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HARDWOOD RECORD 



WISCONSIN 



3 Cars 1" No. 3 Soft Elm 

 5 Cars 1^" No. 3 Soft Elm 



2 Cars 1" Is and 2s Birch 



3 Cars 2" Is and 2s Hard 

 Maple 



10 Cars 5/4" No. 2 Common 

 and Better Birch 



Gill-Dawley Lumber Co. 



Wausau, Wis. 



BAND SAWED WISCONSIN HARDWOODS 



Dry Stock For Prompt Shipment 



BIRCH 



TOM 4/4 No. 1 com. & bet. plain 

 lOOM 4/4 No. 1 com. & bet. red 

 5M G/4 1st and 2nd red 

 loM 5/4 No. 1 common red 

 6M 5/4 No. 1 common plain 

 3M 6/4 1st and 2nd plain 

 13M C/4 1st and 2nd red 

 4M 8/4 1st and 2nd plain 

 eM 8/4 1st and 2nd red 

 ROCK ELM 

 50M 8/4 No. 2 com. and better 

 HARD »L4PLE 

 40M 8/4 No. 2 common and better 

 Our 1914 cut of well assorted HARDWOODS AND HEMXOCK wUI 

 soon be In shipping condition. 

 Semi u3 your inquiries 



ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER COMPANY 



Grand Rapids, Wis. ATLANTA, WIS. 



Saw mills and planing mill at Atlanta. Wisconsin. 



20 M 

 30M 

 15M 

 25M 

 lOM 

 20 M 

 13M 

 15M 

 15M 



lOM 



BASSWOOD 



4/4 No. 3 common 

 1x4 No. 2 and 3 common 

 5/4 No. 1 com. and better 

 5/4 No. 1 common 

 5/4 No. 2 common 

 5/4 No. 3 common 

 6/4 Ist and 2nd 

 6/4 No. 1 common 

 6/4 Ne. 3 common 

 WHITE OAK 

 8/4 No. 1 and No. 2 com. 



The Tegge Lumber Co. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



The land and lumber interests of Wisconsin f:rc strongl.y opposing a 

 measure introduced in tbe st.Mte legislature aiming to amend the state 

 constitution and allow home rule in taxation, a measure which would allow 

 the legislature at its discretion to permit localities to adopt the single 

 tax. At a recent hearing before the assembly committee on taxation, repre- 

 sentatives from many of the leading lumber concerns and organizations of 

 the state appeared in opposition to the bill. O. L. Osbom, Oshkosh, repre- 

 senting the Xorthern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association ; 

 K. L. Ainsworth, Chippewa Falls, representing the Weyerhaeuser interests, 

 and M. A. Hudson, Chicago, representing the Edward Hines Lumber Com- 

 pany, were among those who appeared before the committee. 



The Hardwood Market 



-< CHICAGO >• 



There has been a slight return of winter weather locally during the last 

 week or so that has had a certain measure of effect upon building opera- 

 tions in the city, but not enough to cause any noticeable decrease in this 

 work. All evidence seems to presage that the forecasted active building 

 campaign to be carried on this spring is becoming more and more of an 

 assured fact as each week sees further advances in plans for all characters 

 of structures. There are more or less vague threats as to labor difficulties, 

 but it is hardly probable, in view of the extremely rigorous winter that the 

 laboring class has gone through, that there will be any undue activity in 

 this direction. In fact, there seems hardly any chance that there will be 

 any other result than that all classes will work together to stimulate the 

 interest in building construction. The comparatively lower level of building 

 materials and of labor as well, even though the city operates on a union 

 scale, has unquestionably had some little effect in hastening the beginning 

 of operations, which might otherwise have been held off. 



There are some pretty definite reports of substantial sales of hardwoods 

 in the city, and sales aggregating large quantities have been made at con- 

 siderably advanced figures, nierc is no reason for doubting the truth of 

 the majority of these reports granting which, the predicted stiffening in 

 nuirkets for hardwood lumber, especially for oak, seems to have begun to 

 materialize. Considering the extremely broken condition of yard and 

 factory stocks throughout the city, there Is surely no reason why the 

 tendency of hardwood values should not be upward. It is a reasonably 

 safe belief that those wholesalers who are counting upon filling orders for 

 quantities of stock in the open market during the next few months arc 

 going to be up against it in .a good many cases. The man who has an 

 assured supply of hardwood lumber and will continue to have it, is the 

 man who is going to profit by conditions during the spring. 



=■< NEW YORK >= 



The local hardwood market is about the same now as it was a mouth 

 ago when wholesalers reported a rather fair inquiry and demand for many 

 items. The blue feeling in the trade two weeks ago has been somewhat 

 dissipated and now there is some talk of a cheerful nature. Prices gener- 

 ally have not advanced and some stocks arc offered at very low figures. 



Tliere has been a real improvement in the demand for mahogany with 

 signs of continued activity. It is said that carload orders are more numer- 

 ous than for the past half year and prices are about to go up. There are 

 obvious reasons for such advances in view of the situation abroad and the 

 unsettled condition in ocean transportation. Unprecedented prices for 

 mahogany are predicted should the present demand continue for any time. 



.-< BUFFALO >•- 



A more hopeful tone is expres.sed at the hardwood yards than for sev- 

 eral weeks, and while business is by no means on a satisfactory basis, 

 either as to prices or volume, there is generally a feeling that business 

 is slowly on the mend. Satisfaction is felt at the extent of February 

 business, which in almost every instance is reported as having been on 

 a Larger scale than that of January. Where trade fell off in the past 

 month it was usually because there was especial good fortune la finding 

 a larger amount of business in January than had been looked for. 



The price situation has become a little better. It is stated that south- 

 ern mills have been sticking to a higher range of quotations and getting 

 them. A lack of export movement keeps the mills from getting as much 

 for stock as they expect to do a little later on. Tonnage is still scarce 

 and ocean freight rates are high, according to local lumberman interested 

 in the South. Northern hardwoods seem bound to rise within a short 

 time because of the extensive curtailment of production. 



Plain oak, maple and chestnut are among the chief woods in demand. 

 The lower grades of chestnut arc said to be showing more strength than 

 formerly. A little birch is moving, and ash is doing fairly weU. Cypress 

 shows some increased sales. 



•< PHILADELPHIA >- 



Although no marked change has developed in the hardwood situation 

 during the last fortnight, a firmer tone is recognizable, with prices steady 

 and a buoyant optimism as to outlook. The monthly report on building 



