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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February 25, 1922 



Manufacturers 

 of 



Stimson's 



HARDWOOD 

 LUMBER 



Annual Output: 50 Million Feet 



J. V. Stimson 



Huntingburg, Ind. 



Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. 



Memphis, Tenn 



J. V. Stimson Hardwood Co. 



Memphis, Tenn., and Helena, Ark. 



VENEER 

 DRYING 



MACHINERY 



PROCTOR (r 

 SCHWARTZ.INC. 



PHILADELPHIA 

 CATALOGUE ON REQUEST 



Foster-Latimer Lumber Co. 



OFFER THE FOLLOWING 



DRY HARDWOODS 



ELeeular Widths and XjengthB 

 SOFT ELM 



4/4" Xo. 2 & Better 12 months drr 



5/4" No. 2 &. Better 12 montliB drr 



6/4" N'o. 2 & Better, larsely No. 1 12 moDths drj 



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



10/4" No. 1 & Btttter 12 montha dry 



12/4" No. 1 & Better 6 monthi dry 



4/4" No. 3 12 months drr 



6/4" No. 3 10 mooths dry 



WIRE, PHONE OR WRITE FOR PRICES 



MAIN OFFICE AND MILLS 

 MELLEN, WISCONSIN 



law firm of Quarles, Spence & Quarles, Sentinel building, and include Julian 



Olds, Howard T. Foulkes and John A. Dietrich. 



The Svoboda Altjir Works of Kewaunee, Wis., a large producer of church 

 furniture and fixtures, has decided to erect a new factory, which was pro 

 jected about five years ago but delayed by war conditions. It will represent 

 an investment of about §65,000, including a site of nearly three square 

 blocks. This embraces the foundations of an old factory destroyed by fire 

 some years ago, which will be used as the substructure of new mill and 

 factory. Current will be purchased from a large hydroelectric generating 

 plant. Purchases of new woodworking and electric motor equipment are 

 now being made by Joseph Svoboda. prosidont and general manager. 



TORONTO 



At the annual meeting of the Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association 

 held in Toronto a short time ago reports of a successful year's operations 

 were submitted. Organized four years ago with a membership of 17, there 

 are now 42 members on the roll. The following officers were elected : 

 President, H. J. Terry, of Terry & Gordon ; secretary-treasurer, Horace 

 Boultbee; directors, Hugh A. Rose, J. B. Jarvis, D. C. Johnston, K. N. 

 Brown, Alex C. Gordon. 



A test prosecution launched by Inspector McKee, of the Provincial 

 Board of Health, charging W. J. Carriere, a lumber Jobber operating near 

 Gogama, with maintaining insanitary camps, was heard in the Sudbury 

 Police Court. Carriere pleaded guilty and was fined $25 and costs on each 

 of two separate counts and was given two weeks to make alterations at 

 the camp. The investigation was the result of complaints that reached 

 the department. 



The Trans-Canada Lumber Company. Limited, has been organized at 

 Montreal and has been granted a Dominion charter authorizing the com- 

 pany to engage in a general lumhoring business in all its branches. The 

 company is capitalized at $200,000 and the incorporators are : J. W. 

 Cook. A. A. Magee. T. B. lleney and W. C. Nicholson. 



The McKinnon Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorporated and 

 has opened offices at 454 King street, W. Toronto. The company also 

 has a yard in the cit.v. George McKinnon has associated with him John 

 P. Waters of Toronto and G. D. Martin of Burk's Falls. The new company 

 will specialize in Canadian and imported hardwoods. 



The Hardwood Market 



CHICAGO 



The Chicago hardwood market continues to reflect the cautious attitude 

 of the buyers in all lines. A fair volume of business is being done right 

 along, but it is plain that the Imyers are only taking on such stock as they 

 need at the time they need It. There is no tendency to buy for the future. 

 Prices are holding up well, though there is some report that gum prices 

 have sagged a few points recently. Poplar is probably the strongest wood 

 on the market in the matter of demand, because of the many industries 

 which use it. Oak flooring stock is still in good demand. The upper grades 

 remain short and the lower grades dragging. Business is considerably spot- 

 ted and while some firms are doing a very satisfactory business others are 

 securing orders very slowly. 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood trade remains about the same as for the past month and 

 gales are not heavy. Industrial activity shows little increase, so that 

 consumers' wants are not as large as they often are at this season. Some 

 buying is probably held up by the desire to take advantage of lower freight 

 rates early next month, but it is believed that not much business is being 

 thus deferred. There Is a general feeling that business is to be better 

 this spring and the yards are getting in some lumber In anticipation of 

 early improvement. 



Prices are little changed, but are higher than a year ago in almost 

 every wood. Maple is said to be an exception to this rule, owing to the 

 fact that it Is widely distributed and the high freight rates make buyers 

 take stocks as near home as possible. Oak continues to be the leader in 

 most yards, with an improve<l demand developed in birch, indicating that 

 the furniture factories have been doing fairly well. Chestnut is also sell- 

 ing a little better than a few weeks ago. 



BOSTON 



Quite a little improvement In demand and quite an Increase In Inquiry 

 featured the trade here the past two weeks. Of course business is not 

 yet booming by any means. Hut it is so good and so improved that dealers 

 think thi' outlook for spring trade is very hopeful. This naturally is a 

 rather dull time, and the h:irdwf)ods people are having rather more trade 

 than any other line of the lumber market here just at the present time. 

 One feature of the market is the interest piano people here are showing. 

 Not only is there more inquiry from them but they are also purchasing 

 Just a little more than they have been. Some say quite a little more 



