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market In that territory before the end of the 

 current year. 



The shortage of quarter sawed oak veneers 

 has been realized by both consumers and pro- 

 <lucers, and prices have been steadily climbing. 

 The demand for this grade of stock has been 

 good, and those who have had material ready 

 to ship have been able to get much better 

 figures than a few months ago. The lack of 

 profit in quartered oak stock heretofore has 

 been due, according to leading producers, to the 

 fact that there has not been a complete realiza- 

 tion of the cost of manufacturing, and the 

 present stimulus is consequently expected to have 

 a good and permanent effect. 



James W. Park, who has been connected with 

 the Louisville Point Lumber Company, has re- 

 signed to become manager of the plant of the 

 Elljins Box Company, at Elklns, W. Va. Mr. 

 Park was formerly in charge of the sawmill of 

 the Boone Lumber Company at Ford. Ky.. and 

 Is well qualified for his new position. 



Lumber manufacturers in this market are 

 getting ready for the meeting of the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission in Louisville, July 17. 

 when the question of the substitution of ton- 

 nage at transit points will be gone into ex- 

 haustively. Some efifective arguments against 

 the institution of the involved system of han- 

 dling milling in transit as proposed by the Louis- 

 ville & Nashville will be presented, and the lum- 

 bermen expect to convince the commission that 

 the new system would take away whatever ad- 

 vantages are now enjoyed through the pro- 

 visions for a refund on milled products. 



The orders, going into eCfect June 13, require 

 guards on all wheels, belts, belt shifters, clutches, 

 flywheels and moving parts of machinery which 

 menace workicgmen. The projecting set screw 

 is to be eliminated and circfllar and band saws 

 are mentioned. 



CADILLAC 



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A. F. Anderson of Seattle, Wash., is in 

 Cadillac looking after his Michigan lumber in- 

 terests. He reports the lumber business on 

 the coast as excellent with advanced prices in 

 many lines. llr. .\nderson claims there is a 

 splendid opportunity for investment in west- 

 ern timber lands at this time. His Michigan 

 business has been excellent and he has but 

 little dry stock on hand. 



Manufacturers here have no cause to com- 

 plain, as their trade has been especially good 

 in both hardwoods and hemlock. There is a 

 scarcity of hemlock for building purposes, and 

 very few manufacturers have complete lines 

 of dry stocks. 



Mitchell Brothers Company has started its 

 summer camps near Spencer, Kalkaska county, 

 and is now cleaning up its winter's cut of logs. 



Both mills of Cobbs & Mitchell. Inc., are 

 cutting hardwoods. This company has had 

 an excellent trade in both hardwoods and hem- 

 lock and reports a steady improvement in the 

 flooring business. 



Oliver Clark of Tustin. Mich., has just sold 

 to E. J. Ca.se of Kingsley and Fred N. Bailey 



of Benzonia. the north half of section 30, Mid- 

 dlebranch township, Osceola county, for $7,000. 

 The timber will be sawed on the premises and 

 shipped from Ilartwick station on the Manis- 

 tee & Grand Rapids railroads. 



The mill operated at Fife Lake by Archibald 

 Gibbs of Traverse City and owned by the Citi- 

 zens Bank of Fife Lake was destroyed by fire 

 Saturday, May 18. The loss is estimated at 

 about $4,000. 



The Michigan Agricultural College is again 

 offering its forestry students an opportunity 

 to study the practical side of forestry. A six 

 weeks' course will be given on the estate of 

 David Ward, located in Antrim, Otsego, Kal- 

 kaska and Crawford counties. The students 

 will have individual tents, but will eat with 

 the woodsmen. Prof. J. Fred Baker is in 

 charge of the work. 



DETROIT 



The H. W. Harding Lumber Company recently 

 sustained a loss by Are of about $10,000. A 

 spark from a passing switch engine set fire 

 to a storage shed which was piled high with 

 finished lumber for interior furnishing, which 

 was entirely destroyed. 



Secretary John Lodge of the Dwight Lum- 

 ber Company reports that the flooring trade 

 has greatly improved during the past month. 

 He said that the Dwight plant is very busy 

 at present and indications all favor large busi- 

 ness this summer and fall. 



MILWAUKEE 



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The planing mill of the North Star Lumber 

 Company at Bloomer was recently destroyed by 

 fire, causing a loss of about $7,500, partially 

 covered by insurance. 



Kappliu & K;ipplin have started up their saw- 

 mill at Iron Kiver for a sixty days' run. The 

 mill has a capacity of 15.000 feet in ten hours 

 and is driven by an extension of the line shaft 

 from the planer, located in another building. 



W. E. Hildebrand and William Hildebrand, 

 Jr., of Sheboygan, have disposed of their in- 

 terests in the firm of Ebenreiter & Hildebrand 

 and have organized under the style of the W, E. 

