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HARDWOOD RECORD 



rirauch, has bcon buguu. This section is llio 

 ccntei' of the rich coal and timber n^giou of 

 Morgan county. The company will build a 

 Inigo sawmill ou the new railroad. 



Little Rock. 



Commissioner Tucker of the department of 

 agriculture is in receipt of a communication 

 from S. T. Boisen of the United States Forest 

 Service notifying him that he desires to come 

 to this state to make a detailed study of its 

 hickory supply and requesting Commissioner 

 Tucker's aid in the work. Arkansas is the larg- 

 est producer of commercial hickory in the union. 

 Commissioner Tucker has notified Mr. Boisen 

 of his willingness to lend all possible assist- 

 ance. 



The boats installed by the Renter Hub Company 

 and the Mount Olive Stave Company at Bates- 

 ville have given quite an impetus to river freight 

 traffic. The boats were installed primarily 

 for factory use, but have built up quite a line 

 of freight traffic in addition and promise to rc- 

 vjve traflic along White river. 



The withdrawal of the Ozark National Forest 

 Reserve, including over 800,000 acres, will re- 

 move from commercial purposes a vast amount 

 of hardwood timber. Eight counties in the 

 Ozark region are affected. There are 129 va- 

 rieties of timber in the section and an average 

 of S.OOO feet of timber to the acre has been 

 calculated for the entire belt. 



Great interest in the timber industry is being 

 aroused by the building of the new line of rail- 

 road from Mena, in the western portion of the 

 state, to Hot Spring.s. The towns of Womble 

 and Caddo Cove are among the most flourishing 

 and already boast a planing mill, sash and door 

 factory and a stave mill. The Paddox Sawmill 

 Company is a new concern at Caddo Cove. 



The Union Blacksmith Company at Fordyce 

 will soon install a plant at that point for the 

 manufacture of wagons. The plant will be with- 

 in easy reach of a fine supply of excellent 

 wagon timber. The members of the company 

 are E. R. Thomas, Ed Tolefree and A. H. Brad- 

 ley, the last being the manager. 



The Williams Cooperage Company of Mar 

 shall is installing some additional heavy ma- 

 chinery at its factory. Two engines, one 250 

 horsepower and the other 550 horsepower, are 

 being added, with proportionate boiler facilities. 

 Mr. Williams is on the ground looking after the 

 installation of the new machinery. 



The excelsior plant at Batesville is among the 

 most active factories in that section. Over 100 

 cords of Cottonwood are kept regularly on hand 

 to supply the mill. 



The Cannon-Wheat Lumber Company is the 

 name of a new concern at Fort Smith. The 

 capital stock is $100,000. with $65,000 sub- 

 scribed. The incorporators are L. S. Cannon, 

 president ; A. D. Shrewsbury, vice president : 

 W. J. Wheat, secretary and treasurer. 



The Staudard Fruit I'ackage Company of St. 

 .Toseph. Mo., has located a branch factory for 

 the manufacture of barrels at Gravette. Ark., 

 with H. E. Hull as manager. The plant will 

 have a capacity of from 1,000 to 3,000 barrels 

 per day. 



The Cypress Lumber Company has been in- 

 corporated at Cornerstone, with the following 

 stockholders: J. W. Rowland. R. S. Finney, J. W. 

 Webster and W. A. Murray. 



The Rich. Miss., hoop, stave and heading fac- 

 tory has been removed from that city to Helena. 

 Ark., where a larger plant is to be established. 



Williford. Ark., claims to ship more hardwood 

 than any other town of similar size in the state. 

 Often as high as forty wagons are unloading 

 timber at the same time near the station. 



The A. R. <'urtis Manufacturing Company, a 

 woodworking concern at Champlain. 111., will 

 move its plant at once lo Jonesboro. Ark. 



Realizing the value of the hardwood fac- 

 tories as an element in the commercial life of 

 the city, the city council of Batesville, Ark., 



has voted an appropriation to extend the waler 

 mains of the city to the stave and handle fac- 

 tories, thus giving them fire protection. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed by 

 the Prescott Table and Furniture Company, with 

 capital stock of $10,000. Jacob Genrich is 

 president, V. O. Buch vice-president and Harvey 

 Genrich secretary and treasurer. The company 

 will manufacture furniture. 



The new mill at Mountain View made its ini- 

 tial run last week, cutting buggy timber. 



The Nashville Lumber Company, Nashville, 

 Ark., report that within two weeks they will 

 have their box factory in full operation. All 



machinery is on the ground and the construcllon 

 of the plant will be rushed. 



James W. Butler, the well known timber man 

 of Batesville, declares that far more limber is 

 being shipped out of the state now than at any 

 time in its history. 



H. C. Schooler, a lumber dealer of Peoria, HI., 

 spent much time in the hardwood district of 

 Perry county last week, looking after the tim- 

 ber prospects. He is especially interested in 

 hickory and oak. Incidentally, the hardwood in- 

 dustry in that section is experiencing something 

 of a boom, particularly in regard to stave and 

 handle material. 



Hardwood Market. 



(By BABDWOOD KECOBD Exclusive SXarket Beportexs.) 



Chicago. 



