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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Di'iPlilbPl- 2o. I'jn 



The following stock is in excellent 

 condition, ready for immediate shipment 



5/< No. 2 Common i Better ASH 15.000' 



4 '4 No. 2 Common St netter BASSWOOD 2S,00(' 



5/4 No. 2 Common & llnter BEECH , ISt.OOO' 



5/4 No. 3 Common BEECH 340.000' 



3/4 No. 1 Common & Botler BIRCH 55,000' 



4/4 No. 1 Common & Bettor BlItCH 68,lor 



4/4 No. 2 Common & Belter BIllCH 20,000' 



4/4 No. 2 Common BIHCII 120,00*' 



4/4 No. 3 Common BIKCH 12,000' 



8/4 No. 2 Common & Better BIRCH 10,000' 



8/4 No. 3 Common BIRCH 10.000' 



4/4 No. 1 Common & Better HARD MAPLE 50,000' 



6/4 No. 2 Common & Better HARD MAPLE 25,000' 



8/4 No. 2 Common & Bi'ttor HARD MAPLE. .150,000' 

 10/4 No. 2 Coimnon & Better HARD MAPLE.. 15.000' 



4/4 No. 3 Common HARD MAPLE 40,000' 



5/4 No. 3 Common HARD MAPLE 250,000' 



8/4 No. 3 Conunon HARD MAPLE ino.OOO' 



4/4 No. 2 Common & Better SOFT ELM 68.000' 



4/4 No. 3 Common SOFT ELM 110.000' 



6/4 No. 2 Common & Better SOFT ELM 36.000* 



4/4 No. 2 Common & Better SOFT MAPLE. . . 50.000' 



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HARDWOOD • ^~. <n** ^ 



SAWMILL ^ — '» 1^ TT ■ >g^<i 



JfT ■■! 3|5 I S » ■ 



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Are putting In pile every month two and one-half 

 million feet of choicest Northern Michigan Hardwoods 



Stack Lumber Company 



Masonville, Michigan 



Walnut 



Of Character and Color 



Manufactured at Kansas City, U. S. A. 



Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness 



Thirty-five years' experience 



IN WALNUT ONLY 



Prompt Shipment, and 

 Guaranteed Inspection 



FRANK PURCELL 



515 Dwight Building. KANSAS CITY. MO. 



=-< COLUMBUS >- 



I'lir hMiilwoml tr.Kic in ('(.luiiibiis tiTrlt"r.v lias Ijwu showiiij; marked 

 slri'iijilh .luring tin- past rnrlnlKht. Buying is I'alrl.v active and prices 

 :uc- still rnliiiK stroll);, rriispects for the coiiiliiB year are rather bright, 

 di'spite unusual war conilitions. There Is a better feeling in Iniildinj.' <-ir- 

 ili-s generally and it is believed that quite a lew eonslruelion Jobs will 

 be pushed during the (-(unlng year. This Is especially true n( homes and 

 apartments lor which there is a great neeil in I'olumbus. The worst 

 leature t>( the trade at this time is the inadetitmte shipping facilities 

 which are holding up deliveries. Kmhargoes on many of the southern 

 roa<ls togelbi'r with a partial breakilown of motive powi-r are the out- 

 slaniliug features. IJeali-rs as well as factories are clamoring for ship- 

 ments. .Much of the buying at the present time is for shipment after the 

 first of the year and iluring February. Ketail stocks are not large and 

 some dealers are trying to increase them during the winter season. 



Factoric'S making biixes and Implements an' the best customers among 

 manufacturing establishments. H(i.\ factories are also buying to a large 

 extent. Collections are generally good and a fairly good feeling is shown 

 in lumber circles generall.v. 



(Quartered oak is in good demand. Plain oak is strong and there Is 

 a considerable demand for all grades. Chestnut is one of the strongest 

 features of the trade. Poplar is strong and prices have been advanced 

 recently. Other hardwoods are unchanged. 



=-< CLEVELAND >■= 



Severe winler weather, governments demands u|ion labor and materials, 

 and the lai'k of transportation all have condiineil to make for a slacken- 

 ing hardwood market in the Clevelanil and norlhern Ohio district. The 

 first has cut down the demand for hardwoods becatise there is practically 

 no small building going on, and all tlie big pro.iects have been contracted 

 tor. Demands for labor and materials going into war munitions by the 

 government lifts cau.sed a diversion in business activity, and finally the 

 alLsence of sufficient cars to bring new material from the producing dis- 

 tricts here is a factor that is retarding business. Local sellers are not 

 keen umier the latter conditions to urge business, believing they cannot 

 get sufficient nuiterial to replace depleted stocks. A combination of these 

 conditions has made a practically stationary market here, and there is 

 no price change during the fortnight. Perliaps the i)rincipal reason for 

 a lack of buying interest is the disposition of people not to build, jrany 

 people would build were they able to obtain loans on the projects, but 

 so far there is no disposition on the part of the banks to part with the 

 money. In leading quarters in hardwood circles it is believed the absence 

 tpf keen buying is due to the end-of-the-year dullness, and improvement 

 after the first "of the year is looked for. 



=< EVANSVILLE >.= 



Hardwood lumlK_'r maniifacturors in this trrrit<»ry report that the log 

 and labor shortage is still a problem, but in spite of it many of the up-towu 

 mills in Evansville are being operated on full time. The river mills are 

 still closed. Quartered white oak shows some signs of picking up and 

 prices are stiffening. Plain white oak is in better demand and better 

 prices prevail. Hickory is strong, several large orders having been placed 

 here recently. The better grades of walnut are good and the demand for 

 the poorer grades has improved. Gum is some stronger and maple and 

 elm are moving steadily. Ash is strong. Quartered sycamore is also 

 fairly strong, with sales liberal. There is a good demand for both cot- 

 tnnwood and poplar, box factories in this section, many of which are 

 working on large government orders, being in the market for this stock. 

 Collections are very good. 



During the severe cold weather manufacturers report they had con- 

 siderable difficulty keeping their mills in operation. They say they will 

 iiiiish the year with a nice volume of trade to their credit and are l«^>ok- 

 ing for fairly good business during January. So long as the European 

 war continues manufacturers look for a good demand for all grades of 

 lumber required in the making of war materials, but in other lines trade 

 may be uncertain and in all probability will come in spurts. The cold 

 weather has checked all building operations in Evansville and southern 

 Indiana towns and little picking up is expected before spring. Sash and 

 door men have been having a fairly good out-of-town tra^e. Planing mills 

 report business rather dull. 



=-< MEMPHIS >• 



Business is very much restricted in hardwood lumber circles, partly 

 I'ecause of the unusually severe weather which has been accompanied 

 by sleet and snow for the past ten days, and partly because of the dif- 

 ficulty of effecting deliveries, due to the shortage of equipment for hand- 

 ling outbound shipments. Lumbermen are slow about entering into engage- 

 ments where they cannot see their way clear to make deliveries and they 

 are finding comparatively few orders at the moment, outside of those 

 where the government is interested, that are really practicable. There 

 is a demand for lumber of very satisfactory proportions but so many 

 orders have strings tied to them that lumber interests here are inclined 

 to steer clear of them. Not much is being said about government orders 

 for very obvious reasons. But it is quite apparent that considerable lum- 

 ber sold from Memphis is going to the government, either directly or 



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