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arc iiuiklii); niiiiiiuiilllun boxes for the KoviTimu-nr. Vi'Ihmt mills an; Imsy 

 ami liandli.' factorlus have all the work they eaii ilo. 



The liiilliUng gitimtloii remains liiartlve ami the tniile exjieetx but little 

 ilijiiand fur hardwooils from this soiiree iliirluif the reinalmlcr of the year. 

 l.alM.r riMiilltlons arc such that very little biilhllnt; work eoul.l be done 

 If Iheie were such a demaud, and Ihls eondlllon Is expected to beeoin.' 

 more acute constantly because a eanipalKn now Is being conducted In tlil> 

 territory to Induce laborers or all classes to engage In some kind of war 

 work. 



The car situation remains very unfavorable, but there has been sIIkIh 

 Improvement ilurliig the last week. A member of the Inillana I'ulili. 

 Service <'"mndss|on Is still In Washington endeavoring to obtain more car^ 

 for Indiana shippers. As soon as the car situation Is Improved har.l 

 wood manufacturers are planning to ilevole their energies to obtaining !i~ 

 large a supply of surplus logs as possible. There has been little chan.L''- 



EVANSVILLE >.= 



vlth the hardwood Uinilper 

 manulaelurers of southern Indiana, southern Illinois and western and 

 northern Kentucky during the past two or three weeks and Indications 

 point to a good trade the balance of the year. The up-town sawmills in 

 Ihls <lty are running steadily and a good many orders and inquiries are 

 coming In. Manufacturers report no troulde In selling lumber, the 

 problem being prompt delivery. Tlie demand for the best grades of hard- 

 wood lumber remains Arm and prices are good. Hickory, walnut, elm. 

 maple, beech, ash, quartered sycamore and white oak are firm. Cotton- 

 wood is moving briskly, due lo brisk demand from box factories. Walnut 

 for war materials is In good demand and during the past month a great 

 many walnut logs have been delivered here from points In southenj 

 Indiana and western Kentucky. Gum Is In better demand than It was :i 

 month or two ago and tlie prices are better. The wood consuming fac 

 torle.s In livansville and cities In the tri-statc territory continue to run 

 on full time. Furniture factories are busy and the manufacturers sa.\ 

 they are looking for a good fall and winter trade. Desk factories are 

 running nn full time and box factories have about all they can do. as many 

 of them are working on war orders and have enough to keep tliem busy 

 for several months. Planing mills report Utile lo do now outside ol' 

 repair work. Sash and iloor dealers say trade Is dragging due to tlie 

 fact that practically no building is being done in this section, and they 

 arc not looking for any improvement In the situation this year. Build 

 Ing operations in Evansville are almost at a standstill. Yellow pine 

 dealers say trade has been sluggish for some time. The year has been a 

 rather poor one for the retailers hut a good one for the wholesalers. 

 The retailers are expecting to be greatly benefited In tlie future by 

 getting war contracts. 



=< MEMPHIS > = 



pears ti. have taken place In 

 ug botli consumers and dis- 

 ■lieved a short time ago that partial exhaustion of 

 of consumers, bought In anticipation of the advance 

 eight rates, effective .Tune 2n. would bring about a 

 as also felt that efforts of the V. S. railroad admin- 

 snsuniers of lumber and other raw materials to take 

 transportation facilities to Insure supplies for the 



buyers, inc 



« if bin the past ten 

 sentiment, especiall, 

 tributers. It was I 

 stocks In the hands 

 of 25 per cent in i 

 better demand. It ■ 

 tstration to Induce ■ 

 advantage of preset 

 fall and winter would pri:ve a stimulaling Induence. 



Kut, just when it seemed that the market was on the eve of showing 

 sulistantlal increase in volume of business and In prices, buyers began 

 bidding considerably less than they had been paying, to quarrel about any 

 excess of hardwood lumber In a given car and to insist upon the closest 

 Inspection, as if seeking an opportunity of throwing the lumber back on 

 the original shipper. This attitude on the part of buyers has had a quite 

 depressing effect on some holders of lumber and, as a matter of fact, with 

 the volume of business rather restricted. The nuijorlty of the larger 

 holders are refusing to make concessions of Importance for the reason 

 that they are finding that concessions, even when made, fail to materially 

 ln<rease volume of transactions. Hut smaller mills, which have been 

 producing stock for the last thirty to sixty days, are offering their output 

 at prices considerably below those asked l)y the larger holders. Thes.- 

 snuill mill operators have no regular selling agencies and they have very 

 limited means for financing their output. When they get a certain amount 

 of lumber on sticks they sell it to the highest bidder, usually a whole- 

 saler, and the latter In turn offers it at a good margin of profit, hut still 

 below the level at which other owners are willing to sell. The tradi- hen- 

 believe the present unsettled condition of the market to be due ini li 



(0 the stocks in the hands of consumers and distributers, bought : 

 stall the freight rate advance, and to the weekly held lumber In ih i 

 of the smaller producers, and they are refusing to be stampede,] . i . 

 it is impossible to sell lumber in volume at current quotations. 



They take the view that in a sliort time there will be more or less 

 <omplete exhaustion of stocks in the hands of consumers and distributers 

 and they are certain that these small mills will not be able to inrifinn. 

 cutting, because of labor and other conditions, for more than tliiii' i - 

 at the" most. They are also certain that they themselves are in i 

 with the most serious shortage of labor and the most trying ir;iii i ii 

 (inn conditions they have fared in rrcnit ye:irs. They nie fun h, i riim.. 



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