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HARDWOOD RECORD 



the regular exporters here declare that they 

 expected the dullness aud that they are not dis- 

 couraged over the foreign outloolc. Weather con- 

 ditions recently have been well nigh perfect, 

 thus leading to large production of hardwood 

 iimilier. There is, however, no surplus of dry 

 stock and prices are fairly well maintained. 

 Country mills are offering lumber to some extent, 

 but this process is not as rapid as wholesalers 

 had expected nor are prices easing off in first 

 hands as much as they had anticipated. 



Quarter-sawed oak is reported one of the best 

 sellers in this market. There is very little quar- 

 tered red oak for sale and this accounts for the 

 strong undertone shown by this particular wood. 

 Ash is in very satisfactory reiiuest and prices 

 secured therefor are full. There is no particular 

 urgency about the demand for ash, but there is 

 ijuite enough to take up what is offered. There 

 is only a moderate quantity of poplar for sale 

 here and this is taken up as fast as it is placed 

 on sale. Cypress is somewhat slow but the feel- 

 ing in this lumber is a shade better than it was 

 (luring the recent severe depression in yellow 

 pine. Cottonwood and gum both continue to 

 move freely in the lower grades which are used 

 in box manufacture. Offerings are light and 

 demand is satisfactory, thus insuring high prices. 

 High grade cottonwood is in only moderate re- 

 ijuest and prices are somewhat easier. The same 

 is true of high grade gum. There is no great 

 amount of this for sale, but it is not sought 

 with tlie eagerness which characterized the situ- 

 . ation several months ago. The general view 

 • here is that there will be a revival of demand 

 for hardwood lumber within the next three or 

 four weeks. 



New Orleans. 

 Hardwood conditions, according to reports 

 from the interior, are showing some improve- 

 ment, though prices appear so far to be un- 

 affected thereby. There are frequent inquiries 

 and the volume of orders has been growing 

 somewliat. .Stocks are by no means abundant 

 and the outlook for the fall trade is encourag- 

 ing. Export demand is spotted. White oak .ap- 

 pears to. lead in the demand, considerable quan- 

 tities having been sent abroad of late. The 

 stave people are reported to be making a quiet 

 canvass of the interior for this wood, buying it 

 on the stump. Gum is also in fair demand for 

 export, while gum, oak, hickory and ash logs 

 are finding a market abroad. The interior de- 

 mand is growing stronger and with favorable 

 weather and a let-up of the car shortage the 

 hardwood men should have no further reason 

 to complain during the present year. 



Minneapolis, 



A thorough canvass of the Wisconsin hardwood 

 mills has demonstrated that nearly all this sea- 

 sou's cut, both that in pile and that yet to be 

 sawed, is in the hands of the middlemen. There 

 was some talk earlier in the season about hold- 

 ing back from making contracts till fall condi- 

 tions were better able to be forecasted, but 

 everyliody seems to have been afraid to wait, and 

 so the wholesalers all got into the field and 

 bought mill outputs as usual, even earlier and 

 more completely than in former years. Good 

 prices were paid, too, which insure that there 

 will be no falling off in the market for the next 

 few months. Business is comparatively quiet 

 now, the country trade being slow, but the largo 

 consumers are all doing a thriving business, and 

 while they have stock on hand for their present 

 needs, they will be in the market in due time. 

 Xearly all the northern oak has been bought by 

 Ihe factories and rock elm is extremely hard to 

 lind. Ash is scarce and some users are making 

 anxious inquiry for new stocks of It. The supply 

 of birch and basswood is good now and the time 

 is propitious to buy, but prices are stronger 

 tluin ever. A new level in birch values has been 

 reached and will he maintained without any 

 question, as Ihe lasl year's experience shows 

 that the supply will liud a ready market. 



Southern offerings are coming into this mar- 

 ket, but the southern mills are already feeling 

 the pinch of car shortage and deliveries are 

 bound to be slow. This point is urged by the 

 salesmen as a reason for placing orders promptly. 

 A'alues are more favorable than they were in the 

 spring but under the present conditions are ex- 

 pected to advance again this fall. 



Toledo. 



There is no complaint heard in the hardwood 

 market. Xearly all hardwoods are in fair de- 

 mand, and while the movement is not as rapid 

 as it has been at times, it is steady, and prices 

 are firm. In some instances there has been 

 difliculty in securing as much basswood as de- 

 sired and of the required quality, but where 

 this has proven true substitutes have been found 

 available to take their place. Stocks have also 

 run a trifle low on ash, but, unlike basswood, 

 the demand has not been pressing. Local box 

 factories have been heavy consumers of bass- 

 wood in certain grades, having used it in many 

 cases as a substitute for white pine. 



