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HARDWOOD RECORD 



TROUBLE? 



Are you having any lumber trouble? 



Does your oak warp, split, check or 

 honeycomb in the kiln? 



Does your gum stain, buckle, twist or 

 do the bucking broncho act? 



Do you have any difficulty with split 

 panels and defective glue joints? 



Do you have to dye, stain or refill your 

 lumber to get a uniform color? 



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 other reasons? 



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 quick and accurate seasoning of lumber, 

 if you ask us. 



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The Kraetzer Company 



537 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO 



sonif concessions are noted in asli and cliestnut. In cacli case the decline 

 is alioiit one dollar. Gum is showing some improvonient liut is not so 

 strong as it should be. The demand for this lumber is steadily Improv- 

 infj in this vicinit.v and it Is suri'iv destined to heinme one of the most 

 po|)ular woods for interior use. 



=-< BUFFALO y- 



Tlic hardwood trade needs liiMtii- w.iitli.r to make things at ail active, 

 tlunigli trade is reported to be fair for tliis season. Business has been 

 riilher spasmodic for the past month, showing improvement tor a brief 

 period under the influence of a little better weather, and then tightening 

 lip again. The general feeling Is that as soon as tlie real springlike 

 wratlier arrives there will be a good amount of lumber in demand, which 

 H'iii strengthen the market to quite an extent. Itecently there has l)een 

 sonic cutting of prices, particularly in one or two woods. 



Maple has been one of the leaders lately, and the price has been holdiug 

 quite firm. Flooring in this wood has also been in very fair demand, 

 with quotations holding steady. There seems to be plenty of plain oak 

 offering and prices have suffered to some extent accordingly. Pplrch is in 

 fair demand and some kinds of birch are unusually scarce. Poplar has 

 t)een showing better inquiry with some dealers. White ash and beech are 

 reported to be showing some increase in sales. 



As spring approaches the real estate men are beginning to make plans 

 for a busy season. It looks as If much demand would arise for building 

 lumber within a few weeks. The south section of the city will be built 

 up considerably this spring, owing to the development of new industrial 

 enterprises there and the dredging of Buffalo Creek to avoid all floods, 

 which have been annually a source of loss, .\bout 200 new houses will be 

 built in South Buffalo soon. It is said that a great many new houses will 

 be built in Williamsville, north of the city. 



■< PHILADELPHIA >■ 



During the first part of March, owing to the accumulated snow and 

 slush, which naturally has interfered with the usual quick transporta- 

 tion, the lumber business suffered a very material check, but if the 

 springlike weather of the last week continues, the streets and roadways 

 will soon be cleared and business generally much facilitated. The trade 

 feels much encouraged over the relaxing hold of winter and an optimistic 

 impression prevails as to an early revival of trading. Reports coming in 

 from eastern Pennsylvania, New York and New England are favorable 

 for a steadily rushed business, and many are confident that more money 

 will have to be paid for lumber in April than at the present time. The 

 sagacious lumberman realizing this is making an effort to i^rotect him- 

 self ahead for future delivery. 



Quartered oak is unchanged from a fortnight ago ; red and white oak 

 in good call with steady prices ; ash stronger ; poplar and chestnut hold 

 firm. The general volume of higher grades of hardwood is about fair, 

 considering conditions. Low grades have been fairly active right along. 



.< BOSTON y- 



There is a noticeable improvciiieiit iu tliis market in inquiries, orders 

 and shipments, and the Improvement is fully as apparent in hardwoods as 

 in the softwoods. A superficial observer might find some dealers who, 

 basing business on what it was a few years ago, would state that busi- 

 ness is poor ; but as a matter of fact there is a change now to more 

 active business than has prevailed all winter. Inquiry covers quite a 

 wide range of woods, being lightest in poplar and more especially in gum. 

 One prominent feature is the number of orders which are wanted in a 

 rush, which is always a sign of low stocks among the consumers and 

 .yards and a comparatively urgent need of lumber for use. In oak, both 

 plain and quartered, in hickory, beech, birch and walnut practically all 

 business is being done on strong market prices. There is apparently a 

 little tendency to weakness on maple and cherry as well as on poplar and 

 gum mentioned above. There seems to be no variation in flooring except 

 possibly on the lower grades of oak floor. The hardwood market of 

 Boston, like most large cities, suffers more or less from substitution for 

 wood in some industries ; the latest large element of this kind being the 

 recent decision of the Boston Elevated Railway to floor all cars, both 

 old and new, with a composition in place of the long used hardwood with 

 "lattice" or wooden corduroy in the aisles. This road has had a num- 

 ber of cars being refloored at all times as the wooden flooring wore out. 

 but in the future all cars bought or relaid will be supplied with the 

 new composition which has been tried out in the Cambridge subway cars. 

 This change may be adopted by the great Bay state system, and If so it 

 will mean a very considerable decrease in the use of hardwood for floors 

 in street cars used here. 



=■< BALTIMORE >-= 



The developments of the last two weeks in the hardwood trade have 

 not been of a character to give much encouragement to either manufacturer 

 or wliolesaler. A light demand has prevailed, and even where wants de- 

 veloped it was in many instances well nigh impossible to meet them in 

 consequence of weather conditions. The Northeast was deep in snow a 

 part of the time and hauling became so difflcult a matter that it had to be 

 iu large part suspended. The yards resorted to an unusual 'expedient in 

 numerous cases to get lumber with the least delay and trouble. Though 



