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HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 25, l!ll& 



E. A. Mercadal Lumber Co. 



WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION 



953 National Life Bldg., CHICAGO 



Northern Hardwoods Southern Hardwoods 



3 cars 8/4 No. 1 Com. Sc. 



Better Birch 

 2 cars 6/4 No. 1 Com. & 



Better Birch 

 5 cars 1" No. 3 Maple 

 1 car 1" No. 2 Birch 

 1 car 6/4 No. 2 Com. Oak 

 1 car 4/4 No. 2 Com. Oak 



1 car 4/4 Fas Tupelo Gum 



1 car 4/4 No. 1 Common 



Tupelo Gum 



2 cars No. 2 Merchantable 



Hemlock 

 2 cars 1x4 Merchantable 



Hemlock Strips 

 1 car I" Fas Basswood 



Strips 



-•< BUFFALO >- 



Jackson & Tindle 



ELM and BIRCH 



4/4 to 12/4 All Grades 



Well assorted stock 



4/4, 5/4, 6/4, & 8/4 No. 3 

 Hardwood 



MUls at PELLSTON, MICH. 

 MUNISING, MICH. 

 JACKSONBORO, ONT 



Main Office 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Send your inquiries to 



SALES OFFICE: 303-304 Murray Building 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & Poplar especially 



Our location makes possible Quick dollvery of anything In timber and hardwood 



lumber 



The Tegge Lumber Col 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



Triuisportatlon rtifflcullii-s are causiuK iiiucli (h-lay and inconvenience 

 ill tlif liarilwood trade. Things are expected tn lie tied up until better 

 Heather arrives. Many concerns are In need of lumber, but find It Im- 

 possible to get delivery. Prices are holding at a firm level. 



The war Industries are taking a large part of the lumber now being 

 sold and they are much in need o! certain stocks for prompt delivery, the 

 demand continuing In several prominent woods, including oak, maple, ash, 

 Iioplar and birch. Large stocks of poplar in loral yards have been bought 

 lately l)y representatives of the British government. Tlie United States 

 frovernmont has also been taking low-grade chestnut here for crating stock, 

 I'ypress has been in fair demand and some has been sold tor export. 



=-< PITTSBURGH y 



Hardwood matters are very much upset to say the least. Considerable 

 demand is in evidence but It is Irregular and comes from sources which 

 cannot be looked to for regular demand. The automobile trade is badly 

 off and furniture manufacturers are not buying as much stock as was 

 expected. On the other hand bridge timl)ers, railroad timbers and gen- 

 eral stocks, especially of oak for manufacturing purposes, are in pretty 

 good call. Some of these stocks are very hard to get. Prices are going 

 up and it Is a big question whether in spring mills will have enough lum- 

 ber to talie care of demand. The outlook for the gum and Cottonwood 

 is especially good as large amounts of this lumber are lieing used for war 

 purposes. There is little now liuilding being planned. 



-< BOSTON y 



.\n analysis of the hardwood market in New England at the present time 

 would not be practical or disclose any dependable guide to developments. 

 Operating under continually restrictive conditions for many months, the 

 trade is not able now to fix any limits to which the situation may proceed. 

 Traffic so far as lumber is concerned is virtually at a standstill from the 

 causes prevailing in all the eastern country and this, added to the stop- 

 ping ^»f the consuming patronage, t.akes away any remaining working 

 field for either wholesale or retail trade, except government business. It 

 is expected that remedial measures will become effective as soon as fed- 

 eral control has had an opportunity to do so. 



=-< BALTIMORE y 



Quiet bas prevailed so far this year, the severity of the weather and 

 transportation troubles having combined to chefk the movement. Mills 

 and distributors have found themselves greatly hampered in their opera- 

 tions, and the outlook is so uncertain that no one will venture to nrake pre- 

 dictions as to the future. That a decided narrowing of the distribution 

 as against some months ago has taken place admits of no doubt. Even the 

 buyers who would have liked to place orders were unable to do so for the 

 reason that the sellers could give no guarantee that delivery would be 

 made within a definite period. Much snow and intense cold held down the 

 work at the mills and prolonged the end of the year holiday.-; far beyond 

 the usual period. Even since then most of the plants have found their 

 capacity greatly curtailed, and it is to be doubted if the production haa 

 attained fifty per cent of the normal. If the mills had been busy, however, 

 it would not have availed them in so far as placing stocks is concerned, 

 for embargoes have been imposed by the railroads most of the time, and 

 the members of the trade have put in far longer hours working on the- 

 railroads to provide cars and accept shipments than in getting out orders. 

 The difficulties of making shipment have naturally tended to stiffen prices. 

 Any hardwood man in a position to make delivery was able to command 

 almost his own terms, lumber being very urgently wanted in not a few 

 instances. In the absence of any extensive accumulations of lumber and 

 as a result of the impediments put in the way of the movement the scarcity 

 of stocks in the hands of dealers and also of consumers is likely to per- 

 severe, with resultant attractive quotations. The holdings of the yards in 

 this city have been reduced more or less of late, even though the shipments 

 were mostly of a local character, stocks going to nearby points and beingr 

 frequently shipped on auto trucks, where the distance was not prohibitive. 

 This mode of delivery has greatly expanded in recent weeks, and there is 

 every indication that auto trucks will come into evi-n larger use unless very 

 decided relief should be afforded soon as far as the railroads are concerned. 

 As things are. the prospect is decidedly clouded, with inherent conditions 

 of demand good, and with the production sufficiently curtailed to remove all 

 probability that stocks in troublesome proportions will pile up at pro- 

 tliieing points and congestion will ensue. 



=-< COLUMBUS y 



The hardwood trade in Columbus and central Ohio has ruled strong dur- 

 ing the past fortnight. Although there is only a small amount of stock 

 moving, demand on the part of dealers as well as manufacturers would be 

 good if assured of deliveries. In fact, the worst feature of the industry 

 at this time is the lack of transportation facilities. Dealers who are 

 anxious to lay in stocks for the expected spring building season are slow 

 to proceed if not assured of prompt movement. Manufacturers making 

 Imxes and implements are good customers. The same is true of vehicle 

 factories. Fnrnitnrp fnctorips are fxpected to bo in tlie market in the 



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