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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 10, 1918 



LUMBER 



MERCHANTS 



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Hardwoods Especially 



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WE MANUFACTURE bandsawed, plain and quarter sawed 



WHITE and RED OAK and YELLOW POPLAR 



We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- 

 ment, Wagon and Vehicle Stock in the rough 



Your Inquiries Solicitgd 



ARLINGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentucky 



Swain-Roach Lumber Co. 



SEYMOUR, IND. 



-We Manujacture- 

 Elm 

 Maple 

 Gum 

 Sycamore 



Ash 

 Walnut 

 Cherry 

 Chestnut, Etc. 



White Oak 

 Red Oak 

 Poplar 

 Hickory 



PUin 0«t— I car 2~, a ears 2%", i car % FAS. Soft 

 Maple— I cart x%" No. i com. & better. Soft Elm — % car 

 i , H cor 3>4" and 4 cars 8/4 Log Run. i car 4/4 AT*. 1 

 * No. I com. Red Gum, % car 10/4 No. I com. St better. 

 Quartered Red Gum, i car 4/4 Log Run Quartered Black 

 Gum; 3 cars 4/4 FAS Quartered While Oak. 



At Two Band Mills 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS 



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I OAK I 



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 HARDWOODS 



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Soft Texture = 



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OAK FLOORING 



be very brisk. The factory yards and dealers' yards are badly depleted 

 and it is anticipated that stocks here will be replenished as quickly as 

 possible, as it is certain there will be an early demand for the products 

 into which factory stocks and dealers' stocks will go and necessarily these 

 trades will want to be well supplied for raw material. 



.Already the interest in lumber offerings is showing an increase, and 

 with embargoes off in this territory, the situation looks distinctly more 

 favorable. Prices are being maintained very iirmly, practically the only 

 concessions being on items that have accumulated which mills are desirous 

 of cleaning out of their yards to make room for fresh production. 



The local trade Is very much pleased over the prospects and Is laying 

 plans to take care of a very active business during the winter. 



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The hardwood demand lias shown little activity during the past two 

 weeks, and business has had a good deal to contend with recently. The 

 Spanish influenza has had its effect in checking business in various sec- 

 tions, and some members of the trade have been suffering for a week or 

 two from its effects. A more lasting influence is the talk of the early 

 ending of the war and of the suspension or cancellation of orders from war 

 plants. Conditions are unsettled just now, for this latter reason, though 

 numerous war plants are in the market for fair stocks. 



While orders are not very numerous in hardwoods at present, some 

 shipments are being made right along and the demand seems to be run- 

 ning largely to oak, ash and maple. Assortments are quite good here, 

 though in some lines depletion is noticeable as the result of the difficulty 

 in getting stocks from the mills. The shortage of labor, because of the 

 draft and the influenza, has curtailed the mill forces greatly, and In some 

 cases work has been suspended temporarily. Hardwood prices appear likely 

 to be well maintained, because of the shortage In production. 



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The hardwood business is extremely quiet. That is about all that can 

 lie said about it except that this line of business is still fairing much better 

 than trade in the pines or in hemlock. Hardwood men feel worse the 

 lack of automobile and furniture trade. Yard business is, of course, 

 practically done for until Government regulations on building are changed. 

 Those hardwood concerns which are busy are the ones which are handling 

 government business almost entirely or those which have a pretty good 

 line on the mining trade. Prices are holding fairly well, especially on 

 oak but it is generally believed that current quotations will suffer some 

 before January. 



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i The MOWBRAY 1 

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No Important changes are to be reported in the hardwood trade here, 

 dealers and mill men going ahead about as before, with a somewhat better 

 feeling prevalent, now that the epidemic of influenza is on the wane and 

 the working forces are once more getting in shape for more active pursuit 

 of business. For a time mills and oflices were badly crippled, and the 

 strain upon those who remained at their tasks was great. In a short 

 time affairs will be running regularly again, and the trade will be in a 

 position to take advantage of any improvement which may set in. The 

 outlook Just now is anything but clear. It is a period when some of the 

 old lines, among them the exports, are still hampered to the point of 

 virtual interruption, with no new activities to make up. The conditions 

 also are too unsettled to admit of a readjustment upon anything like a 

 permanent basis. There are some new projects in contemplation, but 

 they await the restoration of peace before they are taken up seriously 

 with a view to early consummation, the existing state of affairs being 

 against the launching of projects. Meanwhile, however, the range of 

 values remains quite steady, even strong ; and though the movement may 

 be held down to narrow proportions, this appears to be without bad effect 

 upon the quotations. Evidently, the stocks available are not so large as 

 to exert pressure upon the market, and some items even show slight gains, 

 though on the whole the list Is much the same as it has been. The yards 

 manifest a disposition to augment their holdings, entertaining the belief 

 that the time is not far distant when they will be getting many more 

 orders, with the supply not at all increased ; and they want to be in a 

 position to take care of this business. The after war status of the trade, 

 in fact, is receiving much attention. So far the indications are too inde- 

 finite to indicate what special direction developments may take; but the 

 trade feels confident that cessation of hostilities, with the removal of 

 at least some of the restrictions now imposed, will bring out many more 

 Inquiries and perhaps inaugurate a period of prosperity not often dupli- 

 cated. It is pointed out especially that foreign countries have not been 

 getting any hardwoods and have drawn upon such home supplies as were 

 available until these supplies were used up. With the return of peace 

 will come the necessity for an extensive restoration, and it Is very rea- 

 sonable to assume that this country will be called upon to furnish big 

 supplies of hardwoods, being the main source available. Activities at 

 home have also been held up to a great extent, and In many directions 

 a scarcity of products has developed, which is certain to stimulate a cor- 

 responding measure of activity to make up the deficiency. Lumber, un- 

 like many other commodities, has not really profited by the war, the war 

 requirements having fallen far short of a compensation for the arrested 

 consumption in other directions. Attention, therefore, will naturally be 



