HARDWOOD RECORD 



lumber, and that every indication points to the 

 requirements of consumers being up to the usual 

 fij'ures. Factories have little lumber on hand, 

 railroads will be compelled to buy right along, 

 and while the national election and the possi- 

 bility of poor crops caused by unseasonable 

 weather in some sections will doubtless exert a 

 retarding effect on certain lines, the general 

 situation will not be depressed sufficiently to 

 hold back the demand that is actually present 

 by reason of the depleted stocks in the yards of 

 consumers. The splendid demand for all lines 

 at present is of course emphasized by the short- 

 age of lumber, but even if there were a normal 

 supply, the demand would be sufficient to ab- 

 sorb it. 



Quartered oak is improving. Plaiu oak con- 

 tinues scarce and high. Poplar is moving out as 

 rapidly as it can be secured, and cottonwood and 

 gum are selling steadily at advancing prices. 



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ST. LOUIS 



3 



The hardwood trade is fairly satisfactory at 

 the present time. There is a demand for nearly 

 all the items on the list and prospects are bright 

 for a material increase in the near future. Wide 

 poplar, dry ash and white oak. in the upper 

 grades are the most active sellers. Elm and 



THREE STATES LUMBER CO. 



Manufacturers of 



SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 

 Cottonwood and Red Cum 



SPECIALTIES 

 Main Offico, Memphis, Tenn. 



IN STOCK THE FOLLOWING 



READY FOR SHIPMENT 



50,000 ft, 4/4 No. 3 Common Plain White Oak 

 35.000 ft. 4 4 Miscuts Plain White Oak 

 100,000 ft. 4 4 No. 4 Common or Mill Culls Oak 



34,000 ft. 4 4 No. 1 Common Poplar 

 60,000 ft. 4 4 No. 3 Common Poplar 



75,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Common and Sound Wormy 

 Chestnut. 



All the above is graded under the Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association of United States rules. 



Standard 8' 6" White Oak Cross Ties for quicK 



shipment. 



Write for Prices 



Bluestone Land & Lumber Co. 



RIDGWAY, PA. 



Checking 



Splitting 



Rotting 



Prevented by LORAC 



which at trifling cost protects Logs, Lumber and 

 Dimension Stock against weather and time. A BOY 

 CAN DO THE WORK. 



T. B. ALLFN & CO., Galveston, Texas, say. 



"Please ship us at once two barrels Lorac. We are rery much 

 pleased with the result ubtaioed by usiog this." 



TRY LORAC NOW 



WRITE US FOR FULL PARTICULARS 

 THE GEORGE HENKE CO., 62 Beekman St., N. Y. 



Cottonwood, in the lower grades, are increas- 

 ing in demand, but are not .selling as well as 

 they should. The factory consumers are short 

 on stocls and stock is short in hands of deal- 

 ers, all of which is helping the movement. 

 Now that weather conditions have improved 

 there is every prospect of an increased move- 

 ment. Prices continue to be firm. This is 

 especially noticeable on high-grade oak and 

 poplar. Conditions in cypress are showing a 

 general improvement, and the result is that 

 prices are becoming firmer. 



IVEW ORLEANS 



In spite of the disastrous floods that cover 

 a great part of eastern Louisiana and western 

 Mississippi, the local hardwood trade has not 

 suffered much. While it must necessarily be 

 admitted that the high water has had its ef- 

 fect on general business in the territory thus 

 affected, nothing alarming has happened, and 

 a steady improvement is looked for in . the near 

 future. 



The situation in the export trade is one of 

 waiting. The cotton movement has kept up 

 in greater volume than usual, which has de- 

 layed lumber shipments. In many cases high 

 waters have seriously interfered with shipments 

 from the interior. The redeeming feature of 

 the situation is the apparent confidence in the 

 strength of the foreign market, which is ex- 

 pected to furnish the basis of a satisfactory 

 business as soon as the distributing factors 

 are eliminated. 



MILWAUKEE 



The extensive rains of the past two weeks 

 have tended to restrict the general lumber busi- 

 ness to some extent, but as a rule, trade is very 

 satisfactory. Building operations in Milwaukee 

 have opened with a rush, although building in 

 some parts of the state is not assuming the 

 proportions hoped for earlier in the season. 

 Local sash and door and general interior finish- 

 ing plants are buying a little more readily as a 

 result of the better demand from the building 

 source. Stocks on hand at these plants are light. 

 due to the fact that the buying has been of a 

 hand-to-mouth nature for so many months. Fur- 

 niture plants are placing some good orders. 



