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The Hardwood 'Market 



< CHICAGO >» 



liiiiiTiii'^is in the local maikft loiitimu'S and its result — u slight soften- 

 in^' in siiini! (luotalluns — is making its apiiearance. What has been said 

 in the past few Issues of causes and effects, still holds. Namely, that 

 hardwood tniyers not working on war orders are loath to go ahead with 

 I)urcliases of more than is absolutely needed to carry them through from 

 month to month. The heavy buying immediately preceding the freight 

 increase was helped l)y an abundance of cars at that time ; factories stocked 

 up with generous quantities of hardwoods. Hence orders are not so 

 plentiful as they were altliough the amount of stock sold has not fallen 

 off to the danger point. Large corporations which could do so, have 

 bought up heavily ahead, anticipating great difficulty in getting lumber 

 supplies, due to growing labor troubles and probable car shortages. 



Local wholesalers report no ditliculty in buying, many quotations being 

 at very low prices. A close analysis of these offerings though shows that 

 as usual they come from the weaker sisters, those who arc compelled to 

 turn over a portion at least of their stock to meet running expenses. 



The truth of the matter Is that tlie trade is off and prices arc showing 

 a slight similar reaction, but when the full realization comes of the actual 

 shortage of hardwood stocks and the lmpossil>ility of manufacturing to 

 meet the demand, the opposite elTeit will take place and it may be antic- 

 ipated that by the fall months ir:iile will he just as strong as ever. 



Among the woods most in demand are oak. maple, cypress and ash, and 

 the chief buyers arc of course the munition plants, which have good orders 

 ahead. Non-essentUil Industries are not taking much stock, as they are 

 in an uncertain position, with the probability of having to close down 

 in the near future. Hut the number of concerns which need lumber is 

 large and seems to be Increasing. So long as the war lasts the whole- 

 salers expect a steady and big demand for lumber, and with car shortage 

 likely to be serious this fall they look for good business from the local 

 yards. 



:< PITTSBURGH >= 



=-< BUFFALO >• 



less active than a month ago, but tbc 

 ilong and some arc quite busy. The 

 > arriving stock, for it has been com- 

 neeks. until the luml)ermen have about 

 sortments In several years, and In some 

 cases the largest they have ever had. There is no doubt expressed as to 

 the advisability of carrying good stocks, for everything points to heavy 

 demand sooner or later and an advance In prices. In fact, everything 

 now Is on the rise and customers make little objection as a rule to paying 

 the Increasefl figures. 



The hardwood demand is slighll; 

 yards are doing something right 

 lUief attention at most yards is I 

 ing in heavily during the past few 

 the biggest amounts and the best a 



Mid-suiiinur lin.ls many wli.desalors away from their offices. In gen- 

 eral, office fones are broken up very badly this year by the drafts and the 

 general change of employment. For this reason a lot of wholesalers are 

 sticking close to home. Business in hardwoods is confined chiefly to the 

 industrial and manufacturing trade. Yard business is very poor. It is 

 the steel plants and other big manufacturing concerns that are taking 

 hardwood for construction purposes that make the bulk of the business. 

 Manufacturers of furniture, and especially automobile makers, are buying 

 very much less hardwood than usual at this season. Mining trade also has 

 fallen off considerably. Prices of hardwood are firm. Stocks are not 

 accumulating to any extent at the country mills, and it Is thought that 

 with the big government denmnd for lumber, quotatifins may go even 

 biglier before October. 



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Some members of the lianlwnod trade have experi 

 in the calls for lunil)er, and attribute this check in t 

 raising of the freight embargoes upon the railroads w 

 arrival of consignments of lumber orilered long ago, 



place orders wltli several sellers in the hope that at least one of the ship- 

 ments would get through. These forwardlngs are now being delivered and 

 the supplies of the consumers are rather suddenly increased more or less 

 beyond the requirements. This disposes the buyers to hold off with new 

 orders. The general situation is not unfavorably affected, and there is 

 every prospect that the inquiries will soon be as numerous as before. The 

 strength of the market has not suffered any impairment. The range of 

 prices remains as firm as ever, the increase In the railroad freight rates 

 having been promptly put on the cost to the buyers of hardwoods. Soni 

 readjustments are made necessary from time to time, but a good inquir> 

 for all the stocks in general use prevails, and nothing has developed tu 



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