HAKDWOOD RECORD 



LATEST IMPROVED DRY KILNS AND MACHINERY 



MONOGRAM BRAND 



White Oak Flooring 



Perfectly dried and worked. MaJc from 

 .>ur iiwii t. ruber (rom <ine boundary, Insur- 

 ni; iinitorm color uul texture; manufac- 

 tiiri-it .It our new hardwood flooring plint. 



Our Specialty: 

 Quarter-sawed White Oak Flooring 



Thirknrues: %• and 13/10' Standard WIdlbl 

 OAK FLOORING Tour ts«uirlu loUelUd. Quick thlpmanU piaranlMd 



YELLOW FOPLAK LIMBER CO., Coal Grove, Ohio 



Kentucky Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS 



POPLAR, PLAIN AND QUAR- 

 TERED OAK, RED AND SAP 

 GUM, CHESTNUT, HEMLOCK 



ROrr.II AND DRESSED 



MILLS AT 



Bumside, Ky. Williamtburg, K7. 

 SulliEcnt, Ala. 



SALES OFFICE 



606 Security Truat BIdg. 

 LEXINGTON, KY. 



Saline River Hardwood Co. 



Main Salfs Ollire 



Pine Bluff, Arkansas 



Manufacturers oi 



Genuine Forked-Leaf White Oak 



Red and Sap Gum 

 Red Oak and Ash 



q We offer to the trade a remarkably SUPERIOR lumber 

 product. 



q Our TIMBER i> virgin foreit growth of the highest 

 type. 



q Our MILLS are new and produce accurately manufac- 

 tured stock. 



f Our LUMBER is all KRAETZER-CURED— treated with 

 steam under pressure directly from the saw — insuring 

 quick drying to light weight, freedom from seasoning 

 defects and stick-marking, splits and stain. 



q Kraetzer-cured lumber will "stay where you pnt it." 



^ Dry kiln and oak flooring plant in connection. 



q We solicit the inquiries and orders of critical and dis- 

 criminating buyers. 



q F«r straight cars of Yellow Pine, or mixed cars with 

 Oak Hooring, write LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY, 

 Kansas City, Mo. 



>.«r Collft-ll 



Inclined to rnll li 

 .•ITrct OQ tdcal (1 

 Toledo sliuwi'U a 



ri' liidliinl 

 llifir mooi' 

 IrM. The 

 ilD of t'.i*. 



rurr<-s|Kindlni: wrrk uf laat y 

 liruNiMTla, oiilaldp of (lie war 

 at niuni-y and will have mnrr 1 

 thInKs portend well for tin- In 

 to l)e extremely o|itliiil^ll' 



to Ih- a mile nlott and ilie Itanks are 

 1. wlilrli liaii luiiiieihliiii uf a deiireaalDg 



lailldlU|{ tiuslneHH ointlnueit ■Iroog and 

 T'.'l a we<-k ago, a* rnmimred with tba 

 nr. I'rica-N arr liuldlni fairly Arm and 

 Itiiallon, an' icimmI. Karniem hare plenty 

 liiD llie rropn are markelptl. All of Ibrap 

 iil.ir ilinlir niid loenl people an- Inrllned 



=-< CINCINNATI >.= 



JuHt lit tlilK time the linrdwuoil iniirkei enn be itald to more Iban hold 

 lt« own under nuob trytuc cIrciiinKlanreM us have developaHl In the laat 

 couple of weeka. The IJuro|M-nn wiir bai atopped all oxpurlliiK of lumber 

 and runiiei|uenlly that part wlilili doen nut Ko abroad will hare lu be 

 cunnunu'd In thiH rountry and the pliy Ih that It hiip|H-na Just at a time 

 when i-X|)urlirs were iiliuut lu ciriin nn IncreaiM? In naleii In the foreign 

 innrketM. Lumbermen who d<i iiliuuM cxilualrely an export bualneas hare 

 ahut up Hliup nn<l tliuae who opeiiite mlllH liuro closed them tlown. Many 

 of the miinufaiturvrii who do largely a domestic bualneHK have alKo shut 

 down. Lumbermen of thU aeellun are uf the opinion that the curtail, 

 ment will more than equal the Iohm In eximrtH and coniw'quenlly will 

 within thirty or Hlxty doya prove that there la no added aurplua of dry 

 Iiimhor nn ailckK and will acrve na a check ngalnat the drop In prln>a 

 which was |)redlctod when the war broke out. Apparently this eurlatl. 

