some of the dealers are 

 buying for the future to a certain extent, but this is not heavy. Shipments 

 are condng out promptly all along the line and ccdiections show an improve- 

 ment. 



I'rices are fairly steady at previcuis li>vels. Some of the extreme low 

 prices are dis;i|i|iearing. although there is still some spread in quotations. 

 There is a growing scarc-ity in the lietter grade's, and especially of oak and 

 poiilar. Hardwood flooring is probably the strongest pidnt at present. 



The lumber department of the Central West Coal & Lumber Company 

 announces that after .Inly 1 it will be operating a large mill at .lackson. 

 Ala., owned by the Zimmerman 'Manufac-tnring Company. The product will 

 lie sold through the Columlnis office. 



K. M. Stark, vice-president and treasurer of xhi- .\merican Column & 

 Lumber Company, reports little change in the hardwood trade during the 

 past fortnight. Inquiries from both retailer and factories are coming in 

 fairly well and orders are also licdng bookcvl. The orders are not large 

 but Ihey are well distributed, indicating a better feeling in hardwood cir- 

 cles. Prices are about the same, although some additional strength Is 

 apparent in the upper grades, due to increasing scarcity of stocks. 



E. 11. Hammond, formc-rly with the Hammond-Park Lumber Company oi 



