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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Judo 10, Itlin. 



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Lending Manulacturcrs) 



OUR SPECIALTY 



St. Francis Basin Red Gum 



WE MANUFACTURE 



Southern Hardwoods 



Gum, Oak and Ash^==^ 

 J. H. Bonner & Sons 



MUt* and OlSrr. 

 gCIGLBY. AKK. 



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 HKTII. ASK. 



Our Corps of Inspectors 



Intelligent! Highly Trained! 



Conscientious! 



is assurance that you will get 

 what your order calls for 

 when you buy Gum from us 



Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company 



Cape Girardeau, Missouri 



BUSS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARK. 



SIA>rCrACTURERS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK, ASH and CUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried 

 or kiln dried, rough or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



Baker-Matthews Manufacturing Co. 



Sikeston, Mo. 



Band Sawn 

 Southern Hardwoods 



SPECIALTIES 



RED GUM, PLAIN OAK 



SKND US YOUR INQUIRIES 



IcadlDB export UnoB. Its siKliIcn iiopiiliirlty luniss tlic wnter Is due to 

 the fact tlmt walnut Is piTiillnrly ndiiptcd to the mnnufncturc of ruii- 

 stocks. The furniture innnufiulurcrB. who cnrly in the year were balled 

 as the salvation of the Imnlwund market, have In recent days let up to n 

 considerable dcttree In orders, and Imiulrles from this quarter are grad- 

 ually boeonilDR lighter. In fact, tbc furniture production Is dropplnR olT 

 steadily ond prnliahly will not reach Its zenith aRnIn until fall. Un thin 

 account, eum Is n saR on the market. 



Sash and door factories which were the center of quite a rush a few 

 weeks back, have settled down to the under normal condition experi- 

 enced In the late winter, but this slump Is looked upon as merely tem- 

 porary and due wholly to the bad weather. 



Advices from the box factories are encouraglnR, the majority evidently 

 running to capacity and with orders ahead of suOlclent volume to In- 

 sure a good run throughout the summer months. The Implement manu- 

 facture has been the source of little complaint, the volume of orders 

 being gratifying and Inquiries sulllclently Insistent to dlspol all pessimism. 



Stocks carried by dealers at the present time are comparatively small, 

 due to fluctuating market and weather. The dealers are unwilling to 

 load up and the greater part appear satisfied with carrying enough mate- 

 rial to meet the demand and little extra. There is a slight revlvol noted 

 In railroad buying, but of not sufllclent volume to make up for the logs 

 sustained durlug tbc past month. 



=•< TOLEDO >= 



There is a difference of opinion concerning the market, some dealers 

 taking an extremely pe.ssimlstic view of conditions and others the exact 

 opposite. As a matter of fact the trade is a trifle spotty and business 

 is not very evenly distributed. Itailroads are again showing some Inter- 

 est In lumber and are doing some buying. The automobile trade is ex- 

 tremely active and is using considerable qdantltics of ash, elm, maple, 

 hickory and some oak. Prices are not strong as some of the southern 

 mills are finding themselves so badly In need of cash that they are 

 making buyers prices In order to unload and relieve their urgent need 

 of ready cash. Furniture factories are operating low and the trade 

 from this source Is small. 



•< INDIANAPOLIS > 



The hardwood trade in this vicinity is now limited almost entirely to 

 buying for immediate needs, which are not great. There has been 

 very little change In the sltnation for several weeks and prices are 

 practically unchanged. 



Building operations have been reduced to a minimum, thus curtailing 

 the demand for hardwoods tor interior trim. Building operations in 

 Indianapolis have fallen off seventy per cent, and the same situation 

 prevails in other localities. The outlook for the new automobile season 

 is very encouraging. 



■< EVANSVILLE > 



There has been no improvement in the hardwood lumber market here 

 during the past two weeks ; in fact trade Is not so good as It was 

 during the middle of May. That the lull In business Is due In a 

 large measure to the war scare Is believed by many manufacturers In 

 this section. There is a belief that the diplomatic controversy be- 

 tween the two nations has had a tendency to put a damper on business 

 in general. While most of the hardwood mills In Evansvllle and vicinity 

 are being operated on a schedule of eight hours a day, few orders are 

 coming in and inquiries are not so numerous as they were several 

 weeks ago. May was a fine month, in fact as good as the corresponding 

 month of last year, aud manufacturers were led to believe that trade 

 bad started to boom and would continue, when the set-back came and 

 uncertainty seems to have taken hold of the business world. It Is 

 pointed out by many of the leading manufacturers that trade will come 

 in spurts so long as the war in Europe continues. When the war Is 

 over It is believed that the United States will enjoy a greater era of 

 prosperity. Collections have been fair during the past two weeks. 



The demand for the various grades of hardwood lumber has not been 

 brisk during the past two weeks. Gum Is slightly off because of the 

 fact that the furniture manufacturers, here have not been in the market 

 for much gum for some time past. Quartered white oak as well as 

 plain oak is dragging and poplar has been off for the past several 

 weeks. Walnut continues in good demand owing to the fact that foreign 

 countries are in the market for this lumber. Export trade during the 

 past two weeks has not been so brisk as during the last two weeks 

 in May. 



Building operations are fairly active and contractors and architects 

 say there Is enough work In sight to keep them busy for several months 

 to come. Planing mills continue to run on full time. Sash and door 

 men report that May was as good a month as May of last year. 



=-< MEMPHIS >•- 



There Is a better feeling in hardwood lumber circles here as a result 

 of two specific Influences, the settlement of the strike in Chicago and 

 the revival in some measure of export demand. There has also been a 

 somewhat broadening demand In business in all parts of the United 

 States, with the result that lumber interests here are feeling consider- 



