HAKDWOOD RKCORD 



On Ihc Followintf Slock We Will Make Special 

 Prices for Prompt Shipment: 



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The Atlantic Lumber Co. 



70 Ki.l.y Sircci. Bo.lon, M...!.. 



WANTED 



All Kinds of High-Grade 



HARDWOODS 



S. E. SLAYMAKER & CO. 



»n:sT viRr.iNV.»''.s'*r,';'<'"' i imber co.. ^''^^ A7J"v«dIJ'''''"" 



(>••, \«m Vlrjlnl*. iNtW lOKIi 



Over 



One Million Dollars 



in savings lias Ijt-cn returned its members by the 



Manufacturing 

 Lumbermen's Underwriters 



anj there remains to the credit of members over 



Nine Hundred Thousand 

 Dollars 



The membership, which is constantly increasing, 

 is now composed of nearly four hundred and fifty of 

 the best saw mill plants in the country. Insurance in 

 force e.xceeds thirty-five million and nearly three 

 million dollars has been paid in losses. If you have 

 a first-class plant adequately protected and are inter- 

 ested in low cost fire insurance, correct policy forms, 

 an inspection service which may save you from a dis- 

 astrous fire, with the certainty of a prompt and 

 equitable adjustment in case loss docs occur, and 

 wish a list of members and annual statement we will 

 be glad to hear from you. 



Rankin-Benedict Underwriting Co. 



w^s^irrn^Re^re^e'mlw Attorney in Fact 



" Po"rtland"or"e.*' ''* KANSAS CITY, MO. 



in|irore 



Inrrpair 



■ i..i.,....l M.- linvp derided to bo »Ii.w|> hhim rondltloiM li 

 iMil H.irrllirp any more of our sliinipiiEi' tlinn iHTi'«Niry." 



TIm- linrilwood IiukIuoih In .Mllniiiiliiv, wlilli- iiot kIiuwIiik 

 iiMMilly iip.rl.-nced at tliU lunKoii of the yonr. imm-iii" I.. Im- n 

 1I« own, an the r.'«ult of an liriprovimeiit In hulUIInK actlvlly In llilt 

 . Ily anil nurrounillni: iwlntn. Wliol.KnIirn wiy tlinl llier.- U a fnlr amount 

 of liuiilnmn, hut that It nioaim ifoliiic out and worklnu liard for It. liny- 

 ITS In numt llnrn kcimii to lie Inillni'd to onli-r Juxt enouRli to niei't their 

 l.rcHinl r.iiuliinientn nnd fiw of them eon be ludured to order for fuiure 

 ■"•■•d«. 'Ihe Kn«h and dwr nnd ceueral Interior anlnhlUK nianufarturlDC 

 .oncernn are placlDK their ord.m very carefully, nllliouBh a fair demand 

 in ri'purtod from the hardwood lloorlne cone»Tn«. The farm hnplement 

 pliinlK lu Milwaukee nod at other polnta about the nlale iieeni to be meet- 

 liiK with a little more activity and liu\'c been plarlnjc aoine fulr ailed 

 oriler* for htork. 



nulldhiB nctlvltle» In Sllhvnul^ee look on n little more life lant week 

 .ind lumbermen ore hopeful that there will be eoin-thinu In the nature 

 "f n fnll revival experl-nreil. There were 77 permltn l>»ued for 

 inirturcK to cost J210,imO, oh compared with SS permitx iiiid an Invent- 

 riH-nt of IIP,^,:;!).', during the correKponillnc week In l»i:i. 



.Northern bardwondn seem to be IioldInK fairly Btrong deaplte the fart 

 Unit buslnesH might he better. This RceniH to be due to llie fart that 

 MnrkH are light and the cerl.ilnty thot the mill output will be rurtiilled 

 from now on. The curtnllmonl of the exports of iwuthern hardwood It 

 nnturnlly hnvluK some effect on northern oak, but no decline In prleea li 

 reported here as yet. 



