April 10, 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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eastern Canada lumber trade with tlu' eastorn and toutrul states of the 

 United States. He is taking the matter n]i with the railways. 



A recent incorporation is the Michener I.uintier Tompany with a capital 

 stock of .?4(i,000 and head office at Sniilhville, Onl. William .Michener. 

 who has carried on a lumber business in Sniilhville for the past twenty- 

 five years, is president of the company. Wallace (Uintz is secretary-treas- 

 urer and Harold Gowland is vice-president. 



A provincial charter has been granted to the Toronto Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Company, with headquarters in Toronto and a capital stock of $40,000. 

 The new organization is an associate one of the Toronto Veneer Company. 

 1104 Queen street. West, Toronto, and among the incorporators are J. A. 

 Houde. W. .\. Dugit, H. T. Brewitt. W. It. .Jones ami Ernest Hondc, all of 

 whom are associated with the Toronto Veneer Company. The new com- 

 pany w-ili handle all kinds of hardwoods, both foreign and domestic. The 

 yards are at the corner of Atlantic avenue and the G. T. R. 



The Hardwood Market 



CHICAGO 



There has been little change in the sluggish condition of the Chicago 

 hardwood market during the past fifteen days, except in a further 

 weakening of prices. It is anticipated, however, that flood conditions in 

 the Southern producing field will result almost immediately in a stiffening 

 of prices not only in Southern but in Northern hardwood items. The 

 extended interruption of production and shipments, which the rising of 

 the Southern rivers now threatens and is already bringing about, is cer- 

 tain to have a marked bullish effect. Flooring and interior trim manu- 

 facturers continue to be the heaviest buyers of hardwoods in this market. 

 The weakening of prices in some items has been as much as $10 a 

 thousand, but this has not been true of FAS grades, as they are scarce 

 in nearly all woods. 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood trade is proceeding iu a fairly active way, but the buying 

 continues in a cautious and conservative way. Local yards are in some 

 cases reporting business considerably better than a month ago, but others 

 say they do not find much improvement taking place. Industrial plants 

 are not running briskly in the majority of cases, so their requirements are 

 not large. More building is being done than for a long time past, and this 

 is helping the sellers of hardwood flooring, while the planing mills are also 

 enjoying a more active business. 



Prices are unsettled and much competition has to be faced by the 

 dealers. A good deal of cutting is being done in some cases in order to 

 reduce extensive stocks. Sometimes good lumber is being sold at less than 

 the replacement value. Mill stocks are said to be small, and wholesalers 

 say that it would not take much business to bring about an advance in 

 prices. Some are looking for a stiff market and mu'h more active buying 

 to develop within the next thirty days. 



BOSTON 



The market remains just about the same as last reported. On the 

 whole demand is pretty quiet locally, and the same is true about inquiry. 

 A real building boom has not yet started here nor a boom in the demand 

 for hardwoods. Perhaps it is a little bit too early, with nine Inches of 

 snow falling as an April 1 example of spring. The tone of the market is 

 pretty firm, a strength made the greater by the reports of the idleness of 

 so many mills west. However, there are occasionally chances to buy at 

 bargain prices from some of the manufacturers in need. Present demand 

 Is best with the furniture people and the hardwoods yards. There is also 

 some improvement still noted in the demand from the piano people. Also 

 there are slight signs of some business of volume at least later iu the 

 finish trade. 



BALTIMORE 



The better feeling in the hardwood trade appears to have become rather 

 more pronounced in the last two weeks, though this division of the lumber 

 business seems to have made smaller progress of late than yellow pine, a 

 development natural enough in view of the fact that weather and other 

 conditions are now conducive to much building, thus creating a brisk 

 demand for yellow pine, while some of the activities entailing the use of 

 hardwoods have slowed down rather than become more active. For some 

 of the furniture manufacturing sections, for instance, come reports that 

 these establishments are curtailing their output, having provided for the 

 brisk demand in the way of furniture that prevailed some time ago and 

 accumulated some surplus which was put in storage against a revival 

 in buying. This, naturally, has its effect upon the hardwood market, 

 the furniture makers being among the largest consumers of hardwoods in 

 the country. In other directions the situation is more satisfactory, some 

 further progress toward a larger absorption being reported, though orders 

 are still said to be hard to get. 



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