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HARDWOOD RECORD 



at present than lias been known foi' many 

 j"ears. Cherry is being cut and taken care of 

 tor the future of the foreign demand. Cypress 

 is steadily improving, with an excelient move- 

 ment of short stuff. Thick tank stock is meet- 

 ing with good sale. Building grades arc show- 

 ing more activity, while there is an intimation 

 of strength in prices. 



Furniture manufacturers are all running full 

 time, with difficulty in securing a sufficient num- 

 ber of good cabinet-makers to meet the demands 

 of the trade. The demand for all classes of fur- 

 niture is steadily increasing. The manufac- 

 turers of desks and office furniture are busier 

 than at any time since the early months of 

 1007. 



TOLEDO 



All hardwoods show further improvement and 

 the local yards are busy looking after increased 

 < rdei's. Buildiug business, not only in Toledo, 

 but throughout this section, is active and this 

 has brought a heavy demand for many hard- 

 woods for building purposes. There has been a 

 splendid demand for oak at good prices. Local 

 stocks of high-grade poplar and birch are some- 

 what broken. Cypress Is still growing In favor 

 and there never was a time in this market 

 when the prospects for business were better 

 than at the present time. Indications point to 

 the heaviest consumption of cypress by the 

 building trades ever known in this section. 

 Bay poplar, a material which has been largely 

 neglected has received new impetus, and is at 

 present finding a ready market. Ash, maple and 

 hickory are in good demand for manufacturing 

 purposes and dry stocks are said to be below 

 normal. There has been a fair call for gum, 

 and basswood has been by no means neglected. 

 The entire hardwood market shows strength, 

 with the exception of low-grade poplar, which 

 is very plentiful and moving under uncertain 

 conditions. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The local hardwood situation is about all 

 that could be asked for. There is a brisk de- 

 mand, prices are fair and shipments are mov- 

 ing in a satisfactory manner. There is also an 

 encouraging outlook, with a result that It is 

 generally believed this will be the best hard- 

 wood year of many years. 



Manufacturing plants using hardwoods are, 

 as a rule, running to full capacity. Furniture 

 and vehicle plants are busy and those concerns 

 manufacturing hardwoods for interior trim work 

 have all of the orders they can hope to fill for 

 some weeks to come. 



Prices are slightly higher than they were at 

 this time a year ago. All grades of oak are 

 ^trong. with a good demand in other lines. 



MEMPHIS 



The demand for hardwood lumber is very 

 satisfactory and the volume of business shows 

 a steady increase. The supply of shipping dry 

 stock is being reduced through the heavy ship- 

 ments under way and altogether the market 

 presents a very solid front. Buyers are in the 

 market on a liberal scale for both domestic and 

 foreign use and prices are firm, with an upward 

 tendency. There is relatively little plain or 

 quarter sawn red or white oak ready for imme- 

 diate shipment and holders of lumber of this 

 character are able to secure most satisfactory 

 prices therefor. The demand for oak extends 

 even to the lower grades. .\sh is also in very 

 satisfactory request in all grades, while there 

 is no difficulty in disposing of all the poplar 

 offered in this market. Red gum is in excellent 

 demand in firsts and seconds and there is also 

 a very satisfactory demand for this in the lower 

 grades. Sap gum is wanted in the higher 



grades, but Nos. 1, 2 and 3 common are slow 

 tc sell, being in less active demand than red 

 gum of the same grade. There is a very good 

 business under way in Cottonwood in box boards 

 and the upper grades generally, hut the lower 

 grades are moving in only a moderate way. 

 Cypress is moving at a very good rate in both 

 the upper and lower grades with the exception 

 of Nos. 1 and 2 common. The demand for the 

 latter at the moment is comparatively slow. 

 Production of hardwood lumber in the Memphis 

 territory is on the Increase, but there is no spe- 

 cial accumulation in any direction and in the 

 case of high grade lumber the scarcity is becom- 

 ing more prominent, especially in stock ready 

 for immediate shipment. 



NASHVILLE 



The hardwood market continues quite strong, 

 especially in the upper grades, and this condi 

 tion in turn is being reflected even in the lower 

 grades of timber. Within the near future re- 

 newed activity is expected in the building line, 

 for the spring building season will be on in 

 earnest. This in turn will create much activity 

 in the line of manufactured building materials, 

 of which there is a great deal in Nashville. The 

 consuming factories are getting into the mar- 

 ket and quite a demand from them is noted 

 ,iust now. Some little complaint is being made 

 liy lumbermeu regarding difficulty in getting 

 i-ecessary cars for shipments. 



High grade wide poplar is bringing fancy 

 prices. Oak, ash, birch, maple, elm, chestnut 

 and Cottonwood are moving freely. Good red 

 gum is finding ready sale, this wood being free- 

 ly used now by furniture factories. The ap- 

 proach of the building season is creating re- 

 newed activity in the demand for cypress, espe- 

 cially from the sash and door people. The box 

 factories are buying freely. Much activity is 

 noted on Cumberland river in the logging line, 

 many big rafts and tows of timber coming down 

 of late. 



LOUISVILLE 



Reports as to the condition of business in 

 this market are uniform to the effect that the 

 demand has improved generally and that all 

 grades of stock are moving more freely than 

 since the active period of last year. Some fear 

 was felt a few months ago that stocks would be 

 depleted by the increased demand before the 

 mills could provide lumber to take the place of 

 that moved, and the late starting of the mills, 

 due to bad weather and heavy roads, has madf 

 it plain that dry stocks will be at a premium 

 before the summer is over. Prices are strong, 

 and while no marked advances have been made 

 of late, it is safe to say that quotations will 

 go higher before long. The demand for quar- 

 tered oak is good, while plain oak and poplar 

 arc being sold in large lots. The automobile 

 body manufacturers are buying wide poplar of 

 good grade, the increased production of cars 

 this year justifying the anticipations of manu- 

 facturers who have been paying attention to 

 this branch of their business. Veneers and 

 dimension stock are in improved condition, and 

 mahogany is selling in good volume, building 

 conditions favoring an unusually large consump- 

 tion in this direction. 



ASHLAND 



Inquiries of the last two weeks show demand 

 good, with prices firm and in some instances 

 slightly advanced. Plain and quartered oak re- 

 mains firm with stocks much broken. Dry Nos. 

 1 and 2 common are very scarce in this mar- 

 ket on account of large shipments to furniture 

 and hardwood flooring manufacturers. The de- 

 mand for car and construction oak continues to 

 grow, and orders are being placed with our 

 millmcn very freely, and a number of orders 



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