August 25, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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-< INDIANAPOLIS > 



Consuming plants are providing by far the greater part of tUe present 

 demand for hardwoods. Building operations remain inactive as far as the 

 lumber trade is concerned, although there is considerable work under 

 construction in the way of additions to manufacturing plants. Despite the 

 unfavorable biiikling situation, however, a fairly heavy demand exists for 

 the higher grailes of hardwoods. 



Furniture industries are making persistent calls for oak and red gum, 

 the demand for the latter being unusually strong. Both plain and quar- 

 tered oak is moving rapidly into the reserve stocks of furniture plants, 

 which report a fair volume of business already booked for the tall trade. 

 Walnut continues to be in good demand among the manufacturers of high- 

 grade furniture. Poplar has been moving well and continues to have a good 

 call. There has been an advance in the price of hickory, due to the exces- 

 sive demands. Other prices are high and are remaining about stationary. 



Farm machinery, implement and vehicle manufacturers are making opti- 

 mistic reports concerning 1918 orders, indicating that the demand for 

 their products will be heavy, despite greatly increased prices. Box manu- 

 facturers are unusually busy. There is a continued falling off in sash 

 and door demand. 



The retail and wholesale trades predict serious car shortage conditions 

 in the near future. These predictions are based on the expected heavy 

 government demand for cars and for the regular fall demand for rolling 

 stocks for grain movements. 



=-< LOUISVILLE y- 



Conditions in the local hardwood market are far more satisfactory than 

 had been expected by the local hardwood trade, and most of the local oper- 

 ators can see nothing but a steady run of orders this fall, with prices 

 strong and advancing. Everyone is endeavoring to figure out just what the 

 shipbuilding and government demand for hardwood is going to mean to the 

 local trade. The demand from the furniture and woodworking trade is 

 strong. Collections are improving, and the labor situation is not quite so 

 severe as it has been, althqugh still far from satisfactory. Most concerns 

 are getting a fair percentage of cars, and are making steady shipments, 

 much of which is on old orders. The demand continues steady and strong 

 for thick stocks of oak. ash, elm. hickory, gum, etc.. while poplar is moving 

 freely enough, and cypress and cottonwood are scarce. Walnut and mahog- 

 any are strong in price and steady in demand, the walnut demand from 

 the furniture, piano and cabinet trade Jiaving been greater than expected, 

 while mahogany manufacturers are being offered all the business they can 

 handle. Veneer manufacturers are being held back somewhat by the labor 

 shortage, but orders are coming fast, and the outlook is all that could be 

 asked. Interior trim and hardwood flooring are dragging, and a general 

 building boom is needed to start things humming in these lines. Such a 

 boom is now in sight, and is expected to materialize this fall. 



=■< ST. LOUIS >- 



The hardwood situation, has not shown much change. The demand 

 i-an be called seasonable and comes from all sections of this territory. 

 The implement trade and other lines using hardwood are coming in with 

 a satisfactory volume of orders. High-grade oak is called for quite freely, 

 there being a fair request for both plain and quartered. Ash, elm and 

 cottonwood as well as hickory are being called for better than they 

 were a short time ago. Choice red gum is in particularly good request. 

 The call for gum and cottonwood for the making of boxes is a leading 

 feature in the market. Prices on all items of hardwood continue firm 

 and unchanged. The outlook for the future is encouraging. There is every 

 indication that there will be considerable activity soon, and prices are 

 good to go stronger. 



=■< MILWAUKEE > 



It is considered almost a foregone conclusion that all of the hardwood 

 lumber produced in the north during the coming six months, and possibly a 

 year, will not want for consumers. The demand for all kinds of wood is 

 broadening every day. and with prospects of restricted operations in woods 

 and mills from now on, due to labor shortage, it is generally felt that not 

 too much lumber can be produced for a long time to come. The demand 

 comes from an unusually W'ide variety of sources, and it is a fact that 

 whenever requirements from a particular line show a falling off, the gap 

 immediately is filled from another direction. 



Government requirements of lumber have by no means been confined to 

 the soft woods. Federal buying in recent weeks has taken a large amount 

 of hardwoods for various purposes. In addition, it is noted that a large 

 number of furniture factories throughout the state and nation are working 

 on government contracts for desks, chairs and other highly finished equip- 

 ment. The same factories also report that private orders are piling up 

 since federal business gets the first call, and they will be operating steadily 

 at the present high capacity for months after government requirements are 

 filled. 



The State Council of Defense has just issued an announcement urging 

 the use of wood as fuel, in view of the existing coal shortage in Wisconsin 

 and the extreme likelihood of a dire shortage of coal supplies during the 

 coming winter. It is .stated that this is a matter of necessity rather than 

 choice. 



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