HARDWOOD RECORD 



oaks, ash. hicHory, poplar, chestnut and other lines. The retail trade 

 is more active than any other department. Most of the strong firms 

 are holding up prices, but on account of the pressure prices $1 to $.3 

 lower than sixty days ago could be secured. 



=-< BRISTOL >-= 



While features of the situation are regarded as anything but encour- 

 aging, the Bristol lumbermen take an optimistic view of the outlook for 

 trade. They believe that conditions will improve before the end of the 

 year and that a means of reviving the export trade will be devised. Most 

 of the mills In this territory are still running, despite the dullness. 



=-< LOUISVILLE y. 



Sentiment has improved noticeably during the past fortnight, and 

 lumbermen are now regarding the situation with less anxiety than for 

 a time. The fact that the export market is gradually opening up is 

 one of the best features of the situation, while It is undoubtedly true 

 that the stimulation of general business brought about by the stoppage 

 of foreign imports in many lines will help to make a demand for lum- 

 ber and its products. The furniture trade is livening up, and the ve- 

 hicle and implement manufacturers are expected to have a big fall 

 trade, in view of the obvious prosperity of the farmer. The railroads 

 do not seem to be buying, though their intentions along this line have 

 been widely heralded. Quartered oak continues to sell well, and plain 

 oak is improving somewhat. While sales of plain oak at extremely low 

 prices are occasionally reported, the bulk of the business Is being done 

 on a normal basis, and there does not appear to be any reason for cut- 

 ting quotations below the line of profit. Poplar Is showing marked 

 improvement, and the demand has been brisk of late. Cottonwood Is 

 also in good demand. 



-< ST. LOUIS >■- 



The lumber trade is of fair volume in this territory, considering this 

 is so soon after the first of the month. While there Is a little more 

 activity reported than there has been. It is far from what was ex- 

 pected. The hardwood market Is showing a slightly Increased improve- 

 ment, with the demand for plain oak stronger from various sources of 

 consumption. There is also a slightly improved call for ash and cy- 

 press, with Cottonwood moving better than it did. Choice red gum and 

 several of the leading items on the poplar list are being called for 

 more actively than a short time ago and prices are a little more re- 

 munerative than a few weeks back. 



=-< ARKANSAS >■- 



The lumbermen of Arkansas generally entertain the Belief that the 

 worst effects from the European war disturbances have been felt, and 

 that the future holds brighter prospects for the lumber industry. Im- 

 mediately following the first news of the wars in the East many lumber 

 manufacturing plants in Arkansas were closed down, others reduced 

 their schedules of work time, and on all sides there were tendencies of 

 retrenchment. This policy is being pursued slill by perhaps the greater 

 number of the lumbermen, but a feio have recently reopened their plants 

 and are now operating them at full Wast. There are a few instances. 

 too, of new woodworking enterprises being launched. 



•< NEW ORLEANS >. 



There has been little change in the hardwood market here during the 

 past two weeks. The local market is very dull, practically all of the 

 export mills in this vicinity having closed down. Reports reaching 

 here from Nicar.ngua and other mahogany fields are to the effect that 

 the small operators are overstocked with logs, and will sell at any price. 

 They have not been able to get a boat for England or the Continent of 

 Europe since the outbreak of war, and they will welcome a buyer from 

 the States with open arms. A representative of one of these operators, 

 who has several thousand logs for sale, was in the city this week. 



Coastwise prices have been affected, along with yellow pine ; but there 

 Is a difference of opinion as to the effect of the export situation on 

 prices quoted the domestic market. Some of the sales managers main- 

 tain that they have not weakened, while others admit that certain 

 grades are off two or three dollars a thousand. 



=■< MILWAUKEE >-= 



There is still a waiting attitude in the hardwood market. Trade has 

 not fallen off any. despite the uncertainty caused by the European war, 

 but on the other hand. It has not shown the improvement which had been 

 hoped for. Lumbermen are Inclined to make the best of the situation 

 and are optimistic enough to believe that a better business can he ex- 

 pected later in the season when the fall building campaign gets under 

 way. 



Just at the present time the amount of new building which Is being 

 launched in Milwaukee shows a decrease as compared with a year ago, 

 but contractors and lumbermen say that there have been so many large 

 projects started on which work has been delayed that there ought to 

 be plenty of activity this fall. During the month of August there were 



Mahogany and 



Circassian 



Lumber & Veneers 



^ The 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 

 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 



