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Id the making of boxes and crating are In heavy demand. A contloucd 

 Improvement In the demand for gum la reported, due to the Increased 

 activities of furniture Industries. The systematic campaign tor buying as 

 much ot the walnut timber standing In Indiana as possible Is still progress- 

 ing, and the number of walnut logs has been materially Increased as a 

 result of this campaign. 



Oiik Is In good demand. The manufacturers state thot there U a con- 

 tlnui-d slight Improvement In transportutlon conditions and they arc tak- 

 ing full advantage of their opportunities to send out orders which have 

 been piled up on the books for some time. 



=-< EVANSVILLE • >= 



lliirdwood lumber manufacturers In Kvansvllle iind southwestern Indiium 

 report that June has been as good as May, If not better, and tliat they 

 have received a large volume of business. They say that It Is no trouble 

 to sell lumber. Buyers as a rule do not seem so much concerned about 

 the price as about the ability of the railroads to get lumber to them on 

 reasonable time. The advance In freight rates does not seem to concern 

 lumbermen In this section In the least. Many of them had been looking 

 for the Increase for some time past ond are prepared to meet It. The 

 up-town mills In Evansvlllc have been operating on pretty good time for 

 several weeks, while the river mills remain closed. It Is not known when 

 the river mills will resume operation. Little Improvement In the log 

 situation Is looked for before fall. The car situation Is some better than 

 It was a few weeks ogo, but many of the men in Kentucky and Tennessee, 

 who gets out logs, have quit this work for the time and have turned their 

 undivided attention to their crops. Lumber prices remoln firm. The 

 demand for the various grades of lumber wanted by the government 

 remains strong. Quartered white oak, plain white oak, walnut, maple, 

 beech, hickory and ash arc moving In good shape and quartered sycamore 

 Is stronger than for some time. Cottonwood Is also strong. 



The retail business Is rather slow In some sections, however, due to the 

 fact that building operations are rather sluggish. Most of the wood-con- 

 suming plonts are working steadily, their greatest handicap being the 

 labor shortage. Little or no Improvement In this situation may be 

 expected, the owners say, until after the close of the war. Crop conditions 

 are most promising and the yield of wheat In this section will be an 

 unusually large one. The acreage of com Is large and the crop Is pro- 

 gressing nicely. 



■< LOUISVILLE >■ 



Production of hordwoods Is generally llRht due to the shortage of labor. 

 Jobbers stocks are down to a minimum, and all indications point to higher 

 prices this fall and winter, the market at present being firm. The furni- 

 ture trade Is rapidly working Into government necessities, and has been 

 buying much material, taking lines of hardwood not formerly used to any 

 extent. Labor while easier with some concerns Is worse with others, and 

 upon labor hinges the future of the market. 



AH hardwoods arc moving, there being a better demand for 4/4, B/4, 

 6/4 and 8/4-lnch oak, in both plain and quartered stock than for some 

 time, although nothing under inch stock Is In big demand. Thick oak Is 

 not quite so active as It has been, but there has been an Increased de- 

 mand for thick ash which dropped off for a time. Hickory in 10/4 to 

 12/4-Inch stock Is very active. Sound wormy chestnut is moving freely 

 to the furniture people, it being one excellent Item at this time. Poplar 

 continues In steady demand, the only change being a tendency to firsts 

 and seconds, sound wormy slipping up slightly. Elm and sycamore are 

 not moving, except In small quantities. Gum Is active, the most pro- 

 nounced activity being shown In Nos. 1 and 2 common, In 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 

 and 8/4-Inch. Walnut Is In big demand, and with the exception of small 

 dimension stock Is nearly all being utilized by the government. Maple 

 Is also active, and It is reported that the commercial demand is taking 

 care ot all the mahogany produced, the government using about thirty 

 p«r cent of the production. 



=•< MILWAUKEE >■-- 



The condition ot the hardwood luml)cr industry of northern Wisconsin 

 continues very satsfactory, especially with respect to the demand, which 

 Is well maintained and still in excess of the supply. Prices rule firm and 

 show a tendency to harden as the effect of greatly advanced costs ot pro- 

 duction are directly reflected in selling prices. The labor situation becomes 

 less favorable each week, as men are moving from mills and camps to the 

 army and navy. The substitution of female help provides only partial 

 relief because of the handicaps of heavy work unsuitable for women. Pros- 

 pects are that coming drafts and enlistments will take a stUl greater num- 

 ber of men. Wages have been advancing further to the highest point ever 

 known In the hardwood Industry. 



The government demand tor hardwoods broadens and requirements ot 

 ordinary Industries hold up better than expected, furnishing an active 

 market tor all of the lumber and stock that can be produced under exist- 

 ing circumstances. The older sections of Wisconsin, notably In the south- 

 cm part, which long ago ceased to be a factor In hardwood production, are 

 being combed by producers to gain supplies, however small, for such pur- 

 poses as gun stocks, propellers, airplane stock, etc. The production gener- 

 ally In this territory Is expected to fall below a year ago, due to the labor 

 shortage and other difficulties. 



The following stock is in excellent 



condition, ready for immediate shipment 



2 Cum. & IIU. ASH 



i Com. & Ulr. BEECU. 



1 Com. & BIT. BEECU. 



2 Com. & Blr. BEECB. 



I Com. SOFT EliH 



1 Com. & Btr. BIRCH., 

 Com. & Blr. BIBCB., 



«/i' No. 2 Com. tt BU. BIHCU. 



2 Com * : 

 . 3 Com. BIHCU 



3 Com. BIHCU 



1 Com. tL Blx. IIAPLE 



1 4 No. 2 Com. MAI>I^ 



2 Com. Ii BU. UAPLE 



2 Com. & BU. UAI'L£ 



2 Com. & BU. UAPLE 



2 Com. & BU. UAPIX 



HATLE 



2 Cool. & BU. BOFT UATLE. 



IDEAL 

 HARDWOOD 



SAWMILL 



utilni In p(l« vvtry month two and •n»-l 

 I (Mt (f cholcut Nortli«rl yiebliaa " ' 



Stack Lumber Company 



Masonville, Michigan 



Walnut 



Of Character and Color 



Manufactured at Kansa$ City, U. S. A. 



Large Stock of All Grades and Thickness 



Thirty-five years" experience 



IN WALNUT ONLY 



Prompt Shipment, and 

 Guaranteed Inspection 



FRANK PURCELL 



515 Dwight Building. KANSAS CITY, MO. 



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