nocember 10. 1021 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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white oak and red and sap gum in No, 1 common and better in consider- 

 able quantities, while (iooring manufacturers are confining their p\ir- 

 chases largel.v to Nos. 1 and 2 common plain red and white oali, Manii- 

 facturers of interior trim are buying plain and quartered red and white 

 oak and plain and quartered red and sap gum, as well as some other items. 

 while automobile interests are taking elm and ash, demand from this 

 source being somewhat better than a short time ago. Box manufacturers 

 are taking low grade gum and cottonwood in considerable volume. There 

 is a fair miscellaneous demand for other items, and altogether members 

 of the trade express themselves as very well pleased with the character 

 of buying now being experienced, so far as domestic Interests are con- 

 cerned. It is generally admitted that export demand is very limited, 

 despite the fact that it is announced that the 30-cent ocean freight rate 

 to United Kingdom ports, which was to have been materially increased 

 December 1. will continue in foil force and effect throughout the current 

 month. 



Buyers are encountering considerable difficulty in securing their require- 

 ments in No. 1 common and better in a number of items. The greatest 

 shortage is in the case of plain and quartered red gum in the higher 

 grades. Offerings are particularly scarce, while the demand is quite 

 active. Flooring manufacturers, too, who have been taking plain oak freely 

 during the past few weeks, are not having altogether easy sailing in 

 fluding what they want in dry stock. 



Prices are well maintained and the tendency continues upward. This 

 tendency to advance is perhaps not quite as pronounced as a short time 

 ago, but the market shows an exceptionally good undertone. Holders gen- 

 erally take the view that there will be an active demand for hardwood 

 lumber after Christmas, and that, in view of the difficulties surrounding 

 production and the already greatly depleted supply of the better grades, 

 the market will show a further advance. This is really the reason that 

 sellers are indisposed to enter into forward delivei-y engagements. 



In the meantime, production is making but modest progress because 

 of the interference from heavy rains and because of the limited supplies 

 of logs on mill yards or in process of delivery thereto. Efforts are being 

 made to increase production, but these are meeting with indifferent 



MILWAUKEE 



One of the outstanding features of the hardwood market is that while 

 in former years the beginning of December usually witnessed a sharp 

 decline In activity pending the readjustment of wood consuming industries 

 for the new year's business, buying interest actually is increasing as the 

 final month of the year wears on, A large number of industries devoted 

 the final week of November to inventories and other details ordinarily 

 handled in the last week of December, this work being advanced because 

 the liberal improvement in demand and sustaining factors made it advisable 

 to clear the decks early to avoid any interference later. 



At the present time the purchases made by furniture and cabinet indus- 

 tries are probably the heaviest known this year, while manufacturers of 

 interior trim, flooring and other hardwood products entering into building 

 construction are taking generous quantities to fill their immediate orders 

 and prepare for a brisk new year, which now seems assured. Despite pre- 

 dictions made early in 1021, this year has broken all records for volume 

 of new construction in Milwaukee, and work in prospect for 1922 makes it 

 likely that next year will break this year's high water mark. By December 

 1 the Milwaukee building inspection department had issued permits aggre- 

 gating in value $23,405,000, compared with $23,366,000 in 1019, which 

 marked the high record up to this time. So tar this month permits are 

 being applied for at a rate making it possible that Milwaukee will have a 

 $25,000,000 building year. Other cities in Wisconsin have similar reports 

 to make, both in regard to this year and next year's prospects. 



Hardwood lumber manufacturers in the North are increasing production 

 steadily and undertaking woods work on at least an average scale, although 

 late in the summer it was feared that the log input would be at a minimum 

 this winter. The marked increase in demand, which reduced surplus stocks 

 rapidly, and has induced a resumption of new production on a relatively 

 liberal scale. Prices are firmer, especially on low grade stuff, which is 

 moving much better and therefore commanding higher values. This, in 

 fact, is one of the most encouraging features of the immediate situation. 



NEW ORLEANS 



A slight falling off in demand ; a steady, continued upward tendency in 

 prices, even including some of the lower grades ; a pronounced shortage of 

 stocks of everything above No. 2 common, a continued abundance of every- 

 thing below that standard ; and increased efforts to speed up production 

 to meet the evident heavy demands for an early spring buying, with the 

 handicap of the approaching winter season, an already adverse logging 

 situation and a present scarcity of logs, which promises to become really 

 acute as the winter season advances — this, in brief, is the bold outline 

 of the hardwood market situation in the extreme southern territory at 

 the present time. 



While the decrease in inquiries and in demand of most of the various 

 kinds and grades of hardwoods has been pronounced within the past fort- 

 night, this development is regarded as altogether seasonal. It is not 

 attributed to business conditions in general facing the lumber and it is, 

 therefore, causing no great concern to members of the industry through- 



WE WANT TO SELL 



the following 



Dry Northern Michigan 



HARDWOODS 



BIRCH 



4/4 FAS 32,000- 



4/4 Selects S.OOO ' 



4/4 No. 1 Common 30,000' 



4/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 30,000' 



4/4 No. 2 Common 100,000' 



5/4 FAS 15,000' 



5/4 Selects 65,000 ' 



5/4 No. I Common S.OOO' 



5/4 No, 2 Common 150,000' 



8/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 11,000' 



SOFT ELM 



4/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 75,000' 



6/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 50.000' 



8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr.... 35,000' 



ASH 

 4/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. .. .100,000' 

 5/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 25,000' 



HARD MAPLE 

 4/4 6" and wider, 8' and longer 



No. I Com. & Btr 100,000' 



5/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 200,000' 



5/4 No. 2 Common 200.000 ' 



6/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. ... 70.000' 



6/4 No. 2 Common 150.000' 



8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr .... 200.000 ' 

 10/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr... 60,000' 

 12/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr ...30,000' 



SOFT MAPLE 



4/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 150.000' 



6/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 14.000' 



4/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 100,000' 



BASSWOOD 

 8/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. . . . 80.000' 

 4/4 No. 2 Common 20,000' 



HARD MAPLE FLOORING STOCK 

 FOR RAIL OR WATER SHIPMENT 



Band mills at 

 Chassell and Ontonagon, Michigan 



C. H.Worcester Co, 



NOT INCORPORATED 



19 So. La Salle Street, CHICAGO 



A NAME that should be 

 **• on your inquiry list for 

 hardwood lumber. 



American 



Column & Lumber 



Company 



Brunson BIdg. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO 



OAK & HARDWOOD 

 DIMENSION STOCK 



Manufacturers 

 of 



West Virginia 



SOFT 

 YELLOW 

 POPLAR 



PLAIN 

 WHrrE 

 OAK 



PLAIN 



RED OAK 



QUARTERED 

 WHITE 

 OAK 



WHITE OAK 

 TIMBERS & 

 PLANK 



CHESTNUT 



BASSWOOD 



MAPLE 



HICKORY 



BEECH 



BUCKEYE 



BIRCH 



BUTTERNUT 



ASH 



CHERRY 



WALNUT 



SYCAMORE 



BLACK GUM 



HEMLOCK 



LOCUST 



