HARDWOOD RECORD 



The Scanlon-Gipson Lumber Company of this 

 city lias secured the services of W. N. llallam, 

 formerly of Des Moines, Iowa, as superintendent 

 of its new distributing yard and wholesale busi- 

 ness at Minnesota Transfer. Mr. Hallam was 

 very successful in his connection with the Carr 

 & Adams Company, sash and door manufacturers 

 of Des Moines, having been its general manager 

 since its organization eight years ago, and is 

 familiar in a general way with the lumber busi 

 ness. The large assortment of stock carried at 

 the Transfer will eventually include a complete 

 line of hardwood. 



The Minneapolis Cedar & Lumber Company 

 has purchased a tract of about 5,000,000 feet of 

 timber near its mill at Gagen, Wis., which in- 

 cludes hardwoods, white cedar and hemlock. 



Charles Engstrand of the Ogema Lumber Com- 

 pany, hemlock and hardwood manufacturers at 

 Ogema, Wis., was a business visitor in Minne- 

 apolis the other day. 



A. Tucker of Chicago, representing the T. 

 Wilce Company of that city, was in Minneapolis 

 last week in the interests of the company's hard- 

 wood flooring. 



P. E. Hamilton of the Minneapolis Lumber 

 Company says that his company has noted an 

 increase in demand during the last few days, and 

 an encouraging sign is that customers are gen- 

 erally in a hurry to have orders delivered, indi- 

 cating that stocks are getting low. The outlook 

 Is for a continued good trade this fall. 



E. Payson Smith, the local wholesaler, is ex- 



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I Sept. -jr. from a southern 



trip. He has been looking at mill stocks In 



With a view of purchase for supplying bis 

 trade In the east and the northwest. 



Ashland District. 



Edward K. Mahan. with the J. II. Burns & 



Company, Mansfield, Ohio, spent a few 



in Catlettsburg i while en route 



to St. Albans, W. Va., on business for his 



firm. 



plant of the Ironton Door Company, 



which has I n idle for some time, has re- 



<n under the management of 

 Fred Horschel, who recently purchas.-.i same. 



T. X. Fannin of Kcys-Fannin Lumber Com- 

 pany la at present looking after the manu- 

 facturing interests of his company in the 

 mountains of Virginia. 



R. H. Vansant of Vansant, Kitchen & Co. 

 is again hustling business at that plant, after 

 spending a month in recreation in the country. 



J. J. Whaley of Guelph, Ontario, recently 

 spent some time In and around this section 

 in quest of shipbuilding timbers. 



W. A. Smith, who recently resigned his 

 position as president of the Kenova Poplar 

 Manufacturing Company, is succeeded by M. 

 A. Hayward, formerly of Columbus, Ohio. 



Walter Bell of London, Ontario, and S. R, 

 Millen of Hamilton. Ontario, purchased ex- 

 port stock of local mill men last week. 



HardWood Market 



(By HARDWOOD RECORD Exclusive Market Reporters.) 



Chicago. 



The Chicago hardwood market is improving 

 daily. Local manufacturers are waking up to 

 the fact that it is advisable to buy quickly such 

 lumber as they will require to complete their 

 season's sale of manufactured goods. While oak 

 is in the strongest demand, every other hard- 

 wood employed locally is enjoying its full share 

 of call. 



Boston. 



The general tone of the market is steady 

 with prices well maintained. The demand has 

 ruled only moderately active during the past 

 few weeks, but now that fall trade has started 

 in, a gradual improvement is looked for. As 

 few consuming manufacturers have any re- 

 serve stock they will be forced before long to 

 enter the market. The tendency has been 

 to buy close to actual needs, owing to stiff 

 prices, but it is an open question as to 

 whether any great benefit is derived by so 

 doing, as prices are growing stronger in many 

 lines. 



The demand for plain oak has fallen off, 

 according to some dealers, while others, who 

 make this a specialty, report that they can 

 readily sell all that they can get. Plain oak, 

 1-inch, is well held at $50 to $52. Opinions 

 also differ regarding the demand for quar- 

 tered white oak, one inch and twos. Prices 

 have a wide range, being quoted at $75 to 

 $80. One dealer states that he has not re- 

 ceived an order this month, while another 

 claims to have shipped one order of 100,000 

 feet and received a duplicate order from the 

 same house, which he is deciding whether he 

 will accept or not. ' There is a pronounced 

 scarcity of brown ash. Inch ones and twos 

 are quoted at $50. A good demand is re- 

 ported. Soft elm and basswood also come in 

 for a fair volume of business. 



Demand for maple flooring has been good, 

 but now that prices have been advanced 

 many fear that business will be checked some- 

 what. There is no surplus stock offering. 

 The list has been advanced on clear $1.5u. 



making the price on 2^4-lnch clear, $39. No. 

 1 factory was advanced $1 at the same time. 

 Rough maple has been receiving much more 

 attention during the past two weeks at a 

 wide range of prices. It has been rather 

 difficult to gee quotations; 1-inch is worth 

 about $33, Hi-inch, $34, and 2-inch, $35. 



