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HARDWOOD RECORD 



April 10, 1921' 



Manufacturers 

 of 



Stimson's 



HARDWOOD 

 LUMBER 



Annual Output: 50 Million Feet 



J. V. Stimson 



Huntingburrf, Ind. 



Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co. 



Memphis, Tenn 



J. V. Stimson Hardwood Co. 



Memphis, Tenn., and Helena, Ark. 



COLUMBUS 



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Delta Hardwoods 



OUR ESTABLISHED POLICY 



IS TO PRODUCE ONLY THE BEST IN 

 HARDWOODS. THIS IS ASSURED 

 BY THE FACT THAT ONLY VIRGIN 

 TIMBER IS LOGGED AND CUT INTO 

 LUMBER. WE CARRY IN STOCK A 

 SPLENDID ASSORTMENT AND CAN 

 SUPPLY ANY OF THE REGULAR 

 GRADES AND THICKNESSES OF OAK, 

 GUM, ELM, ASH AND COTTONWOOD 

 IN UNIFORM QUALITY AND TEXTURE 



HARDWOODS 



THAT 



APPEAL 



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Double Band Mills 



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The 



BREECE 



Manufacturing Co. 



Arkansas City, Ark, 



There is a stiuiij;t*r ik'inand I'lir haiilwduds in Columhus iind central 

 Ohio territory. Buyiiig on the part of retailers is the best feature, but 

 factories are also coming into the market better. Concerns making boxes, 

 furniture, automobiles and caskets are the best customers among manu- 

 facturing enterprises. Railroads are also showing an inclination to enter 

 the market and are buying to a certain extent. It is believed that rail- 

 roads will be better customers in the near future. 



CLEVELAND 



The temporary activity in the hardwood market, noted in the last 

 report, has subsided and despite the rumored shortages and price rais- 

 ings in southern mills, wholesalers find little incentive to buy with the 

 retail demand as it is. Retailers at the first of the year had light stocks, 

 but most of them have gradually picked up supplies from time to time and 

 the present building tie-up finds them all overstocked. However, around 

 the first of May unions and employers will probably adjust their differ- 

 ences, and the result will be a sudden demand which may clear out avail- 

 able stocks in a short time. 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood yards are finding a steady amount of trade, though only in 

 exceptional cases is improvement noted over two or three weeks ago. Deal- 

 ers who have canvassed a good many of their customers say they are unable 

 to obtain very many orders. The unsettled freight rate question is holding 

 back some business in hardwoods, as manufacturers do not want to go 

 ahead until the question of rates is settled. .\ favorable feature of the 

 hanlwood trade is that prices are holding steadier in many instances than 

 a year ago. Not so much lumber is being offered now at sacrifice prices. 

 Dealers are of the opinion that if the present mild weather continues 

 there will develop a boom in the building indiistry and consequently a big 

 demand for lund)er of all kinds. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Demand on the part of the retail trade came to the fore the first of this 

 month and distributors here say that as it becomes certain the year will be 

 the biggest in construction the city ever has had, the demand has grown 

 remarkably. Exceptional construction weather during the past week has 

 caused the retailers to hasten to the market and where last year there 

 were more mixed cars than anything else, car lots now are the rule. Re- 

 ports show practically every interior finish mill working to capacity and 

 some of them are behind with orders. Oak and gum are the favorite woods 

 with the builders. While there appears to be little improvement with the 

 industrial, some reports are being received of increased production in sev- 

 eral of the plants and steps are being taken to put others, who went into 

 receivers' hands, back Into operation. Prices seem to be stationary and 

 no change is looked fi»r. 



EVANSVILLE 



Trade with the hardwood lumlier manufacturers and wholesalers of 

 Evansvllle and southern Indiana has show^n some picking up in many 

 ways during the past ten days or two weeks. March was a better trade 

 month than February and it is believed that April will bring in a larger 

 volume of trade than March. Few of the hardwood mills in this section 

 are being operated at this time and logs have not been coming in freely 

 for some time past, due to the floods and hard rains in the south. Lumber 

 prices are holding firm and some grailes are tending to advance. The out- 

 look for summer trade, taken as a whole, is quite encouraging. There is a 

 much better feeling pervading the trade and both inquiries and orders 

 have been picking up some for the past month, althougu there has not 

 been anything like a rush in business. Furniture manufacturers have been 

 buying more liberally of lumber during the past few weeks and the manu- 

 facturers believe that after the close of the market here the first week in 

 April that the factories will buy even more liberally of gum and other 

 grades. 



MEMPHIS 



Flood conditions in the Mississippi and its tributaries have already 

 brought logging to a complete standstill throughout the valley territory, 

 including the greater portion of West Tennessee, Mississippi. Arlcansas 

 and north Louisiana, and have likewise brought about enforced idleness 

 at approximately 75 per cent of the hardwood mills operating in. or draw- 

 ing their supplies of timber from, the area in question. Furthermore, as 

 the crest of the rise in the Mississippi passes south from Helena, Ark., 

 where it stood April 5, the number of mills put out of commission will be 

 still further increased and production of hardwood lumber will be corre- 

 spondingly decreased. 



Opinion among members of the trade regarding the duration of the 

 period of enforced idleness of logging and milling crews differs somewhat, 

 but it is generally conceded that very little in the way of logging will he 