Complaint is still heard on all sides regarding 

 the shortage of hardwood stocks. Some new 

 basswood and a very little new birch is arriving, 

 but not in large enough shipments to make any 

 material difference in the situation. The diffi- 

 culty of buying dry lumber at first hands is 

 naturally resulting in a stronger market all 

 along the line. Prices in all northern hard- 

 woods are holding firm with an upward tendency. 

 Maple is showing more activity as the building 

 season advances, although stocks in this line 

 seem to be ample. Plain oak is in good re- 

 quest, and much more than is available could 

 be placed. New stocks in this line will not be 

 ready for some time, while the demand is show- 

 ing a steady increase. Quartered white oak is 

 selling well and prices show an upward tend- 

 ency. 



LIVERPOOL 



The position of trade throughout the United 

 Kingdom has taken a decidedly favorable turn 

 during the present month. If only the capi- 

 talists could feel more security from labor to 

 invest, a boom trade unequalled in the nation's 

 history would be enjoyed. Unfortunately there 

 are rumors of strikes in almost every trade, 

 and the latest unrest is most serious for the 

 timber trade, as the sawmills are involved. At 

 this time there seems every prospect of an 

 amicable settlement without going to the ex- 

 treme lengths of a stoppage. 



Mahogany sales have had an enormous effect 

 in clearing stock, both in merchants' and brok- 



ers' yards. The certainty of increased values 

 has made everyone anxious about future sup- 

 plies, and already higher quotations are being 

 made. Buyers of African mahogany are advised 

 to keep their stocks well above the average. 

 Advices from the West coast from well informed 

 and unprejudiced quarters confirm the report 

 that stocks are exceedingly low, while the in- 

 creased freight charges make higher prices 

 essential. 



Round hickory logs have arrived only in very 

 small quantities. The few parcels, amounting 

 in ail to 600 logs, have been swallowed up 

 quickly and buyers here are crying out tor more 

 stock. The price of good wood continues to 

 advance with astonishing rapidity. 



No round ash of any kind is on offer in first 

 hands, though a few small parcels are in the 

 hands of merchants. Prices paid are higher 

 and the market would pay 2/3 to 2/0 for the 

 right kind of wood, Liverpool string measure. 



Several large cargoes of sawn pitch pine have 

 arrived, and have been dealt in at exceptional 

 figures. The new docks at the north end of 

 Liverpool, known as the Gladstone Dock, will 

 consume immediately 8,200 logs, hence the firm, 

 position of the Liverpool market can be readily 

 understood. 



Birch logs have arrived freely and have been, 

 sold at profitable figures. Very few logs have 

 remained unsold and practically no logs have 

 lieen consigned to the yards for storage pending 

 sale. 



Poplar logs are very scarce and parcels in- 

 sixteen feet and up lengths would meet with a 

 ready sale. Cottonwood, white gum, Hazel pine 

 and satin walnut stocks are also fairly firm, 

 especially in the wide widths. Some magnolia, 

 logs and lumber, which recently arrived, sold 

 at profitable figures. Oak also shares the good 

 news of the remaining markets, and dimension 

 stock of various sizes gives a good opening for 

 interprise in the United States, especially to 

 any one who can cut long lengths. 



OLASaOW 



There is very little new to report regarding 

 the condition of trade in this market. While 

 perhaps there is more inquiry in evidence, there 

 is still little expansion in the actual volume of 

 business passing. Prospects however, are rea- 

 sonably good, and if no further labor troubles 

 intervene, considerable improvement in the de- 

 mand for all woods should take place as soon 

 as the effects of the recent coal strike are over. 

 Shipbuilding is exceptionally brisk, and the de- 

 mands from this source are certain to be satis- 

 factory for a long time to come. The only 

 branch of the trade which is much depressed 

 is housebuilding, and improvement in this in- 

 dustry is not expected for some time. The Steam- 

 ship Kastalia has now finished discharging, and 

 the lumber is of good quality and well manu- 

 factured. Most of the various lots have been 

 sold ex quay, with the exception of some large 

 poplar logs, and a few walnut logs. The de- 

 mand for poplar logs is slow, and shippers should- 

 in all cases avoid consigning. 



A feature of the arrivals this week was a- 

 cargo of Gaboon mahogany. The logs are of 

 large size and of very good quality. It is un- 

 derstood that fully half of this cargo has been 

 sold ex quay at rather poor prices. This wood 

 is no doubt taking the place of American poplar, 

 and is constantly being asked for, even the ship- 

 builders using large quantities. 



Spruce continues in good request, and it is n 

 long time since this market was so bare of 

 stock as it is at present. The few small ship- 

 ments coming to hand are snapped up at once 

 at high prices. Oak logs are in good demand 

 and practically no shipments are arriving. A 

 few Japanese oak logs continue to arrive. These 

 come here hewn, but buyers prefer the American- 

 variety, especially logs cut in West Virginia. 



