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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Mahogany and 

 Circassian 



Lumber «S: \'encers 



^ Tlie largest assortment of finest figured 

 Mahogany Logs, Lumber and Veneers in 

 the country can be found at the Chicago 

 plant of C. L. Willey. 



^ We are just in receipt of fifteen cars of 

 remarkably superior Circassian Walnut 

 Logs, large size, well-figured and of good 

 color, which are now being cut into 

 X'eneers. 



^ A visit or correspondence from discrim- 

 inating buyers of all varieties of fine Im- 

 ported and Domestic Cabinet Woods in 

 Lumber and A'eneer is solicited. 



^ You will not only find the Willey ware- 

 houses well stocked with a superb collec- 

 tion of Circassian, Mahogany, Vermilion, 

 Black Walnut and other fancy foreign 

 and domestic lumber and veneers, but 

 buyers are assured of prompt and pains- 

 taking service, and a quality of product 

 not usually obtainable. 



^ To visit the plant take Blue Island Ave. 

 car at the postoffice to Robey Street. 



C. L. WILLEY, Chicago 



Largest Fancy Wood Veneer 

 and Lumber producing plant in the world 



lii liii|irt>v<'iiii'iit III lliv iMilldInc lino, but the buylnic him liorn rpulrlrii-d to 

 -nmll iiiiiiiiiiilH iiuit ii(il>u(l>' In wllllnii to tiiko nny IuiiiIht to iilU- up fur 

 ■uiiiri' iinf. Wlifii bimlni-ui Improvrii the local yurdi will bavr Hoini- prutiji 

 . ■■Hi ilry Klockii on liaoO, nil tb« rciiult of the rvrclptn wblrh hnre Urva 



ilnu In (Itirlnu the pniit few wockn. 



riiiTc U im much dcninnd tor tloorlOK ill for luiiibiT and It U InrKcly In 

 onk and niniilc. ThU In the buijr lu-iiiion In the lloorlni: triide, but bunlueu 

 hna thUH far iirnrcely been up to Iho mark of InKt y<-nr. Plain oak la not 

 very HtroiiK at pn-aeut, coinparlnK leaa favorably than formerly with 

 i|unrtered, which nppeam to be RnlnInK atreniilh on account of a amaller 

 Hupply at the nillla. I'aotory or furniture demand la notblnic to Krow 

 enthuHlaailc over, BO that the wooda mostly uaed In thoae llnea are 

 iniivInK aiowly. 



=-< PHILADELPHIA >•-- 



'I'hore haa been no sU'iillK 

 rjiiidwood lumber 8liunili;i 

 opinion of the conservative 

 be looked for before Ihe 



fall. 



c 'laii.;.- Ir. 1(1 1 h. i ■ini|inrMtlve Inertia In th- 

 in a (ortnlKbt aifo, and It la the aellled 

 lera th^it no aubatantlal Improvement may 

 .\t preac'ht bUHlneaa la crippled, anya 



Frederick S. L'liderhlll, of Wlatar. Underbill & .Nixon, one of the moat 

 reliable proKresalvc lumber tlrma In the Kaal, by a di'plorablc, Ineniclent 

 I'KlKlntlon. and he also belleveg that a material proaperlly dcpcnda much 

 ipon the speedy favorable dcclalon of the Interatnte t'ommcrce Cominlaalou 

 In the mutter of advance In IrelKht rates requested by tlie Knateni 

 nilironda, and the ri'all7.atlon of bounteous crops. It Is the general belief 

 iliai as long as Congress interferes In commercial IcKlslatlou, ao lonx will 

 the monled Interests suffer from a perpetual uncertainty as to the out- 

 come, and prospective Investors remain Inactive. Taking the genernl 

 business In this section as a whole, the sbov.lne will fall below normal 

 lor time of year. In spite of the dismal outlook, however, there la an 

 undercurrent of contldenco that tblnits will begin to Improve after the 



.Vltbough there ore some concerns ready to l>uy ahead, providing prices 

 are made to their liking, the average buyer continues to bold to the bnnd- 

 tu-mouth policy. The hardwood situation Is under good control: standard 

 woods, especially the dry kind, are scarce, and the owners are not anxious 

 to dispose of them on a cut rate basis. Whatever shading there ii In 

 values at this time is of a personal nature and not a replica of the 

 sencral situation. The placing of requirements on the boards by the 

 railroads, presumably in u not remote future, will no doubt prove the 

 keynote to u general accc!eratlon of business. 



=-< PITTSBURGH >= 



Huslness is very dull. .Some buying Is bclni: 

 Npolted and buyers are pounding clown prleef 

 hardwood has had i\ set back the past few we 

 grade stock Is not wanted In any such quantity 



line all the time but it is 

 to the limit. I^wgiade 

 s in this respect. Mlgh- 

 .Munnfacturers arc limit- 



n<yds and arc not making yearly 



Ihe 



.< BOSTON >-= 



with the sudden arrival of summer weather conditions there has al.so 

 developed a very marked condition of slow business in this section. 

 inquiry has decreased and as the number of spring orders placed was 

 nuusually small, the movement of stock in this territory bus also 

 declined. This bituatloii In the market is reliected in adverse forecasts 

 iiy local dealers. .\s might b; expected a general and well defined falling 

 nir In the demand has not precipitated any further noticeable cutting of 

 lirtrcs, the dealers nnd manufacturers feeling that this would not remedy 

 matters. The comparatively large offers In plain oak from various sections 

 has put this wood in an uncertain value, with some Indications that a little 

 lower limits have been reached In some soles. Quartered oak Is being 

 ijKed In a degree probably nearer to standard conditions than many other 

 woods, and la bringing good market prices. Poplar is still In very poor 

 d.inand but there Is not so much effort to sell It as In the winter and 

 spring and there are no recent variations In price. Ash holds to recent 

 quotations In all thicknesses, with a fair demand. Birch and maple are 

 unt moving in any great quantity and the prices have not noticeably 

 elianged. For what beech and sycamore there is coming into the market, 

 the recently notid increases In prires of both are liiing held and some 



---<, BALTIMORE >-- 



The hardwood trade continues to be more or less uncertain, with the 

 ovcmcnt fluctuating and the millmen and others facing stagnation, but 

 ■ver actually reaching tills state. A seller may be apparently at the 

 id of his string of orders when more will come In and he will be able to 

 > on. In the end the volume of business is Impressive enough, though 



comes in such n way as to seem very much smaller than It Is. Prices 

 so are more or less unsettled, nnd in a general way the range of values 



low, but the trouble is as a rule with the demand and not with quota- 

 ins. If a buyer really needs the lumber, he will not haggle much over 

 •■ amount he Is to pay. It is also to be said that the requirements of 

 ■■ linyers are larger than might be supposed from surface Indications, 



