November 25, 1915. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



47 



=-< BOSTON y- 



The usual fall improvement in business has continued with most ot 

 the dealers in this district. After the long period during which trade 

 was almost at a standstill, the current activity is apparent to all and 

 while its principal reaction on the market has so far been to eliminate 

 all suggestion of further decreasing values, it is commonly agreed by the 

 trade that the trend of prices is bound to be to a higher level. The 

 condition of stocks at both the producing and consuming ends is well 

 known ; the amount on hand at the mills is greatly under normal as a 

 result of slow shipments, while the dull business and weakening prices 

 led most factories and yards to lower their stocks. This situation has 

 prompted a considerable renewal of the efforts to sell by many of the 

 mills, thus giving many purchasers who are buying for current require- 

 ments some advantages. The furniture factories generally report a good 

 volume of orders on hand and indicate a readiness to take In stock. No 

 changes in quotations definite enough to be noted have occurred the past 

 two weeks in hardwoods for domestic uses, while during the same period 

 the market on construction and building lumber has advanced with great 

 rapidity in New England. 



=•< CINCINNATI y- 



Hardwood men in the Cincinnati district have been slow to accept as 

 genuine the advance in the lumber business, but recently there has been 

 more inclination on tlie part of the hardwood dealers and wholesalers 

 to admit the general improvement. The rapidity with which the yellow 

 pine market has been improving has had considerable inlluence on the 

 local lumber market, wliiie the enlarging demands of the consuming 

 factories has done much for the revival of business. 



Within the last two or three weeks large orders for new cars and 

 general equipment have been placed by the leading railroads. Lines with 

 terminals and shops in Cincinnati have been foremost in this movement, 

 which is the biggest in several months. 



The demand for building materials goes on apace, aided by good 

 weather. Clearing skies and clearing business outlook came hand in 

 hand, with a corresponding activity in lumber movement, which extends 

 throughout the various branches of the lumber market, the interior finish- 

 ing plants and hardwood flooring concerns all reporting a very satis- 

 factory increase in orders. The call goes all the way down the list of the 

 various hardwoods. Manufacturers of vehicles and farming implements 

 are leading the demand, and box factories are running with plenty of new 

 business to keep them busy through the winter. Furniture manufac- 

 turers in the Cincinnati district show no tendency to slack up. 



Oak, both plain and quartered, with a rather marked increased move- 

 ment in plain red, retains its position at the head of the selling list. 

 The request for oak is more steady than for the others. Walnut is in 

 good request from the makers of higher grades of furniture. The demand, 

 however, does not approach the call for oak, except that the export 

 trade which dropped off in the Cincinnati section a few weeks back 

 shows some signs of again going on something like a boom. Numerous 

 Inquiries are being received in Cincinnati tor black walnut from agents 

 of the allies. 



There has been considerable improvement in the call for red gum, 

 although the movement in this lumber can not be said to have reached 

 anything near its normal proportions. Ash and poplar are in fair re- 

 quest, their relative call remaining practically at a standstill compared 

 with the past couple weeks. Considerable poplar is going into core stock, 

 while the request for veneers is good. Hickory is steady, while cotton- 

 wood, chestnut and elm are beginning to show more life than for some 

 time. Maple is showing a little renewed life. The sale of cypress is 

 picking up. 



=-< TOLEDO >- 



There is a much better feeling among the hardwood concerns in Toledo. 

 Business in all lines is better. There is a fine call for ash, elm and maple 

 for automobile construction. Furniture factories are beginning to be 

 better users and this is true also of the railroads. The building trades 

 continue strong. Local stocks are in good shape, but it is predicted that 

 If present buying continues as firm as it has been dealers will soon be 

 forced in the market willy-nilly to replace broken lines. There has been 

 a general advance on most of the upper grade lines of from $2 to ?3 

 and this is holding firmly and wholesalers declare that this will be 

 supplemented by a still further advance. There is a firm call for better 

 grades, but a surplus is on this market of low-grade hardwood stocks in 

 general lines. Local factories are for the most part booming and the 

 railroads here have put practically all ot their idle men back to work. 

 Mills are running well and are finding a market for about all the products 

 they are able to turn out. 



■< INDIANAPOLIS >- 



Predictions are being made freely by Indiana lumber dealers, both in 

 the retail and wholesale trade, that there will be soon a sweeping 

 advance in prices in this territory. E. S. Foster of the R. S. Foster 

 Lumber Company of this city, last week authorized a statement in which 

 he predicted an advance in prices and set forth the causes for the 

 increased consumption of lumber. A majority of the dealers declare 

 their sales show large gains over the corresponding period of last year. 



Advertisements published by the retail trade in this city recently have 



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