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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February ao, 1»1S 



E. A. Mercadal Lumber Co. 



WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION 



953 National Life Bldg., CHICAGO 



Northern Hardwoods Southern Hardwoods 



3 cars 8/4 No. 1 Com. & 



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 1" Fas Basswood 



Strips 



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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 



Mills 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 posslbia auick dollvery ol anything In tinliar and hardwood 



lumber 



The Tegge Lumber Go! 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



The Hardwood Market 



-< CHICAUU ^ 



A sliylit tcudpncy to shiiipiii;; iiiiprnvcnii-nt Is reinarkcd lociiUy. llettcr 

 wi'iithiT has hi'lpod niiitcrially ami tlic (■niilidcncc Is gen !• rally e.xpri'ssfd 

 in this niarkft that with the advance nt more opeu conditions the cen- 

 Iralized control of freight movement will make noticeable prosress toward 

 slralKhlcninj,' OTit the shippins tant'li'. The many unusnal Influences have 

 made it inipossible to get straightened away on a clear <'ut analysis of 

 what the local buying situation is, but at presi'iit the o\itlook still seems 

 mixed. The box makers lead the list in demand for luniber. this trade 

 licing featured by a shortage of necessary niatci'ial. On the factory end 

 I 111' greatest uncertainty exists, conditions here varying witli tlw indiviilual 

 products and conditions surrounding markets in each case. In industries 

 dependent upon buililing there is a growing lioiH' that the spring months 

 will see more building made possilile l)y imperative necessity, while among 

 I be factories some people report consideralile activity In sales, while 

 others are unable to keep running on full tinu'. War work is filling an 

 cvt'i- more important place as a consuming factor. 



=-< BUFFALO >- 



'I'bc emliargo situation is the chief source of complaint iu the hardwood 

 trade. liusiness is fair, but would be much better if it were i>ossible to 

 accejit all the orders received. It is almost impossible to ship to any great 

 ilistance anil much delay occurs in the arrival of stocks from the mills. 

 The war factories are in need of considerable stock, particularly for the 

 manufacture of airplanes, automobiles and shii)s. Prices on most woods 

 are holding strong and everything that can be used is in ready demand. 

 .\ large sale in crating stock of various woods is also reported. 



The building trade, outside of the construction of factories, has been 

 disappointing so far this year, though the outlook apiwars to be as favor- 

 iible as a year ago. But funds for speculative construction are not avail- 

 able in large amount and are not expected to be this spring. The furniture 

 trade is also on a rather light basis and the furniture men are having 

 much difficulty in making shiiuuents because of the shortage of ears as 

 well as the numerous embargoes. Some furniture and other woodworking 

 I iiucerns are giving their attention to war work and so manage to keep 



lilisy. 



:< PITTSBURGH >-. 



The market for hardwood is conflncd chietly to the industrial trade and 

 to small manufacturers of furniture, handles, etc. The yard trade is not 

 taking liold worth a cent so far. Hetailers are not yet ready to talk busi- 

 ness in lumlicr buying. They prefer to wait until they can size up better 

 the liuilding situation at a little later date. Glass factories are taking 

 uiily a fraction of the hardwood that they formerly used. 



The big demand is from furniture and handle factories. The former find 

 it very difficult to get high-class stock that is dry and can be secured 

 promptly. The latter are scouring the country for little tracts of hickory 

 ami other woods, and are taking now many lots of timber that would have 

 been turned down five or ten years ago. There is a great demand also for 

 maple flooring. 



Few chauges have been made in wholesale prices the past month. In 

 l;ict. wholesalers have l)een laying on their oars and only this week have 

 they begun to get their men out on the road. 



.loseph W. Cottrell of the Cottrell Lumlier Company, whii-h has a splen- 

 did harilwood trade with industrial concerns of this city, is down South 

 I his week looking over stocks at the mills. 



The enormous demand for mine props along the Baltimore & Ohio and 

 Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroads is causing every kind of hardwood timber 

 in northeastern Ohio to be slaughtered this winter on account of the 

 prices lieing paid. For hickory and oak prices are far higher than were 

 ever paid before, and the big question is whether a lot of this timber will 

 pass inspection when it comes to the final consumer. 



The American Lumber & Manufacturing Company is very busy on its 

 ^liipments of 21,000,000 feet of ship timber which the Government bought 

 I Mr delivery by next June. A large part of this timber will come from 

 ilir iiimpiiny's big hardwood operation at I^enox. Ky. 



-< BOSTON y- 



TlU' situation of the luirdwo.nl traile in New En.gland is very much 

 involved with the transportation question, and its effects on all business. 

 The coal supply has faileil to improve and restricted operation has covered 

 most industries even to those on urgent war orders. This statement is 

 sufficient to indicate the dilHculties here, the consequences of which will 

 depend largely on future developments. Dealers are finding opportunity 

 to get in a little long distance stock and locally produced or stored lum- 

 l)cr is moving in volume and price t)n a scale never before contemplated. 

 The trade shows every evidence of underlying strength and a disposition 

 to "carry on" no matter what conditions are. One large hardwood yard- 

 man is quoted as feeling able to meet any of the commercial handicaps 

 imposed except the problem of deriving and paying the several state and 

 oati'inal tax oliligations. 



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