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HARDWOOD RECORD 



WA NT E D 



All Kinds of High-Grade 



HARDWOODS 



S. E. SLAYMAKER & CO. 



Rrprenenllnir 



rniST vinoiMA si-iacE lumber CO., 



C'uan, West VlrKlnia. 



Fifth Avenue Buildins, 

 NEW YORK 



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. 



$126,000.00 



In Savings DIVIDENDS Returned 

 This Year to Policy Carriers of 



The Lumbermen's 

 Underwriting Alliance 



Possibly there is no good reason why 

 YOU were not among these beneficiaries. 

 If it is a matter of eligibility, and you 

 feel that your plant does not at present 

 comply with all requirements, confer 

 with us anyway. Let us see if it cannot 

 be brought up to an acceptable standard 

 at no greater cost than will be justified 

 by the prospective saving on insurance 

 rates. 



U. S. Epperson & Company 



Attorney and Manager 

 1101 R. A. LONG BLDG. KANSAS CITY 



iii'ss is bPint; luindltd in poplar, chestDiit. «8h, iilckory iind other lines 

 .M(in' Inqulrk'S mo bcinE I'fccivcd, and Jobbers are expectlne tiradunl 

 improvement ot trade tlio next fow nuirllis. 



=-< BRISTOL >= 



r.ristol lumbermen report business tit>l(linK its own. with br-tler pros- 

 pi'cts for spring trade. Business is declared to be somewhat better smce 

 ibe iirst of the year, but It has been hardly as brisk as lumbermen bad 

 anticipated that it would be. The mills in this section liave run pretty 

 regularly during the cold season and tlie volume of shipments has lieen 

 heavy, due largely to the fact that much business was booked ahead 

 There is now unusual activity in manufacturing for tliis season of the 

 year anil the prospects for trade are considered as most encouraging. 



=■< LOUISVILLE >-= 



.fanuary was as good a niontli as was expected by hardwood men in thi'S 

 market, and I-'ebriiary is sliowing a gradual improvement wliicli promises 

 t<i lie marked befoiv the end of the month. The practical completion of 

 i!ie furniture .shows, the end of the inventory period, and similar factors 

 have resulted in buyers being more Inclined to order than they have been 

 lierelofore. Some railroad business has come into the market, and this 

 indicates that an avenue of consumption which has been almost closed 

 for some time will be opened in accustomed volume. The demand for 

 cjuartered oak is holding up well. Plain oak is selling fairly well, though 

 not so well in proportion as quartered. Hickory is picking up somewhat. 

 Chestnut continues generally quiet, except sound wormy. Poplar is not 

 going very rapidly, but the general tone of the poplar market is showing 



luiprc 



ement. 



=-< ST. LOUIS y 



But little chaD£co has boen noticcahli' iu tho hardwood market dnrin;; 

 the past few days. Stocks in the hands ol' the distributors here are In 

 pretty good siiape and arc fully ample for all the requirements that may 

 be made on them for a while or until the trade shows more briskness. 

 There is still an excellent demand for plain sawed oak, and ash and poplar 

 are showing more life. Wide poplar boards are in particularly good 

 demand. There is a fairly large movement of red gum reporied and 

 prices on the upper grades are higher. The upper grades of Cottonwood 

 are showing more life than they have for some time. The lower grades 

 are also showing i-mprovement. As to cypress, that wood is only in fair 

 demand and prices are holding up. It is the consensus of opinion that 

 there will be a decided advance in prices on many items that are scarce, 

 as soon as the demand from the North and Northeast increases, which is 

 predicted will come in the very near future. 



=-< MILWAUKEE >■= 



The interest of the lumber trade is centered just at the present time in 

 northern Wisconsin and Michigan, where the slow progress being made 

 in logging operations is causing considerable concern. There has been 

 more activity in the lumber country during the past week, as a result ot 

 more snow and colder weather, but lumbermen say that unless several 

 weeks of favorable weather are experienced the log otitput is bound To 

 show a decrease this season. Camps were opened early in the fall and 

 there was considerable timber cut, but up to a week or so ago there has 

 been very little timber started to the mills. Hauling and skidding was 

 almost impossible because of the soft weather, and only those concerns which 

 were fortunate in being able to log near a railroad were able to ship many 

 logs. Considering the general scarcity of stocks at the present time. 

 lumbermen say that there is sure to be a .serious shortage of dry hard- 

 woods next spring. Sawyers and other woodsmen are beginning to leave 

 the camps, as most of the lumber concerns are not giving their entire atten- 

 tion to the work of rushing the logs out of the woods and to the sidings. 



The trade outlook for the coming season seems to be growing brighte'- 

 daily. General business is showing steady improvement in Milwaukee and 

 about the state, and this is bound to react favorably upon the lumber trade. 

 Most of the big manufacturing concerns of Milwaukee are taking on more 

 men and are beginning to operate at normal capacity once more. 



Indications are that a new high building record will be established in 

 Milwaukee this year. During the month of .January, Building Inspector 

 W. D. Harper issued eighty-two permits for the erection of buildings to 

 cost $342,858, as compared with seventy-five permits, representing an 

 investment of $266,446, during the corresponding period in 1913. Inspector 

 Harper is confident that the building investment for 1914 will amount to 

 $19,000,000. 



Milwaukee wholesalers are expected to meet with a substantial increase 

 in business this month. The annual convention of the Wisconsin Retail 

 Lumber Dealers' .issociation will be held in this city, February 17, IS and 19, 

 and a large attendance is expected. Dealers always take the opportunity 

 to place some good orders when in the city to attend these annual conven- 

 tions. Most retailers are anxious to get tlieir orders for stocks placed 

 before higher prices are experienced and before stocks get any lower. There 

 is still a tendency on the part of factory consumers to place orders for only 

 enough stock to meet their present requirements. Stocks in the hands o( 

 these concerns are light, however, and a better business from this source 

 is expected soon. Stocks of maple, birch and basswood are light and 

 there is a tendency toward higher prices in these woods. Plain oak is still 

 in leading demand among the" southern woods. 



