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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Double Band Mills 



II Arkansas City, Ark. 



BREECE 



Manufacturing Co, 



BEDNA YOUNG 



Lumber Company 



Jackson, Tennessee 



Sales Office, Indianapolis, Ind. 



610 Lombard Building 



Manufacturers of 



Quartered White Oak 

 Quartered Red Oak 



and Other Hardwoods 



When in the market for 



High Grade Lumber 



please let us have your enquiries. 



at Milwaukee, who says: "There has been a distiin t improvement in local 

 lumber market conditions. Starting with a moderate increase in demand 

 in August, the movement showed steady expansion during .September and 

 October, and while shipments fell oCE in November to some extent, they are 

 still very satisfactory at the middle of December. Prices are very Arm, 

 with advances predicted because of the reduction in stocks at numerous 

 points. 



"Demand for huiUiing lumber is moderate, as usual at this period, but 

 prices are firm, owing largely to the heavy requirements anticipated with 

 the opening of spring. In hardwoods there is a very active inquiry for 

 No. 1 common maple flooring, and quotations have advanced about $10 per 

 thousand feet during the past ninety days, while clear birch has been in 

 extremely brisk request. Imiuiry for white pine pattern lumber has in- 

 creased of late, but business in the aggregate is relatively light." 



One of the best evidences of the better condition of business is the 

 general resumption of production by the mills in Northern Wisconsin. This 

 is a usual iireceilure during the month of December and January, but the 

 fact that it is so general and the scale of operations so large, is of moment, 

 especially in view of the early detet'mination of many operators to curtail 

 or greatly minimize production this winter. Since summer, stocks of hard- 

 woods in the North have been very materially reduced by renewed demand 

 and in many instances there is an actual shortage which requires im- 

 mediate replenishment. Tliis may appear surprising to some, but the facts 

 are substantiated by authorities who have recently made a careful survey, 

 the results of which surprised even the heads of lumber manufacturing 

 concerns. 



It is^conservatively figured tliat production in the North this winter will 

 be between 50 and GO per cent of normal, which is regarded as exceedingly 

 satisfactory in view of all circumstances. 



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BEAUMONT 



While the demand for hardwood has slackened somewhat as a result 

 of the approaching holidays and Inventory season, as in other Decembers, 

 It has not been so marked as in the past. 



The midsummer slackening was much quieter than usual, while the 

 December slack reversed this condition. Buying is nearer normal than in 

 any Deceniher for some years and compares favorably with other, months. 



One noticeable feature of the trade is that box factories are broadening 

 their demand and buying a little more. Northern buyers have apparently 

 become thorougbiy convinced that there is going to be i-ailical cuts in 

 freight rates and thi'y do not want to stock up when they might get their 

 lumber for from $5 to %1 cheaper. So far, inquiries and orders are for 

 immediate wants. 



I lie rapid increase In prices on this side lias practically stopped the 

 irt trade, only a few lots of oak going out to Mexico. Taken altogether. 

 December is comparing very favorably with October. 



Relatively speaking, more low grades are going forward than for some 

 time, and this is a very satisfactory condition to the manufacturers. The 

 few mills operating arc getting satisfactory prices for square-edged cut- 

 tings. Oak timbers are holding a very stiff position. 



While the upward price movement has come to a stop for the present,, 

 levels established some time ago are being maintained. Manufacturers 

 do not expect a weakening market. 



TORONTO 



The hardwood lumber market in Toronto and district has perceptibly 

 Improved during the past ten days. There has been a noticeable Increase 

 In inquiries during the past two or three weeks, and while the amount of 

 actual business does not show a corresponding gain, the wholesalers feel 

 satisfied that a period of active buying is setting in. The Inquiries are 

 fairly well ilistriliuted. Implement manufacturers have come into the- 

 market seeking moderate supplies of lumber. Their stocks have been 

 diminished to the point where replacements have become necessary. This 

 is the case at least with certain makers of implements outside the Toronto- 

 district. Furniture manufacturers continue to show interest in the mar- 

 ket, seeking moderate quantities of birch, chiefly. Their action Indicates 

 diminishing stocks of lumber, and a probable Increase in manufacturing 

 operations in the early months of the new year. A number of furniture 

 plants in the New York district, which were not interested in birch while 

 gumwood was comparatively <lieap, are now evincing a considerable 

 interest in the market for hardwoods in Canada. There has also been a 

 noticeable come-back In the demand for hardwoods by the automobile 

 makers, who have not been taking as large a percentage of the Canadian 

 hardwood product as during the boom period. Inquiries from this source 

 have been numerous of late, and it begins to look as if this department 

 of the trade was nliout to yield considerable business. There is a feeling 

 among the wholesalers that better business In hardwoods is setting in. It 

 is anticipated, too, that active buying will cause a gradual Improvement in 

 prices from the selling standpoint, which is devoutly hoped for in the trade. 

 At the present time the Ontario government Is spending thousands of 

 dollars in a huge advertising campaign with the oliject of keeping the 

 wheels of Industrj- running and providing work for the unemployed. Thc- 

 lumber industry stands strongly behind the propaganda, realizing that it 

 will benefit from a realization of the olijects of the campaign. 



