June 10, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



65 



Till' i-iiiiipiui.v 

 I.I pii.c shows 



ipperatidns ami hasn't a In;; in hand ihat isn't in the tvrr. 

 iliifsn't oxpei't to turn a whic'l inf,nr fail, nnli'ss domanil ; 

 inatt'i'ial iinprov<*nit'nt. 



The Louisville Toint Luniln-r Cnnipany. tln-ou;;h Kdwai'd Uuvol, sales 

 manager, reports a slightly luiter demaml. ami that there has heen some 

 little demand for inch walnut, in liolh lirsts ami seconds and common : 

 plain and (inartored o^k, Xo. 1 common and Is and -s of five and six 

 quarter. Some little % beech is also movius. 



fiamlde Brothers, in IliKliland Park, report a vor.v fair husiness in th<' 

 poplar section, lumber bein^' in fair movement, while beveled siding has 

 been active. The core department, however, which produces cores fr<nn 

 chestnut for ghiefi up work, is very iiuiel, consumers of cores not being in 

 the market. Mr. (iandile statid that thi' volume of Imsiness this year as 

 compared with last year was about ."iii per ii'iit in material and about 30 

 per cent in dollars and cents. 



.1. T,. Itaw'son of the I>awsnn launber Company reports some little busi- 

 ness from the furniture trade, principally In No. 1 common poplar and 

 oak. in inch stock. Mr. Dawson staled that things had been just a little 

 hotter during the past thirty days. 



Members of the Louisville lioaril of Trade rei'ently made a tour of 

 inspection of the local railroad terminals, stopping off to inspect a couple 

 of plants and inspecting the plant of the Wood Mosaic Company. 



The Louisville I'oint Lumber Company reports that lis High Hridge. Ky.. 

 mill is down and probably will not start again this year. The Louisville 

 mill has logs bought that will keep it going probably to the first of the year. 



ST. LOUIS 



Considerable improvement has been noted in the hardwood trade during 

 the past two weeks. Demand from consuming Industrials is gradually 

 increasing. The principal buying, however, has been from fl^ioring manu- 

 facturers and makers of nullwork, whose business has been increased by 

 the increase in building. The tendency of prices of high grade hardwooils 

 is decidedly upwjwd, lower grades cfuitinuing weak and unsteady. 



.\bout GO per cent of the furniture factories are active, this l)ein;.; ;i 

 gain of 10 per cent over the montli before. 



While I>uilding has increased a little it is still far behind. It is possible 

 that the inquiry conducted recently into building costs may cause dealers 

 in other commodities besides lumber to reduce their prices, thus stimulat- 

 ing building. 



MILWAUKEE 



Industrial demand for hardwoods rontiiiui's to show slow but steady 

 advancement, although perhaps the biggest immediate outlet for hard- 

 wood stocks is to accommodate a fairly healthy constructive movement 

 throughout the United States. In comparison with a year ago, the amount 

 of new construction undertaken in the city of Milwaukee Is about 20 per 

 cent in excess of last year. The work is principally in the nature of 

 dwelling places, including several large apartment buildings which furnish 

 a moderately large aggregate requirement of hardwoods of various kinds. 

 Industrial construction is of small volume, since the enormous increase 

 in manufacturing capacity provided in the last fi>ur years due to wartime 

 needs has given many manufacturers more than enough capacity to handle 

 all present requirements. 



The largest bank in Milwaukee, in its jmuithly review of local conditbms, 

 says that .sales of furulture manufacturers are a little better than last 

 month, but much under the same month of 1020. "This is one of the 

 lines of industry in which retail channels have not been cleared of large 

 stocks," the report says. •■Nornnilly manufacturers of furniture should 

 be taking sizable orders for futures at this time of the year. As it is. for- 

 ward business is much b(dow that of last year. .\ line woodworking plant 



reports five and one-balf nionibs' wcu'k on its I ks and it is working 90 



per cent." 



