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A fair outlook, although there appears to be no regular demand on 

 any certain line, is the manner in which J. A. Bolser of Blackburn & 

 Bolser sizes up the market, while professing to see a reaction for the 

 better coming with the fine weather. Mr. Graham of the Graham Lumber 

 Company views the market In the same light, being unable to pick out 

 any particular wood which is showing a decided strength. 



C. N. Asher & Co. is another addition to the hardwood lumber colony 

 in Cincinnati. This company opened doors last week and if experience 

 and former able management of like concerns Is any criterion, this new 

 firm will find smooth running. Charles N. Asher formerly was salesman 

 for E. R. Spotswood & Son of Lexington, Ky., and in that capacity made 

 many friends in the Cincinnati market. J. M. Logan, another member 

 of the firm, acted previously as manager for the J. M. Logan Lumber 

 Company in Cincinnati. 



=-< TOLEDO >= 



Retail and wholesale lumber dealers and their salesmen have banded 

 themselves together in a social organization to be known as the Toledo 

 Lumbermen's Club. The organization will meet at luncheon or dinner 

 once each week and have a good time, as it is believed that such relation- 

 ships will result In a better business understanding, friends being able to 

 adjust matters of disagreement much better than strangers or mere ac- 

 quaintances. Officers of the new organization are : President, Charles 

 Barnett ; first vice-president, Edward Arnsman ; second vice-president, 

 Aaron Kelsey ; secretary-treasurer, Clinton Mauk. 



The Keasey Tulley Company has removed its plant from Toledo to 

 Fostoria, Ohio. -V bonus of ?10,000 was given the concern by the Fostoria 

 Commerce Club. 



Walter L. Ross, receiver for the Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad 

 Company, insolvent, has asked Federal Judge Killitts for permission to 

 expend .$600,000 for improvements on the road. The money will have 

 to be borrowed on receivers' certificates. New and improved buildings and 

 equipments are included in the desired purchases. 



The Booth Column Company reports a much better business than has 

 been enjoyed for some time. Orders are beginning to come in much bet- 

 ter, and this applies both to the column and the automobile bumper busi- 

 ness. Prospects are good for a fine spring trade. 



The Toledo Bending Company reports business a little quiet, but this 

 is the season of the year when such a condition is naturally e.xpected. 

 The factory is running rather light at present and orders are coming 

 slowly. Following the extremely low prices of material, prices have 

 dropped a little. 



W. T. Hubbard, who owns one of the largest hardwood concerns in 

 Toledo, has sold the Erie street property", which is now occupied by the 

 offices and yards, to the International Harvester Company, which will erect 

 a five-story building on the site. The new home of the Hubbard concern 

 will be at Western avenue, on the Clover Leaf railroad. The yards will be 

 enlarged and the new location is much more suitable in every way. The 

 concern will remove to the new home about the first of May. 



-< MEMPHIS >•- 



W. B. Burke, vice-president and general manager of the Lamb-Fish Lum- 

 ber Company, Charleston, Miss., Is authority for the statement that, in his 

 opinion, a sudden ending of hostilities in Europe will mean the greatest 

 boom in the hardwood lumber Industry the South has ever known. He 

 says that many of the lumber companies are operating on full time In 

 anticipation of just such an occurrence and that they are storing up large 

 quantities of finished product in order that they may be ready to promptly 

 fill orders when these begin to come. It is pointed out that Russia and 

 some of the other countries which have been supplying hardwood lumber 

 in competition with American manufacturers and dealers will be prac- 

 tically out of the competition when the war is over, and that the nations 

 which will find it necessary to do a vast amount of rebuilding will have 

 to turn to .\merica. Mr. Burke also believes that the attitude of the 

 railroads will play an important part in the rehabilitation of the hard- 

 wood lumber industry in the South. lie contends that their viewpoint is 

 entirely wrong and that to aid in the development of the hardwood lumber 

 business of the South they must l)e brought to fully appreciate the fact 

 that volume of tonnage Is Just as important a 'factor in producing reve- 

 nues as rates themselves. Some of the other members of the trade here 

 have expressed themselves as confident in their belief in extreme activity 

 in southern hardwoods as soon as the present war in FiUrope is over. 



One of the most enjoyable occasions in which lumbermen here have 

 participated in some time was the banquet which was tendered Gov- 

 ernor and Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston of Indiana by the Indiana Society 

 of Memphis. This was given at the Hotel Chisca on April 2. John 

 M. Pritchard, president, acted as toastmaster. Readers of the Hard- 

 wood Record are doubtless familiar with the fact that the majority of 

 the members of the Indiana Society are Identified in one way or another 

 with the hardwood lumber industry of this section. Governor Ralston 

 said that be was extremely sorry that so many business men had found 

 it In their heart to leave the Hoosier state for Memphis, but that, 

 since they were determined to go, he was extremely glad that they had 

 chosen Memphis as their future home. He expressed himself as much 

 pleased with this city because of its hustle and progressiveness. Mrs. 

 Ralston also i-esponded quite happily. She said that she bad known 



Mr. Pritchard ever since he was quite a small boy and that she had 

 watched his career with unusual interest. She expressed herself as 

 very much pleased with the splendid place he had built tor himself 

 here. There were several other speakers, and the occasion proved a 

 quite happy one, indeed, to all who participated therein. 



Joe Thompson, sales manager of the Dudley Lumber Company, has 

 just returned from a trip which carried him through the East and 

 Middle West. He says that stocks in the hands of consumers and 

 distributors have been allowed to run down to very small propor- 

 tions and he believes that, as soon as spring trade opens, there will 

 be a very large amount of lumber going into the sections which he 

 covered on his trip. Among the cities included in the Itinerary of 



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To the Owner of 

 Timber Lands 



Far sighted owners of timber 

 lands will take advantage of the 

 times, incident to the European 

 wars, and prepare themselves for 

 the day when the demand for tim- 

 ber is suddenly thrust upon them. 

 It is certain to come at no distant 

 time. Therefore the wise man will 

 cultivate a closer acquaintance with 

 his holdings and the best method 

 of marketing them. Guessing on 

 the quality and price will only lead 

 to complications and possible fail- 

 ure. Let us prepare the way for you. 



Remember, we not only report 

 with absolute accuracy, but assist 

 in selling your property, if desired. 



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