HARDWOOD RECORD 



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It is manufncturcd from acetate of lime, a product obtained from wood 

 refuse. The company is erecting a plant at Grayling, which will be 

 supplied wth mill waste by the sawmills at that place. That supply and 

 products obtained from Bay City mills will provide tor the new plant. 



The bondholders of the Marshall Butters Lumber Company have pur- 

 chased the company's plant at I/.\nse from receivers for ?''>S,'^1~. It 

 will be held for si.\ months, which is the length of time given the stoei;- 

 holders in which to redeem it. The plant Is a big one and was erected 

 in 1012. It is one of the most modirn mills in the state. 



Andrew Bjorkman of Iron Mountain, the largest individual logger in 

 the upper peninsula, estimates that his total cut this season will be close 

 to 8,000,000 feet. He has employed ten jobbers throughout the season. 

 Only a small percentage of this output will be banked on river banks, 

 the greater part being shipped by rail to the Sawyer-Goodman Company 

 at Marinette, "Wis. In addition Bjorkman cut about 1:1,000 cords of pulp- 

 wood. 



The Hardwood Market 



< CHICAGO >• 



Chicago lumliermen have gotten no small nirnsure of satisfaction from 

 tlie excellent promises for the future in the building situation in the city. 

 Prospects are excellent for the beginning of a good deal of new building, 

 and a considerable amount of construction work started some time ago is 

 being pushed on to completion on account of the ability to secure th<- 

 necessary funds which were not available before. The weather conditions 

 have been unusually favorable, considering the time of the year, for 

 active building work l)otb in open and covered structures, and quite a 

 little work has been gotten under way which ordinarily would have been 

 held up until a later date. Taken as a whole the prospects for building 

 are very good in view of conditions in business in general. 



Factory trade is continuing along about the same policy as has been 

 maintained for several months past, but the fact that the requirements of 

 furniture manufacturers and others in similar lines seem to be increas- 

 ing is indicated by more frequent inquiries for different kinds of stock. 

 There continues to be no disposition to stock up on any line, but more 

 lumber is actually being bought in Chicago than heretofore. 



The yard trades are showing a slightly more animated aspect, ap- 

 parently in anticipation of the necessity for more complete lines of stock 

 to meet the demands of improved building activity. 



Prices are still a very uncertain proposition, but a great many staple 

 concerns in this city and those selling in Chicago from outside territory 

 are continuing to insist upon holding their stocks for better prices. They 

 seem to have confidence of the ultimate working out of this policy. 



=■< NEW YORK >.= 



It appears that the little spurt noticed soon after the turn of the 

 year has dwindled away rather than continued along its way to full pro- 

 portions, as was hoped and expected. The whole situation presents many 

 phases no one of which may be taken as a criterion and each going far 

 to dissipate the effect of the others. The sum total is that many dealers 

 report a very small amount of business and can see no immediate pros- 

 pect for a change. In the face of a heavy curtailment of output with a 

 fair amount of business in the past seven months, it is surprising to noti- 

 the freedom in which hardwood stocks are offered at present low prices. 

 Prices are subject to all sorts of variations and it would be difficult tu 

 say what the nrarket is on any one item. We arc at the very door to 

 the best season of the year, but so far without anything to count upon 

 to make it a highly satisfactory one. There is some prospect of renewed 

 activity in the local building market which may produce some demand 

 for hardwoods and hardwood flooring. Local yards and manufacturers 

 are not carrying large supplies, evidently content to wait for actual de- 

 mands before buying and willing to pay higher prices when the time 

 comes if necessary. 



=-< BUFFALO >• 



The demand for hardwoods is small, having shown little increase from 

 two weeks ago. Little lumber is coming in to the yards, the quantity being 

 just enough to replenish stocks which have been moving out. While 

 [H-ices are low enough to warrant additions, trade is too dull to make 

 much purchasing necessary. However, everybody feels that trade is going 

 to show up better very soon.- 



Reports received from the lake district arc to the effect that prices at 

 the mills are on a basis that is below last year's prices and which may 

 afford an opportunity for marketing more lumber eastward. The lake 

 trade in hardwoods has not amounted to much for a long time, owing to 

 the fact that prices asked at the mills were regarded as high for this 

 market. 



The chief woods in demand are plain oak and maple, though sales arc 

 not up to the standard. A fair amount of business is being done in 

 cypress at some yards. Crating lumber of different kinds is moving 

 pretty well and the quotations remain firm. Flooring Is not so active 

 as it was some weeks ago. 



The Nation 



Has before it a far-reaching "Safety First" cam- 

 paig-n, but of equal importance, though less talked 

 of, is the increasing sentiment for Quality First. 



This company has always operated with that as 

 its slogan. Absolute fair dealing is our constant 

 desire; and, while we are not infallible, we stand 

 behind every lioard of our lumber. 



The following items of band sawed, winter cut 

 stock are the product of the ])cst known methods 

 (if manufacture. 



BIRCH 



4./4 No. 1 Common & Better, Unselected. . .905,505 Ft. 



4/4 No. 1 Common & Better, Red 93,895 Ft. 



6/4 No. 1 Common & Better, Unselected. . . 13,200 Ft. 



8/4 No. 1 Common & Better, Unselected. . . 19,100 Ft. 



12/4 No. 1 Common & Better, Unselected. . . 12,000 Ft. 



4/4 No. 2 Common 528,240 Ft. 



5/4 No. 3 Common 11 5,920 Ft. 



4/4 No. 3 Common 566,884 Ft. 



RIB LAKE LUMBER COMPANY 



RIB LAKE 



WISCONSIN 



Rotary Gut Veneers 



in Gum 

 in Oal( 

 in Asli 



Flat Drawer Bottoms 



Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber 



All kinds 

 All grades 

 All thickness 



Made by ourselves 

 In our own mills 



Sfimson Veneer & Lumber Go. 



Memphis box 1015 Tennessee 



