HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Patents Pendinc 



ZIMMERMAN'S 

 INSTANTANEOUS GLUE FILTERING CONVERTER 



ELIMINATES Dctcti..raUon. c\aporaLion. poor 



work, mess and dirl. 

 INAUGURATES— Lower costs, less labor, accuracy, 



uniformity and cleanliness. 



The Glue Converter you sent us on Sept. 10th 

 works successfully. We have decided to adopt 

 same at all our plants. 



KROST VENEER SEATING CO. 



Made only by 



THE INSTiNIiNEOUS GLUE CONVERTER CO. 



CmCINhATI. OHIO 



WcslitiEhouse 25 eallon Glue Cookers 



Westin^house 



Electrically-Heated 



Glue Cookers 



The modern way of cooking glue 

 in quantities. A starling and a 

 running heat is provided, the Erst 

 cooks the glue, the latter keeps it 

 at exactly the right working tem- 

 perature for supplying small glue 

 pots with glue. 



Send for Folder 4102 



^'e also manufacture power motors 

 of any capacity for all circuits 



Westinghouse Electric 



& Mfg. Co., Pittsburg, Pa. 



Sales Offices Everywhere 



for a year or more. In hardwood this is not 

 soing to be a difficult task for it is anticipated 

 that just as soon as the weather breaks and 

 spring operations begin the demand for hardwood 

 lumber of all kinds will far outstrip the avail- 

 able supply of dry stock. Every mill is being 

 put in condition to make its best record In 1010 

 but In spite of this hardwood stocks are not 

 accumulating and the better grades of poplar 

 and oak are being sought with rather indifferent 

 success by anxious purchasers. 



BOSTON 



Tradiug in the market for hardwoods has 

 not shown any improvement since the tirst 

 of the year, but dealers state they do not expect 

 much new business during the first half of 

 January. This is due greatly to the inventory 

 season. Few consumers are carrying more than 

 moderate sized stocks and, with the general busi- 

 ness up to normal, the call for lumber should be 

 good. Buyers realize there is nothing to be 

 gained by withholding orders in hopes of lower 

 prices. Instead of a decline, an advance is 

 not at all unlikely. The outlook for a large 

 spring trade is good. Interior house finish has 

 been in active demand and manufacturers still 

 have a good volume of unfilled orders. Piano 

 manufacturers have had a good season and 

 some are as busy today as they were a month 

 ago. Furniture manufacturers are for the most 

 part busy. Some of the chair manufacturers are 

 running their plants nights in order to keep 

 abreast of the demand. The yard trade has 

 not been brisk, but flooring has had a good 

 demand at firm prices. 



Prices throughout the market are very firm, 

 with the tendency to a higher level. Quartered 

 oak is exceptionally firm and some manufacturers 

 are so closely sold up that they have practically 

 nothing to offer. One inch, ones and twos, is 

 lirm. Plain oak is decidedly stronger and of- 

 ferings of dry lumber are small, -ish is well 

 held. The demand for chestnut has been fair. 

 Stocks are not large. A very fair business is 

 now reported in the market for mahogany ve- 

 neers. Other fancy hardwoods in veneers are 

 selling better. 



BALTIMORE 



So far the exporters have not been called ou 

 to make extensive forwardings, the inquiry is 

 becoming more active, and general preparations 

 in the way of securing stocks have been made 

 to meet the revival, when it does set in. The 

 prices paid by intending shippers are such as to 

 demonstrate conclusively the high expectations 

 entertained. 



New Year has come and gone, and the mem- 

 bers of the hardwood trade, after taking in- 

 ventories and striking balances, have had an 

 opportunity to look around and come to some 

 conclusion as to present conditions and what 

 the near future may bring forth. They see 

 uothing of a discouraging nature. Xotwith- 

 standing the holiday lull the gains previously 

 made are maintained. In no direction has there 

 been a sagging in values. Everybody expected 

 that quiet would prevail at the end of the year 

 and made allowances for this state. Hardwood 

 men everywhere refrained from trying to force 

 business, which would have meant offering ma- 

 terial concessions.. 



