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HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 25, 1922 



JACKSON & TINDLE 



INCORPORATED 



Sales Office 

 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



Main Office 

 BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Complete stock of 



Dry Northern Hardwoods 



HARD MAPLE BIRCH 



SOFT MAPLE BEECH 



BASSWOOD ELM 



MILLS AT PELLSTON AND MUNISING, MICHIGAN 



For Better Service 



The Chapman & Dewey Lumber Co., after thirty- 

 four years in Kansas City, Mo., announces the re- 

 moval of the main offices of the company to the 

 Bank of Commerce Building in Memphis, Tenn. 

 The Memphis office will be in touch, by long 

 distance telephone, with our yards and mills at 

 Marked Tree, Arkansas. Our stock of 15,000,000 

 feet of Southern Hardwoods will be immediately 

 available to fill your requirements. 



Ch 



apman 



& D 



ewey 



Lbr. C-o. 



Main Ofiice, Bank of Conimerce Bldg., Memphis, Tenn. 



VV. C. Dewev. Prcs. \V. B. Chapmaw, VicePrcs. 



H. C. Dewey, Treas. A. Smith, Sales-Manager. 



District Sales Office, 500 Rialto Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. 



COLUMBUS 



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 by Test" 



^r"Se'°F.S"n" Maplc. Bifch, Basswood. Elm, Beech 



The Tegge Lumber Co. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



A fairly strong market in hardwoods has developed in Columbus and 

 central Ohio territor.v since the first of the year. Inquiries are coming 

 in well both from retailers and from factories and some of the Inquiries 

 are developing into orders. In fact orders are gradually increasing as 

 inventories have b<?en figured and plans laid for the early part of the 

 year. A rather optimistic tone prevails on all sides and propects are be- 

 lieved to be brighter. 



Retailers have only fair stocks and as a result are coming into the 

 market. They are still buying from hand-to-mouth largely although 

 orders are gradually increasing. The mild weather has favored con- 

 tinued building operations and many new dwellings are started. There is 

 a growing scarcity of stocks in the upper grades and this will prob- 

 ably continue for some time as the new cut will not be marketable for 

 some time. 



Prices are firm at the levels which have prevailed for some time. 

 Quartered and plain oak are selling well and prices are not cut. There 

 is also a good demand for basswood, ash and chestnut. 



CLEVELAND 



The turn of the year has brought an improved demand for hardwoods 

 in this market. Most of the material, as formerly. Is finding its way into 

 housing and other construction that is being finished through the winter. 

 Fewer calls arc noted for pro.spective work, but this is natural in severely 

 cold weather, when new projects do not go ahead, and there has been a 

 protracted cold spell here. The present absorption of material making 

 for a heavier demand than usual for this time of year. Is serving to keep 

 the market steady, in fact rather firm, when ordinarily at this time some 

 sagging off in prices might be noted. Moreover, as material reaching this 

 market for wholesale distribution has not been plentiful, yards find they 

 are not over-stocke<l. In fact, any real spurt in demand for any hardwood 

 material would serve to diminish that particular line since no stocks are 

 overabundant In yard. So, while prices remain unaltered, there is no sign 

 that they will be lower. The revival in the manufacturing trades, furni- 

 ture, automobiles, truck and the like, is slow but steady since the beginning 

 of the year. 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood lumbermen report business rather slow. A majority of the 

 orders coming In at this time, are from the furniture manufacturers and 

 none of them are buying up to their standard. Local furniture manu- 

 facturers returning from the e.\hibits said that more orders were placed 

 than anticipated. While business Is dull, prices are holding firm, which is 

 largely due to the shortage of upper grade stocks In this market. Red 

 gum is about the best Item on the list, although oak and elm have been 

 given a pretty good play during the past two weeks. While nothing like 

 normal business is In sight, January will bring its share of replacement 

 orders, particularly from the smaller cities in Ohio and Kentucky, to 

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

 of business is anticipated until spring. The volume of inciulries Is not 

 as large as two weeks ago, although some of the larger establishments re- 

 port an increased volume of inquiries from the railroads but whether they 

 will develop Into orders remains to be seen. Exporters are doing some 

 business, but nothing like they should for this time of the year. Furniture 

 manufacturers in this territory are making more oak furniture today than 

 for the past ten years, but walnut still seems to enjoy the best demand. 

 There is a confident feeling that there will be no further decrease in price 

 and that the pendulum will shortly begin to swing the other way. It Is 

 predicted that with anything like normal buying there will be a shortage 

 of both domestic and imported hardwoods and particularly so in view of 

 the decreased operations of the past season and the limited logging activ- 

 ities being carried on this winter. The trade here feels that the worst 

 has been experienced an<l from -now on an Improvement in conditions 

 can be looked for. 



SOUTH BEND 



Market conditions on hardwoods in general remain unchange<l, with the 

 exception of plain oak. The lower grades No. 1 and No. 2 common have 

 slumped oft slightly. 4/4 FAS oak prices remain very firm, especially 

 red oak. 



The dullness of the market is attributed to Inventory, but some large 

 inquiries are in circulation and the big buyers show a willingness to pur- 

 chase it there is any decline In red or sap gum. 



Prevailing prices are as follows, delivered this rate: 4/4 F.\S plain red 

 oak, $110; white oak. ?115; 4/4 No. 2 common red oak, $60; white oak, 

 $65 ; 4/4 No. 2 common oak, $36. 4/4 FAS plain red gum, $112 ; 4/4 No. 1 

 common, $68. 4/4 FAS sap gum, $30 ; 4/4 No. 1 common sap gum, $34 ; 

 4/4 No. 2 common sap gum, .S25. 



EVANSVILLE 



There has been little or no change in the trade situation with the hard- 

 wood lumber manufacturers of southern Indiana, southern Illinois and 

 western and northern Kentucky during the past two weeks or so and 

 while the manufacturers are looking for better business they do not know 

 when the improvement will begin. Most of the hardwood mills In this 



