October 10, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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For Greatest Range of Uses 



and 



Easiest Handling 



Th3 "HOOSIER," 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? 



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 ea?e 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. 



Manufactureil exclusively by 



The SINKER. DAVIS COMPANY 



INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 



there is a better call for the lower than the higher grades of lumber. 

 This is due to the unusual activity of the box manufacturers and other 

 consumers of low-grade stock. A moderate demand is reported for oak 

 in the higher grades of plain and quartered in both red and white, and the 

 tone of the market tbereon is steady. There is a good call for ash, though 

 this is reported rather more or less irregular. Gum is moving in consider- 

 able volume in the higher grades, and quotations are well maintained. 

 Cypress is in fair request, while the position of hickory is one of continued 

 strength. There is a good call for box boards, whether made of cotton- 

 wood, gum or poplar, and offerings are not large at the moment. 



Production of hardwood luinl)er now is on quite a large scale, thanks 

 to the excellent log supply. Cars are becoming a little more scarce, how- 

 ever, for handling logs to the mills, and it is regarded as probable that 

 some decrease in the rate of production may be seen. Meantime, there 

 are rather fewer cars available fur the handling of shipments of lumber, 

 though it is apparent there is nothing suggestive of the acute conditions 

 obtaining in this respect some time Ago. 



-.< NASHVILLE >= 



the market in better shape comparatively than it was at this time last sea- 

 son. Many of the big concerns are busy filling direct or indirect contracts 

 on government requirements for gun manufacturers, truck, wagon and other 

 large operators, and there is an insistent demand tor thick stocks of ash. 

 elm, oak, hickory, gum and other woods. Walnut is the most active wood 

 in furniture and cabinet work, while mahogany and maple are moving 

 briskly, and mahogany and veneer mills are generally busy. The trade i» 

 in position to pick orders, turning down such as do not look attractive. 

 The general inclination is to clean up on all old orders and stay away from 

 long contracts, it being the opinion that prices will reach higher levels, and 

 that with the books clean the operator will be in position to take advantage 

 of the markets. A tew concerns are well booked up. reporting orders to 

 run to the first of the year. A few of the smaller concerns which are not 

 in position to handle large contracts on government demands have not been 

 so busy, as outside of thick stocks for such requirements there has not been 

 any great demand for hardwoods. The furniture demand is not quite what 

 it was late in the summer, but musical instrument manufacturers have beett 

 fairly busy. 



General conditions in the hardwood lumber trade are satisfactory. Busi- 

 ness is in a great measure running to the specialties. There is brisk de- 

 mand at some of the larger plants for the heavy material, such as is suit- 

 able for artillery wagons and heavy motor trucks for war purposes. Ash, 

 hickory and oak of these specialty types are in good demand at firm values. 

 There is a moderate demand from furniture factories. The building activi- 

 ties are below the normal, and trade in this department is quiet, though 

 some nice business is being handled at intervals. The general tone of 

 prices is about steady. Some improvement is reported in the transporta- 

 tion situation, and ears for local business as well as tor shipments to other 

 sections are more plentiful. Embargoes in the eastern territory jxre not 

 so serious as they were some time ago. Logs and lumber are being received 

 more freely from the branch lines of the railroads, which were neglected 

 when the shortage of cars was more acute. Keports vary as to the supply 

 of logs that will be available this season, some predicting that the usual 

 quantity will be gotten out, while others think that attention to other lines 

 by farmers has prevented them from giving the usual time to logging. Sup- 

 plies of dry stock are fairly liberal at present, and most of the mills are 

 able to take care of all orders that are coming in their lines. 



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=< LOUISVILLE >: 



Reports from local hardwood operators indicate that the market is in 

 fair shape, prices firm with prumise of higher levels, orders plentiful, and 



AU Three o( Us Will Be Benefited if 



Northern hardwood mills are approaching the close of the season's run 

 and concentrating much effort upon the coming winter's cut in the woods. 

 Already a large number of companies have reopened camps for preliminarj- 

 work. while numerous jobbers have gone into the timber country in order 

 to get woods work under way without delay. The season is declared to 

 be ideal for logging and work is being started earlier than usual. Labor 

 never was more at a premium than now. and it is stated in some quarters 

 that the cut may suffer a considerable reduction from the estimates unless 

 more men become available as the season advances. It is a bit too early, 

 however, to form correct estimates of the labor situation during the win- 

 ter, yet early indications are that only 50 to 60 per cent of the normal iium- 

 ber of men will go into the woods this fall. 



I'rices are holding firm generally and the demand is steadily maintained. 

 Government contractors, furniture factories and other industries have been 

 placing extensive orders. Several Wisconsin veneer manufacturers are 

 executing contracts for veneer parts of airplane construction, and other 

 work that is quite out of the ordinary has been taken by hardwood manu- 

 facturers which will serve to keep plants busy at maximum capacity for 

 some time. Any slackening of demand that may result from the evident 

 falling off in new construction, due to the prohibitive cost of materials 

 other than lumber, is being offset in fairly full measure by government 

 work of all kinds, it is stated. 



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