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HARDWOOD RECORD 



AiigUHt lu, 1U15. 



P GUM 



Leading M^iiuil.iclurr rs 



BLISS-600K OAK CS. 



BLISSVILLE, ARK. 



MANUFACTURERS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER 



C»n 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 



SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES 



OUR SPECIALTY 



St. Francis Basin Red Gum 



WE MANUFACTURE 



Southern Hardwoods 



Gum, Oak and Ash^= 

 J. H. Bonner & Sons 



MUU mad Offlro, 

 OUICLBT, ABK. 



Poct«flloe aad Teleirrmph Ofll««, 

 HBTH, ABK. 



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 



iif tliv liiKt two iiKilitliN, mill |HTli<i'> a U rU(uurai:liiii tn nuti> tliiil lliore 

 hii8 lit U'nKt bi'cn no fallliii: iilT In iIiIh ri-i<|ioct. Thi'rr Ik Htlll rmiiu for 

 liifKi- linprovoiiii'iit mill whukiuil' i ■• w.nilil like to "eo muiiiIIiIiii: inoro 

 In till' wiiy (if KiiM|i III till' iimrK' I iikI a Itllli' Ii'kh hiir^iainlnk'. I'mupc- 

 tillon Ik all riKlit i.iilll the puliii I- ri'Mcliiil wlii-rc It Invnlvi'N NUrrKlco 

 anil line InaiH rom|>laliil of hIiikIihiv piliiH mi oiii' nIiIp ami Ihwit iirnilct 

 1.11 till.' otliiT. Tlii'M' I'uiiUlllunh V (•■<■ illi'i'ily I" till' rniiL'li liarilwooiln. 

 II Is nut oil (lUcoiiraKlnK, liowiMcr, aiil liinilx rmm who liHVi< liii-n alile 

 li> routlniif fur tlio pnnt eleven inmiilio will Miircl.v IH- iihle to un alnng 

 ainiiiiit Inilelliiltel.v, or until our ilniai'sili' airulm are ro n-ailJiiHleil an to 



make trndlUR in lumber llic I and prolitalile buslneHv Hint It 



foriiiiTly waH. 



Ilarilwoud llnorlne continue! in fair il"mand, tlinnuli it in reported Hint 

 prices have fallen off somewhat In iln'se lini'R. The outlook for Imlld- 

 liiK in (Jnalir New Yi)r'( Ik kih.iI anil as l( develnps the deiiiaiid for 

 hardwoiHiK will iiniekiii. rml It f,,ii.,uv ihai lili;li(r pilem will prevail. 



=■< BUFFALO >= 



nie hardwood trade Is still i)iili'l in pnicllenlly every nvnllable wood 

 except quartered oak. wliich roiiiinainl'i a hi;:h pi lee In eomparlson and 

 Is very much more ."iitisfactory lo -I'lb is than aiiylhlm; In pbilii oak 

 or most any other wi.od. Kvcu Um iiiaho;,'any trade Is poor, iiianiifac- 

 lureis of funilture taking very lliil.' exiept odds and ends for work that 

 Is not at all fancy. The nHli t:a<l.- |i fairly good, some »hlpper« Htlll 

 llndlnK a little brown and black a-b v.hlcli sells very rendlly. White 

 nsh is pretty well cleaned up h.>re. Maple Is more active than a short 

 time ago. 



.\ bi^ effort is bcini; made to :liid bireli, both red and sap, mostly for 

 (illliip war orders. Two or tlire;- Itnffalo concerns are said to have ob- 

 lalned such orders, but the diniciilty Is to ilnd Hi ' birch needed for Kun- 

 stocks. One shipper on whom an extra amount of pressure was placed 

 scoured the market hero, but was nn.ible t>i Ilnd any thick birch in slock. 

 The question now is what other wood will answer the purpose. They 

 are proposins maple and sum, though It Is not reported thai eltiier of 

 these woods have been adopted. 



Some of the hardwood yards continue to get in stock by lake this 

 seo.son and the number of oarKOes coming in during the past month 

 lias been fully np to the average. I'resent prices are regarded as favor- 

 able to the purchaser and it is e.xprcted that some fair proUts will l)e 

 made as soon as business begins i" pick up. which ever.vbody hopes will 

 be this fall. 



New building work in the factory line is helping lo swell the total of 

 building permits for thl^ city ami to liring the total expenditures about 

 lip to 1914. Besides the additions lo about a half dozen factories which 

 are obliged to enlarge on nccouiil of growing business, plans are now 

 drawn for two new rallro.id stations for tbi- Delaware, Lackawanna & 

 Western and Lehigh Valle.v railroads, involving an expense of several 

 hundred thousand dollars. While Buffalo's last census flgurcs. recently 

 completed, do not show any st.irlling growth, industrial enterprise is 

 very active, and this cit.v is beroining :nore and more one of the chief 

 manufacturing and commercial ceniirs in the country, with :i widely- 

 diversified list of products turned oui. 



:< PITTSBURGH >-. 



Tile seven months ol this year . iiiliiiL; .Viisu^l 1 prolialily pr.icbiced 

 about seventy-live per cent as mneb business as in the corresponding 

 period last year. Hardwood men got more than their full share, how- 

 ever. .\utomobile business in hai'dwoods has been L-ood. Contracts have 

 been large and shipments quite regular. For construction and railroad 

 uses also more hardwood has been sold lu proportion than yellow pine 

 and other stocks. Kurniturc linrdwoods have not been in sucli active 

 demand as formerly. Yard stocks have been slow sellers. All retailers 

 seem to want to keep their stocks down to the lowest limit possible. 

 Prices have been much lower than last year, but on the whole were 

 more satisfactory the past seven months than for other woods. In gen- 

 eral hardwood men look for a good business this fall and believe the big 

 increase in niainifacturing and inihistrial oiierations which is now seen 

 will soon produce busiii'-ss .-ill al"n-,' Hi.- line. 



=-< BOSTON y 



The demand for hardwood In this district is consistent with the season 

 and general conditions of trade. The number of contracts being placed 

 for the erection of buildings for tin iiiiig out war orders, together with the 

 use of more or less hardwood in tlie products themselves, is the basis of 

 much inquiry for material. The forcing of sales, either by conces-slons in 

 price, terms or unusual persistenr.- and solkitation, is not as much In 

 evidence as some months ago. 



■< BALTIMORE >= 



.\fter wbat appeared to be sonietliiii;; liu.- .-i spiul in .Inly, general busi- 

 ness seems to have eased off again, although in spite of the apparent set- 

 back, the movement is probably lari:er than it was before. More or less 

 hesitancy about taking, up stocks is evident, but inquiry on the whole 

 shows a better tone and the feellni; in the trade is more hopeful. Furni- 

 ture manufacturers arc more freqie nily in quest of stocks, their sii|iplles 



