September 10. 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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For Greatest Range of Uses 



Th) "HOOSIEU," the rip saw which makes profitable 

 dimension manufacture and grade refining: at the mill 

 possible. Hundreds of users already — you will be an- 

 other If you will let us tell you all about It — Will yon? 



and 



Easiest Handling 



buy the 



Hoosier Self Feed Rip Saw. This machine has earned thousands 

 of dollars for owners in the manufacture of dimension lumber, crating, 

 etc., because its entirely novel design, resulting in surprising ease of 

 operation and adaptability, makes possible a profit where a loss is 

 often expected in this work. The 



Hoosier Self-Feed Rip Saw 



has a positive and powerful feed which handles the heaviest material 

 the sawmill takes just as readily as the lightest. 



The table, raised and lowered with the crank in front of the ma- 

 chine, is always level — always securely locked. 



The Hoosier rips anything up to 6 inches thick and 17 inches wide. 

 It feeds 35, 75, 100 or 150 feet a minute. 



Manufactured exclusively by 



The SINKER -DAVIS COMPANY 



INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 



appeal for the co-operation of every hardwood manufacturer in the South 

 in meeting the requirements of the authorities at Washington. Box manu- 

 facturers continue to do an exceptional husiness and there is marked 

 activity in the lower grades of Cottonwood and gum as well as in other 

 classes of low-grade stock. Box interests are turning out enormous quan- 

 tities of containers, hoth boxes and crates, for the handling of war sup- 

 plies and the belief prevails here that the box business will continue ex- 

 tremely active for the period of the war. Cottonwood and gum are strong 

 in the lower grades because of the unusual demand therefor and because 

 of the scarcity of offerings as measured by this unparalleled demand. There 

 is also an excellent demand for box boards in both cottonwood and gum and 

 prices thereon are quite firm. Quartered red and plain oak are reported 

 just a little slow in the higher grades. The gum market as a whole pre- 

 sents quite a firm front and the position of both ash and hickory con- 

 tinues strong. There is a good business in cypress and the lower grades 

 of oak are m good request. 



active demand for first class poplar box boards, wagon manufacturing 

 liliints taking all of this stock that the market is supplying. 



=-< LOUISVILLE >= 



The local jobbers and manufacturers of hardwoods are meeting with a 

 fairly steady demand for all grades of thick stocks such as oak, ash, elm, 

 some beech, hickory, and gum, these lines being active and promising to 

 continue so during the life of the war. However, things are not going as 

 well as might be expected in the furniture and building trades, although 

 the wagon, auto and truck manufacturers are all fairly good buyers. The 

 market has been a little weak in price within the past few weeks, although 

 prices have been well maintained. The demand has not been what it was 

 in July and early August, but is really very good for September, August 

 and early September generally being quiet. Indications are for a general 

 revival of buying as soon as some of the stocks on hand are consumed, 

 manj- consumers now working on recently delivered stock which were pur- 

 chased months ago at low prices, and which make it hard to get back to 

 high quotations. Gum has been active and prices firm. Walnut and 

 mahogany are very active, while maple is scarce and high. Walnut is 

 showing the way to a large extent, and is easy to sell. All veneers, 

 including walnut, oak and mahogany, are soiling as fast as they can lie 

 produced. One reason why local lumber dealers figure that prices will 

 hold up is that surplus production this year has been comparatively light 

 and dealers are too anxious to obtain surplus stock to sacrifice them in an 

 effort to obtain business. At the present time many concerns arc carrying 

 good orders on their books, many of which have been held for some time, 

 and every eCEort is being made to get these stocks cut and out. Not much 

 future business is being booked, as many of the dealers figure that the 

 market will go still higher, and don't want to be jammed. There is a very 



-< ST. LOUIS >•- 



There is little to report in the local hardwood situation. Shipments 

 from the mills, although coming in fairly well, are rather below the average 

 and considerable complaint is being made. All items of high-grade stuff 

 are in good general request and prices on almost all items are strong. 

 The principal ones show an advancing tendency. The request for plain and 

 quartered stock is reported as being more active than fur some time past. 

 The demand for ash is inclined to be active. The call for gum, hickory 

 and cottonwood Ls of seasonable proportion, and the box makers are order- 

 ing considerable. Walnut is in brisk movement. Prices are as strong as at 

 any time in recent years. The outlook, taking everything into considera- 

 tion, is very encouraging for future business. The cypress trade, locally, 

 is quite good. The demand from the factory trade compares favorably with 

 the call from the yards. Some advances in prices are reported on some 

 of the items most in request. The retail yards find it hard to place orders 

 with the mills and those who have not placed their orders will find it rather 

 hard to get stock shipped to them for their fall requirements. 



=■< MILWAUKEE >= 



Prices on all woods are tirniiy maintained and prospects are that this 

 condition will continue indefinitely. With an increasing demand to be noted 

 from nearly all of the usual sources, and a production that seems certain 

 to be subject to shrinkage from nciw on. conditions are regarded by authori- 

 ties in the industry to be favorable. There are, however, numerous factors 

 of an unfavorable nature that confront manufacturers, dealers and con- 

 sumers, chief among which is the growing shortage of labor, both at the 

 mills, and for the coming winter's operations in the woods. 



Contractors and lumber companies which do their own logging, , are 

 preparing for the winter's campaign and thiLs early are being given a fair 

 idea of unfavorable conditions that will have to be faced. Xot only is it 

 extremely difficult to procure labor, but the prices of equipment, teams, 

 foodstuffs and other necessities are constantly climbing in price and 

 shrinking in supply. The experience of summer loggers has not been favor- 

 able to profitable operations for just such reasons. 



New construction has seen an upturn after a considerable period of 

 dwindling volume, and hardwood manufacturers find solace in this condi- 

 tion. The wholesale trade is in a rather optimistic mood, as everything 

 points to a strict maintenance of the present high level of prices for some 

 time to come and there seems to be little chance that the list will ease 

 up or take a tumble. 



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