 ment la the I)e8t thlnw that could have happened. Deaplte the fact that 

 there will also be a loaa to many of the factories manufuclurlnE much 

 export Ktuok. the opening up of other forelun marketa to which no par- 

 ticular attention wag paid heretofore, which exista In the South Amerl- 

 lan cuuntrlcH ami which were largely controlled by ICncland ond (Germany, 

 will wllhin a short time make up for II and there la no reaaon to look 

 for curlailnient from those factories who aend their product to the coun- 

 tries now at war. 



The domestic trade Is gradually prowInK better and lumbermen atlll 

 hope for a very good fall business. Inquiries continue very good anil a 

 fair volume of business is being booked, the movement In plain oak being 

 rather brisk and covering all grades. There Is a fair demand for quar- 

 tered oak also. The demand for chestnut does not improve as much a* 

 other woods although request for sonnd wormy is on the Increase. Th« 

 call for maple Is exceptionally good at this time and thick aah la in 

 steady call. First and seconds sap gum Is a good seller and la reported 

 short in some sections. The tame grade of red gum la not doing nearly 

 so well as is also true of No. 1 common of both sap and red gum. All 

 low grades suitable for the Ixix makers move rapidly. 



•<, INDIANAPOLIS > 



Wllh Ibe more ur bss tiini.nrnry iini-.rtiilnty growing out of the 

 situation in Europe, the hardwood trade In this vicinity has naturally 

 been a little alow during the last two weeks. It is not l)eliered, how- 

 ever, that the European war Is seriously going to elTect the hardwood 

 trade, unless It should be through difflcully in getting certain kinds of 

 hardwoods from countries or possessions Involved in the war. 



Almost every line of business in this locality has been partly marking 

 time, until It could be seen what effect the war might have on buaineia 

 in this country. Now that it is the almost unanimous opinion that the 

 only possible effect will be to make business i)etter in the I'nited Htatca, 

 activities are being resumed. There Is a slight car shortage. Indicating 

 lioth a resumption of activity on the part of the- railroads and renewed 

 activity in Industrial lines. 



=■< NASHVILLE >• 



The European war situation Is the ovirshadowlng inlluence in the 

 hardwood lumber trade In this territory. The export trade baa been 

 suspended since the war was di-ciared, and lumbermen are now Ogurlng 

 as to what may be the- ultimate result. Steps have been taken by local 

 lumbermen to figure out just bon much foreign business has been handled 

 in this territory. It Is estimated that export trade will not exceed more 

 than ten per cent of the total, and this market will not suffer so greatly 

 as some of those nearer the coast. 



There Is a fair demand for onk. ash, poplar, chestnut and other hard- 

 woods. I-ocal building demands are fairly active. Lumber values are an 

 uncertain quantlt.v. though It is the disroslllon to maintain prices. There 

 is a libi'ral supply uf hardwood lumber In the Nashville district, and If 

 (he foreign war is prolonged, it will In ell probability have the effect of 

 forcing values to a lower level. Foreign companies operate a niunber 

 of plants In this territory, getting out cedar, and it is understood that 

 Ihese plants have suspended since hostilities started. There Is a moderate 

 demand for oak flooring. Demand for furniture has been slow. 



=-< LOUISVILLE >= 



The war situation is gradually clearing up, and the belief is gaining 

 ground that the lumber business has not been so hard hit as had been 

 thought. The fact that the countries which are cut off from the Onlted 

 States are the least important lumber buyers is one signlQcant fact, and 

 the other is that ships are going to be available for handling stock to 



