HARDWOOD RECORD 



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WHITING MANUFACTURING COMPANY 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



BAND SAWN STOCK WIDTHS IN 

 HARDWOODS AND WHITE PINE 



ELIZABETHTON, 



TENNESSEE 



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COTTONWOOD 



GUM and HARDWOODS 



PAEPCKE-LEICHT LUMBER CO. 



Mills: 

 Cairo, 111. 

 Marked Tree, Ark. 

 Arkansas Citv, Ark. 

 Blytheville, Ark. 

 Greenville, Miss. 



General Offices: 

 Tribune Building, 



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CHICAGO 



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JANNEY = WHITING LUMBER COMPANY 



WHOLESALE CASH BUYERS OF 



SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN WHITE PINE AND HARD- 

 WOODS, SQUARES, BALUSTER STOCK. ETC. 

 Yard and Office 1151 Beach Si. Pier 52 Norlh Wharves 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



...Oak Wanted... 



We are in the market for 

 500,000 feet nicely figured, 

 dry Quartered "White Oak 

 for prompt shipment. 



JOHN DULWEBER S CO., 



CINCINNATI, 



OHIO. 



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. 



JEFFERSON SAW MILL CO. 

 Ltd. 



Front and Robert Streets 

 NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



raining, bul operators are living in hopes 



tin- rainy season is about at an end and that 



for the balance of the year they will be able to 



make g 1 runs and get into something like fair 



shape to take care of an active fall demand 

 which is confidently expected. 



The demand situation as viewed by the Kan- 

 sas City hardwood men is entirely satisfactory. 

 As to prospects they say that generally the 

 business of the last half of a year is better than 

 that for the first half, and this year will cer- 

 tainly be no exception to the rule, as the terrl 

 lory supplied by the Kansas City hardwood 

 people is on the high wave of prosperity with 

 every industry booming and with a crop outlook 

 at the commencement of wheat harvest which is 

 most flattering. The dealers here do not look 

 for any noticeable dullness this summer, as local 

 building is so brisk that their home demand is 

 going to keep them busy and there is every rea- 

 son to expect a satisfactory outside trade through 

 the summer months. 



Except of plain-sawed oak there is a fair 

 amount of the various kinds of hardwoods in 

 the wholesale yards and in sight at the mills. 

 The complaint as to scarcity of plain oak is as 

 pronounced as heretofore, if not more so. A 

 few mills report a supply of logs to keep them 

 going for thirty to sixty days, but most of them 

 are out and are running from day to day with 

 what they can get from the woods, handicapped 

 as they are by bad weather. The outlook for a 

 good log crop is poor and the shortage 

 will be more or less pronounced through- 

 out the year. The demand promises to be 

 very active from now on, and there is little 

 chance for any decline from the present high 

 quotations on plain oak, at any time in the near 

 future. The demand is alike good for clear 

 and common stock. While the call for quartered 

 oak is not as pronounced as that for plain, the 

 demand is entirely satisfactory, and the business 

 is being handled with fair promptness. Although 

 there is no surplus, quartered oak is in fair 

 supply and the price is firm and has been sta- 

 tionary since the first of the year. There is 

 not a heavy market for ash. Small quantities 

 of it are in fair demand for wagon stock. Pop- 

 lar is in good demand at satisfactory prices. 

 Of late there has arisen quite a marked call for 

 fancy stock, 12 inches and wider, from automo- 

 bile manufacturers, and wide poplar for this 

 purpose is bringing high prices. Cypress is in 

 healthy demand and the price is well maiu- 

 tained. Birch is in fair demand for interior 

 finish, as is gum. and furniture factories are 

 using more gum than formerly. Cottonwood is 

 selling freely to wagon manufacturers and box 

 companies, and the demand for hickory wagon 

 stock can hardly be supplied. Oak and maple 

 Mooring is in especially strong demand at Kan- 

 sas City this season owing to the large amount 

 of residence building. Generally speaking, hard- 



w i prices rule firm enough to be entirely 



isfaetory, and the same range of prices is ex- 

 pected to hold through the summer. There is 

 some call for bridge stock from the country, hut 

 this trade is being switched to Oregon and 

 Washington fir. as the strong call for oak and 

 its growing scarcity is making It too high to be 

 used to advantage for bridge stock, except - 

 there is a very low freight rate. The demand 

 for railroad material has never been more active 

 and the mills that cut railroad oak are all sup- 

 plied with enough orders to keep them going 

 through the summer. 



