46 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



March 10. I'JIS 



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. 



ijiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiii:^ 



I Plain & Qtd. Red & White i 



I OAK I 



AND OTHER 

 HARDWOODS 



= Even Color 



Soft Texture = 



MADE (MR) RIGHT 



OAK FLOORING 



We have 35,000,000 feet dry stock— all of 

 our own manufacture, from our own tim- 

 ber grown in Eastern Kentucky. 



= PROMPT SHIPMENTS = 



i The MOWBRAY i 

 I & ROBINSON CO. i 



S (incorporated) E 



I CINCINNATI, OHIO | 



Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiir 



III other linos such, for Instance, as box lumber, the demand seems 

 uncoaslnB an<l In all directions the price tendency Is upward. 



Such buildlnj; as may be done this spring In Chicago seems rather late 

 In starting, probably on account of continued severe weather, but when 

 linnl figures arc In, it will probably be liiund tlial t^ie total is greater than 

 anticipated. 



=-< BUFFALO >• 



The iiardwood mariiot is in a little better position tlian a mouth ago 

 by reason of the opening up ot railroad transportation to some extent. 

 This does not mean that business on the various rail lines is anywhere 

 near normal, and delays are numerous as well as vexatious, but yards 

 are reporting the receipt of a larger number of cars from the mills. In- 

 cluding those of the South, and it Is now somewhat easier to get lumber 

 from the .yard to the consumer. IIow long this improvement is likely to 

 lontinue is a matter of conjecture, but with more open weather a good 

 giiin is ioolted for. 



The demand shows up faitly well, though still confined to war order 

 industries. Airplane, truck and shipbuilding concerns are thus the most 

 important factors in the marj<et, but a large number of concerns of va- 

 rious kinds arc finding an increased need of hardwoods. In the furniture 

 business not much is doing, though some plants in this line have adapted 

 their equipment to the manufacture of products needed in the war and are 

 thus doing a more active business than tor some time past. The outlook 

 (or speculative building this spring is I'egarded as poor, as the money 

 is not likely to be forthcoming for it. • 



Lumbermen are unable to do any export business without a license, a 

 fact which some were not aware of until it was brought to their attention 

 when an effort was made to ship stock. This, of course, cuts out a good 

 deal ot business for some concerns, which ordinarily do a good export 

 business. But some trade is now being done, as it is not difficult to get a 

 license where the stock is essential for war work abroad. 



The Buffalo Chamber of Commerce is taking up the discussion of plans 

 by which a greater amount of Niagara Falls power can be made available 

 for the industries of the city. 



=-< PITTSBURGH y 



Hardwood men are very busy these days, especially the manufacturers. 

 Country mills in Tri-State territory are hurrying operations in order to 

 get just as much done as possible before the farming season begins when 

 their supply of labor and teams will be cut into very badly. The con- 

 tinued calls from the drjitts are also making bad work with mill forces. 

 The supply of hardwood at the mills is not large, and if anything like 

 normal shipping conditions prevailed it would very soon be used up. De- 

 mand for oak is the best ever seen in this city, especially for oak timbers. 

 General and mixed hardwoods tor mining and industrial propositions are 

 also very badly wanted. Automobile demand is very much lighter than 

 usual at this season. There is a pretty good call for furniture hardwood 

 where it is dry and ready to ship. 



-^ BOSTON y. 



There scums to be basis for reporting a still further advance in most 

 hardwood items as spring opens. While previous developments had appar- 

 ently gone to the practical limit for profitable manufacturing, the large 

 prospective needs for war work, most especially in thick poplar, ash. 

 maple, birch and oak, have served to again push up values. The confi- 

 dence that transportation will begin to improve and that many partially 

 suspended operations will try to start up leads to caution in booking or 

 ders where stock is so certain to be immoiliateiy absorbed. The govern- 

 ment's policy of negotiation for stock on hand and to be manufactured 

 at the mills, places the dealers In a very diflicult position with much of 

 their usual source withdrawn, and only Incidental contact with the direct 

 government usage in many departments. 



-< BALTIMORE >= 



The general situation in the hardwood trade here contlnuos t>> \»- ainnit 

 as it has Iiecn fur some time, witli the difference that, the weather imw 

 presents no handicap to the niovement of stocks, and that such irrtp<'di- 

 ments as restrict the volume of business done must l)e sought in another 

 direction. Anmng these impediments the foremost one is inability to 

 make shipments, this applying to the mills as well a< to the wholesalers 

 and the yards. Some improvement in the transpDrtation situation h.i- 

 takeu place, to be sure, but very formidable obstacles are still encouDten'-l 

 by the hardwood men, and they count themselves fortunate when tljey ar'- 

 able to get a few cars through. To have a permit is by no means aJw.-iys 

 a certain way of having shipments taken care of. and the sellers therefore 

 hesitate to take orders, not knowing if they will be in a position to make 

 delivery. The needs of the government lying in directions other than 

 most of the hardwoods, this division of the lumber business is far l4'ss 

 benefited by the existing military needs than yellow pine, for instance, 

 so that the hardw-ood fiien have no great amount of such business to fall 

 back upon as a substitute for deficiencies in other directions. In addition, 

 it is to be said that considerable shifting in the trade currents has taken 

 place, and frequent readjustments are required if a hardwood man wants 

 to koej) going. Various new requirement.-; have arisen, while old cmcs 



All Three of Us WUl Be Benefited if You MenHon HARDWOOD RECORD 



