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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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jiml tlHTO is bcttiT moveiiu'iit to furnlturo. tuitomobilo and fienoriil wooil- 

 wdrkinj; industries. Tho wn^nn and intplonii>nt trades aro looking: niore 

 proniisins as a result ol* reductions In prices as of OctnluT 1, and lu'lter 

 ajiricultiiral eonditions jrciicrally. 



ST. LOUIS 



There has been a noticcalde "uplift" in the hardwood trade here. Gen- 

 eral <'on(Iitions are better. There are more Inquiries and more orders 

 and prices are better. Some buyers are buying now Tor stock; the 

 factories are still uncertain. 



Number 1 commtui and ix'tter oak is the most active item and there 

 is an improvement in the dciiiaud for Xo. 2 common sap snm-^indicatinR 

 tlie liox factories are doin^ some business or anticipating: some. 



The monthly report of tlu' Fruleral Reserve Dank coucerniny the lumber 

 trade states: — "The hardwood market remains quiet, but with business 

 slightly improved in comparison with a month ago. Delivered prices of 

 low prade hardwoods are so little in excess of freight charges that the 

 lumber is rendered unmarketable. Frequently the manufacturer cannot 

 realize loadinjj cost from such shipments, to say nothing cd' stumpage anil 

 cost of manufacture. This situation, due to the present level of freight 

 rates, is resulting in serio\is waste of lumber at mills that are operating. 

 Production remains at a wry low level in the hardwood districts." 



It will be seen from the preceding paragraphs that while business 

 has shown an "uplift" there is nothing like a boom, or even resembling 

 a boom and there is no intention on the part of the informant of the 

 correspondent to create this impression. But things are better and that 

 is something. 



Furniture factories are (.|)erating at from 65 to 70 percent of capacity. 

 Four plants which were idle in July have resumed part time. Export 

 trade continues dull, though in the past three weeks some fair orders 

 have been received frnm Mexico, 



No great change in the building situation has taken place but contracts 

 In Augtist were about $1.0()0.(K)0 ahead of August. 1020, 



NEW ORLEANS 



Though the hardwood market has neither been enjoying the firmness 

 and steadiness of the cypress mai'lcet nor the sudden pronounced spurt 

 of tile pine niariiet. Iiotli nianufacturers and dealers in and about New 

 Orlejins report some improvement, varying in fiegree from very small to 

 decidedly pronounced, within the past fortnight. All in all, the tone of 

 optimism taken on hy the hardwood people of the extreme South two 

 weeks or more ago continues to grow slowly but steadil.v. 



Prices, on the whole, have shown a slightly better tone, production is 

 picking up a ifttle and infiniries and demand show a decided increase. 

 The increase in demand for the better grades has been very pronounced 

 the past few days and the manufacturers report some slight improvement 

 in the movement of the inferior grades, also. Stocks of the lietter grades 

 are pretty badly iu'oken. while stocks of the commoner grades hav<' 

 decreased within the past two weeks from an estimated 100 per cent 

 above normal to anywhere from 75 to 50 per cent above normal. 



The superabundance of stock of the lower grades is due in large part 

 to the fact that many pine mills, when first stung with depression early 

 last year, turned their attention to the manufacture of hardwood products. 

 Freight rates went up and nobody could sell, but much of this stuff is 

 clearing away now with the result that leading representatives of the 

 industry c-onfidently look forward to a substantial increase in the price 

 of lower grades at a not far distant date in addition to the slightly 

 better price tone the better grailes already are assuming. 



The export movement, from which the lower grades are entirely elim 

 inated, still is small, Init considerable quantities of the superior grades 

 continue to move in a more or less spasmodic manner to the ITnitcd 

 Kin.gdom, lielginm. Cermany, France, Spain and Italy, with an occasional 

 order coming in from f'utia ami Mexico. 



.\ number of the mills throughout Texas, Louisiana, Mis.sissippi anil 

 Arkansas are swinging back into action after being closed down for 

 several months, during which time most of them have been making 

 necessary repairs and improvements, hut from present indications pro 

 duction will not return to normal before Winter or possibly early next 

 Spring, while most of tliosi' now running have completely taliooed further 

 production of the inferior grades except where this stuff f;ills in the way 

 and has to be sawn up as a matter of necessity. 



<ium hnnber seems to be the greatest favorite with the buyers at 

 present and tills is the kind, also, showing the greatest increase in price, 

 a number of New Orleans manufacturers reporting increases as high as 

 .$10 per thousand feet within the past fortnight. The upper grades of 

 oak and gum are very scarce, as these, along with ash, Cottonwood, 

 poplar and tupelo are moving with considerable freedom. Elm seems to 

 be the black sheep of the hardwood industry, it appearing that there is 

 at the present writing practically no demand whatever for tliis staple 

 Si>uthern hardwood. 



BEAUMONT 



The only ray of hope hardwood men in this district have seen in the 

 past two weeks has \>vvn an increase in the number of iniigiries. These 

 trickled in within the jiast few (lays and sufficient time has not elapsed 



A NAME that should be 

 ■^ ^ on your inquiry list for 

 hardwood lumber. 



American 



Column & Lumber 



Company 



Brunson Bldg. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO 



OAK & HARDWOOD 

 DIMENSION STOCK 



Htanufacturer$ 



of 

 West Virginia 



SOFT 



YELLOW 

 POPLAR 



PLAIN 

 WHITE 

 OAK 



PLAIN 



RED OAK 



QUARTERED 

 WHITE 

 OAK 



WHITE OAK 

 TIMBERS & 

 PLANK 



CHESTNUT 



BASSWOOD 



MAPLE 



HICKORY 



BEECH 



BUCKEYE 



BIRCH 



BUTTERNUT 



ASH 



CHERRY 



WALNUT 



SYCAMORE 



BLACK GUM 



HEMLOCK 



LOCUST 



WE WANT TO SELL 



the following 



Dry Northern Michigan 



HARDWOODS 



HARD MAPLE 

 4/4 6" and wider, 8' and longer 

 No. 1 Com. & Btr 100.000 



5/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 200.000 

 5/4 No. 2 Common 200.000 



6/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 70.000 



6/4 No. 2 Common 150.000 



8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 200,000 

 10/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 60.000 

 12/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 30.000 



4/4 No. 

 6 4 No. 

 4/4 No. 



8/4 No 

 4 4 No. 



SOFT MAPLE 

 2 Com. & Btr 

 2 Com. & Btr 

 1 Com. & Btr 

 BASSWOOD 

 1 Com. & Btr 



150,000 

 14,000 

 100,000 



80,000 



2 Common 20,000' 



HARD MAPLE FLOORING STOCK 

 FOR RAIL OR WATER SHIPMENT 



Band mills at 

 Chassell and Ontonagon, Michigan 



C. H.Worcester Co, 



NOT INOORPOBATED 



19 So. La Salle Street, CHICAGO 



