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manufacturers are coming into tlie marliet. Here- 

 tofore tlie planing mills and sash and door fac- 

 tories were the only ones to liuy freely. The 

 upper grades in all woods are most in demand. 

 In oak all stock is being purchased. No. 1 com- 

 mon and iirsts and seconds and plain and quar- 

 ter-sawed oak, both red and white, is particularly 

 sought. In other woods, the lower grades, while 

 not now in demand, are gradually being bought. 

 Gum and cottonwood are stronger than they have 

 been for some time. The cut of the former has 

 been curtailed somewhat in the producing terri- 

 tory. As, however, the stocks were pretty heavy, 

 the curtailment has not yet been felt. The lower 

 grades in cottonwood are showing more life than 

 they did, but as there is also a plentiful supply 

 of low-grade lumber there is no fear of a scarcity. 

 Poplar is moving well and the box factories are 

 taking lots of low-grade stuff. 



^EW ORLEANS 



The general lumber situation in Xew Orleans 

 as applied to hardwoods and export lumber, 

 though somewhat better than it was a fortnight 

 ago, is still quiet, according to the leading local 

 exporters, and while the outlook is believed to be 

 favorable, it is indicated that no great volume 

 of business will be transacted for some time yet. 

 The hardwood mills in this territory are running 

 steadily and turning out good quantities of stock. 

 Most of their output, however, is being absorbed 

 in the interior, as the European buyers are not 

 the least active and little exporting is being done. 



MILWAUKEE 



The total amount of business received during 

 the month of September exceeded that of any 

 other month in the past two years. General 

 trade was good as a result of the boom in build- 

 ing lines, a brisk demand from the factories on 

 increased activity in furniture manufacture and 

 a gradual resumption of buying by the railroads. 

 At present, liowever, there seems to be something 

 of a lull, although business is far from being 

 quiet. It is generally conceded that trade has 

 readied its highest this fall and that from now 

 on a steady and normal trade will be in evi- 

 dence. The fall building season is far advanced 

 and the bulk of orders for this field has been 

 placed. While the sash and door plants and 

 other manufacturing concerns are still placing 

 good orders, they are now sailing more to the 

 weather and proceeding carefully. The furniture 

 plants are still buying and it is expected that 

 they will continue to do so for some time. The 

 railroads are in the market for heavy stocks as 

 well as for repair material. 



Oak is still in the lead, although the demand 

 for the upper grades of birch and poplar is also 

 good. Easswood, maple and elm are wanted. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



During the past two weeks the hardwood trade 

 of this section has not undergone any material 

 change. There is a steady flow of orders, but 

 not an unusually heavy demand. The tendency 

 is toward greater strength, largely due to tlie 

 fact that available stocks are reduced to a very 

 low point. Particularly is this true of the 

 upper grades of all woods marketed in this sec- 

 tion. There is a more plentiful supply of the 

 lower grades, but they are stiifening because of 

 the increased demand from box makers and other 

 consumers of that class of stock. Birch con- 

 tinues in good demand, with some recent sales 

 at higher figures than have been obtained before 

 for two years. Oak is staple and strong. Bass- 

 wood is doing better after a long period of 

 w-eakness. The sash and door factories are still 

 busy on odd work, and are buying supplies 

 steadily, since none of them have been carrying 

 much raw material for two years or more. 



SAQINAW VALLEY 



Trade is reported good all along the line, 

 rtry lumber is scarce and everything available 

 is finding a customer. The largest manufac- 

 turers in the valley say that orders are coming 

 by every mail and by wire. Thick maple is in 

 active demand at good prices with the predic- 

 tion that it will go still higher. There is very 

 little basswood. beech and birch available for 

 shipment that has not been taken. Even culls 

 are $1 a thousand higher and most of the 

 manufacturers have sold all the dry stock in 

 this line tliey had on hand. Maple flooring is 

 moving briskly. All the plants are full of busi- 

 ness. A larger stock of logs than usual will be 

 cut this winter. 



DETROIT 



Improvement is shown in every branch of the 

 hardwood trade in Detroit and vicinity. Many 

 dealers declare that business almost approxi- 

 mates the boom years of 1906 and 1007. The 

 mills and factories are about taxed to their ca- 

 pacity. Poplar, birch and maple are the leaders 

 in point of demand and distinctly fair prices 

 prevail. 



