HARDWOOD RECORD 



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A tirm cypress market is found. It baa 



expected tbat prices would be advan I this 



month, but now no general advance is antlcl 

 pated until well into November There is an 

 excellent demand for :: and I Inch stock. This 

 is scarce and Beveral concerns will nol d 



orders except from their regular cust irs. 



I'rlees are figured on a basis of $45.50 for inch 

 ones and twos. Keel birch is very stiff. There 

 is a good demand with offerings light. Chestnat 

 teet - with a fair inquiry 



New York. 



There has been a decided Emprovemenl tn t In- 

 local hardwood situation during the fortnight 

 usi closed, and everything points to a good 

 movement of stock for the balance of the year. 

 There has been no change in prices to sp.-ak of, 

 and the list is lirtu with an upward price tend- 

 ency on some of the scarcer grades. A number 

 of wholesale buyers who have recently returned 

 from mill points express the opinion that hold 

 ings of hardwood lumber tecehn are a good assei 

 and should not he relinquished except at such 

 prices as are consistent witli conditions of supply 



Plain oak. ash and birch air still in first call, 

 with stocks low and all offerings in 

 ping condition and readily movable. There seems 

 to be plenty of quartered oak for current wants. 

 Chestnut is also moving freely and maple slows 

 considerable improvement over its position thirtj 

 • lays ago. Basswood is slow, and there seems to 

 he a turn toward beech for planking purposes. 

 The poplar market is firm and considerable stock 

 is being moved in regular channels. With the 

 conditions as they are at supply sources, coupled 

 with the fact that many buyers have allowed 

 their stocks to run down, there is every Indies 

 lion of a continued firm hardwood market for 

 some months to come. 



Baltimore. 



The hardwood situation continues to be 

 -trong. nak especially commands high prices 

 and is in such active demand that mills have 

 30 far been unable to make any accumulation 

 of stocks. A scarcity of good dry lumber still 

 prevails, and the competition among buyers is 

 very brisk as a consequence. Some mills have 

 orders ahead for months to come, though the 

 output has been large of late. At the present 

 time the production is attaining its maximum 

 because weather and other conditions facilitate 

 operations, although labor is not as plentiful as 

 could be desired. In all other respects opera- 

 tions are unhampered and it is hoped tbat 

 plants will soon catch up with the demands 

 made upon them. 



The export situation is far from favorable 

 The demand halts and buyers manifest much 

 reluctance in meeting the terms of shippers. 

 I'nder existing circumstances, of course, the 

 range of values is high, and exporters find it 

 difficult to secure stocks at figures which will 

 enable them to sell sufficiently low to meet the 

 expectations of foreign consumers. Hence, 

 brokers who are honest with their American 

 connections advise that shipments be withheld 

 until conditions improve. Their efforts, how- 

 ever, are rendered in part nugatory by brokers 

 who hold out encouragement to induce d 

 shipments by mill men. with the result that 

 much money is lost or at best good profits are 

 not realized. 



The domestic demand for ash is almost as 

 active as tbat for oak. While the supply Is 

 perhaps somewhat more liberal, prices rule high 

 and the whole tone of the market Is firm. All 

 ihe other hardwoods in common use are strong. 

 There is every indication that trade will con- 

 tinue good for an Indefinite period. The de- 

 mand for walnut is steady, and values are de- 

 void of very decided fluctuations, but the wood 

 holds Its own, especially in the estimation of 

 foreign consumers, and all the desirable offer- 

 ims are promptly taken. 



Poplar seems to be the onlj wood which 



-bed fur. healers say the 

 action of manufacturers In putting up ; 

 Irrespective of demand caused consumers to look 



for substitutes, ami this diversl.o mums to 



be effective, so that the demand for pop 

 relatively limited, and values do nol con 



with those of other w Is. Even abroad there 



Is no eagi ike poplar, the popularity 



of the wo.,, i having undergone a material 

 decline, so that excellent lumber can be had 

 at very moderate figures. 



Philadelphia. 



Up to dale there has not been in evidence 



"'-. ol the usual slackening hi remand 



hardwoods in this market. Both wholesale 



ort the best husin.'ss they have 

 ever see,,, and from tie' way they are I,, 

 for stork their story must he true. 



.lust how long this stale ,,t things will last 

 no one , lares predict, but they do say that 



there is nothing in si use any drop 



■ iff, as furniture factories, trim mills aim 

 shops are working overtime. One Uttli 



i liow busy ihe local mills are is that 

 l lor the interior work on a good 

 sized publli building here Is held I,. 

 local mill thirty miles a -■ the city 



mills are mil iij, w ith orders. 



I testnul is the high Item here ami the scare 

 iiy of stock is unprecedented. Plain oak. both 

 red and white, is moving freely and the demand 

 warrants higher ligures before snow flies, rolls 

 are plenty, but good slock very bi 



Ash is firmer and somewhat scarce. I'oplar 



is quiet but moving well and has a I Ilhv 



Miie that bids l soon. 



