December 10, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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For Greatest Range of Uses 



and 



Easiest Handling 



Th) "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 you? 



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 •f 

 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 



=-< MEMPHIS >• 



The hardwood market displays an excellent tone, tor which there are two 

 good reasons furnished by hard\vood lumber manufacturers. One is the 

 curtailment of output forced by the failure of the carriers to furnish the 

 necessary cars to keep the mills supplied with logs and the other is the in- 

 creasing demand for southern hardwoods. The supply is thus cut, to some 

 extent at least, at both ends, and this process is taking place at a time when 

 stocks are admittedly considerably below normal. Advances have recently 

 occurred in some items and still higher prices, in the opinion of prominent 

 members of the trade, would be a perfectly logical development on the 

 basis of the foregoing premises and of other conditions obtaining at present. 

 Box manufacturers are doing the largest business in their history and 

 are absorbing all the low-grade cottouwood and gum they can find. It is 

 suggested that, with the general curtailment of hardwood output, which 

 must, necessarily involve both cottonwooil and gum, the box manufacturers 

 will not be able to secure enough low-grade stock to meet their require- 

 ments and that they may lind it necessary to use the entire cut of gum logs 

 in their plants. It Is pointed out that prices on low-grade Cottonwood and 

 gum are rapidly reaching the level where it would require only a limited 

 amount of further improvement in prices to make it possible to use every 

 -ladc of lumber manufactured from gum logs in box factories. And this 

 iiw is gaining ground for the reason that there is nothing like the de- 

 lijand there has been heretofore for the higher grades of red and sap gum 

 from the furniture trade, from manufacturers of interior trim and from 

 ■ >Iher sources, a condition which necessitates finding a ready outlet for these 

 ' iimparatlvcly dull items. The higher grades of Cottonwood, too, are in 

 Ii'ss active demand than the loWer and this may mean the use of rather 

 higher grades of this material in the box factories. 



High-grade quartered white oak is moving more freely than heretofore. 

 This development has come as a surprise in view of the restrictions thrown 

 :> round furniture and cabinet manufacturers and In view of the compara- 

 lively limited building operations In all parts <if the country, hut it Is none 

 the less welcome on this account. The excellent demand for thick plain 

 > ik slock running thicker than 4/4 'has caused most manufacturers to saw 

 hi' thick stock to the comparative neglect of the thin. As a result there is 

 more inquiry reported for 4/4 (»Jik In No. 1 common and better in propor- 

 tion to the su|)ply available. Ash Is reported moving well In all grades and 

 the demand tor hickory Is the largest ever experienced. Cypress' is mov- 

 ing in good volume, but there Is little doing In elm. 



Uept busy on orders for use in some department of the navy or nrmy. 

 The demand tor ash appears to be unlimited, and all grades are in big 

 demand. Hickory and oak are probably the two next most active woods. 

 while gijm and poplar are moving fine. The demand for walnut is the 

 greatest ever known, and mills are having trouble in getting enough logs 

 to fill government requirements.' Some of the small mills are now cutting 

 and shipping walnut flitches to mills making gunstocks. .Vs only the best 

 grades are used in gunstocks there is much cheap dimension walnut on the 

 market. Mahogany is active, and the mills are having no trouble in dis- 

 posing of their output, while the aeroplane demand for walnut, mahogany 

 and ash is fairly brisk. Low grade hardwoods are being kept well in line 

 by the demand from the box manufacturers. Veneers and glued-up stocks 

 have been fairly active all fall. However, embargoes arc playing havoc 

 with shipments into eastern sections, and the car shortage in the South 

 is such that many mills have been forced to suspend operations while await- 

 ing cars. Very few long contract orders arc being taken, but immediate 

 shipment orders are coming in so fast that there is no scarcity of busi- 

 ness. Some of the people who In past years endeavored to place contract 

 orders are holding hack while awaiting the outcome of the proposed regu- 

 lations relative to shipping non-essentials. 



=■< MILWAUKEE >■= 



=■< LOUISVILLE >= 



The government demand fur hanhvoftds ccuitinues to feature the local 

 ale of hardwoods, and practically all of the local operators are being 



Considering the period of the year, when business usually is rather 

 quiet, the demand for hardwoods of all kinds at this time is reported to 

 be good and for certain grades it Is excellent. Prices are being flrmly 

 maintained and the tendency is upward, although it Is hardly likely that 

 any important changes In lists will be made until after the close of the 

 year. 



Reports from the northern Wisconsin hardwood districts indicate that 

 logging and hiniber operators are overcoming to a great extent the 

 unfavorable conditions which earlier had been expected to affect the 

 coming year's supply to a very material extent, commencing witli a 

 restricted output of logs because of the shortage of labor and unfavorable 

 transportation conditions. While the car situation is steadily growing 

 worse Instead of better, the labor market is easier as the result of a 

 general advanced In the wage scale, which has not only increased the 

 supply, but improved the quality of the men available for woods work. 



A large percentage of hardwood lumber business, of course, Is transacted 

 directly on government account, and with concerns executing federal 

 contracts. Including nmterlal for airplanes, motor vehicles, trailers, and 

 I'VCM furniture and fixtures for depots and other needs. Yet there is a 

 fairly good deniand from purely private sources, and this a source of much 

 gratification to the hardwood Industry. In general conditions are regarded 

 as more favorable tlmn they have been for some time past. 



