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HARDWOOD RECORD 



and spriug. The local manufacturing trade, such 

 as furniture, piano, cabinet worliers, etc., is 

 experiencing some revival in business, which is 

 bringing low grades into the marliet for hard- 

 wood supplies, and as this class of trade in- 

 creases, the hardwood market should correspond- 

 ingly improve. The demand at present runs 

 largely to poplar, oak, ash, chestnut and birch. 



PITTSBURG 



Hardwood matters are in better shape than 

 they have been for years. The demand for all 

 grades of first-class hardwood is becoming so 

 strong that it is evident a shortage of dry stock 

 will be about the next thing en the program. 

 This will come the sooner if the threatened car 

 shortage materializes this fall. 



While the hardwood market has shown no sen- 

 sational gains in any direction during the past 

 two weeks there is a constantly stronger under- 

 current of buying sentiment. Even the yards 

 v/hich have held aloof from making large pur- 

 chases are now buying good sized lots. Country 

 mills have just begun to ship their product. 

 There will not be enough of this to have a bad 

 effect on prices ; on the other hand, the probable 

 shortage of lumber at most of these plants is 

 going to emphasize more strongly the really low 

 condition of all hardwood stocks. Many plants 

 will not be in shape to ship before December 

 or January. 



The call for fine hardwood to be used in the 

 manufacture of furniture, carriages and espe- 

 cially automobiles is a big feature of the market. 

 The fact that most hardwood in stock is not 

 suited to these purposes tends to increase both 

 prices and the willingness of purchasers to pay 

 what is asked for good lumber. Hardwood lum- 

 bermen in this district are practically a unit in 

 declaring that the hardwood situation is ex- 

 tremely encouraging. More evidence of good 

 times in hardwoods is found in the increasing 

 demand for good hardwood timber tracts. Local 

 agents say that there is more call for these 

 properties this month than there ever was before 

 and the buyer wants anything from a 50-acre 

 tract of oak to a l.onii-acre tract of mixed 

 hardwoods. 



BOSTON 



The general undertone of the hardwood market 

 is stronger and dealers are reporting more in- 

 quiry. Consumers are met with firmer and 

 higher prices, especially on the better grades. 

 Owing to the higher prices for one's and two's, 

 there has been more demand for No. 2 common 

 at stronger prices. Few buyers have been will- 

 ing to pay top asking prices. The demand for 

 low-grade lumber has improved, the stocks being 

 materially reduced during the past two months 

 so that today they are not large enough to have 

 any depressing effect upon the prices of the bet- 

 ter grades. The yard trade is better and a fur- 

 ther increase in demand is expected. Furniture 

 manufacturers have been forced to replenish 

 their stocks. Interior house finish manufacturers 

 have been very busy this fall and still have 

 considerable business in sight. 



Quartered oak is very firm at high prices. 

 Offerings of the best western stock are small. 

 It is reported that one-inch one's and two's have 

 sold as high as $90. Plain oak is well held 

 under a better demand. Chestnut is in fair 

 call and ash is selling in larger lots. High-grade 

 walnut is scarce and high. Whitewood is in 

 fair sale. 



BALTIMORE 



generally take a hopeful view of the situation. 

 All report that business has increased, and that 

 the demand is steadily expanding, while some 

 make the assertion that they are doing a larger 

 trade at the present time than they did even 

 before the depression, and — what is not less im- 

 portant — that it compares favorably with that 

 period in point of prices. Such is the situation 

 that holders of stocks feel able to mark up their 

 ligures from time to time. One local firm re- 

 cently advanced its No. 1 common oak .$2 per 

 thousand. The firm makes a specialty of this 

 grade, to be sure, but similar increases are being 

 made from time to time all along the line. When 

 a buyer now halts at a rise in quotations be runs 

 the risk of having to pay more by the time he 

 finally concludes that he wants the lumber. To 

 be sure, the high-grade lumber is never offered 

 in such quantities as to constitute a weight 

 upou the market, but even the common grades 

 are moving with such freedom that accumula- 

 tions are kept down, and this division of the 

 trade is no longer the problem it was months 

 ago. 



li'urniture and other hardwood consuming fac- 

 tories are calling for lumber in fairly large 

 quantities, and the demand everywhere is such 

 as to keep down the supplies to proportions 

 w'hich cause no trouble. The home require- 

 ments have been reflected in greater strength 

 abroad. Being large enough to absorb exten- 

 sive quantities of lumber, there was compara- 

 tively little left for shipment abroad, and the 

 accumulations there have been diminishing. For- 

 eign buyers are accordingly less captious, and 

 better prices are being offered. Shippers have 

 taken contracts for foreign countries of late at 

 figures which must be regarded as attractive. 

 'J'his applies not only to poplar l)ut to oak and 

 other woods. Even in walnut logs there is a 

 decided improvement. A sale held not long 

 ago at Hamburg realized surprisingly good 

 prices. Shipping on consignment, however, is 

 still to he avoided ; in fact, the exporter must 

 know his territory and must be familiar with 

 the conditions of the market to which he sends 

 lumber. 



CLEVELAND 



The Cleveland hardwood market seems to be 

 picking up, according to the local dealers. The 

 call for interior finish is strong, especially for 

 maple and oak flooring. More of the latter is 

 being used each year as builders find that it is 

 comparatively inexpensive for the effects secured. 



