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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Xoveinlier 10. 1920 



Manufacturers 



SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 



Ash 



Poplar 



Red Gum 



Mixed Oak 

 Elm 



Sap Gum 



Soft Maple 



Tupelo 



CUMMER LUMBER COMPANY 



SALES OFFICE: 



280 MADISON AVENUE 



NEW YORK, N. Y. 



MAIN OFFICE 



JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 



News from the National Capital 



A preliniiuary comparative report on the cut of lumber in 1918 

 and 1919. compiled by the Department of Commerce in co-opera- 

 tion with the Forest Service, states that 12,865,82.5,000 feet board 

 measure were cut in 1919, as compared with 12,828,414,000 cut in 



1918, a difference of only three-tenths of one per cent. This state- 

 ment was compiled from reports of 788 large mills, producing a 

 total cut of 5,000,000 feet or more annually in either 1918 of 1919 

 or both. 



According to the Department of Commerce, these mills produce 

 more than one-third of the total lumber cut in the United States, 

 and from their operation it is reckoned that the lumber cut in 1918 

 varied from the cut of 1918 by a relatively small quantity. 



Notwithstanding the termination of hostilities and the unpre- 

 cedented advance of prices which began in 1919, and which nor- 

 mally might have been expected to stimulate production, it is ap- 

 parent that other factors, such as labor troubles, transportation 

 difficulties, unfavorable weather and' financial stresses were suf- 

 ficient to restrict the output to the approximate level of the preced- 

 ing year. 



It is known that several hundred mills went into operation in 



1919. It is believed, however, that relatively few of these are of 

 the large producing eaj)aeity, yet their aggregate production will 

 swell the 1919 report, as compared with 1918. 



Lumber Cancellations Continue 



The Federal Reserve Board's statement for the month of October 

 finds the buying public cautious, but declares that trade is going 

 forward safely and that money conditions show a big improve- 

 ment. Referring to the lumber industry the report says: 



In the himher industry. caiu-olUition of cuili-rs euutiuui-s and there ' 

 have been further price reductions. On October 1, 135 mills reporting ' 

 to the Southern Pine Association stated orders to be 44,480,224 feet, ' 

 shipments 03.7.35.329 feet, and production 62,709.563 feet. In District : 

 No. 11 (Dallas) the 28 mills belonging to the Southern Pine Association i 

 located in that district, report production about equal to that of August. ■ 

 Shipments increased as a result of an improvement in transportation. ; 

 Unfilled orders of these mills, amounted to onl,v 58,448,655 feet, on October : 

 1. as compared with 75,778,485 on August 27. It should he said, however^ : 

 that four additional mills are represented in the larger total. ' 



Excepting the California redwotid mills, there was a heavy falling off" , 

 in amount of new business taken by the mills in District No. 12 (San . 

 Francisco) during the week ending October 2. The market is reported ' 

 to remain generally dull, and several mills are preparing to cease opera- 

 tions. For the four weeks ending September 25, 32 mills belonging to. I 

 the Western Pine Manufacturers' -Association report orders at the close- j 

 of the period of only 33,075,000 feet, against a cut of 102.763.000 feet. , 

 Corresponding figures tor the West Coast Lumbermen's -Association (123- j 

 mills) are: Orders, 202,008,000 feet, and cut, 286,440,000 feet, while the- 

 California Redwood -Association 1 10 mills) show orders amounting to-.' 

 19,388,000 feet, and a cut of 26,029,000 feet. \ 



District No. 9 (Minneapolis) states that returns from a selected list ; 

 of eight lumber manufacturers show September shipments and sales about < 

 three-fourths those of August and only slightly more than one-half of; 

 those of September a year ago. Reduced building activity and lessening-, 

 of demand in agricultural regions are the causes most frequently assignciJ-( 

 to the falling off in demand. i 



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Cedar Shingle Rates Changed 



The Interstate Commerce Commission has issued an order rela- ^ 

 tive to rates on cedar shingles in carloads from points in Oregon^, 

 Washington and British Columbia to Chicago, St. Louis and pointsi 

 in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin. \ 



The commission orders that the director general of railroads, aaiJ 



