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company is now exporting to several European points and Is espuri- 

 cncing no visllile efTects fi'om the war. 



Tile S. L. ICastman flooring mill at Saginaw was endangered wlien 

 are, caused presumalily by defective electric wires, destroyed a drill 

 house at one end of the factory. The loss was $U',000. 



The A. E. Cartier Sons Company sawmill at I.udington has sus- 

 pended openitions for the winter. . The action Is not unusual as it has 

 always been tlie custom of the company to close for the winter months. 



The Ludlngton Woodenware Company will not remove its plant to 

 Wilmington, Vt., until well after the first of the year. It was first 

 decided to move several months ago and preparations were made in 

 part. The compan.v, however, secured additional timber near Luding- 

 ton and now has secured a second supply which will keep the factory 

 operating at I.udington this winter. 



Three Grand liapids men, David and Bcn.iamin Wolff and C. L. I/5cl!- 

 wood, Jr., are interested in the newly formed Michigan I'"orest Products 

 Company, a $irn.(lOO company, which has lilert articles of incorporation 

 at Muskegon, Mich. The company will manufacture lumber. 



The Hardwood Market 



-< CHICAGO >■ 



The local market presents a condition of mixed optimism and pessimism, 

 the gradual change with relation to these sentiments continuing to show a 

 greater and greater following for the cause of tile optimists. This change 

 In sentiment seems to be based on actual tangible conditions, such as 

 easing in the money situation, the favoralile reports on building outlook, 

 greater manifest interest on the part of factory buyers In I'.U.") offerings 

 and on very favorable conditions of stocks at mills and consuming yards. 

 For the most part, Chicago mill representatives, wholesalers and yardmen 

 are confident of bettor developments in tlie next few months. For the most 

 part they are predicting tliat the close of this year will begin to show a 

 change and tt'at by spring the change will be apparent enough to indicate 

 fairly normal times. In the meantime, the trade is following the situation 

 closely and is watching its expense account, but not so closely as to make 

 impossible taking advantage of the opportunities which will open when the 

 favorable break materializes. 



=■< NEW YORK y 



There are no evidences of an^vtbiug like real improvement in local 

 hardwood affairs in the past two weeks. There is a very pronounced 

 feeling of optimism, however, and some talk of better business and bet- 

 ter prices after the turn of the j'ear. From the South comes word of a 

 better feeling, that lumber stocks are going down and output curtailed 

 and some real business finding its way to manufacturing districts. This 

 has a tendency to give strength to the future local market. There is 

 also more talk of holding lumber for a fair price and all in all we 

 seem to have at least started back to something like normal conditions 

 of trading even if the normal demand is lacking. The season is one of 

 small buying and with only one more month to complete the year it is 

 very probable that buyers will conclude the inventory period before 

 entering the market for more than necessary items. 



=•< BUFFALO >■- 



The hardwood trade is about as quiet as it was a month ago, though 

 occasionally a dealer is found who says that there is a slight improve- 

 ment. It is not very pronounced anywhere, however, and business could 

 be a good deal stronger than it is without being very active. Ocean 

 rates have gone up so that there has been little doing lately in the 

 export trade, and that means that prices have to stand pretty much on a 

 domestic basis. Not much gain has occurred in the prite situation dur- 

 ing the past few weeks. Excessive competition prevails, even though 

 many mills are closed. , 



A hand-to-mouth demand prevails In all hardwoods, but now and then a 

 buyer is found who really needs some stock and is willing to pay a fair 

 price for it. The majority of buyers, however, will not take in much 

 stock during the remainder of the year. 



The firmest wood just now is quartered oak, though the call for it is 

 not at all large. The stocks available seem to be relatively small, riain 

 oak does not share any of this strength, prices being a good deal weaker 

 than formerly. Maple and birch are in only light demand and the same 

 is true of the balance of the list. The flooring trade is depressed, be- 

 cause of a larger amount of competition than several weeks ago. 



-< PHILADELPHIA >= 



Business, which is now looked upon as in a transition state, seems 

 to have made a tangible gain since tlie election of November 3, and 

 confidence as to outlook is expressed on all sides. Many lines outside 

 of the lumber business are having a decided boom due to orders coming 

 In from tlie war quarters, and there is every reason to believe that a 

 progressive livening up In the lumber business is close at hand. There 

 has been no aggressive advance in hardwood lumber buying during the 



last fortnight, although in some special lines the movement has been 

 fairly active. The war has played havoc with business here for the 

 time being, but the business man feels that it will ultimately prove his 

 friend by bringing an influx of trade to our shore. Stocks at mills and 

 yards are low, and the first forward movement undoubtedly will send 

 prices skyward. Building work keeps up fairly well and a good winter 

 business is anticipated. While local trading progresses slowly the 

 suburban and small up-state towns have been buying more liberally. 

 Hardwood prices remain steady and it is generally believed that rock- 

 bottom has been reached. 



=■< BALTIMORE >•- 



While it cannot be said that tlie liardwood situation has improved, 

 the statement will hold that the movement Iceeps up fairly well, with 

 the range of prices obont as high as could well be expected under existing 

 conditions. More or less unsettloment in the quotatious prevails, to be 

 sure, it being moi'e often a case of how much the seller can get than how 

 much the Iiimli.M- nni^lit to brin?. But the needs of the consumers keep 



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