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many concirns. The process of iDcreasing capital lias gone abcad slowly. 

 The automobile industry has suffered most seriously, but Is now getting 

 on its (<<et again. 



Hardwood prices remain luichnngod. There Is no large buying, but the 

 Tolume of trade is approximately the same as it was at this time last 

 year. 



=■< MEMPHIS >.= 



The hardwood miirkct li.io lontiiui. s tii;iUhy. There Is hardly as 

 much business as some mombeis of the trade anticipated but shipments 

 are going forward at a fairly steady rate and there Is no particular accu- 

 mulation of dry stock. Manufacturing operations are being conducted on 

 a liberal scale which is accepted as evidence of the faith of lumber manu- 

 facturers here in the future of the hardwood market. There Is a con- 

 tinued active demand for the lower grades of cottonwood and gum and 

 sap gum moves without dllllculty at full quotations. Red gum Is perhaps 

 a little more firm but the volume of business has shown no particular In- 

 crease. There is a good call for the lower grades of plain and quartered 

 oak. The higher grades are perhaps a shade easier. Ash is in good re- 

 quest and a great deal of this Is Iwing delivered green. Cypress sells 

 readily In shops but selects are only moderately active while the upper 

 grades are reported slow. The car shortage has become a little more 

 serious and lumbermen are claiming, owing to the enormous movement 

 of the cotton crop, that there is more difficulty in securing cars and also 

 In having them moved promptly after they have been loaded. However, 

 this condition applies more forcibly to mills outside of Memphis than 

 to those in this city. Export business is showing some tendency toward 

 expansion and all together the volume of business compares quite favor- 

 ably with the average for this time of the year. 



^-< NASHVILLE >.= 



The hardwood tmde is quiet in this market, though dealers insist that 

 business is up to about the same volume as at this time one year ago. 

 The shipments being made are small, though numerous. Oak continues 

 the best seller, and there is some demand for all of the leading native 

 hardwoo<ls. Oak flooring plants are handling moderate volume of busi- 

 ness. The box trade, which has been slow, is reported some better. 

 Furniture factories are buying about the normal amonnt of hardwoods. 



=■< LOUISVILLE >- 



November promises to end as a fairly Kood month, and will certainly be 

 up to the mark of the corresponding month of last year While business 

 has not been rushing, the manufacturers and wholesalers have managed 

 to keep busy, practically all orders received being for immediate delivery. 

 iV'rers are ordering only as they need stock, but consumption is going 

 lil at such a steady pace that the total volume of trade handled has 

 1 entirely satisfactory. Quartered white oak is the leading item 

 ill present, quartered red being so scarce that ,even the occasional calls 

 for it can hardly be filled. Upper grade plain oak is selling better at 

 present than the low-grades, but all items are moving fairly well. Chest- 

 nut, poplar and hickory are dull, though some calls for thick poplar have 

 l)een noted recently. Sound wormy is a good seller in the chestnut line. 

 Cottonwood is fairly active. Red gum is selling somewhat better, though 

 prices, especially on firsts and seconds, are badly off. 



=-< ST. LOUIS '>•- 



There has been a slight betterment noticeable in the hardwood trade 

 during the past few da.vs, although business on the whole is not up to 

 the general average done at this period of the year. Nearly all the 

 Items on the list are being called for. Plain white oak still has the lead 

 Id demand. Quartered red oak, choice red gum and wide poplar are 

 more in request than they were a short time ago. Prices are stiffening 

 np slightly. An improvement in ash is also reported with better prices 

 prevailing. Cottonwood. In both upper and lower grades is increasing in 

 demand. The requests for other Items are fairly satisfactory. 



^-< MILWAUKEE >-= 



While business in the hardwood market is holding up fairly well, trade 

 is not so active as it will be after the opening of the new year. Were 

 It not for the fact that building operations are keeping up unusually 

 well for this season of the year, trade would not be nearly so satisfac- 

 tory as It Is. While ninety-seven of the leading cities of the country 

 experienced a falling off in building operations of fifteen per cent during 

 the month of October, as compared with the corresponding period in lOli;. 

 Milwaukee showed a gain of two per cent over October, 1912. General 

 building operations have been showing a consistent gain this year. 



There is a tendency on the part of retailers to order only enough to 

 meet their present wants, but wholesalers say that stocks are light In 

 most retail yards and that It will be necessary for dealers to order more 

 heavily cfter the first of the year so that they may get their stocks in 

 readiness for the spring trade. The -local sash and door and Interior 

 finliibiDg concerns are buying only enough to meet their present wants. 

 but the building activity means that most of these plants are being kept 

 fairly busy. Stocks on hand with most of these concerns are light, 

 another reason why business should take on new life after .January 1. 

 Prices are holding firm, pretty sure proof that holders of stocks have 

 confidence In the future. 



The White Lake Lumber Co. 



Peoples Gas Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Northern and Southern Hardwoods 



CAR STOCK 



WHITE PINE 



YELLOW PINE 



High Quality— Prompt Delivery 



WE WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE 



Send us 

 your inquiries 



10 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. Basswood 



6 cars 4/4 No. 2 Com. Basswood 



3 cars 4/4 No. 3 Com. Basswood 



4 cars 12/4 L. R. Soft Elm 



Gum 

 Oak Elm 



COTTONWOOD CYPRESS 



FlKNITtKE DIMEN.SION 

 SYC.VMORE YELLOW PINE 



PO R PRICES 



Licking River Lumber 

 Company 



114 Dean Bldg. 

 South Bend, Indiana 



Saline River Hardwood Co. 



Main Sales Ollice 



Pine Bluff, Arkansas 



Manufacturers of 



Genuine Forked-Lcaf White Oak 



Red and Sap Gum 

 Red Oak and Asti 



q We offer to the trade a remarkably SUPERIOR lumber 

 product. 



tj Our TIMBER is virgin forest growth of the highest 

 type. 



^ Our MILLS are new and produce accurately manufac- 

 tured stock. 



q Our LUMBER is all KRAETZER-CURED— treated with 

 steam under pressure directly from the saw — insuring 

 quick drying to light weight, freedom from seasoning 

 defects and stick-marking, splits and stain. 



Q Kraetzer-cured lumber will "stay where you put it." 



Q Dry kiln and oak flooring plant in connection. 



Q We solicit the inquiries and orders of critical and dis- 

 criminating buyers, 



*I For straight cars of Yellow Pine, or mixed cars with 

 Oak Flooring, write LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY, 

 Kansas City, Mo. 



