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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Ncivpinbor 23, 1917 



BLISS-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 



Swain-Roach Lbr. Co. 



SEYMOUR, IND. 

 — We Manufacture 



Elm Ash 



Maple Walnut 



Gum Cherry 



Sycamore Chestnut, Etc. 



White Oak 

 Red Oak 

 Poplar 

 Hickory 



TFe have for sale 1 car 10/ Ji" No. 1 Common tC Better Soft Maple : 

 S cars 6/Ji" No. 1 Common d Better Beech; 1 car 1,/Jt" Clear Sap 

 Poplar, 5-16" wide; % car ^/4 Panel Poplar, 18" d up loide; 

 2 cars 1,/It FAS Sap Gum; 1 car 5/1, FAS Plain Bed Oak; 1 car 

 J,/Ji No. 1 Common d Better Red Oak. 



At Two Band Mills 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



Wherever good timber is 



located it will be worth more 

 in ten years than it is worth today. 



What you want to know is how much more 

 — whether it will pay all charges and a profit — whether 

 you should buy, sell, hold, sacrifice or be firm. 



No one can give you better advice than 

 James D. Lacey & Company. We either know already 

 all there is to know about your prospective purchase or 

 sale or can find out to your entire satisfaction. 



A LACEY REPORT is as near the ulti- 

 mate timber truth as it is possible to get. 



CBIOAOO 

 1750 McCormiek Bldg. 



NEW YORK 

 30 East 42nd Street 



SEATTLE 

 (326 Henry Bldg. 



llurdwood Emergency Bureau and the reorganization (it this body, to- 

 Kother wltli the plans It has for taking government orders and distributing 

 Ihem among the hardwood trade, represent a long step forivard in the 

 mobilization of the entire hardwood Industry squarely behind the govern- 

 ment, and far more deflnlte results, In the way of orders, are expected by 

 Memphis lumhernien. 



Meantime low-grade Cottonwood and gum are In an exceptionally strong 

 position because the box manufacturers continue to do an unusual volume 

 of business. All manufacturers of wooden containers, whether barrels 

 or boxes, are engaged at capacity and are running on fuller time than ever 

 before. They believe that there will be uninterruptedly good business for 

 nn indefinite period and they are making their plans accordingly. They are 

 not able to get all the low-grade Cottonwood and gum they need and they 

 are therefore using considerable quantities of other low-grade stock. There 

 is a rather better demand reported for the higher grades of plain and 

 quartered oak as well as for veneers, whether walnut or gum or oak. Plain 

 oak is in excellent call In stock thicker than 4/4. Inch oak, however, 

 feels the influence of the slackness In the flooring trade and is moving 

 rather slowly. Sap gum In certain dimensions Is very much wanted. Ash 

 Is also moving well. 



Government orders are beginning to be received here In larger numbers 

 and It is anticipated that there will be large requirements of the govern- 

 ment filled In the Memphis market in the near future. Intimations are 

 liecoming pretty strong that some large orders are on the eve of being 

 distributed. Memphis lumbermen are ready to co-operate with the govern- 

 ment in every way as indicated by the action of the Gum Lumber Manu- 

 facturers' Association and the American Oak Manufacturers' Association, 

 recorded elsewhere In this issue of the Haudwood Record, These two 

 organizations together embrace practically all of the hardwood trade of 

 Memphis and vicinity. 



=■< NASHVILLE >= 



No material changes have been noted in the hardwood trade In this 

 market. The main feature of business is the demand for government 

 requirements, with oak, ash, hickory and walnut in much request. There 

 Is some movement of poplar and chestnut. The box business has been 

 unusually active. Mills are having difficulty in securing labor. Those 

 plants that are pressed with orders in which the government is inter- 

 ested are working overtime. The shortage of labor is having effect ii> 

 curtiilling the supply of logs. The transportation situation is little 

 changed. Shipments for the government are being handled, but other 

 orders meet with embargoes or delays. The eastern territory particularly 

 is affected by the embargoes. There is little change in prices, manu- 

 facturers taking the view that lower prices will not Increase the volume 

 of business. 



=-< LOUISVILLE y. 



There has been considerable Improvement in orders during the past 

 two weeks, and the majority of the hardwood concerns are busy. Gov- 

 ernment orders are heavy, and there has been a revival in the demand 

 from furniture and other manufacturers who are afraid that new regu- 

 lations may shut off their supply of material. Everyone is trying to get 

 lumber, and the wires are being kept hot with S, O. S. calls for Im- 

 mediate shipment. Traffic conditions are had, cars Tire scarce, embargoes 

 are holding back shipments into eastern territory, and lumber Is not 

 moving out so freely as it should. The big demand at this time is foi* 

 ash and oak, while gum and poplar are both very active. Wagon and 

 auto stock are in excellent demand, thick ash being especially good. 

 The labor situation is easing up In the South, but logs are scarce as 

 cars to bring them to the mills can hardly be obtained, and even though 

 labor is more plentiful there has not been any great increase in produc- 

 tion at the mills, some of which were almost closed down for lack of 

 labor for a time. In the finer hardwoods there is a fair demand for 

 maple and mahogany, but most of the walnut at the present time Is 

 being taken by the government for airplane and gunstock use. Veneers 

 are active, and the mills have no complaint to make other than the 

 traffic situation. Orders are much better than had been expected, and 

 are profitable, as the mills are not tied up on old futures, and are not 

 accepting futures that run for any length of time. Therefore, operators 

 are obtaining the market price for shipments, and markets are high and 

 going higher. 



=■< MILWAUKEE >= 



Latest reports reaching Milwaukee from the logging camps Id 

 northern Wisconsin and Michigan Indicate that despite probably the 

 most unfavorable conditions which ever have confronted lumber opera- 

 tors, the winter's cut Is expected to be up to early-season estimates 

 and considerably above the average for the last few years. The acute 

 shortage of labor has been in part overcome by the upward revision of 

 the wage scale, in response to which hundreds of men have become avail- 

 able for woods work. The shortage of cars and congestion of railroad 

 traffic Is growing worse and Is showing Its effects upon the industry, 

 particularly with respect to Inadequate log supplies at mUls. The 

 absence of snow also is hampering logging operations. 



The demand for hardwoods of all kinds is excellent and it Is said that 

 mills could dispose of twice their present output if the facilities and logs 

 were available. Prices are holding very firm and advances are looked for. 



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