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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



October 25, 1917 



MAHOGANY 

 LUMBER 



iVbout ten carloads 1" No. 1 Com., 

 also other thicknesses and grades of 



MEXICAN & HONDURAS 



MAHOGANY 



dry enough to put in a kiln 

 with safety. 



If at any time we can 

 serve you better by 

 telegraphing kindly 

 wire at our expense. 



We are carrying a nice stock of 

 SAWED VENEER, 1/8", 3/16" 

 and 1/4" Mexican; also several 

 MILLION feet of SLICED 

 1/24" and 1/28" Mahogany, and 

 AMERICAN WALNUT veneer 

 ranging from plain to highly 

 figured. May we send samples 

 to you? 



Huddleston-Marsh 

 Mahogany Company 



2254 Lumber Street 

 CHICAGO 



33 West 42nd Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Veneers in England 



The London Timber News, in speaking of demand for veneer 

 or plywood, says: 



There is a great amount of interest being shown in this wood 

 nowadays, though stocks in the country are very meagre. 

 Aeroplane and other manufacturers are wanting the wood in 

 rather large quantities, but it is very difficult, apparently, to secure, 

 sufficient in first quality goods to meet the requirements. Ship- 

 ments of fresh goods coming from abroad are very few and far 

 between, and consequently it is necessary to increase the supply 

 from home manufactured wood. America, unfortunately, cannot 

 supply the United Kingdom with much in the way of plywood 

 owing to the increasing requirements among her own users. She 

 will probably be able to use as much as her own mills can produce. 

 Hence there is small chance of getting much over here — at any 

 rate, yet awhile. The wood most in demand is perhaps birch, 

 though alder is also being wanted in larger quantities than it was 

 a little while back. The diniensions required today are very 

 numerous, though for the smaller thicknesses very high prices can 

 be obtained, notably from I ^ to 4 mm. The thicker sizes are also 

 wanted from 9 mm. right up to 25 mm. The latter wood, how- 

 ever, has to be specially manufactured in nearly all cases. The 

 prices asked for plywood today vary considerably. Everything 

 depends upon the kind of stock offered: 3 mm. 1st quality, for 

 instance, commands anything from 45s. and upwards per 100 

 square feet, though there is very little available in 1st quality 

 plywood of any kind. There is, of course, great difficulty now- 

 adays in getting the wood into the country. F^estrictions are very 

 severe, and import licenses can only be secured provided it can 

 be clearly shown that the wood is required strictly for government 

 purposes. Freight and insurance are items to be reckoned with 

 nowadays. The forwarding charges are enormous, and these are 

 no doubt the direct cause of the high prices ruling today for 

 plywood. 



Chance for Veneers in Italy 



Before the war the piano makers in Italy procured most of their 

 wood from Germany. This included the veneers of which the tops 

 and other panels were made, and also such heavier lumber as was 

 needed. It is needless to say that Italy is importing no piano stock 

 from Germany these days, and there is little prospects of any such 

 imports in the near future. It is equally true that the piano manu- 

 facturer in Italy is not very busy at this time. But a time is coming 

 when the makers of pianos in that country will need stock and the 

 opportunity to get American veneers into that market should be 

 particularly favorable at this time. Information is not at hand 

 showing just what woods are wanted there. Our government's 

 trade commissioners now in Europe, Messrs. Simmons, Browne, 

 Oxholm, and Walker, ought to be able to procure the necessary 

 information in a short time, and the makers of veneers in this 

 country would do well to be on the lookout for the earliest reports 

 of those commissioners regarding the Italian situation. 



The United States will be in a position to get the business which 

 Germany has lost in Italy, though it is certain that the Germans 

 will strike for it as soon as the war ends. It will be good policy to 

 be ahead of them. The woods employed by Italian manufacturers 

 of pianos are probably not much different from the woods used 

 in the United States. Mahogany is one of these, and oak and 

 black walnut are others in the veneer list. The Italians have long 

 been using red gum for fine work, though they have not always 

 called it by that name. The figured gum bears so close a re- 

 semblance to Circassian, English, French, and Italian walnut that 

 it is successfully substituted for those walnuts (which are all the 

 same wood under different names). 



All European and Turkish walnut will be so scarce after the 

 war that it will cut little figure in Europe or anywhere else for 

 many years. It has been used up for gunstocks and more must 

 grow before more can be cut. American black walnut and Amer- 

 ican red gum have a chance to get a foothold which they ought to 

 work for all that is in it. Italy is not the only country where pros- 

 pects are fine, but it may be cited as an example. Makers of 

 piano stock other than veneer have an opportunity to get a foot- 

 hold now which will stand them in hand in the future. 



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