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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 10, 1918 



Mutual Fire Insurance 



Best Indemnity at Lowest Net Cost 

 Can Be Obtained From 



The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 



The Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, 



Boston, Mass. 



Mansfield. Ohio. 



The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



The Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company, 



Van Wert, Ohio. 



SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE 



RED BOOK 



Published semi-annually 

 in February and August 



It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyer' «f lum- 

 ber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. 



The book indicates their financial standing and manner 

 •f meeting obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, 

 Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this 

 book as the authority on the Iin« it covers. 



A well orsanlZMJ CollecUoa Dep&rtment Is also op«r> 

 •Ud and the aama U open to you. Write fur terma. 



Lumbermen's Credit Association 



E«Ub. 

 1878 



6M S*. Dearborn Streat 

 CHICAGO 



ilention This faper 



55 John Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak &. Poplar especiaily 



Our Ibcatlon maku possible ouick delivery of anytlilno In timber and hardwood 



lumber 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE 



The Tegge Lumber Zi^ 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee,. Wisconsin 



year but tbe increase in both is sufficiently large to. attract attention of 

 all branches of the trade. And, because of the modiiication of tbe per- 

 mit order, making it possible to ship hardwood lumber into all destina- 

 tions in Illinois and Wisconsin without permits, members of. the trade 

 here anticipate still further increase in both demand and movement. 



There is a fairly active call for practically all items on the hardwood 

 lists. Oalv, gum, ash and hickory are among leaders. Low grade 

 Cottonwood and gum both show marked activity because of the large 

 call from box interests. Cottonwood and gum box boards, too, are mov- 

 ing rather more freely. Dimension stock in both hickory and ash is 

 wanted. Veneers, both sawn and sliced, are reported in very good call. 



There is little, if any, change in prices. The majority of the trade 

 still feel that prices must be maintained and that concessions simply 

 mean loss. 



Production is not increasing. It is, perhaps, decreasing. Logging 

 operations are on a rather limited scale and indication for hardwood man- 

 ufacture, with present labor conditions and the tendency toward vol- 

 untary curtailment, is far from encouraging. 



^■< LOVISVILLE >- 



Partly due to the strong peace indications, and the fact that influenza 

 has let up slightly, business is picking up somewhat with the hardwood 

 trade. Inquiries have been much better for the past week or ten days, 

 and orders are coming better. At the same time permits are being issued 

 without anything like the usual delay that has been experienced, and 

 shipments are getting out much better than had been expected. The mar- 

 ket is firm, and showing no signs of weakness, with indications of higher 

 prices due to the probable export demand expected to break as soon as 

 peace details are wound up. and the fact that production has been light 

 for several months past in some items, while all items have suffered dur- 

 ing the past two months on account of influenza and other labor shortages. 



There is at this time an excellent demand for oak, both in quartered 

 and plain. Quartered oak is active in 4-4 and up, while plain oak is prin- 

 cipally good in the thick stocks, although low grades are moving where 

 prices are low enough. Ash has also been very active, with the market 

 short of thick, wide firsts and seconds, and No. 1 common. Hickory 

 is scarce but active, while hard maple has been very good in thick stocks. 

 No. better item is found in the hardwood list than poplar, which is good 

 in every grade, from low common to firsts and seconds, and getting scarce 

 at that. Gum is not showing much, neither is elm, due to lack of fur- 

 niture and auto business. Walnut dimension stock hasn't been as active 

 as it was, but there is a fair demand for mahogany. Veneers for govern- 

 ment work have been in big demand, but commercially the demand hasn't 

 been anything to brag about. 



=-< BEAUMONT >-= 



Till- hardwood markt't is on a standstill so far as actual shipments are 

 concerned. The millmen would not have been in position to take care of 

 a rush of orders if they had been at hand for the "flu" situation has kept 

 their production far below normal, closing down several mills entirely. 

 The recent heavy rains have made logging conditions bad and It would 

 require radical changes in all directions to bring about normal condi- 

 tions. 



Inquiries continue to center mostly on special stuff with the mills un- 

 able to furnish anything but what may be found in their not overly 

 stocked yards. 



Hardwood dealers report that many of the manufacturing plants which 

 use hardwood are practically out of business on account of the "flu*' and 

 this will make a demand from that section indefinite. 



Hardwood men are looking on the situation optimistically and are con- 

 tent to take what orders come and be satisfied with that rather than try 

 to turn out a production which conditions make almost impossible. 



=■< MILWAUKEE >= 



The principal concern of northern hardwood lumber manufacturers at 

 this time seems to be the matter of getting an adequate number of men 

 for 'logging operations during the coming winter. While a large number 

 of sawmills have government contracts, direct or indirect, which give 

 them a preferred position in respect to retaining and procuring men, the 

 supply of labor is altogether too small to meet requirements, both In 

 the woods and in the mills and yards. It has been diflicult to keep forces 

 intact, due to tbe draft and the shitting of men to other industries. 

 There is an especial shortage of carriage men in mills, although this will 

 be temporarily relieved by the cessation of sawing for the winter by 

 plants not equipped to operate after the freeze-up. 



The entire state is being combed for hardwoods, principally walnut, 

 basswood and hackberry, for urgent government needs. Scenes of fifty 

 years ago are being repeated in southern Wisconsin, where such trees 

 still remaining are being logged and floated down the streams to a 

 central point for final selection and shipment to industries. 



An open winter is predicted by M. C. Thorn and J. W. Foster, wardens 

 of the Wisconsin Conservation Commission, who recently made a ten 

 days' trip down the Tomahawk river in a canoe. The muskrats are In 

 low and thin-walled houses ; pussy willows were budding as late as No- 

 vember 1, and few ducks were seen, all of these signs being regarded as al- 

 most unfailing indications of an open season. 



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