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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February 25, 191S 



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 



< INDIANAPOLIS > 



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 8/4 No. 1 com. <£ better Elm; 1 car 12/4 No. 1 com. ti 

 better Elm; 1 car 4/4, S/4, 12/4 Log Run Plain Sycamore; 2 

 cars 4/4 Is d 2s Sap Oum ; 1 car 4/4 No. 1 com. d better Quar- 

 tered Red Oak; 1 car IxiV^ — 5 — 5% Quartered White Oak 

 Strips; 1 car % Is <C 2s Plain Oak. 



At Two Band Mills 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



Fo7^ Every Reason 



.\'()'-u< is the time to buy timber. Market 

 "cvlucs arc already on tlie up grade. Tliey 

 ivould he due for a rise even if limes zvere normal. 



[' inter /''resent eireiimstaiiees tlie ii/^- 

 zcard pres.'nirc is doubly strong. 



Buy Timber Now 



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Tlie war, wlieii wc ivcrc out of it. 

 promised a great martlet for lumber in tlie near 

 future. Now t/iat icr are iti the war the demand is 

 heavy, immediate and pressing, with promise of after- 

 "i.i.<ar demands greater than before. Everplhing points 

 with unmistakable directness toward investments in 

 limlirr now — today. 



Jl'c hare or can get what you wa?it. 



/ArrafiNAT/OA/AL T/M B^Si. AN D^ FACTORS 



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1750 McCormick Bldg. NEW YORK SE.4TTLE 



CHICAGO 30 East Furty^secoiid Si. 626 Hctiry Bldg. 



Buslnoss fonditi'ins havo Itcon lin]ir(ivi'<l during (ho Inst wook. Wonther 

 roiiilitions are more favorable and many plants that were closed during 

 the blizzards of I>eeember and .Tannary are in operation apiin. Traus- 

 jiortiition eondilions are slightly improved and railroads are promising a 

 larger supply of Hat ears. Very few logs are being hauled to the mills 

 as yet because of bad roads, and high water has handicapped mills depend- 

 ing on water transportation for their supply. These cfuiditions are improv- 

 ing rapidly, however. 



The trade reports an increaseil deniaiid. Consuming plants that are 

 working on sub-contracts for the government are heavii-r buyers. Fur- 

 niture industries which have been hampered in their operations as a result 

 cd' traffic conditions and the coal shortage are l)uying more heavily. Better 

 weatlier also has aroused interest among retailers. 



The belief ])revails quite generally that hardwood prices are destined 

 to become higher soon because of the higher cost of logs and other materials. 



The call for quartered white oak is strong and the demand for thick 

 plain oak is increasing also. The gum demand is improved. 



=^ EVANSVILLE >-= 



Ti'Milr with llic li;iT'ihvoni] liimlMr' iii;iiHir;i() uicrs uf Kvaiisvjlli- ninl suvith- 

 wrsti-rn Iniliana hass iifon picking' up for the pat^t wvfk or .ten days and in 

 the opinion of Ixjih mannfacturors and rotailcrs, businoss will continue to 

 improve as sprinf? advancos and weathor conditions set hcttor. Logs 

 have ticcn foniinjr in niori' freely — there are more flat ears and manufac- 

 tnrers ought to receive all the logs they want from this time on. Mills 

 in this section are gradually resuming and two of the largest hardwood mills 

 in lOvansville are now being operated on steady time. Orders are coming 

 in nicely and inquiries are more numerous than Ihey have been for some 

 time. Prices are holding lirm with a tendency to increase. Quartered 

 white nak is in goo(t demand, as are most of the tirst-class grades of hard- 

 w(tods. Collections are good. General trade conditions are better and 

 the car shortage is not so serious at it was. The various wood consuming 

 lactories in Evansville are running on better time. Furniture factories 

 are busier than thoy have been any time during the present year. Veneer 

 nianiifacturors report the outlook fairly good. P.nildiiig operations are 

 picking up some. In the opinion of architects and contnictors there will 

 1m' a big improvement in building after the lirst of March, Planing mills 

 are fairly busy and sash and door men report trade looking up some. 



< LOUISVILLE y 



Orders are now coming in fairly well fur almost all grades of lumber. 

 The furniture and automobile manufacturers have been buying more 

 freely, and there is a good demand from the talking machine manufac- 

 turers and some other cabinet workers. Hardwood flooring Is rather weak 

 just now, l)ut such lines as are not active are not affecting the general 

 demand much, as the government demand is so heavy that all lines are 

 active. Thick oak and ash are especially active, with a steady call for 

 lioplar, cypress, hickory, maple and elm. Mahogany and walnut are very 

 active, and are in big demand for manufacturing gunstocks, aeroplane 

 stocks, and other government requirements. Veneer mills report general 

 activity, and a good demand for glued-up stocks, while the panel plants are 

 all operating to capacity. Interior trims have not been very active, due 

 to the fact that there is very little building underway and very little in 

 sight. It is claimed that with the exception of plant additions and cheap 

 residences, there is very little building in sight for some months to come. 

 However, gum, which has become of much importance in interior work, is 

 in good demand, with prices high and advancing. Prices on all hard- 

 woods are strong, with indications of becoming higher as transportation 

 facilities improve, and the demand begins to move stock more freely. 



=-< MILWAUKEE >- 



Although the unfavoralde railroad fri'igbt situation has been a thorn 

 in the side of the northern hardwood lumber industry for nmny months, 

 tile shortage of cars and general congestion at terminals in recent days 

 has had a particularly depressing ofTect upon manufacturers of furniture 

 and other woodworking plants in Wisconsin. The condition is Illustrated 

 b.v the case of Sheboygan, a center for the manufacture of hardwood prod- 

 ucts, where factories are 200 or more cars short of immediate needs and 

 warehouses are piled to the roofs with marketable goods. The ordinary 

 daily needs are forty cars, but for weeks less than half this number has 

 lieen available. The same complaint is heard from other localities, while 

 sawmills in the North find increasing difficulty in gettiug sufficient rolling 

 stock to keei> manufactured lund>er moving according to delivery specifica- 

 Ibuis. At the end of .Tanuary, forty-three large mills were nearly 12,000 

 cars short of requirements. A heavy snowstorm of Fi'bruary 15 and 16, 

 which was especially severe in the North, has increased the seriousness of 

 the situation. 



Trices on all grades of hardwood are holding firm all along the line and 

 the tendency continues upward. The sharp advance in logging costs is 

 now lieginning to be reflected in manufactured lumber prices, but its full 

 force probably will not become apparent for several months longer. The 

 demand at mills continues to be far in excess of the supply. Retail yards 

 are buying sparingly, due to the government's suggestion that building 

 operations be curtailed. The industrial demand, however, continues good, 

 loit is preilicated largely upon government requirements. 



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