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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Januarv 10. in22 



C. p. CROSBY 



Manufacturer and Wholesaler 



Wisconsin Hardwood Lumber 



RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN 



BIRCH 



1" Xo. 1 Common 100. 000' 



1" No. 1 Com. & Btv 50.000' 



5/4" No. 1 Cora. & Blr 100.000' 



5/4" FAS 2,1,000' 



6/4" FAS 25.000 ' 



6/4" No. 1 & Btr 55.000' 



8/4" FAS 33.000 ' 



SELECTED RED 



4/4" to S/4" 1 car 



BROWN ASH 



4/4" No. 2 Oom & Btr 1 car 



5/4" No. 1 Com. &■ Btr 1 car 



HABII MAPLE 



1" FAS & Sel 20, 



."•/4" Lofi Bun 35, 



6/4" No. 1 & Btr '25, 



5/4". 10/4". 12/4"Maple Hearts. 

 3x6, 1x1. 4i6. 6x6 



ROCK ELM 



1" Xo. 2 & Btr 



n/4" Xo 2 & Btr 



6/4" No. 2 & Btr 



S/4" Lob Ran 



8/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr. . . 



000- 

 OOO' 

 000' 



, 6x8 



,000' 

 ,000' 

 ,000- 

 ,000- 

 COO' 



Thomas Forman Company 



DETROIT, MICHIGAN 



Lumber and Interior Finish 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 



FORE^IAN'S FAMOUS FLOORING 



OAK AND MAPLE 



We Specialize in Less than Carload Shipments 



Buskirk-Heyser Lumber Co. 



High Grade, Soft Texture 



West Va. and Southern 



Hardwoods 



MIXED CARS OF ANY KIND, GRADE OR 

 THICKNESS FROM OUR 



Distributing Yards: CINCINNATI, OHIO 



Foster-Latimer Lumber Co. 



OFFER THE FOLLOWING 



DRY HARDWOODS 



Oec^ular Widths and Lengths 

 SOFT ELM 



4/4" No. 2 & Better 12 months dry 



5/4" No. 2 & Better 12 months dry 



6/4" No. 2 & Better, largely No. 1 12 months dry 



8/4" No. 1 & Better 8 months dry 



10/4" No. 1 & Better 12 months dtr 



12/4" No. 1 & Belter 6 months dry 



4/4" No. 3 12 months dry 



6/4" No. 3 10 months dry 



WIRE, PHONE OR WRITE FOR PRICES 



MAIN OFFICE AND MILLS 

 MELLEN, WISCONSIN 



S. J. Stanitorth, Canadian manager of the Fassett Lumber Company, 

 Fassett, Quebec, and E. A. Edgecombe of Philadelphia, one of the directors 

 of the organization, were in Toronto on business a few days ago. While in 

 the city they sold their cut of birch for the past season to Edward Clark 

 & Sons, Toronto. It is understood that the purchase covers 2,000,000 feet. 



A federal charter has been granted the Laid-Belton Lumber Co., with 

 headquarters at Samia. Ont., with a capital stock of $200,000. The 

 company has been organized to take over the assets of the partnership 

 carried on by Walter C. Laidlaw, George H. Belton, Chester n. Belton and 

 Robert Laidlaw. under the name of the R. Laidlaw Lumber Company in 

 Sarnia. The incorporators are George H. Belton, of Sarnia : Robert Laid- 

 law, R. A. Laidlaw and Walter C. Laidlaw. of Toronto. 



Dominion Wood Specialties is the name of a new company which has been 

 granted a charter by the Dominion Government. The hejtd oflBce is to be 

 at Montreal and the company will deal in lumber, wood and wood products. 

 The capital stock is placed at $50,000 and the incorporators are John F. 

 Forman, Ernest Llndcllus, Montreal, and Charles A. Ancrura of West- 

 mount. 



W. J. MacBeth, a widely known Ontario lunibcrman, died at the home of 

 his son in Toronto a few days ago, from pneumonia. The deceased, who 

 was sixty-four years of age. had been connected with a number of lumber 

 tirnis in Ontario, but of late years has been engaged in the wholesjile lumber 

 trade on his own account in Toronto. He was at one time sales manager 

 of the J. n. Shier Lumber Company, of Bracebridge, Ont. 



The Hardwood Market 



CHICAGO 



Trading in hjinlwonds on the Chicnco market dnrinp tho fortniRht since 

 f'hrislmas bas boon iiKHlfrato, duo to the usual slowness with which tho 

 market rallies from the holiday slump. There is j.'enerally very little buy- 

 ing hy the eonsumers of hardwoods until some two weeks following the 

 first of the year. Hut a very satisfactory number of inquiries is coming 

 in from furniture, sash and door manufacturers, the music, lamp and 

 moulding trades. The sellers are confident of the rapid resumption of buy- 

 ing and believe that following the January furniture markets the furniture 

 industry will get Into the market in a big way. 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood demand has not been showing much activity so far this 

 year, but wholesalers expect some improvement to take place before the 

 month is out. The usual tapering off in orders occurred late in December 

 and it is not yet over. The outlook for business this year is considered a 

 good deal brighter than a year ago and prices In hardwoods arc on a more 

 stable basis. Mills and wholesalers have cut their prices to a large extent 

 and this has encouraged buying. Furniture plants, automobile factories and 

 other industries arc expecting gofxl business this year as the result of cuts 

 in prices. 



The freight rate question Is one that remains to be settled and it is no 

 doubt holding up some business. Huyers are looking for a ctit in rates to 

 take place in the near future and they say they will not buy in any large 

 way until this happens. Every lumberman is desirous of seeing lower rates 

 in effect, and If it should occur soon It would be of much advantage, espe- 

 cially to sellers of lumber from distant sections. 



PHILADELPHIA 



The holiday season brought with it the attendant lull in the hardwood 

 market, with the exception of some export business which was not affected. 

 Stock taking had its effect aside from the seasonal lull to make the market 

 inert. On the whole uppers were very lirm and some slight advance was 

 reported on high grade flooring. 



While nothing like real business is In sight. .Tanuary will bring its share 

 ot replacement orders, particularly from the smaller cities of Pennsyl- 

 vania, to follow the depletion of the yards prior to stock taking. No great 

 volume, however, is expected. New .Tcrsey continues to buy moderately 

 and the new year will undoubtedly find a more ready market in the indus- 

 trials. The general consensus of opinion among Philadelphia dealers is 

 that DO material change in the market will be forthcoming until spring. 



BOSTON 



A considerable inquiry for future shipment is the encouraging feature 

 of the market. Some of this inquiry is from customers who desire to con- 

 tract tor future delivery on present price, Init most of the inquiry is of a 

 sort generally more satisfying to the wholesalers. There is no doubt that 

 many retailers here are round to the view that prices are going to go up 

 ere long. The fact is that there has not been much replacement In the 

 stocks of retailers from which much has been sold, so tfie day is to come 

 when all will want to buy and prices will go soaring. The local market 

 just now is really quiet. This Is always the fact of all other as well as of 



