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HARDWOOD RECORD 



I >. ct-iubor 10, lOlft 



RtD GUM 



(Caadino Manulacturera i 



BUSS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARK. 



MAM FA( n IlKll-t 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well A* 



OAK, ASH and CUM LUMBER 



Cm furnish inythinj in OjIc, air dried 

 or kiln dried, rou{h or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



Baker-Matthews Manufacturing Ge. 



Sikeston, Mo. 



Band Sawn 

 Southern Hardwoods 



SPECIALTIES 



RED GUM, PLAIN OAK 



SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES 



OUR SPECIALTY 



St. Francis Basin Red Gum 



WE MANUFACTURE 



Southern Hardwoods 



Gum, Oak and Ash 



J. H. Bonner & Sons 



mas awl Offlr«. 

 QUIOLKT. ASK. 



HBTH. 



Our Corps of Inspectors 



Intelligent! Highly Trained! 



Conscientious! 



is assurance that you will get 

 what your order calls for 

 when you buy Gum from us 



Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company 



Cape Girardeau, Missouri 



a>k for oo brltir btulorH. Id fnri moil o( ttio wood coDtunilns far- 



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I'lijoyid a lil<<' IriiiU- diirInK tlic I'm-.! tmnith nr "It wwli». 



=■< MEMPHIS >■ 



Tlic hardwood market lipre rmitliiup* Drm wKli n Roml volump ut 

 liu'lnraii uudiT way. It la gciHTnlly coDcfdcii that iilil|iiiirn(i> art- «■ 

 lartip an. If not lariicr tlian, tin- dally output of the nillla aud tida 

 coudltlou la accepted ua forcalind<>»lnK "till hlelirr prlna. Many tioldt-r* 

 are quito llrm In tlirlr vlvwa and arc hIow about ai'llInK at current quu- 

 tatlouK, on the theory that they linve only to wall to obtain better 

 vnluea. Other*, however, are nieeilnR the niarket and thin prevent! 

 prieea from worklni; hiRher at tlie nionieot. It U eKilniati'il that the 

 nverflue advance In Houthern liardwixHiH haa omount<')l tu about fifteen 



per cent nlnce the cloKe of the auni r and prem-nt prlcen are reiimmably 



prontal>le. Still, the lulubermen hiive had pretty lean pliklnuo for 

 the past year or more and they are naturally anxloua to ninke the iK'nt 

 of thiK preHcnt opportunity. Uemiind Ik Rood. It la brnad and artlve 

 and It U on tbla fact, and on the relative xcarclty of dry xtoekit, that 

 predlcllon8 of hlRher prices arc bnBed. The demand for ploln and quar- 

 tered red and white oak la goo<l and olTerlnRK are not larRe. In the 

 lower RradcH Homc Improvement la noted, particularly In No. l and No. 2 

 common philn. .\sh la a ready aeller In all RradcH and ofTerlnRii are not 

 InrRe. There la aUo nn excellent call for hickory nn well aa the 

 products made therefrom. Cjum la HclllnR well In all Rrudea and prices 

 arc tending upward. There Iibh been an appreciable Increase In the 

 movement of red Rum which appears to be steadily Raining In impularlty. 

 I.ow-Rradc gum moves steadily Into box manufacturing eatabllNbment* 

 and the same la true of low-grade cotlonwood. The hlRher grades of 

 the latter, however. Including box boards, are comparatively slow. Kx- 

 port buslneaa la still confined largely to war needs and no big Improve- 

 ment therein Is expected until ocean freight rates are lower and bottoms 

 are more plentiful. 



=-< NASHVILLE >■= 



t'ondlllons In the liiinhvocivl lumlM r iii.irlii I luntluue lilgbly satisfac- 

 tory, the Improvement that lias been In progress the past ninety dayi 

 being well maintained. However, lumber firms are now looking for some 

 lull until the holidays have passed, and after the first of the year 

 anticipate renewal of good business conditions. Business has been 

 Improving in all linis nt a phenomenal rate and the South Is now pros- 

 pering greatly. Lumber prices have shown a tendency to harden per- 

 ceptibly, nnd as normal conditions get well established, dealers are pre- 

 dicting material advances in values. Stocks are not large and pro- 

 duction will have to be Increased to meet the usual demands. There is 

 a good demand for oaks, ash, hickory, chestnut and iioplar. The move- 

 ment of wolnut is not so l.irgc as it was for several months, hut so long 

 as the war lasts It is believed that walnut will be in good position. 



=•< LOUISVILLE >= 



('ontinueil Improveinciit in tin- bjirilwtMMl business is repurteii, this 

 being applicable both to viilunie and price. Better figures are being asked 

 :tnd obtained on a great many items and while a few are still selling at 

 the old figures, these are beginning to be the exception and not the rule. 

 Buyers as well as sellers realize that market conditions justify increased 

 quotations nnd hence lumbermen are finding It less difficult to secure the 

 advance which they have been endeavoring to get for some time. Some 

 buyers arc content to s|)eud a lot of time shopping for a low price, but 

 most consumers are so bu.sy that they require immediate delivery of the 

 stock, aud hence they arc haggling less over the iirlce as long as it Is a 

 reasonable quotation. Most conditions arc so good and so favoralilc to 

 general business that hardwood men feel inclined to bo optindstic nnd 

 arc making more lumber than has been produced In this market for 

 some time. Those who have good stocks of lumber are congratulating 

 themselves on having held It in spite of the temptation to sell at a low 

 price d few months ago, as everything seems to be coming the way of 

 the mon with dry lumber ready to ship. 



=-< ST. LOUIS >- 



Improvement In the hardwood situation Is noticenlile and the demand 

 for nearly all the Items on the list is increasing. -Vt the present time, ash, 

 gum and oak arc the woods most in demand, particularly gum of the lower 

 grade and oak. Most of the local yards are pretty well supplied with 

 excellent assortments of all items, particularly high-grade slock. There 

 is not only a slrengtbculng in present prices, but it is believed that there 

 will be further advances and they will continue until the first of the year. 

 The cypress situation has not yet reached the point thot the distributors 

 would like to see, but there is continued improvement. The volume of 

 business usually done during the last few weeks of the year is not yet lu 

 evidence, but orders are growing more numerous. There Is a firmness la 

 prices. There Is a fairly good factory trade now coming in and the orders 

 from the country yards are more satisfactory. Many orders for mixed 

 cars arc being received, so the outlook is more encouraging than it was. 



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