HARDWOOD RECORD 



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GIBSON 



TALLY BOOK 



This three-lKrow tally ticket cover is made 

 from aluminum, and accommodates four tally 

 tickets — 44x84- inches in size. 



Folds compactly to less than one-fourth inch 

 in thickness and fits side or inside coat pocket. 



Gives large area of four tickets for compH- 

 caled tallies, or straight grade can be made 

 on one page. 



Accommodates any form of tally ticket desired. 



Special, patented, triplicate tally tickets supplied, 

 printed on waterproof paper with carbon backs. Tallies 

 made on these tickets arc unallerablc. Their use en- 

 ables the inspector to retain triplicate, and forward 

 crieinal and duplicate. Duplicate designed to be 

 attached to invoice. 



These tally books are perfection for durabilityi 

 coveniencc, accuracy, and for systematizing the inspec- 

 tion and measurement of lumber 



Patent applied for on covers. Copyrighted, 1910 

 Triplicate Tally Tickets patented. 



PRICE LIST 



Aluminum Tally Covers, each - - $ 1.00 



Aluminum Tally Covers, per dozen - - 10.00 



Patented triplicate Tally Tickets (stock form) 



per 1,000 10.00 

 Single sheet manila (stock form) Tally Tickets, 



per 1,000 4.00 

 Specimen forms of Tally Tickets mailed on applica- 

 tion. Covers sold on approval to responsible concerns. 



Manufactured by 



Hardwood Record 



355 Dearborn St., CHICAGO 



the cypress people confldently look for improve- 

 ment in the immediate future. 



Dry cargoes of birch are arriving in increas- 

 ing sizes and numbers constantly, though there 

 is still a marlied scarcity In firsts and seconds 

 of good dry stock. The usual over-aluindance of 

 eomnion and other low grades prevails, and will 

 uudoubtedly continue so. Prices on upper grades 

 are satisfactory. 



One of the best selling stocks on the market 

 at the present time is maple which is good in 

 ;ill grades and sizes. Thick soft maple, two and 

 llu-ee inches, is worth about $31, and is ex- 

 tremely active. The maple situation is gov- 

 erned to a large extent by the flooring people, 

 who as usual are doing a large and unfluctuat- 

 ing business, and call for their regular sup- 

 plies. 



Contrary to the usual run of events, poplar 

 has experienced a noticeable falling o£E in sales 

 in the last week or so. It Is a peculiar fact 

 that the lower grades are more active and com- 

 mand better prices, in proportion, than the up- 

 pers. Of course, panel stock must be left out 

 of consideration, as it is readily salable when 

 obtainable, and commands the usual indefinite 

 prices. Poplar boxboards are not selling at any- 

 where near the price which they have been bring- 

 ing. 



Another active item in the Chicago trade is 

 firsts and seconds red gum, which are scarce 

 and command unusually good prices. This seems 

 to be entirely in keeping with the general trend 

 of the lumber condition throughout the hard- 

 wood trade, as red gum is being considered 

 with increasing favor. Sap gum, however, does 

 nut command the same respect, and is very slow, 

 bringing but poor prices. 



The basswood trade is still far below normal, 

 .nnd quotations are materially lower than those 

 a year ago. There seems to be no reason to 

 think that they will drop any further, but on 

 the other hand, there is no indication that con- 

 ditions in the basswood market will improve. 



AH thicknesses of rock elm are slow at pres- 

 ent and will probably continue so. Three-inch, 

 soft, grey elm is very hard to secure, and the 

 demand is well above the supply. Three-inch 

 stuff brings $32 to $33. 



Hickory still maintains Its inactive state along 

 all lines of consumption. The wagon manufac- 

 turers are not using anywhere near the quan- 

 tity that they formerly did in the vicinity of 

 Chicago, although the eastern concerns still take 

 their usual consignments. 



The wagon trade and the refrigerator trade 

 have always been big factors in the ash market, 

 but of late they have been substituting other 

 materials, particularly in the last named line. 

 For some reason the wagon people are not us- 

 ing ash stock in the quantities which the deal- 

 ers would like, and are substituting other woods 

 to a considerable extent. 



