HARDWOOD RECORD 



Bnsswood continues scarce and Is quite strong an a consequouce. CypresH 

 has Ijeen movlne rather more freely and rail shipments are Ijelng niiulc 

 to points which formerly depended to a larse extent upon coastwise vessels. 

 Munition plants are generally quite busy, while the regular Hues of build 

 Ing iind furniture manufacture are more backward than usual. 



The shortage of labor Is affecting the lumber Industry, like most every- 

 thing «lse. It Is said that more business could be done if the men were 

 to be had and the yards all Uud It necessary to be continually looking 

 for more help. The war has taken a good many valued employes from 

 the local yards and ofllces, while nth.TS hiivi- taken the .ipi.nrl unity to help 

 ilhe govern nt In the |]iuiiltl'>n plants. 



=•< PITTSBURGH >■= 



Kverything lliut the hunhvoud man has ..m h. n,.l,l r.ij.i.ll.v 11 In- luu 

 deliver the stock. I'rices are only a minor consideration. The thing that 

 worries him Is how to get the railroads to perform their part In the transac 

 tlon. Shipments this week have been tied up worse than usual and every- 

 thing coming Into the Pittsburgh district has practically been shut off for 

 the present. The bulk of the hardwood business Is condng still from In- 

 dustrial concerns. Mining trade Is not so active. Yard trade Is exceed- 

 ingly slow. Kuslness with the furniture and Implement companies would 

 be better If shiimients could be made but until this can be done things are 

 going rather off-bandeil. Railroad demand Is not so heavy as many projects 

 are awaiting the O. K. of the Government. Prices everywhere are strong. 

 New (pu.tatb.ns are well held and the low stocks nt the country mills Indl 

 cato that pn.hal.ly n.-arly all liai-.l\v,.,„ls will be bl;;ber before .\u«usi. 



=•< BOSTON >.= 



Outside of a lew temporary openings of certain lines and some schemes 

 for getting through t-mbargoes, this territory Is now shut off completely 

 from the South anil West. The consequences of this Isolation are feverish 

 activity In native lumber and a very "Jumpy" scale of prices. In fact, 

 business Is In a suspended state with opinions varying from a predicted 

 easing in traffic conditions later In the season to a continuous blockade 

 till the end of the war. 



Like 



--< BALTIMORE >-= 



everything else, the transaction of business by the hardwood men 

 here is attended with serious dltficultles, and on the whole it may be 

 assumed that the movement Is appreciably curtailed as a consequence. 

 No Improvement has taken place In the railroad situation. It being as 

 difficult as before to get cars and to have them moved. Members of the 

 trade spend a good pan of their time seeing government and other officials 

 view to securing permits for shipments, but such efforts are fre- 

 of business done Is as large as 

 ccasion a measure of surprise. 

 There Is no trouble about getting orders. They are offered with a fre- 

 quency that suggests extensive needs. Hut the dealers and mUImen 

 appealed to And It Impossible in many Instances to arrange for delivery 

 and are not in a position to accept these orders. The checks upon ship- 

 ments, of course, tend to emphasize the demand, and one effect is to force 

 values up to levels hardly considered possible two years ago. ATI of the 

 woods are very lirni, with the tendency upward, which Is not at all strange 

 In view of the steadily rising cost of production and distribution. Poplar 

 In particular is called for with great freedom and excellent prices are 

 being realized. Oak and ash are In very good request, with the output of 

 the mills being disposed of about as fast as it is ready for the market, so 

 that no extensive accumulations are to be noted. Mills find themselves 

 confronted with a scarcity of workers, and those that are to be had do not 

 begin to equal the old crews In point of efficiency. By some of the millmen 

 this loss In efficiency has been estimated at as much as one-third. But 

 despite the prevailing drawbacks, a disposition exists to launch new enter- 

 prises, the expectation being that for a long time to come the level of 

 values will remain high, so that notwithstanding the advanced cost of 

 stumpage and other Items the prospect of coming out is very promising. 

 In the export trade there are no developments which might be regardeil 

 as giving the situation a modllied aspect. As the war continues the restric- 

 tions Imposed upon shipments Increase In stringency, so that there Is small 

 chance now of getting hardwoods in any quantities aboard vessels. 



=•< ASHEVILLE >-= 



Shippers in this Immediate s.vtioii an' pra.llcally cut off from tln' 

 eastern markets by reason of the dwindling supply of railroad permits for 

 shipments. The outlook is perhaps more discouraging than it has been 

 before this season, but the lumbermen feel certain that the government 

 will find a way to allow them to conduct business in sufficient volume to 

 keep the wheels of Industry going. With this confidence, every mill tliat 

 will run Is being operated, although not on full time. The North Caro 

 Una trade is absorbing a large quantity of stock from the mountains of 

 this territory. A m-w regulation on permits for eastern shipments Is 



exp. 



=< COLUMBUS >•- 



strength is the chief characteristic of the hardwood trade in central 

 Ohio territory. Buying on the part of manufacturing plants Is active and 

 some orders are received from the retail dealers. On the whole pries 



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Manufacture 



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American Lumber & Mfg. Co, 



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Union & Planters Bank Bldg., Memphis, Tenn. 



General Sales and Export Office 



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