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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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FLKD GUM 



(Leading Manulacturera) 



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 



Himmelberg^er-Harrison Lumber Company 



Cape Girardeau, Missouri 



BLISS-eOOK OAK CO. 



BLIS5VILLE, ARK. 



MANrFACTlKEKS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well Am 



OAK, ASH and CUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried 

 or kiln dried, rouch or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



Baker-Matthews Manufacturing Ce. 



Sikeston, Mo. 



Band Sawn 

 Southern Hardwoods 



SPECIALTIES 



RED GUM, PLAIN OAK 



IKND US YOUR INQUIRIES 



OUR SPECIALTY 



St. Francis Basin Red Gum 



WE MANUFACTURE 



Southern Hardwoods 



Gum, Oak and Ash = 



J. H. Bonner & Sons 



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[to more nunicrouH. Manufacturrra my Hint Auguat of this year woa 

 -• Koiid na tiK' corroxpoiKlInK mniith of liint year. Crop cuihIIiIoiih In 

 MiIn Hcc-tloii uri> nut iih pruinlKliii; uh tht*y \\*-rt' n tow weoka af;o. Many 

 .■f tin- rnriiiiTH liovf hi'cn iiniilili' to llirihli tlwlr wliiat onluK to the 

 <-xoi>i*hlvi* raliiH Ihnt hnvc fffll*')! iiiii! much rorn Iiiin lici'n rltlier tliniinKod 

 or ili'Hiiuycd. Ill Wlilti' ami Wuhimli rlvir lioltoiiiH llic dnmiiKi' tu liotb 

 t-orii and wtirat hnn bi-t-ii ticnvy. KiiriiirrK hiivc nhniidoiiiMl koiim* of tlioir 

 • orii and tiiriii'd the !iukh Into thi'lr lli'ldx. Ii Ik fi-arid that the yield 

 of corn will fall short of the early iinllcliuillonH. The liankH In Kvons- 

 rillu arc said to have heavier depoHlls of thU month on hand now than 

 for many years paat and find It hard to iiiake loanH, aa compared to 

 former yeara. They look, however, for this con<lltlan to chanRe when 

 txisiiicKH pIckK up later In the fall. Stave and handle factories are helnt; 

 operated on pretty good timi', allhoUKh the He Imslneaa |g at a atand- 

 Hllll. Most of the wood conaunilnK factories hire are runnlnK on full 

 time. Haw mills on an avera;:e of elfcht hours a day. 



Furniture innnufneturers say that the trade elouda are clearlnic. and 

 wauon, carrlaite, plow, desk and table manufacturers report a heller 

 outlook for trade. Veneer mills arc fairly busy and box manufacturers 

 say tliey have had a very good aenaon. 



BuildlnK operations In ICvansvtlle remain iietiv,' and coulraclora and 

 arolillects say there Is enough work In alglil to keep ihem busy for the 

 lialunce of the season and lliey believe lhi> building permits for tbU 

 year will total more than for last year. I'lnnlng mills ore still running 

 on full time and sash and door men report n ;;ood local trade witii an 

 indication of a pickin;; up In the ttnt Kr.L.w ,• irado thai loi^ l>ei-n in- 

 iliiieil to drag most of the summer. 



^•< MEMPHIS >-- 



Tile most striking chanui- in tin- har<h\oiMl situation here has lieen 

 the falling olT in exports. This has not l"en due so much to the let- 

 up in foreign demand as to Inability to secure transportation facilities 

 at anything like satisfactory rates. Some of the steamship companies 

 have recently refused to quote export rates on lumber at all, which In- 

 dicates, according to lumbermen here, that they prefer other forms of 

 tonnage. There is possibly a little freight room available from Gulfport 

 and some of the other cities on tbc Gulf coast, but there Is almost 

 nothing obtainable at New Orleans. The time has come when the move- 

 ment of cotton abroad Is expected to be very heavy and when renewal 

 of the export movement of grain Is anticipated. Meantime, a vast num- 

 ber of merchant steamers have been removed from regular freight service 

 to be used as transports by the English government, so that the amount 

 of ocean freight room has been very perceptibly reduced. One lumber- 

 man a short time ago booked Ave cors of freight room to London at 

 iliout 70 cents per hundred and since that time It has been necessary 

 lor him to pay as high as $1.01 per hundred. This gives some idea 

 of the advance which has taken place, although It conveys practically 

 no Idea of the limited amount of freight room available. Another firm 

 here has .lust shipped a cargo of red gum to Greece valued at J600 on 

 which the freight alone was approximately .$1,000. This excessive freight 

 was regarded as prohibitive by the dealer in question but, on taking 

 the subject up with tlie purchaser In Greece, the former was advised 

 that he should pay anything necessary to secure the transportation of 

 the luml;er as it was absolutely necessary that it be had. 



It Is doubtful whether foreign prices are quite so good as they have 

 been recently. This is due In part to the fact that a great deal of 

 lumber, particularly oak and gum, has been consigned to England dur- 

 ing the past few weeks. It is difficult to say Just what amount of this 

 sort of business there has been but one of the leading exporters here Is 

 authority for the statement that it has been sufficiently heavy to se- 

 riously Interfere with the stability of the foreign markets. In fact, 

 one exporter has gone so far as to declare that the presence of consigned 

 stock In English ports is proving about as serious a dl.sturblng Influence 

 as the scarcity of ocean freight room and the high prices asked there 

 for. It is not anticipated that any large amount of export business In 

 lumber will be done In the near future, though lumbermen who sell their 

 output abroad are hoping that there will be a change for the better In 

 the near future, particularly as there Is more talk of peace than there 

 has been for some time. 



The domestic situation has undergone no material change aside from 

 a somewhat more active inqnlr.v and a sHghtly broader business. Do- 

 mestic sales are still sharply below the average for this time of year, 

 though they are showing much Increase compared with the correspond- 

 ing time last year, when almost everything was at a practical standstill. 

 Domestic consumers and distributers are still taking lumber only as 

 they need It. with the result that no big orders are being placed. The 

 feeling with respect to the domestic situation, however, is rather more 

 favoroble on account of the expanding business in almost every direc- 

 tion. Lumbermen have been somewhat encouraged, too. by the fact that 

 the market has displayed a bealthler tone during the past two or three 

 weeks, with advances noted in some Items. .Sap gum is selling at bet 

 ter rates and there Is also a more satisfactory feeling in red gum. The 

 lower grades of Cottonwood and gum are selling readily and prices are 

 in some instances a shade better than a short time ago. Some mem- 

 bers of the tiade are asking somewhat higher prices for quartered red 

 and white oak and some sales of plain o.".k In the higher grades have 

 been made at somewhat better quotations than a short time ago. How- 



