HARDWOOD RECORD 



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oak, both white and red, are very firm in tone 

 and will likely continue so through the 

 i'lain white oak is very scarce and the demand 

 cannot be supplied in anything like a 

 tory manner. Plain oak Is In better supply, but 

 there Is no surplus of this stuck anyw! 

 Cypress is ruling Arm, as Is ash, and poplar is 

 firm, except Inch common, which is a little off. 

 Outside of plain oak dealers are able to get hold 

 of enough stock to take care of the demand, but 

 do not expect to have any surplus stocks \\ 

 they will have to dispose of at bargain pi 

 this year. 



Furniture stock i- being called for more freely 

 right along and the ilemand in this line should 

 be very active through the fall season. Planing 

 mills all through the territory are busy and 

 consuming more than the normal amount of lum- 

 ber for the time of year, as building is active 

 at most of the larger towns in this part of the 

 country. The u gin k trade has been good 



right along and is increasing. Hickory wagon 

 stock is hard to get in large amounts and this 

 material Is very firm in price. The demand 

 for walnut is strong and the inquiry 

 is principally from across the ocean. Box 

 factories are liberal purchasers and the demand 

 for box stock will undoubtedly be heavy through 

 the year. The common oak mills are very busy 

 principally on railroad stock, which has been in 

 good demand through the year, and promised to 

 be in stronger demand for the next six months. 

 The railroad mills in fact have had all the busi- 

 ness they could handle this year and are now 

 several months behind on their contracts. There 

 has been a spurt in the call for bridge stock dur- 

 ing the past week, as heavy rains for the first 

 two weeks of September played havoc with 

 bridges over eastern Kansas and western Mis 

 souri. 



NEW ROUTE TO LOS AMGELES. 



Daily Tourist Cars via the Salt Lake Route. 

 Through tourist sleeper to Los Angeles leaves 

 Union Passenger Station. Chicago, 5:15 p. m. 

 every day. Route — Chicago. Milwaukee & St. 

 Paul Railway, Union Pacific and the new San 

 Pedro. Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad. Rate 

 for double berth, Chicago to Los Angeles, $7. 

 F. A. MILLER, 

 General Passenger Agent, Chicago. 



ICOTTONWOODJ 



GUM and HARDWOODS 



PAEPCKE LEICHT LIMBER CO. 



Mills: 

 Cairo, 111. 

 Marked Tree. Ark 

 Arkansas City. Ark 



E~ theville. Ark. 

 lenville, Miss. 



General Oitices: 



Tribune Building. 



CHICAGO 



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WHITING MANUFACTURING COMPANY 



MANUFACTURERS OP 



BAND SAWN ".STOCK WIDTHS IN 

 HARDWOODS AND WHITE PINE 



ELIZABETHTON. - - - TENNESSEE 



JANNEY- WHITING LUMBER COMPANY 



WHOLESALE CASH BUYERS OF 



SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN WHITE PINE AND HARD- 

 WOODS. SQUARES, BALUSTER STOCK. ETC. 

 Yard and Ollice 1 151 Beach Si. Pier 52 Norlh Wharves 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Los Angeles. 



lu ibis market there is a very sti g dei 



tor all kind-, of hardwoods, rid and white oak. 

 red birch and walnut being especially Bought. 

 what little si...ks have been carried 

 present decidedly depleted, and Inquirers for 

 these woods are given to understand that If 

 their requirements are large the stock will 

 have t" lie secured in tip i 

 will be made accordingly. A number of sales 

 reported during the past ten days at 

 prices Indicated, which Ion as 



to the prevailing price- of bardv i retail 



- Bection : c me-lncb red oak. plain. 

 one Inch red oak. qnarten neb and a 



quarter and thicker red oak. quartered, $120 

 :l v Inch and '_. inch white oak, quartered 

 and $80, respectively; 1-inch white oak. plain. 

 $90; 1 inch maple, $85; Much red birch, $110; 

 1-Inch cherry and walnut, $200; mahogany, 

 $240, and Spanish cedar, $150 



at all times, the difficulty being that deal- 

 ers have very meager stocks to offer consumers. 

 Some good business awaits the enterprising con- 

 cern that will lay in an adequate supply of the 

 hardwoods enumerated above. 



New Orleans. 



