HARDWOOD RECORD 



woods being cut almost fXiUisiv.'ly :it the outset of the himbor industry. 



Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., and the St. Johns Table Company, two of the 

 largest users of hardwood at Cadillac, Mich,, have resumed operations after 

 an annual shut down for repairs. At the plant of Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc.. 

 £L new blower system has been Installed with a view to economy in the 

 matter <tt waste products. A recent windstorm leveled the stack at the 

 table eompany's plant and a new one 100 feet high will be built. A tempo- 

 rary stack enables operation. 



W. B. Mersbon, Saginaw lumberman, and two sons are taking a horse- 

 back trip through northwestern Montana. 



.\n unusual stick of oak timber, brought to the water surface by ii 

 dredge working in the Saginaw river, has attracted attention of veteran 

 lumbermen of the once-busy Saginaw valley. The stick Is three feet wide 

 and fifty feet long. Although It has been In the water for fully fifty years, 

 it is in a remarkable state of preservation. Bay City dealers have pur- 

 chased it. 



destr..-. .; , - ,,i - Ml-. -:i,.r. . .Mil,.. ,,,,. .. II, III It will 



be rel.iMl: .,T ■. III. II, III >v ■■ '■<•■ ,.1 III.- m-t l.nill i„ III. SiiL-ii,:,H 



valley distri.-l and if nut ivl.uili w.,iilu hav I n tlie last mill at Saginaw. 



The Hine Lumber Company at Kay City has lieen given a contract for 

 dressing the output of the big mills of the KneelandHlgelow Company, also 

 at Bay City. About -20,000,000 feet of lumber will be dressed this year. 

 The Nineteenth street mill of tl.e Knetland-Bigelow Company has been 

 closed for repairs after a steady nigl.t-and-day run for a year. 



The mammoth plant of \V. D. Young & Co., at Bay City, is operating full 

 time and with a complete crew. Tl.e company i-ecently started in opera 

 tion a plant cutting exclusively foi' the North American Construction 

 Company, maker of ready-cut houses. 



According to the Grand Rapids f'lrnlture bulletin the total number of 

 liuycrs at the Grand Rapids midsummer show was 1,008. one more than 

 the record for last year. Ohio leads In the number of buyers with lO.'i. 

 Illinois and Michigan follow with llii: a-id l.')S buyers, respectively. 



The D. B. Kelly handle factory at I.ucas, Mich., will be permanently 

 closed within a short time. It was In that industry D. B. Kelly, president 

 of the St. Johns Table Company and the Cadillac Chair Company, first 

 started in the lumber business. 



The Hebard Lumber Company at Pcquamlng has commenced an extension 

 of its logging railroad at Silver Hlvcr and will open a new tract of line 

 l.ardwood. i 



' i Q^siiiaimi^iaiaiOTMiMiroyi^^^^ 



The Hardwood Market 



-< CHICAGO >■ 



rhe Chicago situatii 

 ropean oomplication 



Ijanking has bei 



irobably not beeu affected so much by the 

 • business conditions in some of the other 

 icularly In the East. Considerable Inconvenience in 

 xperienced by eastern business men, but the situation 

 in till- III! iiliii m Chicago has maintained about a normal position 

 so fill ' " ID ii. be seen whether the arrangements for taking care 



of su. I HI. ■f\. presumably provided by the recent currency legisla- 



tion. «l,. I" IT. -live. 



As far us tile effect of the new developments directly in relation to the 

 lumber business is concerned, it cannot truthfully be said that it has as 

 yet been definitely felt, although there seems to be more or less of an 

 undercurrent of apprehension regarding the possible results in the near 

 I'uture. There is another element, however, which looks for a material 

 gain resulting from the European wars and it may be that their predic- 

 tions will materialize. 



Concretely, as the situation now stands, stock conditions are excellent 

 as far as the prospect tor fall sales are concerned, both the yards and the 

 factory trade maintaining their condition of short stocks in the absence 

 of large buying of their own goods. Quite a. number of excellent sales 

 liave been reported in Chicago and the surrounding markets duiiiiu tb ■ 

 last few weeks and most of them have been at gratifyingly strong piii. - 

 However, as to whether or not they constitute a reliable criterion ii is 

 difllcult to say. The effect of such sales, bowev. r. cannot but li:i\. :i 

 favorable effect on the situation locally. 



^-< NEW YORK y 



ood trade of New York and instead of 

 en in the path of business for so long 



Dull times continue in the bar 

 removing the obstacles that have 

 time seems to find new ones. It is not easy to forecast the result of th( 

 war across the seas, but so far the one big feature has been the cripplinj 

 of practically all shipping. This has stopped whatever foreign busines! 

 was going and thus another outlet for lumber as well as other commodi 

 ties is shut off. That the war will be followed by better business — am 

 «ven large business in some lines while going on — can not be denied, bui 

 business today is not prepared for any more set backs. Hardwood whole 

 salers report ample slocks at mill points at prices that would be attractlv< 

 ordinarily but the demand has been so slow to develop that no rush foi 

 stocks is noted. 



VENEER 



We will make attractive sales 



on the following if we hear 



from you Immediately: 



1 car 3 8 FAS Quartered 



White Oak 



2 cars 3 8 FAS Plain Red 



Oak 



2 cars Yz" FAS Quartered 



White Oak 



1 car Yz" No. 1 Common 

 Quartered White Oak 



3 cars Y2" FAS Plain Red 



Oak Rotary Veneers — 

 our own manufacture 



Stimson Veneer & Lumber Go. 



Memphis Tennessee 



■T^HESE fine logs waiting 

 ■'■ to be cut for you. Send 

 us your specifications — our 

 price no higher, while our 

 quality is better than most 

 cutters'. 



.\DDRESS INQUIRIES TO 



Merrill Veneer Company 



Merrill, Wisconsin 



