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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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We offer COMPLETE STOCK 



WISCONSIN OAK 



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MAPLE 



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



4/4" N9. 2 Com 4 c«r< 



5/4" No. 2 Com. & I(tr..6 cars 

 8/4" No. 2 Cora. & Btr..4 cars 

 10/4" No. 2 Cora. & Blr.2 ctn 

 16/1" No. 2 Com. & Btr.l ear 



BIRCH 

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



4/4" No. 3 Com 5 cart 



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

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

 8/4" No 1 Com. & Btr..2 caia 

 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.l car 



Brooks & Ross Lumber Co. 



SCHOFIELD, WISCONSIN 

 (SALES OFFICE AND MILL) 



The Tegge Lumber Gol 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



MEMPHIS 



Till- lianhvood iiuiikct has Im-cu lairly active tiurinj; the past fortnight. 

 Thei-i' is (■oinplaiiit that orders havo not hcen coming in quite as freely 

 during the past few days, but this is to be expecte*! in view of the fact 

 Tiiat the smiiuier perio<l is at hand. The flooring nianufaeturers have been 

 hy far tlie heaviest buyers during the past several months, and indication* 

 :i)-e not lacking that they have pretty well secured their requiri'ineuts for 

 rhe immediate present. Building oi>erations are proceeding on a i)retty 

 large scale in the greater portion of the United States, but strikes anil 

 ntlier unfavorable developments are tending to check Imilding activities in 

 important centers. There is, therefore, a disposition to lofdc for onlj' 

 iiHHierate activity from the building trade during the Immediate future. 



Kurnitui'e manufacturers are buying very little lundier. At the same 

 time there is a disposition on their part to anticipate larger sales at the 

 'xhibits. which are just ahea<l. Manufacturers of hardwood lumber believe 

 rh<-y will enjoy a better demanil from furniture manufacturers in thp near 

 luturi' than they have had at any time since early last year, ai:d they 

 are counting on this Imsiness to help tide them ovi'r the summer dullness. 



Wholesale interests are taking fair quanlities of lumlu-r and there is also 

 a moderate miscellaneous demand. One yf the most disappointing features 

 III' ilir sitnalinu is tlie almost complete absence of demand from European 



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From a statistical standpoint the most striking development in the hard- 

 w<iod situation is the tendency of stocks to tlecrease. This does not mean 

 that shipments are so very heavy, but it does mean that >ihiiiments are 

 larger than the limited quantity of lumber being put on sticks. There has 

 been very little, if any. increase in hardwood production in the past two 

 weeks. Logging operations are at a virtual standstill and, so far as can 

 be learned, little activity in that direction seems foreshadowed at the 

 moment. 



l-'rom a price standpoint the market is undergoing very little change. 

 There is quite pronounced firmness in firsts and seconds, while a better 

 tone is noted in the case of No. 1 common red gum and No. 1 common plain 

 oak. Absorption of the latter has been quite heavy during the past several 

 mouths and offerings are by no means large. Stocks of firsts and seconds 

 are the smallest ever known in proportion to the total amount of hard- 

 wood lumber available in the South, and the market thereon shows relative 

 rirmuess on this account. 



LOUISVILLE 



After ,luly 1 there may be an increase in the demand for hardwooils. I)ut 

 until inventory is completed, and until the question of possible lower 

 freight rates is settled, indications are not strong for any material improve- 

 ment in the demand for hardwoods, acconling to some of the local lumber- 

 men. There Is some little one car business coming in, principally fill in 

 stocks from furniture manufacturers, and a fair demand from producers of 

 beveled poplar siding, hardwood flooring, etc. Jobbers are not taking any 

 large amount of stock. American black walnut has l)een in very fair 

 denumd, due to the increased use of walnut furniture. Some little demand 

 is also being experienced for four to six quarter common and firsts and 

 seconds in both plain and quartered oak, hut the top grades are a little 

 scarce and production is at a very low ebb. Chair manufacturers have 

 been taking a little beech. Mahogany as a whole is quiet The veneer 

 trade is dull, and panel manufacturers report pocu' business, cores being 

 especially dull just now. Some coucerus neeiling liusinesjj, badly to meet 

 obligations have been cutting prices by $10 a thousand, but the largt'r con- 

 cerns are holding firmly, believing that with snuUI production stocks will be 

 scarce and prices better after July 1. 



James E. Hannon, formerly secretary of the ('. C. Meng«d \ Urother 

 Ctmipany. who has been with the sales department of the .Mengel Company 

 since the consoliilatiou, recently resigned, and is planning to enter some 

 bramdi of the lumber industry for himself, llannon went with the Mengel 

 interests from the L. & N. railroad some years ago as manager of the 

 ti-afli<- department. 



A news story from Mengelwood, Tenn.. carried in the Louisville press. 

 is to the effect that the Mengel Company, Louisville, is closing the mill at 

 Mengelwood shortly, and is considering dismantling this mill and selling 

 ihr timber in that section. 



W. r. r.rowu & Sons Lumber Company, Louisville, has started work on a 

 new office building to cost about $25,000 at its new yard on Fourth street, 

 the c(unpany having arranged to swap yanls with the Edwanl L. Davis 

 Lumber Company. 



The North Vernon Lumber Company at North Vernon. Inil.. expects to 

 have much lietter facilities for handling shipments in and out of North 

 Vernon, as a result of announcement of the B. & O. i*ailroad, to the effect 

 that division headquarters and terminal are being moved from Seymour, 

 I Mil., to North Vernon, effective June 6. 



U. R. May of the R. R. May Hardwood Company recently returned from 

 a trip into northern and central Indiana, reporting fair business consider- 

 ing existing conditions. Considering the short time he has been operating 

 for himself he has done a nice business, which is showing a steady increase, 

 due largely to the fact that he is rendering service. 



The W. r. Brown & Sons Lumber Company has closed down its last 



