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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Ings that were started late last year are Just 

 being finished. Basswood is in fair demand, 

 and elm stock sells readily when offered in good 

 quality. Birch is especially scarce, and the 

 trade will have to move new stock before it is 

 dried out enough for economical shipment. 



City business is temporarily quiet. The sash 

 and door factories are now running almost en- 

 tirely to regular stock and consuming pine lum- 

 ber. They are accordingly not in the market 

 very strong for hardwood, and what they take 

 is in small lots. They realize the pinched con- 

 dition of stocks, and hope that when the winter 

 cut lumber comes on the market prices will be 

 somewhat easier. Consequently they are holding 

 off buying as long as possible. Prices are now 

 exceptionally strong. The small holders are 

 nearly all cleaned out. and dry stock is in the 

 hands of men who know what it is worth and 

 can afford to hold it for their price. There is 

 no visible weakness except in basswood, which 

 has improved some of late. On account of this 

 situation the consumers are unable to strike any 

 bargains, and so are waiting for inducements to 

 come. This situation will hardly last long, 

 liusiness is good with all enterprises consuming 

 hardwood, and the time will soon come when 

 they will have to have stock. There will be 

 BOme tall looking f->r dry hardwood then, and 

 some local dealers, who have little or nothing 

 left that the trade wants, are wishing they 

 could get a line on some stock that is not out of 

 in price. The time will come soon when 

 It will be wanted and will sell at or above the 

 list price. 



Louisville. 

 The early signs of depression in the Louis- 

 ville hardwood market have entirely disappeared 

 and given place to indications of very brisk 



• ss throughout the entire summer. The 

 market here has been subjected to numerous de- 

 j. i- -sing influences, the mosl pronounced of 

 which was the late cold spell which bound up 

 business here and put in jeopardy thousands of 

 dollars' worth of property all over the state. 

 Lumbering interests have just about recovered 

 from tin effects of the big floods and are now 

 prepared to reap a harvest of business that 

 will compare favorably with past years. Mills 

 throughout the state are working full time 

 and at their full capacity and are generally 



■ I in their orders. So far as the actual 

 conditions in the trade through dealers' hands 

 i- concerned there is little change since the 

 last report. The demand continues strong for 



aks, especially for the various classes of 



quarter oak- Poplar, while si ill rather slow, 



on the point of a better demand. All 



dealers report business very active. In addi- 



to the usual demand an effort is being 

 made to replenish reduced stocks, which were 

 seriously drawn on during the past six or 

 eight months. The building operations in this 

 section of the state have been active and a 

 great deal of lumber has gone into consump- 

 tion In this way. The various woodworking 

 factories, including the box. chair, handle and 

 organ factories, are working full time. Prices 

 are steadily going up. especially on the oaks. 

 Poplar prices are steady. 



Kansas City. 

 Reports from some hardwood centers indicate 

 that the demand is hardly as pressing as it 

 was a few wcks ago, although still active. Kan- 

 sas City dealers have noticed no falling off in 

 the volume of business thus far, and are en- 

 joying n brisk trade. This is due to the activity 

 in building at this point. The city, In spit • 

 of the fact that building has been good for 

 us. is seemingly growing faster than 

 ever before. The building Is largely In the way 

 of resi ili'- better class, requiring more 



or less hardwood interior lttiish and flooring. 

 and while It Is possible that the outside demand 

 Is hardly as pronounced as It was last month, 

 the hardwood people here have not noticed It. 



Late reports from the southern mills indi- 

 cate that the weather is better and the mills 

 are operating more steadily than they have 

 been. Some mills, however, report that for no 

 apparent reason cars are hard to secure and 

 that shipments are being delayed on this account. 

 A number of the manufacturers also say that 

 logs are scarce on account of low water and 

 that this is retarding operations. 



The demand for upper grades of all kinds is 

 reported satisfactorily active. Plain oak, owing 

 to its scarcity, cannot be supplied in sufficient 

 quantities to satisfy the buyers, as the 

 demand is pronounced all over the coun- 

 try. It is naturally very Arm, and some 

 are of the opinion that it will go higher 

 this season. While it is still considerably lower 

 than quartered oak, the margin of difference 

 is from §3 to $10 closer than a year ago. 

 Quartered oak is in very fair demand, but does 

 not compare in activity of buying with plain. 

 It is in sufficient supply to meet the needs 

 of buyers with promptness. Next to oak, birch 

 seems to have the call for inside finish. It 

 is in fair supply and the price is satisfactorily 

 Arm. The demand for gum is better than dur- 

 ing past seasons, and it is displacing birch for 

 finish to some extent. Cypress is in fair de- 

 mand and the cypress manufacturers have the 

 market well in band so that prices are very firm. 

 The demand and price on ash are reported satis- 

 factory. Poplar is a strong seller and the mar- 

 ket on uppers is stiff, although common is 

 slightly off in price. The demand for hickory 

 Inr wagon stock has been unusually active since 

 early in the year. It is hard to get in sufficient 

 quantities to meet the demand promptly, and 

 the price Is noticeably higher than a few months 

 bark, and with an upward tendency. 



Railroad and car companies have been scram- 

 bling for stock of all kinds for several months. 

 lie hardwood mills have had their full 

 -iness. The call for bridge stock 

 tlsfactory and notwithstanding the fact that 

 mine into this territory for use 

 [dge work, oak men are getting as many 

 - as they can handle with any degree of 

 jitness, at very fair prices. 

 Generally speaking, the. hardwood situation 

 ewed at this point is encouraging. There 

 is a steady inquiry, and as this section of the 

 country is in a very prosperous condition, and 

 there is great activity in all lines of com- 

 1 enterprise, the hardwood people at Kan- 

 City look for a steady and fairly active 

 through the balance of the spring and 

 nier. 



Saginaw Valley. 

 The hardwood market in the Saginaw Valley 

 and eastern Michigan appears to be healthy in 

 tone and fair in volume. The maple flooring 

 trade has Improved considerably compared with 

 last year, and prices are enough higher to make 

 dealers feel that they are not doing bu- 

 exclusively for their health. There is also a 

 fair movement In basswood, dry stock in this 

 being scarce, and elm, beech and birch are doing 

 well. Trices have hardened generally over 

 last year. The reports are to the effect that the 

 output will be less than last year, and condi- 

 tions favor a much better trade in all hard- 

 WOOd lines. The mills are generally In motion, 

 but there is not a great accumulation of lum- 

 ber a» yet A good deal of the maple being 

 i ui is sold green, almost from the saw. The 

 vein may not be a boom, but there is every indl- 

 u that the volume of business will mate- 

 rially exceed that of last year. 



Cincinnati. 



The local market during the past two weeks 



;i been dominated by firmness in nearly all 



lines of hardwoods. Certainly no weakness has 



apparent. There has been a renewal of 



activity In the carriage and furniture industries. 



while implement manufacturers have bought on 



a fairly liberal scale. White oak. in firsts and 



WILLIAMS & BELL, 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Hardwood Lumber. 



Quartered Oak Our Specialty, 



Prompt Shipments. 



MURFREESBORO, TENN. 



WE MANUFACTURE 25,000,000 

 FEET BAND SAWED 



COTTONWOOD, 



POPLAR AND 



CYPRESS 



PER ANNUM 



Are always in position to supply the 

 trade. 



National Hardwood Association 

 Grades Guaranteed and certificates 

 furnished when requested. 



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 Ltd. 



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 NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



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