March 26, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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think you are going to start liittiug in six again, and drop bacliward. 

 Uusinoss may also be compared to tlie snail that slid back about as many 

 feet per night as he climbed per day. As a fact there is no stability to the 

 lumlMT demand. We will get in a few orders and a lot of inquiries and 

 things will look bright. We ship a few cars and then everything goes 

 dull again. Business is coming in spurts, but none of tbera are long 

 enough or strong enough to influence the mill man into starting up his 

 mills and increasing his holdings." 



ST. LOUIS 



The market is ternitKi as "Spotty." When the warm weather set in 

 there was a little buying but it seemed as though the consumer bought a 

 Jittle and this "booralet" faded away. Railroads are buying sparingly. 

 I'rices on cnmmon lumber are very weak. 



BEAUMONT 



Hardwood men are convinced that the decline in hardwood prices, 

 extending over a period of more than a year, has now been checked. 

 "While the stabilization of the market, or rather a positive tendency in 

 that direction, has not brought about anything like normal conditions, 

 there is a slight increase in the demand. 



Due to the exceedingly low price, upper grades and odd sizes have 

 been chiefly in demand and this, coupled with the very slim production is 

 looked upon as the means of bringing about a better market. Due to the 

 limited supply of these grades of material, it is expected that an advance 

 will relieve the pressure on lower grades. 



Box factories are taking a fair amount of stuff and factories of that 

 "kind in this section are running full time. 



MILWAUKEE 



The hardwood industry is able to lay claim to as much Improvement in 

 "business as other industries, which is saying much when it is considered 

 that within the last two or three weeks many lines of trade which suffered 

 severely from lack of business volume in the last five to six months are 

 ■now receiving orders which make the resumption of operations possible. 

 This means that surplus stocks of finished goods have been reduced to the 

 point where it is advisable to resume production in order to maintain a 

 safe margin. So far there has been nothing sensational about the better- 

 ment, but it is certain if slow in developing. 



Concerning general conditions in Milwaukee and throughout the State, 

 the monthly review of the business situation issued by the First Wisconsin 

 National Bank of Milwaukee in the current number said : *'The best opin- 

 ion is that the return of normal conditions will not be in the least spec- 

 tacular. Each month will see a steady gain. By the end of the year, bar- 

 Ting the unforeseen, business should be on its feet again. The sooner 

 everybody in trade and industry makes up his mind that he will have to 

 work for w-hat he gets, the easier it will be to get over this period of re- 

 adjustment." 



This statement strikes a responsive chord in many of the leaders of the 

 hardwood and general lumber industry in the North, There are none who 

 look for anything like a boom ; in fact, nearly every one hopes there will be 

 none, for after the experience of the feverish days of the last three to 

 four years, most operators are satisfied to encounter a steady, substantial 

 increase in business, with skyrocketing absent. This is regarded as the 

 more preferable in the light of past experiences. 



Fl'om the Merrill district in Northern Wisconsin comes a statement that 

 there will be larger stocks of hardwoods in Northern Wisconsin yards on 

 .Tuly 1, 1021, than ever before, despite decreased production. In support 

 •of this prediction it is stated that a large amount of logs is being delivered 

 to sawmills, while the demand is exceptionally slow for the poorer quali- 

 ties of hardwoods, which works to the disadvantage of production. For 

 when only the choicest grades are in demand, and other grades move rela- 

 tively much more slowly, production cannot long be sustained at the point 

 which might be demanded by sales of the top-notch tjualities. due to the 

 obvious accumulation of enormous stocks. Best grades are steadily im- 

 proving in demand and some good sales are being made to industrial con- 

 sumers. In order to move the poorer grades, it is said that some sales 

 have to l>e made at as much as 50 percent below the actual cost of produc- 

 tion. 



Prices are about steady for choice qualities, although much shading still 

 is going on among sellers in order to meet the views of buyers, who demand 

 concessions w^ith insistence that there w-ill be no transaction unless their 

 ■offers are accepted. 



The Arney Toy Company, a new concern organized at DePere, Wis,, to 

 ■engage in the manufacture of a line of wooden toys and novelties designed 

 and patented by J, W. Arney, formerly of Oreen Bay, expects to be ready 

 to start quantity production on April 1, A factory has been equipped in 

 <3uarters leased from the Dan Kidney & Sons Boat Company. DePere busi- 

 ness men have furnished $1,000 in cash to start the enterprise on an 

 experimental run of ninety days, at the end of which time a decision will 

 be made in regard to permanent financing of the enterprise. It is then 

 expected to incorporate the business under the name of the Playthings 

 Manufacturing Company, Mr. Arney is acting as general superintendent. 

 C. P. Jackson has been selected as general manager, and E. T. Abendroth 

 as fiictory manager. 



Manufacturers 



of 



Southern Hardwoods 



Chapman & Dewey Lumber Co. 



MARKED TREE, ARKANSAS 

 KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 



Carolina Portland Cement Co. 



ATLANTA, GEORGIA 



WE WANT TO MOVE QUICK: 



CIIK.-^TXIIT 



No 2 and Sound Wormy 200,000' 



No, 1 Com. Sound Wormy ...100.000' 

 QTD. WHITE OAK 



6/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr lean 



QTD. BED OUU 



8/4" No. 1 Com. & Utr., aND. 2 ean 



SAP GUM 



4/4" FAS 200.000' 



4/4" No. 1 Com , 300.000' 



AUlls In GEORGIA. I 



TENNESSEE, ALABAMA and 

 MISSISSIPPI 



WE WANT TO BUY: 



HICKORY 

 5/4" -6/4" No. I & Btr 10 can 



PLAIN OAK 

 4/4" FAS 100.000 ■ 



CHESTNUT 



t/4'rAa 50.000- 



SAP GUM 



4/4''No. 2 Com 100.000' 



»/4" FAS 10 cars 



13/17" Boiboards 3 cars 



We can Dry Kiln 



and Surface Stock from onr 



Livingston Tennessee Mills 



Send Us Lists of What You Have to Offer or tVant to Buy 



BEDNA YOUNG 

 LUMBER CO. 



JACKSON, TENNESSEE 



MANUFACTURERS 



Quartered White Oak 



SPECIAL OFFERINGS 



PLAIN BED UU.M 

 4/4" No. 1 Common 



QUARTERED RED GUM 



4/4" No. 1 Common 



5/4" & 8/4".. No. 1 Cora. & Btr. 



SAP GUM 

 4/4" No. 1 Common 



PLAIN RED OAK 



3/4", 4/4". 5/4" FAS 



5/8", 3/4". 4/4". 6/4". 6/4" 



No. 1 Common 



4/4" No. 2 & No. 3 Common 



QUARTERED RED OAK 



4/4", 5/4". 6/4" 



FAS & No. 1 Com. 



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



PLAIN WHITE OAK 

 4/4" FAS 



4/4". 5/4". 6/4 No. 1 Cora. 



4/4" No. 2 Common 



QUARTERED WHITE OAK 

 1/2", 5/8". 3/4". 4/4", 5/4". 



6/4" FAS 



5/8". 3/4". 4/4". 5/4". «/4" 



No- 1 Common 



4/4". 5/4".. No. 2 & No. 3 Com. 



POPLAR 



5/8" & i/V Clear Sap 



5/8". 4/4", 8/4". ...No. 1 Com. 

 4/4" No. 2 A & B 



High Grade Hardwoods 