High-grade dry stocks are almost scarce, and 

 the demand for them has remained active, while 

 the low grades are in liberal supply, though an 

 appreciable improvement has taken place in 

 this particular. The car shortage had the effect 

 of stimulating the inquiry for serviceable lum- 

 ber, for to hold back means to run the risk 

 of being caught short. That this precaution was 

 justified is shown by the fact that strenuous 

 efforts on the part of representatives of firms 

 to get out shipments of logs and lumber have 

 had indifferent results. Mills generally shut 

 down over the holidays, and they are starting 

 up again after some overhauling of machinery. 

 The advance in prices has caused not a tew of 

 the yardmen to hold off, but their necessities 

 arc likely to become so pressing before long 

 that filling Ihem cannot be any longer deferred. 

 The export situation also presents an encourag- 

 ing prospect. 



CHARLOTTE 



The new year starts off with the brightest of 

 prospects to hardwood dealers of the Carolinas. 

 Following the holidays, business was not so 

 brisk, but the usual activity is again being 

 witnessed. Since the first of the year many 

 large concerns have held stockholders' meetings 

 and declared dividends. The financial status 

 of this section has been greatly enhanced by 1 

 turning loose of large sums in dividends. In 

 lumber construction work, the Carolinas have 

 made good progress last year, and lumbermen 

 have shared the benefits of this activity. 



Furniture dealers of High Point and other 

 manufacturing centers say the outlook for spring 

 business is exceptionally good. Local dealers 

 iu hardwoods report all the business they can 

 handle, at stiff prices. Especially have prices 

 stiffened on certain grades of hardwoods, quar- 

 tered oak, poplar, etc. 



Numerous big land deals have been put 

 through, which means that this year vast stores 

 of rich hardwood timber lands will be made 

 available to the markets. Railway lines into 

 timber sections have been built and others are In 

 course of construction, which, when completed, 

 will greatly facilitate the hardwood trade. 



Altogether the outlook for future business is 

 bright and hardwood lumbermen are optimistic 

 over the prospects. 



CLEVELAND 



Business in this territory is remarkably good 

 for this season of the year. The period fol- 

 lowing the holidays is usually somewhat dull 

 in all lines, and the hardwood trade is no ex- 

 ception. This season, however, there seems to be 

 a strong demand along all lines and the outlook 

 for the year is bright. 



Poplar is being eagerly sought. The volume 

 of automobile business has much to do with 

 this, for the wide clear stuff' is snapped up 

 as quick as offered. Both plain and quartered 

 oak is in good demand, with prices inclined 

 to strengthen. Circassian walnut is moving well, 

 while mahogany is getting its full share of the 

 interior finish and furniture business. 



COLUMBUS 



While market conditions during the holidays 

 were slow, because of the fact that all retailers 

 took their inventories and many manufacturers 

 did the same, still there was no weakening of 

 prices in any varieties of hardwoods. Manu- 

 facturers and jobbers are united in the belief that 

 the market will gain strength as the season ad- 

 vances, and they were not disposed to make 

 any concessions to stimulate buying during the 

 dull holiday season. Prices have been steadily 

 on the advance and the indications are bright 

 for a continuation of that trend of things. 

 Stocks are not too plentiful and the demand Is 

 growing better day by day. On the whole, lum- 

 bermen in all departments of the trade believe 

 that the year 1010 will be one of the most active 

 in the history of the industry. 



The car situation has improved. There ap- 

 pears to be a shortage of motive power on some 

 railroads rather than a lack of transportation 

 facilities. The storms of the past few weeks 

 have had the effect of delaying shipments because 

 of the vast amount of snow in some quarters. 

 Lumbermen, however, look for an acute car 



