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HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 10, 1919 



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doubtless call for. Tlie government having relinqulsbed all control of the 

 hardwood supply, the business again becomes a matter of private initia- 

 tive, but it remains for the members o£ the trade to develop sources of 

 demand, the war having brought much unsettlement and shifting in lines. 

 The views of the trade are necessarily rather mixed, but the preponderance 

 of opinion seems to be that no decided recessions in valuS are to be loolsed 

 for, though some are expected by certain hardwood men, chiefly for the 

 reason that at present there is no prospect of a marked cheapening in the 

 cost of production. Stocks have been manufactured at high cost and 

 cannot be sold for less than they have brought for some time. The belief 

 prevails that the requirements of the trade, when the revival does come, 

 will be large and that there will be calls for all of the stocks which can 

 be shipped. Information here is to the effect that the holdings of the 

 producers are not large, even though all of the grades are to be had In 

 some quantities, and that with anything like an active inquiry, the present 

 holdings would soon be absorbed. The general feeling continues hopeful, 

 and sellers are averse to holding out important inducements. They do not 

 believe the situation calls for the forcing of sales, and are quite content 

 to wait and let the demand catch up with the offerings. In this connec- 

 tion it is suggested that no important additions to the supplies are to be 

 looked for this winter. Labor, in the opinion of hardwood men, will not be 

 eager to go into the backwoods and resume work at the mills or in the 

 logging camps, so that no great saving in the matter of wages is at all 

 likely. As for the hardwoods, the outlook Is as yet very uncertain, and 

 largely a matter of speculation. 



- ■< COLUMBUS > = 



The hardwood trade in Ohio territory has been rather quiet during the 

 past fortnight but that condition usually prevails at this time. Dealers 

 and also factories have been busy with their semi-annual Inventories and 

 as a result have not been in the market for lumber stocks. The tone of 

 the market is not quite as good as formerly although lumbermen profess 

 to look upon the future with encouragement. Retail stocks are fairly 

 large and they are not accumulating a surplus until the trend of con- 

 struction work develops. Rural dealers are probably the shortest in 

 stocks and some buying from agricultural sections is reported. Some of 

 the city dealers are placing small orders to replace depleted stocks. 

 Building operations are being revived slowly. Quite a few larger projects 

 that were postponed because of the war are being revived. It is believed 

 that construction work will be rather active in the spring. 



Factories are going slow in buying and the policy appears to be to use 

 up surplus stocks. Implement and vehicle plants are the best customers. 

 Orders are expected from the furniture trade after the show period. 



Quartered and plain oak are both strong and the same is true of 

 poplar. There is a fair demand for ash and basswood. Chestnut is 

 rather weak. Prices generally are well maintained at previous levels. 



•< EVANSVILLE > 



The hardwood lumber manufacturers of Evansville and southern Indiana 

 report that trade has been rather dull since the first of the year, this be- 

 ing what they expected, as they assert things are usually dull following 

 the holidays each year. They are looking for a gradual improvement in 

 trade conditions by the middle of January. Many men who are in the 

 market for lumber at this time seem to be holding off, having the im- 

 pression that lumber prices are going to drop some before long. Manu- 

 facturers say these buyers are going to be disappointed, as they look for 

 prices to remain firm all of this year. The demand for gum is better 

 now than it has been for several months past and indications are that 

 the local furniture plants will use a great deal of gum during the com- 

 ing year. Walnut is not as brisk as it was before the signing of the 

 armistice. There have been a good many inquiries received by local lum- 

 ber manufacturers from owners of automobile and furniture factories 

 and this leads the manufacturers to believe that there will be consider- 

 able activity in both these industries during the next twelve months. 

 Collections are good. The veneer manufacturers of Evansville and other 

 cities in the tri-state territory report that their trade during the past 

 year was very satisfactory and they are looking for a nice business this 

 year. Most of the woodworking factories in Evansville, Tell City. Jasper, 

 Ind., Henderson, Owensboro, Madisonville, and Hopkinsville,, Ky., are 

 being operated on steady time and the owners say that things look very 

 good for the future. Buggy, wagon and plow manufacturers are looking 

 for an increase in trade from the south and southwest. Retail lumber 

 dealers of this section report trade dull at this time but by the first of 

 next March it is expected trade will open up in great shape and that 

 there will be a great deal of building under way by that time. .Archi- 

 tects and contractors are preparing for one of the best seasons they ever 

 had. 



=-< MEMPHIS y- 



J. W. Dickson, president of the Valley Log Loading Company, which 

 loads the majority of the logs transported over the Yazoo & Mississippi 

 Valley and Missouri Pacific roads, is authority for the statement that 

 the quantity of logs awaiting loading on these lines will not exceed 5,000,- 

 000 feet compared with 25,000,000 to 30,000,000 the corresponding 

 time last year. He furthermore states that there are not enough logs in 

 sight to keep his firm loading more than thirty days longer, whereas last 



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