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HARDWOOD RECORD 



December 25, 1920 



NASHVILLE HARDWOOD FLOORING CO., 



Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



Hcirdwoocl Lumbei* and Hardwood Flooring 



E - BARTHOLO M EW , MAWAGER ^U f {M/^Q 



3622 South Moi-^<an St. 



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We have very complete stocks of 

 dry lumber in 4/4 to 16/4 thickness 



DOMESTIC HARDWOODS, he. 



33 West 42d Street 

 NEW YORK 



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BASSWOOD ELM 



Saps & No. 2 & Btr. . 4/4, 5/4 ^°- ^ */* 



on-iP^n HAKD MAPLE 

 BEECH j^^_ 3 4/4. D/4. S/l 



No. 2 & B 4/4, 8/4 No. 1 & BIr 



5/4, 6/4. 8/4, 10/4 



BIBCH Qtcl. Maple 5/4 



No. 1 & Btr SOFT MAPLE 



4/4.5/4.6/4,8/4,10/4.12/4 No. 2 & Btr 4/4 



JACKSON & TINDLE 



INCORPOKATED 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 



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We offer COMPLETE STOCK 



WISCONSIN OAK 



■'TRY US' 



MATLE 



4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 5 cars 



4/4" No. 2 Cora 4 cars 



5/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. .6 cars 



8/4" No, 2 Com. & Btr., 4 cars 



10/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr. 2 cars 



16/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.l car 



BIRCH 



4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 3 cars 



4/4" No. 2 Com 5 cars 



5/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr.. 3 cars 

 8/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 3 cars 

 8/4" No 1 Com. & Bu..i cars 

 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.l car 



Brooks & Ross Lumber Co. 



SCHOFIELD, WISCONSIN 



(SALES OFFICE AND MILL) 



The Tegge Lumber Go. 



High Grade ; " 



Northern and Southern 

 Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee,, Wisconsin 



of the larger plants are only running half time, or 65 percent of the time, 



at best. The recent agreement between builders and members of the 

 various unions, by which more than 6,000 tradejsmen returned to work, 

 will help the trade^ at least the dealer. The proposed plan of the Hamil- 

 ton County League of Building Associations to finance all liinds of build- 

 ing, speculative excluded, in the spring is helieved by the members of 

 the trade to be the opening gun for renewed building activity. Dealers 

 as a whole in Cincinnati are optimistic as to what the future holds, but 

 it is to be noted that their optimism is of a sane kind. The railroads, 

 according to dealers in ties, are out of the market and have been so for 

 the last two months. It is a known fact that the railway stock on hand 

 is low, and it is simply a matter of time until they are forced to buy. It 

 is believed by the trade generally in Cincinnati that the bottom has been 

 reached. When prices will get back to normal none will venture to pre- 

 dict, but it is believed by the first of April that the mills will be run- 

 ning full time. At present furniture factorieii are going slow, as are 

 manufacturers of all forms of vehicles having bearing on the hardwood 

 trade. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Inactivity still marks the markets. Little change has been noted In 

 prices, but generally speaking the market appears to be somewhat firmer 

 than two weeks ago. There is every indication here that the wooodwork- 

 ing industries will increase production shortly. These plants as yet are 

 doing no buying, but .shortly after production is increased, they are 

 expected to have to go into the market for raw materials. Reports from 

 various scources to the effect that the talking machine cabinet manu- 

 facturers and the furniture factories in this section had closed up shop 

 are exaggerated. It is true that these plants are not producing in the 

 volume of three or four months ago, but they have shown no indication 

 yet of going out of business. In fact, some of the factory executives are 

 much more optimistic now than during the summer months when they 

 were wondering just how long the unhealthful demand was to, continue. 

 Some contend that their business now is on a better footing than it has 

 been since the world war started. 



Among the retail ti-ade, there is some demand, though not sufficient to 

 absorb the surplus supply left by factories which have curtailed their 

 production. In spite of the general trend of the times, building is going 

 ahead in Indianapolis. That this is true is shown by the fact that build- 

 ing permits show increased volume over those of the same period of last 

 year and this is in spite of the fact that construction costs are some- 

 what lower than formerly. It is thought by retailers here that the 

 volume of new con.struction during the winter months will be somewhat 

 steadier than last winter, with bright prospects for the next year. 



EVANSVILLE 



There has been practically no improvement in the trade situation with 

 the hardwood lumber manufacturers of Evansville and southwestern 

 Indiana during the past three or four weeks, and in the opinion of the 

 manufacturers there will be little change until several weeks after the 

 beginning of the new year. There are some manufacturers who hold to 

 the belief that there will be no real improvement in trade conditions until 

 early next spring. They say at this time the situation does not appear 

 very encouraging to them, but they assert that "behind the clouds the 

 sun's still shining," and there must be a turn in the road somewhere. A 

 good many of the hardwood plants in this section of the country have 

 closed down, while on the other hand a number of the plants are still 

 running and will continue to do so as long as they can get the logs. One 

 large manufacturer here said it would be his policy to keep his mill run- 

 ning as long as possible. He said if every man would close his plant it 

 would mean the stopping of the wheels of industry and the business depres- 

 sion then would bo in earnest. Stocks are low everywhere, and this leads 

 the manufacturers to believe that as soon as the demand for lumber picks 

 up again and becomes something like normal that prices will again tend 

 upward. It is estimated that the hardwood business of the trl-state sec- 

 tion is now about 20 percent normal, as it has been for the past several 

 weeks. Collections are reported to be very good by some of the manu- 

 facturers, while others say they are not as good as they were two or 

 three weeks ago. Banks have been tightening up on their loans for some 

 time past and money is bard to get only for legitimate business purposes. 

 The fact that the large wodworking plants in this city have been in the 

 market for little lumber for the past months makes the local demand for 

 lumber slack. Building operations in Evansville and southern Indiana 

 towns are rather slow and contractors and architects do not expect to 

 see many projects started before early next spring, if then. All is uncer- 

 tainty, as one contractor expressed it. and the average business man is 

 retrenching all he can just at this time. 



BEAUMONT 



In spite of the near approach of the holidays, the railroads have been 

 placing some orders for ties and timbers. Other wants of this class of 

 trade, however, have been slim in the hardwood line. 



In a general way, the volume of inquiries has been greater, indicating 



