1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



53 



l.u- ih.-ii- linMiiifjs. OtiK'i-s ropdi-t that inqiili-ii's an- la-.mili-ulnj; ami tliat 

 till' outluok is iiiiKli lii'tter. wlillr still nthors lontciul that huslii.'ss is m>\ 



ixpaiuliiii: as i-apiilly as has be xpiMt.Ml. and that IhiTi' is nnthliii; pai- 



licularly eiicomagiiig ill the in Mali' outlools. 



l''I.K)riii); interests are not Imyint; very freely. They st(.ip|ie.l aeliv.' pv* - 

 chase of Xos. 1 and 2 loninion several weeks api and have been taking 

 very little since. Hut one pruiain.'nt Meniplils Uindiernian, who is inter- 

 estiMl in the manufacture of liotii luirdwwid lunilier ami hardwood tloorlnj;. 

 insists tlial manufacturers of the latter south of the Ohio river are con- 

 sumiug approNimat(dy 1.000,00(1 feet a ilay. that they will liave to entei- 

 the nuirket in the very near future, and that they will have to luiy 

 aitividy to provhle for their needs for the ni'XI seven or eiKlit months, 

 wliich he places at approximately 200.000,000 feet, lie reports that the 

 hnn with which he is connected has ilone twice as much business durinc 

 the current month as during the nuuith of July, and that it.s business, on a 

 footage basis, is as large as at the corresponding time last year. He 

 believes the building era now well started In this country will contiuui' 

 for a very long wliili'. and he points out that the most modest homes must 

 now be ei|Ui|<ped with hardwood lloiu'lng. 



Furniture interests are not buying actively, at least directly. It is 

 pointeil out, however, tliat furniture manufacturers are taking the rather 

 adroit route of making purchases through wholesale distributers as a 

 means of concealing their wants from manufacturers. A number <d' 

 important inquiries have been received in this center during the past 

 fortnight from wholesale interests conveniently located with respect to 

 furniture idants and manufacturers of lumber who are in receipt of these 

 ini|uirii's accept them as proof jiositive that furniture interests are getting 

 into tile market in a rather larger way. There is quite a fair amount of 

 liusiness with wholesale dislribiucM-s, and this is regarded as quite encour 

 aging. 



There is a fair demand for ash and elm, and in some instances for thick 



quarter sawn red gum from autcunobile manufacturers, but demand fr 



this sour<e is not as large, as the trade anticipated in the light of the 

 more encouraging reports received from the automobile Industry. It is 

 pointed out that there is a very large quantity of stock cut, especially f<ir 

 ihe automobile trade, which is having to be carried for the reason that 

 it is. apparently, not wanted under present conditions. 



r.ox iiKinufacturers are doing a better business and are in the market 

 in a larger way for Nus. 1. 2 and 'A cuninuiu lumlier, used in the manufac- 

 ture (d" wooden containers. Some members of the trade report substantial 

 improvement in the demand from this source. 



There is also a better demand for hardwoods from overseas. No large 

 liusiness has been booked as .vet, but there are more inquiries and the out- 

 look for larger exports of lumber is considered more encouraging. At least 

 one in(piiry for a rather large quantity of liardwood lumber has been 

 received from South .\merica. 



"I regard tlie hardwood market as working into the soundest funda- 

 mental position it has occupied for some years," said a well known manu- 

 facturer today. "I must ailniit that stocks are pretty large, but the liat 

 stati'inent that socks are large needs qualiticaion. There is a consideralile 

 quantity of lumber for which there is no present demand, special stock 

 cut for special purposes. But this is not true of many other items. Plain 

 oak occupies A strong position today for the reason that stocks are already 

 very much broken, and for the aiMitional reason that, with a liig pros- 

 pective demand from flooring manufacturers, very little, relatively speak- 

 ing, is lieing produced. There is no large supply of red gum in firsts and 

 seconds or in No. 1 common, and 1 doubt if there are more than 1.000,000 

 feet of firsts and seconds quartered white oak available in the entire 

 Jlemphis market. There is a shortage of firsts and seconds in virtually 

 all items, and very little firsts and seconds is being produced umler present 

 non-operation of the vast majority of the mills in the South. 



"1 believe that a very substantial improvement in the luirilwond market 

 Avould follow any revival of importance in liuying." 



NEW ORLEANS 



Though a few minor reductions have been ma<lt' ret-ently on the lower 

 smiles and pnnUiction still shows no increase, the number of inquiries for 

 several kinds jind grades of hardwood proiUiots increased very noticeahly 

 iiml the liardwood market for the Louisiana iind Mississippi territory, taken 

 as a whole, shows a most gratify iiiK improvement within th<' past fort- 

 night. 



The bulk of the increase of intiuiiies has been coming in principally from 

 wholesalers throughout the Xortli :ind East, chlelly Philadelphia and New 

 York nnd other big centers in those two states, and from the luciil market, 

 which is at last beginning to show some real signs of life. Thougli Mexico 

 continues , to be a back number, b:iving fallen from the position of a liig 

 consumer !is a result <if the difficulty over the (piestion of tax on the impor- 

 tntion into this country of Mexican petroleum several weeks ago, the exptu't 

 movement as a whole has been ipiiekened to an appreciable extent and 

 hardw<iod products are moving int") ('nba. Spain and elsewhere with con- 

 siderably more impetus. 



The automobile manufacturers remain ina<-tive still, lull this is probal)ly 

 more than offset by an improvement In the demand from furniture manu 

 facturers. who have been buying sniuewhat m<»re lil)erally within the past 

 two weeks. 



Amiuig the items sliowing the iru.-^i popubuity nt the present time may 



BEDNA YOUNG 



Lumber Company 



Jackson, Tennessee 



Sales Office, Indianapolis, Ind. 



610 Lombard Building 



Manufacturers of 



Quartered White Oak 

 Quartered Red Oak 



and Other Hardwoods 



When in the market for 



High Grade Lumber 



please let us have your enquiries. 



FOR SALE 



Southern Hardwoods 



OAK, GUM, ASH, ELM, 

 MAPLE, CYPRESS, 

 HICKORY, POPLAR 



WRITE OR WIRE 



Jerome Hardwood Lumber Co. 



JEROME, ARKANSAS 



WE SHIP STRAIGHT OR MIXED CARS OF FLOOR- 

 INC. OAK. ASH, CYPRESS AND GUM LUMBER 



Quick Shipment! 



4/4" or 5/4" No. 1 Com. & Sel. Sap Gum.. 10 cars 



4/4" or 5/4" No. 2 Com. Sap. Gum 10 cars 



4/4" No. 1 and No. 2 Com. Cypress 10 cars 



4/4" No. 1 and No. 2 Com. Cottonwood. .. .10 cars 



8/4"-10/4"-12/4" Tough White Ash 8 cars 



4/4" No. 1 Com. & Sel. PI. White Oak Scars 



4/4" No. 1 Com. & Sel. PI. Red Oak Scars 



Above stock is alt band sawn, bone dry, quality httnber. Can 

 surface and resaw. Quotations by zvirc. 



Chapman & Dewey Lumber Co. 



MANUFACTURERS 

 MARKKD TREE. .\RK K.\NSAS CITY, MO. 



