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HARDWOOD RECORD 



August 10, 1921 



HARDWOODS FLOORING 



BOX SIIOOKS 



toneeft 



ALL GRADES GUARANTEED 



MOUNT-GEARHART 



INCORPORATED 



YARD: 



JOHNSON CI TV 



TENNESSEE 



OFFICE 



ESSEX BUILDING 



NEWARK. N. J. 



STRABLE 

 Lumber & Salt Company 



SAGINAW, MICHIGAN 



Manufacturers 



Hardwood Lumber, Maple Flooring 



ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES 



MODERN DRY-KILNS AND PLANING MILL 

 Insist upon 



Wolverine Maple Flooring 



"Best by Test" 



Maple, Birch, Basswood, Elm, Beech 



The sIgTi to foli<.\v 

 for Maple Flooring 



-Shawano County Hard Maple- 



/5 OUR SPECIALTY 



WE HAVE THREE (3) CARS EX- 

 CEPTIONALLY NICE SHAWANO 

 COUNTY 16/4" COMMON AND BET- 

 TER HARD MAPLE WELL MANU- 

 FACTURED. GOOD WTDTHS AND 

 LENGTHS. BONE DRY. 



WRITE US AT ONCE FOR PRICES 



WAUSAU 



Chas. Gill Lumber Co. 



WISCONSIN 



■Bk^ 



The Tegge Lumber Go. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee,. Wisconsin 



tc'iizcd Ijy caution with iiurchasers inclined to lioiii out tor concessions, 

 though there seems to be more firmness in the tra<le than could be ot)servcd 

 not so long ago. Several lumliermen say that there are a few orders float- 

 ing around and a few export inquiries, although tlie demand from wagon, 

 auto, vehicle, implement and musical instrument industries Is quiet. Eall- 

 roads are beginiiing to look about and the indications point to their appear- 

 ance in the marltet shortly. The flooring trade still continues to be the 

 bright feature of the trade. Planing mills continue to take a fair volume 

 of material, as there is more small residence work under way than Is 

 commonly thought. The better grades, principally (irsts and seconds and 

 No. 1 common, are given a fair play. The freight rates, dealers say, are 

 lireventing them from moving lower grades of hardwood. The sagging 

 in hardwood prices has virtually stopi)ed and indications are that a stiffen- 

 ing may be noted before long. While the volume of business during the 

 month of .Tuly was not up to expectations, dealers are not discouraged, 

 because in normal times they contend that business is rather slow during 

 the summer. Manufacturers say that they will be well pleased if they 

 are able to hold their own during this month. Now that the July furniture 

 exhibits are over, and from reports they were a success, manufacturers 

 .Tnd wholesale alike are looking forward for some business from this In- 

 dustry. Generally speaking, conditions are not as bad as they were «ix 

 weeks ago, although there is considerable room (or improvement. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Tiittlo change can be noted in market conditions with the exception 

 that uppers are getting scarcer and the demand appears to be slightly 

 stronger than it was a couple of weeks ago. Tlu' furniture factortefi 

 here are gradually increasing their production. Rt-taibTs are doing what 

 may safely be called a phenomenal business in sash, doors and floorings and 

 interior trim. It is doubtful if ever before In the history of the city has 

 there been such a demand on the retail trade for hardwoods. Virtually 

 seventy-five per cent of the record house construction that is going on in 

 the city calls for hardwood finishes, most of the dwellings being erected 

 in the exclusive north side section of the city. Box manufacturers report 

 a slight increase in business and most of them appear to be working fairly 

 well. The situation in the music factories is unchanged, thougb recent 

 orders should cause an increase. 



EVANSVILLE 



It is not expected that August will bring In anything like a normal 

 volume of business. The hardwood lumber manufacturers of Eransville 

 and vicinity say that ordinarily both July and August are dull months. 

 The volume of business done in July was not large and August has started 

 in about like July. There Is some business, of course, and manufacturers 

 are fighting hard for trade, but it is not expected there will be any change 

 to speak of in the situation until after the first of September and some 

 of the manufacturers say that they are not expecting to see anything big 

 after that date. The number of unemployed men and women in Evansville 

 is said to be less than six months ago, but there can not be any denial 

 that there are still some people in this city who are out of work or who 

 are working on short time. Collections have improved little if any. There 

 is a feeling of uncertainty and there is no plunging. In fact, people are 

 buying just what they feel they must have. Logs are moving more freely 

 than they were a few weeks ago. Prices of logs are rather high. Lumber 

 prices have changed but little during the past month or two. The retail 

 lumber trade has not changed any to speak of during the past month. 

 Sash and door men say their business has been rather slow. The general 

 outlook for trade is some brighter than it was at the first of the present 

 year, according to the best informed manufacturers. 



SOUTH BEND 



While the hardwood market is fairly quiet here on the lower grades 

 of oak, gum, etc., yet there is a good demand for the higher grades. No. 1 

 common and PAS. While there is practically no business on the lower 

 grades the mills are not accepting any of the low offers being made. It is 

 a fact that Xo. 2 and No. 3 common hardwoods are not bringing the cost 

 of production and the mills take the attitude that they would rather **feed 

 it to the worms" than take the offers that are "floating around" because 

 these offers, after paying production and liandling costs, does not leave 

 them anything. 



Inquiries are coming in more freely and it is very evident that sojne of 

 the largest buyers are going to place some business shortl.v. 



Some business is being placed in this territory at Ibe following tfelivered 

 prices : 



Plain Oak Plain Red Gum Plain Sap Gum 



4/4 PA.S $105.00 595.00 J45.00 



No. 1 Com 50.00 4S.00 2S.0O 



No. 2 Com 35.00 30.00 J3.00 



On thing seems certain : The lower grades. No. *J and No. 3 common, 

 cannot go lower unless freight rates are reduced con.viderably. 



MEMPHIS 



The hardwood market continues rather quiet. There appears to be 

 considerable difference of view on the part of membtrs of the trade, how- 



