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HARDWOOD RECORD 



clomim<1s appear to he only moderate, as advices 

 lu-re indicate, and tliese conditions will prob- 

 ably confiniif for some time. 



Charlotte, N. C. 



Tlie hardwood situation in Nortli Carolina 

 and particularly in tbis immediate section is 

 firm and steady. Dealers declare that prices 

 are high and that they are able to demand a 

 good price for their products iinywhere. The 

 indications are for increasing strength. Kurni- 

 ture and veneer plants are preparing for a heavt 

 run within the next few weeks. The weather 

 is becoming more favorable for work in the 

 woods and the factories are making ready for 

 the heavy rush that appears to be approach- 

 ing. Freight congestion has been greatly re- 

 lieved lately and shipments are moving freely. 

 much to the gi-atification of manufacturers in 

 this section who have been seriously handi- 

 capped on account of an admittedly unprece- 

 dented car shortage. A good market is being 

 found for all hardwood products. 



Minneapolis. 

 The factory trade in the Northwest is quiet. 

 and there seems to be a disposition on the part 

 of buyers to wait until the new stock is well 

 launched on the market to .see whether there 

 will not be better prices. The situation is only 

 normal for this time of year, but it excites 

 notice because in two or three years pas( there 

 has not been any dull season, and the demand 

 has strung along through every .season. There 

 seems to be a disposition on the part of the 

 large wholesalers to clean out what stock they 

 have on hand. Trices are very little changed, 

 but oak seems to have eased off a little from 

 the top prices of the spring. While a jjood 

 share of the new cut has been contracted, opera- 

 tions in that line are slow, and there is talk 

 of lower prices before the new hardwood is 

 moved to any extent. The turn of the market 

 is being closely watched. 



Northern hardwoods are cleaned up. There is 

 no dry elm or ash, and basswood is exhausted, 

 but the new cut is nearly ready to ship. liirch 

 is sold low and is holding well in price. In 

 southern stock oak is fairly plenty. The de- 

 mand for car material has eased off a good deal. 

 The railroads, however, are buying ties right 

 along, and hardwood ties are going well. For 

 the first time they are giving serious considera- 

 tion to gum for tie m.uterial. and are buying 

 some of it. along with oak and cypress. 



Retail yards are not buying much lumber of 

 any kind, and the demand from the country dis- 

 tricts for hardwood is light and scattered. 

 Flooring is the most active item. It is selling 

 well in the cities, too, and the building activity 

 in the large centers is helping hardwood, espe- 

 cially for future deals. 



Louisville. 

 While the weather is more favorable now for 

 crops and this is giving a better feeliny all 

 around, the demand for hardwood has slowed 

 down materially. Dull spring trade in retail fur- 

 niture is having its effect on the furniture lum- 

 ber business. There are still orders coming for 

 furniture stock, aside from unfinished orders 

 already on hand, enough to keep most of the 

 mills going, but the call is not active. In car 

 material practically the same conditions exist. 

 There is a fair volume of orders, but the car 

 factories do not seem to he planning for as big 

 times as was thought and talked of earlier in 

 the spring. The strongest item on the liard- 

 wood list is hickory, which is moving in good 

 volume. Ijoth in handle and vehicle stock. There 

 is a splendid volume of hickoi-y trade, and the 

 supply of timber is so scarce that there is not 

 much danger of getting too much of it. 



Charleston, W. Va. 



Heavy rains throughout this section during the 

 past week have interfered seriously with logging 

 operations. Bridges, trams and logging roads 



have been badly damaged and it will be some 

 time before they can be repaired so they can be 

 used again. 



Lumber of all kinds is moving satisfactorily, 

 but no new developments have been reported in 

 the last week. Inquiries from foreign countries, 

 some offering good prices, especially for wide 

 poplar, are being received. Coffin oak is scarce 

 and commands good prices. High grade poplar 

 is still in the lead, and firsts and seconds are 

 selling at .$.-)3 : IS-inch to li.S-inch are selling at 

 .fti."i. Very few of the mills have good stocks of 

 basswo(;d on hand: 1-inch log run is selling for 

 •'f:;4..">n. The call for oak timbers is Iieavy and 

 good prices are being obtained when prompt ship- 

 ment can be made. 



