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HARDWOOD RECORD 



wood! lo tha mill 



How About that Hurry 

 Order for Birch 



Service is a serious consideration these days. You will 

 save time by writinp riglit where we have it on sticks — 

 nice. dry. cleanly nianutactured, banil sawn stock. 



CAN SHIP THIS IMMEDIATELY 



The above lint represents our atock of 

 clr>* Birch on hand a« of April Ist, 1015 



RIB LAKE LUMBER COMPANY 



RIB LAKE 



WISCONSIN 



Rotary Gut Veneers 



in Gum 

 in Oak 

 in Ash 



Flat Drawer Bottoms 



Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber 



All kinds 

 All grades 

 All thickness 



Made b^ ourselves 

 In OUT oTPn mills 



Stimson Veneer & Lumber Go. 



Memphis boxiois Tennessee 



llirn* ultuulfl (m' « titMlmlMl fri>ni Itn* iMilUllng trnO-- t^ltlrli wuultl (ititki* 

 Itwir fi'lt Id viiHuua llm-a iialiic hnrilwixHl luinlMT (l»il ii'x** lulu l>ull<llii( 

 <<'ni>triirllan or In tlio riirnlaliliiiia of inrloua tyiHi. <•( •irurturnk 



=-< NEW YORK >-= 



Till' Klliltli'li ri'Vllnl of nrll\lli In IIj< -ti„V nuukil iiiny In' i-tiilliliil a 

 foriTuiiniT fif n gi*iii'rnl i»|H>iiltiK ii|i of tlio monnjr tunrkfl aiiil In (hit* tlmn 

 wo •nil opiM'l n ri'iK'wnl of nnlvlly In lli»iu> lln<*s of Iniahnaa ihal iliprnil 

 »<i iiiucli on (ho ('uDdllliifia In tin- iiionoy mnrki'l. riK-ri' inn !>•■ nu iloiiht 

 of Iniprovi'mi'iil In hualiiona (h<> i-oiinlry uvir. Iiul In Si w Yurk ttii< hinibrr 

 I " "low lu fvi-l Iho •■ffcrt of ihU rbanKc lIulldInK A|M-rii(lana 



<' >i|t fnlrly wiOl niiil mw iiliina nrv ruinlni: nut In •'ni-otira(ln|{ 



II -. iiioiiuh atlU lnaunU-l<>nt to mnki* hiinlH>r innanmiitlon I'^iinl In 



viilninii to iiiirnml tlmoN. l.iH-nlly tln' Iiiii-iIwoimU r<r<- atlll trnlllniE with 

 lirlri'ri nnil doinunU rhniifiInK dully, ^iirda nnd fm Inry triid«* nro without 

 liirK'' iiupplli'H and tliore la no cvldi-ncr of uiii-aalinKa In lliow quartrn 

 oviT the poNMlldllty of hlKhor prli^'a nnd ah«>rt atixkH for fiitiin' aiipply. 

 Th>> hnrdwood lloorInK iiiiirki't U Arm with thp hliihir Krniira In koihI mil 

 nnil In Hue fur nn ndvnncr. Itoiittli IninlMT U auliji-i-t to vnryliiK qnota- 

 tluhH nnd buying apoina to hi' lltnliid in m tiinl nml- 



=•< BUFFALO >■ 



TIm* htinlwiMx] trn(l<> \h hnlilInK n|* bttti-r Ihiiii it untiith iifio, ihituKh no 

 inirtlciiliir activity 1h iiotlcvnliK*. It In nnl.v Uy niiiklnu <-oni|mrl»ou with 

 th<> tiriiiHtinl qiih'l nf yoino wi*okK nno Hint Inipnni iix-ut (*an Im* rrpurtcd. 

 As romparofi with InHt .vi>nr nt thU tlnio. liu(tlni*tiM \n rnllfd poor. 



The ll»t of woodK in which ntoKt iirtlvlty U whown U mil n Innv f*nv ond 

 no ono woo<] shows much of n spnrt. I'lnlii luik N mh uniiiiI iIoUik olNiiit 

 HM woll ns nnythlng. Mnpl>> Ik iiIno oih- of tin- IfiithTH. White ntu\ hmwn 

 nsh nri.' moving quite os wi'll hk nxiKt womlK. I'oplur In V4'ry quli>t. t'hciit- 

 nut Is doinK little also. Tho flnorlnK trnth* Is not qult<' ntt Rood fm »ome 

 works ngo and most dcnlors In this line sny Irnde Ik v^ry quiet. 



Movement of lake hardwoods will no doubt nfcnln \>o on n llnilred ocalc 

 this year. A number of former handlers of Inki- stock uny that prlcon 

 lire still too high to do much In the onstfTU market. Some heecU, sfth and 

 mnple will he hron^iht In by n number of local wholesiilerit. 



■< PHILADELPHIA >■ 



Warm weather, with its consequent openinc of litilldlDK conHtructlon, la 

 already felt in the locnl lumber market. Added to this, Kencral tiuslneHH 

 eundlilons are better than for some time, iind the market is enltlvRtlofc a 

 snnp that augurs well for better times. Ix'odlne hnrdwood wholeiuilers 

 report selllnK as steady, prices Improving slowly, and dry storks at the 

 mills going down. Collections are still slow, but as the rhllndelpblii trade 

 is accustomed to this sort of thing, it causes more annoyance than worry. 

 White pine and western wood specialists say Inquiries are Inma^liig and 

 business getting better every week. The hemlock •iupply Ik going down. 

 Cypress Is going up in price, and the call for shingles Is i'xcee<JinKly 

 heavy. Spruce Is still spotty, although prices have incrensed slightly the 

 past fortnight. Kverythlng taken Into consideration, the outlook Is en- 

 couraging all along the line. 



X PITTSBURGH >.. 



Very little change Is noted In the 1,'enornl luinliir .iltuntlnn here the 

 past few weeks. Business with the innnufiicturer.'i hiis n^it InereflHed an 

 was e.xpected as their orders are eonipnratlvely siinill nnd every Orm has 

 stayed close to shore. Itallroad demand Is apparently a thing of the 

 past. Vnrd trade has Increased somewhat hut is not what It should he 

 at this sea.son. Prices are very IrreBiilar. KuyinK of most plants ha» 

 heen for Immediate needs niiil nni f..r lili; enntrnc ts. 



-< BOSTON y. 



From nearly all reports available It Is safe lo say that the hardwocMl 

 branch of the trade in the Northeast Is even more quiet than It has been iu 

 recent months. The dealers ore agreed on the present situation, but 

 Judgment as tf» the future differs. An analysis of the eondltion which 

 assumes stronger markets in other parts of the country Is borne out by 

 the fairly well maintained mill quotations. In ninny ruses being out of 

 reach for local manufactures. On the other hand. I'vldences of constantly 

 increasing replacement of hardwood form a cause for the restricted trade 

 that is likely to be more permanent than value adjustments. The receipt 

 here of some five millioo feet of I*aclflc coast stock In one week is typical 

 and is recognized here as an Indication of growing competition of varieties 

 as well ns prices. 



^-< BALTIMORE >•- 



While no developments <»f importance have occurred In the hardwood 

 trade during the last two weeks, some gains in tho direction of greater 

 aetlvity and better returns are to be noted. There is no positive advance 

 in tho quotations, hut less divergence of the figures [irevalls, the range 

 of values being distinctly steadier and enabling the dealers and the 

 manufacturers to count with greater certainty upon what they will get 

 out of the business. lialtlmore members of the hardwood trade as a 

 whole report that they are doing more business than they did during 



