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HARDWOOD RECORD 



JULf 10, 1918 



Swain-Roach Lumber Co. 



SEYMOUR 



INDIANA 



WHITE OAK ELM 

 RED OAK MAPLE 

 POPLAR GUM 



ASH 



WALNUT 



CHERRY 



HICKORY SYCAMORE CHESTNUT, Etc. 



4/4 J^ 5 & S 



;Vi clear White 

 Log Run Elm; 



2 cars 4/4 1.5 & 2s Qld. White Oak; i c< 

 Oak strips; i car 3/8 ij & 2s Plain Oak 



3 cars 4/4 Log Run Walnut; '/^ car 2^/2 No. i com. & better Plain Oak; 

 I car 8/4 No. I com. & better Plain Oak; 2 cars 4/4 IJ & ^s Plain 

 Red Oak; yi car 8/4 and 12/4 P/am Sycamore; i car 10/4 i'o/t 

 Maple; 2 <rari 4/4, 8/4, 10/4 and 12/4 Hard Map/c. 



AT TWO BAND MILLS PROMPT SHIPMENT 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS 



Mutual Fire Insurance 



Best Indemnity at Lowest Net Cost 

 Can Be Obtained From 



The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Compar 



The Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, 



Mansfield. Ohio. 



The Pennsylvania Lumber 



The Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, 



Indianapolis, Ind. 

 The Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company, 



Van Wert. Ohio. 



Northwestern 

 Cooperage and Lumber Co. 



GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN 



Western Office: Mills at Gladstone and 



516 Lumber Exchange. Minneapolis. Minn. Escanaba, Mich. 



Chicago Offic ----- 



812 Monadnock Block 



'PEERLESS" STANDARD BRAND PRODUCTS 

 Hardwood Flooring, Staves, Hoops, Heading 

 and Veneers, Hemlock Lumber, Lath, Shingles, 

 Posts, Poles and Ties, and Hemlock Tan Bark 



The Hardwood Market 



-■< CHICAGO y 



Cliii 



iimon 



freight 



liave 



IT markets was a heav.v buyer prior to the 

 inn. then has (juieted down more or less as 

 is)u'A r.. liters. This applies to various lines 

 of tra.l.s ill. Indium . nmin.K i,i I wuilc. yards and wholesalers and those 

 inten-sii-.l in war prudni U..n. The hig end o( the buying is still in- 

 llueucod more or less liy war activity. The box trade in particular is 

 holding up strongly. The lower grades in all woods are moving actively 

 in the local marlset and promise to continue so. 



=-< BEAUMONT >■= 



The feature of the hardw 1 market for the past week has been the 



numlii'r of requests to withheld shipmenis until the buyers could get their 

 yards straightened up. They took full advantage of the freight rates and 

 stocked lip to the limit before the raise went into effect June 25. One man 

 infurmcd a local dealer that he had 250 ears in the yard, or en route, and 

 could not take care of further shipments for some time. While this is an 

 unusual case, it demonstrates the length to which some of the distributors 



This has caused a slackening in the demand, but the lull has been accepted 

 with a sigh of relief for it has given the mills an opportunity to straighten 

 out badly broken stocks. There has also been a sudden pinch in the car 

 situation, but it has not been a factor in shaping the market. 



'I'he labor situation has been described so often as from bad to worse 

 that the millmen have quit using that expression and simply reply 

 ■■\v..rser." The question of keeping the mills up to a maximum cut is 

 almost forgotten in the worry over keeping them going at ail. With both 

 cars and labor short, there is no effort to force what little stocks on hand 

 on the market. The order flies are already too full and, probably for the 

 first time in the history of the industry, the mill men would not object to 

 starting iu with a clean slate in this respect. 



-•< BUFFALO >- 



The demand tor hanlwoods continues quite large and the yards as a 

 rule are having about all they can do. The scarcity of labor affects the 

 hardwood men but orders are being handled with good execution and 

 incoming stocks of good-sized proportions have been gotten into shape for 

 what is expected to be a lively trade during the remainder of the year. 

 I'riees all' holding well all along the line. 



■rything is being sold at present and the inquiries cover a 

 of stock. Oak is the leader at most yards and there Is also 

 for ash, maple, poplar, cypress and one or two other woods. 

 lit is being handled, though the stocks are scarce. Mahogany 

 tie just now, as the furniture factories are quite generally occu- 

 nianufacture of goods required by the war, including packing 



.M..SI 



All 





,^ PITTSBURGH >-= 



The Tegge Lumber Coi 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee,^ Wisconsin 



ivo a feeling that very shortly the government is going 

 r in on its business iu a way that will add greatly to 

 hardwood firms. So far they ha%'e been standi'ng 

 nost entirely. They are going to suffer considerably 

 s<i many furniture factories are being shut down and 

 that automobile concerns have been forced to curtail 

 largely. On the other hand, the demand for oak is 

 Railroad operations are going to make an opening 

 HUint of this stock in the next few months. Prices 

 ire very high and may be increased. It is thought, 



=^ BOSTON >= 



which 

 prices 

 section 



marked iiiipr't\ irnent in ^liipping facilities is well sustained and 

 villi lairly inciiiipi ihliMiirs the effect upon the trade is very 

 le. The antiripiiid reiuiii to general embargoes is Influencing 

 " take in as niu. h st..rk as imssible both on old and new contracts, 

 ittitude under the current short state of stocks has strengthened 

 ill along the line. Southern stock from the most congested rail 

 is coming in freely despite the advanced rate, and very high 

 prevail on strictly commercial demand. 



^-< BALTIMORE >■= 



In some respects the hardwood trade presents a more favorable aspect, 

 while in others a letting down is noted. Leading members of the trade 

 here report that they continue to receive a gratifying number of orders 

 and, what is even more pleasing, that the railroad situation has eased 



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