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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Swain-Roach Lbr. Co. 



SEYMOUR, IND. 



We Manufacture 



White Oak Elm Ash 



Red Oak Maple Walnut 



Poplar Gum Cherry 



Hickory Sycamore 



Chestnut. Etc 



1 car 6/4 Hard Maple; 3 cars S/4 Hard MafU; Vi car 10/4 Hard 

 Maple; Vi car 10/4 Soil Maple: '4 car 10/4 Plain Oak; Vi car 12/4 

 Plain Oak; 1 car 8/4 A'o. 2 com. Cum: 1 car 4/4 No. 1 com. and 

 better Quartered Red Oak; 1 car 3/8 Ists and 2ds Plain Oak. 



At Tzvo Band Mills 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



BUSS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS 



MANUFACTURERS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried 

 or kiln dried, rough or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



Always "On Hand" 



150,000 Square Miles 

 of Good Timberland 



Or course neither James D. Lacey 

 & Company nor anyone else can afford 

 to own and hold any such area — zve zvish 

 merely to express roughly the completeness of 

 our facilities. We either own, hold option on 

 or "knoxv about" the best purchases of 'what- 

 ever size, kind and location you may xuant in 

 that best of sure-profit investments — sure 

 profit, that is, if you buy right and get zvhat 

 you pay for. 



As by far the largest thnberland 

 factors in the zvorld, James D. Lacey & 

 Company are nearly certain to be in touch 

 with any worthy possibilities, and their 38 years' 

 ixperiencc of success plus their large resources is 

 assurance of satisfaction and equity to all parties. 



7NAr/OA/AL r/Ml 



spending period last year. Cliair and desk factories are running on fa 

 time. Wagon and buggy factories report a steady business. Buildi; 

 operations have not improved to any great extent dining tbe past niont 



-< MEMPHIS > 



M,i i- ,]iiiir liealthy by mem- 

 11.! iihI .listributers report 

 I, , 1.. ..Iter and that they 

 11 .a I. .-Ill 'Ceding now in sell- 

 . request for the past year or 

 have their output sold some 

 r the lower grades of cotton 

 nis is exceptionally firm. The 



The position of hardwood lumber i> d. v, li 

 i>ers of the trade here. Most of the iirimii i< 

 that they are able to dispose of \vli:ii ili- i 

 are finding outlets quite good. Some ul til- 

 ing lumber which has been in rather mddes 

 more, while others are so fortunate as to 

 time ahead. The call is notably strong fc 

 wood and gum, and the position of these Ite 

 lio.x manufacturers are doing the largest business in their history and they 

 are finding difficulty in securing all the stock they need. Prices, it is 

 needless to say, show an advancing tendency under such strained rela- 

 tions between supply and demand as now prevail. Cottonwood in firsts 

 and seconds and in box boards moves well and there is a very satisfactory 

 call for the higher grades of sap gum. There is some irregularity in the 

 movement of red gum in firsts and seconds, but some members of the 

 trade report a very good volume of business therein. Quartered red oak 

 is offering in limited quantities and is being produced In but a modest 

 manner. Quartered white in the higher grades is in excellent request and 

 the movement is large. There is also a good demand tor oak veneers of 

 high grade. The movement of ash in all grades and in stock one inch 

 and thicker is quite as full as offerings will allow. There is also a good 

 demand for hickory in practically all dimensions. The demand for cypress 

 is reported good for all grades, while the movement of poplar is described 

 as reasonably full. There is Irregularity in plain oak in Xo. 1 common 

 and better. Some manufacturers say they are finding a ready demand 

 for all they have to offer. Others report only a moderate inquiry and move- 

 nent at the moment. 



=■< LOUISVILLE >- 



The general market is good with practically no change in fundamentals. 

 1,'ars are in better supply, embargoes easier, and mtiuy old orders are 

 being moved out. Lumbermen are not taking any future business to speak 

 of, due to traffic conditions, labor conditions, etc. Jobbers have been 

 stung frequently of late in taking orders which could not he filled at the 

 price, and where the stock is not on hand are being very rar.'tul in accept- 

 ing orders. The principal demand continues for thick stork of oak. ash and 

 hickory, with some elm moving, gum active, mahogauy and walnut active 

 tor government use, and a steady demand for poplar of all kinds. No. 

 1 common poplar and all low grades have shown much activity. Ash is 

 good in almost any grade, 10/4 and thicker firsts and seconds having been 

 selling at $115 to $125. with No. 1 common in the same thickness at $90 

 to $100. Other top prices are as tnlLnv- : In. ii lirsts and seconds, oak, 

 .?65 plain: poplar, 4/4 firsts and sic.iii.l-, si;s i,. sT" : 4 4 No. 1 common, 

 *40 ; 6/4 No. 1 common, $45; 6/4 tir-i- .ni.i ...ii.ls. $72. General com- 

 mercial demand has been showing sniii.' iiriiir.i\ .in.iit. hut is not especially 

 active. However, no wood is going begging, and any grade or thickness 

 can be sold with comparative ease. Generally speaking the market Is in 

 good shape, with indications of a steady run of good prices and active 



--<, ASHEVILLE >= 



; lumber is moving from this territory to eastern markets ; 

 lone, even on permit, besides orders intended for the govern- 

 Southern railway, lumbermen say. is slow to move general 

 ents though these be accompanied by permits from the rail- 

 tee. The state furniture trade is brisk. 



-< MILWAUKEE >■ 



It is already becoming apparent that tew mills in n.irlheru Wisconsin 

 iiiil I'liii.T Michigan will be able to operate night shifts during the sum- 

 1.;. 1 -iwing season now opening, due to the fact that the labor cannot 



iiiiM.l for the e.\tra shift, and other conditions, such as the con- 



tniu..! -iM.rtage of cars, will make it inadvisable to seek an unusually 

 large production of lumber. There are, of course, a considerable number 

 of mills which have been working twenty-four hours a day all during last 

 winter, and probably will find it possible to continue capacity operations 

 throughout the summer, but on the whole mill owners consider themselves 

 fortunate if they procure sufficient men to run a day shift alone. 



The demand for northern hardwoods continues active, and the speeding 

 np of the airplane programme and other forms of war activity involving 

 liitii. r i- already having a noticeable effect upon the iudustry in this 

 1 .1' I he requirement of airplane stock, however, appears only to be 

 .'. 1 m...ncy, and hardwood lumber manufacturers in the North expect 

 i-i li:u. iluir hands full for months to come in attempting to fill all needs. 



Buying hy makers of furniture, talking machines, etc., continues on a 

 I'airly large scale. The talking machine industry, especially is experiencing 

 a remarkahlc growth and the production of phonographs continues to fur- 

 nish furniture makers with an excellent "filler" of capacity that may be 

 unused bii anse of war conditions. 



Prices aic firmly held in practically all divisions of the hardwood mar- 

 ket, the siMii.l;. generally being below the demand. 



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