HARDWOOD RECORD 



35 



The cypress market is reported in excellent 

 condition, there being no falling off in the large 

 volume of business that has been the feature of 

 the summer trade. Prices are firm, the list be- 

 ing well maintained, and there is a pros]..', i 

 of an increase in the prices of some items that 

 no distant date. Quarantines are not Ulterfet 

 ing with shipments or with orders, and there 

 will lie no interference from this source, as the 

 season is now well advanced and it will not be 

 long before quarantines are raised. 



Demand for bests is the feature of the cypress 

 shingle situation. All the mills are behind on 

 this class of orders from fifteen to twenty days, 

 and it is not unlikely that there will be an id 

 vance in the price of bests within the next 

 thirty days. The advance, should it be made, 

 will amount to about twenty-five cents per 

 thousand. Prime and lower grade shingles arc 

 being handled promptly, there being good stocks 

 of these grades on hand at the mills. There has 

 been an advance of fifty cents per thousand in 

 the price of lath in the past ten days, but the 

 advance has in no way curtailed demand. The 

 price of lath is now $3, f. o. b. the mill. All the 

 cypress mills are running at full capacity and 

 some of them are still running at night, so as 

 to have well assorted stocks when the fall trade 

 shall open in full blast. 



Ashland District. 



Trade conditions in this vicinity, which have 

 been above the average throughout the usual 

 dull summer season, continue good, and a gen- 

 eral expression is to the effect that a bigger fall 

 demand is expected. 



A representative of one of the largest manu- 

 facturing concerns in this section recently stat- 

 ed that he considered the outlook to be better 

 than it has been in several years and that the 

 manufacturers with stock to offer will reap a 

 rich harvest. Building conditions in this sec- 

 tion never were better and local planing mill 

 operators are crowded beyond their various mill 

 capacities. 



Minneapolis. 



The Northwest is a particularly good field for 

 hardwood trade just now, and twin city whole- 

 salers are highly pleased with conditions, except 

 that they wish for an easier supply in some lines 



JANNEY- WHITING LUMBER COMPANY 



WHOLESALE CASH BUYERS OF 



SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN WHITE PINE AND HARD- 

 WOODS. SQUARES, BALUSTER STOCK, ETC. 

 Yard and Olfice 1151 Beach St. Pier 52 North Wharves 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



[cottonwood! 



GUN and HARDWOODS 



< PAEPCKE LEICHT LUMBER CO. 



Mills: 

 Cairo, 111. 

 Marked Tree, Ark. 

 Arkansas Citv. Ark. 

 Blytheville, Ark. 

 Greenville, Miss. 



€ Bly 



General Offices: 



Tribune Building, 



CHICAGO 



lil 



WHITING MANUFACTURING COMPANY 



MANUFACTURERS OP 



BAND SAWN STOCK WIDTHS IN 

 HARDWOODS AND WHITE PINE 



ELIZABETHTON, 



TENNESSEE 



of stock, oak particularly. Northern oak In the 

 upper grades is now a curiosity, and is no 

 pected to i ounl for much In the man,' 



Oak from Wlsi sin and Minn. 



mills is almost entirely ■■nils, and tot upper 

 dealers are drawing <>n the southern mills. 



Birch and baa tie si active • 



just now, though ell moving quite 



I ks of bitch In 

 consin, and no cat city of thai 



"! ii at least ■ d 



elm ■ good, Implemi at still 



laying In supplies. The white pirn' mills have 



i \" 3 boan fl to - 2 t 1 1 



and while No. t boards have nol been raised, 



$1 3 50 is a In ml No. 5 



boards have been raised $1, making the ■ 

 $10.50. At these prices bos manufacturers find 



cull bassw l : 1 1 1 economical proposition, and 



they are beginning to take it in larger quanti- 

 ties. Under this stimulus basswood culls, which 

 have been weak, are stiffening In price, | 

 wood in the upper gi ilso beginning to 



feel tiie eii'eet of higher prices. 



'the , haracter of orders n ceived now Indicates 

 that many large consumers have allowed I 

 selves to get. well cleaned ou( of material and 

 are now in a hurry for stock to keep running. 

 This menus a good factory trade for another 

 niniitli or more. 



Flooring is a strong item in the ordei from 

 country yards, which still come In fair quantity. 

