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HARDWOOD RECORD 



March 



1918 



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 yio. 1 com. & better Elm 



t vuig o/t liu, 1 t^tjm. v: uK^nt^i i.nn, 1 Cttf 1.-/4 iVO. 1 COtH, tx 



better Elm; 1 car 4/4, 8/4, 12/4 Log Run Plain Siicamore; '2 

 cars 4/4 Is tf 2s Sap Qum ; 1 car 4/4 No. 1 com. <£ better Quar- 

 tered Red Oak: 1 car 1x4 Vi — •''> — Si,<. Quartered White Oak 

 Strips; 1 car ^ Is i« 2s Plain Oak. 



At Tzvo Band Mills 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



BUSS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSViLLE, ARKANSAS 



MAN UFA CTURERS 



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 



You Can Make Nd Unsafe 

 Purchase on the Advice of 



Lacey & Company 



Why? Because zve zvill give you our 

 final advice only on knoivn facts. 



If zve sell it to you, you can bank on value as 

 represented — because when we don't know we find 

 out. 



If you hu\< it on our advice, it zvill only be after 

 we knew. We shall know because we shall not give 

 our final advice until we have viade for you, at your 

 reasonable cost, a LACEY REPORT of such nature 

 as we find the case calls for, a "2 run," a "4 run," or a 

 tree count. Then both you and we will know what is 

 there, and talk of price will then be in order. 



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1750 McCormick Bldg. NEW YORK SEATTLE 



CHICAGO 30 East Forty-second St. 626 Henry Bldg. 



=^ KNOXVILLE y- 



Car .Sim k ami s\vit< h tirs arc in sti-ong ili>mancl togctlier with thick oak 

 and poplar, and all grades of quartered white oals are especially sought 

 alter. The tone of the market displays much optimism for the future and 

 the hest rule to observe is to sell only what you actually have and not 

 contract ahead for the future, for who knows what any day may bring 

 forth. 



.Vll the lumbermen in this vicinity are busy getting lu stocks of all 

 kinds of lumber from pine to walnut as they see a shortage on lumber cut 

 and a groat scarcity of dry stocks In this vicinity. Next month all the 

 farmers will be working in their crops and very little lumber will be 

 made or hauled to the railroad. 



=-< LOUISVILLE y 



There has been no material change in the general situation of the local 

 market during the past two weeks. There has been some improvement 

 iu the demand for poplar, which is now in general demand for all grades. 

 Boxboards are very active, with poplar veneers somewhat more active, and 

 even 5/lG to 4" stock in good demand. There is a good government 

 demand as well as a good demand from the Allies for such lumber. The 

 principal demand, however, is for thick stocks of oak and ash. Oak is 

 good from 5/4 to 10/4 and up, in firsts and seconds and common plain, 

 while there has been some improvement shown in quartered, which is 

 now being used for aeroplane manufacturing. Ash is good in almost all 

 grades, S/4 to 16/4 in wide stocks being especially active. Tliere has also 

 been an improved inquiry for 4/4 plain oak, common grades as well as 

 first and seconds not having been very active for the past few weeks, 

 comniou being especially quiet. However, the government has been ask- 

 ing for prices, and indications are that this item will show improvement 

 shortly. All kinds of veneers and panels are moving, and there has been 

 no let up in the demand for walnut and mahogany. There is also a big 

 demand for cheap dimension stock, principally handle stock, but no one 

 is making much of an attempt to take care of such business Just now. 

 Chestnut core stocks for panel manufacturing have been moving fairly 

 free within the past few days, due to the high price and scarcity of poplar. 

 A good deal of gum is also being used. .\11 low grades are moving freely, 

 due largely to the general activity shown by the box manufacturers, most 

 of which have heavy government orders. 



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--<, ST. LOUIS >. 



There has been but little change in the hardwood situation recently. 

 Some of the principal woods, however, are in better demand. Thick oak 

 is in particularly good request and there has been a better movement of 

 the item lately. Gum, and ash and also cottonwood are selling fairly 

 well. Business is interfered with very materially because of the car 

 situation. A marked improvement is looked for in the next few weeks, 

 just as soon as the transportation becomes easier. There is rather a 

 light call for cypress and up to the present time, it has not been at 

 all satisfactory but signs of a betterment are in evidence. Increased in- 

 quiries are coming in. Prices are strong on every item and it does not 

 look as if there would be any easing up. 



=-< ASHEVILLE y 



The embargo situation on eastern shipments has greatly improved within 

 tlie past week and many crews are moving from this territory to eastern 

 markets. Ten days ago the transportation problem was still serious. Per- 

 mits are being issued reasonably freely, and with good weather to aid, the 

 mills are preparing for a brisk trade. 



=■< MILWAUKEE y 



The northern logging and lumbering industry is in the throes of what 

 is believed to be the worst traffic congestion and car shortage that has ever 

 been experienced, and it is estimated that during the last two weeks alone 

 shipments from northern mills have been reduced nearly DO per cent 

 because of the lack of rolling stock. Yards are piled full of lumber await- 

 ing loading, but so tar sawing operations have not been materially reduced. 

 However, unless relief is given by a more adequate car supply within a 

 short time, it is believed a serious effect will result. 



Logging operations are gradually coming to an end throughout northern 

 Wisconsin and upper Michigan. A severe snowstorm which struck north- 

 eastern Wisconsin ten days ago proved to be at once a disadvantage and a 

 benefit. It congested traffic to a serious degree, but it provided the means 

 whereby logging operators will be able to extend their season somewhat 

 longer than they had hoped for when soft weather made its appearance 

 a short time ago. 



Hardwood prices are firmer and all factors are such that a strengthening 

 of the entire list may be expected. The demand for lumber is far greater 

 than the available supply during the remainder of the year. The supply 

 has been produced at an operating cost ranging all the way from 20 to 

 30 per cent higher than ever before. Every foot of hardwood lumber that 

 the North can produce until the end of 1918 is, for all practical purposes, 

 already spoken for. Representative men in the industry say that under 

 existing conditions they cannot expect to see even a small surplus. 



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