For the last six weeks the local hardwood 

 trade has been somewhat depressed, but during 

 the last few days there is quite a revival in 

 demand and every prospect that the trade will 

 he equal or better than that of last fall. There 

 is a diminution in large building operations but 

 there is still a multitude of flat buildings be- 

 ing erected in Chicago which require a large 

 quantity of hardwood interior flnish and floor- 

 ing. The furniture trade, of which this is the 

 largest center in the United States, is enjoying 

 a very good business and will be steady buyers 

 during the coming season. In all lines of hard- 

 wood cousumption there is promise of an excel- 

 lent fall. 



Boston. 



The general demand fur linrdwoods in Boston 

 is not heavy. Taking the market as a whole 

 there has been no noticeable increase in the 

 volume of business transacted. In fact, some 

 report the call as smaller than earlier in the 

 month. Although the business is not active, 

 it is the consensus of opinion that the fall de- 

 mand will be large. Dealers who handle rail- 

 road ties state that at present the demand is 

 quiet. The roads have a good supply on band. 

 One road has contracted for about twice as much 

 stock as customarily and will be out of the 

 market for some time. Manufacturing consum- 

 ers of hardwoods have been very conservative 

 buyers for the past three months or more. As 

 a result their reserve stocks are not large. Few 

 yards in this section have normal stocks. When 

 fall trade starts these buyers must replenish. 

 The car question has not become a serious prob- 

 lem as yet, but trouble is anticipated. Whether 

 the shortage will be as serious as a year ago 

 remains to be seen. Dealers are complaining 

 of slow shipments. One stated that only two 

 shipments had been made up to August 16, 

 when many more than this should have been 

 reported. The scarcity of desirable stock has 

 forced dealers to seek new shippers about whom 

 they knew nothing. In some instances these 

 new connections have proved very satisfactory, 

 but with others the results have been, to say the 

 least, annoying. Several shippers have sold at 

 a certain price and then before shipment was 

 made resold at a better price to some one else. 



The demand for plain oak is moderate but 

 prices hold well. Quartered oak is also scarce 

 and firm. Ash is uuchanged in price, with a 

 fair inquiry reported. Native chestnut continues 

 to sell slowly in this market. W'hitewood is 

 firm. The demand is not large. Cypress holds 

 steady. It is reported in Boston that the large 

 Gulf mills are well supplied with orders. A 

 steady trade in veneers is found in this market. 



New York. 



shortage this fall will be very serious. To this 

 end many of the wholesale and manufacturing 

 houses are urging shippers to get in their fall 

 orders immediately if they desire anything like 

 prompt service. 



The volume of trade for this season of the year 

 continues about normal. There does not seem 

 to be any surplus of stock in the better grades of 

 hardwood, although there are sufficient supplies 

 to satisfy current demand. With the opening of 

 the fall activity it is believed that the increase 

 in demand will be such as to speedily absorb 

 available stocks and that there will be a shortage 

 of good lumber before long. The manufacturing 

 trade, such as furniture, trim, etc.. have been 

 sailing close to the wind in the matter of pur- 

 chases and will undoubtedly be active buyers for 

 fall and winter wants as soon as they are satis- 

 fied that the present situation will remain un- 

 changed. 



The general call locally still runs to ash, birch, 

 oak and poplar, with a fair movement of the 

 entire list. Many of the yards, while they have 

 a fair assortment of hardwood stocks, are short 

 of a number of desirable items and this fact is 

 tending to fill in the breaches in buying and is 

 providing a fairly steady late summer trade. 



The situation in hardwoods in the metropoli- 

 tan district continues steady with prices firm. 

 'Iho car shortage incident to the movement of fall 

 crops is being felt to some extent with every in- 

 dication from advices on hand that the car 



Philadelphia. 



To the surprise of many who predicted a con- 

 siderable slump in business during July and 

 August, trading has kept up remarkably well, 

 with indications favorable for fall trading. It 

 must be confessed, however, that a slight dull- 

 ness prevails in certain sections where activity 

 in woodworking plants has fallen off and deal- 

 ers are content to allow their stocks to remain 

 in present condition until the fall season opens. 

 Though there has been some little weakening in 

 values generally, there is no cause for alarm, as 

 reports from the mill centers show that there 

 is no accumulation of stock of any kind and 

 that it is difficult to obtain the better grades 

 of hardwoods in large blocks. The question of 

 railroad service at the mill districts is already 

 agitating the minds of the manufacturers and 

 dealers. 



A careful view of the woodworking field in 

 this section explains the exceptional prosperity 

 which has marked these summer months. The 

 eastern Pennsylvania furniture manufacturers, 

 to the surprise of the other sections of -the 

 country, are still active, although not rushed. 

 The sash and door mills are being pushed to 

 get orders filled in time for such buildings as 

 are about ready for their product. The floor- 

 ing concerns have been busy all summer. 



With the veneer and cigar box men there has 

 been a slight falling off in their line, but the 

 deviation is regarded as only temporary. Ve- 

 neer values keep about normal, but stocks are 

 not overplentiful. 



Ash and chestnut are probably scarcer than 

 any of the other hardwoods ; poplar, oak and 

 maple are running easier.' but all values in 

 hardwoods are said to be fairly steady at this 

 time. Taking the lumber field on the whole, 

 conditions are satisfactory. 



