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HARDWOOD RECORD 



March 10. 1918 



UMBER ANDl 



ELmira,/l.y 



HoTeinber 



9th, 



1915. > 



Pnepclce Lelght Lte. Co., 



Chicago, 



HI. 



Gentlemen: - 



Ve are using your Red Oum lomter in the 

 nanufBcture of our high ciaea interior 

 trim and general planing mill work. 



This gum ia giving excellent aatiaf action, 

 'being highly graded, aoft texture, good 

 iridtha, and long lengths, alao dry, atraight 

 uid flit. 



Reapectfully, 



Hsrrie, kcUenry 1: Baker Co. 



Diet. 

 fi££/kG. . 



Of course it is true that 



Red Gum 



is America's finest cabinet wood — but 



Just as a poor cook will spoil the choicest 

 viands while the experienced chef will turn 

 them into prized delicacies, so it is true that 



The inherently superior qualities 

 of Red Gum can be brought 

 out only by proper hzuidling 



When you buy this wood, as when you buy a new 

 Aiachine, you want to feel that you have reason for 

 believing it will be just as represented. 



We claim genuine superiority for our Gum. _ The 

 proof that you can have confidence in this claim is 

 shown by the letter reproduced herewith. 



Your interests demand that you remem- 

 ber this proof of our ability to preserve 

 the wonderful qualities of the wood 

 when you again want RED GUM. 



Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



CONWAY BUILDING 111 W. WASHINGTON ST. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Bond MUU: Helena and BIytheTllIe, Ark.; GreenTiUe, Ulss. 



lions, affecting botli log supply and lumber distribution, show so little 

 improvement. 



Owing to the reduced output and the relatively light stocks, the rela- 

 tions between supply and demand are considerably strained, and prices 

 are firm, with an upward tendency. There is an exceptionally active de- 

 mand for the lower grades of cottonwood and gum. The box manufacturers 

 are absorbing these as fast as they can be produced and delivered. There 

 is a good call for the higher grades of sap gum and for the upper grades 

 of cottonwood. There is likewise an urgent demand for, with a quite lim- 

 ited supply of, box boards in both cottonwood and gum. Many buyers 

 are unable to secure their requirements. Thick, plain oak, 6/4 and better, 

 is in excellent demand, and indications are that there are large require- 

 ments which must shortly be filled on the basis of the statement that 

 approximately 300,000,000 feet of such oak will be necessary for the 

 completion of contracts already awarded for army wagons and extra wheels 

 therefor, to say nothing of the quantity that will have to be manufactured 

 to take care of other contracts to be awarded later. There is a good call 

 for quartered oak in the higher grades, and high grade oak veneers are in 

 very satisfactory request. Plain oak in No. 1 common is reported dull 

 and there is but a moderate call for firsts and seconds red gum. Ash. 

 hickory and cypress are in splendid call, and the movement is as large as 

 offerings and transportation conditions will allow. 



=-< LOUISVILLE >= 



There has been very little change noted in the market prices on hard- 

 woods handled here within the past two weeks. There is a good demand 

 for practically all southern hardwoods, excepting quartered oak, which Is 

 moving slowly, due to the fact that the furniture factories are not buying 

 at the present time. Gum is fairly active and is maintaining its level in 

 spite of the fact that the demand for interior trim is somewhat off. Hard- 

 wood flooring is showing some improvement, but has been quiet for months. 

 During the past month there has been a heavy movement of southern 

 hardwoods, which has been checked somewhat by the shortage of cars. 

 However, orders are still coming in freely, and with embargoes lifted from 

 all but a few far eastern points, the situation is generally better. There 

 is a very strong demand for walnut and mahogany for airplane work, 

 while walnut Is still in heavy demand for gunstock manufacturing. Cut- 

 ting clear firsts and seconds for filling such orders has resulted in the 

 market being full of common grades and short dimension stock, which has 

 not been in very active demand. At the present time the bulk of the 

 hardwood demand is from concerns filling government orders and from the 

 truck and wagon manufacturers, most of whom have government orders. 



Ash, elm and hickory have been lively, and continue steady In demand 

 and price, thick stocks of ash being very high. Poplar is also active, box- 

 boards being especially good. The veneer trade and panel manufacturers 

 have been working to capacity on supplying airplane stock or manufac- 

 turing airplane parts. As a whole, the hardwood trade in this section is in 

 excellent shape, and the situation would be generally satisfactory If traffic 

 conditions were normal. 



=-< ASHEVILLE >= 



Good weather the past week has started logging and sawing again, al- 

 though the labor shortage still gives concern to band mills in this territory. 

 Eastern Carolina chair factories are showing considerable activity, and a 

 good many orders were shipped last week to the East on permits and for 

 government use. Dry lumber is scarce, and some green lumber is being 

 marketed. There is strong demand for thick oak and for poplar, basswood 

 and chestnut. 



=-< MILWAUKEE > 



As the season advances, conditions relating to logging In northern 

 Wisconsin and upper Michigan become more uncertain daily, and within 

 the last week or ten days the operation of some concerns have been badly 

 hampered and interrupted by the arrival of soft weather, which has ruined 

 iced roads and made the woods a sea of mud. The spell of moderate 

 weather has just been preceded by the heaviest blizzard of the season, 

 Since then weather conditions have been very irreguliir, as might be ex- 

 pected at this time of the year, and most loggers are hastening their work 

 with all possible speed because the end of the season is believed to ba 

 near at hand. 



On the whole, logging operations in the North during the winter now 

 coming to an end were uniformly satisfactory, particularly with regard to 

 iclimatic conditions during the greater part of the season. While the acute 

 shortage of labor wafe a serious factor earlier, a fair amount of men were 

 procured later, but their inexperience lowered efficiency. Abnormally 

 high w»ages and greatly increased costs of all necessities made logging 

 work this winter the most expensive on record and already is an important 

 factor in stiffening lumber prices all along the line. 



The demand for hardwoods of all kinds is maintained on a broad scale 

 by government demands and the large requirements of industries that are 

 working to a greater or lesser extent on war contracts. There Is a com- 

 paratively enormous demand for box and crating stock, while orders for 

 the finer and more select grades for purposes such as airplanes and other 

 materials have assumed a volume far above that ever before experienced. 



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