May 10, 1018 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



=■< INDIANAPOLIS >- 



TliiTC U little change Id tbe lianhvnoa situation In central Imllann, 

 except that there has been notetl an Increased demand for all host maklDR 

 materials. Box manufacturing estatillshmentK arc crowding the market for 

 supplies, because of their large press of orders. 



Some of the hardwood plants report a slightly Increased demand for 

 oak, which Is attributed to the fact that some of the smaller furniture 

 and implement Industries are beginning to manufacture supplies for the 

 government. With the shortage of logging cars, a subsequent shortage of 

 timber, and n difficult labor situation, the mills are working at a disad- 

 vantage Id filling these orders, although. It Is said, deliveries arc being 

 made quickly considering all of the disadvantages that arc being encoun- 

 tered. 



The labor situation is causing the trade Increasing trouble, especially 

 In the smaller Industrial centers. The temlency seems to be for labor to 

 drift to the lorger Industrial centers, where higher wages can be paid 

 as a result of the work on war contracts. 



Poplar Is In heavy demand, and government agents are scouring the 

 state Id search of walnut for the manufacture of gun stocks and aeroplane 

 propellers. Farmers are being urged strongly to sell their walnut trees 

 to meet the demands of war. 



The bulldlni; trades are Inactive, except for the work that Is being done 

 on additions to Industrial plants. Very little home building Is In progress. 



=■< EVANSVILLE y= 



There has boon little change In the trailo of the hardwoml lumber manu- 

 facturers In Evansvllle and southwestern Indiana during the past ton 

 days or two weeks. The up-town mills In Evansvllle continue to run on 

 good time, and Maley & Wertz say that they would operate their Columbia 

 street mill on the day and night schedule were It not for the log situation. 

 It Is not expected there will be much If any Improvement In the log situa- 

 tion during the next three months, for the reason that most of the men 

 In southern Indiana and In Kentucky and Tennessee, where most of the 

 logs brought In here come from, are now busy with their crops, and they 

 will not go back to logging on a vast scale until after they have laid by 

 their crops. Log prices are rather high. .V few of the manufacturers have 

 liberal supplies of logs laid In, but In most instances the manufacturers 

 arc short on logs. The manufacturers complain that the car shortage 

 problem has Improved but little If any during the past month and thej 

 are still having trouble getting enough cars to ship out their orders. Busi- 

 ness generally Is good and both orders and Inquiries arc coming in nicely 

 and In a majority of Instances the Inquiries that are received lead to 

 orders, but after the orders are received the manufacturers are up against 

 the car shortage situation. The demand for the best grades of hardwood 

 lumber remains good, as it has been for several months past. Gum, th.a't 

 has been dragging for a long time, shows some signs of getting stronger, 

 and It Is believed prices on gum will go up before long. The demand for 

 the various kinds of lumber that the federal government wants In the 

 building of war materials Is especially In strong demand. Hickory, poplar, 

 quartered white oak, plain white oak, elm, maple and quartered sycamore 

 are strong. Cottonwood Is also In good demand and many of the box 

 factories are using vast quantities of this lumber. General trade condi- 

 tions are as good as they were this time last year. Crop conditions are 

 promising and farmers Just now are unusually busy. Indications point to 

 one of the biggest wheat yields that this part of the state ever had. BUild- 

 Ing operations are rather slow. Retail lumber dealers report a fairly good 

 trade. 



=-< MEMPHIS >.= 



The hardwood market continues quite steady on all lines and notably 

 strong on some items. There is a very urgent request for ash In both the 

 higher and lower grades and in all dimensions, and this Is taken as rapidly 

 as It can be prepared for delivery. There is likewise an excellent demand 

 for the higher grades of quarter sawn oak, especially white. There appears 

 to be only moderate business In quarter sawn red, partly because of a 

 limited demand therefor and partly because of equally limited produc- 

 tion and offerings. A large business has been done during the past fort- 

 night In plain oak. from %-lnch up, the purchases being made from mem- 

 bers of the trade here and elsewhere in this territory by interests having 

 large contracts with the government for war supplies. There was some 

 reasonably thick oak involved'ln these transactions, but there is nothing 

 to Indicate that the vehicle interests have yet entered the market except 

 Id a small way, so far as this part of the country Is concerned, for the 

 material for the manufacture of army escort wagons for the government. 

 Inch plain oak Is moving In fair volume. There Is a strong demand for 

 the lower grades of cotton wood and gum and for box boards of thesb 

 materials. There is a very satisfactory demand for high grade sap gun. 

 and there is more Inquiry reported for the higher grades of red gum 

 than more recently. Building operations, it would seem, are increasing 

 somewhat compared with more recent experience and this Is helping some- 

 what. Cypress Is reported in very steady call, while hickory not only 

 continues In strong demand but is also advancing as to prices. 



Manufacture of southern hardwoods is increasing somewhat under the 

 stimulus of larger log receipts at the mUls. but it Is still well below norma! 

 for this time of year. Labor conditions are quite serious and are provini;: 



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