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HARDWOOD RECORD 



August 10, 1317 



TRADE MARK. 



Oak Maple 



Chestnut 



ivianufacturers and Dealers 



— in — 



West Virginia and Southern 



HARDWOODS 



The Atlas Lumber & Mfg. Co. 



Union Trust Building, CINCINNATI, OHIO 



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 



DRY STOCK 



FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT 



BIRCH 



175 M 1" FAS 



110 M 1 " No. 1 Com. 



IIOM 1" No. 2 Com. 



50 M IM" FAS 



50 M 1^6" FAS 



70 M 2" No. 1 C. & Btr. 



RED GUM 

 50 M 1 M " No. 1 Com. 

 20 M 2 " FAS 

 50 M FAS Qrt'd 

 25 M 2 " No. 1 Com. Qtd 

 12 M 2 " No. 1 C. & Btr. Fig. 

 MAPLE 



40 M 2 J^ " No. 1 C. & Btr. 20 M 2" Hard Bending 



BROWN LAND & LUMBER CO. 



Rhinelander and Parish, Wis., 

 Helena, Arkansas. 



Rhinelander, Wb. 



L-B QUALITY 



— Kraetzer Cured — 



GUM LUMBER 

 OAK LUMBER 

 OAK FLOORING 



(The Famous Forked-Leaf Brand) 



Southern Yellow Pine Unexcelled for Crating. 



We have 115,000,000 feet in pile. 

 Accurately Manufactured, Carefully Graded, Priced Right 



Long-Bell Lumber Company 



R. A. Long Building 



Kansas City, Mo. 



the holders of this wood still hold it closely at the "hi figure, which has 

 lieen constant for the past several months. The demand for elm con- 

 tinues good. This wood has shown great strength and the price has been 

 cousinntly rising. .\n advance of 10 to 15 per cent has been registered 

 in FAS grade. 



The furniture trade is taking most of the gum s'dd in the Cleveland 

 market, and this quantity is not small at present. Although not common 

 as yet, gum is showing more and more popularity in Cleveland as an 

 interior finish. 



The higher grades of poplar arc not active in this market, but the 

 demand for box lumber has brought in a large cjuantity of the lower 

 grades. Practically all the poplar handled in Clevelaud consists of lower 

 grades for box requirement, which have become increasingly active on 

 account of the war goods being manufactured in the Cleveland drstrict. 

 This trade is expected to reach exceptional proportion-^ in the near future, 

 and the box companies are putting away many thousands of feet at 

 liresent prices. -V number of the larger box makers are bringing their own 

 stocks in from up the lakes on their own boats, and this has a tendency 

 to depress the local market, but the volume of Imsiness demanded for 

 immediate requirements is not small among the makers who do not have 

 these facilities. 



— •< INDIANAPOLIS >— = 



The demand fur hardwoods is light except for lundier to bo used directly 

 i»r indirectly for war materials, but despite this fact prices are well main- 

 tained. Buibling operations are making an iinusually light drain on yard 

 stocks, and sash and door manufacturers report that business is rather 

 dull. BniUling operations during July dropped off <»(' per cent under the 

 total for the corresponding month of lltlfl. 



Although the wholesale trade reports that furniture manufacturers are 

 buying as heavily as might be expected for the miil-seasou period, they 

 have hopes that this demand will be strengthened. Indications are that 

 the furniture jilants will have a very active season. Reports from the 

 smaller furniture markets where crop conditions will no doubt have an 

 influence on business conditions say that business will be heavy. 



Truck, vebii-le, and farm implement manufa<-turers. whose business is 

 being influenced directly by war orders, are heavy buyers for the kind 

 of stocks used in such industries. The future for a heavy business with 

 farm implement manufacturers is sai<l t" be exceedingly bright as orders 

 ftu* 1018 delivi'ries are arriving in good volume. 



Labor conditions are very unsatisfactory, as nearly all mills and large 

 consumers report a shortage of men, Despite high wages that arc being 

 paid, manufacturers are experiencing difficulty in keeping their working 

 f()rces intact. Fears are expressed on every hand that the raising of the 

 new national army will have a bad effect on labor conditions. 



Cars are not so plentiful as they were a few weeks ago. and the car 

 shortage is expected to become more acute as the government's demand for 

 rolling stock grows. Many mill owners report difKculty in obtaining an 

 adequate supply of logs. 



=^ EVANSVILLE >-= 



Trade with the ItiinbiT manufai-tiirr'fs of IO\'nnsville and southern Inili- 

 :ina is fairly good, considering the fact that this is usuall.v considered the 

 dull time of the year. .Iidy brought in a fair amount of bttsiness and manu- 

 facturers pHMlict that August, 1017, will be n lictter month than August, 

 lOKI. Only one of the large hardwood mills in lOvansville is now being 

 operated au full time. The river mills have Ix'eu closed for some time and 

 it is not known when they will resume operations. Manufacturers report 

 a scarcity of logs, and not many logs from the South will come here before 

 the first of September, it is predicted. One large Uical hardwood concern 

 is getting logs from two timbered tracts that were recently bought near 

 this city. Log prices arc a great deal higher than they were this time 

 last year. The demand for lumber continues good. 



Some time? ago the furniture manufacturers decided to hold off from 

 buying lumber for a while, as they figured by doing this lumber manufac- 

 turers would be glad to sell and might reduce tlii' price. They failed in 

 their calculations. The government started some time ago buying lumber 

 at good prices and this has created a demand that was not anticipated 

 before the United States entered the war. There is a scarcity of thlelc 

 ash, due largely to the fact that the government^ has been buying it up in 

 large quantities. There is also a strong demand for No. 2 common beech, 

 as the government is still in the market for this lumber. The demand for 

 elm and hickory, as well as for the lower grades of poplar, continues 

 strong. Ccdleetions are reported first-class and the crop conditions in this 

 section are encouraging. Lumber manufacturers i)redict a good fall and 

 winter business and look for prices to remain lirm witli an upwaril tend- 

 ency. Building operations are not quite .so active as they were this time 

 last year, yet later the contractiu's expeit to see a revival. Little residence 

 building is going on. Planing mill men and sasb and door men say that 

 trade is only fair at present. 



--<, MEMPHIS >■- 



The har<l\vood situation here continues wliolesome. There is .a very 

 good demand, although it is not (luite so aggressive as It was a short time 

 ago. The olT season is at hand and this is accompanied by the usual 

 lull in buying. But, despite this fact, there is eonsldernbly more than 



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