HARDWOOD RECORD 



The following stock is in excellent 

 condition, ready for immediate shipment 



& BtJ. BEECH 



Com. & Btr. BIRCH. 



1 Com, & Blr. BIRCH. 



2 Cora. &. Btr. BIRCU. 



Com. BIRCU 



3 Com. BIRCH 



1 Com. & Btr. MAPIS. 

 " - ■■ 2 Com. MAPLE 



3 Cora. MAPLE. 



IDEAL 



HARDWOOD 



SAWMILL 



Northtrn MIobliaD Hardwoodi 



Stack Lumber Company 



Masonville, Michigan 



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nnHEY all grew right in Indiana where 

 •*■ hardwoods have always held the 

 choicest farm lands. The best growth of 

 timber as well as the best yield of wheat 

 comes from good soil. TTie soundness of 

 the log-ends shows that they fed on the 

 fat of the land. My 



Indiana Oak 



comes from the same soil 



CHAS. H. BARNABY 



Greencastle, Indiana 



fcquirements. High wages, together with scarcity of labor and gains 

 cost of production in other directions incline mill men to hold back 

 regard to new developments. Some of those who have made pur- 

 5 of tinilicr laii.ls in rrcent mouths dol.-iy tin- erecjion of mills and 



.'■r fa. Mil II i.il.iii- ilM'\i,'\\ ili.ii iii,.\ ii,n- ' 1. 11 r to gain by waiting 



li.v ^'iiii ij, .1,1 I hi li-M.\,r, i ,. I k.'u as an indication 



liiiii'ir . . .viii.'n.. |,i, MM (I ii,. contrary, a great 

 id f"!- I.'i . I I III. I - nf all i.iii.N i. i,„,L, ,1 I, I : r the war. not only 



that the pri 



="< COLUMBUS >= 



The hardwood trade rules firm in every way in central Ohio territory. 

 Both i-etailers and factories are good customers and a bettering of railroad 

 facilities has increased receipts. On the whole the trade is in excellent 

 condition and prospects for the future are considered good in every 

 respect. 



Ketail stoelcs are only fair, although there is a disposition! among dealers 

 to buy only for immediate needs. They are loath to accumulate large 

 stocks under present conditions. Rural dealers are the best customers at 

 this time, as farm construction is fairly active. Prices are firm all along 

 the line and all recent advances have been maintained. 



Factories are buying actively, as there appears to be a desire to accumu- 

 late hardwood stocks to guard against emergencies. Concerns making 

 boxes and implements are the best customers, closely followed by vehicle 

 and furniture factories. Building operations are not quite so active as 

 earliiT in the yiar and some of the larger projects have been stopped by 

 Fcilnal authiiritic's. Small construction work is going ahead actively, how- 

 tvrr. and quite a few hirge building projects are in the air. 



(ino n( tlir licst features of the trade is the better transportation afforded 

 by railroads leading from southern hardwood sections to the north. Embar- 

 goes are gradually disappearing and the car supply is better. Collections 

 are fairly good when the drains of the third Liberty loan and war relief 

 work are taken into consideration. Quartered oak is strong and the 

 same is true of plain oak. Poplar is moving well, especially the lower 

 grades. Chestnut is in good demand and the same is true of ash anil bass- 

 wood. 



--'<,CLEVELAND>- 



Influence of the war time nccils uf Industry is seen more keenly in the 

 hardwood market this week tlian before. Much more material is being 

 taken for ail such purposes. Ash leads the hardwood list in demand, as 

 this material is required for truck body construction. While there is 

 plenty of this material on hand right now, there is no assurance that 

 Cleveland will continue to receive liberal supplies, and the tendency of 

 prices is upward. All descriptions of ash are firmer in the last fortnight, 

 and while prices are no higher, there is not much disposition to sell even 

 at present quotations. Birch is in better demand, but harder to get of 

 late owing to the heavy demand for it in Canada for war work there. 

 Most of the supply for the Cleveland market comes from Canada. Prices 

 have not been altered on this material in the last two weeks, but an early 

 ad%Tn<e heie is predicted. Basswood is in light demand, for this time 

 of ^e^\l and weikness is noted as some sellers seek to push business. 

 Chestnut is exceptionally active for the lower grades, Init the time is at 

 hand when almost any other wood is being taiien as a substitute for chest- 

 nut on a( count of its high prices. Of late a marked improvement in 

 dcnnnil Ic r cheaper grades of furniture has developed in this and nearby 

 t(iiitii\ Tnil this has brought out a keen demand for low grades of elm. 

 \s this IS the principal outlet so far for this material, there has been 

 nothing di\ eloped to warrant a change in prices, and while firm the same 

 quotations hold good here. Gum also is being used to a large extent in the 

 turniture trade of this section, as a substitute for the more expensive 

 woods. There has not been enough activity in this material, however, 

 to alter price. The same Influences that affect ash are noted in gooA 

 hickory. This is required for automobile wheels and other vehicles, but 

 owing to the extreme scarcity of the material here little business is being 

 done. It is really soiling faster than it arrives. Owing to the short 

 su|i|ily ..r iiia]ilf fl..i.riiiK prices have been advanced to unusual levels for 

 tliis iii.irk.t, an. I Ihr toii.lc-ncy now is toward substitution of almost any 

 ..tinr inal. rial that will take its place. Recent advances on maple floor- 

 ini;. a.(..r,lin.2 to one authority here, bring quotations up to 100 per cent 

 ah. .v.. iln.s.' named a year ago. So far this spring maple flooring has been 

 us.-.l jii-.iy Instead of oak. because it was thought to be cheaper than 

 tile 1 .111 I iiak .if all doscriptinns is tendintr upwanl also, prices on plain 

 fliiisli.-! ..I III. 'in;: inl\:in.'.Ml ^Iniiply nnil.T til.' iniln.n.'.. ..f the heavy 



qu.ar I ,1, ,. ],., sp.-.ial .li nsi..ns fuf a.-|-..l.la ii.- sl.i.k and the like. 



r..plai .iiii maintains the hriii position it lias held fur scyeral months 

 1..1. k. .iwinL: to the unusual demand for all grades for various purposes 

 i;.-.;inM |iri.(.s have been higher, comparatively, on poplar than on other 

 w.'.i.l.-. i..r the last year or so, there is practically no change in this 

 descriiitii.n in this market of late. All descriptions of hardwood flooring 

 are moving very slowly in the absence of house building, the principal 

 outlet for tills material. While prices are not actually lower in the last 

 few weeks' quotations, according to holders are far lower than the actual 

 value ..f the material warrants. 



AU Three of Us Will Be Benefited if Vou Ment,„.. HARDWOOD RECORD 



