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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Ma>- JO, 1»1S. 



T.I 'tLti I. III. •.!.. iMi.. f.ti i^r k iitiil III. •.Ml Tim i|.-li lo;.'- 



iilliii Inch Ihlik In Ibi- riiiDfli. Ii 

 iilinulft Ih> aliliiiHil III till- nmiili n 

 IIk- <IiiI> on !'■ vtitvlir-,1 -trivi m 

 ruiieli alnvi- 

 ■u(itM>**^ <(• ' 



III. . ' nnlnl III*! nlllTM 



"hitl l,<>riil llrin> 'iiili- llmt 



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to, lint tlii'M< rvpntimlly pam. 



• iHl MOW, nn<l n 

 ■••inlkn" from 

 • alii" "> miiliuKiin.r los*. 

 ri'iiinrknlily iinli'l. 



Baltimore Exports Gain Over April, 1914 



III 



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IhtIimI iif . 



I.ot-». hickory.. 



Iyi;;«. nnk 



I, "•lilt... 



' hen* . 



'ti . 



1 



■ r». . 

 luuki, box. 



Liiuit" 



Stav.'S 



HendlnKii 



All other kinds of lumber. 



Doors 



Furniture 



.\ll other manufactures of 

 wood 



Totals 



- i.ii.iu. Ill 111 j)i tr. l.-tit rnti'H 



In 



.iwfl n 



iiiiHiiK iiiuiitli oi ItiM in iMiliii oi Milih', Hlilcli lulRht 



iiliin that i-onipli'tc n-i-overy In tlic ■•x|»irt« has taken 



must not lie loKt sliiht of that inoxt uf 1!II4 was n 



II the demand for the reaiion that the iihlpmentii pn>- 



' n HO heavy nn to roncei*t practlrnlly nil of the 



to drop to so low a lovi<I ii<. to rlieck shipment'^. 



., ..ir April of this year will Ik' ri-itarded with much 



lint It eonstltulis an advance over .\prll of lilll. Further 

 conlldently looke<I for. The conipnriillvi- statement Is as 



April. Irtl.'i. April, 1914. 



(Quantity. Value. ijminiUv. Value 



.'i3,000ft. $ 1.7-I3 .'.II.IKMI ft. $ l..'!.".!! 



l.'i.iMlOft. IMIVI 



12-.',000ft. 7.:t.'il 



20,000 ft. 950 



30.000 ft 1,000 



1.028.000 ft 38,040 .Sfil.noOfl. 28,770 

 10.000 ft. 400 



2on.oo« f I. 7,377 ;t.'<:!.iKio ft. ii,i4» 



372.000 ft. 15.00S iril.nooft. 5,022 



20.S.OOO ft. 0.3011 li.ooi) ft. 2M 



115.000 ft. 0,590 2."i4.000ft. 11.131 



432 111 



183,546 10,120 31,511 1.4!'0 



050 



4,300 C.."!!" 



4,000 



1.319 3,384 



28,439 



20,942 

 $115, S19 



$12«.2:;2 



Unsold Hemlock and Hardwood 



Thf .Vprll report Issued by the Northern Hemlock anil Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association shows the followlni; amounts of unsold lumber on bund 

 for the year closing .\prll 1. 1015. Tor purposes of comparison, corrcspond- 

 Ini; figures for the year endlni: .\prll 1, 1914, are elven : 



\Voo<l. Feet. 191.'. Feet, 1914. 



Hemlock ISiH.fiflt.oOo ll.S.741.000 



.\sh 3.fl3ll.iion 997.000 



Basswood 14.700.000 10.547.000 



Birch 40.0ir..OiiO 22.201.000 



RnrV rlrn 1.7S1 .000 S53.000 



O.Osn.nOO 3,OSO,000 



■ 31.505.000 15.342,000 



2.454.000 372.000 



i>:<k _ l,04.'i,O00 925,000 



The total unsold hardwoods amounted to 104.581,000 : last year the total 

 was 54.917.000. Hemlock Is the only softwood reported. 



Tilt hardwoods sold during the year aggregated 51,410,000 feet, and for 

 last year 63,807,000. 



During March of this year 34.258.000 feet of hardwoods were sawed, and 

 19.740.000 feet were shipped. During the same period 20,919.000 feet of 

 hemlock were sawed and 24.317.000 feet were shipped. 



Greek Market for Shocks and Lumber 



Under date of March 17 a report was made by A. B. Cooke, American 

 consul at Patras, Greece, on the outlook for lumber and sbooks In tbat 

 country. 



The market of Patras, Greece, consumes annually some 2,000,000 staves 

 In the manufacture of barrels for shipping currants. All these staves arc 

 Imported, the source of origin having, until recentl.v, been Austria. The 

 Austrian government lias lately laid an embargo upon the exportation of 

 lumber and woods. I'nless the embargo Is removed, which at present 

 seems doubtful, supplies must be sought elsewhere to meet the heavy 

 demands which will arise with the opening of the currant season in 

 August. The situation seems to offer splendid opriortunlty for the intro- 

 duction of American staves. 



