July 10. 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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than at any time since the upward movement began, and in some in- 

 stances they are higher than they had ever been. Buyers appear to 

 realize the acuteness of the situation created by the big demand and the 

 relatively small supply and they are placing orders . by wire because 

 they have found that every day of delay has meant either loss of the 

 chance to buy, or the payment of a higher price. Manufacturers and 

 distributers of lumber, emphasize that telegrams furnish the most reliable 

 method of securing lumber, and that quotations are subject to advance 

 without notice. 



"Every time I sell lumber during the day, I go home with regrets that 

 evening," That is the way one prominent manufacturer has of emphasiz- 

 ing the strength of the market. With the present shortage of stocks 

 and the reduced output of the past few months, the market is destined 

 to work to a still higher level. Some have sold all they care to sell for 

 the present. Others have sold all they are able to manufacture for the 

 immediate future and still others are indifferent about whether they sell 

 or not. 



There is not a dull item on the entire hardwood list. There is not a 

 grade of any kind of lumber that is not wanted. Gum occupies an 

 enviable position and the same Is true of oak, cottonwood, ash and 

 cypress, hickory and elm. 



=■< LOUISVILLE •>-- 



If it isn't car shortage, It's price or something, but the hardwood in- 

 dustry never seems to get everything running right at the same time. 

 The car shortage has improved materially within the past month, and 

 prices and demand are better than ever before known, but now labor is 

 getting so scarce that many of the mills are having trouble in manufac-. 

 turing, the chief trouble being in getting out the logs and getting them 

 to the mills. Manufacturing at present is largely a matter of labor, as 

 all of the operators have orders on hand and are able to sell all the 

 material they can cut as soon as it is dry enough to ship. Some hard- 

 woods are being shipped practically green, elm selling direct from the 

 saw. The demand for thick stocks of such woods as oak, hickory, elm, 

 ash, gum and poplar was never known to be anything like what it is at 

 this time, and walnut, mahogany, birch and maple are active. Beech has 

 also been a good seller, and nothing is wrong with the veneer trade, espe- 

 cially In the better grades. While the furniture manufacturers are not so 

 busy as they were, there is still a good demand for high class material. 

 The thick stocks are chiefly for supplying war orders on trucks, auto- 

 mobiles, wheels, etc. Walnut is also in good demand for gunstocks, and 

 gum is also being used for this purpose. The demand for lumber extends 

 to every item. Pine and cypress are wanted, and buyers are scouring the 

 market for poplar and ash. 



^-< ST. LOUIS >= 



The liardwood situation is just about the same as it has been for 

 some time. The demand for nearly every item on the hardwood list is 

 fairly satisfactory, with prices pretty strong, as holders of hardwood 

 lumber are quite independent about selling, because they believe higher 

 prices are in sight. Gum and oak are the leading items on the list, with 

 gum having the preference. They are being called for rather freely. 

 The higher grade is in particularly good request. Ash and hickory are 

 also reported in good demand. It is hard to obtain both of these items. 

 The railroads are doing a little better in furnishing cars to move stock 

 and some of the mills are catching up on orders in consequence. The 

 cypress market coutiuues strong. It looks as if the yards, which have 

 not been doing much buying recently, will soon come into the market. 

 Prices are steady with an advancing tendency: Two inch and thicker 

 stock is advancing in price and this class of cypress Is more in demand 

 than it was. While line yards are making a great many inquiries, they are 

 not placing orders as they should, but no doubt will as soon as the de- 

 mand from the consumers increases. 



< MILWAUKEE >-= 



Although lumber centers in Wisconsin reports a slight decline in the de- 

 mand for consti'uction woods, commercial materials for all industrial 

 products are desired to a degree approaching covetousness. No parti- 

 cular change has marked the price lists during the past few weeks. All 

 divisions remain firm, and with prospects of several large war orders 

 hovering over the order files of a number of concerns, sentiment is 

 bullish respecting price. 



A , report from the state industrial commission pointing out that lum- 

 bering is among the industries in which accidents have been on the in- 

 crease is of great concern to Wisconsin lumbermen and every effort will 

 be made to check the climbing percentage of accidents in the various 

 occupations. Up to the present time there have been thirty per cent 

 more accidents in Wisconsin this year than during the corresponding 

 months of 1916. 



The labor problem still confronts the woodworking industry. Every 

 firm which depends in a large measure for its success on labor is striving 

 to make life comfortable for its workers. The Wausau Sulphite Fibre 

 Company, of Mosinee, is having plans drawn for a big clubhouse for its 

 employees, as are a number of other large concerns about the state. 



Women are coming into greater favor to fill places formerly occupied 

 by men in wood products plants. 



Swain-Roach Lbr. Co. 



SEYMOUR, IND. 



We Manufacture 



Elm Ash 



Maple Walnut 



Gum Cherry 



Sycamore Chestnut, Etc. 



White Oak 

 Red Oak 

 Poplar 

 Hickory 



We have for sale 1 car S" FAS Poplar; 1 car ZVi" No. 1 Common 

 Poplar; 1 .car o-J, FAS Plain Red Oak, dry, 2 cars 6-J, FAS 

 Plain Red Oak, dry; 1 car 4/4 No. 1 Common Qtd. Red Oak; 

 1 car No. 1 Common Ash and 3 cars 6/4 Com. t€ Better Hickory. 



At Two Band Mills 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



Mutual Fire Insurance 



Best Indemnity at Lowest Net Cost 

 Can Be Obtained From 



Boston, Mass. 



The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 



The Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company 



Mansfield, Ohio. 



The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



The Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company, 



Van Wert, Ohio 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-S4 C*LKBAIN AVENUE 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & Poplar especially 



Our location makes possible auick doMvery of anything in timber and hardwood 



lumber 



The Tegge Lumber Col 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



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