November •'■;. liiai 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



51 



TORONTO 



Hopt's of an out-of-court sctllcnifiit *>( thi' claims tif thf Province uf 

 Outario against the Shevliu-Clarke I^umlier Coinpauy. Fort Francis, arc 

 understood to have been abandoned by the Provincial Department of Lands 

 and Forests. The proposed settlement deal has fallen through and the two 

 suits will be fuujiht out in the courts. It is denied that the sum of 

 $150.0iH) had been otfered the government in settlement of the hitter's 

 claim. 



l>ne of Western Ontario's best known lumber merchants was killed in a 

 motor accident between London and Sarnia a few days ago when William 

 U. Lawrence of Sarnia was thrown from an automobile when it over- 

 turned into a ditch in a dense fog,. ^Ir. Lawrence was almost instantly 

 killed. 



According to a report just issued by the Employment Service of Canada 

 logging operations continue to expand. Kighty-two firms during the past 

 month showeil an increase to staffs of 1.141t workers, or over 14 per cent 

 over the previous period. The volume of <'mployment in this group is still 

 below that of September and Octoi)er of 1020. 



Ilubharil II. Hastings of Toronto, who is a member of the staff of 

 National Ilanlwood Lumber Inspectors, has joined the ranks of the bene- 

 dicts. A few days ago he was marrieil at Laconia, N. H., to Miss Annie 

 Carrigan. The couple have taken up their residence in Toronto. Mr. 

 Hastings is a son of L. W. Hastings. St. .Tohnbury, Vt.. who is engaged 

 in the lumber manufacturing business. 



The death took place very suddenly in the bush a few days ago of 

 .Tnhn Malloy of McFadden & XIalloy, the well-known lumber manufacturing 

 firm at Blink River. ()nt. The remains were taken to Pembroke for burial. 



The steamer James Dempsey of the J. o. Xessen Lumber <'ompany, Chi- 

 cago, has arrived In port at Medford with GOO. 000 feet of lumber for the 

 Seaman-Kent Company. The boat was unloaded on Thanksgiving day. 



The Hardwood Market 



CHICAGO 



In the Chicago territory hunlwomls continue to Imld i be slrcngtli gained 

 in the recent notable rally. However, the past week revealed a spirit of 

 iiinversatism developing among the buyers and some sellers have found it 

 more difficult to get their present asking prices. The demand for plain and 

 i|uartered red gum and plain and quartered oak is especially good. Then- 

 is an increased movement of No. 1 and No. 2 c<mimon in nearly all hartl- 

 wood lutnl>er because of the further increase in the deficit of FAS. This 

 is especially true of poplar. The furniture and flooring people continue tu 

 be the largest takers of hardwoods. The distributors expect a seasonal 

 slump in buying, but as yet that has not clearly developed, though the 

 reappearance of the bargaining spirit among the buyers may be the early 

 stages of this. 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood trade !?hows a little imprnveiuent over recent condi- 

 tions and the marliet is gaining somewhat in Htreu^:th. The yards are 

 all selling a little more stock. I>nt no boom has ai-riveil yet, and there 

 is plenty of lumber to be had in most grades. Wholesalers look for 

 reasonable prices to rule in the near future, although they anticipate 

 that an advance of fair proportions may take place next spring. It is 

 stated that prices are fairly satisfactory, but what is most desired is a 

 larger volume of sales, and that seems likely to be slow to develop. 



The vari(ms hardwoods are all being called for tn some extent and 

 the demand is called well distributed. I'.irch is in pretty fair demaml. 

 as are oak. poplar and chestnut. The flooring trade has been showing 

 improvement of late and an advance has taken place in both oak and 

 maple flooring, both of which are now strong. Low grades are not 

 showing much activity and prices remain depressed. 



Ortain liuffalo luiiil>ernn*n are again demonstrating the decadence nf 

 the lake lumber tratflc by bringing down a cargo or so of hardwoods this 

 season and then after some consiileration finishing the shipment all-rail. 

 Freights in these days do not differ much, and though the rail tra<le is 

 in smaller quantities always, it often happens that the shipper can 

 sell 10,000 feet without putting it through his yard, when the cargo of 

 500,000 feet WDUlrl have to be haodle.l ag:iiii. 



BOSTON 



Tlie tradi' in g.^ncral slinws some improvement but rallo-r lacks s]iirit. 

 In tioish there continues a fairly good gain. Hut this is eft'ective loi 

 scarcely more than a fifth of the bulk of the trade here. Thi- market. Imw 

 ever, remains in general pretty firm. Especially gratifying, perhaps, is 

 the stifTeuing in Xos. 1 and 2 coomnion. showing a disposition on the part 

 "f many to turn to the common grades when they have always insisted oii 

 the better grades. The bulk of the trade here seems to be In demand of 

 the hardwo.]d yards and of the furniture makers. There is also a lesser 

 improvement in .leniand from flic piano aiakers. But trade is pretty iliill 



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 GRAM) RAPIDS, MICH. 



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 BUFFALO, N. Y. 



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The Chaptnan & Dewey Lumber Co., after thirty- 

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 Bank of Commerce Building in Memphis, Tenn. 

 The Memphis office will be in touch, by long 

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H. C. Dewey, Trca.s. A. Smith, Sales-Manager. 



District Sales Office, 500 Rialto BIdg., Kansas City. Mo. 



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