Balance of the list is firm ami steads 



Pittsburg. 



The man with a g 1 supply of hardu I 



lumber of almost any kind in Pittsburg - 

 happy. He experiences no trouble in disposing 

 of it ai good priees. Not only is the 

 hi tradi excellent but the smaller retailers 

 throughout western Pennsylvania and eastern 

 iilcicc are buying more liberally than they hav. 

 been the last few months. The] are still cau- 

 tious, however, and are not disposed to sioek 

 up heavily, believing thai present pries on 



hardw Is. as well as all other lumber, will 



he lowered before the first of the year. 



One factor interfering seriously with ihe 

 movement of lumber is the shortage of ears. 

 This is felt worse on the Baltimore A Ohio 

 branch lines in West Virginia and thl 

 giona of western Pennsylvania, where there Is 

 a very heavy movement of coal and coke al 

 present. Firms who deal in the South largely 

 also report considerable trouble with car short 

 age, inn the complaint is not so general as on 

 the lines near Pittsburg. 'I'll.' Pennsyll 

 railroad has thus far been abh ire of 



its lumber trade In fairly l-""I Bhape, bin 

 Wholesalers look for a shrinkage in Hie supply 

 of cars on this road wdien the movement of 

 grain Is fairly started. 



Prices on nearly all lines have an upward 

 tendency. Hemlock leads the race In this re 

 gard. for this wood has made three advi 

 of- on cents a thousand since -Inly 1 and all are 

 well sustained. Hak has not made any male 

 rial change's In quotations, bat the demand is 

 stub as to enable dealers to get a little better than 

 list for bills that they can deliver without 

 delay. Maple flooring is up $\ and is selling 

 well. Chestnut stocks are short and within the 

 last twee weeks there has been a noticeable in 

 • in the call for good lumber and 

 and posts. Ash in big run Is qnll 

 leader In the market. The furniture and coffin 

 mamtfarturers are taking bard 



wood, the feertncM' beech and birch and Hie latter 

 chestnut. I'oplar is one of tie 

 the market, owing to the fait tbat It Is being 

 sob-' ly for yellow pine and hen,' 



which are regarded by many contractors „ 

 high pri, . , ,, | , ry , n 



small lots is moving, lie. est of . ,,,. 



spoke ami hand 



'ef <>hlo. 



Buffalo. 



i to be wait- 

 ing for the nisi, that has taken pomr—luii ,,r 

 the white and and beml 



-""' Og tO pi. pare for II 



'Ivlty In hardw Is that Is said al- 

 to follow pine Still, it Is a qneatton if 



I he 



demand is u I on 



there would not be 



re is so, i, :l i. ditlon 



In H are preparing I i t u 



true Ll onsumptlon "f Inmbei 



, nylng 

 locking up Practically everything thai 

 no Immediate use. 

 1111 too iiiuc b basswood and maple. 



but they will come into use later on, h 

 dealers are handling them with much caution. 

 Bui for the ovi „, tratb in 



Michigan the situation would have i.. . 

 up before now, Thi 



the reason for which is said to be that toe 

 mill p iistinier wll 



i. relit on It, so thai .haiers ben 

 handled bnl a small amount ,,f i a te. 



■ii the a iboul 



as before. The), implalnl of too mil.b 



common, but the price of it is far l>elow 



and seconds, so thai the discrepancy win right 



specially when the ; 

 lure factories buy a little more liberally 



apply has kepi up verj well, considering 

 the difficult] of doing business In the Sooth 

 west 



It is said that Mcmphl ping up the 



quarantine more rigidly than any dlstt 



"■-i'l' ' nt w i t li a short llinc | 



nothlD Iven he i- forbidden to return 



nil a renewal is Obtained i .lie mi the 



city and forwarded to tie 9a there has 



been i ivel in that direction by I'.uffalo 



lumbermen, much as some ,,f them wish t,, ,|., 



Ashland. 



Kail trade in lumber liue-s in tins section 



opens up with a continual f the even tenor 



which has i n characteristic "f the market 



during the past Hire.- or four m.inthH nnd there 



Is iluie. if anything, a t -aid raganling 



trail dltlons. 



There are no sen 

 manufi "Every one ban all 



he ..i bill it d.ces lie, | 



big .1 i be demand >- quite ■ 



l libelled among all lb.' gl ,.i , 



right. High grade, wale atock iticev 



iugly well, ami tnlll men wl liter to thai 



market for nil the 

 -i.e, k they can furnish. 



Grand Bapids. 

 The hardwood market Ij Impro-rlag. 



Trade is : |tb the furniture 



n. ami 



tinnance through tie- ,k maple 



no material Improvement, and there 

 the outlook on 



the w 



Saginaw Valley. 



tiers 



cklng all the oak and .n And and 



letlful. bUt 



It Is fairly firm ■ i . itoek In 



ill want, 

 birch 



■ 

 early In mills 



id It Is mostly 



