February 10, 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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treasurer and sales manager of the Virginia Lumber Company of New York 

 City. 



John W. O'Shaughnessy, who was president of the Climax Lumber Com- 

 pany, has now gone into the exclusive handling of hardwoods and cypress. 

 He has moved his offices from the former location in the Whitney-Central 

 Banli building here into suite No. 721. Mr. O'Shaughnessy announces that 

 he has recently acquired the services of A. E. Lorraine, a well-known hard- 

 wood expert, to handle his buying, selling and inspecting of hardwoods. 



J. E. Smoot & Co., CoTvin, La., are proceeding to build a new, thoroughly 

 modern and up-to-date hardwood plant of a daily producing capacity of 

 30,000 feet to replace the one they lost some time ago by fire. 



Hardwood manufacturers in Mississippi are watching eagerly develop- 

 ments in the fight over certain reforestation bills, which the industry gener- 

 ally regards as vicious, before the legislature of that state now in session 

 at Jackson. The proposed laws are generally looked upon by the industry 

 as being entirely visionary and impractical and altogether too drastic. 

 Among the more salient features coming in for unanimous criticism are the 

 proviso that a reforestation commission shall be set up with almost unlim- 

 ited powers and that logging skidders shall no longer be used in the state, 

 •'because they are detrimental to reforestation by destroying the young 

 seedlings." The Southern Forestry Congress, which meets there within the 

 next few days, it is hoped by the lumbermen, will exert its influence to 

 effect a modification of the proposed laws, which some lumbermen have gone 

 so far as to say would result in driving them from the state. 



TORONTO 



Visitors to Toronto a few days ago were D. A. Webster of Boston, 

 eastern representative of Ed. Clark & Sons, Toronto, and Charles O. Maus 

 of the Charles O. Maus Lumber Company, South Bend, Ind., who repre- 

 sents Ed. Clark & Sons in Illinois. Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. They 

 report a noticeable improvement in the hardwood lumber trade since the 

 year opened. 



A heavy portable mill at Marlbank, Ont., is being operated by Hall Bros., 

 wholesale lumber dealers, Toronto. The firm is cutting about fifteen 

 thousand feet of maple and basswood a day, which is being hauled to the 

 railway track for shipment. Ideal conditions have existed in Hastings 

 County so far this year for lumbering operations. 



The Hardwood Market 



CHICAGO 



A fair amount of business is being done in hardwoods on the Chicago 

 market. The demand continues to be predominantly for FAS and No. 1 

 common grades of stocli. Birch FAS is very scarce and consequently this 

 item is in a strong position. There is also a relatively good demand for 

 maple flooring stock. Quarter sawn red gum is in good demand as are also 

 the upper grades of plain and quarter sawn oak. The furniture people are 

 not getting into the market as rapidly as expected, though some business 

 is coming from this industry right along. To sum up the present situation. 

 it may be said that the market is plodding along and doing very well in a 

 quiet way. 



NEW YORK 



Trading in hardwoods on the New York market has shown up well in 

 comparison with the first month of the two or three previous years. While 

 it is true that lumber has not been moving in great volume, yet enough 

 has been done to lend much encouragement to distributors. Inquiries have 

 increased in the past two weeks, but the placing of orders has nothing 

 like kept up a proportionate pace. 



The prices of hardwood fiooring are high and stiff and stocks are only 

 fair. The demand is constantly and gradually on the increase, and 

 handlers feel very much encouraged over the situation. Retailers are 

 carrying small stocks and this increasing demand will carry prices higher. 



In view of the demand consumers are coming to a realization of the 

 fact that their stocks are very much depleted, and to this can be traced 

 the source of the numerous inquiries that have recently been going the 

 rounds. The taking of inventories also brought out this realization more 

 clearly. Good lumber in all woods is very scarce and the mills are showing 

 a marked reluctance to get rid of their stock at the prices prevailing. 

 Low-end lumber is carried in big stocks. There seems to be plenty of 

 No, 3 common in all hardwoods, and prices on this, while holding firm, will 

 not advance so readily on increased demand. 



The tone of the foreign trade is slightly better for the past week. A 

 moderately good demand for high class lumber is coming in from Germany. 

 The size of orders for poplar, walnut and hickory logs has shown a decided 

 increase. From the tone of Inquiries from abroad In this market the 

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