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HARDWOOD RECORD 



May 



1917 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-34 C*LERA£N AVENUK 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & Poplar especially 



Our location makes possible Quick delivery of anyttilne in timber and hardwood 



lumber ^ 

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Swain-Roach Lbr. Co. 



SEYMOUR, IND. 

 — We Manufacture 



Elm Ash 



Maple Walnut 



Gum Cherry 



Sycamore Chestnut, Etc. 



White Oak 

 Red Oak 

 Poplar 

 Hickory 



IVe have for sale 1 car 3" FAS Poplar; 1 car ZYi" No. 1 



Common Poplar; I car 5-4 FAS Plain Red Oak, dry, 



and 2 cars 6-t FAS Plain Red Oak, dry. 



At Tzvo Band Mills 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



BLISS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARK. 



mANCFACTCBKRS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Wall As 



OAK, ASH and CUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anythini In Oak, air dried 



or kiln dried, routh or dressed 



IIIXBD ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



The Tegge Lumber Col 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



The Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Company, Milwaukee, has let con- 

 tracts for the erection of a one-story shop and office on Port Washington 



roatl. 



The Hardwood Market [ 



^-< CHICAGO >■ 



While the meetings of furniture manufacturers in Chicago a couple of 

 weeks ago were full of optimistic comments, and reports showed most fac- 

 tories working energetically on full time, the fact remains that the furni- 

 ture trade is not taking so much lumber as it did. 



With interior finish makers also off in their requirements., the new ave- 

 nues of hardwood consumption are timely. In spite of everything, though, 

 prices continue to climb, being forced up on many occasions not so much by 

 definite efforts to get more money, but by prices made rather for the pur- 

 pose of scaring off trade that it would be difficult to accommodate- 

 No one factor seems to have any very definite impression and local lum- 

 bermen continue to be a cheerful lot. There always seems to be enough 

 business to keep all hands busy and the prospects of showing good profits 

 at the end of this year are so good that there is not much room for pessl- 



--<, BUFFALO >•- 



The hardwood demand is on a fairly liberal scale, though slower than a 

 month ago at some of the leading yards. Some decline in the furniture 

 business is said to have taken place and building figures are hardly up to 

 what was expected. Industrial concerns are taking fair stocks of hard- 

 woods and a good deal is hoped for in this direction from now on. Local 

 yards have had some disappointing experiences with embargoes recently, 

 hut the siow movement of stock from the mill has been a feature for so 

 long that it is being met with a good deal of patience. This market has 

 been getting cars enough to keep lumber moving on a liberal scale. 



With so much difficulty in getting stock and all the labor and flood 

 troubles at the mills, it is natural for prices to hold strong and everything 

 is bringing a good figure. The list of woods most in demand includes oak, 

 mahogany, birch, ash, cypress, poplar and bass wood. Stocks of these 

 woods have been brought in lately to replenish the assortments, so far as 

 it was able to get the cars moved. 



Local authorities in the hardwood trade are not entirely agreed as to the 

 outlook for business under the present abnormal state of affairs as the 

 result of war. It is generally believed that prices are going to remain 

 strong, because of the cutting down of the mill supplies, as well as the 

 heavy consumption of yard stocks that has been going on for the past few 

 months. The fact that immense sums are to be spent by the government is 

 expected by some lumbermen to have a great stimulus upon most business 

 lines, while others believe that it is doubtful if the hanlwodd business will 

 on the whole be benefited. 



:< PITTSBURGH >■= 



Hardwoods are getting more scarce every day in this district. Oak is 

 almost out of the market, especially bill oak. All kinds of furniture and 

 automobile hardwoods are very hard to get. The demand for mixed 

 hardwoods for mining purposes is one of the hardest to fill, owing to the 

 unusual activity in mining operations in tri-state territory. Countr.v mills 

 are badly handicapped by lack of teams and men. The range of prices is 

 going higher all the time. Southwestern stocks are in splendid demand 

 and shipments are reported very little better. Yard trade is irregular, 

 depending on the building situation in the different towns. 



.< BOSTON y- 



Triinsportation conditions are about as bad as they have been for some 

 months. The N. Y., N. H. & II. li. II. removed its embargo this week and 

 the Boston & Albany put one on. The mpvoment of stock varies wholly 

 with the delivering capacity of the carriers ; there is no lack of demand in 

 nearly every Item and no record of any recession of values has been 

 noted. 



-< BALTIMORE >-= 



The troubles of the hardwood men at present are centered upon the 

 transportation problem. With anything like an efficient railroad service 

 the movement of stock would be large, the demand readily taking up all 

 stocks brought out from the mills. Because of the iiiipediments imposed 

 by the railroads, however, the producers no less than the distributors find 

 it exceedingly difflcult either to send out their product or to get stocks in 

 quantities at all adequate for the needs of custonii'rs. Not only Is the 

 supply of cars wholly insulficient, but the embargoes imposed by various 

 lines, among them by the rennsylvania north of Wushlugton, seYve to hold 

 up lundier in transit, while the buyers are clamoring for delivery. The 

 big piles of hardwoods to be seen in many yartls not so long ago have been 

 greatly reduced, and the owners of the .yards see no prospect of replenish- 

 ing their assortments, and tlu-y face an actual shortage. Meanwhile prices 



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