Hardwood exporters are one In iln-h ■ 

 regarding the advance in ocean, gulf and coast- 

 wise rates. One exporter stated today that rates 

 which could be obtained in August and Septem- 

 ber at is ami 'JO arc now L':: and 25, while all 

 around advances in lumber ra been 



about 25 per cent. These advai s have been 



made ,,n the prospect of business through New 

 in leans and it is anticipated that when the act- 

 ual movement of grain and cotton begins in good 

 volume the rates will be still further advanced. 

 Between these advances and the excellent do- 

 mestic demand, exporters claim that their busi- 

 ness is greatly handicapped ami thai worse times 

 are In sizht. 



In the midst of so many complaints, the pros 

 peel of quarantines soon being raised appears all 

 i lie more attractive. The health authorities have 

 suggested thai all quarantines he abolished mi 



i hi. l.i. It is n.it thought, however, that M 

 sippl and Arkansas will take any action until 

 frost '"tie I all - they do. hardwood manu- 

 facturers and exporters will receive only partial 

 relief, hut 'he cypress business will have returned 

 to almost normal conditions. 



An evenl thai is expected to assist greatly In 

 the raising of quarai li relatione is the 



forthcoming visit of President Roosevelt, wh 

 announced his determination i" come i" New 

 Orleans, yellow fever or no yellow fever, Hla 

 romlng, II Is thought, will hasten the raising ot 



mines and will also hasten th. 



i refugees who. will 1 mboldened by bla 



i sample. 



Plain oak storks ai mil the 



ash. while prices "tt both Items 

 are firm. There is some gum and Cottonwood 

 moving, but not in satisfactory volume. 



lation is entirel] - 

 \H i - mills are ruouliu; and neither 



ships aeration of mills has been Inter 



. W ith by I llrm - 



there is little probability 

 i his year. 



Wausau. 



n ure bat ' 

 - 

 of the various hardwood 



ward 'I market. 

 Btiffei other hues of 



the year, which portends an I 

 winter. 



• I region. Sab - 



lion it was thought that 



"... ended than 



would :■•■ an advancement it the ad 



There Is 

 n hand . In fact, the mar 



At : htnlwood 



■ ile-. busln nail} 



'••rles, 

 are humming and an- having largi 

 their produi 



At Wansan fa r^ are not losing any 



sleep over tin o y are all satis 



ml some tire advertising for more help 



I turn out new 



l lev have all ! rammer, a.tlvlt) 



In the htillillnc line i 



same. At Merrill, Rblnelander and all Wl 

 sin river •. Iltlons are practically 



as they an 



Louisville. 



li- nt weather for hauling from the countrj 

 mills has caused quite an Increase in the oak 

 tnoveir bally In plain oak, car and rail 



way material ami wagon w I A consldt 



this stock 's "ii contract and there 

 fore baa ate market 



further than t" put tl buying on con 



..til of the market temporarily. Notwltb 

 -landing i 1 vement of stock, the tend 



of oak prices Is upward, and as fast si* 

 contracts uiuhermen ask for b 



"iitrncts. The call foi 

 dry plain oak continues unabated, and while 

 ipiartered oak remains a little easy In this mar 

 ket. yet It is felt that there is an active tlm- 

 ahead. 



Poplar continues t" show stiffening tendencies. 

 ii one can strike anything like 

 a bargain, as most of the holders are asking stiff 

 prlces and feel sure that they can get them be 

 i, r e "it market 



is fairly active, with only a limited snpp 

 stock in sight The demand for maple and beech 

 floorin) a falrlj good of late, a nnmbei 



,,r big buildings going up in town calllni 



hardw I Boors Soft maple has also been In 



fairly good demand and In fait the same may 

 he said "i the 'in ii" list of hardwoods. 

 The cypress shingle market has been taklnn 



"II new life in this terrlti.I . 1 the blah 



of red cedars ami the more liberal supply 

 of cypress Hi " *" 



the mills were sold about three 

 month- ahead Red cedars t""k n very stiff 

 upward turn recently, and cypress ha- 

 active than usual Bed cedars have eased off s 

 little durln 



while not as low a- will make 



competition a little sharper, still. 



' ban 

 unber 



-tiff 



London. 



• Im 

 provement ami arrh.i " sufficient 



I,, an ' bringing more 



lumbal irket 



having tal ■ ''" makers. 



,,f the Canadian •""» of 



Gum lumber Is arriving freely and 



naamptloD. 



- are being 



i ■!"■ In 



•lets. 



' I > ltT - 



■han ample. 



ral favorite, bol.i 

 being etir»rly nought. 



