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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Care All the Way 

 Through 



For years this firm has operated on a 

 solid basis of conservatism. Care has 

 characterized its every department. In 

 log selection only the best is accepted ; 

 in manufacturing, quality outweighs 

 quantity. 



Soft textured oak ideal for good furni- 

 ture, splendid walnut, a fine stock of , 

 poplar, chestnut, gum, hickory, maple, 

 elm, Cottonwood, beech and quartered 

 sycamore make available to any line of 

 woodworking a thoroughly reliable source 

 of raw material. 



Quick shipment, domestic or export, 

 straight or mixed cars, all N. H. L. A. 

 grades. 



Try Stimson the Next Time 



J. V. Stimson & Co. 



Manujacturers of Fine Hardwoods 



OWENSBORO KENTUCKY 



WE WANT TO SELL 



the following 



Dry Northern Michigan 



HARDWOODS 



BIRCH 



4/4 FAS 40,000' 



4/4 Selects 20,000' 



V4 No. I Common 80,000' 



4/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr.... SO.OOO' 



4/4 No. 2 Common 100,000' 



S/4 FAS 30,000' 



S/4 Selects 65,000 ' 



5/4 No. 1 Common 50,000' 



S/4 No. 2 Common 150,000' 



40,000 ■ 



8/4 No. 



4/4 No. 

 6/4 No. 

 8/4 No. 



4/4 No. 

 S/4 No. 



1 Com. & Btr 

 SOFT ELM 



2 Com. & Btr.. 

 2 Com. & Btr.. 

 2 Com. & Btr. . 



ASH 

 2 Com. & Btr., 

 1 Com. & Btr. 



. 75,000' 

 . 90,000' 

 . 20,000' 



.100,000' 

 . 25,000' 



HARD MAPLE 



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



No. 1 Com. Sl Btr 75.000' 



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 ISO.OOO' 



8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr ... .200.000' 

 10 4 No. I Com. & Btr... 60.000' 

 12/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr... 30.000' 



SOFT MAPLE 

 4/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. .. .150.000' 

 6/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr.... 14,000' 

 8/4 No. I Com. & Btr.... 40,000' 



BASSWOOD 



4/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 200,000' 



4 4 No. 2 Common 100,000' 



HARD MAPLE FLOORING STOCK 

 FOR RAIL OR WATER SHIPMENT 



Band mills at 

 Chassell and Ontonagon, Michigan 



C. H.Worcester Co. 



NOT INCOnPORATKD 



19 So. La Salle Street, CHICAGO 



ho mentioned No. 1 common an<l better red gum, sap gum aud some oak. 

 Some first and second quartered gum also is being purchased. 



There remains but little demand for the lower grades. There are large 

 lilocks <it these grades in man.v quarters and the fact that much of It is 

 .showing signs of deteriorating has induced the manufacturers and whole- 

 salers to make furtlior sacriflces on this quality of their products. The 

 freight rates out ot this territory ,ire another important factor, which 

 forces the hardwood people of New Orleans and vicinity to dispose of the 

 lower grades of hardwood at almost sacrificial prices. 



LOUISVILLE 



The situation is much better and the local hardwood men are more opti- 

 mistic than they have bc<'n in weeks past. Many inquiries arc being made, 

 .■I fair volume of orders accepted, and movement is steadily getting back 

 toward a more normal level. Some interests report that there is still too 

 much cheap lumber, and that some buyers have set prices at which they 

 will buy if lumber is offered them. In some cases they have set a level 

 that is $6 to $10 a thousand under the general market, and are buying 

 stock that they are in no material need of, but which they figure is worth 

 Inlying at under the market. 



I)eniand has been fairly keen on Ijlack walnut, which today is outselling 

 mahogany in price, and which isn't any too plentiful. Good quartered 

 white oak, plain oak. poplar, gum and red gum are all moving fairly well 

 MS compared with previous movement. There is some littje export business, 

 but the bulk of business is on domestic shipments, principally to furni- 

 ture and woodworking industries. .Jobbers are buying a little stuff for 

 rcsliipnu'iit, l)Ut are not stocking much yard stock, except a little stuff 

 lioiiglit from i'<)untry mills as well below the market and rehandled. sorted, 

 graded, etc. 



MILWAUKEE 



Im.irovement. although it is slight, is reported generally by the hard- 

 wood producing industries of the North. A better demand is appearing, due 

 to the practical exhaustion of stocks in woodworking industries of all kinds, 

 which makes replenishment imperative. Buying, however, is largely of a 

 Iiand-to-month character, and orders are individually small and specify 

 iiuick shipment. -V fair aggregate is represented by bookings. The demand 

 lias been of a consumptive character for a long time and the encouraging 

 feature of the present market Is that orders, while small, are being placed 

 with greater frequency. 



Sawmills generally have finished the summer run and are closing down 

 lor repairs, overhauling and balancing of stocks. Planing mills, however, 

 are being kept in operation. Mill yards are well stocked and sufficient to 

 keep planing mills supplied for a considerable period ahead. Current 

 orders are of such a nature and aggregate volume that finishing mills prob- 

 ably will be in production through the remainder of the summer and the 

 fall months. 



Construction of buildings in Milwaukee is forging ahead and while lim- 

 ited mainly to dwellings, a fair requirement of hardwood flooring is 

 appearing every day. Retail stocks are very low and need frequent 

 replenishment. .A number of large apartment houses are under construc- 

 tion, taking some hardwood trim. 



Industrial demands are slowly increasing. Furniture factories are again 

 in the market, although not to a large extent. Musical instrument manu- 

 facturers are buying sparingly. Box and crating stock makers find busi- 

 ness a little better than since spring. Railroads are taking some stock, 

 but requirements are as yet light, with the prospect, however, of some 

 healthy buying when financing through governmental assistance becomes 

 a fact. 



Prices arc gradually becoming stiffer, especiall.v on the top grades, which . 

 are relatively scarce. Some dealers say medium and low quality stuff is 

 firmer, as the surplus of these is steadily being reduced. 



TORONTO 



Hardwood lumber dealers and mills are somewhat cheered by slightly 

 better business. A fair amount ot business is developing, and although 

 the volume as yet is not large, prospects are considered as fairly bright. 

 Elm and basswood has been moving a little more freely and indicate an 

 era of better \>usiness. A number of Ontario firms have received consider- 

 able business in these lines, elm being used by Implement dealers and bass- 

 wood by furniture men for kitchen table tops. Birch is also in a little 

 better demand, and thick ends, firsts and seconds in birch are also being 

 subjected to considerable Inquiry from the United States. Hemlock is 

 down. One Ontario mill is stated to hare sold three million feet a few 

 days ago at less than half the figure obtained for that line ot wood last 

 season. In the opinion of nuiny the sale will not net the firm cost. 

 Markets are being sought by other producers, .and it is the general opinion 

 that unless there is a change in the market the hemlock cut next season 

 will be very small. Generally speaking stocks in most of the retail lum- 

 I'cr yards have been allowed to run down and most of them are low. No 

 one is inellned to order beyond immediate requirements and stocking up 

 is an unknown procedure at the present time. 



