HARDWOOD RECORD 



October 10. 1918 



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It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyers nf lum- 

 ber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. 



The book indicates their financial standing and manner 

 of meeting obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, 

 Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this 

 book as the authority on the line it covers. 



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Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



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Our location makes posslbia ouick delivery of anything In timber 



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 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



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High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee,^ Wisconsin 



delayed in reaching shippers 

 rapidl.v as possililp, and flrm 

 from the govornmrnt nm n 



indirectly for ili. --v.i i 



and it is hen- iliit iIm ui> it 



The 



is 



be no recession for the rca 

 that represent little more 

 be cut without involving 

 representing replacement c 



Government requirements are being filled as 

 ms working on orders that are coming directly 

 not having to secure permits. All shipments 

 lit. however, must be accompanied by permits, 

 t> <t slowing down of business is noted. 

 [i;;i' in hardwood prices. Owners say there can 

 on that the stock now offering is held at prices 

 than the cost of production, and prices cannot 

 actual loss and without going under figures 

 >st of present holdings. 



Stocks of hardwood lumber are larger than a month ago. but with the 

 exception of cypress are rather below normal, and production is tending 

 toward decrease. Logging operations are being materially curtailed since 

 the Issuance of the embargo order, and some manufacturers are prepar- 

 ing to reduce output if they do not actually close their plants. This atti- 

 tude on their part is expected to have material bearing on the future sup- 

 ply of hardwood lumber available for use of the government as well as 

 for essential industries. 



=-< LOUISVILLE >= 



The general . -in im i . ii I ii.ri.iii.l f. f lii i <1-,vnods has been somewhat off 

 as a result .if i - ! ■ ■ .i , . i 1 1 iitain as to just how to pro- 

 ceed. Howi'M I III., I I . active, and as a whole the 

 demand is Itiii I . j i i!ii ..u i n ni- i rom the South are much cur- 

 tailed. Coniitiii- 111. iii.ii.ii.il \iiis into unrestricted districts and 



Canada it is r.si imal. .1 hy tiiaiiy tiiiUmen that not more than fifty per 

 rent of the \i.-iial miIhiim ..1 - liiiniicnts are moving. The auto manufac- 

 turers and all rabiD.'t tiial furnitiif' manufacturers are buying light. The 

 demand from truck and wagon makers continues good. It is reported that 

 more naval requirements are being heard from In this section than for 

 some time. 



ThvTP is nn oxrpllont demand for almost all grades of poplar, FAS being 

 ..^]i. M i.iiiv arih... Hard maple is somewhat better, and thick plain oak is a 

 k.hhI it. hi i.Miaitnrd oak like quartered gum is dull. Plain gum and low 

 t;rtid. s an. laiily a<tive. Chestnut is not so strong as it was. .\sh is 

 growing downright scarce and hard to secure, but is in excellent demand. 

 Sycamore and beach are not showing much. All veneers are active, 

 although restrictions are beginning to be felt. 



=-< BEAUMONT >= 



Some hardwood de 

 ;ay thoy know iiotbi 

 ictually need ai th. 



The most ]i.. nn. ihl 



nent to makr ^. 



vould not worj.v Ui 



n-e being made, but mill men and wholesalers 

 a market, consumers buying just what they 

 I'd prices and that is an end of it. 

 11 before the Texas hardwood men is a move- 

 al increases in intrastate freight rates. This 

 icularly did not the same order propose to 

 abolish the rate on lumber for manufacturing purposes and on logs. At a 

 meeting held in Houston the lumbermen appointed a committee to pre- 

 pare data to be submitted at the hearing in Dallas Oct. 15, and will have 

 competent legal assistance to take care of that end of the question. 



The government is using the major part of the cut of the Texas hard- 

 wood mills and they are disposing of their production with little effort. 

 The northern embargo, which spread consternation in hardwood circles, has 

 been satisfactorily cleared up and mill men report that they are getting a 

 few cars through north of the Ohio, but it takes some time to get a permit. 

 The restrictions on buildings have already cut the local activity 50 per 

 cent, and reports from over the state indicate that in some sections where 

 it is not necessary to house shipbuilders or people engaged in government 

 work, building has practically stopped. With little building going on, 

 hardwood men expect a decrease in the demand for furniture stocks. 



=■< MILWAUKEE >- 



Inasmuch as almost every hardwood lumber manufacturer in Wisconsin 

 and upper Michigan is devoting from 75 to 100 per cent of capacity to 

 direct and indirect government contracts, the effect of the lumber embargo 

 recently promulgated is not so drastic as It otherwise would be. The 

 entire lumber industry is rapidly readjusting itself to the changes made 

 necessary by the new rules, and it has been found that there is but little 

 . nrtailiucnt of production. 



At this time the most important problem confronting the trade is to 

 "litain an adequate supply of labor for woods operations during the coming 

 winter. It already is apparent that logging next winter will be sharply 

 restricted by the lack of help, and some companies are figuring that their 

 input will not be more than 50 or 60 per cent of normal. Hopes are enter- 

 tained, however, that it may yet be possible to get enough men to main- 

 tain logging operations on the scale demanded by government and other 

 Inisiness at mills. On the whole, however, the situation is not regarded 

 as favorable. 



The aircraft program of the government has increased the demand for 

 hardwoods to a considerable extent in recent weeks. Requirements of 

 Idack walnut are especially urgent. This, of course, means more or less 

 of a combing of all parts of the state, rather than a quantity production 

 in any particular district, and for this reason does not represent a large 

 part of the business of hardwood manufacturers. 



In general, business continues fairly active and prices are steady to 

 firm on most items. 



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