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lieved they will all the year, veneer manufacturers say they will enjoy 

 a nice increase in trade. General conditions in this section have been 

 good all year. 



--< MEMPHIS >-- 



Tlu- hardwood market coutiiivii'S ciuito rirm and demand Is still reported 

 very satisfactory. There is talk in some quarters of a slight slowing down 

 in the call for some items on the hardwood list but as a general rule manu- 

 facturers and distributors alike say that demand is unusually well main- 

 tained for this time of the year and that there is nothing of which to com- 

 plain on the score of prices. There has been some improvement in the 

 car situation, with the result that deliveries of lumber in most instances 

 are being made with rather greater promptness though there are still de- 

 lays where mills are located on short lines. Logging is making better 

 progress and as a rule there are rather more cars available for handling 

 timber shipments.' As a consequence production of hardwood lumber is 

 perhaps gaining some as compared with the more recent rather small aver- 

 age ilaily output. There is a splendid call for gum in all grades though 

 low graile stock is the scarcest and the firmest. This is due to the big 

 call from the box manufacturers who are doing a record business and who 

 are having to use an exceptionally high percentage of gum because of the 

 shortage of low grade Cottonwood. The latter is very hard to tinil in the 

 open market and exceptional values are placed thereon by holders. Oak 

 is gaining in movement, especially in structural timbers, while the demand 

 for ash is usually active. Considerable quantities of this are wanted for 

 aeroplane parts. Hickory and elm are in good request and the movement 

 of cypress is reported unusually free for this time of the year. 



=- < NASHVILLE > - ^ 



No important changes are noted in the hardwood trade in this market. 

 Business is of moderate voUnno, and prices rule very strong on the gen- 

 eral list. Building operations have been at a low ebb. which has given 

 a quiet tone to the retail trade. There has been some improvement in the 

 car situation, but this continues to be one of the main factors of trade, 

 as it has been difficult to get any shipments to the eastern territory. Lum- 

 ber concerns are greatly interested in the government plans, and the ex- 

 pectation of demands for government cantonments and shipbuilding is 

 probably the main influence in holdin;.' thf market firm. 



=■< LOUISVILLE y. 



While June was a busy month. July is going it one better in this 

 district, and the usual July slump has failed to materialize. The de- 

 mand for all grades of lumber is unprecedented, and operators are so 

 Lusy selling stock that they are not accumulating much surplus. The 

 car situation is much better and both inbound and outbound shipments 

 are moving fairly well, although regulations relative to using coal 

 cars for- lumber are expected to handicap some southern shippers who 

 depend largely on such. cars. Orders are coming plentifully from 

 almost every class of consumers, the furniture demand having im- 

 proved, especially for such woods as walnut, gum, and poplar. The 

 government is buying oak in large quantities for ."shipbuilding and other 

 work, and pine for camp construction. Manufacturers of trucks, au- 

 tomobiles, wagons etc., are buying hickory, ash, elm, gum and oak in 

 quantities, and the wheel manufacturers are also active buyers, with 



' the result that all thick stocks of tough textured woods are in big de- 

 mand. Walnut for gunstock and aeroplane manufacturing is brisk, it 



■ being reported that some prime walnut for aeroplane work recently 

 sold at $350 per thousand, vi'hile inch common chestnut has sold at 

 $40 Louisville; inch Is and 2s plain red gum, $60 at mill, and two inch 

 quartered sap gum at $35 mill. Everything is selling freely and present 

 market prices are unprecedented, but are expected to go higher. It 

 is said that the labor situation will force prices up somewhat as 

 labor is very scarce, and some mills are unable to run to capacity, and 

 are accumulating log stocks as a result. 



=-< MILWAUKEE >= 



The hardwood production of northern Wisconsin continues to grow week 

 by week as the result of the addition of a number of important new mills 

 to the active list. It is contidently expected that when the season comes 

 to a close, the total output will be found to be the largest in at least live 

 j'ears. If the labor situation were more favorable, the record doubtless 

 would still further be broken. The car situation is still in unsatisfactory 

 shape, but shows some improvement. This applies, however, only to the 

 northern Wisconsin producers, as receivers of hardwoods from the West 

 and South complain that they are unable to get deliveries of more than a 

 small percentage of their requirements. So far as new construction is 

 concerned, the volume of building is smaller than a year ago, but It must 

 be remembei-ed that 1916 was one of the best years in history and it would 

 require a great deal to maintain a similar record in such times as the pres- 

 ent. The general price lists have seen further advances, but buying goes 

 on merrily because of urgent neetls. Furniture and chair factories are 

 working at a capacity that is limiteil only by the supply of hibor. Thou- 

 sands of freight cars are being built in and around Milwaukee, and a gen- 

 eral survey of the situation shows that while the demand for hardwood 

 in snnu' lines has fallen off. it is more than compensated for by the re- 

 quirements of other lines. 



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