-< DETROIT >.= 



Detroit In common with iIm ntiiir eliiii of the country Is siifri-rlnn In 

 the period of uncertainty du.- I" war conditions. The bordw>-od lumber 

 iniirket, however. Is proving llsi-lf ns well nble to stand the strain of 

 Inactivity as any other line. The demand Is llarht, but prices nevertheless 

 remain firm. They nrc cnturally not what they were before the war, 

 but they have not fallen more than Is usual under odverse conditions. At 

 present they are holding Arm and It Is not expected they will go lower. 

 There is llille demand ellher from manufacturers or for construction work. 



.Mthough furniture manufactur<T», and automntille body makers using 

 linrdwoods, arc decidedly optimistic as to the future, they are not going 

 to .take any chances on bclne overstncked. as hardwood d'Olers will 

 testify. Many ot them have curtailed their outputs and are waiting as Is 

 the rest of Ihe country for the situation to clear or become at least 

 definite. Lack of capital '.a said to be holding back several larger building 

 projects In Detroit. Recent reports are limited practically to the construc- 

 tion of apartments. 



.•< LIVERPOOL >.= 



Ruslncss here after a very qiih t .SiiKii'^t sluiws cimsldiTnlile signs of 

 rnovlDK. The explanation Is tliut sevenil large government contracts 

 have been placed nnd very large quantities of timber are being con- 

 sumed. .Shippers of American lumber and logs arc doubtless anxious 

 to know what to ship. American nsh logs If prime and white cannot go 

 wrong. Hickory will also be wanted, but stocks have been so heavy that 

 Immediate supplies arc not required, but by the lime the new Import 

 Is moving a ready market Is .intlclpated. The Item most required here 

 has reference to the stave market, .shippers can secure large orders 

 for 5' white oak wine pipe staves and 26" and 27" white oak keg staves. 

 Immediate shipmeuts of these stocks could not go wrong. It Is under- 

 s-tood that immediate delivery is required of something like 2.01)0,000 

 staves and, needless to gay, nothing like this quantity Is In stock In the 

 Inited Kingdom at the present time. The lumber market, with one or 

 two exceptions, Is not very good. Prime 4" oak Is a good spot and so 

 are items like 1x11" and up cottonwood, 1" cypress nnd :t" ash, but 

 shippers should be very careful what they ship. Items which ore heav- 

 ily stocked for the furniture trades are very slow movers and are not 

 finding any market at the present time. It Is true that big stocks lan- 

 not be replaced at present costs, but as the demand Is now existent there 

 Is not much hope of satisfactory trade. Prices of ash lumber have not 

 moved In sympathy with the ash log market. This Is explnlnalilc by 

 the fact that the pleasure motor car works as distinct from the commcr- 

 elnl motor car works nrc closing down. These latter works are working 

 night and dn.v, but the consumption of timber Is limited by the fact 

 that the Brltlsb war office sulisldlzed very many vehicles long before 

 tlie war was thought of. 



The summary of the market can be very easily told. Softwoods and 

 the cheaper hardwoods by reason of the elimination of the Baltic and 

 White Sea shipments have advanced thirty per cent. Furniture woods, 

 such as canary wbitewood, plain and quartered oak boards and mahogany 

 are absolutely stagnant and this condition Is likely to remain. Con- 

 structional woods, such as ash, oak, hickory and rock elm. which are 

 likely to be used In wagons of various descriptions, will probably be 

 exceedingly scarce and materially advance In price. 



It may be an Interesting fact to our .\merlcan friends to know that 

 business on the Liverpool timber quaj-s Is quite normal, and no one 

 rniild possibly realize t^e world's greatest war is proceeding at our back 

 door. It may also be Interesting to know that some .I.OOO meml)ern of 

 the Liverpool timber trade are now fighting In Kitchener's army at the 

 front or arc in preparation for so doing. 



