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HARDWOOD RECORD 



July 25. 1917 



Swain-Roach Lbr. Co. 



SEYMOUR, IND. 



-We Manufacture — '■ 



Elm Ash 



Maple Walnut 



Gum Cherry 



Sycamore Chestnut, Etc. 



White Oak 

 Red Oak 

 Poplar 

 Hickory 



He hare for finic 1 car :V FAS I'oplar ; 1 car k/h" (^Icar Sap 

 Voplar, 6 1o 2Jf" icide; 1 car Jf/Ji A'o. t Common Ash; 2 cars Jf/Jt 

 FAS .S'o/j Otim ; 1 car 5--'t FAS Plain Red Oak. drt/, 2 cars 6-4 

 FAS Plain Red Oak, dnj : 1 car J,/J, So. 1 Common Qid. Red Oak. 



At Two Band Mills 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



are holding back 

 is the leader in 



BLISS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS 



MANUFACTURERS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried 

 or kiln dried, rough or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



No mattei^ where, 



if there is timber there, 



Lacey & Company knows all 

 about it and can tell you — can 

 offer you a buy or a buyer or 

 show you why there is neither. 



James D. Lacey & Com- 

 pany deals in satisfactory trades 

 and solid facts only. 37 years 

 in business. 



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CIIIOAOO SEATTLE NEW ORLE.INS 



1750 McCormick Bldg. 626 Henry Bldg. ISIS Wliitney-Central BUg. 



ilemand. in spite of the tact that the manufacturers 

 and only l>uying for immediate needs. Oil cooperagt 

 this flekl. 



A sudden tightening of all hardwood markets was the result of un- 

 favorable transportation conditions which became apparent about a week 

 ago. The last of the transit cars sent south by the Interstate Commerce 

 i'ommission had arrived in Cleveland and word came from the mills that 

 no more were to be had, and that increases in prices were contemplated 

 all along the line. On top of this came word of a car shortage on the 

 western coast, so that transit cars from that quarter, which had been 

 coming in in sufficient quantity to weaken the market, immediately 

 jumped to a premium. 



Water transportation on the Great Lakes, which is usually looked to to 

 ease any transportation situation, is already overloaded, and only those 

 lumber shippers who own their own boats or have been able to charter 

 one for the season are getting satisfactory results from this quarter. 



In Cleveland, while some stocks are quite large and others are rapidly 

 being exhausted, all are being closely held, as dealers <lo not know how 

 long it will be before new stocks will arrive in sufficient quantities, to 

 keep the market on an even keel. 



< INDIANAPOLIS > 



There is loss activity iu tlic hanhvood market than there has been in 

 many months, but despite this faet the ilemand is good for this season 

 uf the year. liuiUHng operations have been curtailed somewhat on account 

 of the high cost of materials and the scarcity of labor, but the retail trade 

 declares it is well satisfied with the demand. • 



The heaviest demand now comes from consuming plants, especially those 

 which are ilealing or expect to deal iu supplies for the government. Ve- 

 hicle manufacturers, car building and repairing concerns, and manufac- 

 turers of motor trucks and farm iimchinery are active buyers, and are 

 laying up larger surplus stocks than usual. The demand from furniture 

 companies is strong, hut the call is not as insistent as it was two 

 months ago. 



Wholesalers in this market report that there is a general tendency to 

 build up surplus stocks, and several large retailers say they intend to 

 build up their yard stocks far above normal. The present free movement 

 cif cars is not expected to continue when the grain crops of the middle 

 west begin to move, and many lumbermen expect more stringent car sliort- 

 age conditions to prevail during the early fall. 



The sash and door trade reports a falling off in demand with the lull in 

 building operations which generally is expected during July and August. 

 The farm trade so far this year has been a negligible quantity. Crops 

 have selibtm been so late as this year, and the farmers are being kept busy 

 later than usual in handling the wheat and corn crops. The wheat crop 

 which now is being threshed, is of excellent (piality and the yield is 

 larger per acre than it has been for several years. These conditions 

 naturally cause the trade to expect a^ heavy demand on the farms later 

 iu the season. 



Prices are steady in nil departments, and no price cutting is reported. 



=^ EVANSVILLE >.= 



The hardwood lumber manufacturers of Evansville and southwest- 

 ern Indiana report that their busine.ss has been exceptionally good for 

 July and it is believed that this month will bring in as large a volume 

 of business as the corresponding month of lltltJ. M.any of the large 

 up-town mills in Evansville have been closed, however, for the past 

 month, and the river mills are also shut down, but manfuacturers say 

 that in spite of this, orders and inquiries have been coming in very 

 nicely. Logs have been scarce for several weeks and the prices are 

 unusually high. The up-town mills depend almost altogether on 

 Kentucky and Tennessee for their logs and the men who get out 

 logs from time to time have been too busy with their crops to give 

 any attention to logs, which has naturally made a scarcity. The 

 river mills here get their log supply from points along Green river 

 and tributaries in western Kentucky and they have not been bothered 

 with a log scarcity. Maley & Wertz are cutting a tract of timber 

 near Daylight, Ind., and the logs are being hauled here by the com- 

 pany's teams. The same company is also cutting a tract eight or ten 

 miles west of here in Posey county and these logs, too, are being hauled 

 overland. Prices on hardwood lumber are remaining firm and it is 

 expected that prices on some grades will get even stifter before fall. 

 Ash. elm, hickory and plain oak have been in strong demand for some 

 time past. Cottonwood is also in good demand as this lumber is 

 being used in some instances in the place of quartered sycamore. 

 Walnut has Ijeen rather off for the past few weeks. Manufacturers 

 report that the demand for No. 2 beech is still strong because the 

 government is buying quantities of this lumber to make cots for 

 soldiers. Collections are good and the crop outlook for this section 

 is promising. Furniture factories continue to use a great deal of 

 gum and this lumber has been strong since the first of the year. 

 Retail lunibei- dealers say that trade, while not inclined to boom, is 

 fairly good and they are looking for a very nice fall business. In event 

 that the furniture factories keep running on full time, and it is be- 



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