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HARDWOOD RECORD 



LOUISVILLE 



Though the closing or the year, involving 

 stock-taking and a consequent inclination to put 

 off purcliases ot lumber, has somewhat slackened 

 the demand, the general hardwood situation is 

 good. The increased demand for low grades 

 during the past few weeks has been the most 

 encouraging development, indicating that the 

 large accumulations of the past two years will 

 be used up rapidly. Reports from all over this 

 section indicate that building projects are more 

 numerous and important than since the panic, 

 and that the consumption of lumber in construc- 

 tion work will set a new record in 1910. Pro- 

 posed construction by the railroads is another 

 favorable sign. Oak, both quartered and plain, 

 poplar, chestnut and gum are in good demand 

 at firm prices. With the opening ot the new 

 year It is believed that lumber prices will begin 

 a climb for a new level. 



he in better demand from the hardwood floor 

 manufacturers, who are now preparing for the 

 spring trade. High-grade birch is wanted. Bass- 

 wood is holding its own. 



ASHLAND 



Manufacturers here are more tlian pleased 

 with present market conditions. In spite of 

 the nearness of the holiday season, no slump 

 has been noted in business. 



Poplar is very strong, with prices on all 

 grades advancing. There is a great scarcity of 

 high-grade stock, grades used for bevel siding 

 and moulding. Retail yards and planing mills 

 report a noted increase in Iiusiness the past 

 thirty days. Both plain and quartered oak is 

 in active call, with prices advancing. There is 

 also a greater demand for low-grade hardwood, 

 some manufacturers having sold their entire lot 

 of dry stock. Car stock men are buying more 

 freely and large orders are being placed at 

 advanced prices. 



ST. LOUIS 



The hardwood trade is quite well sustained 

 iu spite of the cold weather and accompanying 

 snow and sleet. The current demand is for the 

 most salable hardwoods and is best for first and 

 second grades in nearly all the woods. The 

 lower grades; however, are coming to the front 

 in the demand and a more active movement is 

 noticeable than there had been for a long time. 

 This activity will not last long, is the opinion 

 of the best informed hardwood dealers and they 

 look for a sudden let up at almost any time. 

 The reason for this is because the inventory 

 period is at hand, as well as the usual holiday 

 quietness. The season is considered about ended. 

 The cypress situation is encouraging. Orders, 

 however, are small and buying is for immediate 

 use. The outlook for next year is most 

 encouraging. 



MILWAUKEE 



The demand for hardwoods is holding up much 

 better than dealers and manufacturers had an- 

 ticipated it would during the holiday season. 

 Business is not as heavy as It has been, but no 

 decided falling off in sales is noted. Indica- 

 tions are that most of the manufacturing con- 

 cerns are beginning to replenish their stocks even 

 at this early date. The furniture people are 

 Imying more freely and this has done much to 

 improve general business. The sash and door 

 factories, while not placing the orders that they 

 did during the heavy building season, are book- 

 ing plenty of business ahead. Dealers and manu- 

 facturers are just waking up to the fact that 

 dry stocks, especially in the upper grades, are 

 not as large as they might be. Lower grade 

 stuff is still rather easy, with the box factories 

 buying lightly in this line. Poplar is in excellent 

 demand and in some instances prices have gone 

 higher. Oak is still wanted, and maple seems to 



MINNEAPOLIS 



Inactivity is the ruling characteristic ot the 

 northwestern hardwood lumber market this week. 

 Buying for country yard delivery is practically 

 at a standstill, partly because of the switchmen's 

 strike, which has tied up traffic to a great ex- 

 tent, and partly due to the fact that the holiday 

 season is naturally quiet. In the larger cities, 

 however, the demand for hardwood lumber for 

 finish is still drawing considerable supplies. The 

 sash and door factories are busy. and. as build- 

 ing goes on steadily, this source of trade will 

 continue profitable during the winter months. 

 Most of the hardwood mills of Wisconsin and 

 Jliunesota are either already at work or are 

 preparing to commence sawing soon after the 

 first of the year. Conditions for logging in the 

 northern woods have been fairly favorable, and 

 now there is plenty of snow for hauling pur- 

 poses. As mills have greatly reduced their stocks 

 during the past few months, there will be an 

 unusual effort to get in a large supply of logs. 



Stocks in the hands of wholesalers are very 

 low. Everything points to a good volume of 

 trade soon after the beginning of the new year, 

 and prices will undoubtedly be better. High- 

 grade stock has been steadily improving in value, 

 and the lower grades have also moved up some. 

 Oak is especially strong, and both basswood and 

 birch have improved of late. 



SAOINAW VALLEY 



Usually business at this season assumes a holi- 

 day character and the lumber industry eases up 

 lor a few days, but reports from dealers and 

 manufacturers are that there is no apparent 

 cessation in the movement. Orders are coming 

 right along, and prices are advancing. On some 

 grades of lumber there has been an advance of 

 $2 to $3 a thousand feet, while the trade is 

 calling for more dry lumber than is available. 



Kecent sales of maple, No. 1, common and 

 better, have been made at $20. an advance of 

 $2 and $3 compared with last spring's quota- 

 tions. Thick maple has advanced correspond- 

 ingly and is active, with dry lumber reported 

 scarce. Beech No. 2, common and better, is 

 firmly held at $15 to $17, while birch is strong 

 at $22 lo $26, Basswood has been active and 

 strong all the fall. There is hardly basswood 

 enough to meet the trade requirements, and it is 

 selling quickly at $27 to $30. There is very 

 little white ash available now in northern Michi 

 gan, and black ash is not so abundant as it was 

 a few years ago. The market is firm for both 

 at $30 to $31. The movement in elm has been 

 sluggish. It is quoted at $23 to $26. Some 

 red oak comes to this market. It is firm at $3ri 

 to $38. Beech, birch and maple culls are moving 

 freely at $9.50 to $10. The trade goes into the 

 winter in prime condition, with light stocks of 

 dry lumber available, and an active and harden- 

 ing market. 



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The outlook for hardwood lumber in general 

 and also hemlock is exceedingly bright, and 

 many inquiries are being received by the manu- 

 facturers for various kinds of stocks. 



There never was a brighter outlook for maple 

 lumber than at the present time. The maple 

 flooring industry is enjoying as great a demand 

 as it has ever known, and the manufacturers of 

 this stock are short of this commodity, as well 

 as short of the rough lumber from which it Is 

 manufactured. 



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