HARDWOOD RECORD 



liouge is busy and from tUis plant also comes 

 the report of increased business in the flooring 

 trade. Several cargoes of hardwood lumber have 

 been received recently at the Forman docks. 



Building permits totaling $2,038,203 were 

 issued in Petroit during the month of July, 

 showing a good increase over July. 1911, when 

 the tigures were $1,954,000. The total number 

 of new structures is 57:i and of additions, 184. 



Schedule of assets and liabilities of the Flint 

 Body Comi.iany. makers of automobile bodies, 

 has been filed in Bay City and shows an in- 

 debtedness of .?04. 441.00 and assets of $3T.- 

 026.19. Of the indebtedness .$52,284. .50 is repre- 

 sented in unsecured claims 



MILWAUKEE 



\V. E. Cooper, wholesale lumberman of Mil- 

 waukee, with L. E. Utter and E. J. Patterson, 

 has ineoi'poratcd the Middlcton I, umber Com- 

 pany of Middleton. The articles of incorporation 

 have been liled, showing a capital of $25,000. 



A. M. Sneen, superintendent of the North- 

 western Lumber Compan.v mill at Stanle.v, has 

 invented a sliding saw guard which has been 

 installed in the mill. Mr. Sneen was a visitor 

 of the Wisconsin State Industrial Commission 

 safety exhibit at Eau Claire recently, where the 

 device was approved and a photograph secured 

 to be made part of the exhibit. 



The United Refrigerator Company of Ken- 

 osha has been obliged to increase its manufac- 

 turing facilities by adding a large dry-kiln and 

 another addition to its plant. The present plant 

 is entirely inadequate to handle the increased 

 amount of business at this time. 



The Roddis Lumber & Veneer Company. Marsh- 

 field, is erecting a factory addition which will 

 measure 4SxG0 feet and be three stories high 

 when completed. 



The lumber yard of W. F. Pierstortf & Sons, 

 at Middleton. is reported to have been sold to 

 the Otter Lumber Company for a consideration 

 of approximately $20,000. Mr. Young of Dela- 

 van will take charge of the activ.? management 

 for the Otter company. 



The Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Company of 

 Algona is improving its plant to take care of 

 its increasing business. A modern planer, huilt 

 li;. the J. A. Fay & Egau Company of Cincin- 

 nati, will be installed in the new addition to the 

 plant. 



The iihint of the Johnson Creek Lumber Com- 

 pany at Knowlton. which was recentl.v destroyed 

 b.%i fire, is being rebuilt. The new mill will be 

 somewliat smaller than the one destroyed, hav- 

 ing two planers and one re-saw. 



A loss of $10,000 was sustained by the Ken- 

 field & Lamoreux Compan.v at Washburn, when 

 fire destroyed the dry-kilns with a large amount 

 of lumber. The plant will probably be r.'b\iilt. 



' H;roitiaaigTOi!TO!>STOBi^^ 



CHICAGO 



Ver.v litt'e change has been noticeable in tile 

 local market during the last two weeks. There 

 has been but little slackening in trade that can 

 be traced to seasonable influences. This is true 

 in lines of manufacture covering the various 

 kinds of lumber consumed in the Chicago 

 market. Continued activity in building opera- 

 tions is responsible for the consumption of a 

 large amount of stock through the medium of 

 sash, doors, blinds, interior finish, etc. This 

 continued building movement has had a favor- 

 able effect upon furniture manufacturers. The 

 piano trade, of course, is going through its dull 

 season, hut on the whole, the various lines of 

 manufacture are en,ioying a nice share of trade. 



Shipments to the Chicago market have con- 

 tinued at greater regularity although there is 

 still a report current that dry stocks in general 

 arc harder to buy than to sell. Orders are be- 

 ing refused continuously because of inability to 

 guarantee delivery on dry lumber. There seems 

 to be a uniform increase in the amount of stock 

 fold during the past month as compared to the 

 month of July, 1911. One large hardwood con- 

 cern reports that it booked orders one million 

 feet in excess of July, 1911. Current prices are 

 showing gratifying strength and while actual 

 advance has not been gradual, generally speak- 

 ing, still there is a decided tendency to maintain 

 the former levels of lumber values. Trade in 

 Chicago supports the general belief that business 

 conditions throughout the country are rapidly 

 returning to a normal state. There continue to 

 be in evidence a few kickers who for some rea- 

 son or other are not getting their full quota of 

 trade and who declare that business is "rotten." 

 but it may be that their long usage of this 

 declaration has actually made it chronic with 

 them and they perhaps have come to believi' 

 it themselves. 



ness being booked. The movem<-nt uf stock is 

 quite general and the trade fairly well dis- 

 tributed. Inquiry in the wholesale market is 

 satisfactory and prices, especially on good lum- 

 ber, are well maintained. Good, well-manufac- 

 tured dry stock is scarce and any available sup- 

 ply for quick shipment is bringing very satis- 

 factory prices. Local consuming channels seem 

 to show some improvement and with stocks be- 

 low normal in both the yards and in the hands 

 of the local manufacturing trade, a very fair 

 volume of business is resulting, with good pros- 

 pects for an active fall trade. Plain and quar- 

 tered oak are S'trong, and maple, birch, beecn. 

 ash and chestnut are holding their own. High- 

 grade poplar is strong and some of the lower 

 grades are plentiful. 



