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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February 10. 1922 



WE WANT TO SELL 



the following 



Dry Northern Michigan 



HARDWOODS 



BIRCH 



4/4 FAS JO.OOO' 



4/4 Selects IS.OOO' 



4 4 No. 1 Common IS.OOO' 



4/4 No. 2 Common 100.000 ' 



5 4 Selects 55,000' 



5/4 No. 1 Common 10,000' 



5/4 No. 2 Common 80.000' 



8 4 No. 1 & 2 Common .. 11,000' 



SOFT ELM 



4 4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 100,000' 



G/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 50,000' 



8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 33,000' 



ASH 

 4 4 No. 2 Com. & Btr. 

 5/4 No. I Com. & Btr. 



.100,000' 

 . 45,000' 



HARD MAPLE 

 4/4 8" & Wider, 8' & Longer 



No. 1 Com. & Btr 100,000' 



5/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr $0,000' 



6/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 100,000' 



6/4 No. 1 Com. & SeL... 60,000' 



8/4 No. 2 Common 150,000' 



8/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 200,000' 



10/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. . . . 80,000 ' 

 12/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. . . . 30,000' 



SOFT MAPLE 



4/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 150,000' 



6/4 No. 2 Com. & Btr 14,000 ' 



8'4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 100,000' 



BASSWOOD 



4 '4 No. 1 Com. & Btr 100,000 ' 



4'4 No. 2 Common 45,000' 



HARD MAPLE FLOORING STOCK 

 FOR RAIL OR WATER SHIPMENT 



Band mills at 

 Chassell and Ontonagon, Michigan 



C. H.Worcester Co, 



.VOT INCORPORATED 



19 So. La Salle Street, CHICAGO 



QUARTERED 



SYCAMORE 



For prompt shipment we offer the 

 following band sawed, edged and 

 trimmed quartered stock. It's all 

 sawed from the log, not resawed, 

 and it shows good figure. 



5 '8 Is & 2s 25,000' 



5/8 No. 1 Common 85,000' 



5 8 No. 2 Common 15,000' 



We also offer the following 



PLAIN SYCAMORE 



5 8 Is & 2s 10,000' 



5 8 No. 1 Common 50,000 



5/8 No. 2 Common 40,000' 



4 4 No. 2 Common & Better. .16,000' 



6 '4 No. 2 Common & Better. .10,000' 



WRITE OR WIRE FOR PRICES 



NORTH VERNON LUMBER MILLS 



NORTH VERNON, INDIANA 



is accepted as foreshadowing much greater activity in the near future, 

 but current volume of business, even after making allowance for the in- 

 creasing tendency noted, is not large. 



Building trade interests are the best buyers at the moment. 



LOUISVILLE 



Since the first of the year there has been improvement shown in demand 

 and orders, although demand is chiefly for only the very best of quality 

 grade production, or for very low grade stock, there being just a little 

 demand from the very high class furniture manufacturers, and a much 

 larger percentage of demand is from the manufacturers of cheap furniture. 

 Hardwood flooring mills are busy and buying. Jobbers are buying more 

 freely in filling domestic and some export orders. The very top grades 

 are scarce, and low grades not especially profitable, due to high freight 

 rates, and the fact that they don't make up the log run average in many 

 instances. Prices are fairly steady, although there are some rumors of 

 slight weakening in gum. Poplar is in better demand, in lumber as well as 

 siding. Walnut is fair and ash more active. 



NEW ORLEANS 



Hardwood operations throughout the extreme South and Southwest have 

 been further curtailed within the past fortnight by heavy rainfall. Logs 

 are few at most of the mills, and such is the condition of the logging woods 

 that many of the plants are procuring the necessary timber to keep their 

 wheels turning only with the utmost difliculty. Logging operations are, 

 of course, all the more handicapped in the lower Mississippi and other 

 deltas, from which sources come practically all the southern and south- 

 western hardwood timbers. Manufacturers are finding consolation, however, 

 in the fact that this difficulty is only seasonal and is now at its peak and 

 that the next few weeks should result in some appreciable change for the 

 better. 



Prices have made so few changes within the past fortnight as to be 

 scarcely worth chronicling. On the whole, it may be said that they are 

 remaining exceptionally firm. Such Uttle tendency toward a change as 

 there may he, however, is uniformly for the upward trend ; this observation 

 holding especially true of the higher grades, while the downward trend of 

 certain of the lower grades and varieties seems to have been quite definitely 

 checked some time ago. 



MILWAUKEE 



Judging by reports derived from various sections of the northern hard- 

 wood producing territory, shipments of lumber during January exceeded 

 the quantity moved in the first month of 1921, and so far in February this 

 gain is being maintained well. The degree of the gain is indicated by the 

 fact that the Ashland division of the Chicago & Northwestern handled 871 

 cars from loading points last month, compared with 659 in January, 1921, 

 a gain of 214, or about 35 per cent. As January shipments ordinarily are 

 light, this relatively heavy gain Is taken as a manifestation of the steadily 

 Improving position of the hardwood industry. 



The recent reduction in Interstate freight rates on hardwood lumber 

 announced by the Interstate Commerce Commission to be effective March 6 

 does not appear to be holding back any considerable amount of business 

 pending the change, although it Is believed some effect is being caused. 

 However, considering the time of year, satisfaction Is generally expressed 

 that the movement should be of so much volume as at present. The pros- 

 pect Is brighter now than It has been In a year or two for a genuine revival 

 of demand, for all signs point to a much more active state of affairs than 

 exists at this time. 



Automobile factories have resumed purchasing, now that the national, 

 sectional and local shows have shown that the trend of demand Is upward, 

 under the additional stimulus of lower prices. The furniture trade Is 

 taking more material right along. Musical Instrument manufacturers are 

 still on a minimum production schedule, but strong indications are at hand 

 that they will Increase their requirements. 



Textile industries arc proceeding at a constantly Increasing pace, and 

 metal trades are enlarging forces slowly but steadily. This gives promise 

 of a better demand for box and crating stock, and when the lower grades 

 once begin to move readily It will furnish at least a partial solution of a 

 big problem growing out of a lack of call for the proper stuff at a time 

 when the choice qualities were scarce and wanted. 



TORONTO 



There has been a distinct Improvement In the hardwood market of late, 

 and many firms are sending In inquiries for their requirements some 

 months hence, and although these inquiries have not yet crystallized Into 

 actual business, It Is believed that it is only a matter of a very short 

 time when a satisfactory volume of business will develop. Birch Is In 

 particularly good demand. Automobile concerns are now entering the 

 market, while furniture factories are also getting busy, as indicated by 

 the fact that they are now replenishing their stocks to some extent. Hem- 

 lock continues firm. 



Operations In the bush In Northern Ontario have been hampered to 

 some extent by the heavy snowfalls. Logs are now being hauled to the 

 mills, and It has become possible to estimate the cut, which Is not more 

 than 60 per cent of normal. 