Manufacturing plants are all running at full 

 capacity and buying large quantities of hard- 

 woods. The furniture factories and woodwork- 

 ing plants are especially busy for this season of 

 the year and have large orders ahead, assuring 

 a heavy consumption for some time to come. 

 Hickory and ash are in general demand at the 

 vehicle factories. Poplar is in strong demand, 

 with prospects for a rise in prices. 



A careful study of the local field reveals that 

 while there is no material surplus of hardwoods 

 at the local yards, stocks are about normal, and 

 with future supplies in sight there will he no 

 sh(utagc in the near future. 



AsUand. 



The outlook for the opening of the fall trade 

 is excellent. This summer has been unpreced.-nt- 

 ed in the activity of business and with the or- 

 ders and prices keeping up straight through the 

 months of July and -August which are usually 

 dull. There is very little stock on hand and not 

 much prospect for timber next year. The price 

 of poplar keeps up, especially in the high grades. 



Little Rock. 



The most striking feature in the hardwood sit- 

 uation throughout the state just now is the boun- 

 tiful supply of the raw product at the mills. 

 Many of the mills are running night and day 

 and are still unable to keep the supply down to 

 normal. This is due, in some instances, to the 

 continued dry weather of the past five w-eeks. 

 giving ideal conditions for reaching the forests 

 and at the same time acting as an incentive to 

 the farmers to "break even," financially, in case 

 the dry weather resulted in a crop shortage. 

 I'rices for labor at the stave mills and in the 

 woods have been attractive, while the demand for 

 the finished product, especially staves, spoke.-;, 

 etc., has been unsually good. 



Liverpool. 



Trade has shown very little impr<ivemeut dur- 

 ing the last few weeks and as we are now in 

 the midst of the holiday season we cannot very 

 well expect any for some time to come. Hickory 

 logs are very firm and are receiving a good 

 deal of attention from most of our leading 

 buyers. All seem in a big hurry to cover for 

 their immediate requirements, with the inevitable 

 result that higher prices are being seen. The 

 stock is very small and the consumpticm is daily 

 increasing. Three months ago no one wouhl 

 look at the wood and parcels were hawked all 

 over the place and offered at all kinds of low 

 prices without finding buyers. Today the nuirkei 

 could easily take 500 lo Oiiii bs;-' and lliey 

 would he eagerly snapped n\>. Maiiouany is also 

 v.M-y tirni and higher prices still will he seen. 

 Any of I he better classes of panel or boanl 

 wood are extremely scarce and buyers are all 



complaining that they cannot obtain this class 

 of wood in large enough quantities to satisfy 

 their requirements. Poplar Is very firm and 

 the market can do with a large number of car- 

 loads without noticing any difference to the 

 stock, as they would all go into consumption. 

 Planed % Nos. 1 and 2 are practically cleared 

 out and buyers are clamoring for this size. 



London. 



This month being the time wlien most people 

 are enjoying their summer vacations, business 

 is necessarily slow, although a fair quantity of 

 lumber is going into consumption. The arrivals 

 have been very heavy and importers find great 

 difficulty in selling stocks from the quay on ar- 

 rival except at greatly reduced i)rices. 



Plain oak 3 and 4-incli planks are in good 

 demand at fair prices, but there is not a large 

 stock arriving. Tor prime boards the demand 

 is very slow and quite equal to the arrivals. 

 The lower grades have been arriving too freely, 

 and buyers have had their choice both for price 

 and condition, and the quantities arriving have 

 broken the price considerably. 



In quartered boards there is only a small 

 stock hero, but quite sufficient to meet present 

 requirements. The demand for planks has fallen 

 off. 



There is a good demand for prime grades of 

 wbitewood in thin dressed stock and for inch 

 rough boards ; also for 3 and 4-inch planks, 

 which would realize good prices. No. 1 com- 

 mon, also cull grade, has been in good demand, 

 which has been supplied by recent arrivals, but 

 there is still a .good market for same. 



Satin walnut has been arriving freely, but the 

 market remains firm, as most of the parcels 

 arriving have been shipped under contract. 



There is a fair demand for walnut for the 

 time of year and stocks are not heavy. Good 

 logs are in demand at very high prices. 



Tupelo is getting better known here and 

 parcels arriving have realized higher prices. 



In mahogany the arrivals still remain small 

 and the market firm. 



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