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HARDWOOD RECORD 



December 10. 1921 



King Mill and Lumber Co. 



PADUCAH, KENTUCKY 



Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods 



Ash, Elm, Oak, Gum 

 Maple, Cypress, Hickory 



Cypress Shingles 



WE SHIP STRAIGHT OR MIXED CAR LOADS 



HARDWOODS and SHINGLES 



Results from Experience 



Our well selected I0&3, our careful manufacture and the 

 grading of our atock, demonstrate a service built on expe- 

 rience that should bring you Into our family fold for fu- 

 ture business. We make Hardwood Lumber that brings a 

 follow-up order. Keep In touch with us when in need of 

 future supply. Dry stock is scarce now. A careful con- 

 suming manufacturer, however, looks to the future for sup- 

 plies that give satisfaction. 



We desire to get In communication with you so we may 

 know what your needs are and maybe by and by we can 

 help you. The erection of new mills and because of our 

 having a constant eye cast about for increasing our timber 

 holdings, should put us at the head of the list of mills 

 when you want to buy Pine and Hardwoods. 



Kentucky Lumber Co. 



Manufacturers Oak, Red and Sap Gum, Rough 

 and Dressed Tupelo, Short- Leaf Y, Pine 



Office: ^^^ Security Trust Building, Lexington, Ky. 



SAW AND PLANING MILLS AT SULLIGENT. ALA. 



STRABLE 

 Lumber & Salt Company 



SAGINAW, MICHIGAN 



Manujacturers 



Hardwood Lumber, Maple Flooring 

 ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES 



MODERN DRY-KILNS AND PLANING MILL 

 Insist upon 



Wolverine Maple Flooring 



"Best 



bir 



SJ'MSe,'°F,^'S Maple, Birch, Basswood. Elm. Beech 



The Tegge Lumber Co. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



trlct. and that unless immediate steps were taken to give them worli, 

 many of tlieiii would be exposed to starvation, were representations made 

 to the Premier of Quebec a few days ago by heads of a number of lumber 

 firms. It was asked that public works be undertaken in order to provide 

 relief for the men. 



A niimlier of inquiries have recently been received from South Africa for 

 British Columbia lumber and it is quite likely that a Canadian Govern- 

 ment Merchant Marine vessel will be loaded with lumber for Cape Town 

 in connection with this business. 



The death of Lieut. Col. Sir Douglas C. Cameron, K. C. M, G., former 

 Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, and president of the Rat Portage Lumber 

 Company, took place in the Toronto General Hospital a few days ago, 

 following an operation. Sir Douglas, who was born in Ontario, went west 

 to Winnipeg in 1880, engaging in the lumber business three years later 

 under the firm name of Cameron & Company. 



The Hardwood Market 



CHICAGO 



Tradiuj: in hardwoods on the Chicago market was somewhat abated 

 during the last fifteen days and this is credited Xa several reasons, among 

 which are the rise in prices, which has temporarily discouraged buying, 

 the fact that a numher of the buyers who contriljutfd to the recent buying 

 spurt liave covered for a time, and the seasonal withholding from buying, 

 which is done to prevent the swelling of inventories. However, this does 

 not mean that trade is dead, but considerable business coutinues. though 

 it is small in contnisl with what was being done a few weeks ago. There 

 has been no general change in prices of either northern or southern hard- 

 woods since the last report was made. Inquiries are plentiful, especially 

 from furniture sources, and It is expected that these will result in a 

 good business after the first of the year. 



BUFFALO 



Hardwood ttade shows a little falling off this month, owing to the near- 

 ness of the holiday and inventory season, but a more hopeful spirit prevails 

 among lumbermen as well as their customers, and they look forward to 

 better times soon after the new year opens. A good deal of business is 

 being held up because the purchasers do not want to carry over much 

 material in their inventories, and stocks held by cimsumers are said not to 

 be heavy as a rule. 



The flooring trade has been rather active until recently, but some sellers 

 report a decline in trade since the new higher prices went into effect. It 

 is feared that prices may get to such a height as to interfere with the 

 trade. In most hardwoods an advancing tendency is seen, but local yards 

 have not been making much higher prices and do not believe that conditions 

 yet warrant much boost or big additions to production. Demand Is well 

 distributed among the leading hardwoods. 



PHILADELPHIA 



The hardwood situation in Philadelphia and vicinity shows but little 

 change during the jmst month. December ushers in conditions not as 

 favorable as those encountered at the opening of November. Buyers on 

 the whole complain that they are not satisfied with the market and they 

 have resumed the old Iiand-to-inouth basis of making purchases. The 

 spirit of co-operatitm which is found l)ctween the builders and the soft- 

 wood dealers is l>y no means found In the hardwood field. Several of the 

 largest buyers accuse the wholesjilers ttf unnecessarily boosting prices just 

 at the time business was turning for the better. 



On the other baud, dealers are convinced that comlitions will clarify 

 during tlic winter and that spring will usher in sono'thing like real busi- 

 ness. Some dealers deprecate the prevailing prices, while others maintain 

 that conditions will straighten themselves naturally and there is no reason 

 for worry. It is disc-ouraging. however, to hear <if improved conditions 

 existing in the building field, among furniture dealers and in the indus- 

 trials and not find a healtliy reflection in the p\irchase of the hardwoods. 



Vppers have been very firm. An increase has been noticed in industrial 

 buying, l)ut most of the business has been in single car lots. Mixed car 

 business fortunately has decreased. Low grade flooring has found a ready 

 market. 



PITTSBURGH 



Business is slowly Improving for hardwood men. Industrial operations 

 in the Pittsburgh district are not quite so brisk as last month, hut still 

 show a lot of Improvement over the early fall jierind. The steel business 

 especially has fallen back a little. On the other hand, the glass plants are 

 Working at almost full capacity and are good buyers of hardwood lumber. 

 Tlie disappointing feature about the situation just now is the fearfully bad 

 business with the coal mining concerns. Mines in many places are not 

 working more than one or two days a week and very little lumber is being 



