HARDWOOD RECORD 



E. A. Mercadal Lumber Co. 



WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION 



953 National Life Bldg., CHICAGO 



Northern Hardwoods Southern Hardwoodi 



3 cars 8/4 No. 1 Com. & 



Better Birch 

 2 cars 6/4 No. I Com. & 



Better Birch 

 5 cars 1" No. 3 Maple 

 1 car 1" No. 2 Birch 

 1 car 6/4 No. 2 Com. Oak 

 1 car 4/4 No. 2 Com. Oak 



1 car 4/4 Fas Tupelo Gum 



1 car 4/4 No. 1 Common 



Tupelo Gum 



2 cars No. 2 Merchantable 



Hemlock 

 2 cars 1x4 Merchantable 



Hemlock Strips 

 1 car 1" Fas Basswood 



Strips 



Jackson & Tindle 



ELM and BIRCH 



4/4 to 12/4 AU Grades 



Well assorted stock 



4/4, S/4, 6/4, & 8/4 No. 3 

 Hardwood 



Main Office 



BUFFALO, N.Y. 



Send your inquiries to 



SALES OFFICE: 303-304 Murray Building 

 Grand Rapids, Micli. 



MUls at PELLSTON, MICH. 

 MUNISING, MICH. 

 JACKSONBORO. ONT 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & Poplar especially 



Our loeatlra mtkf poulbU gulok delivery e< tnytlilna lo tlnbtr ud hardwood 



ahead, to be sure, but not with the idea o£ finding discouragement in 

 the future. For the present, business continues to come in with suf- 

 ficient freedom to run up the volume of transactions in numerous in- 

 stances to impressive proportions. Consequently, even though the outlook 

 may not offer assurances of numerous orders ahead or virtually in hand, 

 and business is conducted from hand to mouth, as it were, no complaints 

 are heard. Prices are well maintained, the advances recorded from time 

 to time holding with marked firmness. It may be questioned, for that 

 matter, if there Is room for material reduction, the scarcity of labor, the 

 reduced efficiency of the workers who can be secured, and the rising cost 

 in every item of expense the millman has to bear precluding the possi- 

 bility of putting reductions rather out of the question. The railroad 

 situation shows little improvement, and it is perhaps just as difficult to 

 make shipments as before. Therefore orders from nearby points, accessible 

 in ways other than over the railroads, are likely to receive attention when 

 calls from a distance cannot get consideration for the reason that It is 

 impossible to give assurance of delivery. Poplar especially shows strength, 

 some divisions of the list being in excellent request. As it is not less 

 difficult to secure lumber from the mills than it is to fill orders, the hold- 

 ings at distributive points are i 



=-< COLUMBUS >= 



The hardwood market in Columbus has been rather active during the 

 past fortnight. This is especially true when the unusual war conditions 

 are taken into consideration. These conditions have tended to stop the 

 movement of hardwoods in certain directions and have had the effect of 

 slowing down the trade. But generally speaking there is a good demand 

 for stocks from both the retail trade and from factories. The tone is 

 satisfactory and prospects are rather bright. 



Factories making implements and vehicles are the best customers at this 

 time. Buying Is also reported from factories making boxes and furniture. 

 Host of the factory buying is for immediate shipment, although some 

 orders call for shipment during July and August. The retail trade is fairly 

 good, especially in the rural sections. Retail stocks are not large in any 

 section and some of the dealers are trying to increase them. 



Prices are firm all along the line. All recent advances are maintained 

 and in some instances premiums are offered if delivery can be assured. 

 Shipping is slow because of railroad congestion and embargoes. This is 

 especially true from certain producing sections of the South. Government 

 supervision is governing a large percentage of lumber shipments. Collec- 

 tions are fairly good despite the drains on money by the payment of the 

 federal tax. Plain and quartered oak is in good demand, ash and bass- 

 wood are strong and other hardwoods are unchanged. 



=-< CLEVELAND >-= 



The Tegge Lumber COi 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



Marked scarcity of all hardwoods, more especially the better grades. 

 Is the feature of the Cleveland market this week. There has been a sharp 

 diminution in current stocks, because of increased demands from different 

 departments of the government, as well as a reduction in receipts. Prices 

 have advanced all along the line during the last fortnight. This is signifi- 

 cant in view of the fact that there is no Indication that ordinary building 

 will be resumed this year in this district. About the only outlet for hard- 

 wood for building purposes is In the numerous mill jobs, which seem to 

 require more oak than anything else. There has been a sharp reduction In 

 supplies of this material in consequence. Low grade poplar is one of the 

 most active materials on the list. Consuming interests are now attracted 

 to it because of the abnormally high prices for the higher grades of poplar. 

 Efforts to speed hardwood deliveries of the kind of material needed most 

 here have brought to light the fact that production now seems to be 

 dependent almost entirely upon government needs, as mills advise they are 

 filled up with orders for a considerable time in the future. Mills also 

 state that while their efforts are directed to meeting government and 

 ordinary commercial needs as well, deliveries are a difficulty to contend 

 with, as they find almost as much trouble getting their product to the 

 destinations indicated by the government authorities as to commercial 

 consumers. Leading hardwood interests here do not anticipate much 

 improvement until there is a more libertl supply of cars. 



=■< INDIANAPOLIS > 



The hardwood trade remains active in all departments except those 

 connected with the building trades. Manufacturers, however, find the 

 general demands so heavy that they are hardly missing the decreased 

 business as a result of a slump in building operations. 



Almost every week finds new factories devoting practically all of their 

 energies to the manufacture of supplies for the government, or working 

 on subcontracts for other concerns which have large government orders. 

 Even the furniture Industries report a slight improvement in business 

 prospects, and as a result they have been buying more steadily. 



The retail lumber dealers in central Indiana are now endeavoring to 

 boost the retail demands for lumber of all descriptions. A campaign now 

 is in progress in Indianapolis for the purpose of increasing building opera- 

 tions. Many of the largest retail lumbermen of the city are financing the 

 campaign and a motor truck equipped with a model home has been going 

 throughout the streets of the business districts and to factories where 

 well known speakers have been boosting the "Buy a Home" Idea. 



The business of box manufacturing continues to increase and woods used 



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