 Hildebrand Company to do a wood-working busi- 

 ness at Shebo.vgan. A planing mill and interior 

 finish plant, 50x70 feet, two stories in height, 

 and of frame construction is being erected by 

 the new company. 



Tile Hardwf.nd Products Company of Neenah 

 has begun the construction of a new warehouse. 

 This comjiaiiy has been in operation less than 

 a year, but extended business requires the en- 

 largement of the plant. 



Eugene Shaw, president and treasurer of the 

 Daniel Shaw Lumber Company. Eau Claire, died 

 recently after a brief illness of pneumonia at 

 the age of sixty-two years. He is survived by 

 his wife and three daughters. 



The Oconto Lumber Company, Oconto, Wis., 

 will erect a new two-story office building on 

 Farnsworth avenue, owing to the decided in- 

 crease of business demanding larger quarters. 



(ieorge S. Barnes of Iron Kiver has purchased 

 8,240 acres of timber land in southern Bayfield 

 county from the Potlatch Lumber Company, con- 

 sisting of hardwood, hemlock and pine. F. H. 

 Bartlett & Co., Chicago, recently purchased 22,- 

 000 acres of cut-over lands in Washburn county 

 for $200,000. The timber land owned by the H. 

 C. Putnam estate in Chippewa county was sold 

 to Fred Brown of Madison. 



The State Industrial Commission of Wisconsin 

 has adopted thirty orders relating to the safe- 

 guarding of machinery and elevators. These are 

 the first orders issued by the commission after 

 six months of investigation by a special com- 

 mittee of experts representing the most impor- 

 tant industries of the state, and effect practi- 

 cally every manufacturing industry in the state. 



The Hardwood Market 



CMiCAQO 



The hardwood demand in the Chicago mar- 

 ket is remarkably active and there is no end 

 of trading between jobbers to replenish de- 

 pleted stocks. There is a fair demand for 

 hardwoods in nearly all divisions of the wood 

 consuming trade, with perhaps the least in- 

 sistent demand from the furniture industry. 

 I'he furniture trade, in which line of goods 

 Chicago is the largest producer, is undeniably 

 slack except in special lines. The general fur- 

 niture trade is slow. However, manufacturers 

 are preparing their samples for the July ex- 

 hibits and are looking forward optimistically 

 in the belief that the summer and fall trade 

 will develop a good business. 



The demand of the railroads tor lumber 

 materials, of which Chicago is an important 

 purchasing center, is showing much strength 

 and man.v substantial orders have been placed 

 during the last month. The "only fly in the 

 ointment" in the present local hardwood mar- 

 ket is the paucity of stock, and the inability 

 to secure material to execute current orders. 



With the reopening of transportation lines 

 in the lower Mississippi valley country, in 

 which is located a considerable quantity of 

 lumber that was not flooded, it is expected the 

 local situation will bo relieved materially. This 

 is the section of the country from which a 

 large portion of the hardwoods consumed in 

 this market is derived. 



There is ah apparent increase in the demand 

 for plain and quartered oak, cottonwood. red 

 and sap gum, poplar and chestnut. The en- 

 tire trade is busy and the outlook upon the 

 situation is very optimistic. 



NEW YORK 



The hardwood marki-t at New York shows 

 considerable strength in prices due to the less 

 than normal supply of hardwood lumber in the 



hands of buyers and consumers as well as delays 

 in shipments and conditions of stock available 

 at mill points as a result of the recent floods. 

 While the demand is not up to normal, the con- 

 dition regarding supplies at both ends of the 

 line has created a firm hardwood market which 

 bids fair to continue for some time. 



BUFFALO 



Trade in hardwoods is stronger than it was 

 two weeks ago and most yards are finding a 

 fair amount of business in various woods. The 

 trouble is not so much in selling the stock as in 

 getting hold of it. Stocks at yards are very 

 much under what they were at the beginning of 

 the year. Practically every sort of hardwood is 

 very firm in price, and there is a prospect that 

 prices will advance, especially in some partic- 

 ular varieties. 



Plain oak leads in demand and is very strong. 

 There is not much strength displayed in quar- 

 t(red oak. but it is stronger than a few months 

 ago. Poplar is stronger than a short time ago. 

 Other hardwoods are in fair demand. Even 

 cherry, which has been quiet, has picked up 

 some. 



PHILADELPHIA 



The prevailing cool weather in the East and 

 the continued wet season at shipping points, 

 have interfered materially with trading during 

 the fortnight, and it is believed that only set- 

 tled weather will relieve the situation. Sales 

 have fallen off somewhat, and buyers realizing 

 that .shipments are uncertain, are placing orders 

 only for actual requirements. Building work is 

 at its minimum compared with the first four 

 months of last year, and a general falling off 

 in this line is anticipated for the season, a 

 condition which is attributed to excessive opera- 

 tion work during the last two yeai'S. Yards are 

 fairly well stocked and vvholesalc consumers are 



