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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February 10. 1922 



Results from Experience 



Our well selected logs, our careful manufacture and the 

 grading of our stock, demonstrate a service built on «zpe. 

 rience that ehould bring you Into our family fold for fu- 

 ture business. We make Hardwood Lumber that brings a 

 follow-up order. Keep In touch with us when In need of 

 future supply. Dry stock Is scarce now. A careful con- 

 suming manufacturer, however, looks to the future for sup- 

 plies that give satisfaction. 



We desire to get In communication with you so we may 

 know what your needs are and maybe by and by we can 

 help you. The erection of new mills and because of our 

 having a constant eye cast about for Increasing our timber 

 holdings, should put us at the head of the list of rallls 

 when you want to buy Pine and Hardwoods. 



Kentucky Lumber Co. 



itanufacturers Oak, Red and Bap Oum, Rough 

 and Dre»»ed Tupelo, Short-Leaf Y. Pine 



Office- 606 Security Trust Building, Lexington, Ky. 



' SAW AND PLANING MILLS AT SULLIGENT. ALA. 



Thomas Forman Company 



DETROIT, MICHIGAN 



Lumber and Interior Finish 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 



FOREMAN'S FAMOUS FXOORtNO 



OAK AND MAPLE 



We Specialize in Less than Carload Shipments 



STRABLE 

 Lumber & Salt Company 



SAGINAW, MICHIGAN 



Manufacturers 

 Hardwood Lumber, Maple Flooring 



ALL GRADES AND THICKNESSES 



MODERN DRY-KILNS AND PLANING MILL 



Insist upon 



Wolverine Maple Flooring 



"Best by Test" 



^r'MS,'Fi«H°^ Maple, Birch, Basswood, Elm, Beech 



here it is known that they won't get it. Exchange adjustment Is their 

 only hope from this market's viewpoint. 



If any marked demand arises in I's and 2's poplar and oak difficulty will 

 be found in filling orders. 



BUFFALO 



Wholesalers say that the hardwood market is not showing much activity 

 at present, but is in a waiting mood. A little business is being done, but 

 none of the yards reports any large amount of ordering. Much unsettle- 

 ment exists in prices, although these are said to be higher generally than 

 a year ago. Yet it is found that some wholesalers are making prices 

 several dollars under those quoted by the mills, having evidently laid In 

 lumber with the expectation that considerably better demand would start 

 up right after the first of the year. 



.\mong the woods reported most in demand are birch and poplar, although 

 oak is also doing fairly well. This shows that some of the manufacturing 

 plants are getting busier and running short of stock. While the building 

 trade is held back by the stormy weather, some concerns report a better 

 sale of stock for interior trim, and the oak and maple flooring business is 

 said to be keeping up in good shape. Low grade stock is still being 

 offered at prices which show a little margin of profit. 



PHILADELPHIA 



The turn in the market is manifest in the metropolitan district of Phila- 

 delphia. Several of the largrst dealers. Including the largest yard in this 

 vicinity, are heavy buyers. Dealers make known that they expect an ex- 

 cellent business this spring and they do not hesitate to say that prices will 

 continue to rise. 



During the past two weeks several dealers have advanced their prices 

 slightly. Uppers continue to remain scarce and are very firm. Chestnut, 

 oak and red gum have been moved forward. 



Industrial buying has increased to a marked extent in the city proper 

 and throughout the state. Some activity is found in the anthracite fields. 

 Western Pennsylvania also shows improvement. Delaware also reports 

 a better condition prevailing there. 



Following stock-taking in rural yards there was a fair amount of busi- 

 ness forthcoming but this died to some extent during the middle of January. 

 A sharp turn has taken place and orders are being received with a pleasing 

 regularity. An enormous number of inquiries are being received by hard- 

 wood dealers. While these letters do not always bring business they 

 presage an active spring. The rather unpleasant feeling which has existed 

 for some time between consumers and the hardwood industry Is being 

 somewhat tempered as the buyers are beginning to realize that their cher- 

 ished hopes for lower prices will not materialize. They are not, however, 

 abandoning their policy of buying on a hand-to-mouth basis. 



The export business has lagged slightly of late. Many inquiries are 

 coming from abroad. 



"Current sales of lumber are small," says the Third Federal Reserve 

 Bank, "but a large number of inquiries are coming in, and the trade is kept 

 busy estimating on future business." 



BOSTON 



Tlie Tegge Lumber Coi 



High Crade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee,. Wisconsin 



The outlook in the hardwood trade here is better. There is not a great 

 Improvement in demand here yet but It Is positively true that there is an 

 improvement in both demand and inquir>' for all lines of hardwoods ordi- 

 narily sold in this section. Particularly Is the demand from the house finish 

 people better. This Is looked upon as a particularly favorable sign. While 

 there is quite a range still In some quotations, the market Is pretty firm 

 and the tendency is all the time toward greater firmness, especially In the 

 better grades. Demand has Improved particularly of late with the furni- 

 ture people and the hardwoods yards and there Is some improvement In 

 demand and inquiry noted from the chalrmakers. automobile body people, 

 agricultural implement makers, musical instrument makers and more espe- 

 cially the piano makers, who take a large part of the hardwoods sold here. 

 Salesmen at the present time are finding It much more easy to Interest 

 retailers, as now their stocks have been depleted. 



BALTIMORE 



Conditions in the hardwood trade have not undergone important changes 

 in the last two weeks, though It may be said that the Improvement pre- 

 viously noted has become perhaps more pronounced. Users of hardwood 

 stocks are gradually getting to the point where they must make further 

 additions to their holdings, so that they may have enough mnforial to work 

 on. and this fairly steady accretion of orders Is having its effect upon the 

 general situation. Sellers show less of an inclination to make con<'esslons 

 and even entertain ideas of early advances in the quotations. In fact, here 

 and there some revisions upward have been made, and this tendency may 

 be expected to become more pronounced. 



COLUMBUS 



There Is a good feeling In hardwood circles in Columbus and central Ohio 

 territory. With the completion of inventories and the laying out of plans 

 for the early parts of the year buying is gradually Increasing. In fact 

 demand from both retailers and factories is showing quite an increase 



