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HARDWOOD RECORD 



April 10, 1918 



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 



5 1 5 Dwight Building, KANSAS CITY, MO. 



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I Plain & Qtd. Red & White i 



I OAK I 



AND OTHER 

 HARDWOODS 



= Even Color 



Soft Texture = 



MADE (MR) RIGHT 



OAK FLOORING 



portation authoritios might be looltea for April 1, but up to the present 

 (late no such action has developed ; on the contrary, the New Haven 

 rnail has been obliged to extend Its prohibition on receiving eastbound cars. 



=-< PITTSBVRGH >= 



Hardwood matters are moving along about as well as could be expected 

 considering the general slump in the lumber business here. Demand is 

 much lighter than it should be at this season. Yard trade Is next to 

 nothing. The general tendency in prices is up, but this is caused largely 

 by the bad shipping conditions. Oak is far and away the best seller in the 

 market. Oak timbers are badly wanted and also plank and stock for fur- 

 niture factories. Automobile trade is away off and wholesalers are not 

 doing much business in this line. Prices of all hardwoods are firm and 

 it is a question of delivery more than of prices with the prospective cus- 

 tomers. 



=< BALTIMORE y 



No decisive changes have taken place in the hardwood trade here. The 

 dealers continue to experience the greatest difficulty in getting cars and 

 making shipments, while the mills have their troubles in keeping or- 

 ganizations intact and getting somewhere near the capacity of the plants. 

 Many of the latter, it is to be feared, are so crippled with regard to 

 workers that the cost of manufacturing lumber is carried to altogether 

 inordinate figures. .4t that there are not lacking opportunities to dis- 

 pose of stocks as long as these can be delivered. By far the greatest 

 problem in the trade is that of transportation. Hardwood men say they 

 can get plenty of orders, and they are on the lookout for stocks. Contrary 

 to the situation in the yellow pine trade, the demand comes mainly from 

 private sources, the government having use lor hardwoods only in limited 

 quantities, and these requirements being confined to a few woods. Be- 

 cause of the checks upon operation at the mills there is no prospect of 

 overproduction, and the mill men regard the situation as being so well in 

 hand that they make further advances in the quotations from time to 

 time. These advances apply to practically the whole list, and there is no 

 one willing to predict that the top limit has been reached. The dealers, 

 for their part, experience more or less unsettlement in their avenues of 

 distribution. Former buyers have to a considerable extent or entirely 

 dropped out of the market, at least for the time being, their business 

 being too much interfered with by war conditions to warrant entering 

 into extensive commitments for lumber. As a result the dealers have had 

 to establish new lines, and a frequent shifting of connections is one of 

 the characteristics of the present situation. For another thing the deal- 

 ers do not know whether they will have business next week or next 

 month or not. Such orders as come in are for immediate shipment, the 

 buyers being indisposed to anticipate wants and contenting themselves 

 with provision for such needs as come up from day to day. .\t that 

 the movement has gained somewhat in volume, the railroad situation 

 having shown a measure of improvement. The local yards are making 

 earnest efforts to augment their assortments, and stocks are coming in or 

 going out all the time in a restricted way. Margins of profit for the 

 dealers are attractive, and it is mainly a matter of getting enough ship- 

 ments off to bring the business up to a fair volume. Exports appear to 

 oe no more active than before, and the exporters will probably have to 

 await the end of the war before they can hope to re-establish their former 

 lines and look for a good demand. 



=-< COLUMBUS >= 



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



S our own manufacture, from our own tim- ^ 



5 ber grown in Eastern Kentucky. = 



= PROMPT SHIPMENTS = 



I The MOWBRAY [ 

 I & ROBINSON CO. I 



= (incorporated) s 



I CINCINNATI, OHIO | 



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AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 



The hardwood trade in Columbus territory has continued firm in every 

 respect during the past fortnight. Buying is good, especially on behalf 

 of the factory trade. Considerable buying by retailers is also reported. 

 The tone of the market is generally good and higher prices are looked 

 for in the immediate future. Lumbermen believe that the early summer 

 trade will be active and preparations have been made to handle a larger 

 volume. 



The retail trade is buying both for immediate and deferred delivery. 

 Car shortage is holding up shipments to a large degree, and consequently 

 there is considerable delay in receiving orders placed some time ago. 

 Embargoes on shipments from many southern points are still further 

 complicating the situation. Ketail stocks are not very large, although 

 some dealers have been taking advantage of the lull to get in a better 

 stock. 



The factory trade is the best feature of the business at this time. Con- 

 cerns making boxes and implements are good customers, and the same 

 is true of certain other lines of manufacturing, such as furniture and 

 automobile. There is also a good demand for low grade lumber for crates. 

 Prices are strong and all recent advances have been well maintained. 

 This is especially true of quartered and plain oak and poplar. Chestnut 

 is also firm and the same is true of ash and basswood. Collections are 

 slightly improved. 



=-< CLEVELAND >= 



With prospects for replenishing stocks rather remote, due to the con- 

 tinued poor transportation conditions from the South, hardwoods have 

 firmed in price in the Cleveland market during the past week and several 

 items have taken a jump upward. Oak flooring, hitherto the most active 