Louisville. 

 Trade in the local hardwood market for the 

 past two weeks has been rather Irregular, 

 general run, however, indicates a fairly strong 

 business, with the prospects bright for n 

 tinuation of this condition until July 1. On 

 the other hand, several dealers report bi: 

 for the past fortnight good, but not rushing. 

 The feature of the market has been a strengtTl- 

 ening demand for poplar. The high grades have 



been in Rood demand and there has been 



inquiry tor the low j i 



plain oak continues strong. Quartered oak has 



i with a slight 

 lilckorj 



""< has I " heavy, according to one mill man. 



Ash is also in good demand. 



Prices generally hai ady, dealers and 



mill men reporting very little chai 

 generallj Is preparing to do it- annual Invo 

 Julj i and a lull in the trad.- for a week t> 



and after thai period is exj ted, although from 



all Indications, mill n a esent trade 



Itions will continue throughout I 

 Several local mills are running ni^nt and day 

 and expect to continue this until late In the 

 fall. Other mills are nol limning lull time, 

 owing to the scarcity of raw material. The 

 hardwood floor men report conditions still rush- 

 ing, this being their harvest time. 



Minneapolis. 



Some local dealers are practically out id' dry 

 stock, with tin exception "i basswood, which is 

 still in fairly good supply and rather weak In 

 price. There is nothing new in the northern 

 oak situation, for the reason that there is prac- 

 tically no dry stock, and what oak is being sup- 

 plied now in this market is shipped from south- 

 ern mills. This is comparatively small, as plants 

 that use northern stock will not change their 

 machinery to work up southern oak unless abso- 

 lutely necessary. Birch is firm in price and in 

 fair demand. While stocks are light, there is 

 enough in sight to supply presenl dt minds. Kim 

 and ash are scarce and correspondingly strong 

 in price. 



Some new basswood is being put on the mar- 

 ket, but it is still rather green to ship, and there 

 is no other new lumber fit to handle yet. The 

 box factories are looking with more favor on 

 basswood culls since the prices of pine boards 

 have advanced. 



The sash and door trade is comparatively 

 quiet, but the factories are all working bard on 

 old orders, and will use a large quantity of 

 hardwood stock this season. They are buying 

 ■ inly from hand to mouth and will do so until 

 hardwood stock becomes more plentiful, but local 

 trade is generally characterized as fair by the 

 dea i' rs. 



The retail yards are doing rery little and de- 

 mand from that quarter has fallen off since 

 warm weather set in. The consumers of hard- 

 wood in the northwest havi Chi- 



cago strike troubles, which have shut off prac- 

 tically that market for Wisconsin stock and 

 diverted mors of it in this direction. But for 

 ire this market would now be prac- 

 1 1 ■ .illy- stripped of everything. 



London. 



The hardwood market shows a slightly better 

 ,ind buyers are more Inclined to make in- 

 quiries for stock to arrive or supply their re- 

 quirements from landed stocks. 



Plain oak boards are still in good demand 

 and arrivals, although not quite up to the buy- 

 er s Ideas of condition and grade, are being 

 readily sold. Walnu and planks, in 



the middle and lowi being asked 



for, and parcels arriving are coming to a good 

 market. Satin walnut (.red gum) boards are still 

 in good demand and prime and good medium 

 qualities are selling well if In good condition. 

 Ash logs are being asked for am! are si 

 freely under contract. 1 1 i ■ ' inks, 



if In good condition and prime, are selling at 

 good prices. There Is a somewhat better de- 

 mand for planed whltewood boards for forward 

 delivery. Tupelo Is not liked and a large con- 

 signment which has recently arrived has been 

 it prices that will not be satisfactory to 

 the shippers. Cottonwood Is very slow oi 

 and orders, even for special dimensions, are diffi- 

 cult to obtain. 



