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HAKLWOOD RECORD 



August 25, 1021 



King Mill and Lumber Co. 



PADUCAH, KENTUCKY 



Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods 



Ash, Elm, Oak, Gum 

 Maple, Cypress, Hickory 



Cypress Shingles 



WE SHIP STRAIGHT OR MIXED CAR LOADS 



HARDWOODS and SHINGLES 



HARDWOODS FLOORING 



BOX SHOOKS 



toneeft 



ALL GRADES GUARANTEED 



MOUNT-GEARHART 



INCORPORATED 



YARD: 



JOHNSON CITY 



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" 



S'/MSle'riS" Maple. Birch, Basswood, Elm, Beech 



The Tegge Lumber Co. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



till' iiunkt't to replenish their stocks. The tone of the market is consid- 

 • lahly improved and it is believed that the worst of the slump is over, 



Uetail storks, especially in city sections, are not large. Building opera- 

 iloiis havo heen holding up fairly well and many of the building projects 

 liave been advanced to a point where interior finish and other hardwoods 

 are needed. In some instances retail stocks are ralher badly broken. 



KactnrieN making furniture have placed a large number of inquiries for 

 hardwoods, but so far orders have been limited. Considerable business 

 from that source is anticipated during September. 15<»,\ factories are buy- 

 ing low grade stocks rather steadily. Other factories are going slow in 

 placing orders. Prices are steady at former levels. There is not nearly 

 tbe spread thnt <hMracterize<l the prici- list earlier in the summer. Much 

 of tile distress lundn-r has been disposed of. 



CINCINNATI 



Business was ln'iter the last two weeks and thcmgh it was not by an.v 

 iiieajis brisk, a more hopeful feeling seems to prevail, many of the dealers 

 an- inclined to believe that the worst is over: at least all signs*seem to 

 )»nint that way. Tlie volume of inquiries was larger and (luite a number of 

 tliem were from large consumers, furniture and automobile manufacturers. 

 which leads to belief that their stocks are low and that they are almost 

 n'ady to replenish for the fall and winter business. Sales were not large, 

 but they were more numerous and for somewhat greater quantities. First 

 and seconds of 4-4 white and red oak, red gum. ash and poplar were in 

 most active denunul and prices for these were firm at previous quotations. 

 There was also a little better demand for the lower grades of hardwoods. 

 esijecialiy sap gum, but the prices for them were not uniform nor especially 

 strong. There has been a slight let-up in the flooring: business. Building 

 operations are not as brisk as they were in tbe forepart of last month. 

 and this may be responsible for the falling off. Some dealers report a 

 scarcity of upper grades, but it is the unanimous opinion of the hardwood 

 lumbermen that there is enough stock on hand to accommodate any unex- 

 IM'cted spurt in the demand. Some of the concerns here who are engaged 

 in the export business take a more favorable view of the outlook abroad 

 liecause of the buyers" refusal to place orders has resulted in a depletion 

 "f stocks and a positive scarcity is said to prevail. Tbe retail yards report 

 a slight increase in demand and a large increase in inquiries for fall 

 building. The interior trim and flooring mills are working at capacity for 

 the most part in an effort to clean up present ordAs and get in shape 

 for the fall business. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



With the exception that inquiries from the furniture industries are 

 itecoming more numerous, little change can be seen in the market here. 

 The demand from the industrials continues to be rather dull and outside 

 the furniture inquiries there is little that would offer encouragement. The 

 box manufacturers report a slight slump in business as compared with 

 the month previous and manufacturers of interior trim, doors and sash 

 say orders are not so numerous, though they are looking for a good fall 

 business am] the mills are working at full time yet. Prices are staple, 

 with uppers much stronger than common. Tbe railroads are buying some. 

 though the volume is small as compared with normal. Among the rail- 

 roads here tbe large part of the activity is being confined to repairing bad 

 order cars in preparation for a revival of business in the fall. It is esti- 

 mated that in this particular branch of railroad activity the volume of this 

 work l)eing done is the greatest since the roads were taken over by the 

 government. Retail yards report a slump in deniaml. but are looking for 

 a good fall business. 



EVANSVILLE 



There has not been mxich improvement in trjuli- wiili the harilwood 

 luniher monufaeturers of Kvansville and southern Imliann during the past 

 month or six weeks, but the manufacturers continue to look on the bright 

 side of the trade picture and believe that it is but a question of time until 

 trade shows a decided picking up. Some of the manufacturers say that 

 the first or mid^lle of September ought to see some improvement in trade 

 and tliat while they are not looking for anything like a boom in business 

 that they do believe things will get a whole lot better. Collections are 

 holding their own very well and general business conditions in Kvansville. 

 as well as the other towns and cities in southern Indiana, southern Illinois 

 and western anil northern Kentucky, have gradually improved. 



MEMPHIS 



It is very difficult to gain a clear Idea of the hardwood situation in 

 -Memphis at the present time for the reason that different members of the 

 trade differ so radically as to current business. It is geneially conceded 

 that demand is not at all aggi'essive. and it is likewise conceded that prices 

 .ire along a pretty low level, even for the higher grades, which are rela- 

 tively very scarce. Some assert that business is poorer than it has been 

 for a number of weeks, while otiiers say they are finding larger outlets 