In the North, sawmill operations nunain aliout stationary, the closing 

 of some mills for the season being compensated for by the reopening of 

 others or enlargement of production. On the whole, however, output is 

 below that of a year ago. The finer grades of hardwood are moving 

 readily, but otlier qualities are stagnant, with the result that the accumu- 

 lation of stocks of low grade nuiterial remains very heavy and has the 

 eflfect of limiting current production until these stocks have lieen lirougbl 

 to a minimum. 



BEAUMONT 



First and seconds grade of bardwooil is looking up, but this condition 

 seems to have no effect on lower grades, which continue to drag. Oak 

 lumber Is in good demand, while oak timbers are a drug on the market. 

 Red gum is second only to oak in demand, while even the upper grades of 

 sap gum are in poor denumd. 



The Texas consuming trade is liuying very sparingly and only in suffi- 

 cient quantities to kcp their plants in operation. There is a poor deijiaiid 

 for box material. The hanlwooil mills closed down during the general 

 depression are still down and milluien seem to have adjusted their affairs 

 to a point where they can keep their plants closed indefinitely. It is 

 apparent that they will not be started again, except when there is a much 

 heavier demand for the output. 



Ash — Hickory — Beech — Poplar 

 Oak — Cypress — Gum —Tupelo 



Strainht cars, all Rrftdpa and thlcltnw* 

 N. H. Ij. Afljwiclftllon n)>s of Inspection 



We specialize in Poplar 5/8" to 5" in thickness.. We have 



TUPELO 



4/4". 5/4-. 6/4" rOO.OOO' 



SAP GUM 



4/4'. 5/4", 6/4" 75.000' 



CYPRESS 

 6/4". 8/4" No. I Shop & Btr. 30.000' 



BEECH 

 8/4" No. 2 & Btr 15.000' 



LET rs QUOTE YOU ON ANT OF 

 THE ABOVE STOCK, ANT CRADE 



HOYT PARKER LUMBER GO. 



p. O. BOX 614. Office, 311 Qty Bank, MOBILE, ALABAMA 



STRABLE 



Lumber & Salt Company 



SAGINAW, MICHIGAN 



Manufacturers of the Time Tested 



Woiverine Maple Flooring 



I3/I6X2V4 ClGar 60.000' 



I3/16l2'A No. 1 175.000' 



13/16x214 Factory 200.000' 



I3/1613V1 Clear 69.000' 



13/I6x3',4 No. 1 25.000' 



13/16I3V4 Factory 150.000' 



1 1/16I2V4 Factory 160,000' 



I 1/I6i3'4 Factory 175.000" 



WRITE FOR PRICES 



LET US QUOTE YOU ON YOUR HARD- 

 WOOD LUMBER REQUIREMENTS 



FOR SALE 



Southern Hardwoods 



OAK, GUM, ASH, ELM, 

 MAPLE, GYPRESS, 

 HIGKORY, POPLAR 



WRITE OR WIRE 



Jerome Hardwood Lumber Co. 



JEROME, ARKANSAS 



WE SHIP STRAIGHT OR MIXED CARS OF FLOOR- 

 ING, OAK, ASH. CYPRESS AND GUM LUMBER 



-Shawano County Hard Maple- 



IS OUR SPECIALTY 



-,/i" .\., 



1/1" : 



■i/i" : 



5/4" 

 6/4" 



s/.r 



1-2/4' 

 1x1" 



• No 

 Box 



SPECIAI. OFFERINr.S 



.\.':H Dry 



2 ii lilr., all wUUlw anil U-iitltlis. 14 inos 3 ears 



HASSWOOH 



1 & Btr.. 10" & uilr.. 8' & ler.. 16 mos 2 cars 



2 Si Btr.. all wiilltiK atiil li-titcths. 17 nius 3 cars 



BIRCH 

 1 & Blr.. all wl'.ltlis ami lengths, l.-i mos 4 ears 



1 & Btr.. all whltlis and li-tiytlis. 15 moi 3 cars 



ROl'K KI.M 



2 & Btr. 1" & ndr. all lunaths. I raos 2 cars 



HARD MArl,K 



1 & Btr.. 4" & wilr. 6' & Igr., 15 mos 4 cars 



Hearts. 4 mos 5 **ars 



WAUSAU 



Chas. Gill Lumber Co. 



WISCONSIN 



