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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Nashville. 



With plenty of fair weather, plenty of ears, 

 plenty of orders and a good supply of lumber 

 on hand Nashville dealers seem well satislied 

 with the situation at this time. Good weather 

 has prevailed here for some time and has had 

 a tendency to enliven building interests, and 

 that in turn has served to increase the deman<i 

 for lumber. Adequate transportation facilities 

 have enabled dealers to meet orders and make 

 shipments without delay. Many of the local 

 lumbermen are now engaged in taking stock and 

 figuring on the results of the business for the 

 past six months. Gratifying reports are re- 

 ceived from many of the largest firms here. 

 There is generally reported a substantial in- 

 crease for the first six months of this year over 

 a corresponding period of last year. 



The demand for poplar and ash is a note- 

 worthy feature of the market just now. There 

 have been unusually heavy drafts upon these 

 stocks coming principally from manufacturers 

 of automobiles, carriages, pianos and agricul- 

 tural implements. A steady and increasing de- 

 mand for the low grades of lumber is noted. 

 Heavy shipments of gum have been made re- 

 cently. The demand for plain and quartered 

 oak is holding up well and the firm and steady 

 market on such wood is noted. The mills 

 around Nashville are running at full capacity 

 and all of them are selling stuff as fast as they 

 can get it out. 



grades. The lower grades are moving better 

 than the upper, but they are hardly in as active 

 demand as they were a short time ago. 



Memphis. 



There is cousideriible slackening in tiie de- 

 mand for hardwood lumber in this center. This, 

 however, is nothing more Ihan was expected 

 as it happens every year at this time. There 

 is some new business doing but most of the 

 shipments made, are on engagements entered 

 into some time ago. The railroad service is 

 splendid. One of the reasons for the slowness 

 of demand is that many consuming firms take 

 inventories of stock at the close of June and, 

 pending definite knowledge as to the status of 

 (heir affairs, are inclined to be slow in mak- 

 ing new commitments. The crop outlook 

 throughout the south is decidedly better than 

 it has been at any time this season and this is 

 regarded as a hopeful feature. 



The export demand for hardwood lumber is 

 rather quiet. In fact, some exporters say there 

 is almost nothing doing in that direction Just 

 now. but there is a rather cheerful tone to the 

 discussions of lumber interests here regarding 

 the outlook for tall and winter business, the 

 view being held that there will be a good de- 

 mand and that prices, even if they should re- 

 cede some during the summer, will be fully re- 

 stored when active business is resumed. There 

 is an excellent demand for ash in all grades and 

 thicknesses and there is only a limited supply 

 available. Prices are firmly maintained. Plain 

 oak sells witliout diflicuUy and there is a very 

 satisfactory movement in quarter-sawed. Nar- 

 row firsts and seconds Cottonwood are in only 

 moderate request, being slower than ii?cently, 

 Boxboards and the lower grades, however, are 

 in excellent call. One of the largest manufac- 

 turers in this market is authority for the state- 

 ment that he is receiving orders for this class 

 of material which he did not expect this side 

 of September, Production of Cottonwood has 

 been curtailed more than any other lumber in 

 this section, because of the low-lying land on 

 which it grows. This accounts in some measure 

 for the scarcity of this lumber. In the mean- 

 time the demand has l)een phenomenally heavy, 

 MS the box factories have done a record-break- 

 ing business. Gum is being shaded somewhat in 

 the higher grades, except in wide stock. The 

 low grades, however, are in good demand and 

 are selling satisfactorily. There is only a mod- 

 erate amount of poplar available in this market 

 and there is sale for most of the stock offered. 

 Cypress is also somewhat slow in the upper 



Minneapolis. 



With northern hardwoods as to dry stock re- 

 duced almost to the vanishing point there is not 

 much doing in this section, Tlie factory trade 

 is taking a little stuff occasionally, but if a real 

 active demand should develop it could n^t be 

 supplied without shipping green stock. Some 

 oak and basswood are being shipped green now. 



Low grade stuff is in good demand and most 

 of the new cut has already Ijeen contracte<l for 

 by the box factories, while what is left is held 

 at lilgh figures. Cull basswood easily brings .$110 

 a thousand, Basswood in all grades is proving 

 a good seller. Low grade birch and elm are 

 being used quite extensively for boxes. Oak and 

 birch are selling well. Factory stocks are quiet. 

 Some offerings of southern oak are made again 

 with the assurance that conditions are better 

 now in the South and that deliveries will be 

 more prompt. However, prices are even stiffer 

 down there than here. The new crop of ash is 

 almost all contracted for and that wood is prac- 

 tically out of the market. 



General indications are good in the northw'est 

 and wholesale dealers are busy placing contracts 

 for the new stock, feeling assured of a good fall 

 trade, though there is some feeling that prices 

 may fall off in the next month or two. Retail 

 yards are not doing much and country trade in 

 liardwoods is dull. 



Local demand for hardwood flooring and in- 

 terior finish was never better and factories are 

 all consuming a good amount of stock. The 

 building movement is the heaviest . known in 

 years, the June record of building permits show- 

 ing a total value for the buildings authorized 

 of .$1,001,985. The total for June of last year 

 was $085,915. The total for six months this 

 year was $5,060,365, with 2,546 permits issued. 

 The first half of last year showed 2,484 permits, 

 with a total value of $4,153,550. 



Toledo. 



Hardwoods seem to be the exception to the 

 rule in the local 'lumber market, which is very 

 quiet. Early in the month there did not seem 

 to be much activity in the hardwood market, 

 but this has changed somewhat through the 

 month and now all stocks are in fair demand 

 with some decidedly active. This is particularly 

 true in the manufacturing lines, where there is 

 considerable demand for all grades. Box men 

 once more are howling for material and stave 

 men report some trouble in getting good stave 

 stock. 



Plain oak, both red and white, is moving 

 slowly at fair prices, while quartered stocks are 

 holding firm at high prices, 



Basswood is the one wood the demand for 

 which Is nowhere met. Local dealers say they 

 simply can not buy any stock anywhere and one 

 man is quoted as saying that he has been hunt- 

 ing in Michigan for a month for 2,000,000 feet 

 without being able to get it. This is true not 

 only in the low but also in the high grades. 



There is not a great deal of southern ash in 

 sight, but the demand is not very brisk. Heavy 

 timbers are active in all grades. 



The car situation does not show material 

 change and any sudden demand for stocks that 

 would cause a rush of orders would probably 

 see the conditions just as bad as they have been 

 for montlis. 



Liverpool. 



Trade is not as active as was expected at this 

 time — everyone, brokers and merchants alike, 

 are afraid of a slump in prices, especially as 

 regards poplar and ash lumber. Shippers should 

 liold firmly on prices. It is certain that before 

 many months much lower prices will prevail. It 

 is reported that many shippers, although quite 

 firm in their prices, are urging brokers to secure 



orders well ahead for them. This looks as if 

 Ibey did not believe in the talk of still higher 

 prices and that they are anxious to get orders 

 on tlie present basis of prices. 



Mahogany is very firm, but as far as the 

 American market is concerned considerable trou- 

 ble is caused to merchants here by the New York 

 dock strike, the steamship companies on this 

 account refusing to take tlie heavy cargo. One 

 firm here has two logs, valued at over $5,000 

 each, lying idle, while another has 000 logs 

 whicli they have sold to American buyers but 

 cannot get delivered. Labor troubles are also 

 in evidence here and no doubt are keeping the 

 leading railway companies from buying largely 

 in timber goods. As they are the principal buy- 

 ers in the North here, this is rather a serious 

 matter. 



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