 Most of tin 1 country business is going out In 

 mixed cars, and is comparatively small, but prac- 

 tically all the yards are taking some hardwood, 

 and the aggregate of business is large. Wagon 

 stock and flooring together make np the hulk 

 of it- 

 Building operations continue unusually active 

 in the cities, and the sash and door factories 

 are rushing out orders for special work in birch 

 and oak interior finish. The city demand for 

 tl Ing is also heavy. 



Louisville. 



The market for uppers and for low grade oi 

 poplar has been pretty good, hut common has 

 been a drag on the market for some time. Now. 

 however, while s..me dealers here say that they 

 eh. not see any marked improvement, others say 



thai they have recently i n able to Bell No l 



common at $25.50, which i- an advance oi 50 

 cents over quotations made a few weeks ago 

 In other words, people who were quoted •<-•• some 

 time ago < I t.i nol at cept al thai time, bul later 

 came back ami placed orders on a raise of 50 

 cents, and this is what makes it look as If there 

 were sni bance of landing g I times tor com- 

 mon poplai 



In oak there is not much chai Ote in 



in ,, ,.. hui there appears to be an Increase In the 



volum ' business, and Indications polnl I i 



an active business tor this rail and » In I 



call for wagon stock and small dimensions in 

 , ontinues to be fairly active, and manufac 

 Hirers continue to raise prices a little now and 

 then. Although prices are no( yel what thej 

 should be " >s - ''"' , ' n "" rl is a w..n.i\ 



one and will dou :i ; " putting the busi- 



ness in better shape than 



in cooperage stock the demand for whisky 

 stave tnd beadln !l11 ,hl ' s ""- 



ply is really Inadequate, especially In heading 



Mills in the South have been bai red by rain 



so that the production lias nol been up to nor- 

 mal. When pers started this fall to ' 



. for their winter's run In whisk, 

 ii was found thai tl"' supply was Inadequate, 

 and it is causing some pretty lively hustling OK 

 the part of buyers. - 

 er grades of oak stock are In fair supply The 



demand Is nol as g I for si. ok cooperage, while 



It Is better than it has I I, there Is plenty of 



material to supply all needs. In fact, the slack 

 ,. n demoralised all sum- 

 mer, bul is just .mo. beginning I me to life. 



London. 



that tl 



viva! it will a 



trgest liniti 

 kiie: in Russian tit 



ti much brl I I imn. 



Plain oa! 



■ 

 "\cept to for 



immediate use. Prime bi 

 on arrival, but are not realizing pre 

 by shipper 

 "mis havli 



l of front 

 quay, but 

 mended. Several parcels of coffin planks 



arrived on consignment, but tl 

 not first class. Coffin planks 



■ the demand i»ing for 

 Is one inch thick. Quartered oak Is In 

 demand Walnut bo i medium 



and culls, arc 



satisfactory prli little de- 



d for planks Pi d planks are 



being inquired I ir, bul onlj such tog 



ir cutting into veneers houid bi hipped; 

 these woui 3atin wal- 



nut moves steadily if in good condition. 

 Prime thin dressed stocks of whltewood are 

 in good demand, but medium and culls art 

 plentiful and are neglected. Tl b en 



at auction of Cuban, Honduras and 

 African mahogany at good prices and a fair 

 demand, with keen competition for the letter 

 of logs. 



Liverpool. 



Alfred D ii & Co.'s 



that, with the exception of one or two am 



the lumber arrivals during ti month 



have been comparatively light. There Is a 



better feeling generally, have an 



upward tendency. The arrivals of round 



southern oak have been mod 



r.main unchanged. Small shipments of 



strictly prime Baltimore wane) logs would 



. ii readily. A satisfactory condition has 



maintained In ink wag..,, planks First 



quality have go consumption at full 



... i, ut only planks of the highest grade 



as th ii medium and Infet 



are heavy and lOW. The stock of 



im and Ii 

 is heavy and prices are low Only sti 

 pi in i piai i. tipped. Th 



ni walnut logs have been moderate, bul owing 



to h. ay. 



The arrivals of walnut 



bei n heavy and prit • 

 naa i, import of not I 



whitl 

 wood hav 



ll inf. i lor 1 



lowered to a ven lo ' 



of whit." 



ry damaging effect and tie market 



take son 

 hickory logs <■ ,! ,llls ,l! - 



, mall 



wll maintained The mahOK- 

 t is In a v.ry satisf 



nol that ] 



Gual 

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