August 25, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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and this outlet for trade is expected to be open for some months. The 

 building line shows no great activity, though it has been making a better 

 showing in some sections during the past few weeks. The furniture trade 

 just now is said to be rather quiet. 



Ash has been moving well, all thicknesses being called for, with thick 

 stock leading. Plain oak has .tIso been much wanted. Maple continues 

 to hold its own. Some wholesalers call the demand pretty well distributed 

 through the list, while others are concentrating their attention to but a 

 few woods, saying that these are outshadowing all the rest. Everything 

 holds firm in price and some woods are likely to advance within the next 

 few weeks. 



The local wholesale yards are all getting in good assortments of stock 

 and optimism is felt as to the future, as with car shortage likely to be 

 more severe than ever this fall it is felt that the local yards will be called 

 upon for large shipments. Some yards have a larger stock of good lumber 

 than the.v have carried at any time previou.sly, and a large percentage of 

 this lumber is easily salable. Several weeks are required as a usual thing 

 to get hardwood stocks through from southern points. 



-.-^PITTSPURGHy- 



.\11 lumber wholesalers here are complaining this month of dull business. 

 Demand from the yards is extremely light. The manufacturing trade con- 

 stitutes the bulk of the business being done, but this is far from satisfac- 

 tory in as much as these concerns are buying only for immediate needs. In 

 a few cases where big industrial concerns are laying out towns, some large 

 bills of lumber arc being figured. .\s a rule, however, factories are pretty 

 well supplied with lumber for their summer and fall needs and are hesitat- 

 ing to buy ahead on contract. Prices remain very firm. The tendency of 

 quotations in many lines of hardwood is upward because stock is so scarce 

 and because mills are producing so little lumber. Everywhere there is a 

 complaint of a scarcity of help and very undesirable labor. Another 

 serious complaint is the large number of transit ears. This is demor- 

 alizing prices on many woods, especially stocks from the Southwest. 

 Yard business does not show any signs of recovering its usual summer 

 form, and the uncertainties of war are making the building situation very 

 hard to guess out. 



=■< BOSTON y- 



The bardwuud trade of New England remains in a very uncertain state. 

 Transportation conditions run to extremes. The N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. by 

 reason of its own embargoes and ttiose placed against it is absolutely closed 

 to non-governmental shipments of lumber both from the North and South 

 and is expected to continue so for at least another week. Other roads are 

 nearly or wholly without restrictions ; in fact, some are delivering cars in 

 much under normal time. Native hardwoods are being freely moved on the 

 northern and eastern roads. Consuming and construction companies have 

 heavy business booked, but the material and labor situation is delaying 

 the products. Quotations received from manufacturers vary from moder- 

 ately stiff to extreme figures and practically all business being done is at 

 the highest record prices to meet the pressing needs. There is every indi- 

 cation that hardwoods will maintain the present elevated values for some 

 time although delays and difficulties are adding cost burdens which, it U 

 the opinion of many dealers, will slow up the demand for new work. As 

 it is admitted that lumber traffic will be generally reduced the coming fall, 

 the outlook for the immediate future points to a very firm basis for any 

 stock available. 



^-< BALTIMORE >= 



If any dianges in the general hardwood situation have taken place 

 during the last two weeks they are of small significance. Members of the 

 trade are still called upon to center their attention largely upon efforts to 

 obtain shipment in order that the most urgent requirements of their cus- 

 tomers can be met. Orders for the government are forwarded quickly 

 enough, but all other business must take its chances, and in many instances 

 the shippers are seriously handicapped in their operations. The quota- 

 tions are much the same as they have been, though a great deal depends 

 upon individual necessities and the ability of sellers to make shipment. 

 Little dispo.sition exists to anticipate wants, but for immediate needs the 

 buyers are willing to pay very attractive prices. The preference is rather 

 for the lower grades and some of the best classifications move rather more 

 slowly than could be desired. This applies especially to poplar, which 

 wood is in good request as far as the general run of lumber is concerned, 

 but shows a hesitating tone when it comes to the stocks which formerly 

 went abroad. Oak is likewise more or less affected this way, though the 

 absence of large accumulations and the difficulties of making shipment 

 prompt buyers to take almost anything that happens to be in supply. 

 The users of hardwoods are generally all quite busy, with the exception 

 of the manufacturers of woodwork for the general run of houses, erected 

 by contract builders on speculation. The advances in the cost of materials 

 of all kinds, and especially the rates of wages demanded by labor have 

 called a decided halt in this kind of undertaking. Oak of the highest and 

 most, uniform grades is being sought in considerable quantities for aero- 

 plane uropeller blades, so that at least some of the output of the mills that 

 encountered a hesitating demand before is thus taken care of. 



Mills fintl it hard to get lalM>r, and many of the plants are unable to 



The following stock is in excellent 

 condition, ready for immediate shipment 



5/4 No. 

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 3/4 No. 

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 6/4 No. 

 8/4 No. 

 10 '4 No. 

 4/4 No. 

 5/4 No. 

 8/4 No. 

 4/4 So. 

 4/4 No. 

 6/4 No. 

 4.4 No. 



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& Better ASH 15.000' 



& Better BASSWOOD 25.000' 



& Better BEECH 150.000' 



BEECH 340.000' 



& Better BIRCH 55.000' 



& Better BIRCH 68.000' 



& Better BIRCH 29,000' 



BIRCH ' 120,000' 



BIRCH 12,000' 



& Better BIKCH 16.000' 



BIRCH 10,000' 



& Better H.Utn MAPLE 50,000' 



& Better HARD MAPLE 25.000' 



& Better II.\RD MAPLE.. 150, 000' 

 & Better HARD MAPLE.. 15.000' 



HARD M.\PLE 40.000' 



HARD MAPLE 250.000' 



HARD MAPLE lOO.OOO' 



& Better SOFT ELM 68.000' 



SOFT ELM 110.000' 



& Better SOFT ELM 36.000' 



(c Better SOFT MAPLE. . . 50.000' 



IDEAL 

 HARDWOOD 



SAWMILL 



Are putting In pile every month two and one-hatf 

 million feet of choicest Northern Michigan Hardwoods 



Stack Lumber Company 



Masonville, Michigan 



YOU WANT WIDE STCCK--WE HAVE IT 



Payson Smith Lumber Co 



MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. 



FOR QUICK 

 SHIPMENT 



Northern Stock 

 BIRCH 



3 cars.. I" Com. & Bet. Red 



2 cars . 

 6 cars, 

 l'/2' 



8 cars I 1/2" No. 3 Com. & Bet. 



3 cars 2" No. 2 & Bet. 



SOFT ELM 

 1 car II/2" No. 2 & Bet. 



1 car ^Vl" No. 3 Com. 



HARD MAPLE 



2 cars 1 " No. 2 & Bet. 



2 cars 1 " No. 3 Com. 



3 cars 2" No. 2 & Bet. 



Southern Stock 

 RED OAK 



2 cars 3/4 Com. & Bet. Plain 



1 car 4/4 No. 2 & Bet. Plain 



WHITE OAK 

 I car 2" No. 2 & Bet. Plain 



Payson Smith Lumber Co. 



MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



CHICAGO OFFICE 

 166S Old Colony Bldg. J. C. Moffat, Rep. 



DETROIT OFFICE 

 Henry Clay Hotel. P. M. Younsblood, Rep. 



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