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HARDWOOD RECORD 



tbe roads are rushing the higher class freight 

 and maliing lumber wait. When hardwood stock 

 is sent in small quantities and at less than car- 

 load rate, it is delivered with fair promptness. 

 The demand is fairly good from outside towns 

 fur llouiing and wagon stock, and good prices 

 prevail. 



City trade continues fairly brisk from the 

 factories, and is limited chiefly by the available 

 supplies of factory hardwood. Oak from the 

 South is taking an active place in present trans- 

 actions. No. 1 and No. 2 birch are so well 

 cleaned up that it is not so much a question of 

 price as whether the stock can be obtained. 

 Basswood uppers rule very strong. Maple floor- 

 ing is selling well on advanced prices. There 

 is a better situation with regard to low-grade 

 stock. The box demand has improved to such 

 an extent that prices are getting stronger on 

 the low grades of pine. This has helped hard- 

 wood culls somewhat. A good call is reported 

 for birch culls. Basswood culls are about out 

 of the market. 



SAOINAW VALLEY 



The market is strong and prices very firm 

 with an upward tendency for some grades and 

 these are much higher than last season. .Saies 

 have been so tree that there is no excess ac- 

 cumulation of dry stock and lots of lumber has 

 been sold to be cut, particularly maple. No. 3 

 has been sold up close to an advance of about 

 $1 per thouisand feet. Lumber is moving freely. 

 A large quantity of maple flooring is being 

 shipped out. The stock of available basswood 

 is small and dealers are asking here .^27 and 

 §.32. No. 2 common maple brings about $22 and 

 .f25 and the trade would take more than is being 

 offered at the moment. There has been less 

 doing in beach than any other hardwood com- 

 modity. The market is strong for birch and 

 sales have been reported at .$2." and .');20. Elm 

 is moving fairly well at .^2(j and $30, a lot of it 

 iicing used for auto and carriage bodies. The 

 limited quantity of ash in manufacturers' hands 

 is quoted at $32. Trade conditions are good 

 and there is much confidence in the situation. 

 Some firms at mill points north of Bay City have 

 not shipped as much as they would have, had 

 cars been available. 



CADILLAC 



Lumber trade conditions in Cadillac are nor- 

 mal with many inquiries for maple and birch 

 upper grades which cannot be furnished because 

 of shortage of dry stocks. Generally the stocks 

 of all dry hardwoods are low, including No. 

 3 common. Hemlock is moving but slowly. 

 Weather conditions in this vicinity have ham- 

 pered the moving of traffic and, consequently, 

 a very small proportion of the orders have 

 moved the past two weeks. 



LONDON 



The London hardwood market can only be 

 di scribed as dull. The last arrivals from Phila- 

 delphia and New Orleans consisted of the usual 

 parcels of whitewood, black walnut, oak and 

 satin walnut with some hickory logs. It is 

 very difficult to effect business for forward ship- 

 ment, and although exporters arc anticipating 

 a still furl her rise in values, buyers are holding 

 off. The scarcity in America of prime white- 

 wood is beginning to be felt here and any prime 

 stock that comes forward is quickly picked up. 

 'J'here is a .slightly better demand for clear saps 

 and medium, but culls are weak. In quartered 

 oak the volume of business is limited, owing 

 chiefly to the high prices quoted by shippers, 

 but plain oak is in fair demand. There is a 

 steady call for medium satin walnut, but prime 



is slow of sale. Black walnut has been in poor 

 request for some time now. Business in ma- 

 hogany still continues on somewhat restricted 

 lines. 



LIVERPOOL 



The trade here is gradually settling down, 

 after the disturbance of the general election, 

 though many people of both parties regret the 

 indefinite nature of the result. Shippers, how- 

 ever, need have no fear of the "Tariff Reform" 

 policy being introduced by this parliament, at 

 any rate, though it is generally considered that 

 the present parliament will be short lived. Most 

 people look for an election in twelve months 

 time, when the danger to shippers of new duties 

 on manufactured hardwoods will be more serious. 

 Business in England is not too good at the 

 moment, though it must be said that it is im- 

 proving. The hardwood position is distinctly 

 firm. Oak planks, both wagon and coflin, are 

 in much request, especially prime quality, and 

 even the usually unsalable "rejects" are finding 

 a fair market. Ash planks are particularly 

 strong and shipments, especially of No. 1 com- 

 mon, in all thicknesses would find a ready sale. 

 Ash logs are still strong and commanding high 

 prices, especially second grow.h wood. The 

 latter is easily commanding fifty-tour cents per 

 cubic foot on the quay here. Hickory is still 

 scarce, in spite of the heavy arrivals. Prices 

 realized have been very high and buyers are 

 still scrambling for stock. The demand for 

 hickory has never been so large as at the pres- 

 ent time and shippers are advised to send all 

 their available supplies to this market. The 

 prices obtained will repay them. The mahogany 

 sales of February IG and 17 were attended by a 

 large number of buyers, and prices realized were 

 much higher than the last average. It is 

 thought that prices will go even higher at the 

 next sale. 



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