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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 10, 1920 



NASHVILLE HARDWOOD aOORlNG CO.. 



Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



Hardwood Lumber and Hardwood Flooring 



E.BARTHOLOMEW. MANAGER PHlPAnO 

 3622 South Morgan St., VJllVy-VVIV/ 



We have very complete stocks of dry 

 lumber in 4/4 and 6/4 thicknesses 



DOMESTIC HARDWOODS, Inc. '^ ^eV?1,I1c"' 



Results from Experience 



Our well selected logs, our careful manufacture and the 

 grading of our stock, demonstrate a service built on expe- 

 rience that should bring you Into our family fold for fu- 

 ture business. We make Hardwood Lumber that brings a 

 follow-up order. Keep in touch with ua when in need of 

 future Bupply. Dry stock Is scarce now. A careful con- 

 suming manufacturer, however, looks to the future for sup- 

 plies that give satisfaction. 



We desire to get in communication with you so we may 

 know what your needs are and maybe by and by we can 

 help you. The erection of new mills and because of our 

 having a constant eye cast about for Increasing our timber 

 holdings, should put us at the head of the list of milU 

 when you want to buy Pine and Hardwoods. 



Kentucky Lumber Co. 



Manufacturers OaJc, Red and Sap Oum, Rough 

 and Dressed Tupelo, Short-Leaf Y. Pine 



Office: 606 Security Trust Building, Lexington, Ky. 



SAW AND PLANING MILLS AT SULLIGENT, ALA. 



We offer COMPLETE STOCK 



WISCONSIN OAK 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARS 



4/4", 5/4", 6/4" & 8/4" 



WATCH THIS SPACE 

 Your inquiries will have prompt attention 

 Send us a list of your requirements today 



Brooks & Ross Lumber Co. 



SCHOFIELD, WISCONSIN 



(SALES OFFICE AND MILL) 



The Tegge Lumber Co. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee,, Wisconsin 



unskilled or common labor is applying for work at $2.50 per day. Other 

 manufacturers note both a more plentiful, as well as a somewhat cheaper, 

 supply of labor. It is pointed out that this will not help the lumbermen, 

 in the slightest degree, so far as lumber already on sticks is concerned, but 

 it is emphasized that it will have an important bearing on the cost of 

 production when there Is general resumption of logging and manufactur- 

 ing operations. Cost of feeding men and teams, too, is less than during 

 the past two or three years because of the decline in the price of wheat, 

 corn, oats, hay and other foodstuffs. The enormously high production 

 costs, incident to advanced wages and advanced prices tor foodstuffs, 

 played an important part in bringing about the high cost of lumber itself 

 ana, with these elements coming down, lumber manufacturers can sell 

 lumber on a substantially lower basis without sacrificing all of their 

 profits when they begin manufacturing again in a large way. 



BEAUMONT 



Hardwood men in Texas seem to have come to the conclusion that there 

 is no use to look for a market before beginning of the new year, and 

 probably not until the latter part of January, when there is a rearrange- 

 ment of personal credits. 



While the uncertainty about the political future is largely removed, 

 they point out that business was in such condition that no one thing or 

 combination of things for that matter, could bring about normal condi- 

 tions over night. 



In studying the situation, hardwood men have to go no fartber than 

 the office of local furniture and automobile concerns to find out the cause 

 for present conditions and the reason why they will continue until the 

 attitude of the general public changed. They know that local furniture 

 concerns have been cancelling orders for more than six months and this 

 kicks back immediately on the man with the raw material. Auto concerns 

 who six months ago could not get cars fast enough to fill their orders are 

 now looking for business. 



None of the hardwood men expects more than absolutely necessary 

 orders during the remainder of the present year, consequently none of 

 the mills which closed down for lack of business have made any arrange- 

 ments to resume operations. Shipments will not go over 50 per cent 

 normal, while production is far below that percentage. 



LOUISVILLE 



The situation in the hardwood trade is fair considering general condi- 

 tions in nearly all lines. Business is quiet, and while there is some pros- 

 pect of better buying during the latter part of this month, many operators 

 are not expecting much improvement until after the first of the year, 

 believing that business in the meantime will cover merely immediate 

 needs of consumers, and that the general policy of waiting for lower 

 markets will be adhered to. The furniture trades are buying hardly any- 

 thing, and the same thing is true of the talking machine, automobile, 

 interior trim and flooring lines. The piano trade has been buying fairly 

 well. Veneers are in very fair demand, but panel business is hardly 

 twenty per cent of what it was six months ago with some operators. In 

 the hardwood market there is a little demand for poplar, gum and wal- 

 nut, with some mahogany selling. Oak in all grades and thicknesses 

 .shows dullness. .Vsh is also rather dull, due to light demand from wheel, 

 wagon and auto industries. Hickory is also quiet, the same being true of 

 beech, sycamore, cottonwood, elm and other items. Poplar and gum are 

 the two best sellers, but much cheaper in price. Low grades are moving 

 very well to the box and crate people. Stocks in the hands of producers 

 are good as a whole, and production is slowly easing off, producers not 

 caring to overstock high production cost material without a good demand 

 In sight. 



MILWAUKEE 



Dullness continues in the hardwood market. In fact, it is even more 

 perceptible now than a fortnight ago. Buying Is probably more limited 

 in volume than for the last four years, the few requirements that are 

 being placed being for the purpose of maintaining hand-to-mouth produc- 

 tion by industries. The trend of prices remains easy and it is felt that 

 further declines may ensue, for buyers are unusually determined not to 

 make purchases except at concessions, and if these are not forthcoming, 

 insist that they will wait until they can make their point. 



Building operations in Malwaukee are practically at a standstill. The 

 momentum remaining from the summer and early fall is rapidly being dis- 

 sipated by the customary lull of early winter. In October, the value ol 

 permits Issued was less than $1,500,000, compared with $2,650,000 in the 

 same month a year ago. The price of lumber and other building mate- 

 rials is now a lesser factor than the continued disinclination of bankers to 

 furnish funds to conduct such operations. 



Hardwood lumber production in Northern Wisconsin is steadily being 

 cut down by condititions, although the fact that the season is getting 

 late naturally means the usual restriction of sawmill and planing mill 

 operation. However, the Industry has materially brought into closer 

 limits its original schedules for woods work as well as sawing during 

 the coming winter. 



The result of the election, while discounted to some extent by the 

 expected result, nevertheless has created a much better feeling In all 

 lines of business than existed during the past six months, with the result 

 that confidence is expressed all along the line that business will show 

 steady betterment from this time forward. 



