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facturing plants are increasing their orders, 

 other hardwoods are steady. 



CINCINNATI 



The hardwood market continues to improve 

 slowly. Prices remain firm. The common grades 

 of hardwood are still weak, although a slight 

 improvement has been noticed. The upper grades 

 are in good demand. Poplar and oak continue 

 to be the leaders, with gum, hasswood, ash, Cot- 

 tonwood, birch, beech and hickory following in 

 about the order named. Cypress remains fair. 

 The demand for this wood seems to be a trifle 

 heavier, the supply not large and prices firm. 

 The oak flooring market is good. Orders and 

 shipments continue to he quite heavy, largely 

 in excess of last year's business, which was the 

 best year oak flooring manufacturers had ever 

 experienced. 



Collections remain about the same. 



considerable amount of Ko. 1 common and some 

 No. 2 common. The latter, however, is com- 

 paratively slow. The upper grades of gum and 

 Cottonwood are moving in moderate quantities, 

 but prices are unsatisfactory. There is some 

 improvement in the box business, which should 

 help the cottonwood and gum situation. There 

 is not much poplar for sale in this market, and 

 what is oSEered is readily taken. 



Views regarding the export situation differ. 

 Some claim that there is a very satisfactory vol- 

 ume of business, while others ciaini that there is 

 not. Some say that prices are good, while others 

 say they are unsatisfactory. The fact remains, 

 however, that a large amount of hardwood is 

 being sent to Europe and that conditions are bet- 

 ter in that quarter than they have been for a 

 long while. The large amount of business now 

 being done indicates that important buyers have 

 entered the market, and the trade here is facing 

 the future with an untisual amount of confidence. 



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TOLEDO 



Dealers here express themselves as well pleased 

 with the hardwood situation and the result of 

 this year's business. There have been practically 

 no weak spots in the market aside, possibly, 

 from poplar, which has been a trifle uncertain. 

 Box materials of all kinds have f3^lnd a much 

 better demand recently. Small retailers are 

 buying almost exclusively in small lots from the 

 wholesalers as needed to fill orders. Maple floor- 

 ing has attracted considerable attention recently, 

 and prices have advanced about $2, with very 

 limited stocks and a limited supply in sight. 

 Orders for several cars were turned down at the 

 mills last week for the reason that cars are sold 

 far .ahead and the firm could accept nothing for 

 immediate shipment. Nor would they agree to 

 send half of the order in six weeks and the bal- 

 ance in three months. Oak is still moving 

 actively, and there is a good market for hickory, 

 ash, chestnut, hasswood. and even elm. Local 

 stocks are in good working condition, generally 

 speaking, but they are carrying little surplus. 

 Orders are being liberally placed and receipts 

 have been normal. There is still a strong de- 

 mand from builders for all kinds of house finish- 

 ing and flooring. Prices have shown no decline 

 and none is apprehended. 



BVANSVILLB 



The hardwood market in this section continues 

 to improve. Lumber is moving more uniformly 

 and the demand is better and more general. 

 Prices on quartered oak are good. Plain oaki is 

 in fair demand and it is conceded that prices 

 on this wood will advance as the quartered 

 stock goes higher. 



MEMPHIS 



There is a better feeling in the hardwood 

 lumber circles and the volume of business shows 

 a considerable increase over that of even a very 

 short time ago. Some of the leading members 

 of the trade here state that they are enjoying 

 the best business they have had for more than 

 two years, while others declare their volume is 

 the largest ever experienced. There has been 

 some improvement in prices of low-grade stock. 

 One of the features of the situation is the 

 placing of orders for considerable quantities of 

 ash. There has also been a considerable increase 

 in the demand for cypress, and the quantity of 

 this stock moving is fairly large. Thick ash is 

 in particularly good demand, but a considerable 

 quantity of inch stock is also being sold. A 

 considerable increase is noted in the demand for 

 cypress. The situation in plain and quartered 

 oak is as strong as at any time this season. 

 Prices are good and the demand includes a 



LOUISVILLE 



The tone of the hardwood market in Louis- 

 ville is healthy, and the general situation is sat- 

 isfactory. The demand is improving in nearly 

 all lines, and a movement in the lower grades, 

 which have been practically inactive for two 

 years, has begun. The chief movement, of course, 

 is in the higher grades, on which prices have 

 strengthened somewhat. Quartered oak is in 

 fine demand, and is being sold at top-notch 

 prices. Poplar and plain oak are going well 

 also. The mahogany manufacturers are import- 

 ing and manufacturing largely, and the building 

 trades and the car manufacturers are using a 

 large part of their output. The veneer men 

 report that .business is considerably improved, 

 but that prices are still below the figure which 

 ought to be demanded. 



ASHLAND 



The hardwood situation of this section con- 

 linuL-s to improve and prospects are encouraging 

 in both orders and better prices. The railroads 

 are buying more freely than at any time during 

 the past two years and prices are better than 

 have been received before. A great many of 

 the mills are shut down at the present time on 

 account of log supply, and have on hand only 

 a reasonable amount of stock, the larger portion 

 of which is not dry enough for the market. 

 No. 1 and No. 2 common oak is in very strong 

 demand with both the furniture and flooring fac- 

 tories. The stocks are considerably broken and 

 low at this time but inquiries plentiful, coming 

 from all sources, chiefly furniture and imple- 

 ment factories. It is predicted by our lumber- 

 men that it will only be a matter of a short 

 time until it will be very difficult to secure this 

 stock at nominal prices. 



A very noticeable firmness is found in all the 

 lower grades of hardwoods, and the demand is 

 steady and larger than before. Box factories 

 are buying more freely of sound wormy and No. 

 3 common chestnut and substituting it for other 

 woods, which they find a very good substitute. 

 Poplar continues to head the list as being in 

 the strongest demand and prices received. The 

 large mills which make a specialty of poplar 

 have their plants in full operation. The panel 

 stock and firsts and seconds poplar supply is 

 far less than the demand and prices are advanc- 

 ing with stocks decreasing. 



ST. LOUIS 



While the hardwood trade is not what was ex- 

 pected it would be at this time of the year, it 

 is considerably better than it has been since last 

 spring. There is more buying but it has fallen 

 short of the boom that was looked for. One 

 gratifying feature is that the furniture and box 



