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HARDWOOD RECORD 



.rum- 10, 11)13. 



WE WANT WALNUT 



If you have Black W.iliuit Logs 14" aiij larger in diameter and 

 8' or longer in length, write us for prices and particulars. 

 We are in the market now for two million feet. 

 PICKREL WALNUT CO., 4025 Clara Avenue, ST. LOUIS 



Kentucky Vcnccr Works 



HIGH-GRADE— WELL-MANUFACTURED 



Vcnccrs 



IN SAWED AND SLICED QUARTERED 

 WHITE OAK AND QUARTERED RED GUM. 

 OUR ROTARY CUT GUM AND POPLAR 

 CROSSBANDING V".NEERS ARE EXCEP- 

 TIONALLY GOOD. 



Louisville 



Kentucky 



BAND SAWED WISCONSIN HARDWOODS 



Dry Stock For Prompt Shipment 



BASSWOOD 



20M 4/4 N«. 3 common 

 SOM 1x4 No. 2 and 3 common 

 15M 5/4 No. 1 com. and better 

 25M 5/4 No. 1 common 

 lOM 6/4 No. 2 common 

 20M 5/4 No. 3 common 

 13M e/4 1st and 2nd 

 15M 6/4 No. 1 cemmon 

 15M 6/4 Ne. 3 cemmon 

 WHITE OAK 

 lOM 8/4 No. 1 and No. 2 com. 



BIRCH 



TOM 4/4 No. 1 com. & bet. plain 

 lOOM 4/4 No. 1 com. ft bet. red 

 5M S/4 1st and 2nd red 

 10 M 5/4 No. 1 commoa red 

 6M 5/4 No. 1 commea plain 

 3M e/4 Lit and 2nd plain 

 13M G/4 1st and 2nd red 

 4M 8/4 1st and 2n4 plain 

 6M 8/4 1st and 2nd red 

 ROCK ELM 

 SOM 8/4 No. 2 com. and ketter 



HARD SLAPLE 



40M 8/4 No. 2 common and better 



Our 1914 cut of tvell assorted RARPWO0D9 AND HEMLOCK will 

 soon be In shlppins conditioa. 



Send u9 your inquiries 



ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER COMPANY 



Grand Rapids, Wis. ATLANTA, WIS. 



Saw mills and planing: mill at Atlanta, Wisconsin. 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. 

 Manufacturers YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK 



__ GE.NERAL OFFICE — .lACKSON, KY. ^ 



Q OHIO VENEER COMPANY 



Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



:624-S4 COLEKAIN AVENUE 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & Poplar especially 



Our location makea po!4^ible quick delivery of anything: in timherH 

 and hardvTood lumber 



while It 1h rctillzod (hut the cuuiitr> i> plIliiK up u hlu monoy Hurplun. 

 some wholcKnlers feci that n cllmiix will hnvo to ho reached In the war 

 before n blc iinprovetnent can Kct In In the hiiri)wt>od buKlnesK. 



The biilldlni; trade flRures for ItufTiilo Khow up about ait well tbli 

 year ns InRt, hut there Is not much heiii>tU to the hardwnod trade. Small 

 structures are the rule and It Is the cnmnton oplnl^wi that this year will 

 see little done In the line of M^ construction. 8uch us uinco buildings. 

 Two years aRo there wuh plenty of this sort of buslnpRR locally, but the 

 pinnacle whk miched then for the tim*' Iwlnj;. 



=•< PHILADELPHIA >- 



r.umbcr business In this city ttic pnst fortnlRht Ims Increased slightly 

 "vor the preci'dlni; two weeks, Imt the Incrense In trade wan not so 

 great as liiul been anticipated. Prioes taken as a wbnle remain aDout 

 the same, altbuuKb tbe various IteniH vary. Continuous rain the past 

 three weeks has held building work back and this may partially explain 

 why the demand did not exceed expectations along certain lines. I'nr- 

 nlture factories, shipyards, railroads, ear builders, automobile body and 

 carriage builders, and corporations have been in the market and In- 

 quiries Indicate that big business will be placed within n reasonable 

 time. White pine is reported as active In the better grades and In 

 great demand in the lower grades ; cypress is moving nicely although 

 some wholesalers report the prices very low, while others cinira fair 

 prices; plain and quartered oak Is steady In volume and price; a lot 

 of maple Is being sold especially for flooring; birch, lieech and poplar 

 are moving fairly well ; gum Is said to be holding Its own ; all grades 

 of chestnut arc in good condition ; Circassian walnut, fancy walnut, 

 mahogany and other fancy woods are going along quietly in nice volume ; 

 spruce prices are more or less broken owing to inactivity in the trade, 

 and hemlock Is spotty. Taken altogether the local trade Is satlsflcd 

 with existing conditions and leading wholesalers, retailers and manu- 

 facturers predict the summer trade will prove far ahead of last year. 



=-< PITTSBURGH y 



The hardwood market here Is very quiet. More inquiries are being 

 received from furniture and automobile manufacturers and more lumber 

 is being sold to the railroad and industrial corporations. Inquiry, how- 

 ever, as a rule, has to be dug up and the tendency is toward waiting for 

 further developments on the part of all buyers. Yard trade is uusteady. 

 Ketailcrs are not buying beyond Immediate needs and prices are very 

 slow. 



-< BOSTON >:: 



Demand and trade in this section of the country, having reached a 

 very low point, now continues with moderate activity. The state of 

 business in southern and western New England is reported better than 

 the balance of the territory. The stimulus of large manufacturing for 

 the European countries Is having strong influence In many centers of 

 industry. Unused plants starting up and others changing their product 

 have had considerable indirect effect on the lumber business, and in addi- 

 tion to this there Is the direct effect on the supply and prices of hard- 

 woods used, most noticeably in black walnut. 



=-< BALTIMORE >-= 



Progress toward more active conditions in tlie hardwood trade Is 

 slower tlian had been anticipated early in the year, and at times it seems 

 to halt entirely, or gets down to imperceptible proportions. Again and 

 again the members of the trade have found themselves mistaken In their 

 (■alculations as to probable results, and they have now become rather 

 cantious in so far as making predictions are concerned. There is one 

 division of the business, however, to which this does not apply — the 

 export trade. Not only has progress there been fairly continuous and 

 consistent, but the Increase in the volume has exceeded expectations. 

 Moreover, the prices realized have been until now eminently satisfactory, 

 in spite of the high ocean freight rates and the reduction In the number 

 of sailings. .Apparently, the countries in a position to receive shipments 

 are so situated that they must have the lumber. Only on some such 

 theory is the readiness to pay the prices which the shippers must de- 

 mand to be explained. Under normal conditions and in ordinary times 

 no such figures would be paid, and buyers would probably hold back 

 until the quotations got down to a normal level. That the foreign buy- 

 ers manifest a keen interest In the offerings and stand prepared to meet 

 the financial requirements connected with shipments, demonstrates con- 

 clusively the urgent character of the wants which are not to be deferred. 



This tends to relieve the domestic situation somewhat, though not In 

 such a degree as would make the inquiry among the buyers in the United 

 States especially active. Every now and then the members of the trade 

 experience something like a spurt, but just when they yield to the hope 

 that the gain is permanent it eases off again, and leaves matters much 

 as they were before. 



The furniture manufacturers who were disposed to place orders with 

 some freedom In the early spring, have now gotten to the period where 

 people think of going to the country, and the purchases of furniture from 

 the dealers are naturally held in abeyance. The dealers see no reason 

 to stock up at present, and orders sent to the factories diminish accord- 



