Novi'inbcr 2.j, 1»!J1 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



55 



LOUISVILLE 



iH'inand for liardwuuds (.■ontiiun's activp. the tnnh- as a wIidIc rcportiii;; 

 hotter Imsiness at hetter prices, rrorluction, while larger for some months, 

 is still far lielow capacity, and ([uite a number of mills are still idle, hut 

 planning to start operations shortly after the tirst of the year. Demami 

 for quartered and plain oak, red gum, walnut, poplar and ash is good. Ash 

 is showing slow hut steady im[>rovenient. while walnut is moving freely. 

 Poplar siding is not as good as it was. hut poplar kiniber is moving 

 nicely. Gum has l>eeii in very good <lemand. Mamitai-turers of veneers 

 and glued up stocks report very good husiness so far as quantity of material 

 in sales go. hut prices are not satisfactory, and there is too much stock 

 on the market today at helow acttuil production cost, especially poplar 

 cross handing, which is said to he selling as low as *3.50 per thousand feet 

 in some remote eases. It is said that low grades are moving a little hetter. 

 although box factory demand is not at normal. Prices as a whole an- 

 tirmer all along the line. Quartered oak in PAS is selling at around ;?14ii 

 a thousand, and plain oak $llo. Inch common red gum is quoted at .tTiii. 

 <J/4 at $70. S,'4 at $7ri. with the market showing steady improvemtMiI, 

 Some slow down is anticipated abnut Ucct-mbcr 1. when the holiday aid 

 inventory period will i-nt in. but at the worst it will merely enable nulls 

 In iiMprnve their stnck holdings. 



ST. LOUIS 



While tliere has been a slii;hr falliii;; off in dciuiind from some qnir 

 ters, the mai'ket is still active and prices are nu»stly steady, with increases 

 reporteil. 



Red and sap guni are the w^uids most in demand, with the upper grades 

 of oak following them closely. An unusual feature of the market is the 

 demand for .No. 2 common red guni- No. 1 common being about out cf the 

 niarki't. (lood sales of No. 2 common to furniture manufacturei-s have been 

 repnrted. Railroads are still liuying little. I>ut the furniture men are lair 

 buyers. 



.\n effort to get together cm the part nf uninn labor and em|)h).vers 

 should result in an early resumption or building here, luforniation trttni 

 reliable sources is that S20.00{).0u() worth of buildings will be jiul ujp here 

 as soon as prices come down. 



NEW ORLEANS 



With tile larger industruils thruughoiit the Ncirlli and Kast entering 

 the hardwood market more actively within the past fortnight, the iiutlonk 

 continues steadily to Itrighten. There is some export business and some 

 stuff is moving into the retail yards, but neither of these sources imr ili ■ 

 railways are taking's, considerable amount of the various kinds of hard 

 woodR at the present time with the result that the hulk of the increaseil 

 husiness conies directly from the enhanced activity of the industrials. 

 Foremost among these are the manufacturers of furniture. 



Prices remain tenaciously hrm on the lower grades, which still are prac- 

 tically untouched in their superalmndance and they are showing a very 

 marked upward trend <m practically all the hetter gTades, which, un<loulii 

 ediy. is brought about thiotigh the great and increasing scarcity ctf every 

 thing better than No. 2 Common. The box manufacturers also are pruv 

 ing to be active buyers again on a big scale. They and the furniture 

 people are in the market strongly for apparently all tlie hetter grades of 

 the various kinds of gum they can obtain and the result of this increased 

 demand is having a marked tendency lo run the prices of this particular 

 kind of hardwood well over above the advances being effected in other 

 kinds. 



TORONTO 



During the past week there has been a material stiffening in the prices 

 of hard woods and a fair crop of inquiries, hut the market continues to 

 be a difficult one in which to do husiness. Comparatively few sales arc- 

 being made, particularly during the past week, due largely to had weather 

 conditions, which have had a deterrent etfect on the market. There is a 

 strong demand for 2^:.." birch and dealers could handle a htt of it if it 

 was available. Common and hetter is now in good demand, replacing firsts 

 and seconds, which are very scarce on the Ontario market. One feature 

 of the market during the past two weeks is that there have been quite a 

 nunil)er of distress stocks disposed of, and there has been a general dis- 

 position among a number of the wholesalers and mills to let stocks go at 

 a heavy sacritice. The testimony of the Toronto wholesale trade, how 

 ever, is that husiness is slightly on the up-grade and that the outlook 

 for the lumber trade is considerably brighter. It is generally <-oneeded 

 that price recessions have subsided. The stocks of man.v retailers are 

 getting hiw and the recent advancements <jf the upper grades in western 

 forest products is taken as a hopeful .sign that things are now on the mend. 

 The sitiuition as regards the outlook for logging operaticuis has not 

 improved, and the indications are that activities in this direction will be 

 greatly curtailed this year. Whether there will he any further liquldatien 

 in prices remains to be seen, l>ut the consensus of opinion is that there- 

 will be very few. The pri<-e of production has now about struck rcjck 

 bottom in the matter of wages, cost of supplies, etc., while the etficieiicy 

 of the men is much higher than it was a year ago. 



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