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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 25. 1921 



lif fvpn thr sllKhtrst iletails ciiijiKit hr 1(H) strorKly impri'ssi'd upon the 

 shippers for fheir uwn protection. 



May we quote you on 

 our present stocks of 

 Southern Hardwoods 



Oak Poplar 



Chestnut Ash 



, MANUFACTURERS 



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-•BAND MILLS: 

 rAYETTVILLE .TENN. 

 ., BASS. ALA. 



rAVETTVII.X.E ,TESH. 



Tennessee Red Cedar 



(jlROMJTia 



Basswood Maple 



Elm Walnut 

 OTHER HARDWOODS 



J. V. Stimson & Co. 



OWENSBORO 



KENTUCKY 



Regular Width and Lengths; 



White Ash Com. & Bet. 



Beech Log Run 



Chestnut Com. & Bet. 



Elm • • Log Run 



Red or Sap Gum. . .Com. & Bet. 



Hickory No. 1 Com. 



Maple Log Run 



Qtd. White Oak... All Grades 



Qtd. Red Oak All Grades 



PL White Oak All Grades 



PI. Red Oak All Grades 



Poplar All Grades 



Qtd. Sycamore Log Run 



Walnut All Grades 



You will like our careful method of handling 

 orders, either domestic or export for mixed 

 or straight car load shipments. 



Owensboro, Ky. 



BAND MILLS 



Gampbellsville, Ky. 



COLUMBUS 



The hardwooi) (radt* in Coluinlius and cfiitriil Ohio tc^rrltory has ht'on 

 liiihcr stoady diiriny the past fortnight. liut thiTi' is no real strength 

 to the trade and the tone is not as ^ood as was the case a month ago. 

 Buyin;-' en the part of retailers as well as inanufai-turcrs is ri'strleted 

 to iiiiMiediate needs only anij ronseqiientiy there is no disposition to buy 

 Iiir the future. 



I'.iiying on the part of retailers is now the best feature. Dealers' stocks 

 are not large an<l in many eases rather broken. These dealers are coming 

 into the market to replace their stocks and to accumuIiHe some surplus as 

 against expected buying later in tin* season. Factories making furniture 

 are buying to a certain extent. Implement and liox concerns are also in 

 the market. Autojnoliile concerns have stopped tenipurarily. <_'oal raining 

 concern^ are buying rather heavily under the circumstances. 



Huilding operations in cities are holding up fairly well, but in rural 

 secti<»ns there is little cctnstruction work going forward. As a result rural 

 dealers are not feeling the best and are not buying to any extent. The 

 strongest point in the market is in high grade flooring. In fact all high 

 grade stocks are scarce and this has the effect of switching the demand 

 to the lower grades. Shipments are coming out promptly. Production is 

 down to a 40 to 50 per cent basis, but there is talk of still further 

 reduction unless some rapid improvement in demand is noted. 



CINCINNATI 



An ii]i\v:iril Iri'ii.l in tlii' hiinlwoml niiirkct Is still a possiliilit.v of the 

 liituri'. .\s the months of this year roll b.v an increase in business is 

 nuticcd. lyocal dealers do not expect much change before fail, as present 

 confiitions are far too uncertain to expect a (lec'idedly stronger demand. 

 The producti<in is limited and manufacturers are making no elTort to 

 increase mill operations as long as demand is weak. Stocks, especially 

 in the better grades, are very Uiw. ami with production nearly at a stand- 

 still they are growing scar<-er each week. Prices in general are unchanged, 

 but some items are (juoted lower, with the idea of stimulating the demand. 

 Retail dealers are buying very little stock and only such items as they can 

 readily move. Yard stocks are comparatively light. The oak flooring busi- 

 ness continues in good demand with gum and poplar running a close se<'ond. 

 There is a general feeling among hardwood lumbermen here that Imsiness 

 conditions will not move to any great extent one way or the other until 

 after tlie .Inly furniture exhibits. Building w(n-k is improving weekly, 

 especially in the line of apartment and dwelling bnuses. In the rural dis- 

 tricts the lumber trade is slow, due to the advent of the wheat harvest, 

 which usually interrupts all lines of business. The wood consuming fac- 

 tories have not been as active in the market during the past two weeks 

 as they were a month or so ago. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



There is no diuilit that the ilciiiand for hardwoc.ils in Indianapolis and 

 the central Indiana district is on the upgrade. During the past two weeks 

 the demand from the retail dealers, especially for the upper grades, has 

 been exceptionally active, and this demand is expected to continue during 

 the summer and fall. There has been an increase also in the demand from 

 the industrials. Prices are Arm, with stronger tendencies in both upper 

 and lower grades, though the former have the stronger demand. However, 

 there have been cases during the past week where transit car lots were sold 

 at bargain prices to save the demurrage. P^irniture manufacturers report 

 a better sale of the finished product and tiiere is a tendency toward more 

 production. This tendency is not marked, however, since the factory 

 executives are proceeding with extreme caution in nuiking up stocks. There 

 is more activity among the box makers here and they have been doing 

 some buying during the past week. Talking machine cabinet makers report 

 their business improving. This business was hit badly until about two 

 or three weeks ago. when a noticeable increase in activity took place. 

 Among the retailers, oak and gum continue to be the big sellers. Virtually 

 all the construction work now being done calls for either oak or gum 

 interior linish and llic .Icmand for these grades is exceptionally good. 



EVANSVILLE 



There has been some improvement in the trade of the hardwood lumber 

 manufacturers of Evansville and southern Indiana during the past two 

 weeks, and while the actual numl>er of orders has not increased, the num- 

 ber of inquiries have lieen larger and there is a feeling that things are 

 going to get gradually better. Few of the large mills in this section are 

 being operated now : in fact not many of the mills have been running at 

 all since the beginning of the present year. No logs to speak of are now 

 coming into the local market. Manufacturers, whose plants have been 

 closed, do not care to buy many logs while their mills are shut down, as 

 they feel later on there will he plenty of logs coming out of the south, 

 as many of the farmers always turn their attention to getting out logs 

 after they have finished their heavy farm work. Log prices have been 

 rather high all summer. Lumber prices have remained stationary for the 

 past month or two. In the opinion of manufacturers the prices have about 



