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HARDWOOD RECORD 





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LUMBER 



/ TRADE MARK 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber is susceptible 

 of being thoroughly air dried or kiln 

 dried in less than one-half the time or- 

 dinarily required for seasoning un- 

 steamed wood. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber does not case- 

 harden, check, end-split or stain, and 

 dries without warping or buckling. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber has a uniform 

 tone of color. Its working qualities are 

 greatly improved, and the beauty of the 

 flake on quarter-sawed stock is en- 

 hanced. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber dries out to 

 materially less weight than unsteamed 

 wood, ranging from 200 to 500 pounds 

 per thousand feet. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber will neither 

 shrink nor swell, and the grain will not 

 raise when water stains are employed in 

 finishing. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber is not im- 

 paired in strength or quality by the 

 process. 



^ Kraetzer-Cured lumber eliminates all 

 glue-joint troubles and "will stay where 

 it is put." 



^ A list of manufacturers of Kraetzer- 

 Cured lumber will be supplied on appli- 

 cation. 



Kraetzer-Cured Lmnber is 



produced by the use of the Kraetcer Preparator, 



manufactured by 



The Kraetzer Company 



537 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO 



TRADE MARK 





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LUMBER 



wprc some weeks aso. The furniture trade Iins been doing pretty well 

 lately, eonslderlnfr tbc season, and there Is a fair demand for flooring. 



I'laln oak is not as stronc as it was. nor docs quartered oak show 

 quite so much strength, lirown ash and elm are moving fairly well and 

 the demand for various kinds of crating lumber has been quite good at 

 most yards. There Is no great amount of two-inch Is and lis in plain 

 white oak here and the demand for it is good. .Maple is moving well 

 in most grades, and flooring In that wood, as well as In oak, is in 

 seasonable demand. 



-< PHILADELPHIA >■ 



The hardwood business remains without important change from a fort- 

 night ago. .\s the volume of trading is made up in small orders, which 

 necessitates some little concession in prices, it costs more to sell goods 

 under present conditions. Although furniture and box factories are keep- 

 ing fairly bus.v, buying is of a hand-to-mouth order. Building work 

 shows a little more life owing to a more literal extension of loans by the 

 banks and work is being rushed while the favorable weather lasts. As 

 many houses close their fiscal year at the end of vDecemher, the stock 

 vacancies will not be filled until after taking olT the balance sheet. Ac- 

 cording to reports from the mills, no unusual quantities of hardwood arc 

 found anywhere, and the far-seeing merchant realizes that at the first 

 advance of trading there will be a scramble for stock and that considerable 

 more money will have to be paid than at the present quotations. 



Oak has apparently eased off a little. Ash, chestnut and maple ate 

 among tho bnst snllers. rtirch is r\inning easy and poplar is holding its 



=-< PITTSBURGH >-= 



The hardwood business here is slowing down gradually like all other 

 branches of the lumber business. It is chiefly a liquidation of stocks. 

 Yards are reducing their stocks to the lowest possible point In order to 

 take inventor.v. Manufacturers are not buying stock beyond January 1. 

 This means that their present supplies will very soon be exhausted and 

 it is certain that new buying will have to be started by these concerns 

 early in 1914. Prices on hardwood are holding up fairly well. The ten- 

 denc.v among all buyers is to go slow and to wait if possible until next 

 year's business prospects are revealed a little more clearly. 



^-< BOSTON y- 



There has not been any change worth.v of lengthy comment in hard- 

 wood lumber conditions in this section of the country during the past 

 t\^'o or three weeks. While a good active business has been expected for 

 this time of the year, it has not developed and now dealers do not antici- 

 pate any material increase In volume of orders until after the stock-taking 

 period is over, which will not be until after the middle of January at 

 least. The large manufacturing consumers of hardwood lumber are not 

 willing to anticipate their wants in more than a moderate way. The great 

 firmness with which prices have been held right along has tended to check 

 speculative buying and now buyers are waiting to find out how general 

 business opens up after January 1 before doing a great deal in the line 

 of buying. 



No serious difficulty has been experienced from a. shortage of cars and 

 none is expected now. 



Although the general demand for hardwood lumber is only moderately 

 active, prices are well held in most cases. There has been some plain 

 oak offered from a few southern mills at slight concessions. The reason 

 given for this is that the raillmen wished to dispose of their holdings 

 before the winter set in. Quartered oak has held firm under a quiet call. 

 Sound wormy chestnut has hiid a fair call of late. The call for white- 

 wood, one inch Is and 2s is quiet, but for the poorer selections there is a 

 fair volume of business reported. 



=-< BALTIMORE >-= 



The year is drawing to a close with the hardwood trade only in part 

 satisfactory. The expectations entertained during the first few months 

 have not been realized, the tendency of late having been distinctly down- 

 ward, and the situation at present being such that much uncertainty pre- 

 vails as to the future. Values have sagged instead of going up or at least 

 being maintained at the old level, while the demand is Influenced adversely 

 by a want of confidence in conditions generally. The buyers hesitate be- 

 cause they are not sure as to what developments the near future may 

 bring forth, while the sellers are disposed to push business, and in not a 

 few instances feel impelled to hold out concessions. Salesmen are on 

 the road in great number, and the absence of anything like a scarcity of 

 lumber prompts intending purchasers to be very deliberate about placing 

 orders on the ground that they may be able to get further inducements. 

 l?'rom the Memphis section comes information to the effect that red gum 

 went off not less than $8 per 1.000 feet in almost a single turn. Values 

 in other directions have been better sustained, to be sure, but the entire 

 list is not so strong as it was sixty days ago, and a feeling of doubt assails 

 the trade. It is to be said, however, by way of an offset that in the opinion 

 of some of the best hardwood men, the first recession will likely prove the 

 most serious, and that a rebound is anticipated, so that when the business 

 settles down upon what might be termed a permanent basis, the difference 

 between the current range of values and that which obtained some time 



