January 25, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



53 



E. SONDHEIMER COMPANY 



MEMPHIS TENNESSEE 



Band mills at 

 BATON ROUGE, LA.j SONDHEIMER, LA.; TALLULAH, LA. 



Office and Distributing Yard 



MEMPHIS, TENN. 



Manufacturers of Southern Hardwoods 



Dry Stock, Ready for Shipment. Ask us for prices. We may be able to save you some money. 

 We specialize in genuine Tensas Basin Red Gum — best in the world. 



WHITE ASH 



1" 10 4" IsiVL's 10 cars 



1" No. 1 Common 10 cars 



IK" No. 1 Common 5 cars 



1%" No. 1 Common 1 cai 



2" No. 1 Common 3 cars 



1". 1%". l%" No. 2 Com.. 5 cars 



WILLOW 



1x13" to 17" Box Bd3 1 car 



1" 1b&2b 10 carB 



1" No. 1 Common 15 cars 



1" No. 2 Common 15 cars 



1%" No. 2 Com. & Btr...lO cars 



IH" No. 2 Com. & Btr 15 cara 



2" No. 2 Com. & Btr 5 cars 



CYPRESS 



1" Pecky 1 car 



1x4" and 1x8" No. 1 and 



No- 2 Common 10 cars 



1x12" Pecky 1 car 



W 8el. & Shop 7 cats 



2" Sel. & Sbop 2 cars 



2" Pecky 2 cars 



2x6" No. 1 Com 1 car 



S" Shop 1 car 



QUARTERED TUPELO 



1" l9&2a 2 cars 



PLAIN TUPELO 



1" l8&2s 10 cars 



1" No. 1 Common 15 cars 



1" No. 2 Common 10 cars 



COTTONWOOD 



1" 13&23 10 cars 



1" No. 1 Common 15 cars 



1" No. 2 Common 10 cars 



1%" Is & 2s 5 cars 



1^" No. 1 Common 10 cars 



Wi" No. 2 Common 10 cars 



IH" No. 2 Com. & Bet 15 cam 



BLACK GUM 



1" No. 2 Com. & Btr 1 car 



PECAN 



6/4" Log Run 5 oars 



8/4" Log Run 5 cars 



SOFT ELM 



3/4" Crating 2 cars 



6/4" No. 2 Com, & Blr 3 cars 



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



10/4" No. 2 Com. & Btr.. 3 cars 



QRTD. FIG. RED GUM 



1" 1S&28 1 car 



1" No. 1 Common 1 car 



QUARTERED WHITE OAK 



1" 18&28 2 cars 



1" No. 1 Com 3 cars 



5/8" ls&2s 2 cars 



5/8" No. 1 Com 2 c»ra 



PLAIN RED GUM 



5/8" No 1 Com. & Btr 4 cars 



3/4" 18&23 2 cars 



4/4" 18&23 10 cars 



4/4" No. 1 Common 5 cars 



4/4" No. 2 Common 1 car 



1%" & 2- No. 1 C&B S cars 



QUARTERED SAP GUM 



1" 18&2B 10 cars 



1" No. 1 Common Scars 



1V4" ls&2s 3 cars 



2" No. 1 Common Vi cal 



2H" No. 1 Common % car 



3" No. 1 C&Btr 3 cara 



QUARTERED RED OAK 



1" lB&2s Scars 



1" No. 1 & 2 Com 3 cars 



IVl" 13&28 3 cars 



IK" No. 1 Common 2 cars 



MAGNOLIA 



1" No. 2 Com. & Btr 5 cars 



QRTD. RED GUM 



1" 1S&23 2 cars 



1" No. 1 Common 3 cars 



1V4". IH". 2" No. 1 C&B. 2 cars 



2%" No. 1 Com. & Blr 2 cars 



3" No. I Com. & Btr 2 cars 



PLAIN RED OAK 



1" 18&23 3 cats 



1" No. 1 Common 10 cats 



1" No. 2 Common 5 oars 



1" No. 3 Com 6 oars 



IK" 1S&23 1 car 



PLAIN WHITE OAK 



5/8" ls&28 2 cars 



5/8" No. 1 Com 3 cars 



5/8" No. 2 Com I car 



3/4" 1S&23 2 cars 



4/4" 18&23 10 cars 



4/4" No. 2 & 3 Com 15 cars 



PLAIN SAP GUM 



1x13" to 17" B&B Scars 



5/8" Is & 2s Scars 



4/4" Is and 29 10 cars 



4/4" No. 1 Common 10 cars 



4/4" No. 2 Common 10 cars 



.^/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr 10 cars 



5/4" No. 2 Com 6 cars 



of this section, who, incidentally, has been many years in the business, 

 said regarding the immediate future of the iiardwood trade : 



The money situation has been a great factor In the present dullness of 

 the hardwood trade and for that reason many have denied themselves 

 larger purchases. Then, the labor situation is very serious. No settle- 

 ment has yet been made with the carpenters. They are getting a dollar 

 an hour now, and they want $1.50. I don't think they will get it, but 

 within a short time it is expected that these matters, the money -situation 

 and the labor situation, will be In a more settled condition. 



