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Published in the Interest of Hardwood Lumber. American Hardwood Forests, Wood Veneer Industry, Hardwood Flooring. 

 Hardwood Interior Finish, Wood Chemicals, Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery. 



Vol. XX. 



CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER 25, 1905. 



No. 11. 



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Published on the 10th and 25th of each month 



By The HARDWOOD COMPANY 



HENRY H. GIBSON 

 FRANK W. TUTTLE 



President 

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General Market Conditions. 



Tlir general market conditions in hardwoods are must excellent: 

 Every wood in the entire range of American forest growth is in 

 strong demand at good to high values, with one or two ex- 

 ceptions. 



A careful analysis of stocks in first hands, hold by jobbers 

 and in the possession of manufacturers, demonstrates beyond per- 

 adventure that a shortage is in immediate sight which will cause 

 even the comparatively high prices of many woods to go still 

 higher before the supply will be equal to the demand. 



It is well known that the cut for the rest of the year will 

 not be fit for consumption before next spring, and therefore that 

 the stocks on hand today represent, all the material that is avail 

 aide for consumption until that time. Tin' wet spring and summer 

 in the South followed by the yellow fever scare in many of the 

 hardwood producing sections has reduced the output of oak, 

 cypress, gum, Cottonwood and many of the minor southern woods 

 to but little more than half the normal output. The general de- 

 mand throughout the country during the year has been very fair 

 In good in all consuming centers, save Chicago. In fact, Hi'' de 

 mand has kept ahead of the supply since early spring. Very 

 little hardwood lumber is in first hands, and comparative!) little in 

 III,- possession of jobbers and eoi sinners. 



Of the northern woods, with the except) f bassw 1 and 



birch, all are sold well up to green stock. Even of those two items 

 there is not enough to be counted as an overstock, as the quantity 

 on hand Sept. 1 was much less than held six months ago. 



Hardwood flooring still remains active and is taxing the capac 

 ity of all the plants in commission. 



The veneer people have had the most prosperous season in then- 

 history, with every prospect of a continued strong demand. 



The furniture sales continue and the demand for stock for this 



purpose and also for Interior finish will undoubtedly remain 

 during the remainder of the yea r. 



[t is the well digested opinion od thi Hardwood Record that the 

 present is the mosl favorabh opportunity buyers will have this 

 year for securing lumber to supply their needs i"i the remainder 

 of the year. There is nut a cloud on the business horizon, and 

 there is absolutely no prospect of .1 diminution in lumber values 

 between now and the first "t' January. 



Car Shortage. 



Buyers of hardwood lumber should not fail to bear in mind that 

 shippers are very close to the usual car famine period. Today every 

 transcontinental line is congested with lumber freight. The situation 

 among the north and south roads is not very much better, and the 

 immense crops of the prairie states are not yet movil great 



extent. Therefore the warning is timely, and consumers who will 

 need lumber for their tall and winter busim ss should get utter it mi 

 a prompt delivery bnsis mighty quick. This advice is especially valu 

 able to the fellows win- are trying to break the oak market by holding 

 back from buying lumber that they must needs have. They Can put 

 their talents to much belter use and to decidedly greater profit than 

 b\ engaging in any such foolish endeavor. 



Russia Adds Us to the Favored Nations. 



Press dispatches of apparent authority announce that thi 

 of Eussia has ordered a discontinuance of discriminating dun 

 American products in Russia. Thi emperor's order means much to 

 American manufacturers of sawmill, planing mill, electric and rail 

 road machine] \ and supplies, and will prove an immense stimulus 



to the expansion of American c aerci throughout bis dominions. 



Until a tov. years ago when du1 ies of a 



placed upon the products of the American niacin rwrnill, 



woodworking, electric and railway tools "ore held in the bi 

 esteem in Ku sin, ami this country was East gaining adl nCJ 



in supplying the needs of that nation in tl of production. 



A reconstruction period will undoubtedly immediately prevail in 

 Russia, and this concession madi to American products is 

 importance to the majoritj of our manufacturers. 



Novel Treatment of Lumber. 



A contemporai j is authority Eoi th ?el method 



for increasing the usefulness of lum 



].-,,„l. I,, tins ueu process the sap in wood is replaced with a sole 



j beet sugar and thi of water removed by subse,,, nut 



il,e in ■ ' ii attains his ,,i, largi boflei 



in whic to ba treated -"- : " 



pumpe I adei pi tssurc. After thi ail has been repla 



solution the v 1 is kiln dried. Examination 



1 t" the liber of 

 ,l„. u i and not simply l,.!d in the intercellular spaces. It is 



a that t ii '*• "'" n '" 



shrink or warp, and is ver '•' «»»* « ll<? 



; is not liabl lime ' 1 that h - v mixi "« 



-on, with th T " nt to 



the attacks of both fungi a: 