Liverpool. 



At the last mahogany sales, as was expected, 

 prices showed a distinct advance over those 

 of the previous sale. Those who made pur- 

 chases have reason to congratulate themselves, 

 and those w-ho did not should buy up all the 

 wood they can lay their hands on during the 

 next few weeks or Ihey may have trouble in 

 covering their requirements. Mahogany is 

 going to be one of the best features of the 

 market this year, according to well-posted 

 dealers on this side, and there is every indi- 

 cation that there will be a rise of from 15 to 

 20 per cent in values before long. One promi- 

 nent lumberman of this city considers this a 

 moderate estimate and says he considers a 

 50 per cent rise not unlikely. 



The Whitsuntide holidays, which are among 

 the most important liere, have seriously inter- 

 fered with business during the past few weeks. 

 Oak boards and logs are firm and hickory 

 is stronger than it has been for some time. 

 Ash logs and planks are in fair request, as 

 they have been for some months. Poplar 

 tjoards are somewhat weaker, the heavy im- 

 port on consignment having had its usual 

 effect. It does seem strange that shippers 

 will persist in this manner of trading which 

 is profitable to no one, except perhaps the 

 agents on Ibis side. 



Kdward Chaloner & Co.'s wood circular, un- 

 der date of .lune 1. states that there has been 

 a small import of oak logs from the United 

 States during the past month. Consumption 

 lias been moderate and stocks are light but 

 prices remain steady. Sufficient elm and ash 

 have been received from Quebec and the United 

 States to satisfy the demand for those woods. 

 Ash has fallen in price during the month. The 

 demand for good and prime United States wal- 

 nut is active and high prices are cheei-fuiiy 

 paid, though the request for other qualities 

 is moderate. High grade walnut boards and 

 planks bring good prices. Sea.soned satin walnut 

 boards are in fair demand but walnut logs 

 are seldom asked for. Fresh whitewood logs 

 bring good prices and enough of them can not 

 be secured. The same condition holds with 

 reference to whitewood boards and planks, but 

 in this class all grades are accepted whereas 

 only the best are asked for in walnut and 

 whitewood. Values in birch remain steady and 

 there is a call for more logs than the stock 

 received will supply. Demand for hickory is 

 steady and good prices are being paid for it. 

 African and Mexican malsogany are active. Large 

 to medium sized, sound, straight Cuban logs 

 and richly figured wood would also bring high 

 prices if they could be secured but only one 

 parcel of mahogany has been received from Cuba 

 during the month. Shipments of large to me- 

 dium-sized and richly figured St. Domingan ma- 

 hogany logs would also obtain high prices if 

 there were any in the market but no stocks 

 have been secured. 



thousand cars hav? arrived here (mostly oak) 

 and buyers are one and all declaring that the 

 end of high prices lias come and that the 

 shortage was only a ■■bluff." Be that as it 

 may, the wood is b.ere, and brokers are trying 

 to make sales at practically any price, but 

 most of the stock is being piled away and 

 will incur an additional expense of say $7 per 

 :.000 feet for dock charges. The arrival here 

 of all this lumber is possibly the effect once 

 again of the \isit of some of the brokers to 

 America who solicit consignment.s, for it cer- 

 tainly is a fact that these arrivals coincide 

 with their visits and buyers must be excused 

 if with all this stock to select from they re- 

 train from giving lirm orders at high prices. 

 It looks as if the only people that will do any 

 good with these parcels will be the dealers 

 here and the dock companies, and shippers will 

 once again have cause to complain what a 

 bad market London is. but so is any market 

 if it is flooded with stock on, consignment for 

 London buyers are quite capable of taking 

 advantage of such a plethora of stock. 



In whitewood there is a fair amount of 

 business doing in the lower grades, which are 

 ariiving freely. There is a very good demand 

 for first.s and seconds, but not many agents 

 are in a position to offer. 



The large quantity of oak boards recently 

 arrived is slowly going into cofi.sumption. 

 There is a good demand for strips in both 

 plain and quartered oak. 



In red gum the arrivals have been slight, 

 but quite in keepiiis with the demand, and 

 while this state of things lasts good prices 

 will be maintained. 



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