As soon as these conditions are straightened out, it will lend great 

 encouragement to building. There are enough legitimate building projects 

 to be put forward in this city, and indeed in this state, to keep labor busy, 

 without any boom such as many expect this spring. The architects have 

 plenty of business but at present they do not dare to start. They want 

 to see things settled. 



Many of the southern hardwood manufacturers are offering in their 

 price lists stocks which would seem to be far below the cost of manufac- 

 ture. One should not hesitate to put a million in hardwoods at the prices 

 at which they are being offered today, and no one knowing the costs would 

 hesitate. But today it is money which is worth more than anything else. 



Gardner I. Jones, president of the Massachusetts Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association and head of the Jones Hardwood Company of this 

 city, having representative interests in Cincinnati and the South, said to 

 a Hardwood Rbcord representative regarding present and future in the 

 hardwood trade here : 



"Labor, with the carpenters demanding $1.50 an hour, seems to be 

 aiming to control the situation. No improvement can come till the labor 

 situation is settled. As regards the use of hardwoods for interior trim 

 for dwelling houses. I don't look for any Improvement in that line till 

 nest fall, for, should there be a building boom this spring, improvement 

 in the demand for this trim would not be felt till then. The piano 

 dealers, being overstocked, are not likely to furnish much business for 

 some time." 



President Jones Is making arrangements for the annual meeting and 

 banquet of the Massachusetts Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, 

 which he says will be held early in February. The annual is to be later 

 than usual this season. It is usually held In December. President Jones 

 is planning a big program for that event. 



Exports of hardwood lumber from the port of Boston for the month of 

 November, 1920, statistics of which have Just been made available liy 

 the collector of the port, were as follows : 47,000 feet of hardwood 

 boards valued at $7,310 that went to England ; $4,357 worth of wooden 



chairs ; $2,368 worth of wooden office furniture ; $1,468 worth of other 

 wooden furniture ; $934 worth of implement and tool handles ; $3,640 

 worth of empty hogsheads ; $13,000 worth of staves, 43,231 pieces, all 

 going to England ; $123,345 worth of the class "other manufactures of 

 wood," of which class $99,177 worth was exported to England and $11,332 

 to Cuba. 



Housing problems in this city and state are going to receive Immediate 

 attention. Gov. Cox in his inaugural message this month proposed that 

 the legislature give attention to housing problems. The report of the 

 rent and housing committee appointed by Mayor Peters of Boston has 

 made a report showing that 3,24S houses ought to be erected in this city 

 to care for the increased population but has made no specific recommenda- 

 tions on the housing question, beyond stating that various schemes of 

 improving the situation have been halted by the question of financial 

 support. 



And now the Boston Chamber of Commerce has appointed a committee 

 to investigate the general building situation with a view to giving the 

 utmost publicity to all available facts, and it possible, fix the blame for 

 the failure of any building boom to materialize and for the present deplor- 

 able bousing situation ; and the halting of work on down-town structures. 

 Daily hearings are to commence on January 31 which will be wide open 

 to the public. Attorney A. E. Pinanskl has been retained to act as counsel 

 for the committee and to conduct the hearings, and efforts will be made 

 to secure the testimony of the representatives of all labor, builders, archi- 

 tects and other associations having anything to do with the situation. 

 The hearing will be a real probe for the benefit of the public. 



R. B. Rayner of Rayner & Parke, lumber merchants of Philadelphia, 

 has been in town recently as representative of the American Wholesale 

 Lumber Dealers' Association to Interest lumber dealers here In the policies 

 and projects of the new association. 



William E. Litchfield, one of Boston's oldest and best known hard- 

 wood dealers, is very proud of his 25 year old son's, George Litchfield's, 

 achievement, in bringing his first year In the lumber business to a suc- 

 cessful close. Young Mr. Litchfield a little over a year ago started a 

 hardwood mill north of Mt. Vernon, Indiana, and his father has Just 

 received word from him that the figures made out for the first year of 

 buslnesF show a handsome profit and a fine balance of stock. Wm. E. 

 Litchfield, Sr., beside his office and wholesale yard here, has a large mill 

 at Mt. Vernon, Ind. 



The Walter Henderson Lumber Company of Springfield, Mass., has 

 started a wholesale commission lumber business handling hardwood floor- 

 ing as well as yellow pine, western spruce and red cedar shingles. 



