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HARDWOOD PECORD 



January aS, 1S18 



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 



Swain-Roach Lbr. Co. 



SEYMOUR, IND. 

 — We Manufacture 



Elm Ash 



Maple Walnut 



Gum Cherry 



Sycamore Chestnut, Etc. 



White Oak 

 Red Oak 

 Poplar 

 Hickory 



4 cars S/4 A'o. 1 com. d hcttrr Kim; 1 car 12/4 Xo. 1 com. .f 

 hetter Elm; 1 car 4/4, 8/4, 12/4 Log Run Plain Sucamore; 2 

 carx 4/4 Is rf 2» Sap Gum: 1 car i/i yu. 1 com d hetter Qua,^ 

 terrd Red Oak: 1 car lii;4Vi— 5—51/1 Quartered nhite OaK 

 Striiix : 1 car % Is <£ 2s Plain Oak. 



At Two Band Mills 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



Lacey Reports 



for the 



Timber Seller 



It is no better commercial practice for 

 yon to sell a tract of timber {which may con- 

 'tain a million feet more than yon think) on the 

 basis of an old time "timber cruise" than it is for 

 some one else to buy one (which may contain a vul- 

 lion feet less than he thinks). 



To be ill a position to certainly realiac 

 tlie ma.vimum on any scale is first to knotv 

 r.ractly zvhat you have to sell. Then a price means 

 siimclliimi. 



A LACEY REPORT on your tract zvill 



give you the nearest approach to absolute 



knowledge of stiimpage values possible by 



human jneans. and the very e.vistencc of your 



LACEY REPORT tvill justly give the buyer implicit 



confidence. 



38 years' experience in timbcrland transactions : consult 



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CHICAQO yEW YORK SEATTLE 



1730' ilcCormick Bld'j- oO E. 1,2nd Street 026 Ilcnru Dldg. 



in Kvnnsvillu are at a slandstlll and unt nuicli iliipnivi'mi'Dl along this 

 line is expected until carlj* spring. Plow nianufa<-turers report a heavy 

 trade. Carriage and wagon nianuracturers have a lair amount of busl- 

 lu-ss just now but Uko the other manufacturers find they are greatly 

 Iiandleapped by the car shortage. Box factories continue to work on 

 bilge government oiilers and have plenty of work ahead to last them 

 several months. 



=■< MEMPHIS >■ 



The demand for hardwood liiiiil)er is active enougli but there is little 

 I'usiuess doing because there is too much restriction as to territory where 

 deliveries can be effected. -Ml destinations in Central Krelglit Associa- 

 tion and Kastern Trunk Line territory are eniliargoed and the same Is 

 true of all destinations In Western Trunk Line territory reached through 

 the gateways at Chicago. St. Louis and Cairo iunilicrmen frankly admit 

 that they are up against a situation with which they are unable to cope 

 iiid that it is absolutely necessary that they await a clearing of condi- 

 tions. Cars are being loaded with lumber in large volume at plants 

 tlu'oughout this territory but lumber interests do not know when they 

 will move. They are simply getting tlie lumber on cars as fast as pos- 

 silile so that, when the barriers arc lifted, they can move without loss 

 of time. Meanwhile, manufacturing operations are at a complete stand- 

 still over most of the Memphis territory while logging is faring little 

 lii'ttcr, thus creating a production situation which is without parallel 

 in the history of this part of ttie country. And, in the face of this 

 liractical paralysis of manufacturing operations, John M. Pritchard, 

 manager of the Southern Hardwood Emergency Bureau at Washington, 

 lias brought the information that, while direct orders for lumber from 

 tlio government are going to be comparatively small, there Is going to 

 be a tremendous demand therefor from manufacturers who have con- 

 tracts for tile production of boxes, wagons, wheels, trucks, airplanes, 

 bandies and other products needed by the government for the winning 

 of the war. Lumber interests are therefore worrying a great deal more 

 about how they are going to be able to produce lumber in volume than 

 about being able to sell it when It Is ready. They are maintaining their 

 lu-ices on a very firm basis because they realize tlie production handicap 

 under which they are laboring and the scarcity of stock which prevails. 



=■< LOUISVILLE >- 



.\t the present time there is very little doing on the local market, 

 traffic conditions and w'eather conditions being of such a nature that very 

 few mills are operating or -In position to slrip anything. Railroad em- 

 l>argoes block every avenue Into the East and North and even government 

 orders can't be shipped under existing conditions. There is a fairly 

 active demand for hardwoods for immediate use, and after traffic condi- 

 tions improve It is certain that the lumber trade will have a busy period. 

 Orders on the books will keep many of the mills operating their shipping 

 forces overtime whenever conditions reach a stage where logs are mov- 

 ing freely, cars plentiful and the roads open. The supply of box cars In 

 Hie South is reported much better than it has been for some time, but 

 the trade can't load the cars as delivery can't he made. Government 

 (►rders for hardwoods and veneers have been coming freely, and such 

 orders are being generally accepted, but very few orders are being taken 

 for commercial use. Ash, hickory and oak are In excellent demand, while 

 maliogauy and walnut are In big demand for government orders. Poplar 

 is especially good m boxboards for wagon and truck work, and gum and 

 Cottonwood are holding their own. Prices are being maintained without 

 difficulty, and little underselling is going on. Collections are slow, many 

 coucerns having large amounts of money tied up in stock which can't be 

 realized upon until shipping Is resumed. 



=■< MILWAUKEE >= 



The demand for hardwood and other lumber is being maintained at 

 such a high level that at this time practically every sawmill In northern 

 Wisconsin Is in full operation and intends to keep on a maximum capacity 

 schedule until late next fall. Not in years have so many mills been In 

 operation during the latter part of January as this year. Government 

 and other requirements are so broad and so urgent that a vastly greater 

 capacity than Is available could find full occupation for a long time ahead. 



Northern timber and lumber operators have recently encountered con- 

 ditions which could hardly be less favorable upon the output of logs and 

 iiianufactured lumber. Three heavy snowstorms in two weeks' time not 

 ouly badly hampered logging operations, but demoralized raUroad traffic 

 to such a point that log trams in some places were immovable in drifts 

 for several days at a tune. The blizzards added to the already bad traffic 

 conditions with respect to the movement of cars out of mills. It required 

 days to move loaded cars and more days for new cars to arrive for 

 loading. 



The effect of the Fuel Administration order upon sawmill and wood- 

 working industries in Wisconsin was probably less severe than upon many 

 other lines of production. Exemptions were liberally granted when it was 

 shown that many woodworking plants provide up to two-thirds of their 

 own fuel supply from waste material, while many saw and planing mills 

 operate with electric power furnished from hydro-electric plants. How- 

 ever, there was some interruption until the confusion resulting from the 

 order was abated. 



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