HARDWOOD RECORD 



67 



week. A (air demand is also noted for maple. Thick ash is in most 

 active call. All low grades suitable (or the box makers is In good 

 demand. Despite dull business tte box men keep busy. There is a very 

 light demand for poplar in common and better as has been the case for 

 a number of months, but the lower grades are in very good demand at 

 fair prices. Manufacturers claim there is neither overproduction nor 

 in and that sooner or later poplar will again be in good 

 t at the present time they admit the demand is a little slow. 



=■< TOLEDO >= 



iindi 



Hid 



past week 

 light, su.li 

 slight d.ni; 

 this class 

 demand fo 

 factories a 

 railroads a 



I'lic.-^ remain tairly nrm but the demand is rather 

 i as 111. 1. is lieing for immediate delivery. There Is a 

 1h ii.iiin; material and prices are holding very firm on 

 r wiii.li is year by .vear growing more scarce. The 

 ; i~ rn I riial and prices are holding firm. Furniture 



i' 11 MIS are not heavy buyers at present and the 



LJ ] I I ihilly nothing in the way of equipment. This, 

 of course, puts iiii' a . riii;|. in the hardwood business and is felt keenly. 

 Kecently somi> of the ruiliuads have ordered some equipment but this is 

 largely box cars and does not greatly affect the hardwood market. The 

 demand from the building trades continues good, especially in Toledo, 

 where building is much hiavier than is usual at this season of the year. 

 Hardwood men generally are optimistic and believe that conditions augur 

 a better trade within a few weeks and a renewed general activity. The 

 very heavy crops which are being grown all over the country are greatly 

 in evidence in Ohio and it is believed that after harvest a much better 

 business will be had. Many of the local lumbermen liclieve the present 

 condition is temporary and will pass awa.v within a few weeks and a 

 better atmospluie may iie looked for in all lines of trade. Oak is leadln^,' 



ind 



iipla 



:-< INDIANAPOLIS > 



The hardwood trade is still nu 

 ry little buying during the last 



along slowly. There has been 

 iveeks and the inquiries received 

 would not lead anyone to believe that any decided improvcTnent is to be 

 expected soon. It is said that the business for .Tune, unless there is 

 an unexpected spurt during the closing days of the month, will show a 

 smaller volume than the business for June of last year. Prices are 

 slightly lower than they were a year ago. 



While the trade is inactive now there shculd be a good fall trade 

 because of large crops which, it is believed, will tend to revive business 

 generally throughout the state. 



=•< MEMPHIS >= 



Tlie hardwood market here continues stead.v with perhaps an average 

 volume of business. Most of the orders are for comparatively small 

 amounts and mixed cars are a specialty. Inquiries are numerous enough 

 to indicate that there are many needs to be filled and the fact leads to 

 the belief that business will be fairly active even during the midsummer 

 season. There are numerous calls for lumber for deferred deliver.v, but 

 there is little disposition here to accept such orders for the reason that 

 most hardwood men believe it will be possible later to secure more profit- 

 able prices than those now offered for such shipments. Prices as a rule 

 are well maintained and the opinion is generally entertained that firmness, 

 even in the face of the comparative quiet, will be a characteristic of the 

 situation. There is a fairly active demand for both plain and quartered 

 oak. Ash is a ready seller in all gi-ades and gum prices are well held. 

 The lower grades of gum are going into box manufacture on a liberal scale. 

 White sap gum in the higher grades appears to be finding a satisfactory 

 outlet. Inquiries for red gum are free and quite a fair business is being 

 done in this item. 



Cottonwood in the lower grades continues to move about as freely as the 

 limited offerings will allow, but firsts and seconds are comparatively 

 slow. Cypress sells well in selects and shops, but the higher grades are 

 in rather limited request. Export business has shown some decrease 

 recently and the outlook has lieen somewhat further affected as a result 

 of the threatened renewal of trouble in the Balkan states. 



=-< NASHVILLE >.= 



deny 



There 

 been ruling quiet 

 can be found who 

 whole has been n 



this season, tl l 



ress. The inainx 

 erected. Severa 

 market, and li:n 

 England. Oak-. 

 Activity has Ij. . 11 



that the hardwood situ 

 ig the month ot .Tune. 

 I Slim,, improvement in 

 II' l.iieal building is i 



ition in tins market has 



Here and there dealers 



rade, but the buying as a 



ot so active as usual at 



iif large building enterprises are in prog- 

 in the small number of dwellings being 

 s of foreign concerns have been in this 



■ orders tor shipment to Germany and 

 poplar and other varieties are selling. 



1 this market in the foreign demand for 



=-< BRISTOL >■- 



Mahogany and 



Circassian 

 Lumber & Veneers 



<I The largest assortment of finest figured 

 Mahogany Logs, Lumber and Veneers in 

 the country can be found at the Chicago 

 plant of C. L. WiHey. 



^ 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 

 Veneers. 



^ A visit or correspondence from discrim- 

 inating buyers of all varieties of fine Im- 

 ported and Domestic Cabinet Woods in 

 Lumber and Veneer 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 ~ 



