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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Novtmbor 10, l'.)17 



Oak Maple 



Chestnut 



iVianufacturers and Dealers 



— in — 



West Virginia and Southern 



HARDWOODS 



The Atlas Lumber & Mfg. Co. 



Union Trust Building, CINCINNATI, OHIO 



BUSS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS 



MANUFACTURERS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried 

 or kiln dried, rough or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



BIRCH 



We have a complete assortment of practically 



ALL GRADES & 

 THICKNESSES 



GOOD PLANING MILL FACILITIES 



Send us your inquiries 



Brown Land & Lumber Co. 



Rhinelander, Wis. 



Mills: RHINELANDER 

 PARISH 



HELENA, ARK. 



L-B QUALITY 



— Kraetzer Cured — 



GUM LUMBER 

 OAK LUMBER 

 OAK FLOORING 



[The Famous Forked-Leaj Brand) 



Southern Yellow Pine Unexcelled for Crating. 



We have 115,000,000 feet in pile. 

 Accurately Manufactured, Carefully Graded, Priced Right 



Long-Bell Lumber Company 



R. A. Long Building 



Kansas City, Mo. 



operntlons und expects to put In about 5,000,000 feet during the coming 

 season. Oiil.v camps No. 2 and ,'j will he operated and sixt.v men will bo 

 employed In each. The Robbins compan.v Is completing work on Its new 

 .siiwiolll In Ublnelander and expects to put It Into operation about .Nov. l.'i. 



The Langlade Lumber Company, Antlgo, Wis., Is Installing machlner.y 

 lor reducing slabwood to make It suitable for use as a fuel in the home 

 and thus Is relieving the acute shortage of wood fuel In Antlgo and 

 vlcinlt.v. The facilities are being provided merely as an accommodation 

 to the public. 



The Sawyer-Goodman Company, Marinette, Wis., Is again operating 

 Its mills after being closed for nearly three months because of labor dis- 

 putes. 



The Kcune Bros, sawmill at Centervllle, Manitowoc county. Wis., has 

 been purchased at foreclosure sale by the Oriental Mills Company, tor 

 .'i!2,000, the amount of the mortgage. The mill has lieen Idle for several 

 years but will be reopened. 



M. V. McCullough. chairman of the Bureau of Trade Extension, North- 

 ern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers" Association, has been elected 

 acting president of the Employers' Mutual Liability Insurance Company 

 of Wausau. Wis., to complete the unexpired term of Neal Brown, who 

 passed away recently. 



Wisconsin mutual liability companies writing iirotectlon for emplo.vers 

 under the Wisconsin workmen's compensaticjn act. made the best showing 

 cpf all companies in premium income nni\ l<iw cost of doing business dur- 

 ing lOK!, according to the annual statement on compensation insurance 

 .just issued by the Industrial Commission of ■ Wisconsin. The total net 

 Iiremium income of all companies operating in Wisconsin last year was 

 .$1,7SH.SKT. The total management cost of stock companies was 41 per 

 cent of earned premiums ; of Wisconsin mutuals. 22 per cent ; of foreign 

 mutuals, 29 per cent, and of inter-insurance exchanges, 30 per cent. 

 Total disbursements for losses by all companies in 1916 were $1,289,073, 

 or 74 per cent of earned premiums. The average management expense 

 was 33 per cent. 



The Hardwood Market 



=-< CHICAGO y 



Chicago is doing well in some directions and p<ior in others. A great 

 quantity of lumber is clearing through this important market which goes 

 into war uses, directly or indirectly, and on the other hand the normal 

 consumption for lumber continues to be slack. There is an almost utter 

 stagnation in the building trades and. of course, consequent further slack- 

 ening off of hardwood demand going into building uses. Still in the face 

 of great odds, the lumber markets are holding up in surprising fashion 

 and very little cheap lumber is finding its way into this, or according 

 to reports, into any other important markets. 



Word comes from all mill centers of continued curtailment in produc- 

 tion on account of logging and labor difflculties which tend to hold up 

 the tone of quotations. The factories as a whole are fairly well stocked 

 up on the lumber they need as they bought pretty freely in anticipation 

 of shipping difficulties. Many buyers also seem to believe that there is 

 further chance of the markets breaking and their disposition is to wait 

 a little longer before placing orders. Prom the general tone though there 

 is little chance of this hope being realized. 



-■<, BUFFALO >•- 



The hardwood demand has slowed up to some extent within the past 

 two or three weeks and the yards have been hampered by rainy weather, 

 which has held up the filling of many orders. War-order business Is 

 still offering in fairly large volume. There is less doing than usual in 

 either the building line or the furniture trade. It is a situation where 

 specialties predominate and some wholesalers say the demand is largely 

 for woods that nobody has, which is something of an exaggeration, for 

 assortments here are larger than most anywhere else. 



.\mong the woods most in demand are oak and ash, mostly in thi'clc 

 stock. One-inch oak is a slow mover, but there is sale for all the thick 

 oak that dealers acquire. Maple is in fair demand, but is not so much 

 wanted as It was a few months ago, and prices are said to he le-ss strong, 

 ■miatever slowing down has occurred is attributed to the falling off In 

 automobile trade. Gum was in good demand from these factories for a 

 time, as a substitute for maple, but business is not as good in this wood 

 as it formerly was. The demand for poplar, birch, cypress and one or 

 two other woods is fairly good. 



=-< PITTSBURGH >-= 



Trade in hardwoods is beginning to suffer in sympathy with the falling 

 oft in demand for the pines and for hemlock. Hardwood wholesalers have 

 expected little of the retail yard trade for some time. In October it was 

 worse than ever and this month it does not give promise of being any 

 better. Business with manufacturing concerns is dragging. Purchasing 



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