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sloDs were fregueut and took place on all occiislons. with the result that 

 the local truile Is more strongly convluceU than ever that the situation Is 

 strong. Throughout all discussions the undercurrent of opinion showed 

 the greatest concern over the labor situation, the opinion being cxprcsstHl 

 frequently that while some mills are running merely because the owners 

 hated to shut down, it would really be a matter of good business to close 

 up the operations temporarily during the present period of excessive cost 

 of producing and difficulty In getting help. 



Tire Chicago trade Is going ahead In the future months with the Arm 

 conviction that hardwood production cannot possibly be expanded, and 

 that accumulations are a matter ot utter Impossibility, and that iniies 

 will never go back to where they were. 



-•< BUFFALO >•- 



The hardwood trade Is ot fair propi>rtlons, having reached the stag'' 

 where a lack of labor prevents the yards from accepting all the business 

 possible or from fllllng up additional stocks. The eastern consuiniis nr.' 

 taking quite an amount of lumber, and assortments here are su. li iliii 

 an order can be tilled and shipped with a reasonable degree ot prompi'i'ss. 

 The dealers and some of the consumers regard the present as an imiUiui 

 time for getting In lumber, and customers generally are being advised 

 not to wait until later, when car scarcity will be even worse. 



Most every kind of lumber Is participating In the demand. Thick lumber 

 is having the preference. Oak and maple are selling most frequently, with 

 ash also In good demand. Poplar continues to sell readily, the only draw- 

 back being the difficulty of getting supplies. Prices are holding firm and 

 there Is expectation that they will continue to do so, as lumber stocks arc 

 by no means heavy anywhere. The advance In freight rates Is expected to 

 have a stiffening effect on prices. 



:< PITTSBURGH >= 



Wholesalers In hardwood here are worried considerably over the fact 

 that In two big branches of their ordinary trade there Is very little busi- 

 ness. One is the lack of demand from the automobile manufacturers, due 

 to the fact that the government has greatly restricted the amount of steel 

 available for these concerns. The other Is the lack of demand from the 

 window and plate glass manufacturers, also due largely to government 

 curtailment and partly to the very low state of building all over this 

 country. These facts, In connection with the small amount of business 

 from the retail yards, show that the hardwood wholesaler Is thrown biuk 

 hard upon the manufacturing and mining trade. So far he has been able 

 to get along very well especially If he Is able to play the 

 en transit game. Those concerns which have sold lumber only 

 when they had it going on the road have had a profitable summer. 

 Conditions as to shipping arc somewhat better than a few weeks ago, as 

 many embargoes have been lifted. Business in general Is uncertain in 

 amount and very Irregular as to inquiry. Concerns which want lumber 

 want It badly and quickly and are willing to pay a higher price even than 

 market quotations. 



.< BOSTON >.= 



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of from one to six months' standing have begun to move to this 

 upon the removal of the Regional Director's embargoes from 

 Charlestown, W. Va., to Buffalo on June 9 and 10. These shipments are 

 starting both with and without car service permits and afford the most 

 definite relief the trade has felt for a long period. The many changes 

 that have occurred in stocks on hand, values and manufacturing usages 

 have produced a complicated situation as to the net advantages that 

 win come from this long delayed delivery and the progress of the market 

 will be wat.hed with interest if any fieedoiii of transportation is main- 



< BALTIMORE >= 



While the hardwood trade of this section continues to be of fairly 

 satisfactory volume, with the returns large enough, it Is in an uncertain 

 state, and no one is willing to predict what the developments ot the next 

 few months will bring forth. The ordinary channels ot trade are more 

 or less disturbed or unsettled, so that frequent readjustments become 

 desirable. In addition, there is the problem of the exporters, whose 

 business has been reduced to wholly insigniflcant proportions, and who 

 are to a considerable extent forced into the domestic fields, It they want 

 to be doing anything. This, in so far as they are able to establish new 

 connections, increases the pressure for orders, while over and above all 

 looms the narrowing effect of the war, with its curtailments and warnings 

 further curtailment, and with Its sacrifices of what are called non- 

 ntials for essentials, to the end that the war machinery may not only 

 k.pt in motion, but develop steadily increasing momentum and power. 

 IL cannot be said that discouragement prevails In the trade. Hardwood 

 men arc disposed to stand behind the government and to make all sacri- 

 fices asked of them. And It Is also to be said that In the case of nmny of 

 the members these sacrifices have entailed readjustments rather than 

 actual elimination. And it may be that elimination to the extent of far- 

 reaching trade paralysis will never come. I'urthermore, it is worse than 

 useless to conjure up possibilities that may never be realized. Hence 

 hardwood men as a class are content to take what coni.s alons:, looking 



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