Rough whitewood is firm at the recent ad- 

 vance. One-inch ones and twos are quoted 

 at $48.50; 1-inch saps, $40. Squares are un- 

 usually high and scarce. There is an active 

 call for 16-inch lengths, but stocks are prac- 

 tically bare. The following letter received 

 from a shipper by a Boston wholesaler who 

 had written complaining of the last advance 

 clearly shows the condition of primary mar- 

 kets; "Concessions were made on the lower 

 grades of whitewood, but we are obliged to 

 get the advance asked on ones and twos. The 

 latter are very scarce, and when obliged to 

 buy of neighbors are forced to pay higher 

 prices than we are getting. It is difficult to 

 fill orders already on books." 



The cypress market is strong. The demand 

 is in excess of the supply. Dry stock, espe- 

 cially 3 and 4-inch, Is very scarce. Inch ones 

 and twos are firmly held at $45.50 by rail; 

 1-inch selects, $39.50, and 1-inch shop, $30.50. 

 Red birch is very firm with the tendency de- 

 cidedly toward a higher level. Offerings are 

 small. W'hite birch also tends upwards. 



A fair demand is reported for cherry. There 

 is supply enough to take care of the demand, 

 but no surplus is reported. Inch ones and 

 twos are quoted at $95 to $100; common 4-4 

 is held at $50 and culls at $25 Very little 

 demand Is found for beech. Prices range 

 from $30 to $31. 



New York. 

 The tendency of the local market Is still 

 upward as regards prices, and lumber con- 

 sumption Is far ahead of ordinary. The outlook 

 is exceedingly bright for the balance of the 

 year in general 11 must be 



ver. that these conditions apply more 



to building lumber than hardwoods, but It Is 



of opinion that the marked 



' the hardwood I 

 game upv, 

 rae, It 1- generally hinted that a good 

 time to k 



1 snow tin 

 resent Bto 

 1 sale and 

 and stocks In sufficiently strong 1 

 to prevent any 1 

 Is a strong inquiry prevalent, and I 



5 In good stock 

 trade, and seem to think that they nave made 

 good purchases at present value! Retui 

 buyers from mill points 1 rolcen 



Me stock scare. 

 '"•'" i" I'll"- In fa. 1. everything point 

 a steady and advancing market from now till 

 way through thi 



Plain oak. ash, chestnut and b most 



in call, with all offerings rcadi 

 stocks light. Poplar holds quil and 



considerable stock is being mot 

 have a fluctuating 1. The balani 



the list is fairly active. 



Baltimore. 



The encouraging conditions that have char- 

 acterized the hardwood market for some time 

 past continue. Oak planks were never In more 

 a.tive demand, all the mills being overrun with 

 orders, and bin ng the timber sections 



in search of desirable stocks. Local stocks do 

 not begin to meet the Inquiry and dealers are 

 eager to And supplies. This, of course, applies 

 only to the better grades, oak culls being plentl 

 ful enough, and a large part of the sto, ks bring 

 ing prices which must be regarded ns decldely 

 low compared with other divisions of the 1 

 It Is good dry stuff which has the call and 

 which the manufacturer need not go out "f 

 his office to sell. The conditions abroad are 

 less satisfactory. The question of grading and 

 having the classification accepted is one of the 

 most vexatious In the export trade and It comes 

 up for discussion at nearly every meeting of 

 the interested bodies. 



As a natural resull of the sharp advance In 

 lumber the price of oak stumpage Is steadily 

 going op, and everywhere there Is manifested a 

 eltlon to purchase timber so as to insure 

 a continuance of the supply of the rough mate 

 rial. limber is appreciably higher even than 

 it was one year ago, and the tendency seems to 

 be upward. There are Indications of an ad- 

 vance In ocean freight rates during the fall, so 

 that the trend of values In the foreign market In 

 unmistakably toward advanced figures. 



Ash Is a close second to oak. This wood Is 

 gaining In popularity and finding ready takers 

 both here and abroad, though the foreign buyer 

 partiality for It than the American. 

 Stocks arc barely large enough to meet the re 

 qulrements of the present situation. The ad- 

 vance since January has been a sharp one and 

 the upward tendency seems yet In progress. 

 Much the same can be said about chestnut and 



other bard* Is sufficiently abundant to cut an 



appreciable figure in the trade. Walnut la being 

 brought int.. 11,,. market In fairly large quantl- 

 nd constitutes one of the steadiest factors 

 In the trade. The partiality of the foreign trad.' 

 for walnut has not In the least nbflted. and all 

 the available stocks can be disposed of gener- 

 ally at acceptable figures. Altogether It may 

 he said i lint the hardwood business was never In 

 better shape, and dealers who understand pur- 

 ng to advantage have no reason to be dls- 



Pittsburg. 

 The hardwood market In Pittsburg Is firm. 

 in 'i if most dealers there is no chance 



for a break In fall. On the other 



hand everything points to higher quotations 

 for nearly every wood. The reasons for this 