There is an inclination towards stiffer prices 

 on most grades of hardwood. Oak and poplar, 

 particularly, seem to be firmer, although the call 

 for all other lines of commercial hardwood is 

 better than it has been for months. The vehicle 

 trade is good, especially the automobile line, 

 which makes a strong bid for fine wide poplar 

 boards for use in auto bodies. 



COLUMBUS 



The developments in the lumber trade are all 

 in the direction of greater activity and better 

 prices. Though the gains have been slow they 

 are fairly continuous and members of the trade 



The hardwood market in Columbus and cen- 

 tral Ohio continues to improve. One of the best 

 features of the trade is the good movement of 

 all grades, and there is no accumulation of 

 stocks in any one grade or variety. The better 

 movement of the lower grades has stiffened the 

 entire list, and manufacturers and jobbers be- 

 lieve that prices will continue to advance. There 

 are some grades in which quotations have not 

 yet reached a iioint that is warranted by market 

 conditions, and it is believed advances will soon 

 occur. There is also a better demand from 

 manufacturing establishments. While they have 

 been buying only as their needs warranted, still 

 the general improvement in trade conditions has 

 caused a necessity for more raw materials. Rail- 

 roads are buying more lumber of all kinds, and 

 the same is true of factories making furniture, 

 implements and vehicles. Dealers are also in- 



creasing their stock, and a better feeling is 

 shown on all sides. 



The demand for quartered oak is so strong 

 that large premiums are offered for spot stock. 

 The supply is limited. Plain oak is also in good 

 demand and the amount is being decreased be- 

 cause mills are making all quartered oak pos- 

 sible. The demand for poplar continues strong, 

 and wide sizes bring almost any price. Chest- 

 nut is in good demand, especially for firsts and 

 seconds and No. 1 common. Ash is still weak, 

 although no reductions in prices have been made 

 recently. Hickory is in good demand and manu- 



TOO L4TE TO CLASSIFY 



For other Wanted and For Sale 

 Matter &ee Pa^e S3 



FOE SALE 



20 cars dry Walnut squares. 

 10 cars 1" Walnut lumber, cull, common and 

 better. 



LANGTON LUMBER CO., Pekin, 111. 



WANT TO CONTRACT 



With reliable millmen for 1,000,000 feet Oak 

 car material. Will accept green from saws^ 

 inspect at mills and pay spot cash. 



KEITH SAWERS, 

 G24 Gravier St., New Orleans, La. 



WANTED 



We will need during the next six months 3 

 to 5 cars 1x24 to 27" soft yellow poplar, Ists 

 and 2nds, panel and No. 1. Must be choice 

 stock. Give us your best price for prompt cash 

 and state time of delivery. 

 AMERICAN LPK. & MFG. CO., Pittsburg, Pa. 



WANTED— LUMBER AND SHINGLES 



Wanted, high grade lumber and shingles to 

 sell on commission or salary. Ten years' ex- 

 perience. Strictly sober and not a "pool or card 

 shark" nor a "$u per car man." Open for im- 

 mediate engagement with a first-class firm. 



Address BOX 544 E, Elkhart, Ind. ' 



ALABAMA TIMBER LAND 



1,050 acres rich bottom laud in central Ala- 

 bama for .^10.000; (S50 acres in good timber, 

 balance in cultivation. Located on navigable 

 water within two miles of a branch, now under 

 con.itruction, of the M. & O. R. R. Titles perfect. 



This is a splendid property to carry as an 

 investment or for a mill proposition. It is all 

 good land and no danger from forest fires. Ad- 

 dress "ALABAMA," care Hardwood Record. 



EXTRAORDINARY 



Bargain in veneer mill. 



V. J. HILL, Narrows, Va. 



WANTED— A PARTNER 



With about ^20,000 to go into lumber busi- 

 ness, wholesale, handling oak, chestnut, poplar, 

 ash, etc., by a young man wlio has bought and 

 sold hardwoods for the last 10 years. Young 

 man with practically no capital. 



Address "BOX 7," care Uaudwood Recoed. 



rOR SALE 



One No. McGiffert Log Loader and Skidder 

 in first-class repair ; immediate southern de- 

 livery. Bargain price. 



Address "BOX 9," care Hardwood Record. 



EXPERIENCED MILLMAN 



Wanted that will invest some of his own 

 money in a company that owns forty-two hun- 

 dred and fifty (4,250) acres of timber land, on 

 which stands Red Gum, Oak, Ash and Cypress. 

 A forty thousaud dollar ($40,000) full equipped 

 mill is on the place, and a road will be built 

 from the mill connecting with the railroad. Only 

 an experienced sawmill man and one who will 

 invest some of his own money will be consid- 

 ered Address 



FEDERAL STAVE & LUMBER COMPANY, 



Evansville, Ind. 



FOR SALE 



400,000 feet 4/4 Sound Wormy Chestnut, 

 widths and lengths fine. Address 



BOX 275, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 



FOR SALE 



Two adjoining tracts of Cypress and Hardwood 

 timber, 9,000 and 14.000 acres respectively. 150 

 miles from New Orleans, well located. Rail and 

 river facilities. Timber runs 5,000 feet to acre. 

 Good circular mill and full logging equipment 

 included. Sell all or part. Address 



"BOX 20," care Hardwood Record. 



