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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 23, 1918 



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lumber, and a service that 

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Hardwoods Especially 



WE MANUFACTURE baodsawcd, plain and quarter lawed 



WHITE and RED OAK and YELLOW POPLAR 



We make a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- 

 ment, Wagon and Vehicle Stock in the rough 

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ARUNGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentucky 



Swain-Roach Lumber Co. 



SEYMOUR, IND. 



-We Manufacture 



Elm Ash 



Maple Walnut 



Gum Cherry 



Sycamore Chestnut, Etc. 



White Oak 

 Red Oak 

 Poplar 

 Hickory 



Fl«in Otk — I cmr 2', > cars 2H", i car % FAS. Soft 

 Maple— 2 cart 2%" No. 1 com. (r better. Soft Elm — % emr 

 S". H car 2'^" and 4 cars 8/4 Loff Run. I car 4/4 No. 1 

 *■ No. 2 com. Red Gum, VJ car 10/4 No. I com. Sr better. 

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

 Gum; 3 ears 4/4 FAS Quartered White Oak. 



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weather in the spring. Numerous large projects for public structures will, 

 though, probably be immediately carried through, and this is counted on 

 to yield a great deal iu the' way of lumber markets. Everybody is happy 

 and confident in the big city and there seems ample justification for gen- 

 eral and unqualified optimism. Trade is dull right now, hut future months 

 are looked forward to with confidence. 



=■< BUFFALO >= 



The hardwood trade is quiet fur the preserit, though wholesalers feel that 

 it is going to show early improvement. It will take a while to readjust 

 business to a peace basis, in their opinion, and in the meanwhile some 

 cancellations are likely to occur. The furniture trade, which has been 

 languishing for a long time, seems likely to go ahead more actively dur- 

 ing the coming year, while the export business will probably be on a much 

 better scale than for some time. Doing away with permits is regarded 

 as a help to the hardwood industry, for und<n' them stocks have been 

 moving pretty slowly. 



Oak has the call at present, with a fair demand for maple. Thick maple 

 shows a shortage, particularly in three inches and thicker. Wholesalers 

 say that good hardwood grades are likely to be very firm in price, owing 

 to the depleted stocks and the shortage of labor. They believe that if 

 anything is going to suffer it will be the low grades, which have been so 

 active for the past few months. Nevertheless the export program seems to 

 call for so much activity that low grades ougbt to be active for some time. 



The canal authorities, who are now government officials, are about clos- 

 ing the season. It would have been a much more active one if the flee\ 

 had been larger. There are about 200 boats in commission and contracts 

 enough exist to double this amount before spring, but there is still the old 

 uncertainty as to what the best class of boats is to be. In the days of 

 the old wooden scow of 240 tons' capacity it could be built for about $2,500. 

 It would carry grain as well as coarse freight, and it was fairly long- 

 lived. Now they are talking about $30,000 craft, to carry about three 

 times as much as the old scow, but the point is whether such a vessel 

 can be made strong enough out of wood, or will require steel, or perhaps 

 concrete. The genius who can solve this problem first is going to make 

 something out of it, especially as he will have to make it apparent what 

 the size of the boat will be. 



:< PITTSBURGH >.. 



Wholesalers in hardwoods are patiently waiting for something to 

 happen. A few rays of hope gleam across their horizon now and then. 

 Chief of these is the news that automobile manufacturing may be resumed 

 soon. Also that the ban on building has been modified. Demand, how- 

 ever, is still very light. Nobody expects much business before January 

 and possibly February. Yard stocks are sufficient to carry the trade over 

 to the latter date unless something unusual develops. Railroad demand 

 is very poor and manufacturers are taking no lumber to speak of at present. 

 Prices on hardwood are holding fairly well considering the lack of inquiry. 

 Mills in tri-state territory are producing about a normal output since the 

 labor supply is getting better. 



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I OAK FLOORING f 



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Trade interest centers almost wholly on the probable course of the 

 hardwood market during and after the adjustments in business back to 

 peace conditions. Opinions are naturally varied, but certain factors are 

 making a great impression on most of the dealers. The decision to con- 

 tinue shipbuilding means much usage of hardwood (principally native 

 stock), whether the ships are of all or partly wood construction. The 

 expansion in the manufacture and utilization of New England lumber, 

 especially in cheap and moderate priced furniture, is expected to greatly 

 facilitate the supply of this class of furnishing for the great amount of 

 urgent housing to be undertaken abroad. New England forests and fac- 

 tories are in a very favorable situation to produce quickly and econom- 

 ically this kind of material. While wages are not anticipated to recede to 

 any extent, the return of labor will make contracting reasonably safe. 

 Agriculture is suspended at present, and it is predicted that domestic 

 industries not demanding metal workers will soon have an abundant supply 

 of hands. Prices of hardwoods, with the exception of war specialties, 

 have not shown any great changes, except that it may be noted there is 

 not the tendency to continually quote higher and higher figures, making the 

 motive the unlimited needs of war production. 



=■< BALTIMORE >= 



Something of a lull has been experienced by the hardwood trade here 

 during the last ten days after a period of very fair activity. Tbe change, 

 however, cannot be regarded as a surprise, since it falls within the period 

 of the conclusion of the armistice and the virtual ending of the war, an 

 event so momentous that it might well divert attention from ordinary 