BUFFALO 



There is a fair amount of business bt~ing 

 transacted at the hardwood yards, and trade 

 generally is running ahead of a year ago. The 

 shortage of low-grade stocks is one of tlie fea 

 tures of the situation. I'redictions are that this 

 will be a very fair year for business. Prices all 

 along th.? line are holding up well. 



Plain oak is about the strongest wood on the 

 market. Quartered oak is not as strong as plain, 

 but is showing more firmness than a short time 

 ago. Birch has shared with maple in strength 

 and activity, and supplies of each are selling 

 readily. Ash is stronger than formerly. Elm 

 IS in fairly good demand, with inch stock very 

 hard to get. Both cherry and walnut are rather 

 quiet. Basswood is in better sale. 



PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK 



The hardwood market at New York shows a 

 cry fair demand, with a good volume of busi- 



It is unequivocally stated in the hardwood 

 lumber field that July trading lias been un- 

 usually good, far exceeding expectation in the 

 eastern terrltor.v. Business in the standard woods 

 continues satisfactory, and the outlook for fall 

 trading is promising. At mill ends a gradual 

 11 suming of normal condilions is noted. The 



wholesale consuming industries are still a little 

 slow in coming into the market, but it is con- 

 fidently Iwiieved a quickening in buying may be 

 looked for as the fall season opens. 



Plain oak is running well in point of sales, 

 with stocks scarce, and prices moving upward. 

 Birch, maple and ash are in good call : poplar 

 is a little slow. Low grades continue active 

 aud firm. Cherry holds a fair position. Maple 

 llooring is a good seller. Basswood is among the 

 leaders. No change is noticealiie in chestnut and 

 sound wormy chestnut. 



PITTSBURGH 



Everything looks better in this market. Whole- 

 salers are optimistic. General business condi- 

 tions are fine. Car builders are the busiest they 

 liavc been since 1900. Factories using hardwoods 

 are buying more lumber than at any time for 

 the past five years. Building in the industrial 

 centers outside of the city is of fair volume and 

 the yard trade is accordingly better. Hardwood 

 mills are busy, but are not accumulating stock. 

 Prices on all hardwoods are advancing. A car 

 shortage is looked for this fall, and wholesalers 

 are urging their customers to get their stocks 

 sliinp.Hl before this takes place. 



BOSTON 



The market lor hardwood lumber has devel- 

 ..■iL'd cousiilerabk' strength during the past two 

 or three months, and at the present time it is 

 firmer in .some of its branches than for many 

 months. Stocks in dc alers' hands have been 

 materially reduced, and in many cases manufac- 

 turers of hardwood lumber are offering smaller 

 lots than usual at this time of the year. Prac- 

 tically all advici's from manufacturing centers 

 iudiiaie that hMi-tiwood values are firm with the 

 tendency toward a higher level. It is believed 

 hine that prices will advance still liigher should 

 the demand show any further improvement. 

 Manufacturing consuuK-rs of hardwoods are 

 busier and their stocks in reserve are not large. 



Plain oak is one of the lirmest wo.ids in the 

 market at the present time. (Juartered oak has 

 attracted more aitention, although the demand 

 is not really active. Maple Mooring has been 

 in very good demand. The call for black walnut 

 has been more active this season than for some 

 time. Offerings ari' small and prices are very 

 firm. The demand for cypress is of moderate 

 li.'oportion and prices hold fairly steady. 



BALTIMORE 



The favorable conditions that have prevailed 

 in the hardw^ood trade lor some time past re- 

 main In evidence. All firms here are able to 

 maintain their record for the volume of business 

 done. In fact, some of them exceed it, setting 

 new marks, and giving a touch of exceptional 

 activity to the movement wliich it does not 

 usually have in midsummer. It is one of the 

 iriost remarkable developments of the current 

 year that the national campaign has so far 

 exerted no retarding effect upon the trade. 

 .Neither the political events here nor the strike 

 troubles in London and elsewhere have thus far 

 proved really effective in bringing on that state 

 of stagnation which is often a featui'e of mid- 

 summer. All mills are running whenever it is 

 possible to do so, and thus far there has been 

 no such accumulation of stocks as would sug- 

 gest the danger of congestion. Manufacturers 

 can usually find buyers for their output, and 

 often there is more than one buyer for a par- 

 ticular lot of lumber. The movement would in 

 all probability be larger if the offerings were 

 sufficiently liberal. As it is, manufacturers dis- 

 pose of their stoclss as fast as these can be 

 shipped. 



.\11 hardwoods commonly usi>d ai'i^ hi very fair 