Oak ties as usual are extremely scarce, con- 

 sidering the demand. Selected white oak ties 

 are worth now about SO cents apiece and mixed 

 oak ties bring in the neighborhood of 55 cents. 

 A recent order for 300,000 treated red oak ties 

 sold for 73 cents apiece. Quotations on white 

 oak have gone, at times, as low as 71 cents. 



NEW YORK 



The local hardwood market continues to show 

 a good degree of strength in all departments. 

 (!ood-grade lumber is, of course, very stife In 

 price as well as scarce in supply as regards any 

 large quantities, and this condition is having a 

 miiterial effect among the buyers who are real- 

 izing more and more that they will have to pay 

 the price if they want the stock. This strength 

 of the good-grade lumber is benefiting the low- 

 grade market, and the channels of consumption 

 in which low-grade stock is mostly interested, 



likewise show improved conditions. Taking it 

 all in all, the hardwood situation seems to be 

 in a very satisfactory state. There is every 

 liklihood that there will continue to be a fair 

 consuming demand in all branches of the trade 

 for the next several months and this, in con- 

 nection with the existing conditions governing 

 supplies of hardwoods, leaves very little room 

 for any anxiety or speculation as to market 

 conditions. Plain and quartered oak, ash. poii- 

 lar, birch and chestnut seem to be in best call 

 with a fair movement of maple, beech, bass- 

 wood, gum, etc., in accordance with their more 

 limited use. 



BUFFALO 



Lumber is a trifle quiet with most dealers, 

 though they pretty generally agree that it was 

 the heavy selling in March and the forepart of 

 April that is to blame for the quiet conditions 

 uow. There is no falling off in consumption. 

 All lumber sells much the same and though oak 

 id the one sort everybody seems to want, there 

 is not enough of it to go around, so the others 

 come in for a large share of the consumption. 

 All prices are firm, but the most of them are 

 not advancing. 



The stocks of all sorts of lumber are well kept 

 up here, considering the hard work dealers have 

 in finding what they want. Yet, for all that 

 there is more effort than ever to ship all stock 

 from the sawmill to the consumer or retailer di- 

 rect and save storage and handling. 



There is no improvement in the supply of 

 birch lumber, so that it cannot be used much as 

 a substitute for oak. White ash would be much 

 more active but for the fact that cheaper woods 

 are used so much to take its place. 



PHILADELPHIA 



The trolley strike having been amicably ad- 

 Justed, business conditions have improved, but 

 the loss entailed will long be felt. In the 

 building trade there has been a steady advance 

 in the number of operations over the same pe- 

 riod of a year ago and the outlook for the sum- 

 mer promises well for building lumber, supplies 

 and interior finish work. There has been an 

 uninterrupted trading in hardwoods during the 

 fortnight, but buying is confined chiefly to the 

 wholesalers, who are preparing their stocks to 

 meet a swelling activity in manufacturing cir- 

 cles. In the East panel and veneer factories 

 are fairly active. Furniture manufacturers are 

 not as busy as was expected, and the chair 

 factories are comparatively quiet. Stocks in the 

 hands of these concerns are not lieavy and at 

 the mill end there is a dearth of desirable ma- 

 terial ; but the consumer evidently believes prices 

 will not advance, consequently is playing a wait- 

 ing game. Reports, however, from the saw mills 

 do not confirm this condition and there are those 

 who consistently are quietly gathering in the 

 better grades of standard woods as fast as ob- 

 tainable. Rumors of unsettled labor discord in 

 New England are troubling that section, but it 

 is hoped a serious struggle will be prevented 

 by the conservative element on both sides. 



PITTSBURG 



Things are beginning to "come" in Pittsburg. 

 Industrially, the situation is much better than 

 one month ago. It is true that several big fur- 

 naces have been put out of blast and that rail- 

 roads are a little careful about placing orders 

 for future delivery, but the general trend of 

 business is decidedly better. Wage increases are 

 frequent and important. Most plants are work- 

 ing full time and many of them double time. 

 The general inquiry for hardwood lumber for 