The stave desired is approximately the same as that used in making the 

 domestic American flour barrel. The measurements of the currant barrel 

 (outside) are: Height, 33 Inches: perimeter at middle, 73 inches: peri- 

 meter at head, 54 inches. The barrel is designed to hold about 300 

 pounds of dried currants. The hoops used are the split hoops such as are 

 used on flour barrels. The stave should be of light, tougb, and flexible 

 wood, such as white oak, and should be about flve-sliteenths or six-six- 



1 ' r 

 ..-i.j.r 



iii-« for 

 the inai urel*. ThiK ntnve In liinxlir than 



the cm I tn thnf nmd In tin ilmnriitlo 



Amerliaii oil Imiiil. I ' irrel la 



dralgni'*! to rarrv uimo ! should 



Wi 



I lion of currant ease* on thU market la about 



2..11'". I I I -I Mil II ■ 'ilinu 511 iMiunda of fruit: 



the reinnliider an- linlf ' ■ ult to Import lliiiic In 



the form uf HbookH, tia< a mu<li heavier lm|>ort 



duty than the IuiiiIht. ami local n < - nnd It to their Intercat tn 



Import In the form of lumber or 'Ilie luinlxr hn> heretofore 



come from Aimtrla. It seemii proliiii.li' iliiil Importera will have to flnil 

 other sources of supply for the coming Beaanu. The Auatrinn wmwl wa» 

 tlie white fir, a wood of light weight nnd fairly tough. American while 

 flr, balsam llr, Douglas llr, and spnire might nii-et reijulrenienti'. The 

 liinilH'r iisi'il In the iiuiking of rnsi- is onelinlf Inch thick ; the heading 

 might well tie three fourths of an Ineh. 



Inten-Kled American llrins might be«t cable their quotations direct to 

 the -Vmerlcan consulate at I'ntras, quoting the stavea per thouaand and 

 the lumber (In onelinlf inch iioarda) per cubic meter. The quotation.! 

 should be c. 1. f. I'utras. Importers In Gr«ece state that they are unable 

 to handle freight rales from New York east. They state that the matter 

 of payments can !«■ :irr:iiigi-<l to suit ^hlppiTs. 



W. H. Weller Sees Good Omens in East 



\V. II. Weller, secretary of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 of I lie Vnlted States, returned recently from a ten days" buslnciis trip 

 through rennsylvaiiln. New York, West Virginia and northern Kentucky 

 In the Interest of association work. 



Mr. Weller was much gratlfled with conditions In the different (ectlona 

 visited, but noted one peculiar condition, which, while of good omen to the 

 hardwood business in general, robbed the Middle West of some of Its 

 prestige. In former days of business depression and In fact each year 

 when the hardwood liooni usually reached its height In the spring of the 

 .venr. the general revival of business usually found Its Inception in the 

 Middle West and gradually wended lis way Fast and to the far West. 



In the opinion of Mr. Weller, whose long experience In hardwood matters 

 gives added slgnilicance to his utternnces, the revival of trade this spring 

 originated In the East and the steadily Improving prosperity now enjoyed 

 In this section Is the aftermath of the eastern boom. Tills wave of busi- 

 ness confidence and activity soon made Itself felt In this region when its 

 inception was found In the Fast, but the far West is unusually slow to 

 respond. Western reports still are of a pessimistic nature, while general 

 satisfaction Is expressed from here to the eastern seaboard, although, as 

 Mr. Weller expressed. It still Is not wlint It should lie. The eastern markets 

 still are of a spotty character, but prices on the whole are of a distinctly 

 encouraging nature nnd hold up well. 



The ofllce force of the association now Is busy getting out the monthly 

 sales report for .April, this being the second report of this innovation. The 

 April report will be one of the most grntlfying statements on the hardwood 

 business that has come to light since the first of the .vi-ar. TTiere are two 

 reasons for this extremely good showing, which will note an Improvement 

 of from two to two and a half times over the March report. One reason 

 Is that the volume of sales has Incrcdscd so materially over March. The 

 other is that many more firms arc taking nn Interest in the report and arc 

 scDdiog In a summary of their biislnetis for the past month. 



Building Operations for April 



The best monthly shoulng of the calendar year to date In building 

 operations Is tbat for April, the summaries of which are Just being coin- 

 plete<l. The loss as coiuimred with th.? activities of a year previous Is 

 negligible, being less thnn 2 per cent. Gains and losses In the various cities 

 are fairly well balanied. One Interesting development Is that several cities 

 show very decided Increases, indicating that some big work has started. 

 Another good symptom is that in the larger cities the comparison Is gener- 

 ally favorable. New York and Pblladelphla show substantial gains. Chl- 

 lago might have done likewise but for the stupid Inljor strike In that city, 

 which temporarily parnlyy.C'd constrnctlon work. 



The ofllclul reports of building permits issued during April in 67 cities, 

 received by the American Contractor, Chicago, total $64,652,631, as com- 

 jiared wltii $05,531,427 for .\prll, 1911. a decrease of less than two per cent. 

 The .March operations showed a decrease of 15 per cent, those of Feliruary 

 14 per cent, nnd .Innunry 25 per cent. Of the 07 cities, increases were 

 shown in 29, the more iioiiible of which were the following: Manchester, 

 702 per cent ; Bridgeport, COS : TJtlca. 107 : Grand Rapids, 126 : New Haven, 

 86; New Orleans, 66; Kansas City, 53: Peoria, 56; Topeka, 56; Troy, 63; 

 St. .Toseph, 74 ; Bronx borough, New York, 58 ; Richmond borough. New 

 York, 69. 