Perhaps the most prominent feature of the 

 hardwood trade in this vicinity is the activity in 

 maple flooring. Flooring factories and mills are 

 having about as much as they can do to meet 

 the demand. Prices are firm, being fully as high 

 as in lOOG or 1007. The healthy condition of 

 the maple flooring trade has served to advance 

 prices in rough maple lumber and this has had 

 its effect on the Michigan mills. 



Birch is moving steadily at fair prices, but is 

 not yet bringing prices that producers believe 

 that it should. The birch, hard and soft maple 

 market feels the competition of West Virginia 

 producers. Much southern hardwood lumber is 

 being shipped into the Detroit market and local 

 consumers state that the southern product is 

 usually better in thickness and width and finds 

 favor on this account. About the only thing in 

 the local hardwood trade giving producers or 

 dealers any uneasiness is "No. 3," or mill culls. 

 This stock is moving slowly in the lower penin- 

 sula of Michigan and some very low prices have 

 been quoted recently. 



GRAND RAPIDS 



Stocks of dry maple are broken. The demand 

 for good birch continues strong, with stocks on 

 hand low. There is plenty of low-grade "birch 

 in the market. Beech is in good supply with 

 inquiry somewhat improved. There is enough 

 elm to ga around, especially of four-quarter 

 stock, and prices are no higher. Good-grade ash 

 moves readily. Michigan oak is in fair demand, 

 with supply limited. 



LIVERPOOL 



The prosperous outlook in the Liverpool tim- 

 ber market of some weeks back has completely 

 died away. No revival is looked for until after 

 the general election, which, it is anticipated, will 

 take place in January. Shippers are advised to 

 be careful not to ship large quantities of any 

 lumber until this is over. 



The mahogany position still remains keen and 

 values continue to advance, though American 

 buyers are told there is no real foundation in 

 this marliet for this wood, as a decline is ex- 

 pected soon. Prices have gone up out of pro- 

 portion to the ordinary law of supply and de- 

 mand, and information is received that quite a 

 large quantity of wood will arrive in a few 

 days, which is bound to bring down values. 



Uickory is very scarce and any shipments now 



would bring good prices. It is reported that, all 

 told, there are not one hundred logs in Liverpool 

 at the present time, and this coupled with the 

 fact that it will be almost three months before 

 much of the new wood arrives, must force buy- 

 ers to pay almost any figure asked by the ship- 

 per. Asli is very much the same. Shippers are 

 advised to send moderate quantities and to de- 

 cline to make any contracts for second-growth 

 wood except at high prices, as shipments on 

 consignment would be more remunerative. Other 

 hardwoods are weak generally. There is some 

 life in the wagon oak business, mainly owing 

 to the small stocks, and prime parcels with a 

 quantity loVz feet and up would bring good 

 prices. Oak boards li,4 No. 1 common are 

 wanted, as are also prime whitewood logs, which 

 are scarce here. Birch is weak and should not 

 be shipped. Maple is poor ; even the flooring 

 stock is not in much demand now. 



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Trustee's Sale of 



MODERN VENEERED DOOR AND 

 WOODWORKING PLANT of 



PENNSBORO LUMBER CO., Bankrupt 



On August 14, 1909, at 1 o'clock P. M.. will 

 be offered for sale at public auction, on the 

 premises of the Pennsboro Lumber Co.. at Penns- 

 boro, liitchie County. West Virginia, all the real 

 estate of the concern, including the plant there- 

 on, as well as the personal property belonging 

 thereto. 



The sale will include the land on which the 

 plant is located: the factory buildings, with 

 niacliiLery. fixtures, and all appurtenances; the 

 lumber on the premises, the office furnitnre, 

 supplies and fixtures, as well as divers other 

 personal property, all in first-class condition. 

 The property will be sold as a whole, or in 

 small lots, to the highest bidder. 



For further particulars address, 



THOS. J. DAVIS, Trustee 



Pennsboro Lamber Co., Bankrupt 

 PENNSBORO WEST